The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-01-25

from scauold, struck hun on The head. Whhe
friends were conveying him 70 his residence, No.
10 West 18Th street Mr.. Branch dol.
THE CORPORATION COUNSEL has made
motion before Judge fngratAm f1r he appoint
ment of Commissioner, -nfer The sc' auth orl.ns
the construction II the new reservoir for Wash
ngton Height.
NATIONAL RErRfBrrroS AND REpEMPrroS.
About ono hundred persons chiefly co.ored, as
sembled At the Cooper fnsiiiute n hear Vim Lloyd
Garrison, who was announced N lecture for the
African Civilization society m th, above subJert
Amer waiting time beyond the hour appointed,
the Rev. M. Wilson tcolo rcdl cam on the platform
and announced TINT NJ Garrison bad been ENGAGED
h. lecture on this even NJ four weeks ago ii
however, became 81 two days SINCE, and george
Thompson, the great Enslikh Ant-slavery man,
had tcogra- hcl T. the Association " ndsy that he
would lecture last evening IN place oi Mr. GsrriSon
He hAd, however, Just received = letter from Mr..
Thompson, who sad that his promise hed ten
hastily gwen and that tia Arrangements compelled
him w. Leave for Boston by last evenings tram.
The audience VAS accordingly i smissed, and hos"
who wished n lake back their money rece3ved u At
the Lcket Office.
EiRKs. Shortly after two o'clock yesterday
| morning a IRE broke on, N the grocery store, No
| 10 Jersey street. occupied by Henry Precht Tie
tn-uranc, Patrol prov pity c1tngrshod the flames.
\ Vuhully ~ burning OIL dr0VIei through INC
Naor and t"t ere 10 partition In the cellar, which
wss also soon eNtin -1iished Assistant Fire MAJ
| sha Baker present and made an investigation.
lie found sufficient evidence o. ~ w that the place
had been wholly fred. Henry precht, tho pro.
pretor. va. ARRESTED by Officer McGover Of tho itIh
Precinct and committed Tor Examination uv
Justce Hogan The stoct - Nr Precht was In
aurei Tor SlN in the Jefferson ms Go. The loss
will amount n shout $40 prs.ht purchased the
p acc about month ago for 800. Tue Fire Mar.
shal Ia continuing the Investigation.
Late IN Monday evening FIRE WAC discovered in
~ Fulton street occupied stencil plate manu-
factory by N Barry Garrctson. II originated
from ioryo on the second floor BEFORE tho FIRE
could he eNtingushod the contents ~ the
building were almost entirely destroyed, aud
tho building laef which IL owned by Myudut
Nsn Schsick, WAS damaged " the extent oi $500
insured. The first foor occupied hv VIM
Cables propr ,nr q tie Excelsior WIRE works.
Ills loss N $1,000 insured for toOOI 1bo lSs
and insurance 4 DE Barr, & GArrctson could no.
he Arcertainod up 10 late hour last evening The
third moor was occupied by Mr. 4 fLk, deser In
tpbscco aud sogsrS and suffered damage W .bc ex.
tant OF 5000 insured for 5000 portion Of
the same floor was occupied by Theodore wash
burn, tobsoconisk whose loss ~ $500 and is IN
surod.
CARTaES AND LABoRERs' ASSOCIATION
special meeting Of thus holy WAS held last even
ing 81 SherdAn's Apollo Rooms, 20 Prince street
'or tho purpose u appointing commit tees for the
nomination Of officers aud such other busueas as
m .ht he brought before II. committee was Az
pointed Co examine tue hooks aud audit the
.ccounts and smother to nominate officer, for tie
ensuing twelve months. The first committee were
dircctcl TO assemble on tomorrow evening, at tho
same placc. for the dispatch Of business, aud the
SECOND On Monday evening next. The Association
ia now N cool working oricr, and Is financially
aud otherwise in excellent condition
CATHOLIC ORPHAN AsYLuN.-The Christ
mas col eytions for the Roman Catholic Ornhan
Asy lams amounted to t235iO 10, including do
nation q one thousand dollars from Mr. Charlie.
hunohue The collections In the several churches
wcro s f. lows: St MAry's SHiSi ~ 81
y ophen's sL152: II. John the Evsngelist's, Sl,-
zoo; - Jnsrphs, 1900; 81. Peters ti,5sn; ~.
