The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-31

with the pspstnioa Of the deed and two oshssA xAs
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large Atgx - 80 q 1855. Z,
ssy named Jacob. !: s ~ y'a s ss.s
Bank He confessed his guilt and implicated two other
ads. Of when arrested yesterday. and the de-
tsctvss after the other Over 5000 OF the money
was recovered.
Detective Richard Fields, Of the Fifth precinct sue.
cseded on saturday night In arrssng Charles Jones'
alas Burnher alias Charley the alleged murderer Of the
shoemaker in Thompson street, and his accomplish,
Thomas Cook alias Sweeney, the "whits man. II ssoms
that the above ofaosr arrested them ON suspicion,
having st the tune lamp In their custody which they
had stolen after committing the murder. They were
last evening handed 70 the custody OF the Eighth
ward police By Captain Petty await the action Of the
Coroner Sweeney aaid 70 have been just discharged
from Blackwelis Island Jones'. the negro, 10 also
charged With robbing man Of gold watch mot long
since In West Broadway Great credit d due Oacer
Fields Tor eciency In the NATTER they being in his
custody within two hours after the murder.
ysung lady, named Ellen Aicorn, was burned 90
badly BY tho explosion Of kerosene oil, which she was
pouring on the Ore from can yesterday. in Brooklyn,
that she died in two hours afterwards Miss Annette L.
Pontsn also died yesterday In this city from the effects
Of burns BY her clothes taking nrs from the kitchen
range. Both girls we're sixteen years old
The application made to Chief Justice Chase for writ
Of habeas corpus 10 the OF DR. Madd. OF the
assassination consprators, serving life term
the Dry Tortugas, has been denied.
On the I'D instant gang Of Cinnamon working
the Pacific Railroad, In California, buried under
drift. aud Ave OF them persisted.
Tho Atlantic Yacht Race-Amerlcaa Ships
and Seamen.
The material facts Of the late Atlantic yacht
race may be briefly told. Three pleasure
yachts, Of some two hundred tons measure
ment, start together from Sandy Hook for the
Isle Of Wight at midday on the 18th Of De-
cember On the evening of Christmas day the
irst one reaches her destination, and within
ten hours from her arrival the last one has
come in. After the first day they have not
been visible to each other during the voyage,
each hos sailed upon different course, each
has encountered heavy gales, and yet they oil
reach their goal nearly together, like well
horses in race over the desert. These are
the material facts OF this trial OF speed by our
three New York yachts across the rough A
lantic In the hurricane month OF December.
The sweepstakes secured by the winner il
may be said. constitute a fact oil some sub
stantial weight; but this is mere incident
subject to the fortunes Of war;
Is this daring and successful adventure then.
o. these three summer pleasure cruisers nothing
more than nine days wonder, like y canoe
race down The rapids Of the st. Lawrence, or
balloon excursion skimming over the tops Of
the Alleghancs in the dark? Are We 10 set it
down in this category, or is there something In
it Of practical value demonstrated and Sc
cured? We think that in this view II is a
great event, marking new chapter in mari
time affairs hardly less distinct than that which
may be dated from the irOn-clad conflict in
Hampton Roads between the rebel monster
Mer imac and that famous little cheese box on
a raft, the Monitor. AZ for the daring Of these
gallant yachtmen it had its more daring prece-
dents In the adventures Of the hardy North
erners 10 Greenland, in the experiment Of
Columbus, with his three little old fashioned
tubs, to reach Asia By striking across an un-
known ocean westward from Spain, and in the
bold exploit Of Magellan Of FIRST wcahering
the fearful straits which bear bis name in
fishing smack. The Mayaowcr, from whi,h in
a stormy December were landed the Puri,ans
Of Plymouth Rock, aud the Dove and she Ark.
which brought the first Catholic coIonists OF
Lord Baltimore to st. Mary's, were all small
craft and so clumsily built that they had
driited for weeks at the mercy Of tho winds
and waves. But still we say this ocean
yacht race establishes new landmark in the
history Of navigation.
The important fact that three little pleasure
schooners have made the Atlantic trip from
New York to Cowes Ia the time Of the first
astounding trip Of the steamship Great West
ern must set shipbuilders, merchants and
shippers, and naval architects wiihal, in both
hemisphercs to q serious application OF the
great result here attained In the matter OF time
The work Of Mr.. W. Tooker, in his model of the
Henrietta, and Of her builder, Mr.. Henry Steers;
of the designer and builder Of the Fleetwing,
Mr.. Joseph Van Deusen, and Of the modcller
and builder Of the vesta, Mr.. CARL, stands APP
proved as Of the first quality. Next, in Captain
Dayton, of the Vesta; Captain Thomas OF the
Fleetwing. and Captain Samuols, Of the Hen
rie,ta, and In their assistant officers and tried
aud experienced sailors, we have the proof Of
the superiority Of American seamen and sea-
manship against all competitors. Trained to
their work from the forecastle, these captains
know the roads and the gales Of the Atlantic as
exactly as a New York belle knows the shops
OF Broadway or the windings Of the Bowery.
In truth, the American seamen on these yachts
have exhibited the same high qualities in their
noble calling which, only on larger scale,
were shown to the world by the invincible
American tars in the memorable conflict Of the
Kcarsarge with the Alabama.
The great change in British public opinion
Of lhia cnnntru and its naonla which this and