The Sun (New York) Newspaper, February 18, 1869, Page 1

| Ry HAVANA IN A STATE OF SIEGE. (HE REVOLUTIONISTS EVERYWHERE. | ‘The Town of San atened at Principe—Gen. Dalco Urged to Dew State of Siege-Kising wear Mn- Arrested— Passengers Schodticr Setzed, Dea Havana, Feb, 14.—The Government has re ‘Pelved intelligence of a rising in the vicinity of M, undred, We greatest alarm prevailed there, , Beflor Castillo, the Director of the Savings Bank, has been arrested. The po'lee aré searching for Diher wealthy and suspected men, whose arrest Peems Just now to be one of the principal objects of the Government, which is short of money. , The United States Consul having applied for n Fo for a naturalized citizen, the latter was ar- ted, and the Consul was Informed that the Gov ment could not recognize hie right to apply for aasports. The Consul has telegraphed to Washington king for the prompt intervention of the Govern: nent to protect its clilzens, and tn ease of refusal Rendering bis resignation. | Laren.—Gen, Dulce released the prisoner on his jucing his American naturalization papers. ‘The principal American residents im Ctepfacgos plied for a war versel for thelr protection newer was returned that it was impossible to send jem u men-of-war at present. & The insurgents have made their appearance in the strict of Colon, under the leadership of Col. Incl Mextoan oficer. In the Cuzco mountains, two Qhousand men are waiting the signal of revolt, There other Mexican officers in command of the insur nia in this district aud in other parte of the leiand. The Cuban passengers who were found on board the schooner Galvanic have been tried In the Mar ime Court for treason, and sentenced to death, but Gen. Dulce will probably commute thelr sentence, hind send them out of the Island to some convict Mation, The schooner hus been declared a legal ee of which Judgment the British Consul has no- ‘od his Government ; he also expressed his hopes Mt the captain aud crew of the echoouer will be Released, Advices from Trinidad to the Oth have been re- ved. ‘The American Consul there had joined the urecuts and turned over his office tu anoth rson. he insurgents hold Tunas, brisoners, ‘The wife of Captain-General Dalce will soon leave for Spain. ‘The city of Mavana !s practically in a state of alege, Gen. Duice has been ed to formally declare a tote of sieve, but Is as yot distnclined to do #0. He, e ver, may ts6ue w proclamation to that effect F the expiration of the term of amnesty, wz Cubans aro applying daily to be permitted to take ‘Befuge on board the United States fag ahtp Contoo- Doock incase trouble should break out inthe elty ‘pnd their lives bethreatened, Admiral Hof has con- Bgpted to take Amertenn residents to Key Weat., «An engincer employed on a plantation in the Juri ‘@fotion of San Anton'o has arrived here. He r Ports that a party of insurgents 300 strong invaded Nhat district. Plontation hands fled panic-stricken, and work on the estates had ceased. Plantation engincers have also fled hither from the Vuelta Abajo region and other parts of the \stand, fearing that they may be impressed into military fervice. A lower from arinided, ans. vorm onat,, eaya: ©The Cubans havo raised the standard of revon everywhere, ond have destroyed the telegraph lince 4 stopped the malls, DA despatch from Nuevi Ports that bandit! are Rountry. ~ On the 7th a detachment of troops marched from nevitas to San Miguel, burned the town, and return td the next day, having lost twenty of thelr number to killed, wounded, and prisoners. Tho insurgents Armly beld their ground in the vietnity of the town Begroes are wandering about the country without festraint, ‘There are many Spaniards in the insur. Bent ranks, At Puerto Principe provisions becoming Pearce, and the inhabliants are threatened with a famine, ‘The roads between Puerto Principe and Roevitas are impassable owing to the heavy rains, A hundred soldiers are sick in the hospital at Rucvitas, . ‘The revolutionists In the districts of Villa Carn nd Cienfugos alone number 5,000, Crowds of Young men are flocking from the cities to the camps f the revolutionists, ‘The latter Lave defeated the Bpanish forces in an engagement at San Cristoval Phey bold tho live of railroad between Bagua and Villa Clara, and telegraphic communication ts se- Wered in every dircetion, Trinidad 18 convulaed With fear and confusion. A largo body of revels are prpected at ort, Multntton. Fifty thousand royal ops Would be Unable ty quell and put down the hen who have struck for liberty and ireedom from Whe Spanish yoke. nd bave many Spanish dated the 11th inst., re: aging tho estates in the cei ey Retnforcements for the Royal Army, Mavuip, Feb, 17.—In addition to the large de- Pachment of reinforcements about to sail from Cudiz Jor Cuba, the Government will send out as svon as the necessary transportation Is ready, another expe- Aition which will number at least 6,00) mea, 1 — Phe Very Latest—Reintorcements Arrived. Havana, Feb, 17,—Transports arrived in the harbor to-day with reinforcements of regular troops Gom Spain, ‘The number of arrests for pol:tical causes are daily dacreasing. Several officials have been thrown into prison on suspicion of revolutionary proclivities. Engagoments between the troaps and the rebels ero reported to have taken place near Trinidad, Gleniuegos, and Kapirito Santo. ae ‘The Diurio says tat the Insurzents near Seeua la Grande are co Mate eurr ded by the Govern- Ment troops, aud will be competed to surrender. eeaheniee {The Cubnn Expedition from Fernandina, hk From the Fiorida Union, Feb. 10, Several Cubans arrived in this clty on Thurs- lay morning last, a part of them registering at (heir otel from New York, and others from Hundwrus, hey were very gentlemanly, well educated, aud conversed freely upon general subjects, but nothing gould be learued from them as to thelr business in this city. On Sunday morning the party was in reaned by the arrival of twenty three others, waking fall about forty-five of the @arae and) Havana. ‘Iumedi reakfasted the e arf, where th eary Burden, whi pau, N. P. The wi ompany Were very reticent, ‘and nothing was known concerning thelr destination Previous to thelr departure except by the agents of teamer and the Custom House officers. There b peculation as to their purposes, ‘which remain an absolute mystery to every one. ——_——=____ THE HUMAN VELOCIPEDE, pasty Bpectal Despatch to The Sua, Camanvaiua, N. Y., Feb, 17.—Weston passed (brovgh here at noon, and passed on toward Cheshire. He is over 1,000 miles west of Bangor. —<— “ Retnterment of John Wilkes Booth, Bartimons, Feb. 17,—The remains of John ‘Wilkes Booth are to be reintered to-morrow morn- Ang, at 6 o'clock, in the Baltimore Cemetery. The mother and young brother are here, ‘The brother AMentified the remains beyond doubt by a peculiarly plugged toot, of New York, Ricumonn, Feb, 17.