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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06
PETER GOELETS WILL.

The will of the late Peter Goelet was filed yester-
day in the Surrogate's Office. The instrument itself
is model of brevity and characteristics Of the
trio life Of the testator. All the requisite legal
malities to have been rigidly adhered to, but
at the time the various provisions and clauses
are SO simply stated that . thorough comprehension
of the manifest intent Of the testator made easy
Mr. Goelet. after providing for the payment OF his
debts and funeral expenses by his executors pro-
ceeds to make various requests. Ia his brother.
Robert Goele and to his sisters Jean B. Goeiet and
Hannah G.. Gerry. he divides equally all his lands
the rents accrued or hereafter to accrue. He also
gives them all his bonds and mortgages with the
accrued interest thereon the time his
TO Elbridee L. Gerry his nephew, he gives $500
The rest and resdue OF his personal estate he gives
to his brother, Robert doelet He appoints Mr..
Elbridge T. terry. Robert Goeet and Ogden Goeiet
executors Inc will. which 10 dated May 49, 1876,
is witnessed by George c. De Witt, Jr.. John L.
Lockman and Jacob K. Lockman.
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TEXAS LAND IN LITIGATION.

In the suit of Sarah g. Herdsman and chara
Herdsman against Hugh Lewis and George NJ Dii
worth Justice Gilbert. of the Supreme Court OF
Kings county, yesterday granted order requiring
the defendants to show why they should not
be enjoined from disposing OF certain property
claimed by the plaintiffs. The latter, who sue to
declare null and void reconveyance OF 5000 acres OK
land in Gonzales county Texas allege that was pro-
cured by threats of violence The complaint accuses
that on April g. 1870 tho defendants induced Charles
Herdsnian go into room. and while there Lewis.
with drawn revolver. compelled him to sign recon-
veynnce of the Texas plantation TO him. and also
compelled the plaintiff to sign agreement empow-
ering the nrm of Lewis X Dilworth to collect the
services.
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NO JURISDICTION.

Patrolmnn William Hahn. of the Thirty second
precinct, the afternoon Of Sunday, July 90 found
tho bar OF Mrs. b. @. L. scheders High Bridge Park
Hotel open. and proceeded to arrest the bartender
Charles Stesin charge OF violation of the Excise
law. when he ordered from the phce by Park
Policeman James Lynch. who informed him that
Mrs. Schedlcrs hotel under the jurisdiction OF
tho Park Commissioners and not OF the Municipal
Police force. Mrs. Schcdler also represented
that she had authority from the Park
Commissioners to sell spirtuous and malt
liquors on the premises. and that Park policeman
was sent to protect her in her rights. There's upon
Officer Hahn reported the facts to Captain Steers.
In order to determine IL the Municipal Police had
Jurisdiction over the several parks, squares and
places. to mako arrests for the enforcement of tho
Excise law, superintendent Waliing appealed to
tho Corporation Counsel to have tho law in the
clearly defined. MIR. Whitncy's official opiniou
which received and read yesterday before the
Board OF Police Commissioners, holds that the
Municipal Police force has no Jurisdiction In the
parks and public places IN charge OF the Park Com
mi
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srEvEDoRE's RATES.

As result OF tho recent successful strike of the
'1ongshoremen. an effort is now being made among
many of the stevcdores to increase their charges
about twenty hveper can't existing rates. whilo
tho 1ongshoremeu continue to DO paid
as at present They have held confer
cnces and agreed upon framing a tariff Of
charges. 1t was ascertained at the Office Of
MIR. John J. Roberts. In Old slip. yesterday. that
the latest movement toward eecting an understand
ing between them began about three weeks ago since
which time several or the leading stevedorcs have
been ARRANGING tariff Of charges and gradually
rying II into effect ut the same time This scale
OF prices has been ratified In part aud
Is expected to DO completed at a meeting to be held
to-day. The increase determined upon Is about
twenty.hv per cent over average current rates.
General European cargoes, usually discharged at
thirty cents per ton and loaded at forty cents are
now to BIO charged respectively forty and nifty Ave
cents For handling cargoes OF oil the charge is 10
be Ave and half cents per payable barrel
OF forty gallons instead OF q price per
barrel the stevcdores thus being paid according to
the grade OF measurement paid to ships carry
ing II Is understood that thu far no material OBJ
position has boon offered to the animation SCALE
the stovedores generally adopting IL saying that tt
is gaining the raady assent OF their psttoua.
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DIR. GLAND WHITES WILL.

