The New York Herald Newspaper, September 21, 1859, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 8416. MORNING EDITION—WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1859. PRICE TWO CENTS. THE DEPARTURE OF GEN. SCOTT. | thusiastic Demonstration of Citisens on the =i the Veteran Hero Looked and Gans and Adicus of all x, it being generally known that Lieutenant General Win- field Scott would leave by the Star of the West yesterday for California, en roue for the scene of the boundary dis- pate on the line of British Columbia, a large number of eur citizens turned out t give hima hearty farewell—in fact, to see him of. ? ‘The hasty manner in which the journey was determined n probably prevented a military display such as would doubtless have been otherwise afforded. As it was, the Soott Life Guard, without music, turned out as an artil_ lery company, and fired a rousing salute. Rvery stand- Point on the piers and boats near the Star of the West ‘was filled with spectators, and around the immediate lo- cality everything looked like a gala day. It was empha- tically a people’s demonstration, and must have made a lasting impression on the honored subject of the sponta- ‘meous ovation. ‘The General was accompanied by Colonel L. Thomas, Assistant Adjutant General, and Colonel G. W. Lay, Mili- tary Secretary, and Dr. C. H. Crane. As the carriage in which the veteran was seated halted in front of the gang plank the vast assemblage sent up cheer upon cheer, and ‘the rush to get a view of him seemed likely to endanger ‘the lives of tnose nearest the edge of the pier. Hydraulic pressure couldn’t compare with the squeezing, jamming, pushing, crowding, edging, elbowing, shoving and hard working generally, to get but just one glimpse of the hero of Mexico, and the veteran @bsolutely had to runa gauntlet of hands stretched forth to shake him a hearty greeting and farewell. The sight was one truly repab- lican in the extreme. There waythe noble form of the veteran of a hundred battles, whose military fame is world wide, and whose services to his country extend over half a century. In the plain garb of a citizen, although the highest military officer in the land, he walk- ed among his fellow citizens, receiving their congrata- lations, returning their greetings, responding to their adieus, and mingling with them as one of themselves, as he was. The General never puts on any airs, but bo- hhaves like a sensible man, as he is; and thus it is that the masses of the people who know him like him. He walked the gang plank with as firm a step as many ® younger man, mounted the narrow ladder, amidst the crowd of baggage, passengers and spectators as if he wasn’t of any more consequence than anybody clse, turning, as he was obliged to do occasionally, to acknow- ledge the hearty cheers which followed him at every step. «¢ Yen’t he a great man in all senses of the word ?” ‘ Well, he is, old hoes.” “Didn't he give the Moxicans fits?” « He's the greatest man of the country.” “Yes, and any other country, too.” ‘He’ give the Britishers fit.” “I pelieve you, my boy.” ‘Well he will”? “He ought to be President; he’s not too old yet.” “As good as Old Buck any day.” ‘A won- @erful man, sir.” ‘A great General, sir.” ‘“ May his shadow never be less.” Phese and thousands of other complimentary allusions greeted the yeteran as he made hie way with difficulty through the crowd to the stern of the vessel on the main deck. ‘The builders of the Star of the West evidently neyer thought of such tall men as he, for he was obliged to doff his beaver in arder to steer clear of the beams. Finding Jt impossible to stand with his hat on, he finally sat down, affectionately taking near him his little grandson, in ‘whom he seems to take 80 much pride. ‘The crowd that pressed around to catch a glimpse of him was dense, and finally it became necessary to form lines and let each man take his turn. Among those who greeted him were Major General Wool, Captain D. Floyd Jones, Colonel H. L. Scott, Major Deas, D. Myer, Street Commissioner Smith and Deputy Dovell, Colonel A. Duryee and others of equal note. In this way the mem- bers of the Scott Life Guard were introduced, the veteran giving every man a hearty shake of the hand and a kind word, being greeted by each with some hope for his safe ‘voyage and pleasant return in good time to his home and friends. Many an eye filled, and many a bosom heaved, as when gazing upon the furrowed cheeks which had withstood the storms of three-quarters of a centary, and the thought would involuntarily arise—will he live to come back again? Certain it is that whether his imposing form is ever seen here again in life or not, the memory of his services will live in the hearts of his countrymen and the remembrances of their children when monuments have crumbled into dust. It may truly be said of him that he was first in peace as well as first in war. Who shall say he is not among the first in the hearts of his countrymen? But we are getting sentimental, and although the scene may account for it, we may not be excused. Within a few minutes of the steamer’s leaving, the General mounted to the upper deck, and at his owe re. quest was left alone seated at the stern gazing at the crowds on shore, and wrapt apparently in meditation, while over his head, unconsciously to him, the flag of his country waved gayly, as if in tacit acknowledgment of the hero beneath. As at length the last word was given, the last man had made his appearance and got on board at the imminent risk of his neck, the last shower of oranges had fallen, the last adieus of weeping friends and relatives had been interrupted by the harsh gong and “all ashore that’s going,” the last hackman had extorted his last dol- Jar from another unfortunate last man who just got there in time to be too late, the steamer moved majestically off amid deafening plaudits from on shore, the General ap- peared to awaken from his reverie, and rising from his seat, he gracefully removed his hat with his right hand, and as gracefully stretched out his left toward the receding shore, as if to wave an adieu to all. Cheer upon cheer, gun upon gun from the neighbor." ing vessels re-echoed again and again as the deeply freighted vessel moved .out into the stream, and as long as that towering form could be dis- tinguished, the farewells continued to fill the air, dazzling the eyes and deafening the ears, and denoting the unanimity of feeling which characterized the demonstration. By order of Major Gencral Wool, commanding the Eastern division, the Commander-in-Chief was greeted with appropriate sa- Jutes from the forts in the harbor, and far as the eye could reach the salutes and responses could be seen and heard. The Vanderbilt steamer North Star moved out from her moorings on her way to Aspinwall just as the Star of the West came up,and very impolitely shot across ‘the bows of the latter, The Cunard steamers, which usually participate in demonstrations of joy in the harbor, on this o¢- casion preserved an ominous silence. It is not at all proba- ble that the Britishers relished the idea of having General Scott in British Columbia. The contrast, however, placed the demonstration in bolder relief, and in all probability the old hero hadn’t his feelings mach hurt. A large number of immediate friends of General Scott accompanied the steamer down the bay, intending to re- turn in the pilot boat, and altogether the demonstration ‘was one of the most heartfelt and enthusiastic ever wit- messed in the harbor. SCENES IN THE HARBOR. ‘The scene in the harbor and lower bay