The New York Herald Newspaper, May 23, 1858, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 7933. THE NEWS FROM UTAH The Statements of Hr. Gerrish—-Contra tle- tery Reports—Gov. Comming Reiused an Escort by Gen. Johuston—fMove- ments of Col, Kane—Ge;. Cum- ming Bitten by a Mad Dog, &e., dew, ke. OUR ST. LOUIS CORRESPONDENCE. Sr. Lovin, Mey 19, 1853. The Mormer, News--The Misson of Ovlonel Kane, ‘The Mormon news attracts general attention here. My ‘ayicea from Fort Bridger, where General Jobnston has removed bis comp, are of the 10th of April. Tlesra from & private letter that Colovel Kane is at the bottom of what- ever has been Cone in regard to the departure of Goyerace Oumming for Salt Lako City. There has been quie s cor- Yeepondence between Colonel Kane and General Johnston, Dub ine latter is too Cooked an old soldier to be Influenced, It la understood that Brigham Young sent s preseat of a Jarge number of crttle for the army, as a peace offering, tWreogh Colonel Kaue, but General Johneton refused to Dave anything to do with it. He treated it as hedid the gift of salt sept last fall by Young. He would take nothing uwmp card, and bie decided, determiued actioa, has done more to convince the Mormons of their folty and fate than ‘anything elee could do. INTERESTING LETTER FROM CAMP S0OTT. Oar Bcorr, U. T., April 10, 1888. Gov, Owmming Gone to Salt Lake City on the Request of the Mormons—Lage Emigration to the While River Moun’ tains— The City Ne: to be Burned—ahe Leaders Fright- ened— The Troops Eager. A sperial express leaves here for the Stites within Bef an hour, and I basten to write @ few lines, and tebe pleasure in caying I am enjoying good health. Gov. Cemming left bere for Great Salt Lake City three days tinse, as requested by the Mormons. Our camp was ‘thrown into great excitement on bearing of the arrival of ‘Mr. Gilbert, of Meesrs Gilbert & Gerrish, merchants at this esmp, frow Caltfornia vis Great Salt Lake City. He reports tha’ on the other side of Salt Lake City bushels of human Deir ef women and chiltren be bleaching on tl Tie ™ cuopored 10 be from the party that emigrated last fal) fcr California, and believea vo oave been murdered by the Mormons. Wr. Gilbert met several trains of Me ops emigre le from 50010 760 tn at ané Brigham with them. Great Balt Lake City is ai! up- dowo, The veo; fast for the Waite River @onptains, on the Merieo avd Utah Territory. They do not mtend to destroy Weir cweiluwge. They will let them atavd, io nopes Wat the proses cima ty wiil be setuied and they wil re arn sgein; what I cap karn they are mistaken jm When caiculauons, as tae troovs will follow them to Qeir graves as soon me reinforcements reach us. Toe Feeders of (he church are frigutened to death, and have wresdy leh Mr. Fickiio (guide) and party arrived bere a few days eg, atter a bard trip of three mouths to the ‘iat Head time) nation, for the purpose of parchasieg mules and es forthe army. They succeeded in geting arout wo Dapored an4 fit y borses after a laborious tr p. Toey were #weiwomed in our camo as if they bed ben lost and foncd sgein. What is to be dove is not yet known ; but whew aay thing d¢finite oocurs [ will \et yoa know. NBWSPAPER ACCOUNTS. [Prom wwe t Louw 19 We hao afarther conversation yesterday with Mr. Ger- Tis®, aod received from bim & more satwlactory account ‘than was mate pabiic through the pipers vecterday morn- img. Hie additional 6 atementa expiaio the various con- tradictory mocount Wat, for # day or two past, have been coming (rom Fort Leavenworth. Mr Serrish \# toe ‘atest arrival from Fort Brijger, aud the vows be brings bas not been conveyed by any other source, No offical despar bes came ov bim or w th bis private leiter to Col Rich at Fort hich wae dated Fort Bridger, Ap’ 10 Gerth commanica’ed with go yersou ta Learen. worth put secretary Hartoet;. Tor lotormation, thea, by despatches received here. was derived from no ober fouree Dul tne letter to Col. Rich sad vhe stale nents to Mr. Herweti So the news receive’ has peen exegeo Teted, acd ie not offictal. Tbe truth smounts simpiy to hes Gov. Comming left Camp Scott on the Sth of April for Sex lete Cy The obj ct of bis miksion to thas city is Bot known Mr. Gerrich ways it was rumored at the camp that ine Governor Gas asked for an eecort from Col. Jona Mow, but the C love! refused, sayiog if Koy es s0rt wea: it mort be the wboleermy. The Governor, under a Mor. eacort, Was wel forty five mies Deyend the camp Er snibers, ALSsik Lave City they were meniog pre- C SO receive DeGuvernor, The ts ail #0 aave That reiat e irom tr. Gerri, Tre Sc Joseph Gazrtte of the 16\h comtatos the following, WoL throws some light on tbe malter, aod dose DO! look mureb }ke perce witb tbe Mormons :— Ry private letter from Osmp Bott, dated March 234, a WatCol Kaor, =n gee despwebed by way of formerly dgarea at of wikh the Mormons; that they were Cesermined to sar ait do terms that wore likely to meet wish the approbation Of We ageuts of the goverament, Col Jobost p bad removed tie camp to Fort Brifger, and Co). Cook was on Smith's Pork The impression there was that no movem*nt toward the vailry would be made by the army ant! Jury. It is Denow quite certain that the peace commiasioaers «ill Tesch Salt (ake, 80% every opportunity will be aif rded Abeve b gb Maaced offenders wo aead to thelr regrets, and Mor arfravd the Cevil of bis art deserts, The Woeton Weekly Platte Argus of the 14th has the folowrg, Which aiso © Dinbates towarde a corre A un ter- wianding of the mauer, ihe lewer of Mr. Gilbegs is of particner jaterest:+ We learo that Mr. Biasingame, who bas been with Kin- g vingston, reahed anaes Setneetag wih Ye mail Cirect from the army. Mr game reports the G6 eernor Comming started on the 6.0 of April lo go into Sait Lake Ony Captain Marcy, who was sent to Santa Fe for at-ck, was met oo bis war to Camp foott. It does not look as thoagh Colone) Jonn:ton intended moving with bis t-oops, uaiil relafor ced. The pence commeasioners will, In all probability, reach Le commari before a move is attempted by tne ar Bace the above we have been permitted to rure « letter from Mr. Giibert to his family io emton. He left San Francieco on the 3d of March siayod two days aad @ hal at Asi Laks Oty, and was kindly treated while there, though Brigham wat not very communicative Brigham hal moved ‘el bis family and obiicrsn oat of tre city. Mr. Gilbort mts Le hae Of fenilies going a and some direction, and they all seemed very Pamory bette: ag Gilbert wet Gov. Cumming, uo dor a Mormon encort, on Feber river. going towards Sait Lake Cay. He bad proceeded 46 mies on the route At Bat (ake City they were