The New York Herald Newspaper, July 24, 1873, Page 8

8 NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. WEST POINT. The Third Class of Cadets Off oa Furlough, the Best in Encamr ment. mene Life at Cozzeas’ and at the West Point Hotel. ‘The German Hotels, the Private Boarding Honses, the Fishing, the New Drive andtho “‘Ninety-Minute” Hops. PICTURE OF A TYPICAL ENGLISH SNOB. Tribute to the Memory of Old Benny Havens. Waser Pornt, July 22, 1873. Perhaps the chief recollection which posterity ‘will have in regard to West Point will be that there ‘was once a colored cadet there who caused a great @es! of trouble to the national government, and ‘was the subject of various uncomplimentary at: tentions on the part of hie blonde companions. However that may be, it is certain that, unless the season picks up in August, the Summer term ‘of 1873 will not hold a conspicuous place in the recollections of posterity. It is unpleasant to be wompelled to pen an unvarying chronicle of half- empty hotels and apathetic guests. Thackeray, ‘m “Vanity Fair,” speaks of the injurious effect ‘which a perpetual contemplation of splendor must Rave upon the court reporter, how it must pre- maturely blanch his hair and daze his eyes, living, as he does, in the continual blaze and glare of g@ugust ceremonials and brilliant nobility. Possibly ‘the poor fellow does not live out hall his days, but how much better his case is than that of one condemned to roam in search of bDrilliancy ‘and fashion, and forever incapable of finding them! ‘Think how much more agreeable to one’s feel ‘ngs it would be to say, ‘Tne season at West Point 4s now at its height, and the hotels are brimming ‘with the wealth, beauty and fashion of America!” ‘What an opening sentence that would be! The only drawback is that it would not be true, and ‘would thus be without the chief claim which any remark should have in order to recommend itself to a responsible journal. A word or two Apropos of the people and the enter- @ainment on the way between New York ana West Point. You have seen the English snob repre- sented on the stage, and you Know how wretched ‘and untrue the burlesque is. If any of our drama- ‘tists (how many are there between Gayler and Bron- won Howard?) wishes to draw such a likeness in Jively colors why don’t he make a study on board ‘one of the West Point boats? He could haraly fail so come near the truth with the specimens that ‘would beset him. I saw one yesterday the very embodiment of those unpleasant and ridicu- Jous qualities which we associate with the word snob. He wore exceedingly wide mankeen trousers, which, when he sat with his Jegs up, occupying two chairs, gave an ample view ‘of the tops of his gaiters and halfhose, to say mothing of the muscular regions beyond. The rest of his dress was respectable enough, with the ex- ception of an exceedingly wide-brimmed drab sloth hat and a pair of soiled lavender colored kid gloves, His jace was fringed from ear to ear with ‘whiskers which looked like a sea of hair, running jp upon a voney Island countenance, and his pulpy and selfish lips wore that pecuhar ex- pression of pseudo contempt and indifference Which are one of the most exasperating exbibi- tions for good nature toendure. He was reading a French novel, whose leaves he cut from time to ‘time as he read with an immense knife, that might fhave come within the category of deadly weapons. Douvtiess the man has a right to dress as he pleases and to read French novels from Bow until doomsday; but nobody but an Knglish snob, and ope of the worst description, i should say, would have Bad the edrontery to occupy two camp stools in she face of a boatiul of passengers, and to swear that both were eugaged whenever anybody more enterprising than the rest attempted to eta RBteone. Occasionally he gave a languid glance at the scenery, and then | iancied he chuckied to himseli and exclaimed mwardly, ‘But you ’aven’t got no habbey and you ‘avent get no tower,” and when any bell sounded which suggested luuch you could see that the monster was thiuking of pies of veal and ‘am, or, perhaps, a rasher of bacon, “nicely curled,” flanked by a pint of ’alf-and-'alf. fit hadn't been for the musicians I don’t think I could have endured him with cquanimity. But ned know what delightiui music they have on the est Point boats, and you know how it heips to eon a the journey. What with two harps, a violin anda flute, given upto melody trom the moment you leave the foot of Twenty-third street until you come in aight of Cozzens’ Hotel, any reasonable tourist ought to be contented. It may be objected that the musicians play out of time and out o/ tune; but how much ol we should be to them for ing at alll be claimed, additionally, that they out efseason. | do notiind that these musical wails mre countenanced by ey but those who care to rite about them, and who tbink they are privi- leged to have a joke at their expense. For four hours the jittle band worked hard. First it harped and Muted ait, and then it harped and fluted abait, dam toid that my use of these terms is perfectly Jegitimate, and therefore hope that no reader of the HERALD Will be so bypercritical as to casta sur upon them), and then it went into the ladies’ cabin, and then into the main gangway. 1am cer- tain that this last phrase is beyond dispute, be- cause everybedy was always getting lato the gang- Way, and thereby exposing himself to the derision of the crew. No sooner had we got seated, aiter moving, than we fouud that we were in the gang- Way again, with @ keg, or a chest, or @ vagyage-car Dearing down upon us, aud we in imminent danger of being mashed against the side of the vea- selor swept overboard. However, the trip passed om without any disaster of that kind. There ‘was no burial on board while I was there. WHO ARE AT WEST POINT. ‘To mention tuoxe who are not at West Point, but who ougnt wo be there, who are expected to be there and who can furnish ho good reason tor not being there would make this letter much longer than merely to state whoare there. Principal amoag those spending the season at Cozens’ Hotel (we | only large and much irequented hotel in the piace, | with the exception of the West Point), are Mesers. Peter and Kobert Goelet and jamily; Messrs, Albert Gallatin, Nathaniel Sands, W. 8. Ketchum, J. Hampton Robb, J. M. Brown and families; Gen- eral Gibbon and family, and Mrs, Nathan and family. Many of the over reguiar visitors of the Place have not yet appeared, und it is hoped that August will Ol! the vacuums. There is music every evening at Cozzens’ and a hop about once a sort- might. Every Saturday evening ulso a hop is given at the West Point Hotel. Besides these, hops are provided by the cadets in the academic building every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and Mere are plenty of serenudes on the plains by | the West Point band. ‘The cadets are now completing the first of their annual two months o! camp life, and will retarn to barracks on ‘tne 2vcb of August. ‘The third class is absent, en- forme a furlough, but quite enough cadets are to seen to give a lively aprmkling of white trow- | wers. Meanwhile aii the military discipline is retained, and such entertainments as are to