The New York Herald Newspaper, June 2, 1855, Page 2

he was situated, but that as soon as he uld send him what he owed. Noet rai¢ ough, and Spare. thes footed it bask te Troy—twenty twe miles—sad eut te lay brick until the weather became cold, when he received hia Pay, and at once started tor Hoosie Feur Coraers, where be paid Mr. Noel the beard bill, Neel was surprised, and told George he never expected to get it, as nene of Galt’s workmen got paid. Whem George got out of debt Be fe he bad gaimed his first lesson im trusting. To pay thie money, theugh it left George Law nothing, he walked twenty-tvo miles and back—making forty-tour wailes im one ¢ay. He epens that winter in Troy; sold an old sliver watch which he bad purchased in the suramer, and with the pre- eeeds bought a few scbool books, and studied ther without s teacher. These books were few im number, but very important at that peried of George’s life, They consisted of Daboll’s Arithmetic, Morse’s Geogra- phy and Atlas, Walker’s Dictionary, aud a work entitled Bookheeping by Single Entry. Thuse dooks were learned “ by heart,” and strange as itmay seem, yet io alter years, when the operations of George covered mil- ‘ions, he mver varied from the ruies of his silent im- structer, His books were always kept by single entry, and upon s certain occasion, when thé head of « com: pany with millions of capital, of which George was chef owner, was explaining the advanteges of this sys. tem of * coubleentry:” “Pah,” ssid Georgs— Had I coled with such a system I should have epent » fortune n clerk hire, and been penniless m " He devoted his whele mind to his books all thi That spring (1826), he went ing bries, amd earned Ids. 2 4 a paid his parents a visit, at Jaskeom, and soon after ‘went to Kingston, Ulster county, New York, to work om the Delawsre snd Hudsen Mr. Mardock, who hi into the employ of Onliger & brouck, and commenced buitdiag a tock t them. He was tgnorant, but Mr. Murdock, who w rintencent of the work, showed him how to do 25 per day. He somplewa th im June, 1826, a1 hen went to the High Fails to feich some locks. Here he superintended tue builliog of = lock fer Mr. McGinnis, and received twenty shillings per day. This he completed in August of the same year. He them engaged to build two locks under Mar- dock, which occupied him three months, for two bro- thers named Durois, In November he made hi visit home to Washington county. He ba ene hundred and fifty dollers. George bad now secumulated a lot of small books whieh be could easily carry, and to whieh he devoted every leiture moment; and in addition to those he had procured at Troy, and which to him were * standar.”” works,the bad Sbakespere in several pocket volumes, Gold+mith’s works, letters ana life, Pope’s Homer, ani aight volumes of Byron’s works. This year he was twenty years old; and then he started for Penasylvnaia with his pocket library. That State was just commencing its great work George cculd now cut stone, lay brick. or do any work of that pert as well as any one, and understood building c. He saw contractors get work, aad to carry it out; and he said to himself, “If such men can wake money, why can’t , who atte te the work myself? These men do not overses their work.’’ With such views he left home for the city of New York, bis destination being the new public works in Penpsylvania, He came down the North river in the old Chief Justice Marshall, and landed at the foot of Liberty street, not Knowing a soul in the city. He remained im New York three days, daring which time he strolled about the city, looking at what was to besesn He also visited Brooklyn. From New York he went to New Bronswick, and across to the Delaware river by stage to Philadelphia. The trip took one day, and ite rapidity was & subject of conversation among the pasasngers. He remained in Philecelphia three days, then went to Reading, thence to Hurrisburg, and from there to York Mountains, where be commenced gettiag out stone, aad Blocking it into snepe for locks, at fo much « foot. When the weather pot cold, be went to work building a heavy wall, nine miles above Harrisburg, George then hired oat to # mas to goto Port De- posit to gst out stone to be nent to the Viemal Swamp capa) ip North Coroline and Virginia, This was in tue He went on foot from Har- to Port Deposit. He coald not sf- it would bave cost too much. He ford to gu by stage. got the atone reaoy and all xbpped, but one load, to Nor- folk. @own on an are for the pa banna river and how that business was eonauctd. The puot’s name was Barney Brown, He landed from the ark on the west or York side ofthe river, aud walked antil twelve o'clock at night to Pore Depo- sit, and embarked in a sloop earrying the last load of one to Norfolk. T orge’s first sea voy- ee. From Norfolk he walked to the place of work on the bank ef thecaual. The water was red, being juni- per water, ‘There was no settlement save shanty groceries che boarded at a plac ether men; they hada negro woman for a cook. work was to finiel up etone tor the canal lock. It be eame very unhealthy, and in June (1827) ne returaed to Norfelk, and from thence ina eailing packet to New York He then went up to Marietta’ on foot, an@ caae se of seeing the Susque- Daring the above trip he bad with him all the which he bad accumolated except “Morse’s Atlas,” whieh he could not conveniently carry. George vow commenced work cu the Morris enaul, fer Hopkins & Fairoanks, at Moustville, and worsed un- (9 November, when coli weather commenced. During this time, heating that his brether Samust had been taken with paralysis, he made a visit home, In Sovem- Der he heard that the heaita of bis mother was faitiag; he went home and remained uatil she died, He was then 21 years old. Im the spring of 1828 George went back to Mount- Whe, in Jersey, where thers was an acqueduet to duild, and aleo an inclined place. Here he worked until Jane He met with trouble in gettiog his payments from the company, and leit, reashing New Yors city abou: July, Here he bad @ proposition made to him to take work on the Harlem Canal, which was to coanect the Hudtoa and East rivers. He regarded the whole coacern as Rourensical, and would not continue to work upoe it, and concluded to go back to Pennsylvania to the lower @ivision of the Lehigh Canal, three mules from Easton, Be now became sayerintendant for Mr. Cady, a man ‘about gixty years old, a good mechanic, who aad worked om the Erie canal. ‘This Mr. Cady sod to take the worldeasy. He would get under a sued out of the sua, and watch the operat ons of his superin’endeat and the On one occasion he ealled to George to como “George,” said he, “you area great feol to work for me x8 you do.”” * How so wjuired George. * Why, I ured to work and euperinten] myself, watll I made» rame. Now 1am l.ving on that and ray reputa- tion, while you in reslity do ail the work. You should make contracts yourself, and work water nobody. You are mere capable of doing it than [ am.’” George remained with Mr. Cady until the fall ef 3828, making Cams, locks, &c., and superinvending the masonry work. Daring this period he bed increased his Mbrary to fitty volumes, and hed purchased several works oo draw arefully studied at every leisare momsat, wr Cady, he was taken siok wit fever amd ague,and went home to Jacksoa, N. Y. He was siok all Qat winter,and boaried at atavern. He never re- mained at the bomestead when he visited nis oative place. He had too much pride to allow any of the neighbors to say that he sponged on his parents. When sprig came he was Out of money, and owed a tavern bill for board. ‘This was in 1820. He then procered a horse ow eredit, and rode to Troy, thence to Athens, in Orange county, to New Jersey, smd Pennsylvania, sat went to werk again for the sane company, im ths engaged im constructing for the Lehigh Company. From the summer of 1835 to that of 1836 George ext, riedem public werks at Easton During tha time he bad rented a house fer himself at Easton, and moved his family into it, 1887, Geerge came