The New York Herald Newspaper, November 22, 1842, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. York, Tuesday, November 22, 1842, "From Washington, The states that no changes in the Cabinet wil at present, or during the next session of Congress, and that if any should go out or come hat event, sueh changes will be made riendly way. Neither will Mr. Curtis add nor any other principal public offi cer here 01 where, be removed for the present This an official annouscement, of a policy ch we advised wn! recommended forsome time. As soon as the last great revelution against the whigs beeame apparent, we knew at once that the witra locofocss would get alarmed at Mr. Tyler's populariry and endeavor to “ head him off,” as the vltva whigs tried. Accordingly, Senator Benton has come out with a violent letter against the ad- ministration, denouncing Mr. Tyler and his mea- sires—and showing great bitterness towards Mr Webster. Mr. Benton is trying to play the same game that John M. Botts did, and the probability is that he will meet the same destiny. If Mr. Van Buren and his friends join such a movement, he raay end as Mr, C has ended, and leave the field unoccupied to Calhoun or Cass. A combination of all the political elemen's may prevent the re-election of John Tyler, but if be cannot succeed himseli,he oceupies the position, and holds the power that can decide who his successor shall be. Of ths there can be no mistake Yet it would *e much wiser for all these men te per- f- ct some legislation, for the public benefit,instead of dis tracing themselves by personal rivalries and am- bitin. Tur Rev. Dr. Aytnox.—We give to-day the “Notes” made by the Rev. Dr, Anthon relative to his interviews with Colt in jail. So faras Dr. Apthon is concerned. they exhibit the feelings and conduct ofa pure mind, and truly christian spirit—full of pie- ty and amiability, benevolence and love. On the part of the poor suicide, they exhibit the extraordi- nary workings of an ill-regulated mind, bent on de- ceiving others to the last. Dr. Anthon has been censured by many very re- table and intelligent persons, for suffering him- to be so duped by Colt, and for allowing him the chance which he did to commit suicide. Some take the blame from the sheriff, and say that had it not been for Dr. Anthon, the sheriff would not have Bat this should not be. Because the sheriff ought te know his duty and to perform it 'o the letter in such a case, without being influenced by any man. Dr. Anthon’serror arose from the pu- rity of his own heart, and the goodness of his own character; he could not believe so much duplicity under such awtul circumstances, in matters of so much moment, could exist inthe breast of any hu- man being, This was his error; and forthis he wiil left Colt alone. Tue Suictor, aNp THe Burxine or THE City Prison.—We see that one or two of the papers ex- press their determination to say no more about this matter, under any circumstances. As far as the un- fortunate and wretched suicide alone 1s concerned, no one could wish to utter another syllable ; for him we feel deep pity and sorrow, that he lived such a life, and died such a death, and with his surviving and highly respectable relatives we can profoundly sympathize. We have no wish to, nor will we if we can avoid it, add to their misery. But this is notall, We have asacred duty te per- form to the public, that is paramount to all othe: considerations. A man is condemned to expiate on the gallows, the crime of killing his fellow man He has wealthy and influential friends and rela- tives, one of the latter a man of wealth and much influence with a particular class, is also a lawyer and acts as one of his counsel. The prisoner is himself a man of talent. Every conceivable engine is set at work to prevent his being hung on the gallows. Some of his friends make vath that he shall not suf- fer the penalty of the law. His case is carried from court to court; additional counsel are employed ; bat all to no purpose. The most extraordinary ap- peals are made to the Governor for a reprieve or commutation of the sentence ; but the Governor knows his duty and does it fearlessly. Again, un- precedented steps are taken by a few lawyers; a public meeting is held; resolutions are passed; the press, the judiciary and the executive are all de- nounced for their integrity by a small body of law- yets; protest after protest ispublished by them ; the Governor is literally besieged with all sorts of appli- cations, influences, and requests to violate his oath ; and asa last resort, these impudent men actually threaten the sheriff if he dares to do his duty. How far that may or may not have caused him to neglect his duty, the public can judge. At the same time the public demand a full investigation of this most extraordinary—this barefaced juggle ; and they will have it. It never can be said that in a city like this, after such brilliant examples of interigity as Judge Kent and Governor Seward exhibited in this business, that the rights of the public are to be trampled upon, and public justice made a miserable mockery of, by the gross negligence of a sheriff, who, having been repeat- edly forewarned, should have beca forearmed. As things exist utpresent, many believe that the sheriff never meant to hang him; and really by his delaying the execution till within a few minutes of the go- ing down of the sun, any accident, (like the breaking out of the fire,) would have prevented his hanging the prisoner. Again, the sheriff declared, about two o’clock, that he believed Colt was innocent of the murder of Adams! Can it be supposed, then, that with such feelings he would have hung him? And yet he might have intended honestly to do his duty, had he not been influenced by others. But who were those others? The sheriff owes it to him- have many a bitter pang, to think that even in the remotest degree he was accessory to self-murder. But we are surprised to see a man of Dr. An- thon’s intelligence joining Colt in his preposterous tirade against the press. Every criminal makes it a point to rail against the press—this was the favorite ery of Monroe Edwards, of Colt, of Robinson, and h-sbeen the never-failing resort of all the distin- guished thieves and murderers of Jate years. They are all victims of the press. When the fact is, that the press simply narrates facts, as in Colt’s case, and leaves the puble to judge till the trial is over. And this was one of the great errors committed by his counsel, Dudley Selden, and did much to pre- judice the public mind against Colt. Instead .of confining himself to the best means of defending his client, he launched forth iivectives against the press, and wanted the Judge to commit some one or more for contempt. Contempt of what? Why, simply telling the trath, Out upon such trifling with acourt of justice and the rights of aclient. Every whipper-soapper two-penny lawyer now-a-days, thinks he is accomplishing a great feat if he can have a fling atthe press. And it, therefore, asto- nishes usto see a man like Dr. Anthon following the wake of such persons. Tue Corr Excrremenr in Patiapecrnta.