The New York Herald Newspaper, June 11, 1866, Page 8

8 EXCISE. THE DAY IN THE CITY. Pretty Waiter Girls and Harm- less Drinks. Belvidere Park in Full Blast in Spite of the New Law. Thirty Thousand Persons Indulging in Lager at One Place. An Injunction that Allows a Free Flow of Wine. A SERMON ON THE SUBJECT. Jersey the Shrine of Sincere Worshippers. Twenty-five Thousand Thirsty Souls at Hoboken. Brooklyn Obeying Orders, but a Few Back Doors Left Unlocked. ARRESTS FOR VIOLATING THE LAW. ae. &e ae. ‘The ‘masses’ in the city have seemingly become tamely submissive to “dry Sundays,” and accept the stern rulo of the Excise Board with as good grace as may be, and if the commissioners do not chuckle over ‘their 34 old Port at the Sunday dinner table at the way ey nave smitten the Gothamites hip and thigh, then te their fault. Yesterday. as the poriphrastic O’Je ‘Kine says, was decidedly dull; indeed, to be more ex- plicit, and to quote the asseveration of a cockney who ‘was looking for it in the town, ‘there wasn’t no liquor te be 'ad.”” Occult passages leading to elys'um of lager ‘and bowers of bliss there may have been; but in the dis- eharge of our duties as impartial journalists we bave enly to say, we didn’t see any. Broadway Concert loone. @m Sunday last the Broadway concert saloous were ‘pened in the evening, but the proprietors concluded that fm future, having no fear of the law, they would make ‘their places as much a resort during the day as at night. ‘Westerday their doors were thrown wide open, and @uring the afternoon their interiors were pretty well . filled with guests. The Café Louvre was opened with -five young lady waiteré, The entrance on Fifth venue was also thrown open, much to the annoyance of | day, sacred reshments and mild diutents ental was open and crowded. Some twenty ladies, dressed in white, waited upon the Birt aso a noted place of resort, perhaps the largest the lower part of the city. All sorts of drinks were there—‘“‘American cobbiers,” ‘0. K. cob- »* “Burns cobblers”’ and gaseure cocktails. Nume- sorts of lemonades were mixed with tea, ooflee, Goceisie and cream. Garden opened about ten o'clock on with a large force of young lady imattendance. There ewrfirge gn = @ gathering. A large card adorn: walls, upon wi the words “Open on Suaday.”” Quite an extended ‘wefreabment bar was here presided over by a very inte- vesting looking young lady. The ‘Reyeille” opened Sune ee afternoon§ and a thriving business was carried following 18 one of the rules governing the eth: employed in this establishment ely tn- eset Sabinely ask geutiemen visting the aloo to ‘whisiling ot singing, or layiug of feet on the f or in loud and angry discussions, or d ing tnt may hare’ tendency SE aisvurb the peace r= | ‘the establishment during business hours, ‘Bome three or four additional saloons kept open and were well patronized throughout the day. The police @moountered no trouble whatever. In fact trians not have known that the saloons were in full visiting them and giving them personal Seenes at Falk's Garden. x A great day was yesterday or will hereaftor be so re- garded by our Teutonic population as sacred to the mem- ery of “ King Gambrinus,” for on that day the propri- eter of a park had the moral courage to dare the new Beard of Excise to do their worst, and not baving the Gear of (he law before his eyes determined to keep open Bile “Chateau” and grounds for the especial use and service of his fellow-citizens and citoyennes who chose ” ygate there for the purpose of enjoying them- #rational manner. Judge Cardozo, who held chambers of the Court of Common Pieas last week, ‘was, os bas been stated, applied to for an order of in- on Saturday, restraining the Board of Excise i againet Paul Paik ¢f al., who contends law prohibiting the sale of lager beer on Sunday fe enconstitutional, Judge Cardoto granted the order and required the Board of. Excise to show cause on Wid- mpeday vext why it should not continue. On that day @eanee! will appear on each side to argue the points by each party, and the greatest interest and {8 manifested in relation to the fual disposiiion the matter. Afier the order was made, Jobn McKeon, ‘Bherifl, accompanied by legal adviser of Mr. Falk, ceeded to serve # notice of the order Dr. Wit Parker, of the. Board of Excise; Segerinensert Kennedy, of the Mesropolitan Police, Bogart, of the police precinct in “ Belvidere” is Jocaied. When the notice on Parker, of the Board of Excive, at his rest- received them in a very cordial manner, and 1 14 this another injunction?’ They that they were going to “sell a little lager for sake, or for the cholera’’ fhe Docior re- at is bad; the Excise Board was created for ga! pt th mp belt BH Ht aba quarior past ten, ready stated, near midnight, instance, ax it is doubtful been legal if served after PRACTICAL OFPRRATIONS COMMENCED. Mhortly alter daybreak yesterday morning Falk bonny! his grounds for the reception of all t who to congregate for the purpose of relaxation and ra- Mowal enjoy 1: the numerous pleas. Gotham, The public evidently ore War the champion pot only of his Al least they thronged ever occur. At eae THIRTY THOUAAND PensoNs menat have Fisited te gro nds done, © couree of the Gag, ond wjoyed themerives to thew hearts’ content, not having the fear of the Bicve Commoner before ther eyon A very large Umber ot (hone preseut be longed to the softer and gentler *x, aud 1 wax also no. Good that & considerable Bumber of proi veut citizens — among hers, justiees, city oMcrals, ke —werw thore ‘The pavilion, or Belvidere, as it x called don . Knoll, ibe main @nirauce to which is at the cor rr of Righih avenue and 108th street arrounded of 5 iad out im good syle, and o nes kome forty sercn On the grounds there are several rustic and of