The New York Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1876, Page 11

THE COURTS. The Davis Divorce Case Ap- pears Again. A NICE POINT. Is the Marriage of Two White Persons in the Chickasaw Nation Legal ? A QUESTION FOR THE LAWYERS. ‘The divorce case of Mary A. Davis against Samuel C, H, Davis, all the’tmets relating to which were published in detail in the Hexaip when the various motions tor alimony, &c., were made inthe court some time ago, came up again yesterday in the Court ot Common Pleas, Special Term, before Judge Van Brant, on the trial of the issue of facts on tne motion for a limited divorce, It will bo remembered from the accounts Qlready published that the plaintifl was married to the deiendant in San Antonio, Texas, on the Ist of June, and that in 1876 she left him beeause of hig infidelity {to his marriage vows, as she alleges, In bis counter affidavit the defendant Contended that the plaintif’s “improper language id ill-conduct”’ wero such as tended to alienate his affections from her, ana that four months alter their marriage she one evening left the house where they Were residing in this city and remained away three whole days. Yesterday Mr. John McKeon, counsel for the defendant, read the interrogatories put by the commission to several persons in Texas who bad known the plaintiff! from childhood, the answers to which showed that she had been twice married before she met Mr. Davis; that her first husband was a man named Vance, now dead, and that her alleged second one was J. M. Taylor, who 19 yet living, It Seems that upon the question of the validity of the alleged marriage of the plaintiff with Taylor the whole interest of the proceedings were yester- day centred, and some very nice points were raised by Mr. E. D. McCarthy, the plaintiff's counsel, In her affidavit, used when the motion for alimony was made, the plaintit conceded that she had gone through a “ceremony” of marriage with J. M. Taylor in the Chickasaw Nation, but avers that she did uot think it binding, as they were married under assumed names. She also says in this affidavit, that coming to the tonclusion some months after the éeremony had been performed that it might, after all, Drove ‘‘serious,’? she secured a divorce from Taylor {rom the ame authorities in the Chickasaw Nation by whom they had been married. Mr. McKeon’s view of the inatter is that the marriage wag a valid one, and it his point is well taken the re- | sult would be that the plaintiff's suit against Davis Would be of no avail, as he could not be ner legal hus- bund while @ man she bad been legally married to revious to her marriage with Davis is yet alive. As her having procured a divorce from Taylor there is no other proof of the alieged fact than her own alleg: tion, according to tho couligel for the defence. Mr. MoCarthy’s argument, which he began early in the afternoon and bad not concluded at the ttme the court adjourned, was that the alleged ‘‘ceremon: Marriage’ between tno plaintiff and Taylor ‘Was Do marriage at all, aud therefore that ber marriage with Davis was « valid marrtage, and consequently that her suit against Davis ts really a sult against a husband #y a woman who is bis legal wite. He based this yiew of the case ou the ground that the Chickasaw Nation | could not make laws binding on nou-resident whites; that it was simply a ward of the United States, and | could only exorcise such powers as were coulerred upon it by the United States. He | argued. that no ‘ceremonial marriage” of | Mon-resident whites im the Chickasaw Nation | rould be other than vold under the circumstances | To fortify bis position Mr. McCarthy offered in evi- dence the treaties between the United States govern- | ment and the Chickasaw Nation of 1855, article 7, page 277, and of 1866, article 43, page 301, which he con- tended proved that uo powers bad been couterred upon the Indians binding on the whites, and that what powers wore conterred were binding on themeelves alone, with certain exceptions, He said that the Chickasaw Nation had no more authority to make a law binding oa the whites than the Oneida Indians had to make a law binding on the whites in this State, A very inter- esting discussion took place between the Court and the counsel as to whether there was any dillerence | between what the latter called a “natural” and a marrtage ander the common law. An explanation of the difference was asked tur by Mr. McKeon, when, dar- {ng hig explanation, Mr. McCarthy contended that the sommon law did not reach the Chickasaw Nation. The Court did not seem to be of the same opinion, and hence the discussion as to whether there really was any difference between what the counsel called a ‘nat. aril” and « ‘common law’? marriage. Upon the point raised by the counsel for the plaintiff whether the marriage in the Chickasaw Nation of Tavior and tho plaintiff is valid depends the validity of the two suits pending aguinst Mr. Slavis, tor besides the one for lim- ‘ted divorce there is another for au absolute divorce, SUMMARY OF LAW CASES. Judge Lawrence yesterday granted a writ of habeas corpus in the matter of Samuel Briggs, who was com- mitted by Justice Kasmire on a charge of keeping a yambling house, In tho case of Fairfax vs. the New York Central Railroad Company, which was brought to recover the ralue of a valise and its contents atleged to have been lost through the negligence of the employés of the de- fendants, Judge Speir yesterday denied the motion of the dofenaants to amend their answer by setting up | * fruad in that the plaintiff was not a passenger on the | train, The case lias been once to the Court of Appeals And a new trial has been ordered. Mary Murtagh, an old infirm woman, bad $1,000, which she gave to Mrs. Ann Doyle to deposit in tho savings bank to her credit. she now claiins that Mra, ait deposited the money in bet own maiden name and refutes to give up the bank books or refund the $1,000. She yesterday obtained trom Judge Law. Teneo, in Supreme Court, Chambers, an injanction against Mrs. Doyle, restraining her trom disposing of the money. In a fight, both free and general, which occurred tn 4 tenement houso im Forty-eighth street, in this city, in the month of Jaly last, Michael Hogan claims to have got the worst of it at the hands of Stephen Filon. Ajury, ina suit between the parties tried in tho Marine Court, betore Judge Sinnott, yesterday repaired Hogan's damages by a verdict to tho extent of $150, The counsel for the defendants in the cases of Will- jam M, Allen, Kobert H, Atwater and John H. Watson against Leonard Jerome, impleaded with Franc! Skiduy, William BR, Travers, William H. MeVicai Wilts KE, Gaylord, Sidney Ashman and Henry 3. Fea ing, having Stipulated to try atthe next term of the Court one of the several cases as a test case, Judgo Sporr, inthe Superior Court yesterday deuied the mo- tion made by the attorneys of Mr. Jerome to dismiss, £0 far as Mr. Jerome was concerned, the complaint in ‘the action brougut by William H. Watson, DECISIONS. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS, By Judge Lawrence, Wake vs, Manvilic.—Orders granted. Plats vs. Pietlert,—see rule 73, tional Baok va, Corbit; Same vi latthews; Adelhardt vs. Cingl Stugel vs, Patri White va. Rowe; Rowan vs, Mow, aud hg ys. Gore.—Granted, Troup v3. Neville.—Strike out name of referee, rule 3. Anderson vs. Hanlon.—In this case the affidavit con- | tains a blank which should be filled up, { in vs. Collins, —Change in date of the affidavit of on the sureties should be noted by the Commis. | sioner of Deeds. Pascal vs, Pascal.