The will of DR.. GLAND White. a prominent phys-
clan of this CITY, fled yesterday In the Surro-
gates Office !. In this instrument DIR. White gives
Catharine Ritter oil the personal property in his
house and allows her to live in the same until the
May following his decease. To his executors he
gives the income derived from the sum of $4,000
for the of Catharne Ritter during her lifetime
and upon her death ono quarter of the same
to DO applied In keeping his cemetery plot ia
Church in Scmers. westchester county. n. Y. He
gives to the Presbyterian Hospital OF this city the
sum OF $1,000. together with all HIS medical books
and TO tho New York Society for the Relief Of
Medical men he gives $500. To the Academy OF
Medicine. for tho building fund gives $780, After
certain requests to his nephews and nicces he d-
reefs the residue Of his property to be divided
equally among his brothers and sisters.
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POLICE BOARD MEETINGS.

The Board OF Police Commissioners yesterday. st
their weekly meeting. condemned the tugboat Grant
heretofore used In the Street Cleaning Department
UNIT for service. and concluded TO dispose of her
public sale, Tho power of removal OF the day Ia
bdrers was vested In Commissioner MacI.ean, with
out the formality of resolving tho consent OF tho
entire, Board.
Tie Board OF Estimate and Apportonment was
requested to transfer the sum OF $5.D76 81 from
other accounts to tho account of the clerks en-
poyes salaries. in order that the payroll OF January
may be provided for.
lhe charges preferred against Captain Williams OF
the Twenty ninth precinct, OF clubbing Charles w.
Smith at Madison SQUARE Garden were dismissed.
A number OF policemen who have been dismissed
the force for cause have appealed 20 tho courts for
reress and reinstatenent. and have IN consequence
served nunber of wrlts Of certiorari upon tho
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06
NEW YEARS DAY TEMPERANCE.

The approach Of New York's favorite festival Of
New Years Day has moved the Business Mems soci-
cty for the Encouragement OF Moderation to spo-
cial effort in behalf of temperance on that day.
Some of tho ladies belonging to the society have
united in this effort and have requested the society
to prepare andcireulnts two forms OF pledges
the first being promise to wine or other ntox
icating beverage tho table New Years Day, and
tho other, a promise to alcoholic drink away
from their homes. especially not ut lunch OF dinner
in company with gentlemen In restaurants. They
have circulated the following appeal through this
city and Brooklyn, and have already obtained many
signatures TO it, t. W
We tho undersigned ladies OF Nov York and brooklyn
approving o the efforts being put forth by the lady
bc of society TO discourage the OF vino othof
Intoxicating beverages upon the New Years table, do
hereby earnestly appeal TO all ladies Of tho cities
and throu gout tho country to abstain from tho
of tempting mon 10 drunkenness through the called
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THE COURTS.
INGENIOUS BUT Nos-pAY1Nc DEVICE.

