The New York Herald Newspaper, September 24, 1858, Page 2

2 THE TAX PAYERS’ PRONUNCIAMIENTO, ‘The Practices of the Munteipal Robbers Ex- posed—Red Hot Shot Thrown into the Camp of the Knights of the Treasury—Ras- | ealities of the Contract System—Our Politi- cal Police—What the Tax Payers Should Do—Their Platform—A Vigilance Commit- tee Looming In the Future—Let the City Hall Tremble, die., de. A short time sinoe we announced to our readers that the eucleus of a tax payers’ party had been formed in this City, the members of which were actively employed in en- rolling our wedlthy citizens, without distinction of party, with a view to-resoning oar municipal government from the hands of the rascally politicians who have ¢o plunder- ed and disgraced us. For obvious reasons the projectors ‘of the now party do not wish: tobe known, and for some Lime to come their movements will be kept secret. ‘The organization, we are assured, is already very powerful, and includes nearly all our prominent property holders. At the last meeting a committee was appointed to report upon the abuses Connected with.our city government, and to suggest a iy Aunexed is the document drawn evil and thereby provide a sufficient remedy to uproot ‘and destroy the disease. By looking at the condition in which we are placed wo can best learn and trace out the origin from which springs those enormous and vated burdens which bow down and oppress the people of this city. Until withia the last twenty years it is well known that “officeholding”’ had not become a desirable calling or & aystematized pursuit. Anterior t the period alluded to, the people directed and controlled the public business of our manicipality. _At this time we all know that things are reversed, andthe people have become a kind of pup- pets, who are made W. move whenever the machinery of the officeholders. is. whistled into motion. That ‘such things exist, and the evils from them are the uatural effects ef a system, isevident. If officehold- ve calling than ing dea Bp rye el Z her jons, it is Office Retting will be pursued wil the same ‘tat secure to its Suteoe neeet tou in auy well compensated are doubtless acquainted with some of the oldest and wealthiest of our oficebolders, and each of .us must have some ‘of the means they make use of to enablo them to hold om to the feed which they extract as their ebare of the fodder" drawn from the city treasury. We should not find fwult with these men were their practices in conformity with the proper and honost dis- Charge of their. official duties, Were this the case, the public should be cager to continue them in office; but as 3 is, we find in them the chief organizers and instigators of the fraudulont schemes with which we have been un- fortunately cursed. Indeed, so sensible are some of theso men of the profit of office holding, that they haye edu caied their sons for the sole purpose of going respectably through the mystery and art of becoming stationary paupers upon the resources of the body politic. Again, we find that, unlike other branches of business, ‘office labor or office Wages are not subject to the vicissi- tudes of trade, but wheuever @ necessary number of this Class See fit to impose new burdens upon the people, they proceed to increase each others’ salarics, and accordingly advance them 0. suit their own ideas of the sums suitabie to maintain proper dignity of this new order of “Knights of the fiveeuy. “4 In addition to the foregoing statement of one of the auses of Increase in our taxation, wo have another system—a sysiem which is more ‘insidious and dan- gerous in its effeets in swelling the amount of our public expenacs any other that can be pamed. This is our contract system, or, in other words, the manner by which we contrive to put out our public work. I adverting to this mode of disposing of the vari- ety of jobs that are necessarily called for to be executed, wedo not intend to say that contractors are any less honest than other men; but we docontend that experience demonstrates that where sufficient temptation or induco- ment is oflered, this, like other professions, will furnish its due quota of uaprincipled operators. In years that are past, at a time when our city govern ment was honored, from the fact of its being composed of honest and capable men, the estimate or sums for which {he work would be properly carried through and perform. ed, were honestly presented, and as honestly examined, and (he contract awarded to the person who would agroe to exccute its specifications in accordance with the princi- pies of justice and good faith. At a more recent date, the influence of another Clas# of politicians began to be felt at our primary elections, and these men began to perceive that they could exercise sufficieut power to secure the election of candidates who were without business qualiti- cahons, property or character; it was then at this favorable moment that our contractors made a Jomt stock coucern of our city polities, and they have ever since been @ and parcel of the manicipal government under which we live. Our cititizens have been often surprised at the extreme actirity of a certaim body of contractors at our elections. ‘They do not reflect that & is the contractor's election— Auat |s, if they suoceed in electing the candidates they put in nomination. Asan exemplitication that these men are na active as they are umserupuions, it may be recollected ‘Lbat not long ago wo persous were running for the office of Comptrotier of this city, and Uhat although One of the candidates was considered as detestably obnoxious to mos: of the contractors, on aocount of the hostility of his part, to adopted citizens, yet the greater part of these men went over from their own party and voted for him, under th ‘supposition that the other man was too honest for thei purposes. Look at the large class of contractors who fo years have executed no other bat city