The New York Herald Newspaper, August 15, 1851, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNBT?®, PROPRIETOR AND ED! ‘©OPFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. DRA THE DAILY HERALD, 3 conte per copy—8! per Seared arse casts PBS BRE Rect MOE renin og ‘TO SEAL ALE ey) one gee Foastes 1 eal ke SENT TO UB . tal raeiareccgaam t fecte 4 every morning. oy AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. CASTLE GARDEN—Rorenro Devenrus BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—P:z4nno—Baowen Bworn. RDEN, Broadway—WAnoweRine MixsrReL NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—Kivo Lean— | OLy Commongr. Sez" MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall,i72 Broadway 1 ManeTReisy. FELLOWS MINSTRELS, Fe!lows’ Musical Hall, No. 444 Broadway—@euiorian MinsTRELSY. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Amvusine Penrormaxces Av- DOUBLE SHEET. New York, Thursday, August 14, 1851. Telegraphic Sammary. Our advices by telegraph, received last night, ‘except some items of Cuba news, are of no unusual importance. It seems that Dr. Gardiner of that heavy claim, will report himself at Washington, | having ascertained that he will not be required to give excessive bail for his future appearance. ‘The President, as we have heretofore reported is not expected back for two or three weeks, unless the flibusteros should earlier require his presence at Wachington. ‘The intelligence from Cuba indicates that the disaffection in the island is by no means suppressed. By the next regular arrival, we shall expect infor- mation of the utmost importance. A severe hail-storm at Boston—the extrication ofthe U. S.ship Preble from an awkward situa- tion—election news—state of the markets—acci- dents, &c., fill up the chapter. ‘The Nicaragua Route—Suecessful Enter- b)¢ brand of stipen prise—The Contract—No Kevoeation. ries of 1848. They have become formidable, dan- gerous, and criminally mischievous. Murders and robberies were multiplying; San Francisco was in the power of incendiaries, and her citizens and their property at the mercy of thieves and assas- sivs. The existing laws were inefficient; they were so slow, and the means of confinement of offenders so insecure, that the chances were in favor of their escape. Such was the state of things which led to the Vigilance Committee, and its summary execu- tion of the judgments under the new code. It ap- pears that this Vigilance Committee act as such without pay or emolument; but simply to maintain the supremacy of the rights of life and property. There may be, then, no help for the existing state | of things in California. It may be that the impera- | tive necessities of selfpreservation have driven the | peeple to these extremities. We trust that law and order may soon be re-established, and assigned to some effective guardianship under the regularly constituted tribunals of the country. We have no doubt, whatever, that the active, honest business community of California are laboring to this end, nor have we any doubt of their final success in at- taining it. The general intelligence from California, aside | from the last murders, robberies, and executions, is rather heavy. Business in San Francisco was ge- nerally dull, although the miners and mechanica] classes were getting on prosperously. We refer our readers to the copious details of our correspon- dence, and the extracts from the California papers, which we publish to-day. They will be found to be very interesting. Muss at WasHIN@TON, AMONG THE EpITORS AND | Casiner.—We mentioned, some time since, that the | Southarn Press, at Washington City, claimed the public advertising from the different departments, | as belonging to it under the law. The twelfth sez. tion of the act (an appropriation act) of March 3, 1845, declares— ‘That in all cases where proposals for any contract or contracts to be made by any of the executive depart- | ments or bureaus; in all carve where notices of any de | sexiption issuing from the same are now required uy lew to be advertised, the same shall be advertised by publica- | tiom in the two newspapers in the city of Washington | having the largest permanent subscription, and. at the | discretion of the Executive, in any third paper that may | ublished in raid city; provided, that the charges for | such publications sball not be higher than such as are | paid by individuals for advertising in said papers; and | provided. alse, that the said publications shall be made | | in each of said papers equally as to freqency. The terms of this law are very plain and unambi- guous. The giving the President the right to select even one paper, without reference to the public | good, and as an act of favoritism and partiality, and the implied approval of the exercise of his power in | that way, we did not suppose was to be found in | any act of Congress. True, he is limited to one | newspaper, to be chosen in this way—that is, “at | his discretion;” but this provision is disreputable to those who adopted it, was insulting to the Presi- | dent, and the press so selected will have the indeli- sm stamped upon it As to the other two presses, the President and the secre- ‘The arrival of the steamship Prometheus at this | tases and beads of bureaus have wo discretion port, yesterday, is equivalent to the introduction of | whatever. The only questions are, which two another epoch in the history of our inter-oceanic | papers have “the largest permanent subscription,” communications with California, and the Pacific | and are their charges to government “ not higher Islander, and the eastern hemisphere. The trip rom | than such as are paid by individuals,” and are the San Francisco, via the newly opened isthmus route r,and thence to New York, by the Vanderbilt line of of the Lake icaragua and the San Juan ri’ steamers, just accomplished, establishes, at once, the practicability aud the advantages of this route. ‘The facts stated by our correspondents on the subject, whose letters we publish this morning, pre- sent a very clear and interesting statement of an ac- | advertisements in each paper made * equally as to | frequency!” The Svuchern Press, several weeks ago, proved, we understand, that it has “the | largest permanent subscription”—larger than | either the Union, Repullic, Telegraph, National tra, or Intelligencer. We have no doubt of the fact, and that the Nationa! Eva is next to it. The other papers, (except the little Telegraph,) have ‘MPTOMS oF a Famity QuaRREL.