—It ap- pears that the excitement in Philadelphia in relation tythe late tragedy, is as greatas itis here, if we may judge by the following from the Philadelphia “Chronicle” : {By the Mail Pilot Line of last night.) PREPARATIONS FOR HIS EXECUTION—MARRIAGE—SUI- CIDE. By the Pilot Line from New York, last evening, we re- ceived f iculars of the whol’ preparations. ete. con- nested with the execution of John C. Colt, convicted of the mur‘er ef Samuel Adams, in thet city, 14 months since. To the kindnessand attention of Mr. Bennett. of the New York Herald, we are indebted forthe subjoined a count of all the transactions connected with the last moments of Colt By the attention on the part of our friend, we are enabled to furnish more full and accurate particulars than can be given by any other paper in this city. The whole proceedings are so fullof deep and appall inginterest that we have devoted considerable space to the recital. Never, within our reco!lection, have so many singular occurrences, connected with the fate of a murder, yrai pirer on one day. : . * se We published in the Chronicle of Saturday mornin, exclusively, the full particulars of the stranze, mysteri ons, dangerous, and appalling incidents eonnected with the preparations for the execution, in the New York pri- son,on Friday, of John C. Colt—his marriage in that dreary cell, and in sight of the galiows, with Miss Caro- line He»shaw—his taking leave, forever, with those friends whom, in this world, he had held in high esteem— self to come out over his ewn name with a fall and explicit statement of all the facts connectedewith this sad case. If the sheriff thought he was getting rid of the onus of hanging an innocent man, by shutting him up alone in his cell, with a dirk knite, sos to allow him tocome to a much more horrid death, he has committed a most fatal mistake that he can never atone for in the eyes of the communi- ty, and which will destroy all his prospects as a pub- lic man for life. Again, let him see the state into which his fatal negligence has thrown the community. ‘Thousands will not even now believe that Colt is dead; and say that it was a juggle, a trick—that he escaped, and that itis impossible for a man with rich and in- fluential friends to be hung here. They point to the opening of the large gates at the side of the prison, close to the gallows, precisely at ten minutes past four, the moment when Colt, if living, would have beenin the yard ; to the carriage that was standing all day at the back wall of the prison ; to the firing of the cupola at the same time, in order to get the fire engines in, and the gates opened; and taking all these things into the account, they laugh to scorn the idea of any thing like a regard for public justice being carried ont in this case. Such is the sad but true state of the public miad in relation to this matter. Therefore itis vitally ne- cessary that there should be a full investigation into thiseave. If hereafter a Sheriff intends to allow a desperate criminal, under sentence of death, to have every facility for obtaining knives, scissors, poison, &c. for committing self-murder, and kindly, and out of sincere compassion for that prisoner's feel- ings, anc the eternal welfare of his immortal soul, allows him an hour and a half to murder himselt in, whilst that Sheriff walks coolly about the corridor outside, why the sooner the public ure aware of it, the better for all parties. Tur Mary Rocers Mystery.—The “ Tribune,” yesterday, after finding is former statement in re- lation to this matter explicitly contradicted by Jus- tice Merritt, and others, comes out and says that the statement was received from two Police Magistrates of this city. Now let us look at the singular and reckless conduct of this paper. In the first place they publish a story of the most semarkable charac- ter, calculated to destroy the reputation of some one or more persons ; and it is published with all the af- fectation of truth and authenticity—and this by a paper that pretends to superiorsanctity. It publishes and finally, the taking of his own life, and the burning of the cupola on the prison, which was first discovered at the same moment it was known Colt had conmitted suicide. ‘As the Chronicle was the only paper in Philadelphia which published au. these most strange, nevel, and ro- munti> incidents, there was agreat rush to obtain copies, and persons connected with other papers, annoyed at not having even a mention of the intelligence, busied them- selves during the forenoon of Saturday in circulating sto- ries denying the occurrences published in the Chronicle, and others went eo far even, as to paste up notices in the viein of the Exchange, on which it was stated that Colt not committed suicide—that Colt was not merri- ed, as stated in the Chronicle—that the cupola on the pri- son had not been b~rnt—in fact, that our account was in all respects false, hese paltry subterfuges had little or no effect, except, indeed, upon the weak and iocredulous. ‘That our account waa correct in every particular, is not necessary for us to say—we have yet to be detected for the first time in giving publicity to falsehoods ; and we know thatthe very papers which had not the intelligence on Saturday, will contain it at length this morning. just two after it first app sared in the Daily Chronicle. All the transactions connected with Colt cause one to start with astonishment, at the me e contemplation cf the gular and romantic incidents If Coit was mar- , there are, in all proba- fact ; but will they volun- tarily go forward ani they Know 7 Law and jus- tice require that they but the thought of having their names bruited to the world, we fear will deter them dility, persons cogn ‘The singular conduct of persons, ax stated in the first ex- tract from the Sunday Herald, on the part of the officers of the prison and the Sheriffs should be closely examined into Of the heartlessness of those persons who mi wagers on the fate of Colt, we know no words sufficiently strong to express our disgust. In this city, we regret to state, there were similar evi- dencesof the want of feeling. ‘The doubts, presentimnrs, minute calculations, ques- tions and queries that we heard expressed and und: . oa "8 escape, substituting another ut his, C. Saturday, were no less strange than silly. ‘There are many things connected with Colt, the cireum- stances of his arrest, trial, sentence, attempts for a new tri- al and pardon, his marriage, suicide, ete., which we will examine at length hereafter, These extracts, while they show the horrible ex- citement whieh this most shocking affair hascreated, also show the advantage which country papers re- ceive from this establishment. We were the only paper in this city that had the ability and the enter. prize to send the account or to Philadelphia on Fri day, at 5 P M. Wesent to the “Chronicle” and “Times,” the former published the whole, the latte; only @ paragraph. Owing to the meanness of th “Ledger,” in never giving us credit, we did no send to them, and they were therefore beafen in the news, and, with characteristic meanness, they tried to throw diseredit onit. Sreamaoat Massacuuserrs—We are glad to Jearn that this fine and favorite steamer did fot g: ashore asreported. The detention was caused by the severe western gale of Friday and Saturday She was detained at Stonington. We might hay known that she could not have gone ashore whil under the command of Captain Comstock. Tux Gare—It visited Buffalo last Thursday anc did some damage. The wind blew violently fron the south-west and then froin the west. The water in the lake rose somewhat the account as though it was a well known and ad- mitted fact. But when cornered, it says that the story was a hearsay matter—emanating from two City Magistrates. Who were these two Magistrates? Let the “ Tribune” immediately give their names. We demand the names of these two men, and we shall continue to demand them till they are given up. Fanaticism In ExGuanp.—We would ask Dickens and the,other slanderers of this country, to read the account of a recent so-called “ Baptist Jubilee,” held at Northampton,England. The affair seems to have lasted some days, as we read that beds were provi- ded for visiters by tickets—as they label coats and bonnets at the theatres, we su. pose—and that the “‘creature comforts,” as Mr. Jay terms marriage, were further cared for by supplies of tea and refresh- ments gratuitously to Ministers, also by tickets. In addition to all this there was a bazaar sale, a note, like a bank note with this promissory obligation on it:— No. 1. OLD BANK OF HEAVEN. I promise to give you Erranar Li and Hoty hall cx, ou out of my hands.* Binur. THOUSAND. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou Agood Title __ shalt be savad. + Whoso believeth shall be saved. to Heaven is worth — Whoso believeth not shall be damned. more than £10, JESUS CHRIST. ‘John x.28. + Matthew xxv.16. — ¢ Mark xvi. 16. Who can talk of the Millerites, or Joe Smith, after this? Our Potice System.— When is the reform in this department of our City Government to take place ? The present system is a miserably inefficient one, and haslong been condemned by the people. Eve- ry successive Common Council, eoon after their in- stallation, have promised a police reform—and kept on promising ; they have even gone so far as to give us, at intervals, a report on the subject; but there ‘he matter has ended. We have now another repor, on the sabject ; and if the Common Couneil do not act upon it soon, the people will talk to them in lan- suage not to be misunderstood. Tone Fan —— ri season of the year whenit wi ‘come necessary great Ateentionpely tothe state of our pig we all remember the horrid state of the streets last win- ter and spring ; and the whigs promised that if they obtained power, they would remedy the evil by vaving the streets swept by contract. Why have hey not done so? Why do they continue to jug. de and cheat the public in this and other important natters? As yet they have done nothing but cut ‘own the salaries of a few watchmen and sweepe.— Cet the reform come. Mestear.—“The Brahame are Albany ving concerts in The Prize Fight Trials. The following is the first letter from our corps of reporters sent to White Plains, Westchester county, to give full and correct daily reports of the proceed- ings before the Court of Oyer and Terminer, at its present session :— Wurte Prams, Monday, 5 o'clock. To James Gonvon Beynerr, Esq : ied We arrived here last evening at dusk, with naught to mar our progress except one break down withil) a mile of the place, through the carelessness of our driver, in endeavoring to run horse, wagon, report- ers and luggage,over an unoflending cow, that h pened to be stationed in the public highway. Too lodgings forthe night at the hotel Co by G. € lewis, where, after a good supper, and a refreshing night’s rest, we are now writing. The town of White Plains is of the neat and quiet order, nothing remarkable nor extraordinary in or about it, except the wholesome and pretty faces that are presented in almost eve: ‘dwelling except those occupied as bachelor’s halls. It is twenty- seven miles from New York and thirteen from the termination of the Harlem Railroad, at William's bridge; also seven miles equidistant from Hastings, on the North Kiver, and Port Chester, on the Eas! The scene ofthe memorable prize fignt is about the same distance. The inhabitants here are of quite a riligious cast, and although the pegelation is only about 1000, yet three churches, Episcopal, Presby terian, and Methodist, are fully attended on the holy Sabbath. The line of the New York and Al- bany Railroad passes through the upper end of the village, and will, when completed, if ever, form quite a source of convenience to market for the good livers of this vie Westchester county is one of the oldest in our State, and was represented in the first legislative assembly which met in your city in 1691 Both the American and British armies occupied portions of this county for a long time dur- ing the revolution, and between them was the cele- brated neutral ground. The celebrated marble quarry, from which a large portion of the material { used for the construction of our Custom Houce was ‘ taken, is on the line between this place and Wil- liams’ bridge, and many ot our city merchants and Wall street brokers have elegant country residences on this road, where they reside even at this period of the year, and ride iato the city each morning by the Harlem Railroad d _I visited the prison this morning, which is a capa- cious frame building, with the court room on the second floor. The cells, or rooms they may be called, for prisoners, are on the first floor, and com- fortably furnished with stoves and other convenien- ces, and the kind and poornie disposition of the keeper, Mr. Guion, is highly spoken of by the in- mates. Sullivan and