The New York Herald Newspaper, December 9, 1869, Page 5

THE ERIE WAR. Another Injunction Against the Company in the United States Courts. EARNEST PRAYER BY AN ALABAMIBM, ‘The Purchase of the Line of Steamers and Grand Opera House Alleged to Have Been Unauthorized. Indignant Grow!s from a Stockholder. Another Richmond in the teld, and the crv fs “still Wey come.” A wailing moan floats up trom Ala Dbama, It is the voice of a disappointed sto cknolacr; Dut as it nears the tone has changed and } pais forth the detiant biast of war. The scene of warfare is thts time laid in, the United States Circuit Court. A bill has been ‘filed in the clerk’s office by Tuomas St. John, of Misbiie, setting forch that he is the owner of 300 sharessof preferred capital stoek, which be complains Were rendered Worthless by other issues, without ‘any provision being made for the payment of the di'videads of the gad stock, and taat the act earaingg were used for other purposes than were authorized by the contract between the slarcholders and the coupany. After referring at some length to tle his- tory of the road fer some tem years past, with wiich the public are po doubt familar, and parciculariy to tho contract by which the Company first issued its certificaves of preterred stock, the bili goes-en to compiain that it was the duty of the defendant to pay, and it was made tie rigut of the holdersof said prelerred stock to reccive, @ivideads thereon, If earned in any year out of sud net earnings nexv alter tae payment of the mort- gage interest aud belore the payment of Interest on any bends issued by tne defeadant not secured by one of the five morteages or upon the Builato branch or the Long Dock proyerty, and also before the pay- mems of the revts ‘on any roads ieasel vy the defendant, and obfore the payment of any bonds guaranteed by the defendavt, and before the payment of any obliganions or Labilities In- curred by the defendant relative to any roads, lines of eteamboats or other property, save the proper Operation of the main line aad the line co Butfuio, ince the creation of the preferred stock in 1861. THE CHARGES—THE STEAMBOATS AND THE ERIE BUILDING. Thomas St.John then goes on to complain that the deiendant aud those sontroiiing its afairs have, Without tue assent of the plaintuil or of the pre- ferred stockholders who may be parties hereto, made engagements in its name, and which are claimed tc bind the delenaant m respect to several raliroad companies im New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Olio, have issued a large @mount of unsecured bonds, bearing inier- est, and have guaranteed other bonds or coupous in large amounts, have entered into various like or other engagemevts in respect of lines af Steamers aud lo an extensive buliuiig m the city of New Yor, and otherwise have ussumea to pay, Balisly and carry into effect very expensive opera. tions, ani the defendant claims the mght and threatens to use any poruion or all of said net earn- ings of Wie Wuole of Sad property and reads from year to year, alver paying sald morigage toteresi ud tae expenses Of said iin 8 of road, ro Which tu Ret earnings i sard contract reterred and periuin, Withous inst paylug or in anv Way proviatig ior Buy dividend oA voy part oO te preierred stock the plainti or of those who may become plaiwiil even When sien diviGend Is earned aud’ is appiie ording to tue wus purport teles aud Statutes and stuck ompany. 3 AWILL THERD’S A WAY. 8 obeniy gave out and ciaiin that they may lezally ana justly use ali salu et earniugs for any purpose aforesaid, aad in subsiaace cla BLU act, and turedica to ue Said earnings upon lie tueory Of Such cul; that ali the rights secured Ww BuKl preierred stuckhviders by the said couwact, Jaws or arlicles, or stuck certilleal the righe co have a aividead on said preierved sick before any divideud saall Ue declared aad paid on Lie common Stock of the wefendant Ant the deieudaat is about to enter into othe: Ihgations and engagemencs wiereby sald net carn- dugs are inteuded to te and will be devoted to tue muking paywents to satisiy the sa.ue, aud wuereby the plaimtid’ aud hoiders of said preierred stock will be deprived Of dividend. THE HAND UPON THR WALI. That the results of said engagements and obliga- tious of the defendant, and o1 said payments aud diversions O/ funds that sould be held appacadie to sald preferred stock, hus been to depress and now tends further to depress tue value of ue sald Biock Of p.atntiit and of those wh» may becowe pariies nereto; all whch acungs, doin.s and pre- tences of We deendaut are contrary to the equity and good conscience end will cause irreparab.e 1n- jury to the plac and the owners of sai pre- ferred stock Who shall become parties hereto. Aud, forasmuch a8 your orator can have no adequate reliei except us this nonoraole court, to tme end, therefore, may full, trne, direct and perfect answer make to all and singuiar the matters sherempefore set forth, but without oath, such oath bemg hereby expressly waived, and that this court wili ascertain and adjudge the meaning of said net earnings, the roa is property aud brauches to wuica they relate, the rights and priority ol the plaintuf and of other pre- ferred stockholders who may become parties to de- mand apd receive dividends, the construction of said contract, statutes and certidvates aud the duty of the defendant in regard to keejiug accounts of earnings aid to paying the same and the order and priority of their payment, ana that the deiendant, its Oilicers and ugenis may be restrained by an tujunc- tion out of the court from applving auy portion of the ga d net earnings after payment oi interest on the a oresaid mortgage bonds, vo any other purpose aan the paymeut of a dividend on preferred stock according to the Intent and purport of said contract, aracies, jaws and stock certificate as herein siat and that your orator may bave further or otuer Au the preimises as may be agreeabie to equity aud good conscience. ANJUNCTION “AND WRIT OF SURPGINA PRAYED FOR. May it please your Honors to grant unto your orator the writ of tnjuncuon iss@iag out of aud under the seal of this court directed to the said the Erie Railway Company, its oficers and agents, com- mandiug it und thew vo desist and refrain from ap- Piylug any portion of the said net earnings after Bermene of interest on the aforesaid mortgage ds to any other purpose than the payment of a @ividend on preferred stuck, according to tne intent purport of said contract, articles, laws and certificate as herein staied, and also the writ Of subpiwna to be direcved to the said the Erie Rail- Way Company, thereby commanding it by a certain gay anu under a certaim penalty therein to be inserted, to bo and appear before this honorable Court, and then and re full, true, direct aod periect answer to make to and singular the premises, but wiihout oath, and further (o stand to and abide such order and decree therein as snail be agreeable to equity and good conscience. ‘1s ends the complaint of Thomas st. John, of Alabama, aud the cerk las accordingly summoned the partics [oterested to attend. That there wil be ‘War lo We Kuué Is reasonably anticipated. INTERVI.W.NG A CONDEMNED MURDERER. The Case of Messner—He