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TOtra ???. CaiTisn Parliament?The McLeod Cass. S^f-mber IT.?A grwii number of petitions foC the repeal of the corn laws were presented. Barclay gnve notice of an address to ihe Queen, praying her to u*e her intiuencc with all maritime powers to ohtain treaties binding thorn to suppress the barharnuff jrmctice of privateering. Lord Russell then rose and made his ... j* his promised speech. giving his view or the present state of the country and the linp of jiolrcy jicnper to be pursued?in other Wods, marking out the course of opposition, He began with the foreign relations and especially with the United States, us to w hich he said : In one part of our foreign relations there is certainly a question in connection with the United States, which, in aomooFits aspects, affords cause of un. easiness ; but my noble friend, as Secretary for Foreign Affairs, satisfied the House by the answer of the United States Secretary, that both Her Majesty's Gov. eminent >nd the Government of the Utiited States perfectly agreed as to the character which should be attributed to the attack upon, and the capture of, the Caroline?(loud cheers)?that it was a question to be debated between nation and nation, and not to be treated as a private wrong. A different view, how. s;ver, had been taken by the Judges of the State ?.f New York, and if that view should be carried out it would destructive of all amicable relations between the two * ^Governments. If twO Governments were not decide if a qu cation was international, or he. tween private individuals, and any Judge lia.fl the power of deciding that a question which tlx; Government considered na. 1 Imnal watt a subject for the local Courts, ! f?o amicable relation could subsist lie-'j twoen the two States?(IJeur, hear.) I have rend the judgment of the Judges who derided this case, and in that judgment it seemed to he admitted Jhnt the two Executive authorities had agreed that the case was one which should be decided that the case had stated it as his opin,! ion that it he considered as a case of war. and therefore that it was a proper one to be decided by his own tribunal. It appears to me that this is a doctrine to which no Government can agree.? F??r, according to this doctrine, if Sir * Graham Moore, or any other officer tvlio had captured the Spanish frigates, at the ftrgintiing of the Sjwinish war, should !>e j taken before a Spanish tribunal, it would J be equally competent to the Judge of that tribunal to say there was no declaration of war at the time these captures were made, therefore the captures arc piratical and the officers engaged in them are ha. j hie to he convicted of murder. But on j I lie whole it appears that, although such I ?i.? l?i? Kv State of I fIJ.JV UT nn: M nuw^.t' U ?. N^w York; yet, considering what ha"; liOen stated on one side by Mr. Fox, anil oil the other by Mr. Webster, with repaid j to the cirromstances attending the cap- j ture of the Caroline, and the accordance I of opinion, existing on that subject? [ffear]?I do not believe tli.it the authorities of America wiil permit anv oc. currence to take place which will expose *ny subject of her Majesty to danger for j executing the commands of his Sovereign. I therefore feel convinced that, while the j two Governments are agreed, it Is noi ; likely that there will be any cause of wai j heuveen the two countries. ! am sure j that there prevails in this country, and f ' trust that there prevails in America nlso, j the strongest desire that peace may ' e j preserved between those two great couii. j tries. [Cheers.] The noble Lord then nlludfd to Ireland declaring his entire satisfaction with the appointments made there by the new Ad. I ^illustration, hut cxpreaaed hift how that | iho attempt to introduce Lord Stanley's] ! ill would not lw? repeated. He then plunged into the subject of the rnrn laws, insisting on the duty of gov. ernmont to take that suhjoct promptly into consideration; instead ofputting itotftive n .months as proposed by Sir Robert Peel, and trying hard toe xtort from Sir floliert some distinct intiumtion of the course he should pursue. Sir Robert PM replied. AVjth refer nee to the United States he was brief cnough. As to the United States, I confess I look to the present state of our relations with .them with great anxiety. [Hear, hear.] 'It seems to be so manifestly the interest of these two countries which are united 'by so many ties, to avoid a hostile collis. 