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MEMORANDA

MEMORANDA.
Ship Tamerlane Sumner, cleared at New Orleans
1lth inst. for Marseiles, with s79 hhds tobacco and
Steamship Achilles, Colburn, cleared at New Or.
leans 1lth inst, for Philadelphia with 2O7 bales cot
ton 1900 empty barrels, 42S bundles hides 300 hides,
256 bags wool, 175 bales moss, 250 cashs iron, 200
hhds bones 100 empty casks, and SO pkgs sundries.
Steamship Whirlwind Sherman, hence, at Provl-
dence 14th inst.
Steamship Claymont Robinson, hence at Norfolk
18th inst.
Bark Brothers. Long, hence, at Boston 18th inst
Brig b. F. Nash, Ray, for Philadelphia, sailed from
Brig E. A. Barnard, willeby, for Delaware Break
water, was at Havana 11th inst.
Brig Chimborazo, Coombs, cleared at Havana Sth
inst, for north OF Hatteras.
Brig II. Houston, French, at Caibarien 5th inst
Brig Alice starrett, Hooper, sailed from Cardenas
7th inst, for north Of Hatteras
Brig James Davis, for Philadelphia, cleared at St.
John, N. b., 18th inst
Brig Hunter, Wilson, hence, was discharging at
Brig NJ. c. Haskell Haskell, hence, at Boston 18th
instant.
iron etc., while beating out OF Chncoteague harbor
morning of 18th inst, struck on the wreck OF the
part Of the cargo was thrown overheard. The p. M.
is ten months old, and is owned in Newbern, N. c.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The British taxes on tonnage known as flight
long by 6y M w cohsr Are to Se
which, 1t is estimated, will relieve the tonnage en-
| teriDg British ports G53 529 per annum. There is
also to be considerable increase In the eXpendi-
| lures upon coast lights and lighthouses the total
| amount to be appropriated to this purpose during
the current year being about e76OoO, and for 1s7l
| e54, 900.
Schr It. s. Mcclellan, Farr from St John, N. B.,
| for Philadelphia, at Holmes Hole p. nj. 18th inst.
Schr Roswell, Copp, days from Sagua, at New
York 18th inst.
Schr Black Diamond, Merrill, for Philadelphia,
| cleared at New York 18th inst.
Schr II. e Sampson, Blake, hence, at Portland 14th
| instant.
schr Emily A. Bartle, Smith, hence at Gloucester
| 14th inst.
| Schr Z. Sinnickson, herce, at Norwich 14th inst.
Sehr Minnie Repplier, Conoyer from Galveston,
| at Boston, 10Th inst.
Schr Louie F. Smith, Cree, for Philadelphia,
cleared at Bangor 18th inst.
Schr Pearl, Smith, hence, at Newburyport 14th
instant.
| Schr J. Trueman, Gibbs from Marion for Phila-
| Philadelphia, at New Bedford 14th inst.
Schr Goddess, Kelley, hence, at Pawtucket 14th
instant.
at Fall River 18th inst
Schrs George Nebinger Smith, and Sarah L. Sim
mons, Candy, at Fall River 1lth inst from George
Schr Ney, Chase, hence, at Fall River 18th inst.
Schr Henry A. Taber, Bornman, hence, at New
port p. NJ. 14th inst.
Sehrs Westmoreland Rice, and Richard Law,
York, hence, at Providence 14th inst
Schr James Satterthwate, Kmmer, for Phila-
delphia saiIed from Providence 14th inst.
Schr j. Burley, Saunders, hence, at Stonington
14th inst.
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Domestic Affairs.

Gold closed yesterday at 1139.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Cox and Mr.. Fish
will soon resign.
From fifteen to twenty thousand miners
had jubilee at Wilkesbarre yesterday.
The earthquake in Mexico on May II
was more disastrous than was at first esti-
mated.
The mountains of New Mexico are said
to be full of hostile Indians, and serious
trouble is anticipated
bill have been non -concurred in by the House,
and conference ordered.
AT its meeting last night the Union
League Club of New York adopted resolu-
tions favoripg the repeal of the income tax.
An accident, resulting in the death of
three passengers and the wounding of several
others, occurred yesterday on the Vermont
and Massachusetts, Railroad, near Royals
town.
R. B. Carpenter, tried Republican, has
been nominated for Governor, and General
M. G. Butler, an ex-Confederate, for Lieu
tenant Governor, by the South Carolina Re-
form Convention.
Considerable time was taken up in the
House yesterday over q bill granting Goat
Island to the Western Pacific Railroad for a
terminus, under certain restrictions. Two
offers were made for the island by members,
one of So, ,O00, 600 and the other 50, 500, 600.
In the United States Senate yesterday,
after the close of our report, the Franking
bill was discussed until adjournment.
In the House, the Senate amendments to
the bill defining the duties of Pension Agents
xpara non in
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PIANOS.

