The Sun (New York) Newspaper, April 1, 1872, Page 1

UE ROBESON INVESTIGATION, ar Documentary Proof Against the Secretary. He Pays $93,000 in Violation of Law ———e ACT TO EXAMINE CLAIMS, ef of certain contractors m of vessels of war and ie Senate and House of Repres ¢ the United States of Amertea in Con y of the Navy wuthorized and directed to Investigate Ji contractors for building vessets machinery for the same, under fter the first day of M: January, 1964, and The claims of contracte m tigation to ben ertain the addition iy incurred by each contr vred, and delays ity th joned by the In the price of labor ¢ Ho unless such ssary by the delay verninent af Have been paid cach pretofore Ov shall report t naune of the contra act price, th of the work over the cone amount of f ised by the delay and act aid, and the amount alre F over and above the contract otary of the Navy, Udon, shall Investigate the claiin onstructing the steamer visions of this t on of the Gov Dunderbere: min tare pli ns for the REPORT OF THE BOAVD APPOINTED UNDER THE #, aud ordered to D Navy Depantuest, D: = retary of the Navy lente the clatin: nd steam mack teon hundred and the irst day of Janu and to “report to Grst day of May one, and prior t n hundred and sixty-four, yO ntain the name of t scription of the work, the cont ased cost of the work over (he such ine ed by the delay and action aid. and the amount tor over and contractor, Contract price, the Goverame dy paid the contr y With the requirements of this act convene a board of officers of the several claims pre- ad, Chief xamination pmodore J. i J.W. King, and Pa: ter were assigned to this duty fs herewith transmited Thave the honor to be and their re very respectfully. ccretary of the Navy. esident of the © urMENT, Nov. 2 dbedience to your order, of July 6, 1887, w ized each of the Of Congress apt aims of certain essels of war al carefully serut tractors for building lithe tabular statement called for by said act of Ce sare. Harlan & ton, Delaware. did 1 eiv claim for delays occa: gsworth, of Wilming- esent a statement of nd river u under date of Oc+ tober 12, they to. the sane y be awarded to the M the Napa that yard finds that M awarded te noni d anything due in case $551, but de modore and President, iief Engineer and Member AID Fost ent, ster and Member. Mon. Gipros tary of the Navy, Muburar state rable Sere tary of the Na n of vessels of war and under act af Congress approvet ee eeeenteenaieneee a — —————————————— 4 ——— OsuueHL L psnan Lperun nostaes “L820 sing [28t aL Z Ye doqeaut DomaE MET” A490") WESTWARD 10 COL i “BOLDVELSOD JO TRVS eer ate 0) Raodn yey TOSUTWOL been able to Fin Louis Tleft an ice place=a good pla on'e vas e L observed to him, g peta.” With a sickly smile he gazed into the 1861, 3 . mirrors of my soul and exclaimed, "They are BH Og carpets.” If ever Israel Putnam awd eg | shins as much going down those stone steps as oor E 4 I did in my endeavors to get away quickly from not ¥) g that eccentric driver, Isracl Putnam must have Sli og wished he never had unhitehed his horses from ely va the plough share. | Tie MISSIASIPPT's EDDTES. = ‘ p This Westward Ho vtry is getting hoed alt : wer. Tt is the most prolife country T f H rly in the season as it ia, the tables all | butter cups on‘em. The Miasissippt rive | heen ploughed by steamboats, and it (s full irrenta, It is d aboy Misstani They Ml river. raise ¥ in incompre and f the cit every fetches the rest of ‘em: On the cars after leaving St. with a female Westward ho as Miss Ho. dying notes Miss Nancy. Nancy is a lovely name, 8 axed dy shuns fq pa anak POA proper fo touchingly sugzestive. 11 rhe, and {f T had thirty-one children, are acentif they were atl of the Like K Va eal * two eyes, Nancy 1X ¥ informed me “Goodness gractons !'" 1 exety they catching? Sho said nh the Sgures to show the quantity of ¢ in Mlinols; and before we stopped found out (hat there was enc buy all the girls grow-grain stiks. 