The New York Herald Newspaper, February 4, 1876, Page 8

NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1876,—WITH SUPPLEMENT. $$$ DS i ‘ hotel, THE COURTS. |Hstitirst Spoweencs Ex-Police Justice Shandley’s Case Dismissed. POLICE COURT REPORTS. Proceedings in the United States Supreme Court. It is proposed by Mr. John E, Parsons, representing tho people in the suits against the members of the al- leged Brooklyn Ring, to take an appeal from the decis- fon of Judge Barrett sending the suit against Fowler to be tried in Brooklyn. Mr, Parsons says he is not yet quite willing to be remitted to Brooklyn for the trial of any of these suits. As no General Term of the Su- preme Court is held until March the appeal cannot be Beard until then, In the Supreme Court, Chambera, yesterday, before Judge Barrett, there was quite an argument in the suit of M. K. Pelletraw vs, the Equitablo Life Assurance Company of the United States, which is brought to re- cover from the company three and a half per cent divi- dend on a policy executed by tho plaintiff's nusband in 1866, and which ig still im existence. The Court, after hearing the argument, took the papers. The guit of Burke vs. Gardner et al, which has been On trial for two or three weeks past, before Judge Van Hoesen, in the Court of Common Pleas, will probably oto the jury to-day, The suit, as will be remem- red, was brought to recover the value of $60,000 worth ‘of bonds which were in the possession of the plaintifi’s father, who died at the defondant’s house, F, Freighley, Bowery Garden and William Isenchitz, Volks Garden, have been arrested for selling liquor without license in connection with their theatrical saloons. It is claimed that they are not authorized todo go wader ‘he law of 1862, and @ habeas corpus in both cases, returnable this morning in Suprome Court, Chambers, for their discharge, was obtained from Judge Barrett, plaintiffsholding that the act of 1862 ‘was repealed by the act of 1872. In Marine Court, Chambers, yesterday, before Judge McAdam, the proceedings heretofore pendipg against ex-Police Justice Shandley wery dismissed. Tho pro- geedings were instituted by Ysaac J. Oliver to have Judge Shandiey committed to civil imprisonment for refusing to appropriate his salary as Alderman for De- comber iast to the payment of an election printing Dill, ‘This application was resisted on the pons that the salary was necessary for the support of Judge Shand- loy’s family, and that such proceedings should not be permitted against a public officer, On both grounds the proceedings were dismissed, In the United States Circuit Court, civil branch, be- fore Judge Wallace, yesterday, nine suits brought inst Chester A. Arthur, as Collector of the port of jew York, ®y James H. Murray, James P, Cumming, J.Gautior’ et al, Arthur Pickering, Honry I. Baker, Bernard Arnsan, Frederick R. Fowler, John Wooa’ ham and Adam Arnold, oach suit to recover alleged everpayments of duties on imports, were dismissed, the plaintiffs’ attorneys failing to apyear when tho cases were called. In the Court of General Sogsions, yesterday, the trial of William J. Ree, indicted for forging notes, was continued before Judge Gildersiceve. The testimony was concluded, and ex-Recorder James M. Smith summed up for the defence. Ho contended that the rosecution had utterly failed to prove its case, and hat if tho Jury convicted the accused it would not be upon the evidence but trom prejudice excited by Assistant District Attorney Lyon in dragging im mat- ‘ters which had no bearing on the case. The people Will sum up this morning. In the United States Circuit Court, Judgo Wallace Presiding, the suits of Lorin Ingersoll against Dunham & Stoutenburgh, Musgrave & Son and Walton Brothers were decided, The cause of action in each case was the alleged infringement of a patent of E, A. Heath for self-righting metallic cuspadores, Thé answers dented the title of the plaintiff as owner of the patent, and set up a license from one Docker who claimed to be tho owner. (n the trial the defendants did not introduco a|ny testimony to support the title of Decker, but ad- mitted the plaintif to be the lawful owner ot tho patent. Plaintiff asked for nomipal damages only, and the jury, in accordance with the directions of the Court, rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, thus estab- lishing his title, DECISIONS. SUPREME COURT—CHAMDERS, By Judge Lawrence. Smith vs. Hart.—Allowance of $150 granted to plain. tif, Allowance to other side denied. Memorandum, Malcolm vs. Evans.—Opinion. MeGuiness vs. Malcolm. —Memorandum. Matter of Ward; Matter of Ward.—Orders as settled, SUPREME COURT-—CIRCUIT— PART 3. By Judge Lawrence. Dunnuer vs. King.—Memorandam of decision on mo- tion to resettle case, SUPERIOR COURT— SPECIAL TERM. By Judge Sedgwick, Jones, &c., vs. Roach. se ordered on file, By Judge Santord. Booth vs. Robineon et al.—Decree signed. Cary vs. Fox; Wheelwright vs. Grise; Moyer ys. Clark et al. ; onal Broadway Ban » Phillips, &. ; Brassington vs. Brennan; Schesty vs. Harter et al.; @onant vs. National Ice Company; Godiblot ys. Haz- ard, —Orders granted, Weble vs. Conner.—Undertaking approved. COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. Scrreme CoveT—Cuamsens—Held by Judge Bar- Yett.—Nos. 1, 89, #4, 1 269, 278, 284, 300, 308, 313, 820, 321, CourT or GENERAL Sessions—Held by Judge Gilder- sleeve.—The People vs. William J. Kee, forgery (con tinued); seme vs. Joseph Grant, felonious assault and battery; same va. Charles McCormack and Frederick Dever, burglary; same ys, William Monroe and Willian Gardue, misdemeanor; same vs. Peter Smith, petit lar- ceny; same vs. Joseph’ Bauer, petit larceny; same Vs. John Cochran, Morris Fitzgerald, Jolin White, Matthew Manning, Peter Exgan, James Fitzgerald, William Wat- son, Jolin Gullary, cruelty to animals. WASHINGTON PLACE POLICE COURT. Before Judgo Kilbreth. