The New York Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1867, Page 8

aa. 8. — THE COURTS. WWIER STATES CiRCUIY covnT. f Exaction ef Duties. Before Judge Smaiiey. James Rokieworth & Coy against Draper.—This was ® sult Dreaght to recover auties exacted by # Coj- Jector of the port on an importation made in 1866, the ‘Gotlecter clainnng that the articles in Question were a Wammefactare’of wool, and a9 such Mable to a dnty of ‘weaty-four cents por pound and forty per cent ad veig- Yen. i Webster, counsel for the plaintiff, contended ‘Pat the goods were embroideries of silks, and known as table and piano covers, duty of thirty. tien par cout were and as each Ii ouby w ed valorem. tapes mined on doth sides, The Court held was te ime cummed on a question of law as to the meaning of the statute; the article in question being a man- ertheless embroidered ia milk to some extent, and therefore must be held under the stat- Table to the forty per cent duty, sbirty-tive cent Serdict for the platweite valorem, but to the lesser Important Tariff Question. J. Sturges and Others another of those pumereus ‘upon all goods from east of against Draper.—This was Custom House suite, brought the Cape of Good: Hepa, tn addition to the duties now levied by law, Mr, Cal- er, cuunsol for the plainly, contonded’tiaé’ tho astiele at present time was exempt from dut ant oouse- ‘bythe Bupreme Court against the), taken counsel and Trg ee gn esgect, by lateral 10.an abachute daty ef ton por @ Court direct to decision on the potnt UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER'S ‘COURT. The Austrian Extradition Case— ef Forgery Against Adviphe William Sehwartz, Before Ceunmiesioner White. Adolphe Wiliam ‘Schwartz, who is charged with ‘Raving forged at Groswardem, in Hungary, commercial ‘Bilis of exchange to the amount of 160,000 florins, was ‘Mr. Larocque appeared as counsel for the Austrian government, who Have demanded the extradition of the Prisoner. Schwartz wag defended by Mr."A. J. Ditren- hecter. There were also present Mr, Charles F. de Loovey, ‘the Austrian Consul, ‘and a Hungarian lawyer, who ar- rived yesterday io this city by the Bremen steamer, ‘The latter gentioman ep ae that the papers tn refer. ‘nee ¢o the alleged offence, Same of his country—his coat was braided ia front, and he wore those top boots that ‘are so generally in use gmong the noble and gallant race to which he belongs, ‘Ge ic quite a young man, with extremely intelligent Mr. Larocqne addressed stating that the had only arrived thit day. Ret ocourred 4 a . ‘facts of the cane the court at some length, ory. The presendings ef the investigating court were ‘written In the Hungarian language, but accom! ‘iy these documents were translations in German, Ppxore aay couclusion could be come to it wonld be necessary to have the documents translated into English, The crime barged againet the prisoner by the Austrian Conent was thecrime of forging bills of exchange, and Me documents which he held and the communica: on made to the Austrian Cons) Genera} by the Aus. Vienna government, was.a parteer wich his brother, J. 3, Schwaris, in a Arm Groswardeta, im Mongary, carrying ow Dislndes as aad merc! sspstganattiekes: tie commsiaten of theta He il i f mnt ee it tai ' ; E : 5 5 Soo hacontem on of a was, it appeared that the prisoner iani#, and had been some wok piace about the arrested a5 @ supposed complaint of Baron ‘Radivogevix set forth that by ‘of ‘those {« ‘acceptances and contracts passed bim by the prisoner he hart been defranded, ofa prisoner, aivor the court a general idea of tne te of the ioe paves the Statomenta made by ‘We prisoner pad addtessed to Mr, pe bee ee Vienna, ine 08 pings ie eam over from Hune-7 > nad Bat he wer ot Abie prot PRB omee ments had entirely surprised bim, as Lt ‘eesured him—and he was bound to place faith gssuranee—that he was not ‘De raw any counsel, Hed i af 1 az it if E- i a | Bg iF sé meet charge preferred against him. That Ps corrobereiver circumstance with rogard to the letters from the prisoner, = them now, not bating the steamer, of shore a, ity of any crime. Before bad expressed his willing- ~ » Before Judge E. D. Smith. Bary 4. Douglas ve. Chas, M. Moyer.—The complaint te this action sete forth that the plaintiff is a dreesinaker, Presented to them im reference to lotteries, under the hail, visable’ anything about M.A Do Leuey, and that, between the 20th of March | charge of his honor, Judge Ingraham. They have re- Comtalties to walt npen these guatieanes aeeimcones Know it goes tp aoe ent the Tin of April, 1866, she furnished to the wife of | esived a communication from the District Attorney and of the Morris and Esnex Railroad bave a doep Interest *» | also from the Superintendent of the Police, and, with pone - Mr. Bags Did notice Be plaintiff various “articles of Indies’ dress wear, lansention, ai aiageaitien peeing that Mr. Stevens furnishes proper accommo. ‘aes A emoag which were black silk basque of the value of | discoutine dn The exocrtional cass has berm | 12 Me, John G_ Vous remarked: that | abou 7 A. There ie © tong Tron $104, « brown sil sult worth 6190, 0 black silk dress at | referred to the District Attorney for further action... ‘the | te Morris and Easex, Railroad Company have certainly | into the ‘goods into the cellar 6a the = Waatilla, G09; @ parple morning | ANd Jury alvo desire the Superintendent of the Police — ha Com dame tt my = (S190, a0 embroidered Ul to rt all infrngements that may come under his ae ae No. $1 there? A. wre costing $90; Rotice to the proper autborities, cree ar, Oar one pair WILLIAM HABISHAW, Foreman. i i " is Raz tt 3 Lo a NW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1867.