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The New York herald., 1868-05-26
POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

SURRENDER OF AN ALLEGED MURDERER.-Henry
De Hoven, who was recently tried before Juctlce
Dodge, the charge Of swindling, by selling barrels
Of water to druggists for high Wines and committed
to the Tombs for trial. was on Saturday surrendered
to officer Webb, Of Philadelphia who claims the pr
murder OF a Mr. Taylor in philadelphia last October
The prisoner whose real name Is said to be James
Ellenger. was removed to Philadelphia for trial. on
being informed OF the nature OF the charge upon
which he was surrendered DE Hoven admitted that
he was the party accused OF the murder Of Taylor
FERocIors AssAULT-BIrYG OFF AN EAR.-Yes.
terday morning as the brig Pedro was or Bedloe's
Island, outward bound Charles Bielfelt, one of the
sailors aboard the vessel attempted to desert by
jumping overheard and swimming toward q small
boat some distance away. Belfelt was taken up aud
placed aboard the steamtug having the brig In tow
Orlando v. Carter, first officer OF the Pedro pursued
the deserer on board the tug, where ffght ensued
seNs mt men r during Tn ALLEGED mat Garter
completely severed portion OF It from his head.
The attention OF Acting Sergeant Thompson OF the
Harbor Police, was brought TO the matter, when he
proceeded aboard the tug and arrested Carter who,
with the unfortunate seaman, was taken ashore ana
thence to the TOlnbs, Bielfet carrying the severed
Porusn OF the ear in his hand. complaint was
taken against the prisoner and Justice Dowling
committed him for trial. Belfet was sent to the
House OF Detention as witness.
TIE ENVELOPE swINDLrNG DopGE-Two MEN AR.
RssrED.-on Friday last william T. Collins stopping
at hote In the Bowery, while standing on the Loew
bridge, was accosted by stranger and invited to 70
and see railroad near by which he said he was
building. The parties walked or together ana on
reaching the front OF premises No. a. Cort,andt
street man there dsbursng handbills invited them
to walk in Collins being suspicious at first refused
to enter, but at length yielded and went down
of the shop then commenced operations the rst
two Ivy drawing numbered envelopes from a case
which was represented drew prizes. Then Frank
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LABOR MOVEMENTS.
Continuance Of the strike OF the Piano.
makers.

Continuance Of the strike OF the Piano.
In conformity with the report published In yester
days HERALD, all the employees or Mr.. Ernst Gabler
with the exception Of some fiEeen only, left work.
and held meeting as II by appointment yesterday
morning at nine O'Clock at Fleck's Hall, on Second
avenue, near Twenty-thrd street. At this meeting
Mr. Petersen presided. The first business In order
by MI Q. committee was at once sent over, and
when the new c0mers heard the stateme nts
OF those who quit work they all joined the
strikers, and are now with them. IL was then
ceive the names OF those who need support from the
Union during the continuance OF the strike. This
committee, after receiving the application Of all who
claimed pecunary aid, had on their list only about
eighty dollnrsper week to be paid to about ten men
IN dinerent proportions the others refusing any as
sistance and declaring to be able TO stand the strike
no matter how long IL may last. At Messrs Marshall
d Muauer5 only the case makers and those enl-
pOyed IN kindred branches have stopped, and ~ an
oticr was made TO them last evening which
sumption IL that work In this establishment VIII be
resumed to- morrow. Some OF the smaller manufactur-
ers are however, aveTse to any increase and e but
Just 10 tnem 10 give their reasons. They say that
remuncrative prices, and II their employs insist
upon an increase OF wages they will have to shut mp
entirely. The large establishments will then gain
the monopoly or the trade, ana the workingmen will
nave lett them the alternative OF either submitting 10
the terms imposed by this monopoly or joining some
other trade. On the other hand, It s stated that
Steinway sons, with the Intentiou Of confin'iing
the increase OF pay TO their employees, have notified
their agents that the nve per cent tax on manuac-
lures laley repealed by Congress WIN not be taken
azed TO go toward paying vae increased wages OF
the workingmen.
The New York herald., 1868-05-26

