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NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS. adh WAITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—CRIMINAL BRANCH. Alleged Case of Murder on the High Seas. Before Judge Benedict. Phe United States vs. John K. Lambert.—The de- Mendant in this case is charged with having, on the ‘igh seas, on board the brigantine 8. Strout, on the 2a Dece: last, assault and killa seaman en board tue maid vessel named Henry Parker. The @ase was set down for trial yesterday morning, but motion of counsel it was postponed till Friday zt, UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER'S COURT. ‘The McHenry Case. Before Commissioner Osborn. mio hinines ary my case was set ae rR yestel mol con: uence of ie de- ‘of Assistant Marshal Thombecm, the proceed- of the court were ordered to stand over for the a! and the case was further adjourned till Friday SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Motion to Dissolve an Injunction. Before Judge Ingraham. B ©. Wooster vs, King ana Others.—An injunction had been granted to restrain the defendants from selling and manufacturing a box in the shape of & Book, with certain devises, containing articles of ‘Fadies’ dreas, called ‘‘coquelle fluting,” and a motion having been made to dissolve it, the case was argued ‘as to what constitutes a trade mark and entitled to the protection of the law. The articles were pro- in court and numerous affidavits were put in. ‘The Court reserved its decision. Edwin James for Pialntifr; E. Law for defendant, SUPREME COURT—CIRCUIT—PART lL. ‘The Ex-Rebel Mahone With n $2,500 Vere dict Against Him, Before Judge Barnard. Garrison vs. Mahone.—In this case, reported in yesterday’s HeRaLp, the jury rendered a verdict Sor plaintiff in the sum of $2,500, The action, it will be remembered, was brought for the re- @overy of damages for the alleged illegal detention, for the perioa of twenty-one days, yy the defendant the steamer George Leary at Norfolk, Va., in August, 1806, SUPREME COURT—PART Il. Important to Real Estate Brokers. Before Judge Cardozo. Wiliam MeConnell and John A. Liscott vs. John #Pvne.—The plaintifs bring action to recover the ‘amount of their commission, $240, claimed under fhe following circumstayces:—The plaintiffs were employed by the defendant to finda $wo houses, Nos. 231 and 233 East Thirty-nfth street, atthe sum of $25,000. They produced a purchaser who agreed to pay ae which the defendant agreed to take, about fifty per cent to be paidin cash, and the balance to remain ona mortgage. No time was fixed when the money should be ea, nor when fhe deed was tobe delivered, or the mo! ex- ited, nor was there any e fixed when the yr Was to be paid. The defendant afterward to complete the transaction, and the claimed theircommission. The defendant ted that the contract was not complete, definite ‘and certain, and that until the terms were fully ‘and with certainty upon, the plaintiffs were ‘ShaStonsuited ihe platutite. Joseph: Fotsoten for pial . Joseph Fettretch for tufts; Ira Shafer for defendant. COURT OF OVER AND TERMINER. ®entence of Nicholson, Charged With the Murder of His Wife. Before Judge Barnard. Yesterday, before this court, Patrick Nieholson ‘Was arraigned for sentence on a plea of guilty of murder in the‘second degree. The prisoner, it will be remembered, shot and instantly killed his wife ‘Feresa in tue hall-way of her residence, in James street, about two months ago. The prisoner had, it ged been in the habit of ill-treating his wife and lefthim, She then obtained employment in an east side concert saloon, and while there became intimate with one of the patrons of the estab- ment. Nicholson endeavored to induce her to ve her newly formed acquaintance and return to » but she declined doing ao, aud on the night in n, about twelve o'clock, he accompanied her from saloon, Ina Hani at of ces & snaet, 5 iy expostulating with at door, The brisoner threw himself upon the mercy of the Court, but was sentenced to imprisonment or life at ‘Ming Sing, the extreme limit of the penalty. Sentence of a Negro for Manslaughter. Thomas John: & negro, was sentenced to im- Beal uate Reiley ageae te e assauited and beat a colored woman in ireng street named Ellen May, and she shortly af- terwards died. It was shown, however, that she Was at the time suffering from a malady which ‘would have spesdlg terminated fatally and that the gseault was not sufficient to have caused death. CITY INTELLIGENCE, ‘Tae WeaTaer YesTerday.—The following record Will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, as indicated by the ther- mometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, 213 Broadway, i Buliding:— Average temperature........ Average temperature Thursday. Music IN THE ParK.—The Park Commissioners an- mounce that, if the weather be fine, there will be Bro on the Mall at the Park to-day, commencing three o’clock P. SuppEN Dearu.—Yesterday morning Susanna Baker, a colored woman, died suddenly at her fesidence in Third avenue, near 120th street. Coro- a Rolling was notified to hold an inquest on the ly. FaTauty KIcKeD BY A Honse.—Coroner Keenan ‘was yesterday notified to hold an inquest at No. 311 Monroe street on the body of Owen Feeny, a youth of eighteen Fay whose death, tt is alleged, was being caused b; kicked by @ horse in Rose strect three or four days ago. Boat Rack ON HakLEM River.—A boat race be- tween Wm. Hays and F, Dorr, of five miles, for a purse of fifty dollars, took place yesterday on Harlem river. The race was won by Hays. During the race &small boat was run down by a steam tug. The oc- ‘cupants jumped overboard and were rescued by one of the HERALD steam yachts. Row AMONG WorKMEN.—Yesterday noon & num- ber of men, who had been discharged from work on the Empire Skating Rink, on Third avenue, near Stxty-third street, made an assault on some of the workmen who were retained, Two men named Wil- liam Wadsworth and Matthew Fiannigan were — hurt, their faces having been severely cut am bruised, OMcer Hamilton, of the Nineteenth pre- inct police, arrested two men named Peter Gordon fand Patrick Colemer, the ringieaders in the aasauit, and who hurt Wadsworth and Flannigan, They ‘were locked up for examination. AN Exrrtss SWINDLB.—Yesterday morning a young man, about twenty-eight years of age, five feet ten inches high, with sandy mustache and whiskers, dressed in a suit of black clothes, called the house of Abraham W, Platt, ox 120th street, n Fourth avenue, and presented to Mrs, Platt a pack- ‘and a Dill, purporting to be from the Boies Express Company, for $8. The money was oo penne the package she @ note payal Platt, on the Park National Bank, for $1,100, and signed James E. Wal- cot, Inthe was @ letter, saying that the note was ‘an old debt that Mr, Platt never expected to get. New YoRK PRON ASSOCTATION.—The Executive Committee of the New York Prison Association held their monthly meeting on Thursday night, Bx- Governor Harrie, ex-Governor Foot and Samuel Allison, of New Jorsey, who have been appointed by the lature of that State as commissioners ‘to visit the prisons of New Jersey and aiso those of other States, and report such s1 etions and mea- gures bearing on disciple aa may, in their Judgment, seem proper for a good system ot “prison man nt," were present. Sg Just visited the prisons of New Jersey, onsylvania and husetts, and gave an account of their man- ment, A discussion ensued in relation to the tal, moral and social effects of the se} fatems carried out in the Eastern Penitentiary of nnsyivania; the advantages and disadvan of contract system of labor; the necessity of intro- ducing reformatory infiuence tn prison man ent as aneffective means of reducing crime; of the de- sirability of abolishing cruel and annecessary pun- ishment; of the wrong of pies | boys, pers and criminals to work ther, as is done, at Deer Island 1m Massachusetts, and of the need of separate pout tentiaries for male and female convicts. The Com- Missionera have in the inspection of our State institutions by visiting Blackweli’s Island, the Inebri- ato Asyinm, and the Child’s Institute. They went to Sing Sing yesterday. ——— ee POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ALLROED GRAND Lanceny.