The New York Herald Newspaper, April 3, 1876, Page 4

& NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1876.—TRIPLE MASON HIRSH. The Official Story of the Silk Smuggling Case. | WHY A RELEASE WAS ORDERED. | Wasurnctox, April, 1876. The Mason Hirsh smuggling case came before the for adjudication on an appeal from the action of the Customs officers in New York and was | Doroughly investigated, much time being devoted to | the inquiry instituted to determine the question of | Birst’s alleged guilt. One of the most trusted agents of the Treasury De- partment, A. K. Tingle, was sent to New York to make ibis inquiry and npon his report a re-examination and | wppraisement of Hirsh's baggage was ordered and the foods reicased. This report is addressed to Bluford | Wilson, Solicitor of the Treasury, and after a prelimi. sary statement of its object, vi “A thorough ex- | Amipation of all the circumstances and facts connected | with the seizure of various articles from the baggage of Mr. Mason Hirsh, who arrived at New York, per | Hteamer Russia,” on the 15th of January last, and the titation of the affidavits of George 8. Nichols, Deputy | Surveyor; George D, Carroll, Inspector; William H, | Lockwood, Deputy Collector; Theo, P. Kelley, Exam- iner, Appraiser’s department; Wilson Berryman, clerk In the Naval office; Samuel Grau, Leon Hirsh, Ludwig | Dreyfuss, C, Otto Boese, Charies E. Brush, Heary | Camperty, Richard Williamson, Joseph L. Hirsh and | Bertha Hirsh, goes on to say :— | From all the facts as shown by these aMdavits | touching the question of guilty intent on the part of Mr. H venue, L think the pre- ds to establish big inno- ors Carroll und Egan charge him with having offered them money to puag his bag; Without examination. He admits that he ullered Car- roll money to expedite the passing of his baggage, but Bays that he did so only alter Carroll bad asked him | how mueb he would give, and had no idea of thereby | avoiding examination or evading the payment of du- [ es. He acknowledges his error 1: making auy olfer of money to the officers, but. explains that bis anxiety | was so great to get through with the busimess and e his wife home that he was ready to do anything accom) that result. It is evident that on account his nervous, excited man- ner, Mr. Hirsh became an object of suspicion ou the part ot the officer, who believed that lis ner- Fousness was caused by bis guilty intention to smug- | tle dutiable guous; th nicions were confirmed When he exhibited such great anxiety to hasien the txamination, aud when aiterward be oflered money to Carroll to hurry the matter through they became cer- tain that he was a smuggler. Ii ts conclusively shown that Mr. Hirsh was very anxious and much excited on Account of the critical condition of h's wife, and that there was much confusion on the vessel and the dock when the passengers and baggage were Junded, Tan only reconcile the contradictory statements of the | w «s, therefore, by assuming that — by reason of Mr. Hirsh’s excuement, bis imper- fect Enghsh and the noise and covfusion incident to the lauding of passengers and the examination of the baggage, the officers mfsunderstood bis words, as they certainly did the cause of his nervousness and excited manner. When it 18 considered, a8 the testi- tony shows, that Mr. Hirsh’s whole time tor some weeks previous to and during the whele voyage was taken up with the cure of bis sick wite; that bis bag gage entry was made up in haste by Mr. Dreyuss at | Mr, Hirsh’s requ bat he took the oath as a macter of form before (he deputy colicctor without reading it; that when otuer persors offered to attend to his bag- | ¥axe he relied that be had goods to be appraiged and Must get un appraiser, and that his standing as a busi- bess man and citizen in the community where he re- sides 18 unexcepionable, it seems very improbvablo tbat be could buve had the intention of smuggling at- iibuted to him by We officers His daughter's aflidavit is to the elfect that the iranks were packed by herself aud mother #1 Paris and London, aud that her father had ouly a general idea of What they contained; that it was their Intention to have had the two of three extra pieces of iilk which were not declared on the entry made up into dregyes before they lett Paris, and that Mr Hirsh | supposed this had been done. Whatever opinion the oilivers may have had as to the propriety of seizing the dutiable goods found, no action of that kind was taken by them atthe time of the detection of the alleged smuggling. On the contrary, the examiner was | directed to make the usual appraisement in order that (he duties might be collected, On account of the late- bess of the hour and the variety of the articles to be txamimed the appraisoment was postponed until gext Mr. Hirsh leaving =the — matter | in hands. of his brother, with — the | anderstanding what he would pay whatever | duties should be found due. When the examination of | sve goods was finally made next day the examiner | decided that the varicty of the articles was such that a proper examination and appraisement could not be mnade oa the dock, and marked the entry to be the public store. “This action was. stricily in ity to the printed regulations on the b e entry, But the Depaty Surveyor, Mr. Nichols, 8 disvatistied with this decision, aud sald that, rather wan have the goods sent to the public store for appraisement, be would sere them, which Was accord- ingly done. ‘The seizure wus uot made, therctore, because It Was a rant case of smuggiing, as has been alleged, but because the duties « not’ We collected on the dock and credited to General Nichols and his sta. It should be explained that there are two deputy surveyors assigned to the duty of examining | passengers’ baggage, General Nichols aud Mz. Benton. Each of these gentlemen bas a corps of inspectors, and there is a rivalry between the two corps as to | hich shall collect the most duties on the dock. The | e under consideration being one in which ols supposed there would be several hundr duty to b collected, he wax uaturally desirous | she amount should goto swell thi 18 collected | his supervision. There appears also to be cun- | Ie {celing of jeatousy between tho several off! vers of the different departments who are assigned to , the duty of attendjug to the interests of the revenue in connection with passenger baggage. — Each officer ap- pears to have an exaggerated idea of his own tinpor- tance and funeticns; and this explains the dis- grucefu! wrangle which, as the testimony sho occurred between the officers in relation to this case Deputy Surveyor Nichols states, in closing his testi- mony, that ta fair appraixement bad been made, so that the duties could have been collected on the dock, or if be had known all the facts in the case since de- veloped, he should have made no seizure. The sevz- ure, therelore, is t resuit of # disagreement o! the oificers us to the value of the goods and the decision of the examiner that the public store was the proper place for the appraisement. Aimong the articles re- ported on the seizure schedule were five packages of umbrella sik. Mr. Hirsh being a manufacturer of um- | drellas, the enumeration of these articles in the ac: rount of the serzure published tn the newspaper was calculated to do him = great injury with the public, the idea couveyed beiwg that he had been fraught im the attempt to smuggle umbrella silk as merchandise, to ve used in his regular business