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WUDGE RUSSELL'S CHARGE TO 7,€ GRAND JURY, Powers and Duties of Grv ng Jurtcs—The Spe etal Sessions Should net Have Exclusive | passed april 1855, Jurtediction of Mis? emeanors=Is few York an a State of Arr seny t—Tme Metropolitan Peltce Bill and «me Old Commisstoners— Bhould the P' guiseggers be Expanged from the Courts? wc., ae. COT OF GENERAL SESBrONS. Before Jadge Russell. Jeux 7.— Abou the Court was organized the geatiome?, were selected as the Grand Inquest fer the city and covaty of New York during the present term of this 3 Marceitus ‘Beojamin Archer, Jobe D Secor, George R. Andrews, — Frederiok E Townsend. atal, Jobn Buckley, Jr., Andrew Dimoot, Bepjamin f. Babbitt, Joho R Lawrence, Paut a. Curtis, Theodore a. Meyer, Francis Lelan4, John W Miller, George W. Platt. ‘Wm. F. Mott, Jr., Henry 8. Terbell. Judge Rossel then prooseded, anid profound si/enos, to @eliver the follewing charge t» the Grand Jury: — OHARGE OF JUDGE RUSSEL TC THE GRAND JURE. foo. Tracos of thie ir sttution ere 10 be found ta Reglaud we ews us the tenth century, and it appears to have ec- tated then in a mavured ap’ perfected state, warranting tic Delief ihet even before that period it must bave formed a responsible aud bighly esteemed element 1a the criminal jurieproseace of that conniry. From its carkest organiza ‘Hon it oem te have been iervested with the auribate aud wo ere foresd to admi, it bas not uniformly, an- ewored thie end; nevertoeless, suzh was {te carsiaal de sgn, lu mexabers have been selactod in diferent modes, inet:tauors borrowed by us from the mother coun ope bas been taken oto our jaticial etructare; hough ‘be sense of its value could not de too indieated, of {ts Denedts could not be assured in ly reonguized wou con juition of the United States and Constitution, In this later insiram wm, vision of the former, it is deslarod person sbal: be held 49 answer fur Amour crime, except in cases of cases of militia, when in actual ‘and naval forces, in time of war, keep, with the consent of Ova: ya ope od peace. and ia cases of pettt lacoay, uo- the regwation of the Legisiature, unless on preseat ‘ment or indictment of a Grand Jury” this provision 4 i Fr orgapized—ite relations, accountability, powers and @vtice—referen se must be had to the law of the mower and modified by our own express ictal decisions. The present occasion or require the consideration of 80 vast yject; and the Court will, therefore, content itelf compendium of all that a Graod Jury should to & resemption of that solemo bli. id De again compressed withio the same of-language. It ts that you will dilently inquire apd Due preseptments make of all such matiers and thugs ‘te shal) be given you in charge. The State’s counsel, your fellows’ and your own you will keep secret; that you will tno ons for envy, hatred or malice; neitaer will you ‘avo any one unpreseated for fear, favor, affection, hope of reward or ef, bat will present al) things truly as they come to powledge, derstanding. With such rel He i : FeCHeT pe ad Pe ra & i 8 3 a experience end learning whether Grand Juries, Soler Salutes, are now possesred of # power which confersediy once belonged to them—that of originating eomplainw themseives. Notwithstanding muca can De and bas beon raid sgainst the exercise of sech « power by Grand Juries, ‘his Court has @xiformly enstained ubeir right 1 it, and (shail therefore iewrvet you that you bave tbet right or power. The ob- been put mamly upon the groan t that, ‘conridering the vagueness or indefintteness with wbica, as ral ‘mdictments are drawn, if an scoured ‘bas £0 other no:i jeati in of what he ls charged © {uh js contained in the indictment uniil he comes to trial, tablish against bim in the evidence, and so deprived of a defence, wholly or parually, where if be bad known earlier what he had to defend himseif again-t, be could have made outa complete and succesful one. This view has been supposed to derive support aud ®irenatb from the fact that the statuies regulatiog Grad Juries form part of a syskm, which provides fur a oom ft to and tbe arrest of the adcused pany upoa warrant of © magistrate, mod |i bas thought thet a rand Jury bas tn this my been constituted an additioaal soourity or barr er fagainet the unjust trial of m party aller magis- tase shai) bave beid bim to answer at the proper Curt. ‘Ali that tbe Gourt cap do ito urge upon you ¢ eat can ton in the exercite of ihis power, and to & here siretiy to the rule @hich the prosept Detrict Attorney has inva riabiy practised opon, namely, to optertaia no complaints ip the fret instance, unless where the party, sought to bo twdicied resices vut of the State, and hes to be brought within ite juriediction upon ube requiaition of the Gove nor, or where io prevent the statute of limitations attachiog 'a © proper courts within taree years after the comms sion of the offence. As $9 murder, on account of its beipourrers, tho law fixes no Imitation, apd an ‘odie ment can be found at any timeafie: the death of the pervon Killed Beyond the two instances vamed, npiess in cavos of great public emergency, involving tbe pubtic health, happiness, €omiort, pence, welfare, implica ing ip their conse juences, it were, the whole commnunity—not,py fiction, as al erimes are raid to affect the public, but iD realty—it would be weil for the Grand Jory, aulers the circum='auces are very prouliar, lo receive BO accuration not seut to them by @ Gazistrate, The greatest reeponribility roving upon At Of panting upon tbe sufficiency or insutliciensy evidence in deciving the question ax to whethe’ an io dictment sball be found or not The wet asually srated to Grane Juries in resolving for or against an indictment + this. whether the case ior the provecution is #0 made out @ that, if pitting a the try! if, instead of the iadicting bedy, without any explanation oF dafeace of aay kiad from the accused or anything further appearing, they woult feel justified in rendering a conviction agawst hm The same dstinguishod wr iter to whom I have already referred har eaid that “@ Grand Jury ought to be thoroughly por foaded of the trath of an indies 0 far as their evi ence goer : and not to rest merely with remote Probabilities— « doctrine that might be avp! ed to very op porpowes.’ As the Grand Jury are requirei w = 3 ae of she iq a, the Court, before entering upon their duties, ho Court autroons you tbat this is the standard by which, tm this ular, you should determine the propriety of jour official conduct” You are not, ike a Perit Ju 7, 10 vestigate both sides of acase you have to do simply wi cave for the prosecution ; atiil, you must not yield obedience to this instruction at tae expense of truth And justice, On the one tand, you are to inquire into the mecensity for trial; on the other, you are not to accuse ly. You must take care, while you are prom sed Bo undue oF improper iniluenoes yourselves, that o bers do Bot ure you, unwittingly, ae the means or instruments of Weir malioeor revenge. Whenever a charge is prevented to you, wbich Concerns individuals rainer than the public, ‘Whioh is productive of injury te the former rather than the latter, apd which strikes you a: founded rather iv a desire to redress private than public wrope, you ahoula acrutt tise it clowely, look into the motives ‘for it, examine ihe witnesses with unusoal particularity, and’ satiety y yur jelver, with more than ordinary care and cantion taat you are called upon to make & presentment. By stat ite [Pu DOre 8 sich to the eawletance of the Diatrit Atiorng interrogating witnesses 1a your