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Ev YORK HERALD. New York, Saturday, Jannary 29, 182% rhe New York Lancet, Vo.V. T Number of this valuable Medicwl Journal, istued thie mo ug, contains Cor of Dr. Mort's Lectures on Surgery. ryeue’s Third Leoture on the Spinai Mar- Dr. H. D. Butxcey’s Lecture on Cutsneous Diseases. ws of New Medical Books kiitorial Articles on‘ Professions! Pedlars"—the ce- Yvbrated Controversy between De. Casrexten, of Bris tol, England, and Professor Parse, of New York. Dr. R.S. Kissam’s Apparatus the Cure of Curva- Spine, with Engray n sby street Clinigue New Operation by Doctor Sor Panxen—The City Laspe lections from the Foreign J gence, anda variety of n ¢ This is the cheape { most interesting popular me- 1 in the world. Each number contains a matter equal to eighteen columns of the Price $9 per annum, single copies, 6 cents. City Hospital Reports— _ Operations by Profes- tor’s Yearly Report—Se- sals—Professional Intelli- Aical perio <qaantit Herald OP Ti) Bowtan Weexiy Heracy was published at this office on Tuesday morning—and is now for sale. It contains 4 continued report of Colt’s trial, with engrav- ings, up to the day of publication. Price two cents. The Coustry In Danger — What Is to be Done? ‘The country is in danger—what is to be done? xe reputation of this republic is menaced by an- archy—why are the people asleep! In all the large where the banks are suspended, the spirit of misrule prevails, and mobs threaten to break up the foundations of society, tear down buildings, and disgrace the common country. Where are the peo- ple of intellect and intelligence ? li is time—it is full time—it is high time, that soime great movement of the people should take place in this m'ghty metropolis, as a guide and a light for the whele nation to rally under. Oaly look around us and mark the deplorable events ofthe day. Cincinnati is under the dominion ofa mob for days. Philadelphia is threatened hourly with insurrection against her suspended banks. Bal- timore is on the edge of a voleano—New Orleans is in a state of great and growing excitement, which will probably end ia insarrection. The whole coua- try, where the banks are suspended, seems to be on the edge of revolution, riot, disorder, blood and dis- organization. Butithisis not the worst—while the country isin this deplorable situation, growing out of the disorders of the currency, and in the revolution in commercial affairs, what do we see in Washington? What do we behold in the capitol of the republic? What line of conduct do the representatives of the people pursue? The speetacle atthe Capito! is even worse than in Philadelphia or Cincianati. Both Houses of Con- gressare disgracing themselves in a higher degree than the mobs apparently justly d by the sub- lime knaveries of the financiers. At the wessern end of the Capitol we have an honest patriot as Chief Magistrate, and a cabinet of able councillors. They have performed their seve- ra! duties in the ablest manner, but Congress para- lyses their efforts, and renders nugatory all their efforts to restore order in public affairs, to reani- mate the credit of the Treasury, or to furnish a cur- rency fur the use of the whole country. How loag is this state of things to be borne ? Let the honest and moral people rise in their majesty, and demand that the representatives of the people shall go to work and perform their duties, or ad- journand go home. No time is to be loet. Let the first move be made inthis city. The whigs, as a party, have disgraced themselves by their divi- sions and dissensions; they ought to be swept out of existence forever. Let the people rise as repub- ficans, a2 Americans, as democrats, and support that branch of the Government, that yet indicates the possession of self respect, patriotism, or sound policy, and suund sense. JLouse—rouse —rouse—rouse—rouse. eit Colt's Trial. This most extraordinary trial will be brought toa close to-day. It has already occupied nine days A day and ahali was spent in procuring a jury from 340 persons; six daye were spent in hearing the evi dence; 79 witnesses were examined for the prose- cution, and 41 for the defence. A day and a half has been coneumed by three of the counsel in sum. ming up, and Mr. Whiting, whocloses, will occupy ‘The whole of five hours this mori till the re- cess. Afier that Judge Kent wil! deliver his charge, and the cause willgo totne jury about five or six o'clock; about dusk this evening, Such is the present jstate of the cas What the verdict will be, it is impossible to conjecture. The readers of the “ Herald” have had the best and full- est account of this testimony spread before them, in ourcolumns, from day to day, and are able to udge for themselves. We hive given correct out- ines of Mr. Emmett’s and Mr. Smith’s speeches; one for and the other against the prisoner; and shall give the same of the speeches of Messrs. Selden and Whiting, in the Hereld to-morrow (Sunday) with the fullest and most correct report of the charge of Judge Kent, which, from all the circumstances iu the case, will, doubtless, be one of the mest in- teresting ever delivered. Altogether, this has been one of the most singular trials that ever took place in this er any ether country. Jt throws the Peter Robinson affair far into the shade, There the wife of the murdered Suydam was not breught into Court. But here, first, es we have the widowed wife of the murdered Adams placed upon the stand; then the dead man’s coat cut to pieces, held up before her to be identi fied by her. Taken the wedding ring taken off the dead man’s finger is put into her hand, and she iscalled on to indentity,it, and does so by try- ing iton her own finger. Next we have the box—the murdered man’s coffia—and the awning—the dead man’s shroud—brought into Court—reeking with putrefaction; and turned over, and measured, and shaken, and deliberately displayed before the jury, whilst the lid of the coflia, soaked in bloed, is barnt up to light the fire in the wateh house. Next we have the victim of seduction—the wifeless mother of Colt’s searce breathing infant, placed on the stand to tell how her seducer looked, and slept, end ate, alter he had killed his fellow