The Portland daily press., 1868-12-29
NE W YORK.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2o.-The post office EN-.
ployefs don their new uniform to-day. During
the twelve months ending Oct. 81, 1858. 12 SO4, :
z30 mailan 6.578.856 city letters were delivered
here, besides 2.68g,663 newspapers. During the
same period, 2e 81 $40 letters were collected
from lamp post boxes.
The coroner has been notified Of eight sud.
Sunday
A disturbance occurred last evening at tenn.
perance meeting in the New Bowery, between
the door-keeper, John Driscoll, and Thomas
Walsh, when Driscoll drew knife and inf ct.
ed a severe wound on the shoulder of the other
He was arrested.
French carom game OF 300 points up, came off
&C the Academy of Music before large and
respectable aud 'ence. The game was close and
exciting and was eventually won bv Foster by
four poiuts. The play did not terminate till
one o'clock this morning.
COMPLEMENTARY DINNER TO SENATOR CAS-
E sERLY.
r. B. Roosevelt of the New York Citizen
gave an elegant dinner at Delmonico's this
evening to Hon. Eugene Cassery. United
States Senator elect from California. MANY
other guests were present and former members
, OF the New York press, who were invited with
view to making Mr.. Ca sserly's acquaintance
A pleasant evening was passed. Speeches were
made by the host, bv the chief guest, Mr.. Gas.
ssrly, and others. Mr.. Casserly, in the course
q MS remarks, alluded to the arrest of Samuel
Bowles and said the man who committed such
an outrage upon the liberties of the press
would yet have reason to rue his temerity.
MR.. cusHINe's MISSION.
The Post has report that Mr. Cushing has
been sebt to Bogota with full powers from our
government to close o contract for a canal
across the lsthmus, towards which, it is sand,
of a million dollars. Probably part of the
sum Is needed TO make a survey 1t is asserted
that General Grant has been consulted about
the Panama ship canal, and that he is warmly
IN favor of the scheme. 1t is said that he thinks
its speedy construction is necessary to preserve
our commercial and naval supremacy on our
empire on the Pacific. 1t is rumored that Mr.
Gushing has been examining maps to report
upon the most feasible line for the canal, aud
that he is convinced that the canal must be
built at or very near the line of the present
Panama railroad, and that the Canal Company
ana tne railroad Company ought to be one.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE FULLERTON CASE.
Judge Nelson has vacated his order staying
proceedings in the Fullerton case, but has
directed that arguments to quash the indict-
mept nor any similar proceeding shall be had
until after the trial, when O motion for arrest
of judgment or any similar motion can be heard
II the defence desires. The affidavit of ex-
Judge Fullerton, on which Judge Nelson
ordered the stay of proceedings. in his case
stated that several important questions of law,
and some OF great intrinsic difficulty were in
v0ved In the construction of the statutes I'M
der which the indictment was framed and
would necessarily arise in the prosecution of
the proceedings, and that as under the laws of
the United States there can be no appeal from
the decision of Federal Judge, unless he is
an Associate Justice of the United States
Supreme Court, and his case not coming be-
fore an Associate judge he (Fu.lerton) ap-
piled for stay of proceedings.
TIE NATURALIZATION FRAUDS.
The Congressional Com mittee for the inves-
tigation of the alleged naturalization frauds
held session to-day, but the reporters were