The New York Herald Newspaper, May 26, 1868, Page 5

=e WEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. 5 spon] the particalars of which the reputed up $300, @ ail- the residence of Miss Flanigan, and, after tellin; NEW YORK CITY. es fo ta comm ‘Amsazp, the court qi. | ver card part dee acd BROOKLYN CITY. her how much he loved her, stabbed himself Ina Reno sireedy supeares 1.00 Der" envelope numbered 12 and stated that if he (Col- manner which he thonght woaltsoon put an end to THE COURTS. Ming) Would put up $100 and draw from the box the UNITED STATES CIRCWY COURT. his life. The girl, with the assistance of a woman number 122 he would win the prize, besides getting a J residing tm the same house, carried her lover back to SUPERIOR CORT—SPECIAL TERM. beck the money he had tuvested. Williams | The Breeklys Whiskey Frande—The Calticott= | his father’s residence. and from there he was con- UN'TED STATES DISTRICT COURT—IN BANKRUPTCY. a then placed envelope so that could veyed to the City Hospital, where he now lies ina F — . Dedstons. be determined from the othersin the box. Collins Allen Case. dangerous conditton. The Bankruptcy Act—The Amendmevt Before | Judge Robertson rendered judgment in t?ie follow- then, believing he Rad a sure chance of w the Before Judges Nelson and Benedict, se the Judiciary Committee. prize, tm his money and drew an en’ lope | The United States ve. 7. C, Oniticott and John 8. THE SETTLEMENT OF GLEN COVE, L. |, York Jamaica Rattrova Which instead of containing the lucky number, 122 | aun, ex-Collector and ex-Deputy Collector af the oe Is transpfred among the on dits in wie Bankrapt | , 7%e Bast New Company | had 132 instead. The first envel th: The Bi-Centennial Celebration Yesterday, Court yesterday that a letter has drawn aud one substituted in its with. | Znérd Collection Distric.—The ninth day’s proceed- jon of the sett rt y' y beea received in McCunn. out the know! ‘of the Col The | inge in this trial transpired yes the court room | . The Di-centenntal celebration o! lement of Mus city by one of the Registers in Bankruptcy from | Doupe vs. Genin— latter believing himself to be the victim of a con- ono ge a any, Glen Cove, which was to have taken piace on Satur- @ Senator at Washington, stating that the Ju- | Dolan ws The Mayor af New York,—Motion tered complaint the | Being m Y, crowded with eager Ms" | day last, was postponed until yesterday, owing to Giciary Conaittee of the Senate will not report | Tanred ond Feforchce Wasted ui trio, of’ whom pins aad Massey Only were ar | ttre counsel on alter cig es ee ne aoe inclement ennaition of the weather on tbe in favor of the an al c « rs in endments adg ted by the House Com. | the “ roper-in’ ‘non est. The prisone! of the defence, re- | original day appointed. Among the many and beau- of Kepresentatives extending « operation of the law from tic Istof June % the 1st of January pext. ‘This r port may Or may not be authentic; but if the Senate intend to legi on the subject there Sone time left todo so between this time and the ot of June, Petitions Filed Yesterday. Jeremiah Rleckner, of New York city, for himself end against his copartuer, Charles Kleckner, of Phila- deiphia; Kenyon G, Viele, New York city, referred to Rogisier Dwight; Daniel Tyrrell, New York city, referred to Register Ketchum; Chester P. Dewey, or ¥, referred to Register Wiliams; Joseph ennai, ‘Westehesier county, referred to J1ese. UNITED STATES nisTaICT EousT—IN ADMNRALTY. Alleged Breach of Contract—A Kuotty Case. Before Judge Blatchford. Jonn & Ray vs. The Canat Boat Excetstor.—In this cose itappeareg that Hugh Gallagher proposed to ‘sel! the canal boat Excelsior to John S. Ray, and the parties had actually entered into a contract of sale for $1,000; but although Gallagher was the sole owner of the boat, yet he was not able to Spay a clean bill of sale, because she was registered in the awe of a third party, Mr. Gore, of Philadelphia, It Was further agreed by Gallagher to put on board the Excelsior at Philadelphia a steam engine, which Ra} intended to erect in her, and convey boat and all from Philadelphia to New York free of freight or Other expense, except only the canal freight to which the boat was linble. On the arrival of the Excelsior in the North river in April last Mr. Ray applied to Gallagher to deliver up the boat and the steam en- gine, which Gallagher refused to do, as he could not convey a ciean bill of sale, and Mr. Gore, in whose Rame she was registered, was lying sick and unabie to execuite a deed of conveyance, . Ray then de- manded the engine, which Gallagher refused to de- liver unless he were paid the freight, and there being ho contract for freight Ray refused to pay any ex- cept the canal freight referred to, and tend $10 for that purpose, which Gallagher refused to re- ceive. Jt was provided in the contract of sale that in the event of Gallagher failing to be in New York on a certain day in April and deliver up the boat and steam engine on board he should forfelt to Ray $100 penalty. When the libellant’s case had rested, and just as the claimant's case had com- menced, Judge Blatchford asked what it was all boat; he could not comprehend it; the whole thing Beemed to be an unmeaning absurdity, Counsel for the libellant said that if his learned friend had failed to prove the libellant’s case he would undertake to do so by proving that of the claimants. Judge sald, “Very well; go on; we shall see.” The case did go on, and the court took the papers when the ease rested. Mr. Beebe for libellant; Mr. Robert Benedict for claimant. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. The Olympic Theatre Maddie Again—What is a Fair Rental for the Theatre tApplica- tien for Permission to Release. Before Judge Barnard. Bolles, Receiver, &c., vs. Dug.—This old litigation came before the court again yesterday morning on ‘an application by the defendant, who is a mortgagee in possession, for permission to renew to James E. Hayes, the present lessee of the Olympic theatre, the lease of the premises for a further term, his present lease being shortly about to expire. ‘The application was made by John K. Hackett and A. J. Vanderpoel as counsel on behalf of the defend- ants, and opposed by Dudiey Field and B. A. Thayer. On the part of the petitioner a letter of James E. + Hayes was read, in which he states his belief that the Fw tet d is not at present worth more than the rent he now pays for it, $15,000; and that he further Delieves that in consequence of the unsettled state of the country at present, and as it will be also next fall by reagon of the Presidential election contest, the risk of taking the property even at that rate will be great. He also claims that during the approach- autumn there will be a great roomie among ‘theatrical ra, OWing, among other things, to ‘the projected opening and building of other theatres, Which will still further augment the risk. During his management he sets forth that he has also, by ‘the production of a superior class of entertainments, ele the standing and repute of the theat and ‘asks that permission be granted to extend the lease he now nolds. The affidavits of Lester Wallack estimates the Premises as worth an annual