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. On Wednosday night James Kelly made the acquaint- ance of John Devaney, of No. 10 Charles lano, had numerous drinks together in the various saloons of the Eighth ward, and midnight found them tm Washington street. Devaney often displayed = oll of money, which Kelly coveted, and when opposite No. 638 Washington street he dealt Dovancy a terrible blow with his fist, felling him to the ground, and then rifled his pockets of $15, loav- | ing in his baste a large sum of money untouched. James Murphy saw the crime committed, and informed | Officer Walsh, of the Eighth precinet, who subsequently arrested Kelly, and at the station house the money was found secreted on his person. Kelly was brougtit bo- fore Justice Kilbreth yesterday, and held in default of ! $1,500 bail to answer. ANOTHER DISHONEST CLERK. Henry M. Zingley, clerk for Williams, Smith & Co., of Mos. 444 and 446 Broadway, was arraigned on a ehargo of forgery. The affidavit set forth that on January 26 Zingley received a draft of $51 60 for the firm, to which he forged their indorsoment and then sent the dratt to William H. Bradford, of Providence, RL, in payment for a debt, and making some plausible excuse forthe rather singular business transaction, He was held in $2,000 bail to answer = Mr. Williams, a ‘member of the firm, states that this is not Zingley’s first offence, as he has good reason to believe that (Zingley) has been defrauding them for over a year ESSEX MARKET POLICE COURT. Before Judge Kasmire, THE EXCISE LAW. Officer Van Ranst, of the Thirteenth precinct, yes. @erday arrested the following saloon keepers for seliing Liquor without license:—Charles Curry, No. 255 De. lancey street; Valontine Roeszlin, No. 169 Rivington street; Earnest Schaffer, No. 144 Delancey street; Cunz, No, 168 Delancey street, and Justus bro jab, No. $4 Clinton street. oe et ed juare riot against bis arrest, and said that By intended 0 test the lity of the law. Upor re ing this Kasmire iniormed him that he committed Without bail, and could test t poy Re age n writ of habeas 4 Mr. wad then to take out a license by Mon- next ifthe Court would admit him to bai, With understanding Schwab was allowed to go. A BLANKET THIEF. James Sweeney was held in $1,000 bail on a charge ef stealing two horse blankets from the stable of Archibald Amour, at No 8 Seventh avenue, on October last. sold the blankets to L. W. Davis, of raft se Borg Pian on fhe it offered mother sale, Mr. Davis, instead ~ of buying, handed him over to the police. POLICE COURT NOTES. At tho Tombs Police Court yesterday, befure Justice Bixby, Thomas Feeny was heid in $500 to answer ona eharge of keeping a lottery policy office at No. 184 West Street. James Coflee, of No, 10 Hamilton street, was held to answer by Justice Bixby, on a charge of stealing two he store of Herman Schlessinger, of No, The ty was recovered. ac , Bernard Devine, a native of Sootlans, called at the store of Charles &. Huntington, 22 Fulton street, and ordered $30 wortn of silver: desired to have sent to French's was called and given the prop- there. Devine accompan’ They | corger of Elizabeth and Canal streets. Here some ex- cuse was suggested by Devine for adjourning to a neighboring liquor store for drinks, At the last-men- tioned place Bernard persuaded the messenger to give bim the property, while he weut upstairs tofetch dor the money, He never returned, Yosterday he was seen, arrested and held by Judge Bixby in $300 bail to answer On @ Charge of larceny by trick and device. COURT OF APPEALS. Ausaxr, Fob, 3, 1876 The folldwing business was transacted in this court to-day :— No. 16L Foster Morse, appellant, vs. Roman H, Gleason, impleaded, &c., respondent, —Argued by A. J. Parker of counsel for appellant and by J. L Werner for respondent, No. 102, Mortimer A. Helms, appellant, vs, Johnson ¥. Goodwill, respoudent,—Argued by W. H. Hendor- son of counsel for appellant and by Frank W. Stevens for respondent No. 164. Lucuis 3 Barton, respondent. No, 166, Ebenozer 8. B. Briggs et al., appellants, vs. Thomas M. Partridge al., respondents.—Argued id E. D. McCarthy of counsel for appellants and by Wiil- iam F. Shepherd for respondents, No, 146. Jedediah H. Lathrop et al., respondents, vs. Moses B. Bramball et al, appellants.—Argued by Waldo Hutenins of counsel for appellants and by Charles F. Southmayd for respondents, Proclamation made and Court adjourned. CALENDAR. The following is the Day Calendar Court of Appe: for Friday, February 4, 1876:—Nos, 142, 19, 135, 152, 163, 151, 168 and 172. * UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. Wasuinoros, Feb. 3, 1876. The following cases were argued in thé United States Supreme Court yesterday :— No. 185. Lathrop vs. Drake et al.—Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Penn- sylvania.—The question in this case is whether the Court below hud jurisdiction to try the cause, both par- ties being residents of the State, Tho case was be- tween the assignee in bankruptcy of one Adams and the appellees. The assignee and the bankrupt were residents of the Western district of the State, and the appellees ofthe Eastern district. The Court below de- cided that the residence of the parties was not such as to confer jurisdiction, and dismissed the complaint, which was in the name of the assignee. It is here contended that the Bankrupt act gives the dis- trict courts jurisdiction in all cases for the col- lection of assets, and Vésis A gendTa! superintendence | of all bankruptey proceedings im the Circuit Court. Hence the Court bad jurisdiction, andshould have tried the cause, It is also said that, as the appellees, as de- fendanis below, bad answered, denying the equities of the bill, amd the caso was upon its merits, the ques- tion of jurisdiction could not be raised and disposed of orally, as was done here; that it should have been Bishop, appellant, vs. Francis f bmitted. raisea Db: ea, D. C. Harrington and F, 0. Brewster for appe! and W. H. Armstrong for ppelioe. No, 137, xwell vs, the District of Columbia—Error to tho Supreme Court of the District.