INGENIOUS BUT NoS-PAYING DEVICE.
On the 18th ult q young man employed by the
Gold and Stock Telegraph Company. named Edward
L.. Hebbard, received $50 from Messrs Lastrade AZ
Dooiittie OF No. ls7 Duane street. by presenting
order signed Edward Shaw. a supposed collector of
the company. Tho order was forgery there being
moreover no such person in the company's employ.
Hebbsrd arrested and Indicted for grand larceny
and when summoned to the bar OF the Court of
General Sessions yesterday by Assistant District
Attofpey Herring. denied his guilt. From the evil
dence adduced it would seem that the accused had
used the regular printed form or contract ut
the company upon which he had already
obtained the signature OF Mr. NcryiD Green, the
president. On this contract were forged tho names
OF Messrs Las,rsie and Doolittle. and the agree
ment being seemingly proper one = teiephonic APP
paratus was placed in the house OF Messrs Lastrade
4 Doolittie. The accused had. however. still
another agreement. by which it stipulated that
instead Of the customary payment OF $40 month
for tho use OF the instrument the sum of
$50 was to be paid. and with this agree
ment he proceeded to the Office of the firm
accredited agent Of the company, and
secured the payment OF the money. The ruse
adopted by Hebbard was exceedingly ingenious. and
on the trial . nice point arose as to whether the
offence that of false pretences grand larceny
but upon the adjudcated case OF Loomis aud Lewis,
the Court held that the offence. ii any had been
committed. was grand larceny. The jury found the
prisoner guilty. but, i'll consideration of his youth
and previous good character, Judge Gderslceve
sent him to the State Reformatory at Elinira.
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fashionable custom of offering with hands that
should restrain, and beg in the OF ChristiAsy
sebrey and good order that all ladies will combine Win
u.s. that BY combined influence do away witn
said custom substituting wholesome and harmless hosp
slites that which should be day OF moral ad
vancement and good resolves.
The New Years pledge is being engraved. and may
be had by addressing Post Once box No. 1,5s5, New
YORK city 1t Is intended to be signed by the lady
OF the house and placed in q conspicuous position
on the New Years table. meeting OF the society
Is to be held at No. n Union square this evening" at
quarter past seven sharp, The society. known as
the Red white and Blue. from the color OF its df-
ferent pledges. Is believed be doing q valuable
temperance work without preaching total absti-
nence. Among its officers and members are num-
Der or prominent citizens of this and other cities
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EAST RIVER BRIDGE.

The greater portion of the steel for tho further
progress of the East River Bridge has been received
and several thousand tons yet required. A test
made of the steel shows that 1t s,stains tension
six times greater than can be brought upon II when
In position. The work is progressing rapidly on the
lam streets having been torn down. few narrow,
two story cdincos have been erected ON the small
plots of ground beyond the defined width 14O feet
required by the approach and side stroots Az not
to cavc the vacant places intended for improveen
after the bridge Is completed to remain dle.s II no
further objection In nterposed IN the courts Il il
expected the bridge will Do completed in year.
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Board The Commissioners sought the advice of
Corporatiou Counsel Whitney. aud he replied yes-
terday by suggesting that the commissioners appeal
to the Legislature to enact Law by Which check
can be placed upon discharged members OF the force
applying for legal redress. except within certain
reasonable Limits.
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THE BURNED CAR STABLES.

The work of clearing away the debris from tho
Eighth avenue car stables stili continues. About
I'VE hundred men are employed in the ruins. The
total number Of horses burned Is &c., and OF these
sixty have been removed in the vans of the Health
department.. In the majority OF cases. however. all
that remains of the animals is heap OF ashes. The
stencil has been so great that complaints have been
made TO the Board of Health. and the contractor
gagged In the work has beon notified by the company
to hasten the work a. speedily as possible. All the
bodies thus Tar recovered found buried under
pile of bricks which preyented the flames - reach
Ina Thorn.
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COURT OF APPEALS.

ALBANY, n. Y, Dec. 8, 1873.
In the Court of Appeals. Friday. December 6. 1879,
present Hon, Sanford E. Church. Chief Justice. and
associates:-
No. ~. Cornelia Losee and others, executors, ap-
pellants. Daniel A. Billiard, respondent.-Argued
emit. a.p
No. 1875. Sarah Fox. respondent, VS.. The Globe
Mutual Life Insurance Company. appellant Argued
by Frederick s. Small for appellant James b. Jenkins
for respondent.
No. 81. William c. Church, administrator, &c, ap-
peliant vs.. Seth Howard. implicated, &C., respond
ent.-Argued by L. d. White for appellant. A. N.
Sheldon, for respondent.
CALENDAR.
The following is the day calendar for Monday,
December 8, 1S79:-Nos 131, 1872, 1884, 1876, 1877 100,
13{ and, 4
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SUMMARY OF LAW CASES.

