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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-03

The Court of Appeals at Albany has affirmed the
decision of the Supreme Court in this District pro-
ncunciug the Metropolitan Police Act constitutional
We write before receiving the full Opinion of the
Court (Which we nevertheless expect to publish
herewitb), but the general features of the decision
are given in our Geographic dispatch, and cannO
be changed.
Whether any loophole remains through which
Mayor Wood can hope to evade the force Of th
decision and continue his game Of notification
and anarchy, we cannot yet determine. II
is desperate gambler, with all the ruff
fanism and vilainy OF our city at hi
back, and will persevere in his rebellion if that
possible. If it be within the power Of affidavit
10 subvert the Courts Judgment, hs and his imme-
date cabal win swear it into nonentity. The
Common Council may be relied on to fellow aud
back him in any new iniqui:y that he may see fit
to attempt. The Herald and The Journal Of Com
msroe viii probably approve aud seek to uphold
whatever he may choose to try. But, outside of the
large yet still limited circle of those who look to
his rule for opportunity for public plumber or i'm.
punity in vice and crime, we think he will have
few followers beyond this point
We rejoice that the Court is so decidedly Demo.
cratic 10 its composition that there can be no pre-
tense Of partisan bias shaping this decision OF the
eight Judges composing it, six were chosen by the
Democratic party, and five of these united to gus
tain the law. A decided majority of the Demo-
cratic judges were Of the Radical or Barnburner
section in former times-that is 10 say, Judges A.
s. johnson, John W. Brown, Samuel! L. Selden, and
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-03
A DEFENSE OF IGNORANCE IN SCHOOL
TEACHERS.

To the Editor " The N. Y. Tribune.
SIR: have been a subscriber and an attentive
reader of The TRIBUNE for the past ten or twelve
year,, and have always admired its high moral tone
and able advocacy of principles based upon truth aud
justice Its interest in the cause Of public education
and its discriminating support thereof have think,
ever commanded the respect of the community gen.
orally and of practical educators particularly. But
am quite certin that mutudes Of the class to which
slusion has just been made were greatly sursprsed
and PANIED at the undue and, with all respect, the
nncaedr severity Of recent article in your journal
esstd upon a somewhat faulty letter written by a
ptolmoent teacher Of this city. I am convinced that
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-03

Tux TRIBUNE has never published TO the world sSlsH
nal structures that have csuscd much pals aad n
pret among the teachers and friends Of eduoatioa n
this city and State those Of Saturday last 10 refer
epce to the principal Of one Of our Normal schoola
II seems TO me that veteran teacher, OF eckAovt-
edged abilities Of tried experience, who enjoys n.
bounded confidence and respect, should not be Judged
and condemned a. ignorant, impudent and totally
upt to discharge the duties OF his station, BY Aas
,rr,tfrn kovek respectful, letter-one written, m
derstand in your own Office and without opportunity
for careful revision. Said letter wss unquestonaby
written carelessly and without the slightest idSS,
probably, of its being critically handled:
tee or the public good, demand that the repusstos
and standing Of spy professional man be thus summas
ily and harshly dealt with Should the teacher u
sterling integrity Of character Of known scentinc ~
ts;omt nts Who has rendered signal service IN tas
scboos of this city for more than quarter OF cen
tury be declared unqualified for his station and neie
ND 10 public ridicue on account Of few faults ioand
in lines hurriedy written As one wno one
estimate on personal and professional reputauos %
friend of that venerable instructor OF youth, ana -
lover of iustice respectfully and earnestly protest
so.;n,t a judgment founded wholly upon such prem
Tie shirt and general tenor OF your remarks this
morning in reference 70 tho important subject OF
grammatical correctness, are, ID my humble luags
day last. agree with You In relation to the too
prevalent slaughter Of the Queens English, evea
among those who probably know better, and the de.
sirsbeness Of general Improvement in this respect;
but IT, az you admit nine tenhs Of all the letters re.
ceiyed at your Office contain mistakes In spelling, ana
other grammatical errors mhy single ont tie one n
question and, in your editorial columns subject it,
author 70 treatment which tends e l'srsd' him IN
Nesc York July I. 1857,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-03

The City Charter provides that the superintend.
ent of Repairs and Supplies must be practical
builder. Mr.. Woods Street Commissioner, DeVlin,
has appointed to that Office Mr. William j. Brisley'
member of that former Board Of Aldermen poPu-
larry known as "The Forty Thieves" Mr.. Brisley
is not practical builder. Heis stonecutter and
clearly incapable of holding the Office. OF course,
the Controller will refuse, in disbursng the Puplic
money, to recognize such an appointment.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-03
TREMENDOUS HAII-SrORM IN FREDEh-
ICKSRiIRG VA.
WASHINGTON, Thursd