—OMicers Black and Sauda appeared before Justice Ledwith, at the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday, and ac- NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. Wallace mito the stable of Mr. ; 3 E nosy individual named Michael McAnnarey, whom he ordered to go home. Instead of paying any atten- tion to the officer's orders, Michael made more noise, when the former attempted to arrest him, but Michael was too nimble, and ran up the avenue, entering an fliey way leading to & number of stab! when he suddenly tarned upon the officer, who had followed bun, and presented to his heart a loaded revolver, threatening if he advanced another step “to blow out his brains or let daylight through him.” Before the omMicer could take hold of bim he again turned and ran into one of the stables in the alley way, when, after calling for help (the call being responded to by officer Cassie, also of the Be my precinet, they entered the stable and, obtaining a light, commenced to search for Michael, He was finally found half concealed under a lai pileofhay. As officer Cassie approached him again snapped the hammer of the pistol, at the same time threatening to shoot him. The officers then re- tired, and remaining very quietly outside the stable waited until Michael came down, when he was col- Tared by them and taken to the station house. Yes- terday mornii he was arraigned before Justice Ledwith at the Jefferson Market Police Court, when he held Michael, who in answer to the charge pleaded that he was laboring under the belief that the officer was the leader of a gang of loafers in that vicinity, some of the members of which have beaten him two or three times, and he desired to pro- tect himself. Justice Ledwith attached but little weight to this explanation, and committed the ac- cused to answer the charge at the Court of General Sessions in default of $1, NATURALIZATION. ‘The naturalization mills which have been running for some weeks with great regularity in the Supreme, Common Pleas and Superior Courts are now ata standstill. Atalate hour last night a little grist ‘was ground between the stones in Judge McCunn’s court, but throughout the day the magnitude of the work was not to be compared with many antecedent sessions, In the Common Pleas up till noon, when the court closed its labors for the day, but fifteen ap- licants were admitted to citizenship, and in the juperior Court, Judge McCunn, about two hundred ag ed for papers and none were refused. In the Supreme Court, Judge Barnard, in the daytime no examinations were made, ‘The Court, however, sat at night, but with hardly a compensating result, It is roughly estimated, for it is Impossible at the resent time ak with precision, that between 5,000 and 30,000 citizens have been added to the voting population within the past six weeks, of ‘Whom not less than eighty-five per cent will cast their ballots for democratic State electors of Prest- dent and Vice President, thus adding fully twenty thousand to the democratic majority of the county— possibly more. Without this additional vote the majority in the county over the republicans of the Tammany party was fully 50,000. Ii the democracy next month can cross the Harlem bridge with a preponderance in their favor of 70,000, there is, on the gubernatorial question, little doubt as to the result, The process of naturalization has been conducted with considerable fairness this year. There has been comparatively littie swindling. The examina- tions, in the press of business, have notalways been as rigid, perhaps, ag they ought to have been; yet, edging: m appearances, candidates for admission 0 the honors of citizenship seemed prepared to ac- cept of the most comprehensive questioning as to residence and morality. ‘The oath of naturalization has on many occasions pa materially cut short, as the annexed will show:— A frowsy Irishman, accompanied by acouple of Dutchmen as sponsors, appear before Judge McCunn and ask to be admitted to citizenship. “How ee have you been in the country?’ de- manded his Honor. “Nine year, an’ a little over, yer Honor.'’ “How old are you?’” “Twinty-61x, surrf"” “Very well,” continued the Judge, turning to the sors, “do you know this man to be moral, and he has resided, tc. t”” “Yaw, Shudge; I knows der mons. Der name is O'Drigger, und he alvay trink his visky sdraight,” responded Hans, “Come this way,’ cries a clerk, and Bymoter O'Dri; +” escorted by his German friends, wit! whom he cordially fraternizes, approaches a desk. “Hold up your hand,’ continues the clerk, and “Timothy” in wonder, or stupefled by the peremp- tory manner of the int tor, who has a — deal of business on hand, takea the oath of allegi- ance, administered as follows:—You swear to swp- rt the constitution of the United States and take his paper to room eleven, City Hall—over the way, there—and have it recorded. “Faith an’ I will’ ia the response, and Timothy leaves the presence in a hurry, a full blown citizen, to have the stamp affixed to his paper and the rd certified. , With his friends, reco! . Five minutes later and Timothy, is “sthaniiin’ his first thrate” as a ‘“fellow-citizen,"’ and an hour subsequent is shouting for “Saymoor an’ Blair an’ Misther John Haffmann, as dacent a candidate for office a3 iver kim from the ould coun- try itself, aven if he be @ Dootchman, be jabers! pyre mind that, now, an’ it’s Timothy O’Trigger ses jt! YACHTING. The Atlantic Yacht Club—The Champion Pen- nant for Sloops—The Race Between the Gracie and Sadie Abandoned. Favored by the elements in the most essential point, a finer opportunity for a sterling yacht race bas not occurred this season than that presented yesterday, and it is therefore much to be regretted that the race between the Gracie (champion) and Sadie for the club pennant for sloops did not take place as agreed upon and eonounced, It will be re- membered that the grand final regatta for the cham- pion pennants of the Atlantic Yacht Club was set down for Monday last. On that occasion the Mystic and Lois (schooners) contended, and it was also ex- pected that the Gracie, Sadie, Addie V. and Corning (sloops) would also compete, but the Corning being absent and tho Sadie detained in a storm on her way from Bristol the sloop race was postponed till a fatore day. The Sadie arrived at Gowanus Bay on Tuesday, and the competion resting really between the Gracie and Sadie it was agreed that those sloops should try their merits yesterday, it being evidently the intention of the Sadie to wrest the pennant from her opponent. The race, according to the arrangements, was to take place at nine o'clock, and from all appearances @ most exciting contest was in the prospective. Both sloops lay at anchor outside the bay, about a handred yards t, and preliminaries having been factorily ‘adjusted the competitors anxiously awaited tho start. Mr. Hereshoif, of the Sadie, super- intended ali the preparatory arrangements of his own yacht and did not fail to take all the necessary recautions for