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

Tvs FoRry. SEVENTH RKGnxsr-A battalion drn OF the
right wing OF the Forty-seventh regiment, National
Guard place their armory in Fourth street.
f. D., Monday night, Colonel Messerole command
ing The troops exercised in the various battalion
movements One feature of the occasion the
else the manual Ut the sound of the buge The troops
acquitted themselves with credit by the strict attention
they paid TO the instructor Spectators admitted,
which was the OF large assembage OF the friends
Of the Forty seventh among whom were large proper
ton OF the fair sex of the fashionable circles of the East
District The drills Of this regiment very popu
lar and will be repeated at intervals during the winter
season.
TEnPERANcs Mass MgEusG-The friends OF total Alb.
stinence' principles will hold grand meeting at
Dr. Cuyler's church tomorrow evening All the
prominent advocates OF temperance IN this city and New
York will be present and take part in the meeting
Row AMONG rHE DIRECTORS OF THE BRooELyS AcApg-
or MusIc. For some time a row has been breeding
among the directors Of the Academy Of Music, at tho
head Of which is the irrepressibe Chittenden. II ap
pears from the facts that have 10 light that the
Young Mems Christian Association made application 10
the directors for the Of the Academy for the pur
pose OF hearing lecture from Fred Douglass Some Of
the members OF the Executive Committee objected TO
the petition, on the ground that TO grant the application
would be dangerous precedent as Mr. Douglass was
q negro, and IL he was permitted TO lecture in the
Academy any other negro could demand the prvi
iege and applications would he made al minimum To
hold negro conventions negro balls negro fairs &c
which would he damaging 10 the character Of the build
ng and cause great loss to the stockholders The abo
liiion portion Of the committee took very different
view OF the subject and thought a distinction could he
made between respectable negroes and darkies
The application was finally refused
MELANCHOLY SuIuDe.-Mr James Hughes n respect.
able citizen Of the Eastern District residing Ninth
street. Ainsle, committed suicide under the
melancholy circumstances late Monday evening For
time pas he has been laborng under great
anxiety, account Of the III health OF his wife, whom
he devotedly attached which caused alarm among
his friends This and other suspicious circumstances
caused partial watch Of his movements; but he eluded
the vigilance OF his family On the evening stated he
went into his par0r and deliberately discharged pistol
loaded with buckshot, into his heart, causing instant
death II Ia said that the day before his death he
visited the Cemetery Of the Evergreens nj East New
York and selected spot for his grave He fifty
years Of age, and leaves wife and three grown up
daughters
TW PACKARD DIvoRcs Surr-rhs case, which has been
pending for several days past in the supreme Court
fore Judge Barnard the details Of which are unit for
publication-beng recriminaon Of the parties to the
suit-has by order Of the Court. been given into the
the hands Of Judge winslow referee
THE FoRr HAMILTON HoncmI-vERDrCT os rHK JUaY.-
The coroners jury empaneled by Coroner Lynch 10
hear the Of the Fort Hamilton homicide in which
drummer named Underwood met his death at the hands
of James Lake, have rendered verdict that Henry r.
Underwood 70 his death by compression and CON
cusson Of the brain, the result Of injuries received
the hands Of James Lake. the being in
The prisoner thcreupon discharged from custody