was thrillingly grand. As the Star of the West appeared around the Battery she was received with a salvo of thirteen guns from Castle William, on Governor's Island. The fort was for a time covered with a cloud of impenetrable smo 4brough which gleamed at intervals the lightning-lik flash of the guns, when they belched forth their flery contents. As the vessel got abreast of the fort, the sol diors, who bad congregated in great nnimbers on its top, gave three hearty cheers in honor of the departing whida echoed far and wide over the waters of the bay When the Star of the West passed alongside she revenue cutter Harriet Lane, which is lying at nmeker opposite Quarantine, another grand cannonade took place, which was contiaued as far as Fort Hamilton. She then majesti cally moved oceanwards and was soon lost to view in the rain cloud which arose shortly after. As stated aove, there ere numerous misgivings as to the propriety of General Scott risking this journey at his advanced years. It was stated that his left side was partly paralyzed, ¢o that: he had to be helped on board. Fortu- nately the Star of the West is provided with a skillful sur. goon and physician, Dr. Carrington, in whose hands one can feel safe at all times. His pleasant face is enough to keep one healthy, ‘The General will be quite as fortuns in his physician on the other side, as he will be attended by Dr. MeNaughton, whose Layge experience on this tine has won him an enviable reputation. Considerable chagria was evinced yesterday phat the Firat Division of our militia was not called ont to bid the General good-bye. They have often been summoned on Jess important occasions, As it was, however, the peoplo’s demonstration was doubtless more satisfactory to the old soldier. May he live to be President. As General Scott is a man of the past as well as of the Present, it may not be inappropriate for us at this time to introduce a slight sketch of his services, to refresh the minds of our readers; SYNOPSIS OF THE LIFE OF GENERAL SCOTT. ‘The General was born on the 13th of June, 1786, in Pe- tersburg, Virginia, and in his youthful days spent a year or two at William and Mary College. He afterwards stu- died law, and was admitted tothe bar in 1806. In the year 1812, when the political events of the country were rapidly approaching a crisis, a Dill passed Congress to enlarge the army, when Scott applied for a com. mission, and was appointed a captain in ao regiment of light artillery in 1808. In the following year he was ordered to join the army in Loui- flana, u the command of General Wilkinson. For some act of insubordinationthe was suspended for one year; but shortly after his reinstatement he received a Tieutenant Colonel’s commission, and was posted at Black Rock, on the Niagara frontier. His first active service was at the attack on Queenstown Heights, whero he took command of the American forces after all the superior officers were either killed or wounded. This affair, it is well known, ended dis- astrously, as Scott, with the men under his command, became prisoners of war. From Queenstown he was sent prisoner to Quebec, and was shortly after exchanged. In the following year he distinguished himself at Fort George, in the descent upon York and the capture of Fort Matilda, on tho St. Lawrence. In March, 1814, he was made Brigadier General; July 8d, in the same year, he captured Fort Erie, and on the 5th he fought the bloody battle of Chipgewa, in which both sides claimed the vic tory. On the 25th of the same month was fought the still more bloody battle of Niagara, or Lundy’s Lane, in which Scott routed the enemy at the point of the bayonet; the only instance on record where British troops succumbed in this style of warfare. July 25, 1814, he received the honorary rank of Brevet Major General, he being at this time but twenty-eight years of age. About the year 1833 he brought the Black Hawk war in the Northwestern frontier to a termination, and was shortly after in com- mand at the commencement of the Seminole war in Florida. In 1837-38 he was stationed on the Niagara frontier to enforce the neutrality of the United States during the “patriot” war fin Canada; and shortly afterwards superintended the removal of the Cherokee Indians beyond the Mississippi. At the death of Major General Macomb, in 1841, General Scott was promoted te the full rank of Major General and Commander-in-Chief of thearmy. The scene of his next tour of active service was in Mexico in 1847-8. After some difficulties with President Polk and the Seeretary of War, the General was permitted to lead a force from Vera Cruz. The events of that campaign are so fregh in the memory of our readers that the recital of the details at this time would be superfluous. San Juan de Ulloa was captured March 27, 1847, the battle of Cerro Gordo was fought on the 18th of April, the battle of Contreras on the 19th of August, and the battle of Cherubusco on the following day; and after the battles of Molino del Pey and Chapul- tepec, the City of Mexico was captured, September 14, 1847. By anact of Congress Genersl Scott was made Lieutenant General, with rank from March 29, 1847. Since that time he bas been actively engaged in directing all the movements or the army, and more especially on our frontier. It is said that the General possesses such a retentive memory, that when asked, he can unhesitatingly tell where avy particular regiment or company is sta- tioned THE WRECK OF THE U, S. STEAMER FULTON. Particulars of the Wreck—Description and History of the Vessel—Her Officers— Curious Fatality Attaching to the Name—Other United States Vessels of the Same Name—Disasters to the United States Navy, &c. ‘We announced yesterday, by telegraph from New Or- Jeans, the wreck of the United States steamer Fulton. She left Key West on the 11th inst. for a cruise, and went ashore on Santa Rosa Island, near Pensacola, during the late gale of the 16th, which swept along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. According to last accounts the hull was high and dry, and was breaking up rapidly. The crew and stores were saved. ‘The Fulton was one of the first steamers built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, having been constructed there in 1887, being the second vessel of the United States Navy of the same name. She was commenced in 1835 and launched in 1887, and cost complete $308,126, and employ- ed on the coast from 1838 to 1840, under Capt. M. C. Perry; in 1841, under Capt. J. F. Newton; in 1842, under Capt. B. Cooper, when she was laid up in ordinary, and finally razeed. She was remodelled and had new engines put in her, and relaunched in 1851, particular pains being taken to make her faster and stauncher. On her trial trip, after alteration, she made five miles per hour under sail alone, dragging her wheels, and under steam she made fifteen miles. Her hull is said to haye been one of the best ever made in the yard. She was a fast sailer. She was a side wheel steamer of the third class, register- ing, before alteration, 750 tons, and afterwards, 698, She was 180 feet long, 54 fect $ inches beam, and 12 feet 2 inches deep. She had one inclined engine and two iron flue boilers. She carried seventy-six men, and four 36 pound medium guns and one 68 pound long gun. Among the many cruises of the Fulton in question, during the last twenty-two years, may be mentioned the following:—In 1852 she was employed in the West Indies. In January, 1863, she carried Hon. W. R. King to Havana. The Vice President elect, it will be remem- bered, last saw his native shore from