The Sun. — 1867-06-15 (London, England)

MURDER ON TUE HIGH SEAS.-The Board of tshueehwaortlrdelsure ! Trade have received a despatch from the British Consul at New York of the murder of the chief mate, Mr. Tingley, of the English schooner Ottawa, by the master of that vessel, Captain William Pye, who had arrivedthere, the crew having secured him and placed him in irons. The chief mate lived several days after the shig's arrival at New York. He was taken to the hospital, where he made the following statement to Mr. Washburn, the acting surgeon : —" I was first mate on board the schooner Ottawa, Captain (SouthtainW America), Pye was master. We sailed from Para erica), on the 3d of March, for New York. On Tuesday, the 19th March, about seven p.m., swad I was standing by the mainmast taking the altitude of the cabin,r who I supposed to be. I told him I did not the n Polar star. The captain came along and asked me what know, when ho fired at me. The shot took effect in the fleshy part of my thigh, which was Rot serious. I then ran e round under the Inaba boom, when he ran after me and those second men wornm ttt doing and in the the steward. fired again, the ball taking effect in my left side, just above the hip. I hallooed out, and the steward, who was in the cabin, camp up, when the captain fired at him. I ran to the forecastle to get out the crow, and called to them to secure the captain, which they did, as I suppose. I crawled into a berth in the forecastle. I had done my duty faith(ally, and I gave no ca use or provocation to the captain to shoot me. The captain was excited by jealousy. I had no difficulty with the captain on the homeward passage, but on the outward passage there was a difference between us as to the position in which I was shipped, but that was settled at Para." The mate died two days after Captain Pye was in custody of the police, but there being no law to take cognisance of the charge the Consul succeeded in getting the accused removed into New Brunswick (British colony), where he underwent an examination. The evidence of several of the crew confirmed the dying testimony of the mate. One of them added that when ho secured the captain he made an effort to jump overboard, but was prevented. The witnesses spoke of the deceased as a good seaman, and never gave any cause for complaint. All the defence the prisoner made when called upon by the Court was that he shot the mate without intending to kill him. lie was fully committed for wilful murder. THE INCOME el 2AX.—A letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue states that last year, out of the 35,000,000 people in the United States, only 450,000 paid tax upon incomes. This year the proportion who pay tax will be much smaller' for the exemptions have been increased and the returns made aro not ono-half those of last year. The largest income this year in Philadelphia is that of Jay Cooke, who was formerly the , Government loan agent who returns $203,636, as compared with $651,636 last year. I give also a few other returns of income. •The largest return in Washington is that of Henry D. Cooke, brother and partner of Jay Cooke, $69,040. In Washington, also, W. W. Corcoran, banker, reports $35,000 General Grant reports $4,800 over and above his salary of about $lB,OOO, from which the tax is deducted befure it is paid him ; the Secretary of War, lir. Stanton, reports $3,500 over his salary of $3,000; and the Posttnaster-General Mr. Rindal, reports $2,800 over his salary of $B,