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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-09-27

srrlNsHI PHILAprLrHfa, of Chsgres, sept ., 1850.
CaFrArN X. ii PEARSON =:
sm-I have been requested, By the subscribers TO
the panyipg card to present the same TO you In
their behalf take much pleasure in acting rs the
organ Of these parties this occasion, as know,
from my intercourse with them that the of the
card do but family express their sentiments and
those every other passenger the ship in favor OF
your skin seaman and comma ndsr, and your
courtesy as gentleman. Hoping that your success
in your present avocstion may be cemmensurats
with your merits officially and personally,
have the hon OF to BE-,
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WASHINGTON CRY, Sept. y 1859.

Ire Hon. Mr.. bIorehead on Foreign Missioa-
he Retirement Of Father Richie.
II is stated as probable thing, that the Hon.
Charles s. Msrehesd, Of Kentucky, a member Of
the House Of Representatives, who declines re-
election TO Congress, will soon take the place of
enc Of our ministers abroad at a government
where the Spanish language is spoken. Mr..
horehead is one of the moet accomplished gentle
men in Congress, and would confer honor upon his
country, as her proud representative, az any court
IN the world.
Il is now understood that the democracy has
compelled Father Richie TO consent TO sell out
the Jsion newspaper to Mr.. Edmund Burke, with
the understanding that the Presidential candidate
Of the party for the next campaign is TO rdn on Mr.
Dukes hobby Of giving away The public lands
voting yourself a fum.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-09-27

SITr. .3.-Before Chief justice EdmonH and Ald@r-
men smith and Chapman
Ssri,ncss Hugh McClsnnan. found guilty 81 the
nsnslsuehter offs woman named Bradley. -ss brought
Mr. Taylor the prisoners counsel spoke In mtirs-
ticn Of the punishmsnt He said that the testimony
vas altogether doubful and that the only ths
prisoner guilty in not rushing TO rescue the
young woman iron the water He has been In prison
four and the only support Of his aged moths
was 20 be REGRETTED that the Gr md Jury thought AZ
indct him tor murder Il TO be regretted that
in his a we'll Others, indictments shovld
he 40 formed: because IL gives ground for scandal
the community that indictments for murder should
be found where the cireumstsnees Of the case Do not
amount TO crime Of 80 great magnitude. IN his
(prisoners case he had bees arrsigned and tried on
the general chsrge sud II thu jury found that he in
tended 20 take the lite he might be seniencsito death
bu, The jury aid not a. there vas no evidence %
warrant the petty jury por the Grand Jury IN 90 hnd
a. csas. 81 he soman'. dsssh. and chat BE- vas
guilty Of nanslarghter In the lowest degree AL the
ciroumstancss that his counsel had urged the Jury
had tsksn int consider alton when they found him
entity Of msnslsuzhter aud hoveyer gratifed the
Court might have been ~ they bad not found him
guilty yet. In pursuance Of the verdict It their
dasy 20 septene, him 30 t-o years imprisonment In
the etste prison
Eessrt moast, charged -ith the murder OF hi, wife
bot found guilty Of man-lsughter An the "a degree,
was then called NJ 30 receive sentence
The Judge said in addressing the prisoner also
have been srrsiEn.d and tried on charge Of murasr
that you we're the csuse our wife death that you
we're the instrument Of her bloody death, there 10
doubt thu jury aid not lnd you suly Of murder, yet
they have fonnd guiiy OF being the OF her
ds.fh In brutal manner. IL was undouh tedy true
IN this thst he thc prisoner under tbs in
huencs OF liquor aud that the deceased vac In the
same state You have been the cause Of bloody
stath. and you leave ycur children orphaned while
you coneigned to the state prison IL must
"a regret 10 yeu that you the cause Of
your wifes death the dgrsce OF being sentenced 10
the State prison wiz remain upon you aud perhaps
never be forrotten ~ you bng taken too from your
ah,lsren o. this time the most importsHs period u
shpir life. must impre.s ron with sorrow The Cour.
a x<ss,ed for all this, DO is due TO the pgslc that
an rxam pie should BE- nsHs II "a due - he void 10
" hons che ease has btea seat fortt that your crime
,houlA - punished Tie sentence, therefore 10 that
YOU BE- sentenced 10 the State prison With hard
isscr fer period Of seren yeart. f.sr
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-09-27

AMI Judkins, % west Newsonl Mess, hs, bern ar
rested for causino hou e OF his own in Cambridge
port. TO be fet en- Ere. The house was insured Tor
more than its ~nlus
John Butler vas shS. st Nes London, Com ties
dare since, By Samuel Daniels ~ pas cone IN sii
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Arr,., or Br,,l.. csn,,e,. =, baltimore.

