The New York Herald Newspaper, May 23, 1867, Page 5

“THE! SOUTH, [2252 Pirst Fruits of Senator Wilson's and Kelloy's Campaigns. The Riots in New Orleans and Mobile. &. ke. &e, -_ Lo SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD, Senator Wilson on His Way Back to Wash- ington—Effect of His Tour—Hie Moderation im Language—What the Negroes Think of Him—Evil Results of His Tour—The Cities 7 om On Tas Cars FRoM New ORLEANS, } , Nortuwarp, May 17, 1867. Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, left New Orleans this morning on his return to Washington, from which ‘the bas been absent just four weeks. During that time be has traversed the States of Virginia, North Carolina, ‘South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, making speeches @t many of the principal-citice, His audiences have been composed almost exclusively of colored people, of whom one-third has generally consisted of women and. ‘children, The few whites who listened to him were Northern men, holding civil or military offices in the South—Freedmen’s Bureau officers, United States mar- shals, postmasters, collectors and assessors of internal revenue—and Southern men, who were stimulated by curiosity to see and hear one ef the original apostles of the now triumphant anti-slavery creed. If it had not been that the Senator was generally encompassed by Northern ‘men of the class just mentioned—Ishmaelites in South- zm communities—he would have had more attention paid to nim by the leading men of rebel proclivities, to whom hie mission was really directed—for it might be eaid of him, without levity, ‘He came not to call the Tighteous, but sinners to repentance."” ‘The Hxratp has been furnished by telegraph with the wobstance of Senator Wilson’s speeches. There was mot much variation in them, That was quite natural; for he would necessarily address the same arguments and reasoning to his dusky audience at Charleston, as he Ahad done to an audience similarly constituted at Orange Gourt House, The speech was generally a historical re- view of the anti-Slavery agitation for the last thirty Years, and denunciation of the sin of slavery, for which ain, he admitted, the North was as gulity as the South, am outline of what bad been settled by the war, an explanation of the Military Reconstruc- tion bill, and of the other legislation of Congress a@lecting the South, an argument to convince the Regroes that they were indebted for their freedom and their political rights to the republican party, and an a) ery to them to sustain the measures and candidates of party in the posronshing elections in the South. It might be objected to Mr. Wilson’s speeches that they Were directed too much to the negro and too little to the ‘white man, and that they looked rather to party suc- ess than to the peace and prosperity of the nation. ‘The answer to that objection would probably be that the uecess of the republican party is surest guarantee for nasional peace and od ek: Le bat there are quite a Bumber of people in the country who don’t think 60, and who do think there isa little virtue and patriotism ‘still existent outside of that political church, ‘Sull, on the whole, the general scope and opinion—much more fair and than they ‘would have expected from such a man. The megrens Metened quietly, and but seldom indulged in manifesta- (ops. It is said that the moderation of tone which was ‘ee much whites was not so favorably regarded The latter have beeen, by infa- mous Hunnicutt school, brought up to the bel: of the late rebels are to be con- Qacated and forty acre jote among loyal black we that that is just as certain as the but not so far off. Therefore, when Mr, Wilson i—as he did in some of his earlier wpecch: of confiscation, the blacks began to took on considerably lower in the scale of Geir friendship than Thad Stev: Hunnicutt or Con- way, the latter receded Wilson on the route, dealing iy on. the white, men of thé Bouth, ween them an 1e polored Oniv did Senator Wilson lend eneouragement to the idea of confiscation, and even then 1 was eo of distant contin- sency—* contingency which might arise if nogroes pes ‘be persecuted on account of their exérdise of to be ‘repeated after the Henai ite strong disapproval of such a threat. It was, after all, but an cratorical flourish, ‘full of sound and nothing. ickled 01 ae "i ias Samciaeeaiaaabeaeo tata ares Mr, Wilson, however, seemed to recognize that it was a rather dangerous flourish, and he dropped it. Confisca- oe ee’ 20 lend ia Nie, Boe Sr Sha, it in wi it bas a presented, but deems er abomination as s matter of law, of ‘of tions of ani or by special sequent); visited wits precios It remains wiped out for ever in law and reason. And when he spoke of confiscation as.a possible penalty, he spoke of it in con- mection with a new offenco—that of coercing the negro im the exercise of Ins political rights. Even in that Nets, however, there was no sense or reason in it, t ‘be claimed that Senator Wilson's mission to ihe been, or be, attended: with benefi- cial resulte, The misfortune is that he, like too many other public men, b So ease “Given to ‘what was meant for mankind,"” He had a great role to perform in the South—that of &@ mediator between Congress and the men who were re- cently engaged in rebellion. His mission should have Deen to them. He should bave endeavored to soften Gown in their miods the asperities naturally engendered uy the war, and made more keen by the political action the governtnent since the war closed. He was well aware that thi would be complied beatae dag in nag Ms he of parties might y e em Bivens ond although might LAY of glow growth, stili it have its fair chance of taking Foot and growing. But the time is when anew religion, or a new party can be forcibly implanted in any ‘Te sare tay turn out not to be very pliant instra negroes " js of, the Northern adventurers who indvcations are not wanting of a de- termination on their part to have their share of the pub- Ne offices. A colorea man is mentioned as a candidate nother aspires to represent Raleigh district of North Carolina in the United House These into col ‘most thoroughly disgusted and that will bo the first to change quarters will be the class of white men from the North who are mow go enthusiastic for negro liberty, equality and fraternity. There hag been a worse use made of a political fund than is made of the public money which, un- 7 & provision of one of the general appropriation ae last seasion, goes to support certain newspapers in the Southern States. For fr eo the existence of the Vew Nation, published at Richmond, or of the Loyal Georgian, supposed to be published at Augusta, is hardly own in the disloyal communities whero they are pre- ied to exercise healthful influence, It would be a Fare thing to see a copy of either of them in the hands of ‘& white man, of offered for sale, But nevertheless they are made the medium of wat the laws and treaties of the United States, on the ridiculous assumption that ‘hus sueh laws and troaties are brought to the know- ledge of the reading public, and they at the same time serve tho other of stirring up the negroes to Congress wished 2 NEW YORK. HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY. 23, 1867—TRIPLE SHEET. 