The New York Herald Newspaper, December 2, 1865, Page 5

WASHINGTON. Arrival of Congressmen in the National Capital, + SMfeagre Attendance of the South- ern Representatives. No Doiy 1 the Organization Anticipated from the Pressure of Their Claims, “GREAT ACTIVITY OF THE RADICALS ‘Their Efforts to Capture the President. Andy Johnson Adheres to His Reste- ration Policy, MAXICAN IMBROGLIO. ae, &. ¢ &o. Wasurnaton, Dec. 1, 1865. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE. ‘There aro now, probably, one hundred members of the ‘House of Representatives in Washington, with several only from the late insurrectionary States, Excepting ‘the credentials of members elect from Tennessee and ‘Virginia none have been received from the South. It is ‘mot probable that others will reach here from the late Ansurrectionary States before Monday, owing, among other causes, to the deranged condition of the mails and “the consequent delay in gathering the official returns of ‘the elections, and the time required to send the creden- tials to Washington. So it does not now appear that, on ‘tho mooting of the House on Monday, any difficulty can “occur in the admission of members from the Southern States; and this is the gencral opinion of members now in Washington. THE SOUTHERN MEMBERS ELECT. It is reported that there are not more than two of the ‘mombors of Congress elect, from the Southern States ‘whose credentials are properly made, and who could ob- tain seats even if there was no such hindrance as a test oath, which perhaps can be swallowed by half a dozen. The Programme of these will be rather startling to the con- ‘stituoncies of the South when it comes to be revealed in “the organization of the House. They propose to side with the radicals to keep Southern members off the floor ‘by working aguinst the repeal of the test oath, even if “the majority of them go down in the ruins, like Sam- son. Those who cannot take the tést oath expect it will "be repealed, Tho argument they uso 1s that when par- -doned the now citizenship conveys with it eligibility to Congress. REPUBLICAN Caucus. Acancus of the republican members of Congr’ss is “called for to-morrow night to select candidates for the Speakership and other offices. Tho members from Ohio hold a private meeting to- ‘aight to agroo as to what candidates they w'll support for officers of the House, so as to act understandingly among ‘themselves at the general caucus to be held to-morrow night. DELEGATE FROM LOUISIANA. Judge Warmouth, from Louisiana, is here, asa delegate from that State. On the day of the Jato election in Louisiana, it will be recollected that irregular polls were Opened, at which both whites and blacks voted. The Judge maintains the the theory that by the rebellion Louisiana relapsed to a territorial condition; and this is ‘tho basis on which he will present himself as a delegate. THE ARIZONA DELEGATE. Mr. Charles D. Poston, who last Congress represented Arizona, is hore, distributing among Congressmen an ‘address to the people of the Territory, in which he states that perfidious plot was hatched by Governor Goodwin to defeat him and elect himself, at the very time he {Colonel Poston) was hard at work in Washington solicit- ing more troops for the Territory and getting mail servico restored to its southern section. Colonel Poston says it Temains tobe seen whether under the circumstances Stated tho governor of a remote Torritory can crozs the Congressional threshold with a certificate signed by his own namo, founded upon fraudulent votes, and registered ‘by his own judges and clerks and counted by himself. CANDIDATES FOR SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OF THE HOUSE. General P. H. Lasher, Sergeant-at-Arms of the New ‘York Logis!atare in 1858, is a candidate for the same po- sition in the Houso of Representatives. The contest is likely to be confined to Ordway, Lasher and General Ingraham, late Provost Marshal General of the District of Columbia. TUR POSTMASTER GENERAL’S REPORT. Postmaster General Dennison has ordered that the feading pape:s of the country be furnished with advance sheets of his report, It is a document which, for brevity and fcll information on all matters touching the Post Ollice Department, will command very general interest, In accordancs with the Postmaster General’s instruc- tions about eight hundred copies of the report have been prepared in advance by the printer for distribution as above. 4 CONDITION OF THE TREASURY. ‘Tt js stated that the Treasury has now on hand, in ‘coin# $41,718,000, and in currency $30,162,000. There is ‘at present outstanding $5,545,000 of old certificates, $50,316,000 of now certificates and $51,000,000 of coin Cort.Acates. In the War and Navy Departments there is a reduction in the expenditures of over $11,000,000 in ‘November, as compared with those of November, 1564. ACCUMULATION OF TRANSPORTATION AND ORD- NANCK STORES. Some timo since the Quartermaster's Department directed that the sale of transportation material be dis- eontinucd. ‘Ihe Commissary Department haa, ip effect, adopted the same course in respect to supplies for roops, and has commenced accumulating at New Or- Jeans and other posts cénvenient to Texas. Inspectors ‘aro said tobe looking closely into the condition and quantity of transportation and ordnance stores, and Airecting repairs in all cases where they are needed, Taken in connection with General Grant's proposed visit to Sheridan, these facts show a disposition to keep the Army of the Southwest in condition for active service at moment's noticen, = + THE PARDON BUSINESS. Owing to the pross of other official basiness and the sear approach of the session of Congress but few pardons have been granted within a