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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-17
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Sir Frederick Bruce, tho British Minister: w. Bodisco
the Russian Minister: G. g. Tsssara the Spanish Minis
ter; A. NJ de Tea Spanish Consul ut Portland. Maine,
and Major General Robert Anderson Unsd States Army.
are at the Clarendon Hotel
0dilon Barot Of the French legation Is At the Brs.
WORT House.
General Irvine, Of Governor Fsntons star; General H.
A. Baxter, Of Vermont, and Il. r. Ross Of Auburn,
N. Y, are ~ the st. Nicholas hotel NJ
Roar Admiral Montgomery, United States Navy, Il a.
the ~. Denis Hotel
Marquis dc Chsmbrun. Of Washington. at the Asior
House. M#
General Francis Fsssenden is at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel
Mansfield Lowell who was Deputy Street Commits.
soner Of this city before the war; and who subsequently
cast his lot with the rebss and appointed General
in the rebel SERVICE 10 In this city Ho communicable
rebel troops New Orleans when 1t attacked by the
United States deet under Admiral gsragut
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-17
TIVE BANK FORGERY CASE.

The Prisoner Valves an Exrmi.stien-The
Papers Passed Over TO the District At
torney.
The witnesses summoned 10 appear IN be OF I'd.
ward Urrick, charged with beng aceompce IN the
forgery Of checks on some OF the city banks the
Tombs, before Justice Bowling, yesterday. Jrwick
waived preliminary examination.
Georve II. Andross, receiving teller Of the Hanover
Bank, dsposed that Edward Urwics presented 20 him
three checks two Of which were 10 court One Of the
checks was drawn on the Chemical Bank, dated October
fbe amour, was slTs0 aud 70 rurrored 10 be Ger.
tined and drawn by John q. Lord lne other check
wss Of the Sane date, drawn on TIE Natonsl PARK
bed by Philip Meyer Co. II wa received aud credited
Dursnds srcouus because the CAV previous he had
opened account with the 0sn Ine checks were sent
TO several banks snd prunou need ~ them 70 be- forge
ries The cerncstion Of the third check v genuine IL
amounts 20 Oil 841 no. and IL retained 10 the bank
Joseph Moter presented 70 the Hanover Bank a check
for fIb 30 dated Oct IL 1900 ard sgced by Durand
The check had been presented 20 Joseph heitsr In y
the rsrx RANK a. thai pur,ortpr b. Kept by PhiLp
Meyer Co. sud The signature ~ John T. Lore on The
check presented to the Chemical bAnk " forsery.
The prisoner Urvick, ssd he twtrty ave years Of
asc and resIdcnt Of Brooklyn. he we employed as
clerk by Dprand who had an efnee a. loom l6, No. So
broad Sire. he obtained ibe situation by answering
On Advertisement DurNsd asked u" prisoner " he
could SPEAK French, and 90 receiving reply 10 the
Affirmative made an engagement With him. number
Of applicants we're 10 the ones a. the TINE purand
wanted TO get confidential clerk and said be about
10 commence bosnees In New York The prisoner con-
tinued with Dursnd clerk I'LL Tho time &C the arrest
On October Ia he was sent to deposit the checks in
The sadsvln or the ellers Of tho Park and Chemical
Banks With rssren.s V NE presentation q the eneels
hands OF the District Attorney Mr. rsngsn appeared
cor We bAak and e1nnsss Bedford lsr No vsvp,e =
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-17
ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

rHEATRB FRANoAIS Fourteenth SIth
Avenue-PHxpRB.
BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway, near Broone
saesC--FAnCHoS
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-17

TYg CREAT FiRE At QurTEo.--The terrible
fire that occurred st Quebec on last Sunday
morning furnishes another impressive argu-
mcnt for constructing ir-proof buildings In
all large cities Twenty-Five hundred bousce
burned and eighteen thousand people len
honseless n IN appalling fact that ought 70
arouse The attention Of the people and legisla-
tors 10 the necessity Of passing laws 70 prevent
such calauitiea At Portland, Maine, q similar
connssralion occurred lately with like dread
fol results. In shis city We have frequently
great free, with sssrnul loss Of life. So, also,
In othsr parts Of the country. Nearly all .hsse
painful disasters al widespread loss Of proper
" and life may BE- traeed 10 The same csuse--
badly constructed buildings, Mat are mere
shells, and that Hsbtup Ike 10 much finder on
ths approach OF the devouring names This
was the case bon in Quebec and Portland,
and n might be 20 a suy time In some Of the
thickly populated portions Of this clay Ia spite
OF an efficient Fire Department In the way
tia, hqusrs srs constructed nov 20 ara ALWAYS
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-17

