The New York Herald Newspaper, July 11, 1851, Page 2

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Under the expectation that they would adj sod at the time appointed, | we had preps >a list of all the act, | | . which we received by dwhich our readers will } find at the « t ourreport of yesterday's proceed- | ings. 7 usament will uot take place uatil | see | jort of the proceedings {t will be seen was acousiderable flare-up in Albany, yerterday. ‘a reference to the charge of bribery, of | Which sc such has been said recently. Mr. Attar. | pey Ge baifeld, it appe: asserts that an attempt ¥ lly made to bribe him to the | amount © thourand dollars, but that, inasmuch as the ( > ot then a law, he considered ii not « al special telegraphic correspond | euee, h will be found under the usual head, | sontair account of the whole business. { On} ‘ adere will perceive that a great | stir wos «vated by Mr. Chatfield’s letter, which | went le; nd the mere matier of the atvempt at bribery. fur init he preferred a charge of forgery in | @onnee!ion with tue Canal bill. We have no doubt | evelopements will grow out of this | Dburiness. We shall have more to say on this sub- | jee: +o morrow. In the meantime we think it very | likely that there some curious things in connec- | tion with the extra session of the Legislature to be | made publi after the adjournment. | Alleged Hostility in Niearagua, to the United Staces—Sir Henry Baiw er Calling on Her- cules. We yesterday, in strong terms, called the atten- | don of the public aud the government to the con- | @tion of aZairs in Centra! America, and particular. | ty in Nicaragua, as affecting American rights and | imterests. There is no disguising the fact that the | @ourse of policy, halting, evasive, not to say Weacherous, which has been | ursued towards that | eountry, during the pest year, bas had a tendency deembitter the elise. 1 14 government and peo- ple towards our own, © a+ )tireason. When Gen. Taylor despatched a 9» t (0 that couatry— which he did within a mouth o/ > aauguration— ©. cevolation aad pvp! despondent sud general deso- gave new ai tie! that agent found it in anarchy; the better port or. and hopeless; industry pos Iation impending. Hie ar: ow @earage to the supporter: ord the tottering government gathered stat wth and, with his advice and a.d. with'n (#0 « peace was once more reriwied Vitu it came | brighter prospects; and thy men #2) laa resigned | themeclves, in despair, t ue fae whick sritish Rapacity threatened on one 4, and popalar ig Borance on the other, lentt) with good will, and with ¢..u effect, to measures Receseary and proper tothe public welfare. ‘In the Giseharge of your mission,” said the Secretary of his last letter to Mr. Squiers ** you have earned and received the cordial esteem | ef the people and government of Nicaragua. They | thank you, sir, for ‘he hopes of prosperity to which | yeu have given birth. Your presence has made re_ @ppear the national spirit, aud raised the country | from the chaotic state in which i; has suifered for edorts iu good faith, | with human nature to prefer an open enemy to a | to no other power under heaven; they were forcibly disregard of what were universally understood to b® the terms and spirit of that treaty. In Nicaragua, these things could have but one result. It was deplorable enough to see and feel that they had been shamefully abandoned by the United States, without being told—as they tauntingly were—by the British Minister, that they had better at once yield to British designs, becausy jt was now clear they could no longer hope for sup- port from their “pretended friends.” Is it surpi- sing that the people of Nicaragua feel indignant, under these circumstances? Is it to be sup- pesed that they will longer grasp cordially the hand which, ouce taken in friendship, was turned to smite them? [8 it not consistent false friend! What has Nicaragua gained by trust- ing tothe professions of the United States! Has she recovered the territory of which she was robbed? She has surrendered the strength given her by her geographic position, and with what return? Is she more free from foreign threats and insults than be- fore? Really she should be under great obligations to that government which is wonderfully valiant— almost a bully, towards a country, which is at a safe distance from her shores, but which plays the sneak, when the same issues are presented at its very borders! We are now told that the British Minister in Washington, is in a great heat, because Nicaragua will not consent to have Great Britain perfect her robbery of the port of San Juan and thé territory adjacent. Weare glad of it! We trust that the government and the agents of Nicaragua will stake the national existence of their country upon the issue. The portof San Juan belongs to them, and | disposeessed of it by British forces in 1548, with the sole object of getting control of the only feasible route for a ship canul across the coatineat, | and by Great Britain it must be returned, without | condition or reservation of any kind. The duty of the American government requires that it should insist upon this simple act of justice. We believe that Nicaragua is disposed to act with the largest liberality in respect, not ouly to San Juan, but all her ports on both oceans. She assented to a projet drawn up by our Charge thers, making free ports on either sea, at the respective termini of the pro- posed canal; which projec has already been pablish- ed in the Herald. But Niearaguais right in assent- | ing to no propositions touching free ports, or any- thing else, as a condition to the restoration of San Juan. The atonement for the felony of its seizure, should be as unequivocal as the act was flagrant. If, after that restoration, Nicaragua chooss to erect San Juan into a free port, she will do so; but no power has the right to make that roquisition of her. It must be her voluntary act. It is said that Mr. Bulwer is not only in a great fever about what the people of the United States regard as a manly, glorious spirit on the part of | aragua, but solicits the United States to make iteelf a party to the system of coercion and pereua- sion which he is pursuing, with the purpose of breaking down what he culls Nicaraguan obstinacy. We hope the American government will do nothing of the sort; its credit in Nicaragua at this moment, we suspect, is none too good; and it will gaia | neither friends nor respect there, or elsewhere, by muking iteelf a tool, in British hands, for the accom- plishment of British designe. Its plain daty is to support Nicaragua in ber requirecient of the uacon- | ditional surrender of San Juan—a surrender do- manded on every principle of right aad justice, and by the terms and spirit of the Clayton treaty. To Nicaragua we have but one word to say—The people of the United States are with you; and their wishes, sooner or later, must be regarded. Be firm, yield nothing, m no compromises, and trust to the future. Bide your time. To Sir Hen" | ty—who by this time is convince | that although the government of the United States is * weak,” that of Nicaragua is not—to Sir Henry, we would say, as the season is a hot one, “keep | cool.” If his return to England depeuds upon his | procuring the assent of Nicaragua to her own dis memberment, it is a pleasure which he will have a | long time in prospect. Tue Biow ro Inktanp—Sream Berwern New \ork ann Gacway.