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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-02
INQUEST UPON THE BODY or THE
RIVER PIRATE.

Coroner Connery held an inquest yesterday upon
the body Of Daniel Leary, alias Snaky, the river pirate
who, the morning previous, Yves found dead in .
boat which was made fast TO pier No "a East River.
The Coroner at first proceeded TO the New York Hos
pita to take the deposition of John Williams the sup
posed companion Of the deceased, who ALEC Wa shot
on the same night. Williams refused 20 be swosn nd
was exceedingly nsolent TO the Coroner st inst re-
fused ans Weng any que sions that put 10 hin,
say to the Coroner that none Of his bSsooss
when or where he received his wounds. He hnaly,
however became more tractaole and reiterated the
story of bis having been shot by one OF two men VINO
were quanellipg on the corner Of Scsth and MsiAa
Streets late on Monday night. He stated tns' ne had
spent the evening at the thesser IN Cnsmoe" sase'
but could not tell whst pieces had there oeoo Payeo
After leaving the theater he started i'r Catnanne
MAIL et and while on his way there, was Mot no
declared tb.t be did not know the deceased, Scd had
never seen him.
Dr, Fppeu and wel,je made post nortem e1ami-
nation of the body Of deceased, and found eve buck
,hot wounds on his person. the chief Of which, and the
one which caused death was on the left side. The
charge had entered between The second and third nhs
and pared through the lung, causins fatal internal
hemoirhage. The shots found in his BODY Of the
sane kind as those with which Williams wee ~oanied.
Bartlett McGlhoun was sworn, aAd stated that hs
owned the row-boat in which the body Of deceased
was found ard that % Monday sternoOr It was stolen
from Pier No. "a, East River. He did not know the
deceased.
VIM. s. Browren, pilot of ooe Of the wiIhsusburgh
ferry bosts, testified that at q O'Clock on Tuesday
morning, while his boat was 10 the slip. he head
cry Of Help" proceeding from or near Pier No. "a;
be called the ferry Waterman, and they went together
to the pier they saw object in the shp ike man
floating; il was about 40 feet from them but thty al
most instantly ost sight Of it; they then discovered
skf tied to the pier, having in it the dead body Of
Leary; after informing the police he proceeded on his
boat to Wilhamsburgb, and, just ss be wa, starting,
heard ihot in the direction Of Cathanne Make.; he
Wa Informed by fireman connected with the Peck
clip Feuy hat the shoe ing Of the thieves was done
between and O'Clock In the morning; this fireman,
whose name IL james Cook, stated to him that the
man who shot them vss wstchman connected with
the Black Bal line; that ship belonging TO this has
vas about to leave fcrses and the thieves ptesded %
mske shsul from her. sndAsd boarded her By stsstns
the wateimsp hailed them, bit - they made no re-
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-02
COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION.
THE COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE.

The Ccnmbsicners Of Police met yesterday sf,er.
moor in The Mayors Office for the Trial of Policemen
charged with violation OF the rules and regulations and
cereiictcn of duty. PIesen. Mayor WOOD and Judge
RUSSELL.
Officer WHITE, Seventeenth Ward, charged With
rskipp b,ibe from q man named Gnldbrd, sas first
tried Judge DIAN appeared for WDite and xpiained
the matter TO the satisfaction of the Commissioners,
ard tie cs, e vas dismissed.
LAW PIERCE, Seventh Ward, charged with mis3
recting Officer Clark who was 10 search Of counter
letters VII, lived in bis, Perces basement, next
tried Officer Clark testified that he called to sec
Pierce, who TOLD him Il a. the men whom he was in
,earoh of old not live there, but resided next door.
Decision reserved.
Ofiic.r ELYSs Seventh Ward, charged with using
abusive language to Mr.. Wsio, respecting bll, was
next put Oh trial. After bearing 10 the matter, the
complaint was dsmhsed, upon payment Of the bill.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-02
Total. - -"
h;ll of eco was present for cntfIng ma ,le3

