The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-28

oton - q emphatic eondsmAaaloa q the stod pigeon
systsm employed In ansssing the seoused
There has bssn considerable misunderstanding esswsse
II internal revenue collectors end certain M"Ses'
claim agents and Others the latter contendns tnA' ne
internal Revenue dd MOI require them 70 saks oo'
individual licenses when they were members " ni".'
their coparnership licenses being considered sumcenI
The collectors took the opposite VIEW ana inc "Ae
referred for adjudication 10 United s'a'os oo"mS
sioner Osborn, who yesterday rendered ms op'non oe
Gliding that persons Of the classes in question arc re
quired by the law to have individual a. We" - 0opAr
nership licenses.
| The Young man Wallace W. whtesey, whose arrest
in this citv few DAYS ago on charge OF stealing about
one hundred and eighty thousand dollars worth OF gov
bonds from the Treasury Department has here
tofors been noticed yesterday committed 70 prison
in Washington for trial. default Of one hundred thou
| sand dollars bail
| The hearing in the United Service Petroleum and
| Mining case was resumed yesterday before Justice
Dodge at the Jefferson Market Police Court There was
only one witness examined during the day but his evil
dence was important The case stands further adjourned
| till ono p NJ. to-day
The coroners investigation was continued yesterday
in regard to the murder of James Smith, who was killed
at the foot of Fyfth street. East river last Tues
day night while returning from the Fenian demonstra-
ton in Jones' Wood. Two other supposed TO be
implicated the affair arrested but yesterday dis
charged, after their innocence being made apparent
Suspicion is strong against man named John Burns,
whose residence is the of avenue and Fiji
tecnth street. who present at the deadly ARRAY but
whom the police have not been able TO find Con-
siderable testimony taken yesterday and the exami
nation was further adjourned till this afternoon.
Thomas McCue and Joseph Benedict charged with the
theft Of ny five hundred dollars worth Of stock certh
NoId Nd Mini Enunn INV
belonging to an Exchange place firm, as noticed In
Wednesdays HERALD, were yesterday arraigned in the
Jefferson Market Police Court and committed for further
| examination Tho property stolen or lost on tho
18th inst and subsequently returned TO the owners by
| man TO whom Ave hundred dollars, which had been
] offered as a reward for Its recovery, were paid
On wednesday night counterfeit ten dollar bills, pur-
porting to be issued by the Thompson Bank, Of Thomp
son. Connecticut, made their appearance in different
paris of the city Ayoung man named Thomas Golden, an
cxprcssman Solomon p stoddard, aAwyer and Lo1is
| L. Angels q clerk, were arrested and committed on
| charge OF being engaged in circulating them.
Tho alleged frauds in the Brooklyn Navy Yard were
still under consideration yesterday, before United States
| Commissioner Newton. considerable portion of tho
day was taken up argument in favor of the discharge
Of Reilly Of the accused by his counsel The Com
missioner postponed his decision for one week, and
| further public proceedings in the also ad-
| journed for that time.
An inquest was held yesterday the remains OF
insane man named William Walker, recently released
from lunatic asylum who resided at 197 West Twen-
tieth street. and who committed suicide by swallowing
Paris green The unfortunate formerly belonged to
tho Fifth New York Zouavcs and thirty -four years
| OF age.
| A who gavo his name Edward Ducr, and said
he thirty years Of age and native OF Philadelphia
found lying in Washington park, Brooklyn, about
| three O'Clock yesterday morning. suffering from tho
effects OF number Of stabs in the region Of the heart
He taken to police station and at first stated that
his wounds had been inflicted by two who attacked
him for the purpose of robbery; but subsequently,
being Informed that they fatal he confessed that
he inn ctcd them himself in At of dependency, being
| homeless frcndlcss and moneyless
Chief Engineer Decker of the volunteer Fire Depart
mcnt In response to his request that the new Commits
sioners would fix time when they will DO ready to
cvc him Of his present position has received from them
communication designating the LIST of August proximo
as that time. Commissioner Epgs yesterday
gased in investigating charges Of incompetence and
lcct of duty made against Messrs. Daley, Owens and
| Scixas fire telegraph operators.
The funeral services the of the late Rev.
E. r. T. Cook in the Memorial church. Hammond street,
performed yesterday by Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg and
Rev Dr. Hollingsworth, in the presence Of large
grcgation. Tho remains wero then removed to Green
wood.
Bids for repairing in different parts OF me city
from August to December 81 Of this year opened
yesterday by the Croton Aqucduct Board and the City
Comptroller and the contract awarded Messrs a.
J. McCool and warnock for $40, 500, they being the
lowest bidders.
The New York State Teachers Association, which
vened in Emira Tuesday Of this week. closed It's
sions yesterday Considerable business of interest to
teachers generally has boon transacted during the
stngs.
In Nashville mn, last night, II. D. Payne shot and
killed the street Captain W. S. Allen, whom no
charged with the scdu ton of his wife. Both the
old residents Of the place. Another citizen named
Cochrana wounded during the shooting
We have accounts OF terrific rain thunder, lightning
and wind storms both in the East and the West Tues
day last At Hartford Connecticut and in that vicinity
tn rain poured down for thrccquarcrs of an hour IN
the most furious manner turning the streets into rivers
and flooding nearly al the cellars Many buildings
.,r, ~ BY lightning. and much damage dorc At
Cincinnati aid n Sraof Frns 81 OHIO ahd fl othr west
ern States there was equally heavy rain, with the com
panimcnt of furious tornado, ca sing immense dcssl dc
ton of property and considerable loss Of life II will be
remembered that tIc afternoon OF the same day New
York and vicinity visited by heavy shower, but
nothing approaching in force what tho storms at other
places are represented to have been
Tho stock markc, excited and variable yesterday,
but quotations were firm at the close. Governments
were steady Gold s'cndy. II stood at 145A l4G
at Ave p. NJ, and closed at l46 at night.
There was doing In breadstuns and the leading
kinds Of provisions yesterday at further material rise
In prices Much Of the business purely speculative.
This was especially OF -four end wheat transactions
| p,Vhic cu M ofV ri "A
and &c. Sc respectively; stimulated by the usual mid
summer croaking about damaged crops and probable
deficiency In the yield at harvest time OF which
the speculative oqucs IN the interior and in this market
are making the to promote their sinister In.
tercsts Cotton shade nrmcr and more active.
Groceries in request Frcghts were quiet Other
branches Of trade presented no really feature.