The New York Herald Newspaper, January 4, 1865, Page 7

“WILMINGTON. Bebel Accounts of the Operations. {rie ‘Terr.ble Storm Through Which Porter’s Fieet Kept Its Posi- tion Of Wilmington, ‘The Rebels Anxious to Know Where the Fiset’ Has Gono, “7 nie ans cenene the square-ri, ree ing in. lowering their topsail yards, housin, and Bends away for Souion: and it” was expected: ‘would engage the forts at high tide, The day went “by, however, without any movement on their part beyond the mentioned; nor was anything farther from the land furee higher up the coast. ‘THR STORM THROUGH WHICH PORTER LIVED, During the night a gale arcée outside, blowing on shore, and this morning itis terrific. Such a storm hasnot oon tolt here for some years. Nothing more favorable red ; it seemod as if the hand Providence was in it. When the wind blew fearfully. Houses swayed to ed shingles eailed ugh the air, and the lew in dense clouds, filling mouth, eyes and suilocating the struggling pedestrian. and rock: while the leaves flew in limbs fell to the ground. Many re levelled. In the river the sight and. reminded one of those lively wner, or the sketches in the harbors logne by the French artistsof the waves ran high and drifted rapidly in. ‘were nearly swamped; and all the vosela RE ie i B | # ik i ibis UE F ) it ee =e B® eg a a BE 28 Hd xe uproot small particles of sand that struck like bird shot, the air was ‘white with whirling in fantastic circ! like pailen Mog] @ summer breoze. crowds lee of corner buildings and watched hts, Raed dandies Siete Bee mus- eeping an eye out for neatly turn- les; but ‘Sow ‘of the fair sex ‘dazed the teal boner lay to bea 4 Ff i i t 4 i i's 4 and the air grows heavy, while At one came a shower, and “pa low, mutteting thunder, or "auch # gale within the Préctnets of a gale within a ee ee re a ee vs fl : E f ‘work the guns against our worka. This delay gives us Wime to bring up ee ene wations be yp It sooms 0. bpectal Providence—as much so as when ‘Waters of the Red Sea receded miles and mites. to permit the passage of tho Jewish host, and the tide came on to engulph their pursu- ors, = Wi ‘material aid from on high, if proper SE ea desorves i DEFENCES OF WILMINGTON. And about its defence, In « previous letter I have of the defences of the Capo Fear, and remarked (Davy’s T am confident nothing can be Fe opel bo that while yo fleet engages the fort, It » merely to cover up the ope- Fations of a fore wiously landed at Wrightsville, Ma- gonboro Sound. General Whiting I have every confi- dence, and so have the people here. Al! he wants is men, and bps ge to be sent at once, hurried on with ‘tho greaiost ible speed, for without them the town eortainly fail Alveady I hear troops are on the road. ‘God grant they may arrive in time. IMPORTANCE OP WILMINGTON. In my opinion the lose of Wilmington would be the loss the confederacy has sustained since the fail of New Orleans. Ido not care to give my reasons, al- though I conld do so, I think, in a manner satisfactory to @ny one, and could show cause or it should be de- fended above all other towns. ly those who have een here within the past year know its importance fully; but should the town fall into the hands of the enemy the goldiers of our armies would feel its lose, and onld then know why it should have been Protected a, da} the storm has raged furiously. Wind fou! fren sal Slowing hooray: i think it lik. in sonrch of some it ents, to the fury of which it is, por still exposed, We know how it fared at the Kans of the json of Port Fisher; but the repulse ef this grandest o! wal expeditions was so speedy and complete that, first announcement, we could not altogether credit it seemod hardl; ly that # force so enormous should beaten off iscomitted by a garrison of a fow hun- dred me: aigood part of whom Were raw militia, that we ‘wore inclined to i Peconnvissance of a felnt, prelimi: rent against the foal objective Poin But, with all the Paots before us, we are convince not only that Wilming- ton was the Object azainst which the expedition was Sent out, but are awakened to the tremendous character of the assaults which wero sustained and repelled by the thin garrison of our forts. The whole powerful fleet ‘Daving shetied tho devoted fort for fourteen hours, knock- i every house in it about the heads of the garrison, tive won] Rumbering from ten (o twelve thoussud men, assaulted tt furiously and repeatedly om the land side al ht, | Tho enemy's calculation was that the fortitude of @ur troops boing shaken by the awful bombardment, they world oiler little resistance to the infantr: attack; bot in Mis they were vlenally undeceived. ir men stood Dravely to their Kun’, and so ent up thelr artailants in every renewed aliack &@ to cause them to retreat pre. ecipitately to their et e country owes a debi of titule to Genoral sagg, Who pinned the defence of iimington, ani to the troops, to whore unilinching wsourrage 1. to-day ower its enfety. Bupposed Mortification of the ya e - Nation at Hatters Fallure® ae From the Tiichtmond Sentinel, Dee, 80,) Official despatches recofved yesterday state that the ‘enemy's fleet have entirely dizappeared. After the vast preparations made for the capture of ‘Wilmington, and tho bragging of the enemy, the misora- Die failure of the expeditida must prove very mortifying ‘to the Yankees. That they should have been driven off so soon, after ing the landing of five brigades, and after repeated ta by the whole combined the Confederate works, is val and land forces astonishing, when we it Wwas reported ‘ast vening has Wednesday night (From the The defeat of the grand atiew; for which, thank God, is a matter of universal sonata, lation our citizens, Everybody is and jubilant, « Praises are showered