The New York Herald Newspaper, May 9, 1866, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HER “EUROPE... The Mails of the Peruvian and rs China. Mr. Bright’s Speech on the Condition of the Freedmen in America. Righty Thousand Pounds Sterling in Exeter Wall for the Negroes and More Cash Coming. LAW SUITS OF THE BLOCKADE RUNNERS. &e. ae. be. ‘The Gazette de France of April 26 seoms to consider the propositions of the Vienna Cabinot to disarm simul- taneously a8 an indication of weakness, and as likely to confer a great advantage on Prussia. The Vionna Gazelte of April 25 endeavors to show that Austria has not placed herself in contradiction with her preceding declarations in proposing tho disarfhament which has beon accepted at Berlin, The article of that journal is a sort of commentary on the last despatch of Count de Mensdorf; it attaches only slight importance to tho priority of military preparations, and denies that the proposal of the Vienna Cabinet is a concession mado to Prussia. Tho Paris Patrie of the 26th of April says that, asa ‘consequence of the law on the mercantile marine, there will be preseuted to the Legislative body a bill to favor tho French coasting trade, by giving it facilities to gon- tend against foreign competition, by authorizing the owners, who at present cau only go into the European seas and on the coasts of Algeria, to navigate as far as the French Ant. The cholera (April 25) passed from the Duchy of Luxembourg into Holland; letters from the Hague men- tion tbat it has broken out in several Dutch towns, and ‘at Rotterddm and Delfsnaven especially. In the former place seven cases occurred on the first day, of which four terminated fatally. Our European files by the Peruvian, dated to the 26th of Aprii, reached this city from Quebec yesterday even- ing. ‘Tho mails of the China reached Boston, from Halifax, yesterday afternoon, and were forwarded to New York in the evening; so that oar files and correspondence were due at an carly hour this morning. Tho papors by the Peruvian are not 80 late as those by the China. The journals, however, contain somo in- teresting dotails. The American Freedmen. SPERCO OF MR. BRIGHT ON THE POSITION AND PROSPERCTS OF THR NEGRO. {From the Liverpool Post, April 26.] An influential meeting in aid of the objects of the National Freedmen’s Aid Union of Great Britain and Iroland was held on Tuesday afternoon at the Westmin- ster Palace flotel, London, under the presidency of the Duko of Argyle, KG. The noble chairman, in opening tho proceedings, warmly advocated the claims of the socioty, which, he stated, was composed of from forty to fifty’ associations and committees, who between them had already raised a sum of £80,000 for the objects con- templated by the union. ¢ Rev. J. &. Howson, D. D., of Liverpool, moved the firet resolution, as foliows:— That this meetin rds the progress of events dur the past twelve menthe. a8 affecting the American freed. men, wi profound interest, and considers the evident ‘and ‘inteli:gent fitness of an increasingenumber of the ople for the proper use of their newly-acquired freedom, their thirsting destre after education, together with their readiness to undertake jabor, as so many new and te tncentives to enlarged philanthropic effort on their Mr. BurGut, M. P., who was received with enthusiastic ehoering, proposed a resolution expressing the claims which the society has upon tho British public, He said that, though he had done but very little m connection with the Freedmen’s Aid Society, he not the less had a vory strong sympathy with its objects; for he thought that on all grounds there had never been offered to the benevolent people of this country any aso that was more entitled to theirsympathy and their contributions, The fact that four millions of persons ‘should be in the position in which the negroes of the Uni tes now were would be sufficient ofitself to call for their heip; but when they recollected the unhappy con- tion tn which many of them lived in that country, and the terrific circumstances under which the late great obange in their circumstances had been accomplished it goomed that on every ground they had a stronger claim Englishmen than any equal number of sufferers of om they had heard at any time or in any quarter of lobe. ee ee poor peuplo were free and no longer be bought or sold, it was casy to under- \d how they would find themselves at this moment, most in an enemy's er because they might quite certain that men like the planters, the owners of the, slat would not feel tn Boy Christian spirit * towa the negro any more than thoy were likely to do towards those in the North wilo had subjugated them. If they wanted au il- lustration of what was probably the siaie of feeling in America among many, they would find it in the recent of Jainaica, It was now twenty-eight years since slavery was entirely abolished in Jamaica, but ynder cir. cumstances ye ire | ‘different from those which led to ita abolition in Amet Tt was not done voluntarily by ‘the planters of Jamaica, but it was done tranquilly, and under tho operation ot an imperial act of Pari and by « fair consideration of the rights of th end by av considerablo compensation bein; ‘and paid to them. But, notwithstanding that the aboli- tion was by Jaw, and that compensation was paid, it was juite clear that from that Voir down to this hour @ ruling whites of tho island had never really in a , a kindly and a just spirit accepted the changed condition of the negro. During the whole — and now when alate event had called attention to it, I had been proved that the laws were of a most unjust aud saguitous character; that taxes had beon levied moat unfairly and oppressively ; that thero had been throug! out the iaiand a total absence of anything like an hon and honorable distribution of justice; that the negro workinan had had to go for remedy against any griev- ‘enco either to the man who committed the grievance bang him or cise to some man so connected with him justic? was entirely hopeless; and, finally, they also aw tbat during the whole of