The New York Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1867, Page 3

SE THE SUNDAY LAW. Superintendent Kennedy’s Order to * Close Shops on Sunday. Intense Exeitement Among the Hebrews, What the Police Captains Say on the Subject. &o. &e. ‘That there is a superintendent ‘of police in this city me one who reads the papors is ever left to doubt for a moment, His name is seen appended to documents, of great import to no one in particular save himself, regu- larty twice a month, and he at Jeast is of the opinion ‘that he is the man for the occasion fn ail affairs that re- quire a public notification, Hoe pretends to guide the efficial winds, and takes upon himself the responsibility of doing whatever tends to raise a popular whirl- wind) Every now and then pronunciamfentos are = printed «= and _—pubilished, and = general orders telegraphed from his office to the various Police precincts about one subject and another, so quickly 4m succession, and with such compilation of ambigaous sentences as to deprive the poor captains of thelr official senses. Now, it is stated that the great Napoleon once ummed up the doings of an inefficient general, who largely indulged in general orders, in the three words, “order, counter-order, disorder,” and Mr. John A. Kennedy, the chiof of the locusts, would seem to be ambitious of having his character spelled out in these ‘three words, for there is no end to his sayings and coun- ter sayings, telegraphing and otherwise, to those who Bappen to be under his command. In the order line he has been, indeed, contradictorially prolific, but yes- ferday and the day before he capped the climax, Hearing—his hearing is said to be excollent—that meetings had been held on the east side of the city by certain persons who are on Principle and interest opposed to the excessive striu gency of the Excise law, and that words not all compli- &e, he revealed the hornble fact that men wore organizing ‘by the thousands in this city to burn, kill and devastate open at their v feet doubt throw out is devouring fires a & i # ‘ in f i : i t i z i 3 Z 5 5 r iy Z 5 Er i z # i j é E I i hs | - = P i = x f i He ft | : = » fal i ‘The sergeant in charge did not know what Mr. Ken- nedy’s instructions meant, or whother under it all places were to bo closed at nine o'clock A. M. The Captain «Grier) was very careful notto place an interpretation order, and stated tbat he had not yet looked at the law bearing upon the subject, but that he would be law, It seoms a little strange that he seotn ditposed to give any inforination, and ip answer to the quesvon as eo uhnnee the deaiers bad beea ordered to chose on Suuday, repiied very ourtly :— “Yea, they were alt notified last night.’ lo auswer to” au inqairy as to whether be construed Superintendent Kennedy's explanation of genoral orders to moan Uhat cigar stores, Hews stands, apovheoaries’ and burbers’ shops were to close at 9 A. M., as well as the milk, meat and fish vender’s places, be answered :— “No: it is intended for the Jews, who keep open on Sundays as well aa Saturdays, ander religious proten- ons, Fifth precint the order ta undersiood orbs a neral dealers, and not to effect cigar dealers, &e., of milk, meat and fis venders, up to the hour of nino in the morning. Last night the general dealers were to be ordered to close on Sunday Capta'n Jourdan, of the Sixth precinct, says structions were to notify all pis who were en in general merchandise that the Sunday law would be carried out. In those portions of Chatham and Baxter streets that are in the Sixth precinet the general dealers were informed on Wednesday night of the ee the instractione received from Ei Sabbath, and Statutes, state < New York, No parson whall . rea, merchs 5 fruitay hora or shaticla an Bunda, exegpt meats, wie nba which reads: — ie ould forfe ; any time hefore nine o'clock in ‘so exposed for sale whal! be ited tu the use of the poor, and may be seized by virtue arrant for murpose, Which any justice of the the county, on Mayor, Hhcorder or alderman of the hereby authorized (0 jsue upon aeonyiction of the Offender, When seized they shall be sold on une day? notice being given and the proceeds shall be paid to's ° of the town o: tion’ of the penalties incurred. the magistrate the same ia made, shall beatuo an exocu th Of the county, commanding bi and the costs of the coavic.ion offender to stich common j " shall be specified in such execution, not less than one nor more than three days. Captarn Jourdan reports that soveral mouths ago all the police were isiructed to report those establish. ments tbat kept open on Sunday ns well as Saturday, and that a number of eases of violation of the law were 80 reported to the Corporation Attorney; but that when they were brought before the Justices the e.ses were thrown out, and no attempt has siuce been made to ca- : eye th precinct stati venth precinct station the sergeant in cBar, knew nothing aboot any order having been given to close stores on Sundays, He was perfectly non-com- mittal. and seemed impressed by the fact that if his su- periors issued an order so framed as to mislead both the police and the public be was sure of finding favor in their sight by prudently denying ail knowledge of the transaction, Subsequent inquiry, howaver, showod that the order bad been read to the ‘men by the Captain the night before, aad by. an communicated to the various ew: A tout around the ward disclosed the f: however, that several at the leading dealers in deat &c., had been notitied to close on the Sabbath, _ The retail oyster dealers tn Sullivan, Thompson and Varick streets had also been notified to close, and most of tho extensive milk dealers in Prince street. The order was received on Wednesday night at the Tenth police precinct, and immediately made known to the venders residimg