Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-02-01
NEW YORK.

I'VE" lOhh, iOotuoiy - AA"SS 49,
thur was waited upon at the Brsvoort
House this morning by a delegation OF
English, Scotch and Irish residents,
headed by the British Consul, and pre-
sented with grstulatory address.
The Prince made q feeling reply. He
dined With W. B. Duncan this evening,
and subsequently, attended the Firemens
Ball q. the Academy of Music On
Wednesday evening Prince Arthsr will
dine with Moses Fl. Grinnell, on Thurs.
day with Aug. Belmont, and Friday with
Edwin Fl. Stoughton. The Prince will
leave for Boston on Saturday.
The failure of Leroy, Nichols & Co.,
brokers, was announced upon contracts
for several thousand shares of Rock
Island stock.
Six hundred and fifty men we're dis
charged from the naval service here to-
day.
Henry Allen, formerly employed in
the sub, Treasury building, who has been
under examination on the charge of
having presented false and fraudulent
vouchers with view to defraud the
United States, was to-day discharged.
The Spanish Consul has received the
following official telegram:
HAVANA, January 30.--General Pu'
ella attacked and captured the en-
trenched camp of insurgents at Guairr-
naro, with only 1900 troops. He re-
manned there fifteen days, destroying all
the Notifications they had built The
insurgents fed after the first attack,
leaving a greet number dead on the field.
The grand jury yesterday presented as
nuisance the Tombs, on Center street,
and the frightful tar pavement in Fifth
avenue and Seventy sixth street.
No new cases of the new epidemic,
relapsing fever, were reported to the
Board of Health yesterday. No deaths
from the disease have been up TO this
time reported,
One OF the most extraordinary divorce
cases ever brought before the New York
courts is now being tried by Judge Bar
nsrd in the Supreme Court. The plain
tiff is Com moaore Jno. I. Glasson, vet
eran officer Of the United States Navy,
aged 81 years The defendant, his wife,
is sn cid lady of So yesrs, and mother OF
two grown sous, and her companion in
alleged adultery is another elderly person
John B. Howell-who is also the
parent Of grown children. The witnesses
against Mrs. GLEASON, who we're examined
yesterday, we're the wife and daughter of
Me-. Howell. The alleged criminsIity
was com mitted in Providence, r. |. The
unusual character of the evidence pro-
dueed for the prosecution, and large
wealth Of ons aud high social ssanding Of
the other Of the families interested, to-
gether with other circumstances, makes
this case one Of remarkable interest.
Michael Walsk, aged As years, and
native OF Ireland, was arrested lsst night
charged with having kicked his wife to
death.
The steamer Port su- Prince arrived at
this port yesterday morning, bringing
dates from Port-au Prince TO the 23d Of
January. Sslnsve's family, consisting
Of bis wife. mother and eleven children,
together with fogitives who had been pro-
teoted by the American Consul, sailed for
Insgus, and thence they would 90 to San
Domingo at the invitation Of Baez.
The merchants doing business in Port
su-Prnce had offered their gold to the
Government for the purpose Of paying
of the crews Of their naval vessels, which
offer the Government had accepted, and
was paying of the meB.
United States Minister Bsssest at
tempted to obtain the body of Salnave
for the purpose Of burial by his family,
bu, bis request was denied with derision
and insults, and thres,s of death we're Ut
tered against him BY the infuris.ed mob,