The New York Herald Newspaper, April 27, 1872, Page 5

~ SIERMAN ON SESOSTRIS. Our Soldier Pilgrims in the Land of the Pyramids, A Live Man Who Laughs at Mummy Hunters. Sugar Mills and Suez Canal Better Than Dead Pharaohs. KINGLY KINDNESS OF THE KHEDIVE, —— Falk with a Herald Man About Indirect Claims, England’s Sham Neutrality, Anglo-Rebel Cannon and America’s Manifest Des- tiny by the Ruins of the Ptolemys. ALEXANDRIA, March 31, 1872, Viceregal orders had been given to receive Gene- val Sherman and his distinguished accompaniments with royal honors such as are usually accorded to visitors of the very highest rank in Egypt. Consid- erable disappointinent was manifested, therefore, when it became known that the General had writ- ten to his old friend and comrade in arms, General Btone, of the Egyptian service, that he would be ebliged to him for quarters while in Egypt, and to further see that no formal preparations were made to distinguish himself and friends from the usual ran of travellers. Of course a guest's wishes are commands, and the pride, pomp and circumstance ef serried troops, booming guns, flaunting flags and gay uniforms were lost to the holiday-loving Alex- andrians, who, like all Levantines, imagine a great man only great when in a gold coat. General Sherman, Lieutenant Grant and Colonel Andenreid arrived on the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ceylon the 16th ult. and were met in the harbor by Gencral Stone and the Vice Consul of the United States. The party were driven to the Hotel @ Europe, and after a few days’ sight-seeing took train for Cairo, where the General and his aids were PRESENTED TO HIS HIGHNESS THE KHEDIVE ‘by the American Consul General. His Highness ex- pressed his regret that the General of the Ameri- oan Army, @ people whom he held tn such high es- teom, would not accept the poor attentions which he, the Khedive, was always too happy to bestow upon his distinguished visitors and guests to Nghten the burden of the long travel they must necessarily experience to reach bis distant domains. To this General Sherman responded that he was, of course, infinitely obliged to His Highness, but he was travelling for the Purpose of observation and instruction, and that that purpose could best be fulfilled by plodding about in his own way—seeing what he thought best worth seeing and thereby relieving himself from the fear of inconveniencing his entertainers. At the game time he was infinitely touched by the thought- fulness and hospitality of & ruler whose generosity and magnificence had passed into a proverb. Neat, Wasn't it? and showed that the shifty tactician can shine in regal salons and verbal pyrotechnics as ‘Well as march to the sea and drub rebels. HOW THE KHEDIVE FLANKED SHERMAN. Afrangements were made for the General and Party to visit the Khedive'’s sugar works at Roda, Minieh-Feshn and other points on the Nile between Cairo andThebes. A special train being strenuous- ly declined, the republican guests placed them- selves in the cars at the usual hour of departure, half-past nine A. M., and found themselves the only passengers. This was accounted for by the fact that travel is very dull at this season. At noon, an mvitation to step into the rear car and take lunch revealed the curious fact that by some accident the Khedive’s kitchen car—with salon carriage and full batterte de cuisine, with staf of cooks—had got coupled on the train by some stupidity of the sta- tion-master—ordinarily a most careful man—and the General found himself seated luxurions- ly before a gorgeous “spread,’? which doubtless vividly recalled the elaborate epicureanism of his famous “light marching order’ campaigns. Stopping over night at a village called Benisoux it was discovered that one of the Viceroy’s steamers, a private yacht, had arrived there in the morning, and, as she was comfortably, not to say superbly, fitted up, the party were informed by tho Khedive’s officer, his Excellency Betts Bey, that they might as well sleep on board as remain ina nolsy mud village, filled with fieas, crying chil- dren and barking dogs. Ofcourse even the sternest Spartan could not object to this, and these curious coincidences Kept continually occurring the whole trip, even to the extent of fine English thorough- bred saddle horses to ride to the tombs of Bent- Hassan, so that General Sherman preserved his re- publican independence, and the Khedive, with a shrewdness and sagacity worthy of the golden prime of the good Haroun al Raschid, had his own wilful way, and proved himself a worthy successor to the Caliphs. A STATE BREAKFAST. Upon the return from the sugar inspection the Khedive gave a state breakfast to General Sher- map, Lieutenant Grant, Colonel Audenreid, Con- sul Goneral Butler, General Stone, General Starring. ‘There were present also Barrat Bey, His Highness’ private secretary, and Reis Pacha, keeper of the seals. The affair lasted five hours, and in the course ef the conversation His Highness evinced an un- usual knowledge of General Sherman’s military history and campaigns. He had probably “toned up” forit. In the delicate use of the higher branches of flattery the Khedive has no living superior, if he has an equal. His white wine is also Unsurpassed, I am told by a favored judge, General Starring and Consul General Butler gavo the Khedive an account of their recent trip to the Soudan, and thelr commendatory remarks on the spirit of progress everywhere visible, even in the heart of the neglected continent, gratified the Bgyptian ruler greatly. AT THE OPERA. General Sherman’s wish to see the opera of “axda" was promptly gratified by the Khedive, upon hearing it, by sending down and ordering its immediate representation and placing three boxes at the disposal of the visitors. WHAT THE GENERAL THINKS OF THE EOYPTIAN SOLDIERS. On different occasions subsequently there were fine military reviews of the crack native troops, and General Sherman pronounced the opinion that they compared favorably with the old First infantry ef the regular United States Army. To that fa- mons organization General Aleck Reynolds, now of tho Egyptian service, once belonged, and was its emMcient Adjutant, The old veteran was immensely elated when he heard this opinion from the Com- Mander-in-Chief of the American armies. (I say “armies,” although we have but one army, and that @ Very small one, but I am writing in a foreign land and must patriotically effervesce.) AN INTERVIEW WITI GENERAL SHERMAN. In Alexandria, to which place General Sherman returned on the 20th of March, your correspondent, impelled by a sense of duty which he tried in vain to restrain, determined to interview the Com- mander-in-Chief, although he had expressed a firm determination to “dodge those newspaper fel- Jows.”” But catching “rebs” and “dodging” the fourth estate are very diferent things, and the re- doubtable soldier did what is very unusual for him-— surrendered, without even asking permission to re- tain his sidearms, Your correspondent found the General in @ comfortable room of the Hotel @’Europe, surrounded by newspapers, despatches, and visitors. These he shoved one side upon learn- ing the name of your correspondent, and grace. fally waved his celebrated right hand towards an armchair, which was obligingly, not to say obse- quiously, vacated by a vapid visiting Greek patriot, General SHERMAN—Weoll, yout HERALD fellows beat Abe devil! You catch up sitting ayd take ve fying. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET, ‘and you belt the globe, Have a cigar. It is a bad one. Colonel Audenreid bought ‘em. HOW HE LIKES EGYPT, CORRESPONDENT—Thank you, General. How do you like Egypt ? | General SHERMAN—Ob, immensely, of course, A man is bound to like a country where everybody 18 so polite to him, But, aside from that, it’s the greatest little country in the world. Fancy @ nar- row belt of arable land along the river bank for about 1,200 miles making all this stir in the world, ‘There are about 5,000,000 acres of arable land in Egypt and about 4,000,000 people, and by the Khedive’s management they take rank | as a second class Power. It is a fortunate thing for the Turkish Porte to possess such a powerful dependency as Egypt. Why, at home we have the Rio Grande, running along 2,000 miles, with a fringe of fertile land about like that of the Nile valley, and we think the Rio Grande land hardly worth talking about. NOT MUCH ON TOMBS, BUT HEAVY ON MACHINERY. CORRESPONDENT—How are you impressed with the antiquities and tombs of Egypt, General ? General SHERMAN—Nover did care much about tombs, Intend to keep out of my own as long as I can, and do not want to get into other people's. ‘The antiquities, however, are grand and very large, and all that sort of thing, but—what good? I was very much pleased, though, with the Khedive’s sugar mills, CORRESPNODENT—Do you think, General, that the extraordinary efforts vhe Khedive is making to pro- mote the cultivation of sugar will ever effect, even in the far future, the sngar interest in our country? General SHERMAN—NO, sir (emphatically). Tho Khedive cannot make enough sugar to supply Italy and the Levant, and of course we could not com- pete with him at that distance. The Khedive hag ten mills going already, and they ought to turn out 600,000,000 pounds a year, if he can feed the cane rapidly enough. That he will do when he finishes the railways through his vast flelds, He has fine machinery, but for effective and economical results I think we beat him. He sells his sugar at 734 a pound at the mill. Wecan do better than that in Louisiana and in Caba. THE RELATIONS BETWEEN CUBA AND THE UNITED STATES. CORRESPONDENT—You speak, General, as though Cuba were already ours. General SHERMAN—Well, I'm no filibuster, but I can’t resist the logic of events. We don’t want trouble with Spain, nor with any other nation, for the matter of that; butas a matter of right the interests of the people of Cuba should be consulted, and they want a close commercial alliance with the people of the United States, who can purchase all their produce, THOSE INDIRECT ALABAMA CLAIMS. CoRRESPONDENT—You have read the English press on the indirect claims. What do you think of that question? General SHERMAN—I think the English people never knew how much they were wronged until the English politicians and the papers, prompted by the politicians, told them they were injured and in- sulted. Certainly we never thought we were ad- vancing any very novel or startling claims. At all events, the Geneva reference is the proper place to settle the whole matter. We don’t want their money. As they have already admitted, they did usa grievous wrong. British neutrality during our civil war was a fiction and a fraud, I have myself taken off from packages of ammunition run in from Nassau English marks and labels, proving indis- putably that they came from British sources. In fact (here the General called his aide-de-camp, Colo- nel Andenreid)—you remember, Audenreid, that on the railway platform in Columbia, 8. ©., I found four Armstrong guns, made in England—none of the kind ever made in America—and each of these superb weapons bore a plate inscribed, “PRESENTED BY THE MANUFACTURERS TO THE SOV- EREIGN STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA!” The General of the Army made this last remark with a humorous twinkle of the eyes which ended in a pleasant laugh when he came to “the sovereign State of South Carolina.” “I told my artillery oM\- cers to take these ‘neutrality’ guns and make them serve the uses of honest men, which I suppose they did thereafter, as some of my best artillery oMicers were glad to get such artistic tools.” THE VICRROY’S SON TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES, CORRESPONDENT—It has been said, General, that the Khedive intends sending his second son, Prince Hassan, now at Oxford, to visit the United States, Do you know anything of it? General SHERMAN—Of this I have no personal knowledge, but it isa good idea. The young gen- tleman will get a better idea of the whole world and the real business of life by that trip than a life- time spent in lounging about German spas and gay watering places. He should go by way of San Fran- cisco and over the Pacific Railway, which will give him an insight into the growing power and the future prominence of the great republié TO BE THE GUEST OF THE SULTAN, CORRESPONDENT—You are to be the guest of the Sultan, in Constantinople, I hear ? General SuerMan—So I am informed by Mr, Brown, the Secretary of Legation there, but I in- tend to decline. I prefer to go in my own way and pay my own expenses, and for that reason have ac- cepted no favors anywhere, if they could be avoided. Ofcourse, the general desire to compliment the United States in the persons of its officials, and the courtesies usual among military men all over the world, make it impossible to refuse all attentions without appearing churlish and insincere, THE SUEZ CANAL. OORRESPONDENT—You visited the Suez Canal, General? What do you think of it? General SHERMAN—It would take a long time to say all I think of it. It ts one of the greatest and most laudable achievements ofa century which has achiev- ed nearly all that is great or useful in the arts and sciences, The world owes a large debt of gratitude to Lesseps, the projector, and the Khedive, who as- sisted him to carry through his conception. The canal. though, is too vast an enterprise to be han- died by the ordinary machinery of a mere stock company, and its influence upon the commerce of the world too great to be subjectod to the fallibility and weaknesses of a small body of men. The com- mercial nations of the earth should make appropri- ations yearly, if necessary, to keep the Suez Canal in repair. England, the United States, France and Italy are all sufficiently interested in this work to make the question of ordinary expense no object. The bearings of the Suez Canal on the affairs of the world, politically and commercially, are destined to be very great. COMMON SENSE SHERMAN. CoRRESPONDENT—Will you cast your