The New York Herald Newspaper, April 2, 1842, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. New York, Saturday, April —_ — The Weekly Herald will be published this day at 8 o'clock, 21 Anne’. Price 6} cents per copy. Itis rich in news. The Sunday Herald—to-morrow will contain some important intelligence from the Mormons, at Nauvyoo—a new revelation from Joe Smith, the great modera prophet, inclading a chapter from the Book of Abraham, a sacred work found in the inner temple of the ruins of Theses, in Upper Egypt. Thisiathe best cheek to the philosophers of the present age. EIGHT DAYS LATER FROM TEXAS. HIGHLY IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE: THE WAR BACK TO KICO ! Enthusiasm In Texas—Retreat of the Mex- Icans—Evacuation of San Antonio, PXAS CARRYING TEXAS ee By the arrival of the steamer Neptune at New Or- Jeans, we have received’the Galveston Gazette and Advertiser to the 21st ult. eight days later than be- fore received. The greatest spirit and enthusiasm prevailed thronghout the Texiam Republic. Austin had not been taken, and the Mexicans had plundered and evacuated San Antonio. The Texas troops were in pursuit of the Mexicans and it was confidently expected that the latter would be completely routed It appears that the Mexican invading army was much smaller than reported. Itgives the Texans a better chance to retaliate The brig of war “Wharton” had been provision- ed, and would be ready to go tosea by Wedneeday, the 23d ult. The war steamer Zavala, provisioned and equip- ed for harbor and coast defence was ready to go to the east end of the Island on the 21st inst. Two batteries were nearly completed, and flying artillery snfficient tor the defence and protection of the Island had been mounted, and wasready for service. i The general enthusiasm of the community was so great that it extended even to the fair sex, and several of the ladies of Galveston were industrious- ly engaged in moulding bullets, and making car- tridges for the use of the army. ‘Lhere had been contributed by the citizens of Galveston, about twelve thousand dollars in provi- sions, munitions of war, and money. The steamer Lafitte and two other vessels arm- ed and equipped have proceeded down the coast. It is worthy of remark, that the large amounts con- tributed in Galveston were entirely voluntary—all has been a spontaneous free will ofiering on the al- tar of patriotism. If this is a specimen of the spirit of liberality which pervades the whole republic, the Mexicans have good cause to quake with fear at the prospect of a combat with :uch a people. | From the Galveston Gazetie, March] 19 | The Houstonian of the day before yesterday states that the Austin mail arrived that « orning, with the intelligence thatthe Mexican force had received no accession. M’Cullough and Miller, the spies eup- posed to have been taken by the enemy, nave ar- rived at Seguin, and state that no additional Mexi- can force had crossed the Rio Grande. The Mexi- can flag was flying at San Antonio on the 9h. We will venture to say that it is not flying there to-day. Gen. Morehouse has been instructed to order the troops now under his command to report immedi- ately to Gen. Somerville, ‘who is in command on the army,” ard they have no doubt marched before this time from Houston. Capt Henley, formerly of the Brassos and New Orleang packet, Robert Mills, and lately of the Wm Bryan, arrived in this city in the Neptune, having left Vera Cruz on the 2d inst., and being the bearer of the iatest intelligence from that city. From him we have the facts which follow:— The schooner built for Santa Anna at New York, is still lying in the harbor of Vera Cruz, ia the pos- session of the Americans who took her out, Mexi- co rot having as yet paid for her in full, though the money was expected in two or three days after cap- tain Henley lett. The Captain and crew who took her out have expressed their intention to leave as soon as she is delivered, and some of them said that they were destined for Texas. Thirty odd Mexi- cans, in chains, had arrived frem the capital as a part of her men, and it was believed that Santa An- na was afraid to trust her management entirely to foreigners, though an American, heretofore in the Mexican service, was expected to take the com- mand. a Capt. H. represents the English steamer, the city of Dublin, bought trom Capt. Cobb as an inefficient vessel, about twenty five years old. Among her uns is one of great weight and size, which Captain i thinks will shatter the whole vessel at the first ire. The invasion of Texas was talked of at Vera Cruz as a thing contemplated, and tor which prepa- rations were making, but nothing was said of an im- mediate attempt. No troops for the purpose were at Vera Cruz, though there were fifteen hundred men in the castle. When full manned it requires 3,000. _ dt was reported at Vera Cruz that some fifteen or twenty thousand soldiers were assembling at the Capital, forthe avowed purpose of puting down Yucatan and Texas. Commodore Moore was off Vera Cruz on the 18h ultimo, and though the signa! ‘tan enemy ina sight” was hoisted at the casile, he came and went undis- turbed. We tave seen a letter from Captain Ferguson, in whica ue states nothing of having heard firing at Corpus Cristi, and trom which we infer that the re- port of his having heard what he believed to be an attack on that place is erroneous. (From the Galveston Civilian, March 15.) The steamer Lafitte, sloop Washington, and schooner Santa Anna sailed yesterday towards the West, armed, officered and manned in the most et- ficient style. The Fusiliers, commanded by Capt Swingle, and the Coast Guards, an amphibious corps, under Capt. Wade, were on board. These companies are weil drilled, and, from the enthusi- asm of their mersbers, we predict that their feet will touch the soil of Mexico before they are again placed on that of Galveston. [From the Ca'veston Grete, Mareh 19 | (ovrictat } City of Housrox, March 17, 1842. The news by express from Austin up to the 13th inst, is that the enemy have evacuated San Antonio, after having plundered the place. They were laden down wits bapeage, and march elowiy. Col. Hays is harrassing them on their march. They only march about eight miles each day. The troops from Aus- tin and those on the froutier are marching to over- take and beat them, War shall now be waged against Mexico, nor will we lay our arms aside until we have secured the recognition of our independence. Until thea [ will never rest satisfied, nor will the people of Texes.