The New York Herald Newspaper, July 26, 1854, Page 3

© ch > . ” Affairs m Venexewa. OUR 04RA0AS CORRESPONDENCE. Gamacas, June 6, 1864. Dahaypy Condition of the Country—Thenext Presi- dential Eiection—Rumeors ihat the British Intend to Seize the Province of Guayama in Payment of a Debt, &e. As 10 news, we have none; that this adduce ig these two Presidents of a republic keep ‘Mhemeoives surrounded by bayonets, which was not tho case with any former Presidents. In two months another Presidential election is to take place. Joss Tadeo Monages, the Ex President, and brother to the present iocumbent, is the only candidate in the field. He will be elected by hie partizans without opposition. The great majority of the people who are opposed to him will not cast eyvote, They are not desirous of being ehot down by hireling soldiers for being opposed toa despot— » the assassin of the Constitutional Congress of 1948, »'and the jailor and oppressor of General José Anto- oP ped Islay on the 16th instant, without oppositioa—— _ Bio Pues, the illustrions exile and patriot. ‘There is a rumor that Great Britain intends, ere Yong, to take possession of the province of Gusya- ma, im payment of debt agalost Venezuela, This province em! more than half of the m- pablic, In square lengues it ia 9s large as France. Th extends from the Atlantic ocean on the east, to Hew Gganada on the en is Pie of Brazil on the south, ef the river Orinoco on-the north, with many rit at the province. livar ie the capital, entire je possessed 15,000 tants, and more than half of them were civilized Indians. Some 60,000 wild Indians were not in- ons “ drinos would be a splendid jigition to 08 ag ai Great Britain ond bas room for a 5 English ulation, Wherever the British flag files, civili- gation and the Christian religion follow; and, as all British territories are open to free trade, the Aericans would be as much benefitted as the Bng- ee ap anqnisition to the British empire. The in abitents would hold up both hands to be thus extricased from despotism, and oe aed * Would be inczeased in value a thousand we 5 = LIVAR. Affaire In Pern. In addition to the news published in yesterday's paper, we insert the following newspaper items of intelligence:— 4 The government steamer Ucayali arrived at Oal- feo on tho 23d of June, fromthe South. An extra from the office of the 2! Heraldo (government or- gan) of Lima, informs us that Col. Rodriguez enter- . the revolutionists retiring on the approach of the government troops. The revolutionista tave heen driven from Arica, with a los of fifteen killed, including the Governor ef Tacna. The ozs on the opposite side was small— one killed and two wounded. in Tacna, when infeliigence was received of the | arrival of governsient troops in Arica, an emeute oc- curred, resulting finaly in the defeat of the revola- tionists. Lima is again thronged with Austratians—about ‘wo hundred having arzived within thapast woek. Weare of the opinion that they have made, a bad exchange. Between Australia acd Pern there can be no comparison. ‘The American ship Ozark, about 700 tons, was sold at pablic auction in the United States Oongul- ate at Callao, on the 18th inst. Capt. James Peder- gen, formerly of New York, was the purchaser. | Price paid, $8,100. Ti. B, M. frigate Piqne, 40 gana, Capt. Nicholson, arrived in lao harbor on the 13th inst., eleven aya trom Valparaiso. feregret to learn from the Valparaiso Herald | @ the 30th ult., that the proprivtors of that joarnal | pave been compelled to suspond their publication for want of snffi rent patronage. The Herald was a very creditable paper, ond it is a matter of surprise * us thatthe American and Boglish residents in Valparaiso should al.ow it to be discontinued. A party of Mountaineers made a descent up the estate of Chaclacayo, eight leagues distant from tuis city, on the 12th inst. They made a clean mweep of ail the mosey and valazbies they could fin}, besides killing a sub-prefect and two other ons of jess note. We know of no place where agrand shooting match’ is more needed than in | this yicinity. The government ooght t> take Prompt meétenres against such desperadves; they should @ealt with ae they deal with their victims. A party of forcigrers returned from the interior, yepresent the country to be completely overcun , with bands of cut throats, who rob and murder | by wholesale. Foreigners are said to stand no | enhance whatever with these worthies, On the it of June, the proprietors of the eign News, while quietly passing through one of the streets adjoining the President's palace, vere sted by a party of officers and soldiers and pteden tothe rene house. After some little parley, ‘they were thrust into a hole about twelve feet Bquare, in company with some twenty or thirty ‘wretches of the most degraded character, the ma- jority of them, mostly negroes, beivg thieves and Tebbers, who had been sentenced to serve in the hain gang. For their release they were indebted to ficn. J. Randolph Clay, United States Mimster, who, upon heaking the ‘acts of tue case, acted with his usnal promptness and energy. (From the Lima Foroign News. A 3s i8 a «nestion of mach doub: whether Spanish America gained or lost by a severance from the authority of old Spain. @ think very good argue «ments might be mace on either side; and, if the Metter were discussed fairly and fally, say between _aredrepublican and an ahsolute monarchist, the g umpire would certainly be at faults io bis endeavors to renders a just decision, From the Jethmua of Darien to Patagonia, thore ar? bat two governments at peare—Brazil and Cw, Lhe former is a limited monarchy, its laws, however, giving protection to all classes, of wuat- ever nation of creed; while the latter has formed a eonstitutin almost exactly similar to that ofthe | “ Model Kepublic” of the North. i New Granada, Ven », Renador, Peru, Boliv™ —what ave they? 7 are republies in name, to De sure, and thet is ail. “Continually engaged in in- terna) broils or external war, tueir condition 1s sadly at variance with the idea of trae republicanism. New Granada is at preseut convalsed by revelu- tion, instigated by a traitorous upstart, who, it is hoped, will soon fin'sh bis eareer—either on the gal- dows, or before a pletoon of soldiers, Venezia, porsessing every roquisite for odvance- | ment, her people liberal ani progressive, is retro- | gading, solely on secount of misgovernnieat. Pre- mident: Monagaa, since bis accession, has not only ruled, bnt ruined. His own interests have com- manded his attention, while bis cowatry has been running to waste. Two brotuers of this worthy mand jeady to occupy his place, Between ihe three ‘Mere is raid to be no choice. jor is unsettled. The name of Flores is said to be svfficient to call forth, even at