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MORNING H ER ALP. ,
TtESDAT, JPllY?s7I^y?
Vive Days LaUr from RmjflwtMl.
By the St. James, Sebor, from London, we have
the* London Morning Chronicle of ihc 20 h of June,
which states that k.mg William IV. died at 'iO min
utes past 3 o'clock on that morning. The Bishop of
Canterbury, together with a number of the members
of the King's family were present at the time. The
Bishop oi Canterbury, immediately on the King's
death, eel otl for town.
The London money market, on the 19th, was
steady. Prices had not varied any. Consols closed
at 91ft a J ? Uni'ed Stairs post notes, 93 a 94.
The North of Ireland Hunks had given a guarantee
to the Bank o! England for 500,000/. sterling.
The house ol Urowns, Brothers, &. Co. had reeeived
the requisite aid from the Bunk of Englund. The
time and amount will carry them through.
Vlorc failures have taken place. The house of
Fuliers & Brother* broke oil the 17ih, at Liverpool.
There is a propofciti"ii before the Bank of Kngland
to advance funds to retrieve the three principal Ameri
can houses, Wilson, Wilde and Wiggins. This idea
been produced by the plentincss of money.
J he North America was detained to briny out the
new* of the proposit on before the Bank of Kngland
fo suiiain the Messrs. Brown.
Tha honorable Mr. Dallas, Minister from thiacourt
try to Russia, had arrived at Portsmouth, and was to
?iil for St. Petersburg in a few days. There goes
$18,000 for a year.
A singular report pnvail -d at Portsmouth. It was
that Mr. Van Buren, President of the United States,
had mad< proposals of marriage to Victoria, the new
Queen of Kngland, through his Minster, Mr. Steven
son. Mr. Van Bun n, is rather too slow on the trig
ger for that matter.
The d.ath of ihe King of England is n greater evrnt
than the mere extinction of an old man's life can be
imagined. It is the signal for an entire revolution
:n the administration of affairs ? for a change, not
only in the cabinet, but in the very principles of the
constitution. Kver since the passage of the Reform
Bill, the whig party in England has retained power,
in rely as loafers, frem hand to mouth. The elevation
of a beautiful and lovely Human to the throne of
England, will cause a greater change in its position,
than we have seen during the last century. The
greatest changes in the action of the English govern
ment, have always taken place during the govern
ment of a woman. Queen Elizabeth and Quevu Anne
both gave facilities te the ardent spirits of the age
which effected, in time, an entire change in the action
of the government. The British rices have always
idolised a woman, a princess, and a queen. Their
loyally to a King is given ? but with some severe
grumbling. Not so to a beautiful and accomplished
female. We should not be surprised to aee the acces
aion of Victoria the lignal for a discomfiture of the
tadicals and ultras Yet it must not be denied that,
while on the one hand we may expect a deeper feel
tag of loyalty to a queen, it is possible that, under this
loyalty the seeds may be laid for an oiganic revolu
tion. During the reign of Mnry, Queen of Scoita, the
action of parties were excessive. In these days, par
tie* wi re radical and revolutionary as they are now ?
not political but religiouf ? yet the results will be
alike. It is utterly impossible at this point of time to
calculate fully the great changes that may take place
on the accession of the new Queen to the throne.
The eom me trial reeoLion is spreading over all Eu
rope.
At tlie sittiu* of the Chaml>er of Peers of the 14th of
June, the minister of war demanded a credit for the ar
my of Africa of 14,65a. 30? francs. The order of the
Way was then taken up ? the discussion of the bill to re
gulate weights and measures.
la the Chamber of Deputies, same day, the order of
the day w.i- a general diaeu sion uf?on railways. Mr.
Jaubert was in favor of extending them in every part of
the kingdom b*t objected to the plan of discussing the
?ubject in open Chamber. After a stormy session, the
Chamber uUjounied without coming to any decision.
The Duke of Orleans is in great favor with the work
?i mii of Paris. He is goim; to establish a pension list
for the widows and the children of those who were tram
pled to death in the Champ de Mars on the occasion of
the late military fate.
M llaussey, the ex-minister of Charles X.. is at Paris
publishing his memoir*.
At the f*tt miliinirr in I lie Champ de Mar*. *7 persons
?were killed nnd ISO wounded by the rush of the multi
tude through the narrow gates of the enclosure.
The Chamber of Deputies, at its session of the loth of
Juae, neglected the proposition Is make a canal joining
the waters of the ocean with those of ihe Mediterranean
by way of the (Jaroniie.
A new iteamboat in about to ply !>etwceii Havre and
Hamburg)'.
