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—————'—7 2 CROTON AQUEDUCT DEPARTMENT. —e—— Wo bave recelved from the Croton Aqueduct Depart- mont & public explanation, of which the following is all the oesontial part: CRrOTON AQUEDLC T DRPARTMENT, * New-Youk, Oct. 19, 1866, amouut of work in the construc- by this Board was advertised to last. In conscquence of tho d. and of attond the t October. The Coutroller ourried from time 10 arned until be The publio latting of a lurg: tlon of sewers and pavements take place on tho 2uth Se noa from tows wisrefusal of u-u ity ller, opealing, it was adjourncd (o the I wLill rofy & to bo present, it hns boen time to this date, and will’ Continue to be ad rm the duty required of him by law is presence necessary at the opesing of all proy mameat 8 u Py vyl § Bile the Coutroller has lent the grounds on which be sceks Lo juatify his action. and ingeniously nttempts {0 create injurious mpressions respocting this department. Under these cireum e deem it fncnmbe us to make ? many uffer by his 1lle ent of the case. Jontroller's first ground of re! ce his letter of 26th of September) Socanse 1he ‘embraces work which oaunot legally be do ol ewers whore the stroot is not opened by There is o r advortised in One-hundred-and twenty.seventl st mnl' n Third end ‘ourth-av h street bias not been, a8 we haye since ascer- tained, k.&h’,:fih "his streot has been groded, eurbod, gut- tered and flngged for years and tl:e sssessing:its for such impros & menta regulurly laid and collccted without objection. As itis built b0, and the ywners of the property ou both sides wero the ap licauts for the proposed sewer. there was 1o reason to suspect At the sorcet. Bad: not. beex regularly opesied, Still the error was discoversd soon after tho advertisement. and a notico of the withdrawal of this sewer publicly posted before a bid lmd Doan teceived and before auy commuuication from tho Con- jor hiad been made to this Board. @ one sewer mentioned sbove constitutes the sewers so keu of by the Coutzollcr. "The Controller's second oljection fs that, as ho says, * the romter parteof the work proposed to bo let caunot be per- formed this season, 0w ing (0 the excessive amount of the sime description wiready lot by your Doard, and because in some oases, even if the materfa]l fould be procarvd, the contructs would have to be suspended at the sccting in of Winter weather.” who will The C fail be let is in sewers, and the assortion that there is 8 d ey al for thelr construction s simply untzue. ‘There 1san abundance of material, and plenty of contractors ready to supply it PU% it into useful shape, and 80 for us oir List lettings and re- Seilt Indfontions may bé relicd upon, the prices which would be bid by contractors would be less than thy have been hereto- fore. In regard to the materis] for pavements, we have positive assuranoes that there could be 1o deficiency. Added to this, We nasert on our own expericnce of work, wid ou our personal Knowledge of the capacits of the neigbboring quarrics, that if neecagary, ten times the quantity for all the pavemeuts which could ba ordered this year could be taken from these quarries and the_oentiguous iedges without viaibie effcet upon the cr- haustiess quantity rematning. As to the enhanced cost of the stone, it 18 well to_ add that the increase in the prico of trup- blocks during the last five years is by no means as great as that of every other article within our knowledge. Pavements are ordered by the Common Council, and our sole nee and our custom is to obey such orders, when practic ‘The more important part of the work propos. to 3 of mates ordered, we have nothing duty to' let the contrict. that the work is imme . asked for The pavements bei t is stmply to do with the price. stoppoge of work + be governe by oar pwn Judgm of the Controller, ho person cvgaged iu engine ‘There are comparative (with the exception of thy thelr cost, with vic tifie work od r that cost g ) not either under contract or t opening ; but for sewers there ure s mwaiting sction in our depart cen ordered as a sanil e applications represent ¥ citizen ‘The Controlier refers v he fact that three or four Inspectors are placed on Tlus is true, but it is uncan didly stated. There is an explicit provision subscribed .to in wevery contract that the work shale be curried on iu as meny differout places as in the opinion of this Bourd muy be necessary for its timely and proper rompletion, and that “an inspector ohali bo t every pdint where work is ordored. Un the same sawer, therefure, Wo sometin each fnstauce where this occurs it is the sewer, or to ita lateral branches affording opportunity f working of separsate sectious, each requiring the und; teutlon of an fnspector. O pavement requires o inspoctors—on rond bed fn advance of the pay blocks are piwperly selected aud put dow ing practicable for one to divisions of work at the same fin ‘closost sttention on the part of both inspectors is absolutely necessary to prevent the use of improper materials and the doing of had work. 1, owiny 10 the leugth of the * rto a necessity for s more nq..fi tion, & second party is, by onder, put to work y oe either to the length of the So far £ supervi these sub- the ooutrmctor, two moro inspee are of ne- cesaity directed to supervise it. Contractors fully understand this custom, it bolng carefully and explicitly provided for in the speotoatioas on whick thele proposals are founded. St though the right, under certain cireutistances. to put four of oup contract, is undeniable, even cight inspectors on its exer- cise is ways avoided ns long as possible be necessit; places © tare. Thero are 1aany contracts Jor payements now in progress, bus there is ouly one on whick his ‘contract is h more than two inspectom are employed. the Third-ave. from O 10 Ou T Jength, ut drod-and ni corresponding number of inspectors. b end of course four pluiuts are made by persons iutercatod, o8 to do kis wark in n specified time. Fe time the pay of the Iuspoct s of his coutract, deducted from the work §n 100 days, be but_one 1u over 100 duya. pross stipula- every day occupied bey or Tnspectors is, by the amonxut due on his worl Thus a contractor agrecs to complete b counting a doy for each luspector. 1f the apector, the contractor p.ys Lim for all the 1f there bo two Inapeciors, the contractor, by hou, poys evch of them for all the time over % same manuer whether there o two 07 six Inspectors. In his last le be gives s an add al res fusal to be present at the Jtting, that there ox contracts wpon which o work has yet been comn This ts perfectly true, 'u fact, though the ma the fact is stated ooisoye a faise impression. expressly stipulate by wrilten agrocment th mence work within 48 Lours, or within a given upon by both parties) after the signing of uct, and that the pay of the inspectors shall run from ¢ At the time agreed upon, the iuspectors are seut to their stations, and tho work s Inid out rody for the coatrector o commence Upera- tions. Of this, amplc notice is served ou the coutractor. 