The New York Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1867, Page 5

MEXICO, Shemecoreneronnadt SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF TWE RERALD, ‘Imperial Remers ef Liberal Defeats—Mut- ters en the Rio Grande, &c. Matamoros, April 28, 1867. a) ‘The stage which arrived here at an carly hour this ); f@arning from Monterey brings dates from that city to 7 the 24th and papers from various points in the interior. j, They are singulariy devoid of information from Queré- ,,, SO Aletter im the Monterey Perind’co Oficial, dated '\ at Queré:aroon the 16th, mentions a sally of the impe- t? - wiadigts on phe 14th, doubtless the same mentioned in my y ‘Mast Gespatoh, and in which they wero “vigorously re- peleed,”” vy A Guadarrama, who has been operating against Marquez $m the vicinity of the capital, has returned to Querdtaro 4% wath all his ‘Moreover, alt the forces which were ht @ Ban Luis have been ordered tothe front, 1 learn from n «sd Beadquarters here that the liberal Commander finds it @ Macult to obiain supplies for his command, and that _, fie intention now is to concentrate all the available TY 3 | vr} i | i fe i Fi : i ; i i i vf ‘a | i F " f iy li | | ! i makes no mention of any [ = important clroumstance, ‘aie 1 BS"Tainen ovr = Slee Cherny ig ‘eral 1 ttle confidence 7 | albche eae smegiaboranabientes stale thet Frofirio Diaz occupies a por. of the Mexico, with headquarters aren eae eee reat, Bi, Rendanersere at it 3 mn; ni Ry fl a US Vrcnar Bag Don pained Minster of War, and eat L owe: bas charge of the defence | “Ss military suihorities at Brownsville know nothing { © any propdsed incrense-of United States en the ra a sees Seth “fumor of which a¥a mention 1 ‘@@im a recent dated at Brazos, Santiago, and , Dineo no reliance on the statement. Cait | eedceet meeereeateaerapre mi ree ,, Genfederate Bee, are-to be rebuilt ] | 7 | ll rt M oy aati = day to eplase inerm coe SPECiAL TELEGRAM T0.THE HERALD, ve Thor, N. Y., May 0, 1907. A very large Of the Protection Conveytionista Si ex-rebel General J. R. And of 2 ee $r., and Hon. Jol Peetwing 4 ' ‘Witnessing them. = CONVENTION OF RAILROAD AND STEAMBOAT MEN. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. Meeting of Railroad and Steambent Officials f= Convention at Cleveland—Stormy De- bate— ations Passed to Refuse Freight for Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, &c. CinveLaxp, May 9, 1867. A general convention of Eastern and Western rafiroad convened at the Kennard House in this city yes- afternoon. Robert H. Bordell, President of the ;4. 8 Do Vice President of the same; iS Fargo, Vi y President of the Now York Con: D. Rugher, i iy Pp i H " a : i ] ¥ a 5 F ef 38 f i ‘The Convention e @htef Enginedrs of Uaited States raitroads met at ten @elock yesterday morning at the St. Nicholas Hotel to finish the business of Wednesday's session. From the register it appears that the fetlowing officers ‘Prebidente, Superintendents and i { i « F i fi Raitroad ; A.M ‘Central Railroad; i = 5 rR z suEET it LE BE Ds - it Lae Ut is 25% sof od e Gen: | — for. Mail Transportation, submitied the fol- Resolved, That which should be tion of mafl matter the equitable measure of the remuneration made to railroad companies for the trans. ‘and mail agents over their respec- ve roada wili be found in the rates that fo and paid for by individuals or corporations for sim! or Service, havi room occu; Woignt of matter, sxpence of employoa in carryiag mal matier from statiops to offices, —~ govere- ment a, ¥ tk th ee This resolution called forth considerable discussion in the Convention, but it was finally adopted and referred © the original commitioe, who will ‘er with the conversation occurred as to the pro- priety of perilloniig Congresa ihae the sale of im. terest om Fair aod the ‘CouvSnuioe saiotrasd te reconvene at Altoona op NEW CUBA. INTERNAL REVENUE. ’ VENEZUELA, a ennannnnnannnan —— ‘The steamship Eagle, Captain Greene, from Havana | Income Returns of.the Thirty-second District ‘The Congreas of Yooezuela bas passed the following om the 4th inst., arrived