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The New York herald., 1874-08-21
ssUkYS THAT kRE DARK"

A Systematic plan 0! swiad.ing the poor ard un-
suspectipg Is carried Oh in this city from year to
year by few firms who profess to be reputable.
One OF these Gruls Will advertise for "conkden.
t!al clerk" 'outside collector OF something OF
the KIND, ami insert In tlN notice the promise OF a
salary OF SIS or Sl5 per week. ANY quantity OF
applicants answer the advertisement by person or
letter, as the case may be and are Invariably in
formed that they arc wanted to canvass the city
for some trining publication or article on commits
zion, and, before the iuyury OF this un-
Required TO deposit sum OF money
as security. When one IS bold enough to ask tue
firm IL they aid not advertise for a "cerk at q
salary or "a collector" or some one to fill re-
spectahle position, the unfortunate Individual is
informed, .'Yes, We dlo. but ~ place has been
filed aready.n In ten cases out OF a hundred
poor men and women are found who, az q last re-
sort to make a living In strange city, conclude to
try their hands at peddhng or canvdssing. They
deposit 4 fey dollars, go out into the highways
scrite S. but nnd they only following IN the
tran OF others who have beaten the same paths in
vain before thcm and after being lGugbed at 0t
times nsuited, aud not unfreGuently kicked out OF
store or mansion, give up the Improbable bnsi-
ness IN disgust, AID returning, ask TO have their
pittahce OF a deposit returned to them. Some poor
canvaSsers have been known to call day alter day
foe weeks and not receive their money, and many
q one has Leeu refused the return OF his or her
deposit altogether. In this way some OF the firms
One OF this kind has been known 10 change the
firm uaUle nearly dozen times within the past
two years. The misfortune OF a young Irishnan,
WHO was victim OF u couple OF these sllarpers,
age. II is strange the police do not take care CT
sucl sWlnGlerS
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
THE CANADIAN MURDER.

The telegraph the other day recorded brutal
murder ut Hungerlord, Ont, and the arrest and
cohesion OF the murderer. The Belcville ontario
gives the following particulars:-
This afternoon we learned the brief particulars
OF q horrible crime-the murder OF Mrs. Francis
Mereau by her husbands brother. Charles Mereau.
county, and the event. as may be expected, has
created an unprecedented excitement in the VI
Clnity IN which IL has occurred.
We are unable to give the particulars in detail
Ia this Issue; but as near as we can gather IRON
prevailing reports they are briefly these :-On Sun
time past been living with his brother, PROCEEDED
to the house OF his relative and in an angry man
ner demanded his dinner. His brothers. little
daughter awoke her mother from sleep (proba-
BY sbe Was indi5poSed) and the repast was pre-
pared for him. What followed we caun0t exactly
ascertain, but 1t seems a quarrel ensued, In the
course OF which the villain shot the poor woman
nearly exhausted from hsr wounds and the lOss of
blood cndeavOred to cut her throat with case
knife. - 49,
The scun1e must have been fearful. The foor
and furniture are bcsmeared with blood. pools OF
which are also outside the house. leading to the
must have attempted to escape from her murderer
but was Intercepted.
Mrs. Mereau linIered in very painful and
critical condition until twilight last evening when
death relieved her Of her sunerings. The wounds
were numerous ano fatal
No cause can be assigned for the committal of SO
grave an offence. Mr.. Mereau is alleged to have
spirit OF the utmost friendness, and Therefore the
wlini assault upon ner lite Is regarded as dendish
and brutal. The Ceccased's husband was absent
from home at the time OF the murder. tus,
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
PERCENTAGES In CUSTOMS SUITS.