eye over these notes, General, and see if Ihave reported you correctly? General SHERMAN (after reading over five or six sheets of manuscript in a wretched handwriting) — You write badly enough to be a very great man. As near as I can decipher these hieroglyphics they are allright. I wish all correspondents were equally considerate and careful. Ihave been offered up as a victim on the interviewing altar several times and been fearfully butchered. Most of your craft, except the Heratp fellows, sacrifice truth and common sense to an itch for hyperbole and fine writing. I have always found the truth good enough for me, with what common gense I try to throw into it. CORRESPONDENT—Good day, General, and thank you for your friendly opinion of HrRaLp corre- spondents. If we were not the conscientious work- men you so truthfully describe us, the HERALD would not possess, as it does do, the confidence of the American peopl LIEUTENANT GRANT, While the General was studying arms, sugar cul- ture and grand Weta Lieutenant Grant and Colonel Audenreid were raiding the bazaars and laying in stores of pipe stems, tarbouches, Latakia tobacco, Turquoises and Eastern varieties, The “Prince of America,” as the natives designated our young subaitern of the Fourth cavalry, bore his honors meekly and stood up inst the pertl- nacious gazing of an ever tendant crowd with unbroken good humor, “Wallan! but he smokes like a Turk!” the critical and observant Cairene shoopkeeper exclaimed ag the nonchalant dragoon would light his fourteenth cigar with exactly the tmpassive coolness and sang Jroid of his distinguished father under equally try- ing circumstances. The Lieutenant informed me that the party would from Turkey to Russia via the Volga, thence to Berlin, where he would leave and go alone to Sweden, Scotland, Ireland and home. Tho young soldier 18 very frank in his views on England and says, “lick ‘em, if they don’t look out,” and thinks the scarcity of good cigars a sufi cient reagon for annexing Cuba. Those utterances sound very Palmerstonian, and the stout old Pre- anlor Was & uogt successful RtALORIAD, THE COURTS. York and Brooklyn Courts. —. The Gould-Gordon Litigation—The Court Steno- graphers—Action Against a Steamship Com- pany—Indictment of Carl Vogi—Deci- sions—Business of the General Sessions. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. © The Gould-Gordon CasemNew Move on the Legal Checker Board=Nice Points of Law—Sharp Practice. Application was made yesterday morning before Judge Brady, at Supreme Court Chambers, for an attachment against Gordon and dismissal of the complaint made by him against Jay Gould. The application was made on behalf of Gould, and was one on the fact of Gordon not appearing to examined pursuant to the ordinary summons to this effect. Mr. Strahan, on behalf of Gordon, objected to the application, insisting that, though the copies of the papers had been served on Mr. Gordon, the clerk ser prescribed tn such cases, and, further, that the sig- nature of Jay Gould was shown instead of Judge Brady, Having raised these points of objection he moved for an attachment against Jay Gould and dis- missal of his answer for not appearing in a similar order and summons obtained for the examination of Gould by Gordon. Mr. Fullerton submitted to the Judge a copy of the order served on Mr. Gould, and asked the Court whether the date was aed) 25 or April 26, He said he had read it as being the former date. The Judge thought the date was plain enough April 26, but sald thet he would give no advantage to either side, and 80 would give orders to each show cause why the other should not be attached, and both to be returnable at the same time, Mr. Field requested that next Thursday would be assigned as tho time, and also that all t! fp venue, motions originally set down for Monday be deferred tothe same time. This the Court agreed to, and till then, unless some new and unexpected move is made, it is likely that this rapidly growing mixed case will not be brought before the Courts. Pay of the Court Stenographers. Before Judge Brady. The application fora mandamus to compel the Board of Audit and Appropriation to make an ap- propriation for the payment of the stenographic reporters attached to the different branches of the State courts of their unpaid salaries from the Ist of January came up 7eajerday for a hearing. Mr. Stra- han, on behalf of the Board of Audit and Appro- Priation, stated that, so far as he was personally concerned, he would rather aid in securing payment of the salaries than oppose it. There was no doubt but that they would be paid, The only difficulty was lack of funds out of which the appropria- tion could be made. As to the plea set forth in the affidavit of Robert Bonynge, one of the Supreme Court stenographers, that the ower of appropriation to cover the salaries for the four months in question expired with the close of this month, he said the new Board would have the power to make appropriations for the entire year, crediting appropriations already made and covering payments already due. Mr. Lawrence, on behalf oi the stonographert, said that the present Board of Audit would hold their last meeting to- morrow and he doubted the power of the new Board to act upon the claim. The Judge sald he would let the matter stand over till Monday, and meantime, if the Board failed to make the appropriation, he would issue @ mandamus compelling such appropri- ation before its term of office expired. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. An Old Suit Involving New Charges, Before Judge Barnard. Henry Steers vy. The Coastwise Steamship Com- pany.—Thia is a suit brought nominally to wind up the affairs of an insolvent corporation. The de- fendanta claim that it is instituted for corrupt pur- poses, in order to interfere with a suit in progress of peerage upon the same subject within the Second district against the Florida Railroad Com- pe It is alleged that the latter company issued rst and second mortgages; that Carrington, Pre- sident of the Coastwise Steamship Company, owned sixty of the bonds; that the Florida Railroad Com- pany fraudulently destroyed the mortgages securing the bonds; that the mortgages were ‘ecorded ; that they issued new mortgages, recorded them, sold the new bonds under them, and in that way destroy- ed the lien of the defendant against them. It is fur- ther stated that the defendant learned that $100,000, resulting from the sale of the new bonds In Eu- rope, had been pepnen to New York; that thereupon in the Second district a suit was instituted to se- cure upon the sixty bonds; that an injunction was obtained against the $100,000, and a receiver ap- pointed to take charge of the money, so as to re- cover the bonds, The plaintiff, it is averred, began the present suit, claiming that these bonds belong to the Coastwise Steamship Company, so as to de- feat Carrington, aud thus break up the litigation on the other side. The litigation promises to be a lengthy and exciting one. E.N. Dickinson, Presi- dent of the Florida Railroad Company, who is a lawyer, zealously prosecuting the suit for the plaintiff; and Messrs. J. L. Hill, and Pope & Thomp- son, aa zealonsly contesting it for the defendants. The papers were submitted to the Judge, COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER. Carl Vogt Said to Be Indicted. Before Judge Cardozo. This Court met yesterday. The only business was the submission of a batch of indictments by the Grand Jury. Among those said to have been in- dicted was Carl Vogt, the alleged murder of Cheva- Her D, ©, Bianco, in Belgium. The indictment, how. ever, is for theft of bonda and securities, the prop- erty of the murdered man. Decision. Moses Goodkind et al. va. E. K. Courtney et al.