The New York Herald Newspaper, March 29, 1867, Page 10

To THE STATE C}pITAL. Favorable Sexgate Report on the Cross- own Railroad Bill. Passage of the Quarantine Bill in the Assembly. THE CANAL FRAUDS INVESTIGATION. Proposed Increase of Fare on the Central Railroad. REPUBLICAN CALL FOR A STATE CONVENTION ae ae, ke. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. ‘AumANy, March 28, 1867, ‘THE DEMOCRATIC STATS CENTRAL COMMITTES ‘will meet on Tuesday next to decide upon the manner ‘m which the sixteen delegates at large to the Constitu- tional Convention shall be chosen. Some of the com- ‘militeo favor their selection by their body, but it is very probable that # convention will be called by Assembly @istricts and that the sixteen delegates will be chosen on the republican plan of two from each of the eight Judicial districts of the State. Numerous candidates are already announced, among them Horatio Seymour snd Judge Comstock, of the Oneida district ; Messrs. Skinner, ‘BR. J. Redfield and Sandford E. Church, of the Eighth @istrict; and Charles O'Conor, of New York. ‘THE CANAL FRAUDS INVESTIGATION, The Select joint committee charged with the imvestigation of the alleged canal frauds have hkeld several sessions and taken a great deal of testimony, Among the witnesses examined tus far are State Auditor Benton and ex-Canal Com- missioner Wright, The investigation to this point has been mainly confined to a scrutiny of the officiel con- uct of Mr. B. F. Bruce, who was appointed Canal Com- aiesioner by Governor Morgan, to fillan unexpired term ef one year, during which he expended extravagantly or otherwise, it is charged, the sum of fifty-four thousand @oliars in five weeks on one section of a canal, Mr, Bruce fe now a member of the Legislature, and has courted a fall imvestigation. So far the committee have been ‘weable to prove any collusion between him and the ans! contractors. However serious the charges of ex- ‘wavagance may or may not be, there is very little doubt wow that the allegations against Mr. Bruce originated in the asperity of the campaign in which he ran for the gsaccession to his own office of Canal Commissioner. The heat of politics evoked statements of corruption, which are now undergoing inquiry. THE VOTE ON THE RIGHT HOUR BLL. The following was the vote on the passage of the Eight Boor bill:— ‘Yras—Mesars. Brush, G. Crandall, Gregan,’ Cribben, r, Genet, Gridley, laynes. Hinson, Ho} Berryman, Blair, Blauvelt, S. Baker, . W. Buck, L. Buck, Buckley, Burns, Burrowes, Fiske, Develin, Dixon, s facobs. Keady, mnbuli, Lefever, Maxwell, Minier, Moody, M. yO. Qukey OReilly," Penfield, Poiter, Prince, . Raber. Reed, Richmon: beta, Robertson. Rogers, Kus- gel, Nantord. Schutt, Selxreg, Sigarson, Skillman, H. Klin, J. Smith, Starr, Tarbox, Travis, Vandenberg, Van Valken- Weed, Welles, White, Williams, Wilson, Woltman, A. 1 Wood, D. P. Wood, Wyeth—73. Nays—Measrs, Archer, Ballard, Barker, Bicknell, Bige- Jew, Bilal joyd, Bristol, Bruce, Button, Candee, Con- , Duntz, Elli: Gibbs, Gill, Gleason, Gurley, Hins- Hiseock, Hitch cock, Hoffman, Bovt, Juliand, Lord, MeKinney, Parker, Plumb, ‘ool, Ransom, Reynolds, Shaw. hiland, “Mr. Speaker, Suffern, “Torrey, Wooster, Young- Meesrs. Creamer and Wagstaff, who were absont at the time the vote was taken, subsequently declared their ad- _Besion to the measure and were 80 recorded ip the House "gum DIPFICULTY APOUT TRE MARLEM CUT. ‘When the bill to provide for the protection ef travel in Fourth avenue came up for its final passage ia the Senate ‘this morning a compromise was effected by which thet portion of the cut between Ninety-secoud and Righty- tb streets is to be arched over with the masmery, part ‘the expense to be borne by the city of New York. ‘The romainder of the distance, or where t! of the avenue rises two linoal feet above the level of the track, the company are required to enclose with perpendicular ‘walls twenty-four feet apart, extending four feet above the ground, with an iron railing on parapet. Matance between the coe < Cog = dvd heen ‘Wow walled, is jn some places U it, It was @ contest to decide whether the selgnborbood should remain a Five Points or te made @ Murray Hill. The company defeated the ‘owners in their but the ‘i. advantage for the pec. vant - panh legs, and unthqoew agitation has Sore fatteeing of success, of adding a wide margin to the car- ‘Winge way of the avenue in the Yorkville district, THR CHRIBTOPHER STREBT RATLROAD Bill was favorably reported from the committee of the Bevate thie An morning. amendment was made chang- See Seepaaien Sa ewer Uae Tier tape sarees ie 20 and ‘Tenth streets, Although the Dill is thus favorabl; in the menata, it has po chance of bei pos pote fd ing Assembly, because of the bad faith of its lobbyists, who $200 apiece for the votes, and $100 more da Governor the bill, city members being promised 4a addition worth of - It would be un- fair to charge all those who voted for the bill with hav- consented to, or even with having any Cengleg 2 of at aprenemn, Dut the lobbyists will have to keep Detier fuith in their new campaign if they sxpett to pase their bill by any