at this port yesterday, The case of the Ocean Home was still unsettled, The Spanish authorities continued to detain the vessel at an | ‘0 ‘he Ass:ssor of the Thirty-second distrigs for this expense of $50 per day, and when the Eagle left the Ocean Home was in ber seventeenth day of detention, They also claimed a fine of $17,500, Our Consul Gen- eral, Mr. Savage, had energetically protested against this, and endeavored to have the matter settled, but the Captain General continued ill during business hours, but mercial, &c. for the Years 1866 and 1867. ‘The following tist gives the return of incomes made terif:— . Woolen, cotton and silk: goods fabrics; man- tillas, closite and like: arcicles ot treat eae q year, amounting. in all to $492,026. The incomes of | #tucles of headdress; jaces, embroidery, articles of 1 I le many others are comparsd with tbeir returns for last | Ritve.,Porceiany Chica. glisware and aricies of hard. year, and show each s total of $187,532 for 1866 and and Wire cloth; beaver, 4 straw hats, as well-as ail hat materials; ‘sad $194. 640 for 1867, thus giving an increase of three and a@haif per cent to the receipts in trade of merchants and others residing in this district :— les fand haruess ; shees, wrow Width), linen, ribo: + twen' cae ) im, ribbons, &o., twenty per Gold and silver plate, precious stones and materials t daily riding. 1866, 1867. | for watehes of whate valorem. Our thanks are due to Mr, Huertas, purser, for promp . wae bet Drugs and sodisarar eet es Bae lo delivery of our despatches and files, pod La Extiacis and articles of perfumery, @fty per cent ad ——— oT) 1160 | “hrm. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. “3m 8458 | per cont ad eatorem,* On4 other strong avers ten Tight Times—Trade Statletics—A Spaniard "oat yur oe Spe |, breeerves, red wine in boxes and Murdered for his Lottery Prize Money—Com- Fey 6 240 |" “Cargo-red wine, flour, lard, butt>r, rice, cheese, verm!- sn ae 8,508 | colli, A-b, dcx, twenty per cent ad valrem, Vana, May 4, 1867, - n rr Havaha cigars and cigarettes, as wel) ag the materials The banks, with allithe influx of specie from abroad, br 2G | for their manufacture, ono hundred per cent ad vilorem, have no more confidence in the situation than they enter- | Block, Thomas. poss Py todeccd, peo gape known se Virginie or Maryland tained after the December panic, although they see | Bisex, = Machinery and implements for agriculture; boxes, &c., produce harvested, stored and shipped. Those planters pot that may be used again [or the export of Venezuela pro- that have sold all their‘ctop, and’paid up old scores with | Berolyheimer, = duotions; 1m pemen's for soap and candle manufacture; coolly tell caution to have the assassin arrested as soon as the vesel Uion, and the proceeds, in the expectation of obtaining new facill- ties wherewith to meet their expenses for the next crop, eae SS find themselves completely disappointed, and they see | Cherry, James. the bitherto easy springs of the bank coffere become | Copley, Henry quite rusty, or the bank clerks, with arms crossed, Soon a them “No hay dinero,” im their turn, are unable to pay the merchants; and here ‘We come to the stumbling block. The moment more of the provision dealers fail (eome of whom may go the board to-day, Saturday, which is pay-day bere), may expect some of the small mercantile firms to sus- pend, and perhaps a little later on other houses may fail aleo, In fact, all branches of trade are in a very, critical ponition now, and there is no knowing where it may all great pened so soon after the previous assassina- the novel mode of disposing of the corpse which bas no precedent here. The pole pedo gy a ty ink, and ali printers’ and binders’ mate grea ers’ tools; coal; pec Sager common giaas bottles; corn; iron a le } gaivanized iron bey four lines in circumference, Tor lentes and railing, Such gonds as are thus taxed with more duty than they paid bitherto will be allowed sixty days to iqui- ‘at the expiration of which time Stet eile tor tari, sHieitentimmuaaye De Hence most of | Danford, 