— We invoke the God of Armies. Your friend, San Hovsrox. A gentleman who arrived yesterday from Austin, informs us that all the families have removed from that place—business has been suspended, and the Public records have been packed up, ready for re- moval, the people of the place concurring in the policy of placing the seat of Government in a more central position until the restoration of peace, _No circumstance which has transpired of late has given more pleasure to our citizens than the an- nouncement of the President of his determination to prosecute a war fof retaliation upon Mexieo and force her to anacknowledgment of our independence With the forces wnich we have now in the field, it will be an easy matter to get a foothold in the tern: tory of the enemy, around which other forces can be drawn. Itis, we believe, the plan of the Executiy totake possession of some point upon the coast, \o which troops from abroad can be shipped without the delay and fatigue of marching through our terri- tory. Our fleet has and will keep complete posses “sion of the Gulf, and while both menaad supplies ean be shipped with safety to our army, the enemy may be prevented from obtaining supplies «f any kind trom abroad. Oar people have once more taken up the line of march towards the setting sun, and the stock from which they are descended was never known to taro back from a land towards which they had once set their faces. {From the Morning Star, Mareh 13} The intelligence which has been rece eden tradicts the statements made bythe Mex , who captured Capt. Furguzon at Goliad. They stated that 3000 men had gone to Bexar. Hare we have Positive iotelligence that it was only 700 The fore tuat captured Goliad, amounted to only 300 mon, consequently, the whole Mexican foree at ¢ and Bexar, does not exceed 1000. We feel iv confirmed in the belief, that these two det ments comprise the whole invading army no and we sincerely ho e e voluntee that have mustered in the , will not turn bac till they have captured or slain every Mexican that has placed a hostile foot on our a vt ‘romithe Galveston Civilian, v The eee arrived at four o’clock yesterday, and brought the letter which tollows from J. D. Mor- Seeurn, March “gs hod Drax Baotnen—I send dowa Joe on some business, andto allay in some measure the terrible alarm that 1 undorstand has gone abroad throug’ the settlem in the interior of the country, on account of reports partly false and partly true, which have been spread by some of d from San Antonio. from various sources, for ten or fil- days previous to the coming of the Mexican forees, werecongregatingjon the RioGrande—that they had crossed, were un their march, &c.,but no information on which we could positively rely reached us untilthe morning en which they reached town, andthen we were incertain whether the force approaching #nd artillery in eight, arty of robbers from the Rio Grande or are- gular invading force, when Col. Carasco,an acquaintance made wheu on a mission during last sum: rode into to d desired to speak to Mr. Van Ness and myself. He stated that his object in eoming to town was to de- clave to us that the impression which he understood pre- v ong us, that the party then approaching Bexar mat bbe: false, and at the same time jured us that it was a regular force Sipe to carry on the campaign upon the highest principles of civilized wai . He |, moreover, that Chevallia and Duno, whe had gone out as spies, had been taken and were then prisoners in his camp After a short parley it w: jpulated that there le be @ suspension of hostilities until 2 o'clock, P. M,, it was then 10 A. M. i “ A council was then held by the officers, and it was determined, though the step was strongly opposed by the men aad officers of Bexar, that we should retreat—and probably a prudent one, for we had no ertaining the number of troops coming us, waa s were then made for the retreat, and Van and myself despatehed into the Mexican camp te announce our intention, and that the Americans had then commenced their march. “We were most cordielly received by the officers, and invited most particularly to remain in the camp during the afternoon, which we determined to do in orderto ac- quire accurate information if possible in relation to their movements, force, gc. The whole force was mustered before us, consisting by my calculation, whick I am sure is not farout of the way. of about seven hundred men— four hundred regular Cavalry—two hundred Rancheros, partly from the Rio Grande, but prineipally of our own Memican citizens—seventy infantry, and thirty Caddo In- dians, amounting to about seven hundred men in all. “The retreat was made and we brought off a piece of artillery without the slightest molestation—and | was under the impression that, had the 120 Americans who were then i« town remained, we would not have been attacked. 1 think no reinforcements have yet reached Bexar, and | am snre there was no more at hand. We this place about 140 strong, waiting assistance, which is rather slow in coming. “The Mexican army is commanded by General Vas- quez, ist—Caraseo, 21—and Bravo, 3d. t “P. 3.—A messenger has this moment arrived from San Antonio, who says that no reinforcements have yet arrived, but they expect daily the force from Goliad to join them; they are not forty ine and I am unable to comprehend what they intend doing with this handful ofmen. As soon as we collect three hundred men, we sha)l march upon San Antonio. We have suffered much in San Antonio. The county papets are all captured.’ To HisExcetrency Sam Houston, Parsipent of THe Reeuatic or Texas: Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed b; this meeting to communicate to the President the intel- ligence received from the west this afternoon, and also to request him to appoint General A.8. Johnson to take command of the forces raised tor the defence of the re- ublic. i Committee to be appointed by the chairman of the meeting. Wednesday night, 9h March, 1542. oe In further progress of the objects of the citizens here assembled—Resolved, That the President be requested to order the preparation of the brig. ote for sea. Thursday mourning, 10 o’clock, 10t! arch. i " H. N. POTTER, GEO. WM. BROWN, J. K. BEAUMONT. Gatvesrox, 10th March, 1842. GentLemen—I_ have the honor to respond to your communicatien of thi day to inform you that I have received very direct intelligeace from Auetin in rela- tion to the demonstatrations made by Mexico upon our South Western frontier, so far as the true position of affairs inown.