The New York Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1870, Page 5

“NIE COMING WOMAN, Meeting of the Female Suffrago Association at Bridgeport, Presbyterians, Quakers and Spiritualists Upon the Same Platform. Description of tho Connecticut Lionesses— They Roar as Gently as Sucking Doves—Scenes and Incidents. Pursuant to notice to that effect given through the local papers severai days previously, the Connecti cut Woman Suffrage Association held a special ses- sion in Frankn Hall, Bridgeport, on Monday aftr. Boon and evening of the present week, ‘The meeting in the afternoon was announced as a preparatory or business meeting, to which no ad- musston fee would be charged, and an invitation was extended for the public to be present, Notwith- standing these inducements the audience was a slen- der one, numbering but a little over a hundred per- sons. Occupying the platform were THRLE NOTED CLERGYMEN, belonging to the Universalist and Spiritualist ordera, well known as icaders in the woman suffrage move- ment. In the absence of the president of the assocla- tion, Rev. Dr. N. G. Burton, of Harvford, the mecting was called to order by one of them, the Rev. Miss Olympia Brown, pastor of the Universalist church in Bridgeport, who was also the first speaker. Miss Brown, who is a pale, slenderly- formed, intelligent-looking lady, neatly dressed in black silk, spoke in a strained and slightly cracked voice, and in a manner evidently modelled upon that of Anna Dickinson. She commenced by alluding to the rapid progress made by the cause of woman suffrage, stating that when, a number ef years ago, she would not say just how many, she was a school girl out in Ohio, she was one of a few signers of o petition asking that women should have aright to their own property—such a thing as female suffrage ‘was never dreamed of. She admitted that many ‘women were no: qualified for voting, owing in some cases to their ignorance and in others to the frivolity imseparable from fashionable so- clety, but many men were equally unfit. She was a_ believer in qualifled suffrage, based upon the intelligence of the voter, but wished to have the two sexes stand upon an equal footing in this matter, and the same tests applied in the one case asin the other, Set the standard where you ‘would, woman was as capable of reaching it as was Tan. If it were to be education, she could point out educated women who could reach 1t; if it were the possession of property, the lists of une taxpayers in all our communities would speak for themselves. She cared not what the standard migut be so it was the same for man as for woman, After touching slightly upon the legal disabilities sustained by wo- men, and relating several humoreus instances occur- ring in the experience of one of her friends who re- sided at the South, tending to show the lack of mental capacity of the newly enfrauchised colored man, who yet was endowed with the ballot, frem which intelligent women were debarred, Miss Brown concluded by saying that as there Were several other speakers upon the platiorm, and more were shorily expected to arrive, she would not further occupy the time, vut would call upon her friend, the Rev. Phebe A, Hannaford, of New Haven, to address them. Miss Hannaford declining to bear her testimony before so smail an audience as was present at this ume u lady whose clustering ringlets and red cheeks could not fat to suggest the description of BLACK-EYED SUSAN given in the ballad mounted the rostrum. This Was Mrs. Anna i, Middlebrook, well known to the people of Bridgeport as a leading Spiritualist and wance speaker, and who served as an important witness for the defence In the recent trial of Miss Lottie Fowler. While Mrs, Middlebrook was speaking a sadden noise at the entrance of the hall caused the turee far occupants of the platform to assume an air of expectation, and to stretch out their neads in that direction in an extremely 1eminine way. The noise was produced Ly the arrival of expected reinforcements, and presently three otner ladies marched upon the stage, where they were introduced to their predeces- sors, and received a smiling and hearty wel- come, the kissing part only, which is usually re. garded by the fair sex us indispensable upon such occasions, being omitted. One of the new comers, Mrs. Judge Hooker, of Hartford, a sister of the Kev. Heury Ward Beecher, was the conclnding speaker of the aiternoon session. Durimg her address a com- mittee, consisting of Mrs. Middlebrook and Miss Burr, of Harttord, was sent through the audieuce to collect pubscriptions and to ascertain wf there were any present who woula agree to canvass each a single Street of the city 1 behalf of the cause, distributing tracts atevery house. They appeared to meet witit but indifferent success, and had secured but a single subscription and a promise from a waggish young gentleman to give his personal attention to the de- mands ot Leverty street, when Mrs. Hooker paused in her remarks and observed that she must reaiiy request them to wait until she had finished, as she ‘was so unaccustomed to Speaking 1n public that the noise of conversation im the room seriously dis- turbed her, and they were obilged to resume their places upon the platform. Unlike those who had preceded her, Mrs. Hooker made no attempt at oratory, but addressed her audience in the quiet, conversational manner which one lady would use in speaking toanother. She stated briefly and clearly the objects for witch the association had been formed and the means by whicn it proposed to accomplish 1s ends, Tiese were mainly by the circulation of FOUR LITTLE TRACTS ‘which had been carefully preparea for general dis- tribution and were now in the hands of the printer. Three of these treatises related respectively to the legal disabiliues of woman, the Scripture view of the female sex and the influence of woman upoa the purity of ae ment, wile the fourth - tained a selection ol arguntents bearfng upon whole question, drawn irom the writings of the most distinguished English authors. She believed that the position of most educated women in regard to the suffrage question was governed rather by preju- dice than by reason, and was similar to that of her own daughter, who repited to her, “I cannot answer your arguments: but yet, I hardly know way, I do ot want to see this state of things in existence.” ‘She was herself unaccustomed to publicispeaking, and it was only with the gieatest aimculty that sie could consent te appear before an audieace, but she felt it to be a sacred duty to aid the progress of this holy cause by every means in her power. Mrs. Hoeker’s remarks were listened to with deep attention, and at their close the audience com- menced to disperse, most of them higuly pleased with the whole performance, and apparently of the mind of the young lady who called out to her friend, as she was descending from the hall, “Oh, dear! did you ever see such fun? Did you ever see any- thing like it?’ THE EVENING SESSION, which commenced at avout eignt o’clock, was much more fully attended. ‘The audience, which, thanks to the indetatigable exertions of Miss Brown, nuin- bered some three or four hundred, was made up in part of Spiritualists, prominent among whom ap- eared the benevolent countenance and petriarchal peard of “Father Swan.” A brother of the same fraternity who acted as usher looked smiling and happy, showing that the failure of his atteinpt un- der the guidance of the spirits to discover the gold which undoubtedly is buried in the sands of Stratford Potmt had not affected his genial disposition. There were also present the members of the Universalist congregation over which the Rev. Miss Brown presides, three young ladies’ boarding schools, and a goodly number of citizens and their wives who atteudead out of curiosity. When the nali, which 1s usuatly employed for theatrical and minstrel performances, was tilled, and all had been provided with seats, the curtain rose and revealed to view oe ladies and gentlemen seated like Druids in @ leafy grove, whtie benind ihem some heat and appropriate scenery repre- sented A VIEW 01 The first speaker of th r of Hartford, who delivered a forcible and telling speeen, showing that though the cause of woran’s suffrage was new in this vicinity, it had already veen put in practice and was found to operate sac- cessiully in other countries, In Great Britain, i Sweden, in Austria and in Russia the ex periment had been tried upon a larger or smaller Seale, aud in all eases had beey found to succeed Well. What was good for people upon the other side of the wate he recent experiment, also, In Wyoming Territory has proved a successful one. Zhe roughs ali take off their hats to the lacy voters, and the polis haye become as quiet and or- aerly as ‘a parlor. udge Hooker Was trom New York, Herman H, Shook by name, Shook stated that he a member of & METROPOLICAN DEBATING SOCIETY, and that he gincerely wished those who were assein- bled here tts evening could listen to their debates upon this great question, He was aiso a teacher i tiie Sabbath school, aud wished to relate a remark made by one of hits scholars, which, be thought, had a bearing upon this question. At this point Mr. Shook’s remarks were iuterrupted by a crash which jarred the bail and caused many to rise to their feet, purmising that the beams supporting the flooring followed by @ faventle mses NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 ‘and glowing countenance, but without, apparently, having sustained very serieus tnjur’ Mr. Shook then proceeded to flaish his anecdote respecting his Babbath schvo! scholar, and, bringing bis remarks to a elose, left the stage, probably to take the train to New York im season to attend the meeting ef bus aebaung society. .i83 8. EK. burr, of Hartford, sister of one of the editors of that city, followed with a glo g speech, whick was paruy recited aud partly © TOW @& Manuseript wick she held In her band. ‘The con- duct of ine King of brossia Was treated with a severity Which would have caused even that cruel despot to quake with far had he been pI t The injustice of the laws relerr! to women was dwelt upon at some leugth, and the case of a Bridgeport Woman cited, Who, no Ic than siX years ago, was linprisoned for months by & worthless husband for refusing lo give up the control of her own pro- perty. The prospect peedy and dnal triumph ol this new and uation so moved the fair speaker as to cuus Silas Wegg, to DROP INTO POETRY: Each breeze that sweeps the ocean Briniss thiings trom afar Of nutions in commotion, Vropared for woman's war, n, brother ot Miss Annie Dick- m 4 Miss Burr, hoped that the au- dienee would make allowance for hit, a8 he had had no ume to prepare, his ime having been tully oceu- pied with other matters; besides, this was his maiden speech upon this topic, (Applause) This reformation deserved to be remembered along with the Magna Charta and the Deciaration ot inde. pendence. He wished that women generally would take more interest in this mater. By want of roper exereise their moral fibre 1s flabby and re- axed; Wey needed pluck, Let us put the dally pupers—the HERALD aud the 7ribune—into the hands of women, so that they may read and learn to take an intelligent interest in passing events. This alone would go iar to educate them for sutfrage. He thanked God not only that ho was net born a wo- man, but that he was born and brought up a Q' ry because that sect recognizes the equality of women and believes to 1ts fail extent ta the language of the Apostle, which says that we are ali one in Chist. ‘Though not the longest, yet decidediy THE GEST SPEKOH OF TAE EVENING, was made by Mra. Isabella Beecher Looker, a lady of tine manuers and elegant presence. Sle swayed her hearers at pleasure, without making any ap- parent attempt at oratory. Any report of her words must necessarily be madeauate, Alluding to the advice of (he last speaker, that wo- men should read the daily papers, she observed that in ali her experience by how much the more aman was intelligent by just so much he was sure to GUSULE TRE NEWSPAPER, and leave his wife and daugitter no chance to peruse it, ‘The only way for tuein to do was to take an extra copy for themselves. ‘There were three most important subjects, which, were it not lera Taise pride, every woman betore her would like to bave the power to vote upon. The first was tem: perance, another was the question of public educa- Mon and the third related to the subject of chast ‘The speaker aiiuded to the efforts wkicm had been put forth in Engiand to secure The repeal ef the Infamous “contagious diseases act,” and predicted the necessity of similar efforts here in our own country at no distant day, Altera few interesting remarks in conclusion by the Rev. Phebe A, Hannatord the meeting was closed and the audience slowly dispersed. THE List BROOKLYN HOMIUIDE, Death of the Victim of the terest Car Shoot. ing—No Ante-Mortem Taken. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, John Rorke breathed his last on one of the hard, lonely cots of the “accident ward” of the Long Island College Hospital, in Henry street, Brooklyn, The HERALD of yesterday contained a full and authentic account, as far as the preliminary investigation had gone, of the circumstances attending the mfliction of the injuries which led te the death of young Rorke. On Sunday might last the deeeased, in company with a party of four or five other young fellows, followed in the trail of a be- lated man, Willlam Hall, as the latter was making his way along Columbia street toward Atlantic, bent upon taking the Fifch avenue and Atlantic street car jor his home, in Twenty-second street, Gowanus. They ASSAULTED HALL, and the latter ran away and got on acar. The party followed him. The conductor put them off the ve- hicle. The crowd remounted the car and rushed tn frem the front and rear platforms and began a vio- Jent assault upon Hall, Other passengers, a dozen or more, jumped off and left the crowd engaged in the fight, not wishing to have anything to @o with it, Hail was kicked, punished and knocked down, He fell, clinched with John Rorke, upon the bottom ofthe car. With his right hand he managed