of mavufacturing, Upon examination by the apprais- ers the five packages enumerated as umbretla silk proved to be five patterns of drobrella covers made of cotton and of no commercial value whatever, being simply samples of covers sevtto Mr, Hirsh by manu. tacturers in Europe. The inspectors, in an excess of zeal, selected as dutiable several articles, such as sotied linen, suirts, ladies’ underwear, neckties, shors, apor- t ' und ster: e rw be pers effects and wearing ap- parel in actual use or intended for immediate use, and therefore not dutiable, In view of all the 1 circumstances as exhibited by the accompany n davits and as obtained by me from various persons, whose written evidence was not taken, I respecttully recommend that the Collector of Customs of New York be authorized to cause a re-examination to be made of the baggage now in bis custody seized trom Mr. Hirsh | and to release the same to him upou payment ot the | duties upon all articles properly subject to duty. From co: ation with the Collector upon the subject | [have reason to believe that such « disposition of the case will be in harmony with bis views.’? “LET FISH AND ROBESON ‘ANSWER. | To rus Epitor oF tux Hekao:— { {From the Herald ot March 81.] Mr. Robeson dves uot expiain why he took the agency of our government trom the mighty house of Barings, Which had been our agent tor uearly sixty and which would bave been ot more ase in | redit of the tation than a million | xplanation is given of this transaction, | world knows that the reason was that Cooke, | the President; that y id that be did jeed"’ treely when the election wa In other words, so debased had our pol- ney of the govern- ent was treated like a trade-post out at Fort Sill and was made to “come down’? with every election. Now, she President's (riends may say that it was an error of udgment (for Presidents are not in allible) to regard she houses of Clews and Cooke as solvent as those of Bal We have had to excuse so many things that the Phesideut has done that we may as weil add this to the jist, T know you love justice and are ever ready to “give the devil hisdue.” Genera! Grant has sins sufficient of bis own to answer for, and should not in this his dour of trial and mental distress be called upon to father those of the Secretaries of State and the Navy. It was Mr. Fish who frst took from the Barings the State Department account and gave it to Clews, and by so doing lost to the government, interest included, searly or quite $1,000,000, and it was the Secretary of the Navy who removed from (he same house the naval | account, at a cost, probably, of quite another miiliop. | tm both eases tho President only gave bis assent to the | argent solicitations of his Secretaries, to men who have stood by him from the beginning, and, as he justly | says, “always countenanced and defended my official | " | acts. ‘The late Thomas Baring, the head of the house, | rt cwhen, “after the Revolution, the | government in America offered its necount | uncle considered impenuing. ities become that the tinancial a has been alleged against me either by th ment or by the olticers of the parties with whom | have business in the work I ain doing or have done for the government, | thirty years, Uh that time, and, after consultation, to exhibit their preciation of that compliment, gave wotlce, in AG went the agency, that they should be proud to make the payments for the State and Navy Depart- meouts tree of charge oF Commussious; While, of course, for other business, as the fiscal ageuts of the Unite States, they should charge usual commissions We have acted as aj years, and you 1 ing the business taken from us and given to a house established apparently for the sole purpose of taking trom us the business of which we were so proud, and to putin their pockets large commisstons for services which we rendered gratuitously, Mark the result. It cannot fail to be disastrous, '* epeat, Mr. Editor, the President only acquiesced in what Fish and Robesun demanded, and, in return, they have never failed to give him their countenance and support. Fish has been the bead and front of Granv’s administration (rom the week alier they should be called Lefore the proper investgi ting committees to explain why the Barings were rr moved us the fiscal agents of the United 8! don, and what their removal has cost tbe country, Br. Secretary Robeson says he advanced th $1,500,000 to secure the “old debt.” What * debt?” Why, the money loaned Che firm or deposited ‘with them in 1870 to constitute their capital in trade, If the account had been left wita the Sarings, the first house in the world, and where it had been safe for eighty years, there would not have been an “old debt” to secure, T repeat, Mr, Editor, there is but one course to pur- ‘Let both Secretary Fish and Secretary Robeson betore the proper committee io explain why Temoved from the Messrs. Baring effort to make the fortunes of expense uf the United Stat credit at home and abroad DONALD M’KAY'S DEFIANCE, ri and greatly to its dis- " JUSTICE, To rue Eprror ov THe HekaLp:— In your paper of the 28th inst, under the head of a communication from your Charlestown correspondent, is the following:— Bad tor Donald McKay and John Roach. Other de- velopmente alleged to have been made before the com- mittee look bud for the integrity of Donald McKay, East Boston shipbuildei id Jobn Roach, the well known builder in Pennsyivania, Government umber and other mutertals, it seems, were supplied to McKay at the time he was’ building a ship for the goverment by private contract, and lirge quantities have’ been fonnd by the committee Lidden in East Boston store- houses. amount of value of the plunder lam not informed, but t is believed to be considerable, probably figuring up among the tens of thousands of dollars, About $1,000 worth of navy yard tools and machinery were also found secroted in East Boston. ‘This is all that concerns me personally, With Mr, Roach and his affuirs 1 have nothing to do; but for my- self I say that every foot of timber, as well as what- ever material was furnished me by the goverument, that I was not entitled to by the terms of my contract, was charged to me on do- livery, at government cost, and for tho small Jot of blacksmiths’ tools, which ta all that ever bave sin Lon- | oF not it s obvious that no such ditficu'ty at present ms of humanity and the honor of British ike demand the immediate abolition of ‘On no basis short of this can any settlement be effected that will not ultimately prove disastrous both to Spain and Cuba, In conclusion, the committee earnestly commend this question, in its present very critical aspects, to Your Lordship’s able management, pray: Lordship may be enabled to conduct itto a happy i On behalf ot the Anti-Slavery Committee, we are, very respectt + JOSEPH COOPER, EDMUND SPURGE, } Honorary Secretaries, ROBERT ALSOP, Aakoy Bezacort, Seeretary. BONDS IN BELGIUM. MESSRS, ROLLINS AND HARMENS CHARGED WITH HAVING FORGED AMERICAN RAILWAY SECURI- ‘TIES—MAGISTERIAL INVESTIGATION IN BRUS- SELS—BAIL—HISTORY OF THE CASE AS SET FORTH IN THE TESTIMONY—NO DEMAND NOB INFORMATION FROM WASHINGTON, Buvssxrs, Mareb 20, 1876, Messrs. Rollins and Harmens are at Brussels, They appeared on Thursday, the 16th inst, before the city magistrates, and at once demanded through their at- turneys to be set temporarily at liberty on bail. Tuey were provided with the best legal advice, and M. de iy, | Jaer, the Judge who heard the