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The New York herald., 1874-08-15
MURDER ON sHIPBOARD.
Disc harge of the Prisoner.

Last April the American ship Caltivator sailed
from San Francisco for Antwerp. On the first day
out an altercation arose between the mate. named
James Mccarthy, ana q seaman named John
smith, alias Wright during which the latter was
shot and instantly killed. On the arrival OF the
vessel at Antwerp dispositions in regard to the
AFFAIR were taken by the American Consul at that
place, Mr.. J. r. weaver who sent Mccarthy back
to New York for trial. After examination United
States Commissioner Osborne, for want or sum-
cient evidence discharged him. The Commis-
sioner addressed the prisoner, explaining the rea-
son OF his escape and reviewing the circumstances
attending the shooting. He aid:-Accused OF the
crime OF murder by he killing OF John Smith,
brother seaman, on BOARD the Cultivator, you,
John Mccarthy, are entitled under the laws OF this
country to fair and impartial trial. and If the
proper and legal evidence had been furnished to
maintain the charge 1t would be my duty to COM
NIT you 10 prison TO await the action OF
another trlbunal-to Wit, the Grand Jury. II
no proof Of Sucn accusation Is furnished which
the rules OF evidence and judicial authorities sane
ton, then you are entitled 10 your liberty, how
ever startling and unfortunate IT may seem to the
puolic view that man charged with murder Is
allowed to 60 lree without the iormalites ol pub
lie trial. 1ne character OF evidence In this case
consists OF copy depositons OF witnesses taken be-
fore an American Consul abroad not IN your pres
ence and without an opportunity for you to hear
their testimony and cross-examlne them; ana,
furthermore that none OF the deponents or wit
nesses we're secured or detained so as to be sent
to this country to glvc evidence against you, but
have departed on long voyages with no assurance
Of their arrival in the United states, so that the
process OF the Court can reach them to secure their
evidence. Under these unfortunate circumstances
your appeals to my sense oil discretion,
whether shall keep you longer conhned in prison
await urther results or inquiries as TO the prob
abilities Of some one to offer ana testify against
you or to discharge you, as would be 1ustlned In
doing you are not properly or legally in the Gus
tody OF the law, charged With so grave an offence
upon evidence warrantlng me Ia thus deprivlng
you OF your liberty, which all men are entitled TO
unless restrained by process OF law. In the eXer-
else OF a sound discretion therefore. must let you
20 Tree, bearing In your own conscience the quit
or innocence OF this charge. believing that nave
no right in to detain you without the requisite
proof necessary to support the accusation or hay-
ing a tendency or bearing on that subject, which
is essential to proper administration OF justice
and which The law OF The land alone justifcs. You
diacharred
The New York herald., 1874-08-15
THE COUR rs.
The Murder on Board tho snip
Cultivator.
The Murderer Discharged
Through Informality.

the sunremo Court Chambers, Judge Donohue
nm the bench. adjourned yesterday out Of respect
20 the memory OF the late Cornelius John De Witt
Rr,ef speeches euogistic OF the high character OF
the deceased In his profession were made by
Messrs Clarkson n. Potter and Jonn s. woodward.
In adjourning the Court Judge Donohue also made
some feeling and appropriate remarks.
The case OF Rev. John Cowan, who claims TO
have been formerly Chaplain OF the Sixth New
York Heavy Artillery, was before United States
Commissioner Shields yesterday. 1t win be recol-
lected that Cowan Is charged with an attempt to
deiraad the government out OF a 81, coo bond. on
the plea that the bond which he owned had been
destroyed in consequence OF his pocketbook being
run over by railroad car, and he asked the United
States Treasury TO replace It. The government
was ready to proceed. but the defence asked an
adjournment until Tuesday next, which was
granted.
Pho Aguero. Spaniard was yesterday brought
before United States Commissioner Shields
charged with selling cigars which had not been
properly stamped. He was held In $500 bail to
answer.
Judge Blatchford, In the United States District
Court Yesterday rendered the following deci-
siuns:-John Cramley The Steam Ferryboat
Nassau, &C., collision, $780, Libel dismissed with
costs. Albert N. Marshall vs. The Steamboat Ellen
Terry collision, $4,000. Decree for libellant with
costs and reference to ascertain amount OF dam
ages
The New York herald., 1874-08-15
BASE BALL NOTES.
Next Mondays Great Match.


