The New York Herald Newspaper, December 11, 1842, Page 2

SW YORK HERALD. ~ York, Sunday, December 11, 1943, 7 OF THE Srorwrary or Wan.—This docu- tes that the various posts have been subject- ed to close inspection,and that the results have been satisfactory. A great reduction has been effected in the expenditure for the army, owing chiefly to the cessation of hostilities in Florida, and the sus- pension of many of the undertakings authorized in th r and ordnance departments, from the fear that the state of the treasury would net warrant xecution, It is estimated that the present mi- 1 tablishment of the country may be main- tained at a cost little exceeding three millions of ollars, The number of troops serving in Florida bas great- ly diminished, leaving an adequate number to protect the inhabitante from the miserable remnants of tribes still remaiming. Arrangements have been made with all but a very few of those Indians, for heir removal to the west of the Mississippi, or to the district in the southern part of the peninsula as- ned them for their habitation. And it is believed by this time all the bands north of that district have agreed to cease hostilities and remove there. ig Two or three instances of outrages have occurred since the orders were issued for the termination of hostilities, but they are ascertained to have been committed by bands who were ignorant of the mea- ures adopted, or of the terms offered. The invasion of Texas by Mexico rendered it ex- pedient to station a strong corps of observation near the southwestern boundary, which was accordingly done, an adequate body of troops being now placed there, under the command of General Taylor. The reduction of the army to the minimum prescribed by the act of August, 1842, is gradually proceeding. ‘The whole number of troops is at present nine thou- and eight hundred and forty-seven. A change in the system of recruiting is recommended, and cer- tainly something should be done to amend the state of the laws on this subject. The report of the officer in charge of the Ord- nance Bureau is represented as exhibiting a very satisfactory condition of that most important branch of the service. By a steady perseverance in the system of laying up, in the season of peace, those materials which require length of time to adapt them to use, and of fabricating those articles which can not be supplied on an emergency, we shall soon have at our command cannon, small arms, fixed ammu- nition, gunpowder and its component parts,to an extent commensurate with our wants. Some legislative provision in reference to the lead mines and mineral lands. Great difficulty has been experienced in leasing these lands, in consequence of the claims set up by persons who have entered them for purchase at the land office, when they were not liable to entry, or by persons who have occupied them without any right or pretence of right. These persons constitute a powerful though not a numerous class, who are able to exact from the miners who bring out the ore, a large portion of their produee, while they refuse to pay any rent to the United States. Attention is again invoked, in the report, to the dishonored pledge given by the Quartermaster-Gen- |, to the Creek Indians, for the remuneration of r services in Florida, and as a consideration for thi their removal. Itis to be hoped that this just claim will be settled with promptitude. The state of the various forts—the necessity for the erection of addi- tional defences in the harbor of New York—the prosperous condition of the Military Academy at West Point—and the matters referred to in the re- ports of the Colonel of Topographical Engineers, are § rally taken up; but this portion of the report does not present much of novel interest. Altogether the country has every reason to believe that the important department under the supervision of the Secretary of War, is at present in a condition of good order and utility. Arrival or Generar Cass.—General Cass arri- ved yesterday from Boston, and took apartments at the American Hotel, where he was visited in the course of the day by many of his friends. He will remain here only a very few days, and then will wend his way first to Washington, then to Michi- gan. We also learn thathe has accepted the use of the Governor’s Room, in the City Hall, which has been tendered to him by the city authorities,to meet such of his friends as may wish to call upon him on Monday next, (to-morrow) between the hours of 11 and 1 o’clock. He will also visit the Park Theatre in the evening. The General is in the best of health and highest of spirits. Whata capital run he could make for the next Presidency ! “Fmsr Rate Notices.”"—We received yester- day, two “first rate notices”’—one from our ex- State Prison friend, Col. Webb of the “ Courier and Enquirer—another from the amiable oystermen and financiers of the ‘Sun and Union.” We are very much indebted to these philosophers for their atten- tion—and, if worthy of notice, we shall pay our re- spects to both to-morrow. Stveutar Revonwrion in Taeatricats.—The Park Theatre is, it seems, to be converted into a Cireus; and the scene of the triumphs of Malibran, Celeste, and Elssler, is now destined to witness the displays of equestrian performers. This is only another evidence of the remarkable revolution which has of late taken place in theatrical affairs. Cheap theatres, like the Chatham and Olympic, are the only places of amusement which can maintain existence now-a-days. The fortunes of the upper and re ned classes of society have suffered such prostration in the great commercial disasters of the last few years, that they can no longer afford to sup- port the opera and legitimate drama. People now resort to the cheap theatres, where the vaudeville and farce take the place of the tragedy, opera, and ballet. Every where the large expensive theatres are going to perdition, whilst their less pretending and successful rivals are enjoying the sunshine of prosperity ‘The new movement at the Park, however, may be followed in the spring by the production of Eng- lish and Italian operas, on alternative nights There can’be nod: ubtt at operas, efficiently got up,would meet with ample support in this city, for a short season, every year Sptexpip ANNUVA! very beautifal volume, en- titled * Thulia ; a Tale of the Antarctic”—has just been published by Colman, Broadway. This is a poem by