making great preparations to ree ive tim Br gham granted Mr. Gilbert a pass, which reads lite- rally as fo lows — ‘Urtam Trenrrory, To all to whom these presente rha!l ovme. gre sting — A bert Gilbert, of the firm of Gi'bert & Gerran, and Intely merobacts ia thie city perm thed to pass froely and safely 10 the United States troops at Bridger’s rere, Given under my baod at Great Sait Lake City, the bub of aprit, A. D. 1868 BRIGSAM YOUNG. Governor and Superinten tent of Indian Attairs, 7 pored to De mw Tne dog sttacked several and wns iy Riied The Governor war quite fearful end dis ed about the mater. The army are tiv og quite com forvabiy 00 rations of tnirtees ounces of flour and teo pee of bad beef, and had enough to Keep bem com. tabie tii the frat of June. Tre ¢ lowing extra from the offive of the Tearanworth Darly Toms, Mey 14, was receivou yesterday he wo A epecal meeserger arrived yeserday from Osinp Boott, bringing the important newe that tov, Oommeg bad fotered Salt Lake Oity without troops, agg that bis suthority hed deen fully reo geined by the ‘mon off Chale. He brings da°es to April 10. Not op ¥ wae 09 renietance (fered, but none wes on. was tame ae a chit. The eance from the Lord to de de Uver to the people Simple Gov Cumming entered tho ‘orty of the tem ie and the vemple ttsel’, and Mormonism bo wed fis bead in pubmMesiO" ‘Of course the troops were tn readiness to act, and thi the Danie kne# full well. Gov Camming entered into Salt Lake City April 1, by In. ‘vitation, bad wort of the Wormons—roen, women aad chil south, oF were Proaring to do so. . The majority very ikely a they cling Bag bod planted 90 crope in Utah, to have to break catter fe omigrate lato Weeks’? Ole, and eliher to scatter or The news is uoofficial, but Is considered rotiablo at the fort. N B—Private letters received here an4 at the fort sm that the point ot dertination of the Mormons is sonore, it Mexico. Doubtlers they bave bean preparing (all of oe wet saris tik SUT redone taste me. 100, Seo bedeen quvertonce’. knowledge and ato {Cogrespendence of the St. Louis Republican Weerronr, May 1 Mr. Thomas Hamilton, formerly of this piace, ved thie morning in charge of the mail from Camp Soott, He brings some news from Salt Lake Gavernot Camtatog hed entered Salt Lake Oty without ‘an cecort, Col. Johnston still remaining at camp. Mr. Hamilton eays that there will be no resistance on the pert of the Mormons, and characterizes it 18 another Kapeas war. Toe mats of the he thinks ogeers war, and # that the women bad sont word to Oel. J3hnston to thes when he despotiem. aay come wp; they will welcome him, be! arrives they wil! be free from an’ io‘olera! If this be true, it looks as if there was to be a speedy tor- mination of the Mormon war. RUMORED RBSIONATINN OF BRIGHAM YOUNG. The following despatch was published in some of the Philadelphia papers yesterday morning :— Sr. Lous, May 21, 1968, Despatches which resohed here fom Laavenworth, last evening, report that Brigham Yousg bad reaigacd bis po- sition as Governor of Uiab. The Mathews and Davenport Affair. TO THE BDITOR OF THB HR4ALD. I much regret to be obliged refer in any way tothe divgracefal and upneceseary attack made upon me yea- terdey iu Breadway by Mr. Davenport and bis friends, but I cannot allow gross misstatements to go forth with- out contradicting them; and, though Iam told tha: Mr, Davevport’s mere denial was hardly n-edei 10 convince all who m bim that there was nota particle of trath im my statement, I trust thatall who know me will be Meve me incepable of uttering a falsebood. It is asserted in the New Yorx Bexaup and in the Zri- bune that Mr. Davenport desired @ mutual friend to indite @ Lote to me, asking me to deny that I bed ever made the offensive assertion szcribed to me, or at dce retraxt it; ‘that this mesaege was delivered to me on Wednesday Jast, and that up to yesterday morning no reply bad been returned or notice taken of it in any manper; and that, a the instance of Mr. Davenport, the same mutual friend yesterday wrote s secona note, whi*t was given me in- medytely , and to which Iretarned a reply that T would “gee Wo it to morrow,” or would “attend o it in a day or two,” or some stmiler message, the intent of which seemed to be to make delay, that! might avoid an explanation apo have eb opportupity to depart Io answer to this 1 can only say that! never received Soy letter from Mr. Davenportor bis friead on Wedaes. day. The first and onty notel receive; was from ur. Stoart, of Wallack’s theatre, delivered to me late ‘tm the afternoon of the day of the assault. To that pote | instantly rephed, saying how giad 1 was ty reseive it, but that, occumed with my bevetit, it would ve imporribie for me to answer it funy till to morr w (to- dey). This answer, Mr. Stuart tell: me, he baaded to Mr. Davenport on the stsge of Wallaca’s theatre, and heard say, ‘ That's all right— we snall peo to mor row. It now appears that Mr Daveoport’s intention of an attack upon me in the street, oy hiroself and his friends, ‘Wes Known 08 early ag pine in the morning of yenterday, detvre the inditiog, at bis request, of bis friend's letter, and the whole plan of operatisn for the cowardly assaalt regularly organized at 1 wi uck by other persons than Mr. Davenport is also certain, ac more then ove witness cen testify, he being Bcocmpegied by his frieoce, while I was sione and whoily us prepared for the attack. It is pot my object at this time to go fur:her ints tho matter. 1 only wish to disevcumber the degrading affair Of uppecesrary error in ttatemeut. With regard wo the assertion | made, and which hea given rise ta thia uojusti- fable outrage, I bold to it as fivmly as man cao do w acy troth which be bas lemplicit feb. Toat 1 paid ail t! expenses in question ts certain; that I psid a sum of $390, which my sitorpey informed me was an extra dewaat from Mr Davenport for his own use, is equa'ly certain; anc, lastly, thet [ paid 860 more for ur Davenport's counsel's fees, which my attorney informed me he (Mr. Davenport) refused to disburae. Of these payments | Dave the proofa—the checks givea to my lawver for the Worey, LOW in My poe-ecsion—anu. asthe Heap ob- ferved, some ove got the money Mr. Daveoport says he didn’t; his lawyer says he didn’t. The question is, who didy’”” Woy oid not Mr. Davevport wait till today for my i ed explanation? Why teke the law into hs own ands ano create a public scandal? I am pot a stree) buiy, por & bruirer, aud believe that the cause of truth cap Lever be served by a roiflanty atiack oy numbers ‘Upon Sb aparmed mar. 1y miod, it looks more like mpt to evade than to extort the truth. Mr. Daven