108 ‘TRIAL TRIP OF THE STEAMSHIP NEVADA, Wt i very probable that old Hendrik Hudson and the whole - party of gin fmbib- a ing, breeches-wearing Dutchmen who partici- pated in the ardnous task of discovering the noble river that by its name still perpetuates his memory firmly believed, and were prepared to resist all arguments and persuasions to the contrary, that his fiag- gbip, the ‘Goed Vrow,”” was a model of naval archi- tectare, built, as ie affirmed, ‘‘after the outline of one of ‘the most fascinating ladies of Amsterdam,’ although the obip was one bundred feet long, one hundred feet wide, and one hundred feet deep, But since Hudson smoked ‘kis pipeon the placid surface of the river that rane by @ur doors great and wonderfa) changes a8 to what are the true lines of beauty for a shyp have been made, and it ie not am improper assumption to say that both he and 2) BSE8) I rt i Bie jm Spor Bye mye wins smarts ey 1090992 BEGSSEGCSESERECCRESEUCeeESE fi e & | » ag og bie Klong, Paul. oer = | bis 3 | = E oa ha ‘come to ty “7 Bis followers would undou! be as af- ant for ons aad a Bato Ore years une hein | 22 ig MSAEE | soso ot vnolaing one of the sosan ietasipe of thie : will bs ccuscded to them, there og neler: | Lamy, 3,208 | age as wore the red men on ob'aining sheir first view of native; but thelr afaire mest be im a very bad con. aan aeoee | 120 anolent vessels that so much resembled the bell of Silos, aples (haz ore, Sestalently taking advantage of pa son Amsterdam; fois Jon mati af biewery that many of ‘ -~- the Indians looked at the wend de diffoult to get at the extent of this years ie 1,200 } took to their heels incontinentiy, and, rushing Conon House’ te ‘very im thelr publication: Bat 4) 2,306 | over hills into swamps, came ‘exports compare Tah, lap peace: _ 104] It te well known to the public the relatos foutns whcle isan the Slat of March 1.98 ing abow an increage of 18,000 tons of sugar and 1,000 tous 32 Dae pComeany. for, conven: Se ore Save of ths Sek Seorier in 1008. oe ry The States bes taken forty-three per cent of all 6,400 10,735 ‘he secelpta of specie in Havens from the 1st of Jen, Iason Soe. ie 7 1,000 411 | towards tet eet a sion, from. the 21,519 36,800 | mites lows: —725, ad 1,135 The 400 ford 4,180 % pT or my 4,189 in 1806) fs 1,964 | on criais se 1,206} the made = “thr foot of = ‘Becuton’ ~t vette! — ‘viein' the ult, and 1,703 cs 1,300 | of were. 2198 Lue nets 1,735 1,725 | for 1,987 1,235 company. Another atrecious crime was cummitted here some | Smith, i 4,058 | by Jeremiah Slmoneoa, but was not days ‘Que of the discovered 1,100, 1,100 she he had “received & large box, ae Dlood was ++ 1,000 1,400 | and Japan trade, but being subsequently bought by cozing when it was being stowed in the hold. On being — 1.265 | North American Steamship Company, she has been opened by the police a tin box was found inside contain- aisy ue for the California trade, under the supervision of Wm. tilanglod. The perpettbiors. of tale horrible deed hate = 4,984 | The details of her construction, both in boll ‘not been found, but the police bave a fair clue ; but it wilt = 8,870] and machinery, are as follows:— meth on deck, take time to work it, The maker of the iin box has — 3,890 | hundred and eighty-four feet; breadth of beam, farty recognized it as one she was ordered to make by a 4,208 1,4% | feet; depth of hold, twenty-four feet six inches; gum- party ata house in the. city. The carman who » 8 1,500 | ber of decks, three; load draft, fifteen feet; t took the box wharf other facta; and _= 2.650 | t-vo thousand three hv ndred and fifty tons. eo it has finally been incoverod ther the mrdered -> 2,650 | is of white onk,locust and hackmatack ; the floagp are who was a Spanish contractisg carpenter by trade, has - 1,775 | moldpd eighteen inchea, sided sixteen inches, the Deen the of the Royal Lottery. Having drawna _ 1,223 | frames are thirty inches apart at centres. She §§ flied of $i 60, he lett Clentuegoe for this city to go 10 | Wright, - 16,029 | in solid from eod to end, fastened with copper vale na by the