; '“ IR “ ‘ “ " ' ' 4* '‘l-WKtKL* PRESS, to.fleteiribenJ «ut v of the Oitr,~«t ¥h*i« ttoii in rtruce. $ J«*T FftE S S i *• VinOapSgT*. ’’Vi « •'' a,OO T*n'o6ple»,; 1 - «<-• ' ''»<•' ■ -*i qq TrtWWpiit,:-* v .•■■;« (tobne'iddVaii)'.'.. 20 00 I^nt!r Ws orove? ; ,«;, (to adjKM efifcoi . - Vp™ ° f Twenty-ihe, »‘am. fa *UI «u 4 »n Polrtatastort Wo requwted to not u Agents tar ***Wm**»ma, - , IE/W* xmps^FOR.SAXJS.--: V-f IHSXjtHSroI6OBSIEiI| aAILBOjU>«OMPA.KY ij ncrpmpsred-tCMllaMut l,«»,0<» «cres -of choice 1 of 40, seres «nd«pw»rds,an longcredits, in4atlow. r?h«ot interest.,. Thefia ikridA were granted by the Government to #l4 lhß uxtwmo goa(tf, tod include every' yatfety.afel(m»te spl produo tionsfound between those parallel,of latitudo. The Northern imrtion is chiefly, with bcsotilul prninesend qmihigt. ■ 1 ■ m, The cllmxtaM more Ueeithy, mild end equ»Me, thnu toy other part or the country—the sir i« pare ana bra ciuri'u'hlle 'Wng ! etnami and epringsof excellent, Bitaioipn'W Oohi ti'exbeiulveiy mined, end implies s cheap' thd dMirnble- fuel, ’being'lurnWd (Anwny • points at IS 46 Mper .tos-rtad treed osh be hadat the I Building Stone ot excellent qtualW »1» abound., Vvhlnli can be’ procured for little mere thu the expense Spf transportation... -, \ The groet.ferUmy pf these lends, which are a blacb JlcK: mould,- from two to are feet deep, and gently roll iSgi their contiguity to thiß road, by which every fad - r/tr i« rarni«hc The titloda perfsch*aud when the final payments we; made, deeds are executed by,the trustee* appolnthd by the State, Ahd:ln,whom tho title in.vested, to. the pur Chasers,WhKh ponvevto them absolute tljlM In (he sim plel'ftee and clear ofewery.tpcnmhranoe, liw or mart *' *’ '* ir ' > -•.1 i S- '**' -1? .1 • • t- ■ The prices are from $6 to |3O l interest only spe« ct.. Twenty per ct. will be deducted from the price for cash. Those who gurchatotin lohgCrtdit, giro notes payable ip two. three: four, fire and six year* after date, and are' required tojtebravfc'an|4snth fiAttaUy forfit*years. bom toWebW-fotftfce mi under cuUtartiotf at the w6rt Vill accompany those * who' wish' to examine the&*9ftmds, free of charge., and aid them in making.sejeetioairr* if ' r-s-y- ~.nr. *bU’* The Lands remaining unsold are as rich and valuable as'th^wJ^M* 6 disposed of; ' ••.•i.-' Will fce sentto anyone who will enclose ftftjr cents In pottage «tiams>h and nooks or pamphlets containing na mSrduSlnStineeiofartCceMfnl farming, signed'by re spte&btir&n&weli known farmers living in thenefgb* theJtttfroad. Lands, throughout the State— also the cost of fencing} price of cattle, expense, of har-. a»r other informatfoa— to-<'.i^na:-^ r ■ * • * ~Land-ooTomJ»ron*r of thetlUuol* Central Ji.R. Co. Oftce la DUooia Central Railroad I>e pot, ChicagO/Il liMis-' 1 '■ ■«.- Vv .-'aid /"tOClfi&y COLLECTIONS. madeV With ; , » HO. S 6 South THIBD gtreet.Phltedelphie. , ... j SheyijiTlteetttoUoiito their uneqneUed fecUitiee for. Uw.pdMadntJrf. wmtrover«io«.ltt, i «U;pnrta(of, the Doited StetteerwtCenedev end collecting end securing ~, ! , . eSordedhytheir.4l«mragh orgeuiutioni haying loci egehfe in every rettied county In the Union, end by pros perous eaoctite oßcw in' 1: • ißortoh, 1 f'jj -! E«i»TUlo, Dubttnue, Ktif Virlr, /., - B*. booby Detroit, - - Baltimore, Cintmnsii, -- St. Kanl’s, '■Weshlngfon,!', . Bittobnrgh, ■, -HiUreuUe, ..CBSwtoa;- . I .* OMsego,' f. ' Memphis, ' MobUe,. : C- V'KesrOrleaoa, ■ ■ Sevennnh. UetlMßeecohtrbUbog ite'own ooUectlonu, end hilVtiigdiilc business eonnectiouswith the mast reliable eodexperienoed.attorneys in the country. , . . i ther else bare superior tsciUties for collecting drafts •ni-iesturingpilpet at points not accessible to Banks end.tßeolarm ead ltemlttenie* ere promptly made by their correspondents- for eonttnioUne tbeV exceed but •lightly the correct rate ot exchange. . ~ , ■ siy.the-eia ot intelligent,correepondents, they srenble -to Utre .bend Warrants located; claims adjusted, titles examined, in ell jerte Ofthe Wati- ;naMathfca-lra, ir jSTGIf; .BENZOLE EOBIABLE, GAS _-*AJ»PABA.TU& fatlMaz Btoret.lhreUiiigfl, Fec4 tori«,aeteU,' 40. a«3 Machine hie; ix*u {ftvewoii, wj*u» kmpjjU Iqrßwamtmurt Xlramwito JT«« iritb ,J 3S&. yC«Agl)Bofrft C6.i 'UfOi IStii .'i JF "Au. ihlp PniIADBIPmA, Opt. oiuu.' '.'wft&B* nifMim>xmi ' • -■■- i . o»Wnfa»we . , , *SOj , r »| J fteccoo oi'in midjjteerago Pasaeßgere furgfahel with * »y i SSake i NE^^FOtXWA^I ! BOOK, .OB MQIOU?*PU ,I} » W CW»ly,.t<& jfeott CH9j 4"hiß' TMtW gUwa Sink,4 Com- j 1 &U t|e Vote* McUOnAUy cfesftfted,; naimi i 3S&SSMBS®? MESffik VOL. I-NO. 5. ; THE KOITOR TO HI) READERS. ; Thefirßt number, of The Press will to day be. laid before the public. , I need scarcely explain the object and design of this, .journal. The tree must bo known by its. fruits.. My ambition is to. make.athprongh newspaper, complete in all Its departments: to address myself to the reason and the patriotism of the people: in'a word,to supply daily a cheap, trust-worthy and intelligent medium of popu lar information. To accomplish those resnlta Will demand, patient.industry, largo expendi tures ofmoney, considerable, experience, and the employment of varied ability. , The belief mat a newspaper .conducted upon this plan has : never yet failed, determined mo upon the pre sent undertaking.' The hope that tjiere were many, very many, kind remembrances,'per sonal to myse)f, hero ip Pennsylvania, and dlBewliefe; inspired me 'wUh'additlonal confi deitoe in its success.' 1 The agreeable relations I had sustained l to most of those engaged in journalism, during my long connection, with that profession, reminded, me that this, if not always .the .most .lucrative avocation, was, at beast to tny own mind, the most , acceptable, because it re-opened a field of independent action, and hard, but edifying toil. An enter prise founded upon'euch motives cannot fail to prosper. ‘ T have invested in it all that X have fe ; the world, and >every effort and eaergyof jrhich I am capable, shall be enlisted to render It deserving of approbation and support. ! Tan Punas .will .speak for itself on all. the great questions of .the,day. .1-have already Jnny. reason, not by feorimina tion—by argument father than by declamation. And I am confident .that, no .man, looking at Mr.. Suobanar’s. administration, up to : this moment, with disinterested and elevated mo tives,, will deny’.that‘that statesman has achieved the Presidency at at)’ auspidlona po riod for his own fame,, and at a fortunate momentfor the.welfare of the Republic, ef .i . . . Jno. W. Fornex. A«mut 1,1857. Y - . ,K t, C |C' s, % THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1867. THAOt£ItW WOT >l. iP. , The cdeeiloti'fbr the city bftlxferd (itfEag tau'd) has terminated in the defeat of Mr, Tiooiuiray, the, by Mr. Oabdwell, the staieaman. When the poll, dosed, Mr. TnACKUkAx, wii to a minority of 67, the whole; ’number pf persons-eligible to-vote being 2818,' Ip ; a: pijpulh’t]on' pt '£7,943, ai|d &103 ‘ ac-j itually having Votedvi = Mr.' CA*dweu, had many personal adbantagei Oyer his'competitor, ■ —long parliamentary experience, former con neefion-with the, borough, high reputation as bne of the ipost distinguished alumni at the 17nlvetsity, the’ pnitige of having beena Cabi wet Minister,- tho Knowledgo that the late Sir. PyKi' considered hlm-likely to be-' ; come ah emihent statesman, ; and, considerable' Kr.’ftiibusiUY could’ bring nd hmre than Jrigh popularity as a writer and lecturer, and the ■ profession of - unusually' strong politics.. In’all probability Mr.* Thaok- KftAy’s non-electioil will not be felt as a na tional misfortune inEngland: It pleased him, on'the hustings, to. avow the most liberal prim yciples—such as In 'the 1 days of Geqeoe - the' Fat would have been ‘considered Democratic,' if not sedUlous. He didthls hecauso lns op-i Abut, Mr. CABnwrxi, is a Ministerialist, and' deciiori policy to outbid him. To', ail intents and purposes Mr. Toaokesay is aristocratic in his tastes, tendencies and ha bits. ii(g ideaof life ts-to' eqjby-himself, and j while ho consumes die good- things of this fwijjrld) smfßngsishb, discusses turtle and veni- j - and jawing as W puts the'spitrkling cham-1 kindly giyes him the 'jeredit of .being .“ : jo : genial.” DooobAs Jse- , lj»OM», doing exactly the same, would bare! libeaU denounced, as ;c dreadfully sarcastic.” 'Plat Jkeeoid was a snarling Utile fellow, mean j !!lodkiiig And ordinary,- while Tjuciehay ii portly and gentlemanly, and has the look of a, |-fman with abalancest Ills bankers.- The men 'differ as‘ Uiuch ’in blind (though' the satiric jjSpirjt was, strong- In- bach) as in appearance, ] I jjgaubtb judged df ajman ,byhis‘worth, and not by the ndininal.ntint-value of his title. To i him a duke was no more than a map, and he | would not go five, steps out of bis way, if be bad two Invitations to dinner—one from a | pebr-Md thb other from'a tradesman—to ait at 1 suy lord's.table,”, On. the, other, band, Thacic- I. rat's delight, the main occupation of his Lon. don life, Sato float on: the surface of what is called fashionable society. He bows low to a baronet, ioWbr still' to'a peer, and almost touches the . grouh4, lf a prince give him a passing recognition.!. With him there would , not { by a momght’n'douhf whether he should ,jake a good dlnner with e marquis or a better ,;one wiUi TtpßShT though a great ton iintvast., TkactagAT would gp to the peer’s, ‘because ho wasa peer., His satire pn the aris tocracy Is general; and is mild, but .when he {has to exhibit a: paor-devll-author struggling jwith difficulty add disease, he pitches strongly ’into Atm; and odjusts the account that way. .When By&oh was chatting with Luton Btnre, at Piiia. he rioiiculed To* ’■ Jfb&u as a smell feast, and wound up with'tile emphatic words, I ijpisieihrskwtj ■clock,; A. K j HfOSGri,, :/ i i \6rp" t ,: ", i: , »t 16 o'clock,l . „7, ’ ... ..... 