The Sun (New York) Newspaper, April 26, 1870, Page 1

+ x = THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR. SII DYING LEGISLATURE, OE canis Walker Over ck 1563-3 o J Fowler Said to be the Defau $33,000 Missing. SE CULMINATION OF THE FRAUDS OF THE SESSION, var fi The State Senate recently inserted # provision \ Wharves 7 fasine Core madiant bariiy—The into the County ‘Tax Levy, directing the Board of ofthe Posamattc Tannel— Supervisors to investigate on alleged defictoney in the trust accounts of the Sarrogate's office, It directs that the amount of the defaleation be com- puted among the taxes for the coming year, and that proper lecal proceedings be instituted to re- cover the enme from the responsible parties. When ‘Die seat on the Ist of HH rier qtecbrvered the defateation, aad gent Ares Another M Avnaxy, April 25.—But one more day of the Besion remains, ‘The Legislature of 1870 will cease BW exist (o-morrow. As is customary, the members gro rushing through # multiplicity of monster jobs Bat bave been reserved for the tail end of the ses- non, The Assembly has passed over # hundred Dilla t¢-day, among them the Charity bill, which is replete with liberal donations to orphan asylums, Yoapita's, dispensaries, and other eleemosynary in- stitutions. As m general thing, the Committee on ‘Ways and Moans, whose helmeman ts JOMN ©, JACORS OF KINGS, allowed State aid to those institutions only which Were satisfactorily proved entitled to it, Certain members belonging to the Black Horse Cavalry wore fearfully furious at the publication of The Assembiy's debate in this morning's So, and Dosides ottering the most direful threats against Your correspondent, again considered the propriety of expelling him, but they did not dare do anything Su RROGATR's Orvion, Naw You, Jan. 1, 1870. To the Honorable the Board of Supervisors of the Coun- ty af New York: ‘The ex Surrogate, the Hop, Gideon, J. Tucker, tn sur. |. Pi nd nie Office to srwick tin \ i, my y 4 rot Honofable ‘body and to 108 | or wilt at Ly sae Ti eesee Poe We If, Ls repeat? TAUREN Tirorate. ‘th munication referred ox-S0) Tacha fine tema, tment te ior inthe feet, mo, Br re ie ai the time Lond the defalcation oc- except swellow Tum Son's bitter pill, Old | ff knoe Sy Alvord was very wrathy. Armstrong was | One young. man, who ie just are, \nconsolabi 70 illustrate the charactor of the | entitled to $26.0 stom i ‘ane sletece honesty, it may pl men who worship) Armstrong aut be out of place bere to mention two litth sodes in the life of Thos, G. Alvord, his most fent almirer and champion, During the session of 1302, wh.n Henry J, Raymond was Speaker of the Houre and Alvord was a member, a communication was received from the District Attorney of Albany tounty, Ira Schaifor, transmitting the tesiimony Vaken before the Grand Jury the year before in re ference to charges of BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION against certain members of the Legislature, The testimony of Frederick 8. Littlejohn, & lobby ist, shows that this same Thomas G. Alvord, afterward Licutenant-Governor, and now Assemblyman, was paid by lim $1,000 on the New York Post Office bill—e measure for which the Now York Chamber of Commerce and the Collegiste Dutch Charen contributed large sums of money. What Alvord an inheritance, money bas disappeared, and the young lady ts clamorous, An investigation bo made at once, and if the money is not fortheor tthe county will be instituted, —$—$—————— T OF JERSEY LIGHTNING. cst by Whiskey or by his Com- Miled with Whiskey—A Tra Is, New Jersey. Morris Roach, who until receutly lived at 170 Mulberry street, in this city, but who went to New Jorsey to take a Job on the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad, near Paterson, died mystori- ously Inst weok, and was buried without tbe usual ceremonies. One day inst wook Roach, with three other workmen on the rullrosd, entered a house near Little Falls (about five miles west of Paterson), and called for four ished landlord placed the w! ‘Was almost thunderstruck to was paid this money for has not been made known. For proof of this, seo As- sembly document No, 2% of 18% During | told by Roach’s com the font session it is charged thet tnfe same men, in conjunction wlin UNew- York Assemblymanands W forgery by which the el eral excise bill requiring the coucurronce of the Board: of Aldermen of ali except New York and Brooklyn cities to the appointment of Excise Com- issioners. Itis alleged that Alvord's motion for ie pas 7 ict was dead. They distance in their rear, ana on reaching ® bridge eth explained that he was some Roach sat down. As he did not move they thought it somewhat strange, and returned to the spot to find thetr companion dead. “Squire” Jobn J, Stagg, of Little Falls, went with them next morning 1e spot and viewed Roach's body, and aftor hearing their story, decided that no Inquest was necessary, and ordered the body buried. ‘The three companions of Roach then disappeared. Some of Roach's friends in this elty went to Little Falls on Saturday to ascertain bow be was getting along, and to their surprise they learned that he had been buried some days, In company with Coroner Butterworth, of Paterson, they visited the place, The nelzubors #ay that Roach's clothes were torn, and thore were merks of violence on his person, Hence Ye suspicion that ina drunken quarrel Le was mur- Jered. OUTRAGROUS SWINDLE fas owing to the fact that the Mayor of Syracuse is ® Republican, and the Board of Aldermen Demo- Gratic, and that if the bill passed without this forzery the Demoeratic Aldermen would insist upon Demo cratic Excise Commissi: ‘The most importan' TRERSTS of New York city and Brooklyn that the Lezislature das acted on La many years was passed by the Senate es he to-day. Tae bill has already sed the Assembiy. 7 Y tnd osly Awaits the Governor's eiguature to becouse THE EXCISH FARCE, law. it vi les that from every vessel that uses ie fF mukes fast to any pier, Wharf, or bulkhead wisn. aw which ays In aid citles, of makes fist to why Vessel Tying at such pier, wharf, or bulkhead, of to any other vessel lying out-te of Such vesse), for every day or part of @ aay, as foliows: From every vessel of two hundrod tons bardon and ander, two cents por ton, and frown. every ¥ over two hundred) tone Dirden. two cents per ton Mayor Hall spent some hours in the Mulberry street palace yesterday morning in a vain endeavor to get offices tn the building for the new Excise Board. ‘The Police Commissioners cannot fod room for this bedy of salaried citizens. The Mayor will organize the new Board in his own office on Monday The license (eos are, it 18 said, to be: For frat be do. and efiiiard aa: fr varzes bnt_ every other i any vl ari fr to nual within billiard Fr beer saloons, ke out license oF riff 18 of not the ‘or dis Met adoy inely 9 Aiy conus nd slightest