The New York Herald Newspaper, May 14, 1875, Page 3

‘ —— CREDIT MOBILIER COMING ‘0 A Disgraceful Scandal Our Custom House. I in —e: The Exposures of the Ring Which Has Swindied the Government. _—- Lawrence the Chief and Mis Gperations ax Hold by District Attorney Bliss. Min Es Wed A SUT-BACK TO CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. “Let Everybody Go to the Devil.” a one Eas Stupendous Frauds Upon the Government by British, Canadian and New York Merchants. dachlatbi ‘Secretary Bristow Cleaning the Augean Stables in Wall Street. ne ‘A ROMANTIC STORY TWICE TOLD ‘The readers of the H&RALD will remember the woandal in connection with the smuggling of silks by @ ring formed of Custom House officers and others that was exposed in the early part of this year. The HERALD of Wednesday gave a résumé ‘ol the case, which has caused so much scandal to revenue circles In expectation of the arrival of ihe chief operator, Lawrence, who was surreo- dered by the English authorities after bis escape and bis arrest in an Irisn wbich =he had made by taking possage at Halifax. Lawrence, alias ‘Laz- arus,” arrived on the steamer Scythia at tis port yesterday morning in charge of a detec- tive, and the vessel was metin the lower bay by Deputy Marsta)s Harris and Bernhard, wao have been iM Waiting with the revenue cutter Wash- Jngton and autuority from District Attorney Bliss to take bim into tue custody of the United States. ‘Orders were also given that no person should be allowed to communicate with the accused upon ‘his arrival. ' Yesterday morning Lawrence was taken of the Seytiia by the marshals and conveyed to the Jedcral pbuilding in Chambers street, much secrecy as possivie. He was taken to the Marsbal’s office and from thence to the omfice of District Atvorney Burs, who ordered him confined in Ludiow Street Jail on the bench Warrant of Judge Blatchford, wituons ball. About the Untted States buliding It was generally be- heved that Lawrence is to be used as @ witness for the government against the merchants, and one of the United States Commissioners stated to the HenaLp reporter that he thought the trip of District Attorney Blas to Washington, from which he had just returned, was directed to this end. He aadea that he believed Mr. Bliss would make a reputation in developing these frauds that would be lasting and give bim politica! ingduence jo this city. ‘The reporter visited Ludiow Street Jati with the view of seeing Lawrence and Colonel Kobert Des anges, bat Warden Dunham reported tat orders were thal noboay could see Lawrence with- 10 port, Janada, out an order from Mr. Bhas, and that Coionel Dex | The secrecy maintained in this case, tne employmens of the reve- hue cutter Washington to take this State prisoner off the Scythia—indeed all the (acts, confirm the remark made by special detective of the Atiorney Anges wae engayed. they must New York merchants foul, and now #quare their accounts or take the consequences. ‘The story we puvilsd this morning is certainly one that should induce as to stop and ask:—“ls there any longer any commercial probity in the me- tropolls of America’ If District Attorney Blass’ story, given below, be correct the puolic wilt woarcely Know our honest merchants irom the fraudulent scainps who yearly register in the City Directory as such. THE GOVERNMENT STATEMENT. ‘There was considerable excitement about the otice of United Stavee listrict Attorney Blisa yesterday. apd it was givea out at au early hour in the morning that Mr. Bliss would, later in the aay, atv the press 4 sensation vefore which credit Mi r would be forgocien. Mr. Bliss spent the entire day in preparing the government side ©! the case, aud caiied into his service several stenographers and ali his clerteal force. ABA result of this day’s work the following was jest night supplied to reporters :— Late im January of the present year a long in- vestigation which had been mstivuted hy tue Col- lector and Surveyor port, with the co- operation of some of the special agents, for the pt pose O| atcertaining io wi Way goous, chiefly si) and laces, conid be sold in the market at prices considerably under the cost of importation, cul- minated in the seizure of elgut cases of goods then recently arrived which had been entered as hosiery, all of which, except one, were loaud to contain expensive rience silks They were ia- voiced FROM 8ST. ETIENNE, IN FRANCE, to consignees here, who were found to be fic- | t u Us Persons. As 500u 48 tis SeIZUTe Was mace turn of the investigation Was directed toward ty one Who had anything to do wiih these eight cases, and to all other entries of goods with wien the sume persons had been con- neoted. It was then found that ‘Had been, at intervals of about month each, eight otver siuilar importations of goods Irom &t. Etienne, ai! luvoiced as homery, aud each case 1n ail the invoices con:ained, or purported to con- tail, precisely the same qualities, sizes and kiads Of Womery, afd Of precisely Lie same values. TUR INVESTIGATION GRADUALLY BROADENED ‘Until down to tue present time It vas been dis- covered that Within ut tWO years past there nave been made at this port about eighty entries, Ail of Which have been Made in tue name of fe- titlous consignees. All were Irauduientiy entered. ‘Lhe goods in the cases Were, in iact, chiefly siiks, Aipacas, mobairs ana laces. They were entered chiefy as hostery, butions, corsets, vurlaps, manu- factures oj jute, &c. The duty was paid upon them at the low rate required upon goods which they purported tu be, and not at the high rate ‘Wiiet they should actually have paid. The GOVRKNMENT WAS LN TITS WAY DEFRAUDED, HOt only in the rat tey were ent a8 govas of very low value, While they were in fact goo With ail oF neariy all of the: ‘Lawrence was virectly concerned, the brokers who prepared the papers. ave the bond required upou entry at the Custom ighing the bond as attorney for the nom signees, When in fact no such persons ex- thied, and of course he conid net be their atcor. ney. ‘The Way in which (he iraud was commitied bro ft ries Charles L. He empioyed feems to have been by tue direct bribery of one of | me DEPUTY COLLECTORS, ROBERT DES ANCES. Under the «stem which the law provives and whicn, Irom the g.owing commerce of New York, has come to almost avsuiuiciy neeessary, o ah entry is Made at the Custom House all of dg in che Muvoice are now sent to the Ap: tore tobe examined see wuetuer tn? contents of tne eases correspond with the statement i the invoice. Oniy one case in ten a Ment for XAMIHauON, (iat case being sup posed to be seected hy the Deputy Collector nt Tandom, and it Ocing assumed that 1 the convents ‘of bis Case are found tocorrespond with the tn voice the contents Of wii the Ocuer cases are ais correctiy sated on [e Invorwe. ONE CASK IN TEN waving fone tO the Appraiwer’s store, the re maiuder of the packages COutlaines In tne Invor aro Ab ONCE dehvered lor ConsUMpiLON to the Im porter, 1b 18 obvious his | General's office | at Washington, that “tie government have got the | there | f duty, bat in the vaiaation, | of a high vaine. | He