The New York Herald Newspaper, May 25, 1850, Page 2

t RK HERALD. NEW YO JaNES GORDON BENNET?T, PROPRIETOR AND BPTTOR | ee ee | ton $i per annum, to | ‘ON AND NASSAU STS. OFFICE N. W. CONNER OF F THR DAILY HEKAIL HE WELALY ti webs KESPONDENCE, . rler of the ¥ aT fib-rihy NO NAP ICE taken of anueynous communications, We do tot “turn ceiected commenter tious. ADVERTISEMES 19 veneived every morning. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BOWERY THRATIN, Bowory.-Tux Sveaxcza—Love Cr asy BROADWAY THRATKR, Groadway.—Bevie's SrRATA~ emn—hiss iN Tex DARK. HIBLO'S GARMEN, & —MumcaL PRomuen ann STRTORN'S My Puxciove B: —Romanex axp Reaurry obere Atrent—Tre Toonias— | "8 KNOCKINGS, am Sauare. Goma ro Tire “Pemabe Pow ry tiusve. NATION aL TARA’ Racas—Ovr GAL—. onmnetan. astor Pisce rer Bov Pie SrRANGRR—Sixrsox AxD OPERA DOUSR, Mechanios Mali—Lrmo- | ! | OBINESE MUSEUY BLY ROO#S-Laxcasemm Betz | B ASS ny, May 35, 1850, Dingtous Telegraphic. has adjourned till | here was a warm h mint at | Weal z, ov at least | The x lis, however, tell | very ¢ ren 'y us our telegraphic 1 cx ent believes that we shall gain | wi ¢ he will live in hope | ‘ is nd Mr. | C dor em to et. | The compromise bill of Mr. Clay stands where it di we must confess that the fact of a | Southers ueus, held last night, to arrange for | the « shment ¢ to take slaves into the | territories, and to keep them there as such, does not promise very favor for the settlement of | Time, however, may heal every | | the wo question 1 The Lwport News trom Caba—Probable | Defeat of the Expedition, | We pive elsewhere, in our columns, the highly interesting news received yesterday, by the Ohio sicamer, from Havana, giving us the first aceounts of th uding of the Lopez expedition at Cardenas, r Matanzas; and, according to all appearances, the probable defeat of the expedition against the present goverament of Cuba. By these accounts, it appears t Gen. Lopez, with only 500 men, lunded at Car , on the 17th inst., and captured that fort, which had only a gar- n of 60 men piece of no great bravery or generalship. Cardenas is about 90 miles from ! Havana, and we have no doubt, from the military preparations which, at the last account making, both in Jlavana and Matanzas, that and his troops have all been captured, and 1 them shot, by this time. There are in the n borhood of Havane 15,000 troops, at least ; and v are 500 adventurers to such an army, diseip! and ready for action? The rest of the adven- turers fiom New Orleans, numbering 1,500 men, only, were to land on some other points of the island ; but what can they do when the advanced guard is defeated and captured? Of this there eeems to be no doubt Yet, in the face of these plain and palpable facts, and their only inferences, the simpletoas of the Sun, in their bulletin of last evening, issued the follow- { ing stuff The New Vork Sun isin receipt of the GLORIOUS NEWS OF THE SUCCESSFUL LANDING OF THE CUBAN PATROTS. AND THE COMMENC NT OF A GENPRAL REVOLUTION FOR FREEDOM THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND OF CUBA! Lilerty has triumphed CUPRA IS FREE A gteat battle has been fought, resulting in the TRIUMPLANT VICTORY of the Cuban patriots over the Spani " sanded et Cardenas, about ninety miles 17th inst, with about 400 men, ion of the te n sickening—it is criminal, to se Y palined upon an intelligent commun’ i din our | such st in th ud received by every journal yesterday, | columns from Cuba. Nothing can save the expedition from | utter and overwhelming defeat. The contrivers | his silly expedition are guilty of punished ac- and supporters of and murder, cordingly piraey und ought to t ¢ Cuna Anvenre § mporaries, Measrs. Heach, tsutliciently of the law of 1818, come nd deny that they “counselled Americans to s. Cuba,” admitting, however, that “they only maintained the right to for the establishment of fr y g par | triots, but old financiers, on the Plainfield platform, | hev ne ch f ver than this ad iow | covers, They have 1 of being in the plot, of having known all the secret movements in rm expedition which started from | New Or ‘They even went so far as to boast | of the confidence imparted to them, and of the | part they tock in the preparations preliminary to the | deporture. ‘Their columns ore full of such boasts and | euch sdmiseions. But even their most recent ad- mission is « sufficient to bring them within the | provicions of the lew of ISt8, which, by their own | confeseion, they have violated and set at naught. United States District Attorney will | cours sce to it We happen to know something about these and their movements of various kinds. pon after ar return from Euro; mt the close of Mexican war, several ns waited upon us from a jrata of pat h wn is the organ, and its tors members— Seguibeting Us to ment contemplated, asion of Cabs, and for- i # original ten in « very violeat . in order to stie up th militery ardor of the v re then returning from Mexico, in order to induc m to starton the new expedition to Cuba. We dectined all these propo- fitions, end returned the patriotic communications to their original owners. Many of {in the Sun and other journals, wrier and Enquirer, and some of shape of proclamations and Sometiine laet summer, whea from this city, in con- promenciementos. an expedition was startin junction with that of Round Island, we had similar ep from various quarters, and even money wae solicited, to the amount of one thousand dol- | lars, to cid the ex jon and furnish out the p | parations, We ¢ d all these overtares. Sins | gular enor it the same time, we under- stand that amiable cotemporary, Horace Gree- Jey—notwith: he blood, war, end other high sine—gave one hundred dollars to aid the expedition last year; but it seems that some serious ecruple seized upon the mind of the patriot, and fifty dollars were retarned to Greeley, thus leaving him minus fifty dollars of the amount given to assist the Cuba expedition. | These are sober and solemn facts. We are in | favor of all popular movements having for their | ot ry of liberty and the establishment Bat euch a movement ending