in that inet. The subsequent order issued ys y was also received and promul- gated. Two or three storskeepers were arrested in this Precinct last Sunday for a breach of the Sunday law. In the Eleventh precinct, a large number of persons are accustomed to do as much business on Sunday in their Tespective lines as on any other day of the week, and the order of Wednesday caused some little anxicty among them. Frequent inquiries were being made dur- ing very é at the precinct station house, the great majority of the inquirers being of the Ieraelitish faith, The police officers were to be instructed when going on doty last night to inform the storekeepers that a supple- ment order bad been issued, rescinding the one ol the previous night. Im the Thirteenth precinct the sergeant in charge claimed that he knew nothing of the issuance of the order on Wednesday night, and bad consequently not notified the venders in bis precinct. On visiting the Fourteenth precinct Captain Garland was found in command, with two assistant sergeants behind his desk, The Captain was very comfortably ppenrsiere at fel acpi with andere elevated upon a cen! mg various applications for licenses, ‘The Captain stated that he had received orders to close all places of public buzinees on the Sabbath. Upon inquiry as to the closing of the various places of business on the Sabbath, which have heretofore been hi] open, the Captain stated \ .at his orders had reference toJows, Upon further inqu' ‘y in the ward, however, igwas found that several persons had been notified to closs ibeir places of business on Sunday, but that the order bad been countermanded. At the Fitteenth precinct Captain Caffray was not in at- tendanee, but a young sergeant, who declined giving any direct information. He stated they had been instructed to notify all parties that they must close on the Sabbath, but that the order bad been modified, and any informa- tion relating to the samo must bo obtained from the Cap- tein. Severai dealers in the ward stated that they had been notided to close, No official notice had been issued from the Sixteenth precinct until last evening. Poe genera! order from Supezrotendent Kennedy stating that, owing to the gen- eral mi of the Alrst order relative to the closm: of stores on the Sabbath, had eniy allusion to. some Sige a butchers, milk depotsand bakers keep- og open after 0 A. M: that all others have @ right to 1 pm er apebarnty be et cease in the er in the Seventeenth and as very many of. them would-be aflected by the order the excitement among them was did not promulgate the Captain the order, because he thought it was only to fect on Sunday, there ‘was no immediate necessity of giving it publication, ane — pe! had already | as. were Se nee tet eae station house making their compiainta. Captain had reason for his delay, because the original order Soe he deemed it proper to wait further inatructtona before mak'ng it public, ‘The order was also received at the Eighteenth previnct on pth municated bs the storekeepers resid- in Precinct to wi it applied, exce; ° apotbecarios. nite nm lary The general impression among the officials at there precincts seemed to be that the order was not intended Sheard to thase persons who keep their places open ail through the week, respecting neither Saturday nor Sunday; but that through a defect in the wording of the order it was made toseem to inciude all those classes, ‘who were notitied in accordance with the literal inter- the order. Captain Hadden, who was he had issued no official orders had noti- intendent Kennedy, and was about to enforce the first order relative to the sony of all places of business, He was yesterday notified of the modification made in the general order, and he had notified his men to only close grocery and butchers’ stores and milk depots after nine A, M. The officer in charge of the Twenty-seventh precinct stated that the orders wero to report all establishments carrying on @ 1 business on Sunday, but it was not unde! to close the cigar shops, news stands, fruit, candy, apothecary shope, &e. THE EXCISE LAW, THE GERMANS ANO THE EXCISE LAW. Indignant Protest ef German Liquor Dealers Against the Action of the Police Commin- were—Speech of Minyor Hoffman, &c. A large delegation of German citizens af great respect- ability—over one hundred tn number—called on Mayor ‘Hoffman yesterday, and, after appropriate remarks from their chairman, Colonel Abraham Lovy, presented the petition: — To the Homorable the Mayor the City of New York :—The and Common Council of citizens were, at the Germania ae of tradewmen, Assemdi; moome, fa the i New Y« day of ser, duly apperaied much hee —* fore you sioners and ype yr mn have ha per eG empl § certain unjust and outrageous measures passed Boarde ander color of law, . ~ sis By these measures they oppress a large clase of busi- nese the tendency being to endanger, if not totally destroy means by which thousands ‘of our fellow citizens tnake an honest living. - Said Police Commissioners and Exeise Commissioners have (ander color of said laws) adopted certain rules and reguiations which are entirely unjustifiable and most Dumiliating. Under their orders citizens are insulted, arrested and treated with brutality, thelr righta ont: raged, and they treated like and locked up in cells with erm inals who are guilty of the most heinous crimes, Under color of said laws and the rules enacted hy such commissioners, the police enter our dwelling< under ail sorts of pretexts; whore an entry to break doors, m order to gain an ontry into our private dwellings—even this is resorted to. The undersigned hat! with joy the resolutions in Foference to those questions lately introduced into the wusccspned respectfully ack thy p ly wk that you, the mani- authorities of the city of New York, will aia