The New York Herald Newspaper, May 19, 1877, Page 8

8 THE: COURTS. A Novel Insurance Suit Before Judge Van Brunt. TWO HUSBANDS AND ONE WIFE. The Security Life Insurance and Indemnity Company. The Delaware and Hudson Suit Dismissed, An insurance case of much novelty was brought to trial before Judge Van Brunt in Supreme Court, Spe- cial Term, yesterday. During the year 1875 the hus- band of Regina Mansbach, then residing in the city of Utica, in this State, obtained a policy of insurance on | Ais life trom the Metropolitan Lite Insurance Com- pany of thiscity in favor of his wife, Mr. Mansbach tlso at the same time or thereabouts became a mome ber of the Mutual Benefit Society. While thus in- sured and thus a member he took # voyage to his na- tive Gormany, Afier bis return to this country, in consequence of ill health, he became a pensioner for a Stated allowance from the funds of the benellt society, After about $400 had been paid him a misunderstand- ing arose between him und the officers of the to- ciety us to his right to draw benedits. Several ungry jetters passed between them, ending in the society sending two physicians to inquire into bis condition of health, They found bim, they say, suffering from chronic bronchitis and astoma, Ail his sympioms convinced them that he had been suffering trom tho same diseases for about six or seven years, und so suifered prior to bis admission to the pociety. A long quarrel ensued between the officers 1 the soctoty und Mansbach on these points, they claiming that he misrepresented his condition of bealth at the time he became a wember of the s0- ciety, and had thereby improperly purtawen of ite denelits, and he persisting that he had not, The fire thus kindled finally reached the imsurance company, aud its officers claiming that Mausbach had also misrepresented his condition of health when he became insured with them gave him notice that his policy bad been can- celled and that henceforward they would refuse to accept payment of premiums thereon. He subse- uently tendered his premiums and they were refused, Tocreupon his wile, in whose favor the policy had Deen issued, commenced the suit which was brought to trial yesterday, co compel the company to reinstute the policy in full force and accept payment of premi- ums thereon, The company defended the suit on the game ground; that they assumed the right to cancol the policy; that the insured bad misrepresented his condition ‘of health at the time he became insured, thereby vitiating the policy. Mansbach persisted in Baserting, und go testified, that be was not ufliicted with asthma or bronchitis at the time be became in- Bured; that be subsequentiy made a voyage 1o his na- tive Germany, and on that voyage, and not while “skating against the wind in Flanders,” the in- Bidious diseage entered his breast. Ihe company re- Hed upon the testimony of the two physicians who ‘went from the society to examine him, both of whom wero satisfied thut at the time they examined Mans- bach all his symptoms indicated that he bad been suf- fering from the disease six or seven years, although ovly about a year haa elapsed since be became insured. They formed the theory also that, instead of getting the disease on bis voyage to Germany, a3 he suig, he got it in Utica, and Look the voyage to cure it, but got worse; that when he got to Germany be consulted hysicians and they sent him back 10 America, where hese two physicians first iound him. The plainuil produced Dr. Henry G. Ramsey in rebuttal, who testi- Hed that the tgeory formed by the two physicians tor bbe compapy as to the time the disease existed was wholly unreliable, and on that state of facts the Judge tesorved his decision, ONE HUSBAND ENOUGH. Henry L. Carey, ina suit brought in the Superior Pourt against his wile, Emma B. Carey, presented an Mlidavit to Judge Santord, ia Superior Court, Special Torm, yesterday, in Which he avers that prior to the month of August, 1872, Emma, falsely representing so bim that she was the widow of Boswell R, Streeter, Jaduced him to marry ber, ana the nuptial ceremony took place in the city of Buffalo in the month of August, 1872, He subsequently discovered tat this Fepresentation was untrue and that Streeter was still living. Belore this discovery, however, tue wedded pair had soveral disputes and unhuppy differences between ly resulted in a separation, He tthe time, beheving Emma to be Bis lawiul wile, be included in the articles of separa- tion an agreement to pay her $600 in lieu of ail claim for support, and that he gave her four promissory notes for this sum, After he bad paid the first note, which was for $100, he made the discovery alluded to, whereupon he refused to pay the other notes, Une of the uppuid votes, ior $300, does not come due until September 1, 1877, and being airaid that sbe will ne- gotiate the paper he asks for an injunction restraining Ler from disposing of the same. Upon the facts set forth in the aflidavit, as given substantially above, Judge Sanford yesterday granted a temporary injanc- tion. SHAWLS AS COLLATERAL, For the second time there came on for trial yester- day, before Judge Donohue, in Supreme Court, Circuit, the case of William Duden and others against Clara Waitsfelder. In their complaint tne plaimtif’s al- Jeoged that defendant was indebted to them in the sum of over $20,000, for security of which she made her bond secured by mortgage on property in Sixth avenue, on which interest to the extent of $800 had accrued, Defendant wauted to transler the property to one Sil- ver, who refused to take it ‘unless this interest was paid. In order to effect such transfer the defendant Sppled to the plainuils and induced them to accept in Ayment of the interest a note made by one M. ‘acizfelder for the amount, secured by two camel’s hair | shawis as collateral security. The note was not paid at mavurity, judgment was entered thereon, and the shawis sold under execution tor $250, jeaving $602 68 Bull due, [tis farther alleged that the maker of the hote was insolvent at the time of the making, and that the note was taken in ignorance of that fact. On the | Urst triai beiore Judge Barrett defendant claimed that when the note was taken the piwntifs relied on the solvency of the shawls and not on that of the maker DI the note, and the Judge, 80 holding, dismissed the complaint, A vew (ral was asked for by Mr. D, M. Porter, counsel for plarntiils, on the authority of 43 N. Y. 159, and 5 Daly, 610, which motion was resisted by Mr. Kindekort on the part of the defendant, on the ground that the cases cited were not analogous to the one at bar, The new trial was granted, and on the pro- ceedings therein yesterday the same state of facts ap- peared, and upon motion of defendant's counsel, on similar grounds, the complaint was dismissed, with irectious, thut the exceptions be heard in the Hirst 1n- stance at General Term. PROTECTING INSURANCE FUNDS. Some days since an application was made to Judge Donohue, in Supreme Court, Chambers, by creditors of the Security Life Insurance and Indemuity Com- pany, for an order directing tho receiver to suo the directors for a large amount of money which it ia ale Jegea they paid out in dividends and benefits to policy holders, when the funds df the company did not ware Fant it 1m question, because he deemed it inadvisable to spend the present assets iu a liuigation the eud of which was doubtiul. For the same reasons Judge Donohue now declines to order hin to bring the suit, and also be- cwuse the creditors Who ask It can bring’ the same uit At their own expense if tuey are