The New York Herald Newspaper, June 18, 1867, Page 5

“wNEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, (JUNE, 18, 1867--rkiPLE SASET. i on would return their thanks), received the deie- 360 milos; socond day, 362 miles, and on the third Wik pceod qoetiatiag, cat wanenon tee! Tug | day, 365 matics, A heavy stress of weaiher wetting in CANINE TRIBULATION. their friendly intervention, without which | alter the third day, accurate account of ber speed was ~ anne iy for thought a reunion would bave beon hardly pos- le. The colored people of Richmond exhibited a deep Amterest in the proceedings, and the delegatign was im- proseed with the intelligent understanding, on the ‘of their representatives in the conference, of the whole question of reconstruction and State organization, and ‘With the fact that, with a perfect consciousness of their power, and a firm resolve to consent to no compromise of their ng, they thoroughly appreciated the im- portance of combining in tne movement the large and Jofluential party represented vy Feady to concede and conciliate by any sacrifice but one of principle, It was from one of their number that the firat proposition came looking ‘towards a reconciliation, The general conduct of the conference, exhibiting on both sides maniiness, courtesy, earnestness and resolu- thon, in the opinion of the delegates augured most {avi ably for the future of Virginia, and can scarcely be osti- mated in their weight as furnishing an example of mu- tual to the republicans throughout the South, and inspiring with contidence and respect the re-- Pudlicans of the North. The report was received with cheers by the club, and its thanks was voted to the gates who had represented it in the conference. Mr, Botts, and were Virginia Newspaper Opinions of the Coalit [From the Lynchburg Virginian, June 17.} THE LATE RADICAL CONCLAVE Our old friend Botts and Hunnicutt have met, em- braced and sworn eternal frigndehip. the two wings of the radical party have united and henceforth Virginia is to be their lawful prey. Botts 1s at the head—a proper recognition of what is due to: brains—afd “Hunnie” is vaniage ground now comm to enter into politics under such lead- Why should they consent to swell the numbers and Mmeréase the power of a party that bas no regard for constitution or law, and which would degrade them be- yond ail example in hi We have no use for politi- cal parties in the South now, and we trust that our people will ponder long before they consent to enter into any more political organizations, whether they be called republican or democrat, Political tea, as such, have been the curse of our country. e democrats first and the republicans afterwards brought all she evils. Up 2 ‘us that we have suffered, litical power, office, emolu- ments—these were the great stakes for which they played; and aruined land, bathed in blood and tears, and dotted ail over with the graves of those who were cui down in their prime, are some of the fruits of the victory reaped by the stronger party, A plague upon all ‘ics such as these. We have nothing to gain by attach- ourselves permunently to either, Let us hold aloof from » Tesolved to act, as occasion may arise, in the mauner ‘Sbat will best subserve our interests and those of the country. Party spackles would bind us and prevent that freedom of action that is always desirable in decid- ing upon men. Situated as we are we should vote for men as well as measures, In tho next Presidential elec- tion, for example, there may be a division in the ropub- Been perk . The radicals will in all probability run a ,man like Wade, a ropresentative of the extreme senti- raent, while the moderate republicans will most likely @ General Grant for their candidate. In ‘that case it might be good -policy for the democratic party of tho North to act with the conservative republicans; dut in any event, we be in a posilion to give the whole elxtoral vote of the South to Grant, rather than to an extreme radical, and thus ensure the defeat of tue latter, It is not at all improbable that there will be just such a state of things as we have indicated at the next Presidential election. In thas case +! nth wii glearly the balance 9 re Ss le ah action wit! de He hs choje a dent, Let her not, then, be bound band ani bot to the republican party to do the bidding of those who manipulate and control in the interest of party whoily, {From the Richmond Enquirer, June 14.) ‘THE CONSPIRATORS BLATED, We understand that Botts ig jobilant over the bar- mon.zing 5 Proges to which the discordant eloments of Virginia ism were subjected the other night in a gubernatorial back room. Black spirits and white, blue Spirits and gray, have mi jerpont and Hunni- cutt bave bugged, Botts and the negroes have kissed, andthe terms of tho common conspiracy against tho State of Virginia have been agreed upon, and the hunt ia Dow to be actively prosecuted, The issue presented by these people is—Botta, Casar, Vion Hunnicutt, ct als., vs the State and people of It is a conspiracy of bungry office hunters and arabbers against the peace of the commonwealth, the tenure of property and the sanctity of constitutions and laws. They cali themselves a party. in a sinister wense they are. But it needs no party to oppose thum. The people of Virginia will unite to put thew down with- out any forma! programme—the sentiment of . virtuous bP sapee e nome aot instinct ns Fertitta ‘will suffice, contest ‘waged as jan—the con! tors wrsus the State, se a, REGISTRATION IN LOUISIANA, [From the New Orleans Bee, June 14.} The following tavic shows the white vote of the State 4p 1860, and the numbor of white and colored persons Tegistered, as far as heard from, under the operations of ‘the new law:— White Votes. Whites, Col'd. Total Parishes 1860. 1867. 1867. 1867. 350 875725 tas Sree 25 ‘164. "300 116 64a 2 250 (1,268 1,518 no "185 '58 400 B00 12% «10h 27 12 (973 (990 122-800 422 1362627 290 7. 