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8 . ‘NEW YORK “HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY" 24). 1867 TRIPUE SHEET. am that the prosecution was instytuted from malicious considerations, apd the jury, under the instructions of court, ecquiited the defendants. COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS. The Rights of Passeugers im the City Cars. Before Justice Dowling, Albert Niver, a conductor on the Third Avenue ‘Rail- Toad, was arraigned in this court yesterday morning, charged with an assault on the person of Robert L, Con- nolly, & boy about six years of age, living at 166 Eleridge street, who testified that on Saturday last be entered a car on the above road, paid the full fare, six cents, and took a seat; that afterwards s lady entered, avd tho conductor wished 4 give. u) Se which bo refused; whereupon the Bim from the ua ticked hii from the car, THE COURTS. WRITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. An Alleged Descrter Brought ap on Habeas Cerpun—A Question of identity-He ie Dis- ede votre Judge Blatchford ‘Phe United States vs, George Von —This was ap ap- lication for discharge from military oustedy, the appli- ant claiming that he was not the party represented on the descriptive list, and for whom he was arrested. Cox ‘Was arresiod as a deserter frow the second batialion of he Seventeenth United States infantry, and in his ap, Pearance answered very accurately the description of an ‘enlisted man of the came name. The Goorge Cox in rt had served with credit in the Sixth Connecticut = 4 Jelsuivers during the war, and was captured at the fir ¢ | agiaenge Dow nA seoieaie, that he wad suack oo Fort Fisher, Testimony showed thatsince bis | cme before bit aye o hat the discharge 1ro1 the Yolunteer service he bad steadily | Semer sex also tee Te ae i ghia, my Bs pursved bis business ia oil dife, and that he never was queat occ then! the p Shall ne | a day abvent from bis Lowe until axeesiod on she eharge |. hoipinnetaaal sdition ie: rt anny odeeann] @ boing a deserter, Mr, Gardiner, of the Ninth United States infantry, rep. resented General Butterdeld ia tue a and opposed ‘thy motion for disouarye, but op the testimony submit. ted, readily acquiesced im (he order ef ibe Court, that Gox be dissharged. The Court intimated to sg, Gardi+ ‘ger thai should there be evidence forthcoming at any future sime tat the applicant in tho .case wag really the By, represented on. s@ descriptive lise be might wearrenied, Cox was (hen discharged, Jantly tendered seats by tired workingmen, and never -) in return the least acknowledsment or thanks, he fair sex inigbt censure him for his remarks, but all to coincide with their justice, To mark the sense of (he injustice pract.eed to the boy in the present instaaco, ho sentenced the accused to pay $50 and be im- prisoned for one month in the Penitentiary, COURT CALENGAR—THIS DAY. Supreme Courn—Cracurr.—Part 1, Oyer and Termiuer, Part 2, short causes, —Nos, 2184, 8184, 8280, 8904, 1026, 2008, 2d44, 3126, 3448, 8702, 2094, 9604. S754, 2774, 3374, 8582. 2673, 8782, 3616, 3110, 8468, 564, 3768, S214, 8730, 9080, 2748, 1160, 2208, 9268, 1148, 1662. 1 Saree 219, 183, to, 1007 200 1a ded a, 29, 210, 190, 2: » ¥ , 146, 225, 220, 237, ey es Suraesm Oouvut—Onsmnens—Noe, 69, 75, 90, 97, 99, 99, 100, 103, 104, Cail commences at No, 107. Surswor Covur—Tart Tkams,—Part 1.—Nos, 3377, 8227, 2615, 3199, 3145, 8169, 2325, 3111, 3095, 2920, 8167, 8217, 2111,’ 1665, 200. Part 2. —Nog. 2656, 8303, 2762, 8222, 2904, 318%, Sild, S214, 1428, 8036, 8084, 8239, 2122, 8242, 3426, ComMon PuRas—Tatat. Teas. —Short causes, —Nos, 1173, 1209, 1216, 1220, 1287, 1253, 1365, 1437, 1475, 1357, 1205, 1289. Part 2, shore causos,—Nos. 745, 1406, 1376, 1486, 1401, 1402, 958, 1198, 1482, 1361, 968, 1215, Crry Couri—Baovxtyy.—Nos. 17 and 78, BROOKLYN COURTS. SUPERIOR COURT: Alleged Lofringement u Newspaper Titie— Anjunction Dissolved. Before Judge McCunn. Phileius Stephens vs. Jove Ferrer de Cowto.