jas simp'e He ghould bave P)zed to bim for the wrong Ibaa dove him tn ooncetving Dim capable of the copduct ssoribed to bim and which I bad heen taugbt erroveousiy to delieve its, he bas only eft the matter where it was, and com- Ditted ap ect OF violepoe for *hinh I cacpot but be bas incurred the ceneure of all righs wnnls New Youx, May 22, 1868. Dore, Cila3. MATHEWS. Pelice Intelitgence. ArteceD Consrinacy To DRFRAUD RY MRANS OF A FRACDU- LENT ASwIGNMEaNT —Mr. Charlies Hodges, of the firm of Wm. & Chas. Hodges doing business in this city, receatly mate & com;)aint againet Zon Bernstein, of No. 415 Broome sireet, Insac Bernstoia, bis sou, of No. 103 Prince street, and Jacod L. Philips, of No. 197 Grand street, all pswa- brokers, coarging -bom with cymepiracy to defraud bin apo bie partner out of $4,000, Th» aflitavit of com pisivant wiates tat uring the yesre 1866 ead 1857 tne Vesers Hodges sold apa deitvered goods to @ lar, amount © D Heures aud J. Bornstein, who wore thea fo bostoers es parters, and of tas auount the sum of $2060 remains aopaic; thatthe noves of Hoarles aad Serpetetp were taken for wis sam eed fell due fal, Dot om the 7th of Ostover lest H. & B. an arsigvinent of their effects to Jacod and jo thie sesigament Zou Beraseia was ferred creditor w the amouot of $18,900, ip@ to the amount of $1,676. fis assigameat the complainant charges was franou eat, jasamuch as at the time it was mace Hearies & Bernstein were not in- debted to Zion Bernstein more thao $3 000, and to Phitlips , wan $400. that they aod raid Philips & . , mel Fed them with epiring together to cheat aad defraud deponent and Tiber, a& well as Olber creditors, out of e affidavit of Mr. Hodges has, to a corrovorated by that of Mr, Heorie: mitted as A witness jp the matter. taree accused wei ought before Justice Weish by officers Sennett oo Gardner, and committed to prison to await examina May Mretxc axp Scrrosep Mcrven.—John Harvey, a "lovgshoreman, who formerly resided in the Seveuth ward, bas been missing from his home since a week ago last Saturday night. Cetharine Harvey, a sister of the miasing man, appeared yesterdsy before Justice Brennen, and stated that on eveniog, the 16s0 inst, her brother went away from bia boarding houre Sts 1 hoar ia Brretary.—Two young iads nemed Francis MoCurker and John Apherton, wore caught at an carly hour yos:er- day morping in the store of Mr. Eleventh street. They had prying off @ rear ebutter. to their capture by the police before they had time to collect apy booty. were taben before @ police ma- gittrate and committed for wial. Iyprctuant ror Arson.—Yoeterday the Graod Jury found a bill of indictment for araon against Francis Dodiea, charged with setting fre to the dwelling house No. 86 Leonard street, on the night of the 2ist of Maroh laat. It will be reco lected that on the night in question the Fire Marahel exemined the ments ovoupied by Dedien, And ditoovered evince 0” Arson In at least five separate Places, in addition to which cawphy pe or turpentine had Dern eprend on the stock of boots and shoes, war goin fer to vhow the intent of the incendiary. The ac will probably be tried at the next term of the Court of Sessions. Carrere oF AuuecRn Borot.ins.—James Clark and James Andrews were taken into custoty at an carly hour on Thoradsy morning, on acharge of having burglariously en- tered the iron fountry of Charles Davis, No. 110 Wat Tighteomth street. The prisoners were observed entering tee preamtace 07 © ckizen, whe the alarm tos Neemen, when the fellows wore surprised and capared betore could meke their escape. The lock ot the large iron wafe in the office was found to bave beon da- aged, bat no entrance had been effected to the safe. The prisoners were brouga' before Justice Kelly, at the Jefferson Market Police Court, where they were commit ted for crete, a ert leyore were taken into custo: Wort 4 re house of Daniel & Rugg, Nos. 204 and eens aX x = bag of rs were it posaecs. Soa. Justice Kelly committed thoes for tral. Assavut wit 4 Barcusr —Jobe Shapp was taken into custody on Wednesday night, on charge of baving as- faulted a woman pamed Baumhisster with a hatchot, and injuring her severely The inju ed woman was taken to the New York Hospital, whore it was found that one of ber ribs was fractured. Shapp was committed for ex- am nation by Juatice Brennan. Descent UPon 4 Disonperty Hovar.—The police of the fixth precinct made a deecent upon e disorderly house tn Wilet atroet, on Wednesday night, and arroned five mon and five women as disorderly characters, Justice Bren. nan committed the prisoners for examination, Prckise Pockets at nie Genwan Toeaten—Mrs, Ame- lia Suremere, of No. 206 Delancy street, had ee pocket picked of ® portemonnaic containing $8. A young fellow named Jobn Quigley was arrested on suspicion. Justice Brennan ‘committed the accused for examination, THE NEW-YORK HERALD. PRICE TWO CENTS. = wees Obituary, ROBERT ARR, M. D., OF PHILADELPHIA ‘Dr. Robert Hare died at his residence in Philadelphia, on Saturd-y, the 16:h inst, Professor Hare, he waa generally called by his a6- quaiptances, ws, we veli ve, born in Philadelphia, or in its vicinity, and a the time of his decease was about 78 years of age. ‘We nave vo particular account of the sncestral origia of bis family, The celebrated John Hare Powell, if we mistake not, was a brother of ‘hs de ©.se!, having a sumed the pame of Powel!, probably in order te secure the iuberitance of Property.or from sowe other motive. Joha Hare Powell was kccown thronghout the country ss a grower and importer of blooded :wook, which always commanded high prices. He, bowever, died several years since, and the stock re- maining ‘m possession was sold. Dr. Robert Hare was during bis whole life a laborious and studious msp, aud while young, as a means Of improviog his circumatsncts, engaged in the brewery Dua'vers in Philadelphia, which he prosecuted with suc- vese, while he at tho same time aesidnously devoted his mind ax «i \cisure hours to chemicai stady aad experiments, and carly dissioguishod bimeelf by some dizcoveries and inventions of chemical apparatns, It waa at @ time when elevirisal and chemt- cml science had not made the progress, either in Europe cr in this country, which has eine eur Prised and astovi bed the world. Sir Humphrey Davy, of London, when Hare was coming forward, was on- gaged im Lis brilliant electrios) experiments with powor- ful galvanic batteries, by means of which he demou- strated that a’kalies, such as soda an’ potass, wore not s'mple bodies, as mankind had always beon led to sup. pore, but componn !s of metals with oxygen. These remarkab'e discoveries