The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-30

arrested ~ fusfive slave. rescsaf him from the Of
acers, and, afr Q -.vre q is red With him ior
the Canada sh Is The hryman, Who seems to
have ed some mis- yvings ab q the matter, rowed
out in et ST an, and t,tn came back 70 ascertain
the nature O. ( e oe ro'- offence Upon being In
formed that { w mt r5.I, he pro0ptiy returned
the man to the American shore. By This time up
wards Of two hundred negroes ha. assembled ct the
lsn1ipg, fully prepared fur desperate resistance.
The ofce however, called TO their assistance some
three hundred Irish railroad laborers- regular
pitched battle epsued the negroes were put 70
fiji hit, and tie prisoner was conducted by the officers
to Buffalo where he win be detained till the neces
sary papers are received for his transfer 70 the
South.
Eon Charles Wilson, Mayor of Montreal, was lat
Saturday arrested, and held to oiil in the sum of
eight thousand dollars, 10 answer q charge of
der for having ordered the troops to fire during the
GavazZi rio. on the 9th Of June. Three more per
sons, who participate in the not alluded to, have
also been arrested One OF them is Assistant Chief
Engineer of the Fire Department.
The Buffalo democracy are in open rebellion, az
will fesn by the despatch from that city giving an
outline Of the proceedings 1t the different ward meet
ings 0u Saturday, for the election Of delegates to
the District Convention. In one ward general
sight took place, in consequence OF an attack by .
custom house officer upon the ballot box, which was
broken To pieces in the course OF the melee. The
friends Of the administration completely routed,
having carried only two out of the fifteen wards Ii
this is fair specimen Of the harmony OF which we
heard so much about q year ago, what may we not
expect between thr an the 18th of September? The
sub,erranean fire seems to be daily gaining strength
- look out for the volcanic eruptcn.
About fifty Of The free soil demo ,rats met in the
Chinese Assembly rooms last evening, and elected
delegates to represent them In the In dependent
Democratic Ccavepton, to 6e held at Syracuse to-
morrow. The speeches were Of the ultra abolition
stripe which generally characterize gatherings Of
this kind rs will be seen by the report elsewh
A dispatch from Montreal states that three eur
ploye s or fbe Grand Trun railroad, were badly in.
jured By the explosion Of powerful freight engine,
near she Upton station,ast Saturday.
CHARLES II. Comsteck, the conductor who was en-
trial East week Ill Connecticut. charge of having
through caIeessness, caused the awful calamity at
the Norwalk drawbfidge, on the New Haven Rait
rad last May, has been honorsbly acquitted by = q
jury, will be seen by the report Of the pvooeedings
ir another part ofthis paper. The engines. who IL
under arrest similar charges to those preferred
ag ainst the conductor has not sufficiently recovered
rem the injuries-eceived at the time to undergo
trial.
We lseEhere publish full report Of the osinis1
of Judge Ednonds, in the case of William Calder
claimed by Graf Britain under the Aehburto'
treaty, on . charge of forgery. The Judge declare
that the prisoner should be discharged for the
that there was insufficient proof To warraa. his \
ten,im. A motion was made that Calder be Il
aimed si7 Sectional testimony from England oo' Il
be obtained -t1t the Judge stated that be was n
vested With pcwer tn grant the request
The Nather impeachment case still drags its a To-
length along n the State capital. Among the .vi
Desses examined yesterday were tx iog. quo
and Comptroller Wright. See the despsteh kea
our special correspondent.