The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-18 00:00:00

HORRID MURDER.

ARREST OF THE SUPPOSED MURDERER, AND DIS-
COVERY OF THE DEAD BODY.—On Friday the lith
inst., Mr Samuel Adams, a master printer of great re-
spectability, residing at No. 11, Elizabeth-street, and
carrying on business at 59, Gold-street, under the firm of
Scatchard and Adams, left his establishment and pro-
ceeded to the office of the Missionary Herald. After
transacting some business there, he said he would go to
Canal-street, to see some booksellers who owed him some
money, but did not reach there, and the last that was
seen.of him was in Broadway, near Chambers-street.
Some person, it is understood, told him while out that
Mr. J. C. Colt, the author of a new system of bookkeep-
ing, (who oceupied an office in the now granite building,
at the corner of Chambers-street and Broadway, in the
room next but one to Broadway,) who owed Mr. Adams
some $2OO for printing his book, was about to leave the
city, and Mr. Adams replied that he would go to see him
and endeavour to get his money ; but Mr. Adams from
that day was never seen alive. A little before four
o'clock in the afternoon of that day, Mr. Wheeler, a
celebrated teacher of penmanship, who occupies the
room on the second story of the building fronting Broad-
way, and adjoining that of Colt, heard a strange
and unaccountable noise in Colt's room, as if some
persons were engaged in fencing or in a scuffle ; and
anon, a crash as of some heavy body falling on the floor,
and then a dead silence reigned. After waiting some
time, Mr. Wheeler went to the door of Colt's room and
knocked ; but receiving no answer, looked through the
key-hole and saw two hats on the table of Colt's room,
and Colt in the act of wiping or washing the floor. Mr,
Wheeler. after waiting a considerable length of time,
looked into the key-hole again, and still saw Mr. Colt en-
gaged in the same operation. Mr. W. then told his
assistant in his school to watch Colt until he went out of
his room, as he suspected something was wrorg, and
the young man accordingly watched all night and heard
Colt engaged in his room all night at work.
On the morning of Saturday he law Colt put a box
some four feet long out of his room marked with some
name, and directed to St. Louis, via New Orleans,
which in the course of the forenoon he delivered
to a carman, who put it on his cart and conveyed it
away. A day .or two afterwards, Mr. Wheeler
gained ingress into Colt's room, and discovered a
looking-glass broken, the floor bearing the appearance
of haying been recently .scrubbed or scraped, and the
place covered with fresh ink, and also ink spots on the
wall, as if to conceal some other stains. A hatchet was
also found, the handle of which had been scraped over,
and then covered with ink. On hearing of the disap-
pearance of Mr. Adams, who was advertised for, Mr.
Wheeler vent to the Coroner, and communicated to
him his suspicions ; and that Magistrate, with Justice
Taylor, of the Upper Police, aided by officers A. M. C.
Smith and Walker, examined the premises ; and after
taking the testimony of Mr. Wheeler and his assistant,
concluded to arrest Colt, who was arrested by officer
Smith accordingly on Friday, and taken before the
Mayor. On being interrogated, he said he was not in
his room on the night of the 17th instant, and that he
did not put any box out of his room and send it away the
next day, though it was proved that he did. He was
then committed to prison. The Mayor then advertised
for the carman who took the box from the store, and Mr.
Godfrey, the superintendent of carts, diligently employed
himself until he found him, and brought him before the
Mayor. There he stated that he had conveyed a box
from Mr. Colt's room and put it on board the ship Kala-
mazoo according to directions, for which Mr. Colt had paid
him. The Mayor then sent officers Smith and Walker on
board the ship and had her detained, as she was about to
sail; and yesterday having the hatches opened, the Mayor
and Justice Taylor, with the officers, repaired on board
the vessel, where the box marked as stated, was found in
her hold ; and after a time got out and brought on deck.
There it was opened. and the body of a man supposed to
be Mr. Adams found, with only the shirt on, partly
covered with salt and chloride of lime, with cloths
wrapped around it, a coat and other clothes packed
around the body, and the whole enveloped in an old
awning. It was then closed and conveyed to the dead-
house in the Park. There the Coroner, attended by Drs.
Gilman and Kissam, and others, appeared and examined
the body, which was greatly decomposed, and presented a
frightful spectacle. A rope was round the neck extend-
ing round and under the knees, which were drawn up
to the breast, the whole of the bone of the forehead
almost was crushed and driven in upon the brain.
There was a fracture of both the right and left pa-
rietal bones, portions of which were driven in and went
across the right side of the chin, which also penetrated
the stock on his neck. The stock was also cut open in
front and fast only behind. The physicians ascribed
his death to these wounds, and the testimony was laid
before the Jury who assembled. The testimony, as re-
gards the identification of the body, clothing, &c., we
were not allowed to hear, but the verdict was in accord-
ance with the above facts, imputing the killing, as they
believed,.to J. C. Colt. He was brought out of prison,
and looked pale and haggard, remaining silent, and his
counsel, Messrs. Robert Emmett and J. A. Morrell, sent
for, and afterwards he was remanded to prison.—New
York Express.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, SEPT. 26-

The operations were very limited to-day. An improve-
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Delaware advanced i, Harlem *, Mohawk i, Canton li,
Indiana Bonds i, and Illinois Bonds 1.

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INSURRECTION IN
SPAIN.

The latest intelligence from Spain informs us that
General Ayerhe, who was in command of Saragossa,
had been replaced by General Castanaia, from Victoria.
The Government is composed of the Marquis of Almeida,
Pietro y Gana, and Montuesca. In Bilbao young men
were recruited for the service of the Queen. General
.Alcala continues at Tolosa. Urbistondo and other chiefs
continued to occupy Bergara, and endeavour to stir up
the country. Coruuna is quiet. No news from Pam-
peluna.
(From La Presse.)

CHRISTINITE ACCOUNT OF THE ATTEMPT ON THE PA-

LACE AT MADRID.

It will be said that Queen Christina's party were de-
feated on the night of the 7th in Madrid, and that
the Regent has triumphed. This is not the fact, for
the two parties have come- to no decisive strug-
gle. Anisolated attack,. without preparation, by some
officers, and a mistake, which caused a general
and a regiment to declare themselves before the proper
time, defeated by chance the plans of attack, of which the
result would have been successful, could each part have
chosen its camp as they wished. The‘ Regent has pro-
fited by this mistake. He has dispersed the conspirators,
but not conquered them.
It appears that the directors of the combined move-
ment at Madrid had had, at first, h
attack by surprise ; but this projectidea failed, because the
Regent had not received word of all that was in prepa-
ration at Pampeluna,-and he kept on his guard. They
then adopted a new plan of attack, combined with the
effect to be produced in Madrid by the news of the rising
of O'Donnell. But this project also failed, because
Espartero received with the news of the rising four let-
ters, left in mistake by O'Donnell on the table of the
lodging which he occuped at Pampeluna, ere throwing
himself into the citadel. These . letters were sent
by - Ribiero to • Madrid, and betrayed the, officers at
Madrid who were in concert with O'Donnell. The
Regent ordered their arrest,. and committed the execu-
tion of this order to the cavalry ; but he was so badly
served, that all were able to escape into places
of concealment. Here they remained four days, Briga-
dier Pezuela, Mother of the Marquis of Villerma, keep-
ing up correspondence between them. The movement
was to break forth on the morning of the Bth. The
corps of cavalry stationed at Vicalvaro, two leagues from
Madrid, hacLpromised their adhesion ; that is, the great-
' er part had promised to remain neutral; one squadron