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LEGISLATURE OF NEW YORK. bv a Member ob Congress. We learn by tho POKTKY. BROOKLYN DULY EVEXINOSTAR. IN ASSEMBLY.

Marcii30 TRY AGAIN. Friday Evening, April 2, IS 11. ixtptni oj amvery nir. worticn, from the jud ary committee, reported upon the numerous r. Courier of this morning, that C.

F. Mitchell, a mem. bcr of Congress from the 33J Congresnonal District of llii. state, ha. been guilty of forgery, and has fled to Texas Ho has written a letter to Iho editor of the Courier, which does not deny the fact.

Tho following is part of the letter I might loll a talo that would bo very interesting to a irreat manv people, but I hav'tit time now to du it. I am repeal of tho law known as the nine months slaverv In, 'I'l. I .1 1 Pirs LAYiMJ. It is well known that a controversy Jiai 1 iMiuo vuuuuuvi vr 1110 niiruuuui on 01 pealing the law. llubbell, alter slating that tho report read with deep and lively interest by citizens, both of 'arisen between tho Corporation of New York and the 'Water Commissioners of the Croton Works, is to which of those bodies had tho legal right and power to hy pipe 'within tho bounds of the city.

Aa this business of pipe-'layinf had been perverted to tho employment of good vo. i going to that region where I expect to find many just as aim inner siuies, anu cuum not oui u. esleeined as a nu important document, moved tho printing 01 ten timet usual number of copies. Mr. French moved twenty times.

ters just before election, tho question was viewed as one Of Mr, Culver said that a very numerous clast of our good as myself, and quito as good as llicin 1 leavo Deiunu me. I writo this eahnly, early in tho morning, after a sleepless night. What my feelings aro no one can imagine, I have beforo me a path environed with imminent peril, I shall bo a murderer all tho days of my life in an unknown land, leaving behind mo friends and kindred that aro nearer and dearer to mo than my ow heart's blood, who must all share in the disgraco which attaches to me. I leavo be. hind me my wile and children May God throw his pro.

zens would be gratified at periisiiii; tho renort. and 'Tis a lesson you should heed, Try again If at firt yon don't succeed, Try again Then your courage should appear, if you will irscvere. You will conquer, never fear; Try again. Once, or twice, though you should fail, Try again. If you would at last prevail, Try again If we strive, 'lis no discrace, Though may not in the race What should you du in the cae I Try again.

If you fm your task is hard, Trv again T.rae will" bring you sure reward, Try aga.n All that othf folks can do, Why, with patience, should not you 7 Only keep ih.s rule in view, Thy auain sliouu auvoca to the largest niimoer. i tiu ground ti political importance. An injunction had Decn granted against iho corporation by tho Vice Chancellor another Vico Chancellor Willard has dismissed the injunction, but on the ground that tho offence complained of is a mis. rty 11 is as tenawo as 1110 rocK 01 eternal truth. Mr.

U'bullivan thought tho report an important highly iniercKimg one. oomo 01 me views contained it wore new, and expressed certainly with much abiliti tccting arms around them, ia all that I can say. Am I not punished sufficiently severe for all that I havo done Never objecting to a full and free discussion of truth. iU are few subject which appeal moro closely te tho "deul by death to mo were nbsnluto reliei, Din 1 cannot cm brace it. I havo canvassed Iho whole ground over care cratio conscience," (quoting the gentleman from LW than this, and whether its arguments bo true or false.

imJ fullv. There wcro threo alternatives presented to ine demeanor under tho statute, and consequently that the Corporation are indictable. Election riots in Canada. The late elections in Ca-nada have been accompanied by much fighting andblood shed, and in several instances, death has occurred We do not know the grounds of Canadian division, but it is probably a local matter connected with human rghts." The Canadian presses have heretofore been unsparing in their censures of our political system, as one tending to riot or unsustaincd, thu deliberation and examination of tA To remain and meet my fato in the eyes of all who know me, to commit suicide, or to flee the country. I havo do- question cannot out elicit mat irtiin, wnaiever it my which ought, to bo tho common object of us all.

cided upon (he latter, and for tho single reason that I may possibly yet livo to rcscuo mv namo from evprv stigma Mr. M'Murray raid that if the report had confined iil which rests or shall rest upon it. C. F. MITCH ELL.

to tho abstract question ol human rights there would hai boon no difference of opinion. But when it undertook 1 FROM THE SANDWICH ISLAND. N. Is. I shall be pursued no doubt, but it will be useless discuss Iho constitutional question it entered upon qiA 1 I.