the a of Drhini’s palace, the mo=t enthusiastic’vivas, Bat it ia Jikety that Flores will again attempt to recover jast Tight His adberonts have lost confidenee, Owing to pe nenenntshie miscarriage of the expe- dition of 185: of Peru? In times like the prevent, the constitution of the country being of less ‘scoornt than the will of a single man, we are scarcely jpstified in aay of tuls government, except in terms of praise. Lf porsible, however, Poruis ina fac worse condition then any of her neighbors, With a treasury benkrayt—at wa" with a foreizn enemy— wnable te bold in check hor own rebellious snbjects— abe bay but a small foundation on which to have her for the farare. ia, if not exactly on the backward movement, & certainJy not advancing. Misgovernment and priestoraft are the causes tending to the ruin of a) @ountry which posecsses every natural advantage | ealculated to insure its prosperity and greatoess. ‘Pruly, it iv difficult at this day to di-coyer the bene- | fits arising from the victories gained by Bolivar and Die co patriots in the war of independence. Derartorn or Missionaniva—Dr. Van Dyck ard Mrs. Van Dyck embarked tuia morning for Bmyrna, in tue Sultana, Captain Watson, ou their return to the Syrian mission. Rey. Mesers. G. A. Beebe and A.G. Perking, with their wives, go in ihe fame veseel, with the expectation of jo ning the Armepian mission. A daughter of Rey. Mr. Goodell, our venerable friend at Constantinople, also returns in the Snltena to her Kasten home, ue she he tender mich assistance as may be in wer ares, forward the missionary work at capital of ~ ‘the Rey. De. Van uderhook, N. Y., and for r been attached to the Syrian mis ion from which he has har a respite for about one year. Services took place on board the Sultana at 10 erelock this morning, conducted by the Rev. N. Dole, eaitor of the Journal of Missions: Boston Tic veller, July 2. | Netherly bas since fled, and has not yet been beard | to gethim to go home and avoid a difficulty. Black | threw the lifelesa body into some bushes and fled. | in Forty-sixth street | avenues, hi had been with Gn Mico W. had a €iflcuie cee atl tReet Frot this eity Misa Webster removed to the farm she had purch: in Ken- pa ae ue 1853, ‘asre nent resided up '¢ time she was fon Calg, A shart ime sno, 1 was nals in Courier rante, and petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, which ‘wan’ granted by Judge Walker. The Trial was on the return of the writ. The Madison Courier gives the following state- ment of Jadge Walker's decision :— Judge Walker, in the afternoon, gave his opinion. It was not written, which we regret, as ite publica- tion would have deve him greut credit and eom- pletely vindicated its own propriety Both warrants, he decided, were invalid. The first, because it did not recite that the indictment roduced to Gov. Wright was certified and authen- icated “by the Governor” of Kentucky, as the act of Congress required, but merely stated it was cer- tified “by the proper authority.” The second was also bad, because the reci’al in it of the charge sgainst Mi. Webster was not, under the statute of Kentucky, oefining her alleged of- fence a proper and lega! charge, snMicient and good epcugh to hold her for trial and authorized convic- Vion on it in Kentncky. The Madison Courier gives the following account of the shooting of Craig :— The vivlation of the laws of the State of Indiana by Craig and his comrades in wearing concealed weapons, in flourishing them before the eyes of quiet, order-loving citizens, with slight or no provo- tion, their boastings of their Keatucky power, their expressed contempt for Hoosiers, and their coarse charges of abolitionism and negro stealing opon the people of the city and State, cansed some excite- ment upon the landing yesterday evening, which resulted in the whipping of the negro drivers who accompanied Craig as witnesves or friends, and the shooting of Craig by a Kentuckian, who, we be- lieve, livea or did live on the place Miss Webster owns over the river, untii he was driven off by Craig. This man bas been arrested, and is now in the hands of the Jaw. ‘We have not a word to say of his guilt or inno- cence, but the shooting of Uraig from behind was a dasti rdly act, and aa there are no Hardin county Juries in Indiana, beh plas reat is pot likely to es cape. Oraig was shot about an hour after he at- temp‘ed todraw a weapon on a citizen, and after hia friends—bowie knife and revolvers in hand— were severely punished for their gross, unmannerly conduct during the day. The ball entered the back of Craig between the shoulders, inflicting a dangerous but not necessarily a mortal wound. Aiter the shooting he was convey- ed to the residence of Gen. Srapp, where the wound ‘was probed and dressed by Dr. Davidson. Ot Craig, Miss Webster, sometime since, wrote as follows:— The motives of his malice,as wear as T can ac- | count for itin afew words, are, first: thet he expe- | rienced a decided repulse, and totally failed to have his upgentlemanly aod uncivilized desires accom- Modated; and next, that I was unwilling to have him visit my house, even under the pretence of see- ing bis children, whom he had by a previous con- tract engaged to keep under my tuition for a cer- tain time. Then, after finding that his entreaties and Jetters he had writen to me availed nothing, he, in his rough Kentucky manner, swore vith am oath Hiss Mf mould nes saree to marry tim in case his wife should die—which he ex dd would take place before long, as she was then sick-—he would get somebody to swear to enough on that old indict- ment to send me to the penitentiary, where hia will opel be my Jaw, and where resistance would be in vain. Craig, it should be understood, was warden of the Penitentiary at Vrankfort, Kentucky, when Miss Webster was coufined there. The following account is given in the Madison Courier of Randall, who is now in prison, charged with shooting Craig:— He was a ron Miss Webster's place across the river, for about ayeer. He Las heretofore com- plained of much abuse received from Craiy aad his sympathisers, having been by them driven away from bis employer's premises, a8 he alleges. Jt he comsnitted the act with which he is charved, the perocstion may be tound in these former transac- ona. Murders ln Texas. The Gonzales Enquirer has the following account of a murderous affray :—On Monday morning last, an affray took place at Doncan's Ferry, on the San 06 river, about one and a half miles aboye this town, in which Mr. Benjamin Dancen, Mr, T. 8 Netherly, Mr. John Dunean,.Mr. T. Berry, Mr. RB, H. Bass, aud Mr. B. EP. Means participated. Ip the sfiray various instruments of warfare were used freely, and one of the party, Me, John Doncan, was shot dead by Mr. Netherly. Two or three