The New York Herald Newspaper, October 22, 1869, Page 5

NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. Opening of the October Terur—Charge to the Grand Jury. Judge Benedict oped the court yesterday morn- mg at eleven o'clock, The Grand Jury having been duly empanelied and sworn in Jutige Benedict delivered nis charge, Blat- tug that their duty was that of inquiring as to what effences againat the jaws of the United States had been committed in thie district ana of mdicting ali persons who were shown to have been guilty of such eifences, The statutes, which it would be their business to aid in enforcing, for the most part re- jated to the Post Office, to the currency and the reve- mue. Violations of those laws, although by no means so alarmingly frequent and bold as at one time, were still frequent, The Grand Jury, he trusted, would not consider thelr duties to be merely of a formal or clerical character—they were, indeed, far otherwise. He might show that factim many ‘Waye—one would be sufficient, and he took for that pose the law against smuggling. Now, that Sienee was one’ frenuently. compuiiied in this port, and seizures, condemnations of smuggled goods were common proceedings, but many years had e@lapeed, he apprehended, since any smuggler had Deen indicted by a Grand Jury in this court. He certainly recollected no conviction for that offence in this court for tenor fiiteen years past, ‘The result Was that it came to be understood that a person attempting to introduce goods without payment of duties ran only the risk of losing his goods, And as there was in this community a very guusiderable class of persons willing at any time to assume almost aby mere pecuniary risk tho business con- tinued. It was the certainty of punishment rather than the severity which was effective in the preven- tion of crime, and when lt came to be known that all offenders against the laws of the United States ‘Were promptly indicted by the Grand Jury, and that while no man suffered punishment under those laws Without proof of his guilt—that no man escaped ape by means of bis wealth or his power— effect would be to diminish the nuinber of offen vo improve the efficiency of the civil ser- Vice and to increase the revenue, ‘The Grand Jury then retired to deliberate on the ‘business presented for their consideration. ‘The court then adjourned till this morning. URITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. Is uw Chartered Vessel Liable for the Wages of the Crew. Before Judge Blatchford. Frederick 0, Fisk vs. The Propeller Tranait.—in this case the libelant sued for a balance of $106 due him for services rendered as clerk and purser on board of the Transit while plying as a freight and passenger boat between New York and ports on the Connecticut river, which the owners refused to pay, on the ground that during the time this money was earned the vessel was chartered and run by one Wesley Lyon, and that by the terms of the charter party Mr, Lyon agreed to pay a certai eum for the use Of the vessel and hire, pay and victuat all of the crew, except the engineer, who was hired and patd by the owners. Mr. Haskett, proctor for the owners, med that, as the lbelant was employed by the charterer and knew the terms of the charter party, ‘he must look to Mr. Lyon for bis pay, and that the vessel was not liable under the decision of the Court in the case of the Prince George. Mr. Langtree, for the libelant, claimed that, although the libelant might have been aware of the terms of the charter, stillfas he did not agree to hola the charterer per- sonally liable and expressly release the vessel, she was liable under the decision of this Court in the case of Devue vs. the Fashion, and several more recent decisions to the same effect. Peciion re- served, UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT, Alleged Violation of the Revenue Lawn, Before Commissioner Shields. The United States vs, Cart Swartz.—The defendant was arrested on the charge of having in bie pos- session six kegs of beer, without baving the proper stamps as required by law. Held under bar) in the sum of $1,000 to await examination. A Counterfeiting Case, Before Commissioner Stilwell. The United States vs, James Coddingion.—The de- fendant was charged with attempting to pass cona- terleit currency of the denomination of twenty-five | cents. Held in $2,000 bail to await examination, SUPREME COURT—CRCUIT—PART |, The Loss of a Limb on Board Rambler. Before Judge Ingraham. William Meier vs, Henry Fearing, Froueis ay and Sheppard Gandy.—VThe jury in vais case, the articulars of whigh have aiready appeared in ihe ERALD, have rendered a verdict for the plaintiif, as- sessing the damages at $1,200. Action on a Premiam Subscription Note. The National Bank of the Commonmeclin Yaeht the ve. Charles L, Recknugal ei al.—This wae ap action ona | premium subscription note for $5,000, given to the now defunct Washington Marine Insurance Company. The plaintiff claimed that the note had been dis- counted for value and before maturity and in good faith. It appeared by the evidence, however, that the note was discounted alter havin: tnaividually by the president and piaced to the cre- dit of his private account, and by him passed over to the insurance company. No premiuin whatever Was earned on toils note by the company. The Court ruled that the only qnestion at issue ‘Was a8 to the good faith of the bank in discounting the note, and 80 charged the jury, who found for the plainclir in tue sum ol $5,508 44, Ses SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TEAM, Another Phase in the Fisher Divorce Snits, Clara A, Fisher v3, William J, Fisher.—li will ve | remembered that the Supreme Court at Brooklyn vacated the judgment of divorce which had been ob- tained in a former suit by the same plaintiff against her husband, upou the ground that she nad been in- duced by fraud and misrepresentation to commence such suit, and which was fully reported ip the | HERALD, The plaintiff now by her counsel, Edwin James, has instituted this suit and alleges various acts of aaultery committed by the defendant; and further, thatthe defendant, in October, 1868, married one Mary Stevens, in Connecticut, when he knew that the plaintitt was alive and resident in New Jersey SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS Decisious. By Judge Cardozo. Merri e al. vs, Wedber,—Motion granted aud receiver appointed. Sands vs, McGovern, &c.—Motion granted. Baird vs, Baird.—Counsel fee, $100. Altmony st the rate of $300 per year and receiver appointed. Edward V, Welch, Jr., v8, Ellen Weich.—Judg- ment ordered. Batchelor et al. v8. Batchelor Manufacturing Vorn- Pany.—Motion granted, with cost. Blank et at, vs, Westvott et al.—Motion denied, Boylandt vs, Lent et al.—JSudgment ordered. Shaw et al, vs, Landon.—Mowion for that calendar Granted. Motion for commission denied, Ayan vs. Siater,—Motion granted. Smith vs. Fries, do.—Motion granted; proceedings stayed, Ac. Morley vs, Hughes.—Motion granted, Potter vs, Sidelt et at.—Same. Brown vs, Brown.—Proot of service wanted, Four Lots vs, Harmony Fire Insurance Com- pany. —Motion granted. Bertha Finkelmetr ve. Charles Finkeimeir.—Judg- ment of divorce granted. Pheniz Natiowd Bank of New York vs, Metro. politan Gas Light Company, &c.—Order granted, Boissard vs, Herman, éc.