New-York daily tribune., 1843-07-08

ST. JAGo, June 20.
The account Of the disturbances IN this neigh
borhood. understand, have been greatly Inagli'-
fed by reports abroad. There have really oeeN
no disturbances of any account; it has been ols-
covered however. that the slaves had been IN 'i'e
habit of holding secret meetings, which were gen
erally led bv bold and determined iTee negro
and that he had induced many OF them TO s"eai
,o take the lives of their masters and owners
,Cbev were discovered, however, before they llad
carried anv of the;r plans into execution. i ne
METRO who was at their head has escaped rom
the island. .,:.oa
son There is q small quantity of sugar on hatlu
which viii. no doubt, soon be disposed OIL MO-
lesses ;s also scare. A great deal OF anxiety Is
caused BIZ the backward appearance o IN sn's g,
mo cane ana it is supposed the crops VIII '''i'
short of its usual average
Tobacco is very scarce, and OF very ''.'-l'O'
onaItv. supposed to be caused by heavy rams
Thor has been but very little sickness IN THIS
,,e;oI,borhood and the yellow fever has appeared
IN only one or two places throughout tle isiahu
FpeE TRADE MEErMG.-On Thursday even
;,, nnrsnant to notice the Free Trade Assocla-
ton held meeting at Military Hall for the pur-
nose of demonstrating against the recent acts OF
the Common Council relative to weighers g'iag-
ers. peddlers and hucksters. There were some l3V
or 200 present. The chair was taken by John
Commerford, and ]. Byrdsall was chosen Secre-
1,l,-+Ip yypr
of which declared that they must look Tor reform
IN the City Government to some other source
than the present Common Council. Speeches
were made by Messrs. Byrdsall, Schultz Com
merlord. Sedgwick, Hunt, and others. Some OF
these gentlemen drew portraits OF the CITY
Fathers which would suffer nothing by comparl-
son with the late Vim. Leggett's picture OF the
Albany Regency They said they had got office
BY making loud professions of Democracy and
promises of Reform, to all which they had proved
rccreant. Instead of reforming present abuses
they had repealed the most salutary act OF the
last misunderstanding the Democracy
would sustain them. because the law was enacted
by the Wings. They counted too largely on the
gullibility of the rank and file. They had no
faith in the intelligence of the people, because
t4ev had dcceired them 50 often riM impunity'
One speaker thought they were not so base, but
attributed every thing to their imbecllty lhls
mus. be very flattcring to the gentlemen con-
cerncd
Three or four gentlemen mis;aklng the Hall
for some Rum Hole, sat and pulled away at their
cigars during the evening, and the rest were
oblircd to nhale the nauseous vapor as 1t escaped
their filthy mouths. To have required them TO
dispense with smoking, or leave the room, would
have been placing burdensomc restrictions on
them and hence anti-democratic
FATAL Acc1DENr-Ihe Coroner held an H.
quest Yesterday at the junction OF Bioomingdale
road and 54th street, the body of James Nc
CURE native of Ireland, aged about 40 years
The deceased, with Others was Yesterday after
noon at O'Clock, engaged in blasting rock IN
Seth street, near the Boomingdale road, and
when the usual notice was given of the appllca-
ton of the match, the deceased and another
fastened to blacksmith's shop $50 to 200 yards
distant. in which he took shelter, when fragment
of the rock weighing upwards of 100 pounds,
fell with great force upon the roof, crushing II III
and Callinr on the head Of the deceased, causing
he doth IN Is or 30 rsinutes. Verdict accord
ingly.
o..oa.cr,,, a, ,he celebration Of the Fourth
at Troy, the Montgomery Society composed OF
p,otos,.,,, Ir;shN came accidentally in collision
,;,r The shamrock society-composed OF Catbo-
Trs 4 horse of one Of the sbamroc, MarsIlals
;,,,o.corod ,.;,, tho other nrocession. and was
,.s.,,.a l.. the hr;dlc A general melee fol.
...ox. or hotl,