The New York Herald Newspaper, June 16, 1867, Page 3

as THE STANWIX HALL TRAGEDY. Important Proceedizgs in the Albany County Court, A letter Written by Cole at Syracuse for Publication After the En- counter With Hiscock. THE GRAND JURY SEEKING ITS PURPORT. Order for Its Production by Counsel. ¢ WAS THE MURDER PREMEDITATED ? ‘SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALO. Atnany, June 15, 1867, Asother and a curious chapter in the history of the Jate tragedy at Stanwix Hall was developed in the Court of Sessions to-day in connectiqn with a prezentment of the Grand Jury asking an order of the Court to compci counsel for the accused to produce a letter said to be in Inia possession, and which was written by Coie at Syra- use before leaving for Albany on the day of the homi- cide. ‘The grand jurors were empannelled and charged on Wednesday iast, since which time they have been in mecret deliberation on the papers laid before them by District Attorney Smith. This letter was wanting, in "their opinion, and hence the proceedings as below to re- quire its jroduction for their consideration. ‘The facts developed to-day are contained in the follow- Ang account of THR PROCEEDINGS IN COURT. At twenty minutes after ten o’clock this forenoon the Grand Jury entered the County Court of Sessions, Asso- late Judges Clute, Radley and Smith presiding, and took their seats, After roll call by the clerk, Judge Clate asked—Gentlemen, have you anything to offer to the Court ? The foreman handed to the clerk a number of folded papers, District Attorney Henry Smith selected from among them the following document, which he read:— THR PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY. At a Court of Sessions holden in and for the county of Albany on the léth day of June, A. D. 1867, Present, Hon. Jacob H. Clute, County Judge; Jobn R. Radley, Thomas Smith, Session Justices. In the Matter of William J. Hadley.—The Grand Jury heretofore in dve form selected, drawn, summoned, sworn and charged to serve as grand jurors in the Court of Sessions in and for the city and county of Albany, ome iutocourt and make complaint, and through their foreman theretofore duly appointed and sworn present— ‘That William J. Hadtey, after being daly summoned and sworn before said Grand Jury as prescribed by law, asa witness ina certain matter and complaint before sueh Grand Jury, whereof they hed cognizance against W. Cole for feioniousiy and wilfully Killing L. Sarris Hiscock, and alter it had found before said jury upon investigation of the complains aforesaid fore the jury af that at of the homicide, to wit, on the 41h day of June, 1867 ‘and before said Cole left that place for Albany, he placed im the hands of one Mary E. Cuyler a paper and directed ber to have it published if she “heard of any fuss,”” end that said paper was on the 7th instant delivered to the eaid William J, Hadley, the said William J, Hadley "s peo and there refuse to answer the Semen net: interrogatories propounded to him, " oad Hadley then and there instead of answering said questions responded to them as follows, to wit:— Koen! Are you an attorney and counsellor at law? a @ Did John L. Cuyler deliver to you on Friday last a paper A. With all respect to the Grand Jury and Die- Foon! Mery counsel for General len’ Soro ‘avail myself w Tegard my professional duty, @line to answer the question, unless directed by the Court that it is proper to do so. @ Have you in your possession or under yonr control Parporting to have been written by George W. 10 80, ja answer the last — more fully and wpec eet regret tbat I am not able to doso with my sense of professional responsibility. @ Have you injyour possession or under your control fivered to you by Jobn L, Cuyler which pur- be in the handwriting of the defendant Cole, orto have been made by him, showing that he, pre- vions to the 4th day of June, contemplated the assassi- nation of the late L. Harris Hiscock, or that he bad in contemplation violence upon the d or which has any bearing upon either of these propositions? A. For the reasons beforo stated I decline ta answer any ques- tion as to the papers of General Cole which are in my possession, or which I Bold in a professional capacity, ‘unless directed by the Court that it is proper to do so. @ Will you answer the last question more directly? A. I cannot do so consistently with my sense of profes- monal duty. In answer to the former question, I desire to say I have no paper in my possession according to my present recollection which shows that General Cole ‘at any time contemplated the assassination of Mr. His- cock, or that he intended to commit any violence ex- cept to humiliate him. Further than that I do not feel ‘at biberty to state unless advised by the Court that my duty requires mo to do 50. Q@ From whom did you procure or receive the paper to which you refer in your last statement? A. By the Girection of my client, General Cole, I received the from the hands of Joho L. Cayler, who obtained BMEy'ine direction of General Cole, with instructions as I supposed, to deliver it to me; at all events General Cole directed me to receive it. Q To the end that the Grand Jury may ascertain whether your “j t recollection” aa to what the paper shows is accurate, will you produce it? A. My sense of professional duty requires me reluctantly to de- oun uniess directed by the Court that it ismy ‘And because the jury aforesaid beheve that it Is mate- rial and jo prosecuting the iuvestication afore- eaid that tbe should faliy, directly and ‘THR AFFIDAVIT OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, Attorney, then read his affida- uded with a recapitulation of the in- ‘Answers as set forth in the precedin; @ introduction states “that a * i F & ' ‘his day, and term said; that sald grand jary baving been so con! od in session ayo ran seasion \o-day (June 14) and while as such man connected with the Syracuse press to he Publication thereof, but that it was not published, but ‘was thereafter delivered to one Joun L, Caytor and was pA Friday, the 7th inst, delivered to Wiitiam J, Upeh the setting forth of the facts contained 0 the preceding documents the Court issued the following order, which was immediately served on Mr. Hadley, deuk ly ooca- who was sitting in the room near the pied by the members of the bar:— county Albany, on the ¢ crt coty Sealtcas , Count — Fae Pepe's werge W. ColeIn the Matter of Wil. jadiry.