The New York Herald Newspaper, May 26, 1853, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF TUE Btoamships Georgia and Star of the West. ONE DAY LATER FROM CALIFORNIA, Execution of Three Men in Sacramento. DOMESTIC MARKETS, dio. Ke, Site ‘The steamship Georgia, Capt. Porter, arrived yesterday morning from Aspinwall, via Kingston, having sailed from ‘the former port on the evening of the 15th inst, and from the latter on the 18th. The Star of the West, Capt. Tinklepaugh, also arrived yesterday morning, from San Juan, whence she sailed on the 16th inst,, with 437 passengers brought down from San Franeisco in the steamship Pacific, which left on the 1st imst. ‘The Star of the West brings intelligence one day later from California, The trip bas been a very quick one, having been performed in twenty three days and eleven hours. The U. &. sloop of war Cyane was lying in the harbor of Ban Juan, but was expected to sail for Havana about the ‘26th inst. ‘The British mail steamer Dee was to leave San Juan for ‘Wavy Bay on the 17th. San Juan is represented as being very healthy, and no- ‘thing of note has occurred since our last advices. ‘The steamship Pacific, which left San Francisco on the | Ast inst., arrived at San Juan del Sud on the 13th, having Deon but twelve days in performing the passage. ‘The Star of the West encountered head wiads during most of the passuge. We are indebted to Mr. H. Torrance, Purser of the Star of the West, and Mr. E. W. Hull, Purser of the Georgia, for favors; and also te the enterprising expresses of Gre gory & Co., Adams & Co., and Wells, Fargo & Co., for files of papers. On the 14th inst., William Manning one of the crew of the Georgia, fell overbcard and was drowned. The following is the specie list of the Georgia :— HH. Freeman & Co $10,000 M. Fielder. 2070 W. R. Jones. 3,200 200,000 Hazard Freres. 121057 Brown, Bros. & Co. 20,000 Morrison.Levy &Co 1,700 Chambers & Heiser 28,698 Louis Negbaur .... 4,000 .. 6,784 T. Neil-on. Everett & Brown... Williams & Potter. | $1,871,670 rt «ve $2,071,670 Mr. Mills, on whose premises it was stated some nine hundred pounds of powder was stored, and which came so near being exploded by » burning building, was tried in San Francisco on the 30th ult., for a violation of the city ordinance, and found guilty.’ He was to receive his sentence on the 2d inst. The Commissioners of the Funded Debt ef San Francisco have issued bonds to the amount of $1,624,800, and can- celled to the amount of $114,900; so that $1,500,900 till remain out On the 28th ult., Patrick Freeman, aged 35 years, of ‘Treland, la‘e from Roxbury, Mass., was mortally injured while Gigging a well on we street, beyond Broadway, in San Francisco, by the windlass falling upon him and striking him upon the head. The wind- lass had not been fastened to its place with proper care. Freeman died next day from the effects of the in- Snow fell in Columa on the 29th ult. The hills sll around were covered. The Advocate says that snow #0 late in the epring is truly remarkable, nothing of the kind ever baving been witnessed before. Tae Lancer Lump. —The Columa Miners’ Advocate eays:—The largest lump ever found in this State was taken out of Dr. Cai ’s claim, at the Columbia about five miles above this iplace, om Monday Jest. It weighs over one hundred pounds. two-thirds ef which is supposed to be quartz. We have not seen it, Dut those who have are confident that at least one-third of it is gold. The claim from which it was taken, Dr. C. informa us, is paying from twelve to sixteen dol'ars aday to the hand. y are supplied with water by the Rock Creek Canal Company. Exreserve Rosnery or Apaws’ ExPress Adams & Co., at Mormon Island, was eleven and twelve o'clock on the night of the 29th ult., by a party of ed men, who gagged the clerks and suc- in making their escape with some $10,000 or $15,000 in gold dust ard coin. The gang were followed to ‘the Twelvemile House. near Sacrameato, and there the track was lost. A large party from Mormon Island are in ‘pursuit. Execution of Stewart, Thompson, and Ack- erman, in Sacramento. [From the Daily Union, Aoril 30 ] Farmar, 10.4 M—The levee opposite the -was crowded at an early kour, waiting for the ance of the three prisoners about to suffer death. Jar. Wheeler spent the night with them, and this morning Stewart appears much affected, having written ® very | $11. $11 25; bbis , $1 Partridge & Harnden, 1, asked me, I told him m my house all the evening. He then got s handspike, and raising it over my head, threatened to kill me if 1 refused. afterwards had a knife in his hand whea he said he wanted me to swear to stick up to him on the trial. I knew that he had mar- dered a man, and | was atraid of bim; so I promised jompron here narrated certain falsehoods to which ¢ said Dunham bad sworn} Davham said that I hed shaken hands with him. I never did, in all my life, The Rey. Mr. Wheeler bas proved a true friend tome. He has been with me frequently, and talked and prayed Mrs. Thompson and her danghter have come nd have prayed with me, and done me good. Dunham bas «worn to lies, [The prisoner's reference to the testimony of police offiser Sherwood is omitted, for the one good reason, if there was no other that Stew- art and Ackerman both admitted the language which Thompson denies.) He has caused innocent mea to die. Gentlemen, beware of whose company you keep. I have vo bard feelings towars any one. I forgive every person. Good bye.” Stewart, laboring under considerable emotion, stepped ferward @ second time, and exclaimed ; “My mother, sister and brother,” after which he repeated a verse of poetry, and, as if addressing them ima rhapsody, added, “bid them a last farewell !”° The ropes were then adjusted around the prisoners’ necks, and the caps drawn ever their eyes. At eight minutes to two o'clock, after the Rev. 0. C. Wheeler had uttered a fervent and heartfelt prayer. and was closing with an Amen, the hatchet of the Sheriff fell, severing the rope that ‘held the traps, and sending ‘the prisoners into eternity. Ackerman and Stewart winced several times while suspended; but Thompson was not observed to move a muscle. Thus closed the death scene of the accessories to the murderers of Boot-Jack. Markets. San Fraycisco, Saturday Evening, April 30.—A va- riety of causes—the day of the week, the departure of the mail steawer, &c.—have combined to make this an unusually quite day in the market. But very few trans- actions of any importance, and no change in prices, have taken place, Srockroy, April 29.—Our market still continues to show a downward tendency in nearly every kind of goods, though more especially confined to staples. Provisions of every description have declined, and to the coustant arri- val of large cargoes we may partly trace the cause. It is no more, bowever, then was anticipated months sines by those holding large lots of staple goods at that time, and the only hope for a reaction lies in an increased demand which may arise from the spring trade. We do not think it probable, for the reason that our market is controlled by the supply, and the demand seldom affects it favora- bly. Our merchants buy with care, and stocks ou hand are generally light Owing to the state of the weather, as well as to the decline ia goods, business has been unusually dull, but we are ot the opiaion that during the coming summer trade will revive, and the amount of business transreted will exceed thst of any pre- vious season, We give below our quotations for a few of the leading staples—other goods not having mate- rially changed in prices since the date of our last issue. Flour has been gradually declining and notwithstanding the stock on hand is heavy, it bas not declined ina ratio with other goods—we quote American. in quarter sacks, 2a $1250 Pork shows a greater decline than any other staple. The demand for clear in half barrels is increasing, and but little in market. We quote $38 a $40 per bbl. ; mess do, $36 a $37 50, Butter —In this article the decline has beena sudden one. At the present time it is firm, and held at qvotations. Sales were made yesterday at 42c. a dic. Lard in kegs is lenty, and sales are slow at declining rates. A decnie eviste for smaller packaves, being more saleable uote kegs at 25c a 26c.; and of better quality, We tins, 26c. a 28c. Hams are declining very slowly, and holders are endeavoring to prevent » further decline. The quality on hand is best sugar cured, and sales are good. We quote at 2c. a 25e. Nevapa, April 29.