The New York Herald Newspaper, October 3, 1849, Page 1

‘The Steam Marine of the United States— ‘The English View of American Enter~ ‘ise, (From the London Standard Sept. i) ‘We do not take up a jourmal. received from the United Stater, that does uot contain the account of some ntle undertaking by that enterprising peo pa Beas B® very grave considerations to the in- of this country Amongst the more prominent -@t the present moment. is. we perovive a great steam mailcommunication betwren the United States aud different places in the world, supported and directed government of the republic. Take the follow. i—Eatly next year they will bave steamers of horse power. avd 5 («0 tons burthen each (con- of £16,660 per abtp, and 108. per on New York and Liverpool. Some More of the same dercription are nearly ready fort New York and i net . ly between New Ori 8) id steamers pow run regul between New York aud Southampton. and Bremen line, dy. to run y i 4 mers of 600 horse power each. two more still larger, th ¢ pearly ready to ply twi each month be! ew York and Chagres Ti ateamers on this line now make the pastage between (calling at Jamaica) within have just been t Jamaica. bil prearnt there je side, to run be “201 steamers (Chis is @ mistaken thiee } bow on the Py Pepam Oregon Francisco, } lan, Acapulco. & ¢ to be got ready torun between Paname aud Valparaiso, along the west ooust of South America American compapics bave ‘obta’ privileges fr navigating the Mare- co sed & short tune will see fine American steamers runniug between the States and y os whele east coast of South America, as far as Buenos pres. il the steamers ready or preparing for the different #. fatty for the New York and Liverposl line, werted to. are built. or building, with great care, and con+tructed in the best aud stroogest men- Ber, Two mercavtile bou-es in this country alove hold stock ip these American government contract compauits to the extent of £300,000 each. With such oteamers as those we bare alluded to, the fine aad Powerful Britieb eteamers which the Cunsrd live, so ‘Well meriting commendation und support. have wisely and prudentiy evustructed, or are constructing, can only hope to contend; but even these will by closely Tun in this rece ot competition. and no other Euro- Fo steamers engaged in ruch servive Ia the Western ‘orld, have the slightest chease to compete with them. They will, we fear. them bollow, aod the whole traffic, a1 orrespond«noe, and ie. postege. between Engluod aud th come through the Amerie: a thing from al] South «me: all the western tropics rf g0 and come by th American of British mere sengers, ight intended to be the 0. will ia future ere; aod iastead Mails ud passengers to aad from portions of the world advected to. while the present W t Indian steamers take thivty siz from England to Chagr and thirty to Jamaica, even in good end regular passages What mails and passengers, we ark, © 0 by them in this quarter, when they can get forward in twenty-one days by way of New York and Hi and with the great advantage of commu- nicating, at the rame tims. regularly between all tro- = America aud all North (America; and this, too, wice each mouth. if not ottener, instead of only once each month, as at present? It isa demonstrable and a now ascertained fact. that with tteamers. such us Cunard and the Americans have, or will soon have. that every mail from every part of the West indirs and the Gulf of Mexioo, could be transported either way in 14 days lexs time tham at pre sent, the course of post between rngiand aod every ae the range mentioned, be reduced to fifty- days, (to Jamaica. Havava and Nassau, forty deyn) and thle, by a simple bl at the ran qee-enann to’ the country attending to. and to which t! attend. We learn with surprise, date Contract Packet Committee, (Henley practical witness was asked. if by way ef North Amica, the West Indian ec. mails could be conveyed quicker. and how much sumer. than at present, and he ve~ plied, at least thirteen deys ; that the room was i cleared, and when tne evidence was again admitted. Anformed that both questions and answers ta the effect men: tioned were expunged, as wrrelevant (o the inquiry before the committee ! But ing: end raving. and trath ‘Wereste and advantages, exonot be thus the W: v rnment of the day had aiven it the most deci- then American government, ity. wore not only ready to it hopeless (executed as it was fapected it would be), to oppose. lity, however. which {s attached to derignate it. te ata. spirit—which attends everything which directs and is suffered to direot. their affairs, from the Colonial Se- oretary downwards, everythiog was mutilated; what ‘was most valuable and most tmportant. was snifered by air Peel's government to be relinquished, for which, indeed. he gained parliamentary support aed fefuence in bis subsequent destructive measares. ‘What was then rashly aod igoorantly abendoned has subsequentiy been eagerly sought to he recovered: it ‘It is Dow too late to do so with advantag: ‘the govermment nor the company mentioned can suc- oceefully OF profitably oppoe t mericans in that uarter of the world Ihe greater portion of the afc. and the influence throughout the range verted to, belong to the 18 burdened with heavy ti Mtates can nav ie as everything. id self conceited, and Relative to America. to ‘tensity of part threaten weal visletes the inversots of the great common wealt! *@ contests are matorally very poe | under- stood in Europe, from their complete di own political experience. They X ‘that vital obaracter w' the inet Fepe bave aerumed. threatening to enguif all