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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-26


Tna B,sali E-T,fE AND iHE Law ,tss--
The clear, able and asst decision rendered by Mr..
Surrogate Bradford IN the matter Of the Burdcll
c.ta,e seems 20 bc almost universally endorsed
by public opinion. II could not fad 10 b. 40.
lis analysis u The evidence presented for and
against the rsaiity Of the alleged marriage would
carry cfrvicticn 20 lhc mind oi tive mot obsti-
nate b-icycr "a T. that il wa, conceived IL fraud
and Lat tie s.hemc WAS carried out in in'qui'y
Ills reasoning il conclusive tina; a marriage
NJ, e. did tekc piace between the murdered n III
and trC had wunsn who nov prctrnds 20 h. Ms
widow. and lhzl II n marriage ccrrmuay was a ~.
tualiy celebrated by Mr. Marine, between her a ID
another person ;nh; other person was CO, family
not Harvey BuIdell The baby Substitution case
vas pothin- more than a COPY Of the bl-Jard
substitution Cssc. Mrs AndcTson's ch'j Hgur Il
as Toe representative oF Bufdcii's hair That W
thOF. Who il was tia. bguTtd as -hc reprcscn-
taLyc II Duldeil h.msoii l. what We do not
know. AID il what. II wc did know, would fur
nish the clue 20 the uurayeinng of the mystery
of the murder. We had thought tlas Tire rcvcla
lions made by De. Cetiia 10 hir. Oaicy II Ill
,uUra,'d that point, but NC oIc rats,r incline
~ 'hiuk nov tia, no sv,-l viii corn" out Of De.
Catlin's tran-i,r IRON toe dock to The witness
stasd.
bat as TO this matter Of ,hc estate The bad
women Who tcherned for a. plotted fof It, fore.
satl- h,I.eif ior t. Murdered for il te. the pub.
Nc viii sti b.liovc), and induced her cldes,
daua htcr to impCiil her soul for i. sces Il now
ircrn her prison cell vanish from her erssp h-.-
You'd ell hope Of recovery. Not even 50 much Is
left her a. Will liquida,e a dollar Of lhe la.ycrs'
billS
One thing. however. appears TO W luitc Ger
tain aud that IT, Chat ir The estate had rot bccn
large enough TO tmpt the cupidity Of the law
y,rs the Surrogate would never have had tina,
contest made before him 10 cstablilh the validity
~ a marriage which must have ben kno an 10 all
concerned as most borelaced sham and swindlc
The fact l.. however, that New York is yicti
mizcd 20 very considerable extent by race Of
lawyer whose sole object is to fleece to the
last cent al those who have the misfortune
TO Employ them. We see the effect OF this
ftystering PLAGUE in the ltigations in which
the city govdnment has been involved for the
last SIX months. We zee Il in our Tammlny Hall
affairs and we acc it in The politics Of the blacl,
republicans and Know No,bings: and the history
Of the now ended contest for the Burdcll estate
shows the footprints of the same sort of shystcr-
ing. Our higher courts arc indeed rapidly dc.
sounding to the level Of the Tombs The New
, iolA bar j. sadly In coed Of purgation.
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rhia Packer declines to entar into ths sg,sa.
ton, and reposes upon the strength and prestige
Of the democracy. The contest will be all ioae-
resting one, and particularly should the outside
Sgitaiors Of Kansas in the interval succeed IN
getting up another bloody row ia Kansas. To
this business the attention Of the administrators
should be especially directed Peace in Kansas
till December will be every thing to the peace of
the county and the smooth sailing Of the ad
Minisiraliop.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-26

