The New York herald., 1869-05-19

room. While going out he drew phial from his
pocket and drank the contents which he declared to
be poison that would kill him in ten minutes. No
Ill effects resulted rom ii, however, and the trial
was postponed until this morning.
The New York Sunday School Missionary Union
embracing 135 schools celebrated its hfty-third an
nlversary yesterday with interesting exercises by the
children at the various churches. In the evening
the exercises were continued at the Reformed Dutch
church on Fifth avenue ana Twenty ninth street,
when addresses were delivered by Revs 7. L. Guy
| ler S. ii. Tying, Jr., and Others.
The discharged soldiers in this city who have been
defrauded of their bounties have formed an assoca-
tion TO redress their wrongs. Charles s. Spencer IS
their counsel and they propose to prosecute Mr.. Van
Dyck, OF the Sub Treasury for paying checks on I'M
| proper endorsements.
In the Hell Gate drowning casualty the Coroners
jury yesterday returned a verdict OF accidental
drowning.
The Cunard steamship Cuba Captain Noodle, will
sail to-day for Liverpool via Queenstown The mails
Will close at the Post ONCE at half-past eleven
O'Clock this morning.
The National line steamship The Queen, Captain
Grogan, will leave pier AZ North river at eleven A..
NJ. to-day for Queenstown and Liverpool.
The steamer Saragossa, Captain Ryder, will sail
at three P. NJ to-day from pier No. North river for
Charleston, S. c.
The stock market yesterday was higher and buoy
ant IN response to an improvement in the general
markets. New York Central advanced to 1889, the
highest it has ever reached. Gold was variable,
selling high as 142h and closing finally at 1925.
Prominent Arrivals in the City.
General Lewis Dent and Nat. Paige of Washing
ton; DR.. S. G. Pratt of Boston; DR.. Hunter OF Hon.
duras; Major W. o. Beardsey and E. P. Ross, OF
H. Latrobe, OF Maryland are at the ST. Nicholas
Hotel.
Samuel Gardiner, Of washington; Judge Hurbut,
of Saratoga; Judge Robert Cochrane, of New York,
and Judge Landen OF Schenectady, are at the Me-
ropolitan Hotel.
Charles E. Perry, United States Consul to Aspin-
wall; DR.. Y. Wade, Of Mexico; v. Rensselaer, Of An
napois, and Jules A. Randle Of TeXcs, are at the
New York Hotel.
Colonel Goroff, Of Hartford DR.. Stillwell OF Sag
Harbor; ColoAel E. M. Madden, Of Connecticut, and
7. D. Roberts, Of Middletown, are at the ST. Denis
Hotel.
John Cadwalader, Jr., Of Philadelphia, and
George d. FennO, OF Boston, at the Westminster
Hotel.
Commander McCrea, of the United States Navy, is
at the Clarendon Hotel.
Paymaster Thornton Of the United States Navy;
Albany, and Rev. DR.. s.. G. Lathrop, Of Boston, are
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Colonel W. ID. Farrand, United States Consul to
Peru; Captain S. Doane, Of steamship America; W.
F. wentworth, Of Chicago, and c. F. Harris. OF
Providence, are at the Holman House.
General Palmer, OF the United States Army Judge
W. NJ Converse, OF Connecticut, and ex-Mayor
Innes, Of Poughkeepsie are at the Astor House.
Prominent Departures.
Major Folger for Baltimore; DR.. E. Kimball. for
Boston; Dr. Earl Tor Niagara Falls; Colonel F. Libby,
for New orleans; United States Marshal Charles
Eaton for Minnesota: W. Cassidy for Albany; Jacob
Sharpe for Rome, n Y; Senator Trumbull, OF ILL
nois, for Albany; General Hagen and Captain A. II.
Merrill, for Newport, and Robert Reiman, for Bal
timore.
J. Lothrop Motley, United States Minister to the
Court OF st. James, with his family Assistant Secre-
tary OF Legation, General Badeau, and Judge Rey-
nolds and family, Of Brooklyn, leave to-day on the
steamship Cuba for Liverpool.
Judge William W. Eaton, Major W. c. Barney,
Louis Haase aud Mrs. Judge J. A. Stemmler left this
city yesterday in the steamer westphalia for Ham,