1,187 48 2,162 2580 28 1 1276 THE NEW STEAMSHIP WESER. The new steamer Weser, of the North German Lloyd's New York and Bremen lino, came up to this city from Quarantine, on her first ocean trip, yesterday, end is now lying in her berth, foot of Third street, Hobogen. This ‘vessel was buiit in Greenock, Scotiand, and is one of the Bumerous fleet that piles between this metropolis and European ports, She is three hundred and seventy foet im length, forty-two feet breadth of beam, and of two ‘thousand nine bundred and ten tons burden, Her mo- tora consist of two first class engines of seven hundred horse power, and her fireroom has four more furnaces ‘than are found in any other ocean steamer of It She can carry in all eight hundred and twonty-t' having accommodations in the fret cab. Bundret ‘and five, and in the socond cabin for one undred and twenty. The facilities for rendermg her steet age pa;- com! are ef a very superior character, form ono of the prominent features of the ves-el, first class cabin ts highly ornamented, the cormces and mouldings being of wainut, heavily gilded, and (he Hinge and stateroom doors of polisued oak, with “0 @” mouldings of pol hed rosewood, Veutila» tion can bo bad in any quarter of this upper cabin; dead eyes, of thick French giaée, running ai! around the main saloon, being Imrge enougn to edmit freen air in any quantity, Back of the staverooms, which run from ‘midships eft, there ts a large spaco with purpie velvet cas joned seats ronfing sewi-circularly, tended for a reading and conversation room—the ship's Vbrary, a very sviect one, by the by, being equally divided aud placed in large walnut cases, with gine doors on cither side of this space. Thr to- fooms sre fitted up elegantly, aud have, like the main cabin, decidedly excellent ventilation, In addition to the main saloon there a wime rooin for iadies aod & smoking room {Or male passengérs, bot constracted with a due regard for comfort, and decorated iv ® tnaaner that cagnot ail to picase the most fastidious. The panels of the main saloon ard Adorned with landecepes taken ‘trot day, and for their [ife-like fidelity and superor execu. tion became the subjects of high encomium. The secoad cabin acoommodations, below tue main saloon, are scarcely inferior to those of the first cabin, the furm:- ture belng of walnut aud (he covorings of green velvet. Bore, too, the ventilation is of excellent and yt of comfort and ele- th river steamers. The . The Weser will sail for Bremen, via Southamp- next Thursday week, June 27. Her principal officers are : Wenke, late of the Hermann, com- mander; Von Troncbin, purser; A. Yaeger, first officer; J. Adamson, chief engineer; ‘besides she has eight under officers, four engineers, and four assist~ ants, a large number of firemen and a crew numbering ninety, THE CORIELL MURDER. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALO. Mol for a New Trial Refused—Bridget Der- gan to be Hunged on Friday, 30th August. New Brunswick, N, J., June 17, 1867. The trial of Bridget Dergan for the murder of Mrs, Mary Ellen Coriell having resulted in a verdict of guilty, and sentence having been postponed, the prisoner wa; brought up atthe Court House in New Brunswick, N. J., this forenoon, at ten o'clock, to receive sentence, Judge Peter Vredenbergh presided. The Associate Jus- tuces were Brown, Decker and Cook. The crier having formally opened the court, Bridget Dergan was brought im, and took seat behind her counsel, Messre, Adrain and Leupp. Her indifierence to the legal proceedings seemed to have suffered no change, and she appeared, if anything, to have thrived on her new position. She betrayed some anxiety, was thoughtful and pensive at times, but occasionally cast a glance of curiosity at the host of lawyers, reporters and officials who ussembled to hear the fate in store for her. She was cleanly dressed, and the only concern she mani- fested was shown in the constant nervous twitching of her fingers with her gloves and handkerchief. She sat in a side position, rarely directing a glance at the Court, but wrapped up with intense interest in the arrange- ments brought forward by her counsel. Mr, Herbert, District Attorney, rose in his place and maygg for egntance. Court—Bridget Dergav, stand up. You were in- dicted in April last for the murder of Mrs. Mary Ellen Corieli on the 25th of February, 1867. On the 3lst of May last you were convicted of the murder, and the jury designated by their verdict that it was of the ‘first degree. Upon that crime the law inflicts the penalty of death, Have you, anything to say why the sentence of that law should not be pronounced upon you ? Mr, Leupp (motioning the prisoner to resume her seat)—May it please tie Court, prisonor’s counsel have something to gay why that sentence should not be pro- nounced. We arraign the testimony on which our client was convicted—first, on the ground that incompetent and unlawful testimony was adunitted on the trial, in the tatements made by the prisoner beiore the jury wh:ch had not been reduced to writing by the coroner; and, second, that the Court in its charge authorized the jury to make presumptions not warranted by the proofs in the case, and that every such charge must be unlawful. Counsel then proceeded to apalyze the Judge’s charge to the jury, in which he argued facts were put forward as such which had not been proved. Several of the ‘ciceompa ces put forward to the jury so far from establishing guilt Were suggestive of innocence, ‘Tue learned counsel then quoted several passages from Sarinens legal guthorities in support of his argument, and summed up thi®i—1 desire and hope to sep this matter settled once and for all in New Jersey; for I hold that no member of the bar can stand up against the sharp edge of an unreleating charge. I do not stand up an advocate for guilt. I know that the prevalent public sentiment is in favor of the conviction. How do we know to what extent the conviction of the accused is due to the prevalence of that feeling ? For that rea- son I ask the Court to pause. It may turn out hereafter that the defence were right in their position, put it will then be too late to apply a remedy. If iIty let her die. This poor girl at u the law as if she were ‘“‘clotbed,in purple and fine linen, and feasted samptuously every day.”” Sho is, 1 repeat, 48 much enti tled to consideration as if she moved in the most elevated circles of society. 