The Portland daily press., 1872-06-19
NEW YORK.
Civil Service Reform,

New YORK. June 1S.-The Board of Exam
liners of the Treasury Department, under the
civil service rule, have been here in consulta-
ton with Custom House officers, and have
ration at the earliest practicable moment. APP
polntments are to be made under the rule of
competitive examinations.
The Agassiz Expedition.
South American letters state that Professor
Agassiz had received warm receptions in Chill
and Peru. The Professor says the success of
the expedition has thus far exceeded his most
sanguine expectations.
The Eight Hour Movement.
Meetings of the various strikers associations
We're held to-day. This morning $50 men en-
ployed by the different gas works, assembled
and resolved to demand eight hours day or 20
per cent advance on their wages. The long
shoremen working on North River have begun
a movement for an increase of wages, demand
ing so cents an hour after five O. clock, ordouble
the amount received for day work. The Jer-
sey City sugar house employees, who are on a
strike for $3.50 day held meeting this morn
ing and resolued to accept an offer of 81 pro-
vided the hours of labor be eight and 20 cents
an hour for extra labor will be paid.
The TiIden- Butler Suit.
The case of Tilden vs. Gen Butler, again oc-
cupied the session of the U. S. Circuit Court
to-day.
Geo. Hunnewell, formerly owner of steamer
Nassau, testified to her seizure. Mr.. Devlin
opened the case for the defence saving the de
PENDANT was the most abused man in America
He had been cruelty malgned and msrepre-
sented during the last ten years and this was
the first opportunity he had of having one of
his so-called infamous acts passed upon by a
jury of his countrymon. 1t should be shown in
the present case that the Nassau was not seized
at all by Gen. Butler but that he paid the full
value of her to Hunnewell, who was perfectly
willing to sell the vessel, and who made out a
bill voluntarily in Gen. Buffers Office. 1t has
been said by the prosecution that the seizure of
the Nassau was made as result of conspiracy
of Gen. Butler and his brother, the latter mo-
nOpOlizing the tow boat business below New
Orleans and fearing that Hunnewell was about
to make a tow boat of the Nassau and compete
with him. This was untrue. A. J. Butler
never having any connection with the tow
boat business at New Orleans Gen. Butler never
hearing till the present suit was instituted that
his brother Andrew had ever obtained an inter
est in the Nassau. 1t was shown that the Mas
sau was not worth more than $25, 900, that be-
ing the amount she sold for at auction in New
York few months before she came into the
possession of Gen. Butler in New Orleans when
he gave much more than her actual value to
Hunnewell, who untruthfully represented him
self asher owner. The suit had been brought
in this city because it was thought there was
enough prejudice here against Gen. Butler to
condemn him whether justly or unjustly. The
suit should have been brought in Massachu-
setts where both Gen. Butler and Hunnewell
lived. st'f<A 9'-SS' }4iA"A-
Charles H. Hoswell, formerly chief engineer
of the U. S. Navy, testified he examined the
Nassau a few months before her sale to Gen.
Butler, and she was then worth from S22, 900 to
$4,000. Gen. Butler gave $2S, 900 for her.
The deposition of Samuel p. Griffin was read
tothe effect that Gen. Butler sold the Nassau
to Mr. Griffin for the amount defendant had
paid Hunnewell for her with the expense of the
alterations made by defendant