The New York Herald Newspaper, August 19, 1873, Page 8

8 THE STARS AND STRIPES. The American Ensign of Freedom at Its Highest Point of Material Elevation. Bn Unparalleled Exploit—The American Banner Raised in Peru at tho Height of 17,574 Feet Above the Level of the Sca— ‘What Americans in Peru Can Do, Lia, July 19, 1873, The natal day of the United States of America ‘was worthily and singularly celebrated’ by some of her enthusiastic sons in Peru, who placed the Star- ®pangied Banner on the very summit of the Andean chain, @ material height never reached be- Yore by that emblem o/ liberty. From the interest- Sng account of this expioit furnished to your cor- wespondent by Mr. A, F. Goldsmith, an engineer wn the great Oroya Railway, the following data have been extracted, which will prove to our peo- ple at home that WORRIGN SKIES DO NOT CHANGE AMERICAN HEARTS, The report reads as tollows:—Four of the gen- &lemen comprising the engineer corps on the above mentioned work, remembering the ap- proach of the Fourth of July, set themselves to Cogitating as to the manner in which they should celebrate the anniversary. Fired by the desire to Tender the day as notable as was in their power, these young Americans conceived a scheme which 4s refreshing when compared to the stereotyped speeches and vexatious fire-crackers popularly pa- tronized in the United States. It was resolved to ‘make the ascent of the highest peak of the Andes 4m this portion of Peru, and from that elevation throw out to the mountain air the flag of their country. A lofty ridge of the Cordili@ra, situated a short distance from the line of the railway, was known to be tie greatest in height, and had been found to be accessible from one side; but the modus operand now engaged the attention of the patriots. A fiag and @ flag estat were to be procured, and Goldsmith was detailed as a committee of one to proceed to Lima for this purpose, while his associates, Tobias Cunain, ham aud Bissell, pre- pared the necessary adjuncts on the spot. The gallant officers and Adriral Steadman, of the war slip Pensacola, then lying in Callao Bay, mani- fested the utmost interest in the novel project, nd generously presented the enterprising party witha superb American ensign, thirty-six ieet in fength, As the celebration was to take place on Peruvian Boil, some hovuor to this flourishing Kepublic had to be paid, anda fine Peruvian flag was obtainea to vat alongside of the device of the elder sisier, THe DIFFICULTIES, ‘ Meverthcless, continued. Jt was impossible to transport wooden poles tosuch a height, and the Ingenuity of the englaeera substituted iron up- rights for the fagstaffs, These were made of hol- low tubes three inches in diameter, and in lengths of twenty feet. They were carried from Lima to San Bartolomé, a station forty-six miles distant from the capital by rail, and thence to the Galera, the scene of action, forty-eight miles further on, bu muleback, Tis town of the Galera is situated pinety-four miles from Lima, on the west slope of the dividing range of the Andean chain, 5,581 feet above the level of the sea it was founded in 1872 by the engineer corps of the Oroya Railway, and is probably the highest settlement in the world. It derives its fame from the Galera pass. Under this pass the Galera or Sumuiit tuupel of the Oroya Raliway is being bored; the annals of engineering offer no instance of a work oj this description being effected at such an altitude, ere, tov, is established a Meteorological observatory, couducted 1h tue inter @st8 Oi the Smithsonian Institute by jar. Tobias, the resident engineer, and by Di, EB. T. Bissell. The enthusiastic gentlemen, who kindly afforded me Euse data, characteristically remark, “‘iiere we ve six sieam power engines, averaging eichty horse power each, and compressors bade at the Dbelamcter Iron Works in ew York in sections, and brought ever she Mountains on the backs of mules; tuis is the bighest known point where a piston rod has been Moved by steam; and licre om the morning of the Fourth of July a handiul of Americans proceeded #0 accomplish a feat which in its peculiar way has po paraiiel that your correspondent is aequalnted with, TWENTY INDIANS were Jaden with the flag, tue iron tubes for the Ball, provisions, tools, &c, nd the ascent was commenced, Instruments for scientific purposes Were not iorgotten; 4 .barometer, thermometer, na spirit lamp graced the backs of the sturdy na- ‘ives. To those Who have Deyer attaiued such ap Gltitude the difficulties ot ANDBAN FOOT TRAVEL re unknown and almost incredivie; to proceed continuously for more than arod is simply impos- sible; itseems that at every step breath departs forever; the feeling of Oppression at the heart and lungs is excessive, owing to the extreme rariiica- NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY. and left on this s! weer of the ovr Cordilleras the Biers and tan of our country and the bicolor.of Peru wav! pang. ol a tothe sister members of ‘the Ameriean republica, THE COURTS. Andrea Candetari, a deserter from the Austrian bark Cerere, was brought yesterday before Com- missioner Osborn, on the application of the Austrian Consul, Proof having been given showing that Candellari was a deserter from the ship. He was committed to the custody of the Marabal to await the further requisition of the Consul, While the ‘prisoner was being examined he behaved in @ ? violent and threatening maaner, and it was almost tiou of the atinosphere, and called fortu ali of the | endurance of the party. When half way up the pot the dividing ridge of the Andes Was passed. On the leit, looking south, was the noble Valley of the Amazon; on tle right the Pacific slope, and go Darrow is this ridge that in some piaces two per- Hr could not walk avreast. Ciiinbing along in Indian file, the party proceeded until a halt was calied to recuperate the body aud prepare for the final ascent over the boulders and great granite focks depending from the side of the peak, ‘ AT TWELVE O'CLOCK THE SUMMIT ‘was reached, and, standing knee-deep in the snow, he gallant band, consisting of H. P. lovias, of eotone, lil; J. 8. Cunningham, of New York; Dr. :. L. Bissell, of Connecticut; A, F, Goidsmith, of Dover, N. H.; Job M. Tobias, of Illinois; J. H, Van Brocklin, of Oneida; li. M. Smith, of springseld, and J. A, Shirtzer, of New York, congratulated gach other on their trinmph. Soon the Indians arrived with thetr loads, and tn é the iron tubes were connected erected, guyed with heavy wires—one forty-five feet high, surmounted by @ huge weather vane and a bail !wen iX inches in Giameter; the other of the same bh » but jess pretentious, situated some fifty feet distant. 