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against Van Buren, as the successor of Jackson; | the re-organization of the United States Bank un" | der a State charter from Pennsylvania; the doings | of the workingmen or radicals, and the anti-Masons, | were then subjects absorbing the public attention, | nd left no room for the introduction of the new element of native Americanism, which was dea- tined eventually to have so important’ an influence in Philadelphia. z } In the year 1836, an excitement sprung up in this | city among the firemen and their friends, in conse- | quence of the removal of James Gulick, Chief | Engineer, by the democratic Common Council. The | opportunity was seized upon by the President of the Native American Association to increase the impor- tance and influence of the natives, by bringing for- ward Gulick as a candidate for the important office of Register of the city and county, against William H. Bunn, the regular nominee of Tammany Hall. Negotiations were entered into between the natives, the firemen, and the whigs, by which Gu- lick was made their joint candidate for Rogister. ‘The natives also adopted the whig candidates for Congress, Senate, and Assembly. Gulick and part of the whig Congress ticket and their Senator, were also adopted by the radicals, or locofocos | proper. The result was an overwhelming defeat of | the Tammany Hall democrats, who barely saved one-half of their Congress and Assevubly tickets—the allied forces of natives, whigs, firemen, and radicals carrying the other portions of the several tickets, The following shows a part of the result:— FOR REGISTER. Gulick Buon Gulick’s majority. Mong, (radical). Ming bad withd | Presidency, so far asthe vote of the city of New , caative) 24,500 Coding (de 20,558 Franklin, (whig). 5,297 This election placed the whig party in this city completely in the power of the native Americans. It was cvident that without the aid of the natives, no hopes existed for the e'ection of Mr. Clay to the York was concerned ; aud as the natives demanded the election of their candMates for Congress, Sen- ate and Assembly, those offices were conceded to them by the whigs, a’though nominal whig tickets | were brought out in the usual way. A native or American republigas organization | was effected in Brooklyn, in Ap! $44. The fol- | lowing was the vote for Mayor: Sprague, oor ) fall, (whig)......@. Rockwell, (native). . A native American association having or- | ganizcd in Philadelphia county in the early part of , 1844, a meeting of the natives took place in Ken. | sington, on an evening in May, of that year, which | meeting was interrupied by a number of foreign- | ers. Some altercation ensued, and a shot was fired among the natives, From that time a series of | most serious riots commenced, which were con- | tinued, at various times, in the month of May and renewed in July, as we have stated in our former article. The result was a loss of many lives, and a great destruction of property, including se- | veral churches. These riots and the excitement oc- | casioned thereby caused an immediate increase of strength in the native American organization of | Philadelphia city and county. At the annual elec- | tions previous to 1844, the city of Philadelphia | generally gave a whig majority of more than 2,000, while the average democratic majority in the coun- ty, comprising the suburbs, was sometimes 3,000. The changes in the city in consequence of the na- tive American excitement were not sufficient to de- mbceleng, (dem. 15,447 0088, do 16,873 eo. do 1,198 Keon, 15,943 ‘iottman, (whig) 16,441 vurtis, do 17,524 hecler, do 15,920 Vou Wagenen, do Monroe, (native). Hasbrouck, (radi Curtis, Moore, Monroe and Hasbrouck, were on the radical ticket, and Curtis, Wheeler, Hoffman and | Monroe were on the native ticket. Consequently, the natives were supposed to have caused the election of Hoffman and Curtis, and by running Monroe, to have caused the election of Cambreleng and Moore, over Wheeler and Van Wagenen, the defeated whig | candidates. Frederick A. Tallmadge was, at this election, by | the united vote of whigs, natives, firemen, and radi- cals, elected to the State Senate fora term of four | years. The whigs and natives also elected seven of the thirteen members of Assembly, one of the lat- | ter being chosen at special election, in consequence of a tie between Stoneall, (dem.) and Patterson, qwhig.) Van Buren’s majority in the city, at this election, for President, was 1,069; Marcy’s for Gov- ernor, 592. At the elections of 1837 and 1838, the natives act | ed with the whigs and supported the various nomi- | nations of the latter for State, Legislative and muni- cipal offices. The numerical force of the natives in this city, at that time, was estimated at 1,000 or 1,200 votes, which was sufficient at various times to hold the balance of power between the whigs and democrats in the city. Atthe November election, in 1837, the whigs nominated three of their Aldermen for the county offices of Sheriff, County Clerk, and Coroner, viz: Jacob Acker, Joseph Hoxie and Ira Be Wheeler. The natives adopted this trio of Aldermen as their candidates, although only the latter approv- ed of the native American organization, and it was afterwards a source of bitter regret with the natives that they had aided in the clection of Acker and | Hoxie, who subsequently denounced them as a party | ‘on all occasions. Aaron Clark, who was twice elect- ed Mayor by the joint votes of the whigs and | natives, was always regarded as a thorough native American, and his course as chief magistrate of the city was popular with the natives, but obnoxious to naturalized citizens, which accelerated his defeatin 1839. The amalgamation of the natives with the whi in 1837, destroyed their importance as a pol! Organization, but they still kept up their ass ation, turning their attention occasionally from poli- tics to gambling, as an occupation for leisure hours. ‘The large whig majority at the November election of 1837 had dwindled to a mere trifle in the spring of 1838, and the whig leaders were anxious to secure every shadow of support that was offered to them from any quarter. The remnant of the Native Ame- rican Association, then holding occasional sessions 33, ‘at Howard House, demanded that two of their men | should be placed on the whig Assembly ticket, @s a condition of their support to the whig nominations. This was accordingly done by the whig nominating convention, and the whig find native ticket was elected— William H. Seward also receiving 800 majority in this city for Governor. This