upon the officers mand, and fervent thanksgivings are offered to Him who fought for us by sending His gales upon the |- ony The attack of the e which ceased the 26 , Became an escape on the ayth; on the 28th thelr fleet of Monitors and had ind the ocean's convexity. jer gone we know pont A pyr gh Be Le fet the winds and waves had been feist to."most of their ‘We doubt not that the expedition will add &e., &eC., Wasnmoroy, Jan. 3, 1865. ‘The Messrs, Blair returned from City Point last night, and the peaco rumors founded upon their visit are all exploded. They went on private business from Mr, Lin- coln to Goneral Grant, and the statements that they were to moet representatives from the rebel government were unauthorized and speculative, The Press Despatch. ‘Wasuixeron, Jan. 8, 1865. The National Intelligencer published on Sunday a ru- Mor that Francis P. Blair, Sr., had gone to the front, charged with duties requiring communication with the rebel government, or possibly a visit,,upon invitation, to Jefferson Davis himself. This rumor was magnified in other newspapers, and much Importance attached to it; but the Intelligencer to- day says:— We learn that Hon. F. P. Blair, Sr, and Montgomery Blair haye returned from the front, having been in General Grant’s camp a couple of days. Much specula- tion is indulged in here as to whether or hot in any con- tingency they were to visit Richmond. Hon. Montgomery Blair went on to Baltimore last evening. THOMAS. Arrival of Escaped Union Officers from i South Cafolina. NORTH CAROLINA FULL OF REBEL DESERTERS—HOOD RETREATING SOUTH OF THE DANNESSEE RIVER, ETC., ETO. Nasuvitux, Jan. 3, 1865. Thirtoen escaped Union officers arrived here last night from Columbia, 8. C., five of them having been two months in getting through, They had many hair- breadth escapes, and atiribute their safe arrival to the megroes along the route, who, in every instance, fur- nished them fvod and lodging, and all necessary infor- mation. i ‘They report the mountains of Western North Carolina ¥s swarming with rebel deserters, ‘The following are the names of the officors:—Gaptain HL. H. Walpole and Captain J. M. Gore, Ono Hundred and Twenty-seoond New York; Lieutenant Carty, One Hun- dred and Fifty-first Now York; Captain A. M. Bronson, First. Lieutenant Columbia cavalry; Licttenant A. Carroll and Captain W. E, Fadden, Fifty-seventh New York; Lieutenant W. L. Bates, One Hundred and Thirty-second New York, and Lieutenant J. Johnson, Ninth Kentucky. Hood, with the shattered remains of his army, is re- treating south of the Tennessee. General Dana has cut the Mobile and Ohio Railroad below Corinth. Rebel Accounts of Hood’s Campaign. THE REBELS NOT BELIEVED TO HAVE BREN TOTALLY ANNIHILATED. mn the Richmond Whig, Deo. 30.) Although it was rumored several ago that de- spatches been received at the War Oilice from Gene- ral Hood, yet, from their not having been divulged, we are bound to conclude that the rumor was false. We can, at see no varthly reason why they should not eee had they been actually received. No color they could pug upon the operations of General Hood could bo gloomier tham that with which the public im- se nen to a pitch of unendura- je intensity, already invested them. Our oniy source of information continues to be the despatches and letters from the Yankee commander in Tennosseo, and the correspondents of the newspapers who are with tho army. From these alone have we hitherto received any intelligence from the neighborhood of Nashville, to these alone are we indebted for all we know with regard to the pesition of Hood, and to the accounts they trans- mit to the Yankee journals, is alone due the despondency which had. at one time settled down upon the public mind like a dark shadow, but which is now graduall dispersing before the light of hope and reflection, It may not be eimiss, while in this state of uncertainty, to inquire into the probabilities connected with these Yankee reports, which have had such powerful effect upon the spirits of our people. The utterly mendacious character of the Yankee nation has long since grown into a proverb, It is known, not only to us who are placed in the best situation to judge, but to Europe and the world at large. To He like a bulletin was once # popular aay- ing. To lie likes Yankee isa vaying of even wider ap- lication; butto lie at once like # bulletin and like » ‘ankeo is to fill tho fullest measure of mendacity, Of necessity a Yankee bullotin must be the perfection of all Jying, and it is to Yankee bulletin that we have been trasting all this time for news frot Goneral Hod. Well as we know their character we haye sutered their bulle- tins to throw us*into spasme of apprebension, never once suspecting falsehood or even exaggeration, where, from former experience, we had no ot toexpect anything else. We have observed this dis- tion in our people moro than once since this war gan. Despiring the Yankees as the most con- summate of liars, that ingenious people have but to invent any tale, no matter jucredible, in order to insure belief. Bula few weeks ago they told the most monstrous lies about Price’s expedition. We know now that they werelies, but we suffered them then to throw us into an agony of doubt. Last enmmer and fall, while their Presidential canvass was in their tele- gare teemed with victories, most of them as ideal as the of Utopia, and yet we gave some. faith to until the progress of time demonstrated their falsehi Now, again, we are in a paroxysm,§with quite as much cause, and possibly no more, ‘We have not, nor bave we ever had, a very high opinion of General Hood's talents, though he is a and deserving soldier. But upon # carefal tye the enemy's own statements, we have come the