The New York Herald Newspaper, November 30, 1875, Page 4

& THE BANK SCARE. ‘A Run on the North River and Frank- lin Savings Banks. | Other Institutions Slightly Affected. Interesting Opinions of Bank Presidents. THE SUSPENDED INSTITUTIONS. During the whole of yesterday there were rumors Maat a heavy onslaught was being made on savings banks in this city, Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Jersey City. In fact, the reports made it appear that a worse panic bad overtaken the banks than the most disas_ ‘trous ever before experienced. It was found, however, ‘Dy inquiries at the various offices that no serious trouble wither existed or was anticipated. There were only Swo institutions tn New York discovered in which the number of depositors present gave indication of Bpy alarm. These were the North River and West Side savings banks. At both these there were congregated @ large number of people anxious to take their money into their own keeping. Both, however, are consid- ered to be perfectly sound institutions, ana from their Jast published statements show @ good line of securi- ‘ties and a capacity to fully meet all demands. The weaker banks, which are considered by the Bank Super- Antendent to be on the eve of suspension, were not thronged by their creditors, and the total amounts ‘withdrawn from them were but little in excess of the usual daily outgoings, while many new accounts were pened. There was, however, an unmistakable un, ®asiness manifested in regard to all savings banks, The sums withdrawn from the several institutions, howe were found to only aggregate from $2,000 to $5,000 over the general daily average. That there is among the banks an apprehension of possible panic cannot be @enied, But the universal opinion appears to be that Mt would be better forthe sound banks as well as for the public that the weak banks, which have not enough deposits to do a paying business, should Row be closed and leave only sound institutions, The umber of savings banks is greatly in excess of the de- q@and. By their weeding out public confidence will, it Js contended, be restored, The State bank examiners, ‘under the direction of the Supermtendent, have been making thorough investigations during the past two months, and the results are daily looked for in applica- Jions to the courts for the appointment of receivers, ‘THE EAST SIDE BANKS were visited individually yesterday, and generally but little excitement was noticed among them. In no tingle instance was there found any crowd of depositors seeking their money, although there were noticed in | many instances a slight excess over the number of ap- plicants usually found THE BOWERY SAVINGS BANK ave no indication of any uneasy feeling among its de- positors. The President, Mr. Samuel T. Brown, stated that they bad experienced no run and did not anticipate | ny, There had, however, occurred several instances re depositors had withdrawn their balances, owing, | Moubtless, to the uneasy feeling which generally | revuiled. He was of the opinion that the weaker, Smaller banks would have to succumb, and it would be ‘Detter that they should do so and so tree the air. Their closing would be a benefit to the public. His bank, he said, bad not availed itself of the sixty days’ clause and did not intend to do so. ‘THE BOND STREET SAVINGS BANK. ‘There was no extended scene in regard to this bank. ‘The President stated that there had been withdrawn during the day between $5,000 and $6,000. The usual daily outgoing is about $1,500 to $2,000 Many new deposits were made. This bank in its last January Htatement showed that it had an excess of assets over liabilities of $179,716 Ol. THE WLEECKER STREET BANK, of, as it is officiaily called, “The Bank for Savings in the ‘City of New York,” showed not the faintest signs of trouble. This is the oldest bank in the city, and has a surplus of more than $2,000,000 over and abeve all lia- Dilities. ‘The Broadway Savings Institution, the Dry Dock ae Institution, the Citizens’, the Emigrant Indus- ‘trial Savings Bank Were all visited, but nothing out of | the ordinary business was done. There was, it was Baid, only an occasional depositor or two who wished to draw out bis balance, which was promptly paid over, ‘In many cases these were an hour or two afterward re- deposited. They had none of them availed themselves of the sixty day rule, The East River Savings Institution had, said the off- cers, experienced no run and did not expect any. Jeventh Ward ings Bank and the German wings Bank had experienced no run, neither had jarlem, the Institution for the Savings of Merchants’ Clerks or the Manhattan. In fact, for the most part th eilices of the east side banks appeared to be almost weserted, and where there were any withdrawals it was one quietly and with but little show. THE MUTUAL BENEFIT BANK, ‘which suspended on Saturday tast, still remains closed and considerable doubt exists whether it will ever be Fesuscitated. There were no new developments yester- @ay. ‘THE THIRD AVENUE BANK. Mr. Carman the present receiver, still remains in possession. The order for his removal had not been Berved on him upto tive o'clock yesterday afternoon. ‘One carious fact was ascertained yesterday which may cause some diflicalty and a possible further loss to the depositors. This 1s that the bond for $115,000, given ‘tothe trustees to make up the deficiency atter the last Yun on the bank in 1872, is said vo contain a clause pro- ‘viding that payment should not be claimed from the trustees until 1863. The interest on this bond. it is has always been promptly paid over. The re- tention of the present building and assistants is en- Railing a cost of about $50 a day, which has to come @ut of the depositors’ funds. TRE SECURITY BANK. A meeting of the directors of the Security Bank was Meld iast night in the bank building, corner of Thirty- fourth street and Third avenue. It was determined mot to take any action with regard to the closing or Fesuscitation of the bank until the wishes of the bulk largest depositors had been consulted, This will ‘be at once done. THE PEOPLE'S BANK wemained closed all yesterday, and apparently without en the janitor in the offices, for no admission could obtained. No statement of the actual condition of Affairs is obtainable, but the reports circulated in this | yesterday tend to the belief that the dividend Jikely to be realized by the depositors will be a small | One, unless the trustees decide to pay over @ much Jarger sum than their bond calls for. NORTH RIVER SAVINGS BANK. On Saturuay morning the run commenced on the Worth River Savings Bank, southeast corner of Thirty street and Eighth avenue, continued up to three | g’clock in the alternoon, ahd commenced again @s soon as the bavk opened in the evening, from six to nine o'clock. Thirty-five thousand dollars were paid out on Saturday to depositors, and JS was estimated last cvering that $45,000 would be the extent of the amount paid out yesteraay afternoon é there ‘were a dozen person or more be and after them cume crowding hundreds of ethers. ‘The clerks were kept busy paying ‘@pplicants ull day. At three o'clock in the after- noen the doors were closed and all inside were re. juested to remain and receive their money, whatever amount might be. Atsix o'clock in the evening the bunk opened aguin and up to nine o'clock last night four clerks were kept busy paying pplicants as fast as they came. There were three Policemen in the building keeping order, but there did ‘ot seem to be much necessity for them, as everything oceedea along in a quict, orderly manner, The | resident, Mr. John Hooper, ‘of No. 374 West Thirty- ‘Aitth street; the Vice President, Mr. itiam B. stafford, of No. 320 West TwWenty-ninth street, and the Keoretary, Mr. James 0. Bennett, of No. 283 East Fitly-seventh strect, as well’ as a number | ©f the directors, were present during the day and evening. They were all unanimous in stating that the Dank would be able to pull through any run that might eome on it, no matter how long it lasted. The Secretary, Mr. Bennett, stated that the bank has mow about $60,000 surplus, that all ity assets are | immediately available, and can be sold to-day at a | protit of from tive to ten per cent over their actual cost, | ‘On Saturday morning last au est)maie was made, and 48 was tound that the bunk held £425,000 due depositers, | fend that there were 5.700 depositors. The total | HenaLp representative | he was in power there, | others to suffer for them, So far as such men are con- | | cerned, their depositors will be paid, so far as their NEW YORK HERALD; TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, ‘1875.