1f & contractor should neglect to fultill Lis ement and de- Iays his work it is our duty, on bebalf of the applicauts for the work, to :compel him, if possible, to proceed. " The ouly way this compulsion can be enforced is by keeping these fuspectors on duty, for if thereby the time made by the inkpectors that in which the contractor apreed to perform Lis work the nts due bim. The @outroller fall neither upon the property-owners nor the ty, and that they have no morv to do ‘nlm the city taxes than ibe contraot were for private work, made between two pri- te individuals. "Tho only coutrects on which Inspectors are now waiting for €ho contractors to commence work are for pavements, and they ‘were ed as far baok as the 16th of August. The con tractors were direeted to commence on the 21 of September, et hich time one jaspeetor was placed on each contract, al The contractors they w il somw- (agreed wages are.deducted from the a knows that th i hough © would havo been Justified i sending two. On the 17th, the contractors still negfecting their agreements, aud it being evi- dent that unless they worked more than one party on each con tract they would fail to complete their work in” proper time, thoy were directed to commence operations in two places, and anothor inspector was placed on each eontract. A few wonds are necessury in regard to certain remonstrances signed by Mr. Astor and others and published by the Cou- trolier whick we Aave never seen ezcept in une of the dady neve- ,‘il regard to Mr. Van 's statement of the usclessners of & pow pavement in Thirticth-st., we can only say thot all pav ments are ordered by the Common Couneil. Such remonstranc should be addressed 1o the Mayor and Common Couscil before the ordinance is The remonstmious of Mr. Ellis and others and the note of Mr. J. J. Astor, jr,, refer to s sewer in Forty-eighthist. ‘When & sewer is applied for by the property owners in any partioular street or stree rule is 10 cuibrace in the same contract all other strect; d in the sewer district or sab-district applied for lies. This saves much expeuse 0 the property owuers in ry way aod In most ocasca enables us w0 Ty out the eljects of our system more perfectly. Forty sighth pened, graded, curbed and gattered, aid wheis peino her streets i that sub-district applied for a sewer, It was doemed proper to include Forty cighthist. iu the ooutract. 1a this connectlon it {s due to Mr. Astor to state that he has ealiod at this Department to say that the note addivssed to this Poard, und to the Controfler, was sent by bim to this oard but oarried by mist to the Controller; that he did not intend on, sy that he was equally surprised and annoyed it for - .J:. it print. With the “grave abuses” and “ double-deeling " which the Coutroller avers has boeu **the practice of the Common Coun- cil " in amending ordinances %0 a8 to saddle the * City wit of the cost,” sfier *autborizing the woek,” and * stances even afier the assessment-lists have been made up,” we bavenothing todo. That is & watter between Lim und the Com- won (e In pouclusion, we have but to say that ¢ mly persons who will be benetited by the action of the Controlier are certain oontractors who have nudertaken work and are now delaying ita commencement in spite of the efforts of our Board. By this forced suspension in the letting of further work, the karge Guan- tity of matarial which has been got out (particularly I pave- ment blocks) in anticipation of the usual Fall dewand, wiil be $hrown upon the hands of the quarrymen, &c. The prices will fall, and - those contractors bo ablo to buy at prices less thau those taken into enculation when they made thelr contrects. THOMAS STEIHENS, } Croton Aqueduct Board. Rowext L. Danracn, Avuvnso W. C *This fact s wall knows to tie Controller, et in severs) instances dodotions exeecding r’;mun.’.l,:-l;:: or thin Tetecn beer ede cnd pessed u n- ‘capacity s Chairman e oard”sf Koviaton ‘sad Correction of Assemtuputs, and #ibse- oently 00 the Audies of Avoossis beiwers U clty sud the cou- THE GREENWICH INSURANCE CO. ROBBERY. s ON® OF THE ROBBERS ARRESTED IN FLORIDA. Detective Tiemann of the Metropolitan Police, yostarday wrrived in this ity from Florids, having In charge ous of the men who robbed the Greenw ich Insurance Compan, » the e ee——— Tus STRAMBOATS To ALBANY.—A part of the sloambonts plying upon the Mudson have bauled of for nmfimummm ments ordered | have two iuspectors; in | instances fn | of ordering work in tvo | NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS. [Before Jastices Kelly and Dowiing | A most unusually long and varied calendar oconpicd the attention of the Court on Saturday Il & late hour, 44 onses being disposed of. These wero clussified as follows : Assault and battery, 14 pett lurceny., 96; widing of a prisoner, 1 : malicious tiisckief, 1; violation of 1 ‘crucity to animais, 1; suspended oisos, 7; Total, 51, ‘A Cumtous MEDLET OF G ROCKIGES 1N A BAKEK'S S1or.—Mr. Georgo Hartt, & buker, who bas his place of busizess at No. 468 Sixth-ave., brouzht up twe wen who had formerly been em- him, for perpetrating ono of thase strange offnses the escnpe [calth laws, o clous musohieL.” Tueir names we Heary Meutzler, and they ad for journeymen bre o, For gool and sufficient reasons they were dismissad tho establisho eat, aitor & serions quarrcl At the time of their gepartare they made many threats that they would **get even” wit Lim, and would give him good onuse to regret what ho had doro. morning lest weck oi opening his store, Mr. Hartt dis- person had conoocted o mess the like of which T never beew undeitnken by way mo:t«) baker before. The placo solected for the mising of tuis delcotable compound was tho floor, and the in luascs, nehes and water. The molussea had becn and the ashes by the shovel-full, aud the two “rolon a8 ruu from all the pipes in the establishment in twelve bours, person bad opened the fancet of the 4 it to run nll out on the floor; into wll pf asuies from the ovew had been agy, ©oid the nondeseript mixture was dilated with water, wiieh bhd been guruced on and allowed to T all nightntil the whoie place widTooded. Of course no stch serics of wisbaps could bo wtiriimited to necidont. for though some careless porwou wight have left tie molasscs fuucet turned the wrong way, or kave lefe the Croten turned on, the wsics could have got whers they wero found ouly by the deiiberate intention of some one to domischief. Kemembering the threats of the two discharged workmen, Mr. Hurrt cansed their arrest, The trial was not_concludod on Saturday, but waa adjourned to uext Court