The New York Herald Newspaper, January 10, 1869, Page 9

* with the state of the money market. —_————— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Saturpay, Jan, 9-6 P. M. The weekly statement of the associated banks of this city shows a highly fayorabie condition of affairs, and readily accounts for the ease in money and the strong speculative feeling in the general rket, The increase in the ttem of specie is over 1,500,000, recounted for by the payment of the gov- ernment gold interest due January 1, but which dia not settle into tho banks until the begin- Ring of the present week. Deposits have increased over $7,000,000, comprising in great part the specie just referred to, Legal tenders have ‘increased $2,250,000. In view of the easy feeling in Money the decrease in loans looks remarkable, The inconsistency 18 thus accounted for:—In the beginning of the we-k there was an extensive con- traction of funds by savings and trust institutions to me et the payment of dividends and interest and the withdrawal of deposits, The subsequent expan- sion in the latter part of the six days did not surpass the figures of this contraction, and hence the total shows a decrease, The stavements of the past two weeks are compared as foows:— Jan, 2. Jan, 9, 6258, 792,662 27,384,730 Decrease in loans. . Increase in specie. . Decrease in circulation. Increase in deposits .. Increase tu legal teud ‘The relaxation m the money market was quite de- cided to-day, the prevailing rate for all loans being seven per cent currency. If any transactions took place at coin interest they were not reported and must have been effectea upon inferior collaterals and to weak houses. They were certainly few enough to be omitted from considera- tion fn characterizing the market, On the other hand, six per cent was paid on the cash collateral for government bonds borrowed by the “shorts;” but these transactions should also be omitted in fixing the rate of interest. Seven per cent was the even regular figure, and at this rate money was in plentiful supply. There is no change to note in commercial paper, except, perhaps, a little more inquiry, The failure of a Boston dry goods house stigitly revived apprehension, and names were more closely scrutinized, ‘There was more activity in the Gold Room and business involved quice an advance upon that of yesterday. The premium hardened on account of the more critical aspect of affairs in Europe and @ feeling that the Turkish ultimatum must lead to war. ‘There are, again, continued shipments to pay the government goid coupons held abroad. These causes were more than sufficient to counterbalance’ the supply of metal to the market produced by the payment of the January gold interest, Tie opening price at ten o’clock in the forenoon was 195%, and although 1 went down to 135 1-5, the volume of business was at 135%. Tne fluctuations for, the day were as follows:— 135% 1:30 P, M 1354 2PM 13035 3 P.M. 13554 4P.M.. Cash gold was in abundant supply and loans were made at four to seven percent for carrying. The gross clearings were $52,835,000, the gold balances $3,449,346 and the currency balances’ $4,224,006, The stoamer for Europe took out $120,000 in specie, The abundance of money stimulated investment in government bonds, and a very heavy business ‘was done at the counters of all the dealers. A round estimate of the amount sold to-day 1s about $5,000,000. The purchasers represented all classes— banks, private buyers and small brokers. Prices were active and firm at the advance at the board, only two sessions of which took place, as usual on Saturday. Business was prolonged with great briskness on the street, where a throng kept the sidewalk until a late hour. At five ofclock the quotations were a8 follows :—United States sixes, 1681, regis- tered, 110% a 111; do. do., coupon, 112% a 1124; do. five-twenties, registered, 1081; a 10834; do., coupon, 1862, 11274 a 113; do, do., 1864, 109'¢ a 1094. do, do., 1805, 109% a@ 110; do. do., new, 1865, 103); & 108543 do. do., 1867, 103%4 @ 1087; do. do., 1868, 10875 a 109; do. ten-forties,. registered, 10375 a 104; do. do., coupon, 10674 a 107, Curreney bonds, 100% a 101. The Southorn State bonds formed a feature in Wall street to-day. Generally there are wide gaps in the quotations, bat the whole list was visited, as wiil appear in the prices given below. The expected ad- veut of prosperons times in the South accounts for the sudden inquiry for this class of securities. As ou the previous: day, Louisianas were the favorite and were extensively dealt in. Prices at four o'clock were a8 follows:—Tennessecs, ex coupon, 631¢ a 68'5; do., now, 68 a 633g; Virginias, ex compon, 544% 55%; do. now, 56X @ 57%; Georgia sixes, 78 a 79; do, sevens, 99 a 90)g; North Carolinas, ex con- pon, 64'; a 04);; do., new, 62 @ 62}; Missouri sixes, 8744 a 88; Louisiana sixes, ex coupon, 70 a 71; do., levee sixes, 66); a 57; do., elghts, 75 a 76; Alabama eights, 854 86; do. fives, 61 a 62; South Carolina sixes, old, 69 a 71; do, mew, 65 @ 66; City Memphis sixes, 50 @ 51. Market rampant. ‘The bids for the New York State securities at the fegular board were as follows:—New York registered bounty loan, 1074; do. coupon do., 107; do, sevens, canal loan, 1870, 101; do, sixes do., 1872, 102; do., 1873, 102; do., 1874, 102; do., 1875, 102; do., 1877, 102; do, 1% 02; do., 1808, 99; do., 1871, 9934; do., 174, 99; do., 1875, 99. ‘The stock market was the scene of excited specu- tion and prices went to the highest they have at- tained since the famous market of last fall. Business had tts food and ebb, but prices at the close were higher than at the opening, excepting for those of the ilst which were weak for reasons not connected Prices rose steadily until the interval between the sessions of the regular and the second open beard, Then a reaction set in, When the bank state. ment was made known there was another period of great buoyancy, in which Toledo rose to 1054 a 10655; Northwestern common to 84 a 8434; Northwestern preferred to 87% a 88; Reading to 94% a 95; Rock Island to 125; Fort Wayne to 119% a 120; Pacific Mail to 1239{ a 124 and Michigan Southern to 91); a v1X. The sales to realize and the ‘‘hammering’’ of the “bears” at this juncture weakened prices, except for Rock Island, which sustained itself at 126 a 126);, on account of the profound belief in a scrip dividend. One of the exceptions to the buoyancy of the general list was Pittsburg, which, opening at 89, gradually became weaker, because “that dividend’ ‘was not forthcoming, and finally dropped to 82 on a rumor that an injunction had been placed on the de- claration of any dividend. From tuis lowest figure tt subsequently recovered from 2 to 8 per cent. The atrect were badly caught im this stock. As itis manipulated by the Erie clique the vic. tima know whither to attribuve