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8 eters SOUTH AMERICA. An American Fleet Moving on Paraguay. Retarn of Ministers Washburn and Webb. State of the War on the River Plate. ‘The United States and Brazil mail steamship Mer- ®imac, Captain Tummerman, arrived yesterday with dates from Rio Janeiro November 25, Bahia Novem- ber 30, Pernambuco December 4, Para December 9 ‘and St, Thomas December 16, She brings interesting and important intelligence, which will be found in our subjoiued correspond- ence. A united squadron would proceed to Paraguay at ‘once to demand Messra, Bliss and Masterman, General McMahon, United States Minister to Para- guay, had arrived at Buenos Ayres. Admiral Davis, of the United States squadron, has ‘deen there and returned to Montevideo. General Worthington, United States Minister to the Argentine Republic, had been presented to the Tepublic of Uraguay, to which he was alsa, accred- ited. All. the Paraguayan war prisoners in Buenos Ayres, by special decree of President Sarmiento, had The health of the army in Paraguay Lopez was still at Villeta. A divi- Sion of the Braziiian army in the Chaco, twelve thousand strong, was marching through the woods on Asuncion, which was strongly defended by the It 1s presumed that Lopez will, if The duration of the war 1s thus rendered uncertain, ‘he allied army Tequires further reinforcements, and ten thousand been liberated, had improved. Paraguayans. Manked, retire to the mountains, recruits.ere sald to be coming from Brazil. , Orders had been received in Buenos Ayres from headquarters suspending the further shipment of horses and calling for further supplies of jerked Ddeef. BRAZIL. Return of Ministers Webb and Washburn— Policy of the Emperor Regarding Para- guay—State of the War. Rio JANEIRO, Nov. 29, 1868, Ministers Webb and Washburn go in this packet, the former for a temporary absence. I hear that the missionary ill-treatment at Loreno, in the St. Paulo, on the 13th, has been the subject of a reclamation ‘made by General Webb for punighment of a police authority, who 1s sald to have connived at the out- Fage perpetrated against the Presbyterian congre- Gation lately gathered there by the missionaries, a band of forty disguised persons having fallen the hearers who were that day, Deaing without mercy or distinction of sex or aye, the seventy persons who had gathered to ‘the pmaching. The police authority is accused of not ouw conniving at the attack, but also of neglect- ing to Make the usual inquisition into the affair, be- sides releasing as a madman. a man who a few days ‘vefore hadgone in search of the Bible seller, with a As I mentioned last month, of late the misvonary and priest partisans have be- come very ag@essive and epithetical, so that out- bursts of bigotry\ike that which occurred at Loreno, upon and beaten leaving the place of service on Pistol in nis hand, are not extraordilary, Iv is certain that ‘he Ministry has been for some time in a condition of internal fermentation upon The Premier, Itaborahy, opinion that the conditia of the finances ren ake imperative to conciude the war at once by entering the at- uforee that clause of the triple treaty of alliance which makes it & sive qua non of peace that Lopez be forced to abdierte thé Dictatorship and to ie Councils of State have been held upon it and we matter laid be- fore the Emperor ; but he 1s unyielding in his deter- Dination not to enter into any compromise of the original determination of the allies, and he says:— “ ouation be entered into with Lopez it ved on by my successor, for I will abdi- {such procedure be carried out.” Itaborahy ts not prepared to run the Emperor aground in the matter, and the ideg remains still in abeyance, but the question of the War, aud one or two of bh colleagues are’ strony into negotiations with Lopez, i tempt to eee Rng Tea Varaguay and the River Plate. if any ne must be ca: cai is at a crisis, It ts, however, becoming more and more apparent to all that ihe firmness of the Emperor has degener- ated into obstinacy, and that a Anancial crash is in- evitable if he do not give way, Setting aside the dis- pie | poiat between the supporters‘and attackers of SaXias, as to the mlitary capacity and management dd entails ve Aliles have ¢ aud transpor o.uer Consideral mand of the river aud tin doa the only to an army of by disease, an cut of by the Paragua ug avoided risking, weal efforts to me When thei conviction has, ther nm if Caxias bes nt he is attempting on the river sid t in Lopez removing to Lambar ro Leone and v0) men, rapidly disappearin ae | gece © dock “Ys aod oy & constant harrassing guerlila war. fare ‘ior which the people, ured to hard and wn il Bavage lie, and the country. al ness | and with its most fertile tog dou aAtaius, 80 admirably lend temselves. ih e@hews from the war is (iat the road in the Chac 0 Was expected to be ready about the 2:th of Nove wher and ‘hat 80 g004 AS possible afterwards aa aa ‘einpt would be mad? to cross Argolio's corps ‘of 12, 0.0 men to the rear of the Paraguayan posi- tion,’ Asuncion is reported to be tolerably ‘well for- filled ; (nd the Parayuayans have been working hard everyw ‘here to gaard their positions from being turned. Perhaps by the next packet to kurope we may be 4F of te Oanking corps itaving crossed and of ager (eral sttack which Caxias 18 sald to intend making sesame tune. Areca vaoissance Was made upon the 2d, but only com Irmed the opinion that the assault in front wouldve &Xcessively dangeraus, a8 the men would have 4 / uuder the } "araguayan cannon, Moat of tA '@ troa-ciads are abowe Angustura, one or other descet (ding for stores every now and then, and etuing tole. y well hammered. Torpedoes have eon again & sed, but Bone have taken effect on the vessels. The Paraguayans, however, noticing that the tron-clads Were always going up and down at night, placed four in the channe! so that no vessel could pass wAtnout striking one, but, as Brazilian duck would have it, one of their vessels had to go of an too great a laurry to Walt for night, and thus dis- covered the trap in time, Sarmiento’s releasing the Paraguayan prisoners held by the Confederation has apparently made the Brazilian government apprevend ‘odious compari. fons,” and the seml-oiiicial journal has come out With a notice, trying to explain away the liberality of the measure. bxchange, 17% pence per milreia; sovereigns, B. $800; gold, 163 W 165, BUENOS AYRES. | Bites and Masterman to be Demunded-- Movement of an American Fleet on Paras guay—Rejoicings of Spanish Democrats oat Events in Spain. BUENOS AYkES, Nov. 14, 1868. ‘To-day the aupplemental mail closes and the £ Peay event #o long desired has at length occurred, a.v¢ the United States squadron is to move up at on 6 to Paraguay and to demand the surrender of @o Wer ©. Bliss and Gegrge F. Mastérman. They were men Wers of the United States Legation and were @rres ‘ed under its flag, The outrage was beyond al) Precedent and demands the most summary treat- ment. }, The ne\¥ Minister, General McMahon, has arrived, the Aq Wiral of the station, Davis, will proceed ith him, ta.