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the morning news.
BY JOHN IH. COOPEH.
WILLIAM T. THOMPSON, EDITOR.
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All new Advertiscmenls appear in both papers-
Correspondence of the Daily Morning News.
New York, Juni^l9,jl850.
A little storm has succeeded the calm, mentioned
n my last letter, arising out of the everlasting “ I' or-
rest case.” The papers have discussed pretty freely
the subject of Forrest's brutal attack on Mr. Willis
on Monday night; which, under any circumstances,
was most injustlllnble. His bullies or pimps are en
deavoring to place tho^natter in ns favorable n light
as possible i but an oye witness distinctly says, that
Forrest went up behind Willis und struck him violent
ly with something on the buck ot the head, felling
him to tho ground ; he then snatched lrotn the hand
of Willis a small cane, and plucing his foot upon
his neck, heat him unmercifully; his two friends
keeping off those who wished to interfere, and asser
ting as Forrest himself did, that he (Willis) was
the seducer of his wife,and he was chastising him for
it. He reiterated this at the Police office. Something
has been said of Willis’s having put his hand inside
his vest as though for the purpose of producing n
a weapon, and I think it very likely that he was arm
ed, for Stevens (Forrest’s man of all work) has made
no secret of the fact, that Forrest intended to attack
the othor whenever they met, and both Wyckoff nnd
Parke Godwinadvised him to go armed. This fact
would tend to falsify the statement in Stevens' card,
that Forrest saw Willis coming across the parndc
ground and deliberately walked up to him ; because
if so, the othor would have been prepured to
receive him. Wyckoff, I understand is to be the nex t
victim, but he leaveB for Europe to-day in the Ameri
ca, if Is rumored.
There is but one opinion in this community, or nt
least the respectable portion of it, nnd that is strong
ly condemnatory of Forrest; nnd what little sympa
thy many did entertain for him, his conduct has
entirely withdrawn. Is it to be tolerated that a man
without proof may thus jump nt conclusions— take
the law into his own handB, and outrage tho law, de
cency, and the woman he has sworn to protect—
trumpeting his own supposed shamo, and her dishon
or In the public streets. And what for ?—to excite tho
passion of the low minded and the base, and wreak
his vengeance through their agency,ns he did on Mn-
cready, when our gutters ran with blood. In my
mind, he is little better than a wild beast, (though not
so noble in liis instincts os some of them,) and should
bo legally restrained.
I was told yesterday thnt ovldcnce of Mrs. Forrest's
guilt has been obtained, which cannot be doubted—
that persons are rendy to swear to having seen her
enter houses of assignation ; but I cannot believo it,
and knowing as I do that ladies of the highest charac
ter, still visit her, and that tho wife of one of d\ir
most respestublo citizens is now on a visit to her,
strengthens my conviction of her innocence. I am
told that she bears her trials with remarkable forti
tude and calmncsB, concious of her innocence—not
objecting to a divorce, but strongly so, to permitting
her character to bo blasted.
The Printer's Library nnd Reading Room is to be
dedicated to hight-with appropriate ceremonies,
H. J. Raymond, Esq., of the Courier, delivers tho
address. The Library is situated in Broadway, and
contains already 4 or 5000 volumes.
We are in the full enjoyment of strawberries and
cream just now—they are very plentiful, and very
ripe, rich and luscious. They sell for four cents per
basket.
Senator Dickinson having been received by the ci
ty authorities—entertained at the Astor House, nt the
iity's expense, ate a dinner, and made a long speech,
at Tammany Hall, and held a levee in the Governor's
room, returned last night to Washington. His recep
tion must have been highly gratifying.
. A man named Brown was killed this morning on
tho Hudson River Rail Road, being he was tip by the
cow-catcher and thrown a considerable distance.—
His injuries were bo sevoro that he died soon after
wards.
The America left here to-day with 103 passengers
and $198,955, in specie. Among the passengers is Mr.
•Kinney of tho Newark Advertiser, our Charge to Sar
dinia. We are in hourly expectation of news by the
Caynhria, now due at Halifax.
A trial of some importance took place yesterday
in one of our Courts. Tho suit wns to ■ recover the
value- of a large quantity of cheese, complained of
by the neighbors and seized by the authorities and*
thrown into the river during the prevalence of tho
cholera last summer. The effluvia was most offen
sive, but the cheese itself was said not to be unwhole
some, and was considered a bonne louche by Germnns
and Frenchman. The jury gave a verdict for tho
plaintiff', for nearly one thousand dollars.
The evidence in the divorce case of Dr. Arnold and
wife closed this morning, and counsel commenced
summing up; it will probably be terminated to-day
or to-morrow. Two facts have been proved on this
trial—that St John's Park is a.resort of heasts on two
legs, aud that beasts of another description resort there
for the purpose of levying black-mail.