exetted the minds of scl- entific men througbout the world. Jt is said that Napoleon Bovaparte, then a the zepith of his power, paid a visit tom teacher of chemistry im one of tho chief tostitations of Paris, and inquired of him about the nature of Davy’s dicoveries, aud wished to know why they had not been made in France Tho professor there upon proceeded to explaia to him »: weil 2s he could the nature «f the discoveries sad ihe wonderf! agent by which they had been made. Having s galvanic battery ‘at band, the Emperor wieted him to give him some evi dence of ite sense ious upon the haman frame. With this Cbject in view, os en4 of a wirg was placed ia hie hand, when he was requested to touch a piece of metal wita the other; on doing which the illustrious visiter gave an to- voluntary jerk, and, after somo further brief converss- Vion, be departed. ‘this experiment he bad physically tested the charaster of an agent, which, if its fanctions in telegraph communicatiw bad then been developed, might bave saved bim an empire. Prior to this period tho Trench capital had been immortalized by the ‘sors of Lavoisier aud other obemists. England was celebrated by the names of Cavendish, Wollaston, Dalton and Davy, while Edinburgh had been distinguished by tho 'ectures of the celebrated Dr. Biack. These new and wonderful discove ties, which excited the wonder of Europe, it was natural should extend to the United States, and that aspiring genius sboald be aroused to labor in the same glorious field of chemical anu olectrical discovery. Dr. Joneph Pricetly, am eminent philosopher, who bai mace important chem'csl discoveries, waz driven from FEnglasd on account of his liberal political opiaions, and settled in Penzsylvania, pear Philadelpbia, where his writings excited a lively interest and a taste for chemical and scieutite porsuits, The fame of Franklin and of Rittvahouse had a'so diffueed a taste for ectentific pursuits. The fame of such men, and the remarkable cvaracter of their dis coveries, no doubt acted asa powerful incentive io the inquiritg and laborious mind of Professor Ilare. His Teputation soon spread abroad, and s'adents began to seek bis instructions before he became elevaied to a Pro feenoreh'ff in the Medical Department of the University of Pernsylvania Among others who sought bis ald was Pro fessor Benjamin Sillivnan, the late distinguished Professor of Chemistry in Yale College. From a pupil and mester they prooceded to stedy as Companions, and mate rapid progress in the wonderfal science of their chtice. ‘The chair of chemistry subsequently hecoming vacant hy the travelation of John Rodmaa Core, M D., to the profees orship of Materia Medica to 1618, Dr. Robert Hare was elected to fil the vacancy. It being a rule of the instita- tion that ne man coald hold @ professorship in the medi cal department unless he was a regu’ar graduate, or M.D, to obvia'e the diMoulty the trustees procesded to hold meeting, and unanimonsly con’erred the compti mentary cegree of M.D. upen him. He entered upow the duties of his professorship with great zeal, industry and scccess. He spared bo pa'ns or expense ta the establish nt of the moet complete aad extensive apparatus then known in America, in which were many contri vances of bis Own invention. Associated with such men as Physic, Chapman, Gibson, Coxe, James, Horner, aod oihers, the echool stood at whe bead of all others on the continent, and drew to its lecture rooms over four handred students from all parts of the United States, from Canada and the West India Islands, Professor Hare was acknowledged to have been the most successful experimenter, He never undertook to exhibit to the class « chemical experiment in which he did not sooner or later succeed, however complicated or difficult. Che- misiry being a sciesce based upon demonstration, suc cessful illustrations by experiments are the surest moans of impressing the mind of the stodent with an exact know. ledge of its principles. Professor Hare labored uader some hesite jon of speech, and frequentiy experienced a diffeulty in making bimseif clearly understood. He had also an occasional habit of repeating parts of son. tences, which impressed one sometimes with a sense 0° tautology; but this was counterbalanced by the Drilliancy and success of his experiments, which conveyed more to the mind of the stadent than language could express. His fame became known in Europe and over the worii by bis invention of the oxy hydrogen blowpipe. Platina was deemed for a long while to be infusibie by aay ordisary application of heat. By the agency of the oxy bydrogen blowpipe he succeeded in fusing platina, and to this day this metal, with the fasion of many otber bard savwtances, continas to be successfully worked by the use of this blowpipe. About the year 1841 he paid a visit to Europes, with the intention of bringing bis plan of working platina for coinage to the notice of the Emperor of Russia, but witnvut success. He a so improved and enlarged the construction of galvanic bateries, showing their different functions in lovensity apa quaputy, The former he constructed in several bunared , by which he repeated Davy’s experiment, and nt the harces; metas uke tinder. in burning platina wire by this instrument ft produced an inteveity of light which could not, without danger of the joes of right, be loowed upon with the naked eyos. His other battery was distinguished by the great size of ite: plater, ch produced powerful scvon im the decomposition of water and other suds ances. This instrument i@ called a calorimeter. He aivo cwoovered # chemical method for cenarcotizing optum, whieh Was the first step towards soparaticg ite sica Mine baee, ku as morphine, from ite ower ingre cients, Ae also chowed bow minute quantities of opium cond be detected in the buman system after death. ive was also the author of many chemios! cvsirivaaces fod theories, which we Dave not space t> aliude w or encore. Bot may be permited to reter to an electri- cal clock or ntrivanee oy fai whieh Occupied a place Ob hit Parlor mane, @od Was ronDing eno Kept regular time in 1621-42 There waa no met of other re- markeble phys cel pbenomenve the laws of #hich be aid not endeavor to jivesigate, and when demonstration faiied, to theorize #bout it. Fils mind wes vigorous and active, and when hot otherwise ccoupied be woul’ ive tate po tier, theology oF other eubjec which bis ming and porsvita unfitted bim 10 dwwnes or .emon.trate, and where he always appeared Ww & Gee vantage, tioago earnest and frank in en oytorons. co porsessed @ large physical sand wrge bead, and gocd moscular cevelopements of chest and limbs, yet there can be no doubt but from the frequency and hola homee't. He bad, by oocasione, came neat losing hia life, Tia eyes were fo much affected at one time that they had to leechea. another time, whee versel which contained it, bis face in sever Cor, aS wol ae the face and bande ot bis aseiotant. 