—This was an application on the part of defendant to disuolve an ‘Mmjunction granted by Justice McCunn, restraining the defendant from publishing tae Spanish newspapor known ‘tm this city as Et Cronista, and tormerty ax La Cronica, ‘Wh seems thas a Mr, De Pong was the former proprietor of La Cr mica, but. died im April, 1865, aud that the de- fendant had’ from that time become assiciated in the publication, of that paper. ‘That on the 16th @f May, altimo, the public administrator sold out Za Cronica, and that the plaintiff purchased the same immmediately upon tho purchase the Plaintiff, alleging that Ht Cronisig was a couplerieit title, obtarmed this injunction, Counsel for defendant ‘msieied that the papers of plaintiff were defective in Mot stating that the plaintiff! was now publishing La Gronica, and that no.iajuncton could issue to. prevent en imaginary wrong. ‘That the aliegations of the com- 9 beiog whohy denied, the plawif will be left to remedy at law; thas La Cronica aud El Cronisa being words inthe Spanish language, any person waa at. lib- erty to uee the lauer, That there can be no seach appro- Priwuion of names in a language as would prevent a party from yging others which could not deceive the pubikc. That the only party that could be injured in the mephearign of a paper called La Oronica would be the fendant, and that woere the case is doubtful an Jayuuction will uot be coptinued, por unless the defence te manifestly frivolous, The counsel mado an exhaustive argument in favor of defeudant, and counse! psesentod points and arguments in favor of piatatif, but the Court decided to dissolve the snjunctloa and to permit the pub- Measion of she paper. COURT GF OVER AND TERMINER, The Necond Avenue Arson Case-The Trial of Job Kane, Charged with Murder. Before Judge Miller. BOND DAY’S PROCKELINGR, ‘The court met shorily after ten o'clock. As on the ‘the preceding day, a considerable crowd was 1 atiend- nce, who evinced a deep interest in the proceedings, ‘The eovera! Jurors having annwered to their names the ‘ease of John Kane was continued, ‘The case having been eo recently tried before, and she the evidence published im full, a portion of the testi» only ie given :-— amination of George Sheehan resumed—I fiyet told the Fire Maorsha) sbout four months =< Kane having gone into the cellar; I ‘Bot tell tho wold QatTED STATES CIRCUIT COURT~-EASTERN DISTRICT. Another Distillery Condemned. Before Judge Benedict and a Jury. United States vs. Fifteen Mash Tube and other Property. — ‘The trial of this case, which was reported in the Hxnato of Thursday, was again proceeded with yesterday at noon. Atl the testimony for the government having been submitted and the case opened for the defence, the examination of witnesses on behalf of the claimant, Martin Shea, began. Thomas Thomas, assistant assessor, ‘was called and testified that he was present at Shea’s Aistillery, corner of Richard and Qommerce streets, on the 23d of March, when five hogsheads of molasses deiivered there; on the 25th three hogsheads were also delivered there, and om the 29th Ved day the seizure was made) three more camo; out of this molasses tho mach which was found at the time of seizuro was get. It appears that there was no entry made upon the books of the fact that this mach had been set; but counsel for claimant held that there was no intention of fraud in not making au entry. Mr. Shea was absent in Montreal at the time, and aa the assistant assessor was present at the distillery when the mash was set it was fair to assume that there was no fraud intended, although no entry was made on the book as the law requires, At the close of the testimony United States District Attorney Tracy asked that the Court charge the jury to return @ verdict in favor of the government. It was clear that the distiller had not complied with the law. The book did not contain entries from the 21st of February, excepting an a= of the drawing of one hundred and fifty gallons of spirits. Mr. Hollis, counsel for claimant, remarked that fur- ther than that it must be proved that in failing to make these entries Mr, Shea had done eo wilfully and ms- uM , with intent to defraud. however, beid in effect that there gy Pod ir. Shea Honor ‘The Oourt, tries of the setting of the mash it Veen t s fad refused and to make ‘them, tel! bim when I first saw bim, "bus epeond time; 1 teld him thon the same as 1 have Jury; hetook it down in writing, and I think ‘he read it over to mo; be offered mo nv inducement Se bo mducement was offered me SE ee oe ine i it, Molton, ‘then bd oar for ‘telling ft wad ecatne Kane | copied to thie ruling, re icc ey iA @ | verdict condemmng distillery, Ped prosnined to got me ant and did not doso; #0 when é was Indic up my mind to tell the trath; I eolation to Bakar T wld ar, Hall, the Attorney General a i eeitare ‘ a j ry General, and a ‘Wilson; it was: two ‘or three days alter thie wenre. | Revert ef the Prospect Park Commis- moved to the of Detenjiou; I dia not epsculaie stoners. 