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New-York tribune., 1872-07-02
POLICE MOTIFS.

The body of an unknown man, age abnt 80, was
d.coye in the slip East Thirty irsts yesray.
During n fight at No. 81 Bowery. John Watson Of
No ~ srar Kinney under the len eye viz knife,
aietng severe wound. He was auested.
John A. Covery, age g. Of No 400 Wes Forty
eigb the head with bY an unnoEn
Houston and Attorney last night and VAS severely "oaded
Augustus Kuntz, age Is, Of No. 440 Severh-ave.,
danng ouar " "a man, barber shop Twenty
sevenh and Seyenthsye last night stabbed the fac an
with pair Of shears
An inquest was held yesterday, in the ease Of
Richard 1hun. who died June No. % Unions Eon FROM
poison alleged been administered by his wife The found
that committed suicide by swallowing Pars grevn
Thomas Steinage, while shooting ut som bows
who stealing cherries in pyae park a. the foot Of S 1th
YESTERDAY accdena shot two Henr ohof Of ho2 East
Weston Of No. 2l0 Ea. Seventy uh,
soundng them slightly. stenage VAS arrested
New-York tribune., 1872-07-02
MUSIC.
An IMPORTANT ENGAGEMENT.

We learn by private letters from London
that Mr. rakosch has engaged 10 support Adehna Patti
during her visit TO this country IN 1873 the new tenor,
Sig stao Campann who is the chief star at present In
the London mnsical armament. sg. Canpann appears
nv all accounts 10 combine all the best characteristics
of the genuine Italian school which has lately threatened
TO become extinct. He has everything in his favor
voice, method, action, and youth; and his success In
London this is OF the most brilliant character
Thus during this year and tho next shall probably
hear All tho chief sngers of the world.
New-York tribune., 1872-07-02

from the Government OF the United States. for trans
portation of the United states mails, de- vsfous sums %
OF money &c wit, in the aggregate over svoV1 al VI
which the defendant fraudulcnty emDezIou anu aPpo
priated TO his own use.
THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE JOB
Eineteenh: That the said defendant while PRESIDENT
OF the plaintiff together with one James FISK then an
officer Of the plaintiff purchased building on the NORTH
west corner OF Twentythirdst and Eignthave, known
as the Grand Opera House. for the fraudulent purpose
AZ availlno Themselves OF their positions officers OF
the nlani 10 rent the premises purchased at an
trayapant and exorbitant rent 10 the pam.
tid and 10 this end and In pursuance OF
the said fraudulent scnehpe, q. ne % e az o1s
ner wear together with about threequarters OF the
Ia xes and twothirds the insurance the whole OF
the said property 10 be entered INTO between the pam
IN mi himself and the said Fisk, and caused the said
nreuiss TO he fitted for the occupation OF the plain
t a am expense of several hundred Thousand dollars,
to wit 100000 and over Inat Ine sa'a rent ";s
the said expenditure for fitting up the premises ana all
of which matters and things were done for the toe
benefit and advantage OF the delendht ana ns
and 10 the very great damage of the plaintiff.
JlcenheH: And the plaintiff further alleges, that Dy
reason of the premises the plaintiff has sustained dam
ages 10 the amount OF 100000 0O0 for which sum the plain
tin demands judgment with costs.
BARLOW, LARoCoUE MAcFARLASD,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
GEN. DIxs AFFIDAVIT.
City doEty Of Neo York, John A. Dix OF SAID
city, being duly sworn says that he Is the President OF
the Erie Railway Company, the plaintiff; that he has
read the foregoing complaint and knows the contents
thereof that the same is true Of his own knowledge,
except as to the matters which therein stated on in
formation and belief and to those matters ne believes
sworn TO before me this 10th day os June, 1872.
WILLIAM A DUMMY, Notary Pub, y. u county
New-York tribune., 1872-07-02

Breroort Honse-Sir Thomas DalIin, President
Gi~on Horsns Vice President; Joseph Price. Treasurer, and D.
the Great wesrn Railway Of CanIis Asgr
Jons1-M Gen shemsn daugh Washngon
and Gen James NJ Ashey Of Ftrh HosGen A.
Wsuer Commissioner Of Indian Au the Hon Homer Nelson Of
Poughkeeosie the Hon II. o. Chesebro Of Csnanlasua
N VI the Hon o. W. Chapman Of Bnghsmton, Robert
III Ilsren Of Goshen Corner Walsh Of EcwJersey,
ard " b. Bristol of M,iropohtrn Hoe-OaDgc y
Nnans Dunara. John W. Wson Of Ohio Neo- YORK
Ho1fn H. Psyue and Keith Of Virgin james Ho
kl-ndu Gen. Tosnsrnd Of Gov liohnans staff @ Hteohs
Ro-rhe Hon r. FsTlswor NJ g.. Of Illinois beutCol hg-
Au.trala y. smith u Columbus Ohio Eu,rei II ons,
bAny AL5emark HoaI-Gen. g. O. wyHkoop fPennsylVans
New-York tribune., 1872-07-02
Ac,nsl errendi,ure