the deck of the Fulton. In 1853 che was attached to the Home squadron, and visited the fishing grounds and Havana. In 1854 ste was in the same service, and was occupied in search of the Albany. In the two following years she continued in the Home squadron, touching at various ports on the coast and in the Gulf. In 1857 she was in the West Indies and Central America, and was under command of Lieutenant Almy, prominent in the watching of General Walker’s movements, which w: kept up by our vigilant navy. In 1858 she was in much the same service, went to the mouth of the Colorado, Campeachy, and all along the coast. She was the most prominent vessel in the Paraguay expedition, under com mand of Lieutenant Almy, being used as the flagship in ascending the Parana river, the Sabine proving of too great draft of water. She got aground several times while ascending the river, and was towed off by the Har- riet Lane. She arrived at Norfolk on her return in May last, and sailed from there August 25 for Key West, where she arrived on the 8d inst. The next we hear of her is throngh the telegraph, as being in the unfortunate plight alluded to. The following is a correct list of her office Commander—Gabriel G. Williamson. Lieutenants—First, Egbert Thompson; Second, James H. Rochelle; Third, Edward E. Potter. V. Alexander; Third Assis. ge H. Riely, Robert L. Harris Engineers—Chief, tants, James DeKraft, Ge Henry Wright. Captain’s Clerk—Alfred P. Hulse Purser’s Clerk—Wm. J. Bennett ly Sergeant—Thos. Bowe, in charge of marines: The first United States steamer Fulton was the first steamer built for the She was an odd looking craft, being but 156 feet long and 66 fect beam, 20 fect deep, of 000 tons. She had a ceutre wheel, and was ship rigged, rying 200 men and twenty 22 pound guns. Sho was tructed in 1814, at this port, and cost $320,000. She blew up June 4,1829, while areceiving ship, in command of Matser Commandant J.T. Newton, killing Lieut. Brecken ridge and forty-seven others, and wounding as many more. The noise of the explosion was terrific, and the shock was felt throughout the city like an earthquake, Doors and windows were wrung awry, and general con- sternation prevailed. Appropriately to the present occasion, we append a correct list of the disasters which huve happened to ves: sels in the United States navy :— DISASTERS TO OUR NAVY. ‘The following sttement, collected from authentic data, exhibits all the disasters that have happened to our naval marine from the year 1798. to 1869. {ft c n scarcely to juterest dhe general reader as well as those counected with the navy — VESSELS Lost. Mbany, slooyty 20 guné, Commander J.T. Gerry, Gulf of dexico, 1814. Alligator, schooner, 12 guns, Lieut. T. M. Dale, Carys- fort Reef, 186% Boston, 18 gune, Commander G. F. Pearson, Wost In- dies, 1846, Boxer, brig, 14 guns, Lieut. J. Porter, off Belize, 1817. Chippewa, brig, 14 guns, West Indies, 1816. Concord, ship, 18 guns, Commander W. Boerum, East Coast of Africa, 1843. ; rpith, steamer, 2 guns, Lieut, J. MoCormick, California, Enterprise, schooner, 12 guns, Lieut. J, Gallagher, Lit- tle Curacoa Sea, 1823. Ffervier, ship, 18 guns, Lieut. J.T, Shubrick, at wea, 1815. Fina, bomb brig, 11 guns (Commander's name not given), New Orleans, 1812, Ferret, schooner, 8 guns, Lieut, L. Kearney, Stony In- let, 1814. Ferret, schooner, 3 guns, Midehipman M. S, Booth, West Indies, 1826, Grampus, schooner, 12 guns, Lieut. E. A. Downs, off Charleston, 1843. Gunboat No, 158, Lieut. U. P. Levy, Bay of Honduras, Helen, schooner, 4 guns, commander’s name not given, Delaware bay, 1815. Hornet, brig, 18 guns, Master Commander 0. Norris, off ‘Tampico, 1829. aera, ship, 86 guns, Captain P. Fletcher, at sea, . Y x, schooner, 6 guns, Lieut. J. R. ) om, at sea, 1620. Onkahye, schooner, 2 guns, Lieut. 0. H. Berryman, West Indies, 1840, Peacock, ship, 18 guns, Lieut. Wm. L. Hudson, Colum- bia river, 1841. Pickering, brig, 14 guns, Lieut. B, Hillar, at sea, 1800. Porpoise, schooner, 4 guns, Master W. K. Bridge, Bashes Pass, EF. I. Sea, 1854. Revenge, schooner, 12 guns, Lieut, O. H. Perry, off Newport, 1811. Sea Gull, pilot boat, 2 guns, Passed Midshipman J. W, E. Read, off Cape Horn, 1839. Shark, schooner, 12 guns, Lieut. N. M. Howison, Colum- bia river, 1846. Sylph, schooner, 1 gun, Licut. H. E. V. Robinson, West Indies, 1831. Truxton, brig, 10 guns, Commander F. W. Carpenter, ‘Togpan ar, 1846. ‘asp, ship, 18 guns, Master Commander Blakely, at sea, 1814. Wildcet, schooner, 3 guns, Lieut. B. Kennon, West In- dies, 1824. Yorktown, sloop, 16 guns, Commander John Marston, Island of Mayo, 1850. Fulton, 5 guns, near Pensacola, 1869. ‘VESSELS CAPTURED. Alligator, sloop, 1 gun, Sailingmaster R. Shephard, New Orleans, 1819. Argus, sloop-of-war, 16 guns, Master Commander Wm. H. Allen, English Channel, 1813. Chesapeake, frigate, 36 guns, Capt. J. Lawrence, off Boston, 1813. ner han! Lieut. Sydney Smith, Lake Champlain, ebyses frigate, 92 guns, Capt. David Porter, Valparaiso, 1814. Frolic, ship, 18 guns, Master Commander J. Bainbridge, off Havana, 1814, Vixen, brig, 12 guns, Lieut. G. W. Reed, at gga, 1812. Vixen, brig, 14 guns, Capt. Thomas Hall, at dja, 1813. isan; scrinnoee; 18 guns, Master Commander J. Jones, at sea, 1812. A ship, 18 guns, Washington city, 1814 rgus,* ship, 18 guns, Washington city, 1814. Boston ,* ship, 28 Pera Washinton city) 1914. Columbia,* ship, 44 guns, on the stocks, 1814. General Green,* ship, 28 guns, Capt. C.R. Perry, Wash- ington, 1814. Greenwich, ship, 16 guns, Lieut. J. M. Gamble, Marque- sas Islands, 1814. John Adams, ship, 28 guns, Capt. C. Morris, Hampden, Maine, 1814. Missouri, steamship, 10 guns, Capt. J. G. Newton, Gib- raltar, 1843, Sea Horse, schooner, 1 gun, Sailing Master Johnson, New Orleans, 1814. VESSELS BROKEN UP. Alert, ship, 20 guns, broken up at Norfolk, 1829, Congress, ship, 36 guns, at Norfolk, 1835. Cyane, 34 guns, at Philadelphia, 1836. Erie, ship, 18 guns, at Boston, 1841. Growler, sloop, guns, Licut. Sydney Smith, Lake Cham- plain, 1813. Growler, schooner, 2 guns, Lieut. D. Deacon, Lake On- tario, 1813. Julia, schooner, 2 guns, Sailing Master Traub, Lake Om tario, 1813. Nautilus, brig, 12 guns, Lieut. Wm. M. Crane, off New York, 1812. Ohio, shooner, 1 gun, Sailing Master M. Cally, Lake Erie, 1814. President, frigate, 44 guns, Capt. Stephen Decatur, off New York, 1815. yehatlemake, rig, 14 guns, Lieut, J. Renshaw, at sea, Retaliation, schooner, 14 guns, Lieut. W. Bainbri West Indies, 1708 nc Lg plier teal ta) Lieut. D. Turner, Lake Hu- ron, 1814. Siren, brig, 16 guns, Lieut. J. N. Nicholson, at sea, 1814. wer schooner, 2 guns, Lieut. Conklin, Lake’ Eric ‘Tigress, schooner, 1 gun, Sailing Master Chapin, Lake Tiviper, brig, 10 guns, Li Henle; 1815. Viper, brig, 10 guns, ut. I. D. at sea, Gyoice thie 44 guns, at Norfolk, wa Hornet, schooner, 6 guns, at Norfolk, 1820. Iowa, ship, 44 guns, at Norfolk, 1842. Louisiana, ship, 16 guns, at New Orleans, 1821. Macedonian, ship, 88 guns, at New York, 1855. Natchez, ship, 18 guns, at New York, 1840. Princeton, steamship, 8 guns, at Boston, 1849. Spitfire, keteh, 8 guns, at Norfolk, 1820. Vengeance, bomb brig, 8 guns, at New York, 1818, Vesuvius, bomb brig, 11 guns, at New York,'1829. Washington, ship, 74 guns, at New York, 1845. VESSELS BLOWN UP. Caroline, schooner, 14 guns, Commander L. D, Henley, New Orleans, 1814. Fulton, steamship, 80 guns, Commander J.T. Newton, Brooklyn, 1820. Intrepid, ketch, 4 guns, Master Commander R. Somers, off Tripoli, 1804. *These vessels were burnt by order, to prevent them falling foto the hands of the enemy during the invasion of Washington in 1814. Police Intelligence. Tir Hicnway Ronsery Mana.