—We publish elsewhere in our columns, to-day, an editorial article from a Galway (irish) paper, which was predicated on the expected arrival at that port of the steamship North America, from New York. We perceive by that er:icle, and by reports of numerous meetings held in Galway, that preparations, on a most extunsive scale, were mude, to give the American steamship and her passengers acordial reception. A commitiee was appointed to proceed on board the North America, and con- duct the passengers and the offi ers to a landing eree- ted for the purpose, where they were to be received by another committee, whose duty it was to wel- come them to Galway, andto Ireland; a procession was next to be formed, and the whole party were to be escorted to the first hotel in the city, where they were to be entertained free of expense. 0 many years” The foundations upon which the patriots of | Nicaragua based their hopes for the fature, were the relations with che United States, which had been established under such favorable auspices. They | looked to ber, as the oldest and powerful re- public of the continent, for pro n and support; Shey relied upon the assurances of the American government, meet solemnly given, of its sympathy, advice and support. In grateful acknowledgment, Sad as ap evidence of their sincerity, holding the key which is to unlock the treasures of two hewis- Pheree—the only practicable route for a ship canal between the two oceans—they surrendered it into the hands of American . Formally, 'y | treaty, they couceded, forever, a free transit threugh | their territories to the citizens and commerce of | the United States; placed both, in fact, on a footing | equally favorable with their own. In conformity With the suggestions and in deference to the Wishes of the A an government, they took the | Wmitiative to the re-establishment of the old federa- | tea towards a cew union of the disrapted S @f Central America. They assented to the estab- Bebmens of free cities upon eithor ocean, to fi tate the commerce of the world, under the joint | Brarantee of themselves and the United States In retura for all this they exacted nothing—asked Mothing, except the simple recognition of their Bovereigniy over the line of the projected canal, end s guaranty of its neutrality. That sovereignty the United States had repeatedly guaranty it bad faithfully pr* mised to be Under this state of things, agriculture and trade public improvements were projected and and taken; and a new cra of prosperity seemed dawning wyon this long dtracted and shaimefully oppress” ed country But in an evil hour, instead of insisting, as it Should have done, at every d, upon the imme diate and unconditional ree ion of the ports and territories of Nicaragua, by Great Britain, the Thited States perm tied itself to be drawn into Violation of the fundamental principles of ou, foreign policy, and negotiated that monstrous di- | plomatic affair, the Clayton ani Bulwer treaty, | full of sound and fury, sigaifying nothing.” In- | stead of confining our relations to Niearagua—the only nation entitled to be consulted in the premises— Great Britain was made a party to that which was | none of her business, and which pertained to the Awerican republics alone. General Taylor soon after died, and the treaty with Nicaragua, upon which that weak republic had founded her hopes, was ie thrust aside, at the instigation of the | Minister, who now insisted that tho treaty | negotiated with Clayton, #0 far from requiring that | Great Britain should relinquish her robberies in Central America, actually recognized and con, firmed thi Palmerston, through his agent, Chatfield, also proveeded to define the boun- daries of the so called Mosquito kingdom, slicing piece from thie and dividing that, in Bagram, were also to be fived—the city was to be iluminated—a stenmer was to be in waiting for the North America —a@ locomotive was to be fired up, in readiness to take euch of the passen- gereas wished to goto Liverpool at once without re Cannon | Anether Pe!ieccman Murdered in the Fourth Wara. ‘TWO SAILORS ARRESTED AND COMMITTED FOR THE MURDER—AN EXCITING SCENE IN OLIVER STREET —A CONFESSION MADE BY THE MURDERER. Again we are called upon to record another murder of policeman in the Fourth ward, in a street affray. It was but @ year or so ago that @ policeman of the same — ward was killed in an affray of a similar character. The victim in this case was George T. Gillespie, a very worthy man, and excellent officer, who has left « wife and chil- dren to mourn his loss. It appears that some noisy drunken sailors were making a disturbance in Oliver street, between 1 and 2 o'clock yesterday morning, and Mesers, Gillespie and Sullivan, two policemen, being on duty at the time, went to the scene of disturbance in crder to quiet the noisy parties. Mr. Gillespie ordered them to disperse, and an altercation took place with the man, John D. Brown, and the policemen, who were about taking him off to the police station, when Clark as- seulted Gillespie with a heavy cart rung, thereby frac- turing his skull, causing death in about three hours after, As soon as the injury was inflieted the parties ran away to their respective lodging houses. The poliow | force, however were soon after them, and succeeded in arresting the guilty pene aswell 4s many others, some of whom have been held as witnesses. ‘The deceased was conveyed to the Fourth ward station house, and from thence to the City Hospital, where he expired. Coroner Goer was forthwith notified, sad an inquest was held yesterday on the body. The evidence taken before the Coroner is as follows:— TESTIMONY. George Palmer sworn, says—I was coming up Oliver street last night, between one and two o'clock; L down on the stoop of John Constable, at Ni street; and while there fell asleep, during wi my cap fell off my head; and after, I went to get a drink of Water, andon my urn, I heard a blow struck, which sounded heavy; it was done with @ club; asjia « moment after I saw @ clubin the hands of Josepn Olark, the prisoner, now present; at this time the deceased was lying op the sidewalk by the said Clark; after that I saw the prisoner strike at other persons with a club; there was two other men with him at the same time; the elub Clark bad in his hand, was as much as three or foar feet long; the blows thet I saw struck by