II would therefore appear that the cost OF the
ture thus iar mas exceeded the original estimate oy the
sum OF 81 6s94 ~.
Tnc cause OF This excess s twOfod. In the first place
the original estimates rave omitted many laig' HehIs
entirely and have taken some few items too ow Tor
want OF sufficient information at the time secondy,
the foregoing figure gross expenditures embraces
large sum- rgeabe To the future portions of the work
The owe Is closer mar2ln tnan VIII be i0unu ~ any
other engineering work costing Oneanda-hau nlllOns
It is surprisingly low when you bear in mind that those
foundations we're twenty ilInes larger than any Oher
similar foundations put down at tnat time tndJ
the engineer had had personal experience IN snkng
pneumatic foundations, and c0ud not DC iamlar WIN
tue hundreds OF small details which are only brought to
mind through actual experience Even the nOVety and
risk involved IN building and Launching 80 Large aclsson
the Bridge Company large sum- rom me TACT tat
the clss0n but by the same builders IN the
same way, Tor SlO,OOO less thah the nIst one -.
Our iron cost us per cent less than the est-
mate. There have been other additional expenses,
which are more tan suclenC 10 account for te excess
of $4,000 10 had been opposed thar la0orng man
would work in a cas on for hours day at q Is We
today paying 81 70 Tor four hours at the
rate Of g. per day. increase of 450 per cent entail
ing Increased cost Oh account OF labor alone OF over
$4,000 gain, the great danger from fire In compressed
air wis uuknOw and preCauOn estimated for. This
cost $4,000 in shape Of IRE III the Brooklyn, ana SZOOO
more 40 line the NewYUrk CaissOn with boiler plate,
making total OF $4,000 The item Of excavation
put down at 81 per yard ON the Brooklyn side the ac-
tual cost IRON carefully kept records
eertaned to he 81 SO per Yard owing 10 the
NeT-York side the bulk OF the excavation has
not exceeded 81 per yard in cost / feel warranted,
Therefore in maRng the assertion that IN all cases where
nm en OF work had beon estimated Tor with full nowi-
edge Of what embraced and for its full quantities. the
act cost has in exceeded and IN general been
cQnsdera9le !e3s !sag e eslDa1s. k!Iay as TegaJ9s
pletd 6r tine total originally estimated FOR, my a-
swe is No! My revised estimate amounts TO S9O0,UyO,
an lcpase OF s250J0 over the original estimate OI
hi.amount 100000 charged TO land, which viii al
WAYS retain value. The increase in size has raised
hecO, per cent, SJ6O00 Owing 10 the great al
yaire In IRON and steel thought proper 10 IN
crese The estimate tor the supcrstrucure 10y sum Of
$4,000 which is only 10 per cent Tue remaining 9O5oH
is scOunJed Tor IN the summary of items not embraced
iu bc original estimate.
New-York tribune., 1872-07-02
THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC
AND
POLITICAL REGISTER
FOR 1872.
FOURTH EDITION NOW READY.

In addition to the Astronomical contents Of Almanac Vee
the lo~ins Political aad Statistical Information:
Laws AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS PASSED DURING rHt
THIRD SESSION OF THE XLIsr CONGRESS.
PROCLAMArIONS on NEUTRALITY AND FBSlANlSh
ACT gNFORCING THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT.
TIE TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN
GRFENBACKS OUTSTANDING FROM 1862 TO 1871
RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF 1HB L. ; loE lS7i
NUMBER OF POSrOFFICgS IN 1870 AND 1871.
IMPORTS AND THEIR COST
PUBLIC DEBT OF TIE UNITED STATES
POPILATON OF STATES BY COUNTIES FROM lG2o To 1870
POPULATION or THE PRINCIPAL CITIES oF THE rs.
POPULATION OF THE L. s AND TERRITORIES 1870 TO 1870
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT - CABINET - SUPREME
COURT--MIyISTERS TO FOREIGN COURTS
FORTY SECOND CONGRESS-POLIrICALLY CLASSIFIED.
COMMITTEES or 1tiE XLllD CONGRESS.
STATES OF THE UNION POPULATION CAPITALS. GOV.
ERNoRS 6c-CONGRESSIoSAL APPoRTlONMESr
ELECTION RETURNS CAREFULLY PREPARED OF HLEC
TIONs HELD IN 1871. COMPARED wrrII FORMER YEARS
HOW 10 ACQUIRE TITLE TO GOVERNMENT LAND Sc, Sc
New-York tribune., 1872-07-02
KINGS COUNTY FINANCES.