and ndorsi legal measnres which they wane and iilegal = yw " upon them by such Cormtasioners of Police ‘call upon you and throngh you npon all peaceable abiding citizens who love /) ‘of ection to tu resisting these tyrannical enactments, aad oificiais avewer before the proper trita- for their liega! and wrongful acta, FB. BERNHRIMER, JULIUS KOI and about seventy others ERE ; New Yor, May 9, 1967 Mayor Horpwan then addresead the delegation a fol- tows :— My Fannow Orrinve : sity of the imtrate of the people, te me ra came intolerant spirit im seyisiucion which hax conferred ox- traordinary it, mak La ved the mayor of ‘his it helong ‘other parts of the State, even if Westchoster, & part of is criminal here. In regard to is here enforced with so much anaees- od barshners, Ihave already exprocsed iy Opiyion Io a letter written some time ago. I need not “NEW: YORK. te repeat it, We are all of us good citizens in favor of a judicious excise law, to be firmly adminivtered, but we ‘are opposed to intolerance and bigotry in whatever form it may appear, Ido not hesitate to say that, in my opinion, the Excise Commisstovers are enforcing the ex- asting Jaw with undue harshoess. They are unreasona- | bio and uujnst in these exa@ions. When remonstrated | with by & who have no jnterest except to preserve 113 and civil order, ther answer is that noone the law makes any obje sondnct to be laboring to create excites and provoke resistance. They make the perfect ‘oniplete submission ef the people the pretext for wesections, Iam very sorry for it, I have remon- rated with one of them, whom I believed to be most ‘utivential, bat tomo purpose, But you ask me what you shail do? 1 will give you the best advice can. In the Drst place you must continue to obey the law as it is vatil you can modify it, Obvedience to law is the first duty of the citizen. Some foolish men talk of resist- ance; bat no sincere friend of the people will counte- nance that. The papers of this morning announce, by authority, it ig said, of the Police in isgione: ‘that violence is threatened and a riot contemplated. hope it is vot trae, I believe it isnot true. I most a all people against the use of force. My views of riots and ricters are well known, and to the extent of my power I shonld deal with them in the fu- ture preci as Ihave done inthe past, Your oppopents would like nothing better than to ba able to provoke you to violence, Tt wonid be gain to them, but ruin to you and oged cause, It wonld change at once the current of public sympathies, Those sympathies are with you now and are strengthening every day. Disturb the peace and you turn them against you at once. The friends of to-day would be enemies to-morrow. good citizens who sustain you now would oppose (ath lh all Yeon Meese yar pe ly peace, and frown down ‘the empt to break it, Your obedience hosts of friends. Bo patient, jt you can dence and w:th safety agitate and hold your public mect= ings. Let your speakers be well selected, and your re- solutions be well considered, Keep clear of demugoxues who will strive to use your movement for their own ad- vancement, Look at the immense demonstrations which are being held in England, and see how rapidly they are changing the course of public eventa, As John Bright said at Birmincbam, neither Lords nor Commons can resist the peaceful expression of public opinion, You can do as the people are doing there, You can in perfect peace and order make a series of demonstrations which will astonish the peuple of the State, I think wo have not yet reached the point when the right of the People to assemble peaceably to discuss public questions will be denied. Let me give you another piece of advice, Let your demonstrations be on a week day instead of Sunday, as has been contemplated. Thousands of your friend, those who condemn alike the odious features of the Excise law and the intolerant spirit of the Commissioners, love the quiet of » Sunday; and while they concede to all men the right w spend the day ‘according to the dictates of their own they would regrat to seo it disturbed the noise and confusion of a public Ranger lt you want is to carry with you always the sentiment of the community, You can have it and keep it, and will be sustained by all except by those who have no idea of the liberty of others in conscience or in conduct beyond the liberty to think and act according to their own peculiar notions, you Plainly and frankly. You kpow m« that I will not give you any advice which is not for your own good, and will not speak pi int words to secure mo- applause, Do as I have told you, and you will drive even the Excise and Police Commissioners to a course of moderation and fairness. If, on the other band, you or others follow the advice of excited or indiscreet men, you will lose everything, Be prudent and patie: and you will soon secure reasonable moditication of t! law, and place the power of executing it in the hands of men who can be just and tirm without being tyrannical and oppressive. The time ts fast approaching when the people of New York and Brooklya will have their rights. a p< no Ladngs > ‘the city or Stato a, can with. 8 © popular will expressed as it wi ‘expressed. All men who think at all acknowledge that local gov- ernment is better than Albany government. The expe- rience of the past winter has taught our people that a P. Tight of counties and cities andsowns to own affairs. organize refe to it, and forthe present wake your political combena tions and_ regulate your political conduct so as to secure always the olection of.men ee power in commissions ibapy. has been reach The next election will show people here to be almost » unit in favor of tocal salf- regulating oar own local officer. 