Clark, was ven while deceased was down on Lae sidewalk; I kDow “ork; have seen him two or three times before in the same house with me; [ am certain he woke to him afer going up stains; on the head of deceased, with @ ciab as be wa out seven yards dintant but | saw Lim strike lying on the riaewaik; I trom the place where the William Sweeny swora, street, at the house of J o’elcck, this morning, I w walk. afew doors below o ven 2 at No, 68 Oliver nstable; at about one * by a noise on the sid» they then closed in and one of them was knocked down} one cf the policemen ran down the street, and eried mum | fter the afiray, Joseph Clark, the prisoau now aire and threw himself on tke and tha icked him, and that he bad put # set upon him; I then went down stairs, and with Mir. Constabie, went to the station house; J Clerk. when arrested, ssid he was uot there at fray, but war with @ man named Brown in an 6 lar; it t five minutes after [beard th two policemen around a one of the policeme window, this was between one and two o'cloe! tray wus ucrose the street; I asked what the m: I received no reply; 1 heard some one ruy “ He is dead— it ® time for us to be off; "I then rushed in and het raise decenved up, aad looked about to see if I knew any one; Taw one man guitg away quickly, dre te ehirt and blaek pants; pre fray, {Fay p going off back rung on bis shoulder; the prisoocr size of the man I saw with the elub. Abraham Plomley sworn, +ay4—I reside at 68 Oliver st.; about two o'clock I heard 4 2vise ip the street, and hoard some one say, “Go home, don’t iuake a noise here in cae | street;”” 1 then saw @ man go across te street and strike the deceased a blow with a ciub, ¥ down ; be then struck at another isan near by him: he then turned around, avd struck the deceased theee Limes egaim, on the head, while lying on the ridewal!’; the man who Wee struck sug dow deceased, got up. and ran down the «t og “murder” Jon Neil sworn, eays— fr Diver street; the | difficulty oceurred about @ qua ast ove o'clock this | morning; I heard a kind of a noteo in the street, as if a | row with the officers; 1 heard the blows struck; 1 sound- ¢¢ to me like etrising a blow against « hog, with club; after that, J beard the policeman strike his club, and er murder,’ 7 then went cut, aud when in the street, raw & Man running up the street with a blue shirt and | cep On; Tran after bim, but could not catch him ; the prisoner Clark is not the man I saw running up the tireet, but Clark was iu my place, and two or three others that night, and left about half part twelve o'clock Michael Sullivan swora, says—{ am @ policeman of | the Fourth ward; at about a quarter past oue o'clock | this mort ing, George Gillespie, the deceased. aud myself | were standing at the corner of Cherry and Oliver street we heard « noise a few doors off, in Oliver strect; Gililes bere is going to be a fight, lev's go and dix we went up to the place, aud we saw six or feven persons there, apparently preparing to have « fight; Gillespie said, “Go home to your boardiag house, and disperse from hare;” two or three of them left, aud went to the other side of the street; one of the men re- mainirg behind raid, 1 board here;” I said, “No, thia isa public sehool house;” Gillespie ‘then took by the arin and endeavored to push him off. and same time drew from his pocket @ short club; the man then clenched with Gillespie. and he threw him; I then assisted Gillespie, and I raid we bad better take him to the station house; the man then went on up #n alley- way, and Gillespie and be cleneked again, and I went to the relief of Gillespie: ihe man then clenched me, and Gillespie went out to tue sidewalk, and I heard some one infiet a blow with a sart rang.an Gillespie fell; [ then, in order to asriet Gillexpie. struck the man who had Lold of me with my club twiee on the head; the man mately foreed open, and a man came at me with a cart rung, end I then celled out murder, and they then ran | away | F. G. LeRoy, resident surgeon at the City Hospital, | eworn, sayr, that the deceased was admitied ia the !los- pital at three o'clock ths morning, in « state of iasendi- | lacerated wound of the scalp, at- herinorrage; the pationt lin- died; onthe post mortem, dis- d neiot of blood beneath the seull eap on the right of opposite the temporal region; also an extensive facture on the left fride through the base of the skull. extending from ear to ear; the iojury was the cnuse of Geath maining at Galway, and committees were appointed to take charge of the remainder, entertain them free of cost as long as they chese to remain, and escort them into the country in the neighborhood Before this time the people of (+alway, and of all ireland, bave experienced a cruel and bitter disap | pointment. The North America, with the stars and stripes at her gaff, and the green fiag of Ireland at her mast head, did not leave bere for Galway, for rensons best known to the parties who controlled ber; but which would be no justification for the breach of faith which they committed. Indeed, it looks as if the persons | who owned her made use of the sympathy enter. tained here for Ireland, and of the committee who negotiated for the trip, to drive « profitable bar- gain, and make parties who wished to purchase her, accede to their terms. To say the least, it was a very discreditable proceeding. The people of Galway will yet, however, have the pleasure of wit nesting the etars and stripes in their harbor. In spite of the sophisms and falsehoods in the reports recently made to the English Parliament, of the | Lommittee appointed to investigate the advantages which the western coast of Ireland offers for trans- atlantic packet rtations, Galway will assert ite na- tural rights, and, sooner or later, become a packe, station, in deflance of England and her prejudiced parliamentary committees. There is notanargament put forth in that report, whieh could not be set aside, | and wereit not so, the London Times would not have thrown its influence in its favor. Every one knew that the appointment of that committee was a farce, and that no point in Ireland, no matter how eligible, would be selected, in preference to any, no master how ineligible, in England. If our information is cor rect, there will be, before long, a line of eteamshi plying between Galway an w York. The di- rectors of the railroad between Galway aod Dublin, offered to contribute two hundred and Len) thou sand dollars towards building a line, provided an equal sum was subseribed in this country. We un- derstand that an enterprising merchant, who was identified with the firet steamship built inthisoountry, has expressed his willingness to invest one hundred thousand dollars in the project, and there i# good reason to believe that the remaining one hun and fifty thousand could be easily procured. An agent is about to proceed to Galway to conault with the railroad directors