—TRIPLE concerning the bank's future course, he was sure that the demands during the re not ouve-half what they had been on other days before the bank troubles were made known, The calls for money been slightly more than the average during the past month, though there was no aj ce of excitement among those who called to withdraw portions of their deposits. They had often paid out over $125,000 in a day when there was no excitement, and yesterday he was sure they had not paid out more than $60,000, ‘THE DOWNTOWN BANKS. The various downtown banks were visited by & eh view to ascertain whether the recent suspension of various small sav- ‘ngs banks in Third avenue and elsewhere would be likely to cause uneasiness among the depositors in the national banks and in any way embarrass their busi- ness. The first institution visited was the Na- tional Park Bak, opposite St. Paul’s church, on Broadway. There was visible here no signs of any- thing more than the ordinary business; (be clerks were busy im their several departments, and the throng of men gomg in and coming out was the usual exhibition ona busy day. The President of the bank assured ‘the Hegatp reporter that he had heard of no commo- tion whatever among the national banks. ‘‘In fact,” he said, “every man familiar with banking affairs in this city knows that the liquidation of the smaller sav- ings banks was only aquestion of time, I do not be- lieve the announcement created surprise among bank officials, My opinion is that it will not create a ripple of excitement among the large and sound savings banks, as their condition is well known to the depositors and their securities could be converted into cash at an early moment.” The President of the Chatham National Bank, in Broadw: Opposite the Western Union Building, said:—There is no excitement about the petty bank- Tupt savings institutions in regular banking. circles, Our business goes on as usual, and it is perheps better for the mercantile community that all the speculative concerns started three or four pe ago should be wound up, so that the people may know that the banks whieh bave survived the late severe crisis are more worthy of confidence than ever.” THE NATIONAL MANK OF COMMERCE, atthe corner of Nassau and Cedar streets—opposite the old Post uffice—was next visited, aod the veteran President, Mr. Vail, said to the reporter:—~‘Instead of an evil, the present troubles of the unsound savings in- stituions will result in great good. They have been the mushrooms, the outgrowth of @ pernicious speculative stem, started primarily to entrap the unwary and to foster the schemes of the Tweed Ring. They took risks outside of their legiti calling, and the result is tuo well known, 'e have never done business with them, and I have ulways ip- checks. Ido mot think their closing will have the slightest effect on our national banks.” r. Philo C. Calhoun, President of the Fourth Na- tional Bank, at the corner of Pine and Nassau streets, said:—"We have never done business with the banks mentioned as being in distress, except when, in the ordinary course, we have made loans on good and sound collateral, the ‘same as with our usual customers. I hear of no cxeitement of any kind in regular banking circles.” ‘The Gallatin, Chemical, Bank of New York, Mechan- ies’ National and other institutions of like ‘character reported the same state of affuirs, and the officers con- nected with the institutions reflected the views reported above. ‘THE BROADWAY BANE. Areporter called at the Broadway Bank, and found there Mr. Charies Burkhalter, one of its directors, in charge. In anawer to numerous inquiries concerning the condition of bis own and other banks, including those for savings, he spoke generally as follows:— “Se far as our own bank 13 concerned, I can say of a certainty that there bas been no intimation of even the least uneasiness among the depositors, for the simple reason that there is not the slightest occasion contined to the small banks, mainly such as Tweed secured charters for from ‘the Legislature while For such banks there was not the slightest need in the first place, and secondly, | some of them were not managed as a bank should be to secure safety to its depositora There was the Man. ufactarers and Builders’ Bauk, in Third avenue, that loaned over $200,000’ to Henry Clews on peculiar Southern ‘securities, when no well managed bank would have loaned anything on them. ‘The fact is, these banks that have failed and shown disgracefal conditions are or were the banks which were organized by politicians and others | who knew nothing of banking, and they | resulted in grievous loss, even when had in their direction such good men as Henry J. Purcell and his brother. Such men in the im control, and they lost money rather than permit meaus’ will go. banks are not going to seriously aftected by the failure of the little nondescript concerns that never had any standing among the sub- | stantial banks. The security is to take the legal sixty days’ time for payment and I think that depositors will get their money, One of the trustees told me as much the other day, and I have entire confidence in his declarations As far as the affecting of the old recognized savings and other banks is concerned, all fear of arun on them is over. ‘Then, again, the men’s Savings Bank and the Irving are not going to be at all affected by the trouble in the little banks, | that are and always havo repute. The Mutual Bank has stopped, but I am as- | sured that the depositors will be paid. The bank to render it wise to continue longer. is very much like a newspaper it Costs just about so much money to run it, whother it does a large or # small business, and if the business is too small to cover expenses it must either stop or some- body must suffer loss. Another feature of the banking case is this:—Property—that is, real estate—that was worth $15,000 some time ago, when, perhaps, $10,000 was loaned upon it, would not to-day, | in many instances, bring the amount of the loans,’ even at private sale. Right there is where a great deal of the troable lies. In my estimation, the estimated value of real estate {s, in ery many Cases, even now, far too high. Poor people cannot afford to pay rents sufli- | cient to return a protit on the investment, | at the rates asked for it, and therefore it must come | down toa level with the existing conditions in other interests. When that needed condition shall have been reached there will be a better basis for loans, and if business shall improve sufficiently to warrant’ an ex- tension of loans then the present peculiar conditions will be improved. As they are, however, the old, well organized banks, whether banks for savings or others, will be found sale. IMPORTRRS AND TRADERS? BANK. Calling at the Importers and Traders’ Bank, the re- rter was introduced to its President, Mr.’ Charles uell, and on the object of bis visit having been etated in a series of questions, the courteous official responded substantially as follows:—‘Our own bank does not | realize any of the fevling of uneasiness which | we are told, pervades the community in relation to | banking institutions generally, The banks that have one down were ulways weak and badly managed. They ought to have gone down betore; but better now than later, In fact, so far as these suspended banks are concerned, 1 would not have known of either their existence or failure, so far as any regu- | lar banking business is concerned, were it not for the New York Heratp, The bank, which claimed to be bank of issue and deposit, was not known at the | Clearing House, and, of ‘course, had no stand ing there, tor their business, such of it as was regular, was done through some other recog. | nized mstitution. In short, genuine banking business | will not suffer by the failure of any of the banks that | have failed, but will in the hereafter be benefited by | the experience the public has had of unneeded, irregu- | lar concerns.” A bank, im fact, ‘THE CHEMICAL BANK. structed our tellers to be careful in accepting their | tions in the City of Churches. for it The trouble has been and is ulmost entirely | cided to undertake the task of conducting the case for they | the State. banks I have referred to were overpowered by others | the Civil Remedies bill a question is involved whether The older, larger and regularly | considers he has materii | reporter yesterday that he desires to interpose no bar | | | been without good | privilege to use, of questioning the eonstituuonality of | stopped, not because of any serious loss through mis- | management, but because it did not do business enough | pellion. These laws leave it optional with the establishment; | $40,000 of the depositors’ money for the eroction of the bank building, but I did receive $6,000 im cash, $4,000 in secarit held by the bank, which would have been worthless, but which I turned into account during the construction of the building, and the equity of $7,000 in two parcels of estate, which were subject to mortgages of $19,000, for which I paid the bank $26,000, making a total of the amount I received $17,000° Alter this I made a do- nation to the bank of $5,000 by receipting on iy bond against the bank that amount, along with $1,250, which the trustees had paid in to increase the assets for the benefit of the depositors. The bank now owes me $11,500, secured by bond and mortgage upon the build. ing, showing that I have invested that amount together with the $5,000 already mentioned; $500 paid for plans and superintending, and, with other expenses, making # total of $18,000, 'I did this to give the bank # more prominent position, to strengthen it with depositors ‘and to influence others to patronize it and make it suc- cessful, During my carcer us President 1 have never re- ceived one dollar for my services or time, Had the Third Avenue Savings Bank not failed I am certain we would have gone along prosperously, As tor Mr, John G. Cary, the Vice President, who is mentioned as the person who painted the bank, he received his contract for that work from Mr. Gregory, the carpenter who did the wood work in the building. Mr. Cary was not em- ployed by the bank, but, om the contrary, donated work, pencilling and ormamenting the front of the bank gratuitously. On the 18th of October the tollow- ing persons, trustees of the bank, contributed cach $250 to increase the assets:—Messrs, John B. Marre- cella, Jobn G. Cary, Henry McCullough, Francis Bless- img and John Dunkack, THOMAS GEARTY, NO CAUSE YOR ALARM IN BROOKLYX—WHO WOULD AND WHO WOULDN'T BEDUCE THE IN- TEREST. It may be safely stated that the attempt ofa few weak-kneed Brooklyn savings banks to bring about a cv-operative movement with New York banks in favor of areduction of the rate of interest from six to five percent has properly and most lamentaply failed. There exists more or less uneasiness, however, among the less intelligent class of small depositors with reter- ence to the safety of reposing confidence in any institution in view of the five uator. i ks fear on the part of ti If there be cau: | Dak ofticials conceal it. Mayor Hunter, who is Treas- urer of the Dime Savings Bank, said that if the re- duction of the rate of interest were carried into effect. by Brooklyn banks the people would take out their money and place it in New York banks or invest it for themselves, which would be bad for both parties. The Dime Savings Bank has a surplus | of $507,661, which, His Honor states, enables them to make a fair percentage by proper investments, and still pay the usual interest rates. The olficers of the Ger- mania Savings Bank favor the reduction, as their carn ings do not justify more than five percent. They favor beginning {'om January 1, 1876, owing to the stagnation in business, THE BROOKLYN RING SUITS, PROCEEDINGS TO BE TAKEN THIS WEEK. ‘The determination to prosecute the members of the Brooklyn Ring having been settled tho next steps which, in the judgment of Mr. John &. Parsons, it may be proper to take, are anxiously awaited by the parties interested as defendants. Mr. Parsons has de- | the people, but he has not yet named the lawyers whom he intends to associate with him. He may select any one of three courses in instituting proceedings— by summons, by arrest or by attachment of property. A plaintiff has the right in # civil suit to select where the issue shail be tried, but not outside of the county where be or the de- fendant resides. In the present instance, as the people are the plaintifs and the State prosecutes, the venue can be laid in any county within It is understood from Mr. Parsons that he intends to select New York county and proceed in the first instance by attachment. In the interpretation of the State can institute a criminal suit. Prominent lawyers hold that it cannot, and that the duty rests with the District Attorney of thecounty. Mr. Parsons at hand to begin operations, and that it is of a sufficiently weighty character to justify him in going ahead. ‘THE DEPENDANTS UNCONCERNED, The partles who are to be implicated exhibit no visible anxiety about the result, Mr. Kingsley, who stands out prominently by reason of his widespread undertakings in one direction or another, told a HERALD | whatever in the way of the proceedings. He ts ready to file his answer in forty-eight hours after the com- plaint is furnished him. He disclaims any thought of | resorting to the technicality, which it might be his the Civil Remedies bill. He considers it abnormal | legislation and analogous in principle w that which | provoked Magna Charta and drove the colonies into re- | prose- cuting officer to try the caso in hand inany one of the several counties of the State. The people of Kings county are supposed to be the prosecutors, for they are the ones who must have suffered by the alloged frauds, and yet it is allowed that they shall not sit in judgment on the parties who are accused of hav- ing stolen their money. In the years prior to the Revo- lution men were taken from this country to England to De tried for offences committed in America, and Mr. Kingsley holds the principle is the same in both cases. However, he says, with an air of absolute resignation, | “To me it 1s a matter of indifference where the case is tried, My answer will be the same under any circum- stances, “All I desire is @ suspension of public judg- ment until the legal tribunals afford me a chance to be heard.” Commissioner Fowler said unless these suits, about | which so much has been said, are instituted without delay he shall take measures to stimulate their incep- tion, He wants the thing brought to an immediate | head and-finished one way or the other, The general | feeling among the persons implicated isto have the Proceedings hastened, Mr. Parsons