majority was doubtless owing to the votes he received from the native Americans. The Governor, it would seem, was sufficiently aware of this fact to induce him to appoint subsequently the President of the Native American Association to an Office of considerable profit and responsibility, at the same time that he was making advances to Bishop Hughes and the Catholic leaders. After the year 1838, we hear no more of the original native American party as a political association—but a mative American feeling grew up in the demo- cratic party, (as we remarked in a former arti- cle,) which on various occasions defeated a por- tion of the tickets nominated at Tamnany Hall, The operations of Bishop Hughes on the public school question, which at one time caused the nomi- nation of a Catholic ticket for Senate and Assembly, had the effect to cause divisions between Ameri- | cans and adopted citizens at Tammany Hall. Mr. William B. Maclay, while a democratic mem- ber of Assembly, caused an alteration in the | School Law, which being considered more’| favorable to the Catholics than the old law, made Mr. Maclay a favorite with the Catholic demo- flats, and he was elected to Congress in 1842 and 44, mainly through their aid and influence. On he other hand, John McKeon twice lost his election Congress in consequence of the native American feeling against him. In 1843, the native American party was revived onder the name of “American Republican.” The principal actors in the new organization were demo- crats who were dissatisfied with the appointments of Trisbmen and other foreigners to office, and to the countenance given tothe Roman Catholic Church on the public school question by the democratic party. The new party named a full ticket for the support of the voters at the fall election of 1843. Mr. M. M. Quackenboss was nominated for Senator, and Charles Henry Hall for Sheriff, both of whom were well known democrats. The remainder of the ticket was composed of demo- erats and whigs. The result of the election on Senator was as follows:—Democrat, 14,327; whig, 14,292; native, 8,550. The natives also polled about two hundred votes in Kings and Richmond counties. This election showed tha! the whiga and natives combined had a large majority in the city, and many of the whigs were anxious for a union of the two parties at the ensuing municipal election, in April, 1644. This was resisted by those whig lead- ers who believed that the effect of such union would ‘be to injure the prospects of Mr. Clay at the coming (Presidential election. The natives, without seeking | an amalgamation, nominated James Harper for | Mayor, and full tickets for Aldermen and Assist- ants in each ward of the city. Most of the whig party co-operated with them, notwithstanding their | Yeaders nominated Morris Franklin for Mayor and full tickets for members of the Common Council. | ‘The result was the election of Harper, and two | thirds of the members of the Common Council of | the native American nominations. Not a single | whig was chosen to either board, The vote fo Bi yor was as follows:— } stroy the whig predominance, but the county was completely revolutionized by the natives at the first election which took place after the riots. The whigs being anxious to elect their candidate for Governor, in October, 1844, preliminary to the Presidential election in November following, a par- tial coalition took place between the whigs and natives, by which the latter [supported Markle, the whig candidate for Governor, and a por- tion of the whigs voted for the candidates of the | natives for Congress, county officers, and members | of the Legislature. The result was the election of | the whig tickets in the city, and the native Legisla- tive ticket in the county, by large majorities. Two natives, one whig, and one democrat were elected to Congress from the city and county. The vote in the city and county for Governor stood as follows: Markle, (whig)... 23,420 Shunk, (dem.)... 17,465 Native and whig majority............... 5,975 It was calculated that about 2,500 democratic na- tives voted for Shunk, notwithstanding the under- ; Standing between the leaders of the two parties. At the Presidential election one month afterwards, a still larger number of the natives refused to vote for Mr. Clay. Polk’s majority in the State was 6,382 | over Clay. The vote of Philadelphia wasas follows: Clay. Polk. City .. 9,317 5,360 County: . 13,972 13,482 Total... 0 Sere ees 23,289 Clay’s majority in Phila. city and county.... cH 1840 Van Boren had = majority of: 333 ii city and county over Harrison. The natives there- fore effected a change of 4,771 in favor of Mr. Clay, while the remainder of theState in the aggregate | changed the other way. In 1843, before the organi- zation of the native Americans, the democratic mejority in the State for Canal Commissioner was | 14,581, and in 1842, for Governor, it was 23,003. So it appears that the whigs actually gained largely by the aid of the natives, although they failed to carry the State for Mr. Clay in 1844. The following was the vote of the Second Con- grees district, comprising most of the city of Phi- ladelphia, for member of Congress in October, 1844 -— J. R. Ingersoll (whig). Aashmead (native). Kueass (dem.)...... In the county the native plurality was large on the Congress and Legislative tickets, over both democrats and whigs. Levin and Campbell (na- tives) were elected to Congress, and Charles J. In- | gersol (democrat) by a small plurality, in conse- quence of the large whig vote given in that section of the county for a candidate of their own party. In the city of New York, an arrangement took place between the whig and native leaders, by which it was understood that the native Congress, Senate | and Assembly tickets were to be supported by the | whigs as faras possible, although nominally whig | candidates were kept up for effect; and the native leaders were to support Mr.Clay for President, and the whig candidates for Governor and Lieut. Governor. This coalition was as nearly complete as could have been expected, considering that five thousand whigs had refused to join with the natives in the election of Mayor, in April 1844, whereas now, the whig dissentients who refused to vote the native | local tickets were reduced to lesa than one thousand, which was however lesa than the number of demo- cratic natives who refused to vote for Mr. Clay. It | was estimated, that about four thousand democratic natives who had previously voted for Jackson and | Van Buren at previous elections voted for Mr. Clay in 1844, but their support was insufficient to give the electoral vote of the State to the whigs. The following was the vote of the city in Novem- | ber 1844 for Presidential electors :— | Polk Clay Democratic majority. . For Congress. Nativ Dem. 3d District....Miller..... +» 5,383 4th “ - Lawrence... faclay 6,733 bth “ ,... Woodruff .. «Leonard 6,009 6th “ ....Campbell.. +Moore.. 