presence, and to his a4. view upon any legal matter, and be is bound to meu Bornes and ober leg! provers v0 secure the attoncance of ‘witoenses before you. This officer is also permitted, at all timer, to anpear before you oa his own request, to give Information relative to any matter cognizabie by you, but eltber le nor amy other pereoo can be present during the expression of your opiniont, oF the giving of your votes upon any mauer before you. You have the vndoupted right, too, to appeal to the Ooart for avy instructions which he necessary from time to time, ag you proceed with ‘our labors, To ensure fearloseners on your part, in re Kenton to the responsible trust committed toy ou—that of ferreiting out and presenting all crimes perpetrated a uhis county—without fear of or favor to any one, wherever or wheusorver it may strike: whether thove you bave never oolwed in the \Derations se. Gret. You may be obliged by any Court Wo testify whether the tertimony of @ witness examined before you, was con Gistent with oF diderent from the evidence given by such witness before the court, aod to Girclowe the testimany ivem before you by any perkoD, upem a complaint against eb pertoo for perjury or upo bit Wial for that oifenee 4 D0 onse you be obliged or al to teatify or declare, in what matner you may have many Question before you or what Odaions were exprowed by apy of you 'n relation to any euch question You are thus sirtotly ao accusing boay—you have to des! u are eutided to the tis sulligicney, with & view Ww Wrist ‘Characteristic of your ided that the Court of Special Sessions aid of the Court and the Distriot Attorney tm discharging OOF operour d: hee—you are not accountable to apy one, ) Our action is secret, aod mercy is or should bo grea, veay. BOS dhe Logusiaintre | of it, that the majority of toe old Commissioners took the we mer disbanded, police force it Was o this state of Perplexiiy and imyeiled |y agente of duty growing out that the right to maintaia @ keea! @ Was One of tbe corporate rights of our aty (856, p. 614, woo 6,) twas | cours they did. Boe is thst coe ‘f 4 should have power W bear, determine amd punish | that the Corporation of the «ity had accepted it on the Sorording to law, all’ complaicte for tls¢emeamore, and | should possess conclusive jeriedicdom thereof, unless it | the city was worth anything under the ‘grarantecs of sbould order apy su:h complaints to be tent tothe | the Constitut on, ibe Leg.siature could not or de- Court of General Sessions of the Peace and unless | molish it arbitrarily or ‘They considered the accused when arrested and brougt before that their own powers were beid in 5 thas they were commfting magistrate whould elect to wave his boord to Jefend them against, end notte surrender them Beard and determiped by the Court of General Sessions; | or \d them in deterring to what they briteved to be and it was made by thet act the duty of the and whre reliably advired Was @ void law. They kept up upon the arrest, inform the accused a the the organization under the old law, go as to ve ready 0 ‘te feoton. “ono ad my uitention draw | perform {i functions should the new law, with s10m recently, aud neve cxamiped it with to be unooo- @2d must confess fust it presente very 2 ‘Ww wy mind, rather feading me to to Conclusion that it is ‘constitutional, if this provision means anything it means Dat el] complainis for misdemeauor must originale ite repeal of the @id, be found by in the police oftee; for ibe juriadiovion of the Speciei Nes- | copatitution it cannot possess the force of law’? it is not sions made to depend upin the ominion of tre accused, | void from the time it 18 judicially declared so—it is void while under arrest the magisirate, to the commencement—from the ‘beginning ; it tried at the Gene! al sessions; and even Sessions Bus acquired jurisdiction tn this way, It may de bound clipe it in favor of the General Seesions by ordering the | (if there is em) is in soswering the question as complaint there. In Court of Special sSeselops either acts &@ | force of a law in the Oret instance, As to public officers of { grand sor a petit sary and in taking ex | every description, those who are sworn to enforce and all misaemeanors, it Clustve cognizance of tits city and county the | to who sbell judge of the obligation or binding pats | admipieter we laws—to cause them to be executed—there , the accused upon trie] without an ludictmout, and wiih- | ovghtto ve no difficulty, No pubiic officer onght to be ex- out @ tral by bis peere, the Court (new umder the pro- | pected or required to execute @ public law as to the ‘visions of the charier of April 14, 1467, composed of two | const'tutionality of which there is a fair reasonable Police Justices,) being the judges ‘of tne tev andthe fact. | doubt, and as to the upconstitutiovality of which 10 We have already secu that fundamenia) law of our | he is so trmly ratisiied bimecif as to believe its ne: General snd Site government provides that no person | ment would contlict witb or violate his official oath. bail be held t answer for a capital or otherwise infamous | be execute a law which he honestly believes is not a law— crime (except in certain specified cases) unless on pre- | which he senument or indictment of aGrand Jury. 4s meny mis | be sutler deweauors iuvelve moral their character, ast ail such atrial by the Court of Spe. | law ibivks bi cal Sessions, being witboot a presevtment or indictment, | between thi yonvinced be bas no right to execute? or shall Wo go unexecuted or unenforced becazse an xint under another and a questionable pitude, and are infamous in | officer sidmsing ie would be plainly unwarranted by this provision of the | vioce and duty to decide upon the constiutionally or un fordamenial inw. It is abo declared in the same law that | conriitungnalky of every statut “ial by jury, in wi cases in which it has been | capacity. Should 1 err, iny cece beretolve used, yubmitted to me in that ions can be reviewed by shal remain inviolate for | the appellate Wibunais. That this right appcriains to me ever. But « jury trial may be waived | ip my judicial character, sitting in the exercise of my judi- by the partive in all civil cases, in the manner to de pre- | cial powers, no one will deny. It is true seribed by law.” Docs potibis take away from the Le- | the new law did not come before me g)stature ibe right to legicla.e upon the subject of jary trial | as a court, but it came before me 4&8 one Atall,sofar asto do away with it, with or without the | of the former Commissioners of Police, and the question [ ¢ nsent of parties affected, unless io civil cases, as distinct. | bad to answer, in the presence of my couscience apd un- ly specified. Parties cannot consent it away unlessin civil | der my cath of office, was whether, when I was perfecuy cases. The inewtutton eball remain invielate—bo consent | convinced wat it violated the oonstit.tion of our Stae, of the aqpused cannot covfer jurisdiction against the ex- | apd was accordingly inopera;ive I should surrender, tn pressed will of the constitution. Before this act of 1855 | obedience to its mandates, one of the most impertant fran- Aud before we adoption of our present state constitation, | cbises or rights the Court of Special Sessions in this city and coanty bad | the purpoee of presenting the question Jurisdiction of petit larce ‘commisied riotously , w ed and taken beiore 6 Magistrate, demanded trial befor: it, or where ip those cases he had been committed to pri- son for twenty-four hours for want of bail to answer raining to our ci nment. For vewenting th me of tho eonettation, and assault and battery not | ality of tbe new Police law toa competent court, had not ibe accused whou first arrest- | the former Commirsioners a right—nay, were thoy not at the next Court of General Sessions. Notwithstand- | not? Why should they yield tothe new Commissioners {wg this, at the time of pronouncing sentence tothe | more than the new to them? Is it true, as Speciai Sessions, the accused, if he bad not demanded trial | a principle, that tho law last fasuing from the ‘tp tha: Court, could appui the conviction by appealing on Legeneare wgues iwelf to be the law—the only ‘the spet to the Court of General Sessions, which lauer Court Jaw? are there no constitutional tests by which proceeded by incictmen:, and a¢ though the Svecial Ses | itis to be tricd?