5 the appearance of army of!- itical meetings Like those ad- Gressed by Mr. Wilson or Mr. Kelley, or the attendance thereat of military bands, can be approved and encour- aged as acta of good policy at this time or ag tending to g00d discipline at any time. And now, domiering polities, let some hurried descrip- tions of the cities im Mr, Wilson's tour wind up this letter. Richmond, having made a grand effort to rebuild her waste pisces, stopped suddenly in the work, ‘The shabby buildings on Main street, that were swal- lowed up in the great cen: ion, have been replaced stores that would be admired on Broadway or on ol ut street, But the black, dismal looking gap made by the fire outside the line of Main street is still, for the ‘most part, untouched by the hand of the builder, and remains ® mournful monument of man’s folly and crime. Business is at a standstill; merchants who can meet their current expenses say that that is all they hope or expect to do; numerous stores are vacant and real estate has greatly depreciated Norfolk showed none of the ravages of war, but looked generally seedy and un- attractive. Newbern, with many gaps made by fire during the war, wears, nevertheless, a decent, respect- able appearance; and though its trade and commerce aro not go flourishing as in the past, ita citizens indulge in anticipations of its future prosperity, Wilmington is @ dilapidated, dreary, straggling old town, which seems to be badly in need of carpenters, painters and hotel keepers, Its p rity ended with the capture of Fort Fisher and the closing of its port to smugglera, Charleston rests on its ruins. The track of the terrible tire which, soon alter the ontbreak of war, swept diagonally through the city from tho Cooper river to the Ashley, destroying stores, dwellings and churches, is sttil desolate. " Perhaps not half a dozen buildings have been erected in all that wide space. Not one is now being put up. The citizens seem to have gizen themselves up to despair. Why build now storey when manv of thoss in the princij business street (King street) are now vacant, and when there is no activity in the circles of trade? Hopes are indulzed in, however, that. the coming harvest will be good, and that the docks and storehouses will again be filled with cotton and merchandise, If those hopes be not fully verified, then a desolate city will Charleston remain. Augusta appears.to have suffered little. by the war, Neither army occupied it; and it was fled to asa city of refuge by many Southerners who managed to o3- cape conscription, or who held civil offices which were jocularly designated “bomb proofs.”” It contains geve- ral mills and manufactories, and is quite a flourishing, handsome town. Atlanta, which was given to the flames by order of General Sherman, has been almost entirely rebuilt, and gives more evidences of activity and enter- than any other city of its size in the South, Mobile as no mark of decay or devastation, New Orleans maintains well its character as the great metropolitan city of the South. All of these cities are, for cleanliness, good order, care of public grounds, and all those matters which come under municipal régime, much in advance of the city of New York. The fact is credit. able to them, but quite the reverse to the great me- tropolis, Riotous Conduct of the Negroes Employed on the Levee—Action of the Authorities, &e. New Orneaxs, May 16, 1867. Between seven and eight o’clock this morning from three to four hundred negroes assembled on the levee between Canal and Poydras streets, announcing their determination to prevent the further discharging of vessels, and that their intention was to seize the con- tractors under whom they had been working, for the purpose of wreaking their vengeance upon them for wrongs which they claimed to have sustained by the Bon-fulfilment of contracts, the stevedores asserting that they had only been paid half of the money justly due them by the contractora, and that the latter dealt unfairly, in withholding too large a portion of the money paid by the boats for the work. The mob became very demonstrative, blocking the various boats, and preventing the business of loading and unloading being done. Acolored contractor, named Mose Shep- perd, had a narrow escape from being lynched by being conveyed to the station house by the police for safety. The crowd followed, hooting and yelling, brandishing clubs and throwing missiles, One of the latter (a stone) struck a police officer named Mooney on the head, Sos him severely, The policemen bad consider- able le in reaching the station house even after this assault, the mob pressing forward and threatening to take the contractor out of their hands. ‘upon and ¢l by the mob, Fleet running saved him from a severe handling. aoe ae ae Chief of Police soene 16 rioters were engaged in these proceedi: and addressed advising them to disperse; that the law would see they received their jand that the present jon was no way to arrange their His Honor spoke in vain, re- ceiving insults and coarse-epithets for vice, and was compelled Tetire. It is that two other officers, named Delaney and roughly Fi em the riot, were knocked down and ile this was transpiring, or rather as the dispersed, a body.of about two hundred passed up Julia street, As they passed General Mower’s headquarters, that officer commanded them to halt, when he informed them that though he was their friend, ts eee expect him to endorse such acts as these, that they must disperse or severe military coercive measuros ee ore On returning to the City Hall Mayor Heath despatched word to General Sheridan’s headquarters, thata s military forco be in readiness to quel! an outbreak in danger pendomet i oe have erg eeggrom report having been sent legraph yesterda; the