—TRIPLE SHEET. H t i : ft Ss | iF came before thY; court yasterday oD writ of habeas og arena tbe parvo of rataqvntysinling,aunter et tm | THE REGENT FIRE IN BROADWAY, | Se Sie et 23%: "ates! trons of te aD xJutae ‘Deen, ef counsel for Vous, wighme sixty pounds, and 9f the value of $16, eer ce bulld:ng from Cathariue tane to Leonard street and Te, | {hoy en ginae arrived I distributed thew to. thelr Propar ; pease est : +c ne ‘cation of | they orden of tarrest whe arta ed 0. 86 | Som th on mss ‘eon they are. are ses hid’ is the | Examiantion of Officers in Reference to the | firm gift niece Tink eras about twenty-five wanes T pacel ene So tomes | Mh aly ide tha that thee ie no auch Stale in the Union ‘vey erennd where the prisoner ‘cwployed. | Orta of the Fire st S. Bs Chittenden & | mimatesto sis when a nan came in with the alarm; see oe ore pk gk Sisevognizet “vy sue Toaeees eas Suc, | Clark was seen to change the bid'ng tna of the, Sos Cae ftore—The Fire Believed to Have was officer Frear; be was very Kind to give these people tron sbuiery: we fad plenty of waler te ahnow In 8 such anotuer empio: company, fer " worm. s00n, d ra OF ie United statea, He alow further woot Senate, | ‘We latior $6 it he would say Gabouk the waiter. } Year Accidental: dc. son's Hall, before Fire G Botore he went by? A. Yes; he was new mane pa A a BE Ay the; Governor of this State has no legal authori wt | Tho jury, however, after deliberation were | Yesterday afternoon, and'be discovered the fre and gave tho alarm Wilh | TPT tong been open st the. time we Yiate « citizen by such requisition; that we \os’e, | anable 10 agree on'a v Commissioners C. C. Pinckney, who presided, and J. G. Promptness; he ballooed ‘dre, they heard tet iheir | Cold mot have put ( out, it bad gained such “wreaty with Virginia for this parpose, and that Be | Joseph Onristello was tried oma charge of aszault 204 | 4nne yy. B Brown and P. W. ngs, an, investigation Hin Gee be got tc te stalion house they had thelg ne 1. Oe ths baind ee ae Pierpont, of Virgima, has-been by the Dattery preferred sealant bim by Mr. The ‘ob in of the recent conflagra- | 00fine out; I got up in front of that building, & eae on the Leonard street side with rapidity ; dent of the United Govoraor tavaait Book place in December fash and although but | Was Held in regard to the origia © quarter to six o'clock met Engineer Periey there, wogr Wanats Ole eaeontiae ae a clected by the people, and that Congress says that\, | one blow was given the complainant was #0 seriously iu- | tion om Broadway, which destroyed the store occupied ‘Was thore any engine at work there then second class third. class; on wer, g 3 l i | and one President has not the jJured that the coroper held an ante-mortem examination | by ¢ Bp Chittenden & Co., aud other valuable property; | No, 31 steamer; I saw the foreman, Mr. vat ee ‘wo get one first clams io The Court here Congress says epon bis body. Several witnesses wore examined upon stream on Catharine line, who was using truck companies ‘all alike; all the engines are ip fe to euch State as the State ot Virgie T do not think) both which the Yeturned a verdict of | 8nd also as to the management of the Fire Departmont | Hovo% Te inio'ihe window there; then the men of fimst class ender; T'wanted, om giving the.second alarm at 1 shall concur im that opimion until I am obliged to Guilty, and Judge Rosell the priaoner to be | on that occasion. three engine companies come and were at work in break- } ii, fire, to change the smalicr engines for Gret class do 80,"? daed in the city prison for sixty. days and‘ P9Y® | The examination was bogun at three o'clock, at which ing.opee the antlers and opening the door. on | es; every window. in Jaffray’s building, om the th Blunt, appearing: for the District Attorney, said | \at of $50, hour Commissioner J. G. Abbe opened the proceedings | rtumutneheremuy Kno to attend to them; Y dover ete a fre spread wore’ . e A it mute sicrastie batons vis cout oF Over one \ ‘BROOKLYN. LAW COURTS. by stating their prise object. He apoke s¢ follows:— | Qo you know what company jt was? A. 1 dd not rapidly than on this eecanon, 1'do net think [was more 7 Dean signified his intention of x Lamy REMARKS BY COMMISSIONER J. G. ABBE. ; I spoke to Perley, wi ‘hole | than five minutes going from’ Elisabeth street to the fire; wavering: The then the writ to be made \ Supreme Court. buildin me , would go becanse the heat was so intense. T