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THE fATA saoo1Ias ARRAY ssTW;fx NEGROES.

Coroner Rollins yesterday afternoon held on IN
quest az the twenty ninth precinct station house on
the body OF william Henry Carney, the coiored man
who was shot on Monday night last IN the porter
house l21 West Thirtythlrd street, by pistol IN the
hands Of Robert Tman, also coored. Several
witnesses were examined, and their testimony went
TO show thai the parties who had been Old friends,
met In the drinking saioon, where they had some
words concerning drinks which had been ordered,
ana 1t IS alleged deceased drew knife, whereupon
Tllman produced pistol and shot Carney IN the alb
domen. inf citing wound from the effects Of which
death subsequently ensued.
At the conclusion OF the testimony the case was
submitted 10 the Jury, who rendered the following
yerdicL:-Tnat william henry Carney came 10 his
death by pistoi shot wOuna In the abdomen by a
pistol IN the hands 4 Robert 1illman, on the 10th
day OF October, 1868.
On this verdict Coroner Rollins committed Tillman
10 the iombS for trial. He Is twenty-seven years OF
age, native o. New York, Is laborer and lives at
No. lnO West Thrty-thlrd street.
In his examination the prisoner said:-"What |
dio done in sedeiense.' Deceased was thirty
years OF age and also born ia New York.
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o'Brien has secured q room at No. 81 Chambers
street for the Surrogate's Court and Surrogate
Packer has announced his intention taking omcia
possession on Wednesday next. Mr. Tucker has been
without q court room since May last and o large
amount OF interesting litigation has accnnuiatSu
rhere are now about thirty caset OF contested WINS
ana administrations awaiting trial, involving some
$1,000. 600 worth OF property. The calendar OF con-
tested issues Will DC taken up at te ne" coui. Iooni
on the 18th OF November The ordinary business VI
the Surrogate's oflce viii be carried ON III the pse-
ment OF the new Court House.
AN OLD CouNTERFErrER DEMONSTRATIONS Atkin-
son. who was convicted of engraving counterfeit
plates OF the United States Treasury for greenoacks
ana STAMP currency OF various sums and denomina
tions ana who was tried before Judge Shipman at the
July term of 1867 in the United States Circuit Court,
was On Thursday last pardoned by the Pres-
dent The case and all the circumstances con-
nected with Atkins0n's trial and conviction will
be recollected from the notoriety with which
one Of his accomplices. the notorious cOun
terfeit dealer Charles o. Brockway, surrounded
his trial and conviction on the day he was
sentenced by making long speech in court, imp
eating several detectives as connected with the gang
counterfeiters that infested society at the time
Atkinson was seventy-three years OF age the day he
received has sentence OF fifteen years. hard labor In
the Albany Penitentary. .eN
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NEW JERSEY.
Jersey City.

