The New York Herald Newspaper, February 9, 1857, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. BPYDOn HW. CORFED OF NaSRA” GND FULTON OTS Coad On adounee, Kur abate eras oe vs the lines of steamers between Philadelphia and New York to resume their regular trips. ‘The annexed table shows the temperature of the atmosphere in New York during the past week, the range ef the barometer, the variation ef the wind currents, and the state of the weather at three pertode during each day, vis: at 9A. M., and 3 and 9 e'clock P. M.:— 5 3 the Bur ‘GMAW, 10 Reese Pate vg > TLE NTA CORRESPONDENCE, wnsain : mist /rom uae a wor“ ive $ ane ee ieee | f ‘aete * Et Us. : it ae... eT ————“—_ =S===[="a="={===_==E= 7 Broséway —Tie: Pea GARDEN, Funvect Home—La “Seda ppepecastionersy.— eal ‘Teesdsy—Morning, afternoon and night clesr SUSTOW'S MEW THEATAL. Broadway, oppcestte Bend ot —Twe Bivars—Commpy oF Bunone. —_—_—_ Tho cotton market was scitve on Saturday, and the sales SOALLACE’S THEATRE, Sreadway—Giemis—Wrsvi | for the day footed cp about 6,000 bales, closing at an ad- eval vance of about 0, We now quote middling Uplands at 183,06, and middling Orleans do., at 1850. The stook of flour being light, bolders boid out fer previous rates, and miles wero made to a fair extent ai steady prices. The stoek of wheat was also light, and the reocipts itmitod, which caused holders to demand very full prices, which checked saics. cargo of Michigan red acid at $1 68. Corn was more active, aud the sales were more freely made, at 70c., from store, for Western mixed. Pork was in ligbt request, and prices favored purchacers. Sugars were frm, with rather more doing, including parcels of green and moiado, for refining. Coffee was more active, with su'es of Rio chietly at 10c, a 1030. Freights were without chapge ef importance. A private despatch re- cetved on Saturday from Baltimore stated that navigation would be rescmed on Moncay. BADAA FEKWE'S THBATAB 6% Broeiway—Miny's DuweuasY —G ame OF SPECU. ATION, OR GN 'CHAKEE OF MUSIC, Fourteenth si.—Itauan Orena— wiinerstonn ‘8 AMERICAN MUSEUM, ano Waoxes or Wouan—Pai Wrenng—Feurpunc or sux Foneet—bexD Deal GBC. OME ITY AXD WOOD'S MINSTRELS, 664 Bread Way—Brnoriar Preroeus cows Ter Ow oy WROMLET'R KERENADERR. 555 Broadway—-Evmiorux Ruererisr—Eovex to DR Kane. aSee- ¥ ne Pures. ie Frye Sum MBOBANTCS FALL, 472 Broséwey—Nucso Mevopms 20, wy MaweEns eF Tum OuiGrwar Cuhery’'s Mrxsvars. MO. 327 SROADWAY. opposite ihe Brosdway Theaire— @eremonD, THE HPARDED INFANT. aner Neots Montig, Perry S, Wer Camses of Crime In New York=—Meral of the Bond Street Murder. The theory started by the / cpendent and ower religious papers, to account for the frequent per- petration of atrocities like that which has just taken place in Bond street, is so suggestive trom its very innocence that we cannot help pursuing further tbe speculations to which it leads. Our reverend cotemporarits, in the self-confidence of their own good works, attribute the blame of these evil deeds to the defective organization of our municipal institutions, and shut their eyes to a variety of other causes, some of them affecting themeelves, which equally contribute to swell the catalogue of crime. tainly never was acas for such an assumption than this murder of Dr. Burdell. It is one of those crimes which will occur, and do coutiaually occur, in communities whose police and judicial organiza- tion is the most perfect, and where punishment follows with most certainty the offence. It will not be disputed that both in Evgland and in France the preventive principle, so far as mere physica! restraint is covcerned, is carried to its highest degree of effecti And yet, in both these countries we have witnessed within the last few years an aggravation in character and number of these crimes which has impart- ed to them ewhat of the features of a social epidemic. There never was a period, in fuct, in the criminal annals of Great Britain which has been marked by so many poisonings and asso ations, resulting from pure cupidity; whilst iu France, the number of mar- dere attributable to the same cause is stated to be fearfully on the increase. The inevitable de duction from these facts is. thas in proportion as acommunity approaches its highest poiat of social developement, crimes of this character will keep pa ith it, imasmuch as the neseasi- ties engendered by luxurious tastes must be gratified at any cost. In the middle ages assas- sinations were, ly s ing, comm! ed from motives of po! mal rengeaace. The footpad or highwayman. in relieving the pesenger of his purse rarely r lence unless n © offer ‘ frequently did people hear of those cold blood: midoight murders. in which men were despate by the knife or by poison for the sake of gold. It has been reserved for our times to yire to crimes of this character a permanent place on our calendars, and to shock th ld by the of atrocities dictated by the vilest and obje Matis for Europe. SEW YORK BORALD—EDITION FOR EUROPR. ‘Fhe Cunard eteamebip Arabia, Capt. Stone, will leave Brion on Wednesday, st noon, for Liverpool. fhe Boropean meils will close in this city at balf- past two o'clock to morrow aervoon. he European edition of the Hmma:n, printed in French fond Knglizh, will bo published at tom o’clook in the morn- tug. Single copice, in wrappers, sixpense, lavEnroo.