The New York Herald Newspaper, December 27, 1873, Page 6

8 THE COURTS. The Bankruptcy Case otf Ww. E. Bradley. Liability of Railroad Corporations and For- eign Banks Doing Business in the United States to Taxation. What Constitutes a Legal Marriage. In the United States Circuit Court yesterday, in the case of the United States vs. the steamship Queen, Judge Woodruff gave a decision affirming the decision of the court below. The decision is to ‘the effect that the owncrs of the ship must pay $24,000 for importing goods and merchandise which were not set forth upon the manifestof the steamer. A suit has been commenced in the United States District Court by the government, on capias, to re- cover $6,000 in gold from Robert Lindsay, John Lindsay and Alexander W. Lindsay, importers, for alleged violation of several sections of the law re- lating 10 the importation of goods. Judge Benedict did not sit in the United States Circuit Court of this district yesterday, in conse- quence of the death of Samuel T.Jones, Clerk of the United States Circuit Court of the Eastern district, The Court was adjourned by Marshal Fiske until Monday next, when tne trial of Josiah ‘Warner for alleged murder on the high seas will be commenced. Tne Court of Oyer and Terminer did not meet yesterday, pursuant to adjournment. In the ex- pectation that the case of Mr. Coman would be cailed his counsel was promptly in attendance, but as the Court did not open nothing was done, By direction of Governor Dix Judge Davis has wen assigned to the position of unief Justice of the Supreme Court of this district.’ Judge Daniels has also been assigned as one of the Judges of the Gen- eral Term. UNITED STATES COM*ISSIONERS’ COURT. Alleged Fraudulent BSankruptcy—Im- portant Ca: Before Commissioner Bests, Yesterday William E, Bradley was examined on @ charge preierred against him by Gale Brothers and H. B. Claflin & Co, of haying committed acts of alleged frandulent bankruptcy. Mesers. Reed and Drake appeared as counsel for the prosecution and Mr. Ethan Alien for the defence. TESTIMONY FOR THE PROSECUTION. Hugo Homan deposed—I am the bookkeeper of the firm of E. Bradley & Co.; I am son-in-law of E. Bradley; last Sunday W. E. Bradley in- formed me that his father had left for Canada; we had a talk that day upon the business of the firm; 1 did not see any gold drafts with him, but he told W. E. Bradley that he had goid draits amounting to $70,000; the firm had on deposit up to December i about $60,000; its accounts were kept in the Tenth National Bank and also in the im- | porters and Traders’ Bank; the firm had on De- vember 10 bills recciveable worth about $54,000; these are pow In possession o! the United States Marshal, except a few that have been sent out for collection; W. BE. Bradiey received some of those bills; lam not aware that he received any of those bills recetveable which were on hand on the 16th of ; December, but ne has received some of the bills re- teiveable belonging to the firm; he has received money and checks, the property of tne firm, to the awount of about $35,000; he took them on last Tuesday; he told me so; of this $25,000 the sum of $25,000 was in notes; some of these notes had not matured; he stated he had _ taken them to the office of A. C. Bradley; 1 nad those notes at my house on the 23d inst., and { said to Bradley. Idid not desire to keep them there, as I thought some one would be inquiring about them; I told him, too, just where he couid find them; om Sunday Bradley informed me that be wus gompg to clear out, and | asked him what would become of us all, and he replied that we Would be taken care of, ss he intended to leave $000 tor Mr. Church, $600 forme and $600 for Wil- tam; he had at that time about $3,000 worth of thecks, between December 10 and 23; I Kept a Beparate book of the accounts of the moneys wnich had been received by the firm, put noaccount DI such moneys was enterea on the frm’s books; pu Wednesday the book, as tound in tue score, had not the entries I made tn it; I had torn these jeaves ont of the book: I put them in my pocket; I next put them ander the carpet in my own house; iconcealed them under the carpet on Monday or Tuesday last; alter that 1 took them ont; that was ou yesterday; 1 put them in my pocket; 1 did not bring them to New York; they were taken from me;l had them in my pocket four or five minutes; ‘hey were not taken Irom me by force; 1 uid not zive them up. Mr. Ethan Allen onjected to this evidence on the ground tiat Mr. Willam E. Bradiey was locked up ip Ludlow Street Jail and could net possibly have known anything tn relation to this matter, which took place yesterday. Counsel for the prosecution undertook to show ‘that this was done by direction of Bradley. Witness continued—I knew the papers were mine when they were being taken; 1 did not endeavor or try to prevent them from be- ing taken; my wife took them; 1 have not seen them since; | do not know where they are or what has become of them; I have been requested by Mr. Church, one of the members of the firm, to return those leaves; on those leaves was kept not only an account of the receipts of money from the 10th Inst. up to the bankruptcy but, aiso, an account of the Aisposition of the, money; the firm, up to the 10th iust., had a little book in which the daily casn balances were entered; this book was in the store on the Tuesday receding the filing of the petition; on last Tuesday night took that book out of the store, brought it home with me, -and burned it up the same night; 1 told William E. Bradley that I had torn out the Jeaves trom the first book I mentioned and them at home; I think 1 toid Lim on the day 1 tore them out;1 think Itore them out on Monday or Tuesday ; I think I tore them out the before 1 burned the book; 1 received $200 irom William B. Bradiey on Tuesday last, 1 think; he had not then been arrested, Q. Has the United States Marshal since Wednes- day night last demanded of you all books, pers, moneys, &c., the property of William E, Bradiey or oj any member of the firm? Upon ovjection py counsel for defendant the guestion was ruled out. it appears that a prosecution has been insti- tuted in the Police Court against the witness for tue alleged larceny of the book which he testified 20 as having burned up. A police officer, who had the witness tn charge, said that 1 he did not take him away to the Police Difice now (it being near three o'clock), the proba- oa Was that the charge could not be disposed of day. The Commissioner—Then you have brought the witness here a8 a matter of courtesy Police Onicer—Yes, sir. Alter some discussion it was agreed to adjourn the cross-examination of the witness until he would be able to get back from the Police Ofice. The further hearing of the case was postponed till ten o'clock this morning. SUPREME COURT—GENERAL TERM. Liability of Railroad Corporations to Taxation. Before Judges Ingratam, Brady, Barrett Fancher. Several of our city ratiroad companies—the ~Racond, Sixth, Seventh, Bleecker and Dry Dock ratl- ~nanies more particularly—objected to the pas pat “sal stock by the Commissioners a by iter wi taxing of their capi. mY be pear dmiren of Taxes and Assessticnta. 