is Withont Fear and Prepared to Meet his God. {From the Rochester th Ma and Advertiser, eC. Te Our reporter this morning visited Joseph Messner, ‘Who is condemned to be hanged on Friday next. Messuer je!t i capital spiriis, as he himseif ¢: | eg it—siee)s well, Cais heartily and is prepared aie at tie time appointed, and will leave this world with enmity Wwards none; but before he leaves he says he wil “empty bis heart? nd let ail kaow what he thinks of his friends and of those whom he thinks lls enemies, He read his bibie until twelve o’clock last aight, then Teurea and arose tila morning, When lis oreakiast Was brougot to him. He has prepared a statement Of tis financial aifairs at be time of his arrest tor the murder o! his wife. His personal proverty at that time he estimates at $500 26, and ne only owed two dollars and eighiy centa, and that to the man Pho repaired bis Wagon. His iain of fiiteen acres he Would not suen take $1,500 for, There was a mortgaye on it for $490. In the statement there Were sone se narks about his aflairs, bub being Writ- in German our reporter could noi read them. fe sinokes Ls pipe almost constantly, and says be oak ee a6 long as he can put his pipe to his Ptr He wished to return his most sincere Hanks £0 those persons who have interested fe nselves in his behalf and have interceded with a Governor for s commutation of his sentence. He g' hy Listory of lus life spent in the city and spoke imost ireadly terms of those who were lis Herabbors, and las fall faith that not one of thei could say angit against him while he lived in their Midst, He speaks highiy of jatier Pierce, To po Iiceman Peter Hughes, Who compamed our re- porter, and in wiose employ he once was, he wis uive confidential and iriendly, and tn pau with tu) Was A affectionate 48 It 18 possible ior joseph Moswier to ve. ie asverts that he wil walk to the gallows without fear, prepared to meet bis God, NHW YORK HERALD, NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS. "UNITED STATES DISTRICT COUAT. Condemned Property. a Before Judge Blatchford. Tre Untted States vs, Thirty Burrgs of Dtstived Spirits.—i’he property in tals case was iyand at No. 704 Kast Vhirteenth street, Alter a lonztnened trial the jury returned a verdict for tie gwerniment, The United States vs, Thirty Barrels ef Distilled Spiriés.—In this case the proparty was discovered at No. 420 Bast Twelfth street. vide having been giveo tue court directed @ werdiet ior tae govern ent, — AXBIBANL DIsuCG A‘turaey Himersou ap- peared for the prosecuua and Mr BD. G. Rawls jor tue claimant, The Alleged Wiiskey Brands, Belore Commissioner Shields, The Untied Siavs vs, B. M, Keilegg. e hearing ‘of this case, in which the detendant is charged with carrying on the business of a distilier without pay ing the lax reqaired by law, was Tesained yesterday, James Reilly tostified thas he was assistant asses sor, Thirty-secend district: that he went to Kellogg's place and saw a still there, which he was iniormet Was MO} IM Use; LHe SUL Was noo Working at tne ume, J. Barclay, a bookkeeper, said he was employed by Kellogg, whe carried of the business of a wholcsaic liquor dealer, " Vhomas Harland testified that he was called upon by Kellugg ia regard to the seizure of his premises, Duignan, a Witness jor the prosecution, sitid (hat he wine Was made by fermentation, Duley testified that he Lan had Kellogg’s re him. Lhe tirst cuarge was that he car- rea On a désiilery ab bis premises. ‘iho person who guve him the tniormntion stated that ne was employed by Ke logy; fe sakl there wa3 a kind of wine put in the soul and spirits were produced ‘ab a proof of twenty-tlve, an lavestization was made, and it Was discovered thay spirits were produced in that way wad was seul off im foreign packages as + brandy, Without stainpa. ‘uination the witness stated that ne vo named Finlay’ WhO came tO his oiice 1 to hiuk that the wine waa first dumped in Seplemoer jast, and that several puncheons were made trom it, For the government. Assistant District Attorney Purdy; tor ile aetendant, D. G. Kohing. the ‘further houriug of the case was then ad- jJourued, cil? Waters Ran Beep. The United Slates vs, Elizabeth Kiehermann ana Julius Blehermann—The detendants kept an eat- ing house on (he bowery, where it was alleged good enteriainment was provided for all, bat the charge uou Which they were arrested was, ihata sweet ibe sti tricki@d gently nuderneata, perforaung tue viermity with a Welcome odor, particularly during lye preseab cold weaiuer. Moreover, it was alleged that ne carried on tue manufacture of tobacco with. out paying the special tax required by law. The ae- jeadants Were neid under $1,000 bai each to await minauon, Charge Against Brokers. The United States vs. Segismund Wallbera, Joseph Wallterg and Julits Waliverg.—The deiendants, brokers, were charged with not paying certain dues ana with not keeping tue proper books required by law. ‘The complaint was made so fac back as 1866. Assistant District Attorney Jackson alter reciting the chatges contalned in the warrant stated that ng tothe absence of one of the principal wit- 3. an adjournment would be neccessary. It the intention of the prosecution, he said, to pre- Mr. Joon H. White, who appeared for the de- fendant, stated that he would not object to au ad- journment, yet he aesired to raise tivo or three legal questions upon complaint ‘ihe adegations alleged a Wrong Lo have been commutied in is6o and isd. He would ike to kuow what law there was to couvict under such circumstances. There was an passed 1 ‘7 Dearing upon the case, but the ollenve Mf any comuutted 10 1866, and Une haw etrou Ass! Distrn 8 Attorney Jackson stated that the statute of lunitations required eonsiaeration, and as the principal wituess Was absent he would jjournment. He thought tf necessary us urisiug should receive a full discussion, and they were of much naporvauc Aller some discussion reiative to the law in Apri, 1790, aud od 1, 1567, . vow toner Witte adjourned the case till SUPREME COUNT —S AMBERS. Foreign Insarauce C: Kefore Judge Parnara, The International Lie Assurance Wiliam Barnes, Superi partment, et al.—in this ea for the complainants, moyed for oivency and ref pose of taking losses ant for king ciety et al. Vs. i‘ of Insurances Dé so Mr. J. W. Gerard, Jr. judgment of ia- idings for the pur- atstanding policies and ivution ef the deposit sand at Alb, He siated that there had been some question py pulley holders on the poltey of the ac- tion of the court L.therto ti appoinung a receiver, but contended it was for the iaverest of policy hold- prs, Whose premiuins should otherwise be trans: niiited to Eegiwad and there lost in kugation in- stead of bemg retamed here ww swe tue lund for distribution. Je Court directed a reference of claims, the ques- lion of priority of Hen, if any, against the deposit fund to be determined hereatter. Messrs. Crum aod Kobinsou, Hoster & Thompson and Devin and Trait appeared for other defendants and Mr. Mead for woe Superintendant of lasuranee. SUPERIOR COURT GENERAL TERM. Arrest in a Case of Replevin. Before Cuief Justice Barbour and Judges McCunn and Jones. Margaret Shertock vs, Stephen Sherlock.