The New York herald., 1870-02-16

Uhucr tnc crder OF the Board or Police Superln.
tendent Kennedy has been compiling evidence In
the case Of the Prince Arthur assassination hoax,
with view Of ascertaning where 1t came from.
CnarRes have been preferred against Sergeant
Iay0r, OF Inc rwenty-nnth precinct, and ihe trlal
SCI down for next Monday. Several reporters anu
DINERS have 0ecl subpGnaed as Witnesses
The Arion Society, assisted by the New York Sing
Academy and by Nine. Parepa- Rosa tAgatha) anu
Miss Pauline Canissa Aennchenl VIII repeat the
grand German romantic opera OF Weber '.Der
Ffeischutz" nc the Academy OF Music in this city,
on the eve Ot Washington birthday. Their great
mask pail 80 popular Tor the last fifteen years. taxes
place tO morrow ~ the B'me house, aud 10 judge
from the programme 1t promises 10 be the pitch OF
the season.
Christian Richter proprietor Of o lager beer saloon
at 425 West Twenty fifth street. yesterday morn
ing arragned before Justice Cox, at Jefferson Mar
ket. by olicer Click, Of the sixteenth precinct,
charged with violating the excise law, by selling
nquor TO boy under eighteen years OF age, named
Dennis O'ConnelI. Thomas Casey, OF $40 WesL
Twenty-eghth street, testified TO seeing Richter sell
beastly drunk tnat he was unable 10 walk. lie
gave bonds In the sum Of $500 to answer the charge
During the month Of January OF the current ycai
there were sent to Europe tue following number OF
Ietten:-Brtlsh, 25O, ,502; Bremen and Hamburg tin-
Guiding German mai). 126, 1877: North German
Union 40 l74; France 2, $40; Belgium 3.o39; Meth
,ag anos swt1srana, a 3aa IL ls Italy SS7s; max
Europe are as fOl0ws:-Bntish, 24,32t; Bremen aud
hamburg se,2s4: North German Union, Ol.s2a;
Switzeriand. s,5l5; Italy, 6,7o5; making total OF
409.4ds letters. Grand total sent aud received,
S76G6l.
The customs carriage system, as introduced Dy
Collector Grinnell, under the superintendent of
Mr.. J. r. Lindsay, went into full force yesterday.
By yesterday noon oil the importers, as was ascer
talncd at the Custom House, hau their cartmen
licensed, and not . single complaint was made.
Thc number Of district cartmen to do the govern.
ment worx is not yet complete, but applications
being received hourly aud MIR. Lindsay hopes To
nave fnll iorce ut work by Monday Ine new sys
ana the longer it endures the more WIN y mooriers
and merchants be satslied with It.
The following Is correct list OF the places OF bust
ness OF Wholesale liquor dealers-slxteen In num-
Der-for which warrants were issued to Collector
Bailey on January, 10, and whose owners
upon the revenue since that date:-29 Mon
roe street, "A Broadway 81 and 90 Broad street. II
Eleventh avenue, IL Cedar street SO broadway, 1o2
Wall and ~ Ridge streets, 72s and 1872 Washington
street. II Broad and n South William streets, 2lJ
and $50 West street. los Water street, 1s2 ana l0l
Pearl street.
A young man named Aaron Goldstcn was charged
before Judge Downing yesterday, on the complaint
OF Rosa Brown, No. Al Baxter street, with stealing
from her room two dresses OF the value OF sixy-fve
dollars. Sne stated that she lived IN tenement
house and that sue met the prisoner on the stars.
On her return she found her rooms broken open and
the dresses gone. She said she did not wish to press
the charge II she could get her dresses. Tno Judge
instructed the ofrlcer 20 90 with the prisoner and
get the dresses. He did and then returned to the
court with the prisoner. who was committed to
answer for the robbery.
About eight O'Clock yesterday morning the atten-
tion OF officers Grennan ana KING OF the Eighteenth
precinct were called to man who lay dead on the
sidewalk In Nineteenth street, near avenue b. On
going to the spot the officers found the bleeding
from wound 10 the heart, and pistol lying on the
walk beside him. In the crowd tnat soon gathered
was person who recognized the body OF de-
ceased % that Of Jacob DordelImer, q Ger
man shoemaker. forty Ave years OF age, who
lived IN Houston street. near avenue Q.
Deceased had placed the muzzle or the pistol In his
mouth and discharged It, the bali passing upwards
and lodging IN the brain, causing almost instant
death. Very little couid be learned concerning de-.
ceased, and no one seemed to be aware Oh the
motive which prompted him 10 take his lifc The
notified to hold an inquest. During the nvestg
1t Is expected some further light Will be thrown on
the matter.
Yesterday morning detectives Casey ami Quinn
Of the Broadway nquad, discovered two well known
sporting characters" OF the Eighth ward, named
Charles Wilson and Edward Hail. promenading
down Broadway, having IN their possession large
sized yase, and, surmising they had been on a
thievlng excursion. arrested them Upon conveying
them to the station house in Mulberry streoi Inc
vallse discovered 10 be no more nor less tnau
cleveriy arranged machine for '.lifting" goods
from the counters OF stores. The valise instead OF
opening In the centre, as Ii customary nailed
and securely strapped up, while the end had been
| cut open and spring lock placed IN the inside
which opened by string obtrudinx from An obscure
place. In the inside OF the vallse were found two
pieces OF silk valued at $40, which were subse-
1aently found to have been stolen from the store OF
C0lwell, Taylor Co., at the corner OF Grand ana
Mercer streets. A complaint was preferred against
| them by one OF the members Of the firm upon the
prisoners being arragned before Justice Cox at Jc
fers0n Market, TO which they pleaded not guilty. but
| were held for examination