The New York Herald Newspaper, July 4, 1875, Page 8

NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET, THE ELEVATED RAILROAD. Trains Scon io Run from the Battery to the Park in Sixteen Minutes. _—_—_+ — "FO KINGSBRIDGE IN HALF AN HOUR! oo The Extensions to the South Ferny and Grand Central Depot. One of tne first appiicauions that will be made to the Rayid Transit Commissioners will de thas | of tue Greenwich Street Eievased Ratiroad Com- | pany (or permission to extend \ueir track to We south ferry and to the Grand Central depot. Mr. J. A. Cowing, the secretary, says (hat shis appil- cation will be made as s00n as the commirsion is permanently organized. @ays, “10 Onisn these extensions witain ninety @ays alter their perwissioa has been accorded; gad if we obiain it now We shail Dave them com- pleted in the beginning of Oetober.” Mr, Cowing @aos that the company will not stickie tor any particular route, but that if the Commissioners do not approve of the roure whica the company Will submit to them they will accept wolchever 1s deemed best by those genilemen. This ts cer- taiuiy a Lberai proposition, aud tne Commission- ers will no doubt graut the permission without @eiay, knowing, as they do, what a boon it will be to thousands of weary travellers ‘0 be aole to Feach the Grand Central depos from tue South Jerry in twenty minutes. | TO TAB PARK IN SIXTEEN MINUTES. } ‘The exrension to the Park will, of course, goon | quite independen these side extensions, Mr. Cowing says that the road will be finished to Fiity-ninth strees by the 1st of October. The euntract fer the wood work was awarded on Friday to Messrs. Bppinger & Russei, and vnat for the tron work is to be awarded om the 7th or stn ‘of thts mouth. The masonry and iron bases are to be done Dy special contract. Within te tiew Gays the road has been extenaed from Tuirty- | sourth street to Thirty-sixth street. This last ad ition presenta @ great ‘mprovement im orna- | menial workmanship as compared to the old por- tions of the road, As soon as ali the contracts have een awarded some 200 men will be put to work by the contractors, who are liable to & considerabic fortetture for every day | alter the ist of October that the completion of tne road to Fifty-ninth street is delayed. Througu trains mil be run from tne South ferry to ibe Park im sixteen minutes. Whata happy Prospect is this for the thousands who have to spend now over an nour and a quarter in @ hot, stifling horse car to reach the Park | Even inclua- Ing ail the stops—-not Jess thaa flteen— Mr. Cow- img says that the distance will be made coméorta. biy on the Elevated road is twenty-five minutes | Can there be a stronger argument than this im 4avor of rapid transit ? FIFTEEN THOUSAND PASS: DAILY. The Elevated Rajlroad mxteen cars and -seven cummy engines; | two additional dummies are already on- Ger contract, and four more cars will be put on before the 1st of September, make iwenty cars and mine dummies, 4t18 the intention of the company to put on | four additional dummies ama ten cars as soon as | the rozd is completed to the Park, which will | Make a total of thirieen dummies and thirty cara | They will then be prepared to carry 15,000 passen: | gersa aay, which number they confidently expect | Wi) ride dally over suisroad. Hitmerto the average | umber of passengers nas Deen about 4,000 per day, | At first people were afraid to ride om the Elevated | road, but with every montm there is an increase | in the pumber of passenger: This is a happy aueury of the success of an east side rapid transit | road. June is usuaily a very dull month (the big. gest trac is in she winter), but the foliowing | table wii show the increase as compared witn | Jane, 1874, The figures given the actual pum- beror paid on the twenty-six ranoing days an the month of June:— PaRGa Palp pRS TO BR CARRIED Company now rans | | 1874 aND 1875, 4 4,887 | 3,007 4,157 4, | 4,192, snowing an ~ This proves that peopi vated road—al the enem contrary ROUEtRstanaing OVEMENTS ANT cre: vUR! eg a | Weile the road is exteuded ength | the double track wil! also be gr . The | ction along waich is between Fas the double track is to | ad Tairty-fourth | Bat in order t ve @ a to run a sum. cient nampber gf tfains tn Oct * road to the Park, are 2ow 1 be Sulsk & placed at various po nts, hat by means of these be run | ery sevem minute: This wil be a OW maay people are de- ‘owing terred Irom to the loag | sutervals in tne ru. Wren the | road i Gnisvea to wie Park the question will arise, “Why not fimiso it to Kim yn taas Mnally solve the prooiem of rapid tram far a# the West side ‘3 concerned. tmen depend apom the fe real estate | owners Of the Upper western portion of the isiand whether the road 18 to be promptiys built to thas pont, Mr. Cowing says tmws only $4,000,000 will | be jed to extend the a | svreet to Kingsvriage, wi aud) only $5,000,000 witn doubie track. [f those real | owners aid the ¢ id Mr, Charies 0'¢ npapy in ratsing the cap- | or, Mr. W. 8. Ogden and ty have already given aliness to do 80, ‘ave of a mile in wwe Lh y from the Soatn ferr r, Inclusive of gsoridge could then be bridge iu balf anh mile or mie aod 8 hall OPEN OP OUR SUBURBS! Itcan scarcely be doubted toat the capital re quisite fo. the Compigtion of the road to the ex treme northern eud of ibe isiaad will be (or witheut muck gelay. Wrat an im. Dullding UP of the dea! wd, im fact, O that entr mprovements and whica must be deiign the greatness and pros- | It opens & Visse 0 ents of New Yo who wu hour porksy of sais city at Bears. suburbs of New Vers Rave Deen #0 long so Shameiuily | owing to 4 Want ofa rapid transit | ile New Jersey aud Long [sland save ber ud improved wica New York ca tom property owners in that district will gladly | ‘ —_ example of such Mem 48 a Ogden and ali tn their | power e the speedy completion of the | road to Kingsbridge by tne ist of July, 1876, pos | sible. Wi ave tt by shat time aud we vagnt | vo have i. DETAILED PLAN OF THR STRUCTURE. | wo the exvenalia of the to Pifty-minth street, The prig- | at ¥ | ty tof | avout 40 it of | aoent © feel of tee spans will Dot jeet reape knows ae * wrought irom ja Gepth, Ganges 5 Imones drow post fer 40 ject spans apd amder about % poun io the Iineal for $pans longer sham 40 