on the subject, and, if povsi- ble, to clove the matter. If be should succeed in hie mission, and the requisite sum should be raised in the United States, it i# said, contracts will be immediately entered into for the construction of a line of steamships Now, we do not state these things of our own knowledge. We have only hoard them. We believe them, however, and hope to be able, at an early day, ty inform our readers of the laying of the keel of the firet of the Galway and ew Vork stom ships The project will, of conrae, be dis ouraged in England, by s Yankoe nergy will overvome all obstacles from that source. John Bull ded bie eort y may grow! bas th ey r inning Michael Sullivan, policeman, recalled and examined, eayr—I can identify two persons who were engaged in the | effray; John D. Brown, the man now present, is the man | with whom Mr. Gillispie, the deceased, had the difficulty with fret; I was etreggling with thie mamat the time I heard the blow struck that knocked Gillespie down, the other nan now present, named William Gallaway, [ ‘alxo identity me of the persons present when I and Gillespie Oret went up to the crowd, but I cannot say that be took apy part in the affray Jobn Neil. recalled and examined, says—lle cannot identify any of the per under arrest, as having ta- ken part im the death of the deceased; Brown, | | the mam now present, wae in my place. in company with Joreph Clark, sling Shes, that night, between the hours of 12and 1 o'clock Michael Wogen sworn, says —~I am a policeman of | | the Fourth ward; [bad charre of Joseph Clerk. alias Shea. pow under arrest; afew minutes ago, when I went inte the room where the prisoners were all confined, I mid to} im, (Clark.) tarn around, and pointed out the dead bovy of Gillespie, now lying in the dead house, and said— There are your deeds of the night; Clark re- plied—“ It enn’t be helped now;” he further said that Jobn D. Bh m brought the rung and gave it to hia; that Brown and 2 men named Gallaway, or « tail maa ia ared shirt, went to fighting, and he (Clark) went to se ter th and threw the rung down, and afterwards took it jain and strock Gillespie with it, I now identify John D_ Brown ae the person aliuded to by Clark. William # Williston Asristant Captain of the Fourth ward police, being duly sworn, says —That on the night of the affray s small cart rung was brought to the sta- tion houre, soon after the body of deceased; the loager cart rung now shown was brought to the station house by iceman Timothy Gleason. about fire o'clock thie mora- ng, Who stated that he found the same by the ally gate in Oliver street, where the injury had been inflleted| on the person of deceased; some portion of the scalp and hair wae taken from the said rang On the above evidence adduced, the Coroner gave a brief charge to the Jury, and the whole care was sub- mitted to them, end after a very patient investigation of the whore facts before them, t following verdict wns rendered:—°That the deeeared. George T. Gillespie, came to his death frem blows received from a eart rang’ | while in the hands of Joveph Clark, alins Shea, and that John D. Brown wus an accessury to the fact of the deat of the deceased.” The two prironers thus charged with the murder, are both desperate-looking men, their eating vicious minds, Clark says h | A is twenty eight years of age, ard the ship Columbus. Brown says be was bora in Baltimore. is thirty-two years of age, and was roaman on board the ship Queen of the West | ‘The Coroner made out his warrant for commitment, | and the two guilty parties were conveyed to t by the police, there to their trial, The witness not able to give the requirite security for theit app * were committed to the Tombs. Their n: a George Palmer, William Sweeny, Abraham Plumley, | William Sutton, and Willies Gaile The deceared was forty-one years and «native of Lansingburg, Rensrelaer eounty, in this State. The body was, last evening, conveyed on board the steam. boat Empire, by the brother of deceneed, necoropaated by | the family and friends, for interment at Lanaingburg. | Tne Ganniner Craim—A Mann's Nest, Pron: piy.—It is very likely that after all the fuse that has been made about the great fraud on the go- vernment, the affair will turn cut to be a genuine moare’enest. It originated in an assertion, which, | it was stated, M. Porte, whose tobacco seisure case created euch a rumpus @ year or two riace, ade, to the effect that Mr. Gardiner bad do clared to him that his claim war false appeers that M. Porte denies having said w of the kind. ‘There about ja no doubt 40 bue course, then, the whole ching fulls to the ground, =| | the plaintiff for his characte: | money out of Ruckinen | high ebaracter before there attacks: Brooklyn City Court. Rete Hon. pe fee BUCKMAN AGAINST LEAOW —ACTION FOR LIBEL AC AINST IHF REPORTER OF THE POLICE GAZETTE. Jory 0 —This being the day appointed for the trial of this ceure, both parties appeared before the court Mr Kurseil, with Whoa was associated Mr, H. P. Clark, ett nded for the pisiptif; amd Mr, Schaffer amd Jol C. J Jack for the defendant. ussell ‘the libel, which was published im the Police Garett, June, 1850, and purported to ben report of an examination taken bofore justive Mouatfort, iu # case wherein the atiff com- piained of George: ities, the editor of paper, for a ibelon @ former oceusion, and whieh libel, at great length, was set out in tho com ‘The’ plaintill's counsel then proceeded to exy cn the cireumstanoe which had ied to this, , he said, all origiaated in an attempt to extort money out of the plaintilf, and be- gare between him and one Vaplin, who been a defaulter in rome matter with him, and had referred and obtained a bill of indictment against him an assault avd hig td on ter, He commenced # criminal action, as being better suited to his purposes. In a civil ‘action Jury would have awarced him compensation for any Foe ong he might have sutfered, but he gets # criminal in- dictment, and endeavors to werk upon the fears of Tr, and says: Give mw vo much money and I will settle with you. Bat Mr. Ruckman was not afraid, and requested the indictment might be sent and tried before three judges in the Court of Special Sessions. A common assault had been proved, as the court could mot disregard the solemuity of the outh ; indeed, so trivial did the matter seem. that they had not gone into the defence. and the three judges bad awarded a fine of the monstrous sum of ten dollars. Caplin thus failed in his attempt at extortion, aad then caine three or four anonymous letters to Mr. Ruckman Then Lexow. the defendan found goin” to the plain- tis house himself, though he never before had any connection with him, Mr Ruckman had disregarded there altempts; and then aypears an article in the Police Gazette. under the head of * Law Intelligeuce—Trial of Elisha Ruckman, &e., &¢."