The New-York Tribune Newspaper, October 19, 1866, Page 2

CIVIL!)COURTS. —_— SUPREME COURT—Cimoyn—Oct. 18—Teforo Mr Justice AVIS A BREAOH OF ¥ abeth Richards bt Kebert Roberts, uff, whbo 18 & widow v of vixty years 1 to obtain dam dant, who is of for an_allegred L of prou of mar Jones, Ehigibeth ry Anni Callsghan uud Ellen J. Ric! of the pluintill. The plaint ise of marriage made 10 her by 1 plaiitiff and OMISE CASE. presence of any ono else in the roo, ete. ¢1¢. ‘The detendant mufi‘-’d that he uever made nuy promise of to plaintiff, nor ever entertained the idea of makiug m tastimony was strengtheued by that of another wit- ness. "After a brief summing up of tho case. the Court chargod the i1 wuibstarice,that: The guestion was whether acontrac hid made Dotwroen the parties. “The plaintiff nlloges sueh a cou i itlod to damzes. Tho testimony 00 uy-of the plaintiff barwelt, who {estifiew positively that such a contract Uil exig and introduces oorroburstive iestimony. It is shown by b tios have becn seon under circumsinne ition or belief that they were be ow that such rel ;¥ Jadge of the probability of that from the view you tak eredibility .rlrmr testimony and the probabilities of the the past of the defeudaut, you have an unqualified of those statements, and that this cluim ever, existed. 1t is w simple gquestion of fact for you to whother this promise was made, 17 it was wade, to damages. ‘The amount is to b decided accordis your judmment, taking into cofsideration the wanncr u - w & refisal to comply with such a promise by defeudant would affect the L Tuo da s 10 be msecitained aro not ouly for the Joss of oll those ntuges this mwriage would have secured to plaintifl, but the persousl injury must be taken into aecowit; ared feeliugs.t Nted hopes, and the sbame ca refusal, are eloments 1o be consiiered in making up the damages. You must also consider what prep wrations, . wade by the plaintiff in auticipation of ouy. ing out a very short time, hmufhl in a ver t. Cornelius Fisi for plaiotiff, H. M. Perkil BBIZURE OF PEOPEKTY BY SOUTHERN VIGILANCE 0OM- MITTEES. < property and ¢ zed that thls o 0 defesdint b this ease with otk wction wos merely in compl the aut) of the Coufede: Government of country, He a sharged against him, the valze of the 1t enured 1o his benefit. The Court reserved its decision e SUPELIOR Col’l:’r—l‘umJ, T¢ tice Joy ACTION TOR ALLBGED MALICIOUS PROSECUTION—VER- DICT FOR THE FLAINTIFF. Joha H. Riley agt. Join A This case was summed up yesterday —Oct. 18.—Before Jus by counsel, diot for the plaintiff for $1.500. Lo Dean for defoud - UNITED STATES CIRCUIL Judge Ssa A NOLLE PROSEQUI KNTERED I3 BRTS'S CASK. At the opening of tLe Court the Grand Jury was eallod, o answering, they wero sworn in. Charlos Aber mothy was selected as foreman. The Court then charged ¢ : , instruoting them as to the d forme that they could always, when they d oeive advice and information from the District-At the Court. They were then dismissed, to trausact any b that mighit come before them. The Petit Jury were calied, and discharged until Monday morning rest, at 11 o'clock. Unitel Siates District-Attorney, Samuel G. Courtnoy, a nouncad 1o the Court that he had been instructed by the noy-Generul of the United States to cuter & nolle prose the caso of the United States agt. Wm. K. Roberts.” The Court Immediately iustracted the Clerk to cutor the order. This was all the prosecutions against the Fenian leaders. The Court then called the Jury, cquity and law ealenders, bup stated in advance that it sbould set dowu o cause to bo tried botwecu the 15th of November und the 1st of December, us it was expected that Justios Nelson wouid sit during that time, aad the whoie of it would bo taken up with hewriug appoals in Aduniralty, be being the only Judge in this district that could hear such cases. After going through the caleadars and setting down the warious causcs, the adjourncd to Satarday morning at 11 o'olock & w. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE.—OcT. 18 —Before Commissioner BETTS. AN ALLEGED OOUNTEKFEITER COMMITTED. 9 United States agt. John Murphy. ‘This case, which has been previously reported, and & which o Connectiout law student figures as au amateur ce- techive, came up to-day. Ex-Judge Stuart, counsel for the ue- ouved, woved the dismissal of the comwplaint, on the groand that thedaw studeut, Who was the only witness against the aceuscd, gave tostimony utterly unworthy of credence, and could not be 8ocepted us o trustworthy witness. ‘The Commissiouer denied the motion, aad commitied the accused fot trial. COURT—Oct. 18.~Dcfore ¥ ** PRESIDENT " ROD- e — MARINE COWT.—PAI'I(II ~Octonis 18.—Before Judge inoss. DAMAGES O& A BEOKEN LEG. Patrick Dunphy agt. Richard 1i. Lawrence, ‘The plaiutiff in this case is a laboring man, and was emploged w0 mend some bules of cotton which were Iying dumped on the sidewalk in front of the plaintif's warehoose for delivery (o the yumm While he was ougaged {n meuding a cing in a 0, ition, & e was dumped from maom-yu the warshouss, and, falliog on him, Uroks | log. The defense introduced evidence to show that the m engaged in wending and picking bad been notified of thelr dauger iu working so ncar the doorway, aud that warning was ven every time & bale was dumped. The Court churged that nogligeics or carelcssness wes shown on the part of the plaintitt Le could not recover damagos. muq found for the plaintid for & o ‘James Dunphy Jfor plaiutiif; J. J. Merrin for de- A MIXKD CASE. Schmale agt. Sorlem. From the evidence in this case, it appears that the defendsnut and & man named Sohauffenberg went into partnership in 1.6 meat and sausage busbicss somo timo betwoeen 1860 aud 1k Their bustuess never was profitable, aud & disogrvement havi, arisen botween the partaers Mr. Serlem wied unsuceessfolly bqhh.h rtact out. 0 plaintff claims that in 1863, at the request of Mr. ke d to purehase the futerest of Mr. Schuulle:be -:Edmm-m for that purpose to bo repaid by M. that e employed a Mr. Frueunich to negotiate the sale. T baving becu agreed upon, Me Sehnutfenberg and pieh met in Mr. Schmaln's offioc and concluded the barmuin, 1 gn of salo being made out in the name of Mr. Frucknicl. the same day Mr. Fruchnich exccuted a bill of sale to ) 'Mr. Schmale called upon Mr. Serlem for the amownt advanced | and was niet with the reply : Yo not owe you suything. "After vaitly eudeavoring to get his modoy buck be sow | ‘Brings this sult. “Thie de@ondant_contends that be nover male nch a berealn | with the pluintil, and that boiding Use bill of sale, he can vil; the interest tht Mr. Schnsfenberg - had fn the bosine store lsving winoe boet sold out by the Sheriff that ist awmout %0 nothiug. The jury after o shoxt abwence : tarned o verdiot for the pluistifl for §130, the full mmoust slaimed. D. McAdam for plaintiff; D. Levy for defendant. —— DEATH OF JOHN VAN BU —ADJOURNMENT OF THE COURTS. Part TI1. of the Circuit Court will sit to-day to bear a single case for the convenlence of witnesses. T Sapreme Court Chambers will be opeued to-day for ex hl-num only until Il.bl. m. A Part 11 oz the Sv?mior iy will open st 11§ a. m., but only one caso will be ealied. All 1 cfifiwm 3 . - lnve adjouriied over to give the bur za opporiu- uity of attending Mr. Via Buren's fuseral and the o i ‘meetiug of the bar. B BUSINESS IN TH SINESS IN THE COURTS—Oct. 18, Suraeme CoURT—CIROUIT—PAxT 11.