I shall not be brought back for if I were to be overtaken. ami laiL-lneQ violence. It now appears that tho wirst 01 lionatilo anu uenaicaoio grounu. ror iiiinseii, no I have provided myself with two contingent friends, cither our elections are, in refpect to order, far before their. of which will spare mo tho mortihcotion 01 being brought no sense an abolitionist, though in favor of human rij in tho abstract.

A file of the Polynesian, issued at lonolu.u, to the 10th October, has been received at New Bedford, from which tho of that place makes two columnsof summary and extracts. i The Polynesian is edited by a Mr. Jarvs. formerly of Boston, and is published every Saturday at eight dollars ter annum the dimei.sions burg nearlv the same as those II back liko a felon. Death were under any circumstances Tho motion to print twenty times was lost, and preferable to thut.

printing of ten limes was ordered. Avcs 56 nays 33. Agricultural Bill. Mr. Strong, from a select coranl Tub Fresioent's Family.

In order tu correct some tee, reported completo, with amendments, tho bill for I small errors which have gone abroad respecting tho Prcsi uf the penny papers ci mis iv. i eu ui uiu imiuwing items and extracts from the columns of tho New Bedford Alprrurv. promotion of agriculture. 1 he commiiteo have adop: as their ratio of apportionment in tho distribution of dent's family, tho Cincinnati Republican publishes tho fol. More Putter.

There is a queer article in the Herald vein in tho News of yesterday, all about enterprise even down to the compoitors in the printing office, wio arc buttered up in tho usnal fashion. Something is said about some individuals who envied the enterprising managers of the News the rapidity with which they obtained t.10 Fi. nancial Report of the City. Now who these envioui indi. viditals might be, it becomes the News to tell.

They must be queer fellows. If the News means we have lowing public monies, the rate proposed by Mr. Townsend, iM mills to each inhabitant, according to mo census ot It Tho truth is, Mrs. W. H.

Harrison is herself expee'ed to The amount going to the county of New York is to be preside at the White House, but will not assume her sta ided equally buUveen tho American and iUeohanicr i tinn earlier than May. She will bo assisted by her daugh. stitute. ter, Mrs. Taylor, and daughter in law, Mrs.

Wm. Uarri only to remark that, far trom envying mm, we ai not son, Tho cahin" at North Bend will be occupied by Dr. Thornton, a son in law of tho President, tho farm having know there had been any extraordinary rapidity oralvan- Reported for the Courier and Enquirer. BEFORE JUDGE INGLIS At Chambers. Madame Restell.

This notorious personage been rented to an experienced agriculturalist. A 6um of between eleven and twelve hundred dollars has been raised for the benefit of the Oahu Charity School by the sale at auction of donations received from Europe 1 and the United Stales. The proceeds of tho donations from England amounted to 170. I The Pulynes an of July 4, says. Since tho arrival of1 iho king and his suito at'lhis place, we have been gratiii-1 ed to learn that his Majesty and must of the chiefs of the 1 island have spent considerable time in consultation for the; purpose of forming new laws, and effecting a revision of; tho laws enacted about a year previous.

The new code is intended in some degree to limit tho power and define thei duties of the king, governors and ail other chiefs. The f.rm of trial by jury, hich has heretofore been adopted in I capital offences, wJ understand is to be cxti nded to all high crimes ard to some civil actions. There arc to be differ- tae about it, and have neither made a remark nor thought The husband of Mrs, Wm. Harrison did not die a few months ago," but about threo years since. It is probably brought beforo Judge Inglis yesterday afternoon onla thought on the subject.

Steam Ji dge Judge Gridley, of the Albany Cir true, that fllrs. laylor, of Virginia, a niece ol the fresi. of Habeas Corpus. M10 waa accompanied trom "Tombs" to the City Hall by her husband Chi dent, and mother of his son-in-law, will also bo associated Ijhinan, and Capt. Hyde, and closely attended brl with the ladies of the lute House.