their losses. The other exceptions were Erie and New York Central, which were comparatively neglected, the street knowing Where the mass of stock is lying and fearing to speculate In them. Erie was steady in the fractions between 39 and 40. New York Cen- dra! touched 1654, but was generally quoted between 167) and 158%;. Prices closed at the last open board es follows:—Quicksilver, 22 a 26; Canton, 52) 5243 Mariposa, 5 Qbid; do, preferred, 20'; a 205; Pacife Mail, 122)¢ @ 12244; Western Union Tele- graph, “, @& 38%; New York = en- ta, Ty @ 167K; Erte, Say w@ 30%; do, preferred, 65; Hudson River, 196 a 187; Harlem, 127% bid; Keading, 94); Chicago aud Alton, 147 bid; do, preferred, 149 bid; Alton and Terre Haute, a 42; do, preferred, 644 a 64%; Wabash, 62% #62); do, preferred, 72 bid; Milwaukee and St Paul, 72), & 72M; do, preferred, 91% & 92; Fort Wayue, 119 @ 119)¢; Ohio and Mississippi, 33% a SH; Micuigaa Southern, 90% @ 90%; Minois Cen- tral, 145 a 144; Pittsburg, 96% @ 8645; Toledo, 1037, a f 104; Kock Island, 123 @ 123%; Northwestern, 89 a 80/4; do, preferred, 8744 487%. The express atocks were more active. ‘There were no late sessions of the boards, but business was continued with unusual animation in the Long Room until four o'clock, prices attaining thelr highost just previous to its adjournment, In the subsequent street transactions the bears began fo manifest themselves, while timid holders were emptor to realize, Pactfe Mail weakened one per cent fruai these causes, The closing street prices ative o'clock this evening wage ay fyllowsi=Rock NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JA Island, 126.8126; Northwestern common, 83% @ 834; Northwestern preferred, 87% a 81%; St Paul preferred, 92 asked; Toledo, 104 4 105; Pacific Mail, 12234 @ 12256; Reading, 94% a 96; Michigan Southern, 903g bid; Fort Wayne, 119); a Li9%; Pittsburg, 64% a 84%; New York Central, 1607 @ 1971; Erie, 30% o BOI. ‘The receipts for customs and the receipts, pay- ments and balances at the Sub-Treasury tn this city for the week have been as follows:— Custom House, ——-—-Sus- Treasury.-———~ Receipts, Receipts. Payments, lances. Jan, 4..$297,866 $1,907,752 $2,634,010 $81,570,558 Jan, 5.. 226,12) 1,239,913 1,822,351 78,601,922 Jan. 6.. 283,037 9,156,020 2,505,288 80,638,874 Jan. 7.. 412,461 20,627,042 20,277,024 80,889,792 Jan. 8., 375,725 1,250, 1,201,135 80,938,946 Jan. 9.. 359,000 1,314,521 "855,320 81, 363,067 SALES AT THE NEW YORK STOSK EXCHANIE. Saturday, Jan, 9—10:15 A.M. US 6s, "62, cou.... 1 100 shs Cum Coal pref. 38: Tied Us'po rose a: Hose WS Deas Hua cane iB ee Bice 6000 US sou 1233 20000 fo 1 és0u0 US 10 Mer Union E; ‘133 60000 US 100 United States Ex. eB 7000 Us. B00 NY Cen RR. 158 235000 U 100 do 18's 40000, 400 Harien 123 2000 0 400 10... BB 2000 Ti 673g 800 Readin: RR.. % 10000 =. 5 Mich Cent BR.. Bi 2000 688g 1% a i 6% : Mays 10. +6. 109 Col, C KLE 25M) Clev & Pitts RR. 200 cy aoe RE ERssEazaeesgees, 100 ae Lake Shore RR. vee 83, 100 do oa, a 160 N J Central RR...2. 115 500 Pitts, Fort WieChic.. 1193¢ 200 Aiton & Ter IRE... 393g 2200 Ohio & Misa Bi Bag 300 do, aM, a oe! M. 13234 #100000 US 8.20, ©, °65... 10936 na * goo US 108', US 5-20, 6, W845 CD beeat ey oh 108 1133, 210000 do... large 10855 1004, 30000 US 10-40, con...... 106%, 108g REAL ESTATE MATTERS. Large Sale of City Property~Two Blocks for #900,600—Improvements—The Bridge, the Kingsbridge Road and the Elevated Croton Mains—Auction Sales for the Week. The past week has furnishe! foreshadowings neither slight norindistinct of an exceedingly active spring business in the real estate market far out- Stripping all precedents, with a promise of continued and considerable appreciation of both city and suburban property, Prominent among these is the purchage and sale which were yester- day effected of two blocks weit of the Poule@ard and east of Tenth avenue, between Sixty-third and Sixty-fifth streets, for the sum of $900,000 cash. The parties to the transaction are K. Hanford, the agent who negotiated with the several interests Involved, and Lewis E. Brown, the pur- chaser, the sale being not only one of the largest mace in real estate in this city, but one of the largest cash transactions between private parties that have ever occurred here. The design of the purchase is to give an additional impetus to the transfer of the fashionable quarter of the metropolis from ita prea- ent location, where it is being constantly encroached upon by the extension of business, and cannot much longer maintain its isolation, to the west side, which seems, in a survey of the verious currents of pro- gress and development which fow around tho city, to be that region where It is !ike)y to remain longest undisturbed, having ample room for expansion tn the direction evidently marked for its final settle- ment—Fort Washington. To this end a scheme is arranged for the erection of first class brown stone residences upon this plot, which, by their simultaneous completion. will offer to our wealthy citizens the attraction of an aristocratic neighbor- hood at once, thereby avoiding the uncomfortable and unsightly surroundings presented tn any section during its transition pertod, The auction sales «i g the week were compara- tively light, vut were fairly attended, and, as evi- dences of the tone of the market, very encouraging in thelr resuite, The first sale of the r was of Brooklyn property, by Messrs. John- son and Miller, on Tuesday, and realized $16,080, which include two Prospect Park lots, each 20x11, at $2075 each. On Wednesday the sales of New York impr i property amounted to $19,100, and of unimproved property (two city lots) $4,100. Tharsday was the only other day of the Week on which auction saies ot real es wel the offerings consisting of a brown stone hov lot by A. J. Bleecker, Son & Co., and two te buildings and lots, which together realized $4 the aggregate sales for the week tuus amounting to $82,150, ‘The new year bas opens! auspiciously upon many long agitated and much needed improve- ments. The great project of connecting New York and Brooklyn by means of a bridge begins to assume definite and practical shape, and being finally recognized on all sides as a neces. sity, in view of our rapid growttt in popniation and the ‘ovical wants of a progressive business commu- nity, has secured the co-operation of the corporate authorities of both cities, and enlisted in its advo- cacy all the enterprise necessary for ite accomplish: ment. Some few amendmenis to the present act of jucorporation are needed to give effective applica- ton to the new aid proterred, and these no doubt will readily be made by the present Legislature. The prospect of an early completion of the Pacific Railroad should stimulaye earnest action tn this matter that we may be in a situation to take advantage of the increase tn trade which