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New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-17

WARDrs OF THE Cirr PFisoS.-The BoNd c; Ten
Governors VII. probably, take some setcs a. teeu
meeting to-day towards fling the Office Of Warden OF
the City Prison made vscatt by tie death OF John
Gray. Tie salary is s. 600 per snnum, residence N
tie Prison Building, and found. AS matter OF
course there are grest many candidates for thspisce
Amcrg the most prominent are John II. "atm0rs'
now Clerk Of the Prison Peter Crosby deputy keep
er, John Lsor, Clerk Of the First District Ponce
Court, Joseph Ksene, Warden Of the Workhouss'
CHARLES Sutton and ex Police Justice Percy. All the
sbovenaned are competent men ard fitted for the po-
sition by their respective calngs. The contest,
doubtless, Les between Messrs. Whitmore ard Laloi-
the former Of when is q Democrat and the latter
Republican. Mr.. Whitmore is now Acting Warden,
and has been since Mr. Gray was taken IL, about the
beginning Of the present year. 1t is understood that
BY tact agreement, the opposition members OF the
Board will be permitted to make the selecnoa mas
much as the late incumbent was not DemocrG,
feet which would argue badly for Mr.. Whitmorss sue
cess.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-17

MURDER AT RosDoUT.-A man named Bernard Nc
DeImott was murdered few days since at Rondout.
Two men named Mccoy and Barry have since been
arrested on suspicion of b'ng psrticipators in the
crime and stard committed. Another man, named Jos.
Lynch, has disappeared, and reward Of 300 has
been offered for his arrest.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-17

DEATH OF SEAMAN FROM ALLEGED VIOLENCE
James Rey nolds, sailor, whose ante-mortem exsnina
ton was made on Saturday by Coroner Hills, died on
Monday, at the New-iork Hospital. Deceased in the
statement he msde Saturday, said ths. in April last
while ship on which he was employed lay at Hong
Kong, Mr.. Baker the mate, called him from the fore
castle, ard because he did not come quite as exped-
tousy the mate thought proper the latter rushed
into the forecastle and drew him by the hair of the
head upon deck after which he kicked and bea. him,
ard then confined him in irons, since which time he
had been sick. The evidence of Reynolds was sub
s.antiated by that of John Jones who was also eui'
ployed on board the ship GsllAtu. DR.. Bsylus of the
New-York Hospital made a post-mortem examination
Of the body, ard found large caucerous umor in the
abdomen, also several ulcers. The immediate cause OF
death was cancer, which in the Doctors opinion,
might have been induced or fastened in growth, in a
constitution disposed to this disease, by the violence
received. The Jury rendered verdict Of death
from cancerous tumor in the abdomen, but whether
the result Of the injuries received the Jury are una
" bic to say warrant for the arrest of the mate
was issued but he has returned to China. Deceased
was a native of Ireland, % years Of age.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-17

BrRGLARY.-At q late hour Saturday night the store
of Messrs. Schiller q Cobn, No. 7sl Bowery was bur-
glarousy entered and robbed Of various articles Of
fancy goods to the amount of 900, and upward. An
entrance to the premises was effected by cutting q
panel or two from the rear door. No oue has yet
been obtained Of the burglars or the stolen goods.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-17

DIsoHAR6ED.-On Friday morning samuel fnIlliPs
examined before Justice O.6o. the Lover roacs Coe
charged with iaens John ire 20 certain peemises
or the corner Of Walton and Gsnson street. M
Baker fre Msrsh sppesred for .be prose- aaon snd NJ
Joshmssn for def-nse Several vnsss were exsnises
k ncthrs sny poaues vss srrsj 70 sbsw Aai - ~
,mpIc ca,ed. Ths Jussics cisuzss>l the compliant
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-17

Found DADA Frepchman named p. Seger "
found dead in his room at No. 30 Franklin street
Sunday Dight and Coroner Gamble yesterday held
inquest upon the body. Tie evidence showed To
while intoxicated, few days ago, he fell add was
verely injured. The Jury rendered verdict
Death from congestion Of the brain" Decees
was 60 years of age, and bookksepsr BY proiessio
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1858-08-07

The young lady who fed on hearing it announ.
ced that naked fact would be disclosed, returned
on receiving positive assurance that it would be
clothed in becoming language.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1858-08-07
The Greatest Tower in the World.