cago, expressed himself in a mauner favorable to the prisoners, who were then examined through an interpreter, The Court ulti- mately decided to accept bail and fixed the sum at $6,000 for Roitins and $5,000 for Harmens, making a | total of $11,000, aT LaRGr, The prisoners were then taken back to the Palais do Justice for the necessary formalities which precede the release of alleged criminals, and they are now at large. OFPICIAL CONSIDERATION, It Js worthy of remark that they were conveyed from the prison of the Petits Carmes to the Palais de Justice in a private cafriage and not in the prison van, | and that there appeared an evidout disposition on the been in my possession, the Navy Department has my | receipt, agreeably to its own requirements, charged to me, and when the work in which I um now employed by contract is completed 1am bound by my own receipts to return the tools, or their cost 18 to be deducted from my last payment, the-depurtmont pro- tecting itself by keeping back said payment. They are | | mitted the blunder of ordering the Culiforn' This was made plain to the Congressional committee | | by the olticial documents, which cover all my business with the Navy Department, furnished them by Commandant of the Bostéa yard. Please bear in mind that my work is not dnished. 1 make the foregoing statement for tho information of your readers who may take an interest in my af- fairs, and in justice to the Cominandant, E. '’, Nichols, and the Constructor, J, W. Easby, who’ execute faith: jully all orders issued from the Navy Department. For the person who tnverted tho charges against mo in the paragraphs 1 huve quoted I have nothing to offer but detiant contempt, He is probubly one of those creatures who approached me when the committee came here with proifers of service, asking what I was willing to pay for the testimony they were prepared | to mauutacture in my bebalf, One, a bitter enemy to ctary Robeson, Chief Constructor Hanscom, was ry tender on my'acecunt, Ho bad all the ropes in his bands, and could pull them any way for aconsider- ation. My answer to him and othors he sent to me wa: “Teil all you know.” I dectined.to be blackmailed, an for this the hound has tried to blacker mo in your pa- per. His allegations his own inventions, r nothing Navy Depart- 'y Yard—the only DONALD McKAY. East Boston, March 30, 1876. THE MAIL TRAINS. POSTMASTER JEWELL'S CULPABLE NEGLECT. It is not generally known tn this city that the mai agement of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad have just such a monopoly as Jay Gould had at Omaba, and im order to subserve it passengers to New England, as well | jected to no inconsiderable aunoyauce, the Adams Express Company have the sale of papers ob this line, and their influence with the President of the residents of Boston, are sub- It appears that road has been potent enough to prevent the running of un early train to carry New York papers into the East- ern States ut a timely hour. About eight weeks ago a petition submitted to the Postmaster General, signed by the prinerpal merchants and business men o} Boston, Worcester and Springtielt, requesting that ai Tangements might. be made which would enable them to have the New York papers delivered at an earlier hour, The petition was presented, bu nothing has come of it, and tt 1s probably lying n at present among the waste papers of the Post Ortic Since the breaking of the dam at Worcester the ra Toad has taken a cireultous route and the mail trains have been delayed from seven to ten hours, It ix well kuown that on the Shore line to Boston they could bo deliverea one hour behind time, but nothing has been done to facilitate an earlier distribution. ‘The Poste master,@¥R,eral bus heard complaints about this delay, but ngitny that there is mot any appropriation he make of avail to start an cariier tle this may be true, it docs not explain glects to run a fast train instead of the slow esent employed, There are sume fucts re- cently as¢ertained which go to motives. The owners of the Bo: to sign the petition sent to VW the intluence of Hurvey Jewell, a sharebolcer of the Journal, to bear upon his brother, the Postmaster | General, who himself 1# interested i One of the Hurt- jord evening papers, As a consequence, no steps have deon taken to alford any larger fucilitics for forwarding tho New York papers, and at present this want is a subject of general compiaint in Boston and the New England towns. . SLAVERY IN CUBA. The fo.lowing is a copy of the memorial recently sout by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society to Earl Derby on the subject of slavery in Cuba:— | prisoners. un the part of the Amerizan gov- erument or its — representatives, Immediately | | atter the arrest of Messrs. Rolling and Harmens | | | Her exploits have received widespreud attention and | b part of the Belgwn authorities to treat these alleged criminals with especial consideration, notwithstanding the proceedings taken sgaiust t + MAY It INNOCEN Indeed, it 18 not impossible that a very painful mis- take may have been committed, und that two innecent gentiowan may have been subjected upreasanabl; very painful and distressing form ot annoy: up to the present time such part of the evr hus been wade public appours at least as much in tavor of their acquittal as of their culpability, TH DRPRNCE ‘Their system of deience 1s plain and simple. Har- mens declares that he has acted throughout merely as the agent of Rollins, Rolling asserts that be acted with perfect good taith und that he merely employed Harmens as a convenient ugent Who was in no sense accomplice in any attempt to commit a fraud, Har- mens moreover observes, with much plausibility, that he had been a swindler he would have wkeP care not to give the changer, Samuel, time to examine the forged bonds; and certaiuly would not have left them in the changer’s hands to be produced in evidence against him, Moreuyver, that he would not hat Oregon bonds to be sold, because by putting these forged documents into that their spuriou: would be detected, With respect to. a remark made by the Belgian au- thorities that tt was inexplicable that persons should | come to Belgium to negotiate bonds which might have | boen much more advantageously negotiated in the United states Rolling answered that consigerations relative to the financial coudition of America hud alone induced hin to try his luck in the Brussels market. REMARKS BY THE JUDGE. The Court also observed that the sudden departure of the prisoners from ney to Paris and the strange citcuinstances surround- ing them were calculated to arouse a uot unreasonable suspicion, essra. Rollins and Harmens, however, offered ex- plinations of their behavior which were uot, upon the whole, unsatisfactory. NO ACTION BY THK AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, But the tact which weighed most im their favor was the total abstention fron: any hosule action against the the Belgian authorities telegraphed to the United States informing the American government of the case yainst the prisoners; but inasmuch ag no re- ply was received the Belgian judges felt disinelimed to take vigorous proceedings in’ a caso 80 full of doubt. Whetber the prisoners are guilty or innocent, it was question which ouly affects Helglum to the a few thousand francs which will not be lost; whereas it concerns the United States to the amount of many millions of dollars. This mode of reasoning is not perhaps morally sound, but it is vy no means wantiog in worldly shrewdness, and the Belgians have ever possouscd @ due regard for their own interests, MARY HOLLBROOK. THE NOTORIOUS CONFIDENCE WOMAN ARRESTED IN THIS CITY FOR SHOPLIFTING. On Saturday alternoon, us Detectives Thompson and Titus, of the Central Office, were walking through | Sixth avenue they noticed two well known female | shoplifters acting in avery suspicious mauner, The detectives watched them closely, and when they came out of the store of H. O'Neil & Co,, at Nos. 327 aud 329 | Sixth avenue, they were arrested, While being taken to the Central Otllce, Detective Titus noticed that ono d | of the women.