The New York Herald Newspaper, April 5, 1858, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 7885. MORN CRIME IN THE METROPOLIS. The Mysterious Case at the Hudson River Rail- read—The William Street Shooting Affair— ‘Whe Supposed Murder of an Unknown Wo- man. YOST MORTEM EXAMINATION OF THE BODY—HORRIBLB MUTILATION O¥ THS OORP8R—TROGRESS OF THE @ORONER’S INVESTIGATION, ‘Me investigation in the case of the unknown female ‘wheeo mutilated remains were found packed up in @ whiskey barre) at the freight depot of the Hudson River Railroad, corver of Canal and Washington streets, on Friday morning, progresses alowly, but it is hoped that ere long the mystery attending the horrible affair will be Seticfactorily: cleared up and the guilty parties, if any fhere be, Drought to justice. Coroner Hill is acting in @encert with the officers of the Hudson River, New York entra) and Great Weatern Railroads in instituting an active inquiry with a view of ascertaining the name of fhe person who sent the remains of deceased to this city. Agents have been dispatched to Niagara Falls and several Pointe in Canada, and it is expected that success will @rewn their efforts in the search that is being made aleng the route of the above mentioned railroads. A pect mortem examination of the body was made yester- day by Dr. Beach, with the following result — ‘Weester Beach, Jr.,M. D., being duly sworn, says:—I weakde at 92 West Twenty-sixth street; I have made a post mortem examination of the female body now lying dead at Beilevue Hospital; the head and the two inferior extremi- thes were reparated from the trunk; the separation of the bead appeared to have been effected with a somewhat @al) cutting instrument; the incision for this purpose dtvided the upper part of the thyroid cartilage, and was ‘continued directly backward, the spine being separated Between the second and third cervical vertebr; the right wmferior extremity was divided at about the middle of the ‘thigh; the muscles and integument had evidently been ut, and the bone sawed; the left inferior extremity was separated at the knee joint; the thigh of this limb was par- Wally divided at about the same place at which the division of the left extremity had been made; about half the in mermum to the point mentioned ; anothe! ‘amg bes to this had been made, completely laying the abdo- minal cavity open; the heart and lungs were healthy; the ‘braim was intensely congested on its suriace:; ite interior was to @ normal condition ; '@ were two small incisions on the right arm at the bend of the elbow, one over the ‘eephalic and the other over the median basilic vein; the latter one only penetrated the vein; they we Deen the result of unskilful operations for the features HEE i s i & é E ii uf E44 F E 3 i erfetdl ans “5 : t I reporter Mefarthy went into the saloon fog, when = boy about Leroy Rassias, spoke to the rough manner was about to slap bis face, when McCarthy interfered, and ‘said it was ashame for the prisoner to attack the boy. ef newspapers in the Tribune office. He lives at 34 Frankfort strect, and is man employed as a folder aod mailer Colonel Johnson, of the Sea Side House, on Rockaway beach, L I., reports that the body of a man was found m Saturday morning, Apri! 3, about 10 o'clock A. M., foating in Jamaica bay, near the beach. He brought it ‘sahere, and a Coronor's inquest will be held today. The tan was about thirty years of age, darkish sandy hairy ight sandy whiskers and moustache, moustache very light in color and very thick, hands and face considerably freckled, sbout 5 feet 7 inches im height, and stout. Had on, when found, » white knit under- shirt, white muslin shirt, dark cassimere panta- loons, light cal’ekin boom, nearly new, black silk ravat, collar of shirt turned over; no coat, vest, or hat. Had apparently been in the water s very short time. The Jef eye presented the appearance of having been cut with some sharp instrument, the cyelid being partially severed. The whole appearance of the man aad dress was Anat of & person in good carcam-tances. Highway Robbery and Probabie Homickie. Barnes Foye, residing in Kighteenth street, near Ninth avenve, Gowanus, died yesterday morning from injaries recetved on the 23d ef March, while on his way to his re- sidence, It appears that on the afternoon of the 23d ult. he received from Charles Devlin, Street Commissioner, New York, a check for fifty dollars, which he had cashed street, be heard some one following him and hastened his steps. When be got to the corner, Mahoney and Bahan com) of the rob and assault, when Maho seeya ees : i i ; : Pre xertion ani excite nent, superinduced by the inja- he had received, undoubtedly caused his death. A t mortem examination will be made and an inquest Snsepicion of Foul Play. The body of « man was found at the foot of Backett street, Brooklyn, on Friday, and from som marke found on his head and face, is eupposed by his friends to have been foully dealt with. He was Mentified The Funeral of Charles Samuels. Ths funeral of Charles Samusis, whose body was found im the Psst river afew days