A bill of s39 was presented for cut,ing ma mes Of
Trustees -" Insyectors' sbd ComQissioners' on q
marble tablet placed In Public School No. H. AID re-
ferred to Finance Committee.
The Committee on the Annual Appointment pre-
seDted report setting forth the apeoronment OF toe
school moneys for the year 1857. The money to be
spporope consists Of s An amount equal TO the State
quota which amounts to Excluding Library money
5000 95 CO. I'd. An amount equal TO one twentieth of
one per cent on the taxable property Of ths city-say
s255S70 The total average attendance being ,5Si,
the amount to be spporoned per scholar about niue
dollars and sixty four cents-ssy 81 Oh. The follow
ire schedule exhibits the otsl average attendance in
each Ward and the spporiormept:
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-02
22,5S9 30 Total. "A, 6J7 AZ s45o,oS3 CO

Total. pouo< 20
The Committee on Repairs and Supplies presented 8
report directing the President and Clerk 10 make the
last payment on the carpenters work on Ward School
No s., notwithstanding the fact that the Supernten
WIS debated upon nea,ly hour, and finally re com
mitted. The re,igosion of John Warriner a. Trustee
of the Thirteenth Ward VS. received Mr.. B.dEin
pre.ented . report of the Committee on By Laws.
which was ADOPTED, relative to the jurisdiction OF
school No 6 on Rsrdslls Island, said school being
claimed by the Board Of Education and by the Board
of Ten Governors. Appended to the report wss
a resolution in effeo, th't tbs Board OF Education
in subu,tipg the auction Of the right and pc yer
and duty of 6e .choo authorities Of the city and Of the
Am,bouee authorities in relation to said school, 70
the Sopr.me Court at the earliest practicable day on
an sgr, ed state OF facts.
Busrd Adjourned.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-02
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
ROARD OF EDUCATION.

The Board of Education held regular meeting l:st
evening, ANDREW III. GREEN, President, in the chair.
Jn consequence Of the OpeBing of streets aud other
civ improyements which sometimes so Interfere With
the school property as to render 1t necessary to sell or
Otherwise dispose Of the ssme aresolution was adopted
referring Il mstfer TO Select Committee of toIee, 10
inquire and report what is the legal disposition OF the
Or ceeds of the sale under such circumstances.
By resolution. the sum of sos 30 was appropriated
to pay Mr. Sankey's bill for extra work on School No.
II, Seventh Ward.
A resolution appended to report Of the Committee
on Repairs and Supplies authorizing the Pre- dent and
80 u adonied
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-02
E. Meiiam announces that the relief fund for tn
ricow of John +. Jones amounts to 81 ,639 70.