man! Asif this was not enough, we have a horrible array of doctors dis puting about the halt a dozen holes in the scull of the murdered man—and some swearidg that he was killed by a butiet—others by a hatchet. And as if this could not suffice, we nave the murdered body of Adams dragged from the charnal house at noon day— the head cut offfrom the shouldersjand the scull—thte horribly mangled scull of Adams wrapped up in a newspaper, carried coolly under a doctor's arm into court,and placed upon the corner of the judgment seat a ghastly witness for his former friends and foes to gaze wpon with horror and dismay. Last scene but one, we have part of the clothes, and the contents of the pockets of the dead man at the time he was killed, dug out of the privy into which they had been thrown at ths time of the murder— keys, half dollar, pencil-case, and all, brought :ato Court, and handed round for the inspection and edi- fication of the jury. Lastly, to cap the climax of this “strange, event ful history,” the prisoner's counsel rises at the last hour, and reads a full confession of the whole affair, written by Colt himself. And well-dressed ladies crowding into Court by dozens to see and hear the woole affair. If this be not the strangest trial ever known, then have we yet to learn tle fact: aad yet the counsel on both sides talk with well feigned astonishment of ahe excitement in thé city tt ar Lanes.—Cha:| He looks very em Jitchell is again d—almost like a y man Hi, B.M. Sine Texvetmsovs, hence ; rrived at Der- ands in five days passage ‘ TRAM ON The Arzancie.—We mentioned the other day that James Buchsnaa, Esgr., British Con- sul at thisfport, had been appointed the official agent {+r the various lines of mail steamers, which the British Government have just established to tra- verse the Atlantic, the West Indies, and the Gulf of Mexico. To this extensive arrangement, Mr. Bu- chanan connects a system of receiving and of for- warding letters for every part of the world—and his well known capacity and attention to business will command, at once, the confidence of the public. We annex the details of the arrangement. By this it will be seen that New York becomes the centre of a vast system of steam navigation across the Atlantic. When, ia the course of next summer,the French Government shall have thei fourteen large steamers on the waves—and the Belgians their four or six steamers afloat—together with those that will be builthere and in England—all connected with New York, we shall be enabled to throw Boston out of sight—eut of mind—out of breath, and out of all patieaee. The following is a list of the places included in the scheme of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Com- pany, and to all of which mails may be forwarded. The foreign possessions, (letters for which must be Barbadoes, Belize, Honduras, Berbice, Bermuda, 2 *Cape Nichola Mole, Hayti, *Carthagena, *Chagres—N. B. A mail for Nevis, the Pacificf will be made *New Orleans, up st Jamaica, and for- *New York, worded to Chagres, from which place it will be sent on by the agent to Panam. *Charleston, *Curacoa, Demarsra, Dominica, *Fayal, Azores, Gesnade, jaloupe, Halifax-N. B. Letters for all parts of Nova Scotia and N, Brunswick, must be charged onthe Depaty, Postmaster Generel of Halifax; those for Canada and Newfoundland must be sent to Halifex es “For- ward on Halifax.% “Havana, { Letters for the Paeific will be liable to the rate of two ings per half ounce. Gvir or Mexico Mistaicr, (Fingt) stantine rrom Ha VANA ON THE 26TH OF EACH MowtH, at 2 P. M. *Paremaribs, Surinam, *Ponce, Porto Rico, “Puerto Cabello, ‘Santa Crue, *Santa Martha, “Savannah, . Jago de Cubs, \t. Juan de Nicaragua, *St. Juan, Porto Rico, St. Kitt St. Lucia, *8t. Thomas, St Vineent’s, ‘Surinam, *Tampico, Tobago, Tortola, ‘Trinidad, TurWs Island, "Vera Cruz. 2p & a =F Starting Port or Place. ~ Arrive at 2 Pe ?3 ge 5 ‘3 Daote. dik Havanato VeraCruz, 810 10 ath, tem, 3 9 ee) — = _ = Vera t Fur toTampico, 25 10 let, 2am, 412 Stop at — — = Tampico to N. Orleans, 710 4th, 77M, 8 8 topat — - = N.Qrieans to Havana, 630 10 68 — — 7thirm 1038 Stopat * -=-- tt ee! Totals, 2355 4 240 26 rar Tanz No. 2—Baxnsvors, Gutana, &e., STARTING FROM Banuavors at 8 A. M., oF THe loTH OF RacH MonrH. Rey 2 J ig T so ge Fi Starting Portor Place. =3 3 ER Arrive at al 32 393 43 ; i? Ps = $2 8 &$ Airs, Wrs. Date. dh. Barbadoos to Tobego, 190 10} 18° — — 20th, A.M. 0.18 atts = eS be 2 Tobagoto Demarara, 310 8) 97 — — = i topat - = 3 coal Demarara to Berbice, 80 s-— top at = - 3- Berbice to Surinam, 18) — 15 — — topat —-- - n= Paramaribo to Berbice, 136 10} 12 — Berbiveto Demarera, 30 — 8 = jerbire to c - - Cyt —— = 108 coals, — a Demarerato Tobago, 310 — 30 — — = ms Stop at * —-- = 3- = = Tobago to Barbadoes, 120 8] 15 — — 3d5am. 1591 Btopat “ -- - = = b Totals, 1300 9.3 193) 221} 15 00 Tapie No. 3—Havasa amp Noatn American Srations, starting PROM Havana av 2PM. oF THY TTI OF EACH MONTH, WHEN TH® MONTH Has THIRTY Day. iy Starting Port or Place. “2 § & Driveat 22 wy F #2 > a. dch. Havana to Nossau, 112 Stopat — — — a Naseau to Savannah, 460 10 — lth tire. 4 9 Stopat —- = = a Savannah toCharleston, #5 9 = S Ci) —— = = ‘ork, 610 8} Asth, Sam 7 16 Siop at —-- _ = mat New York to Halifax, 529 &} — 1sth 6 rm. 11 4 Stopat _-=— onls - Halifax to New York, 620 & 7 top at -- cal N. York toCharlesten, 610 8) — 9th, Sem. a2 1 topat _ = = po Charleston toSavnnah, 85 9 - - =- lop at — = = — SavannahtoNessau, 460 — M3 51 Stopat - = = Nassau to Havana, =) th, tase 26 at Btopat * coals. Totals, 30 00 Prexwiestaxa.—This new and fashionable move- mentis etill on the advan The tailors begin to turn out Boz breeches—the aners to make Pick- wick petticoats—the confectioners are making up Samivel Veller candy—andthe grocers think Boz tea an excellent beverage. Tere are further speci mens :— Tue Dickens nas comn—Gnear a Ena 1x tHe Countay.— The Dic the wkole country. dickens he has neral response.