since, and bearing unmis- takabie evidences of hearing been murdered, took place from his father’s residence, No. 236 Adams street, yester- day afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Some time 6 that hour large crowd had gathered in front of and by the time the services commenced some thousands of per- #0n8 must have been in the vicinity. The house was also densely crowded with the friends and relatives of the femily. The services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Farley, of the Church of the Saviour (Unitarian), Pierre. pontetreet The coffin was of mahogany, surmounted wh a handsome silver plate bearing the name and age of the deceased. A large pumber his friends and asso- ciates during life accompanied the remains in a boty to Greenwood Cemetery, where they were interred. ‘The Dody being in an aivanced state of decomposition, was not exposed to view in the afternoon. The coffia was opened in the morning to enable the friends of the family to take a las; 00k, Supposed Murder in Williamsburg. A MAN AND HIS BON FOUND DEAD IN THE STREETS-— CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING THR DISCOVERY—CORO- NER’S INQUEST AND VERDICT OF THE JURY—THE PAMILY OF THE DECEASED, BTC. ‘A tragical discovery was made by two boys yes terday morning abeut eight o’chock, at Greenpoint, Wil- Mamsburg. It appears thet Charles Burris and Winfield Mount, the first betng about 11 and the other 9 years old, had left their house and proceeded as far as an em- Dankment at the corner of Oakland and Normand streets, which is only about 100 yards distant from where they live, when they suddenly and at once discovered the Dodies of two men lying on the ground and a wagon which ‘was turned upside down tying on the top of them. The boys stopped a moment while they gazed on such an extraordinary scene, and having as- certained that the men were dead, they became terrified and ran back to their home in » state of excitement and instantly gave the alarm to the family. Mr. Burris ques- tioned the boys, and having satisfied himself that some- thing must be wrong, he went to the house of his neigh. bor, Mr. Blank, who resides in the next house to his own, ‘and in company with him proceeded to the spot, where, to their horror and astonishment, they beheld the melan- choly spectacle of which the boys had spoken. They im- mediately proceeded to the Seventh precinct station house ‘and related the circumstance to the officer in command there. When the police arrived at the scene of the tra- gedy they raised the wagon off the bodies of the deceased, ‘and immediately notified Coroner Snell, who was soon afterwards in attendance for the purpose of holding an inqueet. When Coroner Snell arrived he directed the bodies to be removed to the police station. In the meantime he had empannelied a jury of men, who beheld the deceased be- found a contused wound ofa ; was ie iis fie i : if ie Eg i i : i i i 5g8ge it le a | : : i i Z i E rf : By i i : i SB. ! | F | R 4 i i i é i F 5 i i E. i i if & fe ft if BR & i i g i i ly # ; 2 2 E ij i. Eg yt Est gee jt i § } i : 3 E PA ref 55 f ai 3bas aloug the ground ted together by the ends. Ax soon ax the ani was discovered, the brother-im-law of Mr. diately —— that something wrong had occurred, ‘and be and one or two others thereupon went in search or that might have @ tendenc: 5E the safety of the absent friends. Nothing was known by the family of the deceased of their fate tification of the bodies at “3 it i? i E H & i i af red Fille g | 8 H ' & viduals. Police Intelligence. StamNG ArvRay.—Two men named Henry Gordon an1 Peter Riley, employed in the publishing house of John F. Trow, 577 Broadway, became engaged in « Aight on Satur- when Gordon was stabbed in the face and breast nife in the hands of hie adversary. Riley eacaped. Gordon's wounds are not considered dangerous. Hiouwat Ronwmry.—Michael Sullivan and James Wil- imme were taken into custody by officer Peony, of the Fourth ward, on charge of highway robbery preferred against them by 4icorge Delahunt. The prisoners, it is , Went into the saloon of 47 Oliver street, and, af- ver themselves ina riotous manner, asked the complainant to treat. The latter refused to do so, when they assaulted him, knocked him down and robbed him of a gold finger and 91 cents in . ee ae pana fant the other proprietress Kishment. i Cnanar oy Coxsrinacy ann Fatar Anner.—Jacob Silver: stien, Marx Jacobs, lewis Newstadt, Theodore Williams and Gabriel Cracori, were taken into custody by police- man King and others, of the Lower Police Court, on charge of conspiracy and false arrest preferred against them by Aaron Levy, of No. 146 Delancey street. Tho complainant in his ehidayst sete forth that on the Sth ultimo the accused conspired arrest on of Discxet CPOY AN ALLRORD Disonventy Hovsr.