New-York tribune., 1867-10-16
NEW-ENGLAND.
MILITARY CELEBRATION IN HARTFORD.


Hartford. Conn, Oct 15.-The Providence
Light Infantry Col Dennis, with As muskets. and the
Amoskeag Veterans of Manchester. n. H., with II mus
kets arrived in this city about today and were re-
ceyed by the Putnam PhalanX' numbering
near 100 men, at the depot t ana tr mere dItGT Ha
Mayor Chapman welcomed the visiting companies on
With dress parade on the Park in the many
spectators This evening splendid banquet was given
ALVIN presiding Speeches were made by Governor
English, ex-Gov. Hawley, the Hon H. c. Deming, the
military commander and others Tomorrow the visiting
companies will have street parade reception at the
Arsenal by Gov English and the Quarermast General
charter dinner etc, and VIII leave Tor nome IN the
THE CONFIDENCE MAN, GEN. HUMPHREYS, SENT
TO JAIL.
SPRINGFIELD. Mass, Oct. 1J.-Gen. Hum
phres the notorious Ptsteld confidence man. arrested
at Cincinnati, to-day committed 10 jail IN default OF
$4,000 bonds 10 await trial for perjury. His true name Is
W. {. Harding. and he was confined in Fort Delaware
during the war
THE wEsTFIELD (MAss) RIOT.
The preliminary examination of State Con-
stables Chaplin Billings Wellman, and Flagg who have
been arrested on charge Of having murdered Mr. John
Brooks during the riot at Westheld on Saturday night,
took place yesterday and they held to answer to
charge OF manslaughter. The officers have given
lengthy account Of the affair." which they say that they
entered the where the gamblers were at about l6
and succeeded In arrestng eight OF the men, While ABOUT
dozen escaped through the windows 10 the street and
by personal exertons and the ringing OF re oei soon
crashed through the windows, some or them
passing through q wooden partition ana making
The place untenabe The gas then turned of, and
the officers, having descended TO the street. were at
tackled by the mob when Mr. Chaplin thinking his life to
be in danger fired four shots IN each case at men whose
raised to throw brick The crowd then uls
pcrsed and the constabes whose team had been SPIRITED
away walked 20 Springfield distance Of ten miles II
aferward proved that John II. Brooks, q man OF BAD
character and whom the officers accuse OF being leader
OF the rioters received wound In the thigh from which
he died In half an hour J.. III. s.u,.e.,, p.,,b
Hcdn that but few thrown, the crowd
embraced Of the most respectable people OF West
asarbins s' elements lem and that when almost perfect
silence prevailed, threats were being made ana no
stones thrown the officers fired upon the crowd ana tDeh
Bile
TIE PORTSMOUTH NAvY-YARD HABEAs CORPUS
CASE.
Some time in August, three young Irish boys
eloped from their fathers home in Lowell and shipped
on board the United States receiving ship yandaa at the
Portsmouth N H. Navy-Yard into the naval service,
after false statement TO their ages and parents The
for their discharge but it was refused. The Vandala
living on the Name side of the Piscataqua Mr. John Nc
of Maine FOR writ of habeas corpus to relieve his
from the custody OF the commander OF the Vandalia
Judge Tapey granted the writ, and after hearng
which showed the enlistment TO have been without the
fathers and the boy TO be II years OF gave
Srasented e1s IN the case and ordered the boy to be
discharged In the mean time the Chief Of the Bureau OF
Vandaa 70 give the recruit who had returned on
board while Judge Tapey considered certain questions
raised by the OF the Captain and the secretary OF
he Navy ordered him TO be held despite the decision
of the Court The Cabinet at Washington voted that the
Secretary right but the Attorney found that
the Judges opinion sound law and the Secretary was
AT fault Department has rescinded the orders to
pay no attention TO any decision OF the state courts ana
have since discharged the boy.
THE LOSS OF THE CAsrINE FISHING VESSEL,
WITH ALL HANDS
A dispatch received yesterday stated briefly
that the schooner Juliet NJ Tden of Castine, Me- had
been lost on Amherst Island one of the Magdaen group
and that all board had pershed correspondent OF
The Bangor Whg gives the following particulars OF the
aad tragedy letter dated Castine, Oct IL her crew
consisted OF Is men, l6 OF them belonging 70 Castne-the
captain and belonging TO Deer Isle Ihs is the
greatest loss this has met with at one me ana
II IA seldom the where many go from one town In
one yesse There are eight widows and sixteen father
ess children left and tho most OF them nave lost thelr
ONLY support These were some Oh the pest OF the
town The vessel built this year one OF two that
waa 10 start new business here, that OF mackereng,
and oute number of the unfortunate crew were part
owners of vessel There were but Two OF the whole
crew more "a OF The schooner was fine
vessel of IL tuns new measurement built In 1867 by Gen
ridden Master Joel Perkins being the master builder and
considered vi the best vessels Ia ienVDseot BAY