The New York Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1868, Page 6

‘NEW YORK CITiy, THE COURTS. UNITED STATES DISTANT count. — « A Whiskey Case. Before Judge, Blatchford. The Uniled States vs. 4 Quantity of Distiited Spirits Pound in@ RectUving Disulery at Thértpeighth Street and Tenth Aveigwe,—The claiment in this case 19 Henry Brouhne, who alleges, in answer to the charge that he Kergt no book of account im the dis- tilery, as required by law, that he did keep such @ book and that it was inadyertently destroyed or urpesely carried off by the parties who were H arge ‘of the piace after it was seized. The Gee uen Of witnesses was concluded, and the case wing been given to the ji that body retired and after ashort absence came into court with a verdict for the government, On motion of Mr. Pelton astay of proceedings was ranted for ten knowle: of fresh testim aving come to a fendanv's pg oy Tho Blaisdell Whiskey Case. The United States va, Alva Blaisdell and — Deron dor/,—The defendants yesterday morning appeared on arraignment to plead to an indictment in which they are jointly charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States of the tax upon a quantity of whiskey manufactured by them at ther distillery situated in Forty-lfth street, The case has been along time waiting tilal and the prospects are that it will be taken up immediately after a kindred case, but of greater Magnitude both in the matter of public in- terest and the extent of the fraud charge jainst the parties who wiil be put upon their trial, is dis- The Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey Case. The trialof the parties charged in this case ia fixed for Monday next. After a succession of post ponements, effected by the applications of counsel for the defendants and in one imstance authorized by the Attorney General of the United States, District Attorney Courtney succeeded in at last fixing a day for the Wial. The parties charged are:—David Mess- more, Frederick J. Tinkaam, Ethan £. Frost, Charles A. Sanborn and Clarke H. Sanborn, Theae defend- ants form the company known as the Kentucky Bourbon Company, and the charge against them is that of conspiring to defraud the United states of the tax upon wiiskey mapulactured and sold by them, UNITCD STATES DISTRICT COURT—IN BANKRUPTCY. Discharge Granted. Before Judge Blatchford. In thé Bankruptey of Wiliam W. Tracy, James Wilson, Thomas J. Strong and Joseph W. Orvis.— The Court rules—“The specification filed by Sarah J. Jeurin, executrix, is only to the effect that the debt due to her by Tracy aud Wiison was created while they were acting ina fiduciary character, This is mo ground for withholding a discharge. She must slow. the fact in reply to @ plea of the discharge in a suit ob Ler claim. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER'S COURT, The Prussian Extradition Case. Sefore Commissioner Osborn, In the extradition of Hendrick Schaffer, for whose rendition to the Prussian government requisition has been made, the Commissioner having heard a very abie and lengthy argument on the part of counsel for the fugitive, Mr. E, D. McCarthy, reserved decision lull December 10. There were several questions of law raised by counsel which the Commissioner de- sired to consider, and hence the delay in rendering his decision. Schaffer, the defendant, It will be re- membered from our previous reports ofthe examina- lion, stands charged with the murder of his wife in the nf of Hesse-Darmstadt, and it is that he may be placed upon trial before a tribunai of his own country the requisition for his rendition has been made. . SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. ‘The Larkin Murder—The Parties Accused Ad- mitted to Bail. Before Judge Sutherland, In the Matt of the Certiorart of Hugh campvett and Others.—Yesterday morning counsel applied for the discharge of the petitioners, Hugh Campbell, James Berrigan and Ann Hines, who were committed by Coroner Flynn for the wilful murder of selix Larkin, a well known “Eigtfth warder,” on the morning of November 25, 1868. The application was made upon habeas corpus and certiorari and the ‘Usual return was made by the District Attorney— ‘that the prisoners were legally committed and held, &c. The prisoners’ counsel traversed the return and an adjournment was ordered to two o'clock to enable him to do so. At (pat hour the case was again called on, the prisoners being tn attendance and Mr. Biunt appear. ing for the District Attorney. The court was crowded by a heavy detachment of the “eee, rough element that always attends the development ef any criminal proceeding tn this city. Mr. Howe, in opeuing the case, said the proceed- {ngs befure the Coroner were extraordinary in the extreme, no witnesses for the defence being ex- amined, no time allowed the prisoners to be repre- sented by counsel and no cross-examination of tho ‘witnesses for the prosecution betng permitted, and the Corcner charged the jury that “it was thelr duty fo find a verdict against all of these Prisoners; from ‘the evid guilty,’ thereby. precluding the jury ta verdict upon their own conciasions and coercing them into the decision the uutimately rendered. He then cited cases in whic! ft had been eld that simular rulings of coroners had been held to be illegal. Judge Sutherland said he could not avoid seeing accounts of the homicide m the pubite prin’ that they had necessarily left some impression, he now wished to lear the case on the recor Mr. Howe then read tue following papers; THE TRAVERSE. TO THB RETURN. Supreme Court, New York—In re, certiorari of Hugh Campheli and others.—The said Hugh Camp- bell, by William F. Howe, his counsel, traverses the retura made to the writ of certiorari hereim and says that the inquisition taken before #aid Corouer fiynn was illegal, aud thet the af- Odavits and depositions taken before said Coroner cannot be legally received or taken as evidence, for The reason that said coroner illegally and unconstitu- of counsel, and tionally denied this traverser the ax OF his coun Whatever to any of Uh re returned with said writ of certiorart, An revurn herern is bad and inauit- traverser prays that issue be jomed herein aud that the saine be tried by this court. WILLIAM F. HOWE, “ of counsel for said Hugh Campveil. CAMPBELLS AFFIDAVIT, supri court, Naw York—In Vie matter of the corpus of Hugh Camptell, James Berri- and Ann Hies—Chy and County of New fori:, s&—Hugh Campbell, of said city, being duly h depose aud say that he is one of above Dated relators, and is Dow confined in the York Clty Prison on @ charge of killing one Felix Larkin. ie nt says that between two and three o'clock on toe norning of Wednesday, November 25, 156s, he Was wione in lis oyster saloon, corner of Hudson, Watis Canal streets, in the city of New York, which be had previously closed and barred, and about going to bed, when he heard a number of vi And solve men pounding at the door demanding mittance. ponent proceeded to the door at quired “Who's there # A voice from the outside re- plot “Friends; let us in.” Deponent accordingly opened the d and five stroug, powerful, weil built imen entered, foremost among whom was Feux cin, and who appeared tufuriated and nebriated, Larkin addressed depo- nent ‘ailed for some “oyster stews.” Depo- neat answered that it Was too late for stews, a8 ire had gone out, but he would give the party raw oysters if desirable, Larkin did not respond, bub appr ved @ table op Which was placed a ham, aad requested deponent to cuisome ou the joint for him. Depouent took a tam knife and