The New York Herald Newspaper, October 2, 1868, Page 5

NEW YORK CITY. vg, Before Commissioner Guttman. ‘$2 examination of this case was resumed yester- flay moraing, the case for the defence being taken up,, Geveral witnesses were examined as to the charactér |: @f the witness McHenry, upon whose représentations ‘the charges were made against the aaeused, and also ,femtimony taken to contradict his ¢vidence as to the Randing of money by Mr, Loeb to Mr, Roltins in oy a ‘Washingt: bt. BG. Wood, previously examined, was recallea— Snows McHenry, a previous witness; had, a conver- Mente ‘May, 1968, in Washington at Wil- jovel. : 12 °Q.cWhat was the occasion of that cotiversation? Y@i 1 bad recommended My, McHenry for eppoint- 8 an inspector in my Collection district in Brooklyn; I think I recommended him by letter to “@io Commissioner; I had occasion to go to Washing- ‘son shortly afterwards; McHenry came to Washing- ten while I-was there; he aaked if would be kind »@Monugh to see about his appointment; I told bim I 0;,subsequently I saw Mr, Harland, and ee I #aw McHenry; I told McHenry that he! € flotibe appoidted; that Mr. Hartand tad exhib- ‘ted’ tor me some aMdavite with reference to his Brevious connection with the Revenue Department ing to him, and that in consequence I wn my application in his favor; I also that if I had only known what his 1s een T should Twas sorr: sant he circumstances; Mr. Harland’s eee rendered it ‘Mecessary that I should wit his name; he . @ little excited and gaid he would be square and or would get even with him, lari - jords to that 3 tried: to soften big wrath if pceecees "3: it; that is about all that oc- alter ezszinee Mr, Courtney—McHenry did * bay how be wonld be equare wi Mr. Harland. * the next ‘IMONY OF G, B, LINCOLN. comands Gebenstmeea ee © Bnei Py oae e Do you know his general character? 4. I know “etc Ms, Mepmtation good or bad? A. I should cag froma kan sos know ob kie-gentcal sewetasion : ant character would ie Delleve him on oath? A. “Phat is a sharp q mn to say Of a man I know ao Uatile of; 1 consider his reputation s0 bad that I would inary transactions of bt % told hin ‘Rot trast him in ord: usinesa. x From what you know of his general vs a ag and character would you believe fin onoath? A. 1 should want a margin on his oath. fanenier. Q. How much of a margin? A. Pretty Cross-examined by Mr. Ceurtney—Knew McHen- wy's character from representations made to him by some friends; his information on this point was of aeal characier. t ator H. K, Pearson was examined with rela- tion to testimony given by Mr. McHenry as to his tew and business with Mr. Pearson in Wash- ton. Hada talk with Mr. McHenry in March or May of 1868; had recommended him ‘for an office which he understood he had got; found from him on ‘the occasion referred to that he was, not in office; aaked him how it was; Mr. McHenry replied that he Es". out of it through Mr, Hariand, but that he would ap with him. witnesses were examined as to the means ‘@ seeing and hearing between the chief clerk’s eMce in the late Metropolitan Boarc in Cedar street end the Board room, from which it appeared that Sertainty as to hdentidcavion, bul uo contcraaiion hood len! tt me conversation could be heard. IMPORTANT. REBUTTING TESTIMONX, ‘The principal witness examiaed was Charles Loeb. ‘Puts gencieman is the person that the witneas Mc- Heary swore he had seen count and roll up anumber of $00 billa in an envelope, in a room in Willard’s Hotel, Washington, after which he went to the street ‘where the Internal Revenue Department ts located, and there meet and walk wita ‘tr. Rollins, and hand tum the package of money he swore he had pre- one brn Mr. Se in his yer in the cs Ho iy. Mr. Sedgwick—Were you in Washington Me months of January and May last? A. Yes. Did-you ever have an interview with Mr. Rol- and hei aw 4& Thad once an interview with Mr. Rollins in the - Trapsacts hits b' Dia and tohim? A. No. ; < ped pos Teall ncantnan then or at any other yet ‘A. NO, I hever walked with Mr. Rollins in 1 the atreats, Pay, Mr. Rolling any money or ‘ever. ). How much money did you pring. with you, or you have in your possession, in Washington, on othe two occasions you were there in January and May? A..1 tuink ip January | had $400, and in May ‘about $200. ~._@ De you. know a distillery in Brooklyn run by Thomas F. Rae? A, Yes, sir. ' <Q Was tt ever called Loeb’s distillery? A. Yes. Did you ever run that distillery? A. Not our- ves. You leased that to Rae? A. Yes. ¢ Did you have anything to do with the manage- ment of distillery? A. No. State the business upon which you saw Mr. ling on any occasion you ever visited the depart- : ment? A. 1 think 4 saw him about two years ago when I was interested for another party, and en- “ @cavored to get alot of spirits aud a distiliery Te- Deased that had been seiz Q. a Did you ever ‘hing of value? A. ed. ‘What was the resuit? A. All were condemned. ter ° nat was the next business you saw Mr. Rol. fens on? A. It was in reference to the remission of @ forfeiture of a distillery in Cherry street. » Q What wae the result in that case? A. The pro- perty was condemned. (Laughter.) Q. When next did = see him and on what busi- peas? A. I don’t I ever saw him again on Dosiness. Cross-examined Mr, Courtney.—Q. @n what the department in May? A. Tt ‘Was in ref atter I was written to from home to inquire into—whether a certain individual held a commission in the department, when I was 1 med not, but that the party held a commission the Custom House, Q@ On the occasion Spee te. Wommanaies tp you Jast did you count oney in your roo; ree in our pocket A. No, et, Tdid not, 1 only $200 in all, Q. What was the nature of your business In Wash- efiagton in May last? . A. I went to wait on the Com- mittee of Ways ‘and Means in reference to anew Fevenue ta Haas any other business? A. No, sir. ' is closed the examination of the witoess and the session, the court adjourning to Tuesday next, at twelve o'clock noon, when other witnesses for the defence will be called aud examined, COURT OF APPEALS. General Butler ia Court. Before a Full Bench. Benjamtn F. Butler, Appellant, v8. Gideon J. Puoker, Surrogate af the County af New York, Re- @pondent.