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as mn after prociamat: rth e'hand “at What has Congress done?’ Le The, const lone t us Bee, tution of the United States provides, as yoatemen ber, that “representatives and fret esee shall be rtioned among the several State, @hich may be edgy this Union." a. ante? the eonst| 0, apportion representatives and direct taxes except among the States of the Union. What ‘was among the were, first acts of Congres op this subject? On the 5th of August, 1861, Congress passed this act:—“That a direct tax of Fairy be and is hereby annually laid upon United States, and the same shall be ‘and is hereby apportioned to the States: ively, in manner following:—To the State of Mississippi, $413,084%." This was ip Mie yoreey se- in Jani preceding. not that a declara- Congress that Mississipp! was one of the States Union at that time, six months the act ssion, and during tt war? These acts arly contint from year to year down lshow iby reterences in the appendix to my wn to 1866 Congress has regularly provided portionment of these taxes among the ich are included in this Union, Mississippi he rest. Is not that arecognition? Next, act. of July 16, 1862, the rebel States are all di- ito districts for the different Circuit Courts. uid not be unless they were States, And 2d of March, 1867, chapter an in reupecs to the appeals from ‘That could not be unless they were the Union. Then the laws as to the public show the same. recognition; there are several The: non-intercourse Aria, litical acts, ie joint resolution of the 8th o! relating to the electoral colleges. Let me read thal toshow how completely Congress kept in view the ‘eonstitutional relations of the States down to the day ‘when they passed this act:— ‘Whereas the inhabitants and local authorities of the States $f, tiretute, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Micalssippl, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Ten- ‘measee ret againds the government of the Unit and fa such condition on the 8th day of a for electors of President and Vice ‘States, accordi ,, was held therein on ;therefore resolved, tc., That the States mentioned in tbe pre- ‘@mbic to this joint resolution are not entitled te ae lent an: 1g the Electoral College for the eholoe of dent of the Un! States for the term of office day of March, 1865; and no electoral received or counted from said States concern- erie chrice of President and Vice President for ssid term Take the constitutional amendments passed by® @ongress—the first great amendment abolishing slavery. Congress passed that by the requisite ma- ity and ordered that it should be sent to the Legis- of the several States, not exciuding-any States from the consideration of that proposition of amend- ment. They were sent to eer State in the Union, and here is the proclamation of the Secretary of State ’m regard to its adoption, made as early as. Decem- ‘wer, 1865, in respect to which no dissent has ever een expressed by either House of Congress:— Know ye that whereas the Congress of the United States, ‘en the Ist of February last, passed a resolution which ts tn amiely —(Reelting the conatitational bk st the nena 8 2 ‘States is thirty-six; and whereas the before specially named Biates whose Legisiatures have ratified the sald proposed endment constitute three-fourths of the whole number of ates in the l'nited States ; Now, therefore,-be it known that I, William H. Seward, retary of State of the United States, by virtue and in pur- ‘uance Of the second section of the act of Congress approved ‘the 20th of April, 1818, entitled ‘An act to provide for the pub- Meation of the laws of the United States, and for otber pur- Poors” do hereby cerlity that the ameuidment wforesaid has me valid, to all intents and purposes, as a partof the Con- aiitution of the United States. Among the States are Louisiana and Sotth Caro- Una, and without the vote of those rebel States that amendment has never been adopted, unless you ex- elude the eleven States from the Union and abe majority of the rest may make an amendment, t me take the decision of ‘the Chief Justice in North Carolina. 1am notable to say, from the report of the case, whether one of the parties was designated as a citizen of one State and the other of North Caro- The Chief Justice—They were. Mr. Field, resuming:—Tell me, then, if that bea Yegal Judgment or not? Here the Chief Justice made a memorable decision which satisfied the legal mind of the country, where, Lf this ee is true, the had no more jurisdiction than I. There was no eitizen of North Caroilna, because there was no State of North Carolina, and the judgment was void. But Ihave not yet done. Has there been a legal govern- ment in this Union Spring the war? Are the acts ‘upon the statute book binding? Is it not a familiar Principie that the verdict of a jury in order to be ‘valid must be a verdict by twelve men, and it be- @omes good for nothing one member is added to ‘the jury, making the verdict one of thirteen? During ali this war, up to the time when the reconstruction act ‘was in consideration, there were two Senators in the Senate Chamber from the ancient State of pie Sarg But Virginia is declared now not to be a in this Union, and of course never has been since the war began or since she seceded. If so, you have had two members in the Senate of the United States all the time who had no right to be there, ‘What is the effect of that upon legislation? Has that been considered? By what sort of legerdemain, Task, te It that Virginia, which had seats in Congress ‘up to 1866, is now deciared not to be entitled to any representation? It had four members in the Lower ‘Wouse during nearly the whole war, this State of Vir- a which is now understood not to be a State in e Union. er to Where under the constitution is there give any man a vote unless he be from a ? Congress is receding and going back'upon tts own footsteps; we are arguing for-constitutional, Yegular governments. They are the revolutionists; ‘they are those who are endeavoring to destroy the nal life, Tennessee is another State. ere ‘Was one Senator at least who stood his ground, “faithful among the faithiess,” and he remained in ‘the Senate, 1 think, two years, till 1863—yes, two and over—and that was Andrew Johnson. right had he to be in the Senate if Tennessee ‘was not a State in this Union? Will you tell me? ‘Were any laws with his concurrence and by She help of his vote? Let us go into the House of Representatives, and we find Tennessee had two members there, Clemens and Maynard; Maynard there during the whole war. And yet, if you ‘will look at this most remarkable joint resolution of the 2th of July, 1866, you will conclude that Ten- messee has been out of the Union all the time:— onuian hae re = ment of berg of nessee was seized uy en possession fons in hoetitty to the Gaited ‘Biatee, and the Iphad leant of in ap ath ners ute Sea acted Rey ad ‘said State can only be ‘restored to its political relations ia the Union by the consent of the 4,800 whereas the people of tan State it, on i a ef Unit aig, on the dist day of February, 1865, by large popular vote, adopt and ratify a constitution of gov- ernment whereby slavery was abolished, and all ordinances laws of secession, and debts organized under aald consti to the constitution of the United States abolish- ‘slavery, also the amendment proposed by the Thiriy- smiuth Congress, and has doue other acts proclaisaing aud de- tag loyal { therefore, Be \t resolved by the and House of Representatives the United