work. Mave no: these men waxed rich in proportion as the city has beoi burdened with taxes and increased indebtedness? Ou city, at tbe present time, stands in the plundered pos tion that did the city of Parte when Louis XIV. cam to the throne of France. It is related of this monarch that upon questioning Colbert, bis new Minister, in regard to what should be done to purge the State of the corrupt doimgs of its contractors, the Minis ter replied that Majesty should begin by banging two or three of them as an example for the rest, provided they did not voluntarily disgorge the moneys that they bad so foully extracted from the coffers of the revenue. In our case, how it is not yet necessary to resort to So strangling process; and while we are not imposed to carry out such rigid remedies, we should un- doubtedly take the most energetic means to choke off these mea and prevent them from indulging m any future prospects of anticipated robberies. Among other incentives that have instigated a growing thirst for office, your committee know of none that is #0 Well calculated to foster the evil of corrupt as to allow any one public officer the mph yen A of jal | from the income of an official positiun an annual amount from wa to and even eighty thousand dollars. The question may be well asked of our citizens, if any good Yeason can be given why a public servant should be per- mitted to en omate gre hen vy ae elected throngh the most dos; ocers of political manage- Joent 60 puch sitantions an “Counsel to the jon," “District Attorney,” “Sheriff,”’ “County Olerk,”' “Regis. ter,” oF any other porition within the gift of the people of this locality? For the posseasion of offices of this Kiud is it not manifest that all and every species of means are resorted to and mado use of? Here alone the candidates who reck the above five desirable [yp can well afford to pay down for elective purposes at twenty-five thoa and dollars. How very different would it be were the peoplo to divest there men uf the power of thus appropriating to themasives the money which should go into the county treasury, with the exception of a reasonable salary to each person who was called upon to discharge the fane (ions of an office! Why, in the above offices alone, or in the income from their , two hundred theusand dollars would be annually secured to the city to liquidate instrumental the expenses which these men have been in ‘upon an overburdened and forbearing people. From the prizes thus to political adventurers have arisen motives danitly yogoed im te afew ing niclaag are tending the 0 of the celpmbility. cordingly the silent inaction of what Tal benefactors, ft © the dishonest doings oor ‘would be » serions ctw of government conld it monarchies were free from the ‘agents who conduct them. If there be any difference in the manner of accountability or the rexponaibility that fol. lows the condnet of the agent who performe the service to which he ia called, the chotoe would probably be given do the power whose action is the more speedy from the rapidity of the execution which it exercises in bringing its delinquents to punishment. With us the secarity of an hones! sdministraion of government rests —. upon the importance which we attach to the integrity capabili ty of the agents whom we may select to transact our pub. Tic duties With us ix also entrusted the obligation to seo that we do not give the reine to our political servants to entice them into euch individaal habits of extravagance me lead them to relinguigh } purruite to became tunacrupsious pensioners upon the bard earned means of their fellow citizens. By the little attention we have paid to the selection of the persons we have called upon to the various duties of the offices neces. the workings of our municipal govern © suffered tho chief part of its bu » the hands of men who have made it « pon the proceeds of the city treasury the parties who for years ha and controtied our elections. To obtain and re ts, with them, @ profitable and standing occupa m them and by them has arisen the organiza apseies of “Praetorian who are ever oe Of the nomination of municipal, State and representatives to the highest bidder uch facts before us, is it not plain that we are the willing vietims. by our inaction and passivences, of extend. ing a bounty to encourage and augment the number of political adventurers who fasten themselves upon and cat 0 pubstance of the jeopler Adition to the other evils of being subject to the pro. Scontinued and increasing drain upon our pecu ‘sources, we permit a portion of these same of- exorcise the power to affix. and, whenever it auite 5 advance the salaries of | Wwhoroewer they (n thie way, and by this means, it is safe to enti the salaries of our city functionaries nearly doubled within afew yoars obered, has taken place at the very rotesting against the immense weight of the er which we are struggling to thie abuse your committer wish to be un ding the friends of those who industrionsly discharge the dutics with which toy are ' they are the advocates of having men ‘per compensation for whatever wm. Whilst conceding thus much as they betieve at the same time that the sation given to thase in public employ hin & reasonable soope, aud cor NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1858, tainly should not exceed that which could be realized the same ratio or quantity of services rendered ‘The expense of our municipal police some since was materially less than at the ‘We will find that the great increase of the ¢: in one department had its origin in the dis] it subservient to carry out the purposes of certain Partisans. These men, ir order more effectually | ih lo sstuptin’ oy eling tows Ch fio part ine by calling upon - ‘Sans in the Common Council to add a hundred dollars annum to that which these men already received. knowledge of the police wielded at the the nominations to suit the aspi the attention