The New York Herald Newspaper, September 8, 1869, Page 5

——_ EUROPE. By the steamship Russia, at this port early yester- day Morning, we have our special! European corres- pondence and a mail report in detail of our cable telegrams to the 28th of August. The Pau Mall Gazette of August 27 says:— We have just heard with deep regret of the Geath of the indefatigable African explorer, Miss Tinné. ‘This lady, on her way from Murzak to Ghat on the Abergoush rdad, lacitude twenty degrees, longitude thirteen degrees, fell a victim to the treach- ery of some camel drivers, and two of her attend- ants, European sailors, fell at the same time. Al- ready some members of Miss Tinne’s family have started from Malta to Tripoli to visit the scene of this terrible disaster. Miss Tinné was hardly thirty yeare of age. Areturn stating the wrecks, casualties and col- Msions occurring to British ships abroad, reported to the Board of Trade in 1868, shows that 935 vessels, of 887,281 tons in the whole, were totally lost or parually damaged—657° vessels belonging to the United Kingdom, and 278 belonging vo British pos- sessions; 680 vessels, of 252,484 tons, were totally lost, and 255, of 84,797 tons, partially damaged; 1,387 lives were lost, 1,187 {rom vessels belonging to the United Kingdom, and 200 from vessels belonging to British possessions; 12,183 lives were imperilied, but saved by remaining on board, or by assistance from shore or from other ships, Of the hives lost 159 were by wrecks, &c.,on the coasts of Europe, 27 on the coasts of Asia, 18 On the coasts of Africa, 82 on the coasts of America, 80 on the coasts of Australia and New Zealand, and 1,021 at sea. ‘The trafic receipts of railways in the United King- dom for the week ending August 22 amounted, on 13,642 miles, to £852,820, and for the corresponding ‘week in 1868, on 13,301 miles, to £797,110, showing ap increase of 151 miles and £55,710. The gross re- ceipts on fourteen of the principal railways in the United Kingdom amounted for the week, on 9,875 miley to £735,054, and for the corresponding week Jast year, on 9,734 miles, to £695,571, showing an in- crease of 141 miles and of £39,483. The London 7imes of the 28th of August bas an editorial on the progress of rengious thought and expression in Germany, in which it says:— ‘The combination of Frederick the Great and Vol- Vaire has been symbolical of German history since the rise of Prussia, Autocratic as that monarchy Imight be, it was from the first an innovation, and the mind of the nation has ever since been mn a ferment with new national and social ideas, But the old faith was closely bound up with the old order of things; and the educated classes were conse- quently prepared to seek a new basis for the whole of their civilization. The great scientific discoveries Juve, Of course, both forwarded and sustained this state of feeling; but the movement bad received its chief impulse before they had acquired their present importance. Germany, in @ word, 1s, and has been for some time, in a state of revolution, and, as has generally been seen in history, the revolution has been religious a8 well as political. ‘The bankruptcy of Augustus Charles Hobart, for- merly a captain of the Royal Navy, but better known as Hobart Pacha, an admiral tn the service Of the Uttoman government, came before the Court of Bankruptcy, London, August 27. The petitioning creditor was a bill discounter, and @ number of other proofs were admitted, ‘The examination and dis- charge sitting was fixed for the 16th of December, It 1s stated that a movement is on foot in Great Brittain to erect a fitting memorial stone over the grave of the late Mr. Robert Scott Lauder, the dis- Unguished Scottish painter. The initiative in this Movement has been taken by a number of the younger Scottish artists. There was in Edinburg some years ago a select band of young rising painters, whom Mr. Scott Lauder was wont to re- gard and cail by the affectionate name of “his boys.” Many of the boys, both mn Edinburg and London, bave now achteved fame and fortune and are now anxious to pay tribute to the memory of their old friend. ‘The Brighton (England) News reports the death, by hanging, of J. Baidey, aged seventy, an artist in water colors, A letter from Brussels, in the Paris Constitutionnel, gives the following information relative to the stuation of the ex-Empress Carlota of México:— Her Majeaty’s physical health is good; she makes long excursious in the neighborhood of Tervueren. ne of my friends, crossing the forest of Soignes the other day, met her near Augderghem on foot, ac- companied by a tall, fine man with gray hair, who Seemed a superior officer. Behind ber was a lady witb a gentieman in black, probably the piyainian. The Princess wore @ gray dress, & small biack bon- Bet and a long cloak of adark color. She looked extremely well, and was conversing tranguilly with mer companion. Near the party were two empty carriages foliowing the same road, Her Majesty walks out very frequently, and is often to be seen in the vicinity of the chateau. ‘The affair of the Prussian subjects at Frankrort, who have become naturalized in Switzerland, with- out emigrating from their native town, continues to be the subject of a sharp debate between the Ger- man and SWiss press. IRELAND. Progress of the Revolutionary Sentiment—The Meeting in Drogheda—Fenianism—Its Ghost and ConsequencesWhat the Organization Has Accomplished. erin arig-t DuBLin, August 26, 1869. ‘The bold assertion of a parish priest of Togher at the Drogheda meeting continues to be discussed in coffee rooms, reading rooms and ail those places where idlers and speculators most do congregate. The Uberal Protestants and aristocratic Catholics censure it as imprudent, but do not assert tnat it is untrue; the rampant Orangemen and bellicose Pro- testants are as silent as if all their enthusiasm had oozed out at their great toes since Victoria signed the Irish Church bill; the great mass of the people believe, with Father Markey, that the peo- ple of Ireland owe the Fenians a debt of gratitude, and to them, and only w twem, are we indebted for the overthrow of the Es- tablished Church. A week ago not a man who valued his situation or social statas would utter what is now upon the tongue of priest and drayman, cherk and porter—“The Fenians disestablished the Protestant Church.’’” Since the Rev. Mr. Markey has so stated, millions repeat his worus and endorse them in foto, What is the inference? Fenianism is rapidly becoming respectable. Men dressed in broad- clotn speak of the “robbers, incendtaries,”’ &c., of 1865, 1866 and 1867 with respect. The whole coun- try—that is, the masses—beireve that all is due to that organization. But the aristocratic Catholics, now the most loyal of her Majesty’s subjects, since all the fat places are open to them and their offspring, do not like this recognition of Fenianism, and have taken steps to checkmate it, They admit that wome person or persons are entitled to the thanks of the Irish people, but they will not admit ‘the blessed boon of religious equality” to be due to Fe- nianism. Hence they have selected Sir Joun Gray— John Gray, M. D., editor and proprietor of the Dublin. Freeman's Journal—a liberal Protestant, who has for over thirty years labored zealously for the dises- tablishment of the Irish Church and the amelioration of the Irish tenant. That he has labored long and well in the liberal ranks there is no doubt; but he might commence his labors de novo and would be ag far from accomplishing what has taken place as if he initiated a movement to unite Ireland