The New York Herald Newspaper, March 26, 1845, Page 1

— = THE NEW YORK HERALD |7™™ % “86 Thunder, AGGREGATE CIRCULATION THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND, THE GREATEST IN THE WORLD. To THE NEW YORK day of the year except New i¢e 3 cents per copy—or $7 26 per aurum—Posiages advances. THE WEEKLY HERAL! morning—prige 5M ‘Ages pad, cash in advance. ADVERTISBRS are Tlerald is over THIRTY: fas hos tan Oty aad Fonts ‘D—pal eve. Sacurday cents per copy, or $3 12 per anerm—post- the citcaletio. of the FIVE THOUSAND tal casa the largest cwoulation of ani or the world, and, is, therefore. the dest c! ween in the clty or country. Prices mouera PRINTING of all ki i ted ea EG al Nina goes ‘at the most moderate price, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR OF THE HERALD EsTanuisHMent, Northwest eoraer of Falton and Nassan streets. _ SARACEN’S HEAD. the Franklin Hotel.) that he has leased « nt, aud ited “rays be. sandwich, rad 2 fullowing articles ‘table to the Palate of the most Tas lete—Broiled_ Ham will atall times keep seheotae pte: toate uy Ale, avcompanied ‘served on stich terms and pr w w e TH FisHiING SEASON HAS TO MMENUBD “Let those now: before, those that slwaye fished, now fish the more.” all seasons and al lowest cash price. For sale, F iu great varicty, at the 125 Fulton stvet. iblo’s late Conservatory, that, ipwer Sanaa cade cea superb varieties are uow ready F Hecaens Cabal hee ea. fusions mised=-Very dwarf, ice prize flowers. low i . fum-rous choice kinds mixed ra, Phepnicea, tBlockii uew varie my. flowers prosussly, un great varie coli-c:ion | f pew Flower bri!{vant crimson and rosy. ditlora, phasyloides new variety— ye. Fopqolum Pelegrinum or Canary Bird FI 4 eppeats like a Stock =" super’ Anazallis fadiea—Uuique flowers, sear Chinese blue, with curious and. beautifal golden Teris Coronotia, ex Large White Rocket Candytaft. Holechrysum bracteatuim ‘album, {uew}—Elagaut” showy cut and fringed £1 ; Ge varieties, mixed. blocched, striped and spotted wi Pack ages concriniug 58 Yaciet eds o1 the growth o es for $2: 100 varieties $4. a *bealthy Plants in flower are in the ; fe Collection are now ander caltiva- Hance wil be ready de 3a wewined mn POEPOTOHN ROBINSON, of Nibl.’s Conservatory.) way (observe) cor, Prine at. FARM FO" SALE—Price $1500—cxatainim rea, beautiful and. healihy situation, two miles from lew Brunswick, In the premises are ing ive plare, or of PELE C. G YOU. Typ ke 1 Ne’ ‘orl 0t sol it of pril is a 7 iat maha’ Bt ‘A SUPERIOR FARM FOR SALE—Consistiog of 10 acres, including asu-table quantity of couv y Bay, embracing most, desirable locations fo: and an apple orchard py sprites of toe best qui wa in mowiog ground, aud wi Year ant 5 acres are co whole premis:s ing 20 manure, and aone o| path of the usu 1 quantity 10 manure the whole, q 5 ia ve Farm will ve excl @ for Zpropecty in N. B. Led New York, or 50 per cent may remaia on mortgage. ec RK SALE—A spiendid, of 100 geres, rich lad, a ted machinery f stony seen ad cee, fornstawa, in New Jer Price $2000; half can remain oa itor will be ex. ‘Cost over $1. 000. vy of other faity and 256 hours 1 000 Peach ‘es; ndjoming the soove Pri ch Trees; ve Price particulars apply toe 6. Lisr $1500 or $2000 on 2 House and Lot in the cit wanted, at 7 per cent. Ai jan eet, Soath Brooklyo. TO CARPENTERS, CHAIR MAKERS, CABINET KERS, MA . TO LET—A Row of Brick Lofts or Shop: pauters, Chairmake in the rear of Watts st-eet, vetwe-n Vari juason streets. Possession can be 175 Huson str et. TO KRENT—ON STATEN [SLAND—Those two splendid Vile sit mediately. Apply at imettahae 6ivode re of lard. Apely to ry eotvat of Water sevens, N.Y 133 i to! ‘ater st i, N. ¥. ‘Also to Lett he hres Seaty Brick House 35 Seaton street. Enquire ss above. FUR SAcE, OK TU LET—A youd Dwelicg ry of the village of Jam: good sarply of fenit vees, ft he mostd sirable cownury resides: within haif hours ride of the spacious and couverieut dwel- City Hall, consisting uh stable and other omthouses attached, with a large , COutaiuing every variety of iruit, aand ornamental tees for particulars enquire in 93d street, first house east of 3d TO LET OR LEASE, ms on the second and rt f adm 'rably adapted for the @.¢ of assoc Ino ics for military companies—the ‘Third Company vat onal yin, ‘as anarmory. ‘Those ire for such purposes and :ecure them, as f are desirable frm location, aad tne facilit atthe Bar of the Hal, THOMAS A LYNCH. rate Rater—The two BY Howe it barrow street, oF Went Washinat complete order, payered and painted, and re. ted to A good tenant ut $340 ne saev onl eile beck Hone 125 Hammond strert, consisting of 10 goo losets and clothes presses, with Tuewly painted, and in comilete order howe wiki be put on +xcellent basement FAKMS AT JAMAICA, ‘0 LET, OR Li i ica, containing about 50 acres *6 EL or will be tet to one p-rson, both Fasins | cng wet. They Jeaiteo.d, to sehien the tr jided into arable, & g00d two stury Ho r particulars, apply ty Legh “PRRANCIS 8. RROWN, 14 Pire street, SORES ON Lik SIXTH aVeNUe TO LET—Four three stzy aad attic Brick Houses with Biorrs underwent venue, between Lith a water, Me, 8 evilert stands for busines, and c ware, had ware, ut basemieat room will be seperate from 4 Sgeleg vers if reqaired, there being H. WINTER, 16 Wall stret. i OO FOR BALE, OR TO LEASE—Ihat well knows Factory, with 16 lots he 4th avenue Cin 0 ‘aud engive house adjoin- money Can Femaia on bo ly to ©, W. VAN VOORHIS or an , yon, where a map of the pro erty es ‘ th Bock is Tate sad al il of one of OW BALE—The 8 ock, in. Trade » will of one of vei one years Lene oe remmines trom the fr ny @ the business auc- HP. MeGOWN, % ‘be seen above off rs an cessiully rarely to Broad: NEW di the Anti- Renters, at Hudson, Court of Oyer and Terminer, Hupson, Monday, March 24, 1845. Present—Judge Parker, nssieted by County Judges Hel dridge, Martin, Peck and Wilcoxson, The Court was opened at 11 o'clock, A M. The jury was called over, all answering to their names ; the nannel as fixed on Friday evening, to try the case of the People Smith A Bough’on on the indictment for robbery, 1s follows :— A-ron tHullenbeck, of Hillsdale, Benjimin Beckwith, of Cl », George W itichmond, Hilisdale; Sylvester Williams, AusterlitzJohn H. Tator, of Claverack; Anson Parmentier, of Livingston; John © Collins, of Ccatham Joho Otes. of Austerlitz; Jumes J. Leggett, of Ghent; Henry J. Jacobia, of Ghent;Wn, H. Thompson, oi Kinder. hook;‘Fravklin R. Milier, 0: Claverack. District Attorney Miter arose to open the case for the prosecution He suid that he much regretted the necessi- ty that existed for trying the prisoner in the couaty of Columbia, on euch a grave and solemn charge. Although thry (the jury) were somewhat aware of the nature of the case, he thought it advisable to advert to some of its fracures. After reading the clauses of the statnte from the Revised Statutes applying tothe case, he commented ‘Upon itsexact bearing, the nature of the offence. It made no difference whether the crime of robbery was com- mitted by the open highwayman,at the hour of midnight, or was perpetrated in open day whether by absolute force or compulaive threats : Gre a class of cases to which the iaw a,plies theterm of robbery, on which injury tothe person was not necessary to con: them, and in order to appreciate properly the the present charge, he would quote from Russell, pp. 66 and 66, to show that actsof violence were not requisite iate a charge of robbery; nor was it necessary thet even fear ot personal violence should be proved, as the law would presume