conclusion not only that he has not been annihi lated, as 4 pretend, but that ho has, in fact, sustained and com- no it disaster. The Yankees, as lars are always apt to . If Hood bad been so disas- trously defeated he would have lost more then eight hun- @red prisoners in the battle, and would have retreated more than twenty-two miles in the two first days, and tore than nineteen in the three succeeding. If Jost ten thousand men it would have been from « pursuit much more rapid than that of Thomas, who, five day after the had enly advanced twent: miles in poresuit, If he lost twenty the men in all, out of thirty-fve thousand, as the Yankees say, he would not have made a stand forty-one milos from the fleld of battle. If he had lost Seemiees idee maeseiens one if Ey Ar disorganized after losing ro fo & portion of it, it would have dirbanded, which they do not pretend that it has done. The whole statement ir —— Yankee, made up of lies and bluster, designed for the latitude of New York, manufactrred for the draft market. Woe suspect the truth to be that Hood, finding he could not take Nashville, designed to draw ;, thet im at tompting to do #0 he wax atinoked; that » drawn battle ‘was fought on the 15th; that Hood slowly retired, and that Thesnas did not dare to follow him eo closely as to bring ofa general engagement. ‘ tt ‘o strongly suspect that this is about the extent of iood’s dieanter. He has already been joined by For- rest, ond the vory name of Forrest ix a towerof strength. Hood's army is not destroyed, as Yankredom would have us believe, Let our people, therefore, lift up their hearts, The Mails per tho Africa. Boston, Jun. 3, 1862. ‘The mails por the steamship Africa, for Liverpool via Halifax, will close at ten o'clock to-morrow morning; but she will not eafl until about one P. M. Court Calendar—This Day. Screers —Crrcurr.—Part 1.—Court at ¢leven o'clock A. M.—Nor, 686, 1101, 1036, 697, 693, 779, 8, 404, 480, 482, 400, Be, B95, ote Part &-No.'78 Duane ‘Street.—Court opens at ten o'clock A.M. Gascon, No Pumas —-Trial term Ms eu ar Gen. eleven o'clock A. ’ “Sout scoretary. * A committee, consisting of Mr. Croswell, Mr. Chrystie and Mr, Thomas, reported the following resolutions, which wero unanimously adopted :— Seema ee tans of Basia, ie commen with ou! entertain miration of the atchless a te Bt throughout all the preseut.rebeliion; Rat bis ments entitle to ietisee ‘name to stand = the most Oe vl cr of he iota ae ce shag Sica tegen oe au So ae Saami esclved, That a committee of ott fey fo -bdmlcal Rarragutson behalf of = uhabitante af Mr. Mns, from « Committee consisting of himself, ‘The following general committee was then appointed ;— ‘Mesera. Thomas, Mills, Prote, De. Carter, Smith, Hop- pook, Thos. Archard, Phillips, B. & Rowley, Perry, Mattison, aK E. Hopkeo, M. Martin » C. Nelson, joe Lefurgy, Ferguson, Keele Linder Barkan fk 8 bos Henry ‘Archard—to which the chairman was added.” ‘The following additional committees were appointed :— 7 Belt and Decorations—Mosars. Curtis, Phillips, Ieeler, Wood, Bi N Nol Joba Ca: pering, ab Aad aad Th eee * opaaag aidan Mr, Mills, in behalf of the consistory of the Reformed Dutch church, baving tendered that edifice for the re- ception of Admiral , thie: offer was gladly ac- cepted by tho meeting, and the arrangements directed to be made accordingly. An announcement hat been made that Admiral and ‘Mrs. Farragut might be expected at Hastings at four O'clock on Saturday, the Bist ult., it was oruered that ‘the reception tako place on Saturday, at that hour, and that General Bowen, Mr, Chrystie, Mr.’Croswell and Me. ‘Mills act as a committee of reception. THE RECEPTION. én + In accordance with hep yy tins all the arrange- ments for the reception of Vice Admiral Farragut at Has- tings-upon-Hudson, were fully carried out, . 10 Union square, adjacent ‘to the raiiroad station, sur ‘mounting @ triumphal arch, decorated with evergreens and flags, and from which fvated a iarge national ling, was tho inscription, “Weleome to Admiral Farragut. From @ second arch, at the intersection of Valley and Constant streets, extending from the Post Oflice, cross. Constant street, in prominent letters, were the words “New Orleans,” “Mobile,” with their accessories in less Prominent capitals, ‘St. Phillip,” “Jackson,” “Gaines,” ‘Morgan.’ At the entrance to the residence of an artist citizen, fronting the ap scach frou Valley street, was the inscription, “Honor to the Brave,” over the initial letter “F,’ im an evergreen chaplet. And at the church, in front of the vestibule, was another arch or canopy of evergreens, roses and flags, a large national flag waving proudly over all. On Saturday afternoon, soon after four o'clock, Admi- ral and Mrs. Farragut stepped from the express train, ‘amidst the enthusiatic cheers of a very large concourse of residents of the place and: surrounding coun’ who, not- withstanding the depth of snow which had fallen all’ the day, had assembled to groct the arrival of their honored chief, and the joyous strains of a fine band (the Washing- ton Hand, of New York,) After briof ‘ulations, the Admiral was conducted to asicigh, and Mrs. Farragut to another, the former accompanied two gentlemen of the committee, and the latter by a lady friend aad Mr. Chrystie, of the cor Site Aital a tad lk oy A procession Was prom| ous line, in Cael ye sag ‘start trom eo Square, preced . Prote, acting as Marshal, and the band, playing enlivening strains, miptod. tasonal Myrtio avenue and Constant street to the Reformed Dutch church. The Admiral entoring the church, the band striking up “See, the Conquering. Horo Comes,’”” was conducted by gentlemen of the committee to tho Open spaco in front of the SiC ovat which was an evergreen