10 THE BREEZR. At two o’clock all was in readiness for the sa- preme victory of courage and love of country over he dreary obstacles of the ‘rowning Cordillera. A reat tin box was brought forward by one of the udian:, containing a document tn which were Ansciibed the names of Presidents of the Uni'ed States and Peru, with those of the members of ‘their respective cabinets; a fac-simile of the Decia- Fation oO! Independence, of glorious memory; to- ether with the names of Heury and Join G WMleiggs, the contractors of the road; the oMicers nd engineers of the undertaking; coins of the United States and Peru; copies of the New Youk MeRALD And other Americau journals. ‘This box was deposited midway between the two Pagsiats, and the Indiaus pried stones over tt ip the form of a cairn to the beigut of tweuty feet. ‘The American flag was then hosted by Mr. Gold- with, with an eniivening chorus of three cbeers And the imevitaple tiger. On one of the stripes ‘was printed the name of the United States flagsuip ensacola, the geuerous donor of the banner. A eruviad ensign then was hauled up to the top of ‘the other poie, the Indians doing their best to em- wiate their white comrades in their vives. After this, aud the customary breaking of a bottle of mad Cliquot, @ warvie ‘slab bearing the inserip- q MOUNT ae nonareeeen tees tere teaeee none coneee neat: OLOLELOLOLIIOILDLE DELETE CEL ELELEDELEDOLELE ELLE TED ‘was placed on the summit of the cairn. ‘the two emblems received the salutations (per deputy) of ir. Pardo, tie President of Pern, and oi Mr. Uenry jeiggs, the Railway King of South America. MOUNT ME) 4s situated In latitude 11 42 30 south,longitude 1 02 east from Waslitngtun—seventy-seven miles trom the Pacific coast, and inore than two thousand feet ibove the region of perpetual snow, The starry anner Was tousted, fu.iting as it Was tar alove the clouds in 4 foreign, but triendly Repubiic, higher than it bad ever before iuhaled their Vapor- ous breath, THE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVAT ONS, conducted by Mr. Tobias and Dr. Bisse suited in the following iuteresting 4 By the aid of the spirit lamp, water bore ‘temperature Of 17/3, degrecs Fahrenucit: taking ‘this as a standard, and Trautwine's tabies tor obtaining aititudes by the boiling point of water, es the peak in question a heigut of 14,751 ieet; y the barometer it was found a sew feet loss, ut it is assumed that the real height of this goountain is, from levels and triangulation 4,077 Jeet above the level of the The thermometer Andicated, at zP. M., d6degrees Fahrenheit avove wero; the barometer eight pounds atmospheric Geecana to the square inch. he scien obser: ations once completed, the adventurous party put pon their eye-giasees and gazed ou the WONDROUS SCENB which lay extended before them. To the north, nd as far as the eye could reach along the divid- bg Tange, the snow-capped peaks towered high bove the clouds, and seemed as if an army of te had marched out to battle, leaving their nts deserted. Towards the Pacific coast, crags @ud rugged cliff. covered with eterna! snow, Alrown together in fearful disorder, attested the prevence of our earthquakes. Kastward was seen ie Valley of the Amazon, or rather of those Peru- ‘vian rivers which flow into that mighty stream; ‘the hillsides and valleys covered with grass an Joliage; the dense woods crowded with demons in ‘She shape of tigers, a and venomous insects, waiting the arrival T natural enemy—man. RETURN. Down to their pogt i tne raving wended the impossible to keep him qutet, He was searched by Deputy Marshal Bernard, who found upon him a knife, which was immediately taken possession of by the officer, In a fit of passion, and in the exer- cise of great ‘strength, the prisoner succeeded in forcing his hands out of the handcuffs, In the United States District Court a suit has been commenced in rem against four cases of mer chandise, marked 8, H., 116407, the value of which is $2,000, The claimants are Simon Haas and Ru- dolph Seligman, SUPREME COUNT—CHAMBERS, Important as Touching the Arrest of a Minor. Before Judge Daniels. Motion was made in this Court to vacate the order of arrest in the case of Julius Paradiso, {t appears that he was a minor, only nincteen years old, and it was claimed that an action arising ex contracto, even thongh tinged with fraud, cannot be changed into a tort in case of a minor. The charge 1s that the delendant and his brother, John Paradise, and @ man named Caro. conspired by false representations to obtain $604 worth of goods from Chisholm Bros., fancy goods merchants, describing themselves a8 @ solvent firm’doing business in New Orleans and New York, and that soon alter whey gave notice that they were bankrupt and gould only pay ten cents on th doliar, The complaint charges fraud in the bual- ness from the inception, and counsel argued that, this being so, the defendant, who remained in the city after the other two went away, was liable to arrest, On the other side, it was argued that there was no proof of the parties having been insolvent in March, when the contract was made. Judge Daniels at the close of the argument took the pa- pers, reserving his decision. Dutch Heinrich Still Panting for Free= dom. Mr. Wiliam F. Howe, counsel for “Dutch Hein- rich,” claims to be very anxious to bring his client to trial, and declares that this is the strong desire of the latter, ana that, in consequence, there isa decided mutual disgust at what is claimed to be something more than the law’s proverbial delay in the case, It 18 insisted that, pending the com- menceiment of such trial, it is a piece of grea hardship keeping the allegel Wall street bond operator in prisop. Application was accerdingly niade yesterday for a writ of hubeas corpus for the purpose of accomplishing his release on bail. Tho Judye granted the writ, and the merits of the case ‘Wil be argued this morning. SUPRERIE COURT—CHAMBERS. Decisions, By Judge Davia. In the matter of the testimony of B, E. Koebling, &¢c.—An order may be entered requiring the wit- ness to answer the tnterrogatory fully and com- pletely, iu conformity to decision (see memo- randa). Herdtfelder vs. Fink et al.—Motion granted and reference ordered; order to settle on turee days’ notice (see memoranda with Cierk). Tu the matter of Antoun Koopman, a supposed lu- Datic.—Order tor commission granted, SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM Deeistons. By Judge Sedgwick. Driscoll va. The West Broadway, &c., Manufactur- ing Company.—Order granting allowance to plain- til of $200; defendants to lave thirty days to aiake case Ob appeal. By Judge Freedman. Courtney vs. Baker et al.—Amendments to case settied (see Memoranda, With papers). By Judge Barbour, Derulle vs. Derulie.