The New York Herald Newspaper, April 10, 1842, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. New York, Sunday, April 10, 1962, Important from Albany—-Passage of the School Bill, The famous Public Sehool Bill, whieh has excited so much speculation has at length passed the and only wants the concurrence of the House | few immaterial amendmente, On Friday might @t half past eleven, the final vote was taken, as fol- lows :— Aves—Messrs. Bartlett, Bockee, Clark Faulkner, Foster, Hunter, Paige, Rug Strong, Varney—13 Messrs. Dickin Hopkins, Hunt, Nichol Works—12. It will be seen that Varian, Franklin and Furman‘ from the Ist district, voted against the bill, and that Mr. Scott, from the same et was absent. Mr Corning “paired ef” with Mr. Platt, and Mr. Dix on, Hawk nnson and Taylor were absent. Ail the whigs in the Senate voted against the bill. A motion to reconsider was lost by a vote of 13 to 11. The bill is thus passed, and will be returned to the House for concurrence, and then receive the sig- nature of the Governor. This bill has an important bearing at the charter election on Tuesday. It takes one of the candi- dates for Mayor out of the field. Charles O’Connor ‘was nominated by the Independents, or Catholics, on the contingency that the Public School Law might not pass. That being now passed Charles ©’Con- nor, of course, retires from the field, aad the Inde- dependents are good boys again. On the reception of this news last evening, the Independents assembled simultaneously at St. John’s Hall, and approved of the course of the Le- gislature. Three cheers were then given for Wil- liam B. Maclay, three groans for Isaac L. Varian and Scott, and the meeting then dispersed with an understanding that Thomas O’Conner was to be withdrawn as a candidate for mayor, which an- nouncement will be made by the General Com- mittee of the Independent Democrats oa Monday morning. ton, Ely, Sherwood, Franklin, Furman, Hart k, Rhoades, Root, Varian, Home Leacue Coxvention.—This was a very re- Spectable association, but it did not seem to amount to much practically. A collection of the same num- ber ofpersons, picked up at random from the hotels, would possess as much infermation—influence— moral power—or practical use. The League seems to be a hep-hazard collection of respectability, poli- tics, self-interest, ignorance, some knowledge, and much vanity. The day is past when such leagues or conventions can promulgate new facts, or create a great influence, ‘We will venture to assert, that we can select two or three writers and reporters in the office of the Herald, who, on the subject of political economy, could beat the whole ‘ League,” in an accurate knowledge of facts, sound principles, comprehensive views, and statesmen-like conceptions on trade and commerce. And we will further say—and say posi- tively, too—that,in the office of the Herald we pos- sess more and better materials on political economy than the whole “league,” “institute,” “convention,” or what you please to callit. ‘These conventions are only so many respectable old women put into breeches, and meeting tegether tohave a talk for their own amusement. General ‘Tallmadge, Professor Mapes, and a few other prac- tical men, seem to be the only sensible spirits in the lot—the rest are “All leather and prunella.” We advise them to go home to their farms and work shops. One sound, practical, philosophical farmer, is of more use to the coantry—to science—than all the conyentions that all the politicians of any age can'get up, in orderto show up, and blow off their steam. bagi te Crarter Exvecrions.— New York city isin astate of excitement on the charter elections, which takes place next Tuesday. There is an extraordinary confusion of parties in the majority of the wards, and what party or faction will carry the corporation, noone can tell. We have now five regular parties in the field—1, the locofocos—2, the whigs—3, the Independents—4, the Patriots and 5, the Abolition- ists. This last party came up like a submarine explosion on Friday evening last at Washington Hall. Great fun expected to-morrow and Tuesday. A irra Caxpipate ron Mavor.—We fiad the following in the American :— The Right of Petition sacred, Freedom of Speech, and gf the Frese, Equal Rights, ‘Eyual Laws, and exact ustice. Lreerty Panty Asorirn Nomixatron. Marrea or Rercrerion ror Carraws Tyter.— The “ New York Express,” and ‘ Commercial Ad- Yertiser,” profess to support. the administration of President Tyler. How is it that they invariably ab use all Tyler meetings, ard support all the Clay meetings? Call you this backing your friends? Fart.—The “ New York Express” concern has a Post Office job worth $1,000 per week—yet when @ meeting in favor of the administration is held it is denounced asa‘ Glentworth affair.” Is this fair? Ought not Captain Tyler look to it ? Srecie Payvacents —We are again under obliga- tions to Adams and Co., Smith, and Hurlbut & Co., for Hartford and Boston papers in advance of the mail. Our exchange papers creep in two or three hours after. Inrorrant From Havana.—By the Natchez from Havana, we learn that the Government has had an- other difficulty with the British Consul. On the ar- rival of the British steam ship Tay from Vera Cruz, the person having charge of the mail was required to g've it up, which he refused, and in consequence was arrested and put in prison. The Consul imme- diately dispatched a vessel to the Admiral on the ‘West India station for the purpose of getting him to bring a sufficient power to enforce a release. Savesr Stent Usver roe Sus.—Two hundred thousand femalesin Canada in want of employment. The Montreal Times says: ‘‘If we had Lowell in this Province, it would benefit the country more than sixty thousand regulars.” ‘Tae First Gos—Nomexation or Henry Cray. —A Whig Convention in North Carolina has for mally nominated Henry Clay for the next Presi- deney—the election in 1842, This will probably be the signal for every other candidate to take the field, asfollows:—Martin Van Buren,General Scott, Commodore Stewart, General Cass, James Bu- chanan, Colonel Dick Johnson, Captain Tyler, Cap- tain Sturgess of Boston, &c City Intelligence, Potice.