private fatereste in the whirlpool aud to attack the fundam tal institutions of soci-ty, There, indeed. as far a+ re roperty. the ties of domestic life are con- ‘are. in the United States. peculiarly secure, for citizens of that country are the children of « th, dly-earned experi- i ages. The strife of politice ix therefore carried the common exeitement of a free, poopie aod the ordinary stekes ot power; but no man ina. ines that the ascendaney of his party ts oe of his possessions aud hi bs i 33 Pe Es tf relutary institutions teste of interest and opinion. od few ‘tal effr * De most eager for the ot avery reooll trom obvion veh « ory jor, Vor this slone of retained mtoroed by ‘Most edious restrictive laws of der have they reason to look forward with that antipathy of parties which springs trom ignorance and dread of the future if it could be euppoxed that the people of the United States ¢ gradanily impelled by the pro- gress of public opinic amenity and gscomprehension Of their true interests. to the extinotion of slavery, we might have some faith in the removal of this great stumbilog block, though without any distinot percep- Yon of the means by woteh it te ty be acoomptiened. Dut the oveurrences of the la-t fer years ba thopably tended to dimint bh our eonfiden ebange The will of the people of Engin rerourers of (he Britieh mation have been applied with abrolnto authority ungrndgt nee to the extinotion of tlavery int British domiaions ‘The Nortbera States of American have » altering the in-titutions an fn the siavebelding States of the itrelf hax no ruch power. bat if it had, power, if it had the wilt aed the m grberal measure of abolition, weare cv that the by the © Brithh Tndien be fuvoked asthe mont nee ited States, party di-tiarctione ‘ousl connections of tong Ul y the federal hority, of to what extent the weight of the Sousa, swollea by lawless con- o divide with | » MORNING EDITION----WED: INESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1 querts and am unrighteous institution. isto predomi. nate over the principles and independence of euch com. muuities ax thore of New York and New Engl: The apnexation of Texas, root ef the evil in ita prevent e! lence and injustice originally States, Mexico had abolivhed si: proviners. and the conquest of ayo south of the Rio devised by the slave owners of the contiguou: 0 identify the interests of Tex ith thelr ow The temporary indopende bioh was wrung by American eympathiz feeble government of M Yas but astep to the ecquisition of the eountry the recognition of thi ‘aecpeudened by France and England. removed the last barrier to the ulterior de- signe of the env. joniste, The seiz Texas led to the Mexican war nnd the peace of Quertearo, which enormously extended the Southern territories of t! Union, brovght the question to its present momentot form. The compromite previonsly adopted. by which the limite of rlavery were to fall within a certain pa- rallel of latitude. failed t omplish its purpese. for b the lest conquests of the Union It beonme necessary, there- fore to determine, by a fresh appeal te the supreme authority of the confederacion, to what portion of there regions the name avd character of free wero to be perpetually maintained Are the States and communities which thore lands will lepg call into being. to bring with them into the vorld the taint of slavery, until they overpower the North by their progress in numbers. wealth. and pover? Or are the free States of the existing Union Fuffictently rtreng to resist. by afurdamental law. the increare of the representatives of tlave interests in the Senate of the ecmmonwealth? The government of Gereral Taylor and the leaders of the whig purty have for the most part declared for the principle of free soil, though the question ia one not falling within the pre- | cite distinctions of existing parties, And althangh | thereare doubtless many eminent men in the demo- | cratic party. oppeard to tbe movetrour principle of the extencion of tlavery. itis to be apprehended that the same fpirit which led the democratic party to abet the anrexation of Texas—am unscrupulous pursult of wealth and power. a bitter opposition to pietration. and a jealousy of the States in which thelr opponents preponde gain triumph over tound pripe! ples of polic: nd bumantty, Will the protests of the wires: 1d beeteitizens have pow to restrain the people of United Stat ‘om com- mitting en error and @ crime to which they were impelled by the strongest incentives of — politl cul sion and ap} t interest? We fear Southern regio lately added to t riteries of the Union contain immense sources of which will be developed in pi plied tothem. Their preduce ere pa pot to be + the white race, Jal oft these bidden velps or ecuttered precious metals which, from the days of Cortes to our own time. bi mort intensely excited the avarice of man Under euch circumstance application of the forced labor of the negro, however criminal and vnjust. fers the proepect and the temptation of in- creased gain. with diminished trouble and cost to the planter The Jubor of the negro, under auch eireum- Flarces, would of couree, beor me more valuable than in the comporatively exbausted lands of Maryland and Virginia [om serd, the opening of a new country, adapted for tropicel cultivation. and sbounding in mo- tellie wealth, in an attraction which, to men already familiarized with the horrors of lavery. may prove un- controjleble. It was by such causes that the imperta- tien ¢f the African laborer tothe unexplored mines and plentations of America was ruggested to the Spaniards of the 16th century