McCleester are in one room together, and look in as fine condition as two game chickens. Country never looked better. Poor Geo- Kensett,whose wife has died since his commit- ment, and who. never harmed a chicken, still leas a man, is in another cell in company with Benjamin Hart, committed for contempt of court in reusing to sign a release by order of the Chancellor, This man was committed in December lasf, and still stubbornly refuses to put his pen to paper, although his signature will not deprive him of any means not already out of his possession. Another man, named Hamilton, committed for burglary and robbery, is also in the same place. In another room is confin- ed two negroes, one named Watson Simmons, for a rape on a white girl, and the other a boy named Benjamin Baker, who committed an aggravated as- sault and battery on a litie girl, without any provo- cation, whe was so seriously injured that she is not expected to live. These, with the addition of a son of Erin, named John O'Donnell, who has been committed for kicking up a spree and raising the devil, compose the occupants of the prison. and they all look wholesome and hearty, forming a striking contrast to the miserable pale faced speci- mens of humanity that are found in the vaults of our city prison. Ned Sprague, the bully who challenged Sullivan, after his fight with Bell, on being committed a few weeks sinze,on an indictment against him as an active participant in the fight between Lilly and McCoy, was, at his own request, placed in the same room With Sullivan and Country. On the day fol- lowing his incarceration, the ‘beauties of the science” became the topic of conversation, and Ned and Jem took a position for a friendly set-to on the floor of the cell—Country standing as the second, judge, umpire, time-keeper and bottle-holder for oth parties, ** All ready,” was the word, a few blows passed, a rally, clinch, Sullivan ¢cross-butted the bully, and down he went, flop, on the bedstead, which was mashed to the floor—he got a few then, and got up perfectly satisfied with ite one round, which was the last that came off between them. Sprague has since been bailed out, and is now at large in your city. ullivan’s wife has been boarding here for the past several weeks, and visits him daily. She is a very neat, pretty little woman, of Irish origin, with ne eg brogue, thatto a musical ear is quite agree- able. On riding out in one of the Harlem Railroad cars on Sunday, we attempted to peruse a newsp-per, but found it quite difficult to follow the print, when the conductor tapped us on the shoulder with ‘come forward, we have a car on the road to-day with a new set of wheels, the movement of which is as Cee and even as you need desire.” We follow- ed, and took a seat in the “yellow car,” as it 1s called, with eight wheels, and was astonished to find such a striking difference between the two. On sto} , we examined the wheels, aud found that Alderman Kanouse, of Jersey city, had placed wheels upon the car with the improvement of his be pelt beam with eliptic springs, the operation ot which regulates the force of all undulations in the ‘oad, by throwing a portion of the immediate mo- tion on the adjoining wheel, and thus preventing the usual disagreeable effect produced {rom such con- cussion by the railroad wheels now in use. A num- ber of these tracks, as they are called, have been pee on the New Jersey and Brunswick road, and ave been found to answer every expectation. _ The town is now filling up with parties, witnes- ses, judges, jurors, lawyers, spectators, loafers and pers, all anpearing to have something to do, al- though not half could tell what it was, were they placed on their oath to answer. The excitement and prejudice that was created in the minds of this community on the result of the prize fight that forms the basis of the contemplated trials, appear to have been much allayed, and the bug bear stories relative to Sullivan’s raw beef eat- ing and monstrous propensities, are hi Vv at by those who have ed his room and found him to be a small, *well-built, tidy little man, with as much Lagoa of conduct as could be expected from one so snugly locked up within sight of his wife and acquaintances, 124 o’clock P. M. The Court of Oyer and Terminer has just opened, and Charles {€. Ruggles, Esq , Judge of the Second Cirenit, Culeb Tompkins, First Judge of the county, and Wm. A. Jay, Ezra Lockwood and Aaron V ark) Judges of the Common Pleas, have taken their seats upon the bench. _ .The court room is crowded to excess, and our old friend George Wilson, Esq., who has been turned into a Westchester farmer, is as busy about the court room as he is wont to be in the Court of Sessions. The names of the Grand Jurors were then called, consisting of the following gentlemen, who answere: and were sworn:—Tyler Fountain, foreman; Eli- jah Dunham, Elisha Sutton, Samuel McCord, Samuel Grover, Reuben R.. Finch, Elisha Crawford, Abraham Brown, Aaron H. Hoyt, Odell Stevenson, Guy B. Hobby, Isaiah Golden, John Carpenter, Orrm P. Frost, John Webber, Elijah Martin an Daniel Carpenter—total 17. Judge Ruggles then proceeded to charge the Grand Jury. He stated that their particular attention was called to the cases of three persons confined in prison, meaning the two negroes and the man committed tor robbery, who have not been indicted, and then alluded to their duties under the special statute of the State. He observed that the Court was not aware of anything extraordinary to be presented to them; but that it was their duty if any violations of law were known, to present the persons offending to the action of the court He alluded pointedly to the recent election | that had taken place, and states! that although the Court wae not apprized of any violations of the elec- tion laws, yet ifany member of the Grand Jury was cognizant of such fact 1t was his duty to make it known to his associates. He concluded with some few remarks relative to their g neral duties, but made no allusion to anything connected with the recent prizefights |The LE ber ap that no more persons will be indicted for that offence. The Petit Jurors were then called, and the court took a recess until 2 o’cloek. The following are the names of the persons against whom indictments were found by the Grand Jury, of the Court of Sessions of this county, that met at Bedford on the 26th of September last, and who will be called for trial at the present term of the Court of Sessions. Only those marked with anasterick have been arrested:—Indicted tor riot and Ca for be- ing concerned in the fight at Hart’s Island—*James Sliven, William Bell, William Ford, *John Mc- Cleester, James M’Gee, *George Kensett, James Sanford Henry Shanfroid, John Austio, Sawyer Rynus, *Joseph Murphy. and *Jacob Somerdyke: For laughter, being concerned in the Prize Fight at Hastii where McCoy was killed: —Chris- topher Lilly, Wilham Ford, *John McCleester, James Sanford, Henry Shanfroid, *James Sullivan, John Winchester, *George Kensett, Richard Fagan, John Austin, Jamea McGee, *John Harris, *Charles Riley, Sawyer Rynus, Samuel Beasley, *Joseph Murphy, *Jacob Somerdyke and *Hugh Caldwell. Edward Sprague has been arrested since the meet- ing of the Court of Sessions, and was committed to prison from whence he has been admitted to bail No indictment has yet been found against him, al- though we understand the District Attorney wiil pre- sent one at the present sitting of the Court. 