—We have, for some time, had our sus picions that when the Northern and Southern whigs came to compare notes, there would be a fuss in the family, Wewere not mistaken. The Baltimore American, in commenting upon the whig platform of New York, as laid down by the three commit- tees, at their late caucus in Albany, thus puts in | ‘We haye no respect for such a coalition as the vote- | mongers in New York have fabricated. It wants sound- | tees; it wants honesty. It forms no basis upon whieh the men that made it can look their Southern brethren | honestly in the face. It is a subterfuge on the part of some of its framers, and a snare on the part of ethers. To which the Seward firm, of the Albany Journal, thus indignantly lay down the law:— Im such language as this does a whig' ir denounce the union recently formed by the whigs oF this State. We are at # loss to account for the course of the Balti- | tual experiment; from which, we think - amy 4 " | become enervated, dull, spiritiess, uninteresting, safely assumed that the trip between New York | ar the public generally, for some time past, and San Francisco, by the Nicaragua route, will take little interest in them; whereas, the two prints yet be accomplished in twenty-two or three days. | syecited have at least “one idea” apiece that they The shortest trip, we believe, ever made by the | susraia with spirit and ability. If the fact is as Panama route, was thirty-one days. The trip by | cisimed by the Soutlern Press, it has a strict legal Nicaragua bas ectually been accomplished in | right to this printing, and one which, it appears to twenty-nine ; and several days, yet, may be saved | us, the courts in the District of Columbia, following in perfecting the transit of the isthmus. | the decision in Mr Kendall's case, would sustain This is good news. It looks like the dawning of | yron mandamus. The law is imperative. A re- great practical results, in the crossing of the | fuss} to obey its directions would be a good ground isthmus, notonly of Nicaragua, butofPanama,and ¢. the impeachment of any functionary. The the Atrato,ard even the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, | President is sworn to take care that “tho laws are the New Orleans route to California. An impalse— | faithfully executed.” He is bound to see that bis & practical impulse to one, must give @ practical | ..bordinates do not dieregard and violate it. It is momentum toall; and there is business for all, and | oF jittle moment whether the violation is from par- aroward for all, by railroads or canals ; the world’s commerce wants them all. All that we object to is, any sort of scheming by which those enterprises may be turned into South Sea bubbles, Yazoo, and such like stock-jobbing speculations. But practical results in great schemes like these, are al ways satis- factory. We are also authorized to state that the reports | lately cireulated of the revocation of the contract with Messrs Vanderbilt & Co., are untrue—that the contract stands untouched, and that the parties remain in possession of all their privileges, as on the day the contract was made. We have had a successful experiment. We have no doubt it will be followed up by still greater achievements. A good beginning is half the battle ‘The California News by the Prometheus Dreadful State of Affairs. The arrival of the Prometheus brings us fifteen days’ later intelligence from California, by way of the newly-opened route of the San Juan de Nica ragua. The prominent, and by far the most conspicuous feature of the California news, is the prevalence of what would be called, on this side of the continent, the supreme authority of Judge Lynch. In San Francisco, it is the execution of the decrees of the Vigilance Committee of five hundred, (not quite so ceremonious as the old Venetian Council,) in the prompt punishment of criminals, and for the pre- servation of law and order. Strange as it may sound in this longitade, these off-hand trials and summary executions are, in good faith, designed for the preservation, or rather the restoration, of law and order. The criminal may be a murderer, @ horse thief, a burglar, an incendiary, a common shoplifter, or a petty rogue, if the Vigilance Com- mittee catch him, and convict him, he is instantly carried out and hung up at the nearest convenient tree, or beam, or rope andtaskle. The crime, the pursuit, the apprehension, the indictment, the trial, the judgment, and the execution, may all take place in the same afternoon. The whole busine in the case of Jenkins, was done in the course of an evening, by moonlight; and in the case of Stuart, another Botany convict, tried also as a thief, the interval between the commencement of his trial and the hanging ‘was about five hours. Inthe case of the Mexican woman at Downieville—who, for fatally stabbing a miner, was tried by the popular process ia such eases established, and convicted of murder—the blood of ber victim was not yet cold, when the woman, having been tried, convicted, and con- demned, was swinging lifeless in the air. The Anglo Saxon institution of the rope, by a sort of wittena gemete, or ¢ neilium, may be con sidered as pretty weil established in California; but the rapidity with which is brings the eriminal to his quietus is somewhat startling to a ommuaity accustomed to the slower formalities of law. This quickness of the penaity is even more astound mmune ¢ ing to our preconceived totions than the range of crimes which come under the death penaity by the new California code. We have no nie dis between murder and mansianght highway robbery and a petty Judgment of strangulation makes them all. Truly, this is a torriblo ets and is deeply to be deplored But the people have reasonable excuses [ such of iw tralian con ‘ perate and wiess y ation under the sun, | been concentrating gueir forces in Califoruia singe the guiden diwove- | tieaa partiality or ignorance. In such cases, the | crime is in the act. When the terms of the law ai unmistakeable, the