The New York Herald Newspaper, June 3, 1850, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. j '. NO. 6838. inland iin AE nnn nnnnnnens ‘NITED STA’ STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Mt ihe Stockheldersot the United Siavee Malt at the Morsban is Exchange ‘ the cette at" New York, on Saturday. June 1, | sede, for sh, perpen ck oaing ye Bintan ttt Com RCE LAW, ©. ROBERTS, } Commissioners. an x aonanrs.¢ AND NORTH AMERICAN R. M. nd Liverpool, and bo- av Halifax to iand sad a }BO! Now York, ween ‘and Liver; alling mails and paseen, ‘, & Boston i a ECURARD, Jux., 88 Broadway. NITRD STATES MAIL STEAMBRS ZETWEEN NEW ‘York and Liverpoo!.—The ships composing this line are TLANTIC, Captain West. ARCTIC, Captain La a Hote Bye. Captain Govastock. Captain Craftor 4 aa shiragaring ben Daily, eaten, expronty also ‘engines, t ro sbrongth tions tor are eee from New ie Tor elegance E orpaseage CIN ig GIL oh EGR mom Seomahipe Mo berth es an be pecured until paid for. For eee eg eek RTS Sea ret or, % ., LAverpook. be Atlantic will leave Liverpoo!.. May 2), 1330, z Atlantic | ‘ork.. a « 1 “Pecite “ « ‘ork... aly 6,“ © atiantie = sal a oeeers of V"will not be scconutable for gold. silver, Bulli jewelry, precious stones or metals, Unless billjof lading are signed thorofor, aud the value there- of, therein “ or POOL.—UNITE! ip ATLANTIC, Capt. part with the mails “gpwo. K. COLLINS, 74 South street. she Unived States Mall “Phareday, Janes ay The new aang cookie cts eceniy Geoxcia, war vith the Goverst Yor the West Indies eo conts per eubic foot. beard a the ‘ont street. ‘VESSEL—TO SAIL, apie J.C. Bell, Sow londing a8 il om her day. Wo the bulk of 100 uu OR SAN FRANCISCO, BRN vi de Jancire, Vi salear eeviy in June—the 2, tw Capt. oe freight (of which only & or uate either of th Trees ie seta tirtae TU ‘ommender, will _ ad ious. For June 13th, at So'clook. P. Visine ‘Isthmus, sails 13th June, forsale. Apply at 103 Bron CALronNt a DIRECT THROUGH TICKETS—TWO iret clare and one # corace, per Philadelphia and mail f Panam: for sale low bj MAR 0 GE MIEPARD. e8 Browtovay, cove? Wall st, CALITORNTA THROUGH TICKETS DIRECT F ‘Thires steerage in Hew land and Aspinwall’ line for Ju tans: “ned ‘tae Slecrage, for Jane’ Seth tp iiseiands e or June o Aspinwall's line. ¥. wHitk, 35 Wall at. | LYING AT wit AL she will re= ore Te CURARD, Je..38 Broadway. LE—DRITISi \ will beseut to England.” She then, ‘of 140 horse autumn! 176 feet kool, eam, weil «i and furnished with bedi asta ost i ap sent toves. Apply to ¥. Gad Before Judge Jess L—The several convicted were brought fet eh! a he i gh the feats George (a colored man) who pleaded to an assault on the mn end ‘mate of his vessel, on being called up, said that he would not have com- mitted the . but that he was maddened to it by bearing them say they would sell him and divide the mone, Court You attacked them at night with anare,a fact which the court cannot overlook; the law orders a fine as well as imprisonment; as you are not # person of means, the court will impore a fine of six cents upon, and sentence you to three years’ imprisonment, with hard labor. Johanna Quinlan, convieted of passing counterfeit mone; Conch You have been edly saint to by the District Attorney to reveal the names of the parties of whom you are suppored to be the instrument; you have persisted in refusing to enable the law to reach the more guilty partics, The jury have recommended ou to mercy, which the court shall certainly take Into consideration. You are liable to be sentenced to ten ’ imprisonment, and toa fine of $6,000; but taking the reco: endation of the jury into considera- tion, you are sentenced to pay @ Ane of $5, and to be imprisoned for & period of two years Barnes, (@ mon of color) cook on board the Tolego, who pleaded guilty to assaults on the captain and mate, was sentenced to pay a fine of six cents, and be imprisoned for one year e Court remarked its regret to find that cases’of this kind are multiplying very rapidly. Willie J De Wolfe was then called forward ‘The Court regretted to have the master of a ship D-ought before it on a charge of that natare upon whieh it had just remarked) The jury bad recom- mended the accusrd to mercy. in consequence of the eonduct of Thomas, ove of the complainants. Captain De Woife—I have not the smallest doubt, if @)¢ conduct of the men from the beginning of their voyage had been known to the jury, they would have acqnitted me. Two of the men who swore against me eve under fetitious names. and that fact alone ough *) throw a doubt uj on them. ve Court — wire defended upon the evidence your mate, and the law hag no other means of arriving ‘at a conclusion but that of the testimony; and as we are disposed to protect masters from the insubordina- tion of abips’ crews, we will also o that injuries inflicted by you were not more serio You Ser ten convicted 2 three indictments, the law Imporet a fine and imprisonment fo The sentence shall not be severe, the jury havin commended you to ae )d for other consi To of your Jatellig and position, a eh imprisonment will be suMciontly degrading. For the exeault on Thomas you are sentenced to pay of ‘and 80 days’ imprisonment; for dl © Vd 80 each Te. mi on 4 for Be nesault on Im prio a Hynes and Meswe aye oung men. named , were, upon the interference of the United States District ‘Attorney, in consequence of their youth previo good character, sen’ need toanominal fi it and im: ment until Monday, for a revolt on it each. n Rand pleaded guilty to an with larceny of pistols, rib- , on board the ship Admiral, he mercy of the Court Cirenit Court will be opened here by Judge Nelson, on Mondey morping OL ee MTNA TN ANN MnO REMENN WN NROEHE SS MORNING EDITION----MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1850. BY TSLEGRAPH. Tremendous Bank Robbery. THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN HILLS STOLEN FROM THE DORCHESTER BANK. Boston, (Mass.) June 2, 1850. ‘The town of Dorchester was thrown into state of excitement, this morning, by the discovery of the fact. that the Bank of Dorohester had been broken into during the night, and robbed of thirty thousand dol- lars, in ite own notes. Hvery search has been mad _— authorities of the place, but as yet in vail The robber or robbers have no doubt ate the bills somewhere not