and Eng- jand by means of a suspension bridge or a tunnel, if the Fenian organization had not been created. Asa quick and ready writer, a judicious debater in the House of Commons and sincere friend to the moral, religious and poiiticai happiness of his country- men, irrespective of creed or party, I firmly believe he ex great Influence, but to give Lim all the honors for the success of the Irish Church bill ts simply absurd, All the fine compliments of His Eminence, the Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin, the Nattering sentences of half a dozen right reverends, and the Warm thanks of any number of canons, pro- ‘¥incials of religious orders and young curates, am- bitions to place their few Mowers at the feet of the rising champion, wiil do nothing but make Sir John nidiculous and the aforesaid dignitaries “the laugh- ang. stock” of their countrymen. he history of Bngiand shows that she never ‘ants concessions only through fear. She ruies er subjects upon the principle which ts and ever has been her policy since plucky Bess rode her pal- frey to Tilbury Fort, that man 1s governed by two motives—interest or fear, To violate a treaty she Would no more hesitate—never has—to do it than a ey toper would to break @ clay pipe; but shé ways examines the armaments of the party of the ‘first or second part vefore she treats as waste papor the agreement of the high contracting parties. The bigoted Irish Parliament, more intolerant towards their Catholic fellow countrymen than ever ,the English were, never obtained free trade until 1742; and then the Volunteers had to take up arms to compel stubborn Il. to grant them a }it- tle liberty whereby they mignt enhance the value of what they had for sale—the independence of thelr country. His Majesty, however, was in possession of Burgoyne’s surrender at Sara a and the unac- countable successes of General ‘ashington. He acceded to the request of the Irish Pariament. The news irom America hastened Dis decision, Catholic NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET, anctpation would never bave been granted if the Dare ‘of Wellington had not stated in the House of Lords that unless the Bill of Emancipation was passed a civil war would break out in Ireland, the shocks of which would extend to the most distant rts of the empire, and supported it with zeal, Packing it with a prestige the admiration of Europe and the glory of the British Isles. t ‘The repeal of the Union bubvle exploded because Mr. O’Conneli bad no intention to back up his “sound and fury” with blows. Jonn Bull knew that he only meant to “‘agitatée,” and go long as he only sawed the air and broke no bones he was allowed to amaze the generai ear with the ‘‘glories of Brian the Brave’ and other fine “ould Irish gen- tlemen” who loved to hunt ail day and retire to rest ip the arms of a servant gloriously and inhar- moniously drank. But when O'Connell attempted to hold his pow-wow in Clontarf, where Bnan Boru, Esq, ‘slew the Dane,” he was prohibited; he made @ great noise, was sent to prison for twelve months, was liperated at the expiration of three, and took care to be choice in ms adjectives ever afterwards, Famine stalked over the land, and when he found the merciless spectre fastened upon the vitals of the poor he ran off to Genoa to die, soqresing. his pusilanimity and debating with his stricken conscience, would it not have been better for my countrymen to have died upon their native hills with gun, pitchfork, scythe or shillelan in hand, combating the army of England, taan to pine and waste away in cabin and ditch, often de- voured by dogs und voracious hoga? + Repeal ended ag it began—in around of applause— vox et praterea nihil; but the young men who were in pinafores when it. was maugurated, and who thought that dying, With or without the priesi’s blessing or the saving graces of extreme with armsin their hands, were soon gobbled up au sent to Van Dieman’s Lana to study votany and agricultare, ‘The Phoenix Association—the fire-eating wing of the Irish Emigrant Aid Society that was presided over by Robert Tyler, of the Supreme Court of Philadel Mpls tm December, 1865, in the Astor House, New York—was F earnest organiza- tion, but exploded, From 1830, the year after the passage of the Emancipation act, to 1865 there Was mot the re- Motest prospect of the Established Church in Ire- land Deluge ‘abolished. But when the Union arms triumphed—after Porter had captured Fort Fisher, wherein he found the Armstrong gun branded with the broad arrow, the official la of government property; when Lee gave up his sword hard by the Appomatox apple tree, and Joe Johnston dis- mounted to, band over bis caissons to the man who “marched from Atlanta to the sea,” and Fenianism held up ite head before the solit—the long heads of England looked round for a policy; bus John Bull is slow in legislation and did nothing until, as the Premier stated in the House of Commons, he “became aware of the intensity of Fenianism.” In less than two years he, John Bull, fought the friends of the Irish Church upon the hastings, in the House of Commons, Chamber of Peers, and had it signed by the executive and incorporated with the laws gov- erning the British empire. It would be absurd to give Sir John Gray or any man, unless the Fenian men, the honors of such @ just act; but there is no doubt that a great RL poe eg was made some two years since by the bold discugsion of Fenianism ip a reputable London magazine. It attracted attention. Englishmen were astonished advocates of Fenianism in London in a _ reapectable Magazine. It may have been written to make a sensation; but it has done a great deal to open the eyes of certain Englisl n, Who pay no more attention to an Irish jo strictures than they do to the censures of the Nova Zembla Morning Chronicle, in a word, the Rev. J. K. Markey, P, P., Togher, has given expression to the feeling of every intel- ligent man in the land, and to every unintelligent one, that the Irish Church bill owes its triumph to “the intensity of Fenianism,” and that every man, Woman and child, from Fair Head to the Fastnet Lighthouse, and from the Hill of Howth to Achil Head, 1s in duty bound to offer up, night, noon and morning, to the Throne ol Gi ten pater et aves for the spiritual (rye and usquebaugh excinded) and tem- poral happiness of every Fenian in and out of Ireland, and for every Fenian sister and the aunt, mother, uncle, niece, first, second, third and fourth cousin, godmothers and foster brothers, and grandmothers and nephews of all Fenians naw in the fesb, or to come, during sacuerum. The “State prayers” are beginning to annoy cer- tain Protestants who want them expurgated. “The only Protestant journal published im Dublin’ pre- faces an article on the subdject:—‘‘Must I, with m; base tongue, give to my noble heart a lie, that it must bear?’ Irish Protestantism is becoming dis- Joyal, and may become troublesome. Poor oid Irish Church and ite fat pickings | FRANCE, The Prince Imperial as Temporary Head of the Army—Young Napoleon at the Centen- ary Celebration of the First—High Mass in Presence of the Troope—Marsbal Neil’s Funeral. Paris, August 20, 1869. The return of the young Prince from the camp of Chalons and the Emperor’s partial recovery from his severe attack of rheumatism are the only incl- dents of the day, with the exception of comments on the amnesty and the contested appointment of a successor to the high post held by Marshal Nell. That Napoleon really 1s recovering can naturally be inferred from the fact that he has already taken a little exercise in the apartments of St. Cloud, but the papers express surprise at the silence of the Moniteur on this small incident, as if royalty haa no right to enjoy the privilege of lumbago in private without informing the nation by special trumpet call, Some of the oldest oMcers relate how very creditably the young Prince has for the firat time gone through the ceremony of representing his father in the midst of the French army on the day of the centenary of the great Napoleon. He was received by General Bourbaki, who 1s commander-in-chief at Chalons, and escorted by the Cent Gardes to the one-storied pavilion, built of wood, which is reserved for the Emperor's use. After the arrival of the Prince the usual retraite aux flambdeauz, or retreat by torch- light, took place. It has often been described in the HERALD &8 @ Most imposing military ceremony. It 1s repeated once every year during the imperial stay. The men assemble at eight o'clock in front of the camp, each holding a toreh which he flourishes about wildly, and at a given signal 260 drummers begin a stirring roll; it sounds some- thing like low artillery firing until relieved by the trampet call. Then all advance up to imperial quarters, and when there lower their torches. The in is terrific. Soon they break off and march back, the torchlights gradually fading away, dimmer and dimmer; the drum rolling more deafened, the trum- pet less clear, At ten o’clock it is all over, the camp 1s silent and dark. The first celebration of the following day was mass, to which the early trains nad brought in thousands of people. ‘the altar was raised in front of the imperial quarters, in open sir, @ carpet and chair being placed for the Prince on the edge of the turf. This was where the band stooa which accompanied che chair, the bishop of Cha- lons ofMciating. The men, all equipped for war, were at too great a distance to hear the service, put all went through it as if they aid. The cavalry were ali in saddle, the infantry held their chassepote, and their swords gleamed in the sun along way off. They all joined in the 7e Deum, At the elevation guns were discharged and the drums beaten; every head bow‘ 1d about 120 trumpets gave out a shrill cry. It was a sight never to be forgotten, and rendered impressive to stran- gers by the knowledge that these men who are so reckless of life can in their way look beyond it to a be ld power than that which they serve. ter masa the troops defiled betore the Prince, in the centre of a glittert creased by many American, English, German and foreign officers. ‘They marched aickly by and cried ‘“vivas’? when near the Prince, After the infantry came the cavalry aud artillery at @ trot. It was grand. As soon as the bugle sounded tie ci » Up the slope they dashed, shouting loud, and did not stop thundering until close to the saluting point, about fifty yards from the staff. This defile was followed by @ distribution of cross to the appointea, after which the real féte began for the soldiers, who re- ceived extra rations. ‘The Prince, who had earned his breakfast and was ravenous, had to do the honors of the imperial table to the officers and representatives of foreign armies, The other great display of the week, in a very aif- ferent order of ideas, was the burial of Marshal Neil, the deceased Minister of the War Ofice. The service took piace at the “Invalides.” No less than 260,000 people had assembled between t! Ministry, where he was laid out, ana this edifice, His body was at eleven Beech ences in a triple coffin, The outer one was of and mahogany, lined with satin, At twelve tho dignitaries of state Met in the salon of the Ministére. When the bod left the building the cannon fired, bells a) mufmMed drums began. The coi Was interminable, The same chariot drew the Marshal’s remains which had been used for the obsequies of the Duke de Morny, M. Walewski and M. Tropiong. Some of the ensigns of the deceased were placed on his bier, others carried on cushions behind him—they were his crosses or orders, his marshals baton and the sword he wore at Solferino, His Solterino war horse, a bay, followed. The Church of the Invalides was hi with black Grapery, relieved by silver characters forming the names of the Marshal’s chief feate—Rome, Sebastopol Bomaraund, Magenta, Sollerino, Constantine, an above these waved the old tattered flags preserved at the Invalides, which have been wom by France dn_all her campaigns. in the centre of the chapel was erected the cata- faique, having round tts columns and at the four corners statues representing Faith, Hope, Charity and Religion. Large lustres burned and glowed among high tapers. The altar was covered with a Veil of crape. On ll sides stood out tne letter N, with trophies behind. The Archbishop of Paris and his grand vicar were in the choir; the corps diplo- matique, the chiefs of the army and navy in the nave. The Emperor was Hc pons be by the Duke of Cambacerds and Prince of Moskowa, the kiprens py roung staf, in- Baron de Pierres, Prince Napoleon by General de Fanconntere, Princess Matniida by General Cauchard. Mase was chanted by the choruses of the Con- mervaconre. ates whice Se Pee os ee es a . a 4 lock given over family of the "has ton and a folaw, ana conveyed by them to Muret, where the Marshal had desired to be buried. He was sixty-seven years old, and, though @ great loss to the Emperor, it is not considered he 18 so to the nation, beyond that of & dist soldier, His militarism, as the French call it, has cost immense sums to the empire; his “armed peace” has originated stupendous outlay in war material; but, anybow, & nation such as France shouid be less forgetful of past services. The Marshal is buried—he is noone, They will have another instead—a less rigorous one they hope—and with this at heart the crowds parted to sit down at the cafés and take another glass of ab- sinthe or vermouth, An Americo-Earopean Protectorate for Cuba. ‘The Paris correspondent of the London Standard, writing on the 2ist of August (evening) on the Cuban revolution subject, reports:— La France says that without doubt Cuba is now lost to Spain. e, a8 @ last effort, they talk in Madrid of despatching thither 20,000 men against ibe imsurgents when the autumn shall have destroyed the diseases that kill such numbers of European soidiers in a tropical climate; but this is looked upon aa @ most sterile sacrifice. Spain is therefore urged to give Cuba its independence at once, under the best possible conditions, without waiting until the inhabitants conquer it for them- selves, Such 1s certainly the advice given in Madrid by General Sickles, the new representative for Wash- ingto&. The American diplomatist ig not actually instructed to purchase Cuba for the United States, but only to offer their mediation for an ar- rangement between Spain and the colony, the basis being as follows:—Spain to give up all rights of sovereignty over Cu nd the latter to pay a gum ip proportion to the revenue drawn from the island by the mother country, the United States act- ing as guarantors to the treaty. La France doubts ‘Wuether the pd of Cuba under the patron- age of America is likely to last or to answer the Purpose, and some people are inched to think that what formerly fell Texas may probably occur again. To vent this it might be advisable to lace the independence and neutrality of Cuba an- ler the collective guarantee of the United States, France and England. On the other hand, the Patrie announces that three important American diplo- Matists have just arrived in Parie—Mr. Fenton, Mr. Ramsay and Major General Banks, late Governor of