LivCSPOOt., June 17. ? Tin- cotton market i? stesuly, ami the
saioi amount to M?? l>al?*? ; ami, if any tiling, price* have ftlighl
ly advanced. )<* <? Atricea ami iit?0 Mural were taken |??r e*
|mki ? rut inquiry lor ?pecvlatk-n.
I'ubl*- Fwdib<- Paris. IGUi June ? 5 |?er cents, lotff
70 ; J (wtr rents, 771*. HO ; Bank stork, 2377f. 50; {Spanish
artire* 2:! 3-4 a 23 7 B. Complete stagnation reipns over
railway iturk. Ku-hinfr on I?on<lon, :t0 dajrt '45.3? i ;
Hamburg -lo. 1H5; Amsterdam .'>7.
Havre OiMoii Matket? Kales of ltitb June, !?3 bales
Louisiana, 100f.; 43 do.. 94.50 , 38 do. !?4 ; 1* do. 90 ; 3.1
do. PB.50 . 52 do. t?7.50; SI bnles Florida, 101.50; 10.1
do. 100 . 94 da. 92.50 j M do. H<? ; 4" bales Mobile 95 50;
51 do. 95 ; I OH do. , 31 do. H4 : total, 1040 bales. The
stock on hand is 25,315 kalea, against 52.300 last year.
4 >v? die 16th, 15 b. Pot ashes went off at 37 f, 103 tr. ?
Car<siinia Hire at 24.50, ami 50 hiids. sugar, at HO.'Ji.
PtMtWtai per Hi Jaim ?, Itm Ijoodon? Mr. Joint Kankm
41ft Lady. John Rankin, Jr.. Mi?* Kankin, Mr*. rthesle, Miss
Mtisafe. *ti?i llnvcn, MeMr>. H?-?iry Mle-Moe, Tbot. rtmith,
W as. Criups Blikr sn?l SaehrtssoN, of New York; M?-?sr?.
J?sn M Cmnplwll am! John Mifflin, of Ftiiiailelphia ; Mr.
John Oilmii. Jr. of Baltimore: Mr Jarvis Blade, m Boktun;
Ms'sulay . ?t ToronSai Mr. W m. Wi|(isi, of InDilo;
Mev?r?. Tarner, Msri?, Mutton, Mellon. Praser, Fai?rra\ e. He 4
Cliff, Mteplien?on simI WsMeer?*e, Mr. Kinffiton sod Lady. Mr.
M<t(i?e?, I.i?<ty srvl family. Mrs. Chippendale, of London ? and
4* in '.he M> . rajre.
t'r The finest thunder and hail storm of (he sea
son, came off yesterday, at half paat 3o'clo?k, P. M.
Tbe dark cloud* were ami hurrying about ai d mar
?balling the.r forces in the west, with occasional sig
?al fl ishes atid mattering thunders. The Hetvens
grew blacker and blai ker, until thur whole artillery
burst upon tia in a flood of fire, water, thunder,
and haii atones. In a few momenta it paaaed off, aad
th* queen sky assumed a beautiful serenity.
Up town several chimnte* were blown dawn, and
the awnings of a number of stores blown to ribbands.
No serious accident occurred in thi ? part of the city,
flawa town, particalarly in open situations, auch as
the Baitery, Ac. the injury sustained was mueh more
severe. Two large treea were blown down on the
battery and Broad street, and anothir, an anc etit oak,
was fdled by the blast in Trinity churchyard. A
Dutch vessel waa dismasted, and many merchant
?hips damaged by driving one against the other. The
only loss of life in our knowledge waa that of a pig
wbo waa drowned in Centre atreet, while attempting
to ford the atream that (lowed in a torrent through il.
" la Mosality Dvmb V ? fciot a word from the
" Kvenntg Post" last night, on the new tack of the
Globe and Argua en banking. Is C'ambre'eng
ready toresi?n1
t'r When will the (lenerel Committee call a pub
lic meeting at Tammany Hall 1 We are ready.
THe lt?rcnt Atiilr o t Hou*r<
The age of chivalry has not pssaad away, Hone
but Frenchmen, or South Carolinians, Know how to
manage afiairs of honor with eleganceand refinement.
All others are butchers or blackguards.
The affair between Mr. Eugene Grousset and the
younger Mr. Barbey, is a cast- in point. We have al
ready given an account of the causes of this quarrel.?