74 brought before this Court on a writ o for the purpose of a reviewal of the proceedings wu the Commissioners in estimating the value of tuetr tapital stock, It was claimed that the Commis- gioners in making their estimates failed to deduct the amount of the companies’ indebtedness. A lengthy opinton tn the case was given by Judge tm. graham, After reciting the facts of the case and the statutes applicable to it he concludes his opinion as joliows heaetnongn it is apparent that 12 this reduction the whole amount of indebtedness was not allowed as deducted from the par value of the capital stock, yet there is every reason to suppose that the Commissioners governed them- selves by the estimated value furnished by the companies. Such estimated value could only have been taxed upon dn allowance of the dimunition which the debt caused in the value of the stock, and when it exceeded the difference between the capl- tal and the debt we must conciude that, In the opinion of the oficers of the com- anies, 8 well 8 of the Commissioners, @ stock had an intrinsic vaine beyond that diference, which Was properly estimated in fixing its real value. Thus, in one road the value of the stock was fixed by the oMicers at 20 per cent. The capital stock at par was $900,000, The valuation was reduced to that value, viz., 20 per cent. Hence it is apparent a larger reduction was made thap the Indepiedness, which was $700,000, In another road, the Sixth Avenue Railroad Com- pany, the oficers of the company returned the valine ©} the stock at 128 per cent, and the Commissioners adopted the value so returned by them instead of the par value. In this case tt is evident that the stock Was Valued ata rate much bigher thag 108 par value, and that such Value Was au estimpte and NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1873. ofits worth over and above any indebtedness of the compa We cannot adjudge upon these facts that such indebtedness did not enter into the Valuation. Ifit did, then, whether or not such ro- duction was excessive or beneath the real value Is net a question for review by us. Ifit were the whole tax list could be brought. by individuals be- fore the Court to have tne valuation of their prop. erty reduced whenever they considered their prop- erty valued at too high arate. Such valuation, as before stated, if made according. to correct legal principles, becomes a 3 tion ef fact with which the courts do not interfere, Under this system, as it existed before corporations were assessed and taxed on their capital stock, such stock was liabie to taxation in the name of the individual stock- holders. The stock then valued at its market value, and ‘his, of course, made allowance for the financial condition of the com- pany, but no deduction was made for the indebted- ness of the company except in ascertaining the value of the stock. That system of reduction 1s still continued, with the exception that it is made against the corporation, and not against the indi- vidual stockholders. An objection is taken to thi proceeding that the Commissioners have delivered the assessment roils to the 5u) isors, and there- fore this proceeding should quashed. In the present case the writ was served before snch re- turn was made, and it was not in the power of the Commissioners to defeat a proce ng properly commenced in the manner suggeste All the cases referred to by the counsel for the respond- ents were cases in which the certiorari was not served until a'ter the assessment rolls had een out of the hands of the assessors. There will be no dimicuity in enforeing obedience to the judgment of the Court, for this cause, This objection is not noticed in this case, but is considered in reference to other cases submitted with this for considera. tion. Judgment rendered ior the respondents and Banks the writ quashed, Liability of Foreign Doing Business Here to Taxation. The Bank of British North America, the Bank of Mentreal and the Canadian Bank of Commerce, each having agencies in this city, were assessed on the capital employed here by the Commission- ers of Taxes and Assessments. An appeal was taken by certiorari, not from the assessments fixed by the Commissioners, but on the ground that under the act of 1851, exempting from taxation agents holding products trom other States ior sale on commission and agents of moneyed corporations and capitalists for “moneys in their possession and under their control, transmitted to them for pur- poses of investment or otherwise, they were wholiy exonerated from taxation, a8 well as on the general common law ground that personal property has its location where its owner resides,’? Judge Barrett, in delivering the opinion, holds that the act of 1851 does not apply to these cases, the money being here for use m ordinary business, and not Within the meaning of the statute—for in- vestinent or other purpose; that it comes in com- petition with home capital and demands and re- ceives the same protection as that ior which the latter is taxed; that they do come within the act of 1855 a8 non-residents doing business in New York, and that the doctrine of the situs of chattels following the owner does not apply to questions of taxation. The judgment is, therefore, directed for the Tax Commissioners. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. ‘What Constitutes a Legal Marriage. Before Judge Davis. A trial has just been concluded in this Court which settles an important point in regard to what may constitute a legal marriage. The suit was brought by Nanie Bininger against Abram N. Bm- inger, as administrator of his brother, lately de- ceased, and was for right of dower in the estate, It appeared from tne testimony that the deceased brotuer lived for eighteen years with the plaintif; that they passed as man and wife under the name of Mr. and Mrs, Sonfield, and that their living thus together was unknown to the family of the de- ceased. Parties with whom they lad boarded tes- tifed to their living as man and wile, and various letters were submitted from the deceased to her, addressed to her as “My dear wife.” Judge Davis held that this evidence Was sufficient, and entitied the plaintiff to assume the name of Mr. Bininger and sue as his wile, He ordered a dowry to be given to her Srom the estate. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. Decisions. By Judge Brady. Blackhall et al. vs. Dayton et-al.—Order granted. Dupuy vs. Seymour.—Allowance of $1,000, Fry vs. Fry.—Motion denied. ice oon) Risley vs. Indianapolis, B. and-W. Kuilroad Com- pany.—Order settied. Hughson vs. Hughson.—Fifty dollars counsel fe« tobe paid in ten days after service of tiis order, t, be entered hereon; $10 a week to be allowed from entry of this order. Cause referred, &c. order to show cause. The People, &c., vs. Sherwin.