The New York herald., 1866-06-14

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cry Park against the Board of Excise up before
Judge Carozo yesterday the Chambers Of the Court
| OF Common Pleas. whole host Of lawyers
| were in attendance, and the lager bier IN
terest represented by Mr. Falk himself
together with formidable array of other propretors OF
saloons and public gardens Messrs s,alIknecht ana
Clinton appeared for the plaintiff and Nessrs tracy ana
Bliss for the defendants Mr. Clinton moved 70 postpone
the argument the ground of engagement In another
and Judge Cardozo adjourned II until fnday morn
ing similar case Is be argued to-day before Judge
Carlozo when the whole question of the constitutional
| ity or the excise law will be discussed.
Christian Knider man who round the oody o. capt.
John Adams commander of one Of the Marshall line Of
packets brought action yesterday in the Court OF Com
mon Pleas to the sum OF $780, the amount OF
reward offered for the recovery Of the missing mans
I BODY Tue plaintiff notified the Coroner and police OF
The discovery Of the dead in the water, but Mr.
Thoq Robinson Clerk of the Coroners first notified Mar
! shal < Co Of the fact and got the reward
/ Mr. James Nelson, volunteer in the navy, brought
an action the Court Of Common Pleas against Patrick
Iagce alleged bounty broker for $3.50, which the
plaiT alleged he had left with the defendant on eav
n the city Magces defence was that he had an ac-
knowlodgmcnt OF the receipt Of the whole from
Nelson.
In tho General Sessions yesterday Frank Howard who
caught in the act OF stealing piece of cloth worth
forty dollars from the s,oc Of Ephaim Jacobs pleaded
guilty to attempt at grand larceny James Andersen
pleaded guilty 10 stealing hundred and twenty 1--WE
dollars worth Of wearing apparel from Ses Krelter No
All Pearl street, the 4th inst These prisoners
were sent the State Prison for two years and six
months. Joseph Murphy, who obtained sixty dollars
worth OF cloth from George Hoerncl by false
representations pleaded guilty TO the charge, and was
sentenced to the Ponitentiary 70: one year. Joseph
Blake, John Mullignn and Thomas Green, boys,
or baan ,Iciah Cor
breaking into the shoe store OF Patrick Dent l61 avenue
c. and stealing three par5 OF boots They sent to
the House Of Refuge Charles P. Wakcey, who forged
order for pair Of boots pleaded guilty to forgery in
the fourth degree, and was remanded for sentence.
| Henry Nickel, who charged with receiving three
packages of sewing silk with knowledge that they
were stolen by coorcd boy from ile aloe o' Henry
Hgbe, was acquitted, he having proven good char
| actor.
The Special Tom or the superior Court will only be
held during the summer vacation from twelve NJ. until
two daily, by direction OF the General Term unless
| otherwise directed by the Justice presiding
Surrogate Tucker yesterday had under trial the will OF
the late Captain Benjamin Halle Of Wilmington, North
Carolina. large number OF witnesses were examined
relation To the mental capacity OF the deceased at the
time Of the making OF the will and as to the alleged in
luence OF of his daughters who is the principal
leeatee. The case is still on.
I
Houston aud Bedford streets totally destroyed by
Ere Yesterday morning. The premises were formerly
occupied a government establishment FOR repairing
ordnance and large quantity Of small arms were in the
building the time, many of which were loaded They
discharged as the flames reached thcm, making
dangerous FOR the nyemen to approach the building.
Three houses adjoining were partly damaged. The loss
is about twenty-five thousand dollars, besides twenty
three hundred re arms belonging to private individuals
n. rx..tti itor
The ori in of the confederation is unknown, but Fire Mar
| shal Baker has 1t under investigation.
The ship caulkers and oiners still hold fast 10 their
demand for the eight hour system Of labor but the
penters have rescndcd the resolution authorizing their
strike many OF them hayc gone 70 work at the old
| terms.
A passenger on the Third avenue cars on Tuesday
hight while the crowded to excess, was robbed
OF gold watch chain by thief who applied hand
kcrchic saturated with chloroform to his victims noe
Mrs. Doctor Walker, who arrested few days ago
for wearing male attire brought charge against the
policeman who arrested her The Judge decided that the
officer did right; but that II Mrs. Dr. Walker could take
Of herself against the curious who would follow her
she had right TO dress in that way.
German named Julius Stonward, who was arrested
on Tuesday evening for Drunkenness committed suede
in his cell at the station house during the night
Mrs. Catherine Burns, Irish, woman, who was
struck with billet OF wood by her husband while ho
was drupL died Tuesday evening from the ea,ct OF
the blow, and Burns was arrested.
David NJ. viii ans arrested yesterday. charged
with brutal assault, on Mrs Monahan living Green.
wich avenue She was TOO sick do his washing Mt
which he became cnraged that he struck her with
ha.ohc aad kicked her shSmcGully. II Is thought she
VIII lot recover
woman named Cl,hcrne nunnc aged seventy, was
knocked down the ravonla ferry bridge on TUESDAY
| evening by wagon driven b. George Luddineton and
her head cut open from the 70 the right temple
| 4 rgoon called, and she was taken 10 her resi-
dcncc corner OF Greenwich and Morris streets, where
! she lies IN a critical condition
! Roger Lamb who Killed bis wife b. sahbing her on
( the I2h OF February 1885, and who was under sen
Of de for the crime died on Tuesday lest a thc
| Blackwell land hospital
Ths SO market wasdsil pg, steady yesterday Cold
ioso to llG Z and Closed 1t 1855.
The markets wore generally buoyant yesterday, bit
tho buoyacy WIS occesioncl vs. e hsb prre sor sold
rather than hy any Improvement ID the demand dor
goods os only moderate business done especially
IN imported morchaRdse. C3aoa wss dun and lower
sugar was dull ba unchanged Coase was slc,dy, with
a far demand on Change -four To-. lic lover
on commtn qualities Prime wheat was drmer COM
mon wheat dsH tud declining Corn higher. oa'
lower ror. excited and higher BcrG steady I.arl
rrmcr Petroleum drm aud active whiscr dal and
nominal
MISCELLANEOUS
turing addrc.e from General santa Anna ~ the
people of liosico Is published Ia the columns o. the
Hsr4tp IBIS morning. Tho General defines Ills pos ton
in reference 70 the present aspect oi Mexican politics
and the reports or his trucking to Macmillan He did
.nol 10 any manner compromise himself with the empire
lie belonged entirely 10 The Mexican rcpablc. He ex
poets al Mcxsans 10 unite aud drive The usrrpcrs from
their soil and oncrs hrs services 1, the
monarchy IN Mexico lie declares 10 be imposslby,
and the ca,opton Of the topubHe Is the height OF his
[ ambition
By The arrival 81 ihe steamship rase from Havana.
We arc II receipt or dispatches from the city e
Mexico to May ~ ard from vcra Cruz 20 June 4 our
vcra Cruz correspondent states that Nayimian and his
Cabinet arc advising together continually tho subject
halnr 4 5 snrposcd. The cIias aendln tho comng