the existence ef fearin the appropriation of property. He read from p. 73 some wees in illustration, from which it appeared that @ request on the part of oneof a mob to get money, washeldto be robbery; also, from page seventy-four a case which occurred at Birmingham, in England, when a Mr. Grundy was applied to for money, by one of a mob. accompanied with the threat of damage to his house if it waa not complied with. Mr. Grundy, to avoid (he appre- hended danger gave them nine and a half guineas, not, a8 he said afterwards upon evidence, through fear of dat- ger to himself, but of injury to his house and property at afature time. In this cass the prisoner was convicted of robvery. This case, he (the District Attorney) thought app icable,bu'farjehort of the gravity of the present charge for there was no disguising, no deadly weapons used, while in the present there were both; not todestroy p:c- perty, but to take life if necessary, and dcter the legal of- ficers with threats of a flagrant character. In the cases cited private individusls were assailed- inthe present the representative of that mojestyot the law, which legislative wisdom hed enacted to secure the rights of person and property sacredly. These remarks were made trom a cor- viction of the importance of their understanding the ne- ture of the law inthe cave. The prigoner stands charged in the indictmen: with taking the propertyfof the Sheriff, ting of three distress warrants and one declaration subject. For some weeks prior to the commission of the offences, consiterable excitement prevailed in Co- lumbia, ou what is called anti-rentiam—not caused by citi- zea8 of the county, but by othera who were strangers to, and having no connec'ion nor offiaities with it. Sim‘lar excitemsac hed prevailed in other counties, but although this waa ‘the case to analarming extent, Columbia was ca'm and quiet asth+|nountain lake, until invaded by the Indiana ot Rennsalear county; and be said it with pride asa citizen of Columbia, that there was none in the State of New York nor in the Union which preaented a case of greater absence of crime and offence; and of the crime committed in it less had been committed in the southern part until previous to the car after the last fe election, who had been industriously engaged in fowen:ing urbaace, begaa to show their effvcts; the flame burst forth, and quiet and uooffendir g men were induced, by either the eioquence, or threats of the prisoner and his as- sociates, to forget their allegiance to the law, and act in hostility to tte peace of this hitherto trenquil commucity Meetinge were held—arma tought up—funds cullected— and dangerous combinations were cffcted, until, at jast, auch crimes as the preaent were perpetrated, ofan ionoeent and unc fending citizen wes gard to this particular charge agai bar:—Ou the Lith December H.C Miller had in his possession certain official papers, aa Sheriff of the Couaty of Columbia ; one wasa distress warrant on a contract entered into for len! for one year; the deputy Sheriff hae Vistrai aad given notice of sals to take place on the Jith, according to law ; another was a distress rent agaiaat Stephen Decker.to be executed the'same day; and a third upon a ‘eas: of the same natu-e against Coonradt Vosburgh, to seil under which he repeired to Copake, on tha morning naned. When within half a mile of Copake, f+ passed a man whom he knew, who, turning back, they proceeded to the flats togetaer, and fund @ large number of termed and disguised men, whose appenrance, merely, wes calculated toexcite alarm Some were not armed, and were known to him; but, at all events, there was a fearfal array of men assembled for no good purpose. In this land of law and liberty, if grievances ure to bore dressed, it is not by disguise ond conceelmrnt; for, in thir happy country, it was their glory and happiness to sup por: their laws and institutions, in the light—in the tac: ofthe civilzad world. No circumstances, then, could justify such @ hostile array. He noticed ‘among ‘he crowd Walter er, one of his deputie:, whom he spoke. in ordcr to advise him, and asc ie the objects of the assembly. Aft-r going into « room, eight disguised individuals followed ; drawing ‘heir awords and coc! their pistols at the command #f the pereonege called Big Thunder, who demanded if the Sherift of Columbia there,and aske: what wes his in- tended course on that occasion. Every act of ther armed men showed that they were resolved to prevent the salethatday The Sheriff was informed, if he went down to the place of sale he must go under an ascort of and accordingly, against his will, they sar- carriage and escorted him with music. On ving at Vosburgh's ited him to sell; the occurred at Deck- suppo'ed then, he would be permitted to depart ae case; oe pres aor wy ho} to ve him isoner, with a drawn pistol ar naan tpreomlon ‘at the Sheriff, who declared he we not prepared to gi his papers, and would do so only from fear of personal violence. Big Thunder said, he would soon him—took the vote, exclaiming © pale faces, iy you” He would ask the jury, if one of them were sicuoted as the Sheriff, surrounded by pack of armed de-peradoes—threatened with blood and violence, would beg at cig a Rather Me submit to personal jury he thought proper deliver thom. Suppose he had resisted them at all consequences, and thet inthe atroggle he shed lost his life, how many in ¢! community, respectable citizens there present merely for curiosity, would have forteite.! heir lives as accessories in a murder? In the ordinary nature of things such aa event might have teken plrce and caused a universal gloom in the County of Columbia. It wes, he conte: ded, a cause of gratification that the Sheriff acted as he did. Tho papers were delivered, an’ he marched back to Cop'ke. Tupa request to be left by himself, they replied by burning the papers publicl: with manifestations of applause by the assembled mol The evidence of Gorge Shaver, who rode down with the Sheriff, would describe what he witnessed on that occa sion. it could not be denied that there was resistence to @ public offi r, and systematic pp” tion to the Ap plying the law, as d ped in the cases read, what doubt could ¢! be tt! these transactions were to create fear and glarm? Talk of the mobs of England—ot Birmingham —ol London! but what wer: in formid. lenesa to this mob of disguiard, armed. excited In- diane? In referenze to the defence, he thought it right to inform them that efforts would be made to show the Sheriff ¢ his papers voluntorily ; but he defied them in the face of the evi !ence—in contemplation of their dun. gerous combination—their threats of violence—to make out their del the veluntary action of the human mind, or in any way different from the aitack ofthe highwayman. Ifthe fear f his life compelled him to give them up, the law called it robbery, and the jury were bound to construe tie law with adue and legitimate attention to the operation of those threatenings and hos oy nen a to ae point—the pote the prisoner at tl rw Personage ci ie Thunder—he felt confilent that he Woald trove it incon- t atibly ;and presuming that the main point of the defence would rest on this question of identity, he war to adduce evidence of such a nature as would foil any attempts to avert the charge egainst the accused— and it would rest with the defeuce to prove that the pri- soner was not present before they could escape from con vic'ion. It rests with defence, in view of the strong p oof of identity to be adduced to show he wae not the man Having presen‘ed to the jury the main facts of the case, he wou'd say that this prosecution was not cerried on in consideration of any man ~of any question of title— of any regard for individual interests. Sach motives he disclaimed, He came there clothed with the soverei wers ofthe people to maintain the supremacy of the law, and 0 bold its mejesty, ond alf depended upon its tree and full operation ; for i the ame when it was Ho ob 'e to guarantee the safety of the citizen in person and property, they might bid farewe!l to all that now formed their glory end pride. Not on}y the supre- macy of the law, but a regard for sacred jus ice dictated these prosecutions, and he called upon ‘the jury to di charge conscientiously their duty, and «: im of the criminal conduct with which he. the p.ivoner, stands charged, and in very forcible language «)- sed with the hearine of (hese prosecutions on past an’ fa-ure times, The District Rrrcanty having clos: d, the Court took @ recess for dinner uotil 2 o'clock Henay C Mirren called as a witness and sworn.