The New York Herald Newspaper, July 8, 1860, Page 1

WH ‘ . oe & E WHOLE NO, 8704. : a é a ay) =! THE WALTON-4ATHEWS TRAGEDY. Addittenal Dzvelopements In elation to the Eightyenth Ward Murdere—What @ Railroad Cenductor Saw and Heard— Supposed’ Cluc to the Assagsin—Will of the Late Mr. Waltom—He Bequeaths All Wile Property to His Children, and Cats Wiis Wife Off with an Allowance of $700 Per Annum, dc, ‘Some additional developments in relation to the late mur- @ers of Messrs. Walton and Mathews were elicited yester- @ay, Dut stil} there is nothing definite as to the perpe- ‘wator of the assassinations. Coroner Jackmas learned, fthreugh one of the witnesses he had subpcnaed, that on the night of the murders a woman, answering the de- scription of Mrs. Walton, was observed in the immediate neighborhood of the spot where her unfortunate husband was shot. Dr. Foster, of Seventeenth street, near Broad- way, another witness, also states that, as he was going wp Fourth avenue, on Saturday night about half-past eleven o'clock, he was run against. violently by medium sized man and nearly knocked down. He thinks ihe can identify the person if he should be confronted with Bim. Mr. Robert Yelverton, whose name has figured 80 eeuspicuous'y in the case, is among the number of the ‘witnesses subpeenned to be in attendanse on the inquest om ‘Poceday next; but what the tenor of his evidence will be we cagnot rtate. © ‘Among the Bumerots letters received in relation to the murders by the Coroner is the following: Jory 6, 1860. Oonowar Jacrman:— a Fe res pbs distinct beard the t of ‘our! repor! pistol et thirty-three minutes past eleven o’clock. A map with L¥, t coat and hat came on his car on the ‘The passenger referred to by Mr. Griffin, as the gentle- ‘man who stood on the rear platform with the conductor, fe requested to send in his name to the Coroners’ office. ‘The geatlemen who were in the car at the time are also Fequested to do likewise. Captain Walling, of the detective police, and a number ef bie ‘‘shadows,”” have been detailed to work up the ease and lend a!) the aid in their power to the Coroner. ‘What will come of the detectives’ investigations re- maina to be seen. It is to be hoped, however, that they clear: the my which at peat reatar Ber NS hat” UTA et t ever di a civilized community. ‘The inquest will not be resumed in the Grand Jury room, as jously announced, but will be held in the Superior room at the City Hall. MR. WALTON’S WILL. ‘The will of the late John Walton has been offered for probate in the Surrogate’s Court. It is an unusually In the name of God. Amen. I, John Walton, of the city, county and State of New York, being of sound mind Pf ', and considering the uncertainty of this frail apd enehery life, do therefore make, in, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament. ‘That is to say, Gret: | give, bequeath and devise all my personal and real catate, of what natare or kind soever, to ‘wy brother, William Walton, of the city of New York, and my friends Job Long Samuel i ii i a g & Hy i i | i Ha Bal Bl y tal E PRE i i E z nu i H ¥s Hi i al : | i E it ES hy pe 3e"Ss Hit PH Han ig a ‘operty to pay all my Just debts and estate, my executors may much of my real estate as may i i te Hie a= ‘ eR SF t ge Hi ; rt 8 i le 4 4 ie 3 i a 5 af i it | : dg ii ji fh f : di: ; i | i Fa Bi g 3 H : ue u é H aentie H ! i the pettiement of Hl 3 HI § i al 35 H 4 EE i i ry i i i} | 35 3 Bi {i ii ut ul Eg it a clit Seite oes reine saisgent Ty oe Ger ae ‘be and Sveers Sai Signe seen T also empower for Seer acn a : ‘em by virtue of my will, Ly i fi g it is i £ ial a } 2: 2323 £386 ash ish. 1 do hareby dispose of and cammit the taition and curtedy ef my children, Mary Walton and Hani Waleen, daring thete minority to my mother, Sarah Wal the children . and ton; wut if she shall dic der! f either or both of my eald and commit their twit life aad ‘And, jaatiy, | do hereby nominate ah’ appoint m brother, "Wis. Timothy Walton, and my frlende Job