The New York Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1869, Page 5

NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS. DEATH OF JAMES T. BRADY. The Bench and Bar ip Mourning—Brief Eulogies on the Deceased—Ad- journment of the Courts. United States Circuit and District Courts. ‘Toe large United States Circuit Court reom was densely crowded yesterday morning by the legal pro- fession, the attaches of the several courts and offices held within the court buildings and bythe general pubiig, in consequence of the publicity which fol- Jowed immediately on the first rumoref the death ‘of Mr. James T. Brady and the certainty that a formal ‘notice of the sad event would be the drst busmess ‘dp order at the epening of the court. Crowded as ‘the room was, and eagerly as others endeavored to jevush their way in, the deepest silence prevailed as ge Benedict, of the Circuit, aud Judge Blatchford, ‘of the District Court, took their seats on the bench of ‘the Circuit Court. } Among those present were:—Charles O’Conor, ‘George F. Comstock, ex-Judge of the Court ef Ap- jpeals of this State; Stewart L. Woodford, ex-Licu- ‘pant Governor of this State; ex-Judge John K. Por- x, of the Court of Aj of this State; United tates Marshal Robert Murray; District Attorne; ‘Samuel G. Courtney, ex-Judge be, John BE. Burrill, (John McKeon, Clarence A. Seward, Charles Donohue, 'Charles A. Rapallo, James B. Craig, and most all the United States Commissioners and ‘Assistant District Attorneys connected with the courts of this district. \ Mr. John Burrill, having been selected by nis {brother professionals present to notify the bench of jthe logs the bar of New York had sustained in the \death of so dist hed @ member as Mr. Brady and Apmove the adjournment of the court in re- spect his oe ee Burrill, with feelings evi- dently affected by sad duty imposed upon him, ivery briefly communicated tie mtel ce to the ‘Detich and moved the adjournment of the court. du Comstock then , and very briefly ad- dressed the Court in words expressive of the regret whole people of the city New York will feei hen the fact ofthe death of Mr. Brady became ‘known. It was not alone the bar, he said, but the awhole of the citizens that had lost a brother and a friend mm the departed. ) Mr, Samuel G. Courtney seconded the motion for adjournment, and announced that a mecting of he members of the bar then present would be held, yy Whom & Committee would be appointed, to whom ould be entrusted the task of cailing a goneral {meeting of the bar of the city, to ve held in one of ‘the court rooms, at which the usual addresses of ewogy and resolutions of condolence would be made vand adopied, , Judge Blatchford satd tho judges of these courts detply felt the afiction that had fallen so suddenly onthem. They felt as uovgh they haa lost a rm aod dear iriend. Mr. Brady's last profess! ppeared to be sit all those charac stanuy bee! er; most gracefully and eourteon siopping to the reiief of a) pro #onal brother opposed to him, He (fudge via could ‘truly say that he BLWays, to see Mr. Braay i betore tad ‘bin—so marked was li: wards his oppon revy on every at made by hina. genial kmdit art, love of childtre: tw young men, allendeared him to hosts of friends. The Court unhesitating!: ceded to the request to adjourn, and would order the fact to be properly en- tered on ie minutes of the court. ige Benedict said hts acquaintance with Mr. Brarly was wholly professional, not having had the pleasure of an intimate personal acquaiat- au with hjm:; but the same traits oi cha- Tocter that had so endeared him to others had also endeared him to him. Although he @adge Bened! slightly acquainted ‘with hinn, yet seemed to know bim better than most any other member of the bar, He had seen r, Brady m cases where feeling ran high, yet had maintained that genial kindness of heart sy toward a Opponent that So pre-emi- qmently marked his career. It was eminently proper @hat the Circuit Court of the United states in this district, in wuich he had won such great and honor- able distinction, should adjourn out of respect to hy memory. ‘The court would there‘ore stand ad- jonrned to eleven A. M., on Wednesday, the 10th stant, and the facts of the adjournment would be eutcred upon the ininutes of tae court. Judges Blatchford and Benedict then announced that ali the cases pending @ hearing would be ad- journed over to eleven A. M. this morning. Court of Oyer and Terminer. 1n this court the proceedings were interrupted by the announcement of the sad event. District Attorney Garvin rose and, addressing the court, announced the decease, at an carly hour this morning, of Mr, James T. Brady, theeminent lawyer. Mr. Garvin then proceeded to deliver a touching and appropriate eulogium to the memory of the ais- tinguished and deeply lamented advocate, and moved that as a mark of respect for his many ‘virtues’ and estimable qualities the court do now adjourn. The motion was seconded, and Mr. B. K. Phelps associated with ex-Jadge Stuart in the defence of the prisoner on trial, made a few remarks of regret at the aanouncement just made. Charles S, Spencer also rose and addressed the court on the melancholy event, and recalled severat reco'lections of the deceased, alluding in touching Janguage to the last speech ever made by him. ‘The occasion was the Jate complimentary divner tendered to James W. Gerard. Mr. Gerard in hig speech had allnded to the dee ‘interest he had himself taken in the cause and wel- fare of school sald he was never so ‘happy a8 when in the presence of little children, and thought no music was so sweet as the voices of children when in sti ig. It was the near- est approach to, if not in fact the music of the angels. Jn thecourse of the evening. Mr. bi , who was p t, was called upon to respond to one of the toasts, and, reverting to the remarks of Mr. Gerard, sald that he (Mr. Brady) also took the greatest pleasnre in listening to the singing of little children, and he hoped that when he died the so of these little ones would be hie funeral anthem. Nr. Spencer said that was the jast address made in pub- lic by Mr. Brady, and doubtiess when he uttered tbat Prete sentiment he scarcely thought his tine was so and that the opportunity fer the tibute he 80 dered was to be accorded 