New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-16

MAIL ROBBERY ~ MfNNFsOTA-AREE- or TIE
ALLEGED THIEyLs-Wc learn OF the arrest OF Mr.. ..
Preston, Postmaster At Preston Minnesota, ana Ny
John MeTrck aud his wife, supposed to be the perpe-
trstors Of large robberies Of the mall in Minnesota,
and their return TO St Psnl to undergo an examination
on the charge. During the Winter months, some n
pOrtant mails from the East have passed through the
POst.Oflce al Preston, Minnesota, at which Luther
Preston was Postmaster. Drafts, checks, and yau-
able letters missing, and, in January. some
twenty land-warrants also missing. About two
weeks after this half brother of Preston the Post
master named John Merrick, was arrested at Poems,
drafts sent from Troy ~ " 20 parties IN ST. Peters,
Minnesota Previous notice Of the loss, and ilil de.
scrpon Of the drafts, had been sent TO various banks
and bankers. While trying to sell the dratS 10
banker Merrck was arrested at the instigaton of the
latter.
ON his person were found two Of the identical land
warrants which had been taken ont OF the Office at
Pieston by his habrDther the manner of proceeding
being for Preston TO open tie Letters, take out the
documents, and mail them to MeIrck under the as
surned name Of Stanton To latter negotiated them,
ard sent Preston hall the money his Me1lCk con
f ssed after his arrest.
The day before Merrcks arrest, hi wife or mistress,
who formerly the wife OF ore Rlnes, who kept the
first restaurant under the Masonic Temple in this city,
three years since, and who has one husband III
the Peuitenary at present for forgery aud counterfeit
ing suddenly left Peoria. After his arrest, L. i.
Badey & Co.'S Detective Police agency of this city
notified 10y the postmaster OF Peora that she hid
them clue to her personal appearance.
The officers after FIVE days search, found her,
and she yves arrested and brought back to Chicago.
non her person u stolen draft found, which had
been sent from Danvile, n. Y. and also draft for
$50. Thus two of the accessories to the crime wore
arrested At the time Merrick aclnowledged the pro
ceedpgs at Peoria, he notified, by letter Preston OF
his arrest and warned him; but Worden, the United
States Secret Agent at Detroit; arrived at Preston be-
fore the letter. and arrested the Postmaster yesterday
Word was sent of the successful arrest of Mer1ck aud
lis wife and the United States Commissioner issued
warrant for them, and, armed with the COMMISSION
Sheriff Bracket of the above place went to Peoria ana
secured Merrick The charge OF ioigerywas droPpGa
and be was brought 10 this city Monday TO JOIN hs
Wife United States Judge Drummond OF this city
ndorsed the warrant, and the guilty pair left yester-
day morning for ST. Paul to join their still more guilty
brother. leMoaso fiess' i'In'
DREADFUL ACc1DENT AT THE WAsHISGToS NAVY
! Yam This forenoon between 10 and ii o'clock,
! willie the gunners crew at the Washington Navy
Yard were engaged in their usual battery practice,
sixtyfour -pounder-an army gun-wmch had been
! fired once only there lthough It had evidently
been often fred before burst, killing james Wilson
| and William Nokes. The former was seatarng mar,
married, with one child. The latter was married
man, and preparing to become gunner III TIE ser
| vice. lie leaves no children
The accident also wounded ten men eight severely
| and two slightly, follows Richard Gornley cut
| about the head Charles Stuart, badly cut about the
head; Roderick Mcmillan, collar bone broken T. ud-
wig splinter in the side; Andrew Wilsoa, cut about
the face and head; j. Roach otto: Elijah Beachen,
badly hurt Dennis Leary, John Conner, ami John
! Holland, slightly burt. 49,,
blown Off and Mr.. Noks lived Ou five or ten inmates
after the accident the lower part u hs lace anu ne "a
was blown off. The force of the accident threw MI
Wilson's body distance OF thity feet, ana MI NoHe'
and Mr. Beachem ten or twelve feet. AL VINO were H.
iured were on the gun platform which l. elevated Yen
feet from the ground. Some OF the fragments OF me
gun were cast more than two hundred yards, to the
| great dan ger of the wOrknen around -
A 1 n m the of the Coroner u Aoll al
irouet over the remains of Me,sTs Wilson and Noke-
who were most estmsble aud valuable men in ell theit
| relations in Le), mOmeniariiy expected ILdeeu
all the gunners crew are neces s4rlly picked men,
Homes of the recovery OF al the wounded are enter
tanned by Dr.. 4. W. Miller ana the Inecsa oiA'e'' u
Wv lWAsiiu-ton Evening s.ar, Jsae T.
AJrx,rtc Mrsr Pay FOR HIS KLEPISG.-Alfred
Fyler was tried and convicted for the murder oil n,
vile in Onoudaga County about four years since, Ou
was subsequently declared to be insane, ana Wa ZEN
TO the Utica Asylum. His board and clothing were
| CHARGED To the county. Fyler man OF prOpsrt!
and the Board Of Supervisor, instructed the District
Attorney to commerce proceedings against nun ior me
recovery of the same amou lting to aoout S"VV. we
learn from The Syracuse Standard that the case " i
Argued in General Term Of the supre re Court last
week, and was decided agains, Fyier. TIE Standard
| adds: ,
The decision is an important one, as il slsains the
doctrine that unatc sent TO the Asylum oy otlsr y
tie Court liable to the county for the expense oil h
keeping. The case may 60 TO tile Cour. OF Appears
! but Il Is presumed otherwise.
ArRURN Prison EARSISGs.-The financial abl.!iy
| Of Agent Thomas Kukpatr.ck, says TIE AFbHrH a.
r,fiSer is fully exhibited in the rapid and succes,fn
revolution in the expenses OF the PRISON. Instead %
being burden 10 the State he has lifted the receipts
above the expenditures and made the PRISON pay To-
itself Bv the books, i! appears that the receipts OF
contracts for the month If jane last were s00O ane
the current expense during the month were {, 81
leaving balance in favor Of the prison Of s73S. Ils
balance against the prison in the same month IN 49,
| was 81 So. Tbs statement j. a suiicieu. cOnpI
mept 10 the agents industry and capacity, aui, W.
NAV add Il also demonstrates the vision Of Inspector
| Bailey in appointing NJ. kirkpsileE.
CHIyA.-The trade Of Canton seems TO be by "a
rious means IN a fair way TO be destroyed. Advice
to Aurl y state that the rebels hold the passes q! tht
tea districts and have intercepted wis, was on th'
vay down and were also interfering with the cIiivA
ton in some districts. There have been aiey ms ~
ard gross instances of Kidnapping Chinese IN order "
sentthsm az Coolies % Hsysna. Beth 6. CAUTION az
Wharpoa men detected in these outrages have beei
seized by the people and crucihed. a high Otcer ma
been recently decapitaei for favcrtism IN the eTar
examination For a consideration IN silver the kan
liner surreptitiou.y exchanged essays, giving III
favorite the benefit of frst-rate IN place OF on
of no merit for which be received the silver bu. os
| bis head. Bosom ira'e4S', az %
The Kansas Constitutional Convention has aio?'e
sresola,iol to prohibit smoking il Is sessions