The New York Herald Newspaper, February 24, 1851, Page 6

ting of the | New York Amociation for the Suppreasion ot | ag eaaatve 2 heme Gambling, was held at the Tabernacle. The Ee ee thes be coal ue butlding was crowded, and the audience, which | pleased? There might be comprised many ladies, and, it ia oald, « large | COE thas ‘saye better umber of gamblers, seemed to take a lively in- | been preserved. terest pte preceedings Every person, on en’ | foy the. inte or ree ABBOCIATION FORK TAB SUPPRE) Boner aa tye, ~\_ President ofthe By aah He Greem, Exeoutive Ageat * | our business crippled, by permitting gamblers to | rob these who come among | vice which flourishes only in concealment | exposure it dies. property in the hands of after night in the gambling house? pred five hundred regular gar! ‘ors, your employers, ‘his will cut up the evi! It is estimated that forty thou- | | sand come here annually from the country, to eu- Hectual and social advantazes of the | city. Are we to have our good name injured and We must, therefore, tell (he young men, if you go to gambling houses, your | | gee r k acter erimes. Does ony owe sup- | Police 18 ignorant of (hese t suppress them it he | five nundred of them | but they are left alone, | Too long has cileace us? Gambling is a | By ‘owe family for who wil | man who spends night | they | Txtal ef | lowing pur, ~ Address. ta aoe | sides the seghe where amateur | ane. 5 Se +. | carried on. tha tenote alleys ‘| A Voice —Wall street. a'e'a'e'e e'e's e'e'e's e's a'e'e's ss . Mr. Gregvey.—There can be no i Newher the Kev. Kandulph Fe that gamblers can win when they ; >| Sidney H. Stewart, appeared to bo present. er he been offered by Rev. J. B. Wabely, — Hy procuring cae aot puhshing it to the procure (he pamwage of laws we where it is samblere’ victims Fourth, To arrive e States that still will be painted are to follow eoented itself, it *(roag Opposition, aim portioa of the ese of this city acter of the papers | at they are of sme they are a Asto the nature of the nly sey that they are b qo'y editor says, * Gambling * « vibe institution—pecr: sary for human epecies, biel tho ther morality. re sianoa, ere of other vices. u structive. esary evil of di- ** Gemblrg oug! ment if it is an evil, apd tot go have no right to meddle with i\, or to © vee for ite sup- prearion. Let lawe be ew ull t down if desirable.” | answer, tha « ve exoelient and “ aly for ou 6,000 btm, the Chet of Pol: ~ by has oath of office to enter oar of them How far these duties have ve 1 rmed the pub- lie know. Lastly, they re reonaliues, the last “am Of those wh » into & cor ner ‘hey say we « Be it so, the >of hemeelves Now, | rather d the amsertion of He * unkuown * have employed @ reform: « “R.G.” to his name © walt Comget men who had never coms where would any reform begin We we get our reackers! Do they wou come from eaven to preach r~ when | see the same hua on the part our oppor 1 shown— perilling bis lit Will then listen to ‘heir ews , we employ spies and if wateh them to their pr charge they now aiekr.) » changes.” Now, if | u the term spy, it sguit who wreng end, or for a « dishogorable means. If it can be shows ‘hs sasociauon i¢ guilty of this, |, for « rep COagection with it. But thie w « homanity When John the B. 7 a wer eating mor drinking, they said “he | When Jesus Christ came, both + g an og, they ead “he was a glu'tonow wine bibber But then, as now, w sufied of all her children. The « to put an end to vwociadon is qempling, as far as we can, * J t victimes We are endeavornr *, by trace and memorials. We b+ «ed & memorial to the executive io ¥ has been re- ferred to in the tel yr sence of the papers of this mornin e " argued that t 8 @ species of fo ference | others, doubtless, wili take 5) There is one farther means ¥r | It as the ew tablishment of aw wt Che object 6 not to ascertain smoling bells for the purpose of rp ot io order to save them from rut. | the names are not communicatr + he Executive Committee. We thik ht to men- tion @ man's name eve ow first reasoned with b oe, Tl he jscovers his haunts. Recently, oor 2 sg traternity came to our office. we ‘ gat go toa very undetirable pl.c . ) We had no hesitation in putting © « r roll, presume, he had an ¢ there is no hope of w na we do not resort to (h tr, it only for the purpe oh him and others from the eo. s folly and crime. | have nod * 4 number of gamblers here t . happen to know there are, for Lae them vefore me (Here there wae a pretiy ges h ) round, ew pecially by the ladies v could dis- cover the gamblers r expreemon of coun- tenance ) There ix a « falsity ameng old proverbs. One of vere is honor among thieves. Ther Tae thief Will not trust the thief will not trast the gambler. Thry © race im each other. They are band« fur the purpose of cheating, of, to un oned word, stealing. If they #ten! | ere, the legitimate inference is, that they wm one another. They do so. Hence h rambling hells, in which they beat ari thertm a dread- ful manner. He would, ag gest to the gamblers the impour y of if preservin, secrecy. Sometimes ‘he re are a0t satiabe: with their wages, for fen but bedly paid. They find, perne for. oasderation, they can add to ther pw mite quarter We wish to do no bh o8 . bat good to all. We mean to prow » gaat the inno cent, and if our assoc! mm the spiri of Him who came tow: « ave the logt, let it bedisbanded With vow sontions, [now invite the attention of + fie to the repert which will be read hy Vi | would pro- mise that no names a m n it bat those already published i ‘hb reports, Mr JH by_himeeif. ‘Lhe President, ther Beecher, who was exer 4 he would please address the 5 ers ia police Green the ort drawn ap Heary Ward vd, was present, There being n0 respons, 't sdent then call ed upon Horace Greriey, who said, afer the array