7,750 TOAD a cviex sincere 27,021 25,930 Aggregate native and whig majority .. + « 1,091 Whig votes given to other candidates. . +. 929 Three natives and one democrat (Maclay) were elected. In the Second Congressional District Henry J. Seaman (native), supported also by the whigs, was elected, as follows:— Seaman. Murphy. King’s county. . 4,65 Richmond. . if : 1038 Total ..... ee 5.6 Native and whig majority. . pid In the First Senate District, then composed of New York, Richmond and Kings counties, Geo. Folsom (native) was elected State Senator, vi: Folsom, 33,725; Sanford (dem.), 32,117; Ketsham (whig), 837; Fanshaw (abolitton), 134. The entire native Assembly ticket was elected from the city, the vote on some of the highest can- didates standing as follows:—— Wheeler (native). 27,433 Shepard (dem.) 6,315 Minturn (whig). . 943 It will be observed that the difference between the vote for Wheeler on the native Assembly ticket, and that given for Mr. Clay, was 1,051 votes to which add the whig votes for Minturn, and Mr. Clay falls short about 2,000 votes in this city of the entire vote he should have received had all the@atives yoted for him. The result of this election excited great indigna. tion on the part of the whigs, as they attributed the | defeat of Mr. Clay to the natives. The prosidential election at that time having been settled by the elec- toral vote of the State of New York, and Polk’s majo ‘buted the defeat of Mr. Clay to the influence and votes of naturalized citizens, which the democrats took care to secure for Pelk. In Boston, Mr. Web- ster, in a speech, suggested to the whigs the idea of forming themselves into an American party, and a delegation from Massachusetts visited this city after the election to consult with leading whigs on the subject, but nothing was done except to lament over their disastrous and unexpected overthrow. It was, however, hard for the whigs of this city to lose the Presidential election after they had helped the natives elect their members of Con- greés and of the Legislature. An immediate disso- lution therefore took place of the partnership" be- tween the whigs and natives. At the election for | Mayor of New York in April, 1845, the following was the result:— Havemeyer, (dem.)... tps 24,307 mace) 17,486 Selden, (whig)... eee 7,032 Nota single native was elected to the Common Council, and with the exception of four or five whigs, that body was composed of democrats. Comparing the above vote for Harper with the na- tive vote for Senator, &c., when the party was or- ganized, in November, 1843, and then mustered 8,550 votes, it will be seen that nearly nine thousand whigs voted to sustain Harper. The dissolution of part- nership was not, therefore, complete, but that was reserved for the next election. Tn Brooklyn the whigs and natives also separated in April, 1845, when the following was the vote for Mayor, vis:— Talmage, (dem.).. Hall, (w! Rockwell, (native) pore York for State Senator was as follows:— Sanford, eon a . 16,825 Bradish, (whig) . 11,735 Ely, (native) ..... 8,615 In Kings and Richmond the natives polled 1,221 votes. This election proved that the natives were reduced to their original elements, at the starting point of November, 1843; after two years experiment. But they still retained a State Senator at Albany, and their members of Congress from this State and Pennsylvania, at Washington. The election for Mayor in April, 1846, resulted as follows: — Mickle, (dem.) .. Taylor, (whi 15,324 Cozzens, (native) 8,305 An election for delegates to the State Covention to revise the Constitution of New York, was held in April, 1846. The following was the vote for each 22,277 party tickefin this city:— Democratic 18,075 Whig. . 9,013 Native. .. 4,79 At the election for Mayor in Brooklyn, the sam) month, the vote was as follows:— Stryker (whi Ret rile) 4 Pinckney (native). These various elections showed a rapid decline of the natives or American republicans, as they Con- tinued to call themselves. They however rallied | their forces, and ventured to nominate ex-Judge Ogden Edwards as their candidate for Governor, and George Folsom for Lieutenant Governor, after | the democrats had nominated Silas Wright and Addison Gardiner, and the whigs John Young and Hamilton Fish, for those offices. The vote of this city for Governor was as follows (November, 1846):— Wright (dem.). 22,564 | Young (whig) 17,419 | Edwards (native). 4 In the whole State, including this city, Judge Ed- wards received only 6,305 votes, while Young had | 198,878, and Wright 187,306. After this, the natives made no important struggle as a separate party in this State. They however claimed the credit of first nominating General Taylor for the Presidency, both here and in Philadelphia. Following the movement of the natives in Phila- delphia, we find the following was the state of the ‘vote in that city and county, in October, 1845:— PHILADELPHIA CITY. PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. Senator—Democrat. + 12,232 Native. 11,312 Whig... +» 3,312 At the annual election, in October, 1846, the na- tives re-elected Levin to Congress from the first dis- trict, county of Philadelphia, viz:. Levin, (native). + 3,674 Florence, (dem.) 3,143 Morris, (whig).. +2339 the county 10,117—their entire vote in the State, for Canal Commissioner, at the same time, was 15,424— only 2,314 of which votes were given out of the city and county of Philadelphia. The aggregate native Congressional vote was about the same. In Massachusetts an organization of the native Americans took place in 1845. They nominated Henry Shaw, of Berkshire—formerly a democratic member of Congress, State Senator, &., and re- cently a member of our New York Common Council —as their candidate for Governor, The following was the vote of the State for Governor in November, 1845 :— Briggs, (whig).... Davis, (democrat). Sewall, (abolition’ 7,215 Shaw, (native)... 7119 In Boston, after several trials, the natives succeed- ed in electing Thomas A. Davis, Mayor, in 1845. He died in office the same year. In December, 1847, the native candidate for Mayor, (Betton,) received only 866 votes; Quincy, whig, 4,756—all others 3,274. Tn 1847, the native candidate for Governor, (Bay- lies,) received 2,876 votes in the State. We should have mentioned that the natives nomi. nated candidates for Congress in this city and in the Second, Eighth and Ninth districts, in the fall of 1846, with the following result at the election in November of that year :— vee 49,499 + 35,063 Whig. Dem. Native. Second District... +» 5,04 5,267 671 Third ¢ 4,560 4,609 232 Fourth “ . 