first:veese! leaving. ‘accompa- | Willams, H. _ 1.209 | vanided iron, is iron strapped with doubl iago- nied by a . A Dill was | Walsh, Joan G 589 1,216 | nally laid braces four and a half by three- bought for the money, and ‘on Corauna. They | Wordaotk, Wm. - 1.295 | bas three balkhoads, ws beig rieged, and. 8 plank were lodging in the same room; and it is supposed that ‘aiveinl er, Job —_ 1,265 | of oak four and a half inches in thick hich t= the assassin must have strangled his comrade | Williams, Wm. 1,741 1,372 | coppered. Her model ts “easy,” the lines th-aame while asleep. After shipping the box Woblers, ‘Fred. 408 1'300 | both fore and aft, and hor main displaces ‘dips, murderer took age a vessel sailing | 4ulauf, Jobn.. 1,345 1,400 | Her engine ix of the vertical beam descri }, Oty for Corunna the Ene day, and made use of his —— —_— | five inches diameter of cylinder by twelve feet stroke of victim’s besides having taken of course the Total... cccceccees sonveees $187,532 $492,026 | piston. It is fitted with surface and jet condenserr, Dill for $16,000.’ But the police have taken every pro- —- + sso four thousand square feet of cgudensing sur- ‘The Powors of Assessors and the Courts, | {2°e Au Audrows independent cirauiating ngine In reply toa suggestion in the Buffalo Bapreas that, | savaitanes it lav used to form yacuum int the “as the question of the satisfactoriness of the investiga- tlOn (into the matter of the assesament of Messrs. James Adams & Co., tobarconists) is now to be determined by the courts, perhaps it is best to have no further discus- condensers, and that beimg sccompli 1, the starting A bilge in- ce, of the iarger engine is greatly tacill Jection ald, 11 moat absurd are heard daily, and one among ve thousand gallons per many is that a oriminal secret society existe to oommit | sion of it,” the Buffalo Courier of the Tth instant o@- ot ee bee Sees these horribie crimes, The assassin in the farmer case | marks:— agp agp oagn by Will the inform its readers how the “satis. | arranged in pat of July with the Spaniards, was factoriness”’ of the amount “assumed and estimated’? | amidships. hing § aq Council, with the usual nits to be due from James Adams & Co. is to be determined | ing rurface, two bundred ‘eiahty-eight square feet of this island the Spanish popt Ba surface; have sixteen: ‘six feet long by three that memorable day, and the authorities only cel foot wide. These boilers ge en fitted that they can be In this respect it is the very reverse used separately should any time demand it, According to La Vegead Patholica Her water wheels thirty-one feet six pevera) months Gap, of that Judge Hall had dismissed the pendi inehes in diameter with ten fees face, four San Francigco gofivent, in Guanabacoa, Jack of jurisdiction, and that no new and twenty-six buckets. this city, eobiaining the mortal Drought. This is about as dishonest a tit-bit of journal~ —like old Sol Giila—“chock full Lago deta Voge Biakop igm as haa occurred in this city of late. The fact is that Ben oe ane. who agtived here in the year 1 levada bye’ are fer tbe past ier vgeran slleomsee banks of Havana | ine the case or any other arising under the revenue law. handsomely furnished, and berihs Soa Segunee ieecsanentipee” i, SeeeentND SOR SEEN Ree Peautitully carpeted, and the saloons hand. aoe pa beg bd Democrat says :— é and painted, In throuchout her, are now unsalable; even those of ‘The injustice of the internal revenue laws is now teaprevoment pon eVery thing tint tend count without a buye. unt ‘That with abandance ef room, ventilation Fer the last few days the sugar poe tented pn lapse some animation, without any mater.al Captain Jerry Smit! mi T have seen some samples of fair ate ee a eet sold at 6 rs. and Muscovado a heh amd Gy henge Aye ng iy 3. Jeremiah Sans smith, ineer; Thomas Boreas meee live aice to Etna jorks; — Chrie- Harvest Home, Remedios to New iron fi molasses; British echooner kp Ce ety Remsen, Heary Sedton at $1%'pee box; ‘American Vaanest, W.'R. Manley, J, A. Wiliams, Phi at $10 suger and a Loring on deck, x =— Steps were