The New York Herald Newspaper, November 21, 1867, Page 8

8 NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS. the question of the right, of Brown Brothers & Co. to vote sbouid be determi’ Ad ip that accioa. While the argumer, was progressing & large number Of Me stoekhoider* ‘yn the companivs alluded to were in ew 7 Sag manile'ged ibe greatest wierest in the pro 5 faxvice or TBS, IXJONCTIONS—THE BLECTION ADJOURNEN The tvjunc’sons were served upon the officers and fnspectors “4 the company when the polls opened yes. terday mcgoing. ihe inspectors on receiving joe Junctions, ‘announced that they would suspend ceedings for an ager ia order to examine the hegal papers serv: Danna taat iuterval coansel for the parties con- BUsted together, and at one o'clock the Inspectors an- ‘,ounced tbat they would adjoura the election waill the 16th ef December next, at tweive o'clock, Im the mean- time there can hardly 0 a doubt that the matier iu- volved in these proceedings will be again brought before the court, ‘Counsel for Brown, Brothers and Co., Mr. 8. J. Tilden, Mr. Potter, Mr, Charles O'Conor, Mr, W. M. Evarts; Held Court opens at ancy Vs, Harlem RE, 0)7—Merrittetal. ve. Huted- Judge Barnard. past ten e’olock A. M, Ce, jnsoa. on—Vee ve Kelly, 25—Byload ve Lynch, @i—Ing, and Chicago RE @S—Am, +0) Br. co. ve tas Denial etal Ye, Peter. 1637—W. tent—aayer etal. va, Kelly, ng va. Powers | counsel for the Atlantic Meil Steamship Compaay, Jud; pene ~m Kelly | Woodrad, Judge Emmet, MEG. A, apaile aad Mr. G81—Tucker va. White. Peters, Vanderpool, Ge —Keanedy va Croutt et B—Natnys va Kelly, ‘Tie Cane ef the Meteor, Douglass va, Ellis, Tl—Dra.e va, Barstow, Before Judge Nelson. Elite va. Douglass, President, Tt wilt be recollected that about eighteen months ago Supreme Conrt—Circeli—Part 2. Held ey Judge Sav th. Court opens at kalf-pas: tem o'slock A. M. Isey. 17 -MeCarthy va, O'Brien, ne Be Dalg ve. Galwa; 14e# —Goidsi f ner, 1as—Nelatyre et lebach vs. Kahn. Post v:. N. ¥. Oo, Ebel, Pres, re. Saward House. V6—Weeks ot al, ve. Gosts tal. $a—Derancey vs. Steven. ot al, son. QO Kerae ve, suiliran, %6—Peck ot al va, Batley Price vs. re a a urvee. Bin River Bank tmp'd. a 16-Onep al ve. Mo. G Austin, tm} the stemmer Meteor was seized in this port by the United States Marshal, agting on information supplied by Spanteh agents, om the ground that she had been fiited out wy the -Chileaa government to make war against the commerce and mavy of Spain, The case was tried be- fore Judes Bette, in the United States District Court. ‘The Judge pronounced a decree condemning the Sveamer. Her owners, the Messrs Forbes, of Boston, @ave bonds to the gevernmont in the sum of $116 000, sand the steamer was permitted to sail from Now York. ‘The matter wow comes before Judge Nelson, on appval from tho decree ef Judze Betts, the ewners of the Steamer Meteor claiming that the evidence was iosuf- ‘Scrent to show that she been fisted out for warlike ‘The case was at argument all day yesterday, Supreme Cour t—Spectal Term. urposes, Held ty) Judge Miller, pers unt zy fe dee Phage nes kr 8. beso Lal District Att h BP Demurrera:— , pearing hineeg ein Petitions in Bankruptcy. je aene Fe Ins, Cp. og. Oat ae eee we Bi ‘The following petittcns were filed yesterday :— : Wittam ©. Reynolds, New York city; referred to por ve. Dey Rode and fe Been: vy Registor Allen. Gilbert M. Todd, New York olty; re- 4 . R. Of, S4—Reeley ferred to Reg: Prouty vs, Maddee. et al, 198—Woodrutt ve, Pearce. to Regier Darian ‘Stobr ve. Bean. Murphy vs. Gross. ‘Burnham vs. Partgbura, 197—Coit et al. ve, Campbell SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS... —Boyce ete ee coe a if 198-1 ve. ee ‘The Castle Garden Imbrogiie-The Commic- pf Racal Hcg: Gls me hair sm stoners ot Emigration are Sustained by the 8—Pried ve. ‘1 Ina, Co, —Grifite ve, Alexander, ‘Court. J @ Liver ‘282—Thurston vs, Douglass, Before Judge Barnart. Sonetens eee onmers, The People, de., ex ret. Van Ne ve. The Commissioners eld vy Judge ham. z o @eart opens at n welesk A POET Gt taieadar ot twelve, & Bmigration.—This case, it will remembered, came be- a tub Kes. fore this court ebout ® month sigce on au application by I—Grant ve. Miller. ‘Si—acheroft ve. Lansdell. ‘the relator, who was the agent of the Erie Railway Com- Tech ee en TORR AM. HAO. | pany im the ceaigrant depot at Castle Garden, fore writ of peremptory mandamus compelting' thre respondents to admit him to thetr premises, Van Nees bad been pre- i} viously expelled with McDonald, the agent of the Pean- eyivania Iroad Company, upon charges of mai- feasance made against them by tbe Commissioners. The case of McDonald was decided adversely to him and the Pevssylvania Railroad Oompany about ten since, Yesterday Judge Barnard rendered the fellowing opin- fen jo reference to the case of Van Ness:— The defendants