jeer | (tue columns sommers of the streets), about | © the linea! feot properly p: rioned | required weights, and connected to- | itable intervals in erder te prevens tne separace combined stre: ‘ Wil be set into cass iron Wo to"tnree leet beiow the suriace Oi Tne girders Will be @ combinatior or open lattice, t d whem hecessary compresston and senrion plates If made ta th jare weo they Will BOS Exceed 20 inches in éepin the blocks, ner 25 inches over the nenes on tne froat of the latter brooght in to 20 in erreete, ca i open iashee ther way r “We shal) agree,” he | | COMPTROLLER GREEN TO FIRE COMMISSIONER PERLBY. | | ther adi | Morrow at twelve o'clock. | Man, will be selected for the piace, eave @ wolorm | epee of BOt exceeding 26 inches. The strength ot 1 rah to be proportioned to the length of e irders to prevent lateral motion, and are to be properly seeured (o the Seats over the columns. ihe coinmus, gird- best re- wrou, irom, Cap at. auce of 60, pounds to the sqavre inch, No Wo de sub) to wbe sqair bused upon 4 maximan rolling to the lineal foot, waving at mules per hour, material as pared commencing at Tirty-axt veady for the track super- siy, 80 That tae road may be Made availavle as the work progre: THE. FIR SALARIES. EMEN’S | & TBUCE IN THE CONTEST BETWEEN THE MAYOR SIGNED BY COMPANY PAYROLLS, The deadiock between Mayor Wickham and Comptroiler Green was yesterday disposed of, so ‘tnat the firemen have procured their salaries for May. Jor future consideration, Correspondence on the subject took place yesterday between the Mayor and Comptrelicr, whic expiaina the whole matter, and is as follows :— 5 LETTERS FROM COMPTROLLER GREEN. Crry o” New Yorw Durartunnt or Fixanex, } 5 Coxrrwoiien’s vrrice, July 3, 18.5 iam H. Wicktam, Mavor:— \ DOU SIX oO Clock jast evening a My Was rece:veu a: this deparunem by the bands of one of your clerks, with the in formauon that your nawe had beer stamped on these Warranis in your absence by the gentleman whom you Oesiguated as your chiet cicra, The stamping of a fuc- simile of Your name on warrauis of the eity wil not be recognized by this department the conntersigning ot ™ the warran’s ‘required aW. Such # practic is Bot only ilegat ia i Ut 18 @ most objectionable prec: edent, directly tendig wo looseneas and disorder in the admonistravion of the Guances of the city. Very re- specuuily, ANUKEW H. GREEN, Compiroiler. City oF Naw Yors, Durantwent oF Finance, COMPTROLLER’ Orvre, Jaily 3, 1875. Lita H. Wroxaa, Mayor:— is morning thar the stamping of on the tire Warrants Was not in cunter Hguature of the warrant re aus desirous that the firemen shoula Hon. Wii the » | my judg quired by be pait to-day, and having ¢xhaustea ali means tor ac- } compliishing this in the way that is most commstent with their convenience ag wel! as with a sound i tion of (he moneys of the city without success, [ ai left to the alteriative of seeing these men aud thelr fam- jsilies sader Jor Wautof the money to which they are en- tlued oF of adopting 8 | moueys, in ‘ts to be drawn to the h company’s roll and order of the paymasier ior send them herewith for your signature. If these war- Tants are promptly signed by you I shall be enabled to bay the forces ot the Fire Department to-day, and am yours reapectiuliy, ‘ANDREW H. GREEN, Comptrolier. MAYOR WICKHAM’S RESPONSR. a ‘Executive Deraxrtuent, Crry Har New Yous, July 8, 1875. Mon, Axprew H. Guxen, Comptroller, 4c. :— Sim—I have received your two communications of this date. The rst is in reference to stamping fac-similes of my signature as Couner-signature (o Warrants, Your in. formauion as to the jucts in (hatmatter isin some respects incorrect, aud I need not now discuss the question as to whether what was actually done was or was not in com- pliauce with the law, though I may aay tha ed under advice of counsel as to what I Your second r we Fire Depart ch Dayroll for the Aggregate amount d' ‘warrant payavie to tue order of Prompily countersigned these w hem to you. You have my ratalations aod thanks for the so\udon you have thuseflected f the diticulty which has embarrassed ts both sire that you have cow secured the gratitude of ti » have for more than a mon.h beeu suffering iu their salaries due for May. I shali be happy to conter with you at any time which may suit your convenience with Tegar. to these matters, hall cheerfully co- operate with you in every, reaso efficiency in the public service. salaries due the firemen for June can be drawn As the others 270 and sent to me before thre FM. to-day, Tehail be only too happy, them also. Very respectfully. WM. H. to countersign WICKHAM. Cre oF New Yorx, Dxvanrwent oF Prvace, ) d Comprnotién’s Orpice, July 3. 1875. is salarte them to the Mayor for his signature. with my duty under the law: the May omits to perform his. 1 am informed that your men are sutering for wantof their money. One hour's work by the Mayor would have enabled them to get thelr money ® month ago. This ts not a matter involving merely the personal comfort or couvenience of the Mayor or Comp- troller, wany others concerned—the firemen and wives and children. As the Mayor refuses to the methed of payment which thé law gives me | the right to prescribe, and which commends Itself udginent and to the convenience of your men, I 8! AND COMPTROLLER—THE WARRANTS FOR MAX | ‘Toe June warrants will have to remain over | administra: Md THE COURTS. the members of the & | Colone! Des Amgesare the a dante, are to go over to the October term of the United States Cir- cuit Court. i On Tuesday next “Billy” Brown and Vincent Paimero, counterfeiters; Thomas Radclife, & suborner of perjured “straw? bonasmen, and Mrs. Mary Ano Emery, a pension fraud ‘‘widow,” are to be arraigned for sentence in the United States Circuit Court, before Judge Benedict, im the case of Charles I, Sprague, the Rahway broker charged wito tssuing checks bearing coun- terfeit re jue stamps, the jury, after being out al of Friday night, came into the United States Morning, and, being unable to agree, were dis- | chargea, They stood eleven for acquittal to one tor convietion, in the friendly suit brough* by the widow and children of the late Jadge Roosevelt against the executors and trustees, to determine the con- struction of the will, as previously reported, Judge Westbrook, befere whom the case was ar- gued at Supreme Court, Special Term, gave yes- | terday bis decision In favor of the plaintiffs, This decision, if sustained tn the higher courts, will autnorize the trustees to make at once considera- dle advances tothe childrem out of the Jarge | estate leit in trust by Judge Rooseveit. George |B. Yeaman and Edward T. Bartlett argued the ~ | case for the plaintiffs; George G. De Wits, Jr., ior * | the trustees, aad ex-Jadge Peavody for the infant | delendants. } DECISIONS. SUPREME COUET—CHAMBERS. By Judge Davis. au Bank vs, Ailea ( 1).