be sound at the hotels and private boarding houses @o not more sensibly affect the usual tenor of cadet life than & comet's tall would affect the motion of ‘the earth. ‘The reveilie sounds at five; then fol- Jows the police of camp; then tne dri)! at bali-past fave. ‘poi | one hour, Breakfast comes at seven, dress parade at eight, with guard-mounting tmme- Miately after. Between nine and ten taxes place the artillery drill. Dinner is had at one; poiice of camp follows at four; another drill ensues from five to six; then comes the sunset dress parade, ‘The tattoo roilcall sounds at hall-past nine, and “tape” (lights out) at a qnarter to ten, when si- ence falls Gap the line of tents and every cadet is supposed to be about to attack the fortifieations of sleep. The Sader hops have been well attended, though not so well, rha as those of last year. Tne jadies call the! ‘ninety minute hops,” though their real duration is 110 minutes. The above reg- ulations are every day excepting Satur- day and Sunday, when a greater latitude is allowed. Besides the two hotels mentioned—the terms at which are $4 50 per day—there are only three first class private boarding houses at West Point, at Which the prices vary from $16 to $22 per week. There are three German boarding houses, advo- cated by Germans exclusively, and, in the adjoin- ing Village, two notels—Highland Falls and Krimm- jing House—the terms at which are $2 50 per day. Boating may be had jor $8 per day or twenty-five cents per hour, though there does not seem to be a great deal of it going on. The neighboring lakes nd ponds offer induccments to those who are fond ‘of fishing. Highiand Lake, Cranberry, Lake, Lon, Pond, Brown Pond and Hogmeadow Pond ‘are all within easy reach, and yield plenty of ‘Diack base, white and sin fisn, Trout not find much encouragement, aa there Brivate brook dedinuted ta ‘hak pornos, jokerel, ishers do is only @ Aaew artve Tas stet Deen openen, wn a ee ie eg A alinost " “4 Lake Drive,” ‘and tas’ this. sea ” and is season borne the su- premacy over any other carriage route. LIVE AT WEST POINT, Life at West Point may be said to be almost at a standatili just now, and August is the month tow- ard which hotel proprietors and boarding house keepers longingly turn their eyes, If it were not for the presence of the cadets and for anticipations of the pene which is to take place at the Academic Building on the evening of the 28th of August, and which celebrates their removal from encampment to barracks, the piace might be voted uncommonly dull, The piazzas are desolate, the drives carriageless (excep' that of Highland Lake), the river boatiess, and you find you have nolinese do bat to develop to the utmost that nius for digestion with which a beneficent Provi- nce has blessed you, and look at the ruins of the old Kevolutionary mull on tie brink of the Hudson and in the rear of Cozzens’, Extremes meet. A fashionable yretering piece, is never without its ruina, but to the ruined people who go there are infinitely more interesting than any quantity of ruins property. I never tire of watching @ decayed beauty, whose words are prob- wy ¢ quite as enamelied as her complexion, She 1s @ female Mortus, sitting among the remmants of her own Carthage, and I like to see how she en- dures the retrospection. Idon’t believe that one out of 100 people who come here cares &@ rap for any of the “historical associations” of the Spot, Molly Pitcher and all the rest of them. Possibly chums have a pleasant some old army recollection of 1 old Benny Havens, who kept @ sutler’s booth here long ago, long ) and brought himself under the of the authorities for supplying the cadets with surreptitious whiskey. Benny meant no harm, probably, and only desired to turn an honest penoy, only the penny grows dishonest when too great an anxiety 1s {elt to begin the tole J Benny Havens has entered into the tradition cadet ‘life, and finds place in academic song. I have no doupt Grant and McClellan and many another great man, who dates the inception of lls career irom bia West Point Eeioetios. have a kindly recollection of Benny vena, and join, when occasion serves, in the refrain in which that worthy’s exploits are cele- brated. Benny it was who built the neat little house down near the ruins of the old Revolutionary mill I have spoken of, He is an old man now, getting on for ninety, I should say, and, if his remeres’ fails him not, has the pleasure of recollect- ing that im days iong past he added to the con- viviality of more than one cadet who has not forgotten him. Peace be—I will not say to his ashes, for he is not ashes yet—but peace be to his Well-seasoned timber, There is hardly an artist at West Point. The only one whom I encountered is Mr. Julian Scott, who 18 saturated with West Point traditions, some of which he ought to commemorate on canvas, Few could do it better. WATERING PLACE NOTES, Ex-Collector Murphy’s parlors were the Long Branch attractions Saturday night. Colonel Clay, of Macon, Ga., has @ four-in-hand atthe Branch. The iair no longer turn to salt but to Clay, when his team appears on the avenue. Backgammon is the play of the clergy at Sara- toga. It is generally all gammon at most of the watering places, Saratogians feel bad because the Seventh regi- ment do not bivouac there this season. Lieutenant Colonel Ryder is the only member of it there. James M. Marvin has offered a fine grove and Mr. Bresiin bas offered them the freedom of the Grand Union Hotel. Over one thousand guests masqueraded at Con- gress Hall, Saratoga, Saturday night. Fifteen New York beauties and six New York gentlemen ap- peared in prominent representations. Among the new guests at the Grand Union, Sara- toga, are Ben Wood and family, H. ©. Skinner and wife, Hon, Thomas Dickson and Mrs. James O’Brien, of this city. Commodore and Mrs. Vanderbilt, Wiliam Hh, Vanderbilt, George Jones, of the Times; Hon. J. 8. T. Stranahan and wife, Brooklyn; Recorder Hackett and family and ex-Mayor Opdyke and wile are at Congress Hall, Saratoga. “Interlaken” is the name of Frank Leslile’s new residence on Saratoga Lake. “Ben, the learned pig,” has arrived at Saratoga. He does not like the water. Colonel C. T. DuBarr, United States Army, is at the Grand Hotel, Saratoga. Richflela Springs is reported very dull this season. The guests usually take excursions to Cooperstown, Sharon and Cherry Valley in search of recreation. Kennesaw Mountain, where Hood whipped Sher- man so badly in the Atlanta campaign, isa popular resort for Southerners. . The view from it and Lost Mountain, near by, is fascinating. A correspondent of the Boston Herald has dis- covered the Mecca towards which farmers of small Means may tarn their faces. It is Raritan Bay, within easy access of New York via Staten Island ferry. A Cape May correspondent states that the bogus Lord Massey, who cut such a splurge there a few | days ago, resides near West Chester, Pa., and was formerly @ Heutenant in the British Navy, but itis said he was cashiered for drunkenness. Charles Gayler and family, of this city, have been basking in the cool breezes of the Catskills at the Laurel House for the past month. MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. Meeting of the Board