have power by law to prohibit the and of omigrante, and it authorizes them to designate the wharves and piers where the; shall be landed, I find nothing that compels them to receive the agents of any railroad line or transportation company upon their premises or within their enclosure, The fendante have not excluded ‘the Erie Railway com %8-Powell vs, Southside R. a Croton Ne Re. is C . Wi—Schroeder vs. Bchiesin-. W8—Bi. 19.6. Co. vs. Has. ger. a1 106_Bamberger vs, Bamber- Oe Petzge rs. Heldenreith, fF aaeee 15—Petition of Wood ef al. to vaeate assess- | Superior Coart—Trial Term=Part 1. Held by Judge MeOann. be + Qvart opens at eleven o’clock'A. M, (on, ker ve. DeGraaf, Sri—scnuthooter ve. Metsger 3479—Ruseell ve. Met Ins.Uo, —Joh Mulroy. ber. SviaNats hee aed Lester Bank va. Ross, ™ Company from Castle Garde, only that their agents ‘whom they propose to send to their ‘of business Superior Court—Trinl Term—Part 2. are not proper persons, They are ling that an agent Held by J Jones, or agents may be admittea inst whom’no charge‘of “wn Court opens orm o'clock A, M, misconduct bas been made, iow denied, , Ke 6 yassell Fire ear faitetat veccanl Tneurance Go. SUPER:OR COURT—TRIAL TERM—PART regbry &c. ve. Hoach 866—Russe!l C 1 (€453—Dre W ve. Waitsfelder, s46—Halev Kissiok. Jr — Hobts va. Jaudanfet ‘8. St. Nicholas nee Co. Another Item Added to the Cost of the New Court House. Before Judge MbCunn. Catharine McGarry vs, the Mayor, Aldermen, dc,— The plaintiff sued as administratrix under the statute for the recovery of $5,000 damages for the loss of her hus- band, whe was killed in June, 1665, by the falling of a beam froma derrick to which it was attached by iron clamps at an elevation of about sixty feet, The derrick was be{ng used in the construction of the Court House, in the City Hall Park, and the decedent , bal. 1206—Nic! ferson va. American \fexraph Co. ng va, Pike. o:jstantine vs, Wake. 2912—Ere va Kelly, eye ve. Mee 221\4—Duer ve. Keffer, Kipten bfherif, cpaccn Pleae—Teial Term—Part 1. Adjouned for the term, Cheommon Pleas—Trial Term—Part:2. Held by Judge Van-Vorst. Court opens vacua —* o'oleck A. M, roe. ras en- M bNeill va, Ragers. 869—Preston 7 gaged ana ‘man on the buildis The plaintiff’ Mprrs'va Epesia, -668—Preswon ve Mareey, ‘Alleged negligence on the part of the defendants in not ttre a. aneniy Sermo as, ym te Sed Deam securely anti properly braced to the Hart va. Goldsmith, | Ssi—Elson va. Mart. The defonce was contributory mogligence:on the part isiee Telegraph Oo." -tih-Quins Var Bie Mayo r | of the deceased in the fact that having been working at 908—Phyfe va, Koo, . that derrick for several months he must have been ‘000—Taurber va. Southwick, ware 6 ¥ Sanwecooe a he) the aeazianes, a Marine Trin} Term. ould no! s operating it, The Chie tte jury rendered @ verdict for plaintif in the sum. of e Court openeat ten o'vlock A.M. Wahoos . oe. he Crapeay. Dai rely eed SUPERIOR COURT—TRIAL TERM—PART: 2. 5g heimer, " "™ | watt Against the Public Admintstrator—A ( gc tavines maak Diamond Pin Withent an Owner to Pin ug ve. Prear, ‘Mever va. Stoiner, ne ve. Ackerman, Siedman, bisner va, Westheimer, Before Judge Jones, ‘Leder va. Saws. 121—Valk va. Sebulize. Michad Kelly ve. Henry B. Davies,Jr, Public Admin- Hfsaderaon aan Gossne vo. apeat. tsirator,—Plaintiff sued for the recoveryiof a diamond pin and the sum of $250 damages for the alleged wreng- fal detention by the defendant of the di fou, and alleged in bis complaint that the erticlehad been ‘‘wrongfully and tortnonsiy” taken and held by the defendant’ From UNITED STATES CIRCUFT. COURT. ‘Whe Atlantic and Pacific Steamship Company Controverav—Au Ininnetion Issued by Judge Blatchferd=The Jurisdiction of the United Gtate: District Oceurt -Questioned—Brief Legal Review of the Case. Before Judge Blatchford. Bir Wikiam Richmen4 Brown, Barend, and: others ve. Be Pacific Meit Steamship Company, the Atlantic Mast amship Company and oiher:.—This vas a motion for @m injunction to restrain the defendants, directors of the @Peeiic Mail Company, from holding an election for di- wectors, appointed for yesterday, the 20th inst. The pair ‘personal perty, amounting in aggregate value to about $75. Foe pin, \t wee claimed, was worth $260. Tne plaintiff fur- ther showed that the Public Administrator sent an officer to Kelly, te whom, upon demand, the pin was given, oy 4 hes Keil: Maat tascoiaten thah the yaa man nam ei 3 e pin was the neat ieiiie his lifetime, pelo apis pow other effecta, LPH of by the public ad- jDisirator, as wi 20 Bian sinleonten'd pemeecterae to It was further contended who was with aes ‘A Dill had boon Sled by Sir William. Richmond Brow: Bart, and oib an Eaglish firm, agai the Teac had been made to him by the deceased. aysician , the Atinatio dail Steamship | whe attended Roger Kelly during his fli: testified