—vrhis was an action to recover $17,000, whic the plaintumr alleged the defendant had wrongfully converted to his own use. ‘The case came up on appeal from an order of Judge Fithian denying the defendant's motion to vacate order of arrest. The Court reversed the order and discharged the deiendant on the ground {iat the papers did aot show tuat the Sherig ever looked for the property. SUPERIOR couaT—TRIAL TERM—PART |. Commercial Dratt—Consideration, Before Jadge Monell and a Jury. Merchants’ National Bank of Baltimore vs. Josep L, Smalvrood.—This was an action to recover the amount of adraft for $6,000, drawn by Whiitaker, Jarret & Co. against the defendant and accepted by him, The draft was purely one of accommodation, and was subsequently passed to one Clemens, with the understanding that it was an accommodation acceptance, by Clemens the draft was discounted at the Merchants’ National Bank of Baltimore, and On the 6ci of January, 1868, before its maturity, we drawers failed. On the 7th of the same month Clemens deposited the amount of the draft with the plaiottl, as he claius, as collateral security. The question was ratsed by the defendant that Clemens was the real party in interest, he having guaranteed the plaintiff by a deposit of the amount. The court heid to this view and gave judgment tm favor of de- Iéndant by reason of a defect of parties complainans, Biss and Cadwallader for plaintit; Oiarencs A. Seward aud Mr. Da Coster for defendant, COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Beecher and Sigamy—Important Charge of Recerder Hackett on the Richardson Oase=- The Grand Jury Recommended to indict “Ministers of the Gospel? for Aiding and Abetting Bigamy. At the opening of the Court of Sessions yesterday morning Recorder Hackett delivered the following important charge to the Grand Jary:— CHARGE OF RECORDER HACKETT. GRNTLEMEN OF THE GkAND JURY :— in discharge of @ public duty L invite your atten- tion to various statutory enactmenis for the punish. ment and suppression of crime. The acta referred to are bow briefly enumerated, and are as follows:— With reference to the violation of the laws against the unlaw/u! selling of tickets in lotteries; to Inquire into any Violation of the provisions of the act upon Interest of money, with refereuce to usury; to ‘nquire into ALL Offences committed in violation ot the provisions of the act lo suppress incemperance aud to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors: also to We provisions of the acts to prevent frauds upon steamboats, steamships and otier vessels; obscene literature, &e. i need not state the particular provisions of these * Several statutes as they will be referred to by the District Attorney, shouid the occasion require, an elecuon has justended, if any definite charges of offences against the election laws shail be presented for your consideration, probe them thoroughly, Vague and partisan accusations, unsupported by di- rect evidence, are unworthy your notice. They are parts of political history from the time of Sir Robert. Walpole down. Jt 18 vitally important to the perpe+ tity of our free institutions that the purity of ine elective franchise should never be suilied, and, being violated, that prompt and condign punishment shoyld follow. Some public attention has been re- cent oud deservedly atiracted to the question of carrying Bistoly The discussion has again avisen, Wuether oro pistols should be classed with the various conceaicd weapons now pro- hibited by statute, Soi hae urged the afr en lative. thers have the ground iat the lawles¥and eviily disposed person woud take the risk of twe law and carry the pistol, wane ja' abiding citizens would obey the statute, and so the Javier bo placed beyond the right of seil-deténce, and be at the mercy of the former Class, At sue last THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1869.—TRIPLI Feoruary term of this Court, | referred to tho, and: wad aabstautially said:— “The ase Uraud Sary, ab wlournmeat, presented to vis Court @ reyuest mab the Legisiuture would be memorized Le eid pretolt t the ust of Weapons foruidden to bs cvirried. 140 NOL concur With Lue recomugadatian, indeed, £ Kuow Ubat tie able Senate coimuiwee wiica re- ported the Coucealed Weapon bith expressty omitted pistols, Vie potice gad sheritla would carry tuem. Tue dangerous ¢! would cacry thew ta a@tsrogard of the |: joud eittwens world obey the law aad be <ivicnceless, Tuuians woud take dl- vantaze of this, But 1 think a law raisimy & pre- ui another by @ pistol Buvwd have ii i 3, Qhik the presumption was com eel oy Staices of justif, ig evaderce, WoUlL Ve an eArcclie il one. The rudhan would dad the presamption of bts CANTYIAG 1 LunpoBsinle by combat suiccesstul ¥, Wie c.rehis: duces Would protect the good eltizen.” ‘Tac Legisiacuye Will assemble shortly alter your pro- bab.eadjournmeni, dud T suggest that you consult Wha the Distriel Atercy ant the Gourt respectag Sune ineMoriai to che Legisiatare Unat shall @ubody Views lor regulating and checking the reckless Use of ‘the plato A very umporiant case of homicwe WH! come cetere pou, UW has, Uhrouga various Me cidents and odd accessories, and extracrdinary 8at- sou logs Of dice, Wouien, and iMMaAners, deservediy attracted great pabie atiention itrournuat wil the country. Your guty regarding the aileged killing of the jase Mr, Kichardsou by Mr. MeLariaid is & very simpie ome. 1 te was of “sound memory and dis- ciedon” (40 use tue Old Saxon phrase on the subject ot a te ved the jatyi shot, thea his act was Bu: wuether or no te was of sound mewoy aad disereuon will become w® Ques. tion for the peut jury, aad it is not in your pro- Viniee—Vour duty 18 & ascertain if tie allegations be true that Merurand tired the shot tab caused Richardson's deavh, i think | sliouid pe derelict iy the discharge of my functions as an elvered conservator o1 the peace and doraks in this court did 1 uew omit reference to sone of che mcidents fo.lowing the act which culminated im the homie just rede wo. In vain shall con- Guctors OF iniucaual Wspapers, and claiming to be moral leaders, veneticiaity allect Uke community Mf they convert thei homes juto free-love asyluny, In vain shall miusiers ot the Gospel bedeard when crnicising public mean as well as warniag privaié parishioners uf they are allowed, uurevuke |, to give henedictious to bigamy or to consecra-e leciery DY prayers at the bod of deash. Ef there has been Dinainy comuittcd or aided or abetted by aay per sons, ho Maier how elevated in Hie they may be, icarlesaly Invesilgate the matter, aud, arriving ab tue fact of probabie guut, promptly indict, TRIALS. ‘The only case tried by the jury yesterday was an indicunent for grand larceny preferred agains’ John itey, Who was cuarged Wii stealing on tne Ist of September ten five-twenty United States bonds of $1,000 each, the property of Allred Colville, a broker in Watt street, The principal witness for the people was George A. Clark, the bookkeeper of Mr, Colviile, who descrit placed ta an envelope With otter valuable securities, ihe accused preteuded lo seul tue envelope and brought 1.t6 a safe deposit oiive ta Broad street. On the following morning, wea the package Was returned, tae bonds were missing. Alvr vie prisoner was arrested put in vie