The New York Herald Newspaper, October 14, 1848, Page 1

\» NO. 5246. MORNING EDITION---- Law InteHigence. Triat or Gronce Mitiea.—Ocr, 12—Samvee O, Meavr —Known Belkanp for 4 years ; know Miller ; No 33 Mr. Belknap paid me when due ; received it from Miller about 10 days from date ; No 321 paid Matthew Bolles paid me $25 for endorsing it,—received Mapehs month from date ; Mr. B. hasn’t paid it, as new. Cross-Ezamined.—Paid No. 32, 10 days after due; id it by notes. giving collateral, payable in1 year; e collateral was Vermont Central Stock o! my o' N. D. Govip.—Have taught and executed penman- ship the most of my life; for 4 years last past have Deen in this city; have taught penmanship about 50 years; bad a taste for it from wy youth; have examin- ed everything connected with it that I could find, to n what could or could not be done with @ pen; am 67 years old; have oiien examined writings with eference to f forgery uotso much in this ‘State as in others ; have been foreman of a jury when | ®@ question of forgery was tried. (Notes from 1 to 83 ‘were handed the wit ) Can’t say whether I Been all of these ; have seen notes like a great many of them ; saw them inthe grand jury room ; was se- retary of the grand jury from Jan. 48 to July 48. (The witness the results of a previous exawina- ‘tion of the not There are 5 classes of notes here— that is,5 different signatures.—the name written in @ different manner; there is 1 class of $2000, dated July 6, for6 months—five in number, Nos. 8, 9,13 29, 30 ; of the second class, $3600, July, 6 months, there are five, Nos. 10, 12, 16.18, 20; of the third class. $3600, same date and time of payment, there are two, Nos. 21, 24; the fourth class, $25¢0, July 30,4 months, are elevenin number, Nos. 1, 2,3, 11, 14, 17, 19, 22, 26, 26, 33; in addition to this class. thero is’one, $2500, | July 30, on 6 monthe—it is No. 4; this matches with the fourth class, which are for 4 months; the fifth class, $2000, July 30,6 months, are ninein number, Nos, 5, 6, 7, 16,23, 27, 28, 31.82; two that ‘were brought in yesterday, No. 32 and 33, | have in- serted at a venture; | rely on the oxamination of some one else, [The witness here arranged the notes in their different classes ] Joun J. Scot? was recalled.—(The receipt. shown ‘the wit ness yesterday was handed him;) ligven’t seen it since a year ago last Dece mber; didn’t see it at the Grand Jury room. N. D. Govip.—Have assorted the notes; I have now examined the notes No. 32 and 33; should think I had @een them in the grand jury room; the signatures in the let class match cach other exactly; by matching, Imean woe one upon the other. [The witness ‘went to the window and held the notes over each other in the presence of the jurors and deft’s counsel | I have just shown the jurors No. 9 and 30; all of that class will match as well; this is the only reason for my arranging these in one class; class 2, answer to one another in tl ye, but here are 12 of them; class 5, a match; think all of these were not written in a usual manner of writing; they were probably by some means traced; some bear fine marks of ing, besides the final mark; No. 11 examined with a glass, and it is ‘very perceptible, there wa; a mark made with some thing before the final mark was made; this mark was ‘over the whole signature ; the same of No. 2; think the same is true of No. 3; have seen signatures of Mr. Bel- kmep’s, some forty or fifty, (the same proved yes- terdsy, by D. Loring; don’t hesitate to say Mr. Belknap didn’t sign all of the three, No. 1, 2, 3, It is cogs for a man by continual practice to ‘write his name so that to the eye it would appear per- fectly similar twi No man can write his name so that it will match Ceovintd one on top of the other. ‘When they are placed together. the length and brenath, and turn of the ers always vary somewhere. When men are in the habit of signing bank bills, where they have a particular vircumscribed space to write in, their names will sometimes come pretty near postal B A wan who undertakes to ccunterfeit another’s hand xnust do it by a slow process, which on strict examina- tion looks stiffand unnatural Sometimes a name by it practice is co fixed in the eye and imagination fist» man can write it through at once. But if he es too slow or tho fast, he will manifest that he is a ter or worse writer than the one he attempted to imitate. A man may write his signature so as to ap- pear often alike. But there is a step beyond which a man can’t go inthis. There are no tto handwritings alike, any mere than two faces, A man can’t move his bend at will like,a machine. I will now give my Yeasons for saying that no max wrote there signatures in the usual manner. In the first place.in almost every one of each class, the distance from the first letter to the edge of the parer.on theright hand, is ex. actly the same. From the last mark in the letter p to the edge ofthe paper onthe right hand, the distance is thesame. This isso in almost every one. Every mark in- cluded between those two marks are all materially alike in each class; | mention the first mark because noman ean strike the pen inthe same place, in beginning to write his mame. He won’t—he don’t. Ifhe could do ‘that, he couldn't make ail the other marks alike, in length, breadth, and every turn, and then close them all at the same distance trom the end. The letter +p? Mr. Belknap makes differently from common folks, ehatreisetegn,-otth a-hecky sites In the P's there issome variance, but very slight, in the notes. I think it impossible for a man to write his name four or five times exactly alike, Cross-examined.—My attention has been particularly turned to this matter, and first in the grand jury room; made the memerandum from which I read last night, from minutes taken pares fe (The witness here examined No. 1, 2, and 8, with a glass, at the window, in the presence of Mr. Sohier.) ‘There appears to be a fine mark on all these three, besides the final mark. (The glass was borrowed at an optician’s.) Some of the signatures of the 30 others appear to have been written without previous tracing with any other in- ; they were —Reside here; am an engraver; have been £0 37 years; have often examined han writing in reference to the question of forgery. (The 33 netes were handed the witness.) Have seen most am sure; they have been di- classe: not examined them partieu- Jarly, No. 1, 2, 3, I have examined carefully under mag- nifying glasses; I think them not genuine signatures; apy reasons for thinking them not genuine, are first, the nature s all match each other, very nearly with ab- solute perfection; the ¢ots between the letters not only correspond exactly in place, but in form; a tremu- Jousness is manifested under the magnifyer, which ehows the signatures were written slowly, not asa man ‘would naturally write his name; they all betray the marks of two lines, indicating either a tracing over a fine mark, or a filling up the marks first made. (The witness examined J, 2,3 with his magnifyer, and showed the jury the peculiarities in those signatures.) Have given the other thirty notes only # cursory ex- amination; but I think they must have all been forged but one; don’t recollect the number of that one; I think them forged on account of the impossibility of any man’s writing his name twice so nearly alike; @ man does not naturally write his name exactly alike; never saw & man who could write his name twice so as to stand the test of the magnifyer; have seen Mr. Belknap’s signature; have seen these. (Those testified to by D. Loring.) Ny ttle these signatures with Nos. 1, 2, and 3, should say these notes were not the signature of B.; there is a marked peculiarity in the p; the line connecting the stem of the p ‘with the last part of it does not seem to be joined to the stem in Nos. 1,2,and 3. In the genuine sig- of Belknap these marks