0 affeeted bia lnegs, some. times, by the ecertental inhalation of noxiwus gases, Se vere apd long continged mental application, with the ¢fleote of the air of the labor , wedermioed hie health. Aud we are led to suspect, by bis erratic w: ‘ate years in the delosion of epirmenivs, Wi li inatitation. mind continued active vo the lass, right Westchester. oF wrong; bat, unfortunately, its weakness caused it to SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1858. ' come the too willing tol of idle and detaded theoria DTarBar Ses coGacw Me ae ota es jas been gathered to his fa ate ag, he bes leftaname in tho envals of a noble and nyefal acience whirl: wili endure so long aa ite truths contious to entigbten the minds of men or to aid them in thelr con- quest over the material laws of the universe. ME. ANSON @. PHELP8, OF NEW YORK. Mr. Anson G. Pheips, of tho firm of Phelps, Dodge & Co,, and son of the Inte Anson G. Phelps, Sen , died sud- denly 418 o'clock on Tuesday evening of apopiectio elfu- gion on the brain, superinduced by varialold. Mr. Phelps was about forty years of age, aud has been for twenty years « momber of the firm with watch bis father was connect.d, during which timo he has earned ap enviable reputation for philanthropy and public spirit. His wealth enabled him to exercire these qualities iu many ways for tho ameliorativn of buman suffering and the spread of the Gorpel. Besides betag connected with various other charitab)e eocieties, he was Presicont of the Colonization Soviety; Treasurer of the American and Fo- reign Obristian Union, in which society he took much in- terest; a member of the American Bibie Society; connect. ed with the Unicn Theological Sominary, and was one of the Permanent Committee of the Awerican Etucetion Society. His father, whoze muuificence during life and no ble bequests at bie death are well known, bejavathed him $106 000, the interest of which was to he diste!buted for charitab!e purposes. In couseqnence of the friendly lega! proceedings which were instituted to tert the validity of the father’s will in tee unusual m)aner of the bequests, this money had not ye: passed into the haads of Mr. Phelps. Hie own mcsse, however, were ample, and he G8 not fail to vee thea: freely for this purpese. ladeod, of inte years he baz paid but littie atteation to bis business, so much hav his time been devoted to his lve; mary dutier. Notwihstand ing b's great wealth, manners were uousaally unpretend end simple,and “none knew ‘bus to love bim. ‘The charch, the counting room and the abodes of ignorance and poverty will alike mise him from the eartu. Bis latest visit to his place of business was on fbhurscay inet, when he appeared in excellent heat aad spirits, and was quite confiext of returning to active tife ebortly. Be had been e lito ailing, but it was ooasider. ed nothing serious. He presided at the last moeting 0! the Colonization Socity, but indiscrevtly got hi feet wet and brovgnt on ® cold; yet as late as fa turday last hs walked out, and telt very well For 9 fow daya past he hat been condaed to the house, Dut was expected to recover, and though he died at o’olock , bis physicians at six had pronovaced hi outof ail er. The news v! bis desth occasioned the groatest surprise to bie most intiwato friends. He eaves & wife to mourn hislosg. He had no children. Tho funeral services tok pisce Thureray, in the Mercer street church, of which he was # memie,at 4 P. M. The body was placed tp bis father's tomb, in the 3eoond street cometery. The Board of Manag:rs of the New York Oolonization Society heve held a spocit! meeting, Rev. Dr. De Witt presicing, at which Dr. De Witt, Rev. Dr. Pinney. acd Dr D M. Reese delivered eloquevt calogies on the life apd charactor of the deceased, and appropris'e reso- jutions were passed, expressing regard for the depacted and copdolenee with hia widow. Capt J. H. Bawkuys, United States Inspector of Firearms, died very suddenly in Spriugfield, Mase., on the 17th inst. He wag at work in hig garden, when he dropped down dead, It ts supposed be had the hea’t disease. Ricnarp Wrine died in Philadelphis op the 18th inst., aged 83 years. Mr. Willing Bson of Thomas Witt former ident of the old Unitrd States Bank. Mr. ‘was uncle to the present Lord Ashburton, 204 his Amer! can convections are no jes distinguished for hovor end wealth, The deceased gentleman was a native of Phile- pew preeeeree remarkable for big uppreteodiag demeanor the extent of his charities. Hon. Asa Curt, formerly Lieut. Governor of Massa- obuser’+, but of late @ resitent of Norwich, Coan. , died very suddenly i tha’ city om the }ith inet. Be nad entored the cars for New Haven, but fesling uaweil he returned to the atation house, when in a few moments he expired. Gen. Prrer Skew Surrm died on the 6h inet., in Soring- fleld, Maee , aged ¢3 yrars. He bad recently taken uo his residence in Springtveld. Gen. Smith served in carly life in the United Stat-« army, and wee axtensively kaowa from his convection afew yearn back with the American movement. His dowth resulted from @ complication of brain and hoart diease. He was a brother of Hon. Gerrit Stoith, of York. Died, in New vurypert, Maseach Mis. ANN Kpzta P. Srract. aged 36 eve of the survivors of the iil fated Contes America, that foundered in the Atweatit last September. It will be re- mewberet thet Mra, Small was tt retur a ter baving boried her Basbana at na, care of Capt Herndon. Oaprate emall had entrusted a pack ave of papers to his wife, to be delivered to Exen Wheel- Feq ,ownes of the ship in which he bed eailet. Jost '¢ the steamer went down, when the boat wie Jemving the stemee* and she wae invited on board, sie ceormed to got) | » bad eeowred that parkage of papers commiticd to her sveping by the dying husband; and agaist the rembnetrauce cf the passeogers she waded through the wster that filled the cabin, aod obtained her trust, and then Jef. Mrs. Savall was sick at the timo of the sinking of the stesmer, but amid ail the terrors of khat oc. carton eh calm and collectet, ani white bra ¢ men perkbed she was raves for arbort exagon, and ues now folowed them upon tuat log voyage from which none retara. Mre. Brayrow, *!fe of Hom We. D Braytoa, M. C, from Rhode Island, died ou the 12: inst Axmnoxy Govrp died ip Albany on the 15th Inst. of ao affection of the beart, Few men