The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-17

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STEAMSHIP CITY OF NEW YORK.
VovAcr2 New YORK, Mareh6, 1852
Received forty dollars for the Of Robert
ssii on he 18th ~ hsrcb NO. : ApVo"sea
Steersge. CHARLES g. PALMER co.
TESTIMONY BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE.
Robert strlen Of No 81 Chatham street. being sworn
syfThat on or about the 18th Of March, 1852 at No 80
Broadway deponent purchased Of man. who signed his
n,me Monkhouse to the annexed ticket signed Palmer
Co. which the said Nonkhouse represented to deponcnt
would entte deponept to passage from Panama to San
Frpncisco In the steamahp New Orleans and for which
dcpcnent paid the said Monkhousc the sum Of $780, de-
p,nent has since ascerained from Mr. Howard Of said
sci that the said ticket worthless and that said Monk
h. use and eaid Palmer Co.. had no authority to issue
John I. Howard. of No. F34 Broadway. being sworn
sayThat he Is the agent Of the steamship New Orleans
running between Panama and Francisco and further
that NO such person firm Palmer & Co. has any
agency for said chip or any authority directly or ind
recty negotiate passage board said ship to sell
tickets or Of or to receive any money
for passage account Of said ship act In any
ner whatever, for any purpose whatever in behalf
or on the part or In tho name Of lsaid ship, in
the name behalf or on account Of any person or per-
sons connected With or interested in the ship
aorerad and this deponcnt adds that any and ali sales
Of certificates or tickets of by any or firms
called or calling themselves Palmer & Co Is false and
Fraudulent and sny and ali such tickets or certificates are
ponent saws that the ticket hereunto annexed marked
and purpotine to have been Issued by Palmer Co.
for on said ship is false and fictitious and utterly
vorhless as Aforesaid and will not enc the holder or
any one esc to any on said ship and further de-
ponept saith not
John II Nixon Of No. q Park place sworn eays that
he s in part an owner Of scamshp New Orleans that no
has heard read the foregoing adav and knows the facts
therein eet forth to be true and correct
Upon the facts as presented by the above adayits the
magistrate Issued his warrant for tho arrest of Palmer and
the man calling himself Honkhouse and placed 1t ia the
hands of officers Smith and Elder for service; and In
short time they arrested three men, suspicion of being
concerned one of whom when arrested was said to be-
identified as the person who Represented himself to be
Nonkhouse, by writing that name on the ticket.
1t that great number Of persons have been
warded to Panama just such tickets represented
above. and that their arrival there no such vessel
would receive them the tickets and besides the price
of was at much higher rate and still they were
unable to procure any passage had they been willing
pay the difference In price, every steamship was filed
by the legitimate tickets by the owners 1t is ead
that In the rush passengers forwarded
In this way to Panama there is not accommodation for
them fever has broken out among them and they are
dying off rapidly and othors again unable
90 forward for the want Of money having expended all
their funds in purchasing their through passage
During the day yesterday other complaints
preferred Of similar nature presenting their claims
averaging from $25 up to $3.50 It Is supposed that many
Thousands Of dollars have been taken from these poor
gold hunters The case has been set down for
hearing. to come OIL ut o'clock this afternoon.