pany jivers other parties, alleging that tne | that for some time prior to his decease he was. election for directors of the Pacific Mnil Steamehip | and was incapable of any physical exertion. Company was to be bold on the 20ub inst; that several The Court diemsesed the complaint on the ground that of the defendants bed entered into.s combination to | no deliver: the property by the dece: had been ‘Rave a vew Board of elected by means in showa, end that possession had been obtained felo- Diresvors ef stock which they had destgnediy purchased, and in ‘part by proxies which they had prosut end further Praying the dofendants may be restrained by injunction és parce in the Stave Court from voting npon two blocks ‘@f stock of twenty-seven thousand shares each which were heid by Broun Brothers & Co. upon certain trusts, end upon w! Broun Brothers ‘clamed niowsly by Somers, CITY INTELLIGENCE. ‘Twa Viert ov tas Bostox Exass Dateqamox.—A delegation from the Common Couneil of Boston, Mass., who are on a visit to this city to @btain jaformation as to the workings of our Excise law, with « view to the ‘the votes of the.defendacts umess Broun were also permitted to and from holdiog Hub's being soon enabled to adopt eeme paying system oe election at which Broun others & Of excise iastead of tne ry bv mee Probibitory Prevented by. ‘njunctien of otherwise ‘voitng. | law thatisto be repesied by the husetts Legisia- The Atiantic Mai! Com ‘wan the owner of oneof called yesterday at the those biocks of stock t@enty-seves thousand shares, juarters in street, and were received by Commissioner Acton. escertalo- Claimed that st had the right to centro! the vote in See The defendants alae claimed that the other ef the company, or its directors, aad that the claims | access to the records of (he Commsission, and afterwards pet up ia ihe nt Were Toid eo far as they enabled laimed te his listeners ihe great q@erk which the Br Go. to contro: the vete upon these Rot only\to eee that the ute of stock fer the benefit of the directors now in to see, by or by crook, of the order te show camse was Bet served ualil about (wo delighted the way defore the argumeat, Ne answer to the complaint A pay, and ‘been the idea that there ‘The def ta’ coaasel raised various objections to | tobe learned out of the Hub after all, $2 jars eres spaghieiele G7 G87 62 | sasoting of the Fareagut and Now Orleans Prise Assooia- (ton, recently orgamised, was held last evemimy, at the corner of East Broadway and Rutgers street, The meet tag was very largely attended by seamen late af Farra- ‘a aed . B. Lf Bet heb P. lh nara ee Se | > e i Teehe il & j u Pad f ai g 3 Fl i t § i : g ¥ i z ae FI ? z tH 2g° ‘Tas Wassat Boarmea Ove. —Om Toesday evening « Meeting was held at Cooper Institute for the purpose of Organizing a new beat clad, which shoud in time sur. pase all others. The meeting was called to order by Mr, Charles & Kingsley, who nominated General Licya r it ee i if i | c twelve could thus be brought the that ® jease for admirable joration for & Dosthouse bad been secu he foot of Thirty. fourth street, North Mr, Kingsley fartber ciared that nearly sissy no mbere bad been enrolled. An froid foro committing® ful if they, of (he election for oMleers then took place, when the following Fevtiemen were elected:—Fresitent, General Liord Aspinwall; Vice President, Wilson Carey Smith ; Secre- tary, Charies 8 Kingsicy; Treasurer, Colonel Jamos F. Dwight, The name of new club was then voted by acciamation to be “The Nassau Boating Club.”? The appointment of comm theb took place for the pur- pose of obtaining a charter (rom the State and to drat a Constitution aud by-lawa The meeting then adjourned 2s again at Cooper Instivute, on Tuesday, Deceta- ‘Tus Proposey Sats or Tas Marve Hosrrrat Groups — Yesterday the Marine Hospital grounds on Staten Isiand Were to be sold at public auction at the Merchants’ Ex- change salesrooms in Broadway, where there was a pretty large assemblage of bidders, but no bis were given as these had to he started with $380,000, for which they were not prepared. Oonsequertiy the sale was edjourned. The Ma: Hospital grounds are to be #10 ‘ander the auchority conferred upor the Beard of Com- ‘Biasioners by ine laws of 1866, ohepter 751. Duara ov Capraty Serena, of Tas Ning Pawcevcr Potror,—Capiain Jacob L. Sebriog, of the Nint police precinct of this city, died yesterday morning, after & long iliness, at his residence, 14 Eighth avenve, in his fifty-first veer. The deceased was formeriy a momber of the old police ferce and subvequentiy & lieutenant under ex-Chief Matsel. Ha wan one of theYew to accept & position ander the Metropolitan Commission on thelr first accestion to | oy in April, 1867, he was ap- pointed Captain of the Ninth precinct, ed retained tire command from that time to his death. In his positien