—The United States Circuit Court, Judge Underwood iding, heard the ca of Robert Steveu., ® kegro, of Charleston, 8. 0, jost the Richmond and Fredericksburg Kailroad mpany, for pulling his wife ina second-class car y fo m ar agiliog hee 8 frabciene Heke wy ie Jury, whicl om} ° hh Dicks end haif Ivtiites, that the stinction on happily done away with, nin that sink of een York, where ‘it had been tolerated er than elsewhere to secure Bousera trade,” Jnry eave the pialatli 61.609. unt of color Is a * rele of barbarism, which had CURIOSITIES OF CRIME. — Enter Senso Allen, Esantre. Mr. Wesley Allen made his exit on Monday, and on Tuesday bis brother Jesso entered upon the stage, a8 we learn by the following deapateh from MNartford, dated yesterday: “Jesse Ailen, alias P. W. Spencer, James Lyons alias 8. A. Rogers, bur: glare, who have been convicted of one robbery, and were to have been tried to-day n the Superior Court for aiother, oxcaped from jail last night by breaking the locks of their cells and the outer doors. A ball tender named Philip Curry ts also missing, and the burglars are supposed to have escaped ty his aid. A reward of 200 is offered for their arrest.” Allen Is about 5 feet 10 tuches in height, of stont but not fleshy build, sallow complexion, dark bair and cyes, and dark moustache, He is not what may be called a bad looking man, but, nevertheless, has a sharp, suspicions cast of countenance, He is @ consummate raveal, nevertheless, and {s recognized as a leader among men of his cliss, He has served aterm in prison, Fears are entertained that Weasley Allen may buy his way out of the Reymond street jail in Brooklyn, —— A Fifth Avenue Diamond Story, The Now York correspondent of the Chicago Republican tells w story of & Fifth avenue leader of fashion, whose bureau had been robbed of diamonds of great value, and who advertised a reward of £5,000, with Immunity from arrest. On the next morning a note was slipped under the door, from an unknown hand of course, offering at 4the next a‘ternoon to restore the diainon ts to the woman and her husband, no other porrons to witness the trans. action. The couple sent for Mr. Tiffany's head sete of diamonds to Inspect the stones, leat ther should prove imitations, ‘The hour passed, and the whole evening, but no Jewels appeared. The neat morning another note was alld under the door, saying that it Was useless to have epectstors coacealed in the hack parlor, ax she had on the previovs day, or to send for judge of diamonds ; the writer was a gentienan. and wonld return the Feal stones, He nextappotnted 8 place of meeting on a vacant lot near the Central Park, where he would receivo the reward at the lands of wsingle person, and deliver ths stones arther, the money must contain no marked Dilla and no large oves, which would excite remark whet nged. If she elie hould have bh tee them too hot for the writer, and he m: ing man went to the #p +; he was met by a Dp whose face was concealed, and the bargain wom tate The jewels were all right, ‘Tho robber ald that be Mlipped into the basement alter a grocer's boy, at dusk, and hd himself until the family were at din ner, When he weut up to the dressing toom and stole the diamonds, poee> rene Why John Real Assassinated OMcor Sme- ick A prominent Judge in this city yesterday eni that the reason John Real mardered Officer Smedick was becouse Smedick seduced his sister, Ils coun sel wanted to lay the facts in the case before the jory, but Real strenuously objected, saying that he would rather lose his life than give publicity to his sister's dishonor We give tho statement as it was given us by the gentleman to whom the Judge made the dis closure, prance eine The Pardon of John Dev 8. Marshal Dallon, of Brooklyn, received from Washington yesterday a docuinent emuracing the pardon of John Deviin, convicted and sentenced to the Albany Venitentiory for defraudidg the rev enue, of which tho following 18 a copy : Johnson, Presitent of the United ea, States of ated terin of the U. & District n District of New York, ye Juhu of carying on the busines loaale dealer without taking outa liceuse, wi ginie 2 day of March, tos, seatenced to tay 4 9900 and to be impr. was flue of atten thhereas, been in under said new for nearly a yenr, fi time bh s been nnifurmly cod and his pardon if recommend by Amos Piisbury, Kuperiatendent of the Peviten v ¥ OF the iperbure of the New York L wo thet t d Staten of A Nu r unto signed my Hrme and caused the Ito Bintew Co be will ced, © at the city of Washington this 16th day of Feb: ruory A. D., Ie, and of thy Ludey e: eof the United States the Glnety-thind, ANDREW JOHNSON, of fa Dy lis Prosident: WILLIAM H. Sewanp, Secretary of Stato A copy of the pardon was sentto Albany, aud Mr, Devlin th eapected hoine by lls Iriends to-day, THE LAWOR MOVEMENT, vs by the Clothing Cut Paluters, Bricklayers, What ts Boing Done Printers, Other With the approach of spring the labor move- ment assumes Importance, ‘The trades gencrally are ‘being reorganized for a more determined fght with capital than was ever before made by them, At the weekly meeting of Bricklayers’ Union No, 4 last , held at Milliman's Hall, Mr. Joseph Doody prosiding, the eight-hour question was discussed, Committees from Nos, 2 and 12 were present, also participating, Mr, Menry Rich moved for the ap polutment of a Committee of three to vet with sim}. lar Committees from the other Unions to confer with the bosses in relation to the eight-hour law, so a8 to prevent strike 4a the spring, if possible, It was voted down, ‘The employing masons are olso reorganizing thelr association for the #pring campaign. They elected » new set of officers last month, who are said to furor 4 compromise with the workmen, which shall pre Vent the necessity of astrike, ‘They have also began to bold weekly, or tri-weekly meetings, At their meeting on Tuesday the apprentice question war taken up and discussed, and the association unaul- mously adopted articles commending every employer to take as many apprentices as lis business will wor: rant; to eee that exch one is apprenticed for not leas than four years; that each shall receive $1.25 per day for the Orst, $150 for the second, ond $2.50 per day for the third and fourth years, provided journeywen's wages remalu as at present, The eight-hour fight this year witl not be confined to one trade alone as it washere Jast year, but will become as nearly general ag it can be among building tradesmen, ‘To antleipate it, the work of consolida- Mon ts going forward very rapidly and favorably among mavy of them, The Union House Painters at their meeting at 397 Bowery last evening adopted the resolutions offered by the Joint Committee, and which favor a consolidation of the practicals and themselves upon the bases already given in THe SUN The Cre:bing Cutters’ strike for an Increase of wages remains as proviously reported. This even- ing they