—Bail reduced to 320,000, &c. Haring vs. Rush and Others.—Proof of service wanted. By Judge Fancher, Shiffer, executrix, vs, Ferris et al.—Granted. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM, Decisions. By Judge Freedman. Luaddington et al. vs. Miller et. al.—Allowance of $150 granted to plaintim. Rigney vs. Aspel.—Motion granted. Putnam, administratrix, vs. the Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad Company.—Order on re- mittitur that judgment of Court of Appeals be made the judgment of the Court. Allen vs. Kitcnen, Heinstein vs, Same, Marm- heim ys. Same.—Orders oi reference. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions. By Judge Loew. Bischoff vs. Steinmetz.—Motion to place cause on special calendar granted, ‘Taylor vs. Shea.—Motion denied, without costs, Salem vs, Ettinger.—Motion to continue injunc- tuon denied. MARINE COURT—CENERAL TEAM, Decisions. By Judges Shea, Joachimsen and Spaulding. ‘Waghburn & Moen Manufacturing Company vs. Augustus Silber.—The defendant, as agent of the Union Skirt Manutacturing Company, made a com- promise with its creditors. The plaintiffs, who ‘were creditors, did not sign the composition deed, but a separate paper, in which they agreed to ac- cept a settlement similar to that provided jor in the general compromise paper. At the same time the piaintif™s exacted and received from the de- fendant his Individual notes for one-third of the enure indebtedness over and above that provided for by the een, On & sult by the piaintifie it Mr. Suber, on one of these extra notes so the plaintims contended their right to recover thereon for the reason that the defendant at the time of the settlement had agreed to assume personally a portion of the debt as a condition Of waiver by the plaintiff of a claim agarst defendant for alleged fraudulent represen- tation of the defend: made at the time of pur- chasing the goods. Judge Curtis, before whom the case was tried, allowed this evidence under the objection of the defendant, Si the jury rendered ven, @ verdict for the piaintim, was taken by the defendant to the General Term, which has just reversed the judgment cnd ordered a new trial, holding that the Justice below erred. Charles H. Woodbury for plaintiff. Blumenstril & Ascher Jor defendant. ALTERATION OF NOTE. Iselin vs. Davis.—The plaintiff sued the de- fendant as endorser of a note received by the plain- tif before maturity for value. The detence was that the maker of the note, after the endorsement by the defendant, inserted a place of Td ak pga wit, “The Fourth National Bank”—in the margin of the note, The plaintif proved that the defendant, notwithstanding such alteration, after the ma- tarity of the note and on inspection thereof, prom- ised to pay the same. The Court below dismissed the complaint. The eg on appeal to the General Term, contended that tne question should have been submitted to the jury whether the de- zendant nad promised to pay, notwithstanding the aiteration with full knowiedge thereof. ‘he Ap- peliate Court reversed the judgment of the Court { Trig! Term, and ordgred a new tria!. Bilumen- stril & Avcher, plaintif’s attorneys; W. 8. Buder, defendant's attorney. By Judges Joachimsen and Howland. PPEOT OF A RELEASE. Barton vg, ,,°"mann,—The plaintif? was a sup- ““9etor upon q . "se built for defendant. In ee tape Me “achanic’s lien flied by con... "close g “ert of Common proceedings ww des “ant The plaintii® brougnt i the ww. iw his Pleas, the piaintid obtalyed @ judgme... favor for avout $3,000, “This judgment ww, . versed on appeal, fF ''4@ reason that the comtractor had not fulfilled "43 contract, and a Hew trial ordered. Subse“qenty the defendant settied the entire matter with the yn GUS and his co-con- tractors [or $750, and obtained a geweral release, discharging the defendant from alclaims under whe buliding contract. The plaintisd’ then brought ts action, Gansag about for lone Casanova vs. Derby Coal Company.—May have an | returns from the six precincts which send their prisoners to Jefferson Market contained the names of but 49 offenders against the county and munici- ity. With one exception the charges were of 3 Revi nature, such as drunkenness and disorderly conduct. The exception alluded to was of higl- way robbery. The complainant is Sporado, of No. 135 Bleecker street, and he eee that Charlies Wat son, of No, 120 West Tenth reet; William Smith, of No, 205 West Houston street, and Michael (irif- fen, of No, 593 Greenwich street, assaulted him in his doorway on Christmas afternoon and robbed him of a gold (?) waten, of the value of $25. Owing to ® most wonderful interposition of Divine Provi- dence a policeman of Captain Williams’ preciuct chanced to be within hailing distance, and, after a vast deal of persuasion had been expended upon him, finally consented to make the arrest. ie prisoners were held for trial in the Court of Gen- eral Sessions. It may here be arked that offences of this nature are beconfing alarmingly frequent in the Eighth precinct, but for some rea- son, which is as yet own, there are very few arrests Light Wanted. Since the advent of the new Police Justices the tmner workings of the Jefferson Market Police Court have become a thing of mystery, Lawyers are compelled to remain on the outside of the outer rail—a distance of eight or 10 feet from their clients or the witnesses, where it is at times utterly impossible to hear what is said, The in- justice of this will be seen when the contrast is drawn between the course pursued in this Court and that prevalent in all the higher tribunals of justice, from the Supreme Court down, where riseners are invariably allowed @ seat peside heir counsel. In the latter Courts it is evident that the sound old legal maxim still prevatls that @ prisoner is innocent until he is found guiity—@ fact which is wholly ignored by the illustrious and profound, not to say learned, jurists who sit in Judgment at Jefferson Market. Further than this, every conceivable obstacle is thrown in the way of representatives of the press, whose business leads them to seek information in this court, Access to the books is invartably denied, and the obtaining of a few moments’ perusal of the papers in even the most trivial case mvolves almost endiess trouble and annoyance. YORKVILLE PCLICE COURT. 