The New York Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1868, Page 6

NEW YORK CITY, THE COURTS. UNITED STATES DISTRICT SOURT—IN ADMIRALTY. The Collision Between the egory and the Steamb. gton—Actio; Perso ing Therefrom, Before Judge Blatchford. + Ann Cavan vs, The Ferryboat D, S. Gregory and the Bteambact George Washington.—The principal features fm this cage have already appearod, as thoy related to the injuries sustained by tho plaintif, who lays her amazes at $10,000. The evidence taken im the case yesterday related principally to the management, or ratber misao nt, of the colliding boats, 1s ap- id far taken that the only danger warping to al fi 4 TheMtectiecce is principally of a technical character. Case sti bon, OMITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—IN BANKRUPTCY. Petitions Filed Yesterday. Benry N. Titus, Yonkers, Westchester county—Re- ferred to Register Close, ‘ Morris Wartzfelder, New York city—Roferred to Reg. ‘tater Williams, UNITEO STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Seizure of an Miicit Distillery—Commitment of the Accused. Before Commissioner Betts. ‘The United Staies ve, Jacob Lohenstein,—On Monday might the distillery of Jacob Lohenstein, 114th street, wear First avenue, was seized on information that Lodenstein was illicitly distilling spirite therei: Col- Sector O'Callaghan, of the Ninth district, acti: m the snformation. made a descent on the premises and found ‘@ still in full operation. The distillery was at once put ‘under seizure, agd yesterday morning Lohenstein was Drought before Commissioner Betts, who committed him flor tris} on the affidavit of the collector. ‘Tho Alleged Fraud Upon the Tradesmen’s National Bank. e* Before Commissioner Osborn. ‘The arguments in the case of Garness C, Baker, who Yecharged with ‘having wilfully misapplied funds, the Property of the Tradesmen’s National Bank, were elbowed rds Mr. Jobo Sedgwick and Mr. D.C, 4 Mr. Boll and mm missioner matter before the rryboat D. §. t George Wi I Injuries Result- SUPREME COURT—GENERAL TERM. 1 Will Case Again—Appeal from the jer Granting Commi Before Judges Barnard, Ingraham and Sutherland, in Bowen and Others vt, Nelson Chase and Others.—This case, the particulars of which have been already reported in the Henatp, came before this court esterday on appeal from an order made at Special ‘Term denying the application of the defendants to be to make an oral cross-examination of persons ‘who are now living in Rhode Island, on a commission appointed to take their testimony in reference to the Pedigree of the descendants of Madame Jumel. ‘The plaintiffs on that application desired that a commis- ston should be issued to take testimony in response to ‘written interrogatories, as the parties to be examined were unable, owing to extreme age and infirmity, to ome to this city, and were also unable to withstand a amination, and especially so inas- with regard to which they are to ta long since passed, and would put the @ witnesses to & severe test. Tho plain- Il be remembered, claim that the parties from ‘whom defendants obtained toeir assignment of heir- ship, an ban re Ll er eed ginger AY the ‘spring o }, by virtue of the judgment in which the @efendants atid possessed of the vast estate of Mad. @me Jumel, valued at pearly $1,000, 000, ite descendants of the testatrir, Plaintiits) are her real and Charles O’Covor and James Carter appeared yesterday on behalf of the defendants, and contended that ora! examination of the witnesses in the case w: Wal right, to which the defendants were ent! and equity, and not a discretionary privilege vested in ‘the court. Obaries Tracy, for the piaintiffs, arcued that thege- ‘cision appealed was made by the court below in She exercise of a purely discretionary right, and cannot ‘be reviewed. ‘The Court reserved its decision, SUPREME COURT—CIRCUIT—PART 2. Another Hatchway Accident—Sult for Dam- , agen. Before Judge Mullin, Barbara Mot: vs, John Roach.—Plaintiff sues, as ad- matnistratrix of her deceased husband, for the recovery @f $6,000 damages from tho defendant, who is the pro- ‘prietor of an tron foundry in Rivington street, It ap- pears that in February, 1864, the plaintiff's husband ‘was employed at the defendent’s establishment, and shortly after six o'clock one evening was found upon the floor of the building, severely injured, having falien terough a hatchway-in a cadery, a Sixteen feet, which surrounded # room in the es Her husband died shortly afterwards from @fect of the injuries received. It appears that the ery in question was used as @ place of storage for wwhed work, and was not geveraily used as a thorough- the bt, ag it was then after dari, hour of adjournment the jury had not ren- Te} in the Heratp nable to agree and were discaarged, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. ‘The Stuyvesant e—Progress of the Sulit. PRerdore Stuyvesant wi. Catherine L, Steyvesant—This @oterious case, which bas beem so long before the Courts, promises now to be concluded at an early day, the testimony for the plaintiff having been all taken and the evidence for the defence commenced. Yester- @ay afternoon the examination of Thomas Bowran, the plaintif’s brother-in-law, and with whom Mrs. Stayve- gant is charged with baving bad illicit intercourse while he was boarding in plaintiff's family, was begun before Isaac Vay ton, tho referee appointed by this court to take the testimony in the case and report to the court, with Ris opinion thereon. The testimony, so far as taken, os of adultery made against been committed with this ens, jorge Shea conducting the xamivation on behalf of the defendant and Mowrs A B. Phillips and Patverson on the part of the p/aiatif Mr, Bowran was not concluded the further hearing was adjourned until Monday next. COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS.~ Before Judge Ruseel. AN the opening of the court Stephen T. Curran, who heretofore plea: ity to forgery in the third degree, ‘was sent to the State Prison for four years, DEFRAUDING A SAVINGS BANK. Jobn F, Schacfor was tried and convicted of forzery fe the third degree, The evidence showed that the Prisoner on the 24 opened an account with tbe Citizens’ Savings Dank and deposited $5; that be altered the figures to $600, and that he gave a check for $40 to ‘another party, who by presenting the book and tho check drew this sum. The prisoner then gave another gimilar check for $44 to « gentieman in payment of n Joan, which, whom presented at the bank for payment, was kept aud steps taken for the arres: of Scunefer, The City Judge, in passing seutence, said that the banks must be protected by making an example of the prison- er, who was sont to the State Prisov for five years. ‘Charies Burgess pleaded guilty to an attempt at grand Jarcony, be having embezzied the sum of $33 from nis ‘employers, Arnold, Vonsiabie & Co, He was remanded for sen \wence, John Davis, charged with burglariously entering the liquor store of Thos. Murtagh, 138 Grand street, on the 10th inst,, pleaded guilty to an attewpt, and was seat to the State Prison for two years, Morris Keifer was charged with stenting $60 worth of Jeather for pocketbooks, the property of Mathias Grob ‘The prisoner stated, and produced @ newspaper wo cor- Foborate him, that there was afire in the shop where he ‘was manufacturing the pocketbooks, and that the leather was desitoyed. There b@ng doubts as to his guit, the Jury rendered « verdict of oot guilty. COURT CALENDAR—THIS DAY, Distarct Count.