Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-18

TaE ARABIAN SHp.-Ordsss have been received
here from Washington to have the sc Sulta.ee'
hauled over TO the Navy Yard At Brooklyp aud put
in thorough repair at the expense Of the American
Government. new foremost is to be put into her,
and she is to be cleaned, and painted, and ornar
mented throughout. The four guns now in her are
to be taken oat, and fourteen handsome carronades
placed on board. What will the Inaum sayto this I
INFoRMArIos WArrED.-where are the super
intendsnts of buoys! Why not the buoys in their
proper places? They now Of no use whatever,
neither to the pilots nor any one else.
Humbug-The Return OF MY. Nray--Robbery>
Pursuit, and Recovery Of Money.
Mr.. May arrived in New York from the country,
AS our readers will remember, in had .tate OF
health, and took up his abode at what he conceived
to be respectable lodging honse-we BIZ lie We pri
vate resideDce-where only one or two cue SITS were
received. After remaining there few day,, and
permit, it appears that plan must have been con-
cOced in the house, by one or two inmates probably
and their confederates, to plumber him. This was
effected, and nearly the whole OF his money, amonnt
ing to a very large sum, was taken daring his tenn
porary absence or sleep but without any violence.
The moment he discovered his loss, he instituted
a severe sea CHI and inquiry and the mistress Of the
house-wheth actuated by feelings of regret, by
an apprehension Of discovery or by an hoaorable de
sire TO force restitution Of the stolen property,
cannot sayfor il has not TRANSFERRED whether she did
or did not possess guilty knowledge Of the crime
but she contrved TO give Mr.. May full particulars of
the mode in which he had been plundered. She in
formed him that the chief rcbber had gone 70 Ca
NADIA with the booty, and she Recommended Mr.. nj.
to follow without moments delay--at the same
time introduci < man TO him who was also ae-
quanted with all the facts, and whom she advised
him TO take his companion and sistant, He pro-
hted by her COUNSEL and being now fairly put on the
IA ~ IN N a Inn flevf rnyx Had
pidiy as possble-day and rght-until at length
they overlook the robber somewhere beyond To-
rontO
They Immediately accosted. him-threatened the
terrors of the law-and soon compelled him to dis
gorge the whole Of he monies belong ng Mr. MAY
Still they persevered, and Insisted on being PAID
the entire expenses incurred in New York, and on
the journey to Canada, together with sufficient to
defray the cost of their return This they were
enabled TO do with good grace, for thew found that
the spo,isr OF Mr.. May's wealth, had about 81 900
left in his possession after he hxd refunded. Find
ing II impossible to evade the demand, or rather
command, he reluctantly complied, and paid the re-
CURED expenses. s~ouhtinG in full, we believe. to
saby charged Mr. May eo~p.ao. for 10. s' Of
Having thus recovered his property. Mr. May re-.
Hotel in this city, Saturday afternoon where be
joined his partner, Mr.. Mclean, who in his search
for hsfst associate in business, had made the Mer-
chants Hotelhis headquarters. We have not been
house in New York, where Mr.. May took up his
temporary abode neither has the chief robbss trans-
Pirsd, who was followed BY Mr. M To Canada. We
learn, however that it 10 Mr.. M intention - soon
as he has sufficiently recovered from his combined
illness and fatigue, TO publ sh minute state
ment OF the whole flair. Ii is not impossible, how
ever, that the name Of the landiady may be sup
from some promise made by Mr..
M, or from some point Of honor, the occasion tf
being put by her SO successfully in the way Of re.
gaining MS money. We do not know that such is
the fact, but learn that il is not unlikely and
Mr.. M. was not well enough on Saturday tn enter
into extended particulars. The above, how
ever, contains outline Of all the mai facts. It's
right to add that before leaving New York in pur-
suit, Mr.. Nay wrote hastily to his family and also
10 Messrs. Bray & Co, Of this city but the indi-
vidusl to whom he entrusted The letters to be put in
a post ofise-kept them back Thus the long ri.
lence Of Mr.. May 10 fully accounted fer he did
not think Of writing other letters while On his Jour.
ney, being fully Impressed with a belief that those
ne had written in New rork, were faithfully for
warded.
REMARxs.-We believe thai oas half Of the sb,ve
story 10 . humbua-aad IT, mesSow we shall tell
another story, altogether different Ed Her.