90 t0 the mauve of that removal; @ had broken hig Betore Judge Gilbert. ee SS We 5 Ould Bas be IsAieled, ann The report of the Commissioners appointed to enti- was; 1 think st le not as bad to tell e falsehood fan oe to injore him; my telat in the Bible tothe. | mate the value of the additional land to be taken for g00d may come; 1 know a Mr. Hurfey, he ot | Prospect Park was prosented yesterday in the Supreme or 0 Ale eetabilaneuant;/when Kane weat into the c@- Court for confirmation, when conalderable ‘argument Jar he bad no means of making a hgbt when he got ‘down there, that I could soe. (Place where the gaslight | ¢nsued on the part of counsel for partios opposing the ‘te tho ballway was res out on plan of house to ine | confirmation of the report. Mr. John M. Taylor ap. was from five to ten minutes from the e left cellar to go up stairs until I found ‘the smoke in the bal! so thick that 1 gould not get up, sbe Jasttime Kane expressed a wish to get the barber's place and bis willingness to pay $300 to get bim eat was two or tirce weeks before tho fire; the rent derived trom the portion of the house let out was ts ul! pay; the total rer the Dillard table, was from LE pe Bs ef peared an counsel for the Commissioners (and moved its confirmation), accompanied by Mr. Alexander McCue. Atong counsel who appeared in opposition to the con- firmation of the report were the pty yn D- tlomen :—Mesers. P, H. Crooke, Henry C. Murphy, Mer- riam, Johnson and oth who argued on behalf of varloos parties to be affected by the enlargement of the The tenor of the arguments mn was that the property pro- posed to be taken by the Commisstoners had been under- valued. Qounse! also produced affidavits from various parties (or tho purpose of showing this fact There wero likewise objections offered as to the regularity of the proceedings of the Commissioners. Decision reserved. Action Against an Attorney—A Curious Casc— Alleged Excessive Charges for Profossionai Services. Arthur Benson, Assignee, v3. Edward H, Hawhe,~This action is bronght by the plaintiff, as assignee of Beatty Brothers & Co., to recover all property on the assigned entate, consisting of money, shares of stock, &o, and for the dolivery of books an@ papers relating to the " ° Feut of the store would have been; I heard him offered 11,200 for t; I was agthorzed to sell the whole place for 1,000: he paid $19,000 for it; he had made iimprove- ments on the any after he bought it; putting in the }850; the Oxt tres cost about 71,2 he was insured for avout $20,000; (policies put in to ¢ i through’ different ineur- amougte, on house, rents, ‘Mrtares aud stock, all the inserance, except on the reat e@atate, being obtained In September, that on the real ‘estate in April) ; we took stock once ie the summer; I don’t Femember what the result was; lsaw Kane's nt. Catherine Duchesne was next called and testified as @m the previous trial The following was produced on ‘the cross examination: —I have seen Mra. Sheeehan «George ~heehan’s mother), 1 did not promise ber en Yeward to appear as ® witness in Se 3: Mrs, Grif- : i : : i a8 a | both assignors and assignee, to pay over all moneys col- Jected and delivered on the property, upon the plaintify fornishing security for any amount due him (defendant) which might be established on the trial. On the part piaintift, it was alleged that for the want of these words and memoranda the duties george pe ey not be discharged. On the part ‘the defence, it med that Hawke had the lien of an attorney | es to appear here again: oi not volunteer tI after I found had been in- Dr, Mickaet James Wi officer Killeen, of the Errore prec Ceavasmioar Wh a, of the war Spee eereingnone, Se penn. til of the amount, doe, him for professional on the papers and plaintiff, Messre Winslow and Van Cott; for de fondant, Mr. Grenville T. Jenks, Cry count, Ameciation, and « special committee to procure the erection of the Wigwam, « large frame structure in Court street, Schermerhora. On the of the 2d of Novomber, while the interior of the hundree of the local bard. pa bgt ay ty 3 i Po A a I ie edss, whe the une the ‘eclent eccarved wea ine iS | ities Si tas aaa Saget Set ee 2 vesident ot Gendect: om constraction of the building, there and ‘a watch, Tecover | ! ! : i i ' i : : ! d i z ! i : I : Hj : : ! AH i i Fishes , : 4 ih es i ig i | Hs HH HH j i they to get out of wartent eo Sane seuie not There also have been Sie ees |e eee Sera Wecbmiet san war pare on gg ty iy ‘fer bie wel Martin conentas ek str ited tae pron a te a8 big ag one’s Saat in eppeeses upon wn examination of iDe complain. | sad tale whenam tah ose ch to" peoee te had fallen on him. Witness vinited bim for three or four weeks, He appeared, in Ties, 10 bave lost contidence im himself. Several Ober witnesses (builders) were also examined ibprovements which might have been made inthe construction of the buiiding. tiff, ex-Judge Culy. for defendant, Mr. D. P. Barnard. The Alleged Breach of Agreement. — Ge rge A. Reed vs. Charles L. Colby, ct at—The jury in this case, which was reported yesterday, after remain~ img oUt about four hours, returned to court snd an- Rounced that they were unable to 5 inti’ sued 40 recover the sum of $2,940, WIC ed was due to him as commission fees COURT OF SESSIONS. Robbery of Whiskey. Bofore Judge Dikeman and Justice Hoyt and Voorheer. A junkman named Michael Devine, aged abou! (ifty yours, was placed on trial yesterday, under an indict- thent charging tim witn graud lareeny. It appeared b that on the night of the 2lst of March last six barrels of whiskey wore stolen from the establishment of Neil McGoldrick, om Flushing avenue, and were subsequently found in tho cellar of the prisoner's house in Raymond siteet, Officer Smith testified to kaving visited tho pri- soner’s house a tor the robbery for the ostensibie purpose of searching for, some. brass which he represented as baying been stolen from New York, On arriving at the cellar, the door of which was locked, Devine objected to his entering, bus the officer did enter and there found the stolen property. On the part of the defence it was Claimed that the prisoner was ignorant as to how the hquor got in the cellar, and that be had no complicity whatever ip she theft, James Brophy, who resides in jed that early on the morning he saw two men rolling barrels into Devine’s place; bat: neither of them was the prisoner. He (witness) stood about fifteen feet from the mop, but did not. know that the barrels had been “stolen, To his knowledge the prisoner had aiways borne Catharme Devine, *, testified that her son went to bed about eleven o'clock on the night of the robbery (2lst), and Gid not got up until six o'clock the next morning. Wits ness was in bed in an adjol awaken her sori the vext wo! nesses wero cal ed, and tesiiled that Devine’s general character was good and that they never heard anything derogatory against it. Tho jury, however, rewurned @ verdict copviciing the prig ner, who waa thereupon sen- tenced to the State Prison for to years, SURROGATE’S COURT. light «No, 146 Liberty street, ce @ good characier, ing room, She did not A numbur of wite Before Surrogate William D, Veoder. An application was made yesterday morniog by Mra, Charlotte A Wynns, through counsel, to open and op- pose the accounts of the Rev. Francis Vinton, D. D., a8 trustes, in the matier of the estate of Thomas Wynna It ts alleged by Mra. Wynna that the reverend gentie- man charged more as his commissions by $6,000 than he should bave done, and she therefore opposes his ac- counts, Tho argument in the case will be heard vn Tuesday next, to which time it was adjourned from NEW JERSEY INTELLIGENCE. Ine Bovy or & Drowsrp Man Recoveaep.—It was stated a short time amce inthe Heraxp that a passenger on the ferryboat New Branswick jumped overboard in a most unaccountable manner and disappeared. was found yesterday tloating in tho water at the Central Railroad dock, and turns out to be that of John Doyle, from Brooklyn to J inquest will be held this evening by Coroner Free Company Presenration,—On Wednesday night the members of Hose Company No, 4 presented a trom- pot, cap and belt to their late foreman, Mr. John Hughes, who has been elected to the position of Assistant En- gineer of the Fire Department of the city. The presenta- tion was witnessed by neai use, Hedeon City. New Basz Bass, Grouxp,—There is a move on foot to rly two bundred pcrsons, at in Bright street, Warten Surrty.