te the city of New brother Jeeeph resiced here, and had esrres ferenee contract for the Cretom ¢ bad watched the progress of this rs FP ony and 1m 1837 be bid for three Jobs, and get two of them, abeve Tarrytewrz. He hal twe rections in Sleepy Holiow, made tamous the of Washington Irving. When this werk was allo’ bim, selected a site fer the mecesrary buildings, amo then returned to Philsdelphia fer his family. He bad taken them from Easton te Faiieceles, and left them there while he exm to New York During this time bis children, Josephine and Mary Alice, bad the scarlet fever, of which Mary Alice died." He re- moved hia family te Tarrytown in December, 1837, and them commenced the work on tue Croton. When he removed from Pennsylvania to New York his library had increased te three buncred volumes, and ais yeie moments ben bountiful supply of the most valuable reading matter. i of 850 his brether Jozepb, who had spent woter in Cuon for the benefit of his healto, umption at the house of his brother ‘orge About this time George mate ® bid fer the Hign Bridge, and was successful, He hurried home to attend bis brother, who vied ten days after, Ine same tall George was attacked with @ d of the throat, He had been attending to both great public works, amd was constantly expored to the night air. He lost his voice, eow not ges tleep, and bis business occupation became bur- theneome; the doctors gave him no relief, and he teld Lia wife that he was sure of one thing~ that unless he gave up durivess f time he must die He decided to go to Europe, and in August 7, 1840, sailed for Liver- pet mn the packet ship Independence. a visited at once the manufacturing places ‘Thence to the Grand i tom springs, Kenilworth, Siattord, and other to: then to London, He crcssed to Paris; Louis Napeleon was then on trial. He was in Pa in December, 1840, when the body of Napoleon the Grand was brougnt there. He 1emained ia Parts some days in order to witners the great cisplay. From Paris hi went to Lyons by diligence. There were three French deputies in the vehicle, bat as they spoke no Eng ish, and George dil not understand French, they could only manage to eat and drink to- ether. bao Lyons be went to Marseilles, from Marseillss to Gevoa, Leghorn, Civita Vecchio and Rome. In the Holy City he remained six weeks, and thence to Naples, From Naples he returned to Marseilles, Paris, Havre, to Southampton and to London. From’ London he went to Antwerp and and visited the fleld of Water- loo, and back again to Lonéox. In May, 1841, he left for home in the steamsnip Caledonia via Halifax and ston, It was at the time the President was suppcsed to be lost, and hia friends advieed him not to go homes im a steamer; bat he was anxious to see the worsings at sea ofa steamer. He had mace up bis mind to build steam- ers, and believed that the shortening of time of passage proportionally lessened the danger. During his absence abroad jor his health, ho examined ail the principal works, especially bridges and aquedacts, but he founs that he could obtain no new idea to apply to the High Bridge which he was constructing, H» as- certaiped that we Americans wera abvad of anything abroad m the machinery way and in the adaptaton of implements te accomphéh work. Seon afrer hia return from Europe he pail « visit home. It was on the occasion of this visit that a little incident occurred which must have gratified the feelings of George very greatly, As has been said before, John Law, the fatber, was an energetic, active farmer, His whole suul was engsged in that pursuit; be had pur- chased traet alter tract of adjoining lends, until he owa- ed 600 acres, But to do tais, he had got im debt oy notes anc mortgages. When George sent nome on this visit, he said to his fatuer, ‘Teil me the amoant of all that’ you owe in any shape or way.”” The fathor did #0, and before George returned back to the city, all his father’s liabilities were clesred up and the old gentle- man had no more worry. He died as late as 1853, at tae age of 86, While in Europe, George visited no place without buying all the books relating to the place or objects of interest which he vielted, and brought them home with him fer future reference, In June, 1841, George removed his family from Tarrytown to New York city, oud that summer ie closed up the work on the Croton, at Tarrytown, He took a house in Hammond street, where he resided two yea He aino removes the house which he bad occupied Yarrytown to the endof the Harlein bridge, where it still stands, and in the summer hy resided there until the final completion of the High Bridge, He found a great benefit from having his house where his work was v0 be done. In addition to his other books, George had at va- rioun times accumulated a large quantity of law booke, especially those of New Jersey, Yennsyivania and New York—States in which he was performing work—and mace Limecif famihar with their coniea‘s, especially m cures Dewring upos hin own interest and contracts; aad in this way gained a legal knowk f a higher oraer in usvally possessed by those geatiemen who sport sign, @ud sometimes occupy seats in Congress higher places. The Just pert of the year 1841 was devoted mainly to the ciosing wp of the work at Tacrytowa, and conti the High Bridge. The contract was made by George in paris, not ana whole—se mueb forthe cof- utting the r pth; 80 much for es, parapets, wall y different ilems ze sum which ibis ge bas made by erecting this api bridge, which bas vo rival in the worid, wae by the sea provements which he made. He intro: uced steam—the was done by steam, piles drove, stone raised, ne ol mode woult have ruined him, or any osher contractor; and when the bridge was completed in 1349 George bau gained so much in practisel experience that he could have gone to work again and performed the same Work at one quarter lees it actually oad cost him. ‘The year 1542 was a witness of more extended opera- tionw On the part of Georges. This year he became in- terested in the Dry Dock Hank; and 1t will pot be out of place here to give a envcinct narration of Geerge’s connection with this institution. Previous to George’s embarkiog fer Europe he hed parchased one huadred and sixteen shares in this pank, a# a good investment, ‘There was a company chartered for the’ purpose of un: structipg a Maze Railway in , wita # capital of seven bundred thousand dollars, with banking privileges. It was the first mumne railway ever constracted in tne city. The company purchased a large quantity of land in the vicinity of the railway, aud in this purchase of land, and in tue construction of the railway, they ex- pended a large amouat of their capitsi—tw such an ex- tent that it could not pay dividends on ite original capi. tal, and it was therefore reduced to $42,000, and the thares to $30, The Dry Dock charter waa perpetual. The concern 2 snocessfal one, and the stosx, whch was $20 per share, got above par. Ia 1825 and 1846 the Dry Doct Company sot a large amount of money by bad debts, and it was obliged to mortgage the real oatate. It loened money from the American Life aad frust Com- = of Battioore. All this was lovug before George had anything to do with the Dry Dock Oompany. In June, 1£42, this loan became due. George was then one of the directors, and began to look out for ways and means to meet these lon The bank hed no money, The directors went to see Mr. Duer and Mocris Robinson. to try an¢ make arrangements to meet the indebtness of the bank with its real estate, Mr. Stebbins, the prosideut of tue bank, by erder of the directors, offered to pay, in real eatate, at @ valuation, the whole amount of indebteinees. ‘The offer was refused and treated with contempt. These foreign ager cies then endeavored to ruin the institatioa, by placarding wotices forvidding teaaute and debtors to George landed at Liverpool, supposed ley of Mr. Cady. He got through that job tm June, (1820,) and then went on the Delaware @ivision, ten miles from Exston, aud supsriateaded Jocks and an acqueduct. Then