cat some slices, Which the men present indecorously took with their hands from the large dish. Deponent told the men to ‘Wait and he would procure sou ates, when Larkin ejaculated, “My-——, you dauned son olab—; who in the Aell are you’ Depoucnt satd to Larkin (hat it was unnecessary to use such inde cent lauguage, when Larkin replied, “Are you a fighiert’ Deponent answered, “No,” when Larkiu Puied out a pistpl and, with @n oath, leveled tt at deponcnt’s head.” Larkin cocked the pistoi and at- tempted to fire it, but the lock merely clicked and the pistol was Got discharged. Deponent thea ran to his covnter and pulied from vehind it # mali club, and as Larkin Was about lo again level the pistol he struck him a blow on the head with the einai! club, and the deponent then rushed to the street, where be (deponent) shouted for the police and rapped for assistance with bis club, When @eponent returned from the atrest he was again attacked by Larkin and the remainder of the gang, headed by one O'Day, and a scuiMe ensued between deponent aad Larkin, gaid Larkin forcing depopent in an enclosure and striking deponent While he was lying dowa, Daponent further tha\, knowing Larkin’s cliaracter and reputation and bis fighting propensities, deponent wes afraid of Larkin when be first came in and studiously avoided fying or doimg anything whicb might give Larkin any otence. Deponent also saye that he did not at, ony Lime inflict any wounds with knife, nor did deponent stab sald Larkin, but afver the fatal occurrence the poceman found the knife with which depouent cut the ham on the plate with the ham, Bs appears by the testimony of officer Dapke or McAdams, and which was the only knife deponent Aad sir his Sands or touched during the affray, and Which knife has no blood or stains of be apon it. Deponent has be: serily believes that paid gonal and ardent friend of Tarkio, and that the “Day made before that deponent srabbed Larkin, is 1: deponent says that the only weapon depor. en the thine of ta: ter om Was @ small club, with which he rapped for the ance of the police. and that the stab wounds We d by persons ofher than depo t la i Knife t g deen previousty inid aside hy acperent, That deponeut retaived WV bilaw ¥. Howe | oF more, and i fon his arrest ne counsel; amd ab the time of the in- | Coroner Fiynn illegal); ‘iad tlairiy prow tea ine | sald trom app or ‘act ng ca dene. nen e privilege o! counsel; ang although te" said’ Willa F. flows | ¢ Of he Corener that deponent himself should be te put questions to and cros3- examine _ ‘wienaaees Lg! Ea, RRP ape said Coroner, in vio; Ly jaw, ji tee aka. decency, pereinptorily refused to allow the said W. F. Howe or deponent to put any question wh: to any of the witnesses, nor Would the said Coroner permit Ann Hines to be examined or to testify in the case on deponent’s behalf, Deponent alleges that the witness McClean, whose testimony was taken before coroner, is a notorious bad character, a profes- sional nd noted rough and disturber of the pugilist public peace, and fought a prize fight reer to or near Philadelphia; and the said M was an intimate friend of the , Larkins and that the said McClean 1s @ powerfully built man. Deponent further alleges t Timothy Col- ling, another of the witnesses, was a friend and pro- tége of Larkin, and was also @ noted ringtighter and a recent importation from England; and has issued a cl to fight in this country ‘for amount of money;” and his challenge to distur' Se abiie esas, ane ¢ engage 2 PI t is paraded in newspa bandbills and by posters all over this city, Patrick McKenna, another of the witnesses before said Coroner Flynn, 18 @ man of notoriously bad character, and, as deponent 1s informed and verii; vieted of and has serve: and is, therefore, dis- serving’as a witness. And deponent avers that the above mentioned men were the fero- cious and desperate of the deceased Felix Larkin, who, with the said Larkin, at the hour of three o’clock in the arsing. came to deponent’s pas of business, after it was closed, and hreatened to break Open the place if deponent did not give them admittance; and when they were ad- mitted deponent was alone in a room with a band of five desperadoes, each of whom was armed, which fact was testified to before the Coroner; and that degonbnt, as before detailed, saw that his life was in danger, and that immediately Larkin and his associates commenced a disturbance and deponent rushed to the sidewalk and called for the assistance of tite police. And deponent says that it is a‘matter of public notoriety that the deceased was in ¢on stant broiis and fights, and that on the very night of the unfortunate catastrophe, and shortly prior to visiting deponent’s place of business, the said Larkin had had a fight with and puiled out a pistol on one William E. Harding, at a saloon in East Houston street, in said city. And deponent fairly believes, and ts sorry to be constrained to give utter- ance to the belief, that the unfortunate deceased came to deponent’s saloon on the night of the deplorable homicide for the sole and express purpose of having & muss and disturbance, and deponent says that at the conclusion of the testimony on the inquest herein, and contrary to all precedent, Coroner Flynn, iD & most extraordinary manner andin gross di lection of his duty, charged the jury in these words: “Gent.emon—This is one of the most horrible mur- ders which I or any other young man ever heard of, and you must find all these pacers guilty. It is your duty to find a verdict of wilful murder against all three of these prisoners, as from the evidence they are all guilty; and the said Coroner thereby precluded the said jury from arriving at or coming to their own unbiased conctusion upon the evidence adduced, but, on the contrary, coerfd the jury to give the Verdict which they rendered. And deponent lastly says that he is entirely innocent of having stabbed or cut the said Felix Larkin, and takes this any of © property 0! dd company which he could find. "Albo Moat the.puutication was wholly false, as neither he (Fisk) nor any person in company wih him took one do lar of money elong- ing to the company “on the occasion referred to by ‘the defendant la the said publicauon.”* SIXTH DISTRICT COURT. The Case of Dr. Ravney—What Constitutes a Jury. Before Judge Lane. Metropolitan Board of Health vs, James W. Ran- ney.—This case, which has been adjourned from time to time since the latter part of June last, came up for trial yesterday morning. The proceedings were made much more interesting than they ordinarily would be by the fact that the court room, being a re- claimed hay loft, the odors from the stable beiow found their way into the room, and into every article in the room, with sickening strength. It would be a ‘matter of no surprise if the Board of Health should indict the court house as @ nuisance. ‘The counsel for both parties were on hand and the argument was commenced, Before giving the point raised it may be interesting to state the grounds for the*complaint. The Board of Health, in the com- plaint, goes on to state—after the usuai assertions as to the Board mre body politic, legally existing. created for a special purpose, entitled to make ordi- nances, rules and regulations for the preservation of the heaith of the residents of the Metropolitan dis- trict—that the said James W. Ranney, a physician of this city, has violated certain provisions of the health ordinances in not making and preserving a registry of the deaths of James Deviin, Almer Joyce, ward Joyce and Joshua Moore, who died