4ltH, that I hope the good feeling and the good sense of the people of this country will aid the gbvernmentif any necessity for that aid should arise. But at the ?amc time I feel the obligation of making concession derogatory to the honor of this ?...L n a trnnnnrarv rnn. ' ? <1111111 t H'l HIV Mllb Ul < Ivoif'i ?v> dilation. (Great cheering.) On the corn law question he very akif. fully parried the assault of Lord John4 'taunting the late ministry with leaving ine subject untouched for ten long years, ;nnd sneering at their inconsistency, after Ko long .a silence, in now agitating for its immediate consideration; but not one sy|. I ible did ^Uelet fullfrom which a definite idea of his own intentions might be guth. trd. ?Tbe -remainder of his speech was devoted to the finance question, but hi* object .teemed to be rather to show up the.errors of hw predecessors than to en. iligtyeo- the country at to his own views and purposes.; Lord PaUnertion. followed in a powerful vindication of his late colleugues and ; himself. The debate (in which many other i members took part) was at length bro-ight to a close by Mr. Fielden, who moved that it was the duty of the House to j make immediate inquiry into the courses I and extent of the distress existing in the j country, and that no supplies of money ought to he voted until such injury was, made, as an amendment to the pending f motion, which was that the House go into committee of supply. j The vote was, for the original motion 149. For the amendment 41. The House then went into committee, acme unimportant estimates were voted, and then the House adjourned. THE MCLEOD CASE. Col. Napier?the author, we presume, of the great history of the Peninsular war ?"has been engaged in a controversy with the Times, on the McLeod case. We have only one of his articles, but it seems to affbrtj a sufficient understanding of the whole discussion. ('olonel Napier in Rely to the Times." Time.?"The republican sympathies ?ff?rn thi' first norfrressors.'' " "O - , I Answer?That gave England no right j to invade America. Times.?" The destruction of the Caroline was a mattet of self defence." Answer.?That is to be proved. If she had been destroyed oat of the American wa- < furs it would have been so. But she was deliberately attacked in the Americnn waters without any previous demand for re dress, without any proof offered, any declaration made, that she was a piratical , vessel Her destruction was, therefore, an attack on the Americnn nation. I Times.?" The State of New York was J bound to enforce the neutrality of its cit-! izemc? Answer?Undoubtedly, if it could. An i American general was sent with troops to enforce it. But the frontier is immense, j. and covered with forests. The neutrali- i fv could not be enforced. Was bad faith i on the part of the American Government J susp ctcd ??If so. an energetic remon- j I strance and noticeof reprisals, if redress was not granted, would have been the mode of proceeding according to the in- . ternational law. Was no deceit suspoc- 1 - ?._ ii ted ? Then a demand for trie mirrenuer i of the Caroline and her crew na a piratical; vessel or the punishment of the pirates, j, according to the laws of America, would j1 have been the proper mode of proceeding. I' In either the right of the Irnerican na. j1 lion to have its sovereignty in its own waters respected would have been conoe. ded, hut the delitierate destruction of the 1 Caroline in those watersheing a complete ' act in itself, and not the construction of i1 hi? attack commenced before she took re. i fuge in the American waters, was quite j unauthorized by international law. Was I it a matter of necessity. That necessity j should have been shown ; and an apology founded on it ofTend for the attaint upon American sovereignty. Had this been done on the instant no weakness or dishonor could have been imputed to Fng- 1 land, and though it would he l^ss graceful new, it is never too late to act justly and honorably. 1 Timet.?,4The Federal Government i k?o Avuli.'itlv rorntrni/ed the fitfhtof Kng- ' II<1~ p. r . land to insist unconditionally on Mr. Mc-11 Leod's release. i1 Answer.?This has no hearing on the !1 question. The captivity and triul of Mc- j laod. after the English Government had j taken upon itself the responsibility of tie- j st roving the Caroline, is a violation of internatioiiul law on the part of America, which the Federal Government docs not defend, and which it endeavors to redress. But this in no manner justifies the pre* vious violation of international law by England. The Federal Government is willing to redress the injustice done to us by releasing McLeod, but apparently it is unable. We then, on our part,ought to express an equal willingness to redress the injury done to American sovereignly, either by showing 'hs necessity of plead* ing the provocation, and apologizing. - In tine, if the Times would adduce those proofs of ihe. necessity lor the destruction of the Caroline, in the manner it was ef. fected, which have been laid down in Mr. Webster's letter to Mr. Fox as requisite to bring the act within the pale of interna, tional law, it would he more reasonable and more effectual than calling my pro. posat for an apology " stark staring nonsense." W. NAPIER. KEWS OF THE FRKSIHEXT. The following letter, from an intelli. gent and trustworthy correspondent, will be rend with interest, as apparently throwing some light upon the fate of the President. "To the Editor of the Vindicator. 