1 have said all that is necessary. Let sour next movement be a great demonstration of fifty thousand citizens assembled in perfect order on some fine afternoon, speaking, by its magnitude, its dig- nity and its resolution, your determination to have your nights in the manner pointed out by jaw. THE BOARD OF EXCISE. The Board of Excive met yesterday atternoun, Presi- dent Schultz in the chair, Commissioner Acton, from the Committee on Applica- tions, reported that sinco the last meeting of the Board 1,700 applications for licensss bad been granted, making Tecorded total of 2,185; and that up to yosterday after- a received $040,000. * A communication Set bag! rood t oy Tem- Perance Association of county, ia; Board to reduce the number places to be’ Hloonsed in the Me- road district, communication was ordered on ‘The Board then‘adjourned. Granting License Applications. The court room at Police Hoadquarters waa crowded to suffocation yesterday morning by those Itquor dealers who have beretofore failed to obtain a license by reason of the refusal of police captains to endorse their spplica- tions, and who in consequence turned out in force wo make a last effort by ap appeal to the Committee on Ap- plications, Three hundred and fifty applications were Javorably passed upon by the comunttes, and foerteen persons were refused the rine qua non documents These persons, however, are by law allowed, as 2 last resort, an appeal to the Board of Excise at full session, of which privilege they will no doubt soon avail themselves, THE NICHOLSON PAVEME! Below will be found a copy of section eight of che Tax Levy for 1867, from which it will be seen that the meim- bers of the Common Couneii ‘ring’ are prohibited from appropriating money for the laying of either Nicholzon or avy other kind of pavement in the streets of New York, without a three-tourths vote of all the members of the Board; Suc, 8. The terms of office of the persons now consti- tuting the Board of Councilmen of the New York are hereby extended to the first 1869, and the term of Councilmen be for the full period of two years. not be lawfal for the Common conparetin, reeye by 0 vole i tareecfourtns of all the capt by a yous o 4 po cian Taos oh Board ; nor shall any property of said corporation be or etoapt * like vote, ei THE NATIONAL GUARD. ‘The Seventy-first Regiment Reception. A very pleasant, though unpretentious, affair occurred atthe armory of the Seveuty-first regiment, corner of Seventh avenue and Thirty-ffth street, inst evoning, in the form of » reception drill given by the regiment. Brigailier Goneral Ward and staf, with somo lesser laminaries of the military galaxy and some three or four hundred civilians among them a sprinkling of Iadies— were presmst, and contributed to give sprightliness and seat to the entertainment. Thoagh there were too many spectators for ease of evolution on the of the several companies, the drill was conducted with peculiar order ‘and precision, and scarcold « misstep disturbed the regu- larity of the beat of a thousand feet upon the floor of spacious hall, The exercises consisted of company and regimental drill, all acquitting themselves as traimed sol- diors and eliciting frequent eocomiums and bursts of ap- oe) from the lookers-on, mostiy composed of the ends and admirers of the regiment. Of these plandits Company G bore off more than {ts full share, though soveral others were hardly second, Lady and climax of the entertainment consisted of ® sort of Grecian game for supremacy in the drill exer- cise, in which Sergeant Dow, of Keen 34 F, and Sor- B, entered the lists as com- a silver-mounted —_ to be . The cise, yandite hail e plandite any felicity on the part of either com- in bandling’ the Pine pied about half so hour—frequent musket-—at the end of whied time Sergeant Den wee declared the Victor, and bore off the masket, amid the trinmpbant abouts of bis compa Lo The declaration of the prite oonciude! the exer. a WEWS FROM SAN FRANCISCO. San Frayctsco, May 6, 1867. The brow -ow Gusme Telfair, from New York, andthe ship Ai from Sydney, have arrived. The ship Tewkesbury, for Liverpool, tas satled. Flour active and firm; the New York domand is ana- bated; sales of California at 50a $7 and Oregon at $6 25. Whoat quiet at $24 $210, Legal tonders 74 MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE. The Immediate Consteuction of the Norihers Pacific Railroad Urged Upon Congress. Resolutions were and requeaving Sepators and Repreasntativas from Mae sachuretia to vote for each ait RICHMOND. Collision Between the Negroes and Police. A Threatened Bloody Riot Averted. THE STREETS CLEARED BY SOLDIERS, Intense Excitement Among the Colored Peopte, ke. &, de, SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Ricuwoyp, Va., May 9, 1867, A riot of a most formidable character has happily been averted this evening in Richmond—temporarily, per- haps, but, fortunately, for the present deplorable results Dave been avoided, Last evening a company of firemen from Wilmington, Delaware, arrived in this city, and were received by the firemen of Richmond with the usual ceremonies and the hospitalities of the city tendered them. This afternoon was devoted to tbe trial of the respective engines, at a place called tne Basin, adjacent to the Petersburg Railroad depot. Everything went on har- moniously during the trial of the Richmond engines. An immense crowd of colored men and boys were Present, cheoring occasionally, and laughing ood humoredly wtepever a wayward stream of water went flying over their heads. The Wilmington engine, from which great things were expected, followed, ‘but was evidentiy, to the delight of the negroes, unable to compete in capacity and effectiveness with the fire engines of Richmond, The Wilmington men put onthe utmost amount of steam until the safety of the boiler might be considered endangered; but all their efforts fell