—Tnero should be some further root of due diligence in attempting to serve th jendant in or ascertaining his presence in or absence | frow this State. Watson vs. Rogers. —Rule 73 preclades me from ap- pointing him. The Bowery National Bank vs. Frasee—Motion de- ied, on the ground thatthe compfuint asks for a re- Jormation of the indorsement, which {s a matter of pon the Circuit calend: Bowery Navional Bank vs. Frasee et al, —Motion denied, Nocosts, Memorandum. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. By Jadge Van Vorst, O'Connor vs, The Mayor, &c., and the Hebrew Be. hevolent and Urphan Asylum Society vs. The Mayor, &a—Judgments tor plaintifts, Delaney va Stearn&—Judgment for plaintiff on de- murrer, with liberty to defendant to answer on pay- ment of costs SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. By Jodge Curtis, Cochran vs, Gottwald et al. —Order settled. Bond va, MoNiff et al.—Order signed, By Judge Sperr. Allen vs. Jerome ct al.—Motion denied upon the tipulating to try atthe next term of this of the several causes, being a test case as C0, Fairfax vs. Hudson River Railroad Company.—Mo- tion denied, Memorandum, Deutsch v8, Sanger.—Order granting leave to serve amended summons and complaint, Cary vs. Smitt.- Reference ordered, Bruce et al, ve Shoor ét al,—Motion denied with $10 costs. Hart vs. Chase et al.—Order denying motion for a Feceiver. Graham, &c.,vs. Lyddy.—Case settled and ordored on fie: ‘Varaell ve, The Now York Lite Insurance Company: Gerecke vs. Doering ct al. ; Keep vs. McReynolds et al. ; Brennan va. Armstrong; tield 1. va The Balti+ more aud Obio Ratlroad Company. —Orders granted. MARINE COURT— CHAMBERS. By Judge McAdam. Bird vs. Papke joldstein vs. Ward.—Opinions filed. Becker vs. The Metropolitan Lito Insurance Com- pany. —Commission ordered, Damsell va. Clarke; Whitney vs. Clarke,—Com- Plaiuts dismissed. Schering vs. New York Manufaeturing Company; Rumrill va Katen; Herron vs. Kummilsberg. —Motions granted. Force vs, Barker.—Motion for security granted. O'Shea vs. Gumbrecht.—J, A. McNulty, receiver, Rollhaus vs. Leiberg. —Edward Jacobs appointed re- ceiver. Weston vs. Loewith; Browne vs. Weidman; Wise vs, Solomon. —Defaulte taker Rothstein vs. Abeles. —Defendant discharged from rest. Now York Coliege vs. Dickel, Judgment ordered, Abbott vs. Passon.—Referred to J. C. Spencer. F Hanson vs, Wickstead.—Amendment of record. al- lowed. Ptorzheimer vs. Tacker; Segal vs. Birzna; Conover vs. Grifitn; Weber vs. Schmidt; The Mechanics’ Na- tional Bank va Johns; Hall ‘vs, Doe; Lebherg vs, Proitigar; Daveraux vs. Giark; Mattlage vs. Squire. — Orders granted, GENERAL SESSIONS—PART 1. Before Recorder Hackett. In this court yesterday Armand Baux, s young man of respectable appearance, was arraigned upon an‘ in- @ictment for murdor in the first degree, charged with the shooting of Nicoli Coori, on the 27th of Inst Au- gust, during astrect fight in the Eighth ward. Mr, William F. Kintzing, bis counsel, stated to the Court | that he had advised his client to offer a plea of guilty of manslaughter in the second degree. Counsel said that while the killing was neither excusable nor justif- able, still it was not murder. It wasa killing during an affray and while in the heat of passion, without any intent to kill; there was an entire absence of anything like matice under the circumstances, and he hoped therefore that the plea would be accepted, Assistant District Attorney Beil said he had examined into the iacts of the case and was satisfied the counsel was right, Lt was a case of manslauzhter in the second degree, and the jury would not be justified in convicting o! higher degree, 18 there was no evidence slowing that the act wa: intention Recorder Hackett directed the plea to be recorded Mr. Kintzing made an earnest appeal to the Court for mercy in consiueration of the pice and previous good character of the prisoner, ecorder Hackett, in passing sentence, said he quite concurred with the District Attorcey. He also had carefully examined into the tacts and was satisfled that the plea as offered should be accepted, whereupon he sentenced the prisoner to State Prison for foar years Emil Jost, who was jointly indicted with Baux, was then placed at the bar and discharged from custody, the Recorder remarking that he had failed to find any testimony against bim implicating him in any way in the killing of Coors, In the case of the People vs. John Taeffe, charged with killing Jobn Farrell at No, 519 West Twenty- eighth street in April last, qounse! concluded his sum- ming up of the evidence yesterday, and at eleven o’clock to-day Recoraer Hackett will deliver the charge to the jury. About two P. M. the Grand Jury came into Court and presented another batch of indictments, ‘The following cases were disposed of, the prisoners pleading guilty:—William Garston, for stealing harness from Victor Chammrair, of No. 159 Greenwich street, State Prison two years and six months; Henry Martin and Ernest J. Engle, tor stealing a box of feathers from Ridley & Son, No, 410 Grand street, Penitentiary four months each; James Kelly, for breaking into the premises of George W. Dohse at No. 1,001 Second avenue, State Prison two years and six months. GENERAL SESSIONS—PART 2, Before Judge Sutherland. In this Court yesterday the case of James Clark, chi a with highway robbery, was concluded, alter occupying the attention of the Judge and jury for | nearly three days. by the finding of a verdict of as- sault and battery. It appears that during the evening of October 6, about six o’clock, James Boyle, of Man- gin street, was passing through Broome street on his | him violent home when suddenly, and after blow on the mouth, snatched chain from his person and ri away. Boyle pursued the thief for several blocks, but falled to catch him, He then notified the police, who arrested Clark a tew days afterward. Boyle fully identified him as bis assailant, The jury were out about two hours when they sont a communication to Judge Sutherland asking to be iutormed as to what the penalty for as- waalt aud battery was. The Judge answered that tho jary wero to decide whether the prisoner was or was hot gullty—they had nothing to do with the penalty. About u quarter of five P, M. the jury retarned a ver- diet of “Guilty of assaui 4 battery.”’ The prisoner was then remanded for sentence. The following cases were disposed of :—William Hall, charged with attempting to commit grand larceny, was sentenced to the State Prison for three years and sx months; Jobn Shortell, burglary, State Prison, two years and six months; Frederick Dorr, petit larceny, Peniten- tary six months; John Hennessy, grand larceny, was a man approached stnking him a way remanded for sentence; John Kuapp, stealing mgold waich and chain, Stato Prison five year: ‘ohn Hayes, stealing a watch, State Prison five yours; Samuel ly aud James Corrigan, stealing three cases of Rhine State'Prison three years each; Francii stealing two coats, Pemtentiary six months; Patrick Welsh and Edward Jones, stealing wearing apparel, Poaitongiary six months.each; Charles Brand, stealing an overcoat trom fF. Cauldwell. at Earlo’s Hotel, State Priscn two years; Gerald Bertram, stealing two guns irom Thomas McFarron, of No. 10745 Division street, State Prison two years, COURT CALENDARS THIS DAY. PReMe Covnt—Cuampers—Held by Judge Law- Fence.