end proeperity Captain Sebrieg did net forget his old comrades and soquaintances, He wx: geod, kod, whole-souied man, though astern @iecipiinarian. His loss will be keenly feit by a host of fends, ‘Tes Hartew Ratcroap Cor at Younvitrn, —Yemerday afternoon Street Commissioner MeLean opened the pro- pene for (Ming in the oct on Fourth avenue, Between ighty-eighth and Ninety second streets, on the arch of Harlem Railroad severty ninth and Eighty- eighth strocts, and awarded the contract te Jokn Martha, ‘at $0.055 10; time, one hundred days, Barway Aakos Matomsp To fiomr tae Usaxown POR $5,000,—This noted pug'list, champion ‘of the fight weigtits, ms been matched against the “ Unknewn ” for $2,500 a side, A deportt of $100 was made, and articles of agreement will ‘bo drawa om Saturday evening next. The fight will take piace the spring, Pp in the same ring with Coburn an MeCoote, Boakp o Avpr,—At the meeting of "the Board of ‘Audit yesterday, W. 8, Briggs and Joha MeMdhon pre- sented claims for furnishing cosches forthe Common Council, the former for $640, and the latter for $200; Baker & Godwin for $1,769 90 for ; William Massey for $200 for ing; J.T. Barnard & Sons for #3 50 for coal ' end W. 8. Cole for 1,243 47 for advertising, In cases were reserved. Source By 4 Sinaoian Meswe.—Georgiana Fleischner, @ German, aged 40 years, was found ‘dead at ber resi- ‘dence, 57 Washington street, at about eleven o'clock | “on Tuesday morning. Coroner Schirmer held an inquest ‘onthe body at the Twenty-seventh precinct station house, in Liberty street, yesterday, when it was elicited thatthe a mi ‘while {ortag under an aberration of | miné, had removed the from | & sumber of matches, soaked same in ‘water, and drank the mixtore. Shortly afterward shoe was taken sick, and whem Henry Koerner, by whom she was supportd, returned ‘home he found her vomit- . He started immediately LA red the attendance of a oo ign bul medi proved to be of noavall, and the woman soon died, having ad- mitted that ahe poisoned herseif. The returned ‘a verdict in accordance with the facts, ner says that about weeks ago the deceased attempted to end ‘her life by drowning. SincotaR Casz oF Pomwomxd,—Coroner Wildey held ‘an inquest at Bellevue Hospital on the body of Catherine Johnson, a woman thirty-six years of age, whose death oc- curred there on Monday evening, From the testimony elicited it appears that Henry Whitner, carpeater em- loyed in the hospi obtained from the apothe- post 8 phial of ty a whineeees as om asked him for gave her. and recneyine ee th svwallo' a from doing so, She wae taken iD died. The mixture consisted of laudanum, mixed with common soap liniment, ey, rendered a verdict of ‘Death by accidentally.swal- lowing & narcotic mixture at Bellevue bape gol on the it is eatd, ‘18th day of November, 1867.” in the — She was a mative of employed Jonna, New Brunsw! Fara, Fart.—On Tuesday evening Corneling Trebay, late of No, 88 Cherry street, attended a political meeting tion of the shoulder, besides which there was concus- ston of the brain. The jury rendered a verdict of by concussion of the brain, received from « fall. consed was thirty years of age, and a nat! Hateaway Accrpant.—John Rody, thirt; of age, a "longsboreman by cocupation, Water-street, while at work yesterday ship Kit Carson, lying at the foot of Corlears throagh the hatchway inte the lower hold, bis left 106 besides sustaining several se of the thea Stor Riniracend or phy ose for surgical treatment, Fracroaso His Luc.—Late on Tuesday evenening, a Edmond Russell, a Frenchman, twenty-four years ef age and residing at No, 00 Houston street, was in the act of eni a Deer saloon in Broome aed scope and fesotared his leg,” Oost Kane of tbe fighth find’ Frenchman ee ieee ‘condl- ion, bad him removed to Bellevue Hospital Fists mm Waser Tarnrera Srarer.—Between eix and seven o'clock last evening a fire occurred in the dwell- ing house 360 West Thirtieth street, caused by the fur. Bace heaters, The damage done to the building end fur- niture is estimated at about $2,000. The insurance could not be ascertained, as the occupant is absent from the city. It seems that the house was eeg re waco the workmen bed kindled lerge io the nace for the purpose of drying the bonuses, and, not guard property, the heat fired the wood, Fime ix East Forty-sevevrea Sraeet.—Shortly after six o'clock yesterday morning « fire occurred om the top floor of -a frame tenement house rear of No. Forty-seventh street, damaging the house about $50. Said to be caused by a defect in the chimney fue, The house is owned by Thomas McKeon. ‘Ton Recent Pouticat Smoorwo Arrray,—Jobn Eagan, of 610 Third avenue, appeared before Justice Ledwith, at the Jefferson Market Police Court, yesterday, and pre- ferred a charge of felonious assault against William N. Melntyre, The ciroumstances were narrated in yester- te ftwent of without bis latendiag to ft it Bot Rovusrny—A Mastencen Ronwen or $1,802 60.