Tombs he wrote a few communications to bis friend “2” (who.u the proseca ion alleged Was the receiver of the bonds), ia which he begged him to give one of the bouds to a lawyer. ‘Ine accused, who isa genteel looking youth, was put on tue stand, and not ouly aemed the accusation, but said he never wrote those communications, Mr. Olark and Mr, Colville identived tue Daudwriting of tue prisoner, After detiberaung tor a few moments the jury returned a verdict of gaily, witha recommendation w meroy, ‘The Kecorder directed the prisoner to be remanded for sentence, Late mn the afternoon Robert Dustin was placed on trial charged With burgiariously entering, va tue 1ith of August, @room ia the Westera Hotel oceu- by George A. Mathewson, a resident of Provi- oe, KL ‘the testimony of the cowpiainant was taken, and the trial will be finished ins (i hursday) mornu ‘he tcllowing is the calendar for to-day:—The Pcopie vs, dutius Cateau and Aiexaader Gi i, rob very; Same vs, Robert Dustin burgiary; Same vs. Joun Ha mon, George Davis aud James Campbell, burglary; Sawe vs. volin Joues, George Baker and John Harmon. bargiiry; Saiune vs. Bitza Ellis, re- ceiving sloien goods; Si vs. George Alien, Fraucis Kedmond and George Whitucy, burglary; Same vs. James Connell, burgiary; he vs. Louis Voss, re- ceiving stulen goods; Sau Joseph Coiu, receiv. ing stolen goods; Same vs vavid Keousheir, wraod larceny; Same vs. Jon W. ilanes, grand larceny; Sue V3. Carolme Prestoa, graud iarceny; Same vs. Frauk Louis, grand larceay; Same vs. Win. burns and Jaines odgers, graud larceny; Saine vs, aimnie Jou Williams and 4 Hewierson. grand larceay; Sawe vs, Aiexander Le Goardon, lorgery. COURT CALENDAR2—TilS DAY, reMe CourtT—Cixcurr.—Part 2.—Before Judge erke.—Court opens at half-past ten A. M.—Nos. 1 4 A524, 1500, 1198, 4505, 982, 1406, 116,34}, 486, 1450, 1342, ‘1618, 2340, Judge Sutherlaud —Court opens at NOS. 1507, 1789, 1337, 1989, 19% 1705, 1799, 1801, 1s: ay » d Before , 1821, AL TermM.—Before Judge st ten A. M.—De- sur JouRT—CHAMBERS.—Hel tb} nard.—Call of caienaar at twelve M. 156, 142, 18, 192, 196, 195; call 206. SUrEMOR CounT—TRIAL TER) Part 1.—Before Judge Monell, Court opens at eleven A, M.—Nos. 100%, 106%, 1099, 725, 175, L151, 1155, 1105, 11 1201, 1199, 12) 1215, i217, Part 2.—Before Judge Fithian, Court opens at eleven A, M.—Nos. 204, 1500, , 1606, 1208, 1290, 1604, 1098, 6412, L342, 138d, 14: 1404, 1503, 1516, 1518. MARINE CouRT—TRIAL TeRM—Part I.—Bofore Judge Curtiss, of calendar at ten A. Mi 3041, 4105, 4109, 3912, 3995, 4204, 4215, 44 450%. Part 2.—Hetore Judge Alker,— BUM6, B9O2, 3U13, 4109, 4190, 4490, 4401, 4 js dol, 4564, 1 CUiY INTELLIGENCE, Tur WEATHER YESTRRDAY.—The following recora wil! show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-lour hours in comparison with te cor- responding day of last year, as mdicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, AgraLp Bulld- ing, corner of Ann street:— 1868 183% 2 SP. 30 «OP. M. 33 OP. 1 36 122, Average temperature yesteriay . . Average temperature ior corresponding jas year....... sesecees SOM On Orange Mountain, J., the thermomecer reg- istered eighteen degrees at six A. M. Tue Boanp oF City CaNvassERs will mect to- day in the chamber of the Board of Aldermen, at noon, for the purpose of canvassing the returns of the Charter election of Puesday. WORKINGWOMEN’S ASSOCIATION.—A meeting for the purpose of reorganizing will be heid at Plimpton Hail thus (Thureday) evening, at seven o’clock, and & full attendance is requested, Divx’r Do It.—Mr. George Branhead, of 510 Grand street, says he was not arrested for “repeat- ing” on election day, as reported inthe HERALD of yesterday, and that some “scoundrel had, undoubt- edly been using his name aad address when ar- rested. JHILD ScALDED.—Coroner Schirmer was yesterday called to hold an inquest on the bocy of James H. Belt, a child eighteen months old, who died at 32 Pell street trom the effects of scalds received about three weeks ago by ® cup of boiling tea falling upon her from the table while sitting in his mother’s lap. THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL Society will hold their regular monthly meeting this evening, at their rooms in the Cooper Institute, Professor Newberry, of Coiumbla College, who was employed by the United Siates government on the surveys for the Paciflo Kailroad, will give an ac- count of his explorations in Utab aud Arizona Ter- ritories. Masonic.—Uompanion Henry C. Banks, of this city, has been appointed by the Grand Royal Arca Chapter of South Carolina its representative near the Grand Chapter of the State of New York, The recipient of this nigh trust 1s eminently worthy of the distinguished compilment, aud the restoration of good fellowship between North and South is thus quickly progressiug. ; ALMOST A CENTENARIAN.—Coroner (Schirmer was yesterday catled to hold an inquest upon the body of Patrick Kiley, # man over ninety years of age, whose death in Bellevue Hospital is said to have been caused by injuries recerved by failing down a fight of stairs. When or where the accideut occurred did not appear, ueituer Was the residence of deceased given. A STAR 10 BE SEEN IN THR Daytime.—The very large and very briliiant star which is visible every evening at six o'clock in the southwest to those crossing the several ferries to Hobokett and Jersey City, 18 the same star which often guides the mariner in We lovely tropical trips west, up the Gulf of Mex- tco, On January 17, at three o'clock, this superb object can be sven in cho daytime on the noonday mark, about forty-five degrees above the horizon, FRLL DRAD IN THE STREET.—Sergeant ‘Waters, of the Twenty-seventh precinct, yesterday afternoon sent word to the Coroner's office that John Cahill, a man ay, years of age, had fallen dead in Cortlandt street, Cahill had been compiaining for several weeks and had placed himself under the care of a eyieien. ‘The vag Pade reruoved to No. 67 Cort it atreet, where Corouer Fiynn will hold au in- dave THR Ovstom Housr.—It has been brought to the knowledge of Coliector Grinnell that persons were about claiming money from those who had been ap- pointed for services in securing such appointment, r, Grinnell set at work & system of uctective police, it ior & time was uuable to detect the culprits, Lasteveniox, uowever, he found We ‘oan, through Suo intervention of # Irigud, Bad tue pergou ugcused the maaner tu which the bonas were | WIN be procooted aginst as soon a3 Judgs Plerre- pout returns from ~Washiugion, Boat or j32.—Yorterday no trials of alleze® excise violations were had, A delegation of citizens living near the coracr of Frankl and Willoughby avenues Brooklyn, alresded the Hoard in oppost- ton to the graotiog of a teense to F. 5. Newman and Jona erait wooed a liquor store on the corcer famed. The Gourd reiused une necessary leense, {Lupton Rives NAVIGATION CLosED.