—Further proof of identity ie anes before a judgment can properly be irecved, TOMBS POLICE COURT. Stealing from a Dranken Man. Patrick Barrett, of 76 Prince street, was arraigned belore Judge Dewling yesterday, charged with stealing trom Bernard O'Connor the sum of $100, Mr, O'Connor alleges that he went into Bar- | rett’s place Sunday night aud drank there several times, that though he was somewhat intoxicated, he remembered that Barrett put his band in his (O’Connor’s) coat pocket and took eut @ roll of vills, O'Connor left the place that night late, and when he awoke in the morning he missed his money, bat, remembering whut had happened, supposed that Barrett had taken the money for sale keeping. When he called on Barrett, Barrett laughed at him and denied all knowledge of the transaction, O’Connor thereupon cailed in the services of OfMcer Mahony, of the Fourteenth pre- cinct, and had Barrett arrested. Judge Lowling committed him for trial in deiault of $2,000 bail. Married Bliss. Ellen Higgins, of 29 Leonard street, a very pretty and interesting young woman, came before Judge Dowling yesterday to prefer a charge against her husband, Jolm Higgins, of assault and battery. Ellen, who does not look more than seventeen years of age, informed the Judge that she had been married but seven months, and this was the second time she bad to have her liege lord arrested for brutal treatment, That on Saturday night he raised his hand to strike ber in one of his flis of ill humor and she threatened to call for the police. He then knocked her down on the floor and kicked her violently im the side and stomaca, saying at the tme, “Ill give you fometting to cry Mbout.” Joun, after receiving @ severe lecture from His Honor ete Dowling, was committed in default 01 $800 hail for trial at Special Sessions, SCFFERSON MARKET POLICE COUT. Grand Lareeny. A young negro, named George Van Lien, was yesterday afternoon brought before Justice Led- | with, on the complaint of Mary Bostick, also col- ored, who charges him with having stolen $104 Worth of wearing apparel. ‘The prisoner emphati- cally denied the charge, but, notwithstanding his loud declarations of innocence, he was committed in defauit of $500 to auswer at the General Ses- sions, Larceny from the Person. YesteTday morning Officer Graham, of the rir teenth precinct, while passing Washington Park, saw William Rafferty, of 237 Fifth street, thrust his | hand into the potket of William Gamble, of 84 East | Broadway, Who was éitiing alongside him on a bench im the park. ‘The officer immediately aresied Rafferty, and took him before Justice Led- | with, who committed him, in deiault of $1,000, to gi Robbery. Andrew Freyburger, of No. 372 Hudson street, was arraigned ons charge of having, atong with | four others, knocked down M¥hael McCann on the barge Caledonia on Sunday afternoon, as he | was coming down the river, and stolen $e from him. The others eacaped, but Preyburger was ar- rested and Justice Ledwith held him in $1,000 bail to auswer. COURT CALEWDAR—THIS DAY. SuPREME CoURT~SPECIAL TERM—Reld by Jndge | Daniels.—Nos, 16, 17, 21, 93, 40, 41, 45, 4, 4%, 48, %, 61, 62, 63, 54, 66, 60, 61, 63, 65, 60, 63, Tl, 12, 78, 75, 78, 80, 81, 88, 64, 85. BROOKLYN COURTS. CITY COURT—<PECIAL TERM. A Street Inspector's Defcat. Before Judge Neilson. Yesterday morning Judge Neilson denied the ap- | plication of John Wallace for a mandamus to com- pel the Comptroller to pay him his salary of $75 for | November last as “inspector” on the Buffalo ave- | Que improvement. The case was reported in the HeEravp of Wednesday last. It seems that Wallace had been drawing his salary regularly for several mouths despite the fact that work on the street | hud been euapended, but when he presented the | | warrant for November's pay Comptroller Schroe- | der refused to disburse. Wailace was subsequently dismissed altogether. Corporation Counsel William ©. DeWitt disputed the legality of the claiin and argued that a man- Sea ie Bot She Proper, way to collect a claim ist tie city, as it would lenying the © ration the right o! a trial by jury, ae eee Decisions. By Judge Ngison. LO aa vs. Woodrufft—OCase and amendments settled, Porter vs. Cook—Motion to remove receiver granted, unless plaintid within ten days brings the inatter Up fer hearing on the merits; proceedings stayed meantime. Birdsall ve, McClewly—Motion to discharge order of arrest denied. The People ex rel. John Wallace va. Frederick A, | be | provect our damus denied; this proceeding not appropriate for the collection of disputed claims against the ty. Grimn vs. Hennessey.—Motion for judgment on the issues round by the jury dented, on the ground that the mere damages a! from the wrongtul conduct of the contractor m preventing the work, not chargeable as a lien upon the property of the owner, not a party co that wrongful conduct, the money which the owner had for the work to be done upon and for the benefit of his party to inguished frem such damages frora which he derived no henefit and as to which he had no power of prevention; the lien law not intended to cover such a claim. Roff vs, Hawiey.—Motion to refer, £¢., denicd, without costs, Winters va. The Greenpoint Methodist Episcopal Church.—Judgment ordered for plaiutif, with extra allowance, Ritter and Others vs. Simon, six cases.— The voluminous aMfdavits in these cases have been carefully examined, and the conclusion, on the whole, is that the waincice did not know that the property of which they were led to accept the conveyances was subject to the mortgage, I think the charge of traud has been sufficiently sustained to justily the demal of the motion to vacate the orders of arrest. In the case of the Evergreens Cemetery, appl. cation for Receiver, &c., DO decision as yet, the parties having obtained time to put in written points, none of which have as yet been handed to the Ju iges. THE CiTY’S CANINE CURSE. The Great Dog Centres of Gotham—Hew the Thousands of Curs Live—The Cheapness of an East Side Proprictor- ship—Suggestions and Complaints About Vagrant Dogs—Open the Pounds, Ever since tho city treasury became too poor to pay the reward tor wandering curs the towm has been cur-sed by the number of vagrant dogs that prow! the streets at will. In the good old time, when the gamin of the town used to make cnough money at dog catching during the week to do the “sumpta- ous” on Sunday, the streets were comparatively free and one could walk aproad without apprehen- sion or danger of having his nether garments muti- lated, ov, worse still, his tender calf distigured, But, like @ great many other things, the feeling of security which was experienced passed away with the golden days of the old régime, and, as “.eggars can’t be choosers,” Gothamites must be satisfied witn what is given to them. The old law of paying rewards for dogs certainly had its abuses, but they were fur outbalanced by the benefits of the system. A fow individuals who had pet dogs lost them, ana there was a howl about the municipal government not only permitting but abetting an unholy traffic in innocent dogs. ‘The noise of these gentlemen who had lost dogs became so great as to fill all Gotham, and, finally, to appease thelr wrath and stop the noise, the in- exorable “pounders” made a compromise on the | matter by reducing the prize money from half-a- dollar to twenty-fve cents, THE TWE IVE CENT ARRANGEMENT had the desired eifect, for the boys didn’t belicve in ruaning around town for dogs at that rate of payment, When they used to get ility cents in war times. Not they. “Kilty cents or no dog” was the motto. The City hers would not “knock wider,” and, aiter & whue, the business became brisk again and remained so until poverty closea the coi of tne city, Just about this time Bergh, the zoolanthropist, loomed up, and between hin, the twenty-five cent game and poverty they man- aged