—Reference ordered, Trust vs. Trust.—Motion granted unless amount be paid tn three daya. By Judge Sutherland. Holmes et a, vs. Mead et &l,—Findings settied, dn (he Matler of Lovisa G Wood #&.—Keport con- fraed and order made. SUPERIOR COURT—Ta AL TERM—PART | Action on a Policy of Insurance. Before Chief Justice Barbour and a Jury. Bula Welrkamp vs, The Germania Fire Insurance Company.—This action was brought by the plaintiff, who kepta bililard saloon at No, 141 Grand street, Bhe insured the saloon, together with the property it contained, in the defendants’ company for the sum oF $3,000. Nearly @ year ago the property was pervally destroyed by fire to the rong as she ret forth, Of the full amount of the policy. The defence set up Was that the plainti® bad entirely overestl- mated the valne of ner property. The jury, how- D ever, gave @ verdi Sheitoy. jot for the inti in the eum of the SUPERIOR COURT —BENERAL TEAM. Naturalization Notice. ~ To-day being the last day under the law for nata- ralization, Judge McCunn wil sit in the General Term room of the Superior Co day and in the evening frets ped 3 nile cleteee In Order to aford faciities to thi - venlenuy attend during the ‘aay. re — SUPERION COUR T—~CHAMBERS. ‘The Injunction on the Tax Levy. ‘The argument in the case of Smith Rly, Jr, against the Compiroiier and Board of Hapervisorp been endorsed | NEW YORK UERALD,* FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. has Deen postponed until Monday nexs at eleven o'clock, _ CLURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS. Before Judges Dowimg and Keity, BEOINNING FAST LIFE BARLY. A boy named Augast Hayes, who said Re was neventeen years of age, but did not look more than fifteen, said that he was walking along Canal street a few evenings ago, when he met a gir) about his own ago, named Dora Herker, who asked him to go home with her, He went with her, and while there Jost his watcn and gilt guard, He gave information to the police and she was apprehended and the wateh ‘was nittmately found. Judge Kelly gave the boy some advice, and he said he would not yield tosuch temptations again, The watch wae given back to him and the prisoner was rem for Torther inquiries, TWO “MORE UNFORTUNATES.”” Mary J. Brown, a ve hegre strong king gk, vut who seems to be hopelessly Jost in re, was charged with assaulting a Ly woman of ike easy Virtue, of the name of joDermott. The fight must have been very severe, for it occurred sev- era) days ago, and Mary’s eyes were still ifully aiscolored, and she bure appearance of having sustained @ general assault and battery. Miss Brown had been before the court on several occa- sions recently, the last time for keeping # disorderly house, She was fined thirty dollars and committed until it was paid. the sentence she said ashe would stop in the Tombs a year for that. Her companions will, however, think differently, aud from the wages of vice there is little doube that this young woman will obtain a speedy release from her preseat incarceration. ‘A GOOD HINT To HOUBEROLDERS. , James Stewart, @ drunken, dissipated man, was charged with stealing two door mats, the property of Dr. Riehara P. Perry. Having first secured the mats he proceeded to endeavor to turn them into currency, and omicer Coley observed Stewart offer- ing these mats for sale in fwenty-eighth sireet. Coley went up vo the prisoner, and, taking the mats in his hands, turned them over, wheo he found the name of “Dr, Perry” and his address jegiviy painted ‘on the back, Te took the prisoner and the mats to Dr. Perry, and found the property had been stolen, Stewart was sent to the Penitentiary for four months, MISCKLLANEOUS CASES, Frank Hardy, a well dressed, handsome young fellow, was charged with a violation of the notel act, The prosecutor aid not appear, and Hardy said he was quite @ stranger in New York, having only just come from California; that his trank was detained ‘by the complainant, which was worth considerably more than bis bill, Mr, Hardy was discharged, and the Judge advised him to go and ace the hovel keeper al once. Margaret Robinson, a colored woman, was charged With stealing the new shawl of Anna Eliott, also @ colored wonian, for which she bad given ten dollars. Margaret admired the shawi as 1t lay upon Anna's bed, in which she was lying sick, and affer Margaret had left tne room she missed the shawl. ‘Chere was no defence and she was sent to the Venitennary for Ubree months, COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. OVER AND TRRMINER AND SUPREME € evii—Part 1,—Before Judge Ingraham. athalf-past ten A. M.—Nos, 5801, 5803, 5831, 2371, 2595, 2701, 2751, 3 3068, 8555, S615, 8697, 4363, 4451, 4593, i 4771, .4776, 4861, 4941, 5023, 4, G247, 5269, 6279, 5209, 5 5435, 5437, 6463, 5509, 6607, 70, S781, 6T@L, S817, $883, 5826, 5T61. Svueremy Covurr—Cincuit—Part 2.—Before gudge Sutherian opens at halfpast ten A. y 5820, 5848, 2020, 3282, 4006, 4104, A2U6, 4416, 4635, 4520, 4890, 4856, 4868, 4878, SL2R, 5162, 5184, S104, 5306, 5410, 5416, 5428, 461 5644, 5658, 6082, S712, L 784, 5788, 868, ' Surnewe Covrr—S TERM.—Before Jndgé Barnard,—Court opens at half-past ten A. M.—Law Bt 251, 255, 264, 265, 206, 267, 268, 269, 234, 285, 286, 287, Held by Judge Car- ndar at gleven A. M.—Nos. 47, 64, L 92, 93, 98, 108, 116, 144, 152, 168, 167, 168, 189, 2m, 211, 225, 227, 228,° 235, 256, 257, 240, 24, 395, 286, 204, 296, Part 1.—Before | Inde even A, M.—Nos, 1047, 98: 1516, 1533, 120, | Marine Covrr—laa TeemM—Part 1,—Before Juage } Gross—Calt of calendar at ten A. 3807, q S51, B55, 4000, } 3037, 6, 38h 40, 3909, 4010, Pefore Judge Gurtis—vall of calendar # , 3012, 8018, 8989, , 4006, 4007, 400%, and four otners, 401 j COTY INTELLIGENCE, | THe Wearnar YesreRpay.—The followiug record { wilt show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with te cor- responding day of last year, as imiicuted by the thefmometer at Hadnut’s Pharmacy, UERALD Build- ing, corner of Ann stree’ 1868, 1849, 1868, 1869. } 34. M 46 4 a 6 CALM 44 Le . Ot 94. M... . 4 . M. a AE Msccc es 2 oo 12 PM. x4 | Average temperature yesterday........... is Average temperature for corresponding di last year. . tees oe NAVURALIZATION.—To-day Deing the last day on Which voters can be made duly qualified for atthe November eiection, there will no doubt quite a rush at the various courts. PoLicg BoaRko.—This Board held a secret ression yesterday, dut it was not ascertained that any busi- nese beyond the traugfer of two patrolmen was transacted, $ gtAl Mayon.—voroner Keegan yester recelved tnformatiog ink alt alge Nu yay, sLX- | teen years of agé, RAY died in Bellevue Hpi from the effects of burns receatly received at late residence, No, t her Bg tice from # maton. AN ALLEGS0 PRIVaTerR.—Marshal Barlow, owing to certain taformation furntshed, has ordered the United States cutter Seward to have surveillance over the steam yacht Aana, now lying in the Erie basia, 16 Raving deen alleged that she was being Otied ont for a Cudaa expedition, THe DEATH oO Mus. BanRerT.—Coroner Schirmer yesterday held aa inquest oa the body of Mrs. Emily Viola Crocker Barrett, the actress, whose death at Mailiard’s Hotei, No. 519 Broadway, has heretofore been announced tn the HERALD. An examination showed that death resulted from hernia. Mrs. Bar- rett was pearly twenty-seven years of age and a mative of New York, FATAL TROCK OasvaLyy.