It appears that the younger Mr. Barb?y took up the
case of his brother partly on national principles ?
partly on fraternal feelings. In the correspondence
between Mr. G., and the cider Mr. H., thr latter wrote
him hi substance ? "as yo? are men ly a Switzer, not
a native, or a son of the Greai ."Nation ? la grancU na
tion? and probably da not understand the French
language, I shall translate the words I have applied lo
you, into Knglish, &e." This intimation was con
strued into an insult oil the Swiss. According to
the code of honor, tho younger Mr. K. could not take
up the quarrel of his cider Mr. H. with Mr. G. because
there wua no cause of action between thein. Mr. G
however, waud this delicate point, and for once ad
mitted the younger bro:her to stand m the elder bro
ther's .shoes.
It seems, however, that wc were wrongly informed ,
in relation to the prucer dings at the Police Office. To j
Mr. Justice Lowndes neit hi r had pledged their words,
nor was thvre any remissness on his part.
On Saturday, fortnight last, Mr. G. attended with |
Mr. D^Behr, a French gentleman, started for the Co
nadas at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. He was followed j
soon after by the younger Mr. B. Mr. G. arrived in
Montreal, and his second consulted with the British
garrison there on the preliminaries requisite for this
highly import. nt affair. The q'larrel, the parties, and j
their position were discussed and examined in all their
bearings ? Mr. Campbell Sweeny, we believe, throw
ing in a great deal of light upon the subject.
At last it was decided that the rencontre should
take place on the Canada lin<.*, near Lake Champlain,
in sight of the Green Mountains. The gr. und was
selected and racatured. The parties were placed along
a footpath near the highway. The time was at 6
o'clock in the morning, on Wednesday last?the
weath?r balmy? the sky somewhat clear? the ther
mometer about 79?.
^At this crisis, Mr DeR , the friend of Mr. G. ob
jected to the ground. " If the gentlemen fight on that
ground it will be murder," said he. "There is the line
of road. Neither party has to look at his antagonist,
but simply to bring his weapon on a level with the
path." This objection was admitted. The ground
was then changed? both parties announced ready.
On the ground, Mr. G. repeated, "I have no cause
of quarrel with Mr. B. I never .saw him before ? I
will receive his Are, but not return one." He did so.
Mr. B. at the word, fired. The bhot was ineffectual.
Mr. G. made a triangular movement with his elbow,
and fired in the air. Then Mr. B. took another shot
with equal little eff.ct. The friends then interfered,
and all parties became satisfied that their honor was
sufficiently satisfied by what had taken place.
Both parties behaved with great coolness, and per
fect gentlemanliness of manner, throughout this try
ing scene. Mr. G. is considered 2 dead shot, and Mr.
B. was never before engaged in a similar affair. Mr.
G.'s conduct in throwing away his fire is considered
manly and generous. lie was challenged by the
younger Mr. B., but having no quarrel \?ith hitn, he
felt as a gentleman throughout, aitd would not fire
upon him.
One remark we cannot help m akin jr. The French
men manage these affairs like gentlemen throughout.
What a contrast between this conduct and that ex
hibited in the affair of Messrs. Tompkins & Neale!
The latter quarrelled about trifles? as the best of men
may quarrd? but they went into it like wild animala
? not civilised being*. Fights, blows, rencontres,
r.ots, rows, recriminations, newspaper publications, in
dictments followed in their train.
The French are exquisite fellows either to fight or
innke love. Vina It* Prnncaia I ? rirela prnnde no
lion ! ? vive Contour ! ? rite la bagatelle!
We shall institute a comparison, in the manner of
Plutarch, on these several parlies and events on an
other day.
Tub Flouida Campaign? How to close ic. ?
Here it is; twv years exhausted and seven millions
expended? some skirmishes made ? the U. S. Army
in flutAiaer quarters. The Seminolea dancing out
their M green corn" felea and revelling in turtle, beef,
and the cxhauatleaa supplies of the everglades of Kast
Florida.
We have noted the events of this campaign with
deep interest, and predicted its present posture. We
have regretted its origin, becanse it had for its object
the expulsion of nalirctfrom the hind nf their n?f?
vi/y? an act which abstractedly considered, is at va
riance with the finest feelings of human nature; feel
ings which, becsuse moral, have given the highest
dignity and cclat to poetry and to song. We have
now, however, in this Florida campaign arrived at a
reality which, although dull in appearance, involveain
it consequences which it would be difficult to antici
pate, if the impression shall be permitted to lake
ground in any quarter, that the em rgies ?f ibe United
States are insufficient ta the immediate suppression
of the present hostilities.
We hazard nothing in saying that the military or
ganization and military taciies of the Uaited States
are incompetent to the immediate termination of this
war ? why? Hecause the United Stales military act,
in the aggregate, without roads and without the other
conveniences required by their organization. The
Seminole war is a war of detail well understood by
the woodmea of all the frontier states. Of these there
are tbouaands in the Southern States who, if properly
called upon, would spring from (he bush, and for a
competent reward would pursue the Indian to hia
lurking place. This is the on*y efficient mode of pur
suing! warfare like this.