ingoription, “Muy God bless and preserve " Every part of ‘the interior was doeorated with and ¢ appropriate embleme, and a huge Ame- rican flag overhung the entire frout end; and it was filled throughout by @ joyous and gratified auditory. After @ brief pause Mr. Mills, of the committee, stated to the audience, that Gengral Lowen had beca expected to mako the opening address; but as that gentleman had been prevented from being he md been request- ed by the conmmittee to read an of welvome pre- by Mr. Croswell, who thought hig veice unequal sthe ‘effort. Mr. is, turning to Admiral Farragut, proceeded as follows :—— AvummaL FarraGur—Tae residents of Hastings, one and all, are most happy to be afforded this opportunity to welcome your return to their village, And they do this with heartfelt cordiaitty. Tho embiems around you in this sacred edifice ary proofs of this fecling, and with their glorious associations must recall scenes and enkin- dle cmotions dear to every patriotic heart. Be assured, & sir, yoiege ts ee eontiment‘of ene an. ge, and tl ig application to you springs not onl from admiration of heroic achievements w hich have shed imperishable glory on your’country, but from the respect and esteem they cateriain for a much loved and honored townsman. Permit me to add, in their behalf, that the longer the paramount claims of a service to which you have given unequalled victory and revown shall allow You to remain with us, the greater will be their gratifica- To which the Adiniral responded as follows :— My Frrenve any Fxu.ow ‘Cinizexs—It gives mo great ire tO meet you all once more at your happy homes, shall not attempt an elaborate re-ponse w your kind greetings and generous words. But let me, at lean, as- re you that the warmth of fecling ro liberally mani- fe in. these demonstrations of regard and good will and by this large assemblage in this sacred place, have excited ail the sensibilities of my netnre, and are grate- fully returned with the same heartfelt’ cordiality they have been extended tome. When, nearly four yeare Teame to this villsge, unknowu tnd without mean® a voluntary refugee from my couniry because I could not participate in measures hostiie to the: dictates of all loyal duty and to all tie awociations of ry life, 1 was recetved with open arms ond with a warmth of friendship and asympathy of patriotic and social intercourse Un ripened into attachinents and amociutions never be effaced, wherever I may be or wha be my future lot. Here, also, when sbsent distant duty in a service dearto my heart, my family have found a quiet and agreeable retreat where the hand of friendship and the kindest attentions wore ever ex- tended to me. These thoughts recall emotions which with my good friends nevd no apology. [Ik was difficult for the speaker at this moment to restraln his emotion.) If it be said that Hastings, os a village name, i: unknown to history or to fame, it may not be forgotten that here a Garibaldi found a retreat when an exiie from his much loved Italy, and that happy has been a Farragut to jail from it under circumstances not altogether dissimilar. ‘That here, alvo, a Pennock, the companion and friend of Farragut, found ting place until enabled by most valuable serv signalize his devotion to tho oid flag. Go to the Wesiern waters, and you will find the Hastings gunboat, one of the most effective of ber elass and proudly doing her duty, named by jain Pennock, in graure Tecollection of hoxpitaliiles enjoyed hore. ‘My riends, allow ye to repeat my thanks for this most cor- dial welcome, and to express the hope that our next as- | Seuaiisgs may be a joyful eclebration of the restoration | peace. ‘ne conclusion was received with uncontrollable de- | Mmonstrations of fecling and by Inspiring music frum the | The Admiral then, standing before the pulpit, was | taken by the band petron present—ludi id up one aisle down Ste Seat the i By ladies wit m1 Douquets at his entrance. When thie ceremony was with many Pleasing incidents, the Admiral and Mrs. were conducted to their residence, over the entrance to which their fair eighvors had affixed, in evergreen letters, irginia .” bi with three times three for Admiral three for Mra. fauee Ge tee ee happily responded, and for the Union, the assem- lhe acex of the snow, while ft seomed not to lessen the largeness of the turnout, lent enthusiasm to the and the ne os of the trees and al 1s clothed in a mantle of white gave additional jong and ~§ Temembered inhabitente of Hastings upon- Hur gon. The; times upon the Last night the play of Money was given here, and the occasion was made an especial one, in honor of Mr, Les- ter, who made hia first appearance since the death of his father. The audienco was the largest ever aasembied at this theatre, and more persons went from the doors un- able to gain admittance than were in the theatre. The ‘Managers present were Mossre. Stuart, Wheatley, Grau, Fox, Barnum and Wood. The play was never rendered better, Besides the of Evelyn, the ‘Whose rep- Teeontation were Lavo a worthy of ‘sa Gorn those, of Stout, given the bag by Mr. Gtibert; Bir Frederick Blount, by Mr. Floyd, and Clara Ur ‘by Miss Henriques, Mr. Lester waa loudly called for the conclusion of the play, and bowed his acknowledg- ment for the very handsome compliment that the occa- sion cortainly was, NIBLO’S GARDEN, A new Irish drama, called The Shamrock, was pro- duced last evening in magnificent style and with great success, Mr. and Mra. Barney Williams appeared in the play, and were heartily applauded throughout, In the song called “Pat Molloy” Mr. Williams received a triple encore. scenery waa euperh and the audience im- mense, Wo reserve further notice until our columns are less crowded. Nravo’s Iratt.s Ormna Burra.