Long z ii Fy / H Hi z igt z i Eg fi A Fat fu bel i é +7 ESSE Tee See Important from Mexico. REPORTED DEFEAT AND CAPTURE OF MIRAMON— MOVEMENT FOR THE RECALL OF COMONFORT—VI- DAURRI PRONOUNCES AGAINST JUAREZ—NEW COM- PLICATIONS IN NORTHERN MEXICO. the New Orleans Pica: , July 3.) ‘The mail steamship Arizona, which arrived at this port yesterday, brings to one of Our most prominent ani best inform ican residents the important news that Gen. Miramon bad been defeated at Salamanca and made pri- soner by Gen. the liberal arm; Zaragoza, of le This news is brought in & private letter from Monterey to Matamoros, and was received just before the steamer sailed. It would appear to be very reliable. Gen. Miramon was at the head of the whole react! force recently collected in the vicinity of Queretaro, Gen. of the constitutiona) army since the defeat of Gen. Uraga at Guadalajar: Of the battle we bave no ticulars, but presume it was a general engagement. defeat and capture of Miramon alone, however, would be a brilliant victory. ‘The place of the battle was the same in which General a. This news was received at Monterey on the 22d, by ex- prees from San Luis, and is believed to be reliable. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. by their correspondents at Monterey, brought by express from San Luis. fact that it comes to us through one channel only could make us doubt it. In itself the news is very probable. Afver their disas- bt yd perabe et , the Liberals retired to one of the strongest positions in the vicinity, bans owed were said to number some 10,000 men. raga having been wounded, the command devolved on General Zeragoza, an experienced officer of more than ordi prudence, who would be as likely ag any other to lead the repulsed army to victory. On the other hand, Gin. Miramon, at the head of about the same e number of Teactioniate, be move W! © greatest caution. be a reckless man, + in view of bisremarkably brillant i [ i i F Ei i £ il Hit i pe TG : I i z > gyhi Raf i 5: : F : i i i | i i Arh ntti fst drip isis ate & & F Ix © i i r a? i rf rE sie iu bal tis ited inet Pe correspondent of the Boston Traveller senda of Americans travettt io @yria from 1, 1860, Herman J. Warner, Boston; , New Haven, Conn.; Edw. G. Porter, Jenkins, Lowell Wm. B. Clar! at Miss Colonet ; John E. MeEiroy, Albany, N. Y.! Mr. Pied, iphia; John Crosby Brown, New York, 8. Whitney Phenix, New York: Lewis G. Turnbull, ——! Henry Brewerton, U.S. A, Baltimore; H. F. Browertan, Raltimore; (Wm. 'B Weir, Philadelphia; HH. Por ter, New York, Major L. juwer, U. & A, ——; Dy, B. Warwick, Richmond, Va: Mre. James \- ner Graham and daughters, New York; Mra. C. B. Nichole; Rev. Mr. Dowdy, New York; Mr. Nickol, New- ark; Mr. Ward, do.; Dr. 'T. F. Seelye and lady, Cleve- land, Ohio; Mr! I. Seelye, do.; Mr. C. Allen, do. The wrest of Hoffman. Utiea, July 7, 1860. The man arrested bere as Francis Hoffman, Secretary of ‘the Pacific Mail Steamehip Company, is about six feet three inebes high. He left for New York in cnstody at 5:90 A. M. to-day. WT = 7 ad A SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1860. Of the Great Eastern have at last been induced to yield to popular sentiment, and reduced the price of admission from one dollar to fifty cents. The new arrangement will BO into operation to-morrow, when we presume there will bes rush of crinoline and corduroy almost bewildering. ‘The average number of daily admissions last week, under the dollar tariff, was about seventeen hundred. Yester- day there were probably two thousand, though at no ‘time did there appear to be more than three or four bun- wired on board, Kees are the proportions of the ship and 80 many and corners are scattered about in which the visiters may hide themselves from sight. Large numbers have come in from the country during the past week to visit the vessel, but hereafter they will probably arrive by thousands. Arrangements are already on foot by which excursion trains of cars and boats from all