far from here, until the excite- ment cools down and vigilance is wearied, w! th will disinter them from thefr hiding place and a them into circulation, probably in connection with a New York gang. Your police will, of course, be on the gud vive, The Late Cuba News. ‘The Charleston Mercury. of the 30th ult., speaking of the news received He Ai tety Ars at that port, from Havana, and wnich was published by telegraph, relative to the landing of troops on the south side of Cubs, and the taking of Cienfuegos and Trinidad, says:—* We re every reason to believe, from in- formation derived from individeals prominent in the late demonstration on Cardenas, that the foregoing rumor is witheut the slightest foundation.” ‘The Lawrence Divorce Case at Loulsville, Kontucky. SALLIE WARD LAWRENCE VS. TIMOTHY BIGELOW LAW- RENCR—VERDICT IN FAVOR OP MRS. LAWRENCE. [Prom the Louisville Journal of Commerce, May 27.) A petition was presented to the last ture, by Mrs. Sallie Ward Lawrence, praying to be divorc from her husband, T. Bigelow Lawrence, in conse- uence of his having caused to be advertised, without Sastity eiroumstances, and in an unwarrantable ‘manner, that she had him, and forewarning all persons from “harboring and bee cagy aged on his account, as he would not be responsible for any debts contract ” The jature passed a gonoral act, embracing this and many other cases pending, giving jurisdiction to the circuit courts of this com- monwealth, and authorizing a jury to find the facts of case, and the court to decree accordingly. ‘The case came up on Saturday, the 25th inst., before the Hon. Wm. ¥. Bullock. A jury of twelve men was . and Mr. Guthrie, for complainant, read so much of the bills filled as was necessary, setting forth the grounds of divorce, the affidavit of the proper officer, that due notice had been served, and the act giving jurisdictiou in the cage to the eourt. There being no defence set up, or counsel employed, the Court observed that it would be necessary t! the should be it, to see ing to the regular course of law. Accordingly, Mr. Wolfe, Attorney for the Commonwealth |, and after y bad time to file his ecewer? By the statute, he must file his answer at this term; but the term has not zee expired. The statute also provides, that heshall file his evidence in su; of his answer et the next term, which would be September. Mr. Guthrie referred to the act to Negtlate divorces, and including the present case, in whicb public moto. riety through the new: ress Was: ground ivorce, Iie remarked thas. though this was 1a the shape of » bill in still It was moro of suit at law. ‘The jury were to find the facts of the ease, and the court decree. Neither the confessions nor the de- feult of the The jury must find yoy ined the act of the Legislat 4 exami eo of ure, an decided that the case now go ‘A ingly, the jury were sworn to in s verdict according to following com the law end evidenc: J joseph Danforth, Foreman; George Stannard, ae yy BE Broader. James Marshall, L. 8. ea Pee ‘k, J. H. Wright, Thos. G. Rucker, INS , 8. 8, Bridges, Wm, McKnight. ‘The issue joined was that T. B. Lawrence had cessarily and unbecomin, exposed his wife, Ward Lawrence, to public notoriety and reproach through the newspapers, and that the verdict should be as provided for in the special ‘act of the Legislature. Mesars. George D. Prentice, W. Preston Woolley. and Jobn H. Hay , were brought forward as witnesses for the complainant, and duly sworn. Mr. Woolley—I returned a visit to Cino! on the night of the 24th Fe , and foun which beon received at the office several days T. Bigelow Lawrence, Mr. Wolfe—You are acquainted with the handwriting of Mr. Lawrence? | Mr. Wi —I am ; the advertisement was enclosed to me in a letter marked *: private and confidential."’ Mr. Harney said that he had received setter from an agent at Saye him to insert the ad- | vertisement re! to, in paper ; he had subse- uently received another letter, asking for a copy of the reper oe gy Be. advertisement, as without it, the could not collected ; it not been in- serted in hia paper, and none forwarded. Mr. Prentice received # letter from Mr. Law- reties, Saying that his agent would send on an adver- tisement, the necessity of publishing which he much , but ft was a duty which he owed to himself, and however much he disliked, must perform. He rence, | the city for several days after the reecipt of the letter, and on his return he found the advertisement at the Tth of last month. he recetved @ letter if the advertisement was vertisement mever ime, accompanied by her to Boston; some time in July, 1 received a letter from her, stating that she inten: me to Kentucky with Mr. Lawrence; but I afterwards understood, by letter from that gentleman, that, in consequence of the vail olera at Buffalo and Sandusky, they venture West nested by my daughter to come ired me to bring her to Louisville; I immediately tele- graphed that I would come, and sccordingly started . 7 rem when we left Boston for Kentueky, Mr. Law- offered no objection to Mrs. Lawre: ving Boston; he expreseed regret that the abse: his fa- ther in’ London vould render it necessary for him to remain at Boston, and prevent him from coming to Kentucky. Mr. Preston—He Mre. Lawrence! ver objected to the return of always been sup- upplied her wi Mr. Gu Did Mr. Lawrence ever, to your know- ledge RY. ® bill for his wife? ir. Ward—I think he paid her board bills and tra- velling expenses, but am not aware that he ever paid « bill t in this city ever advanced her any money, or paid any other bills, than the one incurred at the Tremont House, and her neceseary travelling expenses. On one occasion, L think shortly betore the departure of my daughter from Boston. she requested Mr. Lawrence to give her a Hie said that he did not have the money, ald ark his father for it. The Mon. Abbott my daughter the amount. Two days ra Lawrence requested me to give her one hundred dollars. I asked her to what purpose ply it She told me she desired to re- turn to Mr A it Lawrence the am it she had bor- towed from him. I remonstrated against it, but she oppearee to be so anxious about it that I gratified her. Bhe cent the money to Mr. Abbott Lawrence. and by return mi teovipt'’ was received. The very deli- cate health of my de it imperatively neces rary that