TIN ForT SNELLlNG EEsERsArloN.-Ou Sew
ard organs are raising terrible uprosr at the
alleged cheating Of The government OF some hun
drcds of thousands Of dollars in the private sale
By The Secretary Of War, TO certain Interested
parties, Of the Fort Smelling reservation. Very
well. II will become The buginces Of the next
Congress 20 FIT this alleged Galpbinism to the
bottom: but in the meantime We must call The
attcptioD Of our Seward cotcmporerics to The three
millions OF dollars Of which the people of New
York have been fleeced beyond their usual
"blceding'), on account of the Galphin opera.
,ions at Albany last winter. These are the Gal
phiaisus IN WHICH We arc dirpctly concerned;
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AUet-,,, Auso.l ~ 1851.
I.,e intelligence from Florida Ia 20 the ecc, s.:
Mex er And he Florida Volunteers haze cagt--sd ave
sempclr. the indians ho;s.sd a rh;s Tag H)Nas .r.
cuiegtsIned thai the war y nearly over.
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and it is surprising that our Seward philosophers
should be compelled to go al tie way out to
Fort Sssn:ug fer bit Of publio sxirdling, whsn
we have 20 many examples Of various KINGS in
full operation all around ia. It is like the rals-
ing collection in the Five Points for missiona'
Iies to the Fe;ee Islands
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H.pTyoSB. August -. 1857.
Bccss for sUbscrploo 10 toe capital .lccs "a Ia rev
F,y- Rank ~eto opcoed to dss. the o-Iai~ ss-s .
$500 600. The books opesed 10 A. 81 aad closed 81
L. ~, AID during THAI tine two zaiSa three saaars1
and forty r1 ihou,aad five hui drod dollars won sGs.
scripei aud Ten Ier oent paid dc-n
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EraA, Augu,. -, 1857.
The arrangements Zoe The Yong seo's National sSr-
cultural AMI Mechanical Erhibiaan, commence N 'as
pa:c on Monday rcx arc ali completed seats rs7c ben
erected the grounds for ooo porrout II IS uaior-
stood that visitors w be cnaveycd TO and roHn The tar
by the various rrilroadr q. hslf price
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O'rsGo, Angus, IS, 1881.
An OLD gentleman, named joshua HibbAr1, lo,mSri7 ;
drummer 10 the Uaitot SAlos services, liv os On lsn
the v,SssiJ OF tbs city, yas NIT bru,,,y u1rilr,d As
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-26

CisRusros, August IS, 1861.
The United states mail steamship Gafion, Capt william
rs.,er, fem New York, arrived here this morn!azM
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N0u-ArriyL OF the Anxr.ca.

HALIFAX, Angus, cs-SP.M
There ,gus Of the steamship A.sros, IN naz
eleventh day rem Liverpool with three days s:sr
The weather 10 clear ard calm.
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Psnustrsl., Angus, Is. 1857.
william nss.l. E,q formerly publisher Of tee En,-
-s,s,.oo po,.r.cor Ned mi. morning in this CITY
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ecsro-. Ausuw IS 1857.
The following tho foanss OF our osnx ssmSn' sa
y. o., 60, =. sompsr,d with those of ,ss ~ses pre-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-26

PEN>srNANIA Porrrlcs-Political parties ap
pear TO stand at present in Pennsylvania pretty
much as On the day Of the Presidential election
There is a general fusion candidate for Governor
David NilmoD in opposition TO the democracy
dependent American or Know Nothing candidate
tNlr Hallchu,st). Tbis latter gentleman will pro
badly ceIIy oil To- balance Of power like fil
more. and ct in the democratic nominee. "iImo'
is TO stump the state from stem 70 stern bleed
ing Kansas aud walker bcing the themes; ana ne
haa already commc Decd operations at rhladel-
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-15

j. THEATRIoAL.-The attractions presented at
the theatre this evening, are such as must insure
crowded house. The lovers Of fun, especially,
will enjoy treat in the presentation of Sher
idan's fine old comedy Of the "School for Scam
dali" which will be played for the first time at this
and real gentleman, Mr.. E. b. Williams, with
most powerful cast Of characters. Mr.. Will
liams win appear as "Sir Peter Teazle !" Mr.. ).
Studley (from the Southern theatres), as ''Joseph
Surface;' and Miss Mary Hill as "Lady Teaze !"
&c. The performances will conclude with the
roaring farce" of the Omnibus" Mr. viii
liams deserves well at the hands Of friends, and,
as (" their name is legion" we trust they will be
out in force tonight
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-15

AMERICAN AUTHORS IN ENGLAND.-We en-
tered a bookstore to purchase some prints,and
found that a large proportion of the books
were by American authors, and indeed not
only here but in nearly every bookstore we
have entered, even in the mountain villages
ia Scotland andWales, and especially in the IL
braries of railway stations, we have been graf
flied to find American works holding prom
inert place. The standard works are those of
Irving, Cooper Prescott and Bancroft. Many
of our most popular novels are republished in
cheap editions and the American poets are
extremely popular. Probably there is no au-
thor who writes the English Language, pop.
ular in England at the present time as Long
fellow. His writings are the subject Of much
criticism in the journals, and are printed in
almost every possible form and style. The
number of cheap editions is very numerous,
and this is convincing proof of his great popu-
larity. He is read and admired by oil classes,
and quotations from his poems are frequently
made in the pulpit, in journals, and by public
speakers. = Foreign Cor. IIoore's Rural Ne0
Yorker.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-15