—Haszall flour at $20; Chile 9340. a 10c.; Corn meal 10 a 12%e ; butter 53 @ 75c.; po- tatoes 18¢.; pork 37¢; lard 40 a 60c.; rice 18c. ; greet coffee 20 a 25c.; dried apples 25c.; brown sugar 15 a 20c.; bacon 40c.; beans 1c. ; chease 27c ; brown soap 18 a 20¢. codfish 26 a 0c. ; mackerel 32c,; salmon 80c.; syrup $2; vinegar $1 50; nails 20c.; shovels $50 per dozen, Cotoma, April 30.—Trade has been unusually dull the past week. We have but a slight change to notice in our former quotations. Flour 9c.; corn meal llc.; potatoes, few in market, 13e.; rice 14c.; beans llc; no’ change in sugar; hams 29e.; pork 32c.: bacon 30c.; lard 33¢.; but- gar ter 62c. ; coffee 20e.; barley 63¢c. List of Sufferers by the Fire ia Rockland, Me. The following is a list of the sufferers, with the amouut of loss and insurance as near as can ascertained at the office of the Gazette :— ‘Stores—G. L. Snow, lose $5,000, insured; W. A. Farns- word, 13,000, ins. 4,500; Samuel’ Pillsbury, 1,500, ins. 1,100; J. C. Moody, 1,500, ins. 600; P. DePray, 600, ins.; G. W. Palmer, 4,000, ins. 1,000; J. Harrington, 1,000 ins.; B. W. Lothrop, 10.000 ins.; Star & Blood; J. G. Lovejoy, 2,000, ins. 2,000; G W. Kimball, 4 000, ins. 1,000; C. @ Mofit, 3.500, ins. 2,500: J. Greenhalch, 5,000, no ins.: 0. C. Ladwig; Ephraim Ball, 7,000, ins. 3,000; J. P. Wise, 6,000, ins. 3.800; Moody 'E. 'Tharlow, 7,000, ins. 3,500; Ephraim Barrett, 6,000, ins. 4,500: Wilson & White, 4,000, ins. 8,000; Miss F. J. Kirkpatrick, 1,000, ins. 600; E, H. Cochran, 200, no ins.; Chas. Homes, 7,000, no ins ; N.S. Leeman: 1.(00, no insurance. Blocks —Holmes’ Biock, loss $6,000. no ins. ; Ship- builders’ Bank Block, 1.000, no ins.; Thorndike Block, $5,000, ins. $2 300; Spofford Blosk, $4,200, ins. $3,000, Stabies.—Berry’s stable, $2,500, ins, $700; Deanis & ‘Young’s stabie, $2,000. Houses and Tenements --Comme: cial House, loss $10,000, ins, $6,000; dwelling house owned by Larkin Snow, $900, ins. $700; Mra. Ulmer’ dwelling house, $1,000, no ins.; Captain Verriil’s, $2,000, ins. $1,200: Gol servey’s, $100;' E. Spear, Jr.’s, $300, ins.; N. C. Woodward, proprietor of Commerical House, $4.000, ins. $2,500; Matthew's boarding house, 4.000 no ins.; Dr. Frye's dwellicg hhonse, $600, no ins.: J. C. Coc 100, no ins.: H_ Stevens’ law’ office. 500, no ias.; W. Fargent’s. do., 700, ins. 260; Win. Battie’s, do., 600, ins.; J. M. Marphy’s Daguerrean rooms, 800, ’xo ins.; Crockett’s do., 150, no ins ; A. G. Merrili’s music rooms, 100, no ins,; Dr. Hunt's office, 180; Dr. Germaine’s, do., 400, no ins.; Dr. Trussel’s do., 400, no ins. Dr. Frye’s, do, 380, no ins ; J Giofray’s barber's shop, 825, ins. 225; , ins, 600; J. C. Begg’s bar- ber’s shop. do. Thom is self-possessed and cool, and looks forward Tho following individuals lost on stock and buildings PB ee Ackerman has altered | not inaiuied ju the ebove:—bernard Ulmer, $1,700, fa- bly, ough he has @ levity of manner and speech, | req $1,000, A. A. & 8. H. Burpee, cae yet he bears marks of having been in deep thought since andl’ Larkin Snow's iced £1,200. insured $600: G 11% A. M—The Sheriff and 2 ties appeared ot board, and the jailor, Mr. Mc! Proceeded to take St art i yht hia irons ved jewart was out roug! it, removed and arms ‘Thompson came next, and was in tears. While his Srone were being removed, Stewart said, Jack, I feel 1 shall be better after to-day;’’ to which Tuompsoa replied, “We can’t help it; it's not my doing that T am here. | Blosleo added, Ian hour they'll murder us like bu- 8, another man’s ac’ 7? “Te @ true word that.”’ ‘ ei gid geal ae Ackerman was next brought out, smok' dobed ‘as unconcerned ae pease de W. Robinson, loss not known; $. E. Benson, $200, no insurance; S. J. Thomas, $50, no insurance; Episcopal So- ciety, $300, no insurance; Mrs. Spoffurd, $1 800, insured $1,200; Mrs. Carman, $100, no inturance; Johnson & Hall, $4,200, in-ured $3,000; estate of John Lovejoy, $1,000, insured $750; Charles Holmes lost a small dwelling house situated in the rear of Holmes’ Block, occupied by N. 8. Leeman, valued at about $600, xo insurance; H G. Ber- 7's wee on Jumber, $2,500, no insurance. Boarders at ‘ué Commercial House lost nearly everything in their rooing, The average of losses cannot be less than $800 ‘@ $1,000, Beveral persons were slightly burned. The wife of Dr, aségat, and | ryye was oblized to leap from the secoud story of the : +a gong to & rae house in which she lived, to the ground, # distance of ou, sack, I reckon my bet of $600 will come off ret. | ton ut twelve feet, with her child in her arms. She re- A reckon I can’t stand {t, though,” referring te a bet that | oeived sume injury, but no bones were broken. Mr. they would be hupg. ‘When his irons were off. be put | spofford, while attempting to remove goods from aa ‘on 4 wew pair of shoex and socks, tossing his boots to- | yaner ctory in his block, next to the Commercial House, ‘wards the jailor, raying, “Good bye, boots; keep ’em ) rif through an open scuttle, breaking his arm and shoul. , jallor, for my sake, for the good they've | derpiade, John Bennet, in rescuing » quantity of ose, dope me.” had his face and bands severely burned, but nQ% fo as to They then asked to see bomne of the prisoners. One of | endanger his life. bem, Manuel, a Spaninrd, they sll embraced. st thesame | “4p insufficient head of water in the aqueduct, want of time whispering in his ear. After shaking hands with engines, ‘and lack of organization and united effort, seem ‘the keepers on deck, they were guarded to the boat 00 | 1, have been the main eauses of the destructiveness of the shore, where the cart stood ready to receive them. | this gre The Sutter Rifles were present in full uniform to prevent | “There was insurance to the amount of $10,000 or more, ‘Brercue or excape. Every foot of ground was occupied by spectators, to ‘the number of 2,000 at least, and the fatal cart to J, through Second, and up K street to the scaffold. THE EXECUTION. The gallows was erected some three or four hundred paces east of Satter Fort, on an open plain, where every Person was afforced an excellent opportunity to gratify ‘their curiosity in beholding the rad spectacle ‘The prioners ascended the ladder leading to the scaf- fold in s firm manner, a by the Sheriff, his , and Rev. 0. C. on After a aes t in the preii y srrangemen' wi weenkn grwnt aod black caps were unfolded, which were properly adjusted on the prisoners’ bodies and heads. In the mean time the Sutter Rifles, in uniform, and un. Seert Sear eal ney thinglicew nto, i estoy and ready to repel ary ry , if aitempt- ed,as there My eran = reason to Peng ot ‘would be. Thousands of people were present—mea, n and some few women, on foot, horseback, and by every other ii inable mode of coaveyance. The sloppy com dition of streets, owing to the severe rains of the morning previous, through which they had crowded to the pell mell, presented many of them in a sorry werytiting bei: repared for the execution, Sheriff Patterson reed ‘to the prisoners the warrants ander which the was authorised te execute sentence of death. Stew art at forward and addressed the multitude sub- stantially as follows: — © Well, gentlemen and friends, I have a few remarks to make. As true as God’s in besven—and I know he is—I am erime chi at me. I knew no- yt on board , when Dunham asked me if! would not swear him through. He made me make ich I did, on the night when Sherwood waa warning all of you by me, and keep good Tt was with bad company that has not know until it was tee late. I came to this ¢vuntry in I think it ia Bat Drought me to 1860" and ba reed ‘bard for tay living deat I should anothee man’s crimes. mother, and sister and brother, ht IT ga ng and = I taken. Rev. Me. Wheeler ome. Ho has farnished me with i a é I next addressed the crowd :— have fot te say, gentlemen, is that I am not of the I am convicted for. Danham said he t that he was in Thompson’s house 20th of February,) till 10 o'clock. 1 told Decause he had # hands drawn over he . Sherwoot’ I am told, for I did stole s chain the night I the Bornett House; and as sure a Godin 1 dia Gentlemen, bewdre of liars. Keep out of « liar’s Good-bve.” said — the of the pon, clear voice, ve no confession te make. On February I was in my own house, which I did three minutes till the next morning Dun! ere near ten o'clock, and asked Ackerman where they went to the Burnett House No sworn to by Dnnham, were made; | was thee pad would bayp heard e ig is : gs rege & a: Lf § if i 1" e33 E , i £ in State street, on the Roskland fire, viz.:—Freeman’s office, $5,500, Cochituate. $3,500; Ehot, $1,000. Domestic Miscellany. ‘A Cleveland paper bas a telegraphic despatch from Norwalk, announcing that “ Bishops, Boon and Dorrick ‘will be here to-day to raise the engine.’ This enterpris- ing firm is supposed to be Bishop's boom derrick, machine mueh used in and aveut New York harbor to lift beavy masses, such as boiers, &e., from the wharves into the boats. The bill to reduce thre State tax to fifteen ceats on the $100 of assessable property has beeu passed by the Senate of Maryland, and is therefore s law. A convention of colored men is to be held at Rochester, N. Y., on the 6th day ef July, the object being to confer and deliberate upon thoir present condition, and upon prineiples and measures important to their welfare, pro- grers# and general improvement. AFrenchman thinke the Eoglivh language is very tough. Dare is look out,’’ he says, “‘ which is to put out your head and see; ‘and lork out,’ which is to haul iu your heed and not for to #%—just contrarie,”” Asevere shock of -antarthquake was felt in Augusta Ga, on the 20th inat., nbbut five o'clock in the moruing. It was accompanied by a rum Dling noise, resembling rolling of a heavy body ever & flour, or distant thunder which continued for several #cOnds, variously estimated frow five to twenty. The city charter granted by the I Island to Newport, has been adopted people. “* Miss Locy Losa,’’ whose name, though dishonored is fo often sung, has been sentenced by the police magis- trate of Boston, to six months in the house of correction, a common drunkard, her freqaent intoxication being on tame alone. islature of Rhode y a vote of the Brvta, Ovrraer.—tThe particulars of a most inhuman, hellish outeage, committed by party of des- yeradoes upon a poor German servant girl, some five weeks ago in the outskirts of this town, have been brought to light. It appears that on Satarday evening, April 16, two German girls, cousins, stacted from the village for the places of their employment—one living one and a half miles from town, on the Castle road, aad the | ender ite last administration, other at A. C. Loomis’s, in Phelps, on the Vienna road. | When about half « mile from the village the girls ob- rerved that they were followed by » couple of men, and sought refuge ins house by the road side. Soon after, one of the villains entered, and represented that they were of bad character; when they were ejected from the house. After pursuing their way for a short distance, they again discovered that their steps were dogged when becoming frightened, they ran, got separated. one keep ing the road and the other heedlessly taking to the fields. ‘The ruffiaps, seven in number, took after and caught the latter; and one after the other, five or six of them vio. lated her person. The following persons have been arrested : Cornelius Rodney, George Lake, Smith Stebbins, | and Francis McGarry, Two others, Andrew J. Davenport and William Clark, were admitted to bail by Jndge Folger in the sum of $2,000 each.—Geneoa, N. Y., Gazelle. | mentioned, the Uxper Grounp Ratnroap.—Mr. T. H. Noble, | cluding two heavy of Kentucky, has offered a reward of one hundred dollars for a negro man named Isaae, who recently run away from his master. The Detroit ’ribune saya:—For the in- | formation of Mr. Noble, and to save him from aay far ther trouble or anxiety about his man Isaac, we will state that he passed over the ‘Under Ground Railroad” into Canada, some days ago, and is now safe under her Mojorty's ag. | CENTRAL AMERICAN “AFFAIRS, CO bt eG Interesting from the Republic of Costa Rica. HER POLITICAL AND SOCLAL CONDITION, Address Delivered befsre Congress by the Re-Elected President, Don Juan Rafael Mora, on the Day of his Inauguration, &o., &e., ke. Our advices from Sen Juan de Nicaragua are to the 16th, and San Jose, Costa Rica, to the 9h inst. We translate from official documents received from San Jose, the following :— Honorable Representatives :—Once more called by the almost unanimous will of the nation to rule over its desti- nies, Ihave felt it my duty to show my appreciation of its confidence by afresh sacrifice of my present tran- quillity, and to accept with more resignation than plea- sure, an honor enveloped with discomforts, if not with dangers. I resume power with the same cenditions as those with which I have exercised it up to the present, and etill more animated, if ponsible, by the public vote, which is the most legitimate sanction of my acts, to exercise it with more energy and more benefit for my country. Honce forth, I look on myself as enjoying more lib-rty of action to govern, because the Costa Rica people in ratifying my past conduct by the late manifestation of their sympa- thies, appear to teach me clearly what I ought to do in the future to assure to them the well being which they have commenced to enjoy. i have not, therefore, to present to you a new pro- gramme; but I ought to manifest to you, that if my ad- ministration has been enabled to effect some good, it was in a great d due to some efficacious measures which have emanated from this unity of power, in circumstan- ces uch more imperious than the text of evasive laws or even than the authority of a constitution susceptible of reforms and not exempt from defects. Recollect that our constitutional statutes, often the inapplicable imitation of foreign institutions, have not deen enacted with sufficient regard to human passion ; that to restrain it often requires acurb other than that of an important law, and that the coustitution leaves more liberty to the opposition to thwart the gubernatorial action than to the government itrelf to employ its powers usefully Versuaded of this truth, I have procured the res- toration to the principle of authority, of the power which it needed, and which is not even all that I hove to give it hereafter, so that the government may protect and serve efficaciously the Costa Rican society. told you eight days ago that I have always considered internal tranquillity as the first condition of success for an administration, and no body aceused me for having attained it, in the term which bas just expired, by mes- sures which, properly speaking, not indieated in the constitution. I shall endeavor by the same m¢ to con. serve that tranquillity, rosecuting with th deter- mination the disturbers of order and the creators of dis |, whatever may be the arms which they employ to make war on the government. I find myself con. strained to speak in these terms, because it has been repeatedly proved that the revolutionary spirit is not al- ways stirred up in the quarters of the military, but that it sometimes penetrates into regions which ought t> be closed to it, and even profanes ranctuaries apparently in- accessible to passion; and then itso much more deierves castigation, as it has not, like brute force, the feeedom from the crime—and ss, abusing the sensitiveness of the people by means of artifice an sophistry, and by cun- ningly mocking most respectable authorities, it gives the appearance of right, of reason, and of justice, to the most sinister designs and the most iniquitous pretensions. In the relations of the executive power with the other powers, I shs}l always endeavor to preserve the dignity of the former without apy denunciation of that of the others; but co long as the security and the honer of the country are concerned, I shall take care that, in atten- tion to the high responsibility devolving on the chief of the nation, he may have the faculty to be able to work resolutely and ease aud without that slowness sometimes calculated for the cont passions, and which is opposed to the efficiency of administrative measures. ‘The title of Chiet of the Nation indicates that no one can be his colleague. The independence of the powers, ill- understood and worse applied, has too often served as a pretext to conflicts which might compro- mise the independence of the country—conflicts 0 much the more deplorable as that in these strifes with certain adversaries of no personal worth, the government, even when triumphant, slways loses seme of its consideration. I do not wish the dicta- peter a and I sincerely believe that it is less necessary now than ever; but precisely that the event of requiring it may nct srrive, I think it would be well to ask