(who subsequently proved to be the no- torious Molly Hollvrook) mado peculiar motion with her foot, and then ho jw lying behind her a ijady’s hat, which eho had stolen and concealed in the folds of her dross, Tho prisoners were taken to Headquarters. and | there describea themselves as Mary King and Ann | Withams, of No. 22 Chnton street. ‘The latwer wo.na a proved to be Molly Hoilbrook, one of the most success: iul confidence women and shopliters in the country. crime in Chicago tn 1874, when she robbed a get an of $50,000 in bonds, became world famous on account of the arrest of an innocent wouan and also | omaccount of the sharp manner im which Molly out To the Right Hon. the Ean. ov Denny, Her Majesty's Principal Secrevary of State tor Foreigu Afluirs:— My Loxo—The British and Foreigu Auti-Sjavery So- ciety have recently observed with the greatest interest nouncement by telegraph that the go of the leading Powers of Burope to unite in 4 Irie mediation with the abolition of siavery. The commitice of the society feel Loraship aud the government will fe sponsibility which this invitation imposes upoo tnem. ‘They trust the time has at length arrived when jus- Uniied States bas invited Great Britwin and somo aly in lor the pacilicaiion of Cava and ured that Your | the great re- fe will be done to the hundreds of thousands im Cuba who bave a clam, under British treaties, for absolute and unconditional emaueipation. Lora Palmerston deciared that, lt was of this class “not being the legal property of any man, they ure, ipso facto, free by the Jaw of bavous.”” Their case has frequently been brought by the com- mittee beiore the British government within the last to their appeal having almost invariably bee! ent 18 inopportune." Multitudes of these peo} ve in the meantine mis- erably perished, With scarcely an ellort to save them, althuugh the honor of Great Britain was in their caso so deeply involved. Had this subject received in time past the attention itso justly demanded tne present war iu Cuba—whicn has now been carried oa more than six years—might have been averted. Whatever may have been the exact character of its origin It is bow eraily admitted to be a contest be- tween slavery aud ireedum, ‘As might be expected under such circumstances it bas beou marked by fearful atrocities and has aireaay caused the destruction of more than 100,000 lives. Property to an enormous amount has been destroyed in Cuba, and Spain, ruined in her resources, has been alike unable to 1ultli ber engagemeats aud to suppress a civil war within her own borders, The people of Spain are strongly opposed to the con- tinuange of slavery in Cuva This was str-kingly shown in 186, whed, a8 one of the consequences of the revolution, the press of the country was set irce, and the people were at liberty to speak At that time crowded public meetings were held im favor ot ihe im- Mediate abolition of slavery, not ouly io Madrid bat in nearly all the great towns in the provinces. No change in public opinion has really taken place, Dut the Spanish peopie are at the present time d prived of the liberty of the press and of the por old public meetings. The committee is able to state, on authority upon which it can depei the Spanigh government is willing to make changes in the postical status of Cuba, 60 (hat the islana may be piaced i relations to Spain similar to those at present existing between Canada and Engiand, on condition that slavery may be retained; but this is a condition to which the Unned States will not agree; still less could England, in view of her treaty rights, ever stoop to such a dishonor. It will be in Your Lordship’s recollection that when the committee brought the whole subject before you last June, with the proposal tuat an effort should be made to Dring about a settlement by friendly media- tion, in concert with the government of the United States, Your Loraship was pleased to observe that r to ‘ho obgect in view bad your entire sympathy an coll ded that the American governm considerable suspicion aod jealousy any attempt on the part of Great Britain to interfere between Spain and Cuva. Whether such woula uave been the case at that time | fortunate in arresting the fair swindler. | In January, wilted a Chicago detective. Iu connection with her ar- Teaton Saturday the facts of the Chicago case brielly re- viewed will prove interesting. In the fore part of 1874 Molly left this city and proceeded to Chicago, where she secured apartinents at ove of the most fashionable | hotels, and for several weeks lived in great splen- dor, Being a woman of fine appearance and polite manners she soon attracted attention to hersell, Many meo of culture and wealth ted her, and one might a genticmun, smce dead, entered her rooms with $50,000 iu bonds and a large eum of money ou his person. He recki his Late pb and the consequence was that he was drugged, and when in the morning he awoke be found that Molly had flown, and with her his bouds and money. ‘Detective Miller, of the Chicago police, immediately proceeded to work up the case, He came to New , and was soon She then played her wiles upon him, and so far succeeded that she induced him to take ber to Chicago by way of Canada, When once on Canadian soil she demanded her release, and by appealmg to the aathorities there — obtained he The = officer returned to Chickgo in a crestfallen but, determined to redeem his re) to Montreal, Canada, and arrested a weman whom he supposed (o be Molly, and took ber back to Chi first smuggling ber ucruss tne border. In Chicago the Woman proved to be an entirely different person, inno- cent of the commission of any crime, and, after @ great deal of trouble and Jegal formalities, was released irom custody. Tbe upshot of the proceedings resulted tm the retirement of Detective Miller from the Chicago police force. Meauwhilo Molly bad returndt to New York, and was arrested by Detective Titua, who took her to Chicago, but when they arrived there it was discovered that the platnutt in the $60,000 bond | robbery was dead, and therefore all proceedings in the case were of necessity stayed, and Molly was re- leased. Since then she has screened herself irom pub- fie attention until Saturday last, when sho was arrested tor shoplifung, and as the evidence is clear against bag she will mect with punishment at the hands of the law. She was Lrought before Judge Kilbreth at the Wash- ington Place Poiice Court, yesterday morning, was remanded, together with Mary King, ber partner in crime, until to-day, to await the appearance of Mr, O'Neil. THE EXCISE COMMISSIONERS. ‘The Board of Aldermen will hold a special mocting to-day to receive any nominations the Mayor may make to the office of Excise Commissioners, in place of Messrs. Marshall, Stewart and Stiner. There wase vast deal of caucussing last