The London Times gives the following account
Of the celebrated '' Victoria Tower in the new
Houses of Pariament-or Westminster Palace"
as it is called:
1.-The foundations Of the Victoria Tower, like
all others which the palace is built, are of
immense strength, formed Of solid mass Of con-
crete more than ii feet deep, and which descends
10 feet below Trinity datum. Glow water mark at
London Bridge) They were allowed to settle sew
eral months before the structure was commenced,
on the Sd of April 1912, since which time the pile
has grown slowly, but surely, at the rate of % feet
per year, till the whole edfce has attained height
of 345 feet from base to summit, and presses upon
the foundations with weight little short of 30,-
900 tons. Compared with this magnificent alt-
tude, all other towers that know Of shrink into
insignifcance. There are spires enough Of greater
height, but no tOJUerS, even that noble at Mech
lin halEspre half tower, and which perhaps, comes
nearest to that at Westminster, is but 34S feet
to the top of the vane, which to the top of the
vane of the Victoria Tower will be no less than
430-more than double the height of the monu-
ment, more than 60 feet higher than the cross of
ST. Paul's and within a few feet of three times
the height of the famous tower Of Pisa. All the
other proportions of the tower are equally massive
and noble The walls are y feet thick up to the
base Of the first tier of windows, and thence six
feet The stored windows are Al feet high by 80
feet wide and feet deep. The figures which look 50
small and inlantne in the inches OF the sides, are
rs huge as Titans-colossal masses nearly 10 feet
high, and weighing many tons. The flagstaff
which is to be fixed on the top is to be of rolled
sheetron bolted together, ITO feet long, feet in
diameter at the base, and weighing between 10 and
Is TONS The flag will be 90 feet long by As broad,
will require upwards Of 400 yards Of bunting to
make it, and have to be hauled up each day by ma
chineTy."
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1858-08-07
The Logic of DolIars--Our Pacific Railroad

The total amount of land granted to the Illinois
Central Railroad Company 1886 900 acres.
The Company has built 704 miles of railroad, now
in operation, at n cost of S25 $40 244 1t has sold
S65, ,2Il acres of its lands for SIO,7l3 ,223, and
has still on hand l,729. .789 acres, which by the
average value of its sales last year. worth S29
3S6, JAG Here is the logic of dollars which
everybody can understand.
Our Pacific Railroad through Texas will be 7S3
miles long, and has grant of OH 900 acres and
a loan of IS, 900 per mile from the State You
will search in vain the records of railroad legsla-
ton and railroad companies on this continent for
any parallel to this. Placed by the side of the
Southern Pacific Railroad the prospects of any
other railroad company that can be named in this
country sink into insignifcance, being absolutely
contemplate. Taking the average price of the
Illinois Company's lands as a basis, the lands of
the Southern Pacific Railroad will be worth more
than $l20000,OO0 Anybody can make the cal
eulation for himself
That the lands will be worth more than the Hi
nois lands, we have not the least doubt. They are
among the richest lands in the world in a delight
full climate, and capable of producing anything
from cotton and figs to potatoes and oats. With
the market they will have at this city, within a
days ride on the road, can any set bounds to
their valuel The fact is, the more we consider the
road the greater does astOnishment become at
the vastness of its prospective wealth, without
counting what the road itself, when completed,
will earn ut ALL The boon offered by Texas was
not generally known or duly considered otherwise
there would have been half dozen companies in
the field eontending for it. If managed with ener-
gy and wisdom, cannot now doubt it will be-
the company will be one of the richest in the
world
Eight million acres Of land is easily pronounced
or written, but does the reader comprehend the
quantity represented 1t is greater than the COM
bined area of Rhode Island, Delaware and Connec-
ticut 1t is nearly twice as great as Massachu-
setts and New Jersey together; greater than New
Hampshire or Vermont The latter. the largest
but one of the New England States, contains but
6,j35GS0 acres. 1t is not strange that the stock
of this company is taken by thousands of shares
at clip, as we learn is the case.-NelO Orleans
Bulletin.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1858-08-07

CARELESSNEss IN COMMERCIAL AFFAIRs.-The dead
letter office brings to light numerous instances of
extreme commercial carelessness. The following
recently reported developments on this subject,
and may doubtless be attributed to the hurry in
which banks and mercantile houses close up their
correspondence for the day. One bank sends a
letter covering paper amounting to thousands Of
dOars-inside is package addressed to Nashville,
outside to New Orleans. Another heavy remit
tance is directed to Troy, n. Y, without any adj
dress whatever ON the inside. A third package
was directed OH the outside to Louisville, Ky. the
inside direction is to New Orleans. Would it not
be well for all tine banks and mercantile houses to
add to their copies of correspondence copy also
of the outside address the letter. In many
cases, when letters are thus sent astray that sin
gle record might once furnish clue to its early
recovery. Washington SIOtes,
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1858-08-07

The hoop question, like most others, has two
sides to it. The ladies' take the inside, and of
course we must take the other.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1858-08-07
BUSINESS CARDS.