you, in brief, for an extension of power proportioned to the re- sponsibility to which I am subject, and that I be permit- ted to extend not only my supervision but also my action, to all the functions of authority, and to supply, when ne- cessary, the want of guaraui which some of these functions may prevent in certain cases which our laws have not been able to foresee. Of what use wouldit be that I should eause the State to prosper and extend its name abroad, if a fault of some justice, covered by what is called his judicial independence, should come to com promise that prosperity and that reputation, the result of so mueh vigilance? Keep in mind this consideration, avd you will not vacillate in remedying an evil which might ‘cause even the ruin of the republic In fine, I de not pretend to assume say other kind of authority than the same which I have exercised in my former term, but yet with less trammels, less obstacles, and consequently with woreeffect. That I may exercise itas I ire, I reckon upoo yourefficacious co-operation and your patriotism. For the rest, you can entirely confide in me. My past acts are the guarantees of my future conduct, or itl modify my policy, it will be always in favor forms of progress. The Costa Rican people have now acquired s national self-love, which ought to stimulate them to deserve mors the appreciation of other nations. We have, each «fus, our duty—I as governor, and the rest as subjects. May there be no more condescensions | on my part than exigencies on yours. I shall not see in my admipistration an opportunity to dispense favors, and I desire that neither shall therejbe seen in itan oppor- tunity of seeking them, because I am resolved to sacrifice my private relations and my personal affections to the exclusive interest of the State. even though that sacrifice should deprive me of the popularity which favors me to- Zas—e popularity which cannot always avert the hidden shafts of calumny and ingratitude. In conclusion, honoraole representatives, I ought to ccngratulate myself on being surrounded A persons who have aided mein my former exertions. My good inten- tions being associated with the patriotiem, the loyalty, the experience, and the wisdom of the men who, in their va- rious capacities. have sustained my recent administration, Lanewer for it, that with the help of Divine Provitenes, f shall justify the confidence which the people havereposed | in me, realizing as far as possible for me, the hopes | which haye been founded on my election. | JUAN RAFPABL MORA. San Jose, May 8, 1853: At the opening cf Congress, two days previously, Presi- dent Mora delivered nis message, from which we make the follawing extreet=— Thanks to am equal solicitude for all the necessities of the republic, there has been everywhere disappearing | that spirite! provincialism whieh fomented unjust rival- | . and created distinct interests among those who ought to consider themselves only as brothers. All have tended to the same end, which is the aggrandizement ot the country, without letting themselves ve carried away by opposing’ systems, because they had an absolute conti: dence in the present, and in the which it employed ‘to give to , an honoral ce among the na- ‘tions. Confident of being able to reckon on the protection of the administratian, industrial activity has been de- veloped in all points of the territory. New industries, sev compereiel branches, new agrisultural enterprises have been planted with no little hope that they may im crease within a stort time our movement of exportation, Our port of Punta Arenas has acquired among those of the Pacific—by the exertions of its intelligent population even more than by @@ solicitude of administrations—a name, which before had not appeared worthy to figure on the maps. A contract of steam vessels recently adjusted with # :ioh eapitalist of the United States will complete the work ef giving to this port the place which corres nds to i the head of those of Central America. reat works bave been undertaken in all pacts, and os, pecially in San Jose, where is sensibly felt the want of those edifices which realize the prestige of authority and constitute the decorum of a capital. If you cast a glance at our foreign relations you will be no lesa gratified. We are at peace with all the States of Central America. We have nodiaagreeable question with any of the European powers with whom we have mace treaties. All favor us; and the negotiation pending with the imperial government of France relative to the reduc. tion of duties on coffee continues hopefully. England and the United States have offered us their mediation oa our frontier litigations. The cabinet of Washington, has honorably ave some of the attacks of obscure agents, duly appreciating the conéuet which we have observed im tre question with Nicaragua. The Holy See, whose exbinet qualides our republic in decorous terms, which will fitly find their place, must have already exchanged the ratifications of the Concordat. Io a short time we will possess that = ciour document, #0 worthy of being respected, siace it ce guarantee of that internal peace which makes our prosperty. Besides, we have commenced negotiations with Austria, Tuscany, and Sardinia; due much less to the exaggerated desire of extending our relations than to the spontaneity ot those powers who thas do justice to the credit which our country enjoys and to bur- danee of resources which it presents. Weare in good harmony with the republics of South America, and par- ticularly with Peru, with whom we have just completed s treaty of friendsbip. But it is to be regretted that the question of limits has not been regnlated with New Gra. nada, which question might cause the gravest complica- tions if the cal t of Bogota should continue disregard- ing the wpirit of moderation which has always animated the government of Conta Rica; acd if, on the ether hand, Thad not taken efficient precautions in favor of the jus tice which assists us. To-day Costa Rica is prosperous, rich, enjoying peace, and abroad she has a name, credit, and consideration No more revolutions, my fellow citi- rens, and Costa Rica will have no cause to envy more populous countries. MeLaxcHo.y Accipent anv Loss or Lire on Lake Simon, (CANADA.)—A Correspondent, writing from Lake Simcoe, raya the Toronto Colonist of the 2lau inst, sends us the particulars of the following melancholy acci dent :-—On Tuesday, the 10th inst., as Mr. George Man- roe and his family, consisting of his wife, two children, and a hired man, accompanied by his brother and sister, were proceeding from Sutton Georgina to Beavertewn, in ‘an open beat, one of those sudden squalls, not unknown upon ther ters, struek the boat. siden the persons t was laden with fomestic stuff, in stoves; the eraft filled and went down tantly, owing. it in anid. to the weight of the stoves, . Munreeand two children, James Munroe and the ired man, were drowned. The bodies have been recover- ed. There is much sympathy evinced by the inhabitants for Mr. Munroe, who Is well of it. Mise Munroe eseaped upon a table, and the Munroes made great exer. tions to save the lives of their friends. George escaped; ut James fell « sacrifice to his gallant eynduct. » The Great Southern Movement—Memphis Con [From the New Orleans Bulletin, May 17.) We trust that out of the number of delegates ap- pointed to this body by the Governor and Miorne, a respectable delegation (respectable in number and intelligence) will make it convenient to represent the city of New Orleans. There are many reasons, Bo obvious we need not particularize them, why the largest exporting city in the Union should have 4 feeling of sympathy and interest in the delibera- tions and action of this convention. Besides the many affirmative reasons why we should be there = renee there are others of a negative character which equally demand our intervention. That the whole scope of the design originating the conven tion, and the professed objects to be accomplished may be thoroughly understood, we will give a brief history of its rise and progress. ‘The convention held its first meeting at Baltimore, during the last winter; after being duly nized an address was prepared and delivered, embracing the objects to be submitted to the deliberations of the members. After some preliminary discussions, and, asa matter of course, the adoption of resolu- tions and the aie of committees, the con- vention adjourned, to