in private life wore better known towa Mr. Gould. He bad lived ia Albany acme thirty years, comme! his bosiness career with bie unele, William Goald, law seller, and a'terwards in the extensive parwersbip of Gould, Banks & Oo to accumulated « large fortune in busitess, and had but a Tite! hile ogo retires from it, in the hops to apend the evening of his days in toe quiet of country life. Sulekie by Shooting tn the First Avenue—A Seppesed Marder no Marder. Considerable excitement prevaile! yesterday morning Jn the Fighteenth ward, growing out of a rumor that at a late hour the evoning previous a man had been murdered in Foret avenue, near Fifteenth street, by beiog shot with se pistol. fome policemen of the ward, hearing thats man had been found dead on the sidewalk ana a gun shot wound in b's abdomen, repaired directly to the place As no pistol could be found anywhere in the vicinity it was supposed that (be man had bern murdered, and a state ment to this effect immediately foand general currency. The body meantime was removed to the rtation house, to the place, and found & crowd gathered around the body of the deceased, with the as Fistance of some other officers he removed the boy to the " bteenth ward station honse Medical evidence showed that the dereased hot bimeelf in the abodmen, just above the um il ice! There were found thi seven shot io the body. The shot Taneod througn liver, Iacerating {t tn several places, and ® number of them lodged tn the spinal oolam' At the conctasion of the evidence the case was xiven to the jory, who, after a brief deliberation, reutereu « verdict of ‘“Saicine by shooting.” City Tatebiigence. Facts Coxcenstve tie Witt or Commonone Prart.—Io the will of the iate Commodore Perry mention is mate of the plate presented tohim by the merchaots of Now York, and it is directed therein that tbe given to Perry & mont, the neptrew of the deceased, who is to retain It oe» laating sowerndr io the family ot Sommodore foe var 0 the residue of the amount of the policy of insurance eilected on his life is given to his daughter, Ieabe'ls B. Perry, whit the coutinnes urmarried but #hon she marries it ia to be divided into six equal par «ae the deceased's surviving children, or their nearcet rele. lives. To hie widow Commodore Perry left « use for life (Oe eee Peal and pers m ‘al, end at ber coath the will provides that it be divided in equal parte amongst the other members of bis fenily The execotors of the will are August feimnt, of York, Robert S. Rogers, of Maryland, and John Howe, of Now Jersey; and the witnerses to the drawing up of the ‘ns rument, F. R. Rives, Benjamin K. True and Benjamia D. Sit man. ASPAULT ON AN AGED May.—Mr. Michael Hayden, en old 0d woll known citizen, was attacked by four row ties on Sunday last, at the Jersey City ferry, foot of Cortlandt street, He wae beaten terribly. Twool the fellows have heen arrested, and will be tried at the Jane term of the Court of Seasons. '¥ are enid to belong to the Dead Rabbit gang, and if the charge ie true it to be hoped ‘that they will be made an oxemple of. Forrp Drowven—On the shore of Hudson river, May 20, the body of a man about thirty yours of age, evidently a gg been ja the water about weeks. er may bo had from A. locke, Coroner, Fort Lee, ANOTHER BRITISH OUTRAGE, The Bark John Howe Boarded at Sea, and again In the Port of Bagua la Grande. ‘The bark John Howe, Captain Nichols, arrived at this port yesterday from Sagua la (irande. We learn from Captain Nichola, that about the 13th of April, on hig parsagefrom Havana to Sagua la Grande, and when off Apgnii/a, he was boarded by @ boat from the british war steacuer Gurzard, and the officer in command without any ceremony sprang upon ieck and tmmodiately commenced asking questions—su°h as the veasel’s name, her commander’s, where sho hailed from, where Inst from, where she was bound, her owner’s name, &o ; and upon entering the cabin (by invitation) he demanded to see her papers, which were shown him. Ho then de- parted, Captain N, states that bis ensign was then flying, and that tt had been hoisted on the firet spproach of the steamer. After arriving at Bagua la Grande, and while lying in tbat port, be was again boarded by a boat from the same vessel and his papers demanded, although hia ensiga was flying. His reply waa, they were at the Consul’s offize. The cffloer then examined the vossel and scruti- nized the bold, Captain Nichols is of the opinion that the officer was intoxicated at the time. He judged from the appearance of time man and the bold manner in which he acted. Captain Nichols offered him a segar, (he having no liquor on board,) which he refused, but requested # glass of wates, which was given him, He then departed. The New Steamship Austria. THE NEW YORK AND HANSURG LINE OF STRAMBRS. The new and benatiful ocean steamer Austria, now lying at the foot of Dey street, North river, is at present an object of admiration. The vessel is que of the four which constitute the uewly established line of ateamships between New York and Hamburg, aod which are called respectively the Austria, the Saxonia, the Borussia and the Hammonia. The two first mentioned vessels are nearly ‘ao similes of each other, and have been built at the Clyde, near Glasgow, expressly for the business in which they are vow engaged. Tho Austria is rathor larger than the Saxonia, and hence she is able to accom. modate a greater number of passengers, Her burden io 2,600 tons, ber length over ail is 345 feet, her width scrost the beam is 40 feet, and the distance from her promenade deck to ihe bottom of her hold is 26 feet, She {a almost entirely composed of iron, not even be stan- cheons being of timber. She is rigged asa bark, and can carry a vast amount of canvass. Her machinery is on the newest, most approved and mos: substantial plac, and her propeller is drives by what is termed by engineers & steam hammer engine. The Austria has four decks, none of which is spar desk. They are & promenade deck, main ceck, tween deck and lower deck, and each one of them is oivided from tho one next to it by a more then ordwary distance. Her model aud gevers! appearance are more that of a mammoth yacht then an ordinary fteamsbip, and the mmetrical proportions of the vearei, combived wits the elegance of ber general appearance, as she site uprn the waters, pro. duce @ plearicg impression of quevnly grandeur on the mind of an observer. Her extending prow is ornamented by an elegantiy sculptared repreceviativa of the doabdie- beaded eagle of the Austrian empire, and every part of ber exterior is painiy and tastefully completed. Her tn- ternal arrangements are