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POSTSCRIPT me . Atsany, Wednesday Evening, March 6, 1842. a Og For ” , ey whether he ha Buncom| our usual Southern Corr Sketch of the Debate in the Assembly on the Bill for the | Oy ti:'Haneombe tosigh dlike te by this morning's Mail, ee fourth panne ¥e* Punishment of the Crimet of Seduction and Adul- | what reasons had caused this chasge. He hoped | s—————— ae vt page. tery by Fine and Imprisonment. this bill would become «law, and in the language Chty Intelligence, ‘The House resolved iteelf into a committee of the by a Foitoners, sucha law as would be aterror | = Merrixc or Citizens —A lar meeting of citizens Whole, Mr. Kevty in the Chair,on the bill reported Mr. Beisxaraiel in favor of the passage of the and aria was held at Timothy Garrick’s Hotel last by Mr. Siamexs from the Judiciary Committee, pro- | bill—he thought it was the duty of the Legisla- | C’¢"ig in Frankfort street, to take such measures s viding that the crimes of Seduetion and Adultery | twreto place euch barriers around pt ie poi yrbaeabnmantstscebierncesta charac- pica * . . ey ane se who had neither manliness, a oarding house, should be punished by fine and imprisonment. er,nor ehivalry to defend them from what? from | Sailor's Home. Major Joseph H s- amllas She Mr. Simons explained and defended the bill at the gratification ofa moment of unhallowed'passion. length. He contended that its enactment was ne- ere appeared to be too greatfa tendency tolaugh it feats to remedy a crying evil. Redress had been aueemniain-¢4-sh) SONAR OE say bo. ree piu exe dha G- Smith and Martin Shea, se- r appeared to pre demanded by the people, and it was due to them | hig subject, umong virtuousrand honoretle wuem | ‘The meeting was addressod by Alderman Halsey and that it should be granted, &c. Mr. S. concluded | He remarked that his own observation and expe- | Messrs. Hepkins, Taylor, Palmer, Jennings a “ “ Pt y * 8 and South- by submitting an amendment mitigating in some de- | rience had swash poarbege that there was no sub- | well, and resolutions were presented by Mr, Tayior,ex! pce tac oocgtseh cuatfiew cation eatieg Worthy ot {Sgislation as this same, one OF | pressive of the sense of the meeting on this subject. We Mr. Davezac followed in reply. He was convin- | ber of petitions on this subject were not naworthy aa have something to say in this matter to-morrow. ced that the gentleman from Essex had given this | of consideration. He had presented many peti- | _C#4Rox» witm Axsox.—An elerly man named Pete, subject a long and careful examination, that he had | tions on the subject, and h- could not sit silent Masen, whe has reeently occupied the upper part of the exeiningdll aga aevaiaan sansa ot thie! w Geka, Ls peray ? x ay. crime deserved apes - | dwelling 14 Goerick str 1, was arrested yesterday, and 2 om ere Was any werse ¢ re it ice The report of the gentleman displays the labor and | der, it was this, and he beliered it s ememee gunlictss ald ural bbe a pore ora 3 ee et - ment chould be ided—h son. On the instant it appears he assaulted a sen investigation he has.bestowed upon it. He believed es oe Da pant ewe b provi @ was | vant ght named Helen Bogen, who was sngugot in also that this bill was produced by the most patriotic Mr. Davezac wished to ask his friend from Jeffer- | cooking in one of the rooms of the upper part of the feeling Therefore, when he looked at the first | son(MrsChureh) from whom he had alwaysreceiy. | house occupied by his daughter, and after driving her section he (Mr. D.) must comfess that he was struck | edthe most courteous treatment, and for whose down stairs, set fire to the room in which he slept, and with astonishment. He told the gentleman that he | Jents and abilities he had the highest respeet, if he | attempted to rush out of the house. ‘The alarm of f, i sn clatadPerie hints d to | alluded to him. He did, he 4well knew, present | Necins tess wy ; apn ie! a could not concur in opinion with him in regard to | 9 petition which the ladies knowing his deep re. 6 been given, he was stopped on the stairs by ‘i Ps P ‘. that section. He (Mr. D.) shuddered at the very | spect and ardent devotion for the sex, did him the | Messrs. Andrew and Jolin Martin, the latter of whom Ie idea of the scenes that would occur if this bill pass- | honor to send tohim. He had said, and he would | the owner of the premises. Upon sewching the bed- repeat it here again, that he was glad to hear the | room @ number of rags and other combustibles were Public Morals. acter of the Ensuing Common | The State of Feeling in relation te the Late [Correspondence of the Herald.] The c N EW YORK HERALD. Counctl_The true Points In Issue. Contest. we 2 The character of the coming Corporation, and the | All sorts of angry, humorous, malignant, laughable points of controversy involved, increase in interest | and funny feelings have existed in relation to the The New Common Council. and importance every day ; and each day resembles | late contest. Among others the following is too The several Ward Inspectors of elections have | ig js results a perfect geological period. The whole | £00d to be lost: It seems that a day or two before decided that there are eight aldermen and eight assis- | orust of the concern undergoes an entire change ; | the election, Richard Carman, Esq , the whig can- tants of each party elected. The Sixth Ward will there isa settling down, and breaking up and | didate for Alderman in the 12th Ward, was taken be returned doubtful. What a pretty bit of excite- sjointing, and upheaval of the whole mass, that it | ®@ck with a swelling in the neck. His relatives ment we shall now see. would puzzle even Professor Lyell himself to give a | sent for a doctor, and as chance would have it, Dr i gape date, or name, or classification to the strata after | Williams, the locofoco candidate for Alder in Tue Nex: Sream Sp .. {each upheaval or subsidence has temporarily the same ward was called in. Carman complained been out thirteen days. We may expect her, th ceased. eadly. ‘Be quiet,” said his mother, ‘‘ the doctor fore, to-morrow or Sunday. She brings news a is fixing something to make you feel easy.” ‘ Doc- month later, and it will be very important. The re- tor,” suid Dick, “ what doctor?’ ‘ Doctor Wil- sult of the division on Peel’s Bill will be known—the liams,” said she. “ Doctor Williams be ” ve ars Sicir Hews oneness 3 ent, “turn him out of the hovse directly, or else Britennia which sailed on the Sth, will also s00n be mn xi Ishan’t be able tostirfrom it for a month.” And here. alone, and they loudly clamor for a repeal of the accordingly Dr. Williams was dismissed. The day Axornex Exsertoy 1x June.—By the new Public | law recently passed by the legislature, which repeal, after the enim the Doetor ae Ps ape aah School Law, an election takes place throughout the | if it took place, would only renew all the religious | ## Outright said, a Reid Fas i ‘ 9 ; city for School Commissioners in June. We sup- | excitement, fan the now dying embers of discord, | ¥°" did you did tl vio er oh for cape i i pose the Sixth Ward Charter election will come off | uatil the whole community would be in a blaze—or | ™* stay five minutes longer, ave a blister atthe mame Gms. a general geological conflagration. The “Tribune” on your neck that would’nt have let you got up for is crying out “fraud, fraud,” and insists that the | @ Week.” ‘This is the humorous state of feeling— locofocos mean to cheat the whigs out of the city, but no malics. ae 4 - t be battle, blood- | _ 18 the meantime, some few of the Unionists an peopel sake of the eityswhich | Spartans til look pretty black at the Irish when means for the sake of the thousand and one offices they meet them, and vice versa the Irish still look in the gift of the Corporation. He wished to know, New York, Friday, April 15, 1842, —The Great Western has 840 appointed vice To add to the interest and excitement, and to in- crease the confusion, all the papersseem determined to misrepresent the state of things, and get up a false issue. The ‘ Journal of Commerce” and “ Ex- Press” are raising a great outery about the School Bill, insisting that the election turned upon that Exrerioy Rervans.—The Board of Canvassers of the Sixth Ward met yesterday morning to make a return of the vote cast at the charter electiont on Tuesday. The following is the result in the three according to the official returns :— black at them. And there are not a few black eyes For Alderman. 5 a : . to look out of among the whole of them. Vander- | ed. It wou'd have the effect to convert every court P P Bhelae ssh eee EE Te ad Pemmt, | Now thal rale of thens onic arp aloes 00 | eaicadal fora Ahangs Helle eoey abst | labd ait taalaleri ictal Ne SO Paceacked| tas VER Maecsbect ln firder iam mais Sty ae ae pa Tend eridienad wes presented tea Ferris, 70 304 139 | Bonsens'cal to be answered. The election did no! his being badly hurt must be a mistake, for he | he sawno females present, and he should, there. indebted to them for the spirit of chivalry which, | }cinous cri h evans persed td aad Prolins, 139 135 a7 | turn on the School question at all; that was not hasn’t Bbiciaich upon him. It seems that the | fure speak plainly and bluntly. Bagland had ren- place of eivilization, softened the hearts and seatpinl ty Mcclonsee wigs cee ety Hogan, _ — 122 7 pao s Mae we ater oe! best ore Henly Irish there acted pretty much the same as they | dered herself ridiculous by her crim. con. triale.— wif he thonghtthat he ag D.) had ae: ‘ her bed from sickness, and ake signe Fa pa nas lite Henry 7 308 pH Ipmapreenees ras sr oe tpad det le and they | id here in Centre street. After the close of | There are lewd books, which, he was sorry to see, | formed an opinion as to this bill, which indeed was | ifthe house had been consumed. he states that Masen Atwell, Ld 135 $24) Re they eehonia eee f the wards easily, had | the polls on some very slight provocation they | were read by almost every young man, and which | not then in existence. Mr. D. went on to argue, im | had threatenedtoburn the dwelling at several different Ben Ber Collector, BY eeettostiats sea lasik Whieh | armed themselves with bludgeons and surrounded | doubtless had been seen by almost every member of | Te ee nr re and, cloquent manner, in opposition | times, and also to murder * ome one” on the premises, Connolly, 76 299 16 Schvol had nothing to do, causing them | the City Hotel. Here they fell upon an Englishman | the house. The reports of many,and indeed most of | knew were opposed, he had been the only one who while in his paroxysmof rage. Brennan, 199 140 #31’ |: the:Behval question: had ay thing to dos 4) named Webb, a boss butcher in Albany, whom they | these trials he contended were fit only for the pages had dared to stand forth aud raise his voice against | A Yanxex Cavour sy 4“ Peter Funx."—One of the of such books. By this bill it would be the duty of |i, He considered thst, it required more courage Rabi wheeait ie tipped arco pasate every Grand Jury to enquire into and search out, | orthe British at New Onan He erty pe ied cut, was ont —— Chatham street yesterday, @ as to whether any seduction, fornication or adultery | that he would be misrepresented, abused and ca- gh sector dr ar ep ging, going,” Neen mae had been commilted within its jurisdiction. Now lamniated for the eourse he had taken on this | swindlii ction stores of that vicinkty. He stepped in where isthe man, no matter how pure and unblem- Rig rage) tdigha ea igh re “3 belly bet ae wettce ect men hay ect cad ished may be his character, who has not an enemy ? suggested that this was not a corporation—laugh. y advised him to make a purchase of the articles How easy then is @ country like this, divided by an- | ter ) that he was in favor of legislation on this sub. | Wder the hammer, as they jwere going dog cheap, and =o : i : ‘ ject, and would sendan amendment auxi that he would buy them himself, but his money was tagonistical parties, connected with which are men wa tothe chair, He thought the f short. He would, however, take half of them at the distinguished for their virtue and patriotiem, and en- | thot ‘where orietee of this ata inCisged oa Rae fey. were Kolng, ten a irked eet oo joying, in the highest degree, the popular favor—for interests, rights and feelings of a third erson, it baek office to settle up. The number of articles havin the assassin to say that there has been an improper should be puwished. The uuprincipled seducer | been counted, instead of the yankee’s share being $3.55, flirtation between one of these men and f who enters the bosom ofa family cirele and robs it | he wos presented