4,749 805 Fifth ead 3,809 1,493 Sixth erty 6,071 1,841 Fighth “ . ‘6,221 1,209 Ninth i HRS: 4,719 63 Total native Congress vote.............. 6,314 This is about the same as their vote for Governor in the State in 1846, In the State of Missouri, an organization of the native Americans took place at St. Louis in the year 1846; and in August of that year they par- tially coalesced with the whigs at the election in St. Louis, with the following result:— CONGRESS. 2 ++ 1,048 LEGISLATURE. Three natives and one democrat elected to the General Assembly. Native SHERIFF. Native candidate elected. In New Jersey, a native American organization has been in existence in Camden and some other cities and towns, for several years, without any im- portant result. The following was the vote of two Mistricts for members of Congress, at the election in November, 1846, when the whigs carried the State:— FIRST DISTRICT—¢. Hampton, (whig), Thompson, (dem. Hollis, (native). S2COND DISTRICT— TES. 5,472 4,344 1,151 AMDEN AND OTHER COUNT: rity in the State was only 5,106. Itis doubtful whether | the democratic native votes in this city,and Kings in | and Richmond counties, which were given to Polk | and to the native Assembly tickets, would have beon sufficient to have changed the result. Other causes, particularly the 15,000 abolition votes given in the interior of the S$ defent Mer, Clay. fy oth operated to » ities BURLINGTON, ETC. Newell, (whig)....... . 7,581 Combs, (dem.). » 6,959 Rision, (native)......... cue . 280 In New Orleans, and in some other cities of the United States, from which we have no returns at hand at present, native American organizations have existed at various times, and have effected op some instances to the recent tiona of the Know The total native vote in the city was 2,993, and in | we have given the result of the most important elections where native Americaniam has had much influence. Our statements show that the party has heretofore existed mainly asa local organisation, effecting Only the elections in cities and towns where native citizens come most in contact with naturaliz- | edcitizens. It is probable that the operations of the Know Nothings will be similar in their effects, but with some advantages at present, in consequence of the disjointed condition of the old political parties, We have before mentioned that the native Ameri- cans co-operated with the whigs in the nomination and election of General Taylor in 1848. Without the aid of the natives in Pennsylvania, General Taylor could not have received the vote of that State, and consequently would not have been elect- ed President, nor would the whiga have acquired power under hfm and Mr. Fillmore. Numerous na- tives were rewarded with office under Taylor's ad- ministration, but mamy more were disappointed. Mrs. Henrietta Robinson, the Murderess, HER ANTECEDENTS AND HER NAME. {From the Troy Budget, June 17.] We announced yesterday that Mr. Wood had suc- ceeded in obtaining an interview with Mra. Robin- son. We give below Mr. W.’s statement, based upon that interview, in which it will be seen that the as- sertion is reiterated that the veiled prisoner is not a member of the Wood family. If Mr. Wood had given more details of that interview of one hour and @ half, the statement would doubtless have been more satisfactory to the public:— ar Atiee hating premalell 103 h proofs as T r present you such proofs as su) would be satisfactory to yourself and the public, Saat ai wong calling herself Hourietta, Robinson, in : 28 | the Jal of this ity, was not one of the daughters of the Ta November, 1845, the vote a <i Robert Wood, Exq., of Quebec, I was informed by several persons in this city that this woman was re- ted to have made various statements in relation to the ‘ood fawily of Quebec, which, at least, showed a some- what familiar knowledge of the fs . I became very anxious to confront the woman face to face, in the pre- sence of any or all of her counsel, knowing that sho could not answer one out of half a dozen questions I would put to her, which it would be readily seen a sister of mine could not fail to do. Supposing that I could thus readily dispel the delusion that she was 8 member of my family, I 3 also solicitous to see her, and, if ble, ascertain whether she had actually an} jowledge or ac- waintance with our family, as what she was reported to Save enid seesued to proves’ ‘After repeated attempts to obtain a sight of this woman since my arrival in this city, I only succeeded yesterday afternoon; and I now de- clare that never to my knowl ote? I seen this woman before I saw hey in the jail in this city, nor have I now tho slightest knowledge or suspicion who she is, or where she came from. 7 have endeavored in every way-I could devise, or which was ested to me, to procure an interview with this woman in the presence of her counsel, or of any person who knew my sisters, formerly residing in this city, but have not been able todo so. She promised yesterday, and professed to be anxious to see me this morning, in presence of Mr. Pierson, one of her counsel. I immedi- ately procured the consent of Mr. Pierson to accompany me to the jail for that purpose; it~ when we called there this morning I was informed af the jail-that she was willing to see me alone, or Mr. Picrson alone, but that she wholly cates to see me in the presence of Mr. Pierson or an; else. Uni fertheee circumstances, it is obvious that I cannot at this time furnish further evidence of the identity of this woman than is now, and has been submitted to you. My sisters, to my knowledge, are all residing in Great Britain. | Iknow this woman never had any relation with my fa- | mily. Ihave striven assiduously, but unavailingly, to confront her in the presence of those whose previous knowledge of my family would enable them at once to de- termine the correctness of my statement. Ithad seemed tome, when tho respectability and position of my family, were thus assailed, that common justice required that I should be afforded every facility to vindicate both. It has resulted otherwise. And Ican but present my own statement, upon positive knowledge, corroborated (4 the proofs made public. W. F. WOOD. Troy, June 16, 1854. State of New York. Rensselabr, county, ss.