The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1837-04-17

anoener MEXICAN invaSon-indeod, we DeIlcve tnet
small "fro!ie" with the enemy would b gratifying
President Houston is highly spoken Of, and If we
are TO believe report, he is the "greae test and best
that the country can boast of-Ibid.
AUsusrA April 1.-The news from. New York
gets verse and worse. Failures c0ntinuestocks are
going down-confdence is gone--money caanst be
had-and . general bankruptcy seems to be impend-
ing over the city. We can do nothing but chronicle
the bad news from day TO day, believing il TO be our
duty TO tell the naked truth and let the community
prepare for the consequences.
In our own city business seems to be al a stand
much cotton is daily arriving but scarcely bag is
sold. IL is all stored account Of the planters, the
banks doing but little in the way of discounts-he
commission merchants are unable to make advances
upen it, and the planter is therefore unable to pay the
regular merchant his existing dues. Thus the wheels
of commerce are efiectually locked Chronicle.
MoDrLE, April l0.-Afrays Pistols and Dirks.-
1t high time the press of this city should speak out
and the people should act and that TOO, effectively
against the murderous scenes which are now almost
II not quite, nightly occurring among us. On We'd
nesday night man by the name of Snow, gambler
was shot IN house Of i'll fame, by man named
Johnson. No arrest, we understand, was had. Snow
died on Saturday morning. and Johnson has decamp.
ed; II IS SAID that Snow cut Johnson with a knife
before the latter shot him. On Saturday night, still
more tragic scene if possible q ecause it was in a
more important andresponsible place. was enacted at
The Theatre The house was crowded to jam, ut be-
ing on the occasion of Celestes beneft) and 1t was
difficult getting seat in any part of the Theatre. Du
ring the evening young gentleman who had gone
out OF the Parqnette returned 10 go down 10 his seat
again, without check The man who received and
gave out the checks Mr.. Kellum, refused 10 let him
pass Some words OF an angry nature ensued; but
hnally the young man went down into the Parquette
He afterwards went out again, and again returned,
but was obstructed in his way down the steps from
the dress tier to the Parquettc by Mr.. Kellum. A
scene ensued in ,rhch keum got badly stabbed with
n In rnn mfr no man mat nj htS
fingers so mangled by pistol ball, that immediate
amputation was found necessary. kelluIn bled in
wardly very much and for some time yesterday NOR
ming his case was deemed hopeless; he however be
gan to throw blood freely off his stomach, and the
physicians foundin this circumstance dean of hope
that he might recover. Up 10 last evening, he had
his senses-was almost free from pain-but was in
very dangerous and doubtful state-Dzer. Adr.
THE RAcEs-LAsr DAy.-The races on Saturday
attracted large concourse of people. The day was
fine, although somewhat cool, and the weeks sport
seemed to be kept up to the last with great spirit and
enjoyment.
The first race was that, as announced previously
between Robert Chapman's b. Minor, and Jonn c.
Perry's m Louisa Bascombe, for $2000-me and
repeat.
The nags got off well the first heat but the mare
soon gained upon the horse. She laid herself down
TO the work, while the horse carried his head too high
He, however, made up almost much in bottom as
the mare did in heels. So the match not very
unequal one. The mare took the first heat-tme
I'm 54s. The second heat was SO closely contested
and the nags came IN so nearly together, that the
Judges decided it to be dead heat-time, I'm $751;
The third heat, of course, had to be run 1t was
closely contested-both nags were out Of trim, and
out of tune. The mare, however, won the heat and
the purse-,me, Pm. 8s.
Then came off the closing race Of the Club, for the
purse of S30O-bcst three in five. The nags entered
to run for il, were, American Citizen, Authentic, and
Bremo. The betting brisk, and every way.
We know net who, or how many, got taken IN. The
nags ran well and prely. Bremo took the purse.
The following is the order in which they came out at
the end of each heat:
American Citizen, 2
Authentic, II 2
Bremo, 3
TiME-First heat, lR. 53sec. second heat, I'm.
53sec; third heat, I'm s6sec. fourth heat, lm 57sec.
Ibid.