of facts they had heard, argumen! would be tame and inconclusive. The great (rach denvable from these facts was, that gambliog |rads \o universal raw; and that though here and there ea imdividwal by hia skill or fraud may appear for « Wine w elade (ye neral destruction, the great mane, inelodumg (he ere themselves, were burried down to petd> tion. There never yet was « gambler so hardened in vice, that he would wish \» have bie soa etuce~ ed at the gaming table The most eloquent de- nouncers of the system have lived and died victims of it. Colton, the author of Lace wean example Lord Chesterfield was another. Those who are impreased early with the evils of gamubing rather haste to tlee from it. But the misfortune is, that oung men get entangled in the net before they now it they come from the country to New York to see life, and they do see it. They see the dark and foul side of \', shown to them by those whe share the rpoile. They are led like ol o the slaughter. They commence with the grog- andend with the gaming table. They are treated to splendid suppers and pleaty of exeeileat » for all of which they piy nothing, and see hearty good feliows who play a lutle for thei own amusem@nt and that of their Bie tpfahe eher he has been treated so must play a liitie—only a few dol the first time des it wo bed te Eis 4 if He thinks it too bad to ey from {nends so genial and gene le to lose, but wins again. He time, and again pethaps wins, or it loses @ little He goes « fourth time drank. He plays and loves every dol- borrows more in order to recover his |ona, if he succeeds he will never play again ie now their time to make sure tu to aceonnt. He has Peineh rec inen into | ‘ ri aH f i the firet [ Rot, of course, win every game ; 1): they can Agr they w an even do it 7 limes out of eight, ficie audience. | ligion. } fluence against evil, and to ext Perhaps, he observed, ' here that might believe the repor’ executive agent, to be somewhat! « that, so far from be: were yet deeper and darke | isa volume that might be told of | wretchedness of those gambling he'ls, | bones of slaughtered victims. wn to the sea and have sero while the great ocean that stretches is so deep that no line can fathom 1i—se Progress, he rem’ its phases. >| he maintained been do | the | no eye can span it. w observed by nature. attain his meridian, decline, and set iA mt for their purpose. my end ths | calling on citizens to come f r hand in exposing the perniciou The Rev. J. B. Waxgry nexi @ He said he came here ia ¢ morality, of patriotism, of philanthro Everywhere he wishes to throw bis i | a! We We see the sua r We see the majestic oak gradually increase in size, until he ; | Stands the monarch of the woods; the mighty | Hudson, which rolls on towards the ocean with | such majestic and silent but even served in the moral world. ally the biacklegs in your city, and yo | back te some small why we oppose gambling! Be « It is an ancient evil to Calvary, and there we w) under the shadow of the groans of the dyi cept. evil. even to the Pacific. te reli fot, un mm! pared vis pengrenning. a Yeap comm x to t ing houses ant lass of wine, and from that mome! progresses from vice to vice, through the various classes of 1 universities, and receives the dij lore This is also the case with the public | drunkard. Read the We oppose it rege. the land and in| is conducted. broken Up. Godman auBe it Ls en curses every pert of the country, | It curses every those who dwell in mansions aud { ip huts; thore in costly robes, red We oppose it beca ve viee, around which others cluster—becar the parent mother of many abom 1a it # e fountain that sends out its 1 efre 5! It is always agsorinies wit It is with the aid oF er the influence of whi to risk character and for'u the die, the turn of a card, or the (nro It algo often leads to suicide ard ders the beart callous; and thu» joke =~ 4 The ry employed evainet this marter vier h . press. What a mighty engine for eo tified; and he rejoiced that there « that spoke outon this subject see the Jaws against gambling cu “ to see those dens of infamy aud * . i We want the ts we blers fur ( and the randeur, can be traced | | back to a little and insignificant | #0 im the intellectual world. 2 child gradually waxes to that of the man it can only conceive and comprehend few = the faculties become developed, i handle subjects difficult of comprehension, and the infinite. The same law is also ob | urce. [tis just | © mind of the At firet, io can Vice is always gradu- | » by ra unti lives of is a gient look back ag | . Which 4 thos tie ac It ts weil known bew wot aba hh on 4D via’ i, when sauc core We alsc , Youre —Is it eo m Borton ! Rev. Mr. Wageiy.—Can the ¢ law there? Voice. —Is it so with the Fug» ‘ a Rev. Mr. Waxeny said, it war o« to enter in'o & discussion of the very likely occupy more time the resid Association ailotted to hie at) r+ j The Prasipen: here steppre | Bounced that as there had alread ruption, they would now take uy ( e After whieh | BR this | country, do the are uaworthy of our fore enerate sous of noble sires we cam be enforced, aad we ourselves ia earnest, and the ind do some an eflort for the suppresason At the conclumon of hy ‘ith anecdotes and rela eoted with tum: Merk of Let verafied gentleman wes Mr. Sidney being present, Jostice Driwnne a duced wo th - permitted, hi rocie! New are they have all rafiliag house: these dene of infemy thet are see, and why have Bot (heer ureton fi do not imtend to assume ther dutrs . We are not spies and our object orek carried out ‘The law i the only thing (her Preedent bas oo nett © the bet them as long as they ext = bpow lodging @ haber lew, eee law, @ peither duschargng (he @ por of a ( hretan. pluck the vietum from the gem: 19g neither the laws of the coo States nor of this State