—Before Mr. Moo INGRAUAX. ~Charles E.. H agt. Carios 8. Archer etsl.— J. w :r;';v:l'o‘&u-rm by Cou .:g‘.h.-,?; verdict i rty assessed st ) 40d damages f e Goteition 4t 00, "AThon O Wilcox, K., aet' Troren Weost @t 0l.—Triai by Court; judgment renerved. SPECIAL TEmy M. Justice Daxixis.—Jon Kelly, Sheriff. kc., ngt. Wi o' Same—Motion for & nousuit disciseed with and an extia allowaice of $30, oue sction to abide the event iu tie SUPERIOR COURT—T'rial Term.—Before Justice Gar @haries L. Mathows agt, Benj. Pottel; verdict for defesdaut and of ive per cout. Michuel 1{udeon agt. “Thouis Joyce: iv o3 verdiot (ot pialars 60, A L. P 1 J. Vin W/ Buterty ; lvavest) verdles for gl Adler; trial verdict. Fert i Buith oyt Diefler inqoent m. Parker; inquest ward T HL. Gibeon agt. Robe | gt J. . Levy Coben sat. ox s~ $30. Jo meit for CourT—TxiAL TERM—PART L—Adjourned to Borsuion m&'y&:fig%q—- Wl0em N CRIMINAL COURTS. ———— COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS (Bafore Recorder Hackowt,] FREDERIOR Boos, CoMPLAIXANT, JAMES WRIGHT, who was formerly employad by bis brother for a short time Dot alone, as he wished Lier o o & w Salked 8 fow times with Miss Wessels, dtness in the case; in relation to the affair. tion my suspicions to wy by b no ditticulty with Wright, but there fecling between us; Wright was 1oft alouc in the store s num usvered by this m gouds in the store Wwas #25.0005 10 sleps wore t of stock was taken once a Wright beeause I th be brought home 1o him immwdiately ; each skin, the furs, and picces of purod with the inventory before Ives ; comparison was ot mado goods ; my brother did not wish to not until they had lost many more know how much he had pril was the comparison mado; the stock wus taken Recorder Hackett here said he thoughit there was plainly, if anything at all, a caso of embezzlerent. that the goods hud ot beens takgn Bat it was clafmed before they came was according to the stat otions to confine the exami transactions, the cass was coutinued. s uext valled 10 tho stand, 1nd testified noe to the identifieation of a certain mautdis 1 o claimed had been abstracted from it could not kavo been ey 1 hud but one of that fine quality ; Ilu was found in tho sbop of Lere my acoount book for 1864 now or s looked for it and 1 bave looked for it ; but it uand ; 1 saw it last in the Summer of 1865, upon wy when the books stricily 10 relev Mr. Freaerick Boos w as follows i 1 w said urticle was not sold Jar of suld manti 3 1 do vot know \press for_npprobation, sent_away by e % uipacked and lefs upon ko buck was unpacl be knows the mantilla by certain iuk spots upon it and munfacturcrs, most of them, had peculiar way of cutting their goods, and it bud » skin in it which was diffes d 10 the stand again and questionod—Did you ure? Ldid ot snspect sy one in particular, W right drew my suspicions s of silk ‘are used in . the wrappers we somotimos cut up to Iins boon soen burning some g o was frightencd when t + did 0t look 10 866 whother any moro guods were all 1 said to wy brother was that thore was something 1 huiel seen the warks on the silk by which [ o picce at o provious date Lis way ; 1 had not measuro. ever suspect o ¢ gods wwere stolon ; Kiuow how Inaiy pieoc e conrso of 4 ) ako the goods ; Wrikl . | the wilk was not usual, Nuthanicl W. Stillwell e orn, 8aid—T1 have been a policeman 3 1 it down staits wid lookel A have boen committed; but Mr. Wright was in the stors he listened ; 1 advised kis was accused ; when it was proposed ' to search his house, ho pleaded thut 1 would not go, as | and i would bring disgrace ) tirst und tell s im0 . and upon theso conditions be was Mr. Boos though right bo kuown bt be was do- willing 10 be ar Mr. Faber who dres hio could only ident fdeatiticd s his wos ses skins for Mr. Boos was nextexamined, ¢ the xkin of the muntilly collar, some mink mufls, His testimony was mimportant John Phillip MoGee swor wufl plates and 8o ~1 um porter for Mr. Boos; t boating out ¢ out tho store i the burmng of som ud put_them in the s they were sable Rus them there and 1 WOre Wrappers, Mr. Lioos caime Kavauah, wate beat was from Broadway to bloksks ; it Was my custom w try the sou Al they were locked ; watched from the tine tie store was clysed autil 6} o'clok in the murn there yyere boles i the shutters sud gus f the store could his brother usually left the store to- watehed the place of Gold iu Maiden-lane, thr doors every 20 misutes ing all the yesr row was loft burning so bo soen; Mr. Fred Eoos getuer, often late at 1z Sumuel Seripture, 8w orn—Am & manufactarer of mineral wa- warily by Mr. Fred. Boos ontwo ocoa- Boos also sold goods; Mr. Wright aud my- 3 who sold goods ; at first my,salos uid in the driwer; st of the interior ters; was employed te times to AMr. Wright; o m Toos was i the habit of con were unusuatly bus no gowds whatever for wy own use; » of goods werv kept ved; 1do ot know what Mr. Boos's the soiled ones were ¢ L wes the lnst witnoss called: T re. eidod, 1n the Winter of 18645, at No. 1% Third-ave; Miss Wesscl, who waa ewployed by Mo, Boos and myself, has lived in tho same bouso for five yenrs; it was up whon she went dowu etucn work that | mocempanied her, and saw the parcel passed out of tho store; 1 did pot identiy civer ut the tme; from the des of tho looks of the man who received the puokage, Mr. thought it must bo o wan in the Novy-Yard, 1did mot soo bis | clothos; 1 went three times to the suggestion, 1o sec if I cvuid ideatify th 1 did not go for any other pu went there 1 saw turee or four petsons ns soon s 1 ebter and 1 oan ideatify him now (pointing to Mr. Wright, the father of J Boos in 1864, my husbas eitler the giver o tho vy-Yard, st Mr. Hoas's ersor, and did so the o; tho third tume | 1 kuew hiw i weat of war st oc; this hapjeued in February, about 12} o'clock; the packna ore 1 s AbONY o Lange (making sgus Witk be y seen §L; she was u) i about it sk soon a8 stairs aud rejoined me, M. Boos inquired for Mr. Winder when at the Navy Y ard. Tho Court was then adjourned to 11 o'clock to morrow morn- Mrs. Wessal could not La 1 10kl Mrs. Wesse. fore Justice Kelly.