The New York Herald Newspaper, March 8, 1871, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEKXT. i a me Fas ss sea tao A P is view ifestation | they were deprived of the valuable privilege of en- | but the reason he told the officer about it was be- | about from court to court for the past nine years—a | could be cashed like a check atthe Nyack Bank, . earaittne unl he, Decert: Sa ee UD TOF lost tine hotake | that’ the chuin with which Rau was fustesed on | Tie facts are simple:—On August 11, 1862, Moses W. | Were fulsiied, and that the delivery of the apple: i " LISTED ua the exces tion of the Committees ce iis | loyal Southern clalmants como forward without de- | board the Old Colony was abous twice as large as | S. Jackson, son of the plaintiff, died in this city, leav- | Jack Was to depend apon the United States First Day’s Labor of the For- Which fowr c: munittees there the Houne were to a shoud, from tut standpoint, ast rogurd ft ws do- pectic | lay. journ within the next | treasury and more coming next week, No matter about reducing our taxes for years to come. Claim There is one hundred miition in the national the rope produced, (This was about an inch rope.) Rau had no pants on—no clothes on his legs, no shoes on his feet; he had on an oid coat, tied around | ing to Anna Maria Jackson, claimtug 10 be his widow, all his property, real and personal, amounting to coming up passing the liquor, who not make his appearance until the end of Decem ber, Judgment for deiendant, pedient to nnnounce the xtanding commuitives at | agents must live, you kuow. him with a rope. About $100,000, except $500 left to his son and only + DeSisions. | Jongress. sion; but, of course, he was subject to the | ON THE INDIAN QUESTION ‘This closed the testimony on both sides. ty-Second Congre: spied * | chp: potiene Jor Ge OR Renta Crane a ake phen Homes eare rte heir, the plait, ‘The deceased had been divorced By Judge Curus, comunittees «OF N.Y., belleved that {f those commit! eve appoluted the House Mr. Willlam Fullerton, counsel for defendant, could not find him guilty unless they believed he from his wife, and had been living for several years Sturtevant vs, Ungee.—Judgment for plaintiff ae a c ‘ought re ork mainly m the right direction, The corrupt and with the woman now u wife, Ou the | UNaeG Lait eform: they ought togive | absurd practice of recognizing our Indian. tb summed up the testimony In an exceedingly able | Jay of his deai lie sent ie Dont s Yackson, ie | Same vs. Bucherve.—Judguent for plainer , : | sotiion t ‘gcretary of the Troasary ato | every one of Which having been outlawed time and | aad brilliant speech. He said:—No matier what | procher, but before the latter arrived 1t was claimed ‘ee The President Opposes an Im- |<: + ro ehioping anterese shoud besttenced | Ayary ag widependent nations, and mating treaties | they might think of Captain Grindie’s conduct, they | that he was married to tho woman 1a questiou. and COURT OF GENERAL. SESsmaNE 41 fea, and WOULI Le kept here until siay. Hey with them 48 such, has been pretty much discon- tinued, The treety bustness will, had committed the offence as described in the sta- Made his will, the provisions of which are as above edi journ x : ete ae 4 however, require Stated. ‘Though able to y mediate Adjournment, Tiefun a. te maeptiog of the Sit a et oa ee eer Taare ting oduey muse ud that wiht ne aid wasfrom | eee, TROMgN able 10 write, his name way signed Before Gunning S. Bedford, City Judge, Would keep. vot | Hurober of swindles In the old treaues and in a | malice, hatred, or revenge—that he did ic without | nesses and the will being drawn by Mr. Miller, one | VABCENY FROM THE HUDSON RIVER RAILROAB | dozen er 80 new ones that way sip through tho | justilable cause—and that the punishment was not | of the defendants. The will was admitted to’ pro- DRFOT, Senatorial Bill to Rep +» BaTood said, ers OL inUW at as ear th bis enggertions. vetantiaily in there ly Way Ke POS Senate some night when only two or three Senators arg present. ‘Phere is One very remarkable fact In connection only ornel but unusual. Counsel queted from the Ist of Sumner, 804, in support of his argument, If the aon thought that what he did was within the bate soon after the decased’s death, without any m- tmation of the fact being given to young Jackson, He moved to set it aside, und it was set aside, The Yesterday's calendar was made up of ordinary charges oi burglary and larceny, the Grand Jury not come Tax. ie on Waat Committees (hey were lo serve, 60 4s 10 with this whole Indtan buxiuess, The Quaker poltcy | line of his duty, he was to be excus¢d before the | contestanis clauming the will proved that the court | having nad time since the commencement of the S tucapives fot the speckuny Of invastiy more expensive than the old Indian ring | World, Me muat be actuated by malice, he must be | did not go into testimony hs to undue iniuence oF term to present indictments of spectai Laterest and { was not ff favor of genoral legis! | plan. Yhe iirst thing our ‘rhees and Thous aid was | shown to have acted under its force and power; if |) want oi fapemeniary capacity, The Surrogate | importance, * i oded it | (0 demana tneveased appropriations; and they have not, ue must ye acquitted, again admitted the will to probate, An appeal was '@ first prisoner arraigved was Joseph McG ; a ee . h sinha’ done by the just Congress which ought to have been keeping preity Well in that direction ever | The learaed gentkeman further stated that be | made to the Court of Appeuls and the Wilt sot aside | whe was e arged with stealing on the 8th of | Debaio in the House Over the Organi- Dawes, ‘rep. ad that Mv, Nibiack would | Sie. Waar they do with so much money is reaily | liked to see a lawyer manifest zeal for his cent: he | on the ground of undue influence. ‘Three years | December, jour boxes of Lea from sacar in the Bude H pnb ited that i! Congress | & Wonder, liked to see a lawyer go into a case with all b13 | jateran application was made for probats again. | son River Ratirond depot. A police ofiicer at three zation of Conunitiees. ig: woud be aueo ately neceasury to myitives a,pofateu; but the House h lay hat 4 Wou.d 1 me and enter on geusral {with great haye the vom. DOWN WITH TRE TAXES. The Forty-first Congress permitted the whole two Years