disposed Bo to du. AN ACCIDENT Jf? DISMISSED, ‘The trial of the suit of Patrick Farley against the New York Central and Hudsou River Raiiroad was con- terday before Judge Van Hoesen in the pmmon Pieas, The case has been on trial two days and the plaintiff as administrator of his brother Thomas sues the defendant for damages for | pausing his brother's death by an cugine at the moutu | pi the tunnel at Ninety-tourto street on the Fourth Avenue improvement in June, 1574, while he wus en- gaged in carrying stones acroes the track in the em- loyment of a subcontractor, under Dillon, Cuyde & 0. The plaintiffs wore coufronted with thei coutrary | evidence at the Coroner's inquest, and so far receded | from their testimony given in | mber on the former | Sriul us not to way positively that the engine bell was bot rung, but only that ibey did nov hear ww. ‘The | Court held that the preeumption of law was thatthe | duty of the engyeer and fireman to ring tue bell hud | been performed iv the absence of positive evidence that it was not performed, and that the presumption Was not overttirown by the testimony of persous who merely didn’t hear, and dismissed the complaint, Mr. Wilitum J, A. McGrath appeared tor the plaintiff and Mar. Eiiiout ¥. Shepard for the defendany, DELAWARE AND HUDSON COMPANY. CANAL The suit of Honry R. Anderson against the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, in which @ recciver was asked for, and in which a preliminary application to the same offect has already been denied, was dismissed yosterda Bpectal by Judgo Van Brut, in Supreme Court, erm. This is the same case out of winicu indictments have arisen for circulatiag taise ali the facts of which bave already appeared am the Henan, SUMMARY OF LAW CASES, Ex-Governor Chamberlain, of the Paimetto State, made @ Visit to the Stave courts yesterday, in company with his new law associates iu this city and some 8. John R, Gladding, convicted day before yesterday fa the United States Circuit of Vigiation of tue postal The receiver declined to commence the suit | | | 1 Jaw tp send! | Intended to retaliate on Buckland ft | Seventeenth street, in August last. | rovorawea Buckland in iis statements, go of tne Recorder, and the | NEW YURK HERALD, SATURDAY, Swindling circulars threugn the mail, was reer: sentenced to pay a tine of $300. Presidént Orton, of the Western Union Telegraph Company, was examined at some length yesterday, Le- fore Judge Saniord in the auit of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company against tho Western Union Telegraph Com: and others, The trial will be re- sumed on Mon Matthew Calla! convicted of participation in the late mail robbery in this city, was before Judge Benedict in the United States Circuit Court for sentence. ‘rhe Court sentenced bim to three years imprisonment in the Albany Penitentiary and to pay afine of §: Otto G, and Matilda Metzer were married in this city in 1859, He says that bis wife left nim, and be com- meuced ®@ suit against ber for divorce, Recently bis wite made the usual application tor alimony and coun. | fee pendente lite, and the matter was sent to a referee to ascertain the amount of the husbana’s means and income, with a view of fixing the wife's allowance proportionately thereto. The referee fixed the allowance to the wile at $5 per week, and the Court has confirmed the report. ia rt jterday brought up ‘Adrian Iselin & Co., of this city, claim to bi holders, of forty-tive coupons of bonds of the P Royal Railroad Company, guaranteed by the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, on which $1,655 25 are due, and paymeut thereot has been refused. On the application of the Messrs. Isclin & Co., Judge Barrett, 1n Supreme Court, Chambers, yesterday, granted ap: order for the publication of the summons in a suit brought against both companies. In the case of the United States against Louis Fox, charged with frauduleat bankruptcy, the accused was yesterday put upon his trial before Judge Benedict in the United States Circuit Court, The charge was for fraudulent bankruptcy and concealing his assets, It was alleged that shortiy bolore Fox failed he had repre- sented he was worth abvut $35,000, clear of all debts, Upon such representations be obtained goods from dit- ferent partics, Soon alter he failed, and on examiua- tion his assets wero found to be worth only $3,000, with abilities amounting to $400,000, The case ts still on, DECISIONS. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS, By Juage Barrett. Buckingham, &c., vs. Coruing and another.—Order signed. Shiver of Ing and another, —The rule requires a rel- erence and bond intouble the amount. Brown vs. Dalton.—I do not think that this applica- tion comes-within the terms of the statute In ques tion, nor am 1 entirely satisfied with the proof. Heller vs. Imgard,—I bave read and cousidered the affidavit of lingard of May 16, but yet 1 am not satis- fied that the property 1s adequate security, Opinions ure casily given, and there is an ltonest difference be- tween men of different leanings. But the rental is fact, and Mr, ‘Lamley’s explanation that he acce) $1,800 per aunum for what he could realize twelve and a half per cent merely to avoid the trouble of collection, shows @ singular disregard of bis principal’s interests. The Court will not reflect upon his capecity by giving too serious consideration to such a statement. To test the defendant’s sincerity, and to avoid the possibility of injustice, the motion will be denied i within five days he pay the back taxes and Croton water assess- ments, and gtye the plunti®’ a bond, with one good secarity in $2,500, to pay any deficiency which may ultimately result herein. In default thereor this mo- tion is granted, ‘The plaintiff, In any event, to bave leave to renew ifany furtuer taxes or instalment of interest on the first mortgago shall remain unpaid for ten days, SUPREME COURT—SPECIAU TERM. By Judge Van Vorst, Lynes, &., vs. Matthows and another,—Findings signed. By Judge Van Brant, Noble vs. Dooley and another; Shrefeldt vs, Timp- gon and another,—Findings and decrees signed. SUPREME COURT—CIRCUIT—PABT 3, * By Judge Larremore. Southwick ys. Tho First National Bank of Memphis, ‘Yeno,—Draw findings in accordance with caso as sot- ted. COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM, By Judge J. F. Daly. Dowes vs. Melville; Dowes vs. Melville and an- other; Dowes va Melvilie and another.—Motions granted, Higgins vs. The Mayor, &c,; Frank vs, The Mayor, &c.; Dutly ve, The Mayor, &¢.—Complaints dismissed, with $10 costs. Moore vs. The Pennsylvania Coal Company.—Judg- ment vacated, with leave to delendant to answer within twenty days, By Judge Van Brunt. Hubbell ve, Judd Linseed and Sperm Oil Company.— Findings settled. MARINE COURT—CHAMBERS, By Judge McAdam. Murray ws. Luthy.—Surety Glover rejected. Defen- dant may ile and serve a bew undertaking with a new surety within two days upon paying $10 costs. The surety to Jastily on the 22d inst. at ten A. M. Hoiener vs. Holener.—Sce indorsement on papors. Eramens vs, Bereuz—Stay pending appeal will be granted. Shook vs. McGarry.—Motion granted for May 25, 1877. Henry vs. Phillips. —Sureties approved, McKinley vs. Seitz.—See indorsement on papers, Rosenvaum vs. Crowiey.— stotion to strike out grant- ed with $10 costs to abide event. Henry ve. Philipa— Motion granted unless within six days typ plaintill serves his complaint; $10 costs to abide event. ; . Rothschild ys, Seebacker.