and we greatly fear they will act witb no lere intensity on the slave ownera of our own time. In the event of their carrying imto exe- cution the designs manifestly evtertained by their conventions, the future pelicy of the North will be- e = matter of deep interest to the Union and to the world. fall, and ae the office of Sheriff is ineluded in this designation, the in- terest and excitement were much greater than on the Previous evening. The convevtion decided the dis puted wards just as they were deoided by the conven- tion on reg evening. (as announced in yesterday's Herald.) with the exception of the delegation from th 18th Ward. which rat virhout opposition Having thet celled over the pemes of the delegates. th: gavized by electing @ eb a The seoretat pointed are W The following then put in nomination to be balloted for ou th night of meeting :— Jem Jamen ©, Stoneall, Jobn 7 an. Abraham T. Hil borp, Theodore Martine. Joseph I. We believe it will be tome delicacy. Stonenll is an honest, ei 4 much respected, Willatt, beriff. is backed by the money V. Weatervelt, who caunot be Sher- te to be First Deputy if pular Ter peetab an He is probably firbi; ph bis own bock. Orrer, too, is “ grinding an axe for himself, and pobody else.” The Convention adjourned at 26 pe one o'clock, till Friday evening, at seven o'clock. ‘The Judiciary Convention hold their adjourned meeling to-morrow evening This evening the beads of City Departments Con- vention meet and alto ccmmitters for nominating candidates for the Assem- Diy. It is expected that between this and Friday the almighty dellare will be flying pretty thick. There is a great etake; the office of Sheriff is worth a few good bribes; it brings semewhere in the neighborhood of $60 0CO per annum, berides patronage. aud the privi- peo, | me quartering relations and friends upon the borpitel, will mm fm eommirrion the rite of Sandy Hook pect cf bed weather, from Induced ibe poet pone of bear it Intimated that pret ‘Tur Henny Cray —The remains of the packet rbip Clay which bad been rained, were sold yeate y atietion. ard brought $13 000 and were purchased by Mr. Bell end ot ip builders, probably with « by thie node reg! ot New Vork. wei their gyllent c training ciplize, til now they are a rouree of honest ‘o bim. The turn out was splendid, and the skill ry pride t od in taction, evinced im borsemanrb!p. in the ewor deserves to be emulates by every cavalry regiment in our State militia On the return of the Grst troop of thie regia: they presented « eword, belt. and fash to Captain Jobo Jegel. who bas commanded the tioop for three yeors. It numbers 05 horses, A Meaiancnotr Domertre History —An old Lf ae women abandoned her loft them with their grandmother, who to suppert them as long as she could: but Inst, © Hed with a breaking heart |, for she feared they © of, sod che bad beard of the abominations of Potter's Field. Her mind. however, wee shortly after soothed by the mews that they were Qing Well and she determined to go to ree them about & fortnight bot, ! abe did pot see them. certainly very fine, delieirus that they were that they derbill ere, for they were #0 Ve are inform aterm y om Sunday and Monday, ber fine again yew terdny. and we may new expect & continuation of ine iber til the end of the indian summer, wwe rom THe Henson Riven Ra Paterson ral war Last 7 jor the Hudson River , Ketebaa and Gros red tons at . Rain's new line of telegraph to Bostcm and the intermediate stations, commenced operations yesterday mor ‘and is now in fine work- ing order, Finabing, President whig admi- | ich offi Mr Oliver Char. | he theriffaity were | ench Asrembly district the | 849. eve + TWO CENTS. ual Commencement of Columbia College, The annual commencement of Columbia College was celebrated yesterday, at the Episcopsl Church of the treet, at the head of Lafayette jumerous, and Bearly the entire galleries, and @ good share of the body Of the building, was filed with the fair—a brilliant ar- noble incentive to litera. ‘The professors and heads of the col- lege cecupied the platform; the President, Nathaniel F. Moore, in the chair. On the platform we observed ¥aa loudly cheered by the youth. The band of Mr. Geo. F. Bristow {formerly of the Opera, was in atten ance, and lent the charms of finely executed music to thetcene. After prayer, the first piece performed was amerch, compored for and dedicated to the Grad ting fe ha 149, by Mr. Bristow, which was much ad- wired, ‘The candidates for the degree of ‘helor of Arts then delivered the following pieces, which were alter- pated with music in the orcer # ined ireek Salutatory Poem— Edw 2 ip Salutetory Foem— Norm: 3. Frglie! “The Intixence of a Mother's Love’t\-Wm E, Armitage, 4. An Erray on’ National Pride’’— Baldwin Dix 6 A German Oration—“ her den Einfluss wakrhaft gevilde er Menschen”— Daniel Morell. 6, An Oration.