The New York Herald Newspaper, July 24, 1875, Page 8

8 MODEL DETECTIVES Detective Warlow Is Shown a Gam- bling House in Full Blast. VOT SEE IT. - HE DOES A Patrolman Who Suddenly Blossomed Into a Detective. POLICE INTELLIGENCE = ALLUSTRATED. The Assembly Committee on the Iecrease of Crime resumed its investigation yesterday. The testimony turned mainly upon the existence ola gambling house under the very nose of Detective | Warlow, who was sent to preak It up, and, ac- cording to the testimony of one o! the witnesses, Eliza Williams, could net have helped seeing the gambling and yet dia not do his duty, The detec- Sives, who were on the stand, made the comumit- tee ana the spectato s laugh by their ‘sitmpie’’ an- sWers, and it was easy to see irom the manner in Which they gave their evidence that no one in the room suspected them of ever set- ting tne Hudson River on fire. The police captains mustered, as ‘usual, in large numbers, and most of them listened to the testimony in a dogged, defant manner, as though they wished to express their utter indiference to the dam aging disclosures made beiore the committee, It is certain, however, that among the police the in- vestigation forms the subject of consiaerable un- easiness and no little speculation, WHO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF 17? ia a question irequently asked by eaptains and sergeants. Some think that the Police Commis sioners {nstigated it to be enabied to get rid of certain captsins, while oihers declare that itis a political move to legisiate the present Board out of office next winter and to make reom for other gentlemen who are desirous of serving their fellow citizens ia the capacity of Police Com- missioner. Every inteliigent person, however, agrees that enough bas been shown already to make a thorough reorganization of the Police Board and a clean sweep of the implicated mem- bers Of the force Imperative. It 1s considered cer- tain that the committee, in their report to the Legislature, will recommend the removal of the present Commissioners—presumabiy with the ex- ception of General Smith—vut many people say that, in view of the overwhelming disclosures of the rovtenness and corruption of the police, itis Mayor Wickham’s duty to prefer charges against the Board at once and to remove them. Yesterday's session of the committee began at eleven o’clock, Mr. Townsend, the counsel e/ the committee, conducted usual lively manner. ‘The following ts tne gist of the test:mony:— PENNOYER RECALLED. Mr. Pennoyer was again called to tne stand. He testifiei that about a month previous to the robbery which he descrived yesterday he was en- ticed into a panel house in Twenty-ffth street, between Sixih aud Seventh avenues, and robbed Of $20; be had £25, but $5 were leit tn his pesses- BI aiter had gone out of the house, having 4 ‘ered bis joss, he saw a tail, good looking Police officer coming out of ihe same door; be Started to speak to the ofiicer and get his num- ber, but the latter started offon a run and ne did not overtake him; he made no comipiaint of this; | the house was 4 panel house, accordiog to the descriptions givea to him by Commissioner Gard- | ner. Mr. Townsend handed to the witness a book | Of rogues’ portraits, similar to toat shown to Bim by Supertntendaot Walling, and asked bim if | he could identity the wean who had robbed | him, This was « copy from the Twenty-sixth | precinct station house. The witness idéntised | the photograph ofthe woman Evaiine Vinton, or Ray, but sata it was very light and diderent im style from any ofthe other photographs. I was impoasibie to tell from it whether the woman had light ordark hair. The occurrence he nad last described took place in tne Twenty-ninth precinct; it was in December, 1873; he thought he could recognize the officer wnom be saw; the oMicer was in uviform;he believed that he ran to prevent the Witness irom getting his num- ber; Captain McCullough was 10 command of the precinet. DETECTIVE WARLOW'S STORY. Detective Jacopo B. Wariow, in command of the detectice force at Police Headquarters, testified that he bad been in this position since January; before that, for tWo years, he was a dotestive in the office; op Tuesday night last ne received some written lastructions rom SuperintendeatWaling, ; they were to the effect that t Ress Was to make a descent upon & gambiin, house No, 100 Thirteenth street, at the corner oj | Fourth avenue; going there Orst witvout bis wen to get evidence thas a game was {0 progress. Thi Witness testified that he might Rave been told by Superintendent not to break in by force un- | leas he bad got evidence; he might have told Mr. | ‘Townsend, the presence of [nspector NcDer- mot, that did receive such instructions; he | ot into @ Rouse by a private door, with mr. Aud, | r. Townsend’s assistant, and looked turough a | Window into the gambling room. | WHAT WARLOW COULDN'T SER. He could see no gambling io the house; this was in Captain McCuliough’s precinct—the seven- teenth; heard that a raid was made on tials hi by Captain McCullough a few weeks previous; this Was on last Tuesday night; the lady in the nouse | waich he visited with Mr. Aub was excied and anxious for tiem to leave; the men whom he brought with him were stationed in the neighbor- hoed! he did not find auy way of getiing into the gambling room, aud he did not Want to force an entrance on uncertainty; he, therefore, con- cluded to defer the deseent till anoteer aight; he “pulled” the house last night, having discovered the means of entrance; be forced open a door with a jloimy; the first night he did not see amy | gambiing, but last night hed 500 “chips” and some mone, of the detecuves under the Superintendent, DETECTIVE REILLY’S VERSION, Devective Philip Reilly then testified that he was With Detective Warlow on Tuesday bight; he was acting under orders; he agreed with Wariow (Bar it Woull be better to defer the raid; Warlow vold Dim then that he had been told where the en- trance was, but that be dia not know exactly how | to get in, and did not wish to use force without orders; he dia not wish to say whether or not he considered Wariow an efficient officer; he could hear the sound of the *chijs” when he visited the house, but could not see the men gambilng; he had no doubt gambling was going on; witnes: had since learned thatthe gambling house was | “pulled” @ short time previously on account of # “squeal.” Mr. Townsend sait house went ou just the same immediately after this frst raid. The wisness said that he bad been on the force eleven years, and a detective for eight years; it ‘was true that there had been detectives who had not Made an arrest for eight or nine years, yet bad the PE een of — g00d officers, and ‘were well off in worldly goods. ARLOW'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Detective Wariow was recalled, and