The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-26

ing the country soon ~ the ports OF rampco and
Vera Cruz opened
The Presidential party wore at the Massachu-
sets State Capitol yesterday by Governor Bullock in the
presence Of immense audience Of ladies and gentle
men. They were severay introduced to tho people.
and were each received with cordial demonstrations Of
enthusiasm. Senator Henry Wilson was among those
who paid their respects the President On leaving
the State House the party escorted with renewed
honors TO tho Bunker Hill Monument whence they Wis
tied the Charestown Navy Yard and then TOOK . sail
down the harbor In the school ship George n Barnard
The party will leave Boston to-day for Hartford
The Constitutional Convention mot yesterday pre-.
ambe and resolution inquirng into the expediency Of
shaping the liquor laws that thu tc shall be regu-
lated uniformly throughout the State and not prohibited
and roserving the enforcement Of certain laws relating
thereto TO the municipal instead Of State authorities
was referred TO the Committee Citisa resolution
appointing committee TO report the propristy OF
making the laws stringent in regard respon-
sbly Of railroad and steamboat companies for acci-
dents occurring their lines laid under the
rule. Tho use Of the hall on Thursday evening was
granted to the advocates Of female suffrage enable
them TO address tho Committee the Right Of Suf-
agc resolution consider the eYpediency Of placing
tho docks In New York Harbor under the manage
mont and control the State canals laid at
the request OF the mover. A resolution looking TO q
recess Independence Day laid under the
rule large amount OF other business Of MINOR i'm
portance transacted and tho Convention adjourned
until this morning.
The trial OF John r. Surratt continued yesterday.
The evidence referred almost entirely CAPTURE and
death Of Booth and in the OF It tho ques-
lions Of the torn diary and missing breastpn pro-
badly set ct rest Both articles exhibited In court
and identified by Colonel Conger and detective l. b.
Baker The Colonel positively stated that tde diary was
torn when he received It, and In the condition
six weeks ago when he In the hands OF the judi
ciary Committee when he first took il from Booth
body At quarter three O'Clock the business OF the
court to stop from lack OF witnesses and none
appearing the court adjourned.
general cessation Of hostlities the part OF the
Indians along the Platte river route is reported and
complete change OF appears have been made TO
tho Arkansas river and south OF It. General Sherman
ADVISED the Governor of Dakota TO postpone the
exploring expedition to the Black Hills the lands arc
of right occupied by tho Indians, and the government
furnish no protection to the explorers II
mored in Arizona that Captain Youngs company Of tho
Eighth cavalry had mutinied at Mojave and killed all
their ocers Work on the Pacific Railroad had been
temporarily suspended, nearly a thousand workmen
having been driven into Fort Harker BY the Indiana
Tho Mayor OF Jersey City il prosecuting unreenting
against liquor dealers He vetoed seventy licenses
yesterday, tho vending Of bad liquor being among
his special antipathies
The Buffalo and State Line and Erie and Northeast
Railroads consolidated yesterday under the
Of the Buffalo and Erie Railroad.
The Maine Democratic State Convention met at Port.
land yesterday.