The New York Herald Newspaper, October 24, 1854, Page 8

~~ ~ an } THE ARCTIC CALAMITY. THE SEARCH “OFF NEWFOUNDLAND. (From the Newfoundland Express, Vot. 10.) . * * . . . . . We obverve thats letter from P. F. Little, Esq, one of the members for =t. John’s, appears in yesterday's Neufoundlander, detailing the exertions of that gentle- wan, which sre highly cre‘itable to him, in endeavor- ing to send off vessels in search of the shipwrecked pas- sengere of the Arctic It in no respect impugns the | i $ RS Another Marder Trial. COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER. Before Hoa. Judge Mitchell SENTENCE OF JOHN CORCORAN FOR THE MAN: | SLAUGHTER OF MICHABL COYNE. Ocr. 23 —At the alttiog of the court this merning | ; John Ccrcoren, indicted for the murder of Mishael Coyne ‘by killing him with bandspite, on board the steamer Kennebec, but found gailty of manslaughter in the Mirth degree, was cailed up for sentence. Mr. Phillips, counsel for the p:isoner, spoke in favor a mitigated sentence £ MUMICI4L AFFAIRS. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. Ocr. 4$_dsthan C. Bly, Eeq., Prosticnt, in the char. ‘The minates of .* last meoting were rend and approved - On motion of Ala.*rman Blunt, seconded by Aldewmsn Mott. the papers from’ the Board of Councilmen respect- ing elections and appims.D¢nts were taken up and passed upon. Several reporte of cs) munittess on assess nents for , grading and building referred te ene Sisson it aa toned. we tas & tr FELTSETER ip i E F ] correctarss of the narrative we gave in our last of the | °! proceedings of his Excellency the Governer ard of the Ameriosa Consul. Mr. White has issued a vindicatory turday’s Pest, which we copy, and to wnich poly ourselves, Ha ax: ‘On coming into this ith the stea on Mondsy nigit, I was told by the boarding officer of the loss of the Arctic. Ithen dstermined, before I kney of any ar vangemeot on shore, to rend the steamer as #o0n as sho could ve reprired snd cosled, to search for the passen gers and crew ” The Victeria did not come inon Monday night, bu* at five o’aiock P. 4 on Monday and if there was such & generous resolution formed as is no 7 ststed, why was it nut communicated to the Amer'cal Consul when he applied for the Victoria, in place of his being told that he could mot have ber?’ This refusal dess aot rest on the exclusive authority of the Consul, although that to us would have beea rufllcient ; but we have it trom one of the leading me cheats of st John’s, who wg by and head the application maas, and Hy. Agaiar—" ve find no coal | d it yoveral’y requires a day aod to mut on boar! her fuli com- 9 two cargoes of ehaif or tw y plement of cos! by carts.”’ There wero coals afloat inthe barber whoa the Victoris came ia, ‘The Lady Fgiinton, » larse steamer of the Liverpool and Quebec line, was coated at Messra Brooking son & Co.'s wharf, from ths wharf, in the autamn of 2863, in hours, duriog which 130 tons were put on beard of her, uoré then double the comp'ement of the Visto- | ria Agtin, ‘the aseertion that the Victoria, turced from 4 twelve duys cruias, &e , &o ,” Mc. White, very prudently, does not aay what the rapai-s requirei by the steamer Victoria were, Wo unnositatingly state | MLECTION MATTERS—CHANGE OF POLLS AND NOMINATION ! ‘The Jucge said that in consideration of the verdict of | rv, and the + Midavits as to thi the prisoner, and the fact thet he had been ia close confinamest since his apprebeusica, the court vas inclined to awaré an amount of punishment less thaa the meximum which the law allowed. But toxsmach aa injuries were ivflic'e! on the deceased with a haad- @, and two blows struck, when it was probable pualtores would bave besa sufficient to protect 1d the prironer weat, he (the Judge) nce the lowest amount of punishment He therefore seatenced H i g 5 or punt Ge A resolution to move the the teventeenth ward from Orchard street, was ordered to lay om the table. k P. Lewis was appointed ward, in place of Ji cut of the district; James Thompson in place of John Finch. hth lesction district of the Seventeenth | {com 92 East Eleventh street to 84 south of Twelfth street; to re- M1 of the ‘hird election district of the Fourteenth ward from 220 Grand strest to 871 Broome street. Adopt- as appointed an inspec or of elec. tiens for the Tenth district of ths Eleventh ward, in place of Alfred A. Carpenter, removed from the w: Wi lett was appointed inapector for the Third election district of the rixteeath ward, in place of Jonsh Willis; Giceon Hineman was ap;ointed inspector of elections for the First election district of Sixteenth ward, in Charles S Day, cond district of corner of Fourth avenue and Eight house nesr the southerst eorrer and tbird aveni ed insy cetor for in place Eenin % — Fitzpatrick was ap} tlon'cistrict of the © L Brett, removed from the ward; Michsel ed inspector in the Fourth election district of the | . in place of Abraham i ; possibili his thin} so until I tela him; he well, it is hard to leave