1 therefore move that the Court make a rule fora new trial or suspend sen- tence till au advisory opinion of the Supreme Court be wa ad, A brief discussion ensued on the question of preced- ence on the: motions made by the prosecu:ion and de- fence, the District Attorney claiming that the motion for sentence was first in order. Court—It remains for the District Attorney to show cause, first, whyanew trial should not be ordered; nota vty. sentence should not be suspended. Mr, Herbert then procteded ty of the law to tho prisoner, the latter buried her in ber haodkerchief and became deeply affected. Mr. Adrian followed, and to sum up the Opening of the Dog Season-Scence In and Ai nd the Pound. The dog mm bas regularly opened. By the dog season is meant that limited period in which the largely Circulated tale of the dog reaches its metaucholy end; in short, the dog days, when all bipeds grow! at the heat of the sun, and are given to whining abundantly, are upon us. They have their influence on all—jolly dogs, sly dogs, wicked dogs and savage—all of the biped breed, who, as the heat increases, manifest the most rabid symptoms in their aversion to the pure water pre- m@ribed by the Excise Board, But there is no pound for such as these, They are not impounded, neither are they drowned, nor is. the smallest fraction ofa fractional stamp offered for them, Possibly they are not worth it, But while they escape other dogs of greater understanding—four-legged canines of all shades and varieties—are in active demand at fifty cents a head, This demand endures for three months, and during that time the ragged city urchins make their harvest of greenbacks, THR DOGS thus made merchantable property have in many cases @ peculiar history, and one withal peculiarly touching. ‘The boys who make their harvest time on the recurring period of the dog days have established a regular busi- ness for themselves, by which thoy make no small profits. There are men in the trade, too, ana between them the speculation is carried on to an extensive and bighly remunerative degree. Some time before the official announcement of the arrival of the dog days these parties occupy their time in scouring the city for stray canines. Theso are found im great num- bers running at large mm tho highways and are gummarily borne off to a place of safety. Some are starving curs, Jean and stump-tailed, others majestic Newfoundlands, delicate poodies or feeble pups, either found or stolen, and ail huddied together in some outbuilding, chicken enclosure or crockery crate in the back yard of a no'some} tenemoerit, and subsisted on tho most meagre scraps of food. In addition to these waifs the dog fancier has always on hand several litters of pups raised for the purpose, and these, too, are kept in the noisy nursery. The usual placards being issued by the city authorities, offering Aft wens a head for all unmuzzied Fecal, running at je, the speculator finds that the season for his pro- duce has arrived, and that dogs are row “ripe:”’ so he opens his nursery, drags forth his stock, and conveys It to the pound, receiving fifty cents for each dog and pup, and proceeds’ to collect a fresh supply fromthe abuae dance in the streets, Some parties have collected long before the dog season twenty or thirty curs, and dispose of them all together, so that on the first day that the pound is open there is an immense rush and an astounding delivery of dogs. The numbers thus received average for the first week about four hun- dred a but this number decreases by half in a fort- night, during the rest of the summer varies from one hundred to one hundred and fifty a day, The ex- pense to the city for maitaining the feces § during the three months is about $1,000 per month. fi “<9, THE POUND is situated at the foot of Twenty-fifth street, East river, and is a most diminutive establishment tor ‘such extensive work, bemg merely a frame shanty, projecting over the muddy waters of the slip, supported by pilea At the doorway s dogmatic policeman maintains order among the noisy urchins and the dogs they bring, = fms rough men in flannel sl ghterers © unjorjunate nas, 4 the hospita'ities of the institution wichin. ‘ABWO al tl at the portal of the whit@Washed building we bear from within a chorus of yelps, barks and agonizing cries that teils completely the nature of the institution, THE INTERIOR of this Peony den consists of a front office with a counter, on which two men sit delivering tickets to t! dog catchers on the delivery of their captures, The boys do not draw their money at the pound, it must be re- membered, but at the City Hall, where they receive fifty cents for each ticket in their possession. Through a narrow doorway leading from the office we pass into the main and only other apartment of the rough frame building, tree the walls is a double row of dogs, closely ess ed togothar and tied up by the rough no sy of ro] which they have been led to tho place. There are all shades and qaalities of animals to be found here. Great surly bulls, mean, ‘yahler dogs,” trim terrlore, spotted coach dogs, pointers, setters, ‘*bons wrestlers,’ and all manner of gracoful and graceleas curs, There are floss in abundance; clouds of them arise from the floor before the visitor's feet, and biacken his shirt bo- som in.their pumbers before he bas bad time to look around, The is close, gloomy and ili-ventilated, and the odors that assail the olfactories of the visitor are ‘ing but pleasant. It seems that the people in this dist ment for canine worthlessness are the gainers in one sense--the sense of smell. If they do pay fitty cents for each individual dog, they get » hundred scents from each in return, ‘ The sounds prevailing here are deaiening. As we enter a general howliug is going on, Presently this ceases, and an old bull dog of suvage aspect bezins a deep bass solo of barks and yelpa. A poodie with a soprano voice, and a black apd tan contralto join and make it a vee oat sarge te and cay the grand chorus 8 ou! in in howls, yelps, crowis and hideously maintained discord, from which there is ey eer Patent At a sparen a Jarge wooden tank, covered sists of this drowned when their Briers urcjosn are. ‘that the statements made relative 1o those | Phi ve were erroncous. She never made by any oF admired cur a confession to him, because she had no confession to ernene ee may be claimed Ps owner, who may mage, Counsel then ‘several ints in the | take it a ‘on the payment of Whon the hour of Sudce’s charge, laid down as facts, which hecontended | ¢xecation arrived the dogs are pied into the vat, were not supported by evidence. "During the whole of | the pups and small dogs being thrown in first and tho prisoner wept, and at the close the | larce placed on top. Over two hundred dogs aro Jearned counsal was applauded. thas tO a Compact mass within this large reeep- moments of painial aod barrowivg suspense to the un- fortunate the Court announced that they do- cided to refuse both motions. ‘ get Dorgan, the Court now repcats the question it put to you this morning, and which was an- swered by yourcounsel. You can now answer for your- self. Have you anything to say why sentence sbould ‘not be pronounced upon you? The prisover, sttll maintaining silence, was directed to confer with her counsel again, and thore was great anxiety in court to learn if the awful fate loommg before her would compel her to make some revelations, She ke some words to Mrs. Adrain, who arose and said:— ridget m this case has requested me to say to the Court that she never killed Mrs. Coreil, she wishes me further to say that (here is a person who is now at large