to ex- tricate his revolver, a good sized one, from his pouch behind and cock it. He pulled the trigger an the ball passed through the fleshy part of his own left hand and penetrated the pit of the stomach ef Rorke, tis antagonist. The wound has proved ia ss aboye stated. The accused claims to have acte IN SELF-DEFENCE, and certainly the information thus far gleaned upon the subject would appear to substantiate the cor- rectness of the assertion of Hall. He is under sur- gical treatment fer a fractured skull and other wounds which were dealt him the fellews, who treated him unmersifully. Coro- ner Jones was, as he says, not notiflea of the occurrence by the doctors of the Long Island College Hosptial until after the death of Rorke. Hence no ante-mortem statement was taker. The Coremers complain that this hespital ts unl- fermly negligent in this important particular, in fail- ing to report critical cases to their office. Neither Coroners Jones nor Whitebill have ever yet been called upon to take the anie-mortem deposition of injured patients at said hospital, which is certainly astrange apd peculiarly apparent neglect of duty on the part of some of the hospital officials, jury was empanelled by Dr. Jones (Coroner) yes- terday, and the inquest will be held to-day. COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, The Shoddy Fabric Speculations Reported Upon—A New System of Purchases Advised. ‘The regular weekly meeting of the Kings county Board of Supervisors was held yesterday after- noon, Supervisor Osborn in the chair. ‘The Committee of Accounts of County Treasurer reportea that they had examined the accounts of that office and found them to be correct tn every detail. Out of an expenditure of three million and three-quarters of money during the past year ac- counted for on the books of the Treasurer not a single error could be feund. Supervisor Johnson enlogized as did also the representative from Flatbush, the excellence displayed in the management of said de- artment by County Treasurer Gardiner and his jepuiy. The Law Oommittee of the Board, to whom was referred the matter of supplies to the county jail and Morgue and ‘THE AOTS OF THE JAIL COMMITTBR thereto, reperted that they had held several mect- ings and examined witnesses in relation thereto. The minutes of the evidence, taken by @ steno- grapher, were submitted as a part of the report, The facts are so clear and undisputed that they feel it their duty to repert, in brief, that the suppiles to the jailfurnished by Kerrigan & Few, under the employment of the committee, nave been of the peorest articles at the most exerbitant prices and with the distinct avowal, on the partef Mr, Few, that for these er any other articles he intended to charge 100 per cent peal or 200 percent if be could gevit. Kerngan & Few were employed by SUPERVISORS SHEVLIN AND NELSON, of the committee, without supervision or contrel, and the articles delivered by taem av the jall were without inspection. The whele vestinoay, as sub- mitted and undisputed, shows a want of capacity or reckiess inattention on the part ef the committee almost incredible if not conceded te be true. The conduct of Kerrigan & Few in filling the orders for the jail with poor and worthless articies at tabulous prices could scarcely have been sus- pected except upon personal inspection of the ar- TRE Ki ticles deitver ‘The transactions involved need not be characterized by your committee. The Jajl Gom- Iittee has employed purchasing agents, who have furnished these articles at more than the proper cost of merchantable goods of sultable gi ity for the public use, fhe present system of furnishing supplies through committees of the Board of Super- visors 18, ua the opinion of the Law Committee, un- sulted to the present condition of the county. It did answer very weil twenty years ago, under a dit- ferent state of aifairs aad a smaller population, The Law Committee report that Kerrigan & Few they have the right to furnish avy quality of plies ordered they please, and to CHARGE WHAT TREY PLEASK, and 1? their bills are paid they cannot be compeiled to disgerge, or be punished for receiving money voluntarily paid them by the Board of Supervisors, In this tue committee concur the opportunity of Ker- rigan & Few was presented by the receipt of the supplies without Inspection, and payment without suspicion, or knowledge or examination as to the | facts of tae case. The only mode of punish. meat for this firm would be under the afidavit ailixed to the various bills rendered, No criminal prosecution could be sustamed under the jaw and facts of the matter, except perhaps in alleged short measures of carpet and matting atthe Morgue. ‘The committee state that Supervisor S ih, of the Jul Committee, does not appear to have any “pare tictpation in the employment of Kerrigan & Few, or 1a the purchase from them. ‘There is no evidence that any person except Kerrigan & lew were bene- ited eon DEALINGS WITH THE COUNTY, and both Kerrigan and tew tesiity under oath thai no person outside of their firm had any benetit or profit, directly or indirectly, from tue profits they received from the county. ‘That itis ef more nMyortance to guara, in future against “Kerngan & Few” and of the county efairs than to speculate on the woral and legal possibilities of the matters Involved In the present Vv fe y tion DISREPUTABLE EXPOBURE. Ty wit found, wnat. Cy mone ; i tne | _ They velieve the present and future porchases of @udience had silpped off trom her seat on to tie this Hoard should be submitted to an Inspectios of With red ) # OOMVEWOT RAS thal Re Dreseyl wetod YF our Door, Bom whence le NreweDMy AYAP chastng should be discontinued, and that purchases should be made by officers specially appotnted with reference to their capability for that duty, and sub- Ject toa crimimal punishment for any acts or omas- sions in relation to their ometat duties, ‘ Thi » Toport was received and approved by the jourd, On motion of Supervisor Crook It was resolved that the Insurance polioies now held upon the county buildings be continued aunl their expiration, and that no more insurance be taken, A large and appreciative audience listened last evening to Mr. George B, Loring, M. D., of Salem, Mass., who delivered a lecture on the struggles of science before the American Institute, He said, from the time when Hendrik Hudson, fleeing from the tce of the Polar seas, ran down to the great mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, and, looking in, passed up to the Highlands of Neversink, and at last t anchor off Sandy Hook—now two hundred and sixty one years—what various and intricate powers: have veen employed in developing this social and civil organization! And now, surrounded, as we are, by all the blessings which science can bestow, and by all the promises which its enthusiasm can make, we cannot and should not forget the severe and des- perate struggles 1 has been obliged to make in Its ess. ‘The cruel agony and torture Visited the religions — reformer; the poverty and contempt and despair which have made death welcome to so many of