never saw a fire get such headway in such a short space: Jodges Lots, Bernard and Gilbert Mr. Pasemgxr:—Before proceeding with this examins- Wh, in returnable this ‘&t eleven o'clock, before this @ of time. . ° action or line day to rvn court, iy At the last application was made on behalf of tion I propose that some definite course sup - Sie phoean, eaten spe vidarets, 204 apes af Sow. is it ponies goods k cael atty. The “Grime Gaunt” Ine} Suit—Motion to | t¢ Phenix ‘Company for a writ of mandamus | of examination shall be agreed upon, in order that fire was breaking out through the window; the heat out being discovered? A. I don't know; but I think: Strike out Portions of t-. Complaint, to compel the Sunty Measurer to refund taxes pald by | MAY come atthe facts as proposed by the resolution | very great: there was no fire above the first floor. the Ore spread ai quickly as it did owing to the infiam- Charles Reade ve. Swoecteer, e. al.—Tive cane, In, which | them in 1968 and\\ege on, United Steven cortifcates of | mubmitted by Commissioner P. W. Engr at the lest meat- | | @. Could you, ses into the Beat for? A. Yon; the Iaabiity”of the, tatorals probably placed, in he aad the plaintiff sues for libel, claiming damages ip the sum | !24¢ wan denied. Yesterday the case | ing of the Board, and under which we are now convened. | ‘yet Tito Art re eerie. bat it-was useless; the | cellars in some dry goods Stns te of $25,000, came before this court yesterday, on a tention | teat trvbn the aeoe eae? Court Ae rotor bearing | T&t tesolution calls for an examination ‘into the origin | smoke was so great that fe drove the men Coed ey ose paees Pere was any. of protecting to strike out pottious of the complaint on the ground of | the argument for the Sop teee men ar ecourt | of the late fire on the southeast corner of Broadway and | as ifthe firehad been burning in the cellar four or five | ¢ Pavone MO ‘ane “A I donot think apy power 8 Ot ea pany regarding the | bours; it was all one mass of fire right after tho firemen | Oo cart could have prevented it burning. a tne papers and reserog decision. Leonard street, and also for information ing got the door open; it was impossible to see the building, ‘@. Do you mean that no power we possess could do 1t~— ‘The plaintiff is the famous Englieh novelist, ana authar. of Seantons. - general management of the fire, the efficiency of this de- | “ Q pid you discover any smoke at fiveo’clock?. A. do not you believe there is a power able to put it out?” nong other works, of the tale entitled ‘Griffith Gaont; Before Judg\ Dikeman. partment and matters’generally. In regard to the first | No; none tall Indication of'it? “A. Not the alight: | 4, Not in the shape of men ‘and water; we could 108 or Soto The defendants are publishers and pro. | _ Th? NeGt® servaes. Nelson \Gravier, who te onerged | proposition, Tapprebend that ths origin of whet fre will | | There was no ot gorat she fre, the dames rushed 20, Te dive wee rioters of pera Itarary journal, published fw dae aty, | MAC attempt: 10 commal megan ted in this court | over vemaim @ mapwtery, T. do. sot” x00" 31" 105 ssey-ny watchman thare? A, No. * Telghiwny; eugugh waler we see ay ia ibe mile Me. Bowell, of counsel for the defence, pre pemrnms es wmmelivited | any ene of the bouse of & 2B, Chittenden & Co, Cay inthe sore? A. ‘They Kept no Nght to ac taaeniiog Ss hae ai to upwards of a hundred tas, and eovering forty fang, | from the testimony ef Mise M. Berge. the } nas been invited to be present and-to give evidence ture. | {9° sore; ¢ there bi I shgeravod nore wag oa Tag ‘A. I thought F: that oe conjd see the stairway young lady upon whom the outrage was Sttempea-ia | 1 tion to vaiemaston Teuppoge they hava pot, as. prelim- Q Hoe would have seen. smoke? ch Tene stan it the centre; tt seemed to be there, vs or Commissioner Engs— 1d you ee NAY SovnEnS See Of the 3lst of January, and hold of her, but ahe | prosentat that time I am emabled to lg! the elevator upon the floors of the stare locke escaped inte the house; the prisoner then went away, | jua'ion licked which would tend in the least to tho batchway? A, We could not look, into the Batch- \e the witness and | thew any ight upen thak polwt. Mr. Chittenden tated | wor acacs ores suisk. T chink Mtr Perey at thong | May 00 as 10 seo whether there Was any covering oF not, {be redundancy of the the fourth ified | her sister, who had locked themselves up in the sit?! that it had been their custem, after the olose of the day's | extranrdmaril : he there when I > smoke was 80 grat gause of notion. hal Tepefition of the-drst } room, thas "he got Ja he would-raviah them, Hle did business, fer one of the Jaaior to make ® tour | frovedar tie sates bone clock Ghee went out; tt | ..