—no constitutional ordeal through #hich it ions bad never nad jur sdicuon. Tae act of 1855 not only | is to be passea? There are two prinoij which enter extends the jurisdiction 0. the Special Seasions to all cases | deep inio our form of government is that all (bat Of misdemeanor, bus it giver that on coercive or com- | emanates from the Legislature in tho name of law is not pulsory jurisdiction over the those cases, nos | necessarily ‘aw ; otherwise the Le; instead of being up’B bis demanding to be tried tn that Court, but apoa bit | an agent or component part of, would be the whole govern- Bot electing to be tried ft another Oourt—the General Ses- | ment. The other is, that an honest mistake, or an inuo- sions. If thisat permite an accused to consem to | cent mi-judgment on the part of @ public officer, party be tried without an indictment—if it ioterferes with trial | anto the scope or extent of his duty, is no crime. He must . by jury, even with his consept, when the fundamental | necessarily Losey Ly acer t feat gd matter bow correct hi law {ulended and bas said that in crimtua! cases it | ito which it may betray him, no his should remain inviolate forever under apy pretence— | intentions may bave been, were to be made the basis of i te difficult to see bow it can be u; Under | crimipal responsivility, what would become of the my present convictions, which may ‘somewhat | fearlessness of our poblie ‘servants?—s most impor- different from those I have proviuusly exprosse?, I | tant qualidcation and eaential element in their scarcely Delieve that thia act interferes with the previous | official characters. Where s s.atute ‘s in doubt, and there rights of this Court and its Grand Jury, in relation to mia- | are no judicial decisions upon it to ‘and the public demeanors, ana if the Grand Jary cav originate complaints | interests aro involved, and the course w be pursued has for felony, 1 do bot see why they cannot originate them for | wo be resolved upon at once, there begins the greatest re misdemeanors. I bad occasion at the last May term of | sponsibility of a public servant; he Das to assume it, but ‘bis Court tocongratuiate the Grand Jury upon the decrease Ri mistaken, at the risk of criminal judgment. of crime im our city, aud also tw vindicate our police force | civil liabilities be incurs form an entirely distinct copsider- from the charge of ibefficiency, which bas been of iate so | ation. Many could be cited to sustain these frequently breu agaiust it—1i is t> be feared, not, in | views. It is denied, however, that the acuion of the ‘sense of truth. Ibave seen no rea. | Legislature is not to be lightly viewed, and thatass e instar ce, son sine to aller the views I then expressed—slibough 1 geners) (bing it is presumed to be and to be deferred to regret (bat there should be any difference of opinion be | as valid and binding. The law supposes that a legislative tween my associate in this Cour: and myself, | epactment is constitutional until its unconstitul is im relation to these matters. Ono thing {s cer apparent; and it bas been properly sald, ~that tain— if the community are living in the lawless state | it shou! not be adjudged (qeaning by «’ court) represemied—if rufflanilem rules in our city—if the des {to be unconstitutional, unless it is manifestiy perado defies the law—it tha peaceable citizen is abridged | and unequivocally in conflict with the constitation ” sccuretif the felon no Wenger cour bls ongeaal eis | )ield or refuse ediente to the laway according as they necure— no longer - or as ad decided ether they were wi ‘ment, darkness, but comes out into the open days t) com- mit his crime—if all around us ie the botbed of vi this great in their own minds w! ‘oo—if | OF not, vor in the great mass of cases where the public ‘nother Sodom or Go | interests are affected, would such a thing be proper. But etropulie Das become morrav—if our elections bave been chavged into mere ex. | when to acquiesce in a qaestionavie law, involves the dis pressions of the wili of those who rule b7 phy solution or death of an entire department of governmest, eight or vivlenxe—if tbe law loving and the law abidi erga ee beyond the power of reanimation, should that we has no longer any vvice ip them—if those who the conservators of public order and public moralitv are | definitiv now found linked with the offenders against both—if tne | ton tos be rejected or discarded by the tribunal that is to pass ‘ta validity, it is contended ha nga w, if it la only defensible ag an excopilon, is uy a ‘arm of tbe crim! ww bas been paisied, its warrants | @ ¥ becessary exception to the general rule. eo oF man tates weaved jaste paper or comesning words— ww law baying now been sustained by the Court if im every direchon we beheld the departments of go | of Appeals, nothing remains but to oy it. To as verpment overturned, ¢iso-der jubilant and avarchy tirm | this judg ly seated upon its throne—this Cou: Grand Juries and prosecuting officers, must come iaior | verttoa matter * and bear ita share ¢r pro,ortion of the public oficer and & citizen, if. It is proper, before closing, to ad ich is very frequently brought to the lame. So far as | ears of the Court by rumor, and tnto the truth of which it ith tts Judges, | I readily submit m: thoee who are oopnectea witn twferior tribunals are con- | is right the Grend Jury should inquire. [allude tothe cerned there things may be ro— al b ugh | Koow of notbii abuses tbat prevail when crimiwals or parties accused of warranting me in charging them with a neglect of or to! crime are Grst arrested and comm Ued Wo prisoa, la the ditlerence to their duty But in this Qourt, and with ite | forcing upon them of counsel who im many instances are powers apd officers, if these things are #0, we must be | not tbe counsel of their choice or selection, and who fre guilty of the most reprehensible sapineness in not dis- | quently are very unit for the responsibilities they assume coreripg them; or else we kaow of them, wink at them, | and the de’ences they undertake to manage. ere can Wlerate toem, abd ¢o not discharge our obligations | be po doubt but what agreem exist between persons to te community. Koowing ws untruth I could not | conpected in a subordinate capacity witb the adminis'ra- consent to acqsitsce ia such a slander upon | tion of crimical justice and certa counsel, whereby the Coort or apy one connected with it. At | ip consideration of the forced e ployment of the the last term a wbict | presided over this Court | latter as counse!!in bebalf of praoners, extor- one of the parties charged with riotiyg and violence atthe | tions of the groeseet character are lat election in our city been elected one of the officers of our city ment, | agreement. Some Cy me 0d the public bad been much excited a»oat his trial on | of such relations with dignity of the cea! pro- ‘ove was brought totrial Ee had | the proceeds divided Pigg | the to the that as well as other accounts, All the testimony the | fertlon may be formed when it # considered at prorecution soul. adduce was brougtt forward; the Dis | time it was beid that a couprelior could not maintain an trict attorney managed the trial with bis usual fairness | action at law to recover bis fees, and that whatever hodid and ability; the derendant proved by the most relivble | receive was a mere gratuity, which be could not demand evidence that be was not prevent occurrence; that be bad po part tw {i in any way; the | t be carried on muinly by persons in some efficial po+!