—Maxwell sought to recover of the District for injuries received by him by fajimg inte an unguarded excavation across the side- walk on the north side of G street, in March, 1872, while the Board of Public Works was carrying on its improvements in Washington. It appears that Max- well is a surgeon in the navy, who, having occasion to visit a patient on a routo be had constantly travorsed, fell into the pit, which had been opened since his last visit to (he patient, and was without lights or barriers, On the trial the Court instructed the jury that the burden of proof was on the plaintiff to show that he was guilty of no negligence contributing to the acci- dent, and that the negligence leading to it was exctu- sively that of the persons in charge of the work in progress; also, that if the plaintiff knew of the progress of the work by its public notoriety, and could have | gone another and safe course, and he chose to take the route which led to the excayation, providing himself with no light, be could not recover. It is here ated that these Instructions were error that proof of contributory negligence is a matter of defence, to ‘by the defendant, andis noton the plaintiff, and ‘the public should have been notified of the excay by guards and lights. sands & Hoban for in error, and E, L., Stanton for de. fendant. CONFLAGRATION IN BEEKMAN STREET. LOSS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOI- LARS—NARROW ESCAPE OF A WATCHMAN. About seven o'clock A. M, yesterday a fire occurred on the fourth floor of the five story brick house at” No, 28 Beekman street, occupied by several manufac. turing firms, Tho alarm was responded to promptly by the police and Gre departments, The flames spread with great rapidity, and Chief Engineer Bates sounded a second alarm on tho fire bells, calling out the reserve force of engines, which were soon actively engaged in fighting the flames. The terrible gale passing over tho city added fury to tho firo, and for several hours defied tho earnest eflorts of thé firemen to confine the burn- ing to the building named, When it bocame evident that the burning build- tion to saving the adjoining houses, and their efforts were rewarded with success, The following are the losses as far as estimated:— No. 28 Beekman street—I'irst floor, occupied by Theodore Reichsecker, wholesale druggists; damage about $6,000; insured for $23,000 in the North. Ameri- can, of Philadelphia; Fireman's Fund, Williamsburg City, Atna and Manhattan companies. Second floor, occupied by N. L. Munroe & Co., pub- lishers of the Family Story Puper; entire stock, con- sisting of type, paper, manuscripts, presses, &c., destroyed; estimated loss $25,000; insured for $16, mainly in Kastern companies. Tho publications b: this firm will not be delayed, ‘ Third floor, oceupied by J. S. Raisbeck, electrotyper; loss $6,000; insured, Fourth floor, occupied by ae Morris, compositor; damage $2,000; insured for $1,500, Fitth floor, occupiod by Robert Jackson, compositor; damage $1,500; insurance unknown. Tho rear of this floor was occupied by James F. Patterson, engraver, who loses $1,000, The building was burned from cellar to roof, but the walls remain standing, The damage to the building is estimated at $12,000, It is owned by Mrs. Henry. The adjo!ning building, No. 30 Beekman streot, wag occupied as follows :— First floor, Clement & Stockwell's wholesale paper and card warehouse. Damage by water, $2,000; fully insured. Second and third floors, occupied by N. L. Munroe & Co. Daraage about $10,000; insured, Fourth floor, occupied by James Owens, printer. Damaged about $10,000; fally insured in the Hartford, Metropolitan, Bangor, Citizens’ and Mississippi Valiey } companies, The building, which is the property of the Clapp estate, was burned from the third story upward. The lower Moors were damaged by water, The entire dem- age to the building {3 estimated at $10,000 and is fully insured. “ The second floor of the building No. $2 Beckma street, occupted by the Church Union Printin pany, was damaged by water to the extent of and the fourth and fifth floot wore dim-geu to Ud extent of $300. Just before twelve o'clock, on Wednesday night, fire was discovered on the same floor ot No, 30 Beekman Street, and the firemen promptly extinguished {t, as | they believed, and returned to thoir houses, leaving @ | patrolman named Richardson in charge. ‘He states that the second fire burst forth while he was on the | fourth story and compelled him to fly for his lifa He | | cannot explain its origin. Before he could reach tho | street the Fourth precinct police had sent out tho | alarm. in j Com. | 1,000; | of the same building | | OTHER FIRES IN THE CITY, A fire broke out at two o'clock A. M., yesterday, in the basement of No. 430 Pearl sireet, occupied by | Wintam Dodd, plumber; John Schultz, saloon, Loss, | 700; alt insured, The building is owned by Thomas Hamil! A fire broke out on the top floor of the four story brick house No, 282 Second strect, occupied as a charity school, Damage, $2,000; fully insured. Another fire was discovered in an unfinished build- ing in 123th street, between Sixth and Seventh ave- nues, owned by Hugh Meehan, Damage, $50. | FOUND DEAD IN A WAGON. | It will be remembered that the body of the man found in an express wagon at No. 1,517 Broadway last | Monday was recognized by Mra. Anthony Miller as that of her husband, who had been missing three montng, Upon reading the account in the Hxranp the next | morning a friend of Mrs, Miller informed her that he had just left Miller ina lager beer saloon in Stan’ street. Thither the wife proceeded, and was ormeret | to fiud her husband alive and well. At the inquest | yesterday, by Coroner Ellinger, the body was fully | | is tise’ by Beary Bloomer and others as that of usseor of No. Centre deceased, who was a single “gas tive of Germany, incurable disease, and mently thre destroy himscif. | Last Sentey E he lea. the “bowen end | marking as be passed out that he was spending his last | Sabbath upon carth, and on Monday Taorning bis life. less body was found as already described, THE REFERENCE ABUSE, To rae Eorror oF ram Heraty:— | Upon bebalt of the profession to which for more than thirty years I have belongea; upon behalf of the clientage whose interests are confided to my care, and | out of the deep respect I have for an honorable and | | pure minded judicial establish: it, 4 thank you for your editorial tm this morning's Hxratp under. the caption of “The Referonee Abuse.’ Hundreds of lawyers in this great city are thanking you. 1 —— | You will follow up this lead until the judges are to feel that they cannot violate the sanctity of their | office without least, being held up to public repro- i, bation aad contempt, fally you Pe RSIPRACTISING LAWYER, Naw Youn, Feb, 2, 187 ing was doomed tho firemen turned their main atten. | THE EXHIBITION, SHALL ITS EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES BE NEG- LecTep?