Dr. Palmer, one of the medical officers at- tached to the Exploring Expedition, and is founded on the perilous adventures through which the Flying- Fish schooner passed in the regions of the frozen North. This little vessel, which had originally been a New York pilot boat, had been introduced into the squadron without any addition to the strength of her frame ; °o that her security among the ice, was to depend entirely on her good quali- ties as a sea-boat. Inthe month of March she passed between two icebergs upwards of eight hun- dred feetin height,and soon afterwards the vessel be- came the centre of a little area, “* walled by the pi- ling seas.” From this perilous scene of unsurpassed grandeur, the schooner with difficulty escaped. The sufferings of the adventurous crew were extreme ; and Dr. Palmer has succeeded in conveying with most thrilling effect the sensations excited by these romantic adventures. The mechanical execution of the volume is superb, The illustrations are twelve in cumber, from designs by Mr. Agate, the talented artist who accompamed the expedition, and it is not saying too much to represent them as among the most spirited and beautiful ever produced in New York. Bengvotence or tHe Acr.—Five hundred and fourteen dollars were collected from the benevolent in this city, in one week, for the widows of Bassett and King, who were drowned by the upsetting of one of our news boats. This certainly indicates that this age has its benevolence. luporranr prom Yucatan.—We have received files of Merida papers to the 15th ult. The news they contain is important. The Yucatecos are united, firm and brave; even the women are arming themselves for combat in cases of emergency. The invaders are only about 4000 strong, while 4500 troops were assembled in Campeachy, and large bodies of milita filled the surrounding country. There were no American vessels in Campeachy at thedate, The blockade was rather strict. Don Pedro, Lemus is the Commander in Chief of the Yucatan forces, We learn that the people have abundance of provisions for their own support, and that of their follow citizens 1m actual service, resist- ing the enemy. It seems that several skirmishes have taken place, and that invariably the Mexicans have been worst- ed. A Merida paper, of the 15th contains a dis- etoh from Geverel Escam, in which he says that a letachment met the enemy at Humul, on the 12th, and drove them back with considerable loss. A deserter stated that most of the 4000 Mexicans invading the country were disgusted with the ser- vice; and having previously belonged to the popular or federal party, were willing to desert or get clear of the serviee It was understood, from good authority, that Gen- eral Morales, the commander of the Mexicans, was seriously ill. . Irwin, an aboriginal chief, who first raised the standard of rebellion against Mexico, is report- ed to have gathered a force in the west, which would be istable, should they reach the coast. On the whole, the prospects of the Yucatecos are not dark, or even clouded. The enemy cannot es- cape defeat without reinforcements, which cannot be sent there, and are so hemmed in, that they can obtain nol supplies, and desertions are daily occur- ing to an alarming extent. p Jur advices are to the 4th ult—On that day, the Mexicans, under Gen. Mo- rales, were about six leagues from Campeachy. — On the 3d, a force of 1500 men marched from Cam- peachy for the purpose of hazarding a general en- gagement. The Mexicans were about 2500 strong. Campeachy was splendidly fortified in every. re- spect, and fully capable of resisting all the Mexican force. Three thousand troops were under arms in the city. The Mexican fleet was off the coast, near the position of the army. The general im- pression was that a decisive engagement would take place on the 4th inst. The American steamer Champion had been fired into by the forts of Cam- peachy by mistake. Apologies were offered and damages to be paid. Two Days Larer rrom Mexico.—The bark Ann Louisa arrived yesterday from Vera Cruz. She sail- ed thence on the 16th ult. We find no news in “El Censor de Vera Cruz,” which we have recei- ved. Very Late trom Jamaica.—Our dates from Kings- ton are to the 19th ultimo, inclusive. In the House of Assembly, there had been brought up for consid- eration, a question as to what amount of protection the sugar planters of the island were entitled, and the necessity alleged to exist for placing sugar duties upon a more certain and satisfactory footing. Members differed as to the protection necessary, because not agreed as to the cost of that staple. One planter stuck at 25 per cent, and another thought it would exceed that. The Assembly of Grenada in a report made to them on the same subject, calculated it at nineteen shillings per cwt. It was proposed to ap- point a like committee in Jamaica. ? We do not assent to that other proposition made by the Journal, that ‘‘ free labor watt et be found better and cheaper than that of slaves.” In finance, ihe Haytien Government has been playing a pretty trick. The forgery of Haytien mo- ney (bills) has been extensively carried on by divers villains, under a singular apathy on the part of the Government, who have taken advantage even of the fraud and the low repute of the money, by calling in the good notes and redeeming them in paper of a smaller denomination—which, in its turn, was again redeemed at another discount! It appears that the good people of Trinidad have brought themselves under the lash of the Anti-Slav- ites, and are to be or have been arraigned at the bar of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colo- nies. Their offence consists in their having passed an ordinance enabling the Governor to apprentice for twelve months the Africans brought trom St. Helena. The brig Southampton, with 100 emigrants on board, arrived at Kingston on the 7th from Quebec. The Journal denies that the silk business lately introduced into the Island is “ a Government under- taking.” Itis taken in hand by a Joint Stock Com- pany. s _, His Excellency the Governor had been seriously ill at hig country seat in St. Andrew, but is now re- covered, | i : i Splendid balls, soirees and dinners were in vogue —the distinguished members, justices and heads of departments, dealing largely in these popular hospi- talities ‘The Kingston races are to come off on the 13th of this month. Much sport was