In the Unitej States District Court Judge
Blatchiord yesterday rendered an important de-
cision, which settes for the present. question as
to the right oil the United states District Attorney
and Clerk of the District Court Of this district In
the matter or fees on suits brought under Gus.
tom Houses seizures. The points on which the
suit was brought ana decision rendered are as
follows: The sum of $444 81 is In fhe registry OF
the Court as the gross proceeds OF an execution
issued against stipulators for the value Of the
property seized aud proceeded against, which was
seized and condemned as forfeited for a violation
Of the laws relating to the revenue from customs
duties. The District Attorney presents for tax
alton an allowance claimed by him to be payable
to him out or such proceeds, amounting
to So 80, being two per cent on the amount or
such proceeds. T.le clerk presents for taxation a
hill OF costs IN tsis suit, oue Item o. which is the
sucn proceeds, cialdled by him to be payable to
him as a fee fOr receiving, keeping and paying
out the amount OF such proceeds. Questions are
now raised as TO whether sucn TWO items are now
taxable In view OF the provisions OF the act OF
June q, 1874. S-- %--a -'
In his opinion Judge Biatchford decides that the
United states District Attorney Is still enytled to
his percentage OF two per ceut ana tue clerk Of
the District. Court to one per cent on all moneys
recovered In Custom House service suits COM
menced Ia this district. The Judge also tolds tias
Beivus lees does nes interfere with the allowance
Of this percentage which Is given 10 lieu OF all
costs aud charges TO which those officials would
he otherwise entitled.
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
BURT0N's BANK SHARES.

The dwelling OF Oscar Burton, at Burlington VT.
was robbed on the 80 OF June last, aud among the
property alleged to have been stolen was ceriid-
cate for twenty-five shares OF Harlem Bank stock,
worth 500 per share. The certificate was in
dorsed by Mr.. Burton. On inquiry at the bank
Mr.. Burton ascertaiaed that the certificate had
been surrendered BY man giving his name as
Thomas Cassiiy, who had new certificate made
out In his own name. Subsequent investigation it
Is said developed the fact that on the 23d CT Juy
Cassidy and man na;ncd Sccia applied 20 John c.
Chew, broker Of this city, to negotiate the Ger
tificate, who in turn applied TO q Mr.. Devcr. TIE
last named party made inquiries at the bank
and ascertained that the certificate was entered
IN Cassldy'sl name. Thereupon MI. Chew ad-
vanced money on 1t, borrowing money ior the pur-
pose rom Mr. John E. Ripley, and rs MI Ripley
advanced the money, desiring the certificate to be
transferred to his name. Meantime Mr. Chew was
negotiating for purchase OF the cerunca:e Dur
ing this time Mr.. Burton, who was still actively at
work trying to trace out the certificate, applied to
had any stocks to sell MI W6ippe mentioned
this particular 4ariem Bank certificate and MI.
92X per cent. As soon as Mfr. Dever handed ths
certificate 10 Mr.. Whppie and the latter handed
TITO Mr. BSrton EXPECTING to T receive I'VE cnegS IN
Deysr ana ,secia.. subsequently Mr.: Whippe was
0tSCOuIKtu Dy pOtCc duu tWO
held for Examination. Dever and Secia were yes
tertay brought before judge Donohue, in Supreme
Court Chambers upon writs of ha5eas corpus
anu ceriiOrarl procured by their respective counsel
George 4. King ana Levi ). Chatfe!d. There was
quite an EXTENDED argument in the ease. On behalf
OF the accused IL was insisted that there was no
evidence against them and nothing Whatever to
show the Commission OF any crime on their part.
On the contrary, MIR. Dana, 0! the District Atto:-
ney's Office. commanded the lacts were sufficient to
warrant The holding OF the prisoners. He said
that they were in completely with Cassidy, who is
now in Ludlow street Jail under commitment OF
United States Commissioner Osborn Oh suspicion
of being in completely with Van Eeten. the iorger.
who recently committed suicide IN the Hudson
County jail, the basis OF the suspicion being dOcu
ments found in Van Eetcn's trunk. The argument
will be resumed this morning.
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
A LOTTERY POLICY GAME.