are connected. (The | examined the signatures to the bonds mentioned above, with his magnifyer.) Have exam- ined nine of these. The signatures don’t agree a: In every instance the p has been made without taking the pen from the paper. Cross-evamined—Have examined all the 33 notes; first examined Nos. 1,2and3in Mr. Bartlett’s office on Saturdey last; night before last 1 re-examined em. Carvin S, Late—Reside here ; am an accountant ; | ‘am familiar with handwriting; have examined writings with question to forgery ; | have (been familiar with various writings at banks. [Notes 1,2, 3 shown the witness, and the bonds containing the genuine signa. tures} Should not think these signatures genvine ; genuine signatures look as if writwn at once; these appear to have been written slowly ; they don’t bear | the least resembisace to the signatares fh the bonds ; | the initials are unlike ; in 1, 2, 3, the p appears to have been written with two strokes of the pen; in the ge- | nuine signatures, it is written with one stroke. [The ‘witness placed the notes over each other. The signa- tures matcn perfectly, except in No. 3 there is no riod after after the 8; there is a period in No, 1, 2, after the s; in the genuine signatures, in making the | @, after the'b in Belknap, there is a curve that { don’t | fee in the noter. Cross-examined.—Have examined these or similar | papers Just Saturday morning at Mr. Bartiett’s office ; think | saw ten notes then ; | no.tced that three of | them matched, don’t remeinber which; then noticed a peculiarity in the dot aiter the 5, [The witness was | requested to :ee if Nos. 1. 2,3 matched.) ‘They mateh; have no doubt they are the ones I examined at Mr. Bartlett's office, [The witners was requested to see | §f the rest of the notes mentioned in the fourth class | matched } Can't tell which of the fourth clas then | ined | ox pivect rceumed,—'The p’sin 1 and 3 are very mach ‘alike, also Nos. 19 and 12, aleo No. 2, with the excap- ion of a slight alteration. | Ben ote tet the part of the proseoution was ro brought to a clove. a Sema addressed to the jury the opening argu- meni for the defendant :—This prosecution is based ‘upon one of the most severe of our penal statutes.— Everything that private zeal, or interest, or means could do, has here been maniferted, The parties be- fore you are two men vitally interested in the ultimate question, which is, whether George Miller shell or shall not be destroyed. It isthe vital interest ir. B. to destroy Lim, One of these parties is placed on the etand—the other occupies the defendant's chair, It ds idle to talk of this being the case of the Common- ‘woalth ve. George Miller, The Commonwealth is but instrument in the hands of Mr. Belknep, Tho meel jor the prosecution far outnumbers the coun- sel for the Commonwealth. He asks, then, that you eee that Mr. , nothing from this powerful zeal aud Your minds must be, in some sure, prejudiced againct us, | The charge egainst Miller is upon three counts, for uttering, kuowing them to be false, certein notes hearing the counterfeit signature of SF. Belknap Uttering consists in ciroulating We admit that Mr. Miller passed them, and we merely deny that theso | notes were forged. The only notes in the caso are No#.1,2,ond3 We deny that Mr Belknap is the careful pereon he represents bimself to be—that his pusiness is ell known to his clerk—that he didn’t sign notes for M.'s accommodation except in the matter of | ATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1848. the Maseasoit house, These notes (ail put in eviaence) were all given by B.to M., rome of them for Miller's accommodation, and rome for Belknap’s benefit. It may be unusual that B. should let M. have such an amount of notes for acecmmodation, but it will not appear so when you know the facts. Mr. B., from humble beginning, has obtained, by his industry condition of pecuniary independence, but he is de! cient in business edueation—seldom writes anything but bis own signature. For many years he hax beem in the habit of employing brokers, sometimes Miller, sometimes Mead. Miller has for some time been a broker here, employed by B. since 1844, and intimate with bim in oll the relations of life. B. had for many Years made Miller’s office a stopping place when in the city; Miller received B.’s notices; but there were times when he didn’t want to transact business in Miller’s office, or in any broker’soffice, He was in the habit of meeting Miller at the 4th Ward Houre, by ap- polntment and by notices. B bad for a long time lent iller his name. B,‘reposed such confidence in Mil- ler. he didn’t always take up his notes when Miller wished torenew them About Sth July, Miller told his clerk to make a set of notes, probably those dated the 6th July andthe 30th, On the 5th. B. signed most of these notes at the 4th Ward House. The others were signed at various places—a number of them at one place. ‘The wiineeses for the defendant were then sworn. Newatt Apans.—Reside here; beew employed by Miller for two or three years past, as assietant general- ly; Mr. M. resided at Waltham; know Belknap; havn't often seen him at M.'s office; B, has frequently met M. at other places; often at the refreshment rooms; atthe 4th Ward House, Wileon’s Lane, Fitohburg Railroad office, at New England House; was re- quested by the parties in many cases to no- 7 the other of the place and time of meeting. IfB washere @ week, this would occur almost daily; I carried papers for M: something for B to sign at the Fitchburg railroad office; B signed whatever docu- ments I bad; I carriod ‘them, atter signing, to M; there was more than one, but they were few in num- ber; did’nt know what they were; don’t remember when.this was—rometime in ’47, I paid to B, or Scott, on one day, $150, and on the same day $4 850; don’t remember when--somewhere on State street, in °47 ; did’nt receive any paper then from the person to whem I pald the money ; paid it at Miller's requos ed it from him ; it was the 4th of August; m: received a paper in return ; have paid mone: times to B., or Scott, don’tremember when; have writ- ten notes of hand for Miller, to be signed by custom- ers-—it was a common occurrence——usually wrote such notes; Miller did a good deal of business ; wrote a great ‘many notes ; was Hable to be called on daily for that purpose. (The notes from 1 to 88 were shown the wituess.) The body ef these notes are in m: handwriting ; I wrote July 5th, twelve notes, at Mil- ler’s request--six ‘dated July 6, ’47, $3,000, payable to order of M., 6 months—six of the ‘same time, &c., for $2,000 ; wrote other similar notes within a day or two of that'time ; gave them. after writing them, to Miller; wrote them in Miller’s office, early in the morning, be- fore breakfast ; don’t remember seeing M. with B. the Sth; did see them. together on the 6th or 7th, at ‘Wade's Fourth Ward House ; it wasin the afternoon, late ; M. asked me to go to the office, and get the notes, I bad written, and bring them to him; Mr. B. was present when that request was made; brought the notes to Miller at the Fourth Ward House; several persons were present—among them B.; saw B. shortly after, at the desk, writing, M. being near him ; there was no person between M. and B.; didn’t see any pa- pers pass between them ; didn’t ‘particularly notice the transactions after delivering the notes. We mov- ed the office to 14 Exchange street, the 16th July; I wrote 9 notes about that time, for $2,500, July 30, on four months; gave the notes to Miller immediately after writing them ; previous to writing these, I wrote in the new office, about the same number of ‘notes, of that date and sum, payable in 6 monthe ; gave these to Miller as I wrote them ; never wrote any more such notes ; wrote in all about 20 to 24 of these notes;: al- ways wrote on ruled paper, plain on the back; after writing these last notes have seen M. with B.; don’t remember particulars. Miller -left: Boston, i’ think, Nov. 25th; between this and July eaw Miller with Belknap many times—can’t fix the time ; saw them at the Revere Houre ; can’t say as tothe Fourth Ward House; they met at the door of the Revere House and rode away in a carriage together--think in a chaise. At a quarter past ten o'clock the Court took a recess twenty minutes, when the examination of Adams was resumed, Mr. Belknap's bank notices were collected by me, at Miller’s request; have collected them from the Suf- folk bank; do not remember of going to any bank other than the Suffolk; have collected them from the mer- segers: usually colleoted them in the morning; parted with Miller when he left, on the 6th of November, at the Providence depot; have been before the Grand Jury on One occasion; am now under recognizance to appear here at this time Crass-Eeamined by Mr. Panken.