The Sun (New York) Newspaper, December 2, 1868, Page 1

THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR. THE CHARTER ELECTION, 2931 830 859 But 300 roy 380 182 Bes au ne a4 1040 Ww. dai 18 18 A 98 245 aw 43 oa 17 1808 39 63 56 A. Oakey TTall, Mayor. itipieatis Richard O'Gorman, Corporation Counsel. HIE DEMOCRACY SWEEP THE FIELD. Total,,.. 3403 $29 265 Ss. 220 uz val pba MW 230 ou 210 1M 172 107 199 100 mM uw oo wee 15 iM Bhicoccscccee 108 173 Wo 180 69 190 149 ut 62 69 a mM 86 Ww. 143 86 63 906 31 a2 a or 89 ue 20 32 uM Ww 2 40 59 31 3 33 66 9 39 10 iM 80 ot 40 1049 100 121 118 130 Ly fi ou 242 ish 136 T 46 bs 53 B63 176 Total... 3084 13% 13 Livceee 161 8 188 68 243 55 222 5b 1a i 29 of 216 89 245 45 188 87 10 29 56 + poy 5 8T la way 63 Ww 103 8 i4.. 175 69 Total... 2719 159 4 Leccccoeveee 167 i 1 2 7a Lj 8 223 6 4 4o4 55 6 195 a 368 43 7 258 5 8 218 3 we pty +. 200 3 seoe 149 oT . 18 1 git ba hat 67 ut 107 142 85 179 96 ML 155 180 136 194 60 265 30 WT 84 251 85 228 is 23 aol 16 Total... .6723 vee dS 7 al 186 : soos 180 125 4 Pee (| 138 143 65 49 61 53 46 62 184 163 W 87 “WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 ue a arcarituLaTion vy wanps, — prespaxtat. | EK ROM W ASHINGTO — O Gor mn 7190 MAR, Bowen. mur, Grant, | speetat Despatches to The Bun. 160 ts wt Wasnixatow, Deo. 1. bd a a bs] ‘TH SENATE COMMITTEES, aro 164 88 oS Senator Trumbull has been here some time, 0 ‘Bae 190 403 | and is engaged in revising the lists of the Senate 69 = oe 489 | Committecs for the earning session of Congress, ‘That < a8 {ed | body revises Mts Committees at every session, and 329 a 1¥4 | this work, instead of being done by the presiding $5 108 308 | 198 He} Birt | officer, na Wt ts in the House of Representatives, 1s 150 116 1007 | done by © Committer, of which Mr. Trumbull has we 4 ss ‘been chairman many years, There will be some im- 1970 181 B41 | Portant changes made when the Repudlican Senate wv i P| caucus takes hold of the question 15 } f BREVITING. 1419 1494 Bast 153 10 1803 Fi11 | Commissioner Rollins has returned and ta at 38 143 sis toon bas | BIA post nga 167 oom ‘The Dyer court martial makes slow progress, The 139 Totnl.70,004 20,0 06,003 19,596 105,903 47,747 | teatimony t9 very tedious and loportant. A reqgss 5,006, 28 Tiali's majority, 55,006, will be taken next week to enable oMcers comps. O'Gor' 's majority, £4,117. sil 7 ing the court to attend the army reanion at Chicaco 230 on the 16th it ‘The new bridge over the aqneduct between George 199 town and Arlington Heights will be completed and 92 trict John Mor res Tam. realy for public travel by Christinas, 133 et—Willhum MeKay Gen, Grant haw sold his residence here to Mayor Noth District Jacob C, Zabria! T sot Eleventn District—Eaward Berrian, M: owen for £10,000, a Phirteenth District aaies & Goatter, am, Secretary Schofiel! will leave here to-morrow pie ged Bovestocaie Disisict-—Cora'l W. Campbell, Tam. evening to be present at the experimental firng at 1841 as Fort Delaware on Thursday next, 900 ri Avsistant Aldermen. Tho majority of the annnal reports of Gov- 150 gg | First District James Mealy, Tarn, eroment oMciais here, with the various accompany- is o etaconme ia ing documents, are ati at tho office of the public 4 i Be Disirici—James A. Mo " 3 printer | gi THE TRIAL OF JEFF, DAVIS, 169 Peet The Attorney General hay engaged Richard Ht 245 Eeventh Dostrier Dana, Jr, of Bost mn. 10 Fe resent th) Government 138 eet et pawurd Walon An the argument before Chict Justh © Chase, in Rie 1 hah Dhairiet~Jumen MeV edney ey Beatiaitesan tea hatlettent” aewiact Soe Darts Hi San DTN eerEn HOENAR oF FEM O88 Eee would have anpoared personally an the 7 faventh Diatriet—C. ©. Pinckney, Rep. ease if his duties here in preparstion for the ap oy tight ® on, | Uronchlng aeasion of the Supreme Court did not ren Fourteenth District John tt THM FINANCES, Fitceuth Disinet Auein V The public debt statemont for November will, 39 Siiiceats DisithelcNrowotan ‘Pisapwhons ase, and | war een ictosicee vtcw an lon vase Of prot ais 33. | Moz, bly $10,000,000, thoweh Te ie not t uh 88 Kevenieenth District George W, Cregie’ turna Which have not yet been reeeived at 204 63 | Bighteenth District—Bornard O'Neil, T artinent will materially lessen this estimate, The rt 94 | ,,Nipetenth District—David 8. Jacksod, J disbursements for the past month, excepting the and Mozart © ATO UNE paid On aC of the Alaska our 189 25] Mozart. corn new on , including certificates, Is