JCEscy Ouys
THE CRY POLICE go TO Saltcrsyillc to-day on a
target excursion.
THE COMMON COUNCIL have ordered the salaries
adopted under the amended ordinance to be paid.
Additional judges OF election have been appointed
THE New CATHOLIC HosPITAL.-The Sisters OF the
Poor in connection with ST. Marys parish solicit aid
from the charitable towards the erection OF the
hospital which win be under their charge. Among
the friends to the movement Is Mathew Armstrong,
OF Greenville, who has given q large donation.
The ELECTIONS NEXT TJEsDAY.-Chief Of Police
Fowler has given orders TO the members Of the force
TO arrest any person causing disturbance at the polls
This order will give general satisfaction, disturb
ances were apprehended, particularly la the FHtn,
Sixth and Seventh wards. The republican commit
tee have appointed men TO challenge suspected
parties III these wards.
DISTURBANCE AT THE WIGwAM SUPPRESSED
While one OF the speakers at the Wigwam on Thurs
day night was making some remarks not altogether
palatable to portion of the audience several at
Tempts were made to create confusion but they were
suppressed by the police. The officers were most
active ana succeeded IN removing the turbulent
clements rom the building.
Hudson City.
THE RIFLE CoRps.--The board or officers OF the
Fourth regim ent, New Jersey Rifle Corps, have
adopted bill, for the amalganiation OF tue military
forces Of the state. me bll, which Is substantially
the same as that rejected Oy the Legislature last
spring, will be presented to The next Legislature.
TIE COUNTY CoUars.--A large number OF prison
ers were sentenced yesterday. The naturalization
business viii be closed to day. Tho total number
naturaliZed during this term Is about thousand.
The frauds Already detected VIII be further invcsti-
gated at the United States Commissioners ONCE TO-
day.
sMt Hacl1enspck.
DRAINING THU MARSHEs.--rho work OF draining
the swamps has so far progressed that upwards OF
sixty acres OF land are now 1t FOR cultivation.
CAPsizISG or 4 enthusiastically morning man
named Edward Collins was stepping from tugboat
into a small boat, near the Morris and Essex Ral,-
road prlige, when The boat upset and lie fell mo the
water. The engineer OF the tugboat ii once threw
out g rope and rescued him.
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TIE PARx-The Park Commissioners announce
that the last Park concert for the season Will take
place on the Nall to-day, beginning At three r. NJ,
The weather Is pleasant,
CoERECTI0S--THE HoTgL RoBBEBY.--Tt was at tho
Westmoreand Hotel, Union square, not the West.
minister, that the daring robbery Of guest occurred
Thursday morning.
CROTos AQUkDuor DEPARrNESr.--The opening OF
proposals for the construction OF sewers and laying
OF stone block navement was postponed yesterday
owing to the absence OF the commission.
CAsuALrY.--Yesterday afternoon, while Mr.. J. N.
Devoe and lady and daughter were riding down
washington avenae, lonkera the horse was fright
cned aud, running away, the carriage was upset.
Mr.. ID. was slightly injured but the others wero not
ALBANY Day BosTs.-The Albany day boats make
their nnal trip to-day The past season has been
profitable, and has encouraged the owners TO double
the facilities for next Four boats VIII be
put on the route between TINS city aud Albany next
suminer--two through express and two way pas.
senger boats.
TuB WOOSTER STREET rfRr-Full particulars OF the
principal losses and assurances In the above re sp.
pearea exclusively in the HERALD Of yesterday with
The exception OF that OF blossom Bros. Their loss
between $50, 600 and SOS 90, and their insu-
l9nees are a. follows:-Humboidt, 10000; Germana,
ts,oog Fulton, $4,000; Etna, $1,000; firomen'a,
5000 Total, $4,000.
ATTACK oy AN Ex-CouNcILxlx.--One Of the most
dastardiy Assaults ever committed in this city took
place Yesterday morning at the corner OF Second
avenue and Jblriy-second street. Councilman Pull.
man was conVerslng with friend when he was
Knocked down by four HUMANS and beaten IN terri
BILE manner. His assailants kicked him as he lay
helpless on the ground defacing his features and
fractoriDg HE skull 10 reason IL assigned for the
act
r. IicgssED CARrNEN.-To.day will be the last day
FOR carmen 70 renew their licenses. The renewal
rce unity GEMS and IN default Of the payment for
renewal al delrguenis arc not Qnly Liable TO arrest
for Driving without license, but u they should de-
sire to continue Nfr business they viii have 70 pay
regular license re- Of two dollars and MY cents.
fTI ~ ara ahont az licensed carmen IN this CT y,
qua up 10 lie presept time here PROBABLY has not
been more than 1000 who have renewed thclr
~. nsas.
hEAOFAL " T8E sem .tAlts t3iEI.-S<sflH
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GEORGIA..