SOLDIERs, OR THEIR HEIRS, WHO WERE
~ actually discharged for wounds INJURIES
lures and who denied bounty because their discharges
muster as TO show them discharged sor wounds etc.
and get their &20O bounty applying in by
letter TO R. a. LEAGUE 90, No. lbs s. SEVENTH
S.Iset, Philsaell Aia
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MARINE TELEGRAPH.
For additional Marine Mems

BOARD on TRA
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Foreign Affairs.

-Breadstuffs are rapidly advancing in
England and France.
President Grants message on the Cuban
question was received with the iveliest salts
faction in Madrid.
"A bill relieving from duty all grain i'm
ported into France has been introduced into
the Corps Legislatif.
Minister Washburne gave banquet in
Paris on Wednesday night to Provost Paradol,
the new Minister to Washington.
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CORRESPONDENCE Of The Erening Telegrdph
EASTON a. McMAHON,S RuLIETIN.

EASTON q McMAHON'S BULLETIN.
NEW YORK OFFICE, June 16.-Eight barges leave
In tow to- might, for Baltimore, light
VIM. Hester, with sand for Wilmington.
p. McDevtt, with lumber, for Trenton.
BALTIMORE BRANCH OFFICE, June 16-The follow
ing baTges leave in tow tonight, eastward
Myrtle, Camilla, G. A Silliman, w. 7. Blessing
Black Diamond, Great Eastern, and Lima Newkumet
all with coal for New York.
PHILADELPHIA BRANCH OFFICE, June H.-Barge
Good VIII, with coal for Baltimore, left last evening
Major O'Reilly, with pig iron for Baltimore, will
leave this afternoon. L. 5. g.
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lBN Teeardph.l

LEwEs, DEL, June l6-4.25 7. M.-Came down this
p. NJ. two ships, which are now abreast OF the ice
breaker. In harbor, one brig and six schooners.
Wind S. Thermometer ST.
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STRUCK DEAD WBILE GAMBLING.
A Story OF No. ~ Ann street-Stalin4 Beau.
tifui Diamonds and Gold watch-Au
Enormous stack Of Chip--Dcath Calls for
HIS ChIps-Hew Henry Pettibone Died.

CorrespcadeHcs Qr Tie PktftSbHr0 Rspablfcon
The number of persons who have died suddenly
In gambling houses IN this city during tho past year
has been remarkable. At a. Ann street is a gamb-
ling he'll, kept BY a man generally known among the
fraternity a. Uncle JOHN One night, about six
months since, young m1n dressed In the height of
fashion. with gold watch and diamond pin and rings
entered and began TO gamble. lie was unlucky, and
rapidly lost hs money; then he stlEed his watch
pin was next rsked, and still fortune was against
him. Then he took from ~ finger a ring--a beauti.
iul solitaire diamoud-and tor which he was SLOWED
one hundred dollars. And now he won. Fortune
seemed TO have changed and was smiling upon him
Every bet lie made he won, until hs "stsck" u
"checEs' was LARGER than { q, held By the bank"
Suddenly his head dropped forward on the tane.
and he was dead. OF course Immediately III was
excitement and confusion around the table during
wA,ch Uncle John quietly raked in the check"
and closed the bank" thereby saving himself over
~ 90, which the dead man had Won. On the shle
OF the ring was engraved the dead mans name He
was young man OF good family, and was TO have
been married next week. His friends were notified
and took the body away, and il was given out that
he had died suddenly OF heart disease while reading
q paper at home.
Far distant from this was tho case OF the poor
snort time after. TO was one OF the regulars
For twenty year. he had been a constant habitus
OF iaro banks, When be commenced, he was doing
good business, bad happy wife, aud was In fair
way 10 fortune; when he died he was a vsgrant and
ouicast-his wife died OF broken heart long ago
his children had grown NJ In misery and vice, and
he had not friend In the whole great city. where
once he had HUNDREDS OF them. The Coroner was
notified, an inquest was held and verdi let rendered
that he too, lad died OF hears disease, bu, eaort
was made to conceal the fact of where he died. lie
had no wealthy friends or influential politicians 10
" see" the Coroner and press and nx' things No
one was harmed by the fact thnt Henry Pettibone
Broadway.
There have been at least half dozen other sud.
den deaths In faro banks In this city during the past
year, TO say nothing OF three who have committed
suicide there,
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Startling Facts for Owners OF Real
Estate and MOrtgaKes.