others ‘were more or Jess injured from biows inflicted with ahoe,a clob and the butt endofa whip. Mr. from. Two of the parties, Mr. Bass and Mr. Means surrendered themselves on Wednesday morning, and the trialof the former was entered into before Jas- tices Pal, and Goss. Au affrsy oecurted in Rosk county, between a mon named Magee and two Sweetmens, (fatherand son.) Both of the latter were killed. Monroe Black shot 4 man named Barnes through the head, at Fort Graham, becanse he wae trying Half a mile from the he met Thomas Harrison, beq., whom he compelled to deliver up his money and hie horse. Mr, Harrison pursued Black so close that he left his hovae. | Special Meeting of the Board of Aldermen. Natuas ©. Exy, Eeq., President, in the chair. Aspecial meeting of the Board of Aldermen was eonvened last evening, LA a upon several assoss- ment lists for flagging, making sewers and sidewalk, and to take imto cot mm 2 report and resola tion from the Board of Conncilmea respecting con- tracts for building sewers, &c. A qnorum being pees; the following papers were acted upon:—Report of the Committee of Couneilmen on ssessments: in favor of oonfirmin; assessment Jist for regulating and setting curb atk gutter in Thirty-ninth street, from Second to Third avenue. Conenrred in. Report of same, for baild- ing a sewer in Forty-second atrost, from Lexington to Fonrth ayenve. Concurred in, Report of the same, for building a sewer in Mott street, from Pell to Walker etreet, connecting with the sewer in Bay- ard strect, Concurred in. Report of eame, in favor of conf) ming assessment list for building a sewer in Twenty-seoond stroot, consecting with a sewer for- it in Tewrenty-second street, at Second ave- nne. Coneurred in. Report of same, for ing sidewalk in front of Nos. 165, 107, 103 and 109 Mer- merly cer streot. Conenrred in. Roport of same, for building # sewer in Mercer street, from the sewer in Prince street, to near Houston strect. Coneurred 5 of same, for regulating and setting curb and gutter in g's a street, from Broadway to ‘Tenth avenue, ured in. Report of eame, in favor of confirming asseasment list for building sewer between Fifth and ; Conecurred in. Report of Committee on Sewers, in favor of sewer in Lauyona street, between Spring and Bleecker street. Concarred in. The report of the Councilmen, in favor of canceilin the eomtract for building « sewer in Forty-nin' street, from the East river to and through Becond avenue, Filty-third etreet, and Third avenne to Fifty sixth street, and that the Croton Aqueduct adver- Seventh , tiee and recontract said sewer, was also concur- ed in. Report of Comnittee of vor of conficming asscesment list for building sewer in the Bowery, a sewer now tilt in Rivington strect, toa point about fife street. Concurred in. first Monday in August. suagilmen, in fa- feet south of Stanton The loard adjourned to Hravy Loes.—We are informed that Mr. Ingra- ham lost all bie hooks, papers and accounts by the | burning of his store in Seekonk on Wednesdgy | ight, amounting in the aggrogate to near or qnite | $90,000. He bad no instrance on hls store or con- terts.—-Py ppidence Pest. hear & tem encampment of a few United States soldiers, at a noted watering place, on the road leading from Rio Grande city to Christi. These soldiers, under the command of a Lieutenant of Iniantry, were temporarily stationed at that it for the pr of giving such tion a8 y coud ( Infantry, to the im meciately circumjacent. The Indians, as before stated, made their appearance in qi & small suasber: the ceiving them, immediately made chase wit tire force—mcunted on wagon mules—leaving baggage wagons, camp equipage, &c., without a solitary guard %o protect them. As soon as the camp Was evacuated, another body of Indians, who re ‘hin, ect igh? vier eae ok ev ry en ut ry ol all could be ‘spncked,” a. alierly Sotho the baggage wagons and such other articles as were too ponderous to be conveniently borue away. Oa the return of the “Mounted Infantry,” they were struck with astonishment to find their camp plun- deve} and their wagons ebivered into atoms: aad then shrewdty began to suspect that an artful aod successful rase had been piacticed upon thedi by the wily and wide awake enemy.y Soon after this, a Mexican family that had bsen driven from their residence, on the margin of the Rio Grande, to the high prairie, by the overflow of that stream, were visited in their camp by a party composed of Indians and Mexicans, in broad day hee represented themselves as being friendly, and state), as evidence of the trath of their assertion, that they had passed unmolested through all the settlements along the river, above that late The persons at this encampment con- sisted of one man,two women, and @ small boy. On the approach of the party alluded to, the Mexi- eon at the camp gathered bis gon and ordered them not to approach any furtber; bat on their making, apparently, earnest protestations of their friendship aod peaceable intentions, he imprudently suffer them to come up to hig camp, After alighiinyg, they began unceremoniously to make free with some ment which they found Sanging about the premises, and conversed famitiarly with their ort and the women of his ‘family, The Mexican soon felt that there was no further necessity for hi, cade > his gan in his handr, and careieesly ras ib to one side. He then bevan assisting his enhungered gu in pre- paring something to eat; and, whilst he wag in a svooping position atthe camp fire, broiling some © eat, ove of the villuins plunged a luge knife into his back. His wife, on seeing ber busband’s dan- gerous predicament, rushed in to give him such as sistance as she might be able to render; but she was immediately shot dead. ‘The flends then dispatched the Mexican, whom the first stab had not quite killed, The other woman effected her eseape un- hurt to a neighboring settlement, and spread the alarm. Toe rancheros immediately gathered, armed themselves as well as they could, and repaired with all haste to the spot where the murders had been committed. On seaching the camp, they found toe lifeless bodies of tbe Mexican and his wite, and that of the little boy was found near by, most horribly bruised, and with scarcely auy perceivable evidence of remsining life. The camp was plandered of everything of any value that could be carried off, and the balance of tho effects destroyed. The murderers were pursued, with as little de- lay a8 poseible, br the rancheros; and fi themselves so closely pursued they abandsued tne jaded animals which they were riding and mounted some old broce mares that were grazing in the pra They had not long beeen astride of their new argers before they came apona flue lot of saddle-horses, which they immediately mounted, and then bonnded with the