—Default opened on pay- ment within five days of $10 costs. Case to be tried on the 24th inst. Frederick vs. Holstein,—Motion granted without costs, with liberty to apply for leave upon notice and upon paying the costs allowed to Judge Sinnott, Stevenson vs. Lee.—Default opened upoo terms indorsed upon papers filed. Owens vs. Jordan—Motion to deliver over property granted. Rutford vs, De Viro—Bond approved, MeCabe vs. Morgan—Defaut. Baily ve. Griswoid—Attach mont ordered, Reece vs. Homun— Arrest vacated, Kimball ys. Schiessinger—Motion granted unless the plaimtif, within ten days, iles note of issue and pays $10 costs Flory va Clancy—Motion granted upon payment of $10 costs of this motion, $10 costs of former motion and $2 atsbursements, and caso to be tried on a day of June, Kouse vs, Manbetmer—Default opened and cause ro- stored to the day calendar of May 26, 1877, on paymeat within three days of $10 costs, Kirtiaud vs, Salomon. —The answer puts in issue the indorsoment and transier of the note, 1 eannot try this tasuo upon affidavits, (48 N. ¥., 280) Motion denied without costs. Clark vs. Graber— Proceedings dismissed, Duyckuick vs. Blder—Recoiver authorized to sue, Smith vs. American (ostitute,—Detuult opened and cause restored to day calendar ot May 24 on payment within three days of $12 costs, Heydenrich vs. Wolte.—Delawlt opened and cause restored to calendar tor May 26 on paymont within three days of $10 costs. Garbanno vs, Anton. Defendant must appear on the 28th inst. or an ultaciiment will be issued. Ree abn; Gannon vs. Brady; Lichienstein ys. Summon! meus vs, Berenz; Hubbard vs. Angel; Baxter vs. Plonsky, Bonde ys, Thurstou; Emery ve. Jolnsoe; Builord vs De Viro; Whittemore va, Alkin- son; Duprey vs White; Rubenstein vs, Relschveiber; Kreiscuer vs the Municipal Oxygen Gaslight Com: pany.—Orders granted. GENERAL SESSLONS—PARL 1 Before Recorder Hackett. A YIGHT FOR WAGES. On the 12th inst, Charles Jourdan visited the bar- ber’s sop of Abrabam Montague, No, $71 West Fitty- second street, and demanded $6 wages, which he alleged Montague owed him, The latter denied this, and or- dered him out of the store, A dispute arose and Mon. tague stabbed Jourdan twice in the bead with a pair of | shears, ‘The jury wore unable to agree and Montague was discharged ob his own recogaizauce, A YOUTHFUL BURGLAR William Jobn Mullen broke into the store of Ernest Grundhus, West Twenty-fourth stroet, between Klev- enth and fweifth avenues, aud stole a box of cigars, He was arraigned for trial by Assistant District Attor- ney Beil and cot ed, ‘The Recorder sent him to the Statg Prison for our years. STEALING ¥RLOM A SHIPMATE, A Greek sailor, named Louis Jouxlotte, stolethe eum of $35 from 4 shipmate, Tho prisoner denied his guilt, but after the evidence had been adduced the jury convicted lim, aad be was sent to the State Prison tor four years and six months, THS KNIFE AGAIN, Georgo Buckiand, of No, 404 West Sixteenth street, was placed on trial, Charged with an assault with in- tent to kill former Doputy Sheriff Campbell, of West Campbell testified that Buckland and bitseli got inw a fignt, and that ho he could, but when he came out of the fight found himself badly cut with aknite, Mr, John 0, Mott, counsel for Buck- land, placed hitn upou the witness stand, and accord- ing to Bis testimony Campbell was quite drunk, aud wile be ((he prisoner) wae standing at his own door Campbell came tp and without any provocation struck toat he retreated ac. uss the street uad Catnpbell followed hia with @ pistol and overtook hum ob the north side OL Seventeenth street and kuocked bim down aad was be Him with (he pistol, it ing failed to go off when Campbell endeavored to hin, and that he (Bhckiand), beneving himself to be in dauger of being killed, Campbeil, Wook out bis kuiie and cut a tour witnesses, Who cor- The case was submitted upon the eb jury, Wituout leaving their seats, acquitted Buckland he Was discharged, PLEAS AND SENTENCES, Assistant District Attorney Bell accepted pleas of guilty trom the following prisoners;—Wilisam Nickels, picking the pocke mma Seully, No. 11 Grove street, of $5 S8—two yeurs and six months in the State Prison; Thomas Riley, of No, 818 Cherry street, stealing a watch from Charles Barkow, No, 34 Division street—Lhree years Abd 41x mouths in the State Prison; 0. 26 Rutgers street, and Johu @rifll enue A, breaking mto the be nue B and stealing property WO years aud #iX inouths each 1 the Conrad Frize, No. 206 Cast Forty-fith stioetl, stealing one yore vl barocss irom a stable ut | Mut the foot of Seventy-first Street—two years and six months in the State Prison, GENERAL SESSIONS—PART 2. Before Judge Sutherland, LARCENY OF CLOTHING. © State Superintendent Pilsbury forwarded yesterday to Mr, John Sparks, Chiet Clerk of tne Courts of Gen- eral Sessions and of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, acopy of the law recently passed by the Legislature authorizing the removal of all female convicts at Sing Sing Prison to whatever Penitentiary the Superta- tendent may select, and providing also that all femaies hereaiter convicted of felonies be confined im the county pententiaries of the State. The fir: under this Jaw was disposed of yesterday. lowrey Was arraigned by Assistant District Attor! Lyou charged with the larceny of clothing Valued ut $70, t Property ot Magdalen Richtmap, of No, 389 7 Thirty-second street. The prisoner pleaded guiity and was sent tothe Penitentiary for the term of one year. RECEIVING STOLEN Goops, Burglars entered the house of John W. Lyon, 1,160 Broadway, and property valued at $1,000 was carriod of, Detectives O’Conuer and Field, of the District Attorney’s office, arrested George Davis, alleged to be one of the thieves, and recovered the stolen property. Davis isnow in the Tombs awaiting trial in default of $5,000. Yesterday the species proceeded to 6234 Baxter street und arr Leah Goldstein in whose poereasign they found a dress which she admitted aving purchased from Davis for seventy-five cents, ‘The woman was taken to the District Attorney’s uilice and held in $500 bail on an indictment charging ber ‘with receiving stolen goods, THE SWEENY PANEL. Ex-Judge Henry E. Davies and August Belmont, the elisors to select a panel of strack jurors to be sum- moned for the trial of the case of the People against Peter B, Sweeny, submitted their final report or cor- tificate yosterday, giving twenty-four names as fol- lows:—Francis Alexandre, No. 29 West Twenty-sev- enth street, merchant; Heary Amy, No, 18 West Twenty-seventh street, banker; Richard Arnold, N: 29 West Iwenty-third’ street, dry° goods; Joseph Harrison, No, 329 West Thirty-fourth street, engines George H. Henry, No, 14 Zast Tenth street, presiacnt; Christian Herter, No, 436 W: 1 ty-second street, turniture; William B. Hoffman, No. 48 West ‘Twenty- second street, gentleman; Gilman Collamore, No. 210 West Fourteenth street, china; Henry ©, Ward, No. 36 West Thirty-first street, merchant; Martin J, Waters, No, 518 West Fiiueth street, cashier; Noah L. Weeks, No. 480 Fourth avenue, builder; James White, No, 106 Eust Forty-sixth street, printer; James R. Whiting, No. 44 West Filty-iourth street, bops; John McMurdic, No. 351 West Fifty-sixth street, dry goods; Alexander Mui- jand, No. 9 West Fourteenth street, merchant; Bradley Martin, No. 22 West Twentieth street, vice presiden Martin 8. Mattison, No. West Twent: fourth strect, lumber; Alexander A. Meeldrum, No. 249 Madison uvenue, auctioneer; Lewis Ed- wards, No, 112 East Thirtieth street, architect; Mare Kidlitz, No, 317 Kast Filty-oighth street, builde: George Einstein, No. 144 West Forty-third street, dry goods; James C. Fargo, No, 56 Park