tae sons of genius, Whose immortality is now man's great tnteritan > hard and unequal warfare matntained by those who have fought for hur freedom and equality and right, are familiar to us ail, But not oue such trial! atone, but all and more, have fallen upon and harassed and persecuted those vored by scientific research to ameli- dition of mankind, and to through nature up to nature’s God.” It is, indeed, dificult fer us to realize, that against the theory that the earth is aderraqueous sphere the whole power. of the Christian Church should have armed itself—as lave as the sixth century—and that nothing but the fact ef circumnavigation, centuries later, dis- persed the ecclesiastical forces, We turn with shame from the ignominy heaped upon Copernicus while living and the insults to his ashes when dead; from the imprisonment and torture and flery death of Bruce; because they proclaimed the great scien- tifle fact that the earth and planets revolve about the sun, Our hearts are moved with indignation and sorrow as we behold Galileo driven trom the pale of Ohristianity, denounced, tormented, forced in his old age to “abjure, curse and detest the error and heresy of the movement of the earth’’—because he had worn out his great tiie in studying the glories of the heavens. ‘The lecturer then exvatiated at great longth on the long and bitter contest of science with the tyranny of intellectual arrogance. He said he accepted American facts as the foundation of American the- ories of public policy, and that we have learned much by our own experience as a natlon—more than by the expericnce of others. THE DEVELOPMENT THEORY. Lecture by Rev. Merrill Richardson. Rey, Merrill Richardson, of New York, lectured at the Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, last night upon the influence of natural beauty upon the moral develop- ment of man, He said:—Everything beautiful in the world ministers to the development of man’s esthetic nature. From the eqnater to the poles nature 1s lavish of beauty, and not for Itself, but for man. When we hang our walls with pictures wo aim to cultivate and refine the moral nature. The wsthetic nature is far higher than the physical, and everybody ministers to this part of his being according as he is conscious of it and 1s able to meet its wants. Man craves the beautiful in nature, and is made better for it. If he were indifferent to this he could not be elevated above the brute. Bayard Taylor says that in all his travels he found the love of the beautiful and everywhere the love of fowers. Just in proportion as a nation becomes rich it begins to ornament, and itought to. Mere living never satisfied any race of men, aud it cannot. Poetry has always been an an- tidote to the sorrows of the race, a universal con- seler. What would religien be narrowed down to the five points of Calvin? We want the bones indeed, but we want these bones clothed with love. What are paint and seaip- ture and architecture but the craving of the soul to express itself in torms of pene Why did the Greeks excel inthe tine arts? Because in Greece nature set her finest copies, and what ts not true to nature cannot live in tue hearts of men. There 1s ene spire in this city that pleases me, and but one. But 1t requires more than 250 years of growth to de- velop art in a nation. A VISIT TO MOUNT SINAI. Lectare by Miner K. Kellogg Before the Geographical nnd Statistical Society. The American Geographical and Statistical Society of this city held its reguiar monthly meeting at their rooms, mn Cooper Institute, last night, to listen to the experlences of Professor Miner K. Kellogg in and around the vicinity of Mount Sinal. Mr. Kel- log@ was introduced by the chairman, Judge Daly. ‘The lecturer, by means of illustrations and maps, made by himself while exploring the region in 1844, proceeded to establish the existence of a plain dis- covered by himself, which is three miles 1ong and one mile in width, directly overlooked by Mount Sinal on the southern side. This, the lecturer claimed, was the original plain on which the Israel- itesencamped. The plain is called ‘‘Sebalyeh,” and is descrined by Mr. Kellogg a8 one of fine pasturage. On the other hand, he commented at length upen the assertion of late explorers, who deny its existence, and claim that the plain is on the northern side of the mountain, which is three miles distant there- from, and entirely out of view, @ circumstance which, if true, would’ necessitate a change in the location of the original mount. It is also much smaller, covering only an area of two square miles. The gist of his dis- course was to establish the truth of the tradition: er the prominent persons who were present were Charles P. Kirkiand, James W. Gerard, F. A. Conklin, Professer T. W. Dwight, Rev. Dr, Potter, General Cullum, United States Army, and several members of the Jewish persuasion, who Iistened with marked attention to the lecturer of his expe- oe among their brethren and in their native and. ALLEGED SHOPLIFTI A Respectable Woman Locked Up for Steal- ing Twenty-two Conia Worth of Candy. Elizabeth B. Phelps, an aged, fashionably-dressed woman, giving her residence at No. 49 East Twenty- third street, yesterday afternoon visited the store of R. H. Macy, at the corner of Fourteenth street and Sixth avenue, ostensibly for the purpose of purchas- ing some holiday goods. While in the store one of the young lady clerks, named Margaret Grottey, states she ,detected her in the act of concealing a paper of candies, valued at twenty-two cents, under her cloak. She was given into the custody of an officer detatied at the store, and arraigned before Justice Cox, at Jefferson Market, where a complaint of shop- lifting was preferred against her. She pleaded not guilty to the charge, and was <of the opinion that the young lady must be mis- taken. Mrs. Phelps’ personal appearance, and the refined and educated manner in which she ad- vocated her innocence, would impress the majority of* persons that such was the case; but the yeung lady being s@ positive in her accusations, the prisoner ‘was committed in default of $300 batl to appear and answer at the Special Sessions. The prisuner stated in court that her husband’s name was not Phelps, bat that that was her maiden name; that she had no desire to bring disgrace upon him, as he was a re- spectable man, and, wiih herself, occupied @ promi- neDt position In society. ANOTHER TUGROAT EXPLOSION. The Fireman Killed and the Engineer Se- verely Injured. Last evening the tugboat David ©. Cox, of Jersey City, was passing down the East river, opposite pier No. 8, when wu sad catastrophe occurred. The fire- man, William M. Marsh, was in the act of drawing out the ashes from the ashpit under the boiler, when the latter exploded and Killed the unfortunate man a!most instantly, Henry Chappel, the engineer, was scalded very severely, and the pilot, William Peate, had a narrow escape. The boat Was tow mto her dock, atthe foot of Hudson street, Jersey City, and Coroner Wandle, of that city, wus notilied, Marsh's face was scalded and Vvurned by the steam and hot cinders, which npon him in A reguiar awept tempest, and his clothing was almost bur He was only twenty years of age, and resided af Clark piace, Jer City. The boiler was in @ par- Ually decayed condition, so that the Coroner's jury wil have something more to do than draw up a formal verdict of death by explosion, oft. 21 A New Carne Bishop Bayley has pureh 5 acres of thi a caucus property, on the borders of the Hackensack river, intending to erect a fine edifice for the refor- mation of children, The Seacaucus property was purchased abont six months ago by Daget Hunt & Co. for $125,000, the price pald them for 125 acres for Bishop Hayley’s insutute. The structure is to be erected near the old race track, and wiil be 200 feet long, with wings on each end. It is to be a three story and basement building, of stone from the Weehawken heignts. It will tace the Hackensack river, and from the windows may be seen Newark the Orange mountains, Belleville, Newark bay and the Narrows. The grounds are tobe laid outin the Anest sivle, Tue work is W be bexun ia Aoru nexh , 1870.