says that as large ies move slowly, so with the case be has charge of. It involves a great deal of money and the complications | tn the matter are unusually numerous. THK LAW COMMITTEK of the Taxpayers’ Association are up to their eyes in | business. They have a good deal of material on hand, | but there js so much that is irrelevant and feeble that the tusk of separating the wheat from the chaff, and selecting just such facts as will stand the crucil of | legal inquiry, 18 neither light nor easy. | Sir. Parsons, however, will proceed with what he | has already, and by the end of this week the machinery of the Jaw will be in motion, THE HEMPSTEAD RESERVOIR. There will be o meeting of the Committee of the | Board of Aldermen on Law and Water and Drainage | this afternoon in the Brooklyn Common Council Cham- ber, when the report as to the advisability of authoriz- | ing the completion of the new storage reservoir will be | considered and acted upon. It will then be decided | whether the resolutions prepared by the committec shall prevail or not, The President of the Chemical Bank, Mr. John Q Jones, was called on, inquired of and responded that the Chemical had not in any way been aifected by the reports abroad threatening the condition of some of the smaller banks, wor did he _ believe that any of the and properly funded managed banks were likely to feel the pressure of any uneasiness in the public mind, otherwise, perhaps, than by having their line of deposits increased. Ho felt thatif the little banks that have gone down had closed their doors at mu time when there was a sharp demand for money, and the market was tight, they might "have had some effect upon the business of the time. But, as it was, with money more than easy, he could not see why the fate of such banks should effect anything 'Y, Of apy one other than those who had been s0 unfortunate as to place their money with them, EXAMINING THE CHARGES OF PERJURY AGAINST THE THIRD AVENUE BANK OFFICIALS, ‘The examination into the charges of perjury against the late officers of the Third Avenue Bank was taken up yesterday at the Fifty-seventh Street Police Court before Judge Duffy. The prisoners are John H. Lyon, Thompson W. Decker, David Morgan, Daniel Bates and | Wilham S, Carman. The complainant was Georgiana | ¥. Levien, a heavy depositor of the bank, who has | taken this as her method of punishing the accused for defrauding her of ber money by means of false and fraudulent statements of the bunk’s condition during the last year, | Charles W, Hassler, editor of the Weekly Financial | Report, was the firs¢ witness, and testified as an expert | regarding the value of the Southern securities held by | the bank. | Mr. Henry L. Clinton appeared for the accused and Ashbel #. Fitch for the complainant, Mr. Hussler read the quotations for the mouth of Junuary, 1876, as pub lished in the Weekly Chronicle, and suid they were cor assets of the bank ai timated at $979,194 29, | consisting principaily of first mortgages on improved Foal estate, United Siates, New York and Brooklyn city Donds; also $50,000 in Texas State bonds. The officers of the bank declare tl curities of the bank are | ell first class aud can be@® turned = imto ash at any moment. When the run commenced on Batarday the vank 4m available cash in its possession about $200,000 dl up to mine o'clock last night the had pee ut about $40,000, A meeting of the director ‘was held at President Hooper's house alter the bank ‘Dusiness was over to consider what should be done to- day. ‘THE FRANKLIN SAVINGS RANK, There was during the day an extra ruu on the Frank- Jin Savings Bank, but all the calls were met promptly, | there was less of excitement late in the afternoon | Shan during the earlier hours. | ‘TNE UNION DIME SAVINGS DANK. | There was @ rumor throughout the day that the | jon Dime Savings Bank had been subjected to “a yun’ by {ts depositurs, and a reporter was sent to make inquiry concerning it. The reporter found Mr. | G. 8. Chapin, one of the tounders of the bank and its se to inquiries he who had ree. During this month the the Third Avenue Bank made one of its, as alleged, fraudulent statements to the Banking Superintendent, The Louis o bonds were then quoted at 16 Alabama bonds of ‘96 ran fro ginia bonds, Known as the quoted at 31, o4 and 35. drawn no interest for several years, The witness said it was impossible to give from recollection the quota- tions of the Louisiana bonds for January, 1874. Geor- xia sevens of January, 1875, were qu ‘The quotations testified to by the witness were taken irom the Chronicle, and the value of the other secur ties held by the bank could only be had from the same source. The examination was here adjourned becaus of the absence of important witnesses, THE CENTRAL PARK BANK. New York, Nov. 20, 1875, To Tue Evrron ov tax HeRaLo:— 66's and '67's, were The Louisiana bonds have Knowing that it 1s your desire to do justice in all | cases, allow me to occupy a short space in your columns in reply to afew paragraphs which appeared in your issue of the 27th inst, in relation to the suspension of the Central Park Savings Bank, 1 never received | low from putting iuto operation the suggestions con- ted at 84 bid, | | ‘The substance of the resolution is as follows :— | The Board of Works are directed to advertise for | proposals for all excavation and other work to be done | outside the original water area ot 231 acres as shown | on the original map of Hempstead Reservoir and to | award the contract according to the require- ments of the Jaws regulating the awarding. of contracts. The Board of City Works are directed to cause the work to be done in strict confor- mity with the plans andestimates adopted, so that no additional work may have to be done and no extra expense incurred, and that the entire cost may not exceed the sum of $1,900,000, The ans, specifications and estimates annexed to the reso- | lutions aro declared approved, under the provisions of the Laws of 1875, provided the contractors will first enter into a bond with the city of Brooklyn in the penal sun of $250,000, with proper sureties in double | that amount, to’ be approved by the Mayor and Comptroiier, Itis also stipulated that the reservoir shall be fully Onisbed by the contractors for the sum of $600,000, including ull claims, and that the whole cost | Shall not exceed $1,90),000.' Final action cannot be taken by the Aldermen before the next meeting on Monday. VAGRANCY, JUDGE ¥FLAMMYR'S PLAN TO LESSEN THE EVIL. Judge Flammer has addtessed the following com- munication to the captains of the various precincts making returns to the Tombs Police Court:— Sim—In view of the benefit that would properly fol- tained in our annual report of last year im respect to vagraney, I respectiully send you the following extract | therefrom :— ‘The police officer making the arrest takes the offender to court, and ia most iu nee je to give any bat bi say evidence of his previuus arrest for the same offence of bis means. | The doormen attached to the several precinet station | houses receive all such persons to their cat One of the doormen of the station bouse, theretore, could give evidence of previous arrest in’ his own precinct and | also as to bis tueaus, In many eases this evidi with that of the arrestin, | of the bullet for us, as intimated in your letter to Mr. | with wickedly subUe thoughts therer | centives to murder in future (like that unfortunate Ab opportunity would thus be afforded to the magis- trates of imposing the statutory loug term of conte | ment. lt should be the study of every police | captain, sergeant and oificer, and the suggestions | | will no doubt meet thoir favor, ax it would, if adopted, eventually lessen their labor in every case where the | Appearance of the prisoner indicates that