The New York Herald Newspaper, August 6, 1853, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 7530. MORNING EDITION—-gaTy,.UAY, AUGUST 6, 18589, rc weer allowing even the “ . ity ppl be, in sahara eet [NEWS BY TELEG BAPIH. Important 100 Case Fervent prayere to bearen n,*ffom the bottom ot oe bette erin Sa: eS TranzoN, A nites ‘rte for your bappy voyage ac °™# Ocean, for x e case of Archer Gifford, execute” of ——- ae ey ie! a zone a aly ne enreer. IMPORTANT POSTAL ARRANGEML ATS. versus Herman Thorn and Mary Rutherford, decsaeed, Umm, ~— came \oting upon you inthe nerformaves of your high ‘ules, mind, Interesting from tho Britia ? eer Rie Nile cng ens led wi: or gical Leciy mend me eam hnrgatony arate wis Took ides Provine.™ The a ersy arises out of the estate of Wi.Wiaw % . v4 arises out of 6 estate 5 ‘upon your sveceus and glory as blessings %0 themselves, CN senators eae f Jauncey, decea: tt eiderare Exo aati: wtorgee | TMR-WP @€ the Democrats in Maine. ow Yoru pp tt MSc ad BF, returving home, with fresh titles to the exteem of y: ci gee arta a ‘ering a last will and te making fellow citizens, & new star sbining iu the sky of Young | TROOPS ORDERED TO THE RIO GRANDE. | %, tous devices and Prefer ‘Pebeyoats very large America shed iti may ‘a dawning rays upon your neple amou ‘St, he gave the residue of his estate to the eldent som brow. “Mr. SovLe, who appeared much affected, reptica:~ | important Law @ase in New Jersey, | of “a Me! Herman Thorn, wh» was called Wiliam Jeun- — === a PRICE TWO CENTS, — ee ———_—S—X—X= THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Tn Inter centuries the shape '6 She shieldsdid not j Ben: decide to what nation they belon, *ed, 8 every indivi- ‘The Articles Descrihed—American and Eng- | dual got them made acoerding to 1. is own taste. In Ish Departments. the earllest ages the shields were pa, vted with varie- ‘Tho Pa.sce was yesterday visited by Hon. James | gated and fantastical colors, but, with the introduc- Buchanan, Minister to England, who apparently | tion of metal shields, embossed work wa * employed @xamised with much pleasure the articles displayed. | on them. ‘The oldest account we have of #.°0h an ene At about o'clock ». M. the new restaurant room | is that which Achilles used in the Trojan \,var, and ‘wes opened, and inangnrated by a sumptuous ban- | which Vulcan himself bad made, also clasicaUly de- quet given to the city press. There were present | scribed by Homer in his Illiad, above alluded to. The abent fifty, including the executive officers ef the | Roman legionares generally had on their shields, «m- Crystal Palace. Nothing is better calonlated to bossed, Jupiter’s thunderbolts; their chiefs, the fasc.es Sharpen ones appetite than a four hours walk among | of the lictors, &e. Daring the middle ages the knights hia men, the sooner he had hfs rauks filled. These men were only enlisted for the time of war; their arms consisted generally of a sword and lance, a skull cap, often of very fantastical shape, a complete eui- rasre and pe for the protection of the thighs. About half a certury after the introduetion of the “ lanceknecht,” the cavalry was organised on a simi- lar footing. They had a heavy broadsword, carbine, pene and @ helmet, which’ was soon changed into he cavalier tat, with waving plumes, ouirnase, thigh- plates, and high-top boots of Cae | buffalo leather. All of them generally wore a leathern coat, gloves, and wide pantain ns of gaudy colors. The foot sildia.ra soon lost ther cuirasses and thigh pieces, and « tly retained their helmets, which were by degrees cha‘nged into hats, grenadier caps, d shake t tinuse. Onl: MR. SOULR'S SPER Seem tea doae Enea the tollowione and shakos, whi re af sent inuse. Only the . SOULE’s RCH. Sais neh cero bgaial ir. by @ de in will, im = She contribution, the shortest time in which the | had their coats of arms either painted or embossed. } hea carairy ‘etainah the Talramse and Lelaete ante Frureps axp Finow-Crmmws—I really do not know | ARREST OF O'DONOHUE, THE IRISH PATRIOT, | words:— Ugive and bequeath all the residue and remain ‘tireuit of the building can be accomplished. After the fifteenth century shields were very little | Tequires strong and ob le-bodied men and powerful | how to reply to you in returning thanks for the cheering << oe ony hind Py na Coocrption ee me iy said Witla From appearances the rush to the Crystal Palace | used in general warfure, only the Scotch retaining Lae to perform these servicns. emcee nestor, areurances you have this night givea of your regard for MARKET REPORTS, Janey Thorn When he arrives to the age of 21 years, to is ipcroasing. The nearer the work advances to- | them till the termination of the last century. bo Se OF fel agp f cont of thai{ | 02¢ £0 little known to you; and if I could by any means he, ke, bee HES Hie Otrs By SpE FRCPC I ok en ‘wards completion, the larger will be the number | As it is generally the oase, when new inventions t do away with the stern covviction of how Uttlo I hava eigery a fitting tightly to the body, & skull cap, with plates at the back and cheeks ; oven the coat of mail they ge- nerally weara red coat wh'h flowing sleeves, and open at the breast, Theitt, Tms consist of a lance, crossbow and arrows, a good ,%un or rifle, and a Da- of 21 years, but 4. ‘e@in England aiddenly, aged about 10 years.” Soon after » ig death # controversy arose betwoow bis representative o1'd the next of hin of Willian Jean- coy. deceased, as to th.? legal effect of the bequest to WI- Mam Jauncey ‘fharn, it being ineigied by the.administra- daily registered upon the turn stiles at the entrances. | are made, thatsome ridiculous combinations are used, A few more specimens of sculpfure were added | so it happened that to a shield large pistols were at- yesterday to the Italian department, consisting prin- | tached. In the collection of the arms from the Tower done to earn this exhibition of your good will, I would feel flattered, indeed, at this distinguished make of grati- tude on your part. From Washington. IMPOWPANT ORDER FROM TRE POST