- NEW YORK CITY. RIP General Localisms and Metropolitan News Item? The following record will shaw the ehanres in the temperature for the past twenty-four houra in cou parison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer ab Hudnut's P macy, HERACD Building, corner of AnD str 46 Ave Average temperarure for last year John 7. i" seventy years of age, and born in Rngland, died yesterday in Bellevue Hospital, On Monday deceased was knocked down in Wighih aves Due and run over by a butcher's cart, and his death Was the result of the fijurtes received, Coroner Keenan yest rday afternoon held an In- quest at his ofice in the case of John Hennessey, late a porter tn the store 73 Duane street, who was killed by the failing of the dumuuy used for hoisting and lowering Iv appearcd im evidence that the hoist repe Was insecure, aud mn thelr verdict the Jury censured the owner of (he building for not hav- Ing the rope used for raistug said dummy properly secured to it, In several of the publle schools yesterday the Scholars received crowds of endearing relatives and on the occasion of the distribution of the ‘annnal certificates, At Primary Schoot No. 1, Grammar School No. 36 and Graminar School No. the exercises were peculiarly mteresung. To-day the pupils of the old First Ward School Ni give an exhibiuion, commencing at oue 0 judging from the preparations inade the affair will be of more tian ordinary interest, The poor “honest election’? marshals and super- visors gathered at Marshal Sharpe's ofice yester- Gay to get the money which, it had been reported, Was ready for thew, It was not ready, and they Were put off with the same old story, that ‘as soon as, & ” the money will be taken from the “Ju. diciary fond; but, “the only hitch im it is as to Whether there will be money enough.” The high- toned preservers of the purity of the ballot do not feel inclined to accept the henor of their positions as suflicient remuneration, On Monday the effect of the nitro-glycerine blast on Diamond Reef, off Governor's Island, was ex- amined by the engineers and divers engaged on the work. The water was so muddy that they wore un- able to see, but by crawling on th hands and knees and feeling they discovered that a great cavity had been made and that a mass of rock, weighing about four hundred tons, had been completely Shivered by the force of the explosion. he frag- ments will be removed by dredging, alter which a thorough examination will be made by the aid .of magnesium lights, The following oMcers have been elected by the New York Association for the Advancement of Science and Art for the ensuing year:—President, the Rey. Dr. 8. Irenwus Prime; Vice Presidents, George Opdyke, the Rev. Dr. J. Ferris, the Rev, Nathan Brown and the Rev. Dr. E. P. Rogers; Sec- retary, Dr. W. H. Sterling; Foreign Corresponding Secretary, the Rev. B. H. De Costa; Domestic Cor- responding Secretary, Dr. Q. Colton; Treasurer, Jobn Celville; Librarian, Alexander J. Davis; Trus- tees, Dr. J. H. Griscom, R. H. Williams, the Rev. Dr. M. D. Maclise, J. Disturnell und George 0. Meyer. Mrs. Elizabeth Holdway, ef Hoboken, N. J., on Monday night entered a Nipth avenue car at Fulton strect and Broadway and rode as far as the corner of Tenth and Greenwich streets, where she dis. covered she had lost her wallet, containing eighty dollars, Securing the assistance of oMcer Kershaw, of the Ninth precinct, she caused the arrest of the only person in the car, named Ellen Ryan, 20 years of age, residing at Spuyten Duyvil, and is positive sie took the wallet, from the foct that she had it on entering the car. The prisoner denied the charge, and claims to bea do- mestic in the employ of Mr, Blanchard at the above lace, Justice Cox, at Jefferson Market, yesterday, eld her tor examination, The reported closing of navigation on the Hudson river seems to have been prematurely made, Mas- ters and owners of vessels plying between the wharves of this city and the inland towns claim that the river isas open as in the month of July. The steamboat men claim that the ratlroad companies have circulated the reports of an early ciosing of navigation from evident motives of interest in gaining pereunes and freight, and though those companies ave already raised their rates of transit, in antict- pation of the hauling of of boats, the owners in- tend te run the newjlronfand copper sheathed boats the entire winter, unless the ice becomes very thick. ‘The present year (1870) is the first on record when steamers have made their trips ta every month, the Connecticut having lefi New York on the 3d of Jan- wary last and made passages 1m every month since, A WELL-DRESSED “VA A Goufidence Operator in Limbo—A Check on the Bogus Check Business. On Monday night officer Marrin, of the Twenty- ninth precinct, detailed at the New Haven depot, corner of Twenty-seventh sireet and Fourth avenue, detected two notorious and well-known con@dence operators endeavoring “buttonhole’? ana swindle a countryman by their ciever litle game of spurious checks, He succeeded in arresting one of them, named James Ryan, alias Moore who claims to be a resident of Boston, at which Pies he follows the occupation of sail- making, His accomplice was also taken tn cus. tody, but slipped his coat and succeeded in making his escape. Upon aetna his coat at the station house, a wallet was found fn the pocket, containing @ spurious United States $1,000 bond, a’ large num- ber of business cards of different firms in this city, and eight checks, for $2,610 each, by different par- tes, drawn payable to the firm of George H. Sea- mount & Co. ‘the checks are drawn on banks tn Oswego, Syracuse, Buffalo, Washington, Hartford and Portland, Me., and weil calculated to deceive the unwary, coupled with the plansiple and confl- dential manner in which these vultures are accustomed to approach their victims. The country- man refusing to appear against the prisoner before Justice Cox at Jefferson Market yesterday morning, a complaint of vagrancy was preferred against Ryan by the officer. He was