1367 Not ¢ red as within the province of the Board A IG FENCE the 24 1 HAS From St. Louis te ci "! Comm, President of Board, through the worst eountrs for h ne per cent. fatter t ery Chief Engineer ant Member of Board. Bio at bite Molds called the Eowann Ff AP ashe Paymaster aud Metter of Hoard Navy Derabimkat, WashiNeros ‘Nov. 26, their cows home with | Bs rea purpose every locomotive in the Wert | ACT TO CARRY OUT THE BOARD'S REC MENDA= | catcher at of it t prives TONS. Tgot acquainted on the train with AN Act for the relief of certain Government | Mary Ilain. Tt was ehitiiaine, aad T » the jaintanee, We are contractors. Up, She Scatat se : Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre= sentatives of the United States of America in Con- ures assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he {8 hereby authorized and directed to pay to Secor & Co. and Perine, Secor &Co., the sum of $115,530.01; to Harrison Lo- ring, $38,513; to the Atlantic Iron Works of Bos- ton, Massachusetts, $4 to Aquilla Adams, the sum of $4,852.58; to M. F. Merritt, the sum of 58; to Tomlinson, Hartupee & Co. 815.1715 rlan & Hollingsworth, the sum of $38,513 and to Poole & Hunt, the sum of 83,004.81, being the amount found to be due to each of the par- ties herein respectively named by the Secretary of the Navy under an act of Congress entitled “An act for the relief of certain contractors for the ¢ truction of vessels of war and steam machinery,” appro’ March 2, 1887, which shail be in full discharge of all claims against the United States on account of the vesse into his steam horse, ant he i thunder, when up steps ¢ lady ands ‘hicago, madam.” says she; and after ashing was In Chicag CHICAGO. ‘ h Chicago Is the ¢ uated on th e mouth of the Chicago river, and land beyond the bifurcations of th istucky for the bifurcations. ‘Thi bord touch at € was known there The post was recently bur were 4,470 folks and people o in 18 there we ng up like magic, and si any ma e Michie Mave ste te ful growth thing bu chi som these tables wer: Chicago never fous slie lid remoy of the river fellow only Hiv string of w salein to derry Coe has never 1 upon which the sern= i hoard made the allowance, as per their report, un- r the act of March 2, 1867. Approved July Li 188. (ie admitted that Secor & Co, and Perine, Secor & Co, received their pay under the above vitor same award would 4 a ly. Jay Chica eof an Tihs | VOUCHERS SHOWING THE SUBSEQUENT ILLEGAL at half ¢ tthe KETARY ROBESON. endom to steer by, ‘There ts of that stubborn, go-ahes "i tains to | and Repatr, hattan, as ordered by the Department in its alr. While shooting upward he got par . $90,451.87 | down he throw the note in the window squence was. on his arrival hen NAVY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF CONSTRUC: | nee und the builder puttin Penge TION AND KePati dan. LINO, f BASS: of th he PRICE TWO CENTS. ) OF MR. VOLLMAN, ——- ANOTIUPR CASE OF TOOTH PULLING FOLLOWED BY DEATH, BY'S ARREST. constructive arson against th Tt was a touching case, to the quick, and Fg Thavent wacert al cow that was {iisted her foot and kick all Chicago on fire, W Dut L think It was, 1 visited the burn JOINS DOINGS IN CHICAGO CALIFORNIA EARTH AKE. THE RURSTING OF THE VOLCANOS ON THE PACTFIO COAST, ‘ont of the was «yet whother tl troubled with the bi Lover a lamp, a ‘@ brunette or a blonde, Explanation of the Circumstances He that the Indictment Is Based on tion-He Asks for Just DECIDEDLY A NOVEL VIEW OF THE vTRY. False Inform To the Editor of The Su Sin: The indictment under which T was ar- reated on Thursday, charged with forgery, tho particu ich have appeared tn the press, ts based on false and malicious {i self and to the profession that I should prove what L » Physicians Bafled—Tranamitting Blood Healthy Men to A Village Destroved, and the Entire Popuins tion Buried B ‘Tarnod in their Conrae—A Chasm 35 Miles ,oug—Thirty Person Say Francisco, March 30.