the period the negroes had Deon denicd even that portion of their political power which their constitution would have granted to them, ; ‘and that there had been various alverations in the elec. tive franchise» which shut them out; so that, notwith- standing that tho population of the isiand was 450,000, |! it was siated that only 1,500 voted for the members of the Legietature. The whole thing had culminated in the wages, and then that which they honorably. obtained thoy would be able frely to onjoy, (Loud applause). The Late American Blockade. ENGLISH BARGAINS POR SUPPLYING GOODS TO THE REDELS. {Court of Exchequer, London, April 25, before Barons Marti, Bramwell and Pigott} Eliisen and another vs. Jorss and another. —The plain- tifls were merchants in London, and the defendants cloth merchants carrying on business at Leods In March, 1562, the defendants applied to the ptaintiffs to procure a vessel to convey two hundred tons of mer- chandise to some one of the ports in the Confederate States, making it an indispensable condition that she should be insurable, and of five hundred tons burden, ‘and that she should be entered A 1 at Lloyd's, and be of ligne draught, suitable to run the blockade, and capable of being inaured at tho ordinary rate at the Lp which was about twenty percent, The plaintif’s sai they knew a person who hada steamer which would answer the purpose, but they did not give the name of the vessel, as it was not usual to disclose the names of ships intended for runping the blockade, lest they should become known to the United States government. Aftor- wards the vesse] called the Tubal Cain was mentioned, ‘and she took the goods in question, but was captured in the course of her voyage, It ap, that the freivht was payable absolutely, whether the vessel was captured or not, und the action was brought by the plaintifts to re- cover £2,700 for freight, At the trial before Mr. Me cee, wujeck. Ye, the, opinion. of tha tis for t sum, Bul juion court. It turned out that when the defer ts attempted to effect an insurance on the vessel they could not do 80; sho was only of 190 tons burdon, and not at as for runniug tho blockade. jer these circumstances: the question was whether there was any contract be- tween the parties upon which the plaintiffs could re- the Solicitor General and Mr. T. Jones wero for the intiffs, and Mg. Mellisb, @ C., and Sir G. Honyman for the defend: ‘The Court was. imously of opinion that there was no contract between the parties, and gave judgment for the defendants. BUYING THE REBELS OUT OF THEIR BOOTS. ‘At the Mansion House police court, London, April 26, | Mr. Henry Newbury, who until recently bas carried on busiuess,as a merchant in Pudding lane, was bronght up for re-examination upon the charge of lege} appro- posing 5 quantity of boots, valued at £700, which had ee to him tp Stake Aare Be to his ow oy Mr. Humphreys prosecuted and Mr. Lewis, appeared for tho defendant, ‘Tho caso is a rather pou ens ‘The prosecutor was a Mr. Austin, a barrister, but not in practice, and it appeared that he had purchased ten thousand pairs of boots, that had been originally in- tended for the use of the Confederate army, at one shilling and sixpence per pair, through the instru. mentality of Captain. Warwick, an’ officer in tho Con- federate army, with the expectation ot disposing of tnem ata large profit, The property was temporarily deposit- ed at the warehouse of the defendant, to be delivered to the order of Bir. Austin, but when the latter wont to apply for them he discovered the defendant’s warehouse was closed. He saw him afterwards, and he then said that the goods had been sold at the rato of one shillin, per pair, and he also said that they had been attacke by the creditors of Captain Warwick, who had become a bankrupt, and had not surrendered to his baukruptcy, and wht it was stated had gone to America, The case occupied considerable time, and in the result he defendant was again remanded, the Lord Mayor re- qusing to accept bail. Miscellaneous Foreign Items. The London correspondent of the Manchester Gua: writing on the 25th of April, speaks of the probable course of Earl Russell should he be defeated, or nearly 80, on the Reform bill, thus:—A foolish and futile sug- gestion has been made, without, I belieye, any authority, y some who seek to flatter, because they know not low to serve, that the supportors of government should, either by resolution or in writing, undertake to exonerate ministers from their pledge and bid them retain office without either standing or falling by reform, You may dopend on it, however, no project of the kind would be listened to for a moment by the great bulk of the inde- Pendent liberal party. The Lancaster, England, Election Committee have re- ported to Parliament tholt beliof that corrupt pructices prevailed extensively in that borough at tho last elec- tion, which will probhbly lead to a suspension of the writ and an inquiry under a commission. ‘Tho liberals of Nottingham, England, have selected Lord Amberley and Mr. Handel Cossham as their candi- dates, It has not yet transpired who the conservative candidate will be. Tho election, the first after the vote on the Reform bill, will be of great importance. The English House of Commons is to be asked to vote £3,000 a year for Princess Mary of Cambridge on her marriage with Prince Von Teck. The Conference of Paris on the subject of the Danu- bian principalities, which had been adjourned sine dic, held a meeting April 26, on the requisition of the Rus- sian Ambassador. A London journal states that Prince Charles of Hohon- zollern has not accepted the Hospodarsbip of Roumania, tendered to him by the provisional government, The Prince, it is said, consulted Kin, Prussia, as head of his family, on the subject, ant his Majesty advised him not to evap tho position unless offered to him by the Conference of Paris, The trial of Joseph Bell, charged with the murder of Alexander McEwan, on the road near Blairingono farm, in the parish of Fossoway, on the 18th of December last, was concinded at the Porth (Scotland) Circuit Court April 25, The prisoner was [mol owe of murder, and @entenced to be executed at Porth on tho 22d of May. ig removal from the dock be said, ‘Thank you, my Lord. Iam innocent.’ ‘The body of Mr. William Hobbe, solicitor, Reading, England, who disappeared on the eth of April, has been found in the Kennet and Avon Canal. The gold rings which he wore when ho left home, together with his gold watch and chain, were upon him. In his pockets ‘were sevoral sovereigns and bank checks. Humphrey Lee, a gardener, waa bitten’ by a dog at Middicton-one-row, near Darlington, Engia about six weeks ugo. April 20 he became unwell, and next eve- ning died, after dreadful sufferings, of hydrophobia. Mr. H. Martin, head gamekeeper to the late Lord Palmerston, has just died, at the age of 80, He had been forty rears in the service of his Lordship, and was much esteemed by him. A sorions fire occurred lately on the farm jises at Broadlands, so well known as the seat of dora Palmer: ston. Several ricks of hay, a considerable quantity of valuable timber, and the whole of the outbuildings were destroyed, and the fire was not out next The cotton warchonse of Messrs. Green & Taylor, in Argylo street, Liverpool, was partly destroyed by fire ‘April 24. occurred on a steamer Fro ‘A torrible explosion has just named the Havre, off Southampton, mm, the nature and violence of the explosion, it is considered that 1t must have been a case of detonating powder, or some equally destructive chemical nitro- jycerine| have caused so loud a report, which was eard at a cons'derable distance, There was @ seaman, named Gulliford, missing. He was known to have been in the hold at tho time of the explosion, and several at- tempts were made to roach him, but falled. Ultimately Ia body was recovered, when it presented a fearful spectacie—a charred mangled mass. April 25, in London, at the Sheriffs’ Court, a compen- sation case, ‘Williams vs. The Metropolitan Railway,” oceupied Mr. Humphreys, the coroner, and a tal jury, in which a claim was made for Newton's House, jgatage piace, Kensington, in which Sir Isaac Newton died, on the 18th of 1 1727, aged eighty-five. Mr. Montague Chambers, Q. C.; and Mr. Horace Lloyd were for Mr. Erie Williams, the claimant, who had carried on a school called “Newton's Houso.””’ Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Hollway ropresented the company, | The claim was be tween £4,000 and £5,000, and £2,100 was awarded. The Parliamentary members for Windsor, England, have been unseated and declared by the commitice to have beon guilty of bribery by their agents. The London Star of the 26th April remarks :—The Par- ad the atrocitics which bad lately transpired ‘Abere, and which be was obliged to believe had thrown discredit upon the English government and the English character in every other country in the world. But in the Un:ted States the planter had not seen the negro Uberated in the tranquil course of the law, nor had he received ons sixpence of compensation for being deprived | of bis property in hie €; on the contrary he had seen slave wrestod from kim'by the most terrific and wide- violouce—violence it was trae of his own inviting, Dut not the less violence, and not the less exaspetuting to him; and instead of getting any compensat: i most every kind of % which he had was course of {his political hurricane swept away. The fore, every reason that there was in Jamaica why there whould be an ill-fecling between the negro seemed as if it might exist to an increased degree jm the United States we only thing to be set against Vhia was, that America was a largo country, with » large lation, freedom of institutions, freedom of newspa- | freedom of the platform, and freedom of a | nd io the North a people who he believed were resolv: to compiote in peace what had been began in war. But Botwithstanding this he felt that the negro would yet be to many difficulties at the ada those who were his former owners; they could caly hope tho moderation and jus- tice which could not be absent from some minds Would tend in some degree to correct this, and that Gradually men would become reconciled to was in- ‘evitabie, and find that justice and fair dealing were really the only powers by which the South could gain any com, for the minories of the past, persons od, and Not without some show of reagon, that the North wore themsolwe able to do all that was necessary for tho South. After the tremendous exertions they had made it would be meh to say that they wore not able, there were «till the strongest reasons why English who sympathized with the United States and with nogro should give their help in the restoration, of ‘the creation, of the prosperity of the ne; he Inst five years the feeling of many the United states bad neither been favor. just, and there was no doubt thore had exasperation in the United States at considered our enkind and unbrotherly con- Canada had acted in the o Way As wo had, the States bad abolished eit reciprocity or ial treaty with the country, thus showing that ‘of injustice between nation and nation dely extended and long lasting evils. a nd that this ill-feeling might be modified and to stent removed, and thus broth M4 kindnose restored, and that great good be done at i wg — Ay Ah women in the North to improve the cun- dition of the negro, surely thero pover was « Proporition made to any on of the of Engiand more entirely calling for their cordial @upport than that which was now made to them, and to | whieh he hoped they would hoartily respond, No doubt there would still be crucities and hardships for the no- planters would 532 i any me Es bent the sotl, the beauty of the climate, and thi of weir workveooie. wes compensated for by fair | lamentary election inquiries have elicited many facts which throw enormous discredit upon the machinery of our electoral system, and might make the most sense- tess deciaimer against American or Australiana cor- ruption look wellat home before he wasted his vir- tuous indignation upon commonities which, even if it could be proved that they were