The New York Herald Newspaper, August 15, 1874, Page 8

£ THE COURTS. | SSR eRh eee training St the prisoner and MAKiug tequiries ‘ay | ‘The body of a mate infant was found gin Wo his or her education, ty, pauperism or | the water yesterday, of Pier 14 Horta, Rave by The Murder on Board the Ship inacuenes. paseienl snd ‘mental Matapanttues, Trelis | the police. ‘The body was sent to the § Gow Sees se eal nee a 8 ‘snort | compsrolier Green reports the following dis- Culti . faced 4 receipts of the Treasury yester- vator. the hands of committees in every county and city bear Ba Reig ory aos maser. ———— rt com- The Murderer Discharged | Waconsh Informality. Already two or three count, ten days Dr. Harris hopes to be able to inform the bry ‘Of the result of the investigation and apaly- Sis Of the two great evils—pauperism and crime— in at least a section of the State, It is understood tobe the intention of the gentlemen having the investigation tn charge in course of time to ex- tend their inquiries upon these two all-important evils to other States of the Union. ‘The public await the result of the present investigation with Great interest. AN IMPORTANT LAW TO BE ENFORCED. Its Probable Application to # Local ‘The Supremo Court, Chambers, Judge Donohue ‘on the bench, adjourned yesterday out of respect to the memory o/ the late Cornelius Jonn De Witt. Brief speeches, eulogistic of the high character of the deceased in nis profession, were made by Messrs. Clarkson N. Potter and Jonn 8S. Woodward, In adjourning the Court Judge Donohue also made Case. some fecling and appfopriate remarks. It tg@nderstooa that the Board of Health will, at ‘Tne case ot Rev. John Cowan, who claims to its next meeting, have its attention culled to the have peen formerly Chaplain of the Sixth New | act passed by the last Legislature of this State re- York Heavy Artillery, was before United States | tating to the practice of medicine, and take some Commissioner Shields yesterday. 1t will be recol- | action looking to the enforcement of the new law. lected that Cowan 18 charged wit! attempt to | The law, it is understood, was passed for the defraud the government out of a $1,000 bond, on especial suppression of irregular practitioners and the piea that the bond which he owned had been | quacks, and a prominent physician remarked yes- Gestroyed in consequence of his pocketbook being | terday that he thought tt applicable to the case of | ; run over by aratiroad car, and he asked the United | Dr. Schteferdecker, proprietor of the water cure, ‘twenty- . Schieler- Staves Treasury to replace tt. The government | N° 318 West Twenty-second street. Dr. Schiele decker said yoaiarcing shat certain physicians had Was ready to proceed, but the defence asked an | ni MURDER ON SHIPBOARD. eee Rae. ONG bares Foe gale ya | adjouri , which was | prepar ir the: eats, He v0! a he verdict of the Coroner's jury in the ran recent investigation into the circumstances at- Pio Aguero, a Spaniard, was yesterday brought — rae aan = Mrs. Leer fess eo arma y da, | the Charge trumped up against bun before United States Commissioner Shtel purposes ol persecution. He claims to have obarged with selling cigars which had not been | studied jour years at Letpsic and to have had properly stamped. He washeld tn $500bail to | many years’ experiouce in his present profession. answer. He says he never asked a diploma, and does not 3 . think he should of necessity have one, as in his Judge Blatchford, in the United States District | treatinent air, water, diet and exercise take the Court yesterday, rendered the following decl- pisos ee drugs, : 7 pepeenaneree does — - 01 boat | ink the recentact of the Legislature ts appiicabie sivns:—John Crumley vs, The Steam Ferryboat | (o'his case at all, and a prominent member of the Nassau, &c,, collision, $500. Libel dismissed with | Board of Health has expressed the same opinion, costs. Aibert N. Marshall vs. The Steamboat Ellen | The act reterrea to is appended as follows:— Terry, collision, $16,000, Decree for libellant with | olin ea iayery practioner of etaine, mursery oF Iw in this ‘State, excepting liceutiates or gradu- costs, and reference to ascertain amount of dam | Atos ot some modieal society or chartered school, shall ages. be required as they are, hereby commanded to obtain certificate trom the classes of some one ot the several medical societies of this State, either trom the county, district or State society, which certiiicate shall set forth that said censors have found the person to whom tt was issued qualified to practise all ot the branches of medi- Discharge of the Prisoner. bar orig ee peeve e . | shall 'notity all practitioners of medicine, surgery or Last April the Amertcan ship Cultivator sailed | Tiiwitery of the terms ani requirements’ of this act, from San Francisco for Antwerp. On the first day | ao wal request such Lael o potted to comply with those requirements within thirty days attor such out an altercation arose between the mate, named Totiheation; nd if such persons. shall Mot, within tho James McCarthy, and a seaman named John | time spectted, in aie nome phe such farther tie 7 fs may be allowed by special arrangement with sai Smith, allas Wrignt, during which the latter was | Consors, not exceeding ninety days, comply with the re- shot and instantly Killed, On the arrival of the | Onireaaere ere made of physicians, surgeons of mid. wives, 2 may be. s1 ons shalt hereafi ‘vessel at Antwerp depositions in regard to the | be sai goto ait ot the brovisions ana sonatas ee 5 seribed by this act for any violation of the same; ani affair were taken by the American Consul at that | tht" Dresideut or the socie’y aking such request ‘shall place, Mr. J. R. Weaver, who sent McCarthy back | aud he is hereby required at once to commence the pro. to New York for trial. After examination United | CoSaiugs by this act against suc person anor for any States Commissioner Osborne, for want of sum. | peraee i mepcuee Gueticipe.: hy ia or eaeinry: i 2 .. | this State uniess authorized so ya license or di- ctemt evidence, discharged nim. ‘The Comuls- | ploma trum some charicred choot, Stale Bourd of Meat 4 i . | cai Examiners or medical society, or who shall prac- Bioner addressed the prisoner, expiaining the rea- | fi. KEG over ‘ora medical diploma illegally, ob- son of his escape and reviewing the circumstances | tained; apd any person Pound gary (ot pnen, & tnisde- a meanor ehaul, for the first offence, be Gned not less than crime of murder by the killing of John Smith, a toes shee Baee mee, Ore than S50), OF, y pup eeerineDs 1 not less than thirty days, or by beth imprisonment au Jobn McCarthy, are entitled under the laws of this bringing such action. . country toa fair and impartial trial, and if the | BAS: Sais aL proper and legal evicence had been furnished to | EB BALL NOTES. f maintain the charge it would be my duty to com- | Next Monday’s Great Match, mit