‘It is impossible te determine from all the news which has arrived, what the ferce of the enemy is, or to what extent they may intend to press the cam- paign. Itis certainly the duty of every citizen liable ry duty to hold himself in perfect readiness to march to such point as the necessities of the ser- vice may demand, or the movements of the enemy may require. » Ifthe invasion is to be formidable, we may expect an invasion by sea as well as land. In that event, this place will be one of the most exposed egituations on our coast, and will require, not only fortifications for the cmergen- cy, but the presence and vigilance of the militie, whose duty it will be to make a manly defence. Galveston presents many inducements to the enemy from its wealth andcommereial importance. Its possestion by the enemy would inflict upon the nation incalculable injury. The absence of the Navy has left this city in a most fenceless position; and as the officer in command of it is laced out of the reach of intelligence, it cannot be oped that he will be apprised of the condition of Texes, so as to render us probable assistance. The President has given his attention to the duties of his station, and he takes much pleasure in assuring the gentlemen of the Committee, that he will permit o0 occasion to be neglected which will in his estimation redound either to the honor, safety, or glory of his country. % Thave the honerto be yeur most ob't ‘serv't. SAM. HOUSTON. Highly Important from Mexico. A gentleman just arrived at Washington, from Mexico, has handed us the following article. It may be depended on. In these times of great excitementin favor of the American citizens, held in servile bondage by the Government of Mexico, and also for the Texian prisoners, I think ashort and simple statement of the country and its condition, its revenue, and its wealth, will be of interest to the people of the Uni- ted States; and as your paper is more extensively circulated and read, than any other, I give you the facts as they are. Inthe city of Mexico, and around it, are at this time confined as criminals (not as prisoners of war,) nearly 300 men, comprising the Texian expedition. Amongst them are come 8 or 10 who claim the pro- tection of the Uniied States Government, and that on the ground that they accompanied the expedition only as traders, that they were not enrolled, nor did they know or think thet the expedition was any thing buta peacefulone. These American citizens are heavily chained with a chain the size of an ox chain, or as iscalled in the United States a log chain. They are made daily to work in the city, cleaning out the dirty sewers -and if they donot work well the lash is freely applied to their bare backs—for they are nearly naked, as they only depend on the charity of the few Americans whoare in Mezice for their clothing. In that conditionare they daily led out—not so much fer the work they do us to degrade them in the eyes of the people. The Texians and Americans are alltreated alike, amongst these is Mr. Kendall, of New Orlea They have given to them 25 cts. per day to subsist on—and it 1s about half eneugh to purchase them the necessaries of life; and fears are entertained that they willeventually starve to death, asthe tyrant Santa Anna dares not kill them. The papers of the day have given you a full statement of their treatment, from the moment they were taken prisoners until their arrival at Mexico; that statement was written by Mr Thomas Falkner, a subject of Great Britain, a gentleman of the highest character and reepectability, who was liberated im- mediately by Santa Anna, on his arrival at Mexico. The revenue of Mexico is only from four to six millions of dollars, although the duty on ell and every thing is very high—but the Collector of the Customs charge } for the trouble of collecting. You will see running about the streets of Mexico, boys of from twelve to eighteen years of age, who are officers high in command in the army; they get their commissions by the force and eloquence of gold. Every thing is purchased with it here, and this is the patriot who shrinks with horror at the thought of being bribed. If there ever lived a ty- rant, that man is Santa Anna: if there ever lived a man who never had in him one principle of honor, virtue, or any principle that could be considered a redeeming one, as a man or gentlemaa, that man is the reptile, who is supreme dictator, and virtually —a king—Samta Anna. He acknowledges no pow- er but his army—no law but his will. He makes or breaks all laws at his pleasure: and under this ty- rant are the American and Texan prisoners doom- ed to drag out, God only knows how long, a miser: able existence. The soil and climate of Mexico are of every var riety ; the low tropical valleys which produce every tiuit and flower that ever grew under the Heavens ; the su sar-cane spontaneously grows from year to year, producing almost pure syrup from its juice —The table lands are superior in soil and productions to the lands of the United Stans when cultivated ; the plains are covered with in - mense herds of catile and sheep ; the mountains a e covered with goats and fine timber; and their bow. ele are filled with silver, gold, quicksilver, T; iron, and all sorta of mine oal is also in some parts ; there are thousands of streams of water running from the mountains, surrounding the people with healthy water for drink and waters their rich plains of wheat and grain during the dry season. _ The largest and fairest estates all over the country is said to belong to the church, as does in fact a very large portior rohall the fine improved property in the whole republic. It is estimated by the most sensible persons in the country, that the value of the property belongiag to church is between eight hundred am a thousand millien of dollare—divided as fol- OWS: Their plantations and farms, Their real estate, houses and churches, Their gold and siiver, in coin, in images, _ a candlesticks, paintings, altars, &c. Xc-, 300 900 mil- lions of dollars. The interest on such an amount of gold andsilver alone is enough to impoverish a nation If the country was peopled by any other race than those now occupying it, it would be the most pro. ductive and richest of the world. It has greater natu ral resources, and more of them than any other spot of earth. z The immense _quantit of silver'and gold in the. churches are sufficient to impoverish the balance of theearth, and to make the Benton drops scarce.