States of America in Congress senemnbled, ‘hat the State of Tennessee is hereby restored to her former political relations to the Union, and is again entitled be represent:d by Senators and Represent in Con- gress. Was there ever such a document as that since the world ? Whereas the State of Tennessee has vatified the constitutional amendment, therefore she ‘may be restored, forgetting that if she was not a with a legal State government, the ratification ‘was just 60 much waste paper. Let us go to Louis- She is in the same predicament. We have had from Louisiana in the House, Flanders and Hahn, from March, 1863, to March, 1865. What will eur friends say to that? I now ask your attention to the action of the legislative and executive depart- menis of the governinent in respect to the question of existing war or peace. You remember that the argument of my learned friend was, that we are now dn a state of war; that we have a right to exercise the rights of war; and that exercising the rights of ‘War, We can.govern the State of Mississippi as we will. I will now call your attention to acts of Con- and resolutions to show that they have recog- nized war as ended and peace as restored throughout the United States. Here is an act of March 2, 1867, Passed the same day this Reconstruction act was passed, to increase the pay of non-commissioned oft- cers and soldiers, as follows:— BO. 2. And be it further That section one of the fgct entitled “An act to increase the pay of soldiers in the Volted States army and for other purposes," approved June 20, 1884, be and the same is hereby conttued Ju full orcs and e‘fect for three years from and after the clone of the re- Dellion, as announced by the President of the United Slates by proclamation bearing date the 20th of August, 1886, I wish to call your attention to that act, becanse if there ever was a case in which they are foreclosed from any argument of the kind—that there is any ‘war—this is one. And here Is the proclamation of the President of the United States, to which this act of Congress refers, referring to the previous procia- mation, and ending a8 follows:—“I do further pro- claim that the said insurrection is at an end, and that peace, order and tranquillity and civil authority now exist in and throughout the whole United States contracted under the i is, F of America, Can anything be imagined more extra- ordinary than that the same persons who passed these acts should come here and maintain that we have a right to deal with the South as if there were no peace, but flagrant war to this very hour? There is one comprehensive act which, I should think, might Getermine the question as to the state of the South, phy an tg the 2d of pear In vy ey of ingress to indemnify everybody they ratified every~ bd the President had ever done.” The act 18 as An act to declare vali of the President and sola don in the Ph] in jy errenen of Be it enneted, tte, Th procl: at the Vrenident of the Unitey Bier or sces fiowe by a a0 oF approval after the 4th of March, Anno Domiat 1861, Fats ata es reenact, late rebellion, are bereby approved. in all respects. The statute book is full of references to ‘the late war’ and ‘‘the war that has closed” and “the war is happily ended,”’ and among them is one which cannot forbear reading, @ very appropriate resolu- tion of thanks, as follows, passed in May, 1866:— giitatrtuans wy tes tein fraser, ry jusive certain tone: rauance Wndvool, or of his jate rebellion against the led, That ft {a L.A fuged alee to express the tiude of to the sol ame by whore valor aod onduraace, pu ihe land ana oniee ee {éting’ throughout the This is my answer, if the court pl to the pro) sitions brought forward by the enokiawee: pas elaborately argued; and I nope that I Bane, given— ert ouster pa ak et nt nor do! find it in any written paper, but very much in ‘and constantly referred to tn ese military urged the argument public debate, and that {s necessity. overnments of the South, they say, are legal because ey are necessary. phrase is, ‘This gov- ernment has a right to live, and no other government has a right to contest it; and whatever Congress de- sormmince.ae necessary to this national life is right, and therefore the Executive and this court are to at necessity do they jeral the federal necessity. The courts are open; the federal laws are executed; mails are run; the customs are collected. There is no interference with any commissioner or officer of the United States anywhere in the country. There is no necessity, therefore, of a federal kind for any assumption of the government of Mississippt. What, then, is the necessity? “Why,” tl Bay, “they are unrepentant rebels.” Is that the reason — ‘the military government is there? If you are to wait until you get repentant rebels—or I should per- haps, rather say, if you wait until you make rebels repentant by fire and eword, you Will have to wait many generations, Of all the iments of necessity, that Is the most remarkable and has the least force. “We will not allow the Southern States to govern fait into the ‘hands of Uarepentang Yeosiae® Well, nds of unrepent ell, what is that to you, if they obey the laws—if they submit to your it? Do to force them to love you? Is that what you are aiming at? Of course, it should be the desire of all governments and the aim of all to make the love ag well as obey; but to give that asan argument for a military government established is an extraordinary one. “Well, then,’ they. ff “we wust protect the loyal men at the South, and therefore the military govern- ment, which is the only one adequate to the end, shall be kept up.” To that I answer, first, the Gene- Tal of your les, the person upon whom this extra- ordinary power has been thrown, certified himself that that there was order throughout the South, so far ashe could observe. But are there not other means to do it? Are there no other means than mili- tary coercion? The Union men of the South, I have been told, are in the ronlority, and have ever been in the majority in the South, and it is the minority that have driven the people into secession. Is the gov- ernment of the United States necessary to sus- ty the minority? A majority, we are told, of the white people! ‘They say that secession was carried bya minority of the white Fooule the i and that the majority lave always been loyal. Well, that 18 @ complete answer, t to thi jection., Necessity for mis- hen, 118 Obj rcemens is the staple reason given by tyranny all ihe world over. It was the reason given by Philp the Second for governing the Netherlands by the Duke of Alva; it was the reason given for the mis- government of Italy by Austria; it was the reason given for the misgovernment of ireland by England. Iwill here venture to call. attention to an argu- ment Ris forth with great force and ability by a learn peceensty now deceased, Mr. Loring, who had the honor, I think, of si iting this mode of dealing with the South, and who has attempted to Justify it ina pecan ees which I have now before me and from which I will read one paragraph. Hesays:— The power to wage war upona State in rebellion for the precervation of the Union iam constitutional power necea- st e government, solely for ‘and linalted: for that wscesstty. It cangot thererore ce set ercised for any other end nor beyond the means justly and Teasonably required for its accomplishment, Tt cannot juste ify the holding of the territory of a State as conquered or a8 provinces, Under military rule, or deprive them of the rigs of civil government any further