—! 0. ievenroou—Joun Renter, 14 Exchange street, bast Bavaa—am. & Furopean Exprova Co., 21 Roe Corneille. Has contents of the furopoan edition of the Hmmatp (WW combize the news received by nis!’ and telegraph at tee oMice during the previous week, and up to the bour ‘Ba pabbeaiio: a The News. ‘The investigation of the Bond street murder was eontinued yesterday, and notwithstanding the in- element weather the attendance of spectators was a3 wumerous a6 on any previous occasion. The evi- @ence given by the witnesses examined yesterday eontains several very important points, an analysis of which may be found in the editorial colamas. @ar latest despatches from Washington mention ‘the name of Judge Black, of the Supreme Coart of Pennsylvania, in connection with the Premiership. Senator Bright, of Indiona, is strongly pressed by ‘the Washington financiers for the post of Secretary of the Treasury. Commodores Lavalette and Stringham, and Cap- tain McCluney, have been sppeinted by the Secretary ef the Navy a Court of Inquiry, under the recent act of Congress. The court will meet in Washington on ‘the 20th inst. Léeutenant Fleming, late of the brig Bainbridge, bas been dismissed from the naval service, in pur- mmance of the sentence of the Court Martial recently held in Philadelphia. On Satarday last, before a special committee ef the Board of Councilmen, the examination was entered upon in the case of the complaints brought against the Manhattan Gas Company, of senderiog exorvitent bills ‘o gas cousumers for gas. It will be remembered that thie gas company not Jong since reduced the price ef their gas from ‘hree dollars to two dollars and « half per one thousand cubic feet. It is now charged that since the reduc ion in price the bilis to consumers largely exceeded previous bills for the same period of time. The sub ject merits special and rigid inqairy, as not only is: teresting iarily citizens generally, butas layicg the basis of protection against the power of abuse vested in all large monopolies. Elsowhere will be found a report of the opening proceedings and the evidence of Mr. Roome, the President of the Man. jar taken. A moeting of representatives from thirty of the leading fire insurance companies af this city wae beld in Wall street last Saturday, to take some action pom the defe:tive manner in which heaters and hot air furnaces are pat in bvusesin New York with a view to having them built in o more sati« factory and less danzerous way hereafter, as it ha been found that very macy of the fires of lac’ winter were cased by the heaters and fornaces. Is wae propored to raise the rate o! premiums ten per cent on all stores using them, and besides, en- @eavor vo induce the Legislature to pass a law pre seribing the manner in which they should be put in imtuiare. The subject is an important one, and we give the proposed law and the action of the meeting im fall elsewhere. We have files from Mermude to the 29th ultimo There is no‘ocal news. Cholera had appeared at Berbice and Demarara. The Barbadoes West Indian of the %th ssys:—The news of the appearance of @belers in the hospital of Georgetown, Demerara, ‘wae rough! here by her Majesty's steamer Perse verance, which hed taken down a detachment of black troope, whom is was not thought pradeat to Dand. The Georget.wo (Demarara) Colonist of the wigh the epidemic is not spread. es with some viralence in one “il les spectac! barest ¢ To trace eu the present day amongst civilized with ourse uniform application, philosph rimes, cominon a use which has nv » us neither vurg oO es e aware that we shali be accused of the fidelity attributed to all practical minds, whea we assert that the clergy of all denominations are in some degree to blame for the conditioa of society which engenders such evils. And yet, with the fear charge before our eyes, we do not hesitate to reiterate a coaviction to which we have Lut too frequently had occasion to give expression. Who that has waxched the course of the «shining lights” of the different religious denominations for the last dozen years, bat is forced to the reflection, that the christianity which these mon teach has but little resemblano to the chasteniag, the elevating and benign trines inculeated by the Great Master whom they profers to serve? Their christianity is a dry. soulless and technical crved, and nota religion of ity and good will amongs! men. i im ecclesi- are beard he voice of g proof to the sinner, and of hope amd encouragement to the penitent. Unlike the good pastor of who conducted his flock to heaven by thread, the parsons of our day deal in polemical bitterness and harsh condemnations of those who differ with them. Out of such seed what fruit are we to expect? A low tone of public morality and the prevalence