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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-22

WORCESTER, Mass, May Il, 1851
-Four murder have been brough, before the g.
preme Court In this city since Thursday morning. rAs
Court finished s scssion this afternoon with the folio r~
result John Gynn, for the murder OF Peter Naushssa
and his wife, last November found guilty; Samuel
Gleason for the murder OF his iDfsn, child In January
discharged on his rccognizancc Godfried Rcid
man. for the murder Of Samuel Teehimsn last December
plead guilty q charge Of mansaughier and was So
fenced years Imprisonment in the House Of oorcs
uon and Lucina Ransom (coored), tried q chargs Il
killing colored GIRL was noe pruss7rsed There s CO...
siderable feeling expressed the result Of these tia
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Aep,cr1rrrAL ExnIurruS At ExHA--A new agrcul
tural association, Of which silas ~ Burroughs Is Pre-
sidcni Charles Morrcu, Secretary and General Super
niendsnt, and John Arpo, Jr., Treasurer, has been
formed In this State under the title OF the Young
Mems National Agricultural and Mechanics Society," This
society will give t first exhibition al ErnIra commencing
on September I, and continuing I'll September g. The
exhibition will include choice stock trials OF speed OF
celebrated horses including Flora Temple, lancet Brown
Dick, Bossiter The lid Human mare, and others There
will also he trials and parades OF fire companies from ali
parts OF the country, under the direction Of Chief Engineer
Howard, OF this city. Thirteen thousand dollars will be
offered IN premum of which three thousand win be given
10 the Hrcncn. II intended 10 make this display tho
most attractive show OF the kind given In tho country
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The Great Railroad Celebrataon.

CINuxNAn, Nay u, 1851.
The CITY Council last night passed asresoiuton inviting
the President Of the United Ss the Woe President he
members OF tho Cabinet, Ministers representing foreign
governments, the Governors Of Maryland, Virginia, ORE.
Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Missouri, Tho Mayor asA
Council OF Baltimore. Parkerburg Marietta, Chillsohs,
vnccnnes, g. Louis and Louisville TO visit Cincinnati
the occasion Of the opening OF the Ohio and Msssppl
Railroad and the Cincinnati and Marietta Railroad ths
ID and 4h Of June next guests Of the city her oorpo
rate capacity. Arrangements making grand scass
"a tfe cvcpt
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-22

A CRYING Evu--We call the attention Of the
Coroner's jury that will be cmpanncllcd to-day,
10 ascertain by what means Eugene Grelet de-
ceased yesterday, came 10 his death, to the con-
diiion Of the Eldridge street prison. Our read
en will remember that Grclet was brother of
one of the persons charged with defrauding The
Northern Railway of France; that the Supreme
Court, through Mr.. Justice Davies decided tina.
there was no evidence to show that Eugene Gre
let had any connection with the misdemeanors
charged 10 his brother and made an order that
he should be set at liberty, provided he would
agree not to bring an action for false imprison-
ment against the persons Who instlgsted his de-
tention. Declining to agree to this condition,
Grclct was rcmanded TO Eldridge street prison,
where, Notwithstanding bis complaints Of illness,
be wss confined in q room occupied by fourteen
other prisoners In that room on yesterday he
died. To use mild term, the whole matter
shows a monstrous abuse Of authority. The Ed
ridge street prison is only place Of detention,
and its condition Is disgrace to the civilization
of the age. II has been several times presented
az nuisance by the Grand Inquest of the coun-
ty, and we call upon the Coroner and his jury in
investigating the cause Of Grelet sdestb, 10 make
thorough examination Of The prison, and 70 rc-
port accordingly.
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Wreck OF the Schooner ID. @. roster-Thrss
Mon Drowned.
News nkom WashAnxton.
THE RxyECTI0N or THE H0NDukAs ra1ArY II
g, HONDURAS.

PiuIADnrmA, May q, 1sSv.
The schooner d c. Foster w~ wrecked of the Delaware
breakwater In the late galc and In attempt 10
the crew the wreckmasers boat was upset and three a
the crew, named James A. Rowland, @. W. Burton, and
cclored man, whose name u unknown, were drowned
Two others Of the chung 10 the bottom OF the boas
they and the crew Of the schooner were Afterwards
nj
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The Cuban Munitions or War.