—The Newark Aqueduct Board, having resolved to supply the city with water from the Passaic river, instead of from Branch Brook, as formerly, have entered into a contract for the work tobe done on the bank of the river above Belleville, Excavations are to ‘be made for two filterit fifty by three hu Delow the river. basin will be surrounded by a heavy stone wall. Tne reservoirs will be connected with the river by a conduit in diameter and three bundred feet Jong, end two iron pipes. The cost of this work, to- gether with a hart extending along the river bank, will of brick, five feet Faraty Insurmp,—On Tuesday last, asa lad named Dougherty, and companion, were engaged in playing bal! in Lock street, the former was accidentally hit upon the head with a heavy bat held in the hands of the jzred boy was removed to his 120 Lock strect, where he died from the eects of his wounds on Wednesday night. Acowest 1 A Saw Mitt.—About. six o'clock last ovening Mr. Lucius D. Gould, proprietor of a factory in Market street, bad his thumb and one fager sawed of while at work on # clroular saw. Accipsst on Fas New Jersey Raitroap,.—Yosterday morning, as the eleven o’clock train for New York, on the New Jorsey Railroad, waa passing the Commerce street crossing, @ lad named John Wharton attempted to jump upon one of the cars, He lost bis hold upon the iron railing and fell, his left foot lying Before he could extricate himself the wheels of the car passed over hia ankle, crushing it in a dreadfal manner, and !t js thonght that amputation at the kneo will be The lad was removed to his residence, across the track. Pouce Derartwent.—The Elizabeth have been removed to 251 Elizabeth avenue, which will hereafter be the central point of the ment for the city. The force now consists of a chief, te "be kage Sousinatly st police headquarters of cbief and sixteon especial i Hi f d 1 i i i i i : ty i i lf rivlated & 3 iit 4 E & &, : i i Hy i Py 2 J i ¢ all E a j 3 & sia! North river, ‘has been Wentified as Bereard Elam alias Fiyon, He left his home-on the 2d instant with Thomas Loate, oad they drapk rather freely, sfles sppcb (late at night) they separated, was no more alive, as@ single man, twenty-one years of age, Wen alryrmotanrese Ioquena Ror eid on bo “mint street. were eo ae YACHTING. The June Regatta. The regatta of the New York Yacht Club, whieh takes place on the 13th of June, caer pho) bald Tively affair, Zits couree be from Owl's Head to the esta ‘aid ne ‘entry list is now open at The Yacht Club. TO THE KDITOR OF THR HERALD. New Yore, May 28, 1867. In the article in rélation to the New York Yacht Chub, published in the Hetarp this morning, there are a few errors which seem to demand from me a correction. ‘There are three yackits’ belonging to the club which are omitted from your Hst, viz:— Schooner Alice, owned’ by “George W. Kidd, of New York, Her iganage ise 5 oa ‘ Setiooner George 0. Hovey, of Boston. Her ‘ton i aguase fee is 4,101.05 vonage 42.9, Stoop Alice, owned by Thos. @: ss anener Eocbagpaneat The Broozo, owned. by, ©, Kingsland, Je, te placed eo it, gang, she. schoaners, Dab. ane .has oen ailerod to a rr you make W. H. McVicker the owner of the Magic, Sho belongs to G. P. Loriiard. HAMILION MORTON, Secretary New York Yacht Club. Leuneh of a New Yacht. Quite a crowd of ladies and gentlemen assembled at the ship yard, foot of North Thirteenth street, Brooklyn, EB. D., at noon, yesterday, to witness the launch of the new yacht which has created so much talk for months past, an allu towhich was made in the Bursary 4 few weeks ago, There was largo attendance of nautical men and others interested directly and indirectly im our ‘acht fleet, At balf-past tweive o'clock, all things being in a eine, Captam W. J, Young, accom: by bie father, Mr. E. Young, the modeller and builder of the yacht, Benjamin Jounsoo, tne weil known stipwright, an¢. many others, including a oy 9 ot romping girh took their places on deck and gave the word “Go,” be the araceful yacht kissed