THE ISAAC NEWTON.
AL the necessary suIliaries Low at the steamer
and preparations in An advanced state for raising
and pumping out the Lease EewtOn. A b1lhhesd has
been constructed abaft the leak. forward and when
her stem windows are raised above the water the
work Of freeing hes Of water viii take Dat shon tme
Her upper savons thus far remain uniojured. 10 two
or three days more it is expected she will be ahos.-
>1oyISGTos LINE OF STEAMERS.
On and after Monday next the steamers for Stoning
ton will leave this city at o'clock N the Afternoon
instead Of O'Clock
The Cunard Mail steamer Afncs, Capt Shannon,
left yesterday for Liverpool With III passengers snd
s3O9, 49, 80. The Hamburg ste amer Hsmmonis, Capt
Heyd,nsn also left for Hamburg, with 70 cabin pss-
s.pg.rs and 40 in the Storage.
NETEoRs AT SEA.
Capt. l. SouIe Of the bark Oregon, which arrived
yesterday from HAVE, reports that on the 25tn MHch
in lat. 4lo Co. Ion. Coo 80, during derse fog, three
balls Of fire passed over the vessel making noise
similar to a shock from q TIE last burst
sbout the mss,hesd, casting sparks s sbOu. the decf
Every person on deck 1t the time vss knocked down,
bat vithou, injury.
LETTER PROM CAPT. DusHAa OF THL BARK ADRrarIc
LA CIorAT, SATURDAY, Eco. "a, 1897.
We arrived bere the l0,h inst and finished discharg
ing the Goth. On the 2lst We had ABOUT half Of our
ballast in and 81 cleared from the Custom House and
wss to have been paid my freighA q. O'Clock, and
70 bsye gone to sec the dsy after. Al O'Clock
Ger came from Hsvre by telegraph from the owners Of
La Lyon 70 stop the freight and the vessel. in-
meda:ey went 70 Marselss and protested ageins: the
edgs, and sgsnst the jurisdiction OF the French
Courts TO Try American for an accident on the nigh
seas. have made full statement OF the csse before
the Corsu and both the mstes and two men Who we're
on bosrd al The time Of the accident have gone 20 M.
seiles 10 sgn II. Az soon s finished me Consul
going to lend II 70 The AmercsD Mas.er At Paris Toe
Consul thinks that as soon DC received i: he win
make demand on the French Government for lie i'm.
medisie ,slease Of ne vessel. All he
Americans a. hNseilles say i. is the NOS. absu-d
charge that they b. ard Of and h can recover
heavy damages 70: the detention It hse caussd There
cannot be found upon record smother csse khe The.
the subecs Of one nation Attaching the properly OF
another for casuaty that happened on he high sess
without the jusisoicsoS Of any nation do not hncg
what The owners Of the Lyonasis e1pect us /, do.
unless it is to Fay for the ship for soc Is nsored g
the papers sta.e, should thhi they would ,nini :b.y
socd better chance Of getting .'1sI nosey from BE
Underwriters.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-02
MARINE AFFAIRS.
THE NIAGARA.

The United States stesm-fGgate Niagara is nearly
ready for ses, and on Tuesday next viii leave on .
trsl trip OF week. Should her performance prove
satisfactory she wi then ssl for and to assist in
laying the telegraphic cable While engaged 10 that
service, she viii only caIry four Of her guns.
MARINE LOSSES FOR MARCH.
Eight ships, IA banks, II brigs, % scheoners snd
one soop Iealy all American vessels, were cast away
during the mouth Of March. The t%al losses for the
year, thus far, are:
100 kareh. 2sS SEQ
February. SOB ,bCo' -
Total for three nonthA 5l4, 500
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-08-04

SHREEF NBE&#AE@EA fNt&HE IN& HAAA#s$ @8 EEEIA8
N. gP. Willis, in one Of his notices Of
the Bunker Hill celebration thus sketch-
IS Senator Mason, Of Virginia. His es-
innate of the Virginia Senator Is very diff
ferent from the Rev Mr.. Algiers, 4 di-
yiirle, who has Irecentls achieved notoriety
mt 4 heavy expense
stMr. Mason u fine head had interested
me as he sat upon the stage, though /
lad failed I'd discover who he was BIZ in
qluTIries If those around me- When Mr..
Winthrop, with his usual Parliamentary
felicity. introduced him at last as the,
vel -known Senator from Virginia, my
curiosity was naturally increased-his
position before that audience Of seven
thousand very nearly at odds, political
and sectional, oftone to six Thousand nine.
hundred and ninsestY-nine,) being one of
rather formidable embarrassment. He.
arose and stepped forward TO the table,
and / iii vain serutinized his features,
sitting very near 10 him, as did, for
anysstrace eitheri4f discompesure or de-
fhase. His calra eve made the circuit
Of the pavilion, while lie collected his.
thoughts faF reply to A summons wholly
unlexpected-end scarce noticeable tribe,
perhaps, betfaying, very uncoiseiously
to himself, tile Southern Instinct beneath
ii alT. The brpad-brimmed SLOUGH hat,
which he wore as a traveller, was not
luad on the table It was just p~ercepti-
bly,, and with The least propulsion OF the
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-08-04
Kind words la mot Cost Mnrh.