short “of rivalling the display made by their Richmond rivals. In front of the jet of water the colored crowd were assembled, sending up every few moments derisive Cheers at the abortive attempt of the Wilmington engine to eclipse the Richmond one, It was evident to an observer, that the visitors from Delaware felt irritable, and more especially incensed against the darkies, who felt and expressed a pride in tho triumph of their local engine. Ropes were drawn around the space where the testing pperations were oar- ried onl, At five o'clock this evening, after the Wilming- ton engine had made some half dozen trials, a colored man standing wear the ropes exclaimed, ‘Hurrah for Richmond! She can beat Wilmington, dat’s sure!’” One of the Delaware men standing by, mortified at this remark, struck the negro and knocked him down. The negro was on his foot at once, and returned the blow. And thus originated the disturbance which has this evening unsettled the whole of Richmond, brougnt the military from their Camp, and assuredly threatened to dead to disastrous results. When the negro struck back he was assailed by another Delaware freman, and & crowd of colored men gathered around during the brief scuffie which ensued, while considerable . confusion-.prevailed.. Two police- men came up at this juncture, one of whom arrested the negro and the other the white man, ‘The colored crowd, believing there was no just cause for the arrest of one of their vumber, surrounded the police man with.the object of offpeting a rescue. The police- man having the Delawarian in. charge let. bim go, and proceeded to the ad of the officer having the colored man in custody, The prisoner was taken up Eighth street to Main; a colored crowd following at his heels. Arriving at Seventh street a rescue was attempted, the negroes surging round the officers and handling them in s rough manner. ‘The prisoner was finally liberated, after which he ran up Seventh street, towards Main, the officers in hot pur- suit, and au excited mace of dark stained humanity in their wake. A policeman standing om the corner of a street on the route of the fleeing darkey rushed out and endeavored to stem the torrent. He was quickly over- powered, kuocked down and run over. Near Broad street the escaping negro was again cap- tured, and when fairly on nis way to the station house a strange and exciting feature was witnessed in the ap- Proaco from an opposite quarter of an immense crowd of negroes, half of them bareheaded, yelling like devils, flourishing sticks and other missiles, and making the most boisterous demonstrations, Both crowds mot, in the midst of which the two devoted policemen wore crushed, struck with bricks, ther revolvers wrenched from them and the prisoner once more set’at liberty. The policemen were badly hurt, and left powerless to attempt another capture. The negro was carried away by bis brethren amid shouts of trhumph. Bat the attention of the paticc, still unremitting, was directed to the prisoner for another and a last time, Two other members of the force came on the scene, and by a dextrous and rapid move secured the slippery darky, and got him as faras the door of the station house. A scene of confusion then*occurred which beggars descrip- tion. The police had orders not to fire their revolvers, ‘and being only few in number at this particalar point, were quickly overpowered and forced to surrender their prisouer, who, up to this bour—near midnight—is still at large, ‘The nogross seemed to spring up out of the earth so rapidly and in such immenseferce did they concentrate that every one was astonished. A colored barber, while the crowd was roshing along Broad street, ran out of his shop, wrenched hia pele from its position, and ex- claimed in a wild tone of voice, “Freedmoen, to the res- cue! Save your nation 1” In the meantime, while these. proweediugs were going on, the white citizens were flocking from all quarters. Women, pale and agitated, stood on their doorsieps, or iooking out the windows, with evident apprehension of riot and bloodshed. A single pistol shot fired while the excitement was at its height would bave precipitated a riot before which that of New Orleans would pale into insignificance. The whites wore indignant at the deflant and demonstrative demeanor of the blacks, while the latter were enraged at what they considered the one-sided conduct of the police. After the prisoner was Qnally rescued he was taken by his black friends, amid the most extraordinary clamor of victory, along Broad street, and spirited away to some place of refuge. fs The Mayor thought it advisabie to issue orders for the concentration of ali the police im the city at the station house on Marshal} street. General Schofield was notified, and sbortly after made his appearance, in com- pany with General Brown, of the Freedmon’s Bureau, driving in @ wagon and choored juatily by a motley crowd of blacks. The General, the Chief of Police and Mayor Mayo held a’ conguliation, the nature of which failed to transpire. While they were consulling a company“ the Mieventh ‘United States infantry marched up Broad street wilh fixed bayonets, and took Wp & position facing the new Richmond theatre. 