Thomas A. Gardiner, County Treasurer OF
Kings County. gives the following statement OF the esti
mates for the support OF the County Government during
he fiscal year. Aug l. 1871 to July 81 1872, and the
,tnn.tttt uf eNpeuditures date:
New-York tribune., 1872-07-02

Peos eon1 aoor otEs tss Broome severely burning NE
proprsor Dsydon The hands and arms Loss 90
ioes, I l5a IBsard BY the international COMPANY
New-York tribune., 1872-07-02
announcements
Refractory haIr-BURNETT's : COCAINE subdues.
Two million TASKS of LYONS MAGNETIC IN

Two million TASKS of LYONS MAGNETIC IN
syc PowDKR United States last This probably
e0nl 10 the Of al the poisonous insect bsno dEg the same
time There preparation known that Is instant death 10
reaches hedbug pance beas Sc, &c, yet as harmless as
aouE when eaten by human being.
Visit T.. LORDS new Cleaning and Dyeng
Olce 60 roaiwav near Beecker. e Of Bro0nes branch az
rolsa dresses aaw acque a feathers, gloves AZ, beau
ufuy cleaned; coats. pants. vests, cleaned ike new
OPEN on THE FOURTH-The chronological
Museu-Free. character talents deec and best
pursuit
PYLE's o. X. is the best household Soap III
market aud will prove itself trial Sold by groces everywhere
Dooley's Yeast Powder makes elegant Rolls,
Biscut, Bread Cakes Pot Pc and fult Danlngs Sc
New-York tribune., 1872-07-02
HOME NEWS.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS.

THERMOMETER YESTERDAY AT HUDyUr's, 2ia BROADWAY
ssm-sSV Eoeh-95' 5D.m.-gT' hidnight-s1'n
New-York tribune., 1872-07-02

DEAR CULTURE FOR PROFIT.17,An illus
traie NvA l, itool b, r. Qunn Practical hoytcnlur
or man, yesr, su,ces, Of Pear Tor market The subject
smulf su torn ueati the following heads Naees A.
ps Preparation OF hr soil Distance Apart Selecting Trees n"s
ava Standards Time Planting, nmung Digging Trees ron uS
Nursery Row anl Pig Nsueuc g. Plant Puuug, Orssrd As,SN
This Work bo found compcts Practical Manual i,f ts' e'
towe ahethe for pisarr ol handsomely oVnAh
,ot Pise " sent free by msA on receipt o pee AShess
New-York tribune., 1872-07-02
THE EAST RIVER BRIDGE.
AN INVESTIGATION ORDERED BY THE DIRECTORS
NO ExORBITANT CONTRACTS MADE-LARGI
Au,uA Ncro ON TILE ORIGINAL. FsTIMAIE9.

AN INVESTIGATION ORDERED BY THE DIRECTORS
NO EXORBITANr CONTRACTS MADE-LARGE
ADVANCES ON THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATES.
An adjourned meeting of the Directors OF
the New-York and Brooklyn Bridge Company was held,
Yesterday at the Office at Front and Fulton sts Brook
lyn Henry c. Murphy presiding. Demas Barnes offered
a resolution which was adopted, that special COM
mtee be created to investigate the affairs OF the bridge
and Controller Schroeder Abram s. Hewitt, and Demas
Barnes were appointed that purpose The Engineer
in Chief presented report In substance as follows
In response to tho inquiries OF the directors whether
the prices paid for material ana LABOR USED IN me con-
struction the bridge have been reasonable answer
that am personally cognzant OF nearly every trIsae-
ton that taken place In the way OF making contracts
or purchasing supplies know that all contracts nave
been made In jutic0us manner and have resulted 10
the best interests OF the Company Iney nave IN osI
Instances, been given to the lowest bdder ana Whcte
they have been awarded O another bidder has been az
figure low the lowest bid. 10 Ia notorious iact
that stone for the East River Bridge IS supplied at
prices lower any that have ruled for IL years pre-
yous. The holds true in regard TO purchases OK
lumber. cement, gravel, iron, etc IL has been al
legged that supplies have been furnished by mem
bers Of the Company at prices preJuuelal 10
the interests OF tue bridge. In all such cases
know That supplies have been furnished after rea-
sOnabe competition and at rates lower than those OF any
other bidder As regards the inquiry whether al sup
plies purchased have been necessary for the bridge or
not would nothing has been pure ased deslgiedy
In vain by any party The prices paid for labor nave
reasonable andI They have rued az gem
er thing considerably below the prices paid outside Tor
similar labor whereas 10 might properly ne nferfeu that
they would much higher owing 10 the danger ana eX
pOsure attending large portion oi the WORK NO man
mas ever been 10 my knowledge by reason OF
any political influence l. there any man upon tDe
pay rolls who does honestly every cent nc gets
Engineer Roebng also answered substantially as fol-
lows whether the cost Of the bridge would exceed the
original estimate: The original estimate OF John A.
New-York tribune., 1872-07-02

