The New York herald., 1876-12-20

degrees as also did Professor Bsrkc Another showed
As degrees and another 40 degrees The cross exam.
inaon Will be resumed to-day.
THE EMMA MINE BUBBLE
Tho suit Of tho Emma Silver Mining Company
against Trcnor ". Park and others continued yes
tcrday before Judge Wallace In the United States Cir
cult Court Previous TO rcsuming the Court discharged
the jurors not impaneed until the Sd day OF January
next announcing that the hearing OF this cause woue
occupy the remainder OF this week at least Mr..
Chtenden OF counsel for tho defence, then continued
the reading OF tho cross-examinnrion Of Hon. John G.
Stanley Witness testified that tho impressions made
upon him OF tho value Of the Emma mine
favorable; the 5th OF April 1872 he held 200 shares
in the company; he sold twenty-five shares to his
brotbern-law and transferred $50 shares, that
he might sell out he would hurt the company
his second visit to the location OF the he
changed his views; the appearance Of the
mine was changed; largo body Of orc, represented
to him, had been discovered he ;he ore, and 1t
was represented TO h m as valuable; in one telegram
he sent hc said that he had examined the new ex-
ploraton, that there was an immense amount OF ore,
that IL averaged eighty ounces, and all working
zealo usly; his impression OF the mine was then very
iavorabc on his return 10 New York he told Mr. Park
OF what he had found at the nine; he did not know
what tho market value OF the shares his return
to England he believed the prospectus TO be true, anu
invested his money and advised his friends TO do so;
there many things he knows now that he dId not
know then; in spite OF Mr.. Andcrson's report.
ho disirusted tho paying OF the dividends:
Mr.. Anderson, however, tclegraphed that the
that witness understood 10 be proceeds OF the sale
OF orc; witness ceased to be . shareholder on May
26, 1874 he had continued to hold i've shares IN
order that he might attend meetings OF the snaro-
holders; witness heard that Grant received two and
a half per cent for his services, and every was
surprised at the moderate charge; Surt and Park
never told witness that the nine Was worked out
The dispositions OF Hon. Mr. Pemberton and OF Mr.
Percy Doyle were next read but they contained moth
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deposition OF Mr. George Anderson, the original char
man OF the company. Witness testified that no did
not hear rumors against the mine IN December 1871;
Park wanted some OF The directors to investigate the
mine, and said that he would not part with any Of his
repeated the story OF the arrangement by which
Bridges wilyams went to tho mine; witness
Of stock that he received he was simply to
hold them during the time he was
n.re some % m1 ae1 ,n 81, Inc
TO the effect that Grant the vendor; witness
remembered Park being asked to mako a statutory
declaration; be did SO on tho suggestion OF Mr. Penn
berton prior to the prospectus being issued by the
company he had never been shown that document;
no shares were ever given TO him, directly or In.
directly, excepting tho nifty shares mentioned; Mr.
Sturt informed him OF a rumor that Grant was con-
tradicted by Park and others witness had issued .
circular 10 the shareholders saying that he had
amned every paragraph Of she prospectus; witness
him before the prospectus was issued he did not know
that according 10 the rate OF extraction The mine would
tion then read. Witness had been member OF
Parliament since 1SeS: the mne first called his
attention by Sturt, who was gentleman OF respeca
bllity, colonel In the Guards and Member Of Par
lament; witness Grst met Park at Grants Offices,
cradle conversation in which PARK do.aed the scheme
OF tho company; witness knew from the beginning
that Gran! was promoter Of the company; there was
concealment OF this further than that Grants
did not appear In the prospectus; before witness
consented to go in tho Board ne became satisfied that
the connection OF General Schcnck ana Jay Cooke 4
Co. with the company sufficient guarantee OF
soundness Mr. Chittenden then read th. minutes or
tho first general meeting o shareholders at which Mr..
Anderson made a statement. This statement was OF
highly satisfactory character, and the vendors
said to have acted IN tho most straightforward man
ncr. There some argument on the completion OF
the reading OF these minutes and before tho reading
was concluded the Court took nm adjournment until
to-day.
THE BRAZILIAN STEAMSHIP LINE.
There has already appeared in the HERALD report
of suit growing out OF an unsuccessful attempt
which had been made within tho past fow years to
ganizc line OF steamers to ply between New York
and Brazil and up the Amazon River. Tho suit was
brought by John Landsman, Of tho parties
estcd, to recover from Adophus Holman, co-wor ker
in the enterprise, $4,000, which plaintiff al
legged tho defendant had received his ac-
count appropriated to his own use In re sponso
to friendly tcicgram from this city by piaintin
TO defendant in Germany. the latter Immediately
came 10 New York. Ho arrived here on Sunday and
met by he plaintiff in company with an attorney
both OF whom met him apparently as warm friends
ana took him to tho Sturievant House. They enter
tanned him until i've minutes past twelve O'clock
when, Just as defendant had bidden them u hearty
good night and about retire TO his couch they
called in Deputy sheriff, who executed order Of
arrest against his body, granted by the Supreme
Court, and attachment against his prop.
criy. granted by the Marine Court, both OF
which mad been previously obtained in an
ticipaton OF the arrival OF the unsuspccting imm-
grant. Under the attachment they cleaned him 81
baggage and pocket money and by virtue OF the order
OF arrest bcy consigned HIM to Ludlow Street Jail in
default OF $40 bail When the defendant recovered
from his surprise at this sudden change BY his
supposed friends he sought the ard OF Nicholas Hill
Fow er, an attorney who IN turn sought the aid of
Mr.. Kenny G. Dennison as counsel to cxtrIcaie him
from the arrangements OF the law in which he found
himself A few days since Mr. Dcnnison argued
n motion before Judge Brady in Supreme Court Cham
bcrs 10 vacate the order oi arrest THIS motion was
made the grounds that the claim of the plaintiff
wholly unioundcd: that the defendant had been
cnticcd into the jurisdiction OF the Court in order to
execute the order OF arrest upon HIM, aud that PLAIN
TIN could not havc remedy both by arrest and attach
mcnt even though lie had just claim. Judge Brady
granted the motion and the prisoner discharged.
In the same motion made by Mr. Dcnnison
on behalf Of defendant, In Marine Court, Cham
bcrs, yesterday, to vacatc the attachment which
had been issued by that Court This
motion was made by counsel, on the
cntlced into the jurisdiction OF the Cour by tho plain
tn that at the limr the alta, hmcnt issued dcfcnd
had no property here and that The action being for
conversion the Code made provision Tor attach
menL In opposition II commended that the ap-
rearancc Of dechdant IN The action conferred ursde
ton the Court In reply counsel Tor tho defendant
argued that tho decision OF Judge Brady in the SUI
prcnic Court vacatIng the order of arrest was
trolling Marine Court vacate the attachment.
Judge Sinnott took tho papers, rcservng his decision.
A MIXED UP CASE.
The stay OF proceedings recently granted by Judge
Robinson following The trial before him OF tho suit
brought by Kaufman Simon against Judson @. Worth
and others, subsequent proceedings have developed