than may be necessary to enforce present obedience to the constitution and Iaway and for security against danger of future like disobedience an ‘That is the argument in the best form in which it can be stated. Now, I take leave to say that this is full of fallacies. in the frst place, there is no power to wage war against a State for the Lpeent bey of the Union. This is a misstatement of the proposition. The power to wage war isto overcome resistance to the execution of the fedéral laws and the federal constitution, and that is all. You cannot wage war Rod @ State for the abstract proposition that you wish to preserve the Union. ‘The Union takes care of itself when you execute its laws; and you execute its laws when you overcome resistance, and that is the only end for which you can wage war. And then, furthermore, what right have you to wage war against them for the purpose of ‘obtaining security Seeines so gange of oe as csohediouse and ol @ constitutional right? Let tothe tet, x ig! us putit in 1860, when we saw, as clearly as mencould fore- seen hatare event, by the ilttie cloud that was to darken finally the whole horizon, that war was coming, would It have been a constitutional exercise of power in the general government to wage war upon the South?) Have we ever had a President ready to do that, ora Congress ready to undertake it? Can you send armies into any State of this Union for the purpose of guarding against the danger of future rebellion, and carryon war? You may have your armies ready, may garrison your forts and Strengthen your outposts. That you can do and ought to do; but you cannot wage war. If you can, then we have no guarantee, for it rests forever in the discretion of Congress to order an army to make war upon @ State whenever it may determine that there is danger of something being done which ought not to be done. A short time since a proposition was made to take into the hands of the federal government the whole State of Maryland and the whole State of Kentucky, Ree the ground that they were disloyal in heart after ail; that they did not mean really to be loyal, and that there was danger that hereafter they would jad aid and countenance to a new rebellion. I leny most explicitly that this limited government of ours: teed Aaya 3 to wage war against a State upon any suspicion or theory of an intended insurrection omen the government. We are limited to our con- stitutioua) duties and our constitutioual rights, which are to enact laws as authorized by the federal consti- tution, and to execute those laws by the courts of Justice and the executive arm. These military governments of the South are said to be only ly A How do we know that? Is it constitutional to do a thing as a temporary expe- dient which Congress may continue as long as it pleases? Theconditions annexing to this first re- construction act contemplated that the military power should remain in the South until the amend- ment pro) shall have been ratified by three- fourths of the States. The argument of danger is an argument of very little force on either side. If I could refer to it | unink I could show that this court stands now tn the very gateway against the usurpa- tion of military power dangerous to our liberty. What have we seen, and what do we now see? We have seen the Chief Justice of this court, before whose robes all bayonets should be lowered, taking his place in a Circuit Court in North Carolina, announcing to the bar that it is beneath the dignity of a court of the United States to alt where this process can be employed by military power. And yet we have seen the execution of this Fs forbiddem by milit officers, Of course, if he Chief Justice ever taken his seat in upon that bench he would have punished the offenders as they deserved. We have seen, in a printed document submitted to Congress, the testimony of the Secre- tary of War that he belleves the decision of this court in the Milligan case was wrong; that it was not founded in law, though it was the unanimous decision of this court; and maintaining still the 7 te establish military commissions in Joyal States. We have seen an act through one house of which proposes to vest in the General of the arm: unlimited control over all these ejeven States; and we have seen, too, introduced into the House an amendment to an appropriation bill, proposing to make your hall Ogg to be guarded by soldicrs ! Here is the proposition, which 1 will read: 'Provi- Ged that from and after the close of the current fiscal year the police and protection of the Capitol building and grounds shail be under the direction of the en- ineer department of the army, and the Secretary of var shall detail for that service from the garrison at gers ag such number of non-commissioned offl- cers ang privates, not exceeding forty, as may be deemed necessary for the purpose by the Chief En- gineer; and soldiers, when so employed, shail have an extra allowance of twenty-five cents per day for privates and thirty cents per day for non- commissioned officers.” If we go on as we begin, instead of these guardians at your door you will find soldiers with bayoncts, as weil as sol- diers with bayonets before the houses of Congress. We must resist now! We will not have military government. Notone particle of it. It is against the constitution, and we stand upon the constitution of our country, We were threatened by the counsel that if in New York we did pot conform ourselves a lite more diligently to what wasrequired of us we should have General Grant there, ‘The counsel pro- nounced it “that infernal city of New York.” Par- don me If I repel the imputation. My city is mis- governed, | admit; but that misgoverument, be it re- membered, comes from the premature con- cession of the right of suffrage to those not accustomed to. exercise, it. Among its — are as much virtue, ae much patriot- ism and honor as exist anywhere. You, sir, when ou came to a discredited treasury, know how your jand leaned on that commercial empurium, and how its merchants came forward with the most lavish of- fers to sustain this government; how the flag of the country foated out from the window and tower, and ita people called with one voice, bidding loyal men to rise everywhere. For social culture, iutellestual ac- tivity, and for the magnificence of its commeree, New York stands unapproached on this continent and un- ee even by that younger sister of the Pa- cific, through whose golden gate lies the way to India, New York sits upon her isiand rock, and no American returning to his country cver sees her Spires above the waters but rejoices in her pros- perity and is proud of her, But we are told that this is a political question, whieh you have nothing to do with, What is there kin about it? Is it @ political question whether cCardie can be imprisoned by @ military order and tried by a military commission? There are political questions endoabiedly at is, questions which the ee] Cepartmgn Sais ieaee toe has a right decide, and, decided there, the courts will follow, But whether of not a man Can be haprison- ed and tried by a cular tribunai is alway Judt- cial question which the courts will determine for ; pag In short, sir, may I not say that i bave OWDI= ree PupLic ADMoNITION ov REV. 8. H. TYNG. J8.