10 the complaint Of Mr. Goucours before Judge Ccrke,
Of the Supreme Court, in relation 10 certain transaction
with the arms Of the late Cuban expedition, my Is
included one Of the defendants, from the fac Of my
having been member OF the late firm OF Hitchcock 4
Co. owe In justice 10 myself 10 state that abscut
from this country from tho 1lh OF January 1866 10 the
18th OF January, 1897 with the exception OF Few days
In the latter part OF July and frs part OF August last and
knew nothing whatever az the uaesactlon which Is the
subject o. Mr. Gouoouria's complaint
Erv YoRK, May q, 1867
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General Assembly OF the Prcsbyterfan
Church OF the United states.

CIsynAND, May III, lSsf
The General Assembly Of the Presbyterian Church q
the United States met here to-day. Ono hundred ana
sixty three persons enrolled commissioners, and
many members are sul arriving. The meeting wa
cfened with sermon by the Rev. Lawrence H,ckex.
Rev. Mr.. FISHER, OF CINCINNATI was elected Mcserstnr
After eecting clerks, the Assembly adjourned un W
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The Convention OF Christian Associations s3
Richsnond, Va.

RICHMOND, Nay n, 1861.
The Convention Of Christian Associations for the saiss
and Provinces assembled here today They organized,
and Morton A. Habcrt, Of Buffalo, was appointed Pres
dent Delegates attended from florida, South Carolina,
Washington, New York, Ohio, Massachusetts, and Ne~'
Hampshire.
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Naval intelligence.

The United States Naval I.yceum win despatch mail
home squadron the wess India station consisting
Of the steam frgae Wabash and slcops Of war Saratoga
and Cysnc AL letters and papers sent 20 their rooms In
the Lyceum Building, Navy Yard, Brooklyn, By The soh
inst gill be forwarded.
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SYMPTOMS OF THE COMfN0 CRASH.-Udy by
day the signs are thiokening around us of an i'm
pending crash, financial and commercial, which
will shake the country from its centre to its cir
conference like an earthquake. Among other
things, We perceive that owing to the increased
prices Of provisions, and especially Of sugar and
tea. our principal hotels are about raising their
standard charge from two dollars and fifty cents
to three dollars day; and that In ourrestaurants
and eating saloons a corresponding increase of
prices may be expected AT the same time we are
informed that In Michigan (and in other places the
last we should think of the people are starving for
lack of bread. At the same time a spirit of land
speculation, amounting 70 morus multicauiis or
South Sea bubble, has seized hold Of the people
Of the West, and they are all in for IL, up TO
their necks AT the came time an aggregate of
perhaps not less than ten millions of dollars Is
involved la the building, at this moment, Of
splendid churches, stores and residences In this
city; and how many millions during the summer
will be expended in Paris furniture, finery and
6,joaerie, and European excursions, 1t is mpossi-
bic TO conjecture.
Let it safce that In all these and in various
other signs Of these omipous times, we have the
came symptoms, only on much grander scale,
Of an impending crash, as were furnished 10 the
warnings Of 1886 of the terrible revulaon and
bankruptcy, and decentralization, misery and ruin
of 1887. II was the bank imitation and paper
currency system Of the former period, and the
wild and reckless moonsbine specuiations and ex-
travagances which this system engendcred that
worked out the grand collapse OF 1887. This
time the gold Of California and Australia, and
the land and railroad, commercial, bank and
credit adventures Of all kinds, win az surely do
the same thing, in proportion 10 the tremendous
stakes involved Pay day must come. II
must como, as in 1887, with general crash. 1t
will come 10 hundreds and Thousands when least
prepared for IL. Prudent men will take In sail
and keep near shore. II is tornado that is
gathering in the horizon.
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BrIato, May n, 1857.
Dr. Beigcr, Of Rochester has been on ,r, for ,hs ma.
week. and has been convicted Of manssush,er in ths s
cond degree, for procuring an abortion on Tho cr,o -
Amelia Muir Sentence was deferred ana ~ ,.o~~.-
counsel VIII make q bill Of excep,ons ' ""'''"~
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DANIEL Sicuks SPEAKIso OrT.--We find the
following Geographic despatch in corner Of one
of the city newspapers which are black republl-
can organs (Gt instrument) sent from Washing
ton by Mr.. Dan. Sickles.
wImSGros, May 20, 1851
Mr.. n. r. Hckee presents his compliments 10 the editor
OF the HERALD and has the honor state with reference
The editorial article In 70 days paper that he sove az
ndusiousy 10 defeat the Infamous acts OF 1851 the
HERALD did 70 elect the Legislature which pasBcd them
DANIEL sICk1IS
Brevity IL sometimes said to be the soul Of wit;
but here il Is the soul Of fslsebood Mr. Dan.
sickles concentrates two impudeut ialsehccds
into one short tolegraphic despatch costing pro
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Presbyterian General Assembly.
ISuseros, Ky, May 81, 1857
The Presbyterian General Assembly met here 20 dsv.
and two hundred and twenty five members were pre.ess
The opening sermon preached by Rev Dr. Hogc Tia
Moderator. ~ 49,
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subsequently, recovered and buried. Had there been
proper h1ehoats and apparatus on the Cape, doubt
LEES the lives Of the boats crew would not have been
sacri6ced.
The sales or Gotten yesterday embraced about 500
bas the market coDg quite firm At the advance
Flour w. without change Of mcuaenS In Quosasons,
whs sales were made 10 moderate eEtent chiefly 70
the domestic ,rads. Cnadian red Cor cub) wheat sold Al
81 S. Illinois red at 81 81, and choice Missouri red at
81 ~ Corn was drmer, with sales Of Western mixed IN
store 1 92c. Pork steady, with saes Of mess al
SO 30 . te2 IS, the latter figure tor . favor
sbie brand. Sugar continued Arm, with sales OF
about 900 hhds. at prices varying from l0Sc.
q l2c., including some Porto Rico Coffee was
quiet Tho Tea sale yesterday was q very animated
one The whole catalogue gone through with,
which consisted chiefly Of the nner grades Of green The
sales exhibited advance Of &c. &C. on the Hne quail
ties ard lie. DC. oo the mediam grades. One Of the
largest sales Of the In talow made yesterday,
which consisted Of about 10000 lss private terms
In freiehs 70 British ports engagements moderate.
To Liverpool TO- 900 bushels of bags engaged
al 4d There was good demand for deal charters for
the south Of Europe, &C., aud several taken Up 1t
rates given in another column.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07