private parties 5 are polls of attraction and interest, A large aviary, coniain ag 8 gootily number « Dirds, which, in ibe absence of any other kind eee es with ther songs. The at i i ers to ‘op Sundays being more than equal ance of the week, it is easy to see light one, and that the him a weekly loss of probably SCENES AND INCIDENTS. supposed, a large number of the visitors Germans, but » majority were Americans of the ‘table and - there knots of indtviduals deeply engaged ‘ pacha with true Teutonic Lge eyed attempt was made to interfere with the proprietor, peither were their services called into any important requisition. The scenes _— not fase psetting fossa no pene. nor dancin; permitted. visitors passed ume fo rambles found the 'k, and* those fortunate enough to be accompanied lady compamons found the pass by swiftly enough. Up to a late hour Jest fas the grounds were atill thronged by a happy and orderly concourse of re seekers, and was not pleasui thoroughly cleared till midnight, Everybody seemed hearuly oO enjoy themselves, and certainly did so at no great expense to law or order, The Day in Brooklyn. ‘The law was strictly carried into effect in the City of Homes and of Churches, every place being closed with the exception of those havivg refreshment counters, There were two arrests for keeping open after twelve o'clock, both delinquents boing Germans, As they claimed that their time did not agree with the officer's, and they varying only five minutes, they were both discharged by the magistrate, There were, no doubt, many rear entrances accessible, which were only known to the friends of those keorins. the saloons, Some half dozen persons were during the day for intoxication, none of which could tell where they obtained their liquor. The cars were pretty well crowded running to Greenwood, buta number of Brooklynites crossed the , and visited New Jersey. Ih ‘cach police precinct a force of five men, clad in Citizens’ clothes, were inspecting the several drinking houses, but no arrests of any importance could be made, from the good atiention paid to the or the care with which its violaters guarded their movements. 'The Day in New Jersey. JERSEY CITY. ‘The exodus across the North river fully made up for the disappointment of the previous rainy Sunday. Thousands after thousands poured along from noon till night, and it was only on the “run home” a fair estimate of the gathering could be made. Not less than thirty thousand crossed and recrossed, and to those who collected in squads to witness the rush and bustle of the Feturn time was not misspent. The unsteady motion of many good-humored gentlemen as they mistook the waiting room for the ferryboat, having lost the centro of gravity, ‘and the innumerable ‘apologies for tripping on ies’ skirts, were fair equivalents for a forenoon of solemnity and peace. One loquacious character could be heard nearly a block off, discussing the capacity of bis stomach for beer with some bacchanalian whose hiccups argued an overload of mixed lager and Bourbon. Few, however, were troublesome, none were boisterous, no police bad to parade, and every turn of the distem- pered brain was only a contribution to the jollity of the day. Nowhere was an arrest perceived, at least up to the close of day. HOBOKEN. To say that twenty-five thousand people passed through Hoboken would be rather under than over the mark. Liquor stores bave seldom had better patronage, and many of the patrons forgot to balton the verge ox: cess. A forryboat, lute in the everiing, was a rather tur’ bulent Ywene, but the predominating number of the fair sex put a check to clamor. The Elysian Fields and the salut hts of West Hoboken were the chief cen- tres of panene tie Op, Set jon with re- freshments being seated almost bveqrwhere on the green eward. Late in the evening some disorderly rough ap- along the road, und these in nent to ve another drink. The police were likely to intro- ace these to a certain ho would hardly Invite them to ‘‘cail again.” of Hoboken do nut covet such society, and @ repetition of yesterday"s pe will engender a bungering after an Excine Il in Jersey, BULL'S FERRY AND WREWAWKEN, large umber of visitors w ay ae Ferry sad Fort lee, The Can i boat was crowded, « jon of the passengers Germana Fort Loe the salosns arove a good trade, lager being in demand. The old fort grounds, Lafayette gardens, were overrun with visitors Many availed themselves of a comfortable seat ana a view of the beautiful scenery on the river. At Weohawken there was also quite a crowd crossing the Forty-second street ferry, Guttenburg, where there are some haif a dozen of lager beer saloons, was also well patron) cod. Violations of the Exetee Law. The following Bamed persons were yesterday arraigned bofore the Police Justices on the charge of violating the excise law :— Louis Beigler, keep! varber shop at No, 66 Cherry street, was brought before Justice ling yesterday morr.