he took work of a Mr. @tis, and builts lock aad small acquedact. He fiaished this'in the fall. Chis was his first su3-contract. It was in 1829, aud George was twenty-three yoara old. George bad poor health this summer. His old riend the ague kept him company. Le went to Easton aand npent the winter of 1820and °80. That fall the Morris anal bad lettings, and George putin a bii forthe im clined plane. He travelled over the cawal from Easton to Andover, and made his estimates. His bid was accepted with Otis & Carmichael, but in the winter of 1520 sold out his interest for $200. That winter be made & coutract with Otis, and in the spring of 7830 commenced at Gallus run, taking down aquedacts and building locks, This oceupied him antil Auguat, 1830, Up to thia period George not only kept the accounts and superintended, but worked regularly himself. ‘Im the fall of 1830 he went home, and this he hai done every yer; but this time he was worth mensy. He had accumulated x capital of $2,300, and on the streagth of & he visited Marquand, the great jeweller in Broaaway wt that time, and invested $300 in a good solid gold watch, which George wears to this day. Atter his ‘vielt home he returasd to Kaston, where he was seized with the pleurisy, and came rerg neardying. Hers be was attend:¢d by Dr. <wift. Ie the spring of 1831 George actencded ths lettin ss of the Juuiata division, at Williamsburg, of the rortage railroad over the A’ ghany Mountains; also om the Columbia railroad, woat ain ‘and north branch, Willismsurg, and the anal. To complete all tucse lettings occupi of this year, when he returned to Esston. at Williamsburg, on the Jami mbout twelve milee from Huntingdon, He dams, bridges, and locks, and hala chill ¢ the first time be became owner of # horse and wagoa, be bor from “first vious were subcontracts, or with others interested ‘This work lasted until the faliof 1932, avout eighteen geonths. He then get his brother Sam to come out and visit him for hie bealth. In December, 1832, he had t difficulty on the Delaware divinion—a break out @f the river into the canal—to remy which he bult stop gates. In February, 1803, George went to Phila and married a iady to whom he had becomes at im 1960. the summer of 145% waa mpeut in de} 7) lfilling # contract made at Fastom to bull! « ciweigh lock,” capable of weig! a boat of 100 ‘at the head of the Delaware division, aud for tho Eabieh bouts ‘in’ the fall he returned home, as usual, to see the Shortly after his return to Easton, his brother Sanuel died; previous to which, the father of George pad his sick som a, visit, and then sew Mrs, Law for the iirst wis timo George married his hbrary had increased 40 one hundred choice volumes, and they were well road and studied, for George bought no book to lis idle on the In tho year 1834 George took a journey to the Wort started with some idea of setsling at he reaches that vew town, be found in the region ta suit his pur Up to this period Grerge yar Ie bored to obtain money eooogh to live without’labor. He had achieved his obje>t, but ascertained, from 2 few ments’ idleness, that it wax a miserable life to lead, #0 | Be returaed to the Dry Lock Company to pay in their indebtedaes, stating that the property bad chacged nvnds—and in every way posuible endeavored to discredit the Dry Dock Company, in hopes that the stock would go so low that ‘we foreign agents woul) get it into their own hands, to the utter ruin of the legitimate triends of the bank They hoped to force a sale of the real ortste, #o that they could buy it at « ruinous sacrifice to the baak sod ita stockboiters. The Dry Dock Comp ony aypiied to tee Court of Chaxcery to restrain by tojuaction the parties from such proceedings, and in doing xe ret ont thé whole tramsaction from the commencement, and in reply an in junction was issued restraining such proceedings. In tae ‘answer of these foreign xgenta, (for wort of the stock of the Haltimore Trust Company was owned in England ) they brougat the Dry Dock Bank iatocourt. A long liti- gation followe4, The Morrisons, of London, applied asa party holding £17,000, and they were admitied by the court. These persons then starved « scheme to purchase & majority of the stock, and get new directors. George suspected thix, and at once wen: to work and bought @ majority of the $420,000 stock hime. Tae election came on, and the old directors were elected. The parties then sent to George, and offered to ba all bis stock st 60 pr cent. Mis reply was, “No; ouy alt the stock—give a notice to ali the stoskholders, and boy thetr stock, and I wifl sel! mine.’ Taney de: clined, and said they could not afford it. George clearly saw that a fraud was intented oy thew offering to buy him out, and that they woald have then Tificed the balance of the gtoskholiers. Tae directors offered to pay 75 par cent on the debt of $249,000 \s was moreim yrlue than the bank bad received. oft waa refused, The bank then told them they should only get what the law allowed ; vo it went into court. Tho court unanimously decided against them, amd the bonds were or- deved to be caneellod, The bank afterwards prid the balance of the bonds of thoxe who had not come ints the prosesution, with interest although not obliged by law wo pay scent. Since that time George has remaiged the largest stockboller ia the ry Dock Company, and the stock has beem sud is increasing in vaiue, It gives aid to iavehanics almoat exclurively, and is ® valuable inatitation in this regard alone, The fact that George t# the largest ranvee of its prosperity. But to ef 1342, from which we have di- stockholder is revura to the perio grossed. Tt was in this year that George went into Harlem Railroad stock, This rosd was supposed to pe rained end the stock worth’ Its original cepital was two miliions. Jt wae selling at tive par cent. George made up his viind that with proper management it would be worth bal!—fifty per cent, or one million Although it was swamped in dedt, not paying ite expenses he went to work aed boughs all it required, and paid cash, He extenced ite indebtedness for three, five and six years, and mace all ire debts good. He bought the iron ‘oextend it from Wiliiarasbridge to White Plaine, Iie bought engines, and canceile © shares woich bad been pledged ‘or $9,000! Under such maargemsnt as that of George, the stock went fom 6 to 75 par cent. Thonsende upon thousands bad been *qt2adored foolivbly upon the beat road inthe city, fe wished to oety it co Albany, But for George this road would have deen soli and become a total tons, aod thouwats wocl4 have teow sufferers amoug all classes In the year 1813 George bought the Neptane to make experiment th. He bed sleays bad an inclination to buikd osean steamers, and daring his trip to Europe he soled upon every opportunity Easton, and commenced building a | to acquire information im regard to eteamship build. wae fi the stoekboldere amd others induced George tabe te make it worth semething—see what could be It war a Bebenectady to Albany. inclined plane ‘each end. ‘The capital was one anda balf,and the stock was worth 27 per een! when Geenge bought imto it, commenced work. “De what you please, George, with tt, so long ae you don’t ask money from the company,’’ said the direstors. It ewed ever $200,000 in fleating debt. George did away witb the inclined planes, carried it around the bills, connected it with the’ Utica road, stocked tbe cars, and whem he left it the steck was werth 76 per cet. He reduced the expenses from $50,000 to $30,000. The stoek has simee gone up and ¢vea over, par, and Bow pays a good 7 per cent interest. In addition to these works, in the fall of 1844 G commenced the Oregon, the first steamer he ever built. Sbe was launched in 1) srring of 1845, and rau toat fall. He sola her im 1847. 