*“This above all, to thine own self be true’ — Wim, 4. Hardenbrook, “ 7 A Pcem—'Lbe Utilitarian”—Churebill J. Cambre- eng. 5. A Porm—*Virtute fretus, perge’—Jobn V. Henry, 9 Ap Oration—'H koté lebeto Love preferred to | Power end Fame’—Jobn F Schroeder. Jr. 30, Av Freey on “Old Truths—#2ra K, Sherwood, 11 A Poem, “Every-day Philosophy” — Prosper M. ‘Wetmore. Jr. 12 An Oration on “National Immortality” | L_Freemar, 18. An Oration on “The Cancasian Race''—E. Bowe man Miner. | Yo publieh those pieces would far exceed the limits of ovr space, Among the bert received were the emay op national pride, “the Utilitar (a very witty poem.) “Every Day Philorophy.”” the ‘Oration on the Caucarian Race.” which was beautifully rpob: Indeed, all of the exercises porsessed gonsidera | merit. thcugh same of them bad too much of the commen to the early terary productions of yout inflated end stilted Inngung ‘Lhe testimonials awarded at the late concluding ex- awipation wer delivered. when an “Aria” from Hene Heiling wor pertormed by the band ‘The depres of Bachelor cf Arts then conferred ing students of the late Senior Class + Bubecek. Willium E Armitave, Norman A. Henry Parish. jun, Lewis A. Kemper. William rdepbreok. Jobn V. Henry, David Porter Lord, Dan‘+) Morello, Aaron Ogden. J. Frederick Schroeder, u.. Cornelius R. Agnew, Williem Astor, Chatler H. | Brown. Churchill J, Cambreleng. Bald«in Dix. George A Beach. h Salutatory Address, with an Oration on '—George 7 | L, Freeman. Henry De ©. Lianrers, William H Herri- man, Willism M. Knox. Joreph Laroque, Charles A Magnes, . Bowman Miner, John &.' Pemberton. George ©. Pollen. Charles F. Rhinelander, S$. D Routh, more Prorper M. Wetmore, juv., Jobn Jay While Seme of there genilemen were hissed by their fellow tupen sued an cecasion There was, however, no «mpt made to eject them by the police. be degree of Master of Arts wan then conferred on cor didates in courte. Some honorary degrees were alag conferted. ‘ihe Ogden Potka, by Dedworth, was then performed. Mr. Aauow Ocnxw. ron of Judge Ogden. and g-andson of Colonel Ogden, then came forward to the front of the platter a, to deliver an oration on the “liberty of Jaw. apd the valedictory addresses, which ho spoke with much feeling and correct teste, as follows: — It ie with liberty ay with truth. in medio veritas; it lives between extremes, but periches alike wlib anarchy or derpotiem. Men bave often mnietaken licenre for liber- ty ‘They ore as different as the unblusbing | and the chase matron Liberty 1s pure ol; | gift cf God—the glory of man. Is belonged to Adam, Ip bis criginel Wheners to the gedhead; but was lost | wben befell. It is recovered only in that renewal of | the falien veture which restores it to the imag | the Holiest ‘There can be po perfect restoration of it, | but in obedience to the diyine law. True liberty is the jh In law the nist of liberty? The | far and yr e the very comet, vens. ubliceneed 1 4 that it thet lew Bilis thear liber mrelver then, that they ai Ae things ated cannot be without « rind murt ow he law ef y mind tranecend by be without a jaw? Intellectual and moral rpititoel natures are pot la: Is not execlience, their happiness, their glory, in the d to which vest Which are the angels but they that kept their fret Which sre those that are in they that einved and in bea ta hell, if of law. Time would story manifesti the borrors of the old preneb revolotion, thespeaker Thething wbirb bes been is the thing which may be" Let | be dirregard+d—let order be invaded—and our streets Bay run with blood, and our skies be hung with sack- cloth. “Of law.’? rays Hooker, there can be c it nt * thelr law of Ged. by which they were erated they subjugate th | © that excel tp atres order? F darkness, b fell by tiaurgrersion? fp eart ining her as ‘The iden thet bert jee of Baton. which entered it eaveed the fall of thi Crunand Monterey, (Great ebeering ) Liberty isthe Ter uit of lew, hich asrigne to each bie own. moderates the frree and pewer of each and rerulates ip measure end form. True. pure healthy liberty t# the liberty cf law. The rpesker then turning to the trusters ef the eclicge. aid :—Honored and Reverend Men, ‘Trustees of the College—Te dey. cur ele mater lays vpen ber country’s alter ber yearly offering A band om ywh » the bee foetered with beve cc mwe cnee more within her * and rear toreceive ber perting benedierion With grate ful bearte we approseb you, her guardians, to render ihewks fer her protecting care. ber efforts for our wel- fore ond all the precious gifte heaped om us by devpteour bards We tender you cur Seong a tiene upon ber ity, “ Although she shows, Geen tet bonst it te the little, brock. that frets ‘The mighty river rolls on peacefully. fovelin airman ef your urn. must be reserved ine fer ve are past An all stilt be ovarte us. Let thought. Iboye curse their From the bottom eratitud fa fe | could not stand bere ful pit. My clasemntes, lity made me their reprecenta- doe ned my & ith ries of shame, i im viene, That i dared to re Jere Fede b snd meee De q vile my in this boure. conrecsarea to Hie Vat cur blessed Saviour (aught and commanded bie tent wuld bave end my voice uu at timer, bare t nt the been temp be that liberty i ' ui hought ebildren of | lem bia. if he ineepsrable pion between tthe tribute of our gratefal k bar the per! reached ber moorings, it ts well for ine mat bey reteeh themmelver miler the talignes uf 4 distinguiched spectator, namely, General Scott, who | Keak Sherwood. Job» Sbracy, Juv, John D. Skid. | Cente which we thought rather bad taste ou their | viesti | bi to gather round zeal they owe the fulfilment your life. you of # gentleman. the prove the pilot, to whose watch" beir safe arrival. During critical. you. sir, have rors, and urged us to in the daily beauty of ue with the best model holar and the Christian our im- nt bas been the chief object of your anxiety, our trapegrestons your severest trisis. our success the burthen of your fervent prayers. The tle that has #0 gracefully abd gretefully wolied us. dlasolves iterit to- aud thanks for your parental to offer im return. Ma: be with you im the retirement to wbich you are with: drawing ; apd. in the lend of spirite, may you be “crowned with » diadem of glory and clad upon with garments of immortality,” farewell ‘The epenker, in conclust rater, Jendmark op our pilginimege been cary, Our