The New York Herald Newspaper, December 4, 1849, Page 1

W YORK HERALD. ar MORNING EDITION----TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, THE ASTOUNDING DISCLOSURES, IN BOSTON, CONNECTED WITH THE Disappearance of Dr. Geo, Parkman. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS, The Murder of Doctor Parkman. {Extract from a Letter, dated Boston, Deo. 1, 1849.) The intense excitement which now prevails, relative to the extraordinary developements respecting the dirappearance and supposed murder of Doctor George Parkmas, of our city. is decidedly on the inerease, in onsequence’ of the arrest of Professor Webster, of Howard University, charged with the murder, fall par- tioulars of which you have doubtless received by tele- graphic despatches An indescribable horror has taken possession of the public min: euch deep and absorbing interest, is, the high social po- | sition of Doctor Parkman. who by marriage is With the first families of Boston. He is brother to the v. Francie Parkins, One of his sisters pe reek Bae nel eas end ha toee alster is the wife of Robert G Shaw. Eoq., the eu nent merctant Doctor Parkman lost his relatives ‘years since. He has two ebildren—s son end and bas left s large circle of and friends to mourn bis y death. Parkman left his residence in Chestnut street, day of bis disappearance, in pertect seen by and conversed with several of during the morping. \ motive can have induced the murder, it is impossible to conceive, except bis wealth, which was considerable; but the Boome to prcaiote the pemsibity of this bela, the seoms eolude eause of 10 diabolical sal eet t ‘The following additional particulars of the affair we have ccmpiled from the Boston papers of yesterday, all the other facts connected with it having been pub- Nehed in the Herald of yesterday and Sundsy;— INCIDENTS OF THE ARREST. ‘The Post, of yesterday. says:—After @ short consal- tation, officers Clapp, Starkweather and Spurr were devpatehed to Dr, Webster's residence in Cambridge, instructions to arrest him. They arrived at the house ebeut nine o'clock, as Dr, Webster was showing a visiter out. T! met him at the gate, and teld him that the college officers were met in con- Sultation, on the subject of Dr. Parkman's disappe ‘ence, and bad sent for him to attend it. Hem objection, and while on the way to Boston ebeerfully aud freely, aud, referring te D: having been at the college, said that he st doctor's boure on Friday morning, and r to call at the coliege for his money two o'clock that day he carriage wi jail, aud the party went into the office, and first time, Dr.Webster began to perovive th > was something strange tm the proceedings of | Meers, an we what they had come to tne jail for, when destination was the coliege in Grove strevt, re- | pgm erry that they had come out of the way. Ulapp then faid-—" Dr, Websier, it is no use to disguise our purpore any further You are under arrest, on suspi- eion that you know sometbing about the death of Dr. Parkman, parts of whose body have been found under =— laboratory. We sbali look no more for the body.” pon bearing this accusation, Dr Webster staggered backwards, as if struck to the heart, and uttered va- rious exclamations about his family aod children, and also saying-— The villain! | am ruined;”’ or, * The Cillainy, He has ruined me.” All who were present bd it he did not say he was “ betrayed.’ One of officers thinks, from some broken sentences that he aught, that the pri-oner said something about some one having placcd the limbs where they were found, for the purpose of obtaining the reward, and that the discovery of them there would involve the prisoner's His excitement was intense, and he exhibited of convulrions, Water was handed to hi) he could not reach it to bis mouth. nor could bi om the he symp- but J Pt laboratory, w: he saw the remsins, made no re- mark whatever in regard to them. 8 D, Parker, Eaq., eommonwealth’s attorney, was present, bat forbore ask- ing the prisoner d the othe before h risoner became some- 1m. tated that no ous had access to ts inthe college but himecif, and could eh access but with hii Hie not only is povsession, but avec closet, under id. ibis closet was wit! nd not accessible from without t 4 the door was looked when the limbs | were found below. Saturday morning brought with it still further dis- coveries. Officer Rice, im atranging things in the Ia- Dorstcry. fcund, in @ recess foruied by the brick-work of the furnace and chimney, a tea chest, apparently filed with specimens of minerals, but emitting & strange odor. He at once upset the chest, and found in the bottom, embedded im hemlock bark, the left and the balf-roasted trunk of the dedy. The skin had been wholly burnt or stripped off from the trunk, — ‘The thigh was only stained with the bark, All the parts found are such} @ that they may very well nave belonged to Dr. P.'s body. The mirsing portions, and bos to have been burnt up, are the head. contents of he body, left leg and foot, arms and bands, and Among the secondary facts, it may be stated that four bloody tow were found in the vault; Jarge clasp knife, with bunting figures ‘was found with the trunk in the t of cod-heoks, with lin re found in Dr, W . < & < ling of bodie: jm that part of the building. Webster wd s tin box, three ches in height, | ‘The cover was to nured, On Sun- , & pair of trousers, mar with Dr. Webster's Mame, and with marks of blood upon t » were found in the large cloect; also. under a rettes in the room, pair of slippers, marked with spots of biood; also, a | mail saw, with ® blood stain. On Saturday afternoon, Col. Pratt, Coroner, eam- moned the following jury of loquest Osmyn Breweter, foreman; Johu L. Andrews, Lewis Jones, Pearl Martin, Thomas Restieanx, aod Hiram Merrill. ‘At 4 o'clock they proceeded to the college, examined the remains as they were isid out on # board, aud the contents of the furnmec id then paseed them lato the hands of Drs, Winslow Lewis, Martia Gay, and J B.S. Thatcher, for such turther examination as ean be made | tors mentioned entered upon the investiga- found fragments of calcined bones parte of the