New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-18

receiving ii from Hawkins. Tue property ~ss an ne
covered ard restored to is owner. The women above
ucntioned we've also arrested and with the take.
before Justice Brvnnsa al the Essex Market Pohcs
Court aud co,rsnittcd Denomination.
LEcrurxS oS GEoIOGI.-Dr. Boynton began hss
coursc OF lectures last night at the CHOPPER Institute.
before a large and very apprecstive suiience.
The f-s part of the lecture was devoted to expa-
ration oi thc law Of graS,aion by when the orginA
atoms were drawn into coheson forming the ditfcrest
c'ements, which combined to crcac the planets
solid matter upon which We 1--we and pan Of which We
are. Tie form oI the planets was next dsoours.d o(,
and tle fa;teniug of the poles expsinel bv expen-
mcn's, showing Il 20 proceed from centrifugal forre
Next the lecturer proceeded to explain the laws d
motion which governs the planets. With the yyro-
scope he performed series Of experiments illus,rai
ing the principles upon which the planets revol,e in
plane round thc sun, and upon which the moon re-
wolves around tie earth This part of the lecture was
very interesting and the audience testified their ap-
probation OF il. In conclusion. Dr. Boyn,on explained
the position oi the planets in the solar sstemesch
following IL nnvariuc orbit, Al just such distance
from the sun !, determined by it, degree u
density. ii. strength of graviatioa and It's c"s-
sequent velocity o. rotation. The ru,ary motion
of the sun be explained being necessary TO the ro-
,atiop OF The planets, Nhe were 20 put ball 10 mo-
tion bv a string around his finger. he could not keep
i, in rotation without Sigh, oscillation OF the finger:
and lust 50 the sum- by his slight movements kept tho
planets going by the mighty but invisible connectics
Of grayi;aon.
Bold ROBBERY Al THE MkRcaNT', Horsl.--
On Wednesday afternoon more thieves entered
the Merchants Hotel, Ccurtlandt street, and stole
from the office csrpetbag containing $4,000 d
railroad stock Il ~, 900 check, a silver watch. gold
chain, bracelet, earrings and other valuable jew
elry, the property OF J. W. Lacy. lumber dealer
! from Pennsylvania The loss was soon discovered,
and the robbery reported to the police who set about
searching for the thief or thieves. Il appears that
four or more parties were engaged in the robbery, an
that after stealing the bag they broke il open, sal
disposed efthe jewelry ajeweles for -. On Thurs
day serr the ieweier was present At a target ex.
curson, Of Third and Sixty sixth street.
and in the ranks noticed the three fellows who came
to his shop ard sold him the arlcles He notified .
policeman of the fact, who followed and arrested The
parties pointed out. They gave their names rs George
Shoaer. Philip Ulrick and Charles Winch. The jew
elry all recovered and restored to its owner.
Officers Snyder and Deehunt yesterday proceeded -
the boarding-house Of the prisoners, and found tho
carpci-bag in the prvy cut to pieces. Tho certificates
of stock check, and other papers, the fellows coa-
! fessed burning. The accused were taken before
Justice Browne at the Yorkvle Police Court asl
committed TO prison. Mr. Lacy will be loser to tho
amount Of $1,000, being unable to replace all the
papers destroyed. Messrs. Murhead & Clarke Of the
Merchants Hotel state that the report Of robbery at
their house is false.
A SHARP THuyISG OPERATIos.-On Thursday
afternoon the driver OF of Adams Express Co.'S
wagons delivered four boxes of silk at the store VI
Arnold Co. in Fulton street, butinstead of procuring
receipt forthwith he stepped around the corner iS
moment leaving the boxes on the walk. Upon re-
turning to the store the bookkeeper gave him recept
for two boxes only The driver said he lei four, but
the clerk said they only found two boxes % the walk.
One OF the gentlemen composing the Express Co. WA
sent for. and the matter was talked overthe driver
insisting that he had left four boxes the walk. At
.hi, time Officer Sowey entered the store and told ths
folks that suspected the silk stolen and that be
had an idea where it Prcviousto to this it appears
that Officer Sowey, while walking down Broadway.
saw two fellows whom he suspected to be thieves, get
out of stage corner of Grand street and Broadway,
each of them having box. He followed them to .
sort of lodging house No Centre Market place and
returning TO Headquarters obtained the assistance d
Officer King. Both immediately repaired to the hooss
in Centre Market place, and made search Of tho
/ premises, when they found in occupied by q
/ gr giving her name as Kate Cumming quantity Of
silk. One of the boxes was here found and potios
Of its contents packed away in trunk. Further
search resulted in the finding Of the other box un-
opened in the celer among aquanty Of rubbish. Tive
fellows, named John Donnelly and Tommy Hsgaa,
whose portraits may be- seen in the Thieves Picture GAL
lery, arrested on suspicion "a alo Kate
Cummings. They were detained for examination.
Subsequently, The property, which was valued at $31
per box, w;is returned to the owners.
RwyR THgs CaUGHr IN THE AcT.-Yestsrdsy
morning about O'Clock, Capt. VIM. NJ. Eigerton,
Of the brig Mary Hamilton, lying at Pier No. 10 East
River while asleep in the cabin Of said vessel. vas
aroused by retreatirg footstep from the oompanoa
way. Jumping from his berth he saw a fellow running
away and instantly gave chase but owing To the dark
he os sight Of the intruder and at this time gave
alarm. The captain upon returning to his vessel,
aertaned that bs clothes had been oyerhauled, and
$40 in bank bills taken therefrom, together with his
watch II happened that Officer Hays, Of the Second
Precinct heard the alarm and arrested fellow who
running from the pier. The prisoner gave his
name as Joseph Rceden and was taken to the vessei
and searched, when a portion of the property was
found in his possession. Rceden had crammed tive
$40 bills in h- mouth and was endesyoring to swallow
them The officer grabbed him BY the throat sni the
bils were recovered in lnutated state The prisoner
was taken before Justice Osborn, at the Tombs and
held 10 answer in default Of 81 900 bail
MAKIsG PREPARArIoss.--At a late hour 90 Thurs-