“ing all the steamers, except the flag- boip, which, ig* 400 large for the river navigation. This is accorde 4 in by all the Mnited States Minis- bers here, and it, # ‘Ue best certineate of the correct- bess of the steps. Sen by Mr. Wasaburn, ‘The native press ¥ere aud fovelguers’ generally have been vindictive Y Severe on Mr, Washburn, ub a jevier publishea Bere yesterday by Generat Webb, the Un ted states “4 T to Braai!, has made = # Hood case OF bis defenog,” MOK wistatisiactapa te | are WSU pleased, zillan generalissimo, it is evident that the vers of the Paraguayans are extraordi- 4 trom the spirit of the nation, its faith in and the diMeuit nature of its country. Each ion taken up proves stlil more difficult to * ily increased cost for the sup- nd equiping of the allied forces, Hitherto the erived great assistance from their fleet owing to the Paraguayans sacrificing as to that of maintaming the com- and preserving the steamers and other cratt which escaped destruction at Riachuelo Onoe, however, the Paraguayans aban- ver and retire Lo the strong positions which they possess more inland, the allies Will have to trust 4 their convoys will be harrassed anc o cavalry, whom Lopez bas whoi le has been making best possible footing for useful, ral cred- ecting the 1@ mountains, one afer another, but wearing out the pursuers by e tree miles in Water breast higt, through # ‘Mich no cannon could be dragged, and would haw & to cross a very wide and deep drain rigit NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. deep as their joy would have been if he had fallen ‘& victim to Lopez's cruelty and lawless raze. ‘There was ap immense meeting of Spanish demo- crats in Montevideo last night. e crowd surge? through the street shouting vivas for Euro reps Two knocked down theescatcheon but the mob itand 1." _He came to the balcony and de- ‘highest honor to serve his regene- Mr, Ws the ex-United States Minister to Part ‘the French packet to take the ‘ket at Rio Janeiro for home. He will arrive in New York at the same time that this letter here nothing about the United suates fleet 1g to Parsenay. Perhaps the Admiral has kept it quiet, so as not to be heralded there be- fore his arrival. The five steamers that are to go are expected to be in this port to-day or to-morrow. itizens of Corrientes, of this city, have made up a& se of $3,200, gold, for a lawyer, Dr. Gomez, to re- ward him should he succeed in jeneral ge is alleged to have been the cause of the civil war in the province of Corrientes for the last elght months. He was of the reguiar . Affatrs are now, all arranged. most splendid medal has given to Hector F, Varela for his Lemmy meer last September at the Peace Congress. It is of gold, two ounces in weight, with sixteen fine diamonds, one and a half carat each, and one emerald of one carat. His speech was . Genmersy fy My Rear Bee been put under way, e A and is stenicos about half way from this city. The line will be 290 miles long. Reforms by President Sarmiento—News from Paraguay—The Washburn Case—Commer- cial Advices, BUENOS AYRES, S, A., Nov. 13, 1868. In the administration of President Sarmiento we have not only the fact that a new broom sweeps clean, but in this case it keeps on sweeping. The new movements and the reforms, the suspension of useless offices and the suppression of local rebellions and Indian invasions indicate that there are intelli- gence, skill and integrity at the helm. Dr. Sar- miento knows no party in his movements and em- ploys good men of any shade of opinion for import- ant trusts, % ‘The Paraguayan war was found by the new admin- istration as a sort of heirloom, and as it was fortified by a treaty made in good faith it would be tmpolitic to escape from the meshes by a withdrawal on the eve of apparent victory. Accordingly that war ls drinking the blood of the nation without any greut promise of returning good. At latest advices the allies were at Las been] about two leagues distant from tue strongly fortitie Paraguayan camp at Angostura, The place of oc- cupation by the allies is one of the worst imagina- ble, Great files, mosquitoes, mud knee deep, marsh on all sides, fever ague are among its terrors. The position of the Pai ‘ans at Angostura is so good that with a battery of tweaty Gaondnees yond ers they annoy the iron-clads in passing and com- pletely prevent all other vessels from Ld towards Asuncion. So formidable is this battery that the plan has been aioe of croasing the river below It and cutting a road through the Caco wilder- ness for ten leagues to @ point 0} Asuncion, and there to recross and Coed the city. This route Offers 80 many difficulties that the battery must be regarded as hard to take. There are vast savannahs of flags to be mowed, swamps to be bridged and reads to be cut for the vege, through immense forests, Then there are raguayan forces and fortifications that retard the progress. The developments the Washburn correspond- ence place the character of in @ most unen- viable light. It is very clear that was planning to divest Mr. Washburn of his character as Minis- ter, then to immure him in one of his subterranean dungeons, or torture and then kill him. The plan ‘was nearly completed when the United States gun- boat Wasp arrived, and Mr. Washburn just ed. ‘The outrage of the seizure of the two members of his legation, Bliss and Masterman, cou!d not be in- tensified by the seizure of the Minister himself, The father of tnis same Lopez once broke up an indus- trial compaty from the United States which was engaged in Tan ttuotaring under special charter, and again fired on a United States exploring vessel, in geography, geology, botany and cralinology, and geography, ge a and ornithology, an a man was killed. Ws made a show of resistance to these outrages, and, though the company’s claims are to this day unsettled, the other points are ar- ‘ool 38 ening to come in and in good con- dition. Owing to the immense numbers of sheep slaughtered the amount of wool will not much ex- ceed that of last year. The quantity of skins and the pipes of tallow will be doubie that of any previous yer. Nearly all the wool bought so far goes to ‘ance. The average price at present is ten cents, gold, per pound. Business in all directions is reviving. There has been a new issue of national bonds, but so contident ig the public m Sarmiento’s administration that there is no abatement of value of bonds on ’Change. The Argentine Central Railroad is again progressing. Rosario, a city on the Pai river, is tiproving very rapidly. The recetpw of the half-tinishea Cen- tral Railroad are $1,500, gold, daily. Tals occurs while not one square mile in one hundred for the distance of ten mules each way is cultivated. The railroad, when done—to be finished tn 1869—will ex- tend towards the Pacific 247 miles, Along its line are the best wheat and maize lands tm the world and Truits of every climate flourish. ° company has @ concession of six miles broad for the entire route, VENEZUELA. New Election for President—The Late Gene= ral Monagas—The Maracaibo Question. CuRAGOA, W. L, Nov. 30, 1868, Venezuela is said to have been at peace for some months, but this peace, if atany time it has been real, can hardly be called so nuw. The provisional guvern- ment installed last July has probably done tts duty as well as could be expected, but its infuence hag hardly been felt outside of the capital, and its hasty organization has deprived it of the necessary au- thority to enforce its decrees. Recently elections— if the acclamations of a mob can be called elections— have been held in various parts of the country, at which President and members of Congress have been