—This case was up onan appeal from a decision given in the Supreme Court for the First Sadicial district. ) Letters testamentary were granted by the Surro- @Rte of the county®f New York on the 1th of No- vember, 1864, to the appellant, executor of the last will, &c., of Andrew J. Butler, decease@ On Angust @, 1865, the executor filed the inventory of the goods, chattels and credits of the deceased, as shown by the Inventory made by the appraisers to be of the value press as follows:—It sypeeriny that there are ‘assets belonging to said estal of Massachusetts, Louisiana wai Gaitforain, it t4 ordered that said executor returh a further in- of said which shail include the assets poe estate, ~. Pye e ¥ sald other States. q if A ; 3 5 3 a5 bieack i i Est z : He 3 id z ne i of eg i iH ‘ rf ‘Tar WRaTHRR YesTERDAY.—The following record ‘will show the changes in tne temperature for the Suppgn Dearn.—About two o' Morning Frank Ward, twenty-nine years of age, a native of Ireland, was found dead in bed at his residence, No. 9 Mulberry street. Coroner Flynn was notified to hold an inquest on the body. Death, doubtless, wag the result of natural causes. i Dears oF 4° DoMEsTIC.—The name of the woman ‘whose death was heretofore reported in the HERALD caused by fail: down a flight of stairs at the Pavonia House, 182 West street, proves to have been Mary Lombard, twenty-two years of age and born in Ireland. Deceased was a domestic in the house when the accident occurred. INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED REVENUE FRAUDS.— General Van Wyck and Mr. Jenckes, of the Sub- Committeeon Retrenchment, met yesterday at the Astor House to examine into alleged frauds in the Revenue Department, but adjourned until to-morrow morning, when Representatives Halsey, Benton and Randall will also be present. CRIMINAL Pistol SHOOTING.—Abont ten o'clock yesterday morning an affray took place at Peter Mitchell’s, corner of Greene and Bleecker streets, be- tween James Casey, Hugh Dougherty and some par- ties unknown, in whi a pital shot was fired, which took effect in the wall without doing other injury. ‘Casey and Dougherty were both arrested. Burquary AND LARCENY OF GOVERNMENT BOND§.—The premises No, 294 Third avenue, corner of Twenty-fourth street, were entered on Wednesday night last and a quantity of valuable property, to- gether with six ited five-twenty bonds of Ro clue exista' fo ae® perpetrators ‘Of the burglary and theft, pear goer Runaway Casvauty.—About two o'clock yester- day afternoon @ horse attached to a light wagon driven by Samuel Cook, of Fifth avenue, between First and Carroll streets, Brooklyn, ran away in Elm tin this city, when Mr. Cook wag thrown from the wagon and severely injured about the head and face. He was taken to the New York Dispensary, where his wounds were after w! he left for home. ASTRONOMICAL.—The brilliant star which raled in the east at half-past one o'clock A. M. is the princi- pal morning star, the planct Venus. It appears most conspicuous at two hours later, when its verti- cal altitude above the horizon is about twenty-five rt This beautiful object will continue to adorn the eastern sky for some time after the close flent, sod ven ‘now tt can readily be followed iar into the twilight. Masonic.—Under the auspices of Colambian, Mor- ton, Palestine, Ocur de Lion, Manhattan and Ivan- hoe Commanderies, of this city, it 1s proposed to honor the members of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templars of the State of New York with a reception at the Metropolitan Hotel, on evening, October 7, at nine o'clock. The mn of the Grand Commandery of Knights Tem- wg) will be held next Tuesday and Wednesday, at ie Kane Lodge ‘rooms, corner of Twenty-second street and Broadway. Emigeant Lapor EXCHANGE.—From the semi- monthly report of the Castle Garden Emigrant Labor Exchange there were 1,636 applicants for employ- /ment; 1,629 orders of employers for laborers; 1,596 persons furnished with employment. The average rate of monthly wages paid to males was $14; females, i cae 4 papers, oy wy) era, 4 com, servants an nskitied Alfred Erbe has females uns! in any business. the superintendency of the Exchange. AMERICAN INSTITUTE.—The monthly meeting of this society was neld last evening at the rooms, Cooper Union. The proceedings were not of particu- lar moment. On the reading and approval of the minutes of the meeting of September, eight dates for membership were admitted 1 usual manner. The chairman of the Board ‘Trustees then announced that the arrangement for the usual course of winter lectures were nearly com- Neted. The course, | Barnard, of Columbia ‘oll delivering the introductory, will commence about latter part of next month and continue until the beginning of February. w Tas POLYTBCHNIO AssoCLATION.—This organiza- tion, im connection with the American Institute, held a stated meeting last night at their rooms in Cooper Union. A leading subject of discussion ras the water metre. Many inventions for the mea- suring of water, by the screw and the diaphram, were described and all found defective in some Jead- ing particular. ‘Those that saved most water in the en being the costliest. What the association thought was needed by the Croton Board and the blic @t this time was @ cheaper metre, the per ntage of joss in which would nut exceed two per vent, and that in favor of the consamer. RoMAN CaTuoLic SyNop.