Daily enterprise. (Wilmington, Del.) 1858-18??, 1858-04-03

SALE OF THE COLLINS STEAMERs.L sher-
IFS sale Of all the right, title, and interest Of
the New York and Liverpool Company line
Of mail steamers, in the steamships Atlantic,
Baltic and Adriatic, took place yesterday af-
ternoon, at the Collins's wharf, foot of Canal
street, New York. Before the commence
ment of the bidding, says the New York
/ Commercial, notice was given Of claim
against the steamships Atlantic and Baltic
on behalf of the United States, for $4,000
and interest from the 9th Of February, 1910;
on behalf Of the supervisors of the county Of
New York for taxes to the amount of $780,
600, and the interest thereon by Stewart
Brown and others, trustees, Of S500,0O0 of
mortgage bonds, and interest from Novem-
Der |, 1857, said bonds maturing in 1860,
and by Capt Briggs, of a claim of SO, 900 up
on the Atlantic, for wages due. On behalf of
the Company it was stated that the amount
demanded by the Government was claimed
to be already paid by the Company, and that
it was denied that either that Of the claims
for taxes is lien on the ships, and that there
Is an equitable claim for the remission of the
latter. The claims of the bondholders and
for wages was not denied. The SALE how
ever, was to be Of the interest of the Com
pany alone in the ships With this explana-
ton, the ships were then put up together, no
demand being made for their separate sale
Now, gentlemen" said the auctioneer,
Chow do you like them put up separately
or all together No choicel Then will
put the three up together, and will thank
you for bid. What do you say? What
bid will get? Give me something. IAN
imposing silence.) Well, I'll give you time
to make up your calculations. IA lapse of
five minutes.) What am going to have!
Gentlemen, bid something; let us start them.
What shall say for you, sir? ian ominous
shake eff the head from an individual in the
crowd.) Gentlemen, give me bid, if you
p.ease anything at all.
Mr. Potter, leaning over to some myth in
the crowd, "Shall bid $4,000 for you, sir!
All, very well, $4,000 for this gentleman"
Auctioneer-Fifty thousand going. Figyf
now let me have seysg t6os.. fear it
s;x come. set sixty? You'll NEVER o s ane
ssswiil ha,;Id P ~ again at such price, M RI
INIT oet s;- sliPs to sell you at that price d,
II give Won 'tAy Wei give me fifty-fiye /
LIVING Sa iR 9apsssd Without Suy H.
" 70 bid.I Can't get the five? well, II
II take one, remember, we dispute the s.
N OF the government and the taxes. hi
MIR. Potter-But we won't saw ANYTHING
'out the five hundred thousand. N
Auctioneer (resuming)- advance ON n
'O,OOO. All the tackle goes with the YES @
Is they are ready for sea at fortv-eipht N
urs' notice. Going, for $5O,OOO. Once II
lce-the third and last time-no other b;d1 n,
sold for $4,000. N''''- '' 70
a Voice in the Crowd-Who are they sold m
Auctioneer-Who bid the $50O0O2 al
Mr. Potter-Mr. Dudley B. Fuller. bf
some anxiety was expressed to gnow who
:. Fuller was. Our reporter ventured to ba
sailorish looking individual (who prov- va
to be one Of the hands of the Collins Incl on
ich was Mr.. Fuller, and he answered-tI co
n to h-n you would show him to me, In
want to see my new boss" mo
W. Fuller proved to be a member of the
OF tuller, Lord d Co., iron merchants. TO
ner oil Oedar and Greenwich Streets tn,
ere seemed to be some curiosity to find LAT
ior whom he purchased the steamships. of
one thought that he bought them for his res
nrm The general impression was that
Y were bought in for James Brown, one Pu
me present company. At all events the of
CHASER got decided bargain. All the att
ms against these ships amount only to ed
2 ,OOO, which added to the $4,000 maid
them-supposing all the liens to hold good the
makes the prices of the three fine steam aft,
% Baltic, Atlantic and Adriatic, 1857 600, nm,
Adriatic, alone, cost over a million-so of
the value of the three csnnot fall short ad,
'wo millions and half When the sale Ma
over the crowd speedily dispersed nor
re was evidently no disposition to make wol
cond bid, and the whole affair did not oc- to i
y more than twenty-five minutes. The
KEpoRTsa HoAxED.-Tf we had gone in tar
en- 81 all the murders, moving accidents tina