tapor As for the Su ally na © of the law, magnitice that is gener. joke, with the Iiogh against the Sunday prohibitioniats, Indeed, already hundreds of barrooms, which secretly sold liquor on Sunday under bid Excise law, have thrown their doors wide ope 1 in many places t trac is as open and brisk'on Sunday us on any segulig a The boon . » verest ning of the Sunday liquor traffc told on Mall be Wusbie (0 j ablisued by | the num! * for intoxication und disor. ths act derly condnet an Sunday night, the feu ed The second section e to Kuperintendent Jourdan sesterday morning be- the owners or lessee ing about 40 per cent, in excess of those reported on Within the eitics ol Ne Whoneattone Meee : ee Meas A ho previous Monday mors ing ud waterinis Fr on ‘tae pier ae nhiwad ow ued oF in Tor e¥e. ¥ THE BALL AND BAT. even deivonit samo etal b Wi 18 BRMIND THIS FRAUDY Tt will thus be seon thit the prosent rates ot Wharfge aco almost doubled, ‘The persons Inter: ested ih the passuyre of a u.casure so detrimontal to The D nt of the Spirited Con The return gai Ab jc and Union ¢ sulted in the signal su ampion Atanticn~A in Tremont, series between the rday in Tremont re- n nine, who the commercial interests of ie metropolis have pot | outbaited their opponents in handsome style, thas dared suow themseives, and novody knows who festing them at their own little g se. On Mon- ey are. They wre presumed to be the owners or | day next the text match Isto be slave! on the Capt. fe sof piers aud W toline grounds, The prizes offered by Myr. Ford The champion of tht Senator Henry C. | were won by Messrs, Munn and Bass, y i the Mar es aire dso many similar | scores at the but. and by Messe ike deal) fet Thayer, of Troy, was the only | who made the most diMeult catches. Pik» bore off an in the @ who .ifed bis Voice aguinst it, | the honors in the Held on the Atlantic side, and f the mercuants of New Yor« do not de-ire to eo | Hrown on the Union, We append the score: all wls driven away from the wetropo is to Jer- ‘S44 4 6 6 dey, they hid better uppeai to Gov. Hofman for a | Atiantic Pets 0 1 8 bp Union. 9 12 6 @ t 0 Bae TINKERING THR EXCISE LAW. Senator Morphy asked general consent to intro duce a Dili suppiementary tu the Excise law, #0 that twenty treovoiders shall not Le required to. sizn petith jor s license, Serator Woodin, having ip his mind's oye tne forgery alleged 10 have been perjetrated vy Alvord & Co., rewarked that while Correcting mistakes it would be well to correct anotver one. Lhe Exciso law, it appeared, left the Sppolutment of Excise Commissioners in ‘cities to Mayor, and not to the Board of Aldermen, Unices aioe Would couspns to correct tuis mistke e woul be oufized to urject. Objection made, the bill could not be introduced. EXIT PNEUMATIC TUBR. Greatly to tho delight of Mr, Melvil the Arcuders the pneumatic tube tun rullway was kille! by the following vot Frost, Genet, Hubbard, er, Tweed he Brand, 0 Lewis, Le The Athletics va, The Marylands, Paivapetensa, April 25.—The base ball match between the Maryland Club of Bultimore and the Athletics of this city was played today, The Athletics wore determined to retrieve their laurels, having been beaten in ® game with the Marylands last year, Many bets at the Marylands would be defeated two tthe end of the game the score #tood as follow: Athletics—5, 8, 5, 10, 1, 4 0, 6, 0—S4. Marylands—1, 3, 5, 1, 6, 1, 8, 9, 0-16, DEADLOCK IN BROUKLYN, ——— No Excise Commissioners nor Commissioners of Police until Somebody Yields, The Mayor of Brooklyn yesterday sent in to the Common Council the names of James Corboy, Joha Pyehorn, and Rodney Thursby for Excise Com- missioners, and the Council will not confirm any of the Mayor's nominations until he submits bis nomi. buving bee C. Smith and inderground for Bullaic and Oswogo by the State | nations for the Police Commissionerships, At r passed by 17 to @ object | caucns of the Aldermen yesterday, a majority de- Of this bill 1s to prevent the monopo! including | clued to confirm only Mespra. Isaac Van Anden and the Central Kuliroad, which owns these elevators, | Daniel D. Briggs for the Police Commissionerthips, from deriving all the benelt of lowering the tolls on the cauals. ‘On motion of Grand Sachou Tweed the Kight- while the Mayor insisted Bpon nominating Mr. Augustus Ostrom in place of the last named gentle- man, Probability now {9 that the present Hour law was taken out of its order and passed. It | police emont will continue for some. time. bow goes to Gov. Homan Mayor K Aldermen The Sevate wus engaged from four o'clock until | lave equally decided to hold thelf own ground. pinein cugsing atthe Supply bill Senator : eee Phairinan of the Finanee Cuinmitter, and se , Hsrdenburgn, Twoed, and Frost. w: a The Leet Steamship Clty of Beo tring in their efforts io keop down the largest thelis, At Bineo'clock, the Senate pussed the Suppy bill by u wo-uhirds vote, At ten o'clock, Adam Blake, ut Jongress Hull, furoishod A GRAND SUPPER Ye the walling-roome of both Houses, into which the Black Horse Cuyalry made an awinl raid.” Tis Bow widnigit, and both Houses continue in session. BOL, ae Routine Proceedings of the Legislature, Dr, Wm, Faulds Thoms delivered a scientific lectareon Meteorolozy, Storms, £c., last night before the NewYork Nautical Society, With reference to the loss of the City of Boston, he Judged from the logs of vessels which crossed the Atlantic at the time of her loss, that she had been amped while trying to make » quick aan of lyylog to wutil the La 5 of wood bout a yord jong, and painted blue, drifted ashore yortor- day near Ligger Bay, on the northwestern coast of Mr, Murphy announced it as the Attorney-Gene | Cornwall, coutainin i I Y n' , conta iz the followi: inseriptton in gal's optniob iat tuo signatures of twenty ireshetdens | oeew als m, Were uocessiry for the grant Neonde oud asked | #4B° letters February 11 lar 473. City of Boston, snk ent to introduce # supplementary uct | {we WOud Dore evidenci c'uring Ula to be uunecersusy. le two. and the remainde ills passod—Providing that persons totared on rail. | quently lost, except th Toads may recover not to exceed $5,08 above ex. | the words above given, prnaye ; Muvtoujzing tue Commissivness of the Sinkin i and of New York to lease certals lands for howpita A Monument to a True Patriot. a oe | aUinor the City of Brookiyn as pect Trark ital ompan? co extend its track Wasninaton, April 25,—In the House to-day jeen broken ia iption is couse which followed letter * M, Srna astet umberp! Association Gen. Logan introduced a joint resolutio , rookiyy ; nour, poreting the Depositor Gen, Gite A. Bmith, Seu! John E. tbe ead ene tian of New fork Heeorpurating, the ig fore ENS. Parker a Commission to procure ‘an appro: oleotte, Medics ity ; incorpora a! place Folectic, Meales! University Tees ering ne | priate burial place for tue