with a bill of $8369. His purse cen- : Teeantea at suit | of the wife and mother, inflicts on the husband and | taining but $27, he expostulated ugainat such payment, lady. Then there may be some discontented ser- | children an injury almost equal to murder, Me, | bUt the funks persisted, an swore he should not leare vant, or discarded lady's maid, who can give some | O'S, thought with hie colleague from New York til the whole bill was cashed up. | Find- light on the subject, und who, instigated by revenge: | that any attempt to close houses of ill fame would £2 8 dificulty, sccording te his own ful motives, might be induced to perjure themselves | only tend to create more atrocious and violent | felating the story tee fine ae rene og ae oh And itis a fact that in the most of the important | crimes Crime would stalk abioad by day and aa pone Fo Bet Laesoiting nly $10 of ry Sountred trials of this nature in England, persons of this de- night in the public streets—the worst of crimes, | which he received $1 for hie trouble. He should not scription are the most prominent witnesses. We fraught with violence and blood History records | have been paid one cent for not recovering the whole know also thatin England threatening letters are many attempts of the nature involved in the pas- | Sum, and we eal upon one of the justices cole into often addressed to men with weak minds, stating | sage of this bill, and history also shows that go. | the {reason why it was not all returned to the lawful that unless. a certain sum of money is sent, an ac- | vernments so attempting were compelied in a very | Wehr the scoundrels who keep the place lodged in cusation of this character will be brought’ against | few years to retrace their steps. The anidtroent tne Tombs for their rascality. 1's high time the police him. Such Mg. D. contended would be the effect | he proposed was to strike out the three firat see- | Justicesmade an example of one of th mi should be of this section. Again, is it not perceived that there | tions and substitute one making it a penal offence Pro thar ; Mapes cace they are springing is danger lurking in every line of oe bill: What | for every one who shall entice any married woman | up all over the city, if do you find? t am not (‘aid Mr. D) delicate on | toadultery, to be punished by 10) vears imprison. | How ro oer Sxogas ano niaxn 4 navse.—A young man this subject—I am speaking to men, men with | ment in Siate Prisow, and a fine of $10,C00. named J. Wilson Kellogg was deposited in the Tombs beards, and not to ladies or children. It will be Mr. Simmons hoped this amendment would not yesterday, charged by A A. Samanos, segar dealer, cor- seen that this bill prevides thatthe man who com- prevail. It fixed he Penalties too high ; public | ner of Broadway and Reade street, with obtaining three mits the crime of fornication shall be sent to the | sentiment would not support it. Mr. S. proceeded uarter boxes of segars from him valued at $13,50, under State Prison. Wellthen—we pavestipa of war Te- / at length to argue in support of the bill. Mr, | {alse pretence’. Mr. Samanos states that he represented turning to pert, after some three years absence,with | Hwpunrey wished to know what was the effect of Wend Halel, wishog te coe eral tie faeces i gzovment and | similar laws where they were in force. Mr. Sim- | Purchase some of his segars.having admired the flava possession of ail thet faculties, physical as well as | mons referred the gentleman to his report, but caid | (cng, thay he (Kellogg) had smoked at his house. | He moral, and in the fullness ard majesty of manhood. | he would give a brief recapitulation. Mr. 8 cone quarter boxcs to Riley’s for that purpose, which was ac. Suppose them landed in New York, their passion | tinued at great length in his arguments in favor of | cededto. Several days passed over and finally Samcnos increased by the restraint that had been placed on | the bill. sent his bill to Riley for payment, when to his astonish- them, sir a knowledge of human nature would war- Mr, Davezac followed in reply to some allu- | ment he found that Kellogg had sold the segars on his rant him in saying that out of those eleven hundred | sions to papacy by Mr. S, but that gentleman | 0WD hook, pocketed the money, and given a receipt in men, one thousand at least, would that very night be | remarking that he did not intend to be understood | {ullforthe proceeds. “He stands committed on the charge fornicators. (Laughter.) Heknewhe was speak- | as itappeared he had been, Mr.D was satisfied. | ‘default of bail. f the Kogniacker” ing tomen who had experience in the passions.— Mr. ee way remarked that the ladies, Mons CAUNSERSRITE al ‘MeKirkin rho mee ce (Great laughter ), He would ask them if we were knowing his regard for everything that concerned tecaay franck ting to pi $3 counterfeit neve on the going to legislate in this way, it so he would say to | their interests, had done him the honor to send | Atlas Bank of Boston, upon James Moorhead, grocer, of them, sce that you are guiltless yourself betore | their petitions to him for presentation He had | 331 Grand street. When told that the note wer Pad, he you judge your neighbor. (Increased laughter.) | also made some remarks on that ocea: d started to rum away, but was overhauled by the aes Again, in relation to houses of ill-fame—the bill | did not know but that, like his frien from New | stop thief and safe rt edens in prison. Several other that the keeper shall be liable to fine and | York, he would also be called upon to explain on | Cbargesof asimilar kind arealleged egainst him. imprisonment. Now if he had any foes, he hoped | which of the occasions he was talking for Bun- Died prem tHe Errects or a Gare.