who promised to relieve her of the charg that is mace against her. This person is still at liberty, and knows with regard to this crime. She, herself, according to her statement to me, not’ only at the present time, but from the very moment her counsel ap to the present peri she ever touchod or imbrued her hands in the biood of Mre. Coriell, and that shy ‘ entirely innocent of tho murder of tbat lady. = - Ey ge Fas BF ws, E FF ou have wrongfull; acoused. Disclose those, if any, who have im thig murder, so that they may be beld to responsibilities. But oh! as you value yoor vation, accuse not the iunocent, There remains Court only to proavunce upon you the sent Jaw, whieh is, and this Court doth now here sider and adjudge, that you, Brdyet Dergan, hence to the place whence you came, and th in strict aod safe agust, 1967, and that then you be taken to execation to be provided by the Sheriff of the Middlesex aecording to law, and that then and tween the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and t o'clock im the aiternoon of that day, you be hanged the neck until you are dead. THE CLOSING SORNE, The slow, measured cadence with which the sentence ‘was prondunced overthrew the si whole trial su << # i y He Bree 5 z Fs ie a # Fa 3 denoting time and piace, “dead,”’ fell with crushing effect on the now subdued spirit, and she uttered a loud, wild sbriek that told at ouce how the iron had entered ber soul, Her absurd chimeras about the futility of circumstantial evidence apd the impossibility of conviction without direct and open proof, which buoyed ber up under all her aff tion, Were now shivered at o1 2, and woman's nature was onee niore triumphant, cried aa. aod foud wntit she was hurried out of the Court Houso, and with tottering steps she descended and staggered, rather than wathed, across the yard. She heard prison gates jar bebind her a8 she passed the way of the transgreesor, and sho sank ito ber cell with an ailficted heort, there to pine away the few days left ber im this life, from whieh ue is so soon to be removed by ao violent death. she is now fresh and blooming, in spite of the odiem that hangs around her ‘nm connection with the mufcer, would impress one favorably. There is @ numerous class who beleve her crimo, and it is certain that si jations t her counsel yesterday of as Uaiaes are Concerned, noth! it leads to @ bellet that som pecied before iho curtain falls on the last act of thie revolting tragedy Bri TERN occupies a cell in tho same building with Mary Gilroy, charged with somplict my the murder, while Williams, the colored mian 4 to be hanged on the 6th of July, is stationed furcher down, The Court House densely crowded 4: the day, mpachy was shown for y hearted beings were cruel enough fn pplasse at the close of the dread cere- mony Which was the harbinger of @ miserable 6nd to one already ‘wedded to calamity.” YACHTING. Regatta of the Atlantic Clab. The second anuuai regatta of thie Yacht Ciub will pressed comy tacle, and the berred covering being fastened aown about two below the top of the tank, the Croton is turned on and is played through a large bose on the struggling mass of dogilesb. As the water rises the dogsin the successive strata are drowned with scarcely @ strogele, ‘the mass being packed so closely togetber that motion is a matter of great difficulty, and rising is impossible, owing to the. covering of the vat which presses down firmiy on the uppsrmost doge, while the water risos over their heads. The drowning of the unfortunate crea- tures consummated, their carcases are delivered over to the contractor tor the removal of defunct animals, and they are romoved to be utilized for pubiic use in many forms—their hides to furnish skin boots or Eid gloves, SCENE Tan s in the streets in the vicinity of the pound ts, however, while extremely iudicrous, in a great degree artistic. It is identical in its general features and in its spirit with Resa Bonheur'’s celebrated painting of the “Horse Fair,” with substitution of dogs for horses, [he great difference is, however, that in the parting the horses go forward willingly, while in the street scene the dogs do not, On the contrary, they pull back most obstinately, twining the leash around lamp posts or abou of ther creel captors, and fight most obstinately a; their fate. The procession of the dog catchers throngh tho streets forms a very strange it indeed. There are scores of ragged urchins, all unkempt, unwashed, noisy and precocious, each leading by rough ropes one, two, three, conetimes as many as four forlorn ipo doxe, and bandiing all with a consummate skil! gained through long expe- rience in this business. Some of the wrotched animals march to their fate with dogged, sutlon step, without perforining any useless antics or displayine anv impotent Tage; others, mangy, balf-starved curs, slink mock: along in fear; but occasionally some aristocratic poodle or conch dog vents ite indignation xt tho rough treatment in angry snarls and despera® efforts to got clear, which seta the entire procession in commotion, At such times the soene is highly jadicrous, Aitempt- ing to crive a pig on a straight line presenta no such dif- flenities nor such comical features as appear in this event. Doge mingle, snarl, bite and how!; boys we, swear, yell and whoop, and only after the preatest 4m. is¢niangle the almost inextricable knot of canines in time to conduct them in order through doorway to ‘the pound. This scone is, ly enacted in the morning, the i we ed pn t that time the dogs they have collected tl t; for they always have an eye to busi- ‘ness during season, knowing that neither it nor tho dogs will fast long. sun during this period shines for them both night, and therefore they “make ai wae, well im any hour of the twenty-four, All i email, mie ot Lyme od tesereres or represen! fs Daring the day we picking up enticing away the grim bull dog from the batchers’ bag guengre d the poodle that follows the well dressed lady or forcibly bearing off the fuithful watehdog from the merchant’ Owner bie animals who may miss their favorites a: time may look for them in the pound, where they have been ‘ndountedly conveyed by these assiduais dog huaters; but fatting to claim them within thetwenty- four hours of grace they will surely never meet them on but In the form of sausage meat; for the ofilcers of the pourd appreciate no dog beavty, and hundreds of canines are slaughtered daily. value ARRIVALS YESTERDAY. ‘PhosGrubb, Mr Davis, Miss Ann Davison, Wm Lalor, Mr and Mrs Wilder, Hs Me Weighty Dr'P Martiues, Mr Rober. A'S Hailidie, Mr and Mrs Dawson, J Tarn, Mr'an Miss Brown, W Beal, © Forster, Mr Forster, Wu