TEN MILLIONS OF BONDS UNLAWFULLf lhsULD'
Fdh. That in the said month Of February 1863, the
tad defendant being largely engaged specuatng In the
stock Of the defendant, cODtrived, IN connection with
certain other persons. fraudulent scheme for largely
increasing the OF the common stock OF the said
COMPANY and thus promoting his individual interests IN
epecuaOns and therefore, In pursuance OF sucn
scheme, violation Of his duty as such orectOr
100000 Of socaled convertible bonds OF the sald COM
many caused 10 be issued by the sad defendant
nominal and fictitious sale thereof was made 10 some
cOnfederates, who, with the aid and assistance
of the defendant and IN pursuance OF sucR
fraudulent scheme the said bonds at once TO be
converted into the capital stock Of the said Company
and SAID stock 10 be sold IN the stock market OF inc
CITY Of NewYOrk at price not exceeding ~ per cent
on par value thereof at which price SAID STOCK was
nomiDay accounted for 70 the said Company and tbe
UIaiutd alleges upon information ana behe1 that the
ssid defendant received az his proportion OF lhe pro-
oeeds OF sale, large sum OF money 10 W.T. NOO,
which should have been but never has been, accounted
for and paid the plaintiff by the sald defendant
the exact amount whereof being ~ TINS piaDuu un-
known. 4 a.. --.-., 90. ,s...A
ssss the said defendant still being engaged IN such
sck epeeuatOns Aforesaid, and further cOntr1yng
to uroaote his own interest IN speculatons, and 10
sbesf and deraud the plaintiff In connection with GER
tn caused certain DOCKS OF the plhlntD
toainng stock certificates signed IN blank Dy the wee
and Secretary Of the said Company TO be pur
1olned FROM the custody Of said Company ana caused
the said certificates 70 the amount oi 1890 shares or
SOo s The pas yspe o sa,d stocs' !" DO nlea up ana
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Nef -Ntrs
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From the amount raised in the taxes Ot ISL f6','t
has been paid FOR salaries witnesses, jurors ana hlr
on certificates OF indebtedness.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-22

EXTRAORDINARY SToRY.-In village not
far from Berlin, an old couple lived very
quietly upon their little property. Both had
carefully purchased their cofins some years
ago, as is often the case among country folks.
The cofins were placed in stable, and were
used as receptacle for different things, es-
pecially for storing up baked fruit and other
articles intended to be kept for winter use.
Not long ago the old man died suddenly.
The son, who was soldier quartered at Ber-
lin, hastened at the summons to pay the last
respects to his fathers remains. In the mean.
time the mother had, with the help Of another
son who lived with her, put all the articles
together in one of the cofins, and in the other
had duly placed the mortal remains of him
who for 50 many years was the partner of her
lifelong journey. The coffin was carried to
the grave: by the hands of stout country
youths, followed by the sorrowing relatives
and sympathizing neighbors, while the bells
tolled out their melancholy dirge. The fol-
lowing day the son had to return to the gar
rison. The anxious mother wished to give
him some of the fruit, &C., that was packed
away, to take with him on his journey, and
on going to the remaining coffin for that pur.
pose, what was her horror to find the body Of
her husband. In the confusion Of the mo-
ment the wrong coffin had been borne to the
grave, and now there remained nothing else
to be done than to dig the first coffin up again
and bury the dead body, while second fune"
raj Grafton had to be pronounced by the vii
lage pastor. re, :.5.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-22
From the Detroit Free Pr
THE HISTORY OF GOV. SCOTT OF s. G.
A LETTER FROM EX-ATToRNEY.GENERAL
A. WILLIAMS.

