New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-02-16
Naval Court Martial on board the U. 9.
.s.fc Worth Carolina.

animation was proceeded with, but without eiicting
anv thing important. His examination was sas-
pended for time to allow Of the examination OF
Samuel T. Holbroek, member of the Massachu-
sets Legislature to prove the name and identity OF
Small, and his testimony Is as follows: am
shipwright and live in Boston; have been ac'
quainted with Elisha H. Small, late seaman on
board the U. S. brig Ssmers, for several years. l
am Likewise acquainted with his father and mother
l have known Small from his childhood and that Is
his real name He never, to my knowledge, pass
ed by the name of Andrews. / know that the man
| | knew as Elisha H. Small was the one hanged on
board of the Soners, because knew the time
when ne Joined her, also from frequent conversa-
tions with his ia her and mother about him, also
from having various letters from him while on
board of her. also from the fact that when the occur
rences on board of the Somers were made public,
it was known and talked of about the neighsorhood
that he was one Of the men hanged have let
ter from him in nv pocket now. know his hand
writing and signature.
Cross.eramined.-It is about two years since
he was under nv immediate observation. became
more intimately acquainted with him from the tact
that he was rather wayward, and demonstrated
with him and told him that he could never expect
to become an officer unless he reformed, aad
promised to use my influence with his employers Ter
him if he amended | am sorry to say, during
that two years he was considerable time on Inc
Coast of Africa in the employ Of MIR. Brookhouse
of Salem. Afterwards he was on board the brig
Angola owned at Boston by a Mr.. Gardner. When
he left her he joined the U. S. brig Somers.
never had any knowledge of his having assumed
the name of Andrews at any period of those two
years.
Lieut. Gansevoort's cross examination was then
continued in the same style as before without elicit
ing any thing material that is not contained IN his
evidence before the Court Of Inquiry, published
in our pamphlet.
A, o'clock the examination was suspended and
the Court adjourned.
20 CHARLES L. PORTER, Esq. has resigned
the office of Postmaster at Hartford, CT be was
appointed as a Wing, and held the office as long
as he could hold it without reachery or hypocrisy,
when he gave it up. Honor to his integrity and
spirit!
~ The Philadelphia Gazette sneeringly speaks
of Chief Justice Hornbower, of New jersey as an
amateur admirer Of hanging" Th, is most UNI
Jus, and unmanly. Widely as men may differ from
Judge H. as to the policy of inticting the punish
ment of Death, no one can deny him all the quail
ties that belong to an upright judge-stern adhe-
renee to principle, clear-sighted discrimination,
and an unstained, unainching integrity. He is an
honor to the bench at which he presides, and moth
ing within our knowledge that he has ever said or
done should subject him to the Gazette's undignl-
fed slur.
20 The Methodist Episcopal Church in Duane
stree. was robbed on Sunday night of about sixty
yards of carpeting and the cover to the communion
table, The thief probably secreted himself during
evening service. An attempt to seize the COM
muniop plate was made in St. Johns Church some
time since, but i. was unsuccessful.
~ The bill to restore Imprisonment for Debt
in New-Jersey, under the swindlng title of an act
TO abolish it, is likely to pass the House, but we
greatly hope that it cannot pass the council. Sew
eral amendments introduced to render it less in
human, and to conform it in part at least to the
pretencc held out by its title, were SUCCESSFULLY
voted down in the House. Give us the Yeas and
Maya
T GRAHAM's MAGAZINE and GoDEY's LADY's
Book for March have just been sent Us by Israel
Post, SO Bowery. We have time to judge of
them, much less to speak this morning; bat Cooley
has good thing, by N. P. Willis, Mrs. Ellet, and
others and Graham contributions from Paulding,
Bryant and Burleigh are excellent. Willis's story
in this is not one of his happiest. We may speak
of these works again; if not, our extracts will
speak for US. Each has three engravings.
% The Intelligencer remarks that the lately
rejected six Per cent. stock of the United States
already commands a premium
"PRIScEs OF THE BLOOD. 1.-THE Americans
Washington correspondent has The following para
graph:
Mr. Robert Tyler made speech before an Irish
Repeal Society in this city the other night, in
which, struck with the idea of the alarm which
his new position would strike in the hearts of Peel
and his Ministry he justified his interference with
% tie peculiar institutes of British Isles by ref
eIence to the example of Prince Albert, in pre-
siding at the great Worlds Convention in London,
for the abolition of Slavery So, if the British
Government complain of the conduct of Prince
Robert, Mr.. Everett will have an answer ready.
What truly poe,ical justice! /" 'sYou keep your
princes in order first, and then we will OUTS"
ME11co.-A letter from Monterey, in the Pro-
vince of New Leon, Goo or 900 miles from the
Texan fronter,) says the Mexican army Of the
North comprises more than 5000 men; yet corr