The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-20

for Secretary Of State Comptroller State Treasures
Attorney General State Engineer and Surveyor, Canal
Commissioner Inspector Of State Prisons two Judges o.
the Court Of Appeals and Clerk OF the Court Oh Appeals
Last night delegates arriving In considerable num-
bers and there was every indication OF large attend
ance. -
The Wsconsn Democratic State Convention Is TO be
held ct Madison TO day also.
Recently while parry Of national soldiers were In
search of lost government cattle near Gaylesvile Ala
bama they were attacked by sheriff with posse of
| men who claimed to be acting under authority from
Governor Parsons One of the soldiers killed and
thirteen OF the sherins made prisonen This
collision between the civil and military is 70 be investi
| gated by board Of army ofacem
Owing 70 the financial straits TO which majority Of
the Southern people have found themselves reduced
the is ended TO their want Of information In
gard to the requirements Of tho Internal Revenue laws
for other the Secretary Of the Treasury has order
cd that all articles in the lately rebeious states which
be shown 10 have been manufactured before the esab
shment Of the collection district in which they
found shall be held free from the present
collection Of tax unless transported beyond the State
limits
The trial OF the rebel steamboat burners was com
menced in st. Louis yesterday The counsel OF tho
prisoners has given notice Of his intention TO
witnesses Jen Davis and the members Of his exploded
Cabinet rtf aHgf~ \ G-agIykW uo1fAnF
contradiction Of the report recently put aoat evil
IDENTIFY with the design Of injurng tho Of the
Mexican republic that President Juarez designed leaving
his country and seekng refuge here is con tanned
letter from that distinguished ruler dated at Fl Pnso
the 18th Of August just received by gentleman in
this CITY, Mr. Jusrcz says he has idea Of abandoning
his country or his counrys He had temporarily
established the government at Fl Paso but would
take up his residence in of the interior cities He is
determined fulfil his duty of preserving the popular
government Of his native land and does despair Of
success. tN
The national convention of Odd Fellows continued in
session in Baltimore yesterday The city crowded
with strangers drawn together from every part of the
country attend this reunion Of the Order and UP
late hour last night the railroad trains continued
to bring in accessons to the number. To-day the
monument to Thomas Widely, the father Of Odd Eel
owship the United States will be naugurated with
procession and imposing ceremonies. Yesterday
mittee of the delegates visited Washington and called
President johnson for the purpose Of inviting him b,
present the interesting occasion The President said
that if possible he would be with them and IL is believed
that he viii attend ~ nt
II is said that Secretary Seward has been informed by
the Governor of Vermont that the St. Abans banks have
received from tho Canadian authorities the full amount
stolen from them by the rebel raiders.
The municipal authorities Of st. Louis. during the
cent visit of Generals Grant and Sherman to that city,
in order to give the people better opportunity to SEQ
and greet them, made arrangements with those distin.
gushed officers to visit lafayette park last Friday
afternoon and there they had most enthusiastic cep
ton by some ten thousand persona male and female
General Grant in reply to address, made one Of his
Enthusiastically brief ches.
The Board Of Supervisors ia session yesterday,
and principally occupied with the county levy
In reply to the inquiries Of the Board
communication was received from the Corpo.
ration Counsel giving his opinion that Supervisors
have discretion in the matter Of paying the
enuneraors but tina. IT is their duty II they have been
notified that tho returns have been accepted by the Sec
Rotary Of State insert in the levy suf
cicnt nay each Of these three dollars per day for
his strvices. The Counsel also stated that the police
justices presiding the Court of Special Sessions
entitled in addition their other regular salaries,
compensation equal that received by the City Judge
the Of the enactment Of the law which devolved
this duty upon them, and that the necessary sum to
meet this extra pay should also be inserted in the tax
levy The communication laid and ordered TO
be printed. resolution ATTY dollars
pay the enumerators defeated, and after some
further proceedings the entire tax levy laid aside for
action at future meeting. tf fiss
The cases Of Frank Ferris and Roger Lamb both con-
fore tho general term of the Supreme Court appeal
from the Court Of General Sessions. The principal
grounds of appeal in the Of Ferris that
the trial, verdict and Judgment took place after
the expiration Of the third week Of the term, the
legal limit for the sitting Of the Court Of General
Sessions, aud also for other alleged informates
In the form Of trial. and because the defence OF hom
cidal insanity set up BY the prisoner not fancfu
one indicated every step in the testimony.
In the Of Lamb the grounds of appeal that the
below erred in not allowing the defence to prove
that his wife of quarrelsome, vndicve and brutal
disposition and also in charging the jury that the law
prcsumes malice from the act Of killing, and in
fusng charge that IL the jury have reasonable doubt
what degree Of guilt to find il is their duty
wet OF the lesser.
In the case of Mr.. Loeffer against Mrs Glenn which
action for the recovery Of three hundred dollars
for painting portrait OF the defendants dead son,
verdict rendered yesterday in the Marine Court in
favor Of the plaintiff.
In the Of General Sessions yesterday Theodore
Losey ndictsd for forgery Ia the third degree in at
tempting pass forged check the Leather Manufac
tursrs Bsnk ninety dollars purporting to be signed
by Thomas Kerr pleaded guilty to the fourth grade Of
that offence, aud was remanded for sentence James
Kelly charged With stealing hundred dollars worth
OF cotton goods from Albert Cheseborough, the 25th
Of August pleaded guilty TO attempt grand larceny
The Court sentenced him TO two years imprisonment in
the State Prison Ellen Hardy, indicted for stealing
hundred and twenty Ave dollars worth Of
ing apparel from Katharine Driscoll, OF 12s
West Twenty seventh street, the 30th Of
June, pleaded guilty to the offence, and was
10 the State Prison for Two VIM. Thompson,
being charged with stealing gold watch from Edwin L.
Wood while the Of Houston street, pleaded TO
an attempt at grand larceny. He was pursued and
arrested in building in Crosby street. where the
watch was found. Sentence postponed. The case
Of william stockton. charged with burgariousy entering
. room in the Dsy Street House. occupied by Dr. Dis
brow concluded and resulted In the acquitta Of the
accused George Maher, alias Muggins, charged with
robblng Patrick Campbeil Of thirty one dollars, was
tried; but the testimony Of the complainant
reliable that Assistant District Attorney Bedford aban
doned the case and the jury rendered verdict Of mot
guilty" without leaving their seats Edward Swccny
was convicted Of stealing seventy FIVE dollars from James