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" -.iff';* v. -- ? -. . . .. j [fVo;? the N Y. Coin. Advertiser 27th ??/.] ; ANOTHER SHOCKING MURDER. ,| In common with the other city papers ;i we published, last week, a paragiaph men- j, lioning the unncrnuiilaublc disappeurance s of Mr. Aadrns, the printer, formerly do- t| tug business with Mr. Scatcherd, under. (. the partnership name of Scatcherd and i ? Adams, which partnership was dissolved, | tj some lime ago, l>y the death of Mr. S.? j The firm did the printing of Mr. George j i, Dearborn, wlteu he was in the publishing tj line; they were also lite printers of the |, American Monthly Magazine when it was ^ edited by Mr. Park Benjamin. j, Mr. Adams left hisprintingolfice on Fri- S( 1;?. , uay me isuii, iiuenum" iuuiiin&<>uii??.v.. (1 call in Canal street; and never returned. 0 His fate and the manner in which it came ,| upon him are told in the following dreadful q narrative, which we copy front the Tri- c bune. c A notice ofhis disappearance was pul>- r| lished on Wednesday last, with a request u that any one who had seen or haard of l( him would give information thereof to his n friends. This notice called forth the fel- tj lowing narration, given to lite Mayor by fr Mr. Wheeler, teacher of a writing acade* ^ my in a room in the second story of the tt laerge granite building on the northwest t( corner of Chambers street and Broadway, p His room is in the corner; looking into ft both Broadway and Chambers street; next to it is the room of a Mr, J. C. Colt, the \ author of a work on bookkeeping, and|jr oromer 01 me ircu Ruunu ?. .. ? peating firearms. In this room, on the tr Friday afternoon of Mr. Adams's disap- a| pearance, at about 4 o'clock, Mr. Wheeler, j, who was engaged with his pupils, heard a scuffle which lasted for a few moments, and S{ was followed by the fall of a heavy body w upon the floor. All noise instantly ceas- b< ?d. . in Thinking this somewhat singular, Mr. tc Wheeler ieft his room, knocked seyeraj m times at Colt's door, bat received no ^ swer. He tried to get in, but found .the g( door locked. He.iben looked in at the r< key-hoJe, and saw two hata upon .the ta- c) hie, and a mau whom from his tlress and m appearance he judged to be Colt, busily m engaged apparently in washing the floor. Sf He returned for a considerable time, and $ on returning, saw the.same thing, Colt being still engaged .upon Xhe.floor.. He re<- ju - quested one of his pupils, whom .he also w yj > employs as an assistant teacher, to watch until Colt should go out. The young man remained all night'and, on looking, saw Colt similarly employed at several differ- (]< ent times. . . m Early in the morning he saw Colt set H outside his door a boi about four feet n< square, directed to some person at *^St. pt Louis via JVewOrleans." Colt then went hi AMI an.l n .(1, auu ouuuaci??ucv,T3noui^ ? ^???' in man came and took away the -box, Colt di going witkbtm. The young man watch- hi ed no farther., but reported these occur- H rences to Mr. Wheeler, who supposed the box to contain some of Colt's property, pt which it was thought he intended to re- w move, and thorght little farther of it. A K day or two afterwards, however,. Wheeler in 'j, got into Colt's room, and saw several pr ':'>>> places which had appearently been severe- be i- ly scrubbed and .then smeared with ink; ca he found, also, abrokemlooking-glass and wi a hatchet, the handle, of which had been th scraped and covered with ink. .^fhere th were also uporrthe wall spots of ihe^same wj liquid. tie On Wednesday morning, seeing a no- in lice erf Mr. Adams's disappearance, and being suspicious, from knowing that Colt mi was indebted to Adams, that his myster- thi ious absence might be connected with the noise be had heard and the appearances he bad noticed, he cave information .of ly them to Mr. Mayor Morris, who forthwith ve commenced an investigation which he has sid continued with most laudable zeal and activity. On Friday he sent officers Smith ri? and Walker to arrest Colt; They found on his room locked andjvent into one adja- po cent. They bad been there but a short toi time when Colt came in, went to his door, po and with a key was about entering it, when be officer Smith sprang upon and seized him. or * He was brought before the Mayor, and on pe being interrogated said that he was not at his room on the Friday night referred ce to, and denied all knowledge of any box ag having left his room. He was, however, of * commitied for farther examination. th On Saturday the Mayor advertised for is the carman who took away the box. A pc carman named Burstow came before the 01 Mayor