Why than does government not ofter a liberal re
ward for the peraons of these Indians I We do uot
mean a reward for their heads so as to encourage un
necessary cruelty, but sock a reward as will insure
their capture, such as ilOOO if taken alive, and 9500 if
dead.
The practirability and ifficiencyof this mode of
terminating this campaign we have never heard ques
tioned, snd we seriously hope that government will
take it into consideration on or before the next meet
ing of Congress. Tkts plan will succeed better than
all General Scott's tactics, or General Jesop's either.
Tattbbsalls.? The market was dull yesterday,
the horaea being mostly of sn inferior quality, attend
ance tlun, and prices low. A bay mare, 16 hands
high, all the way from the Jerstes, sold for 9?, not
etiongh, as Mr. Doughty very justly observed to pay
her passage in the steamboat. A very respectable
bay horse, whose owner is under the nec*eaity of lea
ving the city, was bid off at 916. A bay horse, 6
yesrs old, kind in all harness, and good for saddle,
aold for want of use, went at the very moderate price
of 46. Another, of nearly the same deecription, went
?t 939. Out of the whol* lot but one horse went at ,
B decent pnee. A smart, good looking bay mare for
0HO. The remainder, some of which were better
than ordinary, went at from 910 to 976.
A Dmvi into New Jmiiy. ? 1 took a drive with a
cuuple o<" (heads to Jersey Ciljr, Newark, Orange
>Sprinf% the Notch, Patterson, the Three Pigeon*)
and beck again to Jersey City, an Sunday laai. It
is sinful I acknowlrdge, to drive about the country on
a Sunday? but how can I help it 7 A beautiful Sun
day is ten times more beautiful in the country than in
town. It ie like the pilgrimage of human life ? and re
minds one of heaven and eternity at every town. The
beautiful trees? ihe beautiful streams - the beautiful
hills? the iieautiful wild fijwers ? all unite to give en
chantment to the ramble. The hills und dales? the
purling brooks and sighing trees preach sermons, sing
psalms, arid sound forth praises to heaven.
We crossed at Jersey City. " Do," said the ferry
master, " slate in your next, Mr. B-, that we did not
kill a boy ? he is getting well."
" I will," said 1, " most cheerfully."
They are very civil chaps at Jersey City ferry.
We then drove to Newark. A sweet little country
girl was going to Sunday school.
" Would you likv to take a rido ?" asked our cap
tain.
She smiled. He assisted her into the carriage.
"So you are going to a Sunday school 7"
" Yes," said she, and then she went on to tell us
about her duties, and religion, and piety, and love of
God.
We passed the outskirts of Newark, and drove
through Orange village. Here the good people were
going into church. Crowds were lounging about the
church doors? and the village looked extremely inter
esting and beautiful. When we reached Orange
Springs we stopped? went to the Spring, which is no
great things of itself? wandered through the woods,
and returned to dinner.
The company at Orange Springs are few but quite
choice. The best thing I found there was roast chicken
and roast beef. Poultry is very fine. We had also
seme good iced champaign, but the chicken was the
best. Several very interesting groups arc rusticating
there, in the bosom of the woods? among them was
a very beautiful brunette in yellow. This is a very
good house ? quiet, religious, retired, calm, peaceful,
and temperate,? the water of the Springs not worth
a button.
Immediately after dinner we started for Paterson,
by the mountain road and the Notch. Here the coun
try was beautiful, the roads bad? (he people obliging,
and the ruts distressing. The crops of all kinds look
fine.
" What kind of crops have you 7" asked I of a very
respectable looking farmer.
He drew himself up at length. " The grasses are
good ? the oats promising? the corn tolerably fair,
and on the whole we have a good average crop this
season."
We soon reached Paterson, clanabered up to the
Falls, saw the place where Sam Patch made his first
leap, returne I to the Three Pigeons, and soon started
again for Jersey City. Coming from Paterson it was
dark, the lightning flashed along the western horizon,
and the smooth Passaic occasionally gleaming in the
blaze, through the trees, like a surface of polished sil
ver.
If you want a quiet place, in the bosom of a fine
wood, with good chicken, and capital roast beef, go
to Orange Springs. The champaign is better than
its water.
Tub Elections.? The whigs are rejoicing over
their victories. God knows, they have cause? it has
been so lung since th?y had the pleasure of accom
plishing any.
Noyes, the whig candidate for Congress, from the
counties of Hancock and Washington, itate of
Maine, has been elected by B48 votes over all his
competitors. The late experiment is bringing the
Mainers to their sense*.