chosen. Of course these have been the occ: sion Of more or less revolts, conspiracies and mur- ders, and now we hear of a commission being sent to treat for peace with the States of Portugueza and Barritas; for, according to the Venezuelan constitution, the States are independent sovereign- ties, to be treated by the central government on the same footing as foreign Powers, Without higher wisdom and sounder patrtotism than we have so tar seen exhibited in the rulers of Venezueia there is bid to avert another bloody and prolonged strife, Genoral José Tadeo Monagas, the leader of the late revolution and President elect of the republic, died in Caracas on the 18th inst, at the age of eighty-five years. General Monagas was possessed of marked abilities, and his life was a long and eventiul one, He was a companion in arms of Boll- var, and at one time stood high ia the coniidence of that Hustrious chieftain. He has been twice Presi- dent of Venezuela, the last time having been de- posed In 1843. Although far advanced in years, it was mainly through his masterly ability aud in- domitable energy that the late revolation was brought to a successful termination; and it was felt that tne presidency was ouly his due, and hence he was elected to that post by the oficiais at Caracas. ‘The choice of a person to replace him as President Will devolve on the Congress which meets in January next. « The Maracatbo question has been settled about as might have been expected. George Sutherland, the Tuler of that city, having made about money enough in bis four years’ reign, and floding his old enemy, Pulgar, approaching the city, conctuded It was about time for him to resign, and accordingly came here on the Sth inst., bringing his family and all nis “reals’’ with him. Shortly after his arrival the Governor of this isiand had @ grand soirée in his honor, at which the Maracaibo oppressor was duly feted and liontzed, But, then, Sutherland has $2,000,000, which makes all the difference, you know. In the meantime Venantio Pulgar has begun his reign in Maracaibo, of course to make ail the money he can and in due time give place to the next lucky adventurer, THE LACOMA (XH) POISONING CASE. “urious Reasons for Getting a Man Out of the Way. {From the Great Falls (N. H.) Journal, Dec. 19.) A case of at#empted poisoning occurred at Laconia om Wednesday of last week. (Some of the particu. arm have beep already given.—Ep. Her. Mra. Iawbel ‘arrar Was arrested for attempring poison herhusband Geo, L. Farrar (who is a-brother of Woe Hi. Farrar of Great Falls). The latter received a letter from his sister, Who Was Visiting at the house of her brother at Laconia, from which we are permitted to make the following extract George has had a time of it, and his wife is at the bottom of it ail, SuMcient proof has been found. Sbe has been lodged in jaii—bonds $5,000. She has been trying her poe all summer, Without doubt. His medicine and food have been watched for the last week, apd milk which abe prepared wae given to two cats, which sent them into convulsions. She has been writing to Annah Moulton, and the letters have been and they have tel hed for her arrest at Loweil. It seems that she and iis have a to put him out of the way, so they can kee} house there—a fancy one, dou! How horrid! She sent for her father and aa eo ot to get wil, but they have not yet concluded to go thiat. She will stand a chance to rest awhile, He has iad his eaiibles from Mra. Jewell’s for about # week, wha his wife has prepared has been set aside, and he hat improved fast by the change. The milk and medici..e are now in Boston to be mnalyzed. It a acd the dish of mtik has been analyzed and no poison found, Ligvom SEIZURE IN PORTLAND, ME.—A seizure of Iquors was made in Portland on the 22d inst., which created coumerable excitement. The contents of the Falmouth House bar were confiscated by the State constables. This hotel is cai/ed the best in the State, and is owned by Mr. J, said to be the riciest inan in seized is unimportant in a pecuniary point of view, btu the act signifies tive determination of the oMcers to enforce the law, Court to charge the jury. The principal one was that the burden of proof lay wiih the government. The Court declined to charge the jury to that eifect. ‘The jury ten retired and weré abs-nt about twenty minutes, They then came into court and rendered &@ verdict for the government on the two particular sec- tions on which the prosecution rested for the con- dewnation of the prone in quesiion—the twenty- sixth and tars re th sections. NEW YORK CITY, THE COURTS, | UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. | The Watson & Crary Distillery bh Me. iH i. ton asked ior @ stay of proceedings \—! judg Vors ly ‘8. Day ef the Trial—The Judge’s oMr. ‘Gourtney objected to a further stay than dict for the Government. Before Judge Blatchford. ‘The United States vs, The Rectivying Distitt twenty days, The Court ted counsel thirty days to re a bill of exceptious in this and the previous whskey case, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT—IN. BANKRUPTCY. A Blavk Decision—A New Way to Pay Old day on which the trial of this case has occuppd the attention of the court and jury, There was pthing iver his charge to the jury and for that Soe its horaiee he BU of the learn ‘was lengthy and exhaustive of the law points question as to the construction of statute bearing more particularly on the issue, and was at the same time a Clear and qmpre- hensive though brief review of the more impriant points in the evidence, THE JUDGE'S CHARGE, Judge Blatchford in his charge to the substantially as follows:— GENTLEMEN OF TUB JURY—It is @ subject ¢ con- gratulation that this Case, to which we are de- Debts. Before Judge Blatchford, In the Matter of —, a Bankrupt.—In this case the Register, on transmitting the result of the first meeting of creditors, certifies to the Court that at such meeting one creditor, who had proved his debt, appeared; that only one debt was proved; that the Register inquired of such creditor if he desired to elect am assignee; that such creditor replied that he would elect Mr. ——. (Another Blank), who was present, remarked that as Mr, ——. 5 Oke yoting our attention tor the seventh day, isdwing | iad been elected in six out of the last so near its conclusion. notwithstand!® the | ien cases before the Regisicr, the Register time orcupied and the zeal MY Which it hal been | thought it right to make inquiries of the creditor conducted by counsel on both gides, the issbs on | concerning the choice, and élicited from him the statement that Mr. was a stranger to him and called at his poe of business on the day preceding, with one of the notices to creditors, whic was the first he had heard of the meeting, and called bis at- tention to the notice and soiicited of him that he would prove his debt and elect Mr. as the as- signee of the bankrapt; and after consultation tt was agreed that he should attend the meeting of creditors and swear to his claim and vote for Mr. as assignee; and that this statement was made tn the presence of another Mr. Blank. in addition, the register says that he had been ad- dressed on the subjects by Mr. himself, who stated that he propostd to make a regular business of seeking out creditors and soliciting them to prove their debts ana vote jor him asassignee, with a view to such pecuniary emoluments ag may legitimately belong to the position. ‘rhe Judge says:—‘To knowingly sanction the election of an assignee made under circuustances such as those above stated would be to open the door to abuses whose character can be well conjectured. A free election proceeding from the real choice of the creditors is one thing; an election persuaded by the importunity of the proposed susinpoe exer- clsed upon indifferent creditors is another thing. The elections are disapproved in all of the cases re- ferred to,” UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. The Alleged Customs Frauds. Before Commissioner Betts, The United States vs. Sigismund and Simon Gui- terman.