—In addition to the re- ports already published of the late Catholic aynod in this city it was enacted that any priest who should give absolution to @ freemason woula be suspended from the functions of his oMce. A number of cler- Saas eae Stine ners by Rev. Father Boyce and other priests. The amend- ment was lost, Father Hecker made an eloquent ap- peal on behalf of the Catholic Publication Bocieey and it was agreed e an annual lecture should be aoa in each church for een tel It ‘was aleo enacted that marriageslbetween inust inguture take place in church. Death OF MR. DxstieToRr.—Coroner Rollins yesterday heid an Inquest at the Morgue on the body of Joseph Destletorf, the German whose death was announced in yesterday’s HmraLp as having oo- curred under somewhat mysterious circumstances. the of Deceased, while with his wife and daughters ata party given at 602 Sixth avenue, left without notice ne oper d ers ae broad, fellaud injured his head 60 as t0 redcce him to ye found came death by the brai juent Deceased was fifty years of aguend saeuvect ‘THE PURIN ASSOCTATION.—The Putim Association held their aunual meeting Inst week and elected the fohowtng officers:—President, Mr. Sol. B, Bolomon; Vice President, Mr. Jacob 8, Isaacs; Secretary, Mr. A vv , Heb! 1 Purim, a8 by a grand masquerade ball. ; ‘Tae Recant. Dummy ENGINS CasvaLty.—Yester- day afternoon Coroner Flynm commenced an inves- tigation at his office, No. 4 Oetitre street, in the case Of Rudolph Knoedel, the German, late of No, 94 i yy ‘ neat weut io chained 925 testimony * 5 BSE es aud general orders were submitted and ordered to entered in the form presented. The Sanitary submitted a resolution that a permit be ted _to the Caloric Render Company to erect a mamtatn actestablisnment for fat rendering at the foot of Forty-sixth street, North river, which was adopted. A report Of the Assistant Sanitary Super adve! to an application for a permit to mae & slaughter house in the Sixth it b op dente Gonipial tat oa gd mit iz plaints in regal unsafe pandties ‘were handed in and referred to the Suner- of Buildings, The matter of a non-com- Dilance with the reculations of the Board in the i ||‘eonduct of fat boiling, in the case of two estab- lishments was, @ partial examination, referred to the Sanitary Superintendent. The Board there- upon adjourned to Tuesday next at one o'clock. Naw Meruop oF Licating rue Strest Lamrs.— The London method of lighting the public lamps of this city, recently Introduced by the Manhattan Gas ‘Light Company, is about to be generally introduced in this city. For several weeks past Madison avenue has been lit by the new process, The simplicity and eage with which the lighting is effected are its great oi ep ogg ‘The lamplighter does not have to ascend ap post, and the ladder is aispensed with. He simply carries in his hand an improved torch, which consists of a pecuttar kind of Jamp fastened toa pole. This is thrust up into lamp, the gas is turned on, when the fame immedi. aon ines The —— yong stacking «brass arm e rothon etree e end of the as it is put into the lamp, This allows the gas to escape when it comes in contact with rea flame in- side of the torch tube, and ignition enipene. With Sie wa contrivance one man can do the work of under the old plan. Tas Sace or CarraIv Resver’s Lrsrary.—The sale of this library at the Clinton Hall (Astor place) Book Sale Rooms closed on Wednesday evening. ‘This library contained gn unnsual number of fine ‘Mustrated books, and although rather early in the season, yet the prices paid for good and valuable books sbowed they were late. The follow- ing are a few of the items, viz. :—-1 ‘s Diary, Pharr iame gees er gates % vol 3 cott’s “Works, 15 vols. 153. Qual Re- view, 111 vols,, $88 80; Reeve’s Natural History, 22 vols., $60; Recueil Al} haber $00¢ Richardson's Dic- tiorary, 2 vols., oger’s Italy, 2 vols., $26; Ron- ald’s Chemistry, $19; Abbotesford vols., $32; Bostan edition Wavericy, $50; Kenmer’s Shakspeare, 6 vols., $126; Knight's Shakspeare, $52; Shakspeare Society, 19 vols., $90 25; Smith’s An tiquities, $45; Southey’s Works, $30; Waring’s Masterpieces, 3 - vols., 97 50; ‘aring’s §=Art 1 vol, $65; Waverley, 12 ‘Treasure, 7 William’s Greece, $31; Wolf's Zoological Specimens, $62 50; Wyatt's Indus- trial Arts, 2 vols., $82; Gray’s Zoology, $75; Museé Francats, 4 vols, bought by Mr. A."P. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, roof copy, $720—this last was jtewart. ALLEGED GRAND LARCENY.—Charles Rauche, alias Edward Kader, a workman at No. 561 Broadway, ‘Was yesterday committed by Justice Dodge to answer the charge of stealing a watch and chain, worth forty-five dollars, from a fellow workman, Oscar Neumann, No. 405 Greenwich street. DISCHARGED.—Some few days ago the announce- ment was made in the HERALD that 8 man named Mathew Westbrook had caused the arrest of William J. Wheeler, Elliott W. Todd and Lewis L. Todd, of the firm Of Willtam J, Wheeler & Co., No. 119 Broad- Ys on the charge of advertising a lottery drawing. At the time of the arrest Justice ize put the Weg cl ‘dail a2 vancelled andthe a BURGLARY AND LARCENY IW GReEWE STREET.— ‘The bojte that secured the outer door on the rear of Charles Kastenheim’s store, at 101 Greene street, were forced off on Tuesday night and an entrance effected by burglars, who carried off a gold watch chain and knife attached, a gold chain with minia- ture album attached, a watch andjother property, of the total value of sixty-four dollars. Suspicions at- tached to one John Brasil, an Englishman, and another party unknown. Brasil was arrested by patroleman O’Brien, of the Eighth precinct, and the inknife lost by Kastenheim was found upon him. ie was yesterday before Justice Dodge, at the Jeffer- son Market, and committed to the ral Sessions for trial. AFFRAY BETWEEN L&@vIms AT STEWART’S.