“ Wha shall we show him off 7’ “ Who'll have him in keep- ing?” “ Who'll have the honor of caging gnd baiting the Lion?” There is upon all these grave matters to be great agitation, ond parties will form, and sects will di- vide, for lo, the whole country is to be crazed because “Bor” has come. Thus our iiteroteurs ure already in motion, and some of them, no doubt, have six weeks hard work, day and night, on hand. Inour city, several gentlemen have been summoned toa preliminary meeting at the Astor House, where after due deliberation, it was decided to give Dickens, in the nt ball. ‘There are to be twelve principal] works—dancing—fancy dances in Boz’s characters, Xc. &c., the mode snd_man- ner of which, in due time, the committee will define.— gentlemen the spe ory sensible, and will be very satisfactory, if well carried on.—New York Express Appress To Boz. ‘They'll tope thee, Boz, they'll soap thee, Bor— Already they begin! i dine thee, Boz, they'll wine thee, Boz, yl stuif thee to the chi mother thee with victu with fish, and flesh, Our authorlings will bo: Bor, and chickens ! e thee, Boz, Will coax thee for thy autograph, ‘And likewise locks of halt Bewere, Box! take care, Boz ! Of forming false conclusions ; Because a certain sort of folk Do mete thee such obtrusions ; For they are not the people, Bor, ‘Those templars of the cork, No more than a church steeple, Boz, Is Boston or New York ! (Journal of Commeree. These are excellent bits of badinage. The arrival of Dickens is a new era inthe history of mankind. Since the creation of the world, and the fail of man, nothing like it has taken place. It isas if Shakes. peare had risen fren the dead—it is as if Milton had left Westminster Abbey, and crossed the Atlan- tic—itis as if Byron had burst the cerements of New- stead,and arrived on this eontinent—it is as if Walter Scott had raised up his head and.#poke across the waste of waters. Dickens is the author of a new Species of literature. He has elevated the common police report to a level with the classical novel.— Homer raised the songs of Greece tothe lofty epic— Shakspeare gave to common nursery tales the highest elevation of the drama—Scott took up the border stories urd transformed them into the clasei- cal novel—and 80 has Dickens raised the simple po- apghaish to the highest rank of modern literature. honors that posterity alone have given neers tert © given heretofore to authorship. How droll! hew funny! Go ahead! Apropos—lickens has lost $100,000 in this for want of an international ¢ “ ountry yyright law. Why make pa parse and buy him a of & corner of janat’ tiesuri or Bostox.—Deaths last week, 40. Popu- Cra 90,08). OF thee five died of consumption and oon. Qcestion.—The following isa synop- sis of this very important bill, as introduced into the present House of Assembly :— The commissioner of common schools in each ward ry the power to a to hold oflice their pleasure. They shall have the powers of school commissioners in th vera] towns throughout the state, except as to the formation of school districts, The schools of the public school society, the New York orphan asylum schoel, the Catholic orphan asylum school, the halfforphan asylum s 1, the school of the Mechanics’ school society, the Hark rposes of this . ts, adequate to the support of a school shall desire to establish one as a district school in any part of said hae they shall sub- scribe an application bebe | to the commissioners, who may grant a certificate for that payee. The per. sons thus associated shall constit! school district,and may vote a tax for banding, hiring or purchasing a school house, which, with all taxes voted by them, shall be assessed upon them according to the valuation of their real and personal estates upon the last assessment rolls. Provision is made for reporting the number of pupils, nature of studies, &c. Commissioners may withhold ap: portionments and revoke certificat perly managed. The commissioners shall have charge ofthe State moneys and city taxes devoted to common schools, and shall apportion the same them. Such money shall be paid to the said schools in propor- tion to the number of pupils they @ received exempt frem the payment oftuition. The surplus, if any should remain after the deficiency from such an exemp- tion shall have been supplied, aball be appropriated to as reales supply of boooks and stationary for the pils, ™No apportionment shall be made en acoount of any pupil who pursues studies other than spelling, reading, Writing, arithmetic, English grammer, geography and ry. Governor Sewarp ayp tne Leortatune.—The breach between the Governor and the legislature is now as wide as that which separates Captain Tyler fromCongress. What a singular coincidence between the Government at Albany and that at Washington! Governor Seward has sent another message com- plaining of the treatment given to his first. Wrong for once! ‘What is the use of denying the Gover- uor “more last words,” before he goes the way of all flesh? It is cruel and hard-hearted. Let him have as many messagesas he pleases. There is a consolation in talking over one’s griefs—but still, if we were the Governor, we would do as Toin Ben- der took hanging—“grin and bear it.” Tue Rev. Mr. Van Zanpt.—The Ecclesiastical Court at Rochester, before which the second trial of this reverend sinner has been held, have closed their preceedingr, and it is said that three are for acquitting him—two for condemning him. Their decisior to be communicated to Bishop Delaney, who de- termines the question whether the Reverened gentle- man is to leave the pulpit or to remain. The Court meets again in Oswego, on the second Tuesday in February. If Bishop Delaney cannot decide till he knows our opinion—we hereby state our belief that the Rev. Mr. Van Zandt should be forgiven and retained. He will preach better eermons before than after—and he has a long life yet to repent and make up his ac- counts with Heaven. Besides, we can safely say to the pious clergy—“ he that is without sin among ye, pick up the first brick and let fly at him.” Rexiciova Moyauents.—The Rev. Asa Mahan, the perfectionist preacher of Oberlin, who has been preaching for the last two months in this city, at the cofner of Delancy and Chrystie streets, has accom: plished more than could be reasonably expecied.