—The pre- mises No. 337 Greenwich street, oocupied as a porter house by Henry Knife, were visited by the Fifth precinct police op Saturday night, and the jetor taken into custo ty on charge of keeping @ disorderly house, Oxborn held the prisoner to bail in the «um of $500 te answer Crance op Fane Prutrevces De Witt ©. Davia, a mor. chant doing business at Oswego, *aa brought before Jus- tice Welsh, at the Lower Police Court yesterday by police man MeCord, on of fales pretences preterred inst him by Rebert M. Boyd, of the firm of Cameron, wards & Oo., of 265 Broadway. The complainant al i leges that $2, of merchandise was obtained from the above firm by the defendant, by means of false SS and fravdul reprenentalions. Held for ox amination. Another Alleged Swindiing Cawceri. OXR OF TRE NEW MODES OF MAKING MONSY-—=#! ZURE OF MOYEY AND LEPTHes--ARRBSE OF ONE OF THE ALLEGED PART: ES. Another alleged swind!ing concern hes just eon Drought to light by Sergesnt Berney, of the Mayor's squat, ex: posing, if the statemente be correct, one of the most extensive swindling enterprises that has been sttemp'ed in this city for years. Fortunately their operations were just nipped, as it were, in their in- fancy, which will result in saving between $20,000 and $30,000 to various victims who have been deceived and induced to make application for agency for this alleged bogus concern. So well were the operations of the alleged swindiers carried out that hundreds of leading merchants ip various cities amd towns ia the United Statex are said to have been victimiy-t The parties alleged to be concerned in this busiaess are Thomas Hradley and nis clerk, George Pheloa; there is also another person engaged with them, bat the officers: have been unable to learn who he is. The estabdlish- ment which these parties represent is called the West India Coffee Company, and is carried on under the as sumed firm of Oliphant, Bartlett & Co., at the corner of Broadway and Fulton street. About fifteen theusand cir- culars were first issued by the above parties, and sent to all the leading merchants throughout the United States aud Capads, for which it is alleged $300 was paid to one of our mercantile agencies to address them and pay the portage, the proprietors of said agency being unaware at the time that it was a fraudulent concern. These parties represent ‘that they are owners of an extensive coffee plantation at Georgetown, Demarara, West Indies, and that their facili- ties were such that they were able to sell the best Weat India coffee at a greatly reduced price, offering s great per centage to parties who will become agents, amounting to over fifty per cent. They represent the coffoe to be of a superior quality and to be sold on eight months’ credit, except sample invoices, which must bo paid cash for, the samples to be sent as soon as the money is rece!ved. ‘The samples amount go from $18 to $22 50, and those who were induced to remit the above amounts to the coffee company, accepting the agency, it is asserted, never heard anything further of their money or from the caid company. It was in this manner theee parties were recetving over a hundred letters daily from merchants in various citica and towns, accepting the agency and remitting the money for samples. Several parties, on finding they had been duped by the Coffee Company, made compiaint to the Mayor regarding the matter, when Sergeant Berney was ordered to ferret out the case and arrest the parties. Accordingly, on Wed- meeday morning he succeeded in arresting Phelps, the clerk, just as he was leaving the Post Office with a large quantity of letters. Sergeant Berney, his prisoner, then proceeded to the office of the Coffee Company, which turned out to be @ small room on the second story of the building on the corner of Broadway and Fulton street. In the room w: found two chairs, a desk and three of coffee, afew books and papers, all of which taken Sa eevee. From the statement made by the dl ners, 5 qo a ie are that they had just got started in the busi- 5 been receiving remittances for samples only than far etween $1,800 and $2,000. fhe. ‘folowing as een ig the circular sent out to merchants:— | Wast Inpta Company's Corvan W. Grorerrows, Dewarai 208 Broapway amp 186 Futon Sriteer, ‘New Yorx, march = ra tei il Hl i f & oh 3S if g F iB i is as Fy i & i & e' i 2 i ne ; H E 3 ga. i i # i EP ; i at EF ! i & HE i i £ L bia Fi “il 3 : 3 5 Hy i. 2 fi il: 5 i un fi 3 z ! yi iste, Te SRE SEE Ee sees : i if Hin, : a i tt ete Byhke areces 3 FRE Ha tte an ish of you to remit us x invoice per draft . will send jour goods tmimediate! The same "We should ‘tio put an adve 28 3 il ee H F G fap gph ; t 4 th i 3 : ve our terms. Herein it revaile at, £0. You will of course small amount of the Grat invoice, for which we t towards if j rf Hue nS t is left Ty Di edy gy ag oy? our i ie the same Pesked in tin and we will bave written you all {p connection strict and exclusive aod 20 to the the them, stating the various amount to be remitied before the New Yous, March Si, 1808 Dottee Wi wa w York. Terms — . iat Bo 0 at fe oe 90 TDP cnesgecsere . 