Mrs. rmdlay, relict cuit, has lately been officiating in New York and from troupo of loafers and rowdies, whose curiosity was exd of tho lato Gen. James Findlay, of this city, an aunt of his ready dispatch of business has acquired the appellation by the novelty of tho scene and tho occcasion. Win Mrs. Wm.

Harrison, and. an old and intimate Iriend of the and around the Judge's chambers a dense crowd of President' family, is expected likewise to bo a member of of tha Steam Judge." Tho calendar of tho court lumbered 500 cases, which were disposed of in the brief space the same dnmesiio circle, for at least the ensuing year. zens assembled, all eager to satisfy their curiosity bi glimpse at Iho worran. Tho pressuro of tho crowd became at length so pi Now, of those ladies, we believe tho Mrs. Taylors only are members of tho Episcopal Church, Tho Mrs.

Harrisors that, Judge Inglis was compelled to order the prisoner and Mrs. Findlay, have long been connected with the bo removed to an ante.roomadjoining the omcc. L'i First Presbyterian Church of our city, under tho pastoral care of tho venerable Joshua Wilson, D. I). We sincerely this tho excitement partially subsided and a portion the crowd dispersed.

His Honor was then enabled tor rrjoico that our country is so highly favored, in having cccd to business. of II days. Avery numerous meeting of tho Bar have passed resolutions of the highest respect to Judge Gridley. Let Judges every where take a hint from this Remarkable deaths. In tho Star of yesterday, two deaths wcro announced in the family of Samuel Bojton, at Wallabotit in this city, viz Miss Abigail Bou, ton, aged 65, and Jane Barnes, aged 12.

These persons were attacked on Saturday, with vomiting, and contnued ill until Wednesday, when they both died, within an hour of each other. Several physici ms wcro in attendance. Messrs. Morrill and JorJan, counsel for the priioni such an assemblage of polished and pious Icmalcs occupying a station so elevated and important. Their well established piety affords the highest assurance that their ex moved for a reduction of bail (o.UOU) and argued that bail should bo fixed at a mcro nominal sum.

The mow ample will correspond with tho principles they possess. was opposed by J. R. Whiting, District Ajloy, r.t classes of courts, though it is sa the higher court is to have no jurisdiction except in cases of appeal. The art of engraving appears to be practiced with success at the h'gh school of Mr.

Andrews, at Lahainaluna. Several views o( Hawaiian scenery, executed on copperplate by pupils of the seminary, are spoken of as man. lest-irv-T strong native talent for the art. The barli Flora sailed from Honolulu, Aug. 3d, for N.

Yorii, with a cargo of upward of 200 tons of nigar and molasses of Sandwich Island produce; some of which as lased by and shipped on account of the natives. ifi.O'.'O goat an I the first shipment of taw Ik, from plantation of Peck Co. Kolua, were also freighted in the same vessel. A plantation had been commenced by Pkoi, William Harebultle, and some oihcr young Hawaiians. which is said to the first lease of land granted by that government to their and was attained with much trouble.

The plantation includes, at the smallest calculation, tvo thousand acres, including mountain land, and is secur. i to them for fifty five years. They first planted sugar-cane, but the so'l proving too dry and not rich enough, tMey have now turned ihnr attention to raising corn, bc.ns, and live st ick. Coffee also thrives well. From S.ANDwrrii Islands.

A law has been enacted by Tho motion was argued at some length by to, on either side, and at the conclusion of the argu it, 1 1 tha sovereigns of the Hawaiian Islands, of which a translation is publitdiod. Tl first section is as follows Honor took the matter into consideration, remars ho would render a decision at an early hour mornii If any man take potatoes, sugar-cane, mc'ons, or anv Madame Restell, attended as before, with some diffici Gen. Root. We regret to observe in the Commercial Advertiser, that on Saturday evening last the stage, in de. scending tho Cattskill mountains, on tho west side, was ty made her egress through tho crowd, and was rclurod other article of food, and transform it to an intoxicating linuor, and drink it, ho shall be fined one dollar, and if he to her old quarters, at mo city prison.