80 Seon. Judge Barnard, evidently ly affected, spoke in conclusion ef the many ‘and distinguished tratts which adorned the character of deceased, and of tus proverbial kindness, courtesy and seif-sacritic. ing affection, which he se frequently displayed, The Judge then directed that the court be adjourned to this morning at ten o'clock and that a suitable record of these proceedings be made on tne minutes, Sapreme Court—Circait=Part 1. ‘This branch of the court was also adjourned by" Judge Clorke, upon. motion ef members of the bar resent, out of oad for the memory of Mr. James . Brady, deceased. Supreme Court—Circeit—Part TH. Jn thie court, at ite opening, Mr. Wm. . Anthon rose and said: May it please the Court—With feeling almost too cep for utterance J rise to perform the painful duty of announcing to this court the death of Mr. James T. Brady, which occurred at an early hour this morn- ing. He was endeared to all the members of the bar by the recoliection of hie kindness and gentleness of manner, aud to me, in particular, by the recollection ot many acts of rriendship. To the community at large death is one which all must feel—a loss to the bench, a loss to the bar and a loss to the entire community. lie has passed away from among us, and only the recollection of his virtues remains. “Only the actions of the just smell ®weet and bios- som in the dust.” am sure, in rising to move that this court do now adjourn, | but eimply expres# the warm and earnest feelings of the members of the bar who surround me, and who on an occasion like this are certainly too dceply affected by emotion to conduct with calmness and tranquillity the ordinary duties of the court to- day. Ltherefore move you that as a tribute of re- spect to ihe erolnent virtues and the great ability of tie departed the court do now adjourn, and that a resolution (o fhat effect be entered on tts minutes, Mr. A, BR. Dyett seconded the motion, saying if your Honor please, it is with feelings of painful emotion that I rise to follow the gentleman who has Just pronounced a brief bers ig ‘ the death of my friend and the friend of usall, This morning, as { came to my office, | met a gentleman who an- nounced the death of Mr. James T. Brady, Had he announced the death of my own brother I scarcely could have received the tidings with more pain or regret. |rise to second the motion of the gontie- man who has just sat down; but this is not the fitting place to) = pronounce =a upon one so enlogy upon one #6 ‘celebrated, eminent, npon one so weil beloved, the melancholy tidings of Whose decease we have just received. te proper aud it te right ond nce aswe do life's earnest march, we should atop and pause in our haste to drop @ tear upon the bier of one who hae failon in ory ranks, There are many around as whom we lov’ Who are dear to our hearte—our comrades, our peers at the bar, but T can hardly help daying m regard to the toss of one so greatly honored and so dearly beioved— Hen quanto minus est cum retigiue vorsari, Quam (ot meminiast, “peace to his ashes! After life's fitful fever he giceps well.” Lknew him weil, Tf loved him. I al nals hin from among us. His piace will be ans Fer 8 long time. I shall mise oy pleasant tones of his voice and the warm grasp of his hand. he i@ bo more; and Overcome with emotion Bay at, 1 Tecan ho more, except that (I might frit ainont melancholy {second the mlotiog of the ti wi oO erat. aie Justice pcqusintance with Mr. : yannot trust myself I x even of these, 1 can only that with all that been said by the gentlemen 10 have addressed the court I fully cencur, and think tat the joas of ho one among us ts more entitled to such respect 28 that now proposed to be paid to his memory, and shall, therefore, make the order that for that reason the court'do now adjourn, and that such order be entered on the minidtes of the court. ‘he court was thereupon adjourned. Supreme Court—special Term, Tn the Special Term of the Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice Sutherland, Ex-Judge Peabody an- nounced that since the adjournment of the court yesterday @ calamity and misfortune had happened ‘0 all, in the death of James T. Brady, one of the most eloquent, learned, honorable and high-toned members of the bar, with whom the court and all had been accustomed to associate for so long a period. He had within the last few hours passed from the scenes of his labors and triumphs’ in this world to those of another anda better. This sudden event he was sure had unfitied them all to assume the or- dinary vocations of the any, Tn view of these con- siderations he moved that the court adjourn. ge Van Voorst, on serouning the motion, Said that it was fit and proper that the business of the tribunal should be suspended in view of the sad and melancholy event which had just been an- nounced and which had taken them all so greatly urprise. Mr. Brady was within a few days in the enjoyment of his customary health. He could not express the loss the bar of this State and country had sustained in the death of one so honored and distinguished, and whom they all so sincerely loved, They would no more see among them ‘his torm and moving so express and admirable,”’ nor would they ever again be charmed by his manly quence. Mr. Justice Soeneriaes, with much emotion, said that he dee; iy ie sad intelligence just au- nounced an ly concurred in all that had been said. This, perhaps, was not the proper time to ex- press his sepse of the loss the court and bar had sus- tained in the death of James ‘t. Brady. He there- tore directed that the court be adjourned and that the clerk be directed to enter an order on the minutes to that effect. Supreme Court—Chambers. In this court, yesterday morning, in the presence of @ numerous assemblage of the bar, Mr. Justice Cardozo on taking his seat said:— Yhave just learned of the death of Mr. James T. Brady, and am overwhelmed with grief at the great calamity which has fatlen ape the bench, the bar and the public generally, , if | may be allowed to speak oi so unimportant a matter, in view of my deep affection for him, upon myself especially. [ dare not trust myself to speak on this melancholy occasion; ail I can venture to do is to order that, in deference to the great man who has so suddenly been taken from