—The Coroner they would understand him in what he was going | combe. He had taken a deep interest in this bill, | Beld an inquest yesterday on the body of a man named to say. These establishments were the ot and in this disenssion, and although satisfied with | David Groves, @ native of Wales, England. The de- spots, the leprosy on the body of sociaty, he was | the genersl principles of ae bal es aes, With | Seased. wan ppc i pray tame oon’ Mba end well aware, but they were like the small pox and | the details. He had heard a que: as to the br edehhe “F pre ate upon the deck durin ages fellow fever—providential and necessary evils — | eperation of this kind of legislation in other States | andthresof his ribs broken, which caused his decease. id not intend to defend them or their inmates put pointedly to the gentleman from Essex, | on Tuesday last. Verdict eres) % turning to Scriptures it will be found | to which. no answer had as yet been made. Daownen it 4 Cuutan—A child’ ‘named Nicholas in defence of them—ef the frail women. | wus aware that a similar law was in Operation in | Strong,eged three years, who has been missing {or seve~ led to what on considered the most sachusetts; as to its working there h ral days, was found drowned on Wednesday in the cels ty Mas: 3 we ig there he had no eee of writing in the lan; ‘the | means of judging, but from the reports of some of lar of the house adjoining the corner of 9th Avenue and Judah. Such houses were not kept in | his friends on a recent visit to Boston, he should | 2th street. There was abovt three feet of waterin the Judah, ia! found them in the countries they con- | think not very favorably. Most laws for the pun- | °°!!** quered. The frail women sheltered the spies in | jshment of crimes, made certain incti ieho, and by the direction of the Lord were | ding to the provocation which caused it - ved from the general massacre, &c. &e — . He thought this bill should do the same. | _ Arait 14.—John Moore vs. Nathaniel G. Weeks, Suppose this legislature to have effected | There should certainly be come difference ia the | Zeke and Gustavus Hamilton.—Vhe plaintiff w Which the Romans, the Grecks, that which | punishment meted out to the wilful deliberate se- | ™&2 on board the ship Marion, having shipped Mr. Wm. Sinclair Jr. who was officially authoriz: | (0 run two or three tickets in some of the wards ed by his associate inspectors of the first district, | Had the whigs gained their majority of the wards Messrs. Wade B. Morrill, (whig) and William Ly- | by the School question being raised, they would ons, (democratic) to make a return to the Board of | have also carried Pawnix in for Mayor 3 because Canvassers, presented a report in which it was stat- | Morris was as clearly identified with the present ed that at the time Dunn’s Sixth Ward Hotel was | School Bill just passed, as he possibly could be, and attacked by the mob of ruffians, they were engaged | was openly, expressedly, and decidedly in favor of in counting the ballots for Aldermen, having com: | a change inthe system. Therefore the resultof the pleted the canvass for Mayor. That the three in. | election was not influenced by the School question spectors considering their livesin danger, left the | atall. ballot box and hastened out of the room tothe low-| Again, the locofeco defeat in the 12th ward, was er part of the building, and when they returned, a(- | caused bya personal difficulty among two of the ter the mob had departed, they found the ballots | candidates, without reference to the school ques- scattered about the floor and the box overturned. | tion. That in the 1th ward was caused by a per- That the inspectors for that district could not make | sonal difficulty between Dr. Archer and Mr. J. apy return of the ballots cast for charter officers, | Bloodgood. That in the 6th ward was also a mere under their oaths of office, and he therefore present | personal affair of preferences between two parties eda paper containing this statement of the facts | of Catholics and their leaders. This is the true so- which the canvassers received and annexed it to the | Jution of the curious result of the election. other returns. This statement was signed by the As to the cry of “ fraud, fraud, and blood, blood,” twe Democratic Inspectors of the district. we must wait till next Tuesday, when we shall get The official result for Mayor is as follows: —Mor. | the returns of the board of canvassers. We shall ris, 1182; Phoenix, 713; Monroe, 1; Field,3; ma- | then see how much fraud there will be, and how jority for Morris, 469. The whig prints claim the | much blood it will be necessary to shed. We pre- Jollowing as the result in the first district of this | sume that the canvassers are honest men, and will ward :—Crolius, 190; Ferris, 100 ; Shaler, 103. For | act justly. And whether they will throw out a few Assistant, Atwill, 186; Hogan, 98; Henry, 107. | tickets here and there, or annul the election in the This would produce the following result in the | 6th ward, are matters that do not at all affect the ward :—Crolius, 751; Shaler, 490 ; Ferris, 594. For | great questions of the day. And whether the re- Assistant, Atwill, 742; Hogan, 462 ; Henry, 612 sult of the decision of the board of canvassers will This ward will consequently be disputed in the | be to give the whizsa majority of three or four, or Common Council, and on the assembling of the | only a nominal majority ot one in joint ballot, it is new body on the second Tuesday in May, no doubt | very certain from present appearances that there will that each of the candidates balloted for will appear | bea sufficient number of the friends of the present gen- and claim theirseats. The result will be that a new | eral administration to control all the appointments. election may be ordered by the Common Council, | And this,therefore, will raise the great issue of Clay but as both boarcs will stand eight Democrats to | and Tyler for the first time in our corporation, and eight Whigs, how that result or the admission of | cause allthe appointments and decisions to be made either of the candidates will be brought about, time upon one or other of these broad grounds. alone will determine. This inevitable result 1s clearly seen by the Clay The Board of Canvassers have declared that the | men and Clay newspapers, and as clearly dreaded he candidates for Alderman and Assistant in the bythem. The course taken by the friends of Mr. Sixteenth ward are elected, and that the Democrat: | Ciay all over the Union, is accelerating the division icin the Eighth are chosen. This places each Party | of the whig party; the Clay men see it—their own pay same number in the Common Council, a8 | movements tend to it, and yet they hesitate because Soret ‘ 5 , they are afraid to draw the line. The Clay papers, BR de FURR ELTEL ie ihe Twelfth | therefore, raise the cry of the school question, and sa bi ng m repeal, and fraud, and every other