—Mada different ftatemenit before the grand jury, in respect to the intermediate notes I described; I then said I made them at Mr. Clark’s office reflection bas caused me to correct my first statement; Miller relied upon me to make bis notes;. before 1 went into Miller’s em- ployment I was a broker; after I went into his emplo ment | did not give up eltogether the brokerage bus ness; for a time | kept books for my own transaction sometimes | filled up Miller's checks; he recorded his cheoks; there was no check book kept; he kept a cash book; his account was kept on bits of paper folded to- gether; kept no bound book; have filled checks signed by Miller; never saw him in possession of a bank book; never tried to balance his bank account; he formerly had a nove book; I did, for a time, keep a note account; think it was in '46 or °47; ceased toenter notes rec ed and notes payable inthe spring of 47; cannot say why I ceased to enter them; but I did cease 0 to do; | never have seen Mr. Belknap sign & note: never have said before to-day that | had ever seen Mr. Belknap sign @ promissory note; had conversation with Mr. Mead upon the subject the same day the alleged forgeries were made known upon the street; Mr. Mead asked me if had ever seen Mr. Belknap sign notes; am confident I did not vee the word “curious; Mr, Mead met me upon a subsequent cecasion; did not tell bim that I had had a blowing up for saying as much as I had said; told Mead Mr. Fiske took me in a carriage to Cambridge, and pumped me all he could; it is true I went to Cambridge with Fieke; have seen the depost- tion of James T. Rogers; do not remember having read it; have seen a number of depositions taken for the de- fence; I read one or two of them; cannot tell when they were given me; did not copy any of them; saw them within two months last. past; can’t say where !I raw thom; they were depositions relative to this case; have forgotten at whose office | eaw them; can’t say whether I received them from Miller of from this Court; they were in my hands but a few moments; I felt a curiosity to read them; did notread them because 1 bad not time; they were given mej to pass from one party to another; I think I received them in the neighborhood of State street. [Here the witness said he feared he had made s mistake, and took time for reflection.] Think it was the deposition of Mr. Somerby; did not read it; not unfold it, further than to. see the mame; I made this mistake in conrequence of the rapidity with yhich I endeavored to answer the questions put to me; I have not known anything of Mr. Rogers’s de- position, only that I had heard that it was to be taken; saw Mr. Somerby’s name inside the paper; I did no. write any notes for $2,500 on four months, dated the 20th July. excepting the batch of nine which I have described; think there were seals and other formulas about the paper which I call Mr. Somerby’s deposition; when I made the notes I have described, | had a memo- randum in Miller's handwriting, which called my at- tention to the fact that [ was to write them; aiver Miller took the notes, the morning after I made them, I did not see them that day at the time when they were taken out of the drawer; am certain they were in the drawer on the 6th or 7th; do not know but they may have been out of the drawer between thetime I wrote them on the morning of the 5th and the time when I saw them in the drawer on the 6th or 7th; when I had the memorandum to write the notes, I bad directions to date them on particular dates; had a private memo- randum book, in which | entered the notes I wrote on this cccasion in pencil; did not enter all notes I wrote, but merely made up my mind that I would keep @ record of rome of the leading transactions of business; the book is now in my chamber, I suppose; I showed it to Judge Mernok this morning in Mr. Fisher's office; he did not see the contents, because he did not desire it; { handled most of the money which Miller used in his business; he might bave had thousands and thousands of dollars of which I had no knowledge; never was at the 4th Ward House at any other time when papers were delivered to Mr. Belknap; have been to the Fitchburg railroad office when I think Mr. Scott was in the President’s room or in the room adjoining; ot this time Mr. Belknap was signing some paper in the Prestdent’s room; never have taiked with Mr, Fieke upon this subject; when I went to Cam- bridge with him, this was the subject be talked upon, but I made no anewer to him; I treated his questions with reserve; think that the alleged forgery was made known on the street December 2d, and think it was on that night that | went to Cambridge with him Jont Woovnuny called.—Reside at East Boston; am tacturer of woollen ; in 47 and °46 had deal- Mr. Miller; have seen Mr. Miller and Mr. Lelknapat the dth Ward House, standing at the desk writing—did not notice the papers which they appeared to be writing; bave ccen them together many tim do net know, of my own knowledge, that they ever wet by appointment—onco, pretty late in the evening, I was talking with Mr. Miller, when the observation was made that Mr. Belknap was coming; Miller im- a | mediately left, and they walked away together in an cpposite direction, , By a Juror —Where was the desk at the 4th Ward louse Anewer—In the reading room, [No cross. exaxoination, | Wittiam Wipes called,—In ‘46 and first part of 47, I was at the 4th Ward House; have seen both Miller end Belknap frequently together at that house in dif- ferent rows; onee | raw them transacting business at the devk—that was on a Saturday evening—should think they were there some two hours; Mr. Belknap was in the habit of coming to the house when he was in town, and dined there; bave seen both at the table together; saw Miller, on ‘one oceasion, at Belknap’s boure in Concerd— this was on the 4th of July, | think, in "46, Cross examinetion.—1 think Mr. Belknap did no busi- nere on that day; he was on the road most of the time during the day At thie point of the oase, Mr. Sohier read the depo- sition cl Jawes 'T, Regers, taken in Now York; parts of this d perition were objected to, but the objections Were Tuled oad, under instructions from the Court. Ronatio-G, Somenny called.