of its existence to pass away without reducing the people's burden of taxation one dollar. More money Was extorted in shape of taxes in 1870 than learning and zeal; but he disilked the idea of the District Attorney, who had, in his opening specch, | gloated over the idea of sending a respectable citizen to the State Prison, and assuring the jury that they would have @ most agreeable duty to per- form in helpmg him 10 arrive at that conclusion. The examination of witnesses lasted through thir- teen days, forming & voluminous book ef printed evidence. The Surrogate again adimitted the will to probate, and then an appeal Was made to the Gene- ral Term of the Supreme Court, The Geveral ‘term o'clock in the morning saw the prisoner in the door. way of @ house corner of Thirty-liret street and Tenth avenue with @ chest of tea in his arms, and upon tnstituiiag a search the three stolen chesus were found near to the place where the arrest waa Prtlorte Rai y Sauthene if the , during the year 1969, The result ts that the Comimant 4s set tho will aside and ordered a trial by jury a8 to | made. ‘Ihe testimony was so clear that the accused, Ben Putler’s Raid Upon Souther Horse’ would “pucge | party is being very rapidly reduced fa the House and | General Davies summed up the case for the gov- | the validity of the execution and as to meatal capa- | by advice of IMs counsel, pleaded. guilty to alt , , and i did not seem Wwhitn | pods Me ernment, carefully reviewing the evidence, and i id a enc "Thi al be M ’ ‘ Ku Ktuxe e doing anysuing that would | SUGSrMtely eo 10 she Behave, If the caaae Hag upon fil the ners aicveloped ta, tee pros | Sie, Aad Undue “infuence. This thal Begun | attempt at grand larceny. ’ Counsel then add } ‘ or doing abything that woul T0OMB s i ~ 8 rning, Mr. ’. Cowd p> 0 Ss one Of those beiiered INCOME TAX gress of the trial that the offence charged agelnss y ay morning, Mr. owdery ap- | the Court in mitigauion of punishment, stating Catalogue of Gutrages Prac ilern Loyalists. ‘d Upon » He be rose 2 astom £91 | that pu be repeated. If were uppoiated now, and set to work, it wa to mees nti December, or so many years. ‘The olnted ora epectal necessi and he trusted toved it would at the the coummitices 6 Linpossivie to Is not qui repealed, aud one or two others, IT could | Name immediately reduced, the House of the next | Congr 8 Will surely be democratic, as wll be the next President, Vice Presidemt aud Cabinei. THE COURTS. ‘we defendant had been brought home to him, LARGE, Judge Woodruf charged the jury. Hestated that if Capiain Grindile beli¢yed, though the belief was uufounded, that Ran invended to fre the ship and punished tim for it, that did not bring him within peeriy for the defendants and proponents and r. William H. Taggard for the plaiutitt and con- Sestens, Moses W. Jackson. Tho will 1s contested on the ground that it was not executed in the presence of two witnesses, a8 required by the Statute, and that the deceased at the time of making it was in articulo morits and did not recognize any- he had been informed this was McUrath’s first offence and he was never arrestea upon any charge before. SENTENCE Judge Beaford on passing sentence Cleliand, [do not think you would tatent deceive me as regards the o! aajoura. He hoped that Mr. the uct of Congress, which said that ‘if any master, : DaEnckee of she Li lation, a ‘s ns . or know what he;was about. Several witnesses | and consequently believe that you have erro N.Ya moved to lay the resolution &c,, shail, from malice, hatred or revenge, or with: | were examined, going over, the ground, ut the | neousiy i ore. ‘tected ie a well hecan SENATE. Vr. HUTLER, (rep.) of Mass., destrod the House to consider beet ee oemypnisre rs nslioved, “though be Lote weeps eb ae hen 9 refer ons 1] ang perenae (a nig of thieves. All suc Ray iz BUTLER, (rev. . . i AS ° ; Bs rT" ao en | Meera ee GAA | Glan auarteset expan adeas ote | CEE | ee fog tena: Pub aegis aA 1 ETAMEI®, (Top.) of Me,, from the committee appointe ous hat passed the appropriatio: nnd 9) jony—] a a 0 | mictea punishment upon § to walt on the President, reported that they had performed | PUDUG mousure of importance, Dut had passed noting else Y i ) ay, was not gullty of a criminal offence. “While a faith. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS, years Ee nat Seek Prist> that duty and the President su/ormed them that he had no | curcer of icuivlation of that lad, Atl of the great interes Ship Neptane—Charge of Passing Counter- | fui seaman was to be protected, on the one hand, SF Fp Se Me ee ane Moadams, who was folnity fe cormtaunication to make to Congress at present, bus would | Of the country bi foit Money—The Lexington Avenue Open- Sealant cruch Meaineny SOA Wucel Die venioes A Basso Primo After Jim Fink. an oficial engagement which his Honor to make one in the course of a week. Also, that the President | questions of revenue oF ing Case—Jim Fisk as an Impresario in were to be protected in the preservation of discl- Before Judge Cardozo. meet the case was pnt over till to-day. ed a wish that Congress would not this week | 1 Le content to adjourn at x rf; pline, and should see that sailors discharged their Gtovannt B. Anionnecht vs, James Fisk, Jr.—The ACQUITTALS. adieu that be would Ae Aue oak wok hut esses ta eccamat | ‘Litigation—More About Political In- duly. plainti sues to diminish the exchequer of tuo great | pxgyyaiued at $ye on the, 2th, Of Febuary te re an exveative commusteation to make to the | tH for loatiiagion, to enable 8) Dresiiany 10 fluonce in Courts—A Transaction in The jury then retlred te conanier thelr verdict, | *%Presarto of tho Grand Opera House to the tune property of A. 1.’ Stewart & 00, ‘The "were watt < . id » He desired ti jack—Busi a un sonst) . On | Of $500, He sets forth in his complaint that he was und in the prisoner's house,.who sata that a y' EONS eee le Heginiation, but’ he trusted that fl ‘Appicjack—Susinew:in the dourt aaah Lae eon ody Se homed employed by the defendant as primo dasso in the | MAN BAMed Poole asked perin'ssion to leave th wu e that condition of things that the President had jutimated a desire wat Congress should not fia the cay of adjournment during tis week. He quite agreed of Genoral Sessions—Decisions, the Clerk as to whether they had agreed, we fore- man read from a small slip Of paper which ne held opera “Lurline,” which was performed at the Academy of Music in this city in May, 1869, He there. The jary believed the prisoner's story acquitted hima. ‘erence Devitn and John Reilly were equally for that it was Letter not to appoint the general coromittees of Nee 1n_ his hand, the verdict, as follows:— i f ' the Lonee for th pac of coing tivo general legislation, * “Not guilty under the stat 4 raling, but | alleges thai ne was engaged at a salary of $000 a | tunate in being pronounced innocent of & charge at ZeDUiGO De Verne eaies | but be did bope that the House would not adjonre "80. sve UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. aug MO eee . mouth, and that he had pecn paid ouly $400, leaving burglary, “in? undictment alieged shatan the might ' aben, ot a | It would be false to {ts duty to the nation, talse to its duty to aes Baas vi 500 st jue im. ne deiendant denies that + isa ae ey eel ‘lee ao irs abbot, | the onstntion i fe atjourned ane a tints 2 things Payment of Notes Given for Staves Prior to} ciiige” Wane coe Maat bp Oi verdion f aet | EE -ceamaee tee Pluntit ot atl bat | tar. tnto the restaurant of Henry Wilk, in Tenth avenaa, ‘ys lor joave to maintain Lis claim to 4 seat in he South that now was there, aud left the Frosident power- n 4 nishea mon to another party, who emplo; 3 fot OSSERS We: Gace deek “to ered en repers mate t0 area rei Maieh 467, ‘The Clerk Yor aN Uae prisoner ts not guilty? | ims that the plainuit was vot employed bythe clreumstanices showing that the defendants nad ne ry erk’s a a port made to ‘ASHINGTON cs felonious ment in going ito the place, although Governor Scott, of South Carolina, by goa B, NX ‘ 3 a Foreman—Yes, month, but was to receive $200 a week; that he was | Wuppaa Soustanie } ‘0. 100. ZL. F. Giness vs, William L. Campvell— y aid $400 for two weeks’ sin, , and offered at this | they were found there at a very early hour, | | Euerealy Spanky stoce the 14h ot Goes there bad | Error to the Ciroult Const for the district or Loutsi- | ‘Theiaronuatdek cae Futo the amount due him for four days’ additional | Compiled with Judgo Mearord’s instructions ! bh A Jadge of Probate, Volney Po pe: ‘A Verdict of noc guilty was then recorded. singing, after which time the opera was withdrawn, | Save them the benetit of tue doubt by rendering i 1s em. House of -hepreseatatives, Wade A. Perr | aua. ‘This was an action on a promissory noteexe- | 10K Wroontad Sad rescing the jorcrr—Gentte- | Dut relused to accept the same. A motion was | Verdict of not guilty. . (Tep.) To establish steamship | other leading re in ove day tity men and | cuted at New Oricans in April, 1861, payable two | mon, 7 t request tend: t thi in; made to piace the case on the special catendar, Thus far no hardened criminals have been ar ; cen New Orieane and various poris in | women were oraisiiy walpped and maltreated and 130 per- | ene t Dues Foc ucee Tone Seen eid ee eae Ope which was denied. raigned, but when they are and their guilt is clearly puthern Express Company. fone driven from their lomes; that Ja Union county two | years after in the same city to the oraer of une plain- | of the court to-morrow (this) morning, as I find “ 7 eatablished Jude Bedford will mete out speedy jus tcential crs in Louisiana | triul yustices 7 Wy fea | tin error, who was the endorser, The considera- | have been ebliged to adjourn a case owing to a Decisions. Sine to tb atenarh. ; © ollicers and for other | men iaken froi euty-five * a ‘want of jurors. . Turnure vs, Costello.—Exceptions overruled and oy 2 v udicial districts of Louisiana, Amendatory of the act to in- | | Darharously sewors onsrages in Sparta tion of the note was the price of slaves svld to the maker, a brother of the endorser, The note was not A CALL TO POLL THE JURY. report confirmed. COURT CALEROARS—THIS DAY ‘oid, providing fo : t Jing of the doctuinent was iwicrrapied by a point of | As tne jurors were rising from their seats and % Salah act” Gee aa, | Pager gj bt Woow, th uot relevant t the | presented at tne place of payment at inatunty, pa om Lena ah laste apa be ie meee a pe teapot or | q SUPREME Covnt—Cnaunxes—Held by Judge Can yand Kansas, before the House’ 2 Cae x if i Shai . tual Insurai " sapdees _CHAMBE pads ‘ Cle territory |" Ebe Sea E2 ou the poins of onter, Campvell, tue “holder, thea being @ rest- |" Judge Woodramt—The motion 1s too late. “The | pgato. Bare. ; amos HOG 2a 1By 88548568 20% 06) 86 1K, AM, certain tribes wader ai ie teale dent of the parish o1 St Helena and cut off Young Stone Cutting Com- -) Of Mo,—For tie removal of es from the people of the Southern Missonrt all lands withia that ‘he question wa: table without the ys Trom access to New Orleans by reasons of the exist- ence ofthe war Judgment was for the holder, and the case was brougut here, the plamtuf im error con- | verdict has been alreaay recorded. And thus ended the trial of the great Grindle case. Burning of tho Ship Rodert Edwardes—The icHugh & James 8, pany vs. The Wardens and Vesiry af St. James’ Church.—Motion denied. George W, Wild vs. Henry Bonnis.—Motion dented. Court OF ComMMON PLEAS—Part 1—Held by Ja Loew.—Nos. 473, 604, 45, 621, 637, 53334, 677, 437, 731, 671, 760, 678, 636, 710. MARINE Count—Part 1—Before Judge Gros3.—Nos, . A BEMOVAL OF a tending—first, that the waut of presentment and ; _ No costs. 5276, 5277, 52' 39, 5112, 5278, 627, 5231, 523: | scoigrighie tear tonen | ‘maces i pausieal pais scaled et Somer ie pie ae heae find Ope oe ares borat of Death~Seruples Among the | “yimes Mason vs, James E, Maxwel!.—Motion Sent earee Sooo) cata one cua cage eee ee } PY . ef je, luasmuch as Campbell had only to Me granted. Before Judge Curtis.—Nos. 6176, 6234 ly to patenis tas also to provide for the erection of a gov- ding at Harlord, Conn, EY, of’ Mi county, Ul, was parse: Mr. BANSUALL as ing # post route in Lllnois, od to have anothor bill passed establish- come forward aad scknowledgé his allegiance to the government by 1s invitation, alter the capture When the jury in “aptain Grindle’s case had gone out the Court ordered on other business. Benjamin H. Seivas vs. John R. Foley.—Motion denied without costs and without prejudice. 