of Apportionment— Redaction of Salaries in the Depart- ment of Charities and Correction—More Bonds To Be Issued—Legislative Fi- nance Tinkering. The City Hall was extremely dull yesterday. Aldermen Morris and McCafferty, Commissioner Wheeler and Commissioner Charlick called on tha Mayor, and they were almost the only people of any note who put in an appearance. The Board of Estimate and Apportionment met yesterday afternoon; present, Mayor Havemeyer, Comptrolier Green, President Wheeler and Presi- dent Vance, After a brief executive session President WHEELER called up the application of | Supervisor Disbecker for a contingent appropria- tion to meet the expenses of the Bureau of the City Record. ‘The Mayor suggested that Mr. Disbecker be sum- moned before the Board to explain his views as to the necessity of such an appropriation, A communication from the Department of Chari- ties and Correction was then read, embodying the minutes of the recent action of that body in re- ducing certain salaries within its jurisdiction, and requesting the ratifcation by this Board of its action. The reductions were as follows—Warden Oi City Prison, salary reduced from $5,000 per an- num to $3,000; Physician to City Prison, reduced from $3,000 to $00; Superintendent Free Labor Bureau reduced from $2,500 to $1,500. The Board | approved of the action of the Department bya | unanimous vote. Supervisor Disbecker then appeared and pre- sented a statement showing that the item of salaries alone in his Bureau for hunself, a clerk and @ messenger, from May 8%, 1873, to December 31, 1873, would be $4,905 76. To meet this disburse- ment only $3,600 had as yet been appropriated. He then read a statement embodying the publication howing that they had on consecu- v8 been $36, $34, $31, $28, $21, $66, $21. Upon this basis the $15,000 appropriated by law wonid fall far short of the actual publishing expense, and he therefore simply desired that this Board should, before ail the appropriations are exhausted, sct aside such a sum as in the light of these facts and of the Judgment of the Board would meet the ex- penses of the Burean. Tne Board deferred action upon the matter. A resolution was adopted authorizing the Comp- troller, wnaer the provisions of chap. 756, laws of 3, tO issue bonds to meet judgments obtained ust the city ior claims originated prior to 1871; haid bonds not to exceed the sum of $100,000, to bear interest at seven per cent, to run three years and not to be sold at less than par, Also, Aresoluuon authorizing the issue of bonds to the amount of $150,000, to be known as assess- ment bonds, under the provisions of chap, 807 of laws of 1862, and of chap, 580, laws of 1870, for the payment of city assessments. in the course of the brief discussion which en- sued on this subject President VANCE said he could not do otherwise than regret that the finances of New York city were #0 continually being subjected to legislative interference. He thought agreat city like tus was jully competent to control its own finances, and should be allowed to do so, instead of its being done at Albany by men who had irequently no in- terest whatever in the metropolis and do not un- derstand its needs or resources, For himself he would not undertake to manage the finance of this city, if he were the chief financial omcer, unless this legislative tuterference, except as tO general measures, were restrained, The Legislature, im his opinion, might at any time swamp the city, financially, and he would venture to assert that the finances of this corpora. tion cannot be successiully conducted if the legisia- tion of the last year or two is to prevail, The Comptrolier read qujte a lengthy, and as yet incomplete, document on tie subject of city assess ments, and the work and expenditures of the ers ‘tment of Public Works, in which he severely criticises the large demands of this Department upon the city funds. The document will be made | thence southerly paral through the centre of inch, tno’ | tions THE COURTS. Hans Christian and Ohristian Olson were charged before Commissioner Osborn yesterday with hav- ing deserted from the Norwegian vessel Pacific. ‘They were committed to await the action of the Norwegian Consul. Edward Evatt, of 801 Bleecker street, was com- mitted yesterday by Commissioner Shields, in de- fault of $500 bail, on a charge of having sold whiskey and tobacco without paying the special tax required by law. United States Marshal Fisk had not yesterday re- ceived any instructions from tne State Department in reference to the case of Carl Vogt. SUPERIOR COURT—3PECIAL TERIA. Decisions, By Judge Freedman, Maillert ve, Marrington.—Order papers, &c. By Judge Monell, ‘Trenor vs. Jackson.—Motion to continue injunc- tion granted, with costs to abide the event. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions. By Judge Larremore. Beaumont vs. Beaumont,—See memorandum. Motion denied without prejudice, Brand vs. Dayton.—Report confirmed and judg- Ment ordered for $75,718 31, with costs and extra allowance, Jenson ys, Jenson.—Divorce granted, COURT CALENUAR—THIS BAY. SUPREME CoURT—CHAMBERS—Held by Judge Pratt Nos. 5, 80%, 94, 103, 105, 134, 139, 140, 102, ' amending BROOKLYN COURTS. CITY COUAT—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions. By Judge Neilson. Stevens vs. Eisenbert.—Judgment for plainti® for $243, with lien. Merkle vs, Sam ‘The like judgment. Scharding vs, Scharding.—Decree of separation; allowance to plaintiff, $10 per week and $100 for expenses in the action, In the Matter of Land of Mead, an Infant.—Sale confirmed, the proceeds to be invested on bond and mortgage through County Treasurer. Hugh O’Donnell vs. Peter McGoirick.—Case re- ferred to A. J. Spooner. Ross va, Terry.—Case und amendments settled. Prost vs. Jonnson.—As the money due was paid without notice of tne claim of the attorncy, or of the special arrangement made, the motion to satisiy judgment 0! record must be granted. Keller vs. Gross.—Motion granted; ordered to be settied on notice, COUNTY COURT. Is Lizzie Lloyd King Charles Goodrich’s Widow ? Before Judge Moore. The first step towarc the legal recognition of | Lizzie Lloyd King as the widow of her victim, Charles Goodrich, was taken yesterday In a suit brought by Jane E. Granniss vs. David Goodrich and others, The matter ia best explaimea by the following papers, which were served upon the pris- oner at the Raymond Street Jat Connty Kings county.—Jane E. Grannis: ve, David Goodric! ministra‘or of the goois, chattels and of Charles Goodrich, deceased, William W. Good- ch, Lizzie Lloyd King, widow or eliuming to be widow of said Charles Goodr ise J. umunel and Augustus H. Tnmme Summons—For reiet. (Com. not Ser.) the . St defendants 6 named—You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which was this day filed in the office of the Vierk of the County of Kings, in the County Court House, city of Brooxlyn, and to serve & copy of your answer to the said complaint, on the subscriber, “at his oilice, No. 61 Pine street, New York city, within twenty days ‘after the service of this sum. mous on you, exclusive of the day of such service: and if you fail to ahswer the said com) laint within the time aforesaid the plaintiff in this actioa willapply to the Court for the reiiet demanded in the complaint. GLORGE H, GRANNISS, Plaintif’s Attorney. JOLT IETS, county Jane B. Coun Court, Kin unty.