you all;’’ such an instrument as that knife would cause those wounds amined by Mr. Clinton—The wound in front to sause death; that was the opinion ‘the back would not as £ e = 2E the Twonty-first who has removed {Piet election Mist Crone -ex: would be sufficient of mycelf and Lr. Uhl; of iteeif to cause deatk, affixed to this de, ree of crime. the prisoner t> the peni’entiary for tea months, TRIAL OF JEROME B. William H, Leppard, deposed—That he wasa police- | Third avenue, one door man cn the éthof Octohgr; I saw Post that Mr. Quee’s drug ited the ‘t and Washington streets; I found him in one of the becrooms, under the bed on the floor; ent there becsuse he was afrail of the e tcld me the reason he had inflisted those wounds was that Post hit lect where be raid be hit him: KING FOR THB MUBDEB OF PETER G. POST. ‘The prisoner in this cass 1s a young man of mili and | genteel appearance, tweatyone yeirs of age, anda ne- nia. He is indicted for the murier of bbing him witha kuife at of Horatio and Washington streets, on Ath of Uetober inst ‘The fol'owiog jary, after several peremptory chal- lergos sn° chall-pges for cause on the part of the prison- er, were emp: elled:— Ieee M, Sands Boston, before f 86 Domingo eit; ernment pilot at the time. Ocxa: hich sank after qidh ship Caroline Tucker, hed her ennge tive of Penney} Peter G Poet, by ship may have attended t rea ton exists for disturbing its 't costs. ~-S ision (ice) ‘Tasured t=. Philedelphis,”’ with lose of mein- . lon 68, by fishing sober 68, by ; the poll of the ve ward was removed from ths sixth street to the oont'g third street was appoint- Sixteent rard, ia that he did it in self-cefence; he told me od to give bimself up before he went under the be @ he asked some young man to go to the stat didn’t Like to go, hen! cailkd him from the bed, he asked me if I was an officer; I eaid | was; he the: “T will come out ond go wit protect him from the crowd; it waa about eight o'clock. anthony bughes, deposed—J knew the decenced; I know the prisoner at the bar; I was not present at the cifficulty; 1 came there after the cecurrence Ponnsylvanis, is in | | hh City. house, but he seid Crittenden and lady, were in Chicago on the James McKean, Walter L. Caild, Borj P. Beckm.a, Thomas Warren, 6 Third district of the { removed from the ward; Joha | 20th the Fourth elec. in place of Jas. Dominice Maguire, Wave, of srefiars, HC, betece oe . ins Harrison N. Ba bane oebrpty arg radar gee? Charles Ohasman, The District attorney opened the case for the proseen tion, and briefly ceacribed the eubstancs of the case a3 din the testimony At the Met: Hit: N.B. Whitfield, Ala- A Norris, PI VL. Bandon, U. &. Ne; Dimitry. New Orleans; W. Ci lin end von: F. Martequ the first witness jy, Providence; ¥. W. Resq that no -epsise wore required that could no‘ bedispensed | 4 with watit the vessel shoul! retarn from ths proposed | oruie intearch of the -retic!s boats: and we nay bs- sides, that she might have heea iesdy to start oy day- light om Tuesday moraing; iu plac “0: which aho did not leave untilone Velook P.M on Wedceslay. It ia not Henry Perrine was ap; the Fifth district of Horace -mith was in the Eleventh we: inted Inspector of 9 Sixteenth ward, to fill a vacancy; aed Inspector of Fifth distric , in place of Joseph Stratton, re- moved from the werd; Williem Ross was appoin epector for the Seventh district ‘The Mistrict Attorney said he had no questions to ark Cro## e>smiced by Mr. Blaukman—Saw Kirg after the trensaction; [om tie man be asked to go to the ata- ti mbone, I refuted to go; I advieed him to leave thet corner; i dié not accompany King to the house where ra. Cicton and Bloni:maan defeoded the prisonar. ‘amined by the Distrie know the prisovar at the bar; I En hoonhover, Tro; do.; Wm. Bost ric! At the 8t. Nicholas—Hon. J. 8. Van Sol . ‘apt Sackett, Traw the deceased ad prisoner on the 4th of Uctoter, of Washington aud Horstio streets, ae near as i removed from the dr White's mere asertion to the contrary that will | satisfy the American or Coloui-1 public Let the engi- neer of the a’esmer be calei vjont> make au affijavit tions in Mr. White's letter, as far as time fe concern’d. Woe venture to effirm that @ doing 6» +8 to the “twelve daya eruire,”’ the Victoria dui not go beyond Cape Ray, a dia- tanoe of about 350 miles fiom St John’s, steaiiog up he intermociate bays; aod what would ths pub it ehould turn out that she has gone back ia aame Cirection—tha” she was delayed ia St John’s, waitiog for Mr. Fisld, the engineer of the telegraph line to go by ber on the dusines: of the company, acd that | the whole cruise for the Arsztic’s boxts will be jimited to, at the utmost, forty or fif:y hours? Mr. Little’s letter lets out something more, Even - on Wedresday morning, notwithstanding the gousrous reeolution formed on hesring of the loss of the Arctic, to send out the, Vistoris, an evconvor was made to get the guarentee ‘of the government, formerly declined, for compensation for her -e-vices, and the vessel was Getatosh on heat in consequeces’ Now te chow tat Sach guarantes was entirely unnecessiry to secure rea- tonable compensstion for the Victorias, wo may observe that we put the question to Mr. Gilvert of New York— watir fom what he knew of the governme: United St he was not prepared to say, ‘bern promptly cent out upon the official f the American C:uosel, and a certificate time she was on the s:rsico were given by that ion of these documents compersation? To which he replied that he had ne dovbt ou the subject, We bave only farther to refer to the cironmetance that Mr White's letter of instruc- tiopa to the master of the Victori he d’4 not leave the company's .M., onthe 4th. We conceive it a public duty to muke a thorough exposure of the unfeeling conduct of this Amerioan citizen—this thylock of Fort Hamiltoa! Having ataied the facts of tho care, which we chelienge h'm to contradict, we leave it to the press of the United States to csstigate him as bls concuct justly merits. COULD THE ARCTIC HAVE BEEN SAVED? TO THE EDITOR OF THE NRW YORK HERALD. Your correspondents “J. E M,’’ and ‘Engineer of New World ’’ in failing to demonstrate s means of saving the Arctic, have seriously camaged tho reputation of several physical traths, by misunderstandiog, misatating and misapplying the mathematical principles that created and established those truths. It is not true, as stated by the former, that the velocity of water through or over Sjutete, is an the square cf the heighth or depth from surface. The velocity{of water in such caces varies as the equare root of the depth or opening below the surface; not that the square root is the velocity in any case, but that two similsr openings of unequalled Gepths bave velocities that are to each other as the juare rcots of their sevsrs) cepths—the eame as areas o/ circles are to each other aa the squares of vheir diame ters; not that the equars of their di«mster ia the area im soy case. The exact value of velosity in ths case of water referred to is involved in a co-eflicient adapted to the partioular case It is not true, as stated or tecttly admitted by ‘‘Engi- neer of New World,” that a -‘vacuum’’ could have been formed at tte leak sy @ steruway velocity of thirteen miles per hour. Vacuum means void of all ma‘ter. No velocity of a ship can prevent the cavities in the surfase of ocean being filled with the atscosphore. Perhaps that wes werely the misnse or abase of a term or word Well, ‘not suo that any velocity known to steamships, oven mies per hour stern foremost, could cause a de in the surface of four feet, at a point on the starboard bow fifty feet from the stern. The depression Ip displacing the tion, square of four, or sixteen feet second, and suppose {iiconld.cmahip the peddle wheels, tig them over bow and stern, then it would require a speed, larboard side foremost, of siateen feet per second to keep a depression of four feet, slowing the keel and stern are distant six- teen feet from the leak. When that can be done we wiil not requi:e the valves to be reversed. F. Wit\tamsburg City News. LARGE FIRE IN WILLIAMSBURG—FOUR HORSES BURNED. Last night, about 9 o'clock, a fire was discovered in the rear of on old blacksmith shop, in Little Water atreet, near Grand, Williamsburg. The fire commani- cated to the hayleft of Mr. John Sharp, adjoining and fronting on First street, in which was 500 bales o! hay, and the fire spread from this with great rapidity to the surrounding buildings on the block, bounded by Grand, fouth First, Little Water and First streets. The fira men were scon on the ground, and worked wth com’ mendabdle zeal, assisted by several Broo klyn and New York companies; but in consequence of most of the buildings being wood, th:y were only able to prevent the Speed of the fames to the adjacent blocks. The follow- igg buildizgs were burned:—The feed store of Messrs. Shackon, on First street, a le ia tm the rear, (in which four horses vaiued at $500 were and their three story wood dwelling.house, cor- nerof Water and Grand streets. Loss about $3,000, in- ured. Lancing Ac! ’s Exchange eating house on Grand street damaged ut $1,200, Insurance run out last week. Joseph Anderson's grocery and feed store, ner of Grand and First streets, totaltv destroyed. $2,000. Insured for $400. Therow of one anda half tenement buildings known as the Fountain Inn, on t street, and the three story double brick not, corner of First and South First 2 streets, owned Moore, and occupied by fami- nearly destroyed. Lose about $3,000, {asured, were sheds and temporary also se 1 other buildings burned. The origin of the fire is not known, but is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. Caurcu Daproation.—St. Mary’s Chareh of the Imma- pA pn gra corner of Remsen and Leonard streets, Wiliams| , is to be dedicated on Sunday, the 20th in- stant, at past 10 o’clock A. M. Rospixg 4 Pouceman.— About one o’clock yay, s man ramed Jas. Kelly, entered the Second ward Station fi robbed him of caught him im the act and locked him up to await trial. Naw York Hzray.