The New York Herald Newspaper, October 17, 1846, Page 1

Vel. XH, Ho. 379-—Whole No, £522, Highly Interesting Intelligence RELATIVE TO MEBXICAN AFFAIRS. Views axp Orisions or THE ADMINISTRATION RELATIVE To THe Wax with Mexico, axo THE Batties or | Monrener. {From the Washington Union, Oct. 14] | One would have stipposed that the battles of Palo Alto | and of Resaca de le 5 have been sufficient to | “dncline the Mexican. rament to sue for peace.” But Mexico was too blind and vain-glorious to feel her in- | feriority, even after those two memorable defeats. She fall into the same error on the in General Taylor’s stre or his He has, bebly by this time, aol troepe at Monterey—for troops were on the advance to reinforce the 6,000 which he carried with him. We do not state this fact tae se iy. bse oe ae staid Ta, force which mpudia can bri 5 between Monterey and Saltillo’ is the only” important’ ob- stacle which lies in our way; and the twenty odd srillek wees 'e have won at Monto- ely be substituted by other cannon on the nemy, whilst they contribute to open through the mountain passes. The: our wa’ cope with us in the open field—for ne one pe doubts, that 10,000 of our troops, the finest perhaps in the world, * are sufficient to defeatany force which the Mexicans may bring against ys. wey then, should we pause in our victorious career? Why should our forces “ rest at Monterey for the present,” and thus permit the time of our twelve-months’ volunteers to waste away in inac- tion? The “ Clipper” does not do justice to the ene! and efliciency of our troops It has too many fears their success, which it bg fn “should not ded.” They may be “greatly outnun- be lightly Za bered ;” but we dread no superiority of numbers. Their discipline, gallantty and skill w: opposition. Mexico has as yet indicated too slow a de- sire for peace, to encourage us in any ‘masterly inacti- vity.” We must hasten her movements—we must strike blow after id ee = been Lope up- on an @: n . We see no reasons why it mid pot ba eieetsiar We have still at least 20,000 troops in the army of the Rio Grande. react ed General Taylor’s camp at Monteray to have one-half o! them, we have about 10,000 more in that wi of the ar- mys to furnish troops sufficient for a new expedition, be- sides gua the points we occupy on the river, and maintaining connexion between our different depots. Is the B: imore editor willing ! can troeps, to incur e ex] of, su] eight weeks, “att hexdeo sal of peace or war erteinly this isnot @ hope by the time that the armistice ‘would bave C of itself, shall see our triumphant flying at Chi- huahua, at Saltillo, and, if the ne ir speculations are to be believed, Fin at Vit (the capital of ‘Tamaulipas,) and at Eee. At all events, we go for action, energy, and success— always pre] 1d, however, to negotiate for an honorable peace ; at declining any i e, until & treaty of peace has been ratified. * * * General Zacharieh Taylor has again covered himself with glory, by his baiais ot rations upon Monterey.— The Kittane achievement ithe three jee guided | by genius, have shed a new lustre upon our arms, and led mew renown tothe fame wi e hed already = on the Eraccee G and Se opted eg 'e again congra' fe the country uj success our arms, and the glory which they hive wen. We xearet to see that the Se tate, seized upon to make an unnecessary, an an insidi- ous fling at the administration. ¥ * . * * . * . . ‘When Gen Taylor, after having covered himself and his army with laurels, toa “tempo! cessation of ies,” he was “prompted” to it oy thee “recent change of government in Mexico, bi favorable to the interests of peace.” General Taylor ‘not know, could not have known, the failure of the overtures for immedi- ate negotiation. He could not have known thet the new goverament of Mexico had transferred te the new Con- gress of the 6th December, the decision of the question whether they would or would not negotiate with us. He has, in all probability, by this time, received this infor- mation through the despatches whi i “these despatches 4 care. And, we repeat, will doubtless induce General Taylor to concentrate his troops, and collect his resources as rapidly as possible, with a view of resuming his operations vigorously, as soon ashe shall receive orders to terminate the armis tice. These orders, we have no doubt, will promptly be issued from Washington. We trust they may reach General Taylor in sixteen days, the time which Captain Eaton performed the route to Washington. In such an event. little delay (atthe worst) can be occasioned; and even that little time cn be usefully spent in secuning more.complete and effective preparation.” * . . A few