remains of Gem John A PooKlyn City Market Company j wud. Iny out a Central Tsiand Bri Rawlins, late Secretary of War, and. t) ut tt eouble the count » aD ut the cost of rk; Incorporeulng tb © be paid out Of the contiugeut fuud of the ay, epartment sed—Providing for the ggested & modification to provide for uprovennent q the erection of @ suitable monument ov. fowpletion of the Wall thi ; sector ine witonngot rect, Brooktya Louan modified the resolution accordingly. pire 10 the tnprovéuent of Aweltth avenue Voorhees remarked thut the remains of Gen, Eounty : exulating the size of barrels for paoking f-uit, | Rawlins were lying in * public vault in a graveyard in Washington. Nes Baltar Lonmenrras reneita adatticeal ‘The joint resolution as modified was pai Bide Ruiirood Company t9 recetve additional fare in ain cues: providing for tae isuing of bonds by ‘North a. byen Sawai vnee aveuuc, Westchester county, ‘The Excitement in Peekskill, The troubles between the Stove Companies and the Moulders coutinues in Peekskill. On Sun- day 8 crowd of meu and women congrogated near the National Stove Works and stones were hurled at the buliding. To-pight the village Board of Trustees will assemble 10 recelve and deliberate apon the Petitions of the Stove Founders and citiseos; the former politioning for ald and protection in the le- timate transaction of thelr business, and the latter foraiditional police force, Home of the members of theBoard of Trustess say that the vans, tae no baw he founder peoafo mil bu" "1 *PPO mship America, from Bre- Bestrrived off Upper Quarantine, and was at once ourded by Dr, who, ufter making vn, leaped’ ivto' his small boat, Just at ‘cut he hoard a splash, aud noticed several B getting out » boat. ‘The Quartermaster had followed Dr. Keed, and, while ladder, the ropes iuolding it slipped, Vermaster foil, He sank instantly, an Dr, Rood bad @ very aarrow escabe. Oo Sunday the at cising his talent as only a youth of tact has succeeded in reducing roguery tonscionce. Yea- terday hecalled upon James Algeo, of 642 Eighth one of these quickly and LIFE IN THE METROPOLIS. —_—— DASHES HERE AND THERE BY THE SUN'S REPORTERS, —_+— A Boy that may Become a Successful Now John Young is an ingenious youth, who by bending his energies all in one direction, and exer- able to, avenue, and afterward upon Thomas Hay, of 742, both of whom he succeeded in astonishing and vie- mizing. To Mr. Algeo he presented # $10 note, modestly requesting to have it exch i for two $5 bills, which wore at once tondered him, Posting letly to bis confederate, be substituted @ $1 Dill for it, and protended snd- only to have discovered the mistake Just in time. Of course Mr. Algeo gave him $4 more, believing ‘that be had dered. John Young departed, and vinited rents other ttradesmen, among whom tine the trick ‘be latter havin 5 wi suggested to eats e Br you You ant hi cr S omcer m Wing and escorted him to the station house of the ‘Twenty-second Precinct, where complaint was ¢ tered im in due form. Judge McCunn has granted on affidavits, three injunctions to set aside the seizure of the property of Jobn £. Dowling, s Mquor dealer, of Thirty-first street and Eighth avenue, Dowling threatened to take the life of the City Mursnal on Saturday aftor- noon, when the latter, pursuant to an order from the Court,undertook to seize the property. ‘The police wore ‘summoned, and Dowling in settlement of ti Judement tendered a check, drawn by C, W, Cran flour merehant, of 202 West street, on the Peopl Hank made payable yesterday, The check was handed to the Ciy hal by ir. Shaughnessy, of 117 Nassau street, and was dishonored on presentation as being worthles: ——— ‘The Chief Engineershtp of the Jersoy City Fire Depart: The contest for the position of Chief Engineer of the Fire Department of the new consolidated Jersey City is very interesting. In Jorsey City 5to 318 offered on Mr. Coyle, the Chief of the old Jer- wer Clty Fire Department. In Hudson City, the betting Is even on Mr. Yoo, the eandidate from that section, while Mr. John Worry, the Bergen City candidate, commands the unanimous support of his department. Mr. John Shiclds, a member of No. 6 Engine Company of Jorsey City, 1s also in the field, as on independent candidate, being vigorously supported by Engine Companies ‘Nos. 6, 7, and 8, and Hook Ladder Company No. 3 ——— Jack Tar's Misfortanes, In the Court of General Sessions yesterday John O'Toole, indicted » few days ago for obtaining der false pretences the wages of Thos. W. Hoimes 1d Owen McDowald. of the the ship Western Chief. was tried for the offence and found guilty by the jary. It appeared from the testimony that O'Toole bad introduced himeeif to the two m at the > ors’ boarding house, 9 Roosevelt street, represent- ing that he was s lawyer and offering to atttend to certain legal business for McDonald. The two sail- ors swore that he induced them to sign r which proved to be a power of attorney auth him to collect their wages. O'Toole denied that he had represented himself asa lawyer, and asserted that Holmes directed him to collect the wages due. T' jury brought ina verdict of guilty, but Judge Bed ford, believing thatthe evidence hardly justified the verdict, granted a new trial on motion of Another Kelle. While excavating # cellar at the back of the old Park Bank in Beekman street yesterday, the workmen struck the buried cistern of the old Clin- ton Hotel, ar 1900, the Cilntos Ho age. About the year , Which was built in 1787, was the second among the fashionable caravanserais of New York, the City Hotel at the corner of Broadway t being the most noted resort of the : 4 alter nton Hall was Bowery was a wide farms, - ‘The Orphans of the Oneida, The managers of t n Home and School for Soldier Satlors’ Orphans, in this city, wili ny children that way have been made father- less by the collision of the British packet Bombay with the United States steam frigate Oneida, io Communications may be a. ed to the President, Charles O. Daly, to the e@ Presidents, Mrs. 3 East Thirty-aixth street, Mrs wn, N. Yu; oF to the See: tetury, Mrs, D. Hoyt, 12) Ehst’ Forty-sixth street Newspapers throushout the country are respectfully Toquested to circulate this notice, hae The Byron Bananet, Last night a large and select company, among whom were many ladies, assembled at Delmonicu's to do honor to the memory of the poet Byron. Judge Jones occupied the chair, and Cassius M. Clay acted as Vice President, Several toaste re drunk, and in answer to that of * Our Country” Afr. Clay made most effective speech, in which he held that the abuse of the ballot was sapping the foundations of our liberties, and that we need a rermanent judi- cial, etvil and foreign service, and responsible mem. bers of the Cabinet in both h of Congress, During the dinner y songs wi sung, and alter @ pleasant evening the company disperse pened