al 178 24] "Twenty-first District—Stephea Roderts, Rep- $010,000,000, Wo n RN ren THM PACIFIC RAILROAD, 52 oot © m0 One ra. yy he month: Novembe hers in. ym 14] First District Timothy Henman, Tam, and Moe Set nat acelan racnicey ot calvary 59 cond Dintriet and Moz Unites States bonds to the amount of $127,000, ond 199 9 hird District J tari Upton Pails italrosd. bonds to unt 168 93 | Fourth Distinct Joon Kaiser, dr, bf 010,000, ' 138 60 | Seventh Disirict—Mhos. KB. Hanks, Tam, It is expected that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs #11, in addition to his preiminary report to ™ the Secretary of the Interior, whie’s has be aly " , published, make another in Felation to the vot bet ate Hablasae, Dera. U tives lure nit the past year, whieh will bo sent di ae mae! Ate cetly to Congress Fourih Ward--Thomas White, Tam. and Mos, pene : Pith Ward Cornelius Quinn, Tain vearaenilal de Siath Ward—John Halk, Tain, and Me Meetinw of tial Blectors, Seventh Denna J wig in, and Mow, Rosrox, Dae, 1 vesideatial Electors of east, Wart David 8. Fiagy Tamm. and Mos, Va- ) saaictusoite met this afternoon in the Renate of John Jnth Ward— Win, J, Von'Arsciale, Tain, and Moz, | Chamber, and organized by the o Tench Waid Aoies Treva, Chitord as Preshlont, and Witham Whiting Secre eutiey Dengan cathe, ; itened til to-morra Kieventh Ward) Elward Mieb Tam, tary. 7 y then Se ened till t Hagens Vueaney-- Richard O'Sullivan, Mos. i : jones ‘Twellks Ward Patrick Dantea val wen ‘Thirteenth Ward--Jauios K, buery, 1 deel Be a Fourtcent Wa tek Collins, Tam, and Moz Fificenth Wad Cu tlew Dy. Brown, es wey J. Walker Fowler, ‘Tam. ind boi Biateenth Ward Arthur Ahinucy, Tam, and Moa. Prealdent, and they Heventernth Ward-—Jehn It Hennessey, Tain centty Wi wis J, Keuly, Taw: ; vacancy, x Pam: M ary. ‘They then alton CINciNNATH, 0. 1 tora of the Slate’ of ¢ thin mor.ing, G. Voln in th sed by the death Tol. ‘They tte unorrow Electoral College of this Jock thin i ele tees. ter assed off yesterday in The voto polled was light, comparative atte Dut the Democratic majority is everywhere np iy Heorelary ot Bute par nt, ‘The rejoleings were all on one side, but E. Loew. and there wae ve y little «nthurloam displayed, Several made for illegal voting, and une ahoot took place, tut furtber then that there general qaict, lied people ne returns, Capt fi the ¥ President of the ¢ Samual North, M 195, 26 44 to bo one uf the State bid jesare. Charities, ot wD. padi sf ‘The Exemot nn Arrest Privileges HH own lee, clnb w Roston, Deo. 1o—Before the Supreme Judicial | ceived. "tue entiiasin 4 Relic ei te BA] very nd Kt broke up about 10 0 Court at Bast Cumbridae, resterdey, Suuze Poster 92 | Hed with the vicet f Hall and O'Gorman presiding, & petition for a writ of habeas corpus was 39 | | The Radleal Mepublicon tewt presented from Alvin Flinders, of Wastiagton Ter a Bronds ay a rT ent ms ritory, desiring that he inight | eeharged fro +4 ao Conserval the custody of Depaty Sherif Ciwmberlain, of be a tbe a ball Charlestown, Mis arrest by that oMver was ons 1s # fom cnay.zoors awalted retar ieesnia Koen Wanhiagian Tartiiory, ts 48 wae that by wr OW. dK me, thi Messer’. Hall the United %: utes, and there | gud O'Gorman wer by ® very Jarge an Fenpect etitioncr 43] ity. Th ited mo war yove wtated; that 19 ©, Mogart Hall sag dark aud distual, ay on Ms 4 ston of Feriando Wood's last great defeat by | Der 1, he went ja casada, ftom wi 1 r the Mayoralty. Gur porte reporter | 6 7aMfe tu MV as silent rr) fs tho dinge of this mstivation as toilows: appointed unter 105 bat w " + Od times are etanged, oh manners gone “( fial 4 Alsschetm ie Fetnauders throne ataly Bok As will be secn by our returns elnewliers, Oakey Spy, | Mail's majorty ts about 65,000 in a total ‘vote of 4183-1424 | over 94,000. 