such corrupt influence. INCREASE OF FARE ON THE CENTRAL RAILIOAD. ‘The questio vezata, which two successive vaoes f the Governor have failed to set at rest, is Ii! mon wp in the Assembly for final consideration. It bas al- thie provision 8 greater, el oan eperanl the road. preci bow prevails to suol an of neg ecting ‘of ‘way trafic ustil it ie compelled wap is agents—in the way of ex com: baw) ly increased prices, admonishes us to be ‘watchful that no more discretion is to any corporation aban is demanded justice ands settled purpose to afford to euch en ry nd satisfactory return for the capital invested and urred. I cannot con. gar in he further suggestion adetnced in justification e = = ; i a fe it? 3 i the But admitting that Not Accumiilated so rap. i 33 35 Se, need value of labor Showtd at ry fare, and so the whe ami jndicious wey of Wisc, areas chat eet r Labor has been f i Hl hee i mi it ty E i cf nee use of the dor hequuving the Bil The, reeipla or passenger tolls invested in the of ‘equipment for more valuable, Asto the for an increase on the Bar the difference bets the value of two conte and then, it is equally AN the time of er NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1867.—TRIPLE SHEET. the first veto, in April, 7865, goki was between 145 and ‘154; Jost year it ap hy ‘and it js about the same gow. Henee there 1s no good reason why the increase should be Conceded on this score. Again, What guaraotwe is guveu tbat there will be a reduction in tolls on tveight if the permission is given t raise the price of fares? The bill is simply as follows: — AN ACT IN RELATION TO FARB ON THE NEW YORK CKMTRAL RAML- ROAD. ‘The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate sembly, do enact as follows:— Sho.1 It shall be lawful for. the New Yor Central Rail- road Company hereafter to demand and recetwe two and « parted gu their road, with his or ber ordiaary beggnge. ted ou their or ber PSStc. 2 This act shall take eifeet Immediately. But it is urged now that the Central Raitroad ts a re- publican machine. Formerly it was a vast democratic power under the management of Dean Richmond. The old objection wing favors to potitionl opponents no longer existe, ‘the bitterest antavonists of Gover- nor Fenton have too high a reapect for his impartiality a3 an executive to believe kim capableof withholding @ veto on such grounds, & COMBINATION OF ‘STRIKERS.”? The rich placer which this measure opens up to the corrupt members in the Legislature, the well known liberality of the Centre! directory, and their undisputed ability to make good their promises, led to a caucus of the “strikera,” who met last evening at Congress Hall to take counsel together upon the best ways and means of duly availing themselves of the opportunity to make a “handsome tung” eut of the company. The caucus was composed in main of the legislative *+ring,’’ which is as much a fixed institution as yours in Cit; 1, and embraces members of all political tenets, the Cen- u 1 have a ‘hard row to hoe,” after ail, in ma- neuvering the further progress of this measure. En passant, it is also stated that among the matters discussed ‘at this caucus was an appropriate and thorough plan for the pecuniary phlebotomy of Jake Sharpe's Broadway surface railroad corporators, SPECULATORS IN CENTRAL RAILROAD STOCK. There are now in Albany, scattered about at the differ- rent hotels, some twenty bankers, brokers and their agents from New York who are waiting impatiently the action of the Legisiature on this bili, They are pain- fulty solicitons as to the course the Governor intends to take with regard to it when it is presented for his signa- ture. Every officer of the Governor's staff, every mem- ber of his political household has been approached by every strategem and device with a view to the determi- nation of his intention, Any one capable of divulging the secret is promised one-half the proceeds of the specu- lation in which the interrogator 1s engaged. There are millions of dollars controiled from this city by these stockjobbers who, the instant the Governor's decis\on becomes known, will telegraph the result of their vigils to Wall street. These men calculate on the inflation of the stock to 120 at least if the Governor signs the bill. Among the less enthusiastic directors itis the impres- sion that it will touch 114. The vibrations of Central in Wall street will be worth watching during the next fifteen days, Auzayy, March 28—11 P. M. ‘THE CHAMBERLAIN AND THE CITY FUNDS. Judge Edmonds was heard to-night, before the Senate Committee on Cities, in opposition to the bill concerning the Chamberlain and city fuads of New York. He con- tended that the measure proposed was impracticable, for the reason that there was an tncontrollable variation in the daily balances, He gave satistics showing that on some days the city would have tix millions of dollars on hand, andon others would be fifty thousand dollars in debt. He also maintained that there would be great inse- curity, the State baving on one occasion lost two hundred thousand dollars deposited in the manner proposed. The committee adjourned to next Tuesday, when