-Haye known Miler. ten years or upwards; known Belkvap mn but @m not particularly acquainted with hin: ; have reen both at the Maseaaoit House, Waltham; my busi- noes is that of drawing plans, looking up deeds, draw- ing titles, &e.. of re them was’ in the latter “44 or 45, at my ofice in Devonshire street, in the same oiice with Miller ; bad some conversation in regard to the Unien wharf estates; was drawing plan of the estate at the time; Belknap saw the planus, and gave directions about dividing the lots; I also drew pians of the Joy estate, Charlestown, and examined wilis with reference to the titles; Belknap was in, often, and Faw there plans; | wrote notes for Belknap tosign; I know he rigned as many as four at one time; this was at Concord, in the summer of 1845; can’t say how many more he signed; I went to Concord, where I met Belknap in the office. at the depot; showed him the notes, and he signed them:there, while the trains were stopping; saw no memorandum that he took of them; was in a great hurry; can’t tell the exact amount of the notes, but should say they were each for $1,500 to $2000; can’t tell the time, but it w. , {Here the witness stated that ho was absent, a part of the time in Europe, # part of the time in New Orleans, a part of the time in New York, and that ho returned to this city im tho latter part of July last.) I think that while in Devonshire street, I carried communica- tions from one to the other of the parties, mors than ouce; have seen Belknap at the Revere House with er, Cross-Examined.—1 don’t know what sum the notes were given for, or to what they relate; don’t know that Miller ever had them; know of no mortgages on Union wharf; I had no interest In it; many deeds passed be- tween Miller end me; Miller made several mortgages payable to me; I don’t know that Belknap had any interest; I had no pecuniary interest in the Union wharf property. Adjourned. Cracvit Court, Oct. 13.—Before Justice Strong.— Julian vs, Westervelt,—This cause was given to the jury this’ evening, after which the Court was ad. Journed, and the jury directed to bring ina sealed Verdict to-morrow morning. Burrnion Court, Oct. 18 Before Justice Vander- poel—flexander vs. Francia,—This cause was also given to the jury. Sealed verdict to-morrow, morning. Before Chief Justice Oakley.—Gilnon § Oo. 1 Clayp.—This cause, which was an action on a promis: sory note for $1,800, was finished to-day. ‘The jury af- ter a short Itavion, found a verdict for the piain- tif_s for the amcunt claimed. Common Puras, Oct. 18 —Before Judge Ingraham. — Marcus Eldridge, et al vs. Allan Hay. ‘his was an a tion for goods gold and delivered, It appeared the plaintiffs, through their agent, a man named Knight, sold to defendent » quantity of tallow. The defence was, that Knight was the actual owner of the tallow, and that defendant paid him for {t; but the jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs for $172. Betore Judge Daly.—Edward Wall vs, John Burk.— ‘This was an action to recover damages for an assault and battery alleged to be committed by the defendant on plaintiff. It appeared the defendant kept a porter houge in the 17th ward ; that the plaintiff with others was drinking there; that a quarrel ensued between the parties, upon which the defendant struck the plaintiff on the bead with » decanter, inflicting a se vere wound, which subsequently brought on eryaipolas, through the means of which plaintiff was confined to his house for four months, ‘The defence was that plaintiff commenced a fight with a man named Magee, to whom he gave a severe beating ; that after the defendant, with others, rescued Magee, and put him in an adjoin: ing room, plaintiff followed him there and attempted again to ill-use him ; that he also assaulted defendant with a chair, and that, ultimately, defendant had to asrault him back in his own defence, Sealed verdict to-morrow morning. Grnenat Sessions, Oct. 13, 1848—Before the Re- corder and Aldermen Defore:t and Hatfield—For- feited Recognizances.—Samuel H, Brownson, indicted for arrault and battery on the person of Simon Paher ; Alice HiNis,for assault and battery on Margaret Towns; George Andreas, charged with misdemeanor, in havin; offered bad end unhealthful meat for sale; and Samuel Hogget, indicted on charge of assault and battery on Lawrence Quinzer, were called upon to appear and answer to these charges; failing, however, to appear Pere their recognizances were declared to be orfeited, Plead Guilty.—George F. Boeram, charged with stealing a coat, vest, pantaloons, and some other arti- cles of wearing apparel, from James McKenny, being called upon, plead guilty to the charge, and was sen- tencedto the penitentiary for six months. James Schluter plead Cate toa charge of grand larceny, in stealing $329, in gold, from Charles Schmidt. The const: sentenced him to serve two years in the State prion, Trial for Manslaugher—Charles Walton was put on trial on an indictment, charging him with man- slaughter in having, with another aren caused the death ofan unknown man, on the 23d of August, 1847. From the testimony introduced by the public prosecu- tor, it appeared that on the day above mentioned, the prisoner and another man known as Crazy Jim were dri-. ving at break-neck speed down the Bowery, both being’ int ag the tine At or _peas the aorper of Fureh street, their horse knocked down, and their vehicle ran over, an old man whose namo was unknown. The unfortunate man was 60 seriously injured as to be in- sensible. He was taken to the hospital, where he died on the 24 of September following; and was not able before his death to give apy information which could lead to an ascertainment cf who he was. The counsel for the defence endeavored to show that the death of the unknown men was not at all clearly made out to be the result of the injuries received on the occ: sion referred to by the prosecution, and that the in- juries received by the stranger were accidental; these, with the aid of evidence going to show that Walton was not the driver of the horse at the time, and still other evidence to ~ for the prisoner a good charac- ter, constituted the ground assumed by the counsel for accused. The case was summed up on both sides, and the jury retired under a charge from the Recorder, and, after a somewhat protracted absence, returned a verdict of not guilty. Grand Larceny —Rosanna Divine was placed at the bar, charged with having stolen a gold watch, worth $50, from John Foley, of No, 18 James street. The larceny was Loe ome pa some seven or eight weeks ago, when Foley Soployed the accused to do some house cleaning for him. The watch was hanging uj in an apartment where the accused was employed, ant shortly after she had gone, the time-piece was missed. A policeman was immediately despatched to her apart- ments, where he found the missing watch. A defence was not attempted, the woman only saying in excuse that she was drunk at the time, and did not knew what she was about till she came to herself at the po- lice office. ‘The jury returned a verdict of guilty, bat recommended the prisoner to the mercy of the Court. Adjourned till Saturday, eleven o'clock, A.M. Court ov Srxcian Sessions, Oct. 13.—Before the Recorder and Aldermen Libby and Fitzgerald.—This sometimes lively little court was to-day rather barren in interest. The cases were, most of them, petty lar- cenies of the stereotyped form, only one thing being remarkable, and that was, the allegation, on the part of all the culprits, that they knew nothing of the cir- cumstances and the crimes alleged against them.