himeetf | fin avy Way acase can be | oO! J9f CADBUUELION WINCH VONWMIBN BOQUE Yi ide a) “Ob AGQOUMT OF iyssed JOU WAM OG MRAvIG 40 L berg NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1875—TRIPLE SHEET. ferior quality or liable to ® tower rate of duty than the remainder of the goods THE GOVERNMENT IX DEVRAUDBD Of ita proper duty. In the case to which we are referring Deputy Collector Des Anges designated ip each instance the package which was to go to the Appraiser’s store, and in each instance the contents of the package which was sent vo the Appraiger’s store corresponded with the invoice, bul did not correspond with the balance Of the packages delivered to the importer, This colnc)- dence alone, that inevery one of these invoices DES ANGES SHOULD DESIGN ATR for examination the one case by whick alone the satisly apy Sensible man that he must have been in colluston with the parties seeking to defraud. The government is fortumately tn poxsession of a large amount of other and direct evidence which, ip the opinion of its officers, leaves NO QUESTION AS TO THE GUILT OF DES ANGES. Immediately upon the discovery of the {rand | Charles L. thence tu Engiand. He was arrested at Queens: town, and in his possession there were found va- rious papers, and among oth-rs a jetter in the bandwriling of Des Anges, without date, signa- ture or address, This WRILEA! ds In the following words No turther communication, You are followed, and so am 1 LET EVERYTHING GO TO TIE DEVIL Exportall you can, but let me alone to try and save my selt tor the future. There were also foand in Lawrence’s possession pumerous letters and telegrams from bis wife and other friends, sent to him alter his escape New York, and these letters were full of ances that DES ANGES WAS TRUE TO THE CONSPIRATORS and would not betray them, Des Anges had had pecullarly the confidenee of all the ofticers of the government. 80 much go that when the existence Of frauds Was suspected be Was consulted as to the MEANS TO BE TAKEN TO DETECT THEM. He Had served in our army during tne reoellion, LETTER verbally ox in writing. made many influential friends, He had also been un officer ia the British Army, and was believed to have s@ived creditaviy that, It has been discovered, however, that he Was nova combatant in the British Army, but was MERBLY A PAYMASTER, and tnat he had absconded in 1862 from England, a defauiter in his account as suck paymaster to the amount of £1,400. It may be added that Des Anges was the FIRST PRODUCT OF THE CIVIL SERVIOR REFORM in the York Custom House, having been the iirst person examined and appointed uncer the new rules, Des Anges, upon the first discovery of | the frauds, was indicted, voluntarily surrendered but after the discovery of the papers upon Law- rence, and some other evidence, he was rearrested by tne Distriet Attorney and has since been in Ludlow Street Jail in dei@uit of $15,000 ball, OHARLES L, LAWRENCE, as hae already been stated, fed from New York to Canada, escaping from the city om the very night by the Grand Jury agatast him tor violation of the Revenue law. He had by some means obtained knowledge of the finding of the indictment, He went to Canada and lived openiy ‘n Montreal for | several days. The District Attorney then recon- vened the Grand Jury and procured an INDIOTMENT AGAINST HIM FOR FORGERY, | that belog an offence covered by the treaty of ex- | tradition with Great Britain, | _ Lawrence in like manner learned of this indict- ment beiore proceedings could be taken, and he disappeared from Montreal, bis bill at the hotel | being ; aid by one Joun &, Morris, of this erty, who | had occupied a room with nim. This was on tne | doth oO. Pebraary. instituted & Most Vigorous search to ascert waereavoats, placing under observation ail the Inienas and associates who it was believed would be likely to communicate with him, Finally, almost simoaltaneously, Mr. Bliss ascer- | tamed la New York, aud Mr. Jobo Bolanu, a d tective sent by the District Attorney to Vanada, discovered in Moutreal, that Lawrence, UNDBR THE NAME Of GEORGE G. GORDON, had reached St. Join, N. B., thence goue to Hali- fax, from which place he was about to sail, or had sailed, for Kurope, | Belore the teiegram requesting his arrest | reached Halifax Lawrence tad su in the Cas- plan jor Queenstown. The CABLE WAS AT ONCE EMPLOYED, | and Mr. Schenck was directed by the Secretary of State to take measnres for bis arrest on his | arrival at Queenstow! id nis exiradition to this country, Without iting for news of the arrival the District Attorney sent Mooney, @ detective Of tits city, and Mes: N. PL | Rice and W. Brooks, clerks i the Custom jiouse, to England, a8 witnesses against niin. | He was arrested at Queenstown, on the 7tn of Mareb and teken to London, where he was , hela untu the witness reached there. Aiter a | vigorous resistance and several hearings before | Sir Thomas Hewry, the mayistrate at Bow street, | he Was, on the 156k Of April, Ordered to be deliy- e:ed to Mr. Mooney to be brought to this country. | Under the Engiisa law, however, he nad a rignt to appeal, which he could exercise at any time witiin futeen days, and, bthererore, he was necessarily retatned there antil the 1st of May, when he sailea on the Seytnia iu charge of Mr. Mooney. After Lawrence was indeed extradited Avranain olf- | nung, one of the LIVERPOOL MEMBERS OF THR CONSPIRAC' | offered Mr. Mooney $5,000, gold, If he would allow Lawrence to escape or be rescued; and, subse- | quentiy, Aaron Wol!, another of the gang, n- | creased tne offer to $10,000; and, when that was reused, wanted to know how much Would accom- piish the result. AS aiready stated there were found upon Law- rence, when arrested, numerous papers, which | ure very interesting reading ana very damaging to Lawrence and iu Among the let- ters was one written to him by Abraham Hott- | nung, of Liverpool, Who was one oj the European government cculd be deirauded is suMelent to | Lawrence escaped to Canaaa and | | himself, and was allowed to go upon small ball, | of the day on which an inqietment had been jound | The Distriet Attorney at once | in nis — | the goods consigned to them. chiefly in the Southern Department, and bid there — | appears that one Lafayette Grail, nominally en- | members of (he conspiracy. The letter was writ- | the Isto March, In anticipation of Li ® arrival, and was delivered to him at | Queenstown, It assures him that he need pot to | Mave Ube slightest apprehension that any attempt would be made to extradite him, or that, if extradited, it will be ‘“successiui;” that he had “cone nothing except commit a breach oi the revenue iaws of the United States,” and 4’ “the courts of Great Britain are not going to aid in any pepishment for any such offence,” and assures Him that ue “learos that | TH FIRE SBEMS VERY LOT IN NEW YorK, but, like all hot Gres, will the sooner burn out, The adair will be the usual nine days’ wonder and then wili be jorgotten. ibave heard no news o; | uy importance trom there (tL mean New York.) . Who is the only one! bear from, seems nervous and anxious: but, mind, he is not without | hope that the business Wil be resumed later on. 5 thing he i# 4 little too sanguine tn this; but who can tell what isin the iature, I hear that was abie to have trouble on bis arrival; for Ido not beleve that he will incur any difienlty.” The other letters and telegrams found upon Lawrence consisted chiefly of information as to what was being done to track bim down, and of advice as to where he should go, These papers are | somewhat tnetaphoricai in tue language they use. One of them, Irom Montreal, adaressed vo G. G. Gordon at Haliiax, states, “The doctors in con- suitation advised the air of Bermuda or THE SOUTH OF FRANCE FOR Mit, GUSH. fle would possibly pd tue English ciumate too severe.’ Lawrence, uofortanately for hitmselt, | did bot take this advice, aud oid find this climate vatver severe. Ochers of the ietvers contain tig comments on the lawyers who were in behalfof Lawrence and bis assocta ch they would hardly consider com. * * There was aiso found upon pUMMeN ATF. awrence I PHER AND KEY ut 1,500 separate key words and adapted fog ® business Wish ali party of the world, and By | ‘ovisions for honest as well as dishonest dealings, One phrase in this cipher | conveys to the correspondent the information that “f fod, im consequence of bad prices and = demands from the people working with me, that A to it, containing | THE BUSINESS WILL NOT PAY more than fiteen per cent net. Write Lyon if he Wants to continue; tne risk is very smai.’’ It | would seem that fifteen per cent would be sum- cleat profit in an ordiwary busine: In the cipuer “ords are employed to designate all toe officers of the Custom House, | THE WORD “EDITOR,” | for instance, 1s tound to mean “wharf inspector.’’ , Directions are given i ne cipher jor the making out of “actual”? and “correct”? invoices, for tne making out o: “usgal” invoices, of “pro jorma | invoices,” of “apecial invoices,” of “invoices ab- soiutely correct; also for making the invor | greater value and maxing them of smaile: | and for sending goods without invoices, Pro is made for maicating the 1act that oMicers of cus- tonis have beew removed or threatened with re- | Inoval. Orders are given that addresses | be changed, as to now goods shoud be | that a ehange gnould be made tn the names of the consignees; that the Cons Avoice should be | made in London, or in Liverpoul, or elsewhere; that | “MY NEW MAN IS IN TROVELE, ‘the old man is ia troubl that “I expect trouble,” that “I don’t anticipate tronble:” that cked, ” ination ;” that “the Value snould ve reduced to one-fourth of the invoice,” “to one-tuira of the | actual invoice,’ “to one-haif of the actual in- | voice,” and, in short, all the machinery is pro- vided for commanicating, by #ingle words, fuil in- formation as to everything Whica liad been done ted to be done on this side, and full as to how fan were vo be prepared ipped so as to defraud tue revenue. iu some Instances THE CIPHER 19 INGENIOUSLY PREPARED, | a8, so to speak, w cipher withio & cipher. For | inStance:;—The word “vertical” means, in the in- terpretation of the cipher, “let iaouious make leave ;”’ but on turning to “iabuiogs” tn the cipner we fad that it means “William Benjamin,” and that “leave” ia tue cipbet means ‘Consular inveice, niows make leave,’ pretation of the word vertical,” really mean “LED WILLIAM BENJAMIN MARR THE CONSULAR IN. VoIOR.”’ And on examination It appears that all, or nearly ail, OL he invoices received from Liverpool purport to be swore to before the Vousul by one William senjamin. itis curious fact that the cipner seems to have been prepared also with @ View of enabling tue couspirgeors to cheat one another or the parties with whom taey Were dealing; for ar- rangements are made by Which one can be in- sirucced by @ single word to write a formal letver ould | “the whole shipment has been ordered jor exam- | | who aad in the meantime procured suticient meet obligations to me,” and by another word can be instructed, “send me formal cable that you —— payment, and are writing particulars by mai The cipber is full of information, which hae been found of great importance by the District | Attorney and the officers of the government. | One paper found upon Lawre 18 BO eX! raor- dinary that itought to be es) eciaily mentioned. Ou the 26th Of May, 1874, District Attorney Bliss | wrote to MESSRS. FIELD, MORKIS & PENNER, of thix city, auctioneers, thas he had received in formation that certain goods upon their cata- logue, of a sale to be made on that day. were smuggled or fraudulentiy introduced into this | country, and he requested them to give him the name of the person who consigned the goods to them. Messrs. Field, Morris & Fenner vir- tally and peremptorily refused to give | any information. When Lawrence was | rested, the Original letier written by District Attorney Bliss to the auctioneers nearly @ year ago was found in Lawrence’s possession. The | recent examination has shown that the goods tuus DESIGNATED RY MR. BLISS | & year ago were part of the goods fraudulently in- troducea by Lawrence and his co-conspiravors, they naving been followea by their marks and | Dumbers from the time thé goods leit te ship until Wey passed into the duction room. A very large portion of the goods fraudulently introduced by the conspirators were solid vorougé the auction house of Field, Morris & Fenner. ‘Tne agent of the conspirators who hominaily dealt with them was | ONB AARON WOLF, who opened with (hem a series of accounts, some sixteen in number, all except one or two in the name of fictitious persons; and ne received from | Messrs. Field, Morris & Fenner the proceeds of all The aggregate re- | ceipts during the year 1874 alone were | ABOUT VIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, the invoice value, as stated by Woll to the auction house, being about $700,000, Not all of the moneys, however, seem to bave veen paid | direct to Woll, for checks inthe name oi Lawrence, | or which passed into Lawrence’s Banas, to tne | amount of $80,0C0, had been paid, It nas been discovered that another auction house in the city | soid about $260,000 worth of goods; but becom- | ing sats! Jrom =the way in whieh the | business as done that there must be something wrong im the manner tn which he became possessed of them, they reiused sey- eral months before the frauds were discovered to have anything more to do withhim, There ts reason to believe that @ considerable amount of | the goods imported by the conspirators were sold | in Polladeiphia at auction, and in Uhicago, St. | Louis, Cincinnati and San Francixco, There is also reason to believe that there was que an amount of fraudalent impurtations made at New Orleans and other Gulf ports, Nov all of the goods, however, sold tn this city were sold at auction, 1t gaged in the liquor business in Warren street, under the firm name of M. L. & L. Graft, sold dur- ing & period of about fifteen montns to MESSRS. 