? Upon this he went to the office of Geo, Wilkes, Who was editor of that paper. wad a convicted Lbeller—now @ fugitive from justice in a foreign country, avd who did not stand in a very enviuble position before this community. Wilkes bad then asked him why he had not come up before? He said he had not come up for such a purpose then; he wanted to know who was the author of that flee and seandalous Mr, for thé prosecution by iim) hod citer of proof as was alleged im the libel. He haa there- issued his compisiol against Wilkes from Justi tfort’s court; and Wilkes, baviug demanded a hear. jes not attend himself or by respectable counsel put Lexow there, Who represents hnaself as eouusel, which he was pot, aud a position which, it he had, he Would Rave disgraced. He nad then made @ false and garbled report of these proceedings, waich was the libel crmplained of, aud which by his answer he denied. Barrett (eouusel made no suet And they would «how that he had sworn falsely in that sions in Brooklyn, wae apswer, or in the Speciul > he worn he did write i y would place bin, n for an indecent assault at ail us stated, but f comunon aseuult and battery. and this was the first libel complained of, and which Justice Mountfort, m: hepding his duty. certainly, hud dismissed, beew Rockman had refused to suswer some questions him. His duty was plain wud clear, to hold te d aut. if acase Were made out. and to compel the wi to au-wer any proper qusstion if he refused, but aot a freak in bis head and dismiss the complaint. Tae ibel appeared on the 22d Jue, professing to be a report of the entire proceedings before Justice Mounttort, but which was nothing of the sort. The defendaat was responsible « the falsehoods according to his own declaration; and it was not necessary that be slowid pave writt iinseif, or caused it to be pub- lished; every one niding or connected with the public tou of @ libel was gutlly; as ia it was not m cesvary the blow should be given accused's own havo libel in # scurrilous and infamous paper, by was employed by George Wilkes, and it was | furnish reports of such proevedings, for it b th: He could not siieid bimeelf from publishing this me) yiug he to furnish the truth. and to give all the proceedings, and | not apartonly. We could then pursue this atiempt fom Caplin to Wilkes, and from Wilkes to Lexow, to get but his character was not oa ruch & slight foundation that he was obliged to bay | Cuber of them; he was not afraid to submit that to aay y ip the State where he resides, In the auswer, the ‘endant sets cut that he was « reporter, &e., and that published the complaint and a copy of the proceed- ings, aud that that report was true, He (Mr. Russell) contended tuere was no such thing at 2 privileged libel- a ler; it was virtualiy saying that Mr, Wilkes had hired | him to publish libeis and lies of any one that they could not get black mail out of. nothing to do with the description of the person, &e., as it appeared there, but he had solemnly «worn that Le did write and compose that, and he admitted that he had delivered it to the priaters. The avewer further went cn to allege the truth of the report ly from his own knowledve, wnd had put in issue that the pleintiff was aman of bad charac- ter. Upon that they were prepared tomeet them Also, that the plaintiil, not knowing who was the author of | that report. had asked him (the defendant) for the infor. mation, aud had undertaken not to take any steps, civil or criminal, founded upoa it, and that he was bound by that stipulation. This, they said, was another falsehood. ‘The wileyed undertabing was stated to have been given on the Ja August—when, on the 6th of that month, the plaintif? bad met the defendant on board the ferry bout, nd. goaded by the injury be had sustained, and knowing the defendant to be the author had taken the law into hie own hands, aod committed an assault on him, for which he had been condemned to pay $1,450 damages. He would ark them, as men of families, bow they would estimate the injury that had been done Mr, Kuckman, and called upon them to give such as mark their sense > 9 A ae the nag Me ae Lawn an account of their verdict appeare respectable pere—in places where that infamous sheet had jose publithed. If they fuiled im making out their justifieation it would enhance the daumages. ‘The freedom of the press was and ought to be great; but when it was made the tool of extorting money trom the timid and auwary, the only way tocurb it, was by extracting from them the money which they had thus ot "Mir. Schaffer here wished toask, how much of the alleged libel they were to defend themselves against; they were pot auswerable for tbe original publieution of a state- ment contained in the aflidavit of the plaintif? himseif, and which he hed published by fling. Mr. Clark said she original libel had been ingeniously republished by the reporter. The atfidavit was made to bring a libeller to justice, as the plajntiff hud a right to do,:ua they had no right to re-publish it in an ob- seure nud rcurrilous print, as it was uot done for a good urpore. He contended that the whole article was Roelious. A discussion on this ensued, and the Coat ruled that the original libel might be taken as faiee, and excluded the offer of any evidence, as to whether Mr. Barrett had made such an offer or uot; as not af- fecting the prevent case, or connected with the defen- dant, Mr. Clark would first call evidence as to tho publication by the defendant, and calied Mr. Kussell, Who Was objected to on the ground of interest, aud ask- edae & preliminary question by Mr, Schaffer, whether the plainuifl had not made over to him his tuterost in any verdict be might obtain. his Mr Russell unequivocally denied, and having, in reply to Mr. Clark, said, that there was no foundatioa whatever for such’ @ question, proceeded with his testi- He had attended beiore Justice Smith, in meny. Brocal . in August, and questioned the defendant: whee bad asked bim whether be had wricten aad | compored that article, and he said he bad. Thought be put the question in this form :—Did you write, compose, or pubileh, or cause to be published this article? The subject matter of the examination war that Mr Ruck- ian Was arrested, and charged with an a*saalt and bat- tery om the defendant, on bard the Mambattan, and the livel was set up as «justification or in mitigation of puniah- ment. Had seen Mr. Leaow in the Police Gazette oMice believed be had now the wavle charge of it. (Objected to) Mr. Clark seid it wns not material, and preovede 4. The dnte of the paper containing the libel, was Jume 22, 1800. At that time, he had seeu Mr. Lexow at that of fice and reporting about the courts; hud seen him in company with Wilkes pretty often; ‘che offlee was in Narewy strect. did Let know any one clee connected with the paper ax reporter Q.