no ‘better, are certainly no worse than ourselves, Lieutenant General Knollys hae informed the Secre- tary to the Metropolitan Adait Education Association of England that the Prince of Wales has consented to allow the annual gatherings of mechanics’ institutions, young men's societis workingmen's clabs and evening clas at the ¢ al Jane 138, to be under his special presided, Tho tion for dis- cnssion was, “Would a large extension ‘of tho franchise ote the weil Ln the commuaity?” Lord icho was present, and hearing a series of remark- ably clever speeches, by workingmen, in favor of the proposition, avowed that he was unconvinced, The Imperial Commission of the Paris Exhibition has favored jum in the space it has allotted to that coun- try for the lay of its arte and manufactures. No less than 7,265 square metres have Ca ee its dispo- sal, in return for which the Belgian € bers bave aa- thorized their committee to raise a loan of £24,000 for the expenses of the exhibitors. ‘The subscribed capital to buil: soctetios maintained in ng! ts £2,000,000 rling, is being pald at the rate £300,000 pually. The number proved but as about 8,000 are located in boring towns, vil. only 12,000 are a of the borough. After aR AOR Me IO a wo x Caaeet, pe reckoned ‘among the tompersie, ibe indus: trious and the provident. Gladstone has been invited the Directors of the New at Bradford, to visit thet town nnd take part in the opening of.the new building in the autama of the a ‘The unfortunate the Paris Sticle, who was os ane ont Rat ea tea vanced in ‘whom he supported pecuniary indemnity for the benefit of this family was applied for to the Prussian government, but A FERED Soo ihe solueet bee Sean See eee ee at Serine teem Wemstenen tase German, bas been seized An application of a singular nature hag bees matte to the Gatesbrad (Bogiand magistrate, ty Mr. jedew, which will involve Mr, Henry Milvan, the largest stip- owner in (he nortu of England, in » charge of felony. Por some time previous to the 12th April last Mp, Mil- van had been in the habit of calling upon Mosers, & Co, morchants at Nowcastle, Mr. Edi ryant isa member of the latter fr: the day named he applied to Mr, Mitvan fo ae e car Y a td bits of © CARED Ol i Dayar, thon on a woyage from ihe Ty Carihay 4 Thoss bills wero agotiable paper, and would entit’e the owner to recetro the freight of the vessel Mr. Milvan agreed to ead the money, and them examined the Wits of iadicg, loan was. Cartha, The not for Carthagena, percentage 7 then filled in, but this was afterwards done, Milvan’s approval, the amount being 7 cent. Mr, Bryant thon asked’ for the £1,000, when Mr. Milvan took up the agreement, saying it was not tho one for which ho had agreed; the ment was for a bargain which had gone by. He ret to give uy she apes, and hence it was urged that he had rendered himeolf criminally liable for holding possession of them. It romains for Mr. Milvan to give his version of the story, but Mr, Ingledew said ho himself should be prepared with evidence to support his appiication, At Pekin, a has been ited to pro- coed to Europe pee for ‘education, ac- companied by Messrs, Woke and Hart. Advices from announce that the were about to make a race course for the Tt was Europeans. rumored that the ernment had vem groans for the construction of a at © dispute be- tween the Tycoon and the ‘Th of the indemnity being @ third instalment panne niet ert o, Argument to Postpone the Trial—Spicy SUPREME COURT—OHAMBER 8. Bofore Judge Barnard. 4 May 8 —Nelson Chase @ al, ws. J. Howard Smith ef al,—At one o'clock to-day, the hour announced for the argument to take place aa 10 a postponoment of tho trial of this interesting case, the coust room was crowded by those anxious to hear what was said upon the occasion. Messrs, Charies ’Conor, ex-Judge Pierrepont and Wm. Fullerton appeared for the intiffs, ana Moesrs. E, R. ton, A. F. Smith ex-Su Bradford for the defendants, ‘The room in which tho Chambers of the Supreme Court is held Is so limited for (ed the hearmg of the argument was adjourned to L On Judge Barnard taking his seai Mr. Smith applied for leave*to read an additional affidavit as to the witness, Mrs, Lydia Hull, who was stopping at Susquehannah sta- tion, Pennsylvania, Mr. O'Conor objected to the introduction of any now matter into the when Barnard decided that the portion of the affidavit should be read which alluded to a tampering with Mrs, Hull in sending her out of the Stato, Mr. Smith then went on to read tho affidavit of Mr. Michael W. Devine, stating that he had called with Mr. Gardiner at the house in Brooklyn said to be occupied by Mrs, Hull, and they foundshe had gone to Susque- hannah station, Pennsylvania, and that this was the rst informat ton they received relative to her, The affidavit of Mr. Gardiner on these pofnts, and as to his connection with entire matter, contradicting effidavits on the other side, wes also here put m by Mr. Smith. An aff- davit was also read setting forth the contents of the will made by Madame Jumel in 1851. Mr. Stoughton inquired what was the object of, tho in- troduction of this will. Mr. O'Conoiremarked that it was introduced for tho Madame Jumel, as she had explicitly stated so in the document, purpose of proving Mrs. Jones was tlie sister of and also to prove the intention of tho testatrix in the disposition of her property. After the reading of some other affidavits, Mr. Stough. ton proceeded to argue the case on the motion for posiponement. He remarked that it was a motion of very simple character, and upon a simple point. TI introduction of affidavits on such # motion was almost a trial of the case, and he was 1m favor of the rule, which had been in use, of accepting,the statements of counsel as to the precise condition of things. This was simply a motion to postpone the trial in order to enable the de- fendants to get ready for trial. It was exprosaly sworn to by Mr. Chase that he was in possession soven- tenths if not the entire estate Madame Jumel, and therefore no oss could onsue to him or the other plaintiffs in the suit in a post- ponement