she should leave the ri elimate of Bos- ton. I received from Prof. Gross his written opinion to that effect, which I enclosed in a letter. and forwarded to Mr Lawrence. Prof Gross believed that a residence im Boston would i to i health, and I there- fore urged upon Mr. wrence how very necessary it was that she should be allowed to leave Boston Mr. Lawrence — that he would take my daughter to one of the Wert India Islands. er §to some hern climate out of the United States, but that he would not come to Kentucky. The alternative was, that Mrs. Lawrence should come with myself. Professor Samuel D. Gross, ot the U: Louisville, was called, and bein have been acquainted with Mra professionally. A aay or two previous to her mar- riege, 1 stated to her husband. that it would be highty imprudent to take Mrs. L. to Roston, as I thought that the rigorous climate would seriously impair, if not entirely destroy her health. After the marriage, I conversed with both Mr and Mrs. Lawrence. iterated the statement which I had previonsly made ersity of duly sworn, said—f allie Ward Lawrence, At the, request of Mr. Ward, I wrote out an opinion of the cage. I myself have no dowbt that a residence ia Boston would prove fatal to Mrs. Lawrence; [, there- fore, willingly stated that it would be almost death for Lawrenee to think of returning to Boston to live. Mr. W. IL. Dulaney. of the firm of I. Raphael & Co., called, and being sworn, said—Mre. Sailie Ward Law- renee has baw age goods at our house for the last fix or eight years; her bills have been promptly and regularly paid; we have never a presented to her father a bit was disputed by bie: her credit at our boure is unquestionabi |. Mf Preston—Did Mr. T. Bigelow Lawrence ever pay ® bill for Mrs, Lawrence at your establishment’ | Mr. Dulaney—Never. After the marriage of Mr. TF awrem aecount was opened by our book keeper oeninst “Mra T B Lawrence:” but about the last da: ct December, Mra RJ. Ward called and paid # bil which she hereeif had created, and, at her fequest. the pM her danghter, Mrs. Lawrence, was incorporated * it. Mr. Preston Will you plese state to tho Jury, air, it hy ever beard that Mr. T. B. Lawrence paid ® | ot him wife's im this city? | Mr. Dulaney—I do pot think he has ever done 0, i Clucdits Duvall, of the firm of Bent & Duvall, called, womed perfectly willing | do not know that he has | ‘and being uly sworn, said—Tho family of Mr. Ward have dealt largely at’ eur storo, for s number of [sort Fe mover had bill “Gisputed by them; r=, T.B, Lawrence has purchased of us since her wrene: poe and her bills have al been paid by her Mr. Guthrio—Mr. Lawrence has never peta a bill of bis wife's, in this sity, to your knewlodgo? Mr. Duvall has ‘paid any bill for Mra, La rence, It has never come to my ears; I do not, myself, I believe he ever paid a bill of her's, ‘reston—Mrs. Lawrence has credit at your store, I believe? Mr. Duvall—She can procure goods from us to any amount; no one pretends to question hor credit. Mr, Preston—Did. you ever hear any one sey that Mr. Lawrence paid his bills ? Mr. Duvall—I never heard a person say that ho pre- sented a bill to Mr, Lawrence, or that any bill of her's ‘was over rejected. The evidence being concluded, Wm. Preston, eoun- sel for the complainant, arose and said—Gentlomen of the Jury—Whon I came into court, I expected that an opposition would be made to the application for » yorce, fled by the complainant. If such opposition was intended, it has been abandoned. I will only al- lude to some important pointe in the case, and shall not trouble you further than is absolutely necessary. first witness, Mr. Woolley, has told you that he reoeived a letter from Mr. Timothy Bigelow Lawrence, of Boston, enclosing the following, which he ordered should be inserted as an advertisement in his paper, a with # request that it should be “shown ines arn a place as possible.’ The advertisement reads :— Noricn.—Wh my wife, as dese: me, wilfully and wi Eat iel Seen ere pee eco count, aa 1 hold m, responsible for no debts by her. 7eee remo BIGELOW LAWRENCE. feb2s d79 ed in the Louisville Democrat, of this city, but y were not inserted in those papers. There was never a more deliberate in- a female. It was intended as a stab—a \d revengeful back-thrust at the fame of in the honor and refined senti- hom she had been induced to ere, bas Rese Sets grees N ont, wentenly amr: man who perpetrated this outrage rove s yond all contradiction, that he dove not possess a'sin. gle generous sentiment—that he is wholly devoid of the respect which a man uld feel for himself, and that he desorves the execration and contempt of every citizen who esteems the honor of his wife or the hap- Piness of his household. There is every evidence of ‘an exhibition of the meanest purpose to doa in- jury toa eee of whom the community feel justly proud—of a disposition to libel and scandalize a wife, who. on his false protestations of love and affection, hasbeen upon to unite herself in mi . to @ fellow who has damned himself most effecti in the opinion of overy sensible and honorable citizen, I am, myself, cognizant of very many facts relating to this unfortunate marriage, and the results of it, whi delicacy forbids me to mentios. The family of the un- fortuatelady are unwilling that any evidence, further than that which is necersary to substantiate the as- sertion of “ wrong,” should be adduced on this occa- sion. There is much which could be said here, which we feel ourselves compelled to keep back, because it is not the wish of the counsel for the complainant to subject the lady to more unpleasant jety than is peycuerce ye | beer Mrs. Lawrence is known to almost all of us. is respected, and esteemed as an intelligent, worthy, beautiful, and sccomplished lady. It has been weil understood by the public, that relations of an unpleasant character exi between herself and husband, rather from the unhappiness ex- perienced by her with her husband's relatives, than apy other cause. Mrs. Lawrence returned to Ken- ey lest summer, and her husband has never been inthis State since. Her health had becomo precarious, and the consolation of home was absolutely necessary to her existence, and it is this fact which makes the unauthorised “ notice” of Mr. Lawrence appear 40 malevolent and vindictive. The conduct of