1. B. CLAFLIN & 00., In this city, about $460,000 worth of French siiks. ‘They bave been identified as part of the amport: tions made by Lawrence and his fellow covspira- tors, They were STANDARD FRENCH SILKS, the value of which in the market never varies more than @ Jew cents, and they were purchased | at from twelve to twenty per cent less than Market value, The buyer of Messrs, H. B. Clafin & Co, kuew that Graf was @ liquor desler and not @ dealer in silks; but there 18 no reason to believe that any member of the firm of EH. B. Claflin & Co, had any knowledge of (the transaction other than the purchase of silks at cheap rates. THE FIRST ARREST MADE after the discovery of the conspiracy was of one Gustave W. Ball, Who was a clerk for Graf, and who was the person who superintenaed the briugiug of tne goods trom the steamship after | they Dad been fraudulently entered, Ball r- rested, and alter remaibing in jail for several weeks was released upon ball, be letters lound upon Lawrence from his friends contain numerous | eXhortations as 0 the necessity of procuring BAIL YOR BALL in order to prevent him irom confessing and making statements against the other consptra tors. before sufficient evidence was in posses- sion of the autnorities to take steps for the arrest of Gram, be escaped to Canada, where be bas gince remaimed, living there openly, confident | that there is no law under which tradived. Alter he aped learned that he had @ sale depos: company iu this city some tranks, whica were bi 3 $1,0¢0,000 at least. The injury to honest importers been very great. THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF THK OPERATIONS OF TAK SMUGGLERS. On the 12th of December last Special Avent Brown, one of Colone| Howe's officers, while trac- Ing up Some suspected cases oF Custom Hoase, learned that sixteen cases, repre sented on the invoice to contain shells, had veen tered on that day as part of the cargo of the | steamship City of Montreal, His suspicions were aroused. Inspector Bibbing was detailed to assist him in prosecuting furtver inquiries, ‘The cases had been hastily removed irom the stexmsuip company’s pler to the irelght depot of the Hudson River Railroad, Both oificers repaired to the | depot witn the onject of finding out their true contents, They proceeded to examine the cases by handling them to ascertain their weight, and wiso by shaking Loew, bas Jor lack Of positive eyi dence, and not being clothed with suMcient nuthority, they conciuded, instead of wreaking them open, to keep @ MODERATE WALCH OVER THEM unti) their removal, convinced aii the time thar ihe cases contained higher duilable goods than shells. The cases, when at the depot, still retained the marks of the my consignor, The tmark on each case wal fs in adiamond. Special Avent Brown, before ¢ mmencing is viglis, cut with Mis penknile an indentauien into each case so that It would be recognizable again. A few days therealter tne Cakes were surreptitiously ca: ted away during the absence of both officers \@ THE FRER STORAGE WARBMOUSR on the corner of Cedar wnd Washington streets. The special agent examined tie slorekeeper's | books and found that tue cases with their old B.”” substitated nad been eouse but @ few hours pre- They were marks erased and removed trom the wa: vious to the Visit Of tue special agent. next traced 10 DANIEL MATTHEWS’ AUCTION ROOMS, opposite ive Post Office, on Liberty street. — Pro- curing @ search Warrant from Justice Quiun the Special agent opeued two Oo! the cases at the aue- tion rooms and found that his suspicions were substantially verified and that the cases con- | Lained, instead of guells, a quantity of silverware. ‘The gooas were then seized and conveyed to the Custom douse. The special agent pursued bis in- vesuigations further for tue appreliension of the dishonest imporier who bad smuggied the goods in under @ false invoice, He went to the bond clerk 10 ertain the names of the bondsmen. He obtained the vond, which contained the names of N. Basanti, No, 20 Wiliam street, . J. Levy, doing business at No. 6 Park rhe Orst pame On the bond was lorged and fictitious, the other name proved to ve hat of the smuggier, and, a8 events have since demonstrated, one of the principals of the organized gang commanded by Lawrence. Special Agent Brown SEARCHED LEVY'S PLACE OF BUSINESS on Park place aud iound eleven cases of silk neck- ties, whicu Were represented as domestic goods, bat which Were no doubt of foreign make. The cases bore the Initial marks of firms in Phila deiphia, St, Louls, Onicago and otner places, and were ready for shipment. Pieces of empty cases were discovered bearing the foreign steamer’s marks and the brauds of examiners and ap- praisers. ‘Tbe seizure of silverware having been regarded at the time by the revenue Officers as any other ordinary smuggiing cose, toe special agent wro made tie same permitted the other goods found at Levy’s place to pass. suoKequent Gevelopments would show the magni- tude of the smueglng operations ne would rovably have seized every arucie of merchandise found at Levy’s piace. Search waa made for Levy after the seizure, but he had taken HIS DEPARTURE FOR OTHER PARTS. Private Detectives Boland aad Mooney, armed wit warrani of arrest, were despatched after the fugitive, who was traced to Canada, wnere the officers arrested him. arrival of the exiradition papers, Levy’s lawyers procured a writ of habeas corpus, and tue prisoner ‘as again atlarge. The detectives, for some un- accountable reason, falied to keep a Vigilant eye upon him, and he fin uded them eatirely, ee his whereabouts simce are shrouded in mye- TY, THR FRAUDULENT PLOT DEBPENS. wvery of Levy’s smuggling ce, the Custoin House oi- pilcity with Levy, were unknown in the premises, unlit Special Agent browa stumvied against another snag at tie Cunard stores in Jersey City, which the smuggling conspirators had left ex- osed, It is at this juncture that Deputy Cor jector Des Anges figures aaa purticeps crunmis. lieved t) contain valuable property. Tne District Attorney thereupon commenced @ suit agalust | Graf in the District Court of the United States to | recover a large sum Of money, aud procured from Judge Blatchiord 1 AN ATTACHMENT against all the property of Graff, including the tiunks mentioned. Lhe District Attoruey Was im- mediately met by covnsei claiming to appear for Graf, who procured @ stay of proceedings, pro- hibiting the openiog O: the Crunks, and Who made | a mouon to dissolve the attachment. This was | based upon an aitidavit of Grad, that prior to the ivening of the aitachment he bad ceased to be an | whavitant of the Seutvern district of New York, which, if correct, leit the Court with- | Out jurisdiction to entertain the action, and, therefore, to issue ihe atiachment. | Toe District Attorney, wheugh believing that this statement of Graff was untrue, found | himsel! without evidence to meet it, and he there- | jore decided to discontinue the action in the | United Siates Court and ® commence an action in the State Court against Graff, ana to obtain there an attachment against him as a non-resident of | the State of New York, founded upon his own afl- | Gavit given in the United States Court that he | wassucn, Tne ACTION IN THE UNITED STATES