5234, 5287, 5283, 5289, 5013, 5932, 5665, rig ma 8, 6259, 1678, 4633, bo bong 254, 8258, 6257, 525 5261, 5262, 264, 5265, 5266, 5267, 5268, 5200, —To revise, consolidat Mr. BUTLER (of Mass) cbjected. If he could not bave the | of New Orleaus, and was sale In doing so; second, es 7 Pee . : 8 O the Post Odice Depart. | people of the South protected from murder, he did not want | the statute of ‘bresoripuon in Louie batted Ing | @harles Purdue, Charles Meredith, Samuel 0. este eats nr aha Py ria py oe | ee 8274," 52 6200, ’s202, 5301, 6294, 6295, 5296. hy Messrs. C Parn—For th | Postroute bits pisos nEFORSS Tight of action ou the uote, the parties being all | Duncan and another were brought up and arraigned | counsel. der on the viding th ja TOL te joint resolution | residents of thar State, a pbell_a wecessionis! sdwar Hemmenway vs, | ted. Ate — po ae On motion of Mn (Oran the, Senate, jcint resolution | Ma norestitied () tke Henelt of the et or gune, | Oral The Robert Edwardes was burned 800 | | Hemmentcay xs. Dempley—Moion granted bis of p esson Penitentiary and Keformatory | 1864, which Was passed for the protection of North: | miles from iand and totally consnmed. ‘The crew | “"4ien et ah vs Taylor et Gl. Motion dented, BROOZLYN COURTS. Ly Mr. SERWART —To ze the con- 8 passed. ¢ ern ‘creditors, in respect of their debts anc debtors, | Were saved, taken on board a vessel called the Mary By Judge Brady. siruetion of A.vericha ‘ocoas, sexe) ips —proviaing for the Ov INTRODUCTION OF MMAS |. | within the rebel lines, It is angued, 1a the third | Rice aud landed at ito Janiero. Bp ee nore ¥en hang gt SSONERS’ £51 payment iy, ise government of twenty-five per cent of the | eee. GE LA ae cee | place, that the consideration of the note has fatied | _ Duncan has become a witness for the government, Bryant vs. Uo —-MORIOD. £1 . UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. of tke United Stater in this conutry within eu yearw, sulabe | A Dil to encourage Lumalgraion and protect immigrant, | in Consequence of the abolition of slavery, | anda nolle prosequi has been entered in his case. ear whe Lets Bost n into vessels of war. , | and for a national bureau of mmigration. | | and tat under the constitution of Lowsiana | | The lerk ure pecans to swear a jury Pet SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. o Seer aunt By Bir, Cousers, (rep.) of Oregoa—To aid the construc- ‘A dill to provide for the apportionment of the Forty-second , the action could not be sustained im | the prisoners. Four or five Jurors were swora, an —_ Before Commissioner Winslow. tion of the Oregon ranch Pach 4. Congress. the State courts. ‘The defendant in error is three, who stated that they entertaimed conscien- Decisions. Patrick Healey was before the Commissioner M of ize the construc- A bil providing for homesteads on the public lands for | charged witi frst haying ascertained that the Dis- tious scruples to trying a case where the prisoner, By Juage J ley 01 re O88 Ww Boonevile. Union so.diers; and a bill providing {or the reduction of the : if fouryl guilty, would be sentenced to death, were iy Tange sone. terday on the charge of having sold lotiery policies co AGAN, (rep.) of Texas—To tm te the ‘yy, Ukohoma and Santa Fe Railroad Com- m, (dem.) of Tenn.—For the relief of the University. ‘of Fla.—To aid the construction of (rep.) of Ublo—To promot aati and Southern R: tu moneys paid into the cour L in, Buses, By Mr. Powrne per-eent, { a, @ twenty minutes to two | adjourned ul! Taursday. EFFEC? OF THE HERALDS o'clock P. M., THE PORTY-FIRST CONGRESS, wict Judge held views Jayorable to his case, and with then having taken up his residence in Missis- sippi, So as to enable him to bring his action in the federal courts for Louts . The defendant in error mulotains that he was prevented by actual military force trom presenting the note at maturity, | and that his failure to cause the protest of the note, | &¢., 18 excused, On the same ground he insists that the statute of prescription does os bar hits action. ‘On the question us to ihe Consideration of ihe note itis sald that it was legal at the tume, end tlle. | excused irom attendance. The Court, fluding it im- possible to secure a full jury, discharged the jurors Sworn until to-day, cautioning them at the same og to hold no conversation with any persoa about @ case, UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COUST. The Case of the Ship NeptuncDischarge of mptain Peabody and the Mates, Mayo Anderson vs, West.—Reference ordered. Cooper vs. Smaul.—Order granted. Turner vs. New York accidental Insurance Com- pany.—Same. Carswell vs. Schaefer et al.—Sume. Wenmon vs, Broadway and Seventh Avenue Rat road Company.—Same, Hawes vs, Barr et al.—Same. + McDonald vs. Chamberlain,—Same. at No. 52 Union street without paying the special tax required by law. He was held to ball to answer, Concealing Spirits. J. D. Royston and Alexander Tuppitt are charged with having been engaged in the illegal removal of spirits from their establishment on Commerce street, South Brooklyn. The hearing was adjourned. CITY covAT. a tuiroad,and-ot the Lawrence, EXPOSE, | gatity cannot py aay er post Jucto Jexisiaiion OF |. hud Suteld pa ocd te { : : -, cision be mipressed upon’ it, The aboliuon |” Bed § a 4 = i cs a.) aC Ken ie inserts the Kan, pre Gea ial of slavery, or of the prinewple ef tue law | Yesterday Commissioner Jonu A. Shields rendered COMMON PLEAS—SENERAL TERM. The Alleged Micgal Seizure. re the cheap transportation of 8 from the West to the seaboard at nt the year, belnga vill to ald th on of the Portiand, Ri also to provide sie United Siaves, rn | Worth of the People’s Heritage © mary of Job: | Uncommitted Sins—Six Hundred Million Dollars aved—Sum- Wot Too Mueh Credi:—Sub- ot slavery, Will not affect contracts for slaves made before uie date of abohtion, A late case im Great Britain 1s cited (Santos vs , 88, Be Ket., U. kngiishiman, who parchased omapelled’ to pay the price by Louisiana could net impair oy his decision in the case of the United States vs. Captain Peabody, of the ship Neptune, and the first and second mates of that vessel, Mayo and Shields, whohad been charged with cruel and unusual punishment to the colored members of the crew Decisions. By Chief Justice Daly and Judges Larremore and Joseph F. Daly. ‘The following decisions were rendered yesterday: Mary Caroline vs. Emil Lippman.—Appeal dis- Before Judge Neiison. Norman Liteet! vs. John Linskey.