The New York herald., 1866-05-03
NcYA Itrins.

The salaries OF teachers OF public schools Newark
have been increased twenty per cent on the salaries OF
the previous year
The Newark Journal or the Both nit ays:-As Mr.
David b. Heddcn, boo,kccrer for the Gould Machine
Co. going through Bank street on his way 10 dinner
from the Mechanics Bank where he had drawn 81 O35
as his Mondays. for the purpose Of paving
hands he robbed Of the whole by that adoit
old thief Joe McCracken. Mr Hcddcn gave immediate
pursuit. raising the cry Of ''op thiei. and the villain
overhaulcd The Graad jury being In session
indictment immediately found and his trial TOOK
place the same afternoon
An interesting and important decision touching the
sponbty Of carriers has just been decided In
Milwaukee, 10 which tho American Expr' IS Company
are made 10 pay hundred dollars for damages done
TO Cremona ldde while IN transportation notwith-
standing the attempted waiver Of responsibility exceed
ssp vi cry dollars expressed On the company '''A re-
Tho Montgomery tAla) Adcediser IL the 25,h nit.
sayswe lears that several portions OF the State were
visited by and quite destructive tornado on sun
day last In tho vicinty az Hanburg. Perry county,
houses and fences lovced with tbs ground,
and Pisgah church, near the line OF psa,, wa. he.
sroyed besides dong great deal OF other damage 10
fences; &c.
A wilmington firm orers handsome silver goblet 70
the planter bringing the rst bale OF the new cotton crop
20 that market.
Dexter the alleged great cotton swndler has brought
srit against General Woods, commanding the Depart
aro laid at 100000 The suit viii be heard IN Mobile.
Dexter has engaged Ben Butler for one OF his counsel
Mr. Frost, a shoemaker in Bratleboro NL has co.,
lected hundred specimens Of INDIGENOUS iang one
hundred OF which their discovery to himself VIII
not engaged IN waiting upon customer he Is % his
books In The Of hiss,ore His name i air sdy "a
nniar 10 the scientific of the country. but IN is
own village s'he IS considered much OF man % be
ioolng away his time IN the study Of such worthless
thipgs;n at least says Vermont letter writer
The State constable in Massachusetts, report that
ninety two shops in Boston whore liquor bas been sold
have discontinued the ,raic, and many OF he piac r.
turned their stock Tie Wholesale dealers Of whom they
were purchased
The Nashville Desp1th says:-on the 30ih of March
last soldier OF the Fifteenth United States Infantry IN
Mobile Ala murdered coDgade OF The same regiment
Since the Presidents peace proclamation ms cae Sne
before court martial Ia Mobile The court decided TINT
courts martial have Jurisdiction over suci offences
only during the existence OF The rcJelpn end az tne
proclamation declared Il q, an end tey could not Wy
The case The matter referred TO Major General u
W Johnson In This csy who in his WIn rtiered v 70
Assistant Judge Advocate General DuBa. at Louisville.
Jadee Advocate Dunn decides the prOciahaon did not
declare The rebellion al an end.
| The total number Of freedmen the James river
penusuia estimated ~ sixty houssnd Probably one
half Of them cngsgcd In agriculture or the mechanic
The Knoxville Wig states that Dc witt G. Williams
was lately prosecuted before the Circuit Court la Jeer-
county fenn for treason aga n' The state o. Ten
nesee In aiding aud abeing the late rebellion. Tue
Jury found him guilty nd Xed his punishment a. hard
labor and close confinement IN the State Pcnitenay ior
the term of fourteen II the nft case OF the
kind ever tired In the state and excited great Interest.
Williams ably defended. The Judge and the proc.
eating attorney who tried him wrre both appointed by
Andrew johnson While military Governor of tie State.
Tufts College Massachusetts,, has had another donation
| OF one hundred thousand dotfe
The yield Of maple sugar this season has been very
| large and very good
has reported n license Inv state ti 10 was N cvi
before them that Al least t26 ooo Of capital u
Bs,on invested In the liquor trade Iney estimate
that 800 900 600 eac5 ayesr v short OF the actual
| amount
The value Of the menhalen fishery Maine last year
I was a million 0f doliarz The value OF the oil brought
into Portland was s5i COO and the value OF the sh sen
| from that district was $4,000,
The Montgomery lAla Nal says that since the close
OF the war lumber Interest has assumed great pro-
portions different sections OF the SOUTH particularly
on the Fofds coast, IN the neghborhood of Pcnsacola
Bay aud Key West large number Of sawmilis are ~
| process OF erection In that locality.
The Maine supreme Jndlcla Court has just decided
case involving the liabilities of life Insurance com
pany on policy of thirty thousand dollars In favor u
Joseph Easterbrcok, Jr late OF Camden deceased III,
insured health when The policy was made, bal
became debsIsied and eventually dcrangci believing
| q demon pursued him 10 make HIM take his own lie
He finally committed suicide by shooting himself rh'
insurance company refused 70 pay the sum insured
Verdict for 3,25T
The secretary Of the s.ste Agricultural Society, ha
given notice that tho state Fair Is 70 be held At ssra'og
| Springs from Iith 20 fsth w september.
Eighteen pcrsons arc missing since ths great nre q
Detroit the night of the Goth April IL y snpposes
that they All either burned or drowned 1he los
is 80, down at one million of dollars
me great bridge ovcrhe Dcs Moines river, the linz
OF the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad " full
completed and Tho nrpt locomotive that crossed 90
De- sp.s, Va, y s ssa%., 9ssr n % How
tus patterns The contracts for the bridge and foun
dalton were let only little more than sirty days sxo.
The Denver Ners states that Rspbiel Grandjssn, vh
has barge plantation The RIO drandc, New Msncc
brought 70 that city, consisting, In part of 81
full srown csmeis, which were ven loaded with wbcl
cameis have made six sps scro4s The continent frer
FORT Stanton 70 San Diego, California
The negro hssbor laboren - Charleston have ssrus
for two dollAs Day They have bssn receiving ac''a
ue.,.. n ,As p,ssssr, - esl,sS A cesr. Cbsr,