The Drury case did not come on for trial on Mon
day at Brooklyn. There has been nothing but post
ponement throughout this affair. I wonder that the
courts can thus be trifled with.
We are all on the qui vine for the production of
• the opera of the Huguenots, hy the Italian Company
on Friday night. Fashion, which has not extended
its patronage to this company, will probably be in
duced to be.present on this occasion.
CIIARLEMAC.
Ireland.
The" news of the state of this unhappy country
brought by tho Viceroy, is far from encouraging. The
western coast or Ireland is in a very deplorable con
dition. Between rack rents, poor rates, nnd othor c-
normous taxation, tho very blood nnd vitnlsnre press
ed out of tho people. It seems it is necessary to col
lect the poor rates by the aid of her Majesty's war
steamers.
Emigration from Ireland. A correspondent
writing irom Waterford, in reference to emigration
from Ireland, says: Two first class steamers leave
weekly, ench carrying some hundreds oi people eve
ry trip, nnd those notconsisting of such specimens ot
our peasantry as I wns accustomed to see toiling tneir
way through tho streets of Manchester, on the ap
proach of oobvest time, nnd from whom John Hull,
1 fear, too often forms his notion of the Irish. Instead
of these poor creatures, hull garbl'd in grey 1 raize and
rugs, you seo men of an appearance in cvci y way
their superior—tall, well formed and athletic, comfor
table clad, chiefly in dark blue; the women, too, gen
erally well dressed aud well looking, and all with a tol
erable quantity of luggage, und many, it Is said, with
considerable sums ot money. I hey are principally
from Tipperary, King’s county, Wexiord, Waterloid
and Kilkenny.
The Dublin Nation of the let inst., contains an ar
ticle protesting in the strongest terms ugainst the in
human barbarities of the British government, in its
treatment of the captive patriot, Smith O’Brien, now
confined in the Maria Islands. The Nation Buys "they
are killing Smith O’Brien, by slow murder," and
usks, “does the law of God justify it? Does tliq law
of man ordain it? Willtlic people of England sane
tion it? Will the people of Ireland endure it?" The
appeal.of the Nation i? truly eloquent and touching
nnd will meeta response in the heart of every true
m an, be lie Irish, American or English. Speaking o
the present condition nnd treatment of the captive
champion of Irish liberty, tile editor says:
In solitude, in privution, in rags lives this Irish gen
tieinan—this noble mun who lost liberty, homo, family
—am.—for Ireland.
Nor is this the whole, in the l’oui den where he is
thrust, like a chained reptile, one generous girl of the
age of ten years, daughter of the governor, sought,
with the instinctive charity of her sex, to solace tile
captive’s care, aud lighten liis suffering by kindly of
fices ; and forthwith, on pain of new privation, O -
Brien wns forbidden ever to speak toiler again. He
lost this innocent familiar, whoso childish beauty
and guilessness, purliaps, spoke to bis father-heart
Tuemlay Morning;. June 125, 1850
53P The Office of the Dally Morning News is re
moved to the building formerly occupied by the Marin
Ilanlc, No. 115 Day-street.
of the orphaned darlings who weep for him at
home. .
What multitudes have melted into tears over Una
Aincrtcnn Art-Union.
George B. Harding, Esq., Honorary Secretary of
the American Art-Union, lias laid on our table a copy
of the Transactions of this highly praiseworthy insti
tution, for tlio year 1819. together with n most su
perb engraving of tiio second picture of Cole’s High
ly popular allegorical series, entitled The Voyage
of Life, and Darlkv’s illustrations of Irving’s le
gend of Sleepy Hollow.
Cole’s pictures hnvc been too long tho theme of
universal admiration among urtists mul connoisures
to need any encomium from us. In engraving these
pictures for distribution among the subscribers to
tho Art-Union, the piauagers have afforded a gratify
ing evidence of tho good taste and superior judge
ment^ which they are governed in their selection
of subjects, and of their desire and nbil.ty to incul-^
cate a correct appreciation of art among our public.
The series when completed will be truly valua
ble, and should hnvo a place in every home, where,
by their daily teaching of the great moral lesson
which they were designed by the artist to convey,
they would accomplish the highest mission of true
art—to refine nnd elevate the taste, to instruct nnd
purify tbe heart.
The etchings by DARLEYure most admirable nnd
characteristic illustrations of one of the pleasantest
conceits of America’s favorite author, Washing
ton Irving. There is life und character und truth
in very lace and form. In short Harley lias em
bodied with his pencil what 1 Irving described with
his pen, which is ns much as art could do.
Wo designedto eaysometliing about the Al't-Unlon,
and to speak of its object, and tile progress it has
made, but our spaco will not permit us to do so at
present. On a future occasion we will recur to the
subject, with a view to p^int out its many claims up
on thuintelligeutpublic.