—The platnwi? in this case, which was reported in the Hsxsup of yesterday, sued to recover $800 from the defencant, who isa deputy sherii, for the alleged tlegal selx By Mr. Hania, (rep.) of lowa—For the apportionment idiz rporations—Unbounded Impu- S contract, made in 1861, di- ‘i wi i : és ure of bis stock in his sture in the Eastern District. { oi Represcatatives s pRB E: siiead Gon es Pi 15, by legisiation or decision, during the last voyage from Liverpool to New Yori. | missed for want of return. | The defence was that the seizure was made in pur: 4 donce—Senator Stewart—The Indian lawtul though exorbitant and trans COMMISSIONER'S DSCISION. lement F. Harrington vs. Josieh Taylor.—Same. | suance of a judgment against plaintid, and the jury of Nev.—To encourage telecraphie com- y and lands to the Sacramento Immigration und Navigation Comp: By ¥ isions looking ,capecially in New York, em- rveyors’ and Appraisers’ De- mpiity ana greatly th @ generat partme’ nts, the’ e: ni of the Senate n the view of sub- arks on it. Of Cal, introduced & bill to abolish the a UM! to re- persons upo: amendurent to tb Jegal and po whom susb are itnposed U , in Bu Asia and Lurope; granting | - | figacy. . | ing the Treasury were m @ fair way of getting | se3 than at any previous session. | gress iz to be cou sims.” | er’s table and Senate calendar that When Congress assembled, early Question — Loyal Claimant WasnINGTON, March 6, 1371. . More than for anything else tue Forty-first Con- | nuded for its “uncomuitted were slaugh- in December | last, all sygns indicated a session of unusual pro- A lurger uumber of schemes | through both he for plunder. The ijobbyists were having everything their own ii the 12tu of December, when way opened | of an expose of or subsidy rauroad bills, 189, asking a Twen! calencar, | its status on the | bills, giving aw | the Senate, and thirty-two more, 1 body at the time Congress assombled, | im Becember. The HigRaL sé of the whole bota by the country and ci*y press, Not TOO MUCH CREDIT, I must, howéver, Hot give Congress 320 acres of lau the HERALD ts batteries upon them by the publication ¥IPTY-FIVE DISTINCT JOBS, free gift of y-each and ee of the no had paszed giving away 8,600 acres, Were pending in that respectable the first week brood of jobs Was copied far and wide, with and without credit, It was used as and the Prest- The number and magnitude of jobs on the Speak- | 0 acres of our national domain. The name | and number of each of the fifty-five bilis were given; also the amount of subsidy demanded | tue parties had appehended | gisiation or law they id the courts of the United States siiow that slaves are legaily in the States where slavery Was recognized, and that the courts of tue United States will enforce coniracts made for ihe sale of slaves in states where ery exists by law, and the courts of Great Briain grant redress for ioss to such property The rights of the party y the law of lodi, and nov here must be decided by the law o1 1664. The law of the place of making No. 101, Witham White vs. John Hart and W. D. Davis—Error to the Supreme Court of Georgia.— This was also an action on a promissory note dated February, 1859, the consideration of which was slave properiy. The defendants below pleaded to the jurisdiction of the Ceurt, on the ground that the institution of slavery did not exist in Georgia, aud the Court was prohibited fo exercise Jurisdicuon. The plea was sustained, aud the Judgment was tor the defendants, The holder of te note brings the case here, and a special and elaborate brief is made On the right to enforce by sult notes given on the sale of siaves prior to emancipation, by P. Phillips, for the plaiatitt in error. The deleudants in error do not appear here. UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. The Case ot Captain Grindley, of the Ship Od Colony—Verdict Not Guilty. The trial of this case, in which the defendant is charged with cruel and unusual punisument to one of his erew, Ramon Rau, was resumed at the sitting Of the court, before Judge Woodruff and the jury. TESTIMONY FOR THE DEPENCE. trated the manner which a bowlize was maue “The evidence,’’ says the Commissioner, ‘shows experienced, the rigging and decks being covered with tce and snow. All hands got to work to shovel snow and Ciear the decks of the ice, and it was at this time that the colored men had their nands frozen. The eviaence on the part of the govern- ment shows that the Captain dressed their hands and made finger stalls himself for the men and did what he could for the frozen sailors with the means at his command. The cruel ‘ they were unable to do so. The weather at this | time was very bad, and ail hands were required at the pumps for three daysto Keep the vessel from | sinking. The white portion of the crew got worn out, and the captain was compelled to call upon the complainants to take a hand at the hgeeiee and go on lookout, They did £0, and did what they could, When the colored crew came aboard at Liverpool the majority of them had no extra clothing. Ailthe clothes they had was what they had on; and they themselves testify that when the weather got cold the captain gave them clothes— shiris, stockings, drawers and shoe:—and did what he couli to make them comiortable, The weather, after the ship left the Banks aud uutil her arrival in New York, was very severe, and required ail the ability of the oiticer3s to save the vessel, passengers and cargo.” The Commissioner 1s satisfied, after o long and | cavéful examination and trom sil the evidence be- | fore bim, that the government have failed to make out a case against the defendants, and they must, therefore, be honorably discharged, sssing Counterfeit Moucy. Beforo Commissioner Osborn. * The United Siates vs. Margaret McDonnell.—De- counterfeit ten doliar bill, The woman's story was SUPAEME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. fendant was charged with attempting to pass a | that she got it from a party whose acquaintance | Francis McAtavey vs. Thomas Brannigan.—Same, Brich R. Jackson vs, Mark Rhtnaldo.—Same une aftirmed. COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TEAM. Judge Joseph F. Daly yesterday rendered a de- cision in the following case:— . Woodward vs. Stearns.