'Clubbed by a Policeman, Timothy Sullivan, a laborer, residing at Ninetieth street and Fourth avenue, was arraigned by Ufficer James Casey, of the Twenty-third precinct, who charged him with interiering with bim in the dis- charge of his duty, Sullivan’s head exhibited evi- deuces of a severe clubbing by the officer, and on examination into the merits of the case it ap- peared that the clubbing was not justified by any- thing that Sullivan had done. Justice Murray severely reprimanded the officer and discharged the prisoner. A Canary Case. Mrs. Annie Lioyd, of No.6 West Sixtieth street, charged Gustave Schlawe with Durchasing nine canaries which he knew to have been stolen. He was committed for examination. Three boys, who have not yet been arrested, broke into tle com- piainant’s residence and stole the birds, and, as ‘was shown, sold them to the accused, who toid them to keep quiet and inform no one. HARLEM POLICE COURT. Robbing the Docters. Several of the Harlem physicians’ have been robbed of late by a sneak thief, John Thompson, a young man about 19 years of age, was arrested and heid for trial in default of $1,000 bail yester- day by Justice Kasmire, on complaint of Dr. Jobn Denmark, of No, 330 East 124th street, of whom he attempted to make a victim, as well as Dr, White, of the same street. COURT CALENDAR—THIS DAY. MARINE COURT CALENDAR FOR NON-ENUMERATED MOTIONS AND APPEALS FROM ORDERS—Held by Judges Shea and Spaulding.—Fleischmann vs. Wortge, Krudross vs. De la Vergne, Golinsky vs. Cohen, Lowenherz vs. Koper et al., Stacy vs. Cush- ing impieaded, Ettinger vs. Salem, Jones vs. Fergu- son, Hughson vs. Fulier. BROOKLYN COURTS. The Late Samuel T. Jones. A meeting:of members of the Bar was held yes- terday morning in the United States Court room, to take action with reference to the death of Samuel T. Jupes, United States Commissioner and Clerk of the District and Circuit Courts. Mr. Jones died on Christmas Eve, of pneumonia, at his residence, No. 60 South Portiand avenue. He was 39 years of age aud 4 native of Wilton, Conn. There was a large attendance of members of the Bar at the meeting yesterday, Judges Woodruff and Benedict, of the United States Court, and Judge Jasper W. Gilbert, of the Supreme Court, were on the Bench. Addresses enlogistic of the de- ceased were delivered by District Attorney Tenney, General Crooke, Commissioner Winslow and Judges Benedict and Woodrum, and a minute of the pro- ceedings Was entered on the records. The Circuit Court was adjourned by Judge Woodruff in re- spect jor the memory of the deceased. The funeral services were he.d at Dr. Cuyler’s Lafayette ave- nue Presbyterian church yesterday alternoon and were largely attended. The remains wiil be taken to Wilton to-day. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM, The Kelsey Case. Before Judge Pratt. Judge Pratt yesterday rendered a deciston de- nying the motion for an injunction to prevent the Supervisor of Huntington from paying the Kelsey reward, The application was made on behalf of Messrs. Banks and Rogers, residents of the town Ang, aepar ere on oe operat: round that the payment Ol the reward wo a under the circumstances, aaleiamabica sce On the hearing counsel for the Supervisor showed that another action for the same cause had been commenced against his client, who did not intend to pay the reward until enabled and autnorized to do so by the Legislature. COURT OF SESSIONS. Policy. Before Judge Moore. Eight parties were arraigned yesterday on the charge of being engaged in the lottery policy busi- ness, They w Frank Curlingtora, dong Mebioy,” cores Hiatt ing, William Laner, Christopher Shelter and Aw gustus Skidmore. They all pleaded Not guilty. (Theft of Jewelry. Ephraim Brown was tried yesterday for stealing @ diamond ring and a gold watch from Mrs, Caro- line Oox, of No. 443 Pulaski street. The lady in question has frequently figured very prominently beiore the pee during the different stages of the notorious Cox divorce case, in which she was the defendant, The prisoner, Brown, Was convicted oi the theft and remanded for sentence, It ap- peared on the trial that he had pawned the stolen [ejeribes im New York, and then iniormed Mrs, Cox y letter that he had sold it toa iriend tor $75. ABREST OF AN ALLEGED DEPAULTING PUB. LISHER, His Capture at Indianapolis—He Arrived in This City Yesterday and is Lodged in the Tombs, Charged with Forgery, Embezzlement and Grand Larceny. On the 10th of September last Henry A. Camp- bell, residing in this city and employed as Superin- THE GENET CHASE. No New Developments—Are the Police and the Sherlff’s Deputies at Logger- heads? ‘There were no new developments in the Genet chase yesterday, although it was generally under- stood that the deputies who were days ago spe- cially detatled to look. after the runaway are still on his trai, Oonswerable speculation was in- dulged in during the day by reason of the fact that Deputy Sheriff Shields spent the greater portion of tne forenoon closeted with Mr. Brennan, and was seen about the office in the afternoon. There were many who believed that the presence of Shields in ‘the oMfice was @ sure indication that the hunt for the missing man had been afailure, Others, on the contrary, argued to show that his return from parts unknown pointed to the success of the Sherif’s plans; that Shields, in fact, had come back as the forerunner of glad tidings to be soon divulged to the public. Shields, when questioned about Genet’s probable whereabouts, refused to speak on the subject, but expressed his conviction that the fagitive would be produced in Court on Monday next if the Sheriff’s plans were not inter- fered with by some untoward accident. The Sheriff was at his office all day and in constant communication with his deputies who are engaged in the pursuit of the Harlem Assemblyman elect, but declined to receive all callers whose business ‘was not of a pressing and oficial character. ‘There was an ugly rumor prevalent during the afternoon that the police detectives and the deputies have not been ‘pulling together” in the search ; that, in fact, owing to the bad_ feelin: created some time ago by the Bank of England robbery investigation, belore the Police Comnnissioners, between @ few of the police detectives and the Sherif’s office, the police detectives were more anxious to thwart the Sheriff in his efforts to get hold of Genet than to aid him, One story had it that information had actually been conveyed to Genet on Tuesday morning 01 the near approach of two of the deputies to his then hiding or resting place, and that saspicion ponies two & member of the Police Department as the imformant through & third ‘ty. The story, however, could not be verified; but as there was another still more se- rious one, which if found to be true would make New York too hot to hold @ well known oficial of this elty, it is only reasonable to suppose that each was Started from nothing, and will end in nothing in the long run. Coman, Walsh, Miller and Norton are still among the missing, and no one seems to know just where they are. No effort is being made by the District Attorney to iollow the runaways up, and it is said that he will make none, being quite satisfied that the public will be content wih the seif-exile of each of the fugitives from the city where they could alone enjoy Iife as they have been used to tt, He has no apprehension that any one of them, even ifhe should go abroad, will revel to any extent in the delights oi poilte society, Who is Genet? To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— NEw York, Dec, 27, 1878. Allow me a small space in your journal to deny the insinuation of