— He has drawn off from the different Methodist and Presbyterian churchee, (to say nothing of sinners, Universalists and Unitarians) about four hundred souls, who are determined to form themeelves into a new society, the name of which isnot yet deter- mined on. Some of the pastors of the churches who have lost members, are up in arms about it, and have told their people that if they attend Mr. Ma- han’s preaching, they will lose their souls. We pro- pose that an immediate reconciliation take place be- tween Mr. Hatfield (Presbyterian), and Sawyer, (Universalist). They are both fine fellows, and are laboring alike to save souls from ruin. May the Millenium soon come, that universal peace may reign in all hea To rux Eptron or tHe Boston Taaxscnirr—Tremont Housc, Thursday morning, January 27th, 1842 Lob: serve in some of the papers atement res, ig Mise Caroline Henshaw, the mistress of John C. Colt. The statement that lenshow is the daughter of Gen. De Wolf of Cuba. she was born in Providence, R. I., married to a gentleman of this city from whom she eloped with Colt. Nothing can be more untrue nor out- rageous in its baseness of character. Miss Henshaw, or the person known by that name, is in no way related to the family of Gen. De Wolf. John C. Colt never saw but one danghter of Gen, De Wolf, and she is the wife of his brother, Christopher Colt, Jr.. a gentleman of the The lady upon whom 9 most empt has been made to fix this damnable calumny, 4 acter, and is one ef the and none but highest respectability. foul at the design of inflicting sv an injury upon an inoo- cent and virtuous family. mit me, inthe absence of Gen. De Wolf, and in justice to the lacerated feelings of the lady thus grossly sud maliciously slandered, to pro nounce the statement false in every particular—a most cruel and wanton outrage—whese author deserves the severest punishment the Jaw and the public mind can inflict. Respectfully yours, ies vis EDMOND B. GREEN. The black-hearted and inhuman slander, to which the above refers, was not published in any respecta- ble paper in New-York. It first appeared, we be- lieve, in one of those depraved sheets which rise up like exhalations about town, and are conducted by persons who have taken their degrees in State Prisons or Penitentiaries,and are devoted to the chronicles of depravity, filth, and disgrace. Tur Pacxet Sar Exoraxn.—We have in hand a very beautiful lithograph of the packet ship England, Captain Waite, executed in Liverpool, re presenting her inward bound, off Poiat Lynas, making signal for a pilot. This celf-same packet ship Eagland is one of the handsomest of the New York lines—makes rapid passages across the broad waters—has a first rate commander—a beautifal cabin—choice cuisine, and sails again on the ih of February. Whoever wants to go to England in comfort, take a passage with Captain Waite. He makes his voyages out gener- ally as fast as the steamers, and they are mach more comfortable. Eaaty in tue Fiero.—The ebolition State Con- vention, held at Peterboro en Thursday last, nomi- nated Alvan Stewart, Esq., of Utica, for Governor, and Charles O. Shepard, of Genesee, for Lieutenant- Governor. The price of wool is riz. Wnat’s re Usion wontn 1—The lives of all the abolitionists surely. Tur Weatnen.—This winter is not wishout a precedent. In 1817, the winter was mild and open, without snow until the 24th of January, when ve- vere cold weather setin. So mild had the season been, that in January, white pond-lilies expanded their leaves and appeared in full bloon. We ex- pect pond lilies to bloom this wi Cnsar Fert —Coal in Philadelghia is only $6 perton. It will be lower still. It must come down to $5. The hard-money age is at hand. Crear Breap.—Six and a half pounds of wheat- en bread sell at Natchez for twenty-five cents. Flour six dollarsa barrel. Tueatnicats—Mveware.—Now that the Park is shut up, the beautiful Chatham is the “cock of the walk.” The Bowery is in a bad condition—and will probably shut up eoon. The Franklia is epen to-night forthe German Opera. Let them have a good house. Sylvain, Stephan, Turnbull, Pareloe, are all dan- cing at the Chestnut Theatre, Philadelphia. Syl vain is the master-spirit. Ann Sefton, a very beautiful woman, with a fine foot and a bright eye,is at Harrisburgh. Dempater is still in Philadeiphia giving concerts. Braham hasbeen very successful in Hartford and Albany. Knoop is giving conrerts ia Bostoa—Llerwig les- sons—Boz bowe—and Pickwick speeches. pneatelaretabite es Fer or Ion —New York Bay, and the Delaware. y ing much curious and valuable in- Mmetion, is published thi morning, at 62 Wall etrect f schools impro-. Albany, {Correspondence of the Herald.) Acsany, Wepsespar, Jan. 26, 1842. The weather has moderated again ; aad from the mild and genial state of the atmosphere, we may again imagine ourselves transported into the month of May. The ladies have made their appearance in great numbers, and their attendance in the Legisla- tive halls has been very large. They have been re- paid too, for although there has been but little busi- nese done, there has been a great deal of talk, and the debates of to-day inboth houses—the Assembly in particular—have been characterised with more pi- quancy and vivacity than any that have occurred as yet. Ia the Assembly, a great many petitions were pre- sented and referred; alter which Mr. Hoffman call. ed for the consideration of the resolutions offered by him yesterday, calling upon the State officers for a liquidation report. After some slight amendments, they were adopted, and sent to the Senate for con- currence. Mr. Tamotry then offered a resolution to the ef- fect that Monday the 7th day of February, if the Senate concur, both houses shall go inte joint ballot for the purpose of electing a Secretary of State in place of John C. Spencer, resigned ;-A Comptroller in place of Jehn A. Collier, who is hereby removed; an Attorney General in place of Willis Hall, whose term of office will expire ; a Treasurer in place of Jacob Haight, whose term of office will expire ; a Commissary General in place of Adoniram Chand- ler, who is hereby removed; and a Surveyor Gene- ral, in place of Orville L. Holley, who is hereby re- moved. Also, on the next legislative day thereafter, both houses shall select Canal Commissioners, in place of thesix present incumbents, who