— Oh, that we had some of it here in these hard times, for the loan bill to be founded on! How easy it would it be to borrow the money then ! The silver mines, or at least the largeronesare worked mostly on English account. Real Del Mon- te, the celebrated mine of Mexico, and once the richest mine in the world, and the mine they say Sir Francis Baring was once engaged in, is now be- ing worked to profitable advantage. ‘The amount of silver made there is from sighty to one hundred thousand dollare per month. They have gone to an immense expense in putting up five or six immense large engines, and I am informed the company are some four or five millions in debt. They have not made any thing for some years, until very lately, but they have opened a new shaft and find the vein ve- ry rich indeed. The mine belengs to the estate of an old Spanish Don, called the Conde Regla. As foreigners are not allowed to hold real estate, it is leased at a very small sum for a great number of years. The mine is 1500 feet deep. The smelting establishment or farm, or a3 the Spaniards call i',the cee is one of the very richest and finest of exico. 5 There isa great numberof emall mines a!l around, in the vicinity of Keal del Monte,which are worked by the old Mexicans and Indians, and the silver is melted out in the old Indian fashion ; it is a very simple operation, and it is enormous the quantity of silver that is made by these small miners. These mines are worked by horse power, and #8 soon as they getteo deep to be worked to advantage, they are abandoned, and a new shaft sunk. The veins generally rua north and south, but there are some- times veins running east and west ; and when a vein is once struck, they can take the direction, and go off some miles, und open a new shaft with a most perfect certainty of finding the same vein. The miners are paid much better than any other laborers of the country. They are ped 50 cents per day, and one tenth of the mineral they raise, which ey sell. 2 : ‘hey are a poor, miseiable set of beings, (the miners,) and go down in the mines and remain there five or six days without ever coming up; ante then come up and do not go down again until all their money and mineral is gone; they then are ready to go under ground again. _ " m This country is so rich in every thing that it would take a year to enumerate its vast resources, and did the Angle Saxon race only have sufficient hold on it to make an impression on its works, it would cause the whole world to wonder at its wealth. a You ought to go down there and look at it—the women oft the country are much very much superior to the men in every respect—they are as fine formed women as are in the world, and have @ particular fondness for having foreign hust ands, but to marry them you must adopt their religion and customs. | Tean’t write you any more for the present, for if T should tell you of all its riches aud superior ad- vantages I fear there would be too many want to go there and see it forthemselves—and these hard t.mes even to mention gold and silver makes tears come in our eyes. The New York Lancet, This week’s number of this popular Medical Journal will be issued this morning. The Lancet presents a concentrated periodical record of the pro- gress of medical ecience throughout this country and Europe. All improved modes of practice, novel surgical operations and remarkable cases are given in this publicaticn. The full reports which it also gives of valuable lectures, places it far above any of the medical periodicals of this country. That the Lancet meets the wants and wishes of the medical Professions is evident, from the extraordinary circu- lation which it has obtained in the short space of three mentks. From no quarter has a complaint been heard respecting the mode ir which the Lancet is conducted; and the Faculty—unanimc us fur once —declare that it is the best journal of the kind ever established in this country. But the Lancet has, in our opinion, still sronger claims to the unprecedented patronage which it has already received—it is destined to effect a most im- portant revolution in the medical world—it is draw- ing aside the veil with which quackery, prejudice and blinded ignorance have heretofore wrapt up the practice of the healing art—itis popularizing medi- cal science. Ia the number issued this morning, for instance, we have the first of a series of lectures on Diseases of the Heart and Lungs by Dr. Loverr, of this city. This gentleman has devoted several years to the particular study of this most important class of maladies, and wher in Paris he had singular op- portunities of pursuing his investigations under the celebrated Louis. {a these lectures the subject will be made perfectly intelligible even to the non-pro- fessional reader. Besides De. Lovett’s lecture there are lectures by Dr. Morr and Dr. Hatt of London— review of new and interesting medical works—re- ports of the cliniques—operation by Dr. Rozert Nex- son, of this city—aad a great variety of miscellane- ous matter, including an extraordinary case of par- turition without consciousness, and aa able article on the danger of inhaling impure air. The Lancet is $3 per annum—single copies six cents. Mone Smatt Porators.—Governor Seward has vetoed the bill reorganizing the Court of Sessions, passed by large majorities in the Legislature. This is his fourth veto, but it takes a dozen such vetoes to equal one of Captain Tyler’s. This veto saves the bacon, only fora time, of our friends Judge Noah and Judge Lynch. Ofcourse they,will remain on the bench for another year—but then they will have to go. In the mean time, for their uniform kindness to us, we hope the Corporation will hand over their ration, out of Tom Lioyd’s money. Tue Distripvtion Prixcirce wy a New Quarter. —In our advertising columns we note a call fora general meeting of the Stockholders of the Illinois Land Company to ieceive the report of the commit- tee who have been charged with the preparation of a scheme to distribute the property of the associa- tion to the several stockholders in the ratio of their several interesis. The plan proposed, we understand to be, a reduction of the assessed value of the Jands to the nominal value of the stock capital, and then 8o to be divided into lots and parcels, that every two shares will be eatitled to a quarter section of land of 160 acres, consequently at the present market price of the stock a single parcel can be purchased tor twenty dollars. Ttis to be hoped that this sensible example of re- turning reason will be speedily followed by all our landed ascociations, including Red Dog Banks, Trust Companies, &e., that hereafter private individuals will superintend their own business, without the in- terference of directors, which has always, on ex- perience, under similar circumstances, been found to be unsatisfactory and ruinous. What hasbecome of the property to the North American Trust and Bank- ing Company—and what are the prospects of the stockholders of the Farmers Loan & Trust Compa- ny? These associations have not only proved un fertunate to those who have subscribed their money ; but destructive to the interests of the bor- rowers—the mismanagement of these companies hus produced a species of triangular warfare between the stockholders, the mortyagors, and the lenders, to the advantage of those oniy who may be purehasers under fore closures. Derarture or tue Wan Sreamens.