—vidyou know oue Stanley? (Objected to.) Mr. Clark stated the object was to prove Lexow's con- mwas afterwards withirawn, it being the pleading that le was ihe reporter, Wit- nese attended at the Courtof Special Sessionsias Mr Ruck. man's counrel; did not take notes of the trial; did not think (c ceeupied 15 minuies; stood up side by side before Recorder without a jury, and remeniered all that took place. (Indicunent produced and admitted) Mr, Clark explained that it was an indictment fr a common it and battery, and not foran indescent assault, at A dircursion bere arose as to whether the indictment was before the Kpectal Bestons, matter in the form of an affidavit that were before the Pett: wart said they Son sesault and baltery Wae there any euch offer made by Mr. Barret? ted to and ruled out ‘ee not present on the trial before Justice Mowat- d known Mr. Ruckman seven or eight years, hat was his character! give them did not prove it, it would reeoll on them. r. Clark was desirous of proving it in advance, as they hed called revere! persons to do #0, and show that before at eeurrilous paper assailed him, he was a man of as ved 0) eter ne any in New York, The defendant had ated he was aman of bad character, in the pleadings, and plaintiff would take the burden of proof on himself, ‘The court thought it unnecessery, but could gee no objection to allow it ituess continved—The plaintiff was a man of very ever heard « word spoken ageinst him, he rerided in Werren. Chambers, or urray street; the examination before Justice Smith at Brockiyn, wae efter Mr. Ruckman had comuitted the as- swuit.on the oth of August; he thought the examination waeon the 20th; (the depositions were here produced, and Mr. H. A. Moote called to prove they were the origi- bal ones signed by Justice Smith), the body of the exe: mination wae also in his writing; wae prevent at the examination, and to the best of his reeollcetion, the de« position wae signed by Mtr. Lexow, in bis presence; Mr. uevell and Mr Rucknan, and Judge Smith, were | pro rent; there was something said about writing and pub- lishing the articles; he was asked about the authorship of certain articles; a newspaper, the Police Gazetre, wne pre- sented to him; in relation to one of the articles, thought he admitted ft before chjection was taken, Ilis attention wae called to another, when witness, aa counsel for the ‘ution, objected. as it might erimiaate him; the Justice ructained him, and the questions were not) an erered an far as he remembered; a good deal of conver- ration took place about the artivler, thought there were more papers than one produced; bis impression was, Mr, Lexow had dented all knowledge of the anonymous det. | tere, buthe did net remember whether it wae wider onth: Lexow had raid that in consejuente of Kackman colling with aforged letter, Wilkes had cont him to Kuekinan’s hous Mr, Chath ‘ad the examination of Mr. Lexow, He further sid that he had | | Keentious man. | Gideon Keel, William Walyard, ‘wpon that occasion, in which he stated that he had been to Ruekmen’s house, and might have left a letter there ; did so by direction of Wilkes ; and that he had written the in the Police Gazette, duted 22d June, of Mr. Russell. coutinued—After he had shown him that article he asked him as to other onws, when objections were taken. of which he availed himself; | he also refused to answer whether the report was true of the judicial proceedings; he suid he had boom to Mr. Ruckman’s house, on the subject of a letter Mr. Ruck- man hud shown Mr. Wilkes. Cross examined by Mr. Bchaifer—Had sald nothing beyond that, about its being « forgery; thought two let- ters were shown to Mr, Lexow ; were not the Ora Dapers shown to bim ; it was after the pay une had been shown to him ; did aot recollect whether he showed him a publication of November 24th, 1449 ; was certain he did pot ; had several papers with him ; it wae possible he had the paper of the Zith, but he did aot show them all, because Mr. Moore had taken the vbjec- tion ; never had furnished any report for the Eva, of thit examination, or for any other eo 4 oae reporter had asked to see his notes; did not know whether Mr, Ruckman had any interest in the Eva. or whether Teport was token from his notes ; thone minutes were ao he had taken them at the time, except that ho had int riincd them at his oflice, as to Mr, Lexow nvail- ing himeelt of his privilege; that was some three or four days after ; had been attorney for Mr. Ruckman ‘about two years did not know of nis sending any goods to Californ! By the Court.—What has that to do with the case ? Mr Schaffer.—I propose to show th». Mr. Ruckman’s neipal business s horse. racing, and then suing to get ck the stakes, Mi Clark —That is not in good faith. Cross-examination continued— (Paper shown and hand- ed up.) Did not know thut the trial ut Special Sessions Was on those papers; it was on the subject matter of the indictment; witness had presented the lettur produced, to Lexow. who said it was not in his heudwriting: ou the trial before Judge Morse, witness did not recollect seying that Lexow had pronounced it a forgery. ‘Alderman Schultz calied.—Lived in the Third ward; had known the poaintiff for fifteen or eighteen years; he Wasa merchant; bad never heard anything agaiust him until (he appearance of the artic Orossexam ined —The first article which attracted bis | attention might have been the account of his trial inthe | Court of Sesrions (Were not some of these accounts which yi Aceounts of suits for money lost by bim, at horse-raciag A—No. The first was the one in the Police Gazette; he had seen the account of the horse-race suit with Stacey Pitcher; it was the one in the Police Guzette that tirst oe him any idea derogatory to the plaintiff; had not +n so intimate with him since; thought the plainti(t | anight have felt delicate about speaking to him; had not | spoken to any one, 48 he recollected. about plaintiff's character; might have said he was sorry to have seea it. Alderman iengon was next called, who testified us to the plaintiff's general character and standing in the city; had only a general acquaintance with him, Alderman Smith Dunning testified to the character of the plaintifl, whom be had kuown some ten or fifteon years; was well known in his neighborhood for « man of | cheracter and property. The defendaaut oilered to show, by this witness, that for the period of six years preceding the publication of the alleged libel the pluintifl’s character was that of a grozsly ou saw, Objected to, av not being in issue, or being improperly £0, Mr. Clark said the Court had the power of amending the pleadings at any time, ard if the attorueys could not keep them purer, the passage as to “the matters charged in the libel’ shoul struck out. ‘The Court held they might go into general character. Dut not into a specitic vice—and the question was ruled out. Frederick A, Tallmadge, Recorder of New York, calle i— Had been Recorder in 1850; presided on the trial of