A few days since, Col. q. l.. Kane, collector OF
customs of this port received Information from
the collector OF New York, That the schooner Flea
nor, Capt. H. W. Harvey he'd sailed from the
Island Of Bermuda for this poTt, with number of
couvcts, who had been released from the prison
hulks by order Of the English government, on coz
dItion OF their coming 10 this country Ga "a.
tuIdsy, about one o'clock, the expected vessel ar
rived oil the lazaretio, where she was boarded by
the health officer, Dr. Spence, who, finding the in
formation he had received To be correct, detained
the vessel ana rrohhited the landing Of her
passenaers-itn in number, all Of whom are
conwcts. Word was insiaEtiy sent 10 the
mayor, who Immediately communicated the fact
10 high constsahle Clifford That officer
Immediately procured warrant and proceed
ed late VA the afternoon e. the quarantine
ground, end AZ once arrested the captain OF the
schooner and al the passengers, whom they
brought TO the city about O'Clock The captain
VI the schooner admitted readily that the passen-
gers we're con'icts who had been release from the
convict hulk Midway" at Bermuda on cond-
ton OF their coming 20 this country. lie said that
he was ignorant Ui there being any law prohibiting
the bringing c! such passengers 10 this country;
but upon the. conycts requesting him TO Land them
before reaching The city, he had determined TO
hrDg them uls-ihat be dd not desire 10 evade the
law lie gave to Cart CIT, ri his list 81 the names
~ the convex g,ihcr with their places ~ birth
aud Callings, w!iiCh are as follows
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I''IIT IfIIf . y ~. % I.3V,
Our lily authorizes arc w soncthIag OF qlsn-
derry relative 10 The SEA Bermuda cOnvicts taken
from on kcard W, brig Eleanor, and now eOnliaed
IN Jail An old state ltsv 1t firiy yeare standing
suit the case bul !, sycIEs OF cOnvicts, and our
city counst usr thinks % st ;ese are not con
viCts now, A. hey each bang with them a fail
pardon snd dss barge from cE-lody. "A tati eva
mine'ion viii iake place THIS plsiniaf, and nice
point Of law decided.
p S-Thc coGviets were discharged.
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Ns@e Brh Pisrs. Occtpaiisn.
Thos Flanagan. e. Ireland. Seaman
VIM. Bsrsby. o.. ....Epgland. Baker
Tbomn niEGey..... Lawyer
Thomas Hurst. 49,. Orsrseer % looms
Henry ntscon. 900. House servant
Andrew y. Woady. scotland, Calico printer.
Richard Else .inglSni, Laborer.
John Smith. $500.
John Hsyvara. ..... Engineer
michael Reirdun- ...... broom
Zach Of the shove named nnvicis had certi-
tcsie Of their ro.case, one of which reads as tel
laws.--
This IL % c-ttiwahst the hearr John smith. late
aoonNict ON board uhe Asdssy Corvict Hulk at BED.
mGda. Nss dirchsrfefby ire. pan. cut Of custody
on condition that he does not return 20 Bermuda
during the residue Of ais sentence which sentence
expkss en- the 18th of!aly 49,
etr-n undsr my hsni. 90 beard tte VI sdway Con.
Wet Hulk bsrmuds this third q sfptes8ber, 1850
signed N VI. wfffIAu Ov.rseer
Ibe sgnstueis sriitsx very SSseurey but IL sup
posed O. Ne a. given
Oa ihs pertics b. ing bros gh before Icsice ord-
iey, az NE Central Police Office. he was some.
what in doubt as 10 the liw Ia the matieg, but on
consulting Judge legraBd BE- was advised by all
means 10 aetso thea. there being q spsclal act of
Congress touchng The ease. The Justice accord.
mgly commavCd The men for herexamissuou.
end alec hele Capt Harvey. IN fle sun OF 4, OOI.
- apfear egstl uu thr charge q bringing to this
oEy ten Cohyicl from the B,ungla convict hEks.
coErsry e. On e. ot Congress -- LIaifipps CvsI,-
ycr. Seyt n
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-17