—Nos. 62, 82, 102, 119, 63, 159, 93, 46, 64, 60, BY, Hl, 141, 24, 63, 72, 76, 189, 144, 80, 44, 61, 60, 99, 101, 111, 186, 186, 148, 82, 66, 64, 66, 70, 75, 110, 121, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 2, 3h, 8, 43, 56, 59, 71, 17, 89, 90, 126, '122, , 41, 100, 152,163, 93, 96, 96, Cover—Cimovrr—Part 1.—Now. "2950, 686, 849, 618, 953, 977, 913, 903, 179, 376, 355, 209, 717, 6 819, 508, TOL, 415, 479. 2—Now, 6U8, 77 624, $10, 272, 212, 194, B18, 8: |, 746, 404, 636, BUPKEMR COURT—GRENERAL TenM.—Nos. 65, 73, 74, 75, 16, 71, 78, 362, 81, 8: 64, 66, $6, 00 91, 0: Bornems 4, 58, 60, 97, 95, 121, 196, 148, 144, 146, 147, 150, 1 189, 190. a et Covrr—Tuat Tera —Part 1—Nos. 1373, 9023, 346%, 3635. 3637, 3479, 3669, 8613, 2607, 8555, 3625, 2847, , 9570, 2685, 626, 3373. Par: 2— 5044, 8256, 772, 1774, 8704, d802, 1660, 3998, 1708, 1710, 1744, 1746, 1720, 1724, 1724 346, 1a oq 68, 09, 73, 02, F 2, 800, 906, 878, 178, sg Marne —Titat Tee —Nos, 105, 131, 83, 83, 84, 85, 42. 14, 101, 106, 67, 145, 146, 147, 143, 149, 160, 161, 4, 15 ‘Tas Wisc4np Homose. —Coroner Flynn continued the mquest yesterday in the case of the death of John Wie- gand, Drs, L. ©. Morton and T. ©. Finnell testified as to the nature of the wounds received by deceased, and stated that they bad all the appearance of gunshot ands, The Coroner said that as there to be appeared idence agains: Vauli and William Coristinan @ should use vp witmesses, Their testimony, at eh will be released yeu that fire- arma had been discharged at the time of the occurrence he had ordered the arrest of Mosbach, it having been shown that @ revo! was in big possession. Several witnesses having been examined tue testimon: ‘Was closed aud thecase given to the jury, Tam Poauio Heatta.=The bilis of mortality in New York and Bi ‘lym last week scarcely varied from those of the previous week. There wero 441 deaths in the former and 136 in the latter city, besides twelve others that occurred in streets beyond city limits of the The amount of mortality in the charitable insti- tutions and asylums was excessive, being no lesa than 120 in the public institutions of the two counties of New York and Kings, Measies and scariatina are the only zymotic diseases which show any tendency to in- crease, the fatality of measies increasing in New York andthe ravages of scariatina extending in the Sixth, Ninth and sixteenth wards in Brooklyn, ‘Tae Traveniers’ CLUs—Ds Cuait.v.—The members of the Traveller's Club give a reception to Mr, Du Chaillu shia evening at the club house im Fifth avenue, On this occasion Mr. Du Chaiilu will exhibit to the club and its invited guests some diagrams and ures of African scenery, men and women, auimais, &c,, from his own sketches, which bave not before been shown in this — The occasion promises to be a very interesting one, 6 public will be imterested to know that Mr, Du Chaiilu will deliver three lectures on the gorilla, African travel and adventure, in Steinway Hall, on the ‘11th, 24th and 26:b of February, in which these pictures and diagrams will be used, ‘Tax Bosrp or Excise.—The Board of Excise held their regular weokly meoting yesterday afternoon, the President, Judgo Bosworth, in the chair, A calendar of seven cases was disposed of. The licenses of the fol- lowing named persons were revoked:—Joseph Thorne, 196 Mott street; Martin Oakley, 113 Mott street; Jono ‘Tralo, 124 Attorney street, Tuere was _ @ gather- ing of liquor dealers in the trial room during the pro- coedings, - Tas Farmers’ Crvs.—The regular meeting of this club took place yesterday at Cooper Institute. Nearly the entire session was taken up in discussing the merits and demerits of the wild lands of Long Island. Tho question was suggested to the club by the written pro- test of Long Islanders against the misrepresentations made jn reports of the club, and one of its members named N, C. Me that the wild lands of thefisidad were not fit for ‘ation, ta which charge Mr, put in a plea of justification on that he had been so iuformed by farmers on the island, Mr. Stone, of Long Island, appeared in defence of the island, and declared that mauy farmers on the island were making fortunes by the cultivation of thes wild lands. Dr. Hexaminer, of New Castle, Del. an able paper on the germination of the powio, in which much scientific information was given, One of most interesting statemeuts made was that of seventy Potato seeds (without eyes) planted by him thirty-five of them germinated and produced fine large potatoes, Mercanni.s Towra Association.—Last evening the Yegular mecting of this association was held at their rooms, Washington Hotel, L, Boyer presided, The secretary read the minutes of last meeting, which were approved. Several reports from the Executive Commit. seo were ordered to lie on the table, Captain A. Berry delivered a iengiheued add: on the riguts of steam tug owners, in which he adverted to what he consi d the injustice of the present Hell Gate pilot awa, Pp tain Boggs moved a vote of thanks for the address aud suggested the propriety of its being printed in pam- jeeker the’ ground “phiet form, which waa agreed to, The meeting thea adjourned, Danazrous SipewaLcs.—The sidewalks of the princi- pal streets 1m the city are in a slippery and dangerous condition, Tenants of houses and occupants of stores have, as a general rule, neglected to comply with the. city ordinance relative to clearing them of suow, and the Police authorities, whose well defined duty it is to en- force the law in this respect, have fallen into apathy and neglect,on the subject. ‘The resuit is that {rom succes. sive snow storms large hummocks of ice have accumu. lated, and serious accidents daily occur by persons falling on the ice, Un Monday might Mrs. Eliza- ‘beth Thomas fell on the ice in Eleventh street and broke one of her legs, She was removed to Bellevue Hospi- tal. On the same night Mr. Joseph Baylis fell on the walk while turning the r of Twenty-sixth street and Lexington a: ing @ compound fracture of nis right arm, The al of the many cases tbat occur daily. ‘the policemen should enforce the city ordinances in regard to cleaning sidewalks of snow and ice, “Tas Duet or Lona Istaxp.”"—Such was the subject of a bighly interesting and scientific tecture delivered last night at the Cooper Institute, before a small au- dionce, by Professor Jas. E. Mills, The lecturer opened by tracing the geological and topographical forma- tions of the continent, and Long {sland more expecially, which he illustrated by maps. His theory is that Long Island was at owe time covered water, on the urface of which huge glaciers of ice floated and contended against the soa The formations of the hills on the isiand clearly show that the land was sinking while the beach was forming, and that mnch of the materia! of which the present beach is formed was cai down by the glaciers from New Jersey, a distance of twenty-seven miles, Taken as a whole, the lecture was one of the ablest delivered be- fore the association for the Advancement of Science and Art. A Sap Casr,—The police yesterday afternoon found a man by the name of Hyram Nicholas, in Fifty-elenth Street, lying on the sidewalk in a destitute and aying condiiion. He was conveyed to Bellevue Hospital. Ixqvests Barone Conowmr ScuinmeR—An inquest was held at Bollevoe Hospital yestorday on the body of Joseph Wagner, the boy, thirteen years of age, whose death was the result of injuries accidentally recoived by failing from a Second avenue car on Sunday last. George William Biesell little boy four years of ago, died at the residence of his parents, No. 65 Laurens street, from the effects of | scalds ceived on the 17th instant by the accider upsetting upon bim of a kettle of boiling water. Frai McGraw, thirty years of go and a native of Ireland, died yosterday at Bellevue Hospital from the effects of injuries received some o by falling from a tary Corrigan, died at No, 243 East Twenty. ols of burns received by the a kerosene of] lamp about a week since, POLICE INTELLIGENCE, ATrewrt To Swinpte THe Broapwar Bawk.