week. Several Texats of ittle prominence were made exceptions yesterday. BRIRP CABINET SESSION. The Cabinet mocting was a short one to-day. Most of the mombers returned to their departments soon after -ono o'clock, to give the finishing touches to their reapeo- ‘tive reports. APPRBHENDED SUFFERING IN ALABAMA. Official information received here represents that there “will bo groat suffering in Alabama during the present ‘winter, owing to the small corn and grain crops, the re- ult of the want of necessary labor and the severe Arought which prevailed over most of the productive ands of the State. It is estimated that thore are no less ‘than two hundred thousand persons, both biack and rvhito, who must be furnished with food until they can faiso it for themselves. The Freedmen’s Bureau, how- evor, is, under instructions from the Secretary of War, taking tho necessary steps to relieve these people, as far sas possible, at an early day. SENATOR DOOLITTLE AND THADDEUS STEVENS. ‘Ax Senator Doolittle passed Thad Stevens in the ante. ‘room of the White House, two days ago, he asked, ware the people of Pennsylvania?’ “Opposed to ou, sir; opposed to you,’’ replied Stevens, as he passed on. BRAVET PROMOTIONS. ‘The Commissary Department is coming in for its share of brevets since the books are being closed up with the military, Goneral A. B. Eaton, Chiof Commissary, and ‘his assistant, Colonel Shiras, have both been brevetted Major gonorals in the regular army; Captain A. T. Clark toa licutonant colonelcy, and Captains B. T. Bridges and J. J. Hoff to majorities, Brevets to all deserving officers ‘are hurried out from the War Department in consfter. ‘able numbers, #0 a8 to place them first under the notice ‘Of the Senate for confirmation. Cavsascabie disapprobation is oxpressed by the rogu- - | NHW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1365.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. lar officers who served constantly iw the fold during the @iemeral ‘Wool om General Scott's Auto- war at the recent promotions over them by brevets of those officers who remained in the rear the entire time on departmental and other @uty. A list numbering nearly forty such cases is expected to be goon made public. DISSOLUTION OF 4 COURT MARTIAL. Au order from General Dent, commanding the garri- fon of Washington, dissolves the court martial of which Brigadier General DeWitt was president, and relieves all the Veteran Reserve officers of which it was composed. ‘The court will probably soon be reformed with a detail of officers from Hancock's corps of some of the volun- teor regiments on duty bere, whem several important cases of fraud in the Quartermaster's Department con- corning officers of considerable rank will be tried. Dis- solving these court martials destroys the last hope of those voteran offlocers excepted in the late order sending home all who were not actually on duty of some kind. It would seem that the regular army isto temporarily win in this struggle with the Veteran Reserves. - PRRSONAL. Colonel Burnett, of Cincinnati, who will be remem- bered in connection with the prosecution ef tho con- spiracy trial, resigned to-day, and ‘will return to Cin- cinnatl, ‘THE PATENT BUSINESS. This week a greater number of patents will issue than ever before for a single week. The gumber is not yet definitely known. The number of patents issued the Present year already exceeds by upwards of two thou- sand the issue of 1864, which was heavier than any year Preceding. ‘THR OLD CAPITOL PRISON DISCONTINUED. An ordor was issued to-day, under instructions from the War Department, discontinuing the @ld Capitol Prison and turning over the buildings to the officers of the Quartermaster’s Department. The prisoners now there confined will be transferred, with the necessary Papers in their cases, to the commandant of Fort Whip- ple, Virginia, for confinement at that post. The inmates of Fort Carroll are soon to be sent to the same place. OFFICERS OF THE RESERVE CORPS RELIBVED. ‘The following number of officers of the Voteran Re- ‘serve corps were to-day relieved from duty in this do- partment and ordered to ‘proceed to their respective Places of residence and report thence by letter to the Adjutant General, There are one hundred and forty-nine names embraced in the terms of the order:—Four colonels, two lieutenant colonels, two majors, ferty-cight captains, forty-nine first Heutenants and forty-four Sgo- ond lieutenants. Included im the above list are Brevet Brigadier Generals George W. Gile, D. P. DeWitt and s. D. Oliphant. DESERTIONS. ‘The Sixth and Eighth regiments, Hancock's corps, now on duty in Washington report desertions during the month of November to the number of twenty-five. MASSAOHUSETTS CAPITALISTS INVESTING IN SOUTH- BRN SPROULATIONS. Colonel Withers, of Mississippi, General Pemberton’s: Chief of Artillery during the siege of Vicksburg, has just returned from Bo8ton, where he spent several wecks inducing capitalists to embark in cotton growing and other speculations in the South. He reports his efforts successful and satisfactory, and that Boston capitalists generally prefer individual investments to organized stockholding associations. Our Washington Corresporidence. Wasurxatox, Nov. 29, 1865. Members of Congress come in slowly, far slower than usual at times preceding the meeting of Con- gress. Many of those who have turned up hore have disappeared, probably gone to. New York or some other point. The numerous candidates for positions, from sergeant-at-arms down, under the organization of the House of Representatives, hardly find a sufficient number of members to keep them busy button-holing. If this continues much longer these applicants will contract habits