ca impur ev. J is so. Ifwe o tyrants will hold a us take hold Stewart, ( exit a afore heer Tr been engeg he power and the and le ity. (Here he read ffi a thie ety can anewer the to injure no man The individ laws provide for them be repealed, we do, we do it Openly against individuals for as their arte are conertard these bowers © © hum and hem of hie danger, wim ort cralment of his name we edmonih standing, be prreste, we hand hi ple oF © that 1 ne a weond Aoyrr, amd there tuded addrey jon” gambling hours ing the laws of the State. Begin concerts, homestead unions, aud tended to defraud the public, would nor b the Art Usion not & ' the qavetest ci peed no armed police to pre York, for the people then» tore of (Appane ) it 9 @mly agree ¥ AA VETUNE to Lhe wypom v society have met with from e cre Waxktty resumed — ye e law, he said—There is a worm at tree of liberty, which alreedy be ot eng he laws t tell it in the old wor ubier ' hus thers; © Mo Aewor at > There is ae of bere | | wrong, | 2 > we on or, ont - a a ° ry . press, and declaring that they are al) tow examinaticn After thie address, the Prema a of 3 = 3 it ES ATH i tt eancunerd the mrenny the asermbiy (nee eeperee | «| were sworn. Counsel for the gi rament, Sa: tb, Parker mue! . Parker, Eeq ; Counsel for the defence, Hon. Rufus Choate and Joseph Bell, Jr, Eeqe. FIRST DAY. At half-past 3 o’clock, P. M., yesterday, the case of Gillispie was takeam up e Munieypal Court, after eeveral postponements. Mr. P. r asked the Court for some order in relation ay opine ions formed by the jury, inaemuch as the case hat been the subject of comment by the public prints The Court directed that, as it was the duty of the courts to furnish every min with a fair and impar- tial trial, any of the jury who had formed opimious which would interfere with a rignteous verdict, would be requested to decline to serve as jurymonu. None, however, left the jury box © The counsel consented to goto the same jury on ali the indictments at once. The indictments were then read te the prisoner, and were to the fol- rt:—An indictment alleging on the first count, that on the night of the 18th of Novem- ber, 1850, John Gillespie, clerk, had made an 1ade- cent assault on Mre, Fanny Towle, wife of Lyman Towle; and in a second count thereof, that he nad also assaulted on the same occasion Lym iu ‘Towle with a dangerous weapon, called a heavy walkicg cane. The second indictment alleges that on the ame night Joba Gillespie had commited an as- sault upon watchmaa Alvah Cloutman; and iu 4 second count thereof, that he had assaulted him with @ dangerous weapon, called a large heavy walking stick, while in the discharge of his duty as a peace officer and watchman of the city of Bo» ton—to which the defendant pleaded not g.'ty, and took a seat beside his counsel. Mr. Varker, the District Attorney, mad opening ,in which he stated the fe « briet the case | suceinetly, alluding to the several allegations in the indictment. He n called nine witnesses, who EVIDENGE Mrs. Fanny Towle called—Reside at No. 32 Portland street; the gentleman who stands by me | is my husband; went to ride on the evenidg of the 18th of November; returned at 11 o'clock, aud left my husband in possession of the horse and chaise | an Sudbury street; started towards home, und had got just below Hawkins street when | met the defendant; it was about two rods below the street; had not gone but a little way before Mr. Towle overtook me and took hold of my hand, and was pretty quick, when this man came ght hold of mein an improper maa- ind place; the place wasin the centre; said to “You area saucy, impudent man, whoever ”” Mr. Towle turned round and asked bin * what he meant by catching$hold of me;” he said he did not; Mr, Towle replied that he did; the man then said that he knew me and had a right to catch hold of me; Mr. ‘Towle asked him what he meant; he said he would catch hold of me again if he chose; Mr. Towle said he would call the watch, he replied that he need not take the trouble, as the watch was here, exhibiting a cane; the watehman came along and said I was Mr. Towle’s wife; he exclaimed, ** wife?” Tne watchman replied, “if she is not his wife, whose wife 1s she?” I immediately went off, leaving them together; I saw no blows struck; have no doubt that the person present is the man; he had 4 patch on his face when at the Police Court Question of Mr. Choate—How many times have you been to Porter’s within the past three months? {Mr Parker objected, and the question was waived for the present. ] The witness reeumed--The lady and gentleman whom we met at Porter’s were Boston acquaint- ances; met them by accident; the only persons who pariook of the refreshments with me was this dy and gentleman; at the time of the assault Mr. Towle called Mr Gillespie ** a puppy and a liar;”” think he didn’t use other foul language; my hus- band had walked with his arm about me as far as irom me te you. Mr Choate—[A distance of twenty feet.] A He bad hold ot my hand at the same ume his arm was about me. Lyman Towle called.