2 o'clock, P. M. ‘The Court convened and the black fellow named Watson Simmonswas placed in the prisonet’s box to white girl named Ann Margaret Magery, aged only 0 years. ‘The case was opened to the Jury by Mr. Nelo District Attorney, and the little girl was place on the stand. n being asked if she knew the na- ture of an oath, said no—she said she was nine years of age, and could read, and that if she told a lie she would be putin a bad place. By a bad place she said she meant the State prison, and upon being asked what she thought would become of her if she should die, she did notgive an answer. She thought that the bible said that any one who told a lie should go to State prison. Numerous other questions were pat, to which she made no reply,but finally said that bad people went to hell. ’ j she was finally sworn, and said that she lived with her farher in the town ot Yonkers. She recognised the black raseal who sat on the prisoner’s bench,and then fainted trom the excitement and excessive heat of the room, and was removed to the air. I: is now 4 o’clock, and nothing has been done of inverest. - Awa It is yet uncertain whether those indicted for at- tendance at the Prize Fights, will be tried singly or together. The matter is with the discretion of the Court, and they appear to be disposed to try the whole batch together. Cc. Baltimore, [Correspondence of the Herald.) Battrmore, Nov. 19, 1842. Patapsco Ball— Visit to Cumberland— The Ruvers,§<. Dear Bennett:— Last night came off the second annual ball of the Patapsco Fire Company, and I may safely say that never has the Baltimore Assembly Rooms contained a more brilliant corruscation of beauty than on this occasion. The company was large, numbering amongzt it many of our loveliest females and most valued citizens. The belle of the evening was Miss C. H. of Thames street, Fells Point, and was gal- lanted to the ball by a member of the Columbian, to whom she is shortly to be united in the holv state of wedlock. The gentlemen made a pretty fair show, and among the most prominent was Mr. W. T—— of Scotland, who fluttered round the fair ones like a beautiful butterfly argh J with a pea blossom. Messrs. J. B. K——and J. M. H— of York, Pa. (Mr. K—— was peculiarly sweet on a charming young widow, and at intervals, cold ham.) Mr. C——— of Philadelphia, Mr. E. M—— and Mr. W—, of Baltimore. With such a select company, you may know everything went on harmoniously; the ladies danced as if they were composed entirely of fea- thers, and many of the gents induced me to believe they had been dieting themselves on India rubber expressly for the occasion, so high did they jump, so lightly did they come down, and so delicately did they rebound. The refreshments were ona scale of extreme liberality, and were furnished by Mr. Butcher, of North Charles street. So much for the ball; so much for the people ; we wish them much happiness, and hope we may meet at the ball next year, unless next April knocks Oy all into pi, as Father Miller prophecies in his ig tent. There was ie an excitement this afternoon on the arrival of the Herald, and what few copies were remaining after the regular subscribers had been supplied, were immediately taken up. _On Monday the Mayor and City Gonneil intend to visit Cumberland. The Baltimore and Ohio Rail- road Company have tendered them an invitation; the Blues Band accompany them. The Rainers are here giving concerts at the law buildings. They have been very poorly attended, as concerts eae arein Baltimore. Mr. Peale, formerly of the New York Museum, has taken the Baltimore, and intends to refit 1 and make it worthy of patronage. A company like Mitchell’s would do a first-rate business in the saloon of the Museum. John Newland Maffit preaches to-morrow morn- ing at the chapel in Sharp street. There willbe a crowd, but not so large as he drew four weeks ago. Brother Maffit has been here now for six weeks, and had better arise, take up his dunnage, and walk (or if he prefer it, ride) from Baltimore. Too much pudding will sicken a dog. Trinity Cuurcy.—We very inadvertently omit- ted the other day to mention the name of Mr. Up- john, the architect of this magnificent building,when giving an account of it. It will be a proud monu- ment to his fame ; and one of the most splendid public edifices, when finished, to be found in the country. From Canapa.—We have received Montreal “pa- pers of Thursday last, through Pullen & Copp’s express line. They contain rumors of Sir Charles Bagot’s speedy return to England, in consequence of his continued ill health. His physicians recom- mend an immediate change. Goop Company Keerers—The packet ship Duchesse d’Orleans, on her last passage out to Havre, fell in with an English eighty gun ship bqund home ; they sailed in company 1400 miles, and most of the time side by side. Captain Richardson gave an amusing account of the race, and that the man- of-war had the advantage in being light ballasted with water and provisions for their passage to Eng- land, the Duchesse having a cargoon board. He says one daytiey hada strong breeze two points abaft the beam, from six A.M until evening, both ships carrying a heavy press of sail, the Duch- esse going 124 knots, and 13 in squalls, and that he rather dropped his adversary during the strong wind. They parted company off the Lizard Point, the ships hoisting their respective flags—H. B. M. ship steer- ing in for Plymouth, and the Duchesse over for the French coast. Goop News.—The Ohio was rising at Cincinnati on the 17th inst. Mort Goop News.—No vessels are known to have been lost in the severe gale last week. Bap News.