testified wi tain of the Seventh precinct be- A detective; bis health was poor, e ed in 1871; as a detective he had been specially employed in Investigating levers ang os eyo he was detailed by Super. intendent Walling to perform the auties formeriy discharged by Captain Irving; his present raok Was toast of rouodsman. AN EXPERIENCED DETRCTIVE, Detective George Longhiin testified that he had been a Central OMice detective about turee Weeks; before this he was a patrelman in the Fisteenth recines; be Was never & Ward detective; oundsman Warlow appointed him on the Cemtral Office squad; ke never had experience im detect- ing crime, except as & patrolman; Wariow was Bot an old friend of his. The wiwmoss, whose ignorant and illiterate re- greatly amused the audience, was In the at- id on a gambilng house last Tuesday i@nt; he acted under orders, waited round under tree and did not do anything in particuiar; he patrolman for about nine years and had never made any notvavie arrests; witle in the Fiiteenth precinct be neyor saw any panel thieves could sweur to. He was asked py counsel knew a panel thie! or of the existence uring all that tim He replied at ‘hee’rd some talk, ye know.” This astounding deciaration created astomish- ad evicence that the ment. He did net know whether Roundsman Warlow had power (o select bis detectives as he chose; ne Knew of ‘Stang’ Draper as 4 panei thief by gen- eral repute; be dia pot Know “shang” Morris, Lobdeil or Allen, Loughlin seid that he knew of a man named Garibaid: in the Fitteenth precinct; he kmew hiro | only by name; be was not aware th “sbang” Draper once ran or Assistant Alderman; his knowleage of police daties was confined to patrol oe ALL ABOUT NRW YORK DETROTIVES. Theodore Aub, Mr. sworn, He testified thaton Tuesday la with Mr. Townsend at ice Meadquarters; Mr. Townsend asked Superintendent Walling if ne ‘Would place oMoers at his disposal to break up a ambling saloon; the Superintendent called for riow; it was agreed that the latter snouid ac- company the witness or Townsend at tea o'clock thet evening to the place Where the gam- the examtnatton in h's | jnstructions to Mr. Townsend, who | wit- wnsend'’s partner, wad | was | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1875.—WITH SOPPLEMENT. Ding was condacted, mr. 1ownsenG Keeping ita situation secret. At ten o’ ‘that the witness met War- low at Elevensh street Broadway; they went shrouga Tenth street to Fourta avenue; wit. at cor- No, ness ‘ted out the house sol Ber of Thirteenth street tnd Fo rth 100 Thirtee: gal UestiOn ; ia acco! with an pe aN rdance wit house whica had a window gambling looking toward the room; Wariow followed him; they could See a blaze of light im the room and hear the rat tle of the nee HOW Not TO DO IT, window, ras to tbe no gamblers; the witness urged Lim to go back and look so that he could see and recogmize the man, but warlow declined; the witness and Warlow were thee m rhe house of Mrs. Small, who described to them the entramces to the gambiing house; War low refused to break open any of the doors, al- though the witness arsured him that he had legal authority to do #0 If ne was cure a game was In regress; the witness said that he then urged Walling; Warlow started to ieave. bat was still on the sidewalk when the witness followed him @ Uttie while alter; he knew thatthe house wae “puiled’’ a short time previous In consequence of a “squeal ;” 1 began running again immediacely alrerward, ‘ This ciosed the examination of the witness. Chairman Campbell announeed that Mr. Aub had deo appointed assistant counsel to the commit- ee. ANOTHER BRIGHT DETECTIVE. Thomas Adams, a patroiman io the Twenty- | first precinct, testified that ne bad been detailed | at the Central OMice as detective siuce February; he bad acted as special officer under Captains McElwain and Aljaire; his appointment to the Central OMce was mage by th on the last occuston he broke open a dvor with a jimmy; there were no panel hous the ‘fweuty-Orst precinct while be was cher tempt was made lo establish one but it was pot carried owt; he was twenty-cight age; he was once “brokeu” through au error of a sergeant; bis ce ag @ Ward | detective had contmucod tor a year dnd @ hall; | there were two other special oMcers in tne | Twenty-first precinct, those being car de“ectives ; he beard of a gambling Nouse in Fourth avenue, | between Twenty-eighth aua Twenty-ninth streets, but Rad no positive Knowledge that it was one; bo complaint was made of it; the neighbors called 1t@ clu» room; be never tried to get into | the house, bus once went to the door, and that Was all; he could not find out that i, wae a gambling house and never went near it bs ne 3b was even “pulled,” as me heard, while he | was sick. GAMBLING CARRIED ON OPENLY. Eliza Williams. re-iding at No. 100 Thirteenth | Street, a middie-aged colored woman, confirmed the statement that No. 100 Thirteenth street was | used for gambling purposes, although Detective Warlow could nov see is; about three or four | weeks ago Captain MoVulivagh ¢ ilea at the house | in company with a man wh gave his Bame as Rob- | Inson. Captain NeCullough asked for Mrs. Small, and when she told the Captain that she was not at bome, he examined tbe premises. He said that he bad been informed that the gamblers, wno | had an adjacent room, bad access to Mrs. Small’s | apartments, but she convinced him: that such could not be the fact, A week alter the gambilog house was puiied. The window of the gambliog room was wide open, and anybody could see that | gambling was going on. | The Committee adjourned at thts point till Taes- | day morning at eleven o'clock. | MEETING OF THE POLICE BOARD. DISTRICT INSPECTORS’ HEADQUARTERS DYTER- MINED—STRINGENT AMENDMENTS TO RULES. The full Board of Police Commissioners met yes- terday morning, President Matsell in the chair. On motion Sergeant Bucaington was transferred | from the Twenty-third to the Thirty-third pre- | cinetand Sergeant Lowry trom the Thirty-third to the Twenty-third precinct, the change boing at | the request of both sergeants. ; | A resolution was adopted requesting the Board | | of Esttmat> and Apportionment to og nr] | | from the unexpended balance of tne police tund | for 1874 the sum of $15,000, te same to be used in | | repairing station houses, On motion the Committee on Repairs and Sup- Plies was ordered to fit up the stables of the | rrangetm Worlow the witness went frst Into a | arlow to report the facts to Superintendont | rd of Police; | he went to the Thirteenth street gambiiug house | | with Warlow on Yuesvay night aod last night; | | Abraham Liacoln. salary of bioyt Bad been increased from ae SB year to $3,000 a year; the building of t! ~ tures on the Isiand were, in the Opinio) Witness, very defective and faulty, and the Com missioners Nad eapressed themselves dissatisfied with them