Messrs. ‘Ward and Shuitz are to be heard. THE UNDERGROUND RAILQOAD SCHEME. Another effort was made to advince the Underground Railroad in the House to-night, bit it got a “black eye’ from the Surface men and went over. PASCAGE OF THE QUARANTINE BLL IN THR ASSEMBLY. ‘The Quarantine bill, as amended by striking ont the words “excepting Kings county,” passed in the Assem- bly to-night, after another fight by the representatives from Long Island. Mr. Jacobs made a very impassioned speech in opposition to the bill, The members from New York, Richmond and Kings voted almost solid against it, ° THE CROGS-TOWN RAILROAD, ‘The Committee on Railroads ported a bill naming Joseph C. Carey, William Thompon, William M. Parks, John F, Lockwood and others, asmamed in the original bill vetoed a few days since, Theaew route commences at the foot of Christopher strest North river, along Christopher street to Sixth avesie, thence along the latter to Twelfth street, to avenue“, to East Tenth street, to the ri ence returnmy to avenue C, to East ‘Thirteenth street, to West Thirtemth: sti to Sixth avenue, to Amos or West Tenth freet, to Washington street, to Christopher street, to conect with the track in Christopher street. Also commencing at the foot of Chambers bac Bee river, along West street to Duane street, 1o New bers sireet, aong to Jamos street, to James slip to, South strect, along to the ferry at the foot of Catharine street, thence teurning along South street to James slip and James st to Now Chambers street, to Duane street, along fuane strect to West street, to connect with the track)tthe foot of Cham- bers street; also from the foot of Twenty-third street, North river, along Twenty-third ageet to Tenth avenue, to Twenty-cight siroet, to a to Twenty- Rinth st: to Second avenue, bene i street, along to First avenue, thence retrning along Second avenue to Thirtieth street, to Nint) avenue, to Twenty. eighth street, along to Tenth aveme, to Twenty-third street to North river. Capital stocl $500,000, TAMMANY SOCIMT. . The bill presented by Senator C. G. Cornel! empowers this association to hold real and preonal estate to the amount of $50, RELIEF POR f In = Senate » — was ma &s to the propriety of appropriatin and dollars for Southern relief. 0: mittee 1¢ was stated that it was the ple would not consent to.such a the proceedings in advisabie. jE BOUT. to call up the report 6 hyndred thous- thal of Tho cath: beliet that the peo- and that, in view of acti@ at present was not Republican Call for the Ste Constitutional Convention, Axnasy, N. 1, March 28, 1867. The Constitutional Convention bit having passed, the Republican General Committe—Hamlton Harris Chair- man and James Terwilliger Secretary—have issued a call for @ State Convention to moet at Siracuse on the 10th of April, to select sixteen delegates \t large to be sup- ported by the republican party at an ‘lection to be held on the 23d of April, each Assembly ditrict to send three delegates, NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. Senate. Ausany, jlarch 28, 1667. BILLS ADVANCED TO A THIRD FRADING For the relief of the public schools ti New York. The Geneseo Normal Training Schod bill, Relative to the Commissioners of Eqimates and Ex- penses in New York. Incorporating the village of College bint. Authorizing the city of Oswego to money for certain purposes. Ds the charters of the villges of Perry and bf the Si Com; '. ‘iaeniog te phone dare hv or the Paro- = a of the Protestant E; Church of New For the better regulation of pawnirokers in the Nia- gara Police district. Authorizing the Durango Silver Ming Company to issue preferred stock. j Amending the charter of the Ciiton Springs Water iy. employment of a stenogwpher in the Kings County Court and for the City Court of Brooklyn. For the drait of certain lands in Flushing. Legalizing the acta of the Erie comty Excise Com- missioners, PR ad the jurisdiction of the Police Justice of ‘onkers, For the better ation of pawnbnkers, junk deal- ors and intelligence offices—a fm wi. Amending the Natiom! Travellers’ In- surance Company. Authorizing the Travellers’ Insurance Company to take rake upoa the lives of travellers. Amending the charter of the Yonlers Water Works Company. Authorizing the villages of Sandy Hi! and Fort Ed- ward to aid te the construction of a ralroad. For the relief of the stockholders asd croditors of the Dutchess County Bank. BILLS PASSED. Extending the time for the collection of taxes in Southfield and om a School bill. erin, except for cap I bai to the crier of the Superior Court, Buffal ve jufTalo, Relative to the Metropolitan Police nm Newtown, to Ulster County Savings Inatitution, Amending the charter of the International Bridge Com- pttianding the charters of the villages of Argyle and Legalizing the acts of the Niagara Fails Bridge Com- Dog Tax Wy Increasing the of certain State Prison officers. tae the trustees of the Presbytery of New To discontinue a portion of Second avenue, Brook! Amending the charter of the Irving Savings 1 tion. I ‘ting the New York i¢ Medical oanermenting ie New Homerpathic M Amending the act relative to the Utica, Chenango