are hereby removed. The resolutions being joint, under the rule lie over one day. The report of the Bank Commissioners was received. Mr. O’Sutuvan reported im favor of the bill re- pealing the New York Criminal Court bill, which, together with the report, was erdered printed. Mr. Tasstix, from the Committee on Public Printing, reported a bill for the appointment of a State Printer, and the regulation of the public print- ing. Whether the bill will pass, or if it did so, could go into operation, I am not prepared to say ; but a more just and essentially demoeratic disposi- tion of it was never proposed. The prominent fea- tures of the bill are as follows :—It proposes that the State Printer shall be chosen in the same manner as is the Secretary of State, and any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner. That the printing of all legislative documents, &c. shall be given to the State Printer, or any other person or persons who shall contract to do it, giving proper security, at priees at least ten per cent more favorable to the State than are paid at present. That the contracts shall not be for a longer period than one year, and shallrun out on the 30th of September in each year. The law to take eflect immediately, and all others conflicting with its provisions are peed: The day upon which the election for State Printer is to be made is the —— day of ——, 1812. Alllegal advertizements in the present State paper to be pub- lished until the time they are required to be continu- ed by law shall have expired, and to be vali All blanksto be printed for the use of the Ca: missioners to be given out to the lowest bidde: bill was referred to the committee of the whole. The committee of the whole took up the bill for the incorporation of the village of Chittenango, Ma- dison county, and a most sprrited debate ensued, which continued until the close of the sitting. In resuming the discussion, Mr. of Kings county, eaid that there was something more than merely the incorporation of a village involved in this discussion —there was a great principle, whether property should be the test of merit. He was opposed to granting exclusive Privileese to this particular vil- lage, and so it would be if the amendment, striking out the words subject t» taxation, in the enumeration of qualifications requisite for voters at village meet- ings, was not adopted ; as upon examination he had found ihat almost overy charter granted to villages was without this odious qualification. Gentlemen objected, on the grouad that it was unjust _to allow anindividual to vote away the money of another one. This amerdment would leave the qualifica- tions the same as at town meetings, where every voter took part, whether it was proposed to lay a tax or any thing elee. ir. aie Mr. Ssrrn, of Gemesee, said it was a principle which he hoped would never gain ground in thi State, to allow the interference of aman who had not the slightest interest in the matter, in the dispo- sal of hia neighbor's property. He looked uyon it as mere bucaneering. He held that only those should participate in the imposition of taxes who were obliged 10 pay them. This bill proposed no- thing more—it did not interf+re in the elightest with the elective franchise. en: Mr. McMurray contended that such principles were worthy only of the Hamiltonian age. ho paid the taxes? only those whose names ure on the agseseors’ roll? No, sir—it was the laborer, the hard working man—the huge paw, who did it. 1t was the hand of industry—industry, hard working industry —not speculative industry, who puid all our taxes, He was sorry to see a jealousy evinced against the oor—a disposition to make property a test of merit. it was unfounded in principie—unfounded in expe- rience and practice. Tne hard working hand vf in- dustry was always found raised in support of eco- nomical expenditure and reform, and it was the rich who favored taxation and lavish expenditure. And why? Because they know "tis the poor man who hes eventually to pay the tax Who sent a majority on this floor, pledged by every principle of houor and consistency to retreachment and reform— the rich? No—’twas the hard working laborer and mechanic, who were pide found in the ranks of the party which favored euch measures. The strides of civil liverty and popular rights was onward; they were as yet but in their infancy. Though a young man, he might be permitted to raise his voice in warniug to the party—he cared not which—that at- tempted to stop it. Deep disgrace and lasting op- probrium would be the inevitable result. li was said tnat the father of Themistocles, whea his gon was about entering in the sea of politics, endeavor- ed to dissuade him from such a purpose. He show- ed him upon the sea shore a pair of broken oars, usedas long a3 they were sound, and cast away when broken. He compared them to politicians and political parties, who as loag asthey were sound and upright, enjoyed the poy ular favor; but swerving from that path, were cast aside and for- gotten. So it would be with our party, if they de- parted in the least from the great democratic princi- ples. Tneir fate was certain. He maintained in conclusion that all men were created free and equal, and property should never be made a test of nierit. Mr Cxarriecn, (the Speaker) rose and said, he would tell his yeung friend from New York, that his democracy had not as yet taken such strides as to admit that all men were created equal in the ex- tensive sense taken by him. That applied to their political rights,which were not born to them,but cre- ated. His democracy had not as yet taken such strides as had his friend from New York, who favored the extension of the franchiee, even to ne- roes. If all mea were created equal, why was not the gentleman endowed with the faculty of clothing fact in plain unvarnished speech, instead of in tropes and figuyes, wandering about culling a nosegy here and aboquet there, losing sight of his subject in the maze of words. Had the gentleman gone a little farther he would have found that the instrument from whence he derives his authority, expressly states that all men are also endowed | with lite, liber- ty and the pursuit of happiness. ‘his guaranteed