—Report con- |, PIAINLUT to have jadgment ior amount re- ported, with seven per cent interest from date of | report. Nass: orm would compute amount of the note to the report the refere ume ol payment by toe maker, same, and the plainti® should bave juagment therefor, wita costs, &c., and that the amount paid by the maker be credited on the judgment, and execution issued lor the costs, &c., only. Nassau Bauk vs. Allen (Ne. 3).—Report of ref- | eree coufirmed, except as to the allowance of | $2u0 attorney's fees. The plaintiffs havyiog prose- | culed i clus forum are sudject to the laws of the foram in respect to aitvruey’s fees and costs. puch fees and costs are cennitely Axed by stata | and jollow the juagt t in such actions 4s of course aud ere contruiled by the courts, To allow artes to provide In notes and Ceutracts what es of attoueys sball be recoveravle when she jaw reguiaes the whole sabject, would be against puvic policy and lead to Infinite mischiet, ‘Tue law Of tie forum must govern the question of costs © suits, the plaintiff cam only recover | what the statute gives or allows to be awarued b; the courts. The $220 is therofure to be deducter | im this case and judgment jor valance, with custs | @ud such allowance as the court sees ft to make. { Nasau Bank ys, Allen (No. 4).—Repors’ con- firmed. Plaintiffs are entitied to interest on the sum reported due atseven percent from date of | Feporl ana uot at ten per cent. | Lang vs Lang.—Motion grantea, Mass vs. Missour!, Kansas and Texas itailroad | Company. 412. Board of Commissioners of Pilots vs. Spofford.— { 1 think the atsvursements on the appeal aud on We motion for rr ‘ument are both taxaple, Near Near.—Keport of reieree and order granted, confirming report and granting decree Of divorce to platowf, By Judge Donobue, Kelly vs. Piiner.—Motion denied; costs to abide Motion gramted, allowance made ol the event. Mantz Coons; Maher vs. Maher.—Orders granted. Guroy vs, Planagan.—Motion denied. Monteiis v8. Saulg.--Bail reduced by consent to 2, 000. Burehell vs. Voorbis.—Optnion. Livteii vs. Sandiord.— d. vs. Davis.—The papers now offered by the defendant may be fileu as of the date of motion, but I de mot think the order spould be aischarged. Dummer vs. King.—Memoranaum. MARINE COURT—CHAMBERS, Kuschensky vs. Matiahan.—Referred to Mr. Henry Wehte. pipith vs. Finnetr, ‘Tuttle vs. Hoage: u icManon ; Motion granted. —Dei@alt opened on terms. deprecating any unseemly diference between reapun- sivie officers, and duty, adopt the nezt best measure to see that your men are paid to-da: ¢ Daymenis tor thistime will there. | fore, to avoid further delay, be paid in money. Yours | | very traly, ANDREW H. GREEN, Comptroller. | ‘The foremen of the several companies called at the Comptroller's oMce and received tae money to pay their men for May only. HANGES IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. Ihe (oliowing appointments were confirmed yea No. 3, F. Britt to Engine 28, W. J. Keneghan to | Engine 42, and Stephen O’Brien made an engi neer, and detalied at the repair shop. The resig- mation of George L. Cox, of Engine No. 1, was received; also that of Lewis Schiamp, of Engine H. Ward, the repair shop; James Brady, of Chemica! Engine No, 8; Joum Leday; of Engine | 41, and Willem J. Coloy, Clerk of the Combust!ole | Bureda. MUNICIPAL NOTES. lt ts understood that Mayor Wickham will next | week appoint # commission of three to attend tne | meetings of the State Board for the Equalization | of Taxes. Those gentlemen will be deputized to | 100k after the interests of the city in thts connec- | | tion. Mayor Wickham left his oMce at an early nour yesterday afternoon for nis coantry seat on Long and. Several persons called upon the Mayor during | the past bwodays lO congratulate wiml Qpon wis excellent selection of Rapid Traualt Commis. | soners. \ im accordance with the iaw which compels the Supervisors to asvembie om the first Monday of July tn each year to receive the tax 0ooks for the year a meeting of the Board will be held to- The appointment of Uhief Engineer of the Dock Department will be made next week. It ts stated | tuat Mr. Jerome J. Collins, a very capabie gentie- A CARD. To tHE Eprrok OF TAR HERALD As tne same mistake occurs this year in your hotice of the examination of the pupils of Holy Tmnocents’ Schoo! as one of your contemporaries fell inte last year—viz., the name of Mr. Quimian | takes precedence, 1 chink it but justice !o the gentleman in charge 0. the male department, Mr. sohu 5, Murpmy, to correct the ea A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS. Thomas O'Netl, of No. 3@Onerry street, acvident- ally fell from the third Story of No. Warren street to the basement and fractured iis leg. ie | Was taken to Bellevue Hospital Freeman Rogers, aged tive years, had lis leg wrokem yesterday morning by a pile of iamber failing upon Bim in front of sis residence, No. 9 street. } eriy, aged nine years, while playing @ loaded pis.ol, uear mis residence, on Tenth ¢ and Lawrence sireet, © blown of by the accidentai a of Scharge of tae Weapon. While paintt get in @ shooting gallery on Third & yesterday afiernoon, Kovert Buraside, leea years, was acgidentaliy shot in sue fere! sidered serious. d, bn’ wis wound If not voa- DROWNING CASUALTY. Shortiy after mine o'clock yesterday morning Martin L. Cristie, aged twenty-six years, resia- img at No. 12 Commerce street, a brother of ser- geant Ubristie, of the Nintm precinct, was taken with a fit om the dock at the foot of West Tenth atreet, North River, and fell into the water, and belore assistance could be tendered ne was | drowned. The body was not recovered antil about three | Boars after the acctaent had ocowired. The ve ceased bas been for several y which cams og at irregular times. young man of mach promise acd bi cle of friends avd acquaintaaces, Was aetified to noid as inquest. subject to fits, A IN MOTT STREET. A little befere two o'clock yesterday afternoon out on the top Moor of the five story house No. 208 Mott street, directly op- ar entrance to Police Headquarters. ich is known in the neigaborheod as | the “Barracks’’ 1s vccupied by & large numoer of | families, and the excitement produced among | them by the @re came near resaiting in lom ste to escape the lames, but fertunately m Wasinjured, The wta. luss is less Wem FIRE life oy no perso’ £1.000, with a single desire te perform my | co! | to sell him @ paper, picked his pocket of | visist nis native land, Kenney vs ‘hnolz—Motion denied, with 8, aicek vs. Stoem.