the defen- dant merits the contempt of man in the Union. There was no reason, no cause for him to make such & statement. Nothing but a disposition to wreak a mean, unmeanly revenge on an unfortunate lady, could have induced him to manufacture so vile # falsehood. In Maseachusetts, ‘a8 well as Kentucky, the cit hae been spoken of as an ungentlomanly and contemptible effusion, from a fellow who deserves the con- tumely and scorn of ev. an who possesses the least ‘k of honor in his composition. phere ef meanness about the ransaction’? which induces every one to pause and Teflect how on God's earth such grovelling creatur = exist | y is assessed at two who pays two thousand than his snnual salary, for man who ostenta- dollars annum @ residence in the city of Lond ere by ficy Ch ouisthet” dollars to Harvard College, and is looked upon almost as the wealthiest man in Anrerica, to be engaged in such a miserablo, contempt- ible, low transaction’ He sends a receipt, in due form, according tothe mercantile way of business. to daughter whom he should look upon affectionately d kindly! He forwards by “ return post” a regularly drawn up receipt for the sum of one hundred 8, to a duvghter who had never received the first cont from a burband who publishes her jp the press of the country as wo in Kentucky *%uig do fugitives from justice OF STUN® way slave, warning the public not to $9 her or — her on his account! ever a more scandalous, outrageous, Atageacetul ioce of buriness! Gentlemen of the jury, I do ny m appeal to your sympathies, or to the just indignation which you should feel towards this follow. come here nakedly, and barely to state the simple facts of the care. A Kentucky lady marries a Boston gentleman. Both occupy high positions in society. The lady's health | demands that she should leave the unfavorable mate in which her husband resides, and retarn to t! home of a father, where her wants and necessities will be promptly provided for. one cent towards her maintena because he wishes that s! hall retara to his home, when he knows she will certainly if she does so. he publishes her in the newspapers of tho city in which wae born, and t city where her father an @ deserter, and ¢ harbor her on bis be any justification for such con- f euch an array of evidence to prove that a man bas acted in direct violation of all the dictates of justice, decency. and honor, 4 the laws of the land’ Lawrence published his wife as he \d his father’s oemaburgs; he exposed her to public y; he held her up to the community ase to be harbored, s Mra. Lawren lived, gentlemen, since her departure from Boston Sho bas been domiciled in the house of her father been near the mother whose protection he solicited lowed; she has rem: ith thore who love, respect. and admire her, a1 yaving treated her unkindl, bas avoided thore who, | in favor of the compisinant | might reek ator t for s fagrant outrage. ds to question it the defendant has | 4 maliciously out th whos universally esteemed aad belov ere conceded that Mr. L every honorable impulee determined to stab the the af. ed, and the f who has ever that he would hter to become a pecuniary charge low Lawrence, is preposterous in the highest degree fore, gentlemen of the jury. leare the ¢ our bands. Ido not deem it necessary for me ut one thing more, We donot claim alimony for M Lawrence do not derire that well filed coffe of the American millionsire should in any way bee butery to the lady who bas been foully insulted b We simply desire that y be erased from bh after w in who has in dulgence gratified ever permit hie to Mr, Timothy Bi in me every way Gentlemen of the Jw be explained in nment, it is my duty to see t acted In the proper manner. and that t case fs com questions and interrogations of thi | complainant are addressed to form. It ix my duty to see that the defendant is just ly dealt with. and in the absence of counsel to atten to his ease, I have not been advised by Mr. how toact. He bar not in my bands any re. butting testimony. and I have receiv 4 te intimation from himeelt cq his friends that the application shall be opp: s} your duty, as jurors, to try the issue of this you determ in_your own minds that he has * unnecessarily an tonly exposed the complainant to public notoriety,” yeu will render a verdict to that efleet; but if you decide that he bi done so, you will bring ins contrary deelsion. I did not ask the witnesses for the complainant any ques- tions, becaure I wae not informed to whether it was plication should d. and I know but little of the merits of the eo ing had no acquaintance with it previous to My entering the court room this morning You will now take the feta, and decide as you in your judg- ment think proper James Guthrie, Eeq, counsel for the complainant sald: With your permission, gentlemen of lshail make ® few observations. The con- marriage is requisite and essential to every well regulated society It is the most important feature of the domestic state on which an observer can fix his attention. ‘The good or evil fate of the female depends mere upon her matrimonial selection than on any other atep in life. When she connects herself in mar- ringe, she either elevates o1 andes herself Mer deati- nies are linked with the she marries. If the hoeband is successful in life, if the fates smile upon bim, she is doubly blessed; but if he fail to ecure for himself an honorable position in society, ahe ie dragged down in the same proportion that he himectt dnks — ‘The most important epoch in the life of woman, ie when she appears et the altar and binds herself for tite with the pertaer of her choice. ler fate et that moment is Se . TWO CENTS. sealed. She elthor loses or wins, and it is with hor hurband alone whether she shall occupy an honorable and reapected ron or live degraded, unhappy and unfortunate. Man and wife are one person in law. It @ man libels bis neighbor, proteot and uphold him. She and declares in the presence of er God, that she will obey, serve and honor him. She has but one alternative. It is a sad, a desperate remedy, but it is the role antidote, She must separate herself from the man who has her. She must no longer live with an individual who proves himself unworthy ef her love, The laws of the country shield her from 0} pression and misery as much as possible. Though th cannot entirely heal the wound which is made by t remorseless husband, they offer to the oppressed wife dreadful remedy which #he must accept, or, in the event of refusal, get none other. The wound may be partially healed, and in order to do even partial good, Tat tied to her this desperate cure. has been foully libelled by her hus- sho 1s dostitute of all principle, who should make the gentleman, has wickedly, wantonly, and in the black malevolence of his heart, published in the papers of this city tho fol- lowing ‘notice.’ (Here Mr. Gutbrio read tho card of Mr. T. B. Lawrence.| Let us see how far this is true, or rather let us seo if it is not alla falsehood. Did she desert him wilfully? Does not her father, on oath, tes- tify that he went for her himself, at the request of Mr. Lawrence id she not come away from Boston, to use the words of Mr. Ward, “ without her husband ox- presaing ‘any unwillingness whatever’ She came to \er father's home; she returned to the bosom of her family emaciated with sicknoss, and distressed in min: She sought an 7 kind attentions of devotedly. She is now here and at her mother’s house, She has not him. She has returned tothe ny her to her home? No! He resolutely re- to leave Boston, and persisted in his determi- nation not to come to Kentue! place which he well ve. Ho dema: that in order to gratify his contemptible ps in self-defence she informs him she cannot accede he publishes her in a public nowspape: public newspapers. He holds her up to the gaze of the world. Heattemped to damn her with a false, revenge ful, malevolent slander. Not content with publishing the falsehood in the papers of this city, hesends off the advertisement to New ns, where it was inserted in another paper. Why did he do this? Beceuse the fa- ther of complainant was engaged there in business. There he resided for # large portion of the year, sur- rounded by am ble society, and admired for his many good qualitios, his gentlemanly bearing, and princely howpitality ya circle of friends and acquaintance, TT! i slanderer well knew that the publication of this libel in that city would cause the friends of Mr. Ward infinite pain. ile that it would have the desired effect—that of wounding the feelings of the most intimate friends of his wife. Why was this publication made? Let us take the ro- remaing count of his indictment. He was afraid of her runi him in debt. Have not sevoral of the wit- nesses t that all of ber wants wore supplied by her father—that Mr. Lawrence never thought of pay- ing # bill for his wife; ee eanete es hbermoney? Have you not heard the petty, mean little transaction of the hun dollars, which Mr. T. Bigelow hadn't, but which the Honorable Abbot was hav wy Age nd? Was not the amount returo- ed, and not the receipt come back with the ebaracteristic punctuality of the world-renowned house of A. & A. Lawrence & Co.,“ by return post.”? Now gentlemen, when one man libels another, they eannot be longer friends, Where » man libels his wife, he has opened an impassable gulf. Mr. Lawrence has libelled his wife; he has unnecessarily, and without cause, held her up te public notoriety, and I beg will find the fellowing verdict: , of the jury, goa that the allegations in complainant's bill are true, and that Timothy Bigelow Lawrence has been guilty of the unbecoming and tful conduct of unnecesari- ly Cee byw complainant to public notoriety and reproach, an alleged abandonment, by falsely pub- lishing in two papers published in this city, (Louis- ville.) that complainant had deserted him wilfull, and without cause, and warning all persons agai harboring and trusting complainant on his account.” ‘The jury, without leaving the box, announced that Joseph Danforth, handed the following to of twelve men, empanelied i a of the facts in the case of Law- have rendered - 1, through their fore. swor! mapas 2 fence va, La that in eom- 7 p guilty of the =ubecoming dis- conduct of unnecessarily exposing the com- jainant to public notoriety and tepreceh, an al- oged abandonment, by falsely publishing im two pa- pers pu in this city, (Loutaville that complain, ant had deserted lim wilfally and without cause, and vers all persons inst harboring and trustin, eomp! on his Ponce ° s JOSE PIL DANFORTH, Foreman. Political Intelligence. Missovnr arp Cosrromise.—The following resolutions were passed 2 democratic convention, recently in session at Platte City, Missouri, touching the question dred measures :-— the governinont of the United ors; that these pawe F ean bo Ox- coessarily im~ be nugatory the common pronerty of xorcising their con- to impo unequally ey, North, 4 d to theit » to the to them aps A meeting held in the fourth Congressional district, of the same State, adopted the following Resolved, That we are opposed to the Wilmot proviso, a allovher ition schemes, under whatever oame or disguise direct tendency to | street, there is another very handsome four-story improvements in New York. AE GREAT UNFINISHED CITY—TAE RFYORTS MAXING TO COMPLETE IT, ETC. The improvements going on in buildings in the lower part of the city, and particularly between the Herald office and the Battery, are numerous and important. The two and three story buildings are built upon and raised to five stories, or they are entirely prostrated and re-built to double their for- mer height. Sometimes you will see a building undermined, and the principal story, if it be of brick, replaced with granite, and if it be of granite, per- haps iron is substituted. We wish we could say so much for the taste of the architecture as for the zeal in increasing the dimensions. All the orders and styles of ancient and modern architecture are mixed up together in “most admired disorder.” The Gothic with the Tonic, the graceful Corinthian with the Egyptian, and the Elizabethan with some others that never had a local habitation ora name. The rage is now for large stores, and for facing them with brown stone. These buildings generally present a heavy, gloomy, appearance. Iron is rapidly gaining ground in the public estimation. It seems it is cheaper, while at the same time it is something new. Some think it is handsomer, too, than stone. In this, we beg leave to differ, but de gustibus non disputan- dum, there is no disputing about tastes. There is a difference of opinion, however, upon