BRDEGRooM RUsTIoATING. John Dean,
the husband of the miss who recently kicked
up a hub bub among the goldfish artistocracy BY
marrying the wealthy Boxer, is rustcating in
the pleasant little village of Franklinville, a
few miles East of Riverhead. He is boarding
in the family of Mr.. John N Sayer, and is
being tutored and polished by Rev. Mr.. Reed,
a Congregational clergyman. preparatory to
his debut among the fashionables in Fifth
Avenue. 1t seems he was sent down there
by his lawyer, and, to avoid recognition he
has assumed the name OF John johnson
The manner in which his true name and char
actar leaked out was in this wise "A few
days after his arrival, letter was received by
the worth postmaster of the village, directed
to John Johnson, and as there was a young
farmer living in the neighborhood by that
name, he took it out of the office, and opened
it, 1t proved to be from Deans wife, and as
1t was filled with such matter as good wife
knows only how to write to an absent hus.
band, John johnson, the farmer, concluded it
was not for him, as he was not the owner of
such piece of animated luxury, SO he return
ed it to the post Office, and, in day or two,
John Johnson, No. 2, i. e. John Dean, called
and claimed it.--N Y. Times.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-15

BoATswAIN Books, of the sloop. Of war
Cumberland, was the first officer of the brig
advance" in the Arctic exploring expedi.
ton of 1858, 81, and SIS. under the command
of the lamented DR.. Kane. DR.. Kane makes
honorable mention, in his book of ''Arctic
Explorations" of the valuable services rem
dered by Mr.. Brooks. He also accompanied
DIR. Kane in his former expedition to the Arc
tic regions. In the recent expedition, Mr..
Brooks was severely frost bitten, in one of the
numerous excursions which the party made
over the ice with dog trains, far away from
their ice bound little brig, and was in conse-
quence under the necessity of submitting to
the amputation of his toes, the operation being
performed by DR.. Kane. Since. his return,
Mr.. Brooks has been hard at deaths door,
with disease similar tc the one of which DR..
Kane died, and was given up by his physician.
He has quite recovered now, however, and is
in excellent bodily health and fine SPIRITS
His powers of locomotion are somewhat en-
feebled, but he manages to move about sur
prisingly sprightly on his stumps. lie has
proved himself heroic man. He is gallant
spirit. Long may he wave.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-15

EXTRA OFFIoIAL.-W hear queer story
about man in this city, that throws all our
policemen in the'shade. This man was some
how connected with the "shop hitting" here.
abouts, or at least so far suspected that his
house was searched, and some hundred dol.
lars worth of goods taken therefrom. He
went to Taunton one day last week, ostens.
bly, to obtain bail for Smith, confined in Jail
for robbery. When there, he pretended to be
sheriff, and took Canadian, working in the
tack factory in Taunton, charging him with
horse stealing in New Hampshire. put irons
on him, brought him to this city, and for thir-
ty six hours kept him in close confinement at
his house, when the City Marshal, hearing Of
the affair, ordered him to be released 1t is
not known that the fellow ever committed a
crime in his lie. There is no accounting for
this mans action, except upon the presump.
ton that he might want to put in plea Of in
sanity before some court Newbtrgpoyt Her ;
aid,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-15

A GOOD ARRANGEMENT.-The public will re-
joice to learn that Mr.. L. B. Stone, the enter
prising and energetic proprietor Of the New
Worcester and Leices Ter line of omnibuses, has
purchased the Cherry Valley line, which will now
put him in the entire possession of what was
short time since, three different lines of coaches
in that direction. We also learn it is Mr. stones
intention to extend his route to Spencer. No
one understands better than he the whole art of
stage and omnibus driving, and from his we'll
known generosity and accommodating qualities,
thevast appreciation, by the public of his deserts
in the past, there be question of the entire
success of his new enterprise.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-15

EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES. In a note
addressed to us from Troy, N. Y, Mr.. c. F.
Winslow states that for several years ne has
been collecting facts concerning the phenome.
ma of earthquakes and volcanoes and that he
is becoming more and more Satisfied, from his
investigations, that this whole category of
physical occurrences, including the elevations
of continents and islands, and their frequent
oscillations, are produced by the agency of the
sun, and depend on forces within the globe,
excited especially and periodically by the
forces of the solar masses. He asserts that his
researches, SO far as extended, justify the con-
clusion that the numerical frequency of earth
quakes and volcanic eruptions, is in the pro-
portion to the nearness of the earth to the sun,
as general law.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-15