immediately takem for the detection of the prea ong im relation to the paymeni of guilty parties, and the result was the arrest of a man | tonnage duties, calli himself John Brown, who, during the two or Lengel ts Payne Jordan, Solicitor of the three previous to his arrest had succeeded in con- | Treasury, pul im the Revenue Recorder of verting five of the counterfeit notes into gooa money. | April 20, addressed to the Secretary of the Tres- He entered the feed store of Mr. Doyle, on the corcer | sury, he gives it as his opinion that ‘steamboats and of Barracks and Levee streets, about one o'clock, aed, fey hh ne ere omen & ore ed prem RA MD on Ky Bay Sees net pk At of the ac of July rescivian taneter sonnia oy manag, 8 i understand thal a sveetabrets ‘ecrtyiag pacoon: png — Pay gah Ne BT Toquirod to make returas‘et tetr grow’ feosipes tote on John Seaton, keeper of o house on fercarzing ch dating from the 14 of Au- . Haire aaa tg etn, dese aetumeot Brown's | “Will you please toform ‘oe, {fim onoes when no tax He B- ROI there were two other men in his ; whom | haa been paid on gross receipts of by Nevada are:—Captain tho oftcer, unfortunately, did not tpprobead, "Upon The | stoambouts, I shall asbens thous Tok the tax ef 2% pet JobujMecdiarmiay a7 Person of the accused was found im city money, | cent, dating back to the period before named. Very re- ‘Officer, Geo, Fietilin; Third Otficer, Tour othe Soon dire, and it morning mp Assessor Fifth ee rot th yt — d the ip brought up in irons to the of the chief of police, Trmascay , whore & private oxamiuation was held. The counyerteta yg a es a] bie tee ae fee are upon the First National Bank of Boston, the Sm—I repl} to yours of Ube 200n ea fe scotee. will ald them to their fullest ability. Gioctansdl They are wretehcdly executed, have a ark, ee a the Hasan oe the ion, seereary of ie le ML Ay and it ie surprising that aay one Tonnage doce to tax on roceipta ascralog afiertue' in. of Kinerican commercey we trust there will bea full realiza- mes, ae 5 oe August, 1866, you will love no time im ing such | tion of the success and prosperity for them which the wel ahaa | Sng pnt core vine nag san aad is weil known to the bony i j polen Evoan Nexpaam, Assessor Fifth af Tentecky. THE PROSPECT IN THE CONNECTICUT LEGISLATURE, ELOPEMENT AT ROCHESTER. } Net SaG ‘played us 8 j ies ee that's is vomnved tans see ban ine duced by some man to abandon her home and fiee to ies yet undiscovered. She was assisted had wardrobe from her toom by her Dm bp ge eye by means of « high tuauy nopes near tothe ground. Hr parents are ce. 7 4 They have seen nothing her leaving her employment, A young man who had been keeping her company fesnes entire \gnorance as to her where- of the ward—The Cheyennes Parties—! amie—Numbers Willing to Come In and Make Peace, &c. Forr Lana, D, T., May 9, 1867, Hancock’s operations on Smoky Hill route have driven the southern Cheyennes north. They are moving in four war parties. They struck South Piatte road, be- tween Galesburg and Denver, night before last, and burned two ranches, The Indian Commission are in council with Indians here, Messengers trom the north have arrived and state that large numb:rs of Indians de- sire to come in and make peace, Red Cloud included. Numerous war parties are on the road between here and Fort Phil Kearny. The Indians say they shall be with- drawn. Declaration of War by the Apaches Indians— Six Hundred Leave Fort Grant—General Crittenden in Pursuit, &e. Santa Pa, N. M, April 29, 1867, Six hundred Pinal and other Apaches have left Fort Grant, Arizona, and declared war. Other Indians will follow suit, General Crittenden, with all availavle troops, citizens and Papagos Indians have left Tuvson in parsuit, General Sulley’s Co —The Bru! QOgallalias Inclined to be Pencefi Wasmnoton, May 9, 1867, General Sulley, President of the Indias Commission now in the Northwest, informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under date of April 28, of an interview with the Brule and Ogallalla tribes of Sioux Indians near Fort Sedgwick, at the junction of