Compliment to a Paterson Phy Last evening, at the Hamilton House, Paterson, ® number of friends of Dr, Morse, for 90 years a re- putable physician and valued citizen of that place, met to compliment their old associate on his de ture for Europe, after a long and useful professional service in that section of New Jersey, Among the guests were Thomas Barbour, Esq., Wm, A. Butler, Brq., Frank Canfleld, the Hon. Ira Shafer, Senator slopper, Henry Hobbes, De Graske B, Fowler other notabilities, ‘The occasion was one of gi conviviality ond hearty enjoyment. ‘The Doctor will remain abroad among bis old country friends for year or (wo, —————— POLITICAL CIRCUS, The German Democratic Club of the teenth Ward mot last evening, with Otto Meyer In tho. cbair. They demand the’ recognition of the German element in poiitics President sai The d that Tammany had recogni, Tenth and Fourteenth Districi and had promised to aid taem, nade Senator Creame —-— The Side Colored Men, The Ninth Assembly District Colored Repub- ean Association was organizod last night in Leba. non fall by the election of President, John J. Zul nt, Dr. McDonough; EV. C. Bato, Seorotury ; and'Rey. Wm, F. Butler, Treasurer, ‘he Club will ser Wasurxaton, April 25,—The War Department aie, removing the Seventeenth and Fourteenth Regiments of Infantry from Virgin! and them to duty in’ the Dakota, removes all troops now performing duty In those States, The understanding is that the move has something to do with the condition of affairs in the Red River country, iT fein T Murder of Dave O'Day, To the Basior of The Sun. 8 In relation to the death of my brother, David O'Day, reported in yesterday's SUN, allow me to offer somé corrections, I do not condone his character, whether good or bad, but pending the Coroner's investigation ask ® suspension of public Jndgmeut until the tacts of wi conceive to bo a cold-blooded murder are made known officially, Your report 1s incorrect in the statemont that Mrs, Larkin exulted over the death of my brother, and ran through the street shouting * Felix has becn I She 1s an intimate triend of the es the statement, and regrets ite pub- testimony of Campbell on the killing of Larkin showed that my brother was Sunocent, and that Campbell regretted he had not murdered Dayo instead WILLIAM O'DAY, _ <a The Murdor of a Towbont Engincer, Muwruis, April 25.—Benjamin Kennedy, the engineer of the towboat Mary Alice, murdered on board his bows early this morning, below here, Being annoyed by Auderson and Hen- deraon, two negro deck hau of the engine room, whereu And, after stabbing him, Tho watchman attempted to was knocked down] and brutally bei Ki eank Delore oaslatance could be rendered. GRANT'S BARGAIN WIZH BAF; Bcheme—The will Take Hart Correspondence of The Sun. Wasuixatox, April 23.—Judge O'Sullivan left, a8 wo loarn by telegraph, New York to-day for St, Domingo, He carried along with him £160,000 ster- Hing, which, by the way, is the Kecond installment of the Hartmont-Herzberg London loan, The Judgo left on tho Merrimac, and will stop at St, Thomas, This money had been deposited by Lawson & Co, of London, with Spofford, Tileston & Co., of New York. ‘These gentlemen are Baez's agents in your city. It will be remembered that President Grant informed the Senate while the annexation scheme was under consideration that Bao bed refused to carry ont the terms of this loan, At about the samo time Hartmont telegraphed trom Havana to Presi. dont Grant and Mr, Fish, to the effect that the loan was effective and binding. Itseems that the schomers Baez, Hartmont & Co, were not sufficiently prudent, for the Havana tolegram came a little too soon, It ‘was calculated by these parties that there could be no doubt of the ratification of the treaty by that timo, and that thetr double-dealing would be kept recret long enough to secure the success ofthe pro- Joct. O'Sullivan was already on the way to Wash. ington with despatches from Baez to Grant, which, tated the tact that jection of the {0 coneiitate by joan by Baca was pe Mr. Sumner. As there was s mis f Havana, there was nothing to be done by O'Suiliv when he arrived here but to eo to work in order to t through the treaty, ‘The lobbyia sted that 0 lone was binding, and that its terms m at be letly complied with. Hence the Preaidegt's oppo- sition to the Joint resolution introduced bY Butler, Which proposed to limit the responsibilily of the United “States to $1,500,000. But the measure roved a dead failure, ‘The great opposition of Bimner was based upon the English loan, and after another shutlé of the cards {t was back Hartmont the £50,000 he b last etlort, to ru ng? not azree to this, because, Hered, be wonld lose his commission, which, der Abe provisions of the loan, amounted to £100,000, O'Sullivan has carried the money down to Baez; and xt move in this snnexation game Will be looked for with great inte ————__ REDDY'S DOG FIGHT. —o— How Kit Barn went to the Fi he came awny—Reddy's Absence. The Hon, Kit Burn deserted his Water street “Hole in the wall" yesterday morning at eleven o'clock, and moved with stately step toward s house in the Fifteenth Ward where the fancy most do con- gregste, And they were all there. The old baunts of the sporting fraternity in all parte of the city wore left by their frequenters in solitude like Bala Cluthas, Even Kit Burn's pit was as quiet as the 1d before the winds were made, Everybody had One to the Fifteenth Ward. Kit was on hand at eleven o'clock, supported by Mesars. Jennings, Rocky Hayes, and others, and waited till noon ‘for the advent of Reddy. i “Panny” was eager for the fray—she snaffed the battle afar off, and therefore waged ber abbreviated tail in anticipatory delicat, At half past one the crowd wearied of & fruitless waiting, and calied for the game to be off. The stakebolcer ther decided that as Reddy had not »p- peared, the stak ere forfeited to Kit, This an- nouncement was received with shonts, and the at- most possible imbibition of gin by the as OFFKIt. Reddy's friends were indignant, and expressed them- Ives volubly in a manner little calculated to luspire respect for the Hon, Wi. Varley. ——— STONED TU DEATH, A Lunatic Mista far Barglar, and Chased and Killed, The man who was sioued to death at Middle Village, on Friday last, proves to be Thomas Mul- hearn, of 19 City Hall place, New Youk., He was undor the hallvcination that men were him, and on Wednesday, pos returned from work, they found him be'sind somo old barrelé in the cellar, ailing an attack, axing, they got him but on Thursday tho next Borglaries had laying wait to kill when his out ot the afternoon aril of h A LIVING POSSIL, ae An Astoulsher for the Medical World-A Man with Soapstone Lungs. Coroner Butterworth held an inquest on Sun- day over the body of Frederick Rufand, a buteler. Rufland worked at Cross and Market streets, Pater- son, and