his opposition to ging, | he reeo’ nblican governments. firet originate wmong the people who are op- | pressed, and must be conducted by themselves, toa | ery considerable extent. The recent expedition to Cuba ie, in every sense of the word, a private military expedition, or enterprise, against the do- minions of a foreign State, in amity with this coun- mue and our laws. | liberty and. patri 20 | piety. | religious bodies with the It is, unquestionably, a violation of our treaty Messrs. Beach have aided and ax ed this expedition, in violation of the law of Isi8, and in derogation of our treaty with Spain. So jong as we ore a Christian and independent na- tion, We are bound to maintain our faith, and to carry inte eXeention our own laws, ia reference to any invasion ef countries at peace with ns. If the people of Cuba are aggrie d deprived of their » let them rise up in their own strength, de- clare their independence on their own bottom, establish a government of their owa men, drive the niards out of their beautiful Island, and they will command the sympathy and recognition of the United States, and, ata proper time, their aid and assistance, in the adependence against all Euro But the expedition set on foot by a few adventurers from New York and Now Orleans, is neither more or less than a manifest violation of our neutral duties, and an infraction of We have always been op ry. ovr tre and lawe. posed to the system of plundering an honest people throvgh a bank charter, be it Plainfield or any other kind, and ere equally opposed to any expedi- ven having for its object, under the sacred name of vtism, nothing but plunder and in bloed and desolation to all con- s.—The few despe- rate ebolition newspapers, seattered in various sec- ons at the North, are endeavoring to make some additions to their capital, by long and short articles on the recent failure of the anti-slavery convention in this city. Garrison, in Boston, having been ex- posed for his blasphemies, has issued a dochment in which he endeavors to show that his blasphemy was merely natural religion, and his denunciations of geod and great men the results of instinctive ‘The upholders of the law in Boston, think he ought to be put before the Grand Jury as a blas, phemer—the statute of Massachustts fally sust ing such » course. As the words were spoken in another State, however, they are in doubt as to this movement. Yet, as we published a verbatim report of what ( on did say, and he has copied itinto his Liberator, as a very ¢, perhaps he can be brought under the fi law, for reproducing the blasphemy, particularly as he sane- tions the publication, by avowing it to be a part of his gospel. It is curious that he should have done this, ae he has placed the editor of this journal in the same category with all the saints, the Saviour, the Bible, and every other good thing, person and work, hurling his anathema and maranatha again d again upon our devoted head, as the very front of all the free discussion which stopped the blas- phemy and sky-recket oratory, turning all the speeches into squibs and crackers. We suppose we must continue to bear it all—to safier with all the rest of the condemned, so far as we can by means of such denunciations. Meanwhile, we commend Garrison, and his aiders and abettors— the free soilers and abolitionists—to cooling draughts of reason and common sense. Friend Hopper, of this city, has hopped into this business, so far as to call forth a letter from our Mayor, who takes a very proper and correct view of the conduct of the Anti-Slavery Convention, and who seems to understand the true nature of free Friend Hopper, of course, loses his hat oter, and might have lost his brains, eived the danger of trust- + him with luxury. He and his brother, Garrison, may now take courage for another Con- vention, and study not to interfere with the time- hollowed conventions of society. per PourticaL Parsons on Parer.—The Rev. Henry Word Beecher, a young man brought up in one of the colleges of Massachusetts, and inheriting a goed deal of his father’s perseverance and talent, with no little share of moral, aad no pecuniary, in- dependence, has bad a quarrel with the Rev. Mr. Halleck, of the Journal of Commerce, because the latter journal could not find space for his theo-poli- iewl essays on slavery. In this dilemma, and wishing to fight with some chance of success, he, as Bishop Hughes does in like dilemmas, called upon the military gentleman of another Wall street journal, who very handsomely came up to the rescue, publishing three long columns, levelled, like three long guns, at the head of the editor of the Journal of Commerce. We believe that the Rev. Mr. Beecher is com- fortably situated with the pastoral charge of a con- gregation in Brooklyn; that he is working very hard and fast, struggling for fame, and making use of the prese, in various ways, to bring him to that point where the eye of fushion will detect hi merits, He king the same course that led the Rev. George B. Cheever into the higher grade of doctor of divinity, and from common place books, and common place preaching, into a pulpit elevat- ed by four or five thousand dollars a year, aod surrounded by beauty, fashion and piety. The | Rev. Mr. Beecher has already carried his point with the popular side of the community, by certain pretty essays published in a paper circulating among that valuable lass of society, the chamber- mide, milliners and seamstresses ; and now he as- pires to carry another point, through a more ambi- | tious journal, by getting out of the nursery and | Kitehen into the drawing-room, and among the wealil, ms of Wall street—one of whom, who recently abeconded with twenty thousand dol- Jars, must be set down as a total loss of hope in thet quarter, Never mind, there are others with more piety and principle, and they may yet invite this gentlom of aspiring talents, to take the cu- ratorship of one of the fashionable audiences up town. Four or five thousand dollars a year will keep him quiet and practical—and when he re- | ceives that amount annually, we shall hear no re of his slavery tes, than we do now of the Rev. Dr. Cheever’s “Deacon Giles and his distiliery.” It is wonderful how money moulds embition into the limits of reason, and blows the froth from the top of every cup of om. The Mr. F will leave I Whi cher's hard work will y ‘ooklyn for one of our f «it to be? ionable churches. \TERIANS AND Tus Uwton.