—I am sheriff of thia county; {had papers in my possession on or abuut Aith of December last; | was sheriff at that time; these papers related fo the collection of rents; rome were \ietrese warrants ; one wan sgainst Abrshom Vosburgh one against StephenDecker,and one against Coonrad’ Vor- burgh; they were in favor of Anne D Hedges, and ta- ken out by ber guard JW Fairfield; if | remember the one against Abreham Vosburgh was for eighty dollars —not othe Goren agains Stephen Decker or ‘orty Jollara ; be had made a levy and gdvert zed the sale at Vosburgh’s at 11. snd at Decker’ nt 12 o’slock ; that againa: Coonradt Vosburgh was for fifty Joilars; | made a tevy unter thisone also ; thetwo frat distress warrants were regularly advertised ; I put up the notice: my self; | ptiaed the property ander tl first ; I gave notice of ‘he last distress warrant ; I set up a notice on the door of the house ond on the ent; thie js in inventory of the good ars. im peace, but such was n e 0 faced and read) : 1 hed one decle net Deh Langdon, of Copske, in my poste sit was in favor of Mca. Livingston, and for rent; | went to Copuke on t! ot December, for the pr of the third Voaburgh’ ing the ropert destrained under the two ‘arnt ef od an notion j the two oi and Decker lived in the town of Ancrem, about two miles ORK, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAR south east from the between Hudso1 cs xerém ; I left Hudson about lock A.M,on the Lith of December ; | took a man with me who was driving for me » number of years, call- ed Geo Shaver ; I arrived at the Fiats about half past ten; befor. I got there | found a man standing on the side of the road, ba:f a mile{from Sweet’s Tavern; he had a ho! and bridled, and appeared to be doing nothing when 1 saw him first; | know him, his name is James Runoells; as I passed him, we bowed to each other; lately returned and passed me in the di- rec'iun of Sweets; | went on to the Flats; the tavern is (nere, IJelt my team at the sheds a little north of the house and wen in myself; when I get neer the house I discovered a great many wugons and a great crowd; smouget thm # hundred and fifty or two hundred persons io disguise; they had calico dress: covered with ma>ks o! almost all sorts; the calico was of different Kinds; one wea dressed in white, | believe; of arms; guns, swords, speura, tomshawks, and seme had knives in their belts; f-rent arms; s:me had agun ol anda knife; others lon; poles with speors in ihe end of them; but they were al armed d ffereotly; I went into the bar room; I think there aight te there four or five hundred not in disguise wes quite a number in the barroom wheal went ia, and a great mary followed me in; when I had been there afew moment: I saw Wa'lterShaverand others I knew;Shaver is ds p ity ; got up to him in the corner of the room and ed nim if there was any place where he and I could nave rome conversation; I don’t know how Shaver hap- pened to be there; [ had not requested him to do eo; we left the bar and went into called it the kitchen, that hed a stove in it; sat down to converse, end very goon after the door open- ed and eight men came in disguised and ormed; they formed a half circle roun that lead said‘‘natives give heed.” Miller hera described the relative position of him and his companion in the room; they were both sitting close up to the stove, ts i wasquitecold, After the leader said, “ Natives, give heed,” he gave command to draw swords, and draw pistols, when they did so; he commanded them next to cock their pistols, which they also did asked if the Sheriff of Columbia county was in I told him | was the man; then he saidhe appeared there as “Big Thunder,” Chief of the tribe of Columbia, Renus salaer, Albany, ond other counties; then he said he un- derstood my business there was to sell the property of the Vosburghs and Decker; I replied that I had iu then—that Lhadasalein the town ot Ancrem;he then olamne, thet they were coere seen iea jto prevent ihe sale of that property; peaceal e' couldn't do thar they hes oeonaredlt I replivd to him tl hed 5 im the town of Ancram, where I should go and take such & as my judgment and reasen would teach me war that if | went there I ehould go un jatives; I said I wanted no escort + jomyself;them he went on to meke a short speech about the cotlection of @pnts; and s; three different Jandiords; of their titles, and the manner in which they hed taken them; he spoke of Van Ren: and Livingston; he said that Garrett Smith had given bit 8 to investigate without paying rent: and if their landlords would do the same, these “Natives” would appear no more in these dresses; we were pretty probably abont four or five feet [stood facing him, some of tie eight being form. ed behind me; with hia saddle when he immedi ond their faces were they had on some had as muzy a2 four all places I believe they ed blood; I thin! that I had u sale tenants some mor: close together, I dont know I knew nothing abou ery litle what [ said at auy rate: whilst they were in this position they hed their arms in their hands, sometimes whispering io each other; none Thunder; they held their pistole minutes; one was called Little ig Thunder left the room a few mo- ments, and came back seon; I think [said to Shaver then we had better go down, and then went out; Big Thunder went out with me, on my right side, fellowed out by Sha- ver and the rest of the natives; he had a hold ef my arm going out; I got intothe wagon bef re the door, sur- rounded by the natives, and Shaver got in with me, an¢ we attempted to drive on, but was stopped by one of the natives, who said I must not go faster than the proces- sion went, which Big Thunder was arranging; I might have been in the room twenty or twenty-five minutes Big Thunder then said that the procession would then march downto Vosburgh’s, headed by himself, and ‘Li'- te» Thunder would precede the sheriff'a horse?; when hr gave them directions he was about twenty f we then marched to Abraham 8. Vosburgh’s, from w we started about a milé and e half; Big Thunder headed the p:ocession, and acted like commanding officer; they were on foot, but there might be some on horseback b- hind me, although I did not see any, Sometimes I might of the procession; | ‘hunder during the whole time going Jown; 1 did not attempt to go faster than the procession tstarted; when we stopped at Abraham Vos- stated the object of my going there, which was ty distrained, ns advertined to be rold or ander stepped up to me and said it I at- that property I would