weeks since we alluded, in general terms, to the position of this distinguished officer (General Worth) in the army of the United States. It was unnecessary for. us to specify his name. No one could mistake that towering plame which had been so unfortunately miss- in ttles of the 8th and 9th of May—the ill star- mtaaeteeneisntereaee lent an: ¥ 6 fo reappear upon the theatre of the war, to share its honors, to lead the van—the strong assurance which his ster gave us ‘that he wan! ae but oopgrsnaity to a himself in the service of his country. If there was one officer in the army for whore noble and gene- pledging his life, ly has he jus rous ardor any man would be safe in that officer was General Worth. And nobl; tified this confidence, and redeemed those declarations General Taylor, with the noble sympathy which so highly graces the soldier, gave Worth the opportunity, which he burnt to enjoy, permitted him oie the van at Monterey ; and he has truly ditegete 6d him- self, as much by tion as by his cl . One would have sup) t Ger Worth would have motives which actuated him, “eens mouth,” and rush into been Lees by the to “ pluc! danger a’ tho Heat of battle, But such was not ‘orth recollected how much deper 4 —hew many lives were at stako—" * might be sacrificed by too much art of their leader ‘The most bri! ever the day was his; but it is diffioul’ yo neva are to admire most his ardor or hir 7 ary he displayed, or the fo © Pee oe? owards his men.’ At all events, by ’ oh. Tels to his brow ; and so complet: » & ¢ attracted the admiration of yim sir condition had so much wont’ les, comrades, that his triumph in va avy iteelf. NEW YORK. TURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1 A. American Battery. B. Cathedral Fort, or Citadel. THD PARTICULARS IN BRIDF OF THH STORMING. ‘We lay before our readers an engraved representa- tion of Monterey, its vicinity, and its entrenchments, snd the advance of our troops. It was drawn for the War Department by Captain Eaten, who brought on the despatches from Ceneral Taylor. Knowing the deep in- terest which our readers will take in these stirring events, wo have spared no efforts in having it promptly engraved for our columns. The lower part of the diagram represents the read, which the army take in their advance w; A large area of cultivated land, with the ceoend ak ot corn upon it, is spread between our troops and This first movement is circuitous. Gen. Worth city. Yoods the van. The o is to secure the road to Saltillo, and cut off'the retreat of the Mexicans in that direction, and to seize the nts which protect that side of the city. For this purpose hefhas to storm the heights 7, 1846. THE PLAN OF ‘ H oe cds san ttm Ravine / ASS MAP OF THE STORMING OF MONTEREY. OPERATIONS. \ yA Ni) lly, { \ H Uli aie 00 No: Ny ns SQW cry Oost THE REFERENCES. C. Bishop’s Palace. D. Heights above it. “Sg. F, Forts opposite side of the River. a First Fort. a H. Second Fort. [FROM THE WASHINGTON UNION, OCTOBER 14.) on both sides of the Arroyo San Juan, (the creek of San Juan, scarcely knee deep at the city at season, a streamlet of river, which runs into the Rio Grande at Th ment which Worth’s on the other side of the ote When reek. ‘That second and strony within five minutes its ortillery Bishop’s Palace. This is builton a height on the same side with the city, but the palace was never finished, and its walle were now used asa part of the defences of city. Ourtroops then stormthis hill, carry its works, and turnits guns upon the cemetery on the same side of the town. is another hill, and a more command- ing position near the heights of the Bishop's Palace, bt the Mexicans neglected to avail themselves of its advan- tages and to take it in the Jine of their fortifications. The cemetery below was, however, fortified, and embrasures made in its walls, but the guns from the palace played ‘mpon it, and the Mexicans were likewise driven from this Our troops had advanced in two directions into olga division on one side, and Gen. Taylor on r. One mortar wes sult janted in the cem , after it was taken by Oene: ‘orth, to play on the, to which most of the Mexican appear to have retired. A » too, had been by our troops inte the second story of a house, and preparations were te pierce the wall, for an embrasure to fire upon the Plaza. It would appear, from the which have been rec Gen. Ampudia hed ultimately three entre’ i—the Plaza, tee forts on the back ef th the on map, bisceeyihy ve but 3 int e whole—not built upon very elevated ground, Bat its guns were well and oat aconsider- able distance all around do not ever, accurately to defin the state of the defences, —— emergency, and had with him an