—The ral Assembly, at Cincianati, in- from almost every State ia the Tue Par byterian Ger sf ve rece n, bh ed ond three, to seventy-five, on the indefi- postponement of a resolution to memorial Congress on the subject of sta ‘The delegates to the Aseembly, ho r, did not hesitate to dis- cues, at very great length, the great question be- fore Congress, abandoning polemical divinity for political doctrines. Several of the speakers seemed to understand, very clearly, that the convention had no business with the subject of politic id indicated that they were determined to stick to the legitimate and proper objects of the Assembly. Others, however, were not slow to show that they were capable of being noisy stump orators in a po- li ampaign. The vote sil J these ambi- tious gentlemen, and very properly; for if there is pbated, itis the interference of ne t litieal questions of the m gives our citizens anything to be rep is freed Perfect relig ¢ topics upon Which to day play taste, Ie any * argument, reason, or absurd dogmas; and it is rank folly for any divine, or candidate tor di to step out of his proper sphere, to gain notoriety, by meddling with the merely aeculat subjects epper- taining to the country. To preserve thé union tween Christians, by all those virtues and preee g to good men, sufficient task for This is their proper sphere. which be clerical assemblies. Later rnom St. Tromas.—We learn from Capt. Spaulding, of the bng Mary Emily, arrived last night from St. Thomas, in thitteen days, that the markets were dull for all kinds of American pro- dace. Flour, $5 25; meal, $3 1-22. ae We are again compelled to leave out the proceedings of the American and Foreign Bible Society's meeting, besides a vast deal of other in- teresting matter. y decided, by a vote of one | Ocean Steam Navigation--Tue Atuanric.— We have altered our table of the passages of the Atlantic and America, and thrown out of it the detention of the former. We have givea thema fair start, to show the probable time from wharf to wharf, and the following is the result:— ‘Tae PAssaces OF THE ATLANTIC AND AMxnICA, dest 4 ed at Steamers. New York. a; Avlonte. “ayaa, Teta. aay hh Ee America," by, 6° #" 1a ¢ ¢ “lay to” was thirty- two hours. Tuking the accident to the A, into consideration, and we muy look upon the pas- sages of the two steamers as about equal in time. America ahead of the Attenti ‘The actual time the Avanti gh. Indeed it wasadeud heat. The great race is yet to take place on the Atlantic course. The interest manifested to ascertain the speed, per day, of the steamer that has made the shortest passages, induces us to give the annexed :— Loc or Rovat Mai Steamsuir Kuxora, Carratw Lorr, Just Aakivnn, Left Liverpoo! at \, 7 P. M., May 11, 12, at 9 20 FP. M., at Cape Clear, 200 miles. May ™ be noon, latitude 5) 5 longitade 14 03, 170 i s 2151. 205 “ a Ualifax, , 44 55, 40, 278 20 P. M., arrived at wharf, 910 left for New York. Moy 21, noon, latitude 42 22, longitude 65 57, 184 miles, or ed 4026, * Tl as, « At 9, P. M., anchored off 8. W. Spit Buoy, inside Sandy Hook. With a single exception, this is the shortest passage on record from Liverpool to New York. About a year ago, the sume steamer, the Europa, came over, from wharf to wharf, in eleven days and two hours. But speaking of accidents: they will happen to the best of steamers, as well us in the best of fami- | lies. The Cunarders, which have been 80 success- ful, have met with them. One has been totally | lost, and two or three have been ashore. The Ni- | agara lately experienced a serious disaster to her | machinery, which required two months to complete the necessary repairs. She was compelled to re- turn to England with one engine ; and the Cambria, on her last trip to this port, was constrained to “ lay to” forty-eight hours, im’eonsequence of the break- ing of her air pump rod, not the air pump bucket, as in the Atlantic. Triat or Aruinaron Bexner—Proraste Re- svtr.—The evidence in the trial of Arlington Ben- net was closed yesterday. The counsel on both sides will sum up to-day—Mr. Graham for the pro- secution, Mr. Clark for the accused. The charge of the Recorder, and the verdict, will probably be given this afternoon, and the result known to-mor- Tow. We have read, with some attention, all the tes- timony given on this trial—and we are constrained, from a sense of justice, to declare that the charge of forgery against Arlington Bennet is not sus- tained in the slightest degree or extent. In fact and in truth, there is little or no testimony against his integrity or honor, and we are very much as tonished, that, on such flimsy circumstances, any Grand Jury could ever have found a bill of indict- ment against the accused, or that he should have been immured in prison so long. There has been, for months pest, in a certain newspaper, which is a sink of pollution and rascality, a terrible cry raised ageinst him—accusing him of forgery, murder, and poisoning, to an extent never permitted before in the free press of any civilized community. Per- haps to this clamor is the poor, calummiated, old gentleman indebted for the troubles that have as- sailed him. We do not know what may be the issue of this trial—but whatever that may be, we are persuaded, and will maintain it, that no just man, readiag that evidence, could ever believe that James Ar- lington Bennet, after living for nearly forty years, and enjoying a high reputation for integrity and honor, could so far involve himself and his devoted chil- dren in ruin, as to perpetrate the crime charged eguile bin. Te ie immoognt Devid GreBam, who mukes a speech against him to-day, knows his former honorable and upright character—and the evidence now adduced is utterly futile and ineffec- tual to convict, or create a suspicion that he ever contemplated forgery. We have not the slightest doubt of his perfect innocence—and just as little doubt but there is a just and terrible retribution in store for his persecutors. Avxotien Txemenpovs Orrxa Excrrenent at Bosroy.