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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-06
PIRATES IN THE BAY.

A Surprise on Board the Schooner Julia
A. Rich-Four Robbers Board Her I'm
the Dead Of Night-"Your Money or
Your Lifc.''
The schooner Julia A. Rich, Captain Benjamin
Couson arrived q short time ago from Bangor,
Me-, with cargo of timber. When she had dis
charged her cargo in Brooklyn she went to Eliza
bethport for coal. On Thursday last she returned
to New York. She was lying of the Battery, and
the Captain who is o short, thick-set man Of about
iorty-ive had no fears in regard to his safety. He
was sadly mistaken. On Thursday night he was
sleeping soundy in his berth when peculiar sen.
saton at his forenead awoke him. It was cold
leaden feeling, as though q piece Of steel or
iron were being held against his temple. He
looked up and rubbed his sleepy eyes. What
was his amazement and terror when he
saw tall man standing at his bedside
and pointing revolver at his head. The barrel
touched his temple, and the Captain started with
shrek.
other men standing behind. Two Of them had
their faces hidden in their handkerchiefs.
the s s ss wU
that you have counterfeit money here.n
81 have none," the Captain replied. He was IN
armed and deenceless.
~ am United States onicer,n the thief said,
land want your money; If you don't give me
your money instantly III blow your brains out"
money, So so; but this was not enough, and the
robbers threatened to shoot him II ne did not give
them all the money he had. They searched the
whole vessel, but were unable to find any more
money. The steward (Mr. Tyler said he had two
cents, but they refused this generous contribution.
Seeing that they would get no more money the
thieves opened the trunks and took a razor, a
quantity OF smoking tobacco and the Captains
dramatic manner. While three of the thieves
jumped into the rowboat the fourth kept his
pistol pointed at the Captains head. There were
no firearms on board. and what could they dor
Yesterday the r0wbOat was found drifting near
Brooklyn but the police are still without any clew
that could lead to the arrest OF the thieves. The
Captain says ne is unable to identify the robbers
but Sullivan, Of the crew. feels certain that ne
could identity one Of them. They were all tall
men, he says, evidently Americans, and not over
twenty-nv years old.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-06
BROOKLYN COURTS.
SUPREME COURT-SpeCiAk TERM.
Marital Infelicities.
Before Judge Gilbert.

John SmOnet, OF Flatbush, has brought suit
against his wife Caroline for an absolute divorce
on the ground Of adultery and his wife has brought
a suit against him for a limited divorce on the
ground Of cruel treatment. The couple have been
married about fourteen years, ana have one child,
q daughter, aged twelve years, who now lives with
the mother in New York.
Yesterday the father applied to Judge Gilbert for
the custody Of the girl, alleging that his wife was
not q fit person to have the charge Of her. He
charged that Mrs. Simonet was in the habit OF
visiting lager beer saloons and taking the girl with
renewed the charges OF Ill treatment against her
husband.
The hearing OF the matter was postponed until
next Wednesday, when witnesses on both sides
will be examined. Simonet says that his object in
obtaining possession OF his daughter Is to place her
man and a Catholic, while his wife Is German and
O Protestant.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-06
CENTRAL PARK METEOROLOGICAL DEPART
MENT.

Abstract or Report for the Week End
Ing 1T One p. M. July 5, 1873.
DEMONSTRATION, 29.937 inches; maximum at
two p. NJ, July g. 30. 1872 inches; minimum at seven
A. NJ, July I, q. 100 inches; range, 1852 inches.
Thermometer.-Mean, 1873 degrees; maximum
Ut three p. NJ. July 8, es degrees; minimum at five
A. n. June %, eo.2 degrees; range, 23s degrees
Remarkably !, rain from ten A. NJ. to half-past
twelve p. n. amount OF water, 1T inch. July 8,
rain rom Ave p. NJ to twenty minutes to SIX P M. ;
amount OF water, 81 inch. July 4, rain from
twenty minutes to eleven y. M. to ten minutes TO
twelve r. u. amount Of water, 90 inch July g.,
rain rom halfpast nine A. N. to one p. M. amount
OF water. 30 inch. Total amount OF water for
Distance travelled By the wind during the week
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HE CURTIS.