day, that nadi wight ba procured for the defense, ed-up to await de- velopments. W they be proven guilty, the lesson awill donbtioss be cifecti teach thse baker geutiemen the danger of making threats agaiast their neighbors. WaAKED UP 1R Wrosa Passexoke—Mr. Potrick Rowen | having tmbibed with a fricnd o suflicicnt nuber of drinks to | make him oblivions of where he was, and reckless of what he said or did, strayd into the hause in which Oficer Andrew Murray has spartments. Lowen and biy friend went wander. | ing abont the halls knocking nt prople’'s doors in the most miscellancons mauner, d finally made such o row at the door of the officer's room that that gentleman was wakened from a sonnd steep. Coming into the hall to fuquire into the cause of In short, some. malicion onsk of molusses nnd peru the disturbance, ke nt onco pereeived gtheir condition. He ordored them out doors, and §n order 1o becertain that his com mand w ol he went with them to the stree No sooucr bowever had they reached the sidewslk tinn Rowen com Sefzing the officer by the y but vigarons preparations itty-dollar 1if of that menced o violont assault on Lim. throat. Rowen begun to make ho | to choke the tuclve-humlreda surp-ised and fudignant person. Marray m fight and eventnally succecdcd in overcoming his who, though a powerful fellow, was unable to cont casfully with Old King Whisky at the same time. Rowen Oiticer Murray sn Station: House for the night, and Justice waa locked up fn t Kelly fined him | Lavixa 1% Provisioxs.—Joha Kelleuberg and Frederic Eider, eder of whom should have been in better business, took a fancy 10 & havdsome lookiug puil of butter iu a farmer’s wagon. At the same time they took the faucy they 100k the pail, but were caught betore they hind time to dispose of their plunder. With- out the slightest regnrd 10 the strong appetite these two young eutlamen secm 10 have for that dainty. but high-priced lixury, ation Kelly sent them whero they witl not have any butter oa their bread for & to come, that article not being in the | substan:ial, bot ticulurly vuried, bill of fare provided at the House of Refuge. A CANINF MunbeR—A magnificont weteh-dog, answering for the last fow years to the cognowen of “ Juliet,” but whose maiden name was not montioned in Court, was incaninely mar- dered by Jeremiah Perry. “The lady dog was the property «f Capt. Zoeth A. Wiley, who has tho honor to command & const- | ing seliooner running betwecs New-York aumd Communipaw, and who was_accustomed to t Wwhils on shore, the guar- | dinnship of lis maguificent craft, to tho exclusive care of the | auimal whose untizmcly denth he had been cailed upon to mourn | Ouo_ hapless day, however, he camo on shore accompanied: by *Juliet,” and, while walking quictly up the strcet, her elegange, raoe and beauty attrcted the atte of & genticmnn | belonging to Jeromiah T'erry afurcment and which dog { Tejuices i tho name of ** Ly “Although * duliet " sigul fied in the most ladylike, | Natic, manner her | the attentions of ** L T sooit Decane s in his expressions of odwdration that *Juliet com pelied to resent o passion so suddenly eonceived, | and so publicly expres In were deft honor she bit ** Buggias " in the loft fore-leg, whereupo th o disre- gard of obivatric considerations that will ever stain the name of | " Boggius” at once piiched into wy lady *Juliet” tooth and pail and & regalar dog-fight was speedily Innugurated. *“was rapidly geting tho better of the discourteous when tho ewucr and master of that disgraced snd to the rescue with a cart-rang. The or did nok propese ir-legged brute, “Juli B defeated guadruped cnm owner and waster of t to sco Miss * Juliet” not only but also clabbed by the otiicr one, also Huw to arms in the | defense of Lis favorite. For & time the battle w territic, | fust and furfous were the Llows showered on poor ** Julict's” ud before the murdesvus ana of Jere- psan A tho slaughiter a o crime was adde s tho Joug list of T e eadings sud une more 4ng wes added 10 the fong lis corpses—" Julict” was dend—hier braing beaten’ ont e savago club of the infuriat died the o and the good ks were ing_cap ught the munderous Jerry wurts, who promptly. found Jerry co for a few doys dn onler that | Serey and the captain may agreo upo ure of compen- | sation. It isa great pit hut “Juliet ' cannot have & few words to say aa et bied. HeamNG wot# Sivps—The different complexion that & grievance assumes, when both slles are stated, from that it bears when ouly one is scen, was ahown in the aflair of Charles Kott and James Groy. Gray testificd fhnt he had been amaulted aud badly heaten by Kott, Who keaps 4 grocory store in lileeckerst. ~Ilis statement of the affuir was, that he and some friends were standiog on the side walk i front of the store of tho defenduat, aud that that per- | son came out aud ordered them aiwny. Before they had time to | go, £ e naserted, Kott came out d Strock him a severo | B 1 caused a general scattering of the com- | v wew had becn trus With no mitigating eir- tances. it would ave gone very hard with Jumes. ~ But 1o of He kaid that the complainant, Indy enstomers not caring | flthy Live servant g being nbsolutely storeat certain times of d: Mz, Kott not only told this story, proved it by Police ofticers who are accusfoied to patsol | that vieinity. “The s verified all that Kott said, and stated that the gang of loafers, of whom Gray was ous, were a isance to the neighborhood, givin o great deal of trouble to This version nui the Police, who had to watch them oil the time. of things opened the cyes of Justice Keily, who etated that he Lisd personally known eircumstaices where tho business of & i feliows as tiis wan = storc had been utterly ruised by Just s Gray was described t be. Alibough Ko of the assau't, tho provocation Was %0 gr must be found L a8 10 O vy Justify it, aud hic should suap MEnvLING WiTH WRONG METAL—Michael Brenuan, of about 17 years old, was scut o the house No. 22 Beachest. to P up & stove in a lady's room. Having finished Lis job, and having prob < Voyagn Round My f discovery round the roum w hereis b course rean drawer, o han Jough Lis Dusiness was purely with the me Michuel couldii't resist the temptation of the metal, gold, When it luy so handily before Lim. dingly, ho appropriated the watch and went home, By what .story he lwposed on Lis mother and indueed Ler 10 take chargo of Lis new-found treas- re 14 not known, but she certainly 0ok it into her own cars. 1 tio watch wes Dissed 8 messonger was ot ouce dis- ptched to the residence of Michgel, und Jis wothor gave up ! It sas thought that Mickael will probably be more out of the reach of the gold watch style of temptation at | The Honwe of Kefuge for & year than o the city, sud tbere bo Wus accordingly New Brooys.