—On reading and Gl a and service and an affidavit of Heary Smith, and & an Sppnentaen for Sar ot as an ope ue service uj ‘m. J. ‘acopy rae hod potice, and on reading the te fi ! that the peper writmg referred to in the morning papers the possession of this deponent, as counsel for ve named prisoner, George W. Cole, and is re- taynet and held by bim solely in bis capacity as such | counsel, That prior to receiving said paper deponent had been retained as counsel for said Cole, who was | arrested on a charge of murder. That deponent received said rolely under the directions of said Cole, aud not otherwise, That the facts staied by deponeut before the Grand Jury, as set out in the morping papers, are correct, And further saya not. WM. J. HADLEY, Sworn before me this 15th day of June, 1867, W. B. Harms, Commissioner of Deeds, ARGUMENT OF LYMAN TREMALN. Mr. Lyman Tremain, in oponing the argument to show cause why Mr, Hadley shou!) not produce the paper asked for, said that he appeared as the counsel and frend of that gentieman, and not as the counsel of the — He contended that his client had perfectly the defence, and it would not be prope contents to be known that the prosecution might guard r to permit its against it hereafter, Mr. Hadley in acting as he did had been influenced by @ sense of protessional duty and honor, and could not, without violating his trust, con- sent to the production of this paper. The Court might hold otherwise, but ne would obey its order, as was intimated, Counsel bad never known of such a proceedivg as the presentment of a respectable member of the bar, an ofilcer of the conrt, who was willing to come into court without an order to explain bis reasons, From what had been set forth it appeared that the paper calied for Was finally bréught to the hands of Mr. Hadley, who held it solely in his capac- ity of counsel for the prisoner. The question submitted to the Court was whether, after the position Mr. Hadley bad taken, he should be compelled to diselose the paper before the Grand Jnry. The ends of public justice did not necd its production. The fact of the homicid was a plain, open matter, The paper might be proved by other evidence; but, no matter what its importance, the Court would violate a well known inciple of evidence to compel Mr. Hadley, arainat is will and that of the prisoner, to produce the paper. It was against the principles of the common law to compel the prisoner to disclose his defence. Mr. Hadley and the er were one in this case. Tho speaker quoted 3 Mass. to show that in asimilar instvice the court would notundertake to advise counsel to surrender or disclose the contents of a paper held by him in the interest of his clint. The principle was so elemontary he would wait to learn on what possible grounds the Public prosecutor could make such a demand. He quoted from Phillipps on Evidence to show the principle of protection in the case of communications or docu- ments entrusted in professional confidence. It was doubtful, even, if evidence of their contents could be permitted to be received from another party who had read them, if the accused were unwilling to produce tho original. He quoted an instance even where a second attorney was not required to divulge the contents of a confidential cocument. In conclusion, ho submitted that Mr. Hadley had good and sufficient reasons for not obeying the request of the Grand Jury. ARGUMENT OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY SMITU. Mr. Smith, usworing the argument of Mr. Tremain, said it was an indisputable fact that the late L. Harris Hiscock, as the representative of the people to the Con- stitutional Convention, was drawn to the city of Albany, where he was approached by George W. Cole and with 8 pistol shot dead. From the circumstances surrounding the case it was natural that the people shonid foel the shock of a crime whose aggravated and barbarons char- acter exceeded that of almost any other. It was his official auty to assist the Grand Jury in investigating the circumstances attending the crime, and he had advised and they beloved that there war involved a certain decree of premeditation on thé part of the accused. Whethor he would bo allowed to develop this charge was involved’ in the proposition now before the court. If it were in the power of accused men to suppress the evidence of their guilt then the halls of justice might as well be closed. Ho refer there counsel ? i K tial tion was making his researches in tho tnterest of the people. Tho proceedings go far bad not involved any charge of contempt or contumacy against Mr. Hadley. On the contrary, thers was an omission of the usual clause charging the witness with contemptuous conduct, The Grand Jury ia a part of this court, and according to usage it was its duty to make a presentment of facts with reference to any witness, There was no charge of any wrong doing on the part of Mr. Hadley, The Presentment was ® mere recital of facts and circum- stances. The question after was whether the paper was a privileged communication, Tho question was one of the gravest importance, as it might evolve evidence in corroboration of the charge that Cole deliberately and 13 del:berately sat down and drafted the vindication of an act he then contemplated, Now, that such a paper had been itten there was undisputed evidence. The had the people the right to com- the first for identification, to Grand Jury to have and identify 0 that paper now. and the handwriting that erlme could itr i it paper in dispute. There was undisputed proof that the paper delivered by Mr. Cuyler, referred to by Mr. Had- ley, was in the possession of bir. Hadley. Mr. Hadley had admitted the fact, It was a question whether a document, no matter how pregnant with guilt, could be disclosed compulsory under the circumstances ot this muting counsel had not disturbed the defence one iota, Ho had show the premeditation of the ac- said. Bot what cared the defence how material was the evidence contained in the paper written at Syracuse? Even if there had been a written confession of any such deed, the private ere inviolable, What right as to je any man’s secrets to get evidence against bim? As tothe individual cases referred to, there were higher principles behind them—tie same noe which were wrung from the crown by tne jagna Charta, and which now constitute the security of the