—We are indebted to James Gordon Bennett, editor the New York 'Hamacp, for an exchange with his dail ense to our columns, the readers of th sundry articles the Brrarp. And this is the case with oor issue. We do not hesitate « moment in Bgnarp the most useful and interest- themen:—Pev. Dr. . Bellows, Dr. vor De, Het fold, Bor" John Macauley, Be Hlenty Ward Beseher, and Dr. Chapin, of New York city; Rev. Carter, "It printed on ioderate’ sised ‘t pe iu book form, these sermons would makes volume worthy of es any gentleman’s {brary Chicago 44600 $ form, place of Alexander Allen 8. Mitchell was » trict, im place of 0; J, B. Lockwood, Pi Bf 1 les Anderson. .Va.; Dr 4h Lang’ Net Orleonas Major Soawuel Lewis, 3. Lewis, New Ori tM about 734 o'clock; I was with the fore the prisoner came up about ten minutes; standing st *he corner of Horatioand Washington ste | when the prisoner came up, he aaid he had been inealted by a young man named McPhearsca,taklog his seat at tea or dinners, I don’t know which; Post said he didn’t thiak it was an insult; King said ti again be would lick him; the deceased said he would bet him $10 he could not liox him; King, then pi cost, said that wee worth $10, and he would bet that; King also ssid that Pont was a d—d liar, and that he raon; after he called Post a ¢——d liar Post slapped him in the face with his lefs hand; be did not strike rard enough to knock him down, 1 don’t know how hard he struck him; they were about three feet apart when deceased slapped the Pont was standing when be struck; King then sais, “D—n. your big foul, you can’t strike a man of your sizo”’; Post le another movement to strite him Kirg ran into a store on the corner of and Washington I did not follow; King ran into th lowed; I could not see what took place inthe store; 1 was outside; I went to the store door, and saw King ‘ost on top of kim; Q If blows had been struck could you them? [Objected to } Witness—if plows had been struck when I went to the een them; no time at all clapsed while I woe standing at the door; Post immediately rose and left King laying on the floor; Post walked out curb st.ne in front of the store; [ did not hear him say King rusted out of the store and I saw a is hand—(a large grocer’s beef or cheese knife produced)—1 could not recognize the knife, but it was similar to thet; King stabbed Post in the back; the er threw down the knife and walked round the upthe strect to a store and said, ”? that was at Mr Earlsy’s gro- cery store; Simms and another youcg man took hold of deceased and took him up Horatio street, toa draggist’s, on corner of Hudson and Jane streets; it was about a minute from the time King went into the store heard a scufiis, and I went as soon as I heard the scuffle; the deceaced followed the prisoner right after he went in; the only two blows which 1 saw were the slap in th and the stab; I did not se lence; I do not exact!y know bar is; the dece: Inspector for the Zighth dis- Smith, removed from the ward. The Foll of the Fecond clection district of the Sixteenth ward was changed from 124 Ninth avenue to 121 Ninth Due. ‘The peti'ion of the inhabitants of the First election ward, for the removal of the olle of that di-trict, was granted after an opposition ym AMerman Herrick, who designated itas a whig THE ADVERTISING AND PRINTING CONTRA‘ On motion of the Alderman of the Sixteenth ward, to take frem the table the special report of the Committee Kxtty hoped that it would be did not see the necessity for delay, and he matter up before the elec- were ting, and he wis! aad times. ed potert Gamble, Coroner, took the prisoner’s examina: per nes Bae ticn; that now produced is it; the last witness gave me Dr, Ubl Cepored—I made an examination of the boiy of the deceased; I found an incised wound on the fore art of the chest, one onthe beck. anda wound on the ; the wound in front produced three wounds on the siomach; I cou!d not exactly tell the depth: the wound in the back simply went ito the muscles of the back, it did not enter the caviat; from hemorrhage of the wourd in the stomach; the de- ceased was a large stout man, 6 feet 2 inches. Cross examined—The muscles cf the dec! Jargely developed; I should judge he was a to vea healthy men; uncture; the stcmach wounds could only J, B. Lang New Orleans; he (acPhearvon) did it district of the Nineteenth ted om 3 ¥ ould not rently been in. thee si been of the body; he died boarded, as everything HA i CT SITE A (Kirg) could lick McPhy VED AGAIN. |. 