culpabil of the motive is inferable. An honest motive will not excuse such illegal act upon an impeachment. The law must | be obeyed. The delay that has ensued as to the definite de- + cision of this business, is, perhaps, attributable to the continued absence of some two or more of the administration, for several weeks past. It should be settled forthwith. The President should attend toit. Itishis especial duty. He certainly does not divide up his official conscience and his convic- | tions of daty into eight parts, giving to cach one of his cabinet a share, and retaining one share for | bimvelf. If s0, he ought to constrain the “fugitive” members, we mean those absent from their offices, to surrender their respective eighths when they go off. We learn that the cabinet do not all agree on this subject, and that those who do agree, take dis” similar grounds. One, we learn, has taken to cy. phering to get out of the snarl, and proves by figures that it take weekly subscribers to equal one daily, as the latter gets his papers six times a wee! and by this process the Southern press is left int! vocative. We should be glad to hear the Presi- dent's views. A quondam acting eesretary, we learn, rests the case on the absurdity of giving the | printing of the government to any press that is striving to break it up; and it is rumored that, as | a ret-off to th’s, the Southern Press declares its pa- | triotic disposition to give at least ten thousand dol- lars @ year of the profits to sustain the federal Union, on coristitutional principles, &¢. Why are | not the particulars of this business made pu)! | Are there more State secrets? Delicacy should not restrain the Scuthern Press from making a full ex- position of the whole matter. Give us the whole truth. We want the docaments—they are worth a dozen cart-loads of arguments and rigmarole reasoniags. Let the public have the facts. Pub- jieh Mr. Graham's decision. Make known Mr Corwin’s opinions. Did he forget your generous endorsement of his conduct in respect to the Flo ridaand Mexicanclaims! What did Messrs. Stuart and Conrad say ! and how did the expounder f the State Department expound the statute in such case made and provided? Why does not some patrio! propore a compromise to preserve the Union? Why is not an adjustment suggested to save th Republic? This is an important matter, and should be atten ied to We have not inquired as to the deci N. K. Hall, the Postmaster (eneral for we are satisfie on that side. prec Postmaster Corpora is a wrong side, they they construed the la ‘The way th ured by them to be | paseed by {Congress to cuit their own fansy, and to affect injuriously, if posible, eubseri- bers in California and elsewhere, and to koog the people from learning, through its columns, thei? unfitness for these places; and their fambling ani bungling and twisting the law ae to advertisi ad letters, to gratify their own wichos, satisfied us nections | es to them in all partisulare ors intend to prosecute Mr. Hall for his conduct We learn sundry edi- t iv immaterial to us. We would not exchange | advertising otage of the chambermaid 1 city for all that the heads of depart be I bestow on any pa by rae more .dmerican. The whigs of this State stand pledged in so many ways to oppose the extension of slavery, and to uphold the’ freedom of debate, that it was not fappored that en assertion of the sentiment could give offence. Be this as it may, however, no “basis” of action which | fails to recognise these principles will be sanctioned by whigs of New York. | Now, this is interesting. It touches a sore place. | What is to be done about it, becomes a very impor | tant question If the Seward clique of New York | hold their abolition ground, and force it upon the | whig party of the State, at their September conver” — tion, there will be a split; the Southern halfof the | national whig party will dissolve the copartnership, and refuse to have anything to do with the Whig National Convention, if it is to be controlled by the | enemies of the South. From the above specimens, it is very evident that the harmony of the whig | party is, just now, a little out of joint. We concur | with the Baltimore editor, that the Albany pretocol | wants honesty. We are satisfied, too, that many | of the leading whigs of New York are of the same opinion. The Syracuse Convention, however, may pessibly salt down the remnants of the negro ques- tion so that they will keep. At Syracuse there will be no apology if the silver grays fail to rub in the salt. Nothing now will save the whig party but salt —good solar salt. It is wholesome. Let them rub in the salt. Mr. Weusrer.—The Day Book, after scan- ning the political horizon through ite opera | glass. deelarcs that, from the “signs of the times,” | Mr. Webster is to be the next whig candidate for | the Presidency. That would do very well; but | where are the evidences? In the Verment resolu- | tions—in the Albany platform—in the Pennsylvania | resolutions, or in the Obio or Indiana resolutions | of the whig party ! Now, we have no doubt in’the world that Mr. Hugh Maxwell and Mr. Hiram Ketchum, and Mr. Edward Curtis, and other good administration whigs of this city, are very enthu- siastic for Mr. Webster, and we are glad to see it —real downright glad to see it; but let our neigh- — bor get a long telescope, and from the top of the | Highlands take a peep into the “rural districts,” | ard tell us how the land lies there. “The people | there,” as General Root would say, may be in favor | of Mr. Webster, but we fear that ‘the folks’ | would be found against him. It is time. however, the friends of Mr. Webster were stirring. Let them keep upthe fire. No time to be lost, Twe Common Covxci, axp THE TWo CriIEFS.