—Jane .. Granniss vs. David Goodrich, adfainistratgr o1 ths, poode chntiels ated credits of Charles (ioodrich, deceased, William W. Gocd- ich, Lizzie Lloyd Kini, widow, or claiming to be widow, of said Charles Goodrich, deceased, Elise J, Tummei and Augustus H. Tummel, her husband. Notice of ect of action where complaint {s not served in mortgage cases. To 2 ¢ object oi the above action,in whicha suinmons is herewith serve upon you, is to foreclose a one re executed by Charles Goodrich in his lifetime to the defendant, William W. Goodrich, and by sald William = W. oodrich duly assigned if, which said> mortgage was dated of December, — 1871, al ¢ of the Register'of the Conn recorded in of Kings on the 1th day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, at — o'clock in the —noon, in liber 1,047 of mortgages, page 12, for the sum of twenty-five Hundred doliars, with intercst from the Ist day of Jan ary, 1873, upon the following described premises, viz:— All that certain lot, 4c., of land, situate in the city of Brooklyn, bounded’ as follows:—Beginning at a point on the northerly side of Degraw street distant 426 1¢et westerly from the nortnwesierlv corner ot Degraw street and Sixth avenue; thence running northerly and {agate with Sixth avenue 108 feet 4 inches to land formerly of Charles Hoyt; thence westerly along the land tormerty of Charles Hoyt and Ralph heekian and nearly parallel with Degraw street 16 {uct 8 inches, mora or less, to a point oppoalte. the centre of a party wall: cl with Sixth avenue and’ partty id party Ht 108 feet 4s of an or less, to the norili ts terly along the north of Degraw strect t eight inches to the place of beginning; and No personal claim is made against you. GEORGE H. GRANNISS, PlaintifMs Attorney, Dated July 21, 1873. Miss King was informed that the effect of this suit would be to cut oi her claim to Charles Good- rich’s estate. She replied that she did not propose to enter any claim against the estate, but she de- sired to obtain possession 01 certain trinkets pre- sented to her by Charies Goodrich which are now held by his father. THE JENNERSVILLE TRAGEDY, The Prisoner Preparing to Commit Sul- eide—Arrest of a Brother of the Mur- dered Man for Swindling Insurance Companies—Affecting Interview Bee tween Udderzook and His Mother. PuILADELraiA, July 23, 1873, Each day seems to develop something new and startling in relation to William Udderzook, con- fined in the Westchester Jail, cuorged with killing Winfield Scott Goss. Yesterday information was received from Baltimore that A. Campbell Goss, a brother of the murdered man, had been arrested in that cityonacharge of conspiring with the prisoner Udderzook to defraud insurance com- panies, and was committed in default of $25,000 bail, This is but another link in the chain of evi- dence that has been ferreted out, and has opened the eyes of the public to the enormity of Udderzook’s crimes. ‘The Delaware authorities are now search: ing assiduously for evidence to fix the murder of Smith upon the prisoner, and with fair success; and, in case he should escape the terrible ordeal that awaits him atthe October term of Court on the charge upon which he is now coniined, the pro- babilities are that he will meet with severe retribu- tion at the hands of the :riends o1 his other victims. A day or so ago Udderzook sent tor his father by & Messenger, Who returued wiih an answer trom the latter, in which he declined to visit his son, Shortly afterwards the Sheriff, upon passing the prisoner’s cell, discovered him sharpening a com- Mon caseknife on his manacles, lt was taken from him, and he was asked what his inten- were; but he declined answering. It is thought that he intended either to eommit suicide or stab the jalior at a favorable opportunity and attempt to escape. ‘Ihe jail is now securely guarded day and night by the Sherif and a posse of citizens, as rumors have veen rife that a move- ment was on foot to take Mm out and hang him unti he coniessed, The Sherif has been novfled by the State aathorities that in case of danger to call out the militia of the county. Yesterday Mrs. Jane Uddcrzook, the venerable mother of the alleged murderer, visited her son in the jail The scene between the two was heartrending and drew tears to the eyes of those who witnessed the meeting. Upon entering his cell the anguished mother threw herself upon the bosom of her Dae son, and clasped her arms around his neck an remained in that position iully three minutes, say- ing, “Oh, my son; would to d that I had died when you were young! It can't be that you are @ murderer!” She then released her arms, and the all two sat down on the couch and lerz00Kk the persuasiveness in his power to calm her, ag suring her that he was innocent, but it was of no avail. She finally leit we jail, bat returned im the alternoon and had another long and painful inter. view witht her son, during Which sie prayed and supplicated her Master to dispel the web of circum. stances which Was Woven arouad her son, impli- cating him in the murder. Arter bidding him @ touching farewell she was led away by her friends, ARREST OF A PENNSYLVANIA MAIL ROBBER, PHILADELPHIA, July 23, 1873, A daring mail robbery was perpetrated at the depot of the Pennsylvania Ratirod®, at Lancaster, Pa., on Monday night. The mail pouches for New York and Philadelphia had been brought from the Post OMice at about ten o'clock and were placed on a truck awaiting the arrival of the Bastern bound express train irom Pittsburg. Snortly after- wards, during the temporary absence of the man having the matter in charge, the pouches were carried off. Yesterday a German, named Felkner, was arrested at one of the caster city banks While trying to raise mone; a check # been sent Eastin one of the mail bags. He wi pia when the Comptrolier hag completed hw The Board then adiournea sent il, and two ot the mali pouches wee asterwards found in the outskirts of (be city BROOKLYN TRUST COMPANY. Meeting of the Board of Directors Last Even- ing—A Decision as to the Future Policy of the Company—A Petition in Bankrupt- cy Filed—A Large Insurance on the Life of Mr. Mills. ‘The Micawber-like position of the Brooklyn Trust Company remained unchanged up to yesterday evening. All the attention of everybody inter- ested in the matter was concentrated on the even- tng meeting of the cirectors, on the result of which was not only pending the future action of the com- pany itself, but also the continuance or discontin- uance of proceedings in bankruptcy initiated yes- terday by Mr. John J. Alien, and whose petition will be found given below. Mr, Chauncey has dropped again into the silent mood, and a reaction has followed the candor and frankness of the previous day. After hie fulland explicit stavement, published in the HeRaLp yesterday, he was be- sieged with newspaper reporters, who desired a similar favor; but in words few and well chosen he referred all of them to the directors’ meeung im the evening, Another asset in Mr. Mills’ estate has turned up in the shape of a life assurance policy