is certain to resuit from this it work. Al the at ratlwaycorporations that enjoy the Western trafic are engaged in active competition to secure through con- nections to this road, and in theirefforts to consum- mace that end have shown # lavishness and specu- lative enterprise that has surprised all who do not properly weigh the object in view, but which, when considered in that light, gives oniy an approxi- mative view of the grand, results approaching development, No matter what connections may be made this end, New York city must in all cases be the vbjective point for the Pa- cific trade. No other harbor offers such freedom of access, and else can be found the same de- pot already established for the distribution ‘of freight, whether towards the interior of the Con- tinent or across it to the Pacific coast and thence to Asia, or to the markets of Europe. The removal of the obstructions at Fell Gate, which pit be Ca merge Be tw ge ld soon under hs npetus long jayed of com accomplish- ment, and in the demand that wii! arise for hore room, for ed and commodious warehouses, push- ing our working population oi the island in greater numbers {i Is important, if we would not lose the advantage of their residence im the State, that we rovive id and safe means for them to reach jomes on Long Island, such a4 will enable thein easily to journey to aul from the metropoits without occupying too much of their time from business in ordinary travel or chance of delay. Otherwise we must be sacisfed to vee them remove tn large nar. bers to another State, adding to its wealth and in. creasing {ts resources, While these bons pads improvements call for ear- nest attention and prompt action there are others of jess general Interest, but none the less important tn their effeet apon certain districts, which demand due and proper consideration. - The main approach to New York city from the north by the way of King’s Bridge, is by a new boule. vard, which leads from ¥ onkers and has been aor | laid out and improved by commissioners anpcintes by the Logislatare. This boulevard, in conrection with the old King’s Bridge road (whieh ts really Broadway continued), or _ by Boulevards on the isiand affords a rare beauty, through a region celebrated in Revolu- Uonary history, and the rapid growin of the city has brought it within reach of the residences of most of our citizeas, Like most things in life, however, it has its (irawhacks, fortunately not Incapable ot removal, ia its passage through some or one bundred actes of land which is overflowed by the waters of the Spuyten Duyvil creek, throngh whict @n estuary of the creek extends, and covered haif Wie time with water and the ‘balance with siime. The drive through this marah after nigit- fail is pecultarly damp and unwholesome, and the mist that bangs over it makes the access to the city as insalubrious as that of Kome ae the Pontine marshes, The dwellings in the vicinity being re ye hes the high land, on etcher side of this valley and above the region gf miastaa, are healthy and from its disadvantages except In access ; but every one who has driven through the entrance of & valley after nightfall wil! remember the sensa- On. Yonkers ts rapidly growing south and meeting the approach of New vork requirey for use & onusoway and (iis land wilt soon be | Men have }oeu despatobed in all direowons across | taste acrost. _ NUARY 10, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET.’ ae the foot of this marsh, and the Branch of the Spuyten Duyvil which ebbs and flows tnto the bed of ‘Tibbat’s brook passes under tie arch of #) which 13 im the line of the new Yonkera and which the commissioners ure about to rebulld. A tide gete in this bridge at the expense of a few hun- dred dollars, which the town would readily pay, would shut’ of the water and reclaim the sali nicadow, after ditching, leaving its bed to the pas- ; paige of the water of the brook only in ita way to the iver and convert into # beautiful meadow what is how in effect @ swamp. This sinall uuprovement would greatly enhance the va'ne of pro] in the viciuty, on and Of the isiand, and it 16 pensa- ble to the attractions of the Yonkers Boulevard, both of which staré from this point, the lower ove Tucning directly through it. ‘The rapid deévetopments of population and of Values make all these improvements very desirable, and this great blemish to the acceas to the island should be at once remedied. if the commissioners have notthe power they can readily procure it, and in carrying tt out wii do # good thing both for Yonkers and New York. Another designed improvement is the removal of the elevated Croton mains between Ninetieth and 112th streets, in this city. The prospect of rapid building up presented in this direction has calied the attention of property holders in the neighborhood to the subject, and Mr. Wiley, formerly @ mem- ber of Assembly for this di is about to visit Albany in their interest, to secufe the passage of # bill directing such removal by the Croton Aqueduct Department and the Park Commissioners, ‘The improvement ia one that was expected with the growth of the city, and has already been made tur- ther up town, by placing mains under the street, which were sivilarly laid to these, and the same pro- ceeding in this case will doubtless be authorized, Real Estate Notes. About sixty acres of fine land, situated at Throg’s Neck, L, 1, and known as the George Robbins pro- perty, have been sola to a Mr. McKaughlin, for $60,000. It is situated about a mile and a half south of the line of the contemplated railroad to Portchester. Mr. Tower has a bill in preparation for the Assem- bly wich proposes to make the erection of a new bridge across Bustwick creck, on First street, E. @ charge on the whole city, instead of on the Seve' teenth and Fourteenth wards only, a3 the law now stands, The Eastern Vistrict people argue, very rea- souably, that they have had to help pay ever since cousolidation for maintainipg and rebuilding the South Brooklyn bridges ovér Gowanus canal, and that, therefore, it is only fuir that south ela and the city at large should we them to pay for building and maintaining the bridge over Bushwick oreek. MAGARA SiiiP CANAL ARD CHEAP FLOUR. New York, Jan. 7, 1869. To THE Eprrow oF THe HERALD:— in your paper of this morning J notice an article taken from the Buffalo E£:rpress in relation to the proposed bill in Congreas for a Niagara ship canal. Buffalo ts a very nice city, clatming an area of thirty- seven square miics, located at the foot of Lake Erie, at its junction with Buftalo creek and the Niagara river. It has what it calls most excellent harbor for the repose of vessels while discharging their car- goes of wheat, passengers and Western produce, to be revhipped for this metropolis and other eastern cities, It also haa large grain