—Yester- day morning a lad, about sixteen years of age, named Frank Kircher, was brought before Justice Dowling, at the Tombs, by officer Collard, of the Twenty-sixth pre- cinct, on the charge of presenting to Mr. Arthur T. J. Rose, paying teller of the Brondway National Bank, for payment, a check for $375, purporting to have been drawn by the firm of Messrs, Smith & Crane, doing business at No, 74 Wooster street, to the orde: Jones, and bearing date January 18, 1568, once discovered the check to be a for tained the boy Kircher till tl end = took = him in charge. who appeared to be perfectly inn: eeid the check had been given to him the , Who asked him to go to the by money on it, He pretencs to know nothing further cone corning tho forgery. Mr. Thomas H. Smich, of the frm of Smith & Crane, was called, and tostifed that hie firm keep an account in the Broadway National Bank, and tha’ tho signature of himself and partner to the chock was a forgery, it not having been written by any one counected with bis firm, Justice Dowling committed the prisoner for further examination. Cartons of ALLRGRD Piokpockets.—Yesterday after. noon Captain Garland, of the Fourteeoth precinct, aud officer Oates appeared at the Tombs Police Court having in costody Emma Johnson, with several aliases, and Thomas McCormick, charged with being concerned in the atlempt to pick the pocket of Bridget Caltahar living in 112th stroot, betweem Third and Fourth a’ Hues, of $30 in Treasury notes, Hridget, having left the Bleecker Street Savings Bank, procesded to Broad- way, where she felt the prisoner's hand in her pocket and seized hold of her, Emma pulled away and jumped toto She was pursued by officer Ont after which Bridget dress if beckoning to come one, soon after which the prisoner McCormick came alongside of ber and st thing to bim. The officer immediately seized t! of McCormick, whon ho dropped a email penkaive, uspected partie: committed by Justice Dowling to an examinnti Em in Saratoga ealng from a lady’ ig 8 large amount On an examioation street was opened id ready money. That doubt, Emma is cousidere@ un’ light fingered art, bat heretotore cosafui in getting out of trouble, Higuway Ronumny.—At baif-past two o'clock yestor- day morning, While Charios Trippet was standing in @ doorway on the sDowery, near Hester street, in conver- sation with # friend, aman approach guard chain to his wateh, and with a jerk that detached is from ite fastening im his vest, pulled the watch from into Canal street, followed by Wi ite pocket and ran y home, and pulling outa night said that would gain nim edioiaslon to hw The eMeer, however, ‘him to retarn with kim toward the Bowery, where tuey met Trippel, who at ouce identified the man asthe person who tim of his chain and Justice Bbandley, the accused ese ee 8 ths soraet of ¥oreyth and (Ceeet sieoetn, cn [greg his eos. The doal tion of Hays on ighway robbery cusses THE BAYK OF THE REPUBLIC ROBBERY. Additional Facts Relative ro the Capture of the Alleged Thievee—How the Police Got Their Intormation, It woula appear that the menns by which the de- tectives were put upon the track of the alleged robbers of the Bank ef’the Republic were not so extraordinary Ror so mysterious as cortain of the detectives concerned would have the public to believe, The facts in the caso which relate to the arrest of Edwin Weed are as fol- lows:—A money broker in this city was called upon on Saturday afternoon by Weed, who had been prewously Inthe habit of paying him occasional business visite, ‘Weed stated that he desired to borrow $1,500, and when asked what collateral he was to give be mentioned Missouri bonds, The broker told him that he would give him the check for the amount at bie brother's office on Monday, at which at aeertain hour he could bring @ collateral, The broker's brother-in-law happening into the office shortly after Weed’s departure, the former spoke of the loan desired by Weed, when the brother-in-law called his attention to the fact that the Bank of the Kepubitc bad a few days before lost certain Missouri bonds, and that in pine | the bonds held by Weed were the tical nds that had deca stolen; and in this belief was alt toe more strengthened by the revelation, as it is alleged, that Weed’s name had ocoupied a prominent niche of notorioty in the Lora bond robbery revelations: Tho broker, who had not before given a thought to these circumstances, on being thus rei! of the character of the person with whom he had to deal and the discretion that was necessary to be observed in keeping his brother-im-law’s suspicions from alt but ofticiat ears, the following day (Sunday) paid a visit to Inspector Leonard, of tu@ Motropolitan Police, at tho latter's residence, and made him acquainted with 1! fact of Weed’s visit to his place and the kind of colli teral that had beon promised. He, moreover, informed the inspector that he was not desirous of appearing in the case, and had called upon him merely as a personal acquaintar in order that he might do as he saw matter, As the broker was unwilling to go to Police Headquarters and thus make himself known m the capture that was to ¢ ‘and as Inspector Leonard other police occupat to engage his attention just at the time, Weed w: call for the check and deposit the security bonds. Tae latter hi d to the Central office the fol- lowing morning, and accosting the first de- tective he met im the building he commanicated to him the fact of Weed’s proposed visit, &c., and then accom- Panied him to within a short distance of the broker's office, Of course the detective in question, with Weed as it were placed under his very nose, had no alternative but to arrest hiun the moment he called in the office aud it bad been ascertained to a certainty that the bonds the suspected man deposited as collateral were of the num- ‘bers of the bonds stolen from the bank, Weed once ar- rested and readily confessing that be had received the bonds from Miles Murray, with whom he was to have an Appointment on = ixth street and Second avenue the very moruing of the arrest, the apprehension of Murray was a very tame affair, Examiuation of the Prisoners Before Justice Dowling. Miles Murray, a man of sporting proclivities, and Edwin A, Weed, arrested on suspicion of being con- cerned in the abstraction of $16,000 in United States five-twenty and Missouri bonds from the National Bank of the Republic on the 15th inst., as heretofore