In Illinois, the whigs have carried seven new can
didates for the Slate Legislature. If the Sucker* once
take offence at Mr. Van Buren, he is a gone case, as
ihey say.
There is Baltimore too, ahe will give us some news
in a short lime, doubtless in favor of Kennedy.
Business in tub Cibcvit Covbt. ? We are con
tinually receiving complaints of the slow movements
of the Slate Circuit Court, in the dispatch of business,
We doubt whether it is possible to remedy them,
but by an entire reorganization of th? Court itself?
The Superior Court wns established to aid the dis
patch of business? but suits have increased so rapidly
eflate y. ara, that suitors are a* badly off as ever.?
One of the great evils of these delays, is the dread of
eventual non-recovery. If a suit is followed up with
ordinary dispatch, the suitor may stand a chance of re
ceiving his debt. Delay in the present state of com
mercial affaire ia equivalent to a denial of jaatiee. ?
Before the procesa is matured, the creditor ia frequently
worthless and pennyless. Can we have a remedy ?
The Watbb Commissioners. ? A special friend of
the&e gentlemen has sent us the following courtly,
chaste, and dignified epistle :
Why Bennett, you must beadamned old fool if you
suppose that that the water commissioners ran put
on ten thousand men to (he works. If you will look
into their last report you may see that thirteen of
the twenty-three sections are under contract, and aa
the contractors have three years to do their work in,
the commissioners csn not force them to employ
more men than they think ia for their interest to do.
On the 27th of June there were engaged three hun
dred and ninety hands, ana by this lime the number
is much greatei. The truth is, if the blame for not
giving employment to the ten or twelve thousand men
you speak of, is to fall any where, it should be on the
shoulders of the contractor*, for none is attachable to
the commissioners, at any one might know. But, I
suppose thst you think you can play up Wtbb, and
get up a mob, and raise the devil, and thereby make
some money by an extra sale of your infamous, and,
nlss ! for the morsls of the city, too celebrated paper.
Wdl. well, go on in your reckless course ? but be as
sured that yo? are mistaken, the people are not muck
longer to be gulled by such a hyena as you are pro
ving yourself to be. A Citizen.
Here is a beautiful specimen of those impudent
creatureawho fatten en the public bounty. Ho*
dare such men talk of ourmorala? How dare they
look up to heaven, and not blush for their corruption
and indolence I Becsuse we eail upon them to do
their duly, their miserable empioyefi were directed to
impcach our motives, and utter their nonsense. Be
gone, misersble creature*. It ia the fault both of the
commissioners and coniractore, far nobile frutru tn,
that this great work is so slowly carrie I on. Talk of
390 handa, when there ought to be 3900 handa em
ployed. Wa never shsll quit this subject till it be
fairly begun. Ia it the fault of the contractor* that
the three reaervoira on the island are not begun? An
awer that Matter Brook.
|"Jr Richard Hildreth, Esq. a lawyer, and editor of
that modest journal the Boeton Atlas, haabeea talked
to by the jury of the Municipal Court, for libelling
them in hie report*. They inainuate that he kad been
in the habit of betting on their vardieta, and that hi*
remark* were in consequence of the irritation occa
sioned by loaiag a conaiderable bet. The proceed
' ings of the court were curioue and informal. Mr. Hil
dreth waa aaucy, Judge Thoteker **v*re.
V Vr The Argii* is annoyed becsuse Mr. Webster
{ chooses to travel on a Sunday. I* not this a free
I country, where a free man may act as He plea***?
By ???? Southern Eiprr.u.
Date* are on oar table from New Orleans to the
17th of July.
The Louisiana State Bank has resolved to pay
specie on all its 5, 10, 20 and 950 notes ? and on 9100
bills, 550? on $500 bills, *100? and on 91000 notes,
$200, in coin. The circulation of this institution com
pared with the specie on hand, is in (he proportion of
12 to 1.
The heat in New Orisons continues to kill the Irish
men exposed to it.
At the French theatre, during the representation of
the Barber of Seville, where Figaro is going to
| shave Dr. Bartalo, a wag in the pit cried out? "Hea
; vens ! what a shave! ? why, surely that is 's
j razor." Every eye was instantly directed towards
the box where the shaver or broker sat. Re tried to
join in the laugh, but was obliged to make his escap-v
| to avoid the diaagrtuble of his position.
| The boat race at Augusta went oil with ?reat glee,
i More than two thousand people were assembled on
, the occasion. The Minerva won by scarcely a length
? time, 23 1-2 minutes? distance not named. The
i prize was given to the victerioua club at the the thea
tre by Mrs. Hart.