1 ißeridpe connect 1 i/aaft. wtth'jtil*! in# Soathwttt* ': vt i^w>tv I ipf&J Wk'ned:-.. | /orih \^iurr^i f ‘ j . jiji&L,', y ’ V; , | vk MA»jrai iK.OA^Ptl ■-MU. ■ -POOL jfoßUpi f'ffomhy topej Ilia Leap.” So he did, (as his Diary shows,) sad po does Tiiaokkeav. ■' With sucj proclivities, we really cannot look hn Taseke&AT’s trying to enter Parliament, as an out-and-out Democrat, as anything hut One of the best , practical jokes of the season. Wo haye hot the slightest doubt that, among . juk bohffcfehtlal friends, he had laughed heartily at it as “ a flunoh»^j t fun.’ 1 How he could contrive to keep bis countenance when ad dressing thb electors, avowing remarkably ■liberal principles,'and Strongly animadverting "on.tho plnmsy way in which tho Government was .carried on, is a mystery to ns. As Oxford ;ls little more than an four’s railway journey .[from London, and the polling would cease nt ,ifonr o’clock, It was guile easy for Hr. Thack >i*B*v.' to have dined in Belgravia the ssmo (evening, and,-if he met Lord pAinnasios, complacently chuckle as he,toldhlmhowhe was compelled to “ give him fits”—os an elec tioneering necessity. . Indeed,-thete is mucti [sympathy .between Piiirtiuroit and, Tui.sk [iihik'hctwlthstanding a difference of exactly tfeCtit/ yeats ih thelr ages.- .Both men take.tho tbey flnd iti and get as much enjoy ment ouifof it’ds'they, cm—both are gCod bnmoted, as well as capstic—both are oh the best tenns with ’ themselves—both have con. sideraSje tact, and are addicted In public speak ing, th’ what is cbmmoniy called « clWflng.” fit, whole, PaituiK, ' ; stoh will not break hia heart with grief over Thackeray's Parliamentary disappointment.. For, If Mr. Thackeray really were “the honorable member for Oxford,” it would be necessary to gag him, by putting him into office. As a matter of course, such a pococurante hust ings patriot as Thackeray would have a speedy tendency towards the Treasury benches. Ho might make a smart speech or two, (though Mr. Exh QUAKE, author of “Eotliou,” broke down in hia maiden oration, the other day,) and play the part of independent member to perfection—voting, as Mr. Roebuck does, with the Government on important questions—and at the end of the session retire with a life sinecure of £l,OOO per annum or so, tho chief duties of his office being to read the newspa pers with dignity and diligence, and sign a quarterly receipt for his salary. No one who knows Mr. Thaokebay, cohid suspect him of seriously applying himself to business—if lie cotild possibly'shlrk it. . Mr. Thackeray, It strikes us, is too much advanced in life to cut a creditable figure in the House of Commons. He is about fifty three years old, and is the senior of Disraeli and Bulwer, who, like himself, are men of letters. But Dm aeli has been in Parliament since 1887, and Bdlwer first took his seat nearly thirty yearn ago. Mr. Thackeray is a pleasant, easy, chatty speaker—tho very man for a first-rate after-dinner harangue—but the qratory which obtains favor in such composed assembly as the, Commons is of a different character altogether. It la not a mixed, it is not a popular assembly. It is a congregation of between six and seven hundred highly educated men, most of them connected with “ the first families,” fastidious to a de gree—and likely to be more so in Thackeray’s cose,, because there is a sort of undefined jealousy in England at a man who has won dis tinction in one pursuit, trying to obtain it, also, by another. It will be remembered, in tho cases of Sheridan and Disraeli— both of whom were coughed down when they first spoke in the House—it was somo time before this feeling yielded to admiration of the un doubted ability of tho men. Politics will lose very little by Mr. Thack eray’s defeat at Oxford. Literature may gain something. 'Mr. Thaoioshay ought to be up and stirring. Wo Cannot expect another “ Vanity Fair,” (Becky Sharpe is a phenome non Who, like the aloe, blooms only once in a century,)'but surely Mr. Thackeray’s pen is not so wholly, worn to the stump that it cannot produce something in the “ Pcndennis” and “Newcomb” line—as for “Esmond,” we devoutly pray that Mr. Thackeray has done .with all of that family. 'We.want a spicy serial, new that Dickens has married off little Miss Dobrit, and Mr. Thackeray ought to set about writing one immediately. the smut of Riot in the city of BALTIMORE. ■k When the London Banker, George Pea body, made the splendid donation of over three hundred thousand dollars for the purpose of erecting lin institution to bo devoted to popu lar education in the city of Baltimore, it must have occurred to many that if that sum had been appropriated to the immediate suppres sion of riot and furbulence in that city, it would have been a better disposition of it. But Mr. PEAsrar was right In his munificent contribution. He preferred, and wisely, to leave time to care the disorders which have afflicted Baltimore during the last two years. He relied upon the influence of education | among the people to extinguish that unaccount able appetite for carnage and disorder which I | has set all law at defiance. And other agen cies have sprung np to assist him in the object he has so much at heart. The quiet members of file community who have permitted them selves to co-operate with the rowdy spirits of BaKiinore, havo at last opened their eyes to the fact that they have become parties to all this guilt, by refusing to unite in vigorous measures against it. Tho remembrance of tho scones of the last presidential campaign in Maryland iB a most painful one. But oven this might have been overlooked and might have been charged to the excitement too often resulting from contests for that high office, had not subse quent events proved that the encouragement then given to fraud and to violence had only made these elements more powerful. ' It has not been disguised that while politics has had muoh to do with these sudden demon strations, yet that any pretext has boon seized by .the leaders in these riots to produce popu lar commotion and bloodshed. In evidenco of this we need only instance the tearing up of tho rails, and the attack upon the passengers on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, because the. officers of that road had adopted certain no-, cessary police regulations. There is no part of our country which con boast of more intelli gent leading men in party movements than the State of Maryland. Some of the first intellects of our age have represented Maryland in the National Legislature. Her history is identified with many of the most Interesting events of our two wars with Great Britain. At this day we might point to a long list of orators, poets, scholars, lawyers and statesmen resident in Baltimore and, throughout the State, and yet notwithstanding this, all this influence generally and heretoforejuniversally potent to control and to tnmqqilize tho public mind in hours of the greatest excitement, have not been able to “maw a rush” against the torrent of licentious and Heaven-ofifending violence to which we have already referred. Late indica. tioifS, however, os we have said, assure us that the day is come when better temper is about to resume control. It has been a long time asserting its sway. Wo havo waited patiently, but with amazement, for the hour; In a late number of the Baltimore Patriot, which is one of the leading American papers, we observe a manly protest against tho attempt of certain men to overawe tho primary elec tions which were held on Monday evening last, in that city. The Patriot declares its de termination, and evidently Bpeaks ior o large class of conservative men now attached to the American organization, to oppose any nomi nations made by this fraud and force, and calls upon its political associates to sustain it in the stand it has taken. Americanism was one of the pretexts for this lawlessness. Un fortunately it became tho basis of that organi zation tn too many other great cities, and the only surprise that has been felt was that it coald.so long maintain any footing, much less be sustained for a moment by respectable members of society. The hour of peace and penitence has come at last. ' We have no doubt that in the difference that must ensue between tho despotism of the vio lent leaders of the American party, and tho [ conservatism of those who have patiently sub mitted.to thlß despotism, the Democratic organization will be greatly benefited. This is as it should be. The groundwork of that organization Is one which should address itself to the confidence and support of the whole population of thejState of Calvert and of Car roll. Ita guardianship of the rights of tho South, its .liberality on questions of religion, the moderation and justice of the Administration in Washington, tho recognition by that Ad ministration of the old line Whig element, so powerfully displayed in the late election, and so immlstakeably recognized by the nomina tion of Mr. Grooms as the Democratic coudi date for Governor of Maryland—all these events added to the dissatisfaction whioh has naturally, as we believed would bo the case, grown up between tho conflicting elements In tiie American organization, ought to givo to the Constitutional party in Maryland an easy victory in their election in October next A large portion Of the cliff on Goat Island, between the Biddle Staircase and the Observatory, foil on Bunday afternoon. At the time of the fall four pertoes were below the Pall*; about half way from the Biddle Staircase-to the tower. They werb near the water’* edge, and the falling rooks relied down upon them, after striking the base of the uernendioular ellff. One, a gentleman from Pittsburg, was so badly burt that his recovery is doufetfuL His aknll is broken, and he has also a free tare of tho hip. A gentleman from New Haven, Mr Williams, had his arm broken, but was able to climb the SUin&so unassisted. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1857. CORRESPONDENCE. FROM CAPE MAY. The Press— Dull Season—You** AJ>» scarce—Columbia If op— Young America— Gambling —Cottages—Railroads, se. [Correspondence of The Press.] Cap* I&fcANo, May 3. The arrival of the boat, on Saturday, brought us an unexpected, though quite welcome stranger, in the person of The Press. e dhn assure you that its appearanoe among Canning’s red jaokets was quite a novelty,’ and when your humble ser vant went to Canning for a’paper, ho had both the disappointment of knowing that all were gone, the gratification of learning that ten times aq many could kavo been sold.' 'tfaH# since Tap Press has croatod such a furore^ we might say, here, it would be as well to let Its readers learn something of what is actually taking place upon the island, whioh, though they inhabit, they yet kpow nothing of. We hoar from Newport and Saratoga, that they are terribly dull—in faot, that all tho northern waterlng-plnccs aro deserted. If this be true, Cape May has reason to rejoice, not for being so dull, but in her good fortune in not being duller. Wo havo Beck’s Philadelphia Band, which many will remember having oroated such a sensation at Wabank. In truth, between bathing, driving, music, dancing and drinking, we all manage to kill time very agreeably, There t*as a hop at the Columbia on Thursday evening. The large dining room wns crowded, containing probably some five' or six hundred people, The ladies,'as seems to be the general oosa this summer, were largely In the ascendant, and together with tho young men being scaroe, those that were there seemed to be entirely unacquainted with the ladies. This state of attain you aro aware, tends to dampen the spiritof a hop, pnd floor managers generally pay but UUIe atten tion to making the company acquainted; this, howovor, was in a great degree obviated by the extraordinary exertions of the floor managers— Jos M. Davis of Philadelphia, and James lliss of Baltimore. It went off most beautifully, and wo noticed among the throng many from Congress Hail and other places, who do not generally come to tli e Columbia. When people leave home to spend tho summer at the sea-shore, they are actuated by van »us causes-— soma tor health, some for bathing, some for fashion’s sake, but at all events, everyone desijcs to onjoy themselves whilst boro, and in doing so they adopt different plans to o&rry out the same object. Some think that rousing tho island by calathumpian sorenados, or playing buster till day light, accomplishes their object, others think diffe rently. There isa very fast party of young men at Congress Hall, some at the United States, and some at the Columbia; they generally play buster till they are busted, drink till they are drunk, and finally turn in when all othors are just about turn ing nut of their bods. This is tho manner in which Young America spends their summer recreation. Thoy return home -recruited and finally die about the time they should oommence to live. There are other amusements here we must not forget, vis: the tl blue pig. l ' Do your readers know of tho u blue pig V 1 Let us tell them. It is a faro bank and is situated directly at the foot of Perry street, just opposite the Ocoau House. It is here that young men, aye ! more than young men goj when heated, or excited with wine. They may win once or twice, but it is unfailing that theymustloseoventually,in conflict with experienced gamblers. Although gam bling is in itself & great evil, yet there would not be so muoh cause for rogrot, if only small sums were thus lost, but, unfortunately, very large ones are thus fleeced from the unsuspecting, through the agency of drugged liquors and expert dealers. Wo henfd that a gentleman was thus robbed of $5OOO lately, and brought home almost craxy, the result of whioh is a weeping family and a heart broken wife. However, they cannot learn in a better school than experience. There are, por hnpß, between three and four thousand people on tho island, including those in private cottages, which, this year, are more numerous than formerly. They aro distinguished for their beauty and com fort, and as your correspondentfrom Newport says of that watering place, they aro indeed the so ciety of the Island. The majority of them are on Lafayette street, though there are many on Wash ington, Decatur, Am On tho street fronting tho Columbia Lawn, there has been a Club House erected. Let me Bay, now, one word relative to the enter prise of the hotel proprietors and natives of this place. They desire, of course, people to come here, and complain muoh if the season be. dull; but does it eve renter Into their calculations that they should subscribe to the railroad from Weymouth to this place, a distance of some forty miles, or therea bouts? This, undoubtedly, would bo of Immense benefit to Gape May, for all agree that Oape May is suporior to all other watering places only in tho facilities for getting here. Well, seeing what a benefit must accrue to it from railroad communi cation, Is it not wonderful, not to say outrageous, that the natives, or hotel keepers, do not endeavor to consummate the project. The a tern truth mutt bo mot at once. Cape May is behind the age, and must either build a railroad or go down, as it boa been doing for the past five years. Tours, Ad., BERKS COUNTY. [Correspondence of The Press.] t Reaei.vo, August 4,1857. To-day ttio Democrats of Berks were assembled in their Annual County Meeting. It was a large, enthusiastic and cheering assemblage of our sturdy yeomanry; every district in the county was re presented, and ail wore animated with a common purpose—-the success of Demooraoy. Tho Hon. William M. Hlester presided; upon taking the chair, he made an eloquent and able address, in which ho referred to our past triumphs, our future prospects, and the universal satisfaction felt by tho peoplo with oil the nets of the National Administration. In this connection he remarked that the people, at the end of President Buchanan’s term, would do as they had done with Jefferson, Madison, and Jackson— demand his re-election. This assertion was greeted with enthusiastio ap plause, and the rosponso which came from the honest hearts of the Domooraoy of Berks, is an evidence of their determination and desire to give the President in 1860 a majority greater far than the glorious one of six thousand ame hundred and fifty three, given last fall. Addresses of groat ability wore made by the Bon. J. Lawrence Getz, Jacob K. McKonty, Jere miah L. Hagenman, and Edmund L. Smith, Esqrs, Tho committee on resolutions, through their chair man, Biester Clymer, Esq., reported a Tories—3ouns and national in character, which woro adopted amid much enthusiasm. Preparations were also made for the delegate elections anil convention, and tho fall campaign. You will porceive that wo hnvo buckled on our armour, and in October next Berks county will give a majority unequalled even in her own glo rious history—a majority worthy the law-loving freemen who hovo novor yetcountonanoed an ism, and a majority which will attest to ourDomocratie brethren throughout the State, our gratification at the nomination of out own Strong. Tho “Republicans” held, what they called, a meeting, yesterday. It was a cold and spiritless affair. Fanaticism, and tho higher-law doctrine, do not flourish on a soil in which rost the bones of the heroos of every war waged by our country in defence of freedom, nationality, and the Union. “Old Bkrkb.” COMMUNICATIONS. [For The Press.] WHERE SHALL THE POST OFFICE BE LOCATED I Your correspondent, in yesterday's Press, over the signature of “ Cltiaen,” would do well to read tho articles he criticises before he again attempts to ridicule or condemn them. The writer of the article in your first number never alluded to tho cellar” of the Custom House; never alluded to the removal of u partition walls” that tho “ten architects” say will cost $125,000 ! But what he did say, be repeats —thgt one of the most conveni ent and best ventilated and lighted Post Offices in this or any other country can bo mode in the man- - ner he proposed, and at tho expense.he estimated, with an agreeable covered passage through from o‘icstnut toLibfary atreot, on tho one side for all persons putting in or taking out letters, and on the other for mall wagons to pass through to do- Jiverand receive the mail bags; leaving betweon these passages and the main present building suf ficient space for the performance of all the busi ness of tho office in the rcoelpt, distribution, and delivery of all the mails and letters; leaving out of view tho space on the Library street front, which is of itself neurly or quite oqual to tho whole areaoooupied by the present Post Office. Ho also re-asserts that this can be fully lighted from tho “ roof,” and will require no “ gas,” but only the light from heaven. Ho also repeat* that all this is the opinion of Major Bowman, from examinations made on the spot. But this is not a matter that cap he settled or even benefited ,by this kind of discussion. There has been too much crimination and recrimination —tot) much attention given already to the interests of “ property owners,” “jobbing politician*}” ohd “ architects,'' and others of that class of peopl# who, whenever any public money i« to be expend ed, clamor for the plunder, and ridicule the sim plicity of any one who may think the public inte rest should be ho nestlyaßtiecon&i&ically regarded. All the writer of this orUole desires is to ceil publfe attention to the subject; and to suggest to the Government that it would be well before one dollarfmoro is expended, to obtain the opinion of competent disinterested architects and practical builders, whose opinion will be entitled to respect; as well as to ascertain the most suitable location for the offices needed. i THE COURTS. fi OopnToF, Quarter Sessions—Judge Allison.