This afternoon the Atlantic and Philadelphia
mines play on the Union Grounds
The contest set down for next Monday ate rnoOn.
between the picked teams Of New York and Brook
lyn, is the all absorbing topic iE base bali circles
The amateurs propose to show the pubic that they
can play a. good . game as can the professionals,
and from present indications they will be emf.
nent,y successful. Unfortunately the Flyaways are
going away tomorrow instead OF on Monday, so
the New York party will have 10 do without the
services Of several or their players. However.
there are quite enough fine material lett from
which 10 choose, as the following list OF
players, which were Yesterday selected VIII
show. They are:-Galagner, OF the Chathams'
pitch; BesJie, late or the fyaways' catch;
Crane, OF the Silver Stars first base; Hayes OF the
Arhngtons second base; Nichols, OF the Arlingtons,
third base McUoy. OF the Chatnams, snort stop;
Eagan. OF the Silver stars, lett field; Hoyey. OF the
pitcner), centre field. aud McCabe, OF the Key
stones, F,;,ht short. This is remarkably strong
team embracing, as n does two pitchers, b0tn OF
them very fine, and two excellent catchers. In
deed. Bestie has not superior among amateurs
behind the bat while McCabe the right short and
change catcher Is among the BEST Then, too,
these players were selected with an eve
to their batting abilities as well as their
fielding. Eacn man will appear in the
uniform OF the club to which ne belongs The game
IL is desirable that the players OF both teams
should De on hand as early as three. Ten men on
side will, 1t Is thought, enhance the interest in
the match very much, as It Will tend to keep the
score down. This will be the first game OF any
prominence in this vicinity In which ten men TO o
indebted to Mr.. Henry Chadwick. the well known
base ball authority.
The New York herald., 1874-08-15
NEW JERSEY.

Plckpocxets had good harvest at the late Den
vile Camp Meeting
brace OF Philadelphia detectives visited Tren-
ton and vicinity within the last few days in quest
OF Charley ROSS
new military company has just been organized
at Phlpsburg and mustered into the seventh
regiment, National Guard state OF New jersey, un-
der the title OF Company II.
There are twenty-six inmates In the Almshouse
at Trenton, and nifty criminals in the Mercer
County JAN making paper bags. One hundred and
through the Overseer OF the Poor
william Cobne, formerly fruit merchant. has
been arrested IN Trenton on the charge OF obtain
ing a horse and wagon undor false pretences and
dispOsng OF them without the authority OF the
owner. He was bound over to appear at Court.
A nfteen-ye year-old daughter OF a respectable Cit
izeu. named Horace Hampton, OF Melville. Cumber-
land county. was lately burned TO death while az
tempting to ignite q nre with kerosene Oil. The
poor girl was literally burned to crisp.
The Convention or the First Congressional dis
trict which com prises the counties OF Camden Cape
MAY, Cumberland. Gloucester and Salem, will be
Convention OF the Second district, which comprises
the counties OF Atlantic. Burlington Mercer and
ocean, Will be held at Atlantic City on the 10th or
next month.
A sea monster has Just been captured at Atlantic
City 1t Ia described to be one OF the turtle spe-
cies, with head similar to that Of COW. The
body is black in co.Or. and from the nose to the
tip OF the tail Is SIX feet in length liz has four
dukes or Clippers and Is five feet seven inches in
breadth The diameter OF the body Is two and o
hall feet. and the estimated weight 700 pounds.
! The grangers OF Mercer, Hunterdon, Somerset
ana Middlesex counties contemplate holding a
grand demonstration on the 10Th inst, at Har-
! lngen town on the Mercer and Somerset Rail-
road william saunders, the founder of the Ordcr
in this state VIII be present, and several eminent
speakers will exponnd their views on the political
\ questions OF the day.
! The amount Of taxable property in LambertviItc
IS fixed at S2Ooo,76O. The rate OF taxation Is one
and half per cent. The population Is about 1000
and the number Of votors I,O7l, including 1of
soldiers. One hundred and one dogs are taxed at
the rate OF 81 each per year The colo water 0i0-
] ment predomtnatea and the CITY authorities haFa
The New York herald., 1874-08-15
STEAMER DAY.