to shut up the pounds, und they have re- ned closed for two years, with the prospeet of rewalnig So two years more, {i results of Mr, Bergh’s kindness and Mr. Green’s niggardly stint are to be seen on the sireets at all times, The nuisance has become so flagrant that many citizens have gone to the Board of Healt and complained; but having been there informed that to abolish the nuisance was not in the power of the Board, they have gone to tue Police Commissioners and returned with as lit- tle success, Failing of sympathy ta ey direction, they have, in the desperation of thelr troubie, turned to the HERALD gnd written basketful after basketiul of letters, complaining bitterly of the deep wrong they are obliged to endure, The in- conveniences that the prowling dogs put people to are various, aud, in some cases, comical. Une gen- tleman complains that he cannot sleep with the MOONLIGHT SYMPHONY of twenty-one mongrel curs (he has counted them) thit congregate on the tlower bed 10 his front garden and howl madrigals at the moon when it is out, and when tt ain’t out they go into his chicken coop and make the chickens sing, Ho has shot two and planted them at the root of his renee ‘but it’s no use, two come to mourn the ead one, and the flowers won’t grow aud the chickens ‘Won't increase. So he is thinking of opening & private pound. Another gentleman writes that he has Nad his pants torn around the bottom several times and that his life is endangered from the “myriad” dogs in bis neighborhood, who meet him every eveuing a8 he is going home and in playiul savageuess jump at is heels and make him jee! quite uacomfortable. He says ft ts folly to try to shoot them, for they are hke gray hairs. One night he makes a general slaughter and imagines he has exterminated all the dogs in the neigubor- hood, and the next night is worse thenever. He is willing to have his assessment increased to help pay the premium on dogs. Others are affected in divers Wi ; their children are bitten, and the clothes they leave on the grass to bleach are made calicos oi by the dogs’ feet, GREAT DOG CENTRES, There are certain parts of the city in which dogs are to be found in numbers that would surpass be- het. One of these localities on the west side of town, runulug from Fiity-ninth to 1l0ta street, isa settlement of shanties, and many of the dogs are used to draw ash carts and rag-picking wagons. They are not ied by their owners and go around cecnine whatever they can in the neighbor- ing ash boxes. Several children of the neighbor- hood have been bitten by these curs, some oj them dangerously, and still the nuisence exists, In the eastern part of Yorkville there i# another colony of curs, whese depredations are well known to that section, They are not so flerce or dangerous as the wild bloodhounds of Huntington and Jamaica, L. L, but they are more tantalizing, for no systematic war can be made unon them and they breed and merease to an extent that is truly alarming. One hundred and twenty-cighth street is another hotbed for mongreis, One man has seven dogs and ups innumerable, © He raises the dogs for spite, he says, and is willing to kill them all it his Lon be bors will keep their goats out of his yard and let his vecetables grow, From Grand street to Four- teenth street, east of Second avenue, is a canine paradise. Here dogs are to be found in greater numbers than they were in Jerusalem in tue time of Josephus. They are selt-cupporting dogs, and, as it dou’t cost anything to keep them, everybody delights in proprietorstip. Even the busiaess portion of the town is not free Hae dogs, a8 will be secn from the following etter :— SEVEN DOGS TO A BLOCK. To tHe Eprror or tHe HenaLn:— T wish to call the attention of the proper authorities to the fact that it is actually dangerous to walk through the streets on the east side of the city, owing to the num: ber of dogs in that viernity—that Is, from Fran to Houston, and from the Bowery to the E People pasting through thow streets ar. tacked by them, and several tumes I have pareiy escaped cing bit en by the timely arrival ot the owner: o/ the dogs. en We read of so many instances of death Ly hydro: phobia IT wondee that some measures are not taken to zens from the danger that surrounds them Al alinost every step. In the quarter above mentioned, he average number is seven dogs to a block, The own: ers of these useless curs should be oblized either to keep them in their own rooins, or else muzzle them whenever they areailowed to go in the street. Neglecting to con- forin to such & Jaw they should be subject toa heavy fine, Thus would we get Tid of the dog nuisance. 1. F. ‘The statistics of mortality in this city and Brook- lyn go to show that within the last two years nearly fiteen deaths have occurred from hydrophobia. The heartrending story of the little girl who was torn to pieces by a dog in Brookiyn last year is still fresh in the public mind, as is also that of the little boy in Fifty-ninth ‘street, who was bitten on the throat by 4 Cog that he tried to Chase from an ash barrel. Unless these horrors are to be repeated something siould be done to kill the snrpiua of dogs that how prow! about our streets anmuazzied and wncared for, and the Board of Health would make as big a stir and do as good work tn abolish- ing this nuisance us they did in cleaning the mar- kets, requentiy at. BROOKLYN MUNICIPAL AFPAIRS, ™ ng of the Moard of Aldermen. The Brooklyn Board of Aldermen held a meeting yesterday afternoon. There was a large attend ance of members for @ mecting held during the Summer recess, but three Aldermen being absent. President Clancy presided. Corporation Counsel De Witt reported that the assessment for paving the sidewaik on Third avenue, from I'wenty-eightn street to the city line, was invalid on account of lack of uniformity and on account of partiality. A resointion that the assessment be caucelled aud reiaid was adopted. The attention of the Board was then dfrected to the subject of shoeing the sixty-six horses of the Fire Department, and, alter considerable denate, it was decided to allow $260 per month jor the work, the Fire Commissioners being authorized to select the parties to do it. ‘The Police Commissioners submitted communt+ cations asking ior an appropriation of $200 for ree palting ceils of the Fourth street police station, damaged by the recent fire at the Fourteenth ward bell tower; Of $500 for arpets for the Central office; for @ propeller for riv police, and jor horses, equipments, &c., for @ mounted police force of eleven men. Alderman Eckert, who appears to be she funny man of the Buard, created considerabie merriment by moving that all the police be mounted. The motion, however, was not seconded, and the Board took the necessary action towards having the wishes of the Police Commissioners granted, A resolution waa adopted directing the Board of City Works to report in detail the items of expend- itures thes far on the main sewer ©: the Eighteenth Schroedex, Yomptrgler, &e.