—Patrick Haggerty, fiity- five years of age, boru tm Ireland and late a resident of No. 106 Washington street, was crushed beneath the wheels of truck No. 389, thus causing a com- pound tracture of the tegs. He was conveyed to Bellevue tlospita), where death subsequently ensued. Coroner Keenan was notified to hold an inquest on the body, Surcipe BY DROWNING.—Catherine Blake, of No, 84 Laight street, aged forty-seven, and a native of Ireland, drowned herseif at the foot of Vestry street this morning, She was seen to th from the pier by an oMcer, but he reached the spot too late to save her. The act is a4aid to have been committed during a ft of insanity, from which she hag suffered during the past (wo yeurs. HONORABLY DiscdaneRD.—{n the HeKan of October 12 @ report appeared giving the particulars of the arrest of two young men, brothers, named respectively George A. and Louis Reed, and their committal to anawer atthe Lombs Police Court on the charge of obtaining money under faise pretences. They were takeo before the Grand Jury, and va Tuesday last were honorably discharged, no evi- dence to sustain we coarge being adduced. Tas McGINNeSS HoM(ctbs.—Joseph James, the man against whom the jury rendered a verdict for causing the death of Patrick McGinness, of 540 Ninth avenue, was yesterday brought before Coroner Keenan aud admitted to bail in the sum of $1,000 to await the action of the Grand Jury, Deceased had ruptare of the imtestines, but the evidence failed to slow positively that James inflicted the fatal violence. TAR COUNCIL OF BYANGRLICAL ChoRCHRS, com. prised of reprentatives from ail the various denomt- nation# called Evangelical, met yesterday at the Reformed church, in Washington square. The pur. pore of their meeting is to deliberate upon the advisability of @ mutual alliance, that the various churches may no longer work against each oth a8 heretofore, but all in the same interest, The rss hours of the were occupied by @ prayer meeting, in which the asvembled clergy ail joined. After the prayer Meeting the roll was called and the Rev. Dr. Matthows, of the Reformed Church of New York, was chosen president, The Council then for business aud the several to) that been pepe for discussion ware rend? by the and the first oue offered for debate Yt was, “Evils of ® Schism Amon; Benge cal Churches afid Importance of ‘Satyy. first speak as the Right Rev. Bish er Ww of Ohio, who made a anie unity. "He was followed by tne hee te Bacon, of the Reformed Fuser egen 3. Rev. Dr. Schumaker, of the Lutheran Oburoh; fessor Dey, of Yale College; Rey. Dr, Crosby, of the Prea- byverian Church; Hon, J. D. Nixon, member of Con- groan, of New Jeraey, delegate of the Preab; Opurcn, and Rey. A. 8. Hunt, of the Methodist Oburon. Kev, Dr, Bobumaker offered a series of resolyiians Ket OCbarch unity, which were Qnanimously adopted, The ag whl remain Session Guisby Me HORE thres or service | ve | 39 Willett street, irow her cioiieoa | POLICE, INTELLIGENCE. THE BATTERY EXTENSION. Greatimo A Tus ov Burren.—Prapk White. © | Remimisconces of Old Colenial Charters young man in the drens of a porter, was found with @ tad of butter in his be doeteaowlg- DOt give a satisfactory account to officer Bev! be nd tied eatresee felt tessa tosses committed him sor further exammation. Srgaine Bep Lrven.—A woman named Rosalt Pezil, who boarde in @ tenement house fn Centre street, was charged by Oharice Gunkel! with stealing @ quantity of bed linen, vaiued at twenty-five dol- Jare, from the house, ‘the roperty. was found to have been pawned by the prisoner. She was brought to the Tombs Poiice Court and Judge Hogan com- mitted her to answer. LARCENY OF AN ANCHOR.—Peter Donnelly, mate ‘of the schooner Henry Cole, sying at the foot of pier 40 North river, preferred a complains before Justice Ledwith, at Jefferson Market, yesterday, against Thomas vin, charging him with stealing an anchor from the vessel yesterday morning valued at twenty-five dollars, The prisoner stated that he did not steal the anchor, but found it floating in the ‘Water, and with much diMcuity took tin, He was committed, in default of $600 bail, to answer. OLKAVING 4 MAN'S Back.—An affray that may Tesult in the death of one of the participants oc- curred at Clinton Market yesterday morning. From the report of the Twenty-eighth precinct police it appears that two butchers— Charlies John Wallace, of No. 630 Greenwich street, and Charies Martini, an Itallan— became Involved in a dispute. After fighting afew moments the latter seized a heavy butcher's cleaver and hurled it at hts adversary. ‘The cleaver strack Wallace in the back, cut through the clothes ana burled itself in his body, The wound man was sent to the Hospital, The arrest of the Italian Is not announced. ALLEGED Larceny ov & TRUNK.—Detective Blackwood, of the Ninth precinct, yesterday aiter- noon arraigned an expreasman named Michael J. Noonan, residing at No. 169 West Thirty-third street, upon complaint of James J. Post, east baggage mas- ter of the Erte Railroad Company. Noonan was charged with stealing a Saratoga tuak, the pro- perty of Mra, H. L. ning, containing female ‘wearing apparel valued at $1.04, from the oflice of the cémpuany, at the foot of Chambers street, on ‘Tuesday last. The expressman says some unknown EEN gave bim @ check for the trunk and employed im to remove it (a a house in Hudson street, where it was found by the oficer. He gave bonds in the sur of $1,000 to appear for examimation, Tuerr OF a Iloxse AND WaGon,—Abont nine orclock yesterdsy morning Sergeant Slater, of the Seventh precinct, while walking through Grand street, found @ light wagon without anybody to claim it, He took the vehicle to the station house and detailed detective Shalvey to find out whether the wagon had peen stolen, and, if 80, wo was the thief and where was the horse. Lt was subsequently ascertained by the detective that @ horse and Wagon had been stolen from Nathaniel J. Burcnell, of No, 301 East Fifty-seveuth street, After a search detec- tive Shaivey arrested a man named Alonzo Gillen, with the horse-in his possession, The officer took his prisoner before Alderman Connor, acting muagis- trate at the Essex Market Police Court, who com- mitted Gillen in default of $2,000 bail, MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, BOARD OF ALDERMEN. This Board met yesterday, pursnant to spevtal cutl, with the president, Alderman Comap, to the chair, After the call for the meeting and minutes of the previous meeting had been read several com- munications were introduced and laid over or reter- red to the appropriate committees, Among the papers introduced was a resolution appointing some person or somebvady else Commissioner of Deeds in place of Bernard ‘on Giiligan, who bad failed to qualify, it is not to be wondered at thatany iudi- vidual with that name should fail to quail A resolution to have 120th street, trom Ninth avenue to Harlem river, paved “with Belgian pave- ment was laid over. 4 pbdilanthropic citizen was granted permivsion to erect a free drinking hydrant al the corner of Seventy-second street and Broadway at his own expenve.” A communication was received from tho Mayor vetoing the resolution directing the paving of Maiden lane with patent pavement, The comimunioation was iaid over under the rule. As there were not member pass any general