fully ro- Ported in the HmraLp, were yesterday brought before Justice Dowling, at tho Tombs, for a hearing. James P. Cunningham, discount clerk of the National Bank of the Republic, living at 829 Pearl street, Brook~ lyn, testified to the larceny of the bonds (heretofore described in the Hxrat) and identified the bonds found in possession of tho defendants as a» portion of those stolon from the desk in the bank on the day in question, ‘The bonds were the property of Messrs. Coben & Hogan, No. 1 Wall street, and had been given to the witness by Mr. Henry W. Ford, cashier of the bank, to examine, preparatory to making a loan to Cohen & Hagan, air. Ford testitied to handing the funds to the first witness for the parposes above desoribed, aud subse- quently jearning that they had been feloniously ab- stracted from a pigeon hole in Mr. Cunningham's desk. Detective Phiip Farley deposed to arresting the de- fevdant, Weed, in Broadway, and finding in -his posses sion two of the stolen bonds, Subsequently Murray was taken into custody, at which time he had in his pockets eight of the bonds ‘alieged to have .been stolen from tt Bank of the Republic, In explanation Weed said he ceived the ds found with him from Murray, while the latter st: ‘Wood bad gi him the bonds found in bove are the material tacts elicited gation, Counsel fr the defendants made application for their Uberation on bail, and the magistrate said he would hold them in $10,000 bonds each to await the resuit of an examination, after which,both Weed and Murray sent for Dondsmen, Counsel for Murray demanded a separate examination, which was granted, but no deilnite tune fixed for it to proceed. Judge Sinart, who appeared for Weed, demanded a speedy trial, a8 he intended to establish tha innocence of his client, and it was set down for one o'clock this after- neon, Just previous to the closing of the court John Coffee, of 120 West Forty-third street, appeared and entered into bonds for Murray's future appearance; but Weed, being Jess fortunate, was committed to prison, CITY POLITICS. Tur Festox Cevrnai Camparos Cion, of which Joshua G. Abbe is President, held a special meeting last eventng at the St. Nicholas Hotel, the President im the ebair, The Socretary announced that there were at prosont eighteen distinct organizations ia this elty in full and complete working order, Mr. Abbe, after alluding to the fact that as ig bis opinion the time was fast ap- proaching when it would be essential to the success of the ends for which the club had been organized there should be an Executive Committee ready for active work, ‘announced the following named gentiomen as such committee:—E. D, Calver, Freeman J, Fithian, John Cochrane, Charles ?. Snaw,'N. Kingsley, Sr, Wiliam Burns,’ Dr, F. A Thomas, R, C. Brown, Thomas ©, Williams, William H. wcKinnoy, Joseph H. Kilery, A. J. H. Duganne, Ben- jamin Shatter, Sinclair Tousey, William ‘T. Ashman, Dr. fred A. Scheater, William Drammond, Robert 1. Dar- ragh, David D. Conover, Thomas Mulligan, George Eiison, Henry M. Williama, William H. De Camp, Samuel S. Urmy, Ira 0. Miler, Jona ©, Graff, Benjamin Merritt, Alexander Mcleod, F. T. Locke, Jacoo i, Patterson, Jr., James &. McVeauy, John W. Farmer, Ethan Allen, Winterbotiom, Major Charies 5. Strong, Charles E. Gildersieve, James Blackwell, Alion Cooper, Jobn Fitch, Jonn Galler, John D. @itiwell, Simon Hasieion, The meeting then adjourned. CeytHaL Guayt Civk.—Tho regular meeting of this ciub was held tact might at its headquarters, corner of Twenty-third streot and Broadway, About forty people were present, Ths meoting wus called to order about eight o'clock by the President, RufasF. Andrews, In the absence of the secretary, Goorge Van Nort was ap. Poinved pro tem. Tho Chairman, after cailing for the reports of committees and receiving none, aunounced that the position of troasurer was vacant, when John Keyser was elected by & uoanimous vote to fill the vacancy. A discussion arose in relation to the subject of corresponding with the diiferent Grant campaign clubs throughout the country, looking forward to ths boiding of a convention previous to the republican convenvion, which wil (ake piace im Chicago on the 18th of May, Many suggested tho propriety of bolding#the conveotion {@ ‘licago, while others advocated the cimimue oF New York as the proper place in which the gathering #hould aseombie, The question was finally Settled by referring the matter to the Corresponding Committee, aiter Waica the meeting adjourned. “BOARD OF AUDIT, Z Of this Board yesterday, Mersrs, Bon- bey, M and Stewart present, the claim of the Washington Insurance Company for taxes alleged tohave been erroneously aauossed ou the capital stock during the years 1861 aud 1562, amounting to $5,872 63 was heard, By special act of the Legistature fim 1864 the taxos on as much of the capital stock of banks and insurance Companies ag was invested in United States securition were remitied, and the companies now present ciaima for the refunding of assexsments levied by the county on their capital invested in United Staves securities during the years 1861 and 1862, Corporation Counsel O'Gorman was in attendance, Assisted by Mr. Truli, and opposed ¢he claim on the lant, the ety and county of New ‘oly li oF juriadicvion in the imposition OF collection of taxes; that It was a madter for the State Lagisiaaure to sevcle by special act, and that tm this case, as the pay! t the ax was voluntary, no redress could now be claimed ‘The officers of the company testified to the pay: under protest of the several sums set forth in the ciaim, The Commissioners took the papera and will ex- amine into the |i the case, The claim of ¢ nk of the Commonwealth was set down for Tuesday next, at ove Of the other banks and insurance companies set down for Tuesday, Fobraary 11. To-day tue case of Mra. Eliza &. Cox will be continued. LONG ISLAND INTELLIGENCE. ‘Tre Recent Stapewo Arran av BaLnowieavise— Duarte oF tae Wooxpen Max. —The man Smith, who was injured in affray with one Geary, at Baldwinsville, last Friday, has died from the effects of bis wousds, He continued in a state of insonsibility up to the time of his decease, Goary har bean arreated, iy be indicted on @ charge of mu: ion of the Grand Jury. From the number of 4ifier- tatemente 19 relatign to the affair which are being Circulated on all sides ib is ditficult to devermine any- thing like the truth, which will, however, probabiy tragsuire pb ihe Coroner's inauesy a RECONSTRUCTION. THE VIRGINIA STATE CONVESTION, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. The Appronches te the Conventios—Scene ta the Rotunda—Ladies in the Galleries—Ap- ad Ropresentation—Extraor- Debate=The Elective Franchise— Colored Lecturess—Profanity im the Body. Biosmono, Va, Jan. 11, 1868. Wending your way from the Post Office, on Maim street, to the Capitol Building, in which sits the Consti- tutional Convention, @ steep but picturesque hill has to be asc.nded, and in a few minutes you are.at the portals of the Capitol, About twelve M., the hour the Gonvon- tion assembles, if you approach by either the easterm or western entrance, the granite steps on both sides are found bedotted over with negroes, sitting, Jounging aud hanging about—for what purpose is a mys- tery—but here they daily assomble, Entering the"Ro- tuada, in