— ConUnttuUon ofihe Trial of the Prophetess, Anna fr l *~Tho <1 ntores tin this extraordinary case oi fraud and'delusion continues unnbated. Tho rooiu yesterday was again crowded with the vietimiwa, Mid persons anxious to catch a glimpse of the features of the prophetess, or rather priest ess of these unholy rites. ®he;itill maintains her composure, and listens attentively to the testimony, which is very strong against her, and displays the most astounding amount of credulity .on tho part of her victims. We glvp a very full report of yesterday’s proceed ings, and shall continue to do so from day to day 1 until the case is olosed. There are still a number or witnesses to. be examined for the prosecution. Tho witnesses examined to-day wore principally mon, whioh shows that her dupes woro not (os has been stated) exclusively of tho weaker sex. Henry Bom, sworn.-— First became acquainted with Anna Meiater about a year ago; don’t reeol loot who took me to her house; wont there pretty nearly a year; I heard from Mrs. Muller, that Mrs, Zimmerman gave $5O towards the watch; they prayed to God at the mootings; they preached at ojwe when the meeting began; she closed tho meet ings with prayer. 1/tiinger, worn.—Knows defendants Elizabeth Monitor, Muller, and Caroline Werne; went to tho meetings at Meister’a house; she gen orally'preached out of the Bible, but she said the Bible was false; she said she expected a new Bible from heaven; her text generally was that the world was coming to an end; that tho time was now corao; that there was only 40.000 to be left, and that only those were to be savod who came to hear hor; sho said tho world was going to come to ®nd at Philadelphia; she said she was the sister of Jesus Christ, and that the Holy Ghost preached through her; every Sunday I saw Miss Zimmer man there; but lam notsooertain aboufcMrs. Zim merman ; Mrs. Muntzor came to me with a paper, and said that that paper had been received from hea ven, and on it was what each ono had to contribute; she said that those who helped to buy the watch and chain will attach thoiusolves to that chain, and be carried by it up to heaven; I know nothing about the silver cup or the silk dress; to the lilac dress Mrs. or Miss Zimmerman did not contribute anything; I know that, on one occasion, I saw Mrs. Zimmerman give Anna Meistor a five dollar , note. Crqss-examined by Mr. Pettit.—l became ac quainted with Anna Mcister at Mrs. Muller’s; I wont almost every Sunday to tho meetings; she generally proaohed about tho ending of the world; she preached cow was the time when tho world was coming to an end; she generally said that only those who believed in her doctrine would bo saved; I have not tho knowledge to repeat what she did say exactly, but that is what I understood from her preaching; she said that only those who clung to hor could be saved; she exhorted hor hearers to believe in the Trinity, but she said she was the Holy Ghost. Re-examined.—l believe the doctrine she preached at that time; we had to believe it. Question by a Juror.— What was tho reason you left her? Because there was a great deal of con- i fusion in her congregation, and I thought it bettor to liave her and roturn to my own church. William. He wees, sworn.— Lives in Pasch&U’s alley; I attended the meetings; there were gene rally about fifty or sixty persons present; Anna VLofofiX.preached that she was the daughter of God, tjic sister of Jesus that she was ihe third person of tlte blessed Trinity in person; that she had been sent hero to redoem the sins of the people of Philadelphia; she said that wo had to contribute towards her in order to redeem those souls who have beon already lost; I believed hor dootrinco at tho time; tho watch and, pitcher had been puroh&sed before I joined her congregation; I don’t know anything about Mrs. Zimmerman’s gifts to hor; tho reason I left her meetings was that Anna Moister said that a Mrs. Baker, one of those who cluug to her, kept nil the commandments, and as she said she know every thing that happened, and I know that Mrs. Baker did not do as she said, I did not longer believe in her; one of her commandments was that wo wore net to driuk any oofleo, that we were not to use any tobacco, nor eat any onions; that all these things caine from tho devil; she said she got all these commands from God, hor Father. Cross-examined by Mr. Pettit.— She said she {Ot all these commandments from God, her fathor, )ut that she herself was the Holy Ghost; sbo said wo should pray to God fifteen timos a day; it was with my free will that I joined the sooiety, but I. after I joined it, I had to contribute; the rule was that every member was to contribute to hor; there was no compulsion to contribute, but any ono who wished to continue a member should contribute; upon these conditions only could any one remain a toembew Pranets JBeelmanunoam.— Lives in Fifth street, near Cherry; I first bocamo acquainted with Anna Master about a year ago, in January; I hoard her trench, and she said those who did not go to ior 'could not go to hoaven ; she also sail that those who did not attach themselves to her, could never reach heaven; I did not hear her say any thing about contributions. Crost-ezamined. —I attended four or five times; It colt mo nothing; Mrs. Muntzor nailed upon me to pay four dollars, and shewed me a paper; it was tor a watch; she said she had boen sent by Mrs. Meistor. ! Eicholtz, worn, —Knows all tho do endants; heard Anna Meistor preach; sho said she waa the only ono who could save souls; that ministers and priests and churches woro sent by the devil; I believed everything she said at that timo j I was as stupid as the rest; there was a contribution to a erown for Anna Meistor; she wore it at a festival; It was mode of silvor, I believe; It bod stones in it; eho said that those who contri buted to that orowu should be the first to go to heaven. Cross-examined-— I did not see Mrs. Zimmer man there every time I went to the meetings; Anna Meistor advised her followers to pray at home os woll as there; I contributed with my free will, because it was said that whatever I con tributed would be returned, if over I left the So ciety ; I remained a member about sovon months; I got nothing baok. Peter Wiser , sworn. —l am a tailor; I live In George street; I know all the defendants; I at tended at tho meetings, aRd hoard Anna Meistor ireacb; I went there for about four months; never leard any thing about contributions; she said in her preaching that those that did not believe in her preachings came from the devil; I had a child very eick, and I was told there was a woman who could oureifc; thafc wwnan was Anna Meiater; lay wife took tho child to her, and I went along ; wo asked her if she could save tho child; she said she could, if wo would do as she told us; she rubbed something on the child’s breast, and it got better there, but inflamed a]] over the rest of the body; I took tho child afterwards to a doctor; it has since died- No cross-examination. Phitapeano Kxehl, sworn. —This witness’s tes timony was only a repetition of the lust. Mrs. Mast , who was examined yesterday, re examined.—Anna Moister said at ono timo that she had reoeived directions from God to hold a feast; that every member had to contribute to this feast; tho festival was held at iny house; there were fruits and fish, and so many gallons of wiue; tho table hod to bo sot in a particular way, whioh, sbo said, tho orders camo from Goa; Mrs. Zimmerman, Becker and myself 'paid tho expenses of tho fonsc; tho feast wos in July; Anna Moister was dressed in white satin, and said it was hor wedding drees, which she was to wear in heaven, with Jesus Christ; the festival lasted three days and three nights; we eat tho food and drank tho wina that was there, and Anna Micstcr preached; she said that this feast had beon ordered in this way from hoavon; sometimo before she said that persons who be longed to tho Soofoty should eat certain fruit, and drink certain wine, and none others; she said that money was coming to eaoh of tho mombors from heaven, and Carollno Werner said she saw tho money counted out in golden cups, and’it would he distributed by angels. Cross-examined— l believed all this at tho time, if I had not, I would not havo attended that fes tival. Mary Reims, sworn— Knows tho defendants; was at tho feast; I hoard her preach; she said it was not Evo that committed sin, that it was Adam; that all sin was brought into tho world by man; sho suid she was ono of tho Trinity; I know she baptized ft child after death; she said it should be baptised to save it; I did not beliovo in her preaching. Cross-examined— At tho time|sho preached I belioved hor, but I found out afterwards that nothing she preached camo true, Mary Russet, stvoru—Tho testimony of this witness merely corroborates the previous tes timony. William Ifart conviotod of passing a counterfeit $5 note on tho Philadelphia Bank, was sentenced to 1 year’s imprisonment in tho Philadelphia County Prison. Windmill Snips.