certainly get my- ity, as he was there to prevent it, und Ml hazards; I then told him thet | we were close and; we were the tables; it wa keto me but Bij noiated to us some fe: Thunder; aft-rt! be forty or fifty yards from the hes could kee Big self into difficul they. would do so would not attempt da drawn swor some minutes, not 9 great while; we did not sell he cause there was violence threatened to our then requested me to go back tothe Flats; b all go buck to the Flats,” [ replied I had anoth ‘ther place, which | want atives that they would march over to Decker Decker’s is on a cross east from Vosborgh’s about four or five hundred yards; when I got ia front of Decker’s house they halted the pro 4 I got out of the wagon; I then sew Mr. Deck- gainst whom I had the warrant,and wanting to speek m; I was about going to do so. when ihey said they would send for him; he was brought into the ring where Uwas; he didn’t know whether he could get the money but if he did he would pay me; he seid he was not prepar ed to pay me, neither would he oppose the sale of ( perty; Big Thunder was close by me at thia time; said, as 1 did at the other place, that I bad distrained and advertised, and that was the time for sellin, i tle Thunder suid as they had done before, there to prevent the # might do it at my to go to; he then stated to ad, immediately and if 1 attempted to do it; f ril; alter some little conversation | said I would not sell the property- both of them hed pis to}s; I did not sell because I did not consider it safe to my - [think | was then returning back to my wagon when Big Thunder told me to stop; 1 think he ther said that it was the custom of thei the papers from the sheriff when the collection of rent; up; I said J should not give up the papers; he was ir front of me, and Little Thunder on my left side; both being very near to me; they held t wards me—Big Thunder had hia cecked mon short horse pistol | think; Little Thunder h: amall pistol with a bright barrel,also pointed to George Shaver was standing’ [ fhuuder and the horses, some feet from me; I resis ec some time—toid him the papers would be of no use to him Kk in stated that I was not willing they prevented heir pistols to- think between Bi as [had copies; I to give them up ui vended to commit violence on my person: hi could satinfy me on that subject ver slipped away from m “give heed, natives,” and was unwilling to give u; violence they could and said all those in favor cf t ind he then said to thi ti Papers, and it they did no: tin any other way; @ them should raia: ; 1 think his language was this “all you who wre in favor ot can, if not, by vi then raised thei peaceal ce, hold up your lef: hands ids and said “pale faces, w you” There was a g2neral hurra and shout, and a goo deal of noise among the bystanders me, very close, along with Little my pepers; and [ then gave them up to him; I delivered to him the three distress warrants,a copy of the declarstior aud ® copy of the deed; I have no copy of the distress nts, but have of the other papers; if I remember right I requested him to say to the people that I surrender- ed the papers vot willingly bat reluctactiy, which he did, | had no arme with me that p'ght; my fees on the distres: warrants might have amounted to about ten dollars; | then got into my wagou,snd the procession marched back to the Flite as they came; on my way bock I heura the discharge of fire arms by the natives; I think Shaver went back with me andamen called Decker jumped upon the back and when we got about halfway Abraham J. Vosbugh’s house is situated near the corner of twe 1oad+ pan objected to the question as it had been ; he then came upto under, and demandes ‘hunder gave the orders; rtof my wagen Tue Covat.—It has been stated before, Examination resumed — We marched in processicn to the front of Sweet's house, on! I halted, and the horses were taken to the stabie and fed; I think Bi pat the papers into the breast of bis dress or iivered them up because | thought he might commit depredatious on me, such as tar and feather me: not know what; they formed a ring round ns, and a stan and lquor were brought into the ‘ank; | cannot tell ho 'y then sent and got some straw—1 meen Big sent—and betore they sct fire to it, Big Thun pale faces if there was any dan; Thunder then kick s and sent for some from Bain’s Tavern across the road when he drew the papers from his breast, and said there were the paperr that had caused so much trouble and distress to their frienda and brothers Decker aad Vosburgh, in their tami- that they had been procured [rom tie Sheriff not but reluctantly; he then set fire to the straw ind kept walking round it pat- song about big &o; T then asked him if 1 id he would be done with me presently ; and commenced making a spvech adJrersed tc the natives and “ pale faces,” which I listened to abont 15 minutes, it was abour titles and rents, but [did not attend to it, being cold, then they opened a ring, ordered the id Saaver and mys if walked into the Big Thunder tobe Smith A. Boughion, T have no doubt of it, sir. Mr. Jonvam.--1 aubmit the question is wrang. Counr —In what rr Mr. Jowoax —Mr. Miller must tell what ho knows. ‘ 1 Yes, he must; he a two or three bundles of the ire; the fire wi # aword, ond singing at bs released, and muric to play, ys he has no dontt it. Examiaation resumed.—J might have been occupied ont of mysight daring ali en I eat my dinner, and a time; there were dreases of all co riptions ; the frocks were made pretty much those in front with small ca) them; until Boughton came into the reom I di him to distinguish him from any of the rest; I got my din. ner atSo'’clock and then returned hi i could, and when | got home, 20 miles, it wes 7 o'clock; I think | stopped at only two places to water on my way; I in all over four hours;hewa the time I was there, except w him at Smoky Hollow the firsttime after on the 18th December; | went out there just betore night in Consequence of a report that a young inau was shot. Covny.—I see no necess.ty for going into that. Witness.—| found Dr B. at Smoky Hollow, up in the hall room in James Miller’s tavern; | knew him from hia size aod general appearance; no one pointed him out to me; there might be fifteen or twenty present; I did not countthem; there were some men standing with him; T thint Col. Root came in and Mr. Munnelf when I did. Distaice Arrorney.— What took place then? Mr. Joupan —Thore is no object in going into this; if any other matter took place when we come totry the other indictments will be the proper time to go into it. Arroaney Genenat.