expected, particularly in the * mule race,” for a portmanteau and saddle. The races at Spanish Town, were in a distinct “decline.” One day finished the whole business. On the 15th November, they ran for the “ Queen’s purse,” according to law. "A stranger who was in the place on that day, declared, that “ every thing went wrong in Spanish Town,” whereupon, a citi- zen defended it against the accusatian. hile he was speaking, (the clock pointing to ove) the ham- mer struck twetre. The Journal calls it “ good circumstantial evidence” of the truth of the stran- ger’s remark. : The debt of the Island, if arranged in accordance with the general feeling, will be funded. This will be effected by the creation of annuities for an ex- tended term of years, the dividends upon which, at 6 per cent per annum, will be payable quarterly in London and Kingston. __ On the 17th, ten conviets from Montego Bay, passed through the town on their way to the peni- tentiary. They had been tound guilty of Myalism, and other outrages,and sentenced to prison for seven years. From Bogota.— We have news to the 16th Octo- ber. Col. Melgarejo, governor of the province of Cassanare, aided by the Araucanians, had marched against the insurgents who infested that portion of the country, and completely defeated and dispersed them, restoring peace to the province. Late rrom Peru—We learn that Don Juan Cri- sostomo Torrico, had taken command of the army, and delegated his power to Juan Bautista Lavalle The country was harrassed by seditious bodies of troops under the Aidal, and Torrico had marched against him. SES Mr. Cuarces Brattam’s Concert at the Society Library last evening, was attended by a crowded and brilliant assemblage. No one who hears him can fail to be struck by the evidence which this talented young gentleman discovers of his rapid proficiency in the science of vocal music. The elder Braham delighted all, and astonished many, of his auditors by the melody and power of his ex- traordinary voice. He never sang “ William Tell” and “Here, mark a poor desolate Mai with greater effect The latter was enthusiastically en- cored. ‘My Boyhood’s Home,” and “ There’s a charm in Spring,” were sung by Mr. C. Braham with remarkable spirit and power. We must not omit favorable mention of Miss Augusta Browne’s performance on the pianoforte. Mr. C. Breham’s warmest friends could not have desired a more flattering reception than that with which he so de- servedly met last night. James Gorpon Bennett, Esa.— Dear Six :— ‘ x Having recently received from Paris a volume of poems lately published by Berenger, I was some- what sarprived ws finding in it the undoubted ori nal of the ode written f»rthe Croton celebration, by our friend General Morris. The book having been borrowed by an acquaintanee, I can merel ive from memory the first verse of the original. ‘rom this ad readers may judge of the whole, which I will endeavor to bring you shortly. PareaB.ic. Crinton Piace. S’elancante de cette vivante fontaine Ia musique sort un tombant jet Comme la Diesse de la montague Viect avec toute sa brilliante su te De ses cavernes ses sources sortant Brilliant dans sa plumeuse oussiere, &e. a Ce Gushing {rom this living fountain, Masic pours a falling strain, As the Goddess of the mountain Comes with all her sparkling train. The similarity appears such as would scarcely be considered the resnit of chance. Remarxs.— Why not the result of chance? Scot- land has had her Burns—treland her Moore—Eng- land her Dibdin—France her Beranger—and why should not America have her Morris? Srir Currurr.—Munroe & Co., of Boston, have published an edition of Channing’s Self Culture, which for beauty and neatness is only equalled by the English annuals. Francis & Co., in this city have it for sale. For a Christmas or New Years gift we know of nothing better. {Correspondence of the Herald.) Lonpon, Nov. 18, 1812. My Dear Sir :— Tam puzzled in looking over all the journals of the past fortnight, to find any events worhy of especial commemoration. Those of most note are the trial and acquittal at the Old Bailey of Alice Lowe, @ kept woman, whose paramour, Lord Frankfort de Montmorency, a married man, shut her up in his house for two months, and decorated her with some jewels which she supposed she might keep, and so sold them, The Lord was not ashamed to prosecute her. Although the girl bore a wretched character, public sympathy was enlisted in her favor, aud be- sides being engaged as an actress at some of the minor theatres, a subscription of several hundred pounds has, it is said, been raised to defray the « xpenses of her defence. Another piece of scandal was a report meer the character of Prince George ot Cambridge and the daughter of a ducal house. After all the newspapers have commented on this story pretty freely for two or three weeks, the Times has been authorized to contradict it, and the Solici- tor of his Royal Highness gives a flat denial to the allegations. I am afraid the original tale will receive more credit than the contradiction. The world nas a reputation for malice. The British American Land Company affair has not yet been suffered to sink into oblivion. The noble President has again appeared in print, endea- voring to explain his connexion with it, and exculpate himself from blame. He has, he states, withdrawn his own and his gon’s name from the concern. This is all very fine, but his Grace will find it not so easy a matter to cut the connec- tion, without becoming responsible for his share of the liabilities, which are reported to be so heavy that title and fortune, (which is not very large,) may require to be sacrificed. The company announce yery boldly their intention of applying to Paniament for a charter, and yet they allow an action to be brought against them for the small sum of £13 work done. How stands Sir Allan McNab with the com- pany, and where is the Chief Commissioner's salary of £1000 a year to come from ? As many as three Cabinet Councils were held last week, and it is said that Sir R. Peel and a por- tion of the Cabinet strength, insist on a six shilling fixed duty on corn imported, and that much serious difference has arisen in the Cabinet in consequence. The Salopian Journal, a Conservative paper, reter- ring to the rumor, flatteringly observes—‘ We should be inclined to place little confidence in this report, were it not that the Premier has a knack of taking up SnD aN into