—Early yesterday afternoon Mrs. Mary Gill, of No. 136 West Sixteenth street, entered Stewart's up town store, where she encountered the wife of an ex-general of volunteers. Some words passed between them, and it is alleged the general's wife was insulted, when she struck Mrs, Gill on the forehead with her parasol inflicting a slight wound. Detective Corkey, of the Fifteenth precinct, arrested the fair assaflant and ar- raigned her at Jefferson Market, when she acknow!- edged the assault, but pleaded that the circumstances — her in resent the insult. The Justice was forced to nold her in $ bail to answer at the Spe- clal Sessions for assault and battery. BURGLARY IN TENTH AVENURB.—On the night of the 26th ult. the premises of Adolph Horandt, No. 804 Tenth avenue, used asa silk factory, were entered and property valued at $700 carried off. The burglars effected an entrance by out & of glass. Detective Philip Rell); vor the Twentieth ct, after some inquiries, fixed his suspicions upon An- drew Gilliger, of No. 810 Tenth avenue, who was on the chi The only direct evidence against him is that a man named Charies Clow, of F sixth saw two men on the night of the Dirslony ale te fence and a. within the yal ly ized the of the 1 anc subssquently recogn’ Prisoner ‘a8 one of teem. Gilliger was comunitted in efault of bail to anewer at the General Seasions by Justice Dodge, of Jefferson Market, JUVENILE LgECH TuHIEVES.—Early yesterday morning two young men, eighteen years of age, named John Delancy and Timothy Hayes, entered the entry way of store No. @ Liberty street, occupied by William H, Witte, and ‘eloniously approp rated to their own use 2,000 leeches, valued at $160, with which they atte enca| Mrv Witte, bow- to , ever, who caught tne jJuventie depredators in the act, gave chase caused their arrest by officer Coffea, of the Second. precinct, with the stolen pro- perty, their possession. The prisoners were taken fore Justice Dowling at the Tombs, who com mitted them for trial in default of $1,000 bail each, Delancy, who pleaded guilty to the charge, lives at 327 Water street and works ina bake house, Hayes lives at 123, Vandewater street and is employed in a wobacco store. Tas Rercrep Horst, anD Boarpixa Hovss Taisr.—John Walter Sheppard alias Hutchinson, alias Youmans, alias Stewart, allas Gay, the reputed hotel and boarding house thief, arrested by detective an tad ence oe LJ Metco it Tiemann, of the Whose thieving ex, ay n ht before the Tombs, Mr. Meiv! HERALD, Was yes! bow: Justice at A. Glad- ding, of 161 Waverley place, red before the magistrate and cl the pi with hav. ing oe 13th A ey" a a) aon, from & coat, v ai Ir of pan’ valued at seventy tion of the stolen property was found In bis ae twenty-two years ofage, born in Canady gn 4ays wenty-two ci an in ne examination te lives at No. Lafayette is aything at al in fault Ree ee the say a1 in det f > coment @ Tombs for trial. Mr. Thomas H. 8h treet, harges that, on the ult., the him a meerschaum en at twenty-five dol- lars, the same havi found in his possession at the time of his ‘The prisoner also admits hav- ing taken the te together with their friends, including many ladies, Seeaiat hegenee ot lecture room, The fapulty Rev. Dr. the exercises with ® uated Sntructiog thet they inght “know SEEN a ha ee od pa an Dr. 5 of the faouity, SR etary aia pont Tr ie 5 es drinks at 91 South street, at Farrar & Lyon's; ¥ don’t know whether | bad any dinner that day or not; I think [ had @ drins on board the boat coming four study ass by a bonmietee of twenty of the F; 1 cle unree years LE gr end latiy of Long Islands aking for'a sonavete opie in mund, thereiore, 7] covate for themselves, ali made an extended argur period ment in favor of this pronosition. 3 Imight heve had «# drink or two somewhere too olfen t of ‘The stadent was apt to At a quarter past three o'clock the Convention, ; Tdon’t think [drank enough to intoxicate me; while away his first thoughtiessly. One in his | without deter the question, took a recess tii | I came up to Harlem, where my team and horses half-past seven /, M. Sieonten 4 The Convention reassemble: at the appointed hour in the eveniag, Bishop Potter in the chair, report was ree of the usefainess of the New York Protestant Episconal City Missionary Society, were, by the five o'clock boat, [think; I drove out through Morrisania; np to nine Selene, when I was at Fordham, at Duffy's Hotel, I think Thad several drinks; I could notteli how many I had;1 think I might have had hall a dozen drinks, Se Oe ee a weattt on terete erent you, to drink for 7 ell, Lamapretty len Preuched through he Year to over 60000 people, and | <ffaldery alate them, “hore, Wome You tke, 8 ’ rink!” and Barke said. * Specially mmvended for German children, had also | touce ere trata eee ee Cura five to one against A Lage 3 Ay pts of his society souck tim, for e'll any there were five to one agains! for the year were $65,000; for the prevent vear the | Mix) qumner inte the room Blane, sre ty eeds of the soviety are estimated at $20,000), and | you: after you left ne went in didn’s f Lea forthe ction of buildings, | YOU+_after you left there and the men Hye Aes to the results of the Mid- yon ee hy + By pelghbers, wake, hig night Mission to Fallen Women as exceedingly graty- | came ap the street? A, No, — am ar’ in Doran fying, and mentions the offer of the ‘Trinity } struck me on the arm and’ broke it; it looked lke a corporation, 10 “omy Sao Sat towards bar of iron, that he sernck me with; none ond the building of a new St, Barnabas’ chapel and home pond up to Murray's trom the eat CPF tiee to procure better m than ie afforded | these men, I think, were after my life; they didn’t by ‘the small buildings now in use, Rev. Dr. Dix | take my life beca nl y 3 moved for a committee of five to induire whether | Doran had been set’ on mo by some of any changes were made In the fundamental law of | enemies; I. have a good many enemies; 1 the City Mission Society singe x) recognition by pe a many friends too; when I looked out of the peices yr tad thagelfin adopted and the dow I saw these men coming to the house by i light and the light of the moon;. it was so clear The ‘Dian fot a Faderate Qonnail aud the,aemorial ast Peoutd neon tann S00 yards off; the light that tothe next General Convention were then taken OD, int ‘and Rev. Dr. Hafght opened the debate mn favor of knowledge devoted it to. anatomy and the growil ofa beard, the latter cular, He then went into details and directed their attention to t branoves ef the science end means and ways of becoming versed in them, ry algo’ tg bie a — highly usefal if not requisite rough doctor, He particularly advised them to make themeeives fa- with drugs, in shetr outward character as well Ss in thelr medicinal nature, 8 that they might com- ‘bine the apothecary’s art with the phydician’s sktll. an. with the German and French lan- ga ‘Was ulgo advisable, in order that they might oyna bers He a the maaiealeieannsiie of hose ‘ues. In enter’ upon t resent Course the; Spad ihe most orate wiahes of the faculty for CUB. * t Professor MoLean then announesd the programme of Jectures for the term and the exercises conviuded with the benediction, PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL DIOCESAN CON. VENTION. Second Day's PrececdingeAnnual Address by Bishop Potter-Appointment of Commit- fLece—Proposed Severance of Northern New ‘York and Long Island from the Diocese. ‘The second day of the eighty-fifth Protestant Epis- flashed into my room I took to be the of the moonlight on their musket barreis; I wilt 2 the propositions reported by him im the forenoon. Doran’s voice I heard asking for copal Convention of the Diocese of New York con- He Was followed by others, and Ena debate continued pe ee fsaw him first coming tinued their session yesterday morning at 9 A, M, ip { fill the close of when the Convention ad- | into the house, and he was tho first one came fm the ion, St. Paul’schurch. The morning prayer was read by | Journed to tis morning: ai nine o'clock. the Rev. Mytton Manny, of St. Mary’s church, Cold Spring, Putnam county, and Rev. William W. Olsen, of the Church of St. James the Less, Scars dale, Westchester county. After the concluston of the service, at about ten o'clock, owing to the ab- sence of the Right Rev. Horatio Potter, Bishop of the ‘Alocese, the Rev. Dr, Benjamis 1. Haight, assistant minister of Trinity in this city, took the chair and called the conventiom to ordar, tne Rev. Dr, William E. Eigenbrodt, Professor of Pastoral Theology in the General Theological Seminary of New York, officiat- ing as principal secretary. house; I think it was Doran said he wanted the “sen positive it of em to shoot him;” I am almost im, "S Did ‘think Of your mother when ehe sald they aeeeione through the door? A. I did, . And you ran and left her? A, I did. did you run away and leave her? A. f couldn’t help ranning away; I don’t think the man Trial of John Doran for the Murder of Ellen Ficke—Intereating ye ‘The trial of Jonn Orderly Sergeant of Com- Pany H, First United Artillery, indicted as an accessory to thé murder of Ellen Hicks by a party | Qharies Burke: of what was going on of soldters belonging to the same company, sta | mside; I know the other men were inside, ae 8 Moned at Fort Setuyler, was Yesumed xestenay in | Beard my, ether Seren, tits As dh was the Westchester county Court of Oyer and Terminér | there on thé coroner’s inquest; wes ocerermet os u'der; I imagt at White Plains. Three of the party, Fitzgerald, the | the eet Die ay Ae ine pea eee. After the usual routine business of opening the | Principal, Charles Burke ana Canty are now under bnaer cot wae session of the Convention had been disposed of a | sentence of death. Anextra panel of one hundred | Q, pid you say this min- number of new delegates, who had not heretofore | talesmen having been ordered for yesterday morn- | utes), sae one ot Hey cane Burke yan, Teported, sent in thelr credentials and were admitted | ing the jury was completed and the case proceeded | Ming after iyi kn Soha 0. Burke down; I don’t tenses Tipmintae Attorney Jonn 8. Bates them addreased thi Tpesrd| a second shot wits t my ear wien 4 The Convention thereupon proceeded to elect three jonn r) a o trustees of the “Aged and Infirm Clergy Fund,” and | Jurymen, setting forth the theory of the prosecution Pile gi gee yey sane Rinse On SDE Coenen the following gentlemen were chosen:—Cyrus Curtis, | that the prisoner was present when the deceased | my mouth; I didn’t keep & pantie mouse; {sold William Betts and Edward F. De Lancey, was shot and was an accessory before the fact, as by the pint and pint; 1 might have sold the witnesses for the people would testify. The first witness called was Alexander Elliott, residing at Throgg’s Neck, two and a half miles from Fort Schuy- ler, who, being sworn, testified that on the ist of | testimony of August, 1866, his mother, the deceased Ellen Hicks, played ead The special committee on the Bishop’s salary then made a report, to the effec§ that the deficiency in the fund had been madefup by an apportionment among the parishes of the diocese; but that the income from the “Disposable Fund?’ was still in@ufticient to de- liquor li fer coeseinally v the glass, ‘irs. Elliott, m er of ‘fe last witness and sunt and foster mother of the deceased, Elien Hicks, was next called and corroborated the main facts of the Alexander Elliott, Mrs, Elliott dis- deal of emotion when giving her lence, but became somewhat it when iscopate, jousehold; return! CrOSE-C: tion, which was rather fray the expenses of the épi inclading the | and himself