— We want to show we arrested Mr. Jonoan—I deny that they arrested him Let them first show this, and then they can go into other inquiries it they please. wat Couxt—Let them go on—I will note the objec- 1 wet ArtorneY—Mr. Miller, go on, and tell what occurred when you arrested him, Wirners—I think I told him I arrested him for what he had done at Copake; I told him that ] wished him to go with me; he said he was not the man; I replied | was not mistaken, I knew him; he rather retused to go, saying he a to see his friend, Belding 1 think he called im. Mr. Jonpay said that hqobjected to their going into any thing further until they showed they arrested him. He contended they were guilty of false imprisonment; that they had no authority but that of the Sheriff's office, and that had no power or authority to arrest him, ant if the prisoner resisted, he was perfectly right in doing ro. Judge Paxxxu—I will note your obj-otion, Mr. J.; your argument is perfectly correct; but we will see, in the meantime, asto the arrest. What is your objection, Mr. fordan Mr. Jonpan—I object to their going into whet he said— what declarations he made, and as to his resistance. Distaict Arrornzy—Well, what then ? Wirness—He denied being the man;I told him I marked him well at Copake, and he must go with me; Belding was sent for, and Samuel A. Wheeler was with him when I went up to him; 1 had a little conversation with him, and undertook to get him to go down: took hold of his arm and began to pull him, when Wheeler jumped in and said “demn’d if F wi take him off in that way ;” a scuffle ensued. and as we went out of the room he cried out for the anti renters to stand by him and not see him thus abused ; hy that time there was quite a colleetion of us in the scuffiedown the stairs; the man he called Belding came up, as I stated before; we run him out of the hall, after going down stairain a heap; he resisted, and kept pulling back all che way to the carrioge ; about the time we got him to the carriage a great crowd ruched up and drove us some twenty feet distant ; we had quite a severe scuffia, pulling and heuling, or jerking and jumping on top ot each other to seo who would retain the prisoner ; we keld on to him, and he did not get out of my hands all the time; the srowd shoved us down tothe pond, where we had anc- ‘her scuffle, and he got loose of my hold by the people jerking and twitchin; holding me beck; f got part hirt in my hand ; when I got up to @ pistol in his hand, and kept saying Isuppose he meant ‘me ; undoubtedly it wos some of us that had hold of him ; the pistol was the mate of the one Little Thunder hed at Copake, and that I took from him ; we kept pulling and hauling until we got aim up to the cal ge, and the big man who called him we had astror xot nearthe watering we partiallycu Boughton said, he wanted his coat, when some one was sent, bat could not find it; after we went down the road, he was asked for the pistol. I asked him to discharge it, and he discharged it out of the carriage and gave it to me. ‘Was it loaded with ball? —I don't knew, sir ;~Col. Root,{Mr. Sedgwick, John 8. Annibal, and Mr. Munnell was aicing us there ; others may have aided us, but [ don’t know any one who Jid 80; We cama on to Hudson as fast as we could; I ‘old Boughton I knew him from the fact of seeing him at Copake; [ don’t remember what h7 said, if he did reply ; T can’ repeat any of the conversation | heard between him and Root, at the pistol he gave me, and a leng spring back bowie knife—the pistol was loaded with two bella; Larrived et Smokey Hollow next morning at daybreak ; I found a bundle, two horse pistols, a sword, Dr. Boughton’s ovec- coat, ond a fiddle box—all ade to me by tue landlord as heir boggage ; no body knew I was going unless my wife ; the bundle, in a red silk handserchief, contained fiddle box bed a two indian dress Addle in tt, a few bosoms, a col som? few gambling ap are called; this was at and three musks ; it und sdme music, and ups and balls as they ik wan it; I sent the coat to him—he took it as his; ic Likept 5 1 nave seen him wear the coat ; the other erticles | have now. Count.—Those stticles should be here Mr. Miller. Witwxes.—I can bring them, air. Evidence continued.—The box apd the contents were Belding ; one of the pistols was loaded with two saw him write but once, and thinks the writing in he book is Boughton’s. At this point the Court enquired as to the desire of session, and concluded to begin for an evenin ning. Judge Parker informed the jury that as it owas an in oh they,would not be kept in charge f office: would app ice was placed in them hoping they iate the treatment, and use every discretion turing the adjournment of the Court, which are to meet at 8] o’clock next day. Anti-Rent Trovetes.—The Ulster Republican of ‘he 19.h announces the gratifying intelligence that he anti rent difficulties in that county are in a great neasure pacified, severa! important arrests having been nede, ten of &the principals confined in jail. The sireuit Court is now in session in that county, Judge Ruggles presiding, and it is presum@d thot the prisoners wilt be disposed of at once. . The guard, consisting of eight privates, under the com- mand of Sergeant Niblock, ofthe Albany Republican Ar- illery, who proceeded to Delaware county, with state ammunition, returned to Albany on Saturday attempt was made to molest them ; and they Ir ovening. Ni report no farther disturbances in that region. [From Delhi Gazette of Wednesday.] Monday afternoon and evening, information was re- ceived from various parts of the county, leaving no doubt a general attack was to be made that night upon the ing the Last wi of the forces w: ronfidence of the Sheriff in C vess, was not mirplaced. The whole force was on duty iM night, expecting hourly en attack. Information of the atrength of the Sheriff's guard probably leterred the insurgents from their contemplated vtack. Those among us who have heretofore felt secure, now feel that every effort should be made co put an end to this excitement. Scarcely a man has on unarmed for several di oblige! ' with weapons of defence ever; Every hing that can be used weapon of defence isin de mand, even to hot wat xopt by the ladies to defend themselves, astheir husbu nave all been ordered out. Our church, academy aourt house are turned into barracks, to accommodate citizen soldiers, and a company hee been formed called “pitchf1k company,” for want of arms. Our cler- ned ont, is now sitting in the base- }, shouldering the pitchfork, in com- van) ny others. An express was sent yesterday o the Governor for men and arms to prot.ct the vill and maintain the laws. Two pieces of caanon nlaced in front of the public square, one pointing up and the other down the main street, both heavily loaded with «pikes, for want of cannister or frepe ot. 4 “ake oe ys, and nothing is has been suspended for severa thought of but war and personal safety. w@Naws FRoM THE Britien Provixces —The “Montreal Herald” of the 20th inst., states that on he 18th the recond reading of the Uai alaven—45 to ‘Ths ‘ Queb-c Gazette” of the 17th ray Province papers received on Saturday Halifax of the Sth, St John (N. B.) of the 7h, lotte'own (? E 1) ef the Ist inst. Thing: quietly in the Nova Scotia and New B (wures. The Prince Edward Island legislature was to meet on the 8rd. A fire had occurred near Charlottetown, on the 25th ultimo, in the house of an old and respectable inhabitant, named Alexander McL’an, of Lot 32, b which the dwelling wos consumed «nd three of h daughters, the youngest 19 years of age, perished in the flames. ‘Among the petitions presented in the Nova Scotia Legislature, on the 22nd Rebruery, was one from Captain Walter Douglas, ot the s'eamship Unicorn, praying legislative aid to enable him to establish @ private stevm- boat communication between Pictou and Quebec. goverr- ment having abandoned said mail route—referred to Messrs, J. B. Uniacke, G. R. Young, and Hail, to examine and report thereon, . On reference to the routine business of the Canadian Legislature, on Thuraday lest, it will be seen that on motion of Mr. Christie, an adiress was voted to His Excelleacy having mfererce to the same satject Per- haps these, conjoined with our City Council's address of a like nature, adopted last week, may tend to «fect the Aevired object. Trorrine Maton.