56 22 Terms cash for sample inv jer, All future antare on tient Baclutive agency for ———. following certificate of ageucy ie aleo forwarded to 2 in connection with the invoice, but to be re- Ht) for signature — Piererercerveveece sesveecesesverce neresece tenane mTIFICATE OF | If terme are accepted retarn thie for our signature, THE WEST INDIA COMPANY, : od street, N.Y. fee ‘ ™ Yor, March 31, 1864. Ba rs el eee our agent for the sale of the pure Wea Tada of § Between four and five hundred letters from merchants se eae Se comaer, vere trans te Gin eure cies, Get whi re removed to the Mayor's office. The ereenenee. to $22 50, advanced for samples, to be retun od over tos firm in thie city — Lovrrier, Ky , March 26, 1 Mesare Ouirmaxt, Banrietr & 06, New York—HL had unfavorable accounts sogat vour, “pure West I fee” wil leaner remit the RIE at jon don't we your name “ extensive) ib Hishod throughout the Unived ant criminal Proseedings ee againat you by some public officer in New York = ‘©, MEYER. Mesnre, Ouurnaxt, Ranturrt & Ob, New remit !o Mesare Rosenstein & Sellman the nm of twenty two nee Sty coger ot my was the 22d inet. — ay aconpting the agency of your Woat India soles. Respectfully, yours, ovo your RVER, LETTERS FROM PARTING ACCRITING THE AGENCY. Deskin, Mareb 26, 1858 Mosere Ouurhart, Banrurtr & 00. —Oaetiunnen— We Are in receipt of your cirouler, and in regard to your coffees we have never seen or Any done up in un fot but abo tt a8 food as you recommend, we have mo doubt what i woull sell well We have tasilities tor ‘siting good dea! of i, and should like to know your terms and see a sam ple; and if it is good, we preauma we can sell it for you. Far reference we refer to & Wyckof, De: % J. K. EB Pincer, Cortlandt street; H. V. Bohenck, Wer sireet. fully, yours, FLYNN & ALLAN, Mosers Outurwant, Banturtr & Co —I will accept the agency for the selling of your coffee. Please on your terms. Yours, ae., JAMES R. ATOM. Howsapavenone, Blair county, Pa., Mareh 27, 1868. letters were received from merchants in ©., Hollicaysburg, Pa., and Clarksburg, ‘or, desiring him to mak regard firm of Olliphant, same to be a ewindiing Desiness — Hou.rnavsnene, Pa , March 31, 1858, * To His Excmurecy tHe Mavon or Ni Daan Sin—On inst evi T rece: Serta ve Feeeived the same. jon i that the concern fe pen WN up for ia] purpow of swindling cout eRe! 8, You will no doubt obiiy pumbers throug by ferreting gut ibe deer ING EDITION—MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1858. exposing thelr sotions, Le. me bear from you om the subjech and oblige yours, &o, y AWS ELDRED. Wasmsxcrox, NC. March 2, 1858, un MAYOR oF New Yous —D ears in—t take the vberty ‘losing you the within papers, to inform you of a new dodge in your city, Upum referen ie io eackaure, you fndimarked-s, 0 eiccular otferioy me the agensy or Weat Indie ig MHe 10 writs for wrina. Tdbd #0, and received in paper marked B; also ceriificate and invoice marked C. of New Y: cate these to Mewirs, RM, Blackwell & Oo., ‘wrote me thu: they can find no fitm of ts name Upon mentioning this to a neighbor, he also produced oie erculsr, aud J find tha: «ite a namber have been re- ed. T enclove one. R. MR. & Oo state at simi. worth ofa irfea had been 108 4 Wont. Ite w Sp apd lable 1 deceive. I shail by tomorrow's mall adress s tothe f2m, and should you deem the matter Zour attention ie party caling ni le owt Ofice might be by A tome information. Reapectfull voy ee uM’ KO HOYT. nxsnong, Va. March 31, 1888. Mr. Tuoeax 8ir— Take be ber of inquiring of you tt there ie a 5: as 0! \t, Bartlett & MM Ma be dip sinned ted im the en: det olin Seyaen, earner, The fara! caatirat = a air igtan, which I ahoui to kpow before I remit yn the amount juire to be advanced as per their erma. Your Sapiptn Gables il caster a three a, Connecticut will take place to-day. A Governor, Licutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroiler and meabers of the Legislature are to be chosen. There are failed to unite, the main point of disagreement being merely om the name by which the coalition should be styled. The following are the pominations made by each party: GOVERNOR. American. Jes. T. Pratt. = W. A. ‘ingham. W. A. Buckingham. ‘GOVERNOR. Jobn C. Smith. Julius Catlin. Julius Catlin. AMORRTARY OF STATE. E. Williams, Jr. John Boyd. Wm. K. Peck, Jr. TREASURAR, D.B. Warner, Lucuie J. Hendee. Lacius J. Hendee. COMPTROLLER. Peleg 0. Child. Wm. H. Buell. F. E. Harrison. In the spring of 1857 the democratic candidate re- ceived 31,166 votes to 81,702 for the Union American re- publican candidate. Cavan Iv.