The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-02

terday Ill the evidence tending to establish his Juno
cence. number OF additional warrants for tn
arrest Of parties not hitherto suspected were issued
by the Commissioner on Information furnished bJ
detective whitley.
The Caller Wedektnd mystery completed its first
phase yesterday, before Judge Hogan Dr. Wede
kind committed to the General Sessions on the
charge OF extortlon, and was held to answer In
$4,000 BALL as this was not forthcoming he was
! removed TO the cells.
Dennis Byrne, q silverplater in Brooklyn, was
shot three times, and perhaps MORALLY wounded,
yesterday, by John Magee, also o silverpater. The
latter 1t seems had repeatedly nsulted Byrne's wife
ana sisterin-law, ana Byrne yesterday demanded an
explanation OF him, and was shot without any
/ further provocatt0n. MCGEE escaped.
AL meeting or the Woman's Suffrage Association
yesterday the recent Richardson Mcfarland tragedy
was made the basis Of an argument to show wo
mans right to voice In the making OF the divorce
laws.
The Coroner's jury In the case OF Robert Muir the
desperate, who was killed In Williamsburg on Tues
day morning, by policeman Thomas Lanigan, rem
dered verdict yesterday completely exonerating
Lanigan from all blame in the matter.
Burke the convicted murderer, whose sentence
was recently committed to Imprisonment for life, Is
reported to have said that he would rather die.
tain Dreyer, will leave Hoboken at two r. NJ. to-day
for Southampton ana Bremen. The mails for Europe
will close at the Post once at twelve NJ.
The stock market yesterday was feverish until late
in the day, when 1t became steady and strong at
advance upon the lowest prices OF the recent de-
cline. Gold sold down TO III y, but recovered finally
to l22.
Prominent Arrivals In the City.
General s. Keefer OF orange, N. j.; Surgeon Lud-
ington and General E. Norton. OF San Francisco;
Colonel j. Nye, of watervilie Me-. Colonel A. Stow
ell, OF Boston; Judge F. A. Coe, OF New York; Gen.
eral j. c. Savory Of Des Moines; Colonel E. L. Parker
Of Philadelphia; General 7. Anderson Of New jersey
and Captain H. P. Conner, Of the Panama Mail
Steamship Company, are at the Metropolitan Hotel.
Major F. E. Taylor. Of the United States Army;
Captain De Leon. Of New York; Professor W. Farrell
OF New York. and Professor Thorpe, OF st. Louis,
are at the St. Charles Hotel.
Captain Judkins, Of steamer Scotia; Captain ".
c. Stout, OF Stamford, and Lieutenant Colonel w. B.
Irwin, Of the British Army, are at the New York
Hotel
Ex-Congressman J. V. L. Pruyn, OF Albany; Alder.
man Dakin and John vildes. Brackston Baker and
W. f. Price, NJ. p, Of London, England. are at the
Brevoort House,
Samuel L. Clemens MARK Twalnl Miles Wash
burn, Of Boston. and Thomas D. Pearce OF Philadel
phia, are at the Westminster HOTEL
senator George E. Spencer, OF Alabama, and E.
Palacios, Minister Of Guatemala, at the Everett
House.
Governor ]. G. Smith, OF Vermont; r. M. Rogers
OF the United States Army, and Galusha A. Grow OF
Pennsylvania are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
General Meyer. of the United States Army and G.
G. Gaylord, OF Philadelphia, are at the Hoffman
House.
L. Winship, OF New Haven S. T. Cozzens, OF West
Point s. Foster OF Providence and J. M. Miller, OF
Philadelphia, are at the Grand Hotel.
Judge Rush r. Sloane, Of Sandusky and Judge 7.
Miller, c; Hudson, N. Y, are at the st. Nicholas
Hotel.
Prominent Departures.
F. B. Judson, for Syracuse; Colonel s. NJ. Jonn-
son. for Washington; CAPTAIN s. B. stone for ston-
ington; Senator Foster, for Connecticut; James
Watt and James Douglas, sailed yesterday on board
the steamer Java for Europe.