New York papers that an attompe was made tons. sassinate the Mayor, such statement is false, a pistol having been fired accidentally near the City Hall in the absence of the Mayor. The Trouble Yesterday—Prompt Action of General jower—The ‘Cause of the Riot— Order Prohibiting Citizens Carrying Arms, &e. &e. New Onveans, May 17, 1867, I wish to make a correction of a portion of my report yesterday of the riot here, in justice to abrave officer. When a portion of the mob (about two hundred in num- ber) were metin Juha street by General Mower, they were not dispersing as I stated yesterday, but were hooting and yelling, brandishing clubs and swearing terrible vengeance on the contractors of the new basin, and were making for that point for the parpose of carrying ont their threate. The General in citizen’s dress met the rioters and commanded them to halt, Some recognized him and exclaimed—'‘It’s the General.”” Again the order “halt” was given. A portion obeyed, but the remainder continued their demonstrative movement in the direc- tion of the new basin. General Mower then directed bis Adjatant General, Lieutenant Spaulding, to head a squad of mounted orderlies and compel them to halt. ‘This was done when the Genaral addressed them in the foliowing words:— feel yourselves ed peoakiarnastst re maa pe if you take this thing imto your own hands you m4 “and lose what rights you already possess, If you go on this rioting, by the eternal God, I will throw canister into you. Now disperse, and go to your or to work. This short speech had the desired effett in dispersing ere was more trouble again this morning on the Wade anda cps tee aloe Sattar un ing w the discharge Recorder Ahern and police officers This morning at eight o'clock the military were in- ed at Annunciation square by Lieutenant J. L. ding, Adjatant General of the Distriet of Louisiana, i paraded throu; streets. gh the principal regi of infantry, a battery of ar- tilery amd two companies of cavairy. The latter were liing the streets yy and today, and the in- ‘antry and artillery are under orders to be for action at A moment's notice, In addition to thi boat bas anchored in the river, opposite Canal sti All haa been quiet to-day. The firemen, to the-num- ber of three thousand, are having their annaal parade and festival, #hich witl continue two days longer. Gen- oral Sheridan has ordered that they be allowed to turn ont in fall force, as he has every confidence in this fine body of men keeping the peace as they have ever done heretofore while this has been a military department, No city in the Union can boast of a nobler body of men bom the firemen of New Orleans, They are the pride of city. The Tottowing order was ordered to be issued yester- day by General Sheridan, The order was sent by tele- graph from Galveston to General Hartsuff. At this time it is a very mecessaty and important on SPECIAL ORDERS, NO. 45. Heanquarrens Fiera Murray Diernrcr, Kay Onsen, La., M tract ntil further orders no firearme will be permitted to be her opeuly or secretly, by any person in the city of Ne jeans, except such as’ may be authorized or re- uired by law to carry the samme in the execution of thelr of. Yoial dition.” The Mayor of the city will Gre such inetrnc- tions to the police aa may be necessary to lagure a strict on. forcement of this order, and any petson found violating it will be subject to trial and punishment by military commis. won. By command of Major General P. 11. SHERIDAN. Gap. L, Bansausr, Amioant Adjutant General, ? visited the. ‘The following is the card from Jacob Barker announc- ing the failure of his bank:— Bang o7 Commence, New Onrxans, May 17, 1867. ‘After the alose of business’ yesterday talegratns were Te gfited announcing the ‘of Exchange remitted to cover bills drawn by th ‘which, together with other disap- Pointments, renders it {impossible for me, in the present state of the money market, to raise a sufficiency to meet my engagements punctually. have uningumbered real estate in thia city yielding an annual rens of fifteen thousand dellars, which will be, so far as may become necessary, appropriated to the ere, of the debts of this bank. JACOB BARKER. ALABAMA, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD, More of the Mobile Riots—Misreprescntations of the Rebel Press—The Colored Schools of Montgomery—Party Movements in Ain: bam mmercial Prospects of Mont ery, &e. Mostaoweny, May 17, 1807. From the window of my room im the Exchange Hotel—a house of many historic memories—can be seen the State Capitol, standing on an elevation, It was here that Jeff Davis was inaugurated ‘President of the Confederate States;” it was from this house that the order was sont to the Alabama delegation to withdraw from the Baltimore Convention of 1860; it was from the balcony of the hotel that the Declaration of Independence of the confederacy was read, and it ‘wns from one of the parlors now occupied by General Swayne, United States military commander of Alabama, * that the official order was seut to the rebels at Charles- ton to commence the attack on Fort Sumter, which opened the war, The first ilag boisted in the confed- eracy was raised by the wife of the proprietor. Nothing can be more ingeniously false than the ac- counts which the Mobile and Montgomery papers give of the riot in the former city on Monday night. They per- sist in calling it a ‘negro riot,” although the fact is that the negroes made no resistance, except that it might be to strike up the murderous hands that presented pistols at thom. { witnessed the whole scene, from the firing of the first shot till the last, in the most conspicuous po- sition at the meeting—tho very front of tho. stand, which was the chief object of attack—and I assert that the statement of’ a volley being fred from the stand by a body of blacks is untrue. The negroes were stricken with panic, both on the stand and inthe street, The Mobile papers sav it was an accident, and not premedi- tated. I fail to find the individual who does not believe that the attack was incited by such articles as this, which appeared the day before, and othera of a similar charac- ter which were published for several days previous, I quote from the Mobile Tim-s, owned by one of Mr. John- son’s officeholders, Colonel Mann:— “There is a rumor that certatn notorious radicals, tray- elling through the country in the interests of a faction, are in our midst or on their way, We deem that ignor- ing these mon and their mischievons objects is the Proper policy of the South. We are only glad that the chivalric feelings of the South shouid be illustrated by the utter indifference manifested at the presence of men bent upon creating civil and domestic dissensions, and the security which surrounds them forms a bright con- trast with the mobs which, after having torn up alive the brave Trishman who, as United States Marshal, was enforcing the Fugitive Slave bill, were waiting on Bos- ton Common for the arrival of Brooks, wom a certain Massachusetts Senator bad chivalrousiy offered to fight in Canada if he could succeod in running the gauntlet of the friends of higher law to reach the appointed piace. We feel sntisfied that the longer the rope allowed these agitators the sooner they will trip themselves and rid the country of their dangerous influerces.’