—If this celd weather continues, a large quantity of produce will be frozen up along the line of the can City Py ary Important ARR —In the Herald of Friday we ex- clusively noticed the arrest at Belleville, N. J., of Henry Newman and David Kiesle, by Justice J. C. Lloyd, having in possession a large quantity of dry goods. ‘én Saturday, as mentioned by us in Sunday's paper, officers Relyea and Tappan discovered that the goods found on the above prisoners were a portion oi the pro- ceeds of the robbery of Mr. E. B. Jones’ store, 289} Grand street, which was cracked on the night of the 4th instant and from $500 to $1000 worth of hosiery and dry were carried off. We now have to add that those enterprizing officers, Ki +, one of the new appointments, have isted by Kellinger, succeeded in arresting the following of the same g of burglars and their fence: Newman, am Barnet, Eliza Barnet, Mai ard, Gilbert Me |. Mosher, and Stephen Still- well, all of whom are now in the Tombs, a portion of Jon eee having been found in mn of each of them, thus fully establishing their participation in the rol Te stdL:3a to thls’ Chid® ‘ste. overat: othée charges against the prisoners, and it is undoubtedly a most impor- tant circumstance to the public that they have been se- cured. Accipentatiy Kittep.—On Friday week, an Irish boy amed Bernard Gafney, an apprentice to . J. , & builder, was employed in tearing down a building in Cornelia street, which had been da- maged by fire, when one of the walls fell upon him, by ‘which Kis heed andvene of bis tect were, b ly injured.— He. was carried home, where his wounds were attended to, but strong symptoms bid sept setting in, on Wednes- day last he was conveyed to the City Hospital, where he died on Sunday. The coroner yesterday held an inquest on the body, and the jury found that deceased came to his death from the injuries above mentioned. Court of Common Pleas, Before Judge Ulshoeffer. Nov. 21.—Joshua N. Perkins vs. Charles King and Geo. W. Soule — This is an action upon a pomissory note for $000, made by King, and endorsed by Soule, which get- ting into the possessien of one Charles Collins, a broker of St. Louis, was by him lodged with the Mechanics’ Saving Institution at Columbus, Ohio, as collateral secu- rity for the repayment of a loan of money. It appears that some time in November, 1941, Collins obtained a loan from the Savings Institution of about $15,000, which he received in Granville, Lebanon and Illinois bank notes, for which he gave his own notes at 60 days, and deposited the note in suit and about $10,000 of the notes of the Clin The det security. tered into by Collin at the time the loan claim that by the agreement en- the President of said institution, ral security, and they introduce Collins to show what this agreement was. The cause was not concluded when the Court adjourned. Wm. Coit for plaintiffs; Aboer Cook for defendants. OG A large and fashionable crowd of ladies and gentle- men attended the American Museum last night, to see the popular and langhter-provoking Winehell, and fourteen other performers df celebrity, which are engaged there this week. During the day the Museum is also well at- tended by persons attracted by the real and extraordinary Mermaid, and 600,000 curiosities. Never before did even this favorite estabiishment put forth such unbounded at- tractiona as are presented this week. Magnificent pre- parations are making for F.vacwation day—Friday next. This is potitively the Inst week of the wonderful Mer- a rape on the body of a little | maid. ov. Wepp’s Case.—Yesterday we laid out ona desk at the Herald Office, a petition praying the Governor to grant ao unconditional pardon to Mr Webb, in his duel affair, and before 12 0’clock nearly one hundred and hity signatures were at- tached to the paper. Before we sent it up to Albany by the afternoon boat, nearly three hundred had signed it. Good. We also directed to be sent to the Egyptian Tombs, for his comfort and solace during his im- prisonment, six bottles of the best champagne from the celebrated wine cellars of Gilbert Davis, corner ot William and Pine streets, and also ene hun- dred of the best Cuba segars from the celebrated segar store of Henriques, 51 William street. We selected the articles from those two stores, because we know, by experience, that none in New York can surpass them. The wine, we learn, was ca- pital, and the segare first rate. Good. During the afternoon, a number of Webb’s friends called to see him, and they pronounced the articles prime. We have some hopes that our old friends, Thad- Phelp and Dan Jackson, have tasted the articles, and if they say “‘ good”—good it is to all intents and purposes. We learn that Webb bears himself like a man, including that leg and ail. That’s right. So farso good. The pardon mustcome, in spite of the very awful opposition of the Rev. David Hale, to whom we shall have to senda present of half a dozen, not of champagne, but a dozen bottles of the strongest christain benevolence and fellow feeling we can procure—for these are articles which pious David seems to be very much in want of, notwithstanding he is chalked down as one of the elect. The following is a partof the list of signatures procured at this office, which was sent up to Go- vernor Seward last evening at 5 o’clock. After the departure of the boat, we received nearly as many more. We could ina few days get five or ten thou- sand signatures among the readers and supporters of the Herald, and if we breke ground on women, we could get forty thousand. Signatures To the First Petition jor a Pardon to Col. Webb : James Gordon Bennett Saml G Starr James A Bennet Jno Reilly ‘Thos P Ketrell Thos Hewlet Wm H Attree Geo Preston Fredk Hudson Jas Lusay Samuel Beman RR Crean Thos Hollohan John Hingston James Rowe Edw Connor Thos Elder R Hail: Edm Mathews hitnes TSByrne John 8 Mi M McMahon P McManus Dennis Gellespie Thos Hancock Jas Smith James Gibbs Jno Norton John Boldeman Wm Leggett John McCabe % Jos Scott Edw Harte Walter Lyons ‘Wm Crowe W Bradham Martin Pond James Archibald W B Higgins Theo Froment 'W Gibson RF Lonergan John B Westell Mich: O'Neil Richd Pemell MD Edw Webb AB Meach $8 C Cornell CMD Bull 8 M Raymond Elias Palmer John Bancroft J Blackfan J W Haven cf a " AE Hove: os Walls! H Johnson, M Coles Milner Geo H Bell Geo L Kin; Thos Jackson Jas Donahue A Gerard Wm A Guyer ‘Alex Ramsay VP Shet N Schelsema J Douglas Jesse Hends JB Clark M W Brown C weDonough Edw Willard Rufas Barrett John Hoey C H Greenleaf TJ Fenwick W A Thoman B Underhill JY Robinson sage zt —— 4 terson ‘owin Pater veel + - Loston jacob Gaynoz in, Peter Hat Davideaibbs ae Rr ‘Eden “7 roe — Geo A Row! age John F Wolf W A Bartlett Jno T Cairns EL Sullivan Chas Craske Geo E Seymour T B Forster Robt Smith ‘Wm Kimber GH Todd ay oy 'm Stee! avi E White & Hicks JN Ginbred Edicks Chas Cunningham Thos Foukin P Muon ‘W Wenman ‘Thos Sheppard Wm W Galsbuck Engene Ely John Spellett Wm Thomson Edw Contes Jos Pickering