‘ng by oiticer Thompson, of the Fourth precinet, on the charge of violating the Excise law, in selling liquor to his patrons. The oxicer alleged that three men had been served with liquor in the prisoner's which they had entered under pretence of being shaved ; but Seigier, on being interrogated by the ivtrate, told quite a dif- ferent story. Hoe positively denied keeping hquor in his ‘place, was equally certuin that he had sold aod contended that the only cause of com was the fact that he had spu the his customers with bay rum. This being considered no offence in the eyes of the mi there testimony to Seigler's statement, he waa dis- coenget toon custody, With an admonition as to how he treated bis customers in future. Joseph Flynn, 138 East Twenty-second street, wan brought before Justice Ledwith and held in $100'to an- swer before the Court of Sessions. John H. Denoman, 194 Delancey street, and Georg> Werner, 85 Chrystie aireet, were taken before Jusiive Mansfield and held in $200 bail each to answer at court for like offences, Up to half-past ten o'clock Iast night the number of arrests throughout the city were ax follows:— Violations of the Sunday law, 28; intoxicated, 21; disorderiy con- duct, 28. Total, 74. The Excise Law and its Opponents. Asermon was delivered last evening at the Tuirty- seventh stseet Methodist Episcopal church, by the Rev. W. H. Boole, on “The Excise Law and its Opponents,” be- fore a tolerably large congregation. Mr. Boole referred first and at greatest length to the meeting last Monday against the law and to the apeech of- the liquor dealers’ law} The reverend g that arguinents were entirely false and a live! upon mau’ the majority of the order-loving people. The lawyer had said that the constitution of Aaerion did not recog. nize a God because the name of the Divine Being was iven out “in hat the lawyer if there was no God recognized, no Sab. bath should be recoguized. But the people of this country would show those who wished to import foreign customs into it that they would not aliow their Sabbath to be interfered with. A great outery hed been made Againat the Excise law, but the people did not know that a law to the same effect had always been in force. What bad been wanting until now was the men to carry it out, and now they had got them. The Commissioners now said ‘the law shall be upheld,” and that was what New York wan’ It had been a ram-tidden cit would be so no longer. concluded dress by pointing ont, the official doc.im geod thai had already been done by the law. y at Seguine’s Point. Nothing of any importance transpired at Seguine’s Point yesterday, the inbabitants strictly observing the Divine command, “Six days shalt thou labor, apd on the seventh rest.” An air of quiet repose rested on the neighborhood. The marsh land around the building, aud the strand adjoining, over which on week days the oyster. mon are continually meving to and Leng betel aceon The fishing sloops and smail boats lay at anc! . slowly bearing with the swell of the tide, ang except the singing of birds, the lowing of the cattle tn the neighboring pastures, and the of the locomotive as it rushed by the station, @ short distance from the Point, the silence was unbroken, Within the in- closure the same quiet prevailed, no sign of the usual expedients used by the police to while away the time during the week being visible. In the villages adjoining it also seome ax if discussions on the subject were postponed until after the Sabbath. A little and a litle further exercise of the forbearance and respect for the law displayed by them stnoe the occupation of the Point will result, ina very short time, in the appre- hensions of the islanders being qu No official report was received at Quarantine from Dr. Bisel! yesterday, but up to the tite the sloop left the hoapital ship the favorable condition of affairs at iast report continued. * The Miset Preas Convention, New Onzaans, June 0, 1966, ‘The Mississippi Preas Convention, at Jackson, have parsed resolutions deciaring that the people accept the arbiirament of arma in good faith; will support emanci- pation elevate the freedmen, and endorse the Presi- dent's policy of reconstruction, They say Stevens, Sum- ner & Co. are attempting to destroy the constitutton and eatadliah & despotic government. The Murderer of the Heoeon NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1866. Dissection of His Body at Jefferson Col- | Congressional Project to Establish Assay lege, Philadelphia—Curieous Facts De- veloped Regarding His Anatemy—His Neck Not Broken—Death Instantancous from the Sheck te EHHs Nervous System by the Falli—Hanging Rebbed of its de. OUR PHILADELPHIA CORRESPONDENCE, PurLapELruta, June 9, 1666. But yesterday the body of Anton Probst was full of Aife and strength. Now it lies an inert mass on adissoct- ing table at Jefferson College, Dr. William H. Pancoast, the talented young summer lectureF at that institution, asnsted by his colleague, Dr. 8, W. Gross, together with @ number of well known surgeons, made this afternoon ‘@ post mortem examination of the body, “not,” as the Jeoturer aptly observed, ‘to gratify any feeling of morbid curiosity, but solely with a desire to increase if possible the store of scientific know! » At the hour ap- pointed the large clinical amphitheatre, which is shaped somewhat like the upper half of an hour glass, the tiers of seats rising row upon row above the operating table im the centre, and widening as they ascend, was packed with a mass of anxious spectators. When the body was brought in there was Mittle in its outward appearance to indicate to an unscientific observer that there lay before him a mass of clay out of which the gallows bad strangled life but the day before, except a purple furrow around the neck marking the position of the rope. This furrow was not continuous, nor was it in the samo place all around the throat; it rose up where the knot had been tied belind the ear, and disappeared entirely over the carotid gland, so that the ends of the furrow did not mect. Immediately after death there was no suffusion of blood to the face, no projection or swelling of the tongue, no distortion of the eyes or features; in fact none of those horrible accompaniments which are commonly sup- posed to be inseparable from such a death, The eyes had been extracted for examination under the micro- scope, but the cavities were filled with cotton and tho lds drawn closed. With a powerful electric light no image of any sort could be discovered on the retina, This is almost conclusive in refuting the theory that in the eye of a dead person, as in @ camera obscura, there is retained @ photograph of the last objects secn fn life. This theory has been made the nucleus of several very in- genious tales, but it does not bear the test of practical investigation. An incision in the right side of the neck marked where the poles of the electric battery were ap- plied, To these electric promptings the nervous system replied for some time—two or three hours—after life was extinct. Even the smaller muscles of the tace, such as the levator Lali superioris alaque og performed their functions accurately. The upper lip twitched, the mouth smiled and grinned, while applications to other setsof muscles made the eyes wink, the arms rise and fall or the fingers open and shut. ‘These were affected by very slight currents of the electric fluid. To-day ‘portions of wt? face and body were discolored by suffar of blood; but this has ail ogcurred recently, some time after the execution, and might have taken place had the subject died from other causes. The visitor, as he examined the body, was first struck with the absence of all ap- pearance of suffering. He saw before him the fr of # strong, well conditioned, apparently perf healthy man. Mr. Taylor succeeded in taking excelient casts of the head aud of that thumbless right hand which gave so important a clue to the detection of the criminal, These casts were exhibited during the exam! gation of the body to-day. The beetle-browed, repul- sive, animal-like look of the face, the low forehead and brutal features which bi been made so familiar to the ublic by the artist's skill, were all there; but, as was fore remarked, in the stalid expression of those mo- tionless features there was no‘trace of suffering, physical or mental, There was nothing, as far as one can judge from the lineaments of the dead, bat complete, unmitl- gated indifference. The result of these investigations will doubtless be given to the medical world in @ more fitting form than can beeven attempted hers; but, without trenching on the prerogatives of scientific experts, it can do no harm to mention one or two of the more remarkable results of tbis afternoon’s post mortem examination. Probst was killed by simple hanging. In the words of the sentence he was hung by the neck until he was dead. There was no device adopted to kill him in any other way before the jerk and tension of the rope did its work. there was a famous executioner once who used to give the rope # particular twirl as he sent his victin off, 60 as to dislocate his neck. neck was not broken by hig fall of about three feet; thero was no dorange- He there was no pressure on the spinal marrow. 18 nO rupture of the jug- ular vein or carotid artery, nothing injured except a dell cate bony process and a small muscle. In Spain, not long siuce--and perhaps they may do so there still unless the karotte has come into universal use—the executioner pushed the criminal off'@ ladder and then jumped on bis shoulders and sat down there, while the assistant execu- tioner hung on to the wretched creature's legs. ‘This was done with the intention of putting him out of his misery. Probst’s death was caused by his own weight alone, and this gives the invevtigation in bis case @ pe- cullar inereet, pa he aia ‘to rom macatlon or apoplexy, as might sup) ; for ‘was no bfusion of blood in the brala, in the heart or in. the ‘The lecturer weomed to fucline strougly to the opinion that he had died from the shock to the nervous uysiem, caused by the sudden fall. If this were the case death must have been immediate, and almost painless. If this py should ey correct, death on the gallows will be deprived of balf its torror. Probst’s brain was in @ healthy condition, weighing thirty-six ounces, Hs jive organs must have been remarkably «ood, for in his stomach there was hardly a trace of the break- fast eaten only three hours betore death. The body was jump aud white where not discolored by suff: of as before described. When it was cut down there ‘was no foaming st the mouth, no discharge from the nos- tril, The opper lip was slightly swollen, Without going Into those more revolting details which, though to be witnessed sometimes, it were worse than useless to describe, let me here close, for the present, Unis narrative of horrors. MEXICO. Capture of Confederate Colonists by the Liberals—The Prisoners Held to Ran- som—French A: ance Promised, &e. New Onixays, June 9, 1866. There have been two Vera Cruz arrivals with dates to the Sd of June. The liberals bad advanced and captured twenty-five Confedera:e colonista The liberals were led by a New Orleans creole, The captives were beld for ten thousand dollars ransom. The lberais claim that Maximilian was without au- thority to grant lands, ‘The French bave promised assistance, but the prisoners have beon Leld already eighteen days. The French OMicers Decline Service Un- Max n—Defeat ofthe Austrians in Oaraca, SK. Waismsatoy, June 10, 1866. The Mexican Minister to-day recolyed news from the elty of Mexico, from which it appevrs that General Ba- zane assembled all the French officers in that city, and informed them that Napoleon had decided to witiniraw the French army from Mexico; but at the same time he would grant leave to any officer who would like to take service under Maximilian, in the Foreign Legion, to do 0. He stated they would be promoted to the next rank. It ts said the officers had @ consultation, and decided te declive this overture. Tho Austrians were defeated in buttie at a town in the 2 aa ir. a brother of the of the toan Legation at Washington, was afrested and foot from the city of Mexico to with @ Ne of soldiers. He was handcuffed. only offence consisted of receiving « letier from his brother. Mevements of General Dalce. General Dulce yesterday morning