the contest. A splendid nor'wester Blow vigorously, and it was justly anticipated that the utmost capacities of the yachts would be brought to the test, Indeed, it was doubtful whether a double reef would not be resorted to, for the wind whiatled omtnously and the yachts tugged at their anchors in @ most restiess manner. At ten o'clock all was readiness, and nothing delayed the start but the absence of Mr. W. Voorhis, of the Gracie. An hour passed, but, as he did not come, it was thought that he had been detained by some unforeseen circumstances. Towards tweive o'clock, however, it was ascertained that Mr. Voorhis in- formed one of his crew that if he did not come on board the Gracie before eleven o'clock he need not be expected, The sailing, master of the Gracie, hay- ing no authority to sail the race in Mr. Voorhis’ absence, declined to enter {nto any competition, not. withstanding the importunities of Mr. Hereshoff, and as Mr. Voorhis did not appear the contest was aban- doned, The Gracie, therefore, still holds the pen- nant. About ge one o'clock the Sadie spread all her canvas and left for Bristol, evidently not in the best of humor. The sloop Nymbus, Rear Commodore Peet, will ear her anchorage at Gowanus” Bay to-day for ristol, Exciting Regatta on the East River= Race Between the Comet and Skip Sack=The Latter Wins by One Minute. A hotly contested boat race took place on the East riveron Thursday between the gallant littie Comet, of Jersey City, and the Skip Jack, of Eaat river, The performances of one of the competitors ‘were well known to those who witnessed the con- test, and from all appearances considerable interest was manifested in tho result. The stakes to be sailed for were $100 a side, and previous to the start some friendly bets were made, mostiy in favor of tho Comet. ie course lay from Ninety-eighth street, East river, to and around Throg’s Neck and return, being a distance of about twenty miles. There was no allowance made. je contestants appeared at the starting point as = i Ononer. 18 5 T. Ketchum, lt ll A. Gibson. & capital start both boats shot ahead in style, the Comet in advance. Hitherto the win been pretty fresh, but a lull setting in the competi- tors proceeded slowly, the Comet, so far, tan the best of it. That littie craft gradually incre: her Speed, and but faint hopes were entertained for the success of her adversary. The Comet turned the buoy two minutes in adyance of the Skip Jack, On the homestretch, however, the wind fortunately be- gan to freshen, and the prospect of an exciting race was eagerly anticipated, and with good reason, for the hitherto fappl.g sails now began to fil and the contestants raplily rushed along in a style that spoke voluines for (he capacities of both. The Skip Jack erent np alo Iropercepilbly, and after an in- tereatiny and exci rave shot past the Comet and won only by @ mui ‘and Michael | THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. ‘The Fifteenth Day—The Bishops Snubbed— The Federate Councils Adopted—The Pro- vinclal System Smashed—A Standard Bible Union Matters Disposed of. ‘The fifteenth day of the session of this Convention began yesterday morning at the usual place with prayers, the Rev. Messrs, Hanckel, of South Carolina, and Crane, of Mississippi, oMciating, and Bishop Kemper, of Wisconsin, pronounced the benediction. The minutes of Thursday's proceedings were read and approved, PINAL ADJOURNMENT. Mr. Cornwall, of Kentucky, moved that the @on- vention adjourn sine die on Tucaday next. It was agreed to on the part of the House, subject to the concurrence of the House of Bishops. ‘THE BISHOPS SUBBED. The Committee on Canons, through the Rev. Dr. Haight, reported adversely to the resolution of the bishops abolishing that provision of the constitution Making it obligatory on the Upper House to send their’ nonconcurrence with reasons in writing within three days to the House of Deputies, thus enabling the bishops to pocket any disagreeable legislation of the clergy and laity without saying asmuchas “by your leave.” The report was adopted by the House and also a similar one against a resolution of the bishops allowing them to transact certain business by correspondence without personal meeting, REPUBLIVATION OF RARLY JOURNALS, The special committee on the republication of the early journals of the Church made a report in favor of such publication and the purchase of the stereo- type pl without incurring an; Toxthiar penuniee Hability by the Convention, which report and the eos long appended to it were adopted by the use, CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY. The Registrar of the Convention asked instruc- tions as to the performance of his duties under the late resolution of the Convention in regard to the plates of the Standard Prayer Book, and which aj points Rev. Dr. Haight as custodian, and also a joint commission, with power of control over the archives, The matter was appropriately referred for investi tion, as the remarks of the Registrar, the Rev. Dr. Hubbard, led to the belief that there was some dis- crepancy in the late action of the Convention com- fg with the established rules of the Church; in fact, that a conflict of authority would arise be- tween the neqwirar on the one side and this joint committee and custodian on the other. THE BOARD OP MISSIONS. Rev. Dr. Littlejohn, on behalf of the stand- ing committee on Foreign and Domestic Mis- sions reported a chai in the constitution of the Board of Missions, to the effect that to the Board shall be entrusted “the consideration of the prac- tical work of the Church.” The amendment was adopted, CLERICAL SUPPORT. Dr. George C. Shattuck, of Massachusetts, obtained the floor to make a report from the special commit tee on clerical support. The report consisted of a- series of resolutions, a3 follows:— Resolved, That in the opinion of this House it is a solemn and urgent duty of each and all of the lay members of the urch to make systematic and constant etforts for the betier tenance of the clergy and of tneir families, ved, That this House approves of and recommends the establishment of incorporated societies for the reilef of widows and orphans of deceased clergymen, as weil as of those clergymen who are disabled by age or Infirmity, and that in this or some other way each parish should be making provision for its own clergy. Resolve t the lay members of this House recommend that after due notice a collection be made annually during the season of Advent, Christmas or Epiphany anc that one-half of the sum thus gathered al ated by the wardens and vestry in some way tow: ter maintenance of the clergy of the parish or diocese, f shall be sent to the Treasurer of the Board of the other hal! Domeuiip Missions, to be by them distributed amoug the clergy of t thorn missiohary do cence. Resolved, That the committee be directed to confer with the bishops and clergy of this city and vicinity and to ask that moaaures be taken so that the atiention of the people be called to the physical and spiritual destitution in the Southern dio- ceses on Sunday next, and that collections be Resolved, That the'House of Bishops be respectfully re- guested to present prominentiy, in & pastoral letter, the suifer- fng and wants of tho clergy of this Church in maty portions our country and of the vital necessity of prompt aud efficient relief. Resolved, That a committee of one from each of the dioceses bé appointed by the President, and it shall be th duty ofeach oneto call the aitention of the brethren in diocese to this important matter and to the measures recom- mended by this House. These resolutions were