—Am the husband of bec | Towle; my place of business is at the cor- ner of Hanover and Elm streets; went to ride with my wife on the evening of the 18th of November; jeft at 8 o'clock P.M.; we usually walked from the stable; spoke to the hostier, and followed after my wile, who was a little ahead of me; took hold ot her hand after pessing Hawkins street, and placed my hand about her, and was skipping along; saw this man nearly down to the next street; i was on the outside; the sidewalk here is que wide; the defendant held this cane (exhibiting a heavy biudgeon of a walking stick, mounted with 4 cast iron head gilded, weighing several pounds); when we neared the defeadant, he reached out tis iefthand, and caught my wife in front of her pereon, stooping down to do so; she made a slight screech, and pushed me off the sidewalk; stepped off with one foot; I said to Mrs. Towle, * Did he «et hold of you,” or ** catch hold of you remember which; the answered yes; she had caiwd the man rly, impudent wpeys as the oc- e sen of thie inquiry; | immediately and very euddeniy turned round and said, “You dirty, muverable, impudent puppy, why did you catch hoid of that tedy?” he held up his cane, and What lady?” in a very sarcastic mun- “JT have not caught hold of ao Towle replied, “Yes you have'” holding up the cane, and shaking it * Your lady? | know who you ure, ;” M the man said, over my head, aud what you are, and, if you don’t hold your tongue, I'll silence you; this will do it,” shaking the over my head; he said “‘he had « night wid ot her, or any such person; | sal, ou don’t keep silence I'll cali the watch,” he said, ** Here’s the watch,” holding up the cane end saying, “ This will watch you;” when tae woeich came up, | said, “* Here is a man who has bern weulting my wife;” the defendant said, ~ Your wife! your wife! your wife!” in a earcastic menner, pointing at her with the cane; | said, **1f you know us, you know nothing of us that you ehould insult my wit [ then caliedhim a d—d puppy, Or something startling; I dou’t rememoer whether the * d—n"’ was put in or pot, as on or- y cecusions 1am notin the habit of swear- when | made this remark, he changed the postion of his suck, eo that be could strike with ihe head end, guve me a blow, which took fleet across my arm, in fending it ofi from my bead; 1 then struck him a blow, which knocked him nearly across the street; he fell, sirikiog oa his fece Mr Towles’ testimony reeumed—The next that | L sew of Gillespie wes when | saw bim start ond tus; next saw him in the hands of the watcha ow that they bad got him and were bringing bim towerds me; [ then lett with my wite for homme; Calleepie’s face was some bloody; the watch 4 complaiat in the Police Court, and I w: vmeoued as a witness; | should not have made the complaint SECOND DaY. Alveah Clourman called—Am a city night watch- men; on the might of November 18, 1S), saw the dGrtendant, at about 11 o'clock P.M, in Sudbury eureet; saw him running from a crowd; he was | very bloody when I met him; as he passed by me some ope ened out, “stop him;” | arrested him, end Was struck witha heavy cane on the side of secured the prisoner, who said, “If [ x he was | would let him go;’ I wu eraveed in the right cheek by him, the flesh of which wes torn by his finger naile so that it bled @ ecod deal; think intention Was to get hold of " my eye; the man seid he had been knocked dowa nod kucked a the nose; told him he must go back where the crowd was; took him where [ saw Mr. Towle, who said, “ this is the man Who has been mrniting my wife; | want you to take him to jail, aod © morrow morning | wiil appear ogainet him,” 1 took hum to the watchhouee aud committed him Siies H Pease called—Am a C4 wachman 0 the West division; on the night of the Isch of Nov. leet, | wee on duty on the evening watch; saw Kev Mr Gillespie, the defendant, for the first time om that evening, on the lett hand side of Sudbury ereet, gorge down; he then had this cane (show- omg the ick) in his hand, held nearest to the emal! end, an of to strike with the larger end; next saw hum byw im the street; was On the footway when | fret notiord him; he fell apparently on his fear ww him before he fell, and had my eyes we Hl be fell, but could not tell what cansed tue fall, saw no one near him when he fell; w be waeon the sidewalk | think he was in the ebade: the wight wee distinguished by a bright ch him while be new from a diflereat cueenen trom where bet said when be got up; he ran up the atreet towards Court street; can't say what became of the person Who approached him, or whether he poreord hum; | was on the right hand sidewalk ao you ge down the street, abou! two rods trom the man, and upon the other side of the mreet; Mr Cloutmas, at thie time, was nesrer Court treet; Gillespe ran towards me, aad when oeer to me Cloutman spoke him; he op: { turned be d fovod , who wae r after T also puri him; him when near Mr Praw's of Sudbury street; | wae cove ele iB told him he wae a mao turned and struck with » cane from what it was when next caught Clostmaa ia Jef band; he said he had been ve and sai & wil give e xposed;" helped toke him bes name on the Idon’t | y near hin to | tT. Towle then was; heard | Ren dhe Sthenety, or Hateowee | pie, end that he was ! t weather was clear that in the transaction deteiled; L wes going down Sudbury etree: about that he struck an the seat; hea ** your wile!” bum on the the watchman lespie, Mr. T wae Sorry that ap) turned and went did not remain more than te David W. Regal: vireet on the night of the up Sudbut eaw Mr Towle what present had calied him some hard coming up at the time; Mr. Towle i iilespie, whethat he did anything to him or r. Gi Mr. not | do not know; in his hand, and struck called the man ‘*a d- —d mean, contemptible yl that the man had insulted ‘his rier aud Patched | he held of Mr ‘Towle, and afterwards then ran after Mr. Gillespie; he hed ‘owle and a map were all that were preeeat; Mr. auch Gis Sat convened; lnow and , before the watch brou; “E in Bene : seers 5 FH ot ia seers) ot Le Bas fi theme theres they @ minute after Gillespie it him back. ‘Was in Sudbury 18th Nov.; was co! ming street, between ten and eleven o'clock; ‘owle with another man, and Mr. ie the trouble; he ulted his eaid that the man Mr. Towle then ; two men were rds ie tu the cane Mr. Towle; Mr. Towle hold of her; Mr. Gillespie said she was not his wife; when the two men approached him, Mr. Gillespie ran towards the opposite sidewalk, where there were one or two men standing, and fell just before