— ‘The Board of Aldermen did not take up the nomi- | nation of the Chief of Police, last evening, as was | expected; but they had some discussion upon ano- | ther chief, whose interesting annual report will be | found in our reporter’s account of the proceedings, inthis day’spaper. {t seems that the case of the Chief of Police is to be put off till the September session, unless Alderman Shaw's threatened mo- ticn should be adopted this evening. Some won- derful mare’s nest is discovered by the gentlemen who, on the night the nomination was sent to the board, wanted to have it decided right away; but being beaten on that motion, they find the manu- facture of a plausible report against Mr. Matsell rather difficult work, this hot weather, andthey are disposed to wait for the eeeling breezes of Septem- her. The report of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Lepartment appears to have fluttered the whole Poard as if a bomb ehell had dropped irto the | chember. They would neither have it read, nor have it printed, and they were totally ata loss to | know what committee to refer it to. We take | great pleasure in referring it to the public. k Marine Affairs. Aanivat oy tHe Caxapa at Livenroon.—We learn that the British mail steamship Canada, Capt. Harrison, from Boston, was passed by the Africa on the 2d instant, at 10 _ minutes past one o'clock in the afternoon, going into | Liverpool, and would reach her wharf at two o'clock making the pessage in ten days and two hours Curren Sine Ixvixcime will be launched from Mr. | Webb’s yard, at 11 o'clock on Saturday morning. She | will be employed in the Liverpool trade. She is 22) feet | | one, 40 broad, and 25), deep, and registers about 2000 ous Curren Sir Trane Wivo was laurched by Mr. Bell, on Tuesday morning, as previously announced. Ixteniicexce ynom St. Dosiyco.—We have received cur files of the Gaceta, the efficis! paper of St Domingo, | | tothe 20th of July, The country was enjoying perfect tranquillity, and the frontiers, protected by, Dominican commanders, were in a state of quietness, In Matas, Martin Reyes, who, during the war, had gone | over to the side of the Haytiens, was sentenced to death for the crime of treason, and suffered the penalty on the 20th of June. Mr. Hardy,a French physician, residing in Hayti, bad arrived in St. Domingo on the 4th wit. On the day of his arrival be paid a visit to the government officers, and said that he bad not ary cfficial mission, and that bia only object was to obtain, wha r between the two perts of the island could not bring about, pea: intentions of that gent! excellent powers, as @ private in Te not equal to the tak The Geeeta of the Oth ult , in epeaking of the anniver rary of the independence of the United States, says — ‘We heartily congratulate thie great nation, which seems choren by Providence to prove that a republican | form of government, in spite of the vices of the epoch. and fome reverses, will give a new destiny to humani: On the following Thureday the Dominicans celebrated the independence of Veurzdela, and the anniverrary of the vietory of Pinos, by the Demwlnicans, in 1845. | The Gacete of July 15th. eays—“The President of the republic continues to reride in Asuna. The frontiers are trarquil. By en English brig, which stopped at Monte Cristo, we have learned that an American squadron had : ed Turks lelands, destined, as was re ay ti On the Sth ult, the victory of t cans over the Haytiens, in 1845, was cel mingo, with | the greatest order. Op th e month, the birth-day anniverrary of th the republic was to be celebrated. with the greatest solemnity. The a8 troope, cn that occasion, were to bave new unit The paper from which we have translated t t reference orlation | publishes come efictal reports, the principal peinte | Which we heve already viven in the Heretd | to seme miner affairs of the country, Thei would be of little Interest to our readers now. News rrom Brewos Ayers axp Mowts We have received the Br Packet. published at Buenos Ayres, of the Mth of June. It was brought by the ship Francireo, Capt. Dau. It contains weeks later ad rom Buenoe Ayres. end one week jater from Mom We extract the followtme parag | The prevent may be deneminated the short week: as it | wae ushered in with a cc all of rain on Sunday, | Menday, and Tuesday, that effectually suspended all nese and interecurse, In the neight aif leaet, we may now epen nued drought, ae a thir ering bee extended ather wax comparative pticn of afew very young lnmbe \t forme have probably been in regerde our futur : orhood of that was; and d wide Fortunately, mild and genial, end with be nations eption of of Montey NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. Interesting from Washington. NATION AND RETURN OF THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED TO MAKE TREATIES WITH THE IN- DIANS—RETURN OF DR. @ARDINER—MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT. Wasnixaton, August 13, 1851. Messrs, Tedd and Campbell, Commissioners appointed by the President to make Indian treaties under the general law, and to insure the border from Indian de- predations on the frontier, under the treaty of Guada- lupe Hidalgo, have returned. It appears that subse- quently to their appointment and departure, and towards the close of the last session of Congress, Mr. Lee, Com- | missioner of the Indian Bureau, recommended to Con- gress that all treaties with Indians should be negotiated | by some officer of the Indian Bureau. Congress acted upon the recommendation, and passed the law. The President wae unaware of this provision of the law, when Mr. Todd came on here, last spring; but as soon as he became aware of it, he caused the Commissioners to be written to, informing them, but telling them if they could be of any use, to remain. Finding, however, that they were, by Congress, placed in a secondary position, where they could be of no use, they resigned, like high- minded men. Commissioner Lee, of the Indian Bureau, has been for some time absent, making treaties in the West— his bureau, meantime, being under the charge of Mr. Mix. Dr, Gardiner, his brother says, would have returned ere this, but that he was written to te stay away until it could be ascertained that a reasonable amount of bail would be fixed. This point having been satisfactorily arranged, Doctor Gardiner has been written for, and is expected about the last of this month, ‘The President will mot return to Washington for at least three weeks, unless something should arise requir- ing his presence here. State Elections. KENTUCKY. Lovisvitie, August 13, 1851. Archibald Dixon, the whig candidate for Governor, has been elected, by a majority of about twenty-seven bundred votes. NORTI CAROLINA. Raxricn, August 12, 1851. In the