The now OF passengers TO Europe during mid
summer is now rapidly approaching termination.
and within few weeks the return home may be
expected of our countrymen who have been
sdoingn the Rhine and visiting the thousands OF
interesting spots with which the Old World
abounds. People who have to go down into the
deep waters, TO quote q Scrptural phrase. TO
reach Liverpool are now beginning TO fear travel
ling by ''ocean racers" winch drive ahead, ice.
bergs or no cebergs, to make time and gain the
reputation or being the quickest ships anoat, and
prefer sailing In slower craft, where great speed is
not an absolute necessity, and where II Is not con-
sidered triumph to beat rival steamer by one
large number OF western merchants leave this
city Tor Europe to-day 10 make purchases for the
fall trade in Paris and London. About couple OF
Thousand steerage passengers Will also return
home, many OF them able mechanics leaving this
country on account ofnot being able to OBTAIN
poymens Steerage tickets are reported to have
been sold as low as sll by more than one leading
COMPANY,
The New York herald., 1874-08-15
A OoLORED ROCKY MOORE"
Colored Gambler Arrestcd-His New
Game.
From the Troy Mmes.l


From the Troy Times.l
Chief Squire received dispatch from Oficer
Gilbert, OF Saratoga, yesterday. to arrest a
.carder" named Rocky Moore, colored man, who
had taken the train for Troy. He was easily
picked out Of the crowd by Detective Markham.
In his satche were four packs Of ordinary playing
caros with piece OF Oil cloth on which to play
the game In the cars or other places where no
table might be convenient He also had pack Of
queerIy. figured and numbered cards, which
"ROcky" SAID were used Tor playing spanish
monte" much as faro Is played. Four ca ds are
laid out OF pack OF lOrt -four bets are made on
them, and when either or the "lay-Our' cards
comes to view in the pack that card wins. Tue
telegram Tor ROcky's arrest accused him Of rob-
gambling implements and hne watch were
found on him. He said that he had been play
ing "5pansh monte" with man at low
gambling house in Saratoga, and that while the
HIM, anu that before he lett SaIatOga for New YORK
the stranger threatened to arrest him and wanted
his money back. lie declared that this was his
ohly crime. said he, al know this feller. He's q
race morse man from down East. He's lookin' lOr
the best of It, but know him TO be thief, and II
he comes on the stand III make him bounce. ! got
him dead Tor thief Nobody knows anything
against me. III gamble; I'll gamble, and III SKIN
any body kin. That's me-" Cniei Squire tele-
graphed that he had Rocky, and received the fol-
lowing lacOnic despatch :--.Hod ni0ger until TO-
morrow morning. Search him.
Ofiicer Gilbert came down this morning and
took ''ROcky" to Saratoga this afternoon. lie says
that ''Rocky" carries his swindling "Spanlsh
monte" cards with him, and plays his game at any
time or place. lie recently swinded man OF 800.
this swindllng gambling going on at Saratoga, and
the authorities have determined to stop II.
The New York herald., 1874-08-15
VISITORS