—Motion to vacate attach- ment denied. Assault and Battery Case—More About Politi- cal Lefluences in Courts. Before Judge Curtis. Cruetz vs. Kruger.—This aciion is one of long standing and was originally brought in the Supe- | rior Court, from whence it was transferred to the | Marine Court. The plaintiff, a Gorman, owns a husband who keeps a lager beer saloon, but who 13 | rather the figurehead to the estavlisnment than an | Active participator in the busmess, Mrs. Cruetz pre- | ferring to preside when customers are plentiful, leaving Mr. Crueta to attend to more strictly family ters. mandee Curtis, on hearing statement of couusel for the plaintiff, said thet all the ordinary cases of | assault preperiy belong to the police courts, and | that it Was as unwise as it was a costly matier to load the catendar of the civil courts with them. Jacgh ©, Gross, counsel for the defendant, sug- gested to the Court the propriety of the witnesses on either side being ordered out of the court during the examination of any of these fellows, It was a very | old case, and it was better, he thought, that each ; witness shouid tell iS or her story just as tne eir- cumstances of the case were now rémembered, CHARGE OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE. Counsel for plaintiff here rose excitedly and said court wili have to substantiate such charges or make rendered a verdict in fuvor of defendant. 1S, Be ! é fi Silver Mine Speculation ae a hat Fs % specidc warrantees, | that the vessei left Liverpool on tne 26th of Decem- | less return filed within twenty days. A 'P' rent pals fn tra Claim Agents Must be Tekon meeting the ¢. Y even a general and per last; that the deake wen very iquoe stint | ag lun > Davis ve George Weyiner.—Judgment | John Netdiinger vs. Henry A, Jones.—The platntifl reservation of the harbé Dar. —The Incom vdinary warranty dees not to acts ex port xt rmed. sto rece’ peesacvation: 9¢ the hart Care Of—The Income Soe ey aigu. Power: | The warrsury , Hothing then happened, and there appears to be no | “Pardon Briggs vs. James R. Smit, Jr—Inag- | P*0g8 sult -to recover $5,000, which sum, he ab Tax—Hex!t Congress. apples only to” pre-existing facts and | Charge of ill-treatment until the vessel got to the | ment reversed. leges, he lost through the representations of de liabuities, ‘The cases in the Snglish cours andin ; Banks of Newfoundland, where cold weather was | Nathan Solomon vs. Rosa Simmone.—Judgment | fedantin regard to a sliver miung company im Idaho. ‘The company was organized in New York, Defendant was oue of the corporators and_ tri and plaintiff purchased, as alieged, $5,000 of int shares. ‘ihe plaintif alleges that the stock proved utterly worthless, Case still on, BROOKLYN COURT CALENDAR, Crry Court—Parts 1 and 2—Before Judges Mcune > ° enter: ; and unusual punishment complained of 18 that, and = Netlson. 08. 33, 60, 110. Part 3—Judge tered last Suturday stuuply by being Jet atone ag | the contract at the time 1 was made enters Into and | Stor tne men’s hands were frozen. they Were made MARINE COURT—PART 2. Thompson.—Special Term. | * | forms a part of the contract, and an injurious aitera. astounding. tion of those laws impairs its obiigation. to pull and haul ropes, go aloft and do duty when THE HUDSON RIVER ICE MOVEMENT. Navigation Opened. . {From the Albany Journal, March 6, The report circulated yesterday mourning out the city that the ice in the river was momenta- rily expected to move out created considerable in- terest, and crowds of spectators lined the piers and docks to witness Ue spectacle. Though prematare by a few hours, 1¢ was none the less rue, What Was on Saturday a clear eld of smooth, giary ice, phe = Re below the steamboat lauding to the Hudson River Kailroad bridge, with the exception of the passage-way cut for the Boston ferry, yester- day morning, at eight o’clock, presented a rough, uueven and broken appearance, that indicated 1g would s00n pass away and become but a memory of the winter now past. Between this city anu ‘roy the ice had almost disappeared, and the litte remnant which had been spared by tne insidious encroach. mente of mild winds, milder weather, or water, had floated down to where a barrier had formed itself a short distance above Batn. This, of course, consti. tuted a considerable pressure upon the already weakened and melting mass, until at last it fi gave way Saturday, moving down and completely blocking up the Boston ferry cut, where it again remamed siationary, but not without se nore | and dividing the lummense field into thousands of | edthat the | °° « pic z Gilbert G. Young, ship broker, stated he h one | that there was too innch pojitical influence at Work | huge and massive blocks. This was not sufictent | editorials and by Congressmen in thelr speeches. , : ra nate heal Ateiegt atlas eee entet ahh Tue Como te, | inthe courts, and that it was just such influence | tycause the Water to rise more than a loot seranverg | The result was that only two of the fity-ilve bits | t0 8ea as a sailor for eight years; had been sent aloft charged her with a caution that had been attempted to be exerted in this court. | a5 this time, which {s considered something or -stapbers | ceceded in getting through Congress. in a bowline; bad beaten the rust off the sheets with a Judge Curtis—Counsel in venturing upon any } ynusual for the season and occasion. Ne RS a an iron bar (the witness here took a rope aud illus- | charges as to the honor, iniegrity and Justice of this | this condition it remuined until yester morning, When a portion of the field, extending LOTION. and how a éallor could sit m it); 1t was also usual to them at his porll. from a short distance below Madison avenue to oj te Hone | gent too much credit, Two bills giving away to | CAty the fron bar aloft suspended around tne neck, | Tae Opening of Lexington Avenue and Litl- | Counsel—Upon a previous day originally fixed for | posite tne fot of State sireet, gradually gave way bs ay, Merch S|. ? sia fostorapipes: here th hte | for convenience and safety; witness was handed a | gation About the Assessments. the trial of this casea member of the Assembly | und slowly passed down the river. The remaining i » Was laid upom the | overgrown corporations about 37,000,000 acres of the | mariinspike, and he said that such an instrument from ths city was in attendance here. He came to } portion, extending from the latter point to above one o'clock, adjourned EPRE*ENTATIVES. | first Congress, and received the Pres fry did not fare as Well, as | people's heritage passed both houses of the Forty- ident’s signa- e were the two big jobs of the season, wiilbe seen. ig, or rather demanding, a free Of Jana, passed the senate, would answer for beating tie rust off the sheets, Cross-exam. sheets when he believe that he was, Frederick W. Cline, shipmaster for thirty-five ed—Does not think he knows what a | ‘norman’ 1s; Was sent aloft at sea to beat the | jaimed to be sick, and they did not | Before Judge Brady. David Brennan et ai. vs, The Mayor, Aldermen, &c., af the City of New York.