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RATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONVENTION. American Association for the Advancement of Science. frcond Day—Mornig Session. OW THE RASISTANCE UF VERTICAL PLATES OF TUBU- Lak BKIDGKS, BY HERMANN HaUPT, SUP. PSN. CENTRAL RAILROAD. ‘The greet desideratua in the onnstruction of bridgas ts am arrangement of par's thst, material, wil possess the most effici nt power Of resirt ence. An aren fuldls the coaditiva of maximum resi+t ance with a given weight of material when the distriba- ‘whether uniformly distributed or net, there is a conse © equiliy ium, anda givessmount of weight of ma'eria! | er apged to conform to this carve, w li give the msxi. mum of recistance which the material is cxpable of o,- posing; but for ora'rary bridges. especially fur railroad | pre. tbere can be ve curve of equiltoriom: the load | Bet only varisbie, but very great 10 proportion te the wergbtet tbe structure; and were an oq iiibrium yersi Die ip ome porition it o uld rema'n rtabis for an iostant | oply. ap the trapait of the load toamether position would | at tard it. n mt therefore, that the » of the curve of pres- areh. or it must be com ‘rust cap-ble of effecting or op- ha given weight of | tlem,of the wood is constant With» permencat night, | | 7 ” nis hous Iam aden} ‘Trinity College, Hartfurd. AFTERNOON SESSION. BKOTION 4. The first paper read in this seetion was Peirce, on Morphology, & Lew science, whi endeavoring tw introduce, but which, being entirely scientific, would not please the general neat The title is, ‘Investigations im Analytical Morpholoxy, No. 2; Stable avd Unstable Forms of Rquilibrium. By Pret. P. Peirce, of Cambridge, Mass.” ‘The uext was by Prof. Coffin, and is as follows :— “An Investigation of the Storm Curve, deduced from the Relstions existing between the direction of th Wind and the Rice aud Fall of the Barometer. By Prof. J. H. Coffin, of Easten, Pa.” This paper called up anew the whole theory of storms and the prolonged discussion which has now three times ensved on this subject. Very great at- tention is now directed to this whole subject, and it Prof. | slp fine sea-reom for some, eapecia'ly, who might afraid of pure science and its discriminations, and who can bere roam free over a large fleld without being lassoed. ‘The third paper was “ Does the Moon exert a sen- sible Influence npon the Clouds? by Professor E. Leomis, of New York.” The Jast paper in this section was on the rising of water in springs before rains, indicating sowe very curious abd ivexplicable phenomena, of which we should like to know more. The title reads thus: “On the Rising of Water in Springs inumediately before Rain. entire as follows :— My a*/eotion was particularly called to this phonome- the cle-e of the summer of 1852, wave re-id- 0 change of figure. s in geveral une are Maxtrations of at the main relianee is this +peies of com bivativus; neually ery. When Nak @ used this ivarease of m»terial is mot ob- jectionable, exonpt sofar as it inareases unuoenssa ily the | ‘weight © the structure; but when irom is eumol yed it — Becomes essentially important that the dietriou‘iea of | the fureen should be understood; the strain upen ali the rte of the rtrueture sceuracely devermipen aed the — eezrectly proportioned to tme required re- in? anee. The principles involved im there calculations have Blveasy been given te ihe public ip a work on the georral ebange of figures iu the arch during toeir passage over the Didgos, Weer Gi pored im this mamser » given quan ity cf material will oppose Mictent resi:cance en ber \0 vibri dexure or fraot: le tubuler i bridees whieh bave receatly attracted mueb arten:io n0 Cifficulty ix found in determiatug tae stra poo the herizop'al tables, and in propertisning them corree*'y: but the d mensions of the vertical and the best manser of «tif-ping them, wi'l devead not erly cn he magaitude of the weight. but upou the mode of the epplicscon If tee ht pupiosed be applied at the miede ofa tubular bridgs ite setica would tend te shorven the diagomal exenaing from tae middle of tee Roend or gave ~ moeetet the bottom table, aud at eo rame tine elongate the opposite diagoaal the strais upon the last diagonal weuld ie 10 resist would be nearly am of the mate-ixl but the oppesite diagonal, being toc mprernive forces ald, if it formed a liny & thin plate or wets}, be unable 0 op.ose any efficient wesi-tanca, and the bridge would probably fail in the di- ree i n of this disposal. It b-eomes meceseay, therefore. te provide means for stiffer ing the ribs and this ie asually effveted by riveting to them, vertieally, prea: of T iron, at short intervals, By thee is banged and the « @ truss on the P; plan: the vertical sti the place of the part's. meciing the opposi'e ponding seiion to tbe ordi ‘tence which sveb an arrangement is capadle of opo-iag bis pored to determine from the follewing considers- | oa In the genersl. theory of bridge construction, it has been demons rated that wher the lead is uniformly distiibuied, the vertieal strain ivereases aniformy from | the widcie te thernos, The stram upen the diagonal of spy panel, will be se cae length of the diagoual to the length of the vertical mde, aud also as its distaece from ‘he widéle of the tru-s, the max-vertiesl strate, being of e urse eqnal to the whole weight of the bricge, ard its load, with the meaentnm doc to motion and laerd uyou the truss, the arch being used acely | fow weet» ip Rutland, stoid the higbleuds of Ver- . le the western cor jen of ‘he town t a lofty bill, rising to the height of avout four hundred feet above the Crte: Crees valley. Near the summit of the hill a small spring burets forib, whore watera are conveyed in weoden Fipen to the barnyard of two farm house xitauted on the slope cf the hill: the fret being abeat one fourth of « tune from the sp! a ters of the 9) FU mMmer mOEteS freq duet — Such I nowsuslly low, and the even the femed Green Mountaias ry places, began to wear wptivued Kuta drop of WOTHIDE w servant, cow ing in from the barny €¢ that se shoulé ;cen bave rain, as the water was now ving rises several for withia two or three ¢sys rein fell to a consideradle depth. In @ ebort ime the epring again sunk low, and creed to eupyly the squeduet; but ene cloudiess ing. whem there wee no visible indications cf flowing throagh ie waters once mere Tar, the e2 tye lepg? of the aqueduct, and ere twenty four Tone, bourse bed elapred. enother ratv war pouring Cown, On dz qniry it was areerteiwed {rem the residents in the visi- wity tbatthe phescuenom eas one of erdivary oosur- Tenet ané thet ‘or ‘he last tweoty scrap ‘ko approach of rain was expected by the riving of the apr Interested Dy these faets 1 eousht for others of the like patore, and requested through the pubic prints im formaves op tbis subjes’ from all whe hu opened te pos- been iv, +0 upow eo'latsral hien were eon- ceived te important reiations to this paenomence. I was rewarded by the knowledge of only one acciiemal fpstance, existing im [essa- obosetts, where a spring that supplies = ees- is raid to rise vibly before ds pereepably A Munree, who lives near the stre: following iaforwaties, whicn is gi below in nearly bis own words:—‘‘althongh I have fre: questly deen informed that the Dodge's brovk. (a0 eall- ed) afver dry time, and when ne water had rum for seme deyr, weuld becin ogain to run when the lords threatened raim but before a dsep bad fallen: yet I can- not vay that I have ever taken much psins to investigate the fwct. However, I perfeetly reeollest being at ove tiwe near the broek when there had been a long drought. The clouds threatened rain very s«op—not a dre; water bad ram in the brook fer some days—not » drop bad fallen from the clouds, and no rain