rights of the people at this day. Mr. =mith, in closing the argumont, contended that, document in one of the quoted cases had wo hands of the counsel forthe purpose of case. ye prasect the position of desired to cused, he rights of the prisoner effecting a in the t case the document in question had gone into the bands of a lady for pubtica- tion, If other authorities were necessary, he would be bappy to employ them. Court wished to know if the undertaking of coun- sel to explain the character of the papor did not strip it ite privileged character. bala Hadley could not waive the privi- jeged Mr, Smith—Mr. Court said {t was ready to give an Immediate de- cision, and issued tne following :— In Court oF §& General Cole bad written the papor in question before the homicide, and put it in his pocket and kept it until after the homicide, and then, after r eg wry ee rin bis hands (even if telaea a 1 history’ of the case), I think, 1a thes evest, it it would be « privileged communication. and this Cou would not direct any cousest to violate that ey — pu Mr, Cole havit hands that the paper cannot again be made privi- leged or priv once having been made public by the must produce the and juestions as to its ident! Core of the no but simply a faithful discharge of his duty to hie client, and, mstead of deserv! commended for bis course. On application of Mr. Ly ~~ ed Of the let- ‘ing censure, 237 i Hi : i Z a ted i & defence ‘NEW YORK HERALD. SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1867.—TRIPLE SHEET. towe: roofs of « beautiful residence, a French ehatead of brick, tofiy, commanding, with tiled and ourved Tools, smail hanging balconies, Moorish deoora- tions, many hanging balconies, commanding porciies, Day windows and the whole embowered in luxu- riant Vegetation and sarrounded with grounds of supe- rior adornment. This was the revideace of the late Benjamin Whitlock, and is now occupied by his widow, Directly opposite this, also on an elevated point of land, and likewise overiooking the river, situated as if designediy to balance the picture in the eve of the dis- tant spectator, is the equally beautiful residence of Mr. Arnold, a merchant of this city, Resuining our journey along the main road, we next meet with 4 beautiful euciosure owned by two brothers who, without dividing off their land, apply themselves to 18 adorniment as if it were but the residence of one, There is a stone lodge in Gothic style, a broad avenue cenducting through regular marshalled lines of old trees whose luxuriant branches interweave 10 a canopy over- head; the pathways of fine macadam are bordered with rustic fences, the broad lawng are dashed:here and there with @ flood of sun hgnt, and flowers of every bue flourish ‘beside the by-paths and broad drivee that meet, im the elevated central point where the villas of the brothers are found, Tuese are two gray stone houses, facing each otuer, and built in the American Gothic style, which admits of all manuer of ornamentation. They are, however, very stately, and beantifully offset Charins of the reiired spot ia which they are estab- od; for they are entirely concealed from the view of the passers-by on the road, by the intervening trees, and so closely knit are the ieaf-laden branches that th AMERICAN VILLAS. The Shores of the East River—Scenes of Rus- tie Enchantment—The Works of Nature a Art © ed—A Benutiful Suburb, Nature 1s invariably in a state of equilibrium. The rugged mountain range is offset with the broad prairie, the roaring cataract with the purling brook or quiet ‘scone of rural enchantment, and the wild turmoil of the sea is balanced with the gentle beauty of Italian scenery. What is true of nature, however, also holds good in respect toart and man himself, Deaths are counterbalanced with births; the destruction of war is inevitably fole lowed by the calmness and thrift of peace; extrava- gance of show is relieved with the opposite extre! of simplicity, and scenes of business turmoil sharpen men’s appetites for the quiet of rus- tle life and leisure. In the city everything visie Die to the eye tells of turmoil, agitation, rivalry, ex- citement and @ perpetual warfare for wealth. Business ig everywhere and visible in everything. Architecture is rigid; utility overshadows beauty; nature is swal- lowed up in stern art; wild turmoil and the strainiag of every faculty toward the attainment of business ends mark even society in its marts, its drawing rooms, and even in its churches, where the merchant figures up Prospect ‘ive profits on the blank leaves of his hymn- book.” In this metropolitan existence men have not time for a due appreciation of life, and speodily drown the long- plainly suowing its good fruits, and the extensive hot- houses which adorn the grounds with their tasteful and delicate roportions, are well filled with exotic treasures ings of their nature for occasional quiet. They have beauties of every shade, These nnique resi- their amusements, but there is no heart in them; their e owned and occupied respectively by Mosers. Tecreations, but they boar the formal stamp ot business, | J; 3. 81: William Simpson. ‘The grounds adjoining are . Richard 3. Hoe, whose villa, an Tialian featured buliding with tiled roof, broad piazzas extend- ing across the river front on two stories, makes a mag- niticent show, the and their merrymakings, which partake of tho tumult and wildness of the troublous stream on which they float toward the end of life. But all men have esses fromm (he yoo: : The stoee lodge . broad gateway, smooth drives, fine flower b-ds & calm after howsoever stormy a life. ‘There i% | apd smooth jawns all go to make up most & poetic period in every existence; and the { perfect picture of rural magnificonce; but ite deseription humblest being must at some time dream | ™ detail would be quite boyond the timits of a news. paper, und moreover justice could not even then be done to the beauty of the scene whica consumate art, aided by wealth, has here conjured ap to delight mses, The grounds ure profusely de- atuary, rystic arbors, urng overflowing with rich lowers, and other works of art so placed as to add to the appreciation of the simple grandeur and Yomance of the scene rather than to turn the mind le from its contemplation, away the smooth periods of his poctic pastoral. Day dreams these aro with some, castles in the air with the poor; but with the wealthy they