4m immense crowd of darkios, in large and small gronps, talking and gesticulating ve- hemently, extended along the roadway and sidewalks. ‘The officer iu charge of the soldiers bid them go to their homes. This advice was responded to by cheers and s sort of undecided shuffling from one side of the street to the other, The soldiera were tol off into squads, and orders given them to clear the thoroughfare of whiter and blacks alike. Quite a lively time ensued; some of the soldiers, in the exoese of their zeal, chasing some poor Sambo and tickling bis anatomy with « bayonet Afler nine o'clock this evening order was stored. Aol write @ jarge mass of negroes aro reported to be wwembled on French Garden billa, in the suburbs, « usual place of rendezvone with them, and goiog through military @xerctons. ‘The Chief of Police hax jesied a request for the white citizens to confine themselves to their howe, All is quint at eleven o'clock P.M. The Case ot Jeff Davis. Kinsoxo, Va. May 9, 180%, Io the United States Cireait Cont, Jadge Underwood, the petit jury sitting to-day consisted of an equal nom. ber of colored and white jurors, Several suite im which A. T. Stewart, of New York waa, plaintiff, were decided by them and verdicts rendered. Marshal Underwood and Deputy Marshal Duncao, ac- companied by Jndge Ould, of this city, left at two o’cloek P, M. to-day for Fortress Monroe, the marshals for the porposs of serving the writ of Habeas an ivaued im the cage of Jefferson Davis on General Burton ond Fotvn Ohl far tig war: ee en HERALD, FRIDAY MAY 10, 1867.—TRIPLE SHEET. Mr. Davis back to Richmond, The marshals do not pro- pose to reovive Mr, Davia into custody, but will merely serve the writ, General Burion will bring up the pris- ner on saturday and hold bit untii be delivers bin in open court on Monday, The Attomey Genera! and Mr, Evarts are expected here on Monday at the heariag of tue babeas corpus. Bail will be offered for the prisoner, but will probably be Tofused, a8 bis speedy trial is determined oa. The 23d inst, is spoken of, ‘The Chief Justice has written to Judge Underwood, Promising to come here as soon as the Court adjourns, which is will provably do on Ex-President Pierce at Fortress Monroe. Ex-Prosident Pierce arrived at Fortress Munroe yee terday morning, His visit is regarded as baving some important connection with the trial of Jeff Davi | RECONSTRUCTION. | SENATOR WILSON’S SOUTHERN CUIPALGY. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Toreblight Procession at Augusta, Gn.- Arrival und Speech at Atinuta, &¢ AMLANTA, Ge., May 9, 1567, Before Seaator Wilson left Augusta iast night, bo wit essed @ toreblight procession, got up in his honor by the colored people. The torches were made of split pine, | and borne by gid and young, marching without order, | and yelling without cessation, It was a picture-que scene, Its efleckon the bystanders was well oxpressed by @ young colored woman, who, wild with excitement, exclaimed, “My God! neber see de likes ob dai be- | fore!” On his arrival here this morning, Senator Wilzou was met by General Rufus Saxton and a deputation of citi- zens appointed at a‘public meeting, atew days since, Their chairman was Mfr, Farrall, formerly a colonel in the rebel service, but now said to be thoroughly recon- structed, Mr. Wilaon spoko at noon from a staging erected on the west front of the City Hall. He was introduced by Mr. Farrall, Many of the principal citizens attonded him, and ex-Governor Brown and General Pope occupied seats on the regs Some twelve handred mem- bers of the lored Republican Union Club marched in proceaaion to the ground, with flags aud music, One of thelr banners bore the motto, “Our Liberties We Prize—Uur Rights We Will Maintaim.” Another ex- yes those rights as being ‘The Ballot Box and the jury Box,’? @ Mr. Wilson’s speech covered the same ground sub- bssem gd that be went over in his Augusta apeooh last evening. An amusing political controvérsy was kept up for some time between an old haif-breed Indian, who stood up for his Southern home, and a pious darkey, who proclaimed res the Bible was his platform and Josue Chriat his can- ate, Mr. Wilson had among his auditors a large pumber of white citizens. The grout bulk of bis audience con- sisted, however, of colored people, of whom women formed a considerable portion. They all listened atten- tively and patiently, though he spoke for. over two hours, during all which time the san was blazing tercely on them. A dinner was given here this evening im Senator Wil- le leaves to-mor- #on’s honor by ex-Governor Brown. row morning for Montgomery. It ta said that Thad Stevens is the favorite candidate of the colored people here for the Presidency. JUDGE KELLEY’S SOUTHERN TOUR, poe SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Arrival and Reception of Judge Kelley at New Orleans. New Oxurans, May 9, 1867. ‘This city was witness to-day to two events which never were geen here before, The first was acommittce of citizens, headed by the Mayor, welcoming to New Or. leans an abolition orator of known reputation in the North, and the other was that of a colored man riding in ‘a carriage at the expense of the city. The occasion was the arrival hereof Hon. W. D. Kolley, Member of Con- grees from Pennsylvania, by the New Orleaus and Jack- son railroad, from Memphis, at two o'clock this after- noon. On the arrival of the train, Jndge Kel- ley was met at the depot by Mayor Heath aod a large delegation of prominent citizens, and was thence escorted in an open carriage, followed by a train of eight carriages, containing some members of the Common Council, and the rest of the delegation, to the St. Charles Hotel. Among the crowd ‘at the depot were many colored people of both sexes, At the hotel the Mayor extended the hospitalities of the city to Judge Kelley in a brief speech, to which the latter replied with much feeling, accepting the bonor, and expressing his gratification that a man of his strong jnions and impetuosity of speech was at last at yi to visit the now free city of New Orleans, from which, by reason of his political views, he had been hitherto excluded, Judge Hiest then welcomed Judze Kelley in the namo of the citizons, and Rev. D. J. B, Scaith, a colored gen- Keilly’s in bebalf of his oppressed pow ihe well as to his congreastoni ‘career, rY from the colored citi but of the State of zons, not only of the city, Louisiana. Whatever political course the Judge recom- mended the people would pursue, Judge Kelly having responded, the dolegation retired. Among those present were Judge Dureil, General S L, Brown, Attorney General Lynch, General 8: Judge Warmonth and many other gentlemen of the mili- om legal and clerical professions, fudge Kelly will receive the citizens at the Mayor's room to-morrow. fy special request on Saturday even- ing he will address the public in Lafayette square. on the subject of reconstruction. An immense gathering ix aplicipated. LOUISIANA. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Order ef the Mayor Closing Houses, New Oxrwans, La, May 6, 1967. Yesterday afternoon Mayor Heath issued the follow. ing order to the Chief of Police:— Tuomas EK. Apama, Esq., Chief of Police:— sck—The q are in contravention of law ut once, I shall a strict with this order, and all officers deretics will be lly, HEATH, Mayor. The Chief at once ixssued orders to the police to see that the gambling houses were closed, and the licuten- ants were ordered to detail an officer at the door of every one if necessary to prevent their being opened for the purpose of gambling. In caso any of the parties refuso to clone they are ordered to be arrested, The Chief con- clades his inetractions with, “I shall exact a very rigid performance of your duty in executing this order." New Onuans, May 9, 1867, General Sheridan nas iesued an order extending the time for registration to tho Slat inst. “THE LABOR QUESTION. Strike of the Stablemen. For some time post a strike has been brewing among the men connected with the stables at the railroad de- pote, Discontented murmurs have been evident for some time among them, and as if wfected with the striking mania, which usnally in the spring of the year affects mechanics and workingmen generally, the stable- men resolved upon astrike asa means by which their wagea might be advanced. Ata meeting of the stable. men held Saturday night last and at which all the prom- ‘nent railway liner in the eity were reprosented, it was reso ived that a demand should be made for an increase of salary from $i 75 per day to $2. According to the programme laid down, committees were appointed to wait upon the several suporintoudents of the various lines the following y and acuuaint them with the decision of the men who, as a general thing, were pretty eh ‘ail trade union men. According to the answers received, the men acted, but the strike was not as general as was anticipated. The great object of iho men seemed pes fearon wrk pel and if the answers were ' This plan, however, for some rearon or carried out, Tho Second avenue men made no move in ‘the matter. About two-thirds of the whole namber of | men 1 by the Third avenne turned out and Joined the strikers of the other roads, (Un the Fourth avenue there was no excitement, while on the Sixth nearly all the men, about sixty in number, turned out about cleven A The Superintendent of this says that his men were all at their work as usual yesterday morning, until a party of men from sf. vit and an ih ae ecto a j\romained, and with the hands the road sut jucon venience in running the regalar trips, The ho men who left on the Soventh avenue road ploy Aboot fifty men were thus thrown 4 HI Sei e ment, The men on the Bighth avenue. orany any ‘of their Valle beve von clay ite from Cast! a : 2 5s HB gf A: 5 THE LUBERLY OF IRELAND. Lecture by Colonet W. Kh. Roberts, ar Cooper Lustirwe A lecture was delivered 's of the Cooper Tustitnte, by « “The Freedom. of Ireland Indispensable to Universal Liberty.”” There wag au extremely large attendanes, and the meeting was characterized with yreat enthas Atewht o'clock General Joba A, Covbrans was duced to the audience as Chairman of the m assuming the chair he made @ brief address, expre: om. eting, In his sympathy with the efforts which aro being matte tor Irish freedom. Colonel W. R. Roberts then came forward and at on began the lecture. After depicting vividly the misery which prevails im Ireland at the present time, he said the proposition made in the title announced for his lecture might seem rather & strange one, and one searcoly justified by the facts, But he believed that no portion ‘of this earth could be enslaved without other portions being direetly or iadireetly interested, He believed that nation which fn al! ages had furnisaedtothe world so y brave arwos, so many bright minds, 80 many bril- totollects, © miany warm hearts, and which had scattered its children all) over the ‘earth, could not oppressed without other nations shacing the conse- quences of her enslavement. Many people were of the opmion that peacefal agitation eouft bring freedom to Ireland, bat as a proof that thiz.saa/nat the case be would ask what resajts sad oven accomoushed im the past by sneha © Whatrizit hed England granted to the Irish people until i; had been wrang from her by forve? Ireland was to-day as oppressed as when Eng- land fret ga i te mastery over the Green iste, and sho wo atil her sons, ris ng im their might, combining all ove? the world, should snulte'their heredi- tary foe to the earth, and des'roy ber power usterly avd fo shew how one navieo 18 intimately interested In the freedom of another, it was only necessary io point to the present condi- tion of Eugiand herself, The Engtish people believed when they robbed the irish people of their property and deprived them of their hil that they would gain power themsclves, that « pound wrang from the Irish peopte would be a pound added to their own wealth, and that when their lords aud aristocracy pos- sessed the soil of Ireland the power of England would be expended, and they themselves benefited. But what had been the result? England, with all hor boasted love of liberty, with ail her hypo critical professior of sympathy with