entertained several Spanivh gentlemen of distinction on board HO. M fteaw frigate “ Dona Isabel la Catolica,” with « splendid breakfast. The persons honored by the General were the following :—Senor de Olaneta, Chief of Spanish Ka- Gineers; Colonel Montado, Senor Mena, Sesor Munoz, the Spanish Vice-Consul, Senor de Arze, and several others, At about twelve o'clock M. the General was visited by acommission of American naval officers, who went to pay thelr compliments to bim by order of their Admiral. At about three P.M. General Dulce and guile drove through the Park and the upper partof the city, ‘Manifesting greai adiniration of the signe of progress and wealth of the metrepolis; be did not wish to disappoint ‘of them, and #0 di hot sta jonterday at the Clarendon Hotel, ea was at on board tts vessel at about ted, but retired after stopping a fow days, will sail in the Dona Ii Catolica, destined for Harselona, Ofices—Actual Condition ef the Various Mintug Regions—The Proper Way to Locate Assay Ofices—Opinions of a Prac- tical Explerer—Letter From J. Ross Browne. ‘Wasumraton, D. C., June 6, 1866. Hon. Hoan McOvut1o0m, Secretary of the Treasury :— Sm—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Sst ult., and im reply beg leave to say that in my opinion the development of the mines throughout the States and Territories west of the Rocky Mountains would be greatly promoted by the establish- ment of assay offices, as proposed in the bill for that purpose now pending before Congress. » Doubtless the effect would be equally beneficial in the mineral regions east of that range; but, having travelled extensively during the past three years through the districts border- ing on the Pacific slope, I am better prepared to speak of thelr resources and necessities from practical ex- rience. me would not, I think, be paticions to demgnate the Jo- calities for these assay in an act of Congress, Several of the points mentioned in the bill, as reported, seem to have been selected without moe information ag to the character of the country or development: of its mineral resources, Among these I need only mention the following:— GREAT SALT LAKE CITY. There are rich mineral ledges in that vicinity, but they have not yet beon worked to any considerable extent, owing to the discouraging condition of affairs oxisting between the Mormon and the Gentile Cermgn The Jawa of the United States are inoperative there, and must continue so uotil the government deems it expedient to enforce them. It would be useless, therefore, to b veloc aad office at that point under existing circum. at AUBREY AND TUCSON, ARIZONA. ‘The town of Aubrey, so-called, is situated on the banks of the Colorado river, at the mouth of Bill Williams’ Fork, and consists of’ a few mud hovels, now for the most part abandoned. No mining of avy consequence is carried on in that vicinity, and no bullion is produc:d, A copper mining company bas some interests there, but it is Go eee whether “they have yet discovered a true ledge. Their present dependence is chiefly upon croppings. Tucson is the centre of a rich mineral region ; but gome of the mines are in progress of development, and but little, if any, bullion is produced. The Cerro Volo- rado mines, south of Tucson, have been practically abandoned, and the mincs of Santa Rita are not now worked. In short, the depredations of the Apaches have arrested nearly all the mining operations in the Territory. It may become expedient at some fature time to establish an assay office at Prescott, the capital, which is the centre of arich mineral region; but even ‘that part of the country is not now in progress of de- velopment. There are other points mentioned in the bill where assay offices are reatly needed, and where they would be of great benefit to the miners, viz:— AUSTIN, NEVADA. This isone of the most pronperas mineral regions west of the Rocky Mountains, It now produces about $200,000 per month, and will probably produce double that amount next year. At least fifteen quartz mills are in active operation in that district, The neighboring districts of Yankee Blade, Smoky Valley, Bunker Hiil, Ione, Turin River, &c., are all in prosperous condition and yield more or less bullion, which tinds its way into Austin as the central point of trade. BOISE CITY, IDAHO. The Territory of Idabo bas already attracted a gs a mining population, and is justly regarded as one of the richest mineral countries yet discovered within our borders. An assay office, at this or some other con- venient point, would greatly promote the development of the mines, VIRGINIA (ITY, MONTANA, ‘The same may be said of this Territory. Here active operations sre going on, and the mines are yielding otek. m T have thus hastily and in general terms referred to a few points suggested to me by a perusal of the bill. Much might be said on the subject, but { presume your = Imited, and Iam not now prepared to go into jetails. A great drawback tothe miners operating in remote frontier countries is the insecurity of the routes to the contra} tyre of trade. This is especially felt in Mon- tana and Idaho, Within the past two years many cases of robbery and murder have occurred on the roads lead- ing to Salt Lake City and Oregon and California, If the miners could receive certificates of deposit gor their bul- hon, payable at Portiand or.San Fran ), it would bea great convenience to them as well as a source of protec- on, Another advantage to be derived from the establish - ment of assay offices would be the prevention of fraud. No reliance can be placed upom the certificates of assay issued by many of the private assay offices; indeed, they are made the basis of most of those gigantic swindles which have done #0 much within the past two years to glacourage the investment of capital in mining operas tions, If purchasers could by assured of the true value of what they purchased, so far at least as correct assays could determine it, greater confidence would prevail. In view of the fluctuations incitent to the pursuit of mioing, and the necessity of having these of‘ices at such points as ex; may demonstrate to be the perma- nent centres of business and population, I am clearly of opinion that it would best accomplish the object desired to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to select the Jocalities and order the erection of the buikiings, upon data furnished him by the of the Tespective States and Territories, when they shall have teiticd al local dispotes among temselver and arrived ‘at some equitable conclusion. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. ROSS BROWNE. Sermon on the Late General Winfield Seott. Before a large congregation, last evening, inthe Bloom- ingdale Baptist church, Rev. Dr. Isaac Westcott delivered & sermon on the life and labors of the late lamented General Scott, The exercises were opened by the ‘usual services, the choir singing the 1,004th hyma— “My country, "tis of thee, Sweet land of bert), ke The Rev. Doctor remarked, in commencing, that it had been his custom for many years past to preach a brief sermon on the occasion of the deaths of great men, such as ex-presidents or statesmen like Daniel Webster or Henry Clay, and that he specially admired greatness, but that he was glad to recognize it wherever it was to be be found. In all this he bad no preference for the great men of one party over another. Many present bad no doubt beard his sermon on the d-ath of Martin Van Buren, and he was about to speak of one now§who had occupied & measure of the public attontion, Selecting the text from Samuel IL, let chapter and 19th verse—“How aro the miglitye fallen!” which he remarked had been spoken of Saul, Israel king, who with bis son had fallen on Mount Gilbos in the fercencas of battle, he made an application of the same ex fo the great man whose ilinstrions life had comprised much of the glory of his country for half a century past. The life of General Scott was inter- woven most intimately with the history of our country, and more intimately than any other man living with is military bistory. For forty years of that filty he had been the first military maa ip country, and for a good portion of that time stood at the head of our armies, General Scott was of elements of character which weil adapted him for the responsible and glorious work to which he had assigned bis life. Ho possesed daring, for it was doubtful if, from the time he entered the army in New Orleans until the close of his life, he knew what physical fear was, He possessed also @ re- markable energy of clidracter, was ai it in bis feelings, zealous: his calling, and devoted his mind and soul to the pursuit which he bad chosen. His uickness of perception was a trait that distinguished im ; for however complicated the diMficulties that sur- rounded bim on the field, be wonld grasp the «ituation 1p & moment, and so order and arrange his forces as to make their power tel! mightiest im the attack or stand i) bie against the ouslaughts of the foe, He was ingly strict in discipline, bo ae th rig’ pity itself in partisan ne, only vents deciama- tion. To give aaketch of the. life of Genoral Scott, be Em ge pag ey go) to narrating the history of our A age Bes the last fifty years in veh be bad lived. gave a rapid summary his various services from the time he was admitted the bar of Petersburg, tn poy a bis life. Seba, ben panes the College of William and Ld wen sasmieiad to the bas, i Sermon by In the course of @ sermon yesterday morning at the Charch of the Puritans, founded on the third ana fourth verses of the sixty-sixth chapter of Isaiah, the denign of whieh was to show how mon, after having repeatediy of violent men with fons set on hell, would also seem at stake. y tell me, if doctrines are preached, if it i# any wonder that not found wanting, who can be gathered upon our frontiers in afew days and nights, ready with Ore todo the work of desolation aud to carry death into the households of perfectly peaceful and harmless people? And that, too, when we are bound with them by treaty to preserve them! What wonder when sueh doctrines as these are preached th: A trotting match for $2,000 will come off at the Fashion Course this afternoon between Daniel Boone and a Hambletonian colt, and at the Union Course Fanny Allen, Captain Tallman, Humming Bird and Dictator trot for a $1,000 purse. Daniel Boone is the favorite in the match, and Fanny Allen brought the highest price in the poo! sales on Saturday night. ARMY BULLETIN. ASSIGNED. Assistant Surgeon George A. Otis, United States army, a appointed to duty in the Surgeon General's Assistant Surgeons C. ©. Dumreicher and C, H. Rowe, United States army, recently sopitiee to duty with the fant Seventeenth United States infantry, Department of Texas, RELIEVED. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel J. F. Randolph, Surgeon United States army, from duty ia the Department of Missouri aud ordered to report to the Surgeon General in person, when the Marine General Hospital, of whieh he is now ia charge, is finally closed. MAILS FOR THE PACIFIC. The mail steamship -Northern Light, Captam Weir, will leave this port to-day for Aspinwall. The mails for Central America and the South Pacific will close at half-past ten o'clock this morning. ‘The New York Hrratp—Edition for the Pacific—will be ready at balf-past nine o'clock in the morning. . lt will give a full account of the Invasion of Canada by the Fenians, of the Battle of Port Colborne, with a map of the Battle Field; of the arrest of the Fenian offi- cers by the United States authorities, and the latest par- ticulars up to the time of publication; The proceedings of Congress; Account of the Funeral Ceremonies of the Jate Lieutenant General Scott at West Point; Interesting intelligence from ail sections of the Union; The pro- ceedings of the United States Court at Richmond, Va., postponing the trial of Jeff Davis until October nex! ‘The latest news from Europe, and accounts of all inter- ‘esting events of the day. . Single copies in wrappers, ready for mailing, six cents. ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY. Advertisements for the Wrexty Heratp must be handed in before ten o'clock every Wednesday evening. Its cir- culation among the enterprising mechanics, farmers, merchants, manufacturers and gentlemen throughout the country is increasing very rapidly. Advertisements in- serted in the Weexty Henaxp will thus be seen by a large portion of the active and energetic people of the United Btates, SHIPPING NEWS. hip Fe aa tere Liverpool Steamal inburg (Br), Halcrow, May iionnstown 29th, with mdve and 4 Dassongera, to, Jo . May 29, off Ballycotton, passed steamship England, dound tn; same time. steamship City of Paris also bound in: Mth, one of the National line, bound K; Jone 6, w bark rigged Sueainer, Dound H: Su, atcamship City of Cork; Sib, wbeatn- ehip City of moe for Li ‘London—both her Steamship Malta (Br), Macaulay. Queenstown S0th, with mdse and nard. Had 2 bit Rosina (Br), bound W; 9h, bark shipe Nereus, and denies Faster, Doasd We oat a (Br), neray. lay 23, and and Baal Ticenpoon's Nephew. June 1, lat 46 Ol, pasved & steamer, schooner with red funnel, poo x dion York, dagen Sd, lat 44 2, f rk Kitty Ann Addtaon (Br), aeerhig W: 4 aieahip Asia; Rh, ship Autarcti, from Liverpool for: New Steamship Ania; %h, ‘Steamsh ‘Trautmann, Hamburg via Cowes way Sow Mand passensern, to Runbardt & Co. Rloaraship Fung Bhuey, Hildreth, New Orleans ‘with mane and passengers, to R Lowden. Steamship Gen Barnes, Morton, Savannab, 60 hours, with to Livingston, Fox &'Co. June 8 at atteras, paseed aieamship Hermana ip Flambeau, Walker, Charieston, 56 hours, with rk, to Livingston, Fox & Co, L srorengey iy ind, Norton, pone. with mdse and pas- sengers, to the Metropolitan Co. StearnabipGlaneun, ‘Gale, Boston, with mdse and passen- gera, \o lanac Ship Mercury, Stetson, Havre May 2. with mdse and 421 ngers, to Royd & Hincken. Had heavy westerly gules the Banks, siace thea light winds and fogs. » dnd ‘Ernet aries’’ (Pr). from passe up to lat 41.15, loa 45 06, spoke bark Aquin (St Démingo) for Havre, ‘ont, short of provi- sions—supplied on ihe passage—all and e 3, oe her. ‘Had 8 deaths Antante, Ship Caroline (Br) L 34 days, with mdse and a7 prnsonnern Go BD Morgan & Une Tlad's dents (chil dren) and 2 bit he Passage. 2 births on ¢ . "Made the run to the Banks in 12 days siner bas had light winds and fogs. Wrhip Success, Chase, Cardi 27 days, with rauivuad iron, to ish & Carver. Bark Jasper Higgins, Liverpool via Queonstown, 25 days, L Cbristmas, Has been 13 days W of the th light winds and calms. Liverpool 38 days, with coal, to U7, lat 44 32, lon WW 52, spoke fishing ea tanec Yaad Says ou Derealia (Br), day A. a5 Lrneste Zuccant ( rigenol days, with mdse, to order. e awe sip Bark Therese ( Brem), Christoffe mdse and 281 passengers, to Kuger Bros, Had 1 death on ‘Bark Flenk (Pras), Sturve, Havana, 14 days, with r “PERERA TES ants, fotom, PO. 2 oy with w r and molasses, ad ri ken. a " Brig ‘obin, Hopkins, C! id, with lumber, to Holyoke jurray, ‘Schr Julia, Fenton, of and from Halifax, 8 days, with eu- gar and molasses, to master. Schr Wm Ji Mitchell, Cole, Shulee, 15 days, with separa, to SKA T smith Hrlggn, Philadelphia for Hyannt et fiadetphie for Hyannis hb but a delphia ter Norwich. Bremen, £0 days, with Behr Planet, Perry, Rockland. Sehr St Lucar, ———, Roekland. obr Cornelia, Henderson, Rockland. Sehr Monitor, Besse, Wareham. Sehr Fountain, Collins, Fall River for Albany. Behr Angle: Je Iaven, Sehr A Osborn, alt for Fail River. Sele Apby foam, Wyden ed at for Sobr Wm Réiean, Parker, Rondout for Boston. Tryphenia, Nickerson, Rondout for Boston, Marine Disasters. Pavar, May 14—The del Sud, from London for New York, which put in 20th ult, having the cargo in the hold on fire, ‘after ne et tthe fire was extinguished, or. and «! ‘The ship Uno (ital Heb to 08 ith demaga ‘on the 171 th aN Vobaote, From New York fer repaired, aod pS Ya KS of it has been ‘will sail tn 6 or 8 The brig Henry (Old), which put in leaky and with other he Wh Of Aj % damage on the rik iiedburged he whole cargo, and Spoken, Me. Rote Johnson, hence for Glasgow, May 71, lat pe Joht Butler, Knowles, from beuce for Mobite, June Foreign Porte. rms for Manila; . Dantel Barer, Ross, Newport for Blngapore, Bristot (Pi), May Eo jubetta, Maresea, NYork. Brexxnwaven, Wa Id Poseidon, Stahiner, N York. Cinpiers May 2—aid David Stewart, Prentiss, Baltimore; t, Hamblin, Caleutta, mr hay So Art Memento, patarevien, Work. on ots, May 18-814 Conquert, Howes, Rowton. Qovempo, April a-Si Bianche, Case, NYork. Care Warren, May 20—I0 port bark Oak, Snow. from Boston, arr th; sehr Fawn, Mellen, from do,’ are 2iat. Dear, May 26—Arr American Congress, Woodward, Lon- don (anid sid for NYork) 26th, Ceres, from Shields for NYork rat ‘May 26—sid 8 ‘atau. May 2—Arr Sea Foam, Barcel for ) Hh, Fredonia, Boston see ‘May 26—Are Caledonia ( Vo Arne, Muy %4—Arr Surprise, Fulton, Philadelphia; 26th, rago (8), 7 3 Hamacno—Arr at Cuxhaven M: o Miteh- etl Callan” Ha'atth, Reilworthe Beosene Mion Hoxa Koa, April 12—Sid Francia Palmer, Lamb, San Livexroor, May 96—Arr Scotia (#), Judking, and Louisiana Fron Nyors: Muh, Hawnioal, Hawhing, Apalachi- Amelia Priest, Bullen, tiansen, Henunoulny Agmoaphere, Bren, Neork. ftthy