@ Had you as many mon as were useful? + Wenee carse of action, the repetition of the ntth, and | not succeed in gotting into the room, bat useda great | of the building and to p°rsomally examine the condition | was then a quarter to alx o'clock, a8 mapy men as we could wae. tA, We bad ongines to- the ‘third'a recapitulation of the sixth cause, and that } dea) of obscene language. of the building i» relation to ite safety against fire. By Mr, Abbe—Have you ever been a fireman? A. You Q. Tad you ag many engines ad throughout there was an attempt on the part of the Ar. Bergen testified to bis daughters’ having related | This wag dope at about s'x o'clock on the evening Q. How long did you serve in the Fire Department? at spare, ality of person by claiming | the circumstances to’ bim on bis return on the eveving | previous tw the fire, a8 waa testified to by one of @ Had you as much water as you wanted? A. At the {u question, aud also that after the prisoner ran away be | the partners who’ was present at that time, | “-:Petween five and six yours, ‘of the fire we bad. Q Have you been an officer? A. Yea, beginning © t? AL No 32 to his reputation professionally as an author. Mr, Sher- | got his gun to go after him. Thie was all that that informal examination Q Did any of the engines give out RA Soa ere ata ee eet esa nA a Sry Pom nena | Sette eae ang ne em Ne of action was set forth at considerable lengtt in the ‘and one employ: ey e store an rt y s replac complaint owing to the fuct that the libels themselves OUR FERRIES. tho Keys of the vault as usual. I apprehend that the | sainiag wnethor there was ny pecoller odor about the | . @ 1m your experiouce ne a fireman did you ever meok bon dye gd Loy very poe ad et and bow wre va by a SS TT eee | information to be gained Se Lg A cided fire there, I want to ask you whethor you smelt anything — es hog aden 4 mane Doseser eave at fen sito is clien' rt tl 3 an a be mere clare, evidence 5 “ > they bad'been published in, ve or six wumbors of the | esterday afternoon a meoting was eonvened, by | Mist, be mere conjecta Ah wes of oll OF gas when you were there? A. There was n® | 30) ared to have no elfect upon it; wo could nob get at which may be elleited by individuals who were carhest special call, at room No. 14 Astor House, for the purpose | at the scene of onflagration, T have no particular Se et mene eee of concerting measures to secure greater eafety, regu- | Course to present for your weg tbh ity A I speak of the time afterwards when the buildin; larity and Me ahehog io the ey the | Saat thet questions of facts culy be eropounded to wi ae opened? A. Tamelt nothing but heat and smokes v management © | nosses as regards the discovery of the fire and subse- | ie neat was great. bad been published or favorably noticed in numer. | Hoboken ferries, Thochair was taken by Mr. Wiusan ent events which may have transpired in regard to EXAMINATION OF OFFICER RYAN. @ How 4 ges Ler ghee ogc. gprs ll seam 2 _ oue high toned magazines or A coger 3 in this Braxr, who said thet not being present at any previous efficioncy of tnis department. And in reference to Oficer Ryan—Am a ronndsman; do not Know any- Croton ? a peace 7S “put yy drant goontry and in Enrope; bat in month of June ting he 1a call the origin of the fire, as I stated before, it would per- | thing about the origin of the fire; I was in the station | 20t average five pounds to thé square inch. i Jat the defendants began their attacks upon it, and ya- | meoting he woul upon some gentleman who was | haps be well to have the information of su:h practical | Hone whon the ‘alarm was. brought in; feannot say | , @ 28 connection with that I want to ask your opinion Pious dogrees of calumny or stigma had been heaped | to state the object of assembling and the plan of action | men who may appear before us as may be deemed of when tho alarm was brought in; I left the station house in reference stp thie water tp, tnaaas ~ eeapane Spots ity die defendants, “who ad sid of It SENG | iinaitated: Value, ‘The verdict am, and I have nodoubt allthe | Shout twelve minutes, to.’ six o'clock ; we are | comlowal uso of every person that occupies. building fe heen label sine tras ad Sache ual defied | Mr Wasa auld ho formed one of « mootng that was | oomber,bee.sra milage, ins case asin overyotber, | Geperiy varued out avy of ix winute after the | Mecontinual daw peeves ine salt fom roc; the literature of the nineteenth century; that “it reeks sta soyh 9 alarm has been given; when I got to the fire the flames | coud not gat a drop of water from the test-hoae in the- Paper or journal in question, which bad not been Jong iu existence, and seemed to desire to establish for bnnself some sert of a sensational reputation. The wovel to which the libellous articles had reference the fire; we threw a deal of water in Jaffray’s store; we had two ines playing on Jaffray’s building; the water trom the streot pipes did not amount to # row. of pins, improvieed on board a Hoboken ferryboat afew morn- President—Then you have no proposition to make, y * a with allusions that the moat prunent’ scandal monger | ineraeo, when a commitiee was apootnied, wnicn have you? Mereghe ee eld Ror ETE and, Tyremarked teat 1 | yard im Elizaboth stroet ; there are of course ways by would not make:” that ‘ail people who have families | M8 88 soins Bo pectnlorng Dro- | Abbe—I pi that the line