operation the plans of his opponents. He may be inelined to do so asrespects the corn laws. No wonder ; the whigs support and praise the government measures, while they despise the man. The measures, as tar as they go, are their own ; but the man who carries them, is he, who, while out of office, epposed those measures, and de- nounced them as being fraught with evil to the State, who moved heaven and earth to turn out tie late Ministry for proposing them, and then with shamelessinconsistency, carries them himself. The British farmers, graziers, and agriculturists general- ly, although suffering severely See the low price induced by competition, and the general depression in trade and monetary affairs, are making renewed exertions to hold their own, undaunted by the for- midable difficulties which meet them on every side. In consequence of the very favorable weather, the breadth of wheat sown throughout the kingdom is aeabrally oud to be greater than in any former ear. Itis delightful to find that the courage of rithisn farmers bears up against an apparently hea- vy, pressure; and that they will, in all probability, bring forward a mass of produce in the next year,not very encouraging to the speculatorsin foreign grain. Whether foreigners will also increase their cultiva- tion, we do not yet know. That they will not, to any very great extent, I am inclined to think, from the necessity of first attracting a much larger labor- ing population to the corn-growing countries; and this is a difficult task. But if the case should turn out otherwise, the eer Smpro series in cul- tivation already discovered by the Royal Agricul- tural Society, and the many hundred excellent |o- cal societies and farmers’ clubs which are in exten- sive operation, and are almost daily adding to those discoveries, will, with the charges of duty, freight, and merchants’ profit, make it a very close run be- tween the British and the foreign grower, the lat- ter of whom will stand not a bad chance of carry- ing ‘coals to Newcastle.” While on the subject of the agricultural interests, I am sorry to have to state that the nightly appearance of the country is assuming an aspect that must alarm all classes of the community. Incendiary fires are spreadin; anxiety around the country, and betoken a state o| malignity on the part of the perpetrators, which ex- cites very ae apprehension for the safety of out- stacked and unthreshed corn ; so that what with perils from without and dangers at home, the con- dition of the farmet is a very trying and anxious one. ** Nothing,” observes the New mers’ Journal, the metropolitan organ of the landed interest, ** no: thing can be darker or more dreary than the pros- pects of agriculture.” A new cause of alarm is the probable extensive introduction of American flour through Canada. The annual registrations and municipal elections are now over, and appear to have ended to the sa- tisfaction of all parties ; for both whigs and tories claim a majority. One thing is certain, a great re- daction in the number of electors has taken place on the registries for this year, owing to two causes :— First, in the old boroughs, numbers have been com- pelted to receive parochial relief ; and secondly, in oth old and new boroughs a great reduction in the value of property has taken place, so that many houses, formerly of the value of £10, are now re- duced below that sum. * fl Several changes are about taking place in the re- presentation of different boroughs, which will make very little alteration in the relative strength of par- ties in the!House of Commons ; indeed, the liberal party seem to make no attempt to hold their own by contesting isolated elections, depending rather upon the popular effects of agitation on the corn laws, free trade, &e. 4 Mr. J. Stuart Wortley has publicly addressed the electors of Bute on the tory interest, as a candidate for the seat vacant by the death of the Lord Advo- cate. Mr, Horsman, the liberal member for Cock- ermouth, intends resigning his seat for that borough on the Speming of parliament, and there is very little doubt in such a case of the return of Maj. Gen. Wyndham, who was a candidate at the last election. An early vacancy will also occur in Ennis. There has been some discussion in the papers about an early meet ng of Parliament, but this is set at rest by the Pictoxetian until the middle of December, which I learn from, good authority will be renewed until the en Pea of meeting in February. It is fully expected, that notwithstanding the newly levied income tax, a further defalcation will appear in the next quarter’s revenue accounts. When Parliament meets, it is understood that a grant for the Princess Augusta, of Cambridge, will be brought forward by the government. Hitherto no parliamentary proviston whatever has been set- tled upon that princess; but now that she is about to ally herself to a poor German Duke, it is time that John Bull should be saddled with the cost of her maintainance. | 5 A cabinet dinner was given after the cabinet council, on the 8th inst., which was attended by all the Ministers, It is remarkable only as being the first Ministerial dinner given by the present govern- ment, since the early part of last winter, owing to the continued pressure of public business. The last West India mail steamer brought intelli- ‘ence of the loss of the man of war steamer Spit- re at Belize, the Medway mail steamer, which foundered off Bermuda, and the wreek of the Larne schooner, an inter-colonial packet. Several other of the Company’s vessels are in a crippled and dis- abled condition; and what with the loss of two of their fine steamers, and the heavy expenses they are at, the West India MailCompany are in a “pretty considerable fix.” It is quite evident that the con- cern must wind up forthwith, for every voyage tends further to embarrass and encumber the project. The annual loss has been and will continue to be immense. At a special meeting of the sharehold- ers, held last week, for the purpose of electing four directors in the place of others who had resigned, it was with the greatest difficulty the requisite num- ber of persons to fill this Honorable office could be obtained, One of the West India steamers is due at Fal- mouth to-morrow ; but they are so uncertain as to time that she can hardly be looked for for a week. Late accounts from Havre state that the merchants there have