require cabs to convey them to and from the
boats and cars. In the afternoon there would
be stream Of cabs running up Broadway
from the Wall street Offices, and up Fifth ave-
nue. to the Park. The average American cares
nothing for few cents more or less, and would
call cab at any time rather than walk. The
saving in time would more than repay him for
the outlay of money, and thus render the cabs
really economical There is more profit to be
derived from . cab company than from any Of
the street railway companies that now pay
such high interest Let somebody organize
cab system, and he will not only make his
everlasting fortune, but he will receive the
equally eternal gratitude Of . long-suffering
and Cabless generation.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-17

Governor Fenton Mayer Hoffman on the
Constitutional Amendment.
At the republican ratification meeting at the
Cooper Institute on Monday evening a letter
was read from Governor Fenton, in which he
says that din the discharge Of high public
trust the present Congress has patiently and
laboriously investigated the condition Of that
section Of the country convulsed by the recent
rebellion; and in q commendable spirit OF
moderation it has proposed for adoption an
amendment. to the constitution 80 reasonable
and appropriate TO the existing state
Of affairs that its propriety and JUS
tice are admitted even by those who oppose
its adoption that ''the plan Of adjust
ment thus presented Is The only ore before
the people;' that at has the sanction Of On
overwhelming majority OF the Senate and
House Of Representatives. that "it has been
heartily and earnestly endorsed by the people
Of every State in which a general election has
since been hold;' that 'it viii receive the
unanimous approval Of all the States whose
unwavering loyalty bore us triumphantly
through the war;" and that "it is noble and
magnanimous peace offering, rendered by Con.
gress in behalf of the people" to the States
rescued from the late rebellion. As thus de-
fined the position OF Governor Fenton Is salts
factory; and "a the adoption or rejection
issue before the people, the inquiry is sug.
gested how. stands Mayor Hoffman, the Tam
many rump candidate foe Governor, on this
all-absorbing question:
In q late electioneering speech At Rochester
Mayor Hoffman devoted considerable portion
OF his time to his objections 10 this coustitu.
sional amendment He argued that II was not
constitutional, because it was no, passed by 4
constitutional Congress; that II was insulting
In its termsto the excluded States; that they
would never vote 10 put under the ban ol
exclusion from federal Offices their most dis.
tnguished citizens involved in their "lost
cause;' that the negro suffrage aud represeu.
tative clause means the enforcement OF negro
| suffrage; that with the ratification OF thi,
| amendment by The States directly concerned
they will be subjected 10 other and harshcr
conditions OF restoration. when, according
10 the good old fashioned democratic
| doctrine oil State sovereignty. the er.
| cluded States, 10 laying down their
| arms, Stood at once jus. ~ they were be.
| fore the war, under tho constitution a. cr
pounded by Calhoun, Buchanan AID the Chi
cago Convention. This Is substantially th,
Southern restoration platform OF Mr.. Hoffman
II 10 the quinssssence Of magnanimity ant
brothcrly love, "barring The nispers," and ]. 4
the highest bid that vsllandighsm has mad'
for the restoration OF the old Southern domi
nsehns masters q .ihe democratic party. lie
Mayor Hofmans ideas be adopted, and ther'
is nothing 70 prevent the running Of Jei
Davis and Breckinridss for she nett Presi
denov on w platform u the constitution o
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-17

Fire IN West Thirte oatt. Street.
shortly aner O'Clock lest night IRE occurred ~ To
pottery Of Morrison son, situated at No a1a Wsss1
Thirteenth street. the reath avenue. The IRE. "
scems was caused BY the burning Of Of tho kiiaG
The damage done 70 tho buldlng and stock estimated
1t about ~ 0o0i insured In tho following conpanie1
Mechanics and Traders, $500; American Exchange,
~, 500: and RELIEF, 500.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-17