—Motton granted. Dreyer vs. Sonnsherg.—Motion denied, &c, Dreyer vs. Soumsverg.—Motion granted, &c. COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS, Before Judges Murray, Duffy and Smith. The following cases w disposed of yester- day:—Sarah Winey, & colored woman, got one month for stealing @ pocketbook, containing $15, i 1s7s, | terday by the Fire Commissioners:—Ricaard P. | the property of Margaret Lyons, of No. 64 Broome . 4,088 | Kemenam was appointed to Hook ana Ladder | sireet. Mrs. Lyons dropped the pocketbook in Broome street and Sarag picking it up appro- priated it to her own use. James Bandolfo, a tive of sunny Italy, was fined $10 Jor assaulting Jesepn Reiser. Jonn Smith, & Doy, aged eleven, was sent to the Cathouc Provectory for stealing & eoat. Charles Embieter, @ Well Gionsed, respectable looking younZ man, was sent to vee Cuy Prisom jor one day for stealing postage stamps. Ann Bailey was convicted of stealing $10 from Patrick Pender, and got six months iu the Pent tenttary. James Barry was sent to rusticate in the same meee jor dye moushe for the larceny Of a piece of cloth. TOMBS POLICE COURT. Before Judge Otterbourg. STEALING A CASE OF SHOES. Mionael J, Williams, a tailor, residing at No. 102 Pitt street, was held to answer, im defanit of $1,500 bail, on a charge of stealing a case of shoes, valued at $52, from the Bay Stave Shoe and Leatuer Company, 1p Keade strect. Samuel Beyer, of No. 266 Pacific street. Brooklyn, saw she accused take the Cage from a2 anknown man. A JUVENILE THTEY. Jobn Moore, a boy eleven years of age, residing at No. 146 Desbrosses street, Who said Be Was & newsboy, was committed for trial in @efauit of $500 bail for having stolen $6 40 worth of from Aum Cavanagn, of No. 110 Greenwi He pawned the clothes at No. 57 Greenwich street. ARRPST OF A PICKPOCKE Walter Regan, of No, 109 Madison street, waa | arraigned on complaint of Thomas G, Spence, whe charged that the accusea, while pret | ding $1 25. Regan is about iiveem years of Held to answer. age. THE SPECTACLE SPECULATOR, The young man Henry O'Brien, who was held | for trial on Friday on a charee of « ber of gold and Silver spectacies from the store of David Gilman & Co. is Said to have been pre- ¢ police. His arrest Was se- e . of the First precinct, wiver @ lively chase from Nassau to Willtam strech, ESSEX MARKED POLICE COURT. Before Judge Smitn. A FAITHLESS SPOUSE In the latter part of the year 1872 Amtom Gat- Weiler met and became enamored of Adeihett Brunner, a fair Switzer. Their nuptials followed soon alter, and together they left their pretty little native town of Baville to seck their fortunes in the New World, After joarneying across the ocean they setticd In the town of Belmont in this ‘ptate. A child was born of their union, and shortly after its birch Anton was summoned to re- He parted from his wife regretfully, but avsenee in bis case only made him the fonder, and, putting full faith im his young whe, kept on remitting funds to her regularly to provide tor ker maintemapce, | Alter a while she ceased answerin; 1m aiarm he Rastened baek to America, Op reach: | ing Belmont he jearned, \o nin consternatiom, teat | she wad iets place and gue to New York, Hither ae sped, amd found her living at No. 211 ‘Tuird street as the’wile of # man named Frank lager, Leger says married ber om the 218% of February last, Enraged at her perfidy, Gatweller rushed to court amd preferred a rye of bigamy | againse the faithless wile, Leger, wao equally indignant at the trickery pract! upen bim, corroborated Gutweilier's statement as to ‘be second marriage. ip her detence Adeinert leaded that she iad neard that Anton was dead. | Jadge Smith held her in $1,000 vail to answer, | and both husbands were commitic’ to the House | of Detention a# witnesses, UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. PAYMENT OF A LAWFUL DEBT IN CONFEDERATE MONEY DURING TH WAR DECLARED VOID. WASHLNGTON, July 3, 1875. ‘The following decisions nave been given im the | Supreme Court of the United States :— No. 104, Catharine Frets, survivor, &6. Raipb Stover, executor of Uharies Stover et | Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Ki | trict of Virgula.—Tne controversy 1 this Cane jen Stover Sth day of April, on or before ti | grows out 0; @ Dond executed by Chart the to Fretz and wife, on 1961, for $2,306 18 pay. | bet day of March, 166%, The silk smugglng conspiracy cases, im which | of Clatin & Co. and | Cirout Court, before Judge Benedict, yesterday | Nassaa Bank vs, Allen (No, 2).