| At this Court there was yesterday but a single Jus- tice in attendance, Justice Dowling not belng in Court to assist s 18 usually the cuse with him, even active part in the al cases there decided, The calendar being long, aud linz o one Tuan, the &cssion Was, Of COUTSS, Pro- e were on (hr‘lhl 4l Cases. with advice and counsel, ‘when bhe does not take a mo: 2, keeping a disorderly ; eruelty to suimals, 1; caves for senutence, 2, from last cows day suspended til y named Jas. Heaney and | prations of the plekets of o ¥ # that the boys o nke"—that s, they o [ guid, g much te ere is 0 mark of foi o3 uilt #8, that 'he parects d I d who would ngrce W of the two little p take them away ard take caze of e, Diox't Kxow Mucn, ack 10 His—Mir. Martin Newal ea eonfidert and pompaous aid starehy fecling alout us B0t ns if Be bad becn reh ia him thon AXD WEHAT RE DID KNCW WAS A Dax- nd with no more s [ clarged & Lttle boy of about & dosen stealing rom Lim & pocketi pocketbouk in B tenemwcnt many boys, and Mr. Newal for 10 suspect one of these LOYs, ni A pockes- hook wa containing #4. Before the Justice at L Court Newal swore positively Uia the reco wan Lis, and upon this eworn idents Little fellow wae sent to be iried ub ap till coust duy. Un coming before Justice Kelly at the Sesrions, Newal re fused 10 sweor 10 the ideitity of the pocket book, and wae not U certain that it was lus s case that he wos lnog was of course disclirge for the three duys e bos 5 Investigation it found one enn tell it wes t ing of tho property the o Specinl Sessions, and b wade suck o botch of at by every one preseut, The boy wiere e is 10 L & recompense it in jab upon u charge which without a sbadow of fonndation, nion of all i the Cowrt-room that Mr. Newal hud dowe the boy 8 great wrong, and shoukd bave been made to exchange pluces axd step o tho prisoner's doc L It 10 suswer (o & charge of lustigating upon outh, 8 falso GRITING KEADY FOR CoLD WRATHER—Mary Jane Arderson wanted to provide for some of ber mule iricuds and secord- ingly went iuto the establishment of Mr. Frauklin A, Lawson ond carried off therefrom two sack confs. , but owned up oud was sent up %0 Blackwell's suuny for three months. TrouLE v THE CoLomsp Caur~James W. Dorrill, not eoutent with the garments bis own industry kad supplied him with, stole s particularly fine cout from Abrabam Morris, also Mary Jane did not colored stricken or p or clse e it Iy bave been sent vp § thi it was & woman quif that, aa thie social circumsta; consideration could be fairly claimed by Catharine was, therefore, sent to the Penitent! T'wo of Mra. Prescott’s ohildren were in Cour ing botweea the mother sud Lier Uitle oues was tryly affocling NEW-YOKK DAILY TRIBUNE, While 1t, for the instant, seems a harsh law that separates a mother from her chil 1t is, on the other side, equally hard that & poor woman should lose her groperty when she is berself s0 poverty stricken that every rag is of valus. Mres. Prescott was sent up for one month. WHAT GIN MAY BEING WOXEN T0.—Two young and pretty and recently warried ladies came into Court on & little matter which they bad muoh better have settied botween stealing ber shaw] and sundry small pictares. The facts being duly inguired inio present the following nspeot: Eliza Donelly cane from Flushing o visit her friend, the othcr Kliza. The “other” Eliza, desiring to bonor 'tho visit of ber guest, sent out for some gin, on which the two made Merrs: thoy mado so merry, o fact, that whon Kliss Donclly went home she oarried off her friend with Ler to Flushing. The shawl being worth $17, Miss Bar- rett naturally made a search for it, and sho recovered it. Next duy after the m;«vc:v‘. Fliza Douelly revisited ber friond in Now-York, and the alieged heft was soon, by explanation, re- dneced to & mistake, and wore gin was sont for. Tho mouey exjended on this occasion for gin waa 15 ooute; At the concla- n of the gin-driuking, Miss Donelly retired from tho festive e, carrying with her tho shawl “for tho second tine, to- ocrtain other articlos ; 8o that we may judge that t soven-and-a-half oents worth of gfl. tomake woman siealing-drunk. . Mrs. Donelly has boen married only seven months; ber hus- band 1o n court, and he interceded s stoutly in her behalf that tho justion let hor off with 20 days in the City Prison, or 8 fino of §20. Tho loving husband at once paid the fino. and the heppy podr departod Doubtiess the lady will herealter avoid gin. A Dounte Viemy, ok A Max Dousty VieTiMizxd—Case No. 1.—Mr. Peres M. Fuller, who is & baker doing businees in h Amboy, bronght a complaint against Mary Kelly for wtealing £10 from his person. Mr. Tallor's story I that he was paid off Iast Saturday, and roceived so great an amount of money that Perth Ambuy could not_begin (0 bold Lim. and #o ho camo to Now. York on & grand spree. In the metropolia. Mr. Fuller foll in with Mary. Mury wae vory kind aud Mr. Fulor mado ber n prosent of ‘& dollar. But, though Mr. Fuller was moved to sucl donato n whole dollar to Mary, sho was, s he claiue 80 un- grateful as to steal from his an additional §10. What is Tie proved it, and Mary was seut up for six months. NO. 2.~ This same Mr. Fuller brought s complaint against Otto Beanhaaker, a barkeeper in a saloon opposite the place whero Fullor had lost his money. ¥aller says that he wout into 0Otto's place and “beeame stupid,” but did not go to sleep. When be was aroused from his *stupidity,” he suys ho found the aimble hands of Otto were * going throngh” ki pockots. mining bis money, he was, he says, $15 short. The evi- w1 30 confused—n fact, it was 80 apparent pitign liad been on tho specifid occasion of wuck & natiro (at Té was disqualified from knowing much of anything that did go on, that the Court noquisted the aocused. Tug Wroxe LEas.