The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-05-28
Sporting Notice.


spoken. Let those whom they most concern mark
them well.
Sporting Notice.
The second great trial Of speed between Peytona
and Fashion, which takes place to-day over the
Camden course, will be reported at length in to-
morrow's paper. A special reporter and carrier
pigeons, are sent there for the purpose We wanted
to engage fallen angel, who could 60 over the earth
at the speed Of $40 miles an hour, but his rates
were too high for this century. We, and our read
ers must be content, therefore, with steam, or cleo.
tricity, or carrier pigeons for the present
CAUTION TO THE PuBLIc.-We understand grand
row took place on Sunday night last, in low porter
house, somewhere in West Broadway, in conse.
quence of dispute about politics There was some
individual present who appeared to be particularly
active in promoting the difficulty, and who seemed
to have no objection to imbibe any quantity of blue
ruin" which others would provide for him. The
debate waxed high, and at length the parties pro-
ceeded to violence-the person before alluded to
shouting, Pm reporter for the Nep York Herald
Pm reporter of the Herald,'' thereby wishing to
intimidate the others, and appropriate some degree
of consequence to himself.
This is not the first time we have been called on
to caution the public against low, worthless, un-
principled set Of fellows, who have been known to
visit watering places, theatres and coee-houses-to
dine at hotels, and travel on steamboats, and railroad
cars-colect subscriptions, and falsely state they
were reporters or agents for the New York Herald
Let it be understood the reporters employed by this
Office are gentlemen who do not blazon their names
and business, nor engage in fights and rowdyism-
but are quiet, peaceable, unassuming persons.
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RooRBAck LIBEL SU1rs-Every one will remem-
Der the famous extracts from Roorback, the great
traveller, SO infinitely describing the branding of
slaves, and the selling them to the highest bidder,
imputed to Mr.. Polk, now President Of the United
States. These extracts first astonished the commu-
nifty on their appearance in the Evening Journal,
paper conducted by Thurlow Weed We noticed
the atrocious fraud and forgery at the time, and for
that notice Thurlow Week has brought a libel suit
against US, charging with deaming his character
and is now prosecuting with all due diligence, pro-
badly with the view of indemnifying himself by
damages recovered from us, of the losses his pocket
has suffered by the libel suits of Fennimore Cooper
We believe there several other journals against
whom Thurlow has brought similar SUITS but of
them we know nothing.
With regard to the suit against u.s. steps are taking
which will compel us soon-very much against our
wil-to subpoena his excellency the President of the
United States, before the Judicial tribunals Of this
city, in order to give evidence showing the afro
cious and unparalleled fasehood Of that famous ex-
tract from Roorback's travels which appeared in the
albany Eve',ing Journal, conducted by Thurlow
Weed Probably this subpoena may reach his ex,
OH Tho Vuho he
in the cool and refreshing breezes Of the Rip Rape
or Old Point Comfort but he will be under the ne
cessity Of leaving these delicious retreats in the
rapid railroad car, in order to testify in this case
1t is with tears in eyes, and grief in our heart
that we announce this determination to call the Pre-.
sident to New York. But we must do so, unless by
some of the chinks and crevices of the law, we
can procure his evidence by commission, issued
through the courts of this city.
AS this libel suit, brought by Thurlow Weed agains
u.s. is one of the most curious that ever came before
court of law, we will have to notice every ster
taken in it. The trial and the evidence adduced
will exhibit to the world in all its revolving features
that system ofpolitica fraud and forgery which dis
graces the age and the American name-a forgery
which, deliberately invented, or borrowed from
Featherstonhaugh's Travels, an extract, to which
were added several bloody scenes, and then the
whole put forth to the world as if written by an in
telligent, obsevant and reconcile German travele,
through these United States, who had visited Duck
River, and became acquainted with the domestic ar.
engagements of Mr.. Polk, then private citizen,
now President of the United States According to
the libel law Of this State, set forth by Thurlow
himself it is probable that for calling black, black
and white, white, and forgery, a forgery, we may
be cast in an amount of damages about equivalent
what Thurlow was mulcted in for his libels on Fen
nimore Cooper. This, we suppose, is even handed
justice
MELANCHOLY SUIcDE.-About half past two
o'clock this afternoon, Rivers s. Wilson, ESQ.,, at
torney at law, young man who bid fair to become
Of the ornaments efthe bar, shot himself through
the head with pistol in the Park in the rear of the
City Hail. His head was literally blown to pieces
He has left wife and three or four children to
mourn his loss. Pecuniary difficulty is supposed te
be the cause. It created tremendous excitement
as he was beloved by all who knew him, particular
ly by the members Of the profession.
1t appears that Mr.. Wilson had been sitting from
ten o'clock yesterday forenoon on the chain tina
encloses the plot of ground where Mr.. w. commit
ted the rash act, and had been spoken to repeatedly
by gentlemen who had occasionally passed by, bu
nothing particular was noticed about him save hi
looking little detected. He was admitted to the
bar about five years ago, but as we have been in
formed Unforeseen circumstances had for some time
obliged him to abandon his profession so far al
practising on his responsibility went, land latter
ly sought shelter from the employ of Sias and Gin.
ton Dewitt, counselors, in whose office he had been
for some time.
EMIeRANT TRoUBLEs.-The many difficulties that
attend the poor emigant on his arrival in this coun-
try not generally known to the public, or if they
are it appears that they not cared for, and the
consequence Is that from the moment thew GET their