Hill, Miss Wilder, tcher, Hy Danlop, Geo Meredith, Geo 4 organ. Draner, Xe Bartholomew, Miss Mary A Morgan, L Work. saan, Chas Fogerty, Mra Bastinan, Sr, Mrs Eastinai, Jr, and MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. The Market Property in—The Sale of Ber- ries—The Fourth of July. The Board of Aldermen met yesterday afternoon, Alderman Shannon presiding, Alderman Norton moved the adoption of a resolution callmg upon the Comptroller to furnish an account of all the moneys paid by him for public printing, and the mamesof the parties to whom such payments were made, since January 1, 1867. Alderman Nortox said that he understood that about $19,000 had been paid out improperly for public print- ig, and he wanted to get at the facts, Alderman Losw asked him where he got his informa- Alderman Nortox—From the Comptroiler’s quarterly report, Lozw remarked that he was certain that when the Comptroller furnished the information sought for by the resolution, all would be found to be right, ‘The resolution was then meee Alderman Cosnmay moved that the Comptroller be re- to furnish an account of bec erp Washington Market for the years 1865 and 1866 and a iture on account of said property during the same time. ‘The resolution was adopted. Alderman Warp moved that the Comptrollor be au- thorized to draw his warrant for $500, payable to Henry ‘Wilson, to assist in getting up a hose carriage for the firemen of Columbia, South Carolina Referred to the Finance Committes. ‘The resolutions providing for the celebration of the Fourth of Be Bs ss in the Board of Councilmen came up and were laid over, ‘The ordinance requiring berries to be sold by the quart, pint, or proportionate part thereof, was called up, and after a long debate it was lost. A largo amount of routine business was then disposed of, and the Fourth of July resolutions from the Board of Councilmen again taken up and the committee of the Board of Aldermen appointed, as follows:—Coman, White, Hardy, Varnum and Moore. The paper was then laid over, and the Board adjourned. BOARD OF COUNCILMEN, How are Hydrants Supplied to the City t= Twenty Thousand Dollare Appropriated to Celebrate the Fourth July—Propvsal to License the Hudson River Railroad Co: pany to Continue Running Engines on Eleventh Avenue Defeated. The Board met yesterday afternoon, the President, Mr. Brinkman, presiding. A resolution was presented and adopted directing the Croton Aqueduct Department to inform the Board in what manner the city ts supplied with hydrants, stop cocks, &c.—whether by contract or otherwise, A resolution, which was adopted and afterwards re- scinded at the last meeting of the Board, permitting Alexander T. Stewart to construct vaults in front of his proposed building in Ninth street, between Broadway aod Fourth avenue, to an extent equal to two fifths of the width of Ninth streot, was called up. It was de- bated and finally lozt, apd he Jajd over. ae wownaecs uw’ POURYH OF JULY, The resolutions appointing a joint committes of five from each branch of the Common Council, and appro- priating twenty thousand dollars for celebrating the ap- proaching anniversary of our national independence, wore called up. * The Presipxnt stated, in answer to an inquiry by Mr. W. RB. Roberts, that the committee were limiced to the above amount. The resolutions were adopted, WOODEN PAVEMENT. A resolution was presented and referred to the Com- mittee on Beigian Pavement, directing that all resolu- Uons before the Board relative to wooden pavement bo referred to the above committee and that the committee advertise the proposed action for two days in the Corpo- ration papers, LOCOMOTIVES ON ELEVENTH AVENUR. Mr, Griaore offered # resolution authorizing the Hud- son River Railroad Compauy to continue to run their locomotives to their depot in Thirtieth street during the continuance of their, charter; also to use du eu- ines between their various d on paying a Ii foovot $50 for each engine, and to lay down the necos- Ty Pen adr the "Cans Cae es tion previou: moa Council in forbindi ‘ae ned et steam on Eleventh avenue be- low Fifty-third street. aay eet tise to a lengthy, excited and in- decorous Mr. Hxxny Munnar alluded to all the testimony which was taken by the Committee on Railroads in re- ference to this matter, and thought that the resolution was @ most extraordivary one; and ho was at a loss to know the motive which led to its presemation, Mr, Gitmore replied that his object in offering the Tesolution was to secure the enforcement of the city or- divances, which Mr. Murray himself urged at a previous meeting. He (Mr. G.) believed that if the steam cars were taken off the avenue property owners would use that as a pretext to increase the rents of houses. Mr, Murnay rejoined by saying that he (Mr. Gilmore) a a St aR own Ir. ‘em owners of houses of bo well for them. Such aman was unit to be a memoer tac Board Mr. G em D, Afver a deal of ling the reolusion was pit and lost for want vet a — seen vote, twelve voting in the affirmative and ton in the negative. On motion the Board adjourned, to meet this (Tuesday) afternoon, at two TRE TURF. Jerome Park Races. The American Jockey Club will commence their sum- mer meeting at Jerome Park to-morrow. The racing will be continued ou the following day, and then again on Saturday. There will be four races on the drst day, three on the second and four on Saturday. The first race will be a dash of a mile and ‘ive-eighths, for all ages, and as there ate a number of horses on the ground capable for that distance the entries should be numerous, The second race will be the same distance as tho pre- vious one, but for three year olds, There are eleven nomiuations for this event, and should balf of them come to the post a good race may be anticipated. The third race will be ran by two year olds for a stake which ciosed with ten entries, nearly ail of which we hear will start. The distance tobe run is five furlongs, and wo have no doubt this spin of the youngsters will be well worth wituessng., The fourth race will be one at mie close the first day’s sport. ro that T. G. Moore will not briog on Beacon, Stonewall Jackson, Privateer and Fanny Cheatham to contend for he promiums nt Fordham, bat that be will stop at Saratoga and his horses in readinees for the meeting there. Some of the string were amiss, and it ‘was thought prudent not to travel them so far porth in their prevent condition. This is to be regretted, for einer Bescon, Stonewall or Privatecr would make it warm for the winner in tho * Westchester Cup” race and in the Jockey Ciob handicap. The following are tt coeptances for the Jockey Club handicap: — Delaware, by Ringgold, dam