of $22,000; and, therefore, unless there a) more liabilities on Mr. Mills’ estate. than is gener- ally supposed, there will be a very respectable sur- plus for bis family. PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY, The following petition was filed in Commissioner Winslow’s Court yesterday :— Bastern District of New York, ss. :—At No, 163 Montague street, in the cliy of Breoslya, county of Kinye, and Sia’e ‘of New Yors, on the ivh day of July, A. v. 1873, betore me, David ©. Winslow, Register iu Bankruptcy in aid district, came John J. Allen, of said city of Brook- lyn, and made oath, and says that the said The Brooklyn ‘Trust Company, the cos poration against whom a petition tor adjudication ot bankruptcy hag been filed, at and be- fore the filing of the said petition, was, and still is, justly and truly indebted this deponent in the of fourteen hundred dollars, and that consideratim of said indebtedness was moneys hud and _recetved the said bankrupt of the said deponent , to wit ‘ourteen hun- dred dollars deposited with said company to the cr dit of de nent prior fo July 12, 1873, and subject to dratt, and tobe paid deponent by said company on demand, and held by sald company bankrupt, as atoresaid, and that no payments have been made thereon; for which said sum of fourteen hundred dollars and-—or any part thereof, this deponent says that he has not, nor hasany THON is order, or to this deponent’s Knowledge or elief, for his use, bad or received any matter of satis- faction or security whatsoever. JOUN J. ALLEN, Dapoane: Creditor, Subscribed and sworn to before me July 19, A. D. 1873, and I certily that the proof is satisfactory to me.—D. C. Winstow, Kegister in Bankruptcy. And this deponent further says, that the said claim was not procured for the panos of Influencing the proceed- is under the act of Congress, entitled “ An act to estab- lish a uniform system of bankruptey throughout the United States,” approved March 2, ;_that no bargain or agreement, express or implied, has been ie or entered into by or on behall of this deponent to sell, transfer, or dispose of said claim, or any part thereof, bankrupt, or to take or receive, directly or iy money, pronerty, or consideration what- yy the vote of this deponent for assignee, or any action on the part of this depo! or any other a3 or shall erson in the proceedings undet hi Be in any way affocted, intluen: or controlled. JOHN J, ALLEN, Depostng Creditor. Subscribed and sworn to before me July 19 A. D. 1873. and poor that the proof is satastactory to me.—D, C. Winstow, Register in Bankruptcy. CRKDITOR’S PETITION. To the Hon. Caries L. Benepict, Judge of the District Sore e United States for the bastern District of lew York :— ‘the petition of John J. Allen, of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, respeéct- fully shows:—That he 1s a creditor of the Brooklyn Trust Company, a bankrupt corporation created and organized under the laws of the State of New York, and which tor a parton of over four years uext precedinz the date of the filing of this petition has been engaged in the business of banking in Brooklyn, oe and State of New York, di ict a ‘shat your petitioner's demand is provable against the said the Brooklyn irust Company, in accordance with the provisions ot the act of Oongress enttiled “an act to establish a unitorm system of bankruptcy throughout the Untied states,” approved March 2, 1867, and an act amend- atory thereot, that he believes ‘that’ the sald Brooklyn Trust Compay owes debts to.an amount exceeding the sum of $00. ‘That your petitioner's demand exceeds the amount of $250, arid that the nature of your petitioner's demand against the said the Brookiyn Trust Comyany is as fol lows, to wit:—The said the ‘Brooklyn Trust Company {1s indebted to your petitioner for money deposited with the said the Brooklyn trust Company as follows: that 1s to say, the sum of $1,400 deposited with the said company by and (0 the credit of your petiuoner and now due to your pelitioner trom the said company. And your (piste mah further represents that, within the six calendar months next preceding the date of this petition, the sad Brooklyn Trust Company did commit au actof bankruptcy within ‘he meaning of said act, to Wits In that the sala company, betng ‘then banicrapt and insolvent, did, as your petitioner is intormed and believes, make @ payment to one Ludlam, a depos- itor and creditor of the said Brooklyn Trust Company, of the sum of five thousana dollars ($0,000), with intent to give raid creditor a preierence over your} etitioner and other creditors of sa:d_ company, on the 17th day of July, 1873, and ip that the said company, yo etitioner in the county of foresaid. v is in'ormed and elicves, up to elnd> ing the 18th day of ‘July, 1873, knowing that was bankrupt and insolvent and in contemplation of insolvency and bankruptey, out and deilver large sums of nioney upon checks and drafts to give a prefercuce io one or more of the crediiors of said company, and to defraud, hinder and delay other creditors, including your petitioner, irom the collection of their del to defeat and delay the operation of the act of Congress aforesaid. ‘That the said company being insolvent did, on the Isth day of daly, 1873, make outand de iver large sums of money to divers creditors of said company, upon checks and drat drawn upon and presented to said company, giving a preference to its said creditors to your petiuoners unknown. Where‘ore, your peutioner prays that the said Brook- lyn Trust Company may be declared a bankrupt and that @ warrant may be issued to take possession of its estato: that the same may be distributed accoraing to law, and that auch further proceedings may be had thereon as the law in such case preseribes. JOHN J, ALLEN, Tracy, Catiin, Van Cor, Atforneys. ‘OATH, Cnited States of America, Eastern Disirict of ae. John J. Allen, the petistoner above: hereby make solemn oath that the statements in the foregoing petition, subscribed by ime, farasthe same are staied of my own know! G New Fork, med, di 1, do ontained rue, 89 re, an that those matters which are stated therein on intorma- tion and belief are true, according to the best of my knowledze, information ard bellet.