and testified that on the Saturday an previous he was employed and paid by wi Colt for taking the box, directed as mea- th tioned above, to the ship Kalamazoo, !y- in ing at the foot of Maiden lane. He iarth-1 pi ?r testified that Colt accompanied him and J re toot a receipt for the delivery of the box m on board. Upon learning this the Mayor^ with hie-officers, went on board the vessel, la which wae about to sail, learned from the tl: mate the same facts that had been stated ol hy Russell,.Ibd took immediate measures n< ... to detain the ship. Yesterday the hatches were opened fn the presence of the Mayor, it and at one o'clock, p. m. the box was found a in the forward hold of the ship and pla- p ced upon deck. It was there opened; upon tl the top was a piece of sail cloth: beneath ii which, sprinkled with salt and chloride of r lime, was a dead body. The box was immediately closed and taken to the dead c house, and then locked up. ri At 3 o'clock the coroner's jury was t summoned, said at half-past 3 the box was c iiroughtintothoir presence and a post.mnr- i iem examination executed. Tiro body, I when taken out, had no clothing upon it I but a shirt. Around the neck was tightly 1 fastened a thick cord, which was passed 1 - own in front and tied above the kne iuts,thus drawing them up close upc Hi breast. At the bottom of the box w black coal without pocket-llups or la els, anil considerably torn, and a net lock, across which was a cut. Up< n*se, wrapped about with a piece of si loth anil bits of oakum, and oilier rubbis 'as ahe body, doubled tip as ubove me onoii and tightly crowded down. The b idv upon examination was font > be in a state of advunoed decorupot ion; tlijp whole frontal hone of the for ead, with part of the temporal bone w eaten in upon the brain; the right puriet one was likewise fractured, and the If epnrated from the rest of the skull at riven in completely upon the brain. Oi heck bone was fractured, and there was cep wound in the back of Ids head.'Iiere was also a cut upon the side of ll hit), which matched perfectly with t! ? - i- rr. . a ? A* Hi Ml IMC 8IOCK# UfJUIl H Illl^cr Ull If ighthanil wasnsmall ring* 1fhe fcatur 'pre so eatirelv decayed and the con Miance so disfigured thai the body coui ot well be identified; but Mrs. Adams le fied that a* nearly as she could jud< om the ring and coat, the body is that er husband. A scar upon the leg is als mark of identification. A watch, know ) have belonged to Mr. Adams as he r eatedly attempted to sell it, has bee >und in the trunk ofColt at his lodging Colt is known to have been indebted i dams to a considerable amount for prin ig his work on book keeping, and it nderstood that the latter had had som ouble in securing his pay. Colt wj oout to ship a box of his books to Phil; elphia, and employed a third person I o this and to recieve the money , in h ead. This third person, we understani as told by Adams that the money forth joks was to be paid to him as Colt wt i his debt. The former mentioned ih ? Colt who denied it, and said he himse ust raceive the money. On meeting M dams, 011 the fatal Friday, the third pei in told him what was said by Colt, an trnarked that he was sure Colt meant 4 mat him out of his money. Adams n larked thathe should take care oi that as I cant"to see Colt about it. He was lar ten that day going up Broadway, lies le corner of Chambers .street. At a late hour last night the coroner1 :ry ret nerved as their verdict that the bod as thai of Mr. Sa.rjiuei Adams; and that, i leir belief he came to his death by blow iflicted by J. C. Colt. Mr. Adams was originally from Prov 2nee. His parents are both dead, bi ost of his relations still.live in that oil] e had a wife'but no children. He 46: ?arly all his property, partly by fire, ac irtly by the 'failure of those who owe m, and was in debt some $5000 at th me of his death. He was an honest, in islrious, tem, erate .and religious man ghly respected by all who knew Jiim.is age was not far from 35. The testimony taken on the inquest i iblished in the Courier. The principi unesses examined were, ur. unman an issam who made the post mortem exam ation, th-e deputy coroner, who wa esent at the finding and opening of th ix, Richard Barstow the carman wh rrieditto the ship, Mr. Wheeler th riting master whose disclosures led 1 e discovery, Dr. Chilton who analyze e stains of blood on the hatchet and th< ill of Coil's room, Mrs. Adams, and Jus :e Taylor, who found Mr. Adam's watcl Colt's trunk. . - ; The verdict was "wilful and deliberat jrder" against John C. Colt, who wa ereupon committed for trial. The Veto Power.?It appears evident that the Clay scheme