he has been | | addicted to habitual, excessive indulgence in strong | | drink and is without means of support, to make | | diligent inquiry for evidence to’ establish | theve facts im court ‘This class of es | | once effectuaily disposed of the labor of the | | magistrate would materially lightened and mueh valuable time which is now taken up with the hearing of these cas amination of other casi rially tend to suppres: which the public is constantly subjected by these idle persons travelling about without legitimate purpose. ight be bestowed upon the ex- | 1 may add, will mate- | practicable, as it appears to me to be, co-operate to ac- complish the end indicated. CHARLES A, FLAMMER, | I trust you will consider the above carefully, and If nice, wt least, to | THE JERSEY FOX HUNT. A FINE DISPLAY OF HORSEFLESH NEAR HACKEN- SACK—INAUSPICIOUS WEATHER AND DIS- APPOINTMENT. Another fox hunt was announced to take place yesterday, the meet to be in the vieimity of Hacken- sack, as on the two preceding occasions, There as- sembled, accordingly, at the Mansion House, atan early hour, a goodly number of well mounted, sturdy hunts- men, anxious to participate in the vigorous and manly sport, which promises soon to win the general recogni- tion and encouragement it deserves. It was expected by some that the President of the New Jersey Society to Prevent Cruelty to Animals would attempt to interrupt the amusement of the party, but no such effort was made, so without much ado tho hght hearted vacade proceeded checrily to the appointed spot, which is known by the inviting appellation of ‘THE BEAR'S NEST. As usual the hunting party was led by the veteran and popular sportsman, Mr. Joe Donahue, whose tive hounds followed in his wake, There were others who, though less known to fame, were not less eager for the chase and the exhilarating enjoyment it would pro- duce, Amongthem might be noted Mr. N. H. Frost, mounted on a splendid dark bay horse; Mr. Joha Ryan, who, by the way, deserves great credit for the interest he has taken in bringing about the meets; he was mounted on a handsome white hunter, which already done good service; Mr. W. H. Kirkland, of Hackensack; Mr. C. G. Sisson, of Demarest; Mr. H. Traphagen, of Jersey City; Mr. Cornelius Meyer: Hackensack; Mr. George ‘of New York; ‘Mr. James Gounoud, of New York; Mr, Jame Wilkin, of Paterson; Mr, Joe ‘Donahue, Jr.; Mr. i, 1 Andeson, of Hackensack; ex: Senator Lydecker, of Bergen county; Mr. 'Geerge Clements, of Englewood; Mr. Charles ‘Townsend, of Fairview; Mr. John Titus and Mr. M, Wegant, of Hack- ensack, and several others from the sal vicinity, Several well filled carriages and wagons accompanied the huntsmen to the scene of action, THY WEATHER was decidedly inauspicious, a strong, cutting wind blowing from the westward and giving rise to appre- hensions among those who knew but too well that this was oue of the worst elements that could mar the sport. ‘The hounds went to cover at Bear’s Nest about half- t eight o'clock, in charge of Messrs, Donahue and yan, All hands kept in close order, in momentary expectation of hearing the exciting and soul stirring music of the hounds, ready to bounce forward at the word, In this they were doomed to disappointment, for the wind howled and it soon became apparent that the chances of a hunt were poor in the extreme. But the undaunted Dona- hue did not relax his well-directed efforts. The neigh- borhood of the Bear's Nest was abandoned after over ‘an hour had been spent in search of a fox and the party took a spirited run to a place called THR IG SWAMP, where it was thought that better luck would brighten the prospects of the day and that Monsieur Reynard would afford some sort of an opportunity for a good hunt. But the swamp was scoured in vain, and even if the hounds had got upon the trail their warning cries could not have been heard. At one spot a fox hole was dug into with, however, no good result, and aiter still another unsuccessful effort in a different direc- tion the huntsmen were very reluctantly com- pelled to relinquish the sport. Nevertheless the day ‘was not atall devoid of pleasure, for what with jump- ing fences and extemporaneous racing between mem- bers of the party the disappointment in not securing the object of the chase was considerably mitigated. And it may be added that the genial spirits of those pregent were not at all dampened, many to whom the couhtry is well known asserting that the places visited abound in foxes, and instead of being discouraged aro bound to try another day. A vigorous and commenda- ble effort is being made to popularize the sport, and its devotees will doubtless soon have reason to be proud of their exertions. It is understood that in a few days a fox will be provided and bagged for a first class hunt, of which event due notice will be given, THE YOX HUNTERS’ REPLY TO MR. BERGH. To tux Epitor or tax Henaip:— Henry Bergh’s letter regarding fox hunting, and es- pecially the Hackensack meet last Monday, was, to use the mildest expression, intemperate, to say nothing in detail of his display of ignorance therein, for the size, the largest possible quantity. Indeed, of that part of his communication your editorial, “Ne Sutor Ultra Crepidam”’ has pretty well placed upon exhibition Mr. Bergh, Had you been with us last Monday to have heard and seen the welcoming of the farmers to the fox bunt- ers, their garden gates thrown open, or witnessed their demolition of numerous top rails, you would readily understand we received encouragement enough to still further continue in what we found to be capital sport, and you, perhaps, would have ex- perienced a promoter of health or assister in curing your frequent, nay, almost continuous, attacks of dysyepsia, which Jeave you ina most unamiable frame of mind; but we know, Henry Bergh, as the principal promoter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, you havea most eaviable reputa- tion. The poor, through ignorance, in their treatment of disabled or sick horses, and the rich, from avarice, in neglect of that superb’ creature, have been taught lessons of kindness by you, for which the public have bestowed upon your name’ an imperishable fame. If you still prosecute your good work, in its sphere, and do not enter the domain of folly or disturb innocent pleasure, such as the extermination of any creature whose existence is to be deplored, Tue fox is to be thus classified, for the farmers’ scanty poultry yards are nightly depleted by him, so please bury thethought Kinney, as desirable, for it is not probable the bullet will exterminate us; we ‘‘chuckle’’ at that idea, for the ditches, the “off and ons,” post and rails, &¢., are in- finitely more terrible. But ta return to your invitation to the farmers to murder us. Are not acts of lawlexs- ness too frequent now everywhere; and would not a murder thus committed be inexcusable, and in case of such an event would you not be held as an accessory ? ‘The laws of the State of New Jersey are most rigidly enforced. Woe betide the unhappy Bergh should her swift arm unerring fall upon him, for this, then, self-accusing epis Farewell, Henry Bergh. Farewell, and let not any hypocritleal frien jostie thy arm, encouraging thee to ite paragraphs Banish in. letter), for if youdo not the fox hunters, sanguinary fellows we, shall stand by the laws of New Jersey and see that justice, switt, sure, falls upon thy head, rich aud powerful though ‘thou be, as upon the poorest in the land; thas shall we offer ‘‘our perfumed bodies” as frankincense (and myrrh) if you like, to witness the exacting law and inhale ihe vitiated air of a stifling court- room, demanding that thy blood shall atone tor what thy mind has wrougnt entre nous. This, Mr. Bergh, is a sainple of your style of communication; bat we will try and be