The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-21
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, July 20, 1860.
The French Gable,

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WASHINGTON, July 20, 1869.
The French Gable.
The statement that Secretary Fish has given au-
thority to land the French cable at Duxbury Mass,
Ii not correct The Secretary does not consider that
he has the power to give such authority, as it be-
longs exclusively to Congress. The Secretary has
simply expressed the opinion thar with the conces
sions which the Gable Company propose TO make to
the United States Congress Will probably not make
any objections.
Annual Reports Of the War Once.
The annual reports Of officers OF the Engineer.
Ordnance, Quartermaster and Commissary Depart
ments a. well as those OF the Pay Department,
stationed al depots throughout. the country, are
being received at their different bureaus, and In
short time Will undergo compilation by the chiefs
thereof. These reports Will then be submitted to
the Secretary Of War for embodiment In his report
for the last fiscal year.
A C0lOred Murderess Acquitted on the Plea of
Insanity.
The trial OF Mile Gaines, coored, for the murder
OF James c. Ingle, white man, Waterman In the In
terror Department. in March last, terminated to-day
According to her own story she had been on terms
OF improper intimacy with the deceased, with the
prospect OF becoming q mother. She had threat
ened to kill Ingle and the lady whom he had invited
to 60 to the Inauguration reception. Mile was
subsequently Intercepted by him. when she re-
peated the threat, whereup0n he drew pistol and
placed 1t to her head, but could not discharge 1t.
The accused had asked him for money. in view Of
the anticipated 0nspring, when he repused her. A
short time after this she took advantage Of his
lying on lounge at the boarding house in which
she was servant and killed him with an axe or
hot az UhnA ooA nt Aau hofn tho
homicide, denied to one of the witnesses that his
conduct towards her was immoral. The counsel for
the defence set up the plea OF insanity, and numer
GUS witnesses were examined ON this point. The
father OF the prisoner showed that from the time Of
her great-grandparents to the present period in
sanity had been the ruling affctOn OF the family.
Judge Fisher, in charging the jury, said q
murder is where homicide Is committed by per-
son Of sane mind with malice prepens. The law
presumes every person to be innocent until he Is
proved guilty, and jury must give him the benefit
Of that doubt. He believed the jury should give
the benefit Of the doubt as regards the accused
as the law had always done in other Cases. The
jury retired and after an absence of two minutes re-
turned with the verdict Of 'Not guilty." Six Of the
jurors were white and the other six coored This
the first murder trial IN the District of Columbia In
which the latter race served as jurors.
The Boundaries of British North America.
The Commissioner OF the General Land ONCE has
just addressed letter to the Crown Land Commits
sioner OF Jhe Dominion OF Canada enclosing with
the letter map of all British North America north
of the United States boundary line, and has re-
quested that 0icer to delineate on the map the ex
act outline Of the Dominion OF Canada ana the
several constituent provinces. He has also requested
the Crown Land Commissioner to furnish informa-
ton tho NJ fioh nov
ment to extinguIsh the interest OF the Hudson Bay
Company on this Continent and whether Is the pur
pose Of the British government to attach that region
of country TO the Dominion Of Canada; and If not,
under what separate organization it Will be estab-
ltshed, and what will be the seat OF legislative,
executive and judicial power II 1t should not be
annexed A singular coincidence connected with
the above Is that the Oficer charged with the sur
veys and management OF the Crown lands In the
Hudson Bay Territory has called upon Commissioner
Wilson for reports calculated to give him complete
Information of the system Affecting the original sur
vey OF townships in the western and Northwest
States. 1t is thought that the American system Of
surveys will be the best for use In that country.
Health of Ex-Attorney General Black.
Captain Shirley, who recently visited Judge j. s.
Black at York, Pa, says the latter Is rapidly re-
covering from his recent injuries by railroad acci-
dent near Louisville.
Seizure Of Illicit Stills i'm North Carolina.
The Internal Revenue Bureau has received infor.
nation of the seizure OF eight Illicit dIsteres in
Wake county, N. c. There are Twenty-Five or thirty
dstilleres in that section The collector says
the liquor Is consumed ia the vicinity OF the distil-
leries.
Issue OF Fractional Currency.
The Treasurer has issued $780, worth Of new ten
cent and 81, 800 worth OF new fifteen cent fractional
currency. The new twenty-five and fifty cent notes
will not probably be issued before the 1st OF August.
Printing Revenue Stamps.
During the absence Of Commissioner DeanO ar
rangements have been made for change in the
printing and issuing of revenue stamps 1t has been
the study OF the officers OF the revenue for long
time to remedy the evil Of lack of responsibility in
this branch of BUSINESS and therefore 1t Is believed
the corrective will be to print and the stamps
in the same manner as the currency OF the country
is printed and Issued-namely: the stamps with
new designs, printed In Philadelphia and New York.
tie be forwarded to the department for the lmpres.
sion OF o seal upon them, prior to their being is
sued, and then issued, all from the department
direct.
Yellow Fever at 81. Cr0ix.
The United States Consul at st. Crox, W. l..
under date OF the oath of June, informs the Depart
ment Of State that the yellow fever made Its appear
ance among the soiders IN the garrison at Chrls
tiansted, about the end OF April last. The disease
seems to have assumed an epidemic form. Ter
cases and five deaths have occurred. No case,
have occurred in the town among the shipping
In the harbor The port of Fredericks.ed and othel
ports Of the islsad remain healthy.
Death Of nm Editor.
Colonel L. 4. whils!y q keptg,cky dlea here thii
evening of consumption During the past few year
he has filed prominent position on the Ndttona
Inteili0encer, Of this city.