—W clean, but 8 dozen new broom from the Bowery to Blackw know that one new broom will sweep ept Pat. Kelly all the way s Island. He saw them at the door of the store of A Ribbeek, and seized them and made off. He will have g chance to use up many do in sweepiug the floors of the House of Refugs beforo he back to the city. A Woxruziss HUsuAND.—A poor woman, named Emelia Broadbent, complal of her husbaud, James Broudbeut, for abusing her. They bave three children, and she Las supported them and herself entirely for seven years Her husbamd Loy eontribated notling o their suppori for all that time—in fact, the Lardest work he han dous in teat whole time bas boen when e hus exercised his muscles by beating his wifo aud children, Thursday. The poor Woman's bruised ud scarred faoe was the best evidence that her. unhappy s true. THer vagabond loafer of & hushand; as shoe suys he fs, not only refuses to work for her and bis ehildren, but demands and when she refuses it or does ot have it to s her terribly. He was sent to the Penitentiary o six wonths, and it s a subject of that the power of the Court could not lock hitn up for six yeu: Tue Rare oF The Kiss Avexorn.—Henry Longe brought up Johin Englehorn for an assanlt and battery committed uuder the following circumstances : Engleborn and another young fel. low insulted & young girl who was waiting in the street about o'clock at uight for Ler brother to come out of evening school. ‘The girl was about 14 years of ngo. perfectly respectable and had not said tor dono enything whatever to provoke or excuse the conduct of the dvfendsut or his companion. Englehorn passed his arm about ber waist and tried to kise her; ehe #creamed and ran toward her home, when Longe iuterfered in Ler bebalf, and told them to let the girl alone. ey then turned on bim and best bim in the most savage manner. Even when be escaped and ran from them, following him through an alley and 110 o rear yard, where they contluued their beating. Ex. gleborn was lwnu\ully and was remanded for sentence, and wnless ho oan coutrive to show eome mitigating tances, it 1s lkely to go hard with bim. Mixon Lancevizs.—Wiliam Morgen, & boy, was found, gullty of till tapping, and remanded for sentence. Elen Gill- more, for stealing & boop akirt, was found gullty, and remanded, Sty o e, math *Jub Rogges s §. vab Jousd o mation e Trosas *..a".‘.‘.‘.":.g".,: Ben S MaBARG, Zwd st vy ot montia Burcamnize 1y 1 Orry.—Jobn MoCasty asd Jobn Mado- | ander Jamison, but a8 they were old friends and comolnfied to maXe it up, (eorge was permitted to go oa promise of paying Alexander for the ebain. Minow Assauuts—Charles . Roade assanlted Wm. H. Van Houghton, and was fined $10. Miohasl Tracy, for assault- ing 8arab Fiart, was fined 20, Atjourned to Tuesdny the 23d Inst. e ESSEX MARKET POLICE COURY. [betore Justice Manrieid ] ¢ OpTAINING Goovs BY FALSE Pryrexses.—Martin Callahan was oharged with obtainiug two empty boer hogsheads, the preperty of David Jooes, o brewgr at No. 180 Sixth-st., from the liquor store of John (Keafe. by falsely reprosenting him Seitd L ol of Jres, wa s aving bocn eal for ho Ly b s e guve a reccipt for them, sigul Y R eweide 1 e discovercd B was ot tn T gmploy o o Mr. Jones and had uo nuthority to receive the hogs was nrrested and. on defuult of bail, committed to answer. A LAWYER CHARGED WITHE RETAINING & Crinek.—George W. ‘Wager, an attorney and counselor-at-law, No. 12 Chambers-st., waa charged by Mrs. M. Phifips’s with retainiog & check an the Pension Office at Montreal, drawn in her favor. with, as she | the procecds, amount- co due him for her uso, for which servico was 10 poy §3. Ho did collect it, but never paid the pro. s to hor, sbowing an assignment from her of the amount Tor sery foes 0 another ease in which he was her counsel. This Inttcr cuse, which wos to_procure a divorce from her husband, whe alloced he had agreed to prosecute without charge, and de- Nied bing ever signed the paper. Whenever sho calied to ingquire sfter the deaied having reccived it until | B produced a letter from Major Lourke, etafl offioer of s Moutreal, telling her that s registered letter con- th X had boen sent to MrWVeger two meuths Fhe romarkable foature in tho cnse, in view ol her devial of tie genaineness of the nsigumont, fs fn the way in Which the asvignes expeeted to use the check drawn in Ars. Phillip's favor, it _not betug alleged that she hod ever udorsed it The case was held undor adyisement. ceed Gl s JHFFERSON MARKET POLICE COURT. [ Before Justice Ledwith.] LARCENY OF A WATCL—Adam Schumhaus was committed to answer the charge of stealing a silvor watch from Amanda Yager, No. 484 Lroome-st., on Baturday. ~He was od- mitted into the parlor for the purposs of cleaning the piano, the wuteh bein '{m the mantel P-'l he lvrllphhunl?!ll the room for & few mos and on ber return found that the prisoner D left the bouse and that the watch was missing. Postin BiLia ox Cunnstoses.—Joba Reilly was committed to anewer, in default of bail 1u §100, the eliargo of posting bills on the carlrtoues on Sixtecnth &t TOMDS POLICE COURT. [ Before Justico Dowling.j There was not s case of any public interest before the Court yostorday, the oharges being all * Drunken and dis- orderly.” ‘Abe following two were swong the nuber re- ferred tor Horwjure FArr—A man named James McCal A was brought up ol arged with having been drunk and disorderly in & liguor store fu Mulberry-st., on yesterdwy morning, and with Laving been quarreiing with o man named Reilly. ‘The prisoner exiibited an awfully battorod face, with wounded eyes. swollen to such an extent that his eyes were almost ciosed. The officer baving relatod the whole elrcumstauees o the Court, Judge Dowling ordered the man to be Jocked up until be was in a it 10 appear in anrking that such cascs were 1T be an example to all drunkards. CMARY THE GIRL"—An iotoxicated wretch of & woman, golug by the above cognomen, having been brought before the Judge, began to yel and shrick in @ most stontorian manner. She shouted at the tep of_her voloe—"' Julge Dowling. T have 3 befure you uow for two years; for God's sake pardon d I'll never come befure you again.” 01 Come. Mary, ooast this noise and do not Let Ler bo locked up until Abturb the Court in such & manner. she gots sober aind s o sleep, and then you can discharge her.’ 08 028 . CIVIL COURTS. —— UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT-—Ocr. 22—Defore Judge BUIPNAN. A COLLISION BUIT. Sun Mutual Trsarance Co. agt. The Brig Bolle r!