—Just now there appears to be a perfect mania for highway robberies and juvenile stabbing matches. Scarcely a day for the last fortnight has passed that our reporter has not had to report one or two cases of arrest for each of these crimes, which seem yet to be increasing in frequency. About three o’clock on Sunday afternoon, in broad day- light, as two gentlemen, named G. N. Chamberlate, of 201 West Thirty-fifth street, and Almond P. McConney, were conversing in Lispenard street with some women of the town, they were attacked by two ruilians and robbed. One of the fellows, whose names are James McDermott and Wilson W. Hogan, interfered, under the pretence that one of the females was his wife, and feigned great indig- nation at the insult put upon him, Hogan knocked Mr. Chamberlain down with a heavy blow, while McDermott fiercely attacked McConney, whom he shoved under a cart and robbed of a gold watch, besides $35 in moncy. An officer coming up shortly after, pur- sued the robbers and arrested them. On being brought before Alderman Brady, McDermott pleaded guilty to highway robbery, and Hogan to assault and battery. They were locked up for trial. ‘Another case occurred on the Battery carly yesterday morning, the victim being a Mr. William Reed, who, t tween the hours of two and three o’clock$ was quietly re. clining against a tree, half asleep and half awake, when two young vagabonds, named John Butler and Frank Mc- Carty, fell in with him and robbed him of $8 50 and a pas- sage ticket to Philadelphia. While Butler held Reed down with the grasp of a vice, McCarty rifled his pockets. Having got everything valuable, the daring scoundrels be- began to beat a retreat, but the loud cries of Reed reached the ears of officer Rowland, who immediately came to the rescue and arrested the fugitives. Justice Osborne com- mitted them for trial, and sent Reed to the House of De- tention as a witness. Stannep AND BEATEN wimmt A CLvB.—Yesterday morn- ing about six o’clock, Mr. John McIntire, of 212 Kast Twenty-first street, got into a difficulty with Louis Openhoffer, keeper of a boarding house at 275 First avenue, and John Linder, a baker, in the course of which he charges that he was stabbed in the head with a knife and brutally beaten with a club. The fight grew out of amoffensive remark made by McIntire in passing the pre- mises of Openhotfer, while the latter was standing at his door with a knife and smoothing iron in his hands.’ Open- hoffer, it is alleged, rushed upon the complainant with the above warlike instruments, and commenced to test the toughness of his opponent’s cranium. While thus employed, Linder issued from the house, shoved the complainant down the steps of a neighboring lager bier saloon, and then and there pounded him with a club until he was almost senseless. The accused were committed for trial by Justice Quakenbush in default of $1,000 bail. Carters oF Fvarnives FRom Jusmice.—Detectives King and Slowey yesterday forenoon captured a gigantic negro, named Aaron P. Fisher, some 644 feet high, at the corner of West Broadway and Church street. Fisher, it is al- loged, is a fagitive from Philadelphia, where he was under $1,000 bail to answer a charge of robbing his employer, Mr. James P. Divine, of 17 Bank street. He was sent back to the Quaker city. Another alleged fugitive, one Charles Williams, was nabbed on one of the ferry boats by detective Tiemann. Williams also hailed from the city of Brotherly Love which was too narrow for him in consequence of his having feloniously purloined from the pocket of his friend, Mr. Samuel McCwikin, a wallet containing $100. ‘An acenrate description of the offender, sent by telegraph, was the means of his arrest. The prisoner was likewise taken back to Philadelphia, ‘Tre Orera.—At the Academy of Music this evening the “Trovatore”’ will be given for th first time this season, with Cortesi, Brignoli and Amodio. This is the rst, and it is announced as the only performance of the most popu- lar of Verdi's works this season. Signor Gassier will make his rentree in “Lucrezia Borgia” on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Wituams, who arrived by the Persia, after & three years’ sojourn in England, Ire! and Scotland, will make their rentree to the America stage at Niblo’s Garden on the 17th of October. Man for Alleged Illicit Intimaey with a Young Imbecile White Girl in Hud- son, Columbia County. SUPREME COURT—CIRCUIT. Before Hon Judge Potter, of Saratoga county. Sarr 20.—William Mowers (colored) vs. Peer Bogardus, Abram Bogardus, William H. Hunt, Myren Van Ducsen, Milas W. Toby, Oharles S. Wenchell and A. V. V. Etting.— The plaintiff in this action was a barber in Hudson, Columbia county, in this State, and brings his action against the defendants for assault and battery. It is alleged that in July, 1856, the defendants and a mob of several persons entered the shop of the plaintiff, barber, then doing business in Hudson, Colum- Dia county, and forcibly took him to the pub lic square of that town, where they tarred and feathered him and then drove him out of the place. It is also stated that the Vigilance Committee took from bim a gold wotch and some money. Tho defendants are all eubstantial men of business, and Mr. Toby is the ‘Treasurer of that county. The justification for the acti an alleged too familiar intimacy on the part of the colored man (who had a wife and family of his own) witha youn lady (white), daughter of Mr. Etting, one of the defend- ants, and aged about eighteen years, but imbecile in mind, and since the alleged intimacy confined in an asylum. The cave 18 as yet but partially developed, the whole day being occupied in the examination of the plaintitf, whose cross-examination is not yet finished, ‘Wm. Mowers, the plaintiff, a colored man, somewhere about fifty years of age, was first called to the stand, and testified to the alleged circumstances; that he was shaving a customer when he heard a mob outside his door; saw ‘Mr. Etting walking up and down, and when the gentle- man whom he was shaving; went out, the mob pushed in and seized him; he was taken by the throat and dragged to the sidewalk; I became insensible, and when I recever- ed J asked Mr. Van Duesen what he wanted with me; ho said he wanted to get me out of the mob; he loid hold of me and got me on the square; be then said, “Boys, I have got him bere—do with him what you please; the square is a public open square, about a block from ‘my shop; the mob followed me, and the cry was, ‘Kill him;” they or- dered me to strip’ myself; Tasked them what for; they said no matter, but to strip myself for fear it would be worse for me; Mr. Abram jus and his brother Peter were standing west of me; Mr. Winchel stood at my left side; they again ordered me to strip myself; I asked Mr. Abram dus, ‘what does all this mean?” he said, ‘I know nothing about it—strip yourself.” Charley Winchel said, “If you have: got any money or a watch, or anything, give it to Mr. Bogardus;” “Yes, said Mr. Abram dus, “et me have it;? Pe- dus said, “I know nothing about it,” and ; Winchel said, ‘Don’t stand talking about it,” and took’ my money and watch; Mr. Silas W. Toby then said, “Don’t mind what he says—apply the tar and feathers, and I'll pay for it; they answered, “That’s it, Toby, we'll go you halves;” they got my money and my watch, and stripped me by force—took everything off of me, and left me as I came into the world; they then tarred and feathered me; they said they had come to the painful duty of