1846 George was still engaged onthe bridge, and running the Neptune and Oregen, end bad imereased his library and hie reading kpowledge several thousand volumes. ‘We cow come tothe year 1847, memorable for the commencement o1 the preparations whien ended ia his burlding or buying sixtees ocean steamers, ‘We have reached # period when the greatest event of tbis century ocenrred—the opening of the rica Ireasures of California to the world. We heve uiready spoken of the smbitvon of George to reacti the same pertec' in sttamsbips thet he bag resched in land constructions, In 1847 Col, A. G. Sloo bad made a coa. traet with the United Sta'es goversmeat to carry the wails te California via Sew Orleans aed Chagres. He could not comply with the terms of the contract, ay he bad not the means to build the steamers. There w: but one person who could undertake +o vast an enter prise, and that one wes Geerge. Gol. Sloo made his acquaintance, and negotiations were commenced, which enced in George agreeing to build the necessary Pewer had secured all the tra® ata racific, and bat for these steamers they would sive have had the entire tri.ce of the North Pacifie and Oa t ¥ by ther He parchased the Falesa, whi mace her firet trip in the fall of 1848. She took the first ancengers to Chagres that reaehed California. The Ohio sud Georgia, built by George, commenced ramming ‘acifie Mail Steamship Company started ition to George's line of steamers. petweee Papama to San Franciseo, ao as to make a through lime fom New York and New Orleans via Pansma to Si ico. January, 1851, George sold ont the Pacific !ine of to th ‘fic Mail Steamship Company, and om this side, consisting of mpize City, the Cresermt City, Philadelphia, Kl Derade, Mlieois, ana Cherokee, ‘Thia arrangement was completed ‘April 1, 18 In the f: ti ‘n order prehibiting the Crescent City or any other ve el frcm coming into the harbor of Havana, which bould bave Mr. Smith, the purser of the Cresceat City, ‘on board, George refused to submit te it, and ap: pealed to our government at Wasbiugton. Inatead of replying to the letter George and his associates, they endeavored to persuade bim to remove Mr. Smith, as the easiest way to sett! difficulty, as they could find many men who would apewer for purser as well as Emith. George said that was vot the question; that Mr. Smith was an American, and had @ right to the protection of our government; and that he would not cismiss Smith or no otter man under there circumstan- ess from on board of his vessels, at the dictation of any foreign government, Tat it was mo reason because Mr. Smith was a poor men, and that apy other men could fill bis place, that bis rights should mot be protected. President Fillmore replied to George, thet if his steamer was destroyed be would buve no elaim for Camager. George told Mr. Filmore, that of that-was ali tbe protection Americans were to receive from their own government, the sconer they found it out the bet- ter for them; that he was satisfied that there was spirit enough in the American people to protect their own mghts, George continued Smith as purser until the Spanish government with¢rew their order, although they threatened to sink the steamer Crescent City every time she entered Havana. The Spanish suthorities said that Purser Smith had far- nisked information to the American newspapers iojuri ous to the Cuban government, George replied that ‘mith kad Cone nothing of the kind; but if it was the fact, he bao yet to learn what right the government of Cuba had to muzzle the American prei Ta 1849, George made the famous kets ot the United Gtates government, and i> only direct transaction he ever had with the governmen' insny sbape whatever. There were 144,100 muskets erdered for pubite auction by the government, a: cer- tain prices, The muskets did not bring thos prices, George meade an offer at private sale, which was cepted. These muskets cost the Umited States govera ment about $12 each. George ordered them altered to percussion locks, and many to the winnie rifle. This yesr, 1849, the High Briége was completed. In the summer of 1801, after the transsctions with the Pacific took a large imverest he Ti jatbmus of Yarema. He left New York the day that he rigned the coptract for building the steamship George Law, the last steamer he construc He leit is Fetrusry, 1852, went to hagres and Pamama, and examined the live of road, The stock was worth 7%, when he bought half @ miilion. He weat to ae located a terminus, and set mem at work -y for com He returned home ia 1862, after having visited ‘ana, Porto Bello, San Juan and New Orleane, aad examined into the r sources of all these places, He sold out bia interest the road in the winter of 1853. In 1852 Gecrge went into the Fighth Avenue Rail- road, The charter bad been granted to rome men in the city. They quarrelled, and could not go on with the work. There were but two and a-balf months to build it im George advanced $800,000, and built the road ia the specified time. It is one of the best roads in the city. It is intemded to go to Sarlem. In 1853 George purchaeed the Staten Ieland ferry for $600,000, and this year also he purchased property in the Fifth avenue, and built his peecent residence, and moved into it. In that plain but substantiel edifice—the fruits ei his own labor and mdustry—he resides, surrounded by every comfort, with a library unequailed, inclading bis early friendly volumes; be philosopbisas upon the past, independent iv everything, and embodying in America the character of Cine'nnatus, the Roman, or Epaminondas, the Grecian, the at heroes of }'lu- tarch. As bas been clearly shown io this bi George’s antecedents for the Presidenc: of labor. Up. to this time he has q for the high office, either by doing murder in batde-tiekds or reguery in a law office. In 1864 George sold ont all his interest in the sea steamers, and then, intending to vinit Rurepe, he bought the Grapeabot, to be used as a private yacht for himself while abroad. ‘Ibis year he commenced the improved atyle of freproof baiting in the Bowery. In February, 1855, George was nominated by the Pennsylvania Legirlature for the Presidency. And here bis biography will break off for a while, to be flied up he binned round and the grass grows—thbat is, by between the two oc Theatres and Exhibitions, ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—The laet appearance but three of the Lagrange opera company tukes place on Moads: evening, when Bellini’s grand opera ‘+I Paritaai ” will be played. Mod. Lagrange, Signori Mirate, Candi, Ma- rimt, Morelli and Baratini will appear Nim1o’s Garver, —' opera selected for this evening is Balfe’s ‘* Bohem‘an Girl.”’ Mr. Harrison as Thad devs, Mr. Borrani as Count Arnbaim, Mise L, Pyne 94 Arline, 1nd Mise Pyne as the Gypsey Queen. There ean be little doubt but that the bowse!will ve erowded, as Mien L. Fyne is a favorite. broapWay Tikatre —The benefit of Signor Ta Manws takes place this evening, being the last night ef the fearon. Several eminert artists ba olupteered their rerviees on the occasion. The pieces selected are \« Tha Wicow’s Victim,” * & Grand Divertiveement,”” and two acte of ‘ The Bobemiun Girl.’’ Bowery THEATRE —The drams of ‘The Osttle Steal ern” ia the commencing feature of this evening, im which M Coney and Webe will appear in tho lead ing characters, The play of ‘The ra Fool”? will tollow, and the pantomime of ‘Don Juan”? will com elude the amusements. DURtox’s THEATRE —The benefit of Mr. G. Holland ani last night of the season takes place this evening. @omic piece “The Beulah Spa,’’ ‘The Wandering Minstre) ? and “a Day After the Fair” are the amuse ments selected. Holland, an oki favorite and goo! actor, deserves a bumper. WALLack’s THEATRE.—The benefit of Mr. W. B. Moore takes place to-night, when his friends will be pleased with tne dramatic selections he has made for their en- Jozment. The pieovs are the ‘‘ Baehelor of Arts,”’ and » “Gentleman from Ireland,” in which all the leading artists appear. La¥ARGK’S METROPOLITAN.—The amusements of this evening will commence with the melo-dramatic ballet of “ Masaniello,”’ in which Senorita Soto, M'lle Vay Barre. Monn. Caresto and Mr. Smith, will appear. The petits comedy of a “Curious Case’’ loses the entorteinmonte. AMERICAN Mv6RUM.