meet at Memphis on the first Monday in June. In most of the specified objects we yield a most hearty concurrence; to others we dissent, as being en! impracticable, and if practicable, as being prejudicial to our particular interests. Every true man to the South must desire to see that era of a so- cial and commercial milleniam—‘“a commercial and industrial independence”’—which can only be accom- plished by and through some of the Sr pro- posed by this convention. To be free and independ- ent, we must first concentrate our strength, moral and physical; we must promote and enco inter- communication by means of railroads; we also fully agree in the policy of the other auxiliaries—the establishment of lines of steamers with Kurope, en. Carag colonization on our fertile soil, stimulating manufactures and general industry, educating our children and spending our money at home-—all these ends are commendable and practicable; and to lend a helping hand in the good work of accomplishing a reform of this kind, we are anxious to see our city represented at Memphis next month. ut let us dwell fora moment upon other proposed designs of the Convention, entirely out of their reach, and by spending their strength upon which, they will make themselves impotent to accomplish what is easily practicable. In the first place, it is proposed to reverse and rescind the immutable and well established laws of trade and commerce, to re- volutionize the entire commercial system, so that commerce may be made unconnected with and inde- pendent of capital. This, to practical business men, would seem to be a stupendous enterprise; but the visionary theorist, or ignorant politician, who thinks he must, asa matter of course, be perfectly posted up in the science of political economy, can ‘devise a p lan by which it may be cals, accomplished. The rst step to be taken is to break up Liverpool as the great cotton mart of the world—to dam up the mouth of the Mersey, and drive from its waters the cotton ships of the United States to Amsterdam. Rotterdam, or some other continental port. When we take into consideration what Liverpool is, it must be confessed that this is no trifling undertaking. The “town of Liverpool’—for, even with its halt million of population, it rated—is_ the togeet cotton entrepot is, in the world; it is the recipient of thr »t all the cotton ex- ported from the Ur it is the main, or rather only, outlet « anufacturing districts of England, and in t! listricts are manufactured into stuffs three-fourt!\: of all the cotton produced in the world; ithas a registered foreign and coast- wise shipping, only interior to that of London; it exports ase times as much as London, and twice as much as New Orleans, and concentrates within itself a richer and more diversified trade and commerce, with more individual and aggregate wealth, than any other commercial city in the world, exceptin, the “ it metropolis.” it must be cckaowinigel that the convention will have a herculean labor be- fore them to” break down Liverpool by establishing “a continental depot of cotton in opposition to Liver- pool So much for proposition number one. Our principal objection to this proceas is, that it will oc- cupy too much time. We must be doing something for ourselves as well as for posterity. The second scheme, as laid down in the pro- gramme, is todo away with all the intermediate agencies between the planters and consumers; in other words, to sweep off with the besom of destruc- tion those ly vampires—the commission mer- chant, the warehouse man, the insurers, and all that interminable media which eat up the substance of the innocent and unsophisticated planter. We shall not stop to inquire how this great revolution in the conduct of business is to be effected, for it seems to us, that whether the cotton depot is at Liverpool or Amsterdam, the tea of the country must be managed through intermediate agents. ‘he cotton planters may as well determine to build and man their own ships to carry their cotton to Liverpool, as to dispense with their factors and agents. As every bale of cotton, and the larger portion of every other kind of produce that is brought to New Orleans, is re-shipped, our factors, brokers and other agents, are particularly interested in this branch of reform. Another pi ition to be entertained by the con- vention is, to build up a southern importing market in opposition to New York. It will be a slow and up- hill work to effect this. A stern chase is always a long one, and the eta City is so far ahead of all Sorel adept that it will be a long time before she is reached. To drain her teeming cornucopia of the wealth with which it is filled, would be as futile an effort as to attempt to bail out the waters of her mag- nificent ye But the building up a southernimporting sity isby no manner of means a chimerial idea; on the con- trary, it is in a degree entirely practicable, and well worthy the atteutive consideration of the convention. But what southern city is to enjoy this enviable position? Thisis a question it which the citizens of New Orleans are particularly interested. if New York is to be prostmted, what southern city is to be built on her ruins? Which is to be the southern market that the convention is to establish in cpecek tion to New York? We of New Orleans think that we have some claims to preference, and upon good, 8%,stantial grounds. We are at the outlet of a river embracing, with its tributaries, over twenty thou- sand miles of navigation; this river, with its auxilia- ries, floats the je of thirteen large States; we are by nature made the depot of a commerce, which, limited even as it is now, can never be taken away from us, but which, by means of the railroad im- provements contemplated, will be increased a hun- dred fold; we are the second largest exporting city in the Union; we can, and do, furnish a more assort- ed and extensive market of the staple articles of prime necessity and Se than anycityin the old or new world; we, therefore, upon every princi- ple of expediency and interest, which alone are the fluences that control the direction of trade, entitled to the distinction of being the rival of New York. The West with their varied produce, can find no dearer selling market, and no cheaper buyi market, than in the gulf ports. New Orleans an Mobile will always furnish them better markets to sell in, and better markets to buy in, than can pos- sibly be found in the Atlantic hat will be our chance to be made the great im- porting city of the South by the fiat of the conven- by tion? None at all, if the fe A of the times indicate anything. It is a foregone conclusion that Balti-. more has the call. The idea of the convention origi- nated in Baltimore, and its object, as foreshadowed in the address of the Baltimore Chamber of Com- merce, was to make Baltimore a southern emporium. We are told in the address that Baltimore is the true centre of national ‘‘ commerve,” and that “ Balti- more is the best market in which the varied pro- ducts of the plantation, the farm, and the fuctory can mect for profitable interchange,” and that “ Baltimore is nearest the North, nearest the South, nearest the West—so central, in fact, as to benearest all; it is nearest the manufacturer of the North, the roducer of the South and West, the speculator of Faro; pe, and purchasers everywhere. And in the speeches that were made at the conve.tion last po al this pasamount idea seemed to pervade all of em:— Sepator Usorrwoop, of Kentueky, said:—How are you to divert from New York the trade that legitimately be- longs to you? By intercourse with the West, by the members of the various portions of the Union visiting one another, aud intorniag each other how to puraue their own interests. Our people have been treading one constant path to the great commercial metropolis, and they will continue to tread it until the coatrary. It is then the interes Baltimore to intermingle with CD vee West, and Southwest, and induce time, until they all see that their true interests will be promoted by commercial intercourse with you. Mr, BreckennipGe, M. C., from Lexington, Ky., said :— Gentlemen, this is no visionary scheme. ‘The fruits of our Baitimore and Ohio railroad will not have been real- zed till you extend it tomeet our railroad coming to the mouth of the Big Sandy river, in order that you may command and draw to yourselves the vast produc- tions of that most fertile be ae of the confederacy, which i, richer than the delta of the Nile. producing everything that a temperate climate can produce. We believe we were not represented in the conven- tion held at Baltimore. We had no one to speak of our deservings; no one to enlighten the members of that body with statistics of our commerce and the immense interior trade which finds its vent at the Crescent City. We have no apprehension of being placed second to any southern city, if we only have a fair showing; and this measure of justice we can obtain if we shall be properly represented on the first Monday in next month. at the Memphis conven- tion. Exrraorpinary.