he reached the sidewalk; struck him, or not, | could notte! the sidewalk; it wes dark should not think that any one tou hether any one he fell towards le of the stree' on thal was down; he got upin a second, and ran up the Here Mr. Parker said him brought back by the watchmen; arrest by them. the government rested their case; stating that there were one or two other witnesses for the government who saw the trans ection. One of them was absent He would simply ask that the jury the adjournment, localities durin, ordered by the Court. gba! mig! t see the which was so President of the College =n YOR THE DEFENCE. Am lege at Wi fendant on tT; was in com; the night of the 18th of November last ; connected with the Co! y with the de- was at Mr. McElroy’s house, near Endicott street church ; early in the eveni as | thought hii ‘ing @ walk was pro; d, health required it ; at nine cclock roceeded with him to the house of the Rev. Mr. inden, in Charlestown ; one o’elock 3 he left there a little past when J next eaw him he wasat the | house of Mr. Welch, the next afternoon: then eomewhat bloody, and was comp! hurt in his side ; his character bas be good; have never heard an imputatior ag reputation for purity, and have always considered him a modest man; he completed his studies at the institution with which I am connected ; he has elso been for a time at @ university in South Caro- lina. Crossexamined by Mr. . Parker.—Last saw the Idefendant at a quarter past ten o’clock, on the eve- ning of the 18th November, at the residence of Mr. Linden, near the Catholic church 1n Charlestown ; he then le{t for Boston; | went to Charlestown wii the purpose of remaining at Mr. Linden’s for the night, and’did 80; next saw Mr. Gillespie at the house of Mr. Me on Fort Hill; he was then lying in bed; Mr. Mc. as ore Dr. Salter. lroy had sent a note for a attick F Linden, called.—Am a Catholic cler- gyman, residing in Charlestown; Mr. Gillespie came to my house on the November last, and left at evening of the 18th of @ quarter past 10 o’clock; saw him on the next afternoon; when he left my house he had the collar of his coat raised and a mufiler about his neck; it was a very bright night; the ear was sharp; he did not muffle himself more than usual; have known Mr. Gillespie for five or six years; his character was unexceptionable for honesty; have never had an impression against his modeety or purity; his disposition is very mild; he has the character of bein; g very diligent; he is lia- bie to be called out at any moment during the night for the purpose of visiting the sick; Dr. ed bim at the house of Mr. ter Visit- Welch; he complained of a pain in his side, which he said was the eflec ofa ick; his face was bloody at the time. To Mr Choate—Mr. McElery is the proprietor of the house in Endicott street Francis Caverney catled.—Reside in Charles town, atthe house of Rev Mr. Linden; saw Mr. Gillespie on the evening of the 18ih of November; saw him leave at aquarter past 10; he came in at half past 9 o'clock; remeraber that he bad an out- side coat on end a comforter about his neck; it was a pretty cold night—[ Here @ bundle of clothes wae shown the witness and @ coat covered with blood, a shawlor mofiler, and pocket handker- | chef were identitied.} Cross examined--The coat is like the one he had on; the invuftie is also like it. At this stage of the proceedings the court ad- journed St, Varentine’s Day ann Wratn —Joseph RK IN Puiapgirmia—Love Riker, in love with Miss Neney Anderson, embraced the opportunity which Cupid’s grand festival afforded him, to declare his passion in a five dollar valentine, which surpassed everything of the kind ever seen or heard of, in respect to the purity, tenderness, and pathos of the pornos! description. He on mae. his love token ¢ y Hirarn Brown, a trusty co} in the hotel where he ored waiter,employed ards. On the route to Mies Nency’s residence, Hiram yee to drop the valentine in the street, and an o| sow putting her nose to it, to ascertain if it was an edible eub- stance, imparted an additional coloring to the of the ornate missive. | paper, which sormewhet marred the general eflect Hisain, the messenger of love, was greatly alarmed at this accident, but being a cunning African, he comforted himself with the reflection that th ere were other valentines in the market, and, with the design of procuring a substitute, be crushed the soiled article in his fist, end diechsrged it with futile resentment at the head of the uneppreciative emelled at it with a grunt o! Mr Hiram Brown had but a limit with the valentine trade, | that one valentine is as g pace whe had just ne poe Ae acquaintance he entertained the notion ‘ood for all practical pur- poses a6 another, 60 he called at a stationery es- tablishment and bought the first that came to hand, price four cente—hed it put up in a brown envelope — desired the storekeeper | Anderson, and, proceeding to he delivered the billetto med, with the information to direct it to Miss Nancy Miss A.’s dwelling, at young lady's waiting- at it came from Mr. Joseph Riker Miss Nancy wasa little surprised at the outerde of her admir er’s letier, but when she came to inspect the enclosure, her maidenly feel- ings were shocked to that degree, that with the paper in her hand, she went down to her papa, and requested him to give Mr. Meanwhile, Mr. Ii expectation ; unable to he seized his hat an hou been despatched, and bi eon’s to wseertely the success of his amator Hu band trembled as he rang the bell, he known all, it would have trembled still plomacy and he Old Anderson, n, began to lay on. the astonishe, old gentieman’s rattan as In of Cupid, and he began to feel : but the doraal i table than the peetor: nd pe of love and began to sceram “murder.” explanations were made in the police everything was settled to of all parties. witnere ,elucidated the Riker'e love pains will and hie future felicity or drive thar floggiag out entry, and with ecarcely Riker a “flogging.” was on the tenterhooks of contain himself —_ ir after the Valentine urried off to Mr. Ander- di- cane io hand, met him his breast was by the dart tty sore all tation being more insup- one, he forgot the affairs Matual ice, and the complete satisfaction Hiram Brown, being examined asa whole transaction, Mr. be eued by matrimony, afllictiona, ‘will probably of his remembrance.