We will merely add at this time, that Mr. Har
ding is prepared to deliver to the subscribers in
this city, the works of the Union to which they arc
entitled by the terms of their subscription.
very incident in the prison revelations of Silvio 1 elt-
co; and here we have it reenacted in the life ot a
man from whom no human creature ever suffered at
wrong.
Those atrocities are inflicted by the governor oi
Maria Island ; an official, whose brutality lias earned
for him, in the colony, the title ot “The Black Ser
pent ;" a tyrant whose name is a terror, and whose
presence is despair to the hopless victims oi his in
fernal cruelty.
In this monster’s power; tortured, outraged, mad
dened, lives your countryman ; the son ot your king-
liest house; the generous patriot who fought and
fell for you nnd us all.
Alluding to the contemplated visit of the Queen,
the Nation says:— "*
We hear that the Queen of England comes to Ire
land again this summer—comes for the ovntion thnt
monarchs love from petted slaves. But we warn her
and her ministers, thnt ns surely as she sets foot on
Iribh soil, while O'Brien is thus tortured and degra
ded, so surely, wherever she turns, shall his name be
thundered in her ears, as a malediction—so surely
iirvtit.wl in Vinr fnrp 'This nrnmisn
shall his blood lie flouted in her face. This promise
we will see fulfilled.
Excursion to Tydee. The steamer J. Stone, will
make an excursion to Ty bee this morning, nt 8 o’clock
It will ull'ord our citizens an opportunity to visit Fort
l’ulaski, and got a snutt' of the relreshing sea breeze.
Fourth of July.—By reference to our advertis
ing columns, it will be seen that -the members of the
Third Beat Company will hold a meeting nt Ilodg--
son’s Park, this afternoon, to make arrangements to
celebrate the anniversary of American independence.
We are gratified to observe this spirit in the old Third
—there is no luck of patriotism umong its members,
nnd we have no doubt they will make such arrange
ments as will insure a becoming celebration of the
approaching Anniversary. ,
Congressional Proceedings.
Washington, J unc 20, 1850,
Senate. Mr. Clay presented resolutions of the Re
form Convention ol Kentucky in (aver of tho passagr
of the Senate adjustment bill.
Mr. King reported a joint resolution granting
gold medal to tho British barque Saruli, for saving
wrecked American seamen.
The adjustment bill wns taken up, nnd after a brief
discussion. Hy Messrs Underwood, Foote and Pratt,
of the pending amendment, giving the U. S. Supreme
Court jurisdiction in the ense of the dispute between
Texas nnd New Mexico, the amendment was reject
ed—yens 1(5, nnys24—as follows : ;
Yeas—Messrs. Baldwin, Clarke, Corwin. Davis ot
Mass., Dodge of Wie., Greene, Hale, Hamlin, Miller,
Phelps, Seward, Sprunnce, Underwood, Uphum,
Wales, Witlkei—16.
Nays—Messrs Atchison, Badger, Benton, Berrien,
Bright, Butler, Cass, Clay, Cooper. Dawson, Downs,
Felch, Foote, Houston, Hunter, King, Mason, Morton,
Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Soule, Sturgeon, Whitcomb
—24.
Mr. Berrien moved an amendment, providingtliat
California have one representative in Congress, in
stead of two, and that a new election take place.
Berrien spoke at great length in support of the mo
tion.
Mr. Dougins delivered nu argument in reply.
The first part of the amendment was rejected, yeas
12, nays 31.
Tho second part wns rejected—yens 12, nays 22.
Mr. Foote hoped, he said, that the understanding
would bo that we should have no more amendments.
The Senate then adjourned.
House of Representatives. The Hou-n passed a
resolution to close 11 ii debate in the committee on the
bounty land bill at 1 o'clock to-day.
Onn motion of Mr. Cobb, of Alabama, the House
resolved itself into u committee of the whole, (Mr.
Richardson in the chair,) and resumed tho considera
tion of the bill giving bounty land to all tho soldiers
and others who were in service in all the wars in which
the United Stutcs has been engaged.
Mr. Harrison spoke in favor of tho bill. He said
that the bill would appropriate about 80 millions ul
acres.
Mr. Watkins advocated the passage of the hilt.
He thought that 40 millions of acres would supply
the claims under the bill.
Mr. Cobb, of Ala., advocated the bill in one hour’s
speech.
Amendments were submitted by various members,
some Of which wore discussed at length, when the
committee rose and the House adjourned.
Mount Pleasant Retreat. In another column
will be found Mr. James C. Blance’s advertise,
ment Btatirg tha^ie has opened this house, nt Thun
derbolt, nnd is prepared to accommodate all persons
who may favor him with a call. It is pleasantly sit
uated on the Balts, and a delightful place to bathe.—
Fishing parties can be accommodated at the Ret rent
with boats, &c. We know of no place in the vicinity
of our city whore a day can be more pleasantly spent.
liouniy Hands.