? The appeal to the passions of the Irish is palpable, although the facts are wholly untrue, The Insh ele- ment controls the elections in Mobile, and the rebel Journals have been fora long time striving to bring it into collision with the necroes and create bloodshed. But I will quit this unpleasant theme, to touch upon more le scenes here. 1 visited the colored schools of Montgomery to-day, of which there are nine or ten enrolled branches and six hundred enrolled schol- ars, I found a wonderfut development of intelligence in the pupils, who range in ago from six years to twenty. The number of adults of both sexes is quite surprising, and the eagerness to master the mere rudiments of spelling, side by side with the youngest children, was an evidence that they are in earnest, The sch are under tho care of the Freedmen’s Bureau, jally directed by C. W. Buckley, Superintendent of Educa- a ‘The teachers are mostly ladies from the North and ¢ progress 08 of these schools is the more gratifyin; when we remember that there is no common school system ip Alabama and that the private schools for the education of whites were all closed during the war and have not been resumed since. Thus eix years in the educational life of the white people have been lost. We cannot wonder that the census ghows thirty-three thou- sand whites in this State who cannot read, nor is it diffi- cult to foresee that within a few years the negroes and Taulattoes will be the dominant class in intelligence and education. In every quarter of the city in the morning you meet groupe of little colored children of all shades, from the white octoroon to the darkest Congo, trudging to school with their booxa and slates. This sight, eocharm- ing to the eye of the philanthropist, was such an offence to the white population when the bureau was first estab. that they protested they would not submit to the outrage! But they have on used to it now, and the sober-minded class are Pleased at the advance- ment of the negro; for they sec that they must upon the sear industry v the —_ unless ae gtation should increase, and ‘they convinced ig the most available after all, I note a revolution in South- ern sentiment, One Tie seeped ange at ction the sale. of negroes. The basement, with its heav: barred windot was the pen into which the ‘earorter nates were crowded, the sick and the healthy together. Possibly the parents of many ot these little ones were sold in this very room. But where the auction block stood is now the teacher’s desk, and the wails that echoed so often the fatal stroke of the auctioneer’s hammer, that separated husband from wife and mother from children, now resound with the tiny voices of the little emanci- pated ones syllabling those words which are the step- ping stones to a knowledge of God’s word and the laws of the land which is now their own, There aro seventy thousand colored voters in Alabama. Of these the radical politicians calculated to secure all Dut ten thousand, which may bo lost by the various in- fluences ht to bear upon them on the tations ; ‘but they think that they will carry State mely at the next election. I have conversed with map: negroes in one who is not devoted to the repubitcan party, ro Northern and the industrioas popu- 5 ‘wikia a few mt an abun- dance of coal and fron. direct railroad to that district is projected, and when Lege pow A ip up as one of the most ; shat is, if the class of men describes as “who, seat in hehven, would be disconton' jecoarage Northern capital from coming here. THE PROTECTIONISTS IN COUNCIL. Meeting at the Astor House Yesterday—A National League Formed—The Plan of Or- ganization. Yesterday an adjourned meeting of the Friends of American Industry, which is another name for the pro- tectionists of the country, was held at the Astor House, Peter Cooper in the cbair, ictpated in tho proceedings of Washington; 7, Be Howe, bridge, Detroit, i Le A Henry O'Reilly, New York; Ju Stephen Caldwell, Pailadetphi vord, of Syracuse. After an in which he advanced the usual arguments In favor protective tariff and severely assailed the free trade idea, the committee appointed to prepare a plan of organiza- tion submitted anjority and minority reports, which ‘wore discussed for over four hours, and the former, with a fow clauses froma the latter, adopted. The constitution as adopted is briefly as follows :— Article one declares the name of the society to be the ‘American Industrial League.” 4 oa Prodat ba whaler sadeuiers mint est io ctior if manufacturing: to keop faithfal watch over all questions affecting the industrial or financial condition of the country, and thus to secure the industrial independence of the United Siates, “arucle three provides that any one may become a momber of the Society by subscribing to the articles of organization. Article four names the ofleers of the Society, consist- ing of President, one Vice President from every State, Territory and the District of Columbia, Tho other clauses of the constitution define the dutics of the officers of the association. The following officers wore by the committee and adopted; the appoint of the secretaries was left to bo named hereafter by the Executive Commit- President—Poter Cooper, New York. Vice M B. Mic! Presidente Waray + D. J. More reli, Pennsylvania; Judge Caldwell, Tennessee; Gov- ernor Pierpont, Virginia; J. M. ‘Washington ; General E. J. Davie, Texas; John B, Walker, Georgia; w. W. Beene, pean ae Johnsee, Arkansas; ge Alabama; Jadge Field, sissippi; Judge H. 1. Bond, ‘land; Lieutenant Gov- ernor Alvord, New York; John Nazro, Wisconsin, Treasurer—Fishor New York. Paccutive Council—Hon. D, J, Morrell, Pa, ; Jay Cooke, Pa; Joho M. Caldwell, Cincinnati, Ohio; i, Birdsall, Porichester, N. Y.; Bd. Bigelow Mase. ; Andrew Wheoler, Pa; J. D. Russoll, N.