which was paid: demands, their ap. plication for an advance was renewed every twelvemon . ‘until the salaries of tho individual patrolmen reached the sum of seven bundred dollars for each year’s service. Up to the time noticed, such was the history of the sys- tem and of the means used by which our taxation was thus outrageously advanced. people, in the attempt to get clear of municipal corruption, cast their eyes in the direction of Albany, in the expectation of a redress of Eee. Under the supposition that the mem- rs of the Legisiatnre were men who sympathized with them, it was imagined that they would readily pre- pare 002 te ret the evils of which we com- er of friendship and commiseration the ~ ines Of the inhabitants of this locality they the result of their consultation was, that ag our mi ‘wore influenced, if not controlled by ihe os tae as. it had hitherto existed, and a3 of one thou- sand partisans (o re-enact and follow out the practices of the men whose places they were to occupy. view of the history and result of the application at Alban; to reform abuses, we find that wo are visited with the ef- fects of the fable, in which it appears that we did not follow the adyice of the fox, but that we fell into the hands of a more hungry swarm. We know that AB Pretext for this outrage in thus swelling the sum of our taxation it is urged that we cannot expect to have an efficient body of men unless we consent to the Paying of these extravagant salaries to the members of the police. As an answer to the error of this opinion, it is sufficient to state that the Metropolitan system has now been in existence over fifteen months, and yet, in its ope- rations, as lo the security of life aud ‘property, we cannot Perceive any improvement in contrast with tho system which it has supplanted. Besides the evidence of its inef- ficiency, there are other reasons why our citizens should not be called upon to pay so large a sum for the easy ser- vices performed. Any amount of taxation to subsist this incompetent force, be it ever so limited, coms heavily upon a large number of our citizens, from the fact that they have so little confidence in the reliability of its pro- tecting watchfulness—that they individually contr’ bute to tho maintenance of an organized body of men to whom they look for the security of their warehouses, persons and dwellings. In addition to this, it is wel! known that the majority of our tax payers, consisting of mechanics and workingmen, do not average more than from three to | four hundred dollars for their year's work. ‘This boing the case with the vast multitude of our popalation—yea, with the very men from whose earnings comes the chief part of the taxes required by the city treasury to liquidate our expenses—is it right, is it just or politic to gather from their narrow means the income to pay twice the sum per year which they obtain for laborious and useful toil, to Pass it over to the man who will consume it ut the rate of eight bundred doliars in the same period for merely mea- suring the paces he may take during his tour of duty? In addition to the other evils which a corrupt system of nominating the various candidates for important and ro- sponsible offices has broaght upon us, we find that the Street Commissioner's office has been little else than a magnificent kind of faro table, where the adventurous contractor who played the deepest with its proprietor ge- nerally carried off the largest share of the moneys which the people had put up. In this chief branch for the ont- lay of our city expenditures, we have been uufortunate in having foreed upon us a succession of bad, profligate aud unprincipled ten. By and through the tufluence of dif ferent Street Commissioners, the priucipal functionaries ip. other departments have bach brought t assist in contriv- ing plots not only to deplete and rob the city treasury, but they have goue further, and, by not giving credit upow their books to such as hayo paid their assessments, sub- Jected these parties in some instances t paying’ these Sums over debts which ain, or else to have their property sold for Tord been legally paid for years. "As an in- Vestigation of this matter is now going on in this as well as in other departments, your committe will only remark that they Delieve that, if this examination be properly parsued, we shall have an exposure which, from e Ina nitude of the amount of the monrys embezzied, will ap- pal our eitizens, and, we trust, lead them to a determined and united effort to take the incipient steps to extirpate a system whereby such crimes are fostered and tolerated. By the foregoing review of some of the causes which have produced evils of which we complain, there can be ‘no difficulty in arriving at a conclusion as to what is re quired to be done to get rid of existing abuses From the examples referred to it appears that corruption is not con- fined to or within the limits of one or two departments, Dut that the effects of its poison are diffused through every branch of the city government. Whoover is canning or Adroit enough to obtain a situation, either by election or appointment, feels himself fully authorized to carry out the expectations of his confederates in making what they, in the use of a cant term familiar to themselves, call “his pile.” In the selections which are frequently made of the people who occupy office, the public are not only astounded, but they wonder how it is that the proceeds tri Keeping fast horses, fast women, and indulging in ever; sort of the fast embellishments which have become sone: sary to show off the character of the worthless spendthril of the the taxpayers, the probability is that at le: a comparatively ling position will furnish these men with the means of is purloined and squandered in the manner above alluded to. Taxation has always been looked upon as a thing that should only be submitted to under the supposition that