sections of the country are to bring visiters at reduced rates, and enable them to see the giant curiosity at prices within the means of all. ‘The work of painting is nearly finished. The masts have been painted, the broad white streak around the ship brought out in bolder outline, and a new coat added to that part of the cream colored bottom which is visible above the surface of the water. We observed, however, that a number of foolish mea or boys have marked the ides of the vessel wherever they could reach it with pames, figures and other unsightly devices, which strike pnd pelonbes bg] but a favorable and as it w impossible for the officers of the - tending to their duties on board, to keep a fookout on 0 these gentry, we trust the police on the dock will tak the matter in hand and prevent a recurrence of the nui- improved in her bt when repovation ing pe about with a certain degree Another visible improvement of a convenient ticket office near eg gangways. Heretofore it was a most the eighth of a mile away, and vieers were frequently annoyed by the dis- tance they were obliged to travel between the purchase and delivery of a ticket. ‘The rumor is afloat that before the Groat Eastern re- make a case, but the Court would not suspend judgment for that length of time. ‘The prisoner was then arraigned, and in answer to the The Court was of opinion that the verdict wasa just and proper one, and the sentence of the law was that the prisoner be confined in the State prigon at hard labor for the remainder of bis natural life. aan ‘with Carroll ax accessory te the fact, should be dis- = =. pene tp BO way responsible for the act of the motion, and the Judge subse- SUNDAY THEATRICAL EXHIBITIONS. ‘The Court said that in the matter of the motion to quash the indictments in the Sunday exhibitions, he considered i i i ie [ it i HF t i fi A fa ‘ i Y z ul 5 > > 1e ut The People Sabbath, by giving dramatic parformances on the Lord's day, Held ¢> bail in $600 for each ace, making $2,000 bail. Two indictments against William Mclatyre for attempting to bribe Alderman Hrady in the case of the appointment t# the Croton Board, one for felony, in which the accused was bailed in $2,000; the other for a misde- meanor, beld to bail in $1,500. The Court then adjourned sine die. & ORK HERALD. © Highly Important trom Syria. Buiavt, Syria, June 6, 1860. | gE fi iE i 2 tl <5 = i Bi § i & i is di i th i Py i ! ; if i cM. ti | H i atl i : i. t i} ge . i i i i i i & If iF i i F g E E § ee ie i tf : Ht us i H dl zt g : Fis bi 3 Py 1] Lf | i i # if i i i 5 4 4 2 : | i is i a i : i Z| z E F { F z 3 q ae a & i E 2 3 = | 3 z i 5 i f | B Fitts [ites i uy pies Fils fy Ss Re i : : bave been the zg t H g ili il i i Fy iH ff EB iH ifs it FF t i i <4 a i if $F H E ; 5 g i z H | H : hoes above, news nea -y received that Deire! ir a aD garrisoned eh pre gad “I Christian towns, srtseh either by Christian or Druse feudal chiefs— doen received this evening that North of Lebanon are rallying, and the eae great slaughter. This yet fon has been estimated ‘Consulate that about sixty villages bave been burned. It is believed that the European Powers will now interfere in behalf of the Christians of Syria, and relieve them from the Turk- ish yoke. HADJI. Baart, Syria, June 7, 1860. oie ears nae aes toner eee war,” ‘who are’ 80" unfortanate aa to. be i i i 5 i Mi ef f fi i Hie 4 ile il ys fle Hi ti: ij TH al i i i il i ri ' i | ; f i ! if it ii HF is obs? ‘| is iy af 4 Hi i f ag i 2 i gf # i z i e 3 : i HI ih £ F i e f | | i mats ee aera ees alarm, and the The Moslems thro weat out and presepen of a Renstan trigase of thirty gums gives ‘® foal. ing of security to the Frank population of Beirut, and the expected arrival of & French feet is generally balled with iI for versele of-war, Mosieme in their prenent emcited tate. It is believed that thie state of things will hasten the end of the “sek man,” indeed, the French Consul General declares that this ja the end of the Ottoman empire. If this be