adwirably sued to msia‘aia health and comfort amongst ber paraeogers. lo her first cabin the stateroom Is iarge, comfortab.e aod coramo:ious. Itis richly furmiabed, even to a splendid and sweet toned piano, that contributes very materially to graos one portion Of the apartment, The sleeping rooms aod berths are got up ina Sey eeperinr style, and effectually ventilared al and ww. The osbin ts well lighted weral large windows, and ¢ach sleeping room by proportion two its size. Io tae fret cabw lifty ‘oar cen pasvepgers can be well accommodate: aod in the second smngers, while for ap wards of for paasongera in tho recond and third cass bert sare ae god as those_of thy fret class, when ne pgm 4 considered. The smok ing reem, wrich is on the man deck i# aousually largo and comforteb'e, and furnished wita « well arranged apd selected library. Toe machine contens ing salt water into fresh water is capable of manufacturing 2400 gationn of wetor daily, and is connected by # with every ater port of the vessel. In the galley she cooking arrange WED Are OD the Bewert plan, besiins being very exten sive; any amount of this cesential bus'ness can be per- for’ ith the greatest fast ity. Passiog ioto ihe wheel jad the man who will be engaged in steering to a certain extent of the com ort that exteads to ‘every (part of the vearcl. He is well covered, ina neat square little room, ani will not find mach diffisully in the heim, which is provided with what is termed geer,’’ of which nantical men .an appreciate the advantage. Though ft would not be easy for a visitor to determine that there was much danger of accident oconr- ring 10 such a rtropg ship, ebe i#, nevertheless, provided with eight of Francis’ patent metallic {ife boats, each of capabie 0° receiving 60 persons. fhe steamer rapid sailor, able to make thirteen kaots an hour her'screw alone, in asmootb sea and calm believes, would run fourtees bnots ip an bour op an ave rege. Her engines are 400 nomioal borve power, and like every other part of the stately vessel they are per fect models of improvemcnt, sirer¢th and solidity. Brooklyn City News. ‘Tur Staxprwo Commrrress ov run Boar oF Scranvisons. —At a meeting of the Kings Oounty Board of Supervisors, held on Thursday, the President, Mr. Felix Campbell, an- pounced the following Committees for the coming year — On Accounts of Superintendents of the Poor—Messrs Salem, Ralphs, Crone. aa County Treasurer—Mesers. Theall, Dick e' On United States Deporit Fund—Meesrs. Sneden, Flaber- bd 3 G, Bergen. On Laws and Applications to the Lrgislature—Moaara Crocke, Delacey, Fal) On Solartvi—Merers. Woodworth, Jackson, Stud well. On Courts— Messrs Finberty jer. On Lunatic Arylum—Mesars 5 On Grades— Messrs Delavey, Sud well, Ryder. Sort Sner. CLame.—A nombder of residents of the town of Gravesend petilioned the Board of Supervisors Toure day to pass @ law probibiting the taxing of soft enell clams from Gravesend Bay during the » Joly and August The sabject was ref jee consisting of the conatry me mbders of report. Tue Tweirma Warn Etsction—Tisrea, Votivo.—The clection ip the Twelfth ward on Taseday resulted in the choice of the fxiowing:— Aiterman Porte oop Supervisor — Michael 5 Cunstable—Jobu Boyd. Doring the day the following partios were arrested on char gee of itiegal voting, or stempting to vo yames Sweeney, Joba Jeni ty Brayden and Henry Bieider' before Juatice Biachiy on Friday. Kises Cousty Bosro ov Excten.—Thie body assembled op Toesday, and organize! by electing Joho A. Wyckot, Req, Prosident, and Peter Clomitsson Secretary. No app |- cations were mate for jicenees, and the Board adjourned until Tuesday next at 2o’ciock P.M, after whion they will st} daly wntit the buginges before them is trans Board for wal Inte DRATH OF PURSER BINCLATR. The pursere of the navy now in New York mot yosterday afterncon to express their sense of the loss sustainet by the service in the sudden death yesterday morning of their brotter oflcer, Purser Sinclair, and their aympathy with bis bereaved fama. P 2 tggumnant cn chat of 1 of Proviaiove and Ciothing, an had served his je won the warm re th y almost half century. garde of officers of ¢very rank connected with bim on duty, and of all who were associated with him in society, It was unanimoos! solved, by ihe officors assembled, That they offer to the family thie exoresston of their deep sympathy, that they attend the funeral as mourners, and that they wear erape for thirty ¢a: In rrapect to the memory of the de- conted. GARKECT R. BARRY, Purser, President. Bays. J. Canoona, Purver, Secretary. New Yorn, May 22, 1968, Conflict between the American Lines Seeking Connection with the Atlantic Cable. Memorial to Congress from the Ola Concerns, : Reply of the American Telegraph Company. Debate in the British Parliament on Exela- sive Telegraph Privileges, &o., &e. &o. MEMORIAL OF THE OLD LINES To Tax Senare anv House ov Reraesenrativas ov rue Usrrep Srares or Aumnioa in Conoresa ASSEMBLED: The memorial of the Magnetic Telegraph Compa ny, and the New England Union Telegraph Camus: ny, by their joint committee duly authorized, ree; f represents :— t the Magnetic eearaph Company, whose line of telegrabe extends from Washington to New York, was the first telegraph company organized in the United States to give practical effect to Pro- fessor Morse’s invention of the Amerisan electro- magpatio telegraph, now pervading the civilized world, and was soon after followed by the organiza- tion of the New York and Boston Magaetic Tele- graph Association, which, having been uaited with @ competing line on snbstantiaily the aame route, is now known by the name of the Kew England Union bg h a: . eo etic Teles Company has since, b; lease, obtained contrel of the Washington and New Orleans live, so that they now ess che line along the Atlantic coast, irom New York to New Orleans. m these companies devolved the necessity of solving many problems in relation to long lines of electric telegraph which had hitherto been involved in doubt, and could only be solved by expensive ex- periments. Scarcely, however, had they began to receive a return for their investments, whea rival lines spruug up, under different systems of tele- graphic, which the two companies believed to be fringements of Morse’s patent, for the use of which they bad given half their stock. Expensive litiga- tion was the consequence; from which, however, no effective protection was obtained, on account of the defective character of the pateut 1aws, and the con- cong principles applied to their constraction by the judicial tribunals. Nevertheless, your memorialists would have been content to carry on their