— ‘A bold robbery occurred yesterday at half-pass ene o'clock, at Noa, 78 and 60 Broadway. It appears thata young man by the name of Henry Bass, in the employ of Mesers, C. Ashworth & Co., bankers, who acts in the capacity of messenger, hed been entrusted with several mans ta'Ge oonca mn with the | partly ia a and sa Dl when, the rear uaa, 1a Wheto Mid war a cab. wate bo wes flourishing Gret to the right and thes to the left, The bey, of course, not for a moment suspecting the ap- n om his course up stars, the top, was by the Tera fees, int emer Wed ‘The boy was up by it al ‘arly committed lowed the officers ol Taxer oF Criar®—Jobo Daly, a lad sixteom years of age, was yesterday arrested by oficer Corrigan, of the Nites Inacoeconee near the railroad Second precinct, on the chi @ stealing a quantity of ciyars, valued at $60, tome fee Stamier, 131 Maxton lave. A portion of the ste ‘A goods, it is slieged, wee found in possession of (D@. prisomer, and Judge Hogan commahion ho for triag” “John lives at 102 Bayard street. PACIF‘C YAM, STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Postponem‘ at ef the Annual Election ef Directors. Pursuantgte official notice @ poll was opened at noon yesterdayym the office of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- pany, Nae. 59 and G1 Wall atreet, for the election of nine divec¥@rs vo Oli tke places of those who at present con- trot vhe affairs of the company, thetr term of efice being for one year, The ciroum- dames of there being a strong movement on foot to remev: Present incumeents and elect a new administration being well known in Gnanciel circies, ‘whore it'bas been the topic of discussion for some con- sxlerable time, caused great interest im the proceedings, ‘Rot lessened by the knewledge that each party bas sought the aid of the courts to forward its aims, aud obtained orders and injunctions, alternately commanding and resiraining, uat! the non-legal ming was involved im a maze of perplexity to which man wes never reduced, even when mest anx!ous to discover the whereabouts of the little joker, or more “‘wearng” tham poetry to Silas Wegg. 180- quently there was a very jarce attendance of stock- hoiders, who watched with much juterest the proceed- inge being had, Mes+rs. Frederick Billings, Isaac Tay- jor and Rufus @ Beardsiey presided as inepectors, and bad scarcely taken their places when two new legal pronunciamientes were served upon them im edditivn to those which had been siready served Gne oi these, feeued by Judge Blatchford, of the United States Disteict Court, was an order modifying au injunction previeusty granted which restramed inspectars from adjourning the election, #0 es to permit them sete do, im consequence of which the several counsel for the present directors and the oppesition re- Pra egperentlns to the level siatus of matters, a further oceedinus being postponed for an cour w al- low rr gh this conference. At its conclusion, it being understood that no pledge or agreemeit nad been made or entered into, directly or by implication, on eitner side, the inspectors adjourned the election to the 16th of Becember next, at the same time and place. Besides the injunctions above are outstanding, it is under-tood, one from Judge McCuan, restraining the election from until the votes of Brows the imspectors stook ;’ that is, pro! on the stock given to the pany. ‘The foliowing are the rival tickets:— PRECENT MANAGEMENT. Francis Skiddy, Heward Dennisioun, Elisha Riggn Moves B, Grinnell, ‘ethos Brown, Louis McLane, Jonathaa Therne, ‘OPPomTION, Charles H Russell,j/Edwin D. Morgan, Moses Taylor, Moses H. Grinnell, Samuel G. Wheeler, Jr., Oliver Charlick, George B. igon, Allan McLane, It weaid Mr. Grinmel! bas deolined re-election, CITY REAL ESTATE. ‘Sale of a Block of Lots at Hamijton Square. The DeForrest estate, comprising the block or seventy- two unimproved lots fronting on Hamilton square; and Dounded by Sixty-minth and Seventieth streets and Third and Fourth avenues, was sold yesterday at the Exchange Salesroom, No. 111 Broadway, at noon, by H. Henriques, of'the firm of Allen & Brown, auctioneers, There wasa large attendance, The following comprises the list of the Jote as sold, the amount that each breught and the names of the purchasers:—No. 40, fT. Farley, $12,950; No. 89, J. Lenny, $8,200; No, 88, T. Farley, $8,300; No, 87, T. Farley, $8,400; No, 88, Wm. Lalor, $13,400; Mo. 84, T. Farley, $9,000; No. 85, Thomas J. McEirly, $8,200; BS. ; MeCafferty, $5,300; No. 25, eo 800; No. 24, Robert McCafferty, rt McCafferty, $5,250; No, oo B $5,780; No. sae $5,780; Ni: 3 No. }, 300; Early Lane, $5,300; No. 11, q No. 16, T. Farley, $7,100; No, 15, T. Fariey, Farley, $6,600; No. 13, T. 4 5, Job Manus