—Last evening, we received the following telegraphic despatch, giving usa brief account of enother tremendous opera excitement at Boston, yesterd: Bosrow, May 24, 1850. The opera excitement in Boston to-day, is intense. With the exception of the geilery, all the seats were sold at avetion this forenoon, Private boxes, from A to J. inclusive, brought a premium of from $2 50 to $4 2 each reat Average price of seats in first tier, $3 50, in second tier and parquettes, $275. A te amount of premtums namely. private boxes side boxes, fret tier, $554 SS: side boxes, second tier, $477 75;| parquette, $419 7: Tremont and Revere houses were the largest purcha- qette, ‘The Havana opera troupe, under the direction of | Senor Pader, is creating as great a noise and revo- | lution in Boston, as General Lopez is doing in Cuba. Johnny goes up. up. up; Jenny cha Gor’, down, down. . May 25, 1880, Tam here, in Boston, after a very pleasant journey by railway, which is certainly far superior to the mode of conveyance by the old steamboats along the Sound. Thave something to eay to you, but I hardly know where te begin, Ihave been in thie beautiful city | on | St isthe only tople that you hear talked of tn any circle, Tam at the Revere House. Twas advised by tome of my friends at the Irving {loase, in New York, | to try this hotel, and I find it superb. I gonorajiy | stopped heretofore at the Tremont House, which is | certainly one of the most comfortable I was ever in: | and it till holds its high reputation among the hotels. But every new hotel in these days seems to make some new improvement om the old ones, and I sappove that | | the hotets which are now building in our large cities, will be even enperior to all thoee now in existence. | Ifro, the New York Motel, up Broadway, ought to build | again. Lart night I went to hear Norma, but had to leave, | from a slight indisposition, before ite clore, What I saw and heard wae most superbly performed, and the nees seem to appreciate the higher beau- ties of the Italian Opera even more. iu my opinion, | than those of New York. Steffanoni has created quite | 9 furore here, and so hae Salvi. 1 have heard cevoral temen say, who had seen and listened to Grist, in don and Paris, that even Grisi could not rurpase Stefanovi's performance in So you see that there are other travelling amateurs who © ‘tain the anme opinions as you, of the bigh talents of Stefanout and some of the rest of this trewr. e Low purtenances, I had no iden it was euch » beautifal city, elthough I have been here once or twice before. I never saw ite lineaments look #0 delightfully before. It ie for euperior to Philadelphia in every respect. ‘The young prince end helt to the throne of the Sand. wieh Iplande ts egourping bere. I find him a very joteliigent young man, although I think he hae too much of the Bngtish in hie alr and address, There are also come ladies and gentlemen here trom the sand at which they give of eo seonery, and enjoyment of thoee Ines of the Pacific, would almost induce a person to leave the civilisation of the Atlantic coast and go to these dclightfol regions, But 1 muet return to the Opera again. There has been a great deal of excitement here shout the Opera, as you will have seen by the newspapers. Indeed, it has run much highe reached further than it ever has in New York to my Knowledze, All the ladies go im fail dress, nod bonnets ate in come measure en tirely banished from the fashionable there Tt ie very Aifforent trom the neghied atyle In which the audiences appeared at Nibio’s, in New York. Sovernl opera.goers of New York have come on here with their families, and are nightiy seen in the fashionable boxes, droseed in the most elegant New York style. I understand the company will close their engagement here next week, and will then return to New York, total, $1,575, The | rere, The Bite Tavern took about forty seatein the par- | | been mirsing from his residence, No. 34 Madison street, a short time, ‘The Italian Opera ix now here, and | | bye band of music City Intelligence. FIRE IN FLONT STUEET—ANOTHER CATASTROMMIE— SEVERAL BURIED UNDER THE RUINS. Last night, at e quarter pust ten o'clock, a fire broke out in building No. % Front street, within one door of Whitehell street. It isa large store, the lower part of which is occupied by Mr. Samuel Perry as a butter and cheese and general provision e-tablisbaeat. The up- per part islet for storage to Mr. Dougherty Mr. Plumber and others, and contained a large quantity of cotton As the flemes did pot break forth, it was # considerable time before the spot was found by the firemen,especially a8 it was at the extreme endof the district. Volumes of black smoke continued to issue from the building, covering the Battery like a thunder cloud, and biind- ing firemen, «pectators, and all who had to pass through Whitebail street. Though the fire did not break out in the front. it raged ia the rear from top to bottom, and the smoke curling up through the top of the No. 28 Moore st., whieh ulso"belongs to Mr. Perry; vas at firet eupposed that that building was on tire, as its rear ran in close proximity to the burning build- ing. On examination, howeres, it was tonud that it was only the smoke of Mr, Perry's store thet had found its way in, and was oozing out Wrerever it could find vent. The hove, however, was introduced throngh this build- ing, in order to play upon the flames, bat for want of | room and the blinding smoke. if was difficult to apply it effectually, The tire appeared to be in the centre of the building, end it was impossible for the firemen to get richily at it, though they poured ina deluge of water which Hooded the ttreets all around. About 12 o'clock the flame began to appear at the top, and the eperhe shot out in great numbers, till 12'4 o'clock. when the side wall of the building fell out into