bad oeezrred in the vieisity. The conrie 0: the brook is so-oss the read. I was standing im the road watching the brook, ard then saw a +mail stream in ite bed flewiog towards the river, whieh is spout fifteen rode distant frow the road. the spring that suprlies tue brook is situ- ated abont baif a mile from the river ded is sometimes £0 powerful that [ have known ‘he brook to eve flow the yoad for rhe space of reveral rode; I cannot xay that it ia op established fact that the brook alweys rises before a raia, but] be: 00d reason to supyese that it dses.” The preeec ing statements ia reupee’ to Dodge's brook are coroborated by the con of kir. Munroe, who wr vibravion, wheo tee strueture in not rigid. It las | also deen shown that the vertical and diagonal atreins upon spy prnel, which are al yro- | Peruened to Geen Other im a axed ratio a Pro zor ton to the degree of aegular movies or figure io any pavel caused by flex 4 Bement bridge ie the Ggure of an inverted World not ehange the reetargular elope of the the everrieai and diognal strain uyon thi Would be “heorsticsity nothing, while a: the end the variation from @ rectangular aud tee iatensity | bd diegonal straimc would be greater. whole weight of the strneture. the strata lie rath, determined in nos yro- | 3 wiares of & rhest | 0” wetal reeurely atrecaed to all “be sides of a ree’angle im comparison wito om equal quautity of matersal ar- i macem ary pe pesed to inquire what will be the Ferpes iv the fore of diego ai sede, Tis evident tat the con: ideration or tix on «ill ford the means Of comparing bo relates ¢ y of ‘ha eityisu ioe of ¢ ‘the materiel in tuoular Dridges, as compared wich diag: ma} pane! reds, . = a a[~ y B ‘ ‘ ae Ei itt. ae ‘Tet 4 C in the anvexed figure, represent ibe Ziag mal, whied in subjected 10 6 tego strain, and & the rerist- mpce yer unit of area which tae marerial is cavedle of e@pps'ng (A) ite pervendionlar distavee BD frem the teier nw The «tram upon s uait at the d stanoe X, will be in propertion to this disvanee, and will be repre: | sevied by X. But ae the efficiency of the resist ance will be in the proportion to the leverage which is X, ihe whole effect of a unit of material at tne distance X. will be represented by M x7 and the sum of the re sistances along the line DB, obtained by the usual | method of investigation, will be 4; RA~ or % Rj | < AXA. As RK represents the resistance the | marerial jer unit of ares, and (a) the number of epits in the distance, BD—& gent the resis'acce of «rod, whose area C is nesessarily equal to the fe eo of the reotangle ABUG wil be % Ra2, The re.istanee expressed by % Raz ertained oy (be use of an arew of material rep*e ented by ACKa = If? me amount of weterial should be placed ia the form red in the diagoual AC, its e tion must be equal to BD or A, aad its eifscuve moment Of resistence would be Ra. Ivappears, therefore, that the power of « pla‘o to re- sist an acyvlar chenge of figure ine rectangular frome will be two third an greatas thst of an equel quantity of waterinl pluesd in the dirsetion of a diseoual ‘Where s treun is dotizned to sopport a eomsiant weight wniform)y diswinuted or in ocher words, wovre coaacer- Beocing i¢ unoecessory. the sdoption of the tubalar or piste arrangement involves an exjenditure of fifty per | cent mere material than wonld be reqaired by © ral rods; but where the load ix veriabio, ia aleays the care in bridges, and where reds a constantly requied in bo soonowy Of the two arrange om be reversed. le a ed by ep arch, @ calsulation of « terial required in the two arrsogaments involves a can- | sideration of the atreine produced by the variable acd ent lode ia each pevrl. Ta the middle parol, tne stram from the weight of the riructure be ag tesoreu- sandy norbing the diagowals resist only the effer of the | variable load, and must be equal. If the area of each roo be repre-wxted by % a, the two would be 43a; bat ar the braem and counter-beaces are pever both in (mat the came time, the plate arrangement requires quantity of material, repressaied by (a) whiea would jcivslent to the braces aod counter bisses both, and d effect 2 savieg of material equa! to’; a Toe Jo this case would require thirty-three per coat I’ 34 B representa the material re rod more than the plate. quored in che rods of the end panels, to reviat thy weight Of the stranture, then % BM % a would be required for ‘the main d'agenal rods, and % a for the oceutre braces, making ib ~48a. The plate acrangement would re. quire Ma. The difference 16 Henoe, if (a) should te equal to (}) the value of the exprestion beeemes 7670; co», in ober word, if the variable and constant loads ere equal at the oud panels, the quantity of material ia the reds and pistes wil h~ the -awe, Bat if the variable load ir leest, there wil! be & lous of material by the uve of the vlarea, which will be wrester asthe weieb: of the atrue*nre increases: and, consequently, the relative ee omy of the plates will be leas jor very long apaas thao for sbor’er. Thove considerations naturally lead i» the fobstivu'iow of best ivon for the rods of wooden brides and its adoption will scare the onssatially ispo sdvan'agen of simpl city Gurabiliry eeoncmy, inflammabilicy. If preetical dffioulsies do mot arive fr 4 contraction of the plates where at- frames, as the expansion of diagonal rods i vot found to he produetive of asy injury or ip converience it in possible that the alight beading or booking wbch mont —_ from the expansion ot the iron d tO Ray periona consequences. But whether We plan of comstructivg bridges by curviog under fr # with sheet iron be prattiosbie or not, the result of the calculation that bas been given proves that, with = enfMficlent nninhor of posts or stitfen ers,’ the vertieal plates in tubular irom b idges wer be very thin and still posse-« auifficivat power of resistence. 4 tobalar irom br without aches, to be properly proportioned should have the pumber or thickness of the tp and botom plates in eressed ; and the side or vertical places dncronved gradu: ail, from the ends to tbe middie, A ubuiar wridge. in whic the plates are of the sae dimension in the mid dle and at the ends, roust be very baily proportioned avd contain a large arourt of na'ene material If (b) repterent the variable load apon a single oarel or inter- ysl batwcan two adjacent posts or stiffeners, m., the number of panela—w, the « structure —'hen, Lae proportion between the thieknes of the vi Jater in the middle and wt cbe ends will be near) LEAT an this proportion may readily be as pret oe 1:5 it follows that a vers great raving may be o 8 By proportion’: the thieres « of the sheets im eae oe) te the wrsins oR ry ty bare evertonked ov negl-ored br lor brioger | Ded cf the b ook, durit | covery that the rp | really very able. | tween bimself and Mr. Dana, of New Haven. Thur -— The sudjre: has net, so far aa we are under the notices of any elose sa2server of +h quire about, the mort ‘hat is known being this—that the long d the rtresm ts kpows belief is thet rata ix ea the re appearanes of Dodge's brovk.”” The p menu Bas besn attrivuted by rowe to the fail of ar the distant rowers of the spring a short ine previous to ibeir descenr in the vieinicy of the epri L self; but thie view is Coubtiesa erroneous, altogett er io probe bie that rain should sall in tro distant lveali ies year afrer year eith the eame constant period of ‘ime becreen them, aré ‘hat this ioterval snould be | uch ste insure that waler falling at the first localicy sbould elways arrive torough -ubterrasean ebaamels al the seenod. before the sin there commeresd 1 gave not been abe to ascertain the eta'e of the burnmeter, either at Kurland or at Coreerd. af the times when the pheno menor iv quesHon occurs; Deve: thelenn. I believe that the