They never blisteY the tongue or lips.
And VIE have nevferheard Of any menlal
trouble arising from this quarter
! Though they do not cost much, Vet
they ACCOMPLISH much. i4I
i. Ihey help own good nature
and goDd will Soft words soften our
own soul Angry words are fuel 70 tho
fame Of wrath, and make it blaze more
fercelY
9. Kind words make other people good
natured. Geld words freeze people, and
hot mYrlS secorch them, and sarcastic
words i%flitate then, and bitter words make
them Warraalhful.
Thetei u such a rush of vii other kinds
of words i'll our days that seems desir-
able toIgiye kind words a chance among
them. There are vain words, and Gly
words, and hasty words, mid empty words
and prpfanhe words,and boiaterops words,
and warlike words.
Kind words also produce their own
image bnimen's souls. And a beautiful
image It IS. They soothe, and quiet and
comfort tlie hearer. They shame him
out ofthis sour, morose, unkind feelings
we have hut VET begun to use kind words
in, such abundance as they ought t9 Be
,tsaA r.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-08-04
FIon the So.
CpuntHFlsit Hank Notes

%&&&MI 14FEfNgEI HNSNE&NH
Sonumsrous have Spurious Bank Notes
become oflate, and in many cases so well
executed are they, that too much caution
oalsanlDt be usedEbY persons who are in tie
habit Of receiving considerable amounts
of money.
have carefully examined some of the
most dangerous qonnterfeits now in dir
culasion, and, with your leave, will give
Your readers the benefit Of my study. i
mentioa first, as being the newest and
most dangerous, E6's en- the Farmers
Bank of North Carolina, These notes
are snch close eohies of the genuine, that
none but an expeft can detect the differ
.epcsp jill them, and tie only safe course :
to refuse am ofthts denomination. The
signatures, filling up" and paper UNI
objectionable; ths principal point Of diff
ference being lip the head Of General Tay-
lor, iii the leftthapd corner, which il
.coarsely engraved, while the paper has q
more qktisI appearance than the genuine.
co.'s on TIE BANK OF C~HARLpTTE,N N. G.
Hundreds Of these have been circulated
iii Virginia, their general appearance is
lighter and more Blurred than the genu.
inc; and The signatures afe well executed
and appear to BIZ Engraved.
lo'sBAsk OF ApE FEAR, N, G. This
eount erfeit has BEEN widely circulatedfor
nearly ten years, and they are still ger
orally current. Ilie zcounteffeitis 5. very
close copy of The genuine note. Observe
that in the good notes the right arm Of
the female.in yignStte, looks round, plump,
and lifc-like, while id the counterfeit ii
looks course and stiff. The ten in lower
corner ID not in 4 straight line,
one end being considerably 4depressed-
By observing these appearances, slight
astthcg seem, Your readers may save
themselves from ldss. z
5'sBaNK or THEA VALLEY, VlRerNIA.-
These are nearly aaL.old and worn but fol-
this reason the m9re dangerous. LII the
genuine the %feataHtrees of the man on horSe-
back, are tolerably distinct; in the coun-
tterfeitthey cannot be seen.
eos BANK or NtReINA, payable at
Charleston. Although wretchedly en-.
graved, these NOES, from their having
Somewhat of The aiF ola Virginia bank.
note, might deceive the unwary
There aree others too numerous to men
ation, such As zoos on Exchange Bank
Efu's on Bank liz Virginia; los GA Mer
chants Bank, Lynchburgg,an Merchants
Bank NewberH, MIC, but generally they
are So badly executed that no man awitl
His eyes wide OPEN ought 70 be- taken y
bytliem. FlereaFe others, toe, NOR,
dangerous ,9that 1 haze not mentioned
Petersburg ] ulY 80. CENT? A.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-08-04
WritlB aaehias