while under the care of Dr. Ranney, at No, 147 West Seven- teenth street, in this city. The registry asked for should have contained the cause of death and the date, hour, place and street number at which the death occurred. There were separate charges made and damages claimed in each case, Obarges and further damages were made and claimed in each case on the grounds that Dr. Ranney did, with intent to mislead and deceive, wrongfuily present a faise and incorrect statement in each case. The total amount of damages claimed ts $300, but the jurisdic- tion of the District Court limited the amount of damages to $250. Dr. Ranney put in, in answer to the complaint, that he possessed no knowledge or information suf- ficient to form a belief as to the Board of Health being a body politic legally existing and empowered to make certain rules and oraimances, as alleged in the complaint, and to all the other allegations, ex- cept as to having attended the persons named, he put in a positive demal. A jury had been summoned and the ordinary panel of six had been sworn in, when counsel for Dr. Ranney objected to proceeding with the trial before a panel of only six jurors, claiming that the law de- claring six jurora@ full panel for the trial of cases before a aistrict court was unconstitutional. The constitution guaranteed the right of trial by jury, and distinctly prescribed that a jury should consist of twelve peers of the person or persous on trial, The attorney for the Board of Health insisted on pro- ceeding with the trial, arguing to the effect that all claims which had been tried before civil justices and juries of six persons would be of no effect if the court shouid rule that the trial by a panel of six jurors ‘was unconstitutional. Justice Lane, while holding that he had no power opportunity so most solemnly to protest before the world and the Almighty Ruler thereof. HUGH CAMPBELL. Sworn to before me thie 4th December, 1863. ED- I. KNIGHT, Commiss‘oner of Deeds. Judge Sutherland said he could not give much bales fd to this aMdavit, but wished to hear the pro- ceedings before the Coroner, ahd Mr. Howe read the testimony of the various witnesses from the records of the inquest, showing very many contradictions in the statements of the parties as to the incidents and events which took place at the homicide. At the close of the reading Mr. Howe Said that the woman Hines had been released on $500 bail by Coroner Flynn. ' and was out three days, but upon her appearance at the inquest with Mr. Howe Coroner Flynn, learning that sbe was to be used asa witness for the prisoners, immediately arrested her a8 a principal, all the re- lators being finally committed without bail. Judge Sutherland ania the-case was certainly 2 clear case for bail, the case upon the records being even more in the prisoners’ favor than the accounts published tn the DemeDabees, and if the application was for discharge on bail he could not refuse it. Alter some discussion a8 to the ability of the pri- soners to give security Campbell was bailed in the sum of $7,000, Berrigan in $5,000 and Ana Hines tn $1,000, the Judge stating that the latter case did not ‘@ppear to be more than one of common assault and Dattery at most; and that Berrigan and Hines, being both employes of Campbell, it was but natural that they sbould have assisted him when he was tn the struggie. The Court also asked if any of thé parties who entered the saloon had been arrested, and upon being informed that they had not looked evidently surprised, but made no comment. The Erle War—Another Adjournment. Belmont vs. Erie Raitway Company et al.—Messrs. Tra Shafer, Field, Vanderpoel, Rapatlo, Pierrepont and other counsel were present yesterday in this court at noon; but the motion to set aside Judge Cardozo's order staying proceedings was not called on, and counsel, after consultation, cousented that it shouid stand over tili Monday next, SUPREME COURT. Injunction Agaiust the New York Central Railroad Company—Issuee of Stock and Payment of Dividends Enjoined. Before Judge Barnard. Isaac N, Jenks vs, The New York Central Rail- road Company.—Plaintiff is @ stockholder of the defendants and charges that recently and for some time past large over-issues of new certificates of the common stock of the company have been {asued, over and above the amount which the company ts by law apthorized to issue, and upon hus appl ication ae ard yesterday granted the following order:— It satisfactorily appearing to me, from the com- aint herein, that sufficient grounds exist for the ssuance of this order, it ts, on motion of Blatchford, Seward and Griswold, attorneys for the plainttq, or- dered, That during the pendency of this action, and until the further order of the Court, the defendant, the New York Central Railroad Company, ita omi- cers, agents, servants and employs, be and they aro hereby severally enjoined and restrained from issu ing, causing or permitting to be issued, any certifi- cates of stock upon the surrender of any convertibie bonds, orin any other manner whatever represent- ing or put ing to represent shares of stock in the capital of the said company. And it is (urther ordered that the defendant and its oMicera, agente, Servants and employés be and they are hereby severally ‘restrained and enjoined from accepting the surrender of any convertible Sone of the said the New York Central Railroad company. And tt 1s further ordered that the said defendant, its oulcers, servants, agents and employés ve and they are hereby severaily restrained and enjoined from transferring or permitting to be transferred ou ita books any shares of stock which were originally issued on the surrender of convertible bonts, or of any kind, or which were issued in any way 88 of the amount of its capital as prescribed snd fixed tn its consoildated agreement at the sum Of $23,055,000, And it is further ordered that the defendant, its Officers, agents, servants and employes be and they are hereby severally restrained and enjoined from paying or causing or permitting to be paid from the Assets, property or earnings of the said the New York Central Katlroad Company any dividend upon any siarce of stock issued in €xcess O/ said auia of 085,600, or from permitting any votes to be cast on any of said shares at any election to be neld of on of said company. And in case of disobodi- ence to tile order the said defendant, the New York Cent Railroad Company, its officers, servants, agents and employes, will 'be lable to the pupish- tient therefor preserived by iaw. GBORGE G BARNARD, P. J. 8. C. Dxe, 4, 1868. Ap Eric Director Snes the Tribune for Libel, Claiming $100,000 Damages. James Fisk, Jr., 08, The Tribune assoviation,— ‘The plaintiff {sa Wali street stockbroker, at present involved in the great Erie litigation, and the de- fendants are the publishers of the New York Trivune. ‘This is an action in which Fisk demands jndgment in the sum Of $100,000 damages for the publication in that sheet of certain “{ulse, malicious and scan- dalous words of and concerning’ Lim, under date of December 1, 1868 ‘The alleged libelious matter ts as foliowa:— BRIE WAR MOVEMBNTS—RUMORED FLiuuT oF MESSRS. JAY GOULD AND JAMES FISK, JK, WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF THE FUNDS OF THR Rue BAILEOAD, The Erie Railroad war has again assumed anew phase, the movement this time being no jess than the reported fight of two of the are directors, Gould and James Fisk, Jr., with all the availabie ssseia of he Toad. variously eauimaved vat from b esterday Reltner of the directors mentioned was to be seen in or around the Erie Buildings, And the rumor ran that they had fled, taking with them the entire availabic assets of the road, amounting in stocks money to from $¥,000,00 to $ Where the ret have In the meantime those mostly directly of the police of this city, are e: the road, with the aid deavoring to ascertain the W! ate of the misa- sum they have in custody. ing oMcers and the second commentary article was in these words:. “The reported larceny of $8,000,000 i# the latest sen- Bation in the records of ery concerning the Erie Railroad. Our columns contain all shat is known thus far of the mysterious doings at midnight about th» Erie Butiding, and crossing of little used ferries, aud starting Of unusual trains, and signallings aud Godgings and miscellaneous maddies, whic Jeri wo the belief that one of the Erie receivers is off to parts unknown with the money, and the oth lef Juct his bootless sult in the courts. 