rental, as they now stana, including scenery and machinery, of $12,000 to $15,000 per annum; Barney Williams fixes it at $16,000; ©. W. Tayleure says $13,000; G. L. Fox Swears that a fair rental would be about $12,000; George Wood estimates the establishment as worth an annual rent of $12,000 to $15,000; Theodore Moss ves a similar estimate to the last named deponent, 8. Hurrison gives his opinion on the subject, a fair annual rental at $15,000, In opposition to the application the affidavit of Leonard Grover, a former lessee of the theatre, was read, in which he says that the scenery and proper- ties of the theatre are more valuable now than when his term expired, by reason of new additions, though he himself added valuable properties during his leaseeship, Which he left there, and that a fair and reasonable rental would be now $25,000 per annum; Orton H. Hesse estimates the rental, in his amdavit, at $20,000; William Gibson, or Waillack’s theatre, in pis depot sets forth that he | oe long lease of that blishment to its present ‘at $9,500 per annum, with taxes and repairy; bat that at present a fair rental for Wallack’s would ‘be $25,000, and he believes the Olympic to be worth an annual rent of $20,000, including scenery and RS: Joseph Tamaro estimates a fair rental of Olympic at $23,000, and in his affidavit offers to pay that amount yearly, taking a lease of the remises for one, two, three or more years, and pay e rent monthly in advance, besides giving such se- eh ene to the court and the defendant; T. E. Morris and Barney Williams offer $20,000 and $21,000 per annum respectively, pledging themselves to furnish ample security for a number of years and to produce first class performances only @t the theatre. The plaintiff claims that there is collusion between the defendant, Dutt, and the present lessee, Hayes, who is Dutf's son-in-law, and that Dut! has materi- ally lessened the income of the estate to the heirs by accepting the present low rental, and also by making large additions to the properties, scenery ni machinery, which he was not bound to do, but which the Jeasee should have furnished if they were desired. Plaintiff also offers to consent to the con- tinnance of the lease to Hayes upon Is paying the amount which ocher parties offer to pay for the Premises, and gsks that, in the event of his being Unw.iling so te do, the other parties be allowed to take the premises. Decision reserved. Decisions Rendered. By Judge Barnard, Bates vs, Sherman et al.—Motion denied. Babcock ts. Stafford et al.—Motion denied. Weterhouse va. Reade et al; Bell et al, vs. The game.—Mtions granted. ° Hamil os, Epstein.—Injunction is dissolved. By Judge Clerke. Cuff vs. Dorland.—Case settled. SUPSEME COURT—CICUT—PART 1. The St. Johu Disaster—The Case Nearly Summed Up. Before Judge Cardozo. Fathaniel Caldivell vs. The New Jersey Steamboat Company.—This case, in which plaintiff sues to re- eover $50,000 for personal injuries sustained on the oovasion of the explosion of ‘the steamer St. Joh: ‘on the Hudson river, in October, 1855, was resum yotercay. Two or three witnesses were examined rebuttal of testimony elicited on the direct and cross-examinations, after which Ira Shafer, counsel for the defendants, ae the summing up in an elaborate address to the jury. At the adjournment of the court he bad not concluded, The case will be resumed this morning. SUPREME COURT—CIRCUIT—PAAT |. The Mercantile Bank Defalcation—Action to Recever the Surety. Before Judge Ingraham. The Mercantiie Bank vs. William H. J. Bodine et al.—The defendants in 1851 gave a bond as sureties in the sum of $10,000 to plaintiffs on behalf of Charies Windsor, who was the paying teller of the Mercantile Bank, for the faitiifyl performance of his duties as gucit telier, In October, 5864, Windsor left this cit; suidenly for Europe, ee him, it is alleged, about $229,000 belonging to the funds of the bank. ‘This coup de main was the Jneans by which he ac+ quired the soubriqnet may"hout the country of ‘Windsor, the defauiter je went to England, ani there plaintiffs inatitute’ proceed! inist 116 hin in the Court of | Q epch Westminster, London, Tecover, DE a Judginent in the sum of against him aptamer 20, 1865, £26, the full amount of their claim in otion. Execution upon thin’ judgment was aceoruenny issued against Windse'', aud he was comm! by the sheriff to her Mayesty’s Debtor's Prison. He afterwards applied for ana’ obtained discharge under the English Bankrupt’ act. Piaine tits now bring suit pon the bond giver by defend- ants, Bodine, W. H. Windsor, Charles Windsor and James J. Derrickson. The cefence is thar by means of the proceedings instliuted and had by p laintifin England, “the said jodgment in her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench became, and was, salisfied, 48 well a eee arene tae in sieectom wich, us es recover’ oF ment bec. ed the vein,” Onse still om ‘rials pen OE SUPERIOR COURT—THIAL TENK--PART A. Action Against an Insurance, Before Judge Robertson, Monk vs. The Union Mutual Insurance Company < pany.—Motion Motion granted. Hanson vs, Ferris.—Motion gramted without costs. Masonic Publishing Company vs, Moorehead et granted, Gouzer v8, Davis et al.—Motéion granted. Wellman vs. Perly.—Motion siriking# out answer granted, with $10 costs, Fine, Administrator, of the city of New York. O'Connor vs. Cummings,—Motion granted. * Lanne vs, Simon.—Findings, incon wi man Croker, of lark’s Fire Insurance Company.— eee lice Court, and taken before Justice Dow- lon granted. COURT CALEADARS—THIS DAY. UNITED STATES Dermiion Count.—Nos. 213, 216, 73, | ing and walls are nicely panelled in white and rose Coukrtcrcurn.—Part 1—Nos 1098, 1237, 943, 1101, 727, 2071, 1327, 633, 1341, 1357, 1361, | desks and chairs are of solid black walnut, hand- 1, 1042, 4010, 138234. Shea ecg goats gs cushions are of crimson rep, while the cornice UPREME COURT—CHAMBERS.—Nos, 83, 84, 90, 91, 106, 162, 195, 204, 207, 209. Wiss windows are made to correspond with the hangings elt CourtT—TRIAL ny reas woe ry 80" dies ase. 4026, 4056, 4060, h , gilteagie. Former! ty 190, Saale 1247, 14lo, Laks Talo 1616 4 ais a 1) 1247, q » | abundant knees. The heavy chandeliers, with thelr 1432, 1433, 1434, 1435, 1438, 1439, 1442, 1 1 1457, t rte 1i50; i402, ree ioe ax 442, 1444, 1453, 1457, | prilliant-drops, which cost previous to the war some CITY INTELLIGENCE. Tae Hupson.—The Albany day boats will com- succeeded in finding one member and thus a quorum mance their regular trips for the season on Saturday | go that no business of importance could be trans- pal Honor To WHom Honor 18 Dur.—it was special | over undér the rule. . An invitation from the Seventh detective Devoy and not detective Berry who | regiment to review the command on Thursday next effected the arrest of Philip Phaffman, recentl; 4 Charged with stealing carpets trom the Astor House, | 72s rece!ved trom his Honor, the May ANNIVERSARY.—A meeting of the American Bap- | Council granting permiesion to some person to lay a tist Home Missionary Society will be held today, at | Specimen of the ten o'clock A. M., in the Oliver street Mariners’ | tions of his Honor are as follows:— THE BANNER ON THE OUTER WALL.