orders the ope o'clock Lis afternoon. BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALOERMEN, Tue Bourd tet yesterday afternoon, the presitont Mr. Monaghan, presiding. After the minntes of the previons meeting were read and approved, a few important resolutions were presented and referred, As there were not suficient members present to enough present to Board adjourned till pass any “general orde! the Board adjourned to ineet this (Friday) #iternoon at two o'clock, MAYOR'S OFFICE. noss at the Marshal's Bureau has been rather hight during the past four days, but yesterday the moonotony Was diversified by the arraignment of a pawnbroker on acharge of extortion. The person complained of was Mr. A. Bornstein, of 411 Granu atreet, Who charged twenty-five cent as interest for two days on & loan of two dollars, Marshal Tooker, after giving Mr. Bornstein a little good advice, obliged him self y « fine of fifty dollars. in the case of the complaint against Dr. J. Walter Scott, of the New York Medical University, which occasioned 80 MUCK stir some time ago, the papers, which were sent by the Marana! ‘to the District at- torney, Were, after the evidence and aidayits had been Weighed by bim, returned to the Marshal, wish the oproion that the character of ve evidence waa not shel as Would Warrant auy action beiag taken by ihe Grand Jury. Marshal Tooker, therefore, dix mised the complaint ae pending tu le Bureau, a | INPRRVAL REVENOE, (iross Receipts of Various Compauies aud Institutions. The ‘oliowlug exhibit shows the gros# receipts of jue diferent theatres, railroads, stages aod ferries for the month September, together with the amount of gas consumed during the same month. The legraph returns are for the monty of Auguat:— AMUSEMENTS, Recoighte BUGS New York Cieet of Revaipts, $20,380 ‘Thaodore Thomas WYN YoRy Pastor... segs). 4®44 Bowery theatre Academy of Magic... 2,74l San Freuctacg Tammany 1,608 i Herrmann. Wood's Museu’ Total. eceipte. Central P. N.& B. K.B54890 Hudeon fiver, 42d and Grand sts...... 31,767 Second Aveou meres St. aod Fulton Third Avenue. er Total. radi Revviphe. Lines. $900 Lexington avenue, »#AMO Broadway and id tan Fifth aveoue Madison avenue Totm Lavonia... New York and Navy Yard TO cee creeee CAB UOMPASIRG. ropolftan Gas Light Cottpany Jem Gas Light Compan hatten Gas Li few York Gos LI Total. Eines, Western Union International Oct Goiden Stock. 8. 8. La Aiiantic and Paciti Delaware, Lacawai THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER BOUND IN BLACK. ‘The Grant Momicide Case—Conclusion of the Coroner's Inquest. ‘The case of Henry Grant (colored), late of No. 198 Rivington street, whose death, it is alieged, resulted from injaries to the head received at the hands of Lydia A, GriMn, a negret was con- eladed vefore Coroner Keenan, at his office in the City Hall, Henry and Lydia, it appears, had been living on intimate terms, but he in the méantine took afancy to another coiored lady living in the neighborhood of Baxter and Can aroused the feelings of uneasiness in and rendered her almost frantic; { seemed quite beside herself. ‘This state of things continued till jest Mé a of dusky Boece on Restate at Mamas alsa fet thom on the Corner: ee } of traae wouid | Laying Out ef tho Battery isto a Park and Ite Subsequent Bxtension Fifty Years Ago— Present Extension, ite Condition and Pres- pecte—Legal Controversies, with Semething About tho Harber Commissioners and Com- missioners of the Sinking Fand. A profoundly mythical problem over which many ave long and patientiy pondered, and with very Little show of @ satisiacvory solution, 1s the subject of the Battery enlargement, Of ali matters under control of the city thie has certainly, to whe great mass of our citizens, been one of the most complex, About all that te really Known is that the enlarge- mentof the Battery was agreed upon years ago; that there bi been prolonged and expensive ltl gations in connection with it; that there have been beginnings and stoppages in the work; that there have been jarge payments from the city treasury on account of ‘, the same, of course, coming out of the pockets of the taxpayers, and from all this the general deduction is that the time to Jook for Its completion is about as remote as that prophetic period when the famous New Zealand traveller, from one of the front windows of the HERALD building, shall sketch the ruins of St. Paul’s church. Through long years the Battery was we chief pride of our city; tt looked out upon our splen- did bay and its moving panorama of passing steamers and sailing vessels, From the broad bosom of the Ocean was borne hitver the invigor- ating sea breeze, with health on its wings. A granite ‘promenade ran slong the water front, A beautiful iron fence encompassed the other sides. Magnificent trees, the glory of the primeval foreste—wuen only were to be seen here the dusky faces of indians reclining under their deeply umbrageous shades or in their light canoes swiftly gliding through the waters—afforded luxuriant protection from the blazing noonday sun. It was traversed by gravelied walks in all directions. Every pleasant afternoon our wealthy ctfizens resorted here for walks and chats and to smoke jthelr pipes and to in- hale the invigorating sea breeze. It was the favorite promenade of our most fashionable ladies, and ic was perpetually notey with the wild guyety of children. Onevery side were the tinest houses in the city. Here, as Fifth avenue is now, was then the grand centre of fasiton, Castle Garden waa the resort of the wealthy and gay. How greatly 13 it changed ! Our people of fashion live up town; Castle Garden is an emigrant depot; the granite romenade aud sea wall have disappeared; the won ence, in many places, 18 broken and fallen to the gu d; there is no longer any sort, green turf, and en the trees look drear aud desolate, There 18 a broader area of land, bat the extension is treeless and a barren waste, tike an Arabian desert, Newly arrived emigrants, forlorn and ragged, rowdy and drunken men and miserable and degraded wo- men sit under its good old trees. We give below a history of the Battery, the progress of the eniarge- ment, and legal and other interruptions hindermy the prosecution of the work, and also its present condition and prospects. To give completeness to the narrative we also have gone at con- siderable jengih iio the subject of the ground and water front reserved for a barge office for the Custom House, and at the same time exploiting the ttle vesting the ownership in the United states. Showing up an atiempt by the Com- mon Council to permit the Ulewal usurpation of some of tne ground and water front for a private bathing establisiiment 1s @ feature of interest to which we have given parsing notice, As the conclusion ot the whole tnatter, if is gratifying to know thatthe epochs of jobbery and legal qutobling in regard co wuls extension of the Hatvery have passed, that itis in earnest anc reliable hands at present, and that a few months hence te ¢ on Will be completed and the old trees trimmed aud new trees set ont, and the Whole tured and new gravelled waiks and a hew feuce made, and the piace be made to bi with beauty and become a joy forever, but never, of course, the popular resort it was ui the good old times of our forefathers. THE ORIGINAL BATTERY GROUND. As is well known, We