OFFICE DEP ART- MENT. i , 3 " e The doortines I have ever advocated in public life were EPECFAY, CORRESPONDENCI . tor to the latter, that tho bequest to Fim vested imupe- sipally of capeseete the ship Centaur. bs London, such a shield is exhibited. A littleabove } angen evords ach ae emake bits Win tas tet, doctrines emanating from my heart, and based upya the Lo Wanentiea! Aogeat 6, 186 pista a Be Qtath ofthe tertatar, On the ather heat. NS . i r A E i NCTON, » 1863, Admitted on single tickets PTS: a ggg | te centre of the shield a long barrel is attached, |' to climb very steep hilla, and dxerefore the Cireas. | 204 idea of my lige, which Is, not to believe that this | yond you the following important order, just made by | ‘utp cBtlsted, teat the bequest, wax cont oped could not vest in the legates: unti! hi) attained the age ef 21— and eonsequently, that the residu # went to theuomr~ est relations of William Jauncey. 1850 which is a breach-loading piece, and fired by a match : ahs sians, with their love of liberty, are able to defeat the $1,790 00 | lock. This firearm is called a gonne. mighty nation can be chained now within the narrow | the Postimaster General:-— slaves of Russia, outnumbering the, tenfold. limits which fettered the young Republic of America, Post Orricn DaPantury, August 5, 1853. Whilst this trover: ‘pond ‘ i Helmets and plates were likewise made first of the Se raee oneny kproraniby elven aa cerued ne (Cheers.) Pursuant to authority vested in the Postmaster | premised the claims of five of the ae Mig teen Mone BRITISH DEPARTMENT. hides of animals, wadded dresses, and then of plates | visiters might more fully understand and appreciate | At the dawn of thatirepublic, there wero many | General, and by and with the sdvico and consent of the | them $200,000, und $10 400 for counsel 1 Yes, and int 400 aBouT se onbag, HOM THH TOWER OF | of metal, either solid plates or scales sewed to | that from the Tower of London, nuw on extiibition | tons to be learned and great deoas to be } President of the United States (which advice and cousont | the+sme time he obtained from Uizabeth Hoyt, whe was the remsiuiag next of kin, an avsiynment «\f her interest in said residue’ by the payment to per of \¥6,000, and te Lipp tity tien ns Cot ‘Thorn p¥2cared the” ebare a jong to Elizabeth’ Hoyt to b.* ever to bien or for his use. z sit an The residue, it appears, amountedte about cernamiy fags 3 ix the at the Crystal Palace. The specimens on extifbition are situated either side the foot of tha stairway in the English eT a having being tastefully arranged under the direction of Mr. Kroehl. @n one side is a Mman-at-arms, gf the time of Oliver Cromwell, sar- rounded by all the different implementsof war of the previous ages, On the other side aro-different he! mets, breattplates, gauatlets, coats of mail, and arms of later times, The ful! suits of armor standing around the gallery, under the dome, are:representa- tives of different centuries. That standing:in sections A and B is of the fourteenth century, that in D of the fifteenth, and that in C represents one of the “ Lancs- knechts” of the sixteenth century. WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT. Participated in, unless her glorious mission were | more fully appears by an instrument in writing this day te fall down, and Der name pass away like the } filed in the Department) and with a view te make better states and empires of oid, which have only lft a fleoting | postal arrangements hetween the United States and Eu- impress of greatness upoa the page of history. You | rope, particularly with the government of Bremon— have alinded to’ the, high mission which I have boon It is hereby ordered, That from and after the 15th of mening, Vee hr a the bey ee lepe called apon by the-executive of my courtry'to Al, Iam | August, 1863, the on a single letter to Bremen, 5 cpeaat $210,000, which, with interest sineo, Galshielec ihe lion aatecrod' upon exe: ung eeaconeas (teed aera Ti besa trom twenty to ten cents,“ $e00,000, 2 ne SE 1B 1881, Incrensed them to whom with its seeponsibilities, and, 1 hope, keealy alive toits | which rate is to be charged; also, on letters to and from | _ The allegation of the bill is, that ‘Ke assignment frome duties; but I yet see mothing ic that mivsion incocspati- | Bremen, for all States beyond Bremen, whose postage coer gt lila dpioe aside, Sad toa the iStrodsate ble with my sincere sympathy for the hopes of auffering | to Bremen shall not exceed five cents, the single rate. | may account for and pay the complainant the sharyot people; their aspirations for rights, and the throbs of { On letters for States beyend Bremen, whose postage to | said Elizabeth Hoyt. The heirs at law are the Mea:ws. hearts puleating for freedom. (Cheers) and'from Bremen is over ize eonts, the single rate bo. | Hoyt ef New Jersey. The Chancellor asving been exm- It is not becoming in me to spenk here more fully of | tween tie United “States and’ Bremen shall Ue fifteen in- After the first combats which man had with man leather, Coats of mail were introduced in later pe they commenced to improve their arms of aggression riods. They consisted of small rings, linked in each and of defence. The arms of aggression were, im the other like es links of a chain. begiming, the plain club, which was changed into a The ancients had already complete cuirasses, that Club witha Leavy nut at one end. The nextarm of | #: Plates for breast apd back, both fitting closely to Aggression was the spear, thrown by hand against | the body and around the neck, arms and waist. the enemy at a distance. Then came the bow and They were-connected over the shoulders ‘either by arrew; and the more mankind advanced in civiliza- leather or metal bands, and in the same manner un- tien, and commenced to use iron and other metals as | 2¢* the arms and around the waist, implements of agriculture, they used those metals as #he Greeks used plates for protecting their shins; arms, and introduced the sword, which, from the these Plates ran up from the ankle, a little above the Bkort sword of bronze of the ancient Egyptians and knee, like the high top boots of our generals, but i cerned for the complainant, the caude is now bevwg argued before the Chief Justice. Couusch for compat th: 5 may -—whi tead of ten cents— tovor it may tn, Me . A. Whiteh i yton; Greeks, and the iron of the Romans, has altered and a ere opened behind and fastened by straps. Guah on Bana CONTRIBUTIONS. 