was standing at the door of the shop when his attention was called to {two boys fighting on the sidewalk, While he was trying to part thom, one Kahoe stepped up and struck Rutland on thi ‘On Sunday he died in his boarding house, 73 Marke! street, In the belief t tthe blow on his head had led to bis death, Drs, Warner and Blundeli were directed to hold tt mortem examination, ‘The cause of death was thereupon discovered to be the singular condition of the man’s lungs, which had, to all ap- pearances, been turned info’ soapstone 'T' wore hard as stone, and on touch felt like soapston man breathed is a mystery, Of course the erated Kaloe, to Simple Drown. Ke ichirmer beld an Yesterday morning Coroner inquest over the body of Thomas Scott, captain of w scow, who disappeared very mysteriously about the 4th of March The body was fount in tho East River, near Ward's Island, on the 20:h (nst, It w very mach decomposed, and bore marks on the hea indicative of violence,’ Charles Ric: Sing Sing some time’ ago on a charge of property:from the scow, It was_ supposed by ‘Uiat Rice had secretly marderet Scott to [se Y, Was sent to ating any sion of his money; but the fading of the 37.50 in the pocket of the coat, conclusively proved that if the man had been’ murdered, robbery was not the incentive. Horry Dixon, Anthony Flynn, John J. Harley, and Officer Reynolils tostiged that Scott was intoxicated when ho was last sorn alive, ‘The jury rendered verdict of accidental drowning. ———— Spirited Fight between two Schooners—Oue Man Killed, Baurimons, April 25.—At 11 o'clock this morn- ing there was acoilision io the Basin between the schooners Foaming Wave and Remedy, near Maltby’ wharf, A personal encounter ensued between the hands of the two schooners, during whieh Patrick loyed on the Foaming Wave, was overboard, by Willam Layftela, masior of chooner Remedy, and drowned. ‘The body of MeDonald was afterwards recovered by dragging. Loyfleld was arr —— — GOssIP, pool The Georgia bill, as passed by the Senate, requires ‘ap election bext fall, ‘The hope of passing any practicable funding bill at this session Is very reinote, Tie House Committee, hae agreed te appropriate $100,000 for repairs in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, In the U. 8, benate yesterday the bill to make the Importation of emigrants uader lsborcontracts uniaw PLwavreferred tortho “‘Committes on Kdueation aud ‘abor. Postmaster Goneral Creswell was 0 the Hous yesterday, to aro the Commities on A Rpropris tic a ve them increase thy item ofcierk blre and lower carriers’ salaries, Postmaster-General © riod has arrived fo oll 1s satisfed that the establishing at Test a ‘ommuni Japan and Congress will rably op the bill pending authorizing au Increase of Committes's bill r duces occurs, Nixes tho pay Of the foriker at $12,000 a, latter at $10,000 per annum. Tk re Mujor-Generais to turce aid Brigad Judge Noah Davis reported to the Sergénnt at- Arms Yesterday, and at 11, M. was ready to go. bofore the House and apologise for his absvnco without jeave, no. Sehenon's resolution let him o1 ry en i a to tb acljourned he appited to the of absence, winch was granted, aud he New Yor Representative Sargent has introduced a bill prof viding that on the 80th of June next there shall be @ re duction of nfeen per cent, on Internal taxes, and ten Per Cont, On import duties, except On epirita,’ tovacco, hat no income oF 8 derived'after Dee ball be t Maslin exce) Lon distillers, brewer jurers of tobacco, snuff, aud clgars. who were absent at the time on Friday event all spe ud mauu- exouses lth in Wash sickness. Wi ny House had voted to remit the fines, Mr. Sobenci bat he would Galiy, after the reading of the journal, move (or all Of thé Huse, $0 a8 to Recor WMA poryous Wore wrceont, and whe they Woe TUESDAY, APRIL 26, TYTN, aan A ROVING ROGUE'S RETURN, eee THE ASTONISHING NARRATIVE OF THE MISSING BENNETT. ae be Contradictory Stories of the Ki Boy—No, 1, Story of ten Days In a 2, Story of Wicked Profi! 8, Story of Dissipntion—Death of the Wanderers Foster-father, The sudden and unaccountable absence of Frederick Bennett from his home was widely a vertised over a woek ago. His return to this city ‘nd the manifold circumstances which mark and at+ tend It have impressed the community with a ea riosity to know the trath of the whole matter. His stories are as diverso as his ways have been devions, He appears to be prolitie in representations of his Pilgrimizing. Every account s variable end dark- ened with the shadow of turning. We contrives ‘with ingenuity a fresh journal of bis journeys for each new auditor, The Sun reporter called on Ben- net's mother yesterday and obtainod from her the following account of hor son's adventures Ho was sent by bis employers to the Manhattan Bank to draw €850, After drawing the money, and while in the act of stepping from tho bank to the sidewalk, he was accosted by a well-dressed man, who inquired the way to Vesey street. Young Bennett turned to point out the way to the stranger when be became unconscious, and remembered nothing more until he found himsolf in a dark room, lying on bed, He was visited at intervals by two men, who brought him food and coffoe, without milk or sngar in it; after drink- ing {t he would become confused and sleep for s long time. Hoe kept an account of the number of moals furnished lim, and reckoned Up only Aftoen for the ten days, His custodians wore always silent, and pald no aitention to his in- qniries. On frat coming to Yomited a great deal, and ‘kon ick in the street: house. Requesting parents he was furni writing mate: him a rivilege with a candle an at seemed to le found square. At first, as he gazed up thought he was in a dream, but finally m: arest station house, and told ceeded to the Desbrosses street ferry, and crossing over, took the horse cars for Latayette, arrivi home at 11 o'clock, Saturday night, just from for ets, he time of his Msappearan Pennies and car teket robbed of everytht clothes. He Is still bewildered, and Mr. Bennett's family pbysicion expresses the belie! that he will never have a cicar conception of what happened to him during those terribie ten di The mont melancholy affair is the aeath of M: He wos church and Sunday school. at Lal 4 . Havens establishment where youn and tt was through bis inf tely called him, ob- ted by Mr. Havens a fow Weeks ago. About that time Mr, f wife w: killed on the New Jersey railroad, her body beinj {rightfully mangled. This vereavement prostrate; Mr. Hayens, and be had scarcely reco when the of the kidn was communicated. Soon alter, he received from Bonnett whom he tenderly in this let: ter to his foster father me! Take me out of this dark plice, On, for God's sake find me!” upplicatory tone of young Beanett mad Havens's heart ache with sorrow for his boy, aud this in conjunction with bis recent action was