elevators, capable of holding miliions of bushels of wheat and corn through the winter because of a lack of means of transportation to react the consumers of New York, Boston and other Atlantic cities during the season of navigation. Buffalo is ready to ask Ly SY ase of Congress every year to (he amount of $100,000 for the purpose of improving her harbor, and Tavrus Bufaloensis gets up his back if he does not gret it. Yet, with all these biessings showered upon Buffalo, let Niagara ship canal be mentioned in Congress and straightway the said city is seized with spasms, fits, almost hydrophobia, for they have a terrible dread of water—in a stip canal, These symptoms come on periodically and are succeeded by an insane desire to have the Erie Canal enlarged to the size of ing vessels of 1,000 tons burden, which ey know is impracticable, and they never mention it only wien there ts fear of a Ship Canal bill veing pxased by Congress. Buffalo in this matter is much ke the dog in the manger. It would much rather let our veasels catry Western produce through the Weliand Canal, thence tO the seaboard, paymg into the Treasury of the Canadian government millions of money tn tolis for the use of their twenty-seven mites of canal, and thousands of dollars for horse power to tow their vessels that distance, than to favor a cana! on our own soil that would be navigable for the boatmen at one-tenth the time and cost they expend in going through the Welland Caual. Buffalo raises from $80,000 to $100,009 to send men to Washington to defeat a bill for a ship canal every year or two. Why Is this? The reason ia plai ‘To compel West- ern shippers to transship their grain in that city be- fore it can reach the consumer, and then charge for their trouble, time, interest, labor, waste, &¢., upon. the commodity, to say nothing of the millions of bushels of grain destroyed by the burning of an elevator now and then, and to say nothing of the injury to the grain itself by keeping such large quan- tittes together in store so many months, sweating, moulding and rendering it unwholesome, making it necessary to work it up into cheap four to sell to the poor, tn order to swell the billa of moriality in that class of our population, Let us by all means havea ship canal at Niagara and cheap transportation for Western ince. It will pay for itself in ten years, and at the same time grass will not grow on Main s'reet in Buffalo as high up as the liberty pole, ‘The Erie Canal and ali our railroads will have all they can do at the same time, and our consumers in this city will not have to pay $15 a barrel ior dour when it is only worth $7 at Chicago. THE CORN AND COTTON CR0P OF THE UNITED STATES. The monthly report of the Department of Agricul- ture, now in press contains the following estimates of the corn and cotton crops of the geveral States— except those on the Paciile coast, which raise lithe corn and no cotton—in the vear just clored. The figures of the corn crop of 1367 are also given, to show the increase or decrease of the respective States, a few States showing a decline, though the aggregate tncrease is over 157,000,000 bushels, THE CORN Maine. * Hamp: shire. % New Jersey. Pennsylvania. Delaware. Maryland. Virginia.. Norih Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia. Florida Alabama. THR COTTON CKOM The cotton crop, which in the early of the season promised a |: falling off from that of 1867, by the fall was so much fav in the Gulf States , a8 to warrant the bellef that the market receipts will fail littie below the fi for the erop of the preceding year, which be equal to half the amount of the great crop of 1860 and bring an equal or greater sum of tmoney to the planters, The following are the department esti- mates, and the crop is more likely to run over than under these resi an Bates, North Carolina. Flori Alabama. Mississipy Louisiana ‘Texas,. Arkane: ‘Tennessee. Other Stal Total..... seseee sos eee ee es oy880,000 The Cp ye estimate for 1867 was 2,340,000 bales, while the actual receipts proved to be 2,460,000 bates. ‘The estimate for 1866 was 1,835,000 and the actual receipts were about 1,900,000 balea, DESPERATE FIGHT WITH ROBBERS IN CANADA. (Gananoque (san, 7) bs apd of the Toronto er. On Wernesday event: hout half-past six o'clock, Thad. i. Leavitt, Dee Booth, Stephen Halliday, nttial Detective League,” afd a constable from Westport, in this county, went to the house of Thomas Chapman, in the rear of Leeds, to arrest Carry Chase on a bench warrant and Chap- man for horse siealing, Chase and Chapman resisted, drawing their revolvers, a at one« . Several shots were instantly exchanged, and & it ensued, in which Stephen HaliMay was shot in tho neck, it i# feared fatally, and the m the side, Both were alive at midnight, but litte hopes are entertained of their recovery. Several shots were fired at Mr. Leavitt, who was Knocked down and received several tnyuries from a sister of ined in the and was Chase and made their escape. The received a shot In the arm, Several persons, hearing of the aifwir, Chapman's to assist their arrest, and burned Chapman’ the villains were in it, Intense ex: it i Cy a i ie ae TEE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN. Petition for the Reiease of ‘the Dry Tortugas Prisoners, Spinngler, Mudd and Arnold Calm Review of the Testimeny on tho Con~ epiracy Trial, {From the Baltimore Sun, Jan. 8.) We give below the memorial which has been put in eireulation petitionmg the President for the re- lease of Edman Splanger, Dr, Samuel A. Mudd and Samuel Arnold, prisoners at the Dry Tortugas, under sentence of a military commission for alieved com- icity with the murder of the late President Lincoln, t 18 Impossible to read the statement given in this memoria! of the evidence adduced for and these prisoners upon thelr trial without profound astonishment that any tribunal, even a military one, could have convicted and sentenced men to a long and painful imprisonment, upon testimony which, now that the popular passions aroused by the mur- der of the late President have subsided, no rational Tian would consider suiicient toask their trial upon much less their conviction. Upon a review of the facts as stated below the question is involuntarily sug whether the court which convicted the prisoners upon such testi- mony could have erred through ignorance or whe- ther they yielded the convictions of their own judg- ments from timidity, and without ard to the rules of law and evidence, to an inf and undis- erimmating demand for retribution, However that may be, and making all allowances for the tufluence of the passions of the hour in incapacitating even ordinarily honest and well-intentioned minds from a fatr administration of justice, it would seem unde- niable that, in the present calm temper of the public mind, it would be impossible to convict