The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-24

planted and that little, 1t is thought will scarcely
pay for picking.
despatch to the Toronto Canada) Globe states that
Rob ert e. Lee rebel general expected shortly TO
arrive in Montreal
One Of the members Of the Canadian Cabinet an
nounced In Parliament yesterday the intention Oh the
government at the earliest practicable time to enlarge
all the canals of the province with the design Oh attract
ing the trade of our Western States
The United States steamship Vanderbilt and the Moni
tor Dictator arrived here yesterday morning. ana are al
anchor in the North river
The case relating to the estate Of the late Andrew j.
Butler, brother of General Butler up in the Sur
rogates Court yesterday The General who is executor
declined to make any Of the property excepting
what is in this State This, which Is located
entirely in this city, Is valued at seventy
two thousand dollars Surrogate Tucker ruled that
return should DO made Of the entire amount Of the
estate wherever located and caused order to that
effect to be entered From this General Buffers counsel
appealed and the will now 60 to tho Supreme
Court The General was present In court during the
proceedings.
In the trial of Colchester, the spritualist, in the
United States District Court in Buffalo, charge Of
evading the Internal Revenue laws by practising
his profession without . license, the taking
of evidence, summing up Of counsel and charge
OF the Judge concluded Tuesday, when
adjournment took place. Yesterday morning,
after the reassembling of the court the jury came in
and presented verdict Of guilty. This in effect pro-
nounces Cochesters performances not OF supernatural
religious Character he claims, but merely species
of magic or jugglery for the practising Of which
license is necessary Defendants counsel asked for and
was granted time to prepare arguments contesng the
case, the ground among other points, Of the uncon
stitutionaty of the Revenue laws.
Justice Ledwth yesterday rendered his decision in the
Phenx Bank defalcation the motion to release
from arrest Geneveve Lyons and Charles Brown. The
Justice decided that the statements OF Jenkins, the al
legged deiaultng teller did not constitute sufficient evil
dence which to hold these two prisoners, and there
fore discharged Genevieve but the ground that there
other testimony tending to implicate Brown, he
held FOR trial, and recommtted to the Tombs His
counsel gave notice that he would take 10 have
the decision reversed by the Supreme Court
George Gladwin who noticed In yesterdays HERALD,
was committed to the Tombs Tuesday charge of
procuring by forgery hundred thousand dollars
worth of Tilfn and Fort Wayne Railroad bonds from
safe in the St. Nicholas Hotel. and Of frauduenty OBJ
tanning from the New Haven Post Office o Wall street
check for nearly four thousand dollars yesterday
arraigned pleaded guilty. and rcmanded for trial.
man named Daniel Bartlett, who the police say
has already done eighteen years State prison
service, and William Coleman, youth ''only nineteen
years DID," yesterday arraigned in tho Tombs
Police Court and committed for trial on charge
Of having on the night of the 10th ins buglariously
entered the silverware mandatory Of Mr.. Cooper,
of Macdouga and Amy streets, and stolen thcre
from about thirteen thousand dollars worth Of diamonds
silverware and other articles.
Hiram Kenny only twenty seven years Of age, living
at 392 West Twenty seventh street, was yesterday ar
ragned in the jefferson Market Police Court to answer
the complaint of being the husband Of four living
wives the first of whom, it is charged he married in
1860 tho last in 1864 After the statements of three
Of the interested had been heard, the accused
committed for trial. in default Of fifteen hundred
dollars bail.
Among the under examination before the Police
Commissioners at headquarters yesterday was one in
which citizen of the Eighth ward named Cox, charged
Sergeant schoeld, Of the Eighth precinct, with con-
Hnng him and Alderman Norton in the station house
night without In contradiction TO this,
testimony advanced by the Sergeant TO show that
there sufficient cause, II being charged that the
Alderman and Cox, when arrested, were conducting
themselves in q dsorderly manner the corner Of
Grand and Laurens streets, about four o'clock in the
morning The Commissioners sustained the action Of
the Sergeant and tho other officer and said that dis
orderly characters must DO arrested whether they be
Aldermen private citizens
suspected Of being accompc, of the assassin Booth,
arrested at Fort Wayne Indiana Tuesday Of this
week.
The Sixteenth regiment of New York heavy artillery,
under command Of Brcvet Brgadier General J. Morrl.
son. arrived Jersey City about oclock1as night
and will early this morning for Harris Island to be
paid Off and mustered out Of service. Originally this
gallant organization contained upwards Of four thousand
The funeral Of Judge Florence Mccarthy Of the Marine
Court took place yesterday, from his late residence in
Forty eighth street, and attended by large
Of people Early adjournments took place in a
the city Of respect the memory of deceased
The remains were inferred in Calvary Cemetery.
Alta meeting Of the Fire Commissioners yesterday
resutioT was adopted requesting the Comptroller
place in the hands of the City Chamberlain subject
draft by the Board ftythousand dollars account Of
the department appropriation for the year 1896 Cons
derabe other business of routine character
actedN -
There was another sale Of government conHscated
cotton yesterday at Ill Broadway. The attendance
not large previous occasions The bidding
however, for while was quite lively, but afterwards
languished Only abou. thousand bales were sold
There another railroad accident in Connecticut on
| Monday evening A train the New Haven and Now
London Railroad ran COW Branford and three
OF the thrown from the track Ten twelve
Of the employees the train and passenger received
severe injuries; but was killed.
The stock market extremely dull but nrm ycster-
day Gold closed at 143K the street. and tho same
price at night
Business was moderate yesterday, as general thing
but there activity in -four and grain and pro-
visions, at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in prices The
movement started by the Persias news everything
In this line being cup" the other SIDE Grain sold
freely for export but the rmness Of freghts checked
the engagements
The SOUTH AND THE NEXT CoNoREss.-The
Constitutional CSnventiSn Of the State Of Mis-
sissippi has passed q resolution in favor Of
adopting the amendment 10 the Constitution of
the United States abolishing slavery. This, it
must be remembered, has occurred in State