of crime in quarters where ignorance and poverty cannot be said to exist, are the results that we must look for. To attribute solely to the indifference of the clergy the existing demoralization, would, how- ever, be ae little just as is their desire to fasten it on the defects of our local institu- tions. There are other coincident causes which contribute to it. Amongst these the most fruitéul is unquestionably the vicious character of the plays which it is now the fashion docality. The value of foreign goods imported at the port of Bostou during ‘he week cnJing 6th inst., amounted rernor General of Canada bas issued his on «ammoning the Prov ncia! Parliamen: Toronto on the 26th of the present m mth. np on Saturday to force @ passage through the ice of the Bas) river into Long Idand Sound proved onsuccessful. The steamer State of Maine, of the Stonington line, proceeded a shor @istance above Hellgate, but was compelled to return. The mild weather which has prevailed for the past few days, and a con inaance of copio: showers of rain such as fell yesterday, will, how ever, soon clear the chaane! of ai) ob sions, Watery weather is rarely attractive, bat it is indie patable that the humid atmosphere with which we have been favored for the past week is quite popn Jar. It bas proved in the highest degree useful— clearing away the snow and ice, revealing the cobvle atones and sidewalks, carrying off the deposites of mock, renderiag pedestrianiam tolerably safe though dirty, and saving no small amount in the wear and tear of horse flesa. The icy fetters that hive so | to produce on our stage. Instead of the old long held in bondage the bays and rivers are losing ramas. which, if they had no v ikfng the'r hold, on e combined influence of rsin and | moral, did not at least violate the ¢ end fat berly The telegraph inf»rms us that at proprieties of life, modern taste calls for the dra yuret from ‘ts long imprisonment, matic monstros with which the French and k ood towards the ocean. The docks | Germans love to « malate their morbid tases eT), wore vemerday covered Wi water tothe | 1, these plays all the natural A relati depth « et. The Sebuyikill is a freshet. The » dana fone orf -teeanpeonnd destract of property by these overfiows will of life are distorted in the effurt to produce etart- doubtless be itomense, But little ice remained in ling effecta; and the further from nature the av- tbe Ohio at last acco and in a few days the thor departs the greater chance he has of a popu- river will be in fine condition for navigation. The | lar success. Where the principles of right and rare is yen— at de NEW YORK HERALD eQeijv'y ay t) epatig | wrong are thus gousowaded ia the minds of the | , MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1857." spectators, how isit possible that the fruits of the Jeseons thus insidiously inculcated should not ex- hibit themselves in their conduct? Every one re- collects the impulse that was given to crime io Lendon by the production of Jack Sheppard. ‘With like influences at work amongst us, we can- net expect te escape the moral penalties which invariably follow in their train. There is another influence to which the pre- vailing depravity may be traced, but which, un- fortanately, is of @ more general and permanent character. We allude to the peculiarity of our social tastes, which induces us to live in herds, instead of in families, like other commanities. We believe that nothing tends more to break down the barriers of morality than the indiscrimi- nate association of the sexes which takes place in our boarding houses and hetela) The habits of the house in which the unfortunate Burdell met his fate, are, it isto be feared, but too com- mone sample of the morais of many of these places, With the facilitics for sin afforded by them, it is net to be wondered at that the mar- riage tie should prove but a delusion, and that the relations of parents and children should not endure much beyond chikihood. Ot the effect of such influences @pon society in general it is un- neceseary for us to speak. They are patent to us in the desertions, the adultries, the forgeries and the assassinations which daily take place, not only amongst the peer, but amongst the well born and educated. Genera Scorr anp T#E SECRETARY or War.