some and the assertion of other journals that the now notorious Harry Genet isa descendant or in any way related to a gentleman known in American history as “vitizen Genet,” and who was my immediate ancestor. As far asl can learn the father of Harry Genet payin tng beginning of the present century, & fer ener in Albany, in the employ o1 Jesse Buell. From there they went to Saratoga county, irom whence Harr. found his. way to New York. The late Judge Gii- bert Dean often toid me that he knew ali about them and would furnish me with proof that was not their name. If he was correct in this I wish their fancy had directed them to make some other selection, Respectiully yours, GEORGE 0. GENET. THE WORKINGMEN. A Pilgrimage Among the Heads ot Departments by the Committee of Safety. George Blair and about 15 members of the Com- mittee of Safety, appointed by the workingmen’s meeting, at Cooper Institute, on the 1ith inst., yesterday called upon the heads o! all the departe ments and presented the following document :— New Youx, Dec. Sm—In the name of the Committee or “area i pointed at Cooper Institute, December 11. 1873, by 4,000 people, to look after their interests, We demand work and pay, tor the same for the peo- ple now in enforced idleness in this city, their idle- hess and consequent poverty having been brought about by the government s@uctioning speculation in our circu- lating medium. We also demand that this work be furnished direct from the city authorities, all contracts being abrogated. We request a speedy ‘answer in writing to our de- mands, RED. A. PALMER, English Corresponding Secretary, No. 23 West Iwenty-seveuth street, \ cI 4 ‘Ko. O63 third aveute. LUCIEN SANIAL, P Renate Weal Pwentyreiguce suet 0, 249 West swenty-eighth street To Gronax M. Vax Nont, Commissioner of Public Works, When the delegation arrived at Mr. Van Nort’s office the Commissioner was engaged with another delegation, ana the committee were very impa- tient. They were finally admitted. The Mayo} being apsent, the letter was leit with Chier Cler! Woodall. One of the delegates expressed his re- greis that Mr. Havemeyer was absent, as he wanted to see the pistes of his working sons, A lounger in the Mayor’s UMice, seeing a very bril- lant diamona sparkle on the shirt of one of the secretaries, remarked very sarcastically, “He need Rot go on the big pipe work just now, at all events. ’? To the Comptroller’s Office they repatred, but, fatl- ing to find the workingman’s friend, the letter was left with General Richard Storrs, Chief Clerk. ‘The other departments were visited, with th ception of the Commissioners of Charities and Cor: rection, one of them remarklag th. no charity. The Mayor Telis Some Little Stories. The rear guard of the Committee of Satety had barely cleared the portals of the Mayor’s Office, when a delegation of about 80 workingmen of the Twenty-frst Assembly district, beaded by Mr. M. BR, Fitzgibbons, presented themselves. After wait- ing nearly an hour stx of them were admitted, when they asked Mr. Havemeyer to sign the or- dimances passed by the Common Council execution of public work. ‘They proces nein unless they t work their families would starve. The Mayor recounted to them reminis- cences of his gies with verty, toid them how a servan' urs his mother on $10 @ month accumulated by economy 19 h assured ‘the workingmen that much of their trouble was their own fai only allowed boss mechanics to take two app! aces, and then many, when work was brisk, made in dank. To the declaration fast tie tenet . 2 that ¢ nue improvement, bet i eae done. with employed men from ine, Ohio, indade eee gan and other distant States, he said probabl: Was because the city men wanted too high wegen, rs ha etas Ban eth ee ke ad lon when 17 years on ned be y old, and Some one said to him, tier He went rane sugar house,’ and this is the way cenerac bones ho hen I others, r houses when I got through Lread’ the Papers, the geographies or anyining that would Instract me in the affairs of the coun try. When the others spent their s Hiing a 17 dway,and when leit ike going | world wages ¢ goin, box. 'I was rich in those days, William, and iced tendent of the Hub Publishing Company, at No. 88 Chambers street, disappeared, and, it is alleged, took with him abont $6,000 in money, said to have been obtained by appropriation and by forgeries om the company. One of his systems of getting money, it is claimed, was to obtain advertising at half ratea and credit the firm in the books with fuil rates, He has been in the employ of the firm for two years, at a salary of $2,000 and with a per- centage on profits added. No news having been heard of him up to the ist of November he was in- dicted for embezzlement, grand larceny and for- Rey by the Grand Jury of the General Sessions. e case Was given to Captain Williamson, of the Chambers street police station, who put it im the hands of Detective MacDonald, who worked in the matter for three weeks without etting any clew. On the 18th of Decembh-~ he wife of Campbell, wlio has been £ of late in*Boston, Was seen by the detective 9M ~ * tf Mon arriving 1p this city fem * ar vue Boston HORT ue was iouowed by MacVonald with oF knowledge for threo days, he “1.52 oe her same Stage with her, until * e ce in the bought tickets for Indie’ 4©. Lunt that she had her bazyage tor the wats and had checked tase, city jor Ler de ere place, When she left employe vs the on the game t” Ol gs, wire™ “ination some days back an ab Publishing Company was sent ain, and accompanied her to Indtan- $200 alleged extra work oa the building at the time of tis employment as sub-con- tractor. The defendant resisted the claim, o- the p ground that the contract included all e~ work, and that the release heretofore given’ 07% the action. Tue Judge below decided the erred lease did not cover the claj an” fur «6 whe re. rendered for the tall amount ol-Zijea .marat was um, On appeal the Genera’ oF the plain- judgment, holding that tr + ru | reversed the ‘was correct, and that the 4 4 njant's ‘position “4 the settlement thereuy €.v\D¥, of the rele from making any fur piisiuded the Ascher lor defendar r calm. Blumenstiel aud ab; Albert Day for piainug, SDH MARKET POLICE courT. my After Christmas—low “Re= er form” Operates, 4 itis taken into consideration that Thure- #280 holiday the work at the above police «art yesterday was the lightest ever known, The SEFFE A Light r Whi day o al bv er) z@her busband was found waiting lis eoour _-4if, Lieutenant Moran, of the Indian- eT ae police, who had been informed of the occur- re'ec, immediately arrested Campbell, and orought hima back here, arriving at twenty minutes vo eight ey, at Jersey City, where he was met oy Detective Macvonald. Campbell was then taken to the Third Precinct Police Station, in New York, and then before District Attorney Pheips, who committed him to the Tombs. In his pos- session $9 was found, and @ boek entitied, “The Fair God; or, the Last of the Tsias."’ FIRE IW SEVENTY-BIGHTA STREET, A fire broke ov* at an early hour yesterday morn- ing tn the one story frame building on the corner of Seventy-eighth street and Madison avenue, that caused a damage ot $7,000. The house was oecu- pied by Herbert Maxton as @ stable. Nine horses | Were burned to death, besides a large quantity of harness and several coach It is supposed to be | the work of an mcendiar, jam, to get my beer and theatre ares enjoyment every ev gan shes ant }O8C £100 a year in beer That ene heatres.’ ‘T} way to do it,’ said the ‘or. “Save ty ven can, But, to conclude (picking up a bundle of ordinances for contempiat work that awaited his siguatare), Isee no objection to the approval of these, a8 the council has passed them.” BESUMPTION OP LABOR IN PHIL’~ ri PHILADELPY™ /ELPHT * Most of the cotton and © uA, De ome eatied full operation atredve*” —.,00||o- | ct. 26, 1873, factories, wit* od we «4 factories are in owin~ yy Very fer aees, The carpet manu- ~£ principa”’ ~#f @Xceptions, are all closed, tween the ay tO, Lhe diverences existing be- fh ~ z . weavers and Manufacturers, caused by -uniction in thé price of weaving made by tie antifacturers of twovcents per yard, The manu- facturers, as a general thing, ay that the prices of carpets have been, reduced so inuch and sales are 80 slow that they are not very anxions to resume Operations, even though the weavers should agree to work at the proposed reduction, THE MYSTERIOUS RYAN MURDER No Clue Yet Obtained by the Poltee— Official Investigution Next Week. Detective Johnson, of the Thirteenth precinct police, accompanied by Patrick Ryan, brother of Nicholas and Mary Ryan, who were so mysteri- ously murdered at their residence, No, 204 Broome street, early last Monday morning, by having their throats cut, yesterday afternoon waited upon Mr. Jobn T, Toal, clerk to the Board of Coroners, and stated that Mr. Ryan bad taken ont letters of ad- ministration on the estates of hig murdered rei- tives, and @iso satd that Mr. Burke, landiord of the victims, Was about to be eect for non-pay- ment of rent. ‘The oficer and algo Mr. Ryan were fearful that the effects the deceased’ partes leit in their room at the time of the doutie murder would be put out by the landlord, and lost or stolen, but they were assured by Mr. Toal that nothing tn that room would be removed without an | oraer from Coroner Young; bat said Mr, Tual, “it any city marshal, constable or other official at- teinpts to distart the property left iu that vlvody 4 oring him to this office to be dis- Coroner may direct.” With such assurances the detective and Mr. Ryan left the office quite well satisfied erything was right, As yet Captain hedden, of the Thirteenth precinct, has been unable to obtain any clew which is likely to lead to the unravelling Of this mysterious mur- der, but he and his at are hard a¢ work, and are not without hope of effecting good results. It is probable that Coroner Young will hold an inquest tn the case on Wednesday next. room, posed of as the THE SNOW SI0RM. How the Snow Fell Yesterday—Its Re. semblance to a Scotch Mist—The Pedes- trians, the Streets and the Cars, The snow was not beautiful yesterday. On tne contrary, it was dirty, damp and disagreeable. “On the other side” they have what is known as a Scotch mist. The storm yesterday was a Scotch mist, with a frost in it, and, like many other things that have Scotch characteristics, it was successful in small things. The snow, as it Gescended to the earth, throughout the day, came down as grace- fully and with flakes as white as the poets escribe it in their glowing language, but when tt touched the sidewalks and the streets, 1t was like the snow flake that Burns describes in his description of lapsed virtue :— One moment white Then gone forever. That is, its whiteness was gone, but the snow itself stuck to the pathway of the pedestrians and to the carriageways of the vehicles with a slip- pery tenacity that neither the foot of humanity nor that ot quadraped could avoid, Every footprint leit a mark in slushed snow that was partly writ- ten in water. To those. who wore ‘rubbers’ the discomfort of this was partially diminished; but to those who did not a walk along a ploughed field, after a week’s heavy rain, would have been equally comfortabie with @ continuous tramp of several hours through the streets yesterday. Crossil Broadway at tne points of the principal trafic was to give the feet a baptism ol snow, of sleet and of dirt, moistened with water, that penetrated the strongest leather and filled the small hearts of the ‘shoe-black” boys with an inexpressible despair. As the street-clsaning department has retired from business for want of more money to spend, the snow will have a@ quiet time; it will be able to revenge itself upon the toot of humanity wit ime of Su punity, conscious that the “new broom’ tendent Thorne has long since been worn toa stump and has been sent to the Department of Finance as a proof how easy it is to sweep away millions of public money,. But if there was dis- comiort below there was more avove. Pedes- trians had not only to contend with the falling snow, but with the wind, and if they bent their ‘beads to the tol protected by umbrellas, they received this sm: shower of sno#, mist and sleet in the face, and a gust of wind that was not only very damp in ite greeting, but was very certain also to give them ‘sea legs” with expedition and - despatch. Throughout the day this was the condition of the weather. Towards evening there was a slight mitigation of the day’s discomforts; the snow de- ferred any further descents, and there Temained only @ universal dampness that had the effect of filling the cars with mp cargoes of humant' that comforted each other in their misery ani filled the care with steam, that was suggestive of @ stupendous laundry, LONDON’S PRIDE,’ The Fog. [From the London Daily News, Dec. 12,} Last night, while in some parts of the metropolis the fog had comparatively cleared away, in others, notably in the southwestern and the remote east- ern districts, the atmosphere was almost as dense as on Tuesday night, when it was impossible to see an object a lew yards distant. The streets close to the river, either those parallel with or abut- ting upon it, were filled with watery vapor, and hence it was diMcult and dangerous to conduct vehicalar trafic in them. The whole tramway and omnibus service of the metropolis was periormed last night with as much punctuality as the state of the weather would admit, the conductors of the tram cars finding it necessary, in several thoroughiares, to lead their horses. On the bridges some heavily laden ratl- way carriers’ wagons ‘‘stuck,”’ owing to the slip- pery state of the roadway, and the blocks which lollowed, aggravated by the difficulty of seeing ahead, caused serious obstructions to the regular trafic. In almost every vehicle driven about Lon- don last night a lamp or torch was displayed, and pedestrians in large numbers had similarly pro- vided