week on the subject of these appointments, and the candidates showed » dis position to die hard. Among the prominent ones named and supported by a heavy array of political fi fluence are ex-Alderman hogy | Major George W. Sauer, ox-Alderman Simonson, Major sioner Voorhees, of the Pohce Departmet stiner, one of the present Commissi M. Patterson, Peusion Agent. | T were divided betwe Messrs. Patterson ner, in pressing their claims to . recognition, but it 1s now undersived that tbe former will be the jucky man should the republicans secure 4 tive in the commission, Yest a was generally conceded that George W. Morton, deteated Tam- many candidate for Coroner in the last election, would bo one of the deraocrats nominated to the office, the third vacancy would likely fall to the lot Assembiyman Blumenthal or Owen Murph; Tenth Assembly district, Such is the best tion attainable, Yet it ea 4 means either of these gentlemen be we the iti i Hi i H U A & i i i Hl fl L irculation he must have known | russels, their mysterious jour- | condition; | tation, he returned | A History of the Case of Lawrence vs. Dana ct al. ee a ee THE FINDINGS OF THE COURT. This was a suit in equity brought by William B. Lawrence, editor of an annotated edition of “Wheaton’s Elements of International Law,” against Richard Ht. Dana, Jr., editor of another otated edition of the | same work, the publishers of the last mentioned anno- { tated edition and the daughter and representative of | Mrs, Catharine Wheaton, widow of the author of “Wheaton's Elements of International Law.”” ‘THR QUESTIONS INVOLVED If THR ‘Two diferent questions were involved in the tesues: | which the pleadings and proofs in this suit presented; first, the question of title; second, the question of in- fringement j The question of title briefly stated is this:—Mr. Lawrence, uf the requost of the widow of Henry Wheaton, author of “Wheaton’s Elements of Interna. | tional Law,’ prepared two annotated editions of Wheaton’s Elements without compensation therefor, and tho copyright of these two editions wus taken out by the widow and she enjoyed the beneft of the same. In order, therefore, to entitie Mr. Lawrence to bring his suit, 1t became necessary for him to set up ap equitable title to his annotations, | the legal title being in tho widow, Catharine Wheaton, ‘ To sustain this position Mr, Lawrence rehod—First, i upon a contract or agreement between Catharine | Wheaton and himself that she should make no use of | his notes aforesaid in any new edition of the work | | without hia written consent, und that she would con- vey to him, by a formal instrument, tho right to | mako any use be might see it of his own notes; second, upon the ground that in the consideration of a court of equity he ja to be taken aud deemed the owner and proprietor of tho copyrights in and ag to { all the matiers contributed by him and published in | those two editions, The construction of the evidence adduced to @ustain and coutrovert these positions and ; the consideration of the Copyright Jaw us regards | equitable title to literary property was tho most | thoroughly litigated part of the case, The evidence consisted of a momorandum of agree- ment and a huge mass of correspondence. | The question of equitable title 18 one of the most. in- | tricate and delicate with which tho law of copyright | | has to deal. It was thoroughly urgued by tho learned | counsel on both sides and the case will always be a leading one. As regards the question of {ufringement the de- fendant, Richard H. Dana, at the request of Sirs, Wheaton, prepared an annotated edition of Wheaton’s Elements subsequent to the last annotated edition pre- | pared by Mr. Lawrence, As Mr, Dana adtattted having made some use of the edition of Mr. Lawrence the question arose whether the usc, which the evidence would show that he did make, was or was not legiti- mate, The question of law aud the question of fact Involved iff this inquiry are thus stated tm the opinion of the Court:—*Stated in brief terms, tho question of fact 1s, What use did the respondent, who edited the edition in question, make of the complainant's notes? And the question of law presented, inasmuch os it is conceded that he used the same to some extent, is, Was that use allowable, or was it of a character and | to such an extent that it infringed the complain i rights?’ The question of law as regards what amounts to the fair use of the work of unother and what is not | a fair use 1s a very dificult one, aud presents a very | subtle question of copyright law. The evidence as re- gards the matters of fact involved in this case consisted | chiefly in the testimony of two experts, and the resalt of the respective comparisons which they made, the testimony of the parties themselves, and tho compari- son of the books, The Court did not cousider itself entitled to review and compare the merits of the re- spective books, although it had formed a very high | opinion of the notes prepared by the compiainaut, Lawrence, and was of opmion that ‘much, also, has been accomplished by the last oditor of the work in the same direction, und in tho collection and presenta- tion of similar ame wholly distinct and separate from what Was ante utly collected and presented by theéomplainant. ” j THE CHARGE OF INVRINGRMENT. ‘The tssuos presented by the pleadings in regard to the question of infringement were thus summarized by | Court:— | ‘Statement of the complainant is, | 1 | that prior to tho Jast edition annotated by him there was no book of in- | ' ternational faw in which all the authorities bearing | | upon the different questions discussed or referred to in | , the original work of the author, or in bigantecedentan- | | notations, were collected and presented in a con- | | vemient form for re:erence. Such authorities, as he | represents, consisted of judicial decisions, diplomatic | discussions by distinguished diplomatiste and disserta- / trons, treaties and lectures of | aroed publicists and | | writers upon the law of nations; that he uudertook to | | ' collect and present, and vy a considerable umount of | labor and intelectual exertion did collect und present, | an bis notes and in a convenient form, with relerence | | to each question so di-cussed, the discussions and opin- | | fons as aloresaid, translating such as were 1m any for- | eign language, and giving them in full where they { seemed sufficiently important to be so presented, | | and in other cases referring to , giving the name | | of the book and the page where the passage could be | found; that many of the auihorities so collected, and | parciculariy those relating to diplomatic discussions and negotiations, and those showing the way in which | cases mvolving ‘principles of internauonal law bad arisen between dilfereut uations and been det-rmined, | are to be found in newspapers, gazettes, lecisiative de- | bates, series of Looks, such as thé ‘Annual Regis. ter’ and others named and referred to in the bill of | | compiaint, not treatises on international law; that | there is nu book which can serve us un imdex or digest | | to assist an author in any material respect in collecting | | such authorities; thattue number of books and pa- | | pers of that nature examined oy him in searching tor | the authorities and matiers cited by him is so great that | it 1s only possible to make such collection by devoting much attention to the subject for many years | and = by muking and preserving the