The New York Herald Newspaper, November 23, 1842, Page 2

W YORK HERALD. Now York, Wednesday, November #3, 1842. nobility, who anticipate their ineome. England herself has cormmenced repudiation by deducting 7d. in the pound off the interest; and with all this epudia H nies, and the cessation of = === Se * are ere mo nd the Crters have | The War of the British Newspaper Press a Ma eo ctand rizale Green | on the Morals, Literature and Politics of sat” eels ab ling the oflices of the the American Newspaper Pre Lothsehilds, the Morrisons, and oth We give our readers to-day a series of the most n One or two per oe patr a remarkable articles that ever appeared in England or investing the ; : on the American people, literature and institutions. Tuvian, and « Santa Anna and such tyrants and w Itconsists of extracts trom the “*Loadon Times,” the and rauzades their peamiecigiy ya Aamnions, she “London Star,” and the “Liverpool Maul.” ‘These rial t e Stites, and furnished the same n are all leading organsof the powerful parties which di- vad their green customers with State | vide public opinion in England, during her present w the venefit of the { the New World, and must feel yoration bonds, 4 ws and bank robber crisis in the progress of a great revolution. The “Times” and “ Mail” are both high tory, high heir occupation gone, f are a hy L Yoon s moathy wish eur s ing monopolis's. | church, and anti-republican in their views and prin- Dakng. ames, and ironies almost daily con: | ciples—and the leading organs of those doctrines tain some hiat froma fundmonger, or doleful para- ; The “Star? i . graph on want of taith here, destruction of credit | 1? Europe. The Star” is the powerful ogee al there, and the suppression every where of all specu- | repablican opimions and doctrines in England, and nhod which w ou ate them a nae on the land and | concentrates about its atmosphere all that is origi- abor of their fellow beings This is a grievous d hopeful the march of ci y ‘ civilization, state of affairs for the heads who dictate the money | ®#!, moral aud hopeful in the mare articles of the T'imes and Chronicle. One day we | and the ultimate triumph of pepular principles and | dthac ** Repudiation has tabooed everything | politics, morals and literature. an” in the ay Kk ine, and he bee. shag Can It will be perceived from these extraordinary ex- eLtwo per ce credit. Bul pu pctade — diati cahieirenies dices ar Inns, aogillingin tracts,that the famous article in the “Foreign Quar or the eotton of that great arch pioneer of Repudiay | ly Review,” was only the first gun in the war thatis Lion, Mississippi t Nos on the contrary; jn-t in PFO | now gring on in Burope, against American morals, portion as baaks, aad bubbles, and soeculations in |); : stocks esplode, in the sume proportion do the in- literature, finance, and politics. That article,supposed at first by many to have been written by Dickens, but recently attributed, we believe, to a person by al comforts of those people dastry, resources, and and speculators and sche- increase mera are rained Data augiee sed DQabeeor, the name of Donald M’Leod, formerly a letter wri- forts have increansed in the repudiating co ~ ; : : ‘ iTapps would ichave beea for the miserable produc. | ter in Washington, in conjunetion with Dickens, is ing classes of England this day, had ail our loans | now known to have been only the commencement been tabooed for the Jast one hundred yeas ae of a long newspaper war, which the privileged aris- hot how huve to be atraeted ium theve (thors and 4 t€Paey of England have started as a locus penitentia, each main, woman, and child of the producing class. ; to hide the weakness of Lord Ashburion in his poli- es could have twopence each day more than thy now receive from their labor. “The fundholders might thiak this a national curse, but the philanthro- pis' and philosopher would consider it a national blessing. The power of the British arms might scare some of the feeble South American States, and induce the Governments to promise any thing the fundhoiders might demand; but we opine that all the bombs and bayonetsin the kingdom could no more extract maney from the war-destroyed coun- tries of South America, than they could drag tical, and Charles Dickens in his literary negotia- tions. The whole British newspaper press, (and very soon the whole French press will also,) is now engaged in discussing, or rather in abusing the nio- rals, literature, philosophy, politics, and institutions of the United States, and in a most especial manner is the “New York Herald” assailed witha virulence, a falsehood, a bitterness that is truly no less inter- esting than it is amusing. In fact the “New York “breeks off a Hielander., But there is one cir- Pecans " cums'ince worthy ofnotice, Neither the Chronicle | Herald” and ite proprietor-editor, appear to occupy nor the Times, in al! their lamentations, denuncia- | the publie attention of the whole civilized world ia: and oe NG NaC ARE Rene ana from the banks of the Mississippi and Ohio, to the Am-rican taith, te 406 pardeen that he ought to . oar take measures for enforcing the claims of the Eng- | Shores of the Thames, Seine and Danube. This is lish bondholders on the repadiating ard non-paying | @ distinction for a newspaper editor without a par- North American States. Did Lord Ashburton learn allel, and indicates that a great revolution is in pro- at Washington that that was no go, as the Ameri- gress throughout all the avenues of society. cans phrase it? Did he learn that such a measure “ : : “4 ‘ ld be throwing away “good inoney for bad mo- | Amidst this mass of accusation, vituperation, and that,though Americans refuse to pay these | praise and complaint, the greatest truth they utter mele gambling d-bts, either in cotton or corn, | about the Herald,” is the extent of itscirculation and at they are abundantly supplied with a ‘* Ga- curreney, which they are ready and willing to pay out witha promputuade and precision that would prove very unpalateable to the monopolists, and their unfortunate instruments? The fundholders here, and their agents in the States, have for years been earryiag out Walpole’s principle of bribery and corruption ; but when they come to tax the Ameri- can people fo foot their bills, they will find it a very different affair from what they have found it in this coun'ry. Here one class ot men make the laws, and » the taxes; while those who pay the taxes ly have no more vo in laying them or spending them, than the tools which they use in their industry. In America, the men who pay the taxes make the laws that govern their appropriation —and where every man reads, thinks, and votes, it is folly 10 suppose that they will bind themselves and posterity aa slaves to foreign. fundholders and a few influence—a circulation of THIRTY THOUSAND, and frequently more, reaching the utmost limits of the world, and an influence that touches every