Mer: ghant Sprague, Phiiadeiphta; 28th, Universe, Hutton, New Beh aces tone coat peace Sea Ae 7 Ate} of min ud et rant (9), (and Rovas, Mey %—8id Michel Montaigne; Nemeum, Me@ Bealt®, May M08, Gos King, from New Orleans for at Sia for NYore Ma: Adelaide, from Malaga; 2th, Lan- caster, from tame “i Latest via Londonderry.) Arr from NYork, Wayfarer, and Diana, at Rio Janeiro: Ponte, see Reeves, at uy Bahia; Topeka, at Rio Grande; ni rr from Boston, Maximilian, at Rio Grande, ‘Arr from Baltimore, George, at Queenstown. Arr from Pensacola, Nora, at Montevideo. LBhie Onward, from Palermo for New York, is reported ab o, Je American Forte. BOSTON, June 8—Arr ship Lytleton, (Br), Taylor. Lyttte- tou, NZ: bark ¥ Tupper (BP), i, London; Kremlin, ‘Trvin (Br), Amesbury, and Alexandria (Br), Snow, ; Manitou, North, Cedar Key: Fonte (Br), Huteb- nett na: RM Hesien, Hammond, Balti- Cardenas: RM Mea.ss, Wells; Hail Columbia, Brereton; Kolerson, ‘Watson, Watson, und D B Doane, Hedman, 8 Twiaden, Elliot, Aquin; B'F Folsom, nfuegoo; Thomas Holcomb, Godfrey, NOrleans; ‘Kemp, and Queen of the South, Watking, Bal- ad jomer; Ann Carlet, Grindle; I Thomp- Ir vB Paige, Franks Orter.tal, Crocker; M D Cran- jarwood, Godirey, and Dacotah, Part 2b Marts, Ores; BM Dyer Rick E D Endicott, feott; Bdgewater, Fisher, and J W Fish: Willey, Phitdaeiphia; Ci :'4_V Wellington, Chipr man; WA Crocker, Baxter; Richard Vaux, Powell: Owen Bes Addie Walton, Rich; J Broomal Grace Girdier, Smith; J A Parsons, Sharp, and WW Allen, Philadel=hia: George L Green, Clark, Elizabethpor Senator, Faulkin, NYork, Cid steatuers Saxon, Matthews, Philadelphia; Glaucuy Gale, NYork: ship Kate Da gis Ne #; brig Minnie Abbie, Fuller, Gi more; Scott: ‘Abi Philadelphia; ‘Orlando, C} we, Parke: xn. Metis, Burton, NYork; barks BT Smyroa; Lemuel, Bate Palerm werpool: Lyman Cann (Br), Durkee, Linnell, Cientuegos; bi Anna Jane Haytien; Helen (Br), McKenzie, di Polledo (Br), Marwick, Matanzas; schr’ Mary D Iasi Kaskell, New Orleans, id steamers Kensington, Hedge,. New Orleans; George Avpe owes, Baltimore; brig Muda: waska (new, of B ston), Knowles, Richivucto, NB, to load. for Cardiff; sehr James ‘Martin, Baker, Baltimore. ‘Sid bark low cal steamer Zenobla, New Orleans; bark Heroine,. CEDAR KEYs, Fle, May 27—In port schra O H Rich, Ro- 1 binson, for N York; RE Parker, Brice, for do; Mary. Saw-- yer, do; Littlefield, Haskell, du; J Ponder, Jr, Crowell, do. UHARLEBTON, June 5—Arr schr John 8' Lee, Bunneil,. York. EAST GREENWICH, Jane 7—Arr sloop Active, Brook- way, N 4 FALL RIVER, June 7—Arr aches Jas A Brown, Davia, Cienfuegos: Minerva, Jefferson, und Sarah L Simmons, Gandy, Philadelphia; Orion, Hadwin, Elizabethport; Reap- er, Davol, do; Funny Moss, ‘Davia NYork; stoops 1 lt Bor- den, Lockwood, and Helen Smith, Smith, do. Sid echro Porto Rico, Wentworth. and Moonlight, Muller, Philadelphia. GALVESTON, May S1--Arr schr Anthony, Barter, ‘Kro- hoek, Rockland. Cld schr Hattie Barker, Crowell, ¥ron-- ra, GARDINER, June 1—Arr schrs Martha Kinney, Bazter, Philadelphia; Adeline, Hamitn, Elizabethport. HOLMES! HOLE, Jaue 8—Arr inion, Rondout forr Boston; Sitka, "and Samuel Stevens, Philadelphia for: do; Wm A Dresser, do for Bath; schrs Burrows, do for Bos ton; John Boynton, and Dirigo, do for Portiand; Smith Tutile, do for Gloucester; W P Ritchie, Jersey City for Hos- ton; Advance, nion, do for Salem; 10, bethport for Boston; Phoenix, do for Portland; Clarissa, do for Gardiner, Sid achrs Olive Avery, Bay State. Returned, chr Naylor. for Bosto: Bucl y Alien, Doane, Boston. June $—Arr steamships Geo Cromwell,, Valll,and Raleigh, Bailey, NYork. EWBURYPORT, June 88id achre M B Mahony. Coffin, and White Squall, Btetson, Vhiladelphia; White Sea, Lee, NYork; Lebanah NEW ORLE NB. adeipila delphia PM—, Nath! Hotmes, for Portamouth, NH; David G Floyd, Kel ‘Sid bark Felix (Nor), Gron, Dalhousie, ‘schra Marietta ‘Brooks, Delaware City; Al Elisabethport; Mary yomnees. Phti Bed for reli m1) Hope Sister nurs dont Frans Se Platt. Old schre Ba; Philadelphia; A'P Amory, New" ip Propontis aafled unis moraing for Ltr. e fh $20.00 in gold. Arr wi in gold. Briana wi hundred colored troops to be York a ip Ui WSORTRMOUTH: JuneS-—arr schr Marietta, Hall,_NYork. »UTH, June rr be PAWTUCKET, June ®—Atr sche Gilbert Green, Weateot,. Philadetpnia. PROVIDENCE, Jane §—Arrschre_ Dan Smith, Garwood, Charleston; Angele Vancleat, Hooper, | Priiagetphies- Bt Hotchkiss, Rackott, do; Mindoro, ‘ork; June |, NYork: L Crockett, Crockett, Savannah; 84, ec us and Mary, Wall, NYork; Antelope, Brows, 40; 4th, Leader, en, NYork. SAN FRANCISCO, June 8—Arr brig Orient, Davis, Bos- ton. SALEM. June 7—Arrschrs Richard Law, York, and J Bird- sali, Hazelton, Philadeiphia; Hero, Small, and Milton, Rey mond, NYork. Sid 7th, schrs Billow, (from Coreer Sidon, NB; D Giford, Jerrell; Sea Foam, Oridia: Hac , Seaman; Rachel Vi Smog Soweeen] Resbel Yozemen,, "stains Aes Pa Tn Wheeler, ited iat Sidney Frice, ‘Godtrer: ‘Jaco Keinale: Lake and § [Stevens sindley, Philadelphia: : -- ecapeaisnauatabatind a from Hancock) WILMINGTON, NC, June 6—Arr steamship CW Lord, Wi NYork. Cid steamer W T Truston, re, NY¥orks: bark npliahters Bahra, Havana, me N. Juve7—Arr sehr Mary H Mifflin, Champlin, ARR jzabeth port. GIVEN AWAY every purchaser of No. 27 THE LITERARY ALBUM, THE LITERARY ALBUM, THE LITERARY ALBUM, READY TO DAY. ‘This splendid gift plate is entitled “CHILDREN PLAYING DOCTOR,” . vividly depicts the ‘ts of javeniles in the house of invali oung it ny spor id—the imitators to almulate the ee of the inval hemtpothecary ad the physician, 0 engraving bi mm execuied in the highest style of” ond 10 aultable for fraining. DON'T Fall, BE 0 oF RARY ALBUM AND THE Beautiful Girt Picture. 10-D. ).DAY. 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