original Battery ground was @ part of Fort James, atterwards calied Fort George. The ground ovcupied by these forts, or rather one fort having these two names, was excepted fre grants contained in the earlier charters undei olonlal governors to the city of New York. All Ls ground, therefore, upon the termination of the Kevotution and estaplishment of American inde- pendence, vested absolutely in the people of the State of New York. ‘The land under water in front of the Mattery Was al) then below low water mark; the tile to which, between Marketfield street, now Battery piace, on tne portu to Whitehall street on the east, also Was Vested in the people of the State, the | same being hkewlse expressly excepted from te early colonial charters. Gn me 10th of March, 1799, an act was passed by the State Legisiature giving ail this excepted lund #agd the water fronis to the city. It Js aunecess, so rectre the familiar details of how, sull retaining the old wilitary name of Bat- very, 11 Was eonyerted into a puplic park. Parapets and guns and epauletted oficers and sentinels on guard disappeared. A fine sea wal! was built; new trees were piauied. Jt was laid out wita abundant Walks; & Massive but tastetal iron fence was but aboul it, and it became # general favorite resort of the public, At length Castie Garden was built, con- nected with which there is also @ traditionary his- tory of the deepest unterest, bub which, interesting as ‘it is, is foreign to our purpose to enter upon at present. Gur novle Park ts & great feature of oar present city life, but i never can become the general pudite feature and (he wuiversal resort that the Bat- et a im the pulmy period of its golden prnue wid FIRST BATTERY RXTENSION FUCy years ago tt was little thought that the tide ever set in with the tumultuous SULENZUL IL Mas, Carrying everytuing before it; that ull thé lower part of the city would be given up to business ana warehouses; that the people of fashion would Jy irom here as from @ pestilence, and that | theivancestrat nails, their old avodes of colonial splen- dor, Would be converted into steamship ofices or low corner groggeries, or Mithy tenement abodes. The Battery was found too small, and, under the sup- position that it would remain perpetually the popu- jar resort it Was, Measures were iaken to secure its enlargement, Application was made to the State Legislature, and tye resuit Was that on the 27tn of March, 1521, an ack was passed giving permission to extend the Battery into the bay and East and North rivers a distance not exceeding 600 feet. It Was expressly specified in the act, however, that the extension should be tor the purpose of ex- tending the Battery for a public walk, and, if peces- sary, for (ae erection of public baildings and works of defence; bat with no power to dispose of the same for any other Hag et arpose whatever, and without any power of aé) agit iy any P t of it The act aiso authorized the raising 0} sum of money not exceeding $100,000 by tax for defraying the expense ofthe extension. Under this act the Batiery was extended to its present iine—that is, the line Known as the main line previous to the present extension, PRESENT BXTENSION BEOUN. It was not the same public spirit vnat jed to the present extension as the one made above, but never- theless it was considered @ great advantage to tue city in giving additional territory for its uses. “tue first place it was considered that the extension Would be no Kerious encroachment upon the waters of the harbor, fortunately here both wide and deep, and in the second plave it was well known that the necessary material for filling itup coud easily be obtained, Instead of dumping the débris of the streets and ashes and other reluse matter of the olty at the duinping grounds on the two rivers, and thus obstruct their channels, they could be thrown bere at very trifing expense. ‘The Battery aslreaay contained tweive acres. The extension was to be 1X acres more. Having obtained pore authority the work of further enlarging and filling in the Bat- Very Was resumed in November, 1862, under @ con- tract made with Henry Couklin. The work, how- ever, proceeded very slowly, and in June, 1863, the contract was tranalerred to George Law, who con- tinued the work at intervals until Januaty, 1868, when it waa finally stopped andl abandoned, BAKBOR COMMISSION ERS. Meantime, on Marctt 30, 186§, the State Legisia- ture passed an act appointing a Board of Harbor Commissioners, 0 make surveys aud report to we Legislature a plan for permanently establishing an exterior pier and bulkhead line ali around the city, outside of which no erection or obstruction of the barbor should be permitted. These Commissioners made a report to the Legislature, accompanied by maps, showing the line proposed by them for adop- tion, ‘Their report wae accepted and an act passed April 17, 1867, adopting and Mixing the line s0 estab. lished as @ permanent exterior line, and ail en- croachinents and obstructions outside of suck line were strictly prohibited and declared uniawrul, TUR PILOT COMMISGIONBES’ AND PERRY SLIP AND BASIN. On the 1st of May, 1865, the Legislature passed an act requiring the city authorities to complete the extension of the Battery, and in case of ther failure to commence the work necessary for such comple- tion within thirty days after the passage of that act and to prosecute the same with despatch that the Board of Commissiovers of Pilots should have power to remove so much of the said work and the mate- rials used therein a8 might in their judgment ve necessary to prevent the same from ming an encroachment on the harbor of New York or an obstruction o/ the igation. The city authorities in this act were also authorized to erect a ferry silp and basi on the southwest side of the samo, said slip and basin not to exceed 200 feet In width on the interior and 400 feet on the exterior line from the eastermost side of said Battery extension, and ad- = Ray now occupied a} and ip and th and franchise of establishing and maintainii ae to be mamtained @ ferry from sa be heia and by the manner end with same ri respect to the same as it now franchises. PRESENT CONTRACT. On May 90, 1865, & resolution was passed by the Common Council authorizing and directing the Street Commissioner inmmediavwly to onter into & con- tract with Stephen M, Drew for the work of perfect- me and completing the Battery enlargement in Accordance with specificacions, profiles, maps, pian’ and surveys On Sie in the oMlce Of the Bireet Com- over other ferry missioner, at certain rater and therein named. ‘this resolution a contract Mr. Ww, under Which the work reps The contract provides that the sball be done in accordance with the spect- and profile maps and surveys on Mle in the Bureet Commissioner's office. On reference to tacse documents, wbicn are now in the possession of Gen- eral Pghert L. Viele, the surveyor having charge and éuperintendence of the work on behalf of the city, W appears whe space at the southeasterly end and immediately adjoining the Stacen island ferry NeF On the west to tue extent of 200 feet on the in- rior and 400 on the exterior line is excepted from the provisions of the contract agreeably to the act of 1865 referred to above. The pound proposed to be ceded to the United Stated is, it will aeen, entirely within the limits of