sent on the Island for six months in default of $1,000 bail. DARING DURGLARIES. jal Visits jowburg. NeEWBURG, Dec. 20, 1870. On Monday night the residence of Mr. Hiram A. Jones, of Newburg, was entered by burglars, who chloreformed the inmates and robbed the house of all the valuables they could lay their hands on. ‘They took, among other things, a gold watch, valued at $150, and the sum of $100 in national bank notes, An attempt was made to open a safe in the base- ment of the building, which contained various arti- cles of plate, &c., but it was unsuccessful. The bur- glars, after leaving the house of Mr. Jones, visited th residence of Commodore John H. Graham, U. 5. N., which they entered and ransacked, but were unable to find anything which they cared to carry away. They, however, drank up three bottles of wine before taking their departure, and left scat- tered about the floor various documents, keys, &c., which they bad stolen from Mr. Jones’ house. Their tracks in the snow showed that when they left Com- modore Graham's they proceeded to the residence of Mr. Wilham Wyckon, which, however, they made no attempt to enter, probably on account of te lateness of the hour of reaching 1t—about five A. M on Tuesday. The detectives were at once notifi baw have as yet made no ar ARMY INTELLIGENCE, ‘The following officers recently assigned to regi- ments are hereby relieved from duty as Indian Agents and ordered to join their proper stations:. Captain G. Whipple, First cavairy. First Lieuten- ants, W. H. Andrews, Third cavalry; W. H. Boyle, Twenty-first infantry, and A. P. Greene, Fourth ar: tillery, The Lae | unassigned officers are re- Heved from duty as Indian Agents, and will pre. ceed home and awatt orders:—Captain R. H. Fen- ton; First Ltentenants James M, Smith and ‘thomas H. Hey. The following lieved from duty as Indian Agents, and will av orders:—First Lieuten- ants Joseph J 4 First Lieutenant Foster s, Twenty-sec- ond tafantry, has been honorably discharged. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The United States steam frigate Severn, Captain Fuzhue, bearing the flag of Rear Admiral S. P. Lee, commander of the North Atlantle squadron, arrived at Bermuda on the ith inst., and satled on the loth inst, for Key West, via Nassan. to Houses in CANAL Business av RocresreR.—The Canal Col- lector at Rochester furnishes the following states ment of business done en the canals at that port for the year 1870:—Number of tons of anthracite coal left, 46,739; number of barrels of four cleared, 92,054; total value of products left, $4,797,058; total value of property cleared, $2,941,699; total amount of lumber leit, 33,683,305 feet; value of same, $606,301. Number of clearances issued at this oMce in 1869 was 1,857; in 1870, 1,857, Amount ef tolls re- ceived in 1869:—Erie Canal, $59,015; Valley, $1,224— total, $60,339. Amount of tolls received in 1870:— Erte Canal, $32,098: Valley, $1,9d4—tetal, $34,933, Whole amount of tolls 1870, $34,033; decrease, $26,406, LE SHEET. BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE, Monthly Report of the Commissioner of Aart tore—otton Stil King=The Product o 1870 3,800,000 Bales—faverable Condi- tiow of the Sugar and Corn Crops. WASHINGTON, Doce 20, 1870. The monthly report of the Bureau of Agriculture, } int 187 4 computation of the elements of acreage and the cond of the Ociover report, without allowtae bie drawbacks from weather, potated to a exceeding 8,600,000 bi None of the Contingencies 80 hable to redti curred since that date to vital son With the renarkaoly favorat . 4s the Carly summer Was more propitious than that of iast year, the November returns indicate 13° pe cent advance in qhantty upon an aereage tercased by 12 per cent, ‘Tho total aggregate resulis, as figured from returns to December 1, makes an esll- | mate Of 3,300,000 commercia 787,000, 000 pounds oF 52 per cent o: tho Crop Of 1S59, which Was 2,154, 820,009 pounds. ‘ollowlg staiement presenta the estimate in I, lactuding percentage Of lacreass over the us crop and yield per acre, Wi Lae number of eres cultivated in each State, North Carolina—Number of acre Mi of bales, 170,000; product, compared with 1s09, per cent, 118; yteld, per acre, 175. South Carolina—Number of acres, 601,754; number compared With L869, per eating of the condition of the various erops of » SAYS: — Nutaber of ac 091; number of 3; product with Is6a, per ; yletd per acre, 1 jorida—Number of acre 140,909; number of bales, 60,000; preduct compared with cent, 125; yield per acre, 165, Alabama—Nuinber of acres, 1,43) Dales, 610,000; product compared cr 1 yield per acre, 165, Number of acres, 1,044,512; namber product compared with 1869, per 1sud, per number of 1869, per wit 3, 920,700; number of mired ‘with 186%, per 1a 0003p yield per a Vexas—Number of ac 900,987; number of b od with 1560, percent, 1 5 r acl Arkansas—Number ba 115,000; product 0, 240, acres, 71 number of mipared With LSdy, percent, 114; yleld per acre, 190, Number of acres, 218,823; 0,000; product compared with 1 ——} yield per acre, 170, The increase in sugar cane over last year 1s estl- mated at thirty ber cent im Louisiana, A similar rate Ls returned for Texas, and some advances have been made in Georgia and Florida, So much cane 48 annually used as ‘plant cane’ in extending the acreage that the product of sngar and molasses does not represent the real merease in cane growing. ‘The estimates of the corn product for the past tew years have rai ry hear approach to afullcrop, From @ preliminary caiculau upon local returns from 749 counties, the total pri the year 18 made to exceed 1,100,000, This would give about twenty-eight bash this year upon the assumed acreage of 39,000,000, against twenty-three and a half busbels upon a Little mere than 37,000,000 acres last your. The returns dicate a larger product of sorghum than last year, The tobacco crop is comparatively large, and the Ostimate of the year will aggregate at ieast 300,000,000 pounds, ‘The hay crop fs les: quantity than that of 1869 by about fifteen per the estimate, however, will go above 20,000,000 tons, Which 13 tittle more than the product of 1859, ‘The quality is Superior vo such a degree as nearly to make good the loss in quanttty. The production of the year in potatoes is litte more than four-fi(ths of the preceding year, aud the aggregate estimate will not vary much from the total number, of bushels made tp 1359 (111,000,000), which will afford to each inhabitant iour-tifths of the supply of that year. ‘rhe sweet potato crop has been a large one, show- ing @ more than average yleld. the buckwheat crop ls somewhat smalier than the preceding one, the loss being in the New England and Middle States, Full crops of peas and beans are reported, the former being larger in the South and the latter in the North. ‘The flax crop will average rather better than last ear. u The present has been a fruitful year for orchards and viueyards in the Eastern, Middle and Western States, but less productive in the South, in Calilor- nia and in Oregon as to apples and pears. Cranber> nies do not promise a full