sensible, Mr. Bergh, even thougn addressing you, and frankly say you are doing incalculable injury to the society you represent by the frequency of your silly letters, not only upon this, but kindred subjects, Substantial men, once your adtirers, willingly put their hands in their pockets for your cause, now aro heéi- tating, lest their donations be diverted trom legitimate sources in your hands Beware, and “let well enough alone,” and, in all kindness, let us beg of you, for the sake Of your good cause, decline the position of cats- paw for designing men, claiming to be your friends, who, for some time past, have made you the laughing stock of all the people, and now in particular of Clarence Leney, Blusson, &o. THE FOX HUNTERS, New York, Nov. 19, 1 AN ENGLISHMAN’S VIEW OF THE CASE—MR, RERGH AND THE LONDON CLUBS. To tne Eprror oy tue Heraco:— | Being comparatively a stranger here I cannot claim | aa aright much either of your notice or space; but I | could not allow such a compliment tothe “average London tlubmen” as that which has emunated from the able pen of Mr. Bergh (whoever that individual may be) to pass without notice or acknowledgment, | Now, sir, it happens that 1 know something consider- able about these London clubs, and 1 bo'dly assert that | there are few gentlemen connected with them who would not wish to add their congratulations to mine, which I now tender you and the citizens of New | York upon the possession, in the person of | Mr. Bergh, of such a gigantic and scrupulously rofined intellect as that so magnificently displayed by him in his “invitation” to Jerseymen, How very | minute Mr, Dor nd the other gentlemen whose names were m ed must ow feel themsel be! I should say they will ail see the error 0! ways before Monday, and probably seek tleinan who has s0'suddenly and effectually opened their eyes the consolation to be found in the further exposure of those London club fellows! Seriously, Mr. Editor, I must to differ on all points with’ Mr, Bergh, and I question whether that | gentleman has ever visited London, or ever had tho pivasure of the smallest personal acquaintance, either of the gentlomen of the clubs, whom he 1s so hard upon, or those of the English press who “paint the during and exhilarating scones,” There is no lack of tuxes in nearly every county of England, and especially in the Eastern counties, where the idea of hunting a agged fox’ is almost if notentirely unknown—so | much for the foxes, Fox-hunting itsell’ js rece by the whole aristocracy of En; vigorating and manly of all outdoor recreations, and 20 fur from its patronage being confined to the upper classes, the very farmers themselves, whom Mr. Bergh appours to think #o deeply injured, are foremost in the sport, and when the bunt is over, instead of being customary to end the day ia a carouse, as ix inferred by Mr, Bergh, I venture to say the great majority of gen- tiemen who have indulged in the mount conduct them selves in such a manner as would not pat the | American to the blush, Occasionally, of course, there is an interloper of (L should ne) Mr, Hergh’s stamp, Who measures other peop cloth by their own yard stick, but not often, One word on the sub- | ot of “eruelty to animals.” I should be sorry to ad- | Vocate anything approwching th © aspe: | cies of vermin which it is necessary at any rate to keep down, and the process of hunting them down is certainly not so barbarous (looking wt it trom Mr. Bergh’s view) as trapping them, a common practice where they propagate too last, Ii Mr. Bergh wishes to | in the profession, SHEET. interest himself on tnis subject, 1 recommend to his notice sportsmen who angle with the worm, shoot the game, slaughter the fowl and pigs, &c. (to say nothing of vivisection), all of braces more suffering on the part of the unfortun cerned than the death of the fox, Iam, ‘Naw You, Noy, 27, 1876, HAND BALL. THE CHAMPION MATCH DECIDED—CASEY THE WINNER. Purapetruta, Nov. 29, 1875, ‘The last games ofthe hand ball match between Philip Casey, champion of the United States, and Frank Burke, the champion of Philadelphia, were played here to-day, in the court governed by John Miller and James Nellis, No, 913 Carpenter street. As reported in the Hekarp at the time the first four games of the match for $200 were played at the Brooklyn court, corner of Hoyt and Douglass streets, over which Mr. Casey is governor, the United States champion giving his opponent ten points in each game, The resultof that portion of the match was four games to Casey for two to Burke, leaving Casey a three games to insure the victory, and Burke ve. Play was commenced before a large numper of spectators from New York, Brooklyn nd this city at half-past two P. M., when Burke won the toss and took his first hand, making 2 points, Casey followed, making 6 points. Burke then made 3, and was followed by Casey, who made 5. The game was then finished by. Burke, who, with the 10 points given, made 21 to Casey's 18, In the second game Casey secured his 21 points to Burke’s 15. ‘The third game stood, Casey 21 to Burke’s 19, ‘The fourth game showed Casey 21 to Burke's 16, giv- ing Casey the match of the first 7in 13 games and the money," The result in both cities stands as follows: — Casey—T games. Burke—3 games. Burke’s friends are not satistied with the result, and they have matched him to play Casey again, Casey to use only his right hand. THE GAMES IN BROOKLYN YESTERDAY, A four-handed game of handball was played at Casey’s Racket and Handball Court, corner of Hoyt and Douglass streets, Brooklyn, yesterday, in the presence of @ large number of professionals, and was by them said to be the best contested and most exciting game ever played in a racket court, The contestants were James Casey (brother of the champion) and Andrew Henderson against Richard Townsend and Michael Doheny. The men are all noted as experts in the game, and they, as will be seen, sustained their reputa- tions, As the men entered the court, dressed in their tights, a round of hearty applause came from the lery, and during its continuance they tossed for choice of inning. Casey winning the toss, took the ball, and after some severe serving scored 4 aces, after which he retired in favor of Townsend, who sent his partner to do the serving of the ball. Doheny, whois one of the most powerful hitters known to the gume, scored 8 aces be- fore retiring. His partner then went to service, scoring 2, during which Henderson showed excellent judgment and fine play. The marker now called the game as 10 for Townsend and partner to 4 for Casey and part- ner, Henderson taking the ball again scored 6 after fine play, and Casey going to service, and after some remarkably fine undernand play by Doheny, scored 5 and retired. The marker now called the game as 15 for Casey and partner to 10 for Townsend and Doheny then went to service again and scored 4, when Townsend went in, and after promising to close the first gaine before retiring, did so, in some of the most exciting play ever witnessed, the score standing 21 to 165 in favor of Townsend and partner. SKCOND GAM. Townsend continuing his service scored 5 before leaving, and Henderson, taking the ball and warming to his work, succeeded {n serving 7 before any were re- turned and adding 4 more to bis count. Casey now taking the ball was looked to for @ “loi score’? b; the excited spectators, and thoy were not disappoin: for he added 8 to his partner’s 11 before _retirin, ps standing 19 for Casey and Henderson to’ fo ‘ownsend and Doheny, r oheny then, after serving as usual, retired by Henderson, in a good’ short play off ‘the ace line, scoring only 1, and Townsend was retired after scoring 4. Henderson then took the ball and ran out the game, the score standing 21 for Cusey and partner to 10 for Townsend and partne 7 were now offered