In the case OF MARVIN against BRowNIyG
and others, recently decided by the Supreme
Court in this city, and in that of MARVIN
against lNGLIs's ExeCutrx, lately decided by
the Court of Appeals, legal principles have
been settled which Will give owners Of real
estate and mortgages just cause for solictude
md alarm. The facts developed in these cases
are Us follows:
Ia the year 1910, DR.. DAVID D. MARvIy
owned several lots up town, and bond aud
mortgage on other lots. In January, 1850
DR.. MARyIY became insane, and was placed
In the Butler Hospital in Providence, r. /,
where he remained until he died in the iol.
lowing October No commission of lunacy
was taken ont. In March, 1850, after DR..
MARVIN lad been in the asylum nearly
three months, his wife drew up deed of the
lots, leaving blank for the name Of the
grantee, and an assignment of the bond aud
mortgage, with blank for the name Of the
assignee, and sent the papers "a the asylum
by former student of her husbands to
have the doctor sign them, which he did.
In June following, the papers, which were
Fill in blank as to the grantees and as.
Elgnee's names, were proved before Com.
missioner of Deeds in due form. and during
the next September, AMI not before, the
name OF the grantee was inserted in the
dec. and that Of the assignee in the assign.
ment, without authority from Dr. MARVIN.
short time aitcrward the grantee con.
veycd the lots to the late JoHy ANTuoS.
VINO was az .si,nent real estate lawyer, and
very particular as to titles. Mr. AHTuoN
conveyed the lots to various parties, and
they subsequently passed through numerous
hands, every purchaser paving fair prices,
md searching TIE title, and finding the
records all right Mr.. ASHTON also purchased
the p;ld and mortgage Of 5, NJ. WHITE.
eEY, the assignee whose name was filled in
hs above stated, and afterward assigned the
came to the late Judge lSGLIs, who finally
received the money on the bond and mort
gage just before his death.
In January, 1865 nearly fifteen years after
the papers were signed in the lunatic asylum
by DR.. MARVIN, his son and legal represents
tive, OLIVER w. MARVIN, brought the two
suits in equity above mentioned, the first for
the recovery ofthc lots, then greatly enhanced
In value, ami the second for the recovery
from Judge INoLIs's eyccutrix of the amount,
with interest thereon, that had been received
on the bond and mortgage by tho Judge
The suit for the lots, owing to the fact that
there were nineteen defendants represented
by eight eminent and determined couns ],
has progressed but slowly, and has only
passed to judgment at Special Term. But
the other suit, involving the same control.
ling facts and principles, has been fought
clear through to decision by the Court OF
Appeals, and plaintiffs attorney, JOSEPH
NELSON, Esq, has. on the remittitur, entered
final judgment in his clients favor for the
pull sum received on the bond and mortgage
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Congress does not seem to be in any hurry
to take measures for the relief Of the shipping
interest. The Select Committee on the Causes
Of the Decline Of American Tonnage have report
ed to the House Of Representatives bill impos.
ing, in lieu Of the tonnage dues now in force, q
duty Of thirty cents per ton on all ships vessels,
or steamers entered in the United States. The
attempt to collect harbor dues, pilotage fees, and
other taxes levied, or pretended to be levied, by
State or municipal governments, except wharfage,
pierage, and dockage, Is made q penal offence.
Mr.. MORRILL, Of Maine has also bill before the
House, renting to shipbuiders eighty per cent
Of the revenue taxes imposed on the materials
employed by them IL Of foreign production, and
ninety per cent IL Of home manufacture. Such
ships are TO be adapted as far as possible TO the
naval service, and the Government Ia TO have the
right TO purchase them at an appraisement in case
Of war. 1t is doubtful whether either Of these
bills ever becomes q law, and still more doubtful
whether, II they do become laws, they will an.
swer the end expected. The one serious obstacle
TO the increase Of our tonnage is the great ex.
pense Of manning aud cquipping vessels on this
side OF the Atlantic, and the high rate Of interest
which capital earns in other branches Of Ameri-
can industry. As long as Englishmen can build
and send out ships and steamers cheaper than
we can, and are satisfied with half the dividends
our merchants expect, they VIII necessarily take
the carrying trade.
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Queer Freak OF Chicken-The Troubles o I
Colared Cltizeu.