bedy. There was rance of @ wide stab on the | it was not made absolutely | sion was made before or after | It is waid that Drs, Parkman and Webster were class: For @ qoarter has oocupied « distinguished post- ry ournal, whore titie has escaped us, published by |) Gray & Lo. ! Peek was very wealthy, and had been for ed in real estate transactions, of rebster hed killed Dr. P ry al cation occurred at the interview on rriday, Dr. Parkm Bd be = area ured very biu: said somethii joh #0 exRe ‘Webster’ that the latter © t doctor waiting upon» gentie- hey found the doctor stood in the door of his house. The to open The officers attem th ate that it stuck, ee a wor) with the search that had been made ee Dulidinge, and desired him to go to the egain with them, aud renew the rearcn At onee ‘Ais willingness, put on bis boots, over- fend ail started together for the oft, ‘taking the dootor to the Medical baild- they a him ts Leverett screet jail Wheo eut there, and found out where he was, he Mr vine, “he one mt bee nal, nel, brought here?” ru replied, = Dr We § bad betior not ark me aay Tesetions about this mat- Ifyou do nos now know whet this moans, you som i & century or | | teloons, which are said to have been identiied as be- ”“ | seetal | who war placed beyond the suspicion of # tendency to | | jury, end the substances | tin Gay, surgeons, and D | the Isboratcry, the room and cloret in the rear of the | | | meeton Wedmerday next, at 10 o'clock, forthe pur- it HS Gi i i i ] H : i i the body thet ba sahoun to Bisne pe Sim and "ot the oe wee x seemed to be in tempest of internal ture. = water crazed hint’ te ap. peared filled with fear! He fairly writhed with torment 1 fee one to Se oo Seances ren grown the mutilated corpse was a sight to ourdle officers to the jail, and Saturday, throughout the chief part of the day, the most vigilant searh was continucd, and during that time no confessions ercaped the Doctor, and no new circumstance disclosed itself that could throw any stronger light on the terrible affair. About half past three o'clock, Saturday af crnoon, the upper po m, Or the trunk, of a human boly was found in Dr. Webst ivate offe a tica Buildings, in an old best. This xamined by | several eminent»! Z long to the lower portion « as dis ed im the vault! The hands were gouw, Were the lower part of the erms trom the elbow. is had nvt been found © und greatly avgmented the guilty oireum- (ances that are weaying theiaselves about the wo- beppy man’s e In the box containing the upper portion of the body, | was also found a large knife, the blade about eight inches long, covered with blood. It was uiso ascertained that two stabs had beem made on the left side of the body, in the region of the heart, eisher one of which would Rave proved fatal. The in- tectines bad been taken out of the body. Among other things the felee teeth found in the furvace, as before specified, bave beon indeutified by the dentist who manutsctured them. is very good reagon to believe that this indentification was the pri: mary couse of surpicion firmly fixing itself om Dr. Webster. Littlefield, it will be seen, was the person who gave those suspicious | and inquiry. Dr. Webster of age, bas a wifo and five children,apd bas bitherto borne an bublem- ished charac I deepest agony. His family, of course, are in a state Sunvar, 11 o’elock, A. M. ‘We learn from offieer Clapp, this moroing, that Pro- feseor Webster is more caim and self-possessed. No converration is held witb him of any consequence. His friends called on him this moruing, to ascertain his concition, snd were gratified to dud him so much tm- proved. The fact of his arrest was not communicated to Prof. Webster's wife until last evening. Officer Clapp and Mr. Cunningbam broached to her the me- lJancholy intormation, whieh she received with perfect calmpese, arking them to remain seated, and puttin, to them a number of quertions as to the character the evidence against her husband, &e , ke. ‘Truly, two of our most worthy and distinguished families are shrouded with the most cruel suspense, and plunged into the bitterest eorro ‘The Times of yertorday says -—The search by the po- lice baving been followed vp with the utmost vigilance, Ubere were discovered, during yesterday afternoon, se- creted in the laboratory of the Profeseor, a pair of pan- longing to him. These pants were very much be- smeered with what was decided, by the exeminin: medical committee, to be blood. 4, & hand-saw, ext was discovered, | ompletely bedaubed | with blood, been used fi off the neck Lone. Furthermore, the covered calcined bones of ev coppeetion the forenoon of the day of Mr. Webster's arre are informed, he called at an apothecary estadli in the vieinity of th House, deal seme citric acid, of then ealied for som prietor bad none in the ertablishment. These acids, as thote eequainted with them well know, th cwerful agents in the erasure of blood, we plied with full suce wise jay or Friday last, No 7 Dock Square, for store of Mr. George E. Bog 8 very large tized fish. hook. jas unable, among tho many sorte presented for hi pection, to find one large enough, ae he said, for his purpose, 6 Courter of yesterday eaya:~Dr, Webster has been. for upwarde of twenty years, Professor of Chemis try at Cambridge. He has « wide circle of sequsint- ance, and bas maintained throvgheut life an unble- mished reputation. He bas paid «strict attention to the duties of bis profestion, aud bis conduct bas been marked by uniform sobriety and steadiness. His dis- poriticn Wes frank and open- bis manners lively and He was esteemed by all who knew him, as a | good citizen, a peaceable neighbor, and a kind and af- | Tectionate hurband end father. In every moral and in- tellectual cherscterintio. he might be regarded as ove the commission cf crime. | ‘The sitlee of yesterday says :—About 4 o'clock, on Saturday sfternocn, Coroner Pratt, in company with gentlemen, summoned as jurors, visited the ole ral reporters of the press were also ad- Coroner proceeded to the labora’ wLere upon some pieces of boards the parte of th whieh bad ber ai a formed in appearan with the exeeption of following