— most uniformly drunk, drunk, drunk. u Munrny, a © bould soldier boy,” being called, appeared and listened to an allegation charging him with stealing one iron weight, of the value of ifty Lonon from David H. Decker, of No, 65 Whitehail street. “ Well, Michael,” raid the Recorder, casting a be- nevolent and commiserating look through his glasses at the prisoncr ; “what can you say now? Did you steal this fron weight ?”" “Now, ‘deed, sur, on mo oath, I can’t say whother [ did or whether I didn’t, Truth is, sur—an’ | wouldn't pass me word if ‘twaen’t the truth I’m tellin’ ye—1 got paid off in Washington, yo cee, sur—for it’s I'was one o? the Maerachuretts volunteers, and ‘ad been out there to Mexico, an’ was at the takin’ of the caasel an? the city, an’ ’ad kem pack agin, an’ was comin’ from Warhington, where I'd got paid off, me land scrip, money, an’ all—an’ I was goin’ home (iil me own iamilve in Boston, an’ | work there at the iron busi- ness, and bas been employed there for yeaxs, like an honett man, and doesn’t meke me livin’ by thievin’ or staling, or any o’ them Ways; an’ that's God's thruth ; wn’ | was jest goin’ to Fall River be the cane boat wid the captain, who promised me a free passage, God bless ’im ! for I'd bin robbed of all me money, be reason that I fell in wid rome of them New York vol- untecrs, that id laid just by us, and was acquaint. ances, and we was glad to ree others, and did dhrink too much, and whin I waen’t meself widthe dhrinkin, | | did git rebbed comewhere or other, an’ it was all wid the dhrink; an’ whither ‘twas in this gintleman’s store that | got the dhrink, I can’t say; but it’s (broth I'm tellin’ ye ; an’ is it this gintleman would be takin’ ® poor man up for takin’ a bit of an iron wate, an’ be not knowin’ what he did whin the land scrip an’ the money was all rpint 2” Michael's tale seemed a simple one; and after a se- vere erors-questioning, to ascertain whether he was really a returned volunteer, aud on his promise to go directly home, the court suepended sentence, and set him at large. Count Carenpan—For this Da: No: 5b, 267, 261, 263, 266, 267, 259, Police Inlelligence. Case of Dr. Hortley.—On the Lith instant, we pub- lished the arreet of Dr. Francis W. Hartley, on a charge preferred against him by a young woman, by the namo cf Caxoline Bogardus, charging him with an attempt at reduct ‘Lhe case, upon the azrest of the Dector, vas cet down for a hearing, but the witness not ap- jeoring to cubstaptiate the accusation, the affidavits were placed on file, by Justice Osborne, subject to such turther action as circumstances may dictate; under this state of facts, the magistrate wae compelled to discharge the Doctor from enstody Charge of Arson —The police of the Sixth ward ar- vested, yesterday, a man by the neme of Richard Reed, on a charge of vetting fire to the stables situated at trand, ona warrant issued by Justice Lochrop, wherein be ds charged with baving obtained a lot of gro- ceries, to the amount of $300, the firot of Beuja- min Van Schaick, in December last—representing that be was doing a good business at Ketcham’s Corners, Saratoga county, and that he was worth $1,000, in cash, over spd above bis debts. Under these repr sentations the goods were sold, but they were subxe- quently ascertained to be false and untrue. ‘The magistrate committed him to prison to answer A Dishonest Boarding Howse Keeper.—A man by the name of Joseph Carson, and his wife Mary, were both sted, yesterday, on a charge of stealing $40 in gold, about $100 worth of clothing, belonging toa on by the name of Nicholas Henry, a seaman on board the receiving sbip-of-war North Carolina. ft seems placing the property in the care and charge of the accused. The money and clothing disappeared in a very rapid and singular manner ; 80 much so, that the police at once suspected a of having commit- ted the robbery, especially as this is not the first charge of the kind that has beer made agaiust him. Robbing a Mexican.— Officern Shadbolt and Walling, of the lower poliee, arrested, yesterday; a man by the name of Alexander Dagen, on acharge of having bro- ken open a trunk, at No. 17 Thomas street. and stolen therefrom 25 doubloons valued at $400, tle property of Jobn P. Nabar. The accured, it seem: ® carpen- ter, and was engaged by the complainant to make a | packing. box. and while in the room togetHer, Nahar | opened the trunk and took out some money, which was | plainly seen by the accused. The said trunk’ contain- ed a large amount of money, and, during the tempo- rary abeence of Nahar, the trunk was forced open and | the doubloons stolen. Justice Lothrop committed the acoused to prison to await a further hearing. ‘Burglary on Board a Canal Barge.—Officers Watson and Gardner, of the 6th ward police, arrested yester- day, a black thief, called Richard Johngon, alias Yel- low Dick, ona cherge of breaking into the canal bar Judge Porter, and stealing therefrom a pooket book, | containing $49, together vith receipts and other pa- | pers, no doubt the properiy of the captain. as such fs sindioated. On the officers taking Dick into cus- ly, he was seen to 1) this pocket book from his person. The owner no doubt will be found for the pocket book and money to day, when Dick will be fixed for a term of State service at Sing Sing. He was lock- ed up by Justice Lothrop, for a further hearing. Charge of Grand Larceny.— Officer Keefe. of the 5th ward, arrested, C rvs Dutchman by the name of Claus Dosher, on icion of having broken open @ trunk, belong to Frederick Siefki, keeper of a gro- cery store, at No. 41 Anthony etreet, stealing there- from $200 in money, the property of Siefki, Officer Ream, of the 3d ward, arrested likewise, on the sam charge, a black man, called Ben Andrews, alias An- derson. They were both committed by the magistrate for examination. Taken from a nek Several handsome overcoats, taken from a thief, for which owners are wanted. Ap- ly to Mr. Stewart. property clerk, at the Police office, ‘ombs. The thief is detained in prison awaiting owners. Suspiciontof Arson.—Ofiicer Archer, of the 5th ward, arrested yesterday @ Dutohman, by the name of Har- man Cruse, keeper of a small porter house at No. 197 treet, on suspicion of having set fire to the pre- 8 discovered authorized the polico in arresting Cruse asthe incendiary. Jus- bg resid committed him to prison for a further earing. Exccution of Thomas Bre n forthe Mur- der of Mary O'Conner. From the Montreal Herald, Oct. 10.) ‘This afternoon, the extreme penalty of the law was carried into effect on Thomas Brennan, who was con- victed at the late assizes of the murder of one Mary O'Conner. The evidence was circumstantial, but such as admitted of no doubt respecting the guilt of the accused. He was, moreover, from the testimony adduced at his trial, strongly suspected of being the murderer of the wol ’s husband, and that he also attempted to take the life ofa little boy, their child If the subjoined confession can be relied on—and we have no reason to doubt its general correctness— the man was not s0 biood-thitsty a monster as is commonly supposed. It is true he lived a criminal life. and one probably justly forfeited; but, we believe, he did not designedly murder any one, Accompanied by a friend, we visited him yesterday afternoon, when he gave us the following statement, which he avowed before God, and as bis dying declaration, was true. All the exercise of our ingenuity did not cause him to prevaricate or contradict himself, We were, previously, fs much prejudiced against him as any one could be, but we most candidly confess that, on hearing his narrative, we were perfectly convinced that the con- yict was deserving of a commutation of punishment. Had time permitted, we have no doubt this could have been effected. He was attended onthe scaffold by the Rev. J. Car- rol], and persisted to the lastin the truth of what he had told us. It horrifies us to relate, that when he was thrown off, the fall was so great that his head was severed from his body Since writing the above, the sheriffinformed us that the convict admitted in his presence before the execu- tion this morning, that Mary “O’Conner had informed him of her intention to murder ber husband. ‘This makes the man worse than would otherwise appear. Conrrsston.