The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-10


Are ON the lat ipstsnt involving q loss estimated
At two hundred and any thousand dollars person who
1t is rumored Is John surratt has recently oeen mys-
teriousy committed to prison In Vicksoufs inc reDei
exes from our Southern States residing IN Monterey
have bsep directed by an imperial decree to remove TO
San Luis potos or places further in the interior
Nv the arrival here yesterday Of the steamships
Charles Thomas from Charleston, and the Mcclellan
from Hilton Head have South Carolina news TO the
9Th inst The election Of delegates TO the State Conven-
ton TO amend the constitution took place on Monday
Las, In Charleston the representing former rebels
was carried by large majority From other portions Of
tho State there are no returns sufficient to indicate the
ssu, Generals Meade and Gilmore had had interview
at Columbia with Provisional Governor Perry, and ef.
fected arrangements for the civil officers resume their
duties.
Confirmation Of our last previous reports to the effect
that General Gandara the Spanish commander had
finally given up his attempts to renew the ON the
Dominican republic, contained in our late st. Do
mngo correspondence. The blockade Of the Dominican
ports was virtually abandoned and enterprise and bust
reviving.
Under the head of sThs Orient" give letters from
one of the HERALD correspondents in Egypt furnishing
graphic account Of his travels among the ancient and
modern wonders Of that historic land including descrp
tons Of the appearance Of the country OF tho Egyptian
metropolis Of visit to the pyramids of railway travel in
the valley Of the Nc OF Mahomedan social and religious
ceremonies and of various other most entertaining mat
ters
John Kelly was yesterday brought up before United
States Commissioner Osborne on two distinct charges OF
passing counterfeit money The evidence in the case
develops the fact that the drivers Of city stages are
specially selected as the objects be vcmized by the
dealers counterfeit greenbacks that are 90 numer
Gus in the hands Of these gentry Kelly, as charged
had adod in tWO
| during Friday evening" the rain being favor
| able to such operations, but was luckily detected
by a driver who beckened to policeman and invited
him TO take seat beside him on the box The officer
being informed that bill shown him by the driver was
spurious and that the owner of the inside,
halted the stage arrested the party On being taken
to the station house Kelly identified by another
driver upon whom il is alleged earlier in the evening
he had passed the counterfeit bills
William Mcdonald yesterday committed for trial
by United States Commissioner Osborne on charge Of
| passing twenty dollar counterfeit bill.
In the Supreme Court Chambers. before Judge Bar
nard application for bail on behalf of John Ganey
made yesterday morning The application resisted
by Assistant District Attorney Cunning Bedford, on
the ground that Patrick Flynn the person whom Ganey
s charged with having violently assaulted few days
ago. is yet out of danger. The matter stands ad
journed till Tuesday morning
District Attorney A. Oakley Hail in a communication
yesterday addressed him to Justice Hogan announced
abandonment of the proceedings before that magis
trate against the alleged forger and deaulter Edward
Kechum, consequence of Ketchum being already in
dcted on other charges by the Grand Jury Of the
of General Sessions. Tho investigation, which to
have been renewed tomorrow, in the Tombs Police
Court, will therefore not take place.
Captain Anderson, of the American ship vllafranca,
which arrived this port short time ago from London
with immigrants, yesterday received summons TO ap
pear before the Emigration Commissioners TO
charges made by his passengers Of cruel treat
ment while on the voyage
Justice Shandey had under investigation yesterday
very revolving allegations, wherein policeman
Robert w. De Grushea, residing at No 100 Allen street,
fifty five years of age is charged with having forc
bly, violated the person Of his niece interesting girl
only fourteen years Of age. De Grushea denies the
charge and says that II is portion Of conspiracy
against him The investigation stands adjourned till the
18th inst
Thomas Kennedy, hack driver, was yesterday COM
mitted the Tombs to await the result Of dangerous
sabs alleged have been inflicted by him early yeser
day morning. in Chatham square, John Boyle. of No
Birmingham street, during quarrel which the two
became engaged about whip.
Hugh Campbell, living at 36 West Nineteenth street
while intoxicated, Friday afternoon, severely
conveyed to Bellevue Hospital His assailant has not
yet been arrested.
An inquest held yesterday at the First precinct
station house by Coroner Cover in regard to the boiler
explosion Friday afternoon in the soap mandatory
No 50 Stone street. whereby Willard Watson and John
Bitiner were killed. Several witnesses examined
and their testimony Interestingly but it did not result
in deciding to whom what the catastrophe
chargeabe and the Jury their verdict did not attempt
to fix the cupability
The New York singer delegations, who were engaged
in the late Saengerfest in this city, wound up their
financial affairs last night After settling their bills the
remaining funds and the property divided among
the societies. whcrcupon tho delegates adjourned
die special vote Of thanks rendered to the Nsw
York HERALD 1t being acknowledged that this journal
has published the of the of tho
German singers in this city.
The steamship Corsica and the tugboa. America col
ided in the barbor yesterday afternoon when the former
was leaving port Tbs Corsica little injured bat
the damage received by the America considerable.
Further particulars of the explosion Of the ammuni
ton train bound from Nashville for Johnsonvilie Ten
ncssee on Thursday last noticed in columns Fri
day and yesterday describe the Immediately sub
sequent TO the disaster Of the appalling charac
ter The ground for considerable distance around
strewn with the killed and wounded the fragments OF
the wrecked cars and portions shattered rocks trees
earth, &c.
The excursion party Of English capitalists who
rived in this city Tuesday last reached Meadville Pa
on the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, at
O'Clock yesterday morning, where entertainment was
awaiting them comprising ball and supper, in which
they all Immediately took part They left Meadvle for
the oil regions, special train at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon and pleased with their visit that they
design repeating II to-day.
The Illinois state Fair at Chicago closed yesterday 1t
is estimated that over twenty thousand people were on
| the fair grounds in the afternoon
The sloop of-wnr Guorrcre was success.
fully launched the Navy Yard at Charlestown Msssa
chuses yesterday afternoon, in the presence Of large
| assomblage.
Henry Cooper late President or the American National