—Tho season commences to-night with UMetr @ Amore, Mile. Olnudina Oairoli og Adina. | vanced, and machinery advan tm 2 : OPDYKE-W EED. THIRTEENTH DAY. ME. OPDYKE OW THE STAND. STRONG REBUTTING EVIDENCE. Public Feeling in the Ba- lance. SUMMING UP TO-DAY. THE COMING DENOUEMENT, &o., &e., &, ‘The holidays intervening on the hearing of this case in Bo wise leaseued the manifestation of public interest in i. Even the juror who moved an adjournment till Wednesday, 60 that he might again sit with a clear head after his calls, took his seat among his ggufveres at the ‘usual hour, and no doubt was just as clos as his broth- ren—by presumptive right all clear-hesded and. im- partial gentlemen. The evidence during the day was, however, enough to test the equanimity of any juror who was not presided over by the Kentucky judge whose custom it was to adjourn to liquor. Thetestimony: An the case was, however, brought to a conclusion, and the Court adjourned till this morning, when counsel will com- mence the summing up. ‘The punctuality of the Court was not shared this morn- ing by.all the Jurors und counsel, or the spectators, and consequently there was some delay in commencing. How far this was due to the holiday yesterday may be a matter of inference, although the juror who was to have had a “blow out’? was in his seat before the hour, proba- bly having taken the suggestion of the Court and waited for a more auspicious season. TESTIMONY OF JOHN J, PHELPS. John J. Phelps, sworn, and examined by Mr, Field— Am a retired merchant; was applied to by Morris Ketchum and invited to join him in the purchase of the Mariposa estate. (Objection offered.) dir. Field id to prove that witness, after oxamina- tion of the r, had declined to join ‘in the negotia- tion on account of its being an yr eon speculation The objection was overruled. (Exception taken, Q Were your means abundant to enable you to (em in the negotiation? A. 1 think I should have had no ditli- culty in paying the: money; Mr. Ketchum sent mea Pamphlet in relatibn to, the property, and subsequently called at my house; he then said the property was offered ‘at a certain price; do not recollect exactiy the terms; I told him I ‘vo one of the parties, provided the pro» perty could be got possession of; I made it a condition 1 Certain creditors should take their bey in curroney; that was declined, they demanding gold; [ considered dt ‘&@ Very complicated affair, and to engage in it; 1 did not change my opinion as to its value, but it the complication reduced the value. Croas-examination—Knew nothing of any ),000; I ‘supposed. it was not oflered # part of the stock as a grataity in com- ing in; was to have an equal share with Messrs. ‘ke, , the quarter of the ostate to be given vas last winter; I kept my capital in- speculation; should py ly have con- sidered this o good investment; thought it was @ great risk; there was very great difficulty in gotting poasession ; tho broperty Was to betsold in @ week ; it was a great way off, and ult to have it managed; we were to take the place of the creditors, and receive a-contingency out of oo og of five-elghths; only considered the matter a fow days, 2 Re-ditect examination.—It might have been a quarter of the whole to come out of the five or six-eighths owned by Fremont; Iwas to have a quarter of this im addition to the rolmbursement of the money paid; something was raid about forming # company, but nothing was detinitely arranged. ‘TRSTIMONY OF GEORGE RUCKER. George Rucher, sworn and examined by Br Field.— Know-af Henry D. Stover; bis reputation for truth is very bad; I donot think I could believe him under oath. Cross-examined by Mr. Evarts—Am not personally ac- quainted with Mr. ver; have known of him for six years; hada difficulty with Mr. Stover on secount of..n account in whieh he 4 ‘ from a whom my firm were agents; that is the only case in which I bave had business difflculty with him; he dis- ted the unrettled account and it was put into the js of a lawyer, whom 1 told that bis general reputa- tion was not good; the lawyer was Mr. Daniel M. Vorter, and it was two or three months ago; had heard of Mr. Stover having been in Fort Lafayetio; that might have had somo connection with it; I have heard a at muny people tik about Mr. Stover, and think 1 have heart them say they would not believe him under oath; but my momory will not serve moto name any person who bas caid 0. TESTIMONY OF J.B. WARING, J. B. Waring,-sworn and examined by Mr, Field—Am a machinist, and acquainted with gun machinery; the price of machinery increased in value twonty-tive to fifty cont between December, 1862, and July, 1863; I was deterred from parcbesing by he increase of ; iron bad inoreased in price thirty to Mfty por cent; labor bad increased twenty per cent; gun machinery is much moro valuxble to the owner after it hax been run- ning a few months, the adjasiments eying been per- fected; in making tools there is considerable breakago; in using Wwols there is a groat breakage, expecially in gun machinery, where many milling tools are required, and Must be Kept in good order. Cross-examination by Mr. Evarts—Am at work on steel pens at present: ‘© worked on silk machinery and gun maghinery as intendent of the factory; never worked usa hend ins gua factory; the gun machi was for making back eights for the Springfield musket; it ig the most difficult part of the gun to make; the price of a milling machine fur a gun factory in December, Tez, was like the price of @ hore, depending upon the value: one kind was worth $200, and another Kind $600, at that: time ascertained the price, with a'view to buying, of Dir. Roberta, who had an srmory in Elm street, was a m.nofactarer of guns; Roberts