—Despatches oleanie district in Iny 400 miles southeast from this city, give addi- tional details of the earthquake disaster on Ks atill continue, though It is remarkable that only a slight shock on Tuesday was felt in Cen- tral and Northern ( Cerro Gordo was badiy damaged, having sev- al bulidings thrown down a ne Pine appears to have | ntre of the disturbance. the latter place was Mr. a native of Texas ish Americans. it distrint to-day, and T must picago has on hand the be chimneys of any place I have yet Agricultural Phenomena of which no Men~ tlon Is Made in What I Know About Farming—Law which no Fellow yet has in Kent or Blackstone, Curcaao, March, 1872.—When T left St. Arm of a Dy On Tuesday last Mr. Charles Vollman of n came to New York to have s were extracted, Ing from the gums which was not, at that med extraordinary. ready-made SECOND MOS-COW, ceived from th flee and stated that he wae about pure house and lot in Forty-third street from his aunt, t ptedness from her to hit 000 oF 4,000, and that she was too Indiaposed to call upon me, My residence at the time being tn her neighborhood, T consented to and did cal! upon his aunt, Mrs, Taylor, and received her deed. Tt Aisctianed, and abe atats pers. It is pleasanter walking on atre with banana skins than on walks when the Mr. Voliman re- On Wednosday, howover, vd had not ceased, and he again visited the dentist in New York, emporary relief, and again went home. On Wednesday night the bleeding began afresh, Voliman was Ir rapidly alittle stream continually flowing from Then it was decided Tuesday last. with decreased viole Lrode arideinacar in St. Lous. The « OuEe at El rising himself beating two Lo jects to start an anatomical museum with, aad “What makes you whip those animals so much? It sounds like beating car- He obtained ‘homas had heon done man killed. n directly over the Among the killed at rey, aged 42 years, remainder ‘The first shock is described as mbling a park of artillery fired directly be- ath the town, 1, Whipple, who was in the aecond story of ys he had just time to jump doorway, when the Thursday Mr. to couvey the A Lagreed to prepare a deed nid within a few days thereat. his mouth. Doctors Cudiich and Na man and two phy Krakowitzer, N to summon t of Hoboken, and 1 ko made ont to hi sand then, di and her husband al defects in ft, Estated that anew deed Ww: hysicians were called conanitation. ans didnot think Mr, Vollma . but every effort to stop the flow ol proved unavailing. t was sinkin, More enorgott time the ph aigess with MPa Tap lor an adobe house, say from his bed and get to t weared to cram) He was buried among the ruins, but suc ceeded in extricating himself from the débris, having recelved several s f \ 4 ' i } the continued loss of blood, Measures wore resorted to and the flow of blood 4. But Mr. Vollman had lost so much Hood that his condition had. be: The physicians were constantly in attendance, and everything possible was done, On Saturday Mr. Vollman was ov! of exhaustion. was decided to try to the transfusion of blooe found willing ty submit to. the oy e direction of Dr. Killich of New Yor! § ékériihent was made, “ The frst man bar n was made f man, and a like T never Fecetved, and ne 3 i rge of $10 for drawing the ome critical. acted ag pny connect w going was all the conaectt OTHER COW i 1 Thad with te transaction n from this re but not davger- srous in St, Louis ty name ous wounds, A WHOLE VILLAGE nURTED, al Inemnbrances fon was held, and. three epecimen b ‘ward, because the eddies get tlemen wera and the brick the Boston ton brick is trying integer ee Je populace was buried beneath the ru Cries for help and screams of wounded beneath the rulr property If not protect Mf barley corn in ens get harley jay night, and Sunday ccm eee ain from the filled the alr, whi! alling for aid torescue Judge, then, 0 the statement in th press that the conveyance had This arm for the trial the right arm of the dying ! sin the arm of his. friend ‘The tube was inserted, and about ten ¢ ed inte the veins of Mr. V his own smokin, 4 fecl outraged ts not to not he safe for any lawyer to excention there certificate of the KuOW! xecttion thereat ‘deed waa recorded, and # 1 Asan act of impartial justice 1 ask the this statement. AT SUSPENDED ANIMATION, A Then the other gentleman About twenty ounces of blood d,and Mr. Vollman ayparently {i proved somewhat after the o Saturday night he