By the proceedings jn Congress, published yestcr
day, it will be seen that a bill is now before the House
wljich contemplates an appropriation of land to the
soldiers who have served in the late wars of tho Uni
ted States for a term of six months nnd upwnrds. It
will he seen also that Mr. McLa*j«, of Maryland, lins-
suggested an amendment to tho bill by which tlio
bounty of the government will be extended to those
whose terms of enlistment wns Icbs than six months.
This is but just, nnd we sincerely hope thnt the bill
may be so amended. We cannot see any good rea
son lor fixing the term of service to six months, while
we are certain that much injustice would result from
such a restriction. By it thousands would be shut
out from the benefits of the law who have rendered
essential and hazardous service to the country, in
fighting her battles, while others who had never seen
an enemy, but had eaten their rations in camp or in
quarters for tho term of six months or n year, would
become the recipients of the Government bounty.
The defenders of Baltimore, the men whose valor
saved thnt city from falling into the hands of the Bri
tish during the war of 1812, but whoso term of ser
vice was less than six months, would be excluded,
with thousands of other citizen soldiers who flocked
to the standard of their country in the hour of peril.
The thousamU of volunteers in our own State, who
served in the Seminole lunl Creek wars of 1836-’37, who
in the three or four months during which they were
in the service in the wilderness and swamps of Flori
da, encountered more hardship, pri vation nnd peri
then others have had to endure during au enlistment
of years, would be excluded from the benefits of tho
law. The severfties ot the Semminole campaign oi
1836-'37, 'a well known to thousands in our State who
participated in it. The rising of the Indians was sud
den, und the call was made for volunteers to repair
immediately to the scene of hostilities, to protect the
defenceless inhabitants of the country. Georgia sent
forth her Imttulions of youngmon, whowere the first in
the field, and only left it at the expiration of the cam.
paigu. The country was without roads or forts, nnd the
army without moons of transportation; so that be
tween hard labor, hard marching, exposure to all
weathers, and limited supplies of provisions, to say
nothing of their encounters with the enemy, they cn
countered all, nnd in some instances more than hu
man nature could bear, ns wns proved by the great
number of dentsli that ensued on their return, from dis
eases contracted in the camp, and hy the impaired and
broken constitutions caused hy the hardships endur
ed in thnt brief but arduous campaign. They rendered
promptly pll tho service that the Government requir
ed of them, nnd when the Government hnd no longer
need of them, they returned to their homes are
relieving the country of their support. It any class of
troops ns entitled to the bounty of the Government,
we think it is such troops ns these.
We hope our delegation in Congress will support
the amendment of Mr. McLane, and thnt the hill will
be so adjusted as to embrace all who have faithfully
served their country, whatever the term c£ their ser
vice. The Government is abundantly able to reward
her citizen soldiery, and while Congress is proposing
to give liberal donations of the public domain to for
eigners, we hope they will not overlook the claims oi
those by whose blood and vulor it has been acquired
and defended.
— — — —
Colllsons at Sea. -=
Mr. John A. Rucker, underwriter to the I
Assurance Company, gives a classification T*
number of collisions at sen reported in Llov a. ,
<luring the five years from 1845 to 1849 i n T 1 "
From this It appears that tho annual number
603,564,699 nnd 585; so thatthere lias been n ,i Wer ®
notwithstanding tho increased commercial h,®**"’’
1849. The total collisions of the fivB years nm ' C of
3094. Of these 269 were cases in which vessel 0 ' 1 " t0
sunk,run down or abandoned; 139 were ca**'’" 0
which there was serious’damage; 630 inwhiriM”
damage, although less, was still considerable min ®
which it was only slight. The average of e ’tli m
in contact with sailing vessels, about 37- 0 f,
■ easels in contact with steamers, 36, and nf 8
easels, 533. 1 * MBb *
From Florida.
The United States steamer Fashion, Capt B H.
from Fort Brook, Fla., via Mimito river, arrived atN
Orleans on tho 16th inst., having left Fort n.„ ,
the 13th inst. 1 urooke on
Come to off the Monito, at 4 P. M. and on Fhi
14th, at 8 A. M. left Tampa Bay. Come into P a «, Ju
Outre at 10 A. M. on Sunday, 16th, when there l '
nothing in the oiling. Th^^shion brought the n
lowing passengers:
Col. Plympton and regimental stulf, of t;,,, 7Qj ,
fnutry, with 5 companies of tbut regiment, for N o
The correspondent of the Ricayune says tlio cth
5 companies of the 7th will be dver on the next \x\
of the Fashion. The wholo 7th infantry i 8 destined
for St. Louie, und from there to bo sent on Wester 8
frontier service. 1
There .will bo left in Florida 22 companies of a,
tillory. Five companies of the 2d artillery are now
at Indian River, commanded by Maj. Lowd- one
company of 2d artillery at Mamie river, command-
ed by Maj. Woodbridgo ; four coiupimics of 3d Ar
tillery, under Col Steptoe. are ordered to Fort Mend
where there are now three companies ol' tile 1st ht- I
tillory, under command of Capt. Vogdi^s; two coin,
panics of tho 4th at Choconickla, commanded by
Capt. Reberts; two companies of tho 4th Artillery at I
Fort Humor, commanded by Major Morris; one com- I
pnny of the 4th Artillery at Charlotte Harbor, com-
mauded by Brevet Capt. Rains, one company (moun
ted) of the 4th Artillery at Fort Meade, commanded
by Capt. Getty; aud three companies of artillery at
Cnlocknhatchee, commanded by Major Hidgely.