The Recent Manifesto or the state Demo-
cratic Commiftee-Dcnunciations by the
Party Prcss-The Canvnss-RadicRl Gerry
Wandering Of the Congressional Districts
Estimate Of the Vote.
ATLANTA Oct. "a, 1865.
The recent manifesto OF tho chairman OF the
Democratic state Central Committee committing his
party to the doctrine OF negro suffrage has elected
howl OF indignation nom one end OF the State to the
other. The newspaper organs Of the democracy re-
pudate the action Of Mr.. Cabnuis and the three or
four members OF the committee. IL turns out that
there was not even q quorum present when
the manifesto was resolved upon. Those present,
too, IL Is said, were opposed to any on
cia declaration in favor OF negro suffrage,
but were persuaded to action by representations
that such course would help the party at the North
and at the time be not worth the paper written
on In Georgia The "unterrfed,r however, cannot
see things in the same light. This political contest
they assert Is waged for the right or wnlte men 70
rule the South this must and ANAL DC ean,re ne
groes az political equals. Now, the TACT Is mat TINS
manifesto In question was mere 'sprat 70 catch Q
influence public opinion at the North That Il has
failed lamentaby Ia owing to the quick and empnatic
manner in which the masses disclaimed sympathy
with and repudated IL. Thus ends another chapter
10 the history Of Georgia reconstruction. .
The people have nearly recovered rom the de;
are working as hacd as ever Although the radicals
have suddenly become quite enthusiastic they can
not possibly carly the State and many Of their IN
telgent leaders admit this. The small radical ma
jorities In Ohio Pennsylvania and Indiana have re-
animated the whites to such an extent that the only
question now Ia whether the democratic majority
VIII be large or small. Before the Reconstruction
Convention adjourned It redrisrtcted the state IN
such manner that 1--WE OF the seven districts have
voters under military rule A member OF the edito-
rial star Of city paper called my attention TO this
fact. The change, or gerrymanderng process, VIII,
however, result badly for the radicals. Under the
old division the negroes had large malorities IN the
First, Second and Fifth districts. AZ at present con-
stituted the registered vote stands as foll0~s;--
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UNITED STATES CIacuIT COURT.
The Alleged Conspiracy 70 Dcfraud the
Recommendations Office Case.

GOvcrnmeNt.-POst Office Case.
Before Judge Benedict.
m ne cdSeQ m me Cnite6 states rs Bereriy Clarke
The defendant was some time ago indicted in the
Eastern district Of Michigan on a charge that he,
with several Others had conspred In the city Of Wash
fngton TO defraud the government OF the United
States, and the case j. now up on writ OF habeas
corpus and certorari TO present Ia the court the
question of the property OF Defendants commitment
by John A. Osborn United States Commissioner In this
district OF the United states The circumstances have
been fully reported IN the HERALD. The indictment
alleged III the second aud third counts that Andrew
+. Lee, agent al Buffalo, one OF the alleged
conspirafors, did an act IN pursuance OF such unlaw
The thirtieth section OF the revenue law OF March
2, 1857. The counsel FOR the defendant (Clarke)
argued that, first the law was unconstitutional and
void, being in conflict with the sixth amendment OF
the constitution OF the United states which provides
that the accused shall be entitled speedy trial in
the district and State where the offence was alleged
10 have been committed Second. that II the law
was constitutional the indictment ought not TO be
tried In the Eastern district or Michigan, but in
Washington where the conspiracy was alleged TO
have been committed; That the overt act committed
by co-consprator was merely evidence of the con-
spracy, and could not draw after IL the body OF the
conspiracy out OF the district where IL was entered
into. These points were argued at some length by
counsel, who cited IN support oil their views the
sixth amendment OF the constitution Of the United
States q Salkeld Ia. ami Cushing. The Judge took
the papers and reserved his decision.
c. A. seward and Robert N. Waite for relator:
United States District Attorney s. q. Courtney for
United States.
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LEAky TELEGRAPH CLERK FOUND 0Ur.--hr
Edward Atkinson, during whose recent corresponds
ence with General Butler q private telegraph de-
spatch leaked out, writes as follows to the Boston
Advertiser concerning subsequent proceedlngs.--I
asked the president OF the telegraph company 70 In
siisute the most searching examination, informing
him that many merchants had urged me 20 enter
suit against his company. lie III once said that no
sut was required IL was for their interest 10 keep
the trust imposed upon them, and ne would en-
deavor TO discover tho cnprit he was In
their employ. An invcatlgatOn was entered
upon. aud suspicion was almost Immediately
turned upon O cOrk In their employ, VINO. upon
learning that the inquiry was in progress, Ut
once resigned his place and left their ONCE. Ills
resignation has not been accepted but the officers
OF tie CORPORATION think ~ would be OF little use to
prosecute iIm--irst for the general reason that one
VINO would steal message would take false oath
and. second because on the only similar complaint.
eyer made 10 fern t1ey did detect an operator AMI
81 ed hi IN IN cfl niaal courtin ncw YORK. where
was dfschafrcJb BY tn Judge on ths genera ground
that so lOng "a a cOm,ni5tee ~ tOntrcss assumed
the lh to control patatc correspond eueo the ope-
Tstor eQu.j nVg NC cVnlgiXped.
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ation would be greatly increased diminishing there
fore the chances OF it's discovery by chemical tests;
persons poisoned by strychnine generally die in a
few hours.
VERDICT.
The jury then retired, and after quarter OF an
hours elaboration brought In the following ver-
dict:-"We dni that there is probable cause Tor be-
lieving that the death OF Anna 0xenfurth has been
caused by organic poison, aud we consider II ony
proper that further investigation ne nad before the
Grand Jury. We request that the Coroner obtain
such further evidence as may throw additional light
upon the case f
THE PRISONER COMMITTED.
The prisoner, WAC pleaded MT guilty 10 the lues-
ton OF the Coroner, was thereupon committed TO
await the action OF the Grand jury.
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UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER COURT.