-Joun J. ALLEN, Petitioner. Snbscribed and sworn before me this 19th day of July, A. D, 1873. ©, Winstow, Register, Order to show cause upon creditor's petition. (Invol- untary bankruptcy.) In the District Court ot the United States for the Eastern district ot New York. In the matter, of the Exooklyn frust Company whe Bled on the 19th day ot July, A. D. 1873. Bustern District of New York, filing proots sustaining the alle it is ordere ‘Trost Company do appear terore th Bankruptcy, to be holden at the United states Court Rooms, Montague street, corner of Clinton, clty of Brooklyn, county of Kings, in said district; cm” the 3uth day’ of July, 1873, at twelve o'clock’ M., and show cause, If any there be, why the prayer of sail ‘ition should not be granted; and itis further ordered Rhata copy of suid petition, together with opy of this order, be served on the said Brooklyn ‘Trast Company, by delivering the same to the President, or cashier or n said district, at least Ave days previous to 'y hevein required tor his appearance. Witness, the Hion. Charles i, Benedict, Judge of the said District Court, and the seal thereof, at the city of Brook. yn, in said dig rict, on the Zlst day ot July, A, D. 1s73, (L. B of the Court. SAMUEL T. JONBS, Clerk of District Court of suid Distriet. INSURANCE OF THE LIFE OF MR. MILLS. The life of Mr. Mills was insured for $20,000, for the penefit of his wife. That sum may, thereiore, be counted among the assets of his estate, sure to remain with the family, unless the insurance com- —Upon reading and tions of the petition in hat the said Brow! Court, as a Cow Pany be supposed to have entertained the stories about suicide. From which company the policy was taken the heirs of deceased, by advice of their counsel, decline to tet. Meeting of the Direetors, A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Trust Company was held last night at the office corner of Court and Joralemon streets. There were present Mr. Daniel Chauncey, the Receiver, and Messrs. Jonn P. Rolfe, Wilham C. Kingsley, Jndge McCue, Seymour ©, Husted, James D. Fish, J. 0, Low, Henry Sanger, J. Haisey and J. 8, Rockwell, Mr. Chauncey presided. There were also present sev- eral gentlemen holding bonds of the New Haven, Middletown and Willimantic Railroad Company, who wanted to know what the Trust Company were willing to do with reference to the bonds the company holds, Mr. Rodman, the Secretary of the Trust Company, was in the onter office during the session. The Board met at eight o’clock, with closed doors, and remained in session until twenty-five minutes to eleven o’clock, when the re- porters for the press were admitted to the office by Judge McCue. who stated that they were then ready to communicate all they then desired to make public, Mr. Chauncey thereupon read the following state- ment ot the RESULT OF THEIR MEETING :— “On examination of the affairs of the company the directors are confident that the receiver will be able to pay a dividend of fifty per cent of the amount due depositors on the 11th of August, and the directors propose to call a meeting of the stockholders at an early day, with the view to fill ‘up the capital and resume business.” In reply to questions of a HERALD reporter as to the course of the evening's discussion, Judge MeCue said that they had first been discussing WHAT ASSBTS THEY COULD AVAIL THEMSKLVES OF. most readily jor the purpose of paying the div- taends, and, secondly, what the chances would be of resuming business. They desired to fe" the stockholders to come up, anda they would Bait goon make an appeal to them to come forward wit! their capital and uelp them, In regard to the bonds of the railroad company, Judge McCue said that they had had the matter under discussion, but had not arrived at any def- nite conclusion, The directors would see other in- tereeted arta Ja a day or two. “and then.” san. drawn upon and preseuted to said company with intent | the judge, “we win give fyou some informa, ‘tmuea tion.” a MERERLY SPECULATIVE NOW. I have no doubt now, however, that some good will come out of it.’? This cenciuded the interview. The whole party then left the ofjcg. {T RAILROAD JOB. There is a very queer story afuat concerning the late Mr, Mills?” connection with the New Haven, Midd'etown and Willimantic Railroad and their bonds. This is only fifty-two miles and has alre ul cos' ady up- seven millions of dollars. ‘The work has been carried on by no less than four diferent contrac! parti the first three of whom abandoned it. Last Fall a “pool”? was made up between Eastern and New York men to com- plete the road, it is said that Mr, Mills was one of the foremost in the party. The Trust Company, it will be remembered, received some $200,000 of the first morvgage bonds, and the rail- road company also deposited with them nearly $1,- 000,000 of second mortgage bonds, which were to be given to the contracting party on condition that they finish the road. Some of the towns ulong the line of the road promised to be responsible for portions of the amounts of the An- other party was also made ne to parchase rollmg stock of the road, and Mr. Mills, it ts said, entered into this speculation and subscribed largely. This was done ats comparatively recent date. His aeath and the juent de- velopments, however, exploded the whole thing and the bond: re greatly depreciated. These speculations, it is said, were entered into by Mr. Mills personally, and it was expected thata tremendous revenue would be secured. THE JERSEY BANK ROBBERY. First Speech of Counsel for Defence— The Proceedings Interrupted by the Illness of a Juror—The Case to Ge to the Jury To-Day. Yesterday, the sixth day of the trial of FE. S. McWilliams and John Doyle for conspiracy to rob the First National Bank of Jersey City, was taken up with the speech of Mr. Williamson on behalf of the detendants. He spoke from ten o’clock until after twelve, and had not concluded his remarks when the proceedings were interrupted by the ulness of a juror. Mr. Williamson asked what would you say if it was sought to convict you of crime upon the testimony of convicted felons ¢ Do unto others as you would be done by. Three robbers have been brought from the State Prison to testify against these men and by their testi- mony to have them convicted. At first the prose- cuting attorneys deciared that they would convict the defendants on testimony outside of that given by the burglars. And yet THEY BRING THOSE ROBBERS before you now and ask you to believe their story against men who have been well known in this community. McWilliams was never more than ten months out of this county. He has had sore trou- bles with pohtical neighbors, but he has come out of tbem all unscathed, and he now expects you to restore him to the friendships of his life time. It is remarkable that the bank officers are not giving aid to th They are ie prosecution in this case. the most aggrieved and most interested parties. yet they offer no assistance to the district attorney, and don’t press this matter, Why? Because they evidently have no belief that these men are guilty. No; the prosecution is the work of Mr. Garretson, who considers his reputation at stake, and does all he can to secure their conviction. And in spite of all the treasure and pe sheaf which were at his disposal he has nothing after cight months but THE SAME OLD STORY that he told at the first trial, He has said that the robbers had no motive in testifying. The motive wuich instigated these burglars was a hope of hav- ing their punishment abated one-half in case the accused should be ound guilty, Prior to the day of the discovery of the burglary no word or act of either of the detendants can be testified to con- necting them with the plot to steal, except such words or acts as are deposed to by the burglars. No amount of testimony given by one accomplice can corroborate that of any other accomplice. And as for the TESTIMONY OF MRS. BEBMER, it merely goes to show that Doyle was at the ferry every nt, which spot was his post. Counsel then dwelt at great length on the improbability of the complicity of the accused with the robbers, If McWilliams was in collusion with the robbers his conduct in Philadelphia was