and Te constreck @ horbor asa breakwater at he Jenetion of Chemung Canal with Senaca Lake. up and fonce Yorkville cut, in Fourth avenue, was read and passed. ‘Tho Senate here took a recess, Evening Session. BILLS ADVANCED TO 4 THIRD READING. Amending the chariera of Fougbioepsie and Fairport, = Changing ‘the namo of the Students’ Aid Association of jew Yor Authorizing certain towns in Oneida, Herkimer, Madi- son, Otsego and Chenango counties to’ subscribe to the capital stock of the Utica, Chenango aud Suequebanua Valley Railroad, . Incorporating the New York and Brooklyn Pneumatic Despatch Company. Making riations for the maintenance of the canals for the tiscal year, To secure navigation on the Oneida Lake Canal, Adjourned. Asse! y= ALBANY, March 28, 1867. BILLS PASSED, To amend the charter of the village of Albion. Authorizing the sale of the Poor House property in Syracuse, To authorize the city of Brooklyn to raise money by tax for sanitary purposes, jut amend the Hovined Statute relative to wil by jury. To enable the towns of Middletown and Southfield, Richmond county, to purchase the plank road. To authorize the extension of the Central Road in West- chester county. To improve the highway in West Farms, to be called hae ern Boulevard. lative to jurors in Queens county. Relative to the compensation of the Highway Com- missioners of Richmond county. Providing for vacancies in the office of Supervisor. To open Lafayette square, Brooklyn. Authorizing the extension of certain streets in Brook- lyn to the bulkhead line. To provide for the deficiency of money in support of the Brooklyn common schools, To amend the charter of the village of Rhinebeck. To authorize the city of Syracuse to issue bonds for educational purposes, To incorporate the National Savings Institution of New York. The Assembly took a recess till half-past seven P, M. Evening Session. BILLS PASSED, To change the town line between Boonville and Ava, Oneida county. ‘To incorporate the Rochester Hydraulic Company. Toamend the charter of the Syracuse Savings In- stitution. To alter the map or plan of the city of New York. In relation to quarantine in the port of New York, and to amend the existing acts in reiation thereto—74 to 35. To enable national banking institutions to become State banking institutions, and to amend the Banking laws of this State, Adjourned, THE RAINFORTH INSURANCE FRAUD. Arrest of Rainforth, the Alleged Life Insur- ance Swindler, in this City—The Pian of ¢ Conspirators and How it was Revealed, &c. ‘It will be remembered that in the month of February last a will purporting to have been made and signed by Richard Rainforth, deceased, was filed in the County Court, Chicago, fog probate. Tho will was duly exe- cuted and witnessed, and contained three separate be- quests—one of $1,000 to Dr. Charies B. Kendall, Fuller- ton block; one of $1,000 to Timothy W. Fuller, 133 South Clark street, and the rest of Rainforth’s property to Birdie, the daughter of Timothy W. Fuller, The will provided for its own execution, and named Kendall and Fuller, the legatees, as executors, The will remaincd on file till the 21st of March—no measures having been taken to prove it until that date—when arale of court was obtained to compel the executors to do so, When the demise of Rainforth was made public Miles Rainforth, his brother, went to Chicago to see how matters stood in his favor in the will, After having obtained an Interview with Mr, M. F, Hee- nan, the lawyer who had been employed to draw up the will, with Mr, Fuller and several othergentlemen, he was led to believe, by reason of certain remarks that were let fall during the conversation that ensued, that either the will urperting to be his brother's was a forgery or that his brother had come to his death by foul means. Im- ressed with this doubt he made arrangements with a jegal firm to investigate the subject. After a thorough examination had been made of the will by this firm they gave it as their opinion that the will appeared good on its face, and only needed proof before the court to make it entirely effective. Efforts were then made to have the will proved, but proved unavailing, until a was pbtaiped ‘compelling the executors ow cause why they did not prove the will.” On the morning of the ata of March Faller and Kendall 3 ing for an examination into the merits of his-opinion the executors had interfered with the prop- ye will, as in erty. The petition was granted, and the executors were placed in the witness box to ‘‘answor relative {o their stewardship of the property of the deceased and the ¢tr- cumstances and manner of his death.” Dr. Kendall was the first examined; and on being asked “When did Richard Rainforth die?” refused to answer, although the question was put several times, Persisting in his re- ‘Ye answer when the question was asked by the Court he was cofmitted to the county jail forcontem Fuller, the second executor, was then placed on the stand, and to the surprise of every one present, to the uestion ‘Is Rainforth dead?” replied, ‘No, he ja not dead: he still lives.”” He then testified that Rain- forth, Kendall and himself had