Frank Farrell and Charles Williams were ar.
rested on the 18th inst. by Ofllcer Brookiine who
made accusation that he found them '1n charger
OF No. sG5 Washington street, in which were un-
lawfully sod lsttery tickets. The prisoners were
committed by Justice Morgan under the Lottery
act enactng that "any person selling lottery pol
ICY cards, papers Or documents iii the nature
of a bet or wager or insurance, or drawing OF
any public or private lottery, or indorse
book or other document for the purpose OF
enabling others TO- sell lottery policies, shall
be taken and held as common gambler" The
0fficer's avermcnt was that he iound these men
'in charge" OF what he described as lottery
shop-'only this ana nothing more" The prison.
crs were yesterday taken before Judge Donohue
on writ OF habeas corpus sued out by Mr. Peter
Mitchell, who cited numerous authorities 10 snow
that In t,is case there was no statutory onencS
alleged, that the ground for the commitment was
simply q conclusion OF law. that there must be q
definite charge and evidence taken to sustain it
by the committing magistrate, and that the prls-
oners were not bound to dis7rOve fact material
to Tie offence as In this case, where no evidence
was offered to sustain it. Inc PRISONERS were or
dered to be discharged.
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
GOvERNOR MOSES TRUNK.
Once n Rogue, Always n Rcgue-A
Proof That Bad Blood VIII Tell.

curious story, says the Petersburg HdeI has
come to our knowledge IN connection with the in-
dividual who Is now Governor OF South Carolina by
the grace Of federal influence and Senegambian
suGrages. Mr. r. Moses, Jr., was married IN the
year 1859, or just before the war. and while ea
route to the North ON bis bridal tour, had occasion
10 pass through this city. At that time Judge
Joynes was president o. the Petersburg Railroad
Company, and Major 7. II. Bond was auditor. wen
1t seems that Noses on his way back home, lost
one OF the various trunks that constituted
part OF his wedding paraphcrnasia; OF
rather, OF the Quilt OF his briae, Tor Il
receptacle consisted manly or Mrs. Noses APP
parcl. Greet aud continued fuss was made on the
subject, and one would have thought from the
anxiety OF Moses TO get the trunk back that 1t con-
tanned either bank notes Of large denSminaiions
or love letters, something else OF ans: ex.
was made to recover the lost property, the trunk
sti continued to turn mp missing, nctwtDstand-
lug all inquiries and all searches after II. Finally
Moses rendered statement OF It's contents as re-
memoerea aud with Is a Claim iof compensation
as excessive. but, TO avoid any appearance OF IN
Dlcting injury on a passenger Tor which redress
Was denied HIN, the bill was approved by the
president, and duly paid by the treasurer OF the
company.
Not long after, in the quietest way In the world
the trunk turned up and was Ionnd 10 have
suffered no damage whatever In the course OF it's
long wsnderlngs Mr. Moses WAS communicated
VIII promptly and given TO understand that he
could now return the money and get his trunk
back, with It's contents uninjured and intact. Mr..
Moses replied That since ne had received the
money and duplicated as lar as desirable the ar
ucles lost he rather concluded that he wonid not
retorn the money, and that The company was wei
come 70 keep the trunk. The company kept the
trunk and opened 1t.
The contents were found to be aces, ripbons ana
the naineless ana numberless little ornamen 8 OF
wo.nan's wardrobe, Tor which $500 was regarded
rs very exorbitant estimate. SO the company
determined not TO sell the articles, MS they evi-
dently would not fetch oneiOurtn Of the sum given
IA penalty Tor them, and MI. Moses was again In
formed that the trunk was on hand, and that the
company hoped he would reiieve them of piece
OF property worthless TO everybody except his
wnc.
The offer thus was left open, and In the mean
time the war began. When the market vaine o.
laces ribbons and other female doings and decora
tons OF that kind had gone up about fourfoid, and
the value OF paper money had gone down on abou,
scene AGAIN closes with the orer OF the company
recains his trunk with Its pretty frelght and pays
back the s550--n Confederate money
IL was sharp trick aud gave evidence at thai
early DAY OF the talents lor dishonesty which were
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
STEAM ON TIE CITY RAILROADS.

The Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company OF our
sister city, Brooklyn, has been authorized to use
steam In place OF horses for street travel for dis
tance OF four miles north from East New York. It
is understood to be tho intention OF the company
to apply the authorized steam power by means Of
dummy engines or ireess locomotives patented by
cnmnanv nf New Orleans dozen or two or
these eugtues said to be IN use In New Orleans.
aud the number Is to be increased. In Chicago
some OF them have been put 10 use. The ull
charge OF steam required Is two hundred pounds
and one charge will he SUFFICIENT on level track
TO run the engine twenty miles. The locomotive can
be easily changed IN ~ minutes, and only one per-
son Is required to manage it. Stoppages can be made
cars to each locomotive viii be the average Last
March the Common Council OF TINS city adopted an
ordnance permitting the use OF steam on any Of
our city railroads. anal Is quite probable, II the
Brooklyn experiment should prove q success, it
viii lead to the adoption OF suca system OF locom
ottOn here. Some capitalists are understood 10
think favOrabiy Of the plan rHat It
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
WEDDINGS IN HIGH LIFE.
Marriage of Earl Waldegrave ana
TtEoU Hon. Mary ID. Palmer.

Marriage of Earl Waldegrave ana
TaE0U Hon. Mary ID. Palmer.
c- ". London Morning Post, August 81 t
The marriage OF Earl Waldegrave aud his cousin,
the Hon. Mary Dorothea Palmer, second daughter
OF Lord and Lady Seloorne, took place at ST. Mat
thew's ,churca, Biaekmore, near Petersaeld on
August 5. The wedding party assembled at the
church shortly after halfpast eleven, and among
the friends invited by the parents OF the bride 20
be present were the Marquis aud Marchioness OF
Hcrtford, the Marquis and Marcni9lcss OF sails
grave Leslie Ykcouniess Chewton ana hon.
Cardwell, Hon. Mrs. Ciaughton, Hoo Mr. Wade
grave and Mr.. and Miss Waldegrave, the Rev. w.
and Lady Grey, Hon. r. Ashburnham, Hon. Lady
Gordon and the Right Hon. Montagu Bernard.
The bride arrived at the church shortly after the
hour above mentioned, and, leaning on the arm of
her father, passed up the aisle, while the hymn
"The Voice That Breathed O'er Eden" was sung.
Eight bridesmaids were IN attendance. The Drlde
wore O dress OF white satin, richly trimmed with
Brussels lace n0uucei, ana over q wreath of
orange blossoms and stephan0tiS real Howers) o
largo Brussels lace veil. The ornamenLs were q
Rev. the Lord Bishop OF Rochester ohlciated at the
soiemDtty rhe marriage took place at the Chancel
steps, and as the Earl and his young BRIDE walked
TO the altar Psalm cxxviii. was chanted. The bride
WAS attended BY his brother, the Hon. Henry Noel
Wadegraye, as best man. At the conclusion oil
the ceremony, and the marriage register having
been signed, the bride and Bridegroom. followed
by their friends, qoitied the church. The scnool
groom and young bride walked away they strewed
tnelr pathaWith towers. The bridal presents are
said to have been very numerous and costly.
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
sPANGLES AND SAWDUST.