you tf oe 4 to oat the ee oli This afternoon the Atlantic and Philaaelphla anotiier tribunal—to wit, the Grand Jury. If! nines play on the Union Grounds. no proof of suci an accusation is furnished which | the rules of evidence and judictal authorities sanc- | The contest set down for next Monday afternoon, tien, Eben yon are entitled to aaue liberty, bax. between the picked teams of New York and Brook- ever startling and wolortunate it may seem to the i ’ ‘puolic view tat a man charged with murder 1s — wey is theallabsorbing topic in ve ball olrcien, ‘allowed to go iree without the formulities o! a pab- | The amateurs propose to show the pubic that they tie trial. Ba ae of guidance in ce case | can play 3a good a game as can the professionals, consists of copy depositions of witnesses taken be- a ‘ i fore an American Consul abroad, Lot In your pres- wad OW Seve? aba age saa lh gl ence and without an opportunity for you to hear | Bently successful. Untortunately the Flyaways are py beer and re gues them; — | going away to-morrow instead of on Monday, 80 durthermore, tliat none of tue deponents or wi Temes were secured or decained' eo at to ve cent | <0 NOW Naum. ware’. will Rave “to Oe. washous the to this country to give evidence against you, but | Services of several of their players. Huwever, have deparced on long voyages, with no assurance | there @re quite enough fine material leit trom of their arrival inthe United’ States, so that the | Which to choose, as the loliowing lst of process o! the Court can reach them to secure tacir | Players, which wero yesterday selected, will evidence. Under these uniortunate circumstances | 500w. They are:—Gallagher, of the Chathams’ your case appeals to my sense of discretion, | Pitch; Beatle, late of the ¥ a! caten; whether I shail keep you longer confined in prison | Crane, Of the Silver Stars, first base; Hayes, of the Arlington, gecund base ; Nichols, of the Arungtons, third base; McLoy, of the Chatnams, short stop; | Eugan, of the Silver Stars, icit field; Hovey, of the | Stars, right Geld; Fallon, of the Keystones (a | pitcner), Centre fleld, and McCabe, o! the Key- | stones, Faget short. \t to await iurther resuits or inquiries as to the prob- abilities of some one to oiler and testily bt inst you, or to discharge you, as I would be justi in doiny if you are not proverty or legatly im the c tody ol the law, charged with so grave an offeact upon evidence Warranung me in thus depriving you of your liberty, which all men are entitied to untess restrained by process of law. In the exer- cise of a sound discretion, therefore. 1 must let you go iree, bearing in your own conscience the guilt This is a remarkably strong eam, eMoracing, AS M does, two pitchers, both of them very fine, and two excelient catchers, In- deed, Bestic has pot a superior among amateurs behind the bat, while McCabe, the right short and Sr innecence of this charge, believing that Ihave | change catcher, is among tho best. Then, too, no right in law to detain you without the requisite | these players were selected with an eve proof necessary to support the accusation or hay. | tO, ther batting abilities a3 well as their ig a tendency or bearing on that suoject, which | elding. Each man will appear in the uniform of the club to which he belongs, The game is essential to a proper adminisiration of justice | Will begin promptly at hall past three Biclookt but gud which the law of the land atone justifies. You | discharge it 18 desirable that the players of both teams x che cminaee ieee should ve on hand as early as three, Ten men on _—CHAMB: @ side will, it is thought, enhance the interest in EUPREME COURT eo the match'very much, ia it will tend to keep the Decisions. score down. This will be the first game of any | promineuce in this vicmity in which ten men to a Side have participated, and for this rule we are indebted to Mr. Henry Chadwick, the well known base bali autuority. By Judge Donohue. Poillon vs. Smith et al; The People of the State | of New York vs. Haas et al.—Opinions. Bbetwood vs. Chetwood.—Motion denied. Nichola Dallorso vs. Geronimo Dallorso; Mar- | garet Lynch vs. Peter Lynch.—vecrees of divorce | granted to the plaintiffs, _ | Lamosas vs. Lamosas.—Notice of motion must be | given. Eisvach vs. Laude; Orphan Asyiam of New York | vs. Maynard et al.—Crders granted. Albertson vs. Laycock.—Reference ordered. ' In the matter of Pe Mier.—Memorandum. Jane Penseth vs. Richara S, Penketh.— Decree of separation granted; custody of child granted to | the plainti, | SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions. By Judge Monell. McDonald vs. James et ai.—it must be referred | bac to referee to re-estimate the damages tn the | perticulars stated in the opinion on dle, Merrwon vs. Harrison; Merritt vs. Merritt.— | Orders granted. On Tuesday, the 25th inst., a base bali tourna- ment will be held on the new Irvington grounds, at which it is expected all the clubs in the State and many from other States will be represented, Prizes valued at $300 will be offered to competi: clubs, open to all amateurs, The affairis in charge of the Newark base bail men, who claim that it will be ‘‘a great day for the base ballists.’” THE ABDUCTION CASE. Letter from the Father. To rae Kprror ov THR HeRALD:— whe report inserted in the New YORK HeRA.p of evidently written by some person misinformed in regard to the facts, and calculated to inflict great in the whole State, and replies will be soon after | tees have been supphed, and in the pouree of | ach medical society aforesaid | | the 13tn inst., headed, “A Fight for a Child,'’ was , Mr. Henry R. Morgan, agent of the Charleston Steamship Company, died yesterday mornin; t | his residence, No. 3 West Twenty-aixth stre: | Euzabeth Schuler, aged three years, died at No. | 402 Righth street yesterday from scalds received by falling into a pot of hot water on the 3d | instant, ° Warden Allaire, of the Lunatic Asylum at Black- well’s Island, reported at the Coroner's office yes- terday morning that the body of Bridget Quinn, | who Ln ite suicide on Thursday, bas been re- covered, Two hundred and forty-three car loads of South. The average receipts now from New Jer- rnd alone are about twenty-seven car loads per ay. . Charles Orvis, who was discharged by the Dis- trict Attorney on furnishing $10,000 bail, was again arrested by Deputy Sherif Murphy on a civil process and committed to Ludlow Street Jail in desault of $20,000, Mr. A. W. Barnes, an extensive chair dealer of No, 438 Peart street, died suddenly at St. Alban's, Vermout, of apoplexy, on the lith inst. He was buried yesterday from his lave residence, No. 18 South Tenth street, Brooklyn, E. D. | The remains of the Right Rev. the Bishop of Tinols, which are expected to arrive to-morrow | morning, will rest at Trinity churoh until three | o'clock, when they will bo removed by the rela. Sires to be deposited in the tamily vault in