to win, and stuck to it like waz sometimes
was a-one-side, sometimes | was a-tother, and
sometimes stradeled till the election was over,
and came up jst in time to join in the hurrah.
1t was good | was after; and what good could
do if | wasn't on the 'lected side But after
all, it was never bit of use. Whenever the
battle was over, no matter which side was
sharing out the loaves and fishes, and stepped
up, I'll be hanged if they didn't cram all they
could into their own mouths, put their arms
over some, and grab at the rest with their
paws, and say: Go away, white man, you amt
capable.'
"Capable what's the reason amt ca pable I!
Eve got as extensive throat as any of them,
and | could swallow the loaves and fishes with
out choking, if each loaf was as big as a. grind
stone and each fish as big as a sturgeon. Give
Peter chance, and leave him alone for that.
Then, another time when called, { want some
spolls,' says | !; "a small buckettull of soolls-
Whichever side gets in shares the spoils, don't
they " So they first grinned, then they ups
and tells me that virtue like mine was its own
reward, and that spoils might spoil me. But
it was no spOis that spolt me, and no loaf and
fish that starved me. I'm split because
couldn't get either.
"Put not your trust in politicianers; say it
I've been serving my country, more or less,
these ten years, like patriot-going to town
meetings, hurryng my daylights out, and get
ting as blue as bIazes-bIockng the windows,
getting licked fifty times, and having more
black eyes aud bloody noses than you could
shake stick at, all for common good, and for
the purity ofour legal rights, and all for what
Why for nix. If any good has come of it, the
country has put it in her own pocket, and swim
died me out ofmy arnings.
can't get no office! Repubicks is migrate
full! 1t WASH: reward ! was after. scsrns
the base insinuaton. | only wanted to be Ia
ken care OF, and have nothing to do but to axe
care of the public; and I've only got half moth
ing to do! Being took care of was the main
thing. RepublIcks is ungrateful! I'm blasted
If they amt. This is the way old soldiers are
served F! Well. well, live and learn-live and
learn! The worlds not what man takes ii for
before he finds it out. Whiskers grow sooner
than what experience does. Genius and patri-
otlsm amt got no chauce-aint got nary look.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07