~Michael Curry complained that Patriok Reardon had assaulted and batterod bim under the following pamed eircumstances : The defondant had given to Curry & pair of boot:lega to be * footod.” Tn dus time ho went for thom, and was given o pair, which be did not notice particularly in the hurry of busiices, but wore away on his foot. In the worning, on discovering the alleged fraud, Lo returned to the shop of Cugry snd gewangded his own boota. An_ altereation followed, and & row followéd, i ;* rgwu‘ul-h’lllhu complninant wis worsted, and thereforé hrot, Mt suit, Ao prisoucr was found guilty, aad was remanded 1or sentence. A CONCERT-SALOOX BARKLEVER—Of all the degraded, con tewptible, despicable puppies the Court ever has to deal with, or who ever, in all his varied rounds, the reporter the barkeeper of a house whore girls are kept is in mort degraded, the most econ! ):J-Iv and the most | afmost without exceptiom, brutal Tl and overbearing to an extent which woald, should the poor girla dare to make the proper complaiats, condermn each ous of them 10 the Veait Keep him thore three-guarters of his time. They o wo have read, rogucs all” Yesterda way 0 an esoape from abjoct povesty, through the windows of a concert-saloon Hudson was the bar-keeper of a * fncy” saloon known as - the most fashionable avenuere d therein as waiter- ‘Dew Droy the god irregularit scks” on the part of Fauzy Blooming: liudsou hold of kor, and stinck Ler ropeatdly, and spplicd to bor the most oppiobrious langnage. The testimony is somewlat couflioting. Some o the girls say that Fonny was fatosicated, and was, therefore, disorderly, while others, tosether with herself, said sho had taken nothing but rsplerry,” o drink which thoy say is sacred to the girls alane. (lnhmh complaint Hudsou wos finod §50, and scat up oue month. CoMPLAINT No. 2.—Mary Smith brought similar compiaint against this man Jiudson, for abw er with tong i aud fists. She, Lowever, could not prove it to the satisfaotion of the Court, this count Tndson was discharged. Acoording to the the proprictor of this #v ect apot—the Dew Drop Ina 0. Butier, a goutleman who is, sod ever has been, a0 ornament 1o ty CRUELTY 10 A Houss.—J ames Mornn was complained of for “Cruelty to Animala,” the special chargo being that he had beaten a horse over the hoad with a paving-stone. Moran did not_attempt o deny it, but pload guilty. Ho wea fined § which money his employer paid with great gloe, visoly wnd andibly rejofoing that it woa Y ot LakcEsivs —John Cougan and Michael 1ickey, for stealing, were both (being bojs) st 0 the Touss of t Wilson, for stealing & watch and chain nd pded for pruishiment. atoh from W illim Bhailer, wes sent ree moutha. MiNoi AssaULTS —Frank Newman, a boy of 12, for throw- fng a stone, and cutting the head of Henry Livingsion, was House of Licfage one year. Samuel Wyms for s o James Corey, wa found gullty, but Jadgme: Jonied. Mary Kelly and Miirtha Bmiih, for beatin “arty, wore scot 3 d..L- each to the City Pris Morris. for pasanlting Hernard Moolms, wed Sned under bondi to keop the peace. Adjourned to Saturday, Oct. 30, pil o THE TOMES POLICE COURT. [ Befors Justios Hogas. ) NEW UsR FOR A AT, A rather well-dressed yoang Englishman, nemed Edward Wettleship, on Wednesday afernoon entered, tie store of Monsrs. Field, Morris & Co,, No. 345 Broadway, asd exhib- ited some nataples of buttons whioh he said be wished to sl After descasiting upon the merita of Lis wares and while he supposed the o i of the elorks was attracted clsowhers, Wottleahip deftly abstraoted two volls of wilk belting from & quantity which ay noar him and slipped thew into his hat, which e placed npon his head. Unfortunately for him, the s witnessed by Mr. Chus. 8. House, one of (v clerks d in another | f the store. On being nocused of the hett Wettheship dended it in the wost strenuous maner, His Bt wos Jifted £ the stolenbelting rol«d upon the floor, | pulshment the Juckioss ped- matter, and o tective Field of the Fifth ustody. Yew ogaa . defuult 17 08 A BuACELET.~On Wedn esdny afiernoon, Michael Brenuan, oged 16 employed 11 a stove stors dows town, | was sest to No. ¢ and wiile there be gold braccet the p of Miss Delle IL nates. The stol ticle was missed wpnctod o sumpuctod fon of tio Finth owsesios 18 was oo Hogan cotmiited Romuep BY A FriLow-Esioaast.—Mra. Farlna Fritz, ac d in d, on ber way to joln Ler luiband, 1 n hotwo i the vidulty of co children, a fow days since ar Lausing, fowa. I Lrought then over Wi feliow-pass Brinter, also aiative d Mrs Fritz sed bo- hip in port tiey put o i Greenwiclst. On Wedicsday suilrond tickets ior the .« This amauit ske rap pclase claims iye pock ‘rest by Otfices tickets as roque Kinwall of the Twenty-soyenth Procinct made severnl” contradietory A disposed of abund witdl bo sutlicicut 10 deliuy the e Iy cuted Wit of Lux stay Ji ip Wet VIOLATION OF ik LEALTH LAW.—Johs ence McCarthy were yosterday nrruigne st the Toon on the cor made aflidnyit that Le for cp it No. 219 Mottt it of the Board of I tat Lo pre ithy and dilapidate tion, and peilous to the bealth of the adjacent ueighbor The magistrute decided o Lold the sccused i the st of $300 euch 1o wnswer tho coniplaint AN INHUMAN PAREST.—Bridget Haley. a little girl ovly six yeurs of age, was found at o late on Wednesday night by Mr, Lewis C. Phillips of No. 104 8t Marks-place, in & balf naked eondition on the pavement in frons of No. 8 Eliabeth- st. The unfortunate litte thing was weeping bitterly, asd questioniug ber Mr. Philli ertnined that she had been turned out of doors by her father, William Haley, who had re- fused kma;'lr 10 suppoit or provide for her. Procuring the ser- vices of Officer Crook of the Sixth Preeinet My, Ph the arrest of Haley, and waa locked up for the in the Station-House, The little girl was suitably cered for. Yesterday luley was arruigned before Jusiico Hogan, and committed for trial on the charge of abandonment. He in watiye of Ireland, aged 52 years, and resided ut No. 21 Bow- o, Tho child was commiticd to the eare of the Comumistioner of Charities ond Corrections. The mother of the child died about to weeks ago, and since that time the fatler has neg- lw!;iun clid, nuslly turning ber vut of doors, as sbove staty s JEFFERSON MARKET POLICE COURT. [Befors Justics Dodga | Lanoexy.~—Jobn Hines was committed in default of bai) in 200 to answer & charge of lareeny for steallug two saws and five Jors of fruit—worth $12—from Willism IL. Smith, 4 No. 105 Laurens-st., on Tuesday. lun:hulm.-n I bis possession. Axoruen—Annie Doran was charged with stealing s lady's sack—worth $20—from Hannah Corrigan, st No. 329 West T -third-st. The two women lived in the TNt e b phoos and eseat was sose RS missed, henco the arrest. committed. MoNEY STOLEN ¥ROM A ST0KE Diawkn.—Willlam Morgan was arrestod for stealing #4 from tho store drawer of Claus Man, No. 98 Eighth-ave , yesterday, and was committed to e N qefunlt of ball in) $300, Ho.admitted taking the money st the time of the arrest. ‘Wirx-BEATING.