The Indians say positively that they will net !
leave the country, and, it is no use trying to persuade !
them.
Arrival of tlic Hibernia.
The New York evening papers of Friday, received
last night, mention tile non-arrival of the Cambria,
but givo us the news received by tho Hibernia in
tlieir evening editions.
The cotton accounts are the same as those given in
our despatch In yesterday’s News.
The Pacific had arrived at Liverpool after a passage
of thirteen days.
The news from Cuba has strengthened prices in Su
gar materially. Tho value of all colonial produce was
favorably affected on the receipt of the news of the
invasion of Cuba. Rice—no sules oi Carolina.
Turpentine—Large arrivals had caused prices to re
cede. Sales reported at 6s.
Tar—560 bbls at 9s.
Rosin—400 bbls. at 2s. 8d. a 2s. 9d.
Spirits Turpentine.—Unchanged.
Timber—Prices still continue depressed in the anti
cipation of overwhelming imports of North' Ameri
can Timber and Deals.
The money market continues easy. Rates of dis
count low upon good bills. Consols closed on Fri-
_day nt 961 for money and 965 fornccount. In Foreign
Stock there is no material change to notice.
Slip* A telegraphic dispatch to the New York
Tribune, says:
The Intelligencer copies the dispatch from New
Orlciins, relative to the Convention at Santa Fe,
and snys that, if such a movement lias taken place
in New Mexico, it must hnvo been the impulse of tlio
people themselves which set it afloat. This, you
will perceive, is u virtual denial of any interference
on tho part of the Executive.
Willis nml the Knocking*.
Mr. Willis, in u late article in his Home Journal
on the subject of the Rochester Knockings, now ex
hibiting in Now York, expresses himself not exactly
satisfied in regard to their genuineness. He is, how
ever, thoroughly convinced in reenrd to Forrest’s
Knockings, of the substantial reality of which he is
willing to make oath.
By the hy, wo see it stRted in the New York gapers
that Willis hus commenced a civil suit, against
Forrest, in (which ho lays his damages at $10,000.
A writer in tlio Evening Mirror says:
“Probably this is the course that Forrest himself
would have chosen; for, he must necessarily have
been cast in a criminal prosecution, and have been
punished more or less"for the law he violated ; where
as, in the civil suit, he can show up his alleged domes
tic grievances, in mitigation of damages, and thus,
besides, accomplish what he professes (or his friends,
for him, profess) to desire, viz: the legal proof of his
charges againBt his wife.
Itispleusant to contemplate Willis’s consistency
in claiming damages. A year ago, ho was loud
mouthed, abusive, and declamutory, against Macready
and Macready's friends: and he carried it so far as
justify, in his paper, the mob law of his (then) Mag
nus Apollo. But ho does not relish, it seems, the same
law, at the same hands, when applied to his own back."
We well remember the interference of Willis in tho
Macready affair, and that tho inflamed state of public
opinion in New York wns instigated in n great degree
hy bis articles. We do not approve club law under
uny circumstances, though there are cases in which
corporal chastisement is almost excusable. We know
nothing of tho merits of this Foriiest and Willis
ease—but from our general knowledge of tho parties
concerned, we^should judge it to lien shabby piece
of business, in which very little character is involved
on cither side. We frequently see allusions made
to this case by way of illustrating tlic moral tone of
fashionable society in New York. This is unjust, for
with all its follies, what is culled fashionable society
ill tl-.at city, holds itself a little ubove the level of the
green room amj " fancy" clique to which tlic parties
involved in this affair belong.
Steech Of Gen. Lopez. Tho New Orleans Del
ta gives the following translation of Gen. Lopez's
speech in that city, after ho had been released on bail,
to the enthusiastic assemblage that greeted him at the
St.. Charles Hotel. It is, pretty und off-hand;
Gentlemen:—loan find no suitable expression to
convey to you the gratitude of my heart for the^e
demonstrations of your kindness and sympathy.—
They are particularly welcome at this moment, when
my motives nnd conduct aro traduced, ami my acts
subjected to a criminal prosecution. Of this, how
ever, Ido not complain: he who would deserve tho
emiles of fortune, must know how to bear her capri
ces. I am prepared for either.