Eighth district, Edward Stanly, whig and Union candidate, been re-elected to Congress, by a majority of 84 votes over Thomas Kuftln, secessionist. TENNESSEE. Cranxsvinee, Tenn., August 11, 1851, In this eity, Campbell (whig) for Governor, has a majority of 128; and the whole county of Montgomery | gives him 211, For Congress, Hornberger (whig) has a majority in the county of 190. General Harris, (demo- | cratic secessionist,)has a majority, in the Ninth district, of probably 1,500. Stark (whig) is elected to the Senate; and Henry (whig) is elected to the Assembly. Nasnvinee, August 12, 1851. Willism B, Campbell, the whig and Union candidate for Governor, has been elected by 600 majority. Both branches of the Legislature are whig. Cuban Affairs—Nomination for Congress. Barrimone, Aug. 13,1851, The Scuthern mail has arrived. ‘The New Orleans Picayune is filled with Cuba news by the Cherokee, but nothing later than by the Georgia at New York. Private letters say that Pinal del Rio, Man- tua,and Galafie have really pronounced. The patriots | had returned to Cerro, six miles from Havana, and killed tome of the picket guard of Madruda. Several towns were to pronounce on the Sd August, the day after the | Cherokee left. ‘The whigs of the Fourth district of Louisiana have nominated Jonn Moore for Congress, and passed resolu- tions in favor of the compromise. Yatety of Mrs, Judson—U. 8. Ship Preble Aground, &c. Bosrox, August 13, 1851. Letters bave been reoeived here, stating that Mrs, Jud ton, for whose safety fears bad been entertained, was at Cape Town, in good health, on the 20th May, to sail foF* England. The U.8. ship Preble, was at anchor off the south ide of Nantucket, on the 8th instant, firing guns, having Struck om the south shore during # thick fog. A pilot- boat bourded her, and extricated her from her dangerous position without damage. The Preble is bound to the coast of Africa. We bad a severe hail-storm here this afternoon; the bail-stones, in some places, were nearly anineh long, and @id considerable damage to glass, &c., and probably to the fruit and crops, Ohio and Pennsylvania Raltlroad—Villain- ous Act. Prrrenvnc, Aug. 13, 1851. The Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad is doing a large business. During the part week 1,729 passengers were carried over, and the receipts amounted to $1,100. Some fiend, yesterday, near Rochester, pulled up one of the rails, which threw the locomotive off the track, and down a deep bank. Fortunately no one was injured. ‘The weather is excessively warm and close. ‘There are four feet of water inthe channel, and the river falling. The Nova Scotia Herring Fisherles-—In- teresting (rom the West Indies. Bosros, August 13, 1851. Mslifax papers of the 7th inst., received here, state that the herring fishery along the coast of Nova Scotia bas been an entire failure, Late advices from the West Indies, via Bermuda, Au- gust 2, had been received at Halifax, Mr, Rows, the new Governor of Tabago, was killed by being thrown from his gig om his return from the celebration of the Queen's coronation day. The eminent house of A Duif, of Demerara, has failed in consequence of the stop- pege of the house of A. Duff & Co., Liverpool. ‘The lia- Dilities are $240,000, and the assets $120,000. Four estates belonging to him had been sold at auction for $12,000, | whieh in former times re worth $75,000. Arrival of the Steamship City of Manchester. Preaen, Aug 13, 1851 The stesmehip City cf Manchester came into the Capes at seven o'clock this morning, and will reach her wharf about four o'clock. Bhe left Liverpool at 7A. M., on th® 20th uit., and bas been over eighteen days on the pas- Fhe bring®175 parrengers Murder at Biattleboro. Srrixoriern, Mase, Aug. 13, 1861, A murder was committed at Brattleboro, Vermont, on Mondey evening. Thomas Hall, a French Canadian, called at the house of Peter Moore, and insisted upon staying there, te which Moore objected and pushed him out, Hall then attacked Moore, ripping open his ab. dcmen with a knife, and also cutting several arteries, which caused his death ina few hours, Hall has been stedand bound over, There are reports of other tions by Moore, whore character was not good The Discharge of Cookson. Bostow, Augart 19, 1851 A despatch hes been received in Providence, K. 1, from the State of Maine, that both Mrs. Cookson and her child were alive in that State; consequently, Cookson who wae in custody on a charge of murder, was die charged by the magirtrates at Pautucket, R. I. Cookson did not appear in the least surprised, saying he knew it would turn out a bonx. The questions remain unsolved concerning the murdered woman, at Seekonk. and her murderer Death by Lightn! Comconn, N. HL, Aug. 18, 1851 William Stanwood, of Hopkinton, N.I1., was latled by lightning during the thunder storm to-day, while at work in acellar, The lightning was very eovere, strik ing in many plac Arrest of the Sullivan County Bank Coun- terfelters. Acmos, Mich The Sullivan county Bank coun ¢d at this place, yesterday, They had August 15, 1851 felters were arre ceeded in pace ing large amount of their worthless trash along the | line of the ralire Stage Accident. A wy, August 13, 1851 pg to geton board read, at 7PM t got over- hor passengers inside. were drowned the passergers very narrowly e Roetiroad Acetdent, A he Pennsylvania railroad, near * ned pulled pp yesterday, which threw th ve over a deop batt. Fortunately no pereen was pericuely injured Salling of the Steamer Saranac. Puiapecenia, Aug. 18, 1851. ‘The U. 8. steam frigate Saranac, Commander G. D. Pendergrast, railed from the Navy Yard this morning, with sealed orders. Her destination is supposed to be Cuba. . ae ae City Intelligence. THE SUPPOSED MURDER IN THE FOURTH WARD. ‘The women of the Fourth ward appear now to have taken up the homicide epidemic, and commenced to slaughter each other. On Tuesday evening, two women, of intemperate habits, residing at No. 25 Batavis street, named Catbarine Gillen and Selletta McLaughlin, had an affray. Catharine Gillen is alleged to have been hilled by McLaughlin, who inflicted a severe blow on the head with « coffee pot, and then pushed her down stairs. The injured woman was taken up insensible, and medical aid rocured, but without