the centro of which ts a beautifully executed marble statue of Washington, surrounded by an iron railing, and from which the doors open into both the Senate chamber and hall of the House of Delegaves—in the latter of which theeConvention sits—a strange sce for Virginia is presented. Here you bait in amazement, ‘and with some misgivings if destined to s privileged seat on the floor of ¢he Convontion, for the place is lit. erally thronged with Africans, and such «jam at the door thatone has to undergo a severe crushing and eb bowiug im reaching it, Im the corners and as much @ut of the way as possible are a number of stands, from which megro women ¢@ispense peanuts, apples, ginger cakes and tobacco, and what with tobacco chew- Ing and spitting, pipe-émoking and peanut eating, the place is not one tobe sought from choice. Daily the dignity of the sable delegates is offended by their brethren when they endeavor to reach the door of the House, as there is nothing im their color to distinguish them from the mass of African humanity so firmly packed around ite approaches, The plain people that enter have to push and puff and elbow before they can obtain the ear of the doorkeeper, who is ensconced in- Side the door, This official recognizing tho struggling conventioner, extends a helping hand, and with “a long pull and a strong pull’’he ts extricated from his peril- us position and safely landed within the sacred pre- cincts of the House, when the door is again closed until the same thing is repeated, ken Thay 8 corre- spondent narrowly escaped being crushed to death in this negro throng, and but inat the Great Mogul him- self came to his rescue, making the way clear for two Northern ladies to the floor, he bad serious fears of being able to forward tuis report. In the galleries to- day a new feature was visible, for one of them was appropriated to ‘‘ladies” of color exclusively, and a large number @ the fair, varying in complexion from the most sable hued negro to the clear, creamy, olyvo- colored mulatto, amiled benignantly upon the body, and by their dark rolling eyes gave a new zeal to the mem- bers, inspiring the sable delegates particalai more than ordinary ory The other galiery was as usual densely packed with Africans, threatening ite satety and making it moro than ordinary risk to stand ‘under it, though some unsuspecting persons did so. The proceedings were opened with the following re- | wh wnich was submitted by the.Commitiee on the is ot Representation and Apportionments :— 1, Statement showing the number of white and col- ored citizens listed for taxation in 1866, above the age it of the registered voters, under the Re- construction acts, and how the apportioument would stand on that basis. 8, Statement ot the population in 1860 by counties, showing how the apportionment would stand on that basis. 4 Showing the number of votes cast at the Presiden- tial election m 1860, and the vote per centum as coim- with the population of 1860, 5. Showing the value of real estate in 1860 and the Personal property in the fame year. After considerable discussion, in which some radical members took the ground that the present registration lists oifered the most perfect basis of representation and ‘would avoid the expense of the plan submitted by the porno Teport was adopted and ordered to be jn * . The proceedings were here interrapted by Mr. William. son, conservative member frum New York, who rose to ® point of order, and said notwithstanding the Janitor had been ordered to open the windows, because of the densely crowded state of the house and its con- fequent odor, for the exit of the foul air ond tne ad- mission of the pure, the audience in the had closed them in detlance of the wishes of the to the discomfort of the members and to the very serious peril of their personal health, These remarks were seconded and endorsed by a number of conservative members, when the Ovair ruled that as the audience wero priviliged in being admitted must abide by tho wishes of the members and the windows should be Jeft open. This matter settled, with admission of a fresn supply of air the House breathed more freely and Mr. Liggatt expanded his lungs to the fullest extent and read a resolution which declared everything now in pro- gress to be revolutionary, from Congress to the Conven- tion. ‘The reading of this resolution was listened to with considerable impatience by the radical members of the house, At its cunciusion half adozen members jumped from their seats, some with motions, some with points but ail highly indignant. Mr. Clements, radical, a Northern man, had a “point of ord He contended that a resolution Ignoring the authority of the Convention could not be received by tue house, and he moved tt be so ruled by the Chair. Mr. Curtls, radical, hoped, with indignation fully ex- pressed, that the resolution would not be received. Mr. Bland, the most youthful negro in the Conven- tion, moved the report be indefinitely postponed, ‘The Chair rose to quell some of the confusion then extending over the whole house, and, ly to Clem- ents, Who Was pressing bis motion, that the resolution ignored the authority of the Convention, said it did not ignore, but denied the authority of the Convention, which’ was quite a material difference, He was of opinion, however, that the resolution should not be re ceived. Mr. Bowden, radical, native to the manor born, moved that the resolution be received and ordered to be printed. He was in favor of seeing and reading and aitentively considering every such document, and he therefore wanted it Ipid upon'the table and be printed, Mr. O. H. Hine, intensely radical and one of the best workers on'that side of the house, moved that the resolution be lajd fnaily on the tavie. rr. C. 1, Thomas, native radical and leador, was of opinion that by laying the resolution on the table tne House received it, and hi ed a vote upon the motion of ir. Curtis not to receive, Curtis, bowever, did not take the same viow, and withdrew his motion, and a vote being tak < Hine’s motion to lay upon the table resuited— nays 23. It waa Jaid upon the table Mr. Bowden then pressed his motion to print it, which, upon a vote, showed 48 yeas and 44 nays, and it will be rinted. x Mr. Joseph Cox, sable delegate from this city,-ofered @ rosotution that the Committee on Kiective Franchise and Qualification be instructed to encratt in the consti« tution aciause that the General Assembly shall from time to time provide for the registration of all electors as follows:— 1. Those who, during tho rebellion, inflicted any eruel punishment upon apy soldier, sailor or employé of the United States; and 2 Thoee who may be disfranchised by the sixteenth article of tho constitution of the United States known a# tho constitutional mmendment, and all those who have been qorruslitet from voting for delegates to this Con- vention under the Reconstruction acts and the acis supplementary thereto, ‘This resolation wag appropriately referred without discussion, and then a lectures (a cotored lady) was introduced to the House in the shape of a resolution by Mr. Bine, axking that the hail be given to her to-night to deliver a lectire, Permission was granted, and Mra, KE, W. Harper leciures here to-night. The order of the day was then taken op, and aftor a short discuasion, and without accomplishing anything, tue Convention adjourned, THE GEORGIA STATE CONVENTION. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Debate on tho Reso! Messrs. Tramme Plots aad Dest ) Miller and Akerman— of the Majority. AtLanta, Ga,, Jan, 11, 1868, It will be remembered that whea I closed my lettor of yesterday I predictod that the quostion ander discussion by the Convention wor become the subject of sharp debate and would materially protract the session, On yesterday afternoon, when tho hour of adjoarnment arrived, Mr, Trammell, who had spoken against ume for the purpose of proventing @ vote, held the floor, and this morning, after the journal was read, he resumed ja speech On the same subject, To give the reader o fair idea of the question I append the resolution :— Resolved, That we, the representatives of the people of Georgia, in’ convention asserabled, respectfully represent to the Congress of the United States that it fe successful execution of the Reconiatraction visional government of this State should be executed by such ne OnIY Re Are made eligible by the following clause of “Act vide for tore efficient government of the rebel Staten,” vi 4 ur. recuot jaunt (he saime, or aid or com. fort to the enemies thereof.” And’ we therefore taspect fully recommend that this convention be elothed win xn tive hort is delegated to ihe @ SUppiemeutal ero! be and he is hereby in. structed to transmit at once a copy of this resoluvion to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and w the Pres deut of the Senate, ‘ Mr. Trammell eaid that he congratulated himeoif at having saved tho civil government of Georgia for ono day louger. The object of the rosgiution was to ordsh ie ous the last vestige ef civil government in the State; it was to rear up an oligarchy represented by the Com- ‘vention, and he would never consent to it. ‘The radical majority appeared to have forgotten the purpose for which this body bad assembled. It was to frame a com> stitution, and not to appoint civil officers. The Reoon- struction laws did not give them that authority; Con- grees had not given it, and he could not see the slightest necessity for it. He had accopted the Sherman-Shella- barger bill, not because he approved of it, but because he thoughé that under {ts provisions we might bave our political problem solved, He, therefore, held the mem- bers to that bill, end he insisted thas they whould ¢onfne themselves within tis limita- tions, The resolution offered was not only in bad taste, but it was a direct reflection upon Major Gene ral Meade; it implied that the Convention lacked com- fidence in the purpose of the General to exercise the powers vested in him by the law—powers which were identical with those that the resolution asked for. He therefore offered as @ substitute the following, which wes _ Resolvéd, That’ eur confidence tm the abitt and fidelity of Major General G. Meade ia full ani completo; that we hereby express our opinion that he comes crag mammanennie fa turtettecin Bitect the restoration of tne sate to fis fwil relations ase ‘Btate of the Union, sy Mr. Trammell resumed, saying that his resolution covered the whole ground, ‘sad, i would either compel the Convention to support it, or, by voting it down, to peer ene olen tn the General, ‘aa onthe ve was pul majority med, 81 mot iF re, cf oak go nofurther, He was, however, afrai purpose was too plain to the whole country, The spoils of office vultures, and there were ‘scented by would be no end to this agitation until the of f the STE he ee ot shone who desired to plunder ‘Mr, Trammell here gave way to Mr. Miller of this county (Fulton), who, after the resolution of Mr. Aeb- burn had been again read, made the abiest speech yet delivered in the Convention, ‘He commenced by saying that he would not use the language appropriate to describe the conduct of the movers of resolution, who, after moving to suspend the rules for the purpose of taking up motion to print, had endeavored to call the previous qvestion upon mal resolution, Referring to the resolution, he Opposed it because it was utterly unnecessary. Ww BO necessity fora change in the Reconstruction laws, and he saw no necessity for a change in the civil ad- min! >the State, Besides the power to make removals was. in the bands of the commander of the District and of General Grant, What did thm delegates want in addition? He regretted exceodingly havin, to say that he had observed a disposition on the part o! members to ignore everything they had been called to doin their eagerness to get possession of the Stave ottices, From to day before the hour of adjourn- ment arrived an effort would be made at the State trea- gury, and the hydra bead would be reared looking for spoils. After ably pointing out the want of neces- sity or excuse for the resolution, Mr, Miller proceeded to discuss its impracticabillty. 1+ proposed, he said, to declare vacant the civil oitices of the State and to give the Convention power to fill the vacancies, There were over six thousand civil offices in Georgia, and for this body to elect that number would be to consume a life. time. Besides is was proposed that none but “loyal” men should hold office—none but men who could take the tess oath, and there were not six thousand such men in Georgia. Who would they make their Gover- nor under the projected régime? Certaimty not a citizen im mocording to the constitution. Perhaps it the gentleman from Nova BcotieaMan fonnt. 4, New Englaas, Timbuctoo, or leader of @ Savannah delegation (the mulatto Bradley—Uor) And if even they could find men of all shades and colors to fill the positions, there was pot the meanest baill wick in the State, with a salary of $2 50 per annum attached, but what would have dozen of “oii” aspirants for the position. Mr. Hopkins here asked the speaker if he was not elected by colored votes, “Yes, sir,"’ answered the doctor, “and that brings me monstrous nature of the resolution. Adopt it ntain the powers that it asks for and you Jead the to anarety and ruin A large majority of the delegates bere are elected by @ class of cltizeus that pays Do tax, wer did pay tax and never will pay a tax. (Noisy interruptions by several negro delegates.) Weil, , gentiemen, is way that they do pay taxes, Graat even that they do, it will certainly be admitted that they are very small taxpayers. (More in- terruptions.) 