adopted after making some slight verbal alterations, the most interesting of which was, that in the fourth resolution the words “Southern dioceses” were changed to “suffering dioceses.” FEDERATE COUNCILS—AN INTERESTING DERATE. Rey. Dr. Hare moved to rescind the resolution mak- ing the broeat system and federate councils the special order for this day, because the canons to be debated had not yet been printed. Much con- versation followed, in which it was insisted on that it was due to the Committee on Canons that the sub- ject of federate councils should be first and inde- pendently considered and come up fairly and aquarely before the House. The system of ‘‘log roll- — of crowding fn impractical and theoretical thing with a practical thing, should not be tolerated in this ecclesiastical legislature. To cut off any fur- ther waste of time Rev. Dr. Haight moved to take up the canon on federate councils at once, which was carried. The action of the committee was based a = following memorial from the diocese of New ‘ork:— The memorial of the bishop, clergy and iaity of the diocese of New York, in convention assembled in the city of New York, on this second day of October, in the year of our Lord’ one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, to the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, respectfully showeth :— ‘That your memorialista having in the Convention of 1857 resolved that two new dioceses should be erected within the limits of the present diocese of New York, did also adopt, with great unanimity, a resolution requeating th al vention to enact a permissive canon authorizing council of the dioceses now extsti within the State, That your mi vention in session at this time, agai and bavo agreed upon a plan for the organization and estab: lishment of such a federate counctl, a copy of which {s here- unto apnezed. That your memorialists deem the organization and establishment of such federate council to be called for by such considerations of very high expediency, and to to the full development of the re- sources of the Church in the State of New York, ‘on of the great work wherewith by her Lord and to the preservation of jer inherent rights and privileges in her relations with the State, as is more fully set forth in soctton three of the report of the Committee of fifteen on the Division of the Dfocese presented to the Convention of 1867, a copy of which is herennto anneved. That your memorialists, therefore, y that the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Vhurch fa the United States of America will, at {ta session to be held on the 7th of this prosent month, enact a canon in the words following, or one of the noral tenor :— CANON AUTHORUING THR FORMATION OF A TRDERATE ‘eby declared lawful for the dioce or hereafter to exist, within the limits of any State or Com: monwealth {o establish for themselves a federate conven- tion or counct!, representing such dioceses, whi berate and decide upon the common interedta of within that Stace, exercise any delegated por consistent with the conatitntion and canous of this Church. Memorials looking to the same legislation had been presented in the oe rt of the seaston, from Maryland, from Texas an im several other dio- ceses, and In"obedience to a request, which seemed so general in the Church, the Committee reported this canon, with sight alterations and addition of two provisos—one tliat no determinated action shail be had until the powers proposed to be conferred on these councils shall have been approved by the General Convention, and that nothing in the canon shall be construed to prevent the federate councils in the interval between this and the next Conven- tion to secure all necessary measures of legisla from the clyil authorities, 3 FROM THE HOUSE OF BIsTOrS. f the House was for the time inter- rupted by the reception and reading of several mes- sages from the Upper House—the first recommending that the Joint Committee on Religious Reform in Italy be continued, with the addition of three lay- men, and that the committee on the part of the House of Bishops be the Bishops of Maryland and Pennsyivania aud the Assistant Bishop of Ohio. Resolved, That the committee have power to all vacancies, The second message concurred in the resolution amending section three, canon nine, title two 80 aa to read “the presiding bishop,”’ instead of ‘‘the pre- siding bishop of this Church." The following resolution was also received from the bishops:— Resolved, That the last clause of section one of ttle one, beginning with the words “Provided the same is hereby reponied, ‘(See canon ten.) THE DERATE ON FEDERATE COUNCILS. Rev. Dr. Howe proceeded to state the views of the Committee on Canons on the questions before the House. The proposed change is experimental, a launch out in a new direction, somewhat in the direction of the provincial system. Rev. Dr. Haight referred to tho fact that this mat- ter comes up on motion of three dioceses, contain- ing probably one-fifth of the souls of the Church, itis no paper, scheme, no lucubration of some re- clase student, but it is the proposition of a practical measure needed for the Prosperity and the wants of the Church. The canon proposed by the committee he believed to be acceptable to the five dioceses soon to be established in the State of New York. They will hold @ primary councti, adopt a constitution and report to the next Convention. Our relations with the State are im) it intricate, We hold our property under acts of incorporation, changeable at the will of the Legisiature. And who knows what the Legislature may do? The tone of morality and rectitude at the seat of government is lowering from year to year. No ecclesiastical court can pi if the civil courts interfere, and in one case there were ten injunctions issued by the Supreme Court. All these things should be care- fully watched by united activity in federate counciis, The speaker also referred to Christian edu. cation, how rength of the Church is frittered away {n tsolated movements, whilo united action bom e much to combine all the powers of the wren. Rev. Dr. Muichahey, of Massachusetts, spoke of the action and long debate oe this question at the last Convention and objected to the proposed canon as too indefinite and uncertain. The pian of feder- ate conventions, a term entirely unchurchiy, has been tried in the East and failed. Mr. Samuel B, Ruggles then declared himself unconditionally in favor of the canon proposed, Inthe New York dio- cesan Convention the canon under consideration Intended to confer at once all legisiative power to the federate councl!, which was strongly opposed, and the legisiative clause was withdrawn and all opposition ceased, The canon now before the House is conservative in its natare and maintains the sov- ere'gn power of the General Convention. dudge MeOrady, of South Carolina, believed there is aa important question behind ail Wis, Has the Convention eusmoeitg wmter the constitution to pass Us the constitution gives the be After the canon was 2 Tread Rev. Dr, Hare, of Pe 1a, UI ‘that the p does not lower the di or inde- pendence di nor to tive any legislat pores to the federate council without first submit- Rag she extent of these powers to the General Con- Rev. Dr. Mahan, of Maryland, hoped that more thorot consideration would be given to this !m- rtant matter. It came up sy in a pecu- tions on this subject adopted by the diocese of Mary. opt of a land, and the memorial of that diocese tothe General Convention for such amendments to the constitu- Sen = acne of the ea if euch be ecessary. committee, having reported @ canon