of idleness, which will unfit them for the duties to be performed, if they should happen to receive the positions which they are after. Cannot a few members of Congress be sent on to give this class of bores something to do for exercise? From present appearanges the applicants for the posi- tions of clerks, doorkeepors, &c., will have to organize Congress. The next two or three days, however, will no doubt bring a change for the better and give more life to the national capital. THR RADICALS AT WORK. Most of those Congressmen who have mado their ap- pearance here are of the radical stripe, and, as usual with that claas, are very busy and everywhere promul- gating what Congress will do onthe question of recog- nition. The political atmosphere is made decidedly radical by their boastings, and if an observer of sevents hero confined his observations to the hotels and resorts of these M. C.’s he would obtain the impression that there was no other sentiment entertained, from the President dewn. Their radical ideas are put forward on all oceasiong, and the assertions that the President has backed down and become so thoroughly disgusted by the action of the South that he has abandoned his restoration policy are so frequent and universal that the prevailing idea, even among many of the Southern men here, is that suoh is reatly the case. The Southerners, for the last few days, have become quite disheartened and are de- spondent over their gloomy prospects. But any person who will take the trouble to examine into the real founda- tion of these reports can very readily aseertain that there is no foundation whatever for their assertions, Tf one of the radica!s happens to obtain an interview with the President he immediately announces it to every- body, and ina short time the stool pigeons are running around announcing it to every man and woman at the national capital. make as much ado about having seen tho President as a country schoolboy would over seeing a veritable elephant for the first time. They are certain to state that Mr. Johnson coincides with their views and has finally become disgusted with the course of the South. Of course they have an object in all this, and are undoubtedly endeavoring to manufacture public opinion, in the hope of modifying the President’s mes- #age, a8 well as to give the impression to all fresh arri- vals that vg A got to go with the radicals or i inst the ident. But their game will soon blocked. In fact, the members of Congress holding more moderate views have already become disgu: with their action, and a reaction bas already commenced which bids far to turn the tables on these mischief makers, even in Congress. THR POSITION OF THR PRRAIDENT, Whatever may be said to the contrary, the evidence is conclusive that the President remains firm ip his posi- tion, and has no idea whatever of changing it to suit t radicals. Before he announced his restoration policy he weighed the subject carefully, and ade the onl course which he considered justifiable un the consti- tution, Having carefully and after full deliberation decided upon his course be will not now abandon it, unless some greater obstacle presents itself than has yet been developed. He may yield on some trivial points for the sake of harmony; but in no case where it will affect his general plan of readjusting the country and restoring peace, harinony and prosperity to all If Congress desires that the country shall be in an unsettled condition, and that one section shall be threatened with anarchy, impairing our commerce and endangering our financial intercets, they can rest assured that Se have the opportunit of LJ the whole responability. The President will bg his card that it cannot in any way be cl at his door. The e dence that he ii 1s to remain firm is 80 conclusive thi it seems almost impossible to find the slightest point upon which to a doubt, A inent whose position and ives him an opportunity to know officially what Mr. ohneon will do, remarked to- “that the President had ‘his Bou ie thern tion, had checked his u rough, and intended to otiok fant to. that train etal baxarce®”” No authority in the city of Washington is any better or more reliable than the person who made that remark, oxcept Presi- dent Johnson himself. « MEXICAN TROUBLES. ‘The condition of affairs on the Rio Grande is just now meeting considerable attention on the part of the gor. ernment. However anxious the President may be Maximilian may be forced to leave, there is no cues tion on the part of the administration to precipitate a gollision there just at present. Were our army officers ee to carry out their wishes the reign of Imperial in Mexico would be very short indeed. Most of those officers are anxious to take a hand in, and feel that it is a oer, to onforce the Monroe doctrine. A collision, then, might lead to serious results. If aiding the liberals to drive Maximilian out of Mexico would end in the accom- bog of that object, there could be no objection in jotting Sheridan try the metal of his troopers and’give them afew hours exercise on Mexican soil; but w that ia done our troubles would only commence. While the administration ie not di: to make any movement to precipitate a collision, it must not be considered that there is any desire to sustain the imperialists. On the trary, the sentiment in official circles is the very re- verse, @ belief exists hero that the liberals are ma- turing plang which will force the Austrian Prince to pack up and takes “ticket of leave’ at no distant day. Marder Tria! VERDICT OF THR JURY IN, THE JOSEPH LIDES MURDER CASE. Prmanenema, Deo. 1, 1965. Tho jury in The case of Mary Ridey, charged with the murder of Joseph Lides, this morning returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree. ACQUITTAL OF SIMPSON, CHARGED WITH THE MUR- DER OF M’ENTER, Franntix, Pa., Dec 1, 1965, Joba Simpson, who was charged with the ‘iting of MeKnteo, has been acquitted, the jury havitg ronderod f verdict of justifiabio homicide, Both partios wero from Rochester. New You + biography. ‘TO THB EDITOR Cy HERALD. In the autodiography of Lioutenant General Winfetd Scott, im refereace to the capture of Queenstown heights and its battery, ou the 13th of October, 1812, the follow- ing statement will be found«— The General says, pages Afty-eight and ffty-nine:— “And now It was that Lieutenant Colonel Scott—whose light batteries, commanded by Captains Towson and Barker, bad partially diverted the enemy’s fire from our Doate—was permitted, at his repeated solicitation, to crogs over and take command of our forces in conflict with the enemy. Fortunately he made the passage, ac- companied only by Adjutant Roach, of hie battalion, with been previously carried by detachments of the Sixth in- fantry, under Captain Machesney, of the Thirteenth, under Captains Wool, Armstrong, Ogilvie and Maloomb ; ‘one of the Twenty-third, under Major Mullany; a com- pany of light artillery, under Captain James Gibson, supported by Lieutenant Thomas B. Randolph, with one six pounder and some New York militia, Captain Wool had been disabled by a wound in ascending the heights. Captain J. G, Totten, of the engineers, was also with the troops, qualified and ready for any duty that might fall to him. It wasa little before this time that Major General Brock, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, and the Secretary of the Province, Colonel McDonald, fell at the foot of the heights while gallantly leading up from the mouth of the river a body of York volunteers, with a number of additional Indians."” : ‘Lest the statement of the illustrious autobiographer, he being one of the few survivors of the period to which it refers, may be received by many a the truth of history, justice requires that the authenticated reports Of the affair of Queenstown should not be overlooked. The following history of the first detachment that crossed the Niagara river at the time referred to by Lieu- tenant General Scott, with the report of Major General Stephen Van Rensselaer to Brigadier General Smith, his letter to Captain Wool, and the report of Lieutenant Colonel John Chrystie to the Secretary of War, Joba trong, will show under what circumstances and by whom the ts of Queenstown and the battery were “carried.” Also when and where ‘Major General Brock ‘nd Colonel McDonald fell." On the mornin: of the 18th October, 1812, two detachments, a part of the forces designated as “a forlorn },"’ to “atorm the heig! Queenstown,” before daylight on the shore a short distance above village, One eenstown detachment, one hundred strong, a6 officially reported, was under Lieutenant Colonel Van Rennseiaer, and the other, of three companies of the Thirteenth infantry, one hundred and cighty rank and file, under Captains Wool, Malcomb and Armstrong. Both detachments landed at the same time under fire from the enemy, who immediately fled towards the vitage. Soon after Colonel Van Rennselaer ordered the troops to move forward pre- ee to ‘storming the heights,” but halted them at @ base. While waiting further orders the Thirteenth infantry was attacked, as Tupper, the historian of Major Gen Brock, ae, by “sixty of the Forty-ninth gren- adiers and Captain’ Hall’s company of militia, under Captain Dennis, of the Forty-ninth, with a three pound- er.’ Captain Wool, the senior in rank and the com- manding officer in the absence of Iieutenant Colonel Chrystie, wheeled his detachment and confronted the enemy, who, after a short but severe contest, fled in the direction of Queenstown. In this contest the Thirteenth lost wo meritorious and gallant officers killed, Lieuten- ants Valleau and Morris, and four severely wounded, Captains Wool, Armstrong and Malcomb and Lieutenant Lent, and forty-five of the rank and file killed and wounded. Of the militia Lieutenant Colonel Van Rennselaer received four wounds, supposed at the tims to be mortal, in consequence of which he ordered the troops to the shore of the Niaga- ra, At daylight or soon after, the troops being exposed to the fire from the heights—‘‘Captains Williams and Chisholm’s companies’—Captain Wool sought Van Rensselaer to aacertain if something could not be done to relieve the troops from the fire, from which several of his men had been killed and wounded. Van Rensselaer replied be knew of nothing but the capture of the heights, Captain Wool, bra oo severely wounded— having been shot through both thighs—volunteered to undertake the enterprisa. Van Rensselaer was unwill offer, and because of the ‘‘inexperience an: youthful appearance of the officers, and the hihest in rank only a captain.’ Yet he consent Wool re- ceived his instractions; and accordingly, with two hun- dred and forty men, including officers, and a small de- tachment of artillery under Lieutenant Randolph, and Capiain Ogilvie, with his company, who had just joined, he ascended the heights, surprised Captains Williams and Chisholm's companies—who ran down the heighta— and captured the battery. Major General Brock and his two aids-de-camp (as Tapper says in his history) were in the battery whon the Thirteenth fired into it, and barely escaped capture. ‘They had not even time to mount their horses, but precip'tately ran down the heights.”’ On arrivng at the villace General Brock organized a force under Captain Williams, and ‘again a*cended the heights and drove Captain Wool's forces to the edge of the precipice, which po, pe a short time before ascended, where they were rallied and in turn repelled Brock, and again drove him and his forces part way down the ‘heights, where he ral- lied his favorite corps, the Forty-ninth, and again ad- vanced to reguin his lost position. At that moment ho was joined by Colonel McDonald with two companies of York volunteers from Brown's Point, and at the instant when he ordered McDonald to ‘“‘push on the York volun- teers" he fell. The Colonel, obeying the orders of his beloved chief, “with the hereditary courage of his race, charged up the hill,” but was repelled by the Thirteenth infantry, when he and the Attorndy General of Upper Canada fell, mortally wounded. ‘The flank companies ofthe Forty-ninth having suffered severely, and both the captains being wounded, the troops retreated in front of Vromont’s battery’’ some distance below Queenstowa and the crossings of the river, leaving eleven prisoners, including an Indian chief, in the ion of Captain ool, Soon after Captain Wool was joined by Captain Lawrence, of the Thirteenth, and Captain Machesney, of | the Sixth infantry, who was introduced to Captain Wool by Lawrence. At no time previons to this had Captain Maches: been with the troops that carried the “heights and buttery.” Also Lieutenant Smith joined with thirty Rochester Rifles. The latter, while passing through Queenstown, released Iieutenant Colonel Fenwick, Major Mullany and one or two other officers, who had been captured crossing the river. Mullany crossed to Lewiston, but Fenwick was too severely wonnded to be moved. About the same time a number of officers arrived on the heights with a detachment of militia—among others Liestenant Colonel Chrystie, who took command of his detachment the first time after it left Lewiston. Captain Wool, being nearly exhausted with the Joas of blood and the fatirucs of the morning, and after getting his wounds dressed by Assistant Surgeon John McCall, by order of Colonel Chrystie crossed to Lewiston. Thus a condensed, but, as is believed, a true and faith- ful history is presented of the gallant services rendered by the first two detachments which croesed the Niagara Strait on the morning of the 13th of October, 1812, and of the officers and men of the Thirteenth infantry, two hundred and forty strong, who “carried th batt ind afterwarils de! Major Ge eg oretoge Colonel Led fell, not a ee foot of ts nor previous to the capture of the battery, as stated by Lieutenant Goneral Scott, ‘The officers who participated in these gallant achievements will be discovered in what follows from reports of Major General Van ®ennselaer and Lieutenant Colonel Chrystie. Major General Van Rennselaer, in his report to Brigadier General Smyth, dated the 24th of October, 1812, says:— “I conceive it a duty I owe to myself, to merit and to the service to recommend to your particular notice and favor, and through you, air, to Major General Dearborn, the following brave officers who distinguished themzelves in the firet detachment of troops who were engaged in storming the redoubt on the heights of Queenstown, on the 13th inst. :—Captains Wool and Ogilvie, Lieutenants Kearney, Carr, Huganin and Sammons, of the Thirteenth pire} Lieutepants Randolph and Gansevoort, of the jery.”’ The name of Lieutenant Reab and Assistant Surgeon John McCall should have been added. General Van Rennselaer addressed to Captain Wool the following letter, dated 24th December, 1812:— Sm—In official despatch to General Dearborn I was Bot suiliclently infurmed 10 do justice to your bravery an conduct in the attack eneiny on the heights The maser in which you met and 0 troops of General Brock, with the your com- mand, merits the notice of and I hope your pro- motion will stim ulate ot! to emulate your exemple + Colonel John Chrystie, in his report dated is return aa prisoner of report ferring to the first mentathe cap- heights and the defeat of “te rock, “in this affair Captain Wool, of the Thirteenth, gulla splayed» gy gallant officer, commanded, and displa: activity in the highest degree hoi Ogilvie Forty-ninth were Wy ge tairey prionnere ly wounded.’ By all w h it will be perceived that only three of the officers named by Lieutenant General Scott, in his auto- Dlography, fifty-eight, ascended the heights 2 battery. ‘These were Captains Wool and Ogil- vieand Lieutenant Thomas B. Randolph, and ne other officers named b: appeared on the until after the defeat of General Brock and his treops retreated to Vromont’s battery. It will also be not id. battery that Major General Brock and Colonel Me fall ‘‘a littie before,”’ but after th v KO oan been carried. Seo the phy. ° Affairs in Boston. CONVENTION OF COLORED PROPLE-~THB REPORTED NEWDURYPORT MURDER A HOAX, BTC. Bostow, Dec, 1, 1866. Aconvention of the colored people of New England is in session here, for the purpose of having the consti. tution of the United States so altered as to ix « qualification fér voters in all the States; to have settled what is citizenship, In an American senso, and to look to all matters concerning the colored man and his statuy in the land. L. Remond ides over the convap. tion, which tq Quite largely attended, Eugene Van ), the sailor arrested in New Yor'’« on suspicion gf being fhe murderer of Jackson, the ‘yonrd- ing housa Kegper in Hanover street, has been dive parged, he having proved bimsolf to be absent frop, y when the murder was committed, Sianeli THE PACKER DIVORCE CASE. ‘Trial Before Judge Lott, of Brookiyn— The Case Closed. The city of Brooklyn again figures before the public ta @ manner anything but Christianlike, and certainly mot ‘a accordance with what one would expect from a city of churches. Desperation and degradation have lately become so prevalent there that instead of being called the City of Churches