The steamship Isabel, Captain Rollins, from Ha-
vana on the 9Th at p. m, and Key West on the
9th at a. m, arrived at Savannah on Friday even
ing last at O'Clock. The Isabel brought the mails
from the above places, and a large number of pas
sengers, e. one hundred and thirty in the cabin,
and fifty Storage. This, with some $50, 900 year
for mail contracts. is better even than going to
California.
HAVANA, May Steamship Ohio sailed for New
Orleans at 10 a. m; royal mail steamer Severn
sailed for Mobile at 4 p. M
MAY 6.-Steamship Falcon sailed for Chagres at
IL IN.
MAY Spanish steamer Guadalquiver from
South Side; Spanish frigate came in from off
cruise around the island, but would sail again in
few days. There now in the port of Havana
two frstclass frigates, seventy four gun-ship,
and two steamers. French soop- Of war Fauyre
entered the port of Havana came out.
On the 9th inst. saw ship Aida, off Carysfort
reef; also bark Pilgrim, bound east
Further recent accounts from the VueIta de Abqjo
assure us that the tobacco crop is the best
seen in that quarter.
The Diario de la Marina says that several Of the
most distinguished families Of the island left in the
last Isabel to pass the summer in the States.
The cholera has been on the increase in Havana
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-17

THE WoRKINGMEN's PLATFoRM.-A congress,
composed of representatives of the working classes
has been in session at Pittsburgh, and after DELHI
crate consideration of many subjects touching the
rights and interests of laborers, has presented the
following schedule of doctrine as the best express
sion of its principles:
First: The fact that man is born is evidence
that he has right to life and share Of its enjoy
ments, and any system of society government
which deprives him of these is false.
Second: All material wealth is produced by la
bor-physical and mental-and the laborer should
enjoy the full fruits of his industry and any system
of society or government which deprives him Of
these is false
Third Men who live upon the vice and ignor-
ance of the people should not be denounced; but
vice and ignorance should be removed, and all men
turned out TO honest labor.
Fourth: AS the workingmen compose the great
of the population of the country, they should
control its legislation.
Fifth: Prominent among the changes which the
people should demand are the following
LIST. general incorporation law which will en-
able workingmen to associate and become their own
employers.
Cd. The homestead of the family should be cx-
empt from execution and made inalicnable, but
dishonest debtors should not be permitted TO escape
punishment
3D.. The public lands should be given, in limited
quantities. to actual settlers, and under circum
stances should they be permitted to go into the
hands of spectators.
4th. All officers, Legislative, executive, and Judi
cial, should be elected by the votes Of the people.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-17

INSANITY New YoRK.-In the local depart
ment of the New York Sun, of Wednesday, we find
the following
"During the last forty eight hours, some eight
or ten males and females have been found wander
ing in the streets in deranged state of mind, and
taken of by the policemen Of the several wards.
We also learn that DIR. Covil, physician TO the city
prison, has examined less than forty five per-
sons, laborng under insanity, since the LIST instant
II seems singular that so large number OF persons
should become insane in short period even the
surgeons and physicians at loss 10 conjecture
the cause unless it be the changeable state of the
atmosphere we have been subject TO for several
weeks past"
The editors Of the Sun append to the above the
following note
"Our reporter supplies the above, but we do not
sphere causafire Of increase of insanity. Where
there tendencies 10 insanity, particular states
Of atmosphere might develop or hasten them /;
but there have been no such peculiar changes in
our atmosphere as would account for an increase
of insanity among natives or acclimated persons.
At this season, when the debased and degraded by
intemperance and vice begin TO turn out from their
loathsome dens into the streets, we can imagine
that many, either from restitution, from having
their brain weakened by besotted habits, may find
their reasons last feeble Pickering light extin-
gushed by the chsngeful states Of thcatmosphere"
We doubt not both reporter and editor do but
guess at the cause. The fact, however, is import
ant, and merits serious exam instion.
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In the Senate, yesterday, the Compro-
mise bill reported by the select committee
of thirteen was debated by Messrs. FooTE
and CLEMENS, and then, after an Execu-
tive session, the Senate adjourned till
Monday.
The House Of Representatives. having
adhered to several Of their amendments to
the Census bill, committee Of conference
was directed to confer with the Senate.
The joint resolution having in view the
facilitation of coinage was passed. The
Speakers table was nearly or quite cleared
of large number of Senate bills, Execu-
tive communications, ETC., which had for
a long time been accumulating. A mes
sage from the President, communicating
correspondence in relation to reciprocity
with Canada and the navigation Of the st.
Lawrence, was read and referred to the
Committee of the Whole on the state of the
Union, to which the report of the Com
mittee of Commerce on the same subject
had been referred.
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Arrival OF the severn.