us and in respectful sympathy with his sorrowing relatives, the court do stand adjourned unti! to-morrow, and that suitable mention of the cause be made on the minutes. - ‘The Judge was evideatiy deeply affected, as were indeed all other persons present. Superior Court=Part I. At the sitting of the couft yesterday morning Mr. Joachimsen 1 the melancholy intelligence of the James ‘T. Brady, and moved the adjonrument of the court out oi respect to his memor! Mr. bert Dean seconded the motion, and in a opriate remarks referred to the great merits e deceased and thee great loss the bar and th couununity had sustained. nudge Moneli, in eranting the motion, said the en and to mye wholly unexpected death of his iriend had so overwhelined hint that he could but in a few words at that time express his deep sorrow “Jor the great loss which had fallen upon the bar and pon the whole community. Mr, Brady and himseif were not only nearly of the same age, but were aiso nearly contemporaneous in their admission to the bar, and for more than @ quarter of a century he had been his esteemed friend, for wom he had always entertained the greatest respect and admiration. idut, as he bad said, he could do no more at prevent than pay to his memory perhaps the empty honor of causing the court to be adjourned as & mark of re- spect to his greatness and worth. The court then adjourned, Saperior Court—Part I. dudge Jones presided yesterday morning, when Mr. Vanderpoel moved and Mr. Darlington seconded that the court do adjourn out of respect to the memory of Mr. James T. Brady, deceased. Ceres made a few Segling and appropriate remarks, in which he briefly lewed the brilliant career of Mr. Brady, whose death, he was assured, wena be deeply felt throughout the entire commu- nity. Superior Court=special Term. Pursuant to the motion of Mr. Darlington, sec- onded by Mr. Hawley, this court was adjourned by Judge Frmedman, in respect to the memory of Mr. James T. Brady, after passing a fitting tribute to his greatness and worth. Vourt of General Sessions. In part one of the Common Picas, Judge Barrett having taken bis seat onthe bench, Mr, Dennis Mc- Mahon rose and said that it was with the deepest sorrow, and,in fact, witha horror he could not ex- press, that a few moments since he had heard of the death of his lamented and eloquent brother, James T. Brady. Mr. McMahon then proceeded to pay an eloquent and touching tribute to the deceased and foneinged bs Mens the adjournment of the court for one wi Mr. William C. Barrett, uncle of the panting judge,next spoke in a feeling strain of eloquence, ali to the deep iuterenahioh iy had taken in Judge Barrett as a boy, and the con- tinuance of it up to mauhood. This allusion filled the eyes of the Judge with tears, which Mtr: Dyott Yollowed. mn a el ration . Dyatt follows an eloquent pero! on the virtues and ECO of the deceased. Jade Barrett, evidently laboring under deep emotion and with a saddened voice, said he felt almost upfitted to say anything. He could not avoid, howeVer, saying that it was not to tne won- derful intellectual power of the deceased that the sorrow for his death was to be attributed. It was to something higher nobler and more beautiful than that. It was to at and lovely soul. He was not a citizen of country or any country. He was @ citizen of (iod’s own world. He was one of the great catholic spirits of the age—l comprehensive and universal, ac- knowledging one God and the brotherhood of all humanity, He heard of his death first from a poor, Weak, humble French writer, aud the tears were trickling freely down the lowly man’s cheek; and when he (the Judge) beard what he said ip his ee oe he thought then of the character of the de . It reminded him of the character of poor Joe in one of Dickens’ works, who, ignorant and lorn, had yet the soul when he been to was to say of one who had he heard the deeensea gentleman speak he would e ie uw would never forget. Littie fo. thot that would aghit be his last speech In public. He could never forget — him. He sway’ strong men then like children. He made them jaugn and he made them weep just at his will. If ever a good man went into the bosom and the heart of eternit with the Lr pe 9 and blessings and the grief ani sorrow of ail who knew him and ail who ever heard of bim It was he. He felt unable to say more. The motion must be acceded to, and the court would adjourn to Monday morning at cleveu o'clock. udge Barrett a.so adjourned the other branch of the court, makiug similar remarks. Marine Court. Yesterday morning Mr. Quinton McAdaw rose in. the Marine Court and, after the opening, moved that As & Merk of respect 'T. Brady, the court ¢o now adjourn, Judge Curtis, apparently deeply atected, _ “In memory of the tt advocate, the sound law- yer aud the Christian gentleman, James T. Brady, how deceased, this court will siand urned unt! to-morrow morning, at ten o'clock.” ‘The court was accordingly adjourned, and those present withdrew. Court of General Seasious, ‘The court room yesterday was like @ house of mourning, occasioned by tie news of the sudden death of James T. Brady, who confessedly was the Ra wv peer of the criminal bar. it wasin this court that he achieved many of the laurels which adorned his the Court, The Recorder said:—I have lear emotion of the sudcen death of James ‘T. Li the most ‘The enun- mind | long and widely known as one of distinguished of ‘the New York bar. ciation so unexpected has flied the public with sorrow, and nove will mourn his. lo aside from. his immediate relatives, more than the bench and bar of this city and State, 10 whom | he was endeared by years of piqasant and memorable associations, I have uo lanzuage at hand to express in adequate terms my appreciation of the great loss we have sustained. An equally fitting occasion Will shortly occur when @he bench aud bar and ali those who loved ana respected. our departed friend in life wiJi unite and share in doing honor to his memory. Jt1s eminently proper that the court, in respect to the ocession, do now adjown, and the clerk of this court is direeted to make an entry upon the minutes of this motion. ‘The court then adjourned till ten o'clock Wednes- day imorning. wis THE GREAT ERIE LITIGATION. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. Jndge Cardoz0’s Decisiou—The Belmont Re- celvership Vacated. Before Judge Cardozo. . Belmont ant Lucke vs, The Erie Raiwoay Com- pany.—Judge Cardozo has filed his opinion on this motion. He determines that the new facts pre- sented justify a reargument of the motion. He coin- cides with Judge Ingraham in the opinion that the directors have power to issue convertible bonds and to convert them into stock, although it inereases the amount of stock beyond that fixed by the charter; that, a8 determined by the General Term in Howe vs. Denel, 4% Barb., a stockholder cannot mainuain a bill to restrain the directors from tne exercise of their co te powers or for the appointment of a receiver, and that the action brought by the Attorney General is the proper action i which to determine the questions involved in the whole controversy. As a consequence, the appointment of Judge Davies as receiver was unauthorized and void. Judge Cardozo’s written opinion covers upwards of 100 pages of foolscap paper. COURT OF OER AND TERMIRER. The Trial of the Murderer Real. before Judge Barnard. This court was again crowded yesterday by an immense throng of morbid roughs who had assem- bled to hear the proceedings ip the trial of John Real, Indicted for the murder, on the 23a of July last, of policeman John Smedick, in ‘Thirty-first street, near First avenue, The clerk, Mr. Vandervoort, pro- list of extra jurors summoned, only eleven having been obtained out of ine panel of 260 of the day pre- vious. The second juror called was found upon examination to be competent, and was sworn, com- pleting the number required, ‘The following named genth n compose the jury :—Fol En- ceoded to call over the » grocer; hier; vic at, liquor dealer; 3 plumber ries Bischo ‘Vhe prisoner femuie relatives, and de composed manuer. and acquaintances present dat the numoer who 3 forward to sal | greet bum when opportunity 13 ofere | E COUAT CALENDAR—THIS DAY. Surreme CovrtT—Oimovm—Paré, L—No Cirenit calendar, ompanied in court by two oris himseil im a quiet, iging from hands and Surrexe Coury, Crrcurr—Part 2.—Nos. 1004, 1102, 1104, 1106, “2110, “1114, 20, 1182, 1138, 1138, 114% 1144, 114i 16, 918, Part vos. 1 7, M7, 1034, 1221, 202, 538, 1,028, 125, 353, 847, 943, —SPEGAL TERM.—NOs. 24, 1%, 29, Mi, 198, 199, 200, 291, 202, 203, 183, 185, 140, 177, i8i, 148, 156, Nos. 155, 220, 266, 236, 298, 209, 30 Cour? oF GENERAL Sussions.—Before Recorder Hacket.—The People vs. Ejlea Springer, grand larceny; the same vs. John gmith, burglary; the same vs. Thomas F. Donohue, robbery; the same vs. John Keliy and Bernard Carroll, robbery; the same v8. Thomas McMalon, burgiary; the same vs. Peter Dowi, burglary; the same vs. John Brown and John Willis. robbery; the same vs. Charles Smith, Thomas Moore ana James Jones, burglary; the same vs. James Reilly and Dennis Cushman. burglary; the same vs. James Kyan, id ny; the same vs. Desideno Gonzalez, felonious assault and battery; the same vs. Thomas Grady, robbery; the same ys. Kdward A. Palmer, grand lafeeny; the same vs. Thomas Ryan and.Michael Loftus, rovubery. CouRT OF OYER AND TERMINER.—Tbe People vs. John Read (continued), homicide. CTY INTELLIGENCE. Taz WEATHER YESTERDAY.—The following record ‘will show the changes im the temperature for the past twenty-four hqurs, as indicated by the ther- mometer at Hfudnut’s pharmacy, HERALD Building, Broadway, corner of ann. street:— 3A. M.. oP. M. 6A. M . @ 6P.M. 9A. M 46 OPM. 12M....... - 46 12P.M. Average temperature.......... Average temperature on Monday. FounD IN Tite WaTER.—The body of a dead infant was found floating in the dock foot of rand street, East river, The remains were secured, and one of the coroners notified to hold an inquest. Suppen DeatH.—Lawrence Burke, a middle-aged man, died saddenly yesterday afternoon at his late residence, 515 East Sixteenth street. One of the coroner’s Was notified to hold an inquest. A New Haytien Wan Vesse1.—The steamer Henry Lioyd Aspinwall, Captain Jackson, which cleared at this port on Saturday last for Port au Prince, is intended as an addition to the navy of President Salnave, in Hayti. She is a vessel of eighty tons and carries two guns. SECURITY OF Lirg aT THEATRES.—Several of the theatrical managers, it is asserted, do not obey the jaw which prohibits the placing of camp-stoois in the passage ways and aisles, and the en = aap ned of Bulidings, Mr. ir, ia determ: to prose- , cute the managers for Violatigns in all cases brought to his notice. A PoLirictan’s SON Dies IN THR Wonkaousn.— Yesterday morning Coroner Keenan was noitfled to hold an inquest, at the Workhouse on Biackwell’s Island, over the remains of Charles Ackerman, son of Samuel Ackerman, for a long time a resident and leading politician of the Fifth ward, who died sud- denly. The age and nativity of deceased did not transpire. ‘ Bovy IeNTIFIND.—-On the nignt of the Sist ult. a man, whose name was then unknown, was found Jying Insensinle on the corner of Leroy and Hudson streets, and death ensued soon after being conveyea to the Twenty-eighth precinct station house. Since then the ody hag been tdentified as thac of John Klein, a German shoemaker, twenty-iour years of age, who lived at 176 Grand strees, Tur Book PRINTERS’ STRIKE.—The book printers now on a strike held @ secret session yesterday afternoon. They evidently believe that secrecy is the soul of success. ‘There i# one interesting feature in regard to the strike, viz., the employing printers claim they have accomplished all they anticipated, and the empioyés make similar deciarations. The situation is not dissimilar to some of the batules in to the memory of the late James | South Awerica in which both aides win. Tae Gas Nuisancr.—The Board of Health is again after the gas coinpanies to compel them to prevent the escape of the foul odors wifich are so annoying to the residents of some parts of the city. The Man- hattan Company has so improved its process of n that its works on East Fourteenth stre ot and West Kighteenth street are not often productive of offence, aud the New York Gas Company has in- troduced a new ort at its works on Kast Twenty- first street, which entirely obviaves the nuisance, ‘The Metropolitan Gas Company is the only one that igre g comply with the demands of the of iealt “Reppy THE BLacksMitH,” AGAIN Ix TRounLE.