resolved to send over an agent to Amer- ican to attend to their correspondence. As soon as Cunard’s steamers arrive at Boston, the agent will obtain the French correspondence for the Southern States, and forward it immediately, by express, to New York. On the return of the packets to this country, he will remain in New_York to the latest and then send off an express to Boston, to reach immediately previous to the sailing of the packets. The French merchants calculate upon their home cerrespondence reaching New York and the Southern States at Jeast fourteen hours earlier han by ; and they will receive letters of nearly aday Tater date than they at present receive them. Steam is doing, and has dene wonders. Witness the following:—A company has actually been form- ed, which has taken out a patent for a new steam machine, which is to convey passengers and = through the air, performing the journey from P don to India in four days, atleast so says the Atlas, which also declares that in January the machine will be thoroughly organized, and that it is no Utopian project. 2 Among the honors and appointments mooted and decided recently, are the following: The Earl of Wicklow has been invested with the order of St. Patrick by the Lord Lieut. of Ireland. The Rev. Lrot. Whewell, B. D., master of Trinity College, Camb., was, on the 4th, elected Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University. Mr. L. Wigram has reeeived the ar poemmed of meni coum, I eae East ie. dia Comyany, vacant by the demise ir. Sergeant Sek. . Prichard has been elected Tigh Bait of Southwark, beating Mr. D. W. Harvey and Mr. Payne. Mr. Alderman Humphrey was sworn in Lord Mayor of London on the 9th. Mr. Geo. Roe has succeeded Mr. O'Connell in the Mayoralty of Dublin. This gentleman is a protestant and distiller of malt and whiskey, which makes him contrast in a very lively manner with his predecessor in of- fice, who was a ttoman Carholic and a. tetotaller — Lord Granville Somerset, it is expected, will be the Chairman of the Commissioner about to be appoint- ed bythe Treasury for investigating the recent frauds at the Custom House. The Gazette announ- ces her Majesty’s approval of Mr. John Wilkinson as American Consul at Turk’s Island, and Mr. Juande Francisco as Consul in Jamaica for the Republics of New Granada and Venezuela. The Ju nigger of the Court of Review, vacant by the death of Sir John Cross, is not to be filled up. 8 The report which was current some time ago of the early resignation of Lord Ellenborough, 1s re- vived ; strong remonstrances against the course of policy he has advised and pursued, having gone out from the India House by the last overland mail. ‘The Queen, Prince Albert and the. royal infants, left Windsor on the 10th, on a@ visit to the Duke o! Wellington at that beautiful marine villa, Walmer Castle, where they intend staying some weeks.— The Queen and Prince Albert take the air as often as the weather permits, and are very fond of prome- nading on the sands. It is very severally reported that as the Queen desires a retired residence onthe Kentish coast, the Duke of Wellington proposes to resign his office as Lord Warden of the a Ports, which will be offered to and accepted by Prince Al- bert. In thie case, Walmer Castle will be fitted up asa royal residence, and her Majesty will probably rey there for some weeks or months in the course of the ear. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, remains at Cranford House, Dorset—the air of which neighbor- hook ie already been found beneficial to the royal invalid. Charity. Mr. James G, Benner :— Being a subscriber to your paper, I am induced to communicate to you the following incident, know- ing that you never like a good deed to pass unno- ticed ; and perhaps you will give it an insertion as example worthy of being imitated by others. On. Thanksgiving day, during the cold and storm, when scarcely a person was walking in the sireet, I saw Mr. D. a gentleman residing in the upper part of Broadway, near Washington Place, leave his parlor window and rush suddenly out of his honse into the street and dash through the mud and rain without overcoat or cloak, as though he had run mad. Presently Isaw him return and re enter his house with four little half frozen, bare-legged chil- dren, rippin wet, at his heels. { fancied saw them before his hospitable hearth, drying their tat- tered coverings, warming their frozen feet and drinking warm coffee. Some time afler they came out of the house, but not like half drowned cats, as they had entered—their feet were no longer bare, but had shoesand stockings on, and their clothes were dry and their faces smiling. They sheltered themselves near by for a few moments to examine the contents of their now well lined baskets,—the youngest, a little boy not over four years of age, drew forth a flannel shirt; the other what aypeare to be also some warm garment, the other pulled yj her frock toexamine her ankfes and feet, whic! were now well covered—the oldest a girl not over sixiyears old. colighted to see the change, began to dance, and the others all joined in tripping the light fantastic toe. on the wet and slippery pavements, with hearts lighter and happier than found perhaps in manya gay ballroom. They then re-passed the house one by one, taking a long loek at it,asthough they never would forget it. Mr. D. is perhaps not aware that even the eye of a neighbor was a witness to this scene, nor did he think, perhaps, at the moment that the eye of Him, the giver of all good, was also a witness, who will return more than ahundred fold for this kind act of Cnarity. J. G, Bennett, Esq.i— 3 Dear Sm:—in your moraing paper, { observed an advertisement relative to a certain notorious person- age, fnamed Reiersen. As an error has occurred respecting his nativity, I should feel obliged by your correcting it, as follows:—Jeremy Diddler, alias Peter Reierson is a Dane (not Swede) by birth, the city of Copenhagen being his native place. Yours, respectfully, Swepe. N. Y., 10th Dec, 1842. Fire.—The fire last night was in Griffin’s book- binder’s furnishing store, No. 116 Nassau street.— Not muc!i damage was done by fire ; considerable, however, by water. New Music.—Atwill, 201 Broadway, has just published the first American edition of ‘* The Ship on Fire,” composed by Henry Russell. City Intelligence, Po.ice.