the people who bore ft should reeeive im return adequate protection and benefit of it. asan indemnity for the infliction Resistance to the principle, when not considered just or equal in the substance of its provisions, has often been the canse of revolution. In all contests that have the have had some ein regard to the subject of taxation, tangible substance in. exchange effects of it, but with as millions of dollars are half of it we have realized no remoa- of a determination to resist the ever repeated out "Believing that the time han come, and that the people are ready to act in relation to ending the abuses which ‘they have too long borne, it is the duty of your committee | New York and to endeavor to point out the means whereby this reform can be successfully carried = To begin, then, it is altogether useless for us to look for the extirpation of this evil through the instrumentality of existing political par ties, We need not look for any alteration or change of affair thi b their action, for the simple reason that the directors oat managers of them are the very men whose interest it is to continue to fw) the systematic frauds from which they derive their and offices of emolument. To extricate ourselves which we have been by the acts of these men, we rust rely upon the ive organization of Ube taxpayers of this Doug, We believe that in transacting public the people can have either good or bad men to per that wi If, in the exercise of Li A 5. H a3 : 248; FE f i: 3S FF F | E i 3] if = f 3 gE it £ i 4 Fa Hit i 5 eS F upon 'y nearly doubles that Strange as it may of her of ours upon every hundred dollars. seem and humiliating as it may appear to the people of the United States, hore within the precincts of the cities of New York and Brookiyn, the two localities which contain nearly one million of inhabitants, thie vast multitede is made to pay tribute to some four or five thousand stipendiaries for boiling them in the revolting capacity of convenient and non-resisting fools, from whom they may draw whatever sums they rt them in that indolence which is the ‘acteristic of the persons who relinquish all manboud that they may riot upon the in ome derived from the stopidity which permite 't. Tn the two localities of Brooklyn the (axation amounts to tn ra!) lions of dollars. Now, if we estimat: ths population of the United States at twenty-five millions, ant that in the aggregate the whole of this number were proportionatsiv taxed at the average pK on people of the above Cities, the government wou we an income for cach of the eum of two handred and fifty muions of do} presenting our care in thie form to our country men pA Will be able to realize, to come extent, the oppression with which we are visited, from these facts they will also be prepared to palliate any sudden ex rosees that may be committed to inflict panwhment upon , who have #0 long been allowed to re the industry acd iiwding to ihe probebttiy that th Your committee, in a at the v mies feopte mag’ overtake these who have Toubed and set thom at defiance, advert to it under the belief that such purpore will be executed provided that the apathy of the masses cannot be aroused in sufficient time to put a stop to the crimes, which can only be de stroyed by the fatare choice and election of honest and money of the mechagic, capable representatives. If the multitude from whose labor these corrapt men exiract the enor mong foms which constitute the moans by which they thrive and are elected do not come to the reapue by supporting the men of intagrity and responsibility which, as the texpayers’ party, we will not fail to present, then the peopte Lave nothing deft but @ resort to that law of A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MERALD. Sarr. 18, 1858, I rejoice to learn from your Hemarp of this date that You continue to stimulate, like a good Samaritan as you practically are, the taxpayers’ party to combine as one man acting in self-defence—the right which never ceases—and to commence, by organization in the twenty- two wards, their united energy, public spirit and commoa sense, as practi ie ci oa ps ele wie pain on he by the existing admitted public nuisance, words ‘city taxes.” They votes, viz.:— say, the citizens of each ward shall subscribe $1,000, making ap aggregate of $22,000. Trial of Wm. Somers for the Murder of John B. Aiken—The Judge's Charge—Verdict of Manslaughter in the First COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Before Judge Russell. Sarr. 23.—After the Court was opened this morning, Mr. Sedgwick, the Assistant District Attorney, proceeded to address the jury in support of the indictment found against Wm. Somers for the murder of John B. Aiken, the second mate of the ship Mandarin, by stabbing him with adirk knife. The prosecuting of reviewed the testi- mony in a dispassionate manner, arguing that all the cir- cumstanees went to show thatthe prisoner was unjestified in bis use of the knife, and that he inflicted the stabs upon the deceased in a malicious spirit. ‘THE JUDOR'S CHARGE. Gextiemewn or tuk Jury-—The defendunt is on trial charged with the offence of killing the second mate of the ship Mandarin on the 20th of May. It is a case in which public justiee is int A fellow being has been suddenly and by an act of violence deprived of life, and it concerns the whole community to make solemn inquiry into the transaction and to punish the defendant, if he has violated the law; and it is for you to imvestigate the affair and to pass on it according to the law and evidence in the case, What constitutes the crime of murder? The statute: says that every wilful and intentional taking of tho life of @ human being without justifiable canse, is murder, if done with deliberation and not in the heat of passion. egal malice was inferred from all the circumstances of the case. This case presented three questions for the eon- sideration of the jury: First, basa homicide