A LETTER FROM EX-ATToRNEY'GENERAL
A. WILLIAMS.
IONA, Mich, July 80, 1872.
A few months ago read newspaper ar
ticle which gave brief history of Governor
Scott, of South Carolina, and stating among
other things, that he had lived in and went
from Napoleon, Ohio, to that State. Anxious
to learn to what extent, if any, the article re-
ferred to was correct, I recently wrote to an
old acquaintance of mine who has many years
resided in Napoleon, Ohio, and is one of the
most prominent, exemplary and trustworthy
residents, making inquiries as to Gov: Scott,
and received a reply, copy Of which is here
with forwarded to you for publication in your
paper. 1t shows the kind Of men which the
Grant bayonet policy has been constantly
forcing upon the Southern people as their
rulers since the close of the war, and since,
too, he said, "Let us have peace" But how
much "peace," ask, would or could there
have been in Michigan, with such governor,
forced upon its people by some outside and ir-
power, ruling over and plundering
them? Do Grant and his Office holders and
thieves promise any reform of these infamous
abuses? Is such rascality to 60 forever un-
corrected and unwhipped of justice "Is
there no balm in Gilead, no physician there"
for the South? Is there nothing in store for
them but the vinegar and gall Of robbery
and iron rule d? Is there nowhere in this
broad land the intelligence to choose, the
heart to love, the will to select and the power
to do the right by them-generously lifting
them out Of the slough Of oppression and
ruin, and making them feel that we are again
their brothers, and not eternal enemies ?
Are the voices of humanity, Christianity and
lofty patriotism forever hushed as concerning
their welfare2 Are party and not country,
ofRce-getting and not peace'bestowing, tyran-
nical rule and not public good, the considera-
tons which shall animate us as a people? =?
Nay 1 believe bright and happy day is
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-22
NAPOLEON, O., July %, 1872.
Hon. A. WILLIAMS:


Your kind favor came to hand to-day, and
be assured was glad to hear from you, and
to learn that you are on the right track, po'
litically. I am for Greeley since the Balti-
more convention, and I hope and pray that he
may be elected, and really believe he will be.
Governor Scott, of South Carolina, sup
pose, is really a resident Of this place yet.
His family was still living here when he was
first elected governor, and they have since
spent about one.half Of their time here. R.
K. Scott came to this county some twelve or
fifteen years ago, and located in the little one
horse town of Florida, in this (Henry) coun-
ty, as doctor, having never graduated or
attended medical lectures, content to practice
some FIVE or six years. He was candidate
for Justice of the peace, and beaten in his
township, while his party had majority.
Afterward he sought and obtained the nomi-
nation for county treasurer, ran and was de-
feated. He then went into the dry goods
trade in his own town. Afterward he came
to this town and engaged in the same business
and failed totally, worth nothing. Then he
went into the army as lieutenant-colonel and
got to be brigadier.general, and came home,
and through the influence Of Jim Ashley he
got the appointment in Command Of the freed
mems bureau at Charleston, South Carolina,
and was finally elected governor. DIR: Scott
is very clever fellow, large and portly, and
very good looking, but very ignorant, yet
tells good story well. In writing letters,
fails in orthography very much. I presume
he is now worth q million Of dollars. He
owns large amount of real estate in this
and adjoining counties, and thousands Of acres
in the northern part of Michigan, in compa-
ny with other men, and he has made this
money of the people of South Carolina. 1t
is said that Jay Cooke loaned him the money
and he bought $4,000 of these South Caroli-
ma bonds for forty four per cent on the dollar,
and then, as governor, recommended that the
interest on the State bonds be paid in gold
semi-annuallJ. The Legislature passed the
bill, and Immediately the bonds were worth
ninety cents on the dollar. I suppose he had
several thousand or hundred thousand dollars
of these bonds, many of which were fraudu-
lently issued and had he not bought off the
legislature last winter, he would have been
impeached as governor. Perhaps you saw
some account Of it. When he came home
from the war, and before he got the appoint
ment in South Carolina, asked him how he
stood politically, and he told me that he
should go with the party that had the least to
do with the negroes He is now building q
fine brick house in this place bought large
farm adjoining this place, laid it out into
town lots, and has sold the most Of them.
He has some very valuable property here, In
cluding tavern stand. He drinks whiskey
and CANDLES largely for money.