of examination be a8 | stores they hinl a couple of streams playmz epon it; the | Wuich this could be remedied; for instance, by supply should kee this improper book out of thei Sucilles, ceeded to place itself in communication with a legislative | yevards, first, 1 @ discovery of the fire, and then the ge- | fre was canimesiingn most rapidly in Catharine lane; | ing the city with new pipes exclusively for the use of 5 such @ work could not have emanat committees at Albany who were thoroughly informed { neral management. the fire seemed to baall in tho basement; I could not | te Firs Department. by the Hoboken ferry. A committee appointed by the | , [frident-—Has the private watenman of Chittenden | say whether the streams wore from one engine or from | 4, @, Do you oF not suppose that it could be remedied by Legislatures of the. Btates decided that they had nee eae ae tae ae Sealine: catene pas dndmeei katate on omen Wrongs which deserved to be exposed and redressed. | Peter Hooney wa: then examined as fotlows:— ’ generally do—I should judze quicker; I taw He had been 1 communication with the gentlemen of Anetian cofodpenpeeeicig whoge employ are yom? | nothing wrong in the conduct of tho firemen around the the commitseo appointdd by the Legislature of New | q, What is your beat? A. From Walker. streat to | “Commissioner Abbe—You spoke of the fire belo In pond Jerssy, and he regretted to announce that one of Chittenden’ a store, yee roe ig | the basement, Is net the basement level with the them who promised to attond was unablo, through il. | ;,% 00 what side Je where that store is | street? A. No, sir; the floor of the basement is n little ess, todo 60, He had no positive knowledge what | Q Wero yon patrolling your beat about half-past 5 | Crlow the street;"the fire was in the cellar, which is from $0 graceful a pen as that of Charles Reade, but that be had-upwisely lent hig name to be used as its author.” The Court decided that the libel could mot be main- tained as affecting both the character of the plaintiff as an author and as an individual in the complaint, and or- dered the plaintiff's counsel to elect upon what the action should be based, giving him the priv! electing bet:veen the first aud fourth counte, th and sixth, and the third and fifth, and inserting giving them power to amalgamate, The Tr water feom the pipes; Engine No, 12 soon after took the hydrant but could not ge teu feet of water; m respect Crackling noiwe; I Giipear tobe exainined asa witness aud togive tentimony | moal at the touch, He aad gave the ae telnterione and rapped my, Bite at tre. co of the plaintift before-tria!, and an order | Chancellor V.ivingston, which he btoke off to Spalding ont Sogioning; om tho frst aincas we Bad ight rughnes ui Francis M. Bixby ve. Gerhard Jansren, ot al.—Thie cage, | Course that committee intends to paraue, but ho had | o’cinck on the morning of the fire? A. Yes; at that | @ About how lonz do yon suppose was It after the fire a eo pgs : hour I came up on Leonard street and eaw no indication d nntil the side wall fell on Leonard sirect? | Works. which has been proviously reported in the Hearn and 4 @odoubt they would go into as rigid an examination of | or'frw on that. aide, and then 1 came. up sround on | commenced nn cd ender anata ‘When you increased i.e force on the second alarm: which involves he’ jorindieion of the courts to compel. | the case aa waa possible, Ib would be needless to ¢o-,| Broadway and looked toward, Catharine pe una | beni aad alone tiemntnneveaiernme Pr wast? 4. We emit the "small enpimen ‘and $0 appearance of consuls as witnesses in civil actions, | large upon the nocessily for prompt and decisive action | gush of steam or smoke going up there; I thonght there | ” Several other officers. made. similar statementa in.zef- | "t0ok'the large ones, on ‘account of the scarcity of water; Hias been disposea'ot for the ‘preset by the'appented | i8 ~ this. matter. Ik-.was too well Knows hon | wes ,Omething vrong with the steam ppes:, I hen srenge to the progress of the ire, the ilme they left the "Could y he by mauliplyine the offer, inedod ‘yesterday by ‘thie’ court “Th the former } little” - disposed” the. -propriemm of that ferry Ino where she danamy le bat I cond ses ni clo. of Seve cpapaesnes Satuee’ ‘the: oben Gon beat lake 1 sgines' had Deon sta- caso, wisich cohosrned “more particularly Gerhard Jaws. | (We. Steyene}. te te give anything: like propor }-wnile looking theresomething,wont off, like a genabes ‘aon Leonard and Chambers atrocts sad: tbat. when be ary Syperp. pop a fb, ho: couml in the Unived States of thakingdom Ot | accommodation. 