again esterday morning he died. the best known cite im) distinct shocks were lock and sunrise stant tremble for A chasm wae opened extend- niley, ranging by three others. V half past 2 0 . the earth was ina over three hours. ing thirty-five miles down the < to forty feet in width. and rolled down into A Young Woman Dies Subsee t Investigation Shows Her Not to be Medical Skill Batted, From the Syracuse Journa: f Fulton, Oswee over a case of tw Like Thy yashe, in accents awe @ seasick bullfrog, Call me failed, and at one Ae ae PHOTOGRAPHS BY Mr. Vollman was one m their place Datch Heinrich abo yurth and Hudson Term in Si of Henry Neumann, alias He retired from Vamassed a art for Ger= x 1 much liked eas but a few large fortune, and w «his native land, hay on Saturday Han Was oy year patch to-day in that city} first witness was wore positively tha’ nth of January; t of Kennedy & Co, oy didn’t come When I Ho leaves a the was never in the je any of their wife and one child A SMART LL achild, and 1e conluded to go » had the ‘omitted on th Having written but she had evening of that had ever been in State Pris ve Ya term in Sing Sing in Fellows moved th © Poor Arrested as ke arriving here nd he admitted that Albany Journal, tust transpired, in which h raised to make all the people In that section well br tmony be ate A rich joke hins 1 what ts known but which was before a chain of mn her testimony Wifecanuot teatity luherhus | he funatle in qu the young lawyer recently taken insane, and Mey with hin for the asylum yesters As Sheridan was ver tion was Denn! Hoxaie started day morning. rational, Mr. Hoxs! handcuff him THe KILLED ‘On. the way de conversation, ckles rattle in Mr, Hoxsie’s pockets, the ins sane man inquired what they were. formed him, when } ey were handed 0 ting them 1} renewed the hearing the ordingly Laid A contin wa Her lifelike comment amon th remarking Uhat she The body was cony Lake tothe rs hot long Mexican line ai extinct, besides ‘eral mud volcan when after closely it sold voloanves may A ventleman from Inde= erts Chat smoke and: ashes from a » southward on brought there wn the mountain, jar street on the di dd them in his aslvep than | eruption again, some place; the engineer has stuck hi sel, Recorder Hackett nutes thereafter they ry Recorder sen ing nothing in the conduc were distinet! jury, and fave turned with’s Verdict of guilty tenced him to ten year f the residence conductor t him by allowing They had pr when Sherid upon lunatics and the m them in an asylum, necessary in ord @ lunatic In an asylum to hay two physicians that such person was insane, an & commitment from the County Judge. dan, with the remark that he was a lawyer, paper to judge whethor tt ‘As Mr. Hoxsie drew ver Sheridan seized it, and after ed It Into his breast pocket minitment an Tava Was seen flowing ¢ report is not authen! itinued, decreasing in for ning, when over one thousand had been Mn ot the house the f be flushed, and rif d any relation of Wm. Tell, 1 stepped ¢ ». up to Thursday Prevented and droitly turned the A Burglary de of procedure ia Mr. Hoxsie e: rte confine a certificate of ody Was not in ) facts have led Last on Friday night, OMficer Austin’s attention was attracted by the conduct of two men at Eighth avenue and Forty-aixth street. the fastnings of Stith & Sill's four store 1 himself at the corner, and the other pricd open Toundsman Lar- 1 Otticer Austin the least rigid as dds to believe that not the first symptom position waa discernat of the ease has awakened no Littl band hundreds of persons have visited house of Mr. J AL Tibbett's ranche, fift of ground sank seven feet surrounding country 1 four feet si en's river ran o} vals of fish on the shore, i fora distance 1 Lone Pine the earth cracked ained stationary, while the ott ight feet, loaviny a wall of e miles in length wh y was aleve! plaio. THE BEDS © Tnnumbered eracks w Korn and ower ran up streatn for seve county, TL, velow the surfa: They were exami first shocks. deporiting ward It reced r its banks. quested to si was drawn up in due nthe prairie. ‘The largest lake craft Dut no