Wo did not Jcarn that any persons presented tnemscii do tho like again, the fine shall be two dollars, and thus the fine shall bo doubled for every offence even to tho uU most extent. as her bail. Several letters have reachod the United States, deset A ship yard at Honolulu, owned by Messrs. Robinson, inyr ilm hnrrihln mvairns of tho African or velloW fevef Lawrence aniT.Holt, is described as fitted for the rcpairaof board tho United States station vessels Dolphin and Gm Tho of July was ce'eluated at Honolulu by a large overturned, and Gen. Roof, who was a passenger was very badly injured.

His head was severely cut, and the scalp shoved back his arm and leg are badly bruiscdj but no bones are broken. Election in New York. The Ward meetings in New York display very much of tho feeling which has pervaded the state relative to the official conduct of Recorder Mor-ris, who is now a candidato for Mayor. We may antici. pus.

0 have, however, seen out ono iciier or exirau all vessels of all descriptions, whero the work is done by excellent workmen, and at reasonable price. letter, written by Maxwell ooiinuii, Acting iuastei number of American residents, who gave a dinner ai me Iioumc of Haahlm, in the valley of Manoe. The King and hi? se.te, w.lh many invited guests, were present. The dioncr was cooked in the native s'vlc and the manner of the Dolphin, speaking of the success of the expedite against iho nativo kings and pirates, on tho coast 01 ah ca. From this extract, it appears the foipnin ana partaking it nearlv Manv were drunk, and the i mis worked their way amidst very many obstaolos, nate a verv warm and spirited election.

The rlectora of narrow riaer Nunez, to the town of Wilkedi, the pri ace or capital of the King of Scharah, a potentate, 1 tha Third Ward, after announcing their candidates, and passing a strong approbatory resolution in favor of -Mr. Pheenix. adopted' the following some timo since conceived he might pluty' Americi vessels, and aniiso ana ill treat tneircrew. w.in unpuim To nunish this worthy was the ubtect of tho expeam Resolved. That Robert II.

Morris has no knowledge of Wilkedi is situated about 80 milca up the river Nunej Melancholy and Sudden Wo understand that on Tuesday evening, Mr. Collins, lato a butcher irt Essex market, died unusually painful under tho following circumstances He was seized with a fit of coughing in the drug store of Dr. Wiseman, corner of Broome and Orchard stf ruptured a blood vessel, and in ten minutes was a corpse. tT The experiment of smelting nativo New-Jersey iron ore with anthracite coal, has been successfully practiced at the Stanhope iron works, in Sussex county, N. FIRES, Att Hutchinson's Island, Geo.

On ho 23tk ult. the arge wooden building on Iftitchinaon's Island, intended for a steam saw mill, and known as tho Chatham Steam Mill, the affairs or municipal concerns of this great city never festivities were closed without any interruption to thehar. luony of 'he scene. The editor of the P.ilyncs-an acknow ledges the receipt of a book entitled Hawaiian Collection of Church Mil. so; tho binding and typographical work of which was done altogether hy natives, and refl.

cts great credit upon skill. It is neatly got up and the collection is good." The Polynesian of Oct. 3d contains an account of the trial of Kaininawa and no. captain of tho schooner Koojkaika, for the murder of Kawakuiki, wife of the former, by poisoning. Pkbils of Wjsteun Travel.

The Cincinnati Rcpuhli-ran relates a singular incident which recently occurred to Here the Dolphin and Grampus took a position in wb having been in the corporation nor connected thercwithi nrwl nn ttnt tin taimB nil nrptantinnH tn he tiieir Chief they could soon have reduced the place to fcatif faction was demanded, and after aome boasting and brcl Magistrate, except what ho derives from an admitted mid-nieht violation of the law or the itarest rights of a demo ging, on the part of his sable majesty, it appears he eoil plied with all tho demands made on tne pari -or inc crat the sacred inviolability of hit house and papers. ernmcnt, and tho two vessels sa.ely descended tne iium and arrived all well at Sierra Leono. The rivef Nunei so little known, that on tho best maps we do not find.t: n.ma a ftinirlu ft urn tniyl HiilVn. Resolved, That we should fear for the stability of the Republic when the weakness or sympathy of the people mitigate the deserved punishment of a public violation of the law by a bestowment of high public honors, and we will Tho niratcs on the river had. however, made lbeinIl orccted on land of N.