lead- ing point of America and of Europe. It is this cir- culation that causes the moth-eaten aristocracy of Europe to tremble ; it is this influence which such a journal begins to exercise upon Europe, in favor of republican institutions, republican principles, and republican literature, that makes the privileged classes across the water dread us, as Belshazzar did the hand-writing of light on the walls of Babylon. It 1s unnecessary for us to expose the motives of these men in this new moral war ; it is most eflec- tually done by the ‘ London Evening Star,” and domestic speculators. Hine ille lackryme ‘This is | With an intensity and truthfulness that will canse it the source of the bitterness of the denunciations | to be read and believed. One thing is amus'ug—to which flow from the pens of Oxenden and Shaw, | see the slender foundation on which the London when they enlighten the world on moaey and mo- tories and their associates, build up their theories rals, through the two great organs ot the money ; Z ae: 3 of the state of society, religion, and literature of changers. But cui bono? Will such diatribes paralyse ae mind snd qreacle ie these stur- | this country. Look at the importance they give to dy republicans, and induce them to mort- adi indict ‘i gage themselves, posterity, and their country, pra Shere atta ae ts Bigs ies fb ind, by adopting our system of vassalage, render | M- Noah, who took offence at a mere jeu d’csprit themselves for ever tributary to the men who have ruled and rained Great Britain and Ireland. We think such a scheme Quixotic. They long since repudiated our system of government; and now, when they number eighteen. millions of souls, and in energy,enterprize and intelligence, have no equals on the free of the globe, it is not to be supposed that they will take lessons in morals from a brokan mer. chant in the Morning Chronicle, and an attaché of Lord Asibarten in the London Times. The melan- choly effect on the moral and physical condition of our people and their rulers, as depicted in the col- urns of the Times, and Chronicle, if nothing elee, wou'd essentially prevent the Americans from be- coming the slaves of a monied monop ly, either at home or in Threadneedie street. The Times ad- mits the misery and sufferings of our people, and the Chromicle asserts what everybody knows, that half a of money were expended in bribery, to se- in the shape of a police report, and made an egre- gious fool of himself in that business from begin- ningtoend. That indictment, and all the subse- quent proceedings, were brought about by the ri- valry of the newspaper press of this city towards the “Herald,” and their various efforts to work on juries and judges to our prejudice. Noah himself admit- ted in court that he had committed the greatest amount of libels, and the whole thing"was consider- ed a matter of no moment—a mere exaggeration of the day—a laughable fanfaronade—until personal malevolence blew it up like a bladder, when it ex- ploded of itself, without leaving a trace behind. It is well known now that all the imputations thrown upon Aldermen Purdy and Lee, having served their cure.» majority inv the peseeat Parliament ne purpose, have long since been consigned to oblivion “hronicle justifies the principle of bribery, if used in “ emp. S i ii & good -ause,but thinks it extremely wicked it wield- | 82d contempt, So may we dispose of the misrepre- sentations made against the Rev. Mr. Bellows by the “‘Liverpool Mail,” all of which is equally absurd and ridiculous. But the great—the solemn truth is now revealed. There is a clique of small brokers, stock-jobbers and literateurs in this country, who are secretly leagued with the privileged aristocracy, stock-jobbers and literateurs of England, and who furnish these foreign foes with the materials of falsehood, misrepresenta- tion and reproach, to destroy the character of this country in all itsrelations, and through all its popular elements. It is now perfectly evident, that, in Eng- land, a newspaper war against New York and the United States is declared, similar to that made against Paris and France in the times of the republic and the empire. This war is began immediately on the return to England of Lord Ashburton and Dick- ens—both of whom had either failed or been out- generalled in their several negotiations. The literary, financial and political systems of England are in danger, from the influence, the example, and the energy of those in the United States. Hence the present outbreak in all their violent tory jour. nals. But what care we on this side of the water? The Juck—the movement 1s with us. We have the pres- tige and the spirit of the age on the side of the Uni- ted States. These violent assaults will only stimu- late the indomitable energies of this land. New York will become the central city of freedom for the people of the whole earth—the great fountain of libety and genius to supply all tongues and all peo. vle. The aristocrats, stock-jobbers, literateurs and brokers of Europe, with their secret agents here, will be met with an enthusiasm and an energy that nothing can conquer. These very falsehoods of travellers, reviewers, and newspsper writers, will only make us mend what is wrong—improve the unimproved—and carry out the civilization of the world. Asone of the leading instraments of that civilization,the “New York Herald,” with increasing circulation and influence in beth hemispheres, will carry on the war with the European confederacy, in a way that they little understand. En avant ! dina bad cause. Now we venture to assert, that in no other country on earth would such infamous doctrines be tolerated except in England, where since the organization of the paper system by Wal- pole, bribery aud corruption have been the controll- lug principles of the government. The pevonins picture of human depravity and degradation hel up to the world by Lord Ashley, as polluting the very bowe's of the earth in her Majesty’s dominions, is notcalculated to induce the Americans to put their necks ina similaryoke ; and the wretched moral and physical state of the population, on the top of the earth, all around the vicinity of this very same Lord Ashley's Castle, as dep cted by the correspon- dent of The Chronicle, will have as little attraction for these repudiating Americans. The bestial and disusting depravity of our privileged robbers, as displayed in the debauches of alate nobleman, and his foreign prostitute, Angelica Bail; the mean and loathsome debavchery of a living Lord, and Miss A‘ice Lowe; and the various specimens of noble bestiality and disgusting excesses, as presented in public documents and public prosecutions, may whet the appetites of pampered privileged orders; but every moral and well-regulated community will turn from them with loathing, and eschew all the causes which have led tothem. The atrocious charges of Lord i_binger, Chief Baron of the nation, who pronounced a foreign pimp a most valuable ser- vant tothe Grand Jury, haranguing them on false polities and false political economy, and inflaming their minds against the victims of his malignity, in- stead of expounding the laws of the land—are not calculated to animate the Americans, or any other civilized people, with respect for the Government of a monied oligarchy, and the other privileged orders who now rule ad ruin the producing classes of Great Britain. No, no; the-e money-changers, and privileged vampires, may induce Lord Aberdeen to increase the burdens of our peo; le, by going to war ont account, with the poor feeble South Amer ic cernments; Shaw may taboo and rail through the Chronicle and Oxenden through the Times, but they will neither be able to scare money ow of the Sonth Americans, nor force theiy infamous system of fasding, banking and public debt on the repudia- ting and non-paying States of North America. Tar nate Navat, Court Martiats.