uunatural—he never would have hastened home as he did on receipt of the telegram. His statement to McHorncy ts exsil explained. Doyle was his intimate friend, an he was anxious that Doyle should share in the credit ofthe arrest. Captain Dixon and Sergeant Robbins swear that McHorney told them how McWilliams had approved of nis conduct. Mr. Wil- liamson proceeded to establish that Mrs. Devereux, who lollowed Proctor from city to city and aided and comforted him, was actually an accomplice— was particeps criminis, and, therelore, that her EVIDENCE WAS NOT VALID, All the evidence given against Doyle dence against McWilliams, and all against McWil- Hams is invalid in regard to Doyle. if Doyle told McWilliams what Mrs. Devercux said of hin it would be competent evideuce against McWilliams; but Doyle never spoke to McWilliams about what Mrs, Devereux had said of him. The alleged flight of McWilliains cannot be considered against him. He did not stay away lixe a crimiaal, nor was it necessary to bring him back by armed force. The ex-Chancellor was developing this por- tion of his argument, When one of the jurors, Mr. Charles O’Brien, became sick, and the jurors were dismissed for the day. McWilliams stated to the HERALD representative yesterday that he belongs to no political club, and in justice to him this should be made known. ‘fhe three members of the Payo- nia Ciub that are on the jury had thereiore no unu- sual sympathy for the accused, CIVIL WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA, no evi- Condition of Affairs in the Argentine Cenfederation—Report of the Come mander of the United States Steamer ‘Wasp. WASHINGTON, Jaly 23, 1873. The following official despatches have been forwarded to the Navy Department :— UNITED STATES LR@aTIoN, MONTEVIDEO, May 10, 1873, Captain 0. C. BapGeR, commanding the United tates steamship Ticonderoga: Sin—Recently retiabie im-ormation has reached this legation that civil war has broken out in the Argentine State o| intre Rios, and is likely soon to manifest itseli in Corrientes and Santa Fé. and thay an armed revolt nas arisen in Paraguay. As the theatre of ‘this commotion 15 along the borders of the Parana and Pi nay rivers, the undersigned gives it as bis judgment that as soon as the United States steamer Wasp is in fit condi- tion it would be well that tnis ship should make a trip as high as Ascencion. As a provision against any contingencies of mg ag that might arise to the persons or property of citizens of the United States a naval vessel should show itself in the rice of the Parana and the Paraguay. The last of jane or Ist of July would be suMiciently early for the Wasp to leave Montevideo if she should be in readiness no sooner. She would need to be absent from this port not exceeding five or six weeks. JOHN L, STEVENS. REPORT OF THE COMMANDER OF THE WASP, The following is a report from Commander Maban, of the Wasp, dated off Montevideo, sune 14, addressed to Admiral Taylor, commanding the naval force in the South Atlantic station:— The revolution in Entre Rios still continues, but without any incident of importance. The reported capture Ot Parana early in the month proves to have been false. Tne Argentine War Minister, Senor Gariza, is in that city. His published reports show no decisive fighting. It is said in this morn- ing’s papers that Jordan hag ordered all males in Entre Rios between filteen and seventy to be en- rolled. The estates of those who do not report are to be confiscated. Tne journals estimate 18,000 to be in arms on one side or the other. It {8 asserted from Argentine sources that the Jordanites receive encouragement and assistance from Brazil. The only thiug that seems to affect foreigners 1s a pub- ltshsd proclamation of yordan that he will shoot any foreigners captured fighting against him, It appears also that some of his men boarded @ Dutch bark and took irom her two tron carronades, The English squadron, consisting of the Palades and Dart, is in port. ‘The Rocket has salled for home. The French gunboat Pique was here @ day or two, bot has gone up the river. The Italian corvette Vittore Pisani has arrived here, “ae! days from Auokland, bound home irom China. The health of the piace ts good; that of the officers and crew of the Waap 1s also good, ONE MORE E:CAPE PROM SING SING. Michael Britt, a convict at Sing Sing Prison, en- couraged, doubtless, by the success which has lately crowned the efforts of three or four of bis fellow jail birds in surreptitiously regaining their liberty, unceremoniously walked away from that Institution on Thursday nignt, and had not been sur ae up to may oveniog Britt oan oo pA ere e} unloading meat from peller, and, my Iwas night tne, two armed guards were detatied to take care of them. The vii of these iatter, however, did not prevent the indi- vidual named from secreting himeelf and ng in the darknass, In th vil of ming Sing the affair provokes many @ smile expense of the prison management. The man was con- victed of grand larceny and sentenced in Octobe! 1871, by Recorder Hackett, to five years’ impriso: ment, KILLED ON SHIPBOARD, On the 16th inst, John O'Brien, while at work on board the steamship Huntress, then lying at the foot of Eighth street, East River, was struck on the head by the porthole cover falling on him, Death subsequently ensued (rom the effects of the in- juries received, Intheir verdict jury censured the mate of the steamer for carelessly alowing the cover to fall on a T, nn: LARGEST RESERVOIR IN THE WORLD ‘What the Philadelphians Aye Daing—A Watef That Covers 104 Acres of Ground, Holds 750,000,000 Gallons of » ‘Water and Will Cost $4,000,000. PHILADELPHIA, July 23, 1978, ay For years past the enemies of the Quaker have dubbed it an “overgrown village,” and when ridicule was wanting a victim the city of shrewd@ lawyers and broad-brimmed hats was certain to come in for its full share. “Times,” however, “nave changed,” and Philadelphia to-day, for ite go-ahead rings and shrewd business men, has no equal on the Continent. Politically speaking, 18 casts New York completely in the shade, although the greater portion of its wire-pullers are appreh- tices in the business. Last week tt was rumored in certain usually well* informed circles that a/big screw was loose some- where in and about the Water Department, and that moneys were being paia out to parues con- nected with the new East Park Storage Reservoir that was not warranted by the original contract. To ascertain the truthfulness of the report your correspondent called upon several gentlemen com versant witn every detail in connection with the reservoir, and he found to his satisfaction that it was @ canard, While on this errand he gained much valuable information in regard to THIS GREAT RESERVOIR, which shows conclusively that for enterprise and doing “big things” under adverse surroundings the Simon Pure Philadelphians cannot be beat. ‘This city, ike New York, has been increasing ip population so rapidly during the past eight or wm years that the water supply has been found to be inadequate for the demands. Various remedies had been proposed to meet this properly, but ip almost every instance the schemes involved an outlay of too large asum. When, therefore, the