J. Bayard, was discovered to be on fire. The whole building-, was consumed. The not hflieve that this can be tho caso until we see the re. moved and dishonored Morris elected to the Mayoralty of.

nntnnniia anil ntli-nsive. that our vovernment oeeuxi- n( imnortince duI an end to their depredations, and the steamboat Messenger, on her way from St. Louis to Cincinnati. When near Shawncetown, on the 2b'th ult.J she snagged the snag going through her starboard guards, the heelliouse, and near the main entrance to lisc cahin, up through her s'a'c rooms, three of which were entirely demolished. It struck under the feet of two ol the occupants, threw them out of iheir berths up against the door, which being locked inside, they could not move, afier bemir llius abruotlv aroused from their slumbers.

he Citv of New York, over the honest, faithful and intcl. are happy lo hear that Capt. Bell has so successfully building cost 81,000, and was Insured for $2,000 at Ct. At Portsmouth, Ohio. The Quarry Mill, on 1ho canal jigent Phoenix7.

meritoriously etlected the objects, ol the expedition. near Portsmouth, Ohio, worth from 10 to 12,000 dollars, Irish Emigrant Society. We are gratified in obsenv. ng that a society, bearing the following title, is just estab fiunvv.n imaT On TuyHullh mnrninfr a COTWtrVrra Tim rtanialoors of one. which had been thrown across his was totally consumed, llio mill Deiongi to Lemuel fejt when ho undress caught on the top of the inag, named Pollard called into the auction store No.

803 Cm ham kept by a man named Perry. The eye 01 1 Moss, and was not insured. It was occupied by Messrs. Waller Cole. Their-stock of grain, flour, partly vara K.J iTiinniiil Im a hr.T nf lished in New York.

The object of the Society, at aet forth in the preamble, is Willi- the view of promoting as far as assooiated effort can promote, tho interests of Irish emigrants who may henceforward come to settle in this country. Good advice I was put up," and he was induced to Did a. nign nsured. jlr Rome, N. Y.

The building occupied by A. Seymour at which price it was knocked down to him. I pon eiM ining his purchase at hi. hotel, he discovered that it and useful counsel, when applied for, will be imparted to was discovered to be on fire about 8 o'clock on Sunday worth about ono fiftieth the amount which ne Irishmen who have been lony resident here. In a word evening last, and-before the flame, could he got under, the Pollard stated his case to some of the lookers on, our exertions will be put forth, in order that the U.

States agreed to raise a gang of the Bowery bpys, 1 -L- inline manq 01 me iicuuneers rcstnrauuii wi 'i'l. 1... tnnrninff. 1 (rnn conaistinr of a srorn or more of stout fellow, to I he store and demanded that the 824 should be Mturr to Pollard. The auctioneer acrrcd to the prom red terrt entire block was in ruins.

Tho loss probably will be large, say $30,000 insured $5,000. Incendiaries in New Hate Two fire, havo taken placo in New Haven with a few days, botia of them probably the work of incendiaries. CIKCL'LAU. To Disbursing A rents irioe accounts are rendered to the First and Fifth Auditors. and when the boat s'opped, were found dangling ten fectj above the hurricane dj k.

At tho time of the accident, a passenger fell, or jumped oer-ard in a fricht, and being a go id swimmer, made! fir tho shore. Here in the darkness of iho night he found im banks too ami slippery to land, and was obliged to swim 10U yards or more down the stream, where ho ef. t.xted a landing, and in a few hours was taken on board the William French. Ill overtook the Messenger at hi fellow passenger's having given him up as drowned at the time of tho accident. The mag a long biack walnut log, upwards of a ot in diameter.

i dimaze having been done to the, machinery, she was under way again in a few min. tp. TJ3 Red Rivrh an- Ints-ioh of Mexico A New. TraliR. A late number of the Shrtveporl Intelligencer, form-i us that two cnvv recently arrived in ms from ror pmnnM in Meveo.

charged with power from ni-onle Ch li'iuhiia. Doranjoand Zaeatecas, to make ten of ami.v ard commerce, for (he purpose of opening a cin.m'inicat'on bet wi tlvwe interior provinces and point on the ReJ River, by which to reach the Gull of M- n. ompsry Mexinn tndors. with In'f a iml'Mm in bi.l: or. nraih-l Fort Towson in forty tl the province cf Cii Th hsd ro with the proviso that Pollard should ireaf.