the prisoners before any tribunal upon the evidence which ts re- cited below, and that it would be an act of justice as well as of humanity to relieve them from the pro- longation of & punishment, no part of which was even warranted by the testimony adduced upon their THE PRTITION. To His BXCHLLENCY THE PRESIDENT oF THR UNITED STaTEs:— ‘The memorial of the undersigned, citizens of the United States, petitioning for the release and pardon of Edman Spangier, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd and Samuel Arnold, now confined as prisoners, under sentence of a military commission, in the military prison at the Dry Tortugas, Florida, which said sentence was pronounced June 30, 1865, bre ge g showeth:— That the offences with which said prisoners were charged, and whereof they were convicted, and for which they arc now Spdergaiag punishment as aforesaid, was that of complicity with the murder of Abraham Lincoln, iate President of the United States, ‘That the following is a brief statement of the evi- dence adduced both for and against sald prisoners upon thetr respective triais, as said evidence appears io the printed report of the conspiracy trials, cor- piled and arranged by the recorder to the commis- sion aud published under authority of the Bureau of Military Justice:— First—As to the prisoner Edman Spangier your Memorialists respectfully represent that it is not too much to say that there {s absolutely no evidence whatever to indicate the smallest comptic! part in Booth’s crime, the slightest previoti: ledge of Booth’s designs, the remotest sympathy therewith, or the least particle of assistance ren- dered, airectiy or indirectly, in the execation of the same, Ali that is shown in evidence tn regard to the sald Spangier is that he was an humble etwploye at the theatre, engaged as @ scene shifter aud to do rough carpenter's work about the stage; that he had Known Booth trom boyhood. and perhaps felt a certain measure of that admiration for him per- sonally with wiuch, itis satd, Booth had the power of inspiring men of his class, He assisted in taking: care of Booth’s horses, and was in the habit of per- forming for him various ofices—partly menial, partly those of humble frieadship. On the tatal uight of the assassinatton, according to ail the witnesses, Spangler was at his post on the stage, where his duty as scene shifter required his continnous pre- sence, and he was so engaged when the tatai shot was fired; but there is not a particle of evidence to show, nor any reason to believe, that Spangier then knew by whom or with what intent or effect 1t was fred. Spangier’s position at the moment was not such as to cnable lum to see Booth wher he fired the shot or leaped from the President's box vo the slage, or to afford him mare than a ‘ing glimpse of lun, hardly sufficient tor recogni! the stage, knife in hand, and made his escape by the side door. # ‘There was nothing strange or unusual in Booth’s preseace at the theatre on that particular even where lic had free access at al! times, and was pi ticularly at home behind the scenes; nor in hia coming to the side doer of the theatre on horseback, the stable in which his horse was kept being in the alley adjoining the theatre, upon which said side door opcned—ie stable kev bemg kept in the pas- sage way of the theatre, and his hostler bemg on» of the employés of the theatre, the witness Joseph Bur- rougbs, otherwise called ‘‘Peanut John."” itis in evidence that when Booth came to the theatre that evening he called for Spangler to hold hus horse, and that Spangler obeyed the call; but immediately afverwards, and so soon as Book cn- tered the theatre, Spangler called Burroughs and gave him the horse to hold, saying that he himself had no time, and that (a8 was the fact) che whole responsibility of atiending to the scenes in the play then being performed rested upon him. The circumstance of a coil of rope being found in Spangler’s,bag has not the slightest significance, in- asmuch as there is nothing to show that the use of such @ rope was contemplated or needed in the com- mission of Booth’s crime, and nothing of the sort was used, Spangier’s possession oi the rope ts satis- factorily accounted for by several witnesses. The alleged conversation between Booth and Spangier-— the purport of which is given by the witness Sleich- man—in which Booth is represented as asking Spangicr to ‘help him all he couid,” and Spangler as promising “help,’’ took place on the Tnesday preceding the assazsination, sud is sulficientiy ex- plained and easily understood by reference to the Business which Spangler at that time actually had in hand for Booth, viz.. the sale of his horse and buggy, which Spangler had unsuccessfully at- tempted to effect that day, and which, the day after, he succeeded {n accomplishing, paying over the money received to Mr. Gifford, of the theatre. That the conversation had no reference whatever to the assassination is shown by the fact that tn the execution of his design Booth neither needed nor received “help” of any kind from Spangler, ‘The evidence of the witness Ritterspaugh as to the language useg by Spangier after the commission of the marder afd Booth’s exit from the theatre stands unsnppofted by ilscif—is inconsistent with his own statements in regard to the same sulject matter ade only tae day following the assassination, as testified to Dy other Witnesses, and if trae would prove no complicity with tue crime, Sut merely personal sym- patiy with his acquaintance from boyhood, J. Wilkes Bool, Who at the time was not kaown to be the assassin, nor even geverally or certainly sus- pected; inasmuch as it was not intl six hours after that Mr. Stanton, Secret of War, telegraphed to General Dix, at New York, (his third despatch upoa the subject), that the investigation, then progressing, pointed to Leoth asthe murderer. ‘the exoression of irritation, testified to by the boy “Peanut John,” as having been used by Spangier the previons after- noon when summoned to help decorate the Presi- dent’s box, at a time When it Is by 20 means certain that Booth himself had conceived the idea of the crme, and when he had had no possible commu- nication with Spangler, is evidence neither of criminal knowledge nor intent. The whole evi- dence im regard to 5 ir points him out asa most unlikely person to trusted or Noyed Booth in such an en 3 there is not a tittle of evideuce to show that lic was so trusted othing int ‘the 5 testti cay ni e imouy perfectly consistent and his own sworn and detailed statement of his innocence mace the commanding officer of Fort Jefferson on the 3d of December, 1867. to which your Excellency’s at- tention is Jorg pA poet Your memoriatists consider that, in point of fact, ished not for what he did, but for w! i Say aby whom, sad to recorulat pure and oy Fmed and desperate door. this and Second.