—The hearing in the examination of the de- fendants in this case, who, it will be remembered, are charged with passing foreign goods, wares and merchandise through the Custom House on false in- voices and entries, was set down for yesterday. Mr. Sigismund Kaufman, counsel for the defendants, ap- ared and stated to the Commissioner that im con- tee uence of an arrangement he had entered into with the District Attorney the defendants would not be present to-day. He (Mr. Kaufman), however, ap- peared on their behalf to state the cause of their non- appearance and to assure the Court that they would resent on apy day the Court might now name. for the hearing. Mr. Burrill, also counsel for the defendant, aj red and applied to Mr, Ethan Alen, ie Bite States ‘peatrict Attorney, to waive his claim to a forfeiture of the recognizance under the circum- stances. Mr. Ethan Allen explained that the recognizance would be formally forfeited, but the parties to it would not necessarily be proceeded last if they cae forward and submitted to their examination and trial on a day to be fixed by the Commissioner; but that he should move, and did now move, for the absolute forfeiture of the bond to save the rights of the government on the bond. Mr. Burrill sulil further pressed for the non-forfeit- ure of the bond, but Mr. Allen refusing to yicld, the Commissioner made the foliowing order on the re- cords of the court:— qu Dero. ‘The United States District Attorney calls the defendant, iimon Guiterman, at two P.M, The defendant is not per- onally present, but Mr. Kanfman and Mr. Burrill appear as is counsel, and state that by arrangement with the United ates Dimtict Attorney the case was to be portponed until ture day to be agreed upon, and that In consequence of said areement they (counsel) bad notitied the defendant that hia Drsonal attendance to-day was not necessary. The United States Attorney (Mr. Ethan Allen) then moved = the recognizance be forfeited, the defendant not person- which you are to pass will be found within | very narrow compass, and aithough the evide bie to the issue has mn & very wide rai case has resolved ft for prosecution by t! ernment upon two sections of the Internal law—the twenty-sixth section of the act of 1864, and the forty-eighth section of the 80, 1864, as subsequent’ mended, T shai firstfirect your attention to the twenty-sixth section of of 1866, Now the questions for your eration under the 4wenty-sixth section themselves into three, subjects of The first one is the’apirits taken to this ment in Christopher street by the witness, The second is the lot of spirits, calied sepnty- five barrels, taken there, as Spy by the evjence for the claimants, on the 4th, 6th and 6th of Bbru- ary, 1868, And the third class or subject § the thirty barre’s taken there, as apy by the paim- ant's evidence on the 11th of February. Theprovi elons of the twenty-sixth section of the act are to this effect:—Every rectifier or w! dealer in distilled be i shall enter daily in a' or books, kept by him for that. parpane, ‘undersuct regulations and rules as the mmissiongr oO; Internal Revenue may prescribe, tie numbe} of proof gaJons purchased or cel by him, from whom Beret or ‘and the number of proof gallons sold ard delivered and every rectifier who shall neglect or ed keep such record shall forfeit all spirits in hig po+ session, together with. all tools, impienents, app- ratus, &c., used by him. Now, the requirements »! this statute are perfectly plain and takab». ‘There is no ety t no confusion about it., Thre fsno room for any diMculty or embarrassment in the part of any one desiring to comply with tie lw to doso. The language must be lerstood ai ued in this section, in its ordinary, pain mon sense meaning. And wi a or wholesale dealer is thus equi enter daily ina book or books his recelj spirits, from whoum he received them and the nuptr of proof gallons they eontain he can understan( ut one thing from the directions—that he ts to ddtis thing every day—day by day as he receives the the day on which he receives them, And it alsoin mon sense manifestly intends that he shall put daw the day. And the fact that in a practical consttu- tion, in @ conforming with the statute, these clai- ants did keep & book, in which they put downdy by aay, apparently, the number of the nui- ber of proof gallons, the persons 1m whom pr- chased or received, and the date they }. ceived them, shows that they understood ‘wi was meant by the law, as evi must understand it—that he ts nm ae to make entries daily, but he is to put down on day of receipt the ia number of proof ga tons he received and the person from whom he rn ceived them. Now, we find the practical constructio, of the law acted on by these claimants, ith practical construction of what the law is it is idle t speculate about what the law requires. There is nc doubt whatever that the principle on which this book was kept was in compliance with the law— pacing down the date of receipt, the number of gal- jons received and the name of ti rson from whom they were purchased or received. That these persons were rectifiers of spirits is fectly plain. The seventy-ninth section of eo ack of June 30, 1864, as amended, defines what a rectifier is:—“Every person, firm or corporation that reflues distilled spirits or wine ~ any process, or who, by mixing distilled spirits with wine, or manufactures spurious imitation of compound liquors, &c., shall be regarded as rectiters.”” That is the definition the Jaw gives. Thac these claimants were rectiflers is apparent from the testimony, and, therefore, it was their duty to keep this book and keep eutries in it as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Commisstoner of Internai Revenue, as prescribed by law. And whether the Commissioner of Kevenue made = rules or regulations on the subject or now if he made any they were still bound by law to make entries, This provision as to the commissioner's r" and regulations was merely to secure a proper for: If the Commissioner did not make rules and regul tions the statute is still binding on the parties. It Ws alleged that the Commissioner nee madie-ad rules and regulations, and yet it appears that these parties, without any rules and regulations, have gone on and kept a book, which is substantially a complance with the statute, and therefore, in reason and sense, as well as the practical result of tins case, the re- quirements by rules and regulations is a mere sur- plusage amounting realiy to nothing in this case. ‘The question is, have the parties here complied with the provisions of the statute, or have they failed to comply with the law in any of the three cases brought to your attention by the government? If the claimants