4c. in the steamship gt aT, } yond Whit Lewis < "Forbes, Robert J Mana, Win Teliccirs C ‘Talbot, Mise C Tal on Printing, Alderman il Gon Preble, Prentivg Swift, Vincent. Mauritius July 10 Lancer, Lakemtu, N would ask, why not take the sometimes lays in folds; these have becn made by the wound in front, and not from t' one in the back; the wound in front caused his death don’t think the other would have caused death in this The Court tock » recess, after which Mr. Blankman opened the case for the prisoner, w arrived at the sge ot manhood. roceeced to state, that the act was committed in self- had shown that ths deceased was s man rame, and they would show that the pri- soner Was a man of quiet character and peaceable habits. It was the case of s weak, slender b: from the attack of a great powerft formed Several witnesses were then good and quiet character of the prisoner. unsel for defencs called police officer De Witt C Clark, who deposed that he knew the deceased. ‘the Distrist Attorney wi-hed to know what they pro. posed to prove? Mr. Clinton—We offer to prove that the de eased was ition, and that the officer on to supprees disturbances Objected to and exciuded by the Court. Exception en. Mr. Moriarty, in whose employ the prisoner had been, and Mr. Ludlam, tlso gave him « The evidence on both sides ha: proceeded to rum up for the ¢eferce, The District Attorney summed and the Judge having charged the about half an hour and brought in a yerdict of not of murcer, but gulity of manslaughter in the third de- gree. with recommendation to mercy, in consequence Sentence deferred. about the ocrporation tising published in su the reason why some members were afraid to vote, perhape, they thought it, might interfere with their eiection to taking up the son- eral circulation as did not understand Mere Weather Gaage—A Reymoux, E 1ith inst, 188 36 33, low 60 13, Rie A shi ship Jeremiah Thompson Mes Mank ted blac! having Age Fortes rigs be 4 Philemela from Bristol for New York, 17th insty bby & Elisabeth. Boston inn fat Oar tomer owe a on bard, Blanchard, from Boston for Norfolk, eRe AplA Ford, from Boston for Tadasoo, Oot 1 lat 38 lincks from 10th vy Curacac for Liverpool, sait, had not yet learned counsel Alderman Cavyoxy was opposed tract at this time, and he moved that it lay upon the ble He desired more time to inves! japtein Smith and lady, dcorI coulda bave , who testified to which they exerted, was erfoneous, and would be a vio- the ‘He moved that the matter lay on This motion did not meet with any opposi id the matter, (though made a special “dropped.’? DRILLING POLICEMEN. Resolved, That his Honor the inform this Board how many employed in the Police I'epsttment, how much tide they are engaged each day, ARpRossan—Sld Mey, vi C. a Sons aah Stange, Gann Caggonerae— als Oct 5 ship Helen R Cooper, Moore, Guascow-Sld Oct 4 25 ship Harmonia, Doane, New- line Tucker, C} Ady ship aactace, 4. te erg, Creole, Saxon, and Ax—At Oct 16 sohr Buskar, Pye, Norfolk. Cla ‘York. wi Get 8 Be hark Buceks, Xi ev » Meos- tered from Providence). een chartered to loea ‘et Art Cereals «Simms, Tam atabl Hordie Havans. Nesmit urtis, Havans, R P Buck & os JW Faania, dy, Vioksburg, Hughes, aman of quarrelacme dis; iis dead had been frequently call ip , Ci Rio Janeiro; juarantine. it be requested to Ip Abby Lasgdon, sergeants are now a. perf Ship Chimboraso, J W Elwell & Co. pinion astothe number | Ship James LB & Leal. BUSS AND RED PAVEMENT IN CHATHAM STREET AND THE Aresolution te accept the surrender of the contract made by H P. Russ ard G. B. Reid forthe pat Chatham street, the Bowery and Fourth avenue, thereby release the Mayor, &c., fiom all claims and de- wands, and that the said contract be no longer binding ig closed, Mr. Clinton or sagt bw, mi nfederatic ie’atate, Heldatbers, NoOrleans. jark Corn We Bark Harvest, Nichols, Bark F Secor, Paine, St Marks, Smallwood, Anderson & Savannah, Sturges, for the prosecution, kicking or any other vio- they retired for ow old the prisoner at the ed told me that he (deceased) was 25; et; he was not very stout; I saw the de- ceased after bia death. G examined by Mr. Clinton—The deceared was not stout; he was a pretty strong man. not very much like Tom Hyer? (Ubjected to ) Witness. never heard the deceavad called the Tom Hyer of the Ninth ward; I krew deceased two years; he was a stone cutter by trad soner about three months; ceased wan 6 feet 4 anda ‘half; when the prisoner cama up to where deceased and I was standing was the firat I had seen of him that day; the minutes before deceased slapped the prisoner; the pri- soner neemed to be quite angry ebont M‘Phearson taki: his chair; the prisoner epoke in the same tone of voice he- ever did; Post bosrced at the same place with King, cor-. ner of Horatio and Washington streets; they roomed to- ie bast of friends up to this time; the door of tha stcre was open when King Hicks, Alexandria, Abbot Cask, Bas ohantreas, Jaynes, Savannah, agascar. Reed. Jacksonville, © & E J Poters. of his youth and good Adjourned to ten o’clock this (1 uesday) morning. Manslaughter 2 Co. f oGrendy, Mott & | ork; sehr Mary Jane, Terrio, 81d Sept 24 sobs Melita, F lennon Ena nee Oot S ship sobn Baroe, Wi THE FEMALE MAGDALEN SOCIETY. The report of the committee of this board, non con- curring with the Councilmen to donate $100 to the New York }emale Magdaien <ociety. and amending by insert- amount of donation for $500, was adopted. STATOR OF DANIRL WEBSTER It was moved end carried that the prayer of a peti- of are Wobster in the vesti- ‘other business, the board ad- in Queens County. 