— Motion denied on conditions, &c. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM. Dee By Judge Loew. Scott ve. Woods,—I think the injunction should be modified so far as to allow the agtion to be tried when reached, Piffin vs, Tupper.—Case settled. Hanusmann vs, Lippmann.—Memorandum for counsel. Brown vs. Leggo.—Motion denied without costs, with leave to renew, Hoyt vs, Anway.—Motion to vacate order of arrest denied, with costs, COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS, A Notorious Confidence Man Sent to the State Prison by Judge Bedford. Before Gunning 8. Bedford, City Judge. The whole of yesterday was occupied in the trial of John A, Sheridan, charged with obtaining $2,000 in December, 1870, by false pretences, from John W. Moore. This was the most ingenious and skillful confidence operation which has been ventilated In the General Sessions for some time. It appeared from the mass of testimony taken that Moore, who resides in Brooklyn, answered an advertisement which he saw in a newspaper of a farm for sale. He went to the place designated and met Sheridan, who stated that he was the owner of the farm ad- vertised; that it was in Pike county, Pennsylva- nia; that on it was forty-seven acres of good, clear, tillable land and three acres of wood land; also a house containin, ten roome, two barns, two outhouses, a trou! pond, which could be made to produce $1,000 a year, and a marl bed, which could also ylelda revenue of $1,000. He said that he would let Moore have this property for $3,200, and gave a3 a reason for disposing of it at that low sum because he wanted to raise money to enable him to build himself a new house ig the soening 160 acres of land which he owned, The prisoner said that a tenant lived upon the ne who paid him $400 a year rent, and that he lived ona place four miles the prisoner met Moore and his mother-in-law, . Lane, who was a witness, by appointment a ir residence in Brooklyn, where a further conversation occurred about the urchase of the farm. On the alle Saturday foore and Mrs. Lane accompanied the pri- soner to Port Jervis by train, at which point & wagon was hired, and ay roceeded to penetrate the Keystone State until they reached the town of Milford, where the prop- erty was located. They arrived at dark, and Sheri- dan showed Moore the “promised land,” which was not exactly fowing with milk and honey; but he did call his attention to the trout pond and the other attractions of the place. He had the audacity to take them through a large house upon this highly cultivated farm, owned and lived in for a number of years by an old Frenchman named Kemi Lorauex, Who was a witness, and who, it appeared, had authorized Sheridan to dispose of hia farm an the houses upon it for $8,000, The prisoner took the precaution, before bringing Moore and the old lady upon what to them, accor rag to Sheridan's glow- ing description, was enchanted ground, to say to the old Frenchman, ‘You me still; for, ag me cannot speak good inglish, the people will not understand you.” He complied with the request and read his newspaper in the kitchen while Sheridan and Moore were sone J at the farm. After an examination of three quarters of an hour the party returned to Port Jervis, Sheri- dan leaving them’ there, they returning to New York on the following morning after giving him $75 to conclude the pusctaae and he to his mansion in Pike county, which proved to be a small frame erected upon forty acres of land, most of which was stony, and which, when sold at auction, only brought $625, On the 28th of December Moore met Sheridan by appointment at the store of Amos A. Carpenter, 48 Franklin street, when he handed him AGeGA properly certificd, describing in detail cer- distant. ‘That evenin Interesting Proceedings in the New | | the old Frenchman's him had not offered the witness the fee | | land adjoining. tain property, which turned verte * pe a strip ee owned by the prisoner, but miles from the ot “Sronchman’e Moore supposed he had purchased. $1,925 was paid to the prisoner when the deed was delivered, which, with the $75 already received, made $2,000. Moore shortly afterwards Went to the township ‘of Dingham, and proceeded djrectly to ace and politely demanded possession, when, to his astonishment, he learned that Mr. Lorauex was nota tenant, but lord and master Of the mansion, and monarch of all the ‘The meray old Pennsylvania Frenchman “let the cat out of the bag,” and inti- mated to Mr, Moore that in making the acquain- tance of Sheridan he met with ® consummate swindler, who cheated him out of his money. The duped resident of the City of Churches returned to New York a sadder but wiser man, and proceeded to the house of Martin Lankanan, the step- futuer of Sheridan, and who has been on the police force for nine years. Of course, the bird had town, and it was not till some time afterwards that his arrest was effected, When he was taken into custody he told Moore that he was sorry he committed the action; that he expected’ to realize a ew thousand dollars from the sale | of a farm, and that in two or three days he would pay him every dollar out of which he had cheated him, These are the substantial facts brought out in the course of this interesting trial. Sheridan in his version of the transaction main- tained that it was the small farm which he owned that he sold toMoore. His statements, as well as those of the policeman, of material facts, were posl- tively contradicted by the witnesses for the people. Ex-Deputy Coroner Robinson was called to show the good character of Sheridan, and then the case was summed up. Mr. Howe made the most of a bad case, and District Attorney Sullivan, in an able ang racy pamment, dwelt upon all the facts, which, ¢ proved. Judge Bedford presenter the case impartially to the jury, who, without half a minute’s hesitation, rendered a verdict of guilty. Judge Bedford, with equal promptness, sentenced Sheridan, who Is said to bear a resemblance to General Butler, to impris- onment in the Sing Sing Prison for three years, that. being the maximum punishment for the offence of false pretences, out land situate lace, Ww! he sum of four BROOKLYN COURTS. pulaucee on uath UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER'S COURT. Liquor Dealers Arrested. Before Commissioner Jones, M. Claus, of