—As Mr. James Walker, of 154 Broadway was entering h yesterday morning, he perceived a man who says his name is Patrick O'Neal emerging forth with a back load of boots and shoes that he hod stolen from the show case usually placed at the door — ‘The rogue was collared, his booty resovered and his body placed in darance vile for the time being. Sroue a Warcrt—Barbara Lowry stole a watch from Robert Mark, corner of Canal.and Centre streets. Don Onarw Tareves.—Two boys named Daniel Cun- ningham and David Roberts were arrested yesterday, on ¢ of stealing two dog chains from somebody, and the owner can fiad them at the Police. Scoan Crop te St Crotx.—We learn from St Croix, that the erops this year will be shorter than has been Known for forty years —the estimated pro- duct of Sugar being only 90) bhds, American produce extremely depressed. ox IW Sina Sto Parsoxs —The small pox ‘othe prison at this place. There are (teen or sixteen cases at the hospital in the male prison, and one or two at the female prison. deg dip green one of two deaths, Rd have en in all between twenty-five and thirty casesi— Sing Sing Paper, April 5 f y — Fao Tampico —By the Apalachicola from Tam- pico, which port she left on the 221 instant, we 2 save Maen afl os ia that town, that the jexican Government was busy ia raising ti the invasion of Texas.—New Orleans, ‘March i. Revolution In Parties In New York—Birth of the Patriot Party, A most singular condition. of things is taking place in New York. From the confusion that hee overtaken all old parties, a new movement has, sprung up—and the first decided demonstration was ted at Washington Hall on Friday evening.— understand they call themselves the “ Pa triots,” a name given them by Capting James Mon roe—and that they intend to support the present ad- ministration against the factions in Congress—that they are organizing all over the city, not somuch for the charter as for the autuma election—and that they intend to have a great PATRIOT MASS MEETING Te-morrow evening, at five o’clock, in the Park.— They have nominated, as we have already stated, Carine James Monnoras their candidate for Mayor. To this nomination Capting Munroe has signified his acceptance, in his own peculiar modest way, as follows :— CartixG James Mownoe’s Curiocs Letter CRPTANCE. or Ac- irom the papers of the day and through you, that ata public meeting held Jast evening at Washing- ton Hall, under the call of a‘+ Tyler Meeting,” &c. &e., my name was put in nomination for Mayor of this city. While Iam at all times grateful for the expression ow citizens, it as you know s used wholly without my knowledge. Cnder the circumstances, identified as I'am with one of the prominent parties of the country,! cannot be ex- ected other than promptly to decline your nomanation. The use of my name and the very singular resolutions published seem to call for some expression on my part: Pam always ready to give an honest, frank and liberal support to the Federal Executive, as our institutions can- not be sustained by any other course of policy. {neither approve or condemn in whole the acts of the present executive; noram 1 willing to be identified as ‘one of its partizans, The public mind has been too much taken up for years with man-worship, party and spoile, It is now time that the great interests of the country sheuld be looked to. In the promotion of this object { am ready to lend my feeble aid without regard to party or men—short of this I have tio object to answer. I beg in conclusion, to state, that Isee named as off cersof the meeting, several who. fill important posts in the Custom House. I cannot believe that they were present or sanctioned the use of their names ; if se, they must be deeply impresses PATRIOTS with the im- portance of the crisis and the necessity of such a meeting; otherwise they would not risk every thing, knowing, as they do, that their offices must be the sacrifice under the declarations of the President. 1 om, respectfully, JAMES MONROE. To Acexaxpen Hasuttos, Esq. From reading this unique and peculiar document, simple persons might suppose that Captain Monroe had declined the nomination, through modesty er some other virtue—had in fact given a veto. No such thing. Captain Monroe has read Shakespeare, and accepts the nomination as King Richard did the crown, thus :— “ Will you enforce me to a world of cares? ‘Well, call them again ; 1 am not made of stone, But penetrable to your kind entreaties, ‘Albeit against my conscience and my soul. Cousin of Buckingham —and you, sege, grave men,— Since you will buckle fortune on my back, To bear her burden, whe’r I will, or no, I must have patience to endure the load.” Ia this vein does Capting Monroe mean to be un- derstood, and with this understanding will the glorious new Parrrotic Party meet to-morrow evening in the Park, and support both Capting Ty- ler and Captung Monroe, per fus aut nefas, and frighten the whigs out of their breeches. The “Patriots” don’t expect to elect the Capting our next mayor—they merely want to plant the seed in the spring so that they can reap the corn in the fall —give as many votes as they can, and begin on a clean, cash capital, however simall. It will be seen, therefore, that we have now five parties in the field, as follows :— Parties. Caxpipates FoR Maror. atic or Locofoco party, Robert H_ Morris, n, ‘Thomas F. Field, Whig, J.P. Phenix, Independents, or Catholics, | Charles O'Conner, Patriots, or administration men. Capting James Monree, The organization and birth of the latter party at Washington Hall, has given great and mortal of fence tothe whigs. Now, the whigs are generally very hostile to John Tyler, and the Patriots forma generally that portion of the old whigs, who think and believe that the President has not been treated fairly, and cught to have afairehance. At the re- cent whig meetings at National Hall, President Ty- ler has generally been bitterly denounced, or sneered at as a traitor and imbecile. This has given great of- fence to a large portion of moderate men, and hence the parturition of anew party—a party of men who intend to support the government and country in opposition to factions and cliques. They take the name of “ Patriots,” as given them by Capting Monroe, and a very capital name it is. Great excitement 1s expected during the ensuing election. No one can predict the result of the pre- sent state of confusion. Albany, [Correspondence of the