business with the im; fect protection which the existing laws afford them, without an appeal to Congress for further le- Gaie, had they been left to contend only with fringera of their patented rights, or even with a full and fair domestic competition. But your me- morialists represent and charge, that a combination bas been entered into by parties and companies in ard out of the United States, endeavoring to force the companies represented by the und, to surrender their Property into the hands of sach combination on their own terms, or of destroying its value altogether. And your memorialiate that this combination, through concealment of its ultimate objects, and through represen! and pledges of some of its active managers, prevented our memorialists from taking steps to protect thelr Interests, while the said combination were peneoring the aid of the British Province of Newfoundland, the government of Great Britain and the govern- ment of the United States, Your memorialists desire to be understood as not oppored to the great enterprise of connecting Eu- rope and America by a telegraphic cable, nor to any assistance in ships or money which their government may think proper to give it; but chey maintain that it is the duty of their government, whether they ad- sist the enterprise or not, to see that It shall not be used to oppress one interest in the United States for the purpose of building up another, and that this daty becomes more imperative when the government furvisbes it with material wid. Your memorialists farther represent, that the com bination of which they complain is composed of the New York, Newfoundland and London felegraph Company, incorporated by the Legislature of the British Province of Newfoundland ; the American Telegraph Company, incorpovated under the laws of the State of New York; and the Atlantic Telegraph Company, @ British corporation, embracing an At- lantic telegraphic cable from Newtouudland to the coost of Ireland. Whether there is a fourth party covering @ telegraph line from the Irish terminas of the proposed Atlantic cable to the city of London, your memorialists are not advised. nor fs it material. Your memorialists reoresent, that the three tele- graph companies aforesaid o7 ated with certain capitalists in the city of New York. who are stock- holders in all of them, and controi two of them di- rectly and abs oy and the third indirectl; but effectually. The New York, Newfoundland London Telegraph Company, and the American Tel- egraph Company, are composed mainly of the same men, ond are ander the ame control; aod the same men who control them are influential stockholders in the Atlantic Telegraph Company, which could not have existed in its preseut shape without their consent. In fact, the Atlantic Telegraph Company and the American Telegraph Company were but pees of one echeme, which was ly embraced in the act incorporating the New York, Newfound- land and London Telegraph Com , and ia in- terest and control they are still parte of oe scheme, insomuch that the #ascess of one contributes, if itbe not pene me Moy wy to, the success ot all, and any aid affor v government to one gives strength and power to ene _— That these three companies are one in ba ny and design is conclusively shown by the act of Leg- islature of Newfoundland incorporating the New York, Newfoundland and London Te! Compa- ay, aes April 15, 1854. The lith and 18th sec- tions of that act are in the following words, viz: 14th. The corporation created shail have the role and exclusive right to build, make, occupy, take or work the said line or any line of tetegrapo between Saint Johns and Cape Ray, or betweeu aay otner porate in this feland (excepting only the ¢x'eing line between Sain’ Jonpe and Larborear), for the full period of Sity youre from the pacsing of thir act, subject, neverthelens, to the Tight of pre emption by the goverament of thie cowey, as bereinal finy poiiwc this thie = provided; and during the said perioa of y other person or persons, body or bodies or corporate, sball be permittet to sonstract, take or operate any line or lines of island or to extend to, enter vpon or tower part island, of the comet thereof, oF of the iriands or places ‘e'tbin the jarwediction of the government of this coloay, With any ‘elegraphic cable, wire, or other means of tele. Prepbic com manication, from any otber wisnd, couawry or whatsoever: Provided, however, that if #ait lime of telegravb shall not he ve been comp eted from Saint Johow to Cape a oe point on the weetera coast of New. of this act, the exelasive ee grated by ‘bie se tioe thal coase. pany elrall have power to ertablirh, hee Or lines of telegraph bee ‘ad and Ireland,or aay places in the Atlaptic Ocean, or in Sates, end lo Com tract, parchase and work any tlegraph line cr lines, Of means of communication in Ose Prinee Elvard Istand, Cape Breton, Brunewick. ano tbe United States, and in the Jscevt to oF between the raid islands Provinces or foundiand however, that euch consent as may be neoessar; first obtained of th governments of seb! Provinces States, reepectively, and geveral y any tine of waiagraph which may now er bersafter be con. strveied by any perron or persone, or body or bodies polite ar corpora’e ia the Volted States, or Britiah Prov iwoes of Nerth America, or m Kerope, and to ase thesame for the trepemirsion of moseages aod intelligenos; aad they may siso constroct, purchase, hire or use any steam or other vessels to aid ip the goquisition of Wwansmistion of ‘ptelligenee between Ameria and Earope, or im sarry- tog 00 eny of the operations of the auld comvany. The 14th section, it will be perceived, confers on the company an absolute monopoly for finy years of landing a telegraph cable on the coasts of Newfound jJand; and the 18th section confers on them bo ay to establish and work a line of telegraph “between Newfoundland and Ireland,” the precise enterprise now in course of execution, with the aid of govern ment, by the Atlantic Telegraph Company. If the latter com . therefore, have any right to land a telegraphic cable on the coast of Newfoundland, it must have been derived from the Newfoundland Company, to whom the grant was origioally made. it Will sleo be perceived that the bm s pargnee fers on the company power to construct, pu 4 hire and work tele araph lines in the United States as well as in the British Provinces. This power has not been exercised in the United States in the name of the Newfoundian ! Company; but the same men who control that »any have organized themselves into another company, called the American Tele- graph Company, who are, in connection with the i