army fully competent to the execution of his designs. og ebiapon's It is not our porpore te {repeat the sccounts of the bat tlesof Monterey. ere one or two matters,however,. that seem to authorise a remark, even at so greate dis whict athe great disparity of foes between the aivsioos whien great 'y of loss between jops of General Taylor and General Worth. We are inclined to attribbte this tothe difference between the work which they had todo respectively; not to any greater prudence or care on the part of General Worth, or any rashness or indifference to the loss of life on the part of General Taylor. Taylor gave to Worth that, which to the latter was, under the circumstances, the greatest boon he could receive—a separate command—w! the glory he might win might be his own exclusively, and in which he has in truth won sufficient to satisfy even his daring and chivalrous temper. That Worth, in the use of his troops, did not spare them, is evident from one of the accounts, which es the Upon an open plain, which Pa ak i apes yee fort. é converts e1 er. nm, to be resorted to by a] | be probable, at least, by the fact, that, in carrying the cyhog ‘here, too, the flying batteries, which, in | heights about ha tog ny Egg Worth’s loss was so 4> ei been looked upon rather as a part of the | small. Whatever the the heights had to,be carried, Beth or war, proved their value. The battle of | 27d Worth was just the man, and we knew him well of Ped asa battle at arms’ length. The battle of | *4, to Sn Resacz on the contrary, was a breastto breast con- | « General Worth began by carryii flict, where every sinew was strained to give a fall to | manded the Bishop’s Palace, w Se cater ware ene ow rh involving art and skill, ’ on the fe Tiss. though, Jone different de upon sheer courage ai elev: o wer down, and, ‘urn, com: opeaee princi pally, Ope ge and mais | elevations ofit e bayonet did its work, and told its story. There was here none of the platoon fi and parade man@uvres of the preceding day. was in the woods, RC ieegy conflict involved a dozen minor actions, all tending to the victorious result. Hero cavalry acted successfully against artillery, which, though sometimes done, as at Waterloo, is a mode ot warlare of unfrequent occurrence, and only resorted to where the General knows his men, and can combine the different arms of the service—Lorse and foot—to produce the desired result. The character of the two jos of the @thand Oth lof May was essentially diverse. Still more diverse wes the part which fell to the lot of that portion of th my left at Fort Brown, With not enough ofammunition to give to his men that active employment which, in battle, overcomes personal appre- hension, by mere physical excitement, the commanding officer of Lend ate had to rely upon that passive which few but veteran Ve gt gad While {he battorios of Matamoras were filled with men, who, in comparative safety, tired at the Americang’s though they ‘were shooting at a mark, the soldiers of Fort Brown, in- stead of the rammer and sponge, the hand- and linstock, were using the shovel and pick, or idly watch- ing the flight of shells aimed, and well aimed, too, for Ha Bole an haved Ee as wae . A fourth followed in the march to Mo: Here the contest was not withthe Mexicans. But ‘was'a Contest almost as destructive, in which toil and fatigue had to be overcome, under a hot sun, in an inhos- Wig in tn en the very absence of an enemy ‘0 fight with was, considering the character of the army, —a large part being volunteers,—in itself an obstac! and dijscoursgement. But this march, this fight sgainst and ees mountain and plain, river and morass, le value, looking to results. It into regulars. It taug! them the soldier, to be a good one, mi nce; pow ee Ta Momerey te body ok pero Male aioe hed areeetaes = tick thegither, Tront ‘and rear.” Setezn, chede miles trom Moterey, hie sts thvcrast MHP ewloroy the charsoter 6C tue eoaliet ‘wortepele cianged. It was no longer the pitched battle of the plain, or the tamultuous melée of & forest or the passive resistance ot besieged mon, or the endur- ance of the toilsome march. The object was now attack, the attack of a city a mountains, commanded b; surrounding eminences, all of which were tortified, while the city itself was built after a fashion that made each house @ breastwork. Means quite different from those ch were successful at Palo Alto and Resaca had to be employed. Tho dregoon here was powerless—the flying artillery of but oceasional service. Heavy artil- and in funtry were the arms of service to be relied ‘on. The shelli the heavy ball, the bullet and the bayonet, the means upon which the victory was to de} ~ ‘‘anately, the American commander was eq For: | to the new }, seems to have been the city. The of these forts secure. the capture of the Palace, wi then became untenable, and when that fell into Worth’s hands, he had below still, and at his mercy, the Western part of the city, into which he tricks, eet om end DY. boys, the. upectting of th set om end by boys, a frag hs em ye < ChB pat Dee ian] mate judgment seems to have marked eve: rt of Worth’s conduct. batting General Taylor would seem to have kept hard work for himself, too; and hence the greatness of hisloss. The main battle, which he had to fight, was in the streets of the city, and is so well described in the accounts that Maes toes eeeiveg Ae only necessary now to refer 7m. So far as can be inferred from the accounts inthe bo Sor Ae ie tain st Meciorey, ae m by &@ coup from amargo road. But wy wee not to be taken at a rush Ttis f which the present has furnished no example. If there is such o peee ke Mexico, and the war continues, we are lieve, from what has occurred already, that find it out and take it, if only to prove thet thing in warfare to which his army is not competent. MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY MATTERS. States mounted rifle adjoin- zvoUs Worth, too, is a Massachusetts man, and was born at Martha’s Vineyard A braver or better officer is not en- rolled on the list of the army.—Boston Pest. Mr. R. M Taylor, said tobe a near relative of old Rough and Ready,” passed this city, last evening, on the steamer Sunbeam, with des; for the aivis of the army under Gen. Taylor. L: Cook, of the and Dr. Morby, surgeon of the ship-of the-lin 0. Carolina, were in company, bound, we understand, for the Gulf squadron.— Maysville Eagle, Oct. 8. ? THE AMERICAN ARMY. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Chronicle, who was with General Taylor at Camargo, gives quite an interesting account of the state of the army in the Unit- ed States in Mexico. He estimates the invading army immediately under General Taylor, or the army of Mon- terey, to amount to 6640 men, half regulars and half vo- Iunteers, thus : RL 1st Reg. Ohio Volunte lst do Kentucky d Tenn. troops—C. Mississippi Volunteers—Col. Baltimore Battalion— Watson—27 || WORTH’S DIVIBION. Col. P. Smith's regiment regular troops......... Parts of 6th and other infantry y regs. nd dragoons 1 000 080 a ‘Two companies McCulloch lespie y, rs artillery (18 pis 10 inch mortar) 60 Parts of several infantry regiments and of artillery armed as infantry 2230... 0.0.00 .6 000+ s+ 01820 ‘Vo 4550, at Point Isabel 120, al efficient, at Matamoras in he from Camargo to Brassos, under son, and Brigadiers Marshall, Pillow, Lane and Shields, 9170, mal . with the army of Monterey, 15,810. General Wool has under his command, to advance on Chihuahua, 4,000. General Kearney has at Santa Fe 2700. The whole of the United States armies against Mexi- 0 The writer a 9 these, there is the California regiment, and the new regiment of mounted riflemen, intended for the war in the West. ‘e now inthe United States krmy, 26 regi- lunteers, 8 of infantry, 4 of artillery, and 1 of mounted riflemen, besides the 2 regiments of dragoons — making inal) 41 ‘iments of all arms. If to this be added the men employed in the Quarter Master's, Commissary’s and Engineer's departments, there will bo shown a force of 30,000 men now in and at tached to the army of the United States. The above account is up to the 6th September. [twas understood that if there was to be any fighting, General Worth was to have what he wanted of the war; and his division has joey been increased. The Kentucky mounted men had gone to Lavacca, in Texas, near the Gulf, for waut of transportation. The Arkansas mounted men were without arms, at San Antonio, where there were some 3,000 men, unable to move, for want of stores and transportation. Colonel Harney had advanced towards the Bravo with about 500 , and report said he had been ordered under arrest.— Gen. Wool wasat San Antonio. Circuit Court. Before Jadge Edmonds. Oct. 16—Joseph Blackwood vs. Geo Hastings —This was an action for libel and slander. The plaintiff isa far | carrying on business in Philadelphia, and the lefendant is a merchant residing in this city. From the statement of plaintiff's counsel, it appeared that in 1842 the defendant’s brother, John Hastings, was employed by the plaintiff asa clerk, or assistant, in Philadelphia. Some occurred between them, and Hastings ‘was about to leave, and establish himself in the same line perso Lapel, eit Punic ech ly, res! lelphia, to whicl wrote an answer, ap age | the slander upon hich this action was founded, to wit: that Blackwood had lost