—We find the following in the foreign correspondence of the ‘‘Na- tional Intelligencer,” relative to our recent Court Martials and the Exploring Expedition :— “ Lremark in one of the official Paris papers, le Mes an article respecting the Court Martial held at New on the officers of the Exploring Expedition. ‘The di ant consequence usually attached to such expedi heighten th of the French and our mortification at such proce nd the results. The London Athe- naeum ot the contains an article entitled the American Scientific Expedition, of which the object is to vindicate Captain Ross for a phrase which Comm Wilkes censured, and to decry the expedition in every respect. It will, I trust, be well answered. Time is not left to me to ment on ay f intended the volume of Damont D'Ervilte, i octavosof the Chief Surgeon of the corvett a tall narrarive of the circumnavigatioa. ence is mad» tothe Ame confirms the statements of Mr. Wilkes. We do not wonder at the surprise of the French at our Court Martials. At the same time we are pleased ‘o see the pretensions o! the English silen- ced by such competent authority. Arnican Squa pron.—Commander Franklin Bu- chainan, lately of the Mississippi, will take command of the Viucennes, now fitting out at Brooklyn, sup- posed for the Coast of Africa. The other officers of the Mississippi have also been ordered to her. The frigate Saratoga, now at Portsmouth Navy- yard, itis said will also proceed to Africa, asthe flag ship of Capt. Gregory, the commander of the squad- ron on that coast Tre Asusvrtox Dixner.—Mr. Walsh, the cor- respondent of the “ National Intelligencer.” wri- ting from Paris, says, ‘‘ When the accounts ef the Ashburton dinner at New York appeared in the Pa- ris newspapers, they were curious to know who the Major Jack Downing was that applauded so stento- tially.” The Major Jack Downing of that dianer (who was only epoken of inthe Herald) is a very amiuble and worthy merchant of this city, who pos- sesses considerable talent, much smartness, and has written several clever things under the cognomen of “ Major Jack Downing” Our numerous readers in Paris are informed that he did applaud vociterously at the Ashburton dinner; whether he did so judiciously or not, we leave others to say. lie, being In both, reter- and the Surgeon From Havana.—B9 the arrival of the Hellespont, Capt. Ellis, we have received Havana papers to the 9th inst., several days later than previous advices. They contain no news of importance. Freights to Europe were a shade better, but none whatever offering for the United States—the Hellespont being compelled to return in ballast. The prices of American and other produce will be found in an- other column. The U. S. steam frigate Missouri sailed for Vera Cruz on the 8th inst.; officers and crew all well. Avorter Gare-—There has been a terrible gale on Lake Ontario, as well as on Lake Erie. It oc- curred last Monday and Tuesday. The wind was from the north east, and the sea on the south shore was tremendous. ‘Che commanders of the steamers state that the gale equalled, in severity, the heaviest they have experieneed on that Lake, Is 1t Trus John Gregory, a pious clergyman. of Quincy, Mase., has been arrested and held to bail in that town charged with the crime of po- lygamy | iy Exelitement in White Plains. Our express last evening bromght us rome ex- traordinary intelligence from White Plains. We refer to our report of this day for the detaiis, as fur- nished by our reporter. It appears that Edward Sprague made an assault upon oue of the reporters of the Herald, for some statement made in the paper of yesterday. This af- fair has created quite a stir in White Plains. Last evening Mr. Sprague called at our office and assured us solemnly that he had no set-to with Sullivan in prison—and that, in the excitemeut of the moment, he committed the assault in question, Our in varia- ble instructions to all our reporters are, to state no- thing but well authenticated facts, without bad feel- ings or unjustifiable motives. If Sprague has been misrepresented, it has surely been unintentional, while the mode he took to set it right was altogeth- er illegal and hasty. We trust that no extreme measures may be pursued. Cot, Wess—His Conpirion or Minp in Prisox.— We are afraid that our old friend and fellow suffer- er, Col. Webb, of the regular army, is hardly in the right frame of mind to receive acts of kindness, mer- cy orpardon. The Rev. Dr. Anthon should by all means visit him, for since his. confinement he har exhibited some strange aberrations of temper. Let us unfold our budget. As soon as the Colonel was imprisoned, notwith- standing all he has said and done against us, | felr softened to the heart at his melancholy conditioa— wounded and in prison onsuch an affair. 1 accord- ingly got up a petition on Sunday last, and by Mon- day night had it signed by nearly 500 as respectable names as there are in New York. I sentit upto the Governor, as fast as possible so as to throw my little mite of sympathy into his case, and aid his pardon and liberation, as much as possible. In addition to all this, [sent a note to Mr. Gilbert Davis, corner of William and Pine streets, who keeps a famous wine cellar there—ordering half a dozen of Champagne te be sent to Webb’s apartments in the Tombs—also a similar order to Henriques, 51 William street, an equally famous segar store, to send abox of hisbest Regalias. The following con- tains the order for the latter : ‘ORDER. Dean Sin A man called on us and requested us to send up to Col. Webb; 100 good Regalias. Bo you mean it? If s0, acquaint the bearer, and it shall be promptly done—say 80 in writing | 100 good Regalias cost $5, but wehave a good article for $3 the 100. Your obedient servant, HENRIQUES, 61 William st. Monpay afternoon, ANSWER. Send the best. J. G. BENNETT. By some mistake the wine_was not sent—but on Monday afternoon the segars reached Webb’s apart- ments. On the young man entering, he