Geo White ‘Wm Gowan Anthony W Frapper Wm Hillgrove Sam’! Fierce RD Livingston Rich d Murph hy ut Lewis R Ratler Thos A McLaughlin D 3 Watton She "v York jenry Van Jo Elliot H Valentine Baker Wm F Smythe Billings Hayward H Seymour Pearson Chas Wesley Tovey Jones Irwin Wa Bennett GM ‘lcolm Flliott ‘WM Elphinstone Watt Wa Hopkins Brown Samuel R Glen Gee W Evans HB Mattison Jas D Henry Nash Danis, jr ‘Thee Wilson, jr Lyon Abnz Jones WH Hardy W Leslie Sam’! D Wellwoll Hy Owens RF Elliott T Levenslyn Jas Weaver Ino Newton, jr Simeon Westerwock Ad Sanders Stephen Gat Jno Smith, jr RH Woods AF Smith H Finnegan ‘Wm L Shandlor R J Kimber John J Williamson TW Waldron John Harper EOL Postley L Power EJ Johnston A Froment HD Robinson Alfred Scott Sam’l Seth WL Parkioson John W Graydon Jos § Hall JR Scott E D Hall JH Morrison EB Riker Jos Curtis rego Major WB Wallist AH Kino AR Turner J Currey CA Ware JW Trust CBHulsart Robt Boldin Kdwd Griffith Jobn Girkin ic" Ries icEnom L AB Robson, JE Kidd BG Huddart C Parsons E W Newson P McGirney HC Healey C W Field J Seixes J W Brinckerhoft N G Saxton J Van Nostrand Jos Gilliland 8 Mourne John Harrold JE Weeks J Chase WC Currell ‘Wm Murphy Chas W Churchill JC Morrison, jr WH Allen John W Hyatt JB White, M D J Woolley B Shew JM Whitney N Griffing J R Doggett AS Foster BC Leveridge Dwight Johnsen J McGowai DT Allen Willram Service ‘Wm W Bleecker Robt Sinclair Leander C Hall Matthew Sayres G Holdan Rich’d A O Fernald James Feltus John B Stevens James D Stout SH Stuart DB Brown John aioe _ jamin Carter HJ Winslow Jas Ant Rohe Charlies H Ring Calvin Blanchard ES Mills Calvin Case T. J. Renault E H Lawkena SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. James H. Titus, No.7 College Place, New York, mer: chant, December 22. james ', Brooklyn, merchant, December 22. James Ls Te, 186 Orand street, New York, ts well in ual capicity ot as member of the late firm his jis & Roome, December 22. of Ar Russel, city of New York. late of Cooperstown, Co. December 22. merchant, in E. Dean, bute! New York, December 22 Mordecai Buzby, clerk, New York, individually and as one of the firm of &Co., mber 22. John P. Haff, farmer, 119 Christie street, New York, De- cember 22. Farrand S. Stranahen, gentleman, 175 Grand street, N. York. Clarence D. Sackett, attorney at law, No. 28 Amity street, New York, December 29. William Bini jew York, in behalf of the mercantile frm of Binn Co, ber 22. Amos Upham, New York, shoe dealer, individually, and as one of the firm of Upham & Minor, December 22. S Court Calendar—This Day. Common Puras—Part 1.—8, 13, 21, 23, 29, 31, 38, 84, 37, 30. Part 2—Meets at 10} o'clock, in the Superior Court room— 63, 22, 24, 26, 28, 90, 82, 94, 96, 40. Before rhe ig Kent. Novy.21.—Fdward C.Richards,IsaacH. Bassett and Robert W. Aborn vs. Daniel K. Morss.—This is an action of tro- ver, for obtaining goods by fraudulently concealing the fact that the defendant was, at the time of the purchase, @ minor. The declaration contains two counts, one for de- ceit, and one for trover. We give the testimoy of one or two of the witnesses. Eu 8. West—By McVean.—I reside in New Yor! know the parties; | am a clerk of the plaintiff's, been so for four or five years. Daniel K. Mors’ ourstore 2d September, 1341, to look at goods: his name, and where from; he told me; then he wos purchasing good: in market, part on credit ai for cash; | asked him the amount of his capital; he said thre four thousand dollars; I him if he hada he said, no, he had not; d him then as to is age, ashe looked very young, aud we never sold to minors; he said he was 22 years of age; I then sold hira cut them off, and put them by. After selling ‘quantity of goods, he asked about a store in Maiden lane, and { went with him there. He then said he would come back and finish his dill; {did not see him after this for some time, but saw an order of his for some jhown in Court, and reod.J—It is order for vestings, overcoat cloths, ke. Q. What goods A.—We sent him, in answer to his order, many of the did you send ? Goods, (nearly all,) which he laid aside in September, and Siso ottier cards correrponding. to this order, (of Oct 20.) ‘The whole amounted to $113 33. (The bill of the goods was shown, and the prices.) Cross-examined by Sherwood—The goods we cut off in Sept.were vestings, linens.&c. We did not send him every thing (in answer to his order) which we laid aside in Sep- tember. Whenever the matter of his age came up, | have always ssid that Morss said he was 22 years of age. Axtuow 8. TurtLe.—I reside in this city, with Free Jand Hoffman & Co.; know the parties; went to Mount Morris last winter to cecure a claim against Morss—29th or 30th of January last was at Mount Morris; he told me that he did not owe Freeland, Hoffman & Ce any thing; he said he did not owe any of the New Yorkers any thing. He exhibited to me the pretended claims the New York- ers had agansthim. The statement produced was made by witness and Morss; and Morss «nid it was copied from the invoices; Morss said he would show no preference; was referred to his attorney, Hastings; he deni allof them. On 3d Sept., Morss told me be had erbal conti with Bon3, to go into partners ip with him, and thet they would draw the writings as soon as they fot home, and that Bond had given him rag A as. surance it should be carried out. Have known Morass from boyhood. Cross-examined by Sherwood—In August previous, I and Morss talked in a pleasant way about going into part- nership; I don’t know that Bond and Morss were ever in partnership; they bought and sold separately. [Here the witness went into various propositions made to settle the affairs.) J did not seriously talk of going into nership with Mr. Morss; Mr. Morss told me that he tended to go into partnership with Mr. Bond: in regerd to securing the claims, the proposition was madeto secure fifty eents on the dollar. McVear and Reynolds for plaintifis, S. Sherwood for defendant. Marine Court, Before Judge Sherman, Nov. 21.—Samuel Macauly vs. Wm. J. Heather.