— Philadephia Penarylvamian, Feb VW. Commision on CLarme ac Ann Mexico, Feb. 13 —On motion of Colonel Payne. Ordered, That the case of George W ation. in Department of Btat: thereto to which the Boar: ing for damager Crus to the schooner Beott up for conrideration, together with mente sonpected therewith b Fee 16 The by shot from the came on the ity of Vere off the castle, taken the proofs and docu: Reard to id agaloet the repute ere allowed e memorial of Lucius H. Armstrong, tiniming for lonees by expulsion from Tampico, in May, 1846 and for detention of brig Foam, being taken up for consideration, together with therewith. the the and documents joard came to an the republic of ccordingly ; the amount the future ection of the bed him while he | ® new tide of gold from the z values end hay ro, ae the greatons of course being most reciprocally comm img Ocourrences. Auxil: tot Osourrences have had Great Britain generelly bave ad ag intee tee \y bave advan: wi » re intimate, the effect is quickly and iH re been 6 extension of credit the | it end Uni commercial countries, matances. Prices oantile inter unicated. @ transference ef capital from Great Britain to the United Btates, for investment in stoc! iblic and cor- ks, or in the form of ot it on merohan- ‘ise, 18 mccelerated or reterded by the comparative condition, in theee countries, of the money market— the higher wer at, there lue of loanable capital im the There has been wie a lest & remerkal similarity. Then, asnow, railrcad enterprise had re- xtension. ceived s great e: Then, as now, the demand for new banks was and is almost limitless. Then, as now, the introduction of British capital, in the form of eS e mer a” wer vethere the ise, bad been co extensive, i not beyond, our purchasing. ve been other agencies at work assist! jon of these causes, in capital from one to the other side of the the id transfer 0! tlentic. The troubles in Europe have largely assisted in altering the distribution of moneyed means bet ween commer- cia) Btates. besides the removal of mercantile restrio- tions, the discovery of new treasures of gold, and thé of fresh fields of adventure on the shores a1 open! tae ofthe Pacific. B Toret are the data that noone speculation would not continue to reap Or meet with bitter disappointment. the period through which we are passing forms an exception to the operation of coll and pecuniary pressur: those general features of | eae the basis of caution: ruled artificially high, fer abov. gegements at a correspondin, | *. These Fisted be met wi | ‘he close ‘rimmilarity between | tt does mot | then, in roumstances, Dable. We do not contend tion to those more local and ible to indicate the duration or degree. 80 conjeo- ‘would call attention to the lessons of exper: written ip the reverses of thousands, when prices have jut our pur; it can sey when or where iden fruits, jut although causes of ordinary re- it we would point to ilitade that ing the ‘61 into parallel with those of 1836-'37, as ary Deteetings. We » re the gen: level. En- elevation follow high ether those are high or 1836-'87 and 1850-61, it betoken a crisis, presents such coincidenees, oli ‘thatje receil is not impro- ‘that @ collapse of credit ie | within any determinate range of time—within six or | twelve monthe—but it is the result of causes of invari- | able operation, that oredit, extended over all the fields of adventure, bears within ite rtion peper, hi It is well much of interest in regard early exploration of th Northern Lakes, was 1672. Relations, from 1672 to 1679 been discovered, and amon, containing a full account of Missiesippi river. soript whic his canoe was u he was descending the St. Marquette, and of the discovery by It was undoubtedly +h furnighed Thevenot the text of hia pub- lication, in 1687, of the voyages and discoveries of Bather Marquette and of the Sieur Joliet. The latter kept a journal and drew a map of their route; but t in the falls of St. Louis, as he bosom materiais of ex- plosion in propor that extensic end which, eommen. ne branch of overacted enter- prise, rapid reads to every 01 5 Important Historica. Manuscrirts.—A very interesting discovery, according to a Chicago recently been made among the manu- which were saved from the pillage of the ’ College in Quebec: — nown by those familiar with the resources of early American history, that the Pe. lication of the Jesuit Relations, which furnish so to the discovery and region bordering on our jiscontinued after the year Some were known to have been written, but the manuscripts were supposed to be lost. The Inclusive, have lately them @ manuscript e voyages of Father him of the this manu- Lawrence, in sight of Montreal. and he lost them with the rest of his effects. What increases the value of the present discovery is, that the original narrative goes much more into detail than the one published The motive whick prompted, and and the not. y Theve- preparations which were made for, the expedition, are fully described, and no difficulty is found in tracing itsroute. There is also among the papers an autograph journal by Marquette, of his last voy- age, from the 25th of Apnil, which Michigan. Also, a chart of by himeelf, illustrating his travels. ctober, 1674, to the 6th of 1675, a month before his singular death, occurred on the eastern shore of Lake the Mississippi, drawn The one an- nexed to Thevenot’s account, above referred to—a copy of which is contained in the third volume of Bancroft’s History of the United States—is mani- feetly incorrect, es there is a Variance between the route of the Jesuit, as traced on his map, and that detailed in his text. The rescued from oblivion recone and constitutes a most intere: manuscript chart now ‘iles all discrepancies, ‘sting historical relic. Tue Destruction or THE SteaMBoaT AUTOCRAT —Loss or Turrty Lives.