Ariel Lexington, dai dam Aly Lad Onward, by Ringgo! y Laxombarg, by Sovereign, dam b; Capt. how SF Balrownic, dam Jenuie Rose Mart ot Honor, Hampton Court, ‘To Trotting Matches on the Union and Fashion Courses. ‘The match trot announced to take piace yesterday afternoon on the Union Course between the stallions Commodore Vanderbilt and McClellan, milo heats, to wagon, for a stake of $2,000, did not take place, owing tothe condition of the weather and the track, It was Postponed until Wednesday afternoon. ‘Tho all-absorbing topic among sporting men is tho great Mateh between the renowned Dexter, in harness, and the celebrated Ethan Allen and ranning mate,which comes off on Friday on the Fashion Course. It wiil be remem: ered ) all A Sh AS Eth 19, revpectively, and than this may bo looked for Friday, Notwithstanding the phon th by Ethan on that occasion, Dexter is decidedly the te at presont. at such odds as would seem to indicate confidence in his ability to carry off the honors of event. & capital trot i looked for on the Fi ween Lucy, Fearless, Panic and Goor, De Team Sone five years ago Mr. Bonner, on the Union Course, trotted his team of mares, without any previous | the keepers of these places oy CITY INTELLIGENCE. Tae Cnouens.—It would seem that, as the warm Weather increases in intensity, the contagious diseases, which were iaid a few months ago with difficulty by the Board of Health, are beginning to stir themselves again. The inspectors have been combatting the scarlet fever in certain portions of the city of late, and have in great Part succeeded in not only confining the contagion to its Poisonous starting point, but have managed to stamp it Out altogether. So far the cholera has not done much damage, but the health authorities have been rs peering it be A — the thermometer has be- remain lay above ninety degrees, and perspiring people to put themselves outside of Bumerous glasses of ice wate! hour. The drat case this season bappened on the Ist of June, a woman Tire name of Brid; Geoghan, living at-No. 328 East hs 3 the unfortunate victim, She fourteen heurs’ duration. The second case, which occurred yesterday afternoon, was that of @ man mamed G, H. Case, who bad come to this, city from Trenton, N. J., in the morning. He was taken lenly ill at the foot of Chambers street while passing along the pier, and was conveyed to Bellevue Hospital, where the physician in charge pronounced his caso ene of Asiatic cholera, The Board of Health despatched a medical atlache to the hospital late in the afternoon to attend to the necessities of the unfortunate map. ‘Tax Carnonic Prorsorony Fair.—A promenade con- cert and reception in honor of the ladies who have so -_ cond neen the metoure tes milk ‘in given this uesday) evening, iding in Union square, fichara O'Gorman will deliver an addross, Gratull band will furnish the music, Sr, Tmotay’s Cavrcu.—A strawberry and musical festival of St. Timothy’s church will commence this evening and continue two days. The will be appropriated to pay thejdebt of the church, Tux Morcur-—The following described bodies were taken to the Morgue yesterday, and there await identid- cation:—From pier No. 4 North rjver, the body of an Unknown man, aged about thirty years, five feet eight inches in height, with sandy hair; deceased, whon found, was Clad in a white shirt, blue undershirt, gray knit drawers, ribbed pantaloons, black-cloth vest and bro- ganas. Tho body of an unknown bov found in the river at the foot of Chambers atreet, North river; deceased ‘was aboat fifteen years of age, is four feet in neight, and has brown bair; when found, was clad in bit Jacket, white undershirt, light pantaloons, white stoc! eae, salto shoes, and had» slate and book in his an Loss anp Recovery or VaLvasies.—A young man @amed Edward McCabe, who is employed in the estab- Mahment of Mr. Victor Bishop, No. 23 Maiden lane, was sent last Friday to an express office with a small box, containing twenty-four ounces of small string pearls in bunches and 1,878 grains of loose whole pearls, weighing two grains each, which were to be shipped to a forcign Port. On his way to the office, McCabe entered a lunch house on the corner of Cedar street and Trinity place, and while regaling himself with a substantial meal, laid the box containing the valuables on astool by his side. He left the counter when his meal was completed, forgetting the box, but returned a few minutes afterward and found it gone.’ Mr. Bishop, on learning of the loss of the pearls, advertised itin the HeraLp on Friday, offering $200 reward for thoir recov. ‘A young man who 18 employed in the office of a French paper, who had found the goods in the lunch store, as he says, ‘‘aban- doned,” saw the advertisement on Saturday, sent the hint yo to Mr, Bishop, and received the advertised rows : Fara Fart.—Coroner Shirmer yesterday held an in- quest at Mount Sinai Hospital, in West Twenty-eighth street, on the body of Jacob Erhard, who fell down a flight of stairs, corner of Ninth avenue and Eighteenth street, on Satn day evening, and died from the offects of the injuries ye civ Deceased is said to have beon partially under i: influence of liquor at the time of the occurrence, A verict of accidental death was render by the jury. De { was forty years of age, and a native of Germany. Bopims Fouxp iy 7° > Water.—The remains of an @nkoown man, abo! ‘orty years of age, were found floating in the Sock ‘0. of Morris street,” North river. Deceased had on strived pants, fancy vost, no coat and hickory undershirt. “In his pockets were found some old nails, pieces of ribbons and some twine, The body, which was far advanced in decomposition, had been in the water for several weeks. It was sent to the Morgue for identification, A lad, whose name could not be certained, was found in’ the water, foot of Chambers street, North river. Deceased was dressed in cotton and woolleo pante, drab cassimere jacket, muslin shirt, socks and shoes.’ In his jon were two schoolbooks, and a.leather belt was buckied around bis waist. Tbe body bad been in the water for several weeks, The remaine were also sent to the Morgue for Aacotonne Coroner Schiemer held inquests on both ies, Inranticior.—Yesterday afternoon Coroner Schirmer held an inquest, at the Twenty-eighth precinct police station, over the remains of a male infant which were found floating in the dock foot of Leroy street, Nerib river. Dr. 8. N. Leo made a mortem examination of the body, which resulted In showing that the child bad been born alive, but no evidence could be obtained as to who threw the babe into the river. Painput Accwwart,—Joseph Straheara, while at work Greenwich street, had bis right. hand peal 4 in the rollors of the machine on which he was at work, and dreadfully mangled, causing a very patnful wound, and besides which ne may ly lose the use bis hand. He was conveyed to the New York Hospital, Fine iy Cawat Staext.