Green- wood. Yesterday OMicer Killalea, of the Fifteenth pre- cinct, entered the premises No. 134 Clinton placo, | Kept ag an oftice for the vending of lottery policy | tickets. He found John Glass in charge of the | | place and arrested him. Glass was taken before | Judge Morgan, at Jefferson Market, and held in $500 batl to answer. George Braitmayer, a member of the Exempt Fireman’s Association for eighteen years, was buried yesterday afternoon trom his late rest- | aence, No, 35 Broome street, The Rev, Dr. Dun- | neil, of All Saints’ chureh, read the services, after | | i} which the remains were taken to Greenwood Cemetery. Alexander Saunders, a painter, residing in S1x- teenth street, while at work on Friday, on the new building No. 1,003 Sixth avenue, fell from the third story to the ground and sustained injuries irom | which he died at St. Luke's Hospital yesterday. | Coroner Croker will hold an inquest, The funeral of Guilhomie J. de Figaniere, son of the late Minister of the United States from Portu- gal, and brother-in-law of the late Colonel Eugene Le Gal, of the Fifth regiment, took place yesterday at St. Paul's church. The remains were interred in the New York Bay Cemetery. The funeral of the late Thomas U. Smith, for | many years President o! the Mercantile Trust Com- pany, took place yesterday, from the Presbyterian church on Fifth avenue, corner of Nineteenth | street, A great number of relatives and friends | were in attendance. The funeral services were | performed by Rey. Dr, Hal!, pastor of the church | | assisted by Rev. Dr, Magill, ol Princeton, N. J, At | the conciusion of the service the remains were | taken by special train to Woodlawn Cemetery for | interment, LONG ISLAND. eats hie | The Holly machinery for the Flushing water | works ia ready for shipment from Lockport, and | will reach Flushing some time during the coming | | week, The filtering well at the source of supply is | nearly completed and the engine house is weil ad- vanced. There is quite # rivairy between Flush- ing and College Point as to which village shall | have its water works first compieted. | The Shelter Island camp meeting will commence | | next Monday, the 17tn inst. There ts @ prospect | | of a larger attendance than in any previous year, | | and it ls the intention of the association to give | the meeting a more devoted reiigious character : tnan ever before. Many distinguished ministers have been invited to preach, The Jamesport | camp meeting will commence on the Monaay fol- | towing, the 24th inst., and continue one week. The | | latter meeting {3 always very largely attended by the Methodists of Suffulk county, While General Abbott and his assistants were | engaged in torpedo practice in tho bay at Willetts | Point, on Thursday afternoon, they saw a school of oises approaching. | current of electricity. Tne explosion wuich fol- lowed brought to the surface three dead porpoises, | each abont cight ieet in length, which were socured | for their oil, Two or three others were stuaned, but were allowed to escape. One of the dead ones | baa swailowed a large cel and & number of small BOLD ATTEMPT TO ABDUCT A CHILD AT ROCKAWAY BEAOH. On Thursday afternoon last Mrs, Lott, of Flat- years, visited the Sea Side House at Rockaway | beach. She met a number of friends there, and | cau engaged in conversation with them the child strayed a short distance from the bouse, | Search was soon made, but the boy was found | to have disappeared and no traco of him could for | some time be ‘ound. Inquiries, however, at last re- vealed the fact that about half-past four o'clock two women were seen carrying a chila answering | to the description of the one missing toward the | pier, at which was then lying a large excursion steamer from New Brunswick, N. J., and that the | chiid appeared to be struggling to get away irom them. ‘The steamer was about to cast off her lines when Mrs, Lott jumped on board and made loud | inquiries for her chiid. One of the deck hands in- formed her that a woman on the upper deck of the boat had a child which he thought might be the one she was looking for, and went with her and pointed out the woman, who was then holding the child forctuly, while two other women were in the act of changing its cloching. On seeing his mother | the littie fellow bevan crying and callmg “Mam- ™: and the abductors, seeing that they were discovered, threw the child on the deck, hastily peaches have already arrived by rail from the | { rp The General waited until | i} fier dived near the torpedoes, and then let on the | lands, with her son, a bright tittle boy of three | TOMBS POLICE COURT. Mariem Bank Stock Robbery— Whipple Acquitted. Before Justice Wanaell. Justice Wandeil was promptly on hand yesterday morning. After disposing of anumber of petty cases His Konor gave attention to the case of those parties alleged to be implicated in the stealing of The certain shares of stock belonging to the Harlem , Bank, the property of Mr. Oscar Burton, of Bur- Mngton, Vt. ‘Me particulars of this case have already been fuly reported in the HERALD, There were several frienus of the prisoners present at the opening o/ the examination. When the Justice took Howe rose and moved for the discharge of its client on the ground that the guiily intent neces- gary to de proven bad not been made out against bis client, who, he claimed, was a broker, and had Teceiveu the stock in question in the legitimate course of business. Justice Wandell said:—“Mr. Howe, [nave considered the case of Mr. Whipple in connection with this matter, and have concluded ‘to discharge bim.” Whipple ran bis hands through his and appeard perfectly delighted. ‘Well, well,” he exclaimed, “I’m glad; that 1s just right.” ‘He then shook hands with every one aroana, lengthened examination touching the otner de- fendants, Devere and Sacia, then took e, ‘Whieh resuited in the former being hela tn $2,000 and the latier In $5,000, to answer at the Generai ions. ASSAULTED AND BOBBED. William Townsend, @ well-to-do farmer hailing from Montgomery county, Pennsyivania, while walking in Houston street at an early hour yester- Gay morning, made the acquaintance of two young men, who accompanied him and drank with him in several saloons. Filth avenue they assaulted and beat him until he ‘was nearly insensible, then they robbed him of his coat, hat and about $20 in carrency, Then they fled with their booty. Townsend subse eaey re- covered himself and waiked to bis hotel, hatiess and coatiess, but determined herafter not to drink ‘with strangers. A GOOD WORK PROGRESSING. The Inquiry Into the Causes of Pauper- ism and Crime. ‘The series of questions into the causes of crime have been completed by Dr. Elisna Harris, Secre- tary of tne Prison Association of New York, and approved by the Executive Committee of that or- ganization, and will at once be committed to the | jhands of persons authorized to gather the infor- mation