also; the first portion of the sea-wall there was built very iy, Dat the la wi the Ca! | ® | Seeeareany evtceerna tues manafacta y an en ina morning journal; he thought Be Catholics on the Isiand attended their places ot worship in reia- ton To the Protestants in the ratto of 1,000 to 100; | he remembered that a child had baen abducted | from the Island, but be could only corroborate | the version of the case given gn Tuursday by ex- | Commissioner Stephenson, | Speaker McGuire here asked Mr, Wells if he had | @ny Suggestions LO Make regarding reforms on the ‘jand snd in tae Commission, Witness answered the bad; inthe first place he thought the Board was too unwieldy and bulky, and could never with the present number of members be worked to advantage; in his opinion ono man would be sufficient to do all the work of the commission with proper subordinates ; | witness said that In 1870 poilties had nothing | to do with tne appototments there, but since that | time hy heard political tnfuences bad beea | brought to bear on the Commissioners; @id not know of any of the medical officers being re- moved for politi¢ai reasons; wituess Would sag- gest that more incorest would be taken in the de- | Dartment and its busigess would be more success- | lully conducted if tue Commissioners were sala- ried; @ want of narmony in the Board often operated against its successful working; 4 great | deal of the expense on the Isiand arose irom tu abie-bodied tramps who came from Omaha and | other places and made application tor ad- mission to Ward's Island, and were sent there by the Commissioners; he was of that if the State passed a law gaiust the admission of these tramps, Who cae Tom otwer States, and were admitted there, a | great saving would ce ef tho Commi | Sion; a plain chapel, to answer all the purpose: Tequired, cold hi been erected for nalf the sum which the one built there cost; witness had | Sometimes, tn the winter season, as many as from | 2,800 to 2,700 men on his hands; If he were a Com- | Missioner he would admit no able-bodied meu | there; efforts to compel thi had caused frequent riots; once when witness tempted to make the: able-bodied men work they presented him with @ written protes', say- | ing they were British suojects apd it was an | outrage to ask them to work, and, further, tha | they Would not work; the ringleaders of thi: tusubordination were jocked up, and a riot Was | the result; witness 1s of opinion that the Commis- | Slon shoulda not support able-bodied men. | Mr. Nolan, who was subpaaaed to appear yes- | terday, did not attend or send word expiatuing bis absence. He will be called to-day, when racy developments are to be expected. BOARD OF HEALTH, FILLING IN THE HARLEM FLATS. The Health Commissioners held @ short session yesterday, transacting but little business. The contract to fillin the sunken lots on 106ta street, between Madison ana Fourth avenues, avd on 107th street, between the same avenues, was awarded to J, & J. Crimmins for $6,500, the work to be completed by September 1. The Attorney tothe Board was instructed to discontinue action brought against Dr. Jonn 8. Lindsey for alleged violation of the sanitary code in fatung to report a case of smalipox, the Doctor's explanation being satisfactory. GEN, SHERMAN AND JEFF DAVIS. THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN—GENEBAL BRAGG ON THE STAND—ALLEGED ATTEMPTS TO ASSASSINATH THE CONFEDERATE PRESI- DENT. {From the Austin (Texas) Statesman, July 11.) General Bragg was in the city several days dur- ing the past week. He relerred, in the course of a conversation, to the recent assertion of General Sherman that he had suspected Mr. Jefferson Davis of complicity with the assassins of Mr, General Bragg said that he had seen Mr. Davis tested im cases 01 this sort, and while two efforts were made by hired assas- sins in 1864 to destroy Mr. Davis’ ilfe he never | Mounted squad on Elghty-seventh street, near First avenue, for the office and headquarters of | the Inspector for the newly ma@e Third district, | | J. W. Thorne; aiso to fit up the stables iu Ninery- | ninth street, near Tenta avenue, for the bead | quarters of the Imspector of tle Feurth district, | Fraucis ©. Speight, | | Rule No, 230 of the Manual was amended making | it the duty of the Captatns of precincts to cai the | rolls and designate the posts whenever in com- + | mana, instead of leaving the work to sergeants, | Captaina are also required to enter in the blotter | the precise Uae of entering and leaving the sta- | | tlon house, In their own handwriting, allure to | comply with the rule as amended will subject cap- tains to dismissal from the Department. | On motion, a quantity of articles taken from ambling houses, NOt embraced in the category of | gambling utensils, Were returned to tueir owners, THE EMIGRATION COMMISSION, comeenineitghentinenes TBAMPS FROM OMAHA COMING TO NEW YORK TO HIBERNATE ON WARD'S ISLAND AT THE EXPENSE OF THE STATE—MORE ABOUT HOW THE HEAD MONEY WAS REDUCED. The Legislative Investigating Committee re- | sumed its session yesterday morning at Castie | Garden at nalf-past ten A. M. The first witness called was Mr. F. W. J. Hurst, Managing Agent of tne Nattonal Steamship | Line—Witness did not recolieet any action taken | at the steamship confereuces with relation to the | head money; Cid not know if Patrick H. Jones was | counsel for the Commissioners of Emigratio knew Michael Nolan had paia bim money as coun sel for getting the bead money reduced; did not know how he was appointed; he was not ap- pointed by the steamship conference, but was ap- | pointed by a member of it; did not know if he was appointed by John G, Dale; witness knew the | money went to Nolan, a& counsel, for services | rendered at Albany; witness did not rememper how often Mr. Nolan calied on him; Mr. Nolan was paid twenty-five cents per head on all immigrants arriving after the date of the passage of the bili by the Legisiatare, and to the best of his belief the arrangement was to last one year from first pay- | ment; witness did not personally pay Mr. Nolan th stalments of the money; they were paid by | the cashier, Mr. Congers; witness could not re- member where he first met Nolan, or his tmpres- sion as to the conversation which occurred then, Mr. Haret met Mr, Bernard seriy in Albany in 1866 and spoke to him about the bead money; | at the time Ca-serly was advocating the Increase | of head money from $2 to $2 50 per capita; wit- ness thought Casserly was working In the in- terest of the steamship company at Albany last year; knew Daniel Casserly, who drew up some | papers for the steamship company, to be pre. sented to the Committee on Commerce; witness paid him $200 or $300 for hia services; the committee with which the witness was con- | nected, aud which appeared before the Legisi ture of 1874, was Bot appointed by