of the trial. The points brought forward tor an immediate trial of the case were very weak. Thoy (the defendants) had made hae dl effort in their power to ready, but it was now positive that they coujd not goon within sixty days, It was avery peculiar suit, Drought for the purpose of getting possession of pro: perty worth over one million ‘and would take up a good deal of time and labor in its trial. If the caso ‘was tried in an orderly and legal manner there would then be an end to it. ‘The suit was not brought against Mr. J. Howard Smith individually, but ‘agetuat oli the other charitable institutions mentioned in the will of Madame Jumel. Mr. Stoughton then went on at length to dilate eloquently upon the facts which expected to be proved upon the trial. He read from the records of the Council of Providence, which gave dates and particulars as to tho bieth and history of Madame Jumel; her mother, Phebe Bowen, her alleged sister, Mrs. Maria Jonesc—ontonding that those together with other corroborative facts, proved conclusively that Mra. Maria Jones was not the sister of Madame Jumol, but anotl person, and that hor children were consequently blood rolations of the lady whose will is now being contested. Those wero the principal points set forth by Mr. Stoughton in his argument, and he eoneluded by rolterating bis request pen —— ares ae waa ex! r N Ex-8u Bradford followed on the samo side. He remarked that the aspect of the caso, as it them stood, ‘was 8 most extraordinary one. Hoe had applied to coun- sel fur a postponement, when he was answered that it could not be obtained al aie The character of J. Howard Smith, a minister: Se poe, had been as- sailed; also the character of Mr. A. F. Smith, one of the counsel for the defence, He (Mr. Bradford) could not well stand in the face of the community and bave such mn him without resenting them in somo way or other. regard to the statements ‘against those gentiomen he could state emphaticali they were wholly false, There had been but one intention difficulties were to be surmounted. mined whethor Madame Jumel made a will whon it was made, It was not a mere question of sanity or insanity; but @ question as to whet ny undue influence been exercised. After some further remarks Mr. Brad- ford read the atleged will of Madame Jumel, which is now the subject of controversy, and which haw already been published in full in the Hers, He then went on to argue in an able manner as to the merits of the case, contending fora postponement, and laying before the Court the necessities therefor. Judge Barnard, at the conclusion of Mr. Bradford's remarks, adjourned the court, appointing two o'clock to- morrow (Wednesday) afternoon, to hear counsel on the other side in opposition to the motion. . The Forman Will Case. SURROGATB’S COURT. May 8.—In this case it will be romombered certain cousins of Mrs, Anne M. Forman, deceased, claim to be the legatees of an estate, real and personal, valued at $250, ‘This claim is founded upon a will made by Mrs, Forman in 1363, which was subsequently torn in fragments by the testatrix at the Insane Asylum, Flush- ing, The pieces of the will were preserved, however, and together 80 as to present a readable docu: ment. The husband of the deceased, Mr, Enos B, For- man, contests this will, which cuts him off from the great bulk of his wife’s property, on the ground that when the testatrix made the instrument she was insane. It appeared that one year after making the will, deceased became an inmate of the Insane Asylum and died there; but the cousins claim that she was perfectly sane when she made the will, and only tore it up when she became of unsound mind. ere question turns upon the validity of this will. If it admitted to probate the property, with the exception on the other handy if ts rejected, ho wl have: pone: on the other ve sion of the bulk’ of bis wife's immense fortune. The case is still on, and will not be Snished for two weeks, it is anid, Mr. Forman Tas under crom-examination t- Pierrepont for the a holds and Bradford for ama ra Immigration. The following table shows the number of emigrants from Europe reaching this port during the months of Jan. Fe, March. Apri. ‘Toal, 4 1 = 1 6 2 1 1 1 6 a aa ae eee a aT 2 13 313 6 3 80 10 30 1 = 2 -_ 3 a 2 u we 81 30 uu we cid ug 1,007 368 4128 1,003 6,080 TL «65384308 887 Wt 06s 0D oo o 7 oT 206 25 10 uM cig 127 ats = 1st 1010 1480 008 e ' | i 7 4 163 438 out ie ai, S Fa ie nen - if i - “ rd fis 908 p58 art agcl0 Sse “bon “Boo ass 6 2 2 Bry a 1 1 a 1 6 2 a - 1 H ST 80 Wwe 435 Ha ago Mas Bee i 3 7 M Ww 6 Im 1% 1 3a “ a |u oy.’ ae ee ot] “a * 1 we 2 - 1 3 182 an “7 «(1,400 al - 3 a ‘ ecibatapee eg. Grand total....16061 6008 14,004 07s Gaudi THE ADAMS EXPRESS ROBBERY. Arrest of All the Parties Engaged in the Affair—Nearly All the Funds KRe- covercd—Tho Prisoners Safe in Bridge- port (Conn.) Jail. The bold robbery of the iron car belonging to the Adams Express Oompany, in January last, on the ex- press tram from New York to Boston, in which the robbers secured one hundred and thirty thousand dol- and that the robbers had eptered the car and by means of an iron har forced the doors of one of the safes belonging to the Adams Express Company and robbed it of its contents. There was also a safe in the same car to Harnden’s Express Com| , but this was with great deliberation, as" thoy tom open all tho pack a8 ik. those of two C Won th egies, ee leaving on ec ctech ae’ eacrens toe ‘a “dolce. tet wore thousands of left scattored over the car floor, besides valuable papers and checks. The fact of tho robbery known to tho central office of tho E Company in New York, Superintendont Sand- ford, Mr. Allon rton, Principal of the National Po- too iu: New York, with a number of 5 manager of the .company at that point. They subsequently took into their confidence Sheriff Brown, of Stamford, Conneotiout. Their investigations were con- ducted with great care, and when they had got a chain of cirohmstantial facts they at once proceeded to the be cciprippe sien eyed Tho result of the work was the arrest of bwo