desired by the society, The State Board of Obarities having some time ago aecited to insti- ate an inguiry tuto the causes of pauperism, bas- Ang their work upon the 15,000 tamates of vue varl- ns poorhouses in the State, an effort has be brought about to harmonize the work of tie two associations, and they are now understood to be working in conjunction with each other, There ts | @ close relationship betwoon paupertsm and crime—ther being 60 intimately celated that one bis seat Counsetlor | Ay Later in passing along South | and unmerited injury on the undersigned, who as | the father of the child is the proper and natural | guaraian, ‘he undersigned had placed his cnild in | the care of a highly respectable lady at Dannury, | Conn., from whence she was abducted by force by | Mrs. Caldwell, and the undersigned took tne only legal means open to him to retain the possession of the child, with the resuit as stated in the report. | The undersigned does not wish to say anytning in regard to the case in the public press, or make his private sorrows @ Matter of comment to the public, but he is forced to ask you as a simple act of justice to pablush this card. The undersigned , ia ra aud his good repute in the com- munity is the scie possession of value belonging to him. ‘The undersigned has taken for the mitigation of his misfortunes the sole remedy open to him— namely, he has instituted a divorce case, on the trial of which will be shown who, on moral grounds, 13 proper custodian of the little girl. ADAM CALDWELL, | STEAMER DAY. | The stow of passengers to Europe during mid- | summer is now rapidly approaching a termination, and within a few weeks the return home may be expected of our countrymen who have been “doing” the Rhine aud visiting the thousands of interesting spots with which the Old World abounds. People who have to go down into the deep waters, to quote # Scriptural phrase, to reach Liverpooiare now beginning to fear travel- ling by “ocean racers," which drive ahead, ice- bergs or no icebergs, to make time and gain the reputation of being the quickest ships afoat, and preier sailing in slower crait, where great speed ta not an absolute necessity, and where it is not con- sidered a triumph to beat 4 rival steamer by one minute, such @ fact having occurred recentiy, A large number of Western merchants leave ‘his city for Europe to-day to make purchases for the fall trade in Paris and London. About @ coupie of thonsand steerage passengers will | home, many of them able mechanics, leaving this | country on account of not being able to optain em- | ployment. Stecrage tickets are reported to have | been sold ag low as $11 by more than one loading | company, | VISITORS, | Mr. W. B. Dancan is now entertaining at his residence on Staten Island, several transatiantic | celebrities—viz., Colonel Colley, of the British | Army, Who had control to a great extent of the | transport department ia the late Ashantee war, and whose valuable services tn the expedition were frequently alluded to by HenaLp corre- also return | petened to lnnane rum shops within their jurisdic- There are now twenty patients under the care of the Sisters of Charity at St. Francis’ Hospital, Trenton. There is accommodation for fifty alto gether. The tnatitution is supported by voluntary contributions and also by the untiring exertions of the Sisters, who daily 52 rom door to door solicit- id bread for the inma\ No distinction ts made a to admission as to creed, color or nation- A swimming match for the championship of the world is to take place at Long Branch on next Thursday, between J. B. Johnson and Andrew Trantz, respectively the champion swimmers of England and the United States. Articles of agrec- ment have been signed, and the amount of the stakes is $1,000, the winner to be awarded the champion cup. Both men are undergoing a course of rigid training in the ocean every day. The dis- tance is to be two miles, and the course will be op- posite two of the leading hotels. ‘The contest is creating great excitement, and the training of the champions 18 witnessed daily by thousands, Al- bei large amounts have been risked on the A NEWARK MYSTERY. On the 30th of July jas’ Henry Hamell, a Newark bartender, disappeared from his home under pe- culiar circumstances, and has not yet been heard of. His friends fear—at least some of them—that he has committed suicide in a fit of despondency tn con" Sequence of the loss of nearly $1,000, the earnings» or rather savings, of several years. He was nota d@ inking man; was about thirty-nine years of age, short, weighing 180 pounds, and of fair complexion. PREPAID POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS. a Postal Progress—Important to Publish- ors and the Public. The present laws in regard to the charging and collection of postage on newspapers and periodl- cale addresyed to regular subscribers have been in operation for many years, but are to be replaced on and after the 1st of January, 1875, by a law passed at the last session of Congress which will afford much relief to publishers, as well as to the postal authorities, Under the present system much embarrassment and contusion has extsted at all post oMices in regard to this matter. It be- ing impossible to know, (rom external indications, whether the postage on mall matter of this sort was prepaid or not, the consequence has been endless disputes and misunderstandings between Postmasters, subscribers, publisners, clerks and letter carriers as to whether said postage might, could, would, should or had been paid. Another result has been great loss to the postal revenues from the fatlure of postmasters to collect such postage—not necessarily through wilful neg- lect, but often through sheer inability to “render unto Cesar’ his dues because of the impossibility of deciding with certainty what belonged to Owsar and what did not, At the New York office it was long since discovered that to follow accu- rately the track of each newspaper and pertodical addressed toa subscriber in the city 60 as to se- cure the collection of the postage which might be due thereon wouid be a task of great magnitude, involving not only much hard work, buts dis- agreeable amount of “voxation of spirit,” and more annoyance to the Pike, who would not be lukely to appreciate the fact that the defective laws and not the Post Office oiticiais were responsible thereior. The disagrecabie task was therejore avoided as far as possible—tne clerks doing their best to secure “Uncle Sam” what was unquestion- ably his due, but leaving doubtiul cases to settle themselves a8 pleasantly as possible. ‘The Postmaster of New York, however, s00n after his appoidiment, estabashed, with the as- sistance of the Auditor of the Post Office, a system whereby a close and accurate account of all post- age due and prepaid on subscribers’ papers and periodicals has been kept. The result has been a marked addition to tne revenues of the depart- ment, a8 is shown by the following comparative statement of the amounts collected from this source during the last quarter ol 1872 and during the year 1873, and for 1374 to date:- 1872, 1873. 