found Webb attended by four friends, a black servant waiting be- hind. He presented the box of segars, and stated the message. What was Webb’s reply? Any thing but what we expected. Col. Webb looked at him like an old-fashioned thunder cloud,saying:-“! have nothing to say to you, but tell Henriques that if he had brought them himself, and dared to offer them, I would have kicked him out.” The messenger astonished at such treatment on a mission of kind- ness, retreated precipitately, while the four persons presentlaughed outright. He returned to 51 William street,segars, reply, and all in one genera! box of as- tonishment. A further correspondence, verbal aud written, has passed between Col. Webb und Mr. Henriques, in relation to this unnecessary insult, but what is its tenor we do not yet know. Henriques has spunk, and will hardly brook it. Now, really this affair seems strange, and posi- tively indicates that Col. Webb wants advice and prayers of no ordinary kind. Here we have been getting up petitions, aiding him in his difficulties, and doing every thing we could with propriety and delicacy to increase his comfort in prison, till the pardon is procured—till the veto on the sentence is certain. Acting on such motives, and in such a way, the Colonel certainly behaved very unhand somely to Henriques, who had nothing turther to do in the matter than what we have related. Instead of wine and segars, our old friend seems to require, in a greater degree, the pious prayers of some clergyman. We shall, therefore, endeavor to procure the Rev. Mr. Miller, orthe Prophet, Joe Smith, or some other eminent and pious person to call upon him— (the Rev. Mr. Anthon has hardly power enough)— to puthim, by prayers and other devotions, into a right frame of mind, while we follow out the peti- tion till he gets released. The wine and segars, we believe, we shall send to the poor prize-fighters at White Plains, who are in pretty much the same pre- dicament with the gallant Colonel, and who will soon be in as much need of a pardon. Will they refuse them, and insult the messengerj? We hope not. In the meantime we call upon every humane per- son in New York, within the reach of our words, who have not signed the-petition in favor of poor God-forsaken Webb, to come to the Herald Office, corner of Nassau and Fulton street, and toput down their names forthwith. Come in—come in—come in! We have now well on to a thousand, and we mean to make it five thousand, if we can, before Friday next, the last day of grace. On Saturday the Colonel receives his sentence. Although he be- haves badly, we shall not. Cuear Lrreraturr.—We perceive that a sort of check has been given to the cheap and trashy litera- ture of the day, by the authorities of South Caroli- na, in the following paragraph from a Boston pa- per :— The agent ofthe “New World” at Charleston, 8.C. writes a piteous letter, in whieh he states that he had been held to bail in the sum of one thousand dollars on the complaint of the South Carolina Association, for having sold a cer tain number of our journal, containing a discourse by the late Rev. William E. Channing on Emanicipation in the West Indies. In what are we living? Is this a free country ? Do our sout friends think to perpetuate their peculiar institutions by measures like thie? Do they stand in dread of a mild, elevated, Christian discourse, set- ting forth facts relative to a foreign country? ‘We do not see what cause there is for complaint here. Ifthe Southern States are to be deluged with such trashy and incendiary stuff as appears from time to time in the “Tribune,” ‘New World,” and other papers here, what security is there for the safety of the property or lives of southern men or their insti- tutions? They have only acted in self defence, and who can blame them? Look at the violent and in cendiary attacks made on the institutions o the south by Dickensin his late ‘‘Notes;” one of the most outrageous assaults upon southern men that has yet appeared in this country ; and yet the “NewWorld” and “ Brother Jonathan” literally flooded the south with this work, and will do so again, totally regard- less whether they sap the foundations of southern institutions or not by the operation. And we see that this evil is spreading. The ‘‘ Morning Chroni- cle” has come into the field as_an adjunct, and pub- lishes one of Paul de Kock’s licentious works.— Where is the evil to stop? We presume the south- ern men will look to their interests in the next Ccn- ress, before it is tco late. The next thing we sup- pose will be the republication of the Ass of Apul- leius, or Voltaire’s Maid of Orleans, or the Chevalier de Faublas, or similar works. Fire at Rocnester.—The dwellings of J. Law- rence and R. Braithwaite, in Rochester, were nearly destroyed by fire last Thursday morning. Inptan Trovetes.—Alligator swears he will not remove from the Cherokee territory without first having a fight with our troops. Str Cuaries Bacot.—The Governor General had so far recovered on the 16th inst., as to be able to ride out. At Home.—The following is the vote polled for members of Congress in the town of Quincy, the residence of John Quincy Adams :— Ezra Wilkinson, 289—John Q. Adams, 285— William Jackson, 18—James M. Glover, 1. Wrar’s tae Matrer witn tar Mains ?~Five mails are now due from the south The Prize Fight Trials, Wurre Prais, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 1842. | The Grand Jury of the Court of Oyer and Termi- ner, now in session, returned into Court last eve- ning about dusk, with a new bill of indictment con- taining twelve counts, charging the following per sons with manslaughter, for their attendance at the prize fight at Mastings, onthe 13th of September, al which Thomas McCoy was killed :—Christopher Lilly, William Ford, John McCleester, James San- ford, Henry Shanfroid, James Sullivan, John Win- chester, George Kensett, Richard Fagan, John Aus tin, John MeGee, John Harris, Charles Riley, Saw yer Rynns, Samuel Beasley, Joseph Murphy, Jacob Somerdyke and Hugh Caldwel!. This indictment, we understand, has been prepared for the purpose of covering all informalities that may have been pointed outin the one found before the Court of Sessions at Hastings, and haspassed the revision of Attorney General Barker, who is here in order to aid Distriet Attorney Nelson in the prosecution of these causes. Wm. M. Price, counsel for Murphy and Sullivan, arrived last evening, and also David Graham, Esq., counsel for McCleester, and A. L Jordan, Feq. Sasnuel Lyon, Esq., of this village, hasan been engaged for several of the persons in- icted, At the opening of the Court this morning a verdict of $1707 94 was rendered in favor of Anderson and Ward, coal merehsnts of your city. against John, James, and Abraham Burley, manufacturers of iron wire, on the Croton, for coal furnished their works, The trial of the colored man, Watson Simmons, fora rape on a little girl named