¥.; D, Cate gaque, Pa; T. Pomeroy, Mase; John M. Bowta, Va.; Lorenzo sherwood, D. (,; C. B. Sabine, Texas; Mr. Coie, Ga; Mr. Tourges, X. C; Mr. Mercer, Tenn, ; Samuel Crosewelt Ma; David Attwood, Wis. ; ia; CW, " Philadel Romll, Miao ‘hens few lel! . i 5 yowsrage,” Wet, Y.; A, B, Stone, Ohio; E. M. Madden, N. Y.; F. Fraley, Pa; J. A. Griswold, N.Y. ; George L. Ward, Masa; John Covode, Pa. ; Mr. Stott, N. ¥.; P. J. Pope, N. ¥.; A. M. Clapp, Buffalo; J, R Thompson, N. J.; Rk. W, Manning, N. Y,; Jobn H. Hall, N.Y. ; ©. Deiano, Ohio: J. M. Cooper, Pa. The entire afternoon was consumed in @ warm dis cussion of the plan of organization, At one time the feeling ran so high among the friends of the respective plans that the party headed by Lieutenant Governor Alvord threatened to boit the convention. At this critical moment Mr. Trowbridge offered # ¢om- promise, which was accepted, and on the adoption of the constitution the meeting adjourned without taking action on a resolution offered by Peter Cooper, to the effect that as the frieuds of the industrial interests of ‘the country ‘we propose to the advocates of free trade to jon them in the expense of publishing a weekly sheet, to be circulated through the country, on one side of which they should present their side ot the question and onthe other side we will present ours, with the view that the people may judge of the respective merits of the questions at issue.’? BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. Tas Recext Patan Porsowve Case—Vervict oF Tar Coronen’s Jury.—The inquest on the body of Mrs. Mary Chambers, whoso death was alleged to have been occa- sioned through the carelessness of two drug clerks in copying a Doctor’s prescription and putting up the same, was concluded before Coroner Lynch and a jury. yester- day. H. H. Dickinson, proprietor of the store at which tho prescription was put up, was examimed, and testified to his having noticed that the dose, as marked on the copy of the prescription whieh had baen sent from tis store, corner of Henry and Atlantic streets, was. unusu- ally Jarge, and he desired Mr. James, his clerk, to send ‘ round and ascertain if it was correct. He was under the impression that he had done so until told by Dr, Reese of the death of the tady. Mr. J. L..Somers made an elaborate statement in vindication of his innocence of any negligence) whateoever on his part in making the copy .of the prescription sent to bim from the other store, He admits having remarked to Mr, Dickinson the unusual proportion of nux vomica, Yet it never once ocurred to his mind that it had not been copied cor- rectly. Dr. A. J. Willets testified to his having made a Ree mortem examination of the body of deceased. He found nothing apparent to the eye to account for death, though the amount of nux vomica was sufficient to pro- duce death. She took only one-sixth of agrain more than the smallest amount (half a grain) which has been known to produce death. In.a person of such delicate health it might be expected that the drug would pro- duco more than its usual effect. Paul A, Schwartz, the clerk who made the fatal mistake in copy: ing the character ‘“drachm” instead of grain, pleaded in extenuation, that the error on his part was wholly unintentional and unacountable tohim. The jury, after a brief deliberation, returned the following verdict:—“We find that Mary P, Chambers came to her dexth from an overdose of the extract of nur vomica, aaininistered through the culpable careless - ness of Paul A. Schwartz in miscopying a prescription of Dr, Reese, and we consider t Soseph Somers and Henry H. Dickinson showed an error of judgment in putting up the medicine, and a want of proper caution in not sending to the ether store to ascertain whether or not the. prescription was correctly copied; and we re- commend Mr. Dickinson in fature, instead of sending from one store to other for copies of prescriptions, to have the renewal of medicines prepared at the storo from which they were originally dispensed.” With this mild rebuke of the coroner’s jury the matter rests, and the accused having been immediately discha Coroner Lynch, can safely congratulate each other on the leniency of the body to whom their case was entrusted, Receprion By 4 Pastor.—Rev. J. G. Bartholomew, the pastor of the Church of the Redeemer (Fourth Univer- alist), Greene avenue, gave a reception to members of his congregation last evening at his new and pleasant residence, No. 288 Cleremont avenue, The reverend gentleman assumed charge of this society a little over two years ago, since which time it hag largely increased and coustan efforts of Mr. Bartholomew. The — it La edb residence wero thronged last veni gentlemen, tloed many of Brooklyn’s eminent ci Famers Sea ppg lag = fll And hd lor of io social conversation and excollont singing bg the members Pore okie Fannie Dates oprane ules Jones. (con- tralto), Mr. J, W. Carr rend Mr 7 elaynes (basso). Ata later hour Mr. became the recipient of a substantial token of the esteem in which he was his congregation, in the shape of a package of “ ” have been more present not been bd pe but as it was the parlors were cro and present were rewarded with having spent a delightful evening. The occasion will be remem- bered with feelings of pleasure, Heavy Swipuxc.—A man, whose name is withbeld that the ends of justice may “not be defeated, well! known among the fraternity of butchers in New York and Brooktyn, about ten days ago disappeared from his of business in Will and has not, from od time to mig By seen or heard from, At first it was it that some accident bad him, but a day or two ego it was agoortained whose checks, in the regular transaction of had been exchanged for the missing man's to the extent of about $40,000, had become losers to that amount by reason of there not being money enough to the runaway’s account in the bank on which they were drawn to meet the de- mands of his dupes. mong others of bis victims is Mr. Isaac Meyer, a wholesale butcher of Williamsburg, who loses $9,000 by the affair, Society FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO AxIMALS. — The newly organized branch of this society have opened an office at No. 103 Fulton street, where complaints of citizens against brutality to dumb animals will enter- tained and investig: The officers are:—Prosident, J, Careen Brevoort; Vice Presidents, H. C. Murphey, G. C, Reynolds, C. P. Smith, J. Greenwood and