propose to bold a mass meeting of the trade at the same place to discuss the elght-hour question. At a mecting of the Brars Founders’ and Fiulshers’ Union, the special committee recently appointed for the purpone reported favorably upon making the So- clety benevolent as well as protective. The Union numbers 00 membets, and reports $900 in bank, ‘The wages are $3 8 day for ten hours’ work, ‘The printers’ strike continues without change, ‘The Journeymen's committee meet every day to hear reports from men unemployed, The employers who 4 to accede from the frst are still frm ta and at thelr meeting at the Astor yesterday, of prices previovaly offored to the journeymen, but which was rejected, was per- fected ‘in some details, and will be again submitted to them for adoption. A strike of printers in Tren- ton, on Tue) would have prevented the jasue of the American ince of & number of rinters who happened to be tm the city, Rrelped thelr brother editors out of we nite surprise of the strikers, ‘Tho Third Unton Cobperative Building ' Society having removed to Cobperative Hall, 214 Bower will hold thelr first meeting there to-night, TI Soclety Is steadily progressing, All interested are inyited to attend, "The ‘Longehoremen met in secret session last 6 Ih the James street school hot a FILES. ——_— Ix Marnose, Mast.—The Congregational Church in Foster street, Melrose, was burned yesterday morning. Loss $2,000; Insured for §10,000, In Woirenats, N. Y.—The Phauix Hotel was burned at about 4 o'clock yesterday morning, Loss $10,000, Iv Tuin> Avexve—Last evening, in a frame third 9 volving & 000 insured for eo” serape to the | ASHINGTON, NEWS FROM W THE GREAT CRIME OF THE NI¥F. TEENTH CENTURY. avails Specias weepatches to The San, Wasittxeton, Feb, 17, 1869, EXPLICIT DRNIAL OF THM ASS\SSINATION STORY. The Senate Committee on the District of Co lumbia To-day heard Senator Bayard and Mr. Cor coran, who deny In toto the story of their approving or desiring the assassination of Mr. Lineoln tu 180, at Mr. Stocck!'s, Mr. Doebner, Mr. Stoeck!'s stew ard, was sworn, but he refused to testify, and. the Committee reserve his case for consideration, as to whether he will be required to testify or not. Very Little credence would be given to the first witness's story, but for the fact that Docbner refuses te tell what he heard sald on that occasion, TUE PARDON OF DR. MUDEF Tho President will send a special messenger to the Dry Tortugas with Dr, Modd's pardon tn order to secure Lis release before March 4, REMOVAL OF ATZERODT'S REMAINS, The undertaker to-day enolosed tho bones of Atverodt Ina handsome coffin, and accompanied by his brother, they were taken to Glenwood Come tery and pinced in the receiving vault, there to await the arrival of othor members of the fauily, when w formal iaterment will take place, SRNATH’S MIONIOUT SESRION, Senator Stewart to-day, about 1P. M., called up the constitutional amendment and moved that the Senate recede and concur In the House bill, He deemed this the only certain way to secare (he pas sage of the bill at this kession, The Senate receded but refused to covenr In the House bill, and then Inunehed out into a wide range of debate that bad been exhansted last week, Old amendments were offered and voted down at midnight. The whole Question seems to be as much at sea as ever, with every prospect of an all night's aession, The Senate Chamber is not half full. Sen are dozing In varlous Committee rooms, while prosy speeches aro repeated in the vain hope of a final vole being reach ed ab some future hoar. ‘The Senate at a quarter to twelve amended the Tlouss bili by substituting the Jadiclory Committee's crude, Inadequate bill, the vote being 1 to 11, It now goes back to the House, ant cannot bo Auatit Monday, when the rules can he suspended to take It from the Speaker's table, and as the House are not tkely to concur im this bill, It bids fair to be lost for this session, a8 nothing {e likely to bo matured be fore the ten days In which Mr. Johnson ean pocket tt, NO CHANCH FOR THM TAX BILty The entire force of the enrolling clerks of the House are at work upon the Tax bill, and tt will take them nntil Saturday to enroll it, Tt will make six hundred large written pages, It will then take two days to print ft, and will not be ready for con deration by the Senate Finance Committee before the 9th, and cannot possibly be read or considered and reported to the Senate at this session. Gen, Schenck will start it anew oa March 5, and hopes to secure Ite enactment Into a law before the first ses siou of the Forty-frat Congress expires THR NRW OOVERNMENT OF CUDA, Tho position of Cuba excites groat interest. It fs expected that tlonary party will proclal the fndependence of the inland, In that case ¢ Government will immediately recognize "he new Go Vernment, and extend belligerent rights to Mt, aud tho privileges of neutrality, VARIETIES. Senator elect Fenton was in tho Senate Cham- ber today, A majority of the Printing Committeo of both Tonse: or of Mr. Kla‘s bill tor the tra of the Congressional Globe to the Guvernment print ing office, Henares THN NAVY asurxatew, Feb. 17.—The rep mittee of Conference upon the bill rions acts of th wos taken “y (Rep. Towa) exp! the Dill a signed to wake a great reduction tn the size and expense of the navy, and especially the Murine Corps, The report wis agreed to, VIOLATONS OF RAVRNUM LAY tion was wilo dircetlag th furniah a fist of pers violating the revenue laws, with the fi Attorney: leted of other er and num nons by the I’resl es of pardons given to such p dent, AN RXKODTIVR MANSION, Mr, Frsaexpen (Iiep.. Me.), from the Committoe on Publ e Bulidings and Grounds, reported to the bill to purchase a site ior an Rx sion, ani the Committee was discharged from tte further consideration, " THE AMNESTY PROCLAMATION. f tration are al tures of members to their petittor many companios of both establishments were versely | Nibilo'a we ative Mane | a themselves on ~ FROM THE STATE CAPITAL, —s Anotbor Veto-Naturalizal Laws Omice. Rookers Arowad—Important Teathoouy nbout Rath Matters, Special Despatch to The Sun. Anant, Feb, 17.