Herald.] Acnany, Friday, 12 o’clock, P M. April 9th, 1842, This has been another busy day in the Legisla- ture. The bill providing for the redemption of the safety fund bank notes, and the replenishing of the safety fund, which has passed the House, was under discussion, but was laid on the table, in order to make way for the Senate bill on the same subject. The propozed constitutional amendment for the reorganization of the judiciary, was adopted in the afternoon session—ayes 87, nays 18. Mr. Horrman’s bill to secure the more equal valuation ef taxable property was read a third time and passed—ayes 55, nays 53. The Senate, by an almost unanimous vote, re- fused to cencur in the resolution from the House, to extend the session one week, andthe Heuse thereupon receded from its amendment, throwing open the extra session. Therefore, ou Tuesday next, the Legislature adjourns, to convene again on the 16.h August, for the exclusive purpose of reorganizing the congressional districts. The New York school bill was hurried through the Senate. It was ordered toa third rei about 7 o'clock, when Mr. Foster moved ¢! inter- yening business be laid on the table, and the bill have its third reading at that tim Mr. Dickson took the floor, and offered a sub- stitute for the bill, which the Senate refased to adopt, and Mr. D. continued speaking for about an hour, evidently against time. The question was taken on the final passage of the bill, and the result was ayes 13, nays12_ So the bill passed. Mr. Furma® then gave notice of to move a reconsideration of the vote. Mr. Foster moved a reconsideration now. This was objected to as out of order. The Pre- sident however decided it to be ia order. Mr, Foster then ked that his sole purpose was to prevent a useless waste of the time of the Senate. ii The question on reconsidering then was put and lost. o Mr. Fvaman remarked that the vote, and that nts of this bill not being aware on to hurry it through, were intention absent. The Committee of Conference on the subject of the State Prison bill, reported it, and it was passed in both houses, and has become a liw. The bill enforces the law of 1835—provides for the appoint- ment of a commissioner to visit the northern iron mines, and breaks ae the contract system, abroza- ting all e: isting contracts onthe Ist of May. The last clause is the compromise of the Committee of Couference. Cave Utersear. (From the Albany Aygus, Extra, Apri! 8) Both branches of the legislature apply them- selves with great assiduity. ‘The house, and some- times the Senate, have held three sessions each eC Last night the House sat until 10 o’clock. he Senate this morning n urred in the resolution of the House to extent session a ene So, that the session terminates on the 12th inst. The committee of conference reported the State Prison Bill, and it was Passed, and has become a law. [It enforces the law of 1435, provides for t! appointment ef a commissioner to visit thi mice mines, eet breaks up the contract abregating all existing contracts isis} & 8 on the I, Pascoac Bank Destxoyen ey Fine.—The Pas- coag Bank, situated about seventeen miles north: west from this city, was last night destroyed by fire. We have not yet Searned the eri es 2 but will give them should we receive them before going to We can learn no particulars in relation to the above, excepting the fire made a clear sweep— building, contents, rovidence icle, April 8. Preventive Police—No. 6. The establishment of adequate police protection chicfly affects the imterests-of the whole communi. ty. The rich have no itidueement to invest their capital in our city, when a lawless mob in the wild delirium of excited passion, may, without check, destroy their entire property. We cannot expect industrious mechanies te make it their residence, when their hard earnings, the labor of years, may be, in an instant, seattered tothe winds. Itis only by affording sure and certain protection both to persom and property that-we ean derive any aid from these sources,and secure to ourselves thead- vantages of our position. Were our municipal sys- tem perfected, the higher rate of interest which capital yields in the city, compared with the coun- try, would cause it to flow here, and this, conjoined with the greater facility of collecting and exchang- ing, would invite trade, and consequently would promote the interests of all classes of the com- munity. We have now’a peculiarly fitting occasion to bring about this salutary reform, when we have at the head of our city government so zealous and in- dependent a Mayor as the present ineumbent; fear- iess and honest in the discharge of his duty, he will receive the support of all who have at heart the preservation of order and the maintenance of justice —of all whose love of country rises above their de- votion te party; in fine, of ail who desire the wel- fare and prosperity of the great Commercial Em- porium. ‘hero is a reciprogal obligation between the magistrate and the peop'e; it is expected from the former that he will propose and advise such sa- lutary changes and reforma as his wisdom and foresight may seem necessary for the public weal; itis due from the latter that they examine and scru- tinize the propositions that are submitted to them, and that they aid and support an enlightened pub- lic officer, if his views are found calculated to ad- vance the publie interests. It is a source of great satisfaction that we can as- sure the public that the new plan, both in its pre- ventive and correctional character, will not prove so expensive to the city, even in primary outlay as that now in operation. We nave at present invected in lots used by fire department, engine houses, watch houses, &c., the sum of $396,440. The an- nual expenditure for fire department, watch, police, &c., amount to #418673. The proposed system, it is estimated, will require mi parmanens outlay of $261,000. The computation for yearly expenses, including one thousand dollars as pay to each mem- ber of the Common Couneil, is $397,100, leaving a balance of twenty thousand dollars annually saved to the city, without taking into the account the moneys collected from fi penalties, bail bonds, feesand the saving in prison and almshouse expen- diture But we cannot estimate i dollars and cents e demand more votarie: the republic has need