his property, his character and his credit. De- communicated this statement to others, and added to it, on his own authority, that a very responsible house in this city, with all their credit, could not prop = up. The defence was Lem ge First, that the communications were privi avi in ood falta to Wlinerden & hans aed Pete 0.,in answer to enquiries made by these parties as to ‘2 the circumstances of the plaintiff. : tif was not io good credit at the time; and idly ee be sustained no injury. Judge left it to the jury to sey, on the whole of the evidence, whether the com- munications were privileged or not. If they believed they were, and that efaee made them in faith, then he was not liable; we Tere were made from malice and with a view to injure the credit of the plaintiff, then they ought to render a verdict for him. Sealed verdict ie erning. For plaintiff, Mr. fig Sedgewick; for Mosers. Porter and The Providence Journal says, menced last Tuesday continued till about mi The tir as fortunately on the ebb when th» wind was . Some di e was done to wharves, but nothing serious. Some chimneys were blown owes and large trees were uprooted in various parts of t city. We have not heard of any serious damage in this rarer. Our cor ents in hee sea ‘Warren and Fall River report no damage to vessels. Tho sea was very high out yeste: yy and was breaking thirty feet over Brenton’s Reef. It will be seen by an article from the Boston Journal, that the gale was = in that city and vicinity. We fear that we shi record many marine ra. The ship news of the same paper, adds :— Ship Rhode Island,Pying at Fox Point wharf, parted her moor- ings and swung round against brig Havre, carrying away the R. 1's rail, and chafing her bends very badly— damage to the Havre trifling. Schr. Dispatch, of North Kingstown, lying at the New Iron England Co.'s wharf, loading railroad iron for Bridgeport, was bad]: darsages being cut down below the bends, on the lart ide. Some other trifling damage was sustained by other ves- sels lying atthe wharves. A fore and aft schooner in ballast, (supposed the Sarah Louisa, Miller, hence of and for New London) dragged her anchors and went asho: pearly high and dry on Bullock’s Point. At Bristol, ship violent have to Corinthian dragy er anchors and drove ashore on the flats. In Warre: wport, and Fall River, we hear of no damage to the ping The Newb ferald of the 14th, says that the of the 19th ult. is reported by the fishermen who e arrived, as having been.the most severe they have er experienced on the Grand Most of them ave suffered more or less dat several have been fallen in with wrecked, and it: iphored the crews have perished. The schr. Minerva, of Marblehead, hes al- ready been reperted. Two dead men were feund in her cabin, and the others were probably lost. The wreck of the schr. Zelia, of Marblehead, has since been fallen in with, and also the wreck of a fine Kingston schooner, the May Bee, bottom up. Schooner Chancellor, lying at the dock at Hoboken, was sunk, and schooner Old Hickory dragged heranchor “rks eanees Pte wth Bouse ts 1d Sprit jooner wil, at Boston from Col 8, — and stern boat, off Race Point, on the night ot the i Bark Prospect, at Boston from Sagua la Grande, on the 27th ult., lat. 33,’ long. 77, lost main lant mast and monkey rail, On the night of the 1 t., in the bay, stove several casks of molasses, and had fore and main- top masts blown away. ‘Schr. Gazelle, of Boston, at Hyannis, from the South, with potatoes for do. The G. lost an anchor during the gale of Tuesday night last; and schooner Resolve, Beard, pice ny bon gin ee oo. o- lischarg Wi damage. » Pp Robinson, for Norwich. At New Harbor the schooner Banner, Lewis, one of the Albany and Boston packets, drove ashore during the late frie; and now lies high and Ca upon will have to discharge her cargo before getting off. A violent was experienced at ywnon the night of the 13th, fr Sto s ©. injuring Coffin & Os- born’s wharf considerably. A sailboat broke from her pene drove against a pier and sunk; with some other vom, vob in the place. Schooner Fredonia, at Portsmouth, in the 8. E. gale on the 18th, at 10 P.M., struck adrift with both anchors ahead, in Pepper Cove ; cut away both masts, brought eer ee without further Bewme 16 same ie place, fishing schooner Jane, Ryan, of Belfast, one chain, ‘truck warif, cutaway foremast, up and rode out the . Fishing schooners Forrest, of Newbury; Mary, and Paragon, of Portsmouth, on shore et the same time. The Forrest got off with loss of rudder. The Pa- ragon and Mary remain ashore, but slightly damages up to the present moment. Wiiminaton, N. C., Oct, 14.