The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-02-13

sued for soldiers. Bills were noticed for rah'
road in Fifth avenue TO enlarge the powers oil the
sanitary officers in the City Inspectors Department.
OF New York. to compel the Eric and Central raul
roads to charge pro rata freight. and TO reduce
the capital stock OF the Harlem and Spuyten Dry
vii Canal Company. An evening session was heid,
which was entirely devoted to speeches ON the
Governors message.
MISCELLANEOUS EEws
The extra Cunard steamship Olympus. from
Liverpool at eleven A. M. on the Goth, and from
Queenstown on the eth of January. arrived at this
port early Yesterday morning. Her news has been
fully anticipated.
letter from Rome of the 10th OF January
says:-On Monday last there was the annual "Ac-
cademia Poliglotta" Of the students of the Propa.
ganda, and alude to it only to observe that the
youths who carried off the palm were two negroes,
rejoicing in the names Of William Samba and John
Provost. Their delivery and action were wonder
full, and called forth thunders Of applause, even in
a church.
Colonel E. L. Price, formerly Of tho One Hun
dred and Forty-ffth regiment New York State
Volunteers, which corps has been consolidated,
was serenaded last night at his residence, No. so
Tenth street, by the non-c commissioned officers of
his late command Colonel Price made an appro.
pirate speech in response to the compliment tend
cred him, and assuring the soldiers that he would
soon be restored to his command.
Michael Purcell, Sixth ward politician. was
shot Yesterday by man named Valentine, at the
show room of the latter No. Las Chatham street.
Valentine surrendered himself into custody, and
declares that he shot Purcell in self-defence.
After the rencontre gang of Dead Rabbits at
tackled the show shop and destroyed its contents
They also beat James Beasley in a dreadful man.
ner. The wounded man was conveyed to the
hospital, and it is supposed his injury may prove
fatal
William Godfrey was yesterday arrested by off.
GERS Tucker and Poore, of the Marshal's Office,
charged with dcfrauding two enlisted colored
men, George Taylor and Benjamin Johnston, Of a
large portion of their bounty money. Johnston
says that he was enticed from Washington on a
promise of large bounty in New York. On arriv.
ing here he was taken in hand by Godfrey, who
took him to Lafayette Hall, where he signed
papers of enlistment. A person representing
himself as a recruiting officer at Lafayette Hall
told the negro that Godfrey would see him safely
to the boat He was then taken into room on
pretence of having uniform given him. Being
here left alone for short time, he suspected all
was not right, and started out to look after his
friend Godfrey, whom he saw jumping into cab,
which immediately drove of. Johnston was quick
enough to recognize him, and, meeting him yester.
day. he gave him in charge of the police. Godfrey
boasts of having been q prominent Ninth ward
politician. He is at present locked up.
Further evidence in defence Of Lieutenant Cole
was taken yesterday before the court martial
Benjamin M Case, who represented himself as
"Agent New York Life Insurance Company re-
siding at lis Clinton street, Brooklyn, was arrest
ed on Thursday evening last, by Deputy Marshal
s. 8. Jones, on charge Of defrauding an enlisted
soldier, named Patrick Hughes, out Of one hundred
and fifty dollars-part of his bounty money. 1t
appears that one Of the Brooklyn police was also
implicated in the act. Case was kept in durance
vile all Thnrsday night but having no alternative
but Fort Lafayette or giving up the money, he
chose the latter, and on refunding it was dis
charged.
Arising out OF the previous case q charge was
subsequently preferred against Charles Williams,
of the Forty first precinct Brooklyn police, for
having defrauded the soldier, Patrick Hughes, Of
fifty dollars-part of the bounty money. 1t ap.
pears that it was on Williams affidavit that Case
was arrested, and he now turns round and charges
Williams. The latter is at present in custody.
verdict of 1888 was rendered against John A.
Fisher. of III Chambers street, yesterday in tho
Court of Common Pleas, before Judge DAILY in
consequence of losses suffered by Hermann Stras-
berg and others by the defendants Croton water
being carelessly allowed to run during the night
time.
It was expected yesterday that Judge Barbour,
of the Superior Court, would make final dspo-
sition Of the jury who "agreed to disagree in q
case tried before him last week. but at the request
postponed for few days, with the view Of pre-.
pairing afidavits in mitigation Of punishment.
In the case Of Curtis against Van Eeten, which
has been on trial in the Superior Court, before
Judge Mcneil, during the past two days, one Of the
witnesses, named NJ. A. Jones, testified that he
was stock operator, and that upon a capital Of
1915 he had done business Of 5000 000
BY paying a small margin to the broker,
just enough to secure him against any
loss, the witness was enabled to operate
largely without running any very great risk.
He invariably received or paid the difference, as
the occasion demanded; SO that the stock itself
never passed through his hands.
The dispute between the American and United
States guano companies. relative to the right to
take guano from Rowland Island, in the Pacific
Ocean, is still under litigation. The United States
company is laboring under an injunction, but is
now seeking to have it removed. Yesterday the
motion to vacate the injunction was argued before
Judge Barnard, in the Supreme Court, chambers,
by Messrs. Whiting and Langdell on the part Of
the American company, and Messrs Pennington
. and Emott on the part Of the United States com.
pany. The argument will be continued again on
Wednesday.
The trial Of young man named Stephen Larkin,
indicted for robbery, accompanied with violence
occupied the whole Of yesterday in the Court Of
Sessions. The prosecution proved to the satisfac'
ton Of the jury that Iarkin had assaulted and