—THE IMPORTANCE OF INTEBNA- TIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL CON- GRESSES—WHAT WAS DONE AT VIENNA. Purtapgrruts, Feb. 2, 1876, “There can hardly bo a more fitting opportunity for the Intelligent discussion of industrial questions of in- tervational interest than 1s afforded by the successive great exhibitions, It was, therefore, a wise provision on the part of the general direction to arrange for a succession of conferences and international congresses, under the special sanction and patronage of the Impe- rial Commission, for the discussion of !mportant mat- ters to.which either the Exhibition itself geve rise or whieh might be spectally selected as subjects of inter- national interest.” ‘This was the languago used by Professor W. P. Blake, the eminent scientist, tn his re- port upon the Vienna Exposition rendered to the United States Centennial Commission in July, 1873, in recommending a similar feature for tho Philadelphia Exhibition. ss The plan adopted at Vienna was more especially for international congresses of men of science, teachers and artists, physicians, directors of museums of fine arts applied to industry, teachers of drawing, arch tects, engineers, representatives of chambers of com- merce, economists acquainted with tho questions rela- tive to banking and insurance, of agriculturists, forest- ers, mining engineers, &c, Among the questions discussed were the following important ones:— INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSHS AT VIENNA, The question of intellectual property, of improve- ment of public tastes, of the promotion and diffusion of arts of design, on economy of transport, on obtaining the highest efficiency of machines, on tho extension and development of forests, statistics on redacing the price of food, whether by increased production, better organization of markets, rofined cookery or new methods of preserving food; on the nourishment and early rearing of infants, on early healthful train- ing and gymnastics, on the exertions of our time in regard to the curing of deformed children, on the éd- ucation of women and the improvement of their so- cial condition, The report called especial Attéhtlon to the congress upon the protection of property im inventions as being particularly interesting to Americans, saying that ‘No more appropriate and significant discussion could bo instituted at that time (1876), and there is no other soil upon which the right of property in the production of the brain, as well as of the hands, can be so freely and justly discussed,’? A SERIOUS NEGLECT. It 18 so obviously important that the great Exhibi- tion of 1876 should not be allowed to become a mere display of goods, without secking to trke advantoge of the opportunity to give ita higher value, that it is a matter of surprise to find—after a careful search through the records of the Centennial Commission— that no action bas ever been taken upon tho sugges- tions contained in Professor Blake's report made three years ago, The matter was allowed to drop entirely, ‘and 1t was not until the publication of Hon. John Jay’s excellent letter inthe Hxra.p of January 17 that any interest was revived in this important subject. As an- nounced in these columns a few days since there is now a possibility that something may be done, if it is not too late, PROFESSOR BLAKK’S OPINION, At arecent meoting of the Executive Committee of the Contennial Commission the matter was again pro- posod by Professor Blake, who is now the Centennial Commissioner from Connecticut and a member of the cbmmittee, In giving his idea of the question in con- versation Professor Blake said:—‘‘A universal inter. pational exhibition falls far short of its high purpose if it fails to make provision for the international reunion of the leading thinkers of the day and the in- terchange of thought upon quostions affecting the gen- eral welfare of nations and the advancement of civiliza- tion, Exhibitions necessarily bring together from all quarters of tho globe somo of the most active and pro- ressive minds of the period as representatives of the industrial, educational and wsthetic condition of na- tions, and no occasion Is more At and opportune for the discussion of such questions. Tho sutjctt of interta- tional congresses was eariy brought forward in the de- Hiberations of the Commission, and {t confidently dd that in due season invitations would be ed for a series of meetings of accredited delegates Tepresenting the views and wishes of the leading nations upon questions in which all aro interested, Tam glad to sce that this subject engages the attention of a well known statesman and an ardent friend of the Exhibition of 1876. It cannot fai! also to be looked upon with solicitude by every fri of science and the enlightenment of mankind: We should not longer Sop aened the consideration of this Subject. The time as arrived when, as representing the Cotmission charged by Congress and the President with the duty of celebrating the centenary ina fitting manner, wo must adopt our plans in respect of fnternational congresses, and declare those plans to the world. I consider such congresses as an inseparable feature of woll organized exhibitions, and as such I think it Is our duty to make provision for them.” The details of the plan ag ose to the Executive Committee it would hardly be courteous to publish at present. It may, however, be stated that the follow- ing questions and topics havé been suggested as proper bjects of international discussion during the Exhibi- THE SUBJECTS PROPOSED. 1. Auniform system of statistical inquiries, reports and summaries and their interchange. 2. General system or plan of international 5 exchange of copies of works of art, antiquities and publications. 4 4 coins, niform system of weights, measure: insergational inventioi ection of property in ws. rnational copyright. eorologieal observations and reports. stronomieal observations ana reports, 8. Lighthouse systems, cautionary and danger signals, rules of navigation, &e. 9. Upon a general and uniform system of representing the results of geological surveys upon maps and sections. 10, Natural history nomenclature. 11, Upon a proper system of fishing regulations and the best methods of multiplying food fishes. 12. Upon the organization and plans of international ex- hibitions. 