Wilams the reputed proprietor, put up $500. sil-
yer card basket and q gold watch and chain on an
envelope numbered l22, and stated that II he tCol-
lins) would put up 500 and draw from the box the
number l22 he would win the prize, besides getting
back the money he had invested. Williams
then placed the envelope SO that V could
be determined from the others In the box. Collins
then, believing he had sure chance OF winning the
prize, invested his money and drew an envelope
which instead Of containing the lucky number, 122,
had 132 instead. The first envelope had been with
drawn aud another one substituted In its place with
out the knowledge Of the unsuspecting Collins. The
latter believing himself to be the Victim OF q con-
spiracy, yesterday entered complaint against the
trio, Of whom Williams and Massey only were ar
rested the "roper-in" being non est The prisoners
were apprehended by Roundsman Croker, OF the
Tombs Police Court and taken before Justice Dow
ling and committed for examination.
The New York herald., 1868-05-26
COURT CALfkDAas-THls DAY.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT CouRr.-Nos. 21s, ZIG, 73,
81, 90, SO, 223, 8, T. IS, SO.
SUPREME COURT-CIRCUIT-Part mos. 1898,
1887, 94a 11e1 727 l07l 1927 5ss, 1s4l 1857 1881,
1883 1865 1871 1877, 49, 1884, 13s3 1867, 1871. Part
2Nos 270 1870, 916 140S l41S. 143o 1434 1454, 1882
1884, 1042, 4570, 1332k. -
SUPREME CoURr-CHAMBERs.- IA, rs, 7s, so,
SO, "a, 90, 81, 106, 1o2, 1876, 204, 207, 200.
SUPERIOR COURT-TRIAL TERM-.Part 2-N0s. 4024.
1882 1854 4164 4026 1885, 4O6o 4116 $780, 74, ATS,
41S0, 41s2, ASA. -. A..
MARINE COURT-TRIAL TERM.-N0s. 1892 1851, 1925,
1884, 1905 1921, l247, 14lo l4l4 415 14l6 l4l7, 14s
1892 1433 1434 1435, 1885, 1882 144 14i4 1453 1457
1853, 1852 1867 1464, 1465, 1905.
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SUPREME C0UHT-Cl1CUlT-PABT 1.

The sc. John Disaster-The Case Nearly
Summed Up.
Before Judge Cardozo.
Edthdntet CdId,reu u.s. The Ner Jersey Steamboat
Cunpanv.-1ds case. in which plaintiff sues to re-
cover 1000 for personal Injuries sustained on the
occasion OF the explosion OF the steamer st. John,
on the Hudson river in october, 1855, was resumed
yesterday. Two or three witnesses were examined
IN rebuttal OF testimony ELECTED on the direct and
crossexaminations, after which Ira Shafer, counsel
Tor the defendants, opened the summing up In
elaborate address TO the jury At the adjournment
OF the court he bad not concluded. The case viii be
resumed this morning.
The New York herald., 1868-05-26
THE NATIONAL CANE.

Matches to Come on:
The following matches are TO be played IN Brook
lyn.-
May 2s--Anantic Vs. Athletic OF Brooklyn, on
the Union Grouncs, at 3 p. NJ. a.,
Nay 26-Flag raising by the Eckdeld Club, on tue
Union Grounds, Nine W.. Field - go. a.
May 27--Mutual vs. Mohawk, on the Union Grounds,
atSP M. ln f'f|In
May 2s--Atantic vs. Eureka, on the Union Grounds.
May 29-Brooklyn vs.. New York, on the cap'toiinc
Grounds, ut 9 4. III. rt .
Juno 49, AlAntic vs. star, on the Union .0rounds,
ct A. N.
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Judge Robertson rendered judgment In tie follow
ing case:-
The East Neto York Jamaica Ra1roftd Company
us. LfghthaH
BY Judge McCunn.
Doupe us. Genta.-MOtion granted
DOldn Us. The Mayor or Net1 Y0rk.-MOtion
granted and reference ordered.
Rdd ps The Mechanics' Fire Insurance Cont
pdnv.-M0tiOn granted.
Same u.s. 81. Mdrk'S Fire Insurance COneDdnN.--
Motion granted.
Hanson us. Fe'7fs.-Motion granted without costs.
Masonic Publishing Company us AoOrehead ct
dl.-Moti0n granted.
Gouzer rs. Dapts et al.-Motscn granted.
Weilnaan rs. Pesly.-Moti0n strikingi out answer
granted with $40 COSTS
Fine, Adntntstrut0r 6c. Us. The Bank Of Savings
or The city OF Ne,o YOrk.-Motion granted.
OC0nnOr rs. C,tn,nafngs-Motio granted.
Altman Us. SinaOn.-Findings, &o., Of facts set
tied.
The New York herald., 1868-05-26
SUPREME COURT -cIRcuIr-,nT |.
The Mercantile Bank Defalcation-Actiou to
Recover the Surety.
BEFORE JutlQe Inpraham