this reservation, with ‘the exception of a small wlangular gore at tue norsa- westerly corne UNITED STATES BARGE OFFICE. At this stage of the case an act was passed by the ature, On the 80h of April, 1866, authorizing end directiag the Commissioners of the Land Ufice of the State to cede and convey to the United States all the estate, right, title and interest of the State to 60 much and such portion or portions of the easterly end or extremity of the Jand and lands under water commonly known a6 the Battery Extension, 4n the city of New York, with the open slip or basin at the easteriy end thereof, as may be required by the United states, not exceeding 260 feet, aud neces- sary for the purpose of erecting. and establishing a barge ofMce and other suitable buildings and atruc- tures for the transaction of the public business con- pected with the United States revenue service, and for the landing of revenue and other government boats and barges for the use, conveyance and ac- commodation of the United States Custom House of New York, The second section of the act empowers the city authorities to convey to the United States, upon such terms and for such price a8 might be agreed upon with the authorities of the United Staves, all their estate, right, tue and interest of, in and to the same lands, premises and appurtenances, and the slip or basin eastwardly adjacent thereto, for the same objects, ‘uses and purposes as expressed in the above men- uoned trst secuon; and aiso to further cede, grant and convey to the United States a right of way or peenee of not less than seventy-five feet in width rom the aforesaid lauds and premises over aud across (ho lands adjacent thereto known as tbe Bat- tery ground for purposes Of ingress or egress to and from Whitehall street, in &: ity. ‘The Common Council of New York, by resolutions assed 1 December, 1866, and duly approved by the jayor, Kier reciting that a survey of the premises proposed to be conveyed bad been made by a city surveyor and Chat the same, as shown by sald gur- vey, were bounded and described as follows;—Com- mencing ata point in the old Battery wall distant 225 feet in a direct line westerly from the intersection of the easterly end of the said wall with the pier on the west side of Staten Island ferry slip, and raoning from thence ia a norma! line a distance of about two hundred and thirteen feet s8iX mohes to the interior line of the proposed Bat- ery extension, a# established by the Harbor Com- missioners; thence afong Une aforesaid exterior line easterly Ww the westerly side of the pier on the west- erly side of the Staten Island ferry slip; thence northerly along the said pier for the distance of about two hundred and twenty feet to the interaec- tion of the old Battery wail with said plier; and thence westerly iu a direct line to the place of begin- ning, therefore authorized and directed, the Mayor and the Clerk of the Common Council of the city of New York to oxecute and deliver to the United States a proper deed of conveyance, to be approved by the Counsel to the Corporation of said oh ot the premises described aud also of the right of way over the Battery to Waitehall street, a8 above described, BIG AND CABAP THING FOR THE GOVERNMENT. The above conveyance was to be made for and upon such pecuniary consideration, nominal or otherwise, 48 might be agreed upon by and between the United § % and the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, and upon the proviso and condition, to be embodied im said conveyance, that the said jands under water, or so much thereof as may be required by the United States for the purpose afore- said, shall be filled in wholly by and at the expense of the United States, and the diling in and con- struction of exterior Wall of the Battery exiension iv front of the lands so conveyed sbali be made by and at the expense of the United States, such exte- rior Wall Lo be of equal character and quality to thas in frout of the other portion of the said Battery extension; and upou the (urther proviso and con- dition that a staircase shall be erected by and at p the expense of the United States @f some convenient place upon the preuises for the accommodation of boats’ crews in the service of the War, Navy and Post Office departments, and of forelgu national vessels; and also upon the pro- viso and condition that the said right ol way across the Batlery shall not be inciosed, but shall always continge to be an open way, aud also upon the pro- viso and condition that the ttle thereby conveyed shall revert to the city whenever the said premises ahall cease to be used and occupied by the Unttea States Jor a barge vifice and other bulidings aud structures for the transaction of public business con- necied with the United States revenue service and for the landing of revenue and other government boats and barges for the use, couvenicnee and accommodation of the United States Custom House for tue port of New jork. These resolutions were iaid before the Commis- sionecs of tue Sinking Fund at a meeting held by them at the ofiice of the City Comptroller on the 5th of January, 1867, and a resolution Was passed by them fixing the consideration of the conveyance at the nominal sum of five dollars, and the Corporation | Counsei was instructed to prepare the deeu. 4 RAISE IN THE PRICE. The Corporation Counsel declined, however, to pre- pare or approve a conveyance pursuant to the above resolution, and in @ communication addressed to the Mayor on the th of the same month, gave his opin- ton in the case, He heid that the prenfises proposed to be conveyed Were part of the property of the city pledged by the ordinance of the city to Its creditors for the redemption of the public debs, and that tt could not lave been the intention of the Legis- jature by the of 1866 to authorize such conveyance to made for a merely nominal consideration; and if it did it was uulawfu, The ordinance of the city referred to by she Corpo- ration Counsel was enacted in February, 1844, and provided that ail moyeys recetyed from certain sources, among them, the net proceeds of realestate | belonging to the Corporation when sold, were thereby pledged vo form a fand for the redemption of tne public debt of ihe city. in reference to the appropriation of the real estate for the public purpose svecified, the ordinance ia in these terms:—“The Commissioners of the Stnk- ing Fund are hereby authorized to sell and dispose Of all real estate belonging to the Corporatiou, and not in use for or reserved for public purposes, at pantie auction, a such times and on such terms as hey may deem most advantageous for the public interest.” In opposition to the views of the Corpo- ration Counsel tt was urged that the premtses—being part of the Battery grounds, which by the act of 1821, above recited, were to remain for a public waik and for erecting public buildings aud works of defence thereon, Without any power of sale or dis- position by the city—were therefore undeniabl Part of the excepted lands referred :o in the ordi- bog ag in use for or reserved for public purposes; anc that they could not, therefore, be sold to and had no marketable 5; and that as the gene- ral governinent was by the terms of the proposed conveyance to be at the expense of filling tn the ground and of erecting expensive public bdutidings thereon and