13. Medicine and surgery. The success of any effort to organize and carry for- ward discussions upon these important topics depends upon the Interest manifested by those best qnalitied to lead the discugsions, and It is hoped that sucha plan will be adopted as will result in gathering together, as delegates specially appointed by the governments of the ni ns participating in the ExhiDition, the most distinguished and learned men in the matters to be considered. Their deliberations should be held im some building at the Exbibition grounds and should form part of the official archives of the Commission, BEPORE THR EXECUTIVE COMMITTER, The whole plan ts now in the hands ofasub--o- teo of the Ex: ative Committee. °°" eng Ewe ; oo cvmerst! 4 Blake, Hawley and C.wontt, to whom it was referred £ fartnet tlaboralion and presentation to the Ex- ecutive Committee at its next meeting, to be held dur- ing the present month. Upon the Exccutivre Com- ufitee rests the responsibility of acting upon or igno! ing this matter. They are the representatives of the United States Centennial Commission, which for the most part is made up of a number of excellent gentle- mon, who meet for aday or two once a year at Phila- delphia, coming from every section of the Union and who know nothing whatever about tho details of the | work, and whose principal duty consists in listening to reports and going home again, THE REMOVAL OF STREET SIGNS. To rue Eprror or tim Heraip:— I know you liketo see fair play, oven in removing street signs, Whilethe men were moving signs this morning they stopped in front of No. 515 Eighth avenue and removed, among other things, a canvas side to a | wooden awning, and directly opposite, No, 512, they let a larger and more conspicuous one romain, When I called the Superintendent’s sttention to it he looked over very coolly and remarked that it was too high w for his men to reach ft, aud when I remonstrated wit! him and asked bim if there was one law for one side of | the street anda different one for the other, he smiled and said there w: take itdown, As but offered me a dollar if 1 would was in no immediate need of a dol- was not appointed, 1 most respectiully declined; but still, I would like to see FAIR PLAY, New Yor, Feb. 1, 1876. A WOBD IN SEASON, It ig stated to us that an imposter is going around town representing himself as being con- nected with the firm of Adams & Bendix, of No. 456 Broadway. For the past few weeks they have been be- sieged daily with parcels of goods of which they bad no knowledge of over having bought. The man, whose Famer et ten g ~ Irate to ine firm, is about fifty years ive feet four or five inches in is Jomewbant Mund shouldered, dark compen tack mustache and chin whiskers; appears nervous easy, and has by some means possessed himself of a package of the firm’s business cards, of whieh he makes use at oe jases goods, It has not yet transpired that he succeeded in obtaining any As Adams & Bendix do not authorize any @ to buy goods for them the public should be on their guard and have bim arrested. REAL ESTATE SALES. A. J. Bleecker & Son sold yesterday, at the Exchange Salesrooms, the house and Jot,” 23.8x101.7x26.2x101, on M first street, south side, 70.8 feet wost of loventh avenue, to Fred. Aut 300, said Property being valued at $18,000. sinesatbea. E. H. Ludlow & Co. by order of the Court, two able lota, each 25x100, on Madison avenue, east } 25.5 tect north of Forty-fourth street, to C. Dug- for $14,100, said lots having sold, three years ago, $1 $18,000, 58. 35108 1x75 ‘est Sixty-third Steele & Carter sold the plot of land, 100.5, with buildings thercop, on W street, northeast 7 Heary L. Grant fee 4s OS berth i Jar just then, end did not wish a position to which i} “PLENTY OF ROOM INSIDE.” A Day’s Observations on the Fourth Avenue Railroad. Over Forty-three Per Cent of the Passen- gers Without Seats. The Heratp reporters are still examining into the method of overcrowding our street cars and judge from personal investigation, We give to-day a deseription of the system in vogue on the Fourth Avenue Railroad, ‘The conductors on the Fourth avenue line are, perhaps, more civil as a class than those on any other line in the city, yet, like those of the Third avenue, they seem to take especial delight in packing thetr cars to their ut- most capacity and turning into the coffers of the eom- pany the largest possible amount for each rouud trip. With a view of ascertaining how the officers of the Fourth avenue line pack passengers the reporters of the Hygaxp spent one entire day on the road and found that the overcrowding is little less than on the Third avenue lino, DAYLIGUT TRAVRL AT FORTY SECOND STRERT. ‘Tho first count made was at the Grand Central depot, beginning at half-past six A. M. and ending at half-past soven A. M, The number in cars passing both ways was taken, as follows :— as. | Maa Uae ry ? ot SF elk wtb £ SE 33 8© iy a3 Se gy a ee ae ees Sigs et eee Reena! Grime ae North ‘0 ‘0 ‘0 0 0 — 0 ‘9 6 0 ) North 0 0 0 0 o North 1 0 1 0 1 — 40 4 4 ° North 3 0 3 0 3 ps aie eg See ° ODE OY SO ° North 6 9 65 0 5 REAR vito! Nisin Ties 8 North 0 0 0 0 aa: ape Nee Sane | 0 North 2 0 1 «(6 1 pee Wea rare Uae | b) re pe, dar teas | 9 North 8 0 3 O 3 North 0 6 0 0 0 — 6 0°66 ° North 0 0 0 @ 0 se ee oe 0 North 0 0 0 0 o —-0 0 0 0 ° —3 0 8 38 ) — 19 P2099 ° North 6 0 6 0 8 North 3 0 8 O 3 =— 6 0. 6 6 ° North 0 0 O 0 0 North 8 0 3 0 3 North 6 0 6 O 6 North 0 0 0 0 0) —1 0 1 15 0 North 8 0 3 0 3 North 1 0 1 0 1 —-2 0 23 2 0 — 0. 0-00 0 North 3 0 3 0 3 North 4 0 4 0 4) —4 04 4 ° North 0 0 0 0 0 —22 10 32 32 ° North 8 0 8 0 3} Tie Gea 0 North 3 0 o 3 —_ Bence ane 4 0 North 7 0 7 0 7 —18 0 18 18 ) North 0 0 0 0 9 —21 7 28 28 0 —-0 4 & o% 0 —-8 8 2 C) 18465 Total, 51 cars. *Through cars to and from Central Park. The above table shows that on the upward bound cars for one hour the travel was a fraction over one person per car, while before seven A. M. the southern bound travel is a more bagatelle as compared with the Third Avenue Railroad tor the same hour in the morn- ing. BETWEEN FORTY-SKCOND AND TWENTY-THIRD STREETS. The next count was between the above points, cover- ing the period from cight A. M. to nine A. M.,'during the heaviest of the southern bound morning travel. The figures are ag follows :— No, Stand- FESR ctecehttataanhtiSa GSS SESESRSSESRSERNSELSNSH ~ No.of No. in No. Stand- ing on Total Without Car. Car, inginCar. Platform. onCar. Seats. 