purchased lots Noa, 12, 11, 10, 9, 2.6 64, 3 and 2 at $8,300 each, and lot No, gs bi, at0; lo, 41 E. Romaii $5,300; No, 4. Wormser, 100; waa A, Warmsar, 988100; Na ak Fariey, ; No, ormser, 4 ‘4 $6,100; No. -47, 4. werent No, THE NEW COUNTY COUT HOUSE. Dificulty of Heating the Court Reome-In- northerty end of the City Hal! Park, and is knewn, by way of courtesy more than as an actual public benefit go far, as the new county Court House, Though not aearly completed, it ia, like the trees in the park adjoin- ing it, yellowing from the lapse of time and effects of the weather; though in the case of the natural foliago the changing, mellowing tints are owing solely to the advent of nature's ic season of d while Sas cass od thn while (ty martes edifice ailuded to ‘he autumnal appearance must certainly be regarded as pre- two rooms which as in the easterly end of the build! e have been completed Fg 4 Special Ings, and in provid! large During the recent cold weather 1 has been found im- possibie to heat the two court rooms above alluded to pet to ingore even moderate comfort on the part of the ¢ counsel and witnesses engaged in cases on trial, Mr. Justice Miller has been obi to descena from the jadicial seat, and by obtaining sundry chairs and tables for the use of fem an ar cape aed them in as unusual as unpleasant proximity to the stove, to improvise means wherewith to proceed with the busi. ness of the court, In the Circuit, where Mr. Justice E. Darwin Smith presides, and in which court the celebrated Allaire will case is now on trial and approsching conclusion, the Court found it , in comaequence of the intense cold and the ‘mpracucabliiy of heating the stove toa Gegree to impart caloric to the shivering frames of the unwilling attendants, to adjourn to an ante-room allotied under ordinary circumstances to the deliberations of jurors having a verdict under censidera- tian, Here she situation was not greatly improved, and air, the Broadway Galop, iy exist at this early stage in the history of the building, end not from tho absence of an capecious: beating apparatas or the lack of when time shall have made it and iw more adequate with what is required of it, WESTCHESTER. Ssnrove Acciparr at Doses’ Fenny.—A German em- Biergaa’s ager beer brewery, Dobbe’ Ferry, dreken and shoulder dislocated on Cuseday, z* zation the one —— appointment of Abraham Hat- ee chairman, . W. Pierson, the lecumbent of tus covety eersbuin: ax clerics Sovvan Duara at Yorrrna —A Mra, Street, wife of a boot and chee desler in the village, died yesterday morning, In @ very euddee manarr. On Tuesday evening she attended an entertainment at Radford Hall, and returned home apperentiy in the best of health, About eleven o'clock, however, she complained of Srengs Coan, ee cevtioman wae at once sont . Hie services avaiied little, ag the poor creature died in @ few hours Hasnow Eacirs on rms Rataoay,—Yastesday morning officer King, of the Yonkers pelice force, Ca the public tean by exciting one, clas: of colct ‘another, Doneult commanding aed otter facte and publish thie telegram. lane ase and ti such offenders, Tine ant piace of offence and names of witnesses should accompany th et Brevet Major ang Briasdier Geus: W. com! ing, ‘BW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY,’ NOVEMBER. 21, 1867—TRIPLE SHEET. BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. Liperat Cunictian Conpanence.—The sessions of the New York and Hudsoa River Conference of Unitarian and other liberal which bave been beid for the past two daysim the chapel of the Church of the Saviour, corner of Monroe place and Pierrepont street, were brought to @ close yesterday afternoon. The initia- tory ser: on was preached on Tuesday evening br Rev. E. E. Hale, of Boston, fromthe text, “By their fruits ye shal! know them; the discourse being an interesting and ableone. Rev. A P. Putnam presicedat the Cou- ference yesterday, when delegates were present from $e Bllowing chamber Chere of the Messiah, New ‘ork ; Charch of Saviour, Brooslyn ; Church, Yonkers; second Unitarian, ‘Brookiys, cep Ae Fiushi lyn; Ch wenus, Brookiyn; (unor ized) = owen Newburg, avd Chureh of the > Staten Island. A number of divines of other _ Unitarian churches. were also present §=Rev. W. R G. Mellen, general secretary of the Conference, read tbe semi-annual report, which an interesting account ‘ef the progress of liberal janity within the limits ofthe Confereuce, Remarks were made with reference to the movement in various places within the limits of pga > Le vel and a vole of thanks tendered to Rev. Mr. Mellen, No other business of any special interest was transacted during the session. Orrences AGainst Prorgrry rv rae Eastery Disrricr.