—J ames Broadbent was committed to answer, In default of bail in 8300, for striking his wifo in the face with b fists in & violent manner on W . The partios live st No. 138 Sullivan-et. Braucing ax Orvoss ~Patriok Rowaa we Lald (o asswer Tl [rosronity as o,/ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1866. o trbing Ofer Marray ofth Tweaty sith prciac in the AT o] ESSEX MARKET POLICE COURT. (Before Justice g AN UnvaTURAL Crimg.—Godfred Schneight and Mary Schneight, a brother and sister uvln:din Essex-st,, aged t e 2 e e preik Shncpne * PErTY LARCENY.—Mary Brennan was hield in §300 to answer the oharge of stealing some oups and ofher articles from the New-York Eye Iufirmary, Secoud-ave.and Thirtesnth-st., on Wodnesday. THE EVENING STAR. ———— STATEMENT OF MR. MCMAHON, LATE S8BOOND ASSIST- ANT ENGINEER. Mr. MoMahon, one of the survivors of the ill-fated steamer Evening Star, who was pioked up by the sohooner Morning Star and carried into Chiarleston, arrived at this port on Tuesday evening in the steamship Quaker City from Charlos- < 0n Wasaday oar visitod Mr. MoMahon at his rest- st T dence, No. 216 y-second-st., and received from him the following statement I steamcr Evening Star left New-York on the afternoon of the 29th of September, with & large cargo and full complement of pussen; l“Imnml for New-Orluns. Crossed the ath p. i, and steered southward for Capo Hatterns. Made Hat- terns light Monday morning; wind at this time quite fresh from E. N. E.; sbip doing splendidly. Monday wight, strong breeae and heavy sea; everything about the vessel working well. Fuesday morning, very heavy sen, but no danger apprehiendod ; wws in ohurge of the engine watil noon, when I wis relioved ; went on duty again between 6and 7 o'clock Tucaday ovening, Oot. 2. At this time it was-blowing & gale. About 8 o'olook shi two or three heavy seas on the fim quarter, which considera- bly flooded the o:fi‘u.q room. Uunderstood at this time that they wero outtiug & hole in the deck to get out some of the cargo, a8 she was leaking deok, it being my business to sta uight on Tursday commenced bailin engine room; overy tone was ut his post; all hands in the eugino room worked gheerfully and prowmptly oboyed orders. T L'fh-! l’vflnmvr{‘lmaydu.vn abont 3 & m. and told me_to um.:. lvlllud. Aboul uu; time o atoam pipo broke, but it did not o tho eugine. 149, 3 l'un; aom u-xuchln at :‘l‘i‘:l ”‘I‘y A saying the shipe T btill remained ot my. at 5 0'clock, 1'1.'«»;14:. stopped working at 5:40 .,-SL'.'.&. 1 weut B deck a8 the water had reached 4 dylnllum of the ongine-room. Wihen I reached the deok I found thoy wero making arrango- meats to lannch the bonts. There werg sig bosts in all, of Ray- wond'’s muko, which wero hanging on davits at the sides of tie yossel. Myself and the First Assisjant Enginver scoured tivo batch covers and lasbed them together to t""" them from Lr\mk.ln‘,’wplm intending to uso them whea the vessel weut wh. ‘The eaptain ordered me to get one of the boats ready on the port quaster, The boat was quickly filled and capsized.” 1 now went 1o the last boat on tho starboard side. As we wore mak- ing armagements to Launoh her tho vessel went down, carryin rw: me distance under water. As Icamo to the surface found myaelf under the ife-boat, which was bottom side up. 1 ig getting mysd) from under the bout, sad with the 4 e of LA rifhited her. Thero wers now seven men and threo ladies clinging to my boat. cnpsized throe times on Wednesday. Tho soa wash- over us ’rur|m'll|‘. ono of the women_sank by my side, but ore [ could reech her with my hand. We floatod in this way . arsday at noon wo fell in with Mr. Lyon, the Now- Orloans Pilot, who was sitting on & raft, being a part of the rvof of tio smoking-room. A our boat was still full of water, wonll got on the raft, and drew tho boat, also giving us n chance to bail har, Before the vessel went down, T had moured a motal feo-pitober, with which I was enguged bailing the boat, Baying lost it as the boat capsized. T was now obliged to use my old shoes and a felt hat, whiok wore not very elfective. Our” bost being clear of wator, and the wind aud sea modernting cousiderably, wi hed our bout {rom the raft, and shaped our course wee ward, usiog @ for n wail. On Friday morning we began to suffer from the effsots of hunger. Suipping A #ca, we were fortunate enouzh to find & goodwized tish in the bottom uf the boit, with which we re- paled ourselves. Each ono had o bite, snd T assure you it was the sweetost morsel [ ever tasted in my life. Friday evening, tho sca hecame very hoavy again, as muoh 20 aa on the morning of e wrock. Our boat agu and filled with water. Wo folt that there wis no " an bope. We wore suffering dreadiully from thirst. I did Fink the salt water, merely rinsing my mowth; Satanlay marning we hoisted & pair of drawers as s signal Qstross. Abous 10 0'clock sighted a sadl, which proval to tho schooner Mornigg Star, wers taken on board and Kindly cared for. Of the 11 persona who tiiled var boat as the steasier went dows, only sevon reached the Moruing Star. The survivors are Janies W. Lyon, pilot; Jobn Berry, ook ; A. Sauza, E. A, Van Sickkas, Miunio Taylor, aud Molile Wil son of New-York; Jobn Kavanagh, fireman. ' Martin Bret, and & lady and geatieman unknown, were lost from our boat on the Blaks of tha 3 We arrived at Charieston ou tho 1084 of Ooto- i B3 T2 OCEAN SAFETY. — TRIAL OF A STEAM SYPHON PUMP. The frequent disasters o our ocesn steamers along the Atlantic coast have ocossioned serfous alarm to the gore traveling to Californta, New Orloans, and the varioas clties bordering on the Atlantio Ocoan. Theead fate of the Contral America, North America, Daniel Webster, Evoning Star and several other steamors, was oocasioned by want of m o freo themaclves from the immense quantitics of wal L in 4t the hatehways and openings of the r deok which wre left exposed, by having their deck-houses carricd sway by the s Thwo hovses being conatructed of light ma: oocasioned it appoars that the loss of t-.v yoasols waa by this canss, wnd not from aotual "The best purps now fn use are inadoaate to the wants of ooean steamors. If the air pump sud the large pump of the main engine are used, they can ouly oporate 'whed (b6 engine ftaelf i 10 netion, and buta smnll part of the boiler power can be utiized to pamp out water by those moans ; sad if the aux- fliary or donkey pump Is used, it 1# insignificant lu ovmparison with the steam w hiok the maln bodlers can supply, sod cen do bat listle, even If it is not choked up by ashes or ohips. To Koop afiont & ship with a hole In it simply roquires the water ehall be pumped out as fast ma it eaters The quantity which does eafer, oven in the worst_cases of