gente the whole | inquest, “to inquiry as to how and by what means the body before them came to its death :— Ormyn Brewster, foreman; John L. Andrews, secre: tary; Lewis Jones, Thomas Restfeaux, Pearl Martin, Harum Merrill, The portions of the body f were then viewed by the ‘om the furvace examined, to Drs, Winslow Lewi a Mar- ond then pasred ov Chariei for microrcopioe) and ¢ towels which jury her,”’ bi of blood upon thy und in the vault, were exhibited to the | Jury, efterwards, made an examination of 7T lecture room, and the lesture room, being the apart- | niente used exclusively by Professor Webster. In the examining room, as Professor Webster termed it, were fend — — Deeps, —< Mery mg 4 | mt ebare o! Dy iron, and @ )a ‘url ; Rolfe in a silver seebtard, which had bech found in | ad er <f & email table. The examination of the premises having bern concluded. the jury adjourned. to | pore of bearing evidence It may be weil to state here, that the dissecting room atiached to the college is in all building built against the west end of the main building, and it is wholly Glrtinet from Professor Webster's apartments, = | wide entry. way being between them. Yerterday, the officers, in continuing their search, found a pair ot black ribbed pantalooss, with the name of Profersor Webster written upon the linin, 4 by him. and » saw bel to bim. upon ere mi it is belleved to be blood. of thi bore thi pper ng been used in treading it ts reported, bad tested the spote for ptairs, proneunced the stains to hay by blood. ‘The above are all the facts ere, had bo! fires in apg 4 ry evening and duris to Re i ri: thet be hee a | | The following is the enlendar arrested, be came over to friend, with whom he fully ws ever bi Th be warin tomewbat; he, i ‘ns eon by Dr. Clark, the city physician, 2 afternoon, whom he requested to see the faculty in relation to the reguier lectare on Tuesday, which he should be unable to deliver in rence of his ar tert Yesterday he was quite cal sald nothing. His house was rearobed yesterday, ~~ nething found implicating him Im thie affair, Dir. Webster, it. week ago, ordered at Nathaniel Waterman's store, 83 }4 85 Cormbill, « box, to be made of stout tin, soldered tight, with thy oe ga of the sover, and that to be 0 made that it could be easily soldered on in its pro per piace, This box was to be sbout threes feet in length, by one foot and » half in depth and width, and was directed to be sent te Professor Webster. Margaret O'Connor wae admitted to bail in Boston, om Saturday last. in the sum of $1,000. conviction for counterteit money and will be browght to ubis city to testify in the case of the Drurys, 1849. Vury Lars rrom Bugnos Arrs.—We have re- ceived a copy of the British Packet, of the 6th of days later than our wing paragraphs are October, which 16 twenty. previous advices. The fc importance at this time :— on Sir Thomas Her- ter by the tati ont hands the address voted by Rin rept On this occasion the Pre- ee Shove: i ‘the ntey, nas h agit would, rural , inasmuch agit would, assuredly, volve it in ‘The representatives ki regret, that Y. B.'s important health is ‘doteriorated we try, olely 80 the im, has’ pledged your he representatives of the Province to ind Y. B. thie sincere sud patriotic offer, in pty fH that in att of the country Y. EB. will also divest yourself of ti ublinme feelin ieacy, which impels you to re~ Present able to the will of Tepresentatives to set ate. =. ae = n é c body, to place, as I has honor to do,'in pawer they hi the atthe same time t whi ye t ‘avery important health, it is Bot im their power ty accept the resiguation whieh Y. E. the injury sustained by of the supreme con mi :. roplied to the foil Mr. President and Centlem The . 8 voted the send: me of a distinguts 1 the purpose epeoitied by Mr. Presi and a pleasure to reveive it. Ia re} tou honcrable ceyemsins. 1 shall confine myself to what is most and substantial. 1 regret I cannot acquit myself notwithet My mostarcent wishes, able to devote a single day to this most im= detail given by the ropresentativer to the ¥ 1 rer dered them @ iaichful sceount of tho te ci my edawnis year, is 80 gleriou racious, a# to lay me aa more under obligations mn. Hons feeling of gratitude, I rogrot mtiments, and comply with the wishes of the honorable Bouse of Representatives, im regard to My coptinvence in the government. Although it were absclutely necessary, posible to carry still’ furtber the seritie and of my bea! er, although tt ware of m: ciples db, whew my heart and my corecisace. tell ms hat 1 cannot continue to do good any longer ceeuny, the representatives can neither it @ positive evil om the country by my it ie not powsille for General Rosas to d prompt ness the whele of the affairs of most natio: nor the numberless enes which, though of minor importance, form al hole whose delay is highly injurious and of wer es, public opigion Im Rl provinces, Fiom represe) Daming auother citizen, with greater, bo it of pubic opinion, to secoeed, without delay, And it fe Fauanoe of what I have stated and urged ti fe House of Reprosen so many pi 1 now repy earnest extreat eign to reliey preme commans ‘The Houe Representatives, which was on the point of adjourning when it received the report of th deputation, immediately resolved to prorogue the se sion. bas referred this important matter to thi committee on constitutional affairs. Hoyle Doherty, b of this case are as follows:—The plaintiff, sed premises, in Jay street, for a blackamith shop, from the defendant, Doherty, upor that they were to be altered som: it i alleged, h: quence has been loss of business and lors of bealth. The same case, it seems, was before the court at a former period, bat wae carried over, im con- sequence of the jury dieagreeing on their verdict. Ths jury, on the present ocesrion. returned a verdict for the defendant. The Court of Oyer and Terminer commenced its sit- tings to-day. Upon the calendar we notice @ number of important caee Pe was brought up y men Smith, for weult and Battery.