liable to similar disaster. Such nres do nol
OCCUR In Paris and some other large cities In
Europe, because the houses are substantially
built and are fre-proof, or nearly so. We
again urge upon the Legislature Of the State
to pass q building act compelling oil struc-
lures, in the cities at least, to be made reproof
The insurance that would thus be saved would
within short time be equivalent to the extra
expense Of constructing such houses, to say
nothing Of the saving Of life, Of The sense OF
security people would feel OF the enhanced
value of property and the vast Improvement
in the appearance Of the city. BY all means
let us have proper building act ~ soon a.
the Legislature shall meet and while the re-
membrance OF these dreadful conAagrations is
fresh in the public mind.
The GOVERNMENT DETECTIVE SYsTEM-We
thought we had done with the humiliating
exposures OF the government detective system
when General Baker was removed. We are
disabused Of that agreeable impression by the
case which was brought before Justice Bowling
ct the Tombs on Monday last The detectives
used by Baker were had enough in character;
but it seems that the Treasury Department il
determined to vie with that official in the
employment Of persons Of the worst possible
antecedents. The man Hyer who has just been
committed for forcing the complainant in the
case Knox) to buy counterfeit notes from him
with view to passing them of, has, it seems,
been In prison on various charges and has
served two full penal terms. How he came
to be in the service Of the Treasury we are
not informed, and we can only presume that
the influence Of the system inaugurated by
Baker in the State Department has been allowed
to pervade the machinery of the other branches
Of the government and that the employment
Of persons Of the stamp Of Conover and
Hyer has become recognized necessity.
Now against this we protest energetically.
Az Americans we cannot consent to the admis-
sion Of the principle that for the attainment Of
any object, no matter how good, 1t is lawful to
use unworthy instruments. Such theory
may be admissible under despot;sms, but
under . free government like ours it cannot
for q moment be justified Its tendency ia
obviously to corrupt and pollute the fountains
Of justice and TO demoralize< every branch OF
the administration. We have witnessed the
fruits Of it in the robberies and prosecutions
which have been perpetrated upon innocent
people in the name Of our government, and in
the discredit which is being brought upon US as
a nation by the retention in prison Of the head
Of the late rebel confsderacy upon charges
that are now universally admitted to have
been fabricated with a view to his judicial MUIR
der. 1t is time that stop should be put to
such things. unless indeed We desire that our
boosted tree system Of government should pass
into term Of reproacA and ridicuIe. n
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-17

owners. but to all the Interests OF this great
city. For instance, competent and careful
theatrical manager assures us that IL would
add at least thousand dollsrs week TO his
receipts. The employment II would give our
carriage builders, the pay Of couple OF thou
sand drivers, the feed and keeping OF ss many
horses, the money II would put into tho
pockets Of harness makers, blacksmiths and
stable men, are by no means inconsidersble
items. Besides this i. would create
new business centres. Localities now quite
ont Of the channel Of trade and in
accessible to buyers and shoppers would
be doubled in value. Building sites IN
the vicinity Of the city would be in greater de-
mand: for the cabs would enable us TO reach
the railroad depots and the steamboats, much
more quickly and conveniently. Our people
would no longer assert that IL is more trouble
for them to go to Brooklyn than 10 Europe.
In all these matters, and 10 many others. the
cab system would inanguraie an entire revolu.
lion.
Our people are the mosi sensible, cn,erprs-
ing aud luxurious on The face OF the earth, and
yet they voluntarily do without cabs. Capital.
lists do not know how 10 invest their money
and yet they never think OF starting cab com
psuy. At hslf-psst ten O'Clock p. n. Finn
avenue Is . brown stone desert, end Broadway
almost - quiet Is village lane, because va
have no cabs. A vast amount Of patronage d
waiting FOR the cab system, and vast amount
Of spare cash Is lying around loose for
the cab company 10 pick up; bui
nobody starts the good work, The
merchants and she professional men would
drive down to business in cabs, reading theft
HEsAlDs - they rolled along; mammal End
their daughters would hsve cabs 10 a,afe their
calls and do their shopping; Thousands you'd
take cabs for Che places Of amusement svsrJ
evening; M balls wouid employ hundssds o.
cabs; strangers in the city would hire cabs BY
the dN " Ne the Sishk. and travellers would
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-17

NsW YORK THEATRE. Broadway opposite New York
1ctei-A NiGHr IN R0nx-WAsrEp oNE THOUSAND Mflu
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-10-11
GRAN1rEy1LLE, s. c., August 4th, 1885,