him theright to dispose of his own property. A good deal of sharp shooting followed in the course ot the debate. “Mir. Swacknamen, in alluding to some observation that fell from Mr. Smith, of Genesee,said, “why, it was enough to make a horse laugh to hear the gen- tleman talk of poor locofocos puting their hands in- to the pockets of the nich, when every body knew it was the rich who robbed them.” Mr. Surrn rejoined that he had been told it was enough to make a horse laugh, and he perceived (looking at Mr. Swackhamer) ithad been sufficient to make an ass speak. (Laughter.) Mr. Grant now got up and commenced a speech about matters and things @ general, and the demo- cratic party ia particular. It was growing late, and members desired to be spared the infliction; one member told him “ barking uy the wrong tree;” others crie: off,” and he reluctantly gave way to. Mr. SwackHamenr, who rose,he said, not to make a speech, but merely ask the committee what kind of intellect must that man have who when he hears au ass speak rises to reply. (Laughter.) The Committee, rose and reported, leaving the bill precisely where it was when they commenced Another day's discussion may be expected onit — The House then adjeurned. In the Senate, to day, a greater part of the session was occupied in a discussion growing out of the ex- punging of the Governor's Message from the jour- nals of the Senate, and en @ protest sent in by the Governor againat that proceeding , which Mr. Strong moved shouid be returned to him. Small potatoes was very severely handled during thie debate, which was very long. *the democratic Senators deciared thatthe war with the Governor was no longer to ve a defensive one—they had submitted to insults or enough, The Bankrupt resolutions were also debated. A bill was introduced to repeal the New York Criminal Court Bill. : Mr. oflered the following resolution, which was adopted : That the President und Directors of the New York and Albany Railroad Company furnish the Senate with @ statement showing, “ Ist. The cmcenl ‘of stock subscribed prior to the tst January, 1840, and also since that time; and whether any and what amount ef stock has been subscribed uj any condition or understanding that the avails should be Spplied te the peer rection of ~, partic\ _ sai } Or upon any and w! my srretoetenane” 07 at Tua Prt “Qd. The smount of cash paymen's actually received by the treasurer of said Company, the amount actually Spaniel. soe the objects to which the payments have “$4. The money now actually in the hands of the treasurer of said company. “4th. Whether any person, and who, have been per- mot to AaB at Age bag cage directors of said com- m stock u Pen kasama: os Pm oe Pr “ oth. What persons now stand upon the books of said oman | +f egeomenpeataty oe to what amount, upon hose 6 cent been actually made in bn pei Poe _The temperance City. A young men’s portior greement se is advancing rapidly in this 1 temperance society has been formed, and its signers already embrace some who have been the most diasolute young men of our city- The older class cf our citizens are aleo waking up, and some of the mew converts to the cause are amongst the first men of our city. Among them isa distinguished gentleman, who was for many bs Recorder of the city, the son of Mayor Van eccten, and others of the same clase. 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The only American reprint of the Comedy, ‘ What will the World say?” can be had at the Mercury Ottice, peice six cents. 0G> Sevenat of the hands in our offic cured of coughs and colds within the la Sherman’s Cough Lozenges. They go at once to 106 Nassau at. get some uf Shi ‘6 Lozenges,and the next day they are well. Dr. Shi 278 Bowery; 188 Bowery; 77 Bleecker and 227 Hadsou street, N Boston; 29 South 34 street, Philadelphi have been week, by OG- Tur New Woatp or Satunpar, Ja. 29, is filled with fresh and valuable materials, received by the last steamship. Among its interesting contents are a capital story from Blackwood (supposed to be by the Author of Ten Thousand a year) culied the “Heiress and her Friends"—“ Wilton Harvey,” by Miss Sedgwick, contin- ued—*Mary Tudor, or the Passions” Taking of Basing House,” by Oliver Cromwell—Letter from F. J. 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This beautitul tragedy, in the hands of such performers, we are assured is of itself sutticient attraction to fill the house from pit to dome ; but “ to make assurance doubly sure,” the grand spectacle of Undine, which, with its gorgeous scenery ond effvcts,continues to delight crowds of aumirers, is performed, and the unrivallad Ethio- n extravaganza singers, Diamond and Whitlock, ap- Lary therveoulernien., , tKE.—JuveriLe JupiLeR.— nd interesting perform- fternooa at three o’clock, for the gratifi- ies and children. Horse riding, rope dancing, balancing, comic singing, extravaganzas, &c. ke. will be the order of the day, and the little ones will be delighted. To-night Mi err takes@ ben: fit, and resents a host of new names of talented volunteers. weeney, the Banjo play; pears for the last time. Mr. Derr deserves a bumper, and the endless variety of attractions put forth will ensure it. OG- Muses. 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Thus does your valua- ble medicine operate in the multiplied capacity as a relief from the torments of diseace, and a soother from the vgonizing pangs of restless and disordered agony of min No. 8 State street, Boston, Mass. ; Z: Philadelphia, Pa.’ and at 07 State street, Albany, 0G-_No Rerixctions.—When one strolls through New York ofa dark night, knowing how much “pipe- laying” has recently been done, and seeing how few streets are lighted with gas, he very naturally asks where are the fathers ofthe city ? Philadelphi Pitts. burgh,and New Orleans have long since hand- STREET — st N. somely lighted ; the latter place by the exertions of a Mr. Caldwell. Among the great luminaries > ly the names of Culdwell, Doctor sition. Lardner, an man, deserve a conspicuous se; the Caldwell, of the Crescent City, fur his ente: Doctor for his perseverance in elucidating the move- and the other heavenly bodies ; and benefit he has conferred upon society, by his Magic Razor ~: A worthy namesake of the inventor, keeper of the New Custom House, says he uses one,and every body knows him for the most happy being : having more heart, more wit, and more weight, than existe within four blocks of him. The Collector ul immortality by placing it upou the desk of clerks, if it were only to improve their tem- Bers, and sharpen their jokes, a8 wellas their penknives. jut go to 102 William street, try the improvement, and be convinced, if not already #0, that this ie not all ‘about gas. Tue Dasonire.