been com- mitted? Secondly, did the deirndant inflict the blows on the deceased that caused his death? Thirdly, is it hemi- cide in the first degree, or is it one of the lower degrees of manslaughter, or fs it excusable or justifiable homi- cide? On the first point they could have no doubt, for the evidence was clear upon that subject. As to the sesond point, they had to search the evidence in order to arrive at acorrect conolusion. The City Judge then reviewed the testimony. It appeared that on the 20th of May:the third officer Of the ship Mandarin (the second officer the deceaved), ordered all hands on deo, all of whom obeyed she command exeept the defendant; that the second mate went to the foreaastle, took the prisoner by the } pulled him out, us ; Mat a ser eo sued and the’ deceased was beard to cry out—“Ob, oh! @ God!” went on deck and died mmediately body were found — six wounds, were inflicted with, « | knife. ‘Th defon. 20 found with his hands ent, ‘a cut over his eve, and his face was bloody that the defendautand the deceased had had an alterca tion the night previous, and in consequence of seane | noise in the foreaastie the second mate went down, bad some words with the prisoner, and threatened to k bead off. The jury had also the admissions of the pri- soner to the officers. One of the officers testified that when he went on board he asked who committed the murder. The defendant answered , “I did it, becaus> he deserved it." The next officer swore that he said he did it in self-defence. From this evidence the jury were to determine whether the act was done by the defendant, and whether it was murder, mandanghter or excu able or justifiable homicide. If the case como within any of the degrees of manslaughter which bis Honor read, it could not be deemed murder, ee ee by some circumstances which made up that crime. If they were satisfied that there was a <iraggle between the pri soner and the deceased, and the blows were struck by the defendant in the heat of pas-ivn, they could not con- murder. If they shoold be satisfied that we got possession of it, that caused bis and death, then it would be excurable of justifiable homicide. ‘The homicide would be justitiable our law only ip case it was committed when there were ressonable grounds to apprehend a design to do him some great per- sonal injury, and there was imminent danger of euch de. sign being secomplixhed. Thus the jury are to be tho judges, and {tis for them to ay, from ‘all the ¢fream stances: ed before them, whether there were reawmna. ble grounds for such apprehension, and whether, at the time, there was imminent danger that some great person al injury would have been done to him. It was not proven wow the knife belonged. The ordinary seilor’s jack knife was all that was found in porsession of the prison er. The material poimt they had to determine was,,who was the owner of the dirk Was it one that would be likely to be in the of an officer of the veasel or an ordinary seaman? Should the evidence satisfy the that the payed baa Cefgtny 4 to make the defendant go on deck to do he duty, and he was as saalted by the defendant,a -trugele ensued, and in the heat of the defeudant inficted the blows that cansed his death, it would be manslaughter in the third pos any In conclusion the Jn vaid>—This case in volves the life and Weerty of the and a charge 0 grave and serious ip its consequences requires on your part the utmoat canton and deliberation. Weigh the cireumetances im the case; apply the rules of law laid down by the Court, and endeavor to arrive at a correct conclusion. If the evidence does not fully satiefy you of his guilt, if Four minds vacUate or are in doubt, ft is your duty to acquit, because the law regards him as inwo- cent #0 long as you have a reasonable doubt of his guilt; but if, om the other hand, you are fully convimeed of bis guilt, if you are satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt, it is your duty to convict. ‘The jury retired at twenty mmates to twelve amd came into Ue court at four o'clock, The Clerk called their names ond asked them if they bad agreed uy a verdict. Foreman—We have. Clerk—What say you, geutiemen—ie William Somers sity oF not gull ne had ay A him guilty of manslaughter in the firet degree. ‘The bistriet Attorney said that it would be his duty to move for it in the case on Saturday Th was general opmion that the verdict would he mansiaughter in the third degree, and hence the verdict of the jury waa unexpected, and created not a little ex citement in Court. The prisouer did not seem to be much affected by the decision of the jury, bot retained the same composure which he evineed during the trial Tbe crime of which Somers has been found guilty is punishable by imprisonment in the State M for lite —____. News Items. ‘The mansion of Hon. Wm. Hamilton Merritt, at St. Catharines, ©. W., wae burned on the morning of 19th in stant, by @ supposed incendiary fire. There is insurance to the amount of fiftecn dollars on @ loss of iwenty five thousand dollars. The boiler at Brydger’ factory at Oneida Castle, Oneida, N. Y., exploded morning of 20th inst., killing the eugineer Jomes Hernon and mortally wounding an employe nam Burnell, Tho buildings are badly wredked. A destructive fire occurred at Weston, Mo., on the night of the 13th instant, burning the furniture ware! of Jobn Deity and Shaw & Newhouse, the grocery of F. Kaut- men, the Court House, and one or two other buildings. ‘The {oss is estimated at $35,000, on which there is about $12,000 insurance. The steamship Propeller, from Bogon, arrived at six o'clock on Morning at St. Johns, N. F., and would Jeave on 20th | for Galway. She is expected to umke a quick trip. . The American bark Chieftain, Nolvin master, from Liverpool, which the press conenred for aj jing too near the Agamemnon and Valorons, when former was paying out the Atlantic cable, arrived at Oswego on 19th inet. The brig Black Hawk, from Liver) for Uleveland, sccompanied Chieftain from Montreal to Oswego. Execution ov A Mixister.