have failed to comply with the statute, all tue spirits, the tools, implements and appa- ratus found on the establisument are Sulyect to ior feiture under the tweaty-sixth section of the wei: and itis not claimed that there was any property there, other than that described in the twenty-sixth section— that Is, the tools, imapierments and apparatus used by these rectifiers. Judge Blatchford reviewed the evi- dence of the witnesses whose tesilimony bore on ‘he twenty-sixthiseetion of the statute; the evidence of Tel. son, the testimony of Apdrows and others, with regurd to the spirits received from Loco Brothers. ‘Ihe spirits (seventy-five barreis) was receives at Waton & Crary’s on the 4th, ih and 6th of Febraary. Te evidence of Libby, the foreman of Watson & Cray, was to the effect that he (Libby) received five barris on the ist day of February, that he took proofs ad guages of these five barrels at the time on a piecwr paper; that he gave that paper into the handsf Crary himself, on the morning of the 2d of Februay, but that he did not make (he entries of their recelt, &c., on that day, He also states that on the 4th Pevi- ary he received five barreis more, and ie did nothtg with them but Mad them aside till the next moa- answering when called. rdered by the Commissioner that the recognizance be for- feed. Detendant’s counsel except. : GEO. F, BETTS, Waltea States Commissioner. "he examination and hearing in the case were set doyn for Weduesday next, the 20th inst, Mr. Burrill = Mr. Kaufman appearing a8 counsel for the de- fenlants. Les SUPREME COURT—GENERAL TERM. ‘sions Rendered—Adjourament fer the Term. Before Judges Ingraham, Mullin and Daniels. nam, Executor, vs, Allen et al.—Juagment al ed, with costs. len, vs, Bridges etal.—iudgment affirmed, with e Opinion by Judge Ingraham, tephen Wray vs, Wm. 0, Rhinelander, Eypcutor, ¢{—Judgment reverstd. : wm. D. Robinson vs, International Life eur. ahce Company of London.—Judgment aMrmed, win qwsts. Opinions by Judges Mullin and Daniels. idl innesota Central Radlicay Compiny vs. J. Piers Teint Morgan, et al.—Judgment reversed and new utal ordered; costs to abide event. Opinion by Judge Mullin, Brookman vs, Hamill et al.—As no verdict is stated in the case to have been round the Court can inake no decision 0g the subject. By Judges Ingraham, Peckham and Mallin. Scott vs. The Central Railroad and Banking Com- pany: af Georgia.—Judgment reversed and new trial ordered; costs to abide event. Opinions by all the Judges, Judge Ingraham dissenting. Butterworth vs, Bliss.—Judgment ordered upon the verdict for plainti@, with costs, Opinion by Judge Ingraham. Rider vs, The Commonwentth Insurance Com- poy. —Judgment reversed and new trial ordered; costs to avide event. Opinion by Judge Peckliam, By Judges Daaicls, Peckham and Muilin, . V. & Roosevelt et al, vx, Godard.—Order re- versed, with costs, and jndgment for the defendant, ing. Then on the oth he received sixty-fe | with leave for plaints to amend in twenty days on barrels more. He then, on tha payment of the cosis of the demurrer and of this ap- fi peal. Opinion by Judge Dantels. By Judges J. F. Barnard, Ingraham and Muliin. Camp vs, Slaughter,—Order reversed and order entered that defendant have judgment on demurrer, uniess plaintiff pay (he cost of the demurrer and of this appeal; and if paid, then to have leave to amend the complaint within twenty days. Opinion by Judge Mullin. The court then adjouried without day. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS~SPECIAL TEAM. The Stuyvesant Divorce Case. Before Judge Barrett, Theodore Stuyvesant vs, Catherine A, Stryvesant.— The motion to confirm the report of the referee, who had found all the issues of the allegod adultery in favor of the defendant, were argued at much length . purporting to» hat is, sixty-t > on the 4th—taat tht February 5, of seventy | received on the 6th and eniry was not made on (ie Oth, aud was not may ull the 7th, 80 far aa the proof gallons were ec- cerned. Now, ener . if that be true it 1s que apparent that he did no\ enter on the Sth—thaw the day on which the sixty-five barrels were |- ceived—the number Of proof gallons contained 1 these sixty-flve barrels. ‘Therefore this twen- sixth section was again violated and ® forteiture incurred, and therefore the governmit ig entiled to your verdict on that section, Now, naked statement of facts with regard to the seventy-five barrels from Loeb and tue thirty baris from Duffy, which Libby says he got on the 1ithr February, but of which there is no entry at all aso the number of ein a contained up to e time of the seizure the premises, the propey would be condemnable for the violation 0: twenty-sixth section of the act. But, in additiono this, the evidence shows most conciusively tt there was no difficulty or hardship, no impracta- bility or impossibility, IM making (he entries of @ number of proof ona on the same day on wha the spirits are received, Now, the next question aria oad the YF Siege the act of 1864, tt there were spirits at at the time it v9 seized, and spirits of a character liab\e to duty uur the internal revenue law, amd oa which, if the dy had not been paid, o to have been paid, is \- questioned. Now, ir F. spirits were found a these premises at the time of this seizure—the In of February—in the Pg a custody or wb control of any person 1 hana ot for the pur if being sold or removed in of the Internal Re- by the several counsel yesterday. The court re- served its decision, The evidence is quite volumin- ous and the case was before the referee for nearly six months. Messrs, Tomlinson and Phillips for the vs Edwin James and George Shea for the de- endau' Are the Words “Desiccated Codfish” a Trade Marke Charles M. Town vs. James A, Stetson & Co.—The defendants, who are dealers in ‘desiccated codfish,” were sued by the plaintiffs, damages being laid at $10,000, for violation of a trade mark in the use of the words “desiccated codfish” on their labels, and pro- cured an interlocutory injunction restraining defend- ants from using said words, The latter set up priority of invention of the article desiccated codfish by Com- nue law, or with a cn to evade the payme | stock & Rand, thelr manufacturers, and the supert- of the tax thereon, them mot only are sm | ority of théir article, and they claimed that the spirits forfeitable, but all tools, implemes | words had never been used by either party asatrade and apparatus, and personal property 1 | mark an’ could not be exclusively claimed as su all the place or in the building where sa spirits are found are forfeltable, The ma question under the section 18 contained in words, “for the pu: of being sold or removed, fraud of the Internal Revenue law, or to evade b payment of the tax.” This ia the material questh in the case. And it seems to be Undisputed that» ne pes a custody or control concel of such spirite as were found there, they we! possession, custody and control of these ciaiman As a matter of law and of fact, and as far as is a sary to sustain this case, It is evident that the had not been patd on any of the apiriis seized in ta estaviishment, because it ts for the Clatmants to shy whether or not the tax had been paid. Al there being no evidence offered on their pa that it.was paid, you are therefore to assume am matter of fact and of law that the tax had not ba paid. Therefore, the only question on this pointr