Recover the surety.
Before Judge Ingraham.
TIE Mercantile Bank Us. William H j. Bodine ct
aL--The defendants In 1851 gave bond as suretes
In the sum Of $4,000 to pants on behalf OF Charles
Windsor, who was the paving teller Of the Mercantile
Bank for the faithful performance OF his duties as
such teller. In october, 1894, Windsor left this city
suddenly for Europe, taking with him. 1t Is alleged,
about $3.50 900 belonging TO The funds Of the bank.
This coup de main was the means by which he ac-
quired the soubrfq,tet throughout the country Of
"wndsor, the defauterr He went TO England,
and there plaintiffs Instituted proceedings against
HIM in the Court Of Queens Bench,
Westminster, London, recovering a JUDGMENT
against him september 20, 1865, In the sum OF
a2e, 'sS the full amount Of their claim in
that acon. Execution upon thgt Judgment was
subsequently issued against Windsor, aud he was
committed by the sheriff TO her Ma, estys Debtors
Prison. he afterwards applied for ana obtained his
discharge under the English Bankruptcy act. Pain
Ills now Drlng suit upon the bond give1 by defend.
ants, B9dne, W. II. Windsor. Charles Nindsor and
"a sames me- .. Dea[ckson The defence Is tina, py means
England, the said Judgment in her MajesNv's Court
oil queens Bench became. ana was, satisfied. as well
as the cause OF action IN bs action winch ~ on the
Case still on trial. |T - 7.-fI
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the residence OF MSS Flanagan. and, ater telling
her how much he loved her, stabbed himself In a
his life. The girl with the assistance of a woman
residing IN the same house, carried her lover back 10
his fathers residence and from there he was con-
veyed to the City Hospital where he now lies In a
dangerous condition.
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or katns-Ih this casa the particulars Of which
have already appeared in ne HERALD, the court d.
rected averdict for the defendant
The New York herald., 1868-05-26
NEW YORK CITY.
uw1su STATES DISTRICT cuusT-M BANKRUPTCY.
The Bankruptcy Act-The Amendmeut Before
the Judiciary COMMITTEES.

The bankruptcy Act-The Amendmeut Before
the Judiciary Committee.
ID transpfred among the on dts in the Bankrupt
Court yesterday that letter has been received in
this city by one OF the Registers in Bankruptcy from
Senator at Washington, stating that the Ju-
dciary Committee OF The Senate win not report
In favor OF the amendments ado tied by the House
OF Representatives extending the operation of
next. THIS port may OF may not be authentic but
II The Senate intend TO legsRte the subject there
Is htte time LETT 10 do so bcSween this time and the
list of June.
PctitiSNs Eilod Yesterday.
jeremiah Kleckner, OF New York city, for himself
and against his copartner Charles Keckner, Of Pha-
Gelphia; Kenyon q. viele, New York city referred
To Register Dwight; Daniel Tyrrel, New York city,
reterTed 10 Register Ketchum; Chester =. Dewey,
New York city, referred to Register Williams; Joseph
o. Miler, Newcastle Westminster county, referred to
keuis:er
The New York herald., 1868-05-26
sUftHOa couR1--1asL riw.-ps1L l.

Acnon Asa'nss an Insurance. afa
Before Judge Robertson. !,
Monk us. Tbe Union Mutual Insurance CoDpany
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-09
Montpelier & Wells River Railroad.

We have been shown private letter from one
of the leading railroad men in Portland 10 a gem
tlcman of this place, from which we have been
permitted to publish the following extracts,
which we consider of interest to the people on
the line of the Montpelier Wells River railroad
"Of one thing | feel sure that if you will
raise $500 900 towards building the Wells River
& Montpelier line, the scheme can be carried out
in the IN. inner and on the plan indicated in the
Argus portland ArgtS) OF to-day. If we can
turn the public attention ON your route mt this
time in Portland, large amount of aid could he
afforded by this city towards carrying your por-
ton of the line through"
Z" | wish it was in my power to make your peo-
pie realize the supreme Importance of immediaf,
action"
" The result of the legislation in your State
this year, is just being understood and is produc
ing its legitimate effects. All that is required Il
ensure success here is prompt action in securing
the subscriptions to the stock of your line"
I" Before closing | cannot omit to renew, in tn,
most emphatic manner the expression of my con
yiction that the immediate accomplishment of {
| through line Of railway from Portland to Ogdens
burgh, by way of Montpelier, is now within YOU
reach, and if it fails of success at this juncture
it will be from lack of proper effort ON the part
Of the people of Montpelier"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-09