tarring and feathering me, and that I was to leave the city, as it was so ordered by the Vigilance Committee, and that I was not to return; Wm. H.Hunt’said, ‘Let me at him with my butcher knife;” they commenced swab- bing me all over with the tar, which was ina bucket; while swabbing me (laughter) some one in the crowd took the bucket up and poured it over me; it came down my face into my eyes; some others took the dust and sand upand flung it at’ me so that J was nearly blind; they then put feathers on me; Mr. Winchel said «Boys open the ring; some one called “ring” but Char- ley Winchel said, ‘No matter, open the ring, now run for your life;”” I opened my eyes; the mob were shoving me; JT would not run but Charley Winchel said, “Run for your life, or they will kill you;” I started off north and on looking back I saw some one in his shirt sleeves; 1 could not discern who it was; he struck at me, missed me and fell;then I started and as I started a pistol went off; I saw the tlaeh; when I ran they followed and cried “Kill him;” they followed me for a quarter of a mile; I jumped over a fence; the road I had to go was a pretty “hard one to trayel”’ over; there were cinders from a furnace on part Of it; [tried to get into brambles but I could not; I got my feet hurt and I heard them say “Shoot him?’ I heard about a dozen shota fired into the ‘brambles while I was on a knoll picking the thorns ‘out of my fect; I got to the door of my house, and I heard my dog bark— 80 I said to myself, They are smashing my house; I went toaneighbor’s about three o'clock in the morning; rain came on, and I caught cold; in the morning I went to- wards my house; 1 saw my boy, and I hallooed to him; I then entered by the back door, and saw that the door was smashed; my wife was crying, and my boy got oil for me to take the tar off, and I then went to bed; Ihad severe paing; the Mayor and the authorities of Hudson came to me, and I left Hudson on Wednesday evening in conse- queuce.of what they said to me; Wednesday was the day after the occurrence; I came to New York the cars, and went to the house of my cousin, Diana well, in Laurens strect; I did not put on a shoe or boot for throe months; I was confined to the room at my cousin’s for three months; Iwas not able to got in and out of bed by myself; I suffered much from pain; I have not had ‘the use of my right hand since ; I cannot do any labor with it; if Ido my hand commences swelling; I have lived in New York ever since, with the exception of going up to Hudson once in September, 1856, in the night time, and came back in the night; I went to a Mr. Bell who wanted to see me; I kept myself concealed while I was there; Mr. Miller, a lawyer, took my case up and said he would bring it to the Marine Court, but I don’t know why he dropped it; I did not geta dollar of money back; I had three gold watches; I got one from home, but I do not know whether it was the one the mob took from me or not. Crogs-examined by ex-Judge Dean (associated with Mr. John M. Welsh, of Hudson, and Mr. Miller)—I do not now live with my wife; I made no assignment of my property in Hudson; I made a paper toa woman named Sharp. Q. Was she ‘a clairvoyant? A. Yes; a counterfeit one. (Laughter.) Stewart Amiable is a friend of mine. After some other preliminary questions, the witness was asked if he knew the daughter of Mr. Etting, one of the defendants, and he said he did not know Anna Etting; heard Mr Etting had a daughter of that name, but would not know her now. Mr. Chauncy Schaffer objected to the question Mr. Dean ‘said that they proposed to show that this man, who had been publicly tarred and fea- thered, and expelled from Hudson, not on account of his color but on account of his character, was in the habit of passing by the house of Mr. Etting and whistling, and inducing a daughter of Mr.Etting, who was of weak mind, to go out and meet him, and that the re- sult of those meetings is that the girl has been since con- fined in a lunatic asylum. He expected to show a state of facts that would induce this jury to render a verdict of “served him right.” Question repeated. A. Tam always whistling, except when I’m asleep (laughter); Mr. Et ting’s daughter was not in the habit of coming to my bar- ber’s shop; I know where Mr. Van Duesen’s store is; I have never gone to the steps of Mr. Van Duesen’s store and made signals to Mr. Etting’s daughter; I was not in the habit of meeting Miss Etting at a saloon; I never made her presents; I was shaving a customer at the time I heard the mob walking up and down; I saw Mr. Etting walking in front of my door; I did ‘not see him after in the square during the tarring and feathering; when the gentleman I was shaving went out the mob’ rushed in; T made an affidavit to prevent this case being taken to Hudson for trial; I did not swear in that affidavit that Mr. Howard came in and took me out; I did not swear that Henry H. Hunt, Howard and Hammond came into my shop and pulled 'me out; I said that Hammond came into my shop, forI did not know any one else that came in; when T became con- scious again I found I was on the sidewalk; [took Van Duesen and all of them to be friends; I had no difficulty with them before; Mr. Van Duesen said, “ Come with me to the square—I want to get you out of this mob;’’ they were kicking me, and the people said, ‘ Kill the ‘d—d nigger!” Van Duesen said, ** Don’t kill him he take him on the square;’’ I mean to that I did not hear any of the people say what it was for; Icould not say how many people were there; the street from one side to the other, which is sixty or eighty fect, was full; they broke the screens and panes of glass in my shop: Tdid not see Mr. Etting after the mob took me away; I did not see him on the square. Mr. Dean (reading from witness’ affldavit)—Q. Did you swear that in the square Mr. Etting said, “Now, boys, let us take the law into our own hauds, and we cai pay for it?” A. Tdid not; I eaid I heard Toby say so: they stripped me; I stood still; there was no use in fighting against them; I did not take off my clothes my- self; I did not take out my watch and money; Winchel said, “If you have got any money or a watch, give it to Mr. Bogardus;”’ it was a gold watch, which I paid $65 for. Q. It was not galvanized? A. No, sir; we don’t wear galvanized watches—(laughter) ; Thad three—one for mny- self, one for my wife and the ‘other for my son; Mr. Bo- gardus never gave me back the watch, and I don’t know that the watch I_ got from home was the same that they took from me; I sued Mr. Ftting as one of the de: fendiants because I Considered him in the plot; I did not hear lis name mentioned that night, nor his daughter's name. Q. You did not know what they were about, and had never been served so before? A. No, sir—and T hop never Will again (laughter); when Mr. Hunt said to le him at me with his knife, tle mob told him to “Shut up;) that “they did not want ‘no Irishman there; they would take care of their own business;"” I don't know ‘who ap- plied the tar to me; Theard from my son that it was a man named Best; T don’t know who put on the feathers; I did not swear in my affidavit that Hammond and Howard agsisted in tarring and feathering me; I did not hear any speech made as to the cause; I was’ treasurer of Zion's (colored) Methodist church, in Hudson; T was confined in this city for nearly three months, Q. If so, how could you goup to Hudson one night in September? A. I don’t know what month IT went up there; my hand was bent over, and Jaid right on my arm; I straightennod it myself; 1 first thought it was broken; I