, 1859-09-27
Suicide Ola City 0ntcanl---SelG Dex1ruc-
alOM 1tG1la lkcI1aOFAG.

The arrest 'Ef ChAr1es SNYDER, formerly occu-
pY'nS sp"-itinn in ,hc :shr,ia's oilic. Us i,cp-
ltv, and late clerk Of tire Cuuuty Treasurcr>
Uilicc. uu fur cilar=cs Of tusxrrv mud our q:
PERJURY, SIC have alreudy mentioned, au,1 lis
being held III .,aoo bonds Tor lis u1pearuucc at
Court.
This circumstance distressed him greatly, und
he acted toward nany nf his friends. 10 w;lpiu
he spoke oi th. utl4tr ls t1le wInsc i,r..:n lad
l'ren turned by grief. Hay hefese yesterday
uIlcruoDu. Lc went ~ lis residence, on Jones
street. and talked to lis wife of tl,e rerious uf.
feuscs with which lie f.md been charged, ,>!ledin.
tcArs aud throwing himself upon the bed, uinl
gronuing and 1unt1tin:. by turu~, rs he related
the circumstances If his accusation. She cn.
acastrci to cust''e ilMs, and uirl*e3 iM to ~..ii
lI~ pr"pc:ty auti discharge the clas Enee held
uyutBst aim. THIS, he said would uin hl.n aud
imposeris!l his tamil 2ad Le would not
acnt to suctl q coursc.
About ali hour af.ar '4r wcn: nut, nsid rc:rrn-
ed apparently n,ch easier in mlnI, u claurc
lis wife noted, n1l ut which, SHE expressed ht
qualification SNYDER retired about TIN
,ercn o'clock, and lis wife1louglt netl4in. IN
usual lad happened until about faur o'clock
Yesterday noruiLr. when she henrd lin brealll-
Ing heavily. and, thinking i,t had tte night
marc, cndruvurco tO aruu.e lin, Wltont sue
GERS.
Greatly alarmed she sent for nh, s;ciau, mAo
went to She house in basic, aud sunn discovered
that Snyder tnI swa11uxcd Iandanuln, a portinn
III WHICH NAb fihA VI =! pH1A HHHsF HIS FIttuM
Every effort was Nude II sare the unfortunate
1nnn's l'f', but 10 n" pnrpusr-hc brcathed lis
laAt about S.yrn oclrck.
The deceased l,atl Tiled various municipal at,l
county oscvs, wan r"tnav. And believed to bc
honest uilA worthy unti! tue late revelation. 70
SERIOUSLY affecting lis character. lie leaves ii
wife nllh several children, wlir. with II idoWtd
sis.er-in law md hrr family, were dependent on
him for Aupport.
His end va. ucIancho!y. and las deep 1nnral
for thosc tempted 10 hlep aside from tie path t.
honesty, 'nfe'l by n taisc 'dea Of gain
The Suu Juau Island War.
WA>nixG7OS, sept. q.
COL Rankin, formerly Of Phla:eIEilia. .I,c
Register of The land ollice nj Olympia, Wnsl,-
ineion Territors, las arrived lesc ti"m t!'e Is.
land uf San Juan. lie Reports sut il .ilr inse.-
~ttuus Of &suv- Douglass lad lnen carried out,
there would lnr.. been Il collision between the
British and American furce-, us her British
Majesty stips, the Satellite md l'tnn,prr, lad
orders frru, lu, 10 tire, but ADMIRAL Nayue, up
rortunelv arrivei aud superseded linn in coa.'
mand Vi ti,t English ships of war, i've in NUM-
brr.
The original misunderstanding was with TIT
Hudson hay Co, the interests Of which were
represented by Guy. Nnnsta>S. The 1slund d
ssa" Juan hcA lseen in HE occupancy uf Asncrs
cans for III least eighteen M"ntfs, melody secns
ing to question thcir rights, aud lor ii fonsrl
period had hcsn considered md treated iii q!
respects u belonging TO Washington Territory
1t was not until t;vn. IIurnty al'piict mud w:1
informed by tie boundary commissioners t1la
our title to tue isinnd was clear a"d certain
that lie dispatched tronEs tllitlIer Ut the rurnrs
request If the residents. who ciaiu,ed projection
from lritiah aggression. ard especially fiom .L
predatory incurslo1ss Of Northern Indians, ~h'
lad even taken a,ld held },,.scssinn Of n ltgll
L"use for three days, and against wlom l'rivat
expeditions lad been repeatedly sent TO cLu.