Two Poor City Railroad Companies
Before Judge Daniels

sVbeSuS bvVUt-JuAMUEA
Two Poor City Railroad Companies.
Before Judge Daniels.
All our city railroad companies are not, It seems,
the wealthy corporations many suppose; or, in
other words, their transportation OF passengers Is
merely an act OF charitable consideration for the
public. This state OF facts was developed in appli-
cations made yesterday In this Court for writs OF
certiorari addressed to the Tax Commissioners on
behalf OF the Second and Sixth Avenue Railroad
Companies. Both applications were granted and
made returnable at the Supreme Court. General
Term, in October next They ask TO be relieved of
taxation on their personal estate.
The exhibit OF the second Avenue Railroad Com
pany shows that its capital IL 81 ,099 50O that OF
this amount 1877 20 s invested in real estate,
on which they pay taxes, and that their debts are
nine cents on the dollar The tax assessors, they
complain, In assessing them for personal estate de-
Quoted from their capital stock the amount OF their
real estate and assessed them on $685., 249, which
they have deducted, besides 81, 467 500 60 the
amount OF their debts, leaving nothing on which TO
impose tax. The capital OF the Sixth Avenue
Railroad Company is given as $750,00O, their real
estate as $686,360 OF and their debts as $3.50 900.
They complain that no deduction has been made
on account Of their DEBTS and only the assessed
value OF their real estate deducted, so that they
They claim that their debts should have been de-
Quoted. 1t Ia also alleged by this company tnat In
the proceedings before the Tax Commissioners
there were technical Irregularities. Messrs Hutch
ms and Platt made the applications, which. a.
stated above, were granted.
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A FAITHFUL SERVANT.

On last Sunday the Rev. Father sylvester Malone
celebrated the twenty.ffth anniversary Of the
dedication of the Church OF Sts. Peter and Paul,
Williamsburg, and the twenty ninth OF his sacred
ministry when Father Malone commenced hh
labors IN the vineyard Of the Lord he had an I'm.
mense district to attend to. His original parish
has been divided and subdivided until 1t now com.
Catholics and nine for Germans. These twenty.
three churches have been erected through the
piety OF the Catholics made fervent by the priestlI
zeal and cooperation In assisting the youna
priests appointed to found new parishes IN his
district.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-06
POSTAL AFFAIRS.


The Money Order System NJ the GeneraA
Post Omcc-Enormous increase Of the
Business.
Some highly important facts and figures con-
nected with the money order business, which,
doubtless, win prove interesting to the readers OF
the HERALD, win be found below. Few persons
are aware OF the large amount OF money which Is
transmitted by this system, in sums varying from
nifty cents to fty dollars, the latter sum being the
limit Of single order Three orders OF nifty dollars
each can only be sent in one day BY remirter to
the same payee
THE MONEY ORDER SYSTEM
was inaugursted and established in the United
States November ], 1864, since which time there
has been q remarkably steady increase therein.
On the above mentioned day, In order TO make q
commencement transfer Of $4,000 FROM postage
account to money order account was authorized
by the Department at Washington. When the
ONCE clOsed-which had then three clerks to con-
duct its affairs land there are now forty-two)-
only nineteen orders had been issued altogether.
On the third day the first orders for payment
were presented and cashed, numbering fourteen
In all and amounting to $1S4 OF. The largest
number presented for payment In one day since that
time was on the 4th Of January, 1873, when 1852
orders, summing up In the aggregate $39,6 SO.
were received, all OF which were carefully examined
cashed. large number OF these orders were pay
able to prominent publication ofnces in this city,
subscribers to newspapers preerring to remit their
subscriptions by money orders rather than by the
old method through the mails; where in some in
stances 1t would find its way into the pocket Of
some dishonest employe, or perchance be destroyed
while en- route by the burning Of mail car after
collision had rendered IL a wreck. Now, happily,
there Is
NO DANGER OF LOSS
when transmitted by the money order system.
the applicant has simply to deposit his money with
the Issuing clerk in the money order department.
and In return receives an order Tor the amount to
be sent to the payee An advice OF notification
containing Iull particulars OF the order Is then
transmitted without delay to the paying post
master. The latter Is thus furnished, before
the order itself Is presented, with information
which will enable him to prevent Its payment
to any person not entitled thereto, provided the
remtter complies with the regulations OF the De-
partment which prohibits him from sending the
same information in a letter enclosed with his
order. The order simply bears the amount on It's
face, leaving out the name OF the payee or person
for whom the money Is intended. In this respect
1t differs from an ordinary bank draft or check. In
case of loss by transmission or in the event OF Its
being stolen payment can be stopped thereon and
duplicate issued in lieu OF the original. The fol-
lowing are -
THE RATES OF COMMISSION
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CRoroN WATER MAIN STOCK.
lotai' '''.''''''''''''''s@ooo"
CITY PARK IMPROVEMENT FUND STOCK.