tree solu'ion will ee found in the aimin'+hed atwe pheric ure whieh exits Defore & rein. bre foree of tke jer. The sprimg xill, fore. rice either whew the foree of the jet is in @ while the stworpheric pressure comtinues the pore or whe the laiter io dtwici-hed while the former constant: Ube eleva ion is greate-~ erty of the «phere oe: 2 4 inerease is the streagh The rising of the water in the instanec in Ted, ion of the jes related, conret, [thmk, in view of the facts de feirly attribated te sey sudden augmen foree to the current of the spring, but is to be regarded #6 the result of diminished otm npherie pressure. sence the partisular timer, in pe fect accordance wit wworologicn! laws, certained whether this phenomenon is luca ral. If the tetter should be fousd true, and t exrianation given eorrect. we arrive at the carious d sand fountsins of the earth a naturel baremetere, whose indisacions may perhaps worthy of notice im future physical investigations, SXCTION B. The following papers were read in this section | during the afternoon, some of them very good, but all mostly theoretical, and so scientific as tobe un- interesting to the general reader. That on “ con- junct bases,” &c., by Dr. Gillers, of our city, was The paper of Professor Horeford was, 80 far as I conld learn, part of a discussion fy tr. Winchell’s paper was bot little more than a deacrip- tion, with which it is not desirabie to burthen your columus ;— ' Indications of Weather, aown by Animals aud Plante --By W. A B Tromas, of Cincinnati. On the Geclegy of the Choctaw Hlcif—By A. Wineheil, Fu‘aw, Alabama. —By Prof. Alphonse f conjnvet bares, sentainiog cobsls and the elemen menia.--By Dr. F. A. Gawth end Dr. W. Gbbs. ‘On tha selidification of coral reefs of Florida, and the source of carbonate of lime inthe growth of corals —By Prot. E. N, Boreford, of Cambridge. On the fatal elects of ehlereform.—Ry Prof. E. N. Horsford, of Cambridge, Mans. The next paper—that by Prof. Haldeman—I con: er 4 very able and beautiful paper. He very able etymologist, which, in connection with his ethuo- logical researches, renders his paper peculiarly beau- t and instructive. It will be given hereatter. The following usefal paper, read by Profsssor Bache for Mr, Pourtales, closed the exercise ef the rection of natvral history. I send you the abstract: — “Notes on the specimens of the bottom of the Ocean, bronght up in’recent explorations of the Galf Stream in connection with the Coast Survey. Ly L. Pourtales, Avsistant. Presented by Prof. Bache, Superintendent.” t the request of the Soperintenéeat of the Coast Sar- vey. Mr. Pourtales exemiond the apecimens of the bottom of the rea, obtained by soundings made by Lt Craven, U. SN, Assist. C ©, from thirteen different ‘ecalit'ey on the edge of undia the Gulf Suresm off she eastern enmst of the emi The poritons wore frou lat, 26 de 86 arg. 50 mia., and from long. £0 deg. 15 main. to long. 78 dog 49 min’, wod from depths veryirg from 15 to 1 060 fathoms, uctales deperibes minutely the character of the specimens uad the orgenic brdies contained in them. The sand forawi nifer# whieh he bad § io the specimens uerth of Caye Henlopen, recurred in there. Among them, Giebe gerira Rubra. Kotalima Caltrata, Ocbaline Universe, Textiiaria Tarb>. &e. ; @ specimen from 604 fathom, who'ly soluble in ncids, Smell shells were alae found, and freements of rhol!s, aod of the whole rhell ofa the epleu'se of mponzes mixed with dead corsis and little silieleus wend &e. ‘The specimens from 1.060 fa thems comeisied almost entvely of fovamnifere snd otber suimal remeing ineluding a pisce of » large eae: wroped, whieh wee worn, Mr. Pourtale. disevsson tho question wheroer these animals lived at the de ths where ere found, of were vashed from the adjacent nd eonelode: that their exiteves in large unm- bers at «cr depths than Thoxe beretofore admitied, considered probeble Mr. Pourtales eon markicg the io portance of the knowledge of fad distribu ion of the foraminifera to geolo gists, The sections now adjourned to nine o'clock A. M. to-morrow. TELEGRAPHIC CrRVRLAND. Aoguat 1. 1858. ‘The following profeskors were appointed o prepare pa pers forthe next annual meeting:—Professor Racne, oo tides; Professor Henry, on atmospheric elvetricity; Pro. fessor Hall. on palazsle rocks , Professor Smith, of La., on miehro chemistry; Prefessor Gibbs, on the prowess of crganic chemisty; Professor Gould, on the progres of the eleetro chronographie method of obevervation. Pro fessor Leidy on North Amerioan exiinet manmala aad reptalia; Professor Pisree, on the theory of planetary perturbation: Profesor Bom and physiology; Professor Ag feperation in animals; Profersor Dana, on the veocrs, cal divtr'bation of the lower animals. Res Intions were offered rednels g the yaacly anve to 81, preventing the rele of the proeeedings aed ap pointing a commitres to on sAvanses in anatomy 7, OD the alieration o be paw stitu tion By Professor John Broeklesby, of I seud you the paper Toe waters of a | Taw not aware taut it hos | Of General Session: Befure bis Honor Recorder Tileu. Augnet 1—This being the first day of the August | he is | term, the court met at the usc!’ Bour, for the trans- | action of pubtic business. The greater part of the day Lowever, was spent in empannelling the grand © i and petit furore, After some deley a qnorvm was at length obtained Avgoust term:— Berner, John Bernard | Whitman PLillips, Charles Roane, Parrick Tracy, | Daniel A. Looker, John R. Ware, Augustus MeCarthy. i@ Hecorder then preceeded to deliver the fol- lowing CHARGE TO THE JURY. stitution and law» as an institution essential in the administration of the criminal jurisprudeuce of this Stute, as to crenes commisted iu this county. The t' wers ard duties ussigned to you bave been 60 jong experienced and so well known, that, chosen as yeu are, from the body of the people, for good in- telligence, you are doubtless sufficiently acquainted with thom. In general you wre to enquire into, and uy on competent proof made before you, you are to ingict for all acta known to the laws as crimes; that is to ray, all offences of a public nature, or acts tending to them. And the court, by direction of the statute jaws, specially charges you to enquire into eny viclation of the election Jaws, of the usury lsws, of the violation of the laws by public officers, in demeuding, charging of receivim; fees to which they are not lawfally entitled, and of the laws against lotteries. Upon the impartial, fair, and fearless performance of your Outies depends in a high degree, the bappiness, prow perity and satety of the coe ; for the best laws are of little avail unless maintained in their integrity, unless energetically, justly aud properly enforced. T have, berevofore. aiieited the attention of Grand Juries to the subject of lotteries. This evil and its conrequences have become so wide spread, and the miseries which they cause co intense, that I cannot with propriety let this opportunity pass without calling your attention to them. the sense of the people at large, and that of the Legislature, on this svbject, is explicitly nianifested, not only by the statutes, but by the Constitution, in prohibition of the evil; and the penal enactments and the statutory directions sbeve-mentioned, spring from a sad experience of the baneful effects of these seductive institutions. Yet in the face of the laws so emphati- supported by public sentiment, it would seem that the lottery agents of another State have issued theircirculars by means of the Post Office, aswell as otherwiee,to the people of this community, and of every class, and employed extraordinary and skilful efforts lish and continue here this probib'ted vice. Irequest also your inquiry into all violations of law in refer ence