Show corn for india new york may 14 no arrangements have yet been made for forwarding the tone of corn stored in brooklyn warehouse to the plague et ricken districh distri cs of india t is mistake to suppose that thia is a matter which nets with the custom house authorities six weeks ago congress authorized the secretary of the navy to charter a steamship of american registry to convey the 0 food of india the tiona comprise chiefly wheat buckwheat barley and rye which were sold and with the proceeds torn wae bought when congressional authority to hire a vessel was granted the contributions amounted to about tone daniel W hawthorne he deputy collector in charge of the marine division of the custom bouse reported to the secretary of the navy thai a beesel could be procured to carry the pram for 10 a ton the rapid accumulation of the grain made it necessary to look for a larger vessel ani one could not be found there ia no american vessel available that will cokl tone the only veasel that will hold so large a cargo la the hamburg american line steamship pennsylvania the thing to be done apparently as alie secretary ot the navy is not empowered to engage more than one vessel 13 to see I 1 the british authorities will not provide a vessel to taice the larger part 0 the corn while the american Amei ican vessel takes the remainder ma inder |