CITY PARK IMPROVEMENT FUND STOCK
City Park Improvement Stock-$8, 300, 900. All
this stock was taken BY George X. Listare at bids
ranging from 103.04 to 1881.
CONDITIONS OF THE BIDS.
Said stocks bear interest at the rate or seven per
cent per annum, payable on the LIST day OF May aud
November In each year.
The proposals Will state the amount OF stocks de-
sired and the price per 500 thereof and the per-
be required to deposit with the Chamberlain the
sums awarded to them respectively, together with
any premiums thereon
On presenting to the Comptroller the receipts OF
the Chamberlain for such deposit, the parties will
be entitled to receive certificates for equal amounts
OF the par value OF the sums awarded to them,
bearing interest from the dates Of payment.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-06
ABOUT CITY HALL.


The City Hall and the departments pertaining
thereto rested under a spell of quiet yesterday.
The Fourth OF July seemingly had exhausted the
energy with which patriotism is conducted about
these noble precincts, and not stir or ripple dis.
turbed the placid surface Of the municipal pool.
Commissioner Van Mort was busy revising his
salary list to meet the reduced estimates OF the
Board OF AppOrtionment and the employees gen.
orally about the Bureau OF Public Works wore an
air OF WEAKNESS and an xiety. The changes in the
departments Will be officially announced on Mon
day.
The following city stock was awarded by the
Comntroer.-.
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THE AXE STILL FALLING.
Wholesale Dtsmissals in the Bureau of
Sewers-Iore Reduced Salarics-The
LabOrers' Turn To Come.

Wholesale Dismissals in the Bureau of
Scwers-NIore Reduced Salarics-The
LabOrers' Turn To Come.
The rumor that the axe was to fall yesterday on
a number Of heads connected with the Department
OF Public Works drew no small crowd to the City
were laborers employed on the big and little pipes
sewer openings, DC. The politicians, the regular
habitues OF the City Hall, were absent, but 1t was
evident from the serious faces Of those who put in
an appearance that they had something at risk on
the contemplated action Of the Commissioners Of
Public Works.
Mr.. Van Mort came down town early and re-
NAMED at his desk until tour O'Clock in the after
noon. The pay rolls OF the Department OF Public
Works and the reduced estimates OF the Board Of
Apportionment were still spread out on the desk
before him. When the HERALD reporter called,
late in the afternoon, he was still engaged in
making out his list OF
REMOVALS AND REDUCTIONS.
In reply to the reporters question, If there were
any further removals to be made to meet the re-
duced estimates, Commissioner Van Mort replied:-
ooh, yes; have just been looking over the list,
and have made reductions OF salaries and have re-
moved several.n
"WhaS bureau do you intend touching next, Mr..
Commissioner f' asked the reporter
"The Bureau OF Sewers. The removals and re-
auctions will be promulgated on Monday"
After Commissioner an Mort had completed his
work, in consideration OF Sunday intervening the
HERALD reporter was supplied with the following
promulgated officially on Monday morning and
which will take effect Immediately.
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PATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

Coroner Herman was notified to hold an inquest
at the Grand Central Railroad depot yesterday, on
the body Of John Slater. Waterman on the trestle
bridge at Fourth avenue and nth street, who was
run over and instantly killed late on Friday night
by an extra train on the New Haven Railroad. The
deceased WAS nineteen years Of age and resided at
Williamsbridge He IL supposed to have been look
ing at some fireworks IN the vicinity At the time Of
his death, and TO have had his attention thus a.
trActed ron the approaching tram,
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CASUALTIES.