4878 19 Paap apa ect a ‘eae: bs sued Reece fe fee added e Moe a nase, alte a detec anv. Gr. Pens a ty. Vroo, 2 Now Todegs i Amazo: 4 and..... oldad cet $ p and R, H. i pet me bs present ne, ee ne uses n0 “oo. a Ass ee ef ber eect ps Contributions for this day TUTTLE’ G9 ba | eitizen, and that, os an American citizen, he has the right | On ali pemphlets and magesines mailed within the ate Gs lefensive armor, but where the sword is » ae s TORRE, sis:sicnae sic viitnigine rscsesmciaincl ead. 1 THE HON. PIERRE SOULE IN NEW YORK. Popular Serenade—Five Thousand Persons Present=—Speeches of Senor Tolan and Sir, Soule—Great Rejoicing, &ec., d&e. A very gratifying manifestation of popular feeling to- wards the Honorable Pierre Soule—our new Minister to the Court of Madrid—took place yesterday in this city, to listen'to the throes of anguish which move the down: | United States for, or received frou@any foreign conntry, trodden peoples of the Old World. (Cheers.) What a | (except Great Britain, the British North American Pro- noble carcer is before us! At this moment, when | vinces, and the west coast of South America.) the post- the greatest kingdoms of tho earth have their | age shail be st the rate one cont an ounce or fractiun of preseot interests and future welfare suspended in | ancunce, instead cf two cents, as established by the, the tbalonce of peace, or war, it may be that asmall | order of the 25th May Isst. And*whenever the British whisper from this country will decide their fate more po- | government shall‘ reduce their postage on works of thia tently than the'decrees of emperors, or the fiata of kings | kind, from the present rate of four cents to one ceat en shd princes, (Loud cheers) This is the mission of Am- | ounce, the same reduction may be made in the Waited. erica; this mission I shall support, as far as Iam able, in | States postage to and from Great Britain. a manner worthy of the people by whom I'am sent, andI | (Signed) JAMES CAMPBELL, Postmaster General. From the British Provinces, TAE FISHING SQUADRON—EARL OF ELBESMERE— FAILURE OF THE FISHERY—THE SUBMARSNE TELE GRAPH—7HB LIBERALS TRIUMPHAN?—LOSS OP SCHOONER GUIDE. Bostow, Aug", 1868. yy Einifax papers of the 34 of August are to hand by the era, a ie United States stoop of war Decatur, of (ke fishing squadron, is revorted to be in the Gut of Canse inte, jistl of Ellesmere arrived at Halifax om the 88 instant. Area serpent had'been seen off McNab Isjand,’ but was oply twenty feet long. ee used beth as an aggressive and defensive arm. leather dress, The club had received during the course of centu- The helmets had different shapes, but the princi- ries different changes, till we find the battleaxe of | P#! one was that of a tight fitting skullcap, with a the aneient Gauls, mentioned by Julius Cxsar. The peak running down the back to protect the neck; we battle axes of that time were clubs, from four to five find these peaks at the back through all ages, and feet long, with four iron spikes or stone hammers at | ¢¥eD at the present time. After a short time crests oneend. Afterwards they received four or more | Were added, from which horsehair plumes and other harp blades of iron, which changed by degrees into | °'aments were made to flow down. The northern the mace, doing fearful execution in hand to hand | People of Europe, such as the Gauls, Teutones, Alle- combats. They were made during the Crasades with | ™#n8, Goths and Huns, used to put the entire skins are Ei hope worthy of the man they have chesen. (Cheers.) 2 ES EERE > tap Dates from Newfoundiand to July 21 stite thatthe fren handles, about two feet long; others had the | of wild animals over their armor, which gave them a He ne pips pee neues fc chad saa prior tohis | y cannot now say what the result of my mission may ‘Troops Ordered to the Rio Grande. paige he in Lac eappged pe alii hi i parture for the seat of his mini: bors, joborne pul card ¢ shape of hammers, called martelde fer; others, again, | Very Wild appearaace; for instance, the skin of the | “About ten oclodt at ai ent i Enea ee Onl be; but I hope that when it is ended I will return Aunany, August 5, 1853. | ror the delay in laying down the suborgeine chee tote amongst you without the slightest tinge of shame upon | TWO companies of troops from Fort Adams, and two my brow, snd with the recollection that in all my inter. | from Fort Hamilton, each seventy strong, have been or- course with suffering humanity I bave been ever minafal | dered to be ready to sail for the Rio Grande on the 9th of the circumstances under which Icame among you; | ist. Major G. Porter, of the Fourth Artillery, is in com- and that no matter how down-trodden is the people who | ™and. appeal to me, they shall not have to complain of any | Major Delafield, of the corps of Engineers, is also or- wrong» upredresred which your representative should seo | “ered to superintend the erection of field works on the redreased, or of any rights not enforced which a good | frontier. nf eitizen is entitled to share. This moyement of troops is made to meet the move- mentof thy Mexican authorities, who have throwa Ia Thave_been totally unprepared for this manifestation | bodies of men on the Rio Grande. More troops from the and beg to return my heartfelt thanks. Gentlemen, I | ports on the Atlantic are shortly to follow; probably shall row take my leave of you. 7,500 will be sent. Mr. Soulé retired amidst deafening cheers, The band then played “IJail Columbia,” ‘Yankee Doodle,” and | Democratic Doings Dowa East—Torrtble other nationai airs, when the vast assemblage marchol hae ann, August 4, 1853, through Bradway to the starting point, where ivdis “He democrats oppored to Pillsbury for Governor, as perned sembled in this city in large numbers, marching through City Intelligence. "| the streets with bands of music, &o. They nominated Tue WEATHER.