collision, ls small compared with the eapacity ol o wnall steam boller o pump ot In the ease of the Arctic, which was sunk by a colllsion, she floated for five hours the aceldent, and for more thaa two Bours afte all effrts o puinp her vat hind censed. The Central America and North America were lost fn but they floated hours after the fires were extiuguished, thus showing how swall waa the Jeak, and how casy it wolld have been to aave them if their boiler power could have been applied 10 that purpose It would seem from experiments tried yesterday t) desird object has boen attained fu the tnvention of “t syphon praip. Thess experis mittee of the Chamber of Co: pany, itnatad st the foot of Yorkst., Jersoy U Srphon is 8 devise for raising water by the direct action of wteam. It combises the powers of & force and Nt pump, ritbont piston plunger, valve, or any movable parts. “Soli bodies of less dismeter thau the plpes of the steani syphon pass freely throngh obstrneting or interfering with its Moud iruit, grain, chips, or coal pass readity through, Tt can also be used to ralse ashes and_cinders, and discharge them overboard from the fire-room of o steamer. It is con. ctly with n steam pipe trom the boller, without gear- » the saime space taken up by en ordls pe. By placlug s suiclent number of the ertire boller-power, if nocessary, noy to free it from water; and as Uid pend o 128 action inany manner upod il ordor and work o 1 steam-plpe connecting with the s through tie chamber of the syplon b the water rises through the m fo the water through the discharge pips. At the trial yes: rent stees wero put into o lirge terday, three syp) tank. 1t was bu {8 miuute o empiy the tank. Three or four bushels of were then eled into the tank, and it i th wats When the steas was on, the nsbes aud water suddenly disappeared, belug ind 10 n bight of 30 feet. It is not clalmed that the syphon © within & givew time than others, but that, us it of the engiae, it wil be efective whe the otlers e e BOARD OF HEALTH. The Board met yestordey afternoon at 3 o'clock, Presiden 7in the Chair. The Report of the Sanitary apany of the work performed in the abatesaent aud remoyul nulssuces, for the week ending October 18, 166, is a8 7; nomber of Botices bat vice 4 v f dead shoep removed from city limits, 4 o removed ‘roin oty lmits, 393 mumber of ‘dend dogs and eats removed from eity liumite, '24; nuume Yor of calves reized—"bobs,” fiom city Lunits, | unsound veal veized, semaved from ety lwite, 50; amsound mutton seized Temoved from oty limite, 1,200; unsound beel seized, wived trom city Nuwite, 1,000 Pous unds. from cit; meovud fieh Fom iy limite, b0 lumite, 2,000 puwmber of Hoard of Healih. (hat since Oct. 11, the foliowing @ {10 the Inspectors and Asist- calth: \Whole namber of reports | whole number , 16 Dumber mary notices Iss1ed by the Saniary Sugerintendent, 143; number of npflz forwarded for orders, 137: numiber of ufl- reiled, 14, manber of 1oports forwarded, 16 Ive reports received are upon the following nulsances: 43 1, 8 cellais, eisterns and cespools 3 wasle pew and drain, 10 yarda, courts end aress, 4 vacant lots, 2 uses and Bee Dikaerien, 23 school booses. 3 stzees and alleys, | Bury: ball o f prelimi ng fust. Cannot say what was being done on nd b{ x;w engino, At mid- g in ¢ keep them builing, as tho captain was trying to get her bead to fpd regelied the Te wua no lopos of disoharge Dr. Bayles, Sani of thoss towns. The petition states that thers u-:Zn of an in there, and that the expense is an unnccessary burden on the town A lotter was also received from Dr. l’ml-, mm‘YmT be be discharged from his oflice as Sanitary Inspector in Youkers, he baving served in that oapacity for six montha, for which ser- vioe ho received no pay. A disoussion arose con: the ropriety of discharging Health officers at the request of Snpervisors. and concerning tho amount of compensation to be given them. It was finally voted that Dr. Pooley be allowed 1o resign, and the matier of his salary be réferred to the Superintendent. A resolution was then adopted, intended 1o cover bt the above cuscs aud similar oncs, to the effect that the Superintondent take measuros o ascortain how many of the Assistant-Iispectors appelnted in the neighboring town should be retaiucd fu service, and what compensation should be made them for their Inbors. n’r'.rznnc lll%l.:m(llbe 'flll.lfr‘;lll‘ resolutions, which were referred to the Sanitary Commit e b e e e exiatence of small: or joxet, o dysantar. demie i PR o Xy o T Suar intendont have all sush premises inepeoted, and, If necosary, c.oansed and disiu‘ecied. “fn President nest brought up the matter of the rent of tho Rted House, for which the owner charess 35,000 for the oso of it by the Bonsd ns o hospital for two mouths. * The President stated that the claim had been referrod o u Board of Arbitra- tion, and the Board, on motion, approved this action, Dr. Swinbnrne stated that the present position of the hospl- tal sbips in the Lower Bay was not suif for the Winter sea. son. Dufing the late storm it had heen impossible to lower boat from the ships, and ha recommended that they be remoy: o some wuitable plice whero tyoy would be protected from the wen o0, Dr. Swinburne reported_that there were 23 cases of oholera remaining on board the Faleon on October 17, and 20 deaths during the last wook, and that 19 deaths had ocourred on board tho Helvetia during the week ending October 12. “I'io unusual number of denths during the days of the storm, owing to the roughness of the ses, siowed tiio necessity for & chunge in the location of the sbips. It was ueither wise nor humane to keep them in the Lower Bay. Dr. Stone thought she presont system of transferring patients to the cholera siip was a disgrace to the city and an outrage upon traveiers ud Npon the community. 