ofall her children,she mple duties for . There is no necessity and no inducement single citizen to leave the paths of virtue and morality; all may be prosperous, all may be happy; nar Stas, must know this. Knowledge imbued and assimilati i ‘and holy light of revela- is soc:al regeneration, How long then, we are weto submitto the vexations and harras: which are entailed upon us by the imperfections of our inefficient po- lice? Will our citizens forever bear the grossest infractions of order and decency’? Have weno frown for vice, no ecorn for crime? If we acknow- ledge the claims that virtue and innocence have upen us for safety and proteetion, let it be no longer with words; let our actions attest the sincerity of our profe: ; let us give te this great metropolis, the proud distinction of being first in the rank oj social order, as she is first in commerce and the arts that adern it; let the torch of the midnight in- ened no longer light up our city with its unkal- lowed fires; let the stranger, no longer restraised by the fear of mock auctions,go where he listeth and trust to the ample protaekion of the law; let our streets be swept of their pollutions, and forever | cleansed of those abominations that make them the nurseries of vice and immorality. religion Rerors. Washington, [Correspondence of the Herald.) Wasurnaron, ‘April 6, 1842. The editorial article in the Herald, of a few days since, making mention of a desp2rate and orga ized intent to drive President Tyler into resigna- tion, has surprised a great many who were not in the seeret ; w to others it was not so astorish- ing, as such has been the secret working ef the “Bott's” faetion for some months,past, but the scheme had not eome to a head when you publicly announced it. It will fail, however, as it sl and recoil onthe heads of others. So we'll pass it by forthe present. Lord Ashburton, as you will have learned, has had an interview with the President, to whom he presented his credentials as special Ambassador from Her Britaanic Majesty’s Government, to ne- gotiate all politieal differences between the two governments. After the presentation was over yesterday, his Lordship and suite, accompanied by Mr. Webster, visited the Capitol, the Senate and Library, and was introduced to several Senators. His Lordship appears to have made a good im- pression upon all who has as yet seen him, and is quite republican in his manners and appearance. Among the gentlemen in some way connected with the embassy, besides Mr. Mildmay, Mr. Bruee, (brother of the Earl of Elgin,) and Mr. Sieppins, is a son of Sir Robert Peel. ord Ashburton and party breakfi Secretary of Siate this morning a |i Lordship has brought his own carriage and horses, and a great quantity of baggag ii ed he 1s here fora long residenci e time yet before they get ii the meanwhile, the usval felic: to distinguished strangers will be offered to him. The ladies, I hear, are talking very much about the Clay B: Ii, which comes off on next Tuesday night. Itis tobe a large and general affair. The dinner to Mr. Clay will be on to-morrow ‘ing. A small party w: nba to him last evening at Colonel Preston’ they tell an anecdote of Mr. Olay at his boarding-house: that a few mornings since, after break fasting and wri ing a few letters, aod giving some d.reetions to hii down from his room about 11 o’cio: a hack, and droveto the Capitol ; when about entering the gateway to Senate, that he faddedly recollected he ha ed. Such had been his habit for so many » that no wonder he forgot himself fora mo- - Anumber of the cflicers of the “* Warspite” ereinthe city. The drowning of Lieut Borden of the Missouri, with thirteen men,has caused much concern here. They were all dragged overboard by the chain cable, and sunk to rise no more, Inglais. New Orleans, [Correspondence of the Herald.] New Orveans, March 25, 1842. Good Friday in New Orleans —Banks—Temperance— Music—Trade—Tezas. James G. Bennett, Esq :— Dear Str,— To-day being Good Friday, I had an opportunity of witnessing how far the good people of this city respect such a religious occasion, and it gives me pleasure to inform you that I have never seen the day more strictly observed in any place in Chris- tendom. The churches were all crowded, and the streets literally cramed with some of the most beautiful ladies it has ever been my haj gaze upon, all re) ng thither to pay t! tions to Him who spared their lives again to see the light of this blessed day. The banks were all closed (those which were not previously by the sheriff, [allude to), and the commissioners who were appointed by the Board of Currency to inves- tigate the eondition of the boken banks, rested thisday from their arduous labers, went to ehureh and prayed earnestly for the abseonding presidents, cashiers, directors, &c., who had left their homes, families, and all that was dear to them, merely be cause their accounts were overdrawn the paltry sum ofa few thousand dollars. It is generally sup- posed, however, that those gentlemen have gone to repel the invaders from the once peaceful shores of Texas, and when through there, to rest them from,theit abors, andtheir works will follow them. A few other of our citizens who are not much church-going characters, repaired to the races, where, I am informed,'they,enjoyed rare sport, but not being present, of course I cannot give you the particulars. A temperance meeting in the evening, in the M. E.c! th, dre alarge multitude together, and it to see how bravely thie work gaining to the cause daily, ra strong a Brothe of legation from the Wash Temperan Boeiety, ‘who came te lecture totthe ie tri people of New Orleans, had corned the other day, when tion at Carrolton, but he is hi this time hencef > mi fortune to ing a little reerea- {ter rollinga few games iend for Amused ct the ¢ felt somewhat thirsty, and for a drink of water, a mint julep, and he e happeued thu: ith ke until the cup was you think it was cri never diseovered drained to the dregs. to treat him th Hi iowledged the ‘cor a few evenings since at a large meeting of tempe- rance men, and held forth strongly to young men the danger of meddling with mint jul Sacred music is another important topic, which I thought of mentioning to you befere, but other business matters requiring 60 mach of my time, I omitted it. At present