—This is an action to stay the collection of assessment’ on three lots owned by the plaintiff on the recently opened me and asked me was I counsel for the defendant. 1said no, but for the platntift. The Assemblyman then said he was interested in the case, and that he had come to “see the Judge,” showing me, con- tinued counsel, a slip of paper, with the words writ- ten on it, “Dear Judge (no name)—The defendant is ath, remained fast until short), ‘ver neon, ween it, too, followed suit and moved graceiully down along the city front to return no more. It was an interesting spectacle to the hundreds and perbapa thousands who had gathered to view the departure, Without any of the piling, or tue usual damage re- THE COMTITILE 70 y PRESIDENT. Ing let alone to death in the | Fears, stared thatit was usual to 3end men aloft in a | extension of Lexington avenue. In the oid plan of | @ iriend of mine; do what you can for him.” sulting from the breaking up of the ce after a bard Se ates ase 3 intra Were eo tbe smothered tn comaittees or meet | Was very sittple; tere was Ho Tegulat tool fordoimg | the Avenue wus not included, and in 1860 w special | ™Godasel—Limorny J. Camper loved aa they ssw it glide to. smoothly ou Congress was in sves: cmt | a qniet death on the Senate cwendar, it; any piece of old iron would answer the purpose; | act was passed by the Legislature allow- |. Judge Curtis—Did he name the judge he expected | With the departure of the ice navigation will ; alee i : begat | ‘to be briet, the lobby deminded 189,224,920 acres, | .t was a very grave offence to leave the lookout; {f | ing the further opening, which act also ; "/pfuence? probably at once be resumed, and the steamboat on a a e hed die | Of Lis amount 37,000,000 acres were given away, | he knew there was to Wookouthe would mot got | emraced the closing of Hainliton Park. Soles. Ours tain ee na erations tae | ee RO es Ae Seen Neue WEA ile See, Be ebary at at hadnocom- | while the application for, hY20 acres was | sleep; ne would keep awake as long as ould. | By unts act the Corporation Counsel was directed to | Judge Curus ss at however Fase | tivity. The ice in the basin has not as yet yielded munication tor ty ht bave some | liy rejected. It 1s quité certain that but tor the Cross-examined-—Any sailor could Re ar im a | qiake application to the Supreme Court for the ap- pouares ae 6 thoughtless and tippant the Words of | to the inftuence of the Weather, but of course 1§ eee wineed | Ubi’ exposare of these jobs. every one of tiem | bowline: $Y would not do well to, send up aman | Toincucat of coumssioners” ofestumate and assess. | {HE Assemblyman, he was devermined. to havo & | cannot resist much longe:, when the various oat fixed for the ‘.n é y y should be | would have 8! 6 — acres of land 13 hid could no ie: ha preesbly on instru, | MeMt for the farther opening of the avenue, but | Poatiy bk place inc pire Seite p! reneererced, Which have “4 locked in its chilly embrace ail : wortu saving (o tne people in these days of high | Send a stek man aloft: a ‘norma: makes uo reference to auy previous acts of the Leg- | ourt at the time 40, | winter wil, in their rejuvenated condition, perform vaxes. At the low price of $4 per acre, which is | ment used for puting on a Windiass, | gslature, and in terms fuils to give any powers tothe | 224 48 to the object proposed to be accomplished by | their share in the traitic to be carried on during the less than the average price the subsi et, it is worth the ha sed Cross-examined—A “norman,” which was about twenty-five pounds weight, would not weil do for commissioners. The Corporation Counsel, however, under the act Made the required application to the the supposed letter to “a judge.” Judge Curtis then indicted @ letter to Assemblyman Campbell, which coming season. ‘Lhe breaking up occurred three Weeks sooner than last year, and old rivermen say ter ve referre « ose. It had beter be to pay offour | beating off the rust; part of a “norman” woulddo | ¢ % a be read in conrt, in which he requests Mr. Campbell | {t was tue quiciest and least dangerous that bas oc ONGANIE onai debt than given to subsidized corporations. ter. : au fr appointed? wao made. their vepore and tpoy | t make aMldavit of what he knew in the matter, | curred in many years. . j Mr. NrcLaci, (de THE OAKES-AMES JOB. Ajesto P. Fabrie sworn:—Knows Captain Grindle; ‘4 - ¥ | his intention tn coming tuto court and writing to offered ® resolution requ ¢ iitecs of the ted that it was nota 2 dodtded that tt w Yereu end that b The asing the Pacific Katlroad corporat just obligations to pay interest on | bonds, é most barefaced job of the session was the vt amendinent to ie Army Appropriation bill, Irom their ion ueir subsidy cept so far as one-lialf of ther government be has been in our employ five years; bis character 1s goed, as far as | Know; he bas proved faithfui to us; We Have entrusted lum witu large amounts of property. Uross-examined—t! have never sailed with Captain | the confirmation of the same proceeded to collect the assessments, - Upon the bringing of this suit the de- fendants demurred, and ‘he case came up yesterday on this demurrer. One ground of the demurrer was that if the act was luvalid nis action could not be maintained py the piatntifs, who could not bring “Deur Judge.” ‘Thus litte episode in Ways that are dark And tricks that are vain ecullar to “political influence’ in courts having EXTENSIVE BUIGLAQY. Four Thousand Dollars’ Werth of Property Stolen and Recaptured. 