The Secretary of the Navy, it is reported, will re
I sign shortly.
The President is reeelv<d not to permit the Penn
: sylvania to be coppered at Philadelphia. What will
} the city ot brotherly love do now ?
From Jamaica. ? By the schoener Walter E. Hyer,
Cnpt. Smith, arrived yesterday from St. Jagu, we
have received afilcef the Kindlon (Jam.) Royal Ga
zette to the 17th ult.
The intelligence of our suspension of specie pay
ments readied Jumaieaon the 10th ult.
A letter from St. Thomas, received at Kingston,
dated May 12, says :
"The weather in this quarter still continues un
usually dry; there has not been more than one days
rain, probably during four to five months past in this
Island, nor is there any indication of a speedy change
of weather at present; the complaints are not heavy
as regards the present crop, however, but feard are en
tertained as to the ensuing crops in Porto Rico and ia
| other Colonies, where large crops are generally reckon
j ed upon. May 20ih? American Flour S10 to 911 per
i barrel. Rice 95 per 100 lbs. Coifee 910 to 912.' ?
Charleston M rcury.
Orate versus thk Rose. ? "Why don't you put a
piece of crape round your hat?" asked a broker of nae,
yesterday, in Wall street.
" Wfey should I ?" replied I.
?'For the death of poor King William."
"The death of poor King William !? why, lam
glad he is dead."
"Glad! why can you be glad?"
"Have they not got a fine, fat, pretty young wo
man for Queen ? Who would not be glad that an
old fellow had gone to heaven, and lift us a lovely
young woman to adore on earth. Egad, I'll put a
rose in iny hat for joy."
Subpluseh er mi Busked vp iNevaAxcE Com
panies. ? One of the greatest calamities caused by the
Great Fire of December, 1835, was the total destruc
tion of the little pittances, held by widows, orphans,
and aged person?, in the stotkoof these companies.
That night and day destroyed 8(4,500,000 of property,
and buried numerous families in permanent distress.
Belonging to these Companies there jvas an aggre
I gate surplus fund of 8500,000 or more, which the ori
ginal stockholders conceived, of right, belonged to
them. This, however, wa9 denied, and an action was
begun in the Court of Chancery, to decide the ques
tion. It has been already about a year in litigation,
and an interlocutory decree has been passed by the
Chancellor, against the poor claimants, with the right
ef appealing to the Court of Errors.
We understand that n meeting will be held by the
claimants some day this week, for the purpose of pre
paring measuies to make such an appeal.
The grounds of the suit are simple truths.
The claimants contend that the capitals of the
companies are admitted freely to belong to the in
sured, to whoin it has all be?n paid over, but that the
surpluses, remaining in the hands of each of these
companies, are, of right, the property of the stock
holders. These surpluses, accruing from profits, were
permitted to remain there merely aa a place of deposit
to the stockholders in the aggregate. But by strict
justice and equity, they deny thatany portion of it be
comes liable for the debts or losses of the companies.
On this ground the partie*1 joined issue. The Chancel
lor decided agnnat the claimants, but an appeal is ta
ken to the Court of Errors.
Whatever may be the fate of the suit in strict law,
there can be no doubt of its merits in strict equity.
The merchants who had insured, have received all the
capitals of the companies. Their losses are remedied.
The poor stockholders, who lost their all, only seek
the small pittance of the surplus. It would be charity
and justice to let them have it.
Cr We can readily excuse the ".Sunday Morning
News' for its ridiculous, insane ribaldry about us and
the "Herald." The extraordieary increase of our
Visekl} paper, set side by side with the decrease of his,
is enough to take away the senses of any man. But
more especially is snch the case when the poor fellow
' has not muehof the article to spare. We cannot af
ford to write a coterie of paupers into fresh meat and
new breeches. They must eat the cold and wear the
old a little while longer? then we'll exercise our cha
rity. The grease he can get for nothing by holding a
cup under his chin.
fY Perhaps there is nothing, in the whole process
of fashionable flirtation, more pretty and picturesque,
than the act of dropping very gracefully on one knee
beside a piano forte atool.
N. B. To make it interesting, a ladymuat be seated
upon it, playing and singing one of Moore's extatic
melodies, such as ?
" Come re?t la ihu ho*oui, my o* n Mrirken cle sr"?
a favorite of the Rev. John N. Maftit.
(Corrr^pomtence of th?* llrmlil )
Ouavama, P. R? July 3, 1837.