memo- | randa of such matters Oearing upon the sub- | + as from time to Lime they come to the | ‘nowledge of a person giving a large share of bis at- | tention to such matters, and reading all such books as | Folate to this subject and availing himselt of much in- tercourse with persons conversant with such matters, | The corresponding statement of the respondent is that the plan of work be adopted was to tuke the text of the author of the book with nis notes and unuotate the | Same with original notes of bis own, in the wame man- | ner aa if they had never before been annotated; that It was Do part of his plage to revise, reduce or alter the even iv such matter as the law of Ferinitted if the compiaimans but that his course waa, text, if he tought it re- qi J anbotation, to examineall the works to which ho had access bearing upon the topic, and, among others, but notmore or differently than others, contributions of the complainant. When he had made ull the examination he thought necessary, the allega- \ion is that he then gave the subject the: beat reflection he could und subsequently wrote out a Dew and origi. | pal note fa every iwsiance in manuscript throughout to his own bandwriting or that oi a2 amanuensis, an Without other refercuce 10 oF assivtance from any bags of the som ianst hme as orig stated, “The complainant also alleges,tbat in preparing tho text of his cdition he exercised a cousiderabl me of skill aud judgmout in tho arrangement wotations, aud in combining aud counccting them with | the text, and that be compared a complete index to the yume; abd he charges that the Tespondente, tp their Dvok, nave copied, conformed to and printed said an- notated book and the annotations of the same which he prepared; and that they have used ana led. themselves Of the said book and apnotations aud the | said lavors of tho complainant. Responsive to t cbarge that bis noies are, in a great part, taken and copied Irom those of the complainant, and that he has printed and unduly used the contributions of the com- plaimant, the defendant totally denics the samo and every part thoreol. “wing to this denial of the*complainant’s assertion the Covrt bad to determine the question of ict and the question of jaw stated above with reference to u the case, Fof this these insues und videnve purpose Court itsell made an examination and comparison of the books in question, acknowledging ‘that great assistance was aflorded them by the test mony of the experts in the case, but making, to a cer- ‘tain extent, an independent examination and compari- son. THR CONCLUSIONS OF TUR COURT. ‘The conclusions to which the Court came wei 1, That the cotmpiaimant in acourt of equity is the equitable owner o! the notcs in the two anuotated odi- ‘ions described in the pleadings as arranged, and the mode in which they are combined and connected with the text. 2, That the title to the entire text, together with the title to the memoir and is in the proprietor of the book, and not ip the complainant, as alleged in the bill of comptaing a oe -) src mel phe erg thn sn the al i = berand the value of the materials which. do intringe ‘equitable rights of the complainant, as explained defined by the Coart. & That ail the respondents had notice of the claim the complainant, as explained and defined by the & That there are notes in that edition of substantial importance, in point of namber and the value of ma- a ee rights of the com- ' ‘That the notes in that edition, consisting wholly complainant as explained Gemed by the Court, though many of them are un. MR. RICHARD H. DANA. jt | tuto the manufacture ot | porter ut once withdrew, | odor of kerosene was very markod, and it was evident | a syatem of wood work, old and dilapidated and | enough to ask a question, white it t | two oldest of the trio manuged to get inte tho smail accompanied ent p the extracts collected and presented in editios iy 7. Thut notes consisting of authorities, or eotlections of authoritics, copied in like manner as deseribed in the pregeding proposition, and without remarks or comments, do alyo infringe the complainant’s rights, though they are found inserted in, or prefixed or ap- pended to, notes otherwise not objectionable. 8 That notes of which the whole or some substan- tial and material sponding notes in extracts therei| S is coudensed from the corre- the preceding edition, or from the printed and poblianed. without marks of origival labor, or of any such labor exc the study of the note and adopted, do also i io af the complainant's rights, as explained and de- { ry 9 That notes wholly original do not infringe. | 10, That notes partiy original and partly copied from the preceding edition do not infringe, except for the Watier copied, if it be practicabie to asceriain and de- five the separate proportions and make the separation | of the same; but if not, still the respendent, at the proper stage of the case, must be restrained from using the part copied, | 11. That the cause mast be referred to u master to , examine the pleadings and prools and report the ex- tent of the iniringement as adjudged by the Court in this investigation, and also to examine and ascertain what, if any, other instances of the al ment within ‘the principles and if any, to classity t ther With the reasons for nis conclusions, for th consideration of the Court, matters in tho cause will be re- 1g In of the muster’s report, 13, That the cause is relerred to Henry W. Paine as master, for his exam! ion and report in the premises, —) eenoraiy to the ‘opinion and directions of the THE EAST RIVER STENCH. If Ig PROVED TO BE THE PHOSPHATE MANU- FACTORIES AT HUNTER'S POINT. A great many complaints bave recently beca made Uy persons residing im the eastern portion of this city, vetween Union Squaro and Central #ark, concerning the unwholesome and .noxious odors which are car- ried over the river by the easterly windy from the neighborhood of Hunter's Point. Theso disagreeable and uuhoalthy periumes are not so uoticoable in the winter season, but during the summer mouths many of the most wealthy and respectable people who live up town state that they are a} times simply intolerable, | und that, in their opinion, they carry with them the germs of mauy diseases which among children are par- ticularly taal. It is well known that between Greenpoint and Hunter's Point, L, 1, are located many of whe largest aud most extensive petroloum retineries in this country, and, owing tu the fact that the odors of which the peuple on the east side so justly complain e vor | rongly of kerosene, the inanagers of these refineries are constantly cailed to accouns for conducting their business in a manner injurious to public health, With the view ol ascortuining the extent to which these establishinents are accountable tor the Luisance a Hekatv reporter visited Long Island yesterday and made a thorough invesiigation of their actual con- dition. It ts, of course, impossibio, to refue kerosene and wholly subdue its natural odor, but the reporter ‘was surprised to find the oder so slight as it was. Indeed, after passing through all tho large establish- ments, he coula not see how the manugers could pos- sitly conduct their business iu a more cleanly way, abd for the moment he was pui wled to understand §=from what locality those | disgusting smelis proceeded which are always prevalent up town when the wind is from the east, “Pho only wing that 18 disagreeable about our estab- ishments,” said the superintendent of oue of the re- flueries, “is the acid with whicu we cleanse our petro- leu, and as (bis te periectly useless to us after it has done ita work wo do vot permit it to remain upon our premises But we do not, ug some say, empty it into the river, inasmuch ag it has a steady sale and brings us @ fair price,” “But alter it bas gathered to itself all the impurities of your oil what can it be used jor!’ asked the re- rier. “Weil,” responded the superintendent, “it ts em- ployed a8 @ disivicctant, aud euters to some extent phosphates.’ While this conver: m was goiug on & cart was driven into the yard, odor of which was so drea tuily foul that voth the Payeriniens und the Fr ue cart, after loading Jarge amount of this acid, Which was contained in large glass curboys, drove down the street. The reporcor tollowed it to the wanufactory of Mr, &. Frank Coo to ascertain what became of it. When quite a lung distance | trom this focalisy the source of those pestilential gases: ‘that make such havoc a the health and comiort of the eustern portion of New York became very evident. A FOUL PLACK, ‘The establishment ts located along the river front at Hunter's Point, and is very extensive. It is here that teruhzers and superphosphates are manulactured. No ‘one impeded the entrance of the writer, nor did any one accompany him hy the place; hence he had an opportunity to take his time ana draw big own conclusions irom what he saw. ‘The wagon drive ci tering the yard or court about which are grouped tho rough wooden sheds (where the phosphates are pre- pared) is tormed of thick planks, which, owing to tl pools of dirty and discolored water that surround them | ‘on either side, resemble a rough pontoon bridge across | a morass, The targe yard was tilled trom one end to the other with immense wooden casks, whieh, becausc ot the odors that proceeded trum them, the writer imagines aro used for caryiog the rotten animal matter that enters largely into the preparation ol all phosphates and fertilizers, A more dreury and desolate place has been seldom yen ; rubb.h was piled up everywhere, every heap doing its share 1 reudering the atmosphere tor miles around unhealthy aud impure. Tho little knobs of ground whicn bere and there were disccruable above the water were dis- colored with a greenish-black lyuid resembling tho usel compound which Mr. Disbecker employea last summer to disinfect the Harlem flats The pungent , that the dead aud adulteruied acid obtained trom | neighboriug retinerics bad been very Ireeiy scattered | around. The nearer the writer approached the sheds | (he more oppressive became the utmosphere, while, when once withiu them, THX ODOR WAS ANOMINATLE hardly be endured, There, and could underneath | filled with cracks and crevices, the currents uf air, | yeur im and yoar out, pass over heaps of superphos- | phates, carrying their steach ail over the island and ali over the eastern districts of New York, ey of petroleum is puifed out of the smoke- stacks of Greenpoint, ior concealed beneath that penrent odor of crude oi: also the rotten and pestt- lential odors which proceed irom the stalw fish and animal matter without which these fertilizers cannot bemade, Every cart that gocs to and comes from this establishment disgusts and angers the people of the thoroughfares through which 1 passes, and every buat that comes up the river loaded with the filthy el- ements which enter into the phosphates does its 61 to befoul the air, The writer, while passing through the place, did not mecta single attaché of the esta lisbineut whose presence he could endure even long wonder to him how the sole individual he met m the private oltice hard by can manage to remain in a room #0 unwhole- some and close. The odor scems to have pervaded everything around the place; the very curth seems to exuue the stench, and one must travel many blocks before he can rid himself of it RESCUED FROM DROWNING. | Yesterday (Sanday) about noon, three boys, aged about thirteen, fourteen and Afteen respectively, started out for a row from the Batiery wharl, and when mid- ‘way between Governor's Island and Jersey City were capsized by uw schooner sailing up North River. The boat of the schooner, which happened to be suspended by a rope in the rear of the vessel, but th lest one he side of the capsized bout and was drifted away with the tide, The crew m the schooner yelled to a party of geuslomen who were rowing im the viemity of rescued him in au — exhausted condinon avd carried him to the wharf, FATAL BURNING ACCIDENT. Mra. Eliza Grum, aged 45 years, residing at No. 841 Park avenue, Brooklyn, was in the act of filling a kerorene oi! lamp ou Saturday evening, when the oi! exploded, setting fire to her clothing and bvarning ber ina terrible manner. Her cries attracted the attention of ber husband, wno was m the upper part of the house at the moment, and ho extingnisued the flames ‘Mra. Grum lingered jn great agony till ten 0’clock yes- terday morning, when she died. LONG ISLANDERS’ SPORT. On Friday night there was a cocking main at Jamaica, between Newtown and Jamaica, each town showing ten birds, Tho main was for $300, $30 a bat- tle, The birds were in condition, Jamaica won but two battles and had three birds killed. A large amount ol money changed hands on the occasion. A DISHONEST SON. Thomas Dowd, a young man seventeen years of age, has, for some time past, been employed in his father’s store at No 129 Third strect, Brooklyn, On the 25tn of March, teing short of funds, Thomas took $90 from the m drawer and suddenly disappeared. Last eveni he was found and arrested vy Detects Mahoney and will be held for trial. id hed POLICE JUSTICES' DEFALCATION, The examination of the accounts of the Police Jus- thoes of Jersey Cily shows a large deliciency. Justice Keese, who disappeared Y ‘been heard trom. An ¢: Justice hae alee @ puree | dent of ¥ CONNECTICUT ELECTION. SITUATION OF THE CONTEST AND PROSPECTS Ag TO TO-DAY'S CANVASS—DEMOCRATIC CONFI« DENCE OF VICTORY. Hartvorp, April 2, 1876 To-morrow we are to have the clection in this State, The polls open at six A, M. and close atfive P, M. If the weather is bad avery small vote will, be cast, as many of the farmers muss travel far in order to reach the polling places, In many instances where a aterm rages outside on election day democrats and republi- | cans pair off, They prefer to stay at home, sit around comfortably discuss the canvast ‘THK CANVASS AXD THE ISSUER, During the past week I have endeavored to give you afair picture of the entire canvass, Little; can bt added. All the nominations for representatives were completed last night, and.wothing now remaing but ta gettle the issues at the ballot box, ‘i The Hartford Courant (republican), tu ite Instissye, thus summarizes a sarcastic arraignment of the demo- cratic party in the State of Conrectioat:— 1. It has stopped the payment of tha State debt, uae Tt has largely increased the expenses of the Legis ure, 3. It bas increased the expenditures of the Stat above the receipts. b i 4. It hus largely redueed the cash on band im th bet arf é 5. It removed the barriers to fraud on the ballot States Senate 7. It has, turned men out of minor offices and filled their places with imcompetent party hacks, 8 [thas overridden its doctrine of “home rule” by interfering, tor partisan purposes, with municipal affuirs, ‘What has it done in national affairs? 