No. 315 Broadway, and Joseph Young, of No. 447 Humboldt street, were charged yesterday with retailing Iquors at their respective places without. paying the special tax required by law. ‘They were held in thelr own recognizances to ap- pear on May 1 to answer the charge, UNITED STATES MARSHAL'S OFFICE. Presidential Pardons, Marshal Hariow yesterday received from Wash- ington the President's pardons releasing James Shannon and Thomas Sullivan, who were convicted of illicit distilling in 1871. Shannon was sentenced to the Albany Peni.entiary for eighteen months and fined $1,000, Sullivan’s sentence was imprisonment in the Kings County Penitentiary for two years, SUPREME COURT—GENERAL TERM. The Fulton Avenue Pavement Assess- ments—A Dissenting Opinion by Judge Barnard. George Hudson and others, property owners on Falton avenue, brought suit to have the assess- ments for the repaving of that thoroughfare va- cated on the ground that they were illegally im- posed, At General Term Judge Gilbert rendered an opinion quashing a writ of certiorari obtained by ? intiffs’ counsel. Judge Barnard dissented, and has just declared his opinion in the case, Judge Barnard, tn concluding the opinion, says:— “There are two fatal errorsin the proceedings of the Water Board itself. This Board did not let this work to the lowest responsible bidder, as required by section 8 ofthe Water act, Nor did the Board adver- tise for bids for laying crosswalks and resetting curbstones, as required by that section when the amount of such work exceeds $250, There was added to the assessment nearly $30,000 illegally by reason Of this omission to advertise. The pro- ceedings should be reversed without costs, SUPREME COURT—CIRCUIT. Damages for Injurics. Before Judge Tappen. John R. Myers vs. Henry L. Harris and others, executors.—Plaintif claimed $10,000 damages for injuries sustained by falling through a stoop at the corner of Myrtle avenue and Ryerson street. He held the preinises under a lease from Henry Harris, deceased, and one day in April last, while crossing the stoop, it broke down, and he fell into the area and received injuries which he claimed pre- vented him from doing business for several months. Judge Tappen held that under the statute no action for personal injuries could be brought against ad- ministrators, but that for breach of alleged contract to repair damages might be recovered, but not for injany to business or for suffering he eaperionced— only for amount of the doctor's bill of $150. The Jury rendered a verdict for that amount, COURT OF APPEALS CALENDAR. ALBANY, N. Y., April 26, 1872. The following is the day calendar of the Court of Appeals for April 29:—Nos. 277, 278, 282, 283, 224, 209, 260, 284, THE STOKES CASE, Settlement of the Bill of Exceptions=An. other Adjournment. In the Courtof Oyer and Terminer, Judge Cardozo presiding, co el for Stokes appeared and stated that the settlement of the bill of exceptions upon the trial of the preliminary issue was fixed for yes- terday morning. The Court had doubtless heard the melancholy news of the death of the child of Mr. Gerry, his associate counsel. As he passed the house the funeral was forming for the purpose of following the remains to the grave. The presence of Mr. Gerry was indispensable for the settlement of the bill of exceptions. He (counsel) was familiar with the matter, but Mr. Gerry's presence was needed, as he was also familiar with it; besides, he desired to have one or more of his associates pre- sent, in order to divide the responsibility of every step taken, Under the circumstances, therefore, he was constrained to ask for a further postponement of the settlement of the bill of exceptions until Tuesday next. The District Attorney having assented, Judge Cardozo allowed the case to stand over. THE STEAMSHIP OLD DOMINION. en If any other proof were needed that iron steam- ship building in America is no longer an experiment: it has been furnished in the arrival of the new tron steamship Old Dominion, just finished at Wilming- ton, Del., and intended to run between New York, Norfolk and Richmond. This vessel is, without doubt, one of the best iron steamships yet con- structed. She is iron throughout, with the ex- ception of the joiner work, and all her interior iron work fg so adjusted that, while the demand for am- ple space has not been overlooked, the security of the braces and girders, the gallows frame for the hi tag and the deck side of the paddle boxes, which are also of iron—a new feature in tron ship building—have been all well assured., The com- pany have, by years of experience, demonstrated the byeene A of sidewheel steamers, and this new- est acquisition is of that class; and while she has not been constructed with a view to fast running, it is safe to predict from her performance on her trial trip and her set In the water that she will yet render & good account of herself in this particular, Her engines are vertical beam, seventy-five inch cylinder and eleven feet stroke. She is the largest vessel owned by the company, her capacity being 2,222 tons, Custom House measurement; length, 260 feet; breadth, 4134 feet; hold, 24 feet. There are ample accommodations for 150 first class d fifty second class passengers, The sa- loons are elegantly fitted up, and are quite worthy the rest of the ship. The joiner work was done by the builders, while the upholstery is the work of a Philadelphia house, and reflects much credit on the workmanship of the parties to whom the matter was entrusted. There is @ bridal chamber, but memory of its beauty alone remains. The steerage is one of the best features of the ship. Many of the steerage passengers on this line are colored citizens of a decidedly high tone. To overcome the scruples of these people the steerage has been fitted up with all the comforts and con- veniences, with many of the Inxuries, of the cabin, The apartment for females is on the larboard, the apartment for males on the starboard how, and it is required of the steerage keeper that all the bed- ding be aired every morning and the floors serubbed, Just forward of the engine room is a steam fire extinguisher, communicating by pipes and hose with every part of the ship. The steam is always Kept upon the engine that works it, and the hose permanently adjusted, ‘The minor appointments are of the best material, and most improved pattern, The desire for ele- gance, has been secondary to the demand for stanchness. Both have been secured in this in- stance without finding it necessary to sacrifice the slighest claim of either, The total cost of the old Dominion was $400,000. Captain H. A, Bourne, an oflicer of many years’ experience on this line, will command the Old Dominion. She will start on her regular trip from pe 37, foot of Beach street, this afternoon, and will carry a very heavy freight. SUIOIDE BY JUMPING FROM A FERRYBOAT, As the Haruilton avenne ferryboat New York was crossing the river from New York to Brooklyn yes- terday, @ man, about thirty-five years of age, carry- ing 4 valise, rushed