1874 First quarter. - $6,919 86 $12,735 Second quarter Sites 7.430 43 LUBE) 43 ‘Third auarter = S567 $86,050 Fourth quartes +++ $4,560 009,904 = The probavilities are that the receipts for the present and succeeding quarter will be over | $13,000 eacb, when the present will be succeeded by the simpler system provided under the new law i above mentioned, Some sporadic cases of dissatisfaction on tho part of the public nave resulted trom this action of the Postmaster, but a courteous explanation of | the case, and a prompt reparation of ail uninten- tional wrongs, been found sufficient in every instance toremdve all cause of offence. Never- theless, the public are to be congratulated that the Muisauce of “optional er oe and all tts ‘attendant bewilderments wili give up the ghost with the expiration of the present year. In view of the recently ex;osed mail depreda- tions in this city by Carey and Edwards it may be stated that the General Superintendent of city Delivery cautions the public against depositing in the street letter boxes letters containing money. ‘These boxes are not intendea for such lette: wh.ch shouid in all cases be registerad at tue Po: Oftice or at one of the stations; and if tt were gen- erally understood that no money or valuables were ever placed in these boxes the temptation to their violation by thieves and burglars would be re- moved. A new lock for street boxes was decided upon by the Post master General many months ago, and it is expected will be in use in this and other cities shortly, What the city really needs, however, is a street box similar to the solid burglar-proot pillar boxes used in London. These cost about £9 rer ake? our Irail receptacles arc furnished for about $7. AOOLORED “ROCKY MOORE.” A Colored Gambler Arrested—His New Game. {From the Troy Times.} Chief Squire received a dispatch from Officer Gilbert, of Saratoga, yesterday, to arrest a “carder” named Rocky Moore, @ colored man, who had taken the train for Troy. He was easily picked out of the crowd by Detective Markham. In his satchel were four packs of ordinary playing caras witha piece of oil cloth on which to play the game in the cars or other places where no table might be convenient. He also had a pack of queerily figured and numbered cards, which “Rocky” said were used ior playing “Spanish monte,” much as faro is played, Four ca:ds are laid out of tue pack of fortj-four, bets are made on ran down the steps to the main deck, and, jump- | them, and when either of the “lay-out” caras ing to the dock, mixed with the crowd and 60 es- caped in tne contusion, leaving bo means of recog- comes to view in the pack that card wins. Tue telegram itor Rocky’s arrest accused him of rob- nizing them, Had Mrs. Lott been a few moments | bing a man of money, but nothing except $10, his later the boat would have been away trom the dock and there might have been another Charley Ross case to record. There is no question but the | gawoling implements and a fine watch were round ob him, He said that he had been play- ing “Spanish monte’ with a man at a low women, whoever they were, intended to take the | gambling house in Saratoga, and tpat while the | child away with them, whatever their ultimate purpose might have been, "NEW JERSEY. Pickpockets liad a good harvest at the late Den- ville Camp Meeting, A brace of Philadelphia detectives visited Tren- ton and vicinity within the last few days in quest of Charley Ross. A new military company has just been organized at Phillipsburg and mustered into the Seventh regiment, Nationa! Guard state of New Joraey, un- der tne title of Company H. at Trenton, and Mity criminals in the Mercer County Jail making paper bags. One hundred and forty persons are in receipt of aid irom vae city through the Overseer of the Poor. Wiiliam Cobine, formerly a fruit merchant, has been arrested tn Trenton on the charge o! obtain- ing a horse and wagon under faise pretences and seo of them without the autnority of the owner, He was bound over to appear at Court, A fifteen-year-old danghter of a respectable cit- izeo, named Horace Hampton, of Melville, Cumber- land county, was lately burned to death while at- | a to ignite # fire with kerosene oil, poor girl was literally burned to a crisp. | The Convention of the First Congressional dis- trict, which com prises the counties of Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem, will be held at Camden on the 17th of next month. The Convention of the Second district, which comprises: | the counties of Atlantic, Burlington, Mercer and Ocean, Wili be held at Atlantic City on the 16th of next mouth, A Sea monster has just been captured at Atlantic | City. Itis deserined to be one of the turtle spe- | cies, with a head simiiar to that of a cow, The body is black in co.or, and from tae nose to the | tip of the tail t8 #iX feet in length. Ib has four flukes or Dippers and is five tees seven inches in breadth. halt feet, and the estimated weight 700 pounds, ‘The grangers of Mercer, Hunterdon, Somerset | spondent. Colonel Colley has his possession | some very interesting Fecpries in gold, such as | and Middlesex counties contemplate holding & rings, braccieta, &c., captured al Magdala by the smonstration on the * | Britisn troops, He intends studying the working grand demonstration on the 1th inst, 5) Bae of the United States Army and likewise paying a ingen, a town on the Mercer and Somerset Rail- visit to Canada. Duncan ts aiso entertaining | TOMd. William Saunders, the founder of tne Order Lord Coiville, late Chamberlain to the Prince of Wales, and Master of the Royal Buck tlounds and | yreseut Deputy Chairman of the Great Northern tailroad of Bogiand. Lord cave ey ¢ and is also known &3 a god shot, te back he was accidentally shot in one Of Ins eyss. | road ayétem while in this country, poses to stop for about three months. | companied by bis son, i Grenadiers Guacas, He is ac- ting man Ww montis | He will probably stady the workings of owr ratl- Re if if where ho pro- tn¢ Hom, Volyille, 9 the in this State, will be present, and several eminent speakers will expoand tuetr views on the political estions of the day, amount of taxable property in Lambertyiie ts fixed at $2,009,760. Tho rate of taxation 18 one and a half per cent. The population is about 4,000 and the number of votors 1,071, inclading 10f soldiers. One hundred and one dogs are vaxed at | in pisce oi Mr. O. rydges, resigned, who has the rate of $2 each per year. The cold water ole- | fer ‘many years filled the poaition of President, ; ment predominates and tue City authorities bays FI far, Soracant leaves for Vanada tu-dare 4 There arc twenty-six inmates In the Almshouse | | { ‘The diameter of the body is two anda | | he comes on the stand I'll make him bounce. stranger Was dealing he (“Rocky”) won $10 from | him, and that before he leit Saratoga for New York | the stranger threatened to arrest him and wanted | his money back. He declared that this was his ouly crime. said he, “1 know this feller, He's a race horse man from down East, He's lookin’ tor the best of it, but 1 know him to be a thiet, = “s go bim dead for a thief. Nubody knows anything against me. [ll gamble; I'll gamble, and Tiskm anybody I kin. ‘T'rat’s me.’’ Cniet Squire tele- Gare that he had Rocky, and received the fol- owing laconic despatch :—-‘Hold nigger until to- morrow morning. Search him." Officer Uilbert came down this morning and took Bc to Saratoga this alzernoon, He says that ‘Rocky’ carries his swiudling “2panish monte” cards with him, and plays his game at any time or place. He recently swindled a man of $90, Toe oMcer says there never be.ore was 80 much of this swindling gambling going on at Saratoga, and the authorities have determined to stop tt. THE PERMIT BUREAU, At the low rate for permits established by the new ordinance, reducing the fee to $1 each, the receipts of the bureau have averaged for the past week about $65 daily. It is necessary, however, for an Alderman or an Assistant to endorse sald Peano before it is granted. Aldorman John J. 8 is the only one of the City Fathers who makes the feast show oO! attending to the city's mterest. Yesterday he remained at the Hall nearly aliday, during which time he signed up- wards of 60) applications. His colleagues are rusticating, hence their absences irom tue Alder- | manic domatn. THE POLICE REGATTA. To-day the return rowing match between the crews of the Now street police station and that of Eighty-seventh street and Seconda avenue is an- ! nounced to take place, tho latter, it may be re- | membered, having this week in the Harlem River | easily de.cated their downtown opponents, The race will take place off the Battery between three and four o'clock, and it 1s believed that several thousand peoplo will watch the contest, of whom | a large contingent will be furntshea by the Police | Department. It ts reported that the two crews will row in the same boats used in the Harlem River regatia—viz,, the Farragut and Rebecca, THE GRAND TRUNK RAILROAD OF CANADA. Among the passengers who arrived in the city by the steamer Scotia was Mr. L. J, Sergeant, formerly General Manager of the South Devon and Cornwall Railway of England, who is about as. suming the management of the Grand Traak Rall road of Canada, in srapenr with Mr, J, Hickson, WEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1874—WITH SUPPLEMENT. canta TET ETL TS eT Te eT eT ee Beppe ee MEXIO0. THE FLOATING HOSPITAL, The frontier Boundary Negotiations past eat with Guatemsla Progressing Favor- ably—Customs’ Rovenue—The Const- ing Trade the Internal Industries. Mgxico City, July 27, 1874. The conferences between M. Lafranga, Minister of Foreign Relation of the government of Mexico, and M. Urtarte, Envoy Extraordinary from Guate- mala, reiative to the unsettled question of the boundaries of both countries, have commenced, and it ts confidently believed will terminate in & solu- tion satisfactory to botn countries. M. Uriarte has been well receivea in this country and will un- doubtedly give great satisiaction to the govern- ment which he represents. The frontier custom houses at Reynoza and Guerrero have been closed by the order of the fed- eral government, and the new port of Livertad, in the State of Sonora, has neen opened to the coast ing trade, CUSTOMS’ REVENUR AND THE COASTING TRADE. Generals Rocha and Escobedo lave reached this city and have been daly received, The former has been placed in command of the First division of the army and Gencral Escobedo in command of the Third division. Mining negotiations are improving in Mextco. The mines of Pachuca are again looking very promising, and it is said that still richer and more abundant gold ores have recently been encoun- tered in the Esperanza mines o/ the State of Guer- rero. DEATH SENTENCR AGAINST PUBLIC AGITATORS. The disturbers of the public peace, who some Months ago originated the religious riots in a few Villages, occasioning the death of some public officials, have come to grief. In Temascailepec Teodoro Honrato and Francisco Leon have been sentenced to death. ‘THR COMMERCIAL POLICY DEFENDED. The Diarto #, in its editoria! columns of July 20, gives a scathing reply to an article in the reso, of Matamoras, which accuses the central government of attempting to strangle the com- mercial interests of the frontier, in order to favor & Voracious circle of negotiators, who are making monvy through other ports. FRONTIBR RECTIFIOATION. Under date o1 the 18th of July a decree has been issued, extending for six months, from Augast 25, the period for the labors of the commission of 1n- vestigation employed on the Northern tronticr of Chintahua and Sonora. AGRICULTURE AND MINES, The cultivation of coffee is receiving more atten- tion day by day 1n Mexico, and it will not be long, robably, before Mexico can olfer the United tates all the coffee she can consume. THE PEN AND BUSKIN. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— In your report of the case neaded “Author ver- sus Manager” there are implications which I can- not permit to go unnoticed, and therefore ask that you will give the same publicity to this note @8 you did to tne statement of the case. In that statement the first remarks that are imputed to me were never uttered by me, It is also stated thac “I was thrust out of the office with force and vioience,’’ which is not true, but, on the contrary, the attempt was made to drag me into the office by force and violence, Now, sir, the facts of this case are as follows:— Some time since I, with a co-author, presented to Mr. Thorne a drama copyrighted under the title of “The Two Orphans,’’ which Thorne accepted, after being notified by the managers of an uptown theatre that if he produced the piece they would enter suit against him. When the piece was under- lined these same managers procured an tnjunc- tion against him, which was served severai days bejore the production. 