—The Peopre’s Lene of bows are all laid up for the winter, and navigation between here and Albany 19 closed, Some few boats ave frozen in at Al- Diny. Nearly ail tag boats on the canal reached tid) water m time to pe towed to New Xork. Some fow cows are stil on tas way dowi, The ee 18 quits aeevy for sixty miles be'ow Atvany. ‘The Deaa Yichawud left Aloaay en Monday evening and gobas far as Athens, waere sae remained ul dayight, aad reached here yesterday afiernoun, Tis FeASY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Was duiy celebrated in the Cathole charches Laroughout the city yesterday, In the Church of the Imimaca- Jate Coaception the altars were profusely and haad- Souely decorated with flowers and lated tapers, and atte privcipal Macs an Inposing procession Of (he societies and sodaiuies attached to tue church aided tw tue general splendor of the ceiebration. da st. Peter's churca, Barclay street, and in tie ovher churches ta the more crow led porvoas of the Wetropyis,, albhough religious services Wore auld yesterday, the principal pubic ceremoules wili Come Ou OU Sunday ulleruvod aeXt, Fexrypoar Co.Lision.—Yesterday afternoon, soon after the 1:45 ferrybout Warren had left ie Wiliamsburg side, tae ferryvoat Idaho, approach- 4g from Nev" York, came into violent collision with her. tue Warren was struck forward, a large portion of Une ladies’ cabia veins slashed in. But tor tue waraing given oy the wrullag of the boats when Whey Utst cane ia coutacl, many ives mgt Dave beod sucrliced; fortuuutey, aowevel, tie passen- ers Wad tne w get out of the way before the rand sivasa came, As lb was, Que lady was Ber. Oasly injured ta tue back. Great cousvernation pre Vailad, Severai ladies fainted aud owwers gave © pression vo Lueir fear in appalling screauls. SUDDEN Deatius.—Margaret King, a woman of in- temperate babiis, Wilkout home or means of sup- port, but who had been permuted to sleep in the basement of premises No, 18 Tuomas street, died suducnily yesterday moroing, Coroner Keenan caused tie body Lo be renoved to tie Morgue, Where a inquest will be ueld to-day. Decease was aovut Unirty years of age, Mrs. Siivermau, an aged lady of the highest re- Spectaoiily, Was taken suddeuiy i ab her bite resi- Qeuce, NO. 65 Kivington sireet, ou Tucsday mixut, gud expired snordy alterwards, Coroucr Kiynn Was notitied to told an mquest ou Ue body. A son Of te deceased iid) does business corner of Broad- way aud spriug atreet, ‘THE Stare Pouuray Fark.—The poultry show at the Empire Kink, on Third aveaue, will close to-night, daliy allenanece and in the object designed by tts mauagers—tue production of pouitry as an economy of tabie food, combuing the finest qualities with their breeding ant feeding. In additio to the many varieties of fowls on exhibition taere are dogs of every Kind aud color, ponies and phe. sants to be seen, while the suow of tisu, and the practical llustraton of ow @ small atreain may be ut.ized and made to produce a large sapply of the inay (rive 18 essentially well worth seeing. ‘There Wii be un auction sale of selections of tue various Classes Ou exnibivion tials alsernoon, Toe WALKER Stresr Fire.—Phe following are the insurances on the fire at No, 25 Walker street:— Frankenstien & Wagner, insured for $13,500 in the following companies:—Greenwich, $2,500; Mer- chants’, $2,000; Lufayette, $2,000; Mechanics’, 35,000; Home, New Have: $2,000; losa, $6,000, Lows Mendel, who occupied a portion of the floor, 18 insured for change $1,000; W. es aunty, $1,000, au bxcuange, $1,000. Friehand & Co, dry goods; insured im tne Grocers’ .§1,000; Pactile, $1,000; Corn Hxchange, $1,000; Mechanics’ and ‘Traders’, $1,000; Comimguwealta, #1,000, and Mecianics’, $2,002, The ouding is owned by Mr. J. Hovcikius; damaged about $1,500; insurance not ascertained, LECTURE ON PoreRY.—Last evening Paul Revere delivered a lecture on the apove sub.ect at Alaska Hall, corner of Thirty-fourch street and Eighth ave- nue. The lecturer «ommenced by referring to the Ecumenical Couucil, staung that no good results would be otained by taat body. Tue lecturer was very severe upon several of tue Popes or Rowe, speaking iu very harsh terns of Lenedict we Ninth, wio was placed in the Papal chair at the early age of nine, bat was @splaced on accounc of 18 Hoentiousmess. Also. upon John the Kiguth and John the Tweillth, fle Cuarged ihe Popes with all mat v0J—in the Corn Ex- our free Institutions. Swall and mostly quently interwoted the leccurer with app.ause. ‘Tae audience, winel POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SEVENTEENTH WARD ReEPEaTERS.—The men who were arrested for illegal voting in the Seventeenth ward on Tuesday were yesterday arraigned before Justice nsfield, at Easex Market Police Court, Their names were pihlished in yesterday's HmRaLp, Justice Mausield refused all requesis for the eis- charge Of these men, and heid all in $500 bat', FEMALE Highway Rosper.—A, very large and power(ul looking woman, giving her name as Kate Burke, Was yesterday arraigned before Justice Mans- eid, at Essex Maraet Poltc Court, charged by Carl ‘Tyschoock, of 35 Mulberry street, with robbery, At @ late hour on Tuesday night the prisoner and the complainant were walking ‘together and, as alleged, when in Division street, near Norfolk, Kate snawhed her companion’s watch and chain, valued at twen- ty-three doliars. It is stated ‘'yschoock was at the time very intoxicated, Kate was held in default of $2,000 ball. sg . AN Escarep BURGLAR RE-ARRESTED.—On Tues- day afternoon a man, named James Carroll, was arrested for repeating and taken before Justice Con. nolly at Yorkville Police Court, When tn the court room he was recoguized by Sergeant Phillips as tbe man who, in August last, bad been committed for trial for breaking into a house on 127th street, ve- tween Secoud aud Third avenues. At tiat ume Carroll gave his name as Join Martin, and was arrested in company with &@ man named Davis. Marita gave bail but has never appeared for trial, but Davis, who could not furnish bail, was triea and sent to State Prisou for five years, Justice Connolly at once recommitied the man and refused batl, A PARTY BY TUE NAMB OF JoHNSON.—On Tuesday morning officer Shute, of the Kighth precinct, dis- covered a negro named John Johnson in the street, with a targe clock in hia possession, and surmising he ad not come in possession of tt honestly, con- vey him to the station house. He afier- wards ascertained that the prisoner aqd an accomplice pamed George Scott, had stolen the clock and & quantity of silverware, valued at #250, from the house of Dr. Ernest Krackowizer, at No. 16 West Twelfth street, Johnson was arraigned before Justice Dodge at Jefferson Market yesterday and a complaint preferred against him, to which he pleaded not guiity, but was committed in defailt of $1,000 bail to answer at the General Sessions, A SCRAP OF DOMESTIC MISERY. Abzodonment, Jealousy and Sui- cide. Some additional facts of an interesting character in regard to the death of Francis Meyers, who shot himseif at the corner of Grand and Pitt streets on Tuesday’ night, were yeatorday obtained from the relatives of deceased. About six years ago Meyers married Miss Brown, an estimabie young lady, whose mother lives at No, 42 Pitt street, and soon afterwards they went to Canada to reside, He sub- secuentiy abandoned his wife, leaving her among strangers and tn a destitute condition. Mrs. Meyers managed to gain means suficieat to enable her to reurn to her mother, which she did at the earliest possible moment. Since that time she has remained with