to the condition and arrangement of all build- ings for the accommodation of cys e assemblage of people, and to that class of houses known as tenant oures—designed for the residence of an extraordi- nary nuraber of families. As to the latter, it is said, in many instances, from want of sufficient space and passage ways, and proper accommodations, and the fee) bomber of persons closely crowded together, from the natural accumulation of garbage aud other offal, and ruperfiuous matter, and the want of sufficient ventilation, danger of health is not only caused to the tenants, but to the neighborhood; avd that in caves of fire, suflicient avenues of escape are not provided. It is at this season of the year appropriate to ask your earnest attention to all cases of violation of the laws in reference to the public health. It is a sea- son when cleanliness and freedom from filth and from all accumolated substances which tend to en- danger public health, are specially important, and when the enforcement of the laws on the subject is emphatically required. In performing this duty it may be necessary to examine into the condition of the public streets, sewers and kennels, and of the public morket places, wharves, piers, and prisons. | As to the various other subjects to which your at- teution will be desired, and as respects the nature and various degrees of crimes, and the laws and the principles applicable to them, you will have the aid and advice of your lawful advieer, the Dis- trict Attorney. You will apply to him for counsel wherever you dcem it necessary. ‘The Court, by Inw, is required to charge you not to disclore the fact of an indictment being found for ion such ingictm A violation of this provision is a misdemeanor. in each and every case brought before preot to warrant an indictment should become coin- petent sud evflicient to convict. Earsest endeavors \ should be made to obtain the proof, and if you should | have reasonable doubts, give the accused the benefit of them. If you are not satisfied with the proof, you | may ir turther. You are to employ in gl] cases riaid, re aud Coen i ere and consider the proct in cach case, witbout prejudice, pre, sion | lear or favor, but i ae b unbiassed Ju lerstanding, with an in- lelbeent and correct sense of your duty. To indict is ahigh act. Cureleseness in th lead to firemediable injury. The accused, if un- rightly indictea, ives an injustice hard to be over- | come—if wrongfully discharged, the public receives | an injury difficult to cetimate. Equal care should | be cbecrved in minor as well as those of a higher | offince, As tothe former, on one hand, reputation as wel as other consequences are involved, aud on the cther, consequences to the public of positive im- ; Portance, Inferior crimes are the most numerons, ond n cominitted with impunity, lead to the | commiision of thore more grave. Depravity and its | consequences gre not generally acquired or estaly | lished suddenly. It is by progressive association with the vicious that vice Decabicn familiar, and by | the succeseful continuance in vice, and the com- | mission in safety of a succession of inferior crimes, | that the Vee becomes hardened, and prepared to eg ee those of a more henious character; that e loses a renee of remorse and of danger, and be- | comes the confirmed felon. | important that great care should be observed in the exumination and consideration of inferior as well as of otber crimes. In finding a bill, in all cases, at least twelve votes are necesrary. With these re- marks, gentlemen, the business of the term is com- | mitted to yourcharge. ‘The calendar for this term is aJarge one, and comprises, I am 8 to say, crimes of a very serious and grave natare, such as a murder and bargiary: | The following is a list of the prisoners remaining in | the city prison, a5 returned by Mr. Edmonds, the | keeper of the city pmson :-— Murder 2 ee Poet rrr eee 2 | Assault with intent to kill -12 Rovbery Wks; 2 Arson .. Burglary. Grand larceny Receiving stolen gouds False pretences..... Misdemeenor ... Riot There being no eases ready for trial the Court then adjourned until the next day at the usual hour. The Grand Jury yan Sacha to their room at the new e park. secsion house in St. Lovis.—We learn that two girls cloped in a singular manner on Saturday giternoon. The young ladies lived on Seventh street, | one of whom was the daughter of a New Orleans vt, of known respectability; the other was a girl service of bis family. ‘The daughter was four- teen and the servant fifteen yeers of age. It is sup- posed that they eloped with two young men formerly connected with one of our theatres, aa these gentle- men were seen early in the afternoon in an alley in the rear of the house, where they took charge of the «’ clothing. Since then nothing reliable has yeard from the parties; but the persons inter- pposing that they have gone to some point linois river, have telegraphed for their ap- prehension. Since writing the above, we have earned that a telegraphic despatch has been re- ceived, stating that the two young men—nawed Liv- ingeton and Neass—with their partners, have been arrested ot Pera, Il, and are now held im cnstody at that place. We have further learned that the parties took li the money they could find in the honse be- fore leaving—about one hundred doilars.—.St. Louis Intell: gencer, July 27. A Vrreran is Sr. Lovis——We were yesterday honored with a call by Captain Michael Hart, of St. Francois county, who is doubtless the oldest eitizen of the State of Missouri. We isin bis ninety-third year, has been in Missouri fifty-three years, and yea- terday raw St. Louis for the first time in twenty years. Accompanied by Hon. L. M. Kennett, who first made his acquaintance aome twenty-eight years since, he made the tour of the city, visiting the Water Werks, Sugar Refinery, Gas Works and other noted places, and realizing for the first time the wonders which afew years of human energy have accomplished in St. Lonie. The old man found none of the land-marks which his memory had located in this vicinity, nor any sign of them, saving the old remnants of block houses standing near the shot tower. changes—but what he saw so far outstripped all he had been able to imagine, that his emotions were at times overpowering. Capt. Hart came to this State ly in two conees lashed together, and loving in thet advertere pearly all his steck and other pro- narrewly eseaping with the b | and the following geutiemen were sworn as grand jurors for the city and county of New York, tor the §¢ Wilron Small, foreman; Solomon Banta, Benjamin | ™™ ‘anberry, George Forrester, Michsel McKeon, Jawes Nash, James H Perkins, | . | Aveted trom the smount of the coxtract.”” Wood, John Wright, Oliver B. Woodtord, Dennis As now convered, you are recognized hy the eon- to aid, and it issaid with excessive success, to estab- | felony against persone not actually in confinement, | they scall have been arrested. | you, the | e performance of this duty msy | In both aspects itis | by He had heard of cuanzes—stnpendous in the year 1600; crossing the Kaskaskia with his man lives in his | formed that ap jarine Court. OPINION OF JUDGE THOMPSON ON THE MECTIANICS’ LIEN LAW—INTERESTING TO OWNERB OF BUILD- yee CONTRACTORS, LABORERS, MATBMLAL MEN AUG 1—Keenan vs. Waller ¢ Cunningham —The ma- ‘terin) foots im this esse were, that ow whe 27d cay of Mareb. 