assume the sub- stantial realities of villas and romantic scenes of natural beauty. One by one the successful toilers draw out of the contest, with their hard earned gains, and seek the soothing quict of nature to requite them for their Opposite this dence, on the main road, ia a neat troubles; and go we find about our suburbs scenes of | villa of modest beauty, owned by Mrs. Dickey, aud near beauty, adornments of art in broad contrast with the | P¥S% the solid, old stylo house of Mrs, Hendricks, with commanding coionnades, broad porch and surrounding grounds in the best condition and finely kept. The next residence that attracts tion is the villa of irs, William W. Fox, square i pe, duiltof vrick, of no predominant style of architecture other than the necess:ty of climate, locality and a regard for beauty of general effect dictais to tue architect, Some distance aloug oa our way to Fort Schuyler we come upon the villa of Mr. William Watson, built of brown stone, and Gothic in architecture. The house is situated on rising ground, and, thovefore, although at some distance buck, commands a splendid view of the river aud the beautiful shores beyond, Tho drives and 1.3 on these grounds are all finely inacadamized; the jldings are in keeping. Within the view from (his graud mansion is the residcayg of Mr, Ludlow, a com- andiog brick villa, si/uatcd on the river bank. and ferm/ny a fing adlorament (o the landscape picture of storn business magnificence of our metropolis. Man thus in his own naturo offsets, with quiet and calmnoss, the wild scene which he has conjured up in the narrow Umits of the city. This is why the heights at Fort Washington preserve their shady forest arcades, and the dreamy stillness of primoval natura surrounds the em- bowered residences that cling to the steep hills of Staten Island, or marshal'in beauteous line along the shores beside Fort Hamilton, It is the perfect equipoise of nature, the offvetting of the extravagances of art, the perfect equilibrium of man’s nature that we may see in this, Without this equilibriam the world could not ran on, Without the opportunity to balance excitement with | Which it forms a part; and still farther quiet, war with peace, turmoil with contentment, man | long on the main road is the residence of Mr. would lose bis epergy. Henee this broad circled peri- ene Suelfolin, a golidly built stone houso, phery of fair vilias and scenes of ruatic beauty, adorned | 12, the olden style, bat very — weil kept, y art, which sweops about tho suburbs of olf city, at- | @04 with all it: homely, old-fashioned featuroa carefully préserved in strange contrast with the new works and artistic decorations of tho surrounding grounds, which are koptin the most careful style of elaborated orna- men, ‘Tho residence of Mr. Aifred Seyion, a square- shaped house, with numerous porctes, piazzas and bay windows, 1s the next noticeable for ita beauty among the nunibers that are met with on the roadsidy bofore wo reach tho iano leading, at right angles with the main road, aiong the length of the small peninsula, bounded on one side by Westchester creok, and on the other by an indentation of the land, In the shape of @ miniaturo fording permanent retirement to the veterans of the struggle or pisces of temporary re‘uge for those still actively engaged in the troubles and triais of its con- tracted bui eventful fleld This is why wealth is lavished on sylvan soenes—why art, resirained to simply heighten rustic beauty, perches costly castles on roman+ tic hills and conceals the beauties of tasteful villas in the cool, sequestered shades of ancient forests. This far- uishes the reason of the broad contrast we may note io the near scenes of city and suburban life—ihe one stern, rigid and troubious, the other quiet, mild in its Deauty and peaceful in every phase, ‘THR SHORES OF THE SOUND. - Such scenes, as has been stated above, surround us ‘every side, and many of their peculiar beauties bave been already noted in these columns. But the admira- Die suburban adornments of Now York do not prevail on tts sca front, Every to the city. especialiy by water, is thus abundantly beantified, North river is cap f bordered with picturesque man- and scones rastic splendor, the bay and its shores have their pre-eminent beauties, but on the main- Tand. on the Sound side, and the noat cottag: manding castles, an stately villas§ bordering the East river, form a picture equally beautiful with any sub- urbao view that introduces the approaching visitor gradually to the grand and solid magnificence of tho me- tropolis, On no side can one approach our great com- mercial city but the eyo is feasted on beauties of art, the immediate coi uence of that business pr iy which gives New York its pre-eminence on this conti- nent, As the Sound narrows toward tho entrance to the East aire, toe Tude country houses coanret for bare bay. The principal resiaonces mot with on this romantic Jane are, first, that of Mr. William Waring, a two-story ville, with pillared porches on front and rear, and com- mending a spiendid view of the river, and that of Mr. ‘Tabor, similarly situated, the saine in its style of archi- tectural beauty, and equally admirable in the keeping and adornment of its grounds. Farther down towards the projecting point of land 1s ‘an old-fashioned stone house, owned by slr. Zerega, with many porches, broad piazzas, and beautifal grounds, Te point of land known as “Prime's Point” is the site of the beautifal Gothic villa of Mr. J. Lorillard, which, with sts many wings, gables and piazzas, and its counmanding view of the river far up to where the flag of Schuyler floate, render it not only beautiful in itself, but desirable for its mere location, which is one of the tnost beautifal and well chosen of any of the villa sites im the suburbs. fhe grounds are in fine order, and smile with cultivated verduro dowa to + nich I Floss la the Deane ie oenomeeaitenacionn, Eatin Colors of tie New York Yacht Club, attests the fart thet cantlen, towering minarets, and every ufique dhvice that | ‘he’ thas ia ‘weed for such pur- ‘can faraiah to add romance to beasteons nature. view {rom these grounds ie really oncbanting. ie 2 ald lem tos ty, the plgugh, nor the | Fonte nie sally and dashiog, stones Walch fe aver wood and fare conserved and addod to, Selore tbe eyes'of the favored ‘dwellers on this THE LAND approach tothe city is