her reiatives in the city, and has seen her hus- band at irregular intervals, who, however, con- tributed littie or nothing towards the support of his wife and tittle dauguter, who is nearly tive years old, Meyers was a sailor, and occasionally took a cpuise on the Western lakes, from Buffalo to Ohi- cago. Recently, however, has manifesced a warmer interest for nia family than at any other time since his marriage; and on Monday evening last Meyer called to see his wife, and during an in- terview tl followed threatened to shoot or kill ber if sha was even on friendly terms with any other men. He then exhibited ‘@ pistol and the famtly, fearing that he might harm hinseif or others, managed to get it trom him. Meyers said he had comiortable apariments tn But- falo and asked his wife to go there aud itve with him, which (under fear) she consented todo, With this understanding he left the house, promising to return again the following morning, is wife, Lave Marriage, ing no intention of going to Builalo and not wishing to seo her hasbann again, went to visit her brotuer- in-law, Mr. Edward A. Lioyd, ving Grand street, Meyers called at the Brown, but failing to see his the fore, at No. 605 jouse of Mr. wife, asked for pistol he left there the night be- which some member of the family him, without even wondering what the conse- ences might be. Placing tie weapon in his pocket jeyers extended an invitation to William J. Brown, her-in-law, living at 266 Division street, to which was accepted. After going a war bid Meyers good night and at re tarted ly proceeded a few sieps when, tp the report of @ pistol, he turned round and Moyers lying d On the corner of Pitt and Grand streets, be having shot himself in the right temple. This was the firat intimation that Mr. ait ha that deceased had a pistol in his po: se: Doubtless jecoy and the refusal of his wife to live with him again prompted the deceased to take Ins life, Meyers was about thirty-one years of age aud @ native of Germany. Coroner Keenan was caiied to hold an mquest on the body, Tne family Sook charge of the remains for iatermen: It has been a success in tae matter of er of crines in the Past, and said that in the present they seek to run * was composed of Orangemen, ire- SHEET, THE RICHAR'SSON-M'FARLA‘.D TRAG:DY. Opinions of &h~ People—Argument and Denun- Cmtivas—Praive and Biame. The €x@ftement of the people over the Richardson- Mc."arkand tragedy and the Astor House marriage SCone @oes not abate a wilt, but appears to be ex- tending all over the country. The scasation ap Pearance of Mr. Beecher at the bed of the dy ng wan and the blasphemous utterances of Frothing- ham on the same occasioa have excel bitter controversy. Bevcner’s reputation beliiz mational, tue story of his re pious ances 13 sure to be read @loverthe land, Tae following lettera redect tue prevailing opinions of the multitude oa the subject cf the tragedy, &c.:— To Tae Kovror ov Tan HeRaLD:— I wonder, irom among the maay men who vindi- cate McMarland and talk of “mora uple,” set Up Wrongs and misfortunes as an excuse for mur- der, howwnany of them oave never forgoiten their moral principle and never laid themselves liable bo be sho. If Richardson comimitres adu tery with Mevariaad’s Wile vere was law Lo cure his What is the use of our judges i every mi own judge and takes the law in tis own bands / What mao ts sale t Waik the streets, by day or Mgnt, Wf Unis 18.30; but, if not, What are the “pecu- iar and nuating Circumstances surcoundiug McFariaud’swase Y? We shouid like to know, L, C. ‘Yo Tie Eprvok or THe HERaLp:— A few seiecuons trom the textbook of the Rev. Messrs. Beecher and Frothingnam may not come amiss, and strike one as pecuitariy appli cable in this case, showing as siey do the certain retribution awarded by God tor tue crime of adultery. Genesis, twenueth chapver, third and seveath verses, God says to Abimeieca, “sehold Suou art but adead maa; for tae womaa thou bast taken 18 a man’s wife.” “Now there- fore restore the man his wile; if toou restore her not, Know tiat thou shatt sureiy die, thou and ail tuatare caine,” An tadiaba divorce woud aaruiy fave avaiied in ubis Laster Again, Vrovervs, Xt chapter, tweaty-eign a to thurey-lifta verse, Mclusive— "Can Oe go UpOn hot Coals and his ice nob be burHed? SO he tat cowabitete will Lis heigubor’s wile; Whosoever touchela ber suall Bol be ‘innocent’? (tae assertious of the aloresaid erzyinen tO Une contrary notwithstandtus). “Wal0se commiitteti aduliery with & Wouttu lacKeud Undersiuudiag, De thas duets Ituestrovech his owe sou.” “A Wound aud dishonor shale de get, and his reprouci siall noo be wiped OUL (not Even bY the euiugis vi B., KB. & Co.) “For jealousy 1s tue rage o! a wan, thecetore he will not Spare id the day Ol Vengeduce.” “ile Whi Bot regard any rans. neituer will he rest coateul, though Liou gives imany gilts’? ae “ransum” Of $10,000 aud tie “gif0) of a foreign cousulsiip—provadiy oDiual tirough the iuiueace of the Vice President—we alike powerless to divert the avenging bul.e God’s Judgusent must fail and ois prophecies be fu. tilled. AN VLD SUBSCKIBaK. Yo Tar Eprror of Tak Herav I tremble when I think of the effect the Richardson tragedy wii have on the weak-minded of my sex, who oniy walt to bear the opinion of such weral in- structors as Mr. Beecher aud Mr, Frochingiatn to feel Justified in leaving taeir husbands for ove tuey tuink more their “aMlnity.” I think Mr. McFarland jus- tifled in doing what he did. **Vengeance 18 sine,” saith tae Lord; yet we are all free moral ageuts to do good or evil, and the consequence be upon our own heads, Sometimes the Lord (speaking wi.h great revereace) inakes use of His children to work out His own great ends, And such, E think, wil be the case here. Out oF this great evil wall, 1 tin &, in the eau cume good. We Kuuw now, If we uever did before, that there are some biack sheep ia tue fold Of GoW’s chosea; that ail siuepherds are hot fit to wate over the Lock. bLeecuer WaDied @ sensauon, and he bas on aud — belore d013 througe ne wil flad hunself ta hotier pus tian Piymouth church 1a suamer, persons (dat are veiw.e tho pubic in Lins 1 VAIDK HOVE 15 80 BULLY ad LUAL Lables WL hear@ess moter; ur uo wan, Let Lin ve eve! wul lake &@ Woiunea trom huine ahd Lille Ques unless Sue iiPst gives AUN sone edvourareueat, No man would dare ts approach any Woman put with respect Wao did not first let him se sie could be easily ied astray. 