Gentlemen, whatever may be tlic short sighted cal
culations of a shallow and selfish policy, based upon
mere expediency and disregarding.the* best, and ho
liest feelings of our nature, the hearts and arms of a
generous and noble people cannot lie mndeindilfercnt
to the sacred cause of freedom and humanity. There
is a law within us—a law which you have this day
made manifest—which proclaims and enforces tho
duty oi mutual assistance and love among all men, by
'whatever national designation they may bn known.
My offence is, that I have sought the benetils ol tlmt
law—of that common bond of humanity—foroppres-
cd Cuba. 1 am conscious of noun othor. If for ibis
Death of Col. Dupree.—We learn from the officers
of the steam bontNateh.cz that a report was in circula
tion nt Vicksburg, Mi6s., that Col. Dupree, a well
known . gentleman, was recently killed by his son-in-
law, in Hinds county, Miss. We have no further par
ticulars of this sod event. Col. Dupree formerly re
sided in this state. Since writing the above we have
conversed with n gentleman from VickBburg, Miss.,
who gave us the following particulars:
Col. Dupree and his soil-in-law, Mr. Graves, have
for some time past hnd a difference. On Saturday,
the 8th inst., they met at a church nenr Brownsville,
Hinds' county. Graves left the church, but was soon
followed by Dupree, who approached him and ask
ed If Graves wns armed. Graves, hoping to prevent
any difficulty, suid that he was not. Dupree then pull
ed Graves from his horse, and cut him several times
with a knife, when Graves pulled a pistol from his
pocket nnd shot the Colonel through the body. Col.
Dupree, mounted Ills horse ami rode several miles
home, but died about two hours after having recei
ved tlio wound, it is a most mclnurhnly affair.
[ .V. O. Picayune.
Storm in New York—Loss of Life.—A torna
do passed over tho city of New York on Thursday
night but, accompanied by lightning and hail.—Trees
wore uprooted, the dome window of Stewart's
store on Broadway was broken, aud many of the tele
graphic posts were blown down. Tlio masts of a
vessel in the harbor wore carried away, and several
boats upset, one containing three boys, all of whom
were drowned. The walls of several houses were
blown down, and a house was struck by lightning.
The steamer Knickerbocker, on her pnssuge up the
Hudson, was driven on tho locks in Hell Gate. Tho
passengers were all taken otf and brought to tlio cityi
and it is expected that the boat will be got oil.
Disaster of the Griffiths
The Northern papers continue to give painful de-
tails of the late shocking disaster on Lake Erie, by.
which some 250 souls perished within afew rods of the
shore. The steamer Griffith was about three miles
from shore when the fire wns discovered. She was
immediately headed for the land, and ran until she
grounded upon a bar—about twenty rods from tho
shore, between which and the shore there was deep
water. The disaster was about 20 miles east of
Cleveland, nearly oft Chagrin.
A passenger who escaped snys :
The passengers were thick around the boat, and
great mnily thnt could not swin weald hold on to oth
ers and drown them ns w J1 as themselves. It was a
sorrowful and heart-rending scene : the manner iu
which I got out of their way was by jumping about
20 feet into the water, and took directly out into the
luke und then swam up a little distanco to get out of
the rcneli of others and to prevent them pulling me
down. I then swam for tlic shore. There were ti out
5000 people on shore when I reached it, from Cleve
land, Willoughby, Paiusville and Frankfort. Only
two females were saved. These fortunately secured
a settee and were taken out of danger by a waiter, who
was himself saved. Capt. Roby, we are told, threw
his wife and child aud wife’s mother overbunrd, and
jumped into the water himself, which wus the last
that was seen of them alive. The steward was found
grasping in his baud Captain Roby’s chll* whom he
endeavored to save, nnd, wus supposed, lost his life te
consequence.
There were ubout forty cabin passengers, only sev
en of whom were saved ; there were from two hun
dred and fifty to three hundred deck passengers,
mostly German, nnd only about thirty in nil saved.
The fire wns discovered about half-past three in the
morning, ubove ®o smoke pipes. The crew endec-
vored to extinguish it without alarming the pnseen-:
gers, but tho flames spread so rapidly thnt the cry]
was sod'll raised, “ save yourselves 1”
The hurricane deck was literally packed with emi
grants sleeping, mid when the fire wns annouccedl
us beyond control the utmost confusion nail terror
prevailed; tho boat was immediately headed toward
land and grounded some 20 yards from shore. Its
said one man was hooked up from the bottomof]
the lake, with au infant child clasped tightly in Ms|
arms. A group of five or six emigrants, men, women
and children, were found with their arms close J
locked together, evidently having left the boat an
sunk in that condition. I c wns supposed thnt most o
the passengers jumped overboard, hut it appear
that the boat is literally covered with the boncso
the burned The fire wns supposed to have origan •
cd front tho boilers or the furnace.