4 BOY SHOT BY SABBATH DESEORATORS—FIVE PER- SONS ARRESTED—CORONER’S INQUEST. Justice Jobn Boyd, Voroner, held an inquest yesterdsy at the Court House at Astoria, in Queens county, on the Doby of a boy, about thirteen yesrs of age, named Den- zis Duan, ton of John Durn, who resides in one of a row of ceven shanties at Hunter’s Point, near the terminus of the Flushing Kailroad, who came to his death on Sun- dey by ® wound in the forehead caused by a musket ball, the musket having been fired by some person of three several parties of young men who bad come over from New York to Hunter’s Point to acquire akill in target shooting. It appears that tho lad was examining where a bell hed just pierce] the door jambof his father’s heure, and on ralsing up on being warned that anotber Dall was ecming, the second missile struck him in and inflicted a Mecies] a'd wae called in, but to no avail; he ex- hour afte-wards in grest agony, Several of the neighbors immediately proceeded to the spot (over a rise of ground) where the persons were en- gaged in firing, and arrested six of them, the remainder Srortly after, one of the prisoners a 4, and succeeded in getting into a small he crorsed to New York. der fiesk an‘ bullet pouch. ‘Tue other five prisopers were conveyed to jailat astoria, to await the result of the inquest. Their names were, Mortin McGrath, No. 307 Ninth avenue; James tle, No 117 avenue B; James MsConnell, No. 3{ street; John W. Cole, io. PS avenueC The targs first prisoners were firi ating, Ward, for 26 bark Nautit Avon, daw for New Orlosua ae Std ship Sophia Walker, Gray, ADarRA- Arr Sept 11 bark Charles Keen, Chattin, chzinovanz—Cld July 19 ship Atbert Franklin, Long, Manserrixs—In port Oot 1 barks nd AF J Inewrtaw Tom Hye Te Clipe Potae, Jaa treater & Co oan ole, Shy Ene, 4 Bosto: 3 jorfolk, 8 2th a 3th ark RRO, tioner to exhibit a stata for Isle of Sal 17. bule of the City Hall, b After disposing of some jourced to thursday next. Steamer Tacony, rage, Now'Hiaven 4 talked ‘about. three Hand’ Pilladelhia) W ARRIVED. Norfolk, &c, with mdee and nts. Oct 22.at 130 AM, off Jamestown, hence for Nor- Boanoke, Skinner, ‘to Ludlam & Pleasa: Passed steamship fount Vernon, Les- Arr Oct 2bark Austin, Gardacr, London, to r JouNN B—Ar Oot 19 brig Palermo, Henry, New 8 = Sept 20 darks imMYRNA—In port pt ar ‘BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. Ocr. 28 —His Honor the Recorder in the Chair —A umber of petitions for the remission of taxes were ro. ceived ond referred; and the reports of the committee in favor of reducing the annual tax on Wm. Wilson, J. G, Russell, and W. J. Kolb and BILLS PAID— COURT ROOMS AND SHERIFY’S FEES. The report of the commitiee recommendi: ment of $5,002 63 for the expenses of fit! Superior Court rooms, on the corner of the Chembers street, were orcered to be paid. The of the ccmmittee in favor of paying the bill of arter ending Sept 30, 1854, was ye Boyd, $600, for work and @ Clerk of Common Pless, ‘was ordered to be paid; and the bill of the same for $514, tor the ckambers of the Judge of Common Ples: id The Comptroller was gether snd were always they were ‘between the counter and some barr than two or three feet from the door; lying about eight feet from the door; Kiag al: most instantaveously rose when Post get up from him; I was not excited; I did not hear either of them talk a word at the time I heard the acuflle; the noise appeared to be eenrred on the north- King, foe c Sultanas'Wat~ aker, and & H Yarrin, for do abt sth fast t Phoenix, Duncombe, Phila Am vessel in por’ Aug 29. rt Oot 3 schr St Marys, Johnson, foe ier Sept 29 bark Empire. Port Oot 10, brig New same day. Wexronp, Oct 2—Sbip St Louis, ‘k, appears to have others, were adopt 8, NF—Are’ Oot Like two men wrestiit To the Listrict Atterney—T! west corner of Washington street; I walked rouad the corner after King and deceazed hail gore; it was abou: » minute after se slap of deceaeed’s left hand that the ritoner ran into the stcro; I don’t snow of my own nowledge how tall deceased To Mr. Clinton—He was the tallest man around that neighborhood; it was om deseased’s attempting to atrike him the second time thet prisoner ran into the store To the District Attorney—The deceased could not have strnok the prisoner with bis right band without hit- Justice Wm B. Meech, examined by the District at- deposed—I saw Peter G. Post the day he was dy- 1134 o'clock ; there were several policemen and a physician (Ur. Edwards) present; he appeared perfect- Mr. Blankman objected to this witness giving testimo. ny of this nature, unless he comes as an expert. Witnese—I asked the deceased if he was aware thet ke was about to die; he eaid he was; the told me inthe hearing of the deceased that he could not live; I think I observed to the deceased, ‘‘you have heard what the physician