—The drama calied the ‘“Iuely Man of the Ocean,” being very sucnessfui, is announced a1 the attractive feature of this afternoon and svemiag. C. W. Clarke and Miss Mestayer in the prinoipul charac- ters. Woon's Mrsstnvis,—Thoee who wiah to enjoy a hearty Yangh should vieit 472 Broadway. A fine bill for to- nighe, ky 'S SERENADERS.— The opera of “Norma”? agnia to-night; also, © great verity oF negro melodies and in strumental pieces, The Buckleys are bound to bv aue- cesatal Pantian’s MixstRets -—This company are every night amoring their patrons by the burlesque Baby show aud other interesting features, Marine Cow Pefore Hon. Judge Birdsall, June 1.—Bouton vs, the New York Dry Dock and Grand Street Stage Compony.—This was an action for $168 for goods sold and delivered im the year 1854. the defend ante némitted the debt, but alleged that the pirintitf was indebted to the company for four shares of stot, for which be had rubseribed, at the par yaiue of $100, and they pus in this as an offset. Toe plainti® o: tended that to render the subseription vali, the party, at the time of subsertbing, should psy to the company ten per cent of the whole amount ; and that im pereu- to the act of incorporation of the company, the defemdonta should show that the ten per cont was paid. Ths court held that it was pot inc ant*io prove that the ten cent was not paid; tat their baving proved the subscription, the presumption jement for the plaintiif for between the amount claimed/| ‘to el hd * | everywhere and always hai NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1855. ARRIVAL OF THE NORTH STAR, ONE DAY LATER FROM FRANCE. OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENE, Kon ken, ae. The steamship North Star, Wamaek, ef Vanderbilt's @iree! Havre line, arrived yesterday morning. She sailed from Havre at half past one P. M. of the 19th, and ar- rived at her deck at 6 0’ clock yesterday morning, making the passage in twelve days sixteen heurs and a half, ‘The Werth Star enecuntered streng westerly gales and heavy head seas from longitude 20 up to longitude 55. She brings over one hundred passengers and one hundwd and fifty tons of freight. The steamehip St. Louis, Captain Watten, from New York, arrived at Havre om the morning of the 19th, im 8 damaged condition, having ram against an ieeberg on the eastern edge of the Gramd Banks. Her bows were bidly stove, but she was able to complete ker passage with safety, as the injury was chiefly above water lino. Annexed is a list of Americans registered at the bank- ing effice of Livingston, Wells & Co., 8 Place de la Bourse, Paris, on the 18th May:— eh, Mf. d danghte . J. Bloodgeod, Miss Bi + 48. B. Toshill, co R &. all, New York; derson, Miss Hender and sister, Jno P. Vroom, Fe and family. &. F. Bowles G. Lo ehusetts; N. Smith, Connecticut; J. M.D.’ Dr. M. Rabi, ¢ Our Paris Correspondence. Paris, May 18, 1855. More Last Words of Pianori—The Polish Emigration in Paris and London—Ministerial Changes—Canrobert Superseded by Pelissier as Commander.in Chief of the French Army in the Orimea—Emile de Girardin and His Restaurant—Mme, Busque and Her Cremerie—In- auguration of a Statue of Joan of Arc, and of the Palace of Industry. Fianori, who fired at the Emperor, was guillotined at 5 e’clock on Monday meraing. Shert work was made of the whole affair, from his arrest on the 28th ef April te his exeention on the 14th of May. Yet it mizht be sus- pected that Attorney-General Rouland was seareely fatisfied even with this justice expeditive, as he termed it; for he expressed almost a regret that it had mot been anticipated by Lynch law. ‘Such fellews,”” he said, “should know that when they escape being erushed by public indignaticn at once and om the spot, (broyés par Vindignation publique sur-le-champ, sur place,) they will in but a few days be convicted and struck down by the Jaw of the land.’? Om the day after the condemaa- tinn ef Pianori, according to a eorrespondent of the Independance Belgé, éoudts still remained as to the an- tececenta of the accused, and his past identity was far from having been determined by the information which thedelegraph had brought from Italy respeeting him, You will observe, in the report of his trial, the following remarkable statement in a cespateh of the French Charge 4’ Affaires at Rome:—‘‘Pianor!, after havieg as- sarninated an officer of gendarmerie, took refage at Genoa. He often returned home to commit new crimes.’? Now, Faenzs, where be belonged, is not so large a plaes that he could easily have returned to commit sew crimes yery often, without some chance of detection. At all events, at seems rather late, the day after the eondemeation of a man, to begin to investigate the authenticity of the evidence which had been urged against him on his trial. It certainly would have proved too late to wait for fur. ther and fuller information from Italy, had he neglected to appeal to the Court of Carsation, and been duly ex- ecuted three days after sentence of death was pro- nounced upon bim. Pisnori was prudently denied the privileges of no- toriety which those charged with similar guilt bad in the deys of Louis Philippe. Had he fired at the citizen King ivetead of the imperial person of the ex-President of the French republic, he woald have been tried, like several persons, including the latter, by the Chamber of Peers. As it was, he was tried like a common thief, by the Court of Assizes, and only three lines and a half in the non-cfficial part of the Moniteur chronicled his ex- ecution, Government shrewdly aveided the possible danger of investing him with an importanoe thet might bave tempted other misguided individuals to imitate him, In spite of signifeant rumors that on the very ésy of his attempt against the Emperor's life, a story of the Emperor’s assassination was circulated im Madrid and other European eapitals, it has mot beep proved that this Roman republican, who risked his life to keep a vow, was instigated by any other tian the personal motive Le atsigned for am act waich was at once a crime and a blunier. It is mot impossible, indeo3, that he way bave had confederates, como of whom might have cited ‘n their defence the decision by which, oa the 2d of December, 1851, the Court of Cassation formally pronounced Louis Napoleon Bonaparte ap outlaw, ‘hors la Wi.’? But nothing was dis- closed during the trial of Pianori which justifies the sceusations hurled by certain journalists on his account, against republicans as a ‘“‘sehool of assas- sine.”? Such accusations are rashly made by the dis- ciples of casuists like St. Themas, Father Mariana, Fa- ther Jimmermans, and the rest, as well as by those who most religiously respect Napeleon’s will, which pension- ed ergeant Caatillon for his attempt te assassinate the Duke of Wellington im 1815, and who are silent, at least, when the name of the Duke of Enghien is meationed. One word more a>out the Pianori affair, on which I bave dwelt thes at length on account of the iuterest which some of the Itelian exiles in your elty may hava felt in it, and it shalt be dimnissed. In the indictment the aceused was said “to have known that his Majesty, without distrust, without escort, (ni escortée daucuns tuite,) confides in the respect and devotion of ali around him.’ Notwithstanding this formal endorsement of the prevalent notion of those foreigners who kee,the Emperor riding apparently alone on the Champs Elyeées and olse where, it is only necessary, in order to discover that his Mojesty is always wore closely hedged about with protec- tion than it woukl sometimes seem, to eount the names ef the multitude of policemen who sprang, as it were, from beneath the pavement when Pianori fired his firs: abot, and several of whom afterwards appeared as wit- nereer Sgainst him, Among the witnesses were Alles- sandri, Brigadier of Police of the Imperial Resi- dencee—it was be that stabbed Pianori; Hyr- volx, Inspector General of Police of the Imperial Kenidences; Beequ Inspeetor of Police; Casti, 60.; Tourneur, do.; Messtrarsi, do.; Shausee, brigadier of the sergent de ville, Moreover, Col. Edgar Ney hea claimed, in the Monitewr, a share with these gentler en and Providence, in the honor of saving the Empsror's life. Ona elip of paper, which somehow missed the en yelope of my last week's letter, I mentioned kow quick- ly the Emperor, doubtless, resovered his sang frvid, his self-poseeesion, as wellas his balance, after his horse shied at the fisat shot of Pianori, although an American lady whose carriage parsed close by him when he is- sued from the crowd, and started forward to rejoim the Fmpress, assures me that he had wot fairly reoovared both at the moment she saw him. He did not salate or me her or anybody else then exeept a group of ‘‘blousemea’” at a little distance, on whom his eyes, more expressive than they had ever seemed to her before, were fixed ateadily and not without anxiety. Bis face, ale afirms, ‘asas pale as she thinks her own wouid have been if Lacs had been shot at, and she ‘“dou’t wonder t it, either’? The publication in the Moniteur of felieitationa ad- xested by Polish refugees im Paris to the Emperor, om aceount of his escape from the bullets of Pisnori, has attracted mere attention than it merited. ft | have been meant as % menace to Austria; but Avetiia best knows how jittle it is to be dresded, at present. At the German 1 in aris and London, an well as among the Polish in both these cities, however, no slight sen. been produced by the addresses published in iteur. The obseqaloneness of these address bag, nevertheless, I am assured, been disavowed by the wajerity of the Polish emigration. You are aware that thie emigration ie divides ints three fractions. The ariatocratic fraction is represented by Prince Czariortaki. and is the only one ou which the Fmperor of the Freach hes deigned ‘to smile, although the letter of General Pybinck) must have been concocted for a certain pur- pore by lim and the ex.commander-in.chiaf of the Po- lish army of 1881. The serond, or militery faction, of which General Rybinckt is the chief, and almost the only acherent, bas aot hitherto been very betas 4 re gordedat the Ju leries, The proscribed Prigces, whe bot bemrtate to bail Napoleon JIt es “the nephew of the kero who wan ihe regenerator of their country,” must have forgotten that ono of the causes of the fall of the iirpire was the constant, Kelfsh and uogratefal refusal the uncle to render Poland independent. Oynastic woiives mnst have iwnpellet the father.ia law of oLe of Jaughtees of Qneem Christine an! 2 have rigned ene of the eddresres in the Momitaur, Garprise was oecasioned Uy tho appearance among ils sizzecs of the, ae ‘Adem ewieen, the ‘poet of Na- tionalities,”? the editor ebief, in 1549, of the Jrilune des Peuples, & journal whose mission wa: insurrection of nationalities,’’ As for the third, or democratic fraction, ated at Paris especially by Generals Wylocki and Mirenlnwst?, cod im Balgiems by tbe vonsra: bie Lele they are wholly kept ‘at a distances by tae Eugeeer, a Pr mce Napoleon has reeeived tne twe first pamed wish particular signs of favor. But their frends, beth here and in London, have, I am told, unit- ed im recommending eaution and distrust in view of the re bepes whieh the publication of the addresses Moniteur might exeit cherish as little confidence im the apparent leon IIL. to the Polish Vr jarred as he does in find it ult disposed tham the uncie was to restore liberty to Poland. Anxious as be Degg gong og ap the walls of Sebastopel,’’ they cannot im in a wry te see ‘the flag ef mationalities”” float again over Famparts ef Warsaw. Warsaw is far eff when you have gene first to Rome. Kossuth’s last eard for the Allies ean searcely be played before the present partners im the great political game have been c! A vasiety ef eepjectures, however, have been started, not only by the Polish addresses in the Monitewr, but by the fast that conferences have been held at the ‘Tuileries with several influentis] mem! of the Polish em‘gration. A strong disposition has manifested, it is eaid, to induce Switzerlans to side with the Western ales, It was even rumored, last Sunday, that M. Wa- Jeweki, (whose part in the Polish insu:rection in 1831 qs will reniember,) the new Minister of Fereign Affaws, had been sent to Geneva to hasten this result. His prede- eessor, M. Drouyn de l’Huys, whore visit to Vienna turned ent so unfortunately for him, has gene inte the country, seeking repose from his recent diplomatic fatig ‘The real secret of the retirement of the latter Mivister, it appears, is to be found aot enly in the oppo- sition of the English Cabinet te the Austrian terms, which he deemed acceptaole, and in the irritation of M. Monvencl, the reputed author of his best despatches, to whem be bad neglected to forward his letters frem Vienna te the Tuiler es, preferriog a direct correspoa- ence with tke Emperor, and whe was consoled by juwp- img eut of a clerkship at Paris into an ambassadorship at Constaatineple, but also, and chiefly, in the sembled disratiefaction of the Emperor with the maoner im which he had performed his mission. If we are te believe a despatch from Vienna to an English journal, received here to-day, M. de Nesselrode has been superseded by Gen. Yermoloff, The fact that the Jatter is not a diplomatist makes this news seem doubtful at Paris. But ebange 18 decidedly the order of the day. Letters frem Constontinople, from the 3dto the 7thef May, have beer just received, giving the details of the minis- terial erisia im that city, and the suppression of the ha- radj. Let itters have also been received from the Crimea Sth inat. The Monieur, which announced esterday that it weuld not appear to-dey, did appear is worming, with a despatch from Gen Canrobert, an- nouncing his resignation on account of ill-health, of his post as Commander-in-Chief, im favor of Gen. Pélissier, areply from the Minister of War announci ‘mperor accepts his beg mers and confirms the appeintment ef Gen. Pelissier; but that instead of com- mandiog ‘‘a simple division,” as he had req command ‘the corps of Gen. Pelissisr, ” Gespatch of th: Commander ia-Chief, and the reply @ Minister of War, are dated on the 16th of May— ‘the former at 10 o’clock A.M, the latter at 11 o’clock P. ‘The telegraph does quieker work than the ean- of the alli But when the reinforcement of 80,000 troops shall bave arrived—if Gen Canrobert is a tras prophet—cebastopol will be entered “by the door or by the window.’’ Nous verrens. ‘hat famous new restaurant, the Diner de l’Exposi- the advertisement on ite win- vil jongnes whisper, Emile de Girardin ma, @ most successful proprietor of a newspa- yy not Pre the most succeseful proprietor of a isis considered the first—lucky for the it be the last—disappointment of the ‘(Ex- hibition season.” N w Americsns daily and sqreeeth console them: for the closed doors of the Diner de Expo- sition—and would, were even the doors of the Maison d@’Or and other renowned restacrants also closed—by dintog at the now no less renowned Cremerie of Madam> Buaque, in ths rue de la Michodicre, where the specialité is “pumpkin pie,” and where the guests, if we may believe Dickens’ ‘‘Household Words.”’ (and our own ex- perience) sre ‘‘soms pumpkins” too. A catalogue of the guests of the Cremerie daring the past three years would interest, I am sure, nota few readers of the HrRarp, all over the United States, But such a catalogue would be even longer than I fear this letter will be, if I do not closs it here, at the bottom of this page, witbout saying anything more of either the inauguration of the statue of Joan of Arc, at Orleans, or of the inauguretion of the Palace of Indus- try at Paris, than that hoth of these eventa have sig- nalized the first fortnight in May. I have just room to add that, thanks to Mr Field, the Chairman of the Cen- tral Committee of Americen Commissioners, and to Prince Napoleon, President of the [mperial Commission, the representatives of the American press ‘assisted’ on the 15th at the inauguration of the Palace of Industry, up tot! per mi Markets. Havre, May 19—10 o'clock. I ferwarded you, on Wednesday evening, the annexed review, by the Pacific stesmer. On the following day— a holiday—tne exchange was closed. Yesterday (Fri- day), owing to the encouraging accounts from Liver- poo, the demand bas been very spirited in our cotten marhet, and 3,(00 bales have changed hinds st atiffer prices. Our stock bax somewhat increased by arrivals from Charleston, Mobile, &e, In other articles we hi to report a asle of 162,U00 kils, Indian corn, white. 