255 21 +. y 245 bh Arrests for Alleged Megat Vottn 178 23 | , OMecr Rabeock yesterday alternuon arrested at the 95 on District ot the Temh Ward Ks in 4 ® charge of Young Mlegally the bt allegations of the officer, it appeared that he saw | Constitulion 433 man vote at the ‘Third Eicetion District of the | COWS! ens, Asin (ike street, claiming to be ares! | otles organ tard 9 such, and cous Histriet, and that subsequently, between for representation by delegal wreleck in the afternons the Tonstitutlun provide sipented thire'adering te vine, | uve bodies, recocmiged by the common law aut rey th street, whereupon & fuust te revived | ‘The hot apecitied 10 Constitution, ‘The power to nd the power ty expel ten neripion. ‘The priviloge of © Vil prucens was to pundel for ¢ bore, were of excmpbon t Certain Extent indapensably necessiiry to tue exist: ence of Conzrecn anal ve body, ‘There could he no donut baat (he presenes ans co-uperation of te twrr torial dele formance of th ites Was necesmary to oper per work of leg ation by Co gress such te could net be hable ty vrrest on a process al Wash pgion daring tie session, and i he Were Hol, the sane privilege must provect t Hie w ra Healy, ite ih poli oy wil rediulag hon the Wreitory Diairies elcation eee a ys Ther ve no doubt that a noeessary deten' LJ ee Hee O Seon a 18 yy sckuess of the de ate wae! oF soner was held jn $4U) bail to ‘answer eanned by t : . need magi th Gnier the nauie oF Wilson Combate at the Seventh | for te petitivucr ty return tu ila boing i tle he ly Diaries of the Eishicentin Ward; ‘Thomas Wal | joreal bibns et tarata wee to be Fé oa | ery for voting at the Fourie nih’ Dictrice of ti OSHRTSA Ona Susrarare ba mea se ere 98 | Ninth Ward, not being a resident of the district 26 | Willan Reilly, for vet ng inthe ‘Tenth Dist 82 | the bightventl Ward uider the name of Me 4 | Cardin: Joun Powers, for von in the F 25 | Disirictor the Ninth Ward, vot | 11 | domes Kelly, tor voting ta the WF ret Tih ai an entivied ty bis d Tho petitioner was thereiore whitch was granted, i Sr, Lov, Deo. 1 viv Monument. -Some two hund promi ioeuth Ward, not bein & resent, an iss! : ‘ eee i idrew Ge Moore or 10 -Thompaon { nent geutleaen of this city mot at the Tanters B84] treet, Willian Darling, mitas, Gill Y voting. | House yesterday, and (Ok detion with reterence to Hy “ hh Distriet uf the Bighie 601 Tye National Liveola Monuinent, W. H. Comkhill, 4 r | Andrew Cunningham, for yotin Ue ee 153 3) IW District of the Kightcenth Word, | tho general agent of the Association, was prew an 3 neryedent; dobn MeGoldr.ek, for voting in tie | ond expla plan ant ouject oF the Ans iol oa Dp Mrst Dist ictor tie Kiguteenth Ward unver | tion. A a was adopted leaptily recosuising o : mumed name of Waiter Bunker; Edward | the howor bustowel ou Ldeut-Gew, Sherman ( 199 108 fur voting in the Kighteenta Dintrict of the | acitigen of 5 Ls in having melected him 302184 Wank ie heving served Gftecnta month: | of the xroup of military leaders to be represcnted un 4 145 Dageing countericit checks, | the monument; ai 4 resolution pledging eautri 05 mvotot at the lasteles | butions to the tum 90 Jude James); Bdgus —— - 4 Awe Kourti) District of 4 A Wile Marderer Hang belug wresident oi the on ee — ng ih the Seventeenth Dix lavis, Deo, LeOn Beiday last & man 5145 © Lelng a non reslv Fogleman, living at Carlinsviilo, Unois, eut na a Willsin We throat of his divoreed wife, ne r ct of tie head from the body, En, leman was arrested and neha Joiged in oll, but yesterday a mob of country peor ry Py ! oO - iss 199 ee sear gee ‘The Sufrage Question tn Georg , 198 138 | Instattation.—Kev, Norman Seaver was ine | Avavyta, Ga., Deo. 1.—The Mayor and City 183 Jaa.| stalled poster of the First Presbyterian Chured, in | Council have ordered the postpomcment of the mu- $80 181 | Heory street, i y Hn evening. |The services | nicipal clection until the assembling of the Legisla- 14 48 | grogation w se new pastor, | ture in January, taking ground that tne negroes ure TB | Fie sezeig res preehns We Whey ¢a: | entitled wo volo by the Laeplsadve law granting Bal 5 ior and eople; alter which he deciared the | %e City Charter, and that aa elec ion ts pull and void 266 60 | (udeel relations consummated, Rev. Dr, Theodore | unless the Legislature strikes out the word “white” 860 35 iylr delivered the charge to the pastor, ond | in the City Ch rte claim ‘iat the ooo 8 | tiev. Throdere 8. Drown to the people. Rey, Dr, | State Constitution and ction in va give 1] Cox, tie sceond. pastor of the ehurch, was present, | thn negroes th to vote, munelpal law: to the ie 7 {look part in theexercines. ‘The congregation was | contrary notw uding, and propose bol ing the H need Wii the benediction by the new!y-installed pastor. eetior jowing the necroes to ve, and see ria flue Logi-lature €0 deeide ue to ite lox diy. 1868 FOREIGN INTELLIGENC preety Great Britain, Loxpox, Deo. 1.