Stone street. with a terrific crash. crushiug two frame buildings, one of which was occupied #s lodging house end the other es a dwelling. and dashing the broken materials into the street with great violence, burying firemen and | engines beneath. Fortunately, the wall, before it) fell. ewayed to and frofor a moment, end gave in- | Gientions of it# coming down, so that most of those who were in danger had time to fly, They fell over each other ws they preswed buck, and some were tram- pled down. The sceae that ensued bafiles deseription— the shouting and excitement. the tearing up of the broken fraginents of the frame buildings, to extricate | those beneath, and the cries of the women who in habited those houses, and had just left them, car- rying out their furniture, while some of their relations and friends were inside, assisting to bring out the remainder. In the medntime, one | of tho firemen threw himeelf down from a wing of | te building that still stood, end it was feared he would be killed, but. fortunately. he escaped with | trifling injury. But the fears fer others were of the | most painful description. as it was stated there were | some on the roof when the erash took place, and some | immediately under the wall, A ind about fourtoen | yeurs of age, named Mark Nunigan, who had been » waiter in Gunter’s Hotel. and was avsisting Euging | | Company 42. was taken ont with bis leg broken, and otherwise so Injured that he could seareely speak. [He was conveyed to the station house, avd subsequently tothe City Hospital, Vietor Chatnuff. a member of Ko- gine Company 22, extricated, seriously, if not mortally injured, and an old man who had been in the odging-house removing the furniture, named J. Cunningham, was also so injured that it is will not recover, He was cut out of the building with much dificuity. by George Mountjoy, Assistant Fore. man of Hose Company 14, and John Wynos, Assistant Foreman of Hose Company 36. Thomas Armstrong another old man who was engaged in the samo way, recetved @ very bad wound in the back of his bead, and was otherwise severely burt. These men were all conveyed to the station- house, where they were attended by Dr. De Forrest, Dr. Andrews, and Dr. Traphogan, also Mrs. Traphagan. whe was as busily engaged inattending to the wounded, as any of the doctors. Two members of 42 Engine Company. named Uaddock and Johnson, were seriously injured” and fix in all were more or lees hurt. They were brought to @ porter house, in Whitehall street. Whether there are any actually killed, and etill ander the ruins, ts not yet axcertained. but it is feared there are Inthe meantine, the flames ing got vent blazed forth with great fury, and continued to burn till we went to press, The Chief of Police, Captain Wiley, and Asristant Captains Fulton and Snodgrass, with Captain Leonard, and the men under their command, were present, rendering every assistance in theix, power. We also observed the ulderman of the First ward actively engaged in doing good. Tur Cura Proc s, Last Evexine.- ersons, principally Cubans, assembled at the house of ir. Agremento, No, 1¢ Murray street, last evening. to Dy tye their joy at the result of the Cuban expedition. After assembling. they formed in # procession, and, led d through several streets marche: tothe Mansion House, in Chambers street, from tho rteps ef which were addressed by Lieutemant Al- varado Hunter, the United States Navy, and Mr. E. Biankman, of this city; aiter which, they again formed in procession, and proceeded up Broadway to the Ho- tel de Paris, and thence to the Bond strect House, thence to the Rowers, and thence down to the place from which they started, Having arrived at No. 19 Murray street again, they were addressed by Mr. Ing, of Baltimore, who spoke at some length. The proces: sion gained accessions to their ranks at the corners of the streets, and when it di was some eight hundred strong. Insanrty.—The Coroner, Teteeiey, held an 204 Hester street, on the body of Leopold . aged 18 years, a native of Holland, who came to jeath by injuries received in Jumping ont ofa second rtory window, at his residence, on Thursday ight, bout 19 u'cluck, while leboring under & (n- ranged stute of mind, occasioned by ill health. Verdiet accordingly. Disp ws 4 Cert.—The Coroner, yerterday, held an inquest, at the Eleventh ward police station, on the y of Oliver B. Kelton, ged 38 years, born in Mas- — Court of General Sessions. 4 Before the Recorder and Aldermen Griffin and Oakley. | ‘TRIAL OF JAMES ARLINGTON BENNET, ON A CHARGE OP FORGING A NOTE FOR ‘ PIPTH DAY. Mav 24.—The crowd was so great in the Court of Ses- sions this morning, that it was found necessary to throw open the doors to che upper gallery, which has not been used before for come years Thi h deverted portion of the chamber was soon filled. and ‘Gmcare wore deputed to maintain order therein, even before the proceedings of the day had commenced. When the Court ennovneed themselves ready to pro- ceed with the trial, Mr. Clark, couasel for the defend- ddressed the Court, in reference to certain pla ls. wh cb. he said, had been posted about the streets, to the prejudice of bis client's interest. He said: My attention has been this anorning called to the fact, that. on yesterday, there appeared, ported about this city. in the numerous thoroughfares where handbills are usually placed, a large placard. entitled : NATIONAL POLICK GAZRTTE. JAMES ARLINGTON BENNET, The Chief of Forgers, ete. I do not entertain the opinion. that the public off- cers connected with this prosecution have been in- strumental in this publication, which is a most evident attempt to influence the publie wind, at the very mo- ment of bis trial, agninst a man arraigned at the bar of this court for a serious criminal offence; mor do I apprehend in this ease, thet the jury would suffer their minds to be thereby iuGuenced, In any degree, against the prisoner; but, nevertheless, I deem it my duty to cull the attention of the court to the fact, as one of pubile concernment, and as imperatively demanding the notice and the marked disapprobation of this