mon named respectively Clark success their zeal deserved, but persistent vigilance and upremitting toil found their reward a few days.ago by the arrest of all the other parties concerned in the ro! 4 and the plotter and the beginner of the affair fully known, It seems now that the entire ome originated in th brain of a brakesman on the New Haven Railroad, namod John Grady, and that Martin Allen, whom we. shall more particularly rofer to, was the director of the affair, Grady was subsequently arreated on the chi ‘of robbing a passenger, and this fact gavo rise to the belief that he was ono of the parties in the Express rob- bery. How far this suspicion was well grounded the sequel will tell. The three remaining robbers, who+ were arrested in this city and Brooklyn within the past week, are named Martin Allen, Gilbert McGiano, alias Gilly ‘McGlory, and James Wolls, the brother-in-law of the former. Tho arrests were mado under the direction of detective Pinkerton, assisted by Deputy Sheriff York, of Boer’. and Deputy Sheri! McGonigle and Moore, of New York. The regular police detectives of Brooklyn and New York had nothing what- ever todo with tho affair, and itis allegod the latter, although they knew who tho robbers were immediately after became known, made vory little or no offort to arrest them. In regard to the arrest of the prisoners, Martin Alien was arrested at 132 Carlton avenue, Brook- lyn, on .last Saturday morning. Sheriffs McGonigio Moore “piped"’ Ailen’s house during Friday night ‘and Saturday morning, and at five o'clock, just as the occupants wero astir the officers entered the house in search of their prisoner. It seems that Allon got inti- mation—probably from the servant girl—of the move- ments of the — when they ontered the house hho went into the back yard, and was thoro mot by two Officers in pursuit, returned, and bolting the door, came out of the front basement door, where he met another officer, who demanded his surrender, The prisoner ran back into the house and endeavored to find refugo in the basement. The officers who had ontored through the window at this time camo down stairs and socured im. The prisoner, finding himself cornered, made the Dest of the situation and walked along quiotly with his capters and custodians. [cSlane alias McGiory, is a well known Now York thiof, and had his haunts in some of the low places in Howard street, near Crosby. He ia well known to tho New York detectives, and no doubt has been constantly beget in his’ fessional line, up to this time cluding ¢ vigilance of the officers. He was arrested last Friday night in Howard street, in this city. James Wells was arrested at nine o' ‘clock the same night, on Broadway, near the St. Nicholas Hotel. He was pleasantly chatling with two friends at the time. When the oflicers told him their mission he did not express tho least surprise, but took it as @ mattor of fact piece of business. Tho prisoners were taken to hat gi Conn., last and Sunday, and there brought bofore J Hall, of 0 Supreme Court, and committed in default of $8,000 bail each. They will be tried at the next term of tho Criminal Court of Fairfield. The proof against the prisoners is said to bo borg con- elusive, and they wiil probably, ere long, go and keep company with their confrere:, Clark and ‘Tristram. Tho lnbora of the dotectives are rewarded by the moat com- plete success—the recovery of within forty thousand eas tho entire amount stolen, and the arrest of all Brooklyn City News. Tum Pontc Scnoors.—Much dissatisfaction existe ‘among heads of families in Brooklyn at the condition of the public schools of the city. It is found that thoy are overcrowded so greatly as to cause fear of perma: nent injury to the hoalth of the children attending them. enabied to emerge from the bad the pthy ground. Even the education at sume of these e very umber must therefore go without schooling of any kind, or, worse still, be allowed to ran the streets and become schooled in crime. Some estimate may be of this latter number when it is stated there are seventy thousand children in teen years, aro only thousand oy lg for them in the public schools, ira is a disgrace to $0 wealthy a com- munity as Brooklyn, and if not speedily remedied the mo-t serious consequences may be hended at no distant day. The gentlemen who control the tax levy of the city will find, when {t is too late, that what thoir ae from a pcg dy =i ‘will be coe for thyeu! crime the su Giminals at 10 distant day. Actuated by foullogs of greed, they seem to risk the destruction of the popular system of education, so beneficial to the people, rather than submit to the necessary taxation for its per tion. It must be evident to all who have given the mat- ter apy consideration that there ia more danger to a com- munity in neglecting the education of its youth than there is even .n the spread of intemperance, as that is, Yet, while the excise law is demanded as a necessity by the wealtny taapayer, he is utterly opposed to being taxed for providing oducation for the rising generation. This matter of education not the only one affected by the greed of the woalthy’citizens of Brooklyn. Every department of the city government is conducted in the most parsimonious manner. The public streets are kept in a state of darkness throughout the night; the justices’ courts are often without fuel during the winter season, ‘and some of them without gaslight; and the Inspector of Police and his aids are compelled to occupy @ part of the og of the City Hall, which is oniy ft for an abode rats. Gnaxp Taaupsraxce Dewonsrration.—The temperance organizations of Brooklyn aro marshalling their mem- bers for a grand mass demonstration at the Brooklyn 3 the scene of action, Mr. Edward Laddy was seriously in- Deing caught between the a Sivas'veess cee st too corner of pris arente nd Fulton street. Medical attendance was at once procured and the injured man removed to his residence. New Commmmorsn or Jonons.