—Queen Victoria in an anto- graph letter compliments Lord Monck In connection with bis administration as Governor of Canada, Elections were held yesterday for members of the Hoase of Commons In Midsomerset, England, and Bligo, Ireland, In the former, Mensrs, Neville Gren: ville and R. H, Paget, both Conservatives, were re- turned; and in the Istter, Mr, O'Connor, Liberal, ‘and Sir R. G, Booth, Conservative, were elected. ‘The following table of the result Is given by the Times to-day: Libernis, 834; Conservatives, 972; Liberal majority, 119. Lonpox, Dee. 1—Evening.—The Queen has recov- ered from ® slight Indisposition, and will leave for Osborne soon after the mecting of Parliament, Mr, Disraoli will not propose any more names for the peerage during the remainder of his present aie min‘tration Accrand testimonial banquet, In projected In Liver. pool in honor of the members of the expiring Capinet Mr. Gindstone's Chapter of an Antoblography" t# generally thonght to be ® neodlers injudiclous publication, and It Is believed to have allenated many Of his frienits, DON, Deo. 1—vening. River Tha or nearly sx yrats, but was Reueforth, ot Gatesh " five Putney to Mortlake, (or 20) tm ver the same conrre, and fe the same amoun waa Won by Kelly, who best Jengths in twenty-three snd a half 4 regaining in part, hie lost laurels and rt ¢ weather was fine, and as on the pre Vous race, there was an immense attendance to wit- hess the contest. The race to-day w Svatn. Mannrp, Deo, 1.—On Me ing of Monare! *, in Valind tho Repapiicans, lay a political moet. Md, waa broken up by Panis, Doo, 1.—Gon, Prim, in atetter to the Gaw fois, declares that the present Spanish Government Will have no dealings with the Bourbons, and be di nies with tadignation the truth of the report that he Purposes a coup d'etat. Mavnin, Dec, 1—Kventng.—A rumor ts abroad here that nent of the United States have recognized the insurgents in Cuba as belligerents. al Mendes Nunex has arrived in 1 disperse ©. ‘adrid meeting attacked town — nba. Later adv solved from nt between the Govern: revolntioni«ts In the town of ith ult. still Increase tho Ore Thavana, Deo. 1 of the ene ment treo; and th Villa dol Cobre, on th number of rovolutionists kill Havas, Doo. 1. Shipping Master Garcia, who months ago attacked Mr. La Rt ing om United St and placed ta ¥ Teraandi, ty answer tie American Government, bronght gal Vim by tho present Coasal-Gencral’ of the United Stat Fro The na, Deo. 1 printors in this city are on a strike, and business in tat Hue Is therefore checked, = Prossia. 1<In the House of Depution, Minister of Justice, Count von Lippe, Prussian kingdom unl - Turkeys Adespateh from © thero that tt Atvens unt ria with the pox, Deo, 1 sys itis belley Movements of Gen, Grant. Gen, Grant arrived here yesterday, and pi through the city without attracting any special no- tlee, He took the cars for Boston, whenes he will go to Providence, where he will be the guest of Gov, Burnside. On Monday night Gonerat Grant participated tn tho 121at onniversary of the St. Andrew's Society in Phild Iphia, During tho evening a tonst—"'The Preaident elect was offered, and Gen, Grant briefly Ho thanked the genilomen present tor the kind manner in which they had received bit, and said that he bad guticipated much pleasure in attend: ie dinner, and bis anticipations had been fully respon te pod iat Gen, Grant will attend the roclety meeting of the oMlcers of the armies of Cum berland, Tennes#oe, Ohio and Georgia, In Chieazo, on the 15th and 16th inst, and will again vinit this elty during the latter part of this month or the early part of danuary ‘The following ei indence passed between Gun, Grant and Mayor Shurtleif, of Boston : exw Pannen, Cory HAL Da bw, fi having with much pros: The Cy Con a bas sure hon oF tovint t Ferted me ty extend ty gon. y8 hospital es Cig authorities arc hifatined of) 0 wealehinnalsihivawvertaln yout wan tnt PONY YONNTHANIEL B. AHURTLER Mayor of ‘The above was vent to tho Genera by mail and by tclograph. ‘The answer tocrived Is aa follo as SUQUANTRN ARAN OF nim URITEOA STATES | the hosp Ny Wasnine Nov. 2, 18s, IMs Honor Mayor Shirtien Drawsin: Your despetet inv thye me t tain on hoy Aly recelyerd wha * St 7 T will bo happy to Fre I great reapeet, Your obeitioak servant, V.'8, ORANT. y Judge I Deo, 1.—Justic: teom. Baleon Tixauamro: nitting at a special torm of tho Supreme Court in thie city, today, granted an order, on application of the Attorney-General of the Sot ning toe Erie Katiway Con or tra oy. by ite Directors, from delivers g any property ty a Feculver or other the eveeiver to be appclnted by jie the Hon. Giles W, Heteltk ies, of roferve ty tike tostinony oF nll unatte &e,, of the Company, an th Tones taken by bi action sustains the Direc with this f the roud against all other perve a The Lebanon Springs Kallroad, Lenaxon Seniios, N.