of abolishing th to power will not take among the cou lerale man of any class. The doctrine of checks, and balances ;htly understood, is a most beneficia e. The error of some of the federa liticians of our country and of the aris crats of other countries, consists in sup ising that checks in government shouh introduced by giving to a privilege* dera permanent veto on the will of thi ople. The true doctrine of checks and balan _ il.4 a i 1- 1 5, is mat which jirujiufces iu ciicck eavi entofthe people, by some other agen the people, so that if one or more o pse agents through corruption or foil; disposed to betray the rights of an; >rtion of the community, such treachei is or erring agent may be restrained b lother agent who is more honest or mor ise. This sort of check cannot prever e sovereignty oflhe people from prevai g, because, as all the agents hold thei aces by the popular will, the people ca imove them and appoint others whe ;cessary. It is better for them to risk a short di y in the attainment of a desired reform i le laws than to risk the rash alteratio f those laws in points where uo change eedetk There are two principal points in whic len under a republican government ai 1 _ . t i . pprenensive 01 me eucroacnmcnts ower. The wealthy fear assaults upc le rights of properly. The poor fear i ifringement of the equality of politic iglits. The check of the three branches tip< ach other in our national and state gover ncnts, to gelher with mutual checks hose governments on one another, a :alculate?l to preserve alike the rights property and the rights of persons, Hence we find that both have continu Lo receive for a longtime, in the U. Stati their due weight in an eminent degre while the attempts made in other pot ^ ' v " ' ' ' *'; e- tries to effect a similar enil have failed, >n from a want of proper checks upon those as who, being clothed with power, had a prop pensity tu err on the right hand or on the ? left, >n The considerate men among the whigs, ill by withholding their votes from the Clay h, ticket, will do something toward putting n- to re9t the rash scheme of the disorganizes.?Pennsylvanian id si- LETTER FROM GEN. JACKSON, e- The N. Y. Post of Monday contains o as correspondence between the Committee al appointed by the late Democratic meeting >ft in the 9th Ward and the venerable Ex* id President Jackson. In their letter the ie Committee say: a "The object of the Convention was sim? ply to express the opinions and feelings of ie the Democracy, in relation to the all-abie sorbing subject of a "National Bank." -- *7- :11 ?:?A-_ e ic amu win pciccne, su* irum um itaumes lions, that in honoring John Tyler for the ii- manly and independent course which he Id has pursued, we have not forgotten him s- who, in the warfare of 1832 and 1834 re against the Bank, Jed us onward to a gloof riousand lasting victory. The fruits of o that victory and of your' service* we are n now enjoying. And on tjlia account the e- Democracy of New-York|as you will perin ceive from the enclosed proceedings, most s. respectfully congratulate you. to The jreply of Gen. Jackson is as follows: it- Hermitage, Sept. 11th, 1841. is Sir?Your letter of the 28th ult. with its ie enclosure, the resolutions ofthe Democratis ic Republican Mass Convention, held in a- the 9th Ward of the cjly of New-York, on to the 24lh of the same month, have been dur is ljr received, and are acknowledged with d, sentiments of profound gratitude for the ie honor they confer upon me. <s The state o( my health, which is now is much disordered by an attack of fever, If does not allow me to express at length r. the reflections excited in my mind by the r- patriotic views embodied in. the resolud lions. I cannot refrain, however, from :o saying, that th,ey meet generally with my i a- concurrence?^aiid particularly that which ie gives praise to Mr. Tyler for his veto of the ;t Bank Bill. If he but maintains the posi ir tion he has assumed against this great lever of Federalism, this deadly foe to the 's principles of our government, the designs 1 y of that party, in oilier respects, will be 1 n less difficult to counteract; for the ship of i rs State, relieved of the corrupt influence of ^ a Bank of the United States at its helm, 1 i. will naturally right itself. i jt It is true, a great error was committed j f. in the repeal of the Sub-Treasury, but this ' it may be remedied while there is no bank < <] substituted in its stead. The people are ' d not so much for forms?they go for sub- ' ie stances?for practical measures?meas i- ures that will ensure economy and accoun- i i, tability in the administration of govern- < _ menl; that