—Granpsean’s Mepicivan Hain Comrosition —The rlority of this ointment will be known by its results, and by the quick and evident man- ner in which it destroys the dandriff. In three or four doys the epidermis assumes its accustomed elasticity. it cleanses the hair of those innumerable pellicles, seen only by the eid of the microscope. Thisis the first stage of the disease. The roots, having become free, imme- diately expand, and the hair quickly assumes its natural appearance. To avoid every possibility of a return of the disease, it will be necessary to continue the use ofthe ointment a short time after the entire disappearance of the dandriff. Nothing can be more detrimental to the hair than to allo: dry and dead particles to remain preventthe young proper strength ; the vivifying ltesmmg through thecepillary tuber, ind {rom the want of this necessary nourish: count of the numerous causes and , cannot be neglected without nding bringing in its train great thinness of hair, or perh. baldness iteelf, as the hair is uot only inpispentabie to the harmony of the ph omy, but like wise a preser- My egainst numerous diseases, such as inflammation of 1c be agen in the head, &c. &c. ke. It is also kuown, that the head, having lost its natural Protector sgainst’ the cold, and from the exposure to which the brain is liable, is one of the undeniable causes ‘of several discases which ultima‘ely prove chronic. ‘The great number of heads which came under my ob- servation, and the long time | have devoted to this snb- ject, warrant assertion that this leprous disease ef- fe s ravages on the phrenological divisions 11, 16, that the loss ofthe hair usually commences in 13, ally in men number 10; but baldness on ion of the cranium, is occasioned by causes you will find in Grandjean's Treatise, No. 1 Barclay st. ‘The children will hat glo Splendid performance is to be given there t future Saturday afternoon, fur the eccommod: milies and schools, who cannot conveniently attend in the evening. They canspendjbonrs profitably here in exe amining the endless variety of curiosities which this imm nee building contains. The wouderful medel of the city of Dublin, the stupendvous Falle of Niegara, with real water, and the Pneumatic Reilroad, with its cars, constantly running, can be seen to-d Also, the beau- tiful views in the Grand Cosmorema. Performance commences at 3o’clock. A similar performance by La Petite Cerito, Master Henry, Miss Taylor and T.G, Booth takes plece this eveni: Is Nature or Art the strongest} Qg- That we'll prove. A certain young friend of ours living in Bleecker strect, was attacked with fever ; his poor burning head had destroyed the hair, that great. est ornament of man or woman. He tried to restore it in vain. He saw in “ The Herald” a statement that W. Tomkins, 94 King street, N. Y. and W. Power, a grocer at Brooklyn, and others had had their hair restored by if of Coral Circassia; he tried it, and that heed that was bald at the top, and the sides of which was co- ith rusty dry hair, filled with dandritf, that was yut fast, was, in aionth from that time. covered perfectly beautiful dark hair, frem the use of this alone, This is sold at §2—mind the right number—s2 Chatham street. Ask for Jones’ Oil of Coral Circas don't bay it unless the label is signed, in handwriting, careful. J. Jones. Soclety. Sg The Members of the Franklin Temperance Society are requested to attend the regular mon’ meeting, this evening, the 20h instant, at bail. past seven o'clock, 11 jietory Room, corner of Ann and Nassau street .N B—A punctuel attendance is requestet, a matter® of importance are te be transacted mn of PLUSTSCRIP —————_ ‘fs No mail south of Norfolk, a Wasnurorox, Tavnepay, Jas. | After the presentation of petitions in the Ser during the morning hour, the bill to repeal the B| rupt Law again came up on its third reading was supported by Mr Bayard and Mr. Renton, opposed by Mr. Choate. . Mr. Bayar complained that on on this eub thetoric had run into extravagant hyperbole, T| had heard much of five hundred thousand pe! being shackled and manacled, with Byves on arms, and all this todescribe the condition of a who had voluntarily and freely contricted ob! tions which he was unable to pay, and from the ture liability to pay, which the law will not charge him, and thisextravagant picture was d too while there was not a State in the Union wh had not provided laws by which, in sucha cor tion, he could escape frem incarceration en gi up his property. There had also been 4 monsyj exaggeration in the number of bankrupts. By last census the whole number of persons eng commerce, manufactures, or trade, was nine ht dred thousand, and yet they were told that t Were 500,000persons in a state of bankruptey. In G: Britain, which was emphatically “a nation of sh keepers,” during a period of 108 years—from 170 1808—a Period the most thriving and prosperou: British commerce—there had been but 11,000 bi mpts. He next traced the history of the bank ‘system, to prove that it was instituted tor the be} fit of the creditor, and was his remedy agains: partiality of the debtor. The object of the ii ent law originally was to discharge the debtor f: imprisonment, but the object of the bankrupt was the distribution of the effects of the debtor the benefit of the creditor, and to arrest him in career of prodigality. The first insolvent law passed in England, 1759, and was’called the.