—The case of Dr. Samuel Mudd appeais Oe hs po AR my) of this eaisienioee gentleman 01 x with his crime had none—as duty, not less than an act of common humanity. Not unt after the patent and his had de- ‘ted—iate in ihe afternoon t! A tion. Whether he heard at the same time tiat Booth was suspected, or whether be recognized Booth in his patieut—never haviug seen bin but once before, ou the ocersion of th’s visit to lower Maryland, the previous fall, for the ostensibie yurpose of buying land—are points lef tn doubt by the published Lg mee 8 are they material to the question of tie Doctor's guilt or innocence, ‘The testi makes it pet clear that on the follow- ing 3 morning Dr. Samuel Mudd related to a kinsman and weil known loyalist, Dr. George Mudd, the ioulars of the : visit he had a ed ed, various little susp circumsiances noticed, and requested that the information should be given to the military authorities, it was prompt. ly given. Interviews followed between Dr. Samuel Mudd and the mill Officers aad the detectives el in the pursatt of the murderers, ending Anaily with the Doctor's arrest. Ail the other evidence in imi to Dr. Samuel Mudd is either contradic The devectives who testify at unwillingness regal 5 ‘or clearly in his favor. the Doctor's reticence ve {nformation are rulers common | United States or oy peshonsics on the Doctor's part would nol have oe uareesnnabie, ‘The outaide evidence sought to be introduced of the Doctor's alleged disloyaity is contradicted upon every polnt—that of the negro girl, Mary Simms, m 4 to his harboring rebel soidiers; by the vesti- mony ol the very persons represented to bave been 80 harbored, and of a number of other persons, white and black. The disloyal language tesililed to by Daniel J, Thomas is disproved by John H, Down- ing, at whose house and tn whose presence it was said to have beea used, Many respectabie witnesses: testify that neither Daniel Thomas nor the girl Mary Simms is to be believed upon oath, and concur in representing Dr. Samuel Mudd as & quiet, peaceable, law-abiding citizen, who, whatever his private opin- lons and sympathies might have been, never during vhe entre war did + inconsistent with bis duty and allegiance to the goverament under which A GIEATAATIONAL BOSTON HOTU, eee eeetee fon the accommodation The & om er tno Great Nasional Poacs Jubilee to be held in fence fifty feet from Common, the exact site to ve authorities, The walls will be of foet high, and vhe roof of the same mat uch. - sixty-eight feet, whence ‘. continued by @ canvas cov height of “iio ot at the dg. The interior wil be arranged in amphitheatre form into a parquet and orchestra 259 by 150 feet on & level, seats for a grand chorus of 20,000 rising im tiers from the parquet to within ton feet of the end wail, and accommodations for an audience of about he lived. 50,000, Tho dress circle and galleries will be sar- The testime of Louis J. Weichman, Suponeed, to | mounted by # promenade gallery ten fees wide, en- be corroborated incidentally and partially by that of | circling the whole building and affording @ view of Marcus Norton ana W. A. Evans, by which it was sought to be proved that Dr. Mudd had interviews with Booth and the other conspirators at the Na- tional Hotel, in Washington City, is contradicted by the score of ri witnesses who account for every day and hour almost of Dr. Muda’s time dt the months of January, February and March preced- ing the assassination, down to the 14th of ape , in- chusive, and who prove the absolute impossibiltty of any such interview: taken place. ‘The soll- tary previous occasion which Dr, Mudd seems to ave met Booth, until the day after the assassina- tion, when he came to his house with a broken ankle, was In the preceding autumn, when Booth came to Chariea county (each Gl pe really, forthe pur- puse of buying land, and when ue did actually buy & horse from one of Dr. Mudd’s neighbors, At thet time there Is not @ shadow of reason to believe that Booth himself contemplated the crime of which he was subsequently guilty, auch less that he was en- gaged in maturing ita details or see! for coadju- tors, That Booth, durtng the fall and iter of 1864, prosessed vo be interested in buying land in lower diaryland with the proceeds of cerlain supposed suc- cessful speculations in oil, and that such was as- Signed by him as the motive for his visit to Charies and Prince George's counties, is susceptible of proof ae all who, during that period, were conversant with ui, Altogether, in view of all the testimony in this case, in the opinion of your memorialists, it cannot but be considered that Dr. Mudd is now suffering criminal punishment for an act of ordinary and pro- fessiunal humanity, which it would have been dis- graceful to him as a physician and 4 man not io the whole Interior, and will have eight The other portions of the sonese meeuceare wie have #x catrances, ali of the same width. The entire cost of the Coliseum, metuding decorations, will reach $50,000, programme includes three days’ entertainment. Acommuvnication from Toulon announces the ar- rival there of the yacht Jerome Napoleon, from Bou- logne, after successively touching at Brest, Lisbon and Gibrattar, Notwithstanding that she came of the port in o dark, ratuy night, she stood tn boldly, traversing the linea of the hg -egonind and si past the ships at anchor with the utmost confidence, everything being seen 43 Sieny a8 in daylight by the electric ligut witch she carried at her foremast, MARRIAGES AND: DEATHS. Married. —Warrs.—At Trinity church, Mount Vor- jay, December 10, by the Rev. 1. J. Buenerr, M. D,, to Louse KGORY—MONiILL.—On Wednesday, January & at Trinity chapel, by the Rev, Frederick Sill, Guonam WARLEW-GRROORY, Of Brooklyn, to MInNrE MONSILD, daughter of John MoNelll, of this city. HAKRINGTON —BucKINGHAM.—At Lake Hopatcong, N. J., on Tuesday, Junnary 5, by the Rev. J. We Seran, ALEXANDER ‘rederies, L. HArRINeToN, of F Del., to Resecca Lory, eldest daughter of General George A. Bucklugham, of this city. ha ve performed, . MiLLer—Younvs.