- very prosecutor himself could not swear posi bad; ard the jury, sithont leaving their reat: 3 verdict Of acquittal, apowber party charged | ating avd villifying respectable members of the bar, indictment was then 00 dered io be sam wr wer any ¥ wae more thi Jury convicted of @ simple misdemeanor, The evidence lef lence bad been uned—whether bis mere assault at the time ef ihealleged | without dotrg wrong to his reputation. The system seems ly he | ton, bringing them ‘oto clase contact with the parties ren | custody, and who by various arts, as well as by calar reprrsenting tO the deluded prisoners that those’ whe ey be ther com nan we ght nor respect with the Courts are the act | oply ones who can serve them successfully or relieve them hout bp A The | from their diftioulty succeed in winning their conddence and the Court | @ud credulity, Thi 1 Doing Introduced, & very Jouviful jurite coun the impored @ severe fine, » mply Lecause of the ocourrence | prisoner is stripped by arsignment or olherwise of all nis baving taken place ou election day So light being, that, happening at another | might as well be; punikhment woud have been all | exist and might with little trouble be established, It !s strike the Cov time, @ vominal that would have been id the case | property and eflecte, and if not abandoned to his fate, for even where defences manifoatiy nficted These ‘astances | evident be has been sacrificed to the ignorance and neg- are mentioned to show you that mach of what ia raid ia | lect of bie {ll choren course! This system, with its coo- relation tw the state of society to vur city, the etfest of over beating the public mi placiug ue 1D ap unenviable light before other comm , astweil as of | body. It would be wel to look especially ‘nto this i | nese of are guments, for thuvgh the property which forme tion, is not onl) without a sbadow of foundation, but that | the subject of We particular charge against the criminal it leaus to putting upon this Court, to the delay aad preju- | may nut bo thos assigned, the dice of graver cuties, a large amount of b aw lo be almost be: inferior (buval In in our poboe force, which bave existed for some time wet, | the real owners. Property recetved from a noted felon, the anomalous exhibition of two nystems being in opera’ | either with a actual or ingvitable Knowledge that !t was tion at ore and the same time, and the alarming conse | or must bave been #oleu,@y an aseumed counsel as well quences a leged to have been produced to the public tran | as by another, with the intention cf appropriating |t or quillity thereny, it is proper I should addreas a ‘ew words | converting it again-t the real owner, amounts to ® felon! to you. By ap sot of our Legisiatnre, passed May 7, | Oux receiving .n the eye of the law. The right toan ap- 1844, (Laws 1844, p 449,) « tystem of police wae created | pearance and defence by counsel, in crim! for thin city, which jo ile main features, was directed io | presely recured by the constkution of tb can be little dount but perty acquired by other crimes, and which thave ive must morally know was felonioualy acquired, wat 0 tte dignity Il, and Metter, be dispored of by another and au | is thue trarsierred from the possersioa ef the felon relation to the distracions | and +o forever placed beyond the recovery cases, if ex: itis ao tae. take efect a» scon a the Mayor and Common Covncti of | important right; bu: it is virtually withheld from those our city Abould, by au «rdiespce for that parpowe, ad maven war d); fice of the Secretary of Sate, ax: a of thie «rd County Clerk ten aay was expres ly provi be fe d that nothing in the act should be | 1 coustrued as requiring the Mayor and Commos Counci! it | who are anfortunate enough to be capable to fied bal), or d to be filed fa tne.o” | for whom ball i* refused, if, by the system alladed’ to, also in the ome of the | they are lite ally compelled to commit them-elres to fore tbe act shoul! take etfeet. It | ircomperent, inefficient and disrepute’ The overthrow of such system world the eradication of a grea: evil, and, lo ie re adopt it The act was adopted in the mode derigoated, and | sults, would tend to elovate the character of the from that ume, with various changes aed amendment ia | ber of this Court. At this season of the year itt the oe and of it» cetaile made, as Oocarion Oemanded of eapedi- | perial duty of your body, as tar ae may be ja your power, etcy Fogge tod, remaived tn active and sucse@fal opera | to prefect the public health, and any violations of the laws tiou UD i it was claimed to have bern #uverseded by alaw | eracted for its preservation, pres ated for your action, pastes by the Legulature, April 15, 1867, creating “Tae | abould receive your earlier! attention, to the end that they Mevopalitan Poles Metrict of whe Mate of New York’ | may be promptir acted upon by thie Court. There are Thie wae cone by forming the counties of New York— | fevern! sta utes to which the Court, at each tor ox Kings, Wertebester and Richmond, inv & paiice diswic:, revsly required to call the attention of the Grand Jary. ned by thai ob ihe aw pareed, cil Of our city, Dut baving been cunsulted in relation to M—beir wishes seemingly log been at all cared for—owing, also, to the un | laws of thie Mate, or der'tbe vonirol of five by the Gevernor and Se wrunl scion of the number of counties together for purpores proverly | @xce..t in tbe care of prompective conte ax epeciiied in the Matters of .ocal covoern, abd (be result which lwevitably | statutes, aud «xcept that tbe prohibition of the statute does fiywed from t—that of centraliziog power and patronage, | not extend t preventing # public offioer from ¢emanding when ovr s ute egainet usury, by which the tekieg of more ep per cent for the joan or forbearance of money iared to be & mircemeanor; the statute against m which makes it « misdemeanor for pubbe ‘advived with | cere to take or receive any other or greater fee or reward not hav. | for offieial services than is or sball be allowed by the demand or receive any fee or services unlew actually mumis lovers, to be app rinted e +l with the powers and duties Mayor sud Gommon Coun Lepiciatore in ' bleating a | compenration for offic ate copet tution was believed to ladicate the | bis fee or Compensation previous to renderin: the service, opprei'e intention on ihe part .of ie framers—the Mayor | #0 long as the service is eferwarde rendered or performed Wok the judgment of » yere, aba retiection. as advised by inem, after full examination and | tee ared that every * lotter bat the inw was in viviation of the epirit gad | ip (be nature of a lottery, shall be deemed cnlawful anda letter of the constitution, and #0 void At this time the police of the city derived the ir appototrmente from a Board of Commt sioners, conris'ing of the Mayor, City Jooge. It was svppored that the Commisiooers uoder the new law, & majority of the former Commissioners (the Mayor | the f-ce exercive of the aod (iy dodge) unor netitational, sod upen the advice of mer of our mont emiaros law. | by him; alro the statu ¢ againet lowerier, by which ft i¢ game or device of chance \d publi) Ouleance,’’ and as woch punishable by pricenment. The election law, also, whise pro- Recorder ani | vider, amoog other things, * That any person who shall, by bribe menace or other corrupt means, attem; Doe any ¢leetor in when they discuvyered tat ving bis vote or hieder bi of suffrage, ’ shall oe panished believed that thet law wae | by five aud imprisowment; alro to a law recently enacted, did not repes! the one under | Fititied “an act to rupprese intemporance and to regulate vbich they ac'ed—and that their belief was founded | the rale of intoxicating liquom.”’ The only provision of thie rn eliable counrel—would have | In, to which ft is now ne to call your attention, is refrained from any attempt to carry out the new law fully | that which requires you to inquire into com>iainte againet —*ould have allowed the old syrtem to remain for the eS charged #ith adulterating imported or other in time being—and would bave united with the former Com Mistionere (on obtaining at as early @ day (which the requel hae shown would only have been a few Weeks off). the decision of the Court of Appeals, thi ost U ibunal in our State, upon the question at courre they aid not think fit to pura they went onand bave gone on orgamizing fully under, icating liquors with poror ous or deleterious droge oF powibic | mixtures, or relling the same, or with knowingly import ing oF selling liquors or wines adulterated with polsonous which acta are declared 6 nigh ole ‘om the ountrary, upon the Jrand Jury; no indictment can be and carrying ovt, so far aa they could, the different pro: | found without the concurrence of at least twelve Grand visions of the new law —all thie time the controversy | Jurors, and when fo found between them andthe majority of the former Commis- | certify’ under bis hand that sioners upun the quer various courts, it w be, oF wend be the be readily seen that what was to | not in actwal covfinem a| decision of the Court of Appeals | cf any ae ercept the [hetries Attorney until the defen. Upon this question (Bo matior how \avermediate tribunals | dante there’ foreman shail a true bill; ‘Mt neue passing through the | no indictments found against persone for felony, who are ft, shell be open to the inspection in respectively hall have been arrested. Th is might decide) Was as much in donbt to tse new as tothe | « miedemeanor for a Grand Juror, conetabio, strict At old Commirs'oners—and should the new law be a ly | torney, clesk, or Judge of any court, to diecio-o the fact of repudiated by that court, it was felton the part of We Intter | Fuch ab indictment that they bad in the meanwhil perform to the public—a little delay could nm powibly | sinn of Prejudice he new Commissioners nor impair their powers, | any prec jon of the law they if the old Commis-ionere absolutely suspend their action, Al owed the old police force to hecome disbanded, and the bor the oblig ing been fuund anti! the defendant duty of some kind to | {o #uch indi tment shall nave been arrest, This provi does Bot em) apn such an indietment, por any act which presen ed: whereas, | tay be neceswary to the arrest of a party indicted before is octunily arrested, These are acte in furtherance, nd not in hindrance, of public justice. The Grand Jary ew to be organized, and take possession in thelr ato, | have the power to appolut one of their number to act aa and thor aed, supersede them—io view of the new | clerk, to be unconstitutional by the Court of | evide law being ac jorge » prererve minutes of their proceedings ant of the given before them, which minutes shall bo Appesis—it became a subjext of serious consiceration what | delivered to the District Attorney, whea fo Jirected by ehect that might or would have upow the consequences of | your body. The statute does not compel with the case for the pronecution only—to pronounce upoo | euch @ judgment in reving or reanimating the old Gom. | their deliverance to that officer, Your f missious)®, and reiny 2 to order ao has the ing them with the right te powor to ewoar or affirm all witnesses appearing (9 eS ES a terme the State hed pro) , and that if tho cbxrter of | waich has | comitant evils, sbould be broken up by the selon of your | 6 the iseuing or axecu'ton of |) NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1857. befwwe Pou; and also bas the power to excuse any of application to | from attendanoe without an the court, | go 0ver all your powers and duties, to recapitulate our rigpie and bilities, would not be within Hite of his occa To conchasien, snlice I eee that with prompt, feariers, impartial action ee van’ ah eitidines of iow man ve Brcogts to Nght ‘and the tranegressors ‘placed on the road to conviction and the car Justice move % proper virtue and Af obedience to the laws ‘obs siete idea—we can do much here in unite Rotteré: t 1. Smi ema pubile Ber ra stevens, Cardenas ‘Mora & Nephew. puplpber. vi taten mise, ( ca, 260 bar railroad irom, 286 toms k Conway, Qni ee Pig frop to order, * ty tuo tal of prironcaren | Bark Gram ae, Nichola, New Or ane Ragenn & Postion, Lavxca—Mr Thos Collyer will Isunch from bis ship yard out bet ove wee, | BME Amelie: Gone, Apalachee FON eae, Muller | footcn Forty third ateut, Kast River, tia morning, ah 1030 in each of these terms, it will be necessary for you cach 4 (AM, the bark Dawn, built fur Mc sera Reynolds & Yushman, of day to devote sufficient time to your public duties as will far, Ororkett Rockland-—Motenlt & Dur | tancky. enable you to dnish up the business entrusted to you. One (as Haman AE wae oe Sprok of tbe calgary, gentlemen, wil condact you to the Grand Harkeport—1) R. DeWolt, Ship Fanantom, Migr, fraw Boston April 24 for Oatentio, room. . pa GRAND LAROENIBS. ye wong J Peee Burgess from Liverpeol for NYorisy, Louis Gemmel, a pedier, was placed on trial for grand . St Marys! | larceny, in stealing two ‘pieces of moire antique, worth Sehr spupatte ® Salman, eee eet Bm ome Mi Meaghan. for Brislal, Fans 2, ! fico, from the store of Frapsbaw, Millgan & fowesnd Scpr Oriana, 3 a Pane ‘sbip Herculean, Wencke, hence for Hamburg, June l, let 3 Broadway, on the let of april. He was tried last | Rehr Ann IY Nichade, alesaudria.ac-—W Bedell 49, Jon 21. | term on this charge, when the jury failed to agree. The | kchr S B James, Megathlin, Philadeiphia—B F Small & ee ‘Vail (Br) Greenbow from Pensacols for Lomdors, colored porter of tbe establishment was tho principal wit- | Mckec, ‘ship Wan Tell Puc, trom Havre for NYork Jape 28 a ete for tbe prosecution. He deposed that the prisoner, in | Rehr Rllen Louisa. The mpson New Haven Masier, wr) . Furck, from name 22, company with tbree other men, called at the store ently Steamer 1 Sparks, Green, Philadelphia—J &N Briggs. onhip Hosctus, Cook, from Shields tor N York, Jue My ine 49, 8 Stesmehip Arabia (Bs), Stone. Liv. rpoo!, J1 with mise | Bark Arnis e ‘own, bo yas | and puscorers TOR COGAN are Toke dh SAD PM, paned | BML MOTE R ogtapme Helter Renee for Cape Town, May ‘rea pencil, and | ‘2, arkwriett, from Mobile anna i; aah, 1:29 AN, pamed ee wens Wind, from NCrleans for Boston, Jnly 5, Mon» Pe oe PM, passed stip Champion, Lamsou, trom New Urieans for ne Musicelo, HigpXinn from Baltimore for ——, was porter. Be replied in the affirmative, and followed him, | Steamship Augurta, Woodbn!l, Savannah, — hours, witb 7 