Margaret Ann Ma- gery, aged only nine years, was continued thismorn- ing. and the prisoner ably and eloquently defended by W. Tompkins, Esq. “The jury, after an absence of about two hours, returned a verdict of assault and battery, with intent to commit a rape. He was then remanded for sentence. in Itisnow 11 o’clock, and the District Attorney has called up the case of Timothy B. Berger, Esq., Justice of the Peace of Port Chester, in this county, who has been indicted for misdemeanor, in ref. sing to perform the duties of his office, as laid down in the statute, in a suit of assau't and battery brought before him against Alexander H. Wells, Surrogate of this county. Justice Berger formerly resided in New York city, and wasa lawyer by profession. It is charged that he refused to allow defendant the Wit ood Gee presenting certain evidence in his favor, efore he ordered him to be bound over. At the adjournment of the court, at 1 o’clock P. M., as I was descending the Court House steps, I was met by Ned Sprague, who was arrested week before last as one of the most active participants at the prize fight at Hastings where McCoy was killeo, and who was recently before Mayor Morris on the charge of beating and abusing Washington Low. He said he wished to speak to me a few moments. 1 walked across the street ha Lewis’ Hotel, when he drew the Herald of Tuesday from his pock- et and asked me if I had written the letter in it from White Plains, in which his name was introduced in the description of a friendly setto between him and Sullivan that took (eee in their cell in the prison. I answered yes, when the big lubberly blackguard drew off, while my back was towards him, and struck me on the right cheek bone. I turned round, without injury, and as he followed up his advantage thus taken, parried several other blows that he made at me, when several gentlemen interfered and the difficulty was ended. I immediately stepped into the Court House for a warrant for his arrest, when he msunted a sorrel horse that had been probably stationed near by for the occasion, and rode off at fullspeed. The Grand Jury of the Oyer and Ter- miner have just indicted him for the offence, and a bench wate will be issued for his apprehension. The officer8 of New York are hereby requested to a fee him ifseen in that city, asa liberal reward will be paid for his arrest. The hofels and private houses here are filled to overflowing and the court room is crowded to ex- cess each day. : .Nothing will be done relative to the prize fight trials before the express rider leaves at 4 o’clock. The trial of Sullivan or McCleester will positively commence to-morrow morning and my despatches for Thursday morning’s paper will be full of interest. The whole corps are in good condition and have taken quarters at the house of Mr. Dick, whose family extend every comfort that the well known eres | and kindness of the substantial citizens of Westchester are wont todeal out to New York- e rs. $ . 4o’cLock P. M. The case of Justice Bergen is still betore the court and will protetly occupy its time for the remainder ot the afternoon. sh The Herald is all the go here, as it is every where else, and an agency at this time would be good busi- ness forany industrious young man of White Plains. Look out for to-morrow. Tse Cort Excirsment.—It appears that the ex- citement in relation to this matter was as great in Boston almost, as it washere. The following is from the “Boston Bulletin” of Monday :— “Tax Excitement Yeetexpay.—Probably for many months there has not been a greater excitement in State street than we witnessed yesterday. Early in the morn- ing a large number of persons assembled near the post- or) a to oi the real end casey York me gedy ; their disappointment may be imagined when they saw Messrs. Redding & Co.'s large peso announcing that no mail had arrived from New York. This only in- creased their curiosity, and at twelve o,clock the whole Space around the City Hall was densely crowded. In a few minutes it was known that the Norwich mail had reached this city, and the rush of the crowd into Morers. Redding & Co-s wax unparalleled. They had a large package of New York papers, which they distributed to the eager multitude immediately, We regret to say that in the rush and confusion,glasses were broken, and man; papers were lost or stolen. Extras were soon afterwards distributed all over the city, and we are informed it many thousands were disposed of by the news boys. Such ‘an excitement is of rare occurrence in Boston.’ The ‘‘large package of New York papers” refer- ted to were New York Heralds. Of the same affair the “ Boston Times” thus speaks :— “ The interest felt inthe tate of this unfortunate man, ‘increased to such a degree, as the term of his life was drawing to a close, that the whole city of New York, on Friday afternoon, was a scene of unparalleled excitement. In the immediate vicinity of the prison, the crowd was immense, while curiosity, agitation and anxiety were de- picted in’ every countenance. The closing scene of the tragic drama wound the general excitement to the highest pitehthe vast throng assembled to learn the fate of the doomed man, gave utterance to coni sounds, that seemed like the noise of a troubled sea, while the c gration that broke out in the upper part of the prison, added to the wild and dramatic effect of the seene. “In this city, so great was the anxiety to learn the par- ticulars of the t ly, that we were compelled to put an extra to press, and issued an edition of 10,000 copies, which was purchased with the greatest avidity. All the intelli- gence we have been able to collect, is given below. Our japer of to-day is literally filled’ with horrors, but we fervently hope that it may be a long time before we shall ‘be again called upon to perform the painful duty of recor- ding so many scenes of violence and distress. ‘There is a moral lesson in the fate of John C. Colt, which ought to sink deed in every bosom. it seems clear that since Sunday last, when he felt that he had no hope of escape—notwithstanding all protestations of faith and repentance, and his solemn disa- vowal of any attempt to commit suicide, this wretched man has steadily cherished the purpose to escape the gal- lowa by ki Nae himself. The di tragedy has closed, and his soul has met his victim at the bar of their common God.” In addition to the above, the ‘‘ Boston Courier” has a very bitter articl on those concerned in this matter. Here it is:— Notwithstanding the very positive Ki hetet A before the Coroner’ Jury, we do not believe that the public will ever be satisfied that there'was not a gross and palpable conni- vance with the friends of Colt and himself, on the part of some of the public.officers. The Coroner’s examination was a mere mockery, and as if to make it appear 80 more fully, he states that whoever abetted in the suicide is lia- ble to indictment for manslaughter, and then closes