—Gor. Hoffman shows a com mendable disposition to cheek the volume of legiela tion, He ent to the Legistatur veto, Present, was based on the grouud that general laws in existence give to the local authorities all neces. to-day his second His first was sent in last week, and, like the Ty power in the premises, The bill veto! to-day anthorized the construction of a bridge in St. Law renee county. Mr, Husted, Chalrman of the Committee on Feiterat Rejationa in the Assembly, reported this morning ow that portion of Gov, Hoffinan's message which re- fers to the naturalization law: ‘bat voluminous, but is decidedly able, ground against the doctrines of the message, and ts ordered to be printed forthwith, ‘The report is some- Tt takes ‘The acekers for office unser the Incoming} Aamtnim- ady here in fores obtaining the signa: ‘That an Republican, the Hon, Ren. Field, of Albion, nas been here this week, and has obtatned ao many signatures to his petition to be appointed Surveyor of the Port of New York that he and his fiends fect highly encouraged, Mr. Henry Thompson testittea, yoateraay evening, before Senator Hato's Special Committee on Railroad Affwirs. Mr. Thomas Murphy, of New York, was also a witness, and It fs sald that thelr testimony, especially that of the latter, was vory important, but the Committee sit with closed doors, and continue to be provokingly reticent, ‘The Commerce and Navigation Committee this af- ternoon agreed to report the Pilot Commissioners’ Dill aubstantlally as Introduced by Mr. Jacot 0, the bill repealing tho act fixing quarantino bulldings ou Coney Inland, for the consideration of the Hor — NEW YORK LEGISLATURR, > SENATE... Aunany, Feb. 17, 1809, Bills were introduced. asseraments ta New York j also, relating to carrying letters and merchandise by means ot pnoamatte tubes ta New York and Brooklyn, To incorporate the New York Lumber Manufacturing and Improve pany, With a capltal of $100.00), The cor ell, Willlam Kelly, eluting to collecting A. Woodward, Ke to lees of the Clerk of Westeherter county. © conrtruction of a ralln ty third her streets in New York city pasted Changing th ‘w Benevolent Association Relating ty tho New York Eleva open a roadway In Grocnbury Laying out a highway In New Utrecht, name of Young ot New Kinyes county, Mr. O'Dounell offered a resolution directing oftcers: of every steam railroad in the State to report to the Haustey by the Sta of March next, the tril for transportetion of frelght and. passengers charged during the year, and for each month of ths year, from an] to thd various @tations tn the State, and the tacit of prices charged fom and to the principal point tu the Wentern States ASSEMBLY. ills wore reported —Clos part of old Bush- wick avenuo, frowa Grand to Marsal! street, Brook lynj for opening @ highway in the vill figton, Suol nty ; for pay corpornung the Social Manne: i authorizing the Cominis- of the clty of New York ool# on Hart's Island Ip corporating the German Cigarren Atbelter Verela of Hrvoklymy also te Independent Turn Veron of roo kis Mr dacons offered a resolution that the commit ters of the Assembly report no bilis to the Hone Where the Chiect to he secured ean te obtained un Aer the al lews of the Blate, Deoate ensulig, the resolution went over, — GAYETIES OF THE SUASON, piso alta A Rovat Anen Cnartan Iyvaven.—On Taos- day ovening, as Zerabbabel Chapter, No. 147, was working the It, A. decree In Ould Fello Lad Jost conctnded the rulsed at the outer door, ANT HALI een prigen RST the whole party adjoornod to a plearant danc g the beet dancers were Mra, G. 8. Kinsey, F the igh Priest, Mra. Horace A. Bilss, wile and Mesdames W. H. Craft, He pion, Robert Payne, C. Greenou ph Vrainor, A. J. Corgan. J. Hitehle, 8. smlth’ urst, Jobn Lynch, dacob Murray, MH. Rocrner, J. Dunhain, and, Mistes Geriie Stanton, Emma Bull, and others, The vieit was really a surpri — The Dancing Seano: The Tammany Union Club gave its First An- nual Invitation Masquerade Coterle at Irving Hall Inst eveving. ‘The etair was projected by tho gen: Uemen attached to Niblo'é Garden and the ‘Tem: Vheatre, and moat of tho members of the prosent, represent the Forty ‘Thioves ai » out in full foree, and ae they are ull Hed in dancing, the ball could not fail to bea verybody seemed to enjoy the affair, and us wore ho absurd restrictions about Ue qua irilies ond contras, the dancers were able to please and interest those who were « The ladies that Mr, Epwuxvs (Rep. Vt), from sime Com: pot skilled tn the psichorean arte The enter- mittee, submited a report on the President's mes- | {iinment was in " . . ainme sin progress as Tie SUN weal to press, tage regarding his Christmas amnesty proclamation, | Snq'prumsed (0 iat Ul ne bb In the opinion of the Senate, the proclamation —— jent of the United States of the tO Kraut general gniity of theas y ' tility to tl United Stites during the Lite rebellion, I restoration of rights, &e. &e., was hot authurized by. the Constitnton or laws." Mr. Hew agreed with the would express for actlow Kicks (Dem, Ind.) stated that mujority of the d bia views when the report came up THR PRANKING PRIVILEGE, Mr, Rasery (iteop, Minn), from the Committee on Post Offers and Post Roads, reported with amendments the Hocee Lill to restrict sod regulate franking priviley mtn vill as amen ted proyitee that it shall not be law- " tie frank e than by nember of Con. | terrors of Bestou Marder on a Railroad Train, Crycrssaut, Feb, 17.—Conduetor Corwin, of the +h raliroad, when at Peru, Fudinna, ed_In one of the cars, atealing his After some trouble, Corwin ft tho man drew @ pistol , but 4 again, ‘This time amp, but be escaped, Conductor Corwin's wound Is mortal, ee Hegira of the New York Thieves Boston, Feb, 17.—The Traveller says: “The Vigilance committea tn New Ayo Bont sume Of the ovil doers of thut city to —— matter ft orbures elo huefin'ing prive | George Brancts Tratn tn Haverhill, Mass, lege, who Pet LE eSB Ee (he Gee Our Jargest hall way pertalving tu thet As orcpureare by th Reais, eehien ata natn the atiect fur. ded to Its utmost eapeelty towlght with true fe taeds uniter such telat ans, who bad gathered to weleoiue thelr popu Fal shall preseribe: anita lurand greatly-admired champion, George Francia at tins franked shall be cha: ze Train. Mr. ‘Train is to bave a grand reception in 6 LOW OF Way bo Lereuiter cétabli THM SUFPRACK AMENDMENT. The message of the Houre asking a Committee of Conference in regard to the Consiituvonal ainend ment, was taken up. After a long debate the 8 receded frow its amendments to the original He Propositi Senate then again refused to cou- cur in the House proposition, Mr. Stewant then moved to proceed with the consideration of the Constital amendment re ported from the Judiclary Committee, which was carried, ‘The amendment is aa follow " The’ right of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not he denied or abridged by the | F United States or any State on account uf race, color, OF provious conultion of servitude, ‘The report of the Senate Judiciary Committee was adopted, —— Houne of Kepresentattves: LOUISIANA CONTESTED ELECTION, Mr. Upson (Rep., Mich.), from the Con on Elections, made ® report in the L tested election case, with resulutions Simon Jones, not having received aw votes cast fur Representative from tn ittee con. aring that ority of the weond Cone and the river 1s open as far north with every prospect of belng open to Vongukaepsid this week, worth, Ind. jarge alone block, T Charlestown to-morrow night, — Reopent Gannwon’s Lanvino, Feb, 17, ce have broken away in the Hudson since Si New Ha: urduy, urghy ‘Tho enpital of West Virginia is hereafter to be