-umlh bring suit to recover $12,000 for the o schooner Tempest, which was sunk off this port in iliding with the bring Telle, plaintiffs Wleging that such colltsion was eaused by wilthul mismanage- et on the part of the cajtain of e Belle. The main, if not the only, point in the case is in relation to the amount of dam nges to be recovered, the plaiutiffs suing for §12,000, fwhile the brig, which it is alloged eansed the los<, s allaged to have been worth only from 6,000 to 000, and it being customary in cases of this nature, when o suit is brought against a vessol, to contine tus amount of damages daimed to the amount the vessel fe worth which it e alloged caused the damage. After argu nt by counsel, the Court took the papers, reserving its de., « A. L. Edwards, Townsend and Scudder for plaistiffs Beebe, Dean and Donohue for defendants. The Lows of 1 November, 1862, by — SUPREME COURT—Cincur—Ocr, #8.—NBefore Mr. Justico Davis SUIT TO RECOVER FOR LOST BAGGAOR. Johu O'Conneli sgt. The Central’ Amorican Transit Company The plaintiff brings suit to recover about $1,400, e nllegea s the value of baggage that be intrusted to winta’ care, o board of ono of their vesels, in which ho ook pussago frum Cul A to New-York, and which they were blo to #ind and deliv a on his arrival here. The is own behalf, and his answers to questions him by the counsel for the od that, b be had been a bod carrier be fornin, he bad becouie fmbued e v ith e desds contly wardrobe. e testified that he bonght foar v plaintiff testified ot Ieasing Now York for a which e paid $10, but in answer toa questiou by the ( ho aaid he paid 5 sach for them : that Be Longht coats, past e, ut extravagunt prices; that Lo paid § A OVer¢ &1 for a pair of » ko 14T i not comply with the rules of uagement of his bagiags, mation in Jou thereto, and, 1o conse. 4 liable, and even if liable_the amount clalmed Mr. Jumes McKee for plalutift; The defouse 14, that pl 1l DI s ia relation to the o giving ihem i travagant. ‘ase still on. Randolph for defendonts. 2t The Bank of Albion et al. the Court dismissed the com. plait, giviuig the HOTEL P Anguus The defendants are b griest In 186 ccurity, which wing, Jewelry, U sabseucat aris neglocted Ther answer, oatend that e ouly goods left by plaintif was n trunk Jocked up, and that they delivered this to def the time he paid his bill; but they admitted oa the t mattress was alao loft by plalntifh which thoy sdverti German paper, warnls 1n four_weeks it would be kept by them continded that these goods were in Uis watiices or tok. WIETUNS | t. Lindenstruth & Kioha. propristors. Plaintiff became th sble to pay'bis bill, he le@ prperty el of Le 0 Plaintiff's counsel Ver dict for plantiff, €216, YL B H?‘ for plaintif!; Theodore Stuyvessnt for dfts. brrcian Tuws—Oct Kefore Mr. Justice DANIEL, RIGHT TO TBE FUBLIC HEEIS~MAY ONB BAILEOAD COMPANY USE ANOTIIKR'S TRACKS— AN OLD €. The Sisth-ave. Railroad Co. agt. Jobn Kerr and oth Kerr & others agt. the Sixth-ave, Roilr, These suits have come up before and hoen reported in varions forms. At preaent they eome up in the form of uctions to be tried on Iastes by the U The Broodway Iatiroad Com clafm that aader the act authorizing then to loy P y + o righf 10 use the Bixth-ave. track, v here their routes oo fncide. ‘3 bey clatim, tod, that they were fi no case bonnd to make compensation beforehand, and that the statute baving ted ong the method in which compensation was to be they aro not bouud to pay & uitil the compensation was sottled {0 that mauner. ) puny, contend that the terms on % hich iebr rails and run their cars were + of the road-bed and rur act, and implied, o3 th permitted perons, as to the and amonnted 3 ing of cars, o i eitber that the de Railroad Co., ats, the Legislature camn o uot coutemplated when it was placed in l. They tr therefore ask an luju therm from runnisg their oa o fondats, train on the Broadway portion of thelr Lo case originally came up on motion, and & prelim tary in- Junction was dissolved on the 20th of Angnst, 1683, trom which ‘an appoal was taken to the Genesal Term, aud the order dis i the njunction sustained, Mr. Justice lugraham de the opinion. The case now comes up on & regular trial, and Mr. Burrill josterdey presauted bia'argunest embodyiig in an extendod for the above poiuta. “Ihe argunent on bebalf of the defendants will be presonted to-dny M, Burrill for Platntifl; Messrs. Robinson & Scribner and Clirles O'Conor for defendants. CrAMIERS—OCT. 22—Liofore Mr. Justies BAnnoun HAD CONFEDEEATE MONEY ANY VALUY [—A CURIOUS DE- PENSE. tobert Enger agt. Lemnel Hayward, Thin suit wes on & promissory note nade by 1 oun Attrell defendant to d indorsed overto the plaintiif. "The defendant ewer that the note was made for a loan of Con- ey; that by varlous acts of Congress this carrency was doclared worthlees, and #uch o transaction vold, and that thers was an entire want of value in the inception of the note. “The piaintiff moved to strike out this nswer ns fiivolous, arguing that the Confederate curreecy had at tho time the note was wade, though not mon.{‘ such value us to sustein the note when it had passed into the bands of a third asty, The Court reserved it decleion. Calvin & Lay for plaiotilf. C. 5. Glover for defen THE BISHOP DIVORCE SUIT. Bishop agt. Bishop. Thie plalutiff in this case asks for alfmony allegin moving papers that the defendsnt is wortl vty Fehed Tecaipt of {A‘«vuwpor auown ; that he s living in sdulterous intercourse with & woman for whose be pays 475 per week, while the plalntiff ia destitgte of means. :fi. de- fendan! L entirely denles the ...,u ot T8 termper is solely 5 Lills for various arti. here which were sent I-'u him -:ld e ite mn:w"‘&gly §3,000, and ! '4nd has had éards published in &':mm in referenos to this gujt for the same 1 that worth §100, ‘maolvest Witk ‘Selgments ,,?; -t tiat bis {ncotin flom ha Duainess ly bus 9,500 been grestly reduced by ber pu s driving mers ing with transiont that under thesé clicumstances is not hnnh-os. he Court took the and reverved its decislon. oo b that, e to n view of the t o e diay convequen o nted {o tha came of m:F yeur w! lnnpru- to 0 10 1o & ‘morn! .-t in_some cosvenient room (a the Ci ‘more. reliaving that jon of bar Courts st after 10 o'olock. durln e owner that if 1t wos not called for | s other Land, the plaintiffs, The Sixthave, Raflroad | us and each other, and whl ronder #hat wifl be deamed & most | rowlng never oame Bay. Though sssential sortios hoth to Iawyors and suitors, and if, after & an.m-wummmmm&ynu noth. betef trial, 1t sbould at it may be ueoessaryvio sit i | ing to fecl ashamod of, for in tholr mu aud mlnfh of tuo Court from 340 4 in .fl aficinoon in order to transuct the | shell they wero not inforior to the ers, and it {1 Siaimed :n-nlm business, that branch of the Coart will bo opened | thet if Lad bad the lmr&-l- the tace they would )y us have quite as ine—the two seconds which they Bofors Mr. Justice Crrexe. 108t was owing to the timo taken up in. nng’%'&ho buoy. The DECISIONS. spectators loudly cheemd crewd as they on their onry Sgewart —Motion to dis A Mary R. Btowart agt. WiRliun 7.y A reduond to 8. chargs deaicd, but bail I Anna E. Kualman agt. Dedrick Kubhasn.