The Northern Assurance Company. (Estab-
lished 1885,
EOR FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE AT HOME AND
Il abroad.
CAPITAL G1,259,76O STERLING.
The undersigned has been appointed AGENT fer the Sandwich
Islands. 7tf ROBERT CHESHIRE JANION, at Honolulu.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1858-08-07

= An old writer said that when cannons were
introduced as negOtators, the of the church
were useless that the world was governed first by
n1itrnH and then by nitrum-frst by st. Peter and
then by Saltpeter,
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1858-08-07

If John Smith should, while crossing Browns
vacant lot, happen to fall and tear his pantaloons,
who is responsible for the ground rent thus crea-
ted-he or Brown? and could Brown compel
Smith to settle the rent with potato patch?
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1858-08-07
HOTELS sc.
NATIONAL HOTEL,
Corner of Nuuanu and Hotel streets.

THE UNDERSIGNED, Proprietor of the above establish
would inform his friends and the public that with
his extensive stock of the best brands OF Wines and Liquors,
Billiard saoon Bowling Alleys, and gentlemanly attend
ants nothing lett wanting for their comfort and
ment 22-B JOSEPH BOOTH.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1858-08-07

Some libellous fellow says that a woman's
heart is the sweetest thing in the world-in fact,
a perfect honeycomb, full Of sells.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-09

THuRLow WEED TURNING UP AT LAsr.-It
seems that Thurlow Weed has at last been
spotted in definite little lobby job. 1t ap-
pears from our latest reports from the Congress
sional Tariff Investigating Committee that
Master Weed, as lobby operator in behalf of
the bill of the last Congress, comes in as the
recipient Of the neat little plum Of FIVE thou
sand dollars. This is better than working, out
of pure benevolence, for days and weeks in be
half of the Castle Garden emigration establish
ment. But 80 it is; some things pay and some
don't; and upon the whole, with all his late
grumblings Of empty pockets, we are satisfied
that Thurlow, as lobby man, here, there and
everywhere, has taken good care Of number
one. If we could only have an investigation
into all his lobby operations of the last five
years we have no doubt that many active bust
less men would be astonished at the number of
irons he has had in the fire.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-09

Our spsc,aI wssninrtoo n,

Our special washington Despatehs
ORGANIZATION or NEVADA NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
or fHK RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE IN TERRITORIES -
ESTIMATES FOR THE SUPPORT OF THR VOLUNTEERS
-INcRsAsE OF PAY OF NAVAL oFFICKRs-THH
So1OOO INVESTIGATION.
WASHINGTON, May 8, 1858
The House Committee on Territories have authorized
their chairman to report bin for the organization o,
Territorial government oct OF territory west OF Utah
Carson valley, TO be called Nevada The bill will be
reported next week and strenuousy urged The other
applications before the Committee for Territorial govern
meas win not be acted on this session.
Tue committee authorized Mr. Zoooaer 10 report
favoraby upon the bill TO make uniform the exercise Of
tho right Of suffrage in tho several Territories OF tho
United States combining the to citizens Of tho United
States, native born and naturalized.
The estimate for the volunteer regiments for the nex.
year has been furnished TO the Chairman OF the House
Committee Of Ways and Means and amounts 10 "a
This contingent In the volunteers are required
The administration In expectation every week that IN
tcgcnce will reach bore that peace restored and the
volunteers no, required
joint meeting o, the Senate and House Commstees on
Naval Affairs has been called for Tuesday ncx 10 consider
the bin for increasing the pay Of officers the navy
will probably be reported the last OF next wccs
The rartn Investigating Committee are stu engaged
examining witnesses and procuring with reference 10
the eighty seven thousand dollars They have recentiv
had witness before them-who~e name I am mot Al
present allowed 70 mention, but who wa connected with
the firm OF lawrence, Stone A Co-vho IN his staie
mens, has accounted for most OF The eighty seyen
shoufand dollars, or At least The parties Who re-
oeived IT. He states that among Others ~he received
money Tor Their services ngrlow weed received
hve thoufsnd dollars-thsi IN fact be- paid bin toe
money. How much more be received he dos not
know. Neither does he knou bow much woloou PAID
him (Weed). Tho Comritsec have sccrdngly seni q
Subpoena FOR rhurlov, and he will probably be here IN
day or two The Committee curious 70 know how be
(weed) 10 get cut Of THE for here proof positive that
be eas pad ave Thousand dollars After Tnurlo~ has
been ersnped, the Committee ~n be ready 70 report,
unless his testimony may elicit other facts vhicn may
possibly require further orAmiusilCn.
The Committee have got some Or e,ty stroas evi
deuce against by the oorbn vho ia. beeu
Clerk 10 the House Committee Gains fss many yea-
He, too received pretty large mosey according
70 his showing for he addressed letter 10 one Of
the members Of The Boston company informing them thai
Il would take at least twenty eve or thirty ttou.aad
dollars than be had already rece we'd 10 pas the
,arf BILL THIS letter ,be Committee has 10 ia po.,s~
sion, which Is pretty strong proof against Mr. Corbia
the Committee could only getN the facts they have No
doubt but tina, they could make CERTAIN gentlemen tsem
bic In their shoes
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-09

