New-York daily tribune., 1845-12-16

and wi;hou, giving him time 10 dispose Of the leg OF
duck before him, secured him and sent Tor ofeef
who walked him up to the Tombs. where, Ia Chafies
Courey He positively denied his identity aEo"he Inst
his name is Benjamin C. Watson but Mr. Cary 0e'is
positive in MS recognition Watson was locked up.
DRY GooDs CLgRKs-The movement In hehah
of Dry.Goods Clerks. chrouccd in paper to-day
following so speedily upon The action OF the Feather
DeaIers-we hail as the ausury OF better views and
better system in regard 20 The employment oil MS Class
four population than have yet prevailed we should
ike the Druggists and others engaged II :ea'!
trade following these good examples Merchants Hsy
be very :hs heir Clerks will De al the more sccFe
ambitious AID indefa,igabe for e healthy necessary
and most gratetul relaxstion.
TERRIBLE FArE-A man by the name OF John
Halstead, engaged a; the Eavy-iari, was yesterday
caught in the machinery OF the Circular saw and drawn
under itself; BY which he 'ras so horribly
mangled that he is not expected 10 recover.
ME BUR6E's SEcosD CoNcERr-The second
Coucer, OF this distinguished and most exquisite artist Is
given tonight at Niblos We assure the lovers OF the
king of instruments that ihey rarely have such an oppo.
uni;y the presen: for perfectly satisfying ineF taste
Mr Burke unes in an eminent degree the better quail
ties of several great masters and possesses beside an
original and powerful genius OF his own
| FIREs.-Two or three shanties were burnt IN
5lstsreet the Thrdavenue yesterday Just before
noon. The upper part of building in Carone-s'Teet'
occupied by J. Briggs storage OF lime was destroyed
yesterday afternoon.
! ~ a lecture vii! be delivered this evening at
the Society Library before the Typographical Society
of this city, ty Nj VIM w Wallace We need only
mention the name OF the Lecturer assure our readers
ths, he is well worth hearing The hour OF commencing
viii be :: O'Clock.
,@ The second series of the exhibition of Mons
Andorfer's Optic Gallery commenced last evening In
nothing inferior to the rs rather does the ve" OF
the Subieanean Passage of the Convent OF suoiacco
appear be superior 10 all.
[g Persons who wish to reform their Chirosra-
ply viii see, by an advertisement, in another column
that Mr. Brstow has reduced bis terms to 50 Tor twelve
lessons.
FIRE At HEMPsrEAD.-We learn that the hotel
OF Mr Samuel sammis. at Hampstead, was burnt to the
ground about O'Clock yesterday morning together with
the adjoining blacksmith shop OF H. Hentz.
- The friend who wants his copy of Mrs Wei
by's Poems will find the desk in our counng-room
- John w. Rumscy, native Of Orange Coun-
ty, g years of age, and clerk for NJ w Warne No
la6 Bowery died very suddenly Saturday night at
the residence OF his employer, from lit OF epilepsy
brought on By CONGESTION Of the brain
~ Geo W. Williamson. has called on US 10
that he is member OF the Empire Club bu;
that he always has been Uponst and that he sud Aus
tin Terhune in good faith obtain tajeus
gas for the release OF Wilson that the forgery commit
ted by erhune the means getting him and Austin
into the scrapc We OF course did think Of blaming
them does appear that they did any thing that
they had not perfect right to do.
Court OF SEssIoSs-Thc trial Of James Honey
man. alias Davis, alias Edwards indicted jointly with
Parkinson Miller and Davis for the robbery Of the tow
barge Clinton, was commenced yesterday
The facts in this case, which reported at length
upon the trial Of Parkinson briefly these the
captain of the barge Clinton had for time been in
the habit of conveying to the Banks at Pcughkeepsie
their notes redeemed City Banks, and on the 9Th
OF April last he received at the desk of he Merchants
Exchange aud henx Banks s32G93 in notes ofihe Far
and Manufacturers Bank. and Bank OF Poushkeep
sic, which package he deposited in iron safe in his
Office early in the afternoon This safe was entered by
false keys before the departure of the barge and while
she lay the foot of Murrayst. snd the money stolen
During the months of February and March the barge
laid up shortly after which period an obstruction was
found in the lock ofthe safe of sealing wax with which
au impression had been taken and from it false key
doubtless made Parkinson had made frequent trips
sGd upon his arrest which made through his having
exchanged large denominations OF the stolen notes in
payrnen, of riiug sums the prisoner, his brotherin
law was also arrested his house in 5lss.reet which,
ii appears hired by Parkinson, and by him frequent
ly visited while the Trio remaining made it their home
None of the stolen money found in this house in
Honeymans possession. but al shop in William ST.
where the accused and Parkinson carried on business
together gilders and caryers. large OF the
missing notes found secretcd in window, wrap
ped up in envelope Of India rubber cloth and of oil
silk 10 which there adhered some particles of sand,
leading 10 the impression that it had been buried while
al Honeymans house in 5st- there found larger
piece OF India rubber cloth from which portion had
been and that found the store corresponding with
the piece thus scissorzed circumstance criminatng
the accused. Some oil silk also found at his house
with similar kind of sand sticking 1t also appears
in evidence that Honeyman occasionally slept with Par
kinson in the store in William ST. and that
they frequently together about the time otthc
robbery.
Pending the testimony for the prosecution, the court
adjourned to this morning at II O'Clock
COMMITTAL FOR MURDER-Judge Bets yester-
day morning gave his decision III the case OF Capt Lud
low of the Oscar which was, that he be committed for
the murder Of L. a. Curtis, OF his crew, in August
I
consider that there any indication Of mu;iny on
board The officers and crew had always proceeded in
harmony and there no reason suppose that the
two three hands who excited by liquor or 9th
erwise could not have been taken without the
Captains proceeding the extremity OF taking life 1t
! was daylight the excellent one, apparently
most of them young brought up in midst, and
numbering, in all % II persons The Captain had il
IN his power for aught thai can be from the test
mony 10 the contrary, place the two or three rerac
tory ones IN irons and he had chosen ~ hare done
put them on shore. When he came on board, having
been On the Island he asked the Mate why he had per
nitted the deceased and others, TO swim ashore
and when the Mate replied that he had called them
10 come back without effect the Captain said he ought
10 have gone after them in the boat, and run lance
through ;hem ii they did not obey orders.
lhs vas wrong. Officers OF the army and navy pos
sess such power but officers OF merchant vessels
who are perci ted 10 deadly weapons only
OF extremity to preserve their lives the safety OF
iheir vessels aud after mider have failed 20 effect
their object The deceased, when proceeding aft with
the Others had no wesponhe held his shirt bosom open
as others did, and exclaimed hre the Captain
D 10 mis- her m