10 passengers 1 tee collar. . passed jen’ store, at twenty mint past tive, ieee Saxony, the affuir ragilted in. the revocation of hie ex- | tr. yh Fromident—In the baseient or sub-basement, you | there were ao indicstjona of fire in the way of smoke Lime diy senor ty the President. ‘The present suit ie egainst condition mx te . ‘WXAMINACIOY OF CAPTAIK JOURDAN: |” # new pail, ‘and Teopold Sehmitt:— - A person has only to pi Wita-es—Yea; I could not eay what it is; after that ¥ Captain J Was present at the fire of Chit 1 diroat com- Application for an onder to compel.Loopald Kehmitt to | ote of thees ood was borane, and tip rmlege of fire a been e7uld hear a nolo like as if w: was ‘@gort of d, as baraing, gor of | don'aore, me kn the building ‘could have saved re, a: three munules to six o'clock, 4 : therefor having been granted ‘and Richard | most ease from the ont} sand looking part of that boat, bas T went aown to tho: mation houre;,, J the of the of the. buildi Reve? saw no littlo damage'done by water: 2-~ <e\. sou, of compact for plaintit, and Henry Lapangh, of | He heard it seriously ameigued ag renton why she nas | doen to tho Bixth precinat station sheet of flame; i foe Pa a building toe fee Conumiesioper 1 dericg & state, In this eoanes- counsel for Behinitt, and tt appearing to the court, from | Not long sinco rank that she is too rotten to do 80, haying |'02 Leonard atrort I met~offloer Frear; I went down 98 | the firomen began to play on it with theirencinesin | om.that sh Ding I called. Gj Mee the exequatur of the said Loopold Schmitt, that-he is the | 80 much of the bnoyancy of cork that it s impossible she | #8F a7 engine 31 and gave the alarm, and saw the engine ‘and worked very igberiousiy to purout | Mr. Abbe, and wo had a considerable diseu ex- consul of his Majesty the King of Saxony, at New York, | Could remain below water When such factsas these are | Ut; I then went as far as Broadway aud Leonard 3 it looked, at. ond ‘a8. if they | Pressed a great dealof ‘atistiction at the in itis o dored that the sald order be and is hereby die | staring us in the face there are no teseurs ye oan take aaain, and thon beng EN na ye Twent ‘would not’ be able to sacceed:; I thonghs | Which the firemen bad acted, and told us herhould ad- missed for want of jurisdiction, that can be too prompt to sevuro thé relief we dosiro, | Bier Mr. Peok, who carried the'kevs of the store, and | that nothing could save it; and. it was only dresa.a note, wbich we should receive to day. areraen Os : We do not know tho tima when a collision may occur, | Mr. Kano, who carried the keys of the arm. Dy great exertion that they did so; some of the iron daialiMt Bote has not bgen received, it is well to aay some~ MARINE COURT. o Case most assuredly any one of thase wro'oned | @ Are you engaged by Chitteuden & Co, as 4 | shutters of Jafiray’s building were warped and had spit thing bout was ifs contents Would have bem He piace oats will bo utterly demolish:d and hundreds of lives. | Private watchman for thatatore? A. No; I am wateh- | Open; the windows were broken by tho heat, and it was hen ho fret exami “e after Tid Fees of Real Estate Brokers. Apavitebly lost. He hoped a committe, a vigilance com- | 20 oe that street, 4 impossible to prevent the water falling into» bulling; j-808 fire, be estimaied his tosses at ,$20, and S..Refore Jude Heame and a Jary. tad pionecuta rug villa Seber Aeaee Bate | nay rene a: From sere the nic ware TNE | the heat was svat Thal waa ahah pel tes | wus’ bined in Tag” Doapapery Bak Willian B. Getting & George Hansien ve. Charle | men's senso of consideration can only be reached by ap. | _ @ Was there any hatchway or fluc there? A, There | Sods out of Chittenden'satore, thought sé¥erabatvempts | 1°. Nien into the ma'ter and the precise Schwart,—The picintiffe in this action aro real estate | Pealing to thelr porkets throngh the mediam of a legal | §# 40 iron grating there. + FEAMINATION OF JOHN B. KENOR, Amount of damaze, and the gentiemen inted for nd the defe,"dant tho keeper of a restaurant Prosesation. He trosted that by law or by lecislative Q Inside the graing I mean? A. I had discovered a ‘Sohn #. Kehoe was on patrol duty on 16 night of the | the purpose had given thelr decision ai buewee and prahae peg Liedo Kranz Restaurant in Fourth ye) he. wonld be enabled to cross the Hohoken ferry cy ay hevore, and also when Appleton & C9.) aro at Ch ttonden’s store from twelve gelock anti six Bars if ke pig des cone Rd mis:Suaneaer eae mgd erly e ian Gira 4 alok aig ta li i ‘one-hal street. The plaintitis sued the am..’22an* to Bcover five nate tla: of passengers mio See Boek pe aatorty ' scat thione Bot or eerie centre To know et the fre, corner of rusia and Coe, To. Trae aanoke | stance, a polioy inehiah twee. selene at ae per cent commissions on the purchage v.® Festaurant in " » Srosa 7 Senet ‘ourse a8 19 the origin of the fire, | in the direction of Leonard str et: Fan at ouce toth: spo, | Mould have pore meee sade tame mpeat is tm Hoboken ferry. . _' ferry. There was o time, over nine years | pat ty ibg diecipline of gar own affairs; how long | gnd saw the house; ‘W"Dt en the engine houre and found | {ion of the de Now strost which defendant bough’, Piainw.”