peculiarly ble to tho beautifying offices of art, presenting as it does a natoral succession of commanding hills, swelling ki shad: wes and broad meadow land, sweeping rich loxuriant to the water's a Every eccentricity pecu- Var to American scenery is.hero to be found. and natural romance of ‘ition and surroundings render the villas which nestle in the laxnriant vegetation of the river banks extraordinarily beautiful! beyond their claims in point of architectural show and barmony of desizn, Villa sites of the utmost beauty are found on ev side of the visitor. Rogced hitlocks or bluffs domlnsting the narrow streams naygest vo the romantic minded the erection of casties of the medieval style, that the pictured suggestion may be carried out in the show of those feudal times when robber barons from their sturdy battiements laid tribute on the fleets of the ing lawns suggest vst behind dts ‘waving screen of foliage, but adding to its beauty by its half concealment, as the laughing eyes of Spanish beaaties eurapture most when peeping half coucealed above the artful fan, In short, all sentiments of cal and gentle beauty here find their suggestive media, an most have already found art'stic as woll as natural ex- pression in the fine residences that adorn the river bank, ascend to the heights of Fort Schuyler, are owned Charles Fox, George T. Eadie, Joun Hunter; Henry Freoland, John D, Wolfe, Charies Barker, ‘Van Spyk, Francis Morris, John Morrs, John Wright, 8r,, ex- Mayor Hayemeyer, and Messrs, Cinrkson, Waterbary, Furman, Dennis and Ladd. With the arctsitectural beauties of these residences, added to the natura: splendor of the scene in this Vicinity, it maytwel be imagined that the tract which we have so hastily passed over in our deseription forma a Prominent and very remarkable feature ia the grand scene of suburban beauty which environs the metroy lis. WESTCHESTER INTELLIGENCE. Skniovs SHOOTING APFRAY AT SING SINC.—Tho utmost excitement has been occasioned in the villago of Sing Sing during the past few days, in consequence of a shooting affray which took place there last Thursday between two well-known residents, named Jobn L. Of Wiich Ne Walt Comdadlad 1a the decorops gicom of the Birdsall and Caleb Frisbie, and resulted in Cleared forests sweep far back from bank | the former being so dangerously injured that and bdloff and waterside, forming most ad. mirable retreats for romance to dream in bis condition is considered critical. From the facts connected with the affair it appears that the Giffienity between the parties was caused by the alleged misconduct of Mr. Birdsall towards an intimate lady frend of Friebie’s, the daughter of a most respectable citizen of the village. While both were in a saloon kept by a man named Jennings, Friabie charged Birdsall on the subject, and domamied an apology or instant satis- faction. After leaving the saloon, foliowed by Bird. gall, he pulled out two pistols, and desired that six paces be measured off. To this propo- sition Birdsall declined, whereupon Frisbi who by this time had becoino fearfully excited, levelled one of the weapons at the head of bis victim and fired, Tho ball entered lef, cheek pad lem throngh the lower jaw, moutifaiing faée io G shocking manner. Another wound, bebind the left car, is su; to have been occasioned by a second shot. Tho ball todzed in distarbed, or for the toiler in the strife of life to refage against the rumors and exciteiments of eventful life, Nowhere else ronid floer sites for suburban villas be relected, and nowhere does nature offer more salient points of tRauty to the improving hand of art than along the shore of the! Fast river between Fort Schuyler and the Harlem. Many of those advaniages have been selzed upon already, and the picture presented to the spectator as he sails along on the bosor of the awift- flowing river t# one of beanty unsurpassed, But there yet remain many remarkably fine sites on which the adornments o( ari have not as yet doveloped the minor beauties or toned down the ragged features of nature. To form an idea of the complete beauties of the scene, however, one must penetrate the shades of the thick He must wander through the intricacies of th mong the flow iy smooth lawns, and along the gravelled pat of the month, and has not yet been ex- among the giant troes of the broad domaine: and, | tractat “The. injared man was at once placed 10 charge , he must view the picturesque beauties of fleld | of Tr, Goo, J. Fisher, who, after acareful examination of and the soft flowing silver stream with its | his wounds, expressed the opinion that his condition waa Frisbie extremely dangerous was subsequently arrested and taken before Justice Smith, by whom he was sent to the c ounty jail to await the result of Birdsall's wounds. The occurrence has been Toye soniee of dia. cussion among the 6 Of thé Vicinity ever since, Tre VILLAS form the subject of the present article lie on and near the banks of the East river, betweon the Harlem and Fort Schayler, They cluster on high bluffs about to & BE ‘on every highland of lillputian capes, and line } owing to tho fact that both parties are married and have the shores of the miniature bays and coves which in- “ dent the fairy i The Wesstuester road, which rene oe Frisbie ts said to be worth considerable prop. parallel with the course of the Fast river at this part, v Tux Taxwoxt OOTRAGE—ARREST OF THE PERPETRATOR. — Edward Hanson, the perpetrator of a cowardly attack on & lady named Balch, Inst Thursday, the particulars of which appeared oxctusively tn the Hanan of the follow. ing day, was arrested yesterday morning by an officer of the Sixth precinct at his residence in a tenement house known as Donoyans’ Alley, in the rear of No, 14 Baxter street, He was subsequently conveyed to Tremont tor D. Rewrropvcrion oF Gasuicut at Moust Venvov.