avenue, treasurer; James G. De Forest, No. 87 West Thirty-sixth street, merchant; Fraucia O, Dé Luzo, No, 16 Eust Thirty- third street, wines. The original certificate from which the iat chee names are taken was deposited with the Sheriff yes- terday afternoon, and the gontiemen named wiil bo summoned to attend on the trial, which 1s fixed for 4th of June next. CLAFLIN’S DISHONEST CLERK. i MORE OF THE STOLEN PROPERTY RECOVERED. Thomas Belton, the dishonest employé of B. B. Claflin & Co., whose arrest Was chronicled in yest day’s HeRaLp, was brought to the Tombs Poco Court yesterday by Detective Carr, and, by request of Captain Murray, was remanded back to the Oak street station house for iurther evidence. Daniel J, Hall and David Marsh, the alleged receivers of the stolen property, were also remanded to the station hou! Captain Murray was busily engaged all day yesterday in trying to recover more of the stolen property, but the prisoner Belton manifested extreme reticence avout making further admissions. The other prisoners also retused to make any statement, AN AGED PRISONER, The arrest of Marsh was eflected by a well known ruse on the part of Detective Carr. Learuing bis wan’s acdress, No. 343 West Eleventh street, the officer sta- Uoned himgelf near by and watched the house. Three hours of sentry duty brought no result, The premises were unoccupied and no person sought admission, Oc- casionully a pedestrian passed by, but as midnight ap- proacued the solitary pol:ceman on post going his rounds yecame the only pedestrian. Twice the detective trom his hiding place noticed an aged white baired man hurriedly pass down the street and look furtively at the house. The second time the detective iollowed him. The man’s extreme age (le appeared over eighty years) served to dispel the theory that he migot be the receiver, but the oillcer determined totry nim. Going up to him be said with an alr of tamiliariy: “Why, Mr. Marsh,,bow do you do? 1 haven't seon you fora ioug time.” The oid man turned sharply, and grasping the detéctive’s proffered hand returded tho greeting. The olficer thon tvok him in custody. MOKK OF THK PROPERTY RECOVERED. In bis house were found a large quantity of noedics, several Lundred packsges of vraid and quantities of thread, in ail several hundred dollars. In nis pockets were found $146 60, Marsh gave his aye as seventy oy and said that he had bought the goods in good faith. ‘Ihe other receiver, Hall, is a mere boy, having re- cently succeeded his Jather in the store in Pearl street, where be was arrested, Further developments are expected by the police to-day. in company with Mr. Inisb, of the firm of H. B, Claflin & Co, Captain Mur- ray yesterday visited tho banks in which Belton had funds, The bank officials in each case expressed their willingness to turn over at tne proper time ail the money to Bolton’s credit, BAD FOR THE PRISONER. On the night of the 23d ult, the premises of John D. Lyon, father of Assistant District Attoraey Lyon, No, 1,160 Broaaway, were eutered by a burglar and $400 worth of clothing stolen. The Assistant District AL torney put officers on the ease, but they failed to flad the criminal, On the evening of the late lamented carnival the premises wore again entered, and, by a singular coincidence, exactly $400 worth more of clothing Was carried away. Mr. Lyou, uow fully uroused, determined to exert all eflorig to cutch the thief. ves Field and U’Connor were intrusted with the case, and yesterday they arrested George E. Davis with some of the stolen clothing on bis person, In bis pockets they toand pawa tickets for several of the stolen articies, and at his residence, No. 192 Chatham street, they iound a largo vahse Containing more of the booty. Subse- quently Leo Goldstein, of No. 625, Baxter street, was arrested on the charge of receiving some of the stolen property. ‘The prisoner was committed by Justice Smith, ut the Tombs Police Court, He does not expect much sympathy from the office of the District At- toracy. HOSPILAL INHUMANITY. Oficor Dunlap, of the Church strcet station, brought to the Tombs Police Coart yesterday morning a ragged and degenerate looking maa of about thirty-tive years of age, whom he found lying at the corner of Wash- ington aud Rector streets, ‘The prisoner appeared totally indifferent so all tho surroundings, and in an- swer to the officer's question only stared vacauily. Justice Sinith saw at once that the unfortunate man ‘wus suflering from sunstroke as well as from liquor, and ordered hw removal to the Chamvers Street Hospital Three bours later the officer calied at the hospital to see bow the prisoner was doing, When the doctors ordered us removal to court, gayimg tbat he was only drunk, Again the officer brougut bim to the Tombs, the man being scarcely able to walk, Justice Smith was indignant. ‘The mun Is wuquestionably sick,” said he, severely, “and the hospital people should Lave kept Lim there, They du this too Irequenuly. It should be stopped.” The prisover’s belploss appearance aud idiovie stare showed plainly that a hospital and wot a prison was the proper piace for hi He wus remanded for medi- cal treatment by the prison physician, ADMISSIONS TO THE BAR The commissioners appointed by the Kings county Supreme Court to examine candidates for admission tothe Bar have reported the following numed law students us having favorably undergone tho requisite examination :—S, Gifford Nelson, Wiiham Wille, P. H. Bunanna, Janes Gardner, W. H. Cuddebucg, Joseph H. Leggett, Johu B, Sweevy, MJ. Donovan, Simon Fora, Charies K. Cook, Churles Smith, Je; Charies Kalarat, Davia P. Rusts, T, FP. Laughiin, A. Small, Joba P. Donvelly, EK. G. Kiraeuer, James F, Seylolt, Jacob E, Menzer, Charies Tenvroeek and Krastus D, Edgerton. MUNICIPAL NOTES, An invitation has been received by the Mayor and Common Council to review the Twenty-third regiment National Guard of Brookiyo this afternoon, Vhe local statesmen around tho City Hail were yos- terday overjoyed ut the veto of the Umunibus bill J congratulations were exchanged among of- ficiais who would be Jeft out in the cold in case of the signing of this measure, Comptrotive Kelly yesterday paid an additional $25,000 to the Brooklyn Briage Company, {be City Kecord commission, wuich consists of Mayor Ely, Commissioner campbell and Corporation Counsel Whitvey will to-day determine the news- papers to publish city wdver months, ng for the next CORONEKS’ Coroner Woltman read the testimony in the rup- away accident that occarrod at Contral Park oa the 12:h inet. w a jury yesterday. Their verdict waa that Henrietta MoDonald and Hattio M. Renwick wero killed by Jainping from the carriage at that time. {be verdict in tho William Killam caso was that he bad cominitied suicide, NOYES. MAY 19, 1877.—-WITH SUPPLEMENT. $e , THE HERMAN MURDER. ABREST OF THREE YOUNG MEN—ONE OF THEM BELIEVED TO BE THE ASSAILANT. ‘Tho murderer of Max Herman, the German lad who was mortally wounded last night im Washington square, is one of three prisoners now in the Tombs, Their names are Louis Reno, aged nineteen, of No, 74 Thompson street; John Giovanni Rivario, aged six- toen, of No. 70 Thompson street, and Edward Walke: aged seventeen, of No, 225 Elizabeth street, Reno is a good looking lad, of French extraction, with dark eyes, olive complexion and bluck hair; Rivario is small and saturnine, and Walker 1s a tall strawberry blonde, They are not bard luoking cases. On the contrary, they bave every appearance of being bard working boys, Yheso lads were sought high and low by Detectives Slevin and Dolan, of the Fifteenth precinct, on Thursday night. Walker was known to be w shoeblack, who worked at tho cori of Broadway and Spiing street, and here, alter their Jong nigbt’s search, the indefatigable detectives lay in waitfor him, ‘hey collared nim the moment he put in ap appearance, ana charged him with having been implicated inthe murder of Max Herman. Walker denied bis complicity in the murder, bat unbesitat- ingly admitted that he, Rivario and Reno had had a ditllculty with seven cr eight other young men in Washington square. He likewise confessed quite wili- ingly that Reno Wgd stabbed one of their assailants, und during his flignt toward Waverley piace with Rivario und Walker remarked, displaying a kniie, “I must bave cut bim pretty budly.’