COURT | was discontinued and that in the State Court commenced aimost simultaueonsiy. The attacn- ment of the United Staves Coart was released, but only to be immeatately fouowed by an attach- ment in the state Court. At this point a singular occurrence transpired. A» soon as the action in the United States Gourt | Was discontinued the attorney who had appeared | for Graff in that action appeared in the State | Court With an atracamwentin his (tme attorney's) Javor against Grad, his own client, under woich he sought to attaca THE PROPERTY IN THE SAPE DEPOSIT COMPANY. | He, however, reached the Safe Beposit Company a | few minutes alter the District Attorney's att | ment, and, thereupon, finding that the suit against | his own client was likely to fail of accomplisut his otject, ne turned rowoa, and as the at- torney jor his chent (Grat) whom he bad just sued, moved to dissolve the attachment obtained | by the District Attorney. This motion was by Judge Donohue, and thereupon an ap; taken to the General Term, where the question has been argued, but not decided. Im the meantime in consequence of the stay of | proceedings DO attempt has been made to ascer- | tain the contents of the trunk. The jetters found | upon Lawrence, however, indicate & | #0 strenuous efforts have been made Wwe opening of tae trauk. One of them | THINGS LOOK MIXED AND ALL SEEMS QUIET, | in fact too inuch so. The affair has taken a new phase, which may compromise others, through our M: giving & power of attorney to his wife. When she got to | the Sate Deposit Company's oftice she found a marshal | had already been there and put his seal on it, A letter from Morris says oot to write | ing is sate. I mast tell you that the safe. | taining large sams of money, has receipt for tl books, which are in the vaults of } ihe sawe company. last writing they bad not opened the safe. Another of the conspirators was H. J. Levy, who also fed to Canada. ke is velieved to ni | | been tne person who took @ large pottion of tne | iragdulent oaths necessary fur the entry of the goods. For along time tue District Attoruey was | unable to secure evideuce on which to | POUND A CHARGR AGAINST LEVY, | upon which be could be extradited; he therefore caused bim to be watched in Montreal for several | Weeks, confident that he would some time en- | deavor to escape to Earope, and that in doing so | he would provably pass the United | States. Levy a tamed that he was watched and sought to leave Montreal secretiy, but was most industrionsiy and ingemrousty foilowea by Mr. Boland, who tracked nim to Quebec. It bel then doubtful whether Levy might not undertake to go toSt. John and Halifax by sleigh turough | the woods, without coming into the | nited States, Mr. Boland was directed by the District Attorney, dence te cause his extradition, to canse the arrest | or Levy #0 soon as he should become satisfied that he was not coming to the United States, | Waile matters were in this condition the Quebec | Police, who had been communicated witn, but | warued not to mal arrest, without any au- | ed Levy, who, a8 it afier- jared, had actually bought his ticket for | After having arrested him they myste- | harged him, withous any notice to Mr. American Uo Hi from Quevec and has not since be There is little reason to doubt thy LEVY'S DISCHARGE BY THE QU | Was procured by the direct and wumproper use of money. We have not by apy means named all | the persous Who were concerned in these frauds | upon the government, Tbe conspiracy waa very | Jar reaching and ts believed to have embraced a | ocnsiderabie number of persons whom we dave not | amed, Itis oovious that a number of parti | surope Were concerned in it, and also that p: | in Montreai were largely concerned, provabiy fur- ishing @ good deal of the money Becessary ior rying it out. Others in this city, mereaants and speculaiors—perhaps, also, offictals—were equal y involved, Tere nave been in counection thority suddenly arr ward ‘appe Portland, with THE HUNT POR THE CONSPIRATORS many curieus things which Would tke too much space to state. Every movement of the government Officers was watched; the friends Oi the conspirators even goidy so far as to as- certain surreptitiously in Washington, wnen ex- tradition papers were issued irom the secre- tary 01 State's office. Kvery obstacle was thrown in the way of obtaining information. Whea subpenas wet iesued jor tae auction firm a. ay named and their cartman fo appear be @ the Grand Jury whey took away bool if their cartinan aad forbade him to testi themselves started to withhold ai) inormation. Alter an application for an order for committal for Contempt had been imade the parues relented, and thereafter gave to (he goverument all imior- mation desired, The amount of which the government has been | deirauded in duties bas mot been careiuily imves- | tigated. it is beileved, however, that no than $3,060,000 worth of goods bave been imported Qt this port by this gang of conspiravors within the last two years, Upon these goods some dates Were paid. Roughly Y. perhaps, be said that ‘ RG9A 10PN I Sia Oy CRANE sl | the revenue laws, | Keizare room in the Custom House. | that Des Anges The special ageat discovered seventeen cases Of goods Wich appeared to him somewhat irregu- lar, and he concluded to waten tiem very closely. | | Assisted by Inspector Bibbins, Special Agent Browa alternated with him to watch the cases, which was coutynuea for fourteen days. The causes were marked ‘Vv. ©. P.’' ina diamond, and ou the ship's manifes! and on the triplicate in- voice Were entered as hosiery and consigued to J, ©, Parker, a mytnical importer, of course. When the special agent learned that they were in the possession of a record clerk Damed Van Ausiand, who naa locked them up or secreted them and left ior Wilmtugton | im compliance with the demands of a subpcens, Which 1. is Supposed was conveniently at hand to take Van Ausiand away trom his desk until the L pone were safe in Canada. It appears that Lawrence and Deputy Surveyor Kirk haa re- quested Van Aasiand to obtain possession of the INvVoiwes Of the goods for them. Ab all evens the | original invoices were NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE SPRCIAI, AGENT the seizure. e, SUSpectea the des haste to execute 4 new bond for tne si portation of the goods into Canada. op the bond were J. tk PIERSON, A CUSTOM HOUSE BROKER, and Robert Hastings, another mytoical bondsman, ‘Tay also ordered a true entry to be made out vy the Gray Brothers, said to be the nephews of James K. Davies, @ well Known politician, and trans. rhe bames whica eutry represented the true quality of tne | goods in the cases, and which calied for the two ‘ vlind” cases of hosiery seut to the public store, seven cases of silk and the remaning eight cases of cioth, which had been represented on the ong voice ag Lostery entire i order to evade we ment of a heavy duty. Wohile the original entry way in duress the trae entry, which showed fraud upon its face from the irregularity ol the Manner in which it was made | out, was used to get the goods away from the | seizore oficers. Tue true eutry, bearing the in dorsement “ROBERT DES ANORS, DEPUTY COLLECTOR, examination waived,” did not have a consul’s cer'ificate attached, which is 4 gross violation of ad which, when not forthcom- ing, ail_impe are obliged to give bonds to prodace, waich the smuggiers failed to do with the connivance, it 1s alleged, of the Custom Honse omiectais. Was procured and this shipped to Montreal, Canada. Bit Special A: Even when in tran order for him to telegraph tae baus to intercept the cases. ever, did not put In an appearance early enough, The documents containing the evidence of Lawrence's and bis partners’ crime, as applicabie to this particular case, are in possession of the prosecucing a@athorities of the government, and. though the authorities fatied to seize the goods, the proofs of the fraud are apparent enough tw satiety the demands of justie BREAKING UP OF THE GANG. The 1a8* seizure 01 goods belonging to the smag- giers was made on the 2d or Sd of January last, aud if Was chieQy throagh the imstramentality of the same special agent WOO bas labored #6 Un- ceasingly to break up the gang and expose their modus operandi ol cheating the governinent. The cases were marked “ft,” in & diamond, and Neclor at St. A. | contained silks, Tuey were invoiced as nosiery. | ‘The bond clerk, Rice, having been put on his guard to look out for the parties who had been palming of mythical bondsmen on him, notified Wr. Ba.ca, Chile! Clerk of the Seizure Kureau, that the pares whom Special Agent Brown was so soliciious about had called and given another bond for eight cases of silk, One spurious name was on the bond, tat of V. nti, and th two Dames Lawrence aud Levy, i) once consnited with Deputy Surveyor Kiinck, who took Detective Mooney with bim, aud both watted at t teamer’s dock Until the goods were “permit- When the permit came the cases were id in the custody of the seizure officers, Just velore the cases were re’ nove was landed to the inspector im cha Deputy Coliector Des Anges asking that the per. mit should be returned to him. ‘The inspector handed the note to Depaty Surveyor Kiinek, wno preserved the note and aleo sent: tho cases to the It ts supposed that Kiinek ana pment as a case of iz. S nad learned Moovey had anticipated the s | swuguling and would discover his connection with the smugglers, By sending note ‘or we re turn of the permit Des Anges fell right into the trap Which he Was #0 an Xious to avoid. ‘raf Brothers, mentioned above as having at @ substiiute entry for the fraudulent one, have had a monopoly of Lawrence's business, having made out nearly sixty entries, represent- ing various grades Of revenne frauds practised by the smugglers dating back as iar as 1972. Special Agent Brown has discovered houses in the city Which dave received good» valucd in the Aggregate at $5,000,000 01 Lnore Iraudulent importa- tions and on Which the duties dae wwe govern. ment, If paid, would have amounted te neariy $1,500,000, The shipments of the spurious i porters were always eniered under the head of jate for aipaca, homery for siiks and either bn tons, corsets or dolis for lace. It is impossivie ja the quantity of foreign goods that have been shipped to orher parts of (be country without payment of the duties. REAL ESTATE. The following Were the sales made yesieriay at the Exchange § room :— NRW YORK PROPERTY my KM LUDLOW An CO. L&sbk. band | No. 344 Water eto. 8. 174 ti. © of Roosevelt st., lot 19, 10x63. Davi Lewis $4,98) ay BLERCKER AND SON. 12s. and attic building with |. No. 88 vranklin at 751 eof Cbureh st, 10% 2x00. J. J. OT bone ue 20,250 Band | No. 273 opring sty n, 9, 100.4 thw. oF Variok Bt, lot ZoxI 4. Phatip Wagner. ; ‘ 10,100) 1s b. and | No. 661 Green wien wt, 6.'s., 0th §. 01 King st, lov 2090.9 DL. Townsend 10,000 12-5. and attic bk b, and |. No. 87 Variok st, W. & 75 it. 6 of Watts st, lot 2Oxidy. i. P. Wawvetlitd, (2,160 Désand b OK n with L, No. 16 Beach at. a. #0 tt But had he known that | But while awating the | hed to the invoice clerk at | the Custom House tor tae invoices of the gouds he | and made | On the 234 of January the true entry | je day the goods were | ¢ Brown bad nopes that Van Aus- | land wouid retura and prodace the talse entry in | nm Ausland. how. | | THE PAPAL AMBASSADORS, | . AND PRIESTS ACCOMPANY ON A VISIT TO THE M'GLYNN KMNTERTAINS SIXTY | LAY GUESTS IN BONO OF GALA DAY FOR THE CLERGY, | Mgr. Roncett, Dr. Ubaidi and the Marefoschi., the guests of the Rey. Dr. Me | pastor of St. Stepheu’s, yesterday visited the insti- tutions on Blackwell's, Randall's and Ward's islands, and Che visit was made the occasion of & | BIszoPs PAPAL ENVOYS THE ISLANDS— DR Smuggling at the | CLERICAL AND THR OCCASION-—A Count ‘lynn, MPORY” TO. “VICK Aa rs. Woodhull’s Packet of Golden Age Correspondence. UNDER YOUR FILLOW.” M THIS on of a Reformers Heart, Tho 9 gaia time, such a8 Koman Catholle priests seldom | Indulge in. Dr. MeGiyan had made ample prepa rations todo hoaer to his distinguished friends, ; and bad issued invitations to a large number of priests of the archdiocese and Neighboring dioceses Ww join the party, anu to tex (ly by tueir presence the imient to houor tne Roman ambassadors. In response to the invita Uons there Was scarcely a declination, and more ‘an sixty gentlemen, the majority of them bemg priests, bad assembled at the pastora: residen yesterday Moruing before ven o'clock, The car- rlages 1a Waiting Were soon wll occupied, and the party then drove dowa to the foot of Twenty-sixta | Street, where the steamer Arrowsmith, whict ‘pr. MeGlyun had chartered tor the day, wi lying alongside whe pier, Commissioner Bailey, President of the Commissioners of Charities and Correction, with his associate Commissioners, here met and were introducea to the Papal Envoys and otners of the visitors, and alter (nese courtesies had beep got through with the distinguished party started on their trip to _ Blackwell's Island, Arrived at the island, they were received by Dr. | Hospital. | nouse, and then, unger the guidance of Waraen Fox, they penetrated tne corridors and tiers of cells of the Penitentiary. Again embarking on the steamer, they went up the river to Randall's Isiand, where one Of the pleasantesl episodes of tne day occurred, As the Arrowsmith neared | the ahore, the party were conironted by the Ran- dail’s Isiand Guard, 200 boys in aoiiorm, wh drawn up ou the lawn in military arra the visitors came up to them one of the boys, Mas- ter Grace, stepped forward in front of his compan- jons and delivered @ very neat address of Wel- come. To this tue Rev. Dr. McGlynn replied in his | happiest vein, telling the boys that tne visitors | reciprocated the kindly feeliags with which they had been welcomed, and that they felt vrona of the pobie institution which tley had come to visit, as they did of all the novie in- | stitutions of the State and country, Ib was to Catholicd an especial pleasure to see j reareG up those instlintions waich would pro and joster the young; which wonld help mat 6 8 | Learts, old and young, some gentle feelings that would reconcile them to