—Nos, 117, 127, 128, 129, 130, 139, 167, 148, 150, 155, 170, 202, 230, 246, 308, 310, 313, 319, 320, 326, 227, $i, 895, S40, HA, B46, B47, 948, 366, 867, 902,268, 304 Scrreae Covrt—Sreciat Teru—held by Judge Van Vorst,—Nos. 639, 278, 279, 235, 147, 503, 71, 96, 314, wini 350, 587, 430, y66, 419, 426, 500, 447, 453, ‘454, 455, 456, 462,467, 468, '472, 473, 480, 495, 505, G07, 5u9, 511, 812, 832, 534. Surreue Court—Circuit—Part 2—Held by Judge Barret,—Short causes—Nos. 3578, 2168, 3518, 4526, 8528, 3578, 15044¢, S748, 3584, 3770, 2564, 3680, 3008, 26, 3472, 8474, 3966, 3830, 16024, 3318, 3810, 3882, 792, 8771, 1770, 3752, ), 3374, 5 3-H Dotiohue. —Nos, 3872, 2703, 3395, 3059, 3385, 2515, 3483, 3587, 290%, S725, 3143, 3497, 3487 3837, 3899, 3821, 8816, 3901, 3382. Scpxniok Court—SrectaL Teru—Held by Judge Speir.—Nos. 37, 54, 61, 8 ‘Streaion Cocrt—Teat Teaa—Part 1—Held by Judge Curtis —Short causes—Nos, 764, 783, 769, 379, 439, 694, 901, 681, 995, 1020, 939, 800, 1010, 1059, 89s. Part 2—No day caleudur, Common Preas—GunenaL Term—-Held by Judges C. P. Daly, Van Hoesen and J. F. Daly.—Nos. 36, 71, 76, 78, 178, 89a, 95, 87, 18, 19, 58, 35, 90, 93, 59. 8, 74, 79. Commoy Pixas—Equity Teau—Held by Judge Van Brunt.—Nos. 5, 8, 9, 13, 14, 36. Comox Puris—Thiat Tkam—Part 1—Hela by Juage Robinsvn.—Nos. 906, 905, $01, 398, 907, 895, 989, BTL, 665, 1125, 851, 492, 838, 392, 11, 827, 453, 731, S16, 586, 714, 583, 1014, 339, 144, 403, 935, 868, 185, 863, 510, 766, 1018, 805, 412, 947, 349, 932, Manne CovrtT—TariaL tenu—Part 1—Held by Jui Alker.—Nos, 3123, 416, 5001, 5365, 4949, 2909, 5399, 5400, 5401, 6403, 5404, is, 2 y Judge Sinnott, — 4675, S414, 6415, 5416, 5420, Part 3—Held by Judge 5391 8673, 8472, 8505, 5923, 5024, 026 2025, 7350, 7357, 7163, 7262, 6284, 8762, 8625, 5806, 8205, $407. Vart 4—Held by Judge’ Goepp.—Nos. 5147, 5202, $210, 5112, 522: 5382, 5987, 5368, 5309, 5374, 6975, 8317, 533, 5385. OveR aNp Takminer—Held by Judge Brady.—The Peopie vs. James MeGinn, homicide. a “watch and | Raoul, | ny | furs, on the floor age | Court oy GENERAL Sessions—Part 1—Held by | Recorder Hackett —The ra 4 vs. John Taeile, homi- cide (continued) Part 2—Hela vy Judge Suther- land. —The Peopl Ji MeGuire, robbery ; Sam: Samo vs. Tuomas Lee and Martin Flynn, felonious as- | sault and battery; Sane vx, Samuel Tese, felonious assault and battery; Same vs. James McNabb, burg. | lary; Same vs. Denmw# Connors, burglary; Same va, Thomas Doyle and Jobn M burglar: ame Va | Thomas Fay, grand lareeny vs. Jal Wilson, me Lucy E, Laurence and Heury grand larceny ; Lewis, grand larceny; Same ve. Annie Devin, grand larceny; ‘Same vs. Jobn Dwyer, larceny; Sumo vs, Hugh Smith and Thomas ‘fanny, grand larceny; Same vs. John Murphy, grand larceny; Same vs, Whill- jam Owens, grand larceny; Same vs. Jo false pretence Same vs. George Sweeney, concealed woapons; Same vs, Blanche Sulth, disorderly house; Some ve. Mary A. Lester, disorderly house; Same vs. Jobn Harman, assault avd battery; Same vs Willian | Meager, assault and batrery. COURT OF APPEALS. Atuany, N. ov. 16, 1876, In the Court of Appeals to-day the following basi- Ress was transacted ;— No, 36. Barteau vs. The Phonix insurance Com- pany.—Argument resumed and concluded. No. 41. ik v8 Carter, —Pasned, No, 42, Charies H. Kalbileisch and othera, respon- dents, va Frederick W, Kaibtleisch and othera, apnel- lants. —Argued by Philip 8. Crooke for appeilanis and E. M. Cullen for respondents. No. 14 John M. Melcher and others, executors, &c., respondents, va. Lucy D. Fisk, execatrix, &c., appel- h ed by Homer A. Neison for appeliant and John E. Parsons for respondent, Proclamation made and Court adjourned, CALENDAR. The following is the Court of Appeals day calendar for Friday, November 17:—Nos, 21, 20, 45, 47, 48, 64, 66 and 57. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. Wasmixatox, Nov. 16, 1876, Nos. 91 and 92. Mutual Insurance Company of New York vs, Anna N. Snyder, and- Satho vs. Lewis W, Snyder—Error to the Circuit Court forthe Eastern District of Pennsylvania —These were actions on three policies of insurance on the life of Monroe Snyder, of Bethlehem, Pa., for $10,000 eacn. The defence was that at the time of issuing the policies the insured falsoly stated in answer to the question how long since be has boen attended by a physician, and for what diseases, that he had not been attended nv « in Schonfeld, | ' Edward Cromwell, Alexander Muon, Cnaries Samson, | | hurt the test of the truth of the answer to physician for twenty years, It was prov mn tbe trial that the insured, in 1867, about five years | prior to bis imsurance, while uuloading slate ffom a wagon to a car, fell from the top ot the car to the ground, striking his head in the fall either against the wagon or the car so se" pa A that he jay in ap insensible condition a con- siderable time, aud was atten by a physician six before be was r as con’ mt, and even at that time he complained of an unnatural or unusual giddiness and was thought by the physician slower than was his woat.”’ Upon this Proot the Court was asked to instruct the jury that the policies were rendered void by the untrue statement made, but the charge was as follows:—“If the full upon the head for which Monroe snyder was attended by a physician was a severe one, the answer was untrue and the verdict should tor the fendants; so if the jury find ndan physician was tor any disease or injury within the meanivg of the question, the ver- dict shouid ve for the deiendants,’’ It is here urged that the negative reply rendered tho policies void | without the proof of apy turt! fact, and that the charge of the Court, in making the severity of the | ques- tion, Was equivalent to leaving it to the jury to do- termine whether the matter inquired of was material to the risk, and this, it is contended, was nota ques- | tion open to be tried by a Jury. Wilhtam A. Porter and George W. Siddle for piainuffs in error; E. J. Fox and Henry Green tor defendants, No. 94. W. H. Whiteside etal, appellants, vs, the United States,—This cause was argued by Mr. J Casey, of counsel for appellants, and by A: torney General Smith for the appelieos, No, 96. W. H. Cobb ct al, plaintiffs in error, vs. George Rico.—Passed on account of the absence of counsel on public business. No. 97. John G. Benson, platntiff in error, vs. Jo- | sephine De Cair,—Passed on accountof the death of | the plaintiff in error, No, 98. Edward G, Hanrick, administrator, &c, vs. David Barton et al.—Dismissed with costs, under the sixteenth rule. No. 12 G, A. Kibbio, platntiff in error, vs. Alfred Thompson et al, —Coutinued, No. 100, John L. Phelps et al, appellants, va, John Sedgwick, axsignee. No, 101. Barker Place etal., executors, appellants, vs. J. Sedgwick, assignee.