foreign Ports. ‘when he dropped the goods apd escaped. Subsequently | mdse and passengers, to Sam! 1, Mitebilt y, 9:50 PM, Nout June It ; be was arrested. The defence attempica to establieh an | § from Hetieras, sachanrea sunsle, wich steamship State ak) Bamana tae Peers tar ite cana ae eee alibi, Threo male and three female witnesses (ail Ger- Bteamsbip James Adger Tu ver, Charleston, with mdse and DEMERARA, Jupe |2—ib port barks Princetoa, Ooilln, for maps) ——n Ses Garrone 90n n Lege! ple in weemgere. So Shomere, Li a ge waa ik ie: 18% Bapiesums, Perry, do do: brig War Kagle, Lacon airth ‘hour Honjon: . Calontta, asa when tronoans Jar ~! pte pe on ‘an ab- tue Gord Hope. April 2, with Hinwoed, ac, wornrser. ‘starch meee Juae (1—In port schr Hixwatha, for sence of wn bour anda baif the jury canto in tho COOr ee a ae a an rr rising |, Makacaino,diite I—In part hark live. Rosier tor NYork; saying that it was impossible for ‘them to agree upon & | Sud ay daye trom ‘Bombay for Liver en brig Pauline, Lawrence, wr do lds; achr Maria Jewitt, ‘was placed on trial. vVicted of the offence, years. The deposition of Sidney Martin, the complainant, | inst, lat 41 23, lon 63 18, saw ahip Star of the West, from who is a resident of Celeste Dayton mot him in Broadway and {nduced him to | | Bhip Seuthampton, Auttio, Liverpool 65 days, with mdi verdict, and they were discharged. It is not probable ‘sienasized French — M tbat Gemmenel will be put on trial again, A, irakig Peseniotibe Peak 70 deve tow Hane | , PORT AU PRINCE. June 2i—Tn port +bip Arvum Parsons, Celeste Day ton, a lady of the town, wh Aictea with Sambel jones aias Moore for grand larceny, My May 1, Ds Oia $2 lat Se 16 8, to 85 | Cooper, for do . for Nvork, lég, harka Chas © Lex alms for Phil was jointly in- | p60n for Faimoub, W; Junes ie (S108, Jou 3059 W, signal | O° Toicra" wl gg tig ng oe ar nee Sbip Lutverse Cave, Liverpool. May 29, with mdan and sa | Potter, do do; Bobio, Bartlett, (or ® Yurk 24h, 7 ~ ‘itso 5 ‘The male prisoner was tried and con- Goi B. Jane 3, lat 40 58 loo 49 %, Yen, om eras, mg: Hesveras, Mi for N Bt se and sent to ihe State prison for five | Pesnenkem fo M llams. a0, from Wilmington FF 6,d0:0 Berk: se, Beale, Bitchell. for do, lag; Kveline, coms Westfield in this State, ect forth that | Jobn. NB, for Liverpool. i : ‘do; News Boy, v4 ew > to Bnow & Burpeas. Had 2 deaths on the ay; g0.do, Croton, Bly, henes, golug in; schy Gen Veazie, ‘visit her apartments. Lefore he jeft the hoase a valuable paqeengers,, Boston, just arr Walch was abstracted from his pookot, which was aftor- | Pretec ule haicht which proved tobe bale of tier on are, |. Bi0dameivo, M:¥ 27—-Ia port ahi, Pair Wint, Strona, wards restored 10 bim. The prosecution showed by an | succeeded in estinguishing it before it reached the other cargo. | Bowie for San trance; | rimmonat Galiago, ad officer who was acquaizted with Ber, that she acted in con- | | Ship 8 Gildersiceve, Humphreye, Varaif’ May 2 with ioe | S007 AMS Grict eleun rallenstenle: Naren ype u r June 24, lat cert with Jones, and relied upon that fact for a conviction, | ', er as Pa The jury, however, brovght in @ verdict of ** Not guilty.”” E As s00n as the foreman announced tho result of their de- | days, with railroad irom and 3} asarngers, to Walsh, Carver & liberations,a young man commenced to applaud vocife- | Chase. . rously. Ofticer Walsh immediately arrested Segal Ship John H Eliott, Tucker, Antwerp, 24 days, with mdse fore spwpathber ith Mise hover, who asked him if be knew that he was to acourt | j.'s Dimon. of justice? He penitently replied thet he did; whereupon | “Ship Westminster, e ay vate] ater gotog abeent «Tow moments | yay fet ron SONNE Mi ee we ws | Meets tee ehghane ue ooh, Gan ‘Sherman (of Boston), Hichvorn, Newport, W, 32 Bosal, Nelson, Just arr: Amiauda a= ‘and Kioblem —, faily Keith, Penny, Yor Rivir Plate. lig: ald yh shih JO brane, Gayle, 141 ton and bi ros bil and 240 passe to Post, Smith & Uo Bhip Dirigo, Young, @ asgow, June 3, with mdse, to Dun ‘Wamaok, New Orleans, 23 days, with ig Wr anantt cov the Judge committed him for contempt of Court. He was | goin, to Siant 0 & Thompson sii = Bevan ide co Be a ae othe re 9 above. ‘Sid 2ist steamer ay ooking youny man, and gave bisname as, } | Bio Martha J Ward, Storer, New Orleans, 22 days, in bal- pty tf Sap NJ. . we B Portland about Jast from Bavaos; Br brig’ Odessa, Tne Court then adjourned for the day. mae and 12 pesengere, 00 bang nee hen em RYork port day’ "Ai eat Harbor, base lla. Sparrow Se — Bark Essex (of Bost a} Ray, Bio Janeiro, May 16, with rose, fgg Mt for New ‘Wallack’s Theatre—Mise Eliza Logan and | wood. to Yates & Porter ‘iat ixst, lat $7, lon 6350, apoke | JOre next day. rigs Loch’ Lomond, NYork; Aman- Br brig Cordelia, trom Cardenas for Jane, do the Marselllatse. Bark c Coneeteso (Brazilian) Exnetina, ‘Bio Janeiro, 54 days, . ‘a (Pre Breausnse, Anema) terminated ‘with coffee n & Lronsides wrwenr, June 30-8! Kent, Shields (and , _ Mise Logan's original engagement ter: last night ‘en, Rio Janeiro 48 dave. with rosewood, | from ‘Hoads 24'b); 241, Easterd Sar, arkley, Bostin, | by its own limitation, but whe extraordinary success that May 24, lat 2341 8,1on €2°20, pamwet ship | _ Bxrstor, June 26—Bia from ‘he Pill, Toy, Simmons, New ic i ccserde i nuendo Mon es aie rubber, &e, to Jorn'ng. bento & Oo Brass, Jase (6018 Hyon. fenton, Peso talde Wek. consent to appear eo y j ng. AKER, von Heanleu, Fese sfel mht ‘adden, Porta de Bi My her other engagements will compel her to leave the city. | crastof airicaraiay 19 and hecension June 1 ia bi Gattis ne ee | This is to be regretted, for notwithstanding the lateness of | Wenberg & Werks ie P ; the season, the anxi public to see her is very great, and there is no doubt | With #0) gl A but that she could did her engagements permit her to remain in the city. It | with salt to ‘200; 10'C is to she will retarp to the early in Bark Vircinia, Ward, Turks I J ¥ s da, Meleber, fat tte crertyGeaueecteana ste | wena Uaeyteamencer, a iment ey | PUES Henn, Mae, ont nt the English drama. aoe ore. * yard, Pits bine lagen oppenred tm ihe ‘Taken Bride," Uelnen making» clean breach over the vege, searing ths ‘| new American play that is me GARDIPT, June 26: art Frtpee de Joinville, Chamberlatn, iety om the part of the theatre going | Bark Prineeton (of New Haven), Coffin, i goonies, June so ‘Cubvla, Day, from NOrieans for Gare Curan, June 3—Cft Minne ware Chan, June 23 ota, Deshon, from St John, A er, Demarara J) fill the house the summer through | molasses and old metal, to Jobn MPmih & ¢ eas Pon Bar I Kiver), Heath, Turki a gQRTANNINMLE June 1b—Arr Busan Jane, Quinn, Philer ad for eld for Jar’ unprecedented | & heavy gale from NW and NY. with ® heavy cross r It would create an iborcs Need eprens cod of teauunstumt Wsetanan ten ig ihe J considerable in'erest ished Boston. FaiMourm, J ne ®—Off, ¥ary Ove Avery from WYork for Rotterman; Sing Touee, from N York for Loudon. Passed by 23d, Victoria Keed, Preble, from Matansas for ure GsavasEND, June 2—Arr Octavius, Pike, 8t J Grant, Ciep: June 21, with . os I, Steet me a, ie seat, Fa eae ‘Hi—Arr moa Blaac, Canna teieeees New York. ‘June iat 25 oQinaLtaR. June 10— Arr Nevada, Percival, Boston (amt eld rwenoa), 12 ‘Slariigat, ae (aod _ she | , Bat sateen Bataan wih coo, | for Hostom. Cid 2h, Yamaciaw. meody, Mansanilla; 16, womanly graces that dit- | signais Almade, Leavitt, (irom NYork,) #srseilles. Passed ‘brough the straw Wi, Netaan Hansu, Nickerson, exultant joy | hides, wae. June 25—Acr & L Gllebriat, Levenaaier, NOrleana, rovlieioaany ‘Lincoinvitie), Coombs, Turks Ialanda, June ath Fg LE ,} as, One ‘upon the audience was electrical. At psi ‘Carver @ ‘hase. June 80, lat 33 3, Eiive, Sallerson, sblelde sea’ Ubeaisa sed tetageee tail on Lake Ronkons orm of Putnam & Co Drowninc oF THREE Walt KXOWN Crrmxvs or New Yorn | Hatteras. and was 6 days X of the Unpes. 