too grievous for him to bear, ‘Tne old man was stricken down and barely lived to see Bennett return. The battalion of troubles which steadily has morched against Lim foally overthrew bim, leaving an hour for him to meet and bless his boy. At the Tombs, yesterday, Bennett succeeded in presenting a new’ version of bis famous story. Our Foporter. who was present, anys that Bennett was Drought before Justice Dowling and charged with stealing a check for $350 from Messrs, Fisk & Co., 18 Sonth street, and appropriating the proceeds, As the complainant Was not present in Court, the pris in hls Fred: 3 ner Was temporarily committed to the care of the officers, and sent back to the Central Ofice, He in taken to Court to-day for a final dispo young man, and not #h 4 ‘Thursday w American Exeli way und Cedar check he drow th overcoat, procured Ri up at the Tremont House. On Sunday t the mysterious le about his a aiter which he came on to New Yo Tuesday placed the letter in an up-iown letter box, Wlien asked {f there was any truth in the let ter, he reluctantly admitted that it was all false froin beginiing to end. Having posted this letter, he took his devariure for Chicago, but returned again to New York on Friday. Ho had tlien $245,0f whieh $60 in his stocking, While at the depot in this city man who took him to a pluce where he was rob of his money, except that in his. stock claimed that he was drugged in this place, and knew nothing from Friday uutii he found himself on sat urday night in Washington equare, He took the of ficers to the place where the drug was, as he eays, administored, but the very persous he claims to have Leen present’on that occasion were proved to be far from the spot at the time ho asserts they were in his company. What reliance ean be placed on his story itis Impossible at prosont to state, us thus far the efforts made to coniirm it have only proved its tulsity. Tho third nod last version, with all the emenda tions, was volunteered last evening, at Police Head- quarters, by young Bennett, He tow says he ar rived in’ New York on Monday morning, from Bos. ton, snd, afer posting the letter written on Sunday evening at Boston in tie lamp-post box near the Hudson River Railroad depot, he went into the office and bought a through ticket to Chicago, leay ing by the 8A. M. (rain, and arriving in Ciloago ut IP. M. on Tuesday. Ho then put up at the Bber- man House, and went immediately to bed. Wednos- day was employed in s tour around the city, and on Thursday he went a short distance out of the elty by omnibus, and through the tunnel under the rivor, On bis return to the hotel he missed about $100 which he had in his vest pocket, In thee ing be visited McVicker # theatre, andzon returning to the hotel paid his dill, which amounted to $13.75. On Briday, he leit Chicago for New York, paying 5 for his tleket, arriving in this city on Satur- evening 8%, M., at the Hudson River Kail- road depot, "After visiting the Olymple theatre and stopping half an hour, he crossea tue North River by the 10:30 P. M. boat from Desbrosses street to Jersey City, and thence went home to Lafayette, Borgen City, Ho then dented all his former ments by which otners had been wrongfully acy ‘This be asserta is the true story of his adventure —— HOURS OF L fet Pectin The Thirty-second Regiment of Wililamabargh will have it Closing drill aud hop on the evening of May 4. J. TH. Hart, one of the oldest members of th Amertoan Dramatic Association, is to be farewell eneMt by that Association in Drau this evening. SURE. p ne WESTCHESTER COU: aan ‘The contract for building the Spnyten, Duyvel and Port Morris Fiallroad has been awarded to Mr. Ni Decker, who ls te comple! work by the ist Mareh, 187! Judge ( Whit chran, in charging the Grand Jury. in Plains yesterday, remarked that though the Ex. law had been repealed, persons selling liquor on Sunday, olthor with or without a license, were guilty of a misdemeanor. aS PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Miss Edith O'Gorman interviewed Mr. Dennis Sadiler, of the New Fork Tablet again op yesterday. The Hon. George ¥, Comstock, of Syracuse, de. Bion that he t's candidate fur an adsociate Juagesh: Of the Court of Appeals, The Hon, John Bigelow sails for Eurove next Sat orday, tb the City of Brooklyn, with bis family, Le will rematn abroad several yea Gov. Randolph, of Now Jersey, has accepted the resixnation of HN, Conger, secrotary of Stato, and has appointed in bie place Henry C, ke sey, of Bussex County, as his successur, The Hebrow Orphan Axylum, of this, city has elected President, Myer Stern; Vice-President, J Beligman ; Troasure Clinton Commai Bir Kobert Black, ( larenice 7 late Sir ¢ H Bir Hovept feeds, dun, Watdon wir Rd, Cooper, Ward: err Sh W. A Hichardson, Suntiuol, Erroneons statements having appeared in some of the Journals, it bocomos our duty to state that the ad rcilve ola é shoot pruverly ba wpbliedto Me. Geoike oberts of the. Westinoreivad |b Thowsh Robert as omy eafovad distinction {nthe liter aftiotio World—te was frst connected with tho. Touesin "sdi—bis career Dogan at 40 early an he instill in the primo of life: Mr. Roberts ie some of the Dest Jokes of the day are his, Mr. Edward Payson Weston's long announced ontertainment will be given wt Steinway Hall thie hat tad eyening. The Hon. Horace Greeley will preside, and Major Qou, sbaler aud staff will occupy places on the platform, Mr. Weston will frst dell Athletic éxeroises, especially on the sci Those who have” bi Speak tn Mattering Alter the lecture he will walk ® mule ni ites. The Hon, Brick Pi ent tokeen time. To accommod Kk erat box-office will remain open, for the exchange ol Nickels Gor reserved eonle ualll 4 o'ol0cK Laie P.M of ton wi THE OLD GUARD IN COUNCIL —_—o—- Tammany Hall Sends Her Delegates to ad William Mm, Among the Delegates, The Democratic County Convention met In Tammany Hall yesterday at noon, The room was packed, Mayor O'Hall called the body to ord nd nominated Comptroller Connolly tor Chatra In his speech, the Mayor referred to We manner in which the Youn Democracy had been laid out, an evidently took unto himself a ‘great deni of credit. The Mayor was dressed in a blue fwallow-tail cont, with brass sham. ck batons, white vest, black doe- ins. and calfskin boota, While speaking he kept bis bands under his coat-tail, and appeared. na he usually appears in public, (ee out) To was evidently jn good setrits, File speech contained poor Jokes ones, Everybody was delighted, and wished thoy they were ‘oring his remarks. ‘The “Mayor spoke for ten minntes, d only beld up when some delight: individual moved to adjourn, Judges Koch and Alker acted as Secretaries. As Mr, Connolly ascended the platform and drow of Off his light spring overcost, & mur through the assemblage. The Peated when the handsome Joo Koch pulled an im- mei and sat down at the Connolly was dressed like in, and presented a mar! contrast to Judge Koch, who wore the most elegant diamonda, Aftor the ham of conversation had ceased, and Jadge Cardozo's beaver hat, which ant in the alsle, had been knocked over half a dozen times by the rushing of many feet, the credent ause was re- ‘every member reaponding to his nami f Hart then arose. coughed twice, looked around upon the multitude like an eagle about to soar over a drove of shoep, and moved that a committee of one from each wai inted to retire to nominate dolegates to the State Convention. Joe Koch, who had been intently listening to Mr. Hart, immediately @ipped his immense quill into the inkstand, and Mrote out the motion, while the Chairman put tt. ‘The motion was carriod. The Chair appointed the following Committee : 1 Ward. 112—Jobn Mi 13—Micl ni 15—Dongiass Taylor. et Hart, . Reilly. ordes Ibert Cs olan. 0. 