— We have received from Washington a part (160 pages) of the printed document of the salt and pepper, or rather saltpetre, correspondence be- tween General Scott and the War Office, “ relat- ing to the payments and allowances which have been made, and to the claims which have been dis- allowed to Brevet Lieutenant General Scott, from the time when he joined the army serving in Mexico up to Dec. 1, 1856.” In these 160 printed pages received, we discover nothing very remarkable or interesting except the bills ot General Scott's confidential expenses in Mexico, which we give elsewhere in these columns. These items show the importance of the hard cash in clearing the way for the operations of armies, The item of ten thousand dollars to “—— and ——,” iwo distinguished Mevican officers no doubt, is parti- cularly suggestive of the patriotism, honor and utility of bribery in some cases, as contrasted with other cases, Between bribing a member of our own government and a member of a government with which we are at war, there is, in fact, as wide a distinction as between throat cutting on private and on public account. The controversy upen the disputed claims and allowances demanded by General Scott, per cent ages or disbursements, &c., as far as we have it in the 160 printed pages received, extends from November, 1854, down to January, 1856; but the cream of the correspondence has yet to ceme. It appears to have taken the General-in-Chief and the Secretary of War from fifteen to eighteen months to warm up beyond the cool boua- daries of official propriety into the fierce excitement of ungovernable rage—an excite ment which is deplorable in regard to Gen. Scott, and disgraceful in reference to the Sesre tary of War. Under the spoils policy of this Pierce administration, millions upon millions of money have been wasted in various spoils and plun- der schemes, and yet the President and his Cabinet have been wrangling with and worrying Gea Scott, since 1854, upon a matter of a few thor sand dollars of claims and allowances, which they contend should not be paid. Congress should ‘ong ago have put an ead to this miserable penny wise and pound foolish quarrel with Gea. Scott, by voting him, in a special bill, every cent of his army claims and allowances, which are reason able and economical enough, in all conscience. They should have done more. In the same bil! they should have voted the distinguished soldier who has done so much for the honor, glory ond Prosperity of the country, a gratuity of one or two hundred thousand dollars. I: is not yet too late to do something of the kind. But in any event, it is to be hoped that Congress will settle this controversey by voting to Gen. Scott every cent of the claims which have been disputed, and something extra, to which he is clearly entitled, but which he does not claim. Wacox Roaps To THe Pacirio—A Goov Brit.—A bill has passed to ite third reading in the House of Representatives, appropriating $300,000 for the construction of a wagon road from Fort Kearney, in Nebraska, via the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, to the castern boundary line of California, near Honey Lace— the said road to connect with and form aa exten- sion of the road already authorized from Port Ridgely to the aforesaid South Pass, The #um of $200,000 is also appropriated for the constr .o- tion of a wagon road from El Paso to Fort Yuma, at the mouth of Gila river; and $50,000 for +he construction of a wagon road from Fort In: pendence, New Mexico, to the Colorado river, These are practical and useful appropriations, They contribute directly to available communication between the isa and the Pacific ocean. Let these roads include the digging of wells for water at convenient sta- tions in the deserts to be crossed, aod military stations bere and there, at points affording a mar gin of soil capable of cultivation. and «hen, wth a plentiful supply of camels, we shall scarcely feel the necessity of a Pacific Railroad for fifty years to come. At all evente, as nay require that length of time to build the ra’ ven by the shortest route, it is prope should at once give us the wagon roads proposed in aforesaid bill . Farm PeRSeVERANCE AND Whi. Renova Mowntarns.—Notwitnstanding the tremendous onslaught that has been made upon Mra MacMa- hon, who made ber déna at the Academy about three weeks ago—in spite of the cold term, and the snow term, and the slush term, and the mud term, the Bond street tragedy, and other matters tending to depress public amusemente—abe has continued to act at the Chambers street theatre every night since, Her perseverance, or energy, or something else, has absolutely had such an ex- celleat effect upon some of her assailanta, includ- ing the Sunday papers, that they have changed their epinions about her acting. The same jour- nals which indignantly ordered her off the stage now give her very nice, pleasant puffs, which, under the circumstances, are worth—well, the current rates. If Mrs. MacMahon should continue a while longer, we may expect to hear that she “exndes the electricity of genias,” that khe “palpitates with perturbed peron: nese of mental vitality,” or some equally jaminous remark. Mra MacMahon is one of the most re- markable women we ever heard of. Hor faith, courage, perseverance and energy are wonderful, and the certainly means to deserve sugeees, if she vali’ Commend It, purpose. direct personal gain, but that the act was insti- ‘The Present Aspect of the Burdell Case. ‘The inquest in the case of Doctor Bardell, the victim of the late horrible murder in Bond street, held a short session yesterday, when several wit- nesees were examined. The daughters of Mra Cunningham were again before the jury. Nothing material was obtained from either of them. The younger daughter, when