The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-11-03
From our Regular New York CorrespoRaenh
Matters and Things I'm New York.
New York, Oct. 25th, 1854.

The excitement created by the uDleOked-for
appearance of Capt. Luce has already subsid-
3D. and our restless city is on the qu. r1re for
the Liverpool steamer of the 4th, AMI the stir
ring tales from the Crimea which she is cx-
pected to bring. The pear approach Of cleo
ton day, Tuesday the 7th of November, keeps
the politicians in II fcrment, and the multiplied
ty of candidates, factions, and political axe
grinders engaged in the struggle. renders the
municipal canvass most exciting game at
cross purIocs to disintcrestcd spectator
of the melee.
The criminal record Of the current week
bids fair to ;ival that Of the preceding QUE
On Wednesday evening last John Shaver,
shoemaker, stabbed his wife with shoc-knifc
in five places; a man named Archibald irvine
died from tie effects of wounds Inflicted on the
previous night by youth named barron;
William Ebcrlc was committed for trial on
charge of numbering John Glfoy, with a pis-
toll. in Ninth Avenue, on Friday night John
Corcoran was convicted of manslaughter in the
fourth degree; and policeman was arraigncd
Oh charge of manslaughtcr in causing the
death of prisoner by viole"cc. Rather for
m;dable catalogue for one day. Eut there is
more to add. On tuesday, John Smith, a boy
of seventeen, was placed ut The bar on a charge
of murder, and convicted OF mansaughter in
tic second degree and yesterday Patrick Nc
Mahon. a labo' or, was put on trial for the
murder of his vile; and John l.. King, a mere
lad in appearance, was a'.aigned for homicide.
The weapons used in all the cases have men
toned. save three, were the dastards'-the
knife; The immediate carsc in each instance
was rum.
Another of those little episodes in the his
tory of Banking mildly termed /" defalcations.'
was brought to light in this city few days
ago. 1t yesterday furnished new topic for
the gossips in Wall street. The fist teller of
the Ocean Bank one MCGrcKIS, is the unior-
tunate victim of circumstances" The thing
occurred in the simplest way in The world. -
Mr.. McGuckin merely certified checks in an
irregular way on his own hook, and finally the
Bank was minus 100000 by The operaiion-
Its capital, however, is million Of dollars, so
what's the odds" After Schuylcr's gigantic
fraud, swindlc of cool hundred thousand
seems almost like an act Of exemplary forbear-
ancc, and we only say, after drawing a long
breath, "a mere triAe, it might have been
worse" 1t is understood that the tcllcr's Sc
curities are good for $4,000. There is also u
screw loose in the knickcrbOckcr Bank. One
of the directors is said to owe the institution
Sl5O,OOO! The bank is in bad condition,
and heavy loss will fall somewhere - on the
depositors probably. The Empire Bank has
been tried by a pretty persevering run, but
stood the test, and is in rs good order rs ever
There have been SOME failures among the Ken
lucky and Indiana banks, and every body looks
rather shy at Western money.
The Walker divorce case, which afforded
such delightful food for prurient imaginations
during its progress, has been settled by a de-
cree of the referee. Mrs. Walker obtains
divorce, with leave to marry again, and has
the custody Of the children, he being permitted
to visit them once week. The public vcr-
dict on the decree is served him right
Three able legal opinions in favor of the
assumption of The Schuyler Scrip by the NY.
and n. ii. Railroad were published here yes
tcrday, and another appears in The Tribune OF
to-day. They cmauate from G. F. Kirkland,
Charles O'Connor, Grccre c. Bronson aud
Mr. Lord, of whom the three former have
been reta,;ccd',y the members Of the stock co.
change. The proposed evasion of Ncw-IIavcn
Directors doss not find GavCr in financial circles
here.
That beautiful humbug, the Crystal r. lace
is about to collapse. 1t is advertised to-
close the LIST pToSimo. What disposition will
be made of the building dc not know. Some
of the articles On exhibition will probably be
sold at auction, and the remainder shipped to
the places whence they came, the association
paying the expense of transportation. l be-
eve that the palace, under the energetic man.
,gemcnt of Mr.. John III. While, who succeed
ed Darnum us President of the Association,
has paid its way. 1t still contains q great
number of mechanical inventions, manuGac-
lures and specimens Of the fine arts, which are
well worth seeing. Letters have been received
here by the friends of Capt. Gibson, 1.-THE ad-
gentleman that was to have been
hung in Netherlands of the most encouraging
character. Mr.. Belmont is urging the Cap
tain's claim for reparation, ito the tune of
5 90. OOO) upon the government Of Holland