The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-06

cer1led In dtting out aAVcrt has eddreaeu long
communicated 70 the puble setting forth the ales-
ell hc,s Of the case. lie sta,es that he was mem
Der q the drm Of Appley oAksmith, q dreenport,
L. l.; that lie himself Is without means, but that
Appley has me property; tina, soms time last
spring Appley bough, the bark Augus,A In his own
name ard on his swu Account, for a whaling voyage
that he toah smith, helped 70 ct her out for the
voyage; thA, whom prepared she was seized by
the u. q. Marshal and conismned By the Court a.
SLAYER. Mr.. osksmith then g,ates that the Au-
s'lsts WIS bonded by Mr.. Appley, and he
determined " send the vessel or her intended
whaling voyage, first dhspa,chlng her 10 the West
ern Islands, ~ have her fitted out. A. that time,
whss osksmith WAS near his homestead, At Pre-
Island, ,ogstLsr with sUme Of the officers and men
Of Thu Augusta, he was seized BY order Of the US
Marshal, and conveyed, In lions, 70 Fort Lafayette
where be remained for considerable period, with
cut any Examination Of his case. The men who
were arrested with him were discharged Cor wan
q evidence. One Of them, he claims, committed
parury IN giving evidence, which implicated him
self toaksmith.l He then made two applications to
Mr.. Seward for hearing Of hs case, and 1Aily the
referee, ~ whom Wa committed, reported tina
there were grounds for his de.en,ion. Amer
this he released from Fort LAfayes.s his pers,u
searched aftcr leaving that place, and conveyed "
Port Warren, and frum thence 70 Suffolk jail. Bos-
ton, MNss where he Is Imprisoned, charged with
being owner Of the Margaret Scott, a SLAYER. aud
with having fitted her out FOR tina, trade. His
preeen, address Is issued from that all, in which he
claims ~ 10 innocent Of bcng engaged in the slave
trade, and In weighs much and bitterly against u g.
Marshal Murray whom he charges With bis tOAk-
-mith'-l persecution in order that murray may
show official activity which shat, gain Tor him party
credit and sdvAi cement
TnR GALLANT SIXTY. NINTH" have opened q
recruiting station at No. 416 Broadway, under the
charge Of LiEur. PFrER CosiLS, Of Co. ". but
lew vacancies remain and those who wish u Join
probably the most famous corps in the service,
should MT let nj, opportunity pass. Toe 6)ih Ia
located at Camp California, few mis beyond
AeNandris, ard on the road - Manassas.
A CohBEsroSDEST AT STATEN ISLAND, who is
= carriage maker, states that he hNs invonted
kind Of shell, filed with combus,ibie materials
which, explosion, scsttors fire upon AL surround
ing perr-pns and objects, which cannot be eSlin-
guish,d by any of the usual methods Of rI,ting out
ire
MIR. STBrHES MAssErr will give Readings TO-
night, VA aid u the floating debt Of the "Churoh
4 the Redemption" in Ea't 18th street, Al o'c.o,k.
GoyEbSMHSr SALE OF Co1ToS. "A largo
quantity Of Sea Island snd Upland cotton sdd
yesterday, for the Government al the Ausztc ID ok.
Brooklyn, by MSs-rs. Burdett, Jones Il Go. The
-ale c,,mn need at half past twelve o'clock. and waI
concluded in abou, an hour. Not many cotton bro
kers were present, bu, the bidding WA spirited.
Al the cotton had been gnnoI on the plantations
whore Il WAS picked.
ffst.. .
3bc., and sold at 49c. W M. Il levin THIS gentle
purchased in all 1925 lbs, % bLo, at 50, 49,
80, and 81 cents.
Mes'rs. M,libie a 20, purchased 80 b~cs, I 3, 257
l=, at %, bo, 81, &C aud % cents
Nj. Il. Joice bought 800 los. Upland cotton
261 cents
Mcssrs c. G & H. NJ. Tabor, u the wllnan,ic
Co, Conn, purchased in all 81 bales, io,i2l lbs
At 56S, bs, OF, 6S aud 60 y cents
y. G Wilson took two small lots o. COS lbs. At %
cents
+. CARROTS bought bales u Upl>nd a, Qo cents.
Ten bales were purchased by TrucsiLs & Green
d52k and 10 cents.
Nine bales were purchased by G. A. Burgess At
%, %, 90 and CT cents.
The prices seemed u 10 governed mainly by the
quality Of the article offered, the cotton being on the
ground and thoroughly inspected by the buyers be
fore the sale.
GES. ScoTT, it is reported has abandoned
the idea Of going u Key Wet, and VII, n,, leave
this city ior some time.
Tux SEyESrH WARD SCHOOL DryFtcuLrY
CONSOLIDATION or Two or rBR SCHOOLS. -
A meeting " school officers % tho Seventh Ward
met last evening, at ward school NJ. p At NJ. ITO
Henry street, for the purpose o. tkin. hiG action
upon the report u the Special COMMITTEES having
in charge tie subject u the Consolidation of tho
male and female schools N,s. 81 and II int separ
ate grammar schools, Tor either sexcI A very
large number OF citizens were present NJ. John
Duffy, one u the school trustees OF the ward, pre-
sided.
Comm 7sioner Calvin add easel tho BbarL the
y-t u whose remarks contained in tho letters
which lie read from T.. &. Benedict &. Godfrey
Gunther, Geo. W. Cooper aAd Nelson J. waterbu-
bury, in which those gentlemen state they have
found in their respective wards that the systeln Of
two departments in each school buildizg, VIZ; a
grammer schurl FOR one sex, and primary depart
ment Tor both sexesto lie Ia ali respects the lest
which can be adopted and especially that Il Is al
together better on the score of economy.
Alter repeated calls for vote On the report, II
was first read, aud IL to the effect that-The com
nitteo n whom Was referred the subject OF conIol-
dating the grammar department reported that they
recommend the following as The best mode 0. dis
osing OF the matter, yiz t. unite the boys gram
mar schools, Nos. 81 aud L. into one male depart
nent u occupy the upper part OF one o.
the school houses, and h. combine the
girls grammar schools Nos. 81 and IL in the same
manner also, that the primary departments OF
these schools remain undistmbci' except " unite