John McClan, aged twenty five, no home, fell in
1T in Eighteenth street, near Eighth avenue, yes
terday, and was sent to Bellevue Hospital by the
police Of the sixteenth precinct.
william Trux, aged ten OF 433 West Forty-eighth
Rutwesser and severely wounded. He was sent
home by the police OF the Twenty precinct.
John T. Reddington, aged fifteen, of 342 East
Forty-gixth street. was shot In the leg yesterday
while standing at the foot Of East Forty nth street,
He was CARED for by some friends.
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COMPTROLLER's RECEIPTS.
Comptroller Green reports the following amor
maid into the city treasury yesterday:-

Comptroller Green reports the following amounts
paid into the city treasury yesterday
COLLECTOR ASSESSMENTS
Prom assessments for street openings and i'm
provemcnB and interest Observation-Disclosures. $7S09
BUREAU or ARRBARs.
snd interest interest," @ 1900. .." Aass
RECEIVER OF TAXES
Prom Of personal taxes and interest 1099
From croton water rents Interest ....... e,2ss
sECOND JUDICIAL DlSrRlcr COURT.
nAYoR's SECOND MARSHAL
RECORD
From receipts for sale Of Cvy Record ........... Y
BUREAU or CITY REVENUE
From market rents fees ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1850
Total 81, go
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THE RATES OF COMMISSION
charged for domestic money orders:-
The New York ONCE receives

DEPOSITS OF SURPLUS MONEY ORDER FUNDS
and also pays postmasters' drafts, which are, with
few exceptions, negotiated through some national
bank. When payments at any office continue to
nished with letter Of credit, to be used only when
absolutely required to pay money orders, the said
credits being entered on the books OF the New
York office, which pays all postmasters' drafts
The balance OF credit remaining to postmasters ut
the close Of the last quarter, June 80, 1879 was
crease OF business, comparing the quarters ending
on the 30th OF June from the commencement Of the
system up TO the present year,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-06
ALTERcATIoN IN MOTT STREET.

Morris Coleman struck Peter Condor on the head
with brick, al Ne. 100 Mott street, yesterday
afternoon, during an alteration between them at
that place. condor was conveyed to the Fourteenth
precinct station house, where hts wound was
Creased, and he left for home
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-06
THE COOLIE TRADE IN CHINA.

Effort Tor an Abatement OF Some OF It's
Most Revolving Consequences.
HONG KONG, May 15 1873.
The Colonial Council Of Hong Kong, after much
discussion yesterday passed an ordinance i'm
posing heavy fine and long term of imprtson.
ment upon any person caught harboring women
or young girls for expectation or sale for purposes
of prostitution. This also applies to parents. It
has been one OF the worst features OF the coolie
trade, and the action Of the Council is believed to
be the beginning of wholesale crusade on the
coolie trade about Hong Kong
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SURR0GATE'S COURT.
Wills Admitted.
Before Surrogate Veeder.

During the past week Surrogate veeder admitted
to probate the wills Of william T. Smith, Trembly
W. Milford, Samuel Leach, George w. Blake, VIII
liam Hughes, August Ulrtch and James Waterbury,
all of BROOKLYN.
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LIST OF REMOVALS.
One leveller at salary per annum Of. loo
One rodman. 100
Two axemen at S78O each per .......... $50
One leveler, at salary annum Of 40
0Total annual saving by removais........... $500
REDUCTIONS.
The following reductions in salaries have been
made in the Bureau OF Sewers:-
Chief Clerk reduced in yearly saary......... $1,000
Secretary, reduced In yearly salary ........... SO
per annum each 1000
each ~ 1000
One clerk reduc ed. $40
Total in reductions $1,000
Total annual red ucton yesterday .,.......... $9t60
Reductions in the salaries and dlsmissals OF la
borers Will probably be commenced on Monday TO
meet what re mains OF the reduced estimates.
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sfk districts, and eggs for expectation must only
be laid on those cards. The tea crop also promises
exceedingly well, and Q Yield quite up to the
average may safely be relied on
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-06

His Majesty the Emperor During His Whit to the
Royal Tomb.and Afterwayds-The Tiger-Tail !
Procession, Banners and Guards How
the Sovereign Looked When He Was
Shown to His Subjects-"Under
the Induence"-A Poor Time
for Thousands of Ponies.
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Orders Issued