1. It has placed the lower House of Congress in the contro! of ex-rebels, 2 It bas revived the old secession States rights heresies, U 3 It has permitted on the floor of the House glow. ing delences of the Anderson’ rocitios, bitter and false accusations of Union authorities, and earieost eetbeS Rug to be tne. pabty of it twled by ry e_ party of re the notorious Fernando Wood, and permite notoniogs corruptionists like Schumaker to Occupy their seats unquestioned. 6& Pretending to Investigate frauds, it carefully avoids detecting the rascals of ity own party, showing that ite motto is, “Let no gulity man escape, unless he 4s u democrat,"* 6 [ts without any deMnite policy on the currency or on any other of the it tasues of the of bringing back the rebels into wer, pe It has no party capital except denunciation of the republicans, & Its tendencies are all toward Bourbouism. The democrats have also a lengthy catalogue charges against their opponents. They are not behind band in vituperation and indictments, The corrap- tions of the administration come in (ora large share Cfattention. In tact, the canvass on both sides bas been conducted in most part by the local newspapers only, Some twelve important meotings have been held by the democrats and a similar number by the republicans, Pertect contidence in their ability to win has evidently controlled all movements former, while a quiet meekness und resiguation bave characterized the discussiuns of the latter. Such a mattor of fact, of going campaign has not taken place in the “Nutmeg State” tor a number of years, COUNTING THE VOTERS. probable that it will reach midnight of Monday the reguiton the State ticket can be known ertainty. If avery close contest is the resalt may be difficult to ascertain the correct ligures even at that hour, ‘Two or three days might e‘apse betore the complexion of the Legislature ix positively deter- muned ‘The greenback vote, if it goes up into th thousands, may prove a vory important element in the election. [tis to these greenback men that repablican eyes are turned with appealing glances. Their hope of success in defeating the popular vote and throwing back the election of Governor and United States Sen- ‘ator upon the Legislature hinge on this greenback movement. All the strength of republicun intrigue is cousequently ceptred on the campaign tor Senators aad Represbutatives. A glance at iy arrangement of the vote of last year for Governer wiil explain to those who examine the returns of to-morrow’s eleotion the essential part which the greenback heroes may play in determining victory on either side, Ingersoll (dem.). 58,752 Greene (rep.).. 44,272 aes It is defor wi | ngersoll over Greene. Smith (pro.)......006 Ingersoll over Greene and Smith. Scattering.. Ingersoll over all. Now, taking these 1n to-morrow’s electio Greenback vute Prohibition vote ... Total....... seeeeeeee Ingersoli’s majority over Robingun, say :—5,500, ‘This would geud the selection of Governor to the price and the complexion of that body would theretore determine its results as a republican or dom ocratic victory. THY CONGRESSIONAL FIGHTS. The only part of the State I heye visited where any semblance of excitement exists is in New London and Windbam counties. This is the Third Cog,ressioual district. Here John ‘T. Wait, republican, is pitted against David. A. Wells, democrat, for Representative in Congress to complete the unexpired term of Henry H. Starkweather, deceased. Both, those gentlemes live in Norwich. ‘The former is lawyer of practice ‘and has been State Senator and Speaker of House of Representatives of Connecticut, He about sixty years of age and is generally on one sid¢ or the othor of ull the important law suits tried in the State Several years ugo he may be recollected as Gne of the leading counsel in the celebrated Harris divorce case of New London, which was the upper- most topic of New England tea tables at the time. Mr. Wait appeared on the lady's side of the coutroversy; and although ho happened to bea loser, his adrolé be aight calculate th | management of tne case called out creditable en- comiams, Mr. David A. Wells is the democratic candidate against Mr. Wait, This gentleman ts well known in the literary world. le has pursued t! fession of chemistry and journalism—being formerly connected with the Springtield Republican, Harper's Weekly, the North American Review and other periodicals. He is alse the author of several school books on .cientiflc rub- jects, has been a member of Congress and is now Preah. American Socicty for the Fromotion of Social Science, The friends of both parties ure working cnorgetically, but cp repablicans boast that they have the instal bras POLITICAL NOTES, Ex-Senator Ben Wade is a Hayes man. General Jacob H. Sharp is named for Vongress trom the Mississippi First district, Dr. Leonard Bacon has accepted a nomination te represent New Haven in tho iower branch of the Com necticut Legislature, A Washington society correspondent calls tho de- ceased wife of an ex-Senator a ‘companion picture” with the wife of the ox-Secretary of War. But the shoe witl hardly fit, The Cincinnatt Gazette (rop.) gives the following at the second choice of Ohio, iu the event of the with drawal of Hayes at the Republican National Conven- tlon:— The Memphis Avalanche (democrat) says:—''Th ‘Winona (Miss.) Advance comes to us with well written articles, marked, urging Governor Tilden for Presi- dent. Iu the inspired language of the colored gentle- man who sat on the fence and watched the poultry dif- ficulty, ‘Dat chicken won't pick.’ The Springtleld (Mass) Republican (ind.) states that “Hartranf and Blaine dined téfe-@-téte in Washington on Friday. Hartranft- had proviously looked in on the Pennsylvania Senators and Representatives at the Capitol and called to pay his respects at the White House—only the President was out, so that didn’s eount.”” The Cincinnati Star (ind.) remarks that in talking about nominating Benjamin H. Bristow, of Ken- tacky, for President, it ought to be considered that Kentucky ts not «good State for Presidents, If Vir- ginta is the ‘‘mother of Presidents” Kentucky shoula be counted the stepmother. The “Great Commoner,” Henry Clay, of Kentucky, was twice defeated in the race for the Prosidency. Richard M. Jonnson, of Ken- tucky, was dofeated for the Vice Presidency. John 0 Brockinridge, ot Kentucky, though once elected Vice Presidens, was defeated for the Presidency. Kentucky has had her full share of Presidential chances, but seems to have genorally failed in the result, Abraham Lincoln was a Kentuckian, but he removed from that State at 20 early a period in bis life as to excape itt prestige of defeat, ‘Speaking of George H. Pendleton at home the Cim cinnatt Bnquirer (dem.) saya:—“Hon, George H. Pen- dicton arrived at home night before last, of course attempts were made yesterday to interview him—ate | tempts which were defeated vy his ali-conquering po Wtoness, He seems to think that if dict the statements made about him begins to coutra NEW JERSEY CHARTER ELECTIONS. ‘The Democratic Convention of Jersey City to uomi- asked for authority to deny that be had said thet the ‘moon was made of green cheese. From indirect sourees, however, we gather that the of nate ® Mayor will moot this afternoon, st Franklin | nig inquence to procure the ney cuendon mike ‘Balk ren = pe owing incumbent | National Convention for Thurmam, or any support (eau ve cuecr ook ‘The eee whatever, in cdeaag in fact as it ap, absurd on ig bo: . ote has placed William W. Eaton in the United would soon be”