it would more properly be catled the City of Crimes. In our owm city the Supreme Court teat present engaged in trying the Strong divorce case— which seems to be growing stronger every day—and our neighbors ever the river have had the Bupreme Court, Circut, engaged for the past two days investigating a somewhat similar to that of the Strong parties, aud fully as disgusting im its details, MISTORY OF THE CASS. The parties to the suit are James Packer, ansiajant clerk of the City Court of Brooklyn, and Sarah J. B. Pucker, his wife. They were marned in 1856, in Brook- Pepe peeencoays Inaceetmes gh pty agreement the case camo up on Thursday cuit of the Supreme Court in county. r APPEARANCE OF THE PARTIES. Both Packer and his wife were in court during the pro- Coedings, and neither exhibited any very deep traces of within would poaroely anevons from the nee of indifference shown by plaintiff and defendant that either of them was before public taking the chance the of being stamped with lasting infamy and di . OPENING FOR THE PLAINTIFF. In the case before Judge Lott, which has been on for the past two days, the husband t# the plaintiff and the wifo the defondant, Whereas in the previous motion in New York the wife was the plaintiff and the husband the defendant. The case was opened on Thursday by Mr. Hagner, of counsel for the plaintiff, who stated brief- ly the allegations and made by James Packer against his wife, and sh that they intended to prove that an undue familiarity existed between the defendant and several persons, and that such familiarity was car- ried to such an extent as to form plausible reason for supposing that the defendant must have been guilty of adultery with those persons with whom such familiarity ‘was practised. THE TESTIMONY. The first witness was Miss Sarah Packer, sister of the Plaintiff, who had lived in her brother’s family as a ser- vant fora year, from September, 1863, to September, 1864. This witness was in the habit of going to church with her brother, the plaintiff, every alternate Sunday, When the defendant would remain at home with the children, and on Wednesday evenings she would go out with the defendant. On theso evenings the defendant would visit a friend namod Mrs. Quebeck, whose husband kept a barber shop in Fulton street, and when going home the defend. ‘nt would leave witness at the door and go up to the shop: of Quebeck, which was on an upper floor, for the pur- pose of asking Quebeck to accompany them home; the detendant would remain, on these occasions, some ten or fifteen minutes up stairs, and sometimes longer; on the Jatter occasions the defendant would state that Mr. Quo- beck was not in and she bad waited for him; Quebeck would sometimes visit the defendant about nine o’clock at night, nod would greet her as if he had not seen her for some time. ‘The witness further testified that the de- fondant and Mr. Quebeck, on one occasion, went down to see the cellar, and remained there about fifteen minutes, when Mrs. Quebeck remarked that they had been down long enough and called them up. The witnoss did not think there was any in these circumstances, but since the scandal had become so public she had thought differently, and informed her brother, the plaintiff, ac- ingly. Tomghine Reither testified that she was at the house of the plaintiff on one occasion when the esaged was at church with his slater. Mr. Que- beck called to see the defendant while witness was there, The witness and her sister who was with her went. away, leaving Quebeck and the defendant together; wit- ness returned in about fifteen minutes to ask defendant for a book, when she noticed that defendant had no hoops on, and looked very much flurried; after obtaining the book witness went down stairs to’ her own apart- ments, and shortly after heard somebody come down stairs and go out, Mary Greenwood testified that she bad seen the de- fendant sitting in the lap of a man named Lavery on sev- eral uceasi and on another occasion she saw Lavery sitting on the bed in the room of defendant, while tho defendant herself was lying on the bed; witness had also: seen Lavery entering defendant's room’ through tho win- dow at eleven o'clock in the night. Sarah Greenwood, daughter of the last witness, cor- roborated the testimony regarding the position of Lavery and the defendant in the bedroom of tho lator, as given by her mother, and testified, further, that on going into the basement she beard a noise as of a person jumping up, and Mr. Lavery and Mrs. Packer cume out; witness testified to baving seen defendant sitting on Lavery’s lap, and also to having seen Lavery kiss defendant. ‘Delia Hines testified to having seen Lavery sitting with defendant and defendant reclining on his shoulder; she corroborated the testimony in regard to Lavery getting 2 — the window between ten and eleven o'clock at night. Jobn C. Williams testified to having seen Lavery and the defendant on the back stoop of defendant's house; Lavery lying in defendant's lap, on several occasions, and on one occasion defendant complained of having a cramp in her foot and requested Lavery to pull it; Laver did so, but rather more than witneas seemed to thinl was proper or delicate ; witness had seen this transaction through a hole in the fence between the yard of his house and plaintiff’. Joshua Taylor testifed that he had seen defendant and Lavery with their arms around each other's necks; bad seen them. in bed together, and had often sen them go away from the stoup together at nine o'clock at night. Margaret Farren, a domestic, had seen Lavery go into the reonf where defendant was lying sick in bed; had seen Lavery frequently kiss dofendant, and on one occa- sion Lavery had given the children money