fleetmess of, Arabs, “over the hills and far away.” The last outrage, of which Dr. Mitchell gave as an account, occurred but a few days before he left the Rio Grande. It appears that while, a Mexican accompanied by a servant, was travelling from his rancho, (we believe,) to Rama, he was overtaken by # band of Indians— supposed to be chivily Li [oid with guns and lances, They soon succeeded in surrounding him ; end, one advancing un cach side, thrust their laoces through bis body, from the right and left. Sappo- sing that they had intiicted death wounds, they left him sitting on his horse ; but, on discovering tht his horse was making his way towards the settle ments, with bis rider stil! on his back, they returned, and one of them, placing the muzzle of his gun against the shoulder of his victim, fred, and tore off the a)most entire sheulderand arm, They then left precipitately, thinking they had effectually done their work, and fearing thai the sexvant boy—-who had, in the meantime, made hie escapo—might spread the alarm, and cause them to be pursued. Some one had accidentally discovered the sufferin, man, lying in the prairie; and immediatety hastene to town, in orler to obtain medical sevistance for him. As tbe wounded man had not been brought into town when Mr. Mitchell Jeft, and nothing had been heard from him sinee the doctor went out to his assistance the evening before, it was reasonably supposed that he was dead, Bunxive or THe YucHvoNDyIELE Sawn RiepMOnpvinie, (Scho, Co.) July 20, 185 examination at this place, uf the studeats char ged with fling the semivary buildings in thisvillege ashort time since, hes resulted in the commitment of five young lads, whose names and the sans which they were held, are as foliows :—Robert @. A are all under sixteen re among the last who would be 4 the “Ror sworn cases. Besvon, one of anotber clob who tails.” FH since on & f the accused, was the leader palied themeelves the ‘, Brok- ‘as expelled from the seminary a whil charge of misconduct, which induced strong suspicions that be was accessory, ia way or other, to the firing ef the seminac,’. pears thet ameng the male, and even t portion of the inary, it was popular and a cna- om to form orgauizations or clubs, for what parpose it ie not dieticotly known. [+ is’ sufficient to say, that the developments attending this examination are extraor ‘y, and show a state of discipline by no meets commeudable. The whole matter now oe before the erand jury of the county, which vill ave to be drawn in Septembor— Albany Daly State Register. Tan Grossssr Owrrace Yvr—A Mra, Ann Benner has made complaint before Justice Smith, of an outrage commitied on her, most unparalleled in the annals of brutality. It appears that lady, aged over forty, aud her husband, a poor o)d Man, Were offered premises in the Slashes by a benevolent gentlemen, free of rent. On Wednes- day afternoon, the aged couple went out to see the house, and while there, it is stated that three youog men drove ap, said the pr y was thcirs, aod ot the old man and his wife into their vehicie wad rove off with them. Ga: not got far in the woods, however, beyond ndary and Fourtecath streets, when they put the old maa out, and drove into a eecluded recess, where cach of the young villains viclated her person, acting more like dev- than even brutes, the details of which are to- tally unfit for publication. Two young men have been arrested, named George Fausnought and Wil- Nem Moore, and were ban committed by Justice Smith. The other fellow has not yet been conght, but he cannot well escape. Among the number of brutal acts recently in our midst, where such crimes are fearfully on the increase, this is the most }— Washington Star, July 22, Fausrty Pacenp Corrox—An iny it deci- sion waa given in one of the courts at New Orleans, recently, in relation to the liability of factors sell- ing faisely packed cotton. It ed in dvidence that the cotton oestion was sold, with many other bales, by sample, snd that the whole was shipped to Bercelona. On being opened, it was found that two of the bales were faleoly packed, the outside corresponding with the sample, aud the inside consisting of very infesior cotton. The fac- tors against whom the suit was brought contended that they as agents could not be held Jiable for the falee packing, und that as the planter's mark was on the bales, recourse must be had to the priacipal and not tothem. The Court decided that tue de- fendants, as cotton merchants, selling cotton jn one | lot, whieh, perhaps, had been received from many planters—selling it in their own name, without reference to any othersas principals—and selling it by samples, thereby warranting the whole to be equal to the samples in quality, were clearly liab'e; that the charze that the bales were falsely packed in no manner affected, nor could it have been in tended to affect, the charavter and standing of do- fendants who were mercly the merchants and not the planters—-and ‘that in the transaction the ¢ fendants acted an wer treated a9 principale atd Het as agente, This devision was subsequently sontismed by the Appeiate Court. HARY.— | —The | ing so heinous an offence. Four | reeidence of Mr. Wood, where he expected to met his betrothed, Here he procured @ to take him toa tavern within two and a miles of she end of his journsy, where his tranks were safely de Salih cewrkit gets iso uw facta Ww! wer brought to light. eee escheae ‘be won-arrival of Mr. E. on the hie naptials were to be celebrated, caused mu h pointment and alarm on the part of the friends of hs intended bride. His trunks arrived on the day 21 ved, ‘but nothing was heard of Mr, E, save last agsinn: tion of toe person who left them that along soon, as he was coming ance. The dey.passed, and still another, and E, did not come, The lady, terribly alarmed, wrote to his brother in Reading, who left immediately to ascertain why he bad not arrived. The brother | stopped at the same atation on the railroad, and cee to employ the same man who had carried his brother to the tavern. The teumater described Eastabrook to his brother, and stated all the cir- cumstances which took place on the and at the tavern, All seemed to be right thus far. It was then ascertained toat two men had en; to bim to Mr, Wood's house, and that they left accord- ingly. ffiere there seemed to be no further trace to be, had of Eastabrook, who had left his trunks in charge of the landlord, with money to pay the expense of for warding them, His brother made every exertion to ascertain what had become of him, but to no pur- pose. Suspicions of foul play generally prevailed, and the sheriff with other officers have on the ook out since, ‘ A few weeks ago a man who had been about that neighborhood for some time, was arrested and