—In this case the | Gj lwe pona Was executed 1D | Fauquier county, Virginia, where Stover lived, hd Was secured by & deed of trust ou land 1m that boto of wich © deliveret to Samuel y Stover on the day of their date. The ou and delivery of these obligations were D pursuance of # settlement made in the preced= ng Month of February at Warrentown, Va., by Fietgand Stover of a long pending iitigation to ne courte of Virginia orig nally commenced against Abraham Stover, the guardian of Fretz’s wite. and to which Charles Stover nud succeeded as the sole legatee and devisee of Abraham. Within & day or two alter the settlement Kretz lett Vir- imia (or his home ta Bucks county, Pennsylvania, leaving Chilton, who had been bis attorney tn conducting th Mugation, to receive this bon nd to wave thé deed of trust recorded. The War Of the Rebellion ensued soon aiter this settiemeut and all communication ceased, ana indeed pbe- came unlawiul, betwe Pennsylvania and Vir- ginia. After the wi by el on in- quiry it was found that Stover, @ short time before the bond matured and in satisfaction of tt, had paid to Chilton Virginia bank motes and Confederate paper at their Domina: or par value, and got possession of the bond or deed of trust Natarally, Freiz and wife were dissatisfied with | these proceedings and io repudiation of them | they filed their vill in chancery to set up the deed of Urnst and nave it eniorced, on tne ground that | Obilton had no authority to receive payment in | sch paper, nor Stover the rignt to make it. The | on: actual fraud vetween Chilton and | Stover in this, that Stover, taking advantage of | Chilton’s great pecuniary necessities, imuuced | mum to receive the paper at par in payment and | discharge of the bo Stover filea his answer, admitting the settlement nd and deed of trust and L4 | and execution of the boi | the payment in Virginia bank notes and vonied: | ate Treasury notes, as on: but denies Vt these menta were the result of ap uniawful and fraudulent combination between the respon entand Chilton. He insists, however, thas they were in lawa juli discuarge and satisiaction of | the debt and tr deed, but, this were not so, that to the extent of the compensatiou duc by Fretz and wife to Chilton for projessional services he should not be compelled to pay & second time. Alter this answer was filed the deposition of Isaac Fritz was taken by tne com- pm nae waich is she only evidence in the cause. ubsequentiy Charles Stover died, and a bili of re- vivor was filed to ma tobe Stover the sole devisee and bg e of Charles Stover, and also the executor of his will a party aeiendant, Ralph Stover appeared and answered, admitting tae character imputed to him by this bill, bat setting hew defences not made in the answer of Charles Stover to the original bili, On the hearing she bill Was dismissed, and this appeal is brought to revise that decree. At the outset of this case we are met with the Objection that there is DO application in the rec- ord; but this objection, on the authority of Cle- ments vs. Moore (6 Wallace, $10), should have been made in the Court below. Not having been made tl 1¢ will be considered as having been waived. Is would Work great in- In this case to allow it to here for the frst tims for manilestly the submission was not on bill and an- wer, for proofs were taken, and, it is to be pre- hl: sumed, im th the record to the contrar, red by the court in the disposition of tne cause. So far as te answer to the bili of revivor was concerned, no formal replieation was required to avoid its ce in effect as cause, ught into iftigatton by the bill of revivor besides the mere question whether ph Stover was the executor of the will of Charles Stover and bis legatce and devisee, for Catharine Fritz had been mage a@ party to the original suit before the answer was made to it. (Story? The new ef up in answer to the bill of revivor were Pt and cannot be considered in tte case, (Gannell v% Bird, 10 Wallace, 308.) ought, there- fore, directly to the question whether the pay- ments by Onaries Stover to Samuel! Chilton were, under the circumstances surrounding the parties, of any validity. The decision 1s that the instructions given to Chilton by ns clients were not applicable to a state of war, and that his settlement tor money current im the Confederacy waa void, a had no right to discharge debt in anythin; United States. Reversed. bast iegal money of + r. Justice Davis delivered the opinion of the nd that Stover court. LONG ISLAND TRAGEDIES. — Thomas Kearny, a lawyer residing at Dutch Hulls, became heir to $5,000 a short time ago. Since that time he has lived the life of @ drunkard, Frequent quarrels have occurred between bim- self and wile, and in many instances the wife was obliged to flee for ber life. Om Friday night Kearny returned home crazy with drink. Upon entering tne house his wife took no notice of nim, Which seemed to irritate him. Receiving ne | answer to @ question asked he seized @ large Stick and attempted to brain mis wile. She es- caped into the hail, pursued by her husband. Seeing that be was intent upen injuring her she ram towards an open window on the second story of the house, and as he waa about to strike her she jumped to the ground, She was found some time afterward by a neighbor ip an insensibdie condition. Upon being removea tothe house her legs and arm were found to be broken and she was bleeding profusely from mouth, ears and nose. She never spoke, but ap- peared to be suffering intensely. She lingered Im this condition until yesterday alternoon, when death relieved her of heragomy. Kearny was ar- rested and lodged im jall at Astoria. He denies baving been implicated in any way in tne death of nis wife, Great tmdignation prevails in the neignborhood over the tragedy. OFFICER FANTY. OMcer Fanty, of Long Istand City, still remains ina very critical condition. It will be remem- bered that while he was conveying &@ prisoner named Christian, from Mulberry street, New York, to the Astoria Jail, he was set upon and brutally beaten, baving bis upper lip entirely bitten o7, thereby dy uring kim for life. The prisoner, Also, 910 @ critical condition, having received veral scalp Wounds about the head. Caristian ig believed to be & notorious thief from New York, and while being conveyed to the station offered Une officer $25 to let nim go, THE FARMINGDALE MURDER. The case of Miss Dorovbie Benkert, daughter of Mr. A. Benkert, of Jerusalem, who recentiy died under ich plilable circumstances, continu be the occasion of great excitement in toe bornood, ana especially at Farmingdale, whe: the Inquest, under tue direction of Cor iis (Of Kelsey tame), has thus Jar been strenuous effort was made on the purt of her Iriends and others interested to Keep the matter quiet, but as MO physicun atiended her before her a@eata po certilicate could be obtained exceps through a coroner's inguest. The post-mortem 10m, ordered vy Coroner Baylis, demon- fact that the poor girl had rik to # full grown child, and that diea for want of proper attention. as at first stoutly deniea oy ner Iriends, and it was even asserted that parents were not aware of ner condition previous to deatn; but