the case without calling any further witnesses. Why was not every man and woman who visited the cell that day called upon to testify what he or she knew of the matter? Many people think that the whole of the visiters, Dr. Anthon, the sheriff, aud all, ought to be indicted as ac- cessories The fire, too, isa suspicious circumstance, It is said in some of the ‘at it took place in consequence of some defect in the stove pipe. Is it not possible ; nay, is it not, under the circumstances, probable, that this fire was intentionally caused for the pu of creating confu- sion at the moment of the execution, and thus affording the friends ot Colt an opportunity of rescuing him, or to delay the execution beyond the time set, by which’ a law question might be raised, whether, rete lived beyond that time, he could legaliy be hanged at all ? Jn one t, the “ Courier” is right ; the Coro- ner’s examination was a miserable mockery, about which we shall have more to say hereatier. The “U.S. Gazette” has the following about the mar- riage :— The scenes exhibited fr a few days before the death of Colt; and the last day of his life, in particular, in the New York Prison, are of a kind that would be led as too extravagant for fiction. And “ Ainsworth,” whose gloo- my imagination has been so fruitfully active of late, has nothing, in any of his works, which can compare with the seeming repentance, the sealed letter, the marriage, the suicide, and the fire in the New York on af woman who is called his wife, must ‘ul mockery of a solemnity, which seem- ed to give her the name of wife, after had become mother ; to wed her to one who, while he promised to love and chorish, was looking in'o his grave i and whic) called upon her'to take him, for better or for worse, tc hanor, and obey. She must have turned from th: cell with inexpressible an; “In one day wedded and a widow.” From these extracts our city authorities may learn how indignant the people of other cities fee! about the matter, as well as the {citizens of New York Tremespovs Gate on Laxe Ente—Loss oF Lirg anv Propgrty.—We have received from Pomeroy & Co., the express liners, the following particulars of a most destructive gale on Lake Erie. It was a part of the “ blow” that was 80 vio- lent in this vicinity last Friday and Saturday. That gale spread over no less than six States. [Correspondence of the Herald.} Burrato, Nov. 19, 1842. So far as information has been received, our worst apprehensions have been realized of the dis astrous effects of the gele. Since the publication of the Commercial this afternoon, the following ad- ditional vessels are reported as wreeks:— Schooner Indiana, loaded with salt for Chicago —total wreck. ir : Schooner erepeniiy: Captain Raymond, for Kingston, loaded with flour and pork—total wreck. Schooner Ohio, Capt. Rohe tein 2 pEe Schooner M. Kingman, freight not known, lies high and dry, and is supposed will be got off with- out much damage. c The above vessels are all on Gravelly Bay. Schooner Florida, loaded with flovr, pork and whiskey for this port,is ashore a little above “Point Abine”—total wreck. f Schr. Henry Roop, Capt. Fisk, 2000 bushels corn, at Silver Creek. Of the vessels heard from, eleven in num- ber, allhave been wrecked, indistance of some twenty miles from this port, which is the extent of the coast heard from, what has been the effect be- yond is unknown, but it is apprehended will prove most fearful. I will write you again to-morrow, P.M. In great haste, yours, E.R. J. In addion we would add that the steamboats Great Western and Wisconsin, from the Upper Lakes, and due at Buffalo on Thursday, had not arrived. The Western when last heard sy was seen coming out of the Detroit river. The Canals is closed at Rochester and Westward. P. & Co. [From the Buffalo Advertiser, Nov. 19.) The gale blew itself pretty much out this morn- ing. The wind is yet high, and an occasional sough may still be heard, but the tempest is over. It was dreadful while it lasted. The wind blew a perfect hurricane, and the air was so filled with snow, that one could scarcely see twenty yards. The tempe- rature was very low, and altogether it was about the worst gale we ever experienced in Buffalo. Al- though the damage here has been slight, there must have veen much personal suffering in many families poorly prepared for such a fierce advent of the in- clemencies of winter. The piercing wind found an entrance through every crevice, and we doubt not in hundreds of tenements might be seen a household cowering over a fire, the heat of which the blast would snatch away with a howl, that mingled with the wail of children crying with cold. The sharp, clear air this morning, the frozen ground and snow, look like mid-winter, and should remind those bles- sed with cheertul homes and all the comforts of life, of the distress and suffering that must be the lot of se) of their less fortunate neighbors. ; e fear that the gale has been very destructive along the lake coast. The water in the harbor rose some five feet, but has done little injury other than toinundate the flats, and obstruct navigation on the canal. There are rumors of vessels beached upon the lake shore and of fatal eflects therefrom, but as yet no positive information has been obtained. The schooner Jeffereon, Capt. Dougall, went ashore at 6 o’clock last night, about three miles above Buffalo light nouse, and 1s a total wreck, attended with a melancholy loss of life—one entire family, hus- band, wife and five children, together with a young woman, and one of the men belonging to the vessel, having perished! The Captain says that about two hours after his vessel beached, the cor rege way was washed off, and the chil- dren and young woman drowned in the cabin and forecastle. A portion of the crew had got ashore, in quest of help, and were endeavoring to rescue the family. The mate prrapped his overcoat around the woman, and tried to keep her warm by walking her to and fro on the beach, but she soon became exhausted and incapable of motion, and was placed in the boat, which had washed up, where she died in a short time. Her husband was delirious on reaching shore, and attempted to escape into the swamp near by, but perished within a short dis- tance. One of the hands belonging to the vessel, named James Bruce, got into the swamp and likewise lost. The family were from Hartford, C.