—Preston S. Turley, formerly « minister of the Gospel, was executed ‘at Charleston, Kanawha county, Va., on Friday last, for the murder of his wife. The Sunday before his execution prayers were offered in the village clinret im bis behalf, me A Religious Jubilee—Anniversary of the Es- tablishment of Daily Prayer Meetings. In accordance with the following notice pablished in the Hmratp of Wednesday an immonse assomblage was convened yesterday in the North Dutch church, Falton street: — Tux Umiox Dana Every available space was‘ occupied by, a highly res- Pectable audience, composed of meuibers of ail religious denominations. The attendance.of ladies was unusually yand saber 9! Use anne sNedingsiobed mi of the leading lieal poncneect, O city occupied seats in close ‘The t the President, the venerable Dr Do nore ty to Ror Dr. Scudder, a missionary from India, who offered up an Pr a was, followed by the Rey. Dr. » Who road the sixty second clit re. over the country, was of course the speakors descanted, observing that the work was effected by the spirit of God, and they were warranted in exclaiming, with thankfulness, “what hath God wrought !” \ The speeches were interspersed with singing and prayer. Rey. Mr. Cuyzxr offered up a very eloquent prayer in . with the bene- conclusion, and the audience was dis! diction, which was. pronounced by the venerable Dr. Bangs, of the Methodist Episcopal church. Police Intelligence. Agnzsr or Artecxp Recxivers ov Sroaw Goops.—Potor and Rosa Canepa, residing at No. 20 Baxter street, were taken into custody by policomen Cropsy and Hamblin, of the Third precinet, on charge of receiving stolen goods. It appears that a boy named John Mchany gave the infor- mation which led to the arrest of the secused.. Mehany told the policemen that he had been thieving every day for the last two weeks, and that the prisoners were the receivers of the stolen property. The potice to arrest the receivers; and, accordingly, on Monday night, about twelve o'cleek, they’ ‘to the residence of the prisoners in Baxter street, accompanied by the boy Mehany. They found the prisoners in bed, and to admit any one to their reem.. Even Mebany was admission, not he told ‘be had some ivered by the Rey. Drs. Krebs, Bangs, Gillette, e * > . Spri Teoant religious fou a quantity of stolew goods dansting of gold sad found a quantity stolen }, Consist an silver watches, delaines, ite laces, shoes and the por- trait of a beautiful young woman, set in an ovat frame. Yesterday several persops came forward and identified the greater portion of the stolen property. The prisoners were brought to the Police Court at the ha yesterday, where they were committed for examination. Mehany states that he an ice in the thieving opera- tions (am Italian boy named Garborina), who did the heaviest part of the work, and probably received the greatest part of the profits. Cumepa, he said, made them small ad¥ances from time to time, but never gave them one-tenth part of the value of the stolen property. Stavesonpens’ Conventrex.—The citizena of Worcester county, Md., held a large meeting on Tuesday of last week, and adopted resolutions recommending the slaveholders of the Kastern Shore to meet in convention at Cambridze, en the 3d of November, to concert mea- sures for the security of their slave property. — ¥, RAST BROOKLYN.—YOU WILL. FIND A LPT. ter ih anawer to yours of the 14h inst., in the Brookiyn Post oftice, this afternoon. ‘MPORTANT TO SAILORS.—THE OFFICERS AND SRA- men who served under Lieut. Sarewel Barron. rd Ce United States brig , during tbe war with Mexico, will hear ‘of something to their advantage by forwarding their names and address (¢ a © pomeee. to CHILTON & MAGRU- DER, attorneyoat law, » U. NFORMATION WANTED—OF MICHAEL BURK. WHO two. Drury Lane. deived by hin eara ago the 6h of last March, from ‘Any information of him wit! be thankfnily. re- racther, at 23 West Thirty ninth New York. St. Louis papers please copy. 88 CARRIE MORTIMER, LATE OF CANAL STREET, lievowmueh anxiety On her aerount if she will call ‘a letter to her father at R. JEROME, LONGVAL WIL, PLEASE Si address 0 Siebolas Vial, No. 98 Denne street. 'D UIs several yeurs since offered my iate son $150,000 for an interest in bia peecess of dissolving quartz, are now lasted to invest that ainownt in patented imppovements of a tenfold value, J. HARDINGE. THE MILITARY. GENIOR VEmeRAN “CORPS. . o'clock, to collect the money and Uckets for xe the Gth inst., tenable the committer-o» clone the mswin and report to thé Oieps. Panetual attendmnoe is requesed. By HU. RAYMOND, Col. OM. Prue, Adj't. « ~ s URN ~ ~ ae NHESTNUT.AND GRAINED AND FIRST PREMIUM J cuamelien furniture, of superter and warran'ed manw facture, at PARRINGTON'S wareroams, 364 Canal. street, op- Pinte ietcontrvet Manutnctory 46 aud 48 Woveter siteet, Sark stats aot heen PURNITCRE BOUGHT FOR READY MONEY.—A FATR valve given in ready money for furniture, carpets, hooks, de., Re. a0 1S Sab avenue, beoseen Ninth and:Teuth sireets, PRICE PAID Ae FURNITURE, MANU ‘ODERN STYLE OF SOM and + . ~o by N. Up eee «| i street. rw York. ye constantly on band. 1itue- Fuied ctroulurs forwarded on application na slove = are Cmaxce OF HOUR—STEAMER BROADWAY WILL J Vas font of Jay.street every aflernoon (Mendaya exeaptad) at 3 o'clock, for Yonkers, Hastings, Dobbs! Parry, Ta wen, Nin i end Haverat Returning, wl! leave ine, every day (Suedays includedvat 8 wiclocs Ar wee ore loc A. M.— seanice CLIFTON, fren foot of aay Doding Yondarn “Hestines, Dobbin Peery, “Trvingion, ‘herytowen, sada aed di aK 8 Wises, Agent. 