—The Mis. souri and Mississippi, the two steam frigates, have gone tosea. They staried yesterday morning at eight o'clock, the Mississippi takiog the lead by about cne mile. Before they were out of sight, both were un- der full press of steam. They are bound to Wash- ington The statemen: made in some of the papers with a view to predjudice the public mind—to the effect that the bill of the Hon. William B. Maclay was to be considered a3 one drawn up, revieed, altered, or amended, or in any way subjected to the drawing up, rev’ Iteration or amendment, of the under- signed is totally false ana unfounded. He never consulted me in relation to @ single clause of it, nor is there to my knowledge a single sine in it framed to meet any wishes of mine on the subject. There is nota line ora syllable inserted in that bill or excluded from its provisious at my suggestion or by m: cy. My occasional inter- course with Mr. Maclay, has inspired me with the utmost respect for his talents, his integrity, and his desire to do what is right and just towards ali. But the idea of his being directly or indirectly nnder any guidance or influence of mine in drawing up the bill is totally false. JOHN HUGHES, Bishop, &c. New Yonx, March 31, 1842. A Freen Arostix in tae Fiecp.—The Rev. Dr. Pise, of the Holy Catholic Church, begins a course of lectures in St. Peter’s next Sunday, on the faith of Christianity,as he understands it—probably in op- position to the torrent of the ideal and natural phi- losophy, which is making so much headway in these degemerate days. With the great Mormon Prophet, Joe Smith, on on? side, and Dr. Pise on the other, ourself in the ceatre, we mean to make a charge on the philosophers that they little dream of. Great times are coming. Albany, [Correspondence of the Herald ] Avsayy, Thursday, Mareh 3ist, 1842. In the Assembly to-day, Mr. O’Suttivan pre- sented a petition signed by 100) citizens of New York, praying fer the passage of a law against the digging up of the dead. Mr. Lort presented a remonstrance against any alteration of the pilot laws. Mr. Mactay presented a petition from the Bethel Baptist Church in the city of New York fer in- demnity. Mr. Horrman remarked that at this late period of the session, when so many bills were ordered to a third reading, it was necessary that some measures should be taken by which they might be disposed of, and he would therefore move to lay this order of business on the table. Mr. H. with- drew his motion, however, at the request of Mr. Hvumparey, who wished to submit a motion that the petition presented by Mr. E. G. Barpwin, be returned to him, Mr. Horrman remarked that the member from New York had doubtlezs pre- sented this petition under a mistaken view of the subject, and that therefore the house had nothing furtherto do with him. But he hoped the petition would not be disposed of as recommended by the gentleman from Tompkins. He would have this paper kept in possession, and the writer of it dis- covered, in order to accumulate testimony against him in case any further insult should be attempted. Mr. Hustrurey withdrewfhis motion,and the or- ders of businoss were laid on the table until the third reading of bills had been reached. The question then recurred on the bill to abolish capital punishment, and Mr. O’Sunivan, having the floor, resumed his remarks in reply to Mr. Stetson. His speech was a very eloquent one, and wasa conclusive reply to Mr. Stetson’s. Mr. O'S. spoke at great length, and being evidently much exhausted, availed himself of the kindness of Messrs. Jonesand Davezac toaid him in reading from docaments he extracted from, in order to sups Port the positions he assumed. At the time Ma- jor Davesac was reading, Mr. Lansing of Kensse- laer, in a very discourteous manner, to say the least of it, considering the peculiar circumstances, called himto order. The Speaker decided Mr. Davesae to be out of order, and Mr. O'S. was forced, notwithstanding his already exhausted state, to read the document himself. The object evidently was to choke Mr. 0” and to move the previous que: Itdid not succeed, however, and Mr. O'S. continued his remarks until cut off by the hour of 2, when the House adjourned. Arrernoon Session.—The House resumed the In the Senate to-day, Mr. Strona reported the bill to provide for the exemption of household fur- niture from seizure under a landlord’s warrant, with an amecdment extending its provisions to d: ceased persons, so that a widow or a widow's chil- dren should also partake of the benefits of the law. Mr. Hunt_moved the recommitment of the bill, and the S-nate refuscd to recommit, ayes 12— nays16. This vote looks well {or the final fate of the bill A discussion then ensued on it, pending which the Senate adjourned. A singular case of suicide occurred in this city on yesterday. Some two or three fellows were detected just before the separate of the steamboat for New York, pursuing their light-fingered vo. tion. They were arrested and taken up to the jail. Upon being locked up, one of them attempted to throw himself out of the window of his cell, but was prevented. About half pa-t 6 o'clock last eve- ning, he was found suspended by the neck—dead. Who hi I have not learned, but it is evident he could not have been an old offender. The Texas news produces but little excitement here. People are ready with their good wishes and hopes for the success of the Texians, but so farenly are they ready. The Canadian revolt ex- hausted all their sympathies, a: least their pocket sympathies. It has been however, thata pub- lic meeting is to be called, eo it will not do to be premature in our judgement. Fears are entertained that the N. York School Bill be lost in the Senate. Itis certain at any rate, it will not pass thet body ia the same form as the house. It is proposed to amend it by pro- vidieg further and surer guards against the intro- duction of sectarianism into the schools—that the for trustees shall be separate from and aother time from any other election. Also that the office of trustee shall be honorary merely, the incumbent to receive no compensation for the duties performed by him. With these amendments it may probabl; get through the Senate, but even then iis doubtful Of the delegation from the Ist district, Mr. Scott will vote for the bill, and Mr. Varian also, if amended ss above. Messrs Fravk- lin and Farman wiil go against it. The Commitiee or at least a part of ther ent by the Park meet- ing, are still here, and are actively engaged in the furtherance of their object. But the friends of the bill in New York have not been idle—they are too well represented inthe Lobby or ‘Third House.’ I seud you the bill introduced by the select con.- mittee, as a substitute fur Mr. Weir's State Prison Bill, Though not covering allthe ground that the original one did, st will ve of great benefit to the mechanics. It will carry into effect the law of 1835, which bas heretofore been totally unobserved. Indeed it appeared on the examinution of the agents of the prisons, by the committee of the Assembly, that they cousidered the law of ’35 as intended solely to humbug the legislature, and gave astheir reason, that it provided no penalty fur a violation of its provisions. ‘(he prov that no trades should be taught in the prisons was got over in this m: A convict on rance in the prison, w: ked what was his trade. If he re- plied shoemaker, or a cooper, as the case might be, to that trade washe put. If be did not kmow it, he was taught it, and thus was the odious feature continued. The bill which I aunex, it will be seen, guards against this, wi th Cave Uxncrscar, —The plaintiff was formerly a member of the legislature, and the defendant is o! pectable standing. The present is an action for slander, the damages laid at $2,000, Mr. Benedict opened the case. in which he stated that the plaintiff, on the 20th of July last, wag stand. ing on his stoop, corner of Fourth and Bank streets, when the defendant oame up, caused a number of persons to assemble, and proclaimed in the n street, and before the multitude, that Mr. Carhart was a swindler, a robber, a thief, end a man not fit to be trusted, and that he (defendant) had come up on purpose to let the neighbors know what sort of aman he was. The counsel thought it very hard thata man of respectability, and one who had been a member cf the Assembly withal, should be as sailed in such a manner as this, and cal ed upon the Jury for exemplary damages. He proceeded to call his witness who fully confirmed what th counsel had asserted with the ad complained at the time, that he had given an order to Carhart to collect some interest money due him from a man named Hali on his accouni, and that Carhart had put the order into the hands ofa law | yerto sue him (Marsh) forthe amount. The Jury | gave a verdict in favor of plaintiff tor $37,50 da mages, and 6 gents costs. For plaintiff, Mr Benedict For defendant, Mr horne, City Intelligence, Tue Sixrm Warp —A meeting of democrats was called last evening at Dunn’s Sixth Ward Hotel, to nominate charter officers for the spring election.— The ward committee selected for this purpose have not reported the result of their deliberations, and the call of the meeting was, therefore, entirely con- trary to all the usages of the party. The result was that the persons who were engaged in the business were put down, and reso,utions passed unanimous- ly disapproving of the call, and every thing connec- ted with it. The persons present appeared to be, almost to a man, opposed to the proceedings of the meeting, as recommended in the advertisement calling the assemblage together. Tue Poaup or Avpermen was called together last evening by Alderman Purdy, the President of the Board, to adopt measures calculated to relieve the distresses of those persons whose property was des- troyed by the destructive fires in the sixth and teath wards, on Thursday afternoon. A committee was appointed by Alderman Bradhurst, who was in the chair, und Alderman Lee, of the seventeenth ward, introduced a resolution requesting the Mayor to call a public meeting of the citizens, in order te solicit contributions in aid of these individuals, who are in need of immediate aid. It was unanimously adop- ted, and the Board adjourned. Tue Meerixe in tHe Panx, relative to the re- moval of the bones of persons buried in the Rut- ger’s street Presbyterian Burying ground in Chrystie street, near Rivington, and also at the Baptist Berying ground below, was attended by about four hundred persone. Alderman Purdy presided, and the aseemblage was addressed by a aumber of gen- tlemen. Resolutions were passed, asking the aid of the Legislature and Common Council to prevent the trustees or owners of the several burial places in question, from changing the place of deposite of persons already interred. Petitions to the Legisla- tnre, signed by thousands of citizens, have already been forwarded to Albany to aid in the passage of euch a law. A Murperee Deav.—James Adams, who mur- dered his wife in January last in a most brutal man- ner, died on Thursday evening about 10 o’clock, in the city prison of typhoid fever. He has been sick for several days. Poxice —Alderman Jones of the Fourth ward, arrested a young man named Augustus Carmichael, on Thureday evening, who, in company with seve- ral others, entered the house of ill fame, kept by Louisa Acker, No. 130 Duane street, on the above evening, and destroyed a number of pictures and a piano. He wusheld to bail to answer. Hoxo Hisserr.—The notorious thief and pick- pocket, George Barnes, who was arrested by officer A. M. C, Smith, at Albany, on Wednesday last, in company with Gallagher and Shorty, huag himself in about ten minutes after he was incarcerated in the cell of ihe Albany prison He came to this country an Eaglish couvict, and was sentenced 10 five years in the states prison for robbing the store corner of Pearland BIROREY, Was pardoned out by Goveraor Seward. In a few months afterwards was caught in a burglary in Massachusetts and sen- tenced to three years, and had only been out of pri- son six weeke When he committed the crime of pickpocketing whieh produced his imprisonment and death. Gallagher, one of his companions, was formerly sent to the Ler ae for fourteen years, and was pardoned out after serving ten years.— He also has been in the Philadelphia priscn three rear, and it is supposed that the stole the pocket- ok that led to the result of their arrest on Wed- nesday. An auction store has recently been robbed in Albany of $800, which no doubt was entered b these rogues. Shorty is confined there with Gal- lagher. Officer A. M. C. Smith deserves much credit for arresting these notorious Knaves, who are, without doubt, the most expert burglars and pick- pockeis in this country. 4 Cup Smornerep.—A child aged about six weeks, the son of Edward McDevitt, ot No. 40 Sheriffstreet, was smothered while in bed with his mother on Thureday night, by accident. _Anotuen Victm.