a more se- rious and substantial matter. While some hold that the iron is proof against fire, others maintain that it will crack with intense heat, and springing either out or in, the building will be sure to fall. There has been no test as yet by actual experiment. Tron buildings are a novelty in the world, even in New York. The first of them was erected about two years ago, at the corner of Duane and Centre streets, by the manufacturer himself, for his own use. Since then, there have been stores erected of the same material—one in Barclay street, run- ning to Vesey, another in Washington street, and one in Broadway, occupied by Mr. Miller, near Courtlandt street. But pillars of iron for the prin- cipal stories, have become quite fashionable for stores. There is one cause which has powerfully ope- rated in the First ward, and, indeed, in the city generally, as an incentive to the erection of larger buildings on the sites of smaller ones, and that is the great advance in rents and the prices of lots. People must take in some additional space from the sky, tomake house property pay, or, where there are leases, to enable the lessee to discharge his obligations. Many of those who are net immediately inte- rested in the improvements going forward, are much dissatisfied at the obstructions of the streets, including the sidewalks, and they exclaim that New York will never be improved, for every year, the improvements are on the increase, as if all that had been already done was worse than useless. It seems somewhat like Penelope’s web, of which there was as much unravelled every night as was woven in the day, so that the web was never finish- ed. But the comparison is not exactly apropos, for there is always more built up than what is pulled down, and the city is poring all the time, with an amazing rapidity. ere can be no surer indication of the giant strides to rity of its trading and commercial interests, which, “cribbed, cabined, confined,” ery out for more room, as they swell, year after year, beyond their former dimen- sions. “This consideration reconciles the inhabitants of Gotham to any presentdiscomfort or inconvenience they may sufier through the growing process, from bad wo good, from gs to better, and from better to best. There is one observation, which may, not the bail ee here ant o- oo, UAL Tt 2 OF the buil ints hey tiacs, bey) ere is very little re- rd paid to the durability of the structure, or the ives of the people, ‘The walls are built so slightly and #9 \votely, that they are by no means suflicient tosnstain the weight put upon them; and in the event of a strong gale of wind, or their exposure to the action of fire, they will assuredly come down withacrash. Either the authorities now entrusted with this matter are not ane their duty, or they have not — to interfere, and in that case they ought to be armed with additional power, or some new officer ought to be created, whose duty it would be to take cognizance of the manner in which all new buildings are constructed. Let us advert to some of the recent improvements between Fulton street and South Ferry. [t is not long since we published an account of the new buildings in the lower part of the city. We now notice only those just completed, or in progress of erection. In Whitehall street a magnificent store has been so far finished, that the firm for whom it waserected are now in occupation. [It has two fronts, one in Water and the other in Pearl, bao 10 feet long and 31 feet wide. It is six stories high, the prinet- al story being iron, and the remainder of the build- Be faced with brown stone. e wall is 22inches thick, and it is built in the strongest manner. e doors, which are of iron, fold neatly into the iron pillars during the day, and are thus completely out of the way, and when the syre is shut, the front is all flush, having the appearance of an iron wall without any door. The cellar is one of the finest we ever saw ; it is capable of containing 600 hogsheads of brand This building isa wh le grocery store, buil Mr. States M. Mead, for Sackett, Belcher & Co. The architect is Mr. J. B. Corlies. In the same street, and at the corner of Stone they ha n # that will the Unioa honrt thea allen nestio earth. That we approve resclutions passed by our last Lagisla‘ure, known as the Jackson resolutions, rolating to the subject of avery. That we cordially approve the © fall, ovr rors tative in Cor e great inci pl t d mess held “himself as. the I is, our f rove chiven, Taare Gree which have been That we DR. At~ forward in Congr Exrexstow or tHe Trrsonarn —The Boston Courier of the Slet ult., says :—On passing through State strer yerterday our attention was drawn to ® crowd about he door of the Merchants’ Line Telegraph, who, from the hardy appearance of the men — their bronse faces. end implements of work, seemed bent upon po ineurreetionary movement. Public curiosity was. however, soom allayed, when, on inquiry, they found that forces no gathered were not to march for the annexation of Cubs. but to an- nex Hallfex and principal places of Canada with the United States, by of « new line of telegraph from Portland to Boston, working in connection with the Merchants’ Line— forming part of Henry O'Reilly Atlantic, Lake and Telegraph range. The foree rete t imbering over eighty men, started at four o'clock on the Wastern railroad. and this, with the force already on the ground, will no doubt put the line in working erder from Portland to Boston within the | o— ten days, which is the time specified for its com- pletion, The Rochester (N. ¥.) Democrat, of the Ist inst, says —The wires of House's line of telegraph are being ftrung upon the ports, and will be in operation be- tween this city and Buffalo, in about three weeks. The wire weighs about 600 Ibs. to the mile, and we an- | ticipate that the “ printing telegraph ” will not be Jong in securing the confidence of the public by its eccuracy Brooklyn City Intelligence. Tue Cov ave.