1O SIDE WHEEL STRAMBOATS—ONE ABOUT 4 tenn, bram engine, 48inch 1D fret stroke, well bie tour, beat fee for u about . ined Tider eet aroha Amon oe ii propeiiees: owe Bited " ; peerage ev Einatstn, No. €6 Broadway. —eeSeS—S—~={ze——_—_—_—_—_—_— WATCHES, JEWELRY, ac. Not TO WATCHMAKENS AND DEALERS IN watches. —DAVIS’ improved safely banking lever watches and pocket These aml com 5 a fa asics nish aod Arerican trade, with cases and dike Orders ere wate! r, pper square, E. 0, England. WATCHES —w aTOHRS All ona of goMl and allver watches for vale ai re tail nt lean than "aval prices. Watches taken in ae ‘watch bas a uarantes w: Watches repaired alle than sta price. a. €. ALLEN, importer of _watehes and jewelry Je wnd retail, No. U1 Wail street, second flave. BeSCHT OPric AL, permovEweNTs, TO kant person ‘age to read with ean and to dis eriminate perfert distinctness, Mestre 801A). MONE, rented and pairnind spertace lene rent power the valuaia advan derived hr maton. t tht ain, become ‘s iw thened; ¥ re en Prapiey thet {ibe tent tigese ontupetion: own are whR these of power, and they do not Wrrcire the trequowt clpuges 06 ee aaktercus cfiocts of furter powerfulasivtance. Persona can be suited at the most remote CUBA MUST AND SHALI, RE PREB— ip the Coban by ard store, Custom House and the Post ENTISTRY.—TRETH EXTRACTED De my new and pro, TDi he gram gy on , Reference given if 5 me DRG. bURKIN. ‘Onnal street, near Wooster, PRNING DAY—AMPRICAN STYLE OF TERTH, Oo tgrimotypee "De, MANSON, dentist, agtabliched 1940 ont premiums. Partial pela, on gold only, BB, whale, ante a0 ecth extencted, “eelceth: prtactples, Weat Twenty second street, and BA'BIxth aren, corner of Twenty seevnd sircet. Ladiow teeth cleaned, $i. SALES AT AUCTION. UCTION RKOTICR—LARGE SALE OF RICH AND A Sits robsgeta ees y household furniture, ta- feet ngveat variety of superior ‘beverhold Turnitare, ft Hiwle used and order. T. GOULDSMITH, Auc: frill sell this day (Friday), Sept. 24 at 108 0 re IN NOTICE.—LARGE. PEREMPTOR sale of band household fahure, carpets, pe ‘Wil gett to-1 ow, a or At salesroom 79 The furniture ‘ removed cutie ite Pope : private house, pres Sie tnonlly found ciaon fariished house? nloo ceveck of new ci teade furan onsiing of every ener cash. that is needed tively sold to and ahipped from om the pre UCTION NOTICE. —J. BOGART, AUCTIONEER—BY 8. BOG ART, Satarday, Sept. Z5, at 1047 o'clock, at the aue- tion rooma No. 1 North William street, hounehoid furniture— 7 ente boaitants 76 bidek wainut cane seat chairy as, lounges, olicloth, 4e.; also one light ye aa =e AUSTION NOTICE —J, BOGART, AUOTIONEFR—BY 8. BOGART, Saturday, Sept. 25, ai 2 o'cloek, at the corner nterg, sbelvings; drawers, show. cones, ceagyiet sonics, cou ; j show bukiles Uneture boltes, jars, root beer bumper, fc. Wg SALE THIS DAY, AT 11 A. M., AT NO. 407 Myrtle ral assortment of Site, Bemaba TAT i Gaara tues a eet s ae sale. KD & COLK, Auctioneers. UCTION NOTICK.—RBCKIVER'S BALE OF HOUSE- hold furniture, &e. SAMUEL OSGOOD & CO., Auctioneers, Will sell at their saleor $1 Nassau street, To-morrow Batarday at relotk, by order of the recelver, ane ‘one volvet several an} eka, mahogany bedslesds” maltreeseay Ae. °The whole positively without reserve. Aveo NOTICE.—THOS. BELL, AUCTIONFER, AND W. 8S. THOMPSO: N.—This- day, at 10% o'cicok, in the balesrooma, 18 Bast Brond ‘auice sock OP all desert ot ay goods, hoster. C ry ble” hats, entlery, housekeeping UCTION NOTICE. BOGART, AUCTIONEER—BY —J. 8. BOGART.—Constable’s mle thie day, Friday, A. M., at the auction rooms, No. 1 North William street, 34 lounges aud one valuable arm chair. MAS CUSHING, Constable. A ellie ii days Frilay. BegeeBis.Y0he octoces at tas will sell, : . 2 O'cloeky at chy. a hive hod select atock of elegant and substantial furniture, consixtiag of a largo assortment of beds bureaus, sofas, chairs, splendid oak hall at io new stands wi anits, rosewood and mahogany marble top centre tables, rosewood and mahoga- by marbie top dressing skteboards, walnut and ma- bureaus, ogany extension Usbles, walnut ny rock. hair matiressen; f ers, me pitlows; de. it : ‘will do well to attend, as this sale is-peremptory. Everything ny: y' chairs, mi \ took A. rots Satine ts solid F tables; corner amd wall etegeres, mantel ents, bronze figures, classical window curtains, French easy, reception and recumbent ¢ ' tex’ work tables, 1 niinite variety of works of art and mention. In the chambers sxe supe: bareaus and commedas, wardre 1h too Bumerous to eneved rosewood hedsteada, Psyche ginsses, couches, cottage chairs side and dressing tables, fine hair maluiressos, | a feather: beds, 73 and pillows, curtains, SDWARD SCHENCK, AUCTIONERR. E ‘To the. trade. woud seven vctare pia! OF VALU ABLE PATO, COTTAGE, 4 farm houge, stock and household furniture, W. A. CARTER will sell, by order of the subseribers, gevtors of tho last will of William H. Machre!ll, deceased, on Tuesdsy, Sent. 2%, at 10 o'clock, om the eee lately coon Dy Raid Gecensed, In Use village of ‘Jeanaien, Le L, the en entate, 'Y H. LEEDS, AU ALES ROOM Nasaan sieeet eal ew HNRRY. fe UnMIN & CU. Sil ge by Auton, ; ° Fourth vem, lt Tae fon parle elim ; back suit, tu batr cloth, ‘OWN L. TANDEWATER, Al o} on Saturday, Rept 28, at No a rboioe and varied ameortment niture, parlor mirrors, bale cloth, MORIARTY, AUCTIONEER—WILL SELL, THIS DAY Ds at 1085 o'elork, at 173 Chatham square, a general aswort ment of furnitare, new and second hand. Also, clock, mir rors, oll paintings, vases, glass ware, china, a variety of fancy good. RARE NTA ND, ArcrTO RICHARDS INGSLAND & 00. will sell at action, their aaleroom on Friday, Sept. W, at 1 o'clork, at Ay ye 0. ROADWAY, Shovels, nails, hoes, saws, stone in| furing tapes, plate, lock ‘ae ‘meowpane, stot tha ie locks, ane, Reon angers, ktm ‘able and dewnert tie pocket knives, pereuarion caps, Tazora, DrARe onp hooks, chisels, chise! and file handles, and a ‘of shelf and heusy hardware for etty avd country irade. $90 sample carde superior fheteld enflery, direct from the importer, consisting of pocket knives, razors, table knives, seiseors, shears, &c., Ac. rps VerrcH, AUCTIONRER-OFF108 ind? ioe street. = sale.