pleasures bave been unallayed, att all slong with generous hand ‘The air was pure. inspiring breath, There, the heaven!: past om memory's tablet, for you wii re the jourvey’s ond is reached. recur to it. deluded by thus fer without a tear Prep: taid:-My Clearwater. we hav or past goed fortn Our good wishor, care. are all we bave now y Dene, health and happiness, We bid you, sir, « filial lon, addressing his olase- reached @ : thus fur the journey bas ‘The road wax smooth, frech dell with every ly vaule’ Be not Many have come rials, are the path is narrow. aud fraught with countless dangers; o'errugged heights ; throug! with suares on every ride. eucemyaea you, and. thui Be wot diemayed. The are to warn you. St abt ight or left; tread cowardice feet Be manly, be vigilant fix thine eye. and then pres the recompense eternal O your energ no work, and po device “for in the gi Hand in band we b bi frightful chasms ; beset Cloud? and darkness eball eneard; turm not to the d sloth beneath your ve duty palate, there whi pres# on, wit led up the rogged steeps of science, led ovkby one whose maste Das ¥ ened every burden, ing bour, but there is no ‘al may be forthe lart time, Int by )+er8 of duily interoourre. ind yitlds ovly to bis nobler heart, gibened every effort. and eympathy bas light jadly would we put off thia try- Harmony Henceforth, | Jers break over your head, | ords are not to terrify. they ternative, my clarsmates, | Friend apd friexd must exchange the parting grasp—it imacies, tried and proved must be broken up, Ties, so lorg and fondly cherished, must be severed That sterner psth on which we pm deguile nerved for action, Ged oréaipa, Jet un poreue Wherever. in the bread ex land way be our resting ple unflinching champic percur asd in adver of the liberty of law, fortune. let us hold fast the sa- ow wust enter, no charms it, in bis faith and fear, pause of our dear native let us stand, toa man, Ip pros. ered bend that binds ou: youthful bearts. and live in Mutval love Companions ot ther woid hall be the last—F1 Loud applaure followed the Orereee, An then performed by the band. my bappiest hours, ano- ‘areweil! conclusion of these ad- | Our loins must be girded, and our spirits | Whatever be the lot of life that | | ed upon bim, and we are inf ch from “Die Zauberflote,” by Nozart, was | The exercises of the day were concluded with | Preyer at 3 o'clock, by the P ident, when # natio-al everture, by Lucas, wound up the proceedings, and the ecanpeny retired. ‘Tho rtudents then proceeded to Vauxball Garden, where a dinner war prepared enjoyed a very plensant even for them, ing ud where they ‘beconvention of the Uprilon Fraternity will meet this weornipg, at half rocm of the New York Soelet the oration and poem before the Divered thin ecmmenceme ping. in the THE DIVORC Common Piras—Srrciav. Teno — Before Judg: Dona Jan: ding house, No. 1 city of New York y Library, Broadway; and oolety wil de. church where the né’s Career. TRIAL, a witness produced. being sworn. de #m Dineteen yours of age, in the Grat part t.1 lived at Mrs Gautier’s,s reapectadle 51 ¢ brystio street. in the & strew-rewer when | lived w there; on the 24th ef February last, | removed to Miss Fappy White York; | know Buntiine’s Own, werd Z 0.5 with Mike W bite, in Greene + until the moved to £3 Mer liv Mr. Judson wae in the ‘udson, the editor of * Ned i first Knew bim on the evening of February 24rh last; | met him at Mise White’ a Th treet, from Febrasry 24th eer street, where she now habit of visiting me about ence week, in Greene street; he paid wy beard for the first five weeks | was there; he genernily came im the evening; my bed-s00m was the front room third floor, and it was there Judson ee eo) Be gzion, with in the secon for the porpore of baving con: corpection with me as ofte: story hae might of room; bi pection with me, and had B a6 Once & week. for the Giet five weeks, that is in the months of February and March, 1849; be visited and twice etter the five weeks! 7 it was the Sund: of May Jest; before Mr. Judron; the name Dr. Judron, at the house of Greene name evi Pubreribed and sworn 1849, tefcre me, ISAAC eet. int y came there var; l replied the wae poor gir 4'4 be raid be would go and ha ber; Ite jm the J belie ent room; be t+ mained « short th rot times aft my removal; be Dora Janes is the Subreribed and sworn to, this 26th a: = before me, that period, Mies Do to-day, lived there rt of February Je Mies W t ed ber enee my White is here to-day ; q me, 1849, before IBAAC Dervis Cocnnan, a witness, being sworn, deposed as lem one of the priiernen attached tothe follow 4. or Fitth district the city of New York: | bw Warde Of w year: | know Fd of Ned Bunileve's Owns? |b Iwo yeare. apd torpeak to him shout three mouths ; in the month of Mey or June last, | saw him come cut treet ® boure of prostitution hort by of White. sho was # he wee of Meteo be nd rhe ISAAL ing reporte: granted. jars @ Mr. Patterson. ‘HITE, @ Witners produced. bel im the mouth of F was s vacant room up-stairs, and ber into the second story back generally calle: @ person Pike editor of Ned Buntlne’s Own; | ret bi tle frout room. 4 sworn to, thie 28th day of Seprember, Sully proved, m aeeree for a had connection with me bave bed connection with ince. in Mercer street, about two or three lay night before bis com- the police office. for time Ih: by which | was ‘i to, this 28th day of September, V. FOWLER, Referees, he city of ry . 