matured a plan some ‘nine months previous to defraud the £tna, St. Louis Mutual and Mutual Benefit Life Insurance companies, in which he had effected policies on his own life tor $15,000. The plan consisted in Rainforth assuming death, while ‘as medical adviser, should procare a acting body resembling Raiuforth for the interment, of which & certificate of burial would be isnued in due form, Rainforth to go to other parts during the interesting proceedings. In pursuance of this arrangement, = few days before Rainforth’s alleged death he pretended to feel unwell, and as he seemed to grow worse, Dr. Kendail was called in and promounced the patient suffertog from typhoid fever. Two days afterwards, by direction of the patient, his will was drawn up, and another pl x called on to visit the sick man. Deceived by the simulated weak- ness and sufferings during the course of a hasty exami- nation of the symptoms of the patient he d ‘that he had only about thirty-six hours to live. The same day a barber was procured, who shaved off Rainforth’s mus- ‘ache and whiskers. An hour afterwards his will was st in the§presence of Hi the lawyer, and two other witnesser, While Fuller and were in eaid, “Poor Dick is dead.” The Lent apenas fe boay was resumed to have been coffined and buried in Graveland . Fuller Serpent tng a ee Dractised upou him until some time afterw: when, becoming suspicious, he was led to be- eve that all was not right. He afterwards learned that letters bad been received at Chicago from Rainforth and his Birdie, dated as late as March 18. Fuller was thet held for a further hearing in bail and Dr. arraigned Kendall was for fraud and held in jail to answer. Search was iy the plot had been discovered; but no clue as to his whereabouts was until last Saturday, when it ‘Was ascertained that he was in this city. On the receipt he detective agency. of corner of Laight streets, to the place at two o'clock on Sunday morni: there he was snugly ensconced in ‘was taken to Police juarters and delivered over to the custody of cetective Kenny, of Chicago, who had deen sent to this city to convey the accused to that city, inforth was formerly a quartermaster in the army, Dr. Kendall an army surgeon and Mr, Fuller a patent right agent deing business in Chicago, DARING OUTRAGE IN BROOKLYN. A Lady Garroted and Rebbed by Three Raffans. Shortly after dusk last evening a daring outrage was committed in Brooklyn, the like of which has not oo- curred in some time before, It appears that at the time fn question Mrs, Mary Thompson, residing in Bergen afternoon. ‘The reffians having pe ae their work fled from jh ir hel; jctim fainting on the a 4 i i 3 F HE H 3 5 5 gz z ry | THE PURIM BALL. A Jewish Feast Celebrated at the Academy of Music_The Masks, Music and Mummer- les—The Close of the Carnival, &c., &e. ‘With dawm to-day the reign of Prince Carnrval, who during the past winter has held sway over the ball-goers Of the city, came to anend. Having viewed the festivi- ties of the Liederkranz Sociefy, and.Jooked in upon the subjects of Arion, who but # day since were assembled im mirthful conclave, the Prince, ere resigning the Sceptre until the recurrence of frosts and snows ordains @ resumption of the caps and bells again gladdened the Academy of Music with his presence, and yesternight graciously smiled upon the guests at the Purim ball. THE PURIM ASSOCIATION, organized some years since, was formed with a view to celebrating the Jewish festival of Purim by annual masked balls, which, although gotten up on a scale of great extent and liberality, were intended to be family gatherings rather than public assemblies, It is not, however, to be presumed that the members of the asso- ciation were particularly erudite in biblical lore, by rea- son of their discovering a Jewish holiday whereupon to hold their reunion, when it is known that it bas ever been the custom of Israelites, the world over, to com- memorate the fourteenth day of the Hebrew month of Adar by assuming disguises and paying friendly visits to such of their coreligionists as kept open house, This*fashion of private masquerades, which has existed for centuries past, has not been seriously interfered with by the grander gatherings of the Purim Association, and up to the present time the Jewish residents of New York interchange calls and throw open the doors of their dwellings to their friends, who, under masks and fanciful garbs, put to the test their hospitality. The origin of the festival is recounted at length in the book of Esther, a perusal of which forms part of the religious services incidental to a strict ob- servance of the holy day, With its principal features we are all familiar, so often bas the story of Vasthi’s pride and Esther's beauty, Haman’s villany and Mor- decai’s shrewdness been recounted, commencing at the earliest stages of the drama, when the King’s favorite commanded the destruction of the Jews, and concluding with the somewhat unexpected finale introductory of a gibbet of unwieldy dimensions, Further explanation as to the origin of the festival can therefore be dispensed with, though it must be stated that the