will makethe taxes as light as 1 is consistent with the' public safety; that < s will secure the application of the public ' ii moneys at all times and in all places to 1 d constitutional objects. These are the 1 l- things which it would be the office of a ' s Bank to thwart; add they are the things | e which it would be the tendency of the Sub : n Treasury to broraole: and hence. I believe * e that thatsystem, or something like it, can- j 0 not be long dispensed with. ' d Doubtless the President believes that the J e Sub Treasury has been condemned by the ' i- people, and so believing, he ought not to h be censured for giving his sanction to its j repeal. But the independence he has ' e manifested in the veto, authorises us to < g bope that he will deal fairly and candidly ' with the whole subject, hereafter, and that he will conform his policy to the princi- 1 - pies of the Virginia school of Republicans, i e You a re pleased to refer in terms of much 1 . commendation to the course pursued by 1 me on the subject of the former Bank char- < , ter. I acted at the time under a high ' 1 sense of duty, and derive much satislaction I 1 from the many evidences 1 have received, * - even from many who then censured me, of ! . the approbation of my country. But, sir j I consider my labors as but the commence- 1 j mcnt of the work of reform in regard to f s the Banking system. Much higher praise is due to Mr. Van Buren, against whom t - the whole force of the spirit of monopoly h was brought to hear. It has driven that < it distinguished statesman and unpretending < r nntrint into retirement, hut it has rendered i y him dearer than ever to his country, be- 1 y cause of the noble sacrifice he has made r- to the cause of equal rights. I y My strength failing me, I cannot follow i e out these reflection^ )K*ecy effort to write i it admonishes me that my life is nearly spent. I I- Let me conclude, therefore, this hasty aud i ir imperfect response to your letter, with an < n assurance to my Republican and Demo- ! n cratic friends everj where, that I am proud i of their respect, and have an abiding faith i ?. in the success of their efforts to secure in the blessings of freedom and equal rights >n to themselves and their posterity, is Very respectfully, your fellow-citizen, ANDREW JACKSON. ?h Garrit Gilbert, Esq. re ~^ of Wiilli UUUiNUiYl* AJNU DEiYKMJKAT>n 1C EXTRAVAGANCE, m The whig outcry of extravagance against ai the late Administration is hushed. We hear no more of the millions with which )n the Ogles and B iotsesand Prc6tons roundly ed their swelling periods. The Whigs of have come into power and possess the re means of establishing the truth of their of charges, and we hear no more of them. They have utterly failed to prove any ed prodigality against the Democratic Ades, ministration. On the contrary, Mr. Adams >e, has testified to their economy, and there in- is not an allegation ofany public loss from ' . * - .V ' iheir neglect in the collection or keeping of the revenue. They have even been accused by their successors of having been niggardly in their expenditures. The whigs declared there was an immense deficit, for the two fold purpose of imputing mismanagement to their opponents, and of supplying themselves with a pretext for incurring a national debt, and setting on foot their own scheme of prodigal extravagunce. The late Secretary of the Treasury showed that no new loans were needed to carry on the Government; that the accruing revenue would be adequate. Mr. Clay insisted that the resources were altogether insufficient, and that the Whig Administration must borrow milltnnq nn millions tn on on at all. F!w ing reported accordingly, and his Report provedjunlrue. What then is tho mighty sin established against the late Administration? Not that they had wasted the revenue?not that they had not provided sufficient resources to support the Government on the economical and fYugal scale on which they had conducted it, but that they had neglected to raise money enough out of the people to carry on the Government on the scale of magnificent profusion contemplated by the Whigs. They had not laid up-, a surplus by heavy taxation, which would I render it convenient for Mr. Clav to com ? mence his grand scheme of operations by giving away three or four millions, and cutting off permanently from the (Sovernment its revenue from public lands. He was thus forced into an attitude which it required his impudence to maintain for a moment?that of increasing the expenditure while he declared the revenue deficient; of giving away the public money while he declared there was not enough for the necessary