—Charlee O'Neil Tday morning. before Justice Tru- ing assaulted @ young woman of tho Smith, by throwing his arm around king other liberties with her, whieh steadfastly to the end. The young man, raid that he was but acting tao gallant to the young Isdy, in escorting her home, it being late o1 Saturday evening. The Judge, mot accepting this ¢ ad the accured $6. Jobn Kelly was brought up and ebarged with having stolen a yaw! boat, veluve $20, from the Atiantic Dock, The case was con- tinued, ‘es the priveipal witnesses resided in Williams- urgh, A Waxpenen.~ Yesterday morning, an elderly gon- tleman, of very respectable appearance, wan found in one of the Fast Brooklyn stages. in an insensible state, Lyon being taken to the office of the onptain ef the wotch, where he reovlved every atiention, he somewhat recovered, but was still unable to speak. | We have not, #6 yet, beard of any inquiry being made after him, Court of General jones. Before the Recorder, and Aldermen Jamison and Clark < Dee, 8.—The Calendar,—The December term of the Court of General Sessions commenced this morning, with the prospect of plenty of b with jotent to Kill, 2; aseeult to commit # rape, 1; robbery in the my. 8: perjury, 95 forgery) 1) burgh prevd Inreeny, 24; emboralement, 2008, 1; clipping ooln. 1; gebot, 2; break A cape 1—making i ready indicted, 2 jy, 1; abandon. meni, 1—neking 4 conees, which will call for the ettention cf the court at the prevent term. 7 A Jury The Gr for the Do- pemed in Thomas) Gregory, Thos. Martin, John McLean, Geo. George Seeley, Jobn V, Tallmadge, Daniel Jobm White. Recorder's Charge — The Recorder stated to the Grand t. f ivdisposition. he was un: We to addrees them. except upon ruch subjects as t Jew made it bie este to call thelr attention to, The were, the law probibiting the vending of lottery the ete within the State, usury, the violation of the elec- the law ebich makes it a misdemeanor jee the fact of the finding of bill in cases of felony, while the party indicted is at large. The Re- corder reverted to the grave duties of the Grend In- qvest, and charged them not to find a bill lightly—not torenda Rervon to trial trasting tos petit jury to ae- quit bim; but the Grand Jurors themselves should be taticfied of the guilt of the accuced party before the: rend the care te this court for triat on an indictment. The Grand Jury having received thelr charge, retired —— chamber, for the purpoee of prosecuting their lebere, Petit Jury. The rames of «summoned to act as petit Jurors, were then called, and 38 answered stuempted Hic gal Voting. —Timothy MoCarty pleaded guilty to an indletment charging bim with attempting to vote Silegally at the Fourth district of the Fowrt th Nev last. The accused, aa was shown refured te swear vote in. Age ort Was not proven 9 the prisoner had priron some tim rt suspended judg- ged with Breoking into a Hotel.—A wo begone looking genius, named Joho G. Harper, with long hair, T coat, was called to trial, oem compored of tI the following Het :—John Met hi wt wa The prironer window over the door, he went there to sleep, ond, moreover, bad been in the habit of working about the house, the jury acquitted bim of the charge. and he was dirmirsed. A Piatt from Judge Rugatee - Judge Charles H. Rag. urt of A being prosent. in- # reat on t meh, with which invite. Hed Trial of Smith, the Confidence Man's Bail, for Perjury. —Ldw, Smith, indicted for perjury, in dying tom bail bond, was called to trial. The ) = panelled, but 'es the prtoerpal 1 wae deferred till Tuesday mor the examination of onsiate of one wire, extending over Ae len. thy end covered with gutte [rata tobe capable: ct trenuiitivg 71,000 words an ie hour, The 1s of 10,000 miles of MM are only 2,000 miles Im operation The Domestic Miscellany, the 3d inst., in America, all worked cheaply, int'agiana there City Intelligence, City Pourtice,—The hunker and barnburner demo- crate have another contest to-night for supremacy im this city, The General Committee—the wire pullers —theenntrollers of Tammany Hall—are to be elected for the ranpey. yr The hunkers at present have jon of Old Sac! , but the barnburners in- i fight bard at the polls to-night to displace + It will be a very interesting struggle. Tre Sroam or YratsRvar.—The weather, yesterday, was extremely disagreeable, the sterm evince aeeaiwend with unabated fury from morning until right. For reveral te clouds were dark and lowering, a the approach of snow; but on Sundi = the _ yee changed to the northeas! soon iD, » snow began to fall together. About midnight, the atmosphere became warmer, aud the rein fe)l in torrents until morning, attended by fit- ful guets of wind. We have not heard of any sestous dam having been done. other than » general de- struction of awnings, and the total annihilation of a brella. The streets were in a horrible little prospect of a speedy re of any serious di tne +d ce orth bi 1@ present east blow, amen; shipping. The tides are full, covering all the ere {a tine lower part of the cif The outer end of Vanderbilt's dock, pier 1 E. R., has been lifted up by the tide, but is not seriously damaged. Crowds of m lyes along thi ery Ii quantity Rain fell throughout yesterday, Attrn Guanvs.—This company, under ocmmand of Captain Douglass, made » et excursion, y lay, to Hoboken, and the Herald office, on their re- turn They num! ebout thirty-five muskets, and moved with soldier like . penoieion. They were acoom- panied by a band of excellent music. Crosmxe or rue Day Goovs Sronas.—We learn that th goods stores in ta, began last eveni close their stores at elght o'clock. This isan lent movement, and will enable ives in readi: ‘tending lect! ig eoolal vieits. The life of a dry good: tores that by? seven iu the morning, and it night, is one of incessant toll and appli- Unxwown Man Drownen.—The coroner, iterday, called to bold an inquest at the feot Corlears — ‘ast River, on the body of an unknown man. | The deceased appeared to be about 25 years of age— light complexion, with randy hair and whiskers; look- od like a Germs He was dreesed ins blue round- | about jacket, black carsimere Up nod black satin vest, white weollen drawers, and red flannel sbirt. He ap- ered The body was found floating in the newly enclosed dock. An inquest will be held this forenoon, Accent on THe Nontn Rivea.