Kackmap, and fined him $10; he was tried at Special Sersions: could not recollect if on indictment; it was usual to have the indictment, where one had been found, anc all the papers; had known Mr. Ruckman some 1% or 20 yearr, but only by general reputation; never beard hun otherwise impugned The question us to Mr, Barrett's offer was again put, an¢ ruled out. The indictment was an ordinary one and co: tained no charge of indecency at all. To the Court—Remexibered the nature of the charge; it was rot a violent assault, it was an impropriety more than anything else. Mr. Wilson J Hunt and Thomas ©. Bardine wore examined on the point of character, and testified as the preceding witness had dene, as to the plaintiff's general a gy standing. e Court then adjourned till to-morrow morning (this day). Poll nee. Robbing @ Schooner, and Recovery of the Stolen Money— On Wedaerday, officers Gambiing and Fisher, of ibe | Sixteenth ward. arrested three men the names of nd William Du: a # charge of stealing $712 f-om the schooner Martha Col- lops, lying at the foot of Twenty-eighth street, Norch river. the property of James Collous captain of the said fghooner. The eficers sneceeded in recovering the ttolen money, and the Police Justice before whom the Togues were taken, committed them to prison to answer the charge at court. The City inspector's Seow.—On Wednesday evening a man by the name cf Bernard Conly was arrested by offi- cer McParland. on a charge of aiding and abetiing in the Fineeye | adrift from the dock toot of Twenty-third «treet, East river. a barge or seow, placed at that pier fur the reception of butcher's offal, by the City Inspector. The prisoner was conveyed before the magistrate ‘et Jefferson market police MAILS FOR CALIFORNIA. THE WEEKLY HERALD—THE CHEAP MAI. LINES. ‘The Muil Steamship Georgia, Capt. Porter, will leave this port at three o’slock thix afternoon, for Cha- gres, totouch at Havana. She carries the government mails, the postage by which, arranged by Postmaster General Hall, amounts almost to a prohibition. These mails will close at two o'clock. The Empire City, Captain Wilson, will leave to- morrow, the 12th instant, direct for Chagroe. She car- ries Berford & Co.'s. or the cheap and independent, mails. We are informed by B. & Co., that they violate no law, as their mails do not go within the jurisdiction of the ted States. Berford & Co. carry letters and newspapers af three cents each, and make money, while the government demand fifteen cents each. The Wesxry Hearn will be published to go by both lines, and the publie can seleet between the government and high priced line, or Berford & Co, and cheap Line. It will be ready at ten o'clock, A.M. Bingle copies of the Henary can be obtained in wrappers, at the desk, at sixpence per copy. It will contain the latest news from all parts of the world. The Prometheus, another independent mail steamor. will leave this port on Monday, Bhe goes to Ban Juan de Nicaragua—the aew route. emis of ay it mirere ‘a invited. gai vage, ¥% Falton street, has ver Watches, to which ‘sad others. His Riche. * to the writing | Gold Pens care: | | | ‘The Best tn the Market.-If you want an slegant. fasbioneble Hat, which 70% on, procure chomp, buy of KNOX, 125 Fulton street. 1 te Hat that Pull lace tor ‘ a . In short, if jon of bewuty, style, He can supply ai ‘View of Wi Landes, on tas are the t Comb Factory, 387 Brondway.—Ladtes are feepectfully invited to examine this ehsles selostion of Dros Combs; the variety is, beyond all doubt, the greatest in the ort sity, cowprising (ie most beautiful im soll iadiaie Kern. Gombe repaired and made teorder | a eS, SAUNDERS, World's Foir.—Visiters to the World's | Pair are invited to examine the eubroriber's wtook of Drews:na y are the most compact an le of the | teller of the mort fastioiowe RAUNDERS, ia Bosdwar, | corner of Liberty « 387 Ts Boots and Shoes.—The Chenpest plage in eet good Boots, Shoo Caivers! all Fr & 1 New York Boot and She Em he 4 ticle, the only aiticle made wt perfect ease tender feet. A Valuable Tontco and Digestan: Qayeee ittere bi 4 ting s 0 im all metres A. De Jw b C | Os far as it was in our power todo. Owing MONBY MARKET. Tuvnevay, July 10—6 P.M. The oxecssive hot weather is fuet driving businessmen of al clarees cur of thecity and livaiting financial and’ commercial -perasions very materially, In the absence Cf rpectlators, we must not expect any change of conae~ quence in prices tor the really good, sound, dividend paying recurities; und eo far 26 the fui.cies are eoncern- ed, any depreciation will be the result more of forced: sales by parties compelled to realize, than of ¢ want of confidence on the part of holders. There§are some, wu™ dc ubtedly, among the large number of holders of stocks, who are tuo timid to leave town with securities ofa fancy character in their possession, and they may sell out at ‘upy sacrifice; but it {s our impressioa that prices for stocks generally will. throughout the seasou, be as uni_ form as they were during the hot, dull season, last year. Money is in active demand, but there appears to be no limit to the supply. The shipments of specie from this port will besmall this week, The Europa, from Boston, for Liverpcol. carried out ovly rix hundred and firty thousand dcllurs, ¢ sum much smaller than anticipated: The amount takeu was principally on account of the Mexican indemnity. We are requested, upon the authority of Mr. Porte, to: state that his name has been used in connection with the reports which have been 6o freely eirsulated relative to the Gardiner claim, without bis consent; that he knows nothing about the claim of Dr. Gardiner, never knew apything. and never bas bad anything to do with it, ix any shape or way. It will therefore be seen, that so-fur as Mr. Vorte’s name is concerned, it has been made uso of unwarrantably by certain parties, to fix the charge of fraud upon the clair referred to, It is not geucrally understood that the accounts of the astern Railroad Company are made up to the Sot! Sune, instead of the lust cf May, whieh is the reason of their dividenus being made so much later than the others In consequence of the loss sustained by the burning of the ferry boat last winter, and the cost ef repairing th» | injury trom the violent storm of last April, the reserved, ireome, which was $45,000 on the 30th June, 1850, ia re- duced to $22,000. Their dividends for the year have been 8 per cent, amounting to $267,000; and the nes earnings of the read, according to the directors’ report, have been $277,000. ‘The last annual reyort of the Chesapeake and Dela~ ware Canal Company gives the operations on the cana! during the past year, and tbe condition of the company on the Ist of June, 1851. Within the fiscal year the pre- ferred debt of the company has been reduced frou» $94,145 to $9,426, which was paid, if presented, om the Ist instant. The bouded devt of