While barege dresses are fashionable in Farls.
The flounces are narrow, but very numerous, and are
edged with colored bruid.
The Fruits.—Father Mathew, while in Vicks
burg, administered the pledge to several hundred
The editor of the Whig says that a liquor vendor wri
tea him that Father Mathew nnd the Sons of Temper-
mice have effectually ruined his business. lie hopes,
Louisiana and the Cuban Expedition.—The
N. O. True Delta, speaking of tho Lopez trial snys—
Had Lopez been sent at oueo before tho Grand
Jury, nobody ever would have heard ot the compile
ity of the stute authorities in the Cuba expeditior
—for we have boundless faith iu tho circumspect
silence of secret bodies, and tlieir leniency to rich or
powerful culprits, and would bet our life against
ducat on a favorable result. The lutes decreed
otherwise, and tbe astounding fects is now made pa
tent to the people of Louisiana that this invasion oi
Cuba wns an affair entirely local, and tbut whute'f
of greatness or of odium that attaches to it is ti
sole property of public officers ol this State
We think it is claiming rather too much lor Louis
iana, and that New York will be found to have more
share in the honor of the enterprise.
United Once More.—We learn thnt the Mcti!
ty, which has existed so long between the free.“
sons of the State of New York has beenaminib y
tied. It will he remembered that some time sine
split took place, and the scceders from the
Lodge of the .State of New York organised ai>ol>P“
tion one, and-called it St. John’s Grand qe n "
1ms been acting independently of the utlic ■
terms upon which tho amicable arrangem
made are—That all tile Lodges under the junad
of St. John’s Grand Lodge are acknowledges
ing legally constituted, nud the members * ^
regularly made Masons. Another poiut . atiol
St. John’s Grand Lodge, nt its annual co ^
in June, 1851, desire to dissolve Itself then
Officers and Past Grand Officers thereo
knowlcdged and recognized us Past Grand
A Thrilling Tragedy The Evnnsvillo (la.)
Journal of the 12th says :
“It is rarely wo have boeu culled upon to record a
more terrible transaction than that which occurred in
this city on Saturday night Inst. A man, named Sam
uel Carlisle, living about three miles from Evansville,
Murder.—The captain ol a fishing schooner, Georgo
Riggins, wns brutally murdered at Cooper's Point,
N. j., Wednesday morning, by two men named Me-
Culliim and Murphy. It seems that a mistress of
MoCalliou’s neoompunied Riggins oil a moonlight
excursion, which caused jenl ‘ 1 '
however, thnt muny of liis debtors who have taken
the pledge, will call speedily nud pay their grog bills,
to enable him to live while lie is making arrangements,
to engage in another calling.
Late from Baiiacoa, Cuba.—We learn, says the
N. Y. Herald, by tlic arrival ot tho schooner John S.
feelings and a ileSre j Whipple, Captain Lawson, from Baracoa, that Mr
for revenge, anil they followed and stabbed him to , BonneH, (of the firm of Bunnell & Overman,) an
tho heart. McCallion was arrested. j American merchant, had been imprisoned for two or
1 must be traduced aud prosecuted, well, let it be so.
Resting upon tin; purity of my motives, I shall pur
sue my course, aud accept the flousqqucnc.es, vvbut-
-erer they may be. If it be a crime to solicit tile aid
of freeman to achieve the liberation of oppressed nud
enslaved Cubans—men like themselves—apd to place
the Queen of the Antilles iu the path of her magnifi
cent destiny, I am determined to be a criminal, now
and U> the very last moment of my life—a pen in no i-
ous, unrepentingand open criminal—ior I shall im
plore that assistance from noble and sympathising
men, wherever 1 shall meet them—from my judges,
from President Taylor, from his Cabinet, mid from
Congress, as I shall ever beseech it from God, witli
every pulsation of my heart. Gentlemen, I thunk
you again.
. tar. Tho quantity of sugar manufactured in
Fiance is greatly on the increase. Beet root is tlic
material. There,, are 368 manufactories, nnd the num
ber of ponnds produced up to this time, this year,
is almost double what it was for the Corresponding
reason last year.
