The New York herald., 1851-08-03


We shall not now attempt to show the prejudice Of
the opinions Of the English press upon this Sect
1t would be waste of time and labor, especially
the French President is reported to have decided
upen the case Agreeably to our understanding of
the history Of the case, however, we have always
thought the claim a valid against Portugal;
and, if there has been decision, all that can
rely upon is this, that Louis Napoleon will be
governed more by the facts and the law Of nations
than by the opinions of the British press; and it
seems to that their intermedding in the mater
at this point of the business is neither necessary
strictly magnanimous.
Murder OF Another Fourth w ard Police mn n.
ARREST OF The MURDERER, AND TWO OTHER PER-
SONS SUPPOSED TO BE CONCERNED IN THE BLOODY
AFFAIR.
We again called upon to record another atrocious
affair perpersted in the Fourth ward about O'clock
on Saturday morning, in which Michael Foster one
of the policemen while in the discharge Of his duty
wekedly stabbed in the abdomen, with dirk, BY a
Spanish saiNr, called Antoine Lopez The wound in
ficted nearly inches In length, from which the
intetines protruded the dirk having passed through
the gut, niictng terrible wound which, is believed
viii prove fatal
The circumstance which occesioned the assault was
Of provocation whatever justing the attack
the policeman On the contrary, the pelce, the tis
rendering protection to the very who inflicted
the injury.
1t seems that about o'clock on Saturday morn
irg policemen Foster and Prendergast da.y in
Water street Their attention drawn to disturb
and at the closed doors Of porter house
kept by Dutch Crest No 3l4 that street The officers
preceded 10 the Of disturbance, AMI three
spanards, named afterwards s.cersines, to be An
tone Lopez Frank Sanders and Joseph Corono the
former sailors belonging the schooner Habans lying
the foot of Cedar street North River and the latter
gar maker residing at No. Roosevelt street Police
men Foster and Prepdergast spoke TO thsm, and re-
quesed them to d,sis from knocking at the door, in
all probability the inmates would come out and infct
beating on them and, finally, BY persuasion got
them to leave and they all walked together far the
OF Roosevelt and Water streets There the police
told them 20 their vessel and about leaving
when Lopez in instant drew from his pocket dirk
and before Policeman Foster had any idea Of assault
had time to protect himself Lopez inflicted the stab
and immediately OF towards the docks. Mr.. Fos-
ter although dangerously stabbed, called out murder
and pursred the murderer block and a-ha until
the villain was stopped by Policeman Duffy in South
street and taken into custody The dirk dropped
by the prisoner when arrested and picked up by the
ofcsr with the blood Of the injured still reeiag
the blade. The murderer forthwith conveyed by
the police TO the Fourth ward station house; and Mr.
Poster, Notwithstanding his intense agony placed his
hands on his bowels and walked to the station house
Drs Green and lie Roy the latter from the City Hospi
tai in attendance early possible, and did all in
their power TO relieve the sufferer the wounded ntes-
tines stitched up-the bowels replsced-and lac was
then cent to the City Hospital evidently in dying
dition. The oiher two were captured by the po-
lice about o'clock the came morning Frank sso
ders the sailor caught as he was about going on
beard the schooner, and Joseph Cortone taken at
his lodging room, in Roosevelt street and all
three in clcsc custody Coroner 6ecr notified AMI
thu following examination taken at the
City Hospital about ~ clock
Cify and County n N,r york o-Michaol Foster an
Gays that this morning about O'Clock ne met
apaty Of three one door from the corner f Rose
welt and Water streets In Water 81 these three
was very noisy and depoyent Informed him that II he
did not stop the noise he making. be should be
obliged 10 take him In; and Immediately after having
raid these words he stabbed by Of these three
three men, named Anton. Lopez, Ia the lower part Of
The bowels With dirk, about e!gh, inches 10 sngth aud
then snid Lopez ran and v1 followed hy depon, mt
down Roosevelt street through Front street TO Peek sip
ceponcnt stopped at Dover street and Lopez arrest
ed ty oficsr Dufy. at Peek clip"
At the time the above deposition taken the d..
eoafsd not Informed that he in dying situ,
ton cous,qusn;y the evidence thus taken would b. set
utide in court of justice. Mr. Blunt the District At.
torn,y. visited the Hospital and drew up the proper
form whereby the statement of the dying could be
ATTACHED and left the With Mr L. Roy the skful
der whose the o. ceased plsced The
deceased continued 10 sink under the -hoc until be-
tween sH and O'Clock last evening aud then died
But about three quarters of hour before the deceased
expird nr L. Roy visited him ami informed him tina,
he could furvive the injury and then In dying
condition. Yes" replied tie unfortunate who
aTTssr,d to he in prfect state Of nrd feel II at
> d, ing; know cannot live The Doctor thea re-
qusst,d him 20 r,lsic 20 him h5s the occurrence took
pace ard whether Ne could idcn'ify The man who stab
bcd hin. 1he folloviug statement was then made 20
the Doctor Who took dom In the language Of the dy
iDg man
THE DYING DECrAnATfoN.
Michael Foster. policeman " the Fourth ward.
lying st the New YORK hosptaL suffering from wound
IN toe atdemen declare with fut consciousness of my
d. ing situation the following 20 be- true Of
tn oocuirencc which led a. ny present condition II
not know the Who did IT, could I recognise
him there three talking very loudly. On the
~ Roosevelt srd Water rrets the policeman
of the beat bad tod them TO g. home they became
ssu,y also, coming along spoke 20 them aud said "
they I'd stop their Boic would take them In when
Of The thrtc towards aud stabbed me Had
had no sltsrcstion with him.
Isrrssrs that the injured rallied but gra-
dusly sunk from the effects the shock and the los Ct
blood
The dcceaad was thr,yhve year. ~ age and resided
st NO $40 Pearl street had b,en IN the police depart
nt for fsv,rsl years aud ut the time ~ the fatal &C.
eurrerc. of Tie seresnts of that district lie
bore The reputation % hoLe est upright mild tenn
pered and has fallen a.vioum n the vicious
hand q murd,rsr while in the diselarge - his duty
wife and two children left 70 the lose ONLY
the day before ths sd affair took pscr the wife had r.
very feeble tate. expected - live aud the "a
ther has teen twert away ~ the hand Of an sass sin
CoIor or Deer viii bot the inquest hs body 81 the
d,esasc at slsvcn ocl'ck tbs day at the City Hospital
Naval Intelligence.
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