the } conference; the members appointed themselvos, | and were approved Dy the steamship companies; Mr. Wakeman was sne connsel fer that commit- tee, and was paid $2,000 or $3,000 for his services; Daniel Casseriy was paid for his services by ail | the steamship companies; Mr. Noiau was paid several checks, which may have ranged in he | helgiborhood of $1,000 ¢ The witness also tastifled to the transter of emigrants from their Steomers at Boston to New York, where they were biileted on the Emigration Commissioners; | the witness could not remember having signed a puper to pay the agent, Nolun, twenty-five cents | ahead; he remeinbered there was suck a paper, bur comld not say that be signed it; did not know | twat Wakeman and Nolaw were acting in eonjunc- | tion at Albany, nor did he Know that Nolan was a partner of P. H. Jones, + Mr. Murat prowised to produce the books and ali papers relating to the jonees ag to Nolan. ‘The next witness called was E. We atone time Deputy Superintenaent and = arterward Superintendent of Ward's Island, Me deseribed the process of purciasing the suppites for the Island, and said he audited the goods and t bills; Mr, King was purchasing agent for | hi piles from 1870 to 1973; witness purcwased sup- rai before be eame and after he was dismissed; Mr. King paid @ larger price fer shoes urchased than the quality was really worth; while be was Superintendent, there was only one purchase of coal, which was made by himself and Commissioner Forrest from the Delaware and Lackawanna Compaoy, and no bids were invited for it; they were given the coal for the Same prices as it had been soid for at the previous sale of the company; the coal was net weighed wren taken off the barges; he thought this was a judiciows measure when tke company was @ reliable one, as this Was; at times the witness thought the clerical force on the Island was larger than was abso- lutely necessary from 1870 to 1873; from the for- | mer year to the latter there was a steady increase in the clerical force and the pay! je was nob | consuited as to this increase, sent thero by the Commissioners whose services were not needed; there were parties, but not | many of them, weo held sinecure positions on | the Island; there was a medical officer on | the New York side of tne Isiana who p sinecare position at the | peared to hold a bor Exchange, and who was paid $69 @ month; there was @ tendency during thone ire WO imer@ase =the = payroll we | and was captured within the Gonfed ies were | manifested the least sigus Of resentful feeling. it was in June, 1364, that Mr. Davis, when riding along the cefences of Ricn- mond, was fired at, tbe buliets passin Once afterwar tekirts Of Richmond, Dauigren’s raid whl not soon be forgotten. Colonel Danigren’s address, as written and signed by him, was inemorized and spoken or read to his | followers. They were disguised as spies, and were | captured as spies inside o/ the Confederate lines, ‘They caidas, us stated, to murder Mr. Davis, When they were captured and this paper was jound o: the person of this wan, Dabigren, Mr. Davi jabimet and his mliite.y staff concurred in deciar- ing that the prisoners should be executedin ac- cordance with the jaws of war, tter reading the paper and floding that he pecially Was designed to ve assassinated by | Dahigren, peremptorliy forbade otner treatment | than thi ccorded to prisoners of war. [General Bragg preserved photograph copies of Colonel Dahigren’s orders]. Mr. Davis were capabie of efhormities Walch General Sherman would ascribe to bis intervention he would never have hesitated to punish wita death the disguised foilowers of Danigren. And wouid it not be well for General Sherman to remember that Mr. Davis at all times intervened in behalf of the condemned. It was the complaint of many Confederate leaders that | Bobody could be executed who Mo to the President for pardon, He spared ison Seif, the bridge burcer of East Tennessee, and hb Unionist who became a spy rather than sojdier, ate lines. Of ali men Mr, Davis’ personal virtues and char- acter Dave been most grievously misrepresented and misunderstood by Northera people, even as Liocolo’s character and spirit were at first mis- { apprehended throughout the Souta, Mr. Davis dif- Jered from Mr. Lincoin to that—both Kentuckians, and both reared im the midst of the same morai atmospaere—Davis was elaborately educated, and taugut and refined in all the scaools; while Lincoln’s generosity, neither greater nor purer than that of Mr. Davis’, was wore conspicuous because of his personal rudeness, with which his womanly traits were in strong contrast. Sherman 1s a man of force and genius and jul warrior; bis selfsaness, and thus nis v: 13 Dis MOSt significant folble, ofteh vegen into an unpardonable vice. Uccapying ni tion he had no rignt 10 ascribe a deyi 01 eriminality to Mr. Davis whick cuuld only be snp- posed just to the extent thi and South, tradu Mr, Davia in order to make the Cause lie espoused odlous. General Sherman, if morally @ great mao, whica he ls not, pecause bis vioes of Intellect are great, snould have con- sidored the facts be‘ore pronouncing an opinion, as disgraceful to Sherman as designed to be rutn- ous to Mr. Davis’. personal fame, FLOOD SIGN LS, To THe Bpiror OF THR HRRALD:— The terrible less of life and property in France from sudden foods, with Jess destructive but com stantly reourring inandatiens in nearly all parts of Europe and Ameriea, ought to arouse the pub. lie mind of the two countries to the adoption of some means by which these great calamities to mankind may be measurably averted, It 13 a dis- grace to this Inventive age that nothing has as yet been done, either by the local authorities, the press or by any government to give warning of such sudden floods when the means are all at hand and only require to be put into operation. . This constantly recurring destruction proves that the telegraph alone is inadequate to give suitable warning of sudden foods, put the tele~ graph with a sound signal would de it completely. On all rapid rivers liable to sudden flooda let a cannon be placed at each town, In charge of some relabvle persva, @ fire company oficial, to be used as a flood signal. When a hi rain is fulling Jet the telegraph operators along the river keep Up continual commuoieation Biong the entire lengtm, aud wha a destructive | 4, flood ts found to be inevitavle let the signal sta- lions be ordered to fire their cannon. Three guns, at ten minutes’ ioterval, may be fired a5 4 generally pudiished feud signal, to be repeated every One, two or tires hours while ta Gauger continues. These signals weuid be hear over each town and between the towns im tho valleys @fd bottoms on bovh banks of t) general coming fieod, which means men, women and entidren, eattle and much movabie property coula be removed to places ot ty or destrovtion, and especi: comes ip the night. \y when the On rivera having no tele- graph line the Warping can be given with the | cannoa alone, fired frem station to station, by sound. At dams, sll of waicl are iiavle to break by foods, carrying Gestruction throughout the village below, & cannon should be placed to give instant apd general warning of the disaster. A cannon at Mill River dam would have saved every live and much light movadle property, | The cost of this plan would be tho morest trifle compared to the lives aud property that would @ saved. Which river, liable to sudden and destructive floods In Amorica or Eurepe, will be the rst to establish it? It can be astablished by | the town authorities or by agricultural societies. 