1888 the deferdant, Guaving bom, syreed to erect tvo butldmes for the ceferdant, Waller ag eesh’e tu eer Gan rng >yecifieations, and to eomolete the the twentieth day of May sucessding oo) “ | the vever ry deveripric: ereouons 7? the | piv orks ani ‘expence would be de = zart or Mey 1853 Keenan, the plawtiff coptrac'ed ~ith Cenpirgham to put t¥o coats of paivt op ths buildiug:, for pinery dollars. About the 20th of May, Keensn bad Put ome cost ef poiwt upom the onteide of the build- wer. Nope was put upon the inside, because the pies erers were rtili at work the: by ard between Keenam apd Wal! pontirg of the houses shonld be ceferred until the plas terers bad completed thelr job. On the 19th of May. = notice war caused to be served by Waller upon Cunnieg. dam. ax proviced for in their agreement, requirieg the latter to proceed with more de patch in the erection of eta oo) or the fe 1m | Upon the vervice of this motiee, Cumsiogham immediately | quit the jb. about the 10th of June Keenan 10 | Waller a1 ¢ offered to com clete the pais’ | wing, wien Waller irfermed hit tbat otber persons hse been emp'oyed for that purpore. an for w! he +ame time refused to pay Keeoan at be had done upon the bnildings, Om the 18th last, in or¢er that ne might establish 9 lien upon is claim for painting, ip pursuance of “An act for the bette- seeurity ies and others erect mg buildiogs, and furaish ipg msterials therefor in the a a county of New York,” filed a votice of bis elaim in the office of the Clere of the otty and county of New York; and om tbe seme day gave potice thereof te Waller, toge ber with ® furthor notice to appear before thin court on a cer. toim day, for the purpose of settling the amount of bis claim for psinting the bulldiog as aferssaid On the 28:b day of July. 1853, im ovedienee to the last- mentioved notice the perwes appeared before mo, by their respective eounsel; ane upon the trial of the eanse, ip a*dition to the fozegging the following facts were dia rc iu the 1aid esuse—When Cu:ninghem, tar con- ‘tree or, quit wevhing upon these bnildings on the 19h dey of May, Walier bad paid him, ia each $581. The whole smount agreed to be paid te Cunningham by Wair ler, for the whele jun, was $1 660. Mush of the ter work eas so bacly perfor Waller had to have it do: | poic by Waller to fully eomple Br, Scoerding to the tems of the con’ rast bets eou his a'dCunningbsm after the latter had left the j b, was 218 10, which fveluded the sum ef $150 dama: arising from the zon.yerformance of | to the terme ef the original sgreement ham and Waller. The smoun' Kor ing was $82, upom which Conting of $10 leaving » balance due plaintiff of $22, for which he cemends judgment. Counsel for Waller contend that, icasmuch as Waller had paid to Ounniegbam, be. fere the latter quit the F hag on the 19th of Muy, more than was due him by the terms ef their con. tract, jadgmenut in thin care should be im faver of the deiendsnt, Wailer. In support of this poai' | Course] elted the casegof Doughty va cided at s geveral term of the New York on Pleas, May 20, 1852. In that ease the Court bald that Doughty, | the eub-eontractor, could not reeover, if, at the time he filed his notice of claim, notairg was due frem Develin to Smith, the original contracter, by reacon of pay- ments wade in god faith and secordipg to the termu of the original contract. It did not appear in that eae when the contraet was made—probably, however, before the act of July 11 tock effect. I onnmot forbear here to remsrk, that it the law thus laid down by the Common Pleas was intended to apply te canes ike the one under advicement, then, in ee ment, the adjudication is utterly at variance with the spirit ef the statute upos which it is predicated. Ientertain no doubt but that it was the fixed intentin ef the Legislature, in the act, to render the owner liable to all laborers, material men, and bere apeleat for the Ditka the value the materia!s provided, and all tne labor performed them, in the erection ef his buildiegs, to the extent the rum stipu ated in the original contract, and whieh should not be paid for by the criginal eentractor. The ob- | vious izjustiee apprebended by the Common Picas fiom | such a eopstreeti:n of the net. in its practieal ap:lisation | toe mizaets entered into before the act tavk effest, may be | ace at cr ce todisappear whem you contemplate un ag: 6e- | ment drayn up in nesordance with the requisitions aod the | sprit of the smtuve, The origmal agreement io this cax@ Was LOL GrowD up im euch s wanner a: to protect tke interests of the owner, the eubd-co: tractors, and ihe material men, from the possible bed f.i:b of the original coptvastor, The party drawing the agreement pessibly might not bave tesly eowprebeaded the real spirfi aud 4 tute, Aud bere lies all tbe difficaity shell the peor lavozer. the eon- of Jure prejudiced by either the ‘gnorsnce the esreles Girpieyed tu eoxstrue'icg the eoptraer? It would have be ‘or thé ewner to his eontrast so as to cilvetually proveat tae laborer, 6 sub-contractor, wittout relf or his original con- -y builcer, who Ras aot be womrktt, und giving ezlthy ‘ineo.”” ‘ine ew of teearing to indusiry of the poor laborer, whose daily vol rs erential w Lis duily life, ite ell-eerned reverd—to tle materinl wan the value of his geoas; and of sheild ing both frei the dubouesty, carelessness or imbeaility ef ci herowner or eonnag-or. Leterisinieg wo doudi of the epirtt sud intent of theact of Juty 11, and be- hevirg that the law, as laid down in the ovse of Doughty ve. Levelip, wa: never intended by the learned judge, who cclivered be opinion in that ese to apply to cases lke the present, payrrent must, therefore, bs givea ia pr hyote fer the plaintiff for the amweunt of bis elsica, wiih eostr. Before Hon. Judge Thompson. _ Avever_1.—William J. Roome v. Sidney H. Stuart—Tbis was an action for the alleged illegal detention of gic in money, and a quantity of jewelry, valued at $75, brought by the plaintiff as assignee of a yonns lady named Caroline Briggs, re siding at 91 Mercer street, against the defendant, a police justice of this city. It pret from the evi- dence of Miss Briggs that she had assigned the pro- peity in question to the plaintiff, and that on the | 14th of July officers Paine and Hill came to her house and tock the money and jewelry out of her drawer in herroom, and also conveyed ber and one | Charles Stratton before Justice Stuart, at Jefferson | Market, where they charged Miss B. with passing | counterfeit money, but the complaint was dismissed. It was alzoin evidence that the property was taken the police on the information that it belonged to | Stratton. Charles Stratton deposed that he never | owned any of the property in the assignment in | Sryuric | trae! |e } § Eno} € | set seferred to was pared with | the bene question. Stratton owns a ealoon at 91 Mercer | street, and Caroline Briggs keeps the upper part of | the honse. Mr. Russell, attorney for the plaintiff, depoced that he called on Justice Stuart, who re- | fused to give up the property on the ground that the Sheriff had a lien on it. There was no appearance | forthe defence. and Judge Thompson gave jadg- ment for plaintiff for $225 and costs. A Hoxrrp Mcrper i Onro.—On the 27th nlt., a most horrible murder was perpetrated in Carlisle, | Loraine county, Ohio. It seems that seme dificult; existed between a man by the name of Abram Ful- mer, and two young men named Barber and Lovell. ‘There young men went in the forenoon about a qaar- ter of 8 mile to Fulmer’s house, and talked with him. They soon after left, About six anda half o'clock in the evening they returned, armed with a Tifle and shot = Fulmer was in the field with his wife pitching Ye They said that they had come to fight, at which Fulmer was about te rush upon them with a pitchfork, but was deteined by his wife who held Lovell fired the rifle at Fulmer. but it miseed him and through the face of his wife, fracturing her jaw in a most shocking manner. Lovell then took the shot gun and discharged tho contents into the breast of Fulmer, killing him in- stantly. The alarm ho it by the children, (of which there are three little ones,) and the officers arrested the young men about tenoclock. They confessed the crime. The woman is still alive, but in very precarious sit Work FOR THE NEXT L¥GISLATORE OF GeoRaIA.