— ‘There is s marked decrease of offences against property in this district, while offesices against the person are rather on the increase, This is an exact reversal of the ne = affairs at S fame time last year. Then le] record: doty, tale Sond gaia ike seven Gon of rare occurrence, The only lary recently reported to the police was that commi' ‘on the premises of H. A Sa geas way, $400 worth of cutlery was stolen. It is believed the ice that the desperats class of burglars who ly gave them so much trouble have left for other and more profitable fieids, for it Is well known that ont of the innumerable burglaries Lanly ggy s comparatively email! amount of property wes Cuancep win Pacarva Courrenrsir Money.—A young ‘man named John Kelley was arrested and locked up to answer yesterday om a charge of passing counterfeit means the store of Mr. Evans, No. 81 Hamilton ave- Acopestatiy Ixyorep.—A man named William Wor den, while driving in a wagon yesterday through Columbia street, South Brooklyn, fell from the vehicle to the street and sustained a fracture of the thigh. He ‘Was conveyed to the Long Island College Hospital by an officer of the Forty-third preciact, Foruanos or 4 Warp Grant Civs.—A Grant Clud has recently been formed in the Twentieth ward, of which ex-Sheriff Aathony Campbell is lent. Meas- ures are taken the Pioneer it Club (which i the central organi: te form associations in the other wards of the city. Acapenr.—Yesterday afternoon a boy named Jobn H. Bowman fell through the hatohway of « vessel lying at Jackson & Woodruff’s wharf, foot of Congress street, Ss Ee etal ec aac the Forty-third precinct. The Recent Hemicide in Navy Street. Coroner Lynch commenced an investigation yesterday morning, into the circumstances attending the death of Jobn Mullen, who was found dead in his cel! in tho Forty-fourth precinct station house, about half. past two o'clock om Sanday morning. From some cuts and bruises upon the body of the deceased it was believed that he had ‘Qeen the victim of a brutal assault, and that bis injuries bad caused his death, As it was ascertamed that he had been in the company ef Michael Connolly, Patrick Murphy and John Galvin during the evening these men were arrested by the police on suspicion of being concerned in the assault ‘The first witness called was the wife of the deceased, Frances Mullen, who testified that she resided at No, ir good health about half-past while he was at supper Edward end shertly after my in returned it was he was accompanied ‘Went out and brought in doliar them ten | gaye i E li 5 <. i Hi ii eek 28 H g8 if peorane:semnignes. beter th. gaite copes uring the efterncen, M. J. M Eeq., appearing as his counsel, Shephard guilty and waived EeEe i ft f sf fee Wo + f i i 37 uf # u rit E ; i! tit 5 & E52 53 fr i : i ee i f a iH g i 4 5 i & s z ts Ss ag ae wants in Fz Z a 37s ; hi zat i Ly iH F L 3 i : i E A g é z ; 5 most immediately, and subseq: ‘He has been twice married to bis ¥! his matrimonial adventures, has it. He is evidently carcless of expecinl desire to |e; but his Course And bis conversation that he bas uoi irmoes ~? NEW JERSEY. Hackensack. Accipent ox Tre Ewes Ratiway.—Yesterday moratag about four o'clock s stock train from the West inware bound ran off the (rack near the Hackensack: junetion, caused by a broken rail, The ena e hrcnd the tles, dragging with it the cars, four were threbe ase both Ines, thus Docking wp the road completely and causing ® delay to all the trams fos several pours. Thecara were all more or less dams, but no person was injured, A quad of men were ‘out from the depos at Jersey City to clear tue road, and at noon the trains were running regularly, Newark. Fourraee Panvicutans oy THe Garronixa Cask—Ap ‘examination took place yesterday bofore Judges Stap® and Mills, in the case of Caleb Dingweil, who is accused of being implicated im the garroveg of Mr. William Q, Beach, as published im yesterday’s Herato, William A. Meeker, the first party arrested in connection with the crime, appeared aud gave evidence im behalf of the State, From his testimony !t ape ker the Sunday fole lowing the garroting and as! which he (Dingwell) had in bis po-sessiou, and which he represented he had secured in Morrizania three week§ before. An agreement was made between the partie that Mesker should seil the watch, for which service he foliowing day Meeker visited New York and soid the should receive 25 percent of the amount received, Th watch to a Mr. Pease, a jeweler on Broadway, for $1: aod later in the day met Ding weil at the coruer ot and Wooster streets, and paid to him $109, the RES ‘ received after deaucting the allowed, men then returned to thiscity, la th: ening read an accoint of the garroting affair, and meeti Dingwell told him he believed that be (Diagweil) been a party to that transaction, The accused at denied the statement, but finally admitted his gullt Meeker also gave the same of another party im] im the crime, but as be bas not yet been his name is withheld, Bemg cross-examined by Di well’s counsel, Mr. Guild, Meeker stated that previout to selling tue watch he asked Dingwell if it'would be safe to sell the wateb, because he believed itto bees stolen. Meeker was sent to Sing =ing prison soma” time ago for a term of two years for an attempt at grand larceny in New York, but was pardoned out on the 10th, of April last, after having served ten months, New Yorurr Arnzsrap vor Exnszziawant.