—Appligatiog for man- and Tweaty-(rat wards The Board then adiained, AUGUST 19, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET CUSTOM HOUSE CORRUPTION, Frightful Suspense of the Federal Free Lances. Who Devoured the Diamonds of General Ramon Paez? M’'CRUM, THE NUIMEG SHUGGLER. The Sherry Wine Swindle—Morality of Mer- chauts—How Appraisers Are Ap- prosched—The Dishonest Schemes of the Special Agents. The revelations made by the HERALD in the sink of Custom House corruption has caused @ great deal of excitement among federal officials im this city, And it has spread outside of the Custom House, and alarm 1s beginning to enter the breasts of Post Ofice officials and Internal Revenue employ¢s. The United States District Attorney's people are beginning to brace themselves up against the storm which they know or imagine is surely. coming. The excitement regarding the Tam- many frauds was purely local in ita effects, but it 18 believed .that the Custom Houses of Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston are as full of fraud and corruption as that of New York. Millions of doliars, legally the just dues of the United States government, find their way into the pockets of the federal parasites, and commer- cial morality was never at such a low ebb as it is at present in the country. DISHONESTY OF LEADING MERCHANTS. There are firms in this city doing the heaviest im- porting business in the various branches of trade to which they belong, and whose names and houses are outwardly above all reproach, who are guilty of the basest frauds on the revenue. In the HERALD of yesterday were published the names of several prominent firms who have been implicated for large amounts, Platt & Boya boldly assert that they will fight the government to the last dollar they have got; but this is but one firm who have audacity enough to face the risks of such @ course. Ninety-five per cent of the im. porters when caught cheating the revenue become parties to suits in which they know that they are certain to lose, because they are guilty of robbing the government, Kobbery is the word—it is no use in mincing matters—and the sums paid by these firms for clerks’ expenses and for attorney’s fees, in addition to the sums paid to compound the robberies, can be found on the registers in the United States District Attorney’s ofices. Ig it strange that these merchants who Tob the government should tn their turn often be robbed by their clerks and cashiers, and that em- bezzlement Is an evely day occurrence, and is in its turn compounded by. the. employers of clerks and cashiers, Nor should it be deemed strange that Custom THouse officers should accept money and pass goods fraudulently when they can get what they want for committing dishonest acts on the revenue, INSPECTORS’ BRIBES. The bonus which is paid inspectors on some lines of steamers is called by these gentry “House money,” and the forced levies which are made on passengers ior pete trunks, laces, Giamonds or Filks, is known by the singular title of ‘thatchets,’’ The Pacific Mail steamship line pays $50 apiece to each Inspector for discharging cargoes, and there is a case of wine given to each inspector, which they “tind” ready for them, altuough the pretence of making the inspectors pay for their drinks at some of the bars on board of steamers is kept up as a sort oi cover. The Havana lines give each inspector $10a head ; but they do not get their meals gratis, which is considerable of an object, as the food on board is always good, and the wines are rich and makegood blood. The White Star line ‘ives & case of liquor to the inspectors on the quiet, ast year, for the election fund, the inspeotora were forced to pay $60 a head—$40 being usually the amount, or two per cont of their salaries. Then= the ‘soldiers and sailors and Grand Army of the Republic are constantly engaged in selling or peddling tickets for all kinds oi “benefits” and “concerts” and “lectures,” and 1t is Well Known that inspectors are asked as often as six or eight or a dozen times in one year to pur- chase “five dollars’ worth of tickets” for these pious frauds, and if an unfortunate inspector—to use the language o/ one of the victims—“should kick against it, why he’s bounced and the Assem- bly Dee-strick Asso-se-asuin will furnish another inspector in bis piace.” “SPECIAL AGENTS.’ The Customs, the Post Gilice and the Internal Revenue Departments of the United States have a number of attachés, who are known as ‘special agents,” or,,in other words, police spies, whose du- ties are to detect frauds in their several branches of the government service, These men should be chosen {or known integrity, fidelity and for pos- session of unpurchasable consciences. Yet they “are chosen for very different qualities, and some of these ‘‘special agents” are men of the most un- scrupulous character. Some have served terma of imprfsonment for felonies, und others are notorious characters of various degrees, untit to associate witli honest men in any capacity. These “special agents’ do not hesitate to compound feiontes, provided there is money in them, and in other cases the books of honest merchants are seized and fanocent persons are accused of the worst crimes to satisfy the vindictive spirit of the Bo age agents’? who may have been iterlered States there are employed fiity-four of these “special agents,” at salaries ranging at $5, $6, $8 and $10 per day. But three of these men have $10 & day, and two of these are located in New York. Jayne, in New York, and met in Washington, have $10 a day. Howe, in New York, had less than $10 s day; but Howe was a friend of Roscoe Conkling’s, who Thee to be addressed one day as ‘My Lord Chief Justice ;” and this latter gentle- man had the thing fixed for Howe, who 1 reputed to be a famous master of ceremonies.. It is sure that Howe, when Cwsarism becomes a het Nd is to have the place of “Usher of the Black Rod’ at Court. There are some honest men among the “special agents;" but they are like angels’ visits— “few and jar between.” The amount of money plundered by these agents yearly from the mer- chants and government, with their noble opportu- nities, is enormous, + APPRAISER'S INVOICES AND IMPORTERS, There 1s a great deal of fraud and peculation going on in the wine and liquor importing trade of this city. In the sherry wine importation from Jerez to Cadiz and from the latter port to this city the frauds preventeo, alone by our Consul at Cadiz, Captain Kk. F. Farrell, amounted to $102,500 in less than @ year; and yet that faithful oficial was removed by the influence of dishonest Span- ish merchants, tirough the medium of the Span- ish Minister at Washington, This was in 186¢. In the wine business this swindling ts done in a peculiar manner and deserves description. Sherry has been juvoiced from Cadiz at the value of $16 a quarier | cask of thirty-two galions, which was then a ridicu- lously low figure, even for “slops."" The same sort of wine at Jerez brougit $50 to $60 4 quarier cask, and yet it could be invoiced to the United States at $16 & quarterc.sk. Another swindie was discov- ered by au American ship master. In contractin, for freight, the captains and merchants nereed