only, ay by inference that there is nothing in the e tution in the way of this procedure. The speaker looked at the proposal as the beginning from which the provincial bond will eventually grow up, ‘The Church in the United States 1s only @ province of Soatcnr asain face eee system of 01 lon <0 grow. As dioceses become overgrown we allow of their division, and as the whole province has overgrown we should divide into a cluster of provinces, while the paramount authority of the General Convention is to be preserved as heretofore, and will be not only & matter of convenience, but of necessity, to divide into provinces, He cared not what they may call it, the provincial, federative or confederative system, Ravea name, The hour {of reooes closed Br, Mae our for clo: rr. Mae han’s speech, Afternoon Session. Rev. Dr. Perry, of Connecticut, Secretary of the Convention, was confirmed as Historiographer of the Church, in place of Rev. Dr. Hawks, deceased. Thanks were voted to Dr. Perry for hia zeal in col- lecting documentary annals of the American Co- Jonial Church, and on motion of Rey. Mr, Charles Breck, of Delaware, their speedy publication was ordered. FEDERATE COUNCILS AND PROVINCIAL SYSTEM, Rey, Dr. Richard 8, Mason obtained the floor and after a short introduction spoke of the dissimilarity of the Church constitution and the political constitu. tion of the country, while the first was ® dissemination into parts of # unit, the other was the formation of @ unit from several in- tegral and independant parts. He gave the origin of church government, the division into diocesan episcopacies, according to the provinces of the Roman empire, and the proposed division into pro- vinces in this country according to the political and geographical division of the land, would follow that example, and itis but proper that we should the more we can return to the original form of the Catholics. Not sas est ab hoste doceri, for they are not enemies but friends of the great Christian cause, hence optimum est doceri ad amico. He referred to the organization of the Methodists, the Presbyterians and they should either have some such concentra- tion or else they will run into enlarged Congregationalism. There cannot be an independent diocese, as little as the hand can be independent of the body. There is not much difference in the names proposed; the Latin Council stands for the Greek Synod, and our word convention is very much the same. He hoped that the system proposed, or something like it will be adopted. Mr. Tazewell Taylor, of Virginia, belteves that the inquiry of the gentleman from South Carolina should be answered, as he himself had doubts about the subject. It is proposed to establish an intermediate body between the dioceses and the General Conven- tion; this affects the organism of the Church; it ts organic, and ought to be in the constitution and not in the canons, Rey. Dr. Haight, of New York, stated, in answer, that there is nothing in the constitution and canons | Dye the unton of the dioceses of New York for combined action; but these dioceses will not act, out of a fecling of loyalty to the Church and the Convention without asking for i missive canon. We were exposed to troubles and diMcuities without precedent, our bishop struck down by judicial sentence, and yet the dio- cese bore the evils meekly, but went before the General Convention of 1847 and asked for rellef, which was not granted. The diocese waited and asked for relief again in 1850, and though it was not. granted in the way it was asked she submitted. And now the diocese will do nothing except with the sanction of this Convention. Rev. Dr. Adams, of Wisconsin, commenced with @ humorous preface, eliciting hearty laughter, and then continued by asserting that the provision for federative councils was already sanctioned by the constitution to 1838, but was then amended “by a side wind,” and by that side wind the Convention of that year eliminated from thé constitution the idea which New York wants now again introduced. As the reverend doctor was arguing that the amendment made the diocese and not the State the unit in the Chureh—the hammer fell and the chair announced to him “Time 1s up.’ Dr. pa Rn oor Berga too bad, Mr. Prest- dent,” and he wished for leave to continue his re- marks, but received tt not. Rev. Dr. Mead, of Connecticut, then spoke in favor of the canon Lins! perf regretting that the true na- ture of the question had not yet mm touched in the debate. The diocese of New York like a dutiful child, though outgrown and past its majority, comes and asks the consent of the Church to do what they would have @ legal right to do; the Convention shonid consider this and grant what New York aska with filiai piety; but If they believed that there is a cat under the meal tub then vote against it. Dr. Mahan regretted this declaration, for if New York alone is concerned the House is placed in a most awkward position. Judge Wm. H. Battle, of North Carolina, argued at length against the constitutionality of the proposed canon, and also from general principles and its pro- spective effects, hinting at the fact that the more es States in the North, which will be subdi- vided into several dioceses, will gain such preponde- rance that the Southern States will be continually outvoted and the North carry everytaing their own way. Rev. Dr. Dewolf Howe, of Pennsylvania, believed there can be no denial of the fact that the combina- tion and conferences of dioceses for the carrying of measures in the General Convention cannot be pre- vented. Governor Stevenson, of Kentucky, said that no diocese on the floor would yield so much to New York as Kentucky, and if it was a mere question of assent to the exercise by dioceses in a State of ac- knowleged right, why not do it by resolution instead of acanon? Dr. Howe said it should be tn a con- spicnous piace as a canon—a permanent canon ; as resolution !t would be out of sige among the voluminous proceedings. Governor Stevenson thought it unworthy that the place in the volume of the proceedings should determine the action ol the House, Toa resolution there would hardly be a dissenting voice. Aa canon it changes the organ- ism of the Church—it is the enactment of a law whieh may be nsed against us hereafter. It would be creating an intermediate legisiative body between the dioceses and the General Convention. He was ainst the canon, but would vote for a resolution ving assent to New York to untte ina federate council. He strives for the unity, conservatism and rpetuity of the Church that he pleads and against he introduction of such changes, the evil and de- structive results of which no man can foresee to their full extent. Rey. Dr. Rogers, of Texas, favored the canon, for it is especially applicable to the State of Texas, which, for the better efficiency of the work of the Church, will have to be divided into several diocei and they should have some central management anc ction by which she can reach out and grasp the borders, The Church is growing into the provincial system, and this canon, a3 an initial step, he and his colleagues are strongly in favor of. Rev. Dr. Pierce, of Alabama, said that if the dio- ceases of New York have the power to combine they have the right to define the legisiative powers of the fake noting today ‘bout ft hnfoas tia tanon be ils Ganon be passed as 2 limitation to the exercise of this power. After Mr. Richard Brinley Fogg, of Tonnessee, had strongly advocated the passage of the canon, Rev, D. Goodwin, of Pennsylvanta, obtained the Noor, A delegate suggested that the Doctor hi o on the suvject, This riled the Doctor