—Passed under the order of tho 25th of October last, No, 102 The Union Pacific Railroad Company, ap- pellants, vs. J. B. Stewart. No. 252. J. B Stewart, Pacitic Ratlrond Company. sickness of counsel. « The Court then adjourned until to-morrow at noon, JAMES PURCELL’S ARREST. Oficer Spitzberger, of the Twenty-ninth precinct who arrested James Purcell, the messonger for thie Democratic Central Committoo on the day before elec- tion, while the latter was cn route to the office of the Evening Express to deliver a package of election bi lots to Mr, Erastus Brooks, was placed on trial yestor- day before Commissioners Erhardt and Nichols, The technical charge was failure to take his prisoner direct tothe station house ultor the arrest, is having ap peared that he stopped at the Fifth Avenue Hotel by appellant, vs. The Union —Passed on account of the NEW YORK HEKALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 117, 1876—TRIPLE SHEET. ll NATIONAL CAPITAL ANNIVERSARY. THE SEAT OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN NEW YORE--THE PERMANENT CAPITAL—AN INDIAN PLACE WITH A LONG NAME—THE END OF A PROTRACTED AND BITTER CONTENTION, On the i7th of November, 1500—seventy-six years ago to-day, and just the dawn of the nineteenth century— the seat of government was transferred to Washington, and that city became from that date the capital of the United States. The selection of a suitable place had been long a matter of bitter rivatry between different sections of the country, and the final settlement of the question was regarded as the removal of a serious cause of contention. New York was, during the first year of Iridependence. the capital of the Repablic, | and it was in this city that Washington was inaugu- rated. When Congress, alter a session of four months, ending August 12, 1789, removed from New York to Philadetphia, that body passed resolutions | thanking the corporation for the elegant and conveni- ent accommodations furnished them during their stay; and it wasadmitted that the inhabitants were remark- ablo for their orderly ana decent behavior. Before the adoption of the constitution the sessions ot Congress were hela according to the exigencies of the war or as the convenience of members from differ+ ent sections required at New York, Philadelphia, Balti- | more, Lancaster, Princeton or York, and for the time being one or other ot the places named was consid. ered the seat of government, During this early period there appears to have been great excitement and rivalry, which continued to the end among the difter. eut States to have the distinguished body in their midst, New York tendered the town of Kingston tor the location of the capital of the new nation; Rhode Island, Newport; Maryland, Annapolis, ap: Virginia oftered Williamsburg, On the 21st of Octo ber, 1783, Congress had been insulted in Philade! phia bya bana of muuuous soldiers clamor- ous for theirpay, which:the State,authorities were uoa- bie to quell. On this occasion they adjourned to Prince. | ton, where they heid tueir sessions in the ball of the | College, and it was probably owing to this disturbance | that the subdject of a permanent seat of government was taken up and continued to be at intervals the sab. ject of animated discussion up to tho time of the for- Muation of tue constitution. Alter the adoption of the | constitution New York was mentioned as the most suitable piace tor Congress to mect and to eatablish the seat of government. Objections wero made on various grounds, and both Washington and Madison regarded ‘the proposition with distavor. However, this city was decided upon, but it did not long enjoy the honor. ‘The corporation had offered to provide public buildings for the new government, but it was discovered that the | City Hall, in Wall street, in which the Continental Congregs had been accustomed to meet was falling to decay, and the exhausted City ‘Treasury furnished no means wherewith to make tho | necessary repairs. In this emergency a number of | wealthy gentiemen advanced the requisite sum. The | hail was immediately renovated and placed at the dis- | vequest of Colonel Drake DeKay, of Comptroiler Green’s office, The circumstances of the arrest, it will be remombered, were published at the time, and aused no little comment among democratic politicians, who denounced it as a republican outrag The first witness called was tho messenger Purcell, who testified that he was given a package of demo- cratic Preeidential electoral tickets to be used in Staten Island to take to Mr, packuge at the Everett House between eleven and twelve o'clock, and at once started on his journey. A short distance from the Everett House he was accostet by Officer Spitzberger,who arrested him. Accompanying the officer was Mr. DeKay, ‘The witness was tuken up Broadway toward the Thirticth street station hou When they reached the Fifth Avenue Hotel DeKay ked the officer to step inside with the prisoner, and be was taken into the hotel, where he was Kept ton miputes, Ho was then taken to the station house and if an hour later brought before United States Commissioner Duell, at the Post Office, who on examining the pack- age discharged him, Mr. DeKay was next called, and testified that he went before Captain Williams on tho morning of No- vember 6 and asked tor an officer to arrest a person who would have in bis possession forged bonds or documents. ‘The Captain thereupon detailed officer Spitzberger to go with him, After the arrest, and while proceed- ing to the station house by the most direct route, De Kay asked the officer to wait with the prisoner uatil he could telegraph from the Filth Avenue Hotel to a United States Commissioner. but the prisoner was delayed im the hotel not moro than two minutes. Officer Spitzberger testified that he was sent by C: tain Williams to arre: person who was accused of having forged bonds or papers in his possession, said Person to be pointed out by Mr. DeKay. The wiiness corroborated Mr. DeKay in that the time of delay in the Filth Avenue Hotel did not exceed two minutes. The case was then closed and reierred to the full Board. No explanation was made by Mr. DeKay as to why he made the assertion about forged documents or what connection he had with them, THE NOCTURNAL JIMMY. When the employés at No. 506 Broadway arrived at that building at eight o’clock yesterday morning they found the front door open and the padlock missing. Inside they saw evidence of a burglary, and an exam- ination showod that burglars had escaped with a booty of about $2,000 worth of goods. The second story is occupied by Lent & Braman, dea! in gentlemen’s goods and tailors’ trimmings, whose loss is about $1,000, Tho burglars effected an entranco by cutting abole through the panelling leading from the stair- ‘way large enough to admit the body ofa man. Having secured their bocty they next turned their attention to the store of W. T. Zugalia & Co., manufacturers of ove. the door leading to which they forced open. They selected seven sealskin sacques, a uantity of gloves and otuer articles valued at about 1,200, Their escapo was evidently effected before seven A, M., as the officer on post 1s positive that the padlock was securo at that hour, inspector Thorn and Captain Allaire made a careiul examination of the premises and came to the conclusion that the burglary he work of experts. They also think that federate was stationed outside who unlocked th th wing, and JOHN 8S. WILLIAMS. ACTION TAKEN BY THE MEMBERS OF THE PRO- | DUCE EXCHANGE ON BIS DEATH. Yesterday afternoon the members of the Produce Exchange metin the Exchange Building to take ac- tion on the demise of John 8S, Willlams, Mr, J. Stark, the president, called the meeting to order and | David Dows presented the following resolutions, which 8. D, ‘Harrison seconded and the meeting | adopted :— cus through the cispensations of Divine Providence become our mournful duty, by the sudden death of ie triend and associate John 3, Williams, to piace our records the departure of another member rou hoce sterling \utegrity throughout ve in advancing seworthy enterpr of this city, at home and abroud, true patriot ism during the darkest days of this country’s history, and uniform coartesy avd geniality of character in his ‘inte: course with us, had endeared bim to us all Resolved, That the death of our affectio friend. Join 5. Williams, us the gratetul duty of bearing willing tevtimony to his many noble quitli- ties of mind aud heart, his upright Christian character and courageous, hopetul xpicit. Kesolved, That the record of his life {4 a proud inherit: | ¢ to his 401 of encouragement and lope to late assoc! and to ourselves an example worthy of emulation