41 Laxm Rowkosxoma.—On Monday afternoon, as @ party | witb sugar &c. to A 0 Rossire of ladies and gentlemen, consisting of Mr. Porter, formerly | 4 iihinca? pucton eruy Maracaibo, June 18, with eottee de, of Lane & Porter, Canal street; J. W. Leslie, of Geo. Put- wine, eng ae Cardepas, June 23 pam & Co,; Mise Palmer, @ niece of Mr Leslie, and tive | “trigdes Albert, Foompron. Cardenas, 1 ayy, wt others, brothers and sisters, were enjoying themselvos ina | 1 Mora & Navarro, vessel to Mt Fangillo’ een nate accident the boat upreet, and Mr. Leslie, Mr. i and Miss Palmer were drowned. Up to last night no intel- ligence bad been received of the recovery of the botics. ~ | Mr, Leslie was on & visit to some frien’s at Edenville, ‘About six miles ‘rom the lake, and bad gone out with this company, among whom were several of his own children, all of whom were saved, He has been a member of to Toy years, and has been in the book trade about twenty years, Goran, ie (Hr), Radder, Bermuda, 7 faye with pom Ho was well known among the publishers and much es- “4 teomed. Mr. Porter was of the dry goods firm of Lane & Sher, do'do A drews, U7 Ialands, 16 days, with Hawnvng, Jnne 2i—Arr Elida, Jashtmann, and Zaretan, 6 ENE. hon, June 26+ rr Wan H fresco 1 auchelder, sea (or), Clements, Turks Islands, 15 day s, with Wyeming, Devons, Pele eiphie, cme rr Going io Zh, PM, «rkwrignt, hoaiucou, from Mobile, i) bt of 110 days tor 1 on See tea niet, Btardivant; Mom- fampton Toads. wo Brig Lucy Atwood (of New Redford), Paddock, $id 23d Urion, Lib y, Uren Ba dagh, wie ear te Witwore oe ores York (before reporte-si xh) ‘should havo set Galway Casene’ a Tal ee Be ae at eae | ke dammos’. Pchot el, Portian sugar, dc 10 Galway, & Teler No ‘date, iat 29 we Boston, for Porvane inaud, | ROBE ar are’, err, man, dripbia (before teported wid am ye fee nu ent al York; ‘Buh, been glory enough. ny Py Mills, Patterson, do; Mire alpyt, Zolner_Uoune; Tonight Miss Logan will acain chaunt the Marscillaiso | Brig abry & Elizabeth, Perry. Port'an Princs, Jane 2, {acenter then Polsiciptan Wa ten eee tent and play in the “Itahan Bride.’’ with log wood spd syrup, to J . JnDe 29, Int B2 3! voy Beng Et Gators tm Seteon, Jordag, a York, — Se Pear gaertr Nney 2 Bravion, of Fall Rites surring Wi: | "xu omidd, RG, Woll han Craneion; Kou, Damon, Clty Anvelligence. Zbrigeand Vache. “The 4 & Eben ind W winds since paasiog | Sporn "qty ta Wor une.) wa. Unc o kovy, Haale, Kew Lonpox, June 23—1 ‘rich Bai hacke, NYork; ‘wth, Volga Kolm, Cron jon, « also. ‘tou (and «id from Dea BORN, | Boston, Ide: Brews \, fogs sowie for Port Philip, do; oma, Long Island, by some unsorta- | jon 744, spoke brig Almira, from Grorseiowe for Thode-ton; | Tu Ker for Hong Kong, so - . Mr James Hi Gileson, passenger, native of derma’ | ° 262: Omid of the Recimen’ for cousum pion | , - v , Trinidad, Cuba, 19 fn bal | a — 15— IT B uve, Sevens, Ver erdere, days, AKSERS JB BE mii beo, lad. avis, NOrleang; oe Pesniman (of Machina), Coffin Trinidad de Cuba, | 4 custra ia, Kinrman, S york. i ~ LAG A, l—aer Whie vlond, Hoyt Bost aie rts queer Se, to Moses Taylor & Co; vesseltoMay | Newroxt Jane WOSrr H oemauen Wyatt, Nantes, 10 te Joad tor 8: f , ADDY Baugde Ceyjon EO Acams (of Fortland), Perkine, Sogua, 36 days, with | ene Pant, Juve di-dremen bere hllee, Wekreennn, ; from B York for treme. Purique (on), Olive, Matanzas, 14 days, tn ballast, to | “Portewourn, Jure 2—Of, © D Meruta, Mersin, from New Orieane for Kolterdam. . Nonvitas, 13 days, with mahogany ao, Fort Vexpres, June 17—in port, Inca, Denis, for New York id LO lr tod ty ye why y Parra, June 1T—Are G@ Palmer, Turner, Veuion (na. June %—Arr Joraiban Goodhue, Jones, . from Halifax for Baltinore, aid Hath for aene. Quance (awe Burrows). selize, Hom oan » Dook pobliehers, for aix or soven [ ‘QuERNsTO to MU Lare (87), Fenlaton, Bermuda, 10 days, with potatoes, | gliigoun, fd, Porter, Canal street, He has been for a numer of years © Merryman (of Gardner), Center, Penance | OBS fas Rerecpnced)) a Memes Londen, Ease | fo the business ard was moch citvemed. Lake lisbkon lumber to Perk & Charch: vengel io master ms 7 | OM do 2th, Hy Warren, Reawon, aod Jae koma is eitoated in about the centre of | ong |siand, about emingion. Sawyer, Apalachicoia, 22 days, with cot | 'g’yor 1 W. Juve 2% Lil, hark W il fifty five miles out on tho Long i-land Railroad. tla cele. | ORME ,m hrote a Petes | | | | ees and unde eu ty Hin eran armen na Saaerae brated for the clearness of \ts waters and the beauty of bam & Himon. ‘Railed inco with chr RH Ondwel The | Ui bolt Head 2b, Sea nrreze, Mayo, from Bordesux for the scenery on its shores, and is a favorite place of regort | X'bas been 7 dayaN of Cave Hatteras, with light northerly | CSF P for thor» who know of ite existence wind: ans (se), Baker, NYork, and were received w' home. They w depo b ere! eepecial gueste of nient, and robbed of Host Comraxy No. 29 returned from Albany, where they bed been sojourning for a fow days, on Monday evening, companies that welcomed Humane Hose reoeived ut the Hudson River Railroad | witbrugar. rum. de. vo Leazeralt & Co bled companies, andtben becam tho Pebr | / hr Henrietta, Wineben, Mavana, 19 days, with eugar and Hose Company No, 20 report thei they had « pleasant time | sit! ‘n Albany, and hope some day to reciprocate. ile ate theabet Hovsr Rovrery —The residence of General Paez, in | 4 ‘Teenty-sixth street, wos entered by borglars o@ Monday Be v var, wih which they escaped. There was avout ono | Schr George & Emily, Sturges. Florida, 23 days, with sedar, | Y**#0R, June 1S~ Arr Kaw master |. Neale Sore , Kadiant, Flina, from Wilming. Kotercem. ton. n BanreaTe June 4-0 ech? (bas Smith, Simpsm, from, Whmiuxton, 8 0, for ambarg. od Kiurtpe, dune 22-4 re Juhn Hancosk, Coffin, Antwerp, Sia 20h a H Stevens, Talbot, Ca dera (and passed pack of the ) Gora e, Jone 23 —Arr Atterdag, Bri and © née, NY a9 ee > + sid Jubo Henry, Finieher, anoama, Ware ieocting, Veetjam, Salumore. SK math, berry, & ay. OG Hy april ad sid‘ yovhia, Rakemano, Bas June 18 Fr Gen Ming Ortige Pesewals, Jungena, Havana, . rig Tremont, Bedgely, Virginia, 13 days, with white oak. 10 | ig Ida McLeod (of Providenee), Davia, Baltimore, wich Brig 8 8 owers, Stowers, Rondéont for Boon. pany No 20 | Schr Arna Hincks (of Piymouh) Rows, Barbadoes, 9 days. ith all the honors L4 the same fire oatinn (of Rockland), mb, Port an Platt, June 2i, no Company No. 12. | WiP,tmahoxany, de. to Biravae, Kobi & Kiogkiet. Schr ann + lizabetb (of Flampden, Me), Small, Neay ‘molasses, 10 order; vessel t)' Pilubury,, Wanrerd & br Spy (Br), Tracy, Halifax, 12 days, with fiah, to Barren $160 in gold coin and a bart of Boli- thourand dollars’ worth of jewelry in the drawer from 5 ae he Omaetd, Seate, On 2 a | a June 4 Ti ee a m vet 6 mene ‘ailed |. Burroughs @ masts), Jenks, Savannah, neRmocK. June 4 Kimo (4a), Gowanlonk, arri feat,” eney wae taken, but the burglars failed 12 | wii cottom to Dunham a Dimob. M7*. | were trem Gibralinr, was in eon'ao, June, 18 tee Bay ot Schr R W Brown, Werricksun Charleston, 10 days, wih oot | Hieray with « large shiv (eve ad Suameng Army — ames Geren and Patrik Derhag, tan. foto Dolinge & FOr on WC. 108 Havre: the St Kl | Haan Sibbo nm, Balwarks, both private watchmen, got Into a fight together