—names un: known—the children aged from 8 years downwards The Jefferson was owned by J. W. Ransom, of Chi- cago, with a cargo of 500 bbls. salt, 40 tons of iron, and some merchandise, which will be_ mostly lost— shipped by J. Murray & Co., of this city. The crew succeeded, about midnight, in getting on board the brig Olive Richmond, beached below thein, in a greatly exhausted state. , ‘When our reporter reached the vessel this fore- noon, the figure of the young women above men tioned was discovered standing in an upright pos- ture, in the forecastle companion-way, frozen stark and stiff, with hands partly raised in an imploring posture, and her eyes fixed with a cold and stony Baze upon the shore. é ‘The brig Olive Richmond, Capt. Dorchester, went ashore about a mile below the Jefferson, early yes- terday afternoon. She was bound up in ballast,and will be got off without damage. ‘The schooner Walter Joy, Capt. Lacy, went ashore about the same time, near the Olive Rich- mond, with a deck load of flour, which will be partly lost, but the vessel will be got off with tri- fling injury. e brig Frances Mills, Capt. Langley, went ashore on the Canada side, three miles below Point Abino, at 2 0’clock, P. M. yesterday. She lies part- ly filled with water, by which the lower tier of her cargo, consisting of merchandise, will be injured. She was bound for Chicago and St. Josephs—will Probably be got off. _ The schooner Edwin Jenny, Capt. Davisun, drag- ged heranchors and went ashore below Point Abi- no, a little above the Frances Mills. She wasload- ing with stone for some port up the lake. Correction, U. S. District Court. . In Banxrvuprey. In the matter of the Petition of William Binns, in behalf of Binns, Halsted & Co , that Jessee 8. Fleet be declared a Bankrupt. In our paper of yesterday morning, a mistake was made by our reporter, of which the above is a correc- tion. Mr. Binns was the petitioner,not the bankrupt, whose name is Jesse S. Fleet. We regret that our reporter should have made the mistake. The house of Binns, Haltsed & Co. is one of the soundest in New York. We have only to add the following note: — To E Eorror ov tHe Heratp— 1 Tobserve in your paper ofthis morning, my name among the list of petitioners for the benefit of the bankrupt act.— Such is not the fact. I,on behalf of my firm, a peti- tioner that Mr. Jesse 8. Fleet should be declared a bank. ropt. [ presume in this way the error has occurred; it is an important one, and I will thank you to have it corrected. Yours respectfully, WILLIAM BINNS. Novemprr 22, 1842. Musical. Max Bourer.—The concert of Max Bourrr, at the Apelte Rooms on Monday evening, was truly splendid in point of science, skill, or and pathos, exhibited by that artist on the violoncello. We are sorry to say that only a few ladies were present, the company being principally made up of artists and professional men. No person can have any concep- tion of the power of the violoncello under the hands of Max Bohrer. It is the nearest approach to the highest order of the human voice, that we ever heard. The tones and expression are absolutely heavenly—ravishing extatic, miraculous. We have never vet heard its parallel. He gives another concert on Friday evening, which will be his last. We beg the élite to embrace one chance, to hear a species of musie that may not be heard again in a century in New York. ; Tue Branams.—These distinguished vocalists, fa- ther and son, are, we learn, at Albany, giving con- certs, on their way to this city and the south. They may probably visit Bosto1, New York, and then go towards New Orleans and Havana. Nacet.—This eminent violimst has been at Alba- ny delighting all with his performances on his favor- ite instrument. He is probably on his way to this city or Boston, and may soon return to Europe.— Wherever he goes, he will carry the good wishes of “ troops of friends” and admirers from the land of the mighty mountain and the eternal cataract. Madame de Geni and Knoop are suil in Canada. Miss Grrarn’s Concert.—This young lady’s con- cert takes place to-night—see advertisement. We understand that it will be worth attending. Qg- Mr. Wriaat, Professor of the English Lan- guage, announces the discovery of a most important peculiarity inthe mal-construction of our language. Particulars will be found in his advertisement,which appears in our columns of this day. If Mr. W. suc- ceeds in his pretentions, he will confer no inconsi- derable benefit on society. Cuatuam Tiearre.—Herr Cline, the extraordi- nary performer on the tight rope, appears to-night in anumber of truly astonishing feats. The ‘ Last Days of Pompeii,” having been received with anbounded applause on its first representation, is to ve repeated this evening, with Mr. J. R. Scott as Lydon, Mr. Cline as Arbaces, and Mrs. Thorne in the beantiful character of Nydia, the blind flower | girl. The nautical drama of “Blue Jackets,” in which Mr. J. R. Seott appears, is also annennced | A rich bill . Ony Countearaivens ano THEIR Trars.—The city has been Uterally flooded for the last fow weeks with lots of new counterfeits and altered bills, elegantly got up, end well calculated to deceive, and all evidently originating from the same source. Justice Matsell, and officers Relyea, Tappan, and Kel- linger, the same persons who arrested the large gang of burglars, as reported in yesterday’s Herald, have been on the look out for some time past for the mill from which these hotes were pushed, In this they have at length succeeded, and have now in the Tombs, Bill Shepherd, Tom Shepherd, Charl Jero- loman and Eliza Campbell, all members of the notorious Shepherd fraternity of “queer ones,” on the charge of manufacturing und uttering counterfeit money. But this is not all ; they have also secured the copper: plate press on which these bills were printed, and a check plate or printing the backs, together with over $13,000 in counterfeit $5 notes on the Manufacturers’ Bank at Pro- vidence, R. 1., a small boodle of $6 bills altered to the Greenwich Bank, from the fraudulent Tenth Ward Bank, and a large bundle of bills on the latter concern, prepared for alteration, all of which would have soon been put in circulation but for the timely descent of the officers upon the gang. ‘The boodle of Manufacturers’ Bank bills was found bu- ried in atin box in the yard of a house in Fifth street, searched by the officers, and the press was found con- cealed in separate parts at the residence of old Mrs. Shep- herd in Avenue C., where the place was also found, burisd ina box im the yard. Aquantity of laces, dry goods, hosiery and hardware, were also found at both the houses occupied by the coun terfeiters, which were @ portion of the proceeds of the burglary, reported by us yesterday, and of nother that was effected in Canal street, afew weeks since. James, Honora, Margaret, and old Mrs. Shepherd, were also arrested, but were again discharged for want of evi- dence against them. Mixe Watsn in tHe Tomns.—A thieving scamp, assum- his name, who is no more like the real orator Spartan e, than a" live fish” is toa dead one, was yesterday brought in for stealin, juantity of rigging from the brig Lapwing, lying near the Battery, and sent below. Stratixno rrom Vessris.