Mr. W. B. Duncan IS now entertaining az his
residence on Staten Island several transatlantic
ceebrities-viz. Colonel Collcy, OF the British
Army, VINO had control to great extent OF the
transport department In the late Ashantee war
and whose valuable services In the expedition
were frequently alluded 10 by the HERALD CORE
spondent. Colonel Coey has in his possession
some very interesting trophies in gold, such as
r,nps bracelets, &C., captured az Magdala bv the
British troops. lie intends STUDYING the working
of the United states Army ana likewise paying a
Wait 10 Canada. Mr.. Duncan Is also entertaining
lord Coyil!e, late Chamberlain TO the Prince OF
Wales, and Master Of the Royal Buck Hounds and
present Deputy Chairman OF the Great northern
kallrOad OF England. Lord Colyllle IS yachting man
and Is also known as good shot, iew months
back he was accidentally shot IN one OF hls eyes
lie viii probably study the Workings OF our rall-
road system while In this country, Where nc pro-
poses TO stop for about three months. lie u ac-
companied by his son. the uon. Colvlle. oi the
GreQadicr CuArda
The New York herald., 1874-08-15

cannot be invsstieateu wlrnoat probing tho other.
The schedule OF inquiries adopted by the Prison
Association embraces N unusual list OF questions
begsnnlng with the social history and family
training OF the prisoner. and making inquiries as
70 his or her education, inebriety. pauperism or
indolcpce. physical ana mental lncspaciues, reli.
gious training and moral principles. In short
time the schedule OF questions win be placed In
the hands Of committees In every county and city
In the whole state and replies will be soon after
forthcoming. Already two or three county com.
mittees have been supplied, and In the course OF
ten days Dr. Harris hopes to be able TO inform the
pubic OF the result OF the investigation and anay
SIS OF the two great evils-paupcrism ana crime
in at least section Of the State. 1t Is understood
TO be the intention or the gentlemen having tne
investigation In charge in course OF time 10 eA.
evils to other States OF the Union The pupn.S
await the result OF the present Investigation Win
great interest.
The New York herald., 1874-08-15
NEW STOCK YARDS.
lew York Central improvements.

New York Central improvements.
The land unoer water leased from the CITY BY
the Ne W York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Company, on the west side Is the strip corre-
spending TO the extension of Slxtieth and Sixty
first streets as far as the bulkhead line. The plans
of tho improvement by the railroad company were
prepared under the abe direction and super
vision of Chief Engineer BucEhout and soon after
the settlement oil the terms Of the lease (which is
for City years, after which the land and improve
ments revert to the city the working plans were
Issued. and to Mr.. f. b. Van Wrinkle was given
their execution. About the middle OF July nearly
200 men were placed on the work, two dredging
machines were put In position, and in short time
the river bottom for the bulkhead foun lati0n was
well under way.
The company own high ground east Of the
railway, and this has been cut down and used Tor
grading the surface OF the area upon which the
most important work will be necessary, comprs.
ing, when nnlshed the covering OF about twenty
nve acres with buildings and necessary improve
ments. The new stock yards will be feature
OF the new work, and these will cover the south.
eastern corner o; the tract The laboIers are DOW
blasting the rocks on thts portion: and ary n sama
and ashes nave been filed In IN those spaces Oe0W
the grade and proper level. Tcis place was @ ior'
mery free dumping ground. and when the com;
tina: the health OF that part OF tne Island
would suffer from the pestilentiHM .o 0aors
emitted. but there nave uecu ~ ouN
and hcfore long the whole area will be paved with
Belgian blocks 1t is contemplated 70 % alv.de ths Is
snace into cattle pens OF 100 eet In lengtn Dy 40
aapet IN width: the entrance to them Will be from
Eleventh avenue; wall Of masonry i, sa Sal,s upon
,u ho an icvel with the noors OF the cars. pas
sage way twenty est "a Tatn VIZ w aoca tne Has
n We erv rmn an rradc large hay barns will DO
erected east OF the railroad lor the storage Of od.
r"r uo., CO.., and watering trough. Between the oil
HACKS and the stock yards cove runs back nearly
uoGno Gysnonnth n avenue. Until this Is filled up rail-
way ON trestle work Will run across the front OF
| the YARDS. o,,o,,,obod hv ,ho Donor,ment
NJ ,"cEs been concerned with strictly. although
| The opIion to 20 beyond that line was permitted
! the the cnmpapy and along this line the heaviest work
10 % IN be done. crib forty yfve icet wide at the
bottom and thirty feet at the top. constructed or
sImbers eight inches to one loot In diameter. laid
transyerseiy and longtudinally, will be sunk, and
the compartments filed with stones. It's expected
| a frm foundation will be i0und at depth oil hfty
| feet, When this bulkhead Is completed " viii 10
The New York herald., 1874-08-15
GOOD WORK PROGRESSING.
The Inquiry Into the Causes Of Pauper-
Ism and Crime.