1 then stated that the play was entirely origiual with the exception o! a por- tion of the piot, whioh was taken from a resumé of @ French play, published in the New York Heraup, He then asked the priviloge, and ob- tained it, of playing the piece under the titte of “The Two Sisters.” formed. When the demand was made upon Thorne for the agreed upon sum of money to be paid for the use of the play he refused to pay us, and tn- sisted that we (my cu-author and myself) should | Pay the expense Of his lawsuit. Suice the play was taken off the stage several demands tor the manuscript have veea made, without aval, and on Thursday :ast I sent @ note to fr, Thorne, re- questing, in polite terms, the return of this play, together witn the two otners which 1 had deliv- ered to him ior perusal, Shie note was aetivered to Mr. Thorne and returned to the gentleman who bore it, with a receipt, which purported to be “in full’ of all demands { had on Tnorne, but which only contained the titles of tue two unused plays. Tois my Mend reiused to sign, and was then in- tormed that if | wanted to get my manuscripts [ should call 12 person. : I did so on Saturday and took a friend with me. Twas ushered with my iriend tuto Mr. Tuorne’s private ottice. He threw two ol the manuscripts on his table and said, very disoourteously, ‘31 that receipt.” Ilooked at the receipt, and di covering that “I'he Two Orphans” was not men- tioned Lasked where it was. te replied that L could not have it and that his lawyer had it, and when | asked what he wanted witn tt he replied, “It is none of your damned business.” I then took the manuscripts already deyered and started out of the office, whereupon he seized me violently and attempted to drag me back and iorce me to sign the receipt—all the time trying to wrench from my hand the package, He struck me and tried to pull me into the office (not out of it, a8 fe reporter states). I told lim his age pro- ected him (for he is an old, crippied man) from the punishment he deserved at my hands, and walked out, followed by him with is abusive language. Having been aulted Lattempted to obtain the only redress whicu { felt I could get b: fn appeal to the law; but here again! was foiled, the Justice before whom the cave came choosing to treat une matter in a trivial wranner, and rather impiying in his examination that persons so ag- grieved should violate the law by taking it io tueir own hands. There is no controversy be- tween my co-author and myself on the matter in question. I shall take feave to state tnat the mat- ter shall come before a higher tribunal. Hoping that you will ate this a place ia oar columns in justice to me, lam, ROBERT JOHNSTON, A PORGER GIVES HIMBELF UP, Yesterday forenoon a secdy looking individual entered the Central Ofice and inquired for the Superintendent. On being conducted into the presence of that gentleman he astonished bis auditors by stating that he had committed a forgery some two years ago and now wished to ive himself up. His name, he said, was Henry W. ndreas. Ip 1872he torged a check tor $3,600 on the Manhattan Bank and got the money. The poiice were notified of tne case at the ume, but fatled to capcure the offender, Andreas was turned over to an oMicer, who locked him up. He will be taken to court to-day, itis thought that he is slightly deranged. THE NEW POST OFFICE. The new Post OMice will be completed by the end of November. Two hundred men are now em- ployed there. The workmen engaged on the con- crete pavement around the edifice draw crowds of passers-by to view their work. 1t18 supposed the force of workmen in the interior will be largely increased in September, The greater part of the furniture and woodwork will be of mahogany. If the pneumatic communications with the daily newspapers are carricd out letters and papers Will be delivered with much less delay than at present, A DENIAL, The wedding of Mr. W. A. Parke, of New York, witn Miss Maria Brooke, daughtor of the rector of Hempstead, was reported by a local authority to have been disturbed vy the disagreeable con- tretemps of the appearance of a lady, accompa- nied by two children, wao claimed the bridegroom as her lawiul hnaband, @ distinct and positive dental. No one was pre- vented from having access to the church. No per- gon addressed the bride except to congratulate her. Everything passed off pleasantly, one was there claiming to be Mr. Parke’s wife or his child. The statement in these respects is, thereiore, alleged to have veen utterly alse. “DAVE, I HAVE COME TO KILL,” Thirty-cight Buckshot Planted in Man and He Still Live: A Fairburn (Ga.) correspondent of the Atlanta Herald, writing on the 8th, say Aterriple tragedy has just occurred ix miles | east of this place. Aman nated Gus Moore, who lived in Atlanta, went toa station on the Georgia road to make | brick, When he returned he found that there was | Some trouble bet o his wie and @ man named Dave Rains, living near Fairburn, He went to Fairburn immediately, went out to his father's and loaded a musket with a double handiul of buck- | shot, He then sought Rains, who was working in a fieid with @ man named Pat, He walked up fo | him quietly and said;—“How aro ‘OU, Dave?" And then—‘Dave, [ have come to kill.” At this | Ra'ns shrunk behind tae man working »y him. Both fell, Hains waving thirty-eight buckshot io | tum and Pat holding eignt. joore then went to his sather’s house, spent the night and went the next morning to 'Atiantn, He seemed to be justi fable in what ne did, a8 ho attempt was made to arrest him, Both of the wounded men will recover. ‘The shooting occurred on toe plantation ot ME, De Yanan, Uncer this titic it was per- | ‘This statement meets now | and no | Scones on Board the Sick Children’s. Barge of St. John’s Guild Yesterday. - ‘, oe ea In the Tenements Before the Departure. The appearance of a gathering storm, which was, however, dispelled by the wind during the day, kept many from going on board the barge of St. John’s Guild yestercay morning, and the great crowd expected dwindled to between 700 and 800 actual arrivals at the various wharves, The med- ical gentlemen in attendance pronounced the breeze @ decided benefit, but as it fresuened up they hung curtains about the bows that such a8 felt disagreeably affected by tne chill mignt be sheltered, On the lower deck were witnessed tho same busy scenes of preparation, wherein repre- sentatives of the most wealthy and cultured families of the clty were to be found industrioualy engaged in ferving the most unfortunate among the poor, The upper deck was well dled, and the mothers were found grouped together by a aym- pathetic alliance a8 on the day before, All around the deck, under the awnings, lay the babies, wrapped in warm woollen shawis, and some had brought pillowa and nursing bottles filled with beef tea or fresa milk trom the cufsine on board. FLITTING AMONG THEM AS WAITRESSES, but infinitely more attentive, tender and Intell gent than the ordinary waitress, were the daugh- tera of the matrons gathered on the lower deck. Often these amateur waitresses were more than preposseasing in looks, and elegant even in their plain attire, One oiten paused, as upon days before, to wonder how it could be tnat these poor people that were receiving all this attention presented 80 nice an appearance in dress and looked s0 com- fortable, Tho writer as solved the problem and here offers the solution to those interested ta ‘A VIKW OF TENEMKNI HOUSK LIFE, Mra, Maloney lives on the fourth floor, There is a floor spove her, occupied by two families, one ot Wwhict inciades three strong gitis, who wash and fron for well-to-do or wealthy people. ‘The other family consists