—A men of the name of Henry Belden, a hand on board the tow. boat Swift- sure, end a native of Green Bank, met with @ serious accident. yesterday morning, by permitting his arm to decome entangled with the crank. which caused a com- nd fracture, He was removed to the City Hospital, yy Sergeant Crawford. ef the Third ward police, who ‘was promptly on board, to render him the necessary | assistance. | Common Council, Boanp or Atpvenwem, Deo. 3.—James Kelly, Eaq., President, In the chair.—The Board wet at five o'clock. | ‘The minutes of the previous meeting were read aad 1s Referred—Ot T. B, Warden, for the pay- ment for extra work in re-pa' Anthony street, be- tween Elm end Centre streets ; of Thomas Valentine, to have certain moneys returned to him on a sale for | assessments; of Cornelius Collins, for ment for the | lors of bis horse, drowned at the foot of Albany street ; | of T. and J. Peck and others, for a sewer in Nineteenth street, frem First to Second avenue. Powder om the 26th of November.—Bill of Commissary Stewart, for ammunition furniahedjon the 26th of No- | vember, amounting to $77 40. Referred to Finance Committee, Vetition of Engine beer 4 No. 44, to have their | Referred to Fi e ities. | bouce enlarged. nev Committee. Petition for relief to the family of Wm, U. Helms, | late @ policeman of the Tenth ward, who lost his life by | injuries received at the late fire, corner of Rivington and Chrystie street. Th tition was signed by pumber of moet respectable citizens of the T* ward. it was referred to the Committee on Police | A New Railroad Contem fented & petition, signe Libby, George R Ho ae ee 3 The Fall is proposed to begin wt @ point on the Sixth pear Thirty-second street, down enid avenue, ted — Alderman Clark pre- | by John Reilley, James 8. | and Wm. Flagg. for permission itn. | with # double track to Carmine etreet therein, with a peal track through Carmine street cy i jouble klim street. into West Broadwa: track to (bambers street yay with the great noise and annoyance ot omnibusses, The petition was re- ferred to pecial committee, consisting of Aldermen Clark, Schultz snd Jackson. Petition of Mersrs, Welt & Gardner, to be put ia possession of pier 44 North Kiver. Meferred. Report adverse to ping Wm. E. Smith a bill of $51 75 for cleaning Third Judicial District Court, and turpirhing cil cloth and cicek. I New Fire liell.—A petition was presented from a large body of fremen, for a new fire bell om Centre Market. present one being cracked, and of little or porervice. Reterred to committee. lerk of the Common Coun- | cil of Jereey City, returni thanks of the authori- ties of enid city, for courtesies extended to them on the ocensien of the foueral ceremonles to General Worth, Colonel Duncan. and Major Gates, The commu ye wt was received, aud entered on the minutes end filed | Meesage from hin Honor, the Mayor, returning the resolution authorizing employment of additional coun- fel in caser of importance, witha bis objections thereto, setting forth that It contiicts with the existing laws. Communication from the ten Governors of the Alms- house, adverse to the rervices of an attorney appointed to the Aimshouse Department, Reterred to Law De- partment. Communication from the Chief Engineer, in relation to the aismeulty existing between engine JA aud lose Lo 40. LKeterted to Committee. Communication p. the Mayor, relative to, and transmitting a comMunication from Mons. Vattemere, respecting the International Exchange of works of lite- rature avd art. Adopted Report in favor of building a pler from a point 200 feet north of the foot of Gansevoort strect, 400 feet into the North river. Adopted, Report in favor of relieving Tobias Doudinot, former- ly Captain of the Third District poliee, in the matter (fa judgment and corte obtained against him by Peter W. Christie. The Committee repert that the jadgment can be discharged on the payment of $160, pore to pay the plaintiff's counsel om account ges, $£0, and tor the plainti counsel of the come disewi F Communieation from t! A resolution was offered , that the Commissioner of cause two gas I to be placed in t hurch, in Chrystie, between Kiv- ey This resolution anended #:~ That all the ehurohes and meeting houses in tbe city be lighted hercof by gas, om streets where maine are Inid s Aldermai bireets and Law front of the Bapt De t Timothy Garrick be appointed » mon Schools for the Fourth ward, in ¢ of Alvah B. Taylor, removed from the city — Adepted. Kesolved, That Fifty third strest be reguiated and between Third and Sixth avenues— Referred to committee, | Resolution in favor of erecting a new building for the mpeotation of the Compiroller, &e.—Keferred to | mittes, Kesolord, That the Public Administrator be directed to report to this Board the amount of fees received by Lim tinee his appointment, over and above his legal salary—A ed. Cutting nm Doctors’ Billse—The committee, to whom teveral doetors’ bills had been referred, reported that Dr. ©. M. Van Buren had rendered two bills for services re @ station house. One bi ‘ttending @ man with aout head, the Doctor charged $20 for attendance; st another time, on attending a woman at the pame station house, pep tedl Jabor, $16, om both there bills the com. mittee reported that bad considered the charges exorbitant, and, therefore, awarded the Doctor $3 for $6 instead of $5), af claimed. took @ reoces for forty minutes, for cweb job, makin, ‘The Board t evpper. Rerelution by t report to this Boar street, on the North river, that @ seleot committee report to the Secretary of the United States the importance and pg the rock or boulder situated of East river, between th on of cout of ning. at 6 o'clock. Boar ov Assstants.—Deo 8.