WASHINGTON, Thursday, July :, -.
Tb.rs v.s tremendous il-storm at Fredericks
burg. between and o'clock yesterday, accompanied
NV terrific thunder. Some of the hailstones were as
large as hens eggs All the windows on the w'n =.
ward eide Of the house: were demosne "e;cs xsre
hunt The destruction If trees and crops it IS sup
pOsed. is immense The track Of the railroad nom
Aqua Creek to Fredericksburg was badly wss snd
Both Of the railway trains were , ~
track. and three passengers were badly injured
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-03

To tho Associsted Press.
WAsBISGroS, Thursday, July 9, 1857.
A letter has been received from the Surveyor-Gen.
era of California stating that the rancho Rio de los
Americanos" has been confirmed to Joseph L. Fol.
son. i contains IS 900 acres, and is said to be
worth s 600 900.
The "Fernandezv rancho is confirmed to d. L..
Fernandez and others. 1t csntains nearly $4,000
acres.
Two San Francisco town lots Of little moro than
three acres in extent, have been confirmed to Jacob
=. Leese and Otherr.
The Navy Department has received dispatches from
Commodore Paulding in reference to the condition of
the Nicaraguan Adventures whom he brought to
New-YoIk. Com. p. mentions facts already known
and says:
II became necessary, not only to give protection
to our misguided cOunymen, but to reconcile the in
teress Of contendirg parties belonging to the United
States and Costa Rica, not always to be cOmpre.
hended nor disposed Of by an ordinary standard"
The general examination into the election riots will
be commenced by the Grand Jury next week. At
IL ast one hundred witnesses have been summoned.
One hundred and eight thousand dollars of Treasury
Notes Issued in 1886 and l847 are outstanding.
large two-story brick building, in the avenue op-
petite the National Hotel, fred by an ncendiary
and burned down last night. Ii was owned by Messrs
Middleton d. Bea and occupied by Reese, gas-fitter;
DE Unger, printer, and Monck, gun and whitesmth
The building was nearly vaueless, and uninsured
The aggregate loss Of the occupants is 900 to 0O
Messr MOnck and Reese are insured, but the loss Of
DE Cnger is not less than &, 900.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-03
ATLANTIC SOUNDINGS.

St JOINS n. F., Thursday, July 2, 1857. {
II. B. NJ. steamer Cyclops, Lieut.. Dsylnan, X. N,
Commander, which was sent out by the English Gov
errneDt to make soundings along the " Telegraph
Plateau for the Atlantic Telegraph Company, be-
tween Newfoundland and Ireland, arrived here
yesttrdsy. Her Commander makes very favorable
report, confirming In every material particular the
recent soundipgs Of Lieut. Bergman ofhe Y. S. sur.
veypg steamer Arctic.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-03
KANSAS NEWS

ST. Louis, Thursday, July 2, 1857.
James Lyle. County Recorder and Probate Clerk Of
Leavenworth, was killed by Free-State man named
Haller on the Goth ult. The ARRAY grew out of the
election to fill vacancies in the City Council of Leav-
enworth, Kanias. Halter was arrested, and there
were great apprehensions Of riot taking place in con-
sequence
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-03
NetoIlurk DAILY Tribu,se
FRIDAY. JULY 3, 1857.

We publish elsew here an interesting and detailed
statement Of the rescue Of Miss Gardiner the young
lady who had been carried into captivity by the
Indsns who perpetrated the Wholesale massacre at
Spirit Lake SEINE weeks ago.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-03
SEYERE HAIIoSTORM.

RIcHnoSD, Va, Thursday July = 1897.
We were visited with very severe hsil-storni ss'
night and extended to STAFFORD Culpepper ana al
& ,on.. faJIof an immense size and 10 the depth OF
six inches in some place. between Fredericksburg and
sAcnuia Creek,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-03

James Lyle Reot rider of Leavenworth County,
Kansas, was killed in an ARRAY with Free-State
men named Halter, a few days ago. Halter was
arrested, and there were indications Of a serious
not growing out Of the tragedy.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-03
THE LATEST NEWS,
RECEIVED By
MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Dispatch to The n Y. Tribune.