SHALL STorT nv PARDoED?-It IL understood
that the ladies 10 the western part Of this State
are petitioning the Governor for the acauittal
o. Ira stout, the convicted murderer Of his
hrother-in-law, Litties The ground of the De.
tiiicn y that Stout only displayed his affection
for bis sister by keeping her from husband
whom she hated and who III used her.
Ofstous's affection for bis sister there can be
Psrhsps no question, though be displayed it in
On unusual way. namely, by sharing her bed
Bot n every brother whose sister IL unhappily
married u allowed 10 murder his brother-in-
Law, this Will soon be pretty bot world to live
In. IL IL generally supposed that at least two
cut Of every ave mawiages are at some period
o. other very unhsppy; IL will make quite a
differences 10 the bills Of mortality II the unpopu-
lar husbands are all 10 be Knocked on the head
Of this stage Of their connubisl career.
We have no doubt, however. but Governor
King viii lend friendly ear 10 the petitions of
the Rochester ladies. and will az he has 70 often
done alresdy, interpos 10 defeat the ends Of
justice and 10 screen one more murderer from
bic righteous doom. To act otherwise would be
iDconsisssn, with his pas, career; and whatever
Can b. said In dispssgement Of the Governor.
II must BE- admitted thst he has exhibited con
ssAney in folly and unhealthy which almost
rises 20 the sublime.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-09

MORE GRUMBLNG OF THE UNDERFED.-Our
fashionable contemporary, Mr. BOBBY Brooks, of
the Fifth avenue {butcher's bill seven dollars
month, } notices with commentator the remarks
Of country philosopher on the immortal Bon
ner of the Ledger, which commendation also
calls for some observations on our part els the
everlasting Bonner orazy?" asks the country
pumpkin Ito cover eight pages of q newspaper
with bis advertisements or are the merchants
of New York crazy in not advertising in the
columns of that universal journal-theH HERALD"
A very pregnant question, truly. According to
the facts resulting from the conduct Of both
parties, Mr.. BOBBY Brooks, of the Fifth avenue,
(butcher's bill seven dollars q monthly will find
that Bonner turns up right. During the recent
panic the merchants who did not advertise in
the HERALD all smashed to pieces, and have been
weltering in the slough of debt and despond to
this day.
During the same terrible revulsion the indom-
table and unquenchsble Bonner spread more
sail, advertised more largely, increased more in
circulation, and made more money than at any
former period of his career; and he is now rapidly
swelling into the proportions of millionaire,
all through the influence of his tremendous fifty
column advertisements in the HERALD. These
are the simple facts of the case, according to the
philosophy and practice of this sublunary
sphere. Does not our fashionable contemporary
of the Fifth avenue, Mr.. BOBBY Brooks, dutch
er's bill seven dollars month"; see at once the
solution of the important question: who are fit
for the lunatic asylum-the immortal Bonner
of the everlasting Ledger, or the poor, broken
down merchants Of New York, who never adver-
tise at all!
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-09