George Hall; Recording Secretary, Dr. A. F. Mudie; Corres- ponding Secretary, Edward Cary; Treasurer, E, S. Mills, THE COMMON COUNCIL. The Question of chefl.egal Vote on Ordinances and Resolutions—Opinion of the Corpora- tien Counsel—A Three-fourths Vote Required for their Adoption—The Question with the Aqueduct Beard, &c. For a number of years past \t has been the custom of the Common Council to pass ordinances authorizing work to be performed in the various city departments by Jess than a three-fourths vote of all the members elected to both branches of the Common Council; but, as will be seen by the following opinion of the Counsel, all such ordinances require a regular three- Yours, trul RICHARD O'OORMAN, to the G ton, Law Derantuest, Orvicn Counset to tam ConPoration, May 20, 867. To Tas Hoxorasie THe Croton Boarp:— Gxwrteuex—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Communication of the 15th inst., as fol- lows :—Hereafter it shall mot be lawful for the Common Council of the city of New Yors, or for either Board thereof, to appropriate, expend or authorize the expendi- tare of any moneys belonging to the corporation of said “an ordinance or resolution authoriaing construction of | sirest improvements, and involving an expenditure for which the city treasary i# subsequently reimbarsed by the collection of assess ments, invalid unless adopted by « three-fourths vote of all the members elected to each Board?’ In answer to these inquiries I be he to say—First, when street im- ements are ui ken, the entire expense of which to be raised by assessment uj the owners of the roperty benefited, the money to be expended therefor Teh taay be argued, the money of the ly owners, oy the or belonging to ah Serene oe no obligation ing on the corporation is created by tho soa ere “ES oper or ut ee a ae is made " under executive ment, pursuant thereto, and that therefore in ‘oooh bas enprere vent it may be argued that no expenditure of the money of the corporation is authorized or obligation incurred by the resolution {nstructing the improvement, and conse. uently euch resolution is not within the statute cited. but as is frequently the fact, the ordinance of resolution pro Lua '& portion of the expense of the proposed improvement shall be paid by the cor; ration, such ordinance i without donbt within the matate, and unless passed by a vote of three-fourths of the members elected to cach Board fs certainly invalid. Tecan see v0 evil to accrue from your requiring a three. fourths vote in both of these cases, and until the courts have by sume authoritative decision wet at rost the quea- tion Tconaider doubtful, 1 tirink myself justified im advising yon that you should require the Clerk of the Common to ify wo you such resolution or ordin: bey All cases by the requisite three. fourths vote ch Board, Toa rs, very traly, ni RICHA yOGORMAN, Council to the Corporation, SOUTH AMERICA. Goube now exiots 25 to Costas ceyemee, theme falln. No fest of the army u: to Apipe, Hannibal would faint at the prospect of beg acampaign. The crossing of the Alps is child's play to this new move, ‘The tollowing despateb is from an Englishman at the allied headquarters ;—~ Tovery, March 23, 1867, Ten days ago there arrived @ “chasque”’ from ‘General Osorio, snncancing ite arrival on the banks of tho Uruguay, a little above Pragoayane, With @ force of throo thousand infantry and about five thousand cavalry, Another “chasque” came the day before yesterday, an- nouncing the actual passage of the river and the eniry of the army into Misiones, A force of seven hundred and fifty Brazilians was immediately sent on board « transport at Itapera, and sailed yesterday to co- operate with him, accompanied by a fleet of large can to assist in roaeing the Parana, Tho Brazilians have been busy constructing these canoes for Several months past, and have at least fifty of tuem, capable of carrying about forty men each, great expectations that this mover lead to active operations here within a few weeks; and, as Lopez will then be attacked both in front and rear, it is ditficult to see how he will be able to bold his ground. ‘Tho beginning of the end seems to be close at hand, Lhear that the Brazilians are constructing a fort at Curuzu, in which to garrison two thousand men, so that they may take the rest of their forces away. An officer from the American gual Shamokin Passed to the Paraguayan lines the other day, with.des- patches for Mr, Washburn, and the Argentine oficer who accompanied him within tho enemy’s lines toldane that every Paraguayan soldier he saw (and there were about one hundred of them) was stark naked. Whether this arose from want of clothing, or that it was washing day, of course he could not tell, The Shamokin js. still unfortunate, having the other day run down one of Mr. Lanuz’s chatas, with upwards of one hundred head of cattle on board, ' Business of all kinds is perfectiy stagnant and many of the small mer- chants are leaving for Buenos Ayres., t ‘The news from Paunero is important, He was march- ing from Rio Quarto toward St, Luiz with about three thousand to three thousand five hundred troops, mostly The steamship Merrimac, Captain Slocum, arrived at this port yesterday, She left Rio Janeiro April 26, and touched at Bahia on the 29th, Pernambuco, May 1; Para, May 8, and St, Thomas, May 15, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. The Baron do Herval the Upper Parana— Defeat of the Argentine Rebels—Lent id the Price ef Fish—Mortality—T! oils—Man Li video, &c. Rio Janeiro, April 25, 1867. The usual apathy in reference to the Paraguayan war continues, Not asolitary spark of enthusiasm can bo stricken out of the Brazilians in reference thereto. True {t ig men of means now and then freo certain of their able bodied men slaves and hand them over to the government as “food for powder.” “Verily, they have their reward,” for are they not made commendadores, chevatiors, counts, &¢.? But where are the bone and sinew and muscle of the young men of the country? Anywhere save at the seat of war, Let me not be mis- taken ; the people of Brazil area brave and a patriotic people, They have proven themselves such in many a stricken field, and when the present war broke out there was no lack of volunteers to maintain the honor of the green and yellow flag, All'that is now changed. The war has been so badly managed, and corruption been so rampant in high places, that the people have become sick and tired of what they now deem a fruitless’ strug- gle, merely