—William F. Wood, of the city of Queb2e, fh the rovinee of Lower july sworn, says foregoing atate- fy hima algae W. # WOOD. ment, by him signed, is true. aS . Subscribed and sworn before me this 16th day ofJune, 1854. Wa. B, Wriaut, Justice of the Supreme Court. Whatever may be the result of the question of identity, it is certain that the mass of the public uiesce in the propriety of. the verdict of the jury in her case, and hold in just ¢xecration the criminal herself and the errors which Have marked her career. The mysteries and doubts which veil her history, and the sir of pseudoromance in which ramor clothes the story of her life, have not availed to les- sen in public estimation the enormity of her crime, or to decrease the chances of ultimate punishment. Whether she be a Wood, a Campbell, a Robinson, or, as stated by the Whig, an illegitimate scion of royalty, does not avail to remove the terrible verdict of guilty which the jury has rendered in her case. Of ‘still less importance is the obtrusive query— “Was Mra. Robinzon a student of the Troy Female Seminary?” The solution of one or all the myste- ries of her life, will not blot out the cold and formal fact that she stands convicted of the rar crime known to the laws of the country. Of her case it may well be said— No florid prose nor honeyed lies of rhyme, Can blazon evil deeds or consecrate a crime. Since the above was in type the following article from the Quebec Observer of June 14th, has reached us. It seems hardly probable, if Mrs, Robinson was Mre. Campbell as stated, that the son of Mr. Wood should not have been cognizant of the facts stated | by the Observer—and still less probable that he should have stated the belief that she never was a resident of Quebec :— ‘There lived, pot very long s opposite the gate of the English Cathedral, in Garden streets w caltiee apd oak ing, genteclly dressed Woman, named Campbell, who kept atavern. She soon became notorious. Of a free and easy disposition, loose notions of morality and winning manners, she attracted hoste of admirers, and among them wasa serjeant of the line to whom she was after- wards married. Mrs. Campbell indulged in a variety of freaks, as most of our readers will recollect, before her last departure hence. She was even in court, the ob- served of all observers, and sat unveiled. By her frst mar- derly woman, now convicted of the heinous crime of murder under the name of Mrs. Robinson, obtained tho assistance of the late Robert Wood, Kaq., merchant, of thia city, on sundry occasions. Married to the late Heary Campbell, she was the wife of a son of an old rr teemed friend of the late Mr. Wood, whom Mr. Wood always took an interest in. world as far as his influence and money even would do it. | Nor did he son of an esteemed friend. When that son had followed his father to the grave, Mr. Wood recollected the wife. That woman repays such kindnesa by representing hersolf to be & Miss Wood! Themiserable convict was sometime a Prea- byterian. On one occasion, after the death of hor hus- band, Eicon the services of a clergyman, to whom she had applied for spiritual aid, Mrs. Campbell obtained a sum of money to onable her to coe the United States, where she represented that she had friends. Mr. We ve her £20, and the late Hon. John Nelson gave her 20. Montreal, and returned to Quebec again. Mr. Nelson called to inquire of her friends whether or no Mrs. Camp- bell had safely reached her destination, and found the individual whom he so humanely assisted ‘at home.’’ The good old man whistled, danced round her, and withdrew. That was Mr. Nelson’s mode of sayinz— “Thave been sold.” Mrs. Campbell, naturally less woman, yearly became worse. She is now reaping the fruits of her worthlessness, and endeavors to escape from justice by an affectation of madness, and Pretending to be one of the daughters of her husband’s patron. 0! course Mrs. Campbeil knew all about Mrs. McIntosh and about all the other Miss Woods, and she has improved her knowledge in the most extraordinary way to her temporary advantage, inasmuch as many people did be eve that Mrs. Robinson was not Mrs. Campbell, but a Misa Wood. Murder, however, will out. Horris.e Munver in St. Lovis.—About 4} o'clock yesterday morning an Irishman was passing along down Wash street, near Thirteenth, when his atten- tion was arrested by the issuing, from the back yard of the Wash Street House, on the corner of Wash and Thirteenth streets, of two men anda woman, dragging the body of a man atter them. The Irish- msn called to them, asking what the matter was, or what they were going to do with the man they had hold of, when one of the party drew a large knife and approaching, threatened to cut him to pieces it he did not pass on. He fled and alarmed the watch, who, on arriving atthe spot, found a dead body lying in the street gutter, most horribly mangled and cut about the head. Three or four wounds seem to have Wrenn dann the skull, while in a number of places the bone was laid bare by deep Pong A piece of a knife, we were informed, was taken from one of the cuts, about two inches in length. The body was bleeding profusely, and seemed to have been dead some time. A number of arrests were made on the spot, and all of yesterday was consumed by Justice Treadway, of that vicinity, in the exam- ination and committal of various persons on whom the suspicions of the neighborh have alighted. A great many different accounts are given of the circumstances attending the ba f of the bod, and the search of the house by the police, making it hard to arrive at the truth of the matter. We hear that marks of blood have been traced through the house andin the room of the murdered man, and that the floor of the privy in the back yard was found yesterday morning to be completely bedabled with gore. The stains were quickly washed away by the females of the house. A short time after the discovery of the body, a man was found drunk in a neighboring board yard, who, upon being aroused ant charged with the commission of the murder, cried out that “it was not him—that they tried to t the bedy down the privy, but couldn't, and then frove him away.” We place but little confidence in | this story, however, nor can we credit a great many | other rumors afloat respecting the occurrence. The deceased is said to bea German by the name of | Henry Geurotski,and has been but about two weeks in this country. There is some repott that he had ton a large sum of money.