—Report filed, and fndgment of divorce granted ; castody of child awarded to Plaintis, G o —— BUPEKIOR COURT—TaiAt Tery—Ocr 1~Teluro Justice GARYVIN, THE LAW OF CONTRACTS. The New-Haven and Northwmpton intard etal The defendants in this case n'meod in writin, liyer to the plaintiff two cargocs of Hampsbire oca plaintiffs claim, of 350 tuns each—according to the de of 210 tuns enoh, at §6 25 per tan. Tho agrocmont was cxeo by the vendors only, but there wes sulwequently oon: correspoideace, in whioh tho plaintiffs recogn Owiug to the Rebel raids, duriug which the Haz were taken possession of, and the Iitimore and Anjured, the defendants did not tenot. “T'ho plalut!ffs bring suit for damages for claiming 810,000, Bevora! defouscs were sants, but the case did not go to muuy. t thal the not fiu.un, ( the ntifin tine to aj l,-fiw-nuhvw for plaintiif 4 ——— COURT OF COMMON PLEAS-Gexgaar, Tems—0cT. 2 Bofore Judges DALY aud Bravy MAERIED WOMEN'S NOTES. Edward Dowling agt. William Mol: ly. This oase was Sried in the lower Courts v a promis- sory note wiven by Dowling to McKiuly, During the sbsouce of Dowling in the army the vote was pressntod to bis wi‘e fur p:‘ynmu and she belig unable to pay it, McKiuly agreed to take the noto of Mrs. Dowling, with & respoasible indorser, a; rrender the origiaal noto. This was done, and tho new noic being taken up ut maturity, an_sction wus bronght by Me- Ki ;fl;lnn lmulmfi on the original neta. The case went agninst McKlaly, and o now appeals to this Coart to haye the decision roversed. 1o counswl for the appellant urged that the note of & married woman is not only voiable but “void, al initio, and_cannot be {mll against the indorser ; und that no valuable consideration having bucn recoived, he is entitled to sue for the original debt. “Tlie counsel for the respondent argues that though the new note may be void ae regards the wife, yot it is good agafust the indorser, and th rrendering thie original note aud taking now note, Ihnnflé al dobt was ea and & new one was creatod; that when the eppell ed to sue on the original note he'should have first tender of the new vote in open Court, which was not doue. The Coart, after hoaring :’ c argument of the counscl, twok the papers and reserved ita ecixion. J.1. Bweeny for appellant: Porter & Newtman for respondent Company agt. to de- a5 o fendants, uted breach of contract, ut in by the defend. q’hr defendants riscd uds, the oontract wi thexcfore, be sued issed the com al. 1. Odell for defendants, " SHOOTING AFFRAY. —~— ANTE-MORTEM INVESTIGATION—VERDIOT OF THE ONER'S JURY. Coroner Naumann yesterday held an ante-mortem fnvestigation in the ease of Louls Lambort, who wos shot fn thie notorious concert-saloon at No. 522 Broadw Satur luy night last. The wounded man fs in a critical condition. Be- o Nl be found a ¢ ot the testimony taken befure the Cor oner's Jury, together with the verdict, aud Lambert's state- THE BROADWAY STATEMINT OF WILLIAM 0. SMITH. deposed—1 rwside st Fidtuis aited to do Blalr sald to me. 10 worde wero searce y out of bls mouth, before s men foe sald, ** Young man. this ks my opiofon of you,” ot you vy oplulon of you,” or sowething to that o t; e so0n a4 he 4314 thia ho struck Biair, who baek; Iihisk the man who Tiace Lo remiark snd struck (e blow was the man wiio was ehot ; he wia s (hick aet tram, with dark, cur'y baic; as Plair staggeced back | -du:l becween the strauger and Blalr, intoading to sbove ~nd aaide : s with tha the un torsed and o ousting my lipj wi on wy back ot | gty e quick an { couid anl lowked for Mr. Blait, fin, neiiberdoeide taide ; 1 wenk back to the im, returned & ocel and there found sa r's oats e inquired a4 to my neme, asd fn- formed me that Blair had ssked for me; i, Blair and I were fectly ober thet uight; Cale Lad not called ‘my siteution to eny per- son (n the room, por bad theie bean any misunderstanding with any one of the girle; 1 firet noticed Lasw! whon be struck Blalr, sud ot till thea. STATEMENT OF JAMIS MEARER. Tamas Mowrer, bong duly eworn. depoua -l teade ot No. 20 Mott- o1., sad was soated besids Lombert in Sme. al Bight, the prisoner & of thers watching bim, and be ol fain what objeet they bad la bim; Lambert woat " b w passcd between thom before both Tre prisoner srik then stepped e Lo Ay ' Couid not find ot Lawmbert. STATEMENT OF JOUN W. BLAIR. 27 yoars of age. ® native of Ohio; and & resident of Cleveland, Stata: my nocopation fe thet of & bookkarper; on Seturds, ‘od sud | dropped into Mue. Beli o sa.00n and cail 1o bring 11 beer, and drinks sitting beside we that she might feol b tike deinki the guls comm T told the girt (1) mrrdatel ere; wy friend sed o other, girl seated opposite we Kot up the converation for some time. and he calied for more beeti 1 Hrenk o portion of the bear first, and thea chatied s bitie while, end the water closet | (e Rnqrired s to the wherssbont of i . i ie i s saloan next door; | west out, lesvinz my friend seated it the bl with e back soward Lbe door. aud teturued o fov misates Jater Takiny 10w awsiting Wim oear o tabe; iwo men Care down and ashed we 1o try some X hold of my oriaand | Imwedis ot on one side of o] chsaged my. posk at the vacaut tabls sae feiwwd, of et sitting oticed that the gisl who her was taliing with twe men st the U {ivikir g together ond looking sian Iy ot w upfrom (he tab. 4 up and aa soon us | did 80 the tws men cot up fmn editel me; timy had pretty pear resched me w ere migt be gome (ronble coming and 1 caught Tiend 1 hought 1here wed i fo think thet ¢ b ol of my friend o srm wight be uble y ¢ alled out my pistol an ward a8 | fired 1 ot ek weold snot e ; the pistol was pulied from wy hand an camme 0 : Wie women strock ima oa the head reveral times with lll’n lllml 1 Ered the shots pure’ ey ) L i» aclf dofeuse, ing fewifal of o words wits suy of t} | ' waver s any of thew before | it war who smauited me’ ek largot wan thas my! wguite the wen | shot s the rman wio struck we. "Fhe case wo then given to the Jury, when they renderad the following verdiet at the sald Louis Lazbeért came to his njaries by & pistol skot wound. at the hands of John W. Blair, on tho might of the 20th of Oetober, 1866, ut No. 33 Ui | wey" STATEMENT OF LOUIS LAMBERT. 