Massachusetts and late President of the Chamber of Representatives in Washington. General Banks Proposes staying four or five weeks in Paris, during which the Cuba question will most likoly be profit- ably talked over and perhaps settled, THE BANK OF ENGLAND. Dividends by Post—Coming to the Telegraph System, (From the London Times (city article), August 28, ‘The Directors of the Bank of England have alres made the requisite arrangements for enabiing the holders of government funds to exercise the option of having their dividends transmitied to them by post, and the annexed notice has been sent out this afternoon. The arrangement will take effect in time for the aividends due in October, and although the ist of September is the latest day on which applica- tions should be sent in, the time on the present oc- casion will, 1t is understood, be extended to the 15th. The public will observe that persons availing themselves of the new system must be resident in Great Britain or Irciand; that in cases where stock stands in more than one name the warrant must be sent to one of the number with the authority of the others; that the warrant will be in the form of a check, requiring the endorsement of the stockholder and that will be sent through the post at his risk, but witn the protection of being crossed for pay- ment only through a banker. Persons taking divi- dends under power of attorney will not have the opporsanity or regen, them by post, but must attend at the bank as heretofore, some technical difficuluies existing in this case which, perhaps, May be ultimately removed. TURKEY AND EGYPT. The Khedive’s Missive to the Sultan. A telegram from Constantinople to London, dated August 26, gives the following fall report of the re ply of the Khedive of Egypt to the Sultan, which has “been already synopsized in our cable despatches. The Khedive concludes bis explanatory and justi- ficatory reply to the Sultan by expressing the hope that the frank explanation given will remove from the mind of the Sultan the unfavorable impression roduced by unjust accusations. He declares nis Baenty and devotion to be unaltered. Feeling stro: im those appeals to the kindness and generosity 0} bis Majesty he proposes to come and lay his homage at the foot of Is Majesty’s throne as soon as the completion of some important affairs will permit. The mt Herald of to-day states that the Porte’s reply to the Khedive has been prepared, and wil) probably be forwarded to his Highness next Sat- urday. The Czar bas telegraphed through the Russian em- bassy thanking the Sultan for his mtended cour- ‘tesy in wishing to send Halil Bey to Livadia to com- pliment his Majesty, but begging, on the und of indisposition, to be’ excused recetving a formal en- voy at present. General Ignatieff, the Russian Am- bassador, will return here early in.Septemper. The passport system 1s to be revived here. After the 18th of next November no person will be allowed to enter any part of Turkey or travel in the interior without being provided with a passport. TRAVELLING IN THE AIR, The Elevated Railroad—Experimental Exhi« bition of the First Section—fHlow the Road is Operated—The Style of Cars Used. The first section of the Elevated Railway, on Green- wich street, between the Battery and Cortlandt street, 18 now completed and in running order. By invitation the members of the press witnessed the operation thereof yesterday afternoon, and gave the road a thorough inspection. The plan of the Elevated Railway has been explained im these columns at length; but since then a great many improvements have been made in the track, the machinery and the propelling power. The company having control of this road have had great obstacles to contend With, Suits at law innumerable had to be defended, and in some cases bitterly contested, until finaily the courte decided in favorof the company. Fur- thermore the iron for the road was not furnished by the founders as fast as it was wanted, hence the work lagged. Recently, however, the decisions of the courts in favor of the company and vast im- provements tn the machinery gave an impetus to the construction, and there is every prospect that the road will be open for trafic about the Ist of next November. The first section is ran by a stationary engine located in the cellar on the southeast side of Green- wich and Cortiandt streets, which propels an end- leas steel rope, supported on trucks of four wheels, also running inside of ratis at an interval of 160 feet. The frame of the tracks form a triangle on the top, the cone of which 1s catled a “horn;’’ this catches @ “lip” attached to a lever, worked from the latform of the car, which, when lifted, allows the ruck and rope to pass by and the car remains Stationary. In order to start the car again a turn of the lever 1s necessary, when the truck catches the lp and the carriage 18 in motion, ‘The car itself 18 ingeniously constructed, is about thirty feet in lengch and fitted up plain and neat, It will accommodate forty passengers. It runs on eight wheels, three feet in diameter, made of wood. Steel danges one and three-quarters of an inch wide hold the wheels on to the track. On either side of the car are iron bars ten inches wide running the fail length of the car within about two inches of the track, on which heavy elliptic springs support the body of the carriage. Should, by some extraordi- nary accident, the wheels of the car leave the track the bars on each side would prevent the same from being precipitated to the ground. Between these bars underneath the floor of the car are arranged six elliptic springs of two feet span, moving on wheels, which break tire shock of the truck carrying the rope when the car ig started, While under way there is scarcely any vibration felt. The track 1s apparenty very solid and the motion of the car very easy. The speed ts regulated by the brakes, and the noise the car makes by running Is scarcely percepti- ble. Horses view the moving mass over head with indifference, and people underneath the track scarcely look up. The time made between the Battery and Cortlandt street, over half a mile, was one minute anc a quar- rte. The company intends to put on cars enough to accommodate all the traMe; and, in order to give working people every show Page tin they will run cars for their exclusive beneilt morning and even ing at about haif fare. ‘he depots, as arranged at present, will be located at the Battery, Cortiandt street, Franklin, Bethune and Twenty-second streets. In @ short time the company also Propose to erect steam elevators to lift persons an to the platform fran which to step into the cars. Altogether the Elevsted Rail- Way will be a grand mstitution when finshed, es- cially when the double track is built. At the ex- ibitions yesterday thousands of people vitheased the operation with considerable interest, A Bravtirvt Bow IN THE HEAVENS.—A_corres- pondent of the Hartfora Post of the (th inst. says:—I noticed in the heavens last night st a quar- ter past eleven o'clock a remarkable bow spanning the heavens completely from horizon to herizon. |ts color was nearly White, with a sight spartie, giving the effect of a condensed milkyway. I observed no wav! or trembling, or shi of ight. ta breadth was dbout three-quarters of a degree, as far up as to tne lower part of constellation Taurus, then it widened to perhaps a fall degree and diminished again toward the western base. No rainbow was ever more Glearly defined. Its track seemed to be {n the Zodiac, I should say, very nearly or precisely in the ecliptic, It was wholly unlike any Zodiacal light Ihave seen. There Was faint auroral light at the north at the same time, The beit Se entirely at baif-past eleven, Was it auroral NEW YORK CITY. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. Motions in Bankruptcy. Judge Blatchford sat yesterday at noon and dis- posed of a few motions in bankraptcy of a routine character, UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COUAT. Arrest of Sheridan Shook, ExeCollector of Internal Revenue, and J. P. Abrahams, Deputy Collector, on a Charge of Embez- zlement—The Defendants Admitted to Bail. Before Commissioner Shields. The United States vs, Sheridan Shook and J, P. Abrahans.—The defendants were arrested yester- day on a charge of defrauding the United States government and gmbezziement, The matter created considerable excitement in the courts, Thecompiaint was that they, being officers of the internal revenue, did on the Sth of August, 1867, extort from J. B. Alex- ander & Co. certain moneys not authorized by law, and that they neglected to perform their duties, thereby by violating the thirty-sixth section, thir- teenth statute, of the Revenue laws, and that they failed to keep @ proper account of the public mo) ne} received by them. ‘The following is the afldavit upon which the warrants were issued:— John F. Cleveland, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he seaides In the'city of New York, is.-Aavessor of ine ternal revenue of the United States for the Thirty-second dis. trict of the clty of aaid State of New York. Deponent further says that he i informed and believes that "B. Boaraman and residents of the said city, did, on or about the 6th day of August, 1867, in said Southern district and in said city, extort from or unlawfully oppress, under color of law, J. 8, Alexander and others composin, the rm of J. B. Alesander & Co. and did knowingly deman otber or greater sums than are authorized by law from said last named firm, and did wilfully neglect to perform some of the duties enjoined by the United States Revenue laws, and particularly thereby and therein violated the thirty-mxth sec- tion, thirteenth statute, of the United States, page 88 of the Internal Revenue law of the United States, paused 20th June, ‘And deponent further says that said Shook, Matteson, Boardman and Abrahams, and each of them did, at the place and date aforesaid, while respectively charged with the safe- keeping, transfer and disbursement of public moneys as ofl cers of the Interna! Rovenue of the United States, fail to Koop an accurate entry of each sum received by them and id deponit in a bank in the city of New York aa, portion of the public moneys entrusted to them for safekeeping, or transfer and did fail to pay over or produce the public moneys entrusted to them orseach of them to the proper office of the United States Treasury, as prescribed by law, and did also embezzle and convert to their own vse certain public moneys entrusted to them and received by them as officera of the internal revenue of the United States, all in violation of statates of the United States for such cases made and provided, and patticularly of section 16 of the act passed August 6 1864, and section,61 of ‘80th June, 1864, and that thereby such’ and each of the said jointly ‘named persons thereby defrauded the United State J. F. OLEVELAND, The deputy marshals entrusted with the warrant proceeded to arrest the defendants, who upon ap- pearing before Commissioner Shields, were released on bail tn the sum of $5,000 each to await examina- tion on Friday next. Assistant District Attorney Jackson appeared on behaif of the government. The arrest had been in contemplation for some time, It appeared, however, that Shook voluntarily surrendered himself yesterday. His example will doubtless be followed by the two others mentioned in the.attidavit. *, SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM, The following 1s the calendar for this day, Judge Barnard presiding:—No. 7, Mc(avent vs. Parker; No, 8, Vultee vs, Sternberg; No. 9, Vultee vs. Hirschfield; No. 11, Cecil vs. Goodrich; No. 12, ‘W. Withman vs. Levy; No. 20, Smith vs. Eleary: No. 23, Whitney vs. Harrington; No. 25, Kelly vs. First National Chemical Company; No. 28, Scarrone va. Sassurn; No. 33, Reid vs, Blane; No. 39, H. H. Wain- wright, to show Cause, &c.; No. 49, Oppenheimer vs. Clute; No. 57, Pope vs. Dobbs; No. 62, Vose vs. Yalie; No, 74, Petition of Stuyvesant; No. 86, Van Voorhis vs. Sebaffer; No, 102, Bowne, vs. Haynes. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. The Philadelphia Bond Forgeries—Diecharge of Leland. Before yudge McCunn. The People, dc, vs. Martin Leland.—Injthis case, the particulars of which have already appeared in the HeraLp. Judge McCunn rendered judgment as follows-— This matter comes before me on a habeas corpus and certiorari. Some days since a writ was granted directed to the keeper of the City Prison, made re- turnable before this court, requiring the said keeper to bring the prisoner, er with the cause of dispute, before me, at Chambers, at twelve o'clock to-day. The prisoner was produced by the jailer, who said be held him by virtue of the following commitment:— Finest Disraiot Pouicr Cover, New York, Sept. 4, 1869. ‘The warden of the City Prison and Bridewell of the city of New Yorx will reccive and safely keep for examination the body of Martin Leland, charged with forg |. DOWLING, Everack and Farry, officers. The District Attorney also preg noed an affidavit or one Charies K. Wiliet, who does not state where he (sata Wallet) resides or where he can be found, and who says that Leland came to 57 South street, Phila- delpma, and bought a city warrant of the city of Philadelphia of the value of $233 95. He then testi- fies, on information and belief, that two warrants, exact counterparts of the one so bought by Leland, each for $1,000, were sold to brokers in Philadelphia, and that said warranta were forged. Now, this is all the testimony in the case; and upon this commitment and this proof I am asked to remand a citizen of this State, one who has for- merly borne an unblemished character, so that he may be sent to the State of Pennsylvania, to be there tried for this alleged crime. Before I can remand this prisoner, in order that he may be sent back, I mast be satisfied of three things:—First, that a crime has been committed in Pennsylvania; second, that the committing magistrate has jurisdiction of the subject matter before him; and third, is the commit- ment, explicit enough on its face, sufficient to inform this Court as to whether a crime has been committed? I certainly think it isnot. The rule is that the of- fence must be stated in the commitment with rea- sonable certainty, 80 that the Court can determine whether the cause of commitment 1s sufficient in law or not; and such certainty should appear in the commitment as will enable the Court to determme the question. For if the commitment be against Jaw, as if made by @ magistrate who had no juris- diction, or if a matier for which by law a person cannot be punished, the court must discharge. Hence the certainty of the commitment ought to appear; and where a commitment 1s liable to the same ob- jection, where the case 1s 80 1oosely stated that the Court cannot adjudge whether there was a reasona- ble ground of commitment or not. A commitment does not sufficiently state the offence by simply de- signating it by the species or class of crime to which the committing magistrate may consider it to be- long; but it ought to state the facts charged or tound to constitute the offence with sufficient par- ticularity to