had milling machines for sale, that he had used; he bad them from $200 up to $500 he showed me several; in July, 1863, the hed gone up eo high that I did not buy; attempted to boy what is usually called the Stover or Lincoln ma- chine; that Stover had had no machines to sell for some time; I knew from the workmen; Lwas in Worcester about the middle of June to look at the ma- chines; the rise in the price of machinery has con- tinued In rome cases up to to-day; labor became ver scarce at the beginning of 1863, and gun machinery nd. vunced very carly; as arly second-hand machinery is not 60 salable a8 new; in many tools it brings » value from the fact that there are small tools hited vo it, TESTIMONY OF JOHN A. SCHENCK. Jobn A. Schenck, sworn and examined by Mr. Field— Have been # macuinist for thirty years; am not very fainiliar with gun machinery; from December, 1862, to July, 1863, advanced: meterial and labor ad- ced in the Intter businons from twenty to fifty per cent; in 1862 I paid three and abalf cents for castings, and in 18631 paid four and a half cents before July; wes a demand for machinery in the summer of 1863. The eost of transport- ing and adjusting machinery makes up a portion of its cost; if IT buya fee no tise and it cots $100 to adjust it, the coats me $1,100. Crows-examination by Mr. Evarts—Dake lathes for sale in the market, not milling machines; machinery has Leen advancing since 1862; breakage of tools im con+ structing them makes up part of the cost of the tovls when Constructed ; tools in @ machinist’s establishment depreciate in use, some ten per cent, some iifty, and some not more than two an & belf per ceut in six Fr my is “Ty eee - would not de- more on per cent; not refer to re plenishing them, but the de; ion. TRETIMONY OF W. H. ARMBTRONG. Wm. H. Armstrong, sworn and oxomined by Mr. Fmott:—Am a lawyer; in1868 wes private secretary to the Mayor, under Mr. Opdyke; knew of the meseages, &c., Of the Mayor in July, 1868; this book (producing it} is the letter book, containing official letters of the Mayor, and some important proclamations are page 81, Jui led into it; om 13, is & Communication addresned to Mr. Acton, Chief of Police; Lhad entire of the cor. resp of the office and believe that every letter copied into that book was actually sent; the proclama- tions wore Issued, and I attended to their publication my- self and the sending of telegrams; the communication to Mr. Acton may have been sont before I reached the office that morning; the reqvfisition to General Sandford was the first that wre made after I arrived there, Mr. Emott proposed to read in evidence certain procla- mations and letiers from the letter book. Mr, Evarte objected that the presenee of the letters in this book wae not sufficient proof of their being vent, ination by Mr. Evarte—The copy of letter to Governor Seymour, of July 13, is In my handwriting; also, Copy of letter to General Wook; also copy of requisk. tion upon Goneral Sandford, which t hendea Wen person. ally; aleo another letter to Governor Beymour, &¢., &e.; 1 Fite nek Mesenger, out of the offes, and have no doubt they were sent; all on the 13th is in my handwriting, except the letter to Acton, which ta in to handwriting’ of Mr. Barnes, now in the Timer office. The letters were read in evidence, counsel for defendant bang ; the objection bemg overruled, and exception TRATIMONY OF RK. B. SHELDON. RB. B. Sheldon sworn, and examined by Mr. Fielt— Know Henry D. Stover very slightly; to « certain extent know his reputation ; hie character for irvth and veracity Thave mot heard spoken of more than once or twice, ; hie general moral to the extent mpars® jen of, In bad [one believe him w oat any (Oljected to, overruled; exception taken.) Cross-examination by Mr Evaris—Have been counsel im two suite against Mr. Stover, and heard statements at that time; Dr. BT. Wright, his former partner, and an intimate of mine, brought one of the suite; ae ioe settled by arbitration; ex ip these anita had little occasion to know about Mr. Stover; 1 bes 8 man's ony Ee A mons that he will ngs , but upon his general moral character; been is uary, fixat connec- Bea ien te Sf mete In the Bame of Mr, on the other for ten eardines; that contract of Mr. comraema eld and on one by MoNeil in lus Hendrickson om the other; the 1861, and | the contract made in pursuance of to assume the position of the 18th of De- cember, ave MeNeil Lad obtained that im the name of bis friend myself had com Soenene end making gun manu- facturer, arms and de livering thas contract ; the first Farlee, McNeil and manufacturer at $17 60, leaving a op the two contracts of 4 a gun, was jet! should have $1 70, Mr. Farieo 60 cents aud myself $1 10; Mr. MoNeil Pee eee ne ate Hendrickson, made thom on daveies STOO Thiel ce athe reveid nea of the ther Balt that snot be hed advances $6,000 seonoy tnd givens draft' ou Hensrickvon for 921 on thirty days for the and he ‘me to. reim- Duree him two five hundred on-the money ad- vanced and pay half of the acceptance wheu due; Mr. Marston, in making thia contract, required an advames of five sand dollars, of advance then contemplated; Mr. Marston said that all the mivance ho sheuld require; perhaps it ie that I should state here, in view of the testimony of Mr. prog tegh Mr. MoNel, in this negotiation between Me- Neil, Parley and myself, asked that Jones be a partner; T peremptorily refused, and said I would bave nething whatever to do with it; about the timo this thing, was consummuted Mr. MeNeil informed me for the first time, bri | Previousty that he money enoug! to- adi and not the whole; desired that the interest should ‘Bame; that was the first intimation that I had that Mr. McNeil was not in a position to hold