of a hard-working stone mason and nis sickly, childless wife. On the same floor with Mrs, Maloney lives @ policeman and wife, their only child just buried, The Maloneys are six tn number—a once buxom widow, Dow suffering from rheumatism, brought on by work in a taundry cellar, and her five children, the eldest eight years ofage and the youngest a nursing. Old Maloney, | whom all the boys Knew, drank a drop too much, and one night gave up the ghost under o poiice- man’s club, Mrs. Maloney, “sick, sufferin’ rom the rheumatiz,"” aa she always hoe Bt led. along to buy food jor ber littie brood and keep them together. Now the sympatny of all the people IN THAT TANEMENT HOUSE strangely enough went out to Mrs. Maloney, It was a nice bit of corned beel and cabbage sent down to-day by the three stout sisters, und to- morrow a bow! of beef broth, with a little sprig of parsely and a fresh egg dropped in from the sickly wie of the stove masun, Someavw the police- mun’s wife cousidered that the manner of Ma- loney’s death necessitated in some way & display of unusual kindness toward the poor widow, and many a little bag and bundie, newly arrived trom the grocer’s underneath, found its way across the 1anding. Now Mrs. Maloney’s baby was taken very sick, and she carried it to the dispensary | doctor, who gave her @ bottle of hot drops and told her to take the baby to the Park every day. Uniortunately the Maloneys didn’t live within turee miles of the Park, and alter a few stragglies to walk there and back and keep her scrubbing engagements, she gave to, Verhaps she would have conunued her efforts had nut the landlord reminded her that be dida't let rooms om promises to pay from women who took AIRINGS DAILY ON RYAN'S FARM, With that aie weakened. One day the three washerwomen, gossiping over their work, talked | of the Floating Hospital of St. John’s Guild, and ts struck them tnut it would be just the thing for the | tniant below stairs. So they came down tn a solid | body to cooler with the widow. “Yis! yis!”’ said that poor, troubled soul, ooking aoout ler empty | room, “but yiz know IT haven't a thread | to wear to cover meself, All’s1n the pawn.” Then | the three gisters conterred together. Onc had a | dress that would do with a tittle tetting out here | and a little taking in there, and auother nad & pair Of shoes and tae third some nice underolotnes. The sickly woman joined the council and produced & hat modestly trimmed with “eleven yaris oi yel- Tow,” which her hasband had boug.t sor her and which she had never once worn. The policeman’s wile provided a complete outit tor the tniaut from her dead baby’s stures. AND THIS 18 THR WAY in which the Matoneys oi the poor are made up for the Floating Hospital. ‘There were the usual cases that drew tears from all observers on board, the usual clamor for the doctor and the usual hungry, desperate ieeding of the poor women. ‘Ihe prayer of all benolders will be to-night, God grant that St. Jonn'’s Guild ‘en De able to continue these excursions through all the sickly season and ave money cnough to fecd these poor motners to their hearts’ content. Noxt week several more excursions will be given, Destitute Sick Children’s Excursion Fand. The following a. \itional contributions have been received by Rev. Alvan Wiswall, Master of 8t. John's Guild, and handed to Henry 0. De Wits, Almoner :— ¢, 8. H. Smalt, Grand total... cee $3201 Contributions to the fund are earnestly solicited at once, and may be sent to the HERALD uMice; Mayor Havemoyer, City Hall; David Salomon, German- American Bank, No. 120 Broadway; Jackson 5. Schultz, No. 63 Cliff street; Rev. 8. H. Weston, D.D., No. 3 Kast Forty-tlith street; George Wilkes, D., No. 16 North Washington square; Wiley, Wicks & Wing, No. 150 Reade strect; (i. J. N. Za- | priskie, People’s Bank, corner Canal and Taomp- son streets; or Rov. Alvah Wiswail, Master of St, John’s Guild, No. 62 Varick street. NEW STOCK YARDS. New York Central Improvements. The land unaer water leased from the otty by the New York Central and Hudson River Ratiroaad Company, on the west side, is the strip corre- sponding to the extension of Sixtieth and Sixty- firat streets as far as the bulkhead line. The plang of the improvement by the railroad company were prepared under the abte direction and super vision of Chief Engineer Buckhout, and soon after the settlement of the terms of the lease (which ts | for fity years, afcer which the land and improve- | ments revert to the city) the working plans were | issued, and to Mr. E. B, Van Winkle was given their execution. About the miadie of July neariy 200 men were placed on the work, two dredging machines were pat in position, and in a short time the river bottom for the bulkhead foun lation was well under way. The company own high ground east of the railway, and this bas been cut down and used for | grading the surface of the area, upon which the most important work wiil be necessary, compria- ing, when finished, the covering of about twonty- | five acres with buildings and necessary improve- ments. The new stock yards will be & feature of the new work, and these will cover the south. | eastern corner 0: the tract, The laborers are Dow blasting the rocks on this portion, and dry sand and ashes wave been filled in in those spaces below the a proper level. Tcis place was lor- | @ merly a free dumping ground, and when the com- post was first di were entertained | thas tne health of that part of would guifer from the pestilential emitied, but there have been nO such results, and before long the whole area will be paved with Beigian blocks. It ts contemplated to divide this space into cattle pens of 10) feet in length by 40 feet in width: the entrance to them will be from Eleventh avenue; a Wall of masonry built upon crib work will form the limit on that side, which wiil be on & level with the floors of the cars. A pas- gage way, twenty 1eet io width, will afford the cat. fies sate ouviet beneath the raliway tracks, which here run on @ grade; large hay barns will bo erected east of the railroad lor the storage of fod- dor, &., and each pen will be furnished with @ fuahger’and watering trough. Between the ofl docks and the stock yards a cove runs back vet to Eleventh avenue, Until this ts filled up a all, way on trestle work will run across the front of ine a pulkhead line established by the Department of docks has boen coniormed with strictly, although the option to go beyond that line was permitted the company, and along this line the heaviest work is to bo done, A crib forly-fve tect wide at the bottom and thirty fect at tho top. constructed of timbers eight tnches to one Joot in diameter, lata transversely and longitudinally, will be sunk, and the compartments filled with stones, [tis expected a firm foundation will bo found @t 4 depth of fifty foot. When this bulkhead is completed it will be 1 {OONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE; {