, 1869-04-01
new YORK.
Reports Of Extensive Custom
House Frauds.
GroWing Stringency In tho Money
Market.
Signs Of a Collapse in the Real
Estate Market.
Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
NEW TOxE Naxrh T..

Spcc5A Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
NEW foxK, March =.
cCBTux uoCsK F1ACps,
NHh!n tho paat two taJs Collector GHuoeIl has
fccctSed several ANONYMOUS letters informing hin
Of extenslFe frauds in the Custom House under the
recent management Several importers have been
In coilus1on with Custom House ofrlcIsls. and
En8Bied Large quantities Of stlkB and other goods
One n1n has defrAaded the government Of $1,000
In the last Alx month";
MONET.
Rates for money In Wall xsreet are again e1orta-
tant, rising to twenty-five per cent per aunun on
government securities, and forty-nre per cent on
foliroAd ssoclA The great patt Of the trouble
aztses from the needs Of foreign bankers, whose
bills Of exchange, drawn against bonds purchased
for expectation, arc ursalanle IT desired tates
In this conttn9encyitheJ are borrower instead
offenders, a. Is usually the case. The banks are In
nc position 10 expand their loaua, and Arc again
weaker than few daJa ago The!r currency is
gradually drawn down for settlements In adjoining
states while 1t does not return al the usual rate
from the South. With continued heavy dtNu Of
coin for customs nothing In the WY Of relief can
be expected from the banks
TIE HIAL EsrA1x xARHr.
Tha enormous real eztate speculation Of the psst
fen months Is partially responsible for the prese1t
position Of Affairs and all Efforts Of interested par
ties fall to maintain that branch ct speculation nj
the lAte feyer!sh activity and reports Of hesitation
come from all aucttonA Property Is withdrawn
for better r1ceA and dnlneas Is creeping over the
since the first Of JANUARY, amount 70 oyer twenty
millions Of dollars.
JOURNALISTIC
The Evening Host has long Article denounctuH
the editor Of the 1fi5une- After quoting various
extracts rrom the Tribune the fest says:
"For eight Jears the Tribune has, with singular
down @ he srsst Repaniicaa pas,. i'll IL faet i g..
Jond dispute th2t the Republican party owes tts
exlstenes nd pIsdomlnanee to-dsy 70 the cltcuul-
rejected the TFtbHne'S AdT1ce-a
MATRIMONIAL
General Charles G. sawtelle and Alice Chester
Munroe were married to day, In the presence Of
lArge number Of amy oncers and distinguished
guests.
recently released, has a number Of paIt1cuiars
connected with tho assassination Of President Lin
coin, not msde public, which he will eoon put in
print
SUICIDE
Mrs. Helen y. ANGELS, mlll!ner, in the Bovery,
hanged herself to hedpost this afternoon. She
had been much depressed IN spirits, and unguc-
ceasfll In business, stnce her husband eloped with
another woman list summer.
TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.
NKE 1GRK, March 5L-Au vessels from SOUTH
ern ports will be Hgidly inspected after tomorrow
1Hz n1x1cAN x1ss1ox.
General sickItA has declined the mission to
Mexico.
ErHAkKK AKRITn.
The steamer Queen, from Liverpool on the 18th
and Queenstown on the 18th. has arrived.
PARDON KKECHKn
Governor Holman positively refused to pardon
Real. rho Was sentenced to be hung on Friday.
OFFICIAL BCRGLAKr ATTKAFTEp.
In the Union Pacific l1Rltroad litigation before
tho Supreme Court yesterday, Judge Barnard
directed the Receiver to break open the compAny1
safe. This he attempted TO do, assisted BY some
laborcrs md others, but Atr. Baflow, member Of
the company, warned the whole party OF as tres
passerE, and they went The case was then aA-
joQrped until to-MoI7uw.
SENTENCED.
Virgil 4. Kreppe, The young man who attempted
TO Kill MIas Cassie King In l5rooly atoEu In Feb
ruarJ, waA sentenced In the Brooklyn Court Of
Sessiona4 yesterday, to eight years and seven
mouths Imprisonment In Sling Sing.
THE BCOE ThApK.
The annual book tr1tIe sale commenced Jesset-
day. The catalogue Ia arranged TO occupy four
days. Several Western traders He1e present. and
made liberal purchaSeA