rkereburk: ‘The National Industrial League is in session in Philadelphia, Aaron Jones, the prize fighter, died in Leven- on Tueaday, bee Legislature adjourned yesterday for he Qi waut of a quorum, ‘The snow In the atreets of Montreal is eight foct Joep, and voine streets are almost linpassable. Severn! buildings, among them Dumpy & Bertley's ‘fy’ Helens, Momans,were burned oa ay, fessional District. of Luulsiana, was hoventitled to | D. G. Oleott, of the well known firm of Olcott, Saeat; and that neither J, W. Meuard (colored) nor Cooper & Co. of Bavannah, committed suicide yester: Caleb B, Uuat was entitied, ‘The Loulsians House yesterday passed the Senate THE BANKING BILL TADLED, Civil Equality DuL | The’ bill te k Piet with the one The How en proceeded to the consideration | passed last your, but vetoed by the Governor of the ect eon fo, Byrne tank Prof, Goldwin, Smith, of Cornell University, read og Lill, the previon veatios i been secon the Oret paper before the A) ah Be! yesterday, and. Mr. Pomeroy’ (Iep,, N. ¥.), who re- | cluition ta Albauy yeeterdays ees Hom: Selene (Re Ported thie bil, being entitled to "clone the debate, Yielded part of ‘his time to Mr, Poland (itep., Vt.)y who argued in support of an amendmont whlch he | bad offered looking to the withdrawal and cancella: tion of all tho United States legal-ten tes and their conversion luto a new tesue of bonds bearing | f futerest at 4p and 4 per cent., aud redermable anor thirty and fihy years, He declared binselfin favor | of the free banking system, believing it to be the | * true remedy to whieb they should at last co Mr. Burien (Itep., Bana.) addressed the House for twenty minutes In advocacy of the amendiment aub- mitted by him in the second scetion of the till In Feference to the mode of letting banks go Into liqul- dation, It proposes that the fnterest on the bonds deposited to secnre their circulation shall cease, and | , that In the delivery to the Comptroller of the Cu rency of their circulating notes in sume of $100 multiples thereof a pro rata proportion of the bo shall be delivered up, and hem be paid. ' iM ong debate followed, after which tho Mouse | ¢ proceeded to voto on the ‘amendments, May charged with are distrlot have clo Owing to th woods for he accrued interest ou | tonto amend the Constitution by etriking ont The most | the word F, G, Wilson was killed at Millbury Station, op Tuesday, while braking afrelght car which he had pushed dows to @ crossing to unload meat, Joun W. Coleman ts under arrest in Boston, nding from ihaton Itoage, Lass with the F dineo's Dur I. enilon of the First Consres necticut. in Martiord yesteriay, canted Jullus L Stromg, keq y of Hartiurd, for Con funds Lelongin, The Repubiie ional District of ¢ Several extensive lumber merchants in the Ottawa 4 their operations for the winter, jeulty 1a getting provisions imwy iis the men, ‘The Maino House of Representatives, by a major 7 of eight yoaterday refused to concur with the Ben on the \oterest question, 60 the legal rate will Fouaio ‘The Kane Senate on Tuoaday defeated a propost. white” by Wtolt. Three be pause they wanted the word "wal "white," ors voted f them were adopted, after which the House tatied | Spencer und Rogers, th cae the Dill by 4 vote of #4 (0 7H, papancer end Rogers, the Granby burglars, who iRSSION. Wingary® broke jal'on Yusaday tah ar Gord, at EVENING BESSION. purglary, bro eth uppowed to have gone to Boston, ‘The House resumed the consideration of the Army hehe Appropriation bill, the question bet ier's amendment for the reduction of the army, Mr. Ratler made e long speech Ja favor of is propost: 01 ‘The House edjourned withous sation on the bill, a armed part, Baker and other Joes, have béen cominiiting depredations in th ood of Mount Pleasan , Ky., and peac o1me8. A Low FRAUDS UPON SOLDIERS, Supposed Flight of Col. Herman. HIS BONDMEN IN A QUANDARY. _— An Infamous Husiness Expored—Who will flod thee Meanest of Thieves, and Relog them to Justice? Let the United States Goveramont Hundly the Scomudrelss Under the advice given in Tim Sux yesterday, a host of persons entitled to bounties for thelr s Vices in the late war called at the offlee of the special agent of tho Treasury Depaggent aud presented evidenes in relation to the ims for various amounts, of which, as they alloge, they have been defrauded by varions agents in thiselty. The non- appearance of Col, Herman at the examination be fore Commissioner Betts on Tuesday awakened tho suspicions of the more eredulous of W's unfortunate patrons, for they appeared before Mr, Neweoml and presented new charges gaint the Colonel. Over fifty additional compluinta were presented against Mim yesterday, and somo of tho cases were of ® character which would demand more than a P ing notice, Among those who preferrod charges againet him were the wilows of soldiers to whom, as they alleg® he told the of repeated tale, that thelr claims were under advisement in Washington, aithongh hg had previously recetved every dollar to which thoy were entitied, It must bo regarded as almost marvellous that Herman should have been exempted for ao long « peitod from the attentions of the Federal officers, as he bad a very Iarge amount of business to trausact, and it waa necessarily luera tive, for It la charged that he collected thousands of dollars belonging to soldiers without giving them a cent for the priviloze, FLIGHT OF Cot The Colonel is not to be fe fre anxious to ascertain bis whereabouts, day one of them called at tho offies of Mr, New comb, and also at that of Commissioner Betts, to ascertain where Herman could possibly be seen, but they fullod to learn anything about him, ‘The gallant Colonel, it is sald, Ie not at bin former residence in 125th eireot, and has left even his sureties In pro found tgnorance as to his present domicile, Tt ts Only natural that hia bondsmen should be a little anions, as they have given bail for bls appearance amounting to $5,000. The punishment for the erime with which he Is charged t# imprisonment of not leva tha threo months nor more than throo soa and 9 fino of not less than $90 nor more than $1,000. ‘Phe footing against hhin I go tutouse that he would © more than the ordinary protection of a pri er should be appear in court, RSTIMONY OF SOLDIERS WHO MAYER SUFFERED, An avalanche of letters from soldiers descended hpon Tne Sun yesterday, of which the following are samples: Tv the Bititor of The Sun, Bin: Having bee entitled to $100 the act of J my elaiiy with L, Mrown & © In Docember, 1807. Sine then Eh nice seversi tines, and every time he had an ex eusa for tho of my bounty, which to me Avemod very ory antil hutely, “T'saw an ad Vertisement tn THe SUN for ail soluters cing with L, Brown & Co, to call at Sheld Hroadway. Featied, and there founda BY ey, diachince, and Inforined wie that L own had abseonded with all the moncy ON WIGGAND, Tren AN. A his bondemen Yester- for threo years and To the Baitor of The Sun, Sin: I deposited my al rman, for bounty, March’ 2, 1 word of it since, Can be Own responalhility ? reo with Col, Her- ad have got no Heck the money on his As Lam not aware that 1 sicuod any ‘power of attorney, and ae ty claim te probably scltled, would it be of apy use to try and ket itont of hu’? T value my discharge highly, woul Te Joyeh MELSON, 6 Catharine street, To tha Billtor of The Sun. Sits Dentisted tn the ninth mew memes we noteers In Ish), snd Wes honorably discharged at the expiration of my term of service (i years). Leone nader the act of ress of July —. 