special Dfspateh 70 Inc ". L. iIIsuno'
WASHINGTON, Thursday, July 2, 1857.
Mr.. Eames, Minister TO Venezuela, has received
bis passports and was to have left for home June
II. The difficulty causing bis return arises in
demand for indemnity for the violent expulsion Of
an American party collecting guano on Bird Island
four years ago. Mr. Eames delivered his ultima
tum about the end Of May, and receiving no salts
factory answer he suspended diplomatic inter-
course.
Senior Figaniere, Minister from Portugal, is here
on business of his Embassy. Mr.. Seibels, Minister
to Belgium, has resigned, and the vacancy will be
Immediately filed.
Judge Mason, Commissioner Of Patents, having
been requested by Secretary Thompson to remove
certant competent Examiners, has resigned, his
resignation to take effect the appointment Of his
successor.
j.. L. White, as agent of the Nicaragua Transit
Company is here negotiating for restoration Of
its charter and property. The interference Of this
Government turns upon the question whether the
Rivas and Walker Administration was dc facto
Government.
Mr.. Venable of Tennessee, appointed Minister to
Guatemala in March last, is here receiving his in
structiOns.
Dispatches at the Spanish aud British Embassies
indicate the speedy settlement of the Mexican
quarrel. War rumOrs are stock. jObbing inventions.
small Spanish feet has been sent to the Gulf of
Mexico for exercise.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-03

Vx1ANTED-At the City Hall, & pumber Of
w AFFIDAVIT MAKERS, 10 take tho place OF 'e'sfAi
gentlemen fsteued BY extraordinary eaertion" fes' u
~ ,tiou and doubtful powers face nssd not apply
s.I.r, l,rse but payment somewhat UNCERTAIN.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-03

A car ran of the track of the Marietta and Gin
cinnst Railroad yesterday, by which three or four
persons were killed and fifteen or twenty wounded
several Of whom may not recover.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-03

REMoyaL.-MARsH & Co. s Radical Cure Truss
- As.or House uses Supporters Shoulder Braces sik
Isst Stockings and every yi.y Of Bsudsses o. most ap
proved patterns skfuy applied Private apPicsthn rooms
Tor Lsaiss A competent fsues IN attendance.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-03
seconJ hand and ncw PIANOS at lower I

Second hand and new PIANOS at lower prices
than before offered In this market a. the WATERS PIANO
and Music Rooms No 5 Broadway Oae 81 octave Gilbert
Aan Piano prize when 800 will b. sold for 200 one
do socsve folsn price SIS will be sod for 6o one O.
octeys mahogany Smith Piano for &y0 ChickerBg octave
Piano $50 for t25oi Gilbert Piano, new price
$3.50 Tor s250i Chckens Pisno richly carved
with pearl keys price s7Oo will be- sold Tor $500; 7ocaye
carved ees Brooks Piano price 500 for $50 Pianos
Me for allowed purchase For
ssle on u,opthly payments
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-03

I'm SINGER Co have removed th.ir SEWING MACHINE
R,"aawsv ,rnet rsnd..s In buying such article
s.wira Msne tho ret economy Is TO buy the beat They
Who M fchsse scsss MACHINES always ge, what they want
and use them with satisfaction and profit while they who buy
any 81 The chssp.r and inferior machines In tho market are sure
% tuf-r disapposntSoept rNation aud loss
~ SiSeER Co No. 4j3 Br sdw.y. cor. Grand Of.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-03
BnYAN's TAsTrLEss VERMIFUGy

Is The Pioneer Of ct pepafsons Of Is Kind IN the Union
fails to clear the system from Worms has
medicine; perfectly harmless the most delicate child
sBd ut the remedy Ions sought for by the public Sold by
GEssiT morton No. ISL Sthav by BssSEs PARK, aud
RKpDisc 4 Co, Boston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-10-09
PERSONAL.