— ‘Three or four days since, William Variey alias Reddy, brow. After the Grand Jury brought in a number of | tne blacksmith, was atrested for quarreiing with indictments Assistant District Attorney Hutchings some boon companion, but as no one thougbt proper rose and sald:— to make s complaint against him, he was discharged. it. becom my painfal doty to announce the Reday, however, is in trouble, On Monday udden death of one of the brightest ornaments | nigng he, with some 4, attended & , and of the New York bar—James T. Brady. ‘There carly yesterday ‘ning, on their return home, they was no court in the State, or the United in t0 boa taatr cenatal Thomas Ryss, States, which was not charted by hie elo | Rogbbua! seen ae quence, enlivened "by his wit and enlightened | Streome ‘Witte thors woday sat iiyan became it. by his rare illustrations of jurisprudence. | voived in a ? ‘it But in no court did he appest to more ad- iy my Garteg. whien, 8 coer) vantage in the criminal cases tried in Rene rth interfered this court. His lens eloquence secured the | gud arrested who Was acquittal of more than one unfortunate w' before Justice fe at com to tbe T to his life in his hands, re is not a member of the ‘of t and battery. R the his patience, cents. His eloquence, like magic, chan hesitating or doubting jury into a nntt in his favor, “Ho was the lord the tear and the laugh." His brethren at the bar honored and He was foul of honor, , and nis was ‘none knew him but to love him, left be- nnot bear a to hie Comaplaingnt, was seat Aa the House of Detention, As THE SAILORS’ SNUG HARBOR, loved | The commissioners of this “snug” little bit of Property, who no doubt are men of mark and high moral standing in the community, are totally op- gn Wy eran unlted posed, it appears, to that very useful class of indi- viduals Known as reporters, and have a holy horror in print lest missioners 6f this delightfully rural retreat for poor Jack were to hold a meetung at half-past three o’ciock P. M., at No, 19 Cliff atreet, A reporter was accord- ingly despatched thither, and on presenting Wiuself to one of the’ commissioners (who hurriediy came eut of @ sort of private omice | where the commissioners were assem bling, sla:n- ming the door toin a furried manner, lest the said reporter might get even @ameil ab What Was going on inside), was plumply refused admission in some- | thing itke the folowing manner:— i KevoRIER—1 conle trom ihe HERALD, sir, to re | onic ead meeting in reference to the Sailors’ Snug arbor. | Commissionen—(Rather exeltedly)—Wh-a-t meet- ing? My dear sir, there is no meeting here. Never heard of the like—ridiculous, We never allow re- porters here, sir, under any circumstances, A hoax, sir, a hoax—not % word of truth in it. REPORTER—I am merely commissioned to perform adnty to the public, sir; but as you say there Is to be no meeting, of course I need’ must take your word and retire. CoMMISSIONER—-Oh, it ts only a litte committee meeting, settling old leases and things of that Kind, you know. No importance whatever to the public— ‘not the slightest—a mere private affair of our gwn, you know (with a bland smile). REPORTER—Very good, sir; butif you would allow me to Judge of its importance to the public 1 would feel obliged, Allow me to say that it 18 the jar province of the reporter to be the judge in mnatters which he is del to report. Itcan do you no injury, therefore (if this isto be merely an nnimportant meeting), to admit me, because if it prove unimportant of course I shall not notice it, ‘This persuasive argument had no effect whatever on the impervious commissioner, and the reporter having left, the meeting was held iu private, aud some linporiant business, it ts said, was transacted. CUBA. Anticipationy of PeacemRamored Negotiation with CespederRKeview ef Press Reforms. HAVANA, Feb, 2, 1869, Anticipations of an early peace are very generally induiged in here at present, I am informed by a gentleman on friendly terme with the Captain Gene- ral that he has already sent to Spain am announce- ment that a compromise has been agreed upon by the insurgent chiefs, and that the insurrection was practically over. The Voz de Cuba, in its issue of the 29th, informs us that tranquillity exists through- out the island, except in Villa Clara, where @ riot caisted and the Governor was not equal to the occa- sion. ‘The same journal states that Sefior Correa, one of the Peace Commissioners, was more fortunate in Nuevitas than Seflor Armas®appears to have veon in Gibara, there being every prospect. of the brothers Arango submitting. General Quesada, however, was opposed to any arrangement whatever. Like the insurgents of Bayaimo, his resolution is “atl or nothing.” 2 fs ‘Through sources favorable to the revolution I learn that Cespedes responded to the Peace Commis- stoners that he would enter into no negotiations whatever, save with a duly authorized and publicly acknowledged agent of the government, and as he and his followers could depend on no linmuanity offered them, save through such a one, this is proba- biy correct. It is rumored that in answer to this de- mand General Dulce on Sunday last sent a high omicial to confer with Cespedes. the of the recent circular to the press will 8 entirely the numerous press” hich a few days since deiuged tle city, possible .o Jd one ot them Litor of Convencion Repudiicano is languishing He of the Verdad has gone to the United d others of lesser moment are no more ighways and plazas. it is claimed arno real freedom can be eu- guare—indefinite wd ambigu- erpreted by persons under the im intuence of tts auchor; and’so ends, in tie y noment of its birth, another “Spanish reform sor Caba.’