lam very happy to form you that great interest ia manifested in i pre ment in this great branch of science. We ea number of schools here, but tho principal is one taught by the Rey, Professor Clark, in the Julia st. Hall. There are at present in attendance about 60 to 100 amateurs, who meet twice a week, and their Rercumange now would come very near to your ew York S. M. Society in style and execution Allow me here to give you the names of afew of the most beautiful ladies, aad most accomplished inging, who composethis society. The lovely Miss K’s., of H. street, who are well known in the musical circles inthis city; Mrs T., of B. street, also a choice singer; Mrs. B., of R. street, a beau: tiful Creole girl, and sweet singer; Miss C. of C. street, sweet little creature and elegant voice, but rather unpracticed; Mise R——n, who attracts ge. neral attention. sparkling eyes, with bump of music argely developed; Mies H , of very modest unas- ‘uming appearance, graceful Se portent, noble fi- sgure, and altogether a universal favorite; Miss B., quite'an amateur; and a great number of others equally handsome and accemplished, which I must owit forthe present. I shall ry you a litile sketch ofthe society connected with Parson Clapps in my next. News by the steam ship Acadia, received yester- day, and note further decline in the price of cotton. Our relations with England look rather warlike; should ae not deliver up the slaves in the case of the C-eole, war is ected inevitable. With such men as John Tyler and Daniel Webster at the head ofthe Government, I think we have little to fear in case of any collision between the two countries. Lthink the immediate action of Congress is re- aired in relation to defending our coasts and forts. The sugrestion to Congress by a gentleman of your city in relation to building mail steamers to be pur- chased by the government incase of difficully with any country, will now, I trust, be takenup and carried immediately into execution, for the safety of our aea coasts, and the credit of American enter- Prise. Nothing new from Texas to-day; the accounts of 21,000 Mexicans in the field,you are most’probably roa merstete with. A large meeting, I learn, was held this evening in Banks’ Arcade to adopt mea sures for the relief of Texas; particulars to-morrow. You must excuse me for tiespassing 80 much on your patience, but it is some time since I had this pleasure before. Love to ‘le jeune editeur, and **** respects to you; says if she had an opportunity would send you a basket of strawberries, some of whieh has been iu market a few days. Louisville. [Correspondence of the Herald.] Lovisvitte, April 2, 1842, Dear Sir :— @GTimes continue tough, very tough, for the sea- son. Our currency is improviug, in consequence of the worthless shinplasters and irresponsible bank notes having been driven from circulation.— The general impression is, that our banks will re- sumeon or before the first of May. God speed them. H. J. Levis, the celebrated Schuylkill Bank financier, is sporting here; he is making some curious developments to the Bank of Kentucky in relation to the fraudulent stock issues, and is treated with great respect. of the Louisville Medical eventy years of age, took to few days since, a young and blooming ill under twenty-five. le has produced some splendid speci- this spring. She has turned out the it crafts ever built onthe Ohio. Hum. jain in the ascendant. Professor New- ing on Mesmerism. 3 eve e all warring against each vertiser seems to be getting rather for between the Journal and Sun, le time to be idle. Exchange on York Philadelphia is 5 pr.. cent prem, specie 8—I eee 3 per. cent discount —Bank of IMinois 30 to 33—Ten 1 —Lonisiana, 5 to 10. Yours, Lovisvitie. Auburn. | Correspondence of the Herald.) Avsvuay, New Yoax, March 22, 1812. Business in Auburn—Travelling Mountebanks—State Prison—Bankruptey— Temperance, §. J.Gonpow Bennett, — Daan Siz :— Old Sol rose apon the “loveliest village of the plain” this morning in all his grandeur and magni- ficence. The weather for the last ten days has been unusually mild and bland, so much so that it was quite comfortadle with the doorsopen. The roads aso, which have been actually horrid, are getting quite dry, and even dusty in town, which is quite a novelty to us, as the roads generally at this season of the year are almost impassable. We can now reasonably hope for an early spring. Business has in a measure revived, but is yet dull. The stores of our merchants are filled with merchandise, gonsequently their spring purchases mustbe light. We have fifteen dry good stores in our village. Their invoice of stock, in the aggre- gate, will amount to $160,000. fact, need no more goods for at least six months to come, save perbans a few to chink,in with. Those stores who do business on cash principles, will be able to replenish their stocks without much difficulty ; but I fear, vwing to the dullness of the past winter, that our tally stores, who have done a large credit business, will fin exceeding'y difficult to col- leet their just duzs,and payoff. The gist of the matteris, there is not going to be sold from this village a3 many goods by one-third this year as last. The people, not only here but everywhere, see the necossity of stern, rigid economy, and are beginning to praciice it too. We have all worn too fine clothes, drank too much Champaigne, and feasted too luxuriantly on rich and costly viands, chiefly the products of foreign climes. The whole country is alarmingly in debt, and domeatic eco- nomy must be practised aud firm.y adhered to by the wives and daughters of this land. They must wear less silks, and more homespun—understand chen, &c.; and apply their fingres more to the use of the needle, and less to the piano. Truly “music hath charms,” but what are the charms of musie compared with the lively hum of the spinning- wheel—the loom—or the dinner table, to that man who is striving laboriously with his physical and mental energies, given him by the God of Nature, to stem the current of debts which are coming bit upon him with all the fearful power of an ava- anche. A person calling himself Dr. Bennettson, exhibit- ed himself tothe good people of Auburn last week, as hailing’ free the city of Lowell, Mass., inthe at- de of a fine leeturer on medical