and hn that he was wililng to leave the house and r seat. He proceeded, however, and made a strong argument in favor of passing the canon as the wisest and nitimately the most profitable mode of proceeding. Mr. of Indiana, was opposed to the canon ha it stood originally, but with the alterations as re- ported by the committee, ail the strength is taken out of it and he would vote for it. Rev. Dr, Thomas M. Martin, of Indiana, moved the following a8 a substitute for the canon under consideration:— TITLE 1, CANON — Authorizing the Formation Of @ Federate Convention or Council of the Dioceses Within any State. It ia hereby declared lawful for the dioceses now existing, or hereafter to exist, within the limite of any State or Com: monweaith to establish for themselves a Federate Convention nine!l, representing auch dioceses which may deliberate ide upon the common Interests of the Church, with. mite aforesaid, and enact any laws not inconsistent wit eo constitution and canons of eneral Conven- tion and the Book of Common Prayer. original see, with the consent of @ majorii Of the sald diocese, shail call the primary tion. This motion created a flurry, and as the Rey, Dr. Haight said, this substitute put them all afloat. Aa @ test to ascertain the sense of the House several motions were made to table, when, at the solicita- tion of many members and at repeated requests b: the Chair, the substitute was withdrawn, to the evi- dent satifaction of a number of delegates, who were already proparing for “a ght to the knife and the knife to the hilt’ agatnst this substitute, and a num- foie a dana i use grand debate; irawal of the substitute spoiled the fun, The Rev. Dr. Manney, of Mic! and Governor Fish had some conversation about the matter, when the whole house were again throwa into consternation as Rey. Dr. Mills, of Ramnerarerss, re. newed the motion to substitute; but he also nad in- suiMicient backbone and withdrew it in when the vote was taken, and the canon by a large majority, to the evident satisfaction of the house of having at last got rid of so troublesome a subject. THE PRAYER BOOK. The Standing Committee on the Book of Common Prayer made the following for a joint committee of bishops, clergymen and laymen to make a new trans- lation of the Nicene creed from the original Greek. Rev. Dr. Mead moved to table it, a significant conversation ensued ag to its being a report at all, several members objecting to the views expressed in it, and the report was thereupon withdrawn by the chairman, THE ORDER OF THE DAY—THE PROVINCIAL SYSTRM ‘The order of the dag, heing the report @f the ape ‘ederate Conven- lal committee on ihe provincial evstem, was taken Up, embodying a pro 1d canon; bi made short work ‘of | it by suminariy nee nae Phe nen orp OP NEW CHURCHES, ‘The canon, already published tn ¢ - umns, on the consecration of churches, camea’in order. ‘The vote was taken by sections, ana objec- tions were made cut, where churches are often built on oa squares on ground belonging to whe State or ity, and the congregation can ob- tain no title to After some conversational was tabled, and the house pro- ceeded to the consideration of the amendments to CANON XI, TITLE I., entitled, “Of persons not ministers oMciating,” which amendments were poet in the HERALD report yi Rev. Dr. of Rhode Island, modified his amendment it in these words;—“Provided that he shall be so construed ag to prohibit communicants of this Church from acting as readers.” Thi nd- ‘ment gave rise to debate, and even per- sonal explanations and revelations of private con- Yersations were entered into, which Rev. Dr, Little- ain Properly characterized. as ‘a remarkable fringement of the order of the house.” After some further debate the amendment was adopted and the canon 80 amended was carried. PROPOSED STANDARD BIBLE. ‘The standing committee for revising the proof sheets of the proposed standard Bible, appoineen at the last convention, reported through Rev. Dr. Howe, that coereepanaence had been had with the Arch- bishop of Canterbury in Temard to the subject of a standard edition of the Bible for the whole Anglican communion. Publishers have been spoken to, but declined to enter so hazardous an undertaking. The Teport closes with @ resolution recommending the Oxford edition of the Bible of 1352 be adopted as the standard of t; phy and punctuation, which was adopted aud the committee discharged.” THE LITURGY IN FORRIGN LANGUAGES. Rev. Dr. Pierce, of Alabama, introduced a lengthy series of whereases, concluding with a resolution for @ joint committee of both houses to consider the fogriciae whether foreigners may not use the liturgy in their own language and to report to the next con- vention. THR STANDARD BIBLR AGAIN. Rey. Dr. Howe stated that he had just heard a gentleman was prepared to donate $25,000 to the subject, and he therefore moved to reconsider the vote by which the committee was discharged. This Was carried and the house adjourned. CUBA. Proclamation and Order of the Day from Cap. tain General Lersundi on the Spanish Revo- lution—Despatch from Madrid. Havana, Oct. 13, 1868, The following is the text of the proclamation of the Captain General, of which yon have been ad- vised by telegraph. It is translated from the Qficial Gazelle of yesterday :— ‘THE SUPERIOR CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF THE EVER FAITHFUL ISLE OF CuBA, HAvaNa, Oct. 11, 1868, CITIZENS OF THE EVER FAITAFUL ISLE OF CuBA— The present head of the government and administra- tion of this province and guardian of your social interest, meeting a great necessity and fulfilling a ~~ obligation, now addresses you. Grave events ave come to pass in the mother country with aston- ishing rapidity. The ocean intervening, the tele- graph, with ‘all of its deficiencies and incon- venlences, is the only medium up to the present upon which we rely to learn what passos, and in making GS acquainted recently with the news re- ceived through that medium I officially an- nounced what you should consider as cer- tain. It is now my duty to id that @ profound political commotion has immediately resulted in the departure from the Spanish soll of the br fe lady who ruled its destinies, and that a pro- visional government is being constituted in which the Duke de la Torre takes the initiative and action. My authorized voice can add nothing more respect- ing the events which are taking place. I do not consider, loyal inhabitants of Cuba, that it is my mis- sion at this moment, as the first eet this island, to discuss these events; nor could there be, perhaps, an occasion less proper for doing so, inas- much as it is useless to reason when the stimulus of feeling is controlling. During these passing events my duties are of another character. As representa: tive of the Spanish government in this province, it is now my only duty to watch over the great interests which are contided to me and to have reliance on your well tried patriotism, so that you wait in tran- quillity, trusting in my care for your well being, the solution of this great crisis. In moments like the present patriotism alone saves the people, the same as individuals; and [ believe that your hearts, beat- ing like mime with the impulse of loyal Spanish blood, render all other interests, however high and respectable they may be, subservient to that which is highest of ail in the political sphere—the preserva- tion of order, respect to the laws and the prosperity and integrity of the country. Yes, loyal inhabitants of Cuba, if my mind is un- equal to the magnitude of the events, my heart does not sink, use it is animated by the holy fire of