—-Tho Hiario de la Marina states that Signor Carbiu, of Cuba, proposes a new system of propelling vessels by the building of windmills on the decks of his ship, with great wings, from whioh tho motion is communicated to sldo-wheels similar to those of stoamships. The models have beon successfully worked; and it only remains to be seen whothor tho foroo of tho wind will bo sufficient, whon thus applied, to givo vessels the velocity of ordinary Bailing ships. If this problem is satisfactorily solved, tho Diario pays it Is evident that a windmill ship will bo able to soil just as well with a contrary as with a fair wind—because, it being perfootly easy to alter tho position of the wings, they may bo always opposed to the wind, whatever direction it may blow from The inventor has asked tor the protection of a patent from tho Cuban Government; and, ns soon as it is granted, he will oommcncu to make bis ex periments upon a large so&le. The Potato Rot.—lt is a matter of regret, aa it is a matter of imroonse importance to the oow mynity, that the disease which has for several years affected one of the most important oropa of the country, has broken out again with virulence in all directions around the city, upon all sorts of soil, and nearly all kinds of potatoes. Although there were slightsymptoms of the disease upon the vines of a few fields, no serious alarm has been fol t until since the deluge of rain last woek, which seems to have devolopod the rot in the tubers, until they are affected to a dangerous extent-in some oases in fields of early potatoes now being dug for market, it ifl found that one-fifth of the potatoes have to be sorted out—some of thorn are completely rotten. Other vegetables oro affected by the same disease.—iVel# York Tribune. The steam frigate Roanoke arrived at New York on Monday, from Aspinwall, with two hun dred of Walker’s filibusters on board. Between twenty and thirty of them wore sent up to the hospital far medical treatment. THE BURDELL TRAGEDY. THE MVSTERY MORE COMPLICATED. Astouudlng Disclosures* A. FALSE AND FRAUDULENT HEIR. A FICTITIOUS CHILD-BIRTH. THE CHILD AND ITS SEAL MOTHER. Mrs. Cunningham, Dr. Catlia, the Nurse, and others* under arrest. In The Brkss, yesterday morning, we gave a brief synopsis of tho re-arrest of Mrs. Cunning ham, alias Burdell, on the oharge of falßely pro ducing as infant, pretending it to bo the issue of the late Dr. Harvey Burdell. The New York papers furnish the full details, from which we ex tract tho most important .points bearing on the caso: Mrs. Emma A. Cunningham, “otherwise called Burdell,,, is once again in the hands of justice; and though the offence with which she stands charged this time is of a less benious character than that of which a jury bos so recently declared her “not guilty,” there is not now a peg on which to hang the slightest “shadow of a doubt” as to her thorough and complete guiltiness of this her last offence. Tho crime for which she is now in the hands of justice is a supplement to that terrible tragedy whioh took place ut 31 Bond street on the night of the 30th of January last, when Dr. Harvey Bur doll was assassinated in the mysterious manner and under the circumstances with which all the world is familiar. Having claimed to he the widow of the murdered man, and to bo consequently en titled to her widow’s portion, or third of the fuTgo estate of which he died siezed, tho relatives and next of kin bare boen ever since disputing her claim in the Surrogate’s Court. Hundreds o? wit nesses have been oxamined ou eaoh side, any amount of false swearing has been done, and the question was for the present lying in abeyance, awaiting the result of a commission sent to ex ammo a witness in California. To anticipate the judgment of the Surrogate, to incline the chances more strongly in her favor, and at the same time to obtain, not a third portion, but the whole of the estate in litigation, she resolved to produce an heir, which in legal presumption, if not in physical, would have to be taken aud regarded as the child oi her alleged husband and tho sole heir of his largo estate. It was in the consummation of that scheme that she has Just been detected, and it is for that of fence, punishable as a felony—imprisonment ten years in the State prison—.that she Is now once more amenable to the laws. Tho facts, as they have boon disclosed in the affidavits and evidence taken in the matter, are substantially as follows Rumors had been rife,' following the murder of Dr Burdell, and tho allegation or Mrs. Canning ham of her maariage to him, that that marriage was not to be an unfruitful one. It was rumored that Mrs. Cunningham was in a condition that promised, in due time, to add one more to the population of the city. She herself did not deny the truth ot the rumor, but adopted every means to givo it tho appoarance of .truth., Gradually the circumference of her girdle was observed to en large, and she revealed Confidentially to several persons ibafc she was . pregnant. Her counsel broadly intimated so mu£n when she was on trial, and arguments before the Surrogate have been based on the assumption that there would be au heir to tho Bnrdell estate forthcoming in due time. a While she was still an inmate of the Toombs, awaiting her trial for murder, she communicated the interesting faot of her pregnonoy to the Ma tron of that establishment, and by her “ make up” and other corroborative circumstances, removed all doabt from that lady’s mind, if she evor had any, ns to the reality of tho claim. Sbo also consulted Dr. Uhl as to her condition, 80d got him to pre scribe the medicine* fitted for a lady so situated. Dr. Uhl had been hor physioian some time previ ously, and was an important witness in her favor on tho trial. He does not appear to have had his suspicious aroused at first. Subsequently, and after her acquittal by the jury, sho again on several occasions consulted Dr. Uhl, and desired to engage his services on the eventful occasion whioh was soon to arise. He sug gested to her the propriety, in view of the import ance of the matter, of having a preliminary exam ination mode by two or more respectable physi cians. Mrs. Cunningham at first admitted the foroo of the suggestion, and expressed herself will ing and anxious that the necessary preliminary examination should be made, requesting Dr. Uhl to make arrangements for it. The Dootor, how ever, could not fail to perceive that she avoided such an examination as he proposed. This and other little circumstances which he noticed, awa kened his suspicions, and led him to believe that tho pregnancy of his patient was all a sham. He communioated his suspicions to his counsel and somo friends, and was advised to place himself in commtmio&tion with the District Attorney, and inform that functionary of oil be knew or suspect ed. Be did so. Mr. Hall, who had suspected from the intimations of Mrs. Cunningham’s counsel that thii trickwoula bo attempted, urged Dr. Uhl to continue to wink at the doeeption until matters should be fully ripe for, a complete exposure and detection. The Dootor at first demurred to what might be regarded as a vio lation of professional confidence, but it was sub mitted to him that he was bound, as a good citizen, injustice to the whole community, to lend his aid to the complete working out and consequent exposure of the fraud. Theseargumontsovorcomo Dr. Uhl’s conscientious and professional scruples, aud he went right into tho game. At ft subsequent interview, which the Dootor had with Mrs. Cunningham, she made a dean breast of it; sho admitted that the idea of her boing pregnant was all a humbug; bat expressed her determination to hnvo an hoir, let it come from whore it might, and promised him $l,OOO if. ho would aid her in her plans, procure the ohild, and assist at hor oooouohment. To this, Dr. Uhl assented, and notified the DistriotAttorney of what hod taken plaoc. This latter official undertook the delicate task of finding an heir for tho Burdell property. He as certained through Dr. Uhl, that Mrs. Cunning ham had soleotea tho 28th of July, or thereabouts, for the time of her acoouohment, and Mr. Hall was sure that by the aid of the officials of Bellevue Hospital, there would be no necessity for postpon ing the interesting event. Tho plan which Dr. Uhl proposed to his patient,' and whioh seemed to ploaso and gratify her im mensely, waa this: — Dr. Uhl professed to havo tho good luck of being engaged by a woman In Elm street, convenient to Bond, to assist her in her approaching confinement. Thiß woman waa represented to be ono of those ( matrons known as “California widows,” who would be ovorjoyed at being relieved of a responsibility on which hor husband had not calculated. That was just the thing. Neither woman waa to see or know the other, and there need therefore be no ap prehension ot unpleasant developments. So the plan was arrangod. Apartments were procured on Monday, at 190 Elm streot, and were furnished by Mr. llnll for the proper reception of tho lying-in woman. Officers Bilks, Hopkins, Spoight and Welsh were detailed to keep a cldse look out on 31 Bond street. Mr. Hail busied him self on Monday evening, about perfecting the ar rangements. An infant that had been born on Saturday was procured from Bellvue Hospital, and, having boon marked so as to be easily identified! was sent down with a nurse to 190 Elm street! There a physioian was iu waiting, duly night cupped and metamorphosed, to personate the Cali fornia lady ; and Dr. Uhl, we believe, was there to deliver over tho blessed baby to a Sister of Cha rity, to bo represented on that occasion by