contenting themselves to be fleeced presently or prospectively, in order to satisfy the hungry maw of the war demon, But what need to tell the people of . those brought from the army in Paraguay, the United States of the wholesale thefts of contractors | Sn" some Shaid “pieces” and havity hin een and the bloodsucking of the ignoble army of other | divided ‘into two columns. That under Colonel leeches that are continually phlebotomizing the | Arredondo, consisting of one thonsand six ay politic, when they have so recently had | Bumdred men and two field piccos, was about ten miles from the other, at San Ignacio, on the lst of April, when the revolutionary forces, consisting, as re- ported, of five battalions of infantry, about as many cavalry, five bundred Indians and eight four-pounders, in all three thousand to three thousand five hundred men, offered battle, A fierce engagement ensued, which, after two hours of obstinate struggle, resulted m the complete defeat of the revolutionists, who iost all their cannon and munitions and some hundred prisoners. Juan Saa, called Lansa Seca, is said to have commanded tho revolutionists, Cholera is raging at Rosario, San Nicoldo and Buenos Ayres, and bas appeared in the Banda Oriental, in the city of Montevideo and some parts of the conntry. Con- sternation is general, and all that can are fleeing to the In Buenos Ayres the deaths exceed fifty a day such eminent examples nearer home? It is re- lated of Alexander the First, of Russia, that when he visited London, after the occupation of Paris, he saw a number of men with red and blue bags entering Westminster Hall. On inquiring who they were and being told they were lawyers, bis Majesty said, ““Humph! lawyers; why, I have only four in my dominions, and [ intend to hang two of them as soon as I return.” Now, lawyers are necessary in all civilized countries. I do not call them necessary evils, when they are honest, and in the course of a pretty long experience I have made the acquaintance of as honest men among the legal frater- nity a8 among my own, and that is saying a great d for it isan admitted axiom that there is roguery in all trades except ours, The point of the matter is, that it is ‘& pity that Dom Pedro If, cannot do with certain of his contractors, commissaries and such like cattle as his elder brother, Alexander, threatened to do with his law- yers—certainly a more respectable body of men than those who grow rich on the miseries of their country- men—ay, and countrywomen, too. So miuch for moral- izing; now for facts, or rather want of facts. Intelligence from the seat of war is becoming ‘‘small degrees and beautifully less,” and if we do not have some stirring information therefrom in @ short time, the future news about the fighting may be embodied in the Yankee notion of “whittled down to the small end of nothing.” —— the occasional continued shelling of The correspondence between the United States Minis- ters atthe River Plate and the Argentine government has been published. From it is seen that the United States proposal was that the belligerents shouid send Plenipotentiaries to Washington to a conference presided over by @ person inted by the United States Presi- dent, an armistice to take place meantime. This offer of mediation was declined by the Argentine government on the 30th of March, as the purpose of the allies was the expulsion of Lopez, the only possible guarantee of peace. ‘he Diario Oficial of the 11th inst., in roply toan article of the Diario do Rio assertmg that a bill respect- {ng the emancipation of slaves was organized by govern- ment to lay beforp the coming Aseembly, denies that this is the case, although the government has the sub- ject of emancipation under consideration. ‘On the 34 of May the Imperial assembly 9 to open ita sessions. THE NATIONAL GUARD. : Soldiers’ Presentation. On the evening of the 17th instant Company I, Thir- teenth regiment infantry, National Guard, of Brooklyn, presented their late commandant, Frederick A. Mason, now Cpenye to the position of Major, with an elegant set of horse equipments. do Herval, with the o Brazilian Cre under bis command, was Ls rae be soon ready to co-operate @ Marquis do Caxias. If 80, ye cremations spread tothe alied camp. withthe. prospect, of ie 6 camp, wi 1 assuming & most malignant form, and, Lieto sa ity the army. The idea is a most From the interior of the Independent Cavairy Organization, The ex-members of the First and Third regiments of cavalry, National Guard, are about to form a company or battalion of mounted men, to be armed and equipped tm a superior and elegant manner. They expect to ride the on and best panes See in the b4 _ ill occasional! aga volun aard, wit First ‘ivision.” "averal ex-officers the German “ — ve. ry pobre? Lab ete eaeeen: infantry regiments have also expressed a desire to jow. ity of ae gereramant eoepes Das been of great moral effect, and it is bal IM be soon followed by the Third Regiment Infantry—Zouaves. ee the revolution. Previous to the departure. of this regiment to take uateceaetes ence penser yond simply an offer of ‘g00d offices on the part of the to be erected on the island of part in the Second brigade drill at East New York on” Monday next, 27th Inst, it ie to be presented with s stand of cofors, The regiment will form in line in Union square, right on Broadway, at half-past eight o'clock A. M. Mayor Hoffman is to present the colors to them ai ten o'clock precisely, in front of the City Hall, after which they cross the ferry and proceed direct to East New York. video or Buenos boos ‘The holy days the outgoing Lent and of Easter peat ‘as quietly as befitted the sacred season. On Friday every bell was mute in the city, and even the striking of the public clocks was stopped. There no however, in respect to carriages in the streets as in some other ion Ninth Regiment—In: '. This regiment will assemble for parade at the armory in full uniform (white gloves), Monday, May 27, to cele- brate the sixth anniversary of its departuro for Wasbing- ton, to take part in defending the nation’s honor during lengthy procession of poyrin 3 waa of of the cl an each bearing a waxen taper, and being clad ‘white Tobe, ‘There were sovera’ Fohicies It the mer, His Mother procession, pearing tasegen of the Redee: other sacred tho Inte rebellion. Roll call of companies, two o'clock tio case, witt Poatias Plate Fudan tocar, and her PM.” Nov-comraissioned taf, band and feld mosio obnoxious On this recurrence of the holy | will report