enable the court, on a return to the ha- beas corpus, to determine what particular crime is charged against the prisoner. This commit- ment fails to do this, and upon this ground alone the prisoner should therefore be discharged. The affidavit of Mr. Willet does not remedy in any Particular the defects contained in the commitment. itis made by @ person residing in this city, and merely embodies a hearsay statement that the pri- soner Leland is charged witn crime in Pennsylvania and is a fugitive from justice. This document is merely the repetition of a rumor, and is fatally de- fective in this respect. Moreover, it should have in- corporated an authentic copy of the charge or in- dictment against the prisoner in Philadelphia. To enable a magistrate to arrest and examine an al- leged itive from justice from another State it mnst be shown by @ complaint in wring, on oath, that a crime has been committed, that the accused bas been charged in that other State with the com- mission of such crime, and that he has fled there- ‘on oath of —, ‘olice Justice. from and is found here. Now this affidavit is defective in all these particulars. It does not show positively that a crime has been committed in Pennsylvania.. It does not show that any pro- ceedings have been taken tn Jaw against nim in that State, snacey says that heis a fugitive from jus- tice. It might be inferred from the aMdavit that a crime had been committed in Pennsylvania, but where inference is not sufficient to found the exer- cise of criminal jurisdiction, I am requested py the District Attorney to hold on to the person until the proper documents come from Pennsylvania, or until they are procured from the Governor of that State, ‘This I cannot do, This court, although its judges possess ail the powers of committing magistrates, have always refrained from so doing, uniess in very scarce and very exceptional cases, and I do not deem Vis as cet eh oe) that exceptional rule. ‘The prisoner must be discharged, A Penitentiary Case. The People, &c., vs. James Rice,—In May, 1868, the derendant was convicted on a charge of larceny and sentenced to the Penitentiary of the sou. of New York for the term of three years. The defenaant now appeared on a habeas corpus, claiming that he ‘was only fourteen years of age and was not repre- sented by counsel at his trial. He ciaimed that by the statute provided im such cases he should under the circumstances haye been sent to the House of Refuge. Counsel for the prosecution contended that it Was discretionary with the judge who tried the case to send the prisoner to elther plave, The de- fendant was remanded to the Penitentiary. COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Another Batch of Prisoners Sent to Sing Sing—Conviction and Sentence of a Bold Sneak Thief und Alleged Bigaimist. Before Gunning S, Bedford, Jr., City Judge. District Attorney Garvin appeared in court with a very heavy calendar of cases. The Clerk arraigned the accused parties, the majority of whom pieaded not guilty and were remanded for trial. Wim. Robinson pleaded guilty to burglary in the third degree, the imdictment charging him with bur- jagously entering the furnishing store of Thomas icLoughiin, 273 Greenwich sti on the 17th of August, and atealing $350 worth of goods. Edward Quinn, jointly indicted with Robinson, pleaded not guilty, The prisoner was remanded for sentence, Frederick Peters pleaded guilty to grand larceny, ‘On the 19th of July he stole a truck, two horses and ‘a set of harness, valued st $500, from Howard EF, Smith, When Judge Bedford asked him why he took the be replied that be was ‘‘’tox- icated.” He was sent to State Prison for three years and six months, William Rafferty, who gave the name of Stanley When he sought employment from Lewis C. Thomas, pleaded guilty to stealing $250 in money from him on the 13th of September, 1868. The Judge said he ‘was a bad fellow, and, lor advantage of the confidence imposed in him by Mr. Thomas, a severe sentence was im) |—viz., four years’ imprison- ment in the State n. John Shatter pleaded guilty to an attempt at grand Jarceny, the charge being that on the 20th of August he stole blankets and clothing valued at fifty-pine dollars from William Kellrig. He was sent to the Penitent! for one year, Charles Letter, against wnom were two indict ments, pleaded ely wo one charging bim with 8 material for six pairs of pantaloons, valued Bertil i war hanced Pane ne lack well’s Islan¢ for twelve months, ALLEGED BIGAMY. William Clark was placed at the bar ch: with the crime of bigamy. The District Attorney said that he had great dificuity in procuring the attend- ance of the first wife, who was an important wit- ness for the people. He suggested that the Court discharge him on his own recognizance and have him understand that upless he supports his first wife and treats her kindly he will be brought up and tried and gent to the State Prison. The first wife was preent and had an interview with the Judge. judge Bedford, in would adopt the suggestion of the District Attorney, Specially as the first wife promised his Honor that if he failed to treat her properly she would report his misconduct to the prosecuting authorities. if the District Attorney tried him he (the City Judge) would im the severest penaity known to the law. Clark then left the court in company with Mrs. Clark No. 1, A lawyer lied for the ment of the trial of a ciient tt ednesday. Ju Bedford remarkea that there were 250 cases awaiting disposition by the Court, and if counsel were not ready to goon afMidavite must be made showing legal grounds for Postponement or the trials must proceed. , Wil ered iariae eoaicniered eoevaies of gran larceny, he havi thily en: e apartmen' of Mrs. Donnelly, corner of Fifteenth street and ‘Ninth avenue, on the 19th of last month, and carried away four dresses, valued at $140, The testimony was conclusive, but the prisoner availed himself of the praneons of the new law and gave his version of the affair, It was the old story, weil told, viz., that the bundle was handed to him by a man in the street, An officer saw the prisoner secrete the bun- dle ine Tasahen Fang. Judge Bedford, in passing sentence, said that the jury rendered a proper ver- dict. Under the new statute every prisoner added fenury to the crime of which be was guilty. His jonor, not believing & word of the prisoner’s state- ment, imposed the highest penalty which could be meted out to him, which was imprisonment at hard labor in the State Prison for five years. The following ‘8 the calendar for to-day:—The People vs. Lawrence McCoy, robbery; Same vs. George Moser, do; Same vs. William Harvey, Thos. Smith and Frank Kearney, burglary; Same vs. Louis Moglia, receiving stolen goods; Same vs. Charles Thompson, Obtaining money by false pretences; Same vs. Robert Mickelham, forgery; Same vs. John Rush, grand larceny; Same vs. Thomas burke, do.; Same vs. Michael Murphy, do.; Same vs. Mary Shan- non, do.; Same vs. Francis Heinrick, do.; Same vs. James Smith, do.; Same vs. Thomas Brady, grand Jarceny from the person; Same vs. Fredrick Bou- mann, bigamy; Same vs. Daniel O’Brien, rape; Same vs. Stephen McCuddin, burglary; Same ve. Joseph Quinn, do.; Same vs. James £dwards, do.; Same vs. Frank Delmour, grand larceny; Same vs. Ida Freeman, Phebe Rose, do.; Same vs. Margaret Bonney, do.; Same vs. Same, do.; Same ys. Marga- ret Harsen, do.; Same vs, Ann ‘Delaney, felonious assault and battery; Same vs. Margaret Connolly, do.; Same va. George R. Keat , obtaining goods by false pretences; Same vs. John Hornbeck, do; Same vs. Andrew J. Clarke, do.: Same vs. William Lear, Spot and batttery; Same vs, Charles A. F. Dietz, 0. ‘ CITY INTELLIGENCE. THE WEATHER YESTERDAY.