you to determine will be whether these spirits 1 which no tax had been patd, whether the claimans at the time of the seizure bad ion, custoayr oon them for the purpose of defrauaing » ternal Revenue law, or possession of themr Uw purpose of being removed Or sold in fra of the Internal Revenue law, or had session of them with the désign of ey, the payment of the tax thereon, Jue Blatchford referred next to the forty-eighth sects of the avt, and in concinding & lengthy chae said—Gentimen, | believe you understand the ce aud I now eoumit it to your consideration, satieti that you will, With tho same lence witit with Fi listened to the trial, bestow equal care andy | ention in the con Nderation of your verdict, | Mr. Clinton, for ie anaes presouted vais | propositions to we / gn which le asked @ | being words in common use to show the nature o! the article sold under that name. ‘The case was ar- ued by Messrs. Ritch & Woodford, 0. A. Seward and . Me Relier for the plaintiif, and by Messrs. Gilbert & Smediey for dt nt Judge Barrett d ved the injuncton substantially on the ground that the word ‘desiccated” was the only word to express @ certain process, to which the plaintic’s had not an exclusive right, abd could not as descriptive be a trade mark, and if intended to designate an articie of which i¢ was not a descrip- a @ fraud and not within the protection of the cou! COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Alleged Assault Upon a Policeman—A Differ. ent Story by the Defendant’s Friends—Ac- quittal of the Accused. Before Judge Russel, The first case called on for trial yesterday by Assistant District Attorney Hutchings was an in- dictment against Henry Saville, for an alleged as- sauit and battery upon James Bell, an oficer of the Eighth precinct, The oMcer swore that on the soth of laut month, at midnight, he arrested Alfred, the brother of the defendant, in Broadway, who was in company with another mau, for disorderly conduct, and While bringing hit down Prince street Henry (the accused) came behgd and assaulted him (the oMcer) with a cane, The testiinony for the defence Blowed @ very diweyent stars of facte, from which It i appeared that these gentlemen were walking down Broadway going home, when Mr. Alfred Saville re- sponded rather loudly to a question put by his friend, whereupon the officer came up and told them to be quiet. “Surely we can speak as we go along the street,” said one of the Company, and soon aiter, without further provocation, tle oilicer seized Alfred and struck him on the head witha club, He remonstrated with Lim and the officer replied by ammeling him on tie arms and legs with his club, hen they gor to the corner of Wooster and Prince streets the defendant, seeing his brother so roughly handled, interfered and remonstrated. | The 0! wieapted to take Alfred’s watch out of his Bey at which time hesaid, ‘Daniel, mark this. The oil- cer has his hand in my pocket.” Q. So you swear tively that he was trying to take your watch ? A, He had his hand in my et; I my watch in one pocket and my money in an- other; my money was gone and my watch doubtless would have gone if I had not made that remark. James O'Donnell gave a detailed statement of the occurrence. The narrative was couched in classic language, and his quotations from the poeis, such a8 Armed with right, we stand sublime, occasioned @ great deal of merriment in court. Mr. O’Donnell exhorted “Aif,” as he familiarly called Mr. Alfred Saville,‘to go with the policeman, know- ing that he had “got into the tron talons of the eagle.” None of the witnesses saw any cane with the defendant, The City Judge, in charging the Jury, said that policemen had no more rights than citizens and they should conserve rather than break the peace, ra few moment’s deliberation the jury rendered a verdict of not guilty, ASSAULT UPON A WIFE. John McLoughlin, who was indicted for attempt- ing to shoot his wife on the 6th inst. at 649 West ‘Twenty-ninth street, pleaded guilty to an assault with a us Weapon with intent to do bodily harm. It would seem that the accused fired a pistol at Mrs, McLoughlin as she raised the window. For. tunately the ball lodged in the ceiling instead of in theskull of his wife. Ifhe had succeeded in shooting her he would have been placed on trial for murder in the first degree, He was remanded for sentence, BURGLARY, Thomas Brown, Thomas Lynch and Charles Wil- liams were convicted of an attempt at burglary in tue third degree, they having been detected while in the act of breaking into the store of Arnold & MeNary, No. 22 Vesey street, on the sth inst, Bur- glars’ tools were found in their possession. They were each sent to the State Prison for two years and six months, eerie COURT CALENDAR—THIS DAY. ScvrreMe Covrt—Cixcuit.—Part 1—Nos. 1467, 1619, 1483, 1689, 1557, 987, 4631, 1655, 1659, 1673, 1679, 1083, 1631, 1686, 1687, 1689, 1695, 1609, 1701, 1703, ComMON PLEAS—TRIAL TeRM.—Part 2—Nos. 431, 857, 868, 715, 1805, 1685, 1523, 1511, 884, 1080, 1581, 1582, 1506, 1507, 1509. ; CITY INTELLIGENCE. ‘Tne Wearnen YEsTeRDay.—The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, ag indicated by the ther- mometer at Hudnuv’s pharmacy, HERALD Building, Broadway, corner of Ann street:— 3a. 41 3 e Mowe Average temperat Average temperature Boagp.oF UNDERWRITERS.—A meeting of the New York Board of Underwriters was held on Monday, on the recommendation of the executive committee of the National Board. It was expected that action would be taken in favor of allowing a rebate to per- sons who insure themselves in this city, but to refuse it to the insured in all other parts of the United States. Resolutions were offered to discontinue all rebate and reduce the rate and bay ave er cent brokerage, but after two hours’ discussion the Meeting adjourned without taking a vote on them. CHILDREN’s AID SOCIETY.—This society makes an appeal tothe public for pecuniary assistance. It desires in this Christmas season to make at least one happy day for these young victims of misfortune and poverty. In its five lodging houses for boys and girls are sheltered, partly fed and clothed, during the year, about'10,461 different boys and 1,283 girls; number of meals provided in 1967-1868, 161,448, and of lod; 107,790. Of the boys over 7,000 were orp! In_ its twenty industrial schovls were 5,609 different children during the year; about 287,000 meals were given and over 6,500 garments; some $8,000 was spent for bread. During the past year 2,286 persons, mostly children, were provided with homes and employ- ment in the country. They desire to provide a good Christmas dinner for this great muititude of chil- dren, and to put warm clothes and shoes on great numbers, and to provide a home for a large Christ- mas party of homeiess children in the West. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.