—A white ban- | already laid with ner with the names of Grant and Colfax was yester- day raised on the flagstaff of the Union League Club Racks PosTroneD.—The Hoboken races, for which | rupt, therefore, the public travel at th! great preparations have been made, have been post- | Pavement, would incomm poned until Thursday, time the track will pro! the 28th instant, ee which | asmuch as tt is not der ably be in fine condition. Toe CHASE MOVEMENT IN THE Crty.—A. W. Hall, | nue not already well paved. and not A. Oakey Hall, the able District Attorney, 3. residing officer at the meeting of the | thesidewaik shall be done under the supervision of the sev- friends of Chief Justice Chase held at the Ave- | eral departments properly chargeatie with the care of such nue Hotel on last Saturday. work. Five Pornts House or InpUsTRY.—There will be a reception by the school of the Five Points House of cepting the letter of Major General G. B, McClellan de- 155 Worth street, to-day at one o’clock, to | clining any public reception on his arrival in this city. interested in the education of poor children are cordially invited. IMMIGRATION.—Steamship City of London, Liver- | ake a faux pas which the reporter would note, Pool, 1,000; steamstiip Hibernia, Glasgow, 479; steam- | informed that there were not members enough pres- ship Bremen, Bremen, 776; ship Victory, Liverpool, | ent to permit such a Reha 2 He claims 652; bark Atalanta, Bremen, 264; ship John Bertram, | not a resolution involving the Hamburg, 427. Tux YacuT SarrHo AT Avcrioy.—The elegant | # certain part yacht Sappho, built last year by Messrs. C. & R. | district the pler is located objected to this. It does Poillon, of Brooklyn, will be sold at publio auctior at the Exchange salesroom, No. 111 Broadway, at | sion to construct a platform should neglect the ‘acrons THE WIDENING OF BROADWAY.—The committee of | ‘Mackerelville,” unleas he thinks that the flah in the Common Council directed to make a report on | gerye them. ‘This did not a) the subject of widening Broadway, from Seventeenth | after some extraordinary legislative sparring the to Fifty-ninth street, so as to conform to the width of | Matter was referred to the Committee on Wharves, the Boulevard, met yesterday afternoon, but as there was a small attendance adjourned without hearing | Monday next at two P. M. PRESENTATION TO THE Boys aT RANDALI’S IsLanD.—An English gentleman named Everett, now ~~ on tour through the United States, yesterday pre- | Annual Communication of the. Grand Lodge. sented the boys in the institution at Randall's Island with a British flag. Mr. Everett bee! visited the | the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and island, and was so pleased with the mil the boys that he took this means to give a substan- tial recognition of the event. ANew Baptist Cuurco.—The ceremony of break- | several days. ing ground for the erection of a new Baptist church took place yesterday aternoon in Fifty-third street, | individual Masons during the last few years has near Seventh avenue. The Rev. W. H. dieton, | Caused a corresponding increase in the labor to be rector of the West Fifty-tnird street Baptist church, went through the ceremony. ‘ion were present in considerable numbers. | consumed, and it is possible that this year a second ‘ch will be built of the same material as that [ week may be encroached upon. The nuneer et lodges used in Dr. Cheever’s old church in Union square, | in the State is about 600, wit and will be the same in architectural design as that | tion of four delegates from each lodge, which with It will front on Fifth-third street seventy- | the grand officers and past five feet, in depth will be one hundred feet, and w: accommodate about 1,000 persons when erected. COLLISION IN THE BayY.—The steamship Bremen, | ald certainly the proceedings will not be hurried. Captain Neynaber, from Bremen, while steaming been selected as the place of meeting. up the bay yesterday morning, fouled with thesteam- | body of the craft in the city this selection ts distaste- ship City of London, carrying away the starboard | ful ‘and it is gene braces and the rail on the upper deck and flagstaff, there are usuall: t ly four or five in session. Another and the quarter Pag eeeasian te heel Feason is that the place is unsafe in @ Masonic polnt ving all the braces and | f View as it cannot be olosely tiled, there being s0 iz and | many doors; and @ third, and one which should not ts attached, gangway | be overlooked, Is that crowdin, % ig 80 many into a place ladaer, &c., on the port side carried away. Fortu- | unger the street in the heat of summer way be preju. el honda injured, although there were over | gicial to health, especially as the dally meetings ing around the oes Vesselg at the time, crowd: | commence at nine o'clock A. M. (except the first day) with flag attached, also damaged considerably, out rigging, davits, with some of whom were frightened considerably when the rigging and blocks Sega to | 80d continue till ten P. M., with but two or three Bn Lae ae The City gf a. was lying at the ime without steam up at her anchor, waiting to be eo boarded by the quarantine physicians, while the Bre. | °XCeDt in very rare, instances, refused to grant dis. men was in motion. AUCTION SALE OF BooKs.—One of the most interest- | have increased so rap diy in numbers, For instance, ing book sales that have been held in this city for a | one lodge, numbering some four hundred members, long time is that which commenced yesterday after- noon and will continue for the remainder of the | This lodge is entitied to eig! week at the Clinton Hall Book Salerooms, Astor | Grand Lodge, or one to every fifty mem! place, where Messrs. Leavit, Strebeigh & Co. bring to | that is the conferring the Adoptiv @ rite, or female he hammer the library of the late Mr. A. A. Smets, of | degree of the Eastern Star, w ich has within. the Savannah, Ga., who spent years in making a collec-.| 1ast few years been conferred on several thon- tion of some of the oldest and rarest books and prints, remarkable both for their typo their extreme value to all who stu Frenne! ge ge and pers fey, of past centuries, iLevening, o1 e great number of volumes disposed of, the following books ‘and the “prices ‘obtained | certainly Past were especially noticeable:—‘‘Zsop Fabies,”’ plates, &c., London, 1793, $13; Audubon (John James) and Bachman (John), rgraphical beauties and | that the Deputy Grand Master is” wholl of North America,” and Audabon (John Virgin 3 De Vi ristiana,” $32; “De Yeral Vital Cognitione.” $25; “De civitate Siti gni; | Stree ‘The Vivaporous epeprapede purchase of a site for a Masonic hall, and the schoo! ta Latina,” $15; Birch (Thomas), “The | the property sold at a great disadvantage, real estate of Illustrious Persons in Great Britat \- graved ‘by Houbraken and Vertue,” $50; Brant | Ravine materially advanced, and is still ‘advancing, “The Ship of Fooles,” $20; Buchanan ne Dectioon of the Duinges of Marie meen of Seottes,, &c., $20; atta (a charity and should be supported. It takes care of Sine North American Indian, Portfolio Sseerae: | children of Masons, giving them an eancation and & day's sale commences at four o'clock P. M. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SURRENDER OF AN ALLEGED MURDERER.—Henry | annually, which are scarcely secure from the eyes of De Hoven, who was recently tried before Juctice eae pronase.” Dodge, on the charge of swindling, by seiling barrels of water to druggists for high wines, and committed to the Tombs for trial, was on hae ty! surrendered | Continuance of the Strike of the Piano. ‘ho clatmis the pri- to officer Webb, of Philadelphia, w! the ch: Fi seized the right ear of Bielfelt between bis feeth and Mention of Acting Sergeant Th ree ie attention of Act! rgeant om, Hariot Poe tras bought to the matter, When ne | sistance and dectart roceeded aboat e tay arrested he wnfortinate seaman, was taken ashore and | * Mittauer’s only the Gase makers and those ent. ence to the Tombs, Bielfelt carrying the severed ier ranches have rien of the ear in Is hand, “A complaint was | Ofer was ken inst the pri r, and Justice Dow! committed im for trial Bielflt was sent to ane | stmption tw that work im tis estabiisnment House of Detention as a witness. Tite EXVELore SwinpLING Dopae—Two Mew An. just to them to it reasons, ‘They REeSTRD.—On Friday last William. T. Collins, stopping | they are now compelled 10 sel their planos below at a hotel in the Bowery, while standing on the Loew wi bridge, was accosted by a stranger and invited to go entirely. The large establishments will ten gin and see a railroad wear by which he said he was | the monopoly of ul renehing the front of premises No. 49 Cortlandt ses trade. street a man Care eae Be hence invited ye) Roney & ons wit thet Intentioy of continiiay to enter, bat at I poi d hy og The “roper-in,” hy of the shop then ¢ ao ‘at first ret bill man and. the’ proprietor first t ‘ommenced operations, off by them on the sale of tie pian, the amount ty drawing numbered envelopes from a case t gen gvhich & was represented drew prizes. Then Frank fhe vorkinemes” sia ne ™ rested, ere apprehended by Rounds! Copy aon woe tion of the tes- m that after a careful examinat timony he did not think it required a very lengthy ad- dress. Complicated as it was it was all compreliend- ed under but few rulings, trial of this indict- ment required long and careful preparation, yet he had almost been unprepared and unassisted. “ Judg- ment had been already pronounced from the very start in this case, principally because of the unusual interest which had been excited by it. He went to the jury, notwithstanding this, with the utmost confidence. Bad and singular 4s many of the circumstances appeared, there was somethin; about truth which breaks the network of the witness, and which eventually would give that jus- tice which they had waited and labored for, powerful government was arrayed on the one hand and personal liberty on the other. It mattered not whether his client was educated and accomplished or not, or whether the government had an urgent exigency to meet in the collection of its revenues. Still, the government liad had a it advantage. ithad the power to secure the attendance of wit- nesses, nO master where they were, and had had possession of all the books and papers in the case. The defendant had been stripped of everything, and had only the power to call a few witnesses of whom he knew but little, He placed very little reliance on the maxim that to the prisoner belonged the benefit of a doubt—a reason- able, not acapricious doubt. Here were six men accused of conspiracy, and it was said here that the interests of the government required the conviction of two of them. Four of these six came and ten- dered thelr testimony and are not tried; but these two having no facts and circumstances to narrate were on trial to-day. The policy of the crimmal law was cruel and unjust, especially in a case of onaplrany. It therefore behooved the jury to consider right well the nature of the testimony. A conspiracy was shown by proving this act and that act on the part of various persons to effect an un- lawful end, Of all things to meet im this world the charge of conspiracy was the most dificult. Jt-eould be supported by slight evidence. Distant assertions might be brought in to aiix criminality. It was said that an unseen friend was behind all this; who when there was a bond to be passed saw it passed, and when there was an order to be issued saw ft issued. Yet the District Attorney did not pro- nounce the execrable name of McMullin. When he procured this bail he knew Callicott’s entire Inno- cence, It was @ cheap generosity when McMullin ay peared. to embarrass it by his friendship. If Mr. Allen er Mr. Callicott were ‘guilty he wanted to see them punished; and he could not see how, if they were, they could have been convicted on a previous trial’ and then recommended to mercy, Yet this was a disadvantage under which they had come to trial. It had been said that the prosecution had at first groped in the dark until, like the naturalist, they had thered here a bone and there a bone, osseus information, and then drawn out the complete animal in all its hideous beauty. (Laughter.) If they had groped in the dark whence came the light? From those four witnesses? Did they hold the tapers? It was.a light from the bottomless pit. ‘These witnesses made the hind and fore logs, ut Edward McMullin was the head, the life and spirit of the animal. The District Attorney had hold of one side and the Assistant District At- torney of the other, An anima! gathered and put together in this way was better adapted for a museum than a court. He believed thed: feudant had entered upon his office with the honest intention of dis- charging his duties faithfully, and that he would show by the evidence that he had *been made the dupe of another man—Edward McMuilin. He could not see that Callicott bad ever agreed to pay McMullin one copper. They had been here to uy whether or not it was conspired to effect the defraud- ing of the government. Mere error, rashness or want of care did not constitute crime. It must be active. He must either conspire or conntve, but he was not to be tried for a crime unless under the con- nivance or conspiracy lay the intent to defraud. The pepe divided itself ito two parts. First, the ay fon of this fraudulent hand bond, and the issuing on this of a permit upon which two hundred barrels of whiskey were removed; and next, the connivance at the removal of the second lot of two hundred and eleven barrels. There was no direct evidence connecting Callicott with this, except wu Mr. Cw igham. ‘There was not a og of evidence to show tat his client received from ws Baio one dollar of money. There was nothing to show that he had re- ceived from McMuilin amy money to reimburse his expenses to Washington; PoRspers or conversations were shown. All rested on conversations of this double-faced villain McMulin. After Callicott had been ay ted McMuliin and Cunningham and the others, it was said, had gathered together and said that it had cost $15,000 to secure the ef pn of Callicott, and that ih had to refunded, ‘The tirst act traced to Mr. licott in any way had occurred on the 1st of May, when Cunningham took two permits after he had found this whiskey, and that these were not signed, except having some mysterious characters in the corner, the initials of E. McM. Before this Dayton, it was said, had been transferred from Cunningham’s to Wilson’s warehouse, and that Oallicott was con- nected with this in order to have a man there that they could use. It could be shown that at this time Mr. Callicott had no knowledge of this aifair. If * Callicott aid McMullin had been in conspiracy would Cunningham have been sent with two permite with- out any previous bonds. This was the act of McMul- lin, who thought he had this influence with Callicott, but Callicott was not privy to this act, The court at the eonclusion of counsel's argument adjourned till this morning. committed for examination. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. This Board convened yesterday afternoon pursuant The Bank af Savings | to adjournment, and for the first time in a long while occupied the Aldermanic chamber, which has lately &0., of facta set- | been undergoing @ transformation in the way of new carpets, new chandeliers, new curtains, new cush- fons, new frescoes and new furniture. The room now presents a very pleasing appearance. The ceil- pA pink and the raised ornaments picked in gold, The lage ia accessible by somely carved. The window curtains and chair and over the President’s chair and at the tops of the and are relieved by tasteful oy ornaments, and sur- mounting the arapings of the presidential seat is a * y pa 3 Pod re with rops exposed, but now nts are ent en- Bloeea much to the discomfort of gentlemen with lives, $4,500 in gold, have been removed, and very fancy f ready’? gilt sarengemene hung in their |. Query—Where are the ojd ones # A quorum could not at first be collected, and the Sergeant-at-Arms. was sent out to “drum up.” He tlers as a grea ‘was obtained, but not a “money-spending” quorum, was held; but since has returned to were then oftictous in the acted. Several pers were introduced and latd at four P. M. was received and accepted, A message or, containing the Common versary in the same manner. ‘sphalt pavement on Fifth avenue, he grove, where Henry J. near Madison square. grounds for the objec- 1. Fifth avenue, atthe point mentioned in the refototion 8 'a first class Belgian pavement and is now in h v be excellent condition, requiring nelther’ repair. hor alteration. phe party began to The sidewalks are also well flagged and in good order. 2. This avenue is one of the most crowded thoroughfares {n the city. Leaging as it does directly to the Central Park, it is throaged all diy with vehicles of every dancriptlon. To inter fs point, by laying a. new je many thousands of citizens every day. I respectfully submit this should not be done, in- manded by any public neceasity. If it in desired to experiment with a new pavement, that exper!- ment should be made elsewhere and upon some street or ave- The resolution does not provide that the work of taking ‘up the old pavement and laying the new on the street And on ‘The message was laid over. The Board concurred with the Councilmen in ac- A member of the Board—a nice young man with curly hair—who seldom says anything lest he might asked to have @ general order called up; but he was it was spendil of any “public money;” it was only granting a privilege to y to erect a platform on @ certain pier seizure was made. on the North river front. The alderman in whose not seem exactly fair that a person wanting permis- claims of his “own ward” and ran Newark. the latter neighborhood will need more ice to pre- pear, however, and Piers and Slips, after which the Board adjourned to MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. = The annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Grill of | Accepted Masons will commente in the fifst week in June, in this city, and will probably continue for The great increase in the number of lodges and of roai pepe: itis Spm if it —_ all ope in station call 1 8] me Usui jevoted e work, which The members of the | seq | take four days; but last year five days were me Ye Pompton. ith an average representa- id officers will make some 3,000 representatives for 80,000 members, To legislate for this vast body will require some time, The large hall of the Cooper Institute has this year . To the great fal and ~ disapproved, tnarmauch ra alone exceeds $3,000, ere is but one room for comm! meet, and BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. Terrible Suffering of the BROOKLYN Mortatiry.—The deaths in Brooklyn last week were 127, Ofthe deceased 25 were men, 27 women, 52 boys and 37 girls. ‘Tar ABLEBODIEV.—Yesterday the Board of Asses- sors completed their arrangemeuts for taking an an enrolment of all the ablebodied men tn the city between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, under the new military code. The TWENTY-FIRST WARD was created by an act of the Legislature during its last session. The poll- ticians are already figuring upon the slates to see who shall ee the resideuts of the new ward in the various little positions. Several men are spoken of for the sidormanstip and several more for super. visor, constable, ac. They also claim a justice of tue peace. HIGHWAYMEN.—Two highwaymen stepped out of a dark recess at the corner of Nostrand avenue and Bergen street on Sunday night and confronted Mr. John Hodgson as he was passing, at the same time demanding, in the bold highwayman style, his watch and money. Mr. Hodgson broke away from the rob- bers, and after running a few blocks met oMicer Sear- eant, of the wn ith precent. The officer went Back tw the on and arrested a man answering a description of one of the robbers, but as Hodgson failed to identify him he was discharged. Tag GRANT MOVEMENT.—The King’s county Grant Campaign Club held a meeting last night at Com- monwealth Hall, in Washington street, to take some action in regard to holding @ grand ratification meet- ing in Brooklyn. The chair was occupied by General E. B, Fowler, and a full attendance of the committee waa resent. A resolution was adopted to the effect that Executive Committee be empows to secure a suitable building and make all other ‘ments necessary for holding a Poe ratification meeting to ratify the nomination of Ulysses S, Grant and Schuy- ler Colfax. The meeting then adjourned. ‘THe BOARD OF ALDERMEN.—The Board of Alder- men met yesterday afternoon, Alderman Bergen in the chair, A remonstrance was received against the to Death. hours intermission. It is understood that the Deputy Grand Master has, pensations for new lodges, a refusal which has caused some murmurings, especially in those lodges which wishing to divide and form a new lodge, applied for about the middie of December a” dispensation, but the ap licants: oan ae Tepresentatives in t bers. Another matter will probably be discussed, and and the vessel di sand ladies, consisting of the Let sisters, daughters and widows of Masons, It is understood 'y the manners and this, while it is believed that the mouth of Green Bay, was becali Stephen H. Johnston, of White Piain: Grand Master Hol gave it official sanction, and attended often where these de- grees were conferred, There will no doubt be some discussion as to the the @ little di and then fell of the men went to pick it up, when, to his it surprise and asylum The Eve, at the corner of Grand and Crosby was purchased some years ago, but the site was disapproved by a majority of the brethren and inus, “De school and asylum at Havana is a noble same vessel, with business, and giving an asylum to aged Masons as well as the widows of Masons. The hall, however, should be commenced at ail it New York is about the without a place of this kind, certainly looks bad to be ‘ing other places ment. twelve after were Wi they were, all hiving Peareitat aa = makers. inimed pecuniary aid, had Tle nat | eight aounre- per week to be from the poe ten men the others any a be able to stand tne strike ho matter how long it may iaat, At Mersra, Marshal! were present whea Hulstedt stabbed me; I believe Ehowing bne that fi uray be my last, ond T solemniy fay nad naira that It ta the whole truth.’ iiutntndt feauitt at large. Dreyer died between eight and nine o’clock last night, He was a native of Germany and unmarried. A Drarerate Loves Stans Hiwsenr.—A young man named George Wright nearly frightened Miss Mary Flanigan ont of onr senses on Sunday nicht by drawing @ formidable jooking knife from his pocket aud stabbing hireself im the abdomen tn her pre- sence. Migs /lenigan was formeriy employed in the Carter, who, stopped, and a8 an made to them Inst event fon to “strike” the ‘strikers!’ favorably th a resumed to-morrow, Some of the smatier manufactur- ers ate, however, averse to any increase, and it 4 1 9a) remunerative pen on fi at and tf their oye insist will have to shut up lyn the Union rounig, at 3 P.M. trade, and the workingmen house W: '* parents, and there aa attachment building. The parties watked off together, and on have left them the alternative of either subinitting to sprang oe a res eagtaing bat pil be rng BY 8 | the terms imposed by this monoges vt joining some rt finally fa stated that 1 went to the reviderfve of her mother in Lafayette sirct, Dear Navy, where young Wricht was in habit of — vioitit her, He became greatly depresee) a spirits In consequence of the Hen of Wie peronts to an alliance yith the girl, and he therefore ed to commit suleide; so sunday night he took ® knife which te Was in habit of using in Meh\ag plaster ornaments, Wes to employes, have notisied and went down, | their ts ve t mh Marucac- ripes ately Ae a eet te ae ates Grounds, at @ P. J ALAMOS vie Bear, On eee Jersey City. QueEN Vicroria’s BirTHDay having fallen on Sunday it was not celebrated till yesterday, when the steamships Russia and Malta,” at the Cunard docks, were gayly trimmed with bunting. A salute of twenty-one guns was flred at noon. ILticiT DisTiLLATION is in progress, A: still was seized yesterday at the foot of the hill leading from Hoboken. to Hudson City in a building ostensibly used as an oil refinery. Two men named Baumer and Polfenhauser were arrested on the premises, but they state they were employed by another party who resides in Ninth avenue, New York. The materials for working the still were in iull blast when the on Rie vd John, Gull focen Ce ~ “ crew sud passengers tu in ing on shore, but only to perish some days pinta 4 Four of the crew returned to the wreck after they got ashore to endeavor to procure some food. While on board the cable, which was Be ey to the cliff, parted, tiful villages of which Long Istand characteristically boasta, Glen Cove is in no degree a secondary specimen for beauty of location, picturesqueness and design. The manner in which the village is modelled ig at once suMcient to convince a visitor of the fact and enhance the pleasure of a stranger's visit. The village is bountifully provided with fresh aud salt Waters, the former being kept in the best and neatest manner, and supplying at the proper seasons of the ear the fish which serve as a delicacy and a decora- jon to the feasting table. The river is dammed at points, and the tidal waters supply the place of steam in gronsling the factory machinery for ove” is noticeable and which give abundance of employ to laboring people. . The vil- t from New York and by the Long Island Railroad at various hours of the day, ‘he peopie seemingly availed themselves of the opportunity, by either mode of transit, to be present; for at an early hour the streets were timed who were not particularly interested in the formali- ties to be observed, and also by those who were to take an active part in the exercises and which occa- sion was to mark an event in the period of their yy those On the 24th of May, 1668, the chiefs of the Mattine- cock tribe, Sureanemon and Werch, deeded to Joseph Carpenter “lands lying on both sides of Mu- sceta Coufe” for the purpose of erecting a sawmil! and dwelling house thereon. Upon this same strip of land now stand the ancient structures which Mr, Carpenter érected two hundred years ago, and which were looked apon at that time by the few white set- piece of mechanism and an invaluable improvement to the then thinly populated locality. One hundrea years a0 the centennial celebration that time many a human frame dust, and the children of those who nd celebration now assume the réve of their fathers to celebrate the anni- Accordingly at ten o’clock yesterday morning, they araded through the Drnolpel streets and then to cudder delivered an ora- tion, when the assembled grouj tables well laden with food, whic for the occasion. After dinner toasts were offered and responded to for upwards of five hours, when lually disperse, and abont seven the grove, which was but a few hours pievious- ly so busy and life-like, was left alone in the company of the birds which there abound, NEW JERSEY. sat down to the had been prepared A Lecrure was delivered last evening at the Catholic Institute, by the Rev. E. O’Keefe, in aid of the family of the late John Ford, who was killed by falling from a house in course of erection, The sub- ject was “The Human Mind,” and was treated in a most interesting manner. The attendance was large. ALLEGED BRUTAL ASSAULT AND RoBBERY.—Yester- day forenoon a German named Christopher Stiner, a resident of Monroe lane, near Bloomfeld, appeared before Justice Sandford with his head and face com- aed covered with bandages, and stated on oath ‘hat he had been beaten in a most atrocious manner by asaloon keeper named Andrew Hage! brothers, Thomas and Joseph Hesedoffer, in Hagel’s place, on Sunday forenoon. He after having been knocked down and beaten they rifled his pockets of a purse containing $25-and some currency. A warrant: was immediately issued and two of the accused, Hagel and Thomas, taken into custody. The prisoners were arraig tice Sandford and by him fully committed for trial. RAILROAD ACCIDENT.