Inf tuattOn and Fall OF Two GIovers-
Vile Damsels--'sThe Way of the
Transgressor is IIard"-A Circus Per-
formance Not i'm the Bills.
... From the Albany TImes.l
This morning another example was given OF the
manner in winch silly young girls are some times
infatuated by the glitter and tinsel surrounding
circus LIE. N
A few days since the Great Eastern Circus, In it's
peregrinattons about the country called at the
village OF Glogersville, Fulton county, and two
performances were given there. At the evening
performances TWO girls named Mary Smith and
Elsie Reid young daughters OF Two oithe most re-.
spectacle aud wealthy families of the village
visited the show and became In atuated with two
OF the persons connected with 1t. The girls found
means OF communicating with the objects or
their affections, and glitterlng and romantic des-
tented people were given to them, instead OF the
hardships the performers really have to undergo,
sens ou Of Dena sa
ell kinds OF weather rain or shine; partakiny BY
necessity at times OF bad aud scanty fare; being
from heat and cold and with sickness among
strangers-ior the concern cannot stop, 1t must go
on on to the next and next town-and TO be lett to
die anu 70 De placed III paupcr's grave. But,
IKE many before them and perhaps many to come,
they fell The circus departed from GloversvIllc
girls, and yesterday il came to this city. With 1T lt
came the girls. About two O'Clock this morning
.oe girl kcid entered the Adams House,
Kept by s.. ". r. Brayton, at No. 6s4
broadway, with one of the men In question.
who, she said, was her husband. ana engaged o
bed They were accommodated, and IN O few mo-
ments the girl smith, accompanied by another
man, entered, said she was IRON the Eldridgc
House, wanted to see her sister, and asked for an
other bed. This pair was also accommodated A
third person, whom II is alleged Is also connected
with the circus, was observed by Mr.. Brayton at
tempting to clandestlnely get to the rooms OF the
parties. Mr. Brayt0n 'smelled q mice,n elected
tac person from the house and this morning as
the men declared they were not married to the
girls, he allowed them to depart, and arress!ng
charge Of being common prostitutes. After an
examination the Justice committed them 10 jail
for o iurther examination, which VIII take place
to morrow morning. This Is done TO give Time 70
the relatives OF the girls to come to this CITY and
reclaim them. II they do not the girls VIII pr0p'
ably be sent 10 the peniten.iary ioE ono year.
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
A REAL HERO,
A Man Who Charged Upon His Mother
in-Lnw's Affections and Eloped With

Her.
From the Richmond. tva) Dispatch. August III
on Saturday morning Detective William r.
Knox arrested az the Virginia House. on Grace
street, between Eighth ana Ninth streets, two
fugitive lovers from Portsmouth, known here
as 'Air and Mrs. Henry Yore," but really named
MIR. Henry Yore and Mrs. Sarah Wood They are
natives O; tile State Of North Carolina, but for
good while lived In Portsmouth. Yore married
the daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Wood and lived
with her until about three months ago, when she
died IN child-bed Since that time some sort OF
attachment was formed between toe widowed SON.
in-law and the bereaved mother. on Monday last
they reached the determination to el0pe from the
residence OF Mr.. Wood, and, III O private convey
ancc obtained for the purpose, YOrc, Mrs. Wood
and her son six or seven years or age) rode
IRON Portsmouth TO suffolk. At the latter place
they left the vehicle and took passage on the
cars tor this city. On Tuesday they applied
at the vlrgioia liouse for aceommodations, and
were furnisbcd with room. YOre stated to the
gentlemen about the house that he came here to
seek work, and said he mad no trade, but intended
It, iils e1orts were unavang aud he had about
made up his mind to leave Richmond when he,
with his companion and her child, were taken into
custody.
A short time before the arrival Of Detective
Knox. Mrs. Wood, alias Mrs. Yore, was seated in
the hall In conversation with the father OF the
Iandlady, and was quite communicative to hin.
In the course Of her talk, she remarked that her
''hrst husband" tmeanna wood) was worthless
sort OF fellow, and Killed himself drinking; bat
her "sec0nd busbandu (meaning her son-in-lavl,
Yore) was perfectly sober man, and mighty
good fellow, and she had never seen him inroxi-
Gated but Two or three times, and then 1t was at
Christmas, when she thought such things not so
very bad. She seemed to have O tender feeling for
Yorc, and displayed o good deal OF genuine anec-
ton for her little boy.
At the first station house Yorc COME ssed that
the woman was his m0thernlaw and the boy his
brother-inaw, and gave as the reason why they
Ned from Portsmouth together that Mr.. Wood
treated Mrs. Wood very badly, and he could not
bear to see II DONE and so resolved to remove her
to this city, where he thought she would lead q
more peaceable and pleasant lie. However she
brought away considerable amount ol Mr. Woods
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
RoBB1Ne LAMpposT LETTER BOXES.