effect, as the poor woman lingered Potil about four o'clock the next morning,and dled, The woman McLaughlin was arrested by the police. Bince the above was in type, Coroner Geer empanclled a jury, and investigated the circumstances attending the cause of death, and was thown that the two women had been concerned in a quatre) together, but instead of the deceased being pushed or thrown down stairs by the woman McLaughlin, she fell accidentally while endea- vering to burry down to procure the ald of the police, and thus received the fatal injury which caused her death, The jury zenseces eae Td Veeck alin the deceased came to her deat acel down stairs, while in a state of intoxication, ry striking violently upon ber head.”” Billing on this road occurred on Monday morning last. ‘A boy named John Ager, aged eixteen years, born in Wew York, was killed by the locomotive of the up train, near Fort Washington. Coroner Geer was called to hold an inquest, and the following evidence was taken, TESTIMONY. Charles F. Belknap. being sworn, says that the deceased was lying, on Monday morning. between nine and ten o'elock, on the bank near Fort Washington, and he was thrown in this direction by the force of coming in con- tact with the cow-catchers of am engine going up, and that the deceased was obliged to go against the engine to avoid the culvert, or of fulling into a culvert on the oppe- site side; his arm was broken, and his face injured, which caused bie death. It appears, by the bong wna that the deceased was compelled cither to throw himself into the culvert, or be crushed by the locomotive, and, while in this copfused state of mind. the locomotive run on him, and bis life was taken, The following verdict was ren- dered:—* That the decased came to hig death by injuries received by coming in contact with the Hudson River rail- roud cars.” Muuttany.-The New York Rifle Company went ona vislt to Albany on Monday last, and were received at the pier foot of Hamilton street, in the latter city, by the Albany Rifles, ir reception, we wi nd, was of the mort cordial kind. Suspended across Hamilton street was a bapner with the inscription—‘Welcome, Brothers infArms.” After ding through all the principal thoroughfares on weeday. escorted by their hests, the Albany Rities, they repaired to Stanwick’s Hotel, where they sat down to sumptuous dinner. The company re- ee home yesterday morning, well pleased with their visit. Onpivation yor tHE Burman Mussion.—Yesterday evening, the ceremony of ordaining Mr. W. T. Biddle took place in Berean Baptist Church, corner of Bedford ard Downing streets. A large concourse of ladies and entlemen were present. An excellent sermon was de- fiverea by the Rev. Dr. Dowling. after which an affecting and appropriate charge was addressed to the young dogs. his father. Mr. Biddle is to be added to the Baptist missions at Burmah. Cove pe Souri—About one o'clock yesterday, a laborer, named Themas Clancy, while at work in street, fell down senseless from @ stroke of the sun, He was taken up, snd conveyed to the New York Hospital, suffering the most excruciating agony. Dr. Van Dusen, of the medical department of the — took him in bance. and, by his able and skilful tr nt, the patient was so far recovered in the evening a3 fo be out of dan- er, This cure was almost miraculous, and could not ve been effected but by medical treatment of the most scientific cheracter. It isthe only cure that has been made cut cf ten or twelve cases of a similar nature that bi occurred in this city since the hot weather set in #.—About 4 o’clock en Wednesday morning, fire was discovered in the brace foun: of J. L Mott, No. 67 Bayard street. The prompt arrival of Capt. Smith, of the Sixth ward police, a platoon of men, aided by the fircmen. prevented any very serious injury being done to the building. Whole damage about $80 or $100. Narrow Escare. —Retween 1] and 120’clock on Tuesday ‘ax one of the Brooklyn ferry boats was coming in, a ‘crowd of people were standing on the wharf platform, reacy to get on board. When the boat wae within o few feet of the landing the chains that supported the plat- form broke with a loud crash, and the outer end fell to an inclination of several —— A ral rush was instantly made to the wharf, and. in the fright and con- fusion, several were knocked down and trampled upon, but we understand that none were seriously in- jured. Six or even persons escaped narrowly from being precipitated into the dock. Tux Bory oy Jvuia Pettiavx,who was lost on Thurs- day last, the 7th instant, off Staten Island, in company with Mrs. Green and six others, while returning from @ picnic excursion, bas not yet been recovered, and who- ever will send or give informstion where the body ma: be found. to her afflicted mother, No. 868 Broadway, will be liberally rewarded. She was dressed in a white dotted murlin dress, black gaiters, ring on the second sage of the right band, and wore @ brooche composed of gold and kind of ivory; auburn hair, and 15 years of age. Trarm rnom a Faut.—Yesterday, Coroner Geer held an inguert in the New York Hoepital, on the bod: Jobn Dewdy, a boy about 13 years of age, who fell the fourth story of a pew buildiag in Centre street, on Monday last, and died yesterday morning, from the ef- fects of the injuries received. The verdict returned by the jury was in sceordance with the above facts. ‘Theatrical and Musical. Bowrny Toeatne —A bill of great attraction is pre- rented for this evening. The full five act tragedy of“ Pi- zarro.”’ with Mr. Eddy as Kotla, Mrs. M. Jones as Elvira, | Mr. Tilton as Pizarro, Mr Goodall as Alonzo, and Mrr. I. P. Grattan as Cera; the other characters will be | filled by an exeelient stock company, This me will undoubtedly draw a very large audience. Hit. fert will king « grand i song, styled the “ Flag of our Uniot the romance of the “Broken Sword,” in which Mr. Ste- ‘vens will appear as Rigolio, and Miss Herring as Myrtillo, The entertainments given at this old and favorite place | cfamurement are such as always to give the utmoet ction, the actors are all well known for thelr celo- ity, the manager as a good caterer, the orebestral de- nd every attention is id to the re and comfort of the visiters. No doubt, the at ce this evening wili be fluttering to the manager. Nirio's Ganvex —This evening, the very unusual oc- currence of the union of the Ravel Family and Mr. Bur- ton’s company takes place. ‘This will_be the second fes- tival night in the eity this week. ‘The combination of two euch favorite and attractive troupes must have a fistitying effvot on the receipts. Burton commences by is droll personation of the “ Wandering Minstrel,” and is own comic song of the «. Nice Young Man.” ntl will sing and actually play a concerto on the clarionet. Ravel Femily gi Jeannette and Jeanct.”” Gabriel (whose lon st, the Gaiden, for the last two has been the theme of ge- neral remark) performs Jeanot. Dancing, by the dan- sevses of the company. The great piece of the “ Toodles’’ follows. Thisis Burton's masterpiece—for #ix weeks he and it isa source of o be withdrawn after to night. This | e benefit of Mr. John Sefton, the mana- in the managerial | chair. oF on the # won for him the com of the dra P ish him success, | atd bope to ree a similar monster audience to that of hi last benefit regret that it great bill is fo gerof Niblo’s Mr. Booth is well known to the | play going fel me of the old stock, and celebrated | for bis trag' Me has been very ea | with the jonal theatre. and whenever he appears he | is lways received with deafening cheers. Mr. J. Rt Scott, also, a fine general acter—a man of all work, and | theatre every evening ing feature will be the tragedy of “King Lear,” with scott | a Foger, and Booth as Lear This bill will be eure to draw on immense arremblage, The entertainments will covelnde with the “Old Commedore.”’ Friday evening, Mr Beoth taker his benefit, when it is hoped he will re- | ceive a substantial testimony of esteem for his distin- | guirhed abilitie | Panxest's Meseum —A very capital performance was | that of the“ Reugh Diamond,” bere yesterday. How | true it is, that in the humbiest guise we may sometimes encounter a gem itvelf, The Turks pick up every piece of paper they may happen to meet ja their walks, leet | the neme of God might be written on one and they might tresd op it. Th r illustration of the saine thing. Mr. Ha famous Cousin Joe, full of life and full of humor. The Mavzery of Miss Mestayer tadmirable; Henking as Sir William wes ex ec alwaysis. The new pantomi virg. is fullcfeomie tricks full of odd Invgbable incidents. The Ravi Sterling performancer, also, thi Tre Mock A i THe Gueat Wirsnn or P. Quite an interesti ock place atone of the mock between w Peter Funk and Pre it appears, was attract ngers,) and alter a little time was Induced to purchase one—then n | fecond anda third, Peter, chuckling in his sleeve, at | baring got beld of a green custome ed very desir. | ous of extending inducements to the Professor, who, however. had discovered that the watches he had al- ready purchared were not genuine, Unwilling, however, to ray anything, be determined to turn the tables on the auctioneer, and after declining to purchase any more, the Profersor tendered a fifty dollar bill in pay: ment ef his account, which was thirty dollars; the three atcher and twenty dotiars change were handed to the Wizard, who left the place with his friend and property. | He bad not proceeded far up Broadway, when he was tepped on the she ulder by aueti or, who wished the Prefeseror to return, and appeared very mach agi ron reterned with bim. and it turned anished, and the tated prove what I his mement ove half of that note in your hat, | and tse other Dalf your aesistant has inside the case of ‘ bie watch,” The auctioneer took off his hat and found ‘ A Boy Kitixp on tHe Hvpson River Rattroan.— | ve their popular comic pantomime of | } in Natioxat Tirater—Two fine actors appear at this deservedly a great favorite, also appears, The eommenc- | Cuniety’s Minsteecs —The sweet cellent vocalization of this company, large audiences. ing, and every part of the with cheers by delighted audiences, Feiows’ Minetkecs.—Where can one repair to hear~ a baliad sung with more sweetness and feeling thanat the. above hall? Swain isa host in himself; Buekley, other-. wise Ole Bull, is surprising, and Fellows is a nager Mu pany, Gonoes. Bacoriys ond, pat interest ti gto meme Brougham’s« and attraction is offe ned eons ® com) . this evenin; dier’s Return,” and will conclude with the “ Dead Shot.’’ This company deserve extensive patronage from the citi- zens of Brooklyn. Miss Worra.i..—This evening, the concert of this Ps who is eaid to be acharming vocalist, comes offat on House, Perth ‘Asabey, which is given with a view of ying her capability as» musical teacher, in- order" to her success in getting pupils. Dramatic Discrosunes.—The schedule of Mr. Ander-- son, the late lessee of Lane theatre; has been file® Es etrneige er tate oe Se ing was gran' of A t, before , Commis! . The accounts, which have ‘ by Messrs. Lewis and Lewis, are of a acter. The show that the lose sustained at in the two seasons. namely, 1849-50 and 1 ed to no lese asum than £9,161 3s. 1d. 1, amount~ In the first sea- Bearcely a week patses but the life of some w nate | fon. the theatre was opea 98 nights, and the seer ot Deceuba ec’ metitice on the Hudsou iver, | were £11 206 Oa. 6d” ‘The payments were 14.201 12s, 104... Railroad, but whether attributable to the c of | shcwing an actual loss of £2,965 38. 4d., which is equal tow | the conductors and managers of the company, in not | loss of abc ut £30 5s. 1d. gle ai the whole sea- - using proper caution, or a recklessness of haman life, | £0. In addition to which, are debte . is a matter to be determined upon hereafter. last | amounting to £493 9s. 2d. The differencein.the ard expense was said by Mr. aron extended from the 26th December to the 24th of ne lest. ‘The theatre was open 134 nights, and the were £13,065 4s. 6d.,and the nts £14,307 58, 1d The loss was £702 10s. 7d.. or £5 19s. per night. In addition, there are debts to £6,000, equal to @ loss of £38 « night. or £44 a night during the whole season, | the money paid and debts owing. The lees, therefore, the first season, was £2.966 38, 4d.,and £493 98. 