1f i piace for hos- pitad could be procured on land this fearful wortality on the Ship might bo prevental. The Board should tako this mattor into luJun haud, and let it go to the Legislature if thoy were roaistol. Judge Bosworth entertained the same views, and hoped some sction would be taken at once. ‘Tho Board then adjourned till Thursday next. STATISTICS OF THE EXCISE LAW, . A girgnlar has ":‘? pripared and issued by an assé: Gallon of Kepublican Germans, designed to show to those of their countrymon who appreciate good order and public wel- fare the substantial benefits to society of the Excise Law. The ciroular contains statistical tables prepared from the official re- ports of the Metropolitan Police, of the number of arrests on corresponding Sundays of 1865 and 1866, the latter being in- luded ir the period of enforcement of the law. During the two months gf the exeoution of the law the number of Sunda; arresls, a3 oompired with the preceding year, was reduoe about oue-half, while, aftor the suspension of its operations, the number of arrcsts again rau up to nearly the former figares. The law went into operation on the 1at of Moy, On the 21st of June Julge Canloso gvaounced it uncoustitutional, and wranted injunetious agaiust the Excise Doard in favor of a large number of lignor dealers. [n consequence of this decision e execution of the law wus suspendod on and after July 4. With these prolizminary fucts born in mind, every inteiligent man, whetlier Genman, American or Ixish, can forin his own estims of the immense vulue of law which so far promotes public and privats socurity, as the oue whoso workioge are i e following figares: COMPARATIVE TAVLB OF TR NUMBER OF ARRESYS YOR INTOXIOATIGQN AND DIAORDERLY CONDUCT O& SUNDAYS, YROM MAY 0 SEPTEMBEK, 1365 AND 1336, 1563, 1566, HAY. MAY. 7. First Sunday......100 | 6. First Sanday. 14. Socon y....142 | 13. Second Sunday. L. Third Sunday. . 20, Third Sunday 1. ¥ourth Sunds 2. Fourth Suiday. 5 ‘161 Total............ 500 Total Net redvction of arrests on four Sundays JUNKE. 4. First day. 5 11, Second Sunda, 10. Second Sunday.... 63 18. Third Bunday 17. Third Sunday..... 68 2. Fourth Sanday. 2. Fourth Suaday.... 66 Total ... . Total 235 Net reduction of arrvats on four Sandays. JULY, 2. First Sunday......187 [ L First Sunda; (118 | & Second Sund ‘145 [ 15 Third Sanday 154 | 22 Fourth Sunday. 175 | 2. Fifth Sunday. Total §, Becond Sundsy. 16, Third Sunduy. . 2. Fourth Sunday. . ¥ink Sanday. SEITEMBER, 3. First Sunda, Total ...........961 Increase of arrests, after deducting 172 for the fifth Sunday in Boplomber, KK ... e | THE TURF. i THE HOBOKEN MEETING. MAGNIFIORNT STEEPLE-CHASE—NANNIE CRADDOCK WINS —LOCAL'S BRILLIANT RACE—ULRICA WINS CON- BOLATION STAKE. On the 17th all said that & more beautiful day could not be seen, and the weather was undoubtedly lovely, but yes- terday was quits equal to it predecessor. As predicted, the steeple-chase did bring the crowd out, and that with a ven- fragee: The two trains wero fairly jammed, and the roads mliing from the different ferries | ohe succeshive string of conveyanoos, of every size anul make, shape nad quality, with every vacant seat tilled with Lappy, merry, huh’u Persons, all fatent 0a plasure aud witnewsiig the racing events of the day. With the exception of Fordham, so many have not been drawn together on any of our neighboring courses and well does the energutio and fnu--.m, proprietor, Col. MeDaniels, deserve the patroonge of the public, for sinee the insuguration day of this most excelient track Lot a single disturbaice bus marred the harmony of the frequent mectings. "The Iadies, 08 ustial, were in great force, a stecple chase being their evpocial weaknoss. Nothing sppeats to raise their ad- miration aod delight to such a piteh s to see the gallant steeds fiying their fences und their no less gallant viders grucefully handling their susceptible mouths. Women always will adwmize daring and grace, aud have from ages immemorial, if we can the accounts of tourraments in duys goue by, and tieir turning out in perdest Lordes to' witness the feats of the huuting fields as represented iu the steople-chase. The more ateeplechuses provided for the public the better for all pasties, aud more particular’y for the purse of the proprictors. THE RACES. Finst Race, Steertr Citssi— A hasdicap premism of §400 to the first, and §100 to the second horse. About thrce miles, couniry. 8. 1 19 I 3 3 1l Ib Do 13 Dis [ old marw show the track e work and too second | heve Zigrag commenced wiling 1o do the work. The thind fuiice Wis €Ot over in same style, all Juwping ¢ (e ditch was next cloare in front running strong, aud Zigzag dropplng nstern. follow P posts und rail were * and ax Nanie and Wil passed the grand stand and charged t er Ju cheers foliowed their rapid flight. The next ihre Were each successfully cisposed cf, and the ditch followed s the mare retaining tie fuiit. ad. The three next b A aud leaving his companions L uisbed Jumped, Wi y s testified their light Witk rep this time d #0 far astern that e was virtanlly out of the race; no an of speed couid possibly save Lim except the balaace fell or came to griel. A thind time they got rourd sufely, the { and Geveral luid well down to their work, burdles #ide by side. On the top turn the both the old mare leaping the 26 and s ol nut eforgd abend o Nttle, and took the la fi..umg 'y n length, On the run bome Willinws wade effort to come in winner, but, though the heart was there, his specd failed bim. aud Pepper lunded bis mare trat b ¥ The contest between these two horses wus being determi ble. Time, 7:304. SECoND R prewium of §2: le dash, $0 entrance, r.p: . . uy Eeligee, out of liarbeam by Glencce. Scarlet 3 i Col. Bush (for Men ‘Townie, dam Cyc b & Orasge and orange eb. 1. by Piauet, out of Carodna Hed avd bive e Do e v 14 3 gt ihe Aol K el o with the leads Redwiog last._The paci , aud as the d rounded the tuin, they were al AT e ynarter, Tedwing bad come up and €0 Dal, who bad fallen iato second place, Mr, Reed's entry havin taken the front. Before rflm the haif-mile, Redwing the son of lr:flluflp. nAIOIl et T o ad- vantage to quite a length. near . Morris's , by Eclipse, made 8 tug, sod came along- . %h.’h‘um]vhkm»mlut ‘winner, i L2 S ovtaks premibn of K100 o three eat Dy T Wtk ‘:&-"m'n" Lightning, ovt of Mareon by | jca favorite at2 t0 1 against the fld. kind of copsolation (or those whose borses have W, s on Collont, that It was blghly oreditable to t ¥hoto parey. An. other splendid s tho services of tikeyentleman w) and stand, Eclj , up nearly to the haif-mile she Sompanions rin along side, and the trio. aced in & it AL won B two lengtis. " Time, 313 S, Next wook some very important ity ext woek some very important tests will take besides early in Nove -~ u"en‘om- bl:ll‘ -l:nuur Jockeys are isbla, its is o Hardle kmf"’ " i Fashion and Union meeting at I'ordam, in’ permitted to ride, The promised HONORS TO CYRUS W. FIELD. On Tnosday evening a dinner was given to Cyra 'W. Field by the Directors of the New-York, Newfoundiand, ;mi Lond:u Te:-mpn Company, in honor of the successhed ing of th ying and working of the oosanio talegraph, ¥ith vml‘: ‘The following remarks wpon the t work which plished were mado b Ly b, “ GEATLEMEN - Nearly 17 Roberts and mysel & tablo in the house of our matual friend and guest, Mr, ¢, W. Field. We met there