— The Augusta Constitutionalist and Cassville Stan- dard, euticipating the ascendency of the Southera- rights party in the Legislature, have marked ont a course of legislation for that body. Among other things the preeent tax law is to be modified; the Legislature isto meet annually; the Supreme Court is to be abol- ished; the State Railroad is to be sold; a disposal is to be made of its revenues (this will not be hard to do); 2 aystem of common acheols is to be adopted the Liquor Jaw is to be discussed only; a law is to be passed authorizing all State officers to be elected by the people; a (Southern-rights) Senator is to be elected to Congress, and last of all, the Congressional districts are agnin to be changed, or, as the Consti- bse says, ungerrymandered and regerryman- der Tar Pareiert’s Sox.—A marble monument, in the obelisk form, has recently been ereoted in the anciept burial place in Concord, over the remains of the son of President Pierce, killed in January last, bearing this inscription:— Ge ee ° BENJAMIN PIERCE, ° o Born April 13, 1841; 9 ° Died January 6, 1853. o ° ° ° * Go thy way, thy son liveth.” ° ° c ecscecosecoosooo oo ooo 8O9e Farar Rateway Acoipext.—As the down freight train on the Mad river railway was nearing Oregon on Friday evening last, it ran over @ fence rail placed across the track, which threw the locomotive and four of the cars off the track, breaking the engine badly, and doing much damage to the cors, and the freight which they contained. An attache of the train, named Henry Rodgers, who was seated on the tender at the time, was thrown under the locomotive and eytsbed to death. The eugineer and fireman were badly, hut not eerionsly injured. We are in it's prosecution ha been entered against Pain Cont (now St. Louis) and Vide | two men residing near Oregon, on charge of mati (Carondelet were then two i ificant | eionaly placing the rail on the track.—Cincimnat: @ poste—Bt. Low's Intelligencer, July iavette, July 2. Bew Yo: Police Law. AN ACT IN RELATION TO TUE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THB CITY AND COUNTY OF NBW YORK.—PABBED APRIL 13, 1863. The peuple of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do euact as follows:— tele I, See. 1. The police d York shall ceuistot the tollowit Chiet of police, captains of pol police, rergeants of police, police pamed officers: lieutenants after the apt captains. Bec. 2. Each ward in the ofty of New York shall be a patrol district. The Coumon Council shall provice in each ce district suitable aecommoda- tion for the patrol for such district, to be nated “police station house.” The patrol of each district shall coutist of ope captain of police, a first and se- cond lieutenant of police, two or mere sergeants of police, ard such number of policemen and dvormen as shall be apportioned to the district. Bec. 3. The chief of police, captwins, lieutenants, and sergeants of police aud policemen in and for the city and county of New York, shull all the power now possessed by the constables of said | city and county, except that they shall net be enti- Ugd to execute civil process. 4 fee. 4. The chief of police, captains, lieutenants, and sergeants of police, policeuen snd doormea, in accordance with rules aud Teenie os prescribed in conformity to the laws of the United States, of this Btate, and the ordinances of the Common Council, shall watch and guard the city day and night, and protect ail general and primary elections. Sec. 5. The chief of police, eaptains, lieutenants and sergeanta of police, policemen aud doormen, shell wear wauitable emblem or device to be pre- | scribed by the commissioners of police. Bec. 6. Captains of police shall be dockmasters within their respective districts, and aided aud as- sinted by the lieutenants of police and policemen, sbail do and pertoea ull the duties heretofore per- formed by dockmasters. , Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of eergeants, police- men, and doormen, to obey such orders as they ma: from time to time receive from the chief of police, | capteins and lieutenants of police, respecting their duty, to report through the captains and lieuteuants to the chief of police ull violations of the corporation ordinances, who shall report the same forthwith to the corporation attorney; to preserve the public eace; to render every arsistance and facility to mia- ters aid officers of Justice; to report all suspicious [ae bawdy houset, receiving shops, pawubro ers’ shops, Junk shops, seconc hand dealers’ shops, ganirg bouses, all places where idlers, tipplers gamblers and otber discrdesly aud suspicious persons congregate; to caution strangers and vther jest Kein, to such places, and against pick) ete, watch stuffers, droppers, mock auctioneers, burners, and ctber vicious persons; to direct smaere and others to the nearest and safest way to their places of destination, aud when recessary, to eause them to be accompanied to their destination by one of the BOuCS 1, perform all other duties which shall be C1 * Sec. 8. Punctual attendance shall be required of every officer, sergeant, policeman and doorman connected with the department, on all occasions, but notbing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the Mayor from relieving captains, lieu- tenants, sergeants, policemen and doormen for any period during which they may be absent from duty without permission, except in case of absence con- sequent upon disease or injury contracted in the pub- lic rervice; andin all cases, such officers, sergeants, policemen and doormen who are abseut from duty in coneequence of disease or injuries contracted in pub- lic service, shall receive full pay. ec. 9. In cage of the absence of the captain of polices the duties required of Lim shall be performed y a firet lieutenant of police, and in his absence, by a cecond lieutenant, who, while acting in such capa- city, shall ees and exercise the powers and rights of such captain. In case of the absence of a lieutenant, by reason of sickness or disability, the captain may, with the consent of the chief of police, substitute a sergeant, who shall, for the time being, porress all the powers of a lieutenant Of police. Sec. 10. Any person or persons who shall falsely represent any of the members of the police depart- ment of the city of New York, or who shail, with io- tent to deceive, ute or imitate any of the emblems, signs, signals or devices adopted and used by the police department, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- Gemeanor, and shall be punished by a fiue not less than two hundred and fitry dollars, or by imprison- ment for a term not exceeding three monthe. feo. 11. At any alarm of fire, it shall be the duty of ceptaine ot police nearest the scenc of couflagrs- tion, forthwith to proceed to the same with the re seive force of the r command, to be diligent in pre serving order and protecting property. In case of rivt, or nny sudden emergency requiring the services of the police, the captains of police shall forthwith | proceed to the scene of riot with the whole police off duty, or any part thereot, and be vigilant in sup pressing the tame. ¥ Eco. 12. The mayor shall detail from the pclice- mena svflicient uugber to attend upon and to serve the procers of criminal courts in said city and county. Article II. Sec. 1. The Chief of Police shall be nominated and appointed by the Mayor, with the epproval of the Board of Commissioners first named in the third ar- ticle of this bill. fec. 2. He shall (subordinate to the Mayor) be the chief executive of the police Cepartment, and hull