1 parties that there are left s locomotives and some cars that a ght Atl! be ste iw/M'liT clare that the defendante intended oo convey the tr op toat be had stolen $5,900,060 my LU } and oeld for trial, ed bY absconuing Wo defraud wwe } ' to empanel more than ix jurors for the trial of a case, agreed with the opinion of counsel for Dr. Ranney to the effect that such a panel was unconstt- tutional. The trial was thereupon discontinued. The Court reserved the papers, and wili await the order of the Court of Common Pleas, CITY INTELLIGENCE. ‘Tan WEATHER YESTERDAY.—The ‘ollowing record will show the changes tn the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, as indicated by the ther- mometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, 218 Broadway, pase Buliding: 3 Average temperature.......... Average temperature Thursday . * Tue Waiskry Fravps.—The Congressional sub- committee on whiskey frauds {s still in session in this city. Their meetings are conducted with closed doors, A member stated they would present a searing. report to Congress early in the forthcoming session. ¥ FIRE IN MULBERRY STREBT.—At half-past twelve to-day a fire occurred in the grocery store of Galla- gher & Brothers, No. 119 Mulberry street. Their loss on stock was $500, upon which there was $2,000 insurance in the Rowery Insurance Company. The es on the building was $800; insurance not nown. Tae Deara or MR. CautL1.—A jury was em- panelied yesterday by Coroner Flynn tn the case of ‘Thomas Cabili, who died from a wound in the throat, received, as he asserted, at the hands of some thieves near the Weehawken ferry. As there was no evidence to be offered the case was adjourned for a week or ten days to sllow of further investigation. TaR GaTBwoop Svicipx.—An inquest in the care of Mrs. Gatewood, who committed suicide by cutting her throat at 44 Washington aquare on Tuesday last, will be held by Coroner Flynn at the store of the undertaker to-day, at twelve o'clock, The property of the deceased, which waa seized Dy Superintendent Kennedy, has been taxen charge of by the Public ‘ Admunistrator. DgatTH FROM CoNvULSIONS.—On Thursday after- noon Patrick Toomey, @ laborer, aged thirty-five, and a native of Ireland, was seized with convulsions while at work on the steamship Colorado, at pier 46 North river. He was removed to Bellevue Hospital, where death ensued soon after, Coroner Flynn was notified and held an Inquest, when a verdigt was rendered tn accordance with the facts In the case. Tar Wine Homicrpr.—Warden Brennan, of Belle- vue Hospital, yesterday notified Coroner Flynn that John G. Wing, of No. 2 Weehawken atreet, had died in that institution from the eifects of violence sus- tained at the hands of John Lynch and Johanna Lynch, his wife. Deceased had a quarre! with Lynch and his wife on the 50th ult., at their mutual resi. deuce, No. 2 Weehawken etreei, when Lynch seized @ musket and struck Win; tolent a blow on the head that he fractured his ekull and caused his death. An inquest will be heid to-day. . Mk. BERGH ON A ToUR OF OBSERVATION.—Mr. Henry Bergh, President of the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals, accompanied by two officers, made a tour of inspection through the city yesterday. They first went to the east side of the city, where «they arrested Andrew Shields and Cor- nelius Smith, dirteart men, for driving horsess carcely able to stand. They then went to the Nineteenth precinct, where Alexander Oul!, a driver of a car of the Beit Line of Railroad, William Peters, a hackman; Patrick Campbell ani John Lowry, dirtcart men, were arrested and locked up in the station house of the Nineteenth precinct to await examination on charges of cruelty to animais, POL.CE INTELLIGENCE, SWINDLING AS —OMcer Hayes, of the Twenty-fifth precinc®, arrested John Lalpole, the re- puted proprietor of a piace on the corner of the Bowery and Bayard street, on acharge of having ewindied Moritz Biame, a stranger tn the city, out of ninety-five dollars, by means of the three card monte game. Blame ts stopping at a hotel near the Battery and was induced to enter Laipole’s piace, on the ist inst., with the above result. Aa the complainant swore positively that the prisoner was the one who had swindled him the ate granted a full com- mitment. ALLEGED Receiver oF Srot Goons.—Jobn Gleason, @ junk desler, reatding at No. 54 Spring street, was arrested by detective Kealey, of the Righth precinct, and arraigned at Jefferson Market yesterday, upon complaint of John F, Trow, pub- lsher, No. 60 Greene street, charged with purchasing ninety-two is of stereotype plate, valued at ninety-two one the property of Charles Scribper, which had been left in his bag from a boy Nawned John Boeger, of No, 243 Mulberry street, on the 26th of November last. The boy adniltted steal. ing the property from the office of Mr. Trow and selling it leason, informing the latter that it had been stolen. Gleason pleaded not guilty to the charge, but was held to bai! in the sum of $500 to answer at the General Sessions. WEW JERSEY INTELLIGENCE. Jeraoy City. Tuk NORTAERN RAILROAD depot has been re. moved from the New Jersey to the Erie depot. The Contract with the Erie Railway commenced last Tuesday. A New Episcopat PaRism, under the title of st, Mark, was organized on Wednesday evening. it a the district heretofore known as Trinity paris! Doboken. OWAROR OF Fase IMPRISONMEMT.—A few days ago the steward of a Bremen steamship left @ yaiu- abie parcel in charge of a man named Uhrine, resid. ing at the corner of Washington and Third streois, A man called for it next day, aud, on the represen. tation that he was sent from the veasel, it waa handed to him. Soon alter the steward called for it, and, finding it gone, Wid Uhrine be would hold him reaponsibie. Aman pamed Kaufman was ar rested on Wednewtay and sent to jati Wii Thuraday when he obtained bal, on thi ‘we of taking away the parce), Kauffman tad aj) parties arrested feclaring that 2 van prove ratis ody be Wae Dot iu the ciiy ou se day AD gues. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1808 canal BROOKLYN IXiELLIGZNCE. | DisCHARGED.