Decentralization Of very satisfactory
nature is quietly going on in Virginia. In
the United States Court, now in session in
Richmond, the grand jury summoned con-
sisted of twenty white and four colored men,
while the list of petit jurors consisted OF
seventeen white and six colorcd men.
The N. Y. Herald says there are four
Republican cliques in New York city, head
ed by Greeley, Raymond, Dana and Weed
The objective point is the United States SEN
atorship.
The Tennessee electors added 20 their
ballots for Grant and Colfax a recommends
ton that Horace Maynard, of that State, be
given a place in the new cabinet.
The New Orleans Tribune, paper own.
cd and edited with great ability by colorec
mon, has been revived after a temporary sus
pension. 1t declares for universal suffrage
and general amnesty.
"A letter from Illinois says
"a movement is ON foot in this State
which is attracting considerable attention
A call has been issued largely signed in all
sections of the State for general convention
of the friends of temperance and of our Chris
tan institutions, for the purpose of consider
ing the proprioty of organizing party to act
politically in order TO secure prohibitory leg
islation in regard to the liquor traffic"
The ninth Massachusetts, district dis
putcs with the second illinois district the
honor of being the " banner district" Of th'
Union Farnsworth's plurality in the latter
was l4,4lS Washburne's in the former 10,
III.
The Mobile Register funnily says of New
York city: q" Like Jeshuruns ass, she waxei
fat and kicks; and her many newspaper
mouths shout her praise"
The four heaviest State votes thrown a
the recent election were as follows New
York SAG, lS5 Pennsylvania 665 ,662; Ohi'
I510,254 Illinois 440, 436 total Of the iou
States 2,47O,5S7.
--Manton Marble, it is said, owns nine
tenths Of the World. What shall a maj
profit if he gains the whole World and los,
his own soul"
The New York Democrat anxiously ask
what has become of Blair2 He is on thu
Western slope.
"A jubilant Republican editor in Georgii
thanks the numerous Democrats who took hi
paper, " to be paid for when Grant was elect
ed, for the prompt manner in which the.
come to time.
Negro suffrage had majority in low
of ~, 265 in total vote Of 1866
The Richmond Dispatch says that tn
speaking Of Mr.. Seymour was freak o
despair, and had no more influence on the re
suit than does the beating of a tom-tom owe
the bed Of dying Indian"
There is CONSERVATION among the demo
cratic members Of the House Of Representa-
tiycs, from the fact that Menard, the negr
member elect from Louisiana, will be com
PEELED to select seat on their side, as Their
is none vacant on the republican side.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-09
Wine Drinking and Iutemperance.

DIR. J. @. Holland, better known perhaps rs
Timothy Titcomb,'' in published letter dis
cusses the question whether cheap wine is the
cure Of intempennce--a proposition advanced by
one or more distinguished American travellers. II,
is spending some time at Lausanne, on the shore
of Geneva lake, and in grape-growing district
His statement is this
4" Failing to find the solution of the Temperance
question in the Maine law failing to perceive il
in the various modes and movements Of reform
|, with many others, have looked with hope Il
lind IL in n cheap and comparatively harmless
wine but, for one, can look in this direction
hopefully no longer. The people drink
their cheap white wine here TO drunkenness. A
boozier set than hang around the multitudinous
cafes here, It would bc hard to find in any Ameri-
can city, where they enjoy the license Of the
Maine law. The grand difference in drunkenness
Of an American and Swiss city, is found in the
fact that the man who has wine in him is good
natured, and the man who is equally charged
with whisky Is demon"
No wonder the American drunkard is demon,
when we consider the fiery poison of our made-up
liquors. The cities are said to be full of these
compoundcrs Of poisons, and it is too profitable a
business to he easily preyentcd-like Illicit distil
ling. Ten dollars worth of strychnine, or other
like poisonous drugs, we are told, will impart to
barrel of beer double the strength of that value
Of hops and with the present skill in chemical
preparations, hardly gallon of pure liquor is
necessary to produce thousands of gallons. The
country is flooded with these posons, called by
all sorts Of names. The best brands of cham
payne are thus produced in such perfect imita-
ton rs not to be detected. The California wines
now offered so freely in market are said to be
manufactured TO great extent by these city es-
Establishments. And 50 with all other wines and
liquors. Is it strange that the free use Of such
liquors makes demons7 or that the blacklist
crimes thak disgrace humanity are increasing in
our land IN equal ratio with this species OF intern
perance?}
What (then shall Americans do? Shall they
plant Vineyards, and drink wine, with view to
improve the character Of their intempennce p
Not aH all for, even were it desirable the bever-
age is too mild, and the habit too tame to be by
any possibility engrnfted upon American stock.
The conclusion seems inevitable, that siiety to
the individual and the community is best secured
by total abstinence. Nothing short of this reaches
the case. Some Of our rural districts and agricul-
tunl villages in which no liquors or wines are
sold, afford, doubtless, the best models for imita-
ton in character and comfort of any communities
existing among men.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-09