—Si, Douis riage well connected, this loose, unfortunate, and disor. | With this money she started off, went as far as | | tled that the Court acts, notas between adverse lit! Our West Point Correspondence. Wesr Port, N. Y., June 17, 1854. The Chemical Examination—Presentation of Di- plomas to the Graduates—Rank of Graduation— The Last Parade—Military Fireworks—The Conclusion of the Examination. ‘The examination of the second class in chemistry came up yesterday morning, and was continued until finished at 4o’clock P.M. The text book in this department is that by Dr. Kane, and though the whole course is thus contained in one volume, it is aslong in proportion to the time devoted to it as any other in the academy. Two years should be devoted to the successful prosecution of this study at the Military Academy, but at present it is made subordinate to all other studies in the second class course. Hurried over, as it must therefore neces- sarily be, the cadet finds that he has so much of the subject to learn, and so little time in which to acquire it, that it is truly surprising that at the end of the year he should know anything whatever of the first part of his course. Taking all these things into consideration, the examination passed in chemistry was a very superior one, and both pro- fessor and instructors may congratulate themselves upon having thus successfully terminated their yearly labor. At 5 o'clock P, M. the members of the graduating class assembled in the chapel, for the purpose of re- ceiving their diplomas from the hands of the aca- demic board. They were first addressed at their own request by Mr. Bayard, the member of the pre- sent Board of Visiters, from New Jersey. The ad- the fault of great i, occasion. The s; political subjects, and ke at length it annexation of territo: i e Us et warned the pay duates fe that thoy were citizens against forgetting while remembering that they were soldiers, and concluded his remarks by presenting them as a mo- del for their imitation the first great Commander-in- Chief of the American army, General George Wash- ington. Col. aed ie Sq) mre Ce eas ee my, accompanie: jutant, Brevet jor Porter, then came soeward: and Negrin the get. ates with their diplomas, according to the rank of their graduation, as follows:— . 24 Samuel Kinsey, Pa. 25 Abner Smead, Ga. 26 Oliver D. Greene, N. Y. 27 Stephen H. Weed, ‘“ 28 E. F. Townsend, Wis, John 0. Long, ‘at large. t James Wri Bt, el 4 , Va. Waterman Palmer,jr,Pa. 12 Thos. J. Wright, at large. k, Pa. 13 James E. B. Stuart, Vs 14 Archibald Gracie, jr.N.J. 37 William M. Darant,'3. C. 15 Jobn R. Smead, at large. 38 Chas. G. Sawtelle, ‘Me. 16 Michael R. Morgan, La. Levi L. Wade, Tenn. 17 Stephen D. Lee, S. 0. Zenas R. Bliss, R. I. 18 Milton T. Carr, Va. John T. Mercer, Ga. 19 William D. Pender, N.C. 42 Edgar 0’Connor, Wis. 20 Loomis L. Landon, N.Y. 48 John M 21 Jobn T, Greble, Ps. D. H. Brotherton, Pa. 22 John P: Villepigue,8.C. 46 Horace Randall, ‘Texas 23 Henry A. ley, Vt. 46 John McCleary, ‘Ohio. The tation being concluded, the band struck up “Yankee Doodle,” and the spectators began slowly to leave the building. A few minutes there- after the drum beat for parade; it was the last for the first class. The companies were formed in front of the barracks and marched out to the pparadle ground, the band the while Ving bead “Dashing White Sergeant.” The battalion being formed upon the arade ground, the melancholy notes of “ Home, weet Home” arose upon the e,in honor of the graduating class; and the band,while marchin; in review, called up pleasant but mournful recol- lections within the breast of every one present, as pals breathed forth the plaintive air of “Auld Lang ne. vn the evening the whole plain was illuminated Uyieaccen ye displays of milit fireworks. Rock- ets crogeed the heavens in every direction, while fire- balls, shot from the mortar battery, rolled upon the ground. Other missiles, bursting in the , Were transformed into riads of hissing ser- pents, while constellations of burning stars seemed ever descending upon the earth. Fiery pigeons crossed and recrossed the pace Explosive mix- tures were fired from the dock battery out upon the surface of the water, and a general rejoicing seemed to occupy the minds of all. At reveille on Saturday morning, the first class was relieved from duty; and by breakfastttime, clothed in full new suits of citizens’ dress, they might have been seen pion ing the various public offices ose the Point. Not a a be gray coat was among their number; and it would seem as though they had panted as much for the simple garb of the citizen, as they had for the highcst academic honors of this military institation. The greater part of them took the mocniag boat for New York city, and before the day had expired, they had all left the scenes of their four years severe struggle. The examination of the fourth class in French occupied the attention of the Board on Saturday morning. This being concluded, they adjouracd to the drawing academy to examine the etchings, pen- cillings and paintings of the second and third classes. With this exercise terminated the June examination for 1854, and now begins a new aca- eed year. ae com Peel ety ae eS eine single grade, and ever, ig for the comi encampment. The barracks will be evacuated da- ring the early part of the coming week, and the duties of the camp are all that will engroas the at- tention of the cadets until the commencement of the new term upon the lst of September — Supreme Court—Special Term. Before Hon. Judge Roosevelt. INTERESTING OPINION ON HABEAS CORPUS. JoNE 19.—In the matter of John Hatton, an Infant.— This is a case of habeas corpus to determine the proper custody of an orphan boy. In such cases, it is well set- ta, | but with a sole view to the welfare of the child, and to a | certain extent, especially when reasonable, consults the He forwarded him in tho | ntent himself with serving to his utmost the | | in “milk | child’s wishes. The boy, John Hatton, is alleged by his uncle to be “restrained of his liberty by one Alexander Minkler, of Upper Red Hook.” This allegation is not only denied by Minkler, but is overthrown entifely by the per- sonal examination of the boy himself. He says he is per- fectly satisfied, and even anxious, to remain where he is, on afarm inthe country where his father lived, an where he himself has also lived for several years.” His uncle, it is true, alleges that the boy is at times employed ing cows and making fires.’ But is not such an occupation, with suitable intervals of schooling, in a rural | neighborhood, far more appropriate than “washing the tumblers and sweeping the floors”? of « drinking estab- ‘ood | Ushmentin Great Jones street? The bey, it is said, is not of sufficient age to exercise a sound discretion. He is eleven years old; and his answers as well as his years demonstrate his intelligence. He showed his Good sense, too, as I conceive, in leaving the place of his uncle’s choice for that of his own. And as to “milking cows and making fires,”’ at which his guardian so touch revolts, the first is an occupation in which the most distinguished men of the land have delighted, and the second a habit which even presidents and acho- lars, without lowering their — » have contin- ued’ during the days of their hig! est elevation. Mr. Minkler, to whom this writ of habeas corpus was directed, complains, and with much reason, on acsount of the double litigation to which he has been subjected. It apyears, although not disclosed when the present appli- cation was first instituted, that a previous proceedi ot therame character, within a few weoks. was had before Mr. Justice Clerke, who, after hearii the parties, remanded the boy to the custody of Mr. Minkler. No new fact ig disclosed, and the only ‘pre- tence Yas by the applicant for another hearing be- fore a different Judge is, that the first hearing was had ‘in @ hurried manner,” and that he, the applicant, believes ‘that, if the matter had undergone fall con” sideration and investigation, and all the proofs been heard and considered, no euch order as was made would have been made.” ‘A new fact, as in the caso of Barry against Morcein, (3 Hill, 399,) might havo justided a seeend litigation; but a new opinion, (if the willi belief of a defeated party, auch as that expres by this petition, can ever be said to be new,) has no such effect. Were it otherwise, there would be no end of lit gation. Parties, it has been truly said, aro always surprised at decisions against them, and al- ways believe such decisions to be hasty and ill consider- There is, moreover, an obvious unfitness in calling upon one judicial officer to listen to such allegations ‘ainst another, and thus, in effect, to review, collater- ally, the action of a brother judge, having the same authority as himself. For that reason alone, were I not otherwise, as Iam, fully convinced of the correctness of Mr. Justice Clerke’s disposition of the case, I should feel myself called upon to make the same order which he did. The boy must therefore be remanded to the care and custody of Mr. Minkler, in whose family ho has lived for so many years, and in whi xpressed his wish to remain; and in wrich, Iam wel ‘ished, his morals, his ml and his permanent welfare will be best pro- moted. THE STREET CLEANING CONTRACT. McCafferty vs. Glazier, Commissioner of Streets. —Roosrvert J—The plaintiff in this case is an in- babitant of Williamsbu He does not pretend that he will be subjected to any undue taxation if the contract for cleaning certain streets in the city of New York, instead of being given him, shall be ranted to the higher bidders. His bead is, orat feast purports to be, profit, and profit only. He does not desire to clean the streets of New York merely for the satisfaction of cleaning them; or, if he does, no one will prevent, in that respect, the gratification of his wishes. If he has a legal claim he must, like other suitors, wait until it can in due course be legally established; if he has none, there is no reason for an injunction to prevent an interference with that which does not exist. The right of the plaintiff, if any, is to the profit, if any, which he would real- ize. He has no right to stop the cleaning of the streets; and it may be that when the case comes to be finally tried, instead of profit, hia contract, had he ehtaince it, will apy have ween a losing ono. Jf he bida, as suggested hy tee officer in charge of | bed net been prered. the Geparianens, wore marst sham nee be hereaher dateratined By Sine ack woul result. ts, it wonld Beene ts say that the streets of this city are to continue fes with filth until the of an inhabitant Sa ene an are within the in every concerned, there is no room . The junction, which was issued ex , must therefore be dissolved. Order act ' Judge CuareKe said—On mature consideration I fully concur in the above opinion, and would have come to the same conclusion if the motion to dis- solve had been made before me, and if the same ar- nts were presented to me as were submitted to udge Roosevelt on the motion. The Strect Preaching Disturbers. COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Before His Honor Judge Beebe. JuNE 19.—The examination of those persons who were arrested on charge of disturbing the peace in the Park om Sunday, during the preaching of the itinerant ministers, came off yesterday at 10 o’clock, in the room of the Court of General Sessions, which was crowded to suffocation by the friends of the prisoners, all of whom listened eagerly to the proceedings. HELD TO BAIL. The first prisoners brought before the ber were Josepha McKnight and Daniel Collins, charged with committing assault and battery. Stephen O’Keefe, being duly sworn, deposed—That he retides at 22 Prince street, and that on Sunday, the 18th he wad present and saw a man, whose name to deponent is unknown, badly beaten by several persons, and that he dentifies Joseph McKnight and Daniel Collins as two of he persons who beat him; that the assault took place im a clothing store, next door to Garrick’s porter house, im Chatham street. John Inglis identified the prisoners, and corroborated the first witness’s testimony. Aaron Swarts then came forward and went bail for Mc- Knight in the sum of $300; Collins’ father also went bail for him in the sum of $800. Both prisoners were then get at liberty, to appear at the Court of General Sessions in July. David McNiel was next placed at the bar. Officer Brown, attached to the Chief's office, being daly sworn, deposed—That he was present at the difficulty im the Park on Bunday, and saw David MeNiel, now present, there; that he saw him strike a man a heavy blow in the ue whose name is unknown to the de; nt. cer Smith deposed- the man alluded to in officer Brown’s statement, and that |—That he saw David McNiel strive he saw no cause for the blow. ‘Tho prisover was bailed out by Daniel E. Good: sum of $300. ‘g ‘i br ra William Burns was then placed at the bar. Captain Stevenson, of the Sixteenth ward Police, being duly sworn, deposed—That he was present in the Park on Sunday, and he saw thero William Burns, now present, guilty of disorderly conduct and using threatening lan- age and gestures. Burns was ‘balled out by Owe enny in the sum of $300. Thomas Irvin was then placed at the bar, charged with assault and battery. ‘Olicer Reed deposed that he ‘was present in the Park during the