com- mitted to jail for Jarceny. During his confinement he appeared restive and mach disposed to conve.se with the sheriff and others, He was indulged in thia, and reeergagt interrogated on some points connect: ed with the absence and whereabouts of Hasvabrook. He made several admissions and declarations that he afierwards attempted to explain, but only to arouse a stronger suspicion that be knew what had become of Mr. E. After ae him on in this way for some days, the sheriff told bim bis suspicions, and what he Lad | ascertained in the matter, The prisoner flaaily told the sheriff that he would reveal the whole | story of the murder—that he could not rest nati! be had done so. The priccner then stated that two men took Past abrook on the way t» Mr. Wood's, to the with a new road recently cut out for the ptirpuse ot | hauling lumber. There, as by accident, they cot | the prisoner with another span of horses ane a Wagon, and two others in his company, the nates he gave of both, Here they ingutred’ of the tirst | pasty where they were going; on being told to Mr. ood’s, the two in company with the prisoner said they were going the same way, and wanted them all to ges into their wagon and ride together on this new roud—being more direct. Tuey ail got into the wagon and started. After going some thirty rods, the prisoner driving, | they stupped, and one of the party took a club from | uuder his coat and etruck Eastabrook on the heat. EB. fell back exclaiming, “O dear, I am dead.” Ovb | ers Of the party then stabbed him to the beart, Ai- | ter this they stripped him of his clothes aad woney, cividing with a: those present, and buried the body | under an old root or stamp. He stated teat they | got about eight hundred dollars from him, and taat | the boote titted him, aud they were given to him, aud he then hadthemon. The coat was given to another who had worn itever since, The sheriff went, with others, to ascertain the truth of the | prisoner’s atory, The body was found deposited | just as he had described. Measures were then ta- | en to secure the other murderers, und two of them | were arrested and imprisoned. The others will be, probabiy, in dne coure of time, The pri- soner ‘stated that he had nothing furtuer to do with the murder than to bold the | homes and tuke his share; that he accidentally over- | | heard the pluns the others were perfecting to per- petrate this murder, when they get upon him, | tered a likp about it. He was compelled to do what | he did. 1 seems these desgeradoes had become ax quainted with the circamstances of Estabrook’s visit, aud kuowing that he had purchased a plave in the neighborhood, and would have money with him, they entered into thisscheme to marder him end get possession ot what he had with him. We doubt whether such another foul deed can be found on record, where so many ente:21 into 2 con- spiracy for the murder of one may. Tt isa satiafac- ion that all of them are likely to receive ia time their just punishment for so nefarivas and cotd blecded a crime. Mr. Estabrook was a man much reepected among those who knew him. He leaves many friends and seme counexions in this conuty, who will grieve to learn his aad fate. BroraL Murver or a Onixp py Her Patovn.— A great excitement was created on the Liberty | road, at the house of Willian Kelly, near the farm | of Join 8. Gittings, Esq.,on Sunday afternoon, consequence of the alleged murder of Mary Cough- | Jan, aged eleven years, by ber father, Martin Cough. | Jon. ‘Lhe facts elicited before the jury of inquest | were, that in consequence of the barsh and un ata- | ral treatment of the father, the child left his house | on Saturday night, and sought refuge at the house of Mr. Kelly, aneighbor. At about one o'clock on | Saturday night Coughlan appeared at the he nd demanded that the child shonld cone b im, As soon as she came into his prevenc commenced a volley of abuse, and finally as: her with a heavy hickory stick abont four feet ioug | and one inch in diameter, with which he leat her over the head and back until she fell under tho se- verity of the punishment. On raising her t was discovered that she was speechless and una'le | 2k, and it was determined that she should not | ved to ber home until Sunday morning. On | Punday niorning she continned in the same heloless | condition, and seemed to grow weaker, and suffer yery much from exhaustion, there being an entire | | relaxation of oll her limbs. The fasts becoming known to Jnstice Pole, he caused the arrest of the | | father, to await the result of the injures he had | | inflicted on bia child. The little girl, continuing | to sink under her woonds, expired at about | one v'clock on Sunday afternoon, just twelve b after the infliction of the binge \ Ae being no coroner convente’ ustice Pole helt an | inquest upon the body. Dr. Buxley made a post Thortem examination, when it was discoverod thst alarge quantity of extravacated blood was on the | brain, which was congested, Besides this her back and shouldera presented toarksof the iost bru‘al treatment, bearing lovg and deep bruises made by | the iostrument of punishment. Upon these facts | the jury found a verdict that deceased came to ber death in consequence of an assault with intent to kill made by the father, Martin Coughlan, at the | house of Willism Kelly. After the rendition of the | verdict the wretch wus pomrared to this city and | committed to prison to await his trial at the next | term of County Circuit Court. The people in the mighborbood were very much incensed against him, and would, we learn, have deait harshly with | Win had opportunity offered. He is represey \ be a morore and repulsive man, and possessing ver little of the ordinary feelings humanity, Whot offence the c had committed against the authori- ty of the father we could not learn, but there conld be none deserving @ pishing unto death. The little girl is said by t who. lived near to have been eprightly and intelligent, and very mdastrious, #nd though abe had received unkind treatment from him who should have ratber risked his own lite for her pr , never lefther home to seek refuge smong stran, until impelled to do so by a thrent that be would kill her. Thia is one of the inost iwatal and unuataral crimes it. has been our lot to record fer a long time, and trust that a lon: aaj or | may elapse before there is another exhibition of ed total pias Soames a *) Lane father forget | at be * protect destroy U3 whom (od has committed to min care to love and | cherish. Baltimore American, July 25. Desrrvertve Fint—A fire was discovered last | | Saturday night, aboat midnight, in tho weaving | shop of the silly and woollen shawl factory of John Dunean, at Fronklin, im this county, which wus | wholly destroyed, ae with an adjacent print | shop, belonging toL. W.Dancan. A lar; bei of machinery and atock was consumed. The fac- | tories were large and contained much valuable ma- | teris!]