The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-12-30

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ting the wires.
From the St John IN Courier, Dec ~
repeated Interruptions in the telegraph wires Of late
and the subsequent mysterious connection, effected
without the aid Of person In the employ Of the
psny led operator this station to believe that
scheme which has been adopted by knowing ones In
other placer. had been resored to here namely sepa
h. W..
to be broken, and subsequently inserting piece of
wire fitted for the purpose when the connection was to
be renewed: and survey was accordingly undertaken
by Mr. Mount. on Sunday morning. when. goiag
through the grounds Of the Hon r l. Hszen. corner
ported by tree he had his fully realized
by covering the cord, rs
The directors, being made aware of what had been
done, employed high constsbe Stockford to watch
during the night and arrest whoever might come to In
terfere with the wires About II o'clock, Mr. Stock.
espied person in the tree, with his hands ut work.
evidently about the wires and desired him to
down. after little delay aud whisng once or twice,
to arprise confederates Of his discovery, he
piled with the officers order and made prisoner.
lie proved TO be James Anderson Of this city who
employed last by Craig the agent OF the UNI
ted States Associated Press In delivering the telegraph
despatches published at the N.o swicker Office,
and has since been occasionally In and about
tbst estahls bmeDt.
on bis way to and while in the watch house. Ander-
son confessed to having been at the same work the
week before he had been detected at and stated
that he well paid FOR It. there parties who
pounds, to have their ends accomplished aud that IL
he sent TO the penitestary he would go there
the rate of three or four hundred pounds y year.
He underwent an examination at the police office on
Monday before the stipendiary MAGISTRATE B. L.. Pc
ter Eg and after s,nFhy WAS cont
month
On examining his person letter found In his
pocket which he had written In the watch house, APP
priing Mr. Till Of his having been nsbbed at last"
aud requestpg him to come and see him.
evidence.
and documents which have since been discovered,
In this city who have been aiding and sbetng In this
pearious business, aud IL is believed that clue
has also been discovered to party at distance, who
There being q question whether, under the law In
cooperating The company the crime punishable asa
felony not being embodied such Ia the criminal
law passed at the last session of the Legislature His
Honor the chief Justice has ordered that the prisoner
him elf In f6oo and sureties in $50 each for his
appearance NJ the January court but as yet be-
Eeye the required securities have not been produced
City Intelligence.
THE HuNGAhiANs AND THE MfLIrARY.-The commits
stoned officers OF the rrst division New York State
Militia have been notified by Major General Sanford
to meet aorrow evening ito take into consideration
the best mode Of testing their respect aud approoa
ton OF the conduct Of the Hungarians and OF sympa
timing In their misfortunes."
TnE Col DEN SAND OF CALIroRNrA-We have received
n com munication from Messrs +. d Fowler, In rela-
Herald about the golden sands Of California riley
state that parcel Of sand washed in California as well
as could be- and such as IL thrown away as worth.
lesa remittsd TO them In order to ascertain IL IL
still contained goa and 1t was found, upon ansly
ss, to contain Sc worth to the pound These gentle
the me- and except that Is exceedingly heavy and
has few shioing particles mixed with IT, there Is very
little difference between IL and other dark sand.
1t is very fine, and somewhat resembles gunpowder,
both in grain and coler As We said before this de-
mopsrates that the gold Of California Is really mex
baube Probably one of the first ireights from that
region will be a cargo Of sand.
THE MERcAsrILr LBRAPY AssocI,rIoS.-Last even
ing me.tipg Of the Mercantile Library Association
was held Stoneas Futos street the purpose Of
eectipg nominating com mittee, with view OF elect
irg ticket in opposition to the present committee and
ofhcers Of the Association. MIR Grsnden called to
the chair and ecrataries and vice presidents having
been appointed a nominating committee Of nine
committee for the ensuing year, and to report to q
future meeting. RESOLUTIONS were also adopted con.
demr atofy Of the conduct Of the committee and off,
GERS Of the Association in vioatipg constitution,
and In closing the Library during the day and before
rundown II wa. also stated by some Of the speakers
Kind OF juggle, and that they audaoiousy removed
the books including she subscription list from the In
large and influential then ourped The resolutions
will be found in another part of this days paper
A vrhy SusrrcIous Box--A box Of very suspicious
ne,ghbors In the vicinity Of the Chatham Theatre to
be lowered nom the OF that building on Thursday
last into the Jesish baryinc ground which extends
from Oliver street TO the of the theatre. This
awful and desih-ke looking box was said to be iu-
Hebrew
nicely rmooth.d the surface again as to prevent
discovery. The suspicion soon became louder and
louder and it was whispered about that the body OF
tome Christian might possibly have been cophned In
that box ana that hereafter some difficulty might arise
at the FINAL judgment as to how the Christian thus OBJ
tsned his lodgment This fact, being buzzed about
among the Jewr get Chatham street In great state Of
excitement and at once deputaton, early yesterday
morning. called upon Coroner Walters at his resi-.
and requested his attention imme diat.y to this
ytteriors box, said TO be deposited in the Jewish
buIyine ground The Coroner at nrst jumped at the
I ifl,s Init inn nat cOulH
the box ccntsin' IL might, be thought, contain .
human body, large or small, as the case may b.. or
contain anything but the form Of q human body
which only is h subject for oroner 20 sit upon
The Coroner not feeling dispose 20 20 into church
yard In sssrch Of subjects advised the messenger
apply TO the SEXTON of that synagogue, who would be
authorized to dispter the box examine the contents
and II found TO be the remains 81 human beog gise
the Coroner notice at The halt at first peared
10 be pretty good but the cootor would not bite The
poseibly would have taken better next month";
Try &c again.
soENrss on nonn SUBTITLE ship Philadelphia, Cap
tain stokesbury arrived yesterday morning. and an-
obored at quarantine She left Liverpool the 9th
OF November with 500 passeDgers. The condition Of
the vese her arrival Il said 20 have been depors-
BILE Fourteen Of the paseugefs had died a. SEES, and
than ity we're landed last evening at the marine
hospital, and taken ia charge By DR. Stewart. Fortu-
nately This well conducted hospital fully pared
for their and the physicians there had
anticipated the arrival Of many sick The long passs-
e the year render ~ probable that ali vessels arriving
from Europe with pssscpgsrui viii bring many sick.
| Cunfors C.sE or ALLEGED LuNaoY-A msrriod
woman lately brought to the Ninth ward station
house being drum aud transferred from thence
to lurstic sfylum, upon the certificate, un der.
ttsnd Of tao doctors who had never seen her Two
respectable ply sicians, tono Of them caudii late for
the nomination for the corosershipl, previously
asked to her and they pronounced her TO be per-
f.c.ly compoS She has iFhteen valuable lots Of
land We have heard that writ Of haLsas eOJus Is TO
be sptd imme dately In her behalf
Superior Court.
SPECIAL TERM.