Lodge Pole creek’and the mouth of the Platte river. hostility, These sioux met the party who stole the mules from Fors Mitchell, a short distance cast from Laramie, were opty six im nember, and Minnecor ‘These people represent tbe Sioux = divided sentiment and widely separated, part of ‘near the mouth of Tongue river, & wibat of the Yollowstone; part at the mouth of Yet lng their way over to the Mis- souri to keep the way of hostilities, The Brules, ‘The Safety of Fort Buford. The following te a copy of the despatch received at the Deadquarterg.of the army announcing the safety of Fort . Loum, 8, 1867. To Genera} YJ. 8, Graxt:— beac General i? reporte the arrival at Omaha of a citi- zen who Fort Buford April 16. Colonel Rankin and W. T. SHERMAN, Lieutenant General. THB TURF. Union Course, I.. I., Trotting. Although yesterday was by no means an agreeable day, Being cold and windy, yet it was 90 fer an tmprove- ‘ment of the previous enc as to attract a limited namber wae to the Union Courpe, to witness’ trot under Whelan. The track had improved somewhat ‘since Wadnesday, and was in much better condition than was possitte after such continuous rains as Lave of late, The trot was for no great amount of , bat as a test of the relative speed of the horses entered it excited a fair sharo of interest hmong the gentlemen who patromze the turf. The horses, however, were not 80 closely matched as desirable, it being very apparent after the first heat that the winner of the race could be readily named, In the pools sold at Snediker’s just previous to the race Rapid was strongly the favorite, Irving second and Whelan third, precisely as they came out at the ter- mivation of the race. and showing how accurately their relative speed was estimated. The following are de- tails of the event:— Firat Heat. —After a few attempts at getting away they got word, Rapid on the inside _As they were round- ing the firet turn Whelan broke and fell behind so far that at the quarter polo—time thirty-seven seconds—he was six lengths behind Ray and two behind Irving, They held tho same relative positions until between the quarter and half-mile poles, when Irving made a brash for the heat, and went up to within two poagene of Rapid, but conld get no nearer, Whelan about three lengths behind lim. They the half-mile pole about the same distance apart—time 1:17—ail going steadily, and continued so until they reached the three-quarter pole and entered upon tho homestretch, when Whelan made a vi 8 effort for the heat, but failed to reach either Irving or Rapid, although’ he was very close to the former as they reached the score, Rapid won this heat handily and with little apparent effort by two or three lengths, in 2:37%. pint Heat.—After some little time spent in scoring thev got off, with Irving at the lead, closely followed by Rapid and Whelan. Upon reaching the frst turn, or rather before, and nearly in the same spot where he broke in the vious heat, Whelan did so again, and lost 80 much ground that he found himself five or six lengths in the rear when Irving reached the quarter pole, leading Rapid about two lengths, in thirty-six soconds. After Ieaving the quarter pole Rapid gradually increased his until they reached the half-mile—time 1:163;— wl Irving began to falter from the prolonged exertion, and Rapid cloned up with him. There was a strugglo, a short one, for the lead, between them, but when it was over, and the three quarter ched, Irving broke and Rapid was trotting steadily up the homestretch to the score, which he reached six lengths in advance of Irving, end so far ahead of Whelan that the lattor came very near being distanced. Timo, 2:34}4. Third Heat,—There was considerable difficulty in tting started in this heat, but at lengih they got away, Rapid ‘on the inside, Irving second and Whelan outsde, leading about a length, on @ pretty smart ron. By the timo he had got settled down to his trot both Rapid and Irving had gone im, the former Irading to the quar- ter pole about jengths, in thirty-six seconds, Whelan, who was now mg ey being five or siz behind Yeading borses main. Usiox Course, LL jaraday, purse $150; mile heats, best three m five, w le. Mreto—Finer Day.