foolish and false Democratie—The Fourth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, issue, none of which can stand the test. Sill. it all Teath, Eleventh, Thirteenth, and Seventeenth—8 | tends to keep up the excitement in this most extra- This will prevent the removal of any of the pre- | ordinary of all the cities of the world. And the sent persous holding office under the Common Coun- | public mind is gradually becemiag worked up to cil until the Sixth ward election is decided. Ifa | the highest possible point of tension, and unless a new election is ordered, in all probability the diffi- safety valve is opened somewhere, something must culties among the Democrats will be reconciled give way with a terrible explosion. Already and the ward carried by them, which will secure gloomy and hypochondriacal individuals are going @ majority of one in each board and two in joint | about the streets crying, ‘No Popery”—“ The declared was a New York whig, and beat him al- most to death, and stamped upon him in the most brutal manner. Vanderzze was there, and stood his ground and a party of Ai cans, locofocos and whigs rallied round him as a native American party, and atlast drove off the Irish, after a severe fight all about Popery and Anti-Popery, which question and excitement has been wickedly raised by Thurlow Weed and Goy, Seward. The Irish threatened to kill Vanderzee fora New York whig; but they ouly managed to seize hishat without his head in it. This they carried on atwenty foot pole ia triumph dewn the street, as Indians do a scalp, shouting “ Here’s the Yankee whig’s head!” Vanderzee rushed into the crowd, knocked down the man that carried the pole and carried off his hat en his own head as a more fitting place for it. He only got two gentle taps from a shillelah, out of friendship, but they didn’t hurt him. There were none ef our Custom House oflicers at the election as reported ; the only man connected with the Custom House that was in Albany, wasa Mr. Strong, from the barge office ; and he wassubpened to attend court there, and ne- ver went near the polls at all. Review of Books, &c, Boz’s Wonks, No. 14.— Curry § Co. 167 Broad- way.—This is a most beautiful edition—the present number commences the Old Curiosity Shop, with numerous most superb plates ; and may be had com- plete for 75 cents. Excycuorepia Americana, No. 1. Curry § Co. —In this way this work, worth $60, can be bought for $20. Coorer’s Sea Taxes, No. 14. * Ct & Co—A Asuperb edition. This gives us the close of the first volume of *‘ Homeward Bound.” Lorp Bacoy’s Worxs, No. 23. Post, 88 Bowery —No one should be without this beautiful edition. Turer’s Frexcn Revovution, No. 47. Bowery —As this invaluable work draws to a close it increases in interest. ‘i Scorr’s Wonks, No. 15. Post, 83 Bowery.—This contains all Demonology and witehcraft; and this and as much more matter can be had for 25 cents, Conrarsutioxs ro Acapemic Literature. Ray- nor, 76 Bowery.—A very useful little work. that Thomas Riley, of th Fanny Ecssten.—There is some potent mystery about the whereabouts of Fanny Elssler. The story of her having arrived in “* male attire” at New Orleans from Havana, isnot confirmed—and 38 pro- bably apure invention. Our letters mention no such circumstance. Atthe last accounts she had been asrested or detained by the Governor of Havana on ar count of some promise to a charity not fulfilled. Sometaing has tahen place before this time, but what we cannot tell. She may have either gone to Mexico, to Mareeilles, to London, to Huvre, orto Marine Court. ray Before Juége Sherman. Kgai that Havre Louis XIV , Napoleon, and England herself could ducer, and the man who, provoked by perhaps the for a voyage from Bueres Ayres to New York.—The de fendants are mester and first and second mates of that . - . t accomplish, and freed the land from all un- | tempting display of her cl bea ballot. There will be terrible times with both par-| country is in danger”—“The Pope of Rome | Heaven Gamalianal. te ‘ ee mpting display of her charms by some ship, and the present action is for assault and battery, ! . . Suppose a city of 300,000 inhabitants mai bedi y ties to secure the vote of the unterrified and riotous | rules the Republic” Others, with pale faces, without such houses. Are all of them married: — | Menthe cttet ore tink eden hie of they having for disobedience of what was considered by effect of which induced the com: certainly not. In the city of New York there are | of the oriaas But be was willie, and indeed always {25 or 3,000 married men or bachelors, posed to go farther than the gentleman himeelr in travellers or sojourners, and away from home. He | th: matter. would speak of men as they are, when he said that s there were certain imperious wants, whieh were the result of nature, &c. These things were not Mr. H., was wi feltin the eountry. There early marriages Pre- | —out of the State. vailed—every man had bis wife or sweetheart to whom he eould get married. (Laughter.) In cities ily written, the cl ight n i: was different; there were numbers of men who | bied to read ty he would read it im his place. had no wives, or who had and were away from The People of the Stateof New York represented in Senate home. Therefore if there were no houses of ill. | and Assembly, do enact as follows :— fame, we should have rape and open violence stalk- | §1. The crimes of seduction, fornication and adultery | ble, Jhon g through our streets, as history shows us that it | ate hereby abolished. out for i, ngerous order, (and intended, apparently a punishment.) placed hanldcuifs on the plaintiff, tied is feet together, and kept him confiaed in the booby hatch, (about four feet equare) all night and partof next day, Tinga Ne up during the time and fo ging him on the The court charged that the officcrs of 2 ves sel had a right to flog a seaman, but they had no right to place fronson him except lor mutiny. it appears that in the march of improvement, Jack law is open to afford him redr to ot! ‘he crew in this News raom New Enotaxp.