Mrs. Cunuiugham. Tho hour of nine o'clock was fixed as the time ibr that denouement. Mib. Cunulng hum was to procoed to Elm street, dressed as a Sis ter of Charity, to receive tho little stranger. The meto-drama, of whioh Mr. Hall was tho getter up, stage manager and prompter, went through better than usual, even without tho advantage of areheArsal. Mrs. Cunningham was duly tracked by Captain Speight from 31 Bond street to Elm, and seen to return with a basket containing the baby. Sho was permitted to enter her house; and at eleven o’clock a domiciliary visit was paid bv tho officers. Mrs. Cunningham was found playing the sick woman to perfection, with a nurse sitting by tho side of tho bed holding the child iu hor arms. There wore also present a woman named Anno Burns, claiming to bo Mrs. Cunninghum’s sister, Dr, Catlln of Court street, Brooklyn, and others. She was placed under arrest, together with her nurse, Juno Bell; her so-called sister, Mrs. Burns, and Dr. Gatlin. It is rumored that Dr. Cattin has boasted of having got up the device for Mrs. Cunningham, and that this woman has boasted that sho had Dr. Catlin under hor thumb. Iu this connection it Is also stated as a remarkable fact that this was tho dootor who attendod Mr. Cifnningh&m at his death. At an early hour on Tuesday morning, on ex awination was commenced by Justice Davidson, at the Second District Police Court. The examina tion continued throughout the entire day, up to a into hour in the evening. The Diatriot Attorney was the first witness put on the stand. TUK DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S AFFIDAVIT. A, 0. Hall being duly sworn, deposes end says—That ho is District Attorney of this county, and has been for several years acquainted with Dr. David Uhl, a physi cian of this city j that Bbortly after the 4th July depo nent was called upon by the Raid Uhl, who stated ho had a communication of some public importance to make, and desired the official advice of this deponent : that Dr. Uhl then Stated that he had been the adviser of Mrs. Cunningham, otherwise called Burdell, as her medical attendant, And had been shortly before asked by her to attend upon her confinement; that she had stated to him, the said Dr. Uhl, that she expected to bo delivered of a child by Dr. Harvey Burdell lu the course of the month of August proximo ; that said Dr. Uhl observing by her appearance that she was ostensi bly ena'ente, believed th© safd story, as ho informed de ponent. That soon aftor, (having occasion to ask cer tain medical questions of her,) his suspicions by hor answers were aroused aa to the validity of her story, and that thereupon stating them to V.r.he was con finned in bis suspicions; that Dr. Uhl then stated to deponent that as an honorable man ha deemed such a criminal matter to be without the pale of professional confidence, and was willing, if would serve the ends of justice, to make an affidavit; nepoaent than stated to the said Dr. Uhl, that in his official opinion bis con duct was highly commendable; that an affidavit at that stage would ba of no service, for no overt act, sufficient in law toward a crime had been committed, and sag. fested to said Dr. Uhl that for purposes of public jtu,. ice he should listen to what Mrs. Cunniogham had fa ther to say, aud should ostensibly land himself ,*a r plans to track the proposed crime , tbsfc at firstntronglyobjected.butsfter considering he acceded to deponent's proposal; that detittmxtiraa then by the said Uhl placed is possess! to time—of certain facts which lea to hU.ttfifrfthwM *TaMM from Bellevue Hospital, believea to Us said Mrs Cunningham as thfe ohildof Dr. Bdrd#il*sdK? the said Mrs, Cunningham, Jtthla.wftw end isffir ’rtf the said Burdell to cerOltl fri ji? been informed and beiletMthe gaft Burdelloh hU d* cease left. . tfwtf that la everything which' thoaaid Dr.CW h« d-Dspenanthad- no personal knowv ledge of'Ahy Of,the £ku coutMdUgtt^mJS vfom 1 , affidavit Aetog Sv W®; TWO CENTS. gation may be had In due course of lew. He charm*, on information and belief that the said Hr*. Cunoice h&ra ha* committed the felony of producing an infant fraudulently and falsely representing that It was the child of herself, as Mrs. Bordell, as wife of Harrey Bur dell and or the Raid Harrey Bordell now deceased, as hie father, and, therefore, the heir of the estate which in truth and in fact, aa deponent U informed, and be lieve* the aaid child J* the offspring of .Elizabeth Ander son, an Inmate of Bellevue Hospital. Deponent re quests that the following witnesses may be summoned, who will testify, a* he la ShlormM and rerlly belieres to certain facto now in connection with their names’ briefly referred to, viz : as follows : 1 « Dr *if oh !i De it who procured the child, identifies It. and heard and saw it produced by Mrs. Cun ningham, otherwise Burdell, and herself aa his alleged wife. • ■ Inspector Speight, who eaw the woman believed to be Mrs. Cunningham herself leave Ko. 31 Bond street, to go after the child, and return with it in a basket to the house. A passenger m & railroad car, who Tecogniied Mrs Cunningham going down the Bowery on the night of the 3d August, whose name deponentJe ignorant of. but whom Inspector Speight knows, • Officers Walsh, S. J. Smith, and Wilson, of the Fif teenth parol. who made the arrest and beard the ad mission of said Mrs. Cunningham as to the child. Inspectors Silks end Hopkins, who also were present at the arrest, and actively engaged in it. Dr. Daridt/h 1, who was present at the alleged de livery of Mrs. Conning ham. 6 Dr. Walter B. BotKrts, who has, a, deponent verily be liever, been infonned by lire Cunningham that efce was I alao Mlre He.tnr Van Ne„ p, the f,* - * l '" “/■ “« M «- Wilt to the same tact: aUoMre.Den ” ft® f«» I also, lately a domestic in hire. s ksmUy', to the same fact, whose name de r“' n ‘ d “* not k ”°»i also one Dr. Catlin, who has 0 " " '“ “"“!«« fro® »o house on the night of J 0 na ta oH » then arrested at No. SI IXlVn™ •*’ n d deponent prays that the person of Mrs. Cunmngham bo examined by matrons, further in his Information and belief saith not DU. I)K LA AmOATtT trict Attorney of the county of New York */»•*««« sonal friend and family physician he years past,) he came to this city to assist Mr. Mail in the discovery of an alleged felony: that on the samS day, in company with the said District Attorney, he had an interview with Timothy Daly, tig., w .-denof BeilT- ? u ® Hospital, upon production of a letter from Washing- I. iT? lh i’v. oD w ? f l ll ® Ten Governors; that the said Timothy lialj, EbQ,, furnished this deponent with a remale child two days old, with tho consent of ita mother, “deponent wm informed and believes, and a nurse, with which child and nurse he proceeded to cer tain apartments at 160 Elm street; that there, on the evening of the said day, the said female child wae marked by this deponent with lunar caustic hehild its 1 “ a u, e *. ch * ra .«nd that deponent tied hStWMjf^Tk l y 4 * “l 1 ?!!*® edKiog o! a pocket tbariS e .r C riri T^®4eponent then took a position nn ‘ftT 1 * 1 *» Ho. ISO Elm street, Sift’,?’, 'm ’ B . *“0,« patrolman of poUee, to watch the said premises. That soon afterwards, albout tho hour of quarter-paet nine o’clock, S>. M., this de fS.re.n 1 ". 8 *° 3* tc ® lvo “V one coming ont, wont ya “l“'[ 1 wom “ n ln * h » Bowery on the block between Sleeker and Bond streets coming up toward Bond street with a basket. That de ponent passed very near to her hot could not see her faeo; she was dressed in dark clothes with a close hood on hor head; that deponent recognised the basket dis tlnctly »s one which deponent hsd that afternoon pro- CUr , ed £T! f fro®‘he house of thoDietrlct Attorney, and which deponent had last seen twentyndnntes previ l„a/e riL re .“ ", M m£,m * tr ®«‘ >' flat deponent next tat lulert .5? T 0 carrying the saidbasket around 2SSi of S’* stoo P of and heard the door N< V ! Rmd > thatjost before she etepped on the stoop deponent Saw Inspector Bpeight, r.ot„ro!. t , , .!?'^.' t^ police > “ d called sttentionto the th.t /ho ’ , d ‘frl’ o ”' o * fs informed and believes haolfttuM 4 . I“Pcclor 1 “Pcclor Speight saw tho person enterthe on?o vuJk . d f E ? l i B f ‘ “fi 6 ™*® 3 , between twelve and one o clock at night, at the request of Inspector Bilks, went to house No. 31 Bond street, while the District iSrSh fi 18 ! P 4& M *** and patrol men Walsh, Smith and Wilson, were nearby waitme for I>!lKn^S2sfc« a ifn J’W deponent and Inspector Bilks rang the door bell, but there was no answer Be ““ ran? violently, when the door was soon 23 JaST ‘»“women, who objected to our coming in, and asked whatwss wonted at thia late honr. Inspector ?ndsta??H w^n'^ 1I !'?*' >I T ed * iem Mlvesforthe“om, Kilt**? 5® *“4 Intercepted a doctor who had atatei I infkSim hiSt d ' U ’'*? r| “ Rehouse, and Inspector Dllka said he hod come to see if it was ill right; one of i the women said Mrs. Burdell was sick and could not be seen; we then closely followed these women up stairs, and upper aecond story hail; one of the looked Into the front large room and said, “There are two gentlemen who wish to come in; - ’ a voice said from within, “lock that door-they must not «.me—l tell you to lock that door l 1 ’ The PoUee eamo up Into the room and made arrests. Bat whilst hc /^. re up and Inspector Bilks had gone down J? Mrs. Cunningham was asked by deponent a 0U c J 4^ thi ® chili as the child of Harvey Bur deU? and ahe said‘‘Of course, whose else should it if? a®!