1—Chas. B. Loew. Judge Koch finished writing his motion as the Committee retired. Ho then ran his immense quill behind his ear, blew some clear ashes from his rt front, and throw himself back in his seat to await their return. The Committee were out a half hour. They reported tho fotlowing names as Dolegates to the State Convention, which were un- animously approved, lernate, © Hitideo. Freak. Zimmer, Algertion 8. Snliivan, ‘Rernard Reilly. Niel Bryant. Robt, Foster, ‘John B. Greens, . . C, . Fatrentid. “Albert “Perance Facley. _.-Honry W. Genet, Wm. Hitehman, ‘The reading of the names of Michael Norton. Thome J. Creamer, Harry Genet, William M. ‘Tweed, Albert Cardozo, and Michael ‘Connolly, was followed by loud cheers. ‘The Chairman announced A special train would leave the Erie depot at half-past 8 A. M. to-morrow for Rochester, to cot vey the delegates and their friends free of ehari On motion of K, B. Hart, the Convention then ad: journed sine die st as the handsome Joseph Koch was putting up his immerse quill, and the de'e. itreaming Ont of the h ense Judge Connolly nm: Wis appearance, steaming with per. Spiration. He sai the had he: the Convent down to breakfast down ail thew without was going Murray. that he ha levates to the Rochester ( he was over Jovel. He propose! three r the deloza. tion, and they were ¢ will. Aftor three more cheers for the Big Judge, the members vepa- rated —— Canadia Wasmryoroy, April 25.—The te apatches forwarded tro: Toronto, state information elven by the Gove: United States to the Canadian anthoritios, with re- gard to the Fenlans, or to the intentions of tis ent, are not to be trusted, They apvear to red with the design of invariably misrepro this Government, and are generally pure rents fiction, —— The Income Tax Nuisance, Wasntyaton, April 25.—The Senate has asked conference on ite amendment to the income tix at The House will not consent to ext the tax at five per cent, another year, OBITUARY. ‘The funeral of Miss Sallie Jelf takes place in J., this afternoon at 2 o'clock, from E. L. B. Delmonico, wife of Constant + 18 to be buried to-day from St Pat- Andrew Keesecker, a compositor on the Dubuque Hara’d fell dead at his caso veaterday, fle had been a Pinter SI years, and sot type on the Arst paper pub ished in Lowa. Mr, Sylvester Messeroan, of the Metropolitan police in tho Ninth Ward, dled at his residence yester day of conenmption. He had been #ix voars on the foree. fie family will receive nearly $1,000 from the Police Beneft Soctet - a CURIOSITIES OF CRIME. passed Capt, McDonnell has arrested everyboay concerned tn (he O'Day murder except Cooney. ‘Lhe ante-mortem deposition of William Stack, of 26 Reetor street, who was stabhed on Sunday night by ‘An unkoown mah, was taken yosterda: Michael Marti for stealing @ Wilkes, and ‘ombs yesterday onetng to George @ At the post office, F, 24) East Fitty.third evening On suspicion of & ployer, Michael Holohan, Patrick O'flara, and George Williams were committed yesterday by’ J 7 of Brooklyn.‘on the eharge ot being ih the party who ited Bartholomew Gunson in James. street on turday night, Gunson is lying at the City Hospital in critical condiiton. Jobn O'Brien, of Hunter's Point, got married Intely, and the Youth of the village collec’ thelr Ch ‘ones aiid other musical instru je him. They continued unt 4 last Friday meeting Tho My ‘and beat the lad, it {8 feared, ; ——— a JOITINGS ABOUT TOWN, pom att bidewalk biM posting has been prohibited, Brentano, the famous newsman, Las opened lite new home, #8 Union square, ‘The eommatation on the railroad from Flushing to New York has been reduced to $68, Including fer Jacob A, Walling, of 434 Flehth avenuo, an enet. near on th William ‘Tytamer, brother of spec ‘ ux. GQ." branch Post OMeo, has been re. m Thirty-lth strect and Bixth avenue to treet and Ninth avenue m last night reorganized themselves Jame Brien ©lub of the Tweaty-firet Ward, ar. Good, Presiden r Forly-n n steamship City of Brooklyn arrived yesterday afternoon, making the round trip to Liver: pool and back in Superintendent Jourdan {9 slashing at the thieves. He has Meemen with lanterns at the panel houses to warn strangers, Times Peabody Lodge, Ne be instituted this evening at omcors are to bo Instatied by F ew lodge, t4 to x street, and its ‘Chief Patriarch ‘Tie passengers of the stean: London, were brought up tot stowin tenders, while the yeu Quarantice to be fumigated, ‘ost OMce attaches of Station B—92 in nom: surprised their Kuperintendent, Mr, KE, Boullyett, nt, at hia rosidence 43 Eighth avenue, with thé quantity of domestic tin-ware on Wwe ry of bis marriage, A new lodge room for the Odd Fellows was conse: craved last evening at 77 Eesex street, under the nD. DG MC Vatrlarch of this State, x Past Cuef Patriarch Charles raguay, from sterday by remains at 1 hersel A magnificent pen-andink drawing, containing » gory. of 19 Sisters of Charity of the land for the dling Asylum, has been pre- be Dt if Buperior of thi itation by the Hon. Connolly, It is framed in a beavy, rich, gilt coraigs, #usmounied by & monogram U. and croee lo gilt, THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS THE ATROCIOUS MASSACRES BY THE BANDITS NEAR ATHENS, The Batchery A of the Ontlaws—Particulars of the Pur- sult and Flight. Lovo, April 25.