—Thureday, May 2— Ten per cont en- toi all agen, &. Leonard enters b. f. Mollie At by imp. Scy- thian, dam Ann Adams, 4 rs. Jim Henry, or ont 2 John Stinmors enters bik. Fat 74 Hie ‘watha, dam sister to Socks, Beott, the. . 4.0 Jonon enters g. £ Maggie Kagiah, 4 ra. Pedi WAVAL INTELLIGENCE, The Practice Squadron Preparing for Sea. &e. The naval fleet or practics squadron for the midship- men at the Naval Academy is now fitting for sea, The following vessels will probably comprise the same:—The frigates Macedonian and Savannah and the sloop-of- war Dale, with @ steamer or two, not yet named. Lieutenant Commander B. 0, Mathews has beon or- dered trom the Naval Acadomy to proceed to Norfolk, Va, and assume command of the sloop-of-war Dale, He will then take her to Annapolis. Academy are to be solected to command the vessels, ‘They will start about June, and go across the Atlantic upon a der D. B, Harmony, who has been attached to tue Navy ‘ard for some - tontha, has received of ported for daty om the 6th instant, will go into commission, Lieutenant Commander Ty flo in her executive officer, The United States steamer Susquehanna, from Hamp. ton Ronda, wili proceed to the Portamoutn, N, H., the Ws the Gosport Navy Yard ook sail as soon as her supplies are on buard for the of Mexico, CITY INTELLIGENCE. Tas Free Traps Leacug,—The Executive Committee of this organization held @ meeting at No. 45 William Street yesterday afternoon, but no ousiness of importance was traneacted, eae Tue New Yorx State Assoo1sTep Press,—The mem- bers of the Associated Press of the Stare of New York held another meeting at the Metropolitan Hotél yester- day morning. The following named gentlemen were elected officers of the association forthe ensuing year: — , President—John M. Francis, ‘iroy Times, and Treasurer —Ellis H Roberis, Udica Herald, Execu- tive Committee—George W. Demers, Albany Journal; George G. Cooper, Rochester Union; song Warren, Builalo Courier, After transacting some addi- Uonal business of an unimporiant mature thy meeting adjourned, ‘Taiat ov 4 New Fine Exmixovisuen.—A trial of a new fire extinguisher took place on the Battery yesterday afternoon, in the presence of a number of gentlemen connected with the leading insurance companies, the Patrol Committee aud otbers A building twelve fees pigh and twelve feet wide had been erecied, in which six tar barrels, a pitch barrel and a quantity of, straw and shavings were placed and a tighied match applied. After the whole mass was completely enveloped im flames a stream from the extin- guisher was turned on end the -fire. extin- tion, same guished in about two minutes, The same was several mes fepeated aid always with result. During tho Wn of the experiments Mr. John Necker, ox-Chief Enyineor of the Fire Department, wae rather seriously burued about the {ace and in consequencs of the wind biowing the flames’ bim as he entered the enclosure to take charge working of the machine. of the Umon Rerosuican Genera, Coummrren.—A reguier monthly meeting of the committee was held ast night 1 Union Hail, corner of Twenty-third street and Broad- way. No business of any general interest was transe Tas Excm Law,—Jobanna Hurly, ef 89 Cherry street, was committed yesterda; Jasticn Mansfield ue bacon Sd Oar oh ypc dager miter | g recov senses—as boon rendered for awhile encosecioas from AcaDEN ox Symrpoann.