questioned as to whether she had seen any blood upon any of the garments of her mother or sister, complained of illness and was allowed to retire from the room. In the same way one of the sons of Mrs. Cunningham set upa great howl, on Saturday, when his ex- amination a material point of the ease. Not intending to be hareh, we must say that a good deal of this looks like humbug. Here has a great crime been committed. These persons may not be able to tell us anything about the act itself, but they do know something of the relations between the Doctor and their mother. They must tell us all these things at some time or other; and if they believe in their mother’s innocence they will have no objection to do so now. Atapy rate, we must have no more hum- bug or nonsense with them. It is not a time for flippancy on the part of one, or for a show of mock sensibility by the other. It seems now as if all the Cunninghame had tacitly agreed to say as little as possible, falling back upon the asser- tion that they know nothing of the murder, per se. The jury is not investigating the body of the crime. The evidence is deficient in physical circumstances, but the moral proof bears strongly against certain parties. The only clue so far ob- tained to the murderers is that some of the people in the house had a motive to kill him. The testi- mony of these young women would, if freely given, go far to show the strength of that motive and the causes which produced the peculiar state of feeling between the Doctor and the other parties residing in the house. It is possible that the case of Mrs. Cunningham may be damaged sbould her daughters speak out—it is certain that it will be if they do not. We have now before us the testimony taken doring nine days of investigation. The inevitable conclusions to be drawn from the present aspe>t of the testimony are as follows :— 1, That the Doctor was murdered with malice aforetbought. This is proven by the number and character of the wounds, the stillness with which the act was accomplished, and the careful way in which the marderers have destroyed all physical clues to their identity. 2. That the act was committed just before mid- night and immediately after the Doctor entered his apartments. The time is tixed by two witnesses, one of whom heard the ery of “murder” at about eleven, aod another who saw @ man answering the general description of the Doctor enter the house at about the same hour. 4. That the act was committed by some per- sons resident in the house, or introduced for the f@arishes a warriage certificate ia the face of the world. So stands the case against Mrs. Cunningham. ‘We do not aay that these conclusions drawn from the evidence prove that she is guilty. We do not pretend to argue that she may not be able to explain them so far as to satisfy every un- prejudiced mind that she is entirely innocent; a fair view of the present aspect of the case ‘The movements of Mra. Cunningham and Mr, before the murder and since it was discovered, that there is just ground for suspicion against dell’s blood rests on their heads, let them do so. How To Manage a Newsparer.—One of our amiable cotemporaries—the Times—which has chiefly distinguished itself by feeble attempts to rival the Heraxp in obtaining the earliest, fullest and most accurate accounts of all matters of pub- lic interest, and which has made some amusing blunders in this way, has lately capped the climax of absurdity, in an editorial summary of the evi- denee in the case of Dr. Burdell, which was its last imitation of the Heratp. To show how splendidly this was done we give the following extracts from the Times of Saturday:— EVIDENCE OF MR. OLNE’ Q. Where do you live, sir? A. street. Q What is your business, sir? A. iter. Q What businees did you do for Dr. Burdeli? A, Job- ‘Ding, repairing and Oxing in this house. ‘Q. When were you last employed by him? \. \ month ag0—five woeks ago—about the holidays. Q. For what purpose? A He seat for Q To repair a look, wasn’tit? A. No, on a new lock; 1 reoommended Valentine & Batler’s rotary lock—a burglar proof iock. Q. On what door of the house was it? A The hell door. Q, Did you hear since who murdered him? A. No, sir; but I Bow the lock was a burglar proof lock. CononEn—That is what I was going to inquire about, whether it could be like aay common lock, with y ike the ooe made for it? A No, sir, it is not; tho owner would risk his life om it; if it varied a beir from imapoeibty $0 open it; ue (Dp Bardel)eprooted sian japossibility to open it; 7 ell) ex; hia- self as delighted with ta: Ok as he did not believ: apy one could get in; Ife on 183?’ nobody without the Key ; the slightest touch oa the key opens the door, _— might turm the handle forever withoat opening it, Q. But anybody else could makes key if they had a pattern? A. No, sir, unless they had the lock; it (the key) might vary slightiy, and they ould not get in. ‘RVIDENCH OF ALVAH BLAISDELL. {ia lee thd quesiOos as to whether Bardell had any ‘enemies about the house } Y. No. 65 Ellzsbeth 5, That the motive was not that of robbery or | 1 think any person below or abovemight bave heard it i a R Re He didn’t speak in @ private manner at ali? A No, air. Jvnon—His manner of was as I speak now? A. About the soaet Tae the avo he aff. ene wer ns were with the members of his own family. Jvrok—You don’t know that Evans ever threatened ny revenge’ A. He never did to me, but I have hoard at he bad done so. Jvron—Never did to you? A. I never spoke to him. Jvaor—You = beard ‘threatened revenge? A. gated by jealousy, hatred, revenge, disappointed ambition and a hope of obtaining, ultimately, some portion of the victim's estate, which he might prevent if he were allowed to live. 6. That the passions above enumerated are stronger with women than with men—a woman, when she is bad, being thoroughly so, because society will not believe that she can repent and reform; and therefore there is no encouragement for her to do so. 7. That no man would be likely to inflict fif- teen stabs—nearly all fatal—upon the body of his victim. .A slighted woman might do so. 8, That Mrs, Cunningham had a motive to do the Doctor a mischief. She was extremely burgiary or forgery; 1 don’t know whicn. Jvrom—You think he is in Virginia’ \. I think he ts; {snow be was taken there; wneiner he bes ver got ai liberty or not 1 Ll ii known to the New York police, I uppere’ A. I don’tkrow jealous. She set spies upon him. She listened im sending to State prison « man who had * vii fs ec Ee s. ted m fe pon him—a determined to his conversations with his confidential fr’ Coenen akeaed cate Geos ten tee She visited brothels to obtain testimony o: ever lef tbe prison alive, be would wreak bis vengesvce * " 2 sf » wees » | Spon Dr. Burdell. We bave also heard it ramored that Infidelity. She set every one in the house | Ginn, Sass pow tn preventhes be us taeee rte against him. She twice renewed a sult for } tm the city pen ld the time of the murder, and that he bas not since beard of. If so, here, cer- breach of promise aguinst him. She attempts to prove a doubtful marriage with him. relations of friendship between the par been broken off for two months before mur- der, and the Doctor is so far afraid that he will be murdered by her or her friends that he will not eat or drink in the house, and begs a friend to come and live with him. There is no eye so sharp, no intellect so acute, as that of a jeaious, intriguing woman. No movement of Burdeil’s escaped the observation of his purser. She knew of all his movements. She peered into his private papers, and stole from his poeket the key of his safe. The quarre! between them was bitter and irreconcilable. Tv: more than two months Burdell Jed this terrible life. He made his will, leaving his property to his brothers, cousins, nephews and nieces. Chil- dren he had none. Wife he had none, by his own account. He resolved to get rid of his mistress as soon as possible. The time arrived when tenants not leaseholders give notice to the land- lord of their intentions—whether they intend to remain or to move after the first of M-y— and the landlord signifies his wishes in r--urd to the same matter. Mrs. Cunningham's footall was always about the Doctor's door; she beard everything. She heard of the will. She heard, on the very Friday of the murder, the Doctor ask his friend Biaisdell to take the house. “be heard on the same day the partial agreement between Burdell and Mrs. 5 She knew that if Binisdell did not take the house, the lease with the Stansburys would be signed on the next day. On that Friday the pointe of the situation culminated. On one side was Burdell, weak physically, a cowed who would “ not fight a boy ten years old,’* resolved to get rid of this weman, of first became jealous—then disgusted—then afraid. On the other an avaricious, revengeful intriguante who has been playing a desperate game and has been beaten at every point; ene who may daily expect to be driven with her children and her eleomosynary attachés into the street, 9. The statement Mrs. Cunningham has made in reference to the marriage has been ever. thrown by the evidence of her own attorney, who testified yesterday that three or four weeks after the breach of promise suit had been discon- tinued she applied to have it brought up again. The certificate produced by Mrs. Cunningham indicated that the pretended marriage took place only one week after the discontinuance of the suit. nive for the deed. ry opens outer door, tock upon bis ows door of the most common sort. Thus are seen in the same issue of the Tics, a grave and elaborate editorial making deductions ostensibly from the testimony, which deductions are flatly at variance with the facts as reported in another part of the paper. In its political course the 7'imes never seems to think facta are at all necessary to the reliability of its articles; but winiy, is a man who had murder, it is generally considered necessary to read the evidence, and it is certainly the height of blundering and stupidity to give the public a now theory in one part of a