1 has been proposed to the Frene! } nce the wreat floods, by which it | be Lestod; but, as it is an American ould be first tested in this country. Weather prognostications,” esta both Kurope aod America, are utterly inadequate to give useful warning oj ev ner sudden | storms or floods, a8 is proved dally. Then why | DOF test a totally different system? The estab- heoment this flood signai will lead to the establishment of @ usefal storm sign WATSON, Avaust Washimatam, D, O,, July 20, 1875, | streets, one of the gang named Frank Cantreil President Davis, | | sUch message had been it partisans, North | or some town | ¥ | exgerimenta! garden, of whica the complainant , hi | kindunt THE COURTS. Compulscty Attendance of Withesses at Police Trials, The Statute of Limitations as It Stands. President Matsell obtained, yesterday, from Judge Westbrook, in Supreme Court, Chambers, under the recent law allowing the courts to be Used to compel Attendance of witaesses at trials before the Police Commissioners, an order com- Pelling the attendance of witmesses on Tuesday in the case of Oflcer Buckley. ‘THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS Ignaiz Hergog, arrested at the suit of Moyer Stera on a charge of obtaining goods on false pre- tences in 1869, was taken before Judge Westbrook, in Supreme Court, Chambers, on nabeas corpus, erday morning, Mis discharge was claimed op the ground that the statute of limitations for 1860 provided that the party must be living ovt- Side toe United States, which was nos alleged in this case, In erder to prevent three years’ limita- tion. On the other side it was arguea that the statute of 1873 restored the statute ol 1869, which made residence outside the State @ bar to the limitation, and that another act nas ex- tended the period to five years, Judge Westbrook released tne prisoner the ground that the crime had been outlawed before the statute of 1873 took effect. A sherifi’s officer at once stepped up tu Herzog and arrested him In @ civil suit by Mr. Stern. DECISIONS. SUPBRIOB OCOUBT—6PBCIAL TERM, By Judge Sedgwick. Hazewell vs. Coursen.—Uase settled, TOMBS POLICE COURT. Before Justive Duffy. A MEAN THEFT. Henry E. Babcock, a decent looking young man, who sald he resided at the Occidental Hotel, was arraigned on coniplaint of Emma Koss, of Ne. 173 Forsyth street, who eharged that the accused eailed at hor residence and asked her if she could do some washing. She replied that she could, He loitered about the room for a few moments, indulging in some commonplace remarks, and then leit. After ne had left ske missed a gold chain and locket of the { $50, She subse- nvly caused Baocock’s arrest. He dented tho argo, but was held to answer in default of BURGLARY ON BROADWAY. John Creely, Charles Haslin and ‘thomas McManus were accused of breaking into the premises No. 648 Broadway, occopled by Mr, George McDonald, and stealing $65 worth of cloth, McManus was unable to appear. When arrested by Oficer Lake he showed fight, and was clubbed id such @ manner @8 necessitated his removal to Bellevue Hosptial. Creoly and Hasiin were held for trial FARO, Henry Graham, who was arrested for keeping a game of faro ai No.°102 East Thirteenth street on Thursday night, was held to answer in default | of $2,000 bail. LARCENY BY TRICK AND DBVICE. On the 8th of July Charles O'Donnell called at the store of John Wiggrand & Vo., Brooklyn, and ordered $56 worth Of plate giass, directing it to be sent to No, 73 Nassau street. Charles Wood- ruff, acarman, in tne employ of Wigerand, took the glass to the address in Nassau street, and it was there recetved by O'Dognell, who sent the | carman down the street a jew blocks, saying he would ‘find the boss there and get paid.” Wood- ruil, belleving O'Donnell, went away ond shortly alter returned to find the glass and O’Donneil | both gone. O'Donnell was yesterday arrested and heid to answer In default of $2,000 bau, WASHINGTON PLACE POLICE COURT. Before Judge Kasmire, ASSAULT ON AN OFFICER. Officer Gilchrist, of the Fifteenth precinct, saw three men yesterday morning acting tn a very dis- orderly mauner in front of No, 241 Wooster street. When be came toward them tuey ran away and the officer pursued them. On coming up with | them on the corner of Wooster and Amity | | took up a large paving stone, aud, striking the officer on tue head with it, knocked bim senscless, | The other two, James McLaughlin and John B, Howard, then attacked the oMcer and kicked and beat him in a most brutal manner. They were all drrested wabseues acy, by Ofticers Kenny and Kier- nan, and were committed by Judge K: ire y\ ‘erday in $1,000 bail eacn to answer. ESSEX MARKET POLICE COURT. Before Judge Morgan, THE CONCERT SALOON MEN OOMMITTED. On Thursday evening Excise Oommissioner Stiner, aided by @ posse of the Tenth pre- | cinct, made a raid on thirteen concert saloons | and arrested the preprictors on a charge of seil- ing liquor without license. They were al) brought before a Morgan yesterday morning and neid in $100 bail each to answer, With the exception of Frederick Strauss, of No. 23 Bowery, and Saran Gresen, 01 No. 43 Madison street, agalust whom idence as to their proprietorship was not sufficiently satisfactory. ARCADES AMBO. About twelve o’ciock on Thursday morning a man named John Kulder called on Mrs. Mary Schreiner, at her residence, No, 49 Allen street, and informed her that her husband had sent him for his coat. Mra. Schreiner, who knew Kuider, ave him the coat at onc ut when Mr. August chreluer returned heme sue discovered that no nt, and that she had been swindled egregiously. To make the matter worse Schreiner informed his wile that he bad leit a $10 bili in the inside pocket of the aforesaid cost. Kulder was arrested the same night by | OmMcer Kreamer, of the Tenth precinct, and was committed by Judge Kasmire in $1,000 bail to an- swer. Shortly after the commitment was issued Jonn Kuider made an affidavit against August Schreiner, charging him with keeping a policy oMce at No. 41 Chrystie street, Schreiner was heid 1n $500 bail to answer. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. | THE TWENTY PER CENF LAW—DEPARTMENTAL DISTINCTIONS, Wastineron, July 23, 1875, No. 382. The United States, Appellants, vs. Wiliam Saunders,—Appeal from the Court of | Claims. Mr. Justice Bradley delivered the opinion | of the Court. We are clearly of opinton that the claimant in this case was noc within the intent and meaving of the 18th section of the act of July 28, 1866, The Court of Claims finds, It is true, that he heid the position of superintendent o! the pub- lic garden of the Agricultural Department during | the period for which the claim 1s nade, eae | from March 4, 1865, to July 1, 1870, bus tt is well known that tho botanical gar near the Capivol | has been regarded as a pubduc garden jor m. Mi | years sod long before ‘he experime: | @arden of the Agricuitural Depar:ment was — established, and was managed by @ superintendent and assistant superintendents. It is equally well known that this garden has ior @ long period, if not always, been under tne im- mediate direction and control of the Joint Library Committee of Congress, The public statues con- tain a long series Of appropriations for both gar- After showing that the | den and superintendents. 1s sup@rintendent, ts appervags of the Depart- ment of agriculture, tae opinion proceeds :—From his legisiative history it is apparent that the bo- tanic garden hear the capitol was regarded as a Pubic garden; that it Dada supermtendent and as- ntsuperiniendents; that appropriations had Jor years veen made for their salaries a8 supertn- tendent and assistants by name, aud that they were orployed, aid tbe garden was man- aged under th Immediate direction of the Joint Library Committee of two Houses of Congres: They m tact employés of this commitiee. Now, it seems to us that the eighteenth section of tne act of July 28, 1366, wRich provides for the addi- tion of the twenty per cent now claimed ny the appellee, had re‘erence only to persons em- Joyed under the direction of the two Houses of Rongress or thelr committees, and not to those of any of the execntive departments, The section olf is it# own best interprete: It ia as fol- ows (14 Stat., 323) :— Section 18 And be it turthor eni allowed and paid to the officers, clerks, 1wessengors and all other emp! and House of Reprecentatty it to the Giobe and of. gial reporters of each Hat the stenographers of the House, and to the Capitol police, and the throe mis of the public gardens, teir clerks and and to the Hbrarian, asistant Hbrarians, and other employes ‘ot the Col ny 1 that thore bo ‘erks, committee ‘bs of the Senate mn. e . Printed out et aby money In the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. In view of the long supervision over the Botanic Garaen by the Library Committee, and of the pre- yions legisiation relerred to, hardly ba plamer, But there is adoitional evi- dence that this Increase Of sdiary was intended to be confined to persons employed under the imme- late direction of the two Houses of Congress and their committees, in the fact that by & jolat reso- | little singular that a single journalist should be | PARIS GREEN AND THE POTATO nai aad by making the mixture lution of February 28, 1867 (i4 Statutes, 609), twenty per cams was added ta tha ealariag of al fa Ah Of the seve¥al exechtive departments, tn the ical ode t nairucl wou 5 sue. correct one. ite juage THE HERALD LIGHTNING EXPRESS, —_—_—. FAST TRAINS. {From the St, Louis Republican, July 18.) A copy Of the Henaxp of July 4 was de! this oMce before eight o’eiock on th Jaly 5, and we learn from recens files of San Francisco papers, that the Henaxp of the same date was placed im the oMces in that city before the close of the week. The transcontinental trip, from ocean to ocean, was made tn just six days and fifteen hours, whieh ts considerably less than the schedule time allowed the regular passenger. This same trip took something more tnan ten days when the Overiana railroad was frst opened, and it has thus been shortened more than one- third giready. Itis not upreasonable to expect that 1 will be cut down to less than four days Within the next ten years, under the stimulos Of agtive competition and improved machinery. We are, indeed, considerably bdebind the age m this matter of speed, and it ts ®@ remarkable facs, for the Yankeo of all others demands rapidity of motion, Our usually slow- going cousin, John Bull, manages to get over ground on bis railways a good deal faster than we do, and we should like to have some enter- Prisimg cockney come over and show that the samo thing can just as well be done here as there. AD average speed across the continent of forty miles an bour would put us im San Francisco at least a day sooner than we get there now, and considerably lessen the dreary monotony of sage brush and alkall plains. Tho long distances tray- ersed in this country make travelling more wearl- some, and fast time isa matter of a great deal more importance than it is amywhere else in the world, excepting in India. Puliman palace coaches are introducing ideas of comfort to Jonn Buil which he never dreamed of bojore, and it is only fair that our railroad people should returo the compliment, and, borrowing some of his ideas abous fast time, make our rides on the rail a trifle more enduraole. WHAT THE HERALD UNDERTAKES WILL BE AC- COMPLISHED, (rom the Reading (Pa.) Times, July 19.) _ The New York HERALD has more push anddash than any other newspaper in the world. Its en- terpriso drequently smacks of the audacious. It found the long lost Livingstone—it has an Aretic expedition now under way to find some traces of ‘Sir John Franklin~ it runs a lightuing train of Its own to Niagara to serve its Sunday editions—and now it proposes to pay Commodore Vanderbilt $900 per trip for a special train to put its Sunday editton into Cxtoago twenty-Jour hours ahead of ny otaer New York paper. Tho next thing for Bennett to do will be to print the HERALD simu- taneously in New York, Lonuon and San Fran- claco, MM he undertakes the job 1 will be done. THE HERALD'S GREATEST ENTERPRISE. {From the Oakliid (Cal.) News, Ju:y 13.) The New YORK Heap seems determined to be abead of allof its contemyoraries in the way of new enterprises. When it sent the Stanley ex- pedition into the heart of Africa to look up the long unheard of Livingston it was for a long time after his resura dimMcult to convince the world that Stanley Was hot an impostor, Sut at length the trutn was believed, and the HrEkaLD was crowned With the wreath of credence, This sum- mer the HERALD has undertaken an enterprise which must be even more expensive than tbe expedition into Africa, for it is nothing leas than running a railroad train from New York to Niagara Falls Gaily, a distance of at least 600 miles. This move- ment brings the HERALD into Chicago, and conse- quently into San Francisco, twenty-loar hours be. fore amy Other New