—Early yesterday morning, and far in advance of the Mail, we re- ceived by Adams & Co., Harnden & Co., and Smith, papers from the Eastern States. Smith now runs daily to Hartford, Springfield, &c. Sixth. On it depends the fate of either party in the | and heads like squashes, or a great woolly tur- city, and ifn election is ordered the colonizing by nip, lope along squealing out “fraud! fraud!” both parties will be such, that we should not be sur- | There must be a civil war in the city ”— prized, if instead of 2000 votes, which is about the | Ochers again with skulls as thick as the interior ie average number polled, that 5000 will be received on empty, are moping gloomily along saying in a so- that memorable day whenever it arrives. lem tone and with a lugubrious countenance, The position of the Meyor at this crisis is pecu- | « Blood will flow!” The locofocos are going about liar. The appointing power of all the officers of saying ‘‘ Don’t give up the ship!” which means al! Police is in his hands exclusively, therefore no | the fat offices, pickings, drippings, stealiags and all. changes or very few may be expected under that The Irish go about saying “Heads must be cracked !” head. He also holds the veto power, and can thus And the loafers bring’ up the rear and go about sing- Tocarry this into effect for the heh cae bill. As Tus Mvaveness. —Itis said that Miss Hamblin, who recently murdered her husband, or eher ami, between the acts, of a tragedy, in the green room of the Mobile Theatre, has been seen in this city. Ifso,she must have travelled in the dieguise of a e! One of the seamen, an en pearing fellow, cay ly of outkipping C: amis IDPs did'he set t te the plaintifl’s place of confinement at " oe man from the South. She issaid to be a fine-look- 2. This act shall take effeet immediately. midnight, and urged him thus :—“Jobn, bear your pun- control the passage of any ordinance appropriating | ing * straws must be put into barrels!” And so be- ing, black-eyed woman, and with a bit of a pe « eke pdt fd AS he reading of this was received with the most | ishment Ie rar guiatit sa take afterwards the public funds. The watchmen are also under his | tween the whole of them, we are likely tobe in a} gache, would pass off for a fashionable youth with | Do not, therefore, legislate rashly. The gentle. | V9ciferous laughter. paketenctaat ants in the lien’s mouth and rust get Mr. Simmons regreited the levity mani this matter, and alter some few remark: to his amendment, it was adopted. Mr. O’SuLtivan’s amendment w: jurisdiction, as no removals or appointments can be | beautiful, thrilling state of excitement for some time made by the captains of the watch, without his | ¢ come. consent. The 734 watchmen are therefore snug in Under all these circumstances the next corpora- their places. tion will be one of the most curious, interesting, The Board of County Canvassers meet on Tues- | exciting, quarrelsome Common Councils that ever man from Essex had styled him aa innovator, he was proud of the title, if what he advecated at {! time was aninnovation. But this time the gentle- man himself was the innovator. He, ( . never attempted to thwart physical la was the substitute of Mr. Hathaway e. fticers, in the main, were kind tothe crew, warned gentlemen not to attempt a task which The committee then rose and reported progress, | the plaintiffhad inder him when lying in irons, mocked the efforts of philosophers and philanthro- | 22d the bill was referred to a select committee to | the logging was and more for example than seve- them out as ea aswecan. Whenwe get into port we is , great success. What feelings this poor, degraded, beautiful wretch must have about these days! The first murderer, Cain, fled from Eden, and became a wanderer over the earth. Miss Hamblin is the firet murderess, and is ina like state of unutterable the Marine Court does some good, rejected, es is case, however, the redress was not. day to examine and report upon the votes cast for | metin the city of New York since the downfall of * H it; there was, in addition, an old shi bs fe hich had been far too st. - | report complete, and the House adjourned. rity, and Gere was, ition, an old shipmaster on the Mayor. They have no power, however, over the | the dynasty ofthe Dutchman. We shall have net wre ita atheNieata paicioet ons che gp nasa Jury who knew how to distinguish an anchor from a It for Al ke 27 - Pop Q N. capstan ber, and perhaps too, appreciate, with a due al- result for Aldermen, &c., as the decision of the | rows, more fighta, more blood shed, and more fun | Macaeric Scrence.—This new science is making | he knew where to find it. Theladies, who although henge lowance of fellow-feeling, the quarrels between officers ‘Ward Canvassers is final until reversed by the new hen they i headway in Ts ileal te ae they did not go to the ballot boxes, still had gr: at [Correspondence of the Merald.] and sailors. —Verdict for plaintiff, $14 damages and six Ps fac when they first meet and wherever they meet, than | great headway in Boston. Collyer is going strong. influence over them, unsecn though it was, would New Orceans, 5th April, 1812 cents costs. germane ner we ever had from any previous corporations. Wash- mre [be oa his conduct un He was | a Malian Opera—Mrs. Sulton—Iali antes Mr. Beebe for plaintiff—for defendants, Mr. A- Nash. ‘We understand that Mr. Allerton, who was elect- ington will be distanced, and we shall throw Con-| Stwevtan Resvurs.—New York, New Orleans, fe we sas Ce rs C oT Court of Common Pleas, ed on the whig ticket in the Twelfth Ward for As-| gress completely into the shade. Talk of Tom | Albany, Baltimore, Portland, and Brooklyn, have all | '@ isa Whee he: Wad Gavel — tae k mn barcapdth tapismecsn Cvsire utes Before Judge Inglis. sistant Aldermen is @ resident of the Sixteenth | Marshall, and Wise, and the “Guard” and Bally | recently elected locofoco Mayors, by large majori- Gunde, riboaid be fubledt-to Clinavioce eaten Arnit, 1h—Angeline Wyer ve. Rebert Hogan, Ward. If s0, his election is void, and Osgood, the | Dawson, and Arnold, the Roarer, why they will be highest Democratic candidate will be entitled to his | mere « small potatoes” compared with our common seat. This will give the Democrats one majerity in | councilmen, and their quarrele, and fights. In short, Joint Ballot, uatil the Sixth ward election is de-| it willbe a rich—rieh time when the new corpo- cided. Fation meets in May. It will be a perfect god-send ties. Jersey city, with 600 voters in all, have elected Thave already informed you of the failure of An- plist is a widow, and far from being rich wit! a whig mayor. Vituperative abuse. But there was no ra os ¢ , reyerentea more the sanctity and purity oi the fe- | tognini and his being turned out of the company.