the will of Providence. | Catnolics felt proud of their country and honored its institutions, and biessed the land to whieh there waa liberty and laith aud ireedom from per- secution for conscience sake. | remarks being interpreted by Dr. McGlynn, He expressed the gratitication tt afforded nim to visit the imstitution and hoped that God would bless | them ail, encouraging toem to useial lives and to | @ Strict adherence to rectitude in all they did. Alter visiting the several departments on the | Island the party re-embarked, and the Arrow- | south steamed up the river to Ward’s Island, | where they were received by Mr. James Lynch, Commissioner of Emigration, by whom they were conducted through the iustination, After partak- ing of some refreshments here the visitors were | escorted to the boat by the Commissioner, and the Arrowsiaith shen put her bow in the direction of | the hotel at Jones’ Wood, where Mouquin bad been busy ali day in the preparation of a sumptuous repast for the distinguisped party, Atier dinner Dr. McGlynn, the Monsignore and others made pleasant speeches suitavdle to the occi- | Sion, and the entertainment closed wich the Roman * Viva,’ @ cheerful synooyia for our American “Hurrah.’’ Re-ewbaraing tue Arrowsmith steamed down the river to the Bal- tery and out to the Dread Ocean to allow the Vist tors to see the lortificauions Of the harvor. At & late hour in the atternoon the party disembarked | at the starsing poink, (oot of Twenty-sixih street. Amoug Ur. MCGiynu’s guests Were Bisuop Lynch, of Cuarleston, S. 0; Bishop O'Mara, of Scrant a, | Pa.; Rev. Father Mcvready, Rev. Fatner scCau | lay, B Fatoer Byroo, Rev, Father Costigan, of St. Stephen’s; Rev. Father Ourran, of >t, An drew’s; Kev. Father Quian, of Suffern: Kev. Ur. | Bartsell, Rev. Father thekey, of Brooklyn; Rev. | Father O'Lougulim and Rev, Father Ferris, of Flusniag; Rey. Dr. McSweeney, Kev. kather Mulone and Rev. father Keegan, of Brookiyo; Rev. Father McCartny, of Hoy Cross; Kev. Dr. O'Connor and Rev. Dr. Langhiia, of Philadelphia; | Rev. Katner meLougnun, of New Kocvelle; Rev. Father McGovern, of Bergen, N. J. Rev. Father Barry, o: Bosavilie, 5. |.; Father James, Of Sullivan streets Missioa; Rev, Patner | Vrausioli, of Brooklyn; Rev. Father Kearney and Rey. Patuer Keane, of the Cathedral; Rey. Fatoer | MceGean aod otners from neighboring dioceses, and all the prominent pastors and assistact pus- tors in the cliy, His Eimimence Cardinal McCios- | Key was reluctantly absent, an official duty cail- ing him to Fordhaut Oolege. | The Roman envoys expressed themselves as bignly delighted With the excursion and wits the great kindness manifested toward (aem by all the assembled priests, [tis but might to say that | the pleasures of the day, Which ali who paruci- | pated lu tuem were ioud in acknowledging, were due to the graceful skull with whicd Dr. sicGiyno Gid bis part as host, THE METROPOLL NEW | PAYING BALVAGE YORK —HOW CAPTAIN ELLIS AVOIDED ACTION OF THE OWNERS, Naewrors, RK. f., May 13, 1875, The steamtug Cyciops arrived here at six o'clock this morning, for the purpose of towing the disabled steamer Metropolis to New York, and | started with her in tow at two o'clock this alter- noon, Two of the passengers left her, one to go to Boston and the otuer to New Haven, leaving, | when she started, seventeen on board. in the opinion of nautical Men in this vicinity, Captaiu acted very sbrewaly tn getting the schooner Harriet S. Brooks to tow ber to Dutcn Isiand jor The assistance | the sum reported in to-day’s Henatp. reason why he ¢id mot secure bejore arose from the fact that should he = ailow vessel to take hold of the steamer and orig her in, saivage | Would be claimed in view of ner heipiess conai- tion. Before the schooner was aliowed to com- mence her Work ner captain Was obiiged to sigh a | writlea agreement tliat $200 Was for ali claim: | against either Vessel Or cargo, He de sired to wait upti he got the steamer ‘in before coming to any agreement; ‘bat Captain Elis would not consent 1o any suck proposition, Knowing that if ne did a difer- ent aspect would ve put upon the matter and that | 16 woulu be left wo referees, who would certainly award the schooner @ Miguer sum Jor her services. In speaking Of the INDIFFERBNCR OF HER OWNERS the Dat News oi vening says: Though the owners knew of her being in this vicinity, and disabled, they did worth while to dout & tig to help by ower steamer owners, ied with vegetables they seem to iside red | the satety of the passengers and crew assured, but their | comfort unworthy ot notice. Your correspondent called upon Purser Craw- ford, of the Metropolis, to-day aad informed bim of the comments Waict had appeared iu the ne ws- papers im relation to the action of the steamer owners, He todigi ‘iy denied the reports of their want of interest in the matter, ana jurther states that the cap/ata of the tug Cyclops, which nad just arrived irom New York, intormed him shat Lue OWNers Nad requested the Secretary of tne ‘Treasury to notily the revenue cutters to keep a sharp lookout lor ber, and thata tag, afew days hag Deen sent irom New York with strict or- to crave as lar Out as Barnegat in search of | her. | WESTON'S WALK. ‘The atteadance of spectators at the Rink yester- day afternoon and evening to witness Weston's efforts to accomplish the task he Dad unavrtaken Was greatly io excess of any other day since tne commencement of the walk, Weston at midnigne | the eifects of several big blisters oo the (eet, which had cansed considerable infammation and at the same time great agony. He rested Until four o’cleck yesterday morning, when took to whe track again. | great aificulty tbat ne managed to get over the ground, and at the end of tue 246tn mile he | he attempted to iesume Work, Duy found iim | poxsipie to walk more thin a Single mile, suca was tue agony he Was safering. Le eiore took to his room again and Cook to bed, We goon dropped of Wo asleep Which lasted over two | hours. He awoke reiresned and with but ttc | pain. The heat, too, had almost entirely gone ont of his fe a he looked scarcely uke (ne same man stepped om fhe truck. @ac walked steadily siong tor tweaty-five mies wiih | | Got a single rest, Making that disiance iu on. vom. He Was iecing greatly improved in helio and spirits, and, in order bo save Dimee!! aut Koep Mis the Ur while t firsts) about fall ao bour, took Of & goou, Neaviy dunper, ie e besinning of the w rie re ireshed and sirenytneued lim, ama ae went ¢ | work with @ Will wad made good time lor Lhe Vest of the @veuing, His Z8iet inte Was scored at tea O'clock, aNd o@ Still Went marelin, WS DARE 0) Tuk oer se, Ru ann a Kitchen, who conducted them throug! the Charity | Leaving here they visited the Alms- | taem good and trae men and instil into wearied | Tne Mousiguore | | €i8o addressed the boys, speaking in Italian, his | THE DISABLED STKAMBHIP ON HER WAY TO | on Wednesday had waiked 296 miles, sulering om | It Was, Dowever, Witit | rested again lor au hour aud three-quarters, when | e he | Joel irom getuog overneatea again, he rested on | aking His ieot | His