am wanded respect. Resolved, Thut we, the members of the New York Pro. | duce Exchange, canse this tribute to the memory of our late friend to he placed on the minutes of the Ixehange, and a | copy thereot sent to his family as @ testimony of our deep sympathy with thom in their sudden beroavement. hesetvea, a committee, of Hh, poiuted by the | chairman to represent the Exchange, attend the funeral of oar late triend. The following ts the committes appointed to ropre- sent the New York Produce Exchange at the funeral of the Jate John 3, Williams :—David Dows, 8, D, ttarri- son, Stephen W, Carey, Edward Hincken, John G KJ. Corts, C. G. Francklyn, Thomas Heudei lav Schwab, W. D. Mor- iam H. Swan, L. J. Orr, William Ht Patil esteemed gan, Churles L tark, Wiiliam A. Col ACTION OF THE STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. The following resolution, expressive of regret at the | domise of Mr. J. 8, Williams, was yesterday signed by the firms whose names are apponde: Having learned, with deep and sincere regret, of the decease of Mr. John s. William: firm of Williams & Guion, manag aod Great Western steam Company, w signed, representatives of foreign lines of steamships at the port ot New York, de: to express the biga esteem and regard which We have entertained for him, as weil in his business capacity as in his private cha- racter. And, to mark our appreciation of the integrity and courtesy which he at all times displayed in bis imter- course with us.and with all others to whom he was known ia this commanity, wo beg | and the members of bis fai 10 As a mark of respect to mi our revpective offices between the hours of ten aud twelve o'clock on Friday, November 17, 1876, and will atvend his tanoral, Jobn G, Date, Inman line; George C, Allen, Cunard ime; Hengerson Brothers, Anchor line; Veirichs & ©o., ‘North German Lloyd; Kunbardt & Co., Hamburg- A Hoan Packet Compat R, J. Cortis, White Stat State hue; William D, Mor gan, Bristol line; Charle Wright & 'Co., Hull line; Pith, Forwood & Cu, a ine, New York, November 16, 1876. BAL MASQUE PROHIBITED. Ata meeting of the Police Board yesterday permis- sion to bold a masked ball in Irving Hall was refused to the mauagere of the Bal Francais de |'Wermania Brooks. Ho received the | The officer complied, | . | the time appointed, and continued its sessions until the Liverpool | the under. | F. W. J. Harst, National | line; Louis De Bévian, General Trans. Atlantic Company; | posal of the general government, On the 4th of | March, 1789, the day appointed tur the assembling of | Congress, | ALL THE BELLS WRRE RUNG | and the hall thrown open for tho expected meeting, | | but only a handful of members nade their appearance, | | A quorum of the House of Representatives was ut last | present on tho lst of April. A suilicient number of Senators to form a quorum did not-arrive until the 6th. On the 6th both houses assembled in the Senate Chamber, and the votes tor President and -Vice- | President were opened and counted, whon Washington | and Adams were declared elected. A messenger | was despatched to Mount Vernon to announce the re- | sult and another wus despatched to Boston for a like purpose in the case of Adams, Adams was tho lirst to arrive. He reached New York on the 2lst of April | and was met at the boundary line by Governor Clinton | and # military escort and conducted to epeebeiies, Here he was reecived by the Semate and House of Representatives and escorted to the city, where he de- livered his inaugural address, Two days later Wash. iugion arrived. He was received by both houses of Con. | | gress, by the Chancellor of the State and several ather | Sigh tunctionaries, An immense procession escorted him to the residence of Governor Clinton, on Pearl | street, who occupied a large dou house, | ironting om Codar street Foderal had | | not yet been finished, and @ wock lapsed | before arrangements or tho inauguration | could be completed. For this the only balcony of the | Senate Chamber looking down Broad atrect was chosen; | Congress having proscribed that the ceremonies should ke place in public and ta the open air. The imposing event took place April 30, 1789, amidst general popular rejoicing. RIVAL CLAIMANTS. option of the constitution the coun- ‘a ferment, tn respect of the location of t seat of government. Tie Eastern | Scates preferred New York, Pennsylvania claimed its return to Philadelphia; the people ot New Jersey poti- tioned for its removal'to the shores of the Delaware, while Maryland, Virginia and other Soutbern Statos urged the banks ofthe Potomac as the central location, ‘Three weeks aiter Congress met tn this city, Virginia Olfefed to that body ten miles square of 118 territory | in any part of the State which might be selected as the seat of government, aud uext day a similar prong. sition was presented by Maryland. The subject cao | | up for discussion on the introduction of a resolution | that it would be exp@tent to select a site which should | de *:as near as possible the contre of wealth, of popu- | lation and of territory.” It was also proposed tbat a | piace as nearly contral a8 convenient communication | with the Auantic Ocean and an easy access to the | | Western territories should. be selected. Almost all | were agreed that New York was not sufficiently ces- tral Tae South Carolinians objected to Philadelphia, | | because of its Quaker inhabitants, who, they | said, wero eternally dogging Southern membi | With their schemes emancipation. Others | ridiculed the idea of building palaces in the | woods, Mr. Gerry, of Massachusetts, thought it | highly unreasonable to fix the seat of government in sucti a position as to have nine States oat of thirteen to the north of the place, and adverted to the sacrifice the Northern States were ready to make in being will- ing to go as fur south as Baltimore. Mr. Page said NEW YORK WAS BUPKRIOR TO AXY PLACK for the oraerly and decent behavior of its inhabitants. | Alter flerce and lengtny debates, in which sectional feeling was strongly maniteated, Germantown was lly agreed upon by both houses, it the bill v: Aight amendment, Later tho supporters of Baltimore and Connogochcague ob the Potomac were | equally divided. Finally un act. was passea, July 16, 1790, which bad long been under consideration, pro- viding for the establishment of the national capital “on the river Potomac at some place between the | mouth of the east branch and the Convogochcague,” A proposition that jebt of individual Sti should | be assumed by the federal government had caused | | more than ordinary exciting debates, The claims | vanced by Pennsyvania were not recognized, and « | soften its disappointment it was agreed that Congres: 4 first remain for ten years in Philadelphia, | when, as Mr, Wolcott expressed it, ‘they were to go to the Indian place with tne long name on the Poto- mac.” Congress adjourned August 12, 1789, to meet in Voiladelphia in December following. It assembled at inal removal of the seat of goverument to Washington, November 17, 1800. New York was the political capi- tal of the Republic for the first year succeoding the adoption of the constitutior j THE UMBRELLA HOMICIDE, | Coroner Croker held an inquest yesterday afternoon | in the case of Jobn Fitzsimmons, aged thirty-five, of No, 237 West Forty-first street, who was killed late on the night of the 6th inst. in MeCormick’s liquor store, on the corner of Eighth avenue and Forty-first stroct, A quarrel occurred between deceased and Richard O’Keete, aged thirty, of No. 445 West Forty-tirst street, ‘The latter thrust the point of his