—Michae! Knowles. who was arrested | by anigh: watchioan at the foot of Jay street, on Wednesday night, on suspicion of being a river thief, was taken before Justuce iuley yesterday and dis- ebarged, CUsirep STATES MARSUAL’S SALE,—Yesterday Mar- shai Dailon soid the tobacco and fixtures seized last month at Wynn's factory, corner of John and Jay atreets, Seventy packages of manufactured tobacco Were Knocked down at thirty-nine cents per pound. ‘The machines and fixtures sold for $100, ACCUSED oF ISSUING FRAUDULENT NATURALIZA- TION Parers,—Henry Setier, one of the Superintend- ents ofthe Poor of Kings county, appeared before one of the United States Commissioners yesterday and gave bail for his appearance to answer a charge of issuing frauduient naturalization papers to a Ger- Man named Wick, who claims a mee in the Nineteenth ward. The superintendent says he never issued @ fraudulent naturaication paper nor had he ever scen Wick. Wick has been detained as @ witness in the case, OPPOSITION TO STEAM IN THE PUBLIC STREETS,— A number of the property owners on Boerum street, Broadway and South Eighth street. E. D., met last evening tn the hall 826 Broadway, to protest against the running of dummies on that line by the South- side Ratiroad, Mr, George L. Fox was called to the chair and Mr. J. H. Tobitt was appointed secretary. Alter an animated discussion between Dr, Isaacson and Abraham Johnson, on behaif of the dummy sys- tem, and Messra. Wagner, Burnett, Lindsay and Fur- num against it, a committee was appointed to solicit names for aremonstrance to the Fommon Council against steam on the streets and te meeting ad- journed. ANoTuER BoLD RospeRy.—Yesterday afternoon the sum of $230 was abstracted from the safe at the oMice of R. Regsequie, lumber dealer, in Kent ave- nue, opposite Hews street. About three o'clock a man entered the office and commenced a conversa- tn with the bookkeeper in regard to lumber. While they were talking another man entered and made Inquiries ‘about some lumber yards in the asta He asked the bookkeeper if Houghton did not keep @ yard ia that Jocality. The bookkeeper said no, bat Hardy & Brown kept a yard near by, and stepped to the door to show him where it was. ‘he inquirer took bis departure, and on turning about the bookkeeper was surprised to find that the. gentleman who had been talking with hin about lumber was also non est, It occurred to him just at that time there might be something wrong, aud on going to the safe he discovered that ft had been robbed. Information of the affair has beeu left at the headquarters of the police department in Brooklyn. SERKING ReDRESS.—Several parties who own pro- perty in the vicinity of Flushing and Park avenues and Walworth and Sandford streets are secking re- dress from the city, they having been cut off froma communication to the streets. In 1835 an act was passed by the Legislature authorizing the city to purchase from the Turnpike Company then existing all the right in and over the old Wallabout Ridge road, which at that time ran along the shore east- ward from the Navy Yard and parallel to the line now occupied by Flushing avenue.’ The city paid the Turnpike Company 5,000 for their might over the road and sul juentiy process to lay out the streets. When this had een done the parties in question found that their property haa been so enclosed that they had no ac- cess to @ public thoroughfare, except by trespassing or their neighvors’ property. The law committee of the Common Council, after examining the sub- Ject, have come to the conclusion that the streets now existing were legally opened, and that the cit could afford the owners of the property no relief, ‘They weer advised to seek redress from the couris. THE DEFALCATION AT THE KAVY YARD. In the HERALD of yesterday was published the fact that R. D. Bogert, paymaster’s clerk of the re- ceiving ship Vermont, lying at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, had decamped witn $12,000 of government funds. It seems that on Tuesday last the delinquent was inissing, and subsequent examination reveaied the fact of the robbery. It is asserted that young Bogert took passage for Cuba only a day or two ago, and is now beyond the Juriadiction of the detectives who have charge of the case. The usual cause of dissipation and ex- cess 18 attributed as the incentive to the supposed crime of the unfortunate young Bogart. He is said to have become a victim to the wiles of the gam- bling hells of New York; that he had been keeping two teams of fast horses and indulged in the sports of the road and enjoyed. iuxuries, which reports have given rise to the opfnion that the amount of his defalcations will be greatly augmented, Bogert is described a8 a young man of slight physt- cal frame, delicate appearance, wearing a lignt mustache and using eye-glasses. He resided in the Tenth ward, Brooklyn, is teapectably connected, has been married for about i Mas od and enjoyed a large ctrcle of acquaintances. He has left wife in comparatively destitute cireumsiances, The naval potice authorities have the matter under investigation and further interesting developments ‘will shortly be made pubic. WESTCHESTER INTELLIGENCE, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS adjourned on Thurs- Gay untii Monday morning next, They have passed @ resolution 16 favor of ralaing thejsalary of the County Judge from $1,500 to $3,000 per annum and the salary of the District Attorney from $2,000 to $3,000 per annum. A resolution was also passed ap- Ppropriating $2,000 for clerk hire of the reuring Dis- trict Attorney during the last two years. The sum of $13,000 was appropriated to complete the Harlem® bridge. ‘ THE SING SING CONVICT MURLER TRIAL. Verdict of Not Guilty. The trial of Thomas Burns, alias Brickley, for,the murder of Charles M. Jefferds in the State Prison on the 14th day of May last, was concluded on Thurs- day evening in the Court of Oyer and Terminer at White Plains, After a recess of an hour and a half the court met at eight o'clock, and J. D. Townsend, senlor counsel for the defence, addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, ina speech of one hour and forty minutes, with great force and effect. Before commenting on the evidence counsel referred to the singular coincidence that on the 14th of May, at a qaarter before twelve o'clock, nine years ago, two ciuzens were brutally murdered by Charlés M, Jef- ferds, and that on the 14th of May of this year, ata uarter before twelve o'clock, the murderer Jef- ferds was sent to his account by the hand of an asvassin. Not an instant was given to him tn which to breathe a prayer for his uty soul The trial of Jefferds took place in December and the trial of Burns was also im December. Connsel commented severeiy on the conduct of the District Attorney during the trial and conciudgd with an eloquent and pathetic appeal on belialf of the pri- soner. District Attorney Bates replied in a clever but very vindictive speech, aud Judge Gillvert, at eleven o'clock, charged the jury, fairly and {mpar- tially. The fury retired, and after an absence of halfan hour brought in a verdict of “Not Guilty” against tho prisoner, Thomas Burna, As the case os the princtpal feli through, Whittington, the ieged ficcessory in the crime, wa3 deciared free of thecnarge., Burns was perfectly cool and collected throughout this extraordinary trial and did not mantiest the least emotion when the verdict was an- nounced. THE PERSONNEL OF. GOVERNOR HOFFMAN'S STAFF. We published yesterday a list of the staf appointed by the Governor elect. The Albany Argus gives the following in regard to the several members:—General Townsend (@ known throughout the Stave for the in- terest he bas taken in military affairs, and which he will bring with unabated zeal into the administration of the jutant General's Bureau, General Me- gee Jtica, Top high distinction in the eld, where he exhibited not only the gallantry of soldier, but administrative talents high order. Commissary Geoerai Morris, an influential member of the Constitutional Oonvention, also semed