Jamks O. Bennctt, E?q ? Sir : ? We sometimes
have the pleasure, even in this oul-qf-the-wni/ place,
ef seeing and rnadinu that little invaluable paper call
ed the Herald, edited by your guodsclf, who I consi
der one of the first men of the age, as an edi'or of ?
daily journal dedicated to commerce, arta, sciences,
and in fact a little fun. As I am aware that most
managers of daily, *t weekly papers, consider it a
| favor to receive the news of th* dsy from all quartera,
I have taken the liberty thus to address a strimger,
' and trust that you will not take it amiss. You can
make such u*e of any information rou may gain
from the c< rreapondence as you mar think proper.
You are well aware that we reside here in a slave
country, but one, I am happy ?o say, in which the
alavas are generally very well treated; and I cannot
but express it aamy firm Wolief thit they are better
ofl fhan tke colored p*-of?le of rour highly favored
city. I may even aay better off than the poor class of
white people, in theee days of trouble.
Our canes are coining forward for the next crop
in fine atyle, and we anticipate an immenae crop the
coming year, which we are much in want of to meet
the exigencies of our plsnters. Provisions are much
wanted here, and would adl at almost any price, pay
able in January or February next. 1 am, Sir, respect
fully, your moat obedif-nt aeivant.
P. 8. As you are probably not acquainted with the
signature person, or name above, I merely beg to aay
that I am an American merchant here of long atand
ins. of years, and again add thnt you can inakt
what nse you choose of the information, (if you
think it worth your noting,) not exposing, of course,
the name.
V* Something new for the ladies. Why is a dry
nurse like Adonit ?
Why is a hearth-rug like an unsuccessful candi
date'?
Were you lo see a melancholy pig, how would yon
address it in the name of any other animal 7
Will our pretty readers, or their gallant beaux, give
us solutions to these questions?
JjTGeM. Morris still sticks to his k't. Thia
affectation of old things only kept up ad kaptandum
wulgus ? in other words, tokatch literary loapkers ?
Ij" Mr. Sswsll Parker, who was lamentably kill
ed by an accident at Hoboken, was buried yesterday
uuder military honors. He was the brother of Mr.
Sainud S. Parker.
Commoh Covncil, July 24th. ? The Board of Al
dermen did not convene. The proceedings of the
other Board we give below.
Boaed or Assistants. ? Report of committee, on
roads and canals, in favor of building sewers, in 16th,
17th, and 18th streets. The coinm tteereport that the
cellars in lliut vicinity, are liable to be inundated, and
recommend the building of sewers as a remedy. The
measure has already been passed in the Board of Al
dermen.
Alderman Ballard opposed the motion. He said that
the proposed plan, particularly that part which re
commended a sewer in 20th street, was one which
would destroy a ?r<.at deal of property? a swlid rock
would have to be blown up- -this blowing up of rocks
must necessnrilv damage the property built in the
neighborhood? he had not seen it himself? he was
informed such vrus the case.
Alderman Williams supported the motion. He said,
a large portion of the lots remained vacant on account
of the want of drainage. It was highly expedient (hat
the measure should be carried into execution.
Alderman Woodhull said, the tract of the proposed
sewer had been examined by a competent engineei.
There is some portion of rock, but the inhabitants
need not frnr a miniature earthquake by its being
blast ?d. Me should, tiicrefore, vote for the motion.
Alderman Hyer said he did not know anything
about it himself, only what had been told him. He,
therefere, very considerately made a speech of fifteen
minutes, in which he delivered a number of supposes,
and related what so and so had said to such an one.
We paid ureat attention, but for the life of us could
not make out what he was talking about. The mo
tion was ca ried.
Petitions from two individvals for butcher's stalls.
Referred to committee on markets.
Report ftom the committee on law^, containing a
resolution that it is expedient to adopt the measure
passed by the late board of assistants, regulating the
sale of breid.
Alderman Woodhull said he thought there was
somelaw in existence on this subject. The law now
regulates the sale of bread. It is explicit. It says
that all bread shall be sold by averdupois weight. ?
The new law proposes that the loaves shall be marked
with the maker's names, and their weight duly
stamped upon them ? loaves only of one and two
pounds weight to be sold.
The motion was lost. "V
Dear Bennett.? In order to escape ths crowds of
idlers which usually infest our good city on a Sunday,
I taok passage in the steamer for Statvn Island. It
was just 4 o clock when we left the deck. The boat
was crowded with lovely females, and admiring men.
The dear, delightful little creatures were all smiles
and joy, glad to escape from the rude star* of impu
dent young men who parade the streets, continually
insulting females by their language and manners.