—David Jackson, a New Yorker, was arrested yesterday afters oom on a charge of having embessied $65 from Mra, Julia A. Aymar, of thin city, Atiucup Expezzizment.—A tailor residing in Church street, named Peter Blankenmeyer, was arrested yesy terday on a ebarge of having embezzled goods from Mr, James Buchanan. It is alleged that the accused took the goods to make up, but pawned them lor $134 Ls was balied to await the action of the next Grand. jury. ~ Trenton. Court or Parvoxs.—The Coart of Pardons sat last aight, A great number of petitions have been presenteds. Governor Ward was literally besieged at the State House during the day by about a bundred persons secking fox’ commution of sentence or the summary discharge of their friends and relatives from prison, Among the apy Plicants was a woman from Newark named Dowdal,. ‘whose hi was sentenced to twenty vearsin the State prison for complicity im the murder of a ferry. master at Jersey City some eight years since. His con- federate, Charles “icDermot, who received a lke sen- tence, bas been already pardoned, THE GRANT MOVEMENT IN NEW JERSEY. Meeting in Jersey Olty—F. m of the Central Grant Club—Addresses by Major Ze K. Pangborn, Rufus F. Andrews und B. Van Riper. ‘Ajmasting es held last evening in the Catholic In- stitute, Jersey City, for the purpose of organizing @ Grant Club and eliciting public feeling on the move ment, The chair was taken at eight o’clock by Captain, A. 3, Cloke, who introduced Major Z, K, Pangborn as the first speaker. Mr. Panasory desired to have it distinctly understood: that the republican party will abandon no principle, nor will it adopt General Grant or any other candidate for the sake of achieving success, It was the duty of the republican party to elect the next President, and the man of all others to whom the minds of the people sre turged In this crisis was that calm, silent, inflexibie hero of the war, General Grant, (Applause,) After a powete fa! and argumentative speech the specker subsaltted the- ‘Wheress, the. ropebiions f the United States has- te Mine’ pase te over the: repul its successes in FenYential candidate. ta Woe In pursuance of the foregoi one, yp Came, aps to organize the Gehan Great cae The resolutions, on the motion of Rev. Mr. Whipple, were adopted uvanimously. A committee of one from each ward in the city was ape jnted on permanent organization, #i'b Benjamin 3 aschairman and Willian biuirhead as secretary, *_ Mr. Rufus F. Andrews, President of ibe New York Grant Club, next addressed. the meeting, and was fol- lowed by Benjamin Van Med A letter wae read D. & Gregory, explaining his unavoidable absence concurring (uliy in the spirit of the movement, ‘ If the mecting was character'zed by one feature more than another it was that of loud end whenever the name of Genoral Grant was meni a The sudieuce com: many respectable and influeme tial citizens of both parties, and was entirely guiltless of the restive and discordant displays incident to polit cal meotings. The leading men of the democratic pariy egret that they were not first in the fleld in this motes ment and that they allowed their opponents to antici. te them in the seleccion of a man whose name is a wer of strength and against whom success seeme- j@ponsivle, WEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE, Arrival ef the Dismal Swamp Canal Excer- al Party-The Artillery School at the > imei. Fonrnass Moxnon, Va., Nov, 18, 1867. ‘The revenue cutier Northerner, which arrived here: yesterday from Washington, D. C., had quite a distin- guished party on board. Among them I noticed Gage New Hampshire; Colonel Gordon Adame, United States: feitor'a the Port ot iatimote, tea Brack Tatty of Washi ‘The party visited the fortress and called epom> General the present commandant. and afterwards Taoge polats of Interea The party then peer eroded in the cutter to Norfolk and ronslnod all night, The ery wil this ‘visit an Dro ‘the: this canal, this: Ment officials is to examine the = tks sent, who are well pro- Ys ‘of the’ work, It 18 10 bel be sold will be taken a | on. will put this foland canal inte. us connecting by™® route of twentye waters of North Caroling, : i i i 4 i ted it will be ext bh cannot wea party of wreckers, left Ne Shoals, James river, to Gonk there with « load of £ i zr i e i ii i 3 = = EF i i i | } ‘ ~ ian cutter reste, oe bes a 2 s 3 $ g