—Yesterday'waw a close, warm day—the | Hanson P. Morrill, ef Redfield; now land agent of the ae ranging as oles 8p. a, | State, a3 their candidate for Governor. The meeting was Wind at the first named hour, north; at the two lattar . bet ; General Perry, of Oxford, addressed the meeting, de _ ReRENabinc Cart. De Gnoor.—The New York hackmen, | pouncing the Bangor Convenuion as coxtrolied by’ the ia conrideration of the many acts of kindsess received | men who made ‘Crosby Governor. & the hahds of Captede Groot, while steamboat captain | “The following e-muittes, was appointed:—Jamos If. on vhs North river, organized last evening, to givehim ® | peering, of York; Alvan Boleter, of Oxford, Dr. James Lent one huvdreds fedflendid hotel. ‘They numbered | Beier, cf Somerses; Henry C Lowell, of Lincoln: J. M. Band. ting twenty five pieces, Mucherton’s Brass | Haat, of Kenaebee; Oliver Crowell,’ of Waldo; Jow. S. Part snetnettavtn auconiibte may tie, pareggted 19 | Stoadard, of Peuodscnt; Samuel A. Morse, of Wasuing- their hotel carriages, and on their way they ni aevew | Odean lon Hanne fora. Seubert ec. corner of Naseau and Fulton streets, and, after giving | “A cerfef Ration Hannesford, o: yg ae three hesrty cheers fer the New York Henatp, they | Convention at Bangor all tase ay ouncing the piayed reverel fine pieces of music. Thenes they pro- | nizing the eacredners of the couctitullon, ‘aphiovics Se axes with very sharp blades, and of many other dif- / Ur€0x buffalo, wih their horns adorning the front ferent shapes. ‘ of the ,helmet, amd wolf, lynx. etc. The hel- ‘Those maces which bad ‘at one end a heavy ball, | mets generally had not even a peak in front; but ‘with irom spikes all around it, so that ithad the shape | the Greeks intreduced already a kind of visor; this ofa star, were called morning stars, Sometimes they | W48 an elongation of the peak, protecting the nose, had attached another smull ball with spikes in it, by | but leaving the eyes entirely unprotected. Plates means of a short chain. These morning stars were | Ver the ears, too, were employed, and served like- im gemeral use among the brave mountaineers of | Wise to fasten the helmet, being connected under the Switwerland, and did fearful execution in their bat- | chin. But the Romans considered it a disgrace to tles against the German Emperors, their oppressors. | Cover any part of their face. In the battle of Phar- ‘The spear was in the beginning a piece of strong | S#lia Cxsar gained the victory over Pompey, chiefly and elastic wood, about six to eight feet long; one | on this account. C:esar had given orders to his troops end of it was made a little harder by burning and | to cut the faces of the enemy as much as possible. Cooling it off in water; ufter a short time bones and | Pompey had in his army the flower of the Roman stones were used as heads; then came the bronze | nobility, and these did not appear to like the idea of and last the iron and steel spear heads. Samples of | having their faces spoiled, and, after the first attack each kind may be secu in the collection of arms | of the Alleman cohorts, gave way, which made the from the Tower of London, in the west nave of the | rest of the army waver, and ended in the loss of the Palase. The shape of the spear head has been | battle. altered in the different ages, and accordingly has | The Samnites appear to have had visors attached had diferent names. The length of the spears was | to their helmetw, which might have servedas a Py made aecording to the different uses for which they | pattern to the kuights in the middle ages. But the PIBROE. ° were tutended. Those with which the warriors | Visors were onmoveable, like the first of those which | 9° 0 oo coco 0e 90000000000000009 a hand to hand combat were called lances, | the knights used in the tenth and eleventh centuries. bs C2.OC SELVES SES AO8 6993980 #0 ly twelve to sixteen feet long; the others, These consisted only of iron bare riveted to the sides | 4 CUBA. ° whith were used for throwing at distances, wore | and top of the helmet. During the Crusades, the | 9°96 00000000000000090000000909 six to eight feet long, and called javelins, | moveable visors were introduced, made of two plates | On t1.c second banrer— re of both lances and javelins were atraight, | f iron, moving around the same hinges, but so that | +2000 ¢20ococ coco e acco COM Coy and tapering towards the point. The shape of the | one plate could be moved without interfering with head was more like a lancet. In the middle ages, | the other. The plates had amall openings for the lack of a oufticiently strong steamer to carry the wire. piibs final result of | the election in Prince wast slap been sxscertaned 8 small jo: the liberals, eres g The achooner Guide, from New York for Labrador, was wrecked om Sable Isiand, July 28. Captain and orew rericents, accompanied by many native citizens, assem- bled in Fulton street, and determined to greet the distin- guished gentleman by% serenade. For this purpose Dodworth’s famous band was en. geged, and about balf-past ten a procession was formed in the following order:— Dodworth’s Band. . ‘The United States Flag, borne by Cubans, Thé banver of The Lone Star, borne by Cubans and Americans. A Then a body of about a thousand persons in citizens rere. it Ta the procession four transparencies were carried, on each side of which were appropriate inscriptions. On the first transparency was the following motto:— 022990909 000000000000008000 cy ° o ° ASTAR. 4 9790000 00000000000090009000009 gcc ee crocccosoegecceoeososs ° SOULE. ° ° 20 00gF ARS eeeeosacDO CBD CDODO ov SS0COCOCOCOOOOOS SOU Samana, East Boston at half past two o'clock thia a onl the mail bags for the South were despatched by the leaf past four o'clock train to New York. Maskets. Burravo, August 5, 1868 The receipts at this port during the past tweaty-fowr hours have been:—Flour, 3,000 bbls; wheat, 37,000 bushela; corn, 28,000 Yushely. The et for flour bas opened firm, in conrequence of the Niagata’s news, and light receipts. Tho demand has been good, at better rates. 