— After having deen confined to the use of Kerosene fora period of about two years the residents of the villagg of Mount Vernon have experienced during the past week the utmost gratification in jaence of having at although it does not command a view of the river or the beauties of its fair banks, affords the bert course for the visitor to the locality or for any who may desire to view the finest architectural or pataral beauties of this sabarb of our city, The old Boston road makes a very fine show of grand villas on its borders, but they are by ‘nO means as Dumerous nor are the facilities for landscape a8 great as are presented in the splendid tract jimited. as we have above stated, and lying on the sides of the Westchester road and between it and tbe navi- ible river. On ‘this road, which branches Of at an acute angie to right from the main street of Mott Haven, we pass many light, ornamental villas of no pretensions of jificence or costlioess, ‘The first as @ matter of course, in In order ae thet an extension may, if required, be made to West stone, 0 Mount Vernon, « large quantity of pipe bas been pro- x ‘approsched through Kove pitars io sete ‘Tar Nontunvr Cass,—In the case of Calvin M. Nor. same style as thrup, who was recently sentenced to twelve years in Sing eet tate hen Bing Prison, 0 stay of sentence has been granted, so that the plateau on there is now little doubt but that the case will be taken splendid; but natare before the Court of A! on the subject of a new trial, “wots. Railroad route, who was captured after a hard straggle Promises sweepe by officer Wastir, of the Yonkers police, has been sen- most ery feevat Set Sas, "Be rue Jmmeau eienthen ‘aia thors trom the Osuaty Jail et Watte Paina splendid view of <Accrpart waters which off the river former the view RECONSTRUCTION. Curtailment of the Powers of Military Com- manders in the South. Reopening of the War Between the President and Congress. Pronunci mento of Thaddeus Stevens. Congress to Reassemble on the Ist of July. The Forthcoming Instniment of the Attorney General's Opinion~Two Provisional Gov. ernments Allotted to the uth—The M tary Commanders Without Authority to Remove or Appoint Civil Officers. Wasuinator, June-15, 1867. It ig understood that printed copies of Attorney Gen- eral Stanbery’s opinion, more particularly in regard to the duties of military commanders, have been sent hence to the prominent papers in various soctions to be published on Monday. From conversation with gentle- men occupying official positions it would appear that this opinion is a more valuable and interesting document than its prodecessor, giving a summary of such persons in the Southern States as are and are not entitled to vote at the ensuing elections. The Attorney General, it is said, holds that the reconstruction acts provide for two governments, civil and military, both provisional, and to ho obeyed by the people and con- tinued until superseded by the reorganization of the several State governments under the provisions of law. Tho military commanders are to act as con- servators of the peace, to suppress disorder and to protect all in their rights of persons and property. They have no power to remove State officers, executive or judicial, and their rights in common with those of all other persons are to be respected. Not being authorized to remove, they as a consequence have no authority to appoint successors, In brief, they are not acting in the capacity of abrogators of the law, but as conservators of the peace, By the opinion itself, however, will be Judged the correctness of these reports, Letter From Thaddons Stevens—Ho Recom- meuds the Holding of a July Session of Con- aress—itis Opinion of the Attorney General's Opinion. Hon. Thaddens Stevens has addressed the following letter to the editor of the Washington Chronicle:— Lavcasren, Pa, June 13, 1867. I think it propor to suggest the propriety of baving a quorum in Congress on the Ist proximo. The opinions of the Attorney General séem to require some explana: tory or supp montal acts. I need not point out the errors in favor of the rebels, as there are many of them easily seen, For instani it is provided th t to entitle to be registered requir ope year's residence in the State. Every man can sce that this means c»\\::ous residence immediately be- fore the election. \ttorney General holds that the party may take ni° months when he was a boy and three month: now. \1\rew Jobnaon, by going a month before the electi ‘) North Carolina, where he lived thirty years ago, con!! vote. So with regard to clerks, ‘military and civil ovicera and the holdiag of Confed- erate offices while in rebellion, But 1 will not take time to criticise now, A mistake more objectionable than either is the fact of usurpation by the Attorney General in acting at all in ee ae and treating his directions as binding of ly. The Attorney General has no more right to interfere than the President bad to reconstruct, which pretension Congress has settled, since it has been adjudged that the juered States are to be treated as subdued territory, and rebuilt without reference to their former condition by the legislative pow- er alone. It is to be sapposed that Congress alone is to be appealed to in case of diMculty. It ts true vhat the Attorney General in too good a rer to pretend to act under the constitution, as it is well de- cided that, admitting new States, and, of course, re- building conquered territory, doos not come within the provision of that instrument His opinion is just as good as any other good lawyer's, and no better. It is the attempt to treat it as official that ts objectionable. When be rules what | xg baad hye oa it ret, be area, wrong. as excuse, howaver, 4! the javitation of ‘the in wr reluctance 2 hadide or lies indifferent jus i my leagues t to the a bare ae eon able to refrain. I feel pal foar least ft be thoagnt that J obtrude my opinions too often in matters, but my anxiety, possibly, my over anziety, relative to straction, must be my excuse. itn, groat real your obedient servant, THADDEUS STEVE! The Power ef Military Governors, {From the Washington National Intelligencer. June 15.) While the whole country, and especially the bayonet driven and satrap trodden people of the South, are look- ing with mournful and anxious interest for some instruc- tions from the authorities at Washington io regard to the powers and duties of the military commandaats and their subordinates in reference to reconstruction, the military officers who have been sent there §to execute the law are, from the force of circumstances, impetiod to interpret its sions, each one only according to his own unaided judgment or caprice. An impending and gathering sorm of popular indi wo eam cane maturi the palent outrages permitted or perpe:r these din'rict commanders in the absence of posi epsivocal instructions in the premises. There 13 no question (hat this authoritative interpretation of tho law sbould be