* “!esed | ago, when it was a very comfortable ferry, Ho ‘uses you ran do» 5 conard strect toengine hous | them weuing the tance Jonge: than any one pry Pe wes pe se : t | eross it, in company with many other use WO ~ Kotting the Lornes vat; I went into the house and oo - ey Arst informed defendant that the restau; ' “tensare of the trite ene Ate stage mere Sr before they camo" ere? A. They rushed out imme- |'saw ihe wesiogm and eitcors of ihe gompany comivg | MY whole expenience: I. ave werenget® any, y was for gale, and that he promised. and guarenso.) (> them five per cent commission if he snould Day the same, Defendant, on the “'Scr band, denied that he ever made any iinent with the pleintuff in regard 10 mri ‘but proved that one. day in March, 1866, attention was attracted bv 4 notice in a local paper that the plaintiM had a dev town restaurant for sale; that on ealling on they they gave him the number of the one in NeW Street; that on calling there ono of the . ly. wee es an fncréasea m= @ Hiow lon before the appar: en AY eam msi | B the“cocommelation, “‘Pamencor by. the qld not af; Tita uot tomate stout the building lon, Morris and Zesex Raslroad cross by it to New York, and coo 1s”, ; ‘I went after the provriciors of the ye he hae freycentiy found no room on board “ut after Mr, Peck and Mr. Kane—Mr. Pook, of the & stg. reach’ ante venty, Not. alone’ is, there. ac We | -°@ boyou Krew a tn the Gonativstion of that bulla. a Scoomsaodation, oa. these ferryboate, bat “disc | ing—whether iron shutters were on the ont-lde? A. Zisplay of orminal negligence in their map-gement, | There are Iron shutters on the basement all dowp to the that moke ipse ve wimareeetaned hefote they had gee | Amount is hardly wor collecting, You. would, bave to tho fire; the steam why up and vho, encines wore all | {Bowdls there hast pean ne Ara, Mo wy Tendy to go to work as 800m ge thay got there. pe: apne ‘ TT want also (0 ask you: Conimission r Pinckirey—You had no wateh'with you | thfowing the water on the Took t wast Mise he ot a the time, had you? How do you kuow that it was | Tie dirt Tote exist im regard to all we Dia pot more than two minutes? A. Tonly.gness at the | eround on tho east side of the city tn. similar Gals, as, for instance, the burning of the Bowory theatre? A. owners iP? srmed me not ich it would be insanity on our 10 “ verlonk an: dummy or elevator; the basement strikes ffom that Commirsionor Pinckney—And sometimes guesses are sale. “Revoral sates ook phy Say, ‘the roy fof longer. To remedy this evil he woul propose in the | down; and thoro ars ‘owl bse) Oe ret floor alto /-y tittle erroneous, aro they wat? A. Yea, sir; wo genc- | ©% sr. idelhikiauinaiiaialiaiimaseiia Fereats Saree foe male shrmneh ene orokera, of | Swear of the Terry. 80 Organ easton aise, he'wit havs nO What is dais dumaway thet you speak off A, Teis a | ‘SY eet out of the,bouss in thirty seconds Engineer Sheridan tosiltrd us fellows: whom defendant bought it, ore Was considerable 4 ae 4 hate EXAMINATION OF PATROLMAN BRE*SEX, " stion by the Pres dent—Did you attempt to gob conflict of testimony. " The jury returoed a verdict for to fear—an organization Wich will collect every | Place to hoist pords up—a hatehway. John J, Breesen yes oa patrol duty on the night of ipod ” z pt Where ts that? A. It te a little telow where those ito the cellar of the store? A. Yea; there was a stair- oilers are “on the Catharine lane -ide, ‘How b:gh does tt extend? A. Itronsups a & is thats avcured By & reaeon item of information about brevtnes of the charter and ‘bring the prospect of legal prosecution before his eyes. He it every one who occasion to avati himself of the facilities of these ferries ought to show to Mr. ‘Stevens that he cannot sodisregard the rights and en- danger the lives of pas: Mr, Sonn N. Warmne thought everything shontd not be left to the executive committee. Ho was in favor of having a set of resolutions addressed by the passengers the defendant, COURT OF OYER AND ‘TERMINER. Sentences Uvon Prisuners—-Lotteries—Junk tho fire at Chittenden’s store from twelve o'clock until ‘ght down Broadway to the engine house; | rousds; the fire was so Imtanso it drove me back; I con- wo report regularly to the best of our judgment every | cluded that discrotion, was the better pom of valor; I hour; «hen I feft at five I went around Broadway, Cen- | never saw 80 intenso a fir); I about four Uo ad Canal: 5 had not. aot, nary fer whee T enna siete ‘thinutes aftor the siarm; it wasa ive than when: and ran back to the engine house and gave the an ish or petroleum burns, the men turned out and fotched the horses ont and/{ " @’ Dud i, melt.the.irm colugns m fropt that hitched them to the engmne: I had crossed the corner of | tho sidewalk? A. could net Say: they were ciprdhes Brondway and Leonard about three qnarters of an hour 4 on granila. ; - before T yave the alarm; I left tho Continental at four ° EXAMINATION OF 6. J. ORR, o'ctock or thereabonts, “ = J. Orr, Distxct Engineer, was examined ag fol- 3 covers. @ On each floor? A, I do not know. ‘Where is the cover? A. It is up higher. $ Atthetop? A. Yes. Is that used for the purpose of hoist Pa,» 2 or by hand power? A, frat t don't eow, et periods of imprisonm~+ James Doherty, indicted Tor manslaughter, pleaded guing of that offence in the fouth degtes, and wan sentenced