science. He a to cure the consumption in any stage— liver complaints without any mistake—rheumatics, ut, malignant fevers, coughs, &c.; and, in fine, ¢ could cure, without reserve (so he said) all dis- eases which flesh is heir to, with about three or five dollars worth of his remedy, put up in bottles er papers for ‘ family use.” This travelling d ter gave medical advice gratis,and lectures thrown in, Wvuse persons {would buy his nostrums— surely a new mode of raising the wind, Buthe finally, after all, get eI breeze, which blew some $4100 in his pocket. He journeyed westward—God grant his face may ever be set thitherward. There has been a good deal of talk here this winter by a certain few, of ‘State Prison Mono- poly,” but the excitement on this subject has died away. People are boarate i come to their senses, not only here but throughout the State. for a repeal of the present system was circulated through this sy, and about 400 names procured ; true that a remonstrance was after- pally by farmers and un- ome three or feur towas True, a petition of on diseipli count; 1000 names subscribed. Many of the achanice and laboring men {who earn their, ded the sweat'of their brow.' pThis result el shows upon which side of the ques- early ide tion lies the majority, Ieay it without fear of con- tradietion as a ci of Aaburn, wholly disinter- ested, that let the lature enact laws todo away with meehanical Jabor in our y and remove the convicts to asother part of the state to dig in mines of coal and ore, and thereby seek prema- ves (as proposed by Mr. Weir) tl trike a blow at Auburn and Western N. ‘Yorks besides incurring great expense, from eh it will not, eannotrecover for twenty years, if ever, Our pri- is well conducted—probably never was unde! ore judicious managemet. Mr Gridley, the clerk, one of the most business -and practical men ever saw—systematic in ‘all things, eorreet to a farthing, e etic, discreet, pradent—a man of great suavity of manners, and above all, in these trying times, is one of the noblest works of God, an honest man—is an honor to his office. Yourself and lady were at our place |ast summer, and visited our prison,I am told, and can you not{bear testi- mony corroborating with the above? Oar banks are not discounting a dollar—they can’t doit; they have “ nothing over.” tig Conkling, U.S. Judge, you have been in- formed, holds his Courts here, a wasn’t engaged I think I should do part of my Court busiuess at his beautiful residence. The applicants number, now about 750; all the cities in the district have turndout liberally theirshare of bankrupts. Mr. H., County Commissioner, must be laying away a few hard dollars, as results of his office. Mr, W. alawyer of this village, leetured on that new subject, Temperance, a few evenings since, and sorry to say, it was afailure; I believe, as far as my knowledge extends, ot “ers who listened to it have} formed the same opinion lawyer Mr. W. ie cunning and of correct business habits, and certainly isa mueh better advocate of Juris- prudence than temperance. Mr: M’s lectu'e, last ‘Tuesday evening, before the young men’s associa- tion, on the same subject, was capital, aud did him great credi gi The “ Herald” is gaining popularity here every day—men whofwould not look even at it two months ago, new pour over its columns with great pleasure and satisfaction, andone thing is ecrtain that no news journal issought after with that avi- dity and earnestness by the ladies, young and old, married and single, as the ‘ Herald.” This ee: tainly is glory enough for one village—some nice young gentiemen ia thie vicinity may possibly ‘bark wp the wrong tree” if they attempt to play any of their games—look out boys, you are watch. ed. Thereare some three or four wed 8 on the tapis—two or three in high life, but 1 have no time to specif y—look cut next time. Carvaa. Geological Philosophy. To tux Eptror or tHE Hemarp :— the creation ; which we think is so far from being ed that they go to prove the most re- markable coincidenca between the theory of the earth’s formation and the account given of the st ehapter of Genesis. And such coincidence more remarkable, when we take iato consideration the antiquity of the bible aecount. When we considerthis extraordin: Jation of the world’s formation, that on itexist, was written years ago—of wi Moses is considered to author or compile AEA petiedt too of man’s exis- tence when no geological science or other kindred i ted, were known to shed their rays f knowledge ; and, yet, the stri etween the science of m und of 1! ‘otrace thizana- iy strike reader with peculiar force. candi tre logy, it is not-even necessary to read itin any other light than as profai ry. The facts it records in simple and brief phraseology, aro found, after the the lapse of thousands of years, to be corrobo: ed inevery material point of view—making some allowances for the imperfect medes of expression in which man’s dialect of those days was clethed, andfor the want of greater clearness in the brevity of detail, and we must admit, the analogy between the two accounts most accurate and wonderful. We sert, manyaecounts have been given mueh |ate: od, in which, not the » with the same cor- to facts, has been afterwards by future so fully verified. Believing fully in the details of Professor Lyell's relation of facts, yet without going into them in de. tail, we shall briefly state the theory of the earth venture to been going on ever since. That in its earliest ps ls of existence, it was totally unfit for the habitation of living beings. That the great central ball of the earth is granitic in its elements, and that the oldest and lowest rock any where ranite, on which various subsequent stra- ta have been formed,say not thansevenoreight principal and distinct crusts ; or depositions from water. And that, by the upheaval force, of re- i » these crusts have been broken i i d in some places, been form gand sinking parts ral aS regular nd though 1 er may by chance be wanting in a particu- lar spot, yet the order in whichthey overlay each other, hasbeen found reversed. — The first trace of animal life, in its lowest and tence, suchas the simplest sea jingle shell—or other sim- is found in their to the second strata, the sea and oth remains of a higher state of organi ire for —that, is, animals