—The | Speculation Continuce—Fancy Prices for Fancy public reprimand of the Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., Lete—Earth Transmated into Gold. 4m accordance with the sentence of the ecciesiastical Some years ago, when, through reverses tn ¢om- the a State of the Union, but ber of citizens of a State; ‘ahe be or be not a State, or has or ‘ State, the people there re- ected rung: govaramesit court, will be pronounced to-day, in the @hurch.of | merce and the unfnancial manner in which the United States; i, ate dk the Transfiguration in ‘Twenty-ninth street, bear] banks were managed, & panic revolctionized the trout the ‘military commission reprimand, be ae Baaene Pipchorugs ecard ie Negus Deg Aion oldest, pul which presumed to sit in ju ent upon him. NATIONAL QvoIT ConvENTION.—A convention of and ab! mercantile houses, sliver and gold appre- tips phere 1/8 pronounced. em deavor | quolt players will be held in this city, on Monday, the | ciated over paper money from seventeen to twenty- five per cent, and real property rapidly advanced in ampli ther, of'rules and regulations whereby the playing of this | ‘he market, a furor for specuiation setting tn which aan ee thaitaes opera on mtn ioe game Will be governed in a more uniform manner | St one time bade cy a Met o fee — down terpretation to the sapaiaton, 80 It is the duty of | throughout the country. Clubs are invited to send | every other Interest in the city, subsidence of 16th and 23d instants, having in view the adoption of $1, der section 1 ineigans 7 eee: te @ non. renident, ie wl * fuly,” a 2 A. ROLLINS, exem} allowed vy Respect> BROOKLYN CITY. - ‘SUPREME CounT—CIRCUIT. How Political Appointments Are Secured= 4 Sult for Lobby Services. Before Justice Lott, 2 J. Sherman vs, Samuel H, Roberts.—The plaine tim alleges that in the month of May, 1866,and a® thet all citizens to respect Socept your interpre. | delegates. | The convention meets st Dunham & | the panic real estate vaines rapidiy receded, and | various times, George B, Lincoln, President of ion, There is no need to strain the authority of the | w; arte Broadway. The call is issued vy the play lots” in Wallabout Bay, Afteen feet under | Board of Health, came to bis oMce, accompan; government. The constitutional amendment not | New York Normal Quolt Club, of which Harry after with .| General Rooerta, who Was ® stranger to him, a only abolishes slavery and makes freedom the rai | Sharp ts t. ‘There are several quolt clubs | tide water, were mot sought wa ep ei i footie Ah tia cell the! throughout the county, but ft gives Congress the | in almost every principal city in the Cnited States; | activity as during the reign of the revulsion wrich | ‘nirodvced tim, wien Bald, Ronone nmeten le wer to enforce that article by appropriate legisia- | but there are no rules governing what might dé | royowed and wiped out the faise system of credit, so | Plain’ I n, and tosee that the freedom of every man, of } termed the American game, In Great ‘and | ‘vowed and wip Me lector Of internal Revenue for te Third) every race and condition ts maintained, France they have their own style of playing, and as proiific of the wildest speculations, that had | Collection district, in the r) ot Henry Ge} It was the boast of an ‘orator and states- | there are no stipulated rules to govern the game. | Previously prevailed, Like causes ead or Bowen, who was to be removed. a this the pl mre man, on a memorable occasion, when he delivered a | here this movement deserves encouragement. Lance responding effects. My a depreciation an = 4 Ud failed, but eventually applic - = ont it! om message from the king to his faithful commons ré- | unable to be represented can communicate with Mr. | lic Higa ty ene oe her ye are ee —— med ant expedition to Fortugal, that’ “wherever | Meeker, Secretary of the Norma: Club, at 744 Broad: | 0° Mone” or ‘the ‘country la rated at one- | prize in the face of hundreds of others, who ha D5 the e ene ae of England is way, New York, domination not come.’” if we will firmly mi nird te neariy one-half the prices of gold and eil- shall INTERNAL REVENUE.—E. A. Rollins, Commissioner th to tituti yf our fathers as modified by ” ” . y ver we must expect fancy prices, though, soo! fees Gert shall be able to make {t | Of Internal Revenue, passed through this city yester- | say, there la reason lying at the bottom o! Spe pres. our greater boast, that where the standard of America | gay on his way to Washington. He has been spend- Co ALAS er tl feast bgt lo to oA x _ Ae eapicestis oppression rele domination | ing a short time in New Hampshire, which be visived | faot tnae within the corporate mits there aro #0 Pianos aes . MEAS ete for the purpose of voting in the lateelection. Deputy | many and no more square acres. The area bein; Commissioner Harland is now in Washington, hav- | limited and the popalal jon increasing at a ratio thal NEW YORK CITY. ing taken the Commissioner's place during his ab- | ts unprecedented, landed property must of necessity sence, but will return to his headquarters in this city | hold its own—when a moderate receession has as soon as Mr. Rolling reaches Washington. Owing lace through the appreciation of paper Wwaueg and THE COURTS, to the unsettled state of affairs in the Revenue De- e abolishment of the gold room. artment, and also to the fact that the Committee of Yesterday, at the Exchangs Salesroom, ‘ays and Means have not yet reported on the pro- ‘A. J. BLEECKER, SON AND CO. posed new bill, the officials in this city are at present | offered property on Eighth, Fifth and Madison ave- at a standstill in relation to their action, No seizures | nues and on atreets near the Park, running at right were reported yesterday. angles to them, which, as might be expected, pepeberry, Vive. ee brought to the ‘heirs of the late Charles Russell— The United States vs. 1,209 Casks af Sherry.—On THE DeaTH OF RICHARD ConNELL.—Coroner Kee- Meng ‘An executor’s sale—satisfactory prices. the resumption of this case yesterday morning Mr. | nan yesterday held an inquest at Bellevue Hospital Me ‘on Fifth avenue, near Fiftieth st David Scrymser, a wholesale wine and spirit mer | over the remains of Richard Connell, the man whose on the easterly side, commencing 30 feel chant in Beaver street, was examined ag to bis | death was reported in yesterday's HeraLp. Tho | south ee Da ager wT ok a ee knowledge of the particular grade of wine known a8 | evidence went to show that on Wednesday afternoon 0) for... Ma aaa ibes? Crown sherry, which ts always understood to be of a | Connell was very much intoxicated in West street, | Two full lots on Fifty-eighth street ane bety low grade. Some points in this witness’ testimony | and committed an assault upon James Howard. Gare Se fre Dios Te Pager ha rae were matters of opinion which were ip some cases | Connell then ran away and fell face downwards mortgage; eac! 7 BOO). eadetnbchedevece’ US/908 overruled by the court, The next witness forthe | Upon a pile of cobble stones lying on the | roton corner of Madison avenue and Sixty- claimants was Mr. Lenuc, a wine merchant | Pavement, from which he was taken up by seventh street (northwest), 25.5x95 feet, of upwards of thirty years’ standing in New | Officer Martin, of the Fiftn precinct, and conveyed to taken by Robert H. Bleecker (two-thirds on York, The witness was familiar with all the | Bellevue Hospital, where death mabneqaently ensued. mortgage), at.... eh obs wine producing districts on the continent of A post mortem examination revealed the fact that ‘Sixty: Europe, and always knew Crown sherry to be a low | deceased had a fracture of the skull, which doubt- UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. 