? YACHTING. ‘To rae Eprron OF THE HERALD— ‘The Atlantic Yacht Clab have just done a very sevsible thing in adopting a definite standard for the apportionment of sall for vheir yachts. The standard they have adopted 1s not only definite, but it repre- sents precisely the resistance a vessel encounters in passing through the water—viz., the immersed mid- ship section, , ‘The old method of allowing sail Tor regatta occa- stonsts to give a boat twenty-five feet long 400 square feet of sail; twenty-six feet long, 500; twenty-seven feet long, 600; twenty-eight feet long, 650, and 60 on, increasing the amount of sail fifty feet for every foot in jength over twenty-eight feet, And then the long vesacls must allow the short ones so many minutes for every foot tne bere Baw exceeds the short one in jen Now, were regattas simply scrub races, aad the first boat in winner, no standard would ; but these allowances often make a boat me 3 the fourth or fifth one in the winner, ‘The Atlantic club has appreciated the absurdity in the rule that gives a boat excess of power and then makes it Lene. away some of its time, and believe that to make the race fair the sail snould be oe tioned to the boat. So, at a meeting held last night to consider the subject, a resoluuon was in- structing the Commitiec on Measurement to report the proper number of square feet of canvas to be allowed to a square foot of tamersea midship sec- tion. The open yachts are now using about 100 feet of sail to one of section, which, although too large for sea-golng vessels, is a very good allowance for yachts built expressly for — ‘salle, This move is one in the right direction, and 1 18 to be hoped that other clubs will adopt siinilar mea- sures. It has been urged by a few for a year or more, and at first encountered most determined opposition by conservative members and who feared their heavily canvased boats would suffer; but at the meeting last night but two voices opposed the measure. Of course the regulation does not require the yachts to have sails to corns exactly with the standard; butif they exceed it they must allow lime, aud Af they fail short they will be allowed. YACHTMAN. A REMARKABLE CASE. Curiovs Instance of Mistaken Identity—The Park Bank Robber and His Alinses—He Is Neither a “Pinto” nor a “Martin.” About two weexs agoa scoundrel entered the office of the Park National Bank and with a piece of iron dashed to atoms 4 plate of glass forming the front of one of the desks. Instantly he put bis hand through the opening, seized bills valued at $3,096 and escaped to the street. “It was about noonday, and he was pursued and arrested immediately and (the money recovered. A few days afterwards he was tried and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment at Sing Sing. When captured he gave his name to the officials as Francis K. Pinto, and under that cognomen was convicted ana 1s registered ou tle books of the State Prison. The name Pinto is somewhat unusual and attracted the attention of General Francis 5. Pinto, late commanding the Thirty-second regiment of New York Volunteers and formerly an officer im the Mext- can war. ‘TheGeneral went to the Tombs daring the incarceration there of the robber, curious to as- certain something In relation to this indiviaual, whose name was prec similar to his own, at once identified the thicf as a soidier emt during the war. ence had occasion to placard the man as a thief for stealing from @ Maryland jarmer and that he had under the name of Anthony Martin, giving as his place of residence Brooklyn and stating that he was @ pyrotecbnist by profession. io “make assurance doubiy sure’ General Pinto requested Lieutenant Colonel Hubbs, aiso of the Thirty-second regiment, to look at the prisongr, and the Lieutenant nelusion regarding his identity and the name under which he had enlisted tn the regiment. The Generai’s orderly, “Peter,” also visited the jailbird and siated that his conviction was beyond question; that the prisoner was the per- gon the General and Taeutenant Colonel Hubus had recognized a8 @ Worthless vagabond formerly belong- ing to the regiment above alluded to, and that he was known as Anthony Martin. jartin, D; Brook! served in ‘General Pinto’s regiment shear that mame, and it is irsues the same inthe chy of Ke anes fad is & respeoted he ie personal refembiann to the Pa The Fak Bank tober sient — Jed to bis being for his late unworthy lajor (formerly Captain) Mayers, who commanded the company in which the "Anthony Martin served, upon circumstances of the robbery and arrest ictons as to the Indt- and viduality of the robber, ex} Snes, tai he was’ ethan wanes Onn fon hirey, who had been placarded in Maryland asa inlet. TwITcuRLs,, THE CONDRMNED.—On Saturday after- poce jast yO the seg anellmen a Legistators we 1 ame’ Tsdenetaapeatis era a wos to the condemned Parent nea eee tree mid ina wept Bitar at the ae te ! NESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. VG eanio sunita waitin. ote smalls Salami RYAN TON IVR, Pree: <8 MONO WOW SV WMS LEDER re ere cect mn Annnnnnnnnnnnnnenen Yesterday was again an exceedingly busy day tn the real estate market, the auction sales exceeding— in number, the value of the property offered, and the interest felt in their resuit—those of any previous day thisseason, The auction mart was crowded to an uncomfortable excess by agents, speculators and others, who pushed and etruggled with and against each other, trod on one another's toes, exchanged elbow punches, and otherwise shared the many discomforts arising from such @ state of things; but in thelr entire absorption in the business being transacted seemed unconscious of their existence or endured them with an eqanimity and indifference that could only belong to intense speculative preoc- cupation, Nine auc! occupied their Messrs, A. pager Son ~ _ ormren te extensive lease! on. liege, place, Ghanbers; ag Bay Worth and Thomas streets, belonging to the Hudson River Railroad Company, and used by them for so many years past u of a de! Messrs, pot. E. & Co. offered some most valuable improved city property, being portions of the estate of Joseph Meeks Christian G. Gunther, deceased, located tn the very centre of the business pares. Messrs, Mulier, Wilkins & Co, offered other desirable city Q also Messrs. James Miller, Joseph re, and Wyckoff & Little, ‘The last mentioned firm offerea’ also a number of choice Brookiyn lots. Messrs. Johnson & Miller agcwran alarge offering of Eighteenth ward ‘yD lots, while at the Commercial Exchange, Brooklyn, J. Cole conducted the saie of both improved end unim- proved Brooklyn property, Full part of several sales will be found below, continued sale of Islip lots by E. A, Lawrence. NEW YORK PROPERTY—-BY 4. J. BLEEZOKER, BON AND 00. ‘The lot of ground, in fee, No % College piace, on the cee fect front and ear an 10 feet neg $25,000 ®t feet front and rear, oe The adjoining lot, No 26 College place, 25 feet wide an feet ti the lot ie from the Protestant on lease ety, dated Mi |, with two renew- ud street, 161, with wo tots on Chambers deacrl ‘The lot of ground, ‘The jot in fee, No. ‘The building fot Ni of College pines, f newals of 1 years oa nd min Wijeining fot No 198 Gf like Jenge, zroubd rent, ‘The adjoining jot, No 140) like lease, grovnd rent, #1,0.0. The adjoining lot, No M2 Cham uke ind rent, $100. 