ambrella into Fitz- simmon’s eye, penetrating the brain and causing death at Bellevue Hospital on the 8th inst. ‘The following testimony was taken in the case:— Jeremiah Dynan, of No. 237 West Forty-first streot,. | was im the barroom with deceased when O'Keete camo | am: they began taiking politics; O'Keefe went out, but | returned In afew moments, and struck witness with an ombrella; Fitzsimmons then made a rush for O'Keete, but the latter strack tim in the eye with an umbrelia; witness attempted to detain O’Keelc and | wus struck several times with the umbrella; witness and deceased were both under the influence of liquor; had voth known O’Keele about three years; had never | had any trouble with him before, * | | tatthew Mecoriick, the bartender, was next called. He said that deceased and the others left his saloon on the night in question arguing loudly with bh other; | he did not know what had ocearred they lett, Leroy Stevens, an officer of the Twentieth precinct, testiied to having found Fitzsimmons with his eye | wil covered with biood, and to having taken him to the station house, Max F. Sebmittberger, an officer of the Twenty- | ninth precinct, testilied to having arrested O'Keefe on | she 8th inst Jeremiah Dynon was here recalled and identified O'Keefe, who had been arrested. Kichard O'Keefe, veing then called, testified in his own behail as fullows:—I am a bricklayer by trade; had known deceased three years; went to MoCor- wick’s on the night im question; deceased aud Dynan | were there; we bad some words together, and got to talking 60 loud that tno bartender | told us to leave; we went out, and I bit | | Dynan with the umbrella because he had attempted | toauateh $2 from me inside; both then came tor mo and L defended myself with the umbrelia as well as L could; I did not know I had struck deceased in the e; Dynan then came for And threw ine down; Jong and toldeme to getup; Ldid so and went bome. (he ferale from the poiptof the umbrelia, which | Was found imbedded in the brain tissue, was here ex- | hibited and identified by Deputy Coroner Muc- | Whinnie. The medical testimony of Dr. Stilwell, of Bellevue | | Hospital, aod Dr. MacWhinnie was then read, showing cause of death to bave been compression of the brain. | A long arguthent was here entered into between o1 of the jury meu and the Coroner in relation to the ti hen deceased was inju It appeared ied On the Hight of the troavle at the pol Surgeor ter said thacthe man and atter bandaging his bead told him to go home. Vhe man was found unconscions in a hails | Way the next day, and taken to Bellevue by some un- known party, The juryman contended that deceased might have received bis injuries after loaving the sta- tion house. Coroner Croker therefore adjourned the inquest to | the night, and when, were it not for the bansom, many | underground runs from the Temple to that part of the | build a single habsom, and who depends for his liveli- | eleven o'clock this morning to procure vie ance LONDON CABS. The Driver of the Hansom and of the “Crawler.” HANSOM VERSUS RAIL Mrs. Prodgers, the Cabman’s Nightmare. j | / Loxvox, Oct, 29, 1876 | The value of the hansom cab as a means of com- | munication in thts vast labyrinth of streets can hardly be estimated by any person who has not spent some time in London or in the other large cities in England. To persons engaged in business it is indispensable, its value incalculable. There are thousands of busi- ness wwen !p London who seldom ride in any other class of vehicle, The ordinary cab is a delusion and a snare; the omnibus has too many stoppages and is altogether too much a machine of routine to be of the slightést service to one ina hurry, and even the underground railway can only be used to advantage under certain conditions, But the hansom will pierce its way through the busiest thoroughiares with unerring accuracy and safety | whon ommibuses and tramcars block the way. With | it there is no fear of missing the train, no fear of | being late in keeping an appointment, Periapsthe = | MOST IMPORTANT AND CONVENIENT USK OP THIS VEIICLE 48 that which is brought into requisition between the hours of one A. M. and six A. M. when the omnibuses and underground railway trains have ceased to run {or | | | | owspaper men and others would be obliged to resorts to “shank’s pony” in order to arrive at their homes in the suburbs, The speed of a hansom varies trom eight to thirteen miles por hour, according to the time of day and the consequent state of the traffic, The util- ity of the underground railway is frequontly exageer- ated, For instance, hore in Fleet strcet this method ot | locomotion {s almost out of the queation. | 1 want to go to Bartholomew latie, or the Bank of England, on @ rainy day, which are of quite frequent occurrence. If {take the undergrouna road I must first walk five minutes to reach the Blackfriar’s depot; then I have the trouble of descending innumorablo steps, of losing two minutes before the train comes. I pay two pence for first class fare, and get out at the Mansion House depot, and then have another walk of three minutes to reach my destination, which I do in avout fifteen minutes from the start, Were I to call a | hangom at the door, in seven minates I should be put down at the bank, at w cost of a shilling, a saving of sevon minutes and of a vast amount of discomfort and petty annoyance. THE UNDERGROUND SYSTEM 1s, of course, of vast advantage to thousands upon nds of persons who are compelled to live in the and who can come eight or nine miles ata cout of from three to six pence or a shilling a day; but once in the city this method of communication is of but shght value ior shorter distances. The great arteries of the Holborn, Oxtord and Regent streets are ail at great distanco from the underground system, and consequently almost excluded from their advan- | tages and cheapness. A person living ta Ficet street and desiring to go to Baker street, King’s Cross, must stance of ten to fifteen minutes street depot, in which time put bim down at his destination for eighteen pence. For evening Appointments the bansem ts a nece if your host lives in the suburbs, six or away, excepting the uccident that vou and your host | live within easy reach of the stations. By a hansom | cab you can trom Fleet street reach Maida Hill, a dis- tance of five miles, iu halt an hour; and though the suburbs yet it makes a long circuit, and you cannot | make the distance much under forty minutes. The | cost for such a ride by hansom would be half a crown | or three shillings; by the underground a shilling (first class), yet for the extra cighteen ponce you get fresh nt drive, avoiding the xloom and smoko tombiness of the tunnels. THE NUMBER OF HANSOMS IN USK in London is about 4,000, and these aré owned by up- ward of 170 proprietors of differont grades, trom the large cab owner who bas reached a position of opu- lence by means of the gains brought to bit by tho continual running of his vehicles, to the adventurer who has scraped together enough money to buy or hood upon an assiduous plying for hire at ail hours of the day and night. Hansoms are, in fact, omnipresent, You cannot walk a block, hardly, even in the suburos, without seeing a bansom driver watching for # fare. Here in Fleet street at least a dozen pass the door every minute of the day, their drivers over ready to whisk you «at a moment's notice to the farthest part of the city. And they will do it good | naturedly too, Asarale the hansoim drivers are civil and obliging persons (very unlike the drivers of tue crawiors), and if you