promulgated withoat delay, and in such shape that no military officer on du'y in the South wili dare t> treat ét with contempt or indifference, a8 basin some instances been done with the recently published opinion of the Attorney General, upon the grouad that it is simply an opinion of the legal advisers of the Executive, and not « binding order apon the subordinates of the constitutional Com. mander-in-Chief of we army and navy of the United ‘States, It is true that the preparation of such orders requires time, but it should be remembered that they aro of paramount importance to wuy other pend.ng public busi- nesa, and involve directly the highest and best and most extensive interests of all parts of the country. To the unsettled condition of ira im the South may be at- tribated in great part—indeed for the most part—tno fearful gloom that is setuling into deepest darkness upon the commores and industry of the North and West. The people want to know the worst. They are waiting anxiously, trembling to know what is to be éxpecied. They have aright to be informed without unnecessary deiay what are the powers of the military satraps in the South, and how far theypwill be jitted by the gov- ernment to proceed im the me which ine to have been marked ont, at least, by some of those who ero exercising pieoary authority in the Southern States, In the meautimo these gentlemen are left to pursue their own course, to interpret the law each one for himn- olf, and wb netgge ens 19 accordance wi will, jadgmen! cos oF caprices, Tetcedone may be brought to bear to gi his action. ‘There are somo points, however, ich a few of these autocrate have, in our opinion, manifestly exceeded not only the letter but the spirit of the law so mani. festiy thet their conduct is utterly indefensible and inexcusable. For instance, however, it may be mooted me thy velién taws confer upon tem cj g ‘% nae or remové from office any civil oflicer under any pretext whatever; ngs for « moment be contended or evon pretended that thore is in any part or ago of the reconstruction statutes a tinge parnareies line or ayliable conferring apon thein the authority to appoint any civil officer. In making such appointments they ae nag aud — madly transcended any power conferred upon them, &fta nave e bereb Even if it were conceded, for done so at their argument’s sake, they efit sigihed With wuthority in any cage or apy. umstances to susp nd or remove, it cannot suow! they bave any ‘a thal to appoint. Although it may be ciaimed that the right under the statute to nullify or destroy government, no allegation can be sustained to the o thorized to create or build upa civil that they are CS in any State or Territory. This is the pecu- jar and inaenabio right of the peoplo themselves; it is exclusively a popalar fanction—a popular right, of which neither the Executive mor Congress can evor divest the peopte. The Romeval of Civil Omcers by Military Commanders. [From the National Intet!igeacer, June 15.) 19 offiel: It ts understood inl circles that the Attorney Genoral of the United States holds that Sta‘e officers can- Bot be removed in virtue of the judgment of mititary com the Southern military commanders, Wo totally tae pe per at rrondipgr hela = agbe power com! ire to Tamo¥e euch often itty to In wo mente to fill vacancies, ) be also holda reconstruction acts, so called, contemplate an election by the It is scarcely that the and Cabinet concur with the At- General in these Views, as we heve heretofore seated, thas tho opiaton, an a whole, was approved of by In connection this topic we also that the report neues thas the esident will not take any ection in reference to the removal of Governor Welle by General Shorman is et least pre- i g sought an “opinion” from his Attorney Gem when given, set aside and roudered nugatory aut if not a vital portion of the law, already been laid before the country, In order the better to carry out his plan, the President is disposed to mislead not ovly Congress, but the people, He bas uo desire for @ session of Congress in Jaigh That the poople may not be unduly alarmed, we bear upon what we consider good authority, tha: the forth: coming opinion of the Attorney Geuera! will not be made pubite until after the frst Wednesday in July. if Congress fails to have a quoram bere in July, it stands adjourned until December, according to the law passed by both houses previous to the recess, Inthe mean. time Prosident Jonuson wil! be master Of the situation, In the following dexpaich sent out to the country, as we happen to know, directly from the White House, the President holds ont the bait of an extra session im Au- gust in the hope of preventing the adjourned meeting of Congress on the 3d of July, In case Congress shall not hold a seesion in Jaly, it is probable the President will issue his proclamation calling no exura session in August, ia view of the complications, which import This opinion bas * . iuicnldes and ons exisiung ia the Southern tates in carrying out truction acts, There is no more sincerity in this than there was in the speeches and professions of Andrew Jobuson when he was a candidate for the Vico Presidency. Itis@ miserable and disreputable ruse to keep a quorum from coming here in July. Republicans of the Fortieth Congress! we trust we have said onough to convince you of the importance of being at vour posts of duty in the national capital om the first Wednesday of July. You owe it to your conati- tuents, to the Unionists of the South and to the whole country, that the attempt of the President to mterfere with the work of reconstruction shall be promptiy met and defeated. This can only be done by holding a se8- sion of Congress in July. An Impertectly Recon boro, N.C. Wine x, N. C., June 15, 1867, It is reported that Judge Barnes, now holding spectad court at Tarboro, adjourned the court becan Were eummoned as jurors, he having support the Siate laws, whica do to set on juries. neted Judge at Tare General Pope Invited to Savianente Avcu! Goneral Pope and stall hav municipal authorities to visit miitee has been appointed purpose of tendering the invitation, How Things are dio Colored Radical Programme. [From the New Orleans fribune, June 11.) ONE THING AT A TIME. First—Remove Monroe, which was done, Seo nd—Remove Aveli, whieh was don Third—Remove Herron, which was ue, Furth—Remove Wells, which was dove. Hifth—Remove Adams, Chief