3 St 8, wilhin a few feet of re lot in fee adjoining the above, st; these two lots have a front of 27.9 on Hudson st, 53.6 on Thomas st, 69.9 on the northerly Hue and 62.7 in the rear; on this'plot are two buildings, one three story house on Hudson st and one two story building on Thomas st... * ‘The lot of ground in fee No 45 Thomas at, i ‘but one to the last described roperty), Mi 1x109. ‘The lot in fee No 14 Worth ét, directly in rear of the last described lot on Thomas st, 25x10. M4, ‘The lot in fee adjotuing No 18 Worth wt, 22100. 21640 ‘The lot No 12 Worth st, next but one to the corner of Hudson st, 25x100 ft. This lot is, held under lease which expitus July 14, 187), abe yearly rent of 1,05), with covenant to convey br 20,000 at expiration of a lease, 0,000 having been paid... . 600 Premises Nos 87 and © Hudson st, nw corner of Harri- ‘son st, 50x96 ft, leased for 20 yra, with two reugwals, from Society for Frumotiog of Keligion and Leakntog, | at $2,500 per yr and tax 4 story brick dwelling an corner of Frauklin st, clety for Promotion of Bi from M: 186, at B80, fngs to be paid f ¢, No ibd fludson st, sw 78 ity Ieased from So- y Ke Hl. No 510, with th Hout 50, subject 1, 1887, at the rate of 9,000 per_anniitn a Cathal at, No 51%, with the tree story priek “building 13, a40, subject toa lease of b years from May 1, 1867, at story brick Canal st, y Ns sienseor 5S years rate of 850 ra. Broad st, Nos 63 and 60, with the four etory br ing thereon, are each subject to a lease Which expires May mat #5009 perannum, together 47.1xabout, are Malden lane, No 46, raining through to? Liberty Hq Tront, MS reaty TIT cust wkicy TEL6 wr story brick baflding, subject to ‘VS71, at 89,590 per annum... rouxh to No) New st, with the four story brick store, tented for yexry from. May 1, 186%, ‘at $7,0W) per annum, 20.11 on Broad st, 25.3 on New st.64,750 ‘oud Bt No 47, with 4 story brick siorp, 22.654 (¢ rear, by about 143.6 tt indepth = on Broad st, Nos 43 ‘and 45, with 4.story. brio Rother 40 tt front, 3711 ft rens, by about 120 ft in each. ba Beach #t, No il, with 2 honse, "20x80. Bast 2d aN 2528.9, ULLRR, WILKING AND GO, ouse 0 f House and lot No 1,049 2¢ av, 2080. : Building and lot No Fine st, h ss between Willlasn and ni Ramat atay ov 8 ft rout, S10 ft reat, 60.9 ft deep, D. EPR Bufldings and Jots, Nos 18 and 16 6th st, 50x97, E An: 1 ant ROBERT BOMERVTL! three story an: four stor brick ‘822 East (3th at, lot 25a103, RN Bill. 3) ROOKLYN PROPERTY—NY JOUNSON AND MILLER. #8, n Flatbush av, first clase brown stone. ¢, x40, modern reinenta, lot 20x100. .1 from Portland av... first class bs front house 4% Hicks st, 00.5 {t from Middle S71 7.4, two slory ‘on terra ere Tt gee et Fi ERY ary ath © 8, sof Lafayette story fee hove) Job 168 £100. Evergreen on, 4 lots on Evergreen ay and Raiph st, near cor, wi Pacific st, front bi Same as avove, 409 Also same as 200 | and nary few Lith ay, ws, 60 itn of Mth wt, Gixid, Unk a em Bt from 524 at Zs Sew LEASES KEOO! x youn. Broadway. ¢ 4, St Cloud Hotel, sore, $ years and 8 months, Poo PN SPOR tig See Prince st, No 102,8 years, per year, 3d av, No 23, days, and as far west as longitude forty degrees and thirty-five minutes, There, at two P. Mf. on the 2let ultimo, she was boarded by a terrific head sea, which swept everything off jer deck as far aft as the fun- nel, broke in the forward deck, and nearly filled the cabins and stoke hole. The wave which effected this destruction is described as one of extraordinary magnitude, and she great mass of it appears to have fallen with crushing weight upon the forward body of the steamer. We can well understand that for @ few minutes the situation of the Pereyre was very alarming. The sud- denneas of the shock, the crash of the breaking decks and falling spars, the burat of vapor from the stoke hole and engine room and the uncertainty as to the actual amount of damage which the ship and engines nad sustained, must all have served to heighten and intensify the excitement and alarm of the moment. Jt was: ly au Occasion which calied 10r @ prompt exhibition of couraze, ski and reso lution on the part of Captain Duchesne, iis officers and crew, it 1s Very gratifying to Know that they were fully equal to the emergency, aud exhibited a courage and good conduct whict excited che admi- ration and gratitude of the passengers on board. ‘The decks and companion coveriags forward peing partially destroyed there was very great danger in keeping her head to sea or in atiempting to keep her course to the westward. Captain Du- chesne immediately determived to wear her round, a somewhat perilous mancuyre with along ship like the Pereire in such a heavy sea and in her crippled condition. It was, however, successfully accom- plished, aud there was theu no better alternative than running to the eastward, before the wind and sea. The passengers united iu @ testimonial to tie ‘quick decision, Knowledge, consuminate taleut, intrepidity and si n Duchesne dur- } ing the try a verdict witich we are qu Je justice 10 the gallant captain, who has on wi n one Oceasion exhib- ited the highest qualities of seamanshi We are very glad to learn from Havre that th @ was not damaged in hee huil or eagmes beyoud the damage to her decks, and taat she Will be able to re- sume her place ip the line within a few wee: | COCK FIGHTING. New York vs. New Jerscy=Thirteen Battles $50 Exch and $200 the Main—New Jersey an Easy Winn Last evening, after an interval of a fortught, the fanciors of game birds and those who love their in- veterate pagnaciousness met together at the ap- pointed place, several miles from the Metropolis, to witneas the iatest agreed upon ‘stag’? main between New York and New Jersey. The company was numerous, with here and there a sprinkling of the distinguished. Fifteen chickens were shown apon either side, “from four ponds to five pounds two ounces,” and by a rather remarkable coincidence uhirteen couples fell in. Each battle was for twenty- five dollars a side, aud the “odd fight” and main tor $200. ‘The birds representing the State of New Jersey, who enjoy the triamph of @ signal victory upon this occasion, were mostly of the ‘‘robin-breasted” breed with an English cross, peculiar to its northern coun- ties, whtle those of the Empire State were of the “Perde Lion” strain. It is to be hoped there are but few more of the latter In existence; and although valorous instincts were a myth, and the lot shown 6700 | was better fitted to be classed among the ignoble brotherhood of the dunghill and the spit than with the ding-dong game birds who are really feathered _ champions. hty to sixty was laid on New York, ‘no fronts, each.....