—The French bark Havre and Martinique, which hence on the 9h, for Martinique, while lying at anchor at Smithville, during the storm on Tuesday mor , dregged her anchors struck on a rock, end, ia ir to save the vessel, main ond foremast were cut by the board. At last ac- counts she was still on the The Partridge, Franklin, and Samuel N. Gott, whioh are outward bound, and had anchored down the river, rode the gale out without damage, and, no doubt, will go to sea to-day, as the storm has entirely abated. From tHe Socrety IsLanps.—Accounts from Tahiti early in June, have been received at Val- paraiso. ‘The French'had marched out of their en- trenchments since the lust previous acco’ but the natives did not at that time attack them. They left their entrenchments a second time and proceeded south, “a they were attacked by the natives, who killed t French commander ‘snd six or seven men, and weunded about forty. scanris pe of the natives, and cuttit -fruit trees, But the ae ee od Lee agg yg ow which were regnable, the pryreeches them cipitous, and easily defe: by bi Gown rout epee the beets 6 the Invaders. te A it revival of has been in progress at Fille, in. Mothdlist Church. Some three hun} denomination. Nashville, in the dred members have boon added to that ara K. Third Fort—cove: the Cadaireta Road. L. Main Plaza. id 5 L 0. vaotaNow M. Cemetery. of the above siegram, will elucidate the subject much better than anything which w: say. We understand that, to the of the spect view from the Bishop’s Palace is genwentnn ai larly beautiful, embracing the fields near the town, heights and suburbs around it, the town, situated on io er ground near the r creek, and beyond the San Juan, a range of low and beyond them, in the dis- tance, ranges of lofty mountains towering to the skies. Monterey appears to be regularly laid off into streets, some of which had trenches in them, &c, todelay our invading army. The houses are generally one oat A high ith parapets infront, thus making a I fort ym the roofs—the population estimated at about 10,000. Most of the citizens, particularly the women, ‘ before ou |. ‘The suburbs which Worth’s divi- pected “with Rowers ration of life and full health, were sent into eternity in same moment, for a minute did not elapse between the first and last di of the pistol that killed both of them. Itappears that the ers senting account that existed between them, could not be adjusted to the satis- faction of beth. It had been in litigation, and for two eure they ane jogsiner fn Foom, and the be: pers and me! were found upon the table. ‘out, showed that they had work to get facts, so as to come to a final settlement on the still held th which he was w: i‘, Or writ his fingers, after he had st 9 lay spread out upon the table. Hi his ‘bag in his left hand. {t was locked, pow. der, caps, the ramrod of the pistol, and fitted it. It appeared that he took the pistol from his pas and acemeaientty fired — Olcott, who fell eavily upon the floor, bruising the right cheek, and then placed the pistol upon his right temple and killed himself. The ball that killed Olcott must have been fired from a distance of several feet. It struck hit the leit temple, over the left corner of the ¢: about an inch and a half from the top of the head, tended tal bie Peete bs ing. oy re asmall hole, mere! enough to admit a rifle ball of the size of 120 to jeg neo and asif it had been cut out with a cutting bali did not go through his head. The wound in Holcomb’s head was altos different. It was enough to have ad- mitted the entire muzzle of six barrelled pistol, which measured an inch and a quarter in diameter. The skin was shrivelled, and the t_temple was mangled ae — ahr td Gas istol when it was dis- r ndoubtedly the was pressed against his temple when he discharged it. It was all the work of aninstant. It does not a ir from the position of the |, aa they were found, that they were in an alterca- jon atthe time of the murder, though angry words may have passed between them during their meeting in the room. On other occasions, when they met in company with others, alluded to their af- fairs, harsh words had 4 between them. Mr. Holcomb, who was'a widower, and hed oe four years of age, was dul; ib | 5 1 laws of Massachusetts, two weeks ago last Sabbath, and was to have been married on Thursday, the day after the deeds that sent himself and another so suddenly into eternity. He had made arrangements to leave for West- field that afternoon—to be married the next morning,and then leave immediately for St. Louis. What ased ‘‘bri- dal day” for the lady ! “Instead of a husband, the corpse, mangied and disfigured by his own hand, is brought home on the very day sppointed for his