upon #0 many dollars a ton. Now, eight quar- ter casks, holding thirty-two gailons each, make e ton; but the Spaniards prepared spurious quarter casks, holding forty gallons cach. The difference in the size of the casks was not easily detected, and not until Cay tain Berry, of the Berksuire. complained to the Consul that his ship held much less wine than usual Was this fraud exposed. The frauds in the Importations to this port are tremendous, and, ‘were space possible at this moment, would astonish the readers of the HERALD. “MURDER WILL OUT.” General Ramon Paez, who swore to the aMdavit mace below, is well known and highly respected in New York city as the son of tle late President Paez, of the Republic of Venezuela, and is es- teemed as a mtleman and good citizen. The gentiemen who subscribed to the affidavit are ail well known as reputable gentiemen in the com- munity. General Pacz mentions the names of three men, officials of the Custom House, who were pies a@t the examination of his luggage when is diamond studs “disappeared.” Disappeared, it wilt be observed, ts an excellent word for use occa- eg It is understood that vhese three—Davis, Chaiker and Lawrence—are still employed in the Custom House in lucrative positions, ‘Jim Davis" has been very useful to T. Murphy at prima- ries, having an exceilent and loud voice, and tn conventions he can’t be beat for springing motions and putting up jobs on @ political opponent. Lawrence is a tlebrew Jew of various linguistic accomplishments, who was at one time known by the name Of “Lazarus,” and subsequently as the chief of a smuggier's gang on the Canadian fron- tier, in conjunction with a neted desperado named McCrum, McCrum’s talent chiefly consisted in the smaggiing of nutmegs, at whicn branch he was an adept. Lazarus and McOrum made the ac uaintance § of Commissioner Osvorn, rum = was held for the Jury. General Pacz has been endeavoring ever aince the time he was plundered to recover his roperty; bat although he has visited ali sorte of Podgvat oielals, he isatill in pursuit of the rascals, and says he will never give up the chase, From the high character of General Paez and his wit- nesses, It is needless to say that this affidavit, never before published, is a startling one, and, in vigy Of the presen} Custom House disclosures, will In the Treasury Department ot the United | re} rusal, Many other persons have been swindled m the tice way, ‘and are only awaiting &n opportunity to speak out, Who Took the Diamond Studs of General Paezi—Don’t Ali Speak At Once New Yorg, March 12, 1869, Henry A. SMYTH, Esq., Collector of the Port of New York :— Sik—The undersigned begs to state that, on or about the 20th of December last, he arrived at this port in the steamer St. Laurent, from Havre; that, being rather late im the aiternoon, the pas gengers were notified by the Custom Houso oMcers on board said steamer that the customary visit would not be passed until the morrow; the undersigned resolved in consequence to spend the night oa board, of which tact he notified several Persons, among others Monsteur Jules Michell, a passenger in sald steamer, and Messrs. Edward Mitchell, Landon Ketchum, Franklin Ketchum and Samuel Bonn, his personal friends, who came down to the wharf to meet him on hearing of the arrival of the steamer, Observing that quite a number of passengers were allowed to depart with their baggage, and fearing that a portion of his own—which lay exposed in the way of those who were leaving the steamer— might be carried) away by mistake, the under- signed proceeded to take out of his valise severa) articles of value, which he cons ed to his pock- ets for safe keeping, leaving those he could not dis- se of in like manner in his trunks; that Pang goon alter called down to the wharf M4 the above mentionedtiriends—some of whom stood out in the street wile others had passed the gate~— and, desirous of letting in those who were outside, the undersigned requested one of the officers to een the gate for that purpose, whereupon he, the under- ned, was called into & room near by and near! ped. and searched by said officers, and his efiects—most of which had been in his possession for many years, ag he offered to prove—taken out of his pockets; tkat, having missed a small pack- age containing some diamond studs, which the un- deratgned believed were among the rest, and hav- ing informed the ofiicers of the tact, they pre- tended that the undersigned was accusing them of theit, @ charge which he peremptory dis- avowed in he presence of . lichell, who, happenea be be room at the time; that one of the officers, suggesting that peghaps the package might be among his other eifects In the trunks, the undersigned will- ingly surrendered his keys to them, and although they searched in vain said package was not found un ‘il he accidentally discovered it in the pocket of a coat which he had taken off ashort time before ; that having produced the package, the undersigned made full apology to said officers for any misconstruction of his words or actions, after which they pro- ceeded to take possessicn of his trunks and keys; that being informed subsequently that his trunks had been taken to the Surveyor’s Department, the undersigned proceeded thither in the company of two friends, Messrs, Landon Ketchum and Sam- uel Bowne, the former remaining outside while the latter accompanied the undersigned to the desk of the Surveyor, in whose presence the trunks were opened by said officers and tho articles in question formally delivered to him, with the exception of the studs, which one of the ofl- cers admitted having received and put in the trunk, but could not account for their dis- appearance. It now with the object of recovering the same, or the value thereol, $200, gold, that the undersigned begs your inter position inthe matter, The names of the oficera are, James S. Cialker, Chas. L. Laurence, and James R. Davis. Very Fess fully. yas RAMON PAEZ, We, the undersigned, hereby certify to the cor- rectness of the above statement as regards our connection. LANDON KETCHUM, Barling slip, F, KETCHUM, 24 Broad street. FE. MITCHELL, 62 Wall street, SAM, BOWNE, 137 Broadway. JULES MICHELL, No. 5 Howard street, DOWN WITH THE MARKET BOOTHS. The Work of Destruction in Centre and Catharine Markets Yesterday—The Question of Public Markets and Their Removal Uptown. Yesterday was another day devoted to market raids. The booth and stand owners of Catharine and Centre Markets wefe to have removed their goods and torn their sheds down on Saturday morning. Mr. Gridley was indulgent, however, and, with the consent of the Board of Health, gave them two days’ grace, so that they were to have removed them by yesterday noon. This extension of time had the desired effect, and yesterday the owners of the booths began to tear them down, In Centre Market about half a dozen booths were torn down, 80 that the place has now an extremely bare appearance, very different to that it had evena week ago. Some of the “eatables” that were car. ried away, were disgusting. Four barrels of old and half rotten