—An adjourned meet- ing of commercial travellers was held yesterday at the Astor House, for the purpose of taking mea- sures to secure the abolition of the local license taxes. Several of the speakers denounced these license laws as most odious and tyrannical, and said that several distinguished judges and lawyers had denounced the laws imposing local licenses and taxes ag beng in direct viorwudn of section two or article four of the constitution of the United States, which provides that “the citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States,” and was consequently unconstitutional, The general opinion big tee to be to make a test case and take itto the Supreme Court and have it decided as soon as possibie, The speaker said that inasmuch as the battle was for the interest of the merchants more than for the beneilt of the travel- lers the bills should be footed by the mer- chants, It was thouzht enough money could be collected in two days in the city to carry the test case quecessfully through the United States Supreme Court, Before, however, taking the last resort it Was resolved that a committee be appointed to see Attorney General Evarts on the subject. A cominit- tee was next appointed to collect subscriptions. Fine COMMISSIONERS.—The weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Fire Commissioners was held yes- terday at Firemen’s Hall, General Shaler presided. The special committee appointed some weeks ago to define the boundary lines of engine companies and to organize them into battalions and brigades and to assign assimilated rank to the officers and members of them made its report to-day. They recommended that nine battalions be formed and three brigades— the latter to ve commanded respectively b Engineers Rhodes, Brandon and Bites; neer Mackey to be inspecting officer. This portion of the report was agreed to. The report went on to recommend that assimilated ranks be giyen to the officers and members of the company. Upon this portion of the report there was considerable debate, Some of the commissioners wanted to have the Chief Engineer made a major general, the brigade commanders to be brigadier generals, battalion commanders to be colonels, Finally it was decided to conter the following ranks:—Chief Engineer, to be colonel; assistant eng!- neer, Heutenant colonel; district engineer, major; foreman, captain; assistant foreman, utenant; engineer of steamer, sergeant; fireman. private; and horseman and ladderman to be cadet, Commissioner Gaiwey said he was opposed to military titles ix toto, but if there were to be any he was for giving the Chief Engineer that of major general, The matter, however, was settled as before stated AMERICAN PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—The W. G. Lodge of the American Protestant Association held their first annual meeting on Monday evening last, at their rooms, No, 835 Broadway. Robert Guy, W. G. Master, presided. Representatives were present from the following Lodges:—Empire Lodge, No. 1; Washington Lodge, No. 2; New York Lodge, No. 8; Protestant Boys Lodge, No. 4; Jack- son jongs, No. 6; Abraham Lincoln Loage, No. 6; tice Boys Lodge, No. 7; Colum. bla Lodge, No. 8; Wadense Lodge, No. 9; Henry Clay Lodge, No. 10; Excelsior Lodge, No. 11; 0. 12; Killyman Lodge, No. 0. 16; Superior Lodge, No. 1! En¢i- Lo 3; No Surrender Lodge, No. 1! Lodge, Ni Sous of Liberty Lodge, No. 22: niskillen. No. 29; Yonkers » No. 81; Malden City Lodge, No. $2; Dimond John Knox Lodge, No. 36, and Star Spangle Lodge, No, 38 After the receiving of delegates from the various lodges the grand body proceeded to elect officers for the year 1860. The following is the result:—W. G. Master—Wm. Wheeler, No, V. G. Master—Thomas Blackburn, No. 1 retary—Wm. Moone, No. 29; W. Clark, No. 29; W. G. Treasure: 83; W. G. Conductors—John Hi gile, No. W. G, Tilers—Jacob Kinley, No. and Patrick Caulfield, No. 7. R. W. G. Master Frank MoMulken installed the grand officers, after which the ws Lodge adjourned until its next regular meeting. Jar- 18, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. STOLEN PROPERTY RecOVERED.—Yesterday after- noon detective Wooldridge, of the Sixth ward, ar, rested two colored boys, named Peter Robinson and William Young, because they were found in posses- sion of a buffalo robe and a horse blanket. When arrat before Justice Dowling the prison- ers were held for examination, and the owner is re- quested to call at the station house. Rospino A Money DRaweR.—Neptune Bowden ‘was arraigned before Justice Dowling yesterday, on acharge of having stolen forty dollars in cash from the desk drawer of Jobn L. Bennett, at 302 Green- wich street. As the complainant testified that he had left the accused aioue tm the office for afew minutes and that the money was missed soon after his revurn, Bowden was held for trial. ALLRGRD SHOPLIFTERS,—-Margaret Sweeney, alias Willams, and Catharine Ackerson were arrested yesterday by oMcer Monahan, of the Sixth precinct, on a charge of having entered the store of De Boot & Co., at 89 Walker streot, and stealing two pieces of dress goods valued at forty dollars. They wero Sound in possession of the property and were both Litwxicated, On being brougut befure Justice Dowl- cer | ing, at the Tombs, the accused were held to answer at the General Sessions. ALLEGED LakogNy or Money.—James MeSorley, No, 835 Greenwich street, appeared before Justice Dodge, at the Jetferson Market Police Court, yester- day morning, and accused George Van Hoggen, a young man who has been boarding in his family for Some time past, of stealing {rom him sixty-three dol- lars in bank bills. The evidence adduced to sustain the charge was quite positive, and George in conse- quent Was committed to answer at the Court of neral Sessions in detault of $1,000 bail. A TENEMENT House BurcLar.—A man giving the name of John Hennessey was arrested on Tues- day evening and arraigned before Justice Dowling, ona charge of having committed burglary. The prisoner was detected in the act of leaving the rooms occupied by Mra. Mary Knapp, in the tenement house 48 Mott street, which he nad entered by means of false keys, A8 a gold brooch and a few pennies had been stolen by Hennessey, the magistrate held him to answer the charge at the General Sessions. ARREST OF “INDUSTRIOUS SHOPLIFTERS.—Detec- tive Field, of the Fifth precinct, yesterday arrested, Henry Meyer, Albert Meyer and George Ricketts upon acharge of obtaining from C, F. Lamsden & Co., No. 83 Walker street, by the shoplifting pro- cess, a piece of satin valued at seventy dollars. After the arrest of the parties they were recognized as a trio of most industrious operators, who, on the 10th and 11th inst., had victimized several mercan- tile houses, Complaints were made against them by P. A. Strange, 39 Walker street, who had lost sating valued at nets, by Johnson, Burns & Co., for siiks worth ninety dollars, and by & Co, No, 42 Walker street, who worth $160. There are probably many other firms who have suifered in the same way, but who have not yet had an opportunity of bene conironted with the thieves. They were, how- ever, identified as having attempted to ply their ne- farious arts upon Anderson, Sandiord & Co., No. 263 Canal street, in which attempt, however, they sig- nally failed. The prisoners are still detained at the Leonard street station house, and detective Flela 19 busily engaged in “working up” the several cases against them. A S1aG Hunr 18 THE BowEry.