1 there were fewer bad women we suoutd have iewer bad inca. How olen in the Bibie dues Our He: WUTOM Meu against Such a Woman, and Say, “Aly SOM, Lola Ww LO aiter her, for her sveps lead dowa wo ted.” Aud again, He Likeus thew as a sti going to Simugiter; wud NOL Ouce d> We see that Li *refuis to ua ‘Why is twist Becuuse the All-Wise God knows that we women leas tie mea. Home 13 Woman's place. Itis ners vo iead ber aus- oand aud cisidren up to heaven. Mea are diier- entiy organized irom we Tuey have cares aud bustaess outside OL howe —¥ wud trouvled ad day with daily cares that they siouid not brag ho ue, the wile as her sare; yee love aud musty uwell in their hearts they will ueip each other, Like 1s aut ail sunshiue, yeu We uilev help to brim on Lie cloud that often is GO bigger than & man’s tinud, tac Ly conanued strile Licieases Until 1b covers the Was.e skY. Jf che husoaud is led astray ib is tue duty oF every true wife to oring bum K by loving words and acts, It may be hard at frst, buyin the end sue Wii reap her reward. Wien L read of those wots rights meecvings | leei Like taking my Carmiug necdie aud sewing thelr mouuis shut, just as 1 have otten seen oid farmers sew up the eyes of tueir stool pigeons—ior they ale nothing else bat stool pigeons for such us Richardsuu. Inthe garden of Kden man first was maue, and, now mark, 0 ye Woulan workers alter office, every living ting, every fly, every crawnng wor, was made before Woman. She Came last from the hand of her Maker, All was made for the ear; but sue was made a helpmate for maa, to cucer aim in ns loneliness and grief; to heip him. not to gu anead of hin And look a our mother Hve whea sue sought to become wiser in things she was not to know. I ask ail ber descendants, was she any ive becter? The oid serpent kuew Wio to get arouud first; he knew if tag woman ate the man wouid joi. low; for if woman Will fall man will not be tar pe- hind, But tue apple will forever stick in thew throats as evidence agamst thom; it cantot be lid. Ouly let Women be true to their husbands aad their homes, aud we suall hear less of sorrow and uis- graced homes. May our Heavenly Father ook ta mercy On hiin Who now lies in a prigoa for deiead- ing nis home and littie ones, and muy justice set lin free, is the Wish of atrue WIFE AND Mufibk, To THE EpiIToR oF THE MERALD:— In your remarks of Sanday iast in regard to the Richardson-McFarland tragedy you lay it ali to the teachings of New Engiand. In the main you are right; bat I beg that you will not include the popu- lation in general in this accusation, But let it be understood that there are people in New Eugiand who stiilcling to the early doctrines preached oy Christ. Notwithstanding that a few of those once considered the lights and guiding stara of ther country have forgotten that Christ came into the worid to save sinners, scarcely has the excitement roduced by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe iu the Peron scandal cooled when we find her iius- the ros.rum in ad- trious brother mounting vocacy of ‘‘iree-iovisin.”” Have we not spiris and brains enough in this city to thwart these doctrines of affluity and tree-lovism Which are constantly being preached bya set of fanatics, or are we to quietly fed our hands and hear such things preacned before our children? Can we not avert (01s blow Which seems rapidiy coming upon us? Can it be that Mr. Beecher advocates nis unholy cause from a heartfelt beitef in it, or simpiy for the sake of becoming more conspicuous before tois last-gotng worid than he can by merely plod- ding along bapa A the old-fasaioned aoctrines of his youth? Whichever it pe itis a disgrace to lis early teachings and intellect. it is to be 1eared that the world ts turning up side down, and the Beecher family stand ready and waiting to lend their mighty strength in its revolution. Already have two o1 tis widely known family raised their voices against the good usages of society. Harriet Beecher gained an uneuviabie notoriety by the publishing of the family secrets (or scandal, a8 the case may be) of Lord Byron, and it wouid seem from this last act of Henry Ward’s 1p the Richardson-McFarland avair that he feared to be outrivailed. But their strengt Mighty as it has been for y People are not all bad. Society will not bec urely Jost to its proper usage. There wil come a power, and that s00n, which WI gave us. God will hot long permit such doctrines to hold sway. if Mr. Beecher believes that the conduct of Richardson and his paramour was, as he asserts, both moral aid religious; if they were actuated by pure aud high motives; if suct doctrines are to bé preached to us by our leading ministers of the Gospel, why, tuen, not do away entirely witi the soiermn marriage rite and make free-lovism a soley rie? Tuen this shootiag business will all be done aWay witif, [do ot aavo- cate murder, but I do say, if McFarland murdered Richardson, did not Richardson more thau murder McFarland? In my estimation the crime is Richard. son's; he stands accountable for it ail. Mcrarlard did no more tuan any man would have done who had a spark of spirit, if he loved his wife as truly a4 he did, and Tam sure that all morai and religious people will her for his acquittal. Has he not suf- Jered enough by the loss af his wife and children, by 5 MeFariand in the tangled web of contradictory evt- dene. Who cao approve tie great lacility with which Mrs, McFarlaud left safe aad proper protec- tioa for chat of @ pas-loaaie man, Who bad been cvuviaced by McFarland tat le couid not with 1m. puuity conunue Co aunt fis sia? Had her husoand veen the brute and imtem erace man that che friends Of ivvar ison endeavored Lo prove lim to be, chen Might her sia be veiled iu a litde charity, Numerous laces westiry tua Lue wr d, sudering man in bw veil Was an aifectionate, cousiderate husbaud and fatner, Could be remain » wien chat alfec- as rewarded vetul wife, who mitigate bis angaisn by the pres of his caidren? Me was tried by ch coustandy smote him with & Wound; the angry same of the disgraced ni and father closed rouad aim In distucoed ies, Widening and deepeuing 43 lic Ww hope and faine aud w goud nuwe Sank deeper and deeper, ior tus were his enemies deteruined to cris him; be was dally maddeued by the eve! preseot taunt of hi, and who sereen tieir gullc Wav caa censure Mr ference o1 a destiny byword and a siaue, M0! culldveu—tor ther adection to her own Yo Tig Bprrok ov vis IT would tht some of tue wrilers of the articles that have appeared in the LiERALD, as well as in We cyiuuns of ether journas, on the “iicbardsons Mefarland tragedy” would read tue t th chapter of the first epistie ol Paul to the Cor and wen ask themselves how muck ruaaineth to them since they haye not charity, (ichardson has Passed on to & ligher life, where love 4s refined from ail dioss, Shouid we not ve willing to leave him With God, Wi0 is @ itghteous judge, and sees our 1080 W.iv dad so deeply wronged fc) iL frends nd iniuenc active in duking Lis nawe & to ue Lips of lis sove can subvert M. Ee houris vol as men see or He Knows all the teu ptacions that survou. wud bow wuck is ree Rls) b e yhend Any passions, and Likal We are NL UE o (0 rea atead= dust to the end. ho re ae o Think bat let the ne tut waich they mierlé in pa ou to do wrong exisi those Who ure so bitter in been placed Ip tie same nave erred as did then need nov fear (heir Wives! alecuons stolen tduous in those fit ley consivered 30 1 Suu be tue lover aud t her. Let ti wis Wud WLC Ac: periect lue. I Know bot but be ¥ tue bear. une eau aps if dcuunetations had ustun-es they would finsba Md wud their bet be litie en’ sy ulpathy 40 who Was bid if men und Women Would Lecome tusunuds be wile. and wives ouly trot as hanus would be uulte: urue Warriag aud age frequent vecurreace Wouid ¢ Think gently of the err 0 riavle Lo iii, as also to ver love, hearts as weil in w. snoald have Hicu are of such e lu our midst, faame Go biel in tae’ path Kuess rod, He tact but »! ‘Thou bass in CHARITY. THE SPAM MH GUSBOaTs. Motion