—The Milwaukie Times, a daily anti-Lecompton Douglas journal, has suspended. The proprietors say they sunk five hundred dollars in three weeks, and they decline to eink any more for the honor and glory of the ‘anti-Lecomptonites. News from Havana—Arrival of the Cahawba, The United States mail steamship Cahawba, J. D. Bul- Jock, Commander, from New Orleans via Havana, arrived last evening, after a very tempoestous passage. She left the latter place om the 30th ult. At the Havana great preparations were being made to do homage to the heir apparent. It is said they would be celebrated with great splendor. The United States steamer Fulton, Lieutenant Commanding, J. J. Almy, lefton the evening of the 29h; destination unknown. Business is still very dull, Stock of sugars 118,000 boxes, prices mazmtained. Exchange on London 11}; to 12 per cent premium; New York, par to 3¢ per cent premium; New Orleans, 2a 2}¢ Per cent premium. Freighta for United States more active. For Europe no change. OUR HAVANA CORRESPONDRNCR. Havana, March 25, 1858. Murder of am Englishman=Tre Late Slave Capture—Gen. Ooncha, his Family and Office, dc. ‘The young man who was assassinated near Guanajay, reported in my last, was Andrew Metcalf, native of Man- Masowic Tarmute ro Dx. Kam —A movement has been on foot among the Free Masons of New York for some time to organige an association for the purpose of erecting ‘® monument in this city to Dr. Kane, who was a prominent Alexander Morton rrniding, at which permanent were appointed. is called the “Kane Lodge.” The notified Lady Jane Franklin face of the monument. Lady Franklin haa sent a suitable A ber for the remembrance of ber husband, and that until now ahe was igno- rant of the fact that he was a Free Mason. Annee or 4 Man Chance wire Pruse Bis Dweriive. —About 12 o'clock on Saturday night Lawrence Garvin was arrested by officer Lloyd, of the Twontieth precinct, on (he charge of attempting to fire his room, on the third floor of the three story frame building on the southwest corner of Eleventh avenue and Thirtieth street. Garvin sod his wife are in the habit of getting intoxicated, and frequently quarrel. Garvin has been beard to threaten to burn his wife out, and on Saturday night last, shortly afte arrel, he waa found in bis room and the floor cov ith straw on fire, The bore extinguwhed the flames and caused his arrest. necused was con veyed before Jastice Quackenbush, who committed him to prison to await the Fire Marshal's in vestigation. Fine 1s CaNar Stmunr.—About & o'clock on Sunday morn. ing a fire broke out in the lager beer saloon of Charles Eberbardt, No 281 Canal street. The firemen were quickly at the premises and soon extinguished the fire. The dam- age will amount to about $500. No insurance. The fire was caused by the carelessness of the servant girl, Chria- tianna S-haeider, who fell asleep and left a candie burning in the room The alarm of fire for the Fifth district, about half past 2 o'clock op Sunday merning, was caused by a light being seen ina new building on Ninetesnth rtrest, near the First avenue, It appears that the private watchman entered the building in question, and made a fire in a fire place on the third foor to warm his feet, when some one in the street, reeing the light, gave an alarm of fire. New York Tyrocrarmeat Soctwry.—The semi annual meeting of this Society was held on Saturday evening, when the reporte of the Secretary, Treasurer and Libra- rian wore submitted, and the following officors were choren for the e1 term —Prenident, Charles Mole. vitt; Vice-President, J. L. Campion; Narine; Secretary, T. C. Faulkner; Librarian, Join Craw. The receipts for the term have been $455 97; the oxpendi- Waka fmt in egw Sasa os on vt np is $3,420; the roll book contains ‘the names of 180 members. New York Howrrrat.—The following is the weekly ro: Port of the above institution to April 2, 1858 —Remaining on oe bh " 228, Lo} rm] P April 2, 48; oars cured or relieved, F |, 3; remaining at date, 235; males, 199; fomalon, 36, Trrowsre VrrRiot.—Lonica Treigan was bronght before Justice Walieb on charge of throwing a quantity of vitriol the person of Martha Gates. be pote py . 48 Contre street. Martha war ag lea or With Louisa, ante, Deruing Hy . and face, The April Session of the Common Council. ‘The Board of Aldermen will boki thetr first session for the month this evening. The death of Alderman (Gregory will diminish the democratic majority in the Roard, We do not anticipate many more docoments from the rival ‘Street Commissioners, as it is expected that the decision of the Court of Appeals as to the rightful claimant to the office will be rendered to morrow (Tuesday). There is nothing of special interest before the Board at present. ‘The Board of Supervisors will hold their first meeting for the month to morrow (Tuceday) afternoon. The Board of Councilmen will also be convened this evenmg. It is gratifying to be able to state that since the organization of che present Board the members have at- tended to theif duties with promptness and despatch, 50 that there is very little unfinished business on the Clerk’s books. It is to be hoped that some definite action will be taken during the month in relation to the proposed new Post Office. April Term of the Law Courts, ‘The tria! terms of the various courts will resume busi- ness this morning, it being the firet Monday im the month. The Court of Oyer and Terminer will be opened, and it is ‘expected that twomurder cases will be disposed of this term—that of officer Wogan, for shooting Sullivan and another maz in Cherry street, and that of Maroney, for the Canal street homicide. The third trial of Cancemi, for the murder of policeman Anderson, will take place, probably, ‘this term in the circuit of the Supreme Court. This case presents the very novel fact of a party being tried three mes