New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-01-04
Thu Staten Island Murder.
Let.e. from our Reporter.
Par Rfrt;MGSn Itnra,

efore the District Attorney and Supreme Cour
Commissioner, was concluded this day but las the
proceedings are strictly private, can only give you
what facts have been able to gather. They ar
rom source which you may depend upon a.
accurate.
The announcement in The Sun OF to-day thai
Polly Bodine had been delivered OF child las
hight Yves entirely without foundation, that even
lot taking place until o'clock this morning, whe
she was delivered Of a still-bom male infant. A
present she is doing we'll.
A farther search has been made IN New ork
which has resulted in the finding at elte,s hous'
81 miniature and opersgiass, and some other art''
lies. which were identified as belonging 10 capt
| aousenan
Miss Bodine, daughter Of the wretched female.
ms underwent an examination, but what her tesn-
,nony was am unable to say. The next witness
was u Young man from Newly DIRK, who owned par
of Waites store; who testified that Mrs Bodlne
was in the habit Of coming to the store. Another
witness was also examined, who proved the mt
macy of Waite with Mrs. Bodine.
r;lnor is afloat that the murder was committed
the previous Saturday, bu, I think, from the cir
cumstances Of the case, that it must have been I'M
the 25th of December at the door Of the house, ap
parently watching for the stage which runs from the
! Quarantine Ground to Rockaway How far this
agrees with other statements, remains to be proved
AS it is time for the last bostto leave, must COZ
clude will keep you advised OF the case as 1t
| progresses. Yours &c. P.
r. The REPEAL MEETING at Tammany Hall
last evening was certainly the largest ever held
within doors in this City, filling the ample dmen-
sions of that Hall compactly through the long
evening. during which twice as many persons as
if could hold at once must have been present.
The Repealers were there, though we were dis
snponted in the absence from the stand Of the
most eminent champions of the cause. The
Chair was taken at half past seven by ABRAHAM
B. DAVIS, Esq. Mr.. B. O'CoNNoR acting as Sec.
rotary A great part of the evening was devoted
TO the receipt of contributions to the Repeal
Fund, and no less than 5000 was collected on
this occasion, mainly in lree.will offerings Of 81
each. The following Resolutions, moved by
EUGENE CAssERLY, Esq, were adopted as express
i've of the sentiments Of the meeting:
Whereas, Man, being endowed with Free VIII
and Responsibility, 1t is manltestiy the RIGHT OF
of every People to legslate for themselves right
Of which thew cannot be Invested, whether by their
own or another's act;
And Whereas, The movement OF the Irish Peo-
pie for Repeal of the Legislative Union is purely
an effort TO recover or themselves that Right-whe,
az American citizens, we recognize IN It, with salts
fac ton an end.avor to assert those general prncl
PIES which mold this Union together, giving TO each
sovereign State its own Legislation for its az
fairs, and placing over all a General Government;
And Whereas, The means hitherto employed by
them, and still proposed, to that end, ore eminently
peaceful and praiseworthv and, IN the widest sense
perfectly constitutional THEREFORE,,
l. Resolred, That the Repeal movement deserves
and should receive the sympathy and aid Of every
friend of Human Right and Progress in and out Of
Ireland.
2. Pesolred, That, in view of the position of this
country, az the chief Republic in the world-of ITS
past and present relations, not only with Ireland,
but with Engand-it is peculiarly incumbent on
the citizens of the United States to give the Irish
People prompt, active and perseverng support in
their struggles for Legislative Freedom.
3. Resolved, That in the judgement OF this meet
ing, the pending State Prosecutions OF DANIEL
O'CoNNELL and others, are but an unlmportant
episode in the great movement of the People of Ire
land, towards the glorious Nationality which, sooner
or later, they MUST attain.
a. Resoiued That the forbearance and selfscom-
mand unexampled in the history OF Nations, exhb-
tied by the Irish People under accumulated provo,
cations and wrongs, form an in the Political and
Social Moderation of our race furnish an ireSlsti-
BILE claim upon the corporation OF American cltl-
zens and an incontestible proof of the capacity OF
that people for SalfGoverrment
5. Resoi5ed, That, in the present Juncture in the
Repeal Agitation and influenced by the ioregong
considera ions, we feel bound once more to pledge
ourselves 10 sustain, 10 the utmost Of our powers and
our duties as American citizens, the Irish People In
their present pacific and legal effort for that great
R1eHr-to manage their own affairs IN their own
way-wi,,o,,t which q People can never be pros
porous or happy and NEVER Ought ~ 81 eo'-
TENTED.
IN the intervals of receiving and declaring con.
tribu,ions. the Meeting was addressed by Messrs,
NJ T. O'CoNNop, HENRY BrRSE, and H. GREE
iEY-by I,lr. Byrne with great energy and power,
and his i,npassloned elocucnce was warmly re-
sronded to BY the immense audience The
varrnest enthusiasm for the cause of Liberty to
Ireland and to Man was manifested throughout
as tbs magnitude of the collection alone would
indicate. The Meeting adjourned little after
10 o'clock, animated by deep and living faith
thst the Irish Nation must soon rejoice in the
enjoyment Of that Freedom of which it has so
long been deprived and which it is now so nobly
deserving.
u Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER, we hear, has pur
chased the Weehawken House, On the Jersey
flights, opposite the upper end of this City, and
will move thither directly. Of course, we infer
that he intends TO practice Law in our City.
O Hon. JAMES A. PEAEcE, the U. S. Senator
from Maryland, will be detained at home FOR
some days at Least by sickness in his family.
q Hon. DAVID TOP, OF Warren Co. capa
bic and popular man, is to be the Van Buren, can