to the adjutant same time and — Field days, I did not visit the palace nor renew myacquain- | and staf(mounted) will report to the colonel SS » tance witb the Im} and the big fiddle. Is it | two o'clock. Line will be formed im Twenty-sixth not all written in the Book of the Chronicles of the New | street, right resting on Broadway. York Heraxp, of 1866, After frencem of dress parade the regiment will There is one feature of Lent, and especially of Holy | proceed to the City Hall, where a stand of colors will be presented by the city authorities, and the command re- — by bis Honor the Mayor and the Common Counet The anniversary reception will be held in the from eight to ten o'clock. Members in the sac ot the Ninth will be admitted with ladies. A limited oum- ber of tickets will be issued for the admission of Week, however, on which I may make a few remarks. That is the rise in the price of fish. I know asimiiar phenomenon ts observable in New York at the same sea- fore, so it continued till , when it fell to ite former price, I have beon informed that Brooklyn Military. during seasons of abstinence the su} of monas- Brigadier General J, ©. Smith, commanding the Eleventh brigade, National Guard, bas issued orders.to the various regiments under his command directing them to assemble, in ful! uniform, armed and equipped, for drill, at the new parade ground, corner of Franklin — and the Coney Island plank road, Flatbusb, on 4th of June, The Thirteenth regiment, under command of General Jourdan, will E¢ to-day, for the Fd ge of holdiag Id day achieve too large a catoh, so that the market being com- paratively bare of piscatory dainties, the reverend will be compelled to pay any price for the article ip demand—a prico that the laity, who do not consider themseives under such strict obligations as the clergy, would see the fish dealer banged before they would pay. aa of as oie sored ee being ven fora per (spel and pronoun garoper Y their annual , at tho Capitol ae Mo ea psouper ieabout the thost commen’ | Now York. The line wilt form at nine o'clock, at the fish of the West Indian shores. When it ts in season, in | armory ever, while superior mi is despi e wealthy, the inferior per 1s regarded asa lordly tastes, ‘differ ty. They will be reviewed by the Mayor and Common pcRetchagen Orne ete! Council, ad wil bold = dress parade at Washington ‘The returns for the seven yoars from 1859 to 1865 | Park at six o'clock, a Twoenty-second Regiment. 1860. A novelty in the form of a floral concert, in which o 1861, round thousand of bouquete and nosegays were dis- ‘wibuted and a color presentation in combination oo —being an average curred at the armory of the Twenty-second infantry, aan National Guard, in Fourteenth street, Inst evening. Not po Fly ran lees than from eight hundred to one thousand guests and A; wore present, the assemblage at a coup d’ail im- henlthiess eities of she buing the spectator wi vague Impression condition ore ‘medley civilian and. miliary, ia” whlch sewerage and disinfecting works now in noddi plumes, ‘and epauieties She, westhes hed beon scattered with singular profusion over @ que eee, sanees basis of dress suite and white necktien Taste- tama, As I wri floral decorations hed not been neglected, as long pH 9 festoons of May's ephemeras looped from pillar to pillar “a attested, and to theso were sdded banners and faethe the traditional portraits of Washington and of ry the Columbia by way of, Spangling tbe Sec, ati Brigadier General wee eee we ot tne alla " ‘and ra oe eee ey nentye ‘Master—Nicoll Ludlow, The musicerent band, and copsiated of "The ; ; R 5 eats “«) A. HL Letcher J. M, Wilson, Pra Beige a A. Bicknell, H.R “Katy Did," Libera, Ohua Ohwe |. Re William W. , of the Bohemian Die Wilson, Phelan, Emory. Zampa, Musen, selections from Geri, HE Captain's ClorkenH, B. Whiteborne, oe Peters, WAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Arrival of the Supply Mtoamer Massacha- setts, &e. United States supply steamer Massachusetts arrived at the Battery yesterday from the Gulf Squadron, via Key West on the 15th Jost, Quarantine has been established both at Pensacola and Key West, The health of both places 18 excellont, ‘West on the The Lh josie ‘he United in the Chi jour ni tates squadron in ina eeas, Sor there r United States steamer Winooski left 14th inst, for a cruise around the isiand of Caba NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS, Chocura was st Anchor in the oy ‘Dut was expected The Allied Diversion Against Loper—What Its The Massachusetts North a large number of off Prospects of Succens Amount to, &c. cers ordered to examination, Wo give a of thone al~ ‘From the Standard, April 4. tached to the ships der, R, Y, Holley; Acting There is tolhing talked of about cay in cither of the | Master and Pi Ensign 7. encam| ‘An uttack on the lines is now it appears | ecutive Officer, Acting ye oUt of the question, as it would cost Cas ' O'Hara, Robert Munster and William Robinson; Pay- men, Paraguay is hot short of food, and a almost daily is kept up between Cotmbra and Bolivia, The passage of the river et Itapue it seems now ie no very easy matter; the river is wide and shallow—steamn- oats cannot get np—the Paraguayan’ have two battalions of foot and several regiments of cavalry there; they have also several artillery regiments and heavy pieces mount- ed, The page at Itapuag is, therefore, fraught with such danger that It js thougnt it will not be aitempted; and another pass at a place called Apipe is deemed prefer. ‘Abie, aa there 1 an tsiand In the river, which the Bragil- Engineer, Thomas Dobbs; Assistant & J. Hayden, & TL. Mageo, B. James, C.F, and & J. Swords; Mates, ©. H. Thorne and A muamter's Clerk, Lewis McKay; Cap" Peake, The Massachusetts brings the fopewing “a Gers:-—Captain Alexander Gibson), C S ieee Johns Wailace; Lieutenant wiltam :. vated Res M,C. ; Acting Volunteor Liewtenam, v 4 iy Leonard and Felix Mccuriay; Master, Win. Acting Ensigne, A. 0. Leary, B. T. Strom jans intend to seize and thas domineer the banks. Wo mf fare surprised that Caxias does not try Guayara, which and ©, H. Becksbart; Acting “cond Assit 4 the easiest of all; the Indians, we hop across on | J, L, Hannum; Acte bird Assistant , N the rocks, The waterfall there eclipses ra, and the | Bond; Mates, 0. F. Remmonds, ©. H. tt roar of the waters 1 80 great that nothing can be heard | Butta, J. G. Cunningham and J W, Briges, ing for eoques and leagues around save that awful cataract, | Third Assistant Bogineer® vim