2if. per 100 hils. Americam hops ere worth 180f. #1 The demand is limited. Stoek : 400 bales. The weather #ince yesteroay ben again become fine. Freight for the United States rem: scarce. The Henry Harb-ck, for aes ‘York, tails to-cay with a full cargo, but at lew rates. Brutal murder on Staten Island. A MAN KILLED IN A ROUGH AND TUMBLE FIGHT. ‘The neighhorhood of the Quarantine, Staten leland, was thrown into a state of excitement yesterday morn- ing by a fatal affray between two Irishmen, on Pavilion hill. The facts of the case are as follows:—Two men, one named John McCarty, and the other Daniel Connelly, bave been engaged for two or three years past at the Quarantine, in the butiness of visiting emigrant ships apon their arrival from abroad, and purchasing ata bargain from the passengers whatever rabbish they have for sale, in the way of provisions, old elothes, &c. ‘There are several persons at the Quarantine engaged in this business, and are known as emigrant speculators or rompers. For a trifle they purchase from emigrants remains of hams and shoulders, oatmeal, butter and old clothes, and bring their purchases to New York and dispose of it again at the lower class grocery stores, or among poor people who are always ready to purchase what appears to be a cheap article. In the pursuit of this business, McCarty and Conmelly, a few days ago, visited the ship R. 8. Gilchrist, upon her arrival from Havre, and both made purehases from the passengers. It seems Comnelly, among other things, purchased a demijohn, which he afterwards lost, and suspecting McCarty of taking it, he accused him of the theft. The parties met on Thuraday, in Wall street, when harsh words passed between them, snd Con: nelly charged McCarty with stealing his property. The ywo men here psrted and met again at 1134 o’clock yesterday morning, on Pavilion hill, Staten Island, where a fight at once took place between them. At the time of the fight several friends of the parties were standing by, avd, instead of separat ‘the eom- batsnte, they encouraged them oa in their brutal blows, by their cries and excitement. McCarty being a large, stout man. possesced of great strength, was too much for Ccnnelly, who was a young man aboat eighteen years of age, and weak and delicate in constitution, MeCarty dealt his blows most upmereifally upon Con- relly, and finally striking him a heavy blow under the ear, he fell heiplets to the ground. Home of the apecta tors aerert that Connelly was kicked after he fell, but this is denied by others. The deseased never sjoke atter he fell. When it was observed that he lay metionless uper the ground, some of the crowd advanced to him, and picking bim up, it was found that his pulse was still beating, though he was bleeding profusely from his wounds, What assistance could be comm: was once tendered him, but to no purpose, and Connelly ex: Lcalge within ten minutes after receiving the blow under e ear. MeCarty immediately gave himself up for trial, and the deceased was carried to the dead house, where ho remained up toa late hour yesterday. The report of the murder soon spread teroughout the palenacaen and ee excitement prevailed for a time. Coroner, N. Noble, as soon as be could summon a jury, held an inquest upon the body of the deceased. The facts elicit- ed were ae we bave given them above, and the verdict of the jury was, ‘(That Daniel Counely came to his death from blows inflicted upon by Jobn MeCarty; and the jury aleo find that Jeremiah Murphy, John Steward, John Cogiand, John Grady, Mastin Bow, Robert Clark: ton and Deniel Noonan were ‘wo the death of Daniel Connelly.’’ There parties, charged with being se- sarrorles, wary thibe 10 stood by co ensouri the ight. All of the above parties, as soon as the verdict was rendered, were conveyed to the county jail, in Rich- mond, nd locked up for trial. These parties charged with being accessories to the murder, are all of #hem on- aged in the same business with the deceased and Mc ‘The deceaved smd McCarty are both Irishmen, and up to the time of this futel afirey are to have been frienca of each other. Both were men. The de- sed has a mother living in New York, who visited the antine yestezday, when ehe of the aire, but only arrived there to witners the dead bod, her ‘This is regarded by the inhabitants Slaten Teland as a most cowardly, brutal and savage marder, as the deceased was so much lighter than the assailant, and ao poorly matched with him in strength. ——————$ Our Public School Houses, TO THE Cape hy THR op oot ‘on generously adm! our excellent paper our Ls ition Tor ali fe change the school hours of the higher classes of the public achocls of which weare ember 4? mine hour of nine, which isan excellent one for the winter season, is still preserved as the summer hour for opening schools, only, we believe, from early custom and ent inattention on tlre part of the Board of Educa- ‘Wonld the rerpected Board of Education of thia city conridér the great advantage from commencing our les. cone at the present season in the coal ot the morning, thereby subtracting one hour from the heat ef the day, juet at the time when stady begine to be irksome and of little real advantage. That they should make the pre- rent study beg! 8 o'clock and clore at 2. The fresh- neva of mind, re conscious, in the early morciog bourr, and the vigor amd eptnese it gives te our applion tien, Will readily appear as one of our bert acgaments in faver of thin proposed o Will mot you, dear prerent this eubject to th of Education with h reworks as are caloulated to eall their atteution to it propitiously’ ere SLrUPENTS OF WARD SCHOOL NO, 11. NEWSPAPER LIBEL SUI, THE “EMIGRANT RUNNER” CASE AGAINST THE SUI The Right of an Eaitor Publish Facts, VERDICT IW FAVOR OF THE PRESS,. Superior Court. Before Judge Bosworth, Emery Matthews agt: Moses 8. Beach ana for as ailsged lve), pabished ts st paper oa fee 2 for an el, pubsishe: t June, 1850. si : AEB vee ee cace was calle morni and the following jurors Taving pote were duly empannelled : Frederic Hahn, No 15 Scammel street. Alfred W, Wardell. Nu. 174 East Fifteonth street. James P. Haight, Ne, 236 Bast Broad Arebrbald Hail, No. 135 Madi Eéen P. Clark, No. 276 Houston street. James Guthrie, No. 1 Hudson place. ‘A prefiminary question as to the right of d eounsel to open and close the case, em the ground the having admitted the charge, the affirmative rested wel him, after some argument, decided im hie favo James T. Brady, Erq., then opened the case, exp ing the reason why the usual practice of giving to pla ‘Ull’s counse) the opening and closing remarke was d parted from in this instance, by saying that defendan did not deny the publication of the article im questio but claimec that it w that placed them ert! affirmative ef the question at ie, and if they pi ‘ther affirmation true, then the question should eided in their favor. s ‘This suit, he said, was commenced in 1850, fi eourse of his business the reporter of the Sun wasd formed that sm assault was committed upom the of a respectable citizen in Broadway; that said hed made a complaint at tue police office, but could nd get @ warrant issued because he had not s wits Such was the rule at tbat time in some eases, which, such were to become general, would oe ridiculous, as man might be get Ce ‘a the dark, and neariy mar derea, ond a warrant could pot be again who committed the assault, because he had not a wi ness, The reporter was told that the reason of the sault was, that s gentleman