to the rear of the boat and sprang overboard before he could be prevented, ifort’ were made to rescue him, but he sank ve- fore he could be reached, or at THE PATERSON MURDER TRIAL. Third Day of the Trial of Libbie Garrabrant— Professor Doremus on the Stand—Indubitable Traces of Poison Found in the Stomach. ‘The trial of Libbie Garrabrant for the alleged murder of R. F. Burroughs was continued at Pater- son yesterday before Judge Bedle. Dr. Quinn re- sumed his seat on the witness stand and corrobo- rated some of the testimony given by Constable Monks. He deposed that he had induced Libbie to write some words on paper, which he recognized as being similar to writing found in deceased’s pocket. This testimony was overruled by the Court on the ground that witness had not been proven an expert at handwriting. Witness at first had not the least suspicion against the prisoner. He afterwards deposed:—“I thought from her contradictory statements that she had not Much resolution, but she was very inge- nious in gettingj up so many stories; I thought she was the most consummate liar I ever saw; I think she lacks resolution to stick to @ statement when once made; she then upsets {t almost imme- diately do not think she has a strong intellect; I thought she was 4 person of not strong mind; 1 think she is below the average of her age In mental capacity; she seemed to be quite {ony over the mat- ter at the juest—cheerfal and jolly with the boys sitting ar id; these are the chief reasons for my judgment.’? Michael Gallagher swore that the key which was found on the stairway would unlock tiie door of the room on the inside, but would not go in from the outside, and added:—“The prisoner is intellectu- ally below the average; she 16 Very ignorant on all subjects; I sat beside her at the Inquest and had to explain many questions to her before she an- swered,”” Testimony of Professor Doremus Regard- ing His Chemical Analysis of the Re- mains of Ransom F. Burroughs. ‘The contents of the mach and intestines were first teated for the organic poisons, such as orphis, Lite nia, ae it the sayne time; the tissnes of the stomach and in- es, after thorough washing with distilled water, were heated over an iron water bath with pure hydro- chlorie acid and amall quantities of chlorate of potassa until a clear yellow solution was obtained and all chlorine discharged; after filtration the clear liquid. was subjected to the prolonged treatment of washed sulphuretted hydrogen gas, with oceasional heat ing of the fluid; the ‘yellow precipitate was washed on a filter with sulphuretted hydrogen water, until all traces of the chlorides were removed: diluted a to dissolve the sulphide of ar- senile, miacal solution treated with dilut ure sulphuric id, to re-precipitate the red; diluted ammonia f arsenic, and the the precipitate was nd pure nitrate of sulphide of arsenle, and again was applied to dissolve any sulphide solution was evaporated to dry’ oxidized with pure nitric acid foda, with heat especial care being taken to guard against the presence of chlorine, by the ney of which arsenic might be — volatilized the resulting salts were dissolved iit distilled water, AL: tered and subjected to the action of sulphuric acid, with heat to decompose the nitrates; an apparatus wa ‘con- structed for collecting all the arsenic in said solution; this large chart will aid in the explanation; it consisted of a three-necked bottle for generating pure hydrogen gas from distilled zinc and pure sulphurle ald, to. which Was attached @ U tube with fragments of caustic potash, and aecond U tube ‘containing pieces. of the’ chloride of calcium, the object of sald tubes being to remove any acid spray and water; following said tubes were two cofls of narrow glass tubing (about eight feet in length), ralged t0 a red heat by appropriate burners, ait filled with hydrogen gas; the hydrogen gas was t ¢lsed for an hour; on falling to find a trace of a deposit on the cool portion of the glass beyond each coll, the suspected liquid, prepared as describe: gradually added, and in a tew minutes a dark stain’ appeared, just beyond the first heated coil, which continued to ase Tor three hours as the gas was allowed to pass very sluggishly through the red. hot tubing to. secure. its ‘complete decomposition, a proof of which was that no stain was roduced on the cool part beyond the second heated coll; he three-necked bottle was then slowly filled with diy tilled water to displace its gaseous contents; it was then removed, ther with the U tubes alluded to, and seen on this large chart, and a larger three-necked bottle, filled With pure oxygen gas, was attached t0 the heated coils from the opposite side, between which bottle and coils a U tubo with chloride of cacium for drying the oxygen and a small two-necked bottle pare, Phuric acid was placed, with a | delivery tube barely touching surface of the acid, that the rapidity of the dise! are of the oxygen could be seen; water was allowed to flow into the ieee bottle, and the oxygen gas was forced throngh the still heated coils and its presence tested by a spark ona match asit escaped filled with sul- from the open end of the glass tube; when the oxygen Was passing very slowly. bubble ‘by Bubb ‘he Apparatus depicted on its large chart, a xe applied to a part of the metallic stain, whic volatilize and burn with brilliant flashes as it flowed through the red hot coil, thus showing that combustion was taking place; in a few minutes beautiful white crystals appeared ‘on the interlor of the cool part of the tube beyond the heated coil; exhibit A ts the residue of the dark metallic stain, and éxhibit B is « portion of the tube with the crystals, which I now show you with this mt- croscope; they have, as you perceive, regular octohedral forms, hike those seen in’ this micro-photograph of arse- 0 acid; a portion of tho tube with the crystals was separated ‘with a file and heated in a test tube with distilled water; they speedily dissolved, and a part of the solution was tested with the ammonia sulphate of copper, producing @ green precipitate; a few drops of this dissolved in aqua ammonte, others in diluted sulphuric acid, proving the precipitate to be the arsenite of copper, or “Scheel reen;” another Part of the solution was tested with the’ ammonto- Hitrate of “silver; a canary OW precipitate immediately appeared, portions of which dissolved in H ammonia and in diluted sulphurie acid; thts was, there- fore, the arsenite of silver; a third portion ‘of the aloresald solution was tosted with sulphuretted hydrogen ; low precipitate resulted, which w soluble in onia, but insoluble in dilute ack this was the y ape n LYDIA SHERMAN. CS Se An Exciting Day in City of Elms.” “the WAITING FOR THE VERDICT. The Prisoner Laughs While the Jury Deliberate. MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE. The Penalty Imprisonment for Life---How She Stood the Ordeal---Composure to the Last. New Haven, April 26, 1872, The court room was densely packed this morning by residents of the city and