are not as stingy as Mrs. Giaco- mett Prodgers they will always give you a thank you, ir, for your fare, especially it ave given them too much, and Jeave you with the impression that you a good sort of a fellow after all, which, by the w: ig much better than having the driver look 1 ousl: at bis fare, and drive away without saying a word, making you /eel somewhat Uncomfortable and a tritlo mean. Now and then you come across an insolent or dranken hansom driver, but this sort is fortunately the exception. The LONDON HANSOM DRIVERS, as a class, are infinitely superior, both as regards in- igence and civilty, to their brothel ik.” Cabby’ | that he may drive people down to the city, aud about three o’clock ja the afternoon he prays tor rai that bis morning fares may be compelled to ask his assistance whereby to gethome dry and happy. The financial arrangement between cab masters and cab drivers 18 peculiar, The driver does not receive wages, | Dut bires horse and vebicle from the master, having to | pay bim a certain sum tl for, his own euru- | aro therefore dependent upon the chance which he may pick up He must earn | illings per day before | his expenses are cleared. In addition to his tare ie has | orquisites and ‘‘pickings,’’ and of property forgotien | by the public in bis vehicle (which should be delivered | to the authorities) he receives a portion of its value, if | he givos it in at Scotland Yard, if 1t be not reclaimed within agiven time. Butthe Lendon bansom is far from being the perfection of a vehicle for locomotion. On a rainy day, when the shatter is down, it is as un- comfortable and staily a machine as ever carriage maker | invented. If you are unaccustomed to the use of hangom it 18 an intricate business to enter with- out getting your dress ‘smeared with mud from the wheel, which closely adjoins the step. Having succeeded in getting your toot on the step, Various contortions of the body are necessary bo- fore you can be comfortably seated. It is a ‘round. the-corner” sort of business, in which one must have practice before attaining that neatness of movement which the involutions of the arrangements render ne- cessary, Beware, too, of the horse starting before you aro well seated, You will sit down rather harder than | cessary if you are not on the lookout fer this sud- den movement. ON IT8 NATIVE WkATH. The London bunsom, with all its inconveniences and impertections, 1s a production of the London cli- mate; a climate in which rain, fog, mist avd drizzle | are the rule and sunshine is theexception. Here, the | open barouche and the Parisian facre will net do. Tn Paris you can have the closed cab in winter and the ple: sant open voiture in sammer, but bere you have the ha: fom ail the year round, a short summer and a | winter renderi: je. Thi cle, moreover, i y pe ple, and ig not made to carry loiterers, while it is too | noisy tor lovers. The occupant’s vi-1on 1a restricted. | He cannot fully enjoy sunshine and beauty of scenery | from it, although, 0 far as scenery is concerned, inas- | much as the hansom is exclusively a town vehi } the loss of scenery is not much. It is, in fact, ovly | used by those who are anxious to get to their destina- | | | | tions inabarry. Should it iu, the driver lets down the ginss shutter, a process detrimental tothe brim of the novice’s hat, bs It NEW YORK, with ite totally different climate, a different kind of hansom is noeded—an open vehicle, with a flexible awning—something like a buggy, perhaps, would do— | or, indeed, two sorts would seem to be called for, one for summer and the other for winter. The London hansom would scarcely be of service in {ts present form, but 8 species of this fort of conve. »nc. might De | made ava’ to men of basiness and porsonsin hurry who can afford to pay. ton The great objec- increase of the cab system would crowded state of roadway and halt ot the city, confined as it is within small limits by its two great flanking rivers, whereas London, for the most part, is situated on level ground, | has no natural boundaries aud its capability of ex- | tension {8 unlimited in every direction. Under ex- | isting circumstances in New York the same system of police regulations and trafic would be rendered nec- to an essary a8 exists fo Berlin and Vienna, and in the mo: | crowded portions, near the wharves especially, of London. | A NBW CAD COMPANY. E the hansom, it appears, 1s not to reign with an- | disputed sway inLundon, Trie, the busimess men of | this city have found in it the best method of coavey- | ance, bat comparatively only a small portion of the residents of London are business men, and so we are _ to have a new cab company whose vehicles shall be | more adapted to the pleasure lovers who have time to | tuke things casy and extract some modicum njoy- | ment trom lie, The London four-wheeler cab driver cannot be described as 4 wntversal favorite; be ts r jarded rather asa portion of bis turnout (the wor: portion perhay component part of a pablic conven- Xeeswive urbanity 8 not one of his virtues, her, or when no other means of transit is availabl he is apt to take too much ‘upon him, to give {roe reins to an vxasperating Species of tyranny which result# oither in the ex- traction of an excessive fare from the passenger or his own prodiiction betore the magistrate, Cabby, ver, knows bis own powers aud ts fot unac- ved with bunian natare, He is perfectiy aware ‘atna times out of ten his demande wil) be met be | will have to postpone indefinitely his victim provided he presses them insolently enough. If the passenger happen to be some well-dressed stickler for appearat he will pay up rather than form the mucleus of the swift gathering mob. Bus sometimes Cabby meets his match, as, for instance, when an imperturbavle fare replied to an extortionate ‘o, I think not; but I'll give you kalf ny card and address. Now y Or, if you like, Ul summons yoo, suminons me, Doesn't matter which.’ MRS. GLACOMETTS PRODGERS, ‘The many victims of the cabman’s rapacity may find fort in the thought that they have ‘‘an avenger” person of Mre. Giacometti Prodgers. This stroug- minded lady burst like a thunder cloud upon the de- lers and, single-handed, overcame them. Her claims to a statu; e undeniable; public subscription would doubtless raise thousands of pounds to com- Mmemorate the service sbe has done the State, Her private life and her going out and coming in are tu- scrutable, but the rumor (disseminated perhaps by oabe bies who bave felt her heel) ts that she and Giacometti, her busband, parted on terms mutually unsatisfactory, and that ‘the loss of Giscomett! so preyed upon ber mind that she has becom mine, the particular form of the lnuac: itself into against cabmen, a devouring eagerness to m tect the fetters of the law, Neodless to say, therefore, that she is the cabman' terror. Meoting him on his own groand, viz., in his own cab, she is as intimately acquainted with the nam- ber of miles, yards and inches between any two points in London asthe best of bis own profession. The happiest moments of her life, since she parted with metti, are those in which she espies and Dires # , Who may be the worse for ‘liqaor” as then, gardiess of any question of “fare,” his fate for the moment is vealed, Her greatest triumphs, bows ever, have been gained in HER “LAND SURVEYING”? CAPACITY, Scores of times has she tested in the courts the fare@ demanded of her for the distance travelled. If there be any doabt in the minds of the magistrate as to the distance she has travelled Prodgers {8 equal to the occasion; the distance is measured by the