41 Sir.?On arriving in Belfast from . Brazil I first saw the announcement re Jative to the Joss of the President steam* er, and as nny thing, however remotely, connected with that vessel, must lie in* teresting to your readers, I hasten to lay before them the facts, which came under my own immediate observation during the homeward bound passage. On August, 29th, or thereabout, being then in the vicinity of the Azores my brother, who was amusing himself on the maintop, ob. a . a a server! in the distance wMat he considered \ to be a boat exposed. On his announce-1 ing the circumstance below, the captain, alter surveying the object with his glass, ordered the ship to lie to. On approach, ing nearer, we found it was the side of an immense vessel, having the beams erect ; resembling masts, the other side was away. All hands concurred in opinion that it wiis the wrerk of a large steamer. It I may or may not have been part of the I hulk of the President. If, as has beeir conjectured, the above mentioned vessel struck on the ice of Newfoundland, it is highly probable that the great Atlantic! current, which acta in (earn the North dur- j if .*vrv ing the summer, may have drifted the itt- j r fated ship thus far to the Southward. At j i all events, it was the wreck of a very* I large vessel, and may vet prove disastrous I to any crew who may have the misfortune I to run foul of it during the night., i " I am, sir yours, Ac. I " VINCENZO GUERRINI." t Y MORR EXPLOITS OF THB GRKAT FORGSR. ( FKO.X Til AS BOSTON DAILY AD VKKTISBR. c w e are authorized to publish the fob a lowing letters, which show that Munroc | Edwards, the accomplished swindler, f lately detected and taken into custody in Philadelphia, has been recently practising c his trade in England. We should hope fc that, unless the laws of New York admin* t ister upon him a sufficient retribution for f the crimes committed there, to secure the | public against his further depredation, he f may be held in reserve, and handed over t to be dealt with according to the princi* r pies of English justice. <j Marshficld. Octobkr, 8,1841. r Mr. Halk : 1 know not how 1 may t better guard the Public against further ? practices of an impostor than by publish* v fnllAurinB frnm R?rl Sucncer. ? lllg *? ** ...J, , ? received by the Acadia. The accompany* , ing letter, purporting to be written by p me, is an entire forgery. 1 Of this Edwards [ had some previous y knowledge, as he attempted similar frauds t some time ago, upon the late President of the Ulisted States, and my predecessor | in the Department of State. Yours, with much respect. DANIEL WEBSTER. Wisetown, September 12, 1341. My Dear Sir: 1 have thought it right to let you know of some transactions in ( which i have bce i engaged, and in which, t as 1 now believe, your name has been v most improperly made use of, and your p writing forged I enclose you a letter v which, when I first saw it, I believed to j, be your hand writing, but which 1 now j believe to he a forgery. * Some time last spring, while I was liv. v ing at Althorp. I received a lettter from a j, person who signed himself Munroe Ed* g wards, enclosing the letter which I here* j with transmit to you. lie stated that you had given hiin a letter of introduction r to Lord Brougnam as well as this one to i n myself; that he made use of the letter to I f Lord Brougham when he first arrived in ' England, and that Lord Brougham hav* I 'j ing done for him every thing he wished, ( y lie had not thought it necessary to trouble ] v mc with this letter. But that now no j j, was iu a great, difficulty, Lord Brougham j was abroad, which 1 knew to be the case; . 8 that neither the American ministi r, Mr. jp Stevenson, nor any other of his fellow- M countrymen would assist him, because tkev were so hostile to Ids objects about s Ihe negroes, to which allusion is made in the enclosed letter, and that he was actually without a farthing to pay lor his lodgings to earn him am! a son of Ins he I had with home to New Orleans. He there- j fore sent me your letter, and asked, me to | c lend him two hundred and fifty pounds, J d idll-ring as a security certainty bonds > * ' and receipts upou some bank in the Uni- s ted States. As to these securities, I n thought very little about them, but i con- n duded they were good, as they were of- i J ered by a friend of vo;ir.