freedom, was to-day the most oppressed, the most degraded and the bratal couatry on the face of God’ arth, In 1770 there were two hundred and fifty isan Jand- holders in England; but in 1816, after a lapse of only forty-five years, the number of landholders had dwin- died down’ to thirty-two thousand. The wealth robbed from the Irish people had gone to enrich the tyrants of the Engiist people aod in puting the yoke of slavery on Irishmen, Eoglishmen riveted tho chaias upon themselves, (Appianse.) Ip that one fact alone the principle was proved that wrong punishes iteel". In 1848 one inevory eight of the English peopie were aDsolute and common paupers. He would like to press that fact also upon the attention of those who boasted of English trocdom and English justices, aud ask wheth the evil was caused by Enclish law aud. English aristoe- yacy, or whether it had been brought on themselves by the wretched, iniserable people, What was Ireland be- fore Engiand cursed and polluted her soil with tho foot bb ed kt Thore was not hacen, on ~ (nad earth #0 prosperous, or 80 happy, of 80 !ndepen- dent, In Pach, Ireland was at that time a republic, and tho Only one then existing exccpting ihe Roman empire. Under the name of kings, Ireiaud bad then nothing bat elected chiefs, who occupied their po- pig the will of the je. Her civilization went into alf lands, her learning was proverbial, the geutus of her people to this day vas nniversally acknowledged ; and though he did not claim tor the Irish people any more virtues than wore possessed by other people, and though they had fanits, ho Saar also J they had virtdes whieh neither the tongue of stander nor the heel of the oppressor could take away from them. Tho American ieee had a deep stake in the freedom of Ireland. No nat should feel so deepiv interested in Itish froadom as America, noi because thev had supplied so iarge 2 pest fof the population of Ameri ca, not because they had reade their homes here an: av quired wealsh and position, but for another aad very weighty reason. God lad made the Trish fraatfot face, and God had eiven Irclandea healiny and a beantifid ctimate, and whether free or enslaved, millions of her children wouid be constantly coming to theseshorer, Certainty it would be better for thom to come here ax children of froe and i lent sires, educated in the spirit of liverty, brought up im a fuil understanding of the obligationa which a freeman owes to a free government, than to come bere t, an~ educated and almost de Colonel Roberts closed by calling apon the American people to assist Trish people fo their struggle for freedom, from a lov free. dom, and for the sake of bestowing on others the blege} boon of liberty which they themselves enjoyed. SHIPWRECK ON THE JERSEY COAST. TO THE HERALD. The Schooner Joseph Holmes Wrecked and Three Lives Lost. ‘Tows Riven, N, J., May 9, 1867. The schooner Joseph Holmes, from Virginia, loaded with coal, bound to New York, came onshore at Long Branch, opposite Maunabawkin, on May 8, at about eleven o'clock. Captain David Holmes and J. Birkert and Henry Join. 800 wore lost. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. ze ‘Crsermnatt, May 9, 1867. Dr. C. W. Roback, the well known manufacturer of the Scandinavian patent medicines, died here suddenly to-day of heart disease. He was about sixty vears old, leaves a fortune of several hundred choussi dollars. Fire in Wooster, Obie. On the 6th inst. a fire broke out in the large dry goods store of 8. W. Ingraham & Co., owned by Shorif Fire at Rochester, N. ¥. Rocursrm, May 9, 1867. ‘The goods in tho basement of the dry goods store of L, Bier, 67 Stato street, wore damaged by fire and water | last night to the extent of several thousand dollars, The damage is covered by insurance. The goods in the apper floors were to any extent. The origin of “ine walle of Wachingtow Hall, which bpilding wat down yesterda; The walls burned on Saturday last, were yi y om wind which prevatied. No per- ufternoon sons were inju! SHOOTING AFFRAY IN THE EIGHTH WARD. An altercation occurred in a carpenter shop on Mer. cer atrect, near Houston, last evening, in the course of which Henry Gilbert, proprietor of the shop, was shot in, the abdomen by Benjamin Honey, formerly proprietor of “The Office,’ on Houston street, It appears that Honey bad been divorced from his wife by means, as he charges, of false representations on the of Gilbert. i Temoved to Georgia, and white there Gilbert. Mra, Honey. This action exasperated Honey, and yesterday afternoon he called at Gilvert’s place of business and quarrelled, as stated. Honey was arrested and Gilbert, whose wound it is belleved will not serious, was couveyed to his No, 198 Sixth avenue. THE BALTIMORE EMBEZZLEMENT. Canclusien jot the Trial ef John MH. Regern for Embexziing the Funds of the Natiea: Mechanica’ Bank. as Batenmons, May 0, 1067. ‘The United States Circuit Court hae been crowded ait day, the parties hearing the conclusion of the arguments in the case of Jobn H. Rogers, charged with embezaling i ty oe he tnn o Of the counsel on to the u ‘he ato of the vat pp tty iy peta @ sealed verdict to-morrow morsing. The general im to-1 Prossion is that the jury will fail to agree, SMALL SCHOONER TO CROSS THE OCEAN. Bauriuonn, May 0, 1667. This afternoon there was an exhibition in front of the Holliday Streot theatre—a small schooner rigged vessel. two and a half tons measurement and twenty-five fect in length, designed to sail for Rurope about the 20th of oe ee Pie See Gah nat ae If it is succaneful presen 10 Bon oF of France, it ie amaller than any craft which has ever attempted to crons the ocean. THE PRIZE RING. Expected Fight Between Bin Davis and Ki~ Moit—-The Mill to Take Place desaved In Drown 6: hha, and waa seeiien eacka WAIT APRWwere A { stone Verdict, “Pound drownos.”