The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-15

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johnson appointed Provisional Governors all excepans
Texas have held their State conventions -Four Of these
viz, Mississippi Alabama North Carolina and Fiorida-
have declared their secession ordinances null and two
Of them-South Carolina and Georgia-have merely TO-
peaed them The entire six have abolished slavery
Richmond Virginia, on Monday received an addition
TO the number Of national institutions which have boon
gradually returning her since the close OF the war BY
the opening in that city Of the United States District
Court, with Judge Underwood presiding. Tho nrst
two DAYS Of il session principally occupied in dis
missing cases OF proceedings instituted for the consca
ton OF the property Of rebels
Governor Morton's message was delivered TO the In
diana Legislature yesterday II treats Of various State
matters recommending the repeal Of the excluding
negro testimony from the courts and approves Of Pres
dent Johnsons reconstruction policy advocates epresen
ston in Congress in proportion TO the voting population
and expresses the opinion that the public safety requires
the trial of JEFF Davis for treason and other crimes
The Board OF Supervisors met yesterday and transacted
good deal OF miscellaneous business The only point Of
special interest TO the public the adoption OF resou
ton providing for payment OF bills for work, and
material used on the new Court House. amounting to
fifteen thousand hundred and seventy-two dollars
Notwithstanding the opposition Of Supervisor Ely, who
argued that the law required the papers to lie over
week before boing acted upon.
Supervisor Blunt yesterday received another largo in
sament Of State bonds for tho payment Of persons who
furnished substitutes for the army and the dschsrging
Of this liabilities in question is continued usual.
About hundred persons Of those who furnished sub
stues after the LIST of last January have yet
presented their papers to Mr. Blunt
st. Georges Episcopal church. located at tho Of
sixteenth ssrees and Rutherford place, totally
destroyed by re yesterday afternoon The edince
Of the finest in the city. built 1s4S for the
Rev. DR.. Tying, could accommodate some two thousand
persons and possessed Of magnificent organ valued
at ten thousand dollars The FIRE which laid it ashes
was caused It is believed by the carelessness OF some
timers who at work on the roof. The estimated
loss amounts 10 about two hundred thousand dollars
The criminal business OF the United States Circuit Court
yesterday commenced before Judge shipman. Some
prisoners out ON bail answered to their names when
called, and when arragned pleaded not guilty Of the
offences charged. The court adjourned till this morning
AT to-day the metropolis will probably for the
last time have been made resonant with the stirring
cangor Of the fire BELLS at that hour the radical
luton in alarms agreed upon by the Fire Comwis
soners will be naugurated Notices Of fires will hence
forth be transmitted the remen and police throughout
the city by Of the telegraph according to system
fully described in last Sundays HERALD. Our streets
will now become strangers to the wild and exciting
with which they have long been familiar
the occurrence Of fire. and intelligence Of the event.
instead being announced In the startling peals from
the befries will spread silently but rapidly through the
city to those charged with the duty Of extinguishing It,
George Gusan Canadian, was yesterday brought up
before United States Commissioner Osborn, under
extradition wrani charged with causing the death Of
McRa hv dtniui M tiiv
fprussc acid The accused and deceased residents
OF Toronto Canada West and after the death OF the latter
suspicion directed to the accused, who had disap
peared but subsequently arrested in this city Com
missioner Osborn, the reading OF the warrant, COM
mitted the accused for examination which will be opened
this morning
The argument an injunction TO restrain Governor
Gilpin of Colorado from conveying one million one hun
dred and twenty Ave thousand Of land situated in
that inchoate State heard prelimnarily by Judge
Clerke at the Supreme Court chambers yesterday after
The applicant lis j. Richard Barrett who sets up
agreement with the Governor to organize land and
mining company certain conditions, one Of which was
that the land question should be conveyed to the
pany on its organization.
The case Of Robert Black versus the Camden and Am
boy Railroad Company up appeal before the
raj term of the Supreme Court yesterday The plaintiff
claims that he sustained loss Of nearly thousand
dollars, owing 70 overcrowdng and i'll OF his cattle
in transporting them OF the boats Of the company
At the special term he obtained verdict which Is now
being argued on appeal
The contested election caso OF the wardcns of tho
French Protestant Church du st. Esprit alluded to In
paper yesterday, for trial yesterday In the
Supreme Court circuit Some witnesses examined,
but their testimony Of little interest II is believed
the examination to-day will be quite rich and amusing.
Judge E. Darwin Smith compelled yesterday morn
ing to make complaint respecting the numerous cases
OF attending jurors and declared that in future he
would rgdly enforce the penalty Of twenty five dollars
Nearly twenty were fined yesterday
The of Charles H Carr and others against VIM J.
Kendall and others, which is of interest to
Wall street operators trial in the Superior Court
yesterday before Judge Garvn According to the papers
in the case Carr, Taylor & Co. obtained Of Kendall,
Chamberlain & Co. five hundred shares Of the Napoleon
Oil Company, paying the then market value Of two dol
lara and twenty-five cents and reurnabe at three days
Shortly after the stock went up to thirty two dol
lars per share after payment of thousand eight
hundred dollars and demand Of five thousand dollars
made Of the plaintiffs which refused. The
plaintiffs however endeavored to sell, without finding
purchasers and for this they assert that the de-
PENDANTS consprod by means of fictitious sales 10 run
up the stock and by means of corncr" they pocketed
all the stock, by which the plaintiffs compelled to
pay the price demanded or break their contract The
action brought TO recover the excess of money
paid the ground that the increased value OF the stock
was produced by false representations or fraud.
In the OF Levi A. Lincoln Abby Lincoln,
which motion to set aside decree of divorce,
the ground that the marriage between the parties
valid for the that the prior marriage Of the wife
Reed utterly null ana void Judge Robertson
yesterday rendered decision ordering q referee TO
ascertain certain facts the The referee Ia 10
take proof respecting the alleged marriage Of Reed to
another prior to his marriage with Abby Lincoln
The opera libel suits instituted by Max Maretzek
against the Sunday Mercury up for trial yesterday
in the regular order Of the Superior Court calendar
Judge Moncref who presiding refused TO hear the