—The Board met at pe | jook P.M, Present, th sident in the obair, . William Wood for several on jnorum of members im their places. Richmond, Von for fargery, hes been ‘convighes asd |. Readingof Minutes The minutes of the last meeting sentenced to the Penitentiary for two years, having been fred, were approved. ney ‘The Legisdaterce of Oble, Indians, Ivwe, Virgil | of W. C. 1. Wosaell: for cower in Thicty- seventh inant yesterday at conpoctive seats | ctroet— Referred. Of policemen of Ninth ward, for a to have been’ in the water about two weeks. | | fore Judge Edmonds, in ¢ “sleeping room-—Roferred. f Of members of pany, No. 80, for a n ine—Referred. bas saa 4 Committees — Re} on engine com- port of Committee on Fi- @ petition of Eliza Dexter, for purchasing nance Po of land on La sighs street, near Third avenue, in yond of selling land, as asked, at a fair price. ing Wm. R. ries done tohim in derCo., No. the Bowery 4, on the Toth Sins Grand street. Adopte: ‘ommittee on Finance reported in favor of pay- ig wap oh at 000, as Lg oy for ‘oie run down by Hook and Lad- the corner of ‘The Committee on Finance reported in favor of loas- ing parts bulkhead between them, to Sherman — bar lst of May next, at the yearly rent jopted. ‘The Committee on Cleaning Streets vor of referring the remonstrance of scavengers, to the City Inspector. ‘TheCommittee en Arts, ed adverse to grantin; bis College, to Ansell N. Kellogg. nes and resolution adopted. e board went to tea at a little and did not get to work again until half. Russ Pavement.—The subject of and Reid @ contract for pavii Maiden lane to Wall atreety, an by | up on a rey | mending plies be directed to advertise for prop | = ent it wae, after e del x vote $30,060 to the par determine ent, and to lay it dow Broadway, commencing at Pear! street, aud extendi: ard as far as the appropriation would pay for. of piers 32 and 33, Nerth River, with the for 8 years, t of $3,000: in fa- oltizens in against the use of Pier No. 12, North River, by night Report accepted iences and Schools, re; the free scholarsbip, in “olum- e repert was ac- seven o'clock, past Broadway, from way, from Park Row Chatbam street, from Broadway to Duane street, cal from the Committee on Streets, recom- the Commissioner of Repairs and Su eight. als to lay the to }™ | amendment, the Commissioner ix directed to eaventice | for proporals for and Reid's perenn granite block pavemént equal to that. pile Investigating oom the Charges ‘orruption.— Some | whet he Williamebargh Fert question this beard, an intimation was thrown out b; Seventh street. Williamsburgh, had made cessful effert’’ to influence to inquire into chi members of this bear Griff tent to night; but that, on hendin, still held it. | taken by the ecmmittee. | ing of the first lines of the report, and on hi to ary member of this board. ‘Asal into a committee of the w! , and investiz tee of the whole at the prevent time committee, to be made Thursday, to which ti Cour tl th ye Edmond: associated with J) The People vs. Ch tormey eaid that in this case, which i sory after the fact of passing coun had received @ notice late on Friday tfeit ‘arpenter (who was prosequi entered, Mr. jor buing acovssory acquitted last Octol ry e members in tl a addressing them with pecuniary inducements; whereupon Assistant Alderman Griffin asked to have a | committee of investigation appointed, said of corruption made against ing, that h would be required to show cause why this case not be remitted to the Court of Sessions, or a nolle t, or other Commitice and the Williamsburgh time since, was before y Assistant Alderman Sturtevant. that the applicants for the fe! from the foot of Cherry street to the foot of Sow “umsue- ir favor, cominittee ‘The Chairman of this committee, Assistant Alderman , stated that the special committee had pre- pared areport, which the majority intended to pre- the report to the minority member for his signature, he had held it, and » Assistant Alderman Oakley, the minority member of the committeo, said be had not time to read the re- port; and berides that, there was more evidence to be Assistant Alderman Sturtevant called for the Jread- earing the word “corruption,” said he denied having ever used the word corruption, or charged any thing of the kind tant Alderman Denman moved to discharge the committee, and that at the next meeting, th board te the 1b. Ject thoroughly. ‘This motion was under debate, when Asristant Aiderman Sands moved to go tuto commit- ‘The whole motion was finally referred back to the he ‘special order for next dadjourned, ff Oyer and Terminer was then opened, Aldermen, Allen and Webb being a the Bench. as. H. Carpenter.—The District At- for being acces- money, he oald tried and before the fact) here stepped yen and, in the absence of his counsel, Mr. Brady, begge oned. ‘The Case of the Drurys, (father and son.) charged with ¥ oulars of this the Herald | * attempt to murder and forgery —The parti case, which have recently been published in the discussion to be post- in extenso, as well as the Wo ef the yg won bee am bers, to scharge the risovers or admit them to bail, were again en’ nto and stated ip detail Mr. Clarke, the counsel for the aceused, who now applied to have the indictments, whieh were returned to this court, quashed and set | aside sp Seandulent nd ERT wee a asthe represen preliminary objection pot the power to quash being confined to the trial of the cause. ‘Ehe Judge consid: itis an argusaent on the merits, Mr. Clarke then continaed to read the a: itted that the the prisoners, and alo that of Mr. Stewart, the clerk of the Police Court, which showed that @ vast deal of property, belonging to the elder Drury, consisting of watebes, Jewelcy, diamonds and household plate, had been seized by the authorities ; that it had been ad- vertised in the public papers, that numbers of persons wno had lost property of that description, gone to see it, and that none of it had beea elaimed. The District Attorney here read the affidavit of Mr. Warner (whose [life was attempted by the explosion of the box of chemleaily prepared gunpowder, alleged to bave been sent by the pore of effecting bis destruction) ponent stated that he bed been’ examined Grand Jury, and that four other witnesses were also ex- amined respecting this charge. Mr. Grabam thought that this Court would net tm- | Peach the Grand Jury by deciding that they bad found | Lills of indietment without muflicient evidence, Mr. C) be maintainedi{sith great foree