The New York herald., 1870-11-30

The Erie Railroad Salts Over AgaIn-,Io,ien
20 Change tho Place or Trial from New York
20 Albany.
IL Before Judge Brady.
James Fisk, Jy., rs. Tns Albany ana SlsQue1assnG
Railroad company ana Others.-In keeping with
the inevitable sequence Of events before our courts
the Erie Railroad suits came up again yesterday.
This, however was no entry into the merits
Of the case q contamination which there
seems no prospect OF ever reaching but q motion to
transfer the trial Of the case OF the ituar caption
given above from this city to Albany. This notion
however, ELECTED very lengthy speeches the sub
1ect by opposing counsel, but in the main quitc as
dry as . Jereeyman travelling aene On the deserts
MI. hale made the opening speech, urging tho
granting OF the motion. He began with reading the
peadings In the case the allegations and counter
aegatlOns embodied In which have been published,
al sGuseagn, ana afterwards reused the court from
fLs lethargic cOndion-the inevitable result Of such
an innicton OF reading matter-by coming down
reasons Tor urging the motion were that most Of the
transactions coming under Investigation occurred
In Albany, and that most OF the witnesses lived
there aud In the vicinty-twentyn mine living In Al
bany and nineteen on the line OF the road.
reading Albany paper, e
hostility there to MIR. Fisk and the management OF
ne me Erie kaIlroad and sympathy , for Mr., Ram Ramsey.
Fisk, by some legal or other process, might bc CON-
PEELED to fee to the mountains OF Hepsldam, where
the lion roareth and the whangadoodle m0urneth for
opinion that II Fisk should be brought
out as cold wedge.n This, he sarcasticalIy
urged was pretty place for trial In which Mr..
upon the Supreme Court judges Of tins city, any one
Of whom would accord Mr.. Fisk = air and impartial
trial AS well might they ;ry Mr.; Fisk In IN hornets
he ssld that they had sixty.nine Witnesses on cir
Sds s1x,ysx Of wn0 lived in New YORK sna three
The Judge remarked that the matter OF the rea-
~: a9RSs MiS {0s oSSl S9sss would have very little
spectively BY Judges Peckham and Cute and, after
sAEonng sne bearing q these on the alluded
opSSn .as sfs legislature to further the
Mr.. Hale, IN his rejonder, said ne could read ex-
inls Mr.. Fisk than the Albany press had ever Ven
tured to DO AS Tor the papers in Albany being
hostile to him. But newspaper comments. he IN |
sisted, had nothing to do with the case. He did not
0,n o unfarness On i he ' part % Of the hey judges of
this city. 1t was certain that they would have q
n %nS@ sa II M he Gss
place. The ends OF Justice he claimed in conclusion
made y iMperatlye that the place Of trial should be
Mr. Field 'I followed IN second ss speech TWAS
evident that for this he saved hs heaviest thunder
sSs as y struck es
Coming to The motion, he said nat the case had al
ready been nstced for trla here and was Gu the cal
endar and wsuld herebe tried within q short time.
II removed to Albany that it would be two mon hs
at least before 1t could be brought Ial Another
pont was that the moving aifdavlt was INSULT
cent; and still another all the defendants did
not move for the change. He closed with denying
that he ever asked five per cent allowance Oh
$780, 000.0 .0O0 the alleged value OF the Erie Railroad.
as stated in newspaper article, which he read and
which ne pronounced too delicousy exqulsite'' TO
be overlooked.
Mr.. Hale made the closing speech. He dwelt
mainly upon the good faith OF ramsey, Groesbeck
and Others the principal contestants Ia the suit.
The Judge reserved his decision.
Admissions the Bar.
Sixty Live persons have passed the required exam
nations and were yesterday admitted to the New
York bar. Among these were four representatives
Of the city pressEdward Y. Beech Tribune; George
A. MOuIton, World, and p. J. O'Reiley and Michael
Mclsrath, OF the Erey,ng Express.
Decisions.
AuO,iste Halbe Us. George E,ren.-M otiOn granted.
James b. cone ct al. as Jaaa N. Sebot,s Motion
granted.