sAsEET- ktAf4EF H,HfI
An ingenious piece of mechani ism, de-
signed to enable a person ID record his
thoughts or observations While travelling
in the cars, in a crowd, or a1y ofher place
where ordinary writing apparatns cannot
be used, has been invented by Mr. Benz.
Livermere, Hartlapd. VA Thqpaper on
which the writing-or rather printing,
for it resembles the telegraphic system Of
printing--is impressed, is cpfloa areuni
two cylinders, which ~reYolse Al The lines
are completed, and the letters are work
ed byalset Of keys. Noihk il required.
the letter being 4 bred nbtY 4 Rrepar7
ed blue paper, against which it. is
pressed at each movement oftbe Ieys.
The machine works With sat8 accurt
.cy, and is very compact. hot exceeding
four inches III length byabout wo and .
half in width. It can easily be used
without taking it from thsoe Byit
Iablind personmight be learned to write.
Altogether it is one of the meet ihgeni-
GUS affairs We ever examined Boston
Journal. 6F
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-08-04
Mother, Home, and Heaven.

Tolthe above words may be most ap-
p~ropriately added another, which in
It's enaearmeIts is equally powerful and
Ecalls Ap the sweetest recollections as we'll
Al brings into play the tenderest selti-
me nts Of tile human mind and heart
that 1ptd wifen-holy, lovely, aud
all powerful iii its influences. There hre
four hsteal Of three words deserving The
name of the dearest to be found in The
Ehglish language.MoAa Home, Wife
end MedueR.n
How true werejthe words Of that wri-
ter who said, that the dearest words to be
fonndEin Tie English language, wer-
s.Mother. Home, and Heaven"
Yes. dearest words, how the heart
thrills with wild emotion, lis we REPEAT
them. What dearer name, We ask
Dear iii sunny childhood, as we sport in
innocent glee around our happy home;
and a mothers deep, untirefpg love is
ever ours to enjoy.
In after years, when we 60 forth IN Che
wide, wide world, aud engage in the
more active scenes Of life, our thoughts
oft turn to our mother, our home, and
the Loved ones there. The aged and
weary Wainldesrer on LIES troubled ocean
as he ID about leaving the transient seeaes
of earth, for Heaven, for future glorious
home, looks back upon his youthful home
and childhood scenes.
AS h~isspirit is about departing from lis
clay tenement, and his mind, as ifendoM-
ed with the keenest powers of perception
looks back, far down the dim and shad-
owy valley of the misty past, o.the time
he frstcommeneed life's pilgrimage, and
in imagination, he lives again in the past.
AT a single retrospective glance he
holds HID scenes of his youth. Those
hours BIZ JOY and sorrow, hope and fear,
are passed quickly over, and as his spirit
futters oon the confines of the eterBal
world, His thoughts are of his mother, and
Heayehl True, there's a mystical chaffmn
in each word.
TheEthonght Of home. and friends, lias
loft reclaimed the victim Of dissipation
from the haunts of vice, u the paths loI
rectitude and virtue, when every iothel
persuasion has failed. OFT have weIwittf
stood temptation, whe n our thoughts havs
turned 10 our watch parent, and the ddaai
ones at home.
TLehardened reprobate, about toiatoant
for thediriimles he has committed, witt
sincere repentenee looks back to ths
i~seenes Of Ills youthful days, and exclaiIni
with Offering voice and breaking heart
All! had / but needed the counseS ahs
admouflions of that parent dear, Ishodly
not have been here, the object of BOD
pity add contempt" Forget not a moth
ef's coansels and affection, and let HeaY
on our future home, ever be the watch
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-08-04

ELEcTIoNs IN. AsGrsr.AGeneraii efee.
tons win be, heid during this month As
followss On the first Monday in Alabama
and Texas, for State officers and mem
bers Of Congress; ia kentucky, for mem
beers of Congress and Treasurer in Mis-
sour, for Governor and Judge Of Sd
preme Court, in iowa, for the new Con-
rstituti9n ahd County officers. On the
FIRST Tuesday,in Tennessee, for Governor
and members Of Congress- On the sec.
ond Thursday. IN North Carolina, f9r
members Of Congress.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-08-04
Ill
Printing