—Mr. Otway, Under Foreign Secretary, said in the House of Commons to-day that the Government bad received despotches from Athens confirming the melancholy intelligence of the {ate of tho captives in the hands of the brigands, ‘The Greek Government made every efort to save them, but in vain, Nogotiations having been havsted, the troops moved against the robbers, drove them to a tower on the coast near Oropo, where thoy were surrounded on Friday afternoon. Offera were once moro made to the brigands, but Were rejected; and at 10 o'clock the next morning Attack was made on their position. As soon a@ the troops began to move, Mr. Herbert and the Secretary of the Italian Legation wore taken out by their captors and butchered; and subsequently, Whon the brigands found themselves hard prossed, Vyner and Lloyd were killed, The troops finally carried the tower, and tho brigands—two of whose loaders had been mortally wounded—fied, closely pursued by the soldiers. There are strong hopes that the band may be captured; in which ease the Grook authorities will deal with them suinmarily, Mr. Otway promised that Her Majesty's Govorn- ment would jore no time in urging tho authorities ‘at Athens to take proper action, ‘The British press clamor for the punishme: the marderers, and d from the Greek Go An Athens account of id butchery force sent tn puranit came un with the br Rel far from the place of capture, as they wer the rocky plies with which tno plain of Mi abounds. They were fonnd not unprepared, and a so ‘Yere Aent enaned lasting npward of an hour. Thirteom Of the orizands wero ktllod as well as sevoral of tho ae tack! The superior ‘weapons of the troops, hem, puacess. andthe chiet of the bam ith elght of his ‘hand gave ap the cont led. Some dolay was occasioned in order hae t ht eek among the killed for bodies of tt id at length fi} the troops ime followed the nowt ireuers among the Virarcent might nid aay then re f enduring hunger, thirst, and During tho retreat Lord Muncaster made his eso jt and-was found end communicated with th ‘aa then renewod with vigor, ‘bert, the Brit mont terrible —_ NAPOLEON'S FARCE. aie Yes, but the Peopic Will Not. Panis, April 25,—In public meetings held here yesterday to discuss the Plebtecitum, the majority of the audiences declared in favor of abstaining fro voting on the 8th of May. Sienor Cornandri, the Italian bai ot, Well known for his republican prociivities, has presented 100,008 francs to the Anti Plebiacitum Committes. Prince Pierre Bonaparte yesterday eave a erand banquet to the Corsicana belonging to the Gi A circular from the Ministry has just aureared, urging the people to voto "Yes" on tae Plediecttum. Cowns, Isle of Wight, April 25 Sappho and Cambria are constantly under sail, and are injected to the severest tests under every circumstance of wind and weather, preparatory to the first of th of three races to take place In Mr. Douglass and Mr. Ashbury have agreed to leave the entire management of the races to animpeachs —The yachts A Drunken Father Drowning his Son. Barnard Longstreet, who runs a sloop between this city and Piermont, attempted to hoard his ves. sel, «hich wus lying in the basin. nt the foot of Pac vonia avenne, Jersey City. He took a amall boat, and with bis little hoy Lewis started for the sloop, reet was stinidly dronk, and seized the oars from his son just afer atariinz, and in. #0 doing eap- the ‘The litte boy sank within an arm's Hof his father, but the Ia'ter was so Intoxicated that he saw his boy go down the third time without making on endeavor to save him. 1 ther atood on the tiver hott 1 grasped the boat. Whoa bronght to she 41d not seem to realize the aitu- atlon were very indignant, and threat ened t0 thr dronken ian into the river, but ho was revencd from the crowd by the police and conductet to the station house, The buy's body was recovere 1, —_ BY FIRE. Jaco Bosine'a cabinet shop, at 215 Pourth atroot, was damaged 81,200 yesterday morning. Mrs. Martha Koan's develling in. East: Marsh@old, LOSSE Masa., was birned yesterday morning, and Frederiele Ames, a young man, perished 000. —— BROOKLY Tie Aldermen have anthorized tho appropriation 80,00 for wow water malts, ‘The Baron and Bironess Otto von Rellow have taken apartments in a faehionable hotel In Brooklyn. ‘The caisson for tio Rast itiver bridge, on the okly fide, 18 to he Monted Into tw place near the ton ferry slip in about a fortni :ht. The Brookivn Catholic Lihrary Association last evening elected B. Rorko President, H. McGuire Vice President, H. Fitzgerald Recording Secretary, J. Re Kuhn, Treasurer, ‘The Brooklyn Art. Assoristion KR Mil dent. FJ 1. Ford T Van Nost P. Robinson, Di NEW JERSEY, > Gen, McClellan is not President of the Land an@ Improvement Comp Markey wus found drowned in the canal af rk yesterd: Haring Gaunerenx died at &% Railroad avenue, Jersey City, of an overdose of mandrake root Capt. Hexamer, of tho frmons Hexamer Battory, died in Hoboken yesterday, aged 45 The Lutheran Convention of New Jersey wil meet in Trenton to-day, The session will Inst the ay’ The Jersey City Commissioners last evenin ointed NR. Fowler, Chtef, and Patriek Jordan, J) ‘arin, Chief Robinsoa, and Nicholas Pierce, Capiaina, Jacob Tucker, of Paramus, who disyppeared from, his family recontiy, has been found as the head cent ofa large celored’ family in Greenwood, on the Et Ratiway. His white family are destitute, ——— FLASHES FROM THE OCBAN CABLES patel ath The naturalization bill has passed, King Victor Emmanuel has recovered from « slight attack of senrlatioa, Cabral has been decreed an ontlaw by Boe any person Is anthorized to slay him, He bas gal two battles, and Is before Azua, Another public session of the Eeumenical Counetl oe hel towtay, The Po preside, and here will yole openly on additional articles The Parliament. of tho verein has comple: Kn oreanieation. Herr Simeon was electen Tretiaeee inee Hohenlohe and Herr vou Ujest Vice-Pre Captain Fyre, of th for the restoration of h the oVidenco aguinst elusive, There ts every sign that bnsini with vigor tn Parliament. ‘The Lieral Whip hi Acirenlar to members, notifying then Attendance, as a Week of heavy work Is exe Violent quarrels have broken out in the Spanis Cabinet, and the pnttivans of the Duke of Montoens are gain! und outside the eapital, Its ako sad (hata rising in favor of tho Prince of Asturias threateped, — SPARKS FLOM THE TELEGRAPH, he Choctaw nation wish to enter the Union os the ¢ of Okluabamina, Willhim Jacobs, Chief and warrior of the Six Nee tou Luciang, denies that any of bis tribe are to form part of the Hed Hivor expedition, A freight train.on the Mobile ran through a treatle near the euMine and Fix cary Wold Ww Fathor Tmoda, « Catholic missionary among the li Ginne, he written to Gon. Sully annan icine thee 3 desiré. of the Piewans to make @ lasting peace with whiter Wim, Willlama, an employee of the Grand ‘Trout Railway Company, was drowned near Buitalo on Sam day night) in an atiompt so cross the Niogara river 10 @ suiuil boal ‘The Big Horn Expedition ts to be increased to ove thousand men, to be provided with four months Fa sfhe darty will stare from Choyeune about Cae jay. Annoancement of the action of Commission Delano to removing Supervisor Marr trom the Distri th Dephriment, waa re with surpries ai Nenation” Bpeare defalcasion extended (hrough undigsaten adisinistention aa Colle tor of vuln distr ud amouais to aver BLK, 0n, ateamor Bombay, ts seokli ertificate, on the ground thal te contradictory aud incom will be Be: Ohio Ratlro 1, ou balurday a}