fourteenth day of Adar is still duly observed in the synagogues in commem- oration of the deliverance of the Israelites, The Purim balls, which have been held at the Academy by the as- mazourka, redowa followed quadrille, cotilion music trod in the ‘footsteps of marches, and kept the gigantic kaleidoscope revolving. Offeubach’s sirs gave new life to the dancers, Weber's strains spoke volumes to the heart, and the clangor of Gungl’s compositions recalled the war songs of the ancients. How long the master spirits of the orchestra, at whose bidding the myrmi- dons below marched, or strolled, or whirled, might have kept the mass in motion, cannot be estimated. Certain it is that the ardor of the guests flagged not, and that late in the night the feverish animation discernible in the looks, and airs and gestures burned as bright as in the earlier hours, wbes the pleasures of the ball Toom were tirst being enjoyed AT THE CLOSE of the ball the sounds of ‘Home, Sweet Home.” breathed a promise of repose. It was nearly dawn; for ball committees invariably will it that the sacriflee of one whole night shall be necessary to the attainment of proper earthly felicity. The stars still twinkled brigutly; but the blue of the heavens was paler, and @ greenish tinge on the verge of the eastern horizon spoke of the uprising day. The atmosphere with ut was cold and raw; but a breath of it seemed luxury to those who Ead passed so many hours worshipping at the sbrine of pleasure. Into that outer air stepped the guests, with bloed tingling in their veins and lips yet tremuious with the delirium of joy; and with their departure the Purim ball came to a close. NEW MEXICO. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. The Indians—Troops Serving in New Mexico— Military Personals. &c. Santa Fx, New Mexico, March 13, 1867, By the last mail from Fort Selden, New Mexico, I re- coived advices of the running off by the Indians of some ‘stock used in carrying 6 ail between Selden and Fort Bowie, Arizona, and a ae the rider, Th® gov- ernment expressman on the same road, but between Tucson and Fort Goodwin, was killed also. The Indians committing these depredations’ and murders are the Arizona Apaches, Some time since quite a large party left Taos, New Mexico, for the purpose of hunting buffalo on the plains, A communication from Taos informs mie of the return of the party on font, their stock of horses and mules (about one hundred head) having been taken from them by the Indians. What Indians were guilty of this wholesale pindering the letter do»s not say, except that they were “of the North”—probably Arapahoes and Cheyennes. In view of the apprehended general rising of the In- dians it will interest the readers of the HeraLp to know the number and iocauion of the troops in the district of New Mexico, The figures herewith given are taken | from the reports in the office of the Adjutant General of the district, Vajor Cyrus H, De Forrest, and may be relied upon as correct, Post. Company and regiment, Fort Sumner, N. M. eld and staf—A, D, G. Fifth infantry No. sociation during the past five years, have always been | Fo: My among the events of the season. Last night the masque | itr. Union. N — was still the Purim Ball; albeit the exact date of the fes- | Albu % tival coincided with the 2iet of this montb. A post- | Fo't aed cove! ey ponement of the carnivalistic celebration was unavoid- 5K, Pith infant 199 able, becanse of the pre-engagement of the Academy by » eee eae y 7 he Tlederkrans Society. Fort G rade. 0, Debate NM. Wolff 2. 1p THE PRELIMINARIES Fort Gi B, batt. N. M. Vol. cavalry. 69 of the Purim Ball differed not essentially from those B =: epaseymeepeseey which marked the:planning of the reunions of previous 4 125th colored. 53 years. A neatly engraved invitation, coupled with a Cn ae AY ticket, adorned with a plate representing the crowning of E, 125th colored 8 Queen Esther in presence of the court of Ahasuerus, fon & were the talismans which gave admission to the Acade- g my, and which could only be obtained by the personal | Fort Bascom, N. a introduction of the purchaser to some member of the | $amPP lume 110 committee and the endorsement of the candidate by the i 16 latter official. ‘Tne order of daneing was a pretty speci- men of conception and design, An oblong card board bore on its face a wood cut illustrative of an unrolled megillah, or scroll of the law, on the surface of which were inscribed the selections of operatic and dancing music. Around the table upon which lay the parchment were clustered the members of the asso- ciation, embod:ed in skilful caricatures, wherein their prominent features were casily recognizable. On the reverse of the cardboard were printed the names of the members of the committee. Mr. Adoiph L, Sanger officiated as chairman of the floor committee, and Mr. Arnold Tanzer acted as chief of the reception com- mittee; and these gentlemen, with Mr. Myer 3 Ieacs, are deserving the especial gratitude of the guests, Twe very efficient committee men ex-officio, whose absence on any occasion would be deplored alike by ball givers and by their patrons, were also on