~The reason Of decrease in the Of orders Is
owing to the money order business at
the sta tions in this city last July.
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Acorrespondent Of the Shanghai C0tsvtsy, writing
nom Pekin supplies the following spirited, curious
and attractive account Of an imperialist and civic
procession as 1t was witnessed by him. just lately,
In the streets Of the capital Of the Chinese Empire
The New York herald., 1873-11-04

br,0e the volks Garten ana listened 70 Strauss.
and looked ct the n0tabtlttes OF Vienna, pr0menad
ing just ~ we do at the present time. and took
moonlight walks with Frau Won Bismarck among
the nigh tree hedges OF 6choenbrunn. Five years
later ne visited Vienna again. He was then Prus-
sian Ambassador to the German Bund In Frankfort
On-the Maine, and lived In the rooms wherein Con-
sui General Webster takes care OF the commercial
and social interests OF Uncle Sans citizens. The
King OF Prussia had sent him on an especial mis-
sion TO Vienna 10 combat the political system In
augurated Dy Prince Schwarzenberg. Then, In
1864, he was In Vienna once more, arranging the
Sch.eswig- -Holstein affair, and writing home to his
wife those very interesting letters winch Herr
Hezekiel published few years ago In his ssBOok
About Count Bismarck The Emperor OF Austria
ID said to have taken decided liking to the Prus-
sian Mlnister-President during those visits and to
have once expressed the wish to secure Bismarck
Tor himself The present Is his first visit since
k0eniggratz. The Prince Bismarck looks remark
ably well, put somewhat flushed.
Besides Kaiser William and Prince Bismarck
visit is OF great significance The Grand Duke OF
Baden, Kaiser Williams son-nlaw, Is here, having
arrived the day before the Emperor. He was the
great opponent OF the Austrian policy In the Frank
fort Bund and an earnest advocate for Prussia'g
cause In Germany. The Emperor Francis Joseph
met him at the station on his arrival, and there
took place what the P1esSe calls "the last act OF
reconciliation necessary to wipe away the men,
ories OF the past" While am writing we are still
in the midst OF the festivities. 1t will be time
enough when all is over to give you the general
occupy altogether six or seven days. He has Wis
tied the Exposition once, has listened to Faust,
and held review, and Will leave on Wednesday or
Ihursday eT.~a
The New York herald., 1873-11-04
MOB LAW IN MISSOURI.
An Ex-Penltentiary Convict swung "a
Limb I'm Cedar County.


From the Clinton (Mo) Democrat.l
From Mr.. Longsdon, who resides near Monte,
valla, Vernon county, Mo-, and who passed
through Clinton on his way to Johnson county, on
last Saturday, we learned the annexed particulars
OF the hanging OF a man named Tom Box seven
miles north OF Virgil City, in Cedar county, and
near the Vernon county line:-
IL appears that Tom Box had just finished a
term In the Penitentiary for counterfeitlng, and
on being released, short time ago, he made his
way to the nelghborhood OF Virgil City, where
he has two brothers-in-law living, one Of whom
by name Mcknight, Box was stopping with. on
Thursday night OF last week, about twelve or
one O'Clock, posse Of armed men called at
Meningitis house and asked for Box, who surren-
dered and was marched away in the darkness or
the night, the mob drst warning Mcknight as ne
valued his life, not to venture outside OF his door
until daylight. When morning came the dead
body of Box was found suspended nom the Imp OF
small tree short distance away. M ne nna was nSng &
ing that his toes just touched tne grounu, WAS
In his shirt-seeves and had ms snirt torn. wnicn
showed that he had not submitted 70 MS & terriDie M
Lonrsdon passed by he still hanging, present
ing q ghastly appearance. A number OF men who
gated and were talking over the aI1air and await
ing the arrival OF the Coroner. They seemed TO
approve OF the hanging. and manifested no sur
pTIo There was no one who would acknowledge 10 the
hanging, or who would state anything connected
with it and the only reason assigned for the per-
petration OF such an unlawful act as that related
rested IN the fact that day or so previous q man
VINO kept KIND OF grocery store and groggery
combined, at Easton, a point the road where
Box lived, was visited by two men In disguise and
brutaly, ifnot fatally, beaten with club and rob
bed They entered bis store with masks over their
faces and called for liquor. and while the grocery
keeper was in the act OF drawing the liquor one or
the men struck him terrible blow Win 3 club
felllng him TO the noor; they then beat him over
the head breaking his jawbone, and, after r0bDinr
him OF $50 In money and taking some articles nom
the store, lett. For this crime II Ia supposed the
vigiantes hung Box. 1t being asserted that be was
one OF the parties engaged In the robbery and at
tempted murder Of the grocery keeper.