THE FALLING Orr IN IxMrGRArroN.-Accord-
Emigration, the total number of immigrants
who have arrived at this port since the LIST of
January IL only 2,487, against 35,497 to same
date last year. 1t is calculated that at this rate
the total immigration Of the year would fall
below 10000. But II need hardly be said that
the heaviest season of immigration has yet to
come
immigration from Europe to the United
States has been steadily declining for several
years Many obvious reasons arc suggested for
this. The enormous immigration of the years
1884 was chiefly due to the extraordinary
distress at that time prevailing in Ireland and
other European countries. 1t was not natural
flow of population. Want of employment and
political discomfort drove an unusual number of
lrisbmen and Germans TO seek foreign homes
The very fact led to the cure Of its cause. The
depletion Of Ireland raised the value of labor
there; and better system of government
quoted political disturbance. Similar conse.
quences flowed, in Germany, from the thinning
out Of population there. IL was inevitable that,
after annual shipments of 10000 and
100000 souls to the United States, emigration
should decline.
More recently particular Causes have come
into play The revulsion which swept over
the civilized world last fall was known
In Europe " the name Of the American pa
mic. Very exaggerated accounts Of the distress
prevailing here have been industriously circu
lated throughout many European countries.
Hence, pretty general apprehension among
the class from which the stream Of emigration
is supplied that they would not better their
condition by coming here. This was an error,
as we all know; there has been less distress
here among the working classes than has
prevailed in England France or Germany; we
have eeen those classes suffer more during a
severe winter in ordinary times than they did
las, winter But the apprehension has had its
effect
We may never have again the enormous in
Hux Of foreign population which we had four
Eve, and six years ago: at Gil events, we can
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-09
Decision io Admiralty.


s,.s-c. "a rtt a~sstst PROPERTY I'd
surtttrloS-KF Arrest.
u.vk- R.ehafd hosirnr ~ hs Bark rickerv In th 4
sct. a. ve--- stacbed April =. 1850 aud on Ind
INC sst .as ascbsrged from casto1y on bond bgind
Even h, me sssns a. under The ~ March a. is47 I'D
,he qp,h OF ssrch, ISIS, The lbelaet filed
ueeI n TIE cause ana prayed process anus ssains, th
b.rk and mandates and reief perstr aga
usrsss o1her than the owners % tie bark Process u
The bark for the sane cause OF scto
under the previous arrest wss ssned, upon which tho
barb ~@ arrested BY the Marshal. me caa anti
moved 20 set s<ids h< process of that the bond
siven me dschsrFe Of ne vessel 10 .prins 1855 I'd
usncelled He'd ~ he Court That Of no Importance VI
rqurs lnto ana Determine the regularity or sucency u
the supplcu ensry libel sarsry 10 me Csc made
by toe origns libel. nssmuch 81 docs NO, slege sry
me- Zen 90 privilege assn- The pot exstue whes
NE original scuon w@ oommenesa and toe vessel -
arrested and bonded Too years having ELAPSED BIT Ven
The too Arrests, snd both being upon The 4
scton the hbelanis procedur- be vindcsled .ns
uprorted on The grouod ths repursun and arre~t an
be vessel made mined sicily sftsr her dscharss a
rfssons o equity and ju,tcs connected With the Mas
% her surrender, because a frsaduieu, or unls vfa
parties employed IN ootAning that discharge Ord.s.S
hsi s prs~ec4 ar-ss o. The vessel se go asds snd ma
be rsstored W Ne catwaak
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-09

and nocate inst Ire ury has been less severe than had
been sotc paiet. AZ lar TIE floods, however tave
been concerned there il no mitigation hope for The
low ands and bott,ms inundated scarcely be cAcu
lated upon fer crop the present year in any event for
any thing more than uncertain and mesge yield These
ancs, although less extensive than thcee Of greater
elevation they comprise the best in the cotton region,
and their partial total failure fail TO be felt
In the winding up of the crop at the end Of the co
year The beaviness previously noticed in the -four
kei continued While sales fair extent without
change Of moment in prices. Wheat WAS lower, but
more active at the Decline the sales footed up about
40 900 bushels at prices given else where there
good sound Chicago spring wheat the market sales Of
heated and upeound were reported ct lower figures
Corn was rather frmer, with sales OF sound white
at Tic TIC. and 7Sc., and Southern yellow
at 73c q 74c. Pork was in fair demand, with
sales of at SIS rs Sls &c. and Of prime at $4 rs
Sugars were nrm, and the late advance was sustained,
while sales tolerably active. Coffee was firm but
quiet About 100 q 200 bags Jamaica were aold at
ll7c. al2Xc., and 800 bags prime north side 81. Do
nrgo At loo, Rio quiet but steady. The advance in
ireghts Was sustained, with . fair amount OF engage
The public sale held yesterday went CT with
spirit Low grades Of green's were lie &c higher,
while the hner grades sustained The blacks we're
sold at about previous prices.