court, which might. in some cases, resuit to the cause of a priconer, trom such # malicious and unjustifiable pro- ceeding, the practice, if sanctioned by the court, and approved hy general sentiment, is ealealated to endan- ger the public peace, and to strike at the basis of all confidence m the pure administration of justice. I am happy to be able to say. that in this community it has hitherto been unusual for « public newspaper to conscerate itself for the purpose of working the con- vietton ofa ian accesed of a criminal offence, and that it ix not probable that the course here pursued will, in the end, meet with other than signal condem- nation Seeing. as 1 do, in this placard, the hand of irit. who has given life and direc- tion to this proseeution. I forbear further comment, Having only, iu this reference to the subject. discharg- ed what "conceived to be my duty to the prisoner, ‘The court will decide whether its duty to the public requires that any further notice of it should be taken, Reecorder—This court would rebuke most severely, and punish any individuel found to be guilty of an of fence such as that you have stated. This 1 the dirst intimation we huve had of the fact, Ifthe coart knew who the author ef the placard was, they would order the individual before them and punish him, i Mr. Clark So far as the libel contained in the placard is concerned, it isa matter for the Grand Jury; but im ‘fas furas the contempt of court. was concerned, I thought this court hed te do with it. and hence called the atien- of your honors to the fact. Irwe knew who issued the placards, we m severely. Proceed with the testi- men. 1. recalled by the defenee—Q.—From your knowledge of Thompson's style, as well as bis hand- writing, are you led to believe that those letters were written by Thompson ? Court—That question was prt to the witness yester- day, ard objected to by the prosecution. ir. Clark proposed to show that there were expres- sions in the letters, preeisely similar to those used by ‘Thompson Mr. Girabam responded. He objeeted to giving evi- dence as to etyle, and referred to authorities in support of his positien Nr. Clark (to the witness) —Who called you to testify at the time of the Drury trial? Court—That is not material. ark—Why, “the Druty gang” has been rung ars ot the public for six montus— Court—Drury has not been convicted. Mr. Clark—No; and I apprehend, it will be along time before he is convieted. (‘To the witness, present- ing the anonymous letter written to Ashley.)—Tiat letter you recognise as one written in one of the ordi- nary Hands ot Thompson? A.—Yes, Caleb S. Woodhull, Mayor of the city, sworn—T re- member receiving an anonymous letter, some time in November last; I had no idea from whom the letter came; I did not pay much attention to it; (letter shown and identified by the Mayor), Some days afterwards, Mr. Wilkes called upon me, about a'week after I had re- ceived it, and asked me iff bad received such a letter; I had made no communication further than that I handed the letter over to my clerk; I know Mr. Wilkes fore. Crose-examined—When Mr. Wilkes called on me, he letter which he had himself received. b in the 1 it not occur to you handwriting. (Objected to and ruled out.) Mr. Grabam—Did not Mr. Wilkes leave the letter with you? A.-Yes, I believe he did. Mr, Clark.—Did he not leave the note at the same time!—I believe he did. Mr. Clark—Is Mr. Wilkes connected with the public authorities? A.—Not that Iam awa-e of Q.—Is he the authorized agent of the police? A.—No. Thomas Picton sworn —I am editor of the paper called the Eva, It is a Sunda: and was publish- ed on the 6th of November, (article alluded to before shown to him;) I did not write the article; it was writ- Mr. Constal the pred was Ww map one lived on Mr. Bennet’s place last fall; I betore this charge, I ard any- ble to hit moral character; I attended Mr. Beanet I have al ways regarded sachusetts, who ight previous applied to the po- | (ris one | tric one; Thompson never stated his ocew | Kee for lod; and was accordingly placed in a cell, | was: he professed to be getting up a compound for the | apparently Ing under the indueaee cf liquar, and | cure of cutaneous diseases; it was & compound of ve- | in the morning he was discovered dead. The deceased has been in the habit of lodging in the station house ; while under t influence of fiquee. Verdict, death by apoplexy caused by intemperance. Dnowxry Max Focnp.—The dead body of a man was found on Thursday night, im the river, at the foot of Courtlandt street, by officer Thompson, Drap Inrant rounn.—A dead infant was fo drowned, yosterday, at the foot of Beach street. ‘Tre Case or Da. Bannert.—Coroner Geer has been applied te by the friends of Dr. Clements Barrett. re- siding at No. 813 Broadway. for the purpose of taking an aute-mortem examinat of Dr. Barrett, who, it seems. has become alarmingly worse, and is now not | expected to survive the injuries received from the rio- lence inflicted on his Mr. Steinmets and a Mr. . raTH ny Drowsixe.—The Coroner yestertay held fan inquest on the body of Michael Carerelly, aged | thirty-two years, born in [reland, who was found float. | ing tv the dock, toot of Liberty street. The deceased ‘ke identified by his risters, who stated that he had. about two weeks, Verdict, death by drowning. | Urasown Maw.—-The Coroner held. yesterday, an in- quest on the body of an unkuown me in the water, foot of Cuthari considerably decompored. in the w dark cost and pants, cotton shirt, aud boots, Death | by drowning. Porrat, Annascrwevrs.