¥., Doo. 1—The Leba non Springs Rallvond is now open from Benning Vt, to North Chatham, eight miles from Chat Pele Corners. ‘This road, when completed to ¢ hon Four Corners, will connect the Rutland and Burtingion aud Western Vermont Talroads direc tly with the New York aod Harlem Railr thas form ing a diveet line to Lebanon, N. ¥., Manchester, Vt, Burllugton, and Montes! —— Marine Disaster Livenroon, Dec, 1,.—The crew of Mleotwing, of Quebec, which was recently ut hea, Lave safely are.ved at Falmouth, QureNatown, Deo. 1 -The ship Enabella, € 1 from Liverpool for New York, ito this port lust evening, having been di inion during a violent gale. ‘Thy age Was not ty 1 Dee, 1.—'Thy tor, Capt. Nicker. i sailed f a tive ut revel here jesterday Ina leaking € ing experloneod a heavy gale, sToN, Muss, Deo, 1.—The schooner John H, Alicn, Of and from Philadelphia, with 4 cargo of ho ahip coal, Wont asl ore In the Kiovin today nar Seituate Pie’ vessel New sn an ex position, —a ‘Trial of Deacon A Purmovtu, Mass, De be jury for the trial of Deacon Andrews, on the charge of murdering Mr. Holmes, wee tmpanelied today, and Distriet Attorney Pierce opened the eae for the prosecution, ‘Allarge bumber of Wituoexee ure suMBOAed, and the trial Will occupy several days. “4 a Bold Kobbery, Boston, Dec, 1.—This afternoon a clerk of F, Skinner & Co, drow a check for $15,000 from the Bank of Commeree, and while passing down the stiirs from the bunking room a mun throw black Pepper in his eyes, aud made a grab at the, money, iusnuging (0 alae $1,400, with which he escapod, : vais . Weston Starts. Baxaow, Me,, Dec, 1.—Weston, the pedes- trian, storted on his hundred days! trip this after- noon'st do'clock. A large crowd witnessed bis de- Of in ened anielia, WAR, pture of Black Ket- Fifty Ine Horses and Males Destroye Is THe Fisip, Lyoras Tranttony, Nov ell Via Hares Cir, Dee. 1. The Cheyenne village of Black Kettle's band was captured yexterday morning at daylight by the Seventh Cavalry regiment, ander Gen, Custer, on the north fork of the Wachite ifyer. and fifty Indians were killed, and the bodies left in uF possession, and fifty-three tahen prisoners. An immense amount of property was destroyed, con- fisting of flity-one lodges, nearly 1,000 horace and moles, arms, ammauition, horse equipments, robes provisions, &e, Captain Louisa Hamilton was killed in the first charge. Brovet Lieutenant Colonel Barnite was eriously If not mortally wounded, Major Kiliott is missing, One man of the Seventh was killed, am! fourteen wounded. The tribe is badiy crippled. Tho Indians, including women and boys, fought with great desperation from the cover of bushes and grass, When driven out of tho village, many of the wWornded effected thelr exeape, ‘The victory was complete, and witl be & wholesome lesson to the Choyennos, Black Kettle, the princl- pal chief, was killed, aiiiscanaectie FIRe: —_——. Ix Oncmann Sruxet.—Yesterday morning, at 2 Orchard street, occupied by Mra, Denny, dress: maker, caused by sone straw in the cellar taking fro, Damage trifling. Ix Honoxax.—A slight fire occurred y day forenoon at Cliry’s chemieud works, corner of Newark and Garden streets, Hoboken, cansed by an explosion of some chemicals, The windows were Diown out aud the roof was pet on. fire, but It was oon extinguisied, Damage about $200, Iw Broome 5 me wireet, occupied by 8. D aved’ by a bed taki slight. Tho matter I¢ arshal. The butldi Myers, 401 Broadway, and ix damaged about insurell for 87,00), via: Irving, $3,000, and Trades men's 82000. Sr. Lovis, Mo., Deo, 1.—The storage house of ILM. Bloomfield & ¢ oyed by fire ntained a large amount roperty valued at 130,000, most of which etter totally deatr ‘or badly damaged by ty were 40 barrels of in, household farniture, joomield & ma is estimated at from $38, ‘The building ts owned by James t ued at $150,000, Cricaco, Doo, 1.