has said, you are about to diet”’ he answered that h sat at his bedside and procesded to tak Treduced his declaration to writing (declaration pro- duced an¢ identified by the witness ‘the Listrict attorney then read the declaration of the deceased, which was substantially what was sworn to by the witness Mathew, adding that ‘when he him aside, when we b: in the face, and he then re opposite and him, and stumb! itohins Li a » ope oon. aye Sept 22, with mdse the forehead, ose rrevy (wll a fe pale, Rob sphnton, of Meine, santa and wae deows Orser, $1,472, for the Liverpool for New wing an sachor aud part paseed s large black ste: farziture in the office of Pipe, wae wind iy i Rian hae y ‘with the wreck of Br Thompson & Ne} having escaped. was also ordered to be rected to pay the bills o! Dennis Flynn, aud Robert F: for services in the office of the Common Pleas, for the bill of Bradt Irving House, for the Oct 31 ate ae Albany, Fall hard 5 jéwport; Plazet, Providenos- sloop Oct 21 sobrs Hamilton, NYork: a brig A Lawrence, mmander in Ohiet, nf to throw overboard his ing and srrangi Burroughs for rd of Mrs. Hayes, o of Lr. Latener, and the officers in charge THE ELECTIONS—MARSHALS FOR THE ARREST OP ILLEGAL ‘THE PROTROTION OF THR BALLOT BOXES, Resolved, That the Sheriff be, and he is ay as many deput: req 7th day of November, 18f4, for the of pro- feoting the ballot ores, and Tor the detection and arrest cxrned to ihe frst Mondsy in November. —__. me Cour’ ‘Term. victors Hon. Serliet Eeocoralt PARTITION—THE LATE COURT OF OHANCERY—ITS C, and Frederick t which the three ards in front of the shant und about six feet, preventing the 1e ht of the first party, and ge ties, arda third pai ther to the right, in the orcuard. The f lowing testimony was taken:— Jobn W. McNamee sworn—I was at Hunter's Polat, near the railroad depot, on Sunday, shooting ut # tar- ; there was also two other companies practis get ehooting; sawa party fi and was apparently ® new vessel, Bri +. Oot 18, lat 42 45, lon 62 ‘castle, B, Sept 7, 4 to the Grand ‘an Alm steamer, showing }; Roi Sanita Citron (Br), Jos, Babs: 224, off Nan: red bt houses from being seen; ; Hannah |é Matilda, shooting at a target to the ne —Arr Oot 20 brig Wandorcr, Chadbourne, St Marys, Bosron— 2 Ne fulnes, Fao fort you aware that of illegel voters. © Yeato - The Board Es ah Sonn Brignt, jureb (of Bristol si to master. Sept d, lat 60, lon4 ‘away the steering apparatus, tahdia (of Bath), ua $5 passengers, to O'C Duncan & Ce, ae eaker Lees . nck, Havre, Sept 21, with mdse and 600 Passengers, to Hod & Hincken. ‘Ship Forest City, Allen, Havre, 47 days, in ballast, with 22 #, to’ Ralph i a oa pe rs ehan; i vy weather; lost head of with mdeo and. ng with a target set to. shanties Tithin’ about two hundred yards; heard s noire and ran tothe house, aad found jead; the ball passed through bis head. Thomas J. Gunuing, another of the party, testified that he heerd the woman cry: rapning towazds the house, but m Meserole, of Green Point walhing over the bridge to Hunter's Point: get set so that the parties were shooting tion of the shanties; know there was two men in party nearest the plankroad; saw a the party, and watched and saw bank; reeognized Martin NcGrath as one snd hada musket in his band that would not go hetried three or four times; I saw two persons shooting, but cannot identify but one of them. Timotny Conner sworn—{ reside was called by Mrs. Smith and saw where struck a door in Mrs. Smith’s house; ipg at the door where the ball stru whistling in the air and called to her to nis Dun turned around and a ball head; I called on John Dwyer, and we went down to ‘men and told them they bad done t had shot a boy; th to shoot; there was derick Hart stood down by and near to the next target, east of the first; Ieould not ses the men or target un- til I came around the hill; towards the target-mearest the road Jerry Hefircn was sworn, and corroborated the testi" ‘t Hunter’s Point and am killed; saw the boy killed at my ey were firing at the target and fow the five persons together, three of them having gans ia Mary Cot nor sworn—I was called out at the shanty cf Mra. Smith, to look at the ball that extered th my burband said, “Clear out, » ball is com ped ‘he ball in his forehead; he lived about one hour, and then expired; the ball came fr. m the direction in which the target was placed. ‘Timothy Connor recalled—Martin McGrath and Jemes by the Arst target, near the ie Ryton, Bal ran into the grocery 5 I followed him in and clenched fell, both of us;and he then stabbed me on the left aide; I then eried out that I was stabbed, and ran out in the ttreet, ana he followed and bask; I make this declaration in C Richard Clauson, examined by the ceposed—tI keep a grocery store at the corner of Horatio and Washington streets, at the right hand side going down; I know the prisonsr ai Post; they were in my store about 8 o’clock on the let of October (should be 4th): in after him right away; threw him down o1 out, and saw persons id not go up there. testified—I was Justice Roosevelt—The two sons and three dau; of the late Nicholas Ge: re owners as tenant) ia common of a Twelfth ward of this city, Seven‘ bbed me ia the ition of death.’