1860, ging bountion, I placod my claim {a the banda of L, Brown, 1 Park place, in August, 1960, T gave hiin power of attorney without witness, aud he collected nis claim March 24, 1:07, like to kuow What course to pursue, Tama hard-working man, served my country faithfully, and If there 18 any way to bring such “scoundrels to Justice L woul like to see it done, By publishing this you may per benefit thousands of others who risked thete ly put down an Infamous and unholy rebeilion, D. Lot soldiers who have been swindled make com- plaint at 13 Chambers street, : Chl FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, GREAT MRITATN, No Fears of Rup! Tho Linh Ch vel Question: Loxnox, 17.—The address in reply to the Queen's speech was agreed to unanimously by both Houses of Parliament, In the Mouse of Commons last evening Mr, Disraeli expressed his sorrow that the ratification of the Conven'ion with the United States was not announced, He hoped, however, for a speedy completion of the treaty, Mr, Gladstone was sure that the negotiations would end in the same spiritin which they were begun, The Mnal insue would doubtless be satisfactory to both count March 1 has been named for the opening of the de- Vateon the question of the disestablishnent of the Irish Church, ——- BAIN. Who Shall Fill the 5) isk Throne? Panis, Feb, 17.—The reports that Ex- King Ferdinand of Portugal has consented to be @ candidate for the Spanish thron are premature, ‘Though strongly urged, he still refuses to allow bis name to be used in connec: tion with the sovereignty of Spain, ‘The majority of the members of the Constituent Cortes now tn Kes sion at Madrid ara opposed to the Duke of Mont peusier, and there 1a little prospect of his success, es cece Jottings About Town, Mr. W. ©, Van Meter, who established the Howard Mission, tas retired from that institution, ‘The Hoard of Alderman voted yesterday to ‘y open Church street on the first of Mure Mr, William ©, Rogers, whilo riding a French velocipede, had bis leg broken, The Revolution says that a wife only thirteon years old was divorced In this ety theo Rabbi Sneersobn lectured last evening at the hall of the Historical Society, on the Holy Land From to-day the police will prevent the drivin, or slaughtering Of animals south of Fortieth aurect, Tho Mayor's Marshal imp fine of $5 ye terday upon the driver of tuck No. 40, who had Leaped ubuse upon one of bie custumers Mr, Paul Bagley sails for Europe to-day in th Biberia, to p titlon for amnesty to the Fenla @nflued in British prisons, ‘The first annual reunion of the Mutnals, at the Walhalla, in Orchard street, was eminently aue cessful, The Sandy Hook light ship lies only about twelve miles from land, but one of her crew, asailor, has not been on shore for ten years, ‘The steamship City of Mexico, of Alexandre & fons’ line to Vera Cruz, went down the bay yester- day on w trial trip, TActing Captain Wallace, of the brig Two Brothers, of St. John, N, B., who arrived yesterday, reports that In rricune On the 17th of December Capt, Butler was washed overboard aud drowned The Liederhain, one of our German vocal organizations of recent origin, last evening gave a wodrée en masque iu tho Caswind, Which Wasa joyous occasion, Gen, H, Raymond, who haa drawn up a poti tion to Congress on behalf of tho veteran oth a, anys Wat one of these youerable warriors bas lis home In the cabfo of up old canal boat, At a largely attended meeting of the German Cin) Tepul ean of the Twellth Assembly District, held on Tuew ing, Feb. 16, at bey oth street, a resol 1:0 waa unanimously adopted heartily endorsing the action of thelr delegation tn uniting with the General Committee or radical faction of the German Kepublican organization, Mr. A, ©. Arnold, Actia Buperintendent of the Toward Mission an’ Home for Little Wanderers, rea to warn the publle against contributing money or supplies to persons representing them- selves as connected with the institutlon, as the Mission has no authorized collectors tn tho elty, Any contributions sent 60 40 New Bowery will reach the litte gne, ¥ en PRICE TWO CENTS, THE LAFON HOMICIDE, Discharge of J ers Await At the opening of the Court of Oyer and Ter-| Scenes at the Newark Court miner yesterday, Mr. J.P. Townsend, counsel for James Logan No.1, asked what bad been done about House Yesterday. the writ of habeas corpus which had been granted by - Judge Cardozo, ant made returnable before Judge weed Barnard. ‘The hearing hed been postponed, and | Me dariee’ s7aed bases tn tee con ere counsel had been wafting a decision, Judge Barnard sid that there i# not eufficient evidence to hold Jas. ogan No. 1, and that he would ere this have been Jischarged, but for some question of etiquette be- tween coansel, Mr, Townsend sald that #0 far as he was concerned, ne simply wished biselient to bo forwatly and honorably divcharged, He did not want him to be turned from the police atation into th Judge Barnard then ordered James Lo- kan go on bis own recognizance in $1,000. James Logan No. 1 ts the person for whose arrest $2.80 was offered by Mayor Mail, and who volun tarily eurrenterod blimself. James Logan No. 9% Robinson, and Retily yet remain in custody, and the authorities have tnkon no steps to bring the question of the guilt or in f either of them to a final determination, During this long Inaetivity, ays the Times, many rumors are born of pudlic impationce and thrive on general credulity, Among them is the rt that tho witness Delanoy hae boon oF 1# about to bo arrested for sous offence which has nover been specified, Delanoy and the police are allke Ignorant of tho matter, It is algo represented on behalf of Delanoy that he never made an application to the Commiastoners for a place on the police force as the price of his services in procuring the conviction of the Rogers murderer, but that the application was mado by Sergt. Lowery, without the coontvance of Delanoy, and the appointnent was promised to hin, and not to Delanoy, Ata iate hour last night Logan No. 1 was atill in his cell, not haying: executed his bail bond. Tho excitement over the Lafon homicide in Newark culminated yesterday In the sentence of the youthful prisoner, The Jadgment of the Coart transfers him from a hitherto happy home and the quiet pursuits