vt Police, which is not yet dono. Siath—Remove Hays, the Sheriff, which is not yot done. Seventh—Romove Mayor Elam, of Baton Rouge, a mat- ter which is as necessary to that city as the removal of Monroe was to New Orieans, Kigih—Remove those sher ffs and judges in the parishs who yet administer the jaw with a bias of par- tality for revels as against loyal citizens, Ninth—Elect @ radical republican to every office in Louisiana, from the lowest to the bighest Tenth—When the time comes remove Andy Johnson from the White House, and place there a true repudl can who will not change his principles either for gold or to secure the praise of the copperheads, These things being done we shir seo peace, proaper- ity and happiness not only ta Louisiana, but in every other State ia the Union. Our Convention, now in session in thiscity, will find in these points some good planks for their platiorm, CITY INTELLIGENCE. Tar Catnouic Cuaritry Fain,—This enterprise, which has been #o successfully carried out, and by means of which many of the suffering children of the metropolis will be furnished with a good, home will wind up on Tuesday evening next with a grand premenade concert and reception, tendered to the ladies who have been so indefatigable in their exertions to render the fair a bril- Hant success. The concert and reception will be given under the management of the Young Men’s Association, ee a pres balls for the Und = ne Roman ie an Asylums are arranged, and whose past efforts have demonstrated their ability to conduct such affairs and render them most recherche. Grafulla’s band has been engaged for the occasion, and Mr. Rich- ard O'Gorman will deliver an oration. Suct) a combina- tion of attractions fail to induce a grat many to “assist”? on the occasion. On Friday ovening last the cope, for which, during the fair, there has been such spirited rivairy am the members of tho different parishes, was awarded to James’ Parish, which had Teosived 3 400 votes out of 7,800, Immediately before the time of closing the polls the scene was remarkably = “il at Sere, bar hams : a watching the + pel wt Ly x, an cnacavetiog te Alter Con’ shane or” the vate by large and larger additions. The balance rose and fell, and the ox- alemoet od terest roe, 04 (LEP i 2ah AM carried the vote far in his favor. Lapis’ Farm at Haninu.—A ladies’ fair was opened on the 10th of June, at Washington Hall, Third avenue and 125th street, Harlem, for the benefit of St. Joseph's church, at Manhattanville, The hall is decorated most deautifally. The walis are adorned with fine American, German and Irish benners, and an elegant collection of splendid oi! painti The chief feature of the fa'r ls omegeiioens table in the centre of sho;hall, furnished by the young ladies at the Aci of the Sacred leart at Manhatianville. On the table are some of the ost skilful specimens of embroidery to b» found in the . The table is a great credit tothe young Indies who furnished it and an honor to the imstitution which they represent. The following ladies have charge of the tables at this fair:—Mra. M. Keeler, Mrs. O'Hara, Mra, Cornelius Farley, Mrs, B. Ferdinand, Mrs. Tom Tone, Mra John Hart, Mrs. Andrew Smith, Mra, James MeLaughlin. These ladies and the otber ladies in actend- ance perform their part remarkably well. ine fair will be closed on Monday, June 24. Seizcns or an Linicrr Distinusny.—Yesterday Inspeo- tor John E. Bendix, attached to the Revenue Agency, seized an illicit distillery at No. 22 Stanton street. Four barrels of whiskey fresh from the stil were found upon the premises, ag weil as a lot of mash in the fermenting tubs. The whole piace will be condemned. The revenue law makes the real estate liable for the whole amount of the tax wpon spirits that may be distilled upon the premises. No owner could bo found for tne etill. Free ReaprxG Roows ron Sraues.—The Now York Port Society has recently been addressing itself to the measure of inaugurating at convenient points free read. ing rooms for seamen. fhroe of these have already been opened, viz:—One at the corrier of Cathario and Madivon street: nother at the corner of Water and Dovor streets, and the third at No. 27.Greenwich streot, At the room on Catharine street during May 1,359 sailors registered their nam@, 269 of them for tho irs: time, and 120 wrote letters, This society loans compact libraries to vessels, thus converting every forecastie into & reading room, SonnocaTe’s Orrton.—During last weex the wills of the following named persons wero admitted to probate by Surrogate Tucker:—James 8, Cooper, Peter Koch, Joreph Stouveval, James Donnellon, Elien Vandelindr ig Letters of administration were granted on the follow ang estates :-—Francisca Hoey, ‘harles R. Brewster, * oigail Parceyl, Bridget €ondon, Timothy Donoughue, ” iggy Burger, Thos Mansiield, Jacob Eekelmann, * ,o ae oy W. Kruger, Albert New, Henry P Faye, Mr cell Ku = Wm. B. MeKieroan, Mary Mill 4) "wo. % eareall, Mary A. Silliman. " Provosky “ Ponyeior'’ TRLEGRAPE.— 4 nove) experi. ment in wlegrapbing is about to be digg in this eity— that of transmitting meseazes {70 » Pypeign countries in the vernacular language a8 W0ll gy ty Bagiish, ‘The ad- Vaniages are numerous and mauipsiaiors aro 10 6 FF cage’ tingulers, and the 7p at present in use, # the foreign form of nf to bo ured in the TP esaion of meanagen letters, Axormmn CA8® OF, Cuno Mosman. —Casos of child mur. der are becomag /aiarmingly freqnont, in fact of almost dally Odécrfeace, 'and notwithstanding vigilant efforts are mado to arresG and bring the guilty parties to justice, \hey are seldom overtaken by the @uthorities, At six o'clock, yestorday morning the remaine of a female child were found lying dead op a scaffold erected in the jw buliding now in she gourse of erection the them unkno: The child had some time during Friday eight, JounsaTuaw Baxens’ Union. —The Journeymen Bakers’ Protective and Benevoleat Union met last evening, a the corner of Third avenue and Twelfth street, Owen Prendergast in the chair, From the Treasurer's report \t appeared that the amount om hand previous to the /ast meeting was $16; amount received at that meeting, $68; & maa {he Journaymen bakers of Brookiyn should be called Saturday evening nest witha view of dee an Of wages on and after the 6th of sey lively ‘ensued as to whion papers the = meek i, but it was ually Fovolved ie There was a of one Ste. “i ii il