Near Paterson there lives colored person named
James Stewart whom the community, by common
consent have dubbed Commodore Stewart. He Is a
talented but eccentric Individual, and las a weak.
ness for chickens. On one occasion, beng found
near poultry yard under suspcious clrcum stanccs
nc was INTERCEPTED rather sharply BY the owner OF
the premises, AS olloWs;
"WeA, jim, what are you doing lcref
"Oh, Uufn, nufiln jess Wa'kin' rouu'"
"N hat do you want with my chickens ~
"Nunln al al. Was only lJokin at EN-, deg looks
50 nce.n
This answer was both concatory AMI conclusive
and wuull have been salts factory had II not been
for Jnns rat This a rather worn soft 1t, q
good d,al TOO large for It's wearers head. and II
seemed 10 have a motion entirely unusual In hats
and Ealiesty due ~ some remarkable cause. II
seemed to contract and expand and move OF Itself
aud clearly without Jlm's yohuon. So the next IL
quiry was:
What is the matter with yonr hatU
"My hatf OATS an old Lat. Use fond Of dat
"well, take II OF and let's look at it,"
"Takc dis hat off No sab. I'd ketch cold In my
head. sar,an;. always keep my hat on when I'm
out ~ doors"
And with that Jim was about beating hasty re.
treat, when, at his first step, low "klnk, kuh,
kluk," Was heard coming ouly too clearly from the
region OF his head gear. This was fatal, and Jim
was stopped and forced 10 remove his hat, when
plump, hafgrown chicken jumped out anu ran
hastily away. The air with which the culprlt glEed
alter II was a stldy for FAINTER; II expressed to
trace Of guilt Slowly he spoke, as though explain
ing the matter to himself aud accounting Tor 80 re-
maIkable an incident:
"Ncl, II dat amt de funniest ting ebber did see
Why, dat ar chicken must have clum up de leg o.
my panlaloons.'
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by Judge 1NGLIs, with interest and costs
This essentially determines the result Of the
suit brought to recover the lots.
Had the papers signed by DR.. MARVIN not
been in blank, or had they been filled up
with his authority, he receiving valid con.
sideration, they would not have been ALSO
lutcly void, but only vodable on his or his
legal representatives. refunding what he had
received. But the doctors insanity, taken
with the execution and acknowledgment
of the papers in blank, with no consideration
passing to him, and the filing in of the
names of the other parties without authori
ty, evoked another equitable principle, and
rendered the instruments void db initio !;
and this decision opened the door for the
application to the cases Of the principle that
an assignee or grantee gets no better title
than his assignor or grantor had These
two legal principles Of course settle the
question Of the title of subsequent purchasers
to property conveyed as DR.. MARVIN con
veyed the lots involved in the suit Of MAR.
WIN against BROWNING and others. The
simple and painful fact is that the purchasers
Of those lots, though they bought them in
good faith and paid full value for them, &C
tually got no legal or equitable title or in
terest whatever in them, and will now have to
surrender them, at their greatly enhanced
value, TO the heir of the insane man who
signed them away while shut up in the
Providence Lunatic Asylum twenty years
ago.
In view Of these facts and principles, IL
may well be asked, How is any man TO
know that his title to his real estate is valid
How is any one TO know whether his chain
Of title may not have been broken by the fact
that some grantor in years gone by was q
lunatic when he signed the deed, or that
some previous deed was signed in blank, or
was never delivered9 Any Of these facts
if duly proven, would be fatal TO o title in
any State in the Union, or wherever princi-
pies Of equity prevail. 1t certainly behooves
purchasers Of real estate and Of bonds and
mortgages TO look sharply to these points in
future, if they would not have their property
wrested from them as in the cases above set
forth
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The Albany Evening Journal asks us the

following question:
"Whl IRE Sun inform us whether II is true or false
a. has been charged, that Sheriff OBRIsN intereres
in every possible way to prevent the holding OF re
hgious meetings In tie Tombs by Protestant laym en-
and pastors, among prisoners Who desire such ser
vice, while handsome chapel and well furnished
altar are provided for the celebration of Roman
Catholic ritee, and constant secess Afforded ~ the
members OF Catholic ordersi"
The Commissioners Of Charities and Correction
appoint the Warden and have sole charge Of the
Tombs. Sheriff 0'BRrEN has more TO do with
the City Prison than the editor Of the Journal
Protestant and Catholic clergymen are allowed
equal privileges within its walls, and not the
slightest ecclesiastical advantage is tolerated.
Now, will the editor Of the Journal answer these
questions;
Did or did not the Journal support Sheriff
oBRrES's bill last year. and did it or did it not
receive q specified sum Of money therefori
Has it or has 1t not supported the interests Of
PETER BARE SwEHSY's Ring Of robbers this year,
and has it or has it not received specified sums
Of money for its servicesi
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A SUNDAY RACE FOR A WIFE
I BROOKLYN DRUGGIsT,s FLIGHT
WITH X E1fPSTON'S DARLING.