supply. Accounts of fall sown wheat and rye are generally favorable. ‘The condition of Wheat at this date is sumeWhut above the averag Ract Investigation Rogard to the Recent Casualty on urth Avenue—Two Witnesses Examined—Waruing Given to Deceased. Coroner Keenan yesterday afternoon commenced an investigation into the circumstances attending the death of Anthony Bronk, the colored man who was Killed at Sixty-fsurth street and Fourth avenue the aay previous by the wagon in which he was riding coming in collision with @ train of cars belonging to the New Haven Railroad Company. Deceased attempted to force his horse across the truck ahead of the rapidly approaching train and was rundown. The engineer and conductor of the train were examined, and testified mainly as follows:— James H. Miner, the engineer, deposed that he had charge of @ train arriving at ¥orty- street at cighteen minutes past eleven o'clock A. M. on Menday; abeut six minutes before that time he was approaching Sixty-fourth street, and when about twe blocks off be noticed a horse a Wagon containing two colored men dr Sixty-fourth street from the west side towards Fourth avenue; at this time they were some iwo or three hundred feet irom the track; the witness blew the whistle, but the driver, instead of stepping, WHIPPED UP HIS HORSES and attempted to cross in front of the locomotive the witness states be was then going about ten mui an hour; the driver went directly in frent of the en- gine, when it struck the horse and turned the Wagon over; the witness stopped a3 soon as possible, the engine then standing just below Sixty-second street; heard one of the tacn was killed by the colli. sion. Joseph 8. Schofield, conductor of the train, de- osed that when about. Sixty-ninth street and fourth avenue, on Monday, he heard a long whistle sounded by the engineer; at Sixty-flfth streot the conductor heard tue wiistle for brakes and they were put down at once, STOPPING THE TRAIN VERY QUICKLY; Mr. Schofield then went back and found a wagon badly broken lying beside the track, deceased being about twenty feet infront of the wagon; the horse was on the ap track and was nearly dead; another man was lyiag by the wagon, apparently uninjured, except that aid his shoulder was lame; tie re- Peps of deceased were placed tm charge of the police. The testimony of Dundon Brown, badly injurea@ at the same time, and now lying at 82 Wooster street, will be taken, perhaps, to-day. SG A LOCOMOLIVE. BROOKLYN FINAN No Elaw Found in the Accounts of the Comp. troller. An investigation concerning alleged trregulariues in Comptroller Evan M. Johnson's office, Brooklyn, was commenced in the Mayor's Office, at the City Hall, yesterday afternoon. Aldermen Cunningham, Totans, Whiting, Willard and Thorn, of the Finance Committee; Corporation Counsel DeWitt, and Mr, Ross, the accountant who arranged the books, were present. The Mayor read from an abstract the sales of various bonds and entries made by the Comptroller in giving credit to th . The Compirolier then read a statement showing the sale of $700,000, and the placing to the eredit of the ac- count the sum Of $742,720, On the Lst of October, 1570, there were stil in his hands of bonds issued by him $200,000 of bouds, and on the soth September, he turned them Into the City ‘freasury, for which he heid the Treasurer's receipts. The committee proceeded then to juvestigate the particulars relative to the matter of giving the account its proper credit for accumulated interest. Mr. Ro: le accountant, who had gone over all the accounts in the Comptroller's omice, testitied tat some of the accounts required a personal cx tion from the fact that no details of the proc appeared; that only a general result was 2 $50,000 of the Gowanus Canal and $49,000 of the Wallabout Bay bonds were missing tor a time, but obstacles ptr were subsequently found; @ great man. were thrown in his way, but not by in particular, ‘This witness sald be bad r $5,000 for classulying the accounts. The committee acjourned until Thar THE RELEASED FENIANS. r Preparations for Their Rec in New York. The announcement by telegraph that. the British government had at last ordered the release of the Fenlan convicts confined in English bastiles has awakened @ desire to give a fitting reception to the martyrs on thelr arrival in America, Last evening a meeting of the Celtic Americus pro] received in 1809 $60,339; in | to Cinbd (compnsing among its meimbers many of te | ; for experience, and 5 LIFE Special Sessions Yestere A Settlement with Fifty-four Criminals—-Rob- beries, Perjury and tho Result of Gormandiz ing~ Amusing Incidents at the Tombs, Tt not unfreqnently happens that persons desirous of extending their flelds of observation and for the purpose of gathering expertence to guide them In their Journeyings through life spend thousands of dollar: 1 cross continents and oceans in pursuit of Lhese objects; bat in numbertess cases It wonld be far more beneficial for the student and more tne ductye to good judgment to study life more closely as itisat home, Every large city possesves tts fleld espectaily the city of New York, in which no better opportunity can be presented than that at the Tombs Police J courts, in almost all tts phases ean be seen hy Milllonnatres, merchants and paupers at different intervals are Walls, and it often ocours that r% tiond the most astounding are made; sometimes of a criminal and sometimes of a light or amusing nature. The COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS was yesterday occupted by one of the most promis cuous looking crowds that had ever been seen within that antique apartment, Punctually at ten o'clock Judge Dowling stepped upon the benen, looking as fresh and energetic as a new arrival of the scholastie order from the “Tub,” and taking up the calendar, contatning no less than fiity-four cases, he inquired if the court was ready to proceed, “Certainly,” sald the Clerk of the Sessions, and away started the Judge, Making @ raid upon Fran- cls Bassett, whe had stolen coats, boots, or what- ever elisa he could lay his hands on at 426 Hudson street, he inquired what the specific charges. W. H. Milderberg, Mrs. Fraser and a pawnbroker, the within these NOBLEST WITNESS OF THEM ALL, and probably the most interested, all testiNed against the unfortunate defendant, even to the incl dents attending the stealing of the articles referred to from the halls of the house, and his subsequent: share in the pledging of the goods. There was, however, some question as to ils identity by @ pawnbroker named Simpson, and the Judge sald he felt sorry that such was the case Gd H, Mitcheil was an accomplice of the prisoner, and on Nim Bassett had conferred the duty of assisting tn the purloining, and in the more important part of disposing of the goods, Acting under Bassett’s tuition Mitchell sald bh» pawned” the stolen articles, and knew nothing farther about them. Ad- dressing Bassett, the Judge sar 1 am sorry that the Court is compelled to suspend semtence in your case, as I fully believe you to be the guilty party, but YOU WILL CERTAINLY COME OUR WAY. If the evidence had given 2 hali a chance, from what I know of your antecedents, | would have im- prisoned you, As for you, Mitchell, 1 will give you an opportunity for studying honesty tor six months to come In the Penitentiary.” An old lady, lis mother, here rushed to the bar, seized the young recusant, Kissed him aifectionatei and fainted, as a wind-up to the demoustration. settlement was next attempted with John Murphy for stealing. John 13 & red-haired ferret-cyed lad, of about sixteen years of age, aud apparently & thorough y! He nas been tn th Schoolsip, . ina house of refaga and in tue Penitentiary, bub his thievish propensi-+ ties appear to have eived udditional tmpetus, rather than abatement, by the discipline of these in- stitutions, In reply to a question from the Bench as to how many thues he had beca arrested he “Once, I guess.” “Now, uo you mean to the Sehoviship, Peniventi Westchester ‘umniy eluge inquired the Juige. 