composed his h hold; ing | subj to xaminal co n salary; and they recommend the appointment of a | ‘rom New York with Richard Hicks that night he popes Ea Cae cross-examination ny aitable apportionment be- | stopped at @ tavern near his residence and saw | By Mr. McKeon—Q, Did you say to a gentleman committee to make an eqt app nI a atae ae tween the several parishes sufficient to raise the ad- | there John Doran, the prisoner, Michael Martin, | that you p Fi raid’s seal, but ranted too? A. Perhaps FT did, hilar naricee Tequired annually. ‘This reportwras | yonn , Burke and Chas. Burke; witness said, “Boys, | that fou wan ons ace it? Maybe I Glas T wish Mie tT committee rted on the present con. | come and takes drink;” John Burke sald, “You son | his soul well, but his body ought to suffer; he took my lovely comfort away from me; I did not ewear t dition of St, Svephen’s College, at Annandale, that it at the coroner's fnquest that Doran and Cant; ‘was in @ flourishing state, that additional buildings to accommodate twenty-six more students bad beea compieted and that the sum of $3,000 was needed to ay for this addition in full, It was also stated that he academica! year at this college will begin with about gixty students in attendance. The convention then entered upon electing the standing comuitiees for the year. The election was had by ballot with the following result:— Standing e the Diocese—Rev. Drs. Morgan Dix, William E, Eigenbrodt, William F. Morgan. and Isaac H. Tuttle; Hon. juan C. Ver- planck and Messrs. Stephen P, Nash, Floyd Smith and Edward Jones. of-a b——h, who do you cal! boys ?"; 1 said, “I aian't mean to insult you by calling you boys, I am a friend inted’ their 3 at me after Fitzgerald; of a soldier;” he put himself in a fighting attitude; 1 Ma not teatity"on ce trial Ca cuteenion ¢ te said I didn’t wish to fight and asked to be allowed | never spoke to any of the men before ad Doran; raid could bave seen my son to go home; Doran and Martin put their backs to the pa ii, if he bad made it his eines door and would not let me out; John C. Burke struck to do sot don’t know why eens at me three or four times, and I backed | there: Ihave not conversed aker rder since its occurrenee; I have au! sd the ‘sitting’ ' roote; aera all epg mee Crt nonee with them; 1 have sold Mquor nt e room after me, ai expecting by the glass many a time. be killed, I asked them “for God's sake” "at the close of Bliiott’s testimony the court not to kill me, that I bad done nothing; Doran said adjourned until morning. Rev. Dra. Samuel R, | 1 “couldn't go out till Twas licked;” Burke said, | Johnso! wWittiam F, Morgan, Henry E. Montgomery, | “God'd—n you, Tcome from Philadelphia to take tho CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Alired Beach and Cornelius’ E. Swope, and | neart out of you,” calling me an “Orange ore we eadrs. Stephen Cambreieng,, George ©. Collins, Guoree Merritt, James Pott aud Hamilton Bruce. "These committees axe, With three exceptions, the same as last year, ” Mie nop Potter having arrived by this time, Dr. Haight relinquished thechair ta the right reveread gentle who at once proceeded with reading his gonual address, This was a very lengthy, able and Giaborate document.» It ts to be regretted that the arrangements for the representatives of the press were made with so little Knowledge of their wants, b—nh;” I asked him what I had done; he said I had The regular monthly meeting of the Chamber of helped a man named Robinson to beat a man named | Commerce was held yesterday afternoon. Andrew Cummings; - — rushed —— =e A communication from Edward ©. Anderson, oom and. opened the docs, madea rush and | sfayor of Savannah, was received in relation to the aro Be Perr oat oe ehh: Suede ¢ ee obstacies in the harbor of Savannah. The schooner — fp sapere my jo — a PM of the | Margaret was recently wrecked in that harbor; and arnesa off iny horees; Burke Wanted me toaght again | two wrecks in the channel opposite Fort Pulaski! are carriage Sond started to go tome: Laer I re also complained of as interfering with the free pas said, re to the rea: he president's hor, haced tees oe le Fear of the presidente | home, Burke came after me and “Here is the | sage of vessels and the commerce of the port. chair, it was very ditioult for them | etc, | 802 of a b—h3” he struck at me, and I struck back | 7), the Chambe: members what was spoken in the hall, and arrangement | ani Knocked him down; Doran next struck me, I je infiuence of amber with the members of reatly impeded Gheif usefulness, The commitice or ‘arm | Congress was asked, to the end that Mr. Henry 8. el should believe with @ bar of tron, and broke my left and knocked me down; I halloed “murder” and ee te ae ‘Wells’ agreement with the Treasury Department to ily remedied. Bishop Potter opened bis ad- " Specs with a feeling allusion to the proposed separa- etn vate wen care 160 yards {rom my | remove all-obstructions or have his bond foreclosed, oeiners bang the siocete ane ite ry! to overhaul them: a man named | and the amount involved applied to the completion after them Seration into @ separate episcopacy, and, however ‘could not Blakely came me; I got home and got | of river improvements. The paper was referred to ee aeaenren ary mera Parr yeotbedy i ight 3 Richard Hicks and Blakely found Executive Committee. > Fret ead oe long existed between mmmselt and the | One of the one penta t Ran! Aire BY Secretary read the following communication:— the district. He then gave an inter ius ash tee camarrineenin ene cea oneniemie New Youk, Oct. 1 ery; he was the only one 1 knew . W. E. Dor President of Chamber of ( (at request of Mr. McKeon Martin was brought into Menthe tobacco commission merebants of this olty, court); Martin was brought into the room over the ck i ‘ical account of the