Jus. what hcmpston m!aht have kxpeeted-
Ivy orehh 'ist 10 hcmpnon's Gar.
"nc" a""sc VI"
N.., W., 1870" 81,
nj. yoara s.u.,
Tho nor,ber,, n,,, az u,,1.or f,;,v hod . ,,or;.
IN, ,iaoo -, 1T. .....-,... -, A., A.
~ " eo'sip !'s.er"a! uoinns' III WV SUI
den disappearance OF the daughter Of well-to-do
citizen. The fight was effected late on Saturday
,,ob, Tho vo,n, .or,,o o., ,,o hoo,,,,, o., 20,
IS" '"' ''""s '0uPIe-iVr "o p.auv heu WIN
the Young man OF her choicc-wcre closely pursued
by the girls fhther and n friend
- n.,- N "H''a' So
Louiss hempstons parents moved into Jersey
from brooklyn In May last, and took up their resi-
denco ON Bcrgen Wood ovenpe bon,,a a. Ia s,td
a. h,ao All. ...trs, 49,. "Vr s.,s.
70 hide their beautiful daughter from Adolpbus
Aibcrtson, q young druggist to whom they had
taken n dislite p,, Tho r,r, ,aa ,,voo hor ,ho,o
heart 10 hcr lover and engaged to become he wife.
She had asked her parents' consent and this was
IN. AZ, ,,tu.a,,. a., -. 49, g., :, AZ, -
$3.50, u',' .v '"a' ''' i''"'f "au vi 'n' young
The old gentleman babe his daughter never see
Aih.r,.on -. 49,, - '. -, -,
eka'n' shu ieeihinG 'hat tue Souhs couple
had clandeetine meetings, he moved away nom
.n 49,, az u.s. Tn'e', ala N w ~
sun was ho' l"nB III iearhiug tne WnereaDouts OF MS
charmer, and during the past few months they met
at the residence Of mutual friend on Palisade ave-
90, 80 u-.r..- 80,
nue. near warren street.
Opposed by the old folks, the young people natu-
80. Y",'' " ,un S"y ~ .uo esrn , oppor'u
hV' Louisa ma packed up her cothng prepare
tory to her escape which TO have been effected
on suuuay VI. ON in,', pa' oy some means 'he pa
rehs ascer'alheu Wnat she was ABOUT. They ac-
cused her aud she confessed. adding that she woeld
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Are the citizens of this State aware that

Are the citizens of this State aware that
bill is before Congress providing for virtually
selling the State canals to the United States
Such is the fact, however. The plan is for the
United States TO issue to the State Comptroller
en-, zoo of four-and-a-half per cent. coin
bonds, on condition that the present State canal
debt be Immediately discharged and that there
after no tolls nor tax Of any description shall be
levied or collected by the State upon any prop.
erty passing through the canals. except uniform
charge, not exceeding one half mill per one thou.
sand pounds per mile, to be applied to the main.
tenance ofthe canals. DAVID S. BENNETT, of Buff
falo has the honor Of fathering this preposterous
scheme which seems to have met with the neg.
lect which il deserves
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across the Isthmus Of Daren." But Mr..
RoBusoS kils to report that the presence Of the
Admiral there on such duty is in direct violation
of law. The act Of Congress authorizing sur
vey of the Isthmus of Darien provides that IL
shall be made under the direction Of the Secre.
tary Of War. That act Admiral PORTER has seen
III to set aside in order that he may have the sur
vey conducted under his own direction and by
his own ocers and to this desire of his favorite,
whom in violation Of law he has put at the head
Of the Navy, Gen. GRANT weakly consents. The
Administration seems TO be conducted on the
principle that the law is Of no account when the
wishes of the Presidents favorites require it to
be nullifed.
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There seen, 10 be rood Grounds for The bc

There seem TO be good grounds for the be-
lief that JosEPu McGciRE was not elected Civil
Justice in the Seventh District The evidence
indicates that Judge STESNLER was counted ou.
and hcGrTRr, the SwEEyY candidate, was counted
in, Attorney.General CnANPLAN has instituted
proceedings against McGrRE and the case, being
preferred, is to be tried before Judge BRADY in
May next The complaint sets forth specific
frauds and false counts in several election dis
ticts, and alleges forgeries in the canvass. 1t
also AYERS that the statute requiring the incum-
bent of the office to be counsellor In the Su-
preme Court was violated; hence McGuiRE's GER
tfcOte Of election is void. These charges are
specific and clear. If they are sustained by Judge
sTENNLER, Mr.. McGuIRE should be forced to walk
the plank,