* 0 ??? furttersays, wken the officers were up stairs he heard her mj “ Don’t take away ay dear baby from me. 1 Deponent further says that he demanded, in the presence or the officers, to see the uraibilical cord. Mrs. Cunningham and the nurse objected: , After some persuasion they consented. Deponent then removed the bandage, and saw the piece of pocket handkerchief 2* *£® w* there in No. 100 Dim street, but the marks wero not as yet visible, and could not be seen on the following d*y. .Deponent then ded * m 4 c .^ ria * e lJ ln e 9«npany with the District * piUlfShing the said Infant with them, and abooth*lf past oneo’clockon Tuesday morning restored it to the mother, who is named Elizv both Anderson, and is now a patient In the lyina-ih ward toßelieTßeHospitai. We Sea went into the room and Mologized to a Wr in bed, whom deponent was in £^^ b f» 1]e !!?*V >e Mr *- OunnfnghVm, otherwise called Burdell,and ahe aaid, “Whydo you disturb me—l aui very sick!” Deponent looked about the room and saw no one in there but the two women and Mrs. Cunningham in bed, with an infant lying by her side asleep. Deponent went close to the bed end eremined - the jnfknl, »ui »w it wu the rame child he hmi tlut afternoon brought from Bellevue Hospital to No. 190 Elm street & arore «aid ; one of the women osld, “I am the norae.’l and "P-hi * h , U< * «"* P“«4 it to the other side of the bed, and with it in her arms sat down. Deponent then SSi’J. it”? ’St cWId *° ft® U * M > *“ or 4e r that we may see it." The nurse objected. Mr*. Cunningham then put ont her hands on the child, and said, “No’ no.'” Deponent then said, “I am « physician iome in by request of the authorities,” or words to that effect, and then examined the child bythe light, and saw by the face again it wm the same child deponent had brought from Bellevue hospital. Shortly afterwards, others of the police same up into the room, and made arrests. But while they were coming up, and Inspector Dilks hsd gone down to call them, Mrs. Cunningham deponent, “ Do yon claim this child as the child of Harvey Burdell f” and she said, “Of course —whose else ahould it be'” Deponent further says when the officers were up stairs he heard her «?. i ‘ Don’t take my dear baby from me.” Deponent further state* he demanded, in presence of the officers, to see the uwbl. lical cord; Mrs. Cunningham and nurse objected : after some persuasion they consented. Deponent then re moved the handage, and saw the piece of pockethand kerchief on the cord which was placed there in No. 190 Elm street, bat the marks wero not as yet visible, and would not bo until the following day. Depouent then proceeded in a carriage In company with the District Attorney to'Bellevue Hospital, taking the said infant ' and about half past one o'clock on Tuesday morning rei stored it to the mother, who is named Elisabeth Ander son, and is now a patient in the lying in ward of Bellevue Hospital. , EXAMINATION OP OTHER WITNESSES. Inspectors DUks and Speight, and Catharine and George A. Wilt were also examined at' length. Their testimony was of a strong corroborative cha-’ racier. TESTIMONY OF 08. tUL. David Uhl, of No. 41 East Twentieth street, in said city, being duly sworn, deposes and saysl am a physician, and shortly after Mrs. Emma A. Burdell was committed to the Tombs she sent for me to s attend her professionally; I sent word to the District Attorney, Mr. Hall, requesting per mission to visit her; he gave me a written permit to visit her at anytime; I visited her and pre scribed for her for symptoms peculiar to persons wbo are enceinte, and daring one of those visUs X asked her the question if she was in the family way; she said she hod not told that to any onoj and would not answer that question at that time; I told her if there was any thing of that kind it was a matter- of importance that she should be, examined by physicians; in ahother con versation she asked mo how we found out thai persons were in the family way; I explained the matter to her, and she said it wasaj] right, and when the child was bom she did no} care how many dootors were present; after she was released I at tended hor at No. 31 Bond street, and on several occasions she expressed much anxiety for fear ot a miscarriage; thatsbe wanted a living child, so that she could nave an heir to the Buruell estate; oq different occasions I impressed upon her the im portance of having an examination by the phy sicians; and after this she avoided the subject, and seemed to avoid me, and this led me to suspect that there was’something wrong in the matter! after frequent conversations on that subject, I was assured by other persons that every thing na* Mht;| thut there was no 'humbug ■ about that Dr. C&tlin, of Brooklyn, her formed family physician, and myself, should make the proper examination, and attend hor during he} 1 confinement; I went to see her a few days after that, in the evening, and she then told me very plainly tbatsho was not in tho family way, and that we should have to get hold of a child in some way or other, for that Dr. Burdell’s family had acted so badly that sho wax bound to hare a child at all hatards; I did not give her any satisfaction; but the next morning I called on Air. David C. Wheoler, my counsel, and told him the whole case, and asked him what course to pursue; he advised me to koop quiet for a few days, and then to in form the District Attorney of all the facts in the case; I did as he advised, and subsequently called on Mr. Hall at his offico in Broadway, and informed him of all the facts in the case; I told him that I wished to retire from the case; that I wished to have nothing more to do.with it; he thought differently, and thought it was my duty to go on and assist min in detecting and preventing toe consummation of the contemplated crime; I entered partially into the matter and took a few days for consideration, and in the meantime I con sulted several physioions and friends respecting the course I ought to pursue in toe matter, and they advised that I should act under toe directions of Mr. Hall; X did so, and visited Mrs. Burdell oc casionally, and it was finally arranged between Mrs. Burdell and myself that she must he siok or confined from tho Ist to the 10th or August; she was given to understand that there was a lady to be confined in the vicinity, in Elm street, and whose child she was to reoeive aa her own, and it was finally arranged that she should be confined either on Monday or Tuesday night; I then wont to Mr. Hall on Monday, and it was arranged that Dr. De la Montague and myself should engage & room or rooms in Elm street, and'we engaged rooms at No. 190 Elm street, and they were furnished the same day; and Dr. De la Montague went to Bellevue Hospi tal, as 1 am-informed and obtained a child and after-blrthwbieh were taken to No. 190 Elm street. I called on. Mrs. Burdell during the afternoon and told hsrlhe place; she said if the child was born before 9 o'clock toe lady would call for it in the eVening, and if Ifite at night the lady would call for it at, 10 o’clock and remain until morning, and take toe child away early in the morn ipg;?:ahd said she would send this lady around to see the place; 1 then left, .and went .immediately to the place myself, and wait ed,,. looking out of the . front window, and shortly afterwards saw Mrs. Burdell, or Cunning* ham pass the house; she stopped and looked at the ‘door; about 9 o’clock in the'evening I called oi\ Urn. Burdell again; I was shown up stairs to the Second story; the room was Very dark; there was ho light in the room; Mrs. Burdell waste bed, and j pretended to bo in the pains of labor; she said she. . would call toe 1*47 ,wbo was to go, and vri?o«e 'name she would not.teU; she called.her to the bedside, ahd I recognised the person who calls herself Mrs. 'BuHeU'a slater aa the lady she called SufrUfeßktd hef if Mum* NOTICE to COR&JMMXBaatf. Ccrrnjxmlwiti for «tn lurk *S> Jtaa tar M mind th« fgUoirlog min: Et«i7 oiroßiitciHm tirarf b«’ name of the writer. la order to infsrt •£, the tnwgnpkjr, bm 0 U aids of * abut h .written upon;' - T 5 * s - « - . fihjjl be gpreaiV obliged to fentleodin lagMUfrl* T4nl* &&d other State* for contribution* «B* r?nt newi.of the djjia their Inrutlttil^tfcT resource* of the lummndiag ccraatrj, the iMMMoaf population* and any information that will be 'mtii-lliji to thefeiarel redder. 1 * • '*'• * \f* *. ready to go, and she Mid “ft*," tad asked where the black dr&h Whs, and then it 'arranged be* tween us that the tedy should follow me to Ho. ltt Elm st.; that I should wait in the front door lor her, and. that theTedj*hpaM>oid. in her head j» ; white handkerchief, so that I emtio recognise hot; X went to 190 Elm street, aid waited in front cf the ’door some time, e&d finally the lady mm dressed in black, haring a blank hood onr Her head, partly disguising her featuefcXaskod her if she was the person who earn* After the basket; she merely shook her handkerchief end walked *p stairs to the room and took'the basket and west off with it; her manner and fond led me tofceltore that it was Mts. Burdell herself, who came after the child; she* took the basket coafiaintoff ibe ahDd and afterbirth and< left the bouse; in a abort time I left and Went Jo my own housei when X,anired I found that a man had been there mid left word that X must call down and see Mil. Buni«U,tkU*ht Wto about to be confined, and wanted iojeeraeJnsUAt-,, ly; I went down and was admitted by a mis m ' I did not know, and went up stairs and saw Mr*• Burdell lying in her bed, and her sister wad Dr Catlin were in the room ;-tbe child wm lytogtooge corner of the room; ills. Burdell pretended iqhhW. alt the symptoms of severe labor, and after a few momenta Dr. Catlin brought out a tin pall contain ing a quantity of blood, which he tnixea with water * and spread over some