expenses of Government?and characteristically beginning his promised retrenchment, not by curtailing expenditures, but by cutting off the revenue, But allowing that Ewing's false report were true, that there was a deficient revenue, one falling far short of Whig wants, and even not enough to carry on Government on the frugal Democratic plan, to what did such a crime of the late administration amount. Simply to this?that ; they had been too abstinent of the taxing power?that being frugal landlords not desirous of acting the spendthrift, they had not played the extortioner?had not 5 raised rents upon the tenants?had not i burdened industry?had not cheated labor 1 of the bread itearned?had laid their hands 1 lightly on the purses of the people?had in the rare reluctance to take too much, not 1 taken quite enough. This is a fault which the producers everywhere, who pay taxes will not very hitteriy condemn?and whicli ihe South will certainly pardon. Nosuch 1 sin will ever be imputed to a whig admin- J titration. Whig policy is now broadly ' leveloped. Increased debt incurred for ' ihe sake of increased expenditure, perma-M ient4y increased taxation to provide for I he debt, add increased expenditure for I he sake of the increased taxation it in- I roi vcs. No danger oftheir forbearing to tax "or fear of accumulating a superfluous stir- ' Jus. They will have wants to eat up in < inticipation any possible surplus. Mr. 1 Dlay ba6no objection, he avers, to grind- ] Hg the faces of the poor.--if it can be done < ndirectjy, so they do not know it, cannot ' lelcct it. Monopoly must be pampered J ndirectly by the protection of an onerous i Tariff; and directly, by vesting millions of 1 he money taken from the people in taxes ! n a joint venture with Philadelphia finan- r :iers, banking sharpers, and setting up a t lational shaving shop to shave the people < ?of the pittance taxation may leave them hat bankrupt money changers might ' lourish to sustain bankrupt politicians.? < Directly also, by distributing millions more ,o indemnify foreign stockjobbers for their lisinterested dealings with dishonest slate egislators, who for their own private beneit haVc pledged the faith of their States, < tnd call on Congress to tax on other a States, for its redemption. ( Such is the plain difference between f ? -j t* r w hig economy anu uemutum, caiuto- rance^?Mercury. ? 3EN. CASS AND THE PRESIDENCY. r The Philadelphia Sentinel of Friday r :ontains a letter from Gen. Cass to the 1 Committee ofa political meeting at which 1 ie had been named as a candidate for the 5 presidency. Gen. Cass expresses himself as indis- I jnsed to occupy the position to which he 1 s tlius invited. He would prefer not to 1 i candidate. He does not desire to be ' Presidenlof the United States, and "trusts 1 most sincerely that no circumstance may 1 Dceur to call him to fill that distinguished station." 4,I have been," he says, "sufficiently near the depositories of high pow- I er, both at home and abroad, to know that its exercise brings with it many troubles and few consolations." The letter expresses many excellent sentiments concerning the propriety of moderation in > politics?repudiates ultra measures, ami declares the belief that both political parties may be in the main equally honestand . .1 1 1!-:. c? j., l ?. bom strongly suncuuua tur mc ucst interest of the country. With regard to being a candidate, however, the substance of the whole matter comes towards the conclusion of the letter. The General says: My conviction is, that there is nothing in my present position, nothing in my past career, which should lead to my selection, for such a mark of confidence.?My eepuguance to the measure is great, almost invincible. And there is but one state of things, a state of things as little to be expected as desired, which could induce me to yield to th.e sacrifice, I should be called - *? ,V - V . ,V-~ *2 m : W%t . -' -t-;.;"':, .' v, 1 upon to mark, and that%:ifeg^nerail*. acknowledged opinion uf: the Republican? . party, that the use of my name might-be necessary upon this occasion ami my tfpailnation, agreeably to the established'usage of the party; by a generd" Convention.?