12,600 Lot on corner of Madison avenue and seventh street (northwest), 25.5x100 feet, de of wine and sold at low rates, which varied | Jess was caused by the fall on the cobble stones. | taken by Robert H. Bleecker (two-thirds on fery considerably. In comparing wines of the value | The jury accordingly rendered a verdict to this effect. mortgage) ree seeshes! 12,250 Of $26 or $28 the quarter cask he could not be accu- | A PRINTERS’ LIFE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION.—A | Four lots on t t corner of Eighth avenue and 142d street, each 25x99.11, were purchased by A. Kamok and G. B. Com- stock (75 per cent remaunii mn mortgage). ‘The corner lot was taken by G. B. Comst for $3,050 and the three adjoining by Kamok for $1,900 slae Eg. B. a gold at the Exchange Salesroom yesterday the two number of printers employed on the daily and weekly newspapers and in book offices of the city held a meeting last night, preliminary to a series, to con- sider the propriety of organizing a life assurance association among the members of Typographical here a iat TPs ie at tip two story and attic brick front and rear buildings, on a full lot, No. 41 Forsyth street, between Canai and CE en et eneetxtranam | Hester streets, for $14,700, ‘The property is teased Peitch, seemed to meet with general approval, ‘The | for four years from May 1, 1868, at a nentage of meeting organized by the appointment of Mr. Ed- | $1,000 and water tax, sa ‘wards as chairman and. Mr. Randover aa secretary, t These are all the sales that were reported yes. ard on choosing a committee of seven to prepare a | terday. report to be laid before the subscribers, of whom there are nearly two hundred, when they next con- vene at the call of the chair, the meeting adjourned: CONVENTION OF IRISH SOCIETIES.—Last evening the delegates to the convention of the Irish soctettes assembled in the Hibernial Hall, Prince street, for the purpose of completing their arrangements for the celebration of St. Patrick's Day. Mr. P. McArdie occupied the cnair. The Secretary read the minutes rate as to their real value, nor, opty within $5 of it. Heconsidered sherry at $26 or $283 the quarter cask a fine grade of wiué, and what he considered a low grade of sherry would be worth only about $10 or $12 the quarter cask. Case still on. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. The Railway War—Arrest of General Alexe ander 8. Diven. Before Judge Barnard. On Thursday night General Alexander S, D!ven, Vice President and one of the Board of Directors of the Erie Railway Company, was arrested under a warrant of attachment for contempt of court issned by Judge Barnard. Mr. Diven Is charged with viola- tion of one of the injunctions in having signed the certificates of the new issue of stock which was put on the market on Monday last under cover of the injunction granted by Judge Gilbert. The case will probably come before Judge Barnard this morning On an application to vacate the attachment. Mr. Diven is reported as having been about to leave the city by the train for Albany at the time of his arrest, 8,750 Oficial Transfers of Real Estate. The foviowing were the official transfers of real ¢s- tate and leases recorded yesterday in this city and ‘Kings county:— TRANSFERS IS NEW YORE CITY, Bleecker st, No 104, 25x75... Chambers st,.s 8, No 76, 25x75 +s Pitt at, ws, 128 ft n of Delancey st, 22x100.. 2d st, nes, 100 ft _n w of 1st av, 18x80, to seriierd before the legistative committee now | of the previous meeting, which were approved. | 7th st, No. 227, contract.. investigating the affairs of the Erie Rallw@y Com- | Reports of committees were handed in, stating that | 43th st, 88, 220.10 ft w of 6 es. ‘Warrants fare reported to have been issued | the Mayor would review LBL tip that the / isth st, ns, 820 ft w of Ist av, 20x92..... for the arrest of other members of the Board, but | route would not be changed and that there would be | West 27th st, Nos. 227, 229, 231, 74. an escort of police furnished. After the transaction of some routine business the meeting adjourned, GarRoTgRS aT Work.—Mr. Isaac Heinaman, of | 31: 4 i 699 Second avenue, while passing along the avenue, Weal en ae. ®. (oop ree between Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth streets, on | goth st, ss, goo ste of sth ‘ay, 20X10, Tuesday night. ata late hour, was attacked by two | dist st, ns, 184 fle of Lexington av, 20. young manana robbed ofa silver watch and gold | 61st st, n 8, 204.6 fte of Lexington av, 20. chain, valued at $80. The robbery was effected by | 100.5, (mtge $4,500)... 2 one man garroting the victing wile the other rifled | 58th st, 8 8, 290 ft ¢ of ad av, his pockets of their contents. enenieh §aE e OAT Before Chief Justice Robertson. A Lorry FaLt.—A woman named Julia Boel, | gern gt na, 390 ft e of loth av, 26x100. Alleged Wrongful Dismissal. while attempting to hang some clothes on a line out | géth st, ns, 125 ft w of 10th av, 108x103x10: McKay vs. Crump.—tn this case the plainti¢r | of the fourthistory window of No. 204 West Houston ee poet atecacntve ecity claimed to have entered into copartnership, and Hie dcyt her melee gorannd was precipitated nto a Poth sh, 6,400 Mew of 4th ay, 47-8xball she brought an action to recover damages for dismissal | feceived internal injuries which, it 18 feared, will | iOCK+--. "2° tiie Ww of bth av, BORBLG, (con they have so far kept out of the line of march of the Sheriff's officers. Decisions Rendered. By Judge Barnard. Richard Warren vs. Peter Holbrook.—Mction denied. John N, Eitel vs, Abram Wakeman. granted and reference ordered to hear and de: SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. block (contract). 29th st, 8 8, lot 402 a Bist st, 8 8, 80 {te of 6th av, 20x63. Motion mine. from the establishment of the plaintiff. Defendant | cause her death. w by Se ppapeigtighiopeds Mr Sonics coat z Faccparinerenie, saan Cm pao f Found DrowNED.—On Thursday afternoon the dead | yo¢8th 8, 950 ft w of 9th av, 25x100.11 le plain ni is employment with the un- 8 107th st, 8 3, 350 ft w ofth av, 25x100.11 15,000 derstanding that if his services proved satisfactory | PCtY Of @ man was found on the south beach at | Toth eh ee an ft w of Sth Av, zxivoi} he would take him as partner, but that his work gen- | Cedar Grove, Staten Island. He was dressed in eratly having proved unsatisfactory he dismissed | drawers, undershirt and leather gaiters, He was him. The court reserved decision. about five feet ten inches in height, slight-build, with dark brown hair. The body appeared to have been in the water a considerable time. COURT GF GENERAL SESSIONS. FATAL ACCIDENT ON SHIPBOARD.—An inquest was Before Judge Russel. yesterday held at the Fourth precinct station house At the opening of the court yesterday Helena | on ine hody of John Phillips, late a night watchman White, who was convicted ie Stealing a plano from | on poard the ship N. B. Palmer, lying at the foot of Charles J. Betts, was sentenced to the State Prison picr 27 East river, whose death wag the result of for three years. compression of the brain and_ other injuries received 106th st, n 8, 375 ft w of Oth av, 25x100.11 07th st, 8 8, 375 ft w of 9th av, 25x100,11 106th st, n 8, 100 ft w of Oth av, 100x100.11. 112th st, D8, 345 ft w of 3d av, 25x100,10. 116th st, 175 ft e of 6th av, 260x100.11 soveee «1, 123d st, 18, 250 {te of 6th ay, 76x100,11, half art, st eeesesceescarsversenrees a: aaith st, #8, 250 ft e of 6th av, 75x100.11, half tetay, W 8, 60.11 ft 8 of 10@th st, 203 Ast av, W 8, 80.11 ft 8 of 106th st, 20x95. Ist av and 1ith st, 8 e corner, 23.8x94. 