Head Was Giddy Below will be found the batch of gushing corre: spondence addressed by Theodore Tilton to Mra. Victoria Woodhull, and by her produced in the great scandal suit on the demand of tue counsel for Mr. Beecher. Apart trom the interest thes naturally inspire as specimens of the literature affected by the self-styled social reformers, whose wisdom has oulgrown divine institutions and wha declure mar! a@ reite of barbarism, they will be read with avidity by the great public, the real jury in the seanda! action, a8 promising possible clews to the truth tm the vast mass of false hood which has been accamulated by the sworn evidence of conflicting testimony, ‘These letters complete Mrs, Woodhuil’s pecker, but she,in her remarks to the Court, | hinted that there bad been others, if so, their contents can only be guessed. ‘These letters would not hang anybody, but their publica- tion can hardly now be speciduy gratifying to their author, His sworn testimony indicated omly @ Meagre acquaintance with tue jady whose biography he wrote in such glowing terms; and he expressly disclaimed any very iu~- ' timate relations with her, The letters certainly indicate an easy disregard of social trammels | and a considerable amount of assured mutual | good feeitug. Victoria is aqjured to dream of her affectionate Theodore, and she is profferd “peace” in much the same terms that fom the same pen greeted the Yiymouth pastor ‘with '. 'Y.’s benediction. Noclew is given to tne trutu seeking reader as to what was the charm whose presence under the pillow of the Priestess of | Progress wag to compe: sweet visions of the long: | haired devote Was it acopy of Tilton’s Golde Age biography of the leader of the woman suf- | fragisia ? or was it, perhaps, the same copy of “Paradise Lost’ with watch he courted sleep for his own tired eyelids at Winsted? or was 1 a sutchel of hop powder? Guesses are useless, yet they will come, nor stop at any man’s bidding. Then he does not forget thateven an advanced woman can scarcely live on dreams and flattery alone, He promises “Dear Victoria” ia another note that “Frauk’s Burgundy” shall contribute its exhilaration to the evening “picnic frolie for the three of us”? How gracefully ceremony | avoided in T, T.’s invitation of himseli to ride ap | in Victoria’s carriage to bis temporary home at | the Fifth Avenue Hotel? After such laborious | courtesy itis to be hoped that the editor of the Golten Age did aot seriously interfere with his | friend's departure for dinner by his visiting ber ‘unannounced, except by @ brie ‘fraternal’ hne.! “Tam anxious tosee you again to-day.” No dates: embarrass these billet? It only appears that most of them bear indications of being contempo- | raneous with Mr. Tiltou’s editorship of the Golden | age. They may therefore be cousidered as ‘gilt | ecged” specimens of tue light literature of the era, supposed to have been represented by that ight of reform. While the seekers after truth will scan these letters clovely and yet fall to find much of solid material on Which Lo base any judgment as to tne facts intuis conflict of wntagontstic beliefs as to the relations of ihe parties (0 the scandal, the curious observer of society, who merely aims to shoot folly as it fies, will wonder whatit was Which “My Dear Friend’ settled ‘last evening”? and whether it, whatever it may be, had anything to do with her correspondent’s giddiness next morning. At the, same tine doting lovers wil not fall to rejoice that, though ihe head of the poet, statesman, philosopher, orator and re- former might swiw in the morning, his heart was even under pre-matutinal iaininess, ever faithiai and trusting in Colonel Blood’s wife as “the best and truest of haman souis.”? “UNDE YOUR PILLOW.” Fiera Avesce Horst. My Dean Vicror1A—Pat this under your pillow, dream of the writer, and peace be with you, Abectionately, THEODORE TILTON, AN ENGAGEMENT TO POLLOW PRAYER MRRTING, Tue GoLpEN Agk. My Dear Vicronia—I have arranged witn Frank that you shali see Mr. Beecher at my house on Friday night. He will attend a meeting at the | church til ten o'clock aud will give you the rest | of the evening as late as you desire, You may consider this fixed. Meanwatie, on this sanshing day i salute you witha good morning. Peace ve with you. Yours, THEODORE TILTON, i] AN KVENING PICNIC FROLIC. TUESDayY. | My Dear Vicronta—Fmma is xpecting you at dinner this evening. It will be a picnic frotte for the three of us, held in the library, aroond the | Centre table, and graced with ae Burgunay. 1 will cali for you in a carriag( your office at & quarter past six o'clock. You will stay al nignt at Emma's. Do not fol | to be ready. Hastily, tT. “( WILL KiDR UP with You.” THE GOLDEN AGr. VicrortA—I have a room temporaruy ay the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where I shall abide for a jew days and until Frank’s return, 1 will ride up with you la your carriage this af ternoon at five o'clock. i I don’t call for you please call Hastily, for me, T. T. AGAIN ANXIOUS. Tuk GOLDEN AGR. My Prienp—idrop you @ line, hoping to cack you with it nefore you leave, 1am anxious to see you again to-day, if eon- | venient to yourself. Can you stop at my office on | your way up town? If so, at what nour wilt you | call? Or iff should go down to your office at five P. M., or later, would I be interfering with your departure for dinner ? boy wil bring me an answer. raierpaily, THEO, TILTON. GIDDY ADVICR—WIHAT WAS SETTLED LAST EVENIN THe GOLDEN AG MY Dean FRisxp—I make naste to say, while yet abie to sit up (for Lam giddy with jaintness thin | Morning), that your wishes, so far as they relate | to my action, shail be faitofully ruifiled. | If no one eise should remain to honor you, | who know you Well anu believe im you utterly, will give my honest witness that you are one of toe best aod truest of naman souls. Mrs. Hooker's ietter, which T enelose, fs no fuller of good wii toward you than your apright- ness and singieness of mind merit. oa | Bat i think tee advice which she gives concern- your noa-acceptance of the commuitteeship, like | Mrs, Davis’ advice concerning your positive with- | drawal, is not so good as the suggestion with which L hereby repiace both—namely, that you abide in your lot, neither wavering nor changeful, but like the apostie who sald, “Having done ail, | sui to stand.” Lbave no patience with any other policy than justice anc cour I counsel you against avy appearance oj surrendering to the ap- prehensions of timid iriends, But, then, lam nos a Woman, and perhaps my advice is made of too stern stm. | _ You sewed everything last evening but the miog- raphy. Is it to g0 On or to atop? And will you see Mr. Beecher this evening. ag arranged! Yours ever, Lok 4 THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four uours, im COMpariseh Wit [he corresponding date of lass | year, as indicated by the thermometer at Mud- ibarmacy, HRMALD Buidingi— 14, 189. 18th 187% “7 “ wt w | 6A. 5 : “ a 9 ee i &> 8 6a 12 P.M. | Average temperatare yesterday... fe" tH responding date Average temperature lor cor ek eee . rere