cheese, sauerkraut, &c., which were carted away, EMIITED A VERY BAD ODOR, Mr. Gridley, the Inspector who has in charge the work of destruction, was very busy all day. He told the Captain of the Sanitary Police that they would not be wanted tor the removal of the booths in Catharine Market, as the owners would probably remove the stands, The scene at Catharine Market was very inter- esting, but did not greatly dider from the scenes on a Jarge scale which have been repeatedly de- scribed in the HERALD. Catharine Market was in anexceedingly filthy condition. Both drainage aud ventilation were very imperfect, owing to the booths which coveredthe gutter. Now that this work is ulmost entirely finished the air will bo fe, and it will be possible to keep the market in etter condition. The owners of the stands sub- mitted to the dictate of the Board of Health more gracefully than did those in Washington and Ful- rea Markets. They said it seemed hard on them to DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIVELIHOOD, but they supposed the Board of Health were only doing their duty. Dr. Chandier, President of the Health Commis- sioners, told @ HERALD reporter yesterday that Fulton and Washington Markets were still in a horrible condition. Washington Market was mis- erably ventilated, badly drained, and it might be- come necessary for the Department to take active measures in order to secure the effective drainage and ventilation of the two buildings. He thought it was questionable whether this market could ever be well ventilated, aud was of the opinion that it should be removed. The city ought not rebuild it, as there Was no reason why the butchers had Teater clalius upon the city tham the grocers, for | instance. Fulton Market, Dr, Chandier said, was in 9 better condition, buteven here there was vast room for improvement. A eonsiderable portion of the build- ing was let to restaurants, by which the air was loaded with heat and vapors of cooking spread through the market, tending to INJURE AND TAINT THE MEAT and vegetables, and rendering them more liable to become putrid. A public market was simply in- vended for the sale of meat and vegetables and for nothing else. They might as weil have shops for the sale of firewood as to have restaurants. Philadelphia had given up its system of public markets, @nd for very good reasons, As regards Washington Market, Dr, Chandler added that there was no reason why ail tne business could not be done at the mag- nificent market at the ioot of West Thirty-iourth street. No beef slanghtering was going on below Eightieth street, and there was no reason why the markets should be so far down town, There was a very fine market in Seventeenth street, near the East River, which was also almost entirely neg- lected, The market venders claimed that they could supply Brooklyn, Jersey City, &c., better from Fuiton and Washington Markets, but the true reason why they were unwilling to go farther Up town was because they heid their shops at RENTS WHICH WERE ALMOST NOMINAL. Dr. Chandler said this question of public mar- kets was a very iinportant one, and must goon en- Gage the attention of the people and the Legisia- ture, Nothing definite can as yet be ascertained in re- ‘ard to Jefferson, Clinton ‘and the other markets; ut the probability 1s that very little will be done there. The chief raids on market booths may now be considered to be over, THE SUNDAY NIGHT SPIRITUALISIS’ ROW. ao amalnegpeeint Mrs. Miles Declares That a Mra, Spare Was Mistaken by the Reporters as Being She. Mrs. Miles, who in the papers of yesterday morning was reported as having been present at the spicy Spiritualists’ meeting that took place on Sunday night at Robinson's Hall, and as having taken a very lively part in the proceedings, denies having been there in the bodily shape at al’. It may be pessibie that the lady who has written to the HuRALD is Mrs, Miles of a different tdentity from that of the lady who was reported as being resent at the Spiritualists’ meeting. If such is he case the dewiai which she sends to this oilice is very Williugly given publicity :— ‘To rue Eprton oF rue HRRALD im The representation that Mrs. Miles was present at the j AlgetAL J at Kobinson Hall on Sunday is erro- neous Itshould have been Mrs. Sparr. 1 wa ent, and, further, here iso arch i the Giafip iamily, RespectiQuy, A PREE FIGHT AT A OLROUS, St. Lovis, Mo., Augnst 18, 1873, At Granby, Mo., on Friday last, during a circus exhibition, Benjamin Killian and James Hill, while Intoxicated, assaulted a colored man named Charles Thomas and shot him in the throat and breast, inflicting severe wounds, Thomas returned the fire, bat without effect, Several other shots were fred, and @ Mr. Schmidt, @ prominent mer. chant of Granby, was killed, snd Mrs, Sweet and Mrs, Gage Were Wounded. Killian apd Hill escaped, THE CANADA CREDIT MOBILIER. the How It Compares with That of United States. STRONG TALK IN THE PROVINCES. The Crown Defied and the Governor General _ Accused of Treason. CASARISM IN CANADA. [From the Halifax (N.S.) Chronicle, August 15.) A short time ago, in conversation with promli- nent American, we compared the Canada Pacific Railway svandal to the United States Crédit Mo- ‘bilier affair. Thé American’ at once imterrupted and said :—‘-Our Crédit Mobilier was bad enough, but it lacked the worst feature of your Pacific scandal. The charges of corruption implicated certain members of Congress. A prompt investi- gation was held and the gulity enes held up to the scorn of the world. But not one member of the United States Cabinet was in the slightest Ge gin implicated in the wrong. The President and hig advisers, the Executive of the nation, were above picion. In your cause the scandal ig im- Taeasurably greater,- because the Cabinet are most involved.” We felt the force of the argument and could say nothing, Now the Americans take stil} more comfort to themselves by comparing their scandal with ours, They can say, with jnstice, “Wwe Peneanils mavest- gated our Crédit Mobilier. We didn’t. w the accused to obstruct the proceedings, We would them select their own not have dreamed of lettn, tribunal fer trial. They had the decency not to at- kind. Con » the Parilae k the Investle tempt anything-of the ment of the United States, under! gaeion and completed it. Your Orédit Mobilier rigade have acted their own pleasure throughout, first refusing to have any investigation, then put- ting obstructions in the way, aud cgnctading by giving Parliament a slap in the face and announcing heir determination to appoint a trifunal of their own for the investigation, Don4 you Canadians talk any more about United Stated corruption }!? And every word wouid be true! “ Lord Dufferin has chosen to prorague the session of Parliament. It is usciess to deny his right to do 80, because under the law he has that right. Theoretically the King can do no wrong, neither can the Governor General. But the people of Dunada have rights that should be respected, and no prince or potentate or peer, no matter how fe nobled, will be allowed to trample upon them, Our Parliament is not s mere