--On the 18th inst, the grand trotting match came off on the ice a Lapraine be- tween the American hors {Dread and the Conadisn horse Corbeen From the high reputation formerly enjoyed by Dread, the greatest excitement prevailed on the course and large sums were freely d ia head Both horses came to the ecratch in gallay d both h were won by Corbean with the gre: Such trot- ting as was displayed by the latter, had not been seen on the ice far maay adey. For a Canadian Poncy to heat h a, is Certainly mething 0 boa ile, tatheat, 2m. 45) 5 time one mile, 2ad heat, 9m 39s,— Montreal Paper. Tows Exrctions.—We have returns from 31 connties of the Slate, in which the whi lected 297 Supervisors and the locos 236 ; whig méjority 59. In the same towns last year the locos had 47 majority, ma- king the whig gain 106, SS CH 26, 1845. hoot him, damn him shoot him ;” then scrape ; the road was full of people; we nd, and after some scuffle there, d, Mr. Munnell telling them they aad better go with the sheriff, and so did Dr. Squires of Claverack ; after some talk,a number holding him and me, hegave up; Wheeler first, and he and Boughton and garding get into the carriage, and Col. Root got in; fer we put him in jail we found the mate & 8. Miller's sera ond were thi jail. The whole torce was then placed by the sheriff un- ter the cemmand of Colonel Marvin, of Walton, au effi- cient, gallant officer, who has been in actual service dur- Such an organization and disposition immediately made as showed that the Solonel M.'s ekill and prompt- and pitchforks; the water is rsity Bill, to the principle of which the [present miuistry was co emphati- cally ple ite in a tult house by a majority cf being broken and avoid injury to the inmates. Several persons were more or leas hurt, but not of the offezders, named Edmund Durling, was arrested. Ctreuilt Court, Before Judge Edmonds. Manca 25 —Tyvial of Polly Bodine, continued — Fifih Day —A large number of ladies were in attendance at un eariy hour, presenting quite on array of beauty and fa shion. The curiosity bunting portion of the community having gone to see the “launch,” much of the excite ment that prevailed on thefprevious day was abated inthe avenues. Thecourtroom, however, was filled to its ur- most capacity at the opening of ike Court, a: 104 o’cleck Che prisoner and her two female relatives, already no ticed, took their usual places. - Isaac 8 Cruzer recalled —Examination continued by Mr.Cuark—I wi out a quarter of a mile distantjwhen | first discovered the fire hen I arrived, | saw the flames issuing from the back door; the flames were bursting out trom the upper part of the door; I saw Sarah Simpson there; I eutered the house when the fire was ex:inguished pretty much; lentered the house by the back kitchen toor; | saw fire in the corner of the room; the bed was down; I examined the posts; they were burned; I also ex amined the r.ils and the bed; there was part of the bed ourned up; I saw a parcel of rubbish on fire; I stirred it ap; { then saw the dead bedy; the head lay quite close to he hole inthe corner; the fale was burned ina circu: iar form; I can’t tell the exact size of the hole; it might by about three or four feet; the hole was burned up to the base; there was no cellar under the hole; the body was lying in the cinders; I can’t say whether or not the body was lying on its back or side; there was a carpet under the body ofthe mother; the carpet was not burned; the head anid brea’t eppenred to be burned, more so than the lower extremities; they were very black; | observed the cupboard; it was very much burned; I did not notice the looking-glass; the body was burned to cinders in some parts; [saw a carpet;] saw a stove also; the stove wes up; Ido not recollect any spot burned on the floorjof the room, To a Juror.—! was not the first that entered the house Choss examined by Mr. De Witt.—I discovered the fire about half past nine o’clock; | can’c remember if the hole was more than one foot in diameter or not; | don’t recol- lect if the room was full when [ entered; the bed was en. tirely apart when I got in; | saw only a piece of ticking; [turned the body over with a stick of wood probably five or six feet long; [ can’t exactly tell how thick it was; [took hoid of the stick and turned up the cinders; I then turned up the body with the stick; I have no recollection of the exact position in which the body lay; it sprenred: to me that the body turned alter I lifted it with the stick; I discovered by the leg that it was a body; the neck and st was 80 much charred I could not know it by look- itthem; I did not know whether or not it was the y of Aman or a woman; I cannot exactly tell how thick a pri bee of rubbish was over the body; it com- pletely covered the body; it may have been walked over but [ cannot ex: ; [ can’t tell in what direction the bed posts were laying;,1 was the first I knew of to work at the rubbish; I don’t know if any water was thrown on the rubbish; when I fownd the body I sung out “hers a tend body;” it appeared to make a great excitement, and { sung out of doors; I was not in the house when the body was moved; I walked out and there was a great deal of contusion; it was generally understood by the crowd, be fore the discovery of the body, that there was no porson home; I did not think,until after the discovery, but that it was an accident; I began to think afterwards on that same {night that it was not an accident ; 1 could not tell how thefbody lay until after [ turned it; I made a se- cond attempt beforefI stirred up the body. Direct examenation resumed by Mr.Wuiting—I think the body turned over; it was on that ing going home that { firat concluded it was not an accident. To a Juror —l remained in the house from about half part nine o’clock until eleven To another Juror.—It was an opinion formed by myself that it was no accident. Apranam Wuit.ey, examined by Mr. Clark.—I was at home at my residence, Staten Island, Christmae night, 1943; I was attracted by the alarm; I heard some person hallo; 1 went in near the kitchen and hall door; the were a number there bearing water; I went in the corn of the room and saw the cinders; I got some water and heaved it over the cinders; I again went ont and returned and heaved Ithink one or two pales on the cinders and cubbish;I again left and met:Mr, Crozer (the lest witness) and we both returned; I saw Mr. Cruzerturn up the cin- ers with astick, and heard him say, ‘1 huve found a dead body ;” I replied, ‘1 don’t think ed itup with the stick; it was seen then to be a body; was then teken up and carried out by a man among t! crowd; I saw the child lying between the mother and the partition; the bady of the child was not discovered until alter the discovery of that of the mother: it was also ta- ken ont; I think it wos Abraham Miller thet carried ont the body; I was about a couple of feet {rom the door when the body was first discovered; I was holding the light for Mr. Cruzer; hetucned the body round: [ think the bo¢y lay lengthwise by the bed; I should euppore the head lay exactly nearthe hole; the child lay exactly near the aartition, exactly near the mother; I saw the boty of the motner after it wa. removed; I did not eee the position of he erms at any time: I observed the n ; there anpear- ri to beared mark upon it; the head was drawn back; | tid-rot observe the position of th or legs; I did not see any clothirg on the body; I saw a small red mark on he neck under the chin; [saw no blood, nor any cut; the head part of the body was most burned; | saw the bed that was burned; the hole in the floor was about a toot te vighteen inches one way, and about two fect another; it might have been within « foot of the partition; it was not burned exactly in the corner; the flames ware from the sorcer of the door; the corner was scorched all over; 1 dd pot see the bureau there; I did not examine to see if there was blood th: re. i Cress-ezamined by Mr. De Wirt—I was 50> 10 minuter at the fire before I saw Mr. Crvzer;'I was notthe first per- son that entered the room: I can’t my who gave the alarm; it was givea {rom the rear of the building; I can’t say threugh which ‘cor wentin; I saw no appearance of fire until I got there; there were about a dozen to twenty in the room when Cruz:r came in; when I got there, there were about ten or twelve persons there; | walked over the rubbish; I bed my feet on it; Cruzer felt with a stick, andremarked that it wasa dead body; that wos before he turned up the body; it did not requi think, much force to turn up the rubbish; I can’ttell be rubbish was composed of; it burned when it was turn- ed up; there were some cindeis, composed of what mat- ter Lean’t exactly say. r ‘A Junor— Did the body of the child appear to be burn- ed more ar less than the mother? ‘Wirnrss— [did not examine. Crose-mezaination continued.