do not know whether T used my band when T got over the fence; I have subpa@nacd the witnesses from Hudson; they were not at the transaction; I never said or that all, or nearly all, the persons named as wit- the defendants ware concerned in the transac- t in Hudson on Ist May, 1857; 1 was there the occurrence, and that was about three months after the tarring and feathering; I can write a little but cannot read writing well; I kept the accounts as trea- surer of the church the best’ way T could; 1 did not tell any one at Hudson who tarred and feathered me, Q Did you tell Mr. Miller that Howard, Minoe and Hgmmond were the persons who tarred and foathtred you? Mr. C. Schaifer said it was in eyidence that Mr. Miller ter let us was at one time counsel for the witness, and commenced a suit in the Marine Court for him. Mr. Dean understood that that was not eo, and the tes- timony to that effect should be stricken out, op the de- fence should be permitted to call Mr. Miller (who is one of the counse! for the defence) to contradict it. ‘The Judge directed that itshould be stricken out of the At this stage of the proceedings the case waa adjourned to ten o'clock this (Wedneyday) morning. The Opening of Beekman Street Across the Park. COMPTROLLER HAWS’ OBJECTIONS TO THE WORK— COMMUNICATION TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE CkO- TON AQUEDUCT BOARD, ETC., ETC. The projected plan of opening Beckman street across the Park—the preliminary steps having beep taken to carry out the measure by the Street Commissioner—will probably receive its quietus from the subjoined lucid com- munication from Comptroller Haws to the President of the Croton Aqueduct Board, The document is written in a plain, straight-forward manner, and is well worth perusal by those who feel interested in the matter :— Comprroiixn’s Orrice, Sept. 20, 1859. M. Van Scnaux, Esq., President of Croton Aqueduct Department:— Sm—I have received your favor of the 13th instant, asking me to assign my reasons for refusing to attend the opening of bids for the contract for extending a street across the City Hall park from Beckman street to Park place, In reply, Ihave to kay this work does not seem to me to have had inception in accordance with law, and, in my opinion, is in violation of the spirit as well as the letter of the law. If 1 am informed rightly, the only authority for the action of your Board in attempting this improvement is the following resolution of the Common Council: — Resolved, That the Street Commissioner be and is hereby di- ected to advertise for proposals for paving with elgian pa ment a curved carriage way, to be ol and to croax the lower end’of the Park, from opposite Park ace to Park row, passing the fountain, at about ten feet to ibe Borth thereof. Approved by the Mayor January 8, 1859. ‘Above resolution amended by scriking out the words Street Commissioner”’ and substituting the words “Croton Aqueduct Department” in lieu thereof. pproved by the Mayor June 20, 1859. A compliance with this resolution by grading, paving, opening and permitting the public to pass unmolested but for a day upon the proposed #treet, would be such a dedica- tion as to preclude the Corporation from ever regaining or closing it except by act of the Legislature, and by remu- nerating parties who might have acquired rights thereby. This therefore would amount to a sequestration of a por- tion of the public domain, in violation of the ordinance of 1844, which \ plodged the proceeds of the sales of the pub: lic lands to the redemption of the city debt, and therefore in violation of the public faith. 1, title 1 of said ordinance.) To prevent the possibility of wrong to the creditors of the Corporation, the Legislature, in the year 1845, at chapter 225, gave this ordinance all the force of a State law, by the following enactment:— Bec. 5. The ordinance now in force, and approved of by the Mayor of said city, on the 22d day of February, 144, and any ordinance that may hereafter be passed by the aald Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the city of New York, in con’ formity with the provmious of this law, and relative to the Sinking Fund, shall nop be amended without the consent of the Legislature first had and obtained, &c. Another section of the ordimmce imposes upon this de- partment the responsibility of taking charge of the real estate, I quote the clauge. (Sec. 1, title 4):— It shall be the duty of the Comptroller to take charge of all the reul estate belonging to the Corporation, and to prevent encroachments thereon. It thus appears manifest that in the structure of this ordinance it was the intention not only to pledge the real estate to the redemption of the city gebt, but to provide by the sovereign Legislature of the State an offl- cer who was to guard this pledge. This department is, therefore, charged with a trust in the matter, and will not Permit its violation without, at least, a protest. The property proposed to be taken is worth at least four hundred thousand dollars. The mode in which it is taken, as I have mentioned, would amount to an aliena- tion of it without compensation, which would be doing in- directly what the city cannot do directly. It cannot alienate by sale its property real or personal except at auction, and then to the highest bidder. (Charter 1857, sec. 41.) Upon the consummation of sales in this way, the proceeds are carried to the credit of the Sinking Fund. If the proposed street is deemed an improvement, the parties benefited should pay some just com- pensation. This 18 the principle upon which all improvements of a similar character have hitherto been made, and I see no reason for making this one an exception, more especially while the city is 80 largely in debt, andthe property proposed to be taken has been to its redemption. ‘There is a method of reaching the proposed end which would mete equal justice to all; that is, by applying to the Supreme Court for the appointment of Commissioners of Fstimate and Assessment, who should assess upon the parties benefited the just expense thereof. I can see no good reason for making the property in the immediate vi- cinity a beneficiary to So enormous an amount without (See subdivision 3 of sec. some equivalent. "If, as I conceive, the measure is iu con- travention of law, Tam absotved, by “ from participating in its consummation. The charter, in requiring my presence at the eponing of the bids, mani- festly contemplates only the legal contracts of the Corpo- ration, In conclusion, allow me to assure you that my action is not prompted by private views of the necessity or propri- ety of the work, but by a conception of the duty imposed upon me by an ordinance, which in some degree makes this department the guardian of our plighted public faith. I, therefore, must respecttully decline to participate in any way in carrying out the resolution under which your Board claims to act. ROBT, T. HAWS, Comptroller. Excise Commissioners. A meeting of the Excise Commissioners, with more life than usual, occurred yesterday. ‘There were four applications for licenses presented, which were granted on the usual conditions. Commissioner Kxkk offered the following resolution:— Resolved, That the Attorney of this Board report at its next meeting the number of suits commenced by this Board, the progress of such suits, the proceeds realized from them, and all particulars in relation thereto. Commissioner Homes thought it would be improper to pass the resolution until they saw what the proceeds of 1857 were. He moved that it be laid over till the next meeting of the Board, when it be made the special order. Commissioner Kerr did not see why the passage of his resolution should be delayed. Commissioner Hormes—Iam not sure that there is an attorney to this Board, and would not like to recognise one at a risk of having to pay him $18,000 or $20,000. , Commissioner Kxrr—Well, I would like to have an opi- nion on the subject anyhow, and it would be well to kuow what we are doing. Commissioner Horwes—Mr. Robinson can give you an opinion. 