The Portland daily press., 1868-12-02
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NEW YORK, Dec 1.-General Grant arrived
at the Metropolitan Hotel this evening. Last
night he attended the dinner of the st. An
drews Society at Philadelphia. He left on the
eight o'clock train for Boston.
Mrs. A. Gatewood, of 81 Blocker street.
stole quantity of lace from Mrs. Eaton, a
dress maker This morning a detective ar
rested her when she confessed her guilt, and
asked few minutes privacy before accompy-
ing the officer. She was permitted to retire,
and failing to return the officer went up stairs
and found that she had cut her throat with q
razor and was dead. Her friends state that she
was subject to kleptomania.
The charter election to-day has passed off
very quietly. Very little interest was mani
tested and the vote has been light. large
number of arrests were made for attempts at
illegal voting at different precincts. The pris-
oners are detained at the station houses and
will be examined tomorrow.
The vote for mayor is 96,014, of which Hall,
Democrat, received " ,054, and Conking 20960.
Halls majority 54,094 The total registry was
1850. O'Gorman is elected by about the
same majority.
OF the twenty-five Assistant Aldermen,
formerly known as Councilmen, chosen the
Democrats are known to have elected fourteen
and Republicans three.
A man named Patrick Kelley was fatally
shot in an ARRAY tns afternoon in 36th street,
near Second Avenue, as is alleged by Daniel
Noble, well known i'll connection with the
Royal Insurance Company robbery. Noble is
now in custody at police headquarters.
A meeting was held at Cooper Institute this
evening under the auspices of the Working
Women's Association in behalf of Hester
Vaughn, now under sentence OF death for in
ianticide in Philadelphia. The large audience
was composed OF ladies' Susan b. Anthony
called the meeting to ORDER and nominated
Horace Greeley chairman. Speeches were
made by Miss Stanton and others, who took
grounds in favor of the abolition of capital
punishment, and also advocated woman's
right. A memorial to Governor Geary asking
the exercise OF the Executive clemency in favor
chester Vaughn was unanimously adopted
A collection was taken up, realizing $500, to
be employed for the benefit of Hester Vaughn,
to deiray the expenses of the delegation APP
pointed to wait on the Governor.
The argument in the Erie cases closed this
afternoon, Mr.. Chas. O'Connor summing upon
behalf of the plaintiffs Judge Nelson re-
served his decision.
THE ERIE WAR.
BINGHAMPToN, Dec. 1-Justice Boleom,
sitting at The special term of the Supreme
Court in this city, to-day granted an order on
the application of the ATTORNEY General of the
State enioining the Erie Railway Company, by
its Directors, from delivering or transferring
any property to a receiver or any other person
other than the receiver to be appointed by the
Court, and naming Hon. Giles Hotchkiss of
this city as referee, and TO take testimony of
all matters, transactions, &C.. OF the company,
and to file his report with the evidence taken
by him with this Court. This action sustains
the Directors OF the road against all other per-
sons.
MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
HUDSON, Dec. 1.-The charter election to.
day resulted in the election OF the entire Dem
ocratic ticket by majOrities ranging from 165
to Sol. Rogers is elected mayor by 305 majority.
DESTRUCTION OF FORT LAFAYETTE BY FIRE.
FORT HAMILTON, Dec. 1, 2.30 p. M--About
1880 this afternoon fire broke out in the roof
of Fort Lafayette, which consumed the en-
tire roof, and the flames are now extending
down through the classmates. 1t is probable
that nothing will be left standing but the walls.
Great Consideration is exhibited in the village.
Many people are leaving with their families
fearing an explosion of the magazine, which
contains thirty tons of powder. 1t is impossi-
BILE to say yet whether there is any danger
General Newton has ordered steam pump
down to play on the magazine Carpenters
had been at work repairing the roof and one
man had kindled a fire which communicated
with chimney causing the disaster.
The flames were fortunately eXtnguished
without serious damage to the fort.
A NEW RAILROAD.
LEBANON SPRINGS, Dec. 1.-The Lebanon
Springs Railroad is now open from Benning-
ton, Vermont, to North Chatham. eight and a
half miles from Chatham Four Corners, where
it will connect with the Rutland and Burling-
ton and Western Vermont roads directly with
the New York and Harlem railroad, forming a
direct line to Lebanon, New York, Manches-
ter, Vermont, Burlington and Montreal