yester- lene, Hamen, Wi ; ncheons, £8, carried away; day morning, at the corner of Thirty-elghth street and | ,,%chF,) H Unadbourne (3 masts), Marshall, Wilmington NO. Lit enoots Sune = Te ley 0. Washing on on) fom Now Sixth avenue, hen tbe iaiter was dangerosly stabbed in | M,%* Neat, Van (1 ork, wna nirork by lighibiog June 14, lat 4. B, long 06 We ie abdomen. He was taken to bis residence, No. 130 | Rene Monmouth ‘rant, Cirpinis. Stare 0 Tost part of mizrenmnat tow. and iwo pee Mr b irtham. » Sam! 7 ir 0 Pet Dickinson Mire Me: | Edwards, Mise Bila Campbell Mine Mise F Livingn From Savannah ji Mid + ont two pendor’, wre Holtze ter, Mre Ganabl ent [°N K Baroum, ) two icon, Ban HW A. Dickinson ‘Wee! Forty second street, and Garon wae arrested and Bene nw on pede, Urell one mien, from wreek of Marnina June 16 y we Job neon, Ure! w ie 16: | beld for @ amination, Bamnel Wi.els, ashore near oe Med; deka Peostir Weer Feist. went achore at S o'clock on the morning of the 8d inet alent Were, Mr 4 i, J A Biss David ‘Strratt, General Rangel, Me imore Mr st | MeKay, Mr’ i | Met onald, Wm Dubring Mr PSiliiog, Mr Van Bergen } Bilger, Dr D be Berman \enny, Leopold Hermar Jow, Mra Millen'and ron. as Skark avd children, ir B Nira Peter Pewersoa, M Pynchon, J Harpen Smith. Manne! foliar. @ B Locke a aM oR A two children: @ BRéwerds, lady and ebti F Retmon:, Misa Fei A Burke, Mee V Or len, Win Bi Mi 8 Honiipan, Mins Tesiman, Jobin § Karnard Maj Stewart, the eud of Maw the wreek of » ri of on aan, mom Bt Vincent. on the tart ide oft Kelir Ringgold, Williams, wih mdse, from wreck of ship Fie oe Tr . Bamne) Willets, aa! near Sqnen. Persoual Intelligence. Brown, Minerva, Jaen #1 b loge ard p so! ARRIVALS, vege nrngnt rn nie — omere we 8 and American consirrcton, wita ® raised quarter enne! land. him eet At he Broret Honap-—Bire Molluer snd servant, Mico Me. | Seeeer Uuriew, Willams. Providsecs, "Gur fee of shipping papers are ineomplete | Rurnbam and servant, Hevane; Borman, J 6 Vernum BELOW Home Ports aed wife, Petersburg, Va; Jor Donald, Prashiag; Dr T Ship Coton, a from Rio Janeiro Helle, Ryder, Philadelphia; sehr a ) Mr Biwari King, New Br brig Willinm—(Bo b by pilot boat Thos H Smith), eamers sovevh Whuney, Howes, is. ld abipa Mert dian, Ramer Bt ohn i mol renther, Gan~ v Marine Report. nett Ban Fravcico, Mara tes Caudyke, Norleans; bark Hy BOSTON, ‘Abbett Lawrence, Faller, Ral | Hill Watton, Maite and Smyrna prige Marte Lee Port 90 timore: schr N Gon th, Jeremie Below aplv Se 08; Bemiago, Hadiey sur Oayes: Marine Bury Carde rah, from Cape Town; bark D ii Bteteon from Cienfuegos. onep sone W Miner Barry nonile, Margaret ¥ Davie. Thom b hie weather in he Say. berks Frain, on And deena, aud all amohored be mpire. which started on saturday, 15 miles below Onpe Hi letter Ellwood Weiter, Re Juy 6—Arr barks iapwing, Kelly, Rio Ja- rabia Wm @ Andrews 4. weer Board of \ owriare pein; Bay Atate, sparrow and Uaniel oe yader, tow. ‘snd Mra Sam! 1, Beok Rcrfolk, 2uly GME Baner ia slorteldn the ship Gowonrt, | ton; briga Pantie Taslor; Joho ik Rhoads Maiagwa, ama With two schooners and everything nenesmers, will eave | America, Robbing Boston, s hra fea unit, Howl i hey cap. Teere are but ror prowpects of ketting the ahip | dence: 4 rau ie, Dighton, Ada’ *ranc-a, Coombs, oft wa Julia, Wayeort, *t Joba, & be fhopaed and fail ot waier—(By wlegrag! i . Kee osten, Kedron, Alig, Portlane y Wit M Rooerns, lost at sea, wns from bona | Calainy LD Wente ortn ew ere Fo] ‘waa Duflt, at ter Me, i tanh te tone ne Hete, Winchew'er, von msl tevcdar ae pteat eetaber oe | cules Mata Warts Pat tonuger an as cae Ro Of con) for the Brooklyn Gaslight Oo, whieh waa not xe 9 ab; seure, Mea Wing, pias Wont taaieny ‘John © Vanenesm, from obi for Bristol chan | BRtty eatam, Beaton: in Sy in ‘port scbre. Plorenee, jee eiteack Meant | Norte. tem siea aa, hota Aelia 1 Gi veuscl of G9 tone register. built at Thomaston Maris ins? Set 2 oe 7 ei aoe York, Master Handley, | from ¥herce abe baile: is parually owned in Sew York, en “pe David Hermann, Mr Ont | Ined at $%5,000, net fully insured Ter cargo consisted of 313 Mr nnd Mra Henrotin | standard of Miscellaneous and iMeasters. fady snd ‘child. Mrs Kiwact x’ |g Ati" Gorront— Baltimore, Jaly 6—The snip Gosnor, Caot Ward, Ubariesion. U; Rev Pores. | Strickland, frum Liverpool for this port, with a general . Madame Raneel, eery, Bhaw M+ ovello, Mr Bensir, Mr Doubleday. Latt inberg R Katon, Hugh Balion, . Mre Quirks maid servent, Ld Jr, Wm Gi) . it Ligeing, Me J igging, wewart, Jultis Hens Tretia, Amos 5 TON, July %Arr bark Jasper, Bennett, NYore; Foe admin, Ba toler Aras eal P Batt . on British account, B sabi vane ‘ Oh iy taabel. Rolli json ani son, Mr Ssbaniman, Vr and | Bane Rewann, from Hoston for Mobile, previously revorted | MTIy, Grifing, NECEE Cie mesmany laaved Roliae, Darane oy semen tn — 1, 93. ton. on she Bimini Ialnnds, was of $06 rons Fea leter. and built fmere. Oise, pentargos wchra Zephyr, age, Maianzne; Jamon Adger—Dr Thos jourhvort in IMO, she rated as an ADM vennel, and thank, Bort Lan P he etonmebip Jamon Ader De Thon | st Fouibt or 2 wae vs howd, Ro thank, Port Lama, rm 4 RETON June 28 Ait of the bar ship JW Pann ipl, Mra Sk Myers, Mia Mar hoe, | TH following te f the on ca . Bd st, brig Korth, Axwormy, Boston, Oi she wo chil'ren ond nurse: Misa A’ | game! Wiliewe share totter samme an OME OF the whip | Beles AOU an ‘aten, NYT “ a ati nd an 8B Movers, TM Horsey, H | “Ymubare ee iron 16 Dae ts plole. ehel ‘ £ back Trinity, Hall, Boston; was off 8 Valeniing, Misa De "Trevi © | pes mdr. dF Piagge Rome & Co's) Ao, Boke Outs Ronigiie cave before. uly Mire TW Bilis and obi Brother: 2 cnt Runsita: 2 ceks . EW Corning & ne TR—Are weamehip Empire Chy, ie | Gort cho este mere Bh W Corning NY¥ork via fisvsnn berks J fH Millay, Gray Rio Jue rary, Mises (9 Wileon, Mi Bogle, | & Go; * ban, Wm Redmond on & Aken; 308 W pd ag — dire ren. | Root Jr, 4000 bere fi , 4.8 ‘Mib—Arr steamabips wveston, Nenniann, Gn! ; Tex ire irom, F Corniog & Co, en Pd Tinklepangh, NY Cebhe, H Hughes, Mra C Peter and | may, & a0; 214 Poaet H LJ Geo h Fling Mise Buran O'Hare, Mies’ Miia | may % Manan bo, 30 Raber nth y ‘4 baie de Td Hop’ Fblankets, 16 do ) Co, 0 en do Livermore, & Mortis} k Ruilen & Co: 47 do Watt Dunnic & Graham; od bale. live a 00 8.6 slap, Rent 2 Beanie: 0 do, Woot rromy . Bas ia, Liverpool; ap bark. Get, Lapedon & Oo: i do Fino ta & Co: do. A Lat ienen | 1 sco oon Ba, eps Agnen, and Rochester and bark © Co: ® do Michell & Port S do Crane there, 10 ven Brand: 1edo ¥ Bonner dren snp Davie 8 Oy MYETIO, Juyy 9—Are sober Rilaadews Segue, Wilbur, Dela. W AT Moore & Oo, 8 e Co, Den AK | ware Oley. Bebeurber: 10 Afton, Hager & Cor’ bales asia RAVANNAH, July 1—Arr brig Toco, Patton, Roskland, 4a: Boe M DOromwe & Co: f bales Stewart @0o; 2 4 | Me. Old bark Indiana, Hawes, Georgetown DO, schr Laur Jonrnes, Ir: 1 Hook Bkinner & Oo; 268 B lodtrey, ‘& Song; ) | Gertrode, Fairebiid, N York. on hware TN Dale & Co. 6 kegs minerals JF 4 Richard: 1 os Lang Ts brig Angdia ¢ meniegnem, joaton: sebra eter. vel 16 bile do AB Parker; 19 hhde eware 2cske do Chas | prise Brews ton: B Flanner, Applegit, Abrenfel 't; 4.08 mdze J Lahon & Oo; | trass Loe maddiery 8 J ne os fiaeiee New York. Oli barks Ionia, & FW Coggill, 8 balce maze yhos Marive & Oo; 12.08 Bowen ond, Ogrdenwn: © ‘iMltam, Dashington, Boston; ech) Jao McNamee: 17 cn 10 halen Golten, Leavitt & Co; 17 0+ Hatch & | Boston. mr, York. 2 Clark 400; | BALM: Jub barks Aratyia, Raat Indien: Arrow, Rio Aeon ites ous asin i Grande, MY Banks, and LS Levering, Corson, Phila Geo W Boater,