—The ostman of the fifth | ward bys seg explanation of his colloquy, respect ing the delivery of afternoon letters nn hat did hat Prentiss, N. rived in this city yesterday, and took rooms at the Irving House. Kaward Karnett, 1. K. Davenport, Thoma+ Lee, ).S.N.; aud thirty-nine others, arrived in this eity yesterday. and took ro The aggregate arrivals at ali the hotels in the elty, yesterday, wae nine hundred and eighty-six. m Sr. Jouw, N. B—The St. John ‘2st inet. complains that the e rejected the petition fora ashington. in order to urge te reciprocity. It state jemen, Mesare, Wilmot and Terennetiva in their private eapactt paper complains that lumber ta British vessels ts not allowed by the Americans to be landed, except in stated places Formerty. it eye, our vereels could pare the bridges and lend their lumber near the railway d Boston; and formeriy a vessel from St. Jobm could jand a cargo, aay as Wil- | liamsburg, opposite New York-the new order iexwed } | A salute w | played in the evening. IT om very much delighted with Boston and ite ap- by the Sreretary of State compels our vessels to keep below the bridges, and not Co land at Williamsburg oF any of the outports, So that while Englaud is « the Americans every advantage over the colonies, neighbors are doing all they can to annoy us. Ther Wil have to be a noike made very soon, ‘The landing of the Loyalitts from the United States at St, Jobn, in 1783, was celebrated on the 18th of May fired at noon, and fire-works wore dis. | Atrivale from Prinee Edward's fel report that the Liewt Governor bad been compelled to clove the jon of the Legitisture of that little colony, the tnembers. owing to a quartel between them and the Lieut, Governor, having refused (o proceed with the loeal besiness of the colony, eneh as roads bridges, ard wharves, Crown prosecutions. the maintenance of jails and prirona, inland mails. relief of poor persons, bough they took good care to atiach certain ap: ations to the Revenue bill, whieh they passed, | r the payment of the contingent expenses of the L ture, together with £50 to the Speaker, and 4 to ened member of the Aerembly, It ix cage hould the members of the House eontinn duet. the constitetion of the Island will be sacpended, and the goverement of the Colony attached to Nova Scotia before los Great preparations are making thronghont Canada to celebrate the auniverrary of the birth of the Queen of England, on the 24th inet Jchn Shavnon was.a few days since, liberated trom | Lye ipon the of the trial, It is to be hoped won in Chatieston. 8. C.. whore he had been for | thet they will have patience, and bear will ws till we Ure years confined on a charge of fraud, but which | get ail the tertimony tn, and then pass npon the ease, jer brought to trial, “Snr, Greham—'The Of the prosecation is not ‘The General Conference of the Methodiet Church. | has been secluded; Ltook © | Met Jury are etable extracts; I lived about two miles from M: nnet; on one oceasion I saw a man at Thompsor who was introduced tome by the name of Fields; have seen Thom 's handwriting; he T did not preserve it; I did not kuow he was so great man, or I should have preserved his <i. {It was conceded by the presecution that Fields was the man referred to by Asbley as the beh ape living at Thompson's house, and who. it w a annem inthe claim against a gentleman in this Croes-examined—T know Mr. Rennet has been in the habit of coming to New T do not know what bu. tines Mr. Bennet was e in In New York for th last five years; he told me Soc about to engage in the medical profession: he also told me he was getting into the practice of law as particularly applied to com- relni affaire: have seen one or two females at Thomp- son's house; my impression was, that Fields was a visiter at the house; my opinion of Bennet’s character is based principally on my own observation, but I have beard others speak of his eccentricities; the ge- nerel expression has been favorable to hie character; T ve heard persona «peak dirparagingly of him; this hav been principally in reference to this and one or two other charges made ;_1f reference to these euits. 1 have heard him epoken of disparagingly. Clark—Mr. Heanet is fond ot the selenees, 1 A ie . He has but few as- ~1 have a few remark In the course of the trial, the prosecution he dincd at my house, and fo hav his brother. My asso- clates bave never been inferior to his. dames © Church sworn—I resided near Mr. Bennet about ten years; [have been the coroner of Kings county; L never knew any thing against Mr. Bennet’s character, up to the time of these charges; I wae pro- rictor of’ line of stages which ruu pect ie. Bonnet’s oor: Mr. Bennet has always been a peculiar man; he upper at Mr. Bennet's ring the Mexican war. @—Was he not about to raise a regiment? (Ohjected to, and ruled out ) Mr. Clark—I only wanted to thow that he ia not only a man of exerilent character. but is a patriot as well (Laughter throughout the eo ‘ir Crahag—I hope the Court will make some order to have persons who indulge in such unseemly levity brought up and dealt with nt the ber. It i* highly tproper that euch scenes chould be att! t upon A grave trial, It would do in a theatre, but is highly improper in a court of Justice Mr Clark—T believe the andience were innocent in thetr expression, It was improper, I admit; but I think the audience were innocent, Thomas Kirk sworn and examined—T was judge of the Munietpal Court, in Brooklyn, for three years: I have known Mr. Benet trom 2) to 25 years ; Mr. Hen. | net is a man of a peculiar character, bit T never heard | anything against his moral character fidered him, like Ceesar’s wife, abor: wnys considered T always con- picion ; T al. pretty hard stutent, erpecialiy 5 xamined—T reside in New Uirecht; | i i bare known Mr. Benuet for some wighborhood as a gen- G connected with | 4 1 never heard anythi against him: of course law euite are apt to cause fil | feeling: I have bod en intimate acquaintance with him. { have formed » high opinion of his moral elarae- ter. he is en exeredingly eredulous character, [ know Thompson, he sent two boys to the district school of whieh T war a trnstee. ham—Do yr *felations ia New know anything of Mr, Bennet's ork for the last five yeare? | sheda work on Boc kkeping.and had a card on which was printed Ben! Moe. John Tackaberry eworn—I em a minteter of the ebureh: I k Mr. Bennet; vel, and th if they did not think they ted | in all the testimony that was material in the eave The couneel forthe defenee, eaid be was willing t trust the care tothe jury, To this the proses: cted. and said they bad rome further testimony to At this peint, the