hand, although their names ‘were not embiazoned om the order of dancing. These were Captain Cameron, of the Eighteenth precinct, and Cap- tain Brackett, of the Twenty-sixth, the latter gentleman having charge of the out-of-door arrangements, and tho former taking command of the officers within, It need not be said that their services were heartily appreciated by all who attended the Purim ball last night, AT NINE 0'CLOCK Irving place, which is not generally a very nowsy neighborhood, was startled by the rumbling of carriages, and at that hour the spectators drawn up in front of the Academy and awaiting the arrival of the maskers were gratified by the appearance of the first comers, A Jong line of vehicles extended through Fourteenth strect to the brilliantly lighted structure, whence came at in- tervals the sounds of music, and although 1ts component parts were constantly vanishing, the line never appeared to decrease in length, Hundreds of ladies in dominos and ball dresses, hundreds of geotlemen, in more or less gaudy costumes alighted, and hastened into the Academy. Through the vestibule, up the stairways, thence tothe ladies’ room and hat room, and again down the stairways into the salle de bal burried the throng, An unceasing pattering of tiny feet was beard inside the house; an unceasing rumble of advancing and receding vehicles announced the arrival ot reisforcements outside. From the inner vestibule into the ball room flowed the many- colored tide, ebbing off into boxes, slackening its speed in narrow corridors, eddying around an unscrupulous group of maskers who held their ground, stirred not under pressure of circumstances, and Anally finding an outlet in an aisle ing to the floor, which was still kept free and clear of all save the committee men who were giving a fina! coup d’ail to the arrangements. Sumner, Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet George Sykes, commanding; those of the Third cavalry at Fort Marcy, Santa Pé, Major Charies J, ‘Whiting coni- manding; those of the Ove Hundred and Twenty-fifth United States colored troops at Fort Craig, Colonel Wil- liam R. Gernath commanding, and those of the battalion of New Mexican Volunteers at Fort Garland, Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Kit Mmanding. In addition to the troops al district, the United States Thirty-eighth infantry (col- ored) will probably arrive early in the season, commander of the important Colonel cavalry, paigners that ever served in New Mexico, pointed a lieutenant m the Eighth United States cavalry. Colonel McCleave, who leaves for California io a few daye, to join his regiment, will take with him the re- es of the California regiments that served in this dis- DOM. ......sencrevevevessecceversoeses ones oe The headquarters of the Fifth infan! are at Fort lajor General Carson com- in the Brovet Colonel Elisha G, 1, Major United States Fifth infantry, has been relieved from duty in this Territory, and has proceeded to the States to go be- fore the Retiring Board. wounded on Decomber 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va., and afterwards raised and commanded the Fourteenth Colone! Marshall was badly if Union, Wiltiam McCleave, late of the Firat California most successful Indian cam- has been ap- 7» and one of the ring the war, Colonel Alexander, United States Army, will Br soon take bis departure to jolp the regiment to which he has been promoted as Major, Colonel Alexander the officor who commanded the United States forces the battle with the Ute Indians mountaine last autumn. is He 1s an accomplished soldier, served with distinction m the Army of the Potomac. Military Matters—Impertant Changes—Gene- ral Carleton Relieved by General Sykes— He to be Relieved by General Getty, &c. Santa Fx, Now Mexico, March 14, 1867. There is just time sufficient before the closing of the mail to announce some important military changes in the district of New Mexico, In 1862 the Califormia column of troops arrived in the then Department of New Mexico, and its commander, Brigadier General James H. Carle- aga division commander in the Army of the Potomac groundwork for description. The stage, as usual, was | General Getty in the same capacity both in the Army of canopled ty 8) white tent, and © landecage formed | C50.'on ad commander ef the “and District its background. Detached cap aes foone | of New Mexico Since be service latter officer Diazed in the monogram association been promoted to Brevet jy an “ Purim.”” Bebiad the | Major General, his commission in the ‘reach- end their welcome, “A Merry Purim © | ing him to-day. Heis also Colonel Fourth myriad tongues of flame, and, as though by agen bw bi po mot of the garden of Baby! beon transferred colder early 1 propose to give a summary Clime, rose tiers of shrubs and flowers, whose fragrance, | Toons administration, General Sykes, who is at commingled with that of founts of perfume at either | sent in command of Fort Sumner, will soon arrive side, tinged the heated atmosphere, This floral mise on the outlays as heavy as in former years. Brevet Colonel J. Simpsos, U. S A., has had six ‘THE OPEXING OF THE