—I was born at a town called Ballyhub- bert, near Strokestown, county Roscommon, Ireland. My father was a carmar,and used todrive to Dublin and Sligo. He was a decent, respectable man, lived comfortably, a) d was in the habit of killing a fat cow now and then; he farmed ten acres of land under Roger Brennan, of Ballyhubbert, a relative of his own. Iwa sentto school several times, but I never learned to read or write. My father had only another son, who died from a disease contracted by skinning a horse which bad died of the farcy. My parents brought me regularly to my place of worship. I lived under Mejor Mahon, on five acres which I gotby my wife. He was & good landlord, and I was very sorry to hear of his murder, which took place since I left home. I left Ireland in the spring, in the Virginia, which had six hundred and seven pas- sengers, 250 of whom died on board of fever and dy- sentery, ands many more when they landed. My wife died at the quarantine station, and I wished I also had died, My health on the contrary was good, and I da dollar at Grosse Isle. I stopped there nine weeks and three have two children, and from the quarantine station I brought them with me to Queenston. We stopped six weeks in the barracks, and then went to # house belonging to Mr. Hum- phreys. Onone oceasion I ‘drank part of a pint of whiskey there with Nancy Finn and Mary O'Conner. Patrick Dalton got me turned out of the house, be- cause I had not asked him to take part of the liquor. I then went to Brown’s house. i sued Humphreys after be turned me out of the house, but I was per- suaded to settle with him by Mr. Wynn. Humphreys gave me forty dollars to settle with him. I was then sent, with Patrick and Mary O'Conner, over to Lewiston, to be out of the way. Mr. Wynn's bar- keeper and a colored man took me over the river. Nel- son Hill, the bar-keeper, said I ought to give him ten dollars of the money I receivedjfrom Mr. Humphreys be- cause he bad always been my friend, but I gave him only eight dollars. We went to Peter McCollom’s, at Lew- ieton, and took a quart of whiskey with us, because [ would not go into # strange house without something to treat the family. I was hearty, but not drunk. The woman of the house said that no one should stop there without showing that he had money, and I pulled out of my pocket $614. Patrick O'Conner would not re- main with us, but came back to Queenston. There was another quart of liquor brought, and I got drunk. They put me in bed in one corner of the room, and when I got up the same evening, my money was gone. limme diately charged Mary O'Conner and MoColium’s wife with the robbery, but they denied it, and said I had left my money at the tavern. 1 told them that could not be, as they had counted it on the table, be- fore | went to bed. No one else could bave taken the money, but Mary ©’Conwer or MoCollum's wife. I then went back to Queenston, where | was informed a constable was after meas a witness against Humphreys, and | could not conceal myself anywhere but in a box. into whieh I crept, nd was not discovered, i: could not think of being a witness against a man after taking money from him to settle with him. I then went to Port Rob!nson, where I remained five or six days, un- tilthe court wasover. I know nothing about the death of Patrick O’Conner—his wife had done all to him. He was a decent little man. It appeared his wife had given him something in a cup of tea, ov o glass of whiskey, in the old ehapel. I do not know who threw bim over the cliff, nor have I beard who did it, 1 know nothing of the hammer spoken of. O’Conner vas missing when I returned from Port Robinson, and lasked his wife where he was, and she said he had gone to get biseye cured. I suspected she had murdered him, but I said nothin, It was afterwards | learned berself that she had poisoned him. Mary O’Con- nd | went to Chippewa, to look for a cousin she pected frem the old country, but she could not Gad him, We took dinner, and a pint of whiskey between ve, at Chip) and, on coming home, we bought a quart of WI Hall’s tavern, part of which we crank ow t) nd went into a wood to drink the remainder, was the beginning of my mischief. i upbraided her sbont the money I had lost at Lewis- ton, when she took up a stick and struck mo with it on the back of the head, 1 then took hold of her by the throat, and ehe cried out, “Are you going to kill me?” She shook h igen fell to the ground, and foamed st the mouth. She bad been subject to fits, and at o time threatened to drown herself. | told her that she )ad better get the money from the pereon who had it, and | would make @ present of itto her. I was fright- ened when | found she was dying, and | kiseed her se- veral times. When she was dead. | went away a short distance and returned again, thinking she might have jecovered, [would have done anything to restore her, oud [kept her in my arms for about an hour, Whea ull hope was gone, I slipped the body over the precipice us €asy as possible, where it might readily be discovered. Very O'Conner Was a emmart woman, of about forty- four years of age, but avery bad woman. She had yledged ber plaid frock for gallon of whiskey, which | was requested by the person who had it, to rvlease, and which I did, It was inthis way | came into possession No, 76 Mott street. It appears that, on Tuesday night, shout 12 o'clock, as ® My Charles T, Smith was stand- ing (alkipg to a fiend, in Mott street, near where the sluble wos burn, he eww, @ few seconds before the fire brcke ont, amin, beating the description of the ac- cused, come from the direction of the stable towards bimrelf, and in a few seconds the diaze in the stable was discovered, Under there guepicions, Justioe Lo- throp detained bim in custody, until the case is more fwily invertipated Fotse Pretences A toan by the name of Stephon Veeston, was arrested, yesterday, by officer Yam Nos- of Mary O’Conner’s dress, Respecting the little boy, (have to say, that on the morning we went te Chip- pews, hie mother threw him down the stair, because he wanted to go after her | am about forty-eight years of age. 1 was never concerned in any murder in Iro- jand 1am much troubled about my family, and my friends at home, for they will hear of my unhappy end. 1 had not # fair trial Soren —Renseelaer Parley } in Lodi, Chavtaugie county, a tow nee. Ho wae wodrrate chevmotances ; and no yesson can be sd lary SoS Whe dale aot, City In « The Wratnen —Yeaterday @oy, and pleasant as April way prevented « moreltvely and fashion of the city see! sidewalks, until it was almost impossible to pass alo In the latter part of the afternoon, th became hazy, and there was an appea which, however, did not come. But | pleasant weather, the streets are in such a condition, as to ren them extremely disagreeable. | sands of vehicles movin, & most beautifa before hae Broad oe of rain, sufficient to suffocat | Tammany Hai, the pedestrians. particularly, the dust fo thick, during the whole day. that it was impossible to seo | the sailor went to board wilh Carson, in Cherry street, | through it. which caused great danger In crossing the street. On Thursday night, the cloudy of dust rose houses, at this place, that an alarm of fire wae given, those having charge of the | 80 far abo the tops of | bent ‘upporing it was # dense volume of smoke If n sprinkled. It would certainly be much more pleasant a8 s00n way then, between Reade and sent the most perfect and The smooth surface of the the common pavi: have said, with t! ‘ues pavement of Broadway to Union sjuare, the: pay twice the amount of license, and then save money in the wear of their vehicles, If such be the fact, wh: not pave the whole street? When once done, it will not, for a great number of years, require a single dollar to keep it im repair, while, with the cobble: stones, romething like $10,000 are required to keep it in only tolerable order. The superior advantage of thin pave- ment must be seen, and the day will come when its utility and beauty will be seen, which cannot bus lead to ite general adoption. Fine.—A fire broke out on Thursday night, on the roof of house No. 503 Fourth st.eet, camel by sparks from the chimney. It was put out with trifling damage, Laraverte Fvsi.rers.