the surrounding towns, while hundreds waited for hours in the lobbies with- out in hopes of getting a glimpse of the accused as she left the room. The jam was go great the Sher- ifs oMicers, fearing that the doors would be carried by storm, locked and bolted them, The spectators within and without were largely composed of ladies. After the jury had taken their seats and order had been secured by Sheriff Scott, Jadge Park charged the jury, at twenty minutes before ten, the Judge and jury standing, The Court re- ferred to the points charged in the indict- ment, and said that the question for the jury is whether by the law and evidence she is guilty or not guilty. In conclusion the Court called attention toa clause in the statutes of the State that provides that if in case of trial for poisoning the jury are satisfied of the guilt of prisoner, but not so fully as if the fact were es- tablisned by two witnesses—as tne law originally declared two were necessary to convict of murder in the first degree by polson—a verdict of mur- der in the second degree may be rendered. You will therefore render a verdict of gulity of mur- der in the first degree, murder in the second de- gree or acquit her. WAITING FOR THR VERDICT. The jury retired at twenty minutes to eleven, and immediately the audience entered into a free dis- cussion of the probabilities of conviction. As I write the floor of the court room presents an animated appearance. In all parts of it are knots of gentle- men and ladies, including many of the most dis- tinguished in fashion, politics, society, religion and education, animatedly commenting upon the case. The prisoner sits in the centre of her relatives, more composed than she has been for days. OCCASIONALLY SHE SMILES GAYLY and comments as freely a8 any of those about her upon the probable result. Her sister, Mrs. Nafey, who sits on her right, and her son, John Struck, who is on her left, display much more outward evi- dences of anxiety than does the accused. After the jury had been in consultation half an hour, and while the PRISONER WAS LAUGHING r heartily at the scene of busy, humming life adout her, that resembled a New York pubiic school room when the teachers surrender it to the children for a few minutes’ recess, the door of the jury reom was suddenly opened, and instantly the noise, the ringing laugh and ‘THE PATTING OF FEET WERE HUSHED in expectation of the end being near. It proved to be a false alarm. The jury merely wanted the statutes to examine the law asto the degree of murder. The Deputy Sherif’ passed the book in, the door was closed and the ladies renewed their gossip and laughter with more zest than before. fhe prisoner, too, seemed indifferent and quite résigned for one who sat near hr counsel UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE SCAFFOLD, For the next half hour sho maintatned this remas able indifference. After the jury has been out an hour the door is suddenly thrown openand the deputy in charge MAKES WAY FOR THE JURY. Instantly the hum of volcesis hushed. Yale pro- fessors who were engaged in scientific disquisitions on poisons to audiences of ladies left their chapters unfinished; fashionable belles from Hilihouse av- enue, who discussing the latest fashions and THE VULGARITY OF DOLLY VARDENS, that were prominent in the audience, instantly for- got their theme f conversation, and a quiet anx- iety rested on every fair face. Sherif Scott com- inanded silence, Wlien the spectators were as sta- tionary as statues, and not even a fashionable fan ruled the foul air of the court room. Then the clear voico of Judge Par’ i “Poll the jai Me: tersulphide of arsenic; exhibits C, and E in thi are residues of these’ precipitates, C helng the gree arsenite of copper, D. the arsenite’ of silver, which. hi darkened by exposure to light, and E. the yellow sulphi of arsenic; the tissues of’ the stomach and. futes- tin for the following combined reasons—first, solubility in hydro-ch! ; necond, producing yellow precipitate with suly hydrogen; which, third, was dissolved by an Jourth, reprecipltaved by’ sulphurle wid th, idized’and made soluble by nitric acid ; sixth with hydrogen. 4 gaseous compor seventh, deposited metallic stain on cool tu atilized by heat; ninth, combined with oxygen; tent produced” white’ crystals in the form of octoh eleventh, they dissolved in water; twelfth, gave n precipitate, with sulphate of eoppér and arimnonia teenth n » dissolved in ammonia; fourteenth, diss W precipitate, with sulphetre enth, soluble in) ammonia; y diluted acid; no known substance possesses the teristics except arsenic; the contents of the stomnc intestines, after careful analysis, which I do not detail, since they failed to slow ind tions of the organic poisons, were dissolved h hydro- 0 ted hyde twentieth, i harac. | and ehlorle acid and treated as described in regard to the thyues of said organs as far asthe preparation for associa tion of the arsenic with hydrogen; here the process was changed, and the method depicted on this third chart, which T' devised many years sinve, was employed, the object being to producé hydrogen from distilled water by the aid of a galvanic battery; in this Iayge e thes ‘o straps of platina, six inches long and th; of an inch wide, were placed, with some slight: lated distilled water ; these pieces of metal were connected peivanis. battery ; the cares from the positive pole was collected under water to show the amount of hydro- gen generated by doubling its volume, and to be used if desired for converting metallic arsenic into. ats acid, as before described ; the hydrogen yas from the neg- al ydiedd was Ro ad of moisture by passing through this V tube, containing caustic potash on one alde and the chloride of calcium on the other, and thence forced through — these coils of glass tubing about eight feet in length; when sufficient hydrogen had evolved to drive out the alr, the coils of Y made red hot by a collection of “Bunsen burners; stain was obtained after nearly one hour's treatment, half of the solution of the contents of the stomach and intes- tines was introduced through this small funnel; the pla- tina attached to the clectro-negatiye pole began to dark- en in color, and was soon plated with arsenic, as silver or gold may be deposited from thelr solutions; the gas evolved from the same platina was decomposed a it passed through the first hot glass and de ited its arsenic on the part of t tube; when the deposition of arsenic | ceased the “| platina was removed, and one-third of it was heated in a glass tube closed at one ¢ rowed at the other; the platina resumed its pect, and asmall ring of arsenic darkened the portion of the tube; exhibit Fis a tube containing two- Hurds of the arsenically plated plating; exhibit (ts a tube with the strip of platina which was heated; extibit H ia the narrow said tube with tte deposit, of arsenic; is a part of the tube which was beyond the heated coil through which the arsenluretted hydrogen 1 it contains the eon. denged metallic arsenic; in the Iarye ¥ tube the tongue of platina, which was ed with the electro-positive pole of ‘the battery, ix ween exhibiting the brilliancy it r- y narrow osseased| being used; the second halt of the solu- ion from the contents of the intestines and stomach was heated with sulphurous acid and then with pure washed sulphuretted hydr a3; 4 yellow precipitate was produced, from the nt of which, when dried, the quantity of arsenic was estimated ; this yellow sulphide a Was intimately mingled with a mixture of the cyanide of potassium and carbonate of soda and heated in a tube ved atone end, through which a gentle stream of ic acid gas was made to flow; this process, known as F nius and Babo's, yielded the stain of inetallic arsenle seen in the tube marked exhibit K; a portion subjected to analysis | of arsensic found in jous ach was half a of the intestines and one kidney also yielded arvensie; the amount remains and estimated as arse in, THE MURDER OF GEORGE W. WATSON, Fanny Hyde's Brother in Custody, Immediately after the arrest of Fanny Hyde for the murder of George W. Watson her brother, Samuel Windley, who had accompanied her when she went to purchase the pistol, fled from the city, A diligent search was made for him, but he man- aged to elude the officers. He was indicted with 8 sister for being an accessory. The officers kept ® close watch upon the Post Oilice, sup} posing that he would correspond with his ‘amily, By this means they discovered that he was in Philadelphia, and Officer Davy was sent on and arrested him. He returned to Brooklyn with his prisoner yesterday, saa woxed him in the Kings County Jail’ to awalt Thal THREATENING TO SHOOT AN OFFICER, The Magistrate Asked to Use His Influ- ence to Get the Prisoner Out of Trouble. Richard Coburn, a relative of a valiant knight of the fistic ring, was yesterday brought up at the Yorkville Police Court, He was accused of threat- ening to shoot OMcer Riordan, of the Nineteenth precinct, because the latter had been looking pretty closely after some of Coburn’s sons of late. The prisoner was held in $1,000 to answer. An attempt ‘was made by a pettifogger of the Court to influence Justice Coulter to “pigeon-hole” the complaint, but of course the request was promptly refused by the Court, who, however, did not feel called upon to administer the rebuke which was so richly de- served, | that overspread her Clerk Osborne arose aud called the names of the | jurors. All respon¢ lerk—Jury, look at the prisoner; prisoner, look at the jui The jury and the accused arose simultaneously, the prisoner still being unmoved by the solemo scene presented. In her hand she held a fan that she had used during the absence of the jury; but now it rested quietly in her right hand, which hung by her side. Clerk—What say you, gentlemen of the jury? Do you find the prisoner guilty or not gulity ? Mr. Thompson (foreman)—Of murder in the sec- ond degree, We find (hesitating) the aecused ILTY OF MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE, Clerk—Hearken to your verdict. You find the accused guilty of murder in the second degree, 60 say you all? The jury nodded assent, and they dropped into their seats, The prisoner at once Sat down, but beyond AN ASHY PALLOR @ there was nothing to show that she had been taken by suprise. Her sister, Mrs. Nafey, who sat on her loft, burst into tears, while astray tear coursed down the cheek of her son, John Struck, who occupied a seat on the left. Her brother, Mr. Danburry, of New Brunswick, and her brother-in-law, Mr. wtp f were visibly affected, as were also her counsel, Messrs. Watrous and Gardener, who were evidently greatly sur- prised at the verdict. Judge Park at once suspended the Court until two o'clock, when it is probable the able States? Attorney, Judge Foster, who had but little hope of securing a conviction, will move for sentence, ‘The verdict of ee her punishment im- prisonment for life. The verdict is generally con- sidered in this community a righteous one. ‘Thus ends one of the most remarkable trials that has ever taken place in New England, and it is safe to say that this jury, who have been permitted to roam at large over the country during the progress of the trial, have shown that there is stillin “the Land of Steady Habits” a respect tor the law. A WIFE MURDER. Petr bhatt caer iene A Wife Poisoned Because She Objects to Her Husband Keeping a Paramour=His Mistress Tarred and Feathered—A Grain and a Half of Strychnine Found in the Wife's Stomach, HARRISONBURG, Va., April 26, 1872. This usually quiet portion of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia has been thrown into an intense excitement by @ case of wife poisoning, surrounded by all the horrors usually attending such cases, For some months past John Cameron and his wife, residing near Mount Crawford, Rockingham County, have lived unpleasantly together on account of hia keeping a mistress, named Steinback, in the neigh- borhood, and it ts said he frequently threatened to was her out of the way if she did not stop quarrel. ing with him. They were both between forty and fifty years of age, and besides one grown daughter have several well-grown children. About two weeks ago Mrs. Cameron became #0 unwell as to require medicines, and before going out to work HER HUSBAND MIXED A DOSE of salts for her use, Some time during the morn- ing she swallowed the salts, and was soon after attacked with violent spasms, which increased so much in violence as to cause her to send for her Loa band and several neighbors. The neighbors scgre first, and, as her husband entered the door of her chamber, she pointed her finger at him and sald :— “John, you have poisoned =, as you sald you would!” Allof the remedies tried fatled to arrest tha course of the deadly drug, and in a short ee wasdead, A coroner's inquest and post-mor' ene examination were had, and. the evidence provinj ufficient, Cameron was: arrested and id to awal further dévelopments. The stomach was properly sealed and sent to the University of Virginia for ex- atte omit of the analysis was received hore thie morning, and states that one and one-half grata of str velinine was found in the stomach, suficient, to produce the death of three persons. THE PARAMOUR TARRED AND FEATHERED, Several days after the arrest of Cameron a num~ ver of the indignant people in the ion eee visited the home of the woman Steinback, an taking her out, administered a coat of tar an feathers, and notified her that she must leave the. country, Cameron is about forty-five years of age x sa lostan arm several years ago from the kick horse. He {s about flve feet four tuches high, has. rough, sensual appearance, and, if conscious of the’ eriious position he ‘occupies, makes no sign of it. le refuses to converse upon the subject, except to declare his belief that “they cannot do anything with him,” and when told of the result of the ana- lysis of his wife's stomach, coolly remarked, ‘That lout prove I put tt there, at tho next term of the May, His trial will take place County Court, which meets in