—On Thursday, December 31, by Tdrd—The testimony in Samuel Arnold's case fs | the fev. Reaben Murray, James MILLER to ANNETTS extremely simple. All that ean be claimed to have | Younes, both of this ¢lty. No carda, been proved against him is that at one time he was ‘Tipron—SQuikgs,—At the Leland House, Spring- cognizant of a plot, tu which Booth was also en- | field, fil., on Wednesday, December 30, by the Rev. gaged, for the forcible abduction of President Lin- coi and the surrender of his person to the hands of the rebel authorities, with the alleged idea of com- elling thereby a general exchange of prisoners on oth sides, This plot was ne" carried Into execu- tion. From all participation therein Arnold had ex- pressly withdrawn. He was not in Wasningion at tho tiie of the President's murder, nor had ue been there for weeks previcus. With the view, appa- rently and avowediy, of shaking off all further asao- ciation with Booth and his plans, he had soughy em- pioyment, had obtained it, and was engaged in it at Fortress Monroe. ‘Tuere is no reason to suppose that of Booth’s final purpose ne had even a sus- picion, He had no ugeucy whatever in its exccution. Arnold, therefore, like Spangler, is being punished not for anything he did, but for something he did not do, which was never done or avempted to be done by anybody, and in which he huuseif had ultimately refased to bear part or hand. iis punishineat therefore must be considered, egualiy with that of his fellow sufferers, to be un- warranted by any principle of law or justice. Your memoriaiists believe that ff the testimony tn these cases should be published auew in Its entirety, as it was given, and public interest fn the subject could be so far revived as to insure iis reperusul and re-vXamination, not 2 doubt would exist iv the pub- lic mind of the entire innocence of these three men. Could they be tried anew beiore the same commis- sion, upon the same evidence, your memorialists coutklently betieve they would be acquitted. It isa matter of astonishment to your memorialists, as it will one day be to the civilized world, thai at any time, in any staie of the public mind, or before any triounai, however constituted or in aay form of pro- cedure, upon such testimony, @ conviction should have been asked, much less obtained. It 18 less an act of mercy, therefore, than of justice which your KExceilency is now invoked to perform. There 18 no consideration of policy, magnanimity or Justice which can be supposed to have tuspired your Excellency’s several prociamations of amnesty which docs not apply with tenfold force im favor of men— alike illegally and unjustly coavicted, as your inemo- rialists believe—suifering in @ military prison, in & hot and unhealthy climate, a punishment equally un- authorized by jaw and uowarranted by fact. The doors of that prison only your Excellency nas power to open. Your memorialists will not sutfer them- selves to doubt that upon a fair and impartial review of the facts your iéxceliency will grant the full and free pardon prayed for, open these prison doors, re- store these unfortunate men to tietr families and bo society, aud by this crowning actof grace shed lustre upon the close of your adwinistration, aud estab- lish additional claims to the respect aad gratitude of your countrymea, ST. DOMINGO. A Now York Sea and What is to Come of It=Samanna to Bo a Free Port—sicumship Lines—Crops. ry Mr. Fula, OXcAR D. Trpvon, of Cadiz, Ohio, to Sapie Kare, daughter of the late Richard Squires, of Green- point, Brooklya, E. D. Died. ALLEN.—At his residence, No. 18 West mlev- enth street, on \riday evening, January 8, ALFRED we LUN, in the 45d year of hls age. ‘The relatives and friends of the deceased are re- spectiully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, on Monday afternoon, at one o'clock. Beeatan.—At Hicksville, L. 1., on Friday, Jaaaary 8, MARIA BERKIAN, wife of Jacob Berrian, aged 54 years and 3 montis. ‘The relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, on Tuesaday afternoon, at two o'clock, #6 Hicksville, L. 1. Train leaves Hunter’s Point for Hicksville wt half-past eleven A. M. Fiercure.—On Thursday, January 7, MABRL, im- fant daughter of Andrew and Mary Ann Fletcher, aged i1 mouths and 7 days, ‘The friends of the family are invited to attead tho funeral, this (Sunday) afternoon, at half-past one o'clock, from the residence of her parents, No. 8 Vam Nest place (Charles atree). Gankerson,—On Saturday, January 9, in the 20th year of his age, FRanx, youngest son of G. K. Gar- retson, Esq. ‘The Telatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funerul, from the Episcopal. a in Flushing on Monday afternoon at twe o'clock. GLass.—On Saturday, January 9, GkorGs Gass, aged 4 years. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are reapect- fully invited to attend the funeral, the resi- dence of his parents, No, 122 Monroe street, om Monday afternoon, at one o'clock. Gurasoy.—On Friday, January 8, MicHAn. GLEBA- gON, late & member of the police force, in the 40 year of nis age. His rematns will be taken from his late residence, No. 12 Allen street, this (Sunday afternoon, at twe o'clock, to Calvary Cemetery for interment. Hanris.—At Paris, France, on Thursday, Jaag- ary 7, Tracy MH. Harris, of this city, in the 26tm year of hia ey Notice of the tnneral will be given upon the arrival of the remains for interment. Heine.—On Friday morning, Jan 8, at three exe Henny, son of Dr. Joseph and Mary Heine, 3 years, Relatives and friends aud members of the Rappa- rt Literary Union, of which decessed was a mem- her, are invited to attend the funeral, from the real~ dence of his parents, 241 Kast Eteventh street, be- tween Second and Third avenues, this morning, a& ten o'clock. Syracuse papers please copy. RINE.—The members of Broadway ayni are hereby invited to attend the funeral of Haney HEINE, Which will take place from the reaidence of his fathor, Dr. Joseph Heine, 231 East Bleventm street, this (Sunday) morning, at ten o'clock. M.S. ISAACS, Secretary. Fivrson.—On Friday, ey SS after a long and aiaful ness, Mrs, CATHERINE HINRgON, widow of lames Hineson, aged 49 years, 9 months and 13 days. The friends and reiatives of the family are res fally invited to attend the Mmneral, from her late re- sidence, 118 North fifth street, Willlamsburg, this (Sunda)y afternoon, at haif-past two o'clock. JouNsoy.—On Friday, Js vy 8 Josernine, tn- fant daaghter of William « +: Martha L, Johnson, il months and 21 days. ¢ friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, this (Sunday) afternoon, at one o'clock, from the residence of her parents, No. 4 Jones street. Keiis.—On Saturday, January 9, at 174 Delans street, MAGDALENA E., wife of Licutenant D. Kells, 0. ., eldest daughter of Frederick G. and Caroline de, aged 27 years, 3 m and 6 days. Further notice will be given. Levick.