" H%Z t=iFEA@ 3Er 1. LE=#E. =FEhf@ E.HE #EN&
Printing is 4 glorious art. It1 is the
sun iii the moral world. What would
have been our condition without books or
newspapers !? The Almighty was . print
Ell from The beginning. Look up ~ night
and read tic blazing editorials in the
huge sheet spread oyer the skies 4ou
may read and read again. and still learn
new Thoughts, brilliant ideas. Burning
stars are types which have been rsId, and
instructed fall people and kindred from
the birth ef existegce d the present hour.
The earth, too, IS printed all oyer,---
Who cannot read the language Of the
mountains, the oceans, the trees, and the
beautiful flowers ? Thepen of the Al
MIGHTY las traced them. Is not printing
! glorious arts What art can boast Of
sreater antiquity? Who wouldn't be q
arinter 6r an editor, and thus BIZ a work
sng man With God in interesting, eleya.
tina ana regenerating the human family?
2es, frie5d, ii Isl 4 beautiful antique,
and Glorious cause one il Which none
should be ashamed to enlist one which
should De encouraged, sustained and rev
ereneddby all. il is ) cause il Whicl!
Some Of our greatest aud Eost tEieitted
foref.thers ard patriots have laborad
EThey, through the fundamentally of thu
Great and noble art-ssthe art presersa'
1.-Two 81 iii arts -haye been enabled 4
lkanddonn to rs traces Of theirtbod, unl
tlra,r md successful efforts " free u
froua lie. bonds Of tyranny, and serve 2s.a q
beasons to allure MS on tq grcsIer alS
fnobler deeds. n 4
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-08-04

Tue PowER oF.yHE gSuH.AA dfstins
gliished chemist in a recent lecture;
while showing that all species okmsyiaa
power, have their origin in the rays 81
the sun, stated that while the iron tubn.
lat railroad bridge over the Menai ssraits
in England, four hundred feetlong, bens
but half an ineh under the heayiestpfes.
sure Of i train, it will bend an inch and a
half from its usual horizontal line, when
the sun shines upon it for some hours.
He stated that Bunker Hill Monument IS
higher III the evening than in the morn
ing Of q snnny.day the little sunbealhs
.entefathe pores Of the stones Ike s. manY
wedges iftingit up. Z
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-08-04

The great monument which it is pro-
posed 70 erect at Plymouth, Mass, In
commemeration of the Puritan fathers.
Will pc zone OF the most MagnifceHt spec
linens Of sculptaral art in this country.
It is to consist Of a COLOSSAL figure d
Faith pointing to the skies, and bolding
a Bible under the left arm. The 6gufu
will be of granite, seventy-fre feet high,
and supported by q pedestal eighty FEEL
high. making IN all a. noble and unsuf
passed monumental structure of one hag
dred and fftyf feet.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-08-04

SYRIAN WHEArsAA gentleman from
Alabama received from the Patens OF
foe some spring wheat from The Farm
Of abraham. & At the foot Of Mount Chi
mel. in, the Holy Land, which he sowedl
during tthepast spring. Il came to ma
tuEity ih seven weeks. producing q large,
full head, with berry in every respect
equal to the original. This wheat il fel
pdted'to ripen nSyria in sixty DAYS from
sowing. twill thus be seen that i
climate FASTENED its period of matttstYI
tfeYen days.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-08-04

"Plairistsof the rhair." sighed the
lover, "Phancy my pheelihgs when L
Phore see the phearfai consequence oph
ourPhleeing phrom yonr phather' pham
ily Phey phellows could have placed
the music with 90 muoh Phortituda
ash have, and as phiekle phortune phaiIs
to smile on oHr. love, I phind i must
photego the phekcity of becoming your
husband Phairest Phfances. pLarswell
phorever
"Iold Phrabklin, hold.y phraAticals
screamed Phfsnees, - will phollow you
phoreyer BatsPhrankliu piled and
Phrances phainted.