government officials at her expense. Should the measurement prove to be, az it generally does, in accordapce with her assertions, the “‘cabby’? must pay the cost of the and surveying’? operation, besides the fine due | from him on “account of bis excessive demand, The result of the Prodyers agitation {s that {t any cabman Sees that lady approaching his stand, he will beat am ignominous retreat, and if a “cabby’’ who is not acquainted with the form and features of that ogress perceives loouiing iu the distance the figure of an elderly and masculine looking lady, he will either turn his horse’s head in the opposite direction and run as if for his ile or take retuge in one of the “shel- ters.” Butin the latter case he is not quite sure of his safety, as Mrs. Proagers is reported upon one occa- sion to have sullenly stormed one of these sanctums, whon, ina paroxysm of tright, the inhabitants took Might fn all directions, some througt the windows and others by way of the roof, leaving her in undisputed possession of sundry uncooked chops and steaks and half-emptied pots of beer. “TRAMWAYS.” LONDON THE HORSE RAILROADS OF THE ENGLISH ME TROPOLIS—GROWTH OF THE SYSTEM IN SIX YEARS, Loxpox, Nov. 1, 1870. The cabs and omnibuses and the system and organiza. tion which controls them have already been fully de- scribed in the Heratp. a few statistics ag to the latest method of locomotion adopted the horse railroad, or, as it is termed, the “tramway,” may be interesting as tending toa more complete knowledge of locomotive London. ‘the metropolis woke up to the desirability of this system of transporting its teeming miltions in 1870, The first lines ostablished were from Westminster Bridge to Greenwich and tho suburbs of Brixton and Clapham in thé southern district; from the “city” (that is, the business portion of London, answering to the ‘down town’? in New York) to the northern suburbs of Islington and Highgate, and in the oastern district from Whitechapel to Stratford, Sltice the establishment of these, the pioneer lines, the systom has rapidly spread, and there are now no less than twenty-four routes in running order, The whole system is based upon the American, “with improvements.”’ For instance, as in the omoi- bus, steps lead to the roof, whicn is available for pas- sengers who want to ride outside. No one ts allowed to stand inside, and, the number of seats being speci- | fred, the car stops for no one if all the seats are filed. The cars are well horsed, by strong, sturdy animals, and the drivers and conductors generally civil and well up to their duties, The fares vary, according to @istances—sdme of the routes being very long—from two cents to twelve cents, Wherever in London this thankfully received American institution has had A PAIR TRIAL {t has been a succoss, the vast body of thé population of the metropolis which oscillates daily between the suburbs and the heart of the city having taken very kindly to this excellent means of locomotion. It ems, however, that the txtension of the metropolitan system 1s to be rostricted, so far us the “city”? propel. is concerned. A mecting of the Commissioners of Sewers was recently held in tho Gatidha! @_peti- tion was presented from the North Metropolitan Tram- ways Company prayiug for permission to extend theit line along Morgate street, un importapt shoroughiare leading to tno central parts of the business quarter, and Aldgate High street, The engineer to the company stated that the traffic on the lines had increased from 4,000,000 of passongers in 1871 te 27,000,000 in 1875. The Commissioners, howover, rejected the petition on the ground that the extensions would rather retard than facilitate traffic, and that, io fact, they were utterly impossible, It was urged, too, that property In the suburbs of Brixton ana Ciaphai along the line of the street railroads there, had greatly epreciated in value. It is probable that the shopkeep- ing inflaence was brought to bear against the petition, that class holding the street cars in much disgast, Ag in the “city,” THR SHOPKREPERS ARE THE RULING ELEMENT, they will carry the point, and the Tramway Company I hope of pushing enterprise any further within the sa nU-Magogdom. Meantime the at is being drawn to the street investments, There is’ an itm mense amount of money secking employ: ment, the manufacturing industries being muct depressed just now, and money is seeking an catlet 1a bonds and securities, us evinced by the rise in con sols, colonial and railway bonds, ‘One of the most le- gitimate of these,” says the financier, “will no doubs ve tramways—works which present many solid ad- ntages. Street railways may be regar valuable for investment as the great iron in the provincial districts. 'n many respects tram- ways will be found to hold their ground wi parison with rajiways. Thus trawways run no risk of competition, However tempting their dividends may become, there cannot be any rival tramways laid parallel to them to share the traffic.” IN SCOTLAND. Turning now to Scotland, we find in the report of the Edinburgh Street Tramways Company that th revenue for the half year ending June, 1876, shows increase of $14,000, which, says the report, is satisfac- tory, considering the unusually severe early spring. As tothe substitution of st other motive power for the cars in the place of horses, a question -long mooted, this Scotch company an- hounces that through private enterprise the public may very soon, if permitted by the authorities, have an opportunity of seeing a car drawn satisfactorily be- tween Edinburgh and Portobello by other than animal power, SUCCESS ASSURED, These statistics will show that the street car, com. paratively recently adopted on this side, alter years of dogged opposition, ar:sing forthe most part from mere prejudice, has become a firmly established Institution, to the great comfort of those who cannot afford to be whirled to their destinations in a hansom cab asd eb: Ject to crawling thither on a bug CHEAP CABS IN ST. LOUIS, raulroads as St. Louis, Nov. 13, 1876, To Tue Eorron or Tux HeRaLp:— As considerable pubdlic Interest was excited by the Heraty on the subject of “Cheap Cabs’ within & short time, you may be pleased to learn that the syd tem is now in operation here, Instead of cabs, how- | ever, the ordinary two-horso carriage is furnished, We can have the carriage at the door within from four to six minutes from the time the signal t# given from | an instrument. The rates are pudlished jn book form, are easily de~ termined and rigidly avhered to, I send you by this mailacopy of the book referred to. The carri rates will be found in the hack of the book, ponding with the messenger rates im the front, carriages are well patronized, and complaints of charge are unheard of as yet. Yours, GEORGE F, DURANT, General Manager American District Telegeaph Come pany, The following is the circular issued by the com- pany :— ne oa delay on signal Carriages furnished witho ‘from district telegraph instrument, Orders for be left at No. stnut street of No. 214 atreet. abieacialpeinentille MILK SKIMMING. Messrs, Decker & Thompson, milk dealers, at No, 309 Eaet Twonty-seventh street, complained to the po- lice yosterday that some unknown swindler haa bee laying sharp on their cussomers for a w ty Kollecting bills for milk delivered ote £n tried to trace him but without success. His by this method were considerable. PETER COOPER'S CARTMAN, — Yesterday moruing John Costello, aged years, acartman for Peter Cooper, died in a fit at. 17 Old slip, Coroner notided. Deceased bad heen Mr. Goopers cad was eote Guatrw.