—A new target company, bearing this name, commanded by Capt. Richard French, passed the Herald office yesterday afternoon. The corps has just been formed, and as yet numbers but about twenty muskets, though they present a most toldier-like appearance, Tre Ovster Trape or New Yor«,—It is astonish- ing, indeed, but such is the fact, that a greater quan- tity of oysters are consumed in the city of New York than in any two other cities of the Union. or of the world. There are upwards of $100,000 expended an- nually for this single article, in passing from first to second hand, and what amount for the retail business, it is impossible to estimate. They are of the finest quality, and those sent westward command a better price than from any other city. There have been a few paneer’, to Oregon and California, and the whole of the Western States are almost entirely sup- plied from the New York market. Snor Hrmseur.—A man, whose name was not asc tained, while intoxicated on Thursday evening tempted to get on boerd the Exie Railroad boat, at the foot of Duane street, with # loaded gunin his hand. By some carelessness the gua went off, and the whole cherge lodged in his abdomen. He was taken to the City Hospital, where he lies in # critical situation. Suicipe wy Curtinc mis Turoat.—The Coroner held aninguest yesterday, at No. 96 20th street, on the yay of a German by the name of Henry Rhienerker, aged 43 years, and a carpenter by trade, who was found dead in his bed, yesterday morning, with his throat cut, and the razor clenched fast in hishand. It ap- pears he was a married man, but did not live with his wife. The deceased was @ very intemperate man, which ts supposed to be the cause of self-destruction. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased came to his death by suicide, by cutting his throat with a razor, Account oF THE BatLoon AscENnsion,—We have received from Dr. Morrill the following ac- count of his ascension, on Wednesday afternoon, which many, no doubt, areanxious to learn. It is par- ticularly interesting, inasmuch as great fears were entertained for his safety:— I severed the rope that connected my wrial car and vessel with the carth at fifty minutes before five o'clock, P.M, and ascended moderately (it being al- most a calm) towards the south west. My p' in passing over the city was very slow, and im con- sequence the usual magnificent view of the ronauts was prolonged. Indeed, for several minutes after I had arieen to the distance ef about half a mile there eared Lot to bethe least progression forward of loon. The principal streets, buildings and park could be accurately traced out and were all seen at one vicw, trom the Battery to the upper part of the oity, and from the North to the East rivers. The sur- rounding aities and vill ny milos im the coun try, were alro visible at moment. ‘As I arose higher and passed over the western ex- tremity of Long Island, I appeared to be taking an easterly course; I afterwards struck a current that moved me rlowly towards the Jersey shore. I had now attained my greatest altitude, off Rockaway, 20 ‘ork, and formed the project of crossi: sea to Sandy Hook or Squam Beach, a distance of about fifteen miles. The view, at this time, though distant, was intensely interesting; Long Island, through its whole extent, appeared to be four or five miles long; the broad expanse of ocean was before me, and the cities and country had become very diminutive in appearance. Considering that I should not be able to land from that height for some time, and as it was near sun-set, I determined to approach nearer the earth, I therefore opened the valve and allowed a sufficient quantity of to escape to secure a descending motion. I had ended less than a halfa mile, when, to my astonish- ment, | tound that my course was no longer towards Sandy Hook, but directly towards the broad Atlantic Ocean. I discharged ballast and again ascended, in hopes of findinga current that would again carry me towards the shore; but to no purpose, My position was now a critical one, but I thought my chances of safety were in favor of dropping into the water, and running the risk of being picked up. As 1 came down I raw the Light Ship about five miles to my right, (facingthe ocean,) an wards tie harbor, As I was being rapidly carried out to sea, I thought fit to descend as fast as possible; when I struck the water alittle after sun-set in a standing ture, | went down up to my arms. A flaw of wind, at the same moment, carried the balloon almost to the water, turning the car on its side, and completely immersin, me inwater. When the balloon again righted itself, I stood knee deep and more in the water, and although both my anchors were out, I was carried away before the wind at the rate of about ten knots an hour. 1 was, at first, in hopes that I might be seen by some vestel which would come to my assistance; but as the curtains of night shrouded everything in darknces, and nothing was to be reen but the distant Sandy a schooner up to- Hook and Light Ship, | began to despair. At every flaw of wind the balloon was carried over on its side, immersing mein wate: letting out gas. I found myself gradually sinking into the water, when it be- came necessary to let my anchors go, one after the other, and then to cut away the cloth lining of the car and everything that could be spared, Thad beenin the water more than an hour and a half, and it now came up under my arms; the balloon tottered, and threatened to fall altogether on its side; Iwas completely chilled through, and had said my rayers for nearly {the last time, when { thought | Reard the distant sound of oars. Upon listening again, I was confident that i had beonzseen, and that assist- ance was near, though I coula see nothing throug!» the darkness, It seems that I had been observed by the Captain of | the Light Ship and Mr. Roborts, a pilot on board, to drop into the water, waen a beat, containing four mon andthe mate, Mz George W. Rich, was despatched to my arsistance, They rowed some ten miles before they were enabled to cowe up with me,and much credit is due to Mr, Ric and those men for their humane and strenuous efforts in caving me from a watery grave. | was raised out of the water and taken aboard the boat, when we diteated our course towards the ship, where we arrived about 9 o'clock. I recoived by the gentlemanly and hospitable Captain, Mr. Bartling, on board the ship, where my clothes were changed, and | | partook ot his bountiful and well known hospitality | Ull next morning, whea I left with the pilot, Mr. Ro- | berts, who conducted me, after changing into several | boats, in esfety tothe sity, where | arrived on Thurs- day evening. | Twish thus publicly to expzers my obligations and thanks t there geaclemen, who, from generous and humane feelings alone, rescued me from my perilous situation. My canvass was badly torn by the outsiders, and my balloon is much injured; but I shall eadeavor to reme- dy there difficulties, and make my last ascension from this sity about Wednerdny of next week. Respectfully, ©. MORRILL. New Youn, Oct. 12, 1348, Banpirt: on THE Rao Granpy.—We mentioned a k or two since, that a party of robbers had plundered several of the Mexican towns east of the Sierra Madro, and retired into Texas, The Ma amoras Flag confirms this statement, and states that thia party carried off property to the amount of $80,000. The lag Siso states that hundreds of deserters from the , have formed a league, hike the bamditt! of other periods, and have spread (bemeelves allover the country east of the Sierra Madre A large party of these robbers, sup- vicinity of Matamoras; and it was reported that they intended to enter the city after nightfall and piunder It, Guards wore placed round the city, and tho inhsbitants wore kept under arma several successive nights, to prevent the robbers from en- tering the city. These banditti have strongholds in the wild fastnesees of the Sierra Mavre, and inthe thickets along the Rio Grande, and it Is quite doabt- ful whether the Mexican government will ever be enabled to subdue them, unless aided by our govern. ment. It was reported at Matamoras that General ‘The presence of this tores in the city Wy probably prevent the robbers from maxing any } attack on It —Houston (Tezes) Telegraph, Sept, Ul, 4 hupdreo men rance all the beauty concentrated on ity atmosphore The thou: | to and fro, kept a dense cloud of dust fly:ng al! the time. which was almost front of one else will, its proximity to the City Bull, show! induce the Corporation to have that part of the stro. ¢ Tue Rove Pavement, iv Broavway.