GRANITEYILLE. s. c., August 4th, 1886.
MeSsrs Chis0ln. Bros
GENrLEMEN.-Yo In relation TO the Lime, came
duly to hand, I must say that prefer the SOUTH
CAROLINA LINE to Northern Lime. was not aware
that 1t could be Obtained should have ordered 1t In
preference to any othor. We commenced using it at
Graniteyie in 1850 aud have used over a thousand
barrels We have had frenuent occasions to take down
and utter work few months old, and found the Lime
perfectly hard and solid. We arc now pulling down q
wall erected during the war; al find it extremely diff
cult TO clear the bricks. Indeed, have never seen
stronger walls of thirty years. standing Masons often
condemn the Lime from ignorance Of qualitiea, as
not being strong TAomaston, thinking it required
more to make the same quantity of mortar. I am sat-
sed from my own experience, that It'll mistake. 1t
will go quite far, and when used in the state that
masons term t'weak mortar, it WILL In few days. set
strongly as to make bond superior to anything
cept Hydraulic Lime. Yours truly,
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-10-11
South Carolina Lime & Cement

TIME ABOVE WILL BE FOUND AT wM. JOHN
IL SONS. at the EAST END OF LAURENS STREET.
Attention is respectfully invited to the following.
emanating from the mtst practical knowledge and
largest experience in the South
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-10-11

FoR L1vERPOOL.-THE A.
r9ES4sF8S\ american ship SOUTHERN RIGHTS, Z. Ross
l&&4Y Master is now loading for the above sf norf
@''7--za For Freight engagements, apply to r04"
Zoa....5,. WILLIS l. CHISOLM,
-0eptelnoero North Atlantic Wharf
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-28
FrnnIrIIn Oommon PIens,

The May term OF the Franklin County
Court of Common Pleas, commences TO-
morrow, Tuesday, May 30. We eare Informed
that there is larger docket for the present
term than there has been at any preceding
term for several years. There has been 30
short vacation or interval between the
March term this year and the commence
ment of the May term, that the daily ses-
slons of the Court may be regarded as al
most continuous, and yet much OF the busi-
ness that might have been disposed OF, we
are told, is in arrear for want of time. We
don't profess to know very much about
the judicial business of our county; but
somehow it strikes us that one of the rea-
sons given for the abolition OF our Superior
Court, namely-that there was not sufficient
legal business to justify its continuance
was at best very poor one. Judge Bates
it was understood, was confident he could
easily discharge the functions of both
Courts in one; but it seems he has more
than his hands full.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-28
rho Wool Growers, As.ocIntIon.

A meeting of the Franklin County Wool
Growers Association was held in the rooms
of the State Board of Agriculture in the
State House in Columbus, on Saturday,
May 20, 1866.
The meeting was called to order by the
President, and the minutes of the preced-
ing meeting read and approved. Reports
being in order, the Business committee re-
ported that, owing to the limited time al
lowed them, and other causes, they had
taken no joint action, and that each mem
Der would report for his own township;
that all wool growers were deeply inter-
ested In the success OF the Society, and that
all would willingly experiment on any
suggestion that would forward the Interests
of the producer.
o.. On motion, the President appointed X.
| II. Snowden, o. T.. Hines aud Thomas Rob-
inson committee to report upon the fea-
siblity of establishing Wool Agency In
Columbus. - -rr. -.. .rT
MD. Mason, L. Mix and II. Park were
appointed committee b. draft petition
asking the Legislature to pass law com
pelling railroad companies to keep their re-
spective lines free of noxious weeds.
The Association then took a recess till
half past one o'clock. ..-, -,.,
AFTERNOON SESSION. G.
The meeting having been called to order
by the President, the following reports
were received:
The committee appointed to report on
the feasibility OF establishing Wool
Agency in Columbus, reported that in their
opinion it would not at this time be praoti-
cable. The report was discussed pro and
con, and the following resolution was offer
ed as a substituted: .- .s-. .. 49, ,r-r 2
Resolved That this Association Is desir-
GUS of establishing Wool Agency, and to
that end, are willing to confer with other
County Wool Associations throughout the
State. ... .-. -..--. .-,-, .- .- .. ..,-s,
The resolution was rejected as not meet
ing the present wants of wool growers.
A resolution reading as follows, was pre-
sented and approved as a substitute:
Resolued. That the President, Secretary
| and Treasurer of this Association be en-
powered with authority to confer with one
| or more business men, and to secure, If pos
sible, his or their services as an agent to
receive and sell the present wool clip OF
Franklin and adjoining counties. .-.-
A motion was made and carried that
when this Society adjourns, it adjourn to
meet on Saturday, June 3, 1866.
The committee to draft petition to the
Legislature, submitted the following, which
was approved: ...
We, the citizens of Franklin and adjoin-
ing counties, respectfully request your non
orable body to pass law, tue execution of
which will compel each railroad company
to cause the destruction of all hoxiOus
weeds along their respective lines.
On motion, the Association adjourned.
Dr.. j. II. COULTER, President.
II. PARK, Secretary.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-28
The s Flowing match~-Correotions.