4 — sportation bilis Wil go towards it. Tue sublime | Grindle; 1 know nothing about low he treats his > o " ‘About eight o'clock Mond ing om ¢ . f i ‘ guilt till suetaming damage. Another and was een got through with, the case of Creutzer vs. 4 < Monday morning officer Beel, | ni | lmpudence of the great raliroad swiudclers is aluoat | crew; Lam a part owner of the ship; the captain 18 | that the uct a! ver ‘and, eave, that no | Kruger went on as fast as high Dutch against low | of the Eighta precinct, reported at te station house } Mt proper fur ( beyond the power of language to descrive. The | not A ction “could “be ‘sustaned,’ “On the other | Muteh, rendered into polyglot Knglish, and AD I0- | <6 he had alocovered that serge tian trtneene | eect fis Speaker a’ fact that this nefarious job waa engineered Henry D. Bookman, a shipping broker, deposed | hand, the plaintifia iusiet thas the act | siuuatingiy combative counsel for plainud and a au 6 Gurlug: ; that same re Pp ied a6 well to the orzaniz throngl mainly by one Stewart, who claims to re- | that he knew Captain Grindle in a2 business con- | 1s uncoustitutional, that 1% does mot | counsci for tue defeudant proiessionally courteous, | carly part of the previous evening burglars had. comuniiees of thu Houser. He submitted that the: preselit @ large tract of country west of Utab, with | nection, ana ulways believed tis character to be ive an Hr 10 the sionera to levy asseas- | but unyielding of the rights of hia client, would | effected an entrance to the store of John H. Frost, / b paid grap ay Regen dep & population less than baif of a good sized ward in | good, eens, Nat’ the aot of 1818, applying ett s to the | permit. The session closed without the case coming | No. 464 Broome street, by forcing open an iron shut wre he beaker Sn ow York etly, 18 & conclusive argament against the | | Cross-examinea—I never sailed with Captain | street: on the old plan of the city, Gannot be invoked | vo a close, and Creutzer vs. Kruger nolds its place | ter, and pad stolen therefrom sik hat linings and : ra deh: ype 7 ‘on Of why more states without populations, | Grindle; 1 Go not know how he treats his crew. | to supplement the defect, and ihat only an equity | on the calendar for to-day against all comers. braid to the value of $4,000, Early yesterday inora- he | AE a CO“MMaNder-in-c! Ww thousand honest immers and tradesmen J. V, Crook, first omcer of the Old Colony, was re- | action is proper, to avoid a multipuelty of suits an ¢ ing omicer Seaman, ‘of the same’ precinct, ound : ody to take it iuto action, | Who roam over the wilds of Nevada hold this Stew. | calied, and, in reply to questions, deposed that the | gigar up the ‘subject of titles. Oa the part of tne cor- MARINE COUAT—PART 1 three large bags, well filed with articles or the de- | i Should be decided at | ari responsible for uotuing. Me really represents | cuiain by whico he was bound on board the ship | poration it was argued that in ysing the titiecommis- shih scription of tose above mentioned, stowed snugly mY the Ventral and Lnioa Pacific railroad® In jaw he | was Mov thicker than the rope produced in court; | away in a water closet in the yard of No. 60 Greeag one tu the cxpense. bere should know at were assigned, so that dees they iuar with the general busi- Shey mgt make the 6 fami BEES OF UCL Commiticer The SrLak?). tated his views on the subject. Ke said that two years ago it was not for eleven days after twe or- fanizstion of the Howse (iat he was able to ancounce the na he Was DANY Teaf Standing com: iH a osition, char- © Opp tents, pi enabled pans he thought, rt iy’ woourred. "ibe more largely than any Rew members, und he had not been able to with (he porsoual characteristicn of the | js w United States Seuator, prectseiy | Jegai too with ine | Penus: and other | of andi but in on the same navors Irom New York, taies containing millions fect ie is reuily ludependent | of any constituency ia the ordinary acceptation of ihe term. LOYAL CLAIMANTS, The Southern loya' one ft the a) Of tne sexsic Of (axution @ priation bills auring t imants’ job, smuggled into he last night , U not repealed, will double our rate a largely imcrease Our national debt. All these loyal Claimants Were exeuipt irom thedrait and from taxation during the war, aud 1t might be thought they need noi be so forward DOW in push- tux (hew Claims. But 1t magi be borne im wind tuat it was an open chain; the links were open. ‘This closed the testimony for the defence. REUUTTING TESTIMONY FOR THE PROSECUTION. Hugh J. Doherty, second mate of the Oid Colony, deposed that he never told the first mace that Raa Was regarded ou board as 4 dangerous man; never said ie of that kind. Wiliam McDonnell, ie third inate, deposed that he never stated to the first mate that Rau was & dangerous mun. Andrew Colvin, one of the seamen, sworn—I never said to the irst mate that i regarded Kau as a dangerous man. Jn cross-examination the witness sald he tola the Odiver that Rau had looked unto lis lace at nient stoner Of estimate and extension tere Was & heces- sary implication of the proper powers to these coin- missioners, aud that the act, theugh apparently double 10 Utle, Was single un subject, in its reference to altering the act of the city. Taere was a length, argument on both sides, Decision was reserved, SUPREME COUT—TRIAL TERM. Retrial of an Old Will Case That Has Been several Times Tried. Before Judge Van Brunt. Moses W. S. Jackson vs, Anna Marta Jackson, _ Davia S. Jgpkson e al.—This cage has been knooked A Transaction in Appliejack. Before Judge Gross. Tynn vs, Amann.—The plaintif’s statement was that having visited defendant’s place in Spring Valley, Rockland county, N. Y., he engaged with him \or the delivery here of about 170 gallons of appicjack within a couple of days of November 16, furnishing him with four barrels for the purpose, and pres him kis note at fifteen days in payment, that he then resold the liquor at an advance of ove dollar per gallon on the pepe furnished, but de- fendanut failing to deliver he thus suffered loss. ‘The delance was niaintud reorescnted that the nota screet. He took the property to the station nouse, where, upon examination, it proved to be the same that had been abstracted from dir. Frost's cstapiueh ment. “REAL ESTATE. MATTENS, The foliowing were the auction sales of real estate yesterday :— NEW YoORS PROPERTY. Honse aud lot, No. 210 W re and loi, Db. rn CR, WILKING » 20x100 jane and Water