1, who eo there; ry the was there. a lady, now present, @ Mary V ates, boarded with me. FANNY WHITE, of September, Isaac FOWLER. Janes. has been ex- @ came there about the it know Edward 7 5 the seme person who baa Miss Janes's bedroom was MARY YACES, V. FOWLER, Referee, patrol or police district of ve bem ® policoman up- rd 7, ©. Judson, editor ave krown him by ai e Ingra- — Annie Judson ugst. Edword Z. C. Judson, | 74 Greepe street, in the city of New | t 9 o'clock, ip the lecture | | C28 ® part— we p FS ‘These ivitiatory chapters cimply show that Ned's na- ture is cerentially bad. and the fruits are consistent with the tree that bears them. Void of all principle, destitute of every virtuous freling. he suffers no re- straint but tbat of pelicy, im the audacious pursuit of self-indulgence, It ecarcely seems poreible that the mau who caused the horrid eceve in the lest chapter could again look im the face of beaven- in the face of his fellow man. It reeme fotlonal that this reptile in soul did not. ter the murder of an ang: fe and child, oraw! lik wife wan perishing. he. as @ “reformer.” was actually publishing ® paper, trafficking upon black mail. and enjoying the piquancy of a new seduction. Hi lersnens im this cage like all others of this blo in ed wolf. must be ended in blood. After boasting the re- duction of Mr Porterfield’s wife. be fuished the tragedy by murdering the husband, But let us quote from the peperson the subject. NED BUNTLINE’S MORALITY ! Particulars of the Porterfield Traxedy at Ni —Sup- posed Crininuitty wh Mrs. Porterfield —Killing of her Hushind ly Buntline— Buntline’s jarrow Escape from the Excited Pe duce— Fearful Leap from the Third Story of the Ho His Seizuve ty the Me taken from the Prison and Hanged in the Public Square = Miaculona Excupe. ge. Fe. We teok occasion, lart week. to allude to the Nash- ville tragedy. in which Ned Buntline bore so conspiou- jurni-h our readers with the par- licvlars of that sffeir, avd they will, after reading it, he better enabled to judge of this person's qualifica- tions to improve the morala of the community of New York. The owing account was published in the newspapers at the time of the occurrence :— “In our paper of Tuesday, we copied an extract from theN Ne Gazette. of an affray which occurred there op Saturday last, between Mr Robert Porterfield, @ wortby citizen of that place, and ove C. Judson, (Ned Buntiine) im which the former was killed. The last Neshville Wiig pives # detailed account of the whole ofair, We make a fow extracts from it :— “Robert Porterfield, whose untimely death a whole community is now deploring, having learned that Jud- fon bad sieted that be had crimipal interoourse with hie, Porterfeia’s, wife. sought an interview with thelat- tercn Wednerday last. im presence of several invid- vale. to (pe of whom. it waa said, J. had made the statement. ‘That individual. when asked in J's pre- sence, if tuch # statewent had been made to him by J., promptly anrwered in the affirmative. J strenuously Cevicd if, but Porterfield, placing po confidence in his devial. drew @ pistol. and weuld bave shot him on the spot bad be pot been prevented from doing so by those who were present. On the evening of the day ou which this interview tock place. the individual at whose of- fice it was beld. mace known to Mr, John Perterdeld, brotber of the deceased, that prior to the interview, bad cajled vpen him end confemed that be had mad the ttatementin question to the individual about to be brought forward as # witness. but that, for the pur- ore of taving bis life, which be knew would be taken ty the Porterfields, if the fact were proven upon hi he intended to deny ever having said anything of ti hind. Both the Mersrs, Porterfield became entirely isfied thet J had made the iofamous thority, that there cannot doubt of made i. “Notwithstanding this, however. the affair might Dave beem dicpped bere. but for the thaton Fri- Judson and Mrs. Porterfleld were known to be jone togetber for a considerable time at the graveyard in the vicinity of the town, When this circumstauce her upfortunate husband, he fetl to 1 bas penetrated his heart. tie was able gud confiding disposition, and bis wife ody and mind. he propored to bia brotber, Job Porterfield, on Satur: bout hall it o'clock, to take @ walk, without any expretation, erjourly believed, of meeting with J. Untortu- rencontre immediately took plac opportunity. when Robert Portertiel d, torhoot him just alongside of ti pita! bone. the bullet passing out of the right eye. ich wound Sir, Porterfield died that night about “The pews t Judson bad killed Porterfield soon spread like wildfire. The public mind. roused up toa pitch of deep and maddening excitement, was in a conditicn to be thrown off ite balance, “A large crovd soon collected in and around the court houre, where J.. who bad been immediately up- rebended, was brought before the examining court. Phe court was in the aot of preparing an order for his ecwmittal to jail, when J. Porterfie.d. frantic at his brother's death and injuries, made bis appearanes in cee! otw 11 o'clock, | the eovrt room. apd the cry burst forth from the ined here to-day; it le notorfousty | bax been generally known house of fil. | years previous ber of 4 iS COCHRAN Se at the plaintiff's oas® NASHVILLE TRAGEDY. The foregeing chapter may ovr mcrel reformer, which wi pias it ellis capable cf om hitherto. te one of disebe diem ier and Geeth Bis ar: pietitention end relt- ase ‘here. Be stieke at pom then, be ener. virtwe ae bi remit g the mien ot candor. wedge om 7 er com on of eppidity a Glen eon Tie lider ue port verbed te ber pm ple One sled ert morels.t nt pe polkce end dieplage this ml » euiier attribute. none ro liewnrh ter cnrelesemere of wordt Will shortly rhow that