York paper, or in about six days. The train which carries the paper beiween New York and Niagara dashes along at the rate of fifty miles an hour, and excursionists may leave New York at two o'clock A. M., reach the Fallsa little before two v’clock P. M. the same day, and return the same eveniag to New York if they so desire. HERALD ENTERPRISE KNOWS NO LIMIT. [From the Scotsman and Caledonian Advertiser.) | HERALD enterprise has become powerful. It knows no limit. It feels ao restraint. It would seem as if nothing was to be allewed to stand In the way of the suecess of the most vigorous and enterprising if not actually the greatest news. paperin the world. Not content with discover- ing Livingstone, in tae heart of Affiea, its restless and indefatigable proprietor sends forth an expe- ition on a voyage Of discovery to the North Pole, Tho latest instance of HERALD enterprise is {ts San and a balf hours it rashes from New York to Niag- | ara Falis, leaving its quadruples at every station. Sixty miles an bonr is rattling time; but nothing short of lightning speed will satisfy Bennett, Think of it! The Sunday HERALD delivered at the International vefore two 2. M. Sach enter- prise is @ boon to the pudiic, and the HenaLp | Proprietor will reap bis reward, COLORADO HEARS OF THE HERALD THAIN. {From the Georgetown (Col.) Miner, July 17.] When It comes down to réal enterprise the New | York HERALD 1s without a rival in newspapor- | dom, The latest evidence of this Is the lightning | train it despatched between New York and Niagara to distribate its morning tasug On the | Fourth of July. Four huadred and seventy mlies | were made in eleven hours, which was carrying news at nearly a mile a minute. THE LIGHTNING TRAIN AMONG THE MORMONS, > {From the Salt Lake Herald, July 17.) We received on Thursday evening the New York Hensip of last sunday, five days from the ma- tropolls, This rapid time is due to the enterpris of the proprietor of the HERALD, Who runs a fast express train every Sunday moraing to fuftalo for the purpose of supplying bis readers through- oat the State with their favorite paper. It is a able to set such a commendable example to the great railroad corporations, Practically the Naw York HERALD bas reduced the overland time schedule by twenty-four hours, and if this rate of speed will pay in the case of @ newspaper why should 1t nos be available to the travelling pub- lio? ‘ BUG. To Tar Eprror or tix HeRALD:— 1 hear that many farmors oall in question the method recommended for applylog Paris green to Tid the potato vines of the Colorado beetle. Were we sure of such dry seasons as we have had for the last two or turee years, there 1a no question | p but that the water appitcation, or the mixiure | with plaster would be preferable; for then their use wouid be both economic and safe. Plaster with the green, in proportion of thirty or forty parts Of the plaster to one ef the green, will prove eflectual, and the plaster mixture does not form @ paste, aod so Hever kills the Vines. he plaster, foo, is cheap, and may be of value to the soll, so that a large appitcation 1s not costly nor dauger- ous, But suppose a pouring rain comes on the might succesding the application; the mixture Is washed off, and the day following another appli- cation is to be mauve, and nere 18 where the ex- pense appears. Now, the hour mixture cannot be washed off, and if used sparingly will not injure the viaes, 1% ‘ot difficult to apply itin very slight quantities, | ‘ong—six parts of | green—we shail green to prove efrectualevea be applied never so sparingly. As before, I advise just as little as can be seen on the vines and no more, ‘This is very important, The advice I gave was given ag the result of nomerons experiments, 8 nave known ap;lica- Hons of the plaster mixture and of the water mix- ture to be Washed of almost a8 soon as applied. The four mixture cannoy he washed ol; so I Would say stil that the four mixture, it ap- |e as stated, will, take the scasons together, @ tad Most satisfactory, as safe, alwayseffectual, and will take the least amount of green, On ac. unt Of ease of anoitention, | doubt not thas the , flour by measure to one of still have sufficient rt ys Weouse the mixture 4 | Franco-German war, | that M bow i to stuay amount and atill accomplish our pul Professor in Agricuitural Vollege, COLLECTOR CASEY IN TEXAS, THE BROTHER-IN-LAW OF THE PRESIDENT, PRESSES HIS VIEWS OM LOUISIANA AND ERAL POLITIC8—GBANT'S CHANCES PO% THIRD TERM—HE IS WILLING IF AsKED-~ VICE PRESIDENT WILSON, SENATOR MOBTON AND OTHMR PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS--SOME- THING ABOUT TOM OCHILTREE, BOULDS BAKER, ETC. [From the Galveston News, July 9.) Among the arrivais at the Southern Hotel day before yesterday was Collector James F. Casey and tamily, of Now Orleans, the brother-in-law of President Grant, and @ federal officer of impor- tance in our neighbor State. In an iniormal con- versation with our representative rather than an laterview Collector Casey gave vent to state- ments and opimions which may be of some interest, LOUISIANA POLITICS, Question—Row about the next gubernatorial election in your State, Mr, Uasey, and who are likely to be the republican candidates? Answer—Is is not likely that Mr. Kellogg will re- coive the nomination, wll hold, however, a@ the Executive of the State, a vast deal ef power im deciding who sbali be the pext Governor. Under the election iaws of Louisiana the Ex tive is all powerful in sach matters. Mr. West Whose term expires in the Senate in 1816, woul: luke to receive the no: od y be @ Came ma, tion, however, im didate., He only desir order to pave his way to the Senate again, Be- tween West and Kellogg there is no amicable feeling, as both are after the same place, West, in consequence, will bave @ diMcult job of it. Keliogg 18 Bot an e@Xtraordinary man tor an emergency, bat he is abie, wiry and usually man- to take good care ef hitasolf in toe end, P rd, the abiest and strongost ef the party and the leader oi the whole business, may stand for the governorship. It he goes before the con- vention he wil receive the nomination. uestion—What conditions would Mr. Kellogg neliely to want or expect in that event Answer—Well, the chances are that whoever receives the nomination will use his influence to send Mr. Kellogg te the Senate, He desizes to go there, and that will be the price charged for using his Bxecative influence in securing the election of the republican candidate. “It nas been iotimated that you desired to goto the Senate yourself, Mr. Casey,’’ was bloted, Coliector—That is # mistake, At one time the democrats might have aided me to the positton, but a8 ® supporter Of the administration this would have placed me in an equivocal light, and I could not accept I! success had beem certain. I Bate no thought of the Senate and no desire