for the same offence, and illustrates the determina- tion of the legal representatives of the people Yo vindicate the outraged laws, and the faithfulness and ingenuity of the counsel for the accused, (Mesers. Ashmead & Blank- man,) who were assigned by the court, and, therefore, give their services without any pecuniary compensation. Two or three of the witnesses who appeared for the prose- cution on the former trials bave since died, which, it is thought, will render the chance of a conviction now more doubtful. The Supreme Court, General Term, will not sit until May, but the Circuit, Special Term, and Chambers will be held. The Superior Court calendar for April, May and June (the last until after the summer vacation) contains 1,862 causes for trial, many of which have been for years on the calendar, and may, in all probability, remain there much longer. As the warm days approach the inconve- nience of the iittle dingy chambers in which the business of the Supreme and Superior Courts is transacted will be more insufferable. Really, something shouki be done to provide the city of New York with suitable accommoda- tion for its law courts. The Court ot Common Pleas will have twotrial branches this month, at which Judges Brady and Hilton will preside. Judge Daly will sit at Special Term and Chambers. In the Marine Court Judges Thompson and Maynard will hold the trial terms respectively this month. Judge MoCarthy has left the city for a short trip South, for the Denefit of his health, which has been somewhat impaired. He will be absent about a month. There is a proposition before the Legislature to amend the proceedings in the Marine Court by enabling apy attorney of the Supreme Court to issue summonses under his own name in all actions to be commenced in the Marine Court with the same effect as if iasued by theClerk. The Justices, it is proposed, shall have the power to refer cases with the consent of the parties. Recorder Barnard will preside at the April term of the General Sessions, which commences this morning. Al- thoagh the calendar is not so large as on former occa sions, yet the majority of the cases are possessed of inter- est, and will command public atteation. It will be seen ‘that three indictments for marder, included in the calen- ar of this court, will be tried in the Oyer and Terminer during the month, the names of the prisoners being Wo- gan, Maroney and Dowd. Several interesting cases will be disposed of in the Court of Sessions, among which may be named the following:—A charge of kidnapping against Jas. T. Finlay and his reputed wife, who strove to sell an intelligent colored girl to @ slavebolder; a number of in- dictments against alleged lottery policy dealers; and a charge of arson in the first degree preferred against Mrs. Cox and daughter, for setting fire to their dwelling house in Broadway—a crime for which, if convicted, they could be sentenced to death. The calendar also enumerates other grades of arson, one or two cases of bigamy and rape, together with the usual compliment of felonious as seuke and grand larceny indictments. The Execation of Orsini and Pterrt. PREPARATIONS TO HONOR THBIR MEMORY. About three hundred admirers of the late attempt on the Life of the Emperor of the French assembled yester- day afternoon in the Steuben House, Nos. 291 and 203 Bowery, to organize a public manifestation in bonor of Orsini and Pierri. The meeting being called to order, Mr. Storreiney was nominated chairman. He said that the intended manifes- tations ought to be as great and imposing as possible. All the organived societies—Sangerbunds and Turnervereins— should be invited to take part in it, with their banners flowing and appropriate symbols for the occasion. By our demonstration, said he, the tyrants will hear that thero are in this country sufficient elements of revolution to make them tremble on their thrones. The procession should march through the principal streets of the city and halt in front of the City Hall, where orators of the diffe. An Onator, whose name we were unable to ascertain, remarked that this was not a question of separate nation’ ally” Dut one of the freedom of all nations. . Karr, a German, wished to state, before the nomi- ‘that the matter in moved that ® commemorative pamphlet be pub- lished and that « subscription be takes to defray the ex. pepaen Thin was unanimously agreed to. The nomination of the members of the commitice was then taken up, and the following citizens eleated:-— GeaMans—Citizens Seiler, Grube, G. Kapff, Stoppelboin and Petersen. Freven—Tagnillor, Pelletier, Lesine. Tren — ice Welch, Colonel Donohue. Scorn—F. 8. Graham. Asmnicass.—Loon Case, Jobn Allen Howcantay.