woder the rore. he coptarn -tatements abor 11 stagger credibility. but, ple proof. Ned's career, . lying. murder, dever- & memorial of deceit, reif- direnent—that. to ohata one. no fraud bo ‘urity While procial pone Fo hypocritical 1. pre. tienes, I the very d that bis preended gemerority is it of the creature hitherto de ston of bie rf, It te ae teach- elim et come isoreant In bold bae- relief. te eheleten absolute divuree was crowd, ‘make way for John Porterfield—let him kill Judson |’ “The Sheriff Lanier, who war in the olerk’s box, where ‘0 was Judsor. rprang forward and met Portertield, who hed jumped over the railing apd bebind the dar, bout midway between the railing and the box. seized, 7 WIR Ihe BIG Of One oF bis arxinante: held bim for me mor #. Porterfield struggilog violently to re- leare bimre!t from their grasp. ‘This he finally effected by the aid of some friends. who overpowered the sheriff, abd. drawing a pistol, commenced firing at Judson, who ttarted in a run eut of the houre, Porterfeld fullowing in clove purruit, and firing at bimas often as occasion would permit. down the steps across from the Court Houre to the City Hotel, and up the steps of the etair- are of the hotel. One ortwo gentlemen endeavored to 'd Judson ip escaping to the hotel, but Porterdeld and Dir friends followed lorely Jo pursuit that they were ecmpelied to retire; and Judson, in hopes of eiiveting bie escape. jumped, or more probably, swung himself o from portico of the third story, and fell to the ground stunned by the fall “Here we mort ait Derrative But it lock that nigh’ wg whom, ily eartird back to te of the Reeper by tl t Hin situation. same party who had retand, ts some- y wan. band against him, a» urusl. he fled from the elty, deeply in debt, deeper in dishonor, and, did bis dim-eyed vanity but see with the teclee of truth, he would find bis soul spotted with eriméon blood of the Engliem sailor, Seberina and | dived also glistening on his | with ebaracter stained. repu- and her busband festering in his sh bloediess finger to the buteher who | ' t tation’ biaeke ne e. point! walks the earth under the garb of @ reformer" . Tens., April 10, 1849 alleged Sedue- | Shooting Affair pplied to Bunt- | inary peril ureful and spirited paper, that fe and character of & Z C ‘Jad. & yet N. Ned Buniline's Mtg 2 « pal Bociety. of Nw few doors from the Planters’ Bank hept the Picture Gallery of the Fair, to which ‘Admission wae ebarged Judson, through | duction with this Indy. He wasatt ublicbing ven-hy-nine-paper, called “Ned Bunt Fine’ Ovn.” In which appeared a notice of Mre P, al lnoing to ber ass beautiful woman and exaltiog her ao- | ecm plibments, Ke. jch flattery bad the effeet to ine name appear before in the publie prints A few Crenteg rubrequent tothe closing of the Far, | Judvon verted lingering around the residence of & rumor twmediately afterwa: Leoted Judson's name with that of Mra Pein ® dis | creditable joan: ‘This coming to her husband’sear, De called politely requested him to keep neay from bis house, ax be was destroying the peace of b omited that he would comply alter wae observed with Vira. Porterfe)d in a burying city Whether that m or appointed aseigoation terBeld spain cought en inte thr to bill bim It he did not desist from further Jutimacy or sreoelation with bie wife, when Judson +d that Porterfield should bave on the score of his own aud and threats were equally in vain to f conduct: for, wile through his be was in of to death by him +40 died & skeleton 4] murt soon aod me rder spread iike wild-fre over the ity. arrested and prom pt! Heh epee ail: Aensnly Fld popolees. demanding the urterer, Porterfield's brother also ap- taken tothe thr ot blood of the peared. and commenced fring at paren a who escaped a thegead, where he was knocked dows by a negro stone, Though much hurt. he sprang to his feet, and flad to the private door of th Hi i closed against by the br uninjured by t! Re fourth o4 D; mob oried out ‘Throw him in the river. eppeared to be their purpose. when som and thereupon he was conveyed to @ said thas Interporrd and cut him down. when he was again tal back'to pritom, Here he remained three months, w! he furnished with a suit of female apparel, and, thus disguired. placed on board a steamboat, with steam Teady to start for Cincinnati, which city he reached without further adveoture worthy of note, While Judson rojourned in Nashville. bis wits lived, or rather stayed, at Clarksville, about seventeen miles below Nashville, He suffered her to remaia without foot and without clothing. while he was spendiog his time, strength. and money with prostitutes, and dis- gracing bimselfin drinking and gambling. Judson has said, in bis paper. that he was attacked om this cecasion by s party of gamblers This is not true. ‘They were some of the most respectable people of Nash= ville, merchants and others, doing @ legitimate busi- bere, whore feelings of ledignation against Jud-en be- came excited in view of the wretch’s javasion of Por- terfield’s fireside and matrimonial felicity. AN EYE WITNESS. Court of General along, Before the Recorder aud Aldermen Alien Oct, 2 — Grond Jury.—The tollowing geutle: this morning qualified as members of the G.and [a- quest for the October term :—Henry L. Pi man; Thadeus Bell, Robert Henry, Fre: nell, Depiel F Lee. Rowland S. Malloy, Ja eon. Charles Olmstead, leracl Suy@am, Joba Alva B ‘Taylor. Jobn C. Brown. Ben, tish Wight, Wm. A, Cromwell, Stephen Valentino, Williem Kerr, Daniel 8, Swarts, Philemon H. Frost— 18 Jurors, The Recorder's a Clark. were arge.