FRENCH PRoTRsTANTs MIGRATING TO VlR.
eINIA.-Mr. J. C. Underwood, Secretary of the
American Emigrant Aid aud Homestead Compa
ny, reports that Mr.. Loryiaux, French Protes-
tant minister, has made purchase of three thou
sand acres of good land "a congregation of
some Eve hundred of the freedom-loving Walden
ses of the High Alps in the southeast part of
France, in Monongalia county, (Ya.,) within
eight miles of the Monongahela river, and within
twenty miles of the Pennsylvania line, at the
moderate price Of seventy five cents per acre.
He thinks the report he will bear to the French
Protestants will induce many thousands to emf
gate to Virginia.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-15
Brighton Mnrket-May "A, 1857.

IFH3IFNtE-Nlay
At market $50 beeves so stores IA pairs working OK
en-, 10 and calves 500 sheep and lambs, and $500
swine
Beef Cattle rices-Bxtra $40 10 so; first quality,
sos second quality, IS; third quality so; ordinary,
IS g.
StOresYearlings none; two years DID, $50 3s; three
years old A a 48
Bides--S4 a &c per h.; Pehe-$1 Is a 2 Is; car
Skins loco; TGiL0tO-S a SIC perlb
Peal CaiUeG-Sales at So 30, a. rs a 5 each.
Cows and Calues Sales at $24 27, 49, 40, so, IS a
IL
Sheep and LGmbs-Extra, Sc SO, 7 a S. by lpt 70,
3a4
Swtne-74 8loj retail, u Zoe; Fat Hogs, O. &c
per ID.
Thanksgiving to the small number Of cattle at
ke and the cool weather. there is advance of about
SOC per 100 lbs, and very few have sold higher
than the above quotations. Swine dull. But few
Sheep and Lambs at market; prices last week.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-15

The New CENT Co1N.-The Director of
the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary
Of the Treasury of the United States, has ar.
ranged with the Adams Express Company
for the transportation of the new cent coin, at
the cost Of the Mint, to all points Of the allan
tic States, accessible by railroad and steam
boat, and all cher places which can be reached
by means of conveyance not mourning un-
reasonable expense.
The Adams Express Company will also act
as agent for forwarding the coins to and ex-
changing them at the Mint. Copies of Mint
regulations for exchanging old copper coin and
Spanish and Mexican silver for the new cent
coin can be had at the various office of the
Adams Express Company throughout the
United States.-N. Y. Express, LIST.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-15

New York. May 1.-THE forty-frst anniver-
sary OF the American Bible Society held TO-
day, Hon. Theo. Frelinghuysen presiding. After
prayer by Chancellor Ferris and address from
The President the annual report of the Treasurer
was read. The receipts of the year were nearly
$4,000, being upwards OF $4,000 more than
last year
The American Abolition Society held its ami
versary at the City Assembly rooms, Lewis Tap
pan presiding in the absence of the President,
Gerritt Smith. Addresses were made by Messrs.
Tappan, Fred Douglass. and Goodell.
The Home Missionary Society last evening,
adopted a report, declaring the intention of the
Society to deny aid to churches containing slave
holding members, excepting under certain con-
ditions
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-15

QUITE A LITTLE ROMANCE. Several months
since, the highly educated daughter of a
wealthy Connecticut gentleman, slipped
quietly down to Brooklyn, and was privately
married to loving and very worthy ship car
penter, living in the same town with herself.
They kept the marriage dead secret from the
old folks, to prevent household ''row," and
the husband frequently called on his bride
until ordered off by the parents, as an unac-
ceptable lover. Soon after the parents OBJ.
served change in their daughter, and subse-
quent investigations cansed the old man to
visit the shipwright, and demand his marriage
to the young woman, in order to save the
family from disgrace; aud after fat refusal
at first, and a subsequent acquiesence on con-
dition that $1,000 were placed in the bank
to his (the young man's) account, the old
marriage certificate was produced, and the
loving couple are now enjoying their regular
honeymoon, with the full consent of all con-
cerned. Boston Journal.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-15