2.500 bbls. sold at $475 a $487 for Ohie; am@ $475 for Michigan. Wheat steady and .firm, with » fale demand. Sales cheoked by the firmness of holdem. 25,000 bushels sold at 11534 for Ohio; and 97c. for upper lake. Corn im good request, and msrket firm, Saleg, 28,000 bushels, at 683s¢ for mixed Western Osta tm germend, but very searce, at 38340, Ohio whiskey, 2ée, Freight unchanged, Anant, Angust 5, 1863, The receipts here since yesterday have beem ss fol- lows:—Flour, 3,000 bbis.; wheat, 5,000 bushels; com, 11,000 bushels; no oats or barley. ‘Flour in good de mand, at belter rates. Sales, 2,000 bbla., $494 2 12 fer common and mixed Western, at $5 12 and $6 26 far State. Whaat is held sbove the views of buyers, 2,568 bushels Genesee charged handsen private terms. Germ has been frwer under the stenmor’s news, with a inquiry. 13,000 bushels sold at 760. for round eo co asd 6c. 8 77, for Western mixed. Oats scares, aud! YOUNG AMERICA dei. , 84940. a 46c. Prison whiskey sells at 2660. ° ° ° ° butth all th ° ren ° rage! to pe eat ene al and — Scat the administration of President Pisres, oe Soel sting t ‘ 1 d others for air, butthey were so small that | o © | its gaiiant prop ietor by many excellent airs, they pro- | that great moral evils are proper subjects of Legislation, (rr RIAGARA AT BOSTON. when men, on account of theirarmor, were less agile, | ©y¢S, am ei 7 © | ceeded to the Abbey, on the Bloomingdale road, and there | ard that all laws enacted for such purpose should be . the shaft of the lance was altered; it had a’shoulder | # lance could not enter. The ornaments of the | 5 XOUNG CUBA. , © | partook of a sumptuous supper. respected and enforeed. a pane Arrival of our Special Despatches—Tne mass to Arrive This Morning — Names of the Passengers. The steamship Niagara, Capt. Stone, arrived at Boston at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Our special despatches and parcels were imme. diately forwarded by the New Haven train, aad reached our office at @ quarter past one o'clock this morning—too late tobe of much use to us, Bat there is no additional news of importance to that embraced ia the telegraphic summary received from Halifax, and published in yesterday's HeRaLm. The following are the names of the passengers by the Niagara:— ure voign, Sr ai itr tiga ur an ics optan, ME ad Mrs Leaturger, Me and Mt Belmon, Me ‘Bowen, Mr and Mrs Ferri Mr and about three feet from the lower end, and to give a'| knightly helmets were of great variety; a king had | tocgcoococcccccccs00c00gc00+ geod hold to the hand, it was made thinner for generally a crown, a count, a coronet, and sojon. Du- | yoo co po COC DBC COGDO0000a0000F about eight \inehes down; farther down, the shaft | Ting the Crusades, we find the full armor generally © Free thought and free speeeh for the Cubans, ¢ was meade a little thinner again, and then ran down | t© be a coat of mail, but in the middle of the twelfth Leow ca oukeeanmeemew ue poeael tof nearly a point; the head was made square, and | century the armors made entirely of plates were in- | 54 cocococcoccc 0000 e0Gc0C00° net very sharp. These lancos were only used by | ttoduced—they consisted of a full curiass, protecting | © ° knights on horseback, and only the weight of man | by plates the thighs, shin, calf, and feet; the arms horse, d their agility, decided generally the | Were likewise well protected by plates, or what pre ae ean oe Mi might be better called tubes. At the different joints, ‘The footmen and servants of the knights had long | the shoulder, elbow, knec, and ancle, moveable Jances, some with battle axes attached, others small | plates were placed so as to protect them. The gaunt- knives across the spear head, and different other ad- | let,for the protection of the hand, was introduced ditions, until in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries | during the eleventh century; it was made of leather, ‘A dreaa Order no! they shanged into partisans and the halberts. Some | with an iron ring around the wrist, a plate for cover- It is the Lone Btar. Of thece were, in some armies, used by non-commis- | ing the hand, and smaller onesover the fingers, all al- | cooocoooc cc cc 0000000000008 sioned officers as late as the year 1831. At present | lowing full motion to the entire hand. The coat of On the third banner— Curiosity ry Currocraruy.—We were yesterday shown The nominee for Governor was requested to canvass ore of the most elegant specimens of ormamental | the State, writing which has beea exhibited in this city for a long time It is a copy of the resolutions of civic grief | Trouble Among the Irish Patriots at Boston— end ee oe comnce oe We Tiaiieds - Alder- Arrest of O’Donohue, men of New York, uron the 20th of April, upon the occa- tion of the death of the Honorable William Rufus King. Bostox, August 5, 1853. ‘The resolutions are copied in the ceatre of a sheet of parch- At the Meagher festival, on Wednesday night, some ment, messuring about two feet long, and one and a halt. fealirg of enmity is alleged to havo arisen botween Capt. broad, having a deep mourning border, ornamented wit! ‘ the arms of each State in the Union, which are eatvined | & 5: Treanor, the chairman of the meeting, aad Mr. with gthe branches of weeping ‘willow§ and protected, | O’Donohue, the recently arrived petriot, O’Donohue ax it were, by the oe expanded inte ce ve oe seys the chairman silenced him while speaking, and im- eagle. This rare work was executed entirely with a pen ard lok, by Mir David Stanton, ef No. 39 Hester atreot, | ™édiately the gas lights were put out in bempisar by whem it will be shorn to all those whos taste for the | Treanor bearing of O’Donohue’s charges, sent his friend arts prompts them to an inspection. Lieut, Kenny, of Ae ropa Artillaey, Semaating a writ Funeral oF AN O1p Revonutionary Soupigr —Yester- | ten retraction. pt. y, of New York, who came day afterneon au cld Revolutiouary soldier, a relic of the | on with O’Dovohue, acting as his har dectlned the re- bygone days, who had fought for the independeves of his | traction. It is raid a challecge ensued frora Treanor. country from British domination, was carried to his last | The report is believed here, reating place, the silent grave.’ The name of this old SECOND DESPATCH. veteran was Asa Holden, and he was ninety-two years of Bosrox, August 6, P. M. *Tis no flight of fancy, for Cuba roust be, and:’tis Written by fate, an isle Great and fice. © 000000000000000000000000 90000000600090000900000000 O pray. ye doomed nts, Pour fate 'e not al ‘ ratches you— 22000009 p29000 20000009 MP90000 ir and Mrs Turner, Mr and ht, Ao rere agit oe end Mrs Namgio, Mrand Mes Ko" only the lancers and coseacks jaye lances; no other | arms, which was worn over the armor, was i | cooc0000090000090900009000 age at the tiws of his death. In order to do houor to the ‘ 5 tid ca tke ZA ae Mr and Mre Nameia, Mr and, troops in the regular armies aes The lances of | the beginning used bythe Knights Templars, knights 5 Cuba must, and shall praetor hen cameraen nd a poses Fe phen robsigtng hia with eistied eighain, it + lancers are shorter than those of the cossacks, and | of St. John, and the Knights of the German Order; be Free. Chap er No. 12, 0. U. A., attended his remains to the a letter to B, S. Treanor, accepting » challenge to fight a Heattie, K bave besides a small pennant. they were white robes, with either a red or black ©000909000000000000000000 the deceared having been an honorary member of | 4.41 somewhere in Manchester, N. H., early to morrow | Rait, Watson, Belompa Sucker apt. Warren, Londo, <8 on the breast, according tothe order to which | cooco dco oc 000000 m20000000 ge. The Chapter attended at thelr lodge room, in ~ Smail, Edwards, Harport, Saubeam. ii ‘Swom sme ‘The bows were made of hard wood, with a cord | cross on the q 8 the Bowery, between one and two o'clock P. M, and pro- | merning. raza, Haat pert; Sosbeemy Betmertyr' PA We y. Latte, We ae ‘Borden, Hudson, Builogy y, Bethune, Drowne, Moore, Mr and Mrs Kent, Map from the fibres of plants or the entrails of animals. | they belonged. The coats of arms with embroidery ‘The arrows were like the lances, of wood, with bone, | were not introduced before the end of the thirteenth bronze, iron and steel heads, and at the other end | century. with feathers, to give them a steadier direction. The armor was joined together by hooks, buckles, S enwedbenkebevcen cbeeeree The first crossbow appears to have been made in Ge- | or buttons; and it is curious to see the ingenuity the iia tenis liawineben noa, and introduced into England by Richard I. | ancient armorers displayed in covering the different Nb ee See reSeL Eel eeeeoeels They were improved until the invention’ of gunpow- | joints, and hiding as much as possible the different | o BEM : der and general introduction of firearms, which sent | fastenings and ST Great yee ed ® slat ada . ee oe Ie missiles a greater distance, with more force and ac- | played in the manufacture of armors. We find them* curacy, aig putting ‘them out of use. Slings a rth, steel, silver, and gilt, some beautifully chased, ian Gat Ser Gas Gavel, and a weeping were also used in olden times for missiles, but have | others inlaid with gold and silver. The German and | "low. On the _— we 2 ca ec Tong been abolished. English armors were celebrated for their strength; | @°°°°°°99%9° a kth eg ~ Among the ancients the inhabitants of the Balearic | the French, and the Italian particularly, were praised LOPEZ ‘AND CRITTENDEN, . ° ° The Antilles Flower, The true Key of the Gulf, Must bo plucked from the Crown Of the Old Spanieh Wolf, ceeded from Sion Tomine alten of the deceased. in | Ho was taken before Justice Rogers, of the Polloe West Twenty fifth street, in fullregalia, and clothed ia (7 mourning. The faueral cortege was oxcdrted by Captain | Court, and ‘gave bail in the eum of $2,000 to answor at Helmes’ compeny of Contineatal Guards, aad eccom- | the Court, and in the meantime to keep the peaco. Pa- panied by Shelton’s Band, who played 'soreral dead | trick O”Donebue, publianer of the Pilot, became his hes on the way, the route taken being down Broad- | bovdrman way 1o the South ferry, from whesce the fanoral proces. | A warrant Is also out for the arrest of Treanor, who sion, after having crossed over to Long Islamd, proceeded | gave the challenge, aud he will probably be arrested to- to Greenwood. where the time. worn soldier of liberty was | night. Treanor is commander of the Meagher Rifles, of buried beside another ancient veteran of the past, of tho | this eity. pame of Gibson, who preceded the former ouly x fow | Teeasor in supposed to bo in Manchester, for which mouihs ago. It 'was late bofore the funeral cortego re- | place he left this morning. Tne duel was appointed to turned. take place at 9 o'clock toxnorsow morning. | 0'Donokue’s Sn. Vixcent’s Hosrrrat —In our report of the Hosptial, | frets caused his arrest, as the only means of averting oa given in Thursday's paper, there were one or two iB vrs that need correction, and we, therefore, give an (Michal list of the medical officers’ of the institution. | Congressional Election in North Carolina, The Medical and Snrgical Board consists of the following Ranaicn, N.C, August 5, 1852. ginilemen :—Dr. Valentine Mott, consulting physician | The congressional election in Wako county has resulted margeon ; Dr. W. H. Van Buren, Dr. Alexander B. “ ae Mott’ Dre Jomes R. Wood, attending surgeons : Dr, W. Paes ek age lag tga Aer mg beregi- i Power, Dr. W. Murray, attending physicians. This hos- | O44; Lewis, seq ph we Bod =i pital is in a flourishing condition; and with the kini | me beer bere o am 1561; » whig, care aud pursing of the Sisters of Charity, aud theex- | 1,102. ig clerks were elec’ cellent medical attendance that the patients 1eceive, {t promisea to be one of ihe most valuable institutions of From the South. ‘otts, Ayro. The Niagara’s mails left Boston at 5 o'clock yes- terday afternoon, and will arrive in this city carly this morning. 