The series of questions into the causes OF crime
have been completed by DR.. Elisha Harris. Secre-
tary OF the Prison Association OF New York. and
approved by the Executive Committee OF that or
ganization, and will at once be committed to the
hands OF persons authorized to gather the tnior
nation desired by the society. The state Board OF
Charities having some time ago decided to insti.
tute an inquiry into the causes OF pauperism, bas
ing their work upon the $4,000 Inmates Of the yar
ons poorhouses In the STATE, an effort has been
brought about to barmonize the work OF the two
associations and they are now understood to be
working In conjunction with each other. There is
a close relationship between paupersm and
cTime--they being 90 intimatelY related tnat one
The New York herald., 1874-08-15
MEXICO.

Tho Frontier Boundary Negotiations
with 0uatemsla Progressing favor
ably-Customs' Rovcnue-The COAST
ing Trade and the Internal lndustries'
MEXICO CITY, July 81 1874
The conferences between M. Lafranga Minister
OF Foreign Relation of the government OF meA'co'
and M. Uriarte Envoy Extraordinary from Uuate
mala, relative to the unsettled quesuoh " '"o
boundaries oil both countries, have c0mmenceo anu
1t Is confidently believed will terminate Id soiu-
tion satisfactory to botn countries M. uriar'e
has been well received In this country and VIII un-
doubtedly give great satisfaction to the govern
ment which he represents.
The frontier custom houses at Reynoza ana
Guerrero have been closed by the order Of the fed
eral government. and the new port OF Lioertad. IN
the State OF Sonora has Deen opened 10 the coast
Ing trade.
CUSTOMS REVENUE AND THE COASTING TRADE
Generals R0cha and Escobedo have reached TINS
city and have been duly received. The former mas
been placed In command OF the First division OF
the army and General Escobedo In command Of
the Third division.
Mining negotiations are improving in Mexico.
The mines OF Pachuca are again looking very
promising. and 1t is said that still richer and more
abundant gold ores have recently been encoun-
tered in the Esperanza mines OF the State of Guer
rero.
DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST PUBLIC AaTAToRs.
The disturbers OF the public peace, who some
months ago originated the religious riots In q few
villages, Occasioning the death OF some public
officials, have come to Qner In Temascallepec
TeOd0r0 Honrato and Francisco Leon have been
sentenced to death.
THE COMMERCIAL POLICY DEFENDED.
The DiG'1O ODlctG. In Its editorial columns OF
July 20, gives scathlng reply to an article In the
PTO0resO, OF Matamoras, which accuses the central
government OF attempting to strange the COM
mercial interests OF the frontier In order to favor
a vOracious circle OF negOilat0rs, who are making
money through other ports.
FRONTIER RECTIFICATION.
Under date OF the 18th OF July decree has been
issued, extending for six months from Augos 25,
the period for the laDOrs of the commission oil in-
vestigation employed on the Northern frontier of
Chihuahua and Sonora.
AGRICULTURE AND MINES.
The cultivation of cOffee Is receiving more atten-
tion day by day In Mexico and 1t will not be long,
probably, before Mexico can offer the United
States all the cOf1ee she can consume.
The New York herald., 1874-08-15
DAVE, HAVE COME TO KILL"
Thirty-eight Buck,hot Planted I'm q
Man and He Still Lives.