More Of the Alleged Naturalization Frauds.
Before Commissioner Osborn.
The Uaited States u.s. Tiaotly D,cger.-The defend
ant was arrested at Peekskill on Thursday evening
by Deputy Marshals Dwyer and McCay on o charge OF
procuring and selling false certificates OF natura,i.
m tlon Tile defendant was brought No yesterday
morning aud held for examination till Monday next.
Committed for Counterfeiting.
Tie Uaiiel states as. Richard Gey;hdrt.-The de-
PENDANT was brought before Commissioner Osborn
yesterday morning charge OF having on the
night OF the 18th inst. passed counterfeit twenty
cent stamp on one Mchal Fritz a ger beer saloon
keeper in avenue A. Gerhart committed Tor
trial
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SUPERIOR CouAT-TRAL Term.
Important TO Bankers.
Rafora Indn n Innes

John r. TnderhU rS. The Merchants Exchange
National Ba,k.-The testimony in this case devel.
oped the fact that the plaintiff drew $4,000 from
the Merchants Exchange National Bank, receiving
the money IN three packages, purporting 10 contain
$1,000 each.
The packages appeared 70 have passed through
several hands without being opened. ana finally 10
nave been delivered to the Marine National Bank,
when II was discovered that one OF the packages
contained but $4,000. sts
the plaintiff in the case now sues TO recover the
balance Of $1,000. The defence claim that the Mer-
chants Exchange National Bank should show Ia an
nnmistakable manner that each package contained
f5 600 The Jury found for the defence.
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WAS NOT TAKEN N CUSTODY.
Oh or THE HERALD

To TIE EDITOR or THE HERALD
There appeared in your paper q short time ago a
notice to the effect that had been taken 20 Newark,
n. j., IN custody. wish to state that never was
"taken TO Newark in custody;r but subsequent TO
the above notice went to that city and entered into
recognizance TO appear when called upon IN answer
TO charge made against me. The case was tried In
the United states District Court OF New Jersey on
the 2Sth inst. and was bonorabiy acquitted.
Yours, &c. q. q. WuODH0USE.
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Fifth the numbers are closely divided between tho
two races. The registration hgurss however ara
no fair test, for 1t must be remembered that some
10000 white men were not allowed to register who
win assuredy vote. there beng no disranchise
ments under the present constitution. Thus in spite
OF the gerrymandering the whites now have pn-
doubted maoritIes In the First Third and Fourth dis
tricts. The Second with considerably larger negro
majority than IL now has, was carried by the demo-
Gratis last spring electng Hon Nelson TAFT the pre-
sent member OF Congress- In this district the negro
democratic strength lies and the prospect Ia that
Mr.. Tart viii be re-eec ell next february by q far
majority Thus the Filth l. the only dis riot that The
radicals can safely call their own now for here the
negroes are less disposed 10 be Influenced by the
whi'es The Iairest estimate OF the probable vote Of
georgia Tor President in November next Is given
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UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL BRANCH.
Alleged murder on ,he High Seas.