on Casey and purtn ers. ids of 10 to , with no tak- ‘THIRD GAMx. Henderson continuing at gervice, the third game of the match was commenced with a score of 3 for him, Doheny now went to service, and changing to deliver- ing from left to right, scored 4. Hendorson, on taking his hand showed that he began to fecl some trouble from Doheny’s hard play, but was still confident of su cess, and added to his score until he counted 12. After a long play on both sides without important resulta, Casey got in a good right hand hit and fetched the ball to the bottom brick, causing great commotion in the gallery. Townsend now taking his hand scored 3, leaving the game at 15 for Townsend and Doheny to 3'for Casey and Henderson, Casey then began some really brilliant service, and scored 7 before retiring, for one of which he torced the ball out into the galler; much to the surprise of the spectators there, Hende son now took the ball, and with lightning like delivery, scored the remaining 11 and closing the game, which lelt them 2 tol. FOURTH GAM. After a few minutes for reireshments, the fourth game was commenced by Henderson, who scored 1, Doheny following and making 9, was stopped by Hen: derson, Towasend then took the ball and followed with 4, leaving the game at 13 for Townsend and Do- heny to 1 for Casey and Henderson. Then followed a score of 6 for Townsend and 3 for Doheny, making the required 21, to 8 for Casey and Henderson, ¥IVTH AND Last. Standing two and two, the contestants entered upon the fiith aod last game of the match with all possible yigor and caution. Doheny continued his hand from the other game, and made 4 before he wae stopped b Henderson's corner play. Henderson followed wit 7 wces and retired on a bad miss, Game, 10to 4. Doheny resumed, and, with bard work, scored until the game stood 10 and 10, Townsend then scored 3, without a return, when some remarkable play followed, the ball remaining up for fully four minutes,-and, coming down, leit the game at 15 to 10 fn. yor of Townsend and Doheny. Henderson ow, | by angular tossing scored 3, and Casey followed until the game was called up at 15, when he made two more and retired, All the men now showed signs of weak- nes#, but the game was continued by Doheny, who scored 2, and the game was up even again at 17. Town- send took the bail, and, after looking for a vacancy, scored 1 and was returned by Casey; but Doheny com: img to the rescue, soon put an end to it, Townsend | scoring 2, which gave his side 20, Henderson took the | ball, saying he would finish the game; but he did not, for he was Chicagoed, and Casey getting the ball, scored 1. Doheny then took the bail, and scoring 1, closed what was declared to be the most exciting match ever played in taut court, ‘Time of gamo 2b., 30m, Townsend. / Doheny. STendersok | 21 18 | a 8 Filth game.. 18 | Wai sccoee ry DEERFOOT DRIVING PARK, TWO TROTTING CONTESTS—ALICE AND WILLIAM BR. ROBERTS THE WINNERS, Two trotting events were decided at the Deerfoot Driving Park yesterday afternoon. The first was a sweepstakes of $75, in which road horses from Cavar- sic were entered. The sorrel mare Alice won the race, which was mile heats, in harness, ‘The second event was a match of $50 between J. T. Slane’s bay mare Love, in Karness, and L. Carey's | gray gelding, William R. Roberts, to wagon, mile heats. There was but little betting, the few pools sold muking the gelding the favorite. Love captlred the first heat in 2:58'4, beating Roberts under the wire half a length only. The'second and third heats were close, Roberts winning both in excellent time, consider- ing the day and track, The latter was very ‘slow, and a suit breeze along the backstretch cut the faces of horses and drivers like a knife. SUMMARY. Desnvoor Drivixe Park, Parxvintr, L. 1, Nov, weepstukes of $73; mile heats, in’ barn catch weights, Match, $50; mile heats. | 1. Carey's gr, g Wm. Bt, Roberts, to wagon... 2 1 1 J.T, Slane’s b, m. Love, in harnesw,..... is ‘rim, Quarter, Maly. ‘ 1 Second heat. Third heat. ST. ANDREW'S DAY, This being St. Andrew's Day the members of the St. Andrew's Society of New York will dine this | (Tuesday) evening at Delmonico’s, Fitth avenue and | Fourteenth street, 4 Houghton is to be the guest of the society on th cusion, Mr, Robert Gordon, the president, will preside, ‘ HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS. A meeting will be held to-night at the Union League ‘Theatre, by prominent members of the medicai pro- fession, in consequence of the recent action of the Board of Managers of the Presbyterian Hospital, in the matter of failing to reappoint cortain members of the tnedicitt staif, against Whom no charges were preferred, It is claimed that this procedure is injurivus to the suc cess Of bospitals in their bevel t work. The ques. tion is an important one and bas excited great interes el DOCK DEPARTMENT. CONTINUATION OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE'S TNVESTIGATION—THE CRUMBLING PUERS, ‘The Senate Committee’s investigation was con- tinued yesterday at the Fifth Avenue Hotel by Senator Booth, the Chairman, assisted by the counsel of the committee, Mr. John I. Davenport. Mr. Burnham, bookkeeper to the Dock Department, being called, submitted a statement showing that in May, 1873, the Fulton Market Fishmongers’ Associa- tion executed @ contract for dredging between piers 22 and 23 East River for the sum of $1,500, In July follow- ing the dredging between Thirty-seventh and Thirty- eighth streets, North River, was done by Edward Fague, at the rate of 25 cents per yard. In September, 1873, the Old Colony and New York Steamship Com- panies removed, by dredging, from the slip between piers 28 and 29 North River, 16,400 cubic yards, each company paying one-quarter of the cost, No dredging has been dono at the foot of Fifteenth street, East River, sinee the organization of the Dock De- partment. The pier erected by the department at the foot of Fifteenth street, North River, proved to be comparatively useless on account of the insufficient depth of water there. The department having but two small machines, contracted with Morris & Co, to do the necessary dredging at this place for the gross sum of $4,680, The whole number of cubic yards which had been dredged from the slips at the White Star Com- egy gig the tapes have nad possession of the Premises 1s 30,450, at three separate dredgings. William 0, Stoddard testitied that was for two years clerk in the Engineer’s office of t! jock Depart- ment, and had left it last month. xplained the manner in which bills were received and audited in that office, The Assistant byte pd when he found that bills were correct, signed then, then they passed to tho Chief Engineer, General Graham, who tried to con- sider, personally, each account separately, if he could find time to do so. he had occupied Wilham Radenhurst swore that Stoddard’s place since the latter left it, He was formerly connected with the works at the foot of Canal street, the foundation of which work was under his pervision; Mr. McDonald was there to act the double capacity of diver and foreman of masons; January last tne latter was sent down in submarine armor to ascertain if the concrete was setti aud he reported that at the sides of th caisson 1t was not so hard as in the centre; the con- crete was crumbling off at the edges; when a shutter was removed, McDonald and afterward reported that a portion of the cement was crumbling below the formation level, but that above it was bard; this was reported to MMi Buren, and also, the witness believed, to Genoral Graham; this slight imperfection in the concrete was looked upon as being no material damage to the bulk- head, The deponent kept a record, or log of the work, in which all the reports made to him were entered, frvelice a was occasionally