sheets, and he wiped kU haada In the blood. In the meantime a lady was seat fot from Second avenue, who was to personate a none, and who they protended waa not in tbs wivt at all; and after a short time the beli rang and I was asked to go down and open the door, as fiat waa the nurse; I went down and opened the door, and the man who let mein in the early part of the evening was there, and told me the nnroe was ready to come whenever she waa wanted; X told him she was wanted immediately; be went alter 1 her, and in about half an boor retained with has; I let them in, and the noise came upstairs jasi as Dr. Catlin was removing the bloody tiheet* nogs under Mrs. Bunlell, and her sister was wtAisg - the child; the nurse assisted lira. BaxdeU’ft rifto? to wash and dress the child, and assisted .pfv*- Burdell, and performed all the operations ssslßy' required of a nurse; X remained until ItwaMft concluded and left the house, Dr. Catlin eioing the door after tne; I did not assist in any e£ the operations; I merely observed what was going Mrs. Burdell stated to me that Dr - Catlin .couSs be. trusted in this matter, for she had him so ecae* . pleteiy- in her power, that he did not dire to disclose any thing connected with the soak* ter; that he hod adhered to her interest daring all her troubles with her first husbapd'-aad A) could rely upon him; I waa avisad by toy "trrayal sot to have any conference with Dr. Catos kfctiJl saw Mr. Hall; but one day ap I was goii>g WpEinad ‘ way, he stopped me in the street, and insisted upetk conversing with me oft the subject; I told him I supposed we understood each other, and there w*»- no necessity ior conferring; he said, **no, we arrange things together;* 7 daring the oonremtiosL he said be had devised this matter for Mw Bor dell or Cunningham, while shows* to tite TtoiTw. «• that he considered it as a justice fee much abused woman; but that they had toads jto‘ their minds that-they must hire * another doctor, ' and that certain parties had. been applied, to to ££ : me in to the, plot; I told him I was in a buoy, aad. if he wished to See me* further on tit sdUtoi, kt could call on me at my Office; X then gotlnto it' stage and went up town; I made nosecretotlh*> but told a number of persons about it. . I DAVID UHt. ; Sworn before me this 4th August, 1857. ."WiCr &. Davjso.n, Police Justice. CLBCUMSTAUCE3 DSDSR WHICH «Q /»«»,»» WAA • 1 ‘ boss. - . . . The mother of the child was admitted totoßglfe* vue Hospital on Saturday evening—heme If. cadi, infant. She left home that afternoon for tia par* pose of being confined in the hospital, but was at** tacked with the throes of labor in the withto a block of the institution.. waa tajtaa into store—a' porter-house kept by ’Mr. J. Donnelly, at theeotoerof Twenty-sixthstreet find' in the totxy of that linen ihs ; waa .delivered of a female child. Xaan hour** •tw6 afterwards; she was conveyed to fhV hoapftu on * a rtreteW, and provided with 1 ti»-p»KPS* ; tendanoe and nourishment in too ’ The entry on the nook of the bfftpital fa aa-itf* Elisabeth Anderson and infant; native efßag land; 37 years of age; maitfed; oeeaßtoteto domestic; admitted at. 7. & 35. ' THB CBH.n’B KOTHXft. '* **' *‘ r Mrs* Anderson is a delicate, mHd-’leekrar l possessing woman. Tracfa of sorrow . are plMniy legible on her face, and though her 2 i is recorded os but twenty-seres, she locto'zoSOT years,older, her hair .befog ?«U«piy gray: She is a native of, Liverpool, fa as been in this country gome nine jwi. ■*•*"/ • ' ’• ;W8 VAXHBJt. * ' . Her husband is an unfortunate,. named James Anderson. He U k 'ifwgj; don, and follows the precarious*pursuit dta i*S ' lessor of phrenology and physiology. / tkwtrni. five cents he wiU manipulate, the bumps rf*2* man s head whose owner win submit to S* tion, and will inform the said tofttet to liqritiee of his diepotitimr and the mind, as indicated by the organs. remarked with a sigh to one tf the that her husband might be wcE ofTifka wSw only take cars of hjmgfdf-. Bat it sctonco of taking care of himsel, far qf tines wlSf ' bo is bound-to protect, is not largely Ida organissu * "XSSSWKB ruK nABs to bb bapthbu | The little child which performed such "a hranb Ml nent part in this remarkable dranto was side its mother in the bed, d*aiiOp toriety which it had unwittingly obtemid. little throg had been privately marked behind eaak ear with nitrate of silver, before being Ukenoci had a piece of ribbon was attached to the vmbSJh cal card. The warden of the hospital nroptoea tiiat in oommemoration of its infantile bffi%nylt be baptised Justitia. The reporter of th JlSraU asked her whether she felt apprehensive last any thing should happen her intent in its abeam*. uh do, sir,” said she, with a smile. “I knew it would be properly taken care of.” . tub F£tSQSXBB. . . » . Dr. Catlin was locked up, and a guard of police were Stationed in the house of Mrs. rnnmnyl,™ to prevent her escape. She is laboring malar strong mental excitement, and is so ill (» k*r medical attendant, Dr. Smith, says) that it would be unsafe to remove her from the room. Th* Die - trict Attorney proposes to make a witn«B of CatiLn. and use him as State’s eyidenee; bat JtutiotJHr vison is averse to such a proceeding, for he thinks ttm accused ought to be held as a principal to the affair, and bo made ,to suffer equally with Mri. Cunningham for the offence, if any was committed by him. , . .T’he .Gadsden Purchase. It is beginning to be believed, now that at tention has been called to the sliver mines of Arizona, that the Gadsden purchase was sot such a miserable speculation as it was repre sented at the time by those who know nothing about it; but that the United States has mads a very good bargain. We cut the following from the New York Timer .* A Silver State.— We have been passing through the age of gold, which ought, accord ing to. the natural order of things, to bars fol lowed. and not preceded the era of silver, .-But the day of the pale face among the preclQUS metals is about to dawn. Our El Dorado has become an old affair, and now we are about to receive an Argentine sister into our Republic. The gold State is likely to have as a companion a Silver State. The projected Territory of .Arizona is reported to boas richly .endowed with silver mines as California is with gold diggings! The Gadsden purchase, if all tho reports from that quarter should prove true, will bo almost as valuable an addition to ©Ur territory os California. The Illinois, on her last I passage, brought among her freight seve ral packages of silver from that supposed desert, which are represented as very rich. These ores were from the veins lately opened and occupied by the Sonora Exploring and Mining Company, and were forwarded by the manager of the Company from Tubsc, Gadsden Purchase, to the office of the Com pany in Cincinnati. ' The late discoveries of silver in tho Gads den Purchase, it is said, are attracting much attention in California. Some of too mines are represented as rich in .silver, and tho pro prietors are only waiting for Government to protect the inhabitants of toe Purchase from the depredations of the Indians, to eater ex clusively upon mining operations.' The* GBa River copper mines are about being worked by a company formed in San Francisco, and there is every probability that a regional country which has heretofore been regarded as utterly valueless, will prove one of bar meat productive mineral possessions. Regulations i jt Regard to tbs Sllß 9F Public Lands. —Mr. Joseph S. Wilson, Acting Commissioner of the Land Office, has addressed a letter to Y. B. Holden, Receiver ef the Wamw, Mo T Land Office, in reply to a suggestion of. that officer, to the effect that, when the office at War} saw opens, after tho Register has qualified, he he authorized a to offer the land for sole in ranges 1 ' Mr. Wilson directs that “in the Sfimfnirtcatkm of the land business of their district, it is the dqtj of the Register and Receiver to receive applica tions tor the purchase or location of any lands in the district subject to entry at private sale, in the exact order of the filing of applications and tender of the consideration , without restriction as to ranges, taking care sot to allow a monopoly of pur chase in favor of any one person, and not permit ting each to purchase at any one time more than the extent of an ordinary entry. Where greater quantities are desired by any one the party must take his turn, according to the princi ple here laid down, until from time to time ae may be accommodated with proper regard to the equal privileges, and rights which others may have to make purchases. Under the shore regulations, the praotice'of offering the land in the manner pro posed cannot be sanctioned. Martin Hallorap, a superintendent on the railroad, was murdered at Steubenville, Ohio, on Saturday night last, by a party of drunken row dies. The murderers escaped. It is said that the cost to Allegheny ©QUitfy, incurred in the trial of the hTKeesportmurderers, will exceed $3OOO. There were some sixty wit nesses called on behalf of the commonwealth, and ten or twelve for the defence- The bill of Dr. King, of Philadelphia, who examined the elctiw, and who experimented so elaborately open the blood, wilt form a large item in the costs.- It is now stated that no opposition will b# made by Brigham Young to the execution oflhe laws' hr the Federal officers. Brigham Young tel not written & letter to the President, a 9 was stated but he sent him a Mormon newspaper, with a article, official of couiue, marked on the margin, i which Brigham’s policy is set forth as enta nt peaceful, and ntadisbte to the United BteteC «Y 9, v -K