--.. -. ers, on the main. 2 lots on Grove st, near Evergreet First” Pight.—The beavy weigt ita, Now Jersey oe EE 300 | showed a red. spankle; New York @ red back pyle, tee tee =e 38 | very handsome—in fact “too pretty to win.” They Sista ontecendi Inpenns Mo | did’ not amount to much, and the New York bird Tot on Evergreen av, between would have won had he Res bis of Heid sts Bua, 30 gamer! agh's opponent eduld k a 1 lot adjoining, = throngh a cobweb. But on the first New aoe 5 $o | York received he of to the Slots: cor 3 ‘and Eldert 395 | ‘*Teaveliers’ Club” and was Two miuates Slots corner Eldert st and Bushic! 625 | thirty _ Slows oe Wierneld oh, — Brengree 1 Leer sry rend olds Es je size, see changed vor New j—twent sixteen. Hesprins near above, same size, each.... $3) | hey handed in a pyle, and. lew York a Diack red. Sota adjoining, snine sini, eae aid’ Wan Voomis —” | The former was made of good material, but he had im Berl, ences ip | Muito to. do, ne. after two or thres buckles the black ‘Slots on Shaffer et, red became partly coupled and also finally showed ay, 20.10x100, each. 4 the white feather. Three minutes fifty seconds. lots adjoining, same size, excl | Third Fight.—Two four pound twelve ounces, [igh en moot sy, saot Comrel a Sale 2 | One hundred t iy on New Jersey wianiag the fooecceh test an oppoetn, teeth %; | Main. Both pyles. Another “duifer” bird on the Tots on Magnotio st, near 21 | sideof the State, as on the first fly ie showed lots on Eldert st, rear of above, same size, 230 digtreas, and dew the pit to get out of trouble. 1 lot on Wierfeld st, near Evergreen avenue, 20100. 330 ee Seer seconds. New Jersey's friends } ine. 3° | were hilarious ct bes, success and their oppg- Fy 250 | Rents é “ye Hh bg New Jersey a brown red, anu NEW York page - or 3f zm | with white hackle, ‘The latter wos 4 “tumbler,” and iets 36 | ‘agother ordinary stag of the comme" reed, on!y fit mn ago | to have his neck and boiled 10". breakiast. 4 lots yo | He fev Pilanousiy for two oF three 4jots on Margaretta st, heavily without an: sause, ‘each seeeeren se 320 his wing, when the Jersey bird fittes ‘bis Tice De Bieareas ts fend from the pit and sent one of his stecls throu,&, irom Buahwick av, 3 on 180 it, Four minuies. The New Yorkers felt worse and ot on Penn at, 210 (t from Mavey av, Mx100, G Erskine ‘gad otwon the wAof Schenectady av, commeneing ¢ Herkimer st. each 2xi00, R Webb. is ores of Washington ay, ¥ Douglas st, and lot on coumeneiny he cor ecor of the above, J W liet Hm} op Washington ev, adjoining above, Dr Sstory brick house and lot, located on the west side of om 120 few of 4th av, lot 2x00, Marie J Macort- ; 5. . inaey A or yore Porting Jot mm, x ick house New York ay, ‘m8 lig jot Maxi, J Went 4 bot, ic on the en! ft from the corner of Herkimer nn 9,000 Drei + 6700 Hg above, it “SéiaiG, Ties Allen. Baron acne Malek 9, Hagh Allen. ; 2 rey ey and lot adjoining, Roown as No 5, lot 11,900 3 13.900 $200 Furth Pight.—New Jersey showed a black gray and New York another brown red, each four pounds eleven ounces. The latter was ‘good for nix.’ Ip the first place he couldn’t fight, and in the second he ve still further demonstrations of how to Dr. eldon’s running angies. He only waited for sin- gle blow and then “put.” Thirty seconds. ‘Sith Fight.—New Jersey had won five fights in succession, and some predicted they would wia the main without asingie defeat. Bat in this the gio- ricus ancertaiuty of the was filastrated, } New York showed still er brown red, white | hackle: New Jersey a pyle Both four pounds seven ounces. Twenty to twelve on the latter, and he had tt all his own way, when as New York iting symptoms Of “leaving” he gave one fortunate jump and hit New Jersey a blow in the head that “cooked” him instantly. | First battle for New York and much joy. Four minus and ten serenth Fight.—We neni ght. Wel fou onnees. New York Owes ry ts , Ne Diack red. Same odds on the latter as before, snd the same cowardiy blood in the former. He was whipped by the black red in five minutes end nine so sed Fight.—Many still betting on the Ne | chickens, w ile others cried ont, ba 10 Washington 3 You will find betier dunghilis in there.” ‘eights, four spounds six ounces. New York, a half brother of the frst fought by New Jersey, another black red. fle junds thirteen New Jersey a i Ww iii if HEH iTEE? Hi SHE LSSSAASSACT aE. FREER: al 1K , a Drie. 35, Bin. Oficial Transfers of Rel Estate Yesterday. were TN NEW YORK ory. 333 Bases: f 5 | was the word for @ mo+ to eave, na the Beapire ne again;” but he fooled beim this tne, and back he sent the steel whizzing into the brain of the black in sucha ner he knew what hurt him. The second York. inates, ten seconds, still Ninth Fight—Four tweives. New J New York anoth sane ogh rat nt. ‘Ten 0 Seven om of the same kind as the ved a “trotter,’ having a. rhe. inter 7 interest now abated ‘Many went from the scene ousted “Perde Lyon” a Ns —— Cock Fight in Ohio. From the Maysville Bulletin, During all of last week our sporting circies were considerably excited anticipatio: Main between Louisville fo and * ait = es it a ae ae a ment, when York want en wi boys sung ont, “We are =) being staked on cocks were the fevertas cad ‘were booked by some or our” most We the’ result proved that the he. were the best, a oe tenth was tm her favor. We are in- ee | mauy ot a twenty-one cocks on a ride, an ‘vinnimae, friends are quite fusi (rom