examined by General jrabam. Jobn Henry Rogers testified that he had Leen fore- man of the work at the Canal street section since June, 1874; in his opinion the work might have been don better; on the north section of the dock the granite blocks were placed in a week or ten days after its com- pletion; no cracks were observable in the cdncrete ‘until some eighty or one hundred tons of granite and rubble blocks were overlaid upon it; the crack ap- peared to have been produced by placing the granite ee ei im position too soon and over a “green”? wall ‘Thomas Davis, captain of the ten ton derrick, testi- fled that he assisted in placing on the ‘‘green’’ wharf about eighty or ono hundred tons of material; he did so by order of McDonald. W. MoClay testified to having been fortwo years assistant engineer of the Dock Department; he super- vised the measurement of stone received there; the examination of stone for pier No. 1 North River was also conducted by Colonel Mechan, who attended to all the stone for the Battery bulkhead wall; the stone cutters employed there recetved $4 per day, but if they did Jess than @ fair day’s work—twelve feet—deduc- tions in proportion were made trom this rase of wages. Thomas Coultas watchinan; he remembered the placing of sume eighty or one hundred tons of fore and rubble blocks the concrete wall at ‘anal strect four days after this was completed, Joo! H. Barlow, a draughtsman, said he had been employed in the Dock Department’s map room; a good deal of private work was executed there while he was in that office; in two cases Mr, Keeler ae ny for tracings of piers; these drawings were made during office hours, THE STREET LAMPS. ‘Thomas O'Callahan, Superintendent of Street Lamps, testified that his department consists of himsel!, » clerk, a messenger and seven painters; the sulury' of witness is $2,750 per annum, with an additional allow- ance of $250 for a horse; his clerk receives $2,000 a year and the messenger $3 a day; there are 20,131 rect lamps in the city; witness had put up 371 w, and 181 old lamps Seven companies light the city’at the following yearly price per lamp:—The New York Gaslight Company, $28; Manhattan Company, $28; Mutual, $20 16; Metropolitan, $28 38; Harlem, $28; Westchester, $45, and Suburban, $50. When a lamp is removed ‘the gashght company in whose dis- trict it was receives $4 and $10 when it is put buck again. The department removed and replaced lamps once or twice; but never did so at the instance of auy liquor seller, itness—Boulevard lamps, double the cost of ordi- nary ones, are placed in front of some churches. COLONEL MEKHAN'S PURCHASES. At the conclusion of Mr. U’Cailahan’s testimony, Mf, John A, Wright stated that he represented Assistant Engineer Mechan, who had, he said, been very unjustly charged betore the committee with having received @ commission on the purchase of supplies tor the Dock Department. He stated the books of the firm of Benoit & Wood, from whom Colonel Meehan was alleged to have received the commission, when examined would show conclusively the falsity of the charge made against hi he demanded a thorough investigation of the matter. Commissioner Davenport said that he would begs the investigation of this aifur on Wednesday next. The committee then adjourned until ten o'clock A. M, to-morrow, CUSTOM HOUSE ECONOMY. The retrenchment axe in the hands of Collector Arthur will be let fall to-day, and many salaries are to be reduced fifteen per cent, For years past such a melancholy collection of fuces has not been seen inside the Custom House. From the garret to the basement all seemed under acloud of Apprehensions. Collector Arthur, however, appeared cheerful, although it is believed he is going to clip bis own salary, Inthe midst of these gloomy surroundings a Hxuatn reporter yesterday called upon the said official to learn his programme of reduction. The following is his statement :—“‘We commence the new rates of pay on the Ist of next month. Tne pro rdta reductions are now being calculated by Mr. Ogden, our auditor, and notices to the various employés will be sent out to-morrow, Tuesday, the 30th inst, I much prefer reducing salaries to shortening our force, for there are @ great many men with families to support who much prefer this arrangement to losing their places. In addition te this we shall have the large importation of Centennial Exhibition goods. I look upon this change as merely temporary affair, and to last only to the end of the present fiscal year. I have talked the matter over with Secretary Bristow in all its bearings. The saving to ba made 1s $330,000. The proportion of men whose sala- ries have beea fixed by law is comparatively small. We shall certainly lop off all comparatively useless ofilcers, but there are very few men in the establishment whe do not ao afair day’s work.’’ As there were about forty visitors waiting to see the Collector the reporter lett him and continued his investigations with the fc Jowing results:—The salary of the day inspectors is a day, it being fixed by law at $3 aday with discrouon- ary power i the Collector to increase it, These gentlemen will, doubtless, be reduced 15 per cent, say sixty cents per day, They number about 280, I 18 but justice to this branch of the service to say that their hours of duty are from sunrise to sunset, and that but very few drones are to be found in their midst They have to dress well, be men of intelligence and keep up appearances, and the majority of them are married. ‘Their only perquisites are for working over- time on vessels, ‘The night inspectors receive $3 a night, and are supposed to be vigilant throughout the hours of darkness; and if they are to be reduced to $2 55 a night—not bricklayers’ wages—further Dea Anges cases of conspiracy to defraud the revenue may be expected, considering the temptation of bribes they arc exposed to, A reduction in the force of weighers is expected to lake place within afew days. The office of storekeeper isa self-supporting one, these officers being paid by the owners of stores, Among the salaries fixed by law, and which cannot be reduced, may be uicntioned those of Collector, Deputy Collector, Sur. veyor, Doputy Surveyors, Naval Officer, Deputy Naval Ofiicer, Appraiser, Assistant Appraiser, weighers, guugers, passenger ship meagurers, openers, samplert and others, All the clerks’ salaries will be reduced, Among the changes which are ramored ts the abolitiaa of the office of General Superintendent of Warehouse: and the suppression of the Revenus Cutter Ofice, of which Mr, &, G. White is in charge, and placing the matter tn cha of Surveyor Sharpe. These and a dozen other similar suggestions of how money saved are agitating the minds of the leading Custom Hou officials, to the exclusion of almost all other questions. THE SHIZTRE RYOM. ‘The human hair seized by Customs Inspector Mrs, Klis, at Hoboken, trom the person of a female pussen- ger on the steamship Hermann, reported exclusively in Yesterday's HRRALD, Was turned in at the seizure room yesterday. The sane lady seized a quantity of valuable ‘uum cigar holders, being smuggled ashore by @ assonger named Morwitz on the Herder. ‘appraisers, aided by officials in the sotzure room, ‘at work ull day yesterday with the Lowen: stien beads, &c., seized by ‘I'reasury Agent Colonel F, E. Howe. ‘The valuation will be completed to-day. e guipure lace goods aud umbrellas seized by Im spector Hastings are estimated to bo worth $1,000, GAMBLING DENS CLOSED, All day yesterday Captain Williams had special men stationed in front of every gambling house on Ann and Fulton streets, ‘The proprietors were aware, however that such an order had boon issued aud were prepar for it The vonyequence was that all the estublishmen® Closed, umd no policefiad bed KAP o0¢miom er to exercise bis authori,