—The splendid steamer Autocrat, Captain Goslee, w hich left this port on Saturday evening, with five hundred tons of freight, and a large num! r of passengers, for Memphis, came into collision with the steamer Magnol! Captain Thomasson, from Vicksburg, about five o'clock yesterday morning, a short distance above Beyou Gou! d was sunk roundirg out from a wooa Autocrat amidshipe, sinking roof in less than ien minutes. . The Magooha was ard, and struck the er to her hurricane Among the lost we have only ascertained the namee of Captain Grant, of Tennessee, Mr. Ferguson and one child. Mre. Ferguson and one child were saved, and brought down on the Magnolia. Mr A.G those belonging to the boat, engineer, five colored fireme g — the Of year, third n belonging to Mem- perter,a colored man, belonging to uis, are the only persons ascerta: to be Jost. The clerk of the Autocrat came down on the Magnolia, who states that he had not learned the names of the accident took rounded to, and rendered al ngers on the boat, whea the plore. The Magnolia immediately the assistance they possibly could by picking up those who had jumped overboard, of whom they saved a great many fram a watery grave. ward trip, had been woodi above New Orlesns. working the starboard wheel, 8 ream, the larboard engine not wor steamer Autocrat, co! the Autocrat at the afte’ het ral The M were drowned from fright —N. O. Cri fire noticed yesterday, by w' by the McNeal Corporati lors destr tual o' were insured at the Koge and the loss is covered by were three milline dentist's, Wm. H. Helme. were without insurance; seme floor, was without ini the third floor, and H had a room adjoining were destroyed. t whie Girsirs.—A_ compan: conversed in Englieh, but jargon among themselves. Betore i Jud, Fr» 29 —Inthe case of Part eal jury, nm var ihe This Court when ly argeed. Jonah Harvey, Ge ; Pmonget the arrivals yester: Since the above w: have received this account from the Magnolia:—The steamer Maguoli u adway, crossed the bor of and Nariem Ratiroad Company shle to agree, were time the case wae GRNRRAL TERM. ree Pee Metoh, ‘cecisfone aft fendered ta several oases al. on her down- ng one hundred miles nd had rounded out from the wood yard above 5 o'clock Sunday morning; was and was heading down » when the the river under full the Magnolia, strik- r end of the boilers, ing her side to the shaft, and cutting through her hull, and causing her to sink in ry “= by the wreck for several hours, tance possible. It is supposed theta few cabin passengers from the Autocrat, jones nome in their rel \ w minutes Tur Late Fire ix Provinevcr, R. 1—The hich the block owned on, on Westminster street, was partially destroyed, involved a larger i Froperty than we anticipated. The upper stories of the building were, with their contents, ed The building was insured at the Mu- ice, for $10,000. The fi pied by J. D. Jones & Brother, shoe dealers, They rst story was occu- t Williams office for $3,000. Their stock was only injured by waver, insurance. Ethet & Tillinghast, crockery dealers, on the same floor, bad a policy of $6,000 at the American office. The lose on their stock is by weter and moval, and is fully covered. On the establishments, and aeurgeon breakage in re- second floor The stocks of Mre 5. A.Johneon and Mrs. Duff were both entirely de- stroyed. The loes on each must have been from 1,500 to $2,000, which he their all, as both we Dotan, also on the surance. We did not tearn the amount of her loss, or of Dr. Heime's The Ashland Company's counting room was on S. Cartee, music teacher, The contents of both rooma In the fourth rooms were occupied by clube, or debati tions; a third by Henry & Brownell, tailors; the fourth room by the First Light lafantry Com pany. There was no property saved story. a 900 satay Comecnr’s lows 4 an , Consisting o' ipmen' ce, the geen gos ball, muskets, and furaivure in the room, had been removed, on account of ihe ball, from the armory, where it was covered by insurance — Providence Journal, , twoof the ie fourth Feb. 16 of these strange waade Crvisited Northeast, Cecil county, Mar nee They travelled in wagons, id, Inet lodge ia At night, notwithstanding the severity of the weather. They came from England, and have oren in this country about three months. They had an unintelligible They relieved the good people of Northeast of much of their small thange by fortune telling —Cerctl Democrat . Supre: ¢ Court—Cirentt. itehell ton ve the wen Yess voharged. This tried. Witter, Boston, were at the American Ifotei. baa fol their re hte, end. comseguent great noe; they, therefore, resorte Sf devioe to aumoy and thwart the plaintiff in his basl- ness, and their lest device was to adopt similar which compelled plaintiff to go into a bea obtain an injunction to restrain them using or wearing them. circumstance, bowever, ave rise to the present action oo- jurred of March last. on the morning of that day, the A thelf coaches, were Waiting at ples No. 1, North Fiver, for the arrival of one of the boats. The night before it snowed heavily; and just as the boat was coming to the pier, Duffy, who stood bebind the plaint struck him with @ snow ball, in which, as he [4 me there was a bard sul ‘thereby knocking his hat into the bost. The hat was taken up by one of the then made towards hands on board—a tor thi it, between plaintiff reel bis it appeared that, general rush wes e boat, by the hackmen getti and the beat, and preventing him bat. at the same time pig We “Throw it to us.’