—On Friday, January 8, GronaR, son of Nicholas and Susan Levick, aged 6 years, 2 months and 26 days. Funeral takes place this (Sunday) afternoon, at two o'clock, from the residence of his parents, 215 South Eighth street, Jersey City. No carriages al- lowed. Bs ae on Friday, January 8, Tomas BAH. The friends and relatives are invited to attend the funeral, this day (Sunday), from 533 Washingtom street, corner of Charlton. &X Sr. DomInao, Dec. 19, 1898, ‘There aro signs of returning life tn this long-suffer- ing Dominican republic. The country remains quiet, except an occasional cattle raid®and gnerilia dash over the Haytien frontier, some of which have been absurdly set forth in certain New York papers as real “batties.’” Tho government continues pressed for money. It hesitates to grant the security demended, as ts said, the conditional cession of Samana. Latterly other parties have come into the field of Dom:nican finances. Certatn “steara kings’ of New York have sent down propositions to establish various lines of steamers to Samana as soon 24 it is declared a free and nevtral port, and still later Mr. J. N. Fabens, the Dominican Mining and Loan Com- missioner, has been on here with the representative of several rich and well known capitalists of your city to negotiate for an enterprise through which this government isto recover an immediate supply of means. Flour and other suppites for the army ere to come in reguiar instalments, The first ship- ment of 390 barrels arrived about four days since, and the Don, the ploneer steamer of the line, is to Lewrs.—On F1 afternoon, sanuary 8, at the uring Other necessartes to the amount of $10,000, as | residence of John Drayton, Miss yA} Mania well as the first instalment of the New York joan, | Lewis, aged 7 ‘0 years. ‘The funeral will take place, from St. Pani's a copal church, Duncan avenue, Bergen, N, J., (Sunday) afternoon, at two o'clock. MaRtin.—On Saturday, January 9, JaMRs PATTRR- son MARTIN, youngest gon of John and ja Mar- tin, Friends are invited to attend the faneral, thie (Sunday) afternoon, at one o'clock, frona his late re- sidence, 516 West Twenty-sixth street. Mincuse.—On Friday, January %, alier a short ill- ness, ELIZA MINUSE, aged 66 years. relatives and friends are invited to attend the ‘The capitalists referred to wiil undertake to furnish aii the means required for the economical adminia- tration of this government on liberal terms. provided Baez will withdraw his European negotiation, This, however, sull remains an open question, much to the surprise of the weil informed here, as the New York proposition seems to place the loan on the very fuoting Baez has always desired—viz., so that no revolationary movement could touch it, Should it p... neral services, this (Si aiternoon, at four come in periodical deliveries of whatever the gov- g'cloc! from the re residence of Lewis 8. Grum, 365 ernment may order, whether arms, money or gene- | North a y remains ral supplies, # here under the American flag, | will be tsken to Y on Monday morning, for and remaining the property of Americans until bon interment. to ® corresponding amount are made over and McAvLirre.—On Friday, Jan 8, at his rest- accepted by the loan agent, the contract would only | dence, 1,113 Second avenue, JOHN MCAULIFYE. Teach so fut as it was oxeciited, and on ar omnes The friends of the fi are to attend the of the could be carried back to funeral, on Monday at nine 0’ from vered to the new government | the church of St. Vincent A Lexing- of ita ton avenue » alter Joan is so mixed up with it and wit! taken to Calvary interment prises that it is almost certain to be casried out. MacGreeor.--0n , January 9, James Row 1 am satisited that Samana wiil be dec! i, of fever, son of James and and neutrai port in January, and that E. Macui , aged 1 1 month and 13 days. ized and by all the maritime Ne in per. Powers of Christendom a six months. ‘an cand tae january 8, Witt ‘The religious is mi ICNAMARA, rece h.ea.mree eceri | afervenrmee eae at 5 si war. | d | ce ‘ wi a tty i mhake =o Relatives and friends are invited to preparation for the stated festival ir patron | attend. saint eclat, One “El Pa- PurNam.—On Friday Magy January 8, Mra. ote fy Sie ead t CaTuaRine HUNT aM, in Toth: aoe her Her friends and those of her son, P. Put nam, and of her sons-in-law, Isaac T. and H. Snelling, are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of Isaac T. West Monday morning, at eleven o'clock. reaidence and the roads are consequently in a wretched con- dition, Recently two Americans, from Massachn- a tour of over one hundred the mining districts, which they accomplished in than five days, Their ob- ject wos to settle whether (he old indian pilacers would pay for going over on the California system, with common rockers, The result [ am not at liberty to state, but the well watered districts were found to be over weil wooded for quick work. The same irty Will soon start out iu on a sixty mile tour the petroleum basin of Azua. ‘The Boletin Ofciat has the following:—The elec- ore for ve President and senators are proceeding fect order. deneral Valentin Ramirez Baez is in San Juan at “Powis-Gn Mowday, January at the Wis. — of is g in Geneva’ ‘N.Y, Guanton Powis, of z Greece, jonroe N.Y. 22 bg ee 4 Thursde, dennerr 7, ANNA, the be- pa hyn of John Rigney, @ native of county Cavan, ireland. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, No. 552 East ith stredt, this (Sum aay afternoon, at ‘one o'clock. SY CKMAN.—ON January 9, Garry. son Kate 7. hyckman, the head of the column of observation, and intends | of G. W., Jr., and in the od year to ‘with his force as far as the frontier lines | of his g = habitants non ee ee ere of oe family oe ees Su attend a] « Gacos” from both fron eral, from the rosidence G Curlel, Minister of Fina Twelfth street, on M ing, at ten o'clock. seneral- Ricardo ince, re- cently sent on @ mission to Cibao, has been well re- Soromoxs.—On Friday morning, ceived by the people there, including the merchants. January +8, Samuat D. SoLoMONS, son of the late Levy ‘and Cathe wh in that locality for 1860 is expected to rival | arine Solomons, of Albany, aged 61 tat of any previous your. A like result is hoped for | ~The tuneral will take place, from The residenoe of in Seybo. quality of the tobacoo crop is exeel- | his sister-in-law, 267 West Twenty-{fth street, this lent. The coffee crop in San Cristobal has increased. | (Sunday) art at ten o'clock. * TROUTMAN.—Al Long Brae 2 ott rer jan ¥ is - A CONTRADICTION. terrrevanane vt ‘The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, at Long Branch, on Tuesday. LENTINE. Early on § , January o, VALETINE.— Pari aa Valontlie, in the vad year of her age. tives and friends are invited to atend tho male fe Monday morn! at eleven ofcisck, from her late residence, 83 street, + Be Dey Without further notice, Warsas.—At Greenpoint, on Tharasay, Lavan 7, after a long Wines, Emsren Wares, widow jiliam Waters, in the 66th year of er Ot end ‘The relatives and friends are inwted to astend t® funeral, tig (Sanday) aitoruoan, a O49 O'elOCks To THe Korrok or THe HERALD: Seeing that a correspondence appeared in one of the datly papers of this city, purporting to be from Havana and relating to a conversation said to have taken place between ex-Captain General Lersundi and Senor Don Jose Norntos Lemus, a prominent lawyer of Havana, scandalizing the said gentleman, a A HI make known to the public that ior jus bas authorized mo to Btate that the said conversation never took piace, Your obedient st 7 QULBRDO,