—Saturday morning last, in the outward trip of the Danville cars, the locomotive and train ran over # cow, making a complete section of her body. In the afternoon, as the train returned, it was found that a fine calf had atsengaged itself from’ the body of the slaughtered cow, and was admirabl; having recelved the slightest injury from which destroyed its poor mother! Like Macduif, it was from its mother’s womb ‘“‘untimely ripped.” There may be nothing new uader the sun ; but if there bas been another oceurrence such as that we have described, we have never heard of /t '—Ajchmond Dispatch. well, not accident Late and Interesting from Texas. We have’Galveston papers to] the 12th inst., and several exchanges from the interior. The Galveston News learns that Hon. Bernard E. Bee, formerly Seer of War of the republic of Texas, died recently at his residence in Pendleton, South Carolina, The News remarks:—‘‘Col. Bee, during his life, has sus- tained the highest reputation for strict integrity and honor, for superior talents, and for the most exemplary deportment in all the private relations of life. During hi residence in Texas, Col. Bee discharged the laborious aud responsible duties of Secretary of War in a maaner that gave, we believe, universal satisfaction. And when, on account of ill health, he finally returned to hiv native State, we do not believe left an enemy behind him, al- though the count: unfortunately distracted with ane and iodo imositic nee most of our ing men, memory of Col. Bee will be cherished ‘as one among the earliest advocates of our independence, and as one of the most highminded patriots who ever embarked in the cause of human liberty. The bark Maine and the pilot boat, driven ashore at Galveston in the late gale, have been got off without difli- culty. "The San Antonio Ledger states that Major Howard, the Indian agent, started on the 3d inst. for the Camanche country, where the Indians have been assembled. He designs to have a ‘big talk”? with them, to make pre- sents, and to exdeavor to reconcile them to peaceable pursuits, ‘On the 3d inst., a lady of San Antonio became the joy- ous mother of three children at one birth. Affiuence of productions, vays the Ledger, is one of the marked char- acteristics of Western Texas, The same paper, ia no- ticing Brig. Gen. Garland’s intended departure from San Antonio on the 6th inst. for Washington City, says :—~ “* His orders require him to be at Fort Leavenworth y the 15th of June, to receive his escort. The Geveral’s headquarters, as Commander-in-Chief of the Ninth Mili- tary Department in New Mexico, will be Albuquerque. The good wishes of our citizens will ever pursue this gal- lant old soldier. His feats at Molino del Rey alone have immortalized this searred veteran. ‘The same paper has the following paragraphs :—On the 24th ult., Col. Capron left town on his way to en- campment of the foreign Indians in our territory, assem- bled together by Major Howard. The colonel will take them at once to their appropriate homes. They number about three huodred. ‘the past week ia rather redolent with violent deaths. A dead chiid was found in a basket near the new ceme- tery A Mexican committed suicide on Salado street, and a Mexican was killed on the Main Plaza by an individual who has since absconded. The Western Texan of the 5th, announces the death of Capt. Coleman, on the morning of the 3d, at San Antonio, after a lingering sickness, and adds :—* His death will be regretced by all who knew him. He was kind, geae- rous and brave. and highly esteemed by all for his many good qualities. He acted a prominent part in the history of Texas. The deceased was of Irish descent, but having been born on the ocean, no country could ‘claim him. He was formerly a resident of Whi-eball, New York. We learr from the Lavaca Commercial that the gale of the 2d inst. did great damage at that place. A fine three story buildig, in course of erection for Messrs, Nichols & Wilson, was enti:ely swept away. The fron’ gallery of Clegg’s Hotel was blown down. The front and gallery of Mr Field’s family grocery were destroyed, as were ‘also the dining room and kitchen of the San An- tonio house, seriously injuring two neg) and the tenpin alley attached to Speer’s building was thrown to the ground The sloop Fashion, a passenger boat bo- tween Lavaca and Indiavola, was wrecked at the wharf, and a boat belonging te Major Kerr was driven ashore. The Indianola Bulletin of the 10th says:—We under- stand that there is a large amount of sugar and cotton in store in Matagorda, awaiting shipment. They have sent considerable quantities down to the Powder Horn shipment but still want vessels for the North. The schooner Buena Vista, Capt. MeGee, twenty-six days from New York, arrived at Lavaca on the 6th inst. The Commercial says :—The captain informs us that when within five miles of Paso Caballo oar, she was struck by the storm, on Monday, and driven off some forty miles. Her mainsail, jib and topmast were carried away by the violence of the wind. Capt McGee describes the storm as being the most terrific that he has ever experienced at Fea. The Victoria Advocate of the 7th gives the following ac count of s tragical occurrence in that county :—It seems that s gunsmith of our town, a German, named Malitz, had his house broken open and robbed on Saturday night last, by two persons, supposed to be deserters from the army on the Kio Grande. Optai information of the route the taken, Malitz pursued them, and is sup- wed to have been murdered by them. The officers hay- g overhauled them, one of them surrendered himself, but the other resisted, and declared his intention never to be taken. tre § resistance useless, he drew a pistol, and putting it to his head blew his brains out. His ace complice is now here in custody, to await his trial at the next term of the district court. General Houston arrived at Huntsville on the 1st in- stant, from Washington. The Nueces Valley rays that Washington county is growing rapidly and substantially. The wild prairies of & few years ago are now covered by farms managed by Wealthy owners, with mills and cotton gins in sight from every elevation. The saine paper says :—Martin Valentine was killed by H_B. White a short distance from Fort Merrill on the 22¢ of April. Valentine had used some opprobrious epi- thets in speaking of White at a store at Fort Merrill, which being repeated to White produced s quarrel re- sulting in the death of the former. White knocked Valentine down by a blow on the temple, then kicked him on the side, and immediately life was found to be extinct. Both men were teamsters in a government train Proceedir g from Corpus Christi to Fort Ewell We fird but little that is new about gold excitement in The Galveston Civilian of the 13th, says: gold fever is extending in this portion of Texas A number of Galvestonians leave to-day for the Texas diggings, and many are taking their departure from the lower western towns. The excitement on the subject seems to increase in proportion to the distance from the mines, On the up} lorado the people are decidedly cool. e Lagrange Monument learns that several individals who have just returned to that country from the region on the Colorado, where gold is reported to be found in va- luable quantities, confirm this favorable report to some extent. ‘say that valuable specimens have been found, and that gold mines certainly do exist, not only on the Colerado, but on the Llano, To what extent they exist, or how rich they will prove to be, has not yet been oe parte of Te to have been visited by hea: 8 of Texas appear ve yy heavy rains, and the papers rejoice in the prospect of abundant crops, Texas. Latec from New Mexico. ‘We have files of the Santa Fe Gazeile from the 19th of March to the 16th of April. They contain but little news. ‘The