10 2 3 9 34 12 0 3 25 8 0 4 26 4 0 1 4 o 0 T 29 7 o 0 2 o to 6 39 16 5 8 36 uu o 4 14 0 1 5 27 5 7 4 33, bbe 12 7 41 19 15 12 49 27 3 i 36 la 2 6 30 8 z 3 338 16 9 10 43 21 6 8 30 Cy 10 oe 7 45 23 12 7 42 20 8 5 i b 8 5. i 15 3 4 9 7 8 4 4 1 16 13 15 aug 7 5 6 2 2 3 2 4 6 7 8 9 T 4 6 4 4 6 6 8 "3 8 8 1 5 5 me waSw SE Swancceren« Se 8] wos — seece 1,608 fourth street cara N TWENTY-THIRD AND BROOME STREKTS. Total—49 cars, 1 hour... *Contral Park cars. fThirt; BRTW: In the above table it will be seen that the cars on the Thirty-fourth street and City Hafl route were not so crowded as on the Central Park line. The next count was made from nine to ten A. M., between Twenty-third and Broome streets. A few of the cars were so crowded that the reporter, between nine and ten, could not count them. Hence he paid his fare and got off. vo. 3 33 16 7 41 19 : uM ety i $2 ve u 83 16 16 ot 2 16 SL 2 iL “3 a 9 41 19 8 4 w 3 4 SL 7 3 4 2 7 5 sf 35 8 1 3 26 4 8 LB a 2 ° 4 “ 2 8 9 a Ww 8 9 40 18 7 3 32 lo 10 7 30 Bis 9 3 23 1 o 20 22 o 10 12 46 au 1 10 33, i 6 8 3 18 9 6 aT ot 1 13 “ R Total—28 cars, 1 hour... 400 «+ 1,008 *Central Park cars. {Thirty-fourth street and Post Office cars. It will be seen from the above figures that there | “Ry toes, Feb. 2, we Noof Wo. stan. Totat Without "0. No. in No. on Car. Car. ingin Car, Pl on Car, Seats. ™ 2 4 28 6 ° 4 22 0 ° 3 21 ° ° 2 rr ° 3 5 30 8 1 3 pty 4 o 2 19 ° 2 1 a1 0 o 3 22 ° ° 4 2 0 1 2 23 1 ry 3 Pry 2 o 6 2 3 o 4 23 1 o 1 29, 1 2 3 26 4 ° 5 25 3 2 5 23 6 2 3 21 0 ° 4 26 4 o 6 19 ° 1 3 Pr 3 °o 2 2 ° 2 4 26 4 3 6 3 et) Total forty-one cars, one hour...........-007 ot * Central Park cars, + Thirty-fourth street and Post Office cars. NORTHERN BOCND LATE TRAVEL. The following is a statement of the travel up the Bowerv between five and half-past five o’elock P. M. : No. of Noin Standing Standing on Total Without Car. % tn Car. soba ag in or Seats. 3 2 5 4 6 3L 9 3 7 39 u 0 4 16 oO 1 T 30 8 2 3 20 0 oe 2 22 0 5 9 aT 16 0 1 ik 0 0 3 21 oO 7 5 pay pDy 6 6 ag 10 6 8 38 16 Ra 6 40 18 = 5 23 6 o 4 25 3 13 14 50 23 8 lh 4 19 0 7 29 7 12 4 49 27 bb] 18 1 20 10 13 50 Fd 4 ¢ 4 ao 6 4 42 20 10 9 2 20 0 3 23 td 0 7 25 3 0 3 23 1 4 3 Pig 5 14 16 ot 32 4 15 oh 39 9 iu 46 pay iu 16 53. 3 13 16 52 30 12 16 5. 39 7 9 33 16 Total, thirty-six cars, one-half honr.. 1,233 530 After hal{-past five the ‘rush’? began to diminish, and by a quarter past six nearly all the cars had suffl- cient ae accommodation. The number of persons carried during certain hours, compared with the num- ber compelled to stand, will best be seen by A RUCAPITULATION, No. of Cars. oL 49 23 41 36 Totals.205 5 7 This gives over forty-three per cent who were com- pelied to pay fares and were not provided with seats, STOP THE MOVEMENT. To tus Eprror or THE HeRany:— The fact of the Hxraup always being successful in whatever it undertakes, whether it bo a private or pub- lic measure, fires me with alarm lest its present agita- tion of the “street car’ question may add another to its taany victories. Stop, sir, I pray you. Consider what you are doing when you ask for more ‘‘street cars,’ Isu’t the curse bad enough with what we havo of them already? Then, for Heaven's sake, don’t give us any more. No, let them pack us, cram us, jam us, suffocate us, ‘move up forward us’ and porsecate us to their heart’s content, and the more they do it the sooner will we get something boitting a city like New York. Let it be a “bottom rail,” top rail, or anything but a street horse car. My place of business is in Barclay street; my house is in Thirty-fifth street. It takes me (on a straight run) thirty-five minutes to get home from my oftice, and [have a feeling of dread every afternoon as.the time’approaches for me to scrouge in to got home. But 1 can much better afford to stand all that than to have my truckman blocked and delayed balf a day in ship- ping a single load by more street cars, No, Mr. Editor, no more of the samo kind, if you ploase, Let the Hmratp continue Its just title of the “peopie’s friend”? by letting the car companies go on in their good work, for they are oar best “rapid transit commission’? after all, DOWNTOWN MERCHANT, ELEVEN ON A SIDE. To THs Eprtor or tas HeRap:— Only people living up town actually know the wants of rapid transit, In the first place, you get a seat at Harlem or Yorkville, to go to business down town; you have a daily paper to read, but you no sooner com mence to read than the conductor begins to sing out, “Please move up,”’ till you are crammed, jammed into a heap, that actually you cannot turn your paper inside out. Now, inthe first place, they cannot compel you to move till eleven are seated on a side; the conductors tell you so, but it is not printed on the regulations posted in every car, as the company dare not do so. Ten on aside is plenty, and if gentlemon will only move to suit their own convenience and have comfortable ek it SoA cee up cleven on & side, The T* vend TOE Company is ® and can afford to bg ia My i Bind + phe ral than a good inany companies, and Wy going to a littl a sea atte § 9 le. more expense they by pula on several four horse cars Seat @ great many more passengers, that will seat about fifty or oe | passengers, in place of the sup- re twenty-two. It is statod by railroad e: that 12 will pay the running oxpenses of a car daily. Now, as the Third Avenue Railroad Company ave fr $20 to per day, I think this Senay Oy t to be compolied to offer better Secommmpadaaio r the resi- dents living along their route; but, a . don't think they will, for a form president of this road once told Alderman Kerr that he coald buy all the laws he din Albany, which is, without a doubt, true; ero aro several of Tweod’s chums up there {i 18 no use to look for relief in that quarter, but only by the help of the press need we look tor any better accom. modations, Yours, &c., WILLIAM H. McC. ANOTHER GOOD SUGGESTION. To tue Epitor ov raz Herany:— Permit me to offer a suggestion on the “Horse Car Question,” about which so much bas been said and written lately. That each passenger onght to have a seat for his fare, and that the present style of car will not seat a sufli- cient number of passengers, and that more cars will have to be put on, at loast night and morning, are facts beyond dispute, Now, instead of building “double 