0, Bu,” @uswered the young, audacious rascal, “Ih,” shouted tis Jodge to niman wh leaning agaist one of the pillars of tue court this your poy ?”” oe suid Murpiy, senior, for such was the gentleman. “pid you not run after me for several months, seeking to have tis boy taken from the Isiandy? “L migitt, six, certainiy; but, your tonor, L haye another boy, just the kos 0? him, and he ts now in prison Jinean him te remain; bit this ‘ere jad has wot been in prison quite so’ much as you think. “Well, I never hoard the like of that! Here fs your own boy commiting base and wilful perjury, and you come here and back nim up. Boy, away With you to the House of Reiuge, and the next time you come here | wil give you something worse.” Alter Judge Dowling had been relieved by Judge Shandiey a great number of cases of assault and baitery were dispesed of, Fines from ten te twen- ty-Ove dollars were tmposed, aud imprisoament from two to twelve months inticted, Catharine Corcoran, & huge Irish woman, had been indicted on four different counts by diderent partes for stealing dresses, towels, bed nen, & “What have you tu say?” s oN 7 mutiers you have upon the results of your iifting propensit Nov go to the Pentteatiary for six months on the first you have not been in » On Ward's Istand, and other places? tid his Honor. charge; and i that does not sulliciently teach you the pr pies of honesty, [ order you at the end of that time to commence to do two months for each of the three otier oifence “Thavs a yare, any Way, she danced (o ber cell. A GE: id Catherine, und of AN PIOKPOOKET. “fam a gentieman,” said isaac Mansfeld in repiy tothe Clerk of the Cour, Officer Murphy said he probably was @ gentieman, bat he arrested him on paturday last for attempting vo pick a lady’s pocket, The defendant, who Was dressed in most fasionavic siyie and having ts hands covel with delicate straw-colored kids, stated that he went tntu @ toy store on Saturday last to look at some toys for a 1 irl and while in there a lady charged hia with picking her pocket. “L never thought of such a thing,” said tie enraged Isaac, and as there was a littic dob about the case sentence Was suspends James Fiynn was sent to ruminate in the Peniten- uary for six montas lor robbing Martin Wilt, No. 7 Etizabeth street, of two coats, ‘The most interesting case on the calendar was thatof Noab Logan Jones agaiast George Cutler, TWO GEMMEN OB COLOR. Cutler, the deicndant, keeps au cating saloon in Thirtieth street, between Sixt and seventh ave- nues, and a few evenings siaces Jones went there to take his evemiag repast. Jones fared sumptuously off roast pig's head, cabbage, short cake and @ cap of tea, which amounted to thirty-tive cents. Not being quite satisiied with the foregoing, Jones stated that he was “awful fond of meat and cabbage,” and must have another plate of “greens.” Th.s came to ten cents more, but Jones did not seem Inclined to muy 80 much for it. He demurred, aud the follow- iy amusing evidence Was given tu relation to their quent difference: Jones, on takiug the stand, kissed the book twice before the Cierk could swear Din. ie was tastily, if not gorgeously attired; had a white handkerchief ued round Nis meerschaum colored pate, ana, throwing himself bi im the chair, after the fashion of a “Southern editor,” commenced by saying that paid mis bill for his “grub,” without a word of sloculions.”? “L seed Cuter come up, and be said, ‘Youve not paid enough by ten cents.’ L said, ‘1 want nothin’ to do wid you; so gv’ me my hat ana overcoat.’ Cutler has gota WIITE WIFE Witt A BLACK BABY— such a black ’un? Weil, when {said I would have nothin’ to do wid Cutler he took up aciub as black as his baby’s head and iathered ico me hike tits, nearly Knocking my head oi,’ Marguerita Thompson, a lady of color, said she knew Jones, and thal he was a gormandizin, loafer; she Was In the restaurant at the time states by Cutler, and saw him eating his pork and cab- bage; when the white woman sald Jones was to pay thirty-fve coats Cutler said it Was not enough; then Jones turacd and abused him, and they fit, tuey did, like devils. To Cutier—What did Jones say to you?" “He called me a caruiverous producvoa, “What did you say ta return” “[ turns round aad, says I, (Great laughter.) 1 then sald ‘i | am a@ careiverous biped, you're we devil's dreman, that’s suppen wuss than a dlabolic.’ 7 sald Judge Shandiey, Carniverous, in tie sum of five S. 8 scarcely ary to say that this specimen of the carnivora immediately commenced chewing the cud (of remorse). INTHE POLICE COURT Gaspar Dettviiler, of No. loz Prince street, came be- fore Judge Dowhag and made an aitidavis to the cltect that James J. Hamilton and agother, of *no- 7 od hun down on the sidewalk in Laurens street, on tie 2d of Noveraber last, and, aul attering Dim unt he was “within an inch of lis life,’ robbed him of @ watch aad chaim valued at twenty dollars. “1 caugut a coaiederate,” said Gaspar, “and got film sent to the State’s Prison, bub i have only now been able to get void of Hamiiton. 1 want your Honor to pitel into him now.” “Weil,” said his Honor, “{ guess we will arrange that. Prisoner, unless you can find vail in fifteen hundred doliars you must go to prison to await tue order of the Court.’? “J shall never get over it,” said Hamilton, and the warden marched him vif to a ceil, AMREST OF A SCHENECTADY ABOATIONIST, sub out Limust friends, compatriots, aud one me feliow sufferers), at parlor 157 Asior House, was held for the parpose of making arrangements to this ead, Whereat it was resolved that a reception take place on the arrival of the released prisoners, and that the hearty co- operation of all other clubs or associations, irre- spective of party “wings” or organizations, 1n the reception be requested. Communications addressed to the Secretary of the Celtto Americus Ulubs ScHENECrADY, Dec, 20, 1870. Thomas A, Weed, professionul botanic piysiclan, of this city, and formerly of Buffalo, Was arrested by Chief of Police Lovett to-day, on @ poet ih oo ducing abortions in this city and cisewhere, m default of $1,000 bail was committed to The accused bas served a term 10 Auburn Prison tor forgery.