-. Colonel d :. Roberts, q =. A, Is at Will
lards in this city.
-. Hon Charles l.. Scott California. is at the
kirkwOod House
Capt. kingsbuTy. L. : J., Capt Page
= n, e h Garrison, Cal, are at Willards'.
Mr. speaker Banks - TO speak in Faneuil
Hal, Boston, On Thursday Of next week upon
The financial crisis and its causes
49, The friends of the Hon Thomas T. CIino-
man, in his own district are about 10 commitment
That gentleman with grand banquet in his honor
80. Gov Hammond Of south Carolina declines
10 be a cand date for the L : SenatoTsLjn Rea
sons--;oo old, and too much private business tn
Look after
go. The funeral Of the Hon Iouis NcTane or
Baltimore. who died on "Wednesday tskes nI,ca
to-day. Mr.. McLane was iu the I'D wear ~ -
age He Il native of Delaware
80. Rev Dr.. ID. ". sheldon. until rcc.otIv a
leading Baptist Clergyman, and formerly Presi
dent Of VAUDEVILLE College. Maine. has b-ro me a
Unitarian, and is preaching to the Unitarian So
eiety in Bath.
Senator Sumner writes from Heidelberg
sept. ii. He had been ia Switzerland had Wis
tied most Of Its lakes. and crossed several OF its
mountains on mulebsck. He has also been In the
Pyrenees and the Channel Island, and was about
TO visit the Highlands OF his health he says
" am not vet entirely well, but ] am almost.
MY case spins out slowly; but find that nv tx
perience - that OF others bo have received nju-
Ties 10 the brain. My general health, which IS
now complete, is surely lining up the diseased
Part Of my system"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-10-09

fiLlBUs1ERING MOVEMENTS Al THE SourH-
The efforts OF General Walker and his officers to
drum up new recruits in the South for flibuster-
ing enterprises appears to have been attended
with some degree of success. The Vicksburg
papers announce the departure Of fifteen or twenty
MississiPpians, principally from Jackson, for
New Orleans, where they intended 10 unite their
fortunes with that of Walker, to aid him, AZ the
True Southern expressesit, Sin making one more
effort for the regeneration Of Nicaragua"
The san Antonio Herald also Announces that a
regiment OF Texan Rangers is organizing for a
similar purpose, under the command Of Col Jno
p. Waters, seconded by Captain Henry and Col
Crawford. This regiment will concentrate at
Galveston, and embark from that port for such
destination a. General Walker may direct
Those are the first instalImen,s of the new
force whose enrolment las been publicly an
nounced- From this information and from hints
thrown out from time to time in journals which
sympathize with the movement against Nicara
qua, we are led to believe that the work Of r..
eruiting for a new 6libus;ering expedition Is 90
ing forward, actively but quietly, throughout the
Southern States. The Indications are suspicious.
10 say the least.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-10-09

II We have received from the publishers,
Buell. X Blanchard. of this city, ducde,imo
volume, styled :. The Progress of Slavery in the
Lnited States" by Geo VI. Weston. The author
OF this book is the well known aboiitionist who
has recently commenced the publication Of a
semi weekly abolition paper in our midst; an
excellent writer, 50 far the use Of words and
interchangeable habits of partizan political stuff
ing are concerned. The deductions in his book
are, Ike his premises, entirely unsOund; being
founded on the statements, for facts. with which
all abolition argufers beg al questions they
pretend TO discuss. With them every important
point in dispute must be admitted to be IS they
rspresent-else they cannot even pretend to dis
euss- The book in question: in its array Of figures
and Perversicn Of facts, exhibits very commend
able industry, dedicated 20 a most unworthy and
feprehensible puTPose-to that Of stirring up
Northern sectional feeling towards the South
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-10-09
EVENING STAR.
WASHINGTON CITY:
FRIDAY .................. October Q, 1851 /.
SpIRLr OF TIE MORNLNG PRESS

The IgLeIligeucer republishes the CORES
pondenee between the Secretary of State, the
Collector of the port of Norfolk, Va, and the
recipient, ON the occasion of the recent presen-
tation Of valuable pocket gold thermometer
and chain, a voluntary offering from President
Buchanan, to Capt. johnson, of the Norwegian
barque Ellen who so nobly rescued a large
number Of the passengers of the unfortunate
steamship Central America. OF this act Of
President Buchanan the Htelligo4cer appro-
priately says:
1.-The reader will learn from the subioined cor
Iespondence that the President of the United
States, with liberality and promptitude which
do him great honor, has given most appropriate
and generous expression to his own sentiments
and those of the natisn at large, in grateful adj
miration Of the gallantry and humanity displayed
by Capt Johnson, of the Norwegian bark Ellen
on the occasion Of the late catastrophe which be-
fell the steamer Central Americas catastrophe
which, though il be destined ever to occupy
painful pre-eminence in the annals Of marine dis
aster, is not vet without its sweet of adver-
sty' in the sublime example afforded of sailor
like devotion TO duty on the part OF those who
persisted, aud Of equally sailor-like devotion to
humanity on the part of those who under cir
cumstances of great peril, rendered efficient aid
made the hohored instrument, under Providence
of saving many lives in that most DISTRESSING
Casualty; ana the tribute which his cOnd net has
called forth from the President has the merit at
once OF gracefulneSs in the donor and of worthi-
ness IN the recipient. But, while Mr. Buchanan,
IN obedience 20 his honorable impulses has Inoie
than fulfilled the o6lis cations which might be
deemed incumbent on him, whether personally
or ohcially, we hope that the country through
Its Representatives in Congress- will not held
itself e1oneTated by the generosity Of the Presi-
dent fToIn the pleasing duty and privilege Of
awarding to Capt Johnson and his American as
sOclate IN generous and humane daring such q
national testimonial shall properly express the
public gratitude for the services rendered by them
and their crews On that melancholy occasion
The Union notices appropriately the death
OF the venerable Louis McLane, that occurred
IN Baltimore on the day before yesterday
Wednesday last. His age was seventy three
years. He went down to the grave full of
honors, and universally confded in and beloved
The Union also discusses the message of Gov
ernOr Pollock to the called session of the Penn
sylvania Legislature, holding that he very
Improperly expends all his sympathy upon the
derellct banks, forgetting the sufferings Of the
community through their condition, which he
proposes to eItenuste.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-10-09
From TESSEssEr.-weh have private advices