Annette Christian yesterday made application
to Judge Speir in the Superior Court for leave to
bring suit in forma pauperis against Gauge Il
Bacno. theatrical managers to 52J daages
for alleged breach of agreement to act
sPinafore." Trial by Jury" and other plays under
their management. The petition was granted.
The suit OF Isaac Milbank against Colonel James
G. Benton. superintendent of the Springfield Ar
mory, brought recover 100000 for alleged IN
frngement of patent, was, after trial of five days
in the United States Circuit Court, before Judge
Wallace. concluded yesterday. The Court held that
no issue OF fact had been presented by the plaintiff
and he thereupon directed the jury to render
dict for the defendant.
On the night OF the Goth Of October last James
Garland, while nearing his home at No. 257 West
Yhirtieth street. was knocked down by colored
Nan named James Moore and robbed of $40 worth
of silverware. Moore was arrested, tried and con-
vcted i'll the Court Of General Sessions In view Of
Judge Cowing imposed the mitigated penalty OF two
years in the State Prison.
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the intention of warming them. Mrs. Mullane
thoreupon as was stated. made full confession.
Thomas Coffey MEANWHILE hurried up TO East
Eghty-ffth street aud found the cabin nveloped
smioke He rushed into the building and dragged
his half suffocated parents from their bed and into
the open air. just then the fire department OF the
district reached the spot and extnguished the
flames. Soon after Sergeant Sheehan. of the Eighty
eighth street police station. arrested Mrs. Mulane in
bed. Justice Wandell refused to accept bail, and
committed the prisoner to await the action OF the
District Attorney.
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MARRIED..

BnoUS-BRosE.--On Tuesday, December 2. -
Grace Church. Westheld. N. j.. by Rev. H. G. Rush.
HAYWOOD q. BRoUN to HENRIETrA NJ. daughter OF the
late Fritz Brose, Esq. No cards.
MEHAS-MuaRAy.-In this city, on June 80, 1872
by the Rev. J. W. Freund JOHN +. MEHAN. OF Hobo
ken. N. j.. to MARY MURRAY. of New York city.
SMITH-LYDEcKER-At Englewood. y. o.. on
Thursday evening" December 4. by the Rev. henry
M. Booth, u. d., OLIVER DRAKE SMITH to NARY
daughter of Cornelius Lydecker.
New-York tribune., 1879-04-25
POLITICAL NOTES.

Davis has provided the Democracy with a robust
candidate
Tho country is weary to distraction with the
everlasting chin-chn at Washington.
The Democrats regret more than ever now that
Judge DAVIS was not on the Electoral Tribunal
Dlr. Tilden Is a sound sleeper, else he would hear
the shouts Of the brethren for driblet from that
barrel
Tamuany hastcns to set up Davis as a rival to
Tlden. full length photograph OF the two side By
SIDE would ruin both.
Anybody bat o modern Democratic statesman
would SEQ the stupidity of boasting in public that
he once went three days without tasting strong
drink,
A Greenbacll Congressman denounced yesterday
all efforts to restrain the freedom OF tramps out
RACES upon the aboring CLASSES. Tho tramp is the
average Greenbackors ideal labOrng man.
Why don't tho Deputy Democratic editors who
are 90 impressed with Judge Dayis's judicial
speech, follow hs example aud come out flat
footed on the Confederate side They would be
less ridiculous then. anyway.
They do say that Senator David Davis has a
bari, too-not so big Mr. Tilden's perhaps, but
with more iluont tap. IL may be that Mr.. Davis
has rolled over to WherO his peculiar gittS can be
made available IN Il pinch.
A standing yuIe of the Senate, which has stood
long nowadays. when it stands in the way Of n
Confederate Brgadier who wants place now held
by man who was crippled IN tho service of the
Union.
Mr.. Frye hit the centre or the Democratic griey-
ance with the Election law, when he rhowed that
under it's subduing influence the number of persons
who voted on fraudulent naturalization papers in
this city had been reduced from 10000 in 1868 10
1,240 in 1878. That's what's the matter with
reform.
Brgadier- General Scales, late of tho Confederate
Army, and now Congressman from North Carolina
says if he could reach high enough he would write
it on the SKY that tho Democratic party s in favor
of pure elections He can write an outer and-outer
like that in a much more appropriate place by just
STOPPING little.
1t may be true, and probably Is, as Solemny
aveued by the Hon. Mr.. Turner, Of Kentucky, that
on recent occasion, namely, on or about the 18th
of this month, he had not had a drink OF liquor
tor three days The fact suggests grave reloe-
tons however, one of which is that If the natural
requirements Of the gentleman are not better at
tended to- there is danger that he will desert the
Democratic party of Kentucky in disgust, and per
haps run on an independent ticket. such dcpriya-
uOn Is full OF peril.
An important addition to the fund Of information
concerning the strength of Presidential candidates
| is made by The indianapolis JoUTnGl. 1t publishes
| the views of about one Thousand business men,
| scattered all the State of Indiana, none OF
| whom are actively engaged in politics. About rs
| per cent OF them favor Grant, Is per cent John
| Sherman. and tho rest of them are about equally
| divided between Garfield, Blame Conking. Wash
buTne, and Harrison. with random mention of SEN
| atOr Chandler
Mr.. Hendricks really seems to be in earnest about
declining the second place on the ticket in 1880.
New-York tribune., 1879-04-25