? ‘Then Walker informed the ofilcers of his companion’s dwelling, and thither Slevin and Dolan went. Teno had left No. 74 Toompson street when the police asked for bim, apd they, therefore, hastened to Rivurio’s house, No, 70. They could get no inform: tion from the Italian residents of the lad’s where- abouts, #0 they at length decided to search the house j for him, After some minutes spent in going from room to room they found and took him to the station bouse. Here he told the police that early in the morn- ing Reno came to bis bedside and said, **that man who ‘Wus cut last pightmdead. Keep quiet and say nothing. 1am going out to work.” One hour Jater the officers found him at tho furniture store of D, Co., iu Crosby street, He- was in their employ. 8 wore rolled up whe: the officers found nim, and bis right hand had been cat as if with a knile. There was @ blood stain on his sleeve, By hall-past ten o’clock all three of tho lads were 1D separate cells, und about that timo the post- mortem examination of Max Herman’s body was made, ‘THE POST-MORTEM, ‘The dead boy had been removed trom the Mercor streot station quite early yesterday mormng and roposed In a shell in the rear room of his father’s dwelling, at No, 99 Bloecker street, His face wore a placid expression and did not itdicate the violent character of his taking off. Dr, Cushman, Coroner Wolt! deputy, made the post-mortem, which be d@ecribes in these terms:— Externally I found w punctured wound on loft side of the neck, half an iuch in widta, two inches in depth, passin; inward aud downward int ie e right thoracic cavity, sov- one inch und a half in depth, into the deltoia muse! in my opinion, wax caused by shock and hemorr! the wound, ‘THR CORONER’S INQUIRY. Coroner Woltmau visited the station house and made the following exumination of the witnesses and partic- ipators in the quarrel of thursday night, Kimil Kieger, of No. 219 Greene street, testified that he lived with his parents and worked at No. 24 Amity street in @ brass foundry; did not sog the stabbing ‘Have you any intention of clearing out?’’ asked the Corouer, “No, air,” replied the witness, “Then 1 will discharge you on your own recogni- Zance to appear ut the inquest when I want you.”” The witness heeded no second invitation to start for home. Rapbaei Boysett, ot No, 197 Greene street, testified that be was employed at a sewing machine manulac- tory at No. 4 Bond street, aud would appear when notified by the Coroner. All the information he could give, he said, was that tho trouble firat took place at Amity and Groeue streets. John Riley, avoy of about fourteen, testified:—We were stundimg in Greene street, talking about the club we were going to establish, when these teliows passed os;[ think 1 should know two of them if I oe see them again; 1 don’t know which one killed the boy. ¥, L. Dittmar, another lad, residing at No. 103 Greene street, and employed ag a joweller’s appren- tice at No, 169 Broadway, stated thut he was ‘n com- pany witn Herman on ‘fhursday might, but did not know who struck the fatul blow. Louis Boyard, of No. 35 West Third street, testitied thut he was employed by Mr. White, a gisss cutter, in room No, 23 in the Harlem Railroud Depot in Ceatre street, He stated to the Coroner that he did not kpow who struck the blow; the gang came too quick on us, Herman Scpwirzer, of No. 28 West Fourth street, testified:—We were all sittiag together 1n Washington square when Walker, the bootblack, came up and abused us, and bad language followed; he did not see who inilicted the wounds on Herman. All these witnesses were discharged, Later 1 the afternoon a jury was empanelled, and, with the Coroner, viewed the remains of the dend boy. lt appears from tbe statement mado by the detectives tothe Coroner that Reco had no trade. He was merely a laborer, The prisoners 0 brought belore Super- mtondent Walling, at the Central Office, Here they admitted having fought with toe Germans, who were far too numerous fur them, anda knife had been used by either Rivario or Reno in gelf-detence. Rivario looked as if he hed been rougbly haudiod, aud a sit in his coatsleeve guve proof thut he had a narrow escape irom a deadly assault with a kuife himselt. Lous Reno was committed to the Tombs by Coroner Woit- mano to await the resuit of the inquest, and Joho Rivario and Edward Walker were sent to the House of Detention tor witnesses. The funeral of Max Herman will take place on Sun- day next. He will be laid beside his mother, in the Lutheran Cemetery, East New York. [ne poor lad bore an excellent character, and leaves mauy friends to mourn bis untimely end, PROBABLE HOMICIDE, A case of probable homicide has been developed from a case of assault aud battery which occurred at Rockaway Beach about two weeks ago. An old man, @ carpenter by trade, namod James Riley, was badly beaten vy a burly fellow named Thomas Sutton, who shed the assault by kicking the old man in the stomach after kmocking him down, rday Riley died atthe hospital, and a post-mortem examination of the body isto be made and feasures taken to secure tho arrest of Sutton ponding @ determination of the cause of death, A FATAL JOURNEY. e Belen de Socarras and Aquilino Zuricalday, by Olcott & Mestre, attorneys, yesterday obtained letters of ad- ministration ob the estate of Macedonio de Socarras, In 1869 Mr. de Socarras was in Cuba and, desiring to come to the United States, wrote to father for money to pay his expenses. Tho father sect money to his son, and Macedonio, being in that part of Cuba which was in insurrection, started out to sea with his wife and child in asmall open boat from a creek on the southern coast of the Island called the Playa de Mulao, A colored servant of tho family saw them leave, Since that time nothing has been heard ot Macedonio or his family, and the only supposition poasible ig that they eitbor perished at sea or tell into the hanas of and were murdered by tho negro who infest the smaii islands and reefs off the cvasts of Cuba, lawless chara hat murder strangers for uny money they may have, This incident recalls to mind that a few yeurs since a young Cuban started with afriend from Nassau ip a small boat and feil among these lund pirates, The two were murdered and robbed of a sum of money they carried. One of our New York detectives had occasion some time since W go awong tho wreckors in the Bahamas, in an susurance case, Ho found them such a desperute class that, accustomed us he was to deal with the Churacters of crime, he bi i freely only when he had left them hundreds of miles away, us be kuew they would bave killed him had they even suspected his mission or identity. BUSINESS TROUBLES. Tho cxamination jo the bankruptcy proceedings of C, & Bushnell, the constructor of the Union Pacifie Ratlroud, was continued yesterday before Register Al- lon, Mr. Edward W, Maginnis, one of