property in his own name; I do not think I asked him the question di- reotly whether he had judgments over him, but that was the presumption, and had I known that at the time the negotiation commenced I should never have taken an interest in contract at all. 5 Mr. rays jected to the last statoment of wit for, rose | uncall , and not evidence, and the Court out, Witness—Large advances were subsequently made to Marston; he had previously been mainly in the manufacture of guns by hand ii of machinery— quite a different branch of busincss; he wae very much mistaken as to the amount of capitel required in manu- facturing guns by machinery; he called for further ad- vances beyond the $5,000, until they reached perkaps double the amount, when I refused to go further on the Insufiicient security that could be afforded in a business with which I was not familiar and knew to be unices a change was made in the conditions of this con- tract; I was unwilling to advance mf money to outer Pein without bd extra consideration to fap nd 3 re8§ Nay Alaa consented to reduce ice gun ma td 50 to $17; I then went on and advanced $15,000, which I agreed to do, and nearly double that sum, when I again refused to go om in view of the rlsk and hazard and the protracted time it took him to produce the finished gun; I lad become epprchensive that the contract would expire before the med were completed, and we should have them on our nds; he gave me assurances that with more money he could accomplish the , and lagreed to make a fur- ther advance, making the aggregate $40:000 to $45,000, on condition that ho would compensate me for it by an- nulling the existing contract and making a new one for balf a dollar less; at the samé time Neil agreed to abate twenty-five cents of his interest; a third contract was then made at $16 50, after which 1 went on and ox- ceeded the advances promised until I had reached nearly $70,000, avd the finished guns were not yet produced; Mr. McNeil, Farley and myself all became ‘anxious and fearful that Mr, Marston, for the want of experionce in tho manufacture of guns by machinery, would Pree to Co mpl yo ge ay & mee the government, we mig a. rious suflerers; and we deemed it imperative that some change should be made; | asked him to find some other capitalist to take my place; he did not, perhaps could not, find one to do it; Lasked tell the property to-us, and sald that if I should foreclose po Menreypercer rege in this property and it should be . at auotion, although tho machinery might bri vory near ite valuo, the tools would bring very muc! Joss, and it night be ruinous for him, although we might be able to get back the money advanced; Mr. Fariee had consulted (tifforent experts in gun manufactures, and we wero satistied that with ©, vigorous, energetic man- ment, the guns could be made at @ profit; and rather n injure Mr. Marston, and sucrifce money banter = ble ta purchase at a fair valuation e y ; and thereupon appraisers wore chosen, one by Mr. y and one by ourselves, their decision aot to be final; but if both were satisfied the was to be consummated; at that time, as the contract there was PaRRM Mi Ove Coe oe, of which Mr. had sixty — 5 McNeil one dollar and forty-tive cents, and - [, the balance, in view of my large advances; Mr. Colby and Mr. Knowltom mado high; the appraisers aan assured me that the valuation was, in their judgment, right; and we finally agreed to accept the valuation, and to make the purchase, and make the pay- ments by the cancellation of notes which had been given by Mr. Marston to MeNeil and myself, McNeil’s being $2,500, secured by chaitel mortgage, and my own neart; $70,090, and to pay o list of indebtedness; Mr. McNeil being more anxious to consummate the purchase appa- rently than f, agreed, without any knowledge of mine, to pay $2,000 in addition to what I had beeh willing to offer, for there were certain things I claimed as deduc. tions; Mr. Marston claimed to em! conl consuined and other things in the establishment in the roanufi ture of tools; that matter was finally compromised by deducting about $2,000; but MeNeil made the agreement with Mr, Marston to pay it, and camo to me and stated what he had done, and that he did so subject to the condition that I should discount the note for four or «six months, I believe, which I agree@ to do, and the sale was consummated; bad nO connection whatever with the voting on the claim; took no action in the matter; forty-nine other ciaims Were went in at the pame tine; felt sure that reflections and misrepreseniations would be made on account of my interest in the claim; had @ very clear conviction that the claim, instead of being too large, was teo »mall. By the Court—Do you snppoee you could not properly withhold your signaiure from this particular cisim, having signed all the otwers? A. Thet wns the case I be- After the claim was audited and paid you My ! conversation or settlement with Brooks in regard to it? A Yea; I was informed that Brooks claimed all the royalty om thore ix thousand unfinisbed threatened compromise; told the committee that the same rigor of examination which bad marked thetr consideration of other claims should be obeerved in their treatinent of (Mr. Farloe) was tried; ; Ido not know that any partion: lar oecurred; there was a claim made om the city for losses and exponses; there was po claim made on city for guns delivered to the government; in presenting the claim to the Supervisors I did not ray that Lhad no- thing to do with it; 1 never sokt my imfuence for the uses, an a and testified to here, which Mr. An- drews wou! ED ee ataatne at no thing of the kind occurred; 1 would have to oe my nature in omer to do trou! 1 my and discussion recom) Mr. Stanton