—Between twelve and one o’elock on Monday morning a firo was discovered in the ‘boot and shoe store No. 161 Canal street, owned by Hugh Martin, The firemen were quickly on the premises, and the Games were extinguished before the store was materially injured. The damage to the stock will be about $400 and to fixtures about $100; insured for $2,300 mm the Franklin Insurance Company of Philadelphii ‘The building is damaged about $60. Fire Marsha! has the origin of the tre under investigation, TWE INTERIOR OF LUNATIC ASYLUMS, BY AN ALLEGED MADMAN, TO THE EDITOR OF THR HERALD. I feel the greater iaducement to unveil these mys- teries — Ddecause, properly to understand the working of a modern madhouse, both as to its good and bad qualities, it ig necessary, alas, to have been, as I was, an inmate of one—~an unfortunate subject in the power of those who profess to be experts in fathoming the secrets of that most subtie alchemy, the humana brain, The mere visitor to such an inatitution gan know nothing except what the officials choose to show him, and rarely would @ patient known to be over-communicative bs allowed an opportunity of indulging such a detrimental propensity. Prompt measures would be taken to con- fine both his person and sentiments within a very limited space, Plausible politences to strangers, kindness to maay of the semi-stupid inmates, but rigorous, often cruel treat- ment of those who are suspected of wishing to escape, be they sane or insane, sick or well, | have seen. Were 1 asked to relect the most g! faaite of my asylum I would select three. First, alacrity with which reluctance with which s patient ig releaeed—that is, if his rolatives can fe for keeping bim mentioned faul more in ve laws on the subject than in the institution; for watil a patient has been detained afew days his condition can hardiy be ascertained. The second fault—greed of gata—I Lave not found confined to the keepers of lunatic asyl uy3, but tolerably prevalent ‘The third fault, however, I would call attention to as a elaring blemish in tho institation that practices it, and a flagrant wrong on the community where it is Tho simple fact stands thus:—A man ma; Perfectly sane, whether he was insane or not iy, and if those who pat him in duress wish it and pay for it be may be detained forever, In many cases, of course, the patients’ friends take them ae but if they do not, the unbappy wretch who expects that the physician will discbarge Jeans indoed on a broken reod. As weil might he expect the ancient tenure of mortmain to relax its skeleton elntch, © yo charitable, whore hearts warm and whore PUFseS open at the plaintive appeais for assistance which ——, form the burden of the annual reports of these justitutions for the take care that your bounty is really directed to the admirable objeot for which you intended It, Take heed, lest while intending to bestow hg en your fellow creatures, you put it in the power of some perambulating mass of seif-satislod stupidity calling himscif a physician to tamper wit! the berty and comiort of men whose minds are super The felon who ts nentenced to prison kaows for whit cause and for how tong, He knows that when bis terms finened the strong arm of the law will be stretched to open his prison door, Are laws #0 deficient or legis- he same watehfulness abail bot maniac tu the madhouse as is eger- the felon in his cell? Tt in in vain to urge, as I bave sometimes heard, that WO fixed salaries and that they can bave no motive for detaining a patient, “Le Vautei,” As long as there ts an unoccupied ward or an empty room there is an igdirect the revenue of the asylum by fil. ing that ward or that room with paying patients, institutions that gud the nder the harsh surveijance of be if he reach highome in ize him, 5 + THE 2ANAMA RAILROAD. Mail Contracts and Revenue of the Com. pany—An English Sult Against the Corpora- tion, and a Cross Loar Court oy Quusy’s Bravos, Loxoox, May 31—Sittings in Banco, betore the Lord Chief Justice, mr. Tastice Blackburn, Mr, Justice Melior and ur. 1ce Shee, Lora Gilbert Loy Fy The Panama, New Zealand and Australian Royal y—The Panama, New Zeasand and Australian Mail Company vs.’ Lord Gilbert Kennedy. —These were cross actions raising ques- tions of great magnitude between Lord Gilbert Kennedy id company, the questions in both actions being substantially the ‘same. The first was ap action by him to recover the sum of bio paid by him in respect of £3 a share, the payment of which he resisted on the ground on ‘whic be brought his own action. In the com- pany's action be pleaded fraud—that ta, a8 be defined it, in a statement made by the com; in prospect z., that the object was to enable them to rform @ contract entered into with the government of New Zealand for & monthly snail service bet ney, New Zealand and Panama, in correspondence the Royal West India Mail Company’s steamers between Southampton and Aspinwall, and that the New Zealand company agreed to give the company the refusal of any other services they might establish or maintain di ‘the continuance of the new contract, But he also su and responded on the grourd of failure of consideration. The questions between the pariies were raisod ag special case, and when it was mentioned that the special cage’ and documents occupied more than seventy large “brief” sheets of per, besides several lengthy printed documents, would probably tage up ten or a dozen of our columné, it will be obvious that in order to condense it into reasonable space the substance only can be given; and we must confine oursvives as far as possible to the facts which appear to be le.ally material, Phe substance of the case appeared to be that Lord Kennedy resisted the call, and claimed a return of bis money upon the ground that he had joined the com- pany on the faith of its having a contract with the gov- ernment of New Zealand, which in fact it had not; the real truth being that there bad been such a contract entered into with one administration, but that it. was disavowed by their successors as not duly authorized, and a new contract substituted. Mr. Mellish and Mr. H. James were for Lord Kennedy ; Mr. Manisty, the Hon. G. Denman, and sir, Murphy ap- red for the company. Mr. Mellish (with him Mr, H. James) argaed the case for Lord Gilbert Kennedy. The question, he #xd, raised was substantially the same in both activo Lord Gilbert was entitled to recover the m: paid and to resist recovery of the money w! ‘was de- manded? And the question came to this—whetner he was legally a shareboider? This would turn upon these points:—I, Had Mr. Ward authority 10 eater into the contract? 