2d av and 105th st, n e corner, 400x101. Thomas McGuire, alias Louis Bigley, who pleade@ | 00 Thursday night by accidentally falling down a ter 7,000 gulity to petty larceny, was sent to the City Prison | BIZ Of salrs, lead fo ie a Oe SP atin ait av, ws, 403 fn of ath at SAAS TR. 18 tl t av, W 8, 49.456 | 6. tor thirty days, 4 of England, 112.6100... 87,500 Thomas Kitchen was indicted for stealing horse 22d st, $8, 100 ft w of 24 av, 25x08.9 blankets and lap robes on the 26th of December, val- Sth av and 127th st, # e corner, 49.11% 100. LEASES RECORDED IN NEW YORK, DIRTY STREETS. ned at $600, the property of John Hoey, No. 331 West mammnnnnhe ity be Broome st, No 424, 4 years, per year.... + 800 Twenty-third street. die pleaded guilty to the charge, | The Citizens Association Make a Few Snge | Cedar st, No 126, 3 years 6 months, per Fear... 100 Jacob Smith, who was indicted for burglariousiy gestions. Canal No 184, 3 years, 1st year, $1,600; 2d entering the office of Thos, L. Olden, 113 Maiden lant As the public is greatly interested at present in year, $1,700; 3d year.. + waited on the 224 of February, and stealing 3,000 serpent | tne enforcement of the street cleaning contract, any Cherry st, Nos 246 and 248, 4 years, per year. Lp eges, valued at $30, pleaded guilty td an attempt at ot Division st, NO 15, 2 yrs, per yr. +1 1:400 burglary in the third degree. He was sent tothe | facts bearing upon the subject will no doubt be pe- | Fulton st, jo 128, 10 yra, per yi + 2,875 State Prison for two years and six months. rused with interest, The subjoined communication | E Houston st, No 49 (basement), 2 yrs, Der ¥r. « 00 Charles Mortimer was tried and convicted of lar- | nas just been sent by the Citizens’ Association of Te rea teri iidroumepctemonmmnml en n: ym person, the co . ly A » 6, Sonn S. Prouty, ‘who'testified chat eos ae eval ays New York to Senator Crowley, Chairman of the | 34 av, No 606, 5 yrs, per yr. deo 1,000 the 12th of December, while entering an Eighth ave- | Senate Committee on Municipal Affairs, giving the | 7th av, No 312, 6 yrs, per yr eens 1,200 TRANSFERS IN BROOKLYN. Baltic st, ns, 90 ft e Utica av, 110x255.7. . Rochester av, w 8, 04 {t's Warren St, 28x90... | 4 o99 March 12, 1868. 117 ft 8 Warren st, 21.7x90...... Mr. Ricwarp Crowiey, Chairman Committee om | Warren st, 8 8, 429 ft e Utica av, 181%127.934.. Municipal Affairs:— C st, ns, 350 ft e Union av, 25x100. 600 Dear Sin—The Citizens’ Association of New York | © st, ns, 375 ft e Union av, 25x100... begs leave to call your attention to the authority | Eckford st, 100 ft from Colyer st, 475 {tn noe car in Vesey street, he waa surrounded by four men; they crowded him on the platform, and one of the party relieved him of a wallet containing Untted States Tresairy notes and Missouri bonds, the aggre- gate value of which was $6,000. Mortimer was arrested ‘on the spot, but the alderman who presided during the temporary absence of the police justice, not un- derstanding the case, dismissed the complaint. Jus- law points in regard to Mr. Whiting’s contract:— CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION OF NEW mene} tice Dowling sul uentl: ve directions to have } Under which the contract for cleaning the streets of tre of block, 25x57X25.2x54 +, Mortimer Serene, wi Baga Dome tianies Gy this city was awarded. This authority is found in | Green st and tnion av, Dw cor, 4,300 Captain Jourdan, to whom the accused made an | thé first section of chapter 646 of the laws of 1865, | Hancock st, n 8, 500 fte of Lewis av, 25xi 300 interesting disclosure. He stated that “Johnny the commonly known as the New YorkCity Tax Levy law. | Hunter st, e 8, 152.6 ft 8 of Gates av, 23x100, Greek” and “Jess Allen” told him they had returned | This law appropriates the sum of ,000 annually uit clalm se eeeeeeeesseeesse+ NOM. that he (Mortimer) for cleaning the streets of this city, and Je yn st, 500 Lewis av, 25x100.. 300 the rty to Mr. Prouty, handed the d ind prescribes: 8 book to the “Greek” and never saw it | thatthe work shall be done by contract, which is | Pacific st, 88, 355 fte of Utica av, 100x107.2Kx afterwards, The other men told the prisoner that | #Uthorized.and directed to be made by five of the 20x107.23¢x120xX214.5... there was only $466 in it, and he ex) reseed the opinion highest officials in our city, namely, the Mayor, the | Penn st and Marcy av, ne cor, 100x106,..... to the captain that they vweeded the book after it | Recerder, the Comptroller, the City Inspector and os Bt, W 8, 125 ftn of Johnson st, 25x85... the Counsel to the Corporation, or 2 majority of them. ‘The law also prescribes that the contract ghall be awarded tothe person or persons whose proposals shail, in the Jud; nt of the above Commissioners, or a majority of them, secure the most effective ser- <8 vice and shall be Most advantageous to the public | Carlton av, es, 119.10 s Fulton av, 20x45x20x5x interests. The law also prescribes that the terms of 20x20.1x20.6.. sesesees « 4,900 the contract and specifications shall be fixed by said | Lafayette av, n s, 260 ft e Nostrand av, 50x100. Commissioners, or @ majority of them, Throop av, € ‘oss st, lols 238 to 239, in Seventh ward. Sackett st and Buffalo av, 8 e cor... Skillman st and DeKalb avy, s e cor, 17.2x100. Warren st, ns, 116.4¢ 5th av, 80.3x18,9x80.5x180 12th st, 1.68, 205.4 € 7th av, '25x100, left his possession. As soon asa verdict of guilty was rendered the Judge sentenced him to the State Prison for five years. 3,000 POLICE INTELLIGENCE. A WATCHMAN CHARGED WITH LARCENY.—On Thurs- ~ 75 ft m River st, 25x87.8x26.9 It will thus be seen by your committee that the x68.8, tbeesesees covees «11% day night a case of buttons, four bales of cotton and pe on ape —_ left to the rpg av, W 8, 26 ftn Gerry st, 25x100. ey “| judgment of the five chief jocal officials in the city. ts 209, 210, 211, 212 Remse Jo 5 ® Toll of carpet, valued in all at $064, wege stolen | Tn ete ne Comumissienors the tues power sit DED IN 1 » Baread from the pier of the Stonington Steamboat Company, { in the premises, and. it is. dificult to imagine how | Atlantic a M0 a06, house 6 Foam pete foot of Jay street, North river, by some parties un- | fuller authority or greater control could have been SA niet known. Suspicions were subsequently excited “| sven to the local oficiais over the matter of the con- | Lloyd st and East Broadway, s ¢ cor, 57x151.4x inst Henry Thompson, the night watchman em- ‘| Wact than was given in the law above referred to, 53,6X150.8. sees teseteeeeeeeeees 1,250 ployea ‘on the pler, and he was accordingly arrested || By anexamination of the terms of the contract your GRAVESEND. by officers Gilbert’ and Nesbit, of thé Harbor police, | Committee will tind that the whole gencralsupervision | Parcels of land on Gravesend bay, near Voor- and taken before Alderman Miller at the Tombs, of the work and the enforcement of all the details ofthe hies est.... teeeeeeeeveeeees 1,800 where Mr. Lawrence De Vean, agent of the company, | contract are with the Commissioners above named. NEW LOT! appeared and made an afiidavit against him, charg: Whatever imperfections exist in the contract are | Raitic av, 8s, 25 fte of Butler, 25x100.. ++ 1,500 ing the accused with the larceny. Thompson posl- chargeable directiy upon the Commissioners, who had | Aaltic av, n 8, 62.6 ft w of Adame st, 25x10. tively denies his guilt and says the goods thust have | fll power to prescribe all the terms and apecitica- | Baltic av, n s, 125 ft w of Adams st., tonto. 