—There now re- mains but one block to be finished, in’ the Broadway pored to number 250, it is said, have been seen in the | Dustomento was en the march to that place with five | TWO CENTS. Miscellancons Poll The various #hig co: a | sessronat Dieveret, American Hotel, but ntien, not being able to agree date, adjourned to mee? again on Thureday . ove! Jacob L. Dodge. . .. | th bere "4 ere were two ballotings candidates were as follows — | T *ALLOT | John W. Latson. .. Wa. Hi. Sweet... 8 | Wm MeArdte. .. A BR. Lawrence. 1 | Samuel G. Raymond. Cyres Chenery. om 4 | contract, by Mr. Russ. On Thursday evening, the . martor block and intersection, between Durclay street and | Job W.Latsom.. TWH Swot Park place, was completed, and it is pronounced, by | Y™. McArdle... ..... 6 A it Lawrence competent judges, the best in thecity. The remaining | Simue! G. Raymond... 4 block wifl be comple posnidle; and Broad. | Jacob L. Dodge. ‘ Lion for the long term Subsequently, the nominat ‘fied by the two: mwas unanimously ree five members of the con’ TA 5—Chas. Ganun, 10—-Luther Butts, Herman D. Gout, 11—D, K. Olney, BP. R. Silvester, ram . 4. L. Sehooteraf, Cam Write, N—S Simmons, Hi. P. Alexander, 18—Edwia Dodge, Ben). Syuira, tng eee € e, 21—Birant Walden, Thomas Smith, 22—Wm. Mason, Burnett. Ai hermerhorn Geo, RB. Perburt, Rebert L. Rowe, 42—G. W, Clinton, B. G. Spaulding, W— ... oe Almiton Fiteh, * For the short term; to apply the of Jackson, (deme erat) whose seat wasconterted aud vacant, TAYLORISM IN SOUTH CAROLINA (From the Charleston Courier } The impression has gone nately become very general, that t! will be cast for General Cass; and that, t our efforts im these parishes, ax they will not aifect the fenve, are: of very little eonseyuen rr importance, to, and well calculated to paralyze all our energies t it isan error; the assertion is groundiess and without proof. In fart, the probabilities are all the other way; and to show that we do not make wild assertions, we append a list of th the State, as tl probably stand in the nm y mation we have is from soure be relied upon, The vote on joint ballot will pi stand thue:— i- Horry. ..+ + 19 Darlington. + 2 Mariboro’ 1 Richland. 1 Laurens. . St Pauls... 2 Spartanburg. ...... Prince George 3 Greonvilla.s Marion,...... 4 Pendleton. . pountrvs, St. John’s, Berkley, St. Stephen’s,. . St. James’, Santee 2 Lancaster St Andrew. 1 york 2 Laurens. . St, George's. .... FOR CASS. St. James’, Goose Creek 2 Orangeburg... . St. Thomas, Fairfield. . St. John’s, Coll Sumter. . St. Bartholom Kershaw . St. Helena. Barnwell. . St. Peter’s...... Lexington. ... Prince Williams’. . Chester. Prince George AllSaints. . e lecacmecasace Blacwes Bl enanccens ROGERS ROMERO CORD mM com! 7 From this it appears that there are 62 votes for Tay- lor, 76 for Cass, and 29 doubtful or neutral votes; if these doubtful votes be added to ta Taylor votes, it will give 90 votes for Taylor, or a majority of 14 on the joint ballot. And. it is not at all improbable that these votes will be cast for Taylor, for, in some cases, the question. of a preference has not been raised, many instances; whilst a preference has not bee: pressed for Taylor, the candidates say that in no can they support Ge uy ral Cass. Micnicax State Convention or THE Panty,—Pursuant,to the call sent forth, t an all-righteous civil government convened at Roches- ter, Oakland co., Michigan, Sept. 20th, 1848 Elisha Hill was called to the chair, and Charles Adams ap- pointed secretary. After prayer, the following persons were nominated for Presideatial Electors :—James G Baring. Charles Adams, Talmon Frost, J. olbear, Eben Curtis, The following resolutions, after a spirited discussion, in which Charles C, Foote, Leonard Adams, Ezra Newman, Charles Adams, and others took part, were unanimously adopted :— 1, Resolved, That civil governments an institution of God, and, a2 buch, haa its immutable, principlesand laws, which may not be set aside nor disrevarded, (for purposes of availanility or a considerations,) but at the poril of all that is sncred or val in government. That it is the appropriate business of government to secure and protect human nghts, as such—that among these rights wo recognise free trade in all the products of lawful industry—s quantity of land for the comfortable support of every rage and eligibility to office, irrespective of color, sei, acivity. ors That sivil rulers aro Gots miviaters. and, as such, they wage be ive true representatives of Got—men of” hdelity, loving and Yorhing righteoumear—trionds of the poor, rnling in the fear of 4. ‘That, 28 Zachaty Taylor, Lewis Cass, and Martin Van Buren bave by thair works, (the only index of character, ) shown them- selves to he not lovers and doers ot righteoumess, and henoe not the representatives of God, and as we cannot aid in their ele- Yation to. the seat, of Gou's ministers without perpeteaiiyg wh- Righteousness we vill uso our iniluence to plaay in f these United States, Oerrit Smith, whore elevation dential cha to that responsible station would’ do more for the overthrow of wrong and establishment of a rightzous government than hos apy other event since the achievement of American Inde pendence, Faom Yucaran.—The brig Harriet, Capt. Whit- ney, arrived yesterday from Sisal, having sailed thonce on the 23d ult, By this arrival papers from Merida to the 20th have been received. ‘The bark Wave, of and for New York, was at Siral, to éail about the 16th inst. Seven Spanish vessels were in port: one of them was a ship laden with am- | munition—a Merida paper says $52 muskets and 500 | arrobas of powder. The schr. Aparecida, hence for Campeachy, touched at Sisal on the 23d. | f trifling successes against the jJatter were a, coming in and making theit mission under the sub- terms of the proffered amnesty, — New Orleans Picayune, October 5. From ‘Texas.—The steamship Globe, Captain, Moncriefi, leit Galveston on the Ist instant, and arrived yesterday, She brings accounts but three days later, and unimportant. Sad representations are | sade of the health of the city of Houston, where the | yellow fever has prevailed, of & malignant type, The following paragraph is from the News, of the 30th :— | “'The cook aud cabin boy of the ship Star Republic, Captain Hays, and another negro boy belongiag to Captain S. B. Lewis, took # yawl boat belonging to Captain Ch. Wright, between six and seven o'clock, last evening, and sailed to the brig Mary, ying inside the bar atanchor, We learn that they loft the bri at half past nine in the evening. for the purpose o} returning back, but have not been seen or heard from sinee. A norther sprung up about half an bour after they left the brig; and fears are entertained that it drove them out to sea, where they may have been lost, | —N. 0. Picayune, Oct. 6 Naval Intelligence, At the sale of United States vessels at Gosport, om | the teh inst, the brig Vesuvius was purchased by Lambert Gittings, of Baltimore, for $6.360. Brig Jetna, by John ilipkt Norfotk, for $3,010. Sehr. Mabonese, byJobn Lash, Portsmouth. $1,860, Sohe, | Templeo. by Rowland & Brothers, Norfo.k, $1,000, Schr. Bonito by Williams, Staples & Williams, Nor- folk. for #1 40, Steamer Spittire, by Be zine & Brother, $6110, The attendance was lange and the i bidding spirited,