-? Now this story j was a very p'ausihlo one, with the excep- v lion of the assertion that Col. Edward's ! (j follow -countrymen would not assist him. v But I thought it very probable that you would give anv friend of vours about ^ - - tn whom you were interested a letter of introduction to Lord Brougham, and I hop- 0 ed it was not very iinpiobale that you ll might also give him a letter of introduc- " lion to inc. I accordingly referred Col. < Edwards toniv solicitor in London, and d sent up this letter purporting to be from t you. My solicitor took the letter to h Messrs. Baring, who said they knew your M handwriting perfectly well, and were sure v the letter was a genuine one. I have c said I cared very little about Col. Ed- g ward's securities, but I felt that I should behave very ill to you if I permitted "a valued friend" of yours to be arrested . when 1 could avert it by a loan of two hundred and fifty pounds. I will, indeed, I say more, that [ should have thought it % not very creditable to my country if such c a friend of yours could have l?een so trea- ? ted without any one of us coming forward c to help him. I accordingly advanced the s money. My solictor taking all the legal c securities that were possible, and among others, receiving a certificate, from the c American consul that Col. Edwards was the real bearer of that name. Col. Ed- r wards promised to rejwy me during this vnrkfi th nf Sent mher. savin? that he took j VI , J n so long a period in order to be quite cer* ? tain that he should have arrived at New Orleans and been able to transmit the money to the day. I felt myself quite se- c cure of repayment till ahout three weeks or a month ago, when my solicitor received 1 a letter from Col. Edwards, at Philadei. ( phia, not written in his own hand, but only signed by him, saying that having * had business to transact in London, he ( had employed a person of the name of i Justin, an Englishman, to transact it for him ; that with this view he had put his \ papers into the hnnds of this Justin, and | sending my solicitor a copy of a letter ( purporting to be from Justin to him, Col^ Edwards, in which lie tells him that he had abstracted certain securities from these papers, and had upon them borrowed two hundred and fifty pounds from my * solicitor, hut making no mention of the letter purporting to be yours at all. Jus- 1 tin saying that with this fraudulent object 1 he had personated Col. Edwards. This. 1 confess, appeared to me rather suspici- < ous. I nccoidinglv spoke to Brouguam, when J found out that this story about I Justin was a pure invention; that Col. Ed- | wards had really been here ; that he had presented to him a letter of introduction i | from you, and had asked for a loan ef mo- J ( i ' ; . > ' ley, but that General" Hamilton, the inm-1 .-iter from the Republic of Texas, having leard something of this, wrote to Lord brougham fo say that this Edwards' had >een convicted and imprisoned for forg* ;ry n Texas, and had escaped from jail; that; te, General Haniiliton, had told him that te knew all about Kirn, and that Edwards irul made no reply, to (his letter. In :onsequence of this information I had! lornmunicatiori with General Hamilton, I ind my solicitor showed him the enclosed etter, which he says.he is confident is a orgery. As to recovering the ?250. (hat of :ourse is out of the question ; it is also tardly possible to do any thing towards he legal conviction of Edwards for this orgcry, but it may be possible by expos, j ng him to prevent him from defrauding i >ther people. I fear, therefore, you may \ hink I aru giving you a g eat deal of un- j lecessary trouble in sending you this long > letail, but as your name had been so j nucli mentioned in the transaction, I hink it is as well that you should be a. vare of what has taken place. And as re seldom act without some selfish influnce operating upon us, I must also nd. nit that I am always shall bo most hap. j >y to attend to your wishes and to do nil | ~l ? I.?antr IriAn/t .if | CQI1 IO siiuw nuv|ni?uij iu ?*nj ivum ?# i ours when you may wish to recommend | o mo. Believe me. my dear sir, yours, most rulv. SPENCER. Hon. Daxiel Webster, dtc. Ate. dec. Mashfield, (near Bo3Tox ) Oct. > 29.1440. ] My Lord : I have taken the liberty 0 introduce to the honor of your acquain> ance, my valued friend Colonel M. Edrards, a highly respectable and wealthy ilanter of Louisiana, who visits England rith the view of conferring with Her JWa. Etsfy's Government on the subject of 200 j Lfrican captives, now illegally held as j laves in Texas. Said Africans w re sojd j rith an estate to Colonel Edwards, and j mposed on him as bona slaves, j lubsequently learning their true claims j o freedom, ho with a magnanimity j eforc unknown, attempted their rcsto. ation to freedom by sending them to' n English Colony, hut was prevented j rorn so doing by the direct in* ( imposition of the Government of Texas, j rhese poor Africans have claims on Her lajestv'sGovernment, and it is with the! iew of representing those claims in fheii ! roper light Col. Edwards visits England. ' Any service it may be in your Lord-; hip's power to render Col. Edwards in: romotion of his most praiseworthy object I rill he properly appreciated. 