—Abraham and Henry Spannier, with Morris Meyer, were arrested for firing pistols at and assaulting Francis J. Lewis. Lewis was also arrested by Meyer for disorderly conduct, and the two Spanier’s were fined $10 each and held to bail in the sum of $300 for their good be- havior in future. H. D.Krack, for retusing to aid officer Tompkins in the performance of his duty, while attempting to arrest a man for violation of the public peace, was held te bail to answer at the General Sessions for a misdemeanor. A woman, whose maiden name was Sarah =A iy was arrested for shop:lifting and fully committed fortrial. She Sao am Bove awed d and Lo erie es coy joining store and attempted to carry o a small quan! of ary goods, which she secreted in the muff. Cononen’s Orricr.—The Coroner held an inquest on the body of Andrew Jackson Hasbrouck, one ofthe hands on board of the steamboat Croton, Capt. Peck, who was accidentally drowned by falling overboard on the morning of the 8th inst. while the boat was lying at the foot of Catharine street. Bridgeport, Ct. [Correspondence of the Herald.) Briverrort, Ct. Dec., 1842. Description of Bridgeport—New Route to Albany by Rauroad— Gaiety and Fashion. Mr. Bennett:— As our youthful city has lately been, as it were, dragged into notice from its retiracy in an obscure corner of the Blue Law State; it is but right that you should give to your readers, and they are le- gion, some definite idea of the winter route from your city to Albany. 5 i Bridgeport is situated on a tide harbor formed by the junction of the Poquonnoc river with the Sound, and distant 60 miles from New York, and 140 from Albany. The main part of the city is built upon a flat or level piece of ground, but immediately back of it rises Golden Hill, from the top of which a very extensive panoramic view may be obtained. It con- tains about 6000 inhabitants, actions,” as fast as possible, and six fine meeting houses. The society 1s decidedly good, and the fame of the beauty of our ladies, has already eqtended to your paper. In fact, some of our belles create quite a sensation in Go- tham, whither most of them migrate in the winter. You will recollect Miss B. . the belle of Bridge- port, of 13 oz. ball memoy. The fine steamboats Croton, Capt. Peck, and Nimrod, Capt. Brooks, (“‘ suaviter in modo, fortiter in re”) leave New York alternately at7 A. M., and reach here from eleven to half past, when the pas- sengers take the cars at the landing, and stopping at North Canaan for a comfortable meal, arrive at the capital of the Excelsior State about 9} o’clock, P. M. Fare through $6. Returning, passengers leave Albany at 2¢’clock, P. M., get to Bridgeport about midnight, and take boat at 7 the next morning— sleeping at one of the two capital hotels, viz: the Feat Barnum, and Fairchild, and Hinman’s City, which last isthe later established. e usual quiet of our town, broken only by the shrill whistles of the locomotives, was suddenly invaded a few evenings since by the arrival of Mr. Pierson and his two sweet ¢inging birds, Mrs. Strong and her sister, attended by a smite of instru- mental performers, coming by invitation to give a concert in connection with the choir of one of the socities here—the leader of which, though an ama- teur, is thought quite equal to Mr. Downe on the flute. The e mover, however, was Captutn Brooks, of the Nimrod, who is a perfect devoree of the “ art,” and who gave usa fine bass so- lo, much to his credit. All the fashionables were there, and universal satisfaction has been expressed on all sides. The aria of Sound the Trumpet in Jerusalem, as given by Mrs. Strong, was peecety sublime. Some af the lady amateurs fell but little short of Mrs. S. in power and expression. Adieu. Yours, Civis. ? Cmatuam Turatre.—A more splendid bill of en- tertainments, perhaps, has never been offered at anv place of amusement in this city, than is presented for Monday evening at this establishment, on the occasion of the indefatigable manager's benefit Mr. Thorne has been unremitting in his exertions to amuse the public, and now that an opportunity is offered, they will, doubtless, reciprocate his praise- worthy endeavors most bountifully. We solicit everybody to attend the Chatham to-morrow eve- aing, and give a hearty and graufying token of their esteem to a popular and worthy caterer for public amusement, by filling the house to the ceiling. Buffalo, N. 2 ¥ {Correspondence of the Herald. Burrato, N. Y., Dee. 4, 1842. Indictment of a paw of Financiers Crime and In- toxication— Morality of Bennett the onti-Mormon— Trade. Dear Bennerr— i You cannot have learned by our papers,—ordina- rily so prompt to display the detail of police and court cases, that scarcely a petty larceny or assault and battery escapes their notice— that Orlando Allen and John R. Lee, the late president and cashier of the Bank of Buffalo, have been indicted and held to bail ; yet such isthe fact. At the recent session of the Oyer and Terminer held here, the grand jury, at the instance of the bank commissioner, found true bills against both these distinguished financial characters, for perjury,in attesting false returns, and they were arrested and held to bail inthe sum of ten thousand dollars each, to take their trial at the tt f the court. The gross and criminal mis- pepsi aid A of the Bank of Buffalo, by which the Safety Fund has sustained so great a loss, could not, of course, have been kept concealed from the bank commissioner but by deliberate perjury, and other extra official fiuancial acts, such as false en- tries, omissions, and false returns, a just return for which will be a penitentiary punishment. Mr. Allen is somewhat notorious for his talent at negotiation, as shown in the sonmrepecne and other reports, upon the suvjects of the Seneca bg which he was actively instrumental in procuring, by means al ready before the public. Mr. Lee is one of the firm of the firm of H. R. Seymour & Co, bankers, and is anagreeable, smooth spoken, unassuming and very gentlemanly young man, who went into the Bank ef Buffalo, a few years ago, worth compara- tively nothing, and 1s {now reputed to be “‘very well off,” as the phrase is. He was much in the confi- dence of Mr. Hiram Pratt, deceased, of whom you may have heard asa very bold, skilful and extensive, though not exactly fortunate speculatorand finan- cier, who has the credit, now that he isdead, of having caused the over-issue complained of by the comptroller. How Mr. Lee avoided sharing the ruin of his patron, Mr. Pratt, who died bankrupt for many thousands, is more than I can tell, nor do I believe that the suppression of any ubligations to the bank of his own, has increased the loss of the sa- fety {und or stockholders, or contributed in the least to his solvency or responsibility. He isa “very nice young man,” and will, I sincerely hope, find no difficulty in extricating himself from the very unpleasant predicament into which he has been thrown. 