The Placer herald., 1857-03-07
Arrival of the Golden Gate.


Monday last, bringing dates from New York
to February 9th, she brought G47 passen-
gers.
Preston King, (rep.) has been chosen U.
S. Senator from New York.
A bill has passed Congress for the admis-
sion of Oregon and Minnesota, as states, into
the Union.
The Central American Treaty has been
discussed by the Senate and rejected. The
reference back to the Committee upon For
eion affairs amounts to that result.
The question of Emancipation has been
discussed with much earnes;ness in the Mis-
souri, Legislature.
The advices from Cuba state that DR..
Kanes health is improving.
The funeral ceremonies of Preston S.
Brooks took place at Washington on the
29th of January. The President, Heads
of Departments and members of the Judi
ciary were present; also, Mr. Buchanan.
From Kansas we have advices to the Goth
of January, The Council had passed an
act abolishing the laws requiring test-o oaths,
and there was no doubt Of the concurrence
Of the other House. Business in Lawrence
and destroyed all the liquor they could find
in the city. A decided sensation has been
created in Nebraska in consequence of the
Governors having vetoed the bill locating
the capital of the Territory at the city of
Douglass. The weather was cold, and it was
reported that the Sioux Indians above were
suffering severely from famine.
HoRRID MURDER IN Nrw YoRK.--The
population of New York have been again
shaken by the announcement of another
mysterious and brutal murder, On the
morning of the 3lst of Jan, the dead body
of DR.. Harvey Burdel wealthy and
fashionable Dentist, was found in his room,
at 81 Bond street, horribly disfgured from
knife wounds and strangulation. There
were no less than fifteen stabs in the neck
and breast, made with some narrow-bladed
sharp instrument; and on his neck were signs
Of an attempt at stranguation, which was
further proved by the fact that his lungs
were full of air, and his tongue protruded
between the teeth One of the cuts had Sc
verel the jugular vein, and another nearly
separated the yertebr@. Two of the wounds
in the breast had penetrated the heart.
1t is not ascertained who committed the deed
although suspicion rests, with some degree
Of probability in its correctness, upon his
mistress, (or wife, as she claims,) Mrs. Gun
ningham, and one John j. Eckel. The
New York papers are literally Overlooking
with the evidence taken at the Coroner's in
quest, which dscloses another sicken ing
chapter in the immortality and RIGHTEOUSNESS
that have obtained in what is claimed to be
the higher society of that city. Mrs. Gun
ingham, whose antecedents are of a very
questionable character, had grown family
of children, and was living in the house with
Dir. Burdel. The evidence goes to show
that, through intrigue, intimidation, and con
spiracy with Eckel and a man named Snod-
GRASS, ca clergvman's son,) Mrs. Cunning
ham had gained potent ascenlancv over DR..
Burde, and forced him to disgorge various
amounts OF money, to lease bis house to her
at q reduced rent, and to sign a queer doc
ument, in which he agreed to extend her and
her family his friendship through life; and
never to DO or act in any manner to the de-
triment Of Mrs. Cunningham. When the
mail left New York, the examination was
still going on, and although no charge had
yet been formally made against either party
OF having committed the deed, the Coroner
kept the woman, Snodgrass and Ecke in
Jail. rs witnesses. The history of Dr. Burd-
ell is anything but creditable one. The
New York Herald gives sketch of his life,
which shows him to have been unprincipled,
callous penurious, ungraeful and icenious
He swindled his own brother, who had sup
ported and educated him, out of all his prop
erty and allowed him to die like dog in his
own house without any of the comforts neces-
sary to alleviate the sutferings of the dying
relative. He always took advantage when
ever the opportunity offered. of any one
with whom he had deal ngs-whether friend,
relative or stranger: and was always en-
gagedin law suits. In fact, his whole life
is black disgusting history, and his violent
end would seem to be an act of retrbutive
justice worked by the immutable hand of a
mysterious Providence.
The New York TSnaes says:-"The Ten
nessee succeeded in getting off on Thursday
Goth ult. for Nicaragua, with abundant pro-
visions and arms, and two hundred and fifty
emigrants on board. She sailed for San
Juan and upward, hoping that in the present
high state of the San Juan river, she may
be able to force the blockade at its mouth,
and carry the emigrants up almost to ,Yr-
gin Bay, within short distance of Cen.
Walkers own quarters. There was no fur
ther interference on the part Of the United
States Government authorities. 1t is report
ed in quarters that ought to know, that a
steamboat met the Tennessee, three miles
out side of sandy hook, and then placed
on board of her 400 additional men or re-
cruits, three eight-ponnders and two-six
Founders, with quite large number Of
lnuskets and other munitions of war. All
the arrested parties were discharged, except