Croton Board of New York, @ year or so back, pur- chased a Jarge tract of ground above their reser« voir for the storage of water in anticipation of 9 water famine, the idea of a storage reservoir sug> gested itself to the authorities of this city. In 187% the water in the Schuylkili River was so low, owing to the drought, that, for the first time, the ple Feally became ‘rightenea, and, during ‘the Pallvot were instructed, tong, if posse, & artment were instruct ry a Bhieable location for the building of a storage reser. voir, ‘This they succeeded in doling, alter mucb labor, and a tract of land covering ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR ACRES, from Thirty-third street to panies was hit upon, and was secured to the city for t purpose very cheap. A little later in the same yeas the surveys were made and ground was broxen op what ts destined, when finished, to be the |: rT reservoir in the world, not even excepting tnat ag Berlin, Prussia. It willbe a third larger than the stor reservoir of New York. and will make tg of both those located at Cincinnati and St. Lou! ‘The entire 104 acres 18 now being excavated a dis tance of twelve fect below the levei and the earth taken out by carts, and hoisting apparatus is used to fill in the embankment surrounding the im- mense of fresn, pure Schuylkill River water, which, by the way, far surpasses your Croton water, The reservoir Wul contain 750,000,000 ga'lons of Water, or enough to supply the wants of the city twenty-three days IN CASE OF A FAMINE. The water level of the reservoir will be 135 feet above the city datum, and will be divided into two divisions by an embankment which wiil be not quite to the normal height of the water in reservoir, 80 that when the reservoir is filled bank will not show and the surface will present the appearance of a single sheet of water near one hundred acres in area, The banks will be immense thickness, to ‘hair the inain walls. The base of the Outside wails will be 100 feet in width, tuurty-five feet in height, and fifteen feet in width across the top. The whole will be lined with the best hard brick manufactured in the city, of which it is estimated that elxteen million will be re quired, The ground upon which this colossal re- ceiver is being built is peculiarly adapted for the purpose, as it is hard and is devoid of sand or gravel. When the walls are completed the bottom ‘will be covered with a waterproo! substance simi- lar to that laid down at the Union Square Park. ‘The influent and eMuent chambers will be located, one at Thirty-third street and Montgomery avenue and the other at Thirty-third and Norris streeta, THERE TMMENER BXOINES, plaeed at the Spring Garden Water Works, third and Thompson streets, will be used to su the storage reservoir with water throughout the seasons. The main pipes leading to it irom the foot of Grand avenue and the Schuylkill River will Juroish the water, and workmen are now en; in ¢redging the river at the point mentioned for the reception of 36-inch The Corinthian street and Fairmount Water Works will also be connected with the new reservoir. ‘The old Fairmount Water Works will still be used, if not for its valuable pemaeey, Sor its old and hone orable career in times past. The year 187618 de~ igned to witness its compietion, and three thou- sand laborers, under the Superintendent, Mr, Charles Porter, are employed daily for this object, their weekly salaries amounting to $60,000. The whole cost of building the reservoir ts esti- mated at $4,000,000. ‘The city has now in use 280 miles oi water pipe, the greater portion of which has been laid down since the year 1855, aud one of the most serious «ificulties encountered 1s the’ insufficient aize. This, however, will be remedi in @ great measure when the new storage reser- voir 5 completed. The following table s.ows the average number of gallons of WATER USED DAILY IN PHILADBLPIIA fair, i but little complaint is made by the citizens. G year the receipts were $1,054,281 61, being an ex- cess Of $572,844 85 over the year 1871. ‘ihe cost of raising 1,000,000 gallons of water one foot high at each of the tollow: ng named works during the year 1872 wiil give an idea as to the cheapness of water in Philadelphia :— Fairmount Works...... 01 Belmont Works—fwo Worthington duplex en- a gines...........+ Roxborough Works— Worthington engine... ... Schuylkail Works—fwo fail Corni-h engines... . Detaware Works—One Worthington duplex : gine ee mi jornish an BEAL ESTATE MATTERS. A long list of valuable stocks was offered and sold yesterday at the Exchange by Messrs. Adrian H, Muller & Son, which tended to attract consid- erabie of an assemblage. This auction lasted ap- wards of an hour, and the offerings realized full market prices. The disposal of realestate did not amount to much, and was confined to the following legal sales:— ‘ ay Dn 46, bk. tb. andl. n. e. ci Jot 24.9276; H. Brunich 3 1,, No, 231 48th at., ma, 352 SP fetuontau.s: i Wenzel. . BY D. P. PAIRCULL . &, 16th st., between Sth and 9th .6; B. Wright... 4,000 At private sale William Raynor reports having sold two lots on the southwest corner ot Kighty- third street and Fourth avenue, each 25.6x90, for 000, Ry suburban s: to be held by Jere. Johnson, Jr., before the Summer is over, are on the and promise to be a fitting had nay of oue of the most brilliant seasons we have had for many years past. Of these is a sale at Long Brauch, to be held on the 9th prox.; another 01 200 choice lots at Saratoga Springs on the 13th prox., and Yonkers Eian ee Westchester county, on the Hndson, ‘will witness an extensive auction o/ fine property on the 5th of August, J. M. Gibson, auctioneer, of Jersey City, reports ublic sale yesterday (Tuesday) of tue jour choice Building lots Nos, 201, 203, 205 and 207 Wayne street, near Jersey avenue, to 5, popopiey for—201, $3,500; 203, $3,475; 205, $3,475, and 207, $3,475. ANOTHER CHESTERFIELD, BROOKLYN, July 22, To THe Eprror oF THE HERALD:— ‘Wiil you use a email space in the columns of your paper to expose the ruManly conduct of another car conductor? I refer to conductor of car 48, of the First and Second avenue and Peck slip line, which reached Peck sip at abont half-past ten o’clock last evening (July 2i), The first thing I heard upon getting on said car 48 was very Ob scene language irom two fellows on the, rear piat- form, the conductor listening the meanwhile; this, too, in the presence of ladies. Shortly alter, the passengers not moving forward in the car fast enough to suit this conductor, be began to damn and use very abusive language, and, When a lady asked him how near she was to where sic wished to get off the car, his reply was, “What the hell do you want?” and when I told him he must not use such language in the presence of ladies, he turned on me saying, “Damn you, if you don’t like it get off.” To another woman it was, ‘What the hell did ve get on this car for?” Now periiaps Jalias ‘ardgworth, President, or John W, Smitn, Super- intendent of the company, countenance such con- duct on the part of their employés, but 1 doubt it. Atany rate the patie must be protected from on ee evil tee ad Lif better ve, of ae a ing the evil than through the press. You a RROOKLY RUE” 1878.