to consider the proprie, taking & work intended to connect our count ropean world. I weald gladly, if I coul expression to some of the thoights and pied my mind and thoso of my proud to see mw; a Joined us at a ssoctates. ammong whe nd Wi, G, Tl pog 438 taken part withes oy n xious years throu; P Pfised. In those eventful evenings w magnetized and infatuated with a most magnificent idea. uzed $o ourselves that in & abort time we-should plant o Une vast and mighty oces were doomed 1 were destined to encounter s difticultics that thes » green afar off, and like them we had but & faint idea of the bare spots, &ie taugled thickets and rugged eliffs, over which we have been compelled to pass in order to gain land of promise. We have, however, been of old; wo have had & Moses was ablo to lead on his associates: and when Le them cast down and disco Teaven, nor smite the rock, but just got us to look th ve at the pirasant fiells that lay 90 temptingly in afore us, and in that way he was able to inspirit his ciates with courage to go on until at last, with the bel Great Eastorn, aud the means and infiuence of the no! of men that Mr. Field has been able to enlist in the mothes “country, we have at last accomplished o work that is now the wonder of the world. In the accomplisbment of this work it is eas glorious meuns for i e 1 ol saw the blle nato than the Jew ard it a3 & greata: nowledgn nsoful‘hiroughout the world. One thi never come nmtil knowledge shall the earth as the waters cover the great decp. An ocean upli has 50w becomo an open way through which flashes teliectnal light can pass to and fro chrough the ensth wi speed of lightaing, carrying with it the knowledge of ali s mankind. 1 trust our efforts will hasten the glorious time when nations will learn no more, when they will eat their swords into plowshares their spears iato pruniig-hooks. I trust our own counts Governmeat will always stand as a Lright and shining li the pathway of nations, to cheer on with hope lions of mankind who are now st; ineas—n bappiness that is wltivate the arts of peace, instead of wasting their ense truction. Let us hope that the that the millennium w I caleulated to elevats and glea in wars of mutua! dest will s0on come that will secure peace and nations of the earth. Mr. Cooper concluded witha “The health and happiness of our Moses, Mr. Cyrus W. INOENDIARY FIRE IN FIFTH-ST.—L0S ABOUT $200.000. Shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday morning, & was discovered on the stairs on the outside of the large buikling Nos. 517, 519 and 521 Fifth-st., secoud story. The flames ran rapidly u s00n communicated with the interior of the builling, filled with light woodwork, aud although the Fire Depa . in o short space of time the edifice was o mass a in searcoly a note from the ground to of flumes. While one of the should have esca) jied by Matthew Kemor, bedstead mangfacturee. X0: 10 insurance. The building was owned Mr. Bounell, and leased by ins, who insured it for €2,50. The loss is about the fire was first discovered leaves but the work of an inces It will be investigated by Fire- Marshal Bak: INCENDIARY FIRE IN PARK-ST. At 94 o'clock vesterday ered on the third ficor of the d Park-st. It was undoubtedly the work of an in when first discovercd, he fire was among sowe shavings The flames were The building, which belon; damagal to the was occupied by Mrs, Shes, who loses somewhat in ater. The buildi: in sueb a dils, condition or. o ng is in sueb o lg{::ud 4%, yet been found. o ot i of -eighty completdy oeme , & fire was disooy- so0n e of Johu Foot, was ‘The lower portion MoGregor, Superiutende pulied down. No clue to the FIRE AND ACCIDENT. On Wednesday night 8 hay-stack, t situated on One-bundred. st, near Eloventhave, was set ou fire aud % no insurance. Jobn Watson, & mem- ngine Co. No. 40, while Mr. James Connel ber of Metropolitan e ot fire, wes run over by kis en taken to his_residence at first-st. aud Tenth-ave, by the -second Precinct Polies. —— A LIBRARY FOR COLORED YOUNG MEN. To the Kditor of The N. Yo Tribune. Sir: A number of young eolored men have organe i20d themselves into an Associztion, ““The Lincoln Litera " with the view of improving themselves, hat mind the inereased responsibilities which will devolve 0o as wiembers of the community, and that they may influence in inducisg more or less of the colored this city to find Winter evening amusement in and the like, in preference to secking the 1 sttended the tirst meeting of the Al [ast evening, beld in the vestry of the Methodist Ch . and was so mieh pleased with the —with the spirit and esrnestuess manifested—that T It was rosolved to establish o Libeary. As my fist effort in bebalf of the Association, throuzh your columas to solicit, as I 0, douatious of bool ledls for the Livrary, Those who woald aid the col man in improving his mind. for kis own sake as wel dy for general good, may assist Lim in the above mauner. Allef ted by the Laprovement aud elevation Lwill be Lappy to receive tie address nt 1. Dowxrya, Custom Housss —_— THE DRY GOODS MARKET. < New-YORK, Oct. 18, 1868, The trade in Dry Goods, cotton goods epecially, io somewhat hesitating from a v Mame- facturers naturully construe all cireumstonces spparently tends the price of cotton as favoring an sdyaice is he Jobbers, on the other hand, profess 88 nt high price of cotiem, to nssist the moverent. community is’ be its humbicst memb of such as will assist the move « of circumstances, Tice of COLOn guous. oubt the permanence of the pre stating that the advance in raw materfal at Liverpool and News York is the result of speculation, and is nos justified by sources, which they sy sequently buy ovly 90 owever. confront cotton goods among bath jobbers Maxufacturers show an iB- n their eforts o keop 8P ub rosn ut & shayge under ogrs riler to keep their stocks within and occosionully sl The heavier classes much firmnesa ok but the leading makes continoe leached Sheetings ‘l»n‘rl Shire. faga o8 follows: lett's, Jle,; James perelia 0-4, e, Pepye Utica 54, #e; Uticn 104, §1 05, inquired for, but on_current quotatiosy from the leading P-lty about late prices ¥ (AX04, the LaRSBOLIOR! ints are becoming scarce. The su rinters is taken up 68 it comes 0 han e jobbers quote ae follows: American, 16¢,; X s, 2lc., Sprogue’s fancies, 19)c. ourning, 174¢,; ro in steady demand; the agests quote $e following qoete ":%.’.'.‘.‘."‘A‘!:‘R‘ e A . are falsly active m nds N Xs as follows, with & .:gbflmvu.A A, e '3 LeT A ek Lanark, 42 e Union 50, 233, T7je; Unien 20, 43, e, 3., Star No. 9, 42, ¥e.; ] ; 7 ; i i ;E i 7t 4 | 5 i