3,000 been taken through # hole in the side of the pler from | tons of the contract necessary to protect the great . NEW UTRECHT, which it 18 said to be utterly Impossible to pass the | interests of our city. If default is chargeable upon | Lots 267, 277, 278, 286, 287, 204, 205......0..00006 $09 the coutractor in not fulfilling the terms of his con- tract the continuance of the default is chargeable upon the present Commisstoners, who can refuse to audit the bila in case the preserived work is not done, The contract specifies the work to be done and relieves the contractor frem its performance only when, in the judgment of the Commissioners, he should be so relieved. If, in the judgment of the WEST HOSOKEN. Commissioners, the contractor ig pot piprepitad by | Garden st, e 8, 149.10'Tt # of Ath, 2010x100, ice or snow in certain streets from fulliti' the | Newark st, n 8, 100.4-ft ¢ of Hudson st, 1 terms of his contract, be should be notified by the | Davois st, 8 s, lots 74 and 75, E Dubois’ ap Commissioners to perform ee ities the specifica- | Meadow st, w 8, 212.4 {ts of 20 st, 18.5x05. tions or that otherwise his pay will be withheld, New st, lot 211, E Dubois’ map...... Is et sees that the five high oMeiais—the Mayor, HUDSON CITY, Joun T.. Hofman; the Recorder, John K. Hackett; | Loton e 9 of lot 6. 106 ft sof Newark the Counse! to the Corporation, Richard O'Gorman; | “& Smith's property, 25x146.. the Comptroller, Richard B. Connolly, and the Presi- | Bergen av, es, near Franklin dent of tte Board of Health, George B. Linco!n 314, each 25x100, PLATLANDS, Road to Flatbush, e 8, ad) J Lotts’ land, 75x160. 200 ‘The following were the transfers in Hudson coupty, N. J., yesterday:— JERSEY CITY, Sonth 3d st, ns, 25 ft w of Grove st, 16.°x190 . Grove st, w 8, 60 ft 8 of North 20 st, 16.5x100 cotton and case of buttons. The prisoner, who is a Norwegian forty-cight years of age, was committed for trial in default of $1,500 bail. Tar Ropsery or MR. CoMERFORD.—Matthias Dee- gan, brother to Joseph Deegan (previousiy arrested), was yesterday taken into custody by officer Hey, of the Twenty-seventh precinct on the charge of having robbed Patrick Comerford at the Philadeiphia Hotel, of #520, on Wednesday afternoon last, as already reported, When taken im charge the ac- cused said to the officer—“What does the old man meaning Comerford) want.” and was told he wanted his money. After some hesitation and prevarication the accused said he might have left the money at Thompson's liquor saloon, corner of Sullivan ‘and Spring streets, and on going there the officer found = 2 taken | he was oot sufficiently terrified by the threat | “| 19,300 | brought together and he agreed with Mr. lattered themselves that their chances for the aps intment were not to be sneezed at Mr. Thomag) insella, Who had only been appointed a few month reviously, Was removed, and Mr. Roberts succeed Im. Mr. Sherman then reminded him of his allege mise, but Mr. Roberts had no recollection at thas’ ime of ever having made such a promise, Shermany not feeling inclined to relinquish the matter, 1 threatened Ger. Roberts with the law; but It appeal launch out the sum claimed. A suit then tnstituted, and tt was called on fo trial tp the Supreme Court yesterday ry tha The counsel for the platntut informed the jury th that thia euit had ween brought agatnst the Pos master of Brooklyn to enforce a claim against him which be bad repudiated. The pleat he sald was informed through influential friends in Wash-) ington that Mr. Bowen, who at that time held th: position of Collector in Brooklyn, was abou} to bal removed, and that Mr. Roberts, who thea pent livery stable, was spoken of as the man who desir the position, The plaintif and Mr, rey ee for the drawing up o& proper papers to put him 1 connection with Poarties ‘who could help him to! the pppoe and had agreed, in case hi got it, togive Mr. Sherman $1,900, General Prat owever, received the appointment, and Mr. Roberti then put tn an application for the position of Post master, promising to give Mr. Sherman $500 if hi gs were taken for the remov of Mr. Kinaella, and Mr. Roberts received Bipappoin’ ment. The money was to have been paid before- hand; but Mr. Roberts pleaded poverty and state that ‘he would pay it the day on which he was ap-! polnted, ag his credit would then be good. He was} called upon for the money the dae after his appoint-j ment, when he said he would call upon the plaintt at hig office. He failed to do so. Im closing, th connsel argned that tt wag just as important that men should keep their promises in these matters} Just as strictly as in others. General Smith moved to dismiss the'case, on th ground that no suit could be entertained for service: or ingpesoe in obtaining an office, it being agains mubiic policy. i : The court dented the motion and the plaintiff tool the stand. He testified that the defendant came t him in 166 and asked his advice as to how he shoul roceed to get the position of collector, and unde! fis instructions he got letters from Generals Grant and Sherman and also from Mr. A. A. Low; Mr. Pratt being appointed, Mr. Roberts then sought the position of postmaster, and witness took mea: sures to have Mr. Kinse!la removed, he cut ou! ortion of an editorial, which Mn Kin. sel had written at the tumo th inaugural of the President, tn which Mr. Kinsel!i had sald, as near as witness could remember, thal no man who was not a brute naturally would talk = when he was drunk. This witness sent to the Presi. dent and soon after Mr. Kinseila was removed. H believed that if he had not sent this to the Presiden Mr. Kinsella would still have held the positiom Wit ness Was cross-examined at some length, but nothing} of intereat in the matter was elicited. 4 ‘The counse! for the defence then moved for a non, suit on the ground that nothing had been shown byt Sra sesinenos, of the Capea on which @ suit fob services could be based. } ‘The counsel for the plaintiff argued that it had been shown that the services had been rendered, that they were purely professional in their charace ter, and he was entitled to be paid for them, } ‘The Judge said that he could not rule that the cons tract in question Was one which could be recovered tn lay. He could not see that It was in any part neq Was appointed. Ste; business of 4 lawyer to hunt up files of a newspape! and pick out articles containing personal. remark about the President for the purpose of influencing 875 | field from the Merchants’ . 3,000 | many ol that the night fons Deegan had left $419 with | (which latter official has succeeded to the duties of | Warren st, ns, lot Centre Hin, 400 Thompson, and the money was recovered t, officer | the City Inspector in this regard)—who have the gen- | St Paul's ay, few of Montgomery av, Hey, The remaining portion of the money (#101) has | eral supervision over the enforcement of the ccn- 40.4x 100550. o not been recovered, and the defendant faiis to ac- | tract, and without whose sanction the contractor | Montgomery 7,425 count for it. Matthias was held for examination, It is believed that Joseph Deegan, rere arrested for the robbery, is entirely innocent of the charge. cannot receive a penny of the devise any oughly capa! stdnn oF trap avi ener, cannot lion and empicy oie and honest inspectors, whereb: 65,648X54.2550, thor- y the | Frank 20 and 411, each 2x ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.—Between the hours of | Commissioners Wil know positively whether or uot + peates Us eepeges see ssrass roe 8008 the contractor ts performing his duty? Frankiin st 465 sarees By two and three o'clock yesterday morning OMcer | The highest loca! oMciais madi ‘a t @nd 406, each 256x100... 