The Hungarians in the WesL-C,ov. Ujhazy and his | U' r <te weeks, for having a letter from Gen. Lopez in
companions have, as we learn, fixed on a tract of laud j his possession. The excitement at Bm acou had been
in town, on Grand River, some, hundred mid forty | very great before the descent of Gen. Lopez on Car-
miles southwest ol' Burlington, and then- they propose deIlils tho inhabitants having understood tlieir city
to establish themselves. The place they propose to j ’ contemplated point for invading the island.
cull Buda, qlterthe capital city ol their native country. w( “ uu - °
Gov. U. and several ol Ips associates have recently Jenncti Lind has appeared ut Stockholm in a
been in St: Louis to procure farming implements, ! oev ■’ ‘ J , , ,, . .. —
witli w}dch to commence operations. While there a ! new opera, composed ior ncr by l.udoic John, . he
largo public mot liugjvas lirld, at which u committee ] has, therefore, changed her mind about never again
ol two from each ward of city was appointed to ob- . appearing on the stage; aud we arc glad of it, for
tuiu contributions to aid them ill founding their coin- i mw .... nr ,.i lann inc inav he the effect of a voice nt a
ny. it is designed that this colony shall serve as a ! “"trart it iVnlto-ctUer more delightful when uttered
place ot rciuge liir eucli ot their coiintrypien as may concert, u is uiiogcuu-i °
plae t . T
resort to it. A largo number are expected to. emi
grate to Lliis country during Hie present reason, and j
probably many will wish to settled at Dnda. The j
citizens (if bit. Louis also resolved to petition fun- ci
grass in lavurpf au adequate grant cl laud in Iowa ti
lor tbe liiingMliiin patriots now tierbij as will a
those yet to come.' „ ?'
in character.
excellent farm, returned from town to hi« home
on Saturday evening about 9 o’clock, in un intoxicat
ed condition, und with a jug of whiskey. Uo made
liis wife arise, und a young man sleeping in an a ad
joining room, and commenced a quarrel. Finally, af
ter ordering tho young man to lied again, lie took down
his rifle and fired it at liis wile, the bullet grazing her
shoulder. Ho then struck her several blows on tbe
hi nd with the but of the gun, mashing In her skull.
She died almost instantly. The young man entered
the room, but Pouring for his own life, tied to a neigh
bor’s for assistance. Ou his return, with others, Car
lisle was seated on the edge of tlio bed, dend. Ho hnd
pulled otf ono boot, placed the muzzle of tbe gun to
his mouth, and withliia toe discharged it, tho bullet
breaking out several of bis teeth, and entering bis
bruin. Liquor was the solo cause of this horrible id-
fair, aB Carlisle was in good circumstances, owning a
tine liirui mid owing nobody. An inquest was held
over tlio bodies yesterday morning. Wo aro indebt
ed to Dr. Wilcox l'os these particulars,
How fearful urc- tin; effects of intemperance 1 How
ninny awful crimes lias it produced—what mist ry hus
it brought into families—and how many thousands of
victims has it hurried into premature graves I
•J We notice the death in Washington city “I
George Washington Jefferson Jackson Polk Rich
ards, aged H mouths. -
PTpft is now ascertained, beyond a doubt, that n I-
lhol, when taken freely, is directly absorbed into
m blood-vessels of tho stomach, without undergoing
any change in that organ.
ry-[’he largn Tilt hanimor shop at Harper's Ferry,
V»., belonging to the Government, was destroyed by
tire on Tuesday last.
rap The New Yolk petition in favor of Mr. Clay’
compromise lias received more than twenty thousand
signatures.
Messrs. Diomktari, U. Consul to Greece, and
E. A. Davis, bearer ot despatches to tho Sultan ol
Turkey, took pussago on Saturday, in the Iona, at
Boston, lor Smyrna. Rev, Mecsr<. Wm. M. 'Ihomp-
.sox' and \V.u. it. Thompson, missionaries irom the i VVeeleyan publications-
A. B. and F. M. Society, were also Wugcrs. | cd tor circulating abolition |
American Tract Society.—It nppenrs
• r ot the Exec
report submitted at the last meeting o
Committee, that the receipts for the won »
_ 22,425; grants tor the same period 1, »
issues from tho Depository ifilS.lOT, and
e on notes for printing paper was $- 1 - fE i ori Eil
The number of new Colporteurs f or thei
since April 1, including theological stui ■ y
acatipns, aud several tor tbe loreigu c
been ninety-one. . . , „ nd issued d»
The number of publications printed , qq,
ly averages more than twenty-five uio ^
circulation of “American- Meseengei ireult
monthly—exceeding, by nearly one ha . ^ ^
tion of tiny other periodical mt his cot ) 81inlber i»
Ah edition in tho German is uho tssi i
about 12,1)00 copies. cX hibi
Cgf- Two South American dwnrls are 0
, ..... T„ if the advertisement «
t. ii wiv. thirty ™
believed, tho two together “"j re ,narto;
believed, 111(1 two togcim-* | rc ,
pounds. Of them the Jamaica Jut
“The little creatures ure r . cr lj"^f re site
much amusement from lhcl 5 ^nbejut and
activity with whiclrtheymfvcab^uta■■
ulalfe diemsolvcs ciitcitamt-b
tonishing Unit although .%. 0r H 0 u, and
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