202000 gooe ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° Army Intelligence, Companies Band I, Third Artillery, from Fort Adants and Newport, and companies F and M, Fourth Artillery, from Fort Hamilton, have been ordered to proceed forty, with to Brazos Santiago. The whole detachment is under the command of Maj. Giles Porter, U.S.A. Surgeon A. By Haseen accompanies the detackment as its modical offloere Company C, Fourth Artillery, has been ordered from, Fort Ontario to Fort Hamilton, forthwith, Brooklyn City Intelligence. Runaway on RURD. AVENUR—ACODENT To A FoNrran Procession.—Yeaterday afternoon, om the return of the funera! procession which had aceompanied the remains of "i AGUERO AND ARMATsRO. islands distinguished themselves by their expertness | for their excellent finish and beautiful design, The They and their compauiens are not forgotten. in the use of slings. They did excellent service in | Italians were very vain in showing their buckles and Sp bedeesereessvereteroneear Hannibal's wars against the Romans, and, atter their | other ornaments. ‘The procession marched through Nassau street to the subjugation, to the Romans themselves. They were The armors were heavy and close, and it is as- | parx, where it was regularly organized, and then issued trained, even as children, in the use of their national | tonishing how the crusaders could have withstood | into Broadway, passing up towards the New York Hotel, coco arms; and it is told that a child had very often to go | the heat of the sun with their visor down. -In the | where Mr. Soule is staying. our olty. EXECUTION OF THOMAS Ree emer nate aT ba Ave ga ovelieey hg screed Tan without any meals if he was not able to fetch an ap- | battles of Morgarten, in 1315, and Sempach, in 1335, Aa ered ti tak Gace Fo petri nr ity tig Rehr rob ll ne Se ROR Se “sages 1858, | Doreen of ene of ieges became frightened and ram it fy + 4 i p] ivi wo 5 pun! ed at 0 whey . ple, pear or other fruit trom the tree with it. where the noble Arnold Winkelried sacrificed him- Hore the people were on the qui vive for two hougs pre. the past seathies ‘Whole number, 1,177; attended at tneit 2 aacitded teks Coase: 4a ON pe Bo off, just before turning upon the Coney Island plankroad, ‘The passengers, consisting of Captain Helmes, with his lady, and several mombers of company with their wives, fearing the vehicle would upset, succeeded in got- tingrout while the horses were om the run,aud,escaped with, but fow bruises. Thoseon top attempted to saye thom- selves by jumping off, and qmember of the Now York Continentals, named The Chu » fusteined se- rious inj and it is fea his leg was fractured. The injuries sustained by the others were trifling in eomparivon, with the excoption of the driver, who bad o narrow escape. from iastant death, He wae npsented from his box, and boiag eaght inthe lintee remained suspended over one of the fromt wheels for g ‘Arma of defence were the shield, helmet, breast- | self for the liberty of his country, the heavily clad | viously. me aga ip tortie bis Leona rine plate; and later, arm, thigh and shin-plates; and | knights were vanquished by the peasants of Switzer and tines ah hile el provi bereahcr lastly, the gauntlet, land, unproteoted, and only armed with morning stars pital ro hy ae The shields appear to have been used before any | and battle axes. Most of the knights were found to | ° ihe sie sae avttewd sei. Saher cinivain tl, of the other arms of defence. They were generally | haye suffocated. The horses were also well pro- and were bailed with enthualastio cheers, ‘They formed, made of wickerwork, with skins of animals drawn | tected by aes We find eee Leg ha in front of the hotel; and, after giving pt enlgr 3 gfe rotected by scale armor, with a plate of iron pro- heey 4 tightly over them; afterwards wire, with ekins, and | Perio ‘the trent of the home's head, ‘The plate ar- | Soule, the band played the “Siar Spangled Banner” in thea entirely of iron and other metals. They had | nor for horses was not introduced before the twelfth | excellent style. different shapes. The Egyptians had square | century. It protected the neck, breast, shoulders, During the performance Mr. Soule appeared upon the many sp ry: itp . 268; do. at the dispenses: 800; males, 423; fo ry bey ured of selleves, 1,108; vacdinated, 24; died, | Caplain Hatchiason, took place to-day. The culprit was 9; sent to hospital, 3; still under treatment, 35; whole | ighen to the gallows at half past eleven o'clock perfectly number of preseriptions put up, 2,900; greatest number | ooo. owed and fl The bolt tinbiodiatate’ dalson, : poved and firm. The bolt was immediately $ ny, ie SERS MAS Gly, SG RYERSS EE, seats rope broke, and the unfortunate man fell to the AccinENT AT THR NeW Botpincs 1x WARREN stREst— | ground, @ distance of 25 feet. Ho was taken up insensible, Yesterday about one o'clock in the afternoon, Patrick | © ‘et tir tata Murphy, who was employed in driving a borec and cart | Preparations were thon eed a rae Pray bn rope for taking away the materials at the new buildings in } wastested with a thousand pounds weight, and again progress of he ag A Ryle i atreet at the Lagan broke. Finally, at twenty minutes past twelve o'clock, Chureh (street, is thigh fractured throug falling ity. down a depth of 10 fect, the sidewalk on which he was | CoBnor was launched into eternity shields, cometimes rounded off at the top, and with | aud back of the horse. From the bottom of the | yatcony, and was received with tho most rapturous de- | standing having given way, from the circumstance of its | The gellows was erected above the jull wall, affording Cent cattnle bee ieemtaen eh, Ag & a holé in the upper end, so that the warrior, knecling | P'stes, down to the knees, generally heavy drapery | o coctrations of applause by the crowd, which then num | bei at provent undermined to form the gellazage of the | futt view to the multitude assernbled outside, Thore | Thdgroand, Fartuiatsly gas whosle, aid, not pase eee was suspended, so as to give partial protection to ‘ above buildings. than 30,000 within sight | him, He waa dadly hurk, hor . Mr. Chorney behing the shield, could see the movements of his | them. The head plate had very often a stecl horn | bered nearly five thon)" prssoam . | Artenpr at Svrerpe.