—A man named John Dalley died yesterday morning at 61} Cross street, from apoplexy, produced by intemperate habits. U. 8. Di t Court. Before Judge Betts. Aprit 1,—Several petitions in bankruptey passed to decre Objections were offered to those of John ey Alfred Lockwood, George Johnson and Je: reen, and Peter R. Wyckot The pe- tition of Edward G. Vanbenthuysen lies over. Leverett R. Bradley was ailowed to amend. Bankrupt List. SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. John Van Emburgh, cartman, New York, to be declared be eal . W. Westervelt(firm of J. W. & J. Westervelt,) New York, May 14 Stephen Dudley, New York, May 2 {% TO HEADS OF FAMILIES, BOARDING SCHOOL TEACHERS, and to all persons in general, a require salutary advice for the preservation of the air— 1. Advice given on all diseases of the hair and beard. 2. Kerasia—Permanent dryness, aud loss of the facu!- tues of the follicles, or seed vessels of the hair. Cure guaranteed. 3. Hydrotisia—Greasy gluing together of the hair, which dries, splits, and comes out partially, in tufts or small frag mente, and is then re-produced more abundant- ly. Cure guaranteed. 4. Rheumatism of the Derma, and of the bulbs of the hair and beard. 5. Certain prove injurious. 6. Delay of the growth of the hair until the age of four to five years. 7. Growth ofhair onthe faces of young females, es- pecially those who devote themselves to celebacy. 8. Felting of the bair, its change of coler, caused by an alteration in that part ofthe bulb which coatains the coloring principle. genital or accidental whiteness of the A cure warranted to those not too aged. es in which the cutting of the hair may hair. 10. Alopecia—Accidental or premature loss of the air. jal Alopecia. or falling off of the hair, leaving 's on the head, frequently preceded by the affected its natural color. (Porrigo Decalvans.) A. GRANDJEAN, No. 1 Barclay street, the only individual who has devoted himself practically and exclusively to the study of the Human Hair, the Causes of Baldness, Gray Hair, &c. 0G-CHATHAM THEATRE.—A splendid bill is offer- ed to-night a: this establishment, consisting of the grand historical drama of the Surgeon of Paris, (which on its first production here, pightly drew erowded houses,) and the tragic play of Pizare. Hield enacts the Sur- eon, and Orezembo, Thorne Michael and Pizaro, Mrs. horne Madelon, and g@ Miss Mestayer Rosignol anu Cora. 0G-_ GREAT HOLIDAY AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM.—As usual oa formance takes place th Museum, commencing at th tion of families, schoo o’clock, for the gratifi such persons as like to ernoon and cannot conventent- The mysterious gipsey girl, all only the fa head, will exhibit her wonderful perfoi have beilled the curiesity of sciensific men Winchell will play his laughable piece of Ol Nick; Booth will si: Philips will appear, jagara, Fanc Blowing, Grand Cosmorama, endless variety of curiosities. A rare treat for classes. and all PEALE’S MUSEUM.—To-day being Saturday and Saturday being a kind of uni Il holiday for all young people, we a! 1 no doubt see Peale’s Mus crowded both this afternoon and evening with a goodly array of light young hearts and merry faces, welcoming with wendering glee the strange dewelopements of Har- rington’s astonishing ventriloquil powers,illustrated and enlivened by oriental magic slight di s. We unders’and that it is his last appes ce. Let the lecture room be again crowded. OG ERROR CORRECTED. —We stated afew days since, that Lord Ashburton had arrived. Jt wes a mistake. What we intended to say was, that for low spirits, dys- furred tongue, best, as the: which is pspsia,coughs, colds, sea-sickness, nauses and Gibco Peters’ Laer. were the ¥: are the most lar of yet more inportent news then would be the arrival of allthe lords iu Christendom.— Olfices 459 Bradway, 416 Hudson, 210 Chatham, 150 and 330 Bowery, and 63 Hud: son street, and at 99 North Sixth street, Philadelphia Peter's Vegetable Tooth Paste sold as above.isalso a very superior article. Try it and you'll never have any other a8 long as you live. Og READ, READ, READ—I8'T POSSIBLE.—Two respectable old gentlemen (brothers) assure us that their bair was aekegrey and wee fal tf out; that it was filled with dunoruff, and had ceased growing; and be- fore they ha ured one bottle of Jones’ Oilof Coral cir- castia, their has assumed a dark color, is growing fast, all the dandruff has diseppeared. and our friede, the two old gentlemen, are in ecstacy. Reader, here is no mis jon. This is sold at the low price of 3, 5, or $ bottles, by Jones, at the sign of the American Eagle, 82 Chatham street—mind the right number—take car e. Also, ail those (who have bad skin, dark, yellow, freckled, or sunburnt, try the Italian Chemical Soop. It will clear your skin beautifully, eure pimples, bloiches, salt rhcum, ko. @- WALK UP TO THE CAPTAIN'S OFFICE, 106 Nassau street and get a box of Sherman's Lozenges, you who have a cough, cold, bead che, palpitation,consvmp- tion or any other disease, and they Pal case you. They are recommended by the royal families of America as the pleasantest ond best medicines in the world. Agencies—3 Ledger Buildings, Philadelphia—S State street, Boston—and Frank Toylor'’s, Washington City. POSTSCRIPT. 09- For our usual Southern Correspondence, by this morning’s Mail, see fourth page. ~ 0G ST. PETEX’s CHURCH, BARCLAY STREET. —On next Sunday evening, April 34, @ course of Lee- tures, explanatory of the Catholic doctrines, will be commenced in this church. The objact of these lec- tures isto impart instruction to the creed, and to afford to other: om what plished. Serviee will commence at seven o'clock, ——___ amp Song. Alir—* Old Ballad.” Oar rifies are ready and ready are we— Neither fear, care, or sorrow in th: Our rifles are ready to welcome t So onward, brave soldiers, to battle For Texas, the land where the bright star, Leads to beauty in peace and to glory in war, With aim never erring, we strike down the deer ; We chill the false heart #f the red-man with fear. | The bleod e Saxon flows full in the veins Of the lads who will lord over Mexico's plains ; Over the plaios where the breeze from the South woos the flowers, As we press those we love in their sweet summer wers. One pledge to our loves—when the battle is done They shall share the broad lands our rifles have won, No tear on their cheek; should we sleep with thedead There are rovers to follow, who will still go ahead, Who will still go aheed with the bright rising star That leads to beauty in peace,or glory in war, ? O@- TO PARENTS.