The New York herald., 1869-04-13

| apolis yesterday. The democratic members who had
previously resigned In order to prevent the ratnca
ton Of the fifteenth amendment had been reeiecteo
and were sworn In. The consideration OF the
fifteenth amendment was postponed until May ii.
Commissioner Delano has ordered that the com
missions OF all Internal Revenue detectives shall ter
inmate or before the 3oth inst
| General Sickes has declined the mission to Mexico
| and will probably be sent to Spain.
| General Stoneman with the Twenty first infantry,
| left Richmond Va, yesterday, en- route for Cali
fornia.
Warren Blanchard, keeper Of dsordery house in
| Bnghamton, n. Y, was found dead, with his head
in brass kettle, and showing awound from pistol
ball. In his house Yesterday morning. His wife and
two girls the only inmates, had disappeared. after
clearing up all traces Of blood and other indications
| OF how the murder was committed. The affair re-
| mains in mystery.
Miss Cairns young lady of JarretsvIlle, Nd. rode
up to the porch Of the hotel that village Satur
| day evening and shot and instantly killed man
| named Nicholas McC0mas, who was sitting among
| twenty others. The alleged cause of the murder
| was seduction, and both parties are reported to
have been highly respectable.
John A. Coleman, at Boston, has been awarded
800 damages for being assaulted and elected from
| New York and New Haven Railroad car
Two places OF amusement in Baltimore. where the
|
The City.
| In the Board OF Aldermen yesterday report was
received from the Trustees OF the Sailors Snug Har
Dor showing the dis sbursements during the past year
to have been $l67.6s4 while the estimated income
was $96,5l0 Donations were made to various
churches to the aggregate Of about $4,000, and a
large amount OF business relative paving streets
was transacted.
In the Board Of Assistant Aldermen q resolution
Of sympathy with the Cubans was unanimously
adopted. Donations TO the aggregate amount Of
s5,s75 were made for church assessments, damages
to a horse and extra services" after which the
Board adjourned.
John Ahlb0ch. an aged German, committed suicide
by hanging himself in his room, No. 20 Wett street.
yesterday. 1t appears that few months ago he
quarreled with his wife, and his grown-up beat
him with large pistol so severely that he was con-
fined in the hospital for several weeks On his
covery he found that his wife and son had removed
most OF his goods and household furniture to another
part OF the city. He had his arrested but he
never tried, and the old man. overcome by his
mutation Of evils ended them by hanging.
Deputy Sheriff Moran, who is charged with con-
nlvlng at the escape Of George King, convict while
he had him In custody pleaded guilty in the Court Of
General Sessions yesterday and was remanded for
sentence.
Two alleged spirit photographers were yesterday
arrested and brought before Judge Bowling, at the
| Tombs, on charge Of practlcing gross deception
upon the public and swindling people out OF their
| money On false pretences. Their examination was
set down for Friday when some interesting devel-
opments are anticipated.
mass meeting was held in Brooklyn last evening
in the interests Of free trade, which Henry Ward
| Beecher presided and made speech in strong de-
nunciatiOn OF the protective system.
over eighty of the Second avenue car drivers nave
| stopped work and are on strike owing to an
| attempt to increase the number Of their hours Of
| labor.
| The Hamburg American Packet Company's steam
| ship Hammonia, Captain E. Meyer will leave
| Hoboken at two p. NJ. to-day for Plymouth ENG
| landl Cherbourg and Hamburg. The mails will
| close at the Post once at twelve M. to-day.
The steamship Colorado. Captain Green will sail
| from pier No. 46 North river at eight O'Clock to.
morrow Wednesday, morning for Liverpool, calling
at Queenstown to land passengers.
The stock market yesterday was dun and heavy,
except for few OF the leading speculative railway
| shares. Gold was feversn closing finally at l33 q
| 1887.
Beef cattle were in fair supply yesterday but the
demand being tOlerably active, about former prices
were prevalent, prime and extra steers selling at
16lc Ike, fair to good at 15c. 1870. and infe-
1
but little sought after, and prices were gen.
orally In buyers favor. Prime and extra
| were quoted 500 q 1925 each, fair to good SIS
SIS, common se5 a SO and inferior $40 $sO
Veal calves were In moderate request at the follow
| ing prices:-Prime and extra, l2c. 13c common to
| good, 10lc. llch and INFERIOR 10c. o 10Ac. Sheep
were In fair request, and prices were quite steady,
| Notwithstanding the free arrivals. We quote:-
sheared-Prlme and extra, 71lc. shc.; common TO
| good, 61lc. 71sc. inferior, exc. 6hc Unshorn-
Extra 94c. 9llc; prime SIC. &C.; fair to good,
nc. SIC; inferior TO common 6ac. 7L4c. SWINE
were firm at lo1lc Ike. for common to prime,
| with fair demand and moderate arrivals.
| Prominent Arrivals in the City.
| Senator Sprague, OF Rhode Island; General G. W.
schoneld, OF the United States Army william l..
Scott OF Erie, Pa Colonel Z. j. Curley, OF Kentucky
and J. T. Warren, Of Cincinnati, are at the Fifth
| Avenue Hotel.
Surgeon A. r. Smith. Of the United States Navy;
ex-Mayor Homer Ramsdell OF Newburg; X. L. Mott,
| OF Georgia; H. Coulter b. II. Jones and G. +.
Stevens, or Philadelphia, are at the Astor House.
Mr. Fame OF the British legation; John Bell and
Alexander Wood. Of England, are at the Clarendon
| Hotel
| J. Htz, Consul General to Switzerland and W. q.
Metzerot, OF Washington at the st. Denis Hotel.
Colonel J. s. Barber Of virginia; Colonel 7. John
son. OF Texas; General p. M. Lapice. o. DeBuys and
3. Schmidt, OF louisiana, are ct the New York
| Hotel.
| +. A. Nachols, OF Huntsville, Ala; r. @. Gross and
John q. Mccall Of Pennsylvania, are at the Maltby
House.
Captain George d. Norton, OF Saratoga; W. J.
| Smith. OF Tennessee, and w. Blanchard OF Chicago
| are at the ST. Charles Hotel,
Captain II. Sweetser and DIR. ]. McCabe, Of Indi.
ana; Professor Samuel Gardner, OF Washington;
Colonel Jerome c. c. Davis. OF California; Colonel
W. I. Higgins. OF San Francisco and Dr. ]. Davy. OF
Philadelphia are at the Metropolitan Hotel.
Judge II. A. Nelson, OF Poughkeepsie; Ira Harris,
OF Albany; J. II. Darlington, OF Virginia. and Judge
| Dorman, OF Norfolk, Va, at the st. Nicholas