—I1 think the mother must have lain on her right sive with her fece towards the wall, keiore Civzer turned the body with the face east and the back west; when Cruzer turned the body he turned the face to the north; he tried to turn up the body after he turned it about; both hor arms were on at the aw her; | saw the body from the waist up- he remainder of the b-dy alterwarca; what te of nudity; the mark onthe neck inch in diameter; | saw no handkerchief, nor remains of a handkerchiet, sbout the arm, when i tiret saw it; I saw the bodies raised up; I den’t remember how it was raised up; I did pot notice any marks of vio- lence on the body, except the marks on the neck; I was nt the house several times on the succeeding day; I was at the Coroner’s; I heard the next day, or the day after, that there were marks of blood. Direct examination resumed—I know nct what became ofthe bed afterwards. ‘A Junon—Was the mark a mark of nature or a mark of act? ‘Wirress—I can’ say which—nor whether it was na- tural or a mark of violence. Joseru Symonpson examined by Mr. Wartiso—I wae at the houss the night of the fire; I was attracted by the hallo of * fire;” I enteied the house by the back hall door, and found Mr. Houseman, Mrs. Bodine’s father; the room was blazing at the time; the kitchen door was open; | got into the hall ond stood there; | escertained that Mr. Houseman had not been there for some time; I heard them bresking open the door; the door was opened at the time I got there; there was fire in the hall whenI got w fireon the postsin the kitchen; Isaw Mr the time; there was not light enough in the ow its situation witheut the aid of candles; 1 left the kitchen, it was very hot; I did not sce any fire outside; Captain Housemon was standing at the rear, alter I diacovered the body of the woman I went home and again returned; ww Cruzer stil and cindersfandthen he ex heen I think;” I saw a whit tarned over the orn: then turned itoverand a main part of the body must have lain near the foot part of the bed; the body was very crooked indeed; the legs were drawn back in @ crooked manner as muchas th the arms looked like black sticks; jak they drawn back of the * Taoved it turned over The body lay on the lett side with the face turned ou’, by fore the hody eas ‘moved by Cruzer; whea it was moved it tuned over on the right side, The «hte mark was on he right thigh. I went home in about ten minutes a'ter the body was discovered; up to that time I did not see old Mr). Houseman. [returned in about 16 minutes. I told some of the neighbors. When I returned [ saw no rem- naate of the bed ‘Thiags were so black in the room, I could haraly discover any thing The body Iay shont three or four feet from the door. I did not notice the body particularly ; I did notice whether the front door of the kitchen was locked ; I think all the doors were lock- ed; [saw the body in the back kitchen ; | also saw the body of the child in the same kitchen ; I did not see the bureau ; the kitchen was burned np to the ceiling, all the joists of the ceiling, about twe or three feet offfiom the corner The upper part of the back door was burned through ; it wascharred. I noticed the stove—there wae Ro fi e init; it wanta little warm outside—the aches in it Were not #0 warm as in the other part of the room. | saw no remnant of a bed or pillows in the kitchen below ; I did not examine the closet that night; T examined the door, ot ‘the kitchen; | found that the bar had not heen in’ that the bolts of the lock had net been i ont; I discavered this The bar hod net any signeWof fare, end thefbolts, when they were shot out, cured to be bright. There were two bolts to the door. ‘he bar was not smoked; thie examination was two daysafter The closet doorstwere shut. i zors, here complained of being » the Court tuok a recess until 4 o'clock. iseembled, after the recess, there dies in attendan , the jaror who got sick, ated his inability to eit out d ‘or appeared to be extremely indisposed, w adjourned over to this foranoon, oanti of the jurors; aud the jurors to avoid ih any part re cf = 2 & & 8 in attendance all conversations _Rior.—A riot occurred in Halimore on Friday vight, between several fire compau in which, bats were thrown, o'ubs used, pi i¢ fired, ke! neighbors in the vicinity were compelled to close heir window shuttrrs in order to prevent the glass from erely. One ¢ tty, which destroyed the cargoes of THE NEW YORK HERALD. = Vol, XI., No. 84—Whole No, 4046. oo Price Two Cents, Boston. [Corcespondence of the Herald.) Boston, March 24, 1845. Honest John chosen to the U. S. Senate—Schemes to provide for him by the Blue Lights—Lincoln dis- satisfied and Adams cross—The Loco candidate— Williams, the Collector, Shaking in his Shoes— Serious Charges against him—Gov. Morton the Mun—Fred. Kobinson’s chance—Homorable con- duct of Gov. Briggs. ‘The Senate of Massachusetts have this day, by a vote of 26 out of 80, elected John Davis Senator in Congress, to supply the balance of Bates’s term. This term expires om the 4h of March, 1847; 80 “Honest John” has (wo years support provided for him by his friends. Lately they have triedtomake him president of te Mussachusetts and Vermont Railroad, with a salary of $3,500, but the stock- holders and directors had too much good sense to make their embryo road a means whereby to pen- sion ofl broken down federal politicians. They ace cordingly declined ihe honor, and chose a business man for ‘he work, at a salary of $2,500. The old blue light federalists love “Honest John,” sor he was alwaye one of the faithful, and as you remem- ber, threw off his old hat in the streets of Worces- cer, in rejereing at the news of the teking ond bureing of Washington by the British, dering the last war. The vote in the Senate shows that there was some little get at the caucus nomination, for tne Senate is all whig, and yet four votes were thrown against Davis. ine of these was thrown by Levi Lincoln, the President, for R_C. Winthrop, Lincoln wanting the place for himself. Two were thrown by Worcester Co. Senators for Lincoln, and one was thrown by Charles F. Adains for Charles Alien of Worcester. Adams wanted bis father to be chosen, but the Massachussetts coous are atraid to trust the old man, and are also mad with him because he did not oppose the Texas resolutions as unconstitutional. The House of R preseutatives, this afternoon at 4 o’clock, wiil pro- bably confirm che selection of the