wed — renga revels fanless warning to all not to car- 4 deadly weapons about their persons. Mr. Olcott was 39 years of age, and some five or six years older than Mr. Hi b. When about 20 he engaged in the clock busi- ness, and spent most of his time for about 15 years at the South. He took Mr. Holcomb when he was quite young and furnished him with business, and gave him a start at the South. Since that time their transactions have been iy they reposed much confi- dence in each other. It is evident that Olco't . ¢ arded Helcomb with much favor, in their earlier :« 4:1 ctions especially, and looked uj him as a smart, shrewd, bu- sinees young man—and Holcomb relied upon Uicott for assistance and advice. The end of all this has been truly bernie ible. Ka hoa had hag Ll be Fm ioe the dee} sorrow, sure! y have sym Ty of the Pabils, The funeral of Mr. Olcott will take to-morrow. There will be service at his late residence, No 6 Pratt street, at 10 o'clock. His remains will then be removed to the socie! now in the town of Bloomfield, formerly a part of T: ville, where there will be services at 2 o'clock, P. M.— Hartford Times, Oct. 18. A Manchester, Star, writes that & N. H., correspondent of the Boston beautiful girl from Saco, Me., an ope- rative in one of the mills, poisoned herself on the t of the 1ith inst. She had been seduced, 0 of marriage, by a merchant, who has left the town. ri £ i E 5 = $ if i Hi Before py re jivento the jury y' y a a fee hours tleuiberation they rendered s plaintiff for $1,891 Henry Cotheal vs. John Brower——This was ie’, chap. 109 tho revied. nate section, title 4, chap. 18 of the statutes. following is the section :— The book or books inco! rated | company in this State io rs of any such company shall tered in books cot soon seed et ton etocknetinrs in any such company, |, at all reasonable times dur- ing the usual hours of transact be open to the examination of every stockholder of such com for 30 days previous to any election of directors; any officer vice beret ja ‘of such books shall, upon mand of any stockholder as aforesaid, refuse er neglect to exhibit such books, or subject them to an exeminstion as aforesaid, he shall, for every such offence, forfeit the sum of $250, with costs of suit.” ‘The plaintit ateckholder of the East River Insu- rance Company, and the defendant is President. In Jest an election was to take place for directors, pu: to the by-laws of the company and in April previous Mr. A. & Mr. H. Cotheal, the plaintiff's sons, called five different times to examine the books in which steckhold- ers’ names were entered, and to take lists or transcripts of the books. The books were shown to them upon eech occasion, and they were allowed to examine them, but hy poco aotied to Sake the lists el ern stopped e facts were ; the defence was therefore altogether tech- nical and resolved itself into two questions of law, to wit :—First, does the section of the statute above quoted authorise the stockholders to _ more than a mere \Es rural and examination of the and,not to take or transcripts; and secondly, that only one penalty could ere dotond 1 insisted that the Legislature 1e fendant’s counsel only intended that the stockholders should have but mere naked right to inspect the books ; that de- tended the stockholders should ha‘ p¢ to make copies or transcripts, they would ha in terms ; moreover, if the construction the plein- for by tiff’s counsel were given to the act,it would be of reat inconvenience to the oficers ofthe bank. as every stoc! ler t come every juring Sete e vious to Pras Acrey and oooupy every clerk the , which would put a complete stop to the business transactions of the establishment. He further contended, the statute being a penal ono, it should be strictly con- strued. In regard to the other question, he contended that the recent decisions had settled the law on that point; bap toes were fifty sosnaals be could only recover one penalty. ‘Upon the fret proposition, the Judge charged that in his opinion the view with which the Legislature passed the act, was to guard the stockholders against fraud, that they might have an crpenaaty of eevee the stockholders were, and if they became disses with ¢ the directors, that they might forma party for election purposes end turn them out ; and there was no doubt, he id, on his mind that the Legislature not enly ieteeted they should have liberty to inspect the books, to make memoranda alto ; as to the hie char pe Susy, that in his opinion, one penalty cou! recove! ry Or rar te for the r $250. F A. Thompson ; for defendant, Messrs. a verdict for o Vanderpoel. plaintiff, Mr. ‘Wood & Goodmen. Before Ju Morrell va. Wood.