— Lad pobletocte Sick Shs Pana male character than himself. . then wi Since then the company have been playing at the | and her business proved unsuccessful, and, in 1841, she [eA apd @ most eloquent and indeed be. French Theatre, and to very indifferent houses ; so | Was desirous of giving up the house, which she had takem eu] logy on female character Ex; had "i . ena lease for three years at $1000 a year. In April of him, However, that the only gaardion of rosget | much 80, that Marty, the Italian Director, has been | ¢i.* ar Dr.Hogan notifed her that he would release Tue Branam Coxcert at the Brooklyn Lyceum last evening was very numerously and fashionably ee attended; and the songs given by the Messrs. thi 1 itode agai out of pocket every night except, I should hi: her frem the remaining twelve months provided she gave Prxxy Paver ror satx.—The “Boston Times” is | '@ Politicians and newspapers, as the fat offices, | Brahams were received with rapture by the delight- waste peeste-of bens said, when the ct ki wi played by Mo. him $100 and paid the rent up tothe Ist bay. ei 10, Cs asce: jad really let the offered for sale, at the price of $13,000 cash, or short pickings and stealings, will be to those who get anders: nelisss, Md cabana vo $f aoe orag de ill How” indeed vo will beer and Hoe’s presses and plenty of type. We advise the | °"¢ randy, toe. ‘Times not to sell out, but to double its priee—get up to two cents, and take another lease of life. The Penny “ Tribune” doubled its price during the burly burly of the election—no one observed it—its eircu- lation is of course reduced one half, but what of that? —it can afford to get along with deegaey and no debt. Cent papers are going. ed assemblage. Miss Brown played beautifully, as ju A Sutton. This beautiful opera drew great houses and smacther Person when he made her the propo. usual, on the piano forte. immense applause, for every artist who was ene | ‘ition, although he gave her to understand thot he en- ree . countered the risk of having the house left on his Lands. gaged in it, but more especially for Mrs. Sutton.— | She then eon tee rewat action to recover back the ) an place his lock on her heart. A. All’the rs that have a French columa $100 paid, terest. Verdict for plaintiff, $105 dama- t the father and mother be strict pave ohowre tooet extraordinary dislike to this lady ant wi in their watch over the tender doves, | from the idea that she opposed and prevented the Wane anders enendike. Doaeay ee): mente fe iy her daughter re-engagement of Borghese in Havana. This is er- Before Judge Ulshoeffer. to go forth with men, whom she does not | roneous 3 asl understand that it was Madame Ober, Philip S, Platt and Wm. Egyres vs. Daniel Knowlton and know well. The way to eseape temptation was Salvatori, and To-ti that were hostile to Borghese’s | Elisha S. Mott —The defendant: n 9 quarry at Kipp’s to avoid it. Let the father and the brother be being in the company, threatening to leave the com. | Bay, and the plaintiffs are proprietors of the glass house careful to expel all loafers and dissipated charac. pang she en’eed it. Had it not have been for this | there. The present action was to recover damages for ters from the housc, and be watchful of the persons | she would have been now here, addiug greatly te | iajury sustained in blasting rock, by which the factory ith whom she keeps company. If the untorta- rt ompany; ough not possess | W8 hurt, the highway incommoded, ke. Verdict for y Radnorieen atone eae, fhe mene the berry h fernoeah 8 ‘more than | Pltintiffs, $80 06 cents damages and 6 cents conte, ‘ her mother had falfilled her du- Obek We are in the expectation of hearing Mrs. we intiff, Mr. T. J, Smith. Mr. Nagle for defend | There was | Satton in Norma, which, from accounts receivid iety by the publication of | from the north, will be a great treat. Some Hava. District Court. . con trials and the like. | na gentlemen lately arrived, say she sang the “ Cas- cy — Before Judge Betts. ften shocked at secing circum: | t Diva” there divinely. Araiy 14—Henry Knecland—Ohjections in this case stances so minutely and accurately detaiied, cha. | After Norm, Ober will play one or two of her | #ated that theshedule did not set forth an annuity por racterized by the most disgasting ribaldry. In | operas, already-given; then Marty returns to Havana | *¢##ed by petitioner in the estate of his father, amotnt- conclusion, he believed we were not in a sityation sb that you wl fot have the fellonty of hearing the po and et pel Fame Hyon Aes a to require a0 severe and stern n measure as the bill | Italian opera. Mrs. Sutton, I hear, declines re. tty held by him in bebail of his wife. tres ohjvetions proposed. Toold men, their passions stimulated | turning to Havana with the company ‘at this eeason | he ( appears his 'y opium and brandy, he would be ‘severe—te | —so that we shall keep the best with us. There is | father died in 1887, leaving the Income of one fifth of his y men milder. He should, therefore, vote | some report of her being engaged at the French the- | estateto the petitioner during his nataral life, and, after against this biil. : atee, but whether true or not, I cannot at present | hi tthe said one fifth to be paid over absolutely to E.C. Cxurcw was in favor of the ‘bill. He | iy.’ Salvatori has much fallen off in voice, being | hit bis As regards married women, more at home, and pay more attention and tothem. Let him stay at home—not lock h: Sace or Reac Estate i Brooxtyy.—A very valuable sale of real estate takes place in Brooklyn to-day. See advertisement in anothereolumn. It will go off very cheap, asgreat pains have been ta- ken to conceal the sale,‘and give good bargaius to somebody. Do you take? Can you dance the pi- Ae geon wing? Tur Prostrm —Several of the ean Tre iy . . discassing the important question, whether Sandy Caxprp ates, rezrane.