constructing a sea wall, all of which might finally revert to the city if the premises should ever Cease (o be used for the purposes of the Custom House, ample consideration would thereby be Be by the government, an answer to this view ol the matter may possibiy be found tn the fact (not adverted to by the Corporation Counael) that by the t of May 1, 1865, above referred to, a ferry slip aud basin of 200 feet wide in the interior line along the old Battery wali, and 400 feet along the exterior line, were authorized to be constructed and to pe held and possessed by the city in the same manner as oter ferry slips apd franchises covering she pre- mixes in question, ‘The matter of the Corporation Counsel's objections was again laid before the Com- missioners of the Sinking Fund, ata meeting held by them at the Comptroiler’s office, February 19, 1967, A resolution was passed modifying the previ- ous Tesolution and making $10,000 the price. Tho State, by indenture dated February 5, 1567, in pur- juance of the act of 1866, granted to the Caited States all the estate, right, titie aud interest of the peal d of the State tu the premises in question, The ‘1a Of the proposed deed to be given by the Corpo- ration of the city has been approved by the Corpora- tion Counsel, as provided in the ordinance above recited, and only remains to be executed by the proper authorities and delivered upon payment of the sum of $10,000, fixed by the Commisstouers of the Sinking Fund as (he price of the preraises, COMPLETION OV THE RXTRNSION. General Viele, the civil engineer in charge; Colonel Alexander Ward, Superinvendeat of Lauds aud Places in the Street Commissioner's Bureau, and Mr, Drew, the contractor, are jointly doing their utmost to harry forward the extension of the Bat tery to completion. The water front ts to be a para- pet wail of solid granite masonry, laid npon “riprap’’ work thrown broadcast, Tois wali Will be at the base one foot above low Water mark, seven fect high and twelve feet wide on top, With stone posts and coping along the entire exterior line, The work of the filliug and the exterior wall completed, which, eccording to the progress now being made, it is thought will ily be accomplish this fall, then will follow laying out of the grounds into a beautifal park, which will take all of another season. Meantime the new barge office will soon be commenced and finished with the utmost possible rapidity. The only draw- back is that Castie Garden, which belongs exclu- sively to the State, caunot be interfered with, aud will therefore douotiess be still kept tn use as an emigrant depot. However, one thi has been ac- complished, and that has been ousting the partica who thought that by obtaining from the Common Council the privilege of putting up on the Bat- = front @ private bathing establishment they had achieved a good thing. When everything has been completed in accordance with the proposed plan the Battery will again vecome a place of beauty, again become a place of pleasant resort, again be- come the prude of the oity. Farat Borten BxrLosion.—Last Saturday the er attaol oti the saw mili of A. H. Asbburn & 0o., near Windsor on the Norfolk and Petersbui Rasiroad, expl killing Cornelius Willems anc wounding @ix others, A correspondent of the Nor- folk Virginian writes:—The heavy botier and engine, weighing, perhaps, 8,000 ponnds, were thrown about Atty feet On one side, the dome waa turown 100 feet on the other gide, other portions of the machinery were thrown far and wide and the whole butidin Was tumbled into @ mass of ruins. The colored han WAS (HFOWN across the SAW ancl iterally xawea Wiee open, bis lunge and heart protruding aud bis face cut completely irom his lead, $e THE RIVIERE SCANDAL. The Baron Gives an Account of Himeeii-He is the Scion of a Noble House and Possessed of Immense Weakhb—His Contracty nod Speculations in Gaane, Ships of War, War Materials, &c,—The Countess of No Account According to the Affidavits, The very interesting case of Helene ©. Stille against the Baron Henry Arnous ae Riviere was again up before the court yesterday morning, at the special term of the Superior Court, before Judge Jones, on @ motion to vacate the order of arrest against the Baron, Mapy of the facts and eiroum- stances which transpired during the argument of and opposition to the motion have already been fully laid before the public through the columns of this journal, £0 that it is unnecessary to repeat thera here. Mr, Henderson, in moving to vacate the order of the Court, read the following interesting adidavit of the Baron, which will be found, on perusal, to give aciearand succinct history of his ite ana mode of living for several years past:— AFFIDAVIT OF THE BARON HENRI DE RIVIERE. City and County af New York, 8s.—Baron tlenrt Arnous de Riviere being duly sworn farther saye:— That in the month of September, 1868, | arrived in Yhis city witn my family, consisting of my wife and two olilaren, two men servants and three maid ser- vants, and put ap at the New York Hotel, and froia there [ went to the Pavilion Hote! on Staten {siand with my family, and ta the month of October “followmg 1 hired the house No. 4 West Fourteenth street, in New York city, where I left my family and went to Chile. On my return in January last | took my family to the Clarendon Hote), where I remained until | left for Paris, in Febru- ary, where | arrived with iny family in the fore part ol March, 1869, and there remained until the 9th of September, 1869, when I returned to the city of New York with my famly and took up my residence at ne New York Hotel in said city, and at whieh hotel am sul residing with my family, now consisting of my wife, two children and two matd servants. J turther say tuat while I resided at the Clarendon Hotel, in the month of February last, the plaintiiT wrote several letters to me asking for money and threatening to blackmail me unless I compiled with her request, all of which letters J invariably returned by the bearers thereof unanswered. I further say that on or about the 26th of September, 1869, the plaintt! wrove me another letter asking me for $600 to pay Dr. Taylor’a bik, which letter 1 returned to her by the bearer, with the answer thereto written thereon in French and In pene! writing, to the effect that J should have her handed over W the police in case she wrote me agai. I further say that I left Paris, in tue empire of rane some time in the month of April, 1865, fo Madrid, in Spain, accompanied by my mother in-law (now deceased), my wife and two servants (one valet, now in Toreno, Italy, and the other lady's maid, now in France). We arrived in Madrid in the month of April aforesaid and left in the month of May following and proceeded to Seville and Cadia in Spain, and from thence to Lisbon, in Portugal, where we arrived June, 1865, aud there remained up to the 13th of January, 1866, when we left for Bordeaux,in France, at which last mentioned piace we arrived on the 19th of January, 1866, and as will also appear by my passport from the French miuis- ter at Lisbon, countersigued by the official authori- ties at Bordeaux. 