fo the Mosieme will andowbtedly try to die game,” and the Christian population is begioming to TERRIBLE CIVIL WAR—AWFUL SUTCHERY OF CHRIS- [From the Eastern Correspondent of the Boston Traveller. } PRICE TWO CENTS. ral .inmarrection ¢ absence of an American veasel ‘aad gretied at this time, ius < war io rat. Letters are published in the late a8 the above, alluding more tion of the missionaries. teachers of the female amin lhe pt writer, Ras habe the Seminaries at Mount Lebanon, Jong threatened war has commenced battle is now raging. Beit Miry, three woe py hn. | and four hours us, is the scene of action. The fring is distinctly heard here, Our own stings ig weld nigh e + to be within the missionaries’ ) and they felt 48 the day wanes the spoilers are One is driving a thrifty pair of oxen before him—bis of the booty, “inoitioy bendy Nanenit's jond af teas ted bed- ding. A third tugs up the mountain with a huge brass kettle—and still come. We are hour; ever vigilant Consul, J. A us Johnson, Bsq., will send Ww take ws alarming. Provisions failed. wheat market are blockaded by the Bruses. In patches tay'"the people wil gt rather than marve." es 0} ie v s : ta are pouriog im from all directions, Everywhere in this region the retians are fleeing, the Druses murdering, burning, stealing. In other quarters the order is re’ |. Turk: sent up to quell the disturbances have joined the Drusea, In one or two districts the Christians are commanded by brave leaders, but ag a rule there is no order, no union of action among them. Mr. Hurter, Mr. Jegsup and wife and the guard arrived in Suk at about noop. As many of us a8 could be provided with animals came down w the city. The “pupils took turns riding and walking. A ‘motley troop of natives joined our company. Many of the women wore two or three dresses, that being jhe eaxiest way of carrying them. More than one converted her outer frock into » in which was stowed bread, shoes, clothing, anything q could be caught up in the haste of departure, We took it more leisure'y, and brought with us our trunks and travelling bags. Little children, seven or eight years old, joined the march, with many of bet ge Men shouldered their muskets, their Boys or their beds, and carried their red pointed toed shoes in their bands, We ont a eas our tears at the sight of these people thus leay: house and home, to return perbaps never. According to advices received here from Syria, siz villages bad been burnt on Mount Tork: sppreroee ad Seah some forces to Dar el in put a stop to the attacks of the on locality. At Said, however, the Turkish soldiers are said to bave supported the Druses, and to have participated fn the marsacre of the Christians. ‘The French consul at Saidj is reported to have entrenched himself within the enceinte of the Khan, with all the 8. A French ‘versel was expected. Fresb advices announced the commission of murders and burnings by Bashi Bazouk: A illes) , June 12, bo URXAXDRIA, (vie Advices from Beyrout state that the civil war in Lebanon commenced towards en ' ‘The Druses A fresh outbreak was expected. Destructive Conflagration. THE BROOKLYN CITY MILLS DESTROYED BY FIRE— THE NEW RAILROAD DEPOT DAMAGED, AND THB FERRY HOUSES ENDANGERED. ‘Yesterday morning, shortly after four o'clock, tho large six story brick building at the foot of Fulton street, di- rectly upon the river front, aud known as the Brooklyn City Mills, was discovered to be on fire, and burned with such rapidity that in an incredibly brief space of time the entire structure was enveloped in one sheet of dame, ‘The building oscupied a apace of about twenty-four feot front on Fulton street, and one hundred feet deep, ex- tending along Furman street. It was filled with flour, grain and feed—the exact quamtity is not definitely known, R The mil] was the most extensive of the kind in the city. ‘There were two engines and six run of stove, which wore and day; Dat last night, in con- sequence of the scarcity of graff, Work was enepended.ot twelve