tho bankrapt’s brokers, through whom all checks and draits passod, produced a number of telegrams, checks, dratts and a copybook of all notices of purchasos and sales in the account with Mr, Bushnell as trustee, Counsel called attention to several drafts signed C. 8, Bushnell, tras tee, on whica the name was in biack ink and the word ‘*rusteo’’ in purple ink, and was of the opinion that the word tragiee had been added subsequently. Mr. Muginnis could not swoar positively +that the word mentioned was on at the me the dralt was received; he bad no douvt but that it was, as they bad bo other account except with Sir, Dushuell as trustee; at any rate it was on Wheo \bo draft was paid, as be would not have paid it unices correctly Mr. Bushnell might have been in the oflice when the drat arrived ond then com. pleved the signature, which would account for the different colored inks ou the uraits. There was hotbing on tue vooks to show for whom Mr. Bushnell Was acting a8 trustee, but hoe nad told with that it was for bis wifewhen he opened the account, A few questions were put to Mr. Boshnell in relation to a call for 6,000 hares of the stock of the Produce Con- suiidated Lund and Petroleum Company, 1 considera. tion lor placing the stock of the company, alter which the exumination was adjourved. Patrick Cuil, liquor doaler, has been adjudicated a voluptury bankrupt betore Kegister Dwight, His ha- Dilittes are small, The abilities of Alonzo K, Austin, provision dealor at No, 202 Chambers street, who made au assignment to Cbaries H. Cuiver inst week, amount Ww $5,850, while the assets are valued at $2,000, Marcus Moyerboil, F. Copper and Adolph Milsner, manuiacturers of suspenders at No, 23 Walker street, were sold out by the Sherif yesterday, to satisly a small judgment obiained by Mark Gaugel. Balch W. Pierco*yesterday flied his assignment in the County Clerk's oflico to Samuel Stevens, indorsed ; | PENTECOST. CELEBRATION OF THE JEWISH FESTIVAL IN THIS CITY—SERVICES IN THE VARIOUS ‘TEMPLES AND SYNAGOGUES, The Jewish festival of Pentecost was celebrated at the various temples and synagogues in this city yester- day with unusual fervor and floral gisplay. The rite of confirmation was conferred upon many of the younger members of various congregations. The Sun- day schools were a distinguishing feature of the cele- bration, while the sermons were directed generally t6 he immediate subject of the ceremoni WHAT THE VEAST COMMEMORATES, Pontecost is one of the three principal festivals of the Jews, so called tn Greek and modern languages be- cause it was celebrated on the fiftieth day atter the feast of the Passov: It was originally called the feast of weeks (or the feast of seven weeks) because it was celebrated seven weeks alter the sixteenth day o,¢ the first month of the Mosaic calendar (Nisan). It was the feast of tho first truits of the harvest, and stood as the culmination of the consecrated seuson, and was characterized by a hospitable tberality and remembrance of the poor, Its distitguishing rite was the offering of two loaves of leavened bread from the new crop. In foreign countries, since the captivity, the Jews have prolonged the festival to two days (modi- fled in this city to its being celebrated one day by the temples und two days by the synagogues), In later times it has been kept as the commemoration of the law on Sinai, of which it isthe anniversary. The day ig also kept ag a festival in the Christian Church, and among Latin and Greek Ohbristians ranks next after Easter, 1t commemorates the day when, as related in Acts, 11, the Holy Ghost descended upon the aposties and bestowed upon them the gift of tongues. The feati- val was in vhe early ages one of the favorite seasons for administering baptism; und as those who received it clothed in white to symbolize the spiritual purity which baptism confers, the day acquired the namo of Whitsentide. Yesterday it ‘was certainly a very pleasing sight to see in the various Jewish places of worship so many young aspirants, answering ques- tions im faith aad discipline and then receiving the certificate of contirmation, It being the unpiversury of the founding of Jowisn law, the sermons yesterday were generally directed to that point. Dr. Goitheil preached in the Temple Kmanuel, Dr. Huebsch in Tempic ‘Ahawatch Chosed, Dr. Kinhorn in Temple Beth Ki, Dr, dicndes in the Forty-fourtn Street Synagogue, Mr, Jacobs in Thirty- fourth Stroet Synagogue and Dr. Henry P. Mendes in the Portuguese Synagogue, Weat Nineteenth street and Filth avenue. ‘THE YORTUGUESE SYNAGOGUE, One ot the Cake tia 3 leatures of the occasion was the first appearance of Dr. Henry P. Mendes (brother of Dr, Mendes, of lorty-fourth strect Synagogue), Who but recently arrived 1u this city from Munchesier, Kug- land, and Las been probationaily uppoinied preacher of the Congregation, Much curiosity was excited among our Hebrew people to listen to the newcomer, and the synagogue prefented an unusually briiliant display, both as regards costly jewelry and toilets und exquisite floral decorations, ‘The following is an abstract of the ntleman’s remarks ;— ‘The text was from Proverbs, vi, 23—‘The com- mandment is a lamp, and the law is light.” Having referred to the Joyous nature of the testival, be suid that man created and lett to the guidance of his own intellect fell trom the high estate wherewith he was endowed. The Fiood swept the degraded from off the fuir face of the earth, go sadly defiled, and ail humanity except one small family found & common grave beneath the deluge of waters. ‘Thus the lesson of the Floud teaches us that the human mind left to itselt is incapable of fulliling the high duties intrusted to it. It, therelure, needs a guide. What this guide is our text, said Dr. Mendes, Drielly but emphatically tells us. Betore the dawn of revelacion all was spiritual darkoess, but the tat was given, “Let thero be light,’? and there was lignt poured upon the earth to dispel its mantle of bluck- ness with a flood of glorious sunsbine, This event, memorable forever, took place nearly one huadred generations ago and is celebrated this day. And how necessary Was this revelation! Into what gross idolatry had the tious fulieon! The jecturer then portrayed the history und practices of pagan pation, including Egypt, early ons, notions of future life among the Indians of the East and West, and compared them with the doctrine of the Bible, as elucidated by (Genesis, xv., 15) King David, Job and the Talmud treatise Modekaton, But what is the commandment, he asked, which the text sis a lamp? ‘The word denotes the practical precept, the observance of the Sabbath aud festivuls; tho abstinence from forbidden food ; th tions of lov help and charity; deeds of piety and eration; tue fulfiimont of all those ethical principles to which men can find the equal nowhere olse. The word “iaw,’? iu Hebrew torah, is derived irom the root **to show,”’ “to teach. ’’ Thus the word foran meuns “education” —the education of the world wnich began on Sinal by the development of the law’s ordi- navces, the education of ourselves by the practice ol its precepis, the education of our children by tho incul Uon of its doctrines, Having reierred to the education of the worid and the part played in it hy the Hebrew ‘Testament, and noticed the relation borne to it by the New Testament und the Mohammedan Koran, the preacher dilated upon the education of the Hebrews, which was to be accomplished by coniiually striving after the perfection held forth in the tora, HOME EXAMPLE BVERYTUING, He earnestly advocated the religious