newspaper, and at the same time furnish a flat contradiction to all its premises in another. Decidedly our young friends of the Jimes must be more industrious if they intend to compete with the Hsravp in the newspaper field. Tae Conrvrtion Commirrer at Wastinoroy. —We understand that some startling develope- ments may be expected from the Lobby Committee at Washington, now about ready to report to the House of Representatives the results of their ar- daous labors, From what appears in several of our exchanges, it will tarn out that most of the leaders of the republican party at Washington— intiders and outsiders—about the time of their contest for the present Speaker, were implicated, in some way or other, in these lobby corruptions. Among other things, it is said there is some tan- gible foundation tor the charge made by a West- era editor (of which we know nothing), to wit.— that Horace Greeley pocketed a small lobby check of a thousand dollars, on account of the Des Moines Improvement Company. In the meantime it appears that the accused has gone ont west- ward to prosecute the offending editor for libel, and % deliver, en route, & course of lectures, while the Lobby Committee have been hunting dim up in vain as a witness. Altogether, from he researches of this committee, our readers may expect some very curious and valuable lobby disclosures, and particularly useful in reference to future inquiries of the same kind. The chances are that during this wretched adminis- iration of Pierce we shall have the proofs before it is over, of a larger variety and a greater mass of spoils and plunder corraptious than under all the other corrupt or weak administrations, from Van Buren to Fillmore, inclusive. Let us, then, be thankful for the prospect which we have of a good old fashioned honest administration from and after the fourth of March. Police Intelligence. Parmer Deneouy—Caseoe or LaRommy.—An eraminaiion relative to a cnarge ot grand Inroeoy, ro- nuly preferred by Mr. W of the firm of Weldon & rp, brokers, at No, 2 Wall agatnet bis partner, Mr. George W. Thorp, has been going on for some days Defore Juatice Connolly, The amount involved in $1,686, and thie Mr. Weldon chargos was stolen from theaafe by Mr. Thorp, The latter acknowledges baving taken the Morey, but olaime that it belonged to him, and that ke @'o not steal tt. The testimony ts all in, and the case Ka -$ pudcuOd op amd BALLICNIGG UpoR La a Low Maye 10. She gave, late in January, a general to Doctor Burdell (see report), and in agrees to give up the house on the first o! Moy. This isthe climax, Her defeat is complete. She is the woman scorned, like whom, the poet tolls ur, hell bas no fury. Such is the position of affairs when Blaisdell ” leaves Burdell at four on the afternoon of F, day. The next morning Burdell is found with ddivep wounds on his dead body, and bis mbsts ag ‘but we do say that what we have given above is Eckel during the past five or six weeks have been very suspicious ; and if they can explain all the cir- cumstances bearing against them, there are plenty of means of communication with the public. Let apy one who knows anything of the where- abouts of the victim, or any of the suspected parties, on the evening of the murder, make a clean breast of it. Let the suspected parties themselves do this. It must come out sooner or later. At present Eckel apd Mrs. Cunningham have been tried and convicted by half the read- ing community, while the other half is forced to the conclusion, from the conduct of the parties them. If they can show that no spot of Bur- in forming a theory upon evidence in a case of Tee LATEST NEWS. SY PRINTING GND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPRS, Interesting News from Washington. THE CABINET—WBO 18 10 BE PREMIER ?—THE NEXT’ SPEARERSHIP—THE NEWLY ELBOTED SENATORS: FROM INDIANA, ETC. Wasuincton, Feb. 8, 1857. ‘The Osbinet te stili who talk, It is generally believed’ here that Judge Black, of Pennsylvania, will beSeeretary of State Mr. Black is now Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ponnsylvanis, aud is one of the most distingulah- od jurist of that State, He is a man of very gress ability and force of obaracter, and Of integrity beyond reproach. He was elected to his present position as the democratic candidate in 1865, and ran ahead of his party ticket soma’ twenty thousand votes in the State. Hots » cunsistent, conservative, national democrat, and 18 at this moment’ one of the most popular men in Pennsylvania, A loading democratic Senator informed me to-day that «- letter was in clroulstion, largely signed by extreme South. ern men, asking Mr. Buchanan, in case he took bis Secre- tary from the South, that he would take « representative’ man—which means a flibuster—and hoped that mar ‘would be Robert J. Wa'ker. The same Senator informed: me that if he (Mr. Bochanap) took Walker that be never ‘Would be confirmed by the Senate, There is @ powerful combination of men here headed by Corcoran, the banker, and others, who have grown rich’ out of the