The New York herald., 1869-05-27


In the provinces ana the agents Of the Grand Trunk
Railway and Liverpool steamship compan7 are
| purchasing lands.
The Rhode Island Legislature yesterday went out
OF its way unanimously to endorse Ex-Governor
Burnside and. by inference, to rebuSe senator
Sprague
The floral decoration of the soldiers graves In this
State has been postponed until Monday, the $751; by
order OF General Sickles.
The City.
The Board OF Excise yesterday by unanimous vote
reduced the fees paid for licenses to sell liquor as
follows-Frst class license, s125 except hotels and
restaurants; second class license, $50 to 800.
Judge Cardozo yesterday ordered that Anna Pear
sall and Joanna 0'Connor be discharged from the
arrangement for contempt and be released on 81 900
bail each, to answer the charge OF keeping bawdy
house. James Knolke gave o bond which the Judge
did not consider very satisfactory but which he nev
ertheless accepted on conditions He addressed O
note to Mr. Townsend stating that he did NOT intend
to interrupt him on Tuesday, and that he would give
him an opportunity at any time to reply to the de-
nunciatons OF the Courts counsel.
James Dorey shot John Mullady on Butler street,
IN Brooklyn yesterday, while the latter was assault
ing him with q pitchfork. Mullady s dangerously
wounded; Dorey gave himself up. The affair grew
out of difficulty the night previous.
Kate Fisher the actress, was in court yesterday
On charge Of grand larceny preferred by Mrs.
Bevins, Of Long Island. in having, it is alleged,
stolen watch worth $500. She denied the act and
the case was postponed until Friday.
An examination In the case Of Theodore Allen,
charged with rescung an escaped burglar from
private detective, had at Jefferson Market yester.
day. Some interesting facts were ELECTED, including
the particulars Of the manner in which Allen secured
the commitment to the Tombs Of the present CON-
plainant some time ago.
The North German Lloyd's steamship Deutschland,
Captain Il. A. I. Neynaber, will leave Hoboken at
two p. M. to-day for Southampton and Bremen. The
European mails will close at the Post ONCE at
twelve NJ.
The stock, government and gold markets yester-
day were heavy and declined. The fall in stocks
for the leading speculative railway shares Gold
dropped TO 1884,, but closed finally at 139;s.
Prominent Arrivals In tho City.
Ex-Secretary Of State W. II. Seward, Of Auburn;
ExPostmaster Randall OF washington; Congress-
man Poland OF yermont Judge A. Packer. of Penn
sylvania; General Benham, OF the United States
Army; James f. Brand United States Consul to
Nuremberg; PayInaster Robert Petit OF the United
States Navy. and II. b. Plant OF Georgia. are at the
Ast0r House.
Comptroller VIM. +. Allen, OF Albany Charles A.
Washburne, OF California Hiram Bliss, OF Maine
Captain II. Perry, OF England Galusha A. Grow, OF
Pennsylvania, and ex.Congressman T. NJ. Pomeroy,
Of Auburn, are at the st. Nicholas Hotel.
General G. d. Kiddo, Of the United States Army;
L. s. Hayden, OF Washington Colonel G. r. Gather
OF Baltimore DR., Samuel Gatz, and DR.. Filter. Of
st. Louis, arc at the Metropolitan Hotel.
Count b. Kiralfy, Of England Colonel II. II.
Brown, OF Homer, N. Y, and NJ. G. Harris Of San
Francisco are the St Charles Hotel
Colonel j. NJ. Thompson, Of Springfield Thomas
Ewing, OF London, England, and Alexander Mitchell,
Of Milwaukee, are at the Hoffman House.
Colonel o. weilechline, Of Paris, is at the West
minister Hotel.
Colonel NJ Freyse, OF Lima; Captain windham
and Scott-Slddons and wife, Of England are at the
Westminster Hotel.
Baron Ratsmski OF the French Navy; Captain Vim.
cent, Of Montreal CaDtain w. J. Hunter, of the
Sixty-ninth regiment, British Army; Colonel s. A.
Hatch and II. T. Blow, of St. Louis and E. Corning,
Jr., of Albany, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Prominent Departures.
Lieutenant Commander Johnson, for Albany;
Lieutenant Livermore for Washington; Paymaster
Browne, for New London; Colonel Thomas Lang
don for New Brunswick; DR.. May, for Washington;
Mr.. Rngold and Mrs. Samuel Colt and party, for
Philadelphia.