1 further say that since the year 1861 | have had an office in the city of Paris, and have still one at No, 68 Rue de La Victoire, as government contractor for artillery and ships of war. in the years of 1863 and 1564, Icontracted with Mr, James Bullock, of Liverpool, England, for the building of two iron- clada and four steam corvettes, for the arullery of said ships and for other artillery, for the gross nount of 12,000,000 of francs. I acted as agent and artner of Mr. Arman, of Bordeaux, end Mr. youiz, of Nantes, and L received for my soare in U profits 1,100,000 francs. Ai the same time I sold the Danish government forty guns and th ammunition, and my commission on the sale was 45,000 francs, jn the year in6a sold to the Prussiad government an tron-clad Steamer, and the two steain corvettes Victoria and Augusta, for the sum of 7,400,000 france, for account of Mr. L. Arman, for whicn I recerved a commission of five per cent, amounting to 375,0005, In the meantime f sold to Greece, to the Danubian Principalities, to the Tunisian government, to the Brazilian government and tothe Paraguayan gov- ernment several complete batteries of artery, and made over 200,000f. on these sales, 80 that in the year 1805 my personal fortune Was, over and above ali my debts and liabilities, of at least 1,500,000f., or $200,000 in gold coin, in the year 1866 1 contracted for Mr. L, Arman for the construction of two iron-ciad steamers, and for the putting Up in Chile, soar America, of a government artillery factory for the sum Of £238,000 steriing, on which | received & com- mission of five per cent, amounting to § an gold coin. [also contracted witu the governments Of Chile and Bouvia for the purchase of 1,600,000 tons of guano from the Mejiliiones deposits, and | received commission therefor $10,000 in gold, besides 2,000 Shares of fhe stock of the guano company. Sabse- quently | purchased from said guano company the wiiole of said 1,500,000 tons of guano, and sold my interest in the same to Henry Meiggs, of Lima, for -the suiu of $1,000,000 in gold, to be paid as the ex- traction of the guano goes On at the rate Of sixty-#1x cents per ton, and I still own two-thirds of tne cop per mines of Gana & Co. in Mejilionas, Bolivia. further say that the ttle of Baron 1# hereditary in my family, a8 will more fully appear by the records of the noble jamilies of tae province of Brittany, Which are kept in ive archives of the city of Rennes, in the empire of France. [ further say that I am the eldest son of Baron William Arnous de Riviere, Councillor Generai of the |re- partment of the Loire Interteure, in the empire of France, who owns land property in said depart- ment, of the value of 2,000,000 france and upwarde, consisting of the, family estate at Varades, aud city property in the town of Naptes, i have an office at No. 14 Wal! street, ana brougut over from Europe one year ago ali the furniture, plate, &c., necessary to furnish a house, which 1 intend to purchase in the city of New York, with the intention of becoming 4 permanent resi- dent of said city. I further say that i never received any property whatever from my wife, Miss Blount, or any of her family, but on the contrary I have given her ail the property she now owns. BL ARNOUS DE RIVIBRE. z Sworn to before me this 13th day of October, 1869—J. Dixon, Notary Public New York county. AFPADAVIT OF CATHABINE DEMOND. City and County of New York, ss.—Catharine Demond, being duly sworn, says:—{ reside at No. 8% Thom peon street, in the city of New York. i know vhe abovenamed piaintity, Helene ©. Sulle. She is crippled in one hand; the little finger of her right hand i8 very much contracted or drawn up, avd which she says Was caused by a burn, I further say thati have Known the plaintif jor about tweive years, in the year i857, | think, I advertised in ine New YoRK HERALD for @ situation as nurse, aad @ lady with whom the plainciif then boarded, in Union square, in ¢aid city, called in answer tomy advertisement and took me with ver .o Union square aforesaid, where she introduced me to the plaiatit, who then and there engaged me as nurse to take care of her little boy George, or alleged son, George Stille. After my engagement I remained with her in Union aquare only a few hours, and then she took me with her to Saratoga; this was about the fatter art of June, 1867, 1 think. When we arrived at jaratoga we were met at the railroad depot by Mr. George W. Beers, whom she then told me was her husband, and with whom she cohabited as snen while we remained at Saratog: We left Saratoga out the 1st of September following for New Yor city. On our arrival in said cily we putup at the Prescott House, corner of Broadway and Spring street, ana after remaining there a short time we left aud went to live over Mr, Beers’ clab house, corner of Prince and Mercer streets, at which piace we remained until the plainuff and her alleged hus- band, Mr. Beers, had a quarrel, which was brougat on by her misconduct, and they Wien separated, and after she left Mr. Beers told me that she was not his Wife and at the same time called her very bad names, 1 went with her when she left; she took the child and myself to the St. Denis Motel, where we remained ony a few days, when Beers came ana took us to tne Lapierre House, on Broadway, where they had another quarrel in @ short time afterwards, and she left him and | went back to the ciob house with the child, and plainuig’ went to Philadelphia, where she remained about @ week, and then returned to this city and went to Pauline Belmont’s, m Thirty-third pireet, wo live, and 1 went there with her, and soon became satisfied that it was a bad house, and f refused to live with the plainuif any tonger, as I had become fully satisfied that she was a prostitute. During the Hime I lived with her, which was abous four months, she used to get me to take the child oat to walk, and at the same time gtve me letters to wive Pat. Hearne, Henry ). Bacon and others, in case [ should meet them in the street. [have also rode out with her on several occasions, when ebe stopped at Mrs, Va 4, in Houston street, whieh L aiterwards discovered (o be a private assignal house. Some time after I left her Mr. Charles Welsh met me and told me that the plainttt was looking for me; that she wanted me to go to Burope witit her. I further say that from, whet Lhave fe ne jaimtid 1 would not belteve her unde: ont cee ee CATHARINE DEMOND, ‘Sworn to before me this 12th day of October, 1860—G, W. GkeeNe, Notary Public, county of New York. Judge Jones took the papers and reserved his decision. FOREIGN ART NOTES. Tho celebrated artist Leopold Galiatt has had the Grand Crosa of the order of Leopo.d conterred vpom him by the King of tho Belgia Anumber of the most celebrated engravings by Rembrandt have recently been acquired sy the British Museum in London. ‘The Paris papers announce the death of the sculp- tor Pierre Hebert, who produced the wonderful atatue of The Child and the Tortoise.” Some curious autographs of Velasquez, lately dis. covered In Spain, prove that artist to have received fifty-five doliare for nis celebrated painting of “The Borrachos." ‘The sculptor Adam Solomon has completed hie model of the statue of Lamartine, which is to be erecsed in the Place de |’ Hotel dé Ville, in Paria, and itis very highly spoken of by those who have seen It. The figure of the poet is draped tna mantle and scarf, $0 a8 to correct the sharp lines of our modera costume, At the four corners of the pedestal there Wul be four groups, representing Poetry, Mistory, Eloquence and Concord,