The result of all this wonderful enterprise,
benevolence and liberality, was simply grand
public swindle, and good many dollars in the
pockets of the swinders.
new phase of this gambling scheme has
recently been given to the public by dealers in
obscene publications. They offer with each
book sold, "gift " worth from twenty-five
cents to hundred dollars, and their lists OF
gifts comprise the same rigmarole of gold
watches, gold pencil-cases, sleeve-buttons, etc.
Under cover of " exposing Mormon life at
home," these gift pedders sell obscene books,
with bawdy pictures, and thus escape the peni-
tent ary. We regard tins whole business of
gift swindling on par with mock auctions,
gambling, lotteries, pocket.book dropping ticket
swindling, and the rest of the rascally robbie
ries,
When anybody offers to give you something
for nothing, look out for him. We consider it
duty we owe to the public, to warn them
against the swarms of swinders that infest So
ciety. When you see lottery-man or gift
enterprise man, mark him as a cheat, and let
him aloRe severely.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07
Absence Of Mind.

The latest case of absence OF mind has often
been recorded, but the following, which took
place in this city on Monday, is believed to be
the last:
A member of u firm down town." who is in
the daily habit OF dining at an eating house in
Court square, being like many others " hard
up" put the firms note into one of our banks,
with the expectation of getting it discounted.
At the usual hour, the merchant, whom we
designate as Mr.. r., anxious as to whether the
note of his firm would be discounted, entered
his usual dning-saloon, and catching up bill
of fare, instantly asked, Anything done to-
day!" The waiter replied, " Everything is
done, sir, ercept chGt as checked"
Mr.. Il. Immediately left the dining saloon,
and returned to his store, where he found his
partner and informed him that their note pas
good, as everything had been done except
what was ch cked."
I" How is this !" said Mr. rs partner, and in
answer thereto, Mr.. II. took from his pocket a
paper saying. " Look here-don't you see it's
discounted :" at the same time producing one
of the bills Of fare, which the partner at once
perceived, aud to the astOnishment of Mr.. II,
exclaimed, " You fcol, don't you know the diff
ference between bill of fare for dinner, and
an acceptance Of discount note 2"
MIR. I. was completely non-plussed.- Boston
Journal.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07
miscellaneous KlrticLes.
The Victim of Politics.

Peter Rush, the victim of politics, seated unon
the curb, with his feet across the gutter, placed
his elbow upon stepping-stone, aud like JUL
let on the balcony, leaned his head upon his
hand that would perhaps have been better for
q covering, though none would have been ra sb
enough to volunteer to be a glove upon it. He
was in dilapidated condition; out at the ell
bows, out at the knees, out in the street; an
"out and outer" in every respect, as outre a
mortal as ever the eye of man did rest uDon.-
For some time Mister Rush's reflections had
been silent. Following lIamlet's advice, "he
gave them an understanding, but no tongue" +"
and ne relieved himself at intervals by splitting
forlornl ly into the kennel. At length suffering
his locked hands to fall between his knees. and
heaving deep sigh he spoke:
:" A long time ago my ma used to put on her
specks and say, Peter, my son, put not your
trust IN prlnces;' and from that day to this. /
havn't done any thing of the kind, because
none on EN- ever wanted to borrow nothing of
me; and never see prince or a kine-bnt
one or two, and they had been rotated out Of
ofhce--to borrow nothing of them. Princeel
pooh! Put not your trust in politicianers
them's my sentiments. You might as well inst
try to hold an eel, for | have tried both. and
know. Put not your trust in politicianers. or
you'll get byst."
"Ten years ago it came into nv head that
things weren't going on right; 30 pretty near.
ly gave myself up teetotalIy to The good Of the
Republic, and left the ship to look out for ITSELF
was brimtul OF patriotism, and so uneasy in
my miad for the salvation Of freedom couidn',
work. tried to guess which side was going
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07
Great Gift Enterprises

In life Illustrated, upon this subject, we find
the following:
Country readers cannot have forgotten the
flaming advertisements which appeared in the
newspapers year or two ago, in which i'm
mense promises were made by certain profess
sonal swindlers, who, after pocketing the dol
lars sent them, quietly stepped out" changed
their localities, taking on new names, and be-
ginning again. They sold chances Z" in a
game said 10 comprise farms, houses, gold
watches, piano-fortes, gold pencils, sleeve-but-
tons, and numerous other trinkets, with sub
scriPtlon to some bogus newspaper, started to
advertise their traps. +" The bait" looked at
from a distance BY credulous creatures, was
tempting, and they, poor dupes, sent in their
dollars, and got in return some tickets describ-
ing seven-mile mirror, hair-washes, dyes, pills
warranted to Physic, and other cheap property.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07
Prospects of a Hard Winter.