—On last Monday after. noon Sheriff McNamee, CountyJudge Dikeman, CityJudge Reynolds and District Attorney Morris, who have been an act of the lato commissioners sritst acta de cece eres the of Aldgn J. pod OE bas in the County ‘8 and ap- felson J, Shaurman to position, The term of office is four years and the three thousand dol- lars per annum. The new incumbent was formerly con- pected with fl ay on od police, as captain of the rr aye Fon resigned that position during vee Fg se he | a8 captain, major and lieutenant colonol Ni regiment Volunteers. On the muster out of the regiment ho was honored by the government with the title of brevet brigadier general, for meritorious g & Z Patan Ron Over Accrpen?.—Botwoen eight and nino Ss left ta South Seventh street, and took South Sixth street, killing the boy before being jo. Deceased was the son of a widow residing at No. 24 South Sixth street, E. D. Cdhurt Cale Day. Count—Cmevtr.—Part 1. and Terminer. Now, 2461, 1930, 34, 1160, 988, 670, 1472, 497, 1967, 348, 390, 386, 1034, 1052, 1070, 1080, 1142, Part 3—Nos. 1480, 1480, 1463, 473, 1417, 981 657, 1455, 637, 821, 462, 464, 109, 2811, 403, 79, 229; 1325, 808, TIT. Sreciat Tens —Demurrers—-Nos 20, 24 feenos of ier: 166, 220, 102, 163, 165, 167 to 178 v WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1866.—TRIPLE SHEET. of Habeas Corpus—Powers of the City Judge. SUPREME COURT—GENEKAL TERM. Before Judges Barnard, P. J.; Ingraham aud Suther- land. The People ex rel. Michael Ryan vs. Abram D. Rus- tel, City Judge.—The City Judgo of the city of New York, by the act creating his olfice, was clothed with all the judicial powers vested by law in the Recorder of the city (Chap, 205, Laws of 1860, sec. 3), and was directed by the same section to perform and discharge all judicial duties imposed upon such Recorder concurrently with The Writ bal a By ees Fee Le re g ; Ht a §3°5 fees i | ePESEPESs FE z | pon phere relation wo as the law lor or Judge of “dn the vacation term,” ese forfeit to tho R 1818, 00, against the ‘Cuanoollor, the same act, for relmprisonment of Ee ie ipreme Court, which ea penalty for such the Chancellor was not that was eve pene - 8 court tne Chiet Justice doce of the writ in vacation is not jues- tion as to the character in writ in vacation was not before same at all involved in the decision of the q was prosented by that case. ‘stat- ‘ute it may well be questioned if tho allowance writ corpus is a ministerial act. ‘the aS py t isto bo annexed, unless excuse be made for its omission. The officer may determine the questi: whether he will allow the writ or not. That he responsible to the ate lying for an erroneous de- cision is true, So 6 jupreme Court Judge, either at Chambers or Special So are all courts or officers aracter bo the exorcise of an authority ho which he may or not oxercise, as he shall determine the action to be k or not. {t will thus be seen that it is of serious question if the case of Yates vs. Lansing is authority, for the case of Martin vs. Nash, upon the point whether tho act of the allowance of a writ of habeas corpus ia a ministerial act under the statute as it now etands; but I think the City Judge has jurisdiction to allow writs, whether the allowance of them is min- istorial or judicial, Mo is given the same judicial power as the Recorder. After the writ is allowed and the imprisoned person is brought before the officer, ‘ho ia to discharge the bail and remand him as he shall be advised, and no action or penalty is given for what he sbail then do or refuse to do.” Yates va, Lansing (5 J. R., 282), the power to hear and determine this matter is judicial, The Recorder has this power. If the ex- orcise of a judicial powor given by law to the City Judge requires the doing of a necessary ministerial act to ini- tiate such proceedings, he may do such act, The City Judge has, therefore, power to allow the writ; but, as he may refuse, as it is discretionary with him whether he allows it or not, the remedy is not by mandamus, Tho ‘of mandamus, when addressed to a judicial officer or court, can only order the officer or court to decide upon the matter before it; but there is no power to di- reot him how to decide. ‘That rests entirely in the dis- @retion of the court or officer. As tho City Judge did decido in this case, we cannot direct him to alter his de- Court of General Sessions. Before Judge Russel. ‘Tho calendar in this court yesterday was largo, but Assistant District Attorney Bedford disposed of tho cases with great promptnoss. s E. M. Sicgott ploaded guilty to obtaining $300 worth of groceries from Abraham B. Van Slyke by false pretences, on the 24 of February, and was sent to tho Penitentiary for ono year. FORGERY. Charles Smith, indicted for forgery in the third degree, having { the certificate of the paying toller of the Right Nafoval Bank to achock Tor $100, purporting to havo been drawn by J. , Pleaded guilty to the fourth grade of that offeuce. BURGL ARIES. William Ounningham, jointly indicted with Edward McGinn and Samuel Gleagon for ‘lariously enteri tho store of William T. Wood, 456 Wost Forty-fourt! pleadsd guity to an attonipt at barsiary.- Cunoinghan a “ ingham some rination whieh tod. gave the officers infor to the recovery of most of the stolen property. Johnson, Joho Saunders us Robert Smith, were jy eharged with e third degree, having entered the precniees of Ward Wheeler, 250 Iran th hey, ne tent Std pes to an stempn to commit ane Guo ie Betford James H. Stagg pleaded guilty to an attempt at grand larcony, havi stolen eighty dollars’ worth of Srothing rom Tames Hedfurran ‘a Yoo: 10th of inst No- ‘vomber. ‘Tho above prisoners wore remanded for sentende. John Grimes was placed ou trial chaaged with steal wes on ing a gold watch and chain valued at two hundred dollars from Joba Sullivan; but the examination of the com- ‘ant developed the fact that the accused, instead of ing the thief, was instrumental in recovering the pro- ey 4 The Court directed the jury to render a verdict of “Not guilty," which they without leaving their eats. wich ai luekere homeo ie Mary was acquit a Kane, ‘who 'tentifed that on the 11th ed nek, woke he sold some Switzer took her ee ee any = the