or London. Our State would then be not only
the gem of the mountains, but would stretch OUT
her arms toward the sea and vic with other States
for the supremacy Of the deep.
This scheme IS indeed n grand onea and promises
grand results TO Vermont. IL Is, withal, every
way practicable and the real demand Tor cheaper
and more ample transportation between tide wa
ter and the great Northwest will, believe, Sc
cure its early realization and hope the Legs
lature will ADOPT the resolution. II mny be the
initial step in the accomplishment Of this great
work, not so very great in the doing--it would
not cost as much as many railroads IN vermont
but great in the results that would How from IT,
Gentlemen may pronounce y chlmencal. lhey
may indulge in intemperate harrlngues and yio-
lent philppics against Canada and the Canadian
population, and may affect TO esteem rs OF no &C
count the Canadian good will. But, sir, II Is
unwise Ii is understandable. They are oui
neighb1rs and we should treat them as such. he
sides, rs already shown, we are more dependent
1upon them FOR privileges in matters oil navigation
fand transportation than they are upon us. IL H.
AZ YOU win at once perceive, through the courtesy
ola safe transit of wheat across their territory
| that gentlemen ate biscuit for tea this evening
and will eatfolls for breakfast tomorrow morn
| ing And does this ciyility merit nothing better
ut our hands than insult and yitupemtiye cpl
thets2
/ Gentlemen are not only quite beside themselves
/ on this subject but are inconsistent with them
selves. One moment they declare the Canadas Sc
poor that theyare not worth having, and the next
I they would have nothing to do with them; thus
compelling them to ask for annexation. For one
sir, think we should let annexation take care
Of itself, and not confuse it with the important
question before us. With some Of our ablesi
statesmen it is a matter Of serious doubt whether
we really want Canada at all whether, with
her cheap, birth-proud aristocucy and herpoyer
tv-stricken masses. she would not, III annexed, b,
\ to us more plague than profit However this
may be, certainly 50 faras Vermont is concerned
we can safely offer 10 negotiate upon the subject
of improved transportation by water, for the rea-
son that Vermont has nothing to lose in such ne
| COLLATION., but everything to gain While Yer
mont cannot and WILL Nor offer reciprocity in
trade she can afford 70 offer what the resolution
/ urouosg-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-09
Vermont Railroad Litigation.

There are two reasons why railroad litigation
plays 80 important part in the Vermont courts.
One is found in its elective Judiciary, and the
other in the fact that the normal condition Of its
railroads is to be in the hands Of trustees. When
the prizes of litigation are so great the control
of extensive railroad lines, the battles Of the
courts will naturally be protracted and severe ;
and where the judiciary is elective it will ineyi-
tally feel the impulses Of political sentiment, and
will more or less perfectly submit 70 them. No
greater mischief can beial politics or the law in
State than to have itsprincipa railroads become
the subjects Of frequent legislation or litigation.
The shameful scenes Of New York and Albany
not, it is true, rc-enacted in yirtuous Vermont.
but il is safe 10 say that neither its courts ITS
legislature are any the better for having the fee
of half its railroads in dispute.
Perhaps the most important railroad cause ever
submitted to adjudication in Vermont is that Of
the Rutland and Burlington rpilroad-the pos
session Of which is disputed between the first and
second mortgage bond holders, the stockholders
having long since lost all interest in the property.
The road is now in the hands of trustees for the
second mortgage bond-holders. The case came
up at Rutland last week in the form Of suit in
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" Mr.. Greeley is little rough on the office
seekers under the new administration but he is
nevertheless right. This is the way he snubs the
whole tribe, and gives Gen. Grant a hint of the
way in which he should save himself from being
bored to death by their opportunities The
gentleman who writes us for letter to General
Grant, recommending him for a consulshp, will
have TO excuse us. Gen. Grant will in due time
choose Secretary of State, whose duty it will be
to see that the needed consulates are properly
filled; but If President Grant allows himself to be
troubled with applications for Office, he is not
nearly 50 wise a man MS we believe him. and is not
likely to live SO long as the public good requires.
At any rate, he will never read any oihce-seeking
letters from us.