"curse fall upon the land and render 1t
"sterile and barren. and not allow the earth to
"produce of her abundance and refuse but for
"a single year to yield either grass or grain
"and death will stalk over the land with none
"to oppose and the most vivid imagination
"would fail to depict the scene of horror and
"delth that would follow and ensne. LOOK
"up at the beautiful ceiling that oyerhangs
this magnificent hall. Examine the coats
of arms of the respective States, rejecting
the painters skill in the mellow light OF
"this most beautiful sky. There is the horse !;
there the plough; there the wheaton sheal
"and all the insignia and emblems OF agricul-
"ture indicative of the wealth of the State ana
"tc virtue Of her people. What an eloquent
"appeal to this most noble pursuit ~ All OF
which is true and beautiful. and 40 are several
pages of dazzling though somewhat promls-
cuous rhetoric which "follOw and ensue;" ana
vet il must be admitted that considerations OF
this sort have rather a remote and lmpalpaDie
bearing upon the question before the House
Now il NAV be matter of no particular
moment for the country to be informed what
are the views of Mr.. Cutler OH this or any
other subject. But bill to create new ex-
now for several successive sessions, and 1t
is well to know that it was recon-
mended by unanimous vote OF the
House Committee last Winter. Besides TINS
there are other ambitious bureau chieitains
who long to be nhItod, and it may not be
amiss, therefore, to state once more that an
executive department, with nothing TO ad-
minister, would probably be nuisance
and certainly an excrescence. The Uhi-
ted States belongs TO the family ol
nations, and, therefore, Secretary "i
State is needed to manage our foreign
relations. The Central Government supports
an army and a navy, and 1t sometimes hsht5.
II has Treasury and Courts OF justice, ana
it carries the mails of the people. 1t has a
public domain and Indians to Look after, ana
il takes the census and grants patents. Ihese
conditions justify the Departments OF war;
the Navy, Justice, the Post Office, and the
Interior On the other hand it is the merchants
and not the Government who carry on
the trade of the country, and hence we need
no Secretary Of Commerce. The Government
runs no mills or factories, and hence we nave
no Department of Manufactures. The farmers
plough and SOW their own lands, and until
the Government goes into business as n wOr-
rier of the soil an executive head OF
n Department Of Agriculture would have
nothing to execute. For the same reasons
Secretary of Education would be only the
smulacrum of an executive officer, unless the
Federal Government should abandon its ira
ditons and set itself up as an educator of the
people. All this is elementary doctrine no
doubt And yet it Is just the doc
trine which needs to be insisted on
so long as Congress is infested with
muddle-headed statesmen who hold that
Government is best fulfilling the end for
which it exists when it does the most med
ding with the private affairs of the people.
1t is a pity that Mr.. Cutler left 50 many of
his kind behind him.