The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-21


arrangement between France and the United States for
cession to the latter Of Ave OF the States OF Northern
Mexico. - -
Very fitting Companions TO these Mexican dispatches
in consideration Of the well understood American pohcy
that European monarchies should be allowed 70 OBTAIN
further foothod on this continent and It's Migrant
violation In the establishment of Macmillan In Mexco
will be found in compilation under the heao ine
Monroe Doctrine of the official letter OF the American
agent In Mexico Mr. La Reinree written in 1890; the
argument to the government of Austria, in 1884, OF
our Minister to that country, the historian Motley and
the speeches the subject of the Mexican empire or
Generals Sherman, Logan and Heron
Judge Florence Mccarthy Of the Marine Court Of this
citv died Yesterday Of consumption in the forty second
year of his age his residence No. "a West
street.
The trial of Charles J. Colchester the spiritualis
whose arrest at Buffalo, in May last for breach of the
Revenue law in exercising his calling without license
was noticed at the time in the HERALD, was commenced
on Saturday Our correspondent at Buffalo gives very
full and luminous report Of the up TO its adjourn
ment together with description Of the defendant and
the state of feeling among the sptualsts and kindred
CO. laborers who have assembled in great numbers to
attend the trial The case will be continued to-day
The exhumation Of defacations continues, and even
the quiet of the Sabbath must needs be disturbed by
character in comparison with the late Wall street spec
mems of hundreds of thousands and millions, engaged
modcum of the Tombs Police Courts attention yester
day morning man, named Henry Singer, living at
1873 Third street. and bookkeeper for Messrs Aufenan
ger Co., Wholesale grocers and flour Dealers Of 295
Washington street, was arraigned and committed on
chargsDf having for year past been engaged in
abstracting money from his employers in all supposed
to amount to ten or twelve thousand dollars
prominent Chicago firm of brokers who had intimate
financial connections with the firm Of Ketchum Son
& Co
Benjamin Green Postmaster at Mystic, Conn, has
suddenly and mys,crously disappeared and Boston
paper gives the that he has swinded many per
sons out of different sums of money.
There have and strong charges that the
present State is being taken in very imperfect
is said that the takers estimates of
the population Of this city will fall fully fifty per cent
below the reality, and statement which publish
this morning giving the enumeration far in Brooklyn,
represents the of that cys population in the
last five years to be only little over five hundred
desperate fight took place about one O'Clock yester
day morning on the corner of Ridge and Delaney
Streets between Nos and Al engine companies, while
they running to fire at 80 Ridge street. large
force of police called into requisition to restore
ORDER which they did not succeed in doing until
Der of persons badly injured, Of whom subse
quenty died Pistols clubs stones, trumpets and other
weapons freely used Several of the belligerens
arrested and the badly wounded taken in
charge for surgical treatment The fire itself did little
damage.
About two o'clock yesterday morning q fire dis.
covered in the beer shop and dance house kept
John Schofer in West Forty first street 1t extin
guished after doing slight damage but, as there were
discovered about the gnted part of the premises kcro
and other ncatves of ncendary preparation the
proprietor arrested and detained suspicion Of
having fired the building On the person Of schofcr it
is said found nearly three hundred dollars in
money and bank book and policies Of insurance for
twelve hundred dollars, while it is estimated that all his
personal effects in the place not worth four
hundred dollars
Mrs Catharine MCGEE was yesterday committed on
charge Of having se fire. Saturday last to the tcne
ment house No 1874 East Thirty sixth street appears
that Mrs. MCGEE, who had been resident Of the
premises. and had only moved out the previous day.
had had difficulties with the other tenants and the
suspicion which the charge is founded is that she
fired the building with the object Of being revenged
The damage done was trifing.
The old pocketbook drop gamo yesterday morning
played in West street, near Fulton, by two sharpers
upon unsophistcated gentleman from Nowburg, in
this State named James Davis He was swinded out OF
hundred and seventy dollars seventy of which were
recovered William Moore, alias Woolly Moore twenty
years acquaintance Of the police and Thomas Fnnegan,
alias Big Ok committed TO the Tombs on charge
of being the victimzers OF Davis
1t is supposed that the who jumped overheard
from the steamboat Granite State in the East river,
the morning of the 18th inst and whose body picked
up few hours after Off whitestone Long Island,
count Of which appeared in yesterdays HERALD, was
Mrs Bowen widow, belonging in CRANKY, Connecticut
The police Of Williamsburg had an exciting chase
early yesterday morning after two desperate burglars
who committed depredations in rapid succession in va
rious streets One Of the policemen received severe
pistol shot wound in the hand in Sixth street. from one
Of the burglars neither of whom arrested the alb
Of gaslight, which generally prevails throughout
Williamsburg as well as Brooklyn, enabling the despe
radoes to escape.