obey, and cause the police department under him to obey, the rules and regulations prescribed in | accordance with the provisions of this act. ec. 3, He thal repair to the sceves of fires, and | tb the police force, use every ex- | with the arsistance ertion to save and protect property, and reimvve, or caure to be removed, all idle and suspicious persons from the vicinity of the fire. fee. 4. He shall repair to the scones of riots and all | tumultuous or unlawful assemblages, and, with the aid of the police force, ure every exertion te, disperse or arrest such persons as he may find engaged in breaking the peace, or who may aid or abet others so | to do. Sec. 56' He shall direct any or all of the police fore@to perform such duties as he may deem necea- tary for the preservation of the Rocca ce, the pro- veution of crime, and the disetpline and efficiency of the department. Y Sec. 6. He shall be aided and assisted by the mem. bers of the police department, be the superintendeat of cabs and cabmen, hackney coaches and hackney coachmen, stages and accommodation coaches or om- nibuces and their drivers, carts aud cartmen, and all pereons employed to drive carta through the strects and lanes of the city of New York, public porters, hand cartmen, venders of charcoal, firewood, hard coal, and boats and boatmen. He shall alo be in- gpector of pawnbrokers’ shops, second hand dealers’ shoe, jouk shops, and intelligence offices. fee. 7. He shall, with the approval of the board of aldermen, appoint a clerk, who shall be kuown and designated as clerk to the chief of police, and who sal rform all such duties as the chief of police shall direct, q Fee. 8. All vacancies ia the office of chief of police shell be filied in the same manner as prescribed in section firet of artic!e second of this act. Sec 9. In all cases where persons are arrosted up- on criminal charges, they shall, with as littie delay as possible, be couducyed before a magistrate, to be dealt with as the law directs. Article II. Sec. 1. The mayor, recorder and city judge shall constitute a board of commissioners for the trial of officers, Jolicemen, and doormen of the police de- partment, and all officers, policemen ani doormen, shali be appointed by the same board, in the man- ner herein provided ; but no member of the police department shall be re-appointed who shall have re- signed before the expiration of his term of office. c. 2, Every officer, policeman and doorman must be _a citizen of the United States, of the Btate of New York, and a resident of the ward for which le may be appointed, and previous to his appoint. ment thall present to the mayor a certificate, signed by trenty-five reputable citizens (two-thirds of whom moet reside in the ward at the time of signing the certificate.) certifying that they have been person- ally acquainted with the applicant for five years last past, and that bert that time said ap- plicant has borne a g character for hon- ice, lieutenanta of men and doormen; yut the present assistant captains shall be kuown us ge of this bill, and shall continue to held their offices until the expiration of the terms fur which they were appointed such assist- ‘and doormen. In each ease of suspension and eom- aint, notice to the accused thal! be given to afford im 8p opportanity to be heard in bis Lnpacrsool _ accu in all cases appear by coun compel ie cdeissnce of pibeees ta his behalf. The Board of Commissioners shall examine witnesses under oath or affirmation upon the charges and of the city of New | in cefence, and may for cause continue the suspen~ sion, remove the accured from office, or restore him to duty. In ull cases in which the suspension is oon- tinued, the party suspended shall be deprived of his ' pay from the date of his suspension, and during the continuance of the same; but he shall not at avy time be exempted from the perfurc: ance of duty, un- Jess the officer making such suspension shall so ex- presely order, and ucti! such order be made @ sus- pension under this section, shall only mean a ; Suepension from pay. The testimony in each case of suspension shall be reduced tu writing, and same, together with the decision thereon, ahall filled in the office of the clerk of the Common Council | Either commis-ioner,shall have power to issue sub- | to require the attendance of witnesses om the | trial of such cases; and disobedience eof shall | render se ies liable to the peualties provided by law cou { 4 Bec. 5. The Chief of Police shall, at ieast every six penta pers tothe Mayor the state of the police in practical operation, with such other information in his possession ag may promote the welfare und efficiency of the department, with such suggestions ; as he may deem proper. The Mayor shall transmit the aid report to the Common Council within five days theresfter, should the Common Council be then in session, and if not, at the first meeting of the next regular session, accompanying the same with such remarks and suggestions as he may deem proper. Fec. 6. There shall be kept in the office of the | Chief of Police a book, in which shall be entered | the names ot each and every officer, sergeant, police- men and doorman connected witn the department, as hereinbefore mentioned, the time of appointment in each case, and the time of any removal from offiee, or the recurring of any vacancy. Article IV. Sec. 1. The compensation of all officers, police- men and doormen, shall be fixed by the Common Council. Police officers, when sent out of the | county on public business, shall be allowed all ne- Recgt hee pear upon the same being sworn to taid officers, and approved by the Mayor, and allow by the Board of Supervisors. Bec, 2. The salaries of captains, lieutenants, ser- eants, policemen and doormen, shall be paid by the mptroller, by warrant, semi-raonthly, on the same being endorsed as correct by the chief of poliee. The | captains of police, and in their absence, the lieute- | pants of police, ball receive the pay of the ser- | geants, policemen and deormen, and pay the same | Over to them, as often as received, and immediately | on receipt thereof, and shall a:count therefor under | oath, as shall be prescribed by ordinance of the Com- mon Council. The captains and lieutenants of police | shall give bonds for the faithful performance of all | duties enjoined on them by this act, in the sum of | three thousand doJlars cach, to be approved of by | the Lahey and Comptroller. Bec. 3. All officers, policemen and doormen, here- inbefore mentioned, shall subscribe and take, before the Mayor, the constitutional oath of office, which | oath shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the Osea Mol tuabee! cei poll department, ec. 4. No member of the police 20 | magistrate, clerk of police, nor any person authorized by law to arrest Reema charged with criminal offen- | ces, shall demand or receive any present or reward for services rendered, or to be rendered, unless with the knowledge and approbation of the Mayor; such approbation to be given in writing, and to be entered | in a book to be kept in the Mayor's office. Anysuch | officer who shall demand or receive any present or | reward, in violation of this section, shall be of | a misdemeanor; and on complaint being made to | the Mayor, he shall forthwith summon accused, | together with the witneases to establish the charge, | to appear before the Board of Commissioners, and on. | the charge being established by the testimony of | competent witnesses, they shall immediately remove | the accused from office. | See. 5. Sections twenty and twenty-one of an act | entitled “ An act relative to the powers of the Com- | mon Council of the city of New York, and the po- | lice and criminal courts of said city,” passed Janua- ry 23, 1833, shall apply to all penal ordinances pass- | ed bythe Common Council of said city. Sec. 6. No person connected with the police de- partmert shall be liable to military, fire or jury duty. Sec. 7. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, resolu- tions and acts now in force, and inconsistent with thia act, shell be and the came are hereby repealed. Sea. 8. This act eball take effect immediately. se Theatrical and Mosical. Bowrry THEATRE —Tbe rawe excvilvat bill of. enter- teinmevt which was given at tris theatre last eveniag, and which strracted a very Jarre ence vlege, is vo Be re- praed to-night. It cowpricns toe farox enutled ** A | Hurbavd’s tecret;’’ the gacd diamatic spectacle of the + Naje? Queen,” in winch Miss Julia Taraball will | perrovare the leadipg chacseter; and che popular drama, | of * Napoleon,”? ¥hich will introduce Mears Cony, | Taylor and Master Cony, with their wouderfal dogs. Broapway TsEATRK —Mr acd Mre. Barney Willems are to npvear sgain this evevivg in twoof their mest fa- yorite pieces—corsisting of the new drama ntyled “Erin, Our Home.” aod toe Yankee farce of * Our Jewims ”? The above vamed tained artista nave Row c, that they no leager ix, thet their merits require | ere api reciated, ‘hem sheuld embrace tne present opportunity, as this is poritively their Jest w | “ Nmo's Garon me advertised for this | evening at Nidlo's, ts ive as variety and highly talented performers can make it. ‘he eommeacing fea- iil be the extraordioary evolutions of Gabriel aad | Frereois Revel Tuts wall be immedisiely fodowed b: popular fairy pastowime ertitied “La Fortune,” ard the whol terminate wits toe very comic paato- mime of th eon Movsier.’’ Mwe, Aone Thillon, Mr. | = , and Mr. Hudson, are to appear agaia to-merrog | evening. ATIONAL THRATRE—The extensive patronage whieh han always been extended to maneger Perdy, continues | undiminirbed. Toe house ia weil | the performazoes give the utmont de lig! matic version of *' Uncie Tom's Cabia ” which is new ted to-night; the privcipal coaractera ie which are to. ustaimed by litie lelia Howard, Boward, Yox. Mr. Cermon, Mr. Howard, and Me. . CHARLES’S TnEATRR —The amusements to be given this evening at the St Charles are of « rare character The first piece on the list is the comedy called “+ Peter ard Paul,” in which Mersra. L ¢. Winses, Sey- mour, Branéon. snd Mra. Thorne The eater- teining faree of ‘ Saies Swaine” is she mext feature; ard tbe concluding piece will be the » Child of the, ment”? with Miss Julia Pelby as war'e. AMERICAN MUsruM.—The Bearded .ady. Happy Family, ther novel! at the Maseum, are wit- The dramatic y, which comprises several very talented aed lar actors. are to represeat the farce of the -*Double ded Room.’ in the aftormonn, std the comedy of Money” im the evening. The Indian dramatic compa- ny will alee appear. PPODROME —The ¢el | it im every availubls departwen e" leave the city without visiting tbis vast os'ablishaent, Curssty’s AMERican Opgka Povse — Aacther varied aod attrastive progra: Christy's ban atromenta! soles, dancing a Woon’s Mrvetart Hart, —Menager Wood bas added the very talented and bighly popular eorcertiva ve former, Mr. Frdgwick, to his compspy~as alxo the favorite me gro dslineater, Sam Wails. ‘the prograaune fer to night ip excellent. Buckisy’s Ermoruan Orrra Hovar.—Buekley’s New Orlesns Seremaders are as atcractive aa ever. Their yooslization snd sdivs are given with such burmony and pr they cannot be sarpasved. A good programme for night. FRaNkewstein’s NuaGata Farts —This besutifal and correct painticg of Niagara Fail- is ntt-soting ve, aud every one who has neon it hax prononseed it a splsadid specimen of art. Baxvarn’s Hory Laxn continues to draw large and highly respec’able sartiencos ro vue georame. na new panorama ¢f Keypt, which has been added to i; thie week, munt make it a highly entertaiuing exhibition Ivitmy, who left Liverpoo! last Wedoerday by the Bal- tic, will commence hie monster covevrts at Ceatio G: on Monday, the 20th jovtant, xnd no: the 26th, a: vieusly annouosed, His orcbostra will namber upwards of one hutdred perfo: mers. totals. Tae Warersury Murnyr.—-The name of the esty, morality. and sobriety. He must also | murderer i# John Kelley, and that of his victim is prevent to ‘the mayor a certilicate from a | Jobn Miller. The latter is a baker, from New York. surgeon of the police department, certifying that he | Kelley is an Irishman, about twenty-six years of age. has professionally examined said applicant, and that he is # man of sound body and robust constitution, and isable to sustain the usual labors and expo- sures of a patro!man. Ho must also establish to the satisfaction of the commissioners thet he the said applicant can read with ease and write legibly the Englieh iangnage; that he well understands the first four rules of arithmetic, and that he is a proper per- son to appoint to said office. All vacancies in any of vaid offices shali be filled in like manner. Re- movul trom the ward shall vacate either of the said The members of the police departinest ap- pointed after this act shall have gone into effect shall hold their oflices during good behavior, and shall only be removed for cause, as hereinafter pro- offices. vided. Sec. 3. The Mayor, Recorder, and Chief of Police of the city and county of New York shall constitute a Board of Commissioners to prescribe for the disci- pline, conduct, and government of police officers and policemen, which hall be binding ander penalty of Temoval or suspension. fee 4. The Chief of Police and captains of police skall have power to suspend sergeants, policemen. and doormen, for cause, and jndges and justices shall ta Jed to msion. the ficer making the suspension shall notify she Mayor have like power in reference to policemen de’ their courts. In all such eases of sus) or Chiefcf Police of auch suspension, in writing, which notice she pension tablieh the charge. The Mayor may receive from any peredp complainte for cause jist the Chief of Fouice, enptains, Jiewtenants, sergeanta, policemen, gpecify the grounds for such sus aid contain the names of witnesses to x | The nemes of his companions in this brutal outrage are John Swain, James Burns, uod James Oxley. Miller was going quietly home from his, work, it be- ing ten o'clock at night, when he encountered these riotons fellows. They ran against Biller, and pushed him off the sidewalk. He asked them what they were doing, when they seized him and thew him on the ground, where Burns and Kelley held him, while Swain cut him ia several places with a knife. One of the cuts extended all the way across the abdomen, so that the bowels protruded from the wound ; another wos a staoon the thigh, severing an artery, from which the blood flowed profusely. Mr. Matthews, the employer of Miller, was a short Gistance bebind him at the time of the assault, and ran to his rescue. He knocked down two of the men, and, with the assistance of other persons who came up, eecured Burns and Swain on the spot. Oxiey and Kelley escaped, but the former, who ia not so deeply implicated in the affair as the others, was beara ley arrested. The three were arraign- ed before Jastice Bronson, on a grand juror’s com- plaint, and bound over to answer the charge of assault with,intent to murder, Mr, Miller ts ina very dangerous situation, and it is not at all probable that he will recover. The prisoners are from thirty- five to forty years of age. The New Haven Ji says that John Swain, who appears to be one of most guilty of the party, has already been twice imprisoned in the New Haven jail, from which he was released no longer ago than last December. Kelley, who is charged wit having committed the murder, is still at large, though closely pursued. He will undoubtedly bs arrested.