Before Judge Benedict.
TIE United states rs. John X LGHt0ert.-The de-
fendant is charged with having, the Esd OF Decen-
her last, the high seas caused the death of Henry
J. Parker, seaman belonging TO the brigantine :.
6troutt. The defendant was first maze Of the vessel
at the time The particulars have been fully detailed
IN the HERALD. The case stands adjourned till Mon
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CITY INTELLIGENCE.

The WEATHER YRsTERDAy.-The following record
viii show the changes in the temperature for the
past twenty-four hours as indicated by the Their
mometer at HudnuE's pharmacy, 2ls Broadway,
m Ruf
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Gratis they claim, the democratic majority win he
increased to over stwenty thousand. 1t viii be oh.
served that in the Sixth and Sey districts the
majorities and democratic votes do not keep pace
with the registered whites. In these districts are
pretty much all OF the white rcpD leans In Georgia.
There not three thousand OF them IN all the other
districts combined. The above estimate represents
the Actual vote axpecied.
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II. s. WALKER.
LEWIS BAKER & co.
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G. E Il Il v : Ii u IL G
WATER !
Its Wonderful Cures and Gu
ratiVe Powers.

VIHE GETTYSBURG SPRING COMPANY
i announce that they completed arrange.
meHts for supplying the Gettysburg Medicinal
Water Oh scale commensurate with the de.
mand Physicians and invalids desiring infor.
nation as 10 the therapeutic value and virtue of
this Water will on application to tho office of
the Company, or any of the Druggists Stores. be
furnished with printed copies of statements Of
nvalids. and reports of eminent medical men as
to its CURATIVE RFFECTs the only unerring test of
the value Of any water or medicine.
They are also referred to the thousands OF In
valids and their medical advisers in every part
Of the country, who have, since the general in
PRODUCTION of this Water among the people some
six months ago, been cured, by its use, Of dis
tressing or fatal maladies
This combined testimony establishes beyond
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all others known TO materia medica, or found in
the mineral springs Of modern times.
Ii has been demonstrated in number Of in
stances to possess the power OF solving culculus
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Of chalk stones formed by rheumatism Gout,
and Gravel and Of PERMANENTLY curing these
diseases for which medical science and the mast
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provided palliatives.
Also of arresting the progress, II not perma-
nently curing, AlbumenuTia, or Brights Dis.
ease.
This Water is confidently claimed TO be the
only mineral spring water with which great and
remarkable cures have been effected away from
its source.
Depot GO Liberty street, New York.
For sale BY McCABE, BUSHFfELD &
KRAFT, 30 Main street, Wheeling, and Drug.
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A New "Baby-show."

Mr.. Barnum's exhibition of babies at
the Museum, some years ago, was n nov
city in it's day; but the Oneida Commu-
nifty beats Barnum. Hesimply awarded
premiums to the biggest, latest and
healthiest of the numerous infants who
were "entered" for exhibition the Com
munity people claim that all their chill
dren are finer than all others. 1t APP
pears from tabular statement, evident.
ly compiled with care and with proud
consciousness of singular excellence,
that the average weight of the rising
generation among the Communists is
1891 pounds, that the girls weigh l36!
pounds and the boys l43f pounds, and
that the average height is feet "a
inches. Nor is this all; for we were
told that "new set of young women
have come on the stage of womanhood,
who are taller and larger than any that
have gone before them, actually threat
ening to overtop the me1, and fill the
Community in a few generations with
Amazons and giantsw
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SPECIAL NOTICES
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1t is conceded by the most eminent medical
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The foctid contents of the bowels if long re.
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ulcers. occasionally find their way into the blood
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Eruptive and Cutaneous Diseases of the kin
Enlargement of the Glands, Pains in the Head
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all of which diseases readily yield to the power
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The many valuable ingredients of which
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the most valuable dlterdtires aud system renorG
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