and Mr. for the offies Surveyor of the Port; I did #0 because 1 thought that they were Best; 1 met Mr. Andrews in front of St. Paul's church; he sald he was ig to be Surv: of the port of New York; exprensod my satiefaction that he had succeeded; I shortly after met Mr. Parney, and ¢ to him about the matter; he said reved that at was so; that the appoinsment was rein the matier; I never wrote to the Ber ry on his behalf; ean confident thatI never did enything to injare the neme of Mr. Stanton in any way; the contribution in the Custom House was set sg ve no recollection of ssking Mr. to set a sub- eription on foot, however mueh any bee desired tt; whe out of pocket some twenty thourand dollars; there wero throe different arsociations that nominated mo; I had a good deal of fo mm! among them; I got back tome of the money T advanced, from Mr. Kawer and other gentlemen, to the extent of seventeen hundred dol. lars; Sever had @ pecuniary trenexction with Mr. An- my Iife; he had mo reason to stand by me; at hat I apeak of there was no reason to think it he was in favor of the right, Mr. Francie ©. Cross was next examined and esid—1 pe FL ea and have doue fo from 058 to breaking ont of The rebellion; have been engages ia taking in business for the honre of Heyeay; ip 1463 foe oye ey yg other bg ed om my ae count; rince ebruary 1 have had bot Wotters from somewhere in the month of September; 1 any fource; the price of milling Machinery I cannot ly fix, the limite of the Prices of milling machines were very large, the prices Wore so high thet 1 could make no bargains With persons Pesan to beri 1 never saw machinery so bigh at any time; know an engine lathe ta; the price of this Kind of machinery diff ‘to the reputation of the who build then; the ers Company were considered to make a very fuporiot kind of machinery. The examination of Mr. se ptical hi ‘was principally confined we . Ereeement ot 8 of machinery ie and the expense of ng up. This was of course to compare with the evidence of & similar kind given by the witnesses for the Prosecution The testimony, however, wae so diffuse Ri that there was nothing of importance elicited. testified that from we Ibe him, as an alternative, to morning. At the hour named Basuey Friery, one of the keepers of the saloon known as tle ‘‘Ten-forty Loan,” Bo. 4 East Houston street, entered’ Lazarus’ place wih four othor men, and sald te Lasavos, “I ean whip eng “« hands,!’ them replied) ‘Let us shake Ea band, Frie the wite a. knife, ich, "he Tad coocelod ta "hie a gh ran and, jumping imto ices fleigh te froas of thehouse, drove'rapidly away alarm could’ be ‘Tre preciret immedi ly started murderer, but be is atill at “Lay” jest oe ~ 4 nire street, Coronew Collin was notified to hol an inquest. known te the police, who are in hot pursuit of is believed that Friery intended to take the'life of him victim at the time be entered the place. Further faom will be developed before the Coroner. The placo kept the deceased was known as ‘The X 10 U 8’ (Extenut In order to give time to procure all the witnesses in the case and altow the officers an opportunity to arrest the fugitive murderer, the uisition was poned {ili one o'clock this oo yl Ma at the Fourteenth precinct station house. puty Core ner Robinsop made a mortem examination y« on the body of'Lavarus, whieh resulted in showing hemorrhage by severing the jugular vein was the cause of death. Abowt a year since the deceared was atte: ed fight in California, whieh terminated ime fight with pi knives, &e., and on Lazarus was shot in the side by one of his opponenta, although the wound was a serious one, he was cont to his bed only for afew days. Search was the bullet at that time, but it buried itself s0 deep the body that the sui could not trace it. In bis mortem examination Dr. Robinson found the ball, ine Gaye adhered to one of his ribs. fa ince the above was written, Barney the murderer of Harry ‘Lazarus, ‘and Janes McDonald ad James Allen, two of the men with him on that have been‘arrosted in Harlem by the Twelfth lice, It is stated that the "Aer poms not deny 2 concerned in the of Lazarus, The g 3 Bs tr il i ' 2% is Reg i 2 a"e Bes cial E associate to the station house, w! Surgeon Keunedy, who wound of a us character. . Dangerous Assault by # Hotel Porter. Early on Monday evening Mr. Wm. L. Hovelsted left the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and on reaching the corner of Twee- ty-sixth street and Bsoodway was wolently assaulted ty Patrick Smith, one of the porters employed in the Fifth Avenue Hotel. It is allogod that Smith struck Mr. Be it be Smub Etna ara to prison to await the result of Mr. ‘8 The latter lives at the New York ‘What pi tae the murderous assault bes aed yet red. Shooting Affray in a Lager Beer Saicen. ‘The lager beer saloon, kept by Henry Eichen, Mo. 1p Hester street, was the scene of a shooting affray abeud Bine o'clock last evening, in which the proprieter was to to receive it, and in the them drew a revolver toa’ Thang i asera men of him, two of the shots takyng effect in the neck breast. The men then made their erat ere yet been arrested. Eichen was taken tesidenee ‘where he still lies in @ critical condition. this port to-day for Aspinwall. ‘The mails for Coutral America and the Sowth Pacifie will close at half-past ten o'clock this morning The Naw Yorx Herato—Edition for the Pacific—o® be ready at half-past nine o’clock inthe morning. ‘Single copies, in wrappers, ready for mailing, six conta Prizes Cashed in all Regetings Lettesten ene tateyaalion Given, sre ction 16 Beuabeeg: B. ©. Lottery —Prines Cashe@ Jp gold Information furnished | Highest rates pald te ‘ail kinds of Gold and Silver. 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