and abliity, clients hed aright toan examination, he hoped thie Court would pot deprive them of t One | ts ngrinet the prisoners was that of Ho- rae H Jameson, who states that he overheard Samuel Drury, jr.,eay thet he bad ri it to Mr of tl lowed to withdraw the plea of barged, as it was Imporsible for them bi The People vs. Carpen' Sessions. The Lietriet Attorney raid that from consultations which he and the Attorney (ieneral hed had with them try this Keoorder it bad been agreed be impersible that the Recorder Kieecrder himeelf raid there were particular ressons why he should not bear it. ‘The Attorney-General (A. L. Jordon, there were reesone why the Recorder ought this cause, Jt would be # burlesque upon Lim to do £0. ‘The Judge said that to retain the case in would cercainly be hauging it & for four mooths, ey could not try it Why not try it in the Common Pleas or eome other court! if not the Legislature must | With & calendar of 720 causes t there before April. interfere to give you more judges. Attotney Uensral- The way the Legtel Interfere. in all probability will be to send down a judge | to hold # special court of oyer and terminer. Judge Eémonds—Very likely, We bave lees here for next year, and e greateramount of busi- | nese, Let this case go to ibe Court of Sessions, Clreult Court. FIRST DAY OF TERM. Before Judge Edmonds. Dro. $ — Several motions to amend the cal made thore that a * counsel and pai that da; acme causes do 8 concerned be obi clreuits, and the parties were not yet read, be had called the calendar for to day, and only two numbers (3 aud 12) were ready for trial, Craig and another vs, Simon Cockreft, for tl of = promisory note for $1000, together with $871 Interest.—Counsel for the plainti® proved the signa- ture to the note to be in the handwriting of the de- ‘On behalf of Mr. Cockroft it was alleged that fendant. the note os given ix connection with an agroement and the defendant was there- | which bad been violate: fore absolved from payment—that be had ‘oty pe ertabli-hm asred the note, npom t ement thi Superior Court, Before Chief Justice Oakley, | Dro, S.— Wiham Ryer, by kre next friend, by throwing # brickbat at pleiotiff, and him « severe injury on the bead = Daca At about half past 2 o'clock, the jurors trying ¢ waiting til near ntleman bad gy sdjourned ) ‘Poll e Inteliigence, called James Dillon, the name of Wm (i reems that the accuved and (iilgan slept Drurys, for the pur- iu this am@davit de- e then continued to recapituiate the cir- cumstances of the arrents, and to urge the grounds upon whieh he moved to ut aside there indictinent it the box from bis ‘arner's servant. prisoners, and he moved thatthey | ot guilty. and be | ed for trial without their jiberty, im order that they ok after thelr property. They | ount of bail the argument of this t Mr Brady applied to have the remaining | cbarce egainet the defeudant remitted to the Court of | The Judge intimated that he intended to call filteen cares every morning, and go on with the trial of ady, on which cases only will the 1d to attend for the Judge also remarked that there had been m for trial for the last five, seven and nine cireuits—one had been valled for ten consecutive from the parties to whom 4. oem@umus, we of the Attorney Genersi) asa Court has § indictmeut—its powes that objection not preliminary; Mdavits of had daily whieh was before the that bis Counsel he statute | to be pre- | naejuencs a Mr. Gra- that it cat. The Enq.) anid not to try | justice for | this court | ature may one judge | jendar were | oven new the amount urchaved @ at no rival Knight, Jr — This #as an action for asauit and battery, icting on os were laid at court gare jurors not empanclied to retire until 10 and in & short time it was dis present cause hook, it Charge of Robbing a Room-nare—OMeers Lyon and ‘Woran, ot the Fourth ward, arrested, yesterday, a man on surpicton of robbing @ man, n. of twenty half cagies. together in | the rome room, at a lodgtng-house in James street, aod Dillon was reen to take the money from the pooket of Utgan, the eceused to prison, for « turther Oa the charge, Justice viountfort committed Bowery Turatar.—We are almost tired of repeating our daily criticism of the “Three Guardsmen;” but the publio are by 20 meane tired of this beautiful drams.— Whem on such an evening as the lest, we soe @ house crowded, as the Bowery theatre was, there must be more than commen attraction, morethan pectoemeners, sp sone 4 more than the usual common drams. in fact, the case with the “Three Gusrdsmen,”’ and we deubt not the house will continue to be crewded as as itis produced. The excitement is not at all ‘diminished, the rush com tinues to be as great as ever. Broapwar Tueatan.—The managers ot this home of the drama, ever on the qui vive to secure attractive talentfor those who patronize thelr efforts, introduced Mr. Hudson, the eminent and successful Irish come” dian {and vooslist, last night, in the beautiful and bigbl; pular character of the “ Ki it of Arve,” im whic! fected ma wor such great ~ nahn his first visit to New York. Mr. Hudson was received with t warmth, and was loudly encored in his je performed the part of the gallant adventurer ® bold and chivalrous bearit Bs and with an ease aud grace which gave a true natural dij to the as = re! and the farce concluded entertainments, for a few nights only, and this evening ho will appear two cl ters, for the first time at this theatre— Gerald Pepper, in the “ White Horse of the Peppars,” and Larry Halagam,in the amusing farce of “ More Blunders than One.” Nisto’s Ganvew —This popular and generally mueh frequented place of amusement, was not very well at- tended yesterday evening, which may be acoounted for by the inclemency of the weather. The entertainments commenced with the popular comic pantomime of the “ Milliners, or the Hungerian Reudezvous,” executed by the entire celebrated Ravel family. It was sus tained with all their usual ability, and witnessed every demonstration of universal satisfaction. The amurements concluded with the gorgeous grand of “ Aurielie or le Diable Amoureux,’’ wherein Mile. J. Bertin’s daneing and acting were much spree’ end admired ‘he scenery is strikingly well adapted, and produces an imposing a1 raly grand effect. The whole passed off remarkably well, and afforded muoh pleasure and delight, There is another great bill pre- sented for this evening, consisting of the feats of the Ravel family on the tight rope, and the pantomime of “ Nicodemus.” Burton's Turatae.