1 reatde In Cincinuati; [ do wot believe | wm about te di on Brosiway on Satunia " Taskod tae girl who i she replied o thief. he Jooks Ik onvines him 1 am 0ot a thief; | belleve T wil to bim epybow." Just ss 1 got off my aud a9 b went over o hin a men on the back of the neck; turved nd knocked him down; s be u® prisoner then struck @ on the sutio e able and Lept chalr be with blm, who bad on & plug bat strack me gt up, s o struck | stouider witn the but of s pistol booting the woman who lieid or 1 would be killed; I e when 1 found | wes wounded; Wit to 8 drug store. and from thevoe an officer took me (o the station- Brtina; § wae then taken to anotber drag store, wud fnally brougit L prisoner, Blalr, has been committed to prison in default of bail —_— YALE COLLEGE REGATTA. o YALE NAVY. From Our Speclal Cosrsapondent. New Havey, Saturday, Oot. 90, 1866, This afternoon, at 5 o'clock, the annual shell race | betweon the Glyuna crew aud Varuna crew of the Yale Navy came off on the Now-Haven Bay. The weather was ms uificent, and the sea unusually calm. At tho hour stated the two boats manned as follows : Giyuna Orew—l;. L. Painer, 67 stroke; W. A, Copp 9 ( Yuls crew fn the lest University race at Wooster) ; C. W. o 68, O, A, Adee 67 (bow, 2 )i BV ant, 7 ). C. Holl B A ¥owe u 10, berey, o4 ), Cotu, 08 (baw 14, rowed from {her boat-house over the sflv ommodore’s boat, which had taken & positio d Pavillion Hotel, located on Enst roached, a largo ni peotators througed the walks aloug the open bay on this A of » atreet, bl dYul«l anxlously g the two boats to get under s h‘; r,lm.wulnuht:t grand ‘n".'.i"“""u".’o"‘"’fi" tfal to upon. e it oy m Fl:f_voldl 'X’x u: Wu!u.:)n hille &‘.’3 the moon, md and ll.ltl:‘rn 2 oz:dum over thohl‘es.d'dh.llc the qul twl 8 1in) Lo lo an M‘dl‘md’mk .m.'f...nho-’;‘fl-'f!f,. which for clear- pene of ey and beautiful Indian Summer weather bas rarely been o A\ ajuarter after 8o'olock the boats were In the Cnmwnlwmh the) o & full, loud voice, gave tha wi et SRR ox: welldevelo oo Tuly Qemaaatinies i was most exciting. ;l'.;: nguish time the two ble to disti: milos; a8 the rence in time favor of ficen OOTOBER 23, 1866 off on New Haven the inthe boats near the shore, ‘Theerews oertainly looked very g ceMaluly the timo made woll may ‘nla vy foel proud, and give them. in the nest Uni the Sum- fresh fter s long n pull, make (he members of the wreat hopes of carrying off the ol vorsity 1egatta betw cen Harvard and Yi wer of '67 CAPTURE OF Al ENGLISHH MURDERER. et HWANDSOME REWARD TO THE METROPOLITAN POLICE. Superintendent Kennedy of the Metropolitan Police yosterday recelved the sum of £05 sterling from the Treasury Dopartment of the Britisle Crows, through Major J. J. Greig Hend Consfable of the Borough of Liverpool, as a reward to the polico of this city for the apprebonsion of an English mur- derer nawed Robert fteid. The facts conunected with the arrest of Reid are interesting, as showing how vigilant the oflicers of the English Govern- mentare in the pursuit of mmsderers, Ou the 4th of Decomber, 1862, Robert Reld. a traveling ?:ku, brum.:i mlmlr‘L.'rfil h‘;n ’llti IAuI ina l:ltlll. village near Liverpool. The murderer flxd to Liverpool. and there shij for New-York. The Engiish officials obtained .ee.nw""&". scriptions of Keid and sent them to this cn{. In the moan- time, however, the accnsed had shipped in the United States Navy under ancassumed pame, and all trece of him was lost. After his discharge, Reid came back to this city. Under the PETROLEUM AND MINING STOCKS. FIRST BOARD, Stocks. i, Pid. Asked.'G & Sil Ore oo 7 wlflolrl i -4 Petroleum. noehoff Run.... 7 00 Oil & Coal. #5 30 Holman 3 40 Hope Gold 4 .| Keystone Siiyer. £0 Kipp & Buell G rosse Gold. stimuls of o reward of £100 which the Euglish Government N oftred for the arrest of the murderer. the polics were on she lovkout for Roid. and on the_I4th of June last Officer John Donaghy of the Tweaty-eighth Precinet informed Superintend- ant Kenniedy that he knew where Reid was. Mr. Keunedy communigated with the Liverpool police, and Detective . Marsden sailed for this city, bringing with Lim ns & witness A woman who saw the murder committed. The detective reached this city on the 16th of August, and Buperintendent Kennaly diroctad Capt. John F. Diekson and Officer l:“ g of the Twenty-cighth Preeinct, to arvest Reid. On m: in Quirics sa to ‘whereabouts, the police learncd that a fe “fll 5 [ ously the murdercr had attended a pic-nic in Brooklyn, and owiug drunk was arrested and locked up in the Kings County Jail for drunkenness. He was at onco brought to this city, identified by the woman, and en the 25th of August sailed for Liverpool in_chargo of Detective Marsden. ‘I'be reward offered for his arrest, with the exception of £5, which has been given to the wouan who identitied Reid, was roecived yestorday. Fiftoon per cent will be patd to the Police Life Instirance fund, and the' balance will be divided between Capt. Dickson and Officer Donaghy. ——e Boarp or CouscmseN—No Quorus.—The Board held no meating yesterday afternoon; a quorum not appoaring ot roll.enll, tho President declared the Board adjourued until Thursday afternoon next. TITE MONEY MARKET, SALES AT TUE STOCK EXCWANGE. {Bank of America. ... ... 137 (0. % S fs 1881 Reg. (31 0,000 v chanty 4« 13yl na... ....1163 1154 | Citizens' Bank up ‘62| 9.............130 -1143 Fourth Nat Bank Coup, W1 8.............. 104 1103 Delaware & H € nil 50.............190] Cumberland Pref 38, U.865 1,500. . 5,000, Ll US 5s, 1040 Rn,s o0 ... | Quicksilver | 100, 105 i} 2,000, 3 call msl Teun State 64, new. 000 o N C State fs. 1,000 ex-conp. 63 N C New Bous. ey Lidianapolis & Cin Tol, Wa & Western 100. . q 45000 ... 98 Hudson Kiver 1 103 | N #ol'd con bonds. Clife & N West 1 © ) vss4/ 00 ilwaukee & St P 1| 400, 100 200 6, 000 M SO0 ... c0ve Chie. Rock Is.&Pa 78 w 1 0'CLACK POARD. West Union Tel 100 Michigan Central 0. . us 5 20 Chie. TR 0 & Miss Cort 10,000. . 4 P 50,000 .. . 903 Milwaukee & St P Mariposa | 200 . 90§| 1,50.. E 309, 70000 13}/Chie. &« R L R ‘:w ... b3 Hudson River [ 100 L1084 | Mil & St Panl (o 100 - 10841 100.. 2§ 0 CLOCK BOARD. Quicksilver 100 U S 8s 1231 Conj | 200, .| 20 1,500, 00 Toeg| S0 2d call 363 Mich So & No U 83, 1040 Coupon | West Union Tel. | 2.200.... ... LO0...0 oee 300 | . 3 Cleve & Pitts Treas Notes 1310 | 50 . 513 1.500.. .........9 3 Serl %0. © 31§ Chic & North West o 150,000..., .. .. 4l Sorien. sold cory bonds 2D00..:.+2 s 00 Cumberland Coal PL. (e S 200, . 11 & 5t | 300 i & Alton el OPEN BOAKD OF BROGERS—10 A, M. Ohfo & MissCer Chic & North West Mich So& 10,000 ... b10. 334 50, . sop| 1,90, Boston Water Pow'r | 2,600 a3l .. 500 s3fl @ Rutiand Marb 200 ... 8 ‘est Union Tel 10 ..... 53] 400, Union Navigation | &0, 200............. 1 143| 300 b3, 83 N Y Ceutral. 200.........h30. B 00 +.....1913 | Hudson River exdiv! 609... 1,100 bI 13| 0. 126h) 300 200 .. b3 121§ 1llinois Ceatral 500.. s 101214 2W....eeeeees 1964 400 OPEN BOARD OF BROKEWS—I ¥\ M. *Olfo & Miss Cer Clev & Tolodo ex dv 10,000, b 0. Rutlaud Marble 118 100, 00000 i0neee Spryon Tl . &3 . b0, &3 i) ;:! 1 200 .83 K veen 18§ Hudson Ttiver ex dv )| DTN . 300 .. .83, Chic & N W Pref 400, i 55§ Reading 308, 1,50 300, . West Urion 000y o v 5|1, Now-York Central | 2.0 1,200... 13! 400, 21§ Mich So & i kS K b3 ki 100 [ 1 bio. o OPEN BOARD OF BRO Mu n O & Miss Cert Hudson River ex div|Clev & Toledo ex dv 80,000 100. .1279) 1,100, Chio, R1s & Pa 10,000 90, Boston Water Powr| Reading 00/255<5500004 S15] 200. Bpruce Hill . 