for the ReleaseAnothcr Postpones ment—Hardsiips Complained cf—The Caso to be Argued To-Day. The United States District Court was crowded yos- terday oy those anxious to lear the arguments om the motion to release the Spanish gunboats. It wilk be remembered that the case was set down tor saturday last, but by request of the District Attors ney 1t Was ad ourned til! yesterday moray In the meantime, however, District Attorney Pierrepont was compelled to proceed to Wasiinetou on offichl basic ne: d was accordingly absent, ch jagh no com- munication by telegrapa or olhetwise reached lis oilice explanatory of ais detention. Mr. FE. W. Stoaghton, who appeared on behall of Mr. Delamacer, addressing the art, Saud—May tt piease the Court the movion which was noticed, and on waich the Court nade an order some days ag) lor Satarday morning was postponed it tit Mormiug upon the appileation of Lie Discriet Attor- uev—-1 meca the motion to dis On the application of tue found it nevessary to eave nes, eX} motion, it was adj¢ ardly sav Iv 1s Of interested that the the cr i oa Oflcial b} pecung to ve back in time t go on with tha nig. ti this mor 1 need consequenc wouon seizure is @ property of very wart season Is approacuimg Wh to great lajury in its pr all of Wich must fail Uf think, under ihe elremustances, furiuer deayed. L ant informed District Atturney (General Jack posed Ja tge Pierrepont would t evening—indeed, | think. ne prope yn) that his oiice this mormng, He ba: Ass stant District Attoracy returaed from Washineton. — f lore, take the <«urection of the Cours aa tw what shall be done with the moviv: i cau only say would bave heen ere mast have t Assistant District Attorney Pu that 1 thought Judge Pler‘epon here this morning, and | tuink sSuime sudden or unexveeted ve him from being uresent, otherw apprised us by a telegraphic des} late (twenty minutes to iwelve \ will not be here by this mornt take steps to communicate anc as oy he 1s not here. OF conrse it 18 a matter Cultrely m the hands of the District Attorney, uo oue else betag com. petent to deai with it at the present stage of Urls case. : Mr, Stoughton—We need hardly say there is uo desire to push tus case wnreasonadiy, but only to secure @ hearing at the earliest practicable moment, aud tf jt be expedient but must allow it to stat over till to-morrow morniag; and we must pt Dot to postpone it beyond thar tim that Cannot 0¢ delayed, and if tt Shall give direction for to-morrow Wwe sbali be pre- pared to procee lL. ‘Toe case was then adjourned till this morning, ob ten o'cloca. TUE SILV.R MINES OF NEVADA. Paper Rend by Captain Dahigren Before the New York Liberal Ciub, The eighth reguiar meeung of this orwanization was held last night at tuelr rooms No, 23 Third ave enue. The principal feature of the evening was tho reading of @ paper by Captain C. B, Dahigrep on “The Stiver Mines of Nevacta; or, Effect and Canse.’? Captain Dauigren, afier Ug a topographical de- scription of the State of Nevada, stated that since its discovery in 1859 to December 31, 1809, the Production of silver in (his State had been about $135,000,000, coin value. The Comstock mine had been developed as foliows:~it had been developed or opened for a length of three and a half miles; in depth 1,000 to 1,4.0 teet, in ien different shafts; and in width from seveuty to 120 feet. ihe production of this mine had becn about $98,828,000, coin value, The gross net dividends in excess of first investment, assessment ana cost ot production had been $14,130,000, ‘Lie revenply complet rail road conveys ores irom the mines to tie new nil), on trackee river, driven by water, and tn ciosd proximity to timber, which is liauied back to the * mines fur the purpose of tinbering. Ore is thus worked to-day ata proiit Wuicl one year ago could not be handled witiout loss to those attompo- ing 1. Another Javor-saving enterprise has boon wauguraied—the Sutvo tunue: three and three quar- ter miles long. tatersecting (ue mine ata depta of 2,000 feet On iis dip. Numerous expensive eugines for draining the wines and hoisiiug ore will thus ve dispensed with, Tue exciiewent at Waskoe was Succeeded by tie staupede to Rk river. ‘the ores are of _ hig grades and require “roasting.” ‘Luis process of “rowsting’? has heretofore veen the must expeusive feature in the reduction of the ores of this « tsiriet; but a cheap Solution of the proviem is rapidiy being arrived ac 10 the form of the Stedtefenis furnw the produce tion of this district has been $7,000,000, averaging: $200 per ton. To many persons ihe names Wasioo aud iveese rivers are synonymous Witu bad Invest ment, ruta, swindling. Way? ise every cou terteit proves the existence of a ‘reality. So much for swindie& Capiain —Dahigrea concluded by referring to tie causes of disaster in muning ani tuem, These few plain lucis were denied by no careful observer, First, touc the supply of silver ora in Nevada 18 equal to the suppiy of irea ore in Penn syivania, econd, ii will a from taity to turea hundred dotlacs per wu, averaging seventy-five dol Jars” Thirdly, costing trom to twenty-live dollars per ton, as showa vy ce. These facts constitute the cond ful issue, when conduc ly, inteiligentiy and economically. He ned tinaliy ‘ested the remedies for the breaking up of everything dear to lim in life, to atone for this crime, if such it can be called? I Would advise the wives of these so-called emiment divines to look Well after their own Interests, lest they awaken some fine morning aud learn to their great dismay that their “liege lords” bave found their aiinities, A NEW ENGLAND LADY, To rar Epitor oF THR HERALD: Can & Woman's voice be heard in this hour of storm and passion which is beating upon the living and the dead, McFarland and Richardson? It is the Prevalent opinion that our sex is the first to trample ‘upon tho misforcunes of each other; but ta the ‘sen- fational tragedy’? of McFariand and Richardson there ig a wide disparity of sentiment. Women Who are essentially of the worid, who advocate te Necessity of a “congenial soul,” vindicate Mrs, McFariand. I am a worldiy woman, having not that “peace which passetn all understanding,” but I fail to perceive the slightest excuse for Mrs, esiablisument of & national schooi of miues in ti heart of tie mining regions, ‘ine secretary, Mir. Gardner, thon read a@ letter from Joseph 8. Wiison, Coumi-stoner of tue General Laud Uftice, Wastingtoa, accepung member: lip Im the club; aiso @ letter from A. KK. Koesic:, United Star eulogist, at Washington, promising to deliver a teccure before the ciud in January next It 1s also @Xpected that Commissioner Wilson Will lecture before the club in a few weeks. Alter @ ‘ong and analytical discussion of Captain Da@uigren’s paper the club adjourned. CALEDONIA CLuB.—The annual moeting of this body took place at their rooms, No. 18 Sullivan street, on Tuesday evening, the ith inst, when tue Jo lowing gentlemen were elected rs for the eu. suing Year, vamely:—Chiel, George Mitchell; First Chieitam, George Giluy; Secoud Chiefiaia, Join Barrie; third chieftain, Joun Watt; Pourta Chee tain, Le D. tobertsou; Finauce Comittee, Joba Godie, James Crang ani Jovan KNOX; Property Com- miitee, Joun Browa, Andrew &. Dykes and J. Foster,