The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

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meetings in any part of the State.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
1 Galveston despatch of Monday last announces tina
an order would be promulgated the following day
mastering out of service all the troops in Texas
ing, 1t was supposed about three regiments
The old sensation story of the abandonment Of his
country by President Juarez Of Mexico is revived in
little despatch from New Orleans intended to appear
very modest and unobrusive but really to com
motion favorable to Macmillan In this II is announced
that Juarez accompanied by General Negrste arrived
San Antonio Texas, the LIST inst Our latest accounts
from chihuahua President Juarezs capital published in
last Mondays HERALD stated that he that city
the I'd of December in the undsturbed performance Of
| the duties Of his Office.
| Accounts Of additional marine disasters, attended
with loss of life, reach The brig Iasca is in distress
| at Sandy Hook Her chief officer and four of her
lost while attempting to go ashore for assistance
| The brig Emma c. of Gloucester, from surinam for
Boston, with sugar and molasses, went to pieces at
East Sandwich by striking the beach. Five Of the
have been frozen to DEATH The captain (rrask) and
two escaped, severely frostbten The brig George
Blank, of Portland from New York for Boston, with
COAL went ashore Marshned beach, and will become
total wreck The have been saved The schooner
West Clean from New York for Gloucester with corn
| mas also gone ashore on marSnnelu Doacn me crew
have got of safely. The brig Hyperion, of New York.
| from Boston for Portland went ashore or Glou
cester, Mass, Tuesday, and abandoned
An unknown schooner whose crew 1t
ported had persisted, ashore yesterday near
Holmes Hole. We publish to-day further par
ticuars of the wreck of the steamer Mary A. Board
man. Romer Shoals, described in yesterdays issue.
II expected that Of her cargo in damaged con-
dtion may be saved if the weather should continue
fine. From Boston we learn that heavy northeast
gale has ragged at off that port since Sunday last,
and obliged steamers to put back, after having
gone far as Nantasket Roads
The steamer Pine Grove from Pttsburg for Cincinnati,
valued at thirty-one thousand dollars and insured for
twenty five thousand dollars and carrying freight Of
three hundred tons struck snag Sunday at Bufhng
ton Island in the Ohio river and went down at II
Is likely that will be raised and her cargo saved in
damaged state
The approaching termination of the Reciprocity treaty
Canada and the United States has stirred the
Montreal Board of Trade decisive action the
canal question They yesterday passed a resolution
affirming the necessity of at once enlarging the weiand
canal, lengthening and deepening the st. Lawrence
locks and constructing new canal from Champain to
the ST. Lawrence. The prospects OF confederation,
cording showing Of the Canadians themselves do
not brighten A paper published in Ottawa, the
provincial capital lamens that the maritime provinces
continue hostile to the Quebec scheme and prefer in
creasing their trade facilities with the United States to
matchmaking with their Canadian neghbors.
Skating extremely good on all the ponds in New
York and Brooklyn yesterday. The day was mild and
seventy and eighty thousand persons awaited
themselves Of it to indulge in this favoritc pasiime.
The Board Of Education organized last evening by
elccting Mr.. Mclean president The Mayors nomna-
tions of Smith Bloomfield H p. West, Chas. j. Chipp,
George Roster Washington Murray, John E. Burrel
and Thos H. Landon for the Offices of School Commits
sioner for the present year were confirmed. Little
further business Of Importance transacted at the
meeting
The Fenian Convention have at length decided TO
duce their organizatiea 70 its original simple govern
mcnt. The titles Of president and senator are to be
abolished and the government Is to be in the hands Of
head centre and central council The charges preferred
against Mr. Roberts and The other Senators were sus
| tained and they were expelled from the Brotherhood
Tho case Of Andrew Martin and others vs. William
p o. Bricn master Of tho steamer Thomas A. Scott was
heard yesterday in the United States District Court
The plaintiffs were searncn board the steamer, aud
they brought the sc,on balances Of wages
which had been, Is they alleged kept from them
- when they came iu&o port The defendant
pleaded that he was not liable for the demand the
men were his service but in that Of the govern
mcnt The Court held this plea to be gooo and dismiss
ed the suit.
In the samc court in tho OF Alfred Battcrby and
Others scamcu the steamship Republic action
was Instituted to damages for alleged wrongful
dismissal Tho engagement Of the men had been effected
by tho engineer OF the Tho owner disputed his
liability ON ground that no had not engaged the men
but the Court held that according TO tho custom Of tho
port he should be liable for the acts Of his chief eng
ncer and left the question Of damages TO future settle
mont
In tho United states Commissioners ONCE yesterday
william smithford Carl Primo and John GoG, who had
not appeared on the adjourned day appointed by the
Commissioners for hearing their cases. wore committed
TO abide the decision OF the Grand Jury. They are
charged with attempting pass counterfeit currency
An action was yesterday before Judge Barnard in tho
Supreme Court, brought by the Bank Of the Common
wealth Of this city against Messrs Van Week and Tucker
brokers' to premium OF seven thousand two
hundred dollars thousand dollars in gold lent b,
the plaintiffs to the defendant in September 1862 TIT
decision reserved
In the Supreme Court, before Judge Balloon, cas-
was tried Yesterday in which John Ferguson plaintiff
and Louisa Fritz defendant the action being for brcaci
Of contract It appeared from the statements that de
PENDANT through the agency Of her husband
with plaintiff to furnish him ono thousand barrels o.
flour Five hundred dollars paid down by plaintiff
The action was dismissed, on the ground that sub
agent had been employed by the husband and that thu
Ave hundred dollars not paid when the contract wa
q made
The long contested suit OF Henry Erben versus Pete
Iorilard relation to the purchase OF some propcr
on the corner Canal and Centre streets occupc
by Eares Hotel and which has been before the court
for the past fifteen years Chc Court Of Appeals havin
ordered new trial. which decided by jury in Mr
Erbcns favor in December. 1894, giving him verde
for s. 400 2a up again before the General Teri
OF the Supreme Court yesterday, Judges ingraham, Bal
nard and Cicrke presiding and after hearing argumer
from Judge Edmonds for plaintiff and Mr. Parsons 70
defendant they unanimously confirmed the verdict Q
V the court below in favor OF the plaintiff.
In the Court OF General Sessions yesterday John Hck
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