. A small portion of the stock wus saved. | The loss cannot yet be fully estimated, but is | steted at $50; by insurance. Tee origin of the fire is nuknown, | Many persons by this fire have been thrown out of | € ployment 1 ewark Advertiser, July 2. Scrcipe.—The wife of Mr. Isaac Gilbert, of Guil- | ford, Chenango poten committed suicide on the sth inst., by cutting her throat. She had been la- boing under aberation of mind for @ while past, | and hat been constantly watched to prevent her from carrying into effect a plainly manifest dis | ition of making away herself. On that oS, however, she prevailed on her hushaad by ar- titice to absent himself from the honre a short time, and du ine by interval a - Be ony le knife and m such effec: work 9} that upon being, discovered in some Ree minutes af- torvarda life wae neatly oxtinot, ‘The lero wo 34 years of age, and bas loft a family o° three oo! | dren. ' | of whom 1,361 were sentenced to imprisonm-nt. threatening to kill bimif he revealea a word or ut- | * as foslows :--The which about $24,000 is covered | looe exc bange, )- | conver Fatueloon: <00 } About £1,000 tregotes of tho ‘Valentine's Manual of the Corporation of New York, ‘We have again before us the annual Manual of the New York Corporation, presentiny a daguerreo- type picture of manicipal matters, rules, la va and fnoumbente from the time of the Hevelution down to the present day, when oar city rejoices in & local reform government. D.T. Valentine, the veteran Clerk of the Board of Aldermen, has exhibited in the volume for 1854 even more than his wonted in- dustry and research; and hie labors have produced a work exceeding some sixty pages any of the pre- vious Manuals. The contents of the present num- ‘ber are multifarious, and comprise the most reliable lists of the officials of the various city institations, municipal and other public boarde, bureaus, crimi- nal and civil courte, schools, hospitals, Fire Depart- ment—in fact, a portable epitome of the whole city of New York, civil, criminal, military and munici- pal, together with numerous maps and lithographs of rome of the time-honored buildings of the city, venerated by Americans from the Revolutionary incidenta with which they are identified, By this Manual we learn that the amount of mo- ney applied to the relief of the many recipients of the | Fire Department fand during the pas’ few years was about $14,000, and that they now have three hun- | ee widows and. eight hundred children under eir care, ‘The total number of New York citizen soldiery— infantry, cavalry and “rhea Cad 5,830. The scvedule of officers w' sales ore Ble from the cit; phen p shows that, exclusive of fees, the aggregal e cost of these from the Mayor and Judges down to a policeman or an asylum door-keeper, amounts to nearly one mil- lion two handred and ten thousand doliars. ‘The finnncia!- tables sliow that the expenditures of the city government, inclading trust accounts for the year ending 3st of December, 1853, were #7 927,740, whilst the receipts were $8,823,851 ‘The city debt yet to be redeemed by the sinking fund os $9,329,658; and the funded debt redeemable fiom taxation is $960,000. The total value of real and personal estate in the city and county of New York in the year 1826, was $107,238,981, and the amount, raised by tax was $383,758 89; whilst ia 1862 the total of real and personal estate was $31,768,426, and the amount raised by tax was $3,380,511 05, or nearly three ee more than it was twenty-six years pre- viously. Th canpunk required for the care and cultare of public parks ia $9,151. Under the hesd of the Croton Acqneduct Depart. | rent for 1863, we perceive that tne great line of | four feet pipe, being the largest ever laid, was cum- Menceé across Manbatéan valley. Tne entire water yeceypts, from the introduction to December 31, was $3,355,534 47, and the whole length of pipe on the ites and 2,051 ject. The total number of deaths in the city of Ne' York, Som various diseasea, during the year 185 Was 22,006. che ner ¢ Genera) Sessions, for the were—-to be banged, 3; to the State } & county prisons and house of refuge, ui Special Ressions wer 1.415; for assault and battery, ‘the number of hack and special hack licenses, for 1853, was 632, ‘The amount of into the city ti the total 1 umby being 6,571. But it imposeible in this brief notice to give an acemaie idea of a!! che valuable information that is contained in Mr, Valentine’s compendious review of he political affairs of the municipal government of sew York for the last fifty four years, compiled, as it is, with great minuteness, attention, aod deep re- search, and we therclore recommend the Manuel itaclf to universal use, as no Jibrary in this country can be considered perfect without it. was $75,346, and $308 floes Theatres end Exhibitions. formed, for the fourth time ia Aweriva, this ev g, at Castle Garden, the four leading artiats—Siguora Martini D’Ormy, Donna | Valerie Gomez, Signor Neri Beraldi, and Signor Graziani—in the principal characters, Be ides these, Signora Avegodro and Bignori Quinto aad Mulley will appear. Added to the pleasure of voral aud instrumental exercisea, we know of no iocation about the city of New York where a few hours can be more Y Pell enjoyed, so as to conduce to her'th and improvement of musica! taste. Buoapway Tnratxe.—The complimentary testi- monial to Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams, whose acting hes contributed so much to the amusement of the dramatic public, is to take place tuis eve ning. The list of performers who have volunteered comprices the nomes of several of the most promi nent actors who have appeared on the New York beards, and the eatertainment provid: ‘i the fourth act of the ‘Merchant of Venice,” the jurcea of CIEE es) the Question,” “Who 8; st 7” the “Irish Lion,” “Porty and Fify, and the “Yankee iil,” together with singing and dancing. Bowrty Trrarrr. Olinza from the stage to the galiery, blindfolded, ia to take place Lhis eveniag again. “Those who have not as yet witnessed tly extraordinary perform- ance sLould embrace the present opportunity. The dramatic performances will commence with the drama entiticd ‘La Tonr de Nesle, im which Mr. > dy will sustain the arduous character of Capt. Buidan, The amusements will close with tho furce styled the “Know Nothings,” which is weil | east. | SLO's GanpEn.—The new ballet, in one act, of zieliia” wi pias appearing a3 Graziella, supported by Paul , ant, 1 ois Jerome Ravel, and Mme. Maw wil. Ip the eo of the ballet, Mile, Mathios | will dance ‘‘saltarella,” and @ grand pas de deux with Pan! Brillant. The fairy cwmic pantomime of “Raoul, cr the Magic Star.” will terminate the Spine Satarday will be the next English Opera night. Nariona Tararer.