—By virtue pS ar Na a at Sead ftrret, 18 fbotea cheese eNPAS. ©. WILLRE, Shortt TLLIAM ABBOTT, AUCTIONRER, OFFICE 184 CHAT. ham square, will sell this FS 1D o’ciowk, the lease, stock and fixthres of the grocery and liqntor store G01 Second aver ne, corner of Thirty atxth atrert, consisting of the eual stock, Ae.) avo a mille wagou aud set of harness. eae ‘ SALES AT AUCTION. ORTGAGE SALE PROPERTY.—BY ool an Tu . next, aoe o’clogks A.M. the gre fand fixt,:v¢e of sald t mer HEIDHOFF, Mortgagee, a. * wage. Dxted Sept. W",, 27 UOTIONRER WILL, $14 THis wie ieee cha eee and orn honstl eeping: Sofas, pti he “fom up ? roeking tre and side ea, extension do. t, Deda ki eel |. WITTE! AUOTIONERR—WT1. i, FRI- ai ys ‘clock, at 454 Canal street, 2, tates, to oid ln lots Wo suit buyers. of be ip Pp at Fk ant carpets, offeloths, co c edeinie ir nnd ote antivenom shina gla, de cousiating of ie urnitare of about 10 rosmant - | -seppepeeynenpreaen S#LL ON rue Ui i wale. Also, one eult io KXeademy of Mi sic, fn 14s Front treat or if ‘no questions asked. ig gg! THE with ke bate A r rine O8T—IN A MADISON AVENUE STAGE, 234 INST., BE- tween Ninthrand first streets, a small watch, with a small piece of black elastic atinched, and key. The finder will be suitably rewarded om leaving the same at Ne. avenue, O8T—A BRASS DOOR KEY, ABOUT FIVE long, on Fulton ferry to Wail street, thence te the Timex office, ‘will be'rewarded by leaving 4 a Dey street. OST—ON THURSDAY, THE 2TH INST., IN BROAD- 24, ay, wept side, between Grand and Broome street, oF in iropsey's or raon's goods: res, a gol "s claw searf pin, set with coral. aader wil ue Sornaed inae ceive the thanks of the owner leaving it at 27) Broad le room 33. gwmner by leaving HM TO UINSON O8T—ON TUESDAY EVENING, THE 2187 INSTANT, hetween the Clarendon and East Sixteenth street, & mal? roll of plans, for which a suitable reward will be pala when broughl to 115 Norfolit street, N. ¥. T0S7-ON, MONDAY, SEPT. 20, IN GOING UP Bow. 4. ory to Ninth street, ‘Ninth street to Fifth avenue, a cames . Whoever will the same to 15 Oliver street or 52 street will be rewarded, in consequence of its being the gift of a deceased friend. O8T—ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, SUPPOSED 4 the corner of and Fifteenth street or be- tween Fifteenth street and London terrace, a plain curb tern bracelet, large size. Au} n returning it to 13 street will be liberally rewe as its value be paid. L OST—ON TUESDAY, 21ST, BETWEEN 27 4 Twentieth street and'10 East Twentieth street, a small gold wateh. By returning the game at 27 West Twenties street, & suitable reward will be given. Yn» ker e lock; when found are likely to be wrap- ped ‘up together in paper. ‘The fader will receive» sulanee reward by leaving the same at 12) William street, up staira —CERTIFICATE NO. 1. ISSUED NOV. ite (an aha Of de ndred and twenty-five ry, hin the b= of are enang havin ‘been lost, ication wilt \L. Burckm 4 ™ In due time be made to the directors for a renewal of the same. TRAYED OR STOLEN FROM THE PASTURE OF J. J. Brinkerhoff, Pollyfly, Hackensack, a dark bay horse, Nee eee ete eaten rene . w Can be bed, By W. AHL STEVENA TH Woower street NT. JTOLEN—THIS DAY FROM 72 ST. MARK'S PLACK, 2¢ © plecesof sliver, consisting of dinner and dessert forks, table specs, Ac, marked WH. A. W., bs Robert Jackson, a color. 4 lad.’ ‘The public are hereby chutioned not topurclinge the same. W. i. WEBB, Sart. 23, 1858. yee 2 PUBLIC IS CAUTIONFD AGAINST NEGOTIAT- Ste woh, $5,554, dated note of J. G. Domencob, for ber 25, 1857, payable eighteen moutha-after date to the himself. nd endorsed by him and’ Mesars, Mora & Navarre Ten dollars reward will be paid ta the finder of waid note, om leaving itat A. J. Macia’s oftice, 38 Beaver street. a! Gr REWARD —LOsT, ON WEDNESDAY, A 2) and tan terrier slut; answe above reward will be paid b; dog, with $5 REWARD.—LOST, ‘of Rolla. person amall white poodie answers to the name: ey returni 336 Canal street will receive the above reward and of the owner. 10 REWARD. —LOST OR STOLEN FROM 32 GREENE street, a black and tam terrier and answermg to the name of Jeasie. ber t?™7 Murray street will reesive the above S10 REFARD [Lost ON THR a1er oF sRPTEM. , & rough ‘1 chain collar, mark- SUF. M. Penidicion’ No, 12 Went Twenty shied meet rw wisn ber will retarn to the above number will receive the re- 25. -PAKEN FROM 71 2). ken, one bine black pilot eloth sii and two other dresses, two sets = eg I ge $e fara, or iiformation of arucles, and ne questions Cit BROWER REWARD.—STOLEN, ON TUESDAY from the office of B. fan Nos. 9) ON THE D | HUDSON STREET, HOBO- ragian il shipment just wore et RONLSAAT BROSe a Peers, No.1 Gaal arse, wil te day ope re * bonnets, with thom of her own ‘Ganutctnte. Ale. © large Ut ehaleemen ahentan Gee EXPOSITION OF TOILET APPOSNTMENTS ORNAMENTAL VARIETIES, incitedin g Paris fowers, "Gatch maratont feathers m Gold ornaments, a Mame great variety of Paste Which I offer on eine rile at ter Sore moderate Mme. ELVINA GUERIN, » herh we rr | LAOCR, CHENTLLE A. ‘en ET BONNETS, casa 2 ae AND PLOW=RS, AT AUCTION ra case. RICHARDS, OF 823 BROADWAY, LATE 465 BROAD- : way, Is now ready to show her fell txshions in odd dresamak| done at Goneon, RTER OF PASHTO! fell and winter pf by Mr. others. prices, are invited to call. A liberal allowed to whole- nale dealera, , Sept. Rs, 7, gouce, TAKES THIS METHOD TO GRATR- tui nowledge the favors of her friends and others during ean her she will use every alwn: ment and FARWEL, RETURNS peironage at her new show Seer sere Greet MANERY.—THE LATEST STYLE OF FALL A) winter, now ready at Mrs. BELL'S emporium of \ No.3 street, Countty pattern reduced them ARI ¥.—WE Wilt, OPEN Pa TEES 866 Broadway, TT MILLINERS.—THE ENTIRE STOCK OF FRENOW flowers, feathers, and pattorn and all goods tm the Tine nowy inthe stove No Yo Brondway. up will be offered for avle an the Be cloned tp by the tat of jovembe: next, under Of the aasignee,