throngh the recent war with distinction, and ex- hibi @ high order of merit. He was wounded on the same battle field on which Gen- Gf the patriot post, the late’ George 'P, Morrin: of the patrio ate George P. General William M. ‘iweed, Jr., is a son of the well known Senator from New York, and is @ youn, jentleman of ag pa and ability. General & prominent member of the whose The a tment of Dr. Mosher, transpired few Gare ‘Ago, Was received with a general acclama- tion of ae by the profession and the public, He has a high and growing reputation. He rendered valuable services during the war. General sissel is an influential citizen of Western New York, honorably identifedwith the National Guard. General Magee is @ jiberal and public spirited young demo- crat of the Southern tier. ‘General Beebach is largely identified with that it and otic ly the National G of New York. He fepresentative man among the citi- zen soldi of German nationality and descent. We believe ft is the intention of Governor Hoffman to reduce the compensation of these pry except in two or three Inetances to abolish it entirely. ‘This will restore the staff to ite former footin| The aids, too, are to serve without pay. Colonel Banks and Warren worthily represent Albany and Troy. Colonels Connolly and Moller are of New York, and Colonel Kidd, formerly of Albany, now represents ochester, where he is with extensive business. Both Messra. .Oon- nolly and Kidd served during the The former was a@ prisoner at Libby. It ives us pleasnre to add tuat Colonel John ), Van Buren, laymaster General under Governor Seymour, has ac 1d the place of private secre. tary, Alb Acqua nied With legis ative aad executive bosimess bave lear to reaiixe the importance of this postion, it requires, and in tila inatance bas commanded, {ae krghest siaudard of intelligence aud imcewrity. identified | THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, Report of the Special Commissioners—Condie tion of the Read as Fur as Completed—Es- thnated Cost to Make the Line a First Clase Raiiway~The Work Favorubly Reported. Wasnrxaron, Dec. 4, 1868, The concluding portion of the report of the special Commissioners appointed by the Presi: dent of the United States to examine the Union Pacife Railroad, in regard to its location, road bed, cross wes, track laying, ballesting, rolling stock, repair shops, staiion bulidings, culverts, bridges, viaducts, turnouts and all other appurtances of the roada, and what amount of expenditure would be required in order that the road so far as built might be rendered in those par- tieulars equa! to@ fully completed first class rail- road, having been published, the following is a full and correct synopsis of their report: At the time the Commissioners inspected the road it had been constructed for a distance of 890 miles. They report the general location of the rond,.as a whole and In ita several parts, to be the most direct and practicable that could be found between Omaha and the head of Great salt Lake, a distance of 1,118 miles, and that the construction of the road, in gard to the amount ana character of tle exca rations and embankments, has been remarkavly easy. Be- tween Omaha and Granite Cafion, a distance of 535 miles, there waa not @ yard of rock excavation, and the natural surface itself over a great portion of it has presented nearly practicable grades, From Granite Oafion westward to the end of the track the work 1s less than on Eastern roads of the same length and the most dimenlt parts are light compared with roads m the Alleghany mountains. There is but one tunnel on the whole distance, which is on St. Mary’s creek, 230 feet in length. Although gener- ally the line is well adapted to the ground there are points where ‘the full capabilities of the country have not been fully developed, and others where, in ita details, the location is radically wrong. Ina ma- ay of such cases the prevailing idea seems to ave been to diminish the cost of the work by the introduction of a greater number and sharper curves than the etroumstances required. In view of the rapid prosecution of the work they ‘may hav® been admissible, but cannot justify a permanentadoption of the line’as built. While the road bed is di ed to have embank- ments fotirteen feet wide on top, with usua! slopes and cuts of not less than sixteen feet width of bot- tom, the higher embankments are not generally brovght to the proper standard, betng often incom- plete, and i some instances the width on top is less than the length of the ties. Instances occur where the cuts have not been excavated to the depth de- signed, in consequence of which the grades at those points are higher than was mtended, in some cases reaching ninety feet per mile, when much easier grades are shown on the profiles. A consideraple portion of the ties used in the Platte Valley were cot ton wood, and they will have to be replaced by others of better timber. The ties probably averaze 2,500 to the mile. The track laying has heen as well done as the exceedingly rapid construction of the road would allow. ‘The only deficiency worthy of notice in the track laying is thaton the curves the ratis have not been bent to conform to them. Upon por- tions of the road ballasting is entirely wanting, and can only be supplied by tMnusporting from the most accessible points ee ‘The track has, without exception, been latd on the bare roadway without having been previously prepared to receive it by a covering of ballast. “As @ consequence, except where the embankments happened to have been built of gravel or other good material, the track without ballast, the sui iz having been done by throwing up the necessary material for that purpose from the sides of the em- bankments themselves. The bridging on the line consists of stone culverts, girder and truss meicee and many varieties of trestle and pile bridges, number of these structures between Omaha and the end of the track Is 944, of which 250 are deemed ermanent, The remaining 694, with ar aggregate Feneth of 43,717 feet, or nearly eight milea, will hi tobe replaced. Of these thirty-four are to be placed by Howe truss bridges, erected on perma- nent stone abutments and piers, and 66) by box culverts, arches, or stone abutments, with girders or trusses of short spans, The rolling stock consists of 117 locomotives, 27 mger cars and 1,799 bi aud other cars, ides hand cars and those suitable for special pur- oses. The accommodations for th main- nance and repair of the rolling stock, erected and designed, are likewise sufficient to meet current demands; but the provess of enlargement in this de- rtment must likewise be continued for some'time. lachine shops and engine houses are erected or in process of Sonsiraction ¥ Omaha, North Platte, Cheyenne, Laramie and Rawiios, with add{tiona. locomotive stalis at Grand Islaad, Sidney, Sherman, Medicine Bow and Bitter cteek. At Omaha there is also a shop for the manutacture and repair of cars, The shops aiready erected are well supplied with machinery and tools of good quality, and the crowded condition of these at Omaha suliciently indicates the necessity for their enlargement or the early com, pletion of others, ‘The sidings of the road are of ample length, from 2,000 to 3,000 feet connected at both ends, and nearly every station is supplied with a spur aiding for its own &) accommodation, ‘The ratis are of good qusite. generally twenty-eight feet long and of merican manufacture, ey appear to wear weil, Snow fences have been butit ata number of the cuts in the Black Hills, but more will be required at this and other points on the road, They estimate the ex- penditare which will be rene in order that the Toad, so far as built, may be rendered equal to a fully completed frst class raliroad, as follows: — Changing locations to improve line and di- minish curvature, at Biack’s Fork, Red Desert, Rawlings, Rock creek, Red Buttes, Date creek, Granite cation and Hazard, not including cutting off large bends on Kock Completing embankments to full width, fii. ing trestieworks (six and a half miles) and ripraping ... Se ey Completing excavations of cuts to grade on Bicck’s Fork, Bitter creck, &C..........