1 rh>? lmti?r to be. vour Lord- i * t ",v ' J hip's moxl obedient servant, DAN L WEH3TER. Rt. Hon. Earl Spknckr. London. what is gk.yitlity. Every man can distinguish what they ail a gentleman from a man whom diov i o not consider to he one. It is true, mowver, th.it every budy litis not the saute. tandard for gentility, and what baei night consider to he genteel another i night consider to be very far from if.?! t ir therefore impossible to give such a: efinition of gentility as would accord > /itli the ideas of every one ; or, if such a j dilution could lie given there would be j vide difference of opinion as to the rules1 hat might tie laid down for carrying it! ut. If we were to venture an opinion' n the subject, we would say that gen-1 ihty is that deportment, whether at I lome, in society, or in the street, which ' s the result of n desire to avoid saying or j loingany thing that could give ofiVncej - A i.luof un ni?d ii|' this I i) wncnii i% mnv? '"w-i ? aw would undoubtedly secure for its ob. | ervant the respect of all with whom lie j rould be brought into contact, and in; tarrying it into practice if he aims at j he highest standard of gentility, he must j consult the taste of the most fastidious, j >r else he may short of his object, and >c considered as genteel by one set of arsons and vulgar by another. A man vho should act up to the following statu lurd could hardly fail to he considered as i gentleman by every body although we ire free to admit that he might be considered by many as rather too much of ine: ft is not genteel to swear. It is not genteel to indulge in licenti>us conversation. It is not genteel to talk loud in compa>y It is not genteel to laugh loud. It is not genteel to interrupt others in conversation. It is genteel to be quick and abrupt in conversation. It is not genteel to pass your opin. on in a dogmatical and positive manler. It is not genteel to give force to your issertions by hammering on the table, >r by any extraordinary gesticulation.? ts if you were infallible. It is not genteel at an evening party vhere refreshments are served, to fill a ady's plare with terrapins, or oystors, or chicken, or salad as if she had eaten no tinner. It is not genteel to slam a door in going n or out of a room where there are noj ither persons. It is not genteel to smoke cigars in the j rtreelf as soma respectable persons are often seen to do. It is not genteel for ticedletum to turn up his nose at twedledee in conipanv. It is not genteel to talk at concerts or lectures so as to prevent others from hearing, It is not genteel at a taMe to begin before the rest of the company are helped. ... - gggpapg i It is not genteel to eat fast or put a large quantity in your mouth at once. It is not genteel to finish a meal until others have ha'f tone to make some progress with theirs. It is not genteel to eat so slow as to eat after others are done. It is not genteel wi?en you are invited to a party to meet a stranger, to go away before the stranger. It is not genteel if you he that stranger to wait un unreasonable time before you leave. Rkpcbljcan Office. Springfield > (Mass.) Tuesday, Eve. Oct. 5. } pr earful collision of kail boadcars. This afternoon, the Eastern and Western passenger trains of the Western R til Road, both going at great speed, met in the curve nbout tour miles west of West- | fiele. and the effects were shocking and j disastrous.?Westfiold depot i9 the place for meeting and. passing, hut as train from the West was behind its time, the other troin went on, the conductor hoping to arrive at the next turn out before meeting the other train. The baggage cars of each train were behind, of course bring;.w o no ^oanrviiP r*o pj Hirentlv behind ??.g (#v.W?Sv. / the locomotive nnd tenders. The two locomotives and two or three passenger cars of each train were mashed to a complete wreck. The passengers were jammed and tumbled together in the ruins in dreadful confusion. We are informed that eighteen or twcn. ty have limbs broken?and as many more are severely bruised and lacerated in various ways. Mr. Warren, the conductor of the train from the West, is shockingly mutilated, but his life is not yet despaired of. Tho engineer of that train escaped