—Peter Cloud, while at work Youterday on board. the. steamer Golds Rule, tpingat- - ~ pier §0 East river, fell from the main yard. to, the deck, reoetving severe contusions of the spine and ed by some . og 3 pce gepiteaeesdiea caught in the brake of one of the Erie Railroad cars y: while waiti Sloe and poe thet it orp de lp cryin ae tohave bien moved to the New York Hospital, BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. An lurostor,—A very transparent and silly piece of blackmailing has been partially successful in imposing Om the sympathies or credulity of some persons io this city. Tho game, as near as can be ascertained, is carried om by an individual described as being of Jewish cast of coun- tenance, dark oyes, black curly hair and mustache, an@ piausible uddress,’ who visits prominent and philan~ thropic men, to whom he represeote himself as @ reporter of the Hena'p, in search of information on certain subjects which he prop.ses to write up for pupiication, and gives tne object of his solici- tude to undersiand that he sill give him particular notice in the forthcoming producison, on cordition that be pays bima ceriain stipulated amount, In event of failure in this dodge, he 1s said to preduce a subscription Hist, which he claims to be taking up in aid of some des titute brother reporter, aud in that way he is said te have imposed upon several persons in Bouth Brooklyn, It 1s unnecessary to remark that he is « vile imposter, in- asmuch as the avfaciés of tie iikraLp establishinent are gentiemon of honorand integrify, aud m_ possession of means sufficiently liberal to ;.ace them far above any- thine approaching want, The police are on bis track, and the pubiic ure warned agains: further imposition, A Mosictan in Costopy.—Fred rick J. Sinciair, a fogi- tive !rom justice, was taken into custody on Wednesday afternoon by officer Gear, of the Central squad, while going along Roosevelt street, New York. The prisoner is accused of having picked the pocket of James Joyce, at Fort Hamilton, in December iast, Both ties were at that time musicions, attached to the ‘at that place, and on the occasion in which the theft is allegea to bave been committed they were in their quar tors, at the barracks, Wien (he suin of $400 was taken from Joyce. Sinctair made bis eccape at the time, and did not again turn up untii Wednesday last. He was taken before Justice Cornwell and committed to await examination. A Farrar, Gcsrvus or Use Sam's Interne. —A watchman named fhomas Hines, employed by the United States Marshal to watch a distillery owned by Daniel Gockan, was arrested on the complaint of the Proprietor of the distillery, at an early hour yesterday mornii Glockan, it appeared on examination before [ i to should tl at in their 4 gain admission to the proud” ten Salter! that the watchman had bat carried eut his in warning them off, divcharged the prisoner. " Burcrany.—The house of Mr. James J, De Bowe, Ne 143 Willoughby street, was burglariously entered at am early hour yesterday morning, by anknown persona, who effected an entrance to the front basement by barstit the door, Everythi which, they ‘could tind im tho’ bacomcat, sch "as, clodh clocks, &c , amounting in value to upwards of 4 was carried off by tne thieves. Lancexy of Son.—A German gardener, named Fred4 erick Gartner, was arrested yesterday morning by Ser= geant Hall, of the Forty-eighth precinot, on the come piaint of William Akins, who accuses him of stealing seventy loads of topsoil some vacant lots io Twenty-_ third street, near Sixth avenue, The soil in question ie owned by Mr. Akins, and valued at $72 He washel@ for examination by Justice Dunne. Accipent,—A man named William Hefferan, while ens, gaged in digging a sewer in Laqueer street, near Denneg place, ng mecning, was seri injured about falli b en hima wt “eat force, Ho wan. taken to U 3 Long isan Hospita: for treatment Orraxoms Acamer Proranty i ras Eastern Diy rmct.—Notwithatanding the vigilance of the polica, offences against property in the Eastern district are of two:— Store of Allan M. Thom Kent, bea 9 robbed Feed store of id Nin:h streets, robbed of $12 reps a, pee. cloths, &e , valued , corner of Ainslie 7 penmes and cigars at rw. & 62 Grand street, Private residence of & D. Gay, Sead ot al tod tween Penn and ae wk Tobbed of family Tinea, grocerien bit jued at $300, No clue to the thieves im the above robberies has been obtained. ‘Tae Excom Law.—Owen Reilly, proprietor of agree pars i ON ICE BREAKING UP IN BUFFALO HARBOR, Borvato, N. ¥., May 0, 1867. ‘Pre fee Bloc in front of tho harbor has broken ip, wer can be seen in every direatlony TP iatge dows of vessels arrived in port chia morning