Gacetle of the latest date saya:— The mail from below brought despatches from Governor Tane, at Dona Anns, dated the 28th ult. He would leave on the 29th for Fort Webster, (copper mines,) and should he not {ake the route by the ‘Moque villages and Fort Defiance, we may expect his return by the 22d inst. The cerrespondence between Governor Lane and the Mexican commission, on the subject of the disputed ver- ritory, has been recelved, but it is thought best to with- hold its publication for the present. As might have been expected, the Governor has greatly the advantage. It presents perbaps the only instance in which the Mexi- cans have been vanquished in diplomatic correspondence; it ina commion remark that they write better than they it ars association of capitalists has been formed in Santa Fe under the title of *‘ Railroad Association,” and the Smith has been elected President. The Ga- lembership is constituted by a subscription of such sums a may be consistent with the means of each member. The amount thus raised is to be placed in the hands of bankers, members of the association, to be invest- ed in raiload stock, in the great Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, provided the main trunk passes through New Mexico, making Albuquerque @ point. We are not advi- sed of the precive amount subscribed by this association, but we believe it is largely over a million of dollars. ‘The Gazette further says that a correspondiug commit- tee hus been appointed to open a correspondence with such officers as may be designated to make surveys of the different routes, with a view of placiog before them such facts in reference to the central or New Mexican route as may be required for a proper understanding of its advan- tages. ¢ Gazette of the 24, in giving the news just received from El Paso, of Gov. Lane having issued his proclams- tion asserting jurisdiction over the disputed district, in- cluding tbe Mesilla settlement, says:—We will not pre- tend to decide as to what was the duty of the military in this matter; but that the disputed territory belongs to New Mexico we suppese none will pretend to deny. And it is also true that she held possession of it, and exer- cised juri+diction over it, until the attempt was made by the commissioners to fix the initial psint of the boun- dary line, and we believe that possession should not have been interfered with until the line was agreed upon and established by the two governments. But the contrary of this is true. It was immediately seized by the Mexican authorities, and the Americans yho had made ret lements on the Mesilla were forcibly dispersed and deprived of the fruits of their labor, without compen- vation for the same. If Governor Lane had been the ex- ecutive officer of this territory at the time, we risk nothirg in aying that this injustice would not have beea tubmitted to” We will, in conclusion say, that if Col. Sumner was as ready to see justice done to the citizens of our territory ax Gov, Lane, this matter would have been settled differently. It was unfortun: that the Mexican authorities were advised of Gov. Lane’s intention some time before he reached the lower settlements, and that he would not be sustained by the military. How this in- formation reached them remains fur future inquiry. Exgcurion or A Stave—lIn obedience to the sentence passed in the March term of the county court of Jefferson county, Va., the execution of negro boy George, a slave, the property of Mr. James Roper, of said county, foran attempt to take the life of 8. Howell Brown, Eaq., took place at Charlestown, Va., on the 20th inst. ‘At 26 minutes of 12 o'clock, the criminal. escorted by the military of Shepherdstown, left the jail for the ples of execution. Here followed a scene of the greatest corfusion—men on horseback riding as fast as their horses could speed, while those on foot were rushing and jostling each other about in their hurry to get to the field, It is remarkable that no accident occurred. When arrived at the scaffold, George ascended the steps with a feeble and trembling step. and indicated much alarm. He was followed by Sheriff J. W. Moore. and the Rey. W. B. Dutton, of the Presbyterian church, who apoke a few words tohim, and then offered up a very feeling prayer. The Sheriff then told him if he had any- thing to say he was at liberty to speak, when, in a bro. ken and choked utterance he eaid :— Farewell! gentlemew! I am goin’ to die! Lam willins to die, but, I never done nothin’ to die for. But, we are all sinners, and must die some day, and I would as lief die to day as to-morrow. Tuere are eet sinners here lookin’ at me to day, that must all die. \. T hope I will met you in heaven! I hope the Lord will forgive sina, and receive my soul! Farewell, gentlemen ai ladies, all.” He waa then given a handkerchief, and allowed time to offer up a prayer, at the clove of which he wasto throw the handkerchief from the'stand. A few moments elapsed when this was done, and the sheriff cut the roy The door dropyed just one minute before 12 o’elock; he ~ led 1 12'M., when he made no more motion. arg until a k 4% : 12 ba vot gO the was examin We A. 5 ronoune' dead. Tt was then taken down placed in a coffin and taken away to be interred. The crowd was Cy My every thing _— off wita respect aad order.—, Sun, May 28, TERRIBLE DISASTER. nA tional Church in Loc! Strack e Person and Six by L! ni Others Se:tously Injurea. [From the Lockport Courier, May 23.) We are called upon to record an awful and solemn visi- tati 2 of Providence, Gg ewakd thrown Ly over e community. Yesterday afternoon, just after the’ tdepal Churgh’ hed goes: menced, that house was struck by lightning, causing the death of Mr. Luther Crocker, Jr.. and injuring more or~ less Samuel Durfee, Cyrus ©. Northam, a lsd about 14 Sr George ‘aga; Frances. Haloes ughter of Aled of George 3 108, Holmes, and Miss Sarah Stewart. ‘The lightuing struck the church steeple on the south- west corner, g down into the oF the singers, which was Cirectly under , and all’ the persons affected by the shock were membezs of the choir They were it concluding the introdue! hymn when the shock eame, cai death, sorrow dismay into their midst The male af of electricity entered the gallery directly over the head of Mr. Crocker, who was playing the bass viol, and diverged off either way, injuring the persons named above. "the firet moment after the shock, was one of universal constertation aud dismay. Every person in the gallery, numbering some twelve or fifteen, except one or two, were prostrated by the shock, but those that escaped injury, aided by persons from below, immediatel; to the assistance of the unfortunate. Some ‘oft injured persons had their faces and bodies burned, them. present @ horrible picture, They were all to the pen air, and the proper remedies were applied, under the direction of Drs. Fasset and Gould—who providentially, were in the church at the time, which were successful restoring to conscious all except Mr. Crocker. The deceased, to all outward appearances, sustained the least injury of “9 of the sufferers. but he was doubtless visit- ed with the heaviest shock. Tue lightning seems to have’ passed along the outside of his vest, down to the right thigh, then 8, down his left leg, ripping open his- boot in passing off.’ The only scar on his person is on the: left foot, and this is very slight. | He spoke once after the sbock. Mr. Elias Clark was standing bet ween him and Mr. Durfee, and not being injured, he ed to lift the latter up, when the deceased safd to him, ‘ Help me; 1 am hurt the worst!” Mr. Crocker was imi tel, taken out, but he only gasped once or twice and ex red. His body was then taker the office of Dr. Fasset, and every means which medieal,sclense could suggest wasjused in vain to restore him to consciousness. The lad, William Mack is probably the most injured of the survivors. The electrieity appeared to have struck him on the head of the spine, passing down his body, tearing bis clothes and boots, We was insensible for some time after being brought out of the church. His nerves seemed much affected, besides being badly burned. He was doing well late last evening. Mr. Durfee was badly burned on his chest and limbs— theelectridity having passed across his breast and down his legs. He was able to be removed home, however, and it is thought he will soon recover. Mr. Cyrus Northam was badly shocked, and a little burned on the face and hands. The lightning passed down one side of his face, and off his hands ap] tly. He was restored to consciousness after a little effort, and carried to @ house near by, and is doing well. Mirn Mary Place was the most injured of the lady suf- ferers, having her face and feat badly burned. On coming to she suffered much from the pain; but it is hoped she is not go much ijared but that she will speedily lad relief. Miss Holmes was burned on the face and breast by the lightning, but not seriously. Her escape with so little injury, however, seems miraculous, The electricity passed over her bonnet, melting the wires and tearing the silk; also around the wire in the cape of the bonnet, melting that in one or two places, shaw! she had on 1s0 torn in several places. iss Stewart, we understand, was but pligauy, injured, soe eon resovered from all effects of the shock she received. The ecene within the church immediately after the shock, is represented by an eye witness to have been awful in the extreme. e pastor, Rev. Mr. Gillman, whose position in the pulpit was such as to enable him to seo at a glance the terrible effect of the lightning, fainted away, as did several of the ladies, and 0 ghastly paleness overspread every countenance. The ‘was #0 terrific and its effects so astounding that it seemed to deprive them of giving vent to their feelings in the manner usu- lly exhibited on similar but less occasions. Not a shriek or groan was heard, save the ost inaudible ones made by some of the victims; no bustle or confusion ensued, but dread consternation seemed to have taken possession of all for the moment. the bodies were removed out in front of the chi ® crowd gathered, and as the dread intelligence 5 hundreds came to offer-their sympathy. There has never been an occurrence in our midst whieh has seemed to spread such universal gloom and sadness. Groups of sone ere ee! sorrowful affair were seen every few rods in the principal streets, and the church was sur- rounded by a large coucourse of people until a late hour last night. id to the sesbell wre jection, nature her- self wore the most sombre aspect—the heavens were overspread with dark and drear clouds, and the rain fell profusely the grester part of the afternoon. The light seagienen to otrisn Sop chaeah by. severe! persons outside, those near by being sti by its effects. A piece of the cornice of the steeple was thrown across the road on the east of the chu and several long slits from the wood work were the middie of the road on the south. The lightning seems to have gone in and out of the building several times reaching the ground, and it appears to have finally divided, one portion of it reacl the ground by the ce san the olber by. paasiog the gallery to the remmen' The course of the electricity in the house was very sin- gular ; it appears to have goue from object to object in an unusual manner, and some persons it to have divided inte numerous parts. but this is all conjecture. The gallery is much shattered from its effect, but no Gamage is done to the walls or timbers of the church. Mr. Crocker’s body was more ma tated. The lightning struck his right side, then passed across his body, down bis left leg, leaving unmistakeable traces of its course. The wife and child of Mr. C wei in the body of the church at the time of and upon the fact of his death being communicated the wife, she fainted away. The little child, who frighteced at the appearance of her comprehending the cause, ran up the aisle, calling for her father to come and help her mother, who she said was sick. The scene was affecting, and caused tears ‘to gush from the eyes of all who saw it. Mr. Crocker was the junior partner in the firm of T. T. Flagler & Co, and was an upright citizen, and a con- sistent professor of religion. He was one of the leading members of the Congregational Chureh, and his untimely death will be an immeasurable loss to that society, and searcely a less one to the community at large He leaves a wife and child, and a large of relatives and attached friends, to mourn his death, ‘Miss Stewart was injured but slightly, she being able to leave the church in afew moments, without sny ance. She cas dressed in silk. which was doubt cauce of her escape, as theelectricity passed o dress. The lightning entered the gallery in two places, being ih = in by the wires of two lamps. One of the bolts struck with full force, probably, Mr. G., while the other spread in different directions. belag less fatal in iss effects. A gentleman who was in the body of the church, look- ing up to the gallery at the moment the shock came, gaye that it seomnee ee 9 Wall of Sty ooaee ees Cee lery, passing from ol object then PI ing A moment, sufficient fora glance. feauepiooh ore the shock came, and nothing stirred till the crash fell. simultaneously , ee. other person says that the shock appeared to him the report of ge cannon, and he supposed from crash that t! eeple was falling down. Some of persons in the gallery imagined the same thing, an ence that the falling plaster and shivered confirmed. P Dr. Wisner, of the First Presbyterian ; H a ning, but being pai from abroad, he fortunately tusk a seat farther forward. The injured persons are doing well, and ali are consi- dered out of danger. The only effects remaining of the lightning on their person is that caused by the burns, which are very painful. ‘There were some six persons in the gallery who were not prostrated by the shock. There were many other in- cidenta connected with this sad essualty, but the above is as much as we find time to record. AnoTtneR Murper in New ORtgans.—Jea- Lousy THE Cavse.—On Friday evening lest, between six and seven o'clock, Michael Clancy and John Bowles, both waiters at that time in the Crescent City Hotel, were seen, in company with one other person, to enter the old ard which enters from Tchoupitoulas street, near the ba Mary’s Market. The gentleman who saw them enter describes them as having seated themselves im apparent peaceable conversation, when Clancy drew fa pistol, and deliberately placing it against Bowles’ side, and fired. The man fell to the ground bli ‘wounded, and the murdeser and his accomplice e:caped. Clancy, it is said, was married man, treated his wife badly. Bowles befriended the wo ‘and upon several occasions had been known to advanos her money. ‘This excited the husband’s jealousy, and he set abouta deliberate method of revenge It is stated that he placed his clothes in a we of easy access, and made other arrangements for immediate flight, which has thus far been crowned with success. Bowles, it is further stated, has sinee died from the effects of his wound, and Clancy’s accomplice is not known. Clancy, the murderer, is voribed as being about five feet eight inches high, has- but one sound tooth in his upper jaw, and sports a long reddish goavee.—New Orleans Breicent City, May 36. Triat FoR Murper 1 St. Lovis—The trial of the mulatto girl, Fanny, indicted for the murder of the little daughier of Mr. Mevkins, the jeweller, on Main atreet, was commenced yesterday morning in Crimi- nal Cou It will be remembered by our readers that, rome six or seven months since, the members of Mr. Menkinw’ family. Including himself rere polsoned by the. mixing of arsenic in soup @ inet ene Sonday. Several, suffered dreadfully; and it was doubtful for seme time if another victim would not be added, in the person of another daughter, the imme- diate senior of the little one who died. The act was di- reetly traced to the two mulatto —I ‘and Huldah, slaves belonging to Mr Chambers—who were arrested, committed at a primary examination, and have been confined in jail ever since. The defence be, we understand, the ignorance yf the Lnicveng sy yh haa A ticle they put in the seap. A severance edin the case, and the trial of Huldsh will follow that ot her charged accomplice.—St. Lowis Democrat, May Vi, Srarvur or Wesster—Neoro Petition.—In the eof Rey tatives, on the 23d iast,, aut ers prevented Heo sight Colored citizens remonstrating solemnly against ap. New Bedford. 10,000, or any other sum, for s statue of Brerr ebeter ‘to be vleee4 inthe State House. The re- monstrants pledge themselves that if the work {s onrrind Out, they will petition in the next ture tohave the statue removed from the Capitol ‘and pl in front of the Court House, surrounded with chains, in commemoration of the rendition ef Sims, or some other appropriste The memoria! was laid on the table.