case of witeheraft ever Th T8980 Ht was a tes ed. and in IMO there including women, in tation have been mad heen placed at the fe glancing over ession of the reached Poughk ted on going on to New ulated, and dat the door, Soon afterward Holton saw nieatory window hear by, and The officer f pbenrance OF y uedical fraternity of Pulte sprung down RIVERS TURNED. #tart ob 8 run has felt her advantages, and after Fonte ems hence he aecuted anys to reanimate efforts have On reaching the platform, remarking that Seized him, an with largely attra ted act ted on the bys wthat Hoxsie waa raised. fr The Buriat his earthquake a lunatic Who was endeay same time exhibiting the shackles V's Unitarian Churet seized Hoxsle, notwithstanding his dent rae with! him not a hackman who had formerly dri him to the asylum been attr gnized him as released, and Sher safely in the THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION eommnnce ach fr OUT DOOK SPOKT produced quit nthe Metalre Course 0m itwith contempt, but th WASHINO TON, tu Trviugtou, hear Larrytown, which bas not ft Administra- To Prrine, Secor dt Cn ; for the i January 1,1870.—For extras to their contract | thant in any other playe on this footst for building the harbor and river monitor Mane | en eRe ten) ee ae rte ut Av Encounter with at Governor Clay tou Mr. Thomas H. Little, of 288 First Joor after his retura from bargain in writ sislature hy whieh Heiug done for the Carried out bis ta f election to a Detn: Fespect to the low, Beninmin Wood stands o ahalf, for all ages, for eley's Plattorm ved by James Kiley Riley began to abuse Mr. Little, ed him to move ehureh, he was appr Fourteenth atreet. heating Nannte but broke Icke Tot Leathers real iy WLLL W not, however, would pay no further at trew'a knife and. mad The latter shout at reaponded te helves in his pars Lor, and next day hy Was selling goods, ‘ } o ‘Approved, In triplicate, for thirty thousand ENERGY. four hundred and fifty-one dollars and eighty- | | Another case of energy is {lustre seven cents, payable by the paymaster at New | lows: Tentered a barbers shop. mn Cents. F y the paymaster at New J ivy went my head, and up went my heels York (signed,) Jon LeNta at, Teas than two seconds fT felt a ¢ Oricasag my feet, and hotsting my head Ts with a kettle and by Chief of the Bureau, k h daubing the w Yors, Jan boots, “What in th * y J. 0. Brastord Pay tna cu ‘ey He ing aL 4 Inty’ thousand red pasti 1 abil. Says TS EH pa: +] HjB SU SOF BAe EN OU aco, ||) unin and he left, "This 3 w York ENPROY x RO MCe MONE PIB aca auat The citizens who shave at the harhers’ 3 a New York abstract for Ort Qa | have printed on the soles of their b 4 Ae Cmtted Ridiée Ativy Devarenant Dureauiar Gow Wt ont ‘Another case. of energy t+. Geor } low To Secor ¢ Coy Dr, | haven't got to Koop any old fram 3 = standing in the business part of t s January 1, 1870.—For extras to thelr contract | ee eee ie ae aii aaeton a head atar for building the harbor and river monitors Te- | Fourth of July never was colebrated cumsch aud Mahopac, as ordered by the De- | because there wasn’t anybody to celeb riinent, in its letter of the lst December, BLACKSTONE AND COKE. 0 go20a.l, | _ Tstepped into a place to-day t - Gor es itt Me] vas adininistered In Chi 1 Appropriation ; Construction and re- aol Blonenee, AT Tl pair $62,005.11 n alse this man NAVY DEPAIIMENT, HUREAU OF CONSTRUC® | ier man fell down the othe TION AND Kevan, Jan, ), which hu ¢ LOM ANDI AE Bede § ] coatthote. Theard this much 1 1 forsixty-two th Jawyer-You know the pialutlt? - andred and yeflve dollars and ¢ Lawyer 3 its, payable by the Paymaster at New Y BA Se 5 ! Jou Lestnary W ities F Lawyer rent, \ 3 vy w “ ut wit 5 i New BELOB & Co, The counsel forthe defence mad + } 7 anes rr It etirred even me, Says he / fit) str quaiter, | vou r b GREAT PROBLEM SOLVED HOW The First Move ard Forcing Mississippt » Vote for Grant's Re-wle Wasninatox, March 3l.—Gen, ory seat tothe War Department @ letter from Licut and Aide-de-Caunp King, dated New Orleans, March 6, vat teayin ents, ‘The witness your there lea bitt and has al Mm. to t ays kne nd resentful spirit swore that he naw stars, although said to have happened ‘at noon, prepost by Revolutioniats, ‘ ened fareh 3}, via New Orleans.