—Thero were five firo jn this city this evening, ‘The firs at 6 St nd destroyed everything up to No, 422. a were all two-story frames, nud wero generally oecupled by families abore all shops beneath. The loss was about $10,000, ond ocenrred in Judd's Block, on the east corner of Rundolph and Lasalle ate third coupled by A. B. Stary i viene. HY roye ippowed th this fire, Th third fre took place In the dwell ething to + John A. Huck, Presitent of the Company, located at the corner of Fullerton avenue and North Ctark The dwelling was entirely destroyed, involving @ loss of $20,000, Mr, Huck was insured for $15,000. ———_ General News by Tolew nming up in the Cole-Iiscock murder inenes to-day. mpeon has been arrested at Vieksbarg, tie charge of being the assassin of Gen, Hindman: confessed to a negro that he did the deed, but now denles it, preme Court nly that Hon the otties of Klee vote of the State entitled This gives the full Kiector to” rant and Colfax, ps —— LESTER VAUGHAN. Meeting at F Behalf, Tho story of Hester Vaughan, the unhappy woman who now lies in Philadelphia prison under wentence of death, was told last o ing at Cooper Union, to a large ant respectable The touching clreumstanees In tho eno, the tmproba- her s ofher situation, and forth earnest appeals for and malted. 6 2 terrible rietly told. orn in Gloucestershire, Engl w ty this country,” Only 29 years et, Intellixent face, Jovi In 1906, but found that hy in her alntress .. and procure diiiry maid. So # loncliness, to Irland then her life. She fell a victim, not t ‘or passion, but to the brute force aud devilish list of a bad A short tine after aio went to del Jin the depths of List winter, Ina Lo room, — will it mother, sister, frhem: or aitendant, gave birth to a child, She auf fered the agonion of = her thon for hours together, and although she woull ery for ald, none came to her in aeane soon ws strength eame to her that Ler child was dead, women in the hou ortorty hours, dle tr stuation and attended 10 her Wants, ‘Phe authorities were called inv the Coroner's phy sk clan declared that the elild had boon killed frem the marks of violcuce on Its head, and the woman was urrested,tried, and on the ev bienee was found guilty of hiurder and scatenced to be nunged. For tn montis sie bas Iain In prison, Ove of them und: feutence of death, All this thug no fri feo her, no one took any tuterest In her, nor mule tered t) hee wants, until Mrs. Dr. Smith, of Phila delplia, hearing of the peculiar e:rcumstances of her case, befriended her, More seceutly, the New York Working Woman's Association's attention was called to the ltaxtion of the rl, and the meeting at Couper Union laat oven ing Was held in her behalf, Horce Greeley pre- shied. Vice-Presitonts—KeMayor Hofinan, Mrs, Greevou, Jadanve Demorest, Mra. W Mrv hick they had assembled would not be perv Tt Was exceedingly necessary thit we sbowhl wep all abstract questic 1 punishment this individual. (Applause) nuine Fe: ion, 1D, sions of the Work . That women de. caro of bo tolerated, tApplauae, | addressed ty Gov, at either & stay of of Meter tse be wis (Applause, ker was Mrs, Kirke. dhe tuiledt account of Hester Vauyhon's Cane ae wud closed with a fervent oppeal to women to uae forward ‘to their proper bowtion tn the community, Mer remarks were loudly ap- plauded. Mis, Stanton read a well written speceh going over the facie of the ease, and eluming, In eoucid mon, every FlEbS for Woman hat mame Jvy Harker Pilsvury made « strong wud we on the woman question, us did a on gay given aboy ited ad Biuestina Who advocated tue abolition of capiiul rt. evlvetion for Hoster Vaughan in ease sbe ix par. doned wiv taken up, und the auount collected Was over 330, ‘The resolutions and aslopted. Ac jorial were uvanimously isting of Mra. Cush peered to ti ittee from the Working Women's Associa. Philadelphia, held an interview with dares) conthlent of her tiny eflorts ure to | Many allecsing tn during the trial were ent sympathy created tu the aud tunate girl, and Miss ¢ the memorial to ted, and the ¢ jenco for the untor- Tux Pacirie Rai of the Dest of a norv HH. J. Winser, Bw » York Times, \int eve use of lectures ta the Crown of Life in Eleven . enumerating tho leading events that have signaliaed the present decade of the uineteenth century, not the least of whieh, he said, wax the connection of the Atlantic and Pacitic Oceans by she fron bands of tht ret continental railroat, the lecturer gave a brief history of the enterprise, © graphic description of the prvirie aud mountsin scenery bey ons the Mis suppl, the manner of constructing the roal, the muslireom etties that bave spruns ap along the Ine of the track, together with uncedotes and Incidents illustrative Of the lie on the irontivr. The lecture Wis listeved 10 wits deep attention by an inteligent and ¥e audience, wml its alternate eloquence inuisa