with a spine and arterial circu- f blood, &e. Still ing to the third strata we still find evidences of mereased perfection in the structure of organic remains, which partook of ture, that gave them r of breathing in 1 as water, and with spinal organs, &e — to the fourth leading ita, we begin d the remains of vegetable e: nce, such 8, frnits, stalks, &c , whose existenee fore land quadrupeds could maintain on the earth. ry their bein In the fift find the remains of land animals, and such less, depended upon vegetation for subsistence; and carniverous ani- sal were probably of still later growth ; and the fossil qT uch qaadrupeds continue to be dug from th cent formations of earth. Allihis vital creation preparation of the earth, during vast periods of time, was necessary to render it a fitabs ree climatric work of ter- t found, except in one or two recent cas in petrifactive It does not mi the mosaic les and animale id, or new combinations formed from elementary life first created, ‘‘ whose s beautifully says, ‘of itself is in ‘and the sea,and the earth,” ‘‘tobring tly,” after every ki i God intends elementary created materi: all time to come be capable of reprodu Geologists say the world existed probably, without an inhabitant. i ses. And further say that living being: duced in water,were the first created—so ¢: O- ses. Geologists say whalesfand the higher class o- sea animals were next made—so does Moses. Geof logists say vegetation existed before quadrupeds— so does Moses. And that land animals were form ed before man—so does Moses. Geologists agree that wan was the last being formed upon earth, and so does Moses declare the came thing. What remarkable traits of coincidence, that a man wri- ting three thousand ye: go should have declared those facts which fhe highest efforts of genius and ce have resulted in proving to betrue. On points there can be no cavil. Why not an author ignorant of creation and Feology have sup- posed man to be made first, and fishes and animals, madeafierwards for his greater convenience and comfort, as weil as to place them in the regular or- der he has done? Or why suppose or declare the world was formed during six, or seven vast periods of ace 4 ‘ +t Feat cH ‘he on! int on which the greatest sceptic ean raise ube is as to the neanlog of the single word “day,” which we feel bound to consider was employed by Moses as a mere type or symbol, of vast and distinct eras in the world’s creation. This view of the aubject is fully sustained from the fact of the (wo accounts agreeing in all other material respects. Besides, ths Hebrews generally, I ima- gine, expressed an’ Brest or indefinite length of time by the itl day.” Hence it is said in one part of scripture, “ with God a day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as a day.” It is alse said that in the Jnslitutes of Menu, trans- lated by Sir William Jones, the same account is ven of the creation as that related by Moses,with ah important difference: Menu defines what he means by the word day, and says it means a thou- sand yeare—that is, an indefinite perio® of time. Aad hi no less clear that the Sabbath, or one se- yventh of time, has been set apart and ordained as symbolical of man’s advent into the world, and commemorative ef the completion of a great earth- ly creation. And even in this point of view it is ore, of being kept asa day of rest and thanks- ving. We will give an abstract of the Mosaic account, as contrasted with the present geological view of the creation or formation of this world, and leave ‘the subject in the hands of the reader, begging, however, he will most earefully and et red pe first chapter of Genesis, and judge for imself, By this aceount, Time, began by the ereation of hh Earn ‘gan by the Heaven and First day.—The Earth was dark and void, No seed,” as Mc ig beings, ro P' = 5 OF al : cessary, to produce by i oa the ision of elements lyid = And lightwas by made to appear, after how long a period is unknown. f divid night from darkness, and separates water fro1 land, and the firmament from both organi zea the universal materials, still unfit for the jal tation of living beings, or life of any sort. This first period is called aday, which may mean a vast period of time, as we have stated above. Second day.—The firmament was created, bably the atmosphere is bere meant, whieh ma have been, in its first condition, Very different from what we now find it. And which, during its earliest formation, may have contained gases, which ren- dered it unfit ‘to sustain vitality of any kind Or it may at another period have contained an excess of carbonic aeid gas, which rendered it totally un- fit for the e: ace of animal life, or sueh animale as exist on land. Some philosophers » se t air at an early period of the earth's existance, had such a vast excess of carbonie acid gas, as to cause. the most extraordinary and rank ace of vegeta. ble life—altogether beyond any thing we ca: ceive of in the prasent day of purified air—and that this great mass of vegetation, afforded the immense materials of which the vast coal-fields of the earth have been formed, all of which are considered to be of vegetable origin—and what would seem to favor this curious theory. isthe fact, that the re- mains of noland animals with respiratory organg are ever found imbeded in coal, while they abound with impressions of vegetables, &c. Third day —Dry land ap, d seas are form ed. Earth brings forth grass, herbs, trees, &¢ — The earth being dry, first becomes fit for vegeta- tion, whieh was brought. probally, into powerfal 5 a ne by the pecu te of the air ‘alluded to. an Shr all this period, no animal life ap- Fourth day.—Stars er new worlds are formed, or as called lights in the firmament of Heaven.— With greater and er lights, to rule the day and night, and the seasons are Formed ere another great period has robably inter- vened,and no being, great or small, yet animated the earth, kK Fifth Day.—Water is made to produee the first living thing. Agreeing with all discoveries in Ge- ology, and the opinions of all men who have studied t ext fewls are made, probably at a great interval of time, and even before whales of the sea, whose large frames and high ganization, succeeded in the order of tion. The seais commanded to be fruitful ly its species in every form, and it forms and varieties ; and h complished ? Sixth Day.