house of straws and chips, to be blown away by the breath even of @ viccroy. It has serious duties to perform, and ever his wiil should not be allowed to drive its members home, without permitting them to deliberate upon a question material to the country, and upom which they have in solemn conclave determined to give judgment. Tne age we live in is not one which favors the shortening of men’s careers and state ures by taking off their heads. Still we can assure Lord Dufferin that he has looked with favor upon a crime little shoré of treason. le read the evidence against Ministers. He 18 clever enough to have seen its compietencss, He knows the necessities of the couutry’s honor and material interests, He is fuliy aware of the guilt of the Ministry and tho de- sircs of Parliament, and by sarrendering to the solicitations of the Ministry he has become co-con- Spirator. No such outrage would be tolerated im England. No such exercise of the royal preroga- tive could be attempted without insuring a revo- lution, If meré colonists must submit to abso- lutigm another and stronger-minded Cxsar thay Lord Dufferin is required to rule, It is with a sense of shame we are pbliged tp acknowledge this prorogation to Nova Scotia, yet seems strange that our Parltament cannot try its guilty members because Lord Dut rin wills otherwise. It 1s, too, incom nsibie that @ government which brought disgrace upon the Dominion sno find its counsels so well guarded. There is @ last straw which breaks the camel's back, and now it is opportune to inquire whether our loyalty bas at last yielded under the strain put spon it. We trust not; but the Governor General has by this prorogation forced maar pln whether Cana dian indepefidence is nét desirable. ¥ . 2 Canada’s Parliament js snubbed. Canada’ wishes are treated as mooushine—something to be tenderly looked upon—sometiing to be despised, Guilty or innocent, @ modicum of courage woul | have led the Ministry to seek trial. The slightest | Knowledge of nis duty at this crisis would have compelied the Governor General to insist upon prolonged session of Parliament, and yet, despi all remonstrance made {rom the proper qui Te, Eari Dufferin has permitted—has been pele moter of—a prorogation, which means a dental of justice. Law, inthe eyes of our new ruler, e dently means favor to the government and measures for the peopie at large. OHIO MASONS IN CANADA. A Fraternal Trip Across the Lakes=A Water Spout in the Distance. London, Ontario, August 16, 1873, A considerable number of Freemasons from Cleveland, Onto, and the country circumjacent, have been for three days enjoying the hospitalities of | the brotherhood in this animated city of London. Most of the brethren express themselves aston- ished to find so much of 8 business town so far tn the interior of what was once named Upper Canada. Many of these Masons have brought with them their wives and children, s0 that the whole family can enjoy the pleasures and pastime of the excursion. The steamer North- west, of the Cleveland and Detroit line, was char- tered for the voyage, being one of the largest boats: on the lake. The party left Cleveland on Wednes- day morning, with a forest of flags fying, those of the two countries in fraternal harmony side by side; muste filled the air, and all had on their high heeled boots, in the determination to make @ square time out of the material on hand, » Landing at the little port of Stanley, the town was all Cnn to see their cousins, and men, women and children trod upon Her Majesty’s domain for the first time, feeling @ sort of frat affection because they had come on a fraternal mission; they were to enjoy a reunion the like of which most of them had never enjoyed. Stanley isnot much of a town for population, but it has its good points of entrance, its Nigh bluffs and ite level land about the little creek where the lake craft enters—quite enough of land and sea and river to make an entre- pot adequate for all purposes required, The happy voyagers were treated to a scene while on the way not enjoyed by one in ten thou- sand. A water spout, clearly defined, majestic in. proportions and reasonably near, made its appear- ance about midway of the voyage, First came a dark gathering of mist on the surface of the lake resembling smoke from a distant steamer, and soon atter a dark strip reached up to a dark cloud above, and the commotion upon the sake’s surface at its base increased in extent and in motion as if & wide extent was in lively commotion with a body of rapidly rising spray. The dark strip, dwind! to a poiut at the bottom, appeared to end in | black clond above and sway about somewhat ike the point of @ bailoon, As if to vary the rare | Scene, this long, dark, connecting link dwindled to | the appearance of a mere rope, gatherii , ing to its former full size, ali the while presenting a lively, eifervescing motion of water on the jake’s suriace,. In fact, it wag @ grand and rare exhibition, the like of which the boat’s officers deciared they had not beheld in fifteen years, The duration of this pleas- ing phenomenon was fully fliteen minutes, London is @ city of much progress and puts on firs, like all American towns, It is larly laid out atrignt angles, and built up mainly with the Milwaukee color of brick. The pubiic buildings are Ol white sandstone, mostly the Cleveland quarries, and are up to the age in pointof archi- tectural taste and finish. White Sulphur Springs are & feature in Lon- don. An artesian well was drilled for oil, When ata little over a thousand fect a vein of sulphur ‘Water was strack, rising iully thirty feet above the surface, and 80 continuing a pump honse and bath- rooms Were at once erected, and itis becomin; quite a resort for invalids. The water comes up al a temperature of forty degrees, and is not unpicas- aut to the taste. ‘The ciitzens enjoyed a civic holiday on Wednes. day, when all business houses were closed and about all the town turned out for a gala time, and picnics and excursions were the order of the day, some to Port Stanley, some to Lake St. Clair and Lake Huron, while others opened their baskets by the brook sides in tie groves nearer by. It hap- ee to be not 80 desiravle a day as people want lor such purposes; it chopped around quite cold, and with too fresh a breeze and too much rain there was not so much fun on their ctvie holiday a& had been hoped for; nevertheless, among it all the good peuple declare they had quite a g es, MURAT HALSTEAD AND O#SARISM- SARATOGA Spxinos, August 17, 1873 To THE EDITOR OF TOR HRRALD:—~ Your Cincinuati correspondent, when extracting mhy “views” on “Cesarism,” misapprehended the application ofa single word, I am seported to have said that Prestdent Grant would no doubt be able to name bis successor in office, I attempted to say tat the President ould not, in my {yee ment, be nominated fora third term, even if he desired it, but that, Mimsel€ excluded, he conid make Ins personal favorite, who was likely to be Lieutenant General Sherman, the neminee. Por- haps that mav not be the same thing as nam! big successor. Ma HALAT! “ -—“