New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-10

prshirg .heY object Gre bsirg heartily responded to
| throughout the State. Messrs. Wells, Bu'tsried &
Co. Of tie American Express Company have gelsr-
orsy offered the free Use Of their express throughout
the State for the conveyance Of books cicIlsrs aud
re t,srsmission of money. For al these fsyors the
aides Of the Association desire express their thsnks
ard trust that their labors will proises results alike
oredtsSle to tho patriotism ard lbeIaly Of tie Sts,e
Of Nsw.YoIk.
Tpr L,rE KrpsAPPIsG AFFAiR.-The pane Of the
colored boy wto wss attempted TO be kidnapped, 8,
reportei in yesterdays TRBuNE, is Isssc Moore, sni
he residss st No. 23l Second street. The boy went
Yesterday before Csp.. Squres Of the Eleventh Pre-
cipct. ard sisted ths. early on Wedresdsy morning
las while passrg through Houston street he was sc-
ccsted by tsl, gooieokng man, who iorciby ssized
ard took bm Oh beard Of the schooner Ann Ellis, lying
g, the foot Of TDud street, Eas River where he was
col fined four Days in the hold, with gag over his
mouth to prevent him from mskirg az outcry. On
Sunday morning he released, AMI sert by ore OF
the hands on deck to get tumber Of water for toe
osptsin Enbrscipg the opportunity to escape be
Jumped TO another vessel lying nesr, thence on ca-
nal boat and finally succeeded in reaching the shore
Cspt. Squires upon hearing the story, dispatched an
officer TO investigate the matter but the vessel in ques.
ton had hsued out INTO the stream ana has since gone
10 ses The Ellis ia Virginia vessel, and hss proba-
by sailed FOR some port in thst State. The boy isa
ul.booded African, very black, but bright ani lrtei-
gent being able to read ard write with huency. The
matter is urder Investigation.
UsucoEssFrL AITEMPT TO BLACK MAIL Mrs.
DAwsos "A DAY or two ago, Cornelius Lin brother
to Dsrl called upon Mrs. Dawson wife of King
no Issri and ypDfasautel
that be vas ore of the keeper. Bsokwsls Islsnd.
Lrn at orce proceeded to business aud said that for
the sum Of s2 he could arrange things that her hus-
hand could work in the shade and rot be exposed to
the .ur rays o. at present Mrs. Dawson, who has
the welfare OF her hege lord at heart, took the
matter under serious consideration. In the mean time
Officer Roohett of the Fourth Precinct came up, AMI
che advised with him on the subject of psying the
morey On hea,ing the story, the officer very natu-
rely Concluded tia, attempt a. eItortion and
arrested the man. who, on being taken to the Station
House was recognized as LIn. The fellow WAS sub
sequentiy discharged from custody not hsving sue
ceeded in bis de signs. Linn never WAS keeper on
the Island.
Nor SATIsrIED.-John II. Tobitt, Chairman, aud
Theodore L. Issscks Secretary are soxious to inform
the pubic that they spent the last Sabbath on an ex-
ouision to Newport and back riding by steamer all the
way ard through Plum Gut into the bargain, for -,
which is less than a cent a mile and that they eK'
peoted to have on the boat grand concert operate
ard classical music but did OF gett. They are soindig
rart that they ale resolved TO "extort whatever reme
"dy either law or public opinion will give u.s.. We'll,
We have no objection; but il strikes us that people
who 90 on grand csrouse on Sunday may reascnsbly
expect to return dissatisfied with themselves anu eve-
rytody else
THE LATE ATTENPT AT MURDER NEAR MASHAs
SIT, l.. I-One of our reporters yesterday visited
Gfes. Neck and Msnhasset l.. l., and gathered few
additional facts relative TO the late attempt TO murder
yCurg man named Horace Leek noticed in THE
TRIBUNE OF Yesterday, while Oh bis way home one
night last week after mskibg call upon a young
W, man Of his acquaintance. Leek has mother aud
enc or two sisters living in Bushwick and other nesr
relatives in Msnhasset Valley within a short distance
of the spot where tie murderous attack WAS msds
upon him. but for time past he has been engaged
in the employ Of Mr.. Clinton Morrill, farmer near NJ an
hssset. Some time Last Fall he met Miss Lske, whose
parents reside st Little Neck al the house OF rsa-
live cf hers On Great Neck, and becsme deeply ens-
ored of her. She is about twenty yescs of age sud
Of progressing appearance. Since t9en he has EN-
bisced every opportunity inst he could find to be IN
her compsuy.
AT the same time, two or three other young men
p,Ie 10 les prss,og in their attentions to the youns
Idy and no sss sohctous to moropoizs hsr socety.
AL went or however without special msnifeaaion'o OF
bad f eirg aropg ths rivsi sui,ofs until Wednesday
tie 9Th uli when Misc Lake attended the Harvest
Home Festival Of Queens County, at Little Neck IA
counsuy with Horace Lsek. A rival sutor from New
Yok was also there, partly to have good tins a.
k,la aspaasliv N enjoy tne 5OeiefV OF
tie lsdy in question. Tie New.Yorker, to AIS sur
nre ard chssrip soon discovered thst she preferred
tue s,tertous of another ID his OWE. Presently au
alteration ensued between the rivs suitors on the
sro. and. although nothirg serious occurred al tde
time Young Ieek was given TO understand wnat ne
might expect the fret tins g favorable opportunity
should pr, sent self Nothing further Was seen OF the
unsuccessful suor aiterwari but i has snce been a.
! celtaued tbs. he was il the neghbOrhood day or
Two before the commission Of the attack upon Lsek =
On the nigh, of the assault it Wa very dsik, sod
Leek had not proceeded than halt mule from the
snoce Of bis lads love- wnen be seized 10 lone
some part Of the road wLete it psssed through
, swsmp By a mar, who struck hm q severe dow
On the fsce; the same hand immediately drawing
fcith ard raising large knife Or dagger. Leek OBJ
served the BRIGHTNESS of the polished blade, waIded oil
the blow as best he could and doubtless thus suceest
Cd in avertirg fatal effecs. Tne weapon cut hole
two il cI es long through the coat vest aud SHIFT aud
Ificed slgnt fesh wou,d the LEI. side near the
reson Of tie hesr The knocking Of tns handle OF the
knife or dsgger upward it is supposed, caused the
blade to fell alnost psrpendicularly ard thereby pre-
vented il from erierlpg the body OF the vchm
The ssssilant then made another attempt to plunge
the wespor into the body of Leek, VITO dofged the
blow krocksd the fellow dowr, and was ercs,Vorins
to wrest tie espon from bis hsids when anotns' a.,
sasr. arnroached behind and struck him the DsCA