? strict Attorney, elder, the sone in the and Fourth ty:third and feventy-fourth sold under a decree in Mr. Bibby. who was the F which about nine years Partition for the sam of the suit, being heirs, having died, the bar; I knew Peter G. in, and Post came days with coal, to the Man! fanter; 23d, shipe Sehr Pus tar of the Bast, Sale do. Cla ‘bask Le- oeton. oon worse). sale floor; I did not see any blows Hall, steward, s native i Post just threw him down, and th and went out of the store; Post was not off his feet at any time; the knife produced is mine; it was under the meat bench that night; the meat bench _is on the left hand side as at Hunter’s Point; ‘all had 3 spoke bark Lenox, of Bost: not notice whether King went to the mest threw him down; (witness describes how the knife wood); it was so placed that no- body could see the handle or the hnife; there were two knives together; where King was thrown ddwn ery the meat bench; one is on the right and the other on the left. and tie door is was thrown down was nearer the meat bench; I was about ten feet from them when King was thrown down; followed him and madoa him; I thought he did it with his fist; I of not see any knife with him bet cing snd all the sais wavont, et bag ak to Sohift Brow. rere ne ore, Willams, Bordesux, St days, with inion a a? Lydia, Windsor, VEO; ‘ork. 20 schrs Matthew C Durfee, Nichols, Port Ewen; Qlet, schrs Elea- Jarvis, NYork; “sid Oct 18 echrs ¥, Nickerson, rs Lather C Snow. New y Chase, and Mary Elisa- men at the first was hept on a pi then I sew the men rann’ 3 14th, Geo M Smit between them; where Ki x Oy mony of Cenuer. Jobn Dunn sworn—I reside father of the to: ran down wher¢'t! fast) ti y ' a 10 55 days, snd Gibral- ie), Bowtast, Terrasueva, N¥, 12 days, with mn & . Rxrertne Dandes, 5 je mith 100 passenger n out of the door, K: themselves, compe! them by injunction, on Pala. Xs commitment, be! execu! arees. Special si therefote, partition ; es, fote, in mortgage and fore: si hat knife; I plok A knife was full of biood; and washed it off; I saw Pust go up toa door in the middle of the block; King atood by the store for about ten minutes talk stocd right before the coor, under don’t know whet became of him then;I didn’t see him King made at Post was this way, if any one woul a mae s enn Ley days, in Fag cof Thomaston), Kent, Cardenas, 20 White 4 Duncan. . Wollet, NF, 16 irae eke ir that the Sonat ot u) om loos anh sales, yurts in like cases. the provision was that tenants in & partition or of the tock it into the si act have the same court, to decree Common Law ) Now, 0 to the lat- to the boys; he awning post; I pbell, Hillsboro’, 14 days, with build Pendleton, Pictou, 15 ht (Bi). Hada * Windeor, NS, 11 days, itn J (of Bristol, Ri), Bradley. Baltimore, 10 , Bal Malaga, 53 days, with it sails, stove it 40 lon 23, Joba , , fell overboard and was Weitongs, Amsterdam, 43 days, Br), Anderson, St Joba, NB, with lumber, to thers. Almira Ann. Davis, North Carelina, sex. NORFOLK—Arr Oct 20 brig Loa id achr Meteor, le PUP, Anp Maria, NEW HAVEN—Arr dria; Jack Downing. P’ }; Cyrus. Suly. 6 ). Cr tone tod Cairns. Bi Tail Somat Northern Light ( with plaster to J it ‘the face again he wouk Mr. Clipton—I was in the back id the liquor counter when they the back part of the King when he came in the door; Post was it behind him; they were to; comi was about three feet from the McConnell wese standing dirt cer, in the vicinity of the brick buil he timony was here clesed, an: short absexce, rendered the following We, the jary empsnnelled to iaquire into the cause of the death of Dennis Duna, do death by a wound in the forehead from s musket ball; adirect live with the house, ieisibtens on a 4 “anne iphia; sloops H I Scudder, Bian te 2 ee, B Donne, Loring, ) Hogan, Provi- contended, unless the petition in the one aad the the other are prayed for, the Court soul’ mot de- ent instance the id the ary, after a Mquor counter is and calme the entire <p in ace wor lat at Mary's Leading, that he came to his Picemun, Poiladeipniar days, for thing; f Tiiad Bot used ‘use that one mu @ that oue, but a little smaller I meant to say that when iat tin cata T } Post pushed him Baltimore. Calais for Pailedelpuis. Boston, FEEETEea . ‘Oscools. Manchestor, NYork; wen for Pawine ‘caer it was with n. ‘ To the Judge—The meat bench is open, like the table io To the J thay cama ato my Hors A Chi = “don Bortleua, Ob hr J Lawscn, Pope, Portland, The ships Rxcolater, Seed & W. fro! 1) eet to be sober when Taaw King when he was walt- log tte the store; didn’t coe him go to the meat beach ow seed Mitesh Aitqeneg=t Gon’t knew how he got the Dovtor Prime 8, Edwarcs, examined by the Distciet | ‘Twe ships, one bark, ond one brig, unknows. Wind ot cuaripe, NB; mopidion,