The young ladies especially sc.-mea to be unusually
light hearted. Afters sail of about three quarters of
an hour we landed at the Quarantine Grounds. Ws
walked leisurely up a slight hill to the hotel kept by
Mr. James. After taking a cool glass of lemonade,
and a prime Havana cigar, wc went to the garden of
Mr. . That worthy gentleman was out ? but in
his place were two beautiful young girls. They re
ceived us with such a sweet smile. Oh ! don't men
tion it. It was the most agreeable meeting I have
experienced in a long time. We proposed a walk in
the garden. The sweetest of flowers were on each
side of us, but tkey were nothing to be compared in
beauty to the sweet creature who hung upon my arm.
Their silvery laugh when they found a singular flow
er, or when amused at the buffoonery of my friend,
rung loud and clear in the still valley. Time actually
seefned to fly in the Dresence of our hot tess. We
hesid the steamboat bell proclaim l he hour for return.
We were presented with a beautiful boquet of flowers,
and took our leave just as the boat tolled for the last
time.
We found the boat excessively crowded, and no
ticed the fresh bloom on the cheeks of the fair ones,
who, in the morning had r'artcd with pale facea, but
returned with increased health, and a nearly appe
tite. A packet had just put her paasengers en board
of the steamer, and it aflerded us infinite gratification
to seethe wondering facea of the women, and the as
tonishment ot the men, to see so beautiful a spot
across the big pond, as they call the wide Atlantic.
We srrived in New York about 8 o'clock, well
pleaaed with our visit to Staten Island. If you are
ever in want of a few hour's pleasure pay a visit to
the most besutiful spots in the northern htmisphere.
S.
Peuca, July 24th. ? A Howdy. ? John Anderson,
belonging to that speaee of loufers called Rowdy,
wij>, on Sunday night, commuted lo durante by
watchman Palmer, for rreating a diaturbance, and
breaking the windows of Kllen Weston, No. 100
Church atreet. John went to the house of the lady
in question at about 12 o'clock and demanded admit*
tance. He was answered the door could not he open
ed, and that he must make his next visit at a more
seasonable hour. This put John's dander up, and he
persisted in declaring he would come in, if it were
only to show what he could do. Mrs. Weston, how
ever, nowise alarmed at John's threats, sang merrily
J*hn Anderson my Joe Joha
John Aiwterson my Joe
I'll straightway call tli< watch, John,
S? cut your *tick and go.
Thereapon John seized a brickbat and milled the
glaze.
The watch was called? John was seized? oonftned
in the watch house all night, and in the mormngfined
95 and costs { which being unable to produce except
in shin-plasters, he was rent to plaster his shins ia
Bride well.
Shifting Shlrls.~- Mr. Kconemy Patten, No. 12
Park Place, made a complaint against Adeline Miner,
a cslored girl, for shifting several shirts from his pos
session into her own. Adeline declared she knew
nothing sbout the transaction, but a part of the pro
perty being founu in her possession, it was deemed
gooa evidence against her, snd she was forthwith
commuted.
t^ecreevy. -A rogue named Hatfidd, was appre
hended and committed to prson, charged with steal
ing from Mr. Orrin Rice No. 280 Fnlton street, a
valise containing clothing, wstch glasses, dre. Trie
ioperty was found in the prisoner's possesion. How
e fame by them will bi made known before the Re
corder. Iini field at present declining to answer im
pertinent questions.
CoseNRs's Inqi kstf ? July 24th? On the body of
William B. Kaesshr, who was drowned at the foot of
40th street. The deceased was at work on a raft,
and by some mischance fell into the rivtr. Verdict,
accwleatally drowned.
Another on the body of John de Otofle, who died
yesterday morning in the city hospital, from the inju
ries he received when his house was blown up by gun
powder a few days since. Hra death is chiefly attribu
table to the severe wound he received in his hack at the
time of the accident. Verdict? death from tne acci
dental explosion of gunpowder.
Corokkr's Isqt ksts, July an.? On the body of Mrs.
Catherine Monk, wife of Pstrick Monk. No. 51ft I'esrl
street, who died on Batarday night in convuls^ps By
the testimony offered, it appeared that her husnand hnd
been in the constant practice of ill treating her. Last
year, Patrick Monk tried in the Sessions Court,
and then fined 995 for his ill usage of hid wife. Lant
week he beat her severely, and it Is evident the poor
woman came fr> her death by hi* brutality Ihr. Rogers
testified that he had examined the body, and foil ml se
veral bruises on her head, but there were no internal
contusions, and he did not think the wounds sufficiently
severe to cause death. His opinicn was. thst ahc fell
into convulsion* I, rought on by the violence of her hus
band, ami from fear of its consequences.
Thejurj gave the following verdict, vir ; Thai the
deceased died of convulsions brought on by fesr of ill
treatment from her husband, Patrick Monk,