themselves. In every part of the metropolis where railway termini are situated the explosions of fog signals were heard last night ever: Jew minutes. Upon inquiry it was found that the trains on the suburvan lines had yester- day, on the whole, considering the thickness of the weather, kept tolerably good time; but the trains from the country were in many instances late in arriving. Should the indications presented last night that the fog was about to clear away prove correct, the steamboat traffic on the river will be immediately resumed, and numberless barges now lying idle on the Thames—many of them louded— set to work again. During the fog on Tuesdi evening no lewer than eight fatal accidents too! ace in the East and West India and the London p a ar itis reported there has ar loss of fe iotoria Docks. Ip th nWwi ag u fal soetdonce b; ‘ e ‘ee owning throu e 3 ave been reported to the police. There have been several cases of injury in the streets, one of which formed the subject of an in- quiry last night before Mr. William Carter, the Sur- rey Coroner, It was stated in evidence that the deceased man was a cab driver named Robert Davis, aged 45. On Wednesday night, at a quarter to twelve, he left the rank in the Borough road to proceed towards home, bat at five minutes past twelve some laborers were walking through Lower Kennington lane, when they tell over a horse lying upon the Pavement, ‘They got the animal upon its feet, but found the cab had been compictely shat- tered. Upon taking the horse towards the green- yard they stumbled over the of the deceased, which was lying 20 yards from where the horse had been found. He was quite dead, having sustained @ Iracture of the skull, no doubt occasioned by his being thrown from his seat in consequence of his cab coming in violent contact with the curb. A verdict of “accidental death” was recorded. TRAGEDY IN BROOKLYN. A Man Throws His Drunken Wife Down Stairs, and Then Shoots Himself, Be- Meving Her Already Dead. Between twelve and one o’clock yestePday morn. ing James Gallagher, during @ quarrel with his wife in the tenement house No. 50 Pearl street, Brooklyn, threw her down stairs, from the hallway of the second to the first Moor. Believing that the woman had been killed by the fall, he retired to his room, and, in the presence of his two children, shot himself in the abdomen with a rife, and died in about an hour thereatter, Mrs. Gallagher was not seriously fojired. ” . It seems that on Onfistmas Der Gandghét, who ‘was @ laborer, employed fi the white lead works in the vicinity of his home, went on a shooting ex- carsion with several frien just ond Green- Wood. He returned late my ve oon expect- ng to and his supper waitin his wife ready J Freaadind him; but on en ing his apartments cigcavere 4 his wite tying drank on the foor and eve y ng ipa cing ful state i? gpruston. Temonstrated with her ana "a quar: Fel ensued. Mra Galin~»- <tueil aie: A, tests of her * as. ° si ~ ate despite the ‘0 _vand, and shortly after manta ” wecame 80 incensed that he thrnst her «eit rooms and cipitated her down the below, where she rematned {ving until, the arrival of the. police of the Second Precinct. Bome of the other tnmates of the house hinking that the woman had been kilied, rushed up stairs and so informed Gallagher, who ordered them ¢@way with a cul and, verge ree f rO- curing his rifle, shot hi i as already stated. The two children—boys, aged respectively five and Ciehs rai ‘s—were lying in bed at the time and wit- nesved the tragedy. wen fo Was about 36 years of age and 18 represented to have been a sober, herd working man, His wife had been a hard Orinker for years. ’ Upon the arrival of the potice Mrs. Gallagher was carried up stairs, where it was ascertained that beyond @ slight cut in the breast and @ lew bruises @bout the body she had not been injured. Coroner Jones visited’ the house yesterday jorenoon and found that Mra, Gallagher was still under the in- fuence of liquor, 80 he was unaole then to hoid the Inquest, He directed that the body of the suicide be taken to the morgue, where Dr. A. W. Shepard will make @ post-mortem examination, The Coroner empanelled a (pe and gave notice that the inquest would be held to-day. DARING ROBBERY. t William Shenentelt, of No, 20 Second avenue, re- ported to Captain Walsh, at the Seventeenth pre- cinct. station house yesterday, that an anknown man, wearing @ mask, entered his dwelling and seized his wife Louisa by the throat and gagged her with @ wooden biock. He then threw her on the floor and tied her down with lis handkerchie!, While she jay in this jeas condition he robbed @ chest of drawers of a-watch and chain valned at $180, & quantity of silver and $65 in Woney, He then made his escape. FATAL RAILROAD AOGIDENT, Boston, Deo, 26, 1873, David Higgins, 40 years old, a man of family, re- siding at Marbichead, was Killed yesteraay while Walking on the railroad track, ie was intoxicated, THE ALDERMEN, Au Important Ordinance on the Rew of Snow—Keliet for the Work- ingmen. An adjourned meeting of the Aldermen was held: yesterday, Mr. Clausen in the chairin the absence of President Vance, who was engaged in a meeting of the Commissioners of the new City Prison. The President subsequently arrived and took the chair, A petition from a leader of the workingmen ask- ing for the issue of bonds in small denominations: 80 that all persons can purchase them, was referred to the Committee on Law. Mr, Billings offered an ordinance which forbids the use of suow ploughs unless permission be granted by the Commissioner~ of Public Works, under a penalty of $100 for each offence, The Commissioner of Public Works |s authorized and directed to grant the permits for two years on the companies agreeing to remoye the snow thrown up on either side of thé track of the snow plough with- in 2 hours, Reterred to the Committee on Railroads, The Mayor sent messages vetoing the ordinances for the paving of Eleventi avenue from Sixtieth to Seventieth street, and: some works of less importance, on the ground that the law had not been complied with, ‘A large number of ordinances for the execution. of public works were passed, with the amendment to the verbiage of the ordimances, so as to preven the work being done in any other manner than by day's work. This amendment was made in com- pliance with the suggestions offered in the Mayor's: veto messages, that, as tie ordinances are DOW worded, it is doubtiul whetver assessments can be levied upon property owners ior work. Daring the discussion on the day's work vs, con- wact system, Mr. MoUarrerry stated that over $9,000,000 had been lost to the city by the opening ot the Grand Boulevard. He was, under the presen! exigencies of the case, in favor of the day’s work system, oer. CooPER was generally in favor of the con- tract system; but now, when we must give em- ployment to laborers, he was in favor of the day’s work plan to relieve the labor interests, The poxra adjourned until Tuesday at ball-past