2eckets,”” which would be both unsightly and inconvenient, why not have cars built on the $3M* Sivig ag the summer cars, with seats Tua”"g across, the only difference being thai thy would be closea, having doors on cach side, opposite each soat? Cars with ten swch seata, holding five passengers cach, would hold fifty people, and no ono would be obliged to stand, simply because there woulk be no standing room. It might be argued that to collect the fares would discomtort the passengers and inconvenience the conductor. Buta recoptacie to col- lect-the fare might be put directly under the roof, and pi the oe —— of the car, while the con- jor woul! see that each it bis fare in the box, and also make Gaeger sdovenei A just as the omnibus drivers do, Each car might be sup- plied with two little signs, to be putin @ conspicuous lace when the car wag full, jastas the Third avenue Sonpeny had in the “drawing room cars.” Of course ‘the companies would be obliged to run more cars on this but the increased travel which this method bring would soon compensate them tor the alter- ations. And as something will haye to be done soon by the car lines to do away with the present manner of overcrowding this suggestion might be acted on, being if not better, 1 fan offered yot. PALACE CARS, To tux Evrror ov tae Henan ‘Woald it not be weil for some merchants to try and raise a fand to buy and place on the street railroad a erates southward between nine and ten o'clock A. M. ns less than betwoen eight and nine o'clock A. M., and that the number who got no seat for their fares was 230 less between nine and ten o'clock than between eight and nine o'clock A. M. THE EVENING TRAVEL HOMEWARD. The following are the figures taken in the Bowery between three and four o'clock P. M. :— fo. : No.of No. in No. Stand- on Total Without Car. Car, ing in Car. on Car, Seats, +89, 6 o a 8 ° 36, o 1 9 ° ot 0 1 10 o 1 1 12 ° 0 3 B o 2 3 aT 3 4 a7 ry 3 17 0} 6 2 oy: 4 2 7 2 iu o 5 3s 0 2 16 ° 4 at 9 3 2 1 3 ° car tu accommodate W, . New Yora, Feb. 3, 1876, * oar THE WINE AND SPIRIT TRADE. Tho Bureau of the Wine and Spirit Traders’ Society of the United States, whose offices are in No. 125 Pearl street, have issued a trade circular. They say in sub- stance that the government fails in collecting the revenue from domestic spirits, and that no serious fraud has been committed in licensed distilleries with- out the active co-operation of two or more officials, Frequently combinations of officials haye allowod manufacture only on condition of payment of bribos im ible except through 3208 | ony reason for the proposed away with the inducements to yah 1. frequently committed under the seventy: ve MIDLAND RAILROAD. MEETING OF FIRST MORTGAGE BONDHOLDERS TO REORGANIZE THE ROAD, In consequence of the complications arising from the failure of the New Jorsey Midland Ratiroad Company, and the variance of opinion among the holders of vari- ous securities as to the manner of Its organization, a discussion has been going on for some time past among the bondholders, One body of the bondholders, whose plan for reorganizing recognizes only the present first mortgage bonds, and who protest againstany new mort- gage being placed ahead of their first mortgages, clatm- ing that the coupons should be so drawn as to net them whatever the road earns. as it is earned, held a meeting yesterday afternoon at No, 113 Broadway to elect a committee to carry out their process of reorganization, The following are the principal points of the proposed plan:— Firat—After the foreclosure and purchase by the first mortgage bondholders the Board of Directors of the new company—each of whom sball own at le: 10,009 worth of tho firstamortgage bonds—shall be autho: to make a first mortgxge debt not to excced $350. 0 be used only in paying tho receiver's certifientes authorized +e the Chan. Peltor of Xow Sersey, if such certificates be Inaued to put he ros ay for rights of way and noces- Rinytolhine stock; but no further amount of” sald. $330,000 shall be issued than shall be suflicient to pay. said certificates actually issued or the necessary expenditures for which thoy wore authorized. ‘SZoont—"Thero sliall be issued to. the holders of sho present Arst_mortzage bonds bonds for the amount of their bonds and accrued interest to the date of reorga! having thirty years to rai, bearing soven per cemt interest. a Annuaily, principal and intereat payable i Para Rae aaa es aE uy, in cash if earbed; {feared in part and not in | auch ina scrip, entitled to redemption, with cumulative t ail be rest shall be paid i fur as earned, and the bal- of seven per cent, before any dividends shi tid on stock, = rhtra—issne to the holders of the sent first morts Learn tee ietinn ‘to.the amount of thote wens which’ stock is to be attached to and not separated from said | bonds, end sehich sock control the comnane avd after roviding for the interest on the prior encuiabrances heroin- Bride wationst shal Weta tousiamartins eee Mr. J. Wyman Jones presented a preamble to the effect that during the winter the road had been doimg a large business; that there were prospects of an in- crease, and that tho first mortgage bondholders sought only for security for the principal and interest of thoir bonds, and the following resolution was adopted :— Resolved, That the plau of reorganization be amende: inserting te Tae’ seein atte Filowing:—<Give. rated holders of the second mortgage bonds who shail deposit theie bonds under the plan ‘income bonds,’ for the principal and interest of their bonds having forty years to run und entitled to interest thereon not to oxoeed seven per cent per num, payable semi-anoually ont of such sneplus of the it ineome of the road as remains after paying the interost coupons and scrip on prior encumbrances mentioned in the foregoing sections and before any dividends arc declared on the capital stock hereinafter mentioned, said income bonds tobe subject to an assessment of one-quarter of one per cent for the expenses of reorganization and foreclosure, pay- able within six months after the sale of the road” ' Also add before the word “stock,” in section 2, tho words “income bonds and.” Also strike out the words after “‘eom- pany,” in the second line of section 1, down to and ia- cluding the word “bonds,” in the third line, The election of a committee