The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-11-20

oiAs Petitions are already in circulation to induce
The Governor TO gran, pardon.
CASE OF CoLT.-All sorts of rumors were in'circu-
!a'ion yesterday relative TO the suicide of Colt and
many OF those who had not perused the city press,
sui doubted that he was dead The vicinity of the
prison was occupied here and there with little knots
oil persons enqulrng anxIously, and doubling as To-
MS late Bets were offered and taken on Friday,
mat he would not be hung; and one gen
'efnan, connected with the theatrical profession,
won $50 on the result There is much contrarie,y
OF opinion to the course Of The Sheriff. many
blaming him Tor allowing Colt to be alone, and
| others coneDdlng that as il was the mans last
| dying request he could not refuse it. The general
opinion Is, that the immediate friends and relatives
| OF Colt knew his intention to commit suicide, and
the fact OF their parting with him at o'clock IN
the day, when he had three hours yet live would
appear to confirm this opinion.
| There were upwards of five hundred persons with
| IN the walls of the prison, waiting to witness the
execution, Which forms a curious reflection to the
| idea OF p1iuate execution, as contemplated by
| the legislature.
| The cell in which Colt had been confined, was
thoroughly examined yesterday, and his clothing
and other ct ceteras removed the coroners Office
10 be gwen to his brother. A small buck horn
| handled pen knife, was found in the drawer of the
table OF the cell, and pair of small scissors, nearly
new, with either of which he could have committed
suicide during the time he was left alone in his cell
on Friuay.
Dr. Anthon had supposed that Colt would have
lett some paper or writing in his cell for his partcu-
lar eye, or that of the public but no such paper was
found
An investigation will take place in a day or two.
before which all the persons who have entered
Colts cell, and have been with him alone. will be
arraigned
In addition, the particulars relative to the at
tempted bribery O. the deputy keepers Of the City
Prison by Colts friends, to allow him to escape in
female clothing, well as the peculiar reasons for
removing him from the hands of COL Jones. the
keeper of the City Prison, and placing him in that
OF the Sheriff, and the second attempt at bribery as
proposed to one of the deputy sherffs, should also
De investigated.
These, and other mysterious and yet hidden trans
actions, must all be exposed, and we should not be
asonlshed to see some action taken by the Common
Council OF our city this subject tomorrow even.
ing.
The body of Colt has been placed in one of The
vaults of ST. Marks Church, as previously noticed
only until arrangements can be made to forward it
to his place of birth, in Connecticut, where it is to
be finally inferred.
The MARRIAGE CoLT-Nothng, perhaps, in
the whole career of Colt, has excited more atten.
ton, particularly among the females of our city,
than the marriage of Colt to Caroline Henshaw.
within few hours of the time fixed for this execu-
ton. The fact that Colt had never proffered mar
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fixed, and the consent of Caroline Henshaw to
unite in matrimony with man destined Tor the
scaffod, has naturally created much discussion and
enquiry, to the causes that could have produced
such an extraordinary result.
From circumstances that have recently come into
oar possession, we have every reason to believe
that Colt married to Caroline Hemsha,e in Phi
iadeh'a before the murder of adams took place in this
city. After this deed committed it became
necessary that she should be used as witness, and
knowing that her testimony could not be received,
as the wife Of Colt, she was introduced as plain
Caroline Henshaw, and for The purpose of carrying
out the deception, originally pracsed, the mar
rage ceremony was again performed, in order to
blind the eyes Of the world to the previous ransac-
ton. This will fully account for the commission of
an act that, under any other circumstances APPEAR
commenced in this city relative to the extraord-
nary cause of his death, certain developments will
be made relative to the marriage that will astound
the community. We therefore call upon the gen.
tlemen in Philadelphia to speak out
ARRIVAL WINrER.-We have had two DAYS of
legitimate winter weather. II set in about nine
O'Clock on Friday morning, and the wind has been
cold and clustering ever since. Mercury went down
four degrees below the freezing point, and made
plenty of ice throughout the city and vicinity Over
coats and blankets of the thckest kind came into
immediate requsition, noses received roseate hue
and the consumption of coal increased thirty-three
and third per cent.
The cold wind came blowing from off large fields
OF snow at Tarrytown and other places north and
west Of this. Indeed snow has recently fallen at
Philadelphia, Concord, N. H., at several places in
Ohio, at Quebec, at Buffalo, and other points. com
pleting large circle round New York What was
rain here on Thursday was snow on the Catskills.
The wind, too, came in strong as well as in cold
blasts, and the poor mariners on our coast must
have suffered some, within the last fory-eight hours.
So heavy, indeed, was the wind, that the eastern
steamboat mail had not arrived at eight O'Clock last
night and probably did not reach the city till late.
thereby causing some anxiety to be felt by many.
EDITORIAL CoURrEsIEs IN THE WEsT.-The fol-
lowing, from the st Louis Ledger, is beautiful
specimen of the editorial courtesy in the far
Vest
The SwARrwoUrINo EDITOR OF THE MOUND
CrTy.-We learn from the Clerk of the President.
that this base scoundrel left that boat at Memphis,
Tennessee, In company with his man Friday
(Waters.) He entered himself on the Register as
Walker ~ Co., we suppose the oher members of
the firm are Doolitlle Il Leg-it. The citizsns of
Tennessee could not catch in their State more fit
or deserving subject TO exercise Judge Lynch's
code on. After winning the hand of a most estl-
mable lady, and by her obtaining consi ierabr
property, he treated her in the most base and I'M
manly manner during the time of their sojourn to-
&c her, and hearessly deserted her in this city, in