2d. uo~ paid ; whilst on the second, the loss peid was £702 10s. Td , and unpaid £5,000, making the total loss during the | mapagement of Mr. Anderson amount to the sum of £9.161 38, 1d. | ‘The debte on the schedule, which are prin- cipally owing for salaries to members of the corps drama~ tique. amount to £5.684 5s. 11d. The appearance of Mr- Anderson in his present character, is aseribed to “ the~ losses sustained by me in the of Lane theatre, the whole of my sopital ing al in the specula' independent of the debts for which Iam now liable.” The capital alluded to exceeded in money £4,000, which hys been lost in the &g eX diters, which number 201. the figure as claimants for £1,247. Tested on a judge's order, by the and the New,” for money comedy. The hearing, as stated, is appointed for the Sth of August next.—London Observer, Police Intelligence. Charge of Obtaining $500 by False Pretences.—-On Mon- day last, officer Smith, of the Lower Police Court, ar- rested Humpbrey B. Dunham, doing business at No. 107 Fulton street, on a warrant issued %, Justice Lothrop, wherein he stands charged on the affidavits of William Hi. Mills and Jeremiah Hotchkiss, brokers, No. 67 Wall street, with obtaining from the said Hotchkiss the eum of $600 in cash, under the following false pre- tences:—On or about the 24th day of July past, Mr, Dunbam applied to Mr Mills for a loan of $500 for the *pace of ten or eleven days, on the security of his owr, check on the Mechanics’ Bank of Newark, New J for the like sum, which check was to be dated making it to fall due on the 4th cay of August following; ard, in addition to the check. Mr Dunham placed in the hands of Mr. Mills. provided the money could be ob- tained, the following promissory notes, amounting in all to about $1.799 47. One was drawn by Daniel A en- dorred by Dunham and Darius Wells, for $357; another for $620, drawn and endorsed by the same ; one for $16). drawn by Wm. Easterbrook; another for $411, by ©. W, Van Horn, and also one for $240 by E. Brown, all endorsed severally by Mr. Dunham. These al securities, together with the check, were nted to be |, and as Mr. Mills belleved them to be amplese- curity. induced Mr. Hotchkiss to loan the $500 as re- quested by Mr Dunhem The day the $500 check be- saree , Mr. Mills received the following note from Mr. uD! Cuantes Mitts, Esq: 1 to inform you that in eopsejuence of the suspicion of Daniel Adee and others, I am compelled to stop. Of this necessity, I was not aware until yesterday, P.M. Yours respect H. B, DUNHAM. On the receipt of the above note, Mr. Mills became surpieious, and forthwith called on Mr. Adee in reference + to the supposed valuable pro notes, when Mr. Adee denied being indebted to Mr. Dunham; that on the con- trary, he (Mr.Dunham) was indebted to him; and further, that the notes in question were not business notes, but merely accommodation paper. Consequently, upon the above facts, as set forth by the affidavits of Mr. Mills and Hotchkiss, the mugistrate held Mr. Dunham to bail in the eum of $500, to answer the charge at court for triel, Mr Dunbam gave the required amount of bail, and was liberated from custody. The Case of the Murdered Policeman Foster-—Yesterday, ® very curious fact became known, and, if true, will cre- ate some considerable doubt as to the man who actually inflicted the futal stab with » dagger on the person of liceman Foster. A Spanish sailor named Antone '%, Was arrested on the morning the policeman was stabbed, and when taken into custody, he was heard to drop the dagger in the street, which was picked up by the police officers, with blood visible thereon, and Lopes war held for the crime. However. another sailor was with Lopez, who called bimself Francisco Sanders, but whose real name, it seems, is Gonsales, This man has been detained ly the authorities as a witness ageinst Lopez, It now sppears that another Spaniard, named Manuel Tofre, who was in the company of Gonsales on the morring after the stabbing had been inflicted, ac- krowledged to him that he (Gonsales) inflicted the wound, and in an instant passed the dirk back to and told him tc run off, which accounts for the polies seeing him running off. giving chase and catching him with the dagger in his posression. On these facts being communicated to Mr. Ilall, the Assistant District Attorney. the man Tofre was taken into custody. and conveyed before Justice Lothrop, who committed two prison as @ with ‘The steamship Prometheus will leave her pier, No, 2, North River, for San Francisco, by way of Nicaragua, this afternoon, at five o'clock, Messrs, Gregory & Co., and Berford & Co.,rend by her, She will take news to California eight days abead of the regular mail. Pinnoforte Association (for supplying Pi- anofortes by Monthly n*+).- A publie meating will be a held, on Monday evening next, August | ings, Room No. 5 (up stairs), at 8 o'elo meeting is to give information of the p t d to receive members for the & WATSON, Trustees, 2:9 Broadway. * Union will Intredace Augurt tyle, are invi public Finiohers’ Unis y, ery delieney of the senso: pared b the best Prench and American cooks. Also, a few fuce Bished rooms to let. J. ¥. Savage, 92 Fulton street, would ealt the attention of dealers and others his larve and we lected stock of ine Gold and Silver Wateh id Chains, allot which he will sell very low for casi. Mo ufneturer of the Richeliew Gold Pens, Dreasing Cases, the most prota= time, the most complete a ee every requivite for a centh . GMSAU NDS & rorsamer. cool ‘They are the very article for this G, Saunders’ Metalic Tablet Nazor Strop,. oldent and most approved article now in use, having boom thirty yours, ean be bad of the before the public for the last subscribers, wholesale ond @. SAUNDERS Combs.—Ladics are respectfully inylited to: gall and examine th 387 Broadway, Between White and Waiker streets, Unredeemed Pledges.—Just resetved, Drea tnd Frock ( Seach; Bise $3; Rieh silk, esesimere V AY variety of Overenate, gnd black, $2 to $10. LE REGAN, $6 Suid Stor Naorau streets corner of Beekman There ts Article In the Wardrobe of a. fentieman of importance to his person: UhAR 8M elopautly-medo, well-Atting shirt. artment of costume, GRER! jence of all competityrs. fo invites the and is content to abide the result, drab 136 tet of compatison, treet, the eye of of b Passing along *nssaw Copttal,—Th best of Boots and Shoes can A at Brooks's, 10 We know at this ia t ae Goyered with corne it may be,