—The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the cor- responding Id Of lagt year, as indicated by the ther- mometer at Hudnut's sy, HERALD Building, Broadway, corner of Apn street:— 1868, 1869. . 1868, 1869. 1% 8P.M.. + 80 85 4% 6PM MM . 84 78 OPM = 70 9 84 12P.M. ” 12 Average temperature yesterday..... eee ee BTS ‘Average temperature for corresponding date last Music IN THE PARK.—The Park Commissioners announce that if the weather be fine there will be Music by the Park band, at the north end of the Green, at the Park, thia afternoon, commencing at four o’clock. THE HEALTH BOARD AND TENEMENT HovusEs.— Owing to the interference of the health officers, 25,000 ventilators have been introduced into tene- ment houses tn this city, to which increased facilities for ventilation the reduced mortality among children is attributed. r SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—At half-past ten o'clock yes- terday Charles McEver, residing at No. 333 West Forty-first street, was knocked down and run over on adway by @ runaway team attached to a truck. McEver’s leg was fearfully crashed. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital in a critica condition. BoaRD oF Pouice.—This Board held a meeting yesterday, all the Commissioners being present with the exception of Mr. Smith. Beyond the acceptance of the resignation of Police Surgeon North, of Brook- lyn, and the rendering of judgments in cases of offi- cers tried, n0 business was transacted. HACKS REMOVED FROM BROADWAY.—By order of Marshal Tooker the hacks, which have hitherto had their stand along the sidewalk on Broadwey, oppo- site the City Hall Park, will be ranged in a line with- in the railing, to give more room for pedestrians, which, owing to the Post Office fence, is much needed. ILLNESS OF POLICE CaPTains.—The friends of Captain Charles W. Caffrey, of the Twentieth pre- cinct, will regret to learn that he lies at his residence Gangerously ill of fever. A consultation of physi- clans was had yesterday, and hopes are entertained for the Captain’s recovery. Captain Hartt, of the Nineteenth precinct, is also reported quite 111, TICKET AGENTS AGAIN.—A man giving his name as Thomas Williams made complaint before Marshal Tooker yesterday to the effect that he nad been swindled out of $600 at the passenger agency of McCarron & Co., No, 146 Liberty street. The Marshal despatched one of the detectives from the Mayor's ‘Onice With complainant, and the person in charge of the establishment at once disgorged the $600. ROBBERY OF THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE Com- PANY.—On Saturday last the office of the Continental Insurance company, No. 26 Nassau street, was entered by & sneak thief, who seized a tin box, with which he left the premises unob- served, The loss of the Company was kept very quiet, and no by Me kd it appears, was made to the police. On Monday night the thief wno had opened the box, and found that it contained neither bonds nor money, only valuable papers, worth from $30,000 to $40,' deposited it in a base- ment, corner of Murray street and Broadway, where 1t was found the same evening by the police, and re- turned by Captain Ulman, of the Third precinct, to the insurance company. CHARGE OF THEFT.—Mary Weybeck, a young Ger- ™man girl, employed as chambermaid at No. 115 Chatham street, was yesterday arrested on a charge of stealing forty-eight doilars, belonging to Ernest Clifford, living in the same house. Alderman O'Brien, at the Tombs, before whom she was taken, ordered her committal for trial at the Court of Gen- eral Sessions, ALLEGED FELONIOUS ASSAULT.—George N. Ste- man seventy years old, and who gives his vocation aa that of waiter, was yesterday taken be- fore Alderman O’Brien, acting magistrate at the Tombs. on a charge of assauiting with a pocket knife Frederick Couldock, of No. 116 Washington street. The injuries sustained by the complainant, happily, were very slight, The accused was held to answer the charge. THE PHILADELPHIA FORGERIES.—Martin Leland, the young man whose arrest and confinement to a cell in the Tombs was reported al eeceens HERALD, on a charge of being implicated in forging Philadelphia warrants, was yesterday released from custody. It will be remembered that a writ of habeas corpus was issued by Judge McCunn, of the Superior Court. The Judge, after a hearing in the case, decided that there waa not sufficient evidence to hold the accused and thereupon ordered his dis- charge. Within three minutes after his release from prison detective Farley was after him with another ee of arrest, It was too late. The bird nad own. THE FRIEDLANDER CASE. Deposition of the Injured Man’s Wite. Coroner Flynn yesterday ‘proeeeded to the resi- dence of Mr. Joseph Friedlander, of No. 209 Taira street, to take his ante-mortem statement in regard to being beaten on the 17th ult., ag already reported in the HeraLp; but he was not in a state of mind to make himself understood, The wife of the injured man, however, being conversant with the circum- stances connected with the affair, made the follow ing statement:— Julia Friedlander, being sworn, says—I reside at 209 Third street; on the 17tn day of August my husband was at » funers return the boys of the commenced on st throwing things at him; they also broke the windows in the store; he bad a whip in hie Sand and chased the boys eM some children of Mrs. Altopher, who resides Layo at), were among them; my husband struck them wit! the whip; rigiro ia ft it tan lon a way from bim and beat him 9 en ; ofr fh on the ground and she continued beating him: we brought him into the house, when he began to vomit and was very ill; the next day he tried to get up, but be could not re- main up; be was from that time up to the present confined in bed; on last Wedsesday be lost his sucech; Dr. Herech at oe 18 Whoie faruuy, ond await the action o: Newburg on the 27th tost. Mrs. Johnston, Sr., was remanded to Newburg Jail; the four other j Were sent to the County Jali, at Goshen, fended him ; Dr, Krackowizer also saw bim ; thoy stated that his illness was consequent on the beating he bad received; the ground » man came and struck head with the cover of a milk can. It was ramored yesterday that Mr. Friedlander had died on Monday night, bat _as it was not offici- ally reportea at the Coroner's office, it is believed the rumor was unfounded. It has also been stated that there Were circumstances surronnding the assault on Mr. Friedlander which made it very desirable on the part of his wife that as littie publicity a8 possible should be given to the matter, but in case of his death (which is more than probable) the real facta concerning it will be developed, SUBURBAN INTELLIGENCE. NEW JERSEY. him on Jersey City. A CHILD FounD DROwWNED.—The body of a child three months old was found in the river yesterday. Coroner Warren gave apermitfor burial. | BRgvViTIES.—The Board of Education have appoint- ed a committee to inquire into the expediency of in- troducing music into the public schools, The talarice of the janitors of public schools bave been raised from $600 to $700 a year, exclusive of » night school fees, A SHoRT RouTE FOR THE ERIE RAILWAY.