4 mmissioner Kerr—Why should I look to him? Commissioner Hotmes—Because he wrote your resolu- tion. Mr. Kerr—He never saw it. Mr. Hotmm—I know his writing too well for that. bis writing. Mr. Kei saw it Mr. Horwes—I don’t want to make bets in this meeting. Commissioner Holmes’ motion was then carried, Mr. Haskett voting with him and Mr. Kerr in the negative. ‘A motion to adjourn then prevailed. Itis (warmly)—I'll_ bet you fifty dollars he never New York Yacht le Regatta for The fall regatta of the New York Yacht Club will come off on Tuesday morning, the 22d of September, at half- past ten o’clock, under the direction of the Regatta Com- mittee. There will be a prize valued at $50 for each class of yachts. 2 ‘The courses for the sailing are as follows:— hts will be started when under way and in from abreast of buoy No. 20, off Owl’s Head, L. 1. At the time of starting a preparatory gun will be dis charged from the yacht Favorita; soon after, a second gun will be discharged, when the yachts of the third class ADDITIONAL FROM SOUTH AMERICA. The War with the Argentine Confedera- tion and Buenos Ayres—Military Move- ments=Urquiza Calls Out His Reserves Enthusiastic Addresses of the Generals, dc., de. OUR BUENOS AYRES CORRESPONDENCE, BUENOS AYRES, July 26, 1850. Negotiations for Peace—Hon. B. C. Yancey—Mutiny on Board the Pinto—-Success—Manner of It—Bad Character of the Marines—Funeral Honors—Another Mutiny @ Fatlure—Paraguay not Hostile—Steamers Running— United States Squadron Scattering—Hacilement Among French and Halians, de. ‘The United States Minister to the Confederation, Hon. B, C. Yancey, has offered his amicable mediation to the go- ernment of the Confederation and that of Buenos Ayres for the adjustment of the question that has involved them in war, General Urquiza consents to the mediation, and Buenos Ayres agrees to receive and couskler propositions. Affuirs were goiug on in such a manner as-to promise suc- cess, when a new cymbination presented itself. Mr. Yancey came to Buenos Ayres and found both par- ties ready to suspend hostilities, but Buenos Ayres was unwilling to allow Urquiza to be, meantime, troops across the river. Mr. Yancey wrote this view of the mat- ter to General Urquiza, first reading the letter to the Go- vernor and to the Admiral, then sealed it up, and the Ad. miral conveyed it under @ flag of truce to Parana, His two steamers lay at anchor near the shore, and ag an in- dication of South American naval discipline, people wero allowed to come on board in large numbers, and the ma- rines were furnished at their pleasure with ball cart- ridges. The next day twenty-three marines, taking opportunity, fired upon the officers, killing Captain Muratore, and taking the Admiral and ‘sixteen others prisoners. ‘They passed the ship over to the Confederation. It was the flagship; she was well armed, and had a good supply of gold on board, with which to make purchases of strength, ‘No lieutenant was on board. The sergeant, the officer in command next the captain, was an outlaw of well known. character, The system of army recruiting in this country is to condemn criminals to the army, instead of imprigon- ing them, or, as they often richly deserve, hanging them. ‘This sergeant had been twice condemned to death for in- famous crimes, and his punishment was commuted to @ service in the army. He was promoted to office; com. manded no doubt other criminals; had access to arms, powder and ball, and hag done what might have been ex- pected. One mutineer fell, and be has received grand funeral honors by order of Genera! Urquiza. Captain Muratore is greatly lamented, for he was, though young, alread: distinguished for his valor, and he rushed upon his aseail- ants after being offered rich bribes to join the mutiny. Grand and expensive honors have been paid kim by Buenos Ayres. Civil, military and ecclesiastical bedies, and interminable newspaper scribblers have united to honor him and lament him. This affair has retarded negotiations. Men near government have felt at liberty to charge the wl > aster upon the United States Minister. Mr. Yancey hag returned to Parana for the present. Another similar mutiny was aitempted this week on Doard the steamer Constitution, by a similar character, and he was tried instantly and shot in two hours. Such a method of recruiting and discipline must in time of war produce its fruit rapidly and legitimately. The long disputed question as to the part President Lopez intends to take in this war is at last settled. The Paraguay steamere have commenced running between Paraguayan portsand Buenos Ayres. They do not at pre- sent touch at Argentine ports on the way; so that after all the effort Paraguay and Brazil will not interfere. The United States squadron on this station is now a lit- tle scattered. This week the brig Dolphin, with the act- ing Commodore, Captain Steadman, went to Rio; the brig Bainbridge, Captain Woodhull, to Rosario, while the brig Perry, Captain Tighlman, lies alternate wecks at this place and at Montevideo, * The European war is making a tremendous excitement in this city among the French and Italians. NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS. ‘The Presidentof the Argentine Confederation seems re- solved, in as far as the resources at his command will per- mit, to prosecute the war against Buenos Ayres with un- relenting vigor and determination. The whole of the re- serves of his military force have been called out, and some of the best chiefs of the Confederation appointed to their command. It is’ quite evident from the active war- like movements among the belligerents that, unless the pacific tnterferense of the American Minister should meet with a successful issue, we may very shortly expect to hear of some sunguinary collisious between the opposing forces, The officers of the army of the Confederation seemed to be animated by an impetuous and patriotic spirit, which, itis said, is equally suared by the soldiers. The following address breathes forth a tone of confidence and defiance:— The Chief of the Second Victoria Division to the forees under command: Companione'—The warlike elarion which-calia us tobeute ‘sounded atlast; the beroof taccros Sy , Calling us to arms to defend the most Which any nation of the earth has ever sustained. | The Captain eneral of our and naval forces sees ns arrived to fulll he mission which ike nation hee eeteasted to him in placing its fate in bia hands; and he calla soldiers 16 aid hn in establishing. the will of the Argentine = people t Fntre-Rianos! The great national cause, the federa- tion of the Argentine peoples, the constitution which unites us, in in danger, threatened by a miserable band of traitors, whos from us, aod causes ts (o behold ihe horrible’ spectacle " uses Us dismemberment of the nation, Soldiers of the Entre-Rios! Cor au gust assembly of the representatives of the peoples, has de- clared war against the us governmentof Buenos Ayres, giving the direction of the army to the liberator of the coun- try, to the great son of Entre-Rios, to our General Ui The union of the can be no