an laughter, ‘One hundred | PRICE TWO CENTS. usual size and extent oceurred at Fort Lafayette, re sulting in the almost entire destruction of tha famous fortress, and causing great alarm to everge body living in the neighborhood, Before enteriag upon the particniars of the affair, a sketeh of the fort may be of interest, ort Lafayette, the so-called modern Bastile, wan originally known as Fort Diamond. It is situated a the East side of the entrance to the Narrows, sbow® ‘30 yards distant from Fort Hamilton, upon an arte ficial foundation of stone, It Is o¢tagon #haped, three stories bigh, and bait of dark stone, Te has two tiers of case mates, with a piatform for barbette gaom The former are homb-proof and of brick, the upper tier having wooden during the war, maay rebel ors sympathizers were quart commanded by Col, Burks storeroom, anil roof wert and, with the exception of stores and s qi lumber intended for repairs, there was no other Dnstible material in. the building, ‘The fort contained on the barbette tier a nam! of Parrot and Rodman guna, about eight or ten tm mounted on tron carriages, so that It Is probable are not much injured. In'addition there wore a few o'd guns whieh were being broken up to be sold, the Inet one baring been demolished verdas On the ter with the fret mentions’ § ne hee a few shell, which exploded anring the fire, bat seventeen were counted. The rest of the am tion was contained in two magazines, situated om gach fide of the entrance, and distant abont ect, consisting altogether of 20,000 Ibs. of and’ about ells part being percussion aad wall seven . “defended by two doors’ each Ht Inches thick, the outer one being defended. by lining. The supply of powder wae 0 larger Vea, for the ordinyry war needs of the fort. Intter has lately becn on s peace ‘and in charge of a corporal and three mem, merely for safe keeping. At the time of the howaver, It had been undergoing extensive repairs, Which a fang of fiftcen men were engaged in com: Ploting, “They conslatad of the e of 8 root over the entire batting. and a quantity of dry lem ber had been collected and stored for mostly In the centre of the parade ground, siderable quantity also witln a short distance of Avis wrclock yesterday, the ployed tn t lock yesterday, the men em fort stopped work and’ went to dinner, AS luncheon wae rather cold to their taste they. cow trary to explicit dirsetio bailt py 4 a one ‘of the officers’ store rooms, upon, the hearth in fireplace, there being no grate. The materials tor this purpose was light combustible w which made aogreat blaze, Ordnance Sergeant formerly of the First United States Infantry, whe in charge of the place at the time, noticed this fire, and warned the men of the danger they were Inedrring, but to this they paid no. attention, Shortly ‘after tho sergount’s attention wae attencted by the smell of smoke, and on going f the whre he had been occupte ho found several ngaged. Proceeding to the roof, they perks from the chimney of the room Hit tad caught on the r mmable with age, al places, According t mony of two witnesses, both reliabl fire «as not then of any reat extent,” exertion it might hy been #ul appear th any appar while the sergeant 3 it aurted to the emergency ; and few others were IFying to pro the Le rest of the mem alarmed for their perronal safet minously fled frou the scene. von gained saMcient headway to ren to check It, Groves strove mantull: time, but without effeet, and the smoke and hent toon compelled everyone te retire to the dock eutride the entrance, Several of the workmen ran away *0 preeipitately that they lors their tools, and even hats and coats, and could no be Induced to make an effort to regain them, Hy this time tha attention» we ‘on the main nil was attracted to the fort. ‘ne carrl ov of Fort jamilton, numbering about 14 men, was called out ands company, heated by Col. Lantdon, Col, Com Capts, Shawand, Miler, Mig. Vader, ant Liegt, Barber, crossed over to try and pat out the are, The Metcopotiian | Fire-boat Inso appeared, and tne hose were got out, but after over two hours exertion, their efforts were abandoned, but oniy after Lienty Barber had been slightly injured by falling pinster, fand it waa stated thatthe door of, the macaxine Was In flames, Several covaideralle “scares” oceurr @ the midat of the operations, Vout cauned by alarms of a like character, From this time until balfpust nine, t Unued to burn with undiminished fores title drait 