foreman of the jury arse nd raid aries proper for them to do so, the jury would like to confer together, fora few moments Mr Keon This woald be manifectly improper. The to converse with others or among them. rmpleted til the whole of oar testimony is in. Siccat Crumbs on. in Lag RY HR Hak 8 | #0 tae Jory wax quent 0 wa the meet en | 5 =| we hope the Court Selomon W, Rassell. of Washington county, N.Y. | Application. i uo per. we was knocked down and robbod, afew mights si A near’ Peer tee “oni ike to beat the evidence pact oy “ Uh. Stevens, called by the ion and sleted Mr. Dy a the Dlaavet Attoruay of legs eones wryes. the ty. im. Waking votes om the cevasion of Thom trial. at Prockiyn (Mr. Clark objected to any witness Pat Judge Urecuwood being called, to prove a ‘Toray nothing of the injurious consequences | | make, if the court Bennet’s testimony on Thompson's trial im 7) Mr. ‘k—I shall bold the rules, Mr. Bennet was Anal a reg oe ty typo ‘wae ee cpanel oeitanee, snd J object to any rions iveu ia when Was not allowed to explain, “placa ” Mr. McKeon replied —He suid the: intend« ed Lo prove that several months prior to these transace tions, the accused was aequainted withthe character ofThompron, and that he was actualy ® member of" | theGrand Jury, and coneraled the tact from hie fel- pan ae this man Thompson was engoged:in violat- the law | Rive Court decided that this witness eonld not testify | tothe facts which it was proposed to elicit by the- testimony of Judge Greenwood. ‘the pi ion, therefore, abandoned the design of bringing Bennet’s- . testimony before the jury, and passed to the te of Ashley, given at the time of Thompson's trial, Q—Wias Mr. Arhloy examined as witness on that trial? A—He was. Q.—Will you tura to your notes of that examinstion? A.—I have them here, (The witness here read the notes of Asbley’s examination om. trial, in Brooklyn.) Q.— 2 A—He was. Q.— Was | Thompson acquitted ? | Jotu C. Smith, swern—I am one of the police jns- tices of the city of Brooklyn; in January last, | plaint was made by Bennet against Thompsor | complaint was made on the eighth day | the next day, I beard of Bennet’s arrest. (Bonnet’s> | complaint against Thompson was here offered by the proseeution, and objected to by the defence, The Recorder was of opiuion that the evidence wae | adanise! as being pertinent to the iseue. Me wi | however, over-ruled by bis associates, and the testi mony was excluded) William Henry Anthon, recalled by the prosecution. | (Paper shown witness) Q Do you know the signa~ ture of Jomes Henry-Bennet ? Mr. Clark—Dont snuewer the question, witness. I object to the intreduction ef testimony, unless the proscention diselose what they design to prove, Ob« jection overruied. Defence takes exception to tha ruling of the Court ‘The witness proved the signature of James Arlingtorm Bennett. and that of bis soa, which signatures were attached fe written papers William Applegate was ealled but did not appears The District Attorney enid he wanted this witness to prove that the letters w were yesterday intro~ duced. az in Thompson's handwriting. were not at | elt similar to his. and this witness is familias with bia (Thompson's) hand The cyidenee on both sides being now closed. Mr. Clark said he was willing t he case go to the jut without summing up. or without a cli from the Court, To this. the counsel for the proseci~ tion objected. and the case will, therefore, be summed up and disposed of on Saturday (this) morning. Our New Orleans Correspondence, New Oacrans, May 15, 1850. The Editorial Duel—The Spring Regattrs—The Cuba Exe pedition—The Whig Press—The Weather, $e. ‘The duel between Judge Walker and Dr, Magh Ken-, nedy came off on Monday, at the Bay of St. Louis. Afver exchanging a shot, the friends of the latter apologised for their principal, which ended the a®air. Col. George White, the late commander of the Roung® Islanders. one Of the seconds for Walker. The Second Spring Regatta went off yesterday with great spirit. The winning boats were the Kate and Undine—both built in your city—the Maraposa, Pil- grim, and Mary Barker. Three boats capsized, end. several others either carried away theit masts or met with some necident The wind was blowing # perfect gale trom the start to the close. that the erew of the Doubloon, gonsist- ing of five persons, wore lost after she eapsised, about five wiles from the shore Up to a late hoar last night, the beat sent to for them had not returned. There is wo news. as yet, from the Cuban expedition: The whig papers here, which have heretofore throwm cold water upon St, have changed their tone. and now ‘h in for it with a perfect rush, Not content with Cuba, they propose to annex Canada, and admit thea both into the Union at the same time; the one asa free, and the other as a slave State, ‘The weather, to-day. is clear and cold—business ace tive, and the river rising The Ohio left this morning, for New York. You must look out for exciting news by herfrom Havana, TRANSIT. Political Inte! enees Tur Siaveny Comrnomusy ix Sovrm Canoniwa.—A meeting was held at Charleston, 8. C., on the 20th inst. at which resolutions were , denouncing the various mearures of compromise proposed in the United States Senate. as coutrary to the constitution, and should not receive the su; of the South; that those now « ifornia do not cons stitute the jegal and constitutional lan age; and the sanction of Congress by their ‘Appropiate to themselves a region belouing to States of the Union. will be an outrage upom the constitution. They deny the right of Congr to change the benndaries of Texas, as agreed upon in the: treaty of Guadaloupe Uidalgo, and surrender of any part of Texas will be a betrayal of the rigbto and interests of the South. TRE CUBAN NEWS. MAILS FOR EUROPE. ‘The Steamship Pacife, The splendid steamship Pacific, Captain Nye, wilt leave this port at noon to-day, Her mails will elose at half-past ten o'clock this mornt: The Weekly Herald, with the latest news from all parts of the con- tinent, will be published at nine o'clock. 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