The royal mail steamer Severn, Commander
Vincent, arrived at Mobile on the 10th inst, with
in three days from Havana.
The cholera and yellow fever were prevailing to
a considerable extent at Havana. As there is no
board of health, it is impossible to ascertain the
number of deaths correctly. One of the oldest ply
sicians states, however, that there were from one
hundred and eighty to two hundred deaths day,
without counting the mortality among the soldiers,
among whom the disease il most prevalent and
fatal. 1t was in their ranks that the disease first
appeared, and nearly all of them have been removed
out of the city.
We find nothing in the papers Of note The
weather through the island had been excessively
warm. At Matanzas the cholera prevailing
The Havana press is exhibiting some alarm about
the Cuba expedition. At Trinidad, the govern
ment was engaged in strengthening the fortifca-
tons.
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VIvE LA BAoATELLE I'VE do not call five act
tragedy bagatellc--of course not. Yet there
many Of poor fallen race who can be pleased
with a feather, tickled with straw the fol-
lowing extract from the Paris correspondence of
the New York Journal Of Commerce will tend to
show:
MANY years ago Lamartine began a tragedy
TO be entitled Totssaint- l. Overture, the Hero Of
Hayti He represented il at first a tribute TO the
cause of abolition At length, on the 7th of April,
il was brought forward at the theatre Of the Gym
nasium, in 1--WE acts, and in verse. II had been so
often mentioned, pulled, announced, from year to
year, that public curiosity and impaticncc would
have been lively, independent Of the reputation Of
the writer. On the morning Of the performance
there early as eleven O'Clock what is called
a queue, or tail, large crowd of persons awaiting
the opening Of the doors in the evening, 10 rush
and scramble for seats. Before the curtain was
raised as much a hundred francs was given for
a ticket. The five acts, interpreted with lyric
poetry, lasted until one in the morning. On the
whole, the audience were gratifed, or thought il
necessary 10 be In the points of scenery, de-
coration and performance, nothing better could be
desired. The plot is founded on the insurrection
Of Toussaint and his ebony subjects against the
French expedition under General Leclerc This,
observed the newspaper critics, the blacklist play
ever composed for the French stage. Except in
the third act, which passes in the French camp,
you behold only negroes mulattoes, quarteroons,
fnefis, and other varieties of dingy skim
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A CARD.
WASHINGTON, May l6, 1850.

WAsHINGToN, May l6, 1850.
To the Editors of the Republic.
The Baltimore Sun, of this morning, contains
a letter from Washington, fromNwhich cut the
following paragraph:
"Thurlow Weed, of the Albany Evening Journal,
is here, making some very silly speeches in regard
to the coercion that ought to be used toward south
crn members, and the South generally. He talks
about fighting and blood letting and such
reasonable stuff! Clay talks of peace. Which of
these two men Il humbly crave the Kentuckian' s
pardon for vcnturing on the comparison) is the
bravest?'
Having heard, from other sources, that such SEN
timents have been imputed to me, avail myself OF
this public accusation TO say most unequivocally,
that the charge is wholly gratuitous and un-
founded
have cherished a sentiment nor enter
tanned a thought % unworthy Of American
citizen; nor have ], here or elsewhere, uttered a
syllable susceptible Of any such incendary con-
struction.
Respectfully, yours,
THURLOw WEED.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-17