1 ‘The sclia pre’ mentioned exploded ‘als, and everybouy wae expecting that the mazazine would come neat, but Its stout doors held out'to the b nuiuers ous preditions of such a result ‘The amount of the lone Amat but It is probably nut very large, as the stone work fort remains, and It is of not much value ut the best, ‘Our thanks are di rgsden, commandant collecting the Produced by the fear of an ex ae of Fort Lafayette was wide iving In the neighborhood were 3 of them packed AA Cer of greater safe- e particulars of the ‘The consternatio jon of the m: ty, and the horse cars wi with these persons on thelr way to Brook. New York. Here were a group of ladies, relatives of the Fort Hamilton, listening with eager ears te mark made by the passengess respecting th . Tn another ear xn anaious mothe wket of articles and three young chiidr on their way to a pico of le with these were crowds of others, all eager ond excited, and discussing the state of afairs and Matost accounts from the fire. Rugiore about the fire were constant, each ove nore startling than Jost, until exaggeration was at a loss to add to ite fearful tale, From tea tons of powder in the Mmaguzine, the amount was speedily increased to twenty and floally thirty tons, whilo every few min- tiles most contradictory reports were browzlt i tach one “the very latest” from the fire. Now Was stated that the flames had reached the door, thon that they had penetrated the outer entrinee, wulle the very next moment a statement Was made thit a man had got os far as the same door and found it to be quite cool. ‘This state of fermen’ coutinued ali the afternoon and evening, and reached: fs cliuax about the Hime our reporter arrived on the seen’, When it was dec! an caplosion was pose Uvely about to take place as the powder coald ab roady be heard to. "ais ‘The residents of Long Island havo the satisfaction of knowing that they have had @ good fright for nothing, and our m.litary authorities may lake warn eo preacut narrow escape and remove al h another possible disaster, —————__—— LABOR MOVEMENTS, - The First Union Codperative Building Societ; mvets this (Wednesday) evening, mt Farmer's Insth tute, 49 Ludlow street, for the purpose of making am ay lation and hele A sone officers, and trans acting over Importaat business, Now members will be enrolled, DIP ls, Tho Grund Society of Coopers, The members of this orgavization, represent ing the diterent aumbors," eight In pumver, met ho Mecropolitin Room vening, but there business of aa . It appears, that eof workurs oa Whiskey work"? for 125 per cent. has been brought tos close. ‘Soine didMeuities with regard te msburgh Union were discussed, which, it exoctly conform with the rules ulations of the organizstion during the late ‘These diiferencer, however, are to be dise of a future meeting 0f the Graud Svciety, — ‘The Germun Cigar Makers, ‘These men, foru.ing Union No, 90, wet at the ‘Turn Haile lost nicht, when the Constitution of the Juternstonal Cigar Makers’ Union, aloyted by tat body in Septonber ata Cohyention eid at Clucinnath, Was ratiied.’ A section providing that white men'only shail be eligible to become members ofthe Unions was passed under protest. About fi ty new members were relustated, $0 that, witl the deduction of those members who left the elty duri the late strike, the Society pumbers at present 1,80 members, All hands wre now again at Work, at am advance is no further trouble éxeopt up-town polling districts in the Second avenm Ward, when a young man vamed Patried Wot twice, One of the bails took effect is and sed out behind the ear, and the other eutcred his side, ‘He was removed (0'bis rest dence and attended by a ciergyman. upposee that the Wounds will prove fatal, The diMicuity arose ou accouit of challenging votes by the adherents of the rival Alderman candidates who are runaing tm that district, No police were present at the time, Lut the assailant, Noble, wee subsequently arrested, eS Lectunes ano Muxrivas.—The third lecture im the course Will be delivered to-morrow evening, be fore the General Society of Mechanics and Trades mien, by the Rev, A. R: Thompson, D.D.. at Stein an v he fourth to the course will be dehvered ndeli Phillips, Kaq., at the same plage, on the I instant. Vrofessor Alexander, of Princeton College, wil deliver the second of the course of selon tific lectures before the American Institule on Friday even at Steinway Hall, Subject: * The Telescope and Revelaiona.””