6 i @ the contract; the } Franklin 8! I Messenger, of the Eighth precinct, met three men in | highest local officials have the power of enforcing It. 7 9% lots 407 and 408, each 282100... 400 18 The general defanit, if any, is chargeable to the Com- missioners as well as to the contractor. since it is their duty to enforce the contract and also to make such reasonable allowances as are required by the necessities of anusually severe weather. ETER COOPER, Chairman. DeATH OF Mus. Wa. Ross WaLLace.—Sarah M., Lanningotng, yesterday afters’ isgeting ness, @ lngert ness. the aesensed wae a daughter of Bimcon Webster, of Mercer street, with two targe carpet bags in their possession, The officer, suspecting somethin Wrong, stopped the men and inquired what they ha im the bags. They replied wearing apparel, but when Messenger made an examination he overed that the bags contained boota and shoes, He then told the men that they would have to go tothe sta- tion honse, bnt they showed such a disposition to run that. the officer Informed them that they might get hurt if they did, and advised them to take up AUEN INCOME. TAR. The following decision of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue allows the $1,000 exemption to non-resident aliens doing business in this country:— ®, Orzion oF inten aL Ravetr NATON, Sir—Yours of 3ist December ‘net tetere to rust a letter of this office of 2ist uit., to Asseasor | ton and sul him. The case was, therefore, dismissed, BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. TROVELE ABOUT A BoRIAL PERMItT.—Coronee Smith yesterday ordered the body of a woman named | Maria Grimth, lately deceased, to be exhumed an a post mortem examination held, It appears thi the deceased died about the 2ist of February, and the body was subsequently interred at the Evergreem Cemetery without having the requisite burial permit from the Board of Health. A few days ago Mra GriMth, husband of the deceased, called at the office of a life insurance company to procure paymen@ of a policy which he held for the late Mrs, Grimthe The authorities at that office discovered the tnforq mality with regard to the failure to procure @ certifly cate of the death from the Board of Health. Thad physician in attendance on the family states that tha woman died from a natural cause, and that he would have given the requisite certificate had he been ape plied to at the time. The parties lable for a violations of the health code are the undertaker and the keepeg of the cemetery. a BURGLARY IN FULTON sTREET.—Some time beford daylight yesterday morning the dry goods store of J. J. O'Reilly, Fulton street, near Concord, was burd giariousily entered and robbed of several pieces of suk and empress cloth, valued ip all at $400, The thieves effected an entrance through the basemeng door and thence up the stairway inio the store. The first indication had of the robbery was on finding tha wrappers of the goods on the floor, which discover was made by the tierks ou entering the store al their asual hour in the morning. ‘ord Was Com veyed to the Central office by the proprietor of tid store and an officer was detailed to work up the case. IRELAND'S PATRON SainT.—This will be the sub- ject of a lecture to be delivered by “ae Rev. Eugeng@ Cassidy, at the Star of the Sea church, Court stree on Sunday evening nexe, The well kown ability o the lecturer to treat of this peculiarly interesting discourse shor in itself be a surety for a crowdes audience. gut the object in view is one which is des Ser’ ing of general support, being none ottier — the education of the children of that parish. one and elegant school house just dnishe new, spacious bills requiring imme~ is encumbered, and there are Sree or which the diate Liquidation, towards the pa proceeds of the lecture will be de NEW JERSEY. Jersey City. EXCITEMENT ON THE HARSIMUS CovE QUESTION. — The passage of the Harsimus Cove bill by the Senate in the face of the protests presented by Senator Wine Exchange ‘and people of bas created intense excitement, pare among the residents of the Filth ward, tq whom (he measure seems a presage of ruin. Mutterings of violence were heard yesterday, and i is to be feared that the execution of the defign, ag far ag it relates to the construction of another ‘ine of railway through the city, will resuit in serious and prolonged troubles, The last plank, however, “ge Jersey City, ote | has not yet been withdrawn, and the zeus! Committee will make another Struggie oO) Tuesday next, when the bill will be brought before the House for concurrence amendments. Meanwhile the Legisiature hava adopted @ resolution appointing next Friday for visit of both houses to the property tn question, when members wil be more instructed on the issued between the V3) and the monopoiy. The Hudsom county Board of Freerolders ado Red a resolution a their meeting on Thursday protesting against tha’ Passage of tie bul. if all should fall now the cit. zens Will test the question in the courts, i Hoboken, ‘ —At four o'ciock yesterday afternoon a: James Rogers, forty-two years of age: 1 at 61 Second street, committed suicida, jt ig himsetf through the head witha pistol, His mind had been of late filled with despondency, 4nd at times he would start to fits of alarm, whem aurea crercome witha Prseatine dt that ha v 0 de of consumption, rouer Whi Boud an inquest to-day, phar Union Hil). Tue MCRDER OF M&. DaRLING.~The Board of Chosen Freeboiders offer a reward of $260 for tha arrest and conviction of the murderer of Mr. Darling, Ree Ray bags ante in West New York @ 0 a simular E wh » fered vy Governor Ward, pe nunmen ee Trenton. ARREST AND CONVICTION OF 4 NoTORIOCS Rate. ROAD THIEF.—Yesterday morning a woman, wha, gave Ler name as Caroline Hirt, was arraigned in the, police station on a charge of purloining from the, railway cars between Princeton and this city, ° on we bong! od day, a yalise belonging Thomas J, Hall, No. 24 Warren street, Ne’ York. It Lhe ed that Mr. Hall was traveling to Philadelphia and left his valise, containing @ quan.’ tity of dry goods sampies, im his seat, and retired tq the smoking On bis return to seat he foun tis portmanteau missing, and suspicion attached @ female who left the cars at Trenton. When t train arrived at Phiiadeiphia Mr. Hall bad ap inter. view with the authorities there, who, from the cir. cumstances related, advised him to return to Tren it his case to the Chief of Police. Thig heir baggage and march be! him to the station ‘an Wyck, relative to the i a the all arre: house. wi they did. Ye names of the prisoters Fence, Washington county, and arog itd of alien nos resieeni cartying On busin fie pect saloon on inestah teste: "The pry —a ve greHenty Lucas, prema Taree Land Thomas Ra Gas w ter aughter, agai, ah cok yuna age, count: Abd inquiring the ground of our decision | found in her possession, and she was sentenced to and by him remanded back to the station house, in | hastened the death of this estimable woman. There tion of house Tat he, a a hedrtn | dureaduut is algo'n New Verker, axa W to th was duly received, but ed. 1 now reply, that since the Zit December. i567. to ! the hope that a complainant would anpear and ¢laim ig now but one child living, an interesting and accom- the pronerty answer | pliabed eiri of aiteen years. rou Whta, March 13, "he wae ‘writing the letter o! defendant ts also a New Yorker, and is known to police as one Whose name appears in the Jong cates gory Of railroad thieves