3 4 Asad example of the evil effects of intemperance is shown in the tate of a man by the name of Pritz, asaddler by trade, who was ‘ast week sentenced to the state prison, for burglary, fifteen years and six months. Nine or ten years ago, this Pritz was con- sidered one of the finest young men in Buffalo ; he was in good business, a partner of Col. Vosburgh: had the entree of the first circles here, and was very generally esteemed and respected, in an evil hour he gave himself up to the use of intoxicating liquors, and for the last three or four years, has been scarcely aday sober. Still, unto the present season, he managed to keep clear of crime, and was pitied. rather than despised. But hisevil appetite brougt him into contact with evil associates, and a brief career of crime has been the consequence ; three indict- ments for burglary and larceny were found against him last summer, upon two of which he was tried ; in one of these cases he was acquitted for want direct evidence, and in the other the jury could not agree. He was shortly after admitted to bail, and it was hoped his narrow escape from State Prison would have such an effect upon him as to work his reformation, or at least to deter him from offences against the laws; but two or three months, how- ever, had elapsed when he was engaged with others in the commission of a most foolish and flagrant burglary and robbery, which he has now to expiate by more than fifteen years in State Prison. Itisa sad case—may it prove a warning. He isnow, inthe prime of life, to is shut out from the world, and when again he looks forth upon it, should his life be spared to the end of his term of sentence, the wrin- kles and grey hairs of age and suflering will stand upon his brow, and a blasted name and reputation mock the last hope of human happiness. Business and politics are somewhat dull at pre- sent, and we have no public amusements worth the notice. General John C. Bennett passed through here, on his way to the West, a week or two since, and gave a lecture on Mormonism. He said he was going, at the request of Gov. Carlin, to arrest Joe mith, and that in all human probability the plains of Illinois would within three weeks be deluged with blood! Your namesake seems to be a very fere- cious sort of a chap, and quite determined to make mince-meat of the whole Mormon calabash. We look te vou for the earliest and fullest accounts of the war, and hope you have made arrangemeuts to be informed of every particular. The Herald is almost the only Pcie” read here, and is our sole re- liance for news from every quarter. ‘The weather is now,and has been for several days, quite moderate. It is highly probable that canal na- vigation may yet be so far practicable as to allow the large quantities of Western produce, ice-bound in transitu, to reach their destination east. The lake navigationstill continues,and rich freights constantly pour in upon us. Bat I must close. next letter shall have the merit of more variety,and I trust more interest. Pointedly yours, ISH-HOOK. Louisville. {Correspondence of the Herald.] Lovisvi.1e, Nov. 30, 1812 State of Things in Kentucky—The Rivers—Clay’s Departure—Politics— Fashion. The weather has been extremely cold for two or three weeks, More winter has been experienced here during this month than was felt all last year’s winter season. The river at present is low; there is every probability that navigation will be closed ere the middle of next month, an event, should it take place, unknown to our citizens for many years; the smaller streams above are frozen over, and boats that had started for Bowling Green, Frank- fort, &c , have been compelled to return ; ice has been swimming on the river for some days. On Monday the great western statesman took his leave for the south on board the Rainbow, the cap- tain of which boat being a good thorough whig, in- tends to feed him like a fighting cock, might a per- son be allowed to judge from the quantities of veni- son and wild game of various sorts that were sent on board for stores. ip The Tyler organ in this eity called, through the medium of his paper, on the citizens to discuss the Exchequer Bill. The meeting was a_ slim affair; some twenty or more collected, mostly out of cu- riosity, to see and hear what was going on. The Tyler organ poured forth in most voluptuous strains, explaining the motives of the meeting: he also dis- cussed most learnedly the exchequer, enjoining upon his gaping dience the necessit, for Congress to pass the bill for the benefit of these United States and the citizens in particular. After a long ha- rangue, in which he made some most grand and lofty tumbling, he offered a few resolutions for the meeting to pass. The first was put, the ayes and nays asked, but no one uttered a syllable; all was silent as the grave, the orator again poured forth in violent rage to arouse them from their lethargy. At the close of this display, he again put the resolution, but this time all were exceedingly clamorous; so much so, that he was unable to tell whether they intended to vote for or against the resolution. He then made a motion that there was no cause for any confusion. This they all denied, as the symptons then indicated; this caused a great row and fuss, when all dispersed, fully satisfied both with the exchequer and the oration. The locofoco paper, the Sun, and the Tyler paper, the Gazette, are extinguished; the two are to be joined, and form one paper, to be called the Ken- tuckian. This looks well for the locofoco organ to be coalescing and_ai ing the traitor administration of John Tyler. The old proverb was never mere true in its application than in the present one, “Birds of a feather flock together,” ‘* Par nobile fratrum.”” j The cotillon party at the Jefferson House, notwith- standing the inclemency of the seauiher,, wes very well attended by those of the middle class of so ciety; every thing went off in fine