difficulty, and there saw the peers Thomas Irvin, strike a man, who is to deponent unknown, a violent blow in the face; that he ‘was an old man, and several had hold of him at the time; Saw no provocation given for the blow. Held to bail im ie sum on to ae: “i ai jeorge ion was then brought to the bar. Officer Titus deposed that he arrested Wilson, and saw him make a blow at officer Keefe, but could not say that he hit him; saw him strike another man, whose name is un- known to witness, who thereupon arrested him. Held ‘to bail in the sum of $800 to answer the charge. James Duff was then brought up. Officer Wooley de- doeet creep ited at in re Sea gy he was of disor conduct and using exciting language fo ine crowd. Bela to bailin the sum of $200. ri George Fallis was next brought to the bar. Officer Welsh, of the Second ward police, deposed, in reference to the conduct of the peiaones, that he arrested the pri- soner in the Park; that he saw the prisoner, with ot} ground, Deattog ‘hin, and. doposent had great unt im, an nt it difficult ostriatne man, who refused to relcase’ his a4 on him until witness struck him with his club. Held te bail in the sum of $300 to answer, Ebenezer West was next brought before the bar of jus- tice. Officer Brown, attached to the Chief of Police’s office, deposed that he saw the prisoner in the Park, and heard him use exciting and threatening language, and he was guilty of disorderly conduct. Held to bail in the sum of $200. DISCHARGED. Michael Kelly and Thos. Casey, against whom no evi- dence going to show that any overt act was committed vd them bated dae rete were discharged by the Court, who reprimanded them for being present at all on such an occasion. REMARKS OF JUDGE BEEBE. His Honor ly Beebe, after the examination had alt Leen gone through with, said, in reference to the street preaching rows in the Park on Sundays, that he was de- sirous, as far any man, to maintain the majesty of the laws. If any persons came to the Park wit! inten- tion of disturbing the preacher he would go asfar aa any magistrate in protecting the person of the Reine and preserving his rights. But, bn the other hand, if any persons came there for the purpose of disturbing the ag by recklessly knocking down men, women and chil- ren, for little or no cause, they would be punished to the extent of the law. If any of those present came te the Park next Sunday, and there disturbed the peace and quietness of the city, they would be arrested and severe- ly punished. Not a man or o boy could go into the crowd with the intention of creating a disturbance with- out his being “‘spotted”” by the police. Every man whe would go into that crowd would be surely ‘‘spotted,’’ ar- rested, and, on trial for the offence, be punished to the full extent of the law. The police were there to protect the preacher both from insult and injury, and it was not the business of any body of men to iake the law into their own hands, and inflict personal chastisement on any one, whether he be a native or a foreigner. Such scenes as he, witnessed yesterday (Sunday) wore | bias my, and a shame and disgrace to the city; for fom of men and boys came there for no other purpose than that of creating a disturbance—having a fight. The learned Judge then said that he would be present at the preach- ing every Sunday, and they all might rest assured, that all who should, by either acts, words or gestures, eniea- vor to create a disturbance of the peace, would be prompt- ly arrested and punishe i for the offence a law. Supreme Court—Special Term. Before Hon. Judges Mitchell, (P. J.,) Roosevelt, and Clerke. DECISIONS. June 19.—Beek vs. Stephen §& Ryburn—Order of eal term, sustaining the injunction, affirmed, McIntyre §& Smith vs. Kingsley and others—Ow der of special term, sustaining injunction, affirmed, with costs. Sleight vs. Reid.—Order of special term affirmed, with costs. Ward vs. Begg.—Order of special term reversed, withont costs. De Voss vs. Johnson, Receiver of Mutual Insur- ance Company.—Judgment cf referee reversed, and new trial granted. Costs to abide the event. Tallman vs. the Rochester City Bank.—Judg- ment for the plaintiff, with costs. Rourke and Wife vs. Mahan and others.—Decree of Surrogate sustaining the will affirmed, with costa. Van Riper vs. Cook.—Report of referee affirmed, with costs. Bailey vs. the Western Vermont Railroad Com- pany —Judgment for plaintiff affirmed, with costs. The People, at the Relation of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, vs. the Bodrd of Supervisors of the ae of New York.—Judgment affirmed, wit costs. The Mutual Life Insuvance Company vs. Jenkins. —Judgment affirmed, with costs. The Mayor, §c., of New York vs. Duncan P. Camptell —Judgment affirmed, with costa. Banks us. O’ Dell—Neéw trial denied, and judg- ment for plaintiff affirmed, with costs. ‘m. Rider vs. J. F. Pond.—Order of special term to be modified. a Miils vs. Thursby.—Jodgment modified. Pory vs. Street & Ward-—New trial granted. Costs to abide the event. Tiomas vs. Thomas—Order of special terms modified. . Draper vs. Romeyn.—Judgment of special terna affirmed, with costs. Pawlownia Imperialls va. Caterpillars. Brooxtyn, June 18, 1854. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. In your interesting article in this Sunday’s Hme- ALD on street trees and worms, you did not men- tion another ornamental tree which is as free as the alanthus from worms, and possesses many advan- tages over it. Its is more rapid—its foliage more dense—it bears a beautiful flower, and has no oaery sail, y is the pawlownia imperialis, lately roduced from Japan. Two years ago I cut down a handsome row of- lindens to get rid of the worms with which they were tor ae planted bn eerie aay Bak oung pawlownias, mere poles, wi imba, Jeon | ten fet high; and ba after this anne " e mi icent " dance of ahade, feel conf lent that all thove wha could see them would not hesitate to do away with trees, which, far from being an orsament our cities have become a perfect nuisance, covered with disgusting bead jars instead of green leaves. Let thore who ¢o not like the alanthus take the pawlow- nia, and they will have shade without the nuisance of worms. In order to promote their growth, the best plan is to plant them as poles, without limbs. They throw ‘ont tue first summer fine healthy shoots, which should be pruned the ensuing spring down to the third point or eye—do the same the second spring. This strengthens the tree very much 4? n- centrating the sap. The leaves are much lar; than those of trees not praned; they thus acquire ‘a beautifel shape, and g'y® more shade than iv they