, 1873-05-04
NEW. YORK..

The Late Coli Cnmer0u"..Prepafan
for q Prfze-Eight---New York Gen.
trail Railroad Ta1es---Wrs. Fisk ana
Credit rIobilier---nInyoF HaVemeyeF
-.-EIasonic---An.A Alleged murderer
Attempts Suicide .
-~---- Special Dtspateh to 1he Chicago 4T1buns
NEW YonH, May 3.-Iieut.- Col. Cameron, who
committed suicide Ut his residence in this city
last night, served On Gen. Burnsida's staH dur
ing tho War. He subsequently, married the Cen
erals niece, but they lived very untappily to-
gether, and abe is now suing for divorce on the
ground Of cruelty and Drunkenness: Gen. Burn
side, who secured Cameron the position ho
lately filed in the Custom House, was, it ia said,
instrumental in having him removed, for the
purpose Of stopping bis opposition to the suit.
Col. Cameron sent the: following letter to bis
mother=in-law, Mrs. Bishop, before pe1petEeting
Before dta would Ike to ssy that al I hare IN
this world leave TO my wife. MAY she be happy.
Nay God bless her: am, perhaps, r. esd IT nan, 5e5
do 70 now. Goodbye. die. Y. T. cAAERox. i.
Gen. Bu1nside has taken charge Of the te-
' George seddons snd Arthur Chambers, who
pionship Of America and 81 900 side, On May
Is, within 500 miles Of New York, met this after
noon and put up the final deposit Of e500 each:
They then proceeded to the selection OF the hnA
stakeholder, and chose = well-kn9wn gR-towa sa.
sgain on Tuesday and toss for choice Of ground:
The men have been in training four: weeks and
both show evidences Of hard work.
T. ". Tyng, son Of the Rey: Dr.. Tyng, Tsa n
ant at the : suit : Of Tiffany &, Co,
Bracelet mae 'fngs fro@ them hem two NC yesrs ago.
and, despite repeated dunning, has since failed
to pay for it. He was in court, but failed to
make defense, and the Justice gave Judgment
ITO ths Associated Prtss.l =
New YoRK, May 3.-Mr. Marin, who assaulted
Jay Gould the other day, did not appear leg T. At the
/ on motion Of Gould's counsel, was pe1emptor1ly.
set down for Tuesday next.
The First National Bank Of Lyons, Iowa, has
juat received . verdict for s5s, 2oo against M the
trials we're had, both sides being represented BY
n,laroe array Of counsel BY the robbery OF the
!, Ocean Bank in June, 1869, securities belonging
to the Lyons Bank were lost, hence the suit
Ocean Bank WAS guilty Of gross negligence, ing
n1aintiff could recover. This is the first case OF
nracisely this character which has been tried in
this country or England, and is considered OF
great importance to banks, bankers, and lawyers
Counsel for Nixon, the convicted murderer,
made application for a new trial. The decision
% The Iauet cases OF the New York Central Il Hud-
son River Railroad Company sg.inatt tsrtiae 1ns
ReVenue District, to snjoin the Collec-
| tor from further seizure and sale tof
| property Of the Company TO satlafy an
assaggment Of nearly half a million dollars OF
taxes, waa before Judge Woodrun so-oay N .ne 1a
/ eeryed his decision upon points raised ~ nosn
sdas I'D to the illegality Of the assessment@ and
T the Jurisdiction of the Court. =.
In the case Of Lucy D, Fisk widow q nes James
cnmnany and Credit Mobilier Of America, Judge
Blatchford to-day entered an order permitting
| NV. Butler, = stakeholder, to come IN and be
made party to the suit, he sharing in both the
/ expenses and profits, and that the p!oceeohn;gS h;
The general term Of the Superior Court has
sustained the iniucntion restraining John Foley
from intruding upon Chamberlain Palmer; md
seeking to perform the duties Of Deputy Cham
berlain, to which position he Vas appointed by
Iittle is thought today Of the statement made
freely Yesterday that Mayor Haremeyer Was not
Mayor de iure, because the new charter dld not
mention the Mayor among the heads .of depart,
es Of Department, tie lawyers aay; and the char
| tor contemplates Mayor, not an acting Mayor.
30 some lawyers say the idea Of Havemeyer being
Ieeielated ont OF Office is absurd.
| The Masonic lodges are d1Scuaslng new con,
atitutiou which is to be voted on by the Grand
Lodge in June. The Constitution does not meet
VII The eHith Health Department reports finding 1t 81
Eaeex street, to-day. MrE. Cassidy in bed dead
from smallpox. An infant beside the body WIS
crying .piseously from hunger, while on the floor
in drunken stupor lay the husband snd father.
Robert Rleakley. on trial for the murder Of hls
niece, made another attempt At suicide last
night. p, :.
| rhe national hoard OF Health,
:.Clxc1xsA11, O., May s.-1he American Public
| Health Association adjourned to-day ut noon, to
meet in Providence, B. L, on the second
Wednesday in September. the present year