increase of the Churc! since 1a38. ‘the Bishop then passed over to ing themseives unjustly oppressed and their business serious opinions taking roost within she ; Thad a conversati : fored with oy the decision and ralings of the Commis. Churely aadedeprecated the aeverity of comment | D&ke shop; had a conversation with him: 1 let nim nerfed fe deiton and rings of the ‘seventy. . of Interval and criticism with which certain doctrines, neid | OUbStdlegaleand he ran away; I went into the tated section of the new Revenue law, appeal to your body for house And sent for a physician, onal hi reaentative and to be at variance with the established dogmas of the | spiintered and set my arm; {then went to bed, but | ithe pre Ng orn dae cepa Aged Chureh were treated in some quarters. and coun: | nerore1 got into bed @ reflection or flash of ‘ight | can Peeace ot Ayie eee ae Soda ter erin tothe selied toleration, forbearance, ey. ir came into my room; the moon was shining; | Hon. E. D. Morgan (at his suggestion), in which 1s set forth to love. He was free to admit, however, that there | jt was ghout half past three o’clock in the | 80 inconsiderable extent only the didiculties surrounding us were some things said and done within theChuren fn the honest and ution of our business under this morning; I went to the window and saw which, inthe course of time, may grow in.o moné- | Tye men rushing into the gate and Jonm Doran firse | Proposed change inthe law. Woask that if proper kt may be trosities, like the innovation of ritualisin; butas yet | entered the bakehouse; { saw them present their | noiiy * * mm And cle ULC PORMAR, this hag extended to this country in a very limited degree, He deprecated the attempt made by some of arranging public services in tne Church without regard to and in defiance of the authorities of the Church, and called it uncharitabie to persist in this effort; yet.he hoped, as they are but few, they would be lefi to the diocese where they are. lils favorive princtple was toleration; as there were always two schools in the Church, not only since the Reforma- tion, but from the days of the Aposties—one favoring the more simple, the other a more ornate form of worship. There was a wide margin for both, and both may remain within the pale of the law of e Church, Stili there were some innovations which are so nearly allied to error that they Lene nf censure. The Bishop spoke next of the improvement in the ritual since sixty years ago, and hoped that but few wouid wish to return to the crude form of worship of that time. He next referred to the guns at the baker, and one of them—I Ssked the baker where my sleepin: ko ey cad for the tobacco trade of New York. e baker where m ping room was; I saw them come out of the Dukenoute aa Mr. F. A. CONELING Ppt 3 the reception of the mother met | paper, and said that if the Ohamber entertained it them and asked them what they wi 31 am posi- | every interest im the city aifected by the law would tye it was Doran who said “I want your son, theson | be asking for the interfereace of the Chamber 1@ of a D—h, to shoot him; my mother said, “You have | their beha'f. In conclusion, he said that if the Ohame done pooper you — broken en arm — ee “4 the action requested they would find their went into the ‘house; [went down stairs and th ed HAA RAFAED Eo8. UR ganoner ie kitchen door ant ‘After leasra, Opa: Com: started the upper bolt; #got my shoulder up to the | ang others the A Wan was ovares, Foyer fl I door, and I saw by the way letter was received from Street Commissioner gata ee. LS Goel Pee fg od C4 ote * Mol (already Published in the HegaLp), asking wand oe 8 ‘ana t aw oe ig ie . ine seme ere peed by a Chamber of one arbitra- window outside, with @ gun in his Pena t turned the oe in examination of the books and accounts body | of the Street In order, that the dispute button and let the window down; I w: out through the window and a between that department and tho Citizens’ got over the picket fence next triennial convention about to assemble in this | side this Charles Burke; I then’ fell down 4 be put at rest, a . TOUSBY moved that the communication be re- Ene eae ee tt usiniended’ by some to fm egenen Gcared Burke; he ty about | turned to its author without @ word of reply or com- sak for. revieronteat, em tat, the, Cuuren will be mapped, the guny i, sam aire, from “the | "Sir Gowssswa said he aid not admire the tone of ag et ndir's breadth from its old. foundation and | CAP; the bayonet then fell off bis gun and he pushed | the etter, still, as a me agalust a tree near the fence with the muzzle of | Having the Chamber I mn rae Am Sano ob landmarks, The retirement of Rev. Dr. doo Mc- | the gun; 1 knocked him down and he dropped the Vickar, Emeritus Professor of Revealed Religion in J 7 ‘. Columbia College, from practical duties was then | £U2, and ran away; I plexed up the gun and | Mr. OppyxR thought the tone of the letter was in went then down to alarm Mr. Mound front his house, and I then started for West- chester; near the bi I thonght I saw two of them iter where the the subj of the en- and the subject en. Ming +f regrettingly mentioned, speeemngy bad taste; but in a dowment and aid of the new bo ene oon b of Northern the interests 0 m3 Was BO New York extensively gone into, and the Bisho) 4 he thought the examination should be made. Boma ei thre as apt e'ely antpe | ennai Seat ae |, eye hey ne as mater a eer ternal love will prevail to prevent the Church from fog’ me with nothing but’ my slurs ca, end. swam ie unt Tueniness ferilier the being given over to spiritual desolation. The Tight | across; ‘before 1 ieft the house’ very far, | gtention of the Chamber, after the Aga ~ reverend geutiemnan viunsianding tte lengli was | Sout three hundred yards, “I heard o shot: | which they adj P one , Teverentially and attentively listened to by ail pre- after I got across the creck I listened and heard @ acream and then everything was still; 1 ran to the house of Miss Hawkins and asked theaa to too Lofty hes byl hd the Nine ts would not let me in, muke myself knowa japert bers, Com- to him; { was afraid to give him my name; | ran siete fra 9) oor a pubyey fr vad Mid along the meadows about three-quarters of a mile of, the Naturaliza,, and went to Robert Corley’s house, woke him up and | tion Bureau were crowded yesterday, as usual, with. asked hit to let me in; and I went to ericans btaln. John W. Brown's houses by this time it was quite | Oevee Am Saxtods Yo, ofeain, fhe fal, sank of, NATURALIZATION. seut. After the close of the annual address Rey. Dr. Haight, on ba Coneee! operate Speaceh 3 report on. sepa var 194 Northern New York and the establishment of a Fede- rate Council, in compliance with the following reso- lution passed at the last annual Convention:— Resolved, That the Generaj Convention be requested to en- act a permissive canon, auttbrising a Federate Councli of the | jignt and I Knocked at the door aud gave | United States citizenship. During the month of risbae the liste oft state of New ore, amd that teed | my name; they let me im and gave me a pair of | August and the early part of September the majority tos Iee of five, to be inted by the | Pats and f went to the Tremont police station; there | of those who’ were naturalized in the courts wore ‘were no police there, and I ther of German bi about seven miles to Tremont the way I went, but | © jan birth or belonged to that larze class only about four miles in a direct inert went to a | of our foreign population knowd to the ignorant as lice station at Harlem and told them what Dutch, It now seems that the Hibernian element, which may have peen held back till now by the party com ‘appo! Biabop, to a draft of a memorial to that body on the her with & for such Federate Councti, tn subjee, ogc the principies coutaloed sa thie report, and to report to the next onvention. Resol That this Convention izes the duty restin, onthe citer and more wealthy portions of the diocese to ald hbderaliy {a the endowment the episcopate of the new diocese in Northern New \ ark; and mon enrnealy commends ensure to pat an conti! ese G ieee The contained the for the Federate ynat ‘ait roe tees ‘ind fay Mag found my cousin of hardy looking Irishmen yesterday, and all the 0's Council and was accompanied by the memoria! pro- of Ireland were represented on the books of the Bu- vided for in the resolution and was made the special Mr. MoKeon erpecean, tote answer, and raised | reau. The exuberant humor of these men, to many vening Keasi the point that the indictment was fatally defective in AS, treasarer then made his report on the finances, not ceuing forth of iss Hicks, | Of Whom the struggle with poverty would seem to be the time of the death * which was referred to a committee forrevision. The 80 irrepressible conflict, broke out whenever tho Cel- committee subsequently reported it to be correct— that rained on hand as balance, that ‘Was stated to have been only $511. ‘was guificiently exp alnost instan- | mark. was that of the Society for Pro- | tancous death. 1 excepted t6 the ruling. “arrah | look there,” said a led “far motivg Hell gd Lonraiug, and gave a very leer Witness resumed—I know farther in refer- | downer’’ to a comrade, while wi in the court to account of its activity during the year. Ithadcon- | ence to the manner of her death, of my own knowl | be called up for examination. “I wouldn't give tributed over §1! 060 to the General Theologi edge; I could not say who shot her; were ail | three dhraws of a dhudeen ior that fella’s chances.” seminary, over 500 0 Bt. Stephen's College, and ‘arrested at the Sort tie day of the mapder}, the t “Who ts it, avio?” ite ex) on the whole had been $21,190, of which | took from Burke I lost in the sedge on “That man at the desk with his mouth open. $1,096 was used for candidates for the | the creek; I gave directions to Hi to be sure. uk he’s going to ate mi + AS @n incident of the usefulness of the | about that afterwards; Ly Peay wee him - Society it was mentioned that a Romish priest $ stretched on the floor in the room of SArreb, . whist, you omadhaun |’ rejoined the to Join the Episcopal ministry and en when I Rema; I wee pet there Weep e other; "$ you see the ould man at the table is months of on sired by canons of the | was up; John Doran was oe ti *m the Litany, an’ he’s afeard that they pl age ate {OF ais Ha | Sosecexamined by Mz. McKeon thorn in the howe Leck atthe head of ee me tt oom- Me orth of I @ number wi ted for snd Me Be Te SuidmuOre, aubtay Nest aie opwsai ihe Distrioe sail tad | andoemseqnentty contd net be ‘The nate. Tas, we rparten ona | aie yan tnd teh dolatst T ala not plead guity ct | und ery mung of the Hon, J. V. me; I was dollars; not tity very many ‘of the Fund the offence to the Iwas al wes pay rmy pek ep etatute. amount of the fand to 1,400. oe Mad SiG, B88, mised ‘he clause an allen to reside for one he pte Pe Sea Ct the 1 two or three in the State in which he his 1 ry a balance and could not tell how 1 | tion citizen a x Of the disbursements $16,600 were on ve had 4 &re numerous; I don’t | fore he can in bis certinoate of i) laverimentacn bend tad mortgage, BAN OOS ta nee hie Con achante mapuit ny juently oud a great many of the rejec- Heese et aca enen | soko pnteed tae al scene t is | promt ushers mnt ot ; ave amounts’ now to $36,303, of phy of mo common team; t don't | breacemnea the The and bib ana oc ang iy aa animated om then aprang up as to the en- N Sopest ct fhe Propoecs Ce MpeENy wet, Woaney ‘Hon. J. ¥, L. Prayn took park, and dur i eo Yaauocks trae petots onurcte 10900 preamble and resolutions passed .