1 repeat that a majority here represents the non-taxpayers, and I cannot cousent that pou shall have the power to control the State and tax as weil as rule those whom you do not represent.” Relerring to the test oath clause in the resolution, Dr. Miller said the present officials of the S.iate-who favored the recon- struction laws would not take tbe test oath, for they were men of honor and would not perjure themselves, (Applause and ipterruptiuns.) They were not hke those ‘Who were clamoring tor their removal; those who would Swear to anything and who would take any oath. gs peated interruptions.) It was ail nonsense to tell him (Ashburn ba@ just said so) that the resolution did not Say that the t8 were to be removed, for no man With a particle of common sense could fail to perceive what the object waa, Overthrow the present civil gov- ernment, and from what he bad seen this Convention ‘will remain in perpetual session, for it will never make ry stitution. Was it not the purpose of the majority to romain here as Jong as it could? Ashburn here interrupted the speaker that the Convention would remain in sess! restoration of G-orgia to the Union, “Exactly,” said Dr, Milier, “lam under obligations tothe gentleman for baving openly and Sppdidly de- clared the purpose of the majority. lend to re- main here ia perpetuity, and if your constivntion is re- jected by the poopie you will meet here every day to further oppress and grind down an already downtrod- den people. Your programme is not only monstrous, it is devilish in plan, devilish {1 of every Principle of civil liberty, subversive of the constitution and destined to drag ® once great stave yet further in the maeistrom of rum and anarchy. Jacobin clubs ari not yet forgotten, and | am not surprised at this avowal, because it is openly stated on the streets that nightly meetings are held in this city at which the cause of the Convention is laid out.” Dr. Miller ed at length ‘a position to the resolation, cad conceded an fou, jows :— “1 protest against this measure in the name of the down-trodden people of Georgia, and | desire that my words shall be heard, not only in this Convention, but throughout the cou I solemnly appeai to Co: gross and to the American people, m the name of hu- Lang in the name of iiberty and in the name of my Tace, for Vt ape against the monstrous and devilish plot which tbis resolution embodies." 3 Ina letter of this cbaracter { could oaly give an out- line of the speéeh dolivored by Dr. Miler, It was an able, eloquent and brilliant argument; aud wuen I use these terms I use them in their proper sonee. It as. tonished the Convention, because Dr, Miller bad bitherto ry to act with the majority. The ability he dis- played, however, was not surprising, as he beara the Teputation and is no doubt one of tbe most accomplished men and finished orators in Georgia, He was repeatedly applauded by the white spectators, and atone time the jauditg were so frequent that @ motion was made by ryant to clear the looby. dr. Akerman followed Dr. Miller in opposition to the resolution, and his speecb, though briet, was able and argumentative, He denounced the measure as one gotten up for the sake of the spoils, and to test the disinterestedness of the majority he would offer an amendment providing that in such an act of Congress as that asked for “it snali be provided tnat Bo mewber of this Convention shail hold office in the provisional State government,” Mr. Bryant, of Maine, made a long and rambling speech in defence of the resolutiqn, 10 which “rebeis, “traivors,"’ “loyal wen”? and “loyal State government wore conspicuous After be had spoken the whole subject was made the special order of the day for Mun- day a@xt, and tl Convention adjourned, would remarkii until tne ) 2 3 THE MISSISSIPPI STATE CONVENTION, Tacnsox, Misa,, Jan. 20, 1868, In Convention to-day resolutions were adopted asking Congress to continue the Freodmen's Bureau until Teconstraction is completed, and to appoint a commiitee to wait upon and urge Genoral Gillem io issud an order prohibiting the sheriffs of the Stato from enforcing aay sales under execution until further ordera, A lengthy ordinance on elections and qualifications of officers and others was offered and referred to the Com- mittee on Suffrage, The following are the principal features :—At any election held by the people under this constitation or in pursuance of any law of tho State, or under auy ordinance or bylaw of the municipal corpo- ration, no person shall be deemed qualified to vote who has ever been in armed hostility against the United States or ihe authorities thereof, ever given aid, comfort, @ountenance or support to persons en- gaged in sock hostility, or evap in any manner eidhered to the enemies thereof, foreign or domestic, cithor by contributing aid to them by unlawfully sending withia their mes money, goods or letters of Tatormation; ever disloyalty hed ‘communica. toe with such enemies; ever advised or aided any per. ons to enter the service of such enemies; ever by ope: act or word declared adherence to the cause of such one. mies or desired their triumph Over the armies of tho United states; ever, exeept under overpowering com. Paision, submitted to the authority or been in the ser. ‘vice of the so-called Confederate Staies of Ainerica, or purposed adhoring to said States or the armies thereof ; ever left this State for the purpose of avoiding enrol. ment and drait into the military service of the United Bates; ever, in order to escape periormance of duty in the militia of tlle State, enrolled himeeif or caused him- felt to be enrolled as a disloyal ; no ever voted at any election held the people of thi State or any other of the Uniied States; or having beid office in this State of in any of United States, snail thereafter have sought and received under the clam of wllegiance protection from any foreign govern. ment, through any consul or other oflcer thoraof, in on Shuvary to secure exemplion from the army of the Unive a yy such person be capadle of hol 1 any office of trust and profit unde ius an. thority, or of being an officer, counselior or manager any pabiie corporation now exisiing of hereafter extab- liebod by ite authority ; of acting as a professor of teacher to any educational Institution, common school Or other seoot gustained in whole or in part by funds provided by law, Every oiector shall take and sub. foribe to the following oath, to be known as tho Oath of Lovalty; but taking sald oath will not be deemed con- clusive eviden.e of the right of the person to vote or bo red as @ voter:— Lam well acquainted with the terms coustiiuuion of Mig- I, ———, swear ti Of Lhe third section of the article of T make this oath without any mea! and hold it to be binding upon me, After the adoption of tbe constitution all State, county and municy} ‘aitcors, embers of the o8 shall subscribe to said oath in every see et eae or petit jury shal ° on court, Apy person refusii not pr in the county: for nop leas than six months, or both. Whoever takes such ath falsely shall, om conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of perjury and punished with imprisonment in the penitentiary fos Pa jess than two years, Every male citizen of the United States, without regard to race pro’ of is 10D, ‘with the law in other respects, is a quatified elector. INTERESTING FROM ALABAMA, ‘The following resolutions were adopted at a meeting ‘on the “4 February either upon the question of ratifying or rejecting that com sclgutign. oF fer gundidates for ollices wade ‘Resolved, That we also recommend to the Stoctlve politica’ organ mation among themselves F ‘of the State until they” are ered from the ‘which are impending. fi The 80th day of January was recommended to the people of the State asaday of fasting and prayer to Almighty God to deliver the people of Alabama from the horrors of negro dominion. An address to the people of Alabama and the world was also adopted, giving the! reasons prompting the white people of w abstain from the polie, f In regard to the above proceedings the Mobile Adve tiser, Jon. 17, has the fotluwing. under the head of nents of Cy The ex! our readers, Unti pected advice to the pr contest, without a stru; threatens them in every vital interest, and corti ly energy to avert it to rely ol =! Tana prayers to Heaven for their deliv erance, it would be and doubtless unjust to the distinguish tl gave us these counsels to pronounce them, We bad a premonition early yesterday forenoon Of whas was coming, aud we are led to belleve—indeed we kifow—that this change of front is based upon secret information from Washington which it is not deemod prudent just now to make pubic, ‘The same paper editorially says:— Andrew Johnaon still noids the reins and the whip of power, Ho is commander-iu-chief of the army and navy. Grant ‘3 his subordin®e and ander his orders. Stanton must obey his orders, or those orders wip be fesued over bis head. And then, who knows bow long Stanton will hoid his position! what plans the Presia dent bas? We do know tnat wheuever Mr. Johnson does strike, he strikes with timeliness, careful caiculas tion and prodigious eifect, Wait a few days, ~ . NEW JERSEY. . Newark. Dr, Wicxes Beroxe tax Covrt.