government, who are laboring to put Bright in~ the Treasury Department. The Speak ership of the next Congress is already brought. in the market, Several members of the new Congress srenow here. Thomas L. Harris, of Illinois, is pressed by the Northwest. It is considered due to Illinois in conse- quence of Richardsen’s defeat to take = man from that Btate. The Committee of the House have sent to Ution for feveral witnesses to come to Washington to testify im regard to the part taken by the Hon. 0. B. Matteson, in. regard to certain Jands granted to Western railroads, It. is thought that some interesting facte will be brought: out relative to the last elections, and the means used to choose members to the next Uongress. be: The new Senators from Indians, Mesers. Bright and Fitch, arrived last aight, and will present their creden- tals, and ask to be sworn ia to-morrow, A protest will, be entered on the part 0; the republicans from that State, which has been sent here, against their taking their feats, based on the ground that thoy were not legally elected. They will, however, take their seats, and the- question will be referred to the Judiciary Committee. Breaking Up of the Ice in the Rivers. GREAT RISB OF THS HUDSON—THE DOCKS AT TROY SUBMERGED. Troy, Feb. 88 P. M. The Hudson river commenced to rise about sever. o’olock this morning and continues to riee at the rate of a footan hour. }t is pow about six feet over the docks. A large quantity of ice from the Mohawk and Hoosic rivers has broken up and the river is clear ae far down as two milcs below the rail factory. It is rising very fast now. It rose four fect between four o’clock and a quarter to seven this evoning. The nail factory ts about mile and a half south of Troy. OVERFLOW OF THE SCHUYLKILI—RAILROAD UNDEE WATER. PuapELrmA, Fed 8, 1857. There isa heavy freshet in the Schuylkill river. as Norristown the railroad track is covered six feet. The Ccoupants of the mills along the river are moving their goods and machivery from the lower stories, as much damage is satictpated. The ice had moved at Manayunk, but ts still tight opposite this city, THE LONG BRIDGE AT WASHINGTON CARRIED AWAY SUSPENSION OF TRAVEL. Wasmincton, Feb. 8, 1867. A great portion of the wood work of the Long Bridge,’ between Washington anc the Vi" cinia side of the Potomac, was {swept away by ico today, and carried down the river. The wood work was at each end. The Washington ena apd the masonry 'n the middle remains firm. There tg much ice still gorged above the bridge. No communi. cation has been bad with Alexandria, and consequently BO connection with tbe South. The telograph crossed on the bridge and is prostrated, THE OHIO CLEAR OF ICE. {Prrtsvnc, Feb. 8, 1867. The Obio river is falling at Pittsburg, Civcinnat! and Soulsville, and is nearly clear of toe. ‘The canal at Louisville is fillea with boats which put tm for protection against the ice, and this prevents boste irom passing down CHBSAPEAKE BAY AGAIN NAVIGABLE. Bartimons, Feb, 8, 1867. No mail bas been revived to-day south of Washington,’ Our harbor is open again, and the steamer Herald got down to Annapolis yesterday, and will come up with the bark Swan to-morrow. In the river the ice is much Weakened, aad in the bay it ts all adrift, and will be driven out io-night by the northwest gale which is now Prevailing. From Phi SUICIDE OF AN INSANE MAN—FIRE. Punapsrma, Fi 3867. George W. Watson, proprietor of Concert Hail, commit. ted suicide this morning by cutting his throat with a ra- zor ate barber's abop. He bas been insane for more than a year, and was a jationt in the Pennsylvania Hospi- tal, whenoo he had gone to the barber’s accompanied by ‘8 keeper. The office ot Godey'e ‘Ladies’ Book’? was damaged by ‘Water this aflernoen, in consoquenoe of a trifling fire in aw ‘Upper story of the building, Accident on the findson River Railroad. Anant, Feb. 7, 1867. An emigrant cp train over the Hudson River road, ran Off the track carly this n.orning, between Poughkeepsie and Rhinebeck. Several persons were burt. Aman and & woman, passengers, were fatally injcred. Ose women had ber thigh broken. Explosion of « Steam Boller. x 4 # Ei | | be not exceeded, The Croton Reservoir dill and the bill amendatory of; the Contra! Park act bave gone to a third reading. Brookiyn City News. GaRnorens Anovt —Mr. William Hall, while on hic. ‘way homo about 12 o’clook om Saturday night, was at. tacked and robbed im Henry street, noar Amity street, came up behind, and putting bis arm abouy: neok, held him until he had abstracted his watch and took big gold studs nod sleeyo butions, The fellow had on * hout his fae Fa ae to hide hie foaiares com. FPA ud be ould iborcfore not be ideatined. After: itted the robbery he ran off, and Mr, Hal g his self possession, drew hie pistol and be bot without sffeet : be effected his egoape. Mr. Hall pro: ceeded to tho Third district station house, and informed) tbe Captain of the oocurrence. vp . bas arrived inthe Southwest Paso, forty: Camels for the United Plates government. Urey eae en al Welk