education of children as being the sure means of successiully com- bating the materialists, ethiculturisis, ef hoc genus omne—and as being the only means of pre- serving their retigion, But in this educa- cation of children, suid the preacher, home example 1s o¥erything. If it be the mother who kindies the light of the law in the mind of the child, if it be the school that strengthens it, it is the home example that supplies the very oil, the life of the ight of the law, Thus the commandment is the Jamp and the law t#the light wuich at once light up our path of iife here and the mysterious waiks beyond the grave. Lot ben be cheered by their radiance, and, guided by their gleam, persevere hopetully to en- Joy 'us our uitimato reward the “ght which is sown jor the rightcous and the joy for the upright of hear.” The lecture concluded with a fervent prayer. ‘THE M'KELVEY CASE. To tax Evitor oy tux HexaLp:— In your issue of the 17th inst. great Injustice is done to a clergyman who has innocently and silently suffered much. In accordance with the earnest wishes of the large majority of the church and congregation and of tho whole of the session and Board of Trustees, Rev. Alexander KcKelvey has occupied the parsonage of the Westield (N. J.) Presbyterian Church until the present. Contrary Ww the desires of these and against the unani- mously urgent request of the trustees oificially made, for some days he has been preparing hie goods for re- moval and has already removed bis famiiy from the parsonage. By publiahing wo above in correction of a gross misrepresentation you will aid in stopping a mus licious persecution against a minister of the gospel whose labors in our church have beon greatly blessed and who has always studied the peace abd the highest interests of our congregation. A MEMBER OF THE SESSION, Waatrixip, N. J., May 18, 1877 MR. WILSON’S EQUIPAGE. A LIVERY STABLE KEEPER'S MISPLACED CON- FIDENCE. To the livery stable of E, N. Crow, at No, 140 Varick strect, came the day before yesterday a young man of striking appoarance and still more remarkabié volubil- ity. His atti was faultless, his manner genteel, though a trifle boisterous, and be had u look of solvent rosfectability suggestive of an easy mind and a bank account somewhere. He = suluted = Mr. Crow with gr cordiulity, spoke in a cursory way of the comp'ctoness of bis establishment and then introduced himself as Charles Wilsou, of Alvany. He said be bad come to the city to lead to the hymeneal altar the daugeter of Mr. Ford, whose bakery was close by im Varick street, Ho proposed this day to take bis Jfancé out tor an airing. For this purpose be wanted ‘aw elogant an cquipage as the ostablishment could afford, He went away with the uuderstandiog that the horse and wagon were to be sentto Mr. lor bakery im ball an bour. At the time specified a hostier drove them up to the door, aud just as he reached it out came the elegant Mr. Wilson, Who mounted the wagun and spent a quar- ter of an bour in trying the anunal’s speed up avd down the street, As they passed a suloou he suddenly drew up. “Ha, my man, you must be dry,” said he, and forth- with he burricd the bostier into the saloon, treaved him, and baguly resuming bis place iu the wagon, tossed out a tity cent pivce, telling the man that ho would be buck at the siables by dusk. Up to yester- day morning, however, neither man, horse nor wagon bag veen hoard irom. Mr. Crow seut to Mr. Ford to inquire what had become of his tuiure son- jo-law. Mr, Ford was totally ignorant of auy such person or any such engagement, but on further conversation remembered a geutieman With ® rewmurkable capacity for pies who bad pur- chased two of them the day veioie, gone out for a while, returned again and consumed a couple more, aod had then left the bakery and got into a light wagon which had juat driven up tv the door. Mr, Crow noti- fed the Ceu Office authorities of his loss. ‘The ele- gant Mr. Wilson is supposed tp have gono to New Jer- sey, Where the police are in quest of lim, The wagon he nad is newly painted, with red stripes; the horse is brown, with a small star on the forehead, and the bar- ness 1@ marked Crow. A VERY LUCRALIVE OFFICE, Tho rate now paid the Sherif of Kings county tor the board of prisoners at the Raymond Street Jail is thirty-five cents per diem, The average number of boarders charged for 1s about three hundred. The support of the jail is about $100 per day, oxclusive of upward of $130, or thereabout, tor turnkeys’ fees per week, ‘The total cost of supplie: ., 8 Very little excess of tees, The Snerifl of Kings county has ro- ceived, during the sixteen months tat he bas been in office, $108,023 16. ‘Tue outiay for conducting the office is not more than $5,000 per aunum, The Board | He has four examiners under bi COSTOM HOUSE REVELATIONS, Weighers and Assistant Weighers Fall Out and Tell Tales. NEGLIGENCE AND EXTRAVAGANCE Superfluous Laborers—Reappraisement Scheming—Party Jealousies, —_.—— Thomas S. Knox, a decapitated assistant weigher, appeared before the Custom House Commission yesterday and deposed that for three years he had been for@man for Weigher James Owens, He was dis. missed in 1875, when the force was reduced, and not because there was any charge against him, but because they had a fight. At the timo of bis appointment deponent was First Vice President of the Twentieth District Republican Association, There was a split in the organization, one part being under the control of Mr. William A, Darling and ‘the other under Mr, Owens. Witness by virtue of his office was entitled to cast a vote for one of the republican Supervisors of Election, and was tolu by Owens if ho would voto for his mar he shoula have a place in the Collector's OMce. He did as requested and was appointed ag “Booker” on Owens’ dock; subsequently he was made foreman, ‘Owens gave deponent two lists of charges for weighing merchandise—ono being the printed copy from the Surveyor’s Otlice, and the other in manu. script, and of which the following is a copy:— THE LIST OF PRICES CHARGED MERCHANTS, Scrap iron, 25 cents per ton. Pip frou, 19 couts per ton; in lots, 20 cents per tom. Old rails, 15 cents per ton. Bar, rod, angle, sheet ard bundle iron, 10 cents per toa, lron wire, 2 cents per ton. Pig lead, 20 cents per tun. Lead, in'casks, 20 cents per ton. Spelter, 15 cents per ton; In lots 20 cents per ton. Ingot tin, 15 cents per ton: in lots, 20 cents per ton, Inyot copper, 25 cents per ton; in lots, 30 cents per ton, Evan wad fait, in casks, barrels or cuses, 2 cents per ew we, 2 cents per cwt. Cream turtar, 2 cents per ewt. Ochre. mead 4 Nute, In bags, er ewt.; iv lota, 3.conts per cwt, cents: in bales, 10 cents, t+ per cw ; in lots, 3 cents per cwh i cent per box. cents per cwt. uch. d tlocks, 1234 cents per bale. Bristles, in barrels or cases, 1244 Rico, with city weighers,’ 134 cont Linseed, 3 cont per bay Nt Suyar—Cnaks, bags or mate, with city welgher, halt labor, 1 cont per package. Chiccory, in cusks, 2 cents per owt; in lots, 3 conte. Glycerine, in barrels, 20 cents euch, half labor. “Halt labor,” deponent explained, signified that the City Weigher divides the labor fees paid by tho gov- ernment. ifa gang offour men weigh a lot of goods for which $20 was paid the City Weigher receives one- half ofthe amount. ‘This witness testified with a good deal of rancor in his statements. He continued:—Tne laborers’ payroll contained from sixty to eighty names, whereas the work could have beon done oy trom thirty to thirty-five inex. Men were employed on the recommendation of the secretary of the T'weatieth Disirict organization, countersigned by Mr. Darling. Men whom witness discharged for drunkenness aud stealing were reinstated by Owens, Witness ere read a lotier addressed by him March 21, 1876, to ex-Secratary Bristow, informing him that James Owens was one of the ex-directors of the Third Avenue Savings Bank, and wanted the Secretary to ask for Owens’ resigna- tion, on uccount of that bank failing. He saw a state- ment that a dratt for $50 000, drawn to Owens’ order, had been given to Owens?’ wile, which money had been drawn from the defunct bank. Besides being United States Weigher Owens is the owver of two coul yards, to which he devotes his entire attention, and vory sel- dom, if ever, comes to his weigher’s office before two o'clock P, M. The writer asked the secretary to in« vestigate these facts through his special agents. A similar statement had been made by this deponent te Surveyor Sharpe, but no uotice was taken of the mate ter, Witness further testified that since the Commission had been in session he had been approached by otficera in the government service, not to testify, In which case he could bave another appoitment. Subsequently b was wid that asum of money would be made up tor him if he would leave the city. ‘This was deciined, ua well as an offer of $4 per day to be pald bim until he found other employment, “His testimony, he said, was given (rom a sense of justice, and not out of ree venga, tue! ach. for importer, 234 for importer, 1 cent, _ MR. OWMNS EXPLAINS, Weigher James Owens was at ouce notified to appear betore the Commission, and he did, On being sworn this witness, who possesses great volubility, ratuled away ata rate which taxed tho ability of the ‘stenos grapber to its utmost limit. According to his state. Mmeuts be was an expert weigher, and applied bimself strictly to his duties, He admitted being the owner of two coal yaras, After receiving bis appointment of woigher be appointed a man named Jayne, brother of ex-Special Agent B, G. Jayne, as his foreman, Jayne usked witness at once what. lis share of the perquisites was to bo, us his brother, the Special Agent, assured him that he was entitled to it. Wits ness was perfectly guileless aud scouted the idea of anything beyond the legitimate fees being paid to anyvody. A short me alter he ascertained that Jayne had collected over $100 from merchants, which witness wanted him to return, Deponont instructed the coopers not to show the dock book to Jayne. The latter wid him that be was entitled to his percentage. To Mr, Kobinsou—The city weighers do not use our men for their work, and neither is it true that the pro- ceeds are divided betwee the United Statesand city weighers. Mr. Owens also handled Mr, Knox, the previous wit- ness, without gloves, ‘This man, witness said, he had appointed out of charity, be ing Leen a member of his church, corner Lexington avenue and Fifty-second street, and had todistnis# him on account of drunt enness, for which he also bad to leave the chur INWARDNESS OF THE WKIGHERS’ DEPARTMENT, A. G. P, Brown, assistant weigher unger Colonel B, F. Thorpe, testified that forty to fitty laborers were efaployed on bis district; city weighers do their work with a much smaller number; thought that the United Slates government work could be doue with materially lees help; competent weighers are often sent to dig tricts where they have no work, so as to be starved out; the reason is that sach men have no political ine fluence; javitor in his office reads newspapers and talks polit the duties witness periorms every week bring 1a to the government $70,000 in gold as dutics, for which he receives only $4 day iu currency; if man is only a little bit careless he may lose to the government $360 or $400 a day in duties; itis a fre- quent occurrence that bogsleads of sugar fall short sixty poonds in government weighing as compared with the city weigher, Deponent turtber testified that Colonel Thorpe is very seldom at the office. e A. H. Raynoids, assistant weigher of the Eleventh district, under Weigher Drew, testified that th sistant weigher can never do bis whole duty nor say: the government avy money unless he bas th ecs tion of hig men in order that he may bave sole con- trol over them, By these meaus at least one-third of the inen could be xpared and go much saved. Mr. Bixby, assistaut weigher with Wergher John J. O’Brien, gave quite voluminous testimony. He stated that be bad been with Weighers Bacon, Lounsbury and Biackie. The latter, witness stated, had not been on his district twice in six months, Mr, Washburn, another assistunt weigher under or O'Brien, likewise tostitied, corroborating the ents of the last witness. THK APPRAISER’S BURKAU—REAPPRAISEMENTS, Mr. Thomas W. Gibson, avsistunt appraiser ot the Third division, was sworn, He testiled that be had been chief of bis division since 1871; had been a mer- chant for thirty years aud was a good judge of goods, 1m, Viz:— Mr. Keut, silk examiner, au old and respected merchant; Mr: Schoonmakgr, also a merchant; Mr. Corbett, brought up ip the dry goods business, and Mr. Leopola Weil, woo bas beon many years in the service, and whom he considers an expert. In refutation of the state- ment made by w wilhess that on reappraise it of goods the maximum rate of ten per Cent or over, by which a penalty is incurred, not being recommonded, Mr. Gibson stated that this was a reflectio upon the merchant appraiser. In cach case of pe fps nn gn i importer, ou finding alikelinood i of advanced, raises the value of bis own accor increayed valuation scarcely eve! reach: required ten per centum, Mr, Gibs cited a case occurring only a lew uays ago, whore be advanced goods from ten pence to twelve pence, whic! on reappraisement, was not sustained. The value an article is what it will bring in the market, Mr, Gibson exhibited # lot of samples Gf silks, part sil silk and woollen, silk and mobair, rilk aod cotton, an explained that it required a misxcroscopic examination ta ascertain the relative admixtures of these goods, Upow which a mixed rate of tarill bas Lo be imposed. RVYERYHODY INVITED TO APPRAM, The commission has issued the Joliowing notice, which they requested to have published The commission having nearly completed their examine ion of officers ot the customs, touching the conduet of the various branches of the customs service, are ready to ceive intormation or advice from importers, merchants, Cas tom House brokers and other citizers looking to the tnteg. iciuncy of the service. Complaints will be so tr ir dy » ADpenr velore the commistion will please advise them by note of the points of which they propose to treut, A petition, signed by ubout seventy of the most prominent shipowners and shippers who do not em- ploy brokers, praying the commission not to take auy wction on the petition of a few Custom House brokera im relation to prohibiting Custom House clerks to act 4s notaries, was received and added to the minutes. A cumnmittee of the Pouers’ Association called upoa the commission at the opening of the seasion, and after muking ao elaborate statement us to their griev- ances, caused by an obnoxious tariff, departed, ‘The commission adjourned over until Monday, CONTRABAND ENGLISH CLOTHING, Fashionable people of this great metropolis who do Dot seem to be satistiod with the fit of broadcloth guar- anteed them by the American tailors hi their moas- ure taken Lore and then send it abroad to the Londom Of Sapervisors have appointed ‘® committee vo cous sider @ plan for the reduction of the existing Cnormous Faves of componsation, (CONLINUED ON NINTH PAGE),