of student life to a convict's ceil ané the Io ’amy of @ eriminal’s hard labor fur the terw of one year. 4 In anticipation that sentence would be passe. pon the youth, the homely old-fashioned Court House of Essex county was besieged at an early bour by hundreds of Newark’s citizens, all intont of witnossing the final proceedings, They came og from every quarter—tadios bending under tho weight of fashion, men of wealth and influence, laborera, Germans from every walk of life, rteh and poor, young and old. They crowded every Inch of space that the seats, aisies, lobby-ways, and side-roome could afford, At 10 o'clock the Court was ready for the case, On the beveh were Judge Depus and Associated ‘Teese, Guild, Williams, and Ise, Tho prisoner, Thomas Lafon, sat next to bis counsel, with hig father and younger brother on bis left, His map ther was not In the court room, bat the enclosare for the bur was filled with friends of tho family and an array of ladies seldom seen In a court roomy Outside the bar was a mixed assembly of both sexoa, who maintained the strictest order from begin tocnd. Many wero there hoping that speedy heavy punishment would be pronounced apon young Tafon; others trembled In the hope that jndgmend MURDER OF A BLACKSMITH. would be withheld ; and some looked upon the scene with blank curiosity, = riows Escape of Mardercr-Tho | The prisoncr was calm and collected thronghoes Victim ou bis Doathbed Last Niaht. only occasionally leaning bis face upon his hands, On the 27th of January, Mr, Peter McDonald, @ | io was neatly dressed, and looked tike the last per. Dlacksmith, who kept a shop In Forty-frst street, | son to do ® wilful injury. His countenance was hoar Ninth avenus, was so terribly beaten that bis | frank, innocent, even feminine, Among bis friends life waa despaired of, ‘The fheta of the caso are | and associates he has always been beloved and trust briefly these: Some time previous to the Mth ult, a | ed, nothing against bis good character coald be workinan named James MeDonald, tn the employ of | brought forward at the trial. ‘The younger brothe® Veter McDonald, wi for cause, We | had a twinkle of fun In his eye, and seemed ready for ebafed under the punishment, and returned often to | a anowball ight with anybody. He little dreamed of the shop in a quarrels 1. On Tuoaday, tho | the fate he was to bring upon his brother when pele With of January, he again entered his employer's | ings butcher boy with suow on the morning of De promises, begin to quarrel, and picking np @ large | cemberd, Diacksmith's hammer and @ poker, beat Peter Me- The brother baret Into toare when the sentenes Donald on the head and body, fracturing the skull ia | was pronounced. The futhor manifoated no outward soveral places and otherwise injuring nim. The a | emotion during the proceodings, He is an eminent sallant was arrested, and Petor botag aman of pow | and highly respected physiclan of Newark, ao6 erful framo and strong constitution, so far reeovercd | doudtless feels a keon-edged grief over his #ou's mis as (o be able, tWo Weeks ago, to appear at the Court, | fortune, ‘The reaction was too much for the Injured man, and | Phe order of the day waa a hearing from the ssa nana ahoull ba eertitied to the fence why 0.2 preme Court of the State, and sentence withheld af present, Mr. Bradley opened the argument, reviewed the Judge's charge to tho Jury, and endeavored 0 show that they were misled by it tu dading their ver dict, The ficts of this caso were detailod in TH® Sun of yesterday, and need not be produced here, i | That account was pronounced perfectly correct torurvive, but his strong constitution may sustaia | and fair by persons at court eompotent to ludge, The bhin «day or two longer, Lhe brain is rapidly melt: | gecond counsel for the defence, Mr. Parker, elted ing away, and his intestines pass through his body | some enses in polut, sod was followed by the prose like food, Ho ts unable to ent, and is only keptalive | cating attorney, Mr. Titsworth, wno claimed thal by Grinks and medicines. The murderer, without bail | there was no reason for granting a new trial, Ie and withont trial, has escaped from prison through | closing, he dented that be had ‘ployed upon” publig one of those loopholes so well known to thieves and | opinion in the case, and said that if the jury were at scoundrels, The detective offcers pretend to be | all embarrassed it waa by the genius, learning, fearching for Lim in his place of concealment in | shrcdness, and cunning of the defence, Fifty-second and Fifty third streets, near Ninth ave- Mr. Parker asked what the learned proseeutes bur. ‘The Coroner visited Mr McDonald yextcrdaz, | mgapt pxsWAlRR!?d don't axe the word tn any tmpror unable to give it, He, however, signified that bis | por senso. tentiony at the preliminary trial was correct, and | Tho gavel of the Judge put an end to this colloquy, came tow tent —nthinee ho ahd tone Netract therefrom, | at the polut when it was becoming interestiog. Both ‘The murdered man is H4 years of age, and nasa wife | Autorneys seemed willing to continuo It, and give and threo children. Tho accused murderer 19 83 | vent to suppressed opinions of each other's course years, a notive of Burlington, Vt. daring the trial, Mr, Parker, In closing the argument, spoke with fel ES Bie NAW VRRARY, indignation of the conduct of the prosocution im the state of tho public mind, Atlee he was prostrated. indumination ot the brain and bowels set In, and for the past ten days he has been hardly conselous, When our ryporter visited him last ovening, hin eyes roiled witd!y around, and he ocensionally muttered sone incoherent nee un ntelligiblo to thove about him, THs wife and friends Were expecting hty death momentarily, The physician Who attenda him says itis impossthia for him THE KEE: + Hult Againat a Revenue Collector—How Not to do 1t-Charge of Judge Field to the ecutor had not been possessed Jury-Probable ¢ of a soul strong enough to rise euperior to commom A cane of considerable intorost has for several days been peniling before the United States District Court at Trenton, N. J., the defendanta belong @ Revenue Collector a is sureties, against whoman action bad bec instWd by the United States authorities for breach of bond, the losa to the Gov. ernment by the alleged malfe nee of the Collector opinion, He was the first man who ever drow plauae In court for asking that the defendant m be convicted because he was a rich man's son, The defence had avoided ail alluston to the circumstances of either party to lufluence the verdict of the jury. At length, after three hours’ time, the argumenta ‘on both sides were Apished, the law books were being $100,008, Mr, George W. Thorno is the Collec. | closed, the prine! “tam and quare,” “sede rand with bis sureties Edgar B. Wakeman, R, | Jédendo,” “niall fit," and every remarkable em» McLoughlin, Samuel