—It ayearsincea & salve called members of our own ‘2 Opportunity of learning grounds our tenets and discipline are esta- now but little more tham ific for burns and scalds, in the form of ey’s Magic Extractor, was introduced to the public, the demand for it has become so large as to be all ineredulous,and mostly from person: have feund it out resommendjng others to keep it as an in sible family remedy. We sincerely believe that it half the power of this scaly was know, no humin rent would run the risk of losin, ear child by fire for the want of having this anti onhand. Though a thousand times better than any thing ever before known sfter the burn or scald is a fw days old, still its astonish- ing effects are more apparent when applied instantly to. afresh case, taking out the fire and pain in so shert a time as to spear entirely impossible to those that have. notseen it. Thore who have (and there are hundreds in thecity) need nothing suid to make them almost enthu- siastic in its praise, The office is at 71 Maiden Lane. Go, parents, and procure it. 0G- BENEFIT OF GO3SIN.—The Amphitheatre Bowery, will thiseveniog be crammed to witness the” comicalities of that ever witty ond universally admired, cracker ofjokes, John Gossin, the Clown. Besides the Rorsemaneh’y nice we unhesitatingly pronounce to: be ueapproachable by any other com in existence. Me: Rockwell an ‘Turner have the best troupe of gymnastic and comic performers before congre; ted in one body. Their Bugle Band weever heard. The performauces are condu reat jety, andjare usually ov juch arente: this city. Pe Now. IS THE TIME TO SET YOUR VINES ND TREES—It will be seen by reference to another column that a large lot of Isabella Grape Vines and. Shade Trees are to be sold this day at 11 o’clock, by Wm. H. Franklin, 15 Broad street, Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die. Bnooxtyy, March 15, 1812. GrstLemen :— {tG> I HAVE been for the last year, #0 troubled with. ugh, occasioned by having taken a cold, that I night- larmed the neighborhood with my coughing, and Was in constant epprebension ofan untimely grave. But after using nesrly one package of your Hoarhound Candy I felt immediate reli My night coughs have done, and I have no hesitation wane tae attribute it to the use I made of your Hoathound Candy. It is buta short time sinee I commenced using the Candy, not more than one week ago;in thattime I have had feur succes- sive nights good rest, which is more than I whole year previous. I had forgotten to my cough was so severe as to occasion deafnes. To Messrs. J. Pease Son, 45 Division street. Yours respectfully, ALFRED A. HIND, 79 @lark street, Brooklyn. Acrxts—Redding, 8 State street, Boston; Zieber, Phil- adelphia; Rawls & Co. 67 State street. Albany; Robin- son, 110 Baltimore street, Baltimore; Holdeman, Louis- ville, Ky.; Curns & Co. 18 Exchange, New O:leans. Archimedean Screw. 0G- NOTICE is hereby given, that the undersigned has been appointed sole agent for the United St: of America, of Smith’s Patent Archimedean Screw Propel- ler, and is prepared to contract for licenses to use the same. Any information on this sutject may be had of him at 54Pine street. RUSSELL STURGIS. New York, March 1, 1842. alim City Despatch Post. 46 Wituiametrecr. Parxcrrat Orrice - Letters de; ed before half past 8, half past 12, and half past 3 o'clock, will be sent out for delivery at 9, 1 and 4 o’clock. Baancu Orrices.—Letters deposited before 7,11 and 2 o’clock, will be sent out for delivery at 9, 1 and 4o’clock. ALEX. M.GREIG Agent. MONEY MARKET. Friday, April 1--6 P.1. One of those transactions occurred to day which are- peculiar to the atmosphere of Wall street viz. the explo- sion of acurrency bubble. Certain parties attempted to get upacorner in Long Island Railroad stock; for this purpose funds were lodged with a certain broker to ope- rate. The purehases on time, buyer's option, were large, and the stock was run up several per cent, when the parties suspecting that the broker was “feeding the market,” or selling the steck for cash through another broker as fast as he received it, on account of his princi- pals, they procured an injunction from the Chancellor to prevent his receiving any more stock. The conse quence isthat thestock has fallen to $1} per share; the amount eutstanding to be received, is said to be 10,000 shares,at an average of about $1, consequently involv- ing a loss of about $25,000, which will fall on those bro- kers who hold the stock to deliver, en whom it will fall heavily. There are rumors that the injunction was the result of a collusion between the parties, finding that the “corner” was not likely to succeed, The sales at the board to-day were small, and prices generally gave way. Harlem, j: Long Island, 1; Pater- son, }; Illinois, 6}; Ohio Sixes, }; Delaware and Hud. son rose }; Bank of Commerce Scrip, 1 per cent; United States Treasury Notes, 2 per cent dis.; United States 6 per cent stocks were quoted at 96. The losses by fire last evening were not so large as was at fifst supposed, and were distributed mostly among those offices best able to bear them. Some of the amounts were as follows: Eagle Company, 3,000 U ited States, 1,200 Equitable, 1.600 City, 1/000 Jeti raon, 7,000 Bowery, 25,000 The Fireman’s, Williamsburg, and North Americaa, also sustained losses, the amounts of which we did no ascertain. The Banks of Boston have declared their semi-annual dividends, which are as follows:— "Oct. 1, 1841, 16.11 Am'tdisjdend, 4065980"” canta eT Ltieen! Ine wee mt stidends eee This gives a reduction in profits for the last six monthe, A sale of tea took place at rates a little improved. The particulars will be found under State of Trade. This has been packet day for the Boston steamer,which takes her departure to morrow. The demand for bills has been to afair extent, but owing to the increased supply fcom the south, at rates essentially less than on the last packet day, good sterling city bills are selling at 7 a 74 prem., and southern ones at 5} a7 prem. The following 1s a table of rates:— Rares or Forsion Bitt.sin New Yor. ‘Nov. 16. an.3t. Feb, 28, April 1s den, 10a 0p Ba 8} a oe ‘rence, 5 90 26 21 5 23 (aS 30 5 27}a5 WBE S.37ba — Amsterdam, a) 2} B94 394 39) a 40 Baja 39h = 35) 8 Sha 368 34ja 85 remen, ‘78ha 78 76ja 77 78ja 77 75a 76h There is but little demand for southern bills, and rates on extreme points are growing worse. The current prices are as follows :— Cunaast Rates Baxx Notes ano Domestic Bitte Exchange. ta 3a ta —j Boston.-.-+ a Philadelphia Baltimore BesStsatte Sleseetl i= LLIB LB teooned Michigan- 33 a—_ Detroit: t= The currency of the south is rapidly improving under the process of the specie paying policy. The following isnow the situation of affairs in that part ofthe country, usually known as the suspended district:— ie payi tes, Non specie paying States. mic cic Ra ioe Tennessee, Kentuck: Delaware, New Jersey in part, Georgia, S Carolina, Indiana partially, ‘The reason of the high rates on some of the spesi¢