—One of the latest projects of Fisk and Gould is the construc- tion of @ new line of railroad from Hackensack Junction, or thereabouts, on the Northern Railroad, to strike the matn line of the Erie. The express trains could then take the ronte of the Northern Railroad and avoid all the drawbridges, Hoboken, AN ABANDONED CHILD, three months old, waa Tound dead in the Elysian Fields yesterday. THE FIREMEN of Hoboken and the surrounding towns paraded the streets in gorgeous array last evening to honor Empire Company No. 2 on their acquisition of anew truck. They were greeted with enthusiasm, and the dieplay terminated most creditably. PROBABLE MURDER.—Coroner White yesterday took the deposition at Guttenburg of Margaret Corrigan, aged eighty years, who is at the point of death, She sileges that one John Devlin and another man as- saulted her son Patrick on Friday last in her house, and when she attempted to save him they threw her brutally to the ground and injured her in a pro- bably fatai manner, The assailants will be arrested immediately. Trenton. TaXaTION.—The amount of taxabie property in this city as reported by the Assessors is $11,433,997. An apportionment of $7,569 37 for State and $26,839 77 for County tax has been made, Masonic.—The annual conclave of the Knights Templars of the State of New Jersey was held in this city yesterday. About 150 members, attired in full regalia, accompanied by @ band, paraded the streets in procession, aud were much admired for thelr fine appearance, Unitgp States District Covrt.—In this court yesterday, before Judge Field, in the case of the late Collector of Internal Revenue of the First aistrict against Charles Rumsey and George M. Ward, ona bond given for taxes assessed against Kumsey in 1866, judgment on cognovit was entered in favor of the United States for $6,155, with tnterest thereon. On motion of District Attorney Keasby also a decree of forfeiture against 137 gallons of cider brandy was entered, no claimant appearing. The property was recently seized at New Brunswick. THE CaMp MEETING AFFRAY.—The jury in the cage of the colored man, Charley Brown, who was shot and killed at a negro camp meeting held at Morrisville, Pa, Sunday evening, as report- ed in yesterday’s HERALD, returned a ver- dict to the effect that he came to his death by @ pistol shot wound inflicted by Samuel Gaston. The latter now lies in jail at Doylestown. Pa., bail being refused. Gaston's un- enviable position 1s much deplored in Trenton, where he is very popular. The reguiar term of the Bucks County Court commences on Monday next, ‘when 1% is probable he will be placed on trial, WEW YORK AND HACKENSACK RAILRCAD. Opening of a New Depot at Anderson Street, Hackensack. The new depot at Anderson street, Hackensack, ‘was formally opened yesterday in presence of seve ral prominent men of that town who have aided in erecting the building. The Erie Railway Company paid half the cost of erection, and the citizens interested furnished the other half. The depot is bullt on the model of the Passaic station, It ig seventy by tairty-five feet, entirely of wood and cost about $6,000. There are now two depots at Hackensack, the other being located at ssex street. The new depot will take the place of that at Passaic street, Among those who were present at the opening were the Division Superintendent of the Ene _ Railway, Mr. Garrett D. Ackerson, ex-President of the Hackensack Rall- road, Judge Hillyer, G. Zingsen, and many other pce gentiemen. Mr. M. M. Knapp made a formal presentation of the building to Mr. Berthoud, who replied thus:—‘‘Gentlemen, all | have got to say is, what the Erie Ratlway Company have done you ali know; at the end of @ year you will know what I shall do.” This very equivocal response was re- ceived with applause aud lauglter. The party then partook of a collation, after which they were treated to a drive around the city. The Hackensack Railroad is being extended to the line running from saffern to Piermont. In point of scenery, antiquities and historic remimiscences Hackensack is highly favored, and calls for free communication with the metropolis. It is one of the oldest settlements im the State, and the togyiam. which has hitherto retarded its progress is napplly passing away, The rising generation comprises the men who will raise it to its proper position, LONG ISLAND. DEMOCRATIC CONVEBNTION.—At the Democratic Convention held at Riverhead yesterday C. 3S, Havens, of Mortches, was elected as delezate to the State Conventton, and J. Laurence Smith as dele- gate to the Kirst Judicial District Conventiun, which convenes in Brooklyo on the 2st inst. Tak LITTLE NECK STABBING CasSE.—The stabbing case at Little Neck, as reported in yesterday's HgRaLp, between Join Mensber, Henry Miller and Powell Nemyer, has created considerable excite- ment. Nemyer is considered out of danger, but Miller is not likely to recover. THE ORIENT BaY MYSTERY.—The supposition that the sloop manned by John Chaplin and son, which left Black Kock, Conn., about one weck ago was lost, finds confirmaypn in the finding of the pumps and sweeps of the Boat upon the beach at Orient yesterday. As to the probabie disposition of the two men there are various rumors, the most general being that their bodies nave beon devoured by sharks, several schools of which are now to be seen in the bay. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, BURGLARY AT TARRYTOWN.—During Honday night the house of a soldier's widow named Casi, ta Beekman avenue. Tarrytown, was entered vy par- glars, who carried away the remnant of her pension money, amounting to over sixty dollars. The per- petrators gained ingress by breaking turough a rear window. Coroner's INQuESTS.—An inquest was held at Spuyten Duyvil yesterday by Coroner Smith, on the remains of a man named Thomas Bryant, who was drowned in the creek at that place, while saliing a t on the previous day, tb appears that deceased was alone at the time he accidentally fell overboard and was drowned before assistance reached him. A verdict was rendered accordingly. Bryant was native of Scotland and about twenty-four years of age. At Sing Sing yesterday Coroner McEntee held an inquest on the body of @ laborer named Richard Brennan, Who was found dead in a barn belong- ing to James Duify, of that village, on Monday. The evidence tended to prove that deceased had for some time past been indulging freely in liquor, and the position in which bis body was discovered, with his neck broken, warranted the theory that he had falien through a hatchway used for letting down hay. The jury rendered a verdict of accidental death. Deceased was forty-flve years old and a na- tive of Ireland. Inongasep Surety oF WaTer-—The Board of Water Commissioners of Newburg, at their session on Tuesday morning, adopted a recommendation to the Common Council to expend $74,000 in increasing the water supply of the city. Fins.—On, Tuesday morning a fire broke out in the basement of fhe buitding 33 Front street, used ae a coffee and spice mill by N. B, Beade. The fire caught in@ mill that had been employed the day pre- vious for grinding cloves, and it is supposed to have been the result of spontaneous combustion of the oil of the cloves, The flames in their ogress melted a lead water pipe, and the fow rom this prevented the spread of the devouring ele- ment until the fire was perceived by some lodgers in the building, who at once raised the aiarm. Loss about $1,000, wiiich is fully covered by insurance. OfARGED WITH ARSON.—On Monday the preiimt- nary examination of a family named Johnston, charged with firing their residence at Cornwall on Friday last, for the pt ot pocasing | the ipaur- ance Money, (he POLIC! ing recent en Issued, was concluded” At’ the court ‘House, Now » before Justice Brewster, of Corn % consist of mother, two ierintow, were committed to ‘the Gi rand Jary, which sits at- onnetons