ANEcDoTE OF MAD1soN.-W When the debates
upon the adoption of the federal constitution
were occupying the attention of our patriotic
fathers, and when wisdom, like daily visit
ant, lowered over the hall where genius and
virtue breathed fire into the hearts of the sages
who were there assembled, Mr.. Madison
wished to speak, but was almost afraid, from
his great physical debility, to make the at
tempt. However. he begged a gentleman,
who was sitting near him, to pull him by the
coat when he perceived that he was becoming
exhausted.
Mr.. Madison rose and opened his speech
his voice was feeble at first, it became stronger
as he progressed passage after passage of
brilliant Illuminating thought came from his
almost inspired lips every point of the great
subject he touched upon, he left for men of
all future times to look upon as if he had
thrown the clouds from the summit of the
hill-he went on, and concluded: "Why," as
he sunk back exhausted in his chair, g why
did you not pull me when you saw me 60 on
as l dido"
II would rather have laid my finger upon
the lightning, was the reply.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-15

The Arctic FrRMAMENT.-- intense beau
ty of the arctic ornament can hardly be i'm
agined. 1t looked close above our heads, with
its stars magnihed in glory, and the very plan
cts twinkled 50 much as to battle the obserya
tons of the astronomer l have trodden the
deck when the life Of earth seemed suspend
edits movements, its sounds its eoloring.
its companionships and as looked Oh the
radiant hemispheres circling above me, as If
rendering worship TO the unseen Centre Of
light, have calculated, in humility of spirit.
"Lord, what is man that thou art mindful Of
hims" And then have thought Of the kind
world we had lett, with its revolving sun. light
and shadow, and the other stars that gladden.
it in the changes, and their hearts that warm.
ed to us there. till lost myself in tho mem
DRY OF those who are not, and they bore me
back to The stars again.-Dr. Kane.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-15

New York, May IA Cotton heavy; sales 1000 bales
prices unchanged Flour 10 15c lower and dull; sales
1000 bbls; common tn straight State Sc IS a 60; Up
per Lake AZ 70; common to good Ohio extra 40 a
e5; extra Genesee7 10 10 co. Wheat is nominal the
close; sales 5000 bushels Genesee white common 81 70
Canadian white private terms; Upper Lake, sprng,
AZ So Oats lower and unsettled; sales 2700 bush;
State SIS 60c; Western 81 Csc. Corn closes quiet and
rather lowers sales "a 600 bushels; mixed 81 S5c in
store; white So $685. yellow Sc S7c round yellow IS a
Soc. Pork firm; sales $50 bbs; $3S 65 rs 90;
prime 10 80 10 40 Beef firm; SALES 200 bbs; country
$13 IA; prime 10 rs II 30; repacked Chicago
l6 25 650i Lard s.eady sales 700 bbs at Ale Bul-
ter steady Ohio 10 l7c for ODD State 20 24c, for
Whisky firm; sales 800 bbls; Ohio 80, Priaon do.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-15

FA1LuRBs.-FrOm the New York independents
list of failures, suspensions, &c, for the past
week, we copy the following:-
Christopher Dyer, Portland, Me-, suspended
and assigned.
E. Morse & Co.. Boston, Mass, failed
W. W. Allcot Boston, Mass, suspended and
gone into insolvency.
james E. Ames. Haverhill Mass, suspended.
Waite & Butterw0rth, Fall River, Mass,
failed
James G. Anthony, Providence, R l., failed.
Levi Cook x Co., New York City, suspended ;
liabilities about $500, 900
Warrington ( Smith, New York City, sus-
penped offer so cents secured
Bailey, Watson & Co., New York City, sus-
pended.
We'll & Allen. Albany, N. Y, failed.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-15

DESIRABLE RESIDENCE AT AUcrIoN.--The
valuable estate of DR.. o. H. Blood, situated upon
Lincoln street in this city, will be sold at auction
to the highest bidder, on Saturday morning, at
ten o'clock. The house, which contains eleven
rooms, is in good condition, and the lot embraces
nearly half an acre of the best land to be found
in the city, which is bounded on the west by Mill
Brook. The location is very desirable one, it
being very near to the centre of business, and
gentlemen in want of an eligible homestead, will
lowell to examine the premises previous to the
sale.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-15

THE GLOUCESTER FoRGER, who obtained
$500 from forged check upon the Bank of
Cape Ann, through ]. w. Davis, is report
ed to be Andrew D'EntTemont, Nova Sco-
tia fisherman, who has family in Roxbury.
He deposited $500 of the money obtained
from his first haul, and attempted to pass an
other forgery of the name of Pettingell & Cum
nihgham for $35, Is, but the paper was taken
to them. and It's spurious character discovered.
He was arrested, confessed his guilt and COM
mitted. The Bank has recovered $500.