M. P Willlam 8, Gil. | preveton from Coke down.explained, and the Judgee He Vert, and Williim Keeny, was sued for the sum of | retired to consult, Which the Government was defranted during nis | In twenty minutes thelr Honors returned. term of offec, Mr. Thorne was appolated Internal Judge Depue reviewed his charge, and the objew Hons offered to it by counsel, and announced thad the Court ¥ as unanimous in the optolon that the mg tion of the defence should be denied, and that a new trial should not be ordered, i ‘The counsel thon begged leave, though contrary te court rules, to be allowed to take exception to aay points of the charge which they may desire. Jurtge Depue, in reply, sald he knew of no case te justify departure from precedent, but would consides Kovenue Collector of the Fifth District of New Jer sey tn October, 1:66, and went into oflco on the Ist of Novener fouiowing, During his Incumbency ap. plication was made ty him for the removal of 60,000 gallons of whiskey from two bonded warehouses in Jersey City to California, Ho was required by an act of Congress to exact from the applicauta for the removal boude for an amount double that of the tux ‘on the spirits to be removed, This requirement of the Iaw he was alleged to have fraudulently and | the request and grant it it possible, 4 negligently met by accepting flve worthless and spu- Finally, the prosecuting attorney moved for es J rious bonds, ‘The whiskey never reached California | ment, when Mr, Parker rose and made a feeling fund the tax was never paid, The uaiues alone of the | dress to the Court, begging thetr Monors be lenient suretles to the bond upon which the whiskey was ob- | In tho case of the unfortunate young prisoner, whosq tained were tobe found; the individuals themselves | hopes might be forever blighted by any severity of and thelr worldly px ons were myths, Tho | punishment, He presented an affirmation of the developments of ignorance, negligence, or rascality | mother's, setting (orth some evidence which she wag which have been made during the trial are | not permitted to give on the trial, and full of tendeg most astounding, and the magnitude of the | expressions fur her son, An afidavit from Dr, Dem fraud perpetrated lends them an unusual in- | als, anda petition from Influential and eminent elth terest, Col, Thorne's own testimony ts thatthe duty | gene, asking the Court's mercy for the young mam, of looking after the suMctency of the suretics was | WEre ulso oitered, ‘The Judges, at the conclusion of this appeal, satitads tan were atest Hrtrite, rather seat jog on the nature and duration of the sentence, Meanwhile there was a busy hum in the court room, and speculation was rif ‘avd o'clock the Judges re-entered the court roomy and, amid breuthless silence, tho Judge order ; ‘Tlsmaas Lafon to stand before the bur. cover, Inthe caso | ‘Phe young man rose without hesitation, and the Judge addressod him in substance as follows: TUM SENTENCE, You have been indicted for manslaughter, for kill ing Joseph Hebring im December last, and bave. been tried bya jury ot your own. selection, ¥ has been advocated by counsel of distin, ing and long experience, and the; col ducted your trial with extraordinary skill, and I nothing wadone which could tn aug way adsist your case. ‘ile Jury havo nevertholess. foun you pa of manslaughter, and the Court ts fully satisfied wit intrusted a clerk named Gardiner, who wai about 19 years of age, and to whom the salary of 1100 & year was paid, Gardiner, to whom Thorne fald he had Intrusted the “bond business," testifed that it was no part of his business to look after the value of the suretion; and that m: of thene fraudulent bonds, the perinits for trauspor- tation were granted before the bouds came Into his Mr. John Rt Williams, an ex-Inspector of 1ue, swore that he saw one Cohen tn Thorne's office while the latter was Collector: that he had doen informed that Cohen had purchased a large amount of whiskey In New York for transportation to the Fifth District of Now Jorsey, and that he then told Mr. Thorne to look out for the man, a8 there caw could be no business for such ao amount in the Fifth | the verdict. Neither the jut recommendation t@ Distrlet, and that (raud was probably contemplated, | MEY BY ae eee ealatal Gens COR Oey ‘Tule witnoss also testified to cyrisin auopected | dread. ‘They may have opersied 19 sale the ex transactions between Thorne and ohe Eliinger, who | tent of your punishinent, but not Its character, You are seotenced to bard labor in the State Prisor of | Me term of one year, and to the payment of a fae Of $500. Lafon sat down without betraying his feelings, an@ fan attowpt at applause was made by apart of the carried on a distillery in Jersey City eap turning out 8,000 gallons @ day. ‘The distillery was seized, but Thorne recommended that the distiller should be let of on the payuient of a trifling fue, ‘The charge to the jury wse delivered yesterday by Judge Field, chirged strongly against the f ich the Judge quickly checked by rapid er aE: Licks ci his guvele ‘Tho great excitement was oveey Botler Ex nin Nowar! Bi wly dispersed. R ‘the Sheruf to keep the p ding until be could be removed wit ijected to the staro aad insult of the The boiler in the establishment of Messrs, Gruber & Keer, brewers, on Belmont avenue, New ark, exploded esrly yesterday morning with a terrific tonation, which startled the sleeping residents of the nelghborbood, The destruction was not exten tive, although a part of the roof was carried away, and bricks and timber wore scattered through the room, The engineer, Mr. Gruber, narrowly escaped, No explanation ts given of the cause of the accident. = soe Materacticn avo Dsarm,—Coroner Flynn com tinued the investigation yesterday tu the case of Ellen O'Llura, who died at 36 South William st on Bunday. ' Mrs. O'Hara's husband and Dr, wero examined. The latter testified that alter Dy Walker was called in, he considered the case Da hat phyeiclae bed been sent for im thé nce, Dr. W w The Baxtor Stroct Murder, A. On the opening of the Court of Oyer and Ter- ‘ated. by the woman miner yesterday morning, District Attorney Garvin fearing the result of fo indicated bls readiness to go on with the trial of dea Dopato Miguldo for murder, Ar, MoCarthy applied for ® postponement until Monday morning, and Judge Barnard granted the motion, Seed Kitten warns Peavino witn 4 Gux,—On Tuos- tloa, quit the hous Dr. Walker, ‘The Jur} Dr, Walker, f Pred, or g ha Doctor was PEP e, et elation el ae Oeaad tees Covewsrs Coutean Recartion.—The of Columbia Coli day, while a little boy aad girl, children of Mr, Rich- pone: CR, fd Cornell, of Upper New Rochelle, were playing | llvered by, Bk with @ gun, the boy, aged about 18 years, playfully | R. B. Wy, Mott, pointed it at his sister, aged about 8 years, and shot | opeutu er Wo Hue abdomen, Ghe died revierdey morning, | very