love of country, upon whose altars, on occasions Uke the present, all must place, as I do, not only the narrow aspirations of partisan Interest, but also the most legitimate personal affections. Let us wait, therefore, calmly and peacefully; events will de- velop themselves, and in whatever manner they Will find us tranquil and faithful to the sacred interest which binds us to our well belowed Spain. Do not entertain the slightest suspicion that an unpremedi- tated act of the Spanish nation can disturb you in the peace which you enjoy, or place a hand on objects f your dearest affections, or lead through the laby- rinth of ou internal discords to the ruin of your Juture. Let us wait; Divine Providence has always watched over us, and you know tt because history attests it. If Spain presents herself at any time as an example of inisfortune ft is always as a type of heroic virtue, profound prudence and infrangible faith in her destiny. From her bosom will come forth, do not doubt, the solution beat for your inter- ests, which are the interests of the country. Mean- while I rely on you for the repose of prudence and tranquillity of hope, and my heart tella me that I do not deceive myself in relying on your civic virtues, 80 often tested by your ever faithful adhesion, as you can oeney rely on the justification, the vigilance and inflexible firmness of your Captain General, the Superior Civil Governor. FRANCISCO LERSUNDI. The following General Order is also published:— HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Oct, 11, 1868, So.prrrs, MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS—In the me- tropolis grave events have taken place, which have gone to such an extent that the end cannot yet be seen, but fortunately practical tranquillity now pre- vaila throughout the peninsula. Under such circum- stances I have only to remind you that you are Span- ish soldiers, that the country has confided to your loyalty and care the peace and integrity of this ter- ritory of the Spanish nation and the aid and protec- tion of his honorable and industrious inhabitants, and in case any one should make any attempt against these dear subjects I expect that you will ag always fulfil your duty as your Captain General will ful his. FRANCISCO LERSUNDI, Captain General of the ever faithfut isle of Cuba, Subsequent to the issue of the foregoing proclama- tion and order the following was received: — MAprtp, Oct, 10, 1868, Superior GOVERNMENT, HAVANA—I have just taken possession of the Colontal Office and rely on the patriotic Ene ania of your Excellency at this Moment, intimating at the same time the assurances of the serious consideration with which the govern- ment intends to proceed in the important questions which connect it with the administration of the provinces. The most complete tranqnillity prevails throughout the peninsula. THE MINISTER FOR COLONIAL AFFAIRS, Insurrection Near Puerto Principe—Troops Sent to Put It Down—A Skirmish— Causes of the Trouble. Havana, Oct. 13, 1868, An insurrection has broken outin the southeast- island, which, notwithstanding uthorities to keep the affair quiet, ig causing considerable excitement here. Nothing Is allowed to be published, and all despatches from that vicinity have to undergo the most rigid con- sorship. Under such circumstances tt is almost im- poasible to get any reliable details. itis known, however, that an insurrection of greater or less mag- nitude exists. Two bodies of troops were sent out from here on the 11th, the one going by steamer to some port on the north side and the other by rail to the jaterior, The principal city in that portion of the island referred to is Puerto Principe, containing avout 40,000 inhabitants, three-fourth of whom are white, This place has always been regarded as the centre of discontent with spanish rule in the island, and it is supposed that the controlling power of the present disturbances is there. A despatch from Bayamo, in tho jurisdiction of that name, dated yesterday, saya that about daylight on the 1th Spanish oops, composed of infautry and cavairy, ed the town of Yara, to Manzanillo, in which were the insurrection. ists, and throwli out an advanced guard blockaded the principal avenues, The others ny came up and, with the cry of “Liberty of Cuba,” fired on the troops, wounding two cavairymen and fantry. The troops advancing to the at- tack they broke and fied, leaving some smail arms behind and carrying their wounded with them. The Governor of the place, ia a despatch, says the ingur- gents wili soon be completely rout ‘The dissatisfaction which exists, taking advantage of the diMeulties in Spain to make itseif manifest, grows out of the enormous contributions now de- Tuanded from the people and which are exacted with the utmost harshness and vigor. \he implements and domestic animais necessary to the cultivation of the land not unfrequently being seizect and sold to make up arrears. Added to this is the arbitrary and tyran- nical manner in which many of the Spanish ofiicials perform the duties of their tion, treating the na- tives with great mdignity. It is not probabie that the present disturbance will culminate in anything of importance, a# there is littie or no unity of feeiin or action, even among the most discontented, ti the ops here, among the beet soldiors in the world, are go paced that they can be easily conceatrated in numbers sufficient to quell any insurrection likely to arine, EE NEW JERSEY. Jersey City, Txe Howarp Fine Comrayy, of Charleston, Mass., had a drive tothe Park, New York, yesterday, and returned to their homes tn the afternoon, Tue Democratic CLUBS of the city turned out with red shirts and torehes last evening and marehea in procession through the principal streets, halting hd Catholic Institute to attend the meeting THE GRANT AND COLPAX CLUBS of Jersey City, Hudson City and Bergen will have a grand procession this evening, Colonel John McLaughlin commanding. They will march to Communipaw to attend the masa meeting, SUSPICION OF STRALING.—A painter named John J. Smith was arrested last evening on suspicion of stealing a diamond pin, valued at $150, the property of G. W. Parker, 65 for examination, lontgomery street. He was held Bergen. A Boy's SkuLL FRacturep.—About noon yester- day @ pupil of the Bergen Institute, named Eugene Newkirk, fractured his skill b: He is not expected to recover, a ey? ae Hudson City. JODGE BEDLE ON NatTURAuization.—Shortly after the opening of the court yesterday morning Judge Bedle called attention to the naturalization question. He said it had been the practice of the court for years to have the Court of Common Pieas held with two judges to transact the naturalization pusiness. Owing to a pressure of business recently a single judge had discharged this duty, but always in open court. It has never been the practice of the court to naturalize persons on a simple production of papers sworn to before the clerk, so far as I have been able to understand. That sort of practice would seem to be entirely suMcient to prevent frauds, and there is no judge in the Court of Common Pleas who has any idea of frauds except by perjury, and no such perjury cases have been known. In future, to throw all guards around the matter, the Court ofCommon Pieas, at which all the judges will sit—Judge Randolph presiding—will dis- pose of the business. The number of persons natur- alized during the present term is 840. In justice to all the oMcers concerned it may be added that there is strict caution exercised in this department. Newark, ADJOURNMENT OF THE PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD.— The proceedings of the New School Presbyterian Synod were brought to a close yesterday afternoon, when the Synod adjourned sine die. In the fore- noon the action taken relative to the North river Presbytery appeal the preceding evening was re+ considered and the decision reversed. On the subject of reunion of the Old and New School bodies a regoiution was passed similar to the one adopted by the Old School Synod, in which such @ result is earnestly desired without unnecessary de- lay. The Synod adjourned about four o'clock. The next session will be held at Poughkeepsie. That of the Old School is to be held at Rahway. Orange. A CORONER's INQUEST was held yesterday by Cora- ner Baldwin on the body of @ man named Michael Reardon, apparently about seventy years of age, which was found lying under the bridge of a creek which runs through the place. Whether his death was the result. of accident or otherwise could not ba determined, and a verdict in accordance with the om was rendered. Deceased belonged to New Trenton. ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBESON ON THE ELECTION Laws.—A correspondence has just passed between Horace V. Congar, Secretary of State, and Attorney General Robeson, regarding the laws regulating the opening and closing of polls and the appointment of judges at the coming elec- tions. Mr. Robeson lays down that the law is now in force setting forth “That at all elec- tions to be held in this State the polls shall bo opened at seven o'clock A. M. and close at seven o'clock P. M.” In the next ace he says that the judges elected at the annual town meeting, held on or after the 9th of April last, shall conduct the election according to the laws as the; existed before ee penser of the act of April 4, 1% known as the Registry law. When the Mayor Common Council of any city, or township commit- tee of any township have set off any new election districts in accordance with the first section of the act proved April 22, 1868, the said Mayor and Common Council or township committee shall appoint a clerk and three jud, of election for each district so set off. The judges of election for any district fine sppointed or elected at any election held after the of April last, can- not lawfully be selected all from the same political party. In all cases, except those above mentioned, the inspectors of ry and election, ‘appointed and qualified under the Registry law and its supple- ments as they existed before the passage of the re- Pperling act of April 9, 1868, will conduct the elec- ions in their respective districts. In the absence eget officers, ready to serve at the ensuing the polls in any district, judges must be elec! by oe — present, according to the provisions of the old law. Paterson. Pontricat.—In Bergen county James J. Brinker- hoff has been nominated by the democrats for State Senator and Jacob Van Blarcom for Sherif. No As- sembly nominations have yet been made. The First District Convention meets to-day at Hackensack. Ebon Wintwa, of Bergen, will probably receive the nomination. The republican nomination for State Senator is Wiliiam 8S. Banta and for Sheri Richard Terhune. For Assembly, First district, John J. Ane derson; Second district, Jonn A, Marinus. The only Assembly nomination in Passaic county yet made by the democrats is John J. Goetachius, in the Second district. THE WEST HOBOKEN MURDER. Trial of Michael Roche at the Hudson County * Oyer and Terminer, N. J.) for the Murder of Patrick Madden. The trial of Michael Roche, for the murder of Pat- rick Madden, at West Hoboken, on the 25th July last, which commenced on Tuesday was continued yesterday. The medical testimony adduced differed in nothing from that which has already appeared in the HERALD, except in the statement that the wound inflicted in the abdomen with the chisel glanced up- ward, from which it was inferred that the blow was struck by aman iying on the ground under Madden, and consequently the case may be made out one of justifiable homicide, Yesterday morning a witness named McEmery, who was on the stand the previous day, was aval produced, He deposed that he was near the spot where the quarrel between Roche and Madden took Place at the time of its occurrence; at about haif- past four o'clock on the afternoon of the 24th inst, the witness stated that he went to Roman's Cottage, Weehawken, where he drank freely; a nuinber o! men were present, many of whom he had secn at Roche’s house, where they were often quarrel- ling with the prisoner; later in the evening he saw two of the men who were in the cottage at a place opposite Roche's house; one of them was on the stoop, and as Roche passed by he sprung at him and knocked him down; @ general scnfMle then com- menced, and a the continuation of the figut Roche was knocked down and kicked in the face by some person who was engaged inthe affray; Roche upon regaining his feet aimed a blow at his antago- nists with a chisel which he held in his hand, and With such effect that both their lives were thought to be in danger, although but one died. The next witness was an old lady named y Anne Brown, of Weehawken, who testified that she was present at the occurrence; saw Roche coming out of hia house with a chisel in bis hand; saw Roche strike Patrick Madden with the chisel; Mad- den’s bowels protruded; she afterwards saw Roche on his own stoop clinched with another man; both men rolled over on the ground; before the affray saw a third man having @ bat in nis band trying to break tn Roche's door, This witness was crose- examined for more than an hour by counsel for de- fence, but nothing in contradiction of the foregoing was elicited, Another witness was examined, after which the case was adjourned till Monday. ' ‘The prosecution is conducted by the District At torney, Harvey Lyons, and the defence by Messrs. Dixon, Hoffman and Stout. The prisoner Roche appeared quite subdued and crest-fallen, and looked quite a different man from the rampant, sw ring, defiant individual, co- vered with biood stains, of the 26th of July. He then presented a picture of bulldog ferocity which even @ resolate man would recoil. It may turn out a i controtiable Inmictedt the fatal wound in @ moment of exttome excitement when reason had Sa te When aroused he ts certainly a formidabie antagonist. Ais wife and some other friends were in court and deep interest in the p: ings. QUTRAGES IN TEXAS—IMPORTANT MILITARY ORDER, The following has been issued on account of the outrages that have of late been perpetrated by law- leas bands of outlaws scattered throughout the State of Texas:— GENERAL OR xO. 16. Maasquanvens FLITARY nem USTIN, On the night of Sunday, the 4th inst., @ body of about 10 armed nag hhny masks aud otherwise ‘iaguoed, brok Into the coubty jail at Jefferson, ove of the most populous cities in Texas, and murdered four prisoners there coat jn one white man and three freedmen. ‘Similar outrages have been perpetrated In various parts of the State, under ciroum- stances which show a concert of ization and action Among bands of oulaws. Chitens, white and. colored, hare bean warned by them to leave their homes, crops and’ prop: erty within a specified time on pain of being murdered. fore, it Is hereby ordered that all civil officers in this State who are empowered by law to mako arrests, also milf- tary commissioned officers of every grade on duty in this mii 4 oan ye C hag Cn bf nn be hel mask oF otherwise disguised, Suck par Suetody and the citeummlances fuily reported Fo Where heads quarters for Instrnetions, By command of J. J. REYNOLDA, Bre Ovare &. Ropers, First Licuteoant + Major General, rernteenth (nfanthyy