—The pei ane terme of the City Court, before Judge Greenwood. commences this morn. ing. As this ts the term for the transaction of crim. nal business, trial of Drury. for having counterfeit money in bis possession, will probably be called on, although it fs doubtful whether the parties will be ready. The Cirewit Court ond Court of Oyer and | Terminer wil! also commence its session to-day | Drowsen—A German, name unknown, drowned, on Saturday mornin at th Mor og ttreet. Coroner Ball an ing the body. ‘The deceased had on of dar loons, and « bive net shirt. I bout forty. five fect ten inches in height, brown had been in the water three or four . found drowned —A pair of spirited horses, attached toa town Fulton street, on about eight o'clock. and meeting edford omnibuses, the fore wheel of the wagon struck one of the stage horses, knockMg him down, and shattering the lighter vehicle to stoma. | ely no person was in the wagon. The horse was considerably injured Tre Last Sap Doty. —Rev. John P. Greene, pastor of the Firet Methodist Congregational Church. yester- day preached the funeral sermon of Samuel Mot came to his deat om ree exoursion ¢o | The discourse was listened to @ith the most profound attention, ' | long. | “the Government House.” | nold’s plan was concocted, and his intervie | beauty of the locality. | fountain of the Bowling Green, which had been store, the principal story and the window sills of the entire buildin being granite. It is a cotton store, occupied by Mr. Franklin. In Stone street, a | few yards from this, a very large s' in progress | of erection. It is to have a brown stone front, to be four stories high, 30 feet wide, and 200 fret It is the property of Mr. Coe. Next to it the ground is being cleared for the erection of a similar building. Coming to Broadway, we find that No. 1, or the Washington Hotel, with which there are so many historic memories associated, has just received two additional stories, and now looks a far handsomer building than it was, while it is certainly more convenient and profitable. The lower part of the building remains in the same state in which it was when Washington made it his head-quarters, with the exception of the front room on the principal story to the left hand as you enter being ele- vated above the room to the rear, where the bar uated, and having an ascension from the letter by means of steps. It is now used as a reading room. That elevation is to be re- moved by the present occupant. The octangular room to the rear or Battery side of the building, which used to look out upon the spacious bay, has and a magnificent bill 8 ‘aptain Kennedy, P in 1760, and was occupied by the Governors of New York, under the British flag, up to the revolu- | tion, and. durin, army evacuate the revolution, ull the English York. It was known as It was in the room of is to your New this right house, known as No. 1, and wh the principal floor as you en' t we held with Major Andre and Lord Hull. Arnold came there after he left the American army, and resided in it till he went to Europe. It was taken posses sion of by Washington, on his return from B occupied fora Shore time as his head -qu was then occ’ athaniel Pryme Edward P'ryme by Mayor Mic for the last twelve m it has been oc is Major Bertlett, who has effected the present im- provements. Its massive walls present a striking contrast to the slight buildings that are being erected in these days. There was an old vault in it, four feet thick, which has been removed to make room for something more uecful While in thie vicinity, and nearly opposite the Washington Hotel, we notied an improvement of an ornamental kind going forward, which was miueh needed, and which will add materially to the It is the repairing of the olished by some Goths of the former Corpora- tion, and which has been ordered to be put in ac- tion egain by the present Common Couneil, and the Green to be ornamented and properly taken care of. ‘This was due to the inhabitants of that part of Droadway. The three-story building, 57 Broadway, formerly cccapied by Mrs. Mondon, a French lady, as a hotel, is now being prostrated, to make room for a large store, twenty-nine feet front, and two hundred feet ¢ It will run clear through to Trinity place. it will be five stories ity be- sides the basemeat and sub-cellar. It willhave @ 3 3 ——— brown stone front, and two of the stories in Ex- change alley will also be faced with the same = terial. It is to be a dry goods store, and to be oe- cupied by Bulkley & Clatlin, who bought the lot. The builder is George Higgins. The two Sent, Pe Ser stores, at 104 Broad- way, are prostrated, and one, five stories high, i otees to be erected in ca stead. ~! I'wo new stores are being erected on the sites: of 200 and 202 Broadway, the former occupied byr the Appletons, and to be enlarged for their use, from three to five stories. On lot 202 is to be erected = Gr i 3 store, of the same height, for Bi Clavelin - Both to be faced with brows In Johan street. the stores 9, 11, and 13 are being raised one story higher; and store 34, at the corner of Nassau street, has been undermined for the pur- pose of substituting granite for brick in the prinei- The three story-stores, 52 and 54 Nassau atreet, are prostrated, and are to be raised five stories high, and forty-six feet in front, for one store, for Isaaee & Solomons, who occu; the stationary and fe tore opposite. It is to bea very handsome brie! structure, to have sixteen double windows and easements, with stone copings, and revolving shut- ters, to be rolled in by a windlass, and thus re- moved from the weather. The glass is to be heavy late. It ia to be finished by the first of August. ‘he owner is C. Smith, of Maiden lane. The building 58 Nassau street, corner of Maidem lane, formerly oceupied by Weyman & Co., a3 a peri clothing By vy cual had the granite pillars removed from the prince’ story, and iron is being substituted instead. It is alse Faing enlarged in the rear, and a story is added. It isto be oceupied as an India rubber store, by @ firm from New Branswick. A new store is being erected in Maiden lane, within one door of William street. Upon the site of the Second Ward Hotel, No. 8% Nassau street, an immense store is to be et running back 70 or 80 feet; and alongside of it, No. 85, is to be erected another of the same dimea~ sions. We have recsaily notived the fact of twe magnificent stores about being erected at the cor- ner of Greenwich and Courtlandt streets, to be faced with brown cut stone. On the corner of Greenwich and Fulton streets, the Ocean Bank, a five story building, faced with brown stone, is im progress of erection. Nos. 180 and 190 Fultea street, have ranite inserted in the base- ments and principal siories, instead of brick, ead are otherwise improved. All these facts, collected but from one end of New York, namely, that part south of Fulton street, added to the new stores described some three or four months since, indicate a progress im building improvements unexampled even in this go-ahead empire city. Theatrical and Musical. Bowray Turatnr.