Our financial troubles, says the Boston Jour.
naI. have been pronounced at their heirht
nearly every day for the last six weeks; and
yet, on the whole, they presented a steady in
crease up to the present time. Experience,
therefore, would dlssuade from Counting uDon
the immediate return Of prosperity, even though
confidence be all that is required to set the ma
cbInery of business in motion. There is a pros
pect of still protracted embarrassmeuts and of
hard winter to come. IfreIief should unex-
peciedly intervene, il would be a matter of re-
Ioiclng to US all--but it is, it is lnaniiestly
the part of wisdom with us all to be preparing
for the season which, to other bardships, will
add the fercest rigors of our climate.
Business must be dull for some months, and
many must fail of employment, or work at re-
duced wages. The poor therefore, had better
husband their resources in the most provident
manner. A dollar saved now will work in ad-
mirably with the necessities of February; and
even frugal habit established now, when it
seems of no consequence, will then be found a
capital fruitful in blessings. No matter how
mum VIC n iuO OutoSlNeS upon OdOlIS OF ecOnO-
my. we can all save something in our daily or
weekly expenses; and it becomes every one to
examine whether such saving is not, at the
present time, matter of personal duty.
In spite Of present reverses, the country is
rich. and must before long emerge from en-
barrasment. Our crops at the West have
been excellent, and it would seem that all the
occasion requires is to have them brought for
ward. But the general scarcity of money, oc-
casioned mainly by the want of confluence
which has spread over the country, will, we
fear, prevent much decline from the present
prices for some time to come. Through all
fluctuations of late years, provisions have been
dear, as compared with the old standards. We
cannot therefore, expect them to change much,
although their abundance, aud that scarcity of
money which does not result from panic. will
yet, probably, bring them down. But we fear
that cold weather and much suffering must nc.
cur before we witness the gratifying change.
boston Journal.
Smyrna times., 1857-10-07

crossing, running wild, etc., that we can hard
ly keep up with their names and titles. But
now comes a proposition more sweeping and
more radical than all the others put together.
Is this thing practicable! Is it possible to
live, move, and have our being in unfashiona-
bleness! Can one be out of the fashion and
yet in the world! Will an ant-fashionable in
stitution ever become popular! Will it pay =!
These are questions more easily asked than an
swered.
Suppose everybody should eat, drink, dress,
and do just as everybody was selfincllned, in
total disregard of ones neighbor's examples
suppose every family should make its own
clothes. and cook its own victuas, according to
its own instincts or reasons, without asking
MIR. London's opinion or Mrs. Paris consent!-
Would not hundred profitable avocations at
once be destroyed? Would not ten thousand
dry goods merchants, and a countless host of
mllllners, maltua-makers, tailors, artists, fancy
dealers, ETC., become bankrupts in a morRent
Why, the crisis of Wall street would be gentle
breezes compared with the tornado which would
TO low such an innovation
How would the bellies and beaux of Broad
way, who always have " nothing to wear" who
can find " nothing to do " but to run after the
fashions, would have little or nothing to saw"
unless it were in relation to the latest fashions,
and who could have " nothing to eat" were it
not for the saloons and restaurants-how are
hese fellow creatures of ours going to keep up
appearances if fashion is to be abolished!
The social, political. international, and fo-
reign aspects Of the proposed measure are
worth moments consideration. Where would
our tea parties get the material of their con-
versatlonal criticisms on the characters and af
fairs of their neghbors, if fashion was done
away with Where would politicians get
their spoils, if fashion supplied no precedent for
'eizIng on the perquisites! What would Eu-
rope 90 for one-half OF the two hundred mill
lions we arc now paying her annually in solid
gold, if there was no fashion to Keep up the
traffic in superfiuities!
Until these difficulties are in some way sur
mounted, we shall vote in favor of the imprac-
llcablllty Of the scheme.-Life Illustrated.