? get the rest, tween the plaintiff and ed the deck a ve him the hat. aad th ty eral lumps of coal inte the water, and sunk the hat. in which there was a number of ‘The defence set up by the defendants was,that was 8 generel snowballing match between all the hack- men, and that if defendant, Duffy, did strike the plain- tiff with a enow ball. It was by accident, and there was no malice shown. Three or four witnesses were exa- mined for the defence, but they only swore they did not know who it was thet threw the snowball which struck plaintiff, but 7, all admitted that they saw the hat knocked off, that it sunk im the deck end ‘was lost, wile the plaintiff's witnesses swore positively that it Duffy whothrew it His honor the neee recaphiffated the evidence, and told the ee thet u lieve: 0 BROW! was malicious rown et was entitled to @ verdict, and they e him such damages as they t! ht the case . The jury remdered « verdict for plaintif® glish Lawe and American Jvrors.—In the case of Jes. Hutchison vs GW & J C. Comstoo! ported yesterday, tion for the value ef @ horse, the jury having bees in consultation fore considrable time, desired to consult with the judge. Qn entering the court, come questions were put to his Honor, as te whether “splint ’ could be considered unsoundness. A discussion then arose, durin; that the jurors stood 11 to 1, the d Mebman (er Canadian), who Englieh lew. a of the other rye declared Knglend were ; a going to have aay try.” (Loud laughter) The jury again retired, but not being able to agree, were discharged. The trial term for the month was them adjourned. Before Hon. Judge D: In the case of Decker vs. Mathews and Gardiner, re- yortad yesterday, the jury rendered a realed verdict ta flavor of the defendant, Gardiner, but for the full amount songbt, $8,368 46, as against Mathews. Land in Texas.—The People vs. Claudius others.—This wes a demurrer to an indictment sions found against the defendants, for false pretences, inwbich Mr. F. B. Cutting appeared for the parties od against the validity of the indi apport of the jants were charged ands in Texas trom by fraudently representing te quantity cf straw to be worth $9,900, wi ven im lieu there- goods nguage of one of the witnesses in a civil It,“ pot worth so much brown » There was @ verdict in the civil sotion in the Circuit Court ob- tail “eo the defendants for $8,650. Decision reserved. GENERAL TERM. Before Chief Justice Oakley and Hon. Judge Paine. ter gt ah Judue Sandford being ill and unable to at- en F. Ockerhausen ads George Colyer —Motion report of referee denied, with costs. Aéjourned to 11 o'clock Saturday. ustus K. Gardiner, Resp't. ws The Board i New York, appellants —Order of to strike out et ow. No costs to Justice Campbell. wainst Charles TL. plaintiif for the Brmon Wilcox, SP Townsend.—Der Nowed, with liberty to plaintii! to am on the usual erms. Wm. J. Lippincott and al. against Alfred Avhfeld — Demurrer overruled. with liberty to defendant to en- ewer in ten days, on payment of costa Auguste H. Brahe and als.ageinst Marcus T. C. Kim- Motion for new trial denied. peal without security Jo: gain corze Teuben.— Motion for at- tachment against the Sheriff of the city and county of New York Granted Margaret Burdell against John Woodhead, and al — Ordered it this cause be referred to Philo T Rug- gles. Erq , to take proof of th: im controversy. Benjamin F. Moulton and st Ieaae T Smith. set aside referee granted unless conernts within fv enteredfor the plaiatifts for ‘b interest from April 4th, 1849 Court of General Sessions. Before the Recor: id Ald. Franklin and Dooley Frencany 2 — Tr of Henry Willard on th Charge of Obtaining Three Thousand Deliars on Fale Protences.—Wm. C. Russel sworn—lam an attorney and counsellor at law; my office is at No 6 Wail street; I was at one time requested by M ee whi A Leland to signed toWarren 1 Mr an 8 note. the substance of which was thet the proceedings at the Kegister's office were regular, but I could not the right of Mrs. Leland to oe did not w whether she wi t Coleman many years before t! the Common Pleas; [ haveseen Warren J ins, T have no recollection of doing any business for Mr. Jenkins until the suite growing out of this transso- tion, Mr Coleman Grat oalied on i these sul w! the pers, interested the Leland sult. (A number of civil courts of this city were witness and i Bike pecseates tothe t of guilty, but of the court in the prison yeare and (wo months ond Lene for (en yrare Divmisval af the Complaint against the Physician who Administered Drugs t Boy. Fs a i of February Inst. was oalied up and “ the Greed J having dismissed the = =) * him with the malpractice which wae ally, te Kuve reveltee Im the den! ot Robinett at No 90 Bowery i e Court of Commen Pi ahem, Daly Woedrutt, ppeltant. ve tion tor breach of comtract in refusing toemploy the appellant afler an agreement te do so certain salary. The was non saited, andthe non suit is now con. G Jacob FL. De Witt and J.B. Torbert ve the Ne Cometery — Motion granted so tar as to ail to anewrr om payment of all cost, si filing of complaint and the coete of thie motion The feourity. The attec! me) the undertaking « TS Tre. pp — apnion net John M ty John Florence — Ordered rey Proceedings ta Florence a* an ® to thie Court trem the Martae Court be ate for want of with aod als prem cae sucd proceedings » Bdwin Mevke. and others, wa David Debts, and athers a ene as eae © ven Grover P Gallagher ++ Paul Morrill Motion grant 4 lo ® certain eateat, on pay mont of 68 conte.