o'clock, and every one employed, with the ex- ception of the watchman, Hugh McLaughlin, left. It cannot be definitely ascertained bow the Bre origina- Ved, Dut it ie euppomed to have commenced near the en- gine, The watchman came running out ina state of the greatest excitement, and, going over to the ferry house, requested the employés to bring round the boate to aid in extinguishing the fire. This was promptly done. The Wyandank and Pacific steamed out, and, putting their en- gibes into operation, soon threw several streams on the fire. It soon became #0 hot that the boate had to be taken off for fear of being consumed, The Wyandank was then employed in hauling out some barges ‘and other vessels lying in the vielnity, andghe Pacitic threw a stream upon f pet d houses, which would otherwise goon have been in a blaze. The city Fire Department were promptly on the spot, and commenced working with all their energy, bat un- fortunately the cheap boee with which they were pro- vided by the city burst, apd they were unable to do as effective duty as would otherwise have been the case. Engine No, I burst all the hose that could be got. No.3 burst nine lengths, and Nos. 4, 6, 14 and 17 were also prevented from doing their full duty from the same cause. They prevented tbe fire from destroying the neighboring buildings, however. The Han seam shortly after the Bre was discovered, and soon played powe upon the . ‘The by ay! were invaluable, and were spoken of in terms Te ay dg ot the Brocklya Kh Railroad Compan: new D . which was erected at a coat of $30, ; was commend 5 LE if i i iH i i iii | i i a a; fi G # out tbe safe, comtaining the Dooks ad papers of the os. tablishmeat. The Unsafe Buildings Act. TO TRE KPITOR OF THE HERALD. New Youx, July 6, 1860, Th relation to the palling down of unsafe boildingr, I would respectfully say that the city of New York has no right whatever to pull down said buildings, as it is pro- hibited in the constitution of the United States, under the heading of article 7 of the amendments, which says, vit: No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or pro- perty, without due process of inw, nor shall private be taken for public are without juet compensa. tion.”” If the city call it due process of law by giving the Superintendent of Unsafe Bolldings the right to notify the Sheriff about any uneafe bullding, ane giving the raid Sheriff the power to tear down the same. then they have the} right: bot if they do not call it due procese of law, then they bave no right whatever. A PROPERTY HOLDER, quake with fear as the time approaches, dreading « gene- THE FRAMINGHAM, MASS., CELEBRATION, Senator Wilson Among the Insur- rectionists. The Objects of the Black Repub- lican Party, ANTI-SLAVERY ABOLITION AND INSURRECTION, Rey dey Be. The ingurrectionista of Maseachusetta celebrated the Fourth of July at Framingham, Mase., in accordance with the following call, which was published in all the abolition. and nigger Lewepapers some weeks previous to the event x apniversary ump rl be alrated bya rh A. meeting mockery ‘comme! by servility to slavery, let al) who hate despotiam anes densceear Seubileonlens 02 wall en of mee may ye legitimately wielded against it, asyemb! sider the solemn and pregnant igsues of the ‘we may best preserve the principles of the Revolutiop, Teer bom. Nemes to @ speedy and enduring uivm| About ove thousand people, white and black, responded to the above call, The meeting was called to order between eleven and twelve o’clock by E. H. Hxywoop, who presented's list of officers, with Edmund Quincy for President. Mr. Quincy expressed his thanks and spoke of the ad- vantages of the position he occupied, which djd not re- quire apy speech, as speakers did not He was Bad to be here, because it was clear of the dust and noise of the cities. From Maine to the boundary of Mexico, if any one knew where that was, thousands of priests, mamed orators, were persuading as many fanillences 4 the pedple were. The anti