+.. 20, Reducing grades between Omaha and Etk- horn to conform with condition on which change of line was approved.............. 525,000 cross tes, to repmce those of totton- wood eer en nae ceceportetion, re- ti of old ties aad placing new in track, Ballasting, including transportation, iufting track, placing inaterials, surfacing and re- adjusting track and curving rails, 890 mies 910,000 Seventy abutments and 26 tier foundations, including excavations, piles, gullage and securing with riprap, at $1,50%..... eeesees 144,000 30,480 yards masonry, in abutments and POOEE, OB EIB 0005'35 Sy cevesinenodonsaereese 407,000 8,460 lineal feet Howe's truss—-viz., 49 spans, 5 of 150 feet, and 11 spans of 100 feet, at 245,000 46... tee eeeeeeeseeeeeeonen os Supplying 121 openings of trestiework, of 50 fest leugth and under, between Omaha and North Platte, with permanent works of masonry and girders, at 8600...... Supplying 264 openings of trestiework, of feet length and under, between North Piatte and end of track, with permanent Works of masonry aud girders, at $000, Supplying 184 openings of trestlework, Ing 103 feet each, with permanent struc- tures of masonry and girders or short trusses, Including foundations, $1,600...... 276,000 Renewing Dale creek bridge, or replacing game by embankment anu arched water- 380,250 224,600 109,000 i ate’ ways in Mary's ereek, bitter creek and otlier points not provided for, and renewing and enlarging stone culverts, 60 new passenger iocomotives oug! trave! ou opening of road, at $14,009..... Thorough repair of say one-third of locom: tives used in construction and on hand when road is opened, say 50, at $5,000 each 150,000 44 new passenger cars for through travei on opening Of road, $6,000........06..66 264,000 80 bai . Xpress and mail cars, $3,800... 114,000 00 box ht cars, $900...... +6 460,000 200,000 100,000 $9,000, 60 additional jocomotive stalls, $4,000. Completing shops at Cheyenne, : additio shops at Bryan and enlarging shops at Omaha, with tools for Cheyenne, Rawlins and Bryan.... ws08 000 Additional water stations and prob Gitional expenditures to secure full supply of water een Rawlins and Bitter Creek. 80,000 Additional station butidings. 75,000 Additional snow fences. * 60,000 Additional fencing against stock. 80,000 The foregoln, of from ‘Om a to the end of the track, and 1s statement of the expenditures deemed anh to complete the construction and equipment of ihat of the road ready for the tramic to be thrown upon it when the line ts opened to California. ‘The estimated cost of constructing and fully com- pictits the road from Weber cailon to the head of he Great Salt Lake is $3,515,550. In conclusion the Commissioners are of opinion thatthe Union Pacific Railroad, taken as a whole, has been well constructed; that the general route is exceedingly well selected, the tain —_ ‘fat some Of the most favorable passes on the continent, and possessing capabilities for eaay grades and favorable alignment unsurpassed by an’ other railway line on similarly elevated ground, Deficiencies exist, but they are, almost without ex- ception, those incident to all new roads, or offs character growing out of the peculiar difficulties en- countered or in: iy with the unex. ampled ‘of the work, and they can all be supplied at an on! but little exceeding that which ‘would have obviated them in the first instance, ‘THE PACIFIC RAILROAD IN WEBER CANON, UTAH, (From the Salt Lake Telegraph, Nov, 26, After atwo months’ absence, superintend ng the Work on his contract in Weber cafon, Mr. H, J. t returned to this city goratas to procure mea and py Tn conversation with him we gathered that raliroad building in Weber cation 1s progressiag, a8 heretofore, with energy and determination, and everybody seems to be putting in his “best licks’ to hasten the advent of the iron horse into the valieya | Of Utah, By the time that tes can be hauled and | distributed on the ground the whole of the grading will have been completed, and Mr, Faust gaye Ulat there la nothing to hinder this wint terminus of the Union Pacific Raiiroad being at Kcho city, On Messrs, Sharp & Young's coutiact, and in » fact ail along the live, irom the head of eebo to the \ parmington, Me., tha uth of Weber, the utmost acti eprevaiis—there fe a0 cessation. fe sino ee cafion the sound of thie drill and the report of the bisa are heard at ali hours, and the vast congregation of men work with the Jarity of machinery; every man has his ‘and knows what be has toperform, and he does it with a will. ‘There is no lack of work to be done tn Weber caiion yet, and all who are in want of a job can find, at almost any grading camp, pro- fitavie empioyment. CUBA. Important Capture of Insurgente=No Sharp Instruments to Be Kept by Citizens, Except Selasors, &c.—All tho Alegres Sent to Jail— What's in a Cuban Name? Havana, Noy. 27, 1863, A fresh batch of prisoners has arrived at tie Morro Castle. Two of them were arrested at Nuevitas, with- out any cause whatever, when they were peacefully landing from the steamer Moctezuma, and iwenty- one of them were captured at San Cristobal. Among these Santa Rosa and three students, two of whom were from Puerto Principe—namely, Agramonte and Rodrigues Zayas. A planter from Candelaria, Mr. Bigoa, sixty years old, with his four sons, one only twelve years old, and two negroes were also brought here. These were arrested because Santa Rosa and his band were found on Mr. Bigoa’s plantation. There are now in the Morro Castle thirty-one prison- ers, most of them for ho cause, but merely on suspi- clon, It is said that these will be sent to Spain, The insurgents number now.from 13,000 to 20,000, and the Spanish troops are unable to pursue them. The Diario de la Marina and La Prensa, lacking favorable news, fill their columns every day with praises of the enthusiasm of the volunteers, who might rather be called conscripts; with descriptions of the reviews, the donations to raise said volunteers and to help the government, which is sadly fn want of funds, and with commopications offering the writers’ live’ and capitais. Most of them are gotten up to order for the Captain General, In Matanzas tt has been impossible to find a native Cuban willing to give a single cent, and the Span- jards there are incensed or frightened, aud they say the Cubans have thrown off thetr masks, The Oap- tain General has decreed that nobody can travel through the island without a permit (ccdula) and that nobody can carry, sell or keep any arms what- ever, except scissors, razors, forks aud table knives. Does not this show that he is afraid? At the railroad depot of Candelaria two packages of jerked beef were found containing several stan of’arms. Fifteen persons Were arrested, who were all innocent, as they had no knowledge of the fact. ‘The bill of lading of the packages was sigaed by R. Alegre, 8 person who has no real existence, and the authorities have Bprieones every one guilty of being named