—E, Z. Wickes was yeu terday morning taken befare Judgo Depas, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, and picaded not guiity tothe three indictments found against him. [ria) was set down fox January 2 Is te undersovd tha: Wm. B. Guild is ta defend him, One of the charges against Wickes is that he published grossly obscene books. = ‘ ‘Tar Devacitme Insonance Acext Peaps Guiry.—It will be remembered that an account was recently pub. Ished in the Hxratp of the fraudulent operations of Adolph Neuville, the Newark agent of the New York Germania Life Insurance Compavy. The Grand Jury) found sx bills of indictweul against him, to ali of which he pleaded not guilty. Yesterday morning he ‘his former pleas, and pleaded mon vulé con- tendere to ail of the indictments, Trenton. Usiren Stares District Court.—The January term of this court opened yesterday, After the Grand Jury wero empanelied Judge Field addressed thom in refers ‘ence to the unusual amount of labor before them, prin~ cS) com} charges of the violation of the Inter- png in pained arp passing of counterfeit money, | The Judge emphatica:ly alluded to the very unsatisfigg tory state of the Excise laws, which seemed to furnish’ a tem) half of the whiskey man the majority of which Judge, after come remar! " gress in being engaged in amending the statutes rofét- red to, allowed the Grand Jury to proceed to business, CAUTION TO PRIZE FIGHTERS. Tmpertant Charge of Judge Bedle te tho H vy, N. Je At the opening of the Hudson County courts yester- day Judge Bedie made the @liowing remarks in refer- ence to prize fighting :— All officers charged with the duty of keeping the peace should be heid to a sirict accountability. The w throws around a consiabie or policeman & protection while in the discharge of bis duty, and the citizen tase Fight to expect that he will do ali that fairly lies in bis powor to Keep tho peace. Personal violence or crime’ of any kind shovld not be winked at, but the guilt; should be sought out au! puoisued. If an of floer can prevent a riot, affray or ao assault and ba tery, the law requires bim to dott, If he can Oey oy Dreach of the peace, or prevent its continuance, and he fails to do it, he may be held liabie for mon-feasance in office and indicted for it These are geporal ree marke, intended to react all classes of peace officera, Without reflecting in any way upon their ciency im this county, much of the existing tt undoubtedly due to the geveral taithfuiness df those who have the duty of k ace; but it is nos ‘amiss to remind any who may pposed to be care- Jess in their office that (bey Lave a responsibility to the law of which the Grand Jury oan take notice? In this copnec.joa the court refers to the violation of the Jaw ja relation to prize fighting, which has vecome fo frequent in this and the adjoining county of Bergen as (o require your most carefu} attention, #0 far as tile county i#concernea, Why itis tuat so many of those who are guilty of this escape arrest you are to loquire. Whether it is the fault of the local officers or not, or owing to the secrecy of those who engage in or witness such brutal exhibit ons, the court would be glad to have. you investigate, That such do escape arrest has become Rotoriour, bat it is for you to say Whether you will be able to indict them, and thus trust’ to the processes of tue law to arrest them hereafter, This bus: of prize fighting out to be broken up im this county, Even if the wen woo engage in it are at large, it te best to indict ‘hem if you cam procure suf. cnt evidence, These mea are generaiiy fond of noto~ riety, and {t would .cem that the names Knd evidence could be easily procured, So tar as poesibie tne Cours Urges Upon You .o indict for this offence, and it will not be jong be(ore Lueve criminals will fod is to \beir inter~ est to seek a safer arena fur tie fights Every persom engaged Jn any such Mcbt and every pervon aiding, ase, sisting or abouing is liable w be panisued by imprison. meat at hard lebor not excesd.ug two years, or by tnd Dot exceeding $1,000, or both, Any captain, come, mandant or owner of any stearsboat or other vessel wLo Knowingly permits bis vessel to be used for the cons veyance of persons nto this State for the purpose of deing emgaged in, or ailing, assisting, abetting, or wit” messing any such Gght, is able to be puotshed by tm~ risonment at hard iabur not exceeding two years, or y fine not exceeding $600, or both; and every person Present at such tigh’, coming from anotuor state for the we Of Witnessing the same, may be penished by imprisonment at vard \abor, mot exceeding one year, oF by fine not exceeding $200, or bot, Judge Bedle also culivd the artention of the Grand Jury to the frequent loss of Hite on ratiroads and by ex. plosions, Persons bolting posieof danger, such as at Failroad crossings and attending switches, a ble if death ensues oy negieot, as wi death from the carelors use of sach articles as gon. jer and nitro-glycerine. The Grand Jury should ta. ‘whether railroad crossings are pruperly guarded, conclusion, the Grant Jare were requived to 208 that no nu sancevex tod Qh as law BUR howe’ vor Hiiegal liquor selling, viotatious of the Sunaey gambling, Jotteries, poticy shops and otner dia- erly and uolawfal practices be permiticd w pase unpunished, WESTCHESTER INTELLIGENSE. Excrrva Caran axn Cartons or Taree Necro Atueon ‘Tt Tarrans —Threo vigorous looking membors of the Diack brigade, named Jaines White, Richard O'Hara aud Isane Benedict, wore lodged in the lock-up at Morrisania yesterday afternoon to await examination on a of til tapping im Harlem and Morrisania, It appears the dusky trio were arrested in Harlerw by oMcer Mold, of the Twolfih pracine taken vo tbe Tombs, New York, for omminution ia woe to the Hertom offence, The compiaiownt having failet to apypoor against them, (ie ma iatrate was compelle! ¢y order their discharye trom ctetody. In leaving tow in their wake, they 4 bo give hi P, and Jed him a hot chase through the pleasant litle thoronghfires of the sixth ward, the denizens of Which were consiterabiy OXciled in Convequen aud orainous trip's cloud, followe uddenly bersdng through. their ranks, of Ham were, however, after a bard st 8 oon as joined sania to answer a chatye of tapping th of Hemmare charge of tapping the til of Ham ‘Motel, om Boson road, about e week age ea pe