FrsuCls N4vitf's, -, $50 -. 1rre-As slb15 %
~. james, sl,23S ~ st Andrews, tl,o6s 10;
-. PAtrch'S >1,C59 30 ~, Apn's si.OlS Holy
Cross Sl,0ii IS all oihers, S5,s9s a.
CoRoSER's lNQuEsrs.-Coroncr Cover was
notified yesterday to hold an inques, on the body
Of william II johnson lying at the City Hospital.
The dccrAsed died from the effects o. Injuries re-
CO vel during quarrel on "Wednesday evening
last, "a saloon near the old National Theatre, IN
Chatham street II appears that johnson entered
the saloon In company With two females and while
sitting at n table one Of the women was iusulted
by Al nmRs Coien. quarrel cnrued. when Pat
rick Hays, an sx-pohccnAn, snd Robert jackson
also, As alleged, assaulted Jolnsnn, besunr him
terribly with chairs and other wenllns. II Is said
mat Nbl4hh saw nays hhlkt u unison on the
| head with shovel. johnson va removed to the
| & ~ Hospital where 10 died vcs,r-lAy. HAYS,
jackson aud Cohen were arrested, aud sre con-
| nucd IN the Tomls. An inquest will bo held On
the body of Johnston to-day ...... Coroner Cover
| l,lt an inquest yestcrIay on the body Of Daniel
! 81 Ivan, VINO diet from injuries received on tho
/ 10th INST, hy falling from the cabin deck to tre
IVA n deck Of tbo ship Peabody, then LYNX Vt Pier
| IL, East RIVER The Jury rendered verdict OF &C.
| cdeutal death.
THE COURTS.
CoSoLrMoN or rnE aILLerNuGn CAsr-CnAuGE
or IN Jrpor-rns ISuIASA DIyovcE DscLAaKp
NrLL ASp Nop-rho notorious Grim. con. case
which has been several days on trial before Judge
Leonard, was concluded yesterday, aud the case
wa giycu to the jury. When Court opened at ten
| o'clock IN the morning, the room was filed with
tHr,tltors, calcr 10 hear tie concluding speeches
g ,..uc.', and The judges charge. The Judge
lro'cy d IN the hrst p'a to give hs deris on re-
lHtnt the validity of tire Indiana divorce, aud
scot ~ do pop So 90 Tod tlat the divorce GRANTED
l' Indiana % not valid The court had no iur y
n' N 'y.r tho def u ant, Aii'spsu-h lie was
no. 90 court and uls Zoe '.uHr he Il.iuun herself
lpl uot been ,lucut Il the stale one year ~
i'Q .ltcA uF TIC Na,u'cs oi the state" Couu3cl
u,u pruosrdc. wal tNDr Ar.umcutt after which
tie jutsc pruscc led charge the jury lie re-
marked thtt the should CONSIDER te origin ,i tic
acquaintance between tie defendant yrt No.
NJ ilsp4ugl, ana tie Yro-rrss 90. il. Ncllrr tlr
IN nuN nor has wife mi, ht have acted IN ri1uurr
hcntpng husband aud wife, but this did not us-
tiS the defendant In scdu,,us tho wife a. UlnivuN
a. Was charged. II there " re q tlcrcutcs hctwccu
t'c pa utih aud his W C, the lattr- might e re.
claimed II lea TO herself. i the jury tohcyed that
Adams scduccl PLAINTIFFS vile dgr.u, the iourucy
to lallaLa, or at any pre- cli.g time, i would Ia
srcs. The Indiana divorce was not valid, and
Lelte could not lo use0 M the case except so ar
as iis lntroluoton might mitigate or iucrcas' dam,
a-cs. The Court thea alluIc. 90 the eyliD u, c Ad,
] NlCtsl, q. u III ne l.t