to she Fesitentiary for one year, John Wimn, indicted for forgery in we Raya degree, pleaded guitty to the fourth degree; sent to the State Prison for one year and eight months, Henry Wil- ot Semtteman named Mr. Pstrrsox, who had just en- the room after an apparently exhanstive Journey, said be had arrived that moment and felt constramed to ferry The fehand, in. the -pocket “of hie. painted from one EXAMINATION OP FOREMAN WEIR, Foreman Weir—Was at the engine houae tn bis Dunk the time of the Gre; we bad elevefl men on absent; we have an afrangement by which tbe: Mare: leaded the “nn panels of the Chancoll ich " vereers an sie ah ae gd toan at ‘deckat was complotel; A. roses, ttn ., cine Sogeea the, semeee nea was, when 8 ae on to tho Penitentiary. Mar, roes | pat each oman ; We tarned out and Mary rman, tried and convictod for grant larceny, tl ia were 80 akon we had to heat the water by wo and four months in the State Prison. Patri¢k Byrnos, in- Tre gah py tool pleaded Biiy Prenat mon of the sort of — imprisoned one year in the \ The Grand dary brought tn & Uatcd. of indicuments, | We, T°e-OR every E i ‘nd also the two following tmenta—one upo we] when there first that the . wore lotteries, the other in reference tojunk shops: | ater top the Simp waiter on tea Taw tise Lovranrrs. fog was the appointment of an executive committee. + te, | Mat a0 the docdne and nied Grasp Jeay Feb. 18, 1867. ‘on by | foreman John Moore, of Hook and. sa The grand inqueat, at the slam ef the session hove itked the ign by va iad ‘examined with all diligence such matters as have been 3 4 Graxn Jory Rooms, Feb. 12, 1867. xp Jory . To Hon. D, P. Ivcnamam:—The grand ‘eeeett, in and 1 i i 4 3 = 4 it i I a the éovner of in five minutes, for the of New York, hi ; cellar forthe con any new <haviog. roo TOP Mes eee ow tana wie bt Ser ae tide adios, to a a ctaireage ronalog up through from and junk shop keepers is conducted under existing laws Sotea thede of tron, ‘eotice anything in the hatehway leading bs Ty - eald—I wish to draw particalar attention to. &nd practices, it # of the conviction that petty tbette, me 1 that position for some time? ‘A, | from the to the fhe tod EY theft that tea rues © a door to be placed on ~ Te hy AGE, Tachliey which Is atordod Ce ee an betes: E remained | rookie rom wire we were, we oud | ect floor oF Sea, bg by these cstatitsnascute (opthe diseet ey eet eres ara ene yaa there time enoughide enable you to seo | notece whether there whe 4 covering or not; if there had | fle, And It 1s not dose in ninety. sores, ont . in consequence of the general ce ing them firet arrived the second ar. | been would have been driven down somewhat; tne toate can’ seumsamaser nen gue Suse suamher $n cellars and obscure roome, where tho transactions ip mi ton siteten whee. engine ony bj time A$ 8 firemae in the Volunteer rt hatchwag unless it ae or No. 1 Sie place, Ih hy penny age a | vater Furlong wet ‘said he know no- rapped v4 Up stare tie Saree wd a ee aecssmina tater ae it To ger | thing about the wo bento > sfllamamenidpae edad | = ta ag | are Q dia yon go then? A. I ran down to the lane le abt Tot ire was on the Catharine FALL.OF A WALL. going wtroot lane: Atty fi the end of the Wufldi: ls yesterday morn: Senda as that hee eee Pon nae standing | When sero opt, shutter the are hed About ton minutes past ten o’oln-s 7° soe to the engine house? A. About as far as acrosg the | Meched such « no while some five or woeteD were’ ongaged the: a #8 i232 2 pewatngs on tho north side of Sixty- ae aeean Pires ail Bbw arouses, anew | n Y AL <5 33 ‘efe tg z is gg gee He ii ra i it la at every not " ‘one tm Goutnot ave aya your Bah, Weide work on ar cn tow a hs eee one horses cine Engs—ts depends On the location, 1 Mata wie hove sureeched down on the pos? A, fhe coma on Téonant street hed more aati anabanand wey PIS kta rede if ould vt take you than balf a minute to op the corner of Broadway and Leonard street you could Ar, Stevens do right they wore hd a Tt he he bs forty feot after the other companise had got re thought ik wns all vey well to tat 8 atte aemmree acters rt ms MEAMNATION OF RNOKTEER PURLEY, be * t gf te aa ae | ‘aid iy ba pp nr wy me ng ReMi oy, PRL. the Seatlemen Present having to teat trains proceedin; ly abrupt conclusion Ir appointing Ry many firemen did you see? A. Teaw a lop of loowt were in pg fe TH eee many em A. Four or of them; T cout Q Did they Have their fire caps on? A. They had their fatieu* caps on, @ All ofthem? A. You. EXAMINATION OP BERORANT WATCH. Sergeant Wailen was next examined, as followa:— Question by the President—Do you know anything of | Before Judge Russel. The cases tried in this court yesterday were of com: paratively little public intereat, . Wm. ©. Clark, late in the employ of the Harlem Railroad Company, wes tried on a charge of having agcreted. foe es ‘TWE CONNECTICUT RIVER. Hartrorn, Feb, 15, 1967. saat. we arveny mere Foret rea alt v8 more Farm ‘onan Ao that the hoate can run, a ol own stat hi my Deak dhl not Lend me past where the DeRose seikrked, tue dacoago was bo hittie that the -