—Philip Curry, residing at No. 76 Oxford street, sustained injuries of a serious character yesterday morning through having been struck by a locomotive on the Morris and Essex Rail- d. It ad he had just got off a train at a littie Montrose, and was crossing the track, when he was strack by a down train. The injured man was removed to St. Mary’s Hospital, in this 1 and two further alleges that med before Jus- DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—A large barn owned by the Pompton Steel Works Company, at this place, in which was stored a large quantity of provender, was set fire to recently and totally destroyed. A stable adjoining, in which were five valuable horses and four mules, also caught fire, and, with the animais, completely burned up. The loss on the buiiding SHIPWRECK. | Passengers and Crew of the Brigantine Queen—All Frozen The following account ef the loss of the brigantine Queen, near Gull Island, Newfoundland, is given in aletter, dated Fortune Harbor, Green Bay, April 25, 1868, and published in the St, Johns’ Courier:— I have to inform you of one of the most melanchol; occurrences on record in the annals of nd. land. The brigantine Queen, which was supposed to have been lost in the neighborhood of Tw! Newfound- ‘was actually lost cember 12. The it is sup) she to sea: sunk. The persons thus lost in the vessel were the pilot, the boatswain, one seaman and a pass ir. On the zist of April, @ vessel cruising aboyt in the med near Gull Island, and a boat from her went towards the island to shoot some birds. When they got to saw one bird at which the men fi the island they only red. The bird new tly dead. One jut had not gone far he saw two skeletons lying nearly side by side. He called to his compa- nions, who ran up to him. On looking about they saw a piece of canvas a few yards away from the men, but so frozen to the rocks that they could not getit up. They cut it in several underneath the bodies of nine men and two women. The men then returned to their vessel and ran her up to Tilt Cove, where they stated what they had seen. Coffins were immediately prepared, and next day the about sixty hands, proceeded to the island to remove the bodies to Tut Cove for inter- awi places, and found In searching the bodies after they were landed in Tilt Sr. it was found that the captain and Mr. fey had kept a journal up to the 24th December, recked, At that time On that date Mr. Dowsle; wrote jou w=" have this walked all round this island, and see not! hin, fore me but 4 ® picts jaying of Nicolson pavement on Lee avenue. Re- death. ‘expect t be one of the fire to é, as Fnow LABOR MOVEMENTS. ferred to the Grading and Paving Committee. An | feel very weak.” After that he wrote no more, Mr. —“I do not expect my scene the people witnessed when removin i b better’ imagined than described together that they had to be stated in the journal as follows:—" We it twelve o'clock hove round and ran in id at six o'clock A. M. the vessel ran ger. The found the following summer, afd sone fit aaa fromthe shore sus at soit times on the isiand and told different petttas been Were parties there, there would have been tio atmentt in getting them om, ‘The island 19 very seldom visleed exceptin te of having participated in the |, ‘Alderm: the bodies can be murder of a Mr. Taylor in Philadelphia last October, in conformity with the report published in yester- | 28th instant. an ‘The prisoner, whose real name ts sald tobe James | day's HERALD, all tie employcs of Mr. Ernst Gabler, | of resolutions providing for tepaeated itn pics an crowbars, peg we egy oe ay hte a with the exception of some fifteen only, left work, | ance with the terme of — onthe ith, at ( clock P. M. made island four o’cloct M, Which he was surrenderwt De Hoven sat that | #24 held meeting as if by appointment yesterday | ment The resoiusons we Not caring to run for Tilt Cove Wwe hove to sea for the was the party accused of the murder of Taylor. morning at nine o'clock, at Fleck’s Hall, on Second Wi M wit vi night. Al FEROCIOUS ASSAULT—BITING OFF AN Ear,—Yeg. | avenue, near Twenty-third strect. At this meeting TLLIAMSBURG MOURDER.—Justice Voorhies, | for the bay, al terday morning as the brig Pedro was off Bedioe'y | Mr. Petersen presided. The first business in order im the absence of the Coroner, yesterday took the | ashore ia a snow storm.” Island, outward bound, Charles Bielfet Was a report that some néw hands had been employed | testimony of Christian Dreyer, the young man who | _ Nothing like this }, ont 5 It, one of the | by Mr. A committee was at once sent over, and tabbed on Suni t the 4 within the memory of sailors aboard the vessel, attempted to desert by | when the new comers heatd the statements | 8s ® pn lg ae wind Trhind | There was, I believe of quit work they all the | liquor store corner, of North Fourth and Third | vesge] on the Horwe Io! ing overboard and swimming toward a small Yor streets. The following ts bis statement:—«My name distan Bielfeit w: k striki and are now with them. ‘as then the month of April, w! Placed ‘aboard the steamtug having the brig ti tow, | Tetelved that « committee should be appointed tore. | M6 Cote Oyrocalon, cut-and stab me in the breast | perianed from ould and iu 4 4, | ce ines jose Whi rt im men we piano, Carter, dest officer of the Pedro, pursued | Union during the continuance of wie attike,. This | Wiha sae ey et may giving an account of where they were lost and between them during wich itis alloyed tharcares | committee, alter teoelving the a of ail who | SUN Me eara: he always tad a prurge against mes | ow they died, er ree i iad cl on their isk only about per ome, Cigen and deco, Baek T thin ‘Where th THR NATIONAL GAME, 1 renee Matches to Come Of, ‘The followiug matches are to be piayed In Brook- May 24—Aflantic vs. Athletic, of Brooklym, on ral#ing by the Eckfield Clab, on the wee. 27—Matual vs, Motiawk, on the Caion Grounds, oP. M. Atl, io v8, Eureka, on the Union Grounds, May At Iya vs. New York, on the Capitotine tual, on the Cap!toline Grounds. é wear, on th> Umioa Grounds, REAL ESTATE MATTERS. Sales Yesterday at the Exchange. The market opened yesterday with undiminished firmness, and although evinciny no particular signs of activity or anything like a renewal of excitement, there being, indeed, but one auctioneer selling, yet gives healthful evidence of a maintenance in the prices of all descriptions of rea! estate on this island, notwithstanding “the season’ may be said'to have closed, It has been clearly demonstrated during the last few months, if never before, that real estate within the Metropolitan district is the favorite in- vestment of all who have captial to spare from their business and are not fascinated by the excitement of stock gambling, and the feeling of security experienced in the assured knowledge @f" ite daily appreciation v convenient radiug of the yeaineat fon of the city—increasing as facilities for rapid travelling are brought into applicatton—reners alike holders stiff, speculators confident and those seeking Invest- weary liberal, We give below yesterday's auction BY F. Il. LUDLOW AND co, A first class four story aud basement brown stone high stoop house and lot, No 140 F 16th st (Ob 25x13 3... $9126,900 A four story and basement tek fi ” No 143, adjoining, lot 22x103. fe inchs ty 0 A iyo atbry brick stable and mt an ic! wilding No ranklin st, Centre, lot 38 ft from, $9 ft rear and VO tein depinee Front and rear brick building No 16}¢ Hamil) Catharine, lot 17.4x103.3. The lease of lot, with four 7 on Measntexpives ia 180i one -iee mom $300 20x70, (The expires in ia $3 an ‘um; covenant for two renewals; Tente for $1,000). 22.200 Official Transfers of Renl Estate Yesterday. ‘TRANSFERS IN NEW YORK CITY. Delancey and Cannon sts, #.