—4 Matamoros MATAMOROS, argo to the ath inst. report Gen, Tre : dn tiie Ciky whi da) met aud ola ONE-WUNTH OF THE AUDIENCE 1N } Wok, gentlemen, Inte the face i after his def erta, being una hor clasping. @ babe to ie to reach Keynoam, att verument the | tears” trickle” down tt Waser tee Is the wife of the defendant; nee SO ee CBRE ee entiomen, does she look lik ase ae man whoawha a round e ——— yfall through? Loc square man Ulf, gentlemen Choked to Death With Bologua Sausnges! t, Gunner, of the Fifty-ninth street station of the death of John Huppel, 3 Kast Fifty-uiuth street. Mr Hop: ‘1 with Uis faintly, wad while be | crush * their concurren: Qy'tue bone The mariners cir own determination to at- f Suffolk county hav th shall govern t an believes that the Philadelphia ational Bo Atalanta crew forth stich a platform as (hla, or that any such prit nin bis admins training for uided ‘by thi Wellinbers and They are, in fact tnight Ann} =z pinistration, a uid her husbai we and had threat: Jewelry, valued ACoA), Was © tion May atte Tsou Why Louch stand firmly and n hands with th the common enemy. Liberal Kepublic WASHINGTON, rats Organizing ia Ut n who fell down th Sarr Lake Cr A Democratic Endorsement. We candidly that the platform of Davin aud the Peestdoney, It ia well und A WESTERN TOR May It please the Court, gentlemen of the Jury, Peall ipon you to render me a yerdiet with Ast. Louis Bay Waar, Mar JOTITINGS ABOUT TOWN ined Is the only witness that can be pt plaintiff, the only one to sustain him in his dastardly attempt to defraud my client of his hard-earned wealth, He has the audacity to darbur of Asjiuwally aud is uu St. Lovis, Mo. ved $1,305 t PERSONAL LLIG ENCE mipanied by heavy tornado from the southwest Prick market struck «large Hetween Sprice and Poplar, Benbeta of the Cuban anny ed the hortiert TWINkIiNg of AU ey fying a letter ba 1 “iu, enying that gre Jesaness exists Uhroughout | stand up in open court, an object of scorn to all the’ entire miata of Missiseinpl, but it, cannot | at men, a reptile devoid Of truth, a Fe Te ee eee eae gina the | clam it boldly, aperjurer, Thia man, g Paikrerrerty (rome sicrulty afconnm ang | Hae the audacity to, stand up dh pAHement In the post guard hi At Holly | swear before this tne nt , Was dope much toward their general dishan b bas known the oti Wore taken to Newport for burial CURLOSITIES OF CKIME Across Seventh street, and striking Uh eked two great hi ‘A square mat heat, LOSSES BY FIKE f the State against Federal | With the very next thi, this there can be bo doubt of the | ¢his Infamous scoundrel, tells you that he | Ae a tetalos round man, Now, gentlemen, mark w turday night th Mite counanile ealien une. point, You all know that this witne standing up there inthe witness box, that tho WASHINGTON NOTES be torn Dy wIneAL N hose Draken, Wh and Shaughbeswy, Unit n ro Distr) hole the plaintif fell through was a round one y Wes) P Wiley Willa, t \* and Lusk you, gentlemen, how in th are or these Hate heaven could # square man fall thro. hole? Again, gentlemen, the plainti distinetly ua, In the words of the timortal looks distant, ne have oveurred FLASHES FROMTHE OCEAN CABLES A poatal convention was concluded on the 2 turday evening George Willett we Prince Frederick William left Berlin last night it is written all over him. Pr auil atten testubit Ho was 64 yours of a No wonder he quivers and quakes, when he 8 ing lust vengeance of the law about to fall and ‘Aim. Gentlemen, T am done ty and lot right triumph over wron sid yeu Gp a MME LOG Ge puuasiae He du renga @ very aud has tnade several excursions lu te eu Why waa in the us callers, a bullet tiattons with the T ely ALG Asia are prowrvening tom ‘atheer Keatiny threw away the Wate Wie Wine Cymualtted ningularand Oriental ck this Mori liig of, Morse 18 lube ‘ous Words upon it were, Wat | baw Seah We Avk rUPable Le WAMLMMYAY y Wie bila,” of the bauk’s accouuie WUICU Maye Levu Wade Under ole In erssan,