at the Coroner's examt- nation Jeremiah Weaver—wnose son, James Weaver, is alleged to have beem criminally 1m- tumate with the girl—on being sated thas & male child had deea born and that he had buried it iu bis potato Meld, Upon being oraerea to produce the body of the infant ue did so, and 16 was found to have been rudely thrust into @ small starch box, a8 \noug' eer of in great hasie, 0 exceptin, y members mils, that at the actual time so" birth to her id sne was entirely alone. he plysicians testified that both ber and child died of hemorrhage, she lived about five hours after a Ra impression is quite general that ther where even greater guilt than criminal negiect, although a# yet no one is directly accused, nor have any arrests been made. At the next session y Downing, of reseus to take THE BRLLPORT TRAGSDY. The recent sheoting of Mrs. Elien Beatty Gillies Joba Gilles, at Bellpor 1 Bbul Dry quiet neighborhood, It under the cir- cymstances, that t not instantly killed, Gil it he ei peaeeaing tae a a u on v His mauner was goticed to be Ke, mark Was made that be appe id 10 be wi for some one, At jasi the afternoon, aaw Tesidence of the family tn Reeling & perambu- lator in which Was a young child. to her, seized hold of her and actaally weld while shootiag took place, one shot passing through her right shoulder, amother catering her thigh and the third passing ‘through ker right hand mo her back. Aithough the wounds are severe she will probably soon recover. Gulies made s desperate TUM to escape, bUL & LOmber of citizens Wao wit essed the shooting pursued and captured him, and the next day, waiving examination, he ‘was logged iu the Suffoik County Jail at River- head, to awaft tne action of tme Grand Jury. In explanation o} actions he told several stories Gel tory to his Wife; but the sympathies of the people are with her, and be is nos delieved, Sho ig deseribed as @ Very co! and amiabie woman, while he is rough, Uacouth aud intemperate. He Will be sried at tho fail term of the Court of Over and Term his wile approaching which $hé was empl CORONERS’ CASES. Francia Markey, aged seven years, residing av | No. 936 Bast Thirty-third street, was run over, near the toot of Kast Thirty-second street, by @ cart, and fatally injured, dying while being con- veyed (o the hospital. The ariver, Patrick O'srien, was arrested and t John Unger, Eighth avenue, near i drowned yesterday while bathing in the Nor River, at the jootof seventy-ninth strep TRO ous Lag NOL yey been reqovered, 'w that the girl was | | to go vo his assistance, He WALL STREET NOTES. CBANGES IN RAILWAY CREDITS—-MANIPULATING GOLD—A NEW RAILWAY LOAN. ‘The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, under date of July 2, 1875, has notified the Stock Exchange thatom and after August 1 next the company will substitute its own stock certificates for those of the Burlington and Mis- sourl River Railroad Company and its branch Stock. AISO that tt will issue its own certificates of stock in exchange jor the convertible bonds of the Buriingtoa 82d Missouri River Railroad Com- pany, Thisis In @ccordance with 9 previous no- tice given to the Stock Exchange at the time of the virtual consolidation of the two companies. The Chicagy, Burlington and Qaincy Kaliroad | has:— Capital stock. + + $26,639,013 Funded debt. beret} Floating debi. 8,220,589 ‘The cost of road and equipment Was..., 67,313,684 ‘These figures inciude THE BURLINGTON AND MISSOURI KIVER RAILROAD, waich was virtually consolidated with the Oni. oe. Burlington and Quincy Rallrcad, January 1, 1873. 1ts proportion of the total ‘unded dept of the former, December 31, 1874, W: Amount bonds issued. $10,600,000 6,774,150 Amount bonds outstangin; WORKING THE GOLD MARKEY. A despatch was circulated early in the after. noon to the effect that Treasury oMiclais 1utimate there will be @ suspension of gold sales after (nis mouth, owing to tue low serpy ol gold in the Treasury, and the fact that $10,000,000 overdue | bonds on account ef the sinking lund, | mostly in Europe, May be expected to return here | at an early day. ‘This was promptly contradicted in more positive language, to the effect that sueh a report as that given aoove was without foundation, that there Would be no imterruption im the goid saies next Month, or perhaps for months to come, the low estimate of currency receipts for that period pointing to an absovule prospective necessity for such sales to meet the current expenses of the government, RAILROAD CREDIT. The section of Lew road in Jowa to be built in charge of and under lease to the Rock Island Company, has secured the required $1,000,000 in the six per cent currency beuds of the Rock island Company, with a yearly Cg jund of $40,000 {ter 1877. Mr. Lf. Hoyt, of Exchange piace, 8 $800,000 and Messrs. J.8. Kennedy & Wo. $200,000 ef this loan, and the negotiation leaves the large surplus of income of the Rock Island undisturbed, THE TOBACCO TAX. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS OPPOSED TO THE COUPON CIGAR STAMPING. The closest and largest direct tax collected by the government 1s that upon the tebacco and cigar dealers, and yet the authorities “are not happy.” Tobacco dealers pay iour duties—a duty per pound, am ad valorem duty, a domestic stamp duty and a foreign stamp duty—and the aggregate which ail this brings into the United States Treas- ury is the snug little sum of $40,000,000 per an- num. The Secretary of the Treasury seems to forget the fact that @ profit is required by men who buy and sell, ana so he insists upon cigar dealers putting 8 separate stamp upon every sin- The following reaso! uid not exist ntails @ great tates tne smoking of the the flavor of the cigar, id, tne giue would be certain oil the cigar. pol fe would have to de broken open and rned ont, and it ‘would be impossible replace them in the same order; for cigars when put into the box what are termed cylinder shaped ach here, except those that are packed expressly for the purpose of keeping them perfectly round. Tais would require large amount of labor and cK domestic manufac- expense, and it wot ‘turers at the mercy Of careless or malicious work- tam p, or, af i men, who by leaving of the stamp from one or more Cigars ip & DOX would entail heavy penal- ties upon the