““Lo Act,” by which it was provided that if any pe: who was taken in execution for a sum lesg in amo than £100, consented to give up all his péssessio he was discharged from imprisonment. But so nacious were the framers of the law of the right the creditors, that the discharge was made depe: ent on the consentof the creditor, but if the cred persisted in keeping the insolvent in jail—th then said that the creditor should pay ¢ shillings and sixpence a week for the ind vent’s support. But on the contrary this | was but a e, to be use Wins owt hisashes wad obligaivns’ suciie tere men who been “gutlty, in many cases, the most wanton extravagance. It went beyo and contemplated an object entirely different fr the system which must have been in view of framers of the constitution, when a provision incorporated in that csi to ere Congrd ower to a uniform gi bankropy Tarcoghsn une United Staten “4 ke Mr. Croare said the re ive feature of 9 bankrupt law was the only one om which he b ever felt a moment’s anxiety; but he sustained it, the first Lees because he represented a credi' State, and because that State, on the ground of hege adhered to the repoaecire feature bill. Massachusets had manifested a disposition] try the bankrupt law; her Legielature had pasd resolutions in ita favor twice, numerous petitid had come her citizens, who had property the amount of at least $30,900,000 entrusted out| every State of the Union. He didnot stand the to put it to the account of a romantic humani that Massachusetts favoured retrospect bankrupt law; but to a keen, farsighted © interest. As the law now stands a vast of assets was beyond the reach of the creditors, low them where ead would; they were bu: in the earth he ten thowsand contrivances, he sorry to say, of fraudulent inetrumentality that, debtor might have something to buy his hiberty have something to support his family. But pase law—let it go forth ing liberty to these tha sands of debtors, and what would be its operatio Tostantly "the assets which were heneath earth would be disinterred, and the creditor wo: get something where now he got uothi ind the debtor would get liberty ati be read ed to the psravits of commerce. Massachuce looked to ra to become ese ransomed debtor customers. But in the next plsce he should vote the retrospective feature of the Bankrupt Law, cause he thought they had a mora right ac @ vernment to passa retrospective Bankrup: Laj and because they had a strong, clear case of pab policy for sees The gentleman from }e<| ware (Mr. Bayard) had said that the bill was uu; because it was to be used as a sponge to wipe out isting debts. In that objection there wasgreat weigh and if itwere notover borne by a great amoun public usefulness he chould hesitate to give it support. At a period when the public mi was relaxed and debauched—when the cry “repudiation” rung in their ears—-it was a light thing for the government to wipe out en isting debt, even of a dollar ; and if it was not o borne by ten thousand larger considerations of q foeets he should be half incliaed to go against ut he entreated the light toned morality of Senate to remember that this objection was q peculiar to the Bankrupt Law: every inso! law that the world ever saw, was exposed to same objection ; but sound policy demanded it! It was amongst the duties of a government enforce the rights of humanity and to reiie| the debtor from the hopeless state of pr tion in whieh so many were now found. He, th fore, advocated the bill as a work of bp gered There was nothing ating in our a wiether they looked at home or abroad ; a!» there were increasing chantes of war—at fon doubt and distrust ; destroyed confidence, distract councils, and discordant voices of those that «nor be brothers ; and yet above all theee siv sounds, if the law was allowed to go into fore. the let February, the sweet silver trump of jubid would be heard with the morning’s dawu, sweey through the morning air, proclaiming deliver to the captives ; and oh how much would thie to enliven, if not to dispel the gloom, which around prevailed. Mr. Bewron’s reasons were not given beyond reference to the arguments on which he relie when he introduced his bill to postpone the open tion ot the Bankrupt Law ; for while he was yet the threshold of his subject, apprehensive ci @ to speech, and desirous,to coerce him into silenc the question might be taken, the whig > lett the Senate Chamber almost in a body, in expectation, doubtless, of being called in whea Senator had fiaished. | The course pursued 1 possibly satisfy him that they were not desirous hear more, but his friends touk advantage of t~ ¢} cumstance, and carried @ motionte adjourn, w \i gives him to-morrow to deliver his speech, anc one day loager leaves the many thousands 1: sq hoge hopes will be consummated or Mr. Apams. At sion on the attempt close of yesterday’s proceedings, Mr. Apams rui of order in relation to the jurisdiction of in the cage. At the opening of the proe Re. Borrs appealed to the gentleman from sachusseits, to withdraw his point of order, enable him to eae the merits of the questi © Mr. A g thet the How we profitable ject, and with this feeliag, not objec! esterday to lay when the motion was mite i et on the table. I+ was unwiliiny ied for three wre! eonsu if the, House wi merits of the case, iv of the public business: bh wa. at least as unplea to any onther member. Buatas be House had no jurisdiction over ¢| question, he could not consent to withdraw the pa eee whieb ~ oo bane euneal ve irregular and confu mission ers as to wis the precise point of order rais ether it was to the jurisdiction of the House o' the question, or the expediency of considerin, at the present time, which was terminated by Srraxen declaring that the question was whet the House would now consider the resolution Mr. Mansnace contended that the qu the House to decide was, whetherthey bac power to entertain this question. 3 | The Sree xenstated that it was a question risdiction.~ The roll of the members having been cai throug) Mr. Cusutne rose and requested that the re« as it would stand upon the journal, shoyld be re| ‘The Crenx then read the journal, which, «ff reciting the motion of Mr. Adams, pr ° and the question being shall the a : of the member from Kentucky (Mr. Maret: “ be now considered.” this asnonucement a great number of 10 the floor, exciaiming that they & misapprehen:icn, and desirin chanze their votes. : Mr Rayexn, with mach warmth, eaid,