—We advise the whigs to ‘Welch's turtle soup is good, or only indifferent— | Prepare their list of candidates for the 1001 effices probably the turtles have signed the pledge. We | °f the Corporation. Who knows? suppose, however, the soup is good; but turtle eal ae . soup without a glass of brandy and water after it, jg | __T#® Brartass’ Concent—takes place this evening generally indifferent. Turtle must have brandy, or | & te Society Library Rooms. This is probably the he gets sick at the stomach. last. Kauonanrs vor Texas —We understand that ce. | 1" Pitontms —Mr. Van Buren, now on his pil- veral emigrants for Texas have already engaged ha tae to the Mecca of democraey, that isto say, their berths in the packet New York. They go to | ‘"* holy Hermitage, has reached Montgomery, Ala- Texas to hunt for coons, and carry their rifles with | ®™*. Mr. Van Buren is accompanied by Mr. Tur Vioriww.—Herwig, the celebrated violinist, is increasing his popularity in Boston. Cuatnam Treatre.—Thorne has got upina most splendid style, a new piece founded on Bulwer's new work of Zanoni, which will be produced to- morrow night. This evening Kirby takes the part of King Lear, in Shakspeare’s tragedy of that name, with Mr. Thorne as Edgar, and the agreeable man- ageress as Cordelia, in addition to which Mr. and Master Wood appear in a favorite piece. Bowery Aputrneatae.—Mr. Welsh having re- turned from the south with his eplendid stud and troop of equestrians, embracing the celebrated Levi North. “ who can’t de beat” by anything on horse flesh, will open his cireus on Monday evening next. See advertisement. ive been before a Commissioner. that Bankrupt List. SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. Stephen H Rowan, Merchant,N. Y. to be declared bank- F Z : i 3 $ Paulding and several other pilgri id holy pal 2 : ingame them. Pilgrims and holy palmers. | re May 14 | believed that there was not a gentleman in the hoarse as to be scarcely sufferable.— | fourth part estate similarly situated. ja : Bilton owl Charles It Gay, watchmaker, Brookiys, "751 | house, who bad not been ready’ to onciainn, oe This ie partioularly striking in the Furless nh Sesetehmeltinore, died |p ee Summ enine c- Srararmy ron Tsxas.—Meetings in favor of | Gronoe Newnoun—Baxx or Aunatca.—Some of'| James J. Mapes, clerk, S14] some oceasion, on hearing of the success of some era for the Seeleteebe tsioe caren, es ' strong op: James Thompson “ “44 Charles James Swett, merchant, “4 Henry Doane, Clerk, «ne or resent age makes : in vile seducer, “why, the villaii hezought to have | this character too gre P Ceetnt as much manise eet teasotine | hier et Mee Dt been hung.” The section as provided in the bill, | improved in voice—rather Singular, as this clima‘e a gives|to heCourt the discretion of enlvn tone y Soe isdeoidediy hostile to all vocal performers. Perczzi | selfand husband and imprisonment, and he hoped it would re- | now is the only tenor. Muriano, the other ten: r, | Charles Kneeland and Henry H. Bejart upon trust to pay tained. [¢ was hisjwish to see the extent of the having retnrned to Havana in a huff, on account of | themselves $4787 67 for ava: made by them to sap- law meted out to offenders. Unless there was some | the intrigues of the company. The “Elixir of Love” rt the petitioner en‘d bi and upon further trust imprisonment provided, there could be no penalty | has been sung twice by Ober, Pernzzi, Ceconi and pth mek wey corn Bewer'e ber veanenanaa anon which would reach all classes of offenders. Those Torri, and failed completely. Torri is about the re erdiscretion. The creditors contend that rho had no property to pay the fine, would therce- | fourth part of De Begnis in ‘alent. he oe Sears should be made over to them. fore be permitted to range at will and depredate on Every body here have their minds bent on war, | After argument on the part of Messrs. Everts, George society with perfect impunity, and he therefore } and consider it as inevitable, and talk considerably | Butler and J. Prescott tiall for the and by hoped hat in sueh cases | dang for imprison. | of n.ascets, powder ard such like. The St. Charles § Messrs.G. Clarke and G. Griffin for the ver the ment would be retained. fie rose also to kaow, in | Theatre remains in slain quo, though I believe they J court considered that it would be what way and when the gentleman from New York, | commence rebuilaing it hex nena Ginel decree in the (Mr. Daverac) was to be understood. That gen: Tae commercial aspeci continues cloudy, and co:- | Feds for further hearing, to the Ct ¢ tleman had presented the largest petition on this | ton goes off slowly, though some Liverpool houses | Mrssissvpr: Riven —The Grand Guif Advert’ser subject this winter. So earnest was he then on the | are making purchases at reduced rates. The wea- [| says the river conunues high, and has already made subject, that he could not suffer it to be red by | theris remarkably fine, and very warm for thisear fa few outlets in the lower part of the city, but crea- its caption, but ealled for its reading at length, ant ly part of the season. * ted but little damage, ~ Texas and against Mexico, have been held in every | the lame ducks in Wall street are trying to raise @ southern and south western city. Upward of fifty | Wack against this gentleman in some of the small thousand dollars in meney and munitions have | Papers. It willallend im “ quack ”” © quack.” phen at net been subscribed for the Texans. Mass Cusnaan’s New Trratr —We insert to- Séine te me ; i day, Miss Charlotte Cushman’s rd”? i Canadian Militia, fought a d 1 r new Metropolitan theatre on the site of Wash ngt des taneat red mens a duel near Detroit, on the Hall. We have seen the plans and profile sted 2 ant. it good intention of bori 1 f “tig ineach other unfortunately failed. The ee ek Lhe gah Ae rs Seat as ee ve heb ta five times at twelve paces, without effect. Their | °° The front will be adorned with four columes mothers’ did’nt know they were out, of the composite order of architecture, and the . pariaehaa seen house will contain $1100. It is within four feet of Ow TO OnF RID OF USELESS Moxey.—Go to those | being asdeepas the Park. The site isthe be i Auctions of fashionable furniture, New York i pe Court Calendar this Day, RIOR Covrt.—No#. 2, 12, 62, 4, 31, 78, $2, 83, 86, 87, 27, 23, 36. 89, 89, 90, 91, 92, 152, '94,'95,'96,' 97, 98 99, 100, 33, 41, 146, 106. Common Pras —Part 1.— Nos. 169, 171, 179, 183, 185, 221, 187, 189, 193, 105, 1 199, 201, 203, . Past 2, at 4 o'clock —Nos. 196, 152, 196, 112, 96, 202, 192, 162, 206, 208, Exrract rrom tae Ixstavetions or THe Post- Newspaper postage is to be ‘papers, extra newspapets, svp-