—Oneof the handson board the Canal boat C., lying at pier No. 4, East River, named Abel H. Mott, was yesterday brought up for stealing a firkin of butter, a part of the cargo ef the boat, belonging to J. Johnson and Sons, and selling the same toa grocer in Whitehall street. He was fully committed on the charge, In the course of the day another fellow named Lewis Carpenter, stole from on board the ship Louis- ville, a quantity of salt beef and pork, was caught with it 9 possession, and brought tothe Tombs and commit- ted. Diep oF orp Aae.—Mrs. lew | Morris, aged 65 years, and residing at No. 704 Greenwich street, was yesterda; discovered standing in a stooping condition with two ban resting on atub, quite dead. Deceased had b: er afflicted with dithculty of breathing and a bad cough for some time. The Coroner held an inquest cn the body, and a verdict of death from “ disease of the lungs and old age,” was ren- dered Baltimore. [Correspondence of the Herald.) Batiorg, Nov. 21, 1842. Dear BENNETT :— Yesterday was one oi the fineet days that we have had for a long time ; and it was duly taken advan- tage of by persons of all classes, sizes and sexes, thronging our principal streets. The news of the suicide of John C. Colt reached here on Saturday evening and produced a startling effect upon the minds of all, and was the chiet topic of yesterday’s conversation. Forrest closed his engagement at the Front Street on Saturday night (being for his benefit,) to a good house ; the performances were received with strong marks of approbation. To night Hackett appears. There was considerable of a “breeze” in the neighborhood of Spears’ wharf to-day, in which fists and canes were brought in fierce collision, seasoned with “liar,” “scoundrel,” “puppy,” and other “gentlemanly epithets.” It was between aMr.5S., of the firm of W. W. S—— & Co., and an individ- ual whose name Idid not learn, ‘The matter is to be brought before the city court for investigation on the grounds of being a “ breach of the peace.” A “marriage in hizh life” will shortly be “on the carpet.” T have made arrangements to furnish the Heraid with the sayings and doings on the occasion, but, as we say in these *‘ diggings,” I must “keep shady” else my plans may be frustrated. Genera Jackson anp Pgase’s Canpy.—We would call the attention of our readers to the fol- lowing letter from ex-President Jackson, in which he descants largely upon the virtue of Pease’s Hore- hound Candy. We have seen the original letter, and as forthe candy made by Messrs. Pease é& Son, we know from our own experience it is not to be ex- ceeded in the cure of coughs, and colds, having our- selves been the recivients of their bounty whilst | boring under a severe cough ; thus testing its quali- ties :— HeraitaGe, Noy. 12th, 1842. Messrs. Joun Pease & Son— GENTLEMEN,— 5 Your kind letter of the 30th of August last, with the greatly esteemed present of Horehound Candy, of your own invention, reached me in due course of mail, and found me on its arrival, incapable of wielding my pen; I tralia hy bean to try the effects of your candy, and have been using it ever since with great benefit, and intend to make a fair experiment to see whether it will remove my cough entirely. I find it in the apothecary shops in Nashville. We have been using it in whooping coughs in our family with much benefit, and I con- sider it a valuable medicine for the lungs. I tender you my kind thanks for this present, and receive it with gratefnl feeling, as an evidence of your soli- citude tor my health and welfare, tender to you my best wishes for your long and useful life, and happy immortality. Anprew Jackson. GG A most delightful and diversified entertainment takes place this afternoon at the American Museum, com- mencing at threeo’clock, by T. G. Booth, the prince of comic singers; Celeste, the admired danseuse; Miss Hood, the vocalist; the Lilliputian Family of ten wonderful per. formers; the Tattooed Man, &c. Niagara Falls, with real water, are algo exhibited, in addition to tre endless host of curiosities contained there. This popular place is oon- atantly crowded with fashionable audiences, The real mermaid positively lvaves the city after this week. Those whohave notseen it should not fail todo so. Winchell performs every evening. Immense preparations are ma- king tor Evacuation D: GG There will be a crowded house at the New York Museum, being the benefit of the Masters Hughes. The consummate skill they display on the Harp, surpasses all conception. They execute the most difficult pieces of music, with thegrace and finish of eminent performers. The solo onthe violin by Le Petit Paganini, is a masterly piece of execution. The little girlonly three years of age on the Harp, is a wonderful specimen of precocious talent. We sincerely hope the little beneficiares will meet with such encouragement as extraordinary abilities entitle them to, There isa great curiosity to be seen at the Mu- seum in the shape of a live deer; it is perfectly white with pink eyes; well may it be termed “a pretty deer.” There will be a performanee to-day at 3 0’clock, and also in the evening. The attractions are tremendous. QG- The Devil and Doctor Miller are at issue. There is to be no Millennium. Mons. Guillot con- tends that he has greater powerthan Satan, and that he can out-lift, out-pull, and out-do any thing, except out-lie his infernal mejesty. There was a strong smell of brim- stone last night in the region of the Bowery, and many were disposed to believe that the Lion Hero at the Amphi- theatre could not have performed his prodigies without the aid of the old boy. The Hero of France repeats his astonishing performances to-night. A TJ Cooledge Bostony Fred M Li sToR.—' 7 05 , Liver- 1, Eg; Jease Thomas, Philadelphia; W. Wilson Smith ‘ow York; 8 Taylor, 8 W Vosburgh, J L Rathbone, WJ Fryer, John Gott, C N Bleecker, J H Bogart, W C Little, Albany; WC Bowers, Middletown; Jno € Beach, Skane: atlee; $T Gordon, Hartford; A N Skinner, New Haven; E Haskell, W Jones, W Freeman, 8 F Flagg and lady, © 8 F Allen, Mr Wellman, Prince Hawes, Boston; ¢ 0 Rich- mond, Lowell; John B Miller, Utica; W H Barker, Tivoli, DC; Bishop Doane, D V MacLane, New Jersey; J'R God by, England; § H Mills and lady, Verplanck’s Point. 0G NEW AMERICAN NOVEL.—"Puffer Hopkids,” or the Career of a Modern Politician, by Cornelius Ma- thews Esq., author of the ‘ Motley Book,” &c., &c. ‘This isa humorous descriptive tale written much in the Pick- wickian styJe, and some of the characters are quite oes hically portrayed as is the immortal “ Samivel” of a The admalrers of Mr, Mathews’ writing often alluded to him as the Boz” of America, and we doubt not that this new work, in point of sarcasm and quiet humor, will fully sustain his reputation. ‘The above work will be published to-morrow morning in an Extra Double Brother ar c cents, or ten copies for $1. tone WILSON & CO, Publishers, 162 Nassau street. ISCHARGES FROM THE sally had Pts ently cured by the use of French Antiphlyistie Mixture ne ime roo! aston’ i relteea aa ant dat 60 cents each, jebrat mente sal of thi efficacy. ‘Sold in bottles at $ acl W,. 8. RICHARDSON, Agent. Prineipal Offiee of the College 97 Nassau st.