The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-15
NEW YORK HERALD THURSDAY JULY 15 sea-TRIPLE SHEET

shot himself YESTERDAY through the orain PiouuonS
death almost instantly. He had been complaining
few minutes previously OF an acute pain In the mead
Young man OF seventeen named Conrad Gould,
| was committed to the Kings county jail III bfooA'
| lyn yesterday for abandoning MS wue' mere
! child who is about to become mother
A tin box containing SS5 900 in bonds and stocks,
was stolen from the Seamen's Bank Tor Savings, In
| this CITY on Monday afternoon, by two men, VINO
apparenty called on ordinary business, but on de-
| parting carried the box with them. on Tuesday
morning the cashier was notified that box con-
! tanning stocks and bonds to the amount OF over
$4,000 was at No. Is Howard street, where 1t had
been left in the entry, directed to him. The returned
bonds could not have been negotiated by the thieves
Dudley Chittenden, lad OF seventeen, and W. H.
Higgins, were before Commissioner Shields yester-
day a charge OF opening Post office letter con-
tanning five checks and draft Chittenden was
accepted as witness in the case for the prosecution
OF Higgins but stated that he had himself obtained
the letter originally and had opened It, and that
Higgins had finally arranged with him to obtain the
reward for the return Of the vauables. The prose-
cution rested and the case adjourned until this
morning.
The Vreeland abandonment case came up before
Justice Mansfield, at Essex Market Police Court,
yesterday and an AFFIDAVIT OF Delta Gill, servant,
was sworn to- which stated conclusively that the
parties in the case mad been married. The defence
requested an adjournment until to-day, which was
granted.
The North German Lloyds steamship Hansa, Cap
tain BricEenstein, will leave HObOken at two p NJ.
to-day for Southampton and Bremen. The mails by
her Will close at the Post ONCE at twelveA.
The steamship Eagle, Captain NJ. r. Greene, will
leave pier No. 4, North river, at p. NJ to-day for
Havana, calling at Nassau, n p.
The stock market yesterday was steady at the
opening, heavy at midday and very strong at the
close New York Central advancing to 20Sk. Gold
finally closed at 1879.
Prominent Arrivals in the City.
Congressman W. H. Farnum, Of Connecticut, and
II. c. Lord, OF Cincinnati, are at the ST. Nicholas
Hotel.
Lieutenant General Sheridan, of the United States
Army +. w. Cornell, OF Albany; Captain J. r.
Campbell, of the British army, and Judge F. A.
Fithlan OF New York. at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Count Esterhazy, OF the Austrian Legation, and
Colonel Robert Lenox Banks, Of Albany, are at the
Clarendon Hotel.
Colonel E. d. Morgan, Jr.. OF New York, and
Robert T. Lincoln, OF Chicago, are at the Hoffman
House.
Alfred Tyler, OF Erie Pa, and f. F. Leonard, of
Springfield, ILL.,, are at the Albemare Hotel.
Philadelphia, and Z. Herbert Whitney, OF Boston are
at the Westminster Hotel.
Judge ]. W. Hall, of Waterbury; General Cayen-
der, of st. LOUIS MAJOR J. NJ Lee OF Buffalo; Gene
raj Byron Lafin OF North Carolina, and Colonel
s. NJ. Whiting Of San Francisco, are at the Metro
potan Hotel.
Captain Judkins, OF the steamship Scotia; T. Cas-
tleman and r. p. Pepper, OF Frankfort, KY, and
julius Leblanc, of Cuba, are at the New York Hotel,
Ex-Congressman J. V. l.. Pruyn OF Albany and
W. II. Wardell, OF Boston, are at the Brevoort
House.
Among the passengers by schooner Eliza J.
Staples, arrived yesterday from Demarara, was
Captain William Gillespie (ate OF the United states
NAVY feet pilot Of the Peruvian ironclad fleet and
executive officer OF the iron clad Atahualpa.
Prominent Departures.
General Robinson and Colonel W. Wilkinson, for
Lake George; Colonel +. A. Phillips, for Corrie Pa
Judge Bigelow for Springfield Mass; Colonel Hoxie
and DR.. W. C. II, Whiting, for Philadelphia; Colonel
]. Hale and w. DE Bergue sailed yesterday for
Europe.