the waters of thé East river amid ihe acclamations of hundreds, Miss Lottie Young exdaiming, ‘1 baptise thee, #1ying coud,” ‘Th Flying Scud is 27 tons burden, 14 feet beam, 436 th of hold, $6 fest keel, and length overall 61 The _— used - peta gery is of Lr bes quality, consisting nel wi oak, w! joc vop inbers and Gouthors pide celling fie plank: ing 18.of white oak, square fastened, with trenails and galvanized fastenings. She has hollow water lines and gives evidence of extraordinary speed. The gentic- men who have been so deeply intercated in her success in thls respect are free to say that sbe will ran away from anything of her dimensions under caavas, and they challenge yacht owners to follow ber on the trial trip, which will take place the first of next week. It is propneed to sail round the tightship and return, Cap- tain W. J. Young wiil himself take command on that occasion, STEAM ON THE ELEVENTH AVENUE, Ths Counci!manic Committee on Railroads held another meeting yesterday to hear parties in reference tothe subjex of steam cars on the Eleventh avenue. Coun- cilmm Marray occupied the chair, and opened the pro- ceedings by stating that the commitiee were ready to that the trains run on the they do p the country; his wife once and jimself, whea would be im, ‘35 per cent on the avenue was probibited ; bi it many 4 time from the trains lable horses being killed by ng or fifteen miles an hour some of the engineers are careful ani the m: lead pipes as water conductors has long been known to be prejudicial to health, as the water imbibes, after a time, the sugar of lead from contact with the pipe. In order to obviate this chemical change many attempts Dave been made unsuccessfaily for the last fifty ‘until very recently, The experiment employed a pipe, which weighs bat whicn this is ii! | teil (is 3 7H i E jh i i ve i Zt coated pipe of weighing 2 he 6 quarter : oi ? i & i] Seorcal ot teten for water, iiuseensed G jas manner, hen Tapered ‘sehee paoutag un egrestane WESTCHESTER INTELLIGENCE. Sumoat Scmoot Axxivrnaany,—Yesterday afternoon fhe children of most fof the Sunday schools of Mor- ricania, with their teachers and « large number of well- wishers, held their anniversary meeting io the First Congregational church of Morrisania, Addresses were il i WH i 7 te Storcsey indsred tho cocmsen ene of extreme ‘ple pare wh were present. 7 A Row m ras Farias Camr,—tt soome that “General” @ieseon, of Fonian fame, is not destined to sink Into oblivion because of non-belligerent prociivitien On ‘Wednesday evening be and hie futherinlaw, Bryan O'Connor, were arraigned before Justice A. B. Hauptman, ‘at the Police Court, Morrisania, on the complaint of a O’Rourke, residing im em with having comm! assault on him a few evenings previously, From the state ment of O'Rourke it appears that on Monday afiernoon in company with three other men, while proceeding along Grove hili—a street now in process of bei ration Gleegon and 0" ‘| contrac:—one of them stumbled over an iron and fell, This led to a general distu ‘Rourke: of by and beaten ‘@ pickaxe handie in the hands of subsequently taken to the di where remedies were ap) effectually stopped. The defendants the O’Rourke party were ‘with: ‘workmen, Tho hhas not yet been concluded. DEPARTURE OF ECCLESIASTICS FOR ROUE. OBITVvAaRY. ania whe sharrcnth of Parliament for Halifax. The deceased was the son of @ solicitor, who, by means of much talent and hard , O'Rourke was 4. P. drank, and were trial of the case and confusion always: at- jeparture of a vessel for Europe was somewhat diversified yesterday at the dock of the North German Lloyd’s Steamship Company, foot of Third street, Hoboken, whence the steamer New York sailed) where some hours before the time of de- tendant on “the ‘ME CROWD, i had commenced to assemble, and the most expressive: and excruciating. leaye-takings were indulged in by a | great many. Hore was the sturdy Mynheer, rotund and) . rublound, ed" in” good) stout clothing, strutting | about among several. plethorio boxes and trunks, lazily holding” two “feet of pipe stem and four inches of bowl-im-one- hand; with the other buried in his trowsers pocket, stopping occasion- ally; to “blow: sm 9 cloud” or) to lodk with |) eyes full of wonderment at the little groups of lees for- tunate