Alegre, without any consideration or infor- mation. They have been sent to the jail, which is already crammed with prisoners. ‘The government, in, waut of prisoners taken fairly and honorably in the field, resorts to imprisoning everywhere al those that are suspected, and even the entirely innocent, so as te keep up the number of their captives on a level with the number taken by the insurgents, Ail Bat over 800 officers and men at_Bayamo and Holguin. ‘Taree gentiemen from Santiago de Cuba—Mr. F. Bravo, ® lawyer, Lieutenant Colonel Villalon and Mr. E. Estrada—came to have a conference with the Captain General about Count Balmaseda’s prociama- tion declaring war to death, as this proclamation would put in great danger the lives of the Spanish prisoners in the ds of the rebels. The organiza- tion of two battalions of volunteers—Chasseurs of Spain and Chasseurs of Order—has caused great dis- satisfaction Sane, the regular troops, because the volunteers are pald four times as much as the vete- rans. While aseda 1s Deemer humble tone with the insurgents in arms, promising reforms, &c., here everybody 18 prosecut ted and in- sulted by the ae ‘The revolutioniats have two papers at Bayamo, El Cubano Libre and La Ini del Puedlo. Mr. Garcia Mufioz, the new Governor of Sant! de Cuba, is the same man who in 1851 was Chief of the Police at Havana. It was he who, by order of Gen- eral Concha, went at midnight to arrest D. Ramon Pinto, the Spaniard who went to the scaffold for bis love of Cuba, and who entered the rooms of Pinto’s wife and daughters without any co tion as to the hour and the sacredness of home, He com- mitted all sort of outrages, which, perhaps, you have not forgotten, as the account of the transaction was widely published at the tme. THE FIFTH MILITARY DISTRICT. General Reynolds’ Report of Operations iu Texas. BRADQUARTERS Firra Miirary DisrRicr, } STATE OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, Nov. 4, 1863, f ADJUTANT GENERAL UNITED States ARMY, Washing ton, D. O.:— : GENERAL—I have the honor to forward herewith « tabular statement of expeditions, scouts and report of movements of the various regiments serving in this district for the year ending September. 30, 1868. Armed organizations, generally known as “Ku Klux Klan,” exist, independently or in concert with other armed bands, in many parts of Texas, but are most numerous, bold and aggressive east of the Trinity river. The precise object of these organiza- tions cannot be readily explained, but seems, in this State, to be to disarm, rob and in many cases murder Union men and negroes and, as occasion may offer, murder United States oMcers and soldiers; also to intimidate every one who knows anything of the er- ganization, but who will not join it. The civil law east of the Trinity river is almost a dead letter. In some counties tne civil orficers are all, or a portion of them, members of the Kian. In other counties, where the civil officers will not join the Klan or some other armed band, they have been compelled to leave thelr counties; examples are Van Zauit, sinith and Marion counties. The county seat of the tatier is Jefferson. Tn many counties where the county oMcers have not been driven off thetr influence 18 scarcely ‘cit. What politicai end, tf any, ts aimed at by these bands Tcannct positive.y say, but they attend tn large bodies the political meetings (barbecues) which huve been and are being held in various parts of the State under the suapices of the democratic clubs of the different counties. The speakers encourage the at- tendance, and tn several counties men have been in- dicated by name from the speaker’s stand as those selected for murder. The men thus pointed out have no course left them but to leave their homes or be murdered on the first conventent opportunity. murder of negroes is so common as to render it imposstb'e to Keep an accurate acconnt of them. Many of the murders of these bands of outlaws are transient persons in the State—the absence of rat!- roads and telegraphs and great length of time re- quired to communicate between remote points facill- tating their devilish purposes. These organizations are evidently countenanced, or at least not discour- . by the majority of the white people of the shies whore the bands are most numerous. They «l not otherwise exist. ave given this matter close attention, and am satisfied that a remedy to be effective must be gradu- aily applied and coubdined with the firm support of the army, until these outiawa are punished or dis- persed, Thex cannot be punished by thecivil courte aaofil some examples of military commissions show that men can be puntshed in Texas for murder and kindred crimes, ‘Te perpetrators of such crimes have not heretofore. except in very rare jastances, been punished in the State at all. Free speech and free press, as the terms are genorally under stood in other States, have never existed in Texas. In fact, the cliizens of other States cannot appre- ciate the state of a‘faira in Texas without actually experiencing it. Tue official reports of lawiessness and crime, 80 far from being ke do not tell the whole trath, Jeferson is the centre from which most of the trade, travel and lawlessness of Eastern Texas radiates, and at this pointorits vicinity there should be stationed a regiment of troopa. The recent murder at Jeferson of Mr. G. W. Smith, ‘a delegate to the constitutional convention, has mate it necessary to order inore Lroops to that point. This movement weakens the frontier posts to such ap extent as to impair their efficiency for protection, against the Indiaas; bat the bold, wholesale mur- ering tn the fnterior of the State seems at present to present amore urgent demand for troops than Indian depredations. ‘The frontier posts should, however, be reinforced if possible, as it is not tm- robable that the Indians from the northwest, after javing suffered defeat there, will make beavy incur- sions Into Texas. To restore measurable peace and quiet to Texas ‘will require, for a long time, that troops be stationed at many county seats until by their prosence, and aid if necessary, civil law can be placed in the hands of reliable officers andexecuted. This witl be- the work of years, and will be futly accomplished only by an (ncrease of population, I'am, General, very Feupgettalty Bag obedient r servant, J. REYNOLDS, Brevet Major General U. 8, Army, commanaing. GENERAL NOTES. Mary Joyce died in South Boston lately, aged 802 years. Sho was one of the family of Heths, but did hot nurse General Washington when he was a baby. Seasonabie Invitation—Gome up, Bob, to-mor Tow morning at seven, apd take breakfast with ws enfamile.” Bob—What, in bed?” Alderman Braman was one of the committee of the City Council of Boston appointed to give an om. cial welcome to General Grant The whole afoir was ilke taking one of Bramau’s cold water batt 80 far as the Council was bey és . Grant among the Eastern Seers—General Grant dined with David Sears in ap on TiWesday. ‘A singular case of klopemania has turned np in cauforis in the ‘of @ pretended schoolmaster named Turner. He was in the babit of turning things to his own account Whenever he had an op portunity, Gilmer ie the name of Bear River City, in Utah, where a bloody riot recently occurred, Peace, how. @ver, now reigns, and the printing press destroyed will be re-established as soon as material can ve obtained. The editor was not hart. It was from Livermore Falls, Me, and not from & lady tet ph operator recently mysteriously disappeared ere bas been guy mysterious disappearance at all.