—Peter Stag waa led into the Essex Market Police Court yesterday morning to answer a charge of petty larceny pre- ferred against him by one Napoleon Schoenberger, proprietor of the lager beer saloon 150 Bowery. The complainant stated that he left his store about twelve o'clock on Tuesday night, under the impres- sion that it vas securely closed; but on returning, about four yesterday morning, he found the gas lighted and discovered the prisoner behiad the coun. ter, near the money drawer, handling some green- backs. Recovering from his momentary astonish-| ment Mr. Schoenberger expressed a natural curi- osity as to the intentions of vhe intruder. The startled Stag made full butt for the com- plainant, knocked him over, made for the door,) -and went bounding along the Bowery at a tre- mendous pace. Smarting at his overturow and the! loss of hig “kreenpags” the furious Napoleon gave chase, and was soon thundering close on the heels, of the fying Si Presently a staiwart ‘hound of boar el in th mie of officer Maloney, gave tongue} token that he lous to scented the game. Anxi save his bacon, or rather venison, from the clutches’ of the law, Stag redoubled his efforts on hearing this “honest watchdog’s faithful bark;” but afier asplen- did and eatatigy ders ofiicer Maloney caught up with him, between Broome and Delaicey streets, and dragged him on his haunches. Napoleon had the satistaction of being in at ‘the death,” and the furs’ ther be tegcetiag ae hearing pation od Stag for trial. ie “kreenpags,”” sor dollars in all, were thrown away during the chase and have not yet been recovered. . BOARD OF COUNCILMEN Opening of Streets Up Town—Streets Paved with Belgian Pavement—The City Hall Feast. ° ‘The Board met yesterday afternoon, the President, Mr. Monaghan, presiding. ‘ Among a number of unimportant resolutions offered waa one in favor of appointing an engrosse ing clerk to copy “ornamental resolutions” at & salary the same as is received by the first assistant clerk of the Board of Aldermen. Referred to tho: Committee on Salaries and OMices. 4 A donation was granted to the pastor of St. Peter’ church of $478 to enable him to pay an assessment. ‘Mr. Charles Curtis received $1,500 and Mr. Michaed McDermot $250 for the loss of their respective (nod respectable) horses, the animals having lost their) see lives by rotten dumping boards op the Bast river. ‘The Board concurred with the Board of Aldermen in directing the Corporation Counsei to have the fol- lowing streeta and avenues opened according to law:—12sd street, from Eighth nue to Mount Morris square; 136th street, from Eighth avenue to the Harlem river; 140th street, from kighth avenue to the Harlem river; 144th street, from Highth ave- nue to Harlem river; 148th street, from E gut ayer nue to Hariem river; 150th street, from Eighth ave- nue to Harlem river; 100th street, from Fifth avenue to Fourth avenue, and from Third avenue to the flaricia river, 1020 street, from iifch avenue to the Harlem river; 103d street, from Fifth avenue to the Harlem river; 105th street, from Third avenue to Fifth avepue; 111th street, trom Eighth avenue to the Harlem river; 117th strect, from Fourth avenue to Eighth avenue; 121st street, from Eighth avenue to the Harlem river; avenue A, from louth street to 126th street, and tiat aveuue B_ be opened, according to law, from Seventy first street to Highty-tuird street and from Eighty-sixth street to its northerly terminatioa at Hariem riyer; Sixty-fourth street, from Third avenue to the river; Sixty-fiftu street, from Tiird avenue to the East river; Sixty-elghth street, from Fifth avenue to the East river; Seventy-third street, from Fifth avenue to the Eastriver; Ninety-fifth street, from Fifth avenug to the East river, and Ninety-cighth street, from Fifth avenue to the East river; and that In the severak intersecting streets and avenues crosswaike be laid where not now laid, and relaid where those now laid are, in the opinion of the Croton Aquedncs Board, not in good repair or are not be geo a grade adapted to the grade of the posed new pave- ment, under the Girection of Croton Aqueduct Department, and that the accompanying ordinatice tuerefor be adopted. Resolved, That the Comptroller be and be ts hereby anthor- ized and directed to draw fa 0 3 warrant leary Ber- ent on rb and Resolution of the Board of Aldermen as follow: Resolved, That 1234 street, from Fighth avenue to Mount Morris iso 154th street, from | t,lith aven: also 140th also street, (rom also 148th street,” from also 1bith s.ree!, from the Counse/ t the Corpora directed t) take the proper Jegal measures to carry this resauition into eect, The Croton Aqueduct Department was directed to have the following streets paved wil Belgian pave- ment:—Ninth avenue, fron Pifiy-third to Fifty. fourth street; Forty-tifth street, from Yenth to Ble- ventl avenue, ( A resolution was adoptel directing the Comp- troller to audit and pay the bill for reireshments fur- nished the Board of City Canvassers for the year 1°63. It is well known that a g t feast vas pro- vided for the City Fatiers, many of whom were glad to pariake of it, and so liberal were tae provision that the tughways and bedyes within the precincts of the hall were emptied daily by the /oitves of that locatity, Whose wants were abundantly supplicd at the expense of the city. A resolution was adopted directing that a portrait of Mayor Hofman be placed in the Governor's Room, at au expense of not more than $1,090. On motion the Board adjourned till Monday. SALE OF CIAMONDS AND PRECIOUS STONES. A. M. Cristalar & Son, of No. 7 Park place, sold at public auction yesterday a large assortment of diamonds, coral, onyx, opals, emeralds, amethysts, sapphires, rubies and other precious stones, mounted and unmounted, valued at $75,000. It was probably one of the largest sales of coral and diamonds ever held in an auction room in this city, and was well attended by the trade and dealers from Philadelphia, Boston and Brookiyn and by private parties, many ‘of whom succeeded tn buying valuable Christmas presents for a mere trife, The sale commenced at eleven o'clock and was continued throughout the entire day, The bidding was spirited throughont, the goods in most instances bringing fair prices, the total amount of the sale amounting to between $45,000 and $50,099, The articles were all of a fine quality and brought the following prices:—427 coral sets averaged from $5 to $50 per set; loose eme- raids, rubies, opals and sapphires brought from fifty cents to $60 a carat; an elegant fine wld and diamond mounted snutt-box, weigh- ng seven ounces and coniaining over two hundred large and small diamonds, was knocked down for $750. A magnificent mond necklace, valued at $2,600, brought $1,720, and unset diamonds were knocked down for from to $250 acarat. Two very fine three carat diamonds brought $245 apiece. Str ngs of coral averaged from 69 cents to $90. Loose sapphires and other precious stones found willing pur at $40 an: stone, while emeralds and amethysts ail ba prices, Unmounted coral realized from §3 to-$i8 an ounce, according to quality, while small coral fruits, acorns, rosebuds and tulips brought from five cents $1 each, according to size. Small diamond rings i breastping brought from $7 to $35 each, and ag e articles were very acceptable gifts for the holl- days it may readily imagined that they were quickly gobbled up at such prices by those present. About 600 carats of diamonds were disposed of, be- sides many other articles of vertu. William B. Lawrence, a wroaithy ioe weed of Col« lnavile, Conn., fell accidentaily tuto a wheel pit be- longing to the Collins Company, a Tew days since, eng cone near perishing in the water, The pit was tweive dd nO One SAW hitn fall or could hear his voice, finally succeeded in climbing up the wallin an exhausted condition and saved im- ‘self from a fearful deata.