from Vermont, whe ba| been on a visit to @ iriend im New York, was about take passage bome for himself and his wife, and that hi was taken—he would not say emticed—into am office, 0 hole, or place, by two eaigramt runners, Adams Matthews, who met them on dock. kmigrant run are in general a good class of Dut they havea of barpies amd vagabonds ; them who do nothing but plunder poor emigrants their arrival, and which often lead the latter to is i the worst possible of New York, from the mement ¢| their arrival bere unti) they arri the Far West, The Vermei the ste: P' ) but which were refused by the eaptain of vessel, because this firm ref: to redeem their tisketj en a former occasion, so that it appears that they wer speculating in tickets rit The V monter then pais for bis passage and that of his wif and on his return home @rote a letter to his frie in Broadway to endeavor to recover the meney. Th friend wemt to Adams apd Matthews, who premised Benen . leng Ys jendly gree nd ed the money back, which was refused, perp beom to the gentleman’s statement, Adams pulled him by ose and called him ngly names, while Matthews, w! eame up at the time, thrust his elbow into the pit of h stomach, and nearly knocked him duwn. All thie told. to the reporcer of the Sun. and the following artiel was published ip the paper witbout baving beer seen bj either of the cefendants. The article ie as follows:— ‘CAn‘assault was committed last Tuesday night en respectable man named Peter N. Horsley, in Broadway by twoem grant runners named Adams and Matthew who knocked him dowm and grosely maltreated hi ‘The quarrel, it is represented, originated by Mr. Horsle asking the fetlows to refund some money that had paid to ther by some of hie friends for worthiess stea: boat tick ‘The complainant appeared before Justio Lathrop, at the Somes, ond stated the circumstan but the Justice refure’ to issuea warrant Proceedin were then entered into before the Mayor, and me: taken to bring the offending parties to justice.’? Adams and Maithews got hold of this, and were d termined to profit by it. Out of this they have got u no less thav nize suits, includiog the present one. The; fancied trey could gaia a larger amount by tbat specu lation than the otber (the tickets;) but one thing wi in their favor, they agreed not to let my friend Wheato: lore by it, and I like that, or Lalways like to sea a law yer psid fer bis work. (Lavghter.) Well, out of th Rine suits they (4. and M.) have realized, by judgment the large sum of six ceots. This article way not pub lished throngh any malice, as the defendants had neve seen either Adame or Matthews; they were 10 make reparation. A. and M. cailed on the Messrs. Beach, bave the article contradicted. This they refased tod until they had seen the gentlemsn who was said to ha deen aperult That gentleman said the article wi true in wey particular, and, in consequence, defend] apts refuted to retrect. In ali cases, except when it might uot he politic, there is a peak the truth. The answer put in by defend ruled out by Judge Campbell, und they went without having witoesres to prove the trath. J: Duer, before whom the ease way tried, and who is as ight a Judge as any in the Union, charged the jury witi > Cegres of asperity, justified, in his opinion, by the cs ea it netessarily appeared before him, and a judg: of $5(0 was given im tavor of piaintitly. This was ried to the Court of Appeals, the jucgment reversed, now it comes up again ‘or another trial. I shall ineist that this was a police report, and noth more, and will leave it to tne jury as a matter of fact: ‘The law at that time was thata reporter should n Ree an article unless the parties were proven guilty. ut to show you the opinion ef the Legislat b present day on this subject, I will read an act recently passed by them. AN ACT IN RELATION TO Lariegs pene IN SENATE APRIL F; 84, Section 1. No reporter, editor, or proprietor of an} newspaper shell be hable to any action lee Prosecutio civil or criminal, for a fair and true report in such net paper of any judicial, Iegisletive, or other public offic proceedings; of any stat-ments, speech, argument, o debate in the course of the same, except upon actu proof of malice in making such report, which shall in case be implied from the fact of tne publication, fec. 2, Nothing in the preesding section contain shall be #0 construed as to protect any such reporter, editor, or preprietor from an action or indictment fo any libelloas comments or remarks superadded to and interspersed or connected with such report. fee. 3, This act sball take effect immediatel If the article complained of coutaing anyth': more or Jess than the truth, then the Judge will tell yo what todo. There may, perhaps, be some slight dis. crepanci¢s in techtcal guage, which the other s! wil ley hold of, aa for instance they may say emigrant ent instead ef runner, or eleowed him instead knocked bim down; but these are which are eearcely entitied to notice. ‘The ee then called, and exam in Broadway asa dagu t, on the 26tl June, 1950; knew Adams tance began by meeting them at my business there the tl were returned to me by letter: my friends’ mames ® Averill; a8 soon as I received the letter I went to th, corner of Barclay and West streets, weere the office off Adama bad been, and found the place shut up; tl was no sign oF Imade inquiry, but get no tidings off him till the middle of June of the following year, whe 1 noticed his arrest, with Mattbews, in the Huratn (obs jected to, but overruled); I conversed with Adams. What dia he say? (Objscted to, but overruled.) Matthews esme ated what was going on; I to him of the tickets; be admitted be had given thea, but said they were geod; he desired me to come morning, to the corner of Washington and Cedar # I did ro, and found A. and M. engaged in selling ti apparently to emigrants; there was a 6 DP, was all lettered over with “Railroad of newed the conversation of the previous ever Adams, Matthews being present; be pro) drop the matter if he preved the ticke’ said I wouldn’t; I went dewn with Adai boat, and saw the clerk; he was not the whom Acama introduced me. Mr. Wheaten ebjected to this testimony anvirrelevant;| ip wab.not balee proved. that Matthens kad any thing 3 do with selling the tickets. Objection overruled, as Mat-| thews bac evinced an interest in th SESE ete tes Seen spt tsi not go to the office in; I e may dome and Matthews at the corser of Pun ples and| Broadway, opposite the store of Mr. id; Iwas on my way up to the ne it was about sunset; Adi recognized me first; rome talk with him came up with a lot of fellows; names; Matthews ii thief, robber, &e. down from Heaven hi and told him to pay back he would not co it; Mr. Arnold cams out, the crowd to move off the sidewalk, saying fi j on the a and et Arnold what the case was fr erowd then ound; Adams grabbed my nose, and pulled me 5 immediately afteeward Matthews pliced bis elbow in the! it of my stomach, pushea me so thet I wonld hav ‘silen to the ground but that Iwas near the rail against which 1 fell. Afierwercs went amd made a complaint at the poli office, but no warrant was is the Justice Lathrop warrant waa issued, but Adams Matthews were not arrested then or even on that warrrant; saw the reporter of the Sun after I bad seen Justice Lathrep the fret time and before made the afiidavit; I do aot recollect the reporter's name; am not aware if he be living or dend; I bad & conversation with him, Obgected ro, ated on by Mr. Brady, and allowed, I told him the feots alrendy stated, amd tnat I had been te Justice Lachrap and was refused a warrant un- leas | bad avwitness, and that! then went to the Mayor, &e.; afterware | saw the publication in the sun cetved azote ‘rom Mr. Alfred: Beuchs went to the office ard saw him there. Mr. Bredy proposed to preve the conversation i wi jected to by plaintiff's counsel, but imeiated 0} Mr. B., and ltggstely reserved for 4 fatare oscasiol Crove-examined—I first those tickets Totter dated October 31, TS49, Cy) left my jhe vine