—The performances at this theatre are exceedingly attractive. The piece selected for this evening is Shakspeare's tradegy of “Othello.” The cast is excellont—Mrs. Hamblin as Desdemona, Mr. Hambin ss Othello, Mr. Wallack as Iago, Mrs. Wallack as Emeline, and Mr. Lester as Cassio. This, in will bes rare treat, and no doubt will be the means crowding the Bowery Theatre The amusements close with the comedy of “Dr. Dilworth.” Broapwar Tusatns.—The character of the entertaia- ments given at this establishment are such as must always draw large assemblages, Mesars. Marshall an@ Barrett are untiring in their efforts to make the Broad- way attractive, by the engagement of the best talent that can be procured in the country. Mr, Hudson rs, this evening, in the drama of ‘St. Patrice ve,’ apd also in the farce of “The Irish Lien,” the first he appears as Major 0'Doberty, and in the Iaat as Tim Moore. In those picees he will iptrodane sevm> ral of bis admired melodies, which he sings so sweetly. Nivto'sGannes.—This beautifal establishinent is now the resort of hundreds. The dr: evening are the “ Serious Pamil: pendale, Brougham, Sefton, Nicki lds, Miss Mary Taylor, Mrs. Vernon, ill a 4 Foon will be well was F een the pi pieoo, there will be half an hour's intermission for the musical promenade d refreshment. rons Tuearne.—No sooner has one attraction coused at this popular resort, but another succeeds. Mr, Buxton, an able and succersful manager, bas gaged & comedian who js host in bimself—Mr. HL Placide. He will appear to-night as Colonel Hardy; Burton as Paul Pry; Clarke as Frank Hardy; aud Mrs. Russell as Harry Stanley. Miss Walters and M. Pre- deries will dance the “Pas de Tarantul will sing a new bale the ent clove with an “ Alarming Sacrifice.” National Turatne.—The success of this theatre le much owing to good management, The pieces are light and amusing, and the actors are all good come- dians. This evening, the performances will commonce with the “Invineibles.” which will be succeeded the drama of the “ Female Guard,” in Miss Cruise will sustain the part of Aladdin. The scenery in this piece is excellent and the dresses superb. The amusements will close with “ The Secret.” A fine bid for one night Cunuery's Orena IL negro melodies will this evening. The pre se —The admirers of genuine jelighted by a call to Christy's, for this evening is ex- tains many of their bess besides Various instra- Ony mer Pierce's Min * announce that they will surpare all their former efforts this evening. Loree nays he will ascend two notes higher in his falsetto voiee, and Lewis rays he will exhibit the beautiful ae- complishm nt of dancing Mrvoneoy.White's & enaders are deawing well, a6 and dancing are much a@- other interest! eu mat the Muscem. = This old and favorite resort orably enlarged, and the theatre s Meee. having been cons H exceedingly beautiful, will, we ate informed, open in a few days Bansem’s Puranenenia Moseom — This beautiful ar establishment continues to attract the audiences. The entire Be- d fora limited period, aad £ aT whom Mr. Bur- and Mre ted to #pare hort time. The hire Boll Ringers, who have drawn sack in city. perform *, for the low unprecedented. and tho great t in the Quaker cit) trons that wil am, when, with its ele s, it is again « foreshadow: pour tnto ¢ gent addit 0 the public Police Intelligence. Arvest on Suspicion. Captain Cary d. yesterday an old name of Francis Sebilic, residing at No. 17 White, suspicion of having stolen a poeketbook contal $200, the property of Julius-Cerf residing at White street. The partic day afternoon were all brought before Justices Lothrop, and the following facta related. Mr. Cerf stated that he and a friend, «l eleven o'clock on Sunday m g, were about ex- changing conte, and Cerf his cont for hie f a < he removed frous containing the abo noney, and laid t on the table. A end pat on the coat they retired into ty m, to have th pinion ef the landlady. nouncing it s good fit nter, of the Fifth renchman by the oa le pocket . returned again to the room, 0 08 pro~ and there enw Sebille sitting on the sofa next tho table, where the pocketbook was left. Mr. Cerf. for the mo. ment, did pot recollect about the pocketbook, pas on bie cont again, and left the house with hie friend, a block or two. Cerf missed his book returned immediately back to the « it on the table. No book how~ and suepleion at onee rested as taken Into custody on the char; t war txeued by Justice Lothi to led by Sebilie, at No. 19 detained in custody OMcer MeCord, of th Saturday, a man by the om a charge of having com ted a grand lareeny, in Saragota county, this Stat Law Intelligence. ont or tHe Unite Staves, May 29M Wm. HH. Marriott ve FW. Brow al fn error to the Cirenit Court of the United States for Marring@ Mr. Justice Woodbury delivered the opinion of thie Court, affirming the judgment of said Cireutt Court tm this cause, with costs, No. 250. The United States ve. H. Southmayd etal. In error to the Cirewit Court of the United States for New York. Mr. Justice Woodbu- ty delivered the opinion of this Court, a firming the Judgment of the sald Cirewit Court in this cause, No. 107. United States ve. J 8. Roberts et al, In error to the Ctrevit Court of the United States for Tilingia. Mr. Justice Wayne delivered the opinion ef this Court, te- versing the judgment of the sald Cirewit ( wrt, amd re manding this canee for further poovsedings in conformi. fy to the opinion of this Court. No. 1. 8 A Lam Hert ot al ve. Win, Ghiselin. Mr. Chief Justice Taney delivered the opinion of this Court, Giceoling en affirm ative anewer to the question sont Cy by Cireale Court of the United States for Maryla 0 25. Wim. Dinne ct ol. v4.0. W. Lawrence, On motion, leave wae granted to submit this cause on Goring the next term. No 14. J. 5. Kem appeliants, vs, 8. B. Collins. The argument of thie cause was coaciuded,