—In verdict for $1500. U. S. District Court. Betore Judge Betts. 4 Oct. eat A be righ von fa the hamere jusky.— ision—The cause wi recover damages foracollision. It appeared, the schooner was lying at anchor at the foot of 18th street, but had no anchor watch, and was run into by the steamer and con- siderably damaged. The Court decided that the schooner had no anchor watch out at the time, owners cannot recover; but as the case was aD extreo! nary ono, Judge Betts said he wouldgive no costs., ismissed, without costs. For cause the jury rendered @ are Pleas. re Judge Daly. Befo Oct. 16—MeCarthy vs. Gulick.—Sealed verdict this morning. Before Jus Ingrebam. O'Connor vs. pariah i report of this cause, which appeared in the Herald of Thur: been —. a4 pen wes om 1%, bye me the surety orf 6 rent of estore OCCU; jar} ‘Stearns, that he hed ho connexion with any other transactions be- tween O’Connor and Stearns. Court of General Sessions. Before Recorder Scott and Ald. Compton and Walsh. Jobo Mokoon Fea Der Attorney. Ocr.16—Trial for Burglary—A young man named Henry Wilson, alias Hedger, alsa Wiley, wee placed at the bar this morning for trial, on a charge of Pee in the third degree, in having on the night of the 7th of September iast ‘broken into the store of Mr. Sampson Hatfield, No. 164 Broadway, anu stolen therefrom sun- dry pieces of cloth, cassimeres, vestings, of cloth , ke., estimated to be worth about $400. The found gly and sentenced by the Court to ¢ State prison tor the term of three was isoned in being laced at the bar fer sentence. etd any’ thing to say why Jud should not be passed uy im, Tea wreich he had prepared in relation to the Bank of Eog- land bills found in his cription of money which he had given to Parkinson, oiacens ‘to purchase in the bills on the Bank of Eng land alluded to; and that it was known to the counsel for the prosecution that it was not Poughkeepsie a] intimated by them, but ly billson the Bi of Danbury, and the balance in sovereigns, which fact was shown op the trial of Honeyman. The Court, afters few remarks relative to the able manner in which he had been defended on his trial, and the nature of the offence of which he had been found guilty, sentenced him to be imprisoned in theState prison for the term of eight years; whereupon, Davis appealed to the court to take into con- sideration the fact, that he was now upwards of 64 years old, and had already been incarcerated inthe city Priton for about 14 months, for his alleged participation in the robbery. The peal of Davis to the court, tailed to have the desired effect, habe ® bag ‘one to id quarters prior to remov' a wine court hen eajouraed until to-morrow morning. ‘The yente iJ cidents of local rivals of Thur: at nish the catalogue to- day’s traveller our 1. Crane, 8 Bohren, 3,0. Bake iman, Hyde Park: BAS 8. Navy; E. English, Philadelphia; M. Preble, Portland; H. eee 4s, Hopkinson, T, George, Ww: Callender, U. 8, A; T. Coffin, Charleston; C. Se Story, Philadelphia, D. MeConcles, U. 8. Navy; J.Gore, 8. Army; F. Williams, United States Army; H. Dar- hontell, United States Navy; D, Day, hicoia; Dr. Hayes, $4.U, 8. Artillery; } Donnelli, North C J » Florida. Asvon.—Geo. Lawtor Pennezivenity J. Taber, New Bedford; W Bostwicke 5; J. M Hart- ford; W. Samson, Walker, Palmyra; , Buffalo; i ; W. Put Roxbury; N, Hi Piel Wi De jatchess co; Captain » We ington; Gov. Browne, Pennsylvania; J. Con- necticut; H. Stevens, aryland; 8. Harris, aneyivania; ee peckwith, Georgia; £. Wright, Philadelphia; M. fany, Baltimore; M. Damer, Virginia; M. Shaner, Boston; C. ives, Lansinburgh; J. Kerth, yw Orleans; J. Ser- geant, Mi via; 8. 3 Chica- jo; Edw lopkins, Massachusetts. Citr— ; Portemout 3 J. Harris, New Lon- don: Captain Barnum, U. 8. A; L. Webster, H. Owen, New Orleans; Mr Wells, New York fpayne, U. 8.4; WWI vi Col me, U.8.A., W. gecrtel, Philadelphia: 7 . Cant , Evansville; M. Frothingham, M Wakeman, W. Pi Dougless, Sarat ; ©. Benham, Kentucky; J. Davis, Mebdile; W. Bunab, Bridgport; A. Richless, New Jersey; 8. Evane, Boston; J. Lernon, Troy, A. Sanford, New ores le ‘Arnold, New York; H. Noble, Fasex co; A. M. Jones, Ork W. Woodworth, Virginia; H. a ow bu: 'M. Durand, Connecticut; R. " ner f bany; J. Crosby, Bridgeport; J. 1 L. Norwich; Judge Hale, New Haven; Stonil a fou" pea sania, Keeler, Philadelj 3 IP man, New 5 ly hia; 8. B ford; 3. Caningtom, few ‘Haven; E. Lopes rity tees OEE Cocnstne se Kellogg: s. wry, lowa; H. 5 . §. Lowry, lowes H, lwiord: Ceorge Lee, Recbvilis Donaldson, Connecticut. The Britannia, from Boston the 16th] ultimo, ‘aptain , of the Manchester, Tig seen by Captain Bowworthy oF (pon 0 Ol, standing’ ast, with a full heed of steam.