--The weather last evening wae extremely unfavorable for theatricals; but notwith- standing that, Burton's Theatre waa pretty well filled, was to be brought forward, in whioh the principsl per- formers attached to this establishment were te a pear, w piece formed the principal feature in last evening's entertainments. It is entitied * The Serious Family,” and is decidedly one of the best, it not the beet, piece that has beep performed on the stage of this theatre for a long time. We will not undertake to criticise it particularly until we witness it egeia. We shall, however, give « brief sketeh of it. A young mam of rather a gay disposition, marries into a “ seriovs fa- mily,”’ and he finds that he cannot have a home eush ‘as be would expect and look for, bevause his wife and her mother were brought up in @ sanctimonious aud ultra moral school. Finding that he cannot be “at home’ in his home, the young wan seeks In other laces the innocent pleasures which he cannot have im is own house, fle accordingly goes one “ day 'e shoot, ing,” but really to see a friend, a buxom widow; and who should come into thefplace where he i wife, accompanied by her biue-stocking!mother and @ hypocritical old codger who goes abeut with @ petition for the purpose raising funds to give to ‘every new. born nigger in Africa @ flannel vest and @ jt The denouement is rich. The wi'e con- husbend “ at m act fesnes ber folly. determines to makes home” ju his home--regards ber husband more them she does any one else, and, with the exception of the hypooritical cld eodger aforesaid, and the blue-stock= ing mother who is under hie influence, all 4 the curtain drops, On the whi nd one that we are certain will verun, It will[be repeated to-night, with other em tertainments, man’ ‘Tutor,’ were performed last evening, at this favorite theatre. The heroii eosin, wenotniatiey performed: in it by Mrs B t too much to expect the uvus Ua J anit Hone im me evening. and yet Mri layed again hief character in the “ Four Sisters. t, perhaps, for the hurried style in which she gave some of the mos! mated It waa, ho prettily played. Mesers, highly diverting, and The “Irish Putor’ jenoe with laughter, in such hands as Seymour's, with the other cast of great excellence and merit. Mireneti’s Oursric Tuxaree.—The dill of enter. tainment for this evening, consists of the opera oy ‘Brother and Sister,” the extrayaganss entitled ‘Jenny Lind,” the new comedy of “ Where There's » Will, There's @ Way,” and “The Enchanted Isle, Dias Carling will exeoute @ pas seul, and alse ye- dere. Nothing cam excecd the regularity amd system which are cbeerved throughout every department of | this enug little theatre, The treasurer and door keepers are civil and obliging. and the atage manage- ment is ably conducted. Tho respective artiste en- ghged here are first rate comedians, and consejuently all moves on like clock work. To-morrow evening, Mr. Palmer takes his benedt, and presents for the en- joyment of hia friends a very attractive bill, He ise Great favorite, and it is hoped ho will have a bumper, Tran Or Avron Pisce -The grand opera seria, in three acta, by Donizetti, of’ Lucia di Lammer- moor,’ isa favorite, and abounds in beautifal muale. At its performance last evening there was a large house, considering the inclemeney of the night, andim the matter of dress, the taste displayed in the boxes and parquette was perbaps, uy; ¥ # evening of the tens ith great éclat, Mertucoe was in © a in those lofty flights of the rkylark, exhibited to the best effect Its high-rens! indeed, tt is in those passages that her oat generaily admitted. and in which oe demand for a repett Her Lucia was by the corps, and the or was, with scarcely an exception together the performaace was bi; the whole house, On Wednesday evening, Signore Patti appears in “ Ernani. Crrnrety's Orrna Houne.—The manager of this cete~ brated band is cvery week adding some new feature to his performances, fie is untiring in his exertions to ‘tainment worthy the extensive patron- he vocalists are ail good. the tm and the dagoers cannot be al cause of the large lace of excelled, Asenican Mesevw. —Tho prim audiences, who visit thie old and estsbliened besides the excellent ‘ape of vaudevilles, pantormimes, danciog. A very agreeable afternoon aod evening cam do parred at this establish: Zooroowat Hare. —The excellent collection of birds Denrts exhibited at 37 Bowery, is worthy the atten- of our olti« Trnon's in the Stal de seen, The fanniest and merriest clown 4 the mont classical aod deautiful female eq the world, considering her youth, Mile Rosa are meee atérectiog drede to the amphitheatre in A: Piace. With this at- traction, some of the best equestrians, tambiers aod gymnasts also contribute to the great enjoyment expe- rienced by e visit to this well managed sad very pope lar amphitheatre. Guippor's Panorama of the Nile contiowes to be ex hibited every evening at the Reoreten’s Orrice December 1, I Amount outstanding of the several iseues of of the =. of aad = to 224 July, 1846, as per ‘th January, 1546, as per CMOS cee cterceenee area e eee eres » 9/851,050 00 hand otthe 200182 + cancelled notes in th Dearcuntivg omcers, of which $200. ts under acts prior to 224 July, 1846; $1 060 under act of 224 July, 1846; and $1,400 under sot of 28th January, IMT.. 3650 00 $2,765,600 ALLAN A. HALL, Register of Treasury. T eee learn from ® passenger | He Oct a left Palatka, an é¢xpress that the Arkanses FH F i iba Ddelieved, ‘since the commencement Tee Savennah Georgian, Nov. 2 Wrest Crore is New Youn, We raou'n heat erop at this oe of the year ‘more ft which la ps he weather fall has i f the PY i i f a! i : i i cattle had been poy Ronen the already far advanced biade.— (N. ¥) American, Des. 1, i