—Mr. U. A. Perry, the young Amerivan gediaa, and Miss A. Hathaway, the accomplished actress, are to appear again tha evening. The pieces elected for representatio the drama entitled the “Fireman of New Yi Mr. Perry personating the character of Fre: J p, ane Mrs, n‘ertainivg drama of “Joan of Arc,’ Fathaway Mf i os Joan, supported by Messrs. Daly, Howard, Fox, and Mre. Jones. Ambkio As Museot-—Mr. 0. W. Olarke, who is im- roviog in bis acting every day, is to appear as the sin Brothers this afternoon, ia the romance of Dumas, called the ‘Corsican Brothers.” Mr. Clarke's | pyacece in this piece is a very truthful one, and 8 likely to prolong its representation. Three very amusing pieces will be given in tue evening. Hivropnomn.—The second come oil this evening. The wiuners in the last race will not be competitors for the prizes to-night, sod the terms of the race will be the same as before. The asual amusements will be given both afternoon and evening. Woon’s Mesarrnrs.—This popular band an nounce avery good programme for this evening, various functionaries, | 4, for supply and distribution, amounted to 236 | total namber of criminals sentenced in the | tavern and excise livenses paid | jwenses issued for twenty wards | Verdi’s grand opera of ‘Louisa The ascension of Madame | be played to-night, Mile, Yrou | | amount. | bed. Foot Race is to | the leading feature being We Operatic burictta of | “bend her de Sham Money.” yink Buoxiry’s Senevapene.—'Cinderella” will be repeated tonight. This ie positively the last week of ite representation, as the var in opera of tho “Bohemian Cir!” will be produced on Monday next. Pamvre or mm Parest Save Game.—Oa Wednesday morning, some adventurers tried the ajent safe game on a gentleman from the South, rather failed in the result. Tho way of it was entleman was met hy one of the confederates near Congress Spring, and after somo eonversation invited to visit a mounment erected in honor of o faithfal dog near Woodles plave. He concluded to go, and so they walked along down be- yond the Indian camp uad, and entered the United States District Court, DBOISION IN ADMIRAL: Y. 8 Before Hon. Judge Ingereoil. Jotham Parsons ond others, against David Og dene Abstract of Opinion —On the 28th of April, 1851, the rerponden: chartered the ship Hemisphere , then in this port, of the Kibellants, her owners, for a voyage from Liverpool to the port of New York- By the charter party it was agreed that the ship should receive on board at Liverpool a fall cargo of general merchandise, and not exceeding 513 gers; and that the ship should not be obliged to take on board an amount of iron exceeding Te- gistered tonnage. The respondent was to water, provisions, and berths, and all other expenses connected with the gers, and to pay hospital commutation fees in New York. and quarantine ex pensex. If the ship provided berths, the respondent. Tea e pee. ane pee for them, and he wae to buy the passenger stores then on board at their Ve lue in Liverpool, Tne lay days for loadiag at Liv- erpool were to be as follows:—Comuenclig from the time the captain reports himself ready to re- ceive cargo, fifteen runn! hay days; and for eaeb and every day’s detention by fault of the respen- dent or agent, one hundred silver dollars per day, to be paid by respondent. The libeliants now sue to recover the charter money which was agreed upon at £1,500, the value ef the passengers’ stores on board, and seven days’ demurrage at oe ‘The respondent denies that are entitled to de- | murrage, and ere to paying the charter on the ground that the ship did not bi 0 fail cargo. By the act of 3 md 4 William IV.,¢. 53, entitied “An act for the geveral re; of the customs,” it is provided, among things, that no goods shall be shipped, or water borne to be shipped on board say ale ip apy port or the United Kiogdom, to be carried beyond sens, before dye entry outwarda of such ship, and due entry of mch goods, shall be made and cocket granted, nor before such goods shall be duly cleared for suipment, in manner thereio directed, under pain of forfeiture. It is also provided that, before any goods be taken on board out ward,bound ship, the master shall deliver to the col lector or comptroller a certificate from the propes of- ficer, ef the clearance inwards of such ship on her last voyage, and also an account, sigued by the mas- ter or his agent, of the entry outwards of such @bip for the outward voyage, If, however, it be- comes necessary to lade Lg inf goods, vefore the whole of the inward cargo is dis: harged, in order to stiffen or ballast the ship, it is lawful for the collec- tor or comptroller to issue tothe muster what is called a‘‘st ffening note,” being a permit to receive such | goods for that purpose. After the *hole of the in- ward carve is discharged, the collector issues to the master what is called a “ jerk note,” being a permit which authorizes him to receive on board goods for bis outward cargo. The Hemisphere set sail from this port soon after the execution of the charter party. She arrived at Liverpool io June, and soon | alter commenced discharging. On the 24th, of June, having discharged a part of her cargo, her master obtained from the collector a “ stiffening note,” au | thorizing him to receive on bonrd railroad iron only. On the 28th of Jane al! her cargo was discharged, but the “ jerk note,” authoriziug him to receive his outward cargo was not obtuined till the 80th. Some railroad iron was furnished previous to this, and before July 15, the whole cargo was furnished , consisting of railroad and other iron, orates, boxes of dry goods, &c., making up a ‘ cargo of general merchandise. The captain, on the 234 day of June, reported to the agent of the respondents that he was rea'y to receive cargo \ The libellants allege that the lay days commenced on the receipt of the ‘‘stiffeniag note’ on the 34th ' of June, which would give us eta seven dayw’ dereur | rage, while the respondent claims that they did not | commence until the receipt of tue ‘jerk note” on 1he 30th, in which case they would be entitled to no de murrage. ‘The expression in the char ay is, that the ay days commenced “ from the time the master reports himself reagy to receive cargo.” { They do net commence, however, until he has » ‘bt to report himself ready; and he bas no such right until the ship is actoally ready, aad she is not ready #0 long us she is pronibited by law from receiving cargo in consequence of the non-perferm- ance of certain things to be done on her part; and there can be no delay on the part of the cbarterer until she bas been so made. The constroction of that par’ ot the charter