¢ corner, 2°75. East Broadway, w 8, 78.7 f Jefferson at, East Broadway, w 8, No 84, 25x68, 8, No 6h, 23.6x148.1 ‘5, B95 ft w of ay 100 ft e of Bth 340 20x! 9, 290 ft w of Tat av, 2x 8.8 195 ft e of 2d av, 18.08%, 875 (tw of L0th av, 5x1 115 ft @ of Lexington (tw of th avy 175 fe of 7th av, 25x10. $24 at, 9, 206 ft w of Sth av, Bx id) oth at, n'a, 100 ft w of 2d av, 200,100.10 Tith at, ns, 10 ft w of Mth avy 10 x100, ty #8, 24 Tt w of 2d nv, OXL OD Hi fee of Fth avy BOx99. 11 No 487, 18.4x00. .. {th of 69th at, bi ith at, nw corner, 25. Vy Wy 76.8 ft 8 of THth ty D5, th av and 59th st, se cor, ith wy and Ith st, n eo) LEASFS RROORDED IN NEW YORK, Broome st, No 444, first fl ; Frankfort'st, No X7, base Lispenard at, Nos. 36 and West 27th at,'No 1 Per yr cs... 6th av and 3th at, aw oor, 8 yra, per yr Bond at, wa, 60.ft.n of Butler st, 20: Clinton place, ns, 100 ft w of Hi 163, quit claim. 100 Dean st and € 050 Engle st, na, 195-(t e of 500 Ewen #t, w 8, 50 ft n of Wyckot! Byru0 Floyd at, ns, 300 ft e of Troop av, 20x10. ‘550 Fort Greene place, ws, 100.6 ft nof Hanson 8,000 Grove at, w 8, 1:0 ft sw of Central av, 14x20. 900 Hancock st, # 8, 100 ft wof Lewis av, 20x10. 315, Jacob at, nw #, 20 (tn of Evergreen av, 4 300 Jefferson at, 7,000 175 ft e of Patel 0 neof ft, am. ay, 0,6 67x00... Stith st, ea, 66 {tw of Douglass at, 1x75. State st,'n #,'98.3 ft w of Court at, 1.x". Varet at, 84 ft 8 of Ewen st, 50 w of, 16x2h Warren st, # 8, 345 ft w of Vanderbilt av, & Washington at, 0, 60 ft 8 of Huron st, 2oxl0v. at Ki Willoughby av and at, 8 W cor, Wilhtamsbi ad, € a, lot 20, Reber var and Bid ot we Gory 6 3300, nw Lots 1 I A At Ay pana a c Lots 87, 88, 89, 166, 167, 1 Fatah map, 16th wart, ‘ BEASE BEOOKDED IN BROOKLYN. Warren st, No 86, hone, ke, 6 yre, per vr PRANSHES 1H EW Lovie East New York av, 8.8, lo yam Fulton av and Sackman st, # € cor, 25s TRANSYERS IN WESTOMRS (EK COUNTY. Lot in Mi Pleasant, by the raliroat aad adjoining Hob- by's farm, 52 ary Lot in North Caatle, i * farm, 20 acres. Lot in Sing Sing, on the the Kill to Crons at, Lot adjoining the above in Sin; Lot in Foughkeepale, at Verplan Lal in Movtisauta, ai i in Mo ‘and Vill place, 100x325. a £ Mees tal nites oa tes Albany Hest roads Seciend, on Toa, 38x SenEoeesereaan erence en +e28;000 RENEWED ALARM ABOUT FENIANS IN CANADA. Rumored Contemplated Raid of Thirty Thou- sand Men—British Troops Geing Home @r- dered Back. {From the Detroit Post, May 23.) For & month past the Canadians have been appre- hensive of another raid on thelr country by the Fe- nians. No paper in the interests of the Lrish ts per- mitted within the Dominion, and the only feman organ ever published in Ontario has been Assassination is feared by all the prominent men, to prevent which strict surveillance | inaintained by the lice and ea The Ee aac \ igh yma od n grea creaserl juring presen: week by the issuance of an order from head- quartel in Ottawa, to the military oificers, to have their res lve corps ready for active service at an hour's notice. ‘The government is said to be possessed of accurate intelli. nce respecting the movements of the Fenians, and the conviction 18 almost universal among the know- ing ones that ano*her descent is imminent. Parties in Windsor conversant with the subject express this opinion, though they profess not to fear the blow, as they deem the government abunslantly able to ward it off. Nearly one hundred soldiers have deserted from Fort Wayne during the past few months, and the affrighted Canadians | ine that all these de- serters are Fenian spies. The following exciting news is taken from the Hamilton Avening Times of ‘Thursday: We have refrained from indulging in any surmises calculated to create unnecessary alarm concerning the designs of the Fenian organization in the United States, and so to contribute to the depressing in- fluence which such excitements exert upon the business of the conntry; but at this time we be- Neve no benefit’ is to be gained by withholding the public the fact that we are on the eve of exciting times, attended with perl! and bloodshed. A Fenian invasion upon a gigantic scale is maturing, and a blow will shortly be struck which will require the loyal devotion of young and old, 4 in lant conduct before A desperate tog, to repel, and fis well that the people should know and be pre- pared for the emergency. Notwithstanding the ridi- cule indulged against this persistent enemy of the peace of the country, Fenianism is now more for- midable in the neighboring country than at any for- mer , abundantly supplied with arms and war material, inclading artillery of the best desc 5 and embraces @ large body of well drilied and dcs- perate fellows, oMcered men of skill and experi- ence drawn from the armies of the late rebellion. The work will be serious and bloody, and no is to be gained by ridiculing or undcrratl resources of the enemy, a8 nothing will av the struggle upon our soll save poe and energetic interference on the ow of the American by mie Our gov- ernment are a be ghey of impending danger and are now quietly bot ¢ tically engaged in ing every preparatioa for the reception of the ont with a determination to render his visit brief and disastrous to a degree that will prevent repeti- phe present generation, and save the country from any further annoyances from that i rifles and the Seventeenth iment on an pected c off Father Point and oedar Weer tras atreenmrent will,also take im- mediate pecentn, of the railways and steainers a7 nh lines through the Ht of the telegrap ae Takes are ” be m: lors from her Majesty's ships, one of wath wecatrands, arrived at Quebec, and a detach- ment of one hundred men are vow on the way up bat ntreal. of 80,000 ae and strong, foothold is gained, Beran mec teeter ie srewetrfere between Prescott and Montreal and on the Niagara frontier, the arms and munition Detng already stored conventent to those localities, the work of transporting them having on Ano tak ¢ plage Tine? the. subtertawé of m reat take i ae ‘ational Fair, which 1 announced to " in that city on Monday next and continue for two weeks, Simultaneously a grand convention is called at Cleveland, where the notortoug Jacmet es are at present sojon' . Most of the cities t present swarming with Fentang, Hamiiton cor dent of te Toronto Leader thus speaks of the above article:—“The Times is highty sensational this evening, amd im that 90,000 Fenians are preparing to cross the frontier at roe were & a me jaioaee ey ae vulans Wel y for if so large a body of Feulan re re leoareay the Sixtieth thia week for reafvat with the ie : oe atta te eae Ay Meehan es about ie true that intelligen few «ays ago that Fenians were pathering at Bydalo, and that number had arrived there on Satar- day from the West. Private formation from Ot- tawa does not indicate an immediate descent, and the government are ally injorwed of the moyomenta; but iC is thodght there is & poss of ® demonstration ak lt ens Bae ab: hoped, 1s unnec Times, it is ta be hop \aiag py AS e mii n tie subject, and indal ai ely 4 since the rald, two years ago, there hag heen danger of a repetition; hut the Fenwains will wi vandons nov, and probably the may be satised With matiig a Siow to decel ve their dupes with the bellef tat they are uy