The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-02-26

% be hsad Il Chicago the Ath Of July next fsr NE
nomination Of for President and Vice Presdsa
made report which agreed TO- and the convent'oo
thereupou adjourned The st OF delegates Is headed "
the names Of Governor Seymour Dean Richmond, Isaac
Butts and August Belmont.
The Supervisory Bounty Committee had another heavy
day yesterday 10 receiving recruits and pay ng The
bounty The Park institution has become % noted and
popular that volunteers arc ockpg in from the country
60 take adv antage Of the heavy bounty paid In hand and
the ccrtsnty Of making secure for their families
friends IL they desire About two hundred and hfty
wore paid yesterday An attempt was made yesterday
to literally spike the guns OF Chairman Blunt Two six.
Founders are planted In front Of the door Of the
Committee rooms, and when business opens In
the morning they are dischsgsd, thus giving no.
lice 10 all that operations for the day have com.
meDced. After loading the pieces yesterday morn
ing they held are and the charges they
were both found with some hard substance inserted
down TO tho brooch. we'll calculated had expl0
sion taken place. 10 have burst them both and played
havoc with the hundred two surrounding Thorn,
including portion OF the committee II 10 difficult TO
oeltcve that In midst could prove himself
such miscreant 10 have intended the catastrophe
which accident alone but the with which
the pieces were prepared looks as though there was
malice in II. But Mr.. Blunt stin lives pay out the
grecnbacks TO all volunteers who call At the Office.
The Brooklyn and Long Island Sanitary Fair is proving
a great success About twenty thousand people have
already visited IT, aud The receipts from that aud
tho sale Of goods already upwards OF hun
dred and forty thousand dollars.
The Councilmen met at O'Clock yesterday. 1880
luton ofeoncuraoo adopssd authorzing the Comp
trsllcr 20 sen vi public auction all forty franchscs OK
pred leases OF whsrvos, piers and sps and oil improved
property q present yeldag revenue to the city
resolution granting the Of their chamber for special
term Of the Superior Court before Hon Judge Moncrief
laid the table, majority Of the members being OF
opinion that the presence Of the lawyers WAS always fol-
lowed by disappearance OF their books stationery no.
Communication received from tho Mayor vstoing
resolution authorizing tho Committee Arts and Sci
spcss procure suitable badges the members Of the
Common Council hs Honor taking into consideration that
forty badges would b required, and oil OF gold
would entail Largo and useless expenditure Of the public
money. considerable amount or routine business was
transacted and tho Board sdournsd ell Monday next
one o'clock. Ne.H
Tho Directors Of the Institute Of Reward for Orphans
OF Patriots hold meeting last night ia the Of Dr.
Webster, q the Free Academy, when Dr. Holton stated
that 500 were realized BY tho exhibition OF the public
sohoos tho 22d Instant half OF which ID to DO dsvoea
TO the object Contemplated and the other half to be do
mated TO Washingtons Prz Tho Doctor then produced
the copy Of act which has passed through two read
inss in Congress- providing for the donation Of land
agricultural colleges for orphans throughout the
raj 6tatcs An application has also been made to the
Legislature OF Albany for $40 00o 10 addition 70 tho
proposed to be raised for the erection Of the
building 10 this city.
The case Of RAenftc va the Mutual Bnsnt Life Iusur
Company was resumed yesterday in the SUI erior
Court BET no Judge Moncrief The testimony chiefly
medical aud introduced for the purpose showing
that previous to and Immediately after tho policy
effected in the Office Of the dolcndants the deceased
hbcd symptoms Of consumption. and that he had boon
iecced by several insurance companies upon that very
lroand Tho will probably 60 the jury to-day.
ID The case Of Lscien D. Conan the Ocean Bank,
where tho plaintiff TO $4,000 services
rendered who director In this institution from 1855
1902 Judge Mccunn granted the motion yesterday for
ths examination Of the books Of the bank ordered
reference to the Boo Murray Holman superntcnd the
proceedings The plaintiff also allowed to his
complaint to Increase the claim for damages from
so 600 - $4,000.
In tho Supysae Court yesterday before Judge Peck.
ham, Mary Margaret Press sued her husband Constant
Prcss Tor divorce the ground adultery The evil
denco Of the defendants Intimacy with young women Of
doubtful character fully established, and the jury
aftcr duo deliberations rendered verdict for tho plaintiff
Matthew J. Tuomey. beosher OF tho OK Alderman,
muctcd In the OF s2c0 yesterday by jury In
hs Superior Court before Judge Novel; for assaultng
butcher named Moses Grabfeder Tho plaintiff laid bis
damages at 5000, and claimed to have been badly
abused.
The number OF inmates Ia tho public Institutions OF
the city at present IL $3.50 The number admitted last
week OIL and the number discharged transferred
or who dol 1881.
TIE markets werc rather armsr yesterday; but apart
from this tho in gold change Tho I'D
not large enough TO aec, the markets much,
aud most goods remained net. though firm. This
particularly the with imported merchandise. which
1, more directly affected BY gold fluctuations. On
Change markets for brsadstuns Depressed by
the later European Flour fully &c. loo.
lower. whilc whoat about lc or Corn, which is in
small stock ana in tow hsnds, firmly held, and
sight impros ement realized crop. whiskcy
was aasn &c &c. iow and very dull. Frcights
also cry dull and 10 avor o, shippers foreign
steamers getting tho lions share. Cottnn irmer
uadcr tho Hinernisn's news. Groceries steady.
Petroleum hrmcr for both crude and refined.
T.sc MnntfestO OF the Rebel COngress-A
Dism nj story.
OF all the rebel jeremiads Of the war, the
address OF the retiring rebel Congress to the