to go here. Question—What of Pineuback’s chances for ad- session ? mission at the next Answer—None whatever. Your conservative Northern Senators are somewhat particular as to their association. Piacnback, [+think, will kept dangling on until tue end of the Wheu he and ois case will be dismissed, Qnestion—Wnat is your opinion of the republican party belog able to Carry the next gabernatoriat election in Louisiana ? Answor—That depends upon the tleket, We certyiniy have @ majority iu the State and shouk carr) it, altaougn L discover that there is a much better ‘eeling among the planters awd their labor- th." year than ever before. Ifthe tioket is not @ Sirol one the planters may be avie to controls good deal of the republican yote. Last year the election was uniair, The pogroes were intimt- dated beycnd doubt, amd tue ballot boxes were stuffed. Tue fluence of the presiding Executive counts for u great deal under existing electi laws, and the State will go repubiican unless alfatrs are badly managed. Question—You don’t moan to say thatthe Re turning Board will attempt anything like the gaine they played iast year, do you? Answer—I'hore may be n0 Occasion for that The Returoiny Board mavaged things badly time. They gave republican raajorities were they should have returned cewocratic majorities and vice versa, But the same power Still existe, and the State should go repubitcan. Question—How dees Mr, Kellogg stand affected toward the colored element of the party, and hew do the conservatives and demoorais jingle at the present time + Answer—It can be said upon the frst point that the feeling between Mr. Kellogg and colored re- publicans 18 not good. Both are on the defensive; both wish all they can command. Antoine will again eeek the second piace upon tho ticket, and it may be necessary to conciliate nis race. Ag to the conservative republicans and democrate— fast and leose politicians and last ditchers—tnero seems to be @ break there aiso. Warmeth wil endeavor wo get back tuto the repablican ranks, probably av a member of the Legisiature from some parish with which he will identify himself, Sheridan will go with the democrats, if he goes tay of their not democi ats. ey are both Blirewd men and capital Workers, 0 The iast ditchers may not wis) suoh as they control, which may throw them into the repubit. oan party. “Yes,” remarked the News represeatative, “out notwithstanding all their smartness, they would probably not ve abie to carry anything over with | them, so that might do your party no good,” “No, bat they could do the democrats @ deal harm,” sagely observed the Collector, - FEDRRAL PATRONAGE 1N TRXAS, “dt bas been intimated, Mr. Casey,’ interro. gated the News represeniative, “that you i some claims to the dispensation of federal pa tronage in vhis State. What trath is there in that?" “Not “T never bad anya todo with Texas or Texas affairs, and never desired to. i TOM OUHILTRER AND BOULDS BAKER both came to me at my room im Washington and solicited my Influence, L refused botn, ag [ bad no business in your State and bad enough to do with my own atlairs.”" “HOW about that letter of yours which it Is sald ex-Govervor Dayis bas in kis possession, treating upon this matter ?-sald the News representative “Governor Davia has no letter of mine tn ni Possession,” suid Mr. Casey, ‘and nevor had. I Temember beiyg at Austin in the yoar 1871, I think. At that time tere was a plan under con- sideration to ally Ave States together In solid pnalaux and working order, so that they might domand irom the federal government a fair pro portion of CONSULAR AND FORRIGN MISSION. APPOINTMENTS. These States were Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas, Colonel Carter drew up the ekeletoo of thls scheme for presentation rt word,”’ said the Collector. | to Governor Davis, and Raving done so tao rather an legible hand, be asked me to transcribe it ior im. ‘TaisT did, aad that ts all the caligrapny of mine whion ever Governor Davis possessed. I had nothiag to do with federal patronage in Toxag ® §>weed, Was not even my own com- positiow.* FEDERAI. POLITICS—THK THIRD TERM, Question—How do you regard President Grant's lever? 1 notice that the London Times in an article upon it construes it literally, Answet—Ana that is correct, President Grant + 4 i meant juss what id. ‘The Presi very ireely to me, and | know that tin s ing states procisely his sentiments, Me nas no desire to be a candidate agai: He does not wish @ third term. Bat if he is regardea by his party as the most available man he will serve another term. ‘Toat 18 President Grant's position, He dees not wish the office again, bul will uccept it if the fas the party or the country require it at his Question—Who are, among other republican Ukely to be taken up should circumstances nece! sitate the retirement of General Grant? Answer—Well, there are several prominent nam There is Senator Morton. He would pe & strong man Of bis health. He is lable to go off at any tim how: ; Aud people are Dot willing to take th chauces upon sucha candidate, The second ‘the ticket Is usually a Agurehead, a Would be unwilling for the reins of government fall into his haads. That goos aga) Then thore ig Washburne, who | sirong wan with the German éiement in the West, in conseauence of kis course during the He would be expected to unite thas vote for the party. Then there ig jalne; but he spoiled Bis chances py his wishy Washy course during the last session of Congress— first conservative, and then violently radical, and then sonservative again. He stands no s in te Souto. Bristow would be a strong man but for bis late tgp with the Waiskoy men, although that act ought to sivongthon him with the couns try. Yet tho whiskey men are wealthy, and will spend thelr money freely in dghting Bristow, Question—Wnat show has Vice President Wil- som got? He has been considerably around lately, Answer (very Stee on ly) —Not the remotest, He hasn't got ihe ghost ora chance, He 1s out of tha ring altogether. “#30 It is posslbie, Under these circumstances, irant may be regarded as the most avall- able mak jor nomination by the party,” said the News representative, “itis quite jikely,’’ said Collector catey. “In- dood, Word @ Noniination to take piace at the pros- ent time, It would be diMcult to say where else the party could go for a candidate. ide GUrantdoes not desire the noniination, but, i have aiready stated, he will accept it if required of him, His letter is to be construed literally." “Who of the republican party co you regard as the strougest man in the Senth ?’’ was finally aa! “Well, [should say that, with the exception of President Grant inset, Ws Bristow wos,’! said the Collector, “But the wiiskey men are likely to prove trouviesome to bins.” Finally, Mr, Gasey remarked that he had no dee [CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE.1