ones obliged to take berths in the steerage, leav- |' ing America in despair of disgust, and promising to themselves all sorts of happiness on their return to faderland. There were friends searching for others about to depart, sailors, hack an@ express dfivors, ven- ders, agents, officers, sailors, stevodores and idlers, talk- ing and jabbering in all sorts of tones and in all degrees of loudness, rendering the scene @ miviature Babel. But aside from these—the ordinary elements of such a crowd—there stood a party of more than usual dignity of appeatance, and which seemed to attract the atten- tion of a large number of persons who were evi- dently not blood relations of any im. the party, and who appeared to be which their more fortunate death of Mr. Stansfeld will be a serious losg to ition party in England, as there were 10 possessed his firmness and ability. Cemmander Henry French, United States A telegram from Boston of yesterday’sdate announced the death of Commander Henry French, of the United States Navy, at his residence’ in East Boston. The, de- ceased was born in Massachusetts, from which State he entered the navy'on the lst of January, 1828, and after passing through the various subordinate grades was com- missioved a Commander on the 14th of September, 1865, which rank ho held at the time of his death. Upon the outbreak of the war he was in imbued with mingled Itean ecarcly be wortdorea that auch oppasta should be engendered when it is known that prised several of the most di testes together with several divines and a | of ecclesiastical students, of the Cathol 4 in this country; and the persons around endeavored in many ways to show their reverence for the calling of the priesta and tshops, their respect for them individ- teachers, their sorrow at parting [rom had heard words of wisdom and 60 ‘spiritual wants and had beld out to them healing baim of Christianity; and yet the knowledge of the mi:sion on which the divines were about toembark gave rise tofieelings of happiness, which for the time overceme all feelings of sorrow or regret, and rendered the pain of parting less severe, ‘THE ECCLESIASTICS alluded to are the Most Reverend Archbishoy of Alton, Ill, ; Bi Rosecrans, cain OF Now York Rev. Falk he ually as men and hom command of the mander French was.an able and patriotic oflicer, and his death will be much regretted. Bishop J of Cincinnati, Oh: Bishop Loughll i A special telegram, to the Hzraup from Troy, N. ¥.. dated yesterday, avnounced the death of Mrs. Case. This: lady was the mother of Sumuel Case, a boy who executed at Cincinuat! a few days the morder of an old man. The sulting from the ignominious fate of her son was ‘cause of the unfortunate woman's death, 7s LawvEn Cuanarp witn Foraery.—Charies FH. Her ‘trand, © member of the legal proféesion, was yesterday fet s € : i ff i 4 5 a tH ra i i i zee ut Sa it ivf He is 3 ALiacen Forcrny.—Jacob 8,. Shiner, & employ of the firm of H. B. Olaftim iy Ga,, appeared de- fore Justice Dodge, at the Jefferson Market Police Court, yesterday, and charged Joseph Dueistinger with having, by means of @ forged order, obtataed four piscenof muslin, valued a6 $70, The order which the compia:n- by the sooused, sto Sig ees ae 3 i & i i | i i Aid ant alleges was have been drawn by, employment Dneislinger had 5 a g rel rizoner was committed to answer at the Coart of General ALLEGED Larceny op CLoraro.—Eliss Bmith, residing at 118 West Thirty-first street, charged” Janies Maléney ‘with having stolen from’ ho? fdr ‘aecks)" in vane 0. Upon information "wiifoli’ lie" re- per Both parties appeared Sia! Rossa Away Wire 4 Horse “axb Wicow, John Weber, living in Eighty-fourth street, betwoen Second and Third avenues, havitig occasion to come down town, used a horse and wagon for that purpose. Business called him to the corner ef Essex and Houston streets, and, leaving his vehicle, he entered a store, Remaining there a little time he was Be. ibeee liminary religious exercises the report of the commit- tee which bad in charge the protest against the action Fa E Rocunersa, N. Y., May 23, 1867. ‘The Presbyterian General Assembly occupied the entire morning session in a discussion on the port of the Standing Committee on which was i 3 * | fit i

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