counter. Witnesses for defence contradic her statement, and gave accused a , which resulted in’ a vordict of “Not guilty." The Powder Mill L nepeganes at Hasard- ville. FOUR MEN KILLED—THRIB BODIRS BLOWN TO PIKCRS AND UNRECOGNIZABLE—SEVENTERN TONS OF POWDER DESTROY ED—C ARELESSNESS INDUCED BY INTOXICATION, THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. the Hartford Courier, May 6.) About haif-past two o'clock yoag. afternoon ‘water screw press mill connected with the Hazard Pow- dor Company's works at Hazardville exploded. The ex- Placen, particularly tear the rier, BUldings were shaken ularly near the river, were shaken woe ‘Sonsidorable, exten jeces of furniture being smoke rose immediately above the rutns to a height of over one hundred feet. col ‘of jot strange and awful yet beautiful appearance from a dis- It was seen by persons near Trinity College and on other elevations hereabouts. The cause of the explosion is not known. In the mill four men were employed, and all were kiiled out- right. The of pressing powder is crushing it in machinery lumps, and it is com; ively safe work provided the powder is kept damp; if it is permit- ted to become dry, particles of sand or other substances which may possibly have become mixed with it are liable to occasion fr if all moisture has been losion is of course inevitable. That z 2 ae Be i fe z it ESgES i a= sei 2 i - 33 a 2 3 i i i : s il dollars . Am explanation of this may be pres. Ap csplsmeiien men—those who jons 60 far ag b theleterineampors jum ‘adapted |, a8 underwriters ny ld say; and a the value their lives above any amount money whic! might be offered them to assume the risk. Taking th view of the tase, the company would seem to be. for to “take such as they cam get;” and being obliged thi to do they introduce in human form sulphur and phos phorous into their establishments, which sooner or lated will sot fre to the powder. Explosions, therofore, are expected; ‘and the company, by fair reasoning, shou py good @ liberal su! special ‘deposit for ir families, The Company. we believe, have made provision in the Tra- jnsurance ee for their workmen, and the men just killed are probably included. Murderous Affray Between Nogroes. Early on Monday evening an affray occurred in Churoly street; rear of St, Paul’s church, between two colored men, named John Pernell and Alonzo Prime, which ree sulted in the dangerous‘shooting of Pernell. It appears taking in Pernell’s right cheek and passing inwards beyond reach of a probe, i an ext wound, It is foared that Dulles ported the colt and in that event will be almost impossible. The of firearms attracted the Of officer Quinn, of the Third precinct, who has tened to the spot and arrested Prime. Pernoll was con- veyed to the New York ital, where he remaing under the care of one of the housesurgeons. Prime ‘was subsequently taken before Justice Dowling, whe wae him ‘to await the result of his victim’s tn- juries, ‘#Pernell lives at 217 Sullivanstreet. The prisoner alleges that at the time he was assaulted Pernell stabbed him in the back with a pocket or dirk knife. An cx- amination showed that his clothing had been cut through, and the steel penetrated the skin. The wound, however, was but slight. co Ee uelty to Animals. “DEAD LAME’ HORSES ON THE FOURTH AVENUB RAILROAD—COBRESPONDENCE IN REGARD TO THE MATTER, ETO. We publish the subjoined correspondence for the bene- fit of those affected by the subject of which it treat Rooms or THe Society YOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, 826 Broapway, Convan| or TWELFTH STREET, New Youn, May 3, 1866. ‘Wa. H. Vaxversuz, Esq. :— Dear Sm—A complaint has been made to this society that a horse “dead lame” was employed before one of your Fourth avenue cars yesterday. e number of sald car is 36, and was seen by the informer on Union square, near Sixteenth streot, at a quarter to one o'clock. The title ot this society is alone sufficient to satisfy any rea- sonable porson that it does not desire, nor intend, to im- terfere with the legitimate business of any company er individual; but it was created to see that the laws de= signed for the protection of the noble horse, as well as all other dumb creatures, aro enforced. To a gen! go well known in this pose A for honor and humaa- gee yourself, I need only m the incident ich forms the subject of this note to have orders issued at once to your employes forbidding its recar- rence. I have the honor to be, sir, your ient ser- vant, HENRY BERUI /H, President, New Yorx anp Hartxm RaiLroap Company, Fourta Avgxvs, ConneR oF TWENTY-s1xTH STREET, May Dra Bini om hia in ne note, a—i am calling my attention to complaint tad to do soon of which you are President, that a horse, ‘dead lame,’ was employed before tore hed our Fourth avenue care i E ile igke repeated, but enforced by found culpable in the premises. 16 CAS of wes Engel lent Fhieh occurred iter foo horee left 3 2: E Hy 3 2 5 ge 5 v News Items. ‘The battle field of Franklin, Tenn., where Hood's men foll by hundreds and were buried, bas been. rented by | proprietor to freedmen, and is about to bo we 1° its vee. on tl io tla, nud tele frieade are endeavoring to secure means to remove the bodies before the traces of the gtaves aro trampled out. The wife of named James Halsey, in ‘ or ord of Incomsany, tragked bien 1 ber of the One Hundred and (Ry ta, the forehead, just over the left eye, ‘and one which prevents bis removal the where the fight ‘The mikmen of C4 milk within the last few days from eight to six cents quart. is for pure mull ry bi The price is not unreasonable, com ie fact that any-tve “TAR oston po not of « grand Boston people are agitating the sul a new hotel at the South a to rival any ‘en the Continent. A building to cost two millions dollars is talked of. Captain Thomas J: 4 Loaurille, oy died to that city om Friday, im bie seventy-eighth year, The Montgomery Mail says:—While the ber of ladies were bap Ter feet mire | ir ral g H & g i i i ij 3 i ! a ag d Hi fi ee i a i i b i } i i i tna of exon larg character and true plety, and his loss will be deeply