—This wasan action brought by 8. Macauly to recover the rent of premises 59 Canal street, from the lst of May to August Ist, 1842. The agreement was admitted: The defence set up was, that the premises were untenantable, in conse- quence of the water running from the privy i ment ; in consequence of which the tenant’s came sick, and one oftbem died. It should have been sta- ted that the premises had been relet by Heather, with laintifl’s consent, to Mr. Walford. Mr Walford notified i uisance was removed, ises or die. ‘The plaintiff re- fused to do any thing at all about it Mr. Walford then tendered plaintiffthe amount of rent due up to that time, (about the 12th June) which he would not accept, Wal- ford then moved out, and the plaintiff brings this sit to recover the rent from Mr. Heather, the orignal lessee. Mr. Walford being sworn, testified thet he occupied the above premises, and was compelled to move outof them because they smelt so bad. It had been a great loss tohim. His business is millinery. He did not smell the nuisance untilthe warm weather came on. Mr.Woram,of the firm of Woram & Haughwout,testified drei the same purpose respecting the state of the pre- mises. George Farmer for plaintiff; Edward Sanford for de- fendant. General Sessions. Before Recorder Tallmaige and Judge Lyneh. Nov. 21.—Trial of J W. Welling for Folse Pretences, continued.—This case, in which the accused is indicted for baving obtained $600 worth of cloths, &c. from 8. M. Blatchford & Sampson, in March. 1841, was resumed from ‘Thursday, and Mr. Jordan went inte the examination of the testimony for dejence. Several witnesses were called who testified to the uni- form good character borne by the accused at Newburgh for the last ten years, as a man of strict integrity in all his dealings and engagements. It was also shown that sub- sequent toh s hase of the goods, charged by Blatch- ford & Co., to 6 e been obtained by false pretences, tome six or seven thousand dollars to various eredi- tors,and would have eventually discharged ail demands against him, ifhe could have made arrangements to conti- Mice hall yas 2 o'clock, the Court took a recess until 5, Al 3 o'clock, the Court took a until 5, wher Sad well up on both sides, and will be submitted to the jury on Tuesday morning. Mvapea.—The grand inquest having presented a true Dill for wilfal murder against James Leary, for the killing ot James McDonald by beating in his skull with acluh, ‘on the 10th of October last, in a porter house in Houston street, he was brought out and informed that the indict- ment would be sent to the Court of Oyer and Terminer, and he would be required to plead to it before that court on the fourth Monday in December, when he was again remanded. The court adjourned until Tuesday morning at 11 0’ clock. CuatHam Tueatre.—The highly successful and excellent dramas of ‘The Carpenter of Rouen,” and the “Six Degrees of Crime,” will be presented this evening. As these are decidedly the best and most instructive melo-dramas ever produced, those who have never witnessed them should not neglect this opporvunity, and glean a stern lesson from the latter which cannot fail of improving their morals and correcting dissolute habits. QG- Never were such powerful attractions presented ‘at any place of amusement, as are offered at the New York Museum. The three Hughes, the harp players, Clemence, the danseuse, Diamond, Miss Blanchard, Jenkins, Rosalio and Boyce—Museum half a million of curiosities. The most splendid Picture Gallery in America, all to be seen for one shilling. Well may this be termed the age of chesp amusements. Such liberality and enterprise on the part of the manager will meet with due encouragement. The Fud-ge Mermaid still astonishes the natives. Mrs- Loomis will deliver a lecture on fhrenology this after noon, at 3 o’clock. Cincus Extraonpinary. ~The Bowery was thrown into a delicious excitement last evening, by the first perform- ance ofthe renowned Lion of France at the Amphitheatre. He thinks nothing of tying two or three hundred weight to his long hair—lifting half a dozen men by his teeth— transforming himself ito a carriage for a six pound can- non, or dancing a jig with aplatoon of soldiers around his neck. But go and see for yourselves this evening. Arrivals, , New Bedford ; G B Stetson, Chamberlain, 8 8 Acadia; Brigewaer's Mr, Bailey? NM Mr ewater ; ir. ley, jatanzas ; Boston ; N Paskeli, Dr Frase, Wm Bucane, 8 Wilkinson, W H Wilkinson, Bosten ; R 8 Rogers, RD ers, Salem ; Mr Wood, Mr Cilaghorn, Philadelphia ; Boh a re beens GF Caren, L ‘St. Johns, N H Ameling, St. sont ly Pay C Crocker, rpoo!, Eng ; HDA We New Bedterd ; 'S Martin, Tenn; N Kimball, Mass; Mr Peabody, N York ; Mr Gerd N Haven ; Wim Ht Kapton, Coxsackie ; 1 Floyd Cook, ry a . i ‘land, Va; St Gar- Jas Randlet, jr, Wemehorter j ; 43 Van Benthuysen, Robt Micheil, Poughkeepsie ; H Hortis, Troy ; Thomas 'D SUCCESS 0G@- WNPRECED TE: 7 History, Poetry, Music, &c. Lecture on Imiplece at Concert ‘Hall, 406 Broadw TeZ'evening and every succeeding Tursday eveni completed—to commence at half-past seven o'clock. the course of these Lec'ures, Mr. Thomas Cartwright will introduce several beawtiful Irish melodies. Mr. Jones has volunteered the use of his splendid Harp, exhibited by him at the American Fair in October last. It will be called into requisition during the progress of these Lectures. Family tickets, to admit three ladies or itlemen to the entire course, One Dollar. Single for the night, 26 cents. ‘ickets to be had at the door. P. 8.—There are four of these Lectures yet to be de livered. . —— {G- IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.—The Col- lege of Medicine and Pharmacy, the Sup- pression of Quackery, beg to inform all desirous of obtaining Medical adv! , that on remitting the sum of one dollar, with a statement of their case, they will be supplied with one dollar's worth of appropriate medicine, and a letter of advice containing full directions as to diet, \, he. letters must be re paid. Addess veto 8a of Medicine and Pharmacy, 97 Nassau street, N. Y. The Coxsuttixo Puvarcran is daily in ‘attendance at the private consulting rooms of the ooking. Hours from 10 till? o’clock Sonorcat Cases.—The Correer have also engaged the services of one of the most distinguished opera- tive Surgeons in New York, and are th pre- pared to receive and treat surgical cases. Squinting, ca- taract, and all diseases of the eye requiring an 0 ‘ -stricture of the urethre,—calculi in the bladder,—club- ‘oot, —diseases of tne joints, and of the spine, will be par- ticularly attended to. The fees will be extremely mode- rate, Patients who so desire will be visited at theirown houses after operation. By oruer of the College, W. S. RICHARDSON, Agent. Prineipal (and only) office of the College of Medicine and Pharmacy, 97 Nasenu st. New York, “THE TONIC MIXTURE.”—This celebrated pa 4 i compored of five ingredients, the active princi- ples of which are highly concentrated. It isnow used very extensively and witl success by the medical faculty, for the cure of debility, (from whatever cause,) dy ja, nervous complaints. Sold by the authority of the College of Medicine halt ek “he city a lew . Price $1 per bottle. joven (in cares) $5. York. Price $1 per Dottie, |g RICHARDSON, Agent. Principsl office of the College 97 Nassau st