three THE SUPEEVISOBS, The Armory Quarrels—A Committee’ Raised te Investigate a Committee Supervisor Kehr Deposed and Super= visor McCafferty Made Chairman of the Armory Committee. This bo@y met yesterday, the Mayor in the chair. A letter was read from Culonel Sterry, of the Sixth: regiment, protesting against the removal of the regiment from Neilson Hall, which was relerred to- the Committee on Armories. The foflowing letter from General Funk, ex- plaining his connivance at the forcible possession ofthe Centre street Armory by the Ninety-sixth: regiment, was referred to the Committee on. Armories and Drill Rooms without @ public read- ing:— Heapquarrers Seconp atin) Finst Division, N. G, i. af 4 New York, Dec. 24, 1873, To THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS :— GENTLEMEN—I respectiully inform your Honorable Body that I yesterday ordered the Ninety-sixth regiment in- fantry of my command to take possession of the Centre. Market Armory, and desire to explain that it was not in~ tended as disrespect to your Honorable Body and there- fore state that as the reason of tie cause of iny action. e armory lately occupied by the Ninety-sixth regi. ment has beén, as you gre well aware, often condemned by both State and County officers as well as by th® medi. cal profession and the Jease having long since expired, £ of the considered it my duty to, and did, obtain the ke} armory from the chairman of the Committee 6n Armo- ries anid Drill Rooms, and I tfaniferred the Ninety-sixth Tegiment as stated. Vtiy Tespecutully, STUS FUNK,- ~~ Brigadier General, commanding Fexoud brithite. % On motion the letter was referred to the Com- mittee on Armories aud Drill Rooms. Mr. OTTENDORFER Offered a resolution to raise @ committee of three to investigate by what au- thority work on Central Market Armory has been done by the Committee on Armories without con- sulting the Board, who ordered the work to be re-, advertised. Mr. Ottendorfer stated that Mr. Kehr, Chairman, had assured him that when the commit- tee made its report they had already given out the contract for the work. Mr. Ker stated that when the contracts were awarded by the committee the contractors went to work. “Mr. Billings, a member of the com- mittee, as also Mr. Cooper, denied any articl , pation in the awarding of the contracts, The mat- ter was referred back by the-Board to the Com- mittee forreadvertising. Mr. Reilly, a8 @ mem- ber of the committee, asked for the — appointment. ofthe Committee on investigation. The resolution: was adopted. Mr. Van SCHAICK moved that hereafter the fol- lowin ntlemen be the Committee en Armorics and |. Rooms:—Messrs. McCafferty, Cooper, Reilly, Billings and Lysaght. ‘The resolution was adopted by a vote of nine ayes, to eight nays, Messrs. Havemeyer, Billings, Oooper, Clausen, Faulkner, Morris, Ottendorfer, Vance: and Van Schaick being the affirmative voters. This actiun was taken to depose Mr. Kehr from the chairmanship of the important Committee on Ar- mories and Drill Rooms, and was no doubt has- tened by his participation in the forcible posses- sion of the Centre street Armory on Tueaday night by the Ninety-slxth regiment. PARK COMMISSIONERS, | whe Changes To Be Made in the Annexed District. The Park Commissioners held a special meeting yesterday morning, Mr. Wales in the chair. A letter from Mr. Homer Ramsdell was read, an- nouncing that he would present the department with a Kerry bull aud cow forthe Museum. Ac- cepted with thanks. The Civil and Topographical Engineer was di- rected to examine and report on the roads, streets, bridges, sewers and drainage in the annexed dis- trict, stating the condition of the works and what measures were necessary on the part of the department in regard to them ; on the condition and. extent of works now in progress and what action was Peep A regard to them ;on the necessity ior the immediate working and opening of new roads, streets, sewers and drains, including Harle River tunnels and bridges, and the improvemer’, oi the navigation of the Harlem River and Spuven Duyvil Creek; on the necessity and probahy, ex. tent of changes of the existing plans Of laying out streets in the town of Morrisania; and 830 as to any moatfications or ch: 8 of the bucnead lines and exterior streets which have beer, indicated as necessary for public convenience #iong the river and Spuyton Duyvil Creek. The engineer wi - rae "7 to report on all thes’; tatters without any delay. r transacting some “rontine busin general interest the. Boar’, sajourned. eet ots THE NEY CITY PRISON, A meeting of tne Mayor, Comptroller and Mr. Vance, Prestd?,nt of the Board of Aldermen, who are the Commissioners for the erection of a new city prison, met yesterday, and, after a fall con- ference, appointed Messrs. R. D, Hatfleld and Cal- vert Vaux experts to examine the condition of the Tombs and Ay ea whether it is not possible to so remodel that ding as to meet all the require- menta."~~ OITY AND OOUNTY TREASUPY _ Comptroller Green reports the 4 red at tne Treasury yeaterday:. = -eoelpte Re taxce of 1978 ans wos Interest... $40,806 ; vl taxes, assessmen| 5,448: rrom collection of assessments and 2,148. From market rents and fee: 27 From water rents.. 1,398 From permits to tap g im licenses, Mayor's office 53 m Bureau of Permits, Ma‘ 07 From fi 3B $50,411 FATAL ACCIDENT IN BUFFALO, Burvrato, Dec. 26, 1873, The second floor of a house of ill-fame on Cans} ‘street, in this city, gave way last night, precipita ing the inmates to the basement. A girl named Jennie Grifin was killed and several others were ured. mr false alarm of fire last night caused a panic among a crowd of persous engaged in a dance at Keller's Hall, on Genesee Street, and in the rush t escape from the building several persons jumped from the windows of the second atory and were se- nously injured. HISTORY OF A MADSTONE—I8 IT QUAOKERY? {From the Fredericksburg (Va.) Star.) Misa Mary J. Graves, daughter of Henry Graves, from Layton, Essex county, Va, passed throug! our town yesterday, accompanied by her brother, Yo take the boat for home, in Essex, Raving just returned from Richmond, Va., where she sought relief from pain, having been bitten by a mad dog on the 6th inst. She found @ madstone in the possession of a Mra, Hix, in Richmond, and had the stone applied to her thutab five times at a cost of $16 (or each application, The stone has to remain 12 hours each time, and on the first application afforded her great relief, and she ts now in good apirits and feeling no pain or inconventence what- ever from the bite, ie atone is about the size of a hickory put, and was formerly owned by Mr, Humpnrey Sale, of Caroline county ; after his death, at @ sale, it was bought by @ Mrs. Harrison, of fuchmond city, Who stil owns ti, she having paid $1,600 for it. miss Graves Was informed that this stone had been applied to over 300 persons, proving entirely successful in évery case, no person ever experiencing any trouble aiterward from the bites C—O