* In such an e?ent thoT I shottld yt'efd whhr ^ reluctance, still I should yield; and although my farther residence abroad will probably under-any circumstances be bat short, yet were it otherwise, upon the'occurrence of such an event, I should coo-- ;rv sider it my duly to return without' delay.Not to lake the slightest pari to ther election, far be such a course from rne, bufbe< cause propriety would forbid me ;io. hold an office under these circumstannok ?nd because every American, whom the confidence of any considerable portion of his; t fellow citizens might designate for thathigh station, ought to meet the trial lie must undergo in. his own country.?Bur when I look to rile many able and trietf^ men, whonrour party iucludes in its raolrs, I consider such a. result, scarcely withi'tfc^X^ the limits of possibility. ?The Border.?It wilt be seen by the* following correspondence of the Boston* ^ Mail that great excitement- prevails along-' the Vermont border, and thtrt'a resumer of" - Col Grogan is contemplated. SWANTON FALLT,(Vi;)1 Sept 23 ^ Great Excitement on the Northern Frontier in consequence of the abduction of CoL; Grogan?Public Meeting and'RettiUatbryr t X, Measures. I have fust returned from a boat 'Meteors* sion to the Isle la Motte, and I-.find .that the excitement among the people of Grand; Isle County in consequence of the recent abduction of Col. Grogan from Aljbtfrg, is of the most intense description. . Public meetings have been held at St. AlBabs^ai'* ' burgh, and several other places, af which strong resolutions were passed with great unanmity, censuring the act referred try and pledging the members to be ready fit' a moment's warning to repel any" farthcrr incursions of British Tories. ifik. The feeling in this section of the cpnire^B^ try against her Majesty's ^jrernment iru Canada is very strong, and has been k'epjr" ' alive for the last few years by the patriot movements, and the outrages which have been committed from timetor time and this vn. last outrage is more than they seeto; willing peaceably to withstand. There are a, great many private depositories of:arn?: y*jjj and amunition in this section;.and % have-no doubt that an army of five thousand* volunteers for the invasion of Canada? ; could be raised in a fortnight, if it wait thought the general and state government-would not interfere It is said that papers have been circulated among those known, to be opposed tt* the British government in Canada, pledging to some hostile movement or other? : tnd 1 have no doubt that a rescue of Cof.1lirogan is contemplated, though it may not je carried out; We have as-good a right to march to Montreal as the British Tone's iad to march to Albnrgh. I think you will hear of some desperate noveipent'in this quarter shortly. The )ld sloop Gleannr recently left St. Albans n the night fpr North Hero or the Yineard and it is whispered lhatsh&was loadid with arms, &c. A secret society^ the >bject of which is supposed to be another ittempt at revolution in Canada, has exsted for some.time all along the frontier^ rom the "Indian Stream'.in New-Hampdure to Detroit, and unless our state ancf national government takestropg measures o curb the factious spirit, the most fearful jonseqtiences may ensue. " * I will keep you informed of any move- .. \ nents in this quarter. Meantime,- let lis ill hope for peace and quiet . Yours, <fec. ' H. Tv ?i CHILL AND FEVER. ^ Mr. EDiToit: I observed in your, paper if Saturday an excellent recipe for Chills ind Fevers and Intermiltents; but as some / . if ibese articles are rather difficult to procure, I send you the annexed, which has / -:i_.1 . - ,r J' . lever laueu, m un e^iensive j>iatuuc, ui 'fleeting a cure: Take of red Peruvian bark, andCreraor Tartar, each, one ounce; powdered doves, )ne drachm; mix them well together, antl mmmbnec eight or ten hours before e jsual time for the chill, and take a teaipoonful every hour until the chill time. I would say that a cure need not be expected from this, or any other prescriptiontnless the stomach is previously Cleansed, for this purpose, while the fever is on, lake a twelve grain calomel pill; six hours ifter, a dose of salts, and then the prescription above. 1 will insure the result. Four Persons burnt to ashes!?Wat have been furnished with the following (fetalis of a late horrible catastrophe. The house of Svlverter S. If.JBrown, on South Creek, about eight miles from this^ place, was consumed by fire on the 11th inst. at about 11 o'clock a night, and four persons viz: two sons ofMr. Brown.one aged 7 ifrotf the other 5 years; Thcmas Smith, aged 50 years, and daughter ofEzekiel Campbell, aged 11 years. v ; The persons burnt, we are informed, slept up stairs, while Mr. Brown and his and a babe, who slept below, barely escaped, without saving any thing buttheir night clothes.?Elmira (N. Y.) Rep. Very Opportune.?A Western editor describing the bursting ofa cannon, by which, several persons were badly wounded, says: "Our reporter, who had his hand blowed ofT was fortunately on the spot, and his narrated to us the full particulars of th$ catastrophe!" .. . *