—Lewis Hrabovarky Mrs. Lrox Case waa added to the committee to repre- sent women’s devotion to the cause. As there were but afew Italians present, it was de- cided that the committe sbould invite the Italian residents of New York to appoint a d to join the com mittee, which will inafew days publish in the news. papers where and how the public demonstration will take place An Irish gentleman then took the stand to say that the Itcenenses of Orsini, Pieri, Pianort and the other martyrs of oer, rhould be placed in every house next to the image of Chriat. | remarks were received with tremendous e Maree'!! applause. proceedings were closed with the hymn of the Court of Common Pleas. SPECIAL TRIAL CALENDER. Rule adopted April 3, 1868, in General Term. All causes where the action is on contract, and there shall be reason to believe that the defence is made only for delay, may be placed on a special trial calendar, (aa bere Provided,) unless the trial is likely to occupy more than one hour. To entitle the plaintiff to place the oause on such calen. dar, he must move therefor at chambers upop @ notice of four days, and must serve with the notice the affidavits on which the motion will be founded. If the motion is granted the cause will be heard on the third Wednesday of each term, for which day the calen. dar will be made up It shall be the duty of the plaintiff's attorney to file with the Clerk of the Court a note of issue on or before the third Monday of the term, which shall contain the number of the cause on the general trial calendar and the date of the order directing it to be placed on the spe- cial calendar, If the cause shail actually occupy more than one hour, the trial may be at the discretion of the Court, “_:- atthe foot of the general cawender. Es PRICE TWO CENTS. Musical and Dramatic Matters: The Opera being over the town talk is now abow Murard, whose first concert is announced at the Acade- my op Wednesday evening of this week. Musard is tho pet of the young people of Paris, and is destined to be- come quite as popular here. Both personally and profes sionally be is what the ladies call a “charming man.’’ ‘The Academy is to be ontirely refitted for bis concerts, and some new features introduced, so that the house, now the most agreeable place of amusement in the city, will become even more so. Some person has raised a question as to the identity of the Musara who ts now with us, This is stupid, becanse there are hundreds of people here who have frequented the Concerts Musard, where one meets more Americans than anywhere olse in Paris, Tho writer bas often had the pleasure to hear the perfectly balanced orchestra, and to see this Muaard conducting it, position which he hag held for fifteen years. If, however, there were any doubt about it, the two feuilletons of the Constitutionnel and the Hntr’ Acte published in Mr. Uliman’s advertisement, would quite settle the matter. Mr. Thalberg, assisted by Mr. Cooper and Mias Milner, gives a matinge at the Brooklyn Athenmum to-day at one o’clock. This will be the only one of these charming 6n- tertainments thas will be vouchsafed to the people over the water. Mr. Satter gave his third concert at Mozart Hall on Saturday to a very good audience in every respect. Miss Fanny Stockton, a resident vocalist, who is welt spoken of, gives her first concert at Dodworth’s Saloon on Tuesday, At the theatres there was nothing particularly startling last week. Mr. E. L. Davenport closed his engagement at Burton’s, and took hia benefit on Friday. Ho plays at the Arch street theatre, Philadelphia, this evening. At Wallack’s the final performances of ‘‘Jessio Brown’? drew full houses. Miss Roberton plays at the Boston theatre this evening. The Broadway closed on Wednesday. There were benefite on Tuesday and Wednesday, when the beneficiares, Mr. C. Sherwood and Mr. Eaton Stone, received medals at the hands of their friends. After several weeks of the ‘‘contemporameous drama,’”” as they call it; after being besieged and relieved and drummed and red fired and sloganed; after fight- ing in the canons with the Mormons, riding on ele- phante with the Nena Sahib, and extensively admiring the Macgregor and Brown families, we are to have a change, “and such a change.” Nearly all the managers havea severe attack of the legitimate drama, and we are at once plunged into a sea of “Apostates,” “Gamesters,” and Elizabethan tragedies. We shall have our erudite critics announcing that just two centuries and « quarter ago there was a tavern in Fastcheap called the Boar's Head; that this tavern was much frequented by Shaks- pere, Ben Jonson, Kit Marlowe, Webster and other dis- reputable literary mon; that when they had had too many pulls at the “ wassail bowl’ they would take sobering walks on London bridge; that they found all their plots and characters either in the tavern or on the bridge, or took them out of a “ story book” by a man of the name of Green, with much more to the same purpose. We are to have to-night at the Broadway theatre Mr. and Mrs. Wal- lor, in Webster’s tragedy “ The i/uchess of Malfi.”” Webster ‘was one of the lesser lights of the time of Shakspere, and was almost put out by that luminary. Mr. Photps, of Sadler's Wells, however, dug out “The Duchess of Malfi,’? and had her pruned and moralized to suit the modern stage. It is this version, by Mr. Horne, which Mr, and Mrs. Waller play. Both the artists and the play have ‘been well received everywhere, and sbould command a hearing from this public. At Wallack’s theatre Mr. James Stark commences an engagement, and plays Mr. Boverly in “ The Gameeter.’’ ‘Mrs. Stark is the Mrs. Beverly of the night. Mr. Stark is an American actor, who, from small beginnings, has made for himself a reputation at once solid and brilliant. He bas not appeared here since 1852, and since that time hag ‘won fame and fortune in California and Australia. At Burton’s theatre atill another American actor, Mr. ‘Edwin Booth, commences an engagement thie evening ‘0 one of his father’s great parts, Pescara, in tho “Apos- tate.” Mre. Hudson Kirby makes her first appearance here to-night. At Laura Keene's theatre “The Green Bushes” and “The Elves,” both capital pieces capitally played, are in the bills for this evening. At Niblo’s garden, the Revels, Zanfretta and Rolla ap- pear in several entertainments, including “L’Almen,” a new ballet. Atthe Bowery theatre the sisters Lucille asd Helen appear in the “Three Fast Men,” « drama which ig crowded with songs, dances and popular features. It was played during last woek to full houses, and the principal Personages—to wit, Misses Lncille and Helen and Mr. Hampton, an excellent comedian—ere in high favor with the audience. The drama, ‘Norah Creina,’”’ will finish tha performance. Mme. Lola Montez announoee that she will give her own auvoblography, at Hope chapel, thie evening. The eylin- bus of the lecture is very inviting. At the Museum “ The Bride of an Evening’’ still keeps the bills, The drama ‘Joan of Arc’’ i# announced for tha afterneon. At Wood's Minstrels the ‘(Broadway Sleigh Ride” has eon highly successful. It will be given to-night with other novelties, Bryants’ Minstrels, at Mechanics’ Hall, announce aa excellent bill for this evening, with Jerry Bryant's “‘Oasta- bet solo’ first time. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Florence leave town this week to play engagements in Chicago, St. |ouis and other cities. They will appear in this city during the summer. Mr. John Hrougham has concladed a successful engage- at Waahiogton. News from New Granada. NEW SYSTRPM OF STATE FEDEKATION—SEVOR RERRAN ELECTED TO OFFICE—FROGRESS OF POLITICAL PRINCIPLE, ETC. Our correspondents in New Granada farnished the fol- lowing interesting summary of the position of partics and political progress in that republic, by the steamship Moses Taylor, under date Aspinwall, 18th of March: — There was complete peace in the country. The federal system has been recently adopted, and the country has deen sectioned into eight States. Each State has a con- stitution of ite own, which has been promalgated, and many of the most eminent citizens of New Granada hav@ Deen elected to the Governorships. General P, A. Herran, Minister in the United States, bas deen elected Governor over the States of Antioquia and Cundipamarca—the two most populous aad wealthy. Oan- dinamarca is the central one, where the federal capital, Bogota, is located, The message of President Buchanan had been very well received on account of the paragraphs relating to Gi!bus- teriam, and produced a very good effect in the spirit of the peeple reepecting the United States. The words af Presi- dent Buchanan make up the only kind of Alibusterism they like in New Granada. As this foderative essay in New Granada is at pr goit gon happily, without realizing an, which had been predicted. all from political, not personal motives — continuance of the government never h the Presidents and Vice Presidents be cording to the conatitution, and they he: «!! “aiehed their constitutional periods of four years. cal struggles of New Granada are for and ples, not persons; as now there is no standing army, and the clergy have nothing to do with the civil power, because both are per- fectly independent, the two great causes of agitation and anarchy in most of the Spanish American blies do not exist at all in this republic. All the pablic ie canvassed by the press,aod the government stands on public opinion—not oo the power of gold, bayonets or per- sonal in uence. Progident Ospina and all his Cabinet are civil citizens, without any other distinction but their and ther reputation; and it ls curious that at the same time that Ospina directs the government he is professor of political sciences in 8 university, Coroners’ Office. FATAL POISONING ACCIDRWT.—An inquest was beld at Bellevue Hospital yesterday on the body of Charles Foley, who died from the effects of arsenic taken by mis- take about two weeks since, The poison in question had been purchased for killing rats, and being placed care- lessly on a shelf was partaken of by deceased in mistake for ugar. Verdict, ‘ Accidental " Foley wag fifty years of age and « native of Irviand. Surrosey Invaynicior —Coroner Hills bel’ am inquest yesterday at the Fourth ward station house on the body ofa male child found by officer Decker im the hall way of No. 20 Dover street, at ten o'clock om LFA Doctor Weltje made & post mortem, examination of body, and found that deceased was born al've, and test. fed that the cauae of death was poylect and exposure, Verdict accord ingly