FROM TENNEssEE.-We have private advices
from Tennessee this morning, stating that the
81 eaker of the Senate just elected is an anti
Nicholson man, flor the L. 5. Senate) and also
tie Clerk of the House. Some around US are
interpreting these facts TO mean anti Nicholson
victories, while others think they are the result
of combinations likely to strengthen Judge
Nicholson's prospect of election. When the
doctors thus disagree, tits past us to decide.
BANK COysULTATIoN.-Weh hear that there
was q consultation of the officers of the note
issuing banks of the District of Columbia last
night, and are inclined to believe that it has
resulted in a determination to recommend to
their several boards common plan of action
in the present emergency. What that plan
may be, we know not at present
REsIGNED.--Edward NJ. Fuller, Esq, has
resigned the Office of U, S. Pension Agent at
Portsmouth, n. II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-10-09

IL MIR. Tice, the first assistant engineer of
the Central America, one of the last rescued, has
sent In to Marshall o. Roberts, Esq an official
statement concerning the great disaster, and the
condition OF the steamers engines He says the
boilers were in perfect order, and charges the
disaster to the severe storm and violent sea He
exhonerates MIR. Ashby from all censure, and says
he heard Captain Herndon order him to proceed
to the brig Marine to procure her small boats,
and believes he would have returned with assist.
ance II 1t had been possible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-10-09

IL We have interesting news from China At
acouncil of war, held at Hong Kong, it was de-
cided that Canton could be captured, but could
not be retained. This, at least, is the view of
military men, though the naval authorities seem
to think otherwise The rebels were advancing
on Canton with the intention OF attacking it, and
feh was making preparations to receive them
1t is alleged that Lord Elgn has gone to Calcut-
ia In order to obtain some native regiments with
which he proposes to carry on the war against
China
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-10-09

BERks COUNTY FAIR.-Thc BeTks County
tPa) Agricultural Fair. which opened at Read
ing, on Wednesday morning, is one of the most
successful ever held in that county, and probably
In any part of the States Ii is the universal
opinion that il far excels the Stale Fair in the i'm
Portant departments Of fine stock. fruit and agri-
products generally. 4 number ofthP best horses
in the STATE are on the grounds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-10-09

LATEST FROM LIBERIA The African Reposi-
tory fer October, just received, announces that
letters from the Rev. John Seys and others in
Liberia, bearing date to the 18th Of August, have
been received at the office Of the Society Not
one word is said Of famine. and we must there
fore conclude that none exists certainly none very
severe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-10-09

II The Cologne Gazette states that on the
18th OF September hitherto unknown Planet o.
the eleventh magnitude, was discovered and OBJ
served at the Observatory Of Dusseldorf, by Dr.
N Luther. The correctness of the discovery is
already confirmed by the Royal Prussian Obser-
Vatory at Bonn The number of known planets
Is now 50, of which A. have their orbits between
Mars and Jupiter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-10-09

YOUNG ROBERTS IN EyGLAND--By our Eng
lish files we see that J Il Roberts, the Young
American TRACED ian. has made 4 successful debut
at Drury Lane Theatre as "Sir Giles Overreach ,,
Our readers will remember Roberts as one time
the stage manager OF the little "Adelphi.'' We
are glad to chronicle the success Of one who has
been close student in his arduous profession
and always gentleman