2 Assuming that he had not, was it not @ condition of the undertaking to take the shares that the contract was actually e: ing? 3. If not, was not there a false and fraudul representation that it was an actual existing contract? On the first poit he argued (a) that the New Zvaland government could uot legally confer such an authority under the statutes, (. That even if the goverament could do 60, it had not done go, and that no such autho- rity had legally been conferred. He contended that if thero was no authority the company could nyt sheiter themselves under the representations or belief of Mr. Ward, for they knew all tbat be aid (as they bad the Colomal acts before them), \d, admitung tuat up to the time of their taking counsel's opiaion they might have believed that he had the necessary authoriiy, they could scarcely ghave believed it afterwards, How cond the first act be supposed to give the autnority when it applied only (o intercoionial mails? And how could the second, whon the authority was to the Governor? It was limited to £30,000 a year, and it was conditional on instructions to be givea by th: rnor, The only ia- structions received by Mr. W . conveyed in the “minute” enclosed in the Governor's despatch were under that second act—the act of 1862—limited to £20,000, ‘The most important and difficult questiea ip the case, however, was the next—whether the statement in the prospectus as to the contract was a condition of the undertaking on the basis of that prospectus to take sbares—that is, a condition that there was @ vad sisting contract with the New Zealand government, that if thero was not the undertaking to the company was defeated; or was ita mero reprosemta- tion, in which view 1 would not defeat the coniract unless fraudulent? He contended that the former was the case, aud that it was an absolute condition: of war- ranty that there waa a valid subsisting contract with the New Zealand government, Asto this he contenced that the rule of law was that any representation embodied in the contract, and as the subject. matter of the contract, and connected. with and miaterial to ite ranty; for the effect of the failure of the con- dition’ was that the object of the contract failed. And here it for the prospectus represented that the new skthros were to be issued iu order to carry out this contract. Lord Gibert was invited to take shares in order to carry it out, which was stated to be “penedcial,’’ and consequently the object Sy there was no such contract—t, ¢,, 5 ee ee he ad »” dee i and reported ia De dex and Jones’ aeons ees a rien ho outa en the record cane the subject, and the eifect of which was fa sharebolder wok’ shares on the baisis of a prospectus stating cortain objects of the enterprise, and then they ine, were subsiantiaily eltered without his koowledge and as- sent, he was relieved, That decision of Vice-Cbancelior Wood was affirmed by the Lords Justices, aud nocase was ‘etter esiavlished in equity and the principle applied to ‘this case, e the objects wore or extended, here they were diminished; but the principio was the game, the objects were substantially altered or departed from. The ground of the decission was that the cation for shares must ave reference to = te Gilbert was not a shareholder. was enreennemephe ry jax and came in under the now The arguments were not conciuded, THE NEXT PRESIDENCY. (From the Savannah Republican, June 13.) of Meanwhile, General Grant is loudly talked of for the next residency. The extremists condemn him, But no nan is more likely to succeed Andrew Johnson than U. 8. Grant. We can surely rely on Grant’s sturdi- ness in what he attempts, no matter how deficient he may be ip other qualifications. He would probably cal! the best statesmanship to bis counsel, It 18 provably early to anticipate the coming mao, but as we survey tbe picture galiery bis features bear a resemblance to Geu- eral Grant, (From the Lynchburg Virginian, Jane 13.) For a manly oppunent who displayed the ities ‘that Grant did on tne field of Appontattox, eerie of the South bi vastly more respect than the mean, malignant men who now control, in agreat de- gree, the politics of the country. Had the poley which General Grant inaugurated on his jast feild bees adopted by resg and the North, the Union woull now be reato! and many of the festering yvounds be healed, ' We should prefer him a thousand Ames over to the Wades, Otmses, Colfaxcs or Sumners, Who would be most likely to get the radical nomivation for the Pre. sidency. General Graut tsa brave man, theresore generous. He fought for the Union and #8 national man. He would not be sectional in a Rremasan ot He would most probably endeavor to be ot the nation, and not of a party. From the Spriogfeld Repab: b 14) Graat stock 18 rising jm Re resi meen and democrats show a The Banon Pot intimates thas it would, be glad to see bim placed at the head of the nation by tle sponiancous uprising of tho people, without regard © party machi~ should he be the candidate of the republican itean, to be bis yin sere remains were feand in ode, chmond, last February. thus desorived by the Richmond Eequirer of the jaa iE ( i d i el i i u Teooding from pale, bet in a mo- never had a wife,” . and demenned bim- self with great coolness, protestin.® that be was never married, And without any attempt "at ee panied the officer to Mr. Tu _ ‘was thoroughly searched. b, mars Jn a box in hia room was found an old faa. barreled revolver, three barrels of which wer.* laded, the remainder baving, he eaid, been fired at a do,%, He endeavored to prove by, tan that the piswo: 984 been hitherto kept in a placo inacocssible ot Mr Turner denied this, and sxid Philips Far8 gos at the weapon at any time, His trank contained dresses, cofla, collars and various articles of female apparel, among which was one of the curted head dresses worn by ladios on the back of their heads. This was solled with mad and profusely sprinkled with sand. From a nomber of the names had been carefully erased from the fly leaves, but was written “Mise Emma,” Among other articies tm the trunk wore s haudkerchiet, the exact couaterpart of the one found on the body of ihe murdered women, and a lady's werreotype taken by at poet peer. This pieture only the head and bust, and repre- at the throat with @ breasepin} a bonnet (one of the Neb, ate, fo uch i vogue) officers as that of the murdered Tenatar Doakers Wooda, aes oe, omen meeme aay and Pied iged lavtne A beld as