A Fairburn (Ga correspondent OF the Atlanta
Herald, writing on the sth, says:-
A terrible tragedy has just occurred six miles
east Of this place.
man named Gus Moore, who lived in Atlanta
went to station on the Georgia road 10 make
brick. When he returned he found that there was
some trouble between his wie ana man named
Dave Rains, living near Fairburn. He went to
Fairburn Immediately, went 0ut to his fathers and
loaded q muskct with q double handful oil BUCK
shot. He then sought Rains, VINO was working IN
a field with man named Pat. He walked UP 70
him quietly and SAID :-"HOw arc you, Dayer,
Rains shrunk behind the man working 5y him.
Bo.b fell, Rams having thrty.eight bucKsnot M .n
him and Pat holding eIgnt. Moore then went W
his IatheT's house, spent the night anu weut s.o
next morning TO Atlanta. He seemed 10 De Jusx, "
liable In what nc did, as no attempt was maue o W
arrest him. Both OF the wounded men VIII Tecovc.'
The shooting occurred m tbe plantation Oh me-
DE TanGiEps
The New York herald., 1874-08-15
TOMBs POLICE COURT.
The Harlem Bank Stock Robbery
Whipple Acquitted.

Whipple Acquitted.
Before Justice Wandel
Justice wandell was promptly on hand yesterday
morning. After dlsposing Of a number OF petty
cases His Eonor gave attention to the case OF those
parties alleged to be implicated In the stealing Of
certain shares of stock belonging to the Harlem
Bank, the property OF Mr.. Oscar Burton. OF Bur-
lington, VI. The particulars OF this case have
already been fully reported In the HERALD. There
were several friends of the prisoners present at
the opening oil the examination.
when the Justice took his seat Counsellor
Howe rose and moved for the discharge OF his
client the ground that the guilty intent neces-
sary to De proven mad not been made out against
his client. who, he claimed, was broker, and had
received the stock In question in the legitimate
course OF business. justice Wandell said: MIR.
Howe nave considered the OF Mr.. Whippie
IN connection with this matter, and have concluded
to discharge him. Whipple ran his hands through
his hair and appeard perfectly delighted 'Well,
Welr he exclaimed, "rm glad; that Is just right.n
He then shook hands with every one around. A
heightened examination touching the otner de.
fendants Devere and Sacia, then took pace,
which resulted in the former being held In 81, 600
and the latter in $4,000, TO answer at the General
The New York herald., 1874-08-15
THE ABDUCTION CASE.
Letter from the Father.


To rHE EDITOR or THB HERALD
The report inserted in the NEW YORK HERALD OF
the 18th inst, headed, "a Fight for Child" was
evidently written by some person mlsinformed in
regard to the facts, and calculated 10 infct great
and unmerited injury on the undersigned, who as
the father Of the child is the proper and natural
guardian. The undersigned had placed his child In
the care Of q highly respectable lady at DanDury,
Conn.,, from whence she was abducted by force by
Mrs. Caldwe ell, and the undersigned took the only
legal means open to him TO retain the possession
OF the child with the result as stated In the report
The unde rsgned does not wish to say anything
In regard TO the case In the puoc press, or make
his private sorrows a matter OF comment 10 the
public but he is forced to ask you az simple act
OF Justice to publish this Card The undersigned
is a working man, and his good repute IN the COM
munity IS the sole possession OF value belonging
TO him.
Tne undersigned has taken for the mitigation OF
his mislortunes the sole remedy open to him
namely, he has instituted a divorce case, on the
trial OF which Will be shown who, on moral
grounds. Is proper custodian OF the little girl.
ADAM CALDWELL.