to reorganize the road was then proceeded with, which resulted in the choice of the feiotiig temoa genmowou mr rewcriok As Potts, of Huntingdon county, New Jersey; rie Weed, cashier of the Quassaick Bank, Newburg, N. Y.; Honry Marks, J. Warner, Jr., cashier Chicopee Bank, Springfield, Mass. ; J. Wyman Jones, J. W. Hammond, treasurer Worcester and Nashua Railroad Company; David P, Nichols, ex-State Treasurer of Connecticut; Rennington Vernam, David Pondleton, Bridgeport, Conn. ; Judge Jobn P, Dalfers, Paterson, N. J.; 8. Ne Alden, Paterson, N. J.; Wilham Evans, ex-president First National Bank, Middletown, N. Y. ; Robert £. Tay- lor, Recorder of Poughkeepsie; Benjamin hia Wil. ton, Conn, and Nathan R. Ivans, of Trenton, N. J. The meoting then adjourned and tho committeo met immediately after and elected Mr. Henry Marks, who presided at the meeting of bondholders, chairman. The other body of bondholders, of which Rev. N. P. Deckert, of No. 138 Chambers street, is peop! A are urging a plan which places a mortgage for $1,000,000 on the road prior to the presont first mortgage ($500,000 of which ts issued positively and $500,000 condition- ally), and cuts off the coupons from the first mort- gage for three years to come, giving therefor common stock. It also recognizes all the junior securities, THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. No littlo regret was expressed yesterday in the Custom House when it became known that the veteran Colonel F. E. Howe, Supervising Special Treasary Agent of the collection district of New York, had re- tired from that office in favor of Mr. Moses Ht Hale, who takes charge to-day. Colonel Howe has held the post for the past seven years and has never had a charge preferred against bim, and it is reparted that he is about to enter on another and more important trust in the government service. He left this city for Washington last night. His successor is a native of Newburyport, Mass., and entered the Treasury Depart- ment on the 14th February, 1870, and has boon associated with Colonel Howe in this city on several occasions. Ho has often been occupied in tho Custom House with reference to tho reorganization of depart- ments. He is known as an officer of great utility and possessed of strong, common sense views, He has al- ready arrived in this city and was spoken to by @ Hrr- ap roporter last night. It is reported that he will wot make any changes in his staff for the present. He, however, declined to oxpress his views on that matter, THE CUSTOM HOUSE. Customs Inspector Richard Hastings turned into the Custom House yoaterday 139 indiarubber balloons, captured Ee ht “isihge <r Mou ss Old ue sveware Oi uo French trans ntic stoamer now in port. The last act inthe Treasury farce of the surrender to tho owner of the smuggled baggage, ex Russia, be- longing to Mason Hirsch, of Philadelphia, was played yesterday, and the goods were released upon ‘ment of duties.’ They were valued at $3,060 ana the tates paid on them amounted to $800 in gold. The matter ig, however, reported not to be at an end, for it is said Castoms Appraiser Kelly, who passed the said goods on tho Cunard wharf as not dutiadle, is to be ‘hauled over the coals’’ at Washington. The were taken out of the scizare room yesterday. e phe 4 of Custom House officials are d ly in- censed at this act of Seerctary of the Treasury Bristow, for the goods, according to law, were liable to confisca- pee for false declaration and attempted bribery of two inspectors, ‘ollector Arthur held along convorsation with the detectives, who are at work trying to trace the missing $5,000 gold certificate which has disappeared trom the cashier's office, Mr. Robinson, chief of said office, was also present. No clow haa yet been obtained, it is said, respecting the missing money, BUSINESS TROUBLES. It was announced yesterday that Messrs. Scott & Vanraden, produce commission merchants, of No, 340 | Washington streoty Higscheprung & Norman, ship chandlers. gorner of Broad and Stone strects, and Freklin Norton, dealer in watches, of No, 42 Fulton street, had failed. ; Atameeting of the creditors of Messrs. Hirchmer and O'Neil, contractors, held yesterday at tho office of Isaac Dayton, Register in Bankraptey, No, 322 Broadway, Mr, Matthew J.Sceley, who was formerly the assignee ander the ite assignment, was chosen assignee in bankruptey. Claims to the oxtent of $10,000 wore Pine insolvent schedule of August Stoecklem, filed in the Court of Common Ploas yesterday, 18 a8 follo: Liabilitics,” $6,419 41; nominal assets, $3,601 gctinl assets, $1,041 73; bond ordered in tho sum of Charles Rosenbaum filed his nominal assets in the Court of Common Pleas as $5,604 71, and his bond was ordered in the penalty of $6,000. Strauss, Lohinan & Co., importers of laces, silks an@ dry goods, who s1 nded last October, with habilities amounting to $450,000, have compromised with there creditors at fifty cents, gold, om the dollar, at an aver- age of six mont ’ time, have resumed business at No. 329 Broadway, corner of Worth street, Tbe greater | part of their liabilities were in Europe, and the pro- ceedings would have been completed in November bug for the fact that their acceptances in Europe were not taken up, not being due. Mr. Morris Tasker, the | toaigner, has been from his trust. Procesdings in bankrupt bave boon taken against Emanuel M. Obretght and Simom Weil, stirt manufac. turers, No, $4 Leonard street, by a number of their and a warrant has been issued against th: property. Rogister Isaiah T. Williams, of No. 4 ren street, has beon assigned to take charge of the m: ter. ‘Mr, Samuel Shethar, the assignee of Vyse & Co., the large straw goods dealers, No. 537 Broadway, whe failed tast June, sold the stock of the firm, consisting id unmanufactured material, auction yosterday at No. 132 Church stroet. The stock was inventoried at 000, but the amount realized will be very much leas, The prices obtained were very low, some of the straw hats selling at halfa cent po scan The property of the firin at jass., known pints three factories ai Dine uetion mage ya 000, bat they hod ized was on! 000, The Taig eco, Property is held by of the accept the proposition, A meeti oft crediory ot fuchard Worthington, books, No. 160 Broadway, was held yesterday (CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE.) Ps dy,