ISsuRrse DEBrs.-Among the thousand and one
contrivanccs to make money by supplying some
lack Of service in the community, Is that Of IN
surfing the payment Of debt. company for this
purpose has been organized, under charter from
the State Of Indiana, with capital Of Sl50,000.
II is styled the Lafayette Insurance Company Of
Indiana" While il is obvious that 8 $50 900 would
cover but small part Of the losses Of mercantile
community in disastrous times, yet il would be a
relief to some; and If the plan should prove feasible,
the amount Of insurance capital would doubtless be
increased. OF course, no company would insure
without a careful scrutiny TO the responsibility
of the debtors, and the rates Of premium would Tor
shoud) be increased in proportion 10 the risk.
The temptation, therefore, TO sell at random, and
without regard 10 amount, would not be 30 great,
under the influence Of this system, might at
first be supposedly. y yopnnif Commerce.
The purposes TO be accomplished by this com
pany viii only be what private spectators have
long been effecting, except that what the latter
have done in an underhand manner, with "deep
shave" will now be done aboveboard upon fair
terms To purchase the acknowledgment of debt
Of a thousand dollars for seven hundred and fifty
has been called usury; but to insure debt Of thou
sand for a premium of twenty-five per centum will
do well enough
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-17

GoDEy's LADy's Book Jusr entitled
TO our wsrmcst sslutation week ago; but il APP
peared and disappeared from table most mys-
teriously. We have taken opportunity To look
throughs pages, however at the counter Of Messrs.
Taylor Maury, and find IL, as ever, lively, varied
and interesting The embellishments fine.
Cooley salutes Graham, on his return to, CHS first
love-" as generous rival only can greet. In COM
mending the Lady's Book to every family in the
land is satisfactory to be able TO state that
iains nothing that can impair, but every thing that
is adapted elevate the standard Of literary taste
and pure morals in the minds Of our youth.
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BURIED ALI vE.-We have no delight in tales OF
horror, nor would we present such to our readers
without the hope of saiutary influence. The fol-
lowing, from the ST. Louis Organ of the 7th in
slant, the editor says, Preached yesterday from
an authentic source:
"On one of the later days of last week, poor
German, Of rather weak intellect, living in the
southern part of the city, complained of sickness,
and supplied with small doses of laudanum.
In the night, and unseen, he rose from bed and
swallowed the entire contents of the bottle, under
the powerful influence of which he soon sunk into
the semblance Of DEATH the which, however, was
conceived by his friends to be, indeed, the end of
his earthly career On Friday, after his body had
been lowered into its dark abiding place, and all
those in any way connected with him had departed,
the sexton went away from the grave for few
minutes leaving his son, presume, to throw in
the earth. The boy soon became attracted by
sounds which seemed to proceed from.the coffin
Just placed in the grave; he listened groans OF
suiocatng agony were borne to his distinctly
through the lid; he TO his father with the
frghtful intelligence, who Immediately broke open
the covers, and there in the act of gasping forth
his latest breath, lay the poor idiotic German, on
his side he, in the throes of death, having turned
over. He lived but few moments"
When the cholera prevailed in New York year
ago, and the astringent effects of opium were, per-
haps, too confidently relied upon, we heard gen
tleman remark, in what we thought an unfeelingly
his executors TO cut his head of before burying
! him! Yet, we would require to be well satisfied
of the death Of any friend, To whom such remedies
had been given, before permitting him to be en-
tombed
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many of our newspapers. a few weeks since, of a
gas, said to be recently invented in England, and
to be wonderfully efficient in extinguishing fires.
A more recent account, which we find in our
change papers, (but without reliable credt,)
says that this agent proves, further trial. to be
a very valuable affair, and that the machine which
emits this gas costs only $35, is easily drawn by
two men, and will instantly check any fire with
which II is brought in contact. The inventor, it
will be remembered, first tried it in public upon
building in which was a large quantity Of combus-
tible stuff that had been saturated with turpentine.
The flames ragged all over the building but in a
very few minutes the gas had quenched every par
ticle OF fire. The new engine is called Phillipss
Fire Annihilator.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-17

We commence to-day the publication of the
speech of the Hon. TRUMAN SMITH, delivered in
the United States Senate on the 2lst of March, in
relation to appointments and removals. We ear
nestly and heartily commend it to readers, and
would advise not only the attentive perusal of it,
bnt the preservation of the several numbers of the
Republic containing it, for future reference.