—Yesterday agternoon, a roaman beyrreatenat Tee re ent . conveyed to his home ia flew Tork by bis compasto ar enentg. The Grecians had round shields, if we refer | projecting ot, so that even the horse’s head was ‘The honorable gent = bg atiended ky Ma on of the finme of John Williatn Boulter, who Tate’ velongot of a ne sia iii eee Sos uadbentioa OE Sa The Proceuion somprined Captain Helo! outpany oe : 5 yy London; 1 a ew Yor inom inental to Homer's description of the beautifully worked made use of in attack. George Saunders, Kaq., Consul to jon; oral Cee Popa hid a cag Lg ie through the duel cear that city. Legar ry Ra through the heart United pe Poccror por yg apes pores A: A . After the invention of gunpowder, and introduc- | p, p, Taylor, Russell Smith, George @. Aldeg, and other shield of Achilles. ‘The Macedonians, under Philip | jon of freurms, the result of a battle did not depend | ©". Ta?7ow Sum Oath, Geones Oe econ head at the Mariner’s Home in Cherry street. The ball | at (be first fire, and died instantly. His adversary, Dano. \ : fortunately, aid not. lodge in any part, but after having | vaut, was untouched. hia lato res corner of Ceenty-nisth street oad. Ne TET re eee | Satta recat tee eee Lowes Or waee USO CDS: scare made a bois in the skull glided off slightly fracturiag it, | The Nexfolk Arg asym, despite the many conjectures, | auth gyenes, New Tots, bisa hetiae ‘adapted :t0' tele heavy infantry and_ strong ere. thet found too heavy +6 allow infantry that When the muste ceased, and silence was restored, | Ho fn a native of Trenton, N. 5, andit seems that hohad | the destination of the frigate Sevannal taken @ glass too much of liquor, which, joined with | certsin. ¥ er’s Inquest. the Soreosivaly eee weathez, bad made him rather light New Orleans papers of July 28 are reesived, but tho Coren iy phalanx than the light Grecian one. The Romans | casiness of motion so esseritial to them, and not as | Senor Toloneeame forward feom beneath ‘ The Lone Star”? Ayormm Daari Cavexn ny mie Exrtoson iy Prats , ‘had their shields of different shapes; but the heavy | safe against the bullet as they were against the Danner, and delivered the following ished th rd. la d Th dans i headed when he attempted this rash net. two latest mails ure still due. Focxonr, Ay a jon suena legionares distinguished themselves by their square | ¢wo! nce and arrow. They were reduced again SPREOH. Death FRoM A Sun Sraoke.—Yesterday afternoon, a eld an inquest at No, 92 avenue B, on the body z shields. Horatins Cocles, who alone defended the | 10 thelr ancient simplicity. fin:—On the eve of your <epartare, we have tho hono | man. name unknown, was sanatruck in Dover nireot, | ‘The Europa at Hallfax—Outward Dousd, Thirty sight years, &. native of Service, abo and conveyed tothe City Hospital by police officer Flynn, Hawax, Aygust 4, 1863, oame to hi tenth by injuries recolved from the bur sting of the Fourth ward, but he died ina few minutes after ship Ev: from Boston, arrived hore a4 9 y Faro The steamship Europa, aoe A Coroner’s inquest will "POD | clock this evening, and, after coaling, wallek sgain for ¥ The defeat of the German chivalry in many bat- fe in behalf of a | ber of head of the bridge over the Tiber against the whole } ties by the Swiss, avd their insubordinaton forosd the re nee daa cubes extlos, to ‘envoy. you the army of Latium, till the bridge was destroyed by the | chief of State to adopt auother system of raising an | expression of their worm sympathy, and thoir feelings of retreating Romans, appears to bave had a very large on Pee of the old, where every knight was by | high esteem in regard to you. ,Words would be but o 5 faint echo of the voies of our aoula; but im the looks of SWEARING IN THR New Riva Poucn —The nowly organ- | Liverpool. shield, as he is reported to have knelt behind it, and Gnty, be rn w pears 14 bee ti a ethene, erory one in this erond you may read the vivid expres- | ized River Police, under tho command of Captatn haklels _ Jury ot that cme, ey Co mamed was sion of those sentiments which onr lips are too weak to | wits, will be sworn in to day at the Sheriff's office, Cliy ‘The Sovereign of the Seas, real in entirely covered by it against all attacks of the | knecht; the colonel of the regiment was nominated five atieranee 10. A high mlgsion—-the moat important, | Tall after whieh they ‘ait a on an excursion up the Boman, August 6, 1988, ee the expiceien. enemy. It could not have been heavy, as after no | by the commander-in-chief, the captains and lieuten- | &° Chink, among thore given in trast by the prevent ad: | North and Bast rivers. The clipper eb{p Sovereign of the Sone ta chartered at | inquest on. that occasion waa read to ‘a9 " ants by the colonel, but all the non-commissioned ton— lead: ‘to Spain, thore to represent the bly defending the bridge, Horatius Cocles swarm Chiu vere. clected by the private soldiers, who vol- poate rights Br'this great repute of which you across the Tiber with the shield on bis back, and re | oy teercd their service either to a captain or a colonel. | are an illustrious and beloved gon, And those intoresta, turned safe to Romo. The braver @ leader wew, aud the more booty he gave } and (hove rights, we are gure, sir, will be firmly aud wor- ALARM or Frre—On Thuraiay an alarm of fire was } London, for Me bourve, Av-tralia, at £7 per ton te tl raised at the Collins, Hotel, at the Novth Lait cansed y rf; end it wd bee = agreed — if she hy tage by & barrel of alchol becoming ignited, It i © pmvsnee quicker than any ateamor on h, soon extinguished, ba ve London or Liverpooh, £2 10s, per toa aball be deducted, came te his death by seal frm is bolier in the foundry of Prot, Nos, 60 and 68 Attorney street, Joly 19, 1863)" “