without much injury. Mr. Moore, the conductor of the Springfield train narrow, ly escaped by jumping off. Mr- Taylor, the engineer of that train, is badly wounded. A young ladv, niece of .Vajor Whistler, is said to be dangerously hurt. Colonel Harvey Chapin is much bruised, but not dangerously, as is now hoped. The Rev. 3. Elliot,* an Episcopal clergymen from South Carolina, and family, left here this noon, were brought hack to the United States Hotel this ev. ening i? sad condition. The ladies were not seriously hurt; but last two sens were wound i?one scratched and bruised, j and the other had iiis leg broken above | the knee. These a re -fll the particular cases of which wa leaned. We an; no! sufficiently informed of the ! circuiustunccr of this sad accident, to make any comment. j It is reported that Mr. Warren, men- j tioned above, died litis morning. He was j formerly'conductor of the steamboat train ! to Norwich?subsequently clerk of the steamboat Worcester, *AVc.?{ PIk R(-v S. Elliot, above ref r- ; r (I t-s is n-.i! :he rt? R v. Bishop Elliott but die Rev. Mr S. Elliott, of Sheldon, Prince Willi un, South Ocitul.ua The Bishop left, express ly tq a trend aConven'ion to be :rid ; in die ci'y of New York, and was not accoui. ! pariied uy his lainilv.j?Editors Courier. A Rich Mine.?We saw a few days I since, a specimen of Ore taken fiotn' a i Cold Mine, in Union District, (S. C.,) ! that excels in richness any we have ever seen. The .Vine is owned by Dr. Adol- | phus Nott, (son of the late Judge Nott,) but is leased at present to an English 3/ining Company. We were informed , that out of ten bushels of ore, as much as ; Ece thousand dollars worth of Gold had been obtained. We saw four piece's of the ore. the lamest less than a goose-egg in size, and it was thought that the ?cve. | ral pieces were worth from forty to seven- | ty dollars. Tomporance Advocate. Shipwreck and loss of life.?The Quebec (j.izetle states the following par.. licu'ars of the loss of the Imrque Amanda, Captain Davis, from Limerick which ame on shore at Little Metis Point, at I five o'clock, on the *20th ult. She had t forty passengers and a crew of eighteen. : The Captain, two seamen and twoappreo- j tiers, were among those saved. Twenty-nine of the passengers, and twelve of the crew were lost. Extraordinary Scene.?A Thea tre on fikk.?"At St. Petersburg, on the J 8th ult.," says the Post and Gazette, ' the audience at one of the principal theatres percieving a great light behind the curtain, anticipated some grand display of fire-works, and began to express their de. light by clapping and shouts of applause. The delusive joy was only increased in stead being converted into terror by the appearance in front of the an actor, vociferating the house was cn fire; for the people thought that was the trick of the scene, and continued their noisev acclamations. ? To undeceive them the manager ordered the curtain to be raised, and exposed to them the flames, which soon invaded the whole building. The rush to the door became instantlyso voilent, that many persons were killed, or j ir..u? :n;.i.a/i Knfnm fhpv ronlfl make uruuuiuiijr , their escape. Thore was another issue, but it was closed, and in ordinary times is not to be opened without the authority of a police officer, who had not vet arrived. A man, seeing the urgency ofthe occasion rushed through the dames, and at the risk of his life, forced the way open, and thug saved many from destruction. We have not hear! the' details of the accident, hutjnav'* ,ir?trood that, on the follow ingday the brave, man. to whom so many others owod their lives, was invested with nh honorable distinction by the Emperor's uvn hand, and had secured to him a pen. siou for life of 2,000f. They hossf of having a man in New England 106 year9 old. Some of our negroes the South are older than that. Two VenKilled and Six Wounded! fatal accident on board tiie stea.m-frioate fulton. * Yesterday afternoon, a 64 lb. gun burst on board this steamer while off rhe Hook, killing two person* instantly and wounding six others very badly. The names of the killed are Samuel iSnojvmao* seaman. anil Joseph Philbrook, ordinary seaman.?The wounded are, Rustej Smith, carpenter1# mate, man, quarter gunner, Levi Lawson, Thomae Smith, flicbM iiell, and John Cooper, sennas, ?1> badly. - - ..*- **+ I The explosion did great damage to the fcre part of the vessel giving it the appearance of a per'ect wreck. The starboard steam chimney was blown down. She is now moored at the Navy-Yard. The gun broke in two outside of the ear* riage an?J split in the breech?the two parte of tfie breech taking different directions, one landed on the starboard side?(the gon wae on the larboard)?