5 o o 200, Bl 13 200. it J:fli(n [ q)gl“nnnuu; |::.". ....... :-:y wrigation weassranens i . |7 R AT n.- 100,000,600, lnl “ a2 ™ 15 [ » o NV Alloghtny: 4 8 % NY, PhL& B, .. i Ocennio.... . 2 50 Pit Hols Crook. 2 25 Ny Gold ® r Rynd Farm. 3 Oak Hill G of Col - Shado River 3 24 Ophir Gold....... United Petol ... 16 20 Peo G & S of o United States..._. 7 05 dfin-m © Mining Stocks, 1% Moustain 50 Amorican Flag... 4 35 4 40 Silver Kagle G.... 1 95 Atlautio & Paciic. 500 5 25 Symond» Fork o3 Tates & Baxter G. 275 3 00|Smith & Par G...13 25 13 @ 205 210 Texas Gold....... 3 200 350 Caledonia Copper. ... s 13 140 Canada Copper... 170 300 55 55 Davidson pr. 1% 2 Burroughs Gold... 75 €0 Evergreen B Cop. - 7 %o Chureh Union G- 28 ... Frankim Copper. » 16 & 8§ Ore Sep ... 1 00 Hillon Copper.... 100 .., ozier Gold... 5 6 Ludiana Copper... ... & U nowlton Copper ... 6 @ .| Minnesota Copper8 35, W Ogima Copper.... .... b ;?nw‘:fl.mhfl‘. K ) " 6| Lrpress Comy Stocks. ' Eagle Gold 6 75|A¢hnu... s . {;nr:ul‘ il ) 3&“."'"‘7“” Stocks. @ iverett Gold fanwsactu ¥l Hivor G adia: ° 98 ool Russel Flornrr o Sockt ¢ g SALEA. Petroleum Stocks. (La Crosse Gold Excelsior. 1,000 5 1 5 5 & it I . American ¥lag 540 .m;: 2. . 5 40 118 Boscobel 53 3718 1,000, ... 120 100. 5 30f 200. . ¥ Babton Consol | Montaik Goid TaTe 0., wne. 5 55| 500 627 100. 0718 2. b3 5 55 200 63] 100, 3710 300, ;51,5 55 ophr. 30000 hIs T Yurroughs Gold ‘ 6 80/ 200. (4 13 W0........... T3 T00.. 6 90 . AT 8 Chureh Union | 100 69 ille Gold 00 . 285 1 7 00| 1.3 @ Croz ) 0. 2 101 5 3 ) Wi 2 b1 5 o3 ] H 3 e Es B Mill Creek Gold by ol | ek © 6 90 Kipp & Tell b10. 6 95 20.....af call. 3 08 Pet Hin . .63 lone 40 1,000....... ... 175 160, . 4 30| Humboldt Gold o Smith & Parmeleo | 1,30, 100...........13 25| 400, Mining American ¥ 100....... b0, Dates & Baxter 7 rem—" i on o0....... 83 5 55 2,000 Church Union | 9,000, W, 2 Moxpar, Oct. 2P Gold opened at 146}, sold down to 145§, and closed 146§ The import of gold last woek was $12,753, and the Ocean Quoen brought from Aspinwall $1,433,353. The exports up to Oct. 20, were $54,180,135. The stock market, oxcept for s fow shares findustrionsly worked by cliqués, is lower, and buyers are becoming mose cautious in view of the continued decrease in earnings, the near approach of the meeting of Congress, and the condition of the money market, which approaches s poln$ where in self-defonse bankers will be forced into & coms servative policy,to the ruin of speculators, who have reasoned themselves into the belief that money upon eall at 4 per ceut is aboat tho natural price for capitel Government stocks are lower from § to § per cont, with moderate sales, Border State stocks are {2} higher, Is Railway mortgages 8 modlerate business ot full rates, I8 the misccllaneous shares s moderate business, Wes! Union fell §, Mariposa Preferred §, and Cumberland 1 pey cent, Quicksilver rose § per cent. New-York Central was stroug at higher prices, with lerga purchases.. Reads ing rose §, Rock Island §, and Toledo, Wabash and Wess ern 1§, North-Westem etocks continue to hoid tho chie sttention of spgeulators, and for the Common an advanos of § per cont was pald. Erlo was weak and sold at 82§, Michigan Southern fell 1 per cent. Little is now sald sbout a dividend upon this stock, and it is stated by thoss well informod tist the procceds of its bonds sold, as well as its current earnings, have el gune into econstruction, Cleveland and Toledo foll 1 per cent, and no large amount could be sold at quotes tions, Fort Wayne fell §, Alton and Terre Hante §, Mile waukee and St. Paul 1, and the Preferred §. Afterthe call seversl of the clique stocks were higher, Now-York Cens tral selling at 1212121}; Reading, 116§2116]; Northe ‘Western, Common, 55 @56, and the Preferred at 80. The story that thero has been an overissue of this stock s wholly without foundation. It has been largely oversold, and may be as costly tothe sellers as Prairie du Chiem, The last prices were: New-Yosk Central, 121321214y Erie, 82§@32f; Hudson River, 1273a128; Keading, 6@ 116§; Micl Central, 1152116; Michi. gan Southern, 91j29l}; Ilinois Central, 126j@1%7y Cleveland and Pitteburgh, 92} 292}; Chicago and North- Westorn, 55}@35}; North-Western Preferred, 75§ @79y Toledo and Wabash, 50j@51; Chicago and Rock Island, 108§ 2109; Toledo and Cleveland, 118§ 2118§; Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago, 10 § 2110; Olio and Mississipph Certaficates, 3§ 234; Camberland, 38§ 25%3; Quicksilver, 5;@57; Water Power, 31§@32; Spruce Hill, 4324y Mariposs, 13} @13]; Mariposa Preferred, 29@20f; Wesh ern Union, 52§ 252§, At the Mining Board gold stocks were generally higher. The most active stocks were Atlantic and Pacific, La Crosss, Corydon, Nye, and Consolidated Gregory. Corydon sold at$§7 15. Nyo advanced to 61, closing firm at 60 bid. La Crosse sold at $5 50, and was in dewaud. Telegrams from the mines report new and important developments, and the stock is in considerablo request, with but little ofiering o8 prosent quotations, There are gther symptoms of a lively movement in this stock, for which the large holders clalm that it is worth as much as Smith & Parmelee. Favor able advices have also been received from the mines of the Nyoand Corydon companics, which are both active and strong. The money market s fully supplied with call loans, &8 425 per cout. By reference to the Bank Statement it will bo seen that their mansgers are still expanding their losns in the face,of a steady decrease not only in their deposite but in their reserve of legal tenders. Nor 1s thers mued resson to suppose they will change their policy until the financial balloon explodes. Bauk officers, managers of railways aud of financial institutions generally, go s gresd way in making up the swarm of bulls who are new putting up prices by clique movements, aided by cheap money at call. At present they aro not disposed by conservative measures to cheek an advance which would inflict severe terms upon them in common with or- dinary spoculators. They may, however, be brought to their sen298 by » reduction in plain legal tenders in the next Treasury Statement to the extent of $10,000,000, and perhaps to $14,000,000, and su assurance by Mr. MoCulloch that he is able to destroy $1,000,000 poe month, until the whole of the disgracoful foreed Joan In the form of legal tenders is canceled. Such are the inti~ ‘mations from Washington, and in view of the meeting of Congross thoy are likely to be fully reslized. The following shows the condition of the Now-York City Banks this week and last: Oot. 13. Q.'("xm'fiur - onn, . 6,441,219 279,136,796, Tee. 5 clo ms,m.mn 737487 Tue. Cirenlation 20.176.%08 0 41540, Ine. Doposita. 225,063,653, Doc. Logal Touders .. oA D