party relating to lay days | js, that the charterer shail have the right to detain | the ship, in order to put on board a cargo of gene- ral merchandise fitteea days after she shall have been placed at his disposal, and not detained on bu- siness of the owner or former charterer, and:after she shall have been pot in such a condition that be can put oa board euch a cargo. She was pot de- tained by the charterer before June 30, but by the | owner lor the purpore of discharging ber inwayd | cargo. ‘Till that time no good wuld Mave beeu pot on board of her except railrvad irop. Poe { respondent was not bound to put any rai- | rond or other iron on hoard under the char ter party. He could pat on board a cargo of | geterel merchandise without putting on board } any iron. Vill the 30th of June, then, she was not | ready to receive a cargo of general merchandise, and the lay days do not commence til that time. ‘This alzo agrees with the cnstem of the port of !.ives pool, as shown by the weight of the evidence in the cause. No celay was occasion/4 to the ship in consequence of the ‘narsengera. The weight of tectimeny is that sho was fa.ly and properly loaded, and the respondent bas no gronod for claialag that the did not brisg sfull cargo, Nor bas he any fround of complaint as to the nember of passen- gers. “The charter party did not require that 613 paseen gera should be brought at all events. A por | Hon of the cargo was ao place? between docks that fo many could vot haye been ght without vio Jating the act of Congress on that sobject, Only 350 Lertha were provided by tue ehig, none by | the charterer 1 only 350 paseesogers were tea- dered to the ship, and these she bronght. The regent of the reepordent did not claim that more berths should be farnished, and thereby ansented that no more passengers shenld be brought. The respondent js also, the terms of the che ter par » liabl spital and ¢ ‘ation fees in | New York Bh) c passenger stores \ cree, therelore, that tue line fer money, less what | the hospital money, | and reference to a »mmissioner to ascertain the ALLEGED Murper—Considerable excitement was created in Stirling street yesterday morning, in com eqnence of # woman named Sarah Devlin, aged about fifty years, beving been found deal in her The discovery was made vy her husband Patrick Deviin, who keeps a small drinking saloon op the premises. Upon ao examination of the de ! ceased by some of her veig bore, it was discovered thet her face, neck and shoulders wage | bruieed, and (rom the fact that ‘eit had been fraught with t 268, SUB vad play was at once alleged agaicst the husband, There were several rumors with regard to thestate of their lives, none of which, however, were vented im the testimony before coroner's jury. Coreger Ste vena was summoned and heid an inquest apon the body, and on o vost mortem, it was discovered, and & verdict waa rendered, that her death resulted from natural cauces. ‘This verdict was not received with satisfaction, and the corouer was req d .to snmmon another jury, and hold another taqaest, to which he acceded. “The second inguest was held yesterday afternoon, and the conclusion to which the jury arrived is such that the coroner committed ' 1 to prison, for a further examination, or » of the grand jary.—-Baltimore American, July On Wednesday morning, mt week, Mr. Jonathan 'T. Ped, of Westchester, +torted in the ears for Paoli, intending there to take the western line to Juniata county, on # visit to bis (lends, He had with him his son, an active, m- teliig ent lad of about thirteen years of age. When the car stopped at Paoli the lad jumped down from the platform on the side next to the other track, and at the same inetant be heard the scream of a Presyyce ov Mrixp. iecemotive mingled with the endden ontory of the egente and others who steod by. A train was parsing up onthe other trae ve Jovity, and wae that instant the cars. The scene in the cars is said to have n one of great excitement. The outcry of the agents and whizzing by of the train at the same time the tmame- diate report, ‘‘@ boy under tue cers,” created a poinful suspense; several jadies fainted. When the freight train had passed over, the }ad was sen » where they i the other rascal waiting | !ying at length between the track. He very com- wah ats Vall, Alter the annul reluninaries, a bet | posedly = 8 yen stated in reply to eager in- was made and five Lge dol! a ee ys ns Bor'therner to put up. course, ner safe won, ard seizing the cash, made off with it. The confederate pretended indignation as usual, and drawing a dirk started to compe! a return of the money, The southern gentleman began to smell a rat at this, and secor dingy made @ grab at him and catching bim by the coller held on to him acu hal d. A man wae seen oa the railroad » short dis- tance off, apd the rascals began to get acared—so the man with the money came back and delivered up the epoila and in his haste one hundred dollers over, which was handed back to bim and they wore allowed to escape.-Saratoga Whig. Romsery at rae Gravn Trev Rareeoap Ovvick.—On Thorsday bony the safe of the Grand Travk Railway Office, Little St. James street, was opened, and money and securities to the amount of £14,000, or £16,000, abstracte1 therefrom. In the course of the day, /o consequence of information given by a woman, several boxes containing the se- curities were found pre sae near poe jer © . There are still raissing some thirds of cuheten to tho extent of about 21,400,000—oF pected of the ¢ Heed, July ‘reo! Bank. A party, beer arrested. —Mon é quiries, the shouts he looked arouad and saw the locomotive close to him. He instantly threw himself fist his face, between the two | tracks, and laid still till the train bad passed. The terror of the father probsbly fur exceeded that of his brave litle son.— Regio. Fxrioston axp Acctngnt.—Anexploston and 06 cident ocenrred at Paliner’s grocery store last eve ning, of a aeriona chwacter and which came pear | being fatal in its effects upon two persons. One of Mr. Palmer's clerks, Nattan W. ela, while en- waged in drawing some liquor from a cask in an @p- ner room of the store, incautionsly ellowed the ight to come too near the cask. whea the hiyaor ignited, hee 9, Oe instantantows explosion, ing the cask ixto atoms and throwing young across the room; the concussion seriously 1 him apd a German boy who stood by at the time. ‘The liquor was seattered over the whole surface oF the rocm, and being in a blaze it was feared for a time that the bail Hog would be consumed fire. ver, oon extinguished by thro: om EN gd ot ew found near at hand. The man boy wis slightly burned; bat Phelps is serious! ee y injoved fpom the, prniges: received. are , Joing well to-day and will soon recover- Lockport Courier July Th.