*he other went forty feet aft carrying away ihe dispensary and Purser's store room, and iron s'ancheone, and then sta ving in both starboard and steam chiranieg, which added to the horror ot the scene by filling the ship with steam. The spar deck w all knocked up, Lieut. Strong war thrown fifteen feet in the air, falling on the hammock netting, without material inj" J ? . The utmoet care was taken by Captain MoiDlan I jmil flhilniL Abu 0Mt uSSt.V and all the officer* of the ship, to prevent m sect* cent which (lie officers greatly feared. The officers kept the roeo back, placing themselves between the gun and the ton, and then fired the gun with a slow match. In e>amini?;j the scene of the disaster it ia ' nly astonishing that more were not killed, although titer** was not a man within 30 feet of the gun on its discharge. New York Exprut. ' COLT, THE MURPRBBR. Colt's native place, as he stated on hie examination, is Hartford, Connecticut, where h s p irents still reside. Wo under* stand that his father has bceo fur many vears Comptroller of the Slate, one of* * t ie highest offi res in the Commonwealth, r j ind nlsoextensively engaged in the print* ing < f silks and other branches of n an ? "acti rWe have been told that the family are highly esteemed, but known to be of violent passions, ov< r which few of them have any gre; t control. One i T | the sisters of the prisoner a few years since committed suicide. I. While quite young, the prisoner was detected in some dishonesty, and at nn early age he fled from hi* father's house to oie of the .Southern States, whine lie remained for some four yenrs. procuring h support by various means, >nmotimesby hoiioraiiie labor, and at <n'h<Ts bv dishonest tricks. S.ano time after this he was [charged with swindling <?j>erutioua in Philadelphia ; aid in ISJ9 li<* was brought before the police iff this city for having burglariously en'erei! the oftice i?f Judge Inglis, nt chat tune in W ill street, and wimflpc nnours fhercfrotn. A lot i?r~ # #t of skeleton keys wore then found in ,hrs possession and he was held to bait under the nam" of I'rown. bat his ease was never brought to trial. ; *. [We give the ?)!w?ve sketch, for the purpose, chiefly, of preface -to the follow, ing just and i;i. >rr si*-e eomtnect of the i\ew York Tribune, "From this beginning, which many are prone to think exceedingly small. to what a depth of horrid guilf and blasting infamy has lis plunged ! Thus may wo learn tliat crime has a vital, growing power, which, though contemptible to the outward eve in its first shooting forth, soon spreads abroad its branches, thrusts downward deep into the heart its mighty roots, and overshadows the whole inner being with its death-distilling shade.? ^ What treasures would this wretched man now gladly give could he again be placed upon the scenes of his first lapses from honesty-and truth, the bitter fruits of" whose "foul flowering he is now to reap!** ? - 't A 1>ANIKL GOWG I*Tu THK LION'S f>K7V. At a recent anti-slavery meeting in Vermont, a very zealous young man ift * - troduced a resolution that a person uo ap. pointed to go o the Sooth and remonstrate with the peojiie there against the fin of slavery. The resolution was adopted, and the young man who introduced the resolution was appointed to do the hours of the office, which lie had been the means of creating. We regret to be obliged to snv that we do not think he will proceed far on his pilgrim ige of love. Alexander's (Pha-) Messenger. Cut to Piecks ?A man. named Hen* rv Stinemitz, aged eighty, was run over by a train *f care near Carlisle, P., on Sunday, and cut to pieces, lie wasaev*ered in two, leuthwise. Killed bv a Wad.?A man, named! Dinsmore Uugg, was killed during a sham' fight which took place at a militarg parade .' in Colcrain, Mass., lately. The deceased was a member of cavalry troop, and, duringa charge, was struck in the head by a rifle wadding, which penetrated thebrain, and caused almost instant death. Saxcel A. Sutdax.?This person? was brought up before the Circuit Court of the United States, in N. Y., on Wednesday, charged with an assault on Mr. Alver, an accredited agent of a foreign power to the U. S. The penality is three years imprisonment, or such fine a* is optional with the Court. The District Attorney, after proving the assault, mov. ed for a committal. Messrs. Price and Morrill appeared as counsel for Suydamf. nnd pleed in .mitigation of proceedings. " * * ' ' A? .maII ASS. The injured husband had rignons woiw the other. Su dam was ordered to Hod bail in the sum of 810 000, which hft._rave, and was iJiecbarged. Cha. Mer. The London capita':; >U) have refused to take any part of the twelve million loan authorized by Congress. The Times attribute* this refusal to the course taken by Gov. McNutt, of Mississippi. /*> \