—The Recorder charged the Grand Inquest. bringing te their minds the important duties which devolve upon t Ho alxo oatled thtir etiention tothe necessity of lending their ald in the eupprersion of nuisances in the city,od the recom mending of other meneures tending to the proserva- tion of the public bealth. ble urged upon them the necessity of observing great caution in finding bills of indictment a persone, where the evidence is not cl Hisj Honor also cbar, ference to the abuse of priv who vieit barements and purpore of selling their tLe real intention of depredating upon sil rpooas and other valuables. The Grand Inquest waa re- minded of the laws io retorence to the vending of lot- tery tickets; in reference to usurious practives; and also to the law which makes it a misdemeanor for — member of the Grand Inquest to divulge the fact of the finding cf a bill for telony agwinst = party, while the acevsed Is at la The Grand Jury rotired te prorecute their buriness. Trial for Aliempt at Burglary in the Second Degree. — Two young wen named Voorhea and johm Riley, were placed on trial fer au attempt te commit » burglery in the second degree, at the premises of Bi. jamin ¥ ler, at the corner of Washington Place aud Greene t, on the 27th of July last. Wu MeCoutenen swore that ho fastened the windows of Mr Butler's house on the 2d of July last. ‘The houre was ricbly furnished. Janus Srean. policeman of the 15th ward, swote that on the 27th of July last he saw the prisoners in the rear erea of Mr. Butler's house; the window was opened with the board with which ithad been fasteard; Voorhes had « jemmy, and Riley bad « large knife; Voer'! seeing the officer, secreted his jommy be- hind @ barrel Cross rxamined.—The prisoners appeared to be sur- Tried when they saw me; the window had alse been fastened with some cleats, which were forced off This was all the te-timony for the prosecution. The de- fence bed no evidence to offer, ‘the counsel for the defence elalmed that there was no evidence to prove that the accused had actually nt- tempted to commit » burglary at the house in ques- ticn. on the 27th of July The jury, without Tt thetr seats, returnet « verdiot of guilty. and the prisoners were senteaoed te the State prion for two years. Triat for a Burglary in the First Degree, McDermott was put upon his defence ous breakivg into the house of George Becket, at 406 Water et, on the Sint of August last. The defen- dant it soma, wee atepant of Mr: Becket, at the place. At about 1145 o'clock on the night of of August, the door of Mr. Beoket' bat with —Jemes are of tion bet MeDermott’s spartments and those of the wi Becket. The premiven occupied by Becket as for the sale of milk. butter. ond cream. Evwanp Fiaxsican sworn ~Was in the employ of of the Sist of August last; heard « nove inthe store at about 1154 ork wit- called his mast r the prisoner im i there was a gas High in front of the store; could sot be mistal in the man; knows it was the store. ar, that the prisoner was drunk at the time. snd that he broke open the doors in order ta get ta wereall pretty runk; witness left the premises at half-past nine prisoner from the time he eard ood Marre F him on, defendant since he was recld. Knows nothing of this tranesetion. mott has heretofore borne a good character. eT recall —The prisoner attempted to set fre 4. © premises the third day after he beceme a tenant in my hows 1 jury, without leaving their box. found a verdict. of guil and the court senteneed him to the State prison at Sing Sing, at bard labor, for the term of tem years. Trial for Grand Larceny —Harvey Steel was put om triel charged with grand larceny, in stesling a pocket book, containing $80 in money, from Henry Myers, om the lvth of August last. Hevay My of the corner of James and South ttreets, being sworn, testified that he missed his poeket book, containing $80 in money, and $18 worth of stere- dore’s tickets, at four o’elock on afteroone of the sileged theft. Witness counted his money about fif- teen minutes before he missed it The prisoner wae Present when he counted it. Hesaw him bebi counter. and immediately afterwards missed 4 Ee gave — to the prisoner, aod caug' with the pocket book amd the tickets la his ‘The money bad been disposed Lt pag MeDer B As th reemed be some doubt that there was £20 jo the pocket book. the District Attorney consented to reorl petit larceny. The jary em of guilty of Bee and Se was som * t cr peculiarity of address, contrived to obtain | ), tinte bim in her good opinion, never having her | »,. been pur not admitted im herine Mi that the raw the prisener eoming out of Mr. . ring his absence from the The teank ypen, The jary returned Sebermerhora was dis- s ® ustody. jurt adjourned till Wednerday, Apprriomat * sts Fe. —in addition to the news he Hered of the 30th \o Joaeph's (slo) ¢, ofthe Tth wi ~We learn that an exprese Fort Leavenworth last Monday, Except the Indians there was little of in- terest. The dragoons were out endeavoring to scoure the people sgainet depredations. Major Steen fiow- bedy of Indians throngh the mountains. ree dred mar Ride ® Mountain inaccesibie Peps vem jal tle, The dragoons charged up the mountaim, kilied +ix or teven, wounded a umber, and entirely routed them After this affair, in consequence of the coudl- tion of bis horres, Major Steen was compelled to reiarm, to the settlement: Domestic Miscellany. ‘The loes sustained by the destruction of the al irom works. om the 27th inet, ls estimated at $40, above the ineurance ‘The Bishop of the African Methodi@ Gburch wae Gav thors’ tise. siase, ‘whue attomngtieg fo wasa’S v There was e frost at Colnaall om the 244) vik,