Senate, and give Davis a round majority. The democrats in the House, have nominated the Hon. Frederick Robin- som, Warden of the State Piieon, and former Presi- iene of the Senate, and will give their yoteato ‘im, The Custom-House of this city is still undizposed of, and Williams, the present Tyler Collector, is just fool enough to think he can keep it. He goes on to Washington this afternoon for the purpose of strengthening his position, but I guees he will be sent off with a flea in hi» car when he gets there, if he does not catch a Tartar, in the shepe of a com. mission tor Gov. Morton, on the roud. Mr. Polk nas a great dread of office seekers and of office holders, and will probably,when he sees Williams, ask him what be wants in Washington, and why ae did uot stay at home and attend to his business 18 Collector ? Williams wrote sgme ugly letters to one Hogan, when he was trying to get this of- fice under Tyler, and in one of them he intimates o Hogan that there is a $1500 office for himeelf, provided he, Williams, is made collector. These ‘evers are at Washington, and within the know- edge of the President; so you may judge that Willams will not meet a very cordial reception at he White House. He is, moreover, a nincom- ‘oop, and dares not blow his nose without asking vermulssion of certain men who have made thera- selves his keepers. It ig not to be supposed that a nere tvol of others will be Kept in a responsible of- fice like the collectorship by ayy other than a Ty- ‘-r administration. He may get an inspectorship, ora night watch, and thet is as much es his quali- fications ever entitle him to, Robinson, the present warden of the Sts‘e Pri- son, Would stand a good chance tor the «flice in juestion, were Gov. Morton out of the way. But 43 matters stand, he ts ready I am told, to with- iraw in favor of the Governor, between whom ad himself the best reiations subs ‘Though a irm democrat, and a bold advocate «f locotoco octrines, the whigs have tried in vain to procure Robiuson’s removal from the prison. The whig seuacil ot Gov. Briggs have twice besieged bim vith applications to remove Robinson ; but Briggs, vho don’t altogether relish the doings of the Boston coons, at last flatly told them that be would not comove the warden, and they necd not ask him uch question again ‘Ths couree was highly sonorabie to Briggs, for Robinson isa most efficient ud humane officer, and is do’ng mote to reclaim ne convicts thau all his predecessors put together. itis possible that his success in the prison mey rave called attention to him as a@ suitable person iot Collector—tor I aseure you, some of the persous cow in the Boston custom house, are precious little etter than the sub,ects with which R. now has to teal. Guy Faux. Lratstative Procespines.—We are indebted to Livingston & Co., for the following letter :— Axsany, March 24, 1845, The usual routine of petitions was presented to the House to-day. The Allegany county and lumber district country are asking for such discriminating tolls on lum- ber, carried on our canale,'Iiat the tolls may be graduated ording to the value of the srticle carried. Such is out now the case ‘iptions payi similar toll The subject of discriminating tolls—Oswego via Boffa- lo—is pow fairly before the House. By unanimous cor- sent the Canal Committee reported to-day. A majority of tie committee, Messis, Sears, Howerd end Porter report gainst the petitions. The minority of the commiitee, siessrs. Coe and Bevins, report the iollowing resolutions: That the canal board be directed so to equalize the tolls \ wil property passing to and from tide water and Lake ie, und on the Erie and Oswego Canals, that the Oswe- «o route sball not have the advantage over the Erie Ca- iJ route of more than 124 per cent on the tolls paid, and ioe this purpose eaid board sballtake iato consideration he tolls charged on the Welland Canal. It shall be discretionary with the canal board to equa- ze such tolls on the opening of the navigation, or in the month ef July next. These resviutions and the report are made the special vider of the day for April 3d, and on thet day we may ex- , ect an interesting debate. The conclusion come to by the minority of the com- sittee, although more favorable to the interests of Buf- slo, than the present tolis, is still not what the Buffilo people want How does the matter now stand between Buffalo anc Oswego in the matter of tolls ? oll on a barrel of flour from Buffalo to Albany. “" on Welland Canal 8¢.; Oswego to Albany 20: - 35. 980. D,fference in favor of Oswego,. ......6sece eae eas. And so in other articles, It is now proposed to graduate the tolls in such manner that property coming in the canal or if out at Buf- tolo hall pay toll to an amount 12} per cent beyond what would be paid on property entering in or passing out at Oswego. This the Bnifaionians consider is requiring of nem 12) per cent more than is required of Oswego, aud hough they admit that it places them in a better pori- ‘om than they now occupy.the « ffvct, they contend, even these resolutions are adopted, will be to dri te Oswego with the view of saving the addi i entage, The House passed the bill authorising the ¢ lle slip end basin with the Genesee Val. almost without objection and without amend The bill more effectually to punish unlawful attempts > procure abortion hes been referred to the select com- vvittee having charge of the bill to suppress licentiousness » report compiete. The di/l imposes imprisonment tn ¢ State prison for a term cf seven years il death encuss © qhe mother or child; and for « term of two to five years a the Stete prison for administering the drugs where ath does not ensue. n the Senate the hill for the relief of the Naw York In- ‘itute for the Biind wi ported for the consideratiun of ne Senate, Ne this hall way adverse re jort, L hone the bi Most of the Senat, sion Was «hat Mr. Senator Foster said on «-asion, in connection with a privat® cleim bi. It gave cise to an acrimonious discussion no wey creditable to ve Senators, and of no interest to the people The claim vats are probably the only parties who will suffer in be tog thus bandied about. u Varicties, William Smith, a brother of Joe Smith, the deceased \formon prophet, has been held to bail in Philedelphia, on — with publishing a libel on Bevjamin Winchester. A jad named W. Allen has also been held to bail to «aawer for a libel on Mr. Ross, a writing master. A machine bas been invented at Chicago, which pro nises to aupercede the use of spades) By tho ot two yoke of oxen and twamen, it will cnt a cet deep by three feet at the top, end eighteen inches at the bottom, at the rate of 20 roods per day. The Greenbush School, located in Morris county, New T reey, i to be removed to the building erected by the dev. Dr. Hawke, at Flushing, Long Island. ©) Che fame of the delicious orange of St Michaels, is well sown, it being # large arti port ini@other places . 1 annual export ‘rom St. Michaels is stuted to be about ) 000 camer, valued at £140 006 franklin Paynter, sen of the Hon. Lemurl Paynter, as dangerously stabbed in (he ablomrn with a knife, wing & frecas Which occurred in PhilwdeIphiaon Friday rht. fellow-sitizen, Col Tonry Purkitt h year on{Monday last He is su, posed viviug xpectator of the famous Tea ain Boston her - trnggle.—_Beston vated his pine “be the only , previous to the revolutionary ‘ter Jour. Hon George Morrell, late Chief Justice of Michigen, ed on the 8th i He held the office both under the erritorial and State governments, ond possessed telin t fam elevated urder.