I ol1 to this. The money was restored. The treat was orail shall in truth, prove to the Irish exile that clvtinm he had ever associated with her free institutions, and thu. will be attained an object of paramount importance, not to Hie emigrants alonr, butarso to the country, with whose pros, ocrity our happiness, as adopted citizens, ia indisaolubly blended. Tho following are the officer, of the Society President WM.

JAMES MWEVI.V. Vice Presidents Rout RT Houan, Wii.lu Reomoicd, Rehnard Graham. Treasurer James Revburn. Secretaries Patrick Casserly, J. O'CunncIK Executive Vomm'ttee.

The auctioneer then demanded Iho return of 1 rain hi Ihnmh In bis nornl. anil with irnitlC r. i. 41.. iron dotcn SO Treasury Pspartmknt, CnmptMiler'.

Olhre, March 33, 1S1I The auctioneer then vowed that he'd have his money The Bowery boy. shmiled no yoi don't. Mierin, .1 1 I 1 T- II 1. Au-n reflcCllon. Willi IIIIUB tlllXn It'll yitl.

I iilr mi in. The anclionei yesh rd.iy made application 1'" at tho police. 1 lie only consolation no Robert White, Felix Ingoldshr, Dr. Ilueh G.lbert re, fc 'Bride. Jr.

Cororlins) Shenan. Jacob Ihrvey, T. W. Cli rke, Samuel CVborn, John Quinn, Francis Mann, Robert Cochran. naa otimt commcoro civil ihi.

Kfoilil this advice, and upon taking Hie preliminary steps 1 i ti.e'r wav entir' Iv by chart and comi. pien- I In thu breach of promise case of Roth II that Mr. 1'tillarci lisu iniinwra tne on that his only ma ng rttncJy wa. to peter f'" cautiously in future. Tost OtTicR.

l-rtt. from tho posimistcm at villi-. Herkimer counly-Soulh-East, Sta You are hereby required to render your account if disbursements for the current quarter as soon after its close as practicable and, in an doiny, yyu will present with and refer to in your account current twii abstracts, one ti ferrinj to vouchers payinrnta made for demands hich accrued prior to the 4111 instant, tho othrr to those subsequent thereto. Yon will, in all easec, report the amount of funds in your hands on tile Ml insiani. Subseqiienl quarterly accounts aro to be remh-red as re.

quired above, should tflry embrace payment, for deonnjs whi-h accrued prior lo tho 4th ins anl. Ynn will be governed by the above, in lieu uf the Circu jr nflhi 22d wurtant. Very respectfully. Jour rlwjiinl wrvnt, J. N.

BARKER. Comptroller. ExrLoaiKO pQrn.oN. Capt. Wood, hf tire Cliialvtli at New rtidford, I Mm Oahu, reports that he left Iho Ex "-7 Samnrl ri.ihps.

tmd in tke Sopr-me Caurt A 1' ct 1 nfn mlllf'l Ini'T PtfTl. I 1 jjof Rhode Kand. last wk. the jury damage, for The J.t..r..f'iie port nf th't llne the plaint ff, hi the of 5,000 lt rr- rorsmi'e now. iwiih'and all the sadv.n 1 .1 ir wl.icd tie a'wit -f g-xid.

The National Inteliigcnetr if Apr! 1, say. We learn Mjnnassi'l, v'icens cunm Mirti ng monoy, and mailed in January, have In ii c-, whirh wem inquireil into, the I h. l.r. the letter, were inaileJ Pol pruc pie of eenn. (ie physician, attending tbe President, tbat at eight 1 il office.

i n.ou 1- in thSCI ornv. for anrte rp-nos on me tveoilir thtre wai a tVght improvement in itv. rUaiBn7 nav calculale ca that Mr. H'tt. the general poMot.ioe agen-.

AJ' invc.tigating uie Dusincsjv florin Sj'tadroo thue oa the IClh of October lasU. trd, aiauuiit tig ten i.il..

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