—Animals ef the land formed, or ‘‘beast of the earth,” and “all other creeping things.” These all preceded man. All were m: and for how long a period before man, we know not. And, probably, owing to peculiar circum- stances, there was an excess in animal production, as had been the case of vegetable growth. An monsters on land, as well water, sprung into being, to perish aguin, when the pec: condition of the earth or air which favored their existence, became so far changed as to fail to sustain their extraordinarv position in the link of animal crea- tion. Hence we know nothing of them save from ir fossil remai pre- : y be as it not been ae: id formations come up in jot till the earth was th an organzation 60 delicate yet so mysteriously perfect as man’s, that oommenced. The dry land bed apps red. as his bei Vegetation had sprung u; ‘of itselfis inthe were produeed, the were produced, in e: ays, ater of the land ay be. The revolitions of earth become Exce of vee etableand animal life were restrained, or governed y more fixed and conservative laws of reproduc. tion. And the earth itself was prepared as a gar- den for the reception of man, who was the last and highest work of creative power ; and who himself, for centuries, has been gradually unfelding the powers of physi ind intellectual capacities, that were at first wrapt up in the high organization of his being ; and if one might conj-cture the f do, that he, too, may give way in turn, toa new order, and still higher existence in a more exalted class of beings. ; e second chapter of Genesis is more or less an amplification of the first, and attempts to give some dim notio: details, with respect to the method of Creation, such as the fo of Eve, &c., much of which must be taken in a metaphoiical sense:— Te recapitulate the Mosaic Account. AN was dark and void ; with embryo Earthand Heaven. First Day—Light created. Second Day—. jemosphers, or Firmament created. ay Third Day—Dry lan ‘egetation first created Fourth Day—New Worlds, or New Lights formed. ter juces living bein; Fifth Day—' ‘prod: Sixth Dey—Land animals fermed, and Shen, and last, man susce Geological Theory. The centre of the Earth ise ball of granite—the inter- pe and central portions of which are in a state of fusion :— First Period—The first lay ers, or strata encrusting this ball,are destitute of nimal or vegetable remains, Second Period—The second clas: layers or ert are first seen to contain anim: simplest form, an such 66 a duced alone in . if Third |—The next strata, contains fossils of ani- mals, of more complicated structure, such as have spines; ke. Fourth Period—The next strata contains the fossils of herbs and plants, seeds, &c. ifth Period—The last strata in orderare found forthe ontain the petrified fossils of quadrupeds or Is, but no remains of man—he being the Yast formation of creation. Allowing for the dim light of the age in which the first chap! of Genesis was written, and for the oceasional metaphorical expressions of the author, and we must ny, the coincidence bet ween the Mosaic history of world and that given Geologists, is most striking and remarkable, an renders the Book of Genesis one of the most extra- ordinary productions ever penned by man—wheth- er wrote by Moses or another hand, or whether profane or inspired, i! boots not, as far as our ar- gument is concerned. There it has stood for seve- ral thousand years, and there it must stand, during the fature existence of man, as one of the most re- markable monuments in the history of the world. Frarxtin. The Newspaper Press. Mr. Bennett :— We hear much of the immoral tendeney of the press—but I do not belicve it. I read the papers indistrimately, and pay for many that I do not read. False as they are, their lies neutralise each other, Known to be of easy,not to say doubtful vir- tue, readers are on their guard—they learn to dis- crimate,and are obliged to think and truat to them- selves. Now, when you can make men think inde- pendently, you are onjthe high road of knowledges truth is at the end of it, and not at the bottom of a bottomless well. The difficulty of attaining ‘the truth—all sorts of truth, political, moral and di- vine, hasnot been intrensic but extrinsic; our teaeh- ers have no wish that we should attain it,"althongh they allow ns, sometimes, to approach it at sack distance: will leave it doubtful, and forever re- quire their well paid ministry. But most happily: the quarrels of the Doctors and the lies of the News- papers prove to be the most efficient instructors blessed with. The reformation of ions has’ proceeded from similar causes. Science and thejarts owe their progress to opposition. Therefore,” your humble re: ers, beg of you, Gentlemen Editors, to keep up the war, and never to agree upon any thing but disa- it. Your paper especially, Mr. Bennett, has been accused of being a sink of corruption and immo- rality. Now, Sir, you do not know who I am, nor do you caretoknow. But I will tell you that I have no interest to flatter you cr any om I am beyond all sorts of wants, and am now about a thousand miles from you. 1 have nothing todo, and profess to be a sort of moral and political re- former, although I never attend meetii or sign pledges. {work on my own hook and take my pay insilent hopes, waiching and welcoming good from wherever it may come, even from vile news- pers. 5 Now, Sir, 1 do not Tenppo that you are better t the Wall than other men, (I wil gentry) but I think thatT early yo in telling the truth, as nearly as you cam at it.— Your paper is read by all classes by po- litieiane of every hue; b; ig ey — ve ellers. ai ef stock; by good bank bankrupts aad colvents; by rogues end h by menia place and men out of place; by j and culprits; by governors and Lele in fine, by every body. Now every body wants to know the ‘truth e to make a good use of it and some te make one. Therefore, Sir, how can you lease and serve this motley group of customers in any way so well as by telling the truth? Bui the truth should not be tol is said, mi balance the general account fiden’ asserted, that the world would be all the better for it. Sir, 1 Beate willing, for coe = — toa fand our those ir bold Feditor in Paris, Mr. ioe, lately liberated Prison, to encourage you a » by 5