to go buy candy, and that he and defendant were inside togethor when the children stood outside crying Witness testi- fled that on the night of the above mentioned occurrence defendant went out, as she said, to church, but that platnutt thought it waa a queer kind of church at twelve o'clock at night. Witness had been to Coney Island on one occasion with defendant and the children, when a strange man came-and awam with defendant and ducked her in the water. Christiana Lunz testified to having seen Quebeck in Mrs, Packer's room during the absence of Mr. Packer. Ellen Sheehen testified to having written a note for Mrs. Packer to Quebeck, in which she expressed regret for breaking an engagement, and appointing another for the following Sanday. Mr. Dunphy, of counsel for defendant, here moved to amend the ‘answer tothe complaint so as to be lowed to pat in evidence of adultery on the part of the plaintiff, 40 as to bea bar on the part of the defendant in this action and for affirmative relief. This motion. wt allowed af Court, ben Baim then moved to case inti ; bul. Tudye Lott ‘stated tbat as there were a great many cases on the calendar, and as the time of the circuit was #0 short, he would be obliged to finish the case as soon ‘as possible, aud he, therefore, declined making the post- ponement. TRETIMONY FOR THE DEFENCE. Mr. Dunphy then to examine witnesses for the defence, the first one called being Dr. Vinton, who testified that he had attended Mr. and Mrs. Packer, the Jatter — ten sa. later on the former; C4 connsel for plaintif? objected to the Doctor's stating t! nature of the disease which he was called om to treat, and the Court sustained the hog Saco Jon Qu the barber alluded to, was the next witness. He positively denied ever having had apy improper intimacy with defendant; stated that on the occasion of going down into the cellar alluded to his wife went down with himself and defendant to look at the cellar, and that all re ay eas he de- nied that defendant was in the habit ‘at his store, she called once, and that time ste him his dinner, as hia wife had a0 servant girt. Mrs. Sophia |, Wife of the laat witness, corrobo rated her husband's statement about going inte the cel- lar, and stated that the evidence of a former witness regarding that transaction was all an untruth. jartha Jane Lantz, sister defendant, testified that she was in the house of dant on the occasian om La i ‘enone Varkifted that on. the escnaion alluded to by Mr. Willtama, of her sister's foot, that is was the a not Mr. Lavery, that took hold of 8 ankle and pulled i#; witness alo stated that defendant was sleeping with, her mother the night ‘that Lavery got in at the wi be Margaret Lanta, mother of defendant, testified that hor daughter had twice contracted « vile disease from her husband, and that plaintiff bad stated to her that de- fendant never wou & well if she staid where she was, and wanted witness to take defeedant to board with her; witness further testified that Lavery had been on a spree for two weeks about the time that he got in through = window, and also that the defendant was sleeping her on that occasion. Mrs. Lantz testified also that sha had known, plaimtlff to [il-treat defendant oceastonallg, and specified one occasion when plaintiff put defendant out of the room, and on witness coming up and advising bee daughter to burst open the door plaintifffeame out of the room and kicked witness dowm stairs, Catharine @ Reither, on pare of the pints, tostiflod ba qt opened the-door for Mr. Quebenk, ‘he testimony in tho case here closed, and Kilwin counsel for defendant, summer ine brief and ont address, at the coucine.on of whieh she audience d, Mr. Jooks then sutamed up for the pl Judge, the ji romarning out for Rone tity tte |: foreman stated that they bad he ‘fpen « verd ol, but arkoi porn » rotutn & Wweated The reported murder and robbery of @ §idier in New. | verdict in cose thoy Aixuid agree during thy wild, burwwor Gontorday wae 4 loak. Tho jury thon aap'y rolired, and (ho Court VIOLENT GALE AND ITS EFFECTS. SAFETY OF HER CAPTAIN AND CREW. The Hatteras Turned Back and Other Weather Bonnd Vessels Demnged. Promotion of General Pennypacker, One of the Fort Fisher Heroes. &c. &e. &e. Our Fortress Monroe Correspondence. Fourress Momnos, Nov: 29, 1865. A northeasterly gale, which set im shortly after mid- night and has been blowing with nearly hurricane vio- lence all day, shows litte if amy symptoms of abate: ment asthe Baltimore steamers are preparing to leave their wharf, None but the most urgent business in- duces a sail up the bay to-night, #0 the steamers, fortu- nately, have very slim passenger lists; but those whio do g0 need have no fears beyond a rough shaking up. Our Present bay steamers are staunch and seaworthy, and their commanders men of long experience and tho- roughly tested fitness for their places. The storm's vio- lence may be imagined from the steamer Hatteras, of the New York line, which left Norfolk this forenoon, turning about after peering its prow outside the Capes. Not so the brave and strong Eotus, Captain McCarrick, although eo frightfully crank in her motion; she accom- Plished cher daily trip to the Eastern shore in perfect safety. The Albemarle also arrived all right from New York. Tho United States government steamer Thomas Collyer No. 2, from Washington for New York, which put in here short of coal and was to have left to-day, has shown a prudent preference for a safe anchorage in Hampton Roads. Another steamer, the Annio, designed starting this morning for New York, Dut instead has chosen to keep company with the fleet of sailing craft, which has been increasing all day, moored in our snugly sheltered,harbor. Tho English bark