MEssRs. EDIToRs:-In your Saturday
morning issue you cause me to figure quite
extensively as a competitor and rival at
what you are pleased to term Flowing
Match" to which statement am obliged in
duty to myself, to take exceptions, and
respectfully ask the privilege, through
your columns, of making such explanations
and corrections as will place me right be-
fore the public.
In the first place, no such rivalry as you
speak of has ever, nor do think can everex-
ist between Mr.. Bowman or Boman and my
self, as plow makers. And it is truly sur
prising to me to see my name used in con-
nection with his as riUGl plow maker and
as you have seen proper to couple me with
him unjustly, / trust you will cut me
loose, for really, cannot stand the "press-
ure." If Mr. Bowman will get up plow
which will compete with the, mo. Is
Steel" or Wilson's Combination" l may
be induced to consent to have hitch with
him. ~ "a"
In the second place, you should have said
that the Combination Plow cut the deepest
and widest furrows, and was pronounced
the best plow to clean or scour in muck
soils. The merits of the Combination Plow
there exhibited are too widely and we'll
known to require word from me in its de-
fense suffice it to say, that it can show. as
good, if not better, record than any plow
extant and that it challenges the world to
produce plow, whether steel or combina-
tion designed for all work), that will run
lighter, plow better furrow, scour better
In muck soils. of as much service to the
farmer. as simple in its construction, and as
neat init appearance. C.ZA Az
F. r. WILSON.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-28

"a COLUMBUS correspondent of the Gin
eiEndti Commercial, in writing about the
Democratic State Convention, says that If
tact and shrewdness Of management alone
entities political party to success, then the
Convention which met in this city on yes
terday should meet with it in the highest
degree;" that it "was unlike many of its
immediate predecessors in bringing togeth-
er the hitherto scattered and lukewarm
members from all sections Of the State
Buchanan men, Douglas men, Breckinridge
men, "Lecomptons," war Democrats and
secession adherents, Jewett and Vallandig-
ham, Olds, and McCook and Hughes, and
Manypenny, were back again, reminding
one of the better days Of the party, when
nominations and platforms were supposed
to mean something more than going
through the motions The leading speak
ers were not reckless enough to claim VIC
tory as the result of their campaign, but
Val. thought he could discern the dim out
line of one somewhere In the shadowy flu
ture." VIII it be pretended, that In view
Of this accordance between hitherto dis
cordant elements, victory is impossible2
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-28
Arrc,ted on SusplciOn.

Three men, arrested the latter part Of last
week on suspicion of horse stealing, are In
the City prison. In regard to two OF them,
who are brothers, the facts, as we have
heard them detailed by one whose informa-
tion is, we presume, reliable, do not seem to
Justify a charge of larceny, whatever fraud
the brothers may have practiced In getting
the horses into their possession. Still other
facts may be developed, on the hearing,
which may make out a prtma fdcta case OF
larceny. But at present we forbear to
mention names, or to be more explicit. On
the person of the third man, arrested on
suspicion OF having committed similar
crime, was found large quantity of stuff,
bearing some resemblance to bank notes,
purporting to be on the Western Union
bank. The prisoner says he bought them
in Cincinnati for cent piece, and sells
them at two or three cents each.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-28
rhn Onnnnrt on SnturdaY Niaht.

We regret that the threatening aspect OF
the weather early on Saturday evening,
prevented the Concert, intended by the Pu-
pills of the High School for the benefit OF
their music teacher, Prof. Schoppelrei, from
being as successful as it would otherwise
have been. There was, however, an appre-
ciative audience present, and the perform
ances were such as to justify the highest
expectations. Unfortunately, just about
the time the Concert closed, a violent show
er came up, and though it lasted but short
time, yet during its progress, many of the
pupils and visitors sought their homes, and
enjoyed a pretty thorough shower bath.
We trust that on some future occasion a
beneficial Concert of a similar character
will be rendered the Professor, when we
hope the weather may prove more auspi-
piOuS.