slavery meeting {a Fsminghann Grove was the only place w' anyining orig: could be heard to day, and where men alone hear the truth about themselves, the government, and their duties in relation thereto. “ Freedom's Battle Song,”’ by K. Thayer, was sung to “ Auld Lang W ‘Wat. Lloyd Garmmon explained the absence of Samuel May, Jr., om account of illness, and read a letter from bim. Mr. Garriron also read Ines from Miss Bacon, of Barre, written for the occasion, Both were applauded. ‘Mr. Quixcy sald that the next announcement would no doubt surprise every one. He had never seen the demo- cratic candidate for the Presidency, but he would intro- duce to them Mr. Douglass, of Chicago. SPEECH OF NIGGER DOUGLARS (NOT FRED). Bi, Forp Pove1ass—a colored man, but almost white—of is ecedents of his ancestors. The speaker then pass- io eater this day and the events it commemorated. ‘The ceremonies of the day were “ey. Blavery was ‘the bond of the federal government. ‘ntood Defore us, asking for the votes of the people. they represented ach a particuiar principle, do far as tho hopes of the black man are concerned, all these are barren. He had no more faith in carrying out anti-slay by the success of the republicans than of the . The; only took the anti.slavery thunder to elevate themselves to office, There was po difference between Fae anti-slaveryiem of Abraham Lincoln and that of yg ye Jem ved _stthing more than a ry whig. le expressed = bim- self in favor Mot a "nodified form of the itive Slave law—a law which struck down white ‘ibe well as black. More than that, Mr. Lincoln introd: into Congress a bill to establish a fugitive slave code for the District of Columbia, He refused to sign # petition to the Legislature of {llinois asking that colored men may be allowed to testify in the courte, as their testimony in Minois is not taken against a white man. Mr. Lincoln declined to give bis opinion in favor of a political equal- ity between blacks and whites, because he believed that the while was and always would be the superior race, Mr. Douglass proceeded to combat the aseer! that tho it ig inferior to the white man, and criticised Senator Wilson for admitting as much in the United States Senate. ‘The present inferiority of the negro was not a natural one, but due to surrounding circumstances. There was a time when the ancestors of the British were as jow as tho negro to-day, for when the Romans conquered Britain the apeestors of the present Welsh race were sold Rome for a mere trife. He rejoiced that not one drop of Saxon blood was in his veins, and that bis own ances- 5 America. This nation had proyéd false to the noble deeds an¢ examples of the fathers; and fathers them- starting point mS 1 wil covery, sove ts to-dny four millions of einves. speaker closed the last twenty-five years, and with showing bow living colored men bad proved the capabilities of Prayk B. 1, Of Concord, waa next He gave due honor to the leaders of the anti slavery cause and their labors in past years, but be thought there wes'a move practical way than to talk. g Au was weak. antisiavery men nothing if they talked for 7 their consistent, honest ‘course would be sction. that republican party at ‘ican’ party at the South by: onl, was i x3 i : i “i rE init f ; f : : £ 1 t ii Bf ss Fy i i i 5 Z 3 if i wy i ! 35 lit i i Hu i i nit i 587s, f i : : iit 1 i ts if if He E54 £ ' = #8 Hi i : i i i i i cit ay ~ ag 2: i E [ 2 i £ ae it i A 7 i ‘ ; H & 3 i } i i 5 £ iH i ii 53 Fi z F h f fie Ra Fe i t he enh : I i ippropr! lumbia for the poor colored children. in the Senate but sneers and remonstrances. it be my duty to advocate that ee poor children of Waehington, and in doing i Feferred 46 the condition of the colored men State, who bave the right of uffrage, tion, and nearly every right] have A = to me by a Senator, whether I believed men of this country were equal mentally te the whi Tanewered, no, but there were reasons why they wot. L asked Dim if it was any reasuo why a men sbowd