New-York tribune., 1868-06-24
CIVIL

A question of the distribution of the assets of
bankrupt came up yesterday IN the United states DIS
Nathan Kellogg bankrupts The First National Bank OF
Saugerties had certain stocks belonging 10 one OF tho
baukrupts all three OF whom partners, collateral
and claimed to hold oil Of the said stocks TO indemnify
stocks should be sold aud the proceeds applied the
general assets for the benefit Of all the creditors The
Court decided that the bank had lien upon tile stocks
aud had the right to apply TO the payment of the ndi
TO II.
In the United States District Court, in ad-
mlralty yesterday the OF Crawford eal against the
steamboats, America and New Haven, decided. This
was libel by the owners of the barge Contest for col
appeared that the Contest with sixteen other boats
being towned from NewYork to West Troy by the New
Haven, and when about seven miles below Albany she
colidcd with Of the several boats that the America
was towing from Albany to New York and, with her
cargo was badly damaged The owners alleged negll-
gencc the part OF both boats and claimed $4,000 dana
ges The court on all the proofs, decided that the New
and tried to avoid the New Haven aud tow while the
latter under headway and did not keep to the
right as she should have done Ihe IDel was therefore
dismissed rs to the America and the New Haven con,
demed In dana and costs and referencetWa5 ordered
to ascertained the amount.
In the Kings County Supreme Court Special
Term, before Judge Gilbert, in the matter Of the appca
ton Ernesne Oakes for the custody Of her children
the petitioner, who the widow of the late Henry Stein
Comfy Supreme Court on Monday Judge Gilbert pre-.
siding, for order giving her possession OF her three
children, alleged TO be unlawfuly detained by William
steinway their uncle The respondent is mem
ber Of the firm Of steinway q sons, the we'll
known Plano manufacturers Of Hew-York, and
prOpretors Of Steuway Hall. The circumstances
the detailed in the complaint are substantially
as follows The potoner charges that after the death
OF her husband, William Steinway his brother induced
her to take her three children from this state to Ger
many for the express purpose aud as part OF plan
and conspiracy, there Under different laws, where his
power in the viii OF Henry Semway ir, might in gno-
of statutes be considered Invalid aud by the
aid Of his money, aud hey poverty caused by his with
holding from her funds due from him to her trustee
under the viii; to take her children from herr aud,
sequester the estate OF their deceased father,
Under p Years Of age have the estate 20 to his father
and mother, and next, under their WILL to the respon
Charged that keeps the children 5000 miles away from
their and his home aud the home Of their mother
his relatives have left the place whittier he had sent
them and have como here to lve that the children have
relations there and are placed IN the OF petty
German magistrate, strangerto them, and whom he has
not himself for 10 years; that the respondent de
first indncnd t6s nctitiomer to go 70 SeTmony
custodian her means. and that he became
ndrift as a yarrant thar she was finally driven away
without Of support aud returned TO this country
The respondent alleges that the Will OF the late Henry
Steinwav making the respondent guarlan was read IN
the presence OF the petitioner and approved by her.
ried her present husband under her maiden name aud
that her domestic associations aud character such
would tend to be OF Injury To the children and that the
petitioner voluntarily went TO Germany, and left the
children there. The petitioner replies that she
married her present husband publicly, the core
ony having been performed by the RectOro the Church
the Incarnation and that the said Rector informed her
that usual for ladies TO drop the Of their first
husband, and was perfectly proper; and she further al
eges all nsinuatons against her character TO be Sian
dorous. IL Is further alleged 10y the petitioner that
though her ato husbands share In the property was
about 100000. 10 was appraised at only Ss6,0O As an
example OF this appraemcnt OF the assets OF the firm
under this partOnng OF the property Seinway Hall IS
appraised at $4,000. while IL Is known 10 be worth
$4,000 Judge Gilbert said that the should be
Gmned before himself through testimony. Counsel for
respondent denied the jurisdiction OF the Court rs the
children were in Germany His Honor held that Their
dOmicle presumed o be where the mother Is, and
that habea corpus could be issued 10 the respondent
Tie trial Of the fixed for Friday next.