the company is now confined to the ‘66 and °67 loans, amounting to $2,380,- 777. Last year, the receipts of the company exceeded those of uny previous year, by $12.078, aud tis year the receipts exeved those cf last by $17,624, thus showing the work to be steadily improving, and whea the Susque- Lannab Canal, to which the Chesapeake is an outlet, get, fairly at work, the latter must be one of the most pro- duciive works connected with the trade of this ‘city. ‘That the works of the company, whieh are now in good order may be equal to its growing trade, a contract bus been nade for the coustruction of muchinery equal to the rupply of 200,000 cubic feet of waier per hour, and for a new steam dredge, the whole oost ef which iv $98,200, a little less thea one-fourth of whiet ia paidythe smount due being payable at an early day, The reveipte from tolls for the year reach $219,889, and from other sources $12(83, making a tocal of $223,073; payments tor interest on funded debt, $147,703; eurrent expenses $00,027. The company report the sale of $64,067 of loans in ils sinking fund, aud the payment of $84 710 of preferred, debi, within the last year, In making this large reduc- tion of the preierred debt, the fund heretof-re stated in the previous reports as having been set aside, five hun- dred shaves of the capital stock of the company, and ap amount of its funded debt, equivalent, if converted, to 4p addition of five hundred and sixty shares, still remain. ‘The time required to travel between New York aud. places at the West and South, over various routes, double tack thirty-three and #ingle twenty-eight miles per hour, inciudiag wood aud water stops—other stope al- lowed for. coording to the Detroit Eres Press, from, which we take these figures, as follows :— Detroit to New York, Northera route. Chicago te do. do. Gul pa to do. do. Bt, Louis do. a Do. do, via Cincinnati Cairo do, Northern route......... 47 Do. do, via Cincinnati and Guitalo. 12 do. Three hours added to the time on soy of tue above routes will give the time to Boston, intend of New Yor’, ‘The New York wod Erie Railroad, and tow tke Sb and Southern Michigan Railroad to Ctvesy), will form ® competing line. The Cleveland and Buedy rel to be extended through Pennsylvania to Philadeipia, wil aleo, it is expected, divert some of the tiovei, Ww tac trade and travel of the M lesissippi Valley, tke the we of ite great stream, #0 swell in volume befury they reac their destination, that they have to debuuche throw.st many mouths. In relation to some of the fancy railroad steve: perated Sn by speculators in the Bosten market, the Courter ol that city saye:—* The Cheshire and Ratland, at jd ic $1°0 paid, are good investments; and so are Vewvideuce at $90; Passumpeic at $80, the Northera a: 70, che Ul! Colony at $68, aud the Ogdensburg at $38, All of these roads have @ comparatively «mali number of shares, anc are steadily and substantially increasing their reecipts. If timid and weak holders will sell at the present prices, it ix@ death of their own choosing, while it is all the bet- ter for the purchasers who come in at low water to take advantage of the incoming flood tide.” The liquidation of the public debt of Texas ie beeoming @ matter of more importauce than It has ever bofure as- sumed, Candidates for Governor a the approaching election, have been stumping through the State, diseuas. ing the question of State indebtedness and poliey—of part and fall payment of the same, This matter pow sentes consides able interest here and in the other North- ern cities, und the annexed official report of the debt, a classified and valued by the State auditor snd eomptrol- ler, will be impertant to those interested. We belseve al! evidence of the indebtedness of the State must be file! in the proper department, on or before the lst of Sep- tember, to secure pro rata payment out of the proceods of the funds appropriated for that purpose:— Cuanacten asp Otasurication or Tix Dewy or Texas. Character of Liatslittes reeripted for. Ostensible. Par Vahus. ING OF Ten per cent Consolidated Ful created by eet of 7th June, 1837, lesued under act for 6.363 of Oth Feb., 1840. . 062.400 Eight per cent Stock Of 5th Peb,, MO.. 6.6... eee ee 2780 Fight per cent Treasury Bonds, GA2060 31,090 286,272 1,514,701 assay d . by Mesrre. Aurtin & Axcher, Coministiouers,.......4 350 Bonds issued by the Com missioners under the severai acts authorte- ing the negotiation of a of $6WW. ieee § COOMT 6aroost AGvences tade by L. 8. Hargeus ao Ostereible and Par Prin- Toval Ostensible and I’ar Interest Sato. Ms ta081 Total Ostensible and Par Prine sa cipal and Laterest,......, sees $6,725,903 $8,021,005. Tre Secon Chass is 6 of claims late of the ropabite of te which bad bs one sotnty Seb Ce under sauetion . ¢ have sexgned to this class of elsims, did to the first class, an equivalent ‘value feasts to what cach claim availed the government in quantity of claims filed immediately preeedi | Uhorough eure, It purites the, Mode Festores the ap ration of the law undet which we acted, we’ sue strengtivons the system. WM. SMITH MALL, 8 eble to ermplete the examination sear "ee prietor, y the recond and third claes claims filed. We fore, ascertained, a# near ——, the unexamined claims filed, and report the same Trinny Oraee —thie clase is composed of elaine suditing of which the existing laws have made visicn, In it, however, are many meritorious ing the tine they were Which will require «pecial iegislution to Duane street, they hal y same footing with other velid aud bona elaimes againet, ba tuete ous tun, the government. We have included ‘in this "ES bound cd Gade cane cloime of those who served im the Saute Fo and frozen. ‘The rooster will be exhii nthe enrt Jr ditions, being goverued by the amount of pay slong with the Safes, and th , them by the army reyuintions of the iste republic in one of their afer. N. BH —The I! bo Texae; ‘that ir, to the private $10 per month. d invaluable to feiailics, for preserving butter, milk, portion of thet \poring the Santa Poultry, Ke, during the prevent hot weather. the Mier expeditions. furulabea their owa Dye and Wigs can be found An the {we bere aiceed nome lit te theo hetor'ss No. 4 Wall street, His oover the lonses they eustained. We would, ‘ales be procersd st at speettully recommend the passage of a law of country. wate of 1 penal at 6 ruflicient amount to cover “1 - at Ld time reward them for their serviees, joseem sustained . None are #0 Deaf as those who will not curtog the toretenion, Solu 7 ane tithe jon 5 Prin Vy) js clearly demonstrated. and may bs ef property by cur own army and that ihe ue On tone dias nee euierton trosy dec hacen ciety mumleed pee: thus chateeter of clainne we have devlioed taking amp informed of the wonderful curve peri _ Yen, informing the claimants that the same w | bows Brosaway. | retared to the Legislature for their consideration and