manufacturers, who would cer- taldly find it impossibie to inspect every cigar made and boxed. It is petty and inguisitorial’ in its nature, and it ts unfair to unuecessarily annoy the cigar and tobacco interesis, which pay so prompuy such a large reveuue to the government, ‘obacco men agree that the proposed system ia patented ior sie private emolument of the paten- Wee rather than for the actual protection of the government. The manulacturers say tnat they are perfectly Will to pay all just taxes, but they think this oue js unjust and oppressive, They argue that itis impossible for them to superin- tend the manulacture of every single cigar thas 1s turned out o! their factories, aud if any mista’ should vecur, although they may pe perfectly in- nocent, they either have to pay alarg> sum of mey or go to law. Upon imported cigars the rule ts aoubly hard. Every bex must be open and a one cent stamp put upon eaok cigar. id the cigars semaced nicely, or tne Ouyer would as once say that the box had been tampered with. The whole interes's of this branck of commerce will be seriously affected by this new customs law, and the Secretary of the Treasury will find arrayed against him a class of men against wiiom, } as yet, no charge o/ fraud bas been Drongh:, MAD DOGS—MAD MEN. To THe EDITOR OF THE AERALD:— A few days ago, irem the pen of Presidoat Bergh, appeared im the HERALD & letter setting forth the inconsistemcy and barbarity of the pres- ent recognized system of dog muzzling as a pre- ventative against dog diting, alias hydrophobia, on the human bipea, On this point the humanitarian President argues with great force, vigor, clearness and naturalness, taking as his text the wide eni- | versal fleid of Nature and her modus operandi in created existences. Any deviation or infringe- ment of those natural laws, decreed and foreor- dained in the councils of eternity, must mecessa- rily emtall upon the aggressor or aggressed a pun- janment ultimately—-mental, moral or physical. The muzzling of dogs must ever be considered a @irect violation of every natural aad weli-estab- shed law, and conduces more to assiet tham to retard or arrest any @isposition ia the animal toward the develovment of the canine poison. Common sense, common prndence, com- mon observation, would teach the most obdurate mature and disposition that te check the natural but princtpaily isthe fact teat the nervous ay! more tensely excitable ana | irritable from the restrai oh | mouzzie upon the jaws; mount necessity that rT excretory org: tween the nervous aud 8 nould Maintained in «trict barmony and apison, any means tending to that natural relationship must of patari sity produce derangement of structure, or at least produce functional disorger. Tne dise: called Tabies is essentially of cryptog: origin primartly affec' the great nerve centres und elimina’ its morbid products turough tue Sull- | ef glands and tongue, and to arrest this ex- | cretion 1s a8 inconsistent, barbaric and unphiio- sophical Ly it would be to beau aman | i he homan vody morbific agente a8 vend to produce the disease. id aggravate Give dogs in hot weather an unlimited qaantity small quantities of id or it , OF even ‘Will pass out of the category of diseases of this lingaadictic age—age of gumpowder aad shamocracy. Yoars, £0., R. ROGERSON, i. D. Sratex ISLAND, Joly 2, 1875. A NOBLE DOG. Oa Friday, Jane 2, four boys, the oldest being thir years, went ous from tne foot of Bast Sevemta street ina small best, After driitiag apont some time the lads finally coaciuded to re- turn, and whem nearing the dock were run into by a tugboat “having in tow a couple of canal boats. The skiff Was upset and all the Days throwa into the water. With the exception of one, Wil- liam Held, tmey clang to the bottom of their boat nd were soon rescued. Held, Mowever, was thrown some distance irom the craft at the time of the collision, being unabie to swim was at Growning, when aldrge Newiound- thto the water from one of tho , OAtChing young Heki by the coas Bis Lead above water aud started aanore. The cafrent was sweep- ing @ with % force and tarded e ebio animal bearing his re! howan creighs to each am extent ti y Sailor thougas it eeOr at the river, bat, before be rial assistance, feand himself weil oi and quite ag muck in need oj At this jaucture a ree was thrown hing boid of It, he was safel, a of the doa’s, The now went to the assistance of the sadior, wha would andoubt- edly have been druwnea bat for the animal's as- @ time of the collisiea young Hill was struck on the head by @ pro) of th mc OUR NAVY -groAD. GRAND RECEPTION TO ADMiiy, worDEN 4% BERLIN—-DINING AT POTbD4. gyn REY ELLING AT SANS SOUCE. Bein, Jad 16, 1875. The reception of Admira) orien 1n Germany has Deen very marked, Tlie feet Was Me at Cus haven by 8 German gunboat, wn ch vendeed the civilities of the government, i've depth ofwater would allow the Frankiiu to <o up only as ur as Gluckstadt, but the Alaska, drasiug iess, 100) the Admiral aad staff om doard and came to Hambyrg, After remuining @ day or so in (umburg AOMra) Worden took the train for Beriio «uc arrived hee on Saturdayevening. He w.. met at the station by Captain Von Eisendecker ()\\¢ of the Germaa Legation in Washington aud just aamed as Min ister Resident to Japan), Wie hs» been detailed to Waiton him while In this cip The carriages of Mr. Davis, our Minister, ee also in Waiting, DINING IN HIGH QU AGTSRS. Great attention has been siwa the Admiral since his arriva!, He has > cu ‘ined by the Sec eetary of the Navy and other aivh oMictais, aud y day he dined at tiv new palace at Pots dam with tne Crown Priuce. Covers were iaid for seventy-eignt persons, and tne dinner was very elegant, Admiral Wordeu sat on the left of the Orowm Princess, and Lor) Kus<ell, the English Ambassador, on wer right, whic on ths right and left of the Crown Price were Lody Russell ane Mrs. Davis, the wile of the United states Minister. Tae AGmirai’s stad were sc.ttered aiong the tavle, and their bine and gold 8 CODL Aste well with their German uvis ‘The dinner lasted some two hours aud a been finished carriages conv rty to the palaces of Sam» souci and Bavels~ urg, where they spent several pleasant hours admiring the wonders of art an) nacure, for tois season o! the year the royal grounds are s at best advantage. OFF FOR KIEL, The Admiral leaves for Hamburg to-morrow, and ou Sunday stor Kiel, Greac preparations are making lor naval reception in Kiel, as it ta erm: naval station, The Admiral is panied oy Captain Fravkun and Lieutenant a Emory, Masters Ward avd Busvee and secretary Fisher of wis stad, There are many over officers wo. ‘vhis evening Mrs. Bancrott Davis gives & pall to the officers, and it will be as uclientful as possi- Die, for sue understands »0 pericctly Low to en- sertain. The Secretary of Legation, Mr. Fist, has be: ry devosred in wltentions to the er they all regret that (he exigencies ot the service call them away #0 soo! OM BO EUROPE, PLEASURE SEEKERS FOR THR OLD COUNTRY ON THE INOREASS. “On to Furope!’’ has been the popular cry with Americans during the summer season for several years past. It seems to have been caugat up, bowever, with renewed vigor this year, and for what reason {t is certainly diMcult to imagine, 1t 1s asserted by many that the Beecher-Tiltom trial bas adected the exodus to Europe as a two-edge First, because 1t has become so unsulfer- able that the only way to get rid of it was to take passage On the hig! as and fly to “farrin parts,” and second, now that the magnet which bas held the nation spellbound for the tast six montls haz lost 1ts power some other attraction becomes an absolute necessity. It is mot true, however, es was currently reported, that two of the recently discharged jurors were among t passengers who sailed for Europe yesterday. Five steamers left the port, each one of them carrying a@fullcomplement of cavin passengers, 4 the Manilesta testified that they were all llberally patronized mm regard to freight. The piers were crowded with the friends of those waom pleasure Or business caused to risk @ voyage across the broad Atlantic, and many were the ‘Wishes for pleasant voyages and safe returns ex- pressed, Tne transatlantic steamers leaving y: terday were the Oder, of the North Geri Lioyd; the Britannic, of the White Star; t! Ethiopia, of the Anchor; the Egypt, of the Anchor, and the City ef Brussels, of the Inman itn Prominent among the passengers on the Oder were Judge Tremain and wife, of Albany; Otls wife, of Newport, ¥ meas Reve aud Ernest east: y, au on eniopla Rey. T. A, Chester, D. D., Buffalo; Rev. George D. Mathews, v. D., New York; Rev. A. A, Cedar povte lowa; Rev. George W. D., Brooklyn; Professor Ran of Kin; eenokaaaana? “a legge? eet i. mi 0; Rev. J. ott, of Wi Rey. W. 8. Curtis, of Chic i‘ id, W. Stewart, of Hamilton ; Judge ‘K, and Proiessor Bennett, of ped the superstition many centie- Etniopia will ; 1c als took out a» ry Passengers, fore- moss among whom were Mr. and Mrs, Alexandre and Mr. and Mrs. George 5. Appleton; Colonel Usmar Latrobe, of Baltimore; Rev. 8. H. Gurteen, of Rochester; Kev. H. 8. Acworth, on bis return to his home, In England; Rey. Patrick Loughran, Water- of New York; Captain Mott Hooton, of nited States army; Major Rossall, of Engiand; Professor Youmans snd family, ot New York; Mr. Louis Stern, of New York; Rev, Dr. Curry and party; a renee, of Brookiyn, and General Hail, of New orl Most of the steamers went out prepared to celebrate the auniversary of American Inde pendence, in order to cater to the desires of any American who might be on board. EUTHANASIA. THE SUFPKRINGS OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOL- YOKE DISASTER. To TAB EprtoR OF THR HERALD :— Yhe communication from a correspondent in Merthyr Tydvil in your impression of the 2sth ult. betrays a total misapprehension of the circum stances adverted to, Although in extreme cases, as during the Egyptian campaign of the First Napoleon. some such expedient as that t) which your correspondent refers was said to have been employed, and held by bumanitariaus to have been justifiable under the circumstances, ) et this is denied by Las Oasasin bis “Memoirs of St- Helena.” He says Napoleon, after the battle of Jaffa, simply asked the ‘amous army surgeon Larré whether, in view of the, dreadiul suffering of ths soldiers in the hospitals, it would not be human to administer opium to the more deeply amMicted, All students o! history are Jamiliur witn the reply of Larré to General Bertram:--"y mis- sion 1s to cure, notto kill.” Oertaimly no such means were had recourse to by the physicians of Bolyoke to abridge the sufferings of the victims of the Holyoke catastrophe. No practising physician of this city, we venture to say, Would hive felt Gisposed to have incurred the responsibility of suck & course, ‘The reference ls of 80 grave ® character, how ever, in view of the course likely to be followed by other practitioners upon the ocourrence of similar calamities, that we deem a repudiation of and a % agaimst the measures attributed to as ef test pubilc interest and moment. The administration of morphine to those who were burmed beyond amy possible hope of recovery at the confagratien of the French church, in this city, Was at all times witn a due regard to the sanctities of life, uring the war there cal under the treatment of one of the signa! hereto @ case of @ soldier who had been si jes ob through the stomach, tne ball becoming tnbedded in Such & Manner as to render extraction imprac- ticable. Blood was freely igs and a seve: placed under the Were only four respiratto unded condition the ema! variation, period oi sight i, and yet finally recovered. The adminis Ol Worphine tne Holyoke church disasver was Meient goantiies to affect respiration, Ln point of iact many vo! those who were #0 iiving to-day, 1\t\nougo grievously m' to the nature of the juries sustained by those involved in the 'a nO One Save those Who were actually on tue eould realize the rors of the situation. ean readily ex- opviously been cuse thé @frors into Whick al petrayed. No one cam fairly presume to be more “deeply interested in the progress of thought in eve: world om ee, subject of eusnan- jan 1 ho- 1s were mot communica. to imcorreot reports which have = the pablio journals than te any other id imeline to the opimion { M. D. FPT Lk, ber and received a iracture of the skull. fie w: MoM. MLILVibli, M.D. taken to Ris Nome, No, 60 Kivington street, whe: OBAS. 0, CARPENTER, M, D. he digd the (alewing Monday evening. 4 BOuronn July % 1876, ,