BALL. months’ leave of absence extended to him, with permis- At half-past nine o’clook the cornet sounded, and to | sion to gv beyond the sea. of the Purim March the cortége of maskers Ticnsoennt Comes Meg, 5 r-eixth infantry, invaded the parquet, and like a huge serpent wound and granted fifteen days’ leave; at ration of which unwound its variegated coils to the rhythm of the ordered to proceed to Fort K Nebraska, masic, Characters of every description fled two by two Second Lieutenant Thomas H. Thirty-second in- on the floor and joined in the procession, ', granted fifteen days’ leave; at the ition of here and there an unruly harlequin or a| wi ordered to his ‘at Tucson Arsenal. Pierrot with an unusual penchant for gymnastics J. Wilsos, infantry, has been pg gh En eg Ba, Gays’ delay in joining his regiment at ® sudden usurpation eee waboye leaped upon the stage and it more or less witty samples of carnivalistic journalism, and when the Brevet Pome BR By which contained the proclamation ot Prince Carnival, assigned was extensl circulated. Its contents were quite Captain amusing, and satirical allusions to the recent action | been assigned to duty in the Di: of several insurance companies who declined to insure Captain H. Lieber, Military Storekeeper, assigned to the property of Jews, as also the comical recapitulation | duty at Fort phn nn I TH DEPARTMEFT OF THE vocative of considerable merriment. Besides the gazotte, The following number of private manifestoes were into circula- | George H. Thomas on assum! tion, the larger umber com ymes ridiculii partment of the Cumberiand :. bg <5 a Cirenlars from Ami of Stas feoventy, were i siiy dietrbatea, with a pamphiet, in which were in verse the First—In accordance with incipal incidents recounted ia the Book of Esther. | rent series, from was 20 scarcity. All Sent fe ‘Tennessee. bre i! during the evening wore interspersed with ae for the government of ‘and German quotations, whose reproduction'in a setting | the late Department of Tennessee will remain in force of Raghish words appesred extremely ofd, in this except those conflicting with ‘Tae MipMiGHT cour D’ orders Pee aient ceries, from the War te was enchanting. Every box in the house was tenanted | The staff of the Major General commanding will remain diamond powdered beauties, seat in the dress | the same as organized for the late Department of Ten- Dernetent aa eee ee male wall- | nesses. rep the lng within ite limits ‘Third—That portion of the State of an- the Albeit the was filled there was | nounced im General Orders No, 28, headq space left for waltzers and schottischers, and quad- | ment of the current ry ing & wpe hy oa + | tion of the District of ie to vidaals seeking to cleave a passage through throng, | the District of Nashville; that oe aforesaid handsome and ladies walking the farrnoe of Chatanogs ye role, fem dy that 7 poems egg yt post by the Thirty. United States is 60 {reeses were plentiful. jed an to direct that the present garrison be re- men to and fre, bending under the combined | lieved by & detachment of the Thirty-foarth, United novelties, batons and responsibility; city | tates infantry. The number of of oe Prominent politicians and ‘the latter detachment is to consist a ee Gacveah of ue tor, paamneee Oaenee can of the commanding officer of the Distriet the guests and everybody was | Fourth—The District enlarged to Rime, Mater tree mieten | Neneteena et ne ene we of the ballroom was avoided, and hungry mortals be State of West Virginie ie attached go ft ER to District of seamap on 1S, Interraption te the fesuivives Wore onsracded | Major General U. & A.. Commanding, ——= FIVE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. CurveLanp, Ohio, March 28, 1807. The house of Mr. Heckei, with five of his children, was burned last night at Suffield Centre, Ohio. WEWS FROM MONTREAL, Monruust, C. E., March 28, 1867. ‘The Royal Insurance bond robbers have come to terms. with the insurance company, and were last night re~ leased from jail, Writs for election to tho several Par'iaments issued on the arrival of Hon, Johan A McDonald. Advices have been received that the Nova Scotia Par- Mament has endorsed the action of the Confederation. delegates by a large majority. FIRE IN LOUISVILLE. Lovrsvniux, March 28, 1867: Fire this morning destroyed the grocery store of Dow & Barkhart, on Main stree, between Fourth and Fifth streets, involving a loss on property and stock of $27,000, which ‘is insured, “FINE AT ST. LOUIS, Sr. Louis, March 28, 1867. The notion store of J. L. Jacobs, in'the second story of No, 315 North Main street. was badly burned to-night. ‘The stock was valued a, $23,000; insured for $20. The jewelry store of Forbes & Co, on the ground door, and the boot and shoe store of W. E, Stover, adjoining, were considerably damaged by water. The total loss cannot be asvertained to-night, 4, FIRE AT PHILADELPHIA. Puitapetrata, Mare h 28, 1867. The woollen mills, on the corner of Twouty-second and Carleton streets, occupied by John Dearie, was burned this evening. ‘The loss is . ‘The building was owned by W. B. 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