Campsie, on which the mutiny was the other day, and erroneously reported to me as the Copsie, lost her jibooom and head gear im the early part of the day. Three schooners also got entangled and badly damaged by being blown together. Such like trifling losses of parts of rigging have happened to several anchored ves- sels. The painful record must be to come; for no such storm blast as that we are having can swoep over the waters of our bay and outer stretches of ocean coast without carrying disaster and death in its perilous path. PROMOTION OF GENERAL PENNYPACKER. ‘The many friends here and elsewhere of this gallant onng officer will be much gratified at hearing of bis revet position as major general. Abandoning the printer's stick for the musket at the commencement of the war he rose by his own merits to his present posi- tion, Ten months confined here from the effects of his wounds, received while heading his brigado at the storming of Fort Fisher, gave rise to many pleasing in- timacies here and increasing confidence and trust in him. He was five times wounded during the war, and, his age being only twenty-three, he 1 the youngest officer of his rank serving in the war. He is now at West- chester, Pa., on leave of absence, largo if of the Rutiioptan “population of this A gathoring of the Rt " ion of vicinity was held Inst evening at Camp Hamilton. It seems that an impression prevailed among them that the government was about to present them a tract of Jand as a sort of Christmas gift, and otherwise provide for them. With a view to dispel this pleasing illusion Major General Miles had the meeting convened. Major reebena o command of the regulars in the fort, and Captain Corlies, of Geveral Miles’ staff, made speeches setting forth that, however well disposed the govern- ment might be toward them, no such gift was intended, but, on the contrary, was arranging matters to throw them more on their resources than they had been, and compel each to support himself. Some good advice on this subject of seif-roliance was given them, and the same was listened to very attentively and respectfully. LNT FOR HOME. Dr. F. J. Bancroft, for the past three years post sur- geon, left to-day for the North. Ho has left the military service, and proposes to resume practice of his profession in civil life, An accomplished surgeon and thorough gentleman, he has won hosts of friends here, wnd leaves carrying their best wishes with bim. OUR FIRST SNOW. As I close my despatch the fulling rain has changed to snow. Tbe large and thickly falling flakes give the tem- porary appearance of an old fashioned snow storm. Tho weather wise, of whom I do not claim to be one, quote the falling snow as proof that the snow has passed its turning point. Fortress Monrom, Nov. 30, 1965. As anticipated, the storm of yesterday played damaging harm on the bay. Thus far we have only heard, however, of the wreck of one vessel, the steamer Nelly Pentz, which loft New York last Monday, bound for this port, loaded with government stores. The steamer is a total loss, but all the crew are safe and a portion of the eargo will doubtless be saved, unleas she speedily goes to pieces, She was wrecked in Lynn Haven bay, and now lies on the beach. Up to five P.M. yesterday the steamer managed to weather the storm, and every effort was made to reach here, Just this side of Hogg Island she sprung aleak ‘and both the bilge and donkey pumps were put at work to prevent the water gaining on her. On reaching Lynn Haven bay her smoke stack blew away, her steam pipes broke, her engine became disabled, the water gained rapidly on her and it was found impossible to come further. Such was the severity of the galo that she dragged her anchors all night. This morning it was found necessary to slip her anchors and run her on the beach, having four feet of water in her hold. Before this some four hundred barrels of pork were thrown overboard. Capt. Mears and’ crew remained on board till this morning, whon they succeeded in getting safely ashore by mean: of the life boats. An effort will at once be made to save her cargo. ‘The Nelly Pentz will be remembered as the old West Point. She bas an English built bottom, and 1s nearly twenty years old. In the early part of the war she was sunk near Washington, but successfully raised. She is owned in Baltimore amd believed to be insured. For ay, three years sho has been in the government employ. Marine Disasters. THE BRITIGH SCHOONER LOYALIST BURNED. Howmes’ Hone, Nov. 30, 1865. ‘The British schooner Loyalist, Captain Nixon, from Wareham for Boston, in baliast, dragged ashore at eleven jock last night, and took fire at one o'clock, it is supposed from the stoves. She is still burning at nine ‘A. M., and will probably be a total loss. THE STRAMBE CITY OF BATH ASHORE. New Brovoro, Dee. 2, 1966. ‘The steamer City of Bath, from New York for Boston, ran ashore on Thuraday night in coasequenee-of the gineer mistaking the signals, The tide flows im at her open ports when she keets over. A steamer and steam pump hawe gone to hor assist- ance, and she-will probably come-off all right. ‘She was connected with the ‘Metropelitan line, was owned by Messrs. Nickersom & Co., of Boston. and Disaster on Lake Bric. Douwviene, C. W., Deo. 1, 1966. ‘Tho back Marsh ix ashore seven miles above Pomt Maitland, and breaking up. Sho is loaded with wheat and corm, and is from Tolodo for Kingston. The erew are saved quite repal the damage already done. A Common Platfo rm.—Politicians whose voles, je only toilet candidate for pudlicy favor that gentlemen of all partion trade it fa to ai ) admit, without a dissentin that PIALON'S Siofit godine CRRECS te can approve. 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