The New York herald., 1869-06-08

shall be increased by the present width OF the side
walks, and the conversion OF City Hall Park into a
plaza for vehicle transit in order TO relieve Park row.
In the matter OF bonding the steamship Quaker
City. District Attorney Pierrepont yesterday stated
that he would not resist the notion but would leave
the matter TO the discretion OF the court, only
quirng that 1t De a good bond and the papers be
fled He had received no directions from the gov
ernment or the Spanish officials relative to The mat
ter but he had no doubt personally that the vessel
was intended for some warlike purpose. The court
took the papers and reserved decision.
| The steamer Tybee was detained by Collector
| Grnnel yesterday on the complaint Of the Spanish
| Consul that she was intended to carry men and
| arms to the Cubans An investigation, however,
proved the contrary, and she was allowed to clear.
In the United States Circuit Court yesterday be-
fore Judge Blatchord the OF the United States
Vs. William Fullerton and others was further post
poned to the September term OF the court in conse
Quence OF the illness OF Judge Nelson.
An examination was had yesterday by Judge
Dowling at the Tombs In the OF the alleged in
cendary burning Of the Briggs Brothers. stables in
West Twenty third street. The two brothers, John
U. Briggs and Robert L. Briggs, and Henry @. Ross
their late foreman, each held 900 bail to
await the action of the Grand jury before whom
the papers were sent, they having waived an exam
ination. John p. Sheldon, the remaining arrested
party, was remanded to prison, not being able to
furnish the required suretes
In the Court OF General Sessions yesterday Judge
Bedford sentenced Henry s. Allen convicted OF
forgery, to The State Prison for three years.
The steamship Holsatia, Captain Ehlers, will
leave Hoboken at two P. NJ. to-day for Hamburg,
calling at Plymouth, England, and Cherbourg.
France. The mails by her will close at the Post
0ffice at twelve NJ.
The steamship Manhattan Captain Forsyth will
leave pier 40 North river at three p. NJ. tomorrow,
9th inst, for Liverpool, calling at Queenstown to
land passengers.
The stock market yesterday was heavy and under
went sharp decline. Gold was irregular, closing
finally at 1881.
Prominent Arrivals in the City.
General James McQuade. of Utica; Judge T. Null
lin, OF Waterloo; General L. E. Webb OF Wisconsin;
General Morton c. Hunter, of Indiana; Thomas Dick
son, of Scranton; Colonel Colobrano, Of Washington,
and G. L. FoOte, of Boston, at the st. Nicholas
Hotel.
Count NJ. Esterhazy, Secretary of the Austrian Le-
cation, and Colonel W. F. Moiler, of New York, are
at the Clarendon Hotel.
w. d. Farand, United States Consul to Callao,
Peru and DR.. Palmer OF Philadelphia, are a! the
Westmoreland Hotel.
E. II. de Ia Grange, OF New Orleans; r. NJ Field,
and G. Walker bennett Of Boston, are at the West
minister Hotel.
George W. Armstrong Consul elect TO Rome; r.
:. Noyes OF Sharon, Conn.,; E. Baker, Jr, ana u. 7.
Mills, OF Boston, are at the St. Denis Hotel.
Judge Cochrane and Colonel W. G. Hoyt, OF New
York; Hiram j. Hale, OF Kansas; Samuel Laird, OF
Long Branch; J. S. Lewis, OF Geneva N. Y; Mono
CHAN, Of the United States Army, and J. b. Pomeroy
OF Rhode Island, are at the Metropolitan Hotel
General A. b. Garfield, OF Ohio, is at the st.
Charles Hotel.
DR.. Parkes, OF Nashville; A. G. Collier, Of Muir
freesboro Charles J. Jones, OF North Carolina, and
W. E. Hughes OF Louisville, Ky., are az the Maltby
House.
Professor Thorpe, OF ST. Louis; DR.. Charles Roth,
OF Quebec, and j. II. Demoidy, OF Dubuque, Iowa,
are at the st. Julien Hotel.
Ex Senator James w. Wall, OF New Jersey; ]. NJ.
Lawton, OF Havana, and r. A. Van Wyck, OF South
Carolina, are al the New York Hotel.
Robt II. Pruyn, OF Albany; Chas. b. McMichael, OF
Philadelphia, and Hy. Sandford OF Connecticut, are
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
p. G. Carey, OF Cambridge; F. s. Pinckney, OF
Leavenworth and w, Petit, OF Philadelphia are at
the Hoffman House.
Prominent Departures.
Charles f. Mclean, for Baltimore; E. Eldrldge, for
Sharon Springs; II. s. Hale, for Elizabethtown; n.
Sescosse G. Riebe, G. Verdier, and W. Dousdeet Tor
Niagara Falls.