federation, ty is possible, depends from this moment upon the invineible sword of the Captam General leading en your irresistible lances Valiant soldiers. _seSecond Victoria Division! You have heard the words of ocz brave General Galarza, who has told us, “The honor of the vanguard. belonga tow? Let ws reply by our united cry of “Advance!” ig the te of our lances; let us reply to the confidence of our chief, rals- Coe war cry, “The constitution, integrity, or jeath?” Soldiers of the law—Let us go to give Nberty toa sister pro- vince oppressed by traitors. Let us go to cause the sworn federal law to be fulfilled in the whole of the Argentine terri- tory. Let us, in short, go to fultil the national constitution or die'in the cause, Noble companions—That vietory which has always crowned our valor, causing the name of the army of Entresitios to be immortal, now offers us is palms and its laurels, we defend the most glorious cause that a free people can defend. Soldiers of the Second Victoria division—Always keep before your eyes the fact that the banners of our division bear uj iheir front a grand and noble inseription, whieh it ia our duty. toacecmplisif or to die in accomplishing. “This inscription is: Long live thé constitution of May. Tong live national integrity. Long live the first constitutional President. Federation or death. Let us swear, then, under this banner. Let us conquer or di With you, now swears it, your chief and friend, Tone 24, 1889. PEDRO CAMINO. ‘The following address from another of the commanding officers of the forces of Urquiza, will also be found to con- tain very certain and determmed language. It is dated the 26th of June, and is an order of the day:— The Colonel, Second Commander of the vanguard forces of Entre Rios, from the camp, in marching order. ORDER OF THE DAY. Oxp Comrantoxs 1x AnMs—Full of joy, I come among you, with the secure conviction that the morality and exemp! der which have distinguished the army of Entre Rios in all its campaigns, in presence of the great Urquiza, will always be fully preserved by you; and confident. tmt that decision and patriotism with which you know how to co- in Circumstances to save the country, will not a easy campaign like this, when the empire of the it, as well as the confidence placed in you by the immortal hero of Caseros in selecting you to occupy @ post of honor in the column of the vanguard. Valiant soldiers of Entre Rios! let us prepare for the com- bat with our enemies, the anarchical trators, in the situation in which they are placed. Let us’ seek the feld in which you might exterminate them, and gain the splendid lau- rels Wee victory pramises us, gaining forever the peace of the republic. ‘0 the combat, to the combat, brave sons of this classic land of liberty. ‘The nation, which regards you as the first dé n you in an law demands will pass to the eastward of this buoy. At the discharge of the third gun the second class and first class sloops will start; and at the discharge of the odes gun the second and first class schooners will fol- jow. ‘The intervals between the discharges of the gun will be five minutes, and any yacht not passing the buoy within ten minutes after the time of starting of her class’ will be ruled not to have starte The yachts will pass around the buoy of the Southwest Spit, turning it from the north and west, thence around the Lightship, turning it from the south and west. Returning, they will pags the buoy of the Southwest Spit, turning itfrom south and east; thence to buoy No. 15, on the west bank, off Staten Island shore, passing it from the southward and westward. In going, all the buoys on the west bank, viz: Nos. 11, 18 and 15, are to be passed to the eastward, and in return- ing, buoys Nos. 11 and 13 will be passed to the eastward. The attention of members is called to the following rules:— Yachts allowed to carry men as follows:— First class, one to every four tons of ber measurement. Second cl one to every three anda half tons. Third class, one ery three tons, Every yacht urider fifty tons shall carry during a regat ta a serviceable boat, not less than ten feet in length; and yachts over fifty tons shall carry one not less than twelve feet in length. Entries will be received until Septomber 20, at 11 o’olock A. M., atthe office of the Secretary of the club, No. 5 Pine street. All yachts will wear their owner's signal at their peak. N. B.—The Southwest Spit bears from the centre of the Narrows due south; distance from Robin's Reef light 10% miles. GEO. L. SCHUYLER, Rogatta HAS. LL, Committee. J. HOW, NWRIGHT, New York, Sept. 1899, ‘The steamboat Satellite, chartered for the use of the members of the club, will leave pier No. 4 North river, at 10 A. M., precisely: a | Charge of Murder on the High Seas. U. 8 MARSHAL’S OFFICE. Skpr. 20.—John Cowan, one of tho, crew of the Ameri. can ship De Witt Clinton, was committed for examination on a chargo of stabbing and causing the death of a_ship- mate on board the vessel on her last yoyuge from Liver: pool to this port. ers of the constitution to which we have sworn, will Sreca that 7H is faithful Nero ore the law; and that by your united efforts you will show that by drawing your lances Four enemies shall disappear, and the whole natin ‘sball’ve Advance, ye sons of May. Let the soil h from the TieAl of vetory vanish {romfour eighty and: bene, ot there, you shall have me at your side, and in moment of danger and peril your friend and comp: J CASTRO. The troops of the Confederation were hurrying from various points of the country, and the first sanguinary battle was expected at any moment, Coroners’ Inquests. Svicipg By ARsENIC.—Catharine Miller, & young German woman, twenty-four years of age, committed suicide yes- terday evening by taking arsenic. From the evidence taken betore Coroner Jackman, it appears that the unfor- tunate woman had committed an indiscretion with a malo friend, and was so far advanced in pregnancy that she would have bad an infant in a few days had she lived. Her alarming condition, and the inevitable shame it would bring upon her, seem to have been the impelling eause to the rash act. Her friends had for some time suspected that she was enciente, but whenever questioned about the matter, she flatly denied everything of the kind. On last Sunday she went away from home, and returned on the following evening, when she told her people that she had enjoyed herself amazingly while absent, listening to mu- sic and other entertainments. Shortly after, however, she wentto bed, and was taken sick with vomiting and purging, which became worse during the night. refused to have any physician sent for,as she said she would be better before morning. But she continued to grow worse and worse, and appeared to be in the greatest until about 4 o'clock in the morning, when she exited. Dr. John Beach made a post mortem examination of the body, and detected unmistakeable traces of arsenic in tho stomach, which evidently occasioned her death. Tho jury accordingly rendered a verdict of “ Poisoning by arsenic.” FATAL Fann FROM A Piazga.—An Mhquest was held yester- day on the body of Mrs. Catharine Butler, 68 years of age, who died on Monday, at the City Hospital) from the effects of a fall from a piazza in second story of house No. 67 Catharine street. The jury, after reviewing the premises, rendered a verdict “ That the deceased came to her death by injuries received through the unsafe condition of pre- es 67 Catharine street; and we further censure the owner of said premises for allowing the premises to be in such an ungafe condition,”