While Onicer George A. Heas was on duty at two
O'Clock yesterday morning at the corner Of Six
teenth street anti Third avenue On which is placed
a lamppost letter box he noticed three men stand
ing together and acting susplciously AS soon as
they saw the officer they turned and fed. One OF
the three threw away o number OF letters and the
lock Of the box. The ottcer picked up the letters
opened, which afterwards proved TO be a genuine
post office key. While thus engaged he noticed
two men on the opposite side OF the street, one OF
whom he recognized as belonging to the party OF
three originally discovered. This man nc pursued
and succeeded IN capturing him. The prisoner
morning he was brought before United states Com
missioner Stiweil who committed him in default
OF $4,000 bail. The key with which the box was
opened being post office key leads 10 the susp-
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
The LEE MONUMENT,
From the Richmond Enquirer. !

fFTVUI tHe TNC3lIUHu Eh1.uffef.1
Mr.. Edward V. Valentine, the Richmond sculp-
tor, ras just returned from visit TO the vermont
quarrIes, where he selected and has had sent to
this city very large and splendid piece OF snow
white marble, from wnch he Will fashion bis cele
trsted recumbent figure OF General Robert +. Lee
tnow in plaster, intended for the tomb OF tnat
renowned Confederate leader and hero at LexiDg.
ton, Va. AS work OF ART tsis OF Mr.. Valentines
mas Ueen spoken OF In terms or highest praise
Wnen II shail be pat III aenduring marble 1t WILL
indeed, be worthy oil his lame. Mr. valentine
brought with him number OF skilled workmen
who viii immediately commence TO develop the
StatuarYs
The New York herald., 1874-08-21
INMATES AT WARDS ISL AND.

The number OF inmates at Wards Island the
present season is far less than was reported in the
Institution at this time last year. The report Of
the Superintendent yesterday shows that 21s men,
116 women and 10 children are cared for In the
hospital. OF the insane there are 0i men, Of
women and one child cared for. and Ia the Refuge
department are 35 males aud 35 Iemacs aGd IN
the Nursery 10 women and 78 children. The total
number OF persons nov cared for on he island Is
763 The present statement shows q marked de-
crease. Over 5000 persons have at d.flercnt be-
riOds been cared for In the institutions.
The New York herald., 1874-08-21

money and about $40 or $50 OF II 10 currency anS
SS or 81 In coin were found IN possession OF fore,
and MRS Wood confessed that sne nan given MIN
portion OF It. Yore Is thirty-iour years OF age,
was bred farmer. s quite gCod looking man, nan
we're labor Mrs. Wood is thlrty-nine years OF age.
ana though not decidedly handsome y not alto-
gether unatttactive. Son-ip-law, brothef-iil-iaw
and mother-in-law were confined AT Tue FIRST sta-
ton house Saturday night and VIII be brought oe.
lore Police Ju stice White for examination inns
morning, and By that time 1t is not unlikely The
Injured husband Will be here. rr tl..f
The New York herald., 1874-08-21

to make the name of Moses the synonym OF infamy
the hole country over 1nis Is an DER true taie
and was given us by gentleman who knew the
facts a. reported. The dates ana full particulars
rate the simple story and TO afford particulars if
its truth Is doubted.