style, all seemed to enjoy themselves to the “top of their bent.”” Some one or two of the male might be seen stalk- ing about the room, ing down the tufts of hair around their chin, which gave them the appearance of billy goats; another would twist his large black whiskers with his asit, “lord of creation” he might strut so majestically. These are the self styled aristocracy, taking particular pains when occasion should offer to speak insultingly to those with whom chance, rather than will, had made acquainted. Such bei as these are enongh to disgust man with himself, and could they but see themselves as others see them, no doubt a change would come over ther dream of greatness. How often does man make himself appear in the eyes of others ridiculous, by assuming that which he is not, or never can be. A gentleman isa geslleaiaey matter where found, in the higher grades of oon he ene humble walks of the poor and starving. Sue! be- ings put me in mind ‘of monkeys, that ape what they see their masters do. Areus. |. Ctreult Court, Before Judge Thompson. Dec. 10.— George Pearce vs. Henry Grinnell. et ale— It was an action to recover the value of a case of al- leged to have been not delivered from a vessel pene Re Mee Ml it was an ae oo ss pid iogd laintift assess damages an hb PimucKer and Crapo for, plaintiff; Mr. Lord for defend: ants. Rock, Arkansas, (Correspondence of the! Herald.) Lrrrte Rock, Arkansas, Noy. 18, 1842 Sayings and Doings in Arkansas—Movements of the Legislature—Bridals and Beauty. Dear" Sirn— The (Legislature convened at this place on Mon- day week, and organized the same day. Governor Yellsent in his message on Tuesday. It isquite a clever document. He argues the question of the assignment by the “ central board” of the RealgEs- tate Bank to trustees at length, and with ability, but the “ force of authority” is against him. He is pretty hostilejthereto, and thinks an unnecessary op. position has been got upjagainst jim, because of his requesting, by a letter to the attornies{for,the'stock- holders opposed to the assignment, a rehearing of the cause by the Supreme Court, upon their deci- sion in favor of a mandamus ae to the Cireuit Judge compelling an injunction. I think he has en unnecessarily assailed, and when it shall be known that the leading judge of that Court is using extraordinary means to sustain himself and a weak- er coadjutor, the current will set in the right course, and the Governor willbe held blameless. He is a man oficonsiderable cleverness, and deserves much, because of his being ahead of his party in liberality upon political matters. The islature have cut out an amount of work. They are death against the banks. There are some forty counts in the indictment against the Real Es- tate Bank. Both institutions will go into liquida- tion at once. The “ Real Estate” will hold on to the assignment. The election for United States Se- nator will come off on Monday next. A. H. Sevier will be elected withoat any material o) ition. This election has been deferred by the Mitndle of the honorable Senator, that his enemies might sa- tisfy themselves with regard to his conduct in the disposal of some of the State bonds, and the part of the Sinithsonian legacy fund purchased as a basis for the bank’s capital. "This opposition will but give himstrength. He hasdone for the best, and honor- ably is. all things. : e “ grinning feature” of the democratic party in Arkansas, as Governor Fulton was styled by *doub!e six’? of this city, when the said “ double six” wisjed to supersede the Governor in the U.S. Senate, is here with his family. His beautiful and blooming daughter is tu be wedded on Tuesday evening next to the talented, wealthy and gentle- manly Mr. Morehead Wright, of Red River. All the world is invited to the celebration. It will be very considerable and distingué. The Governor and his clever lady do these things well. You have now all the items of news worth com- municating. Should anything transpire while I am here of a deserving kind, I shall note the same, and send to you. Salem, [Correspondence of the Herald.) Savem, Mass., Nov. 29, 1842. Condition of Salem—Politics—-Religion—-Elder Knapp— Unitarians, J. G. Bennett, Esq.— Having heard some of the readers of your valu- able paper express surprise that you had no regular correspondent from thiscity of peace and witches, 1 presume that it may notbe taken amiss in me if I wnite you some account of the moral, political, so- cial, and religious condition of Salem, and its quiet, money-making population. Concerning politics here, in the city, the whigs have a majority, though in the county the demo- crats are in the ascendant. There are some aboli- tionists here,although they are not numerous enough to do any harm. Elder Knapp is here exerting all his strength of body and gou! to break up the strong- holds of Satan, and to drive the devil into the At- lantic ocean. He is doing a quiet, though not a very set business, in his way, of converting sin- ners. The Universalists in_this place are waking uptoo. Their meetings, of which they have two or three a week, besides three services on the Sab- bath, are crowded with attentive hearers. The Elder denounces Unitarians and Universalists in a bitter, and, it appears to me, an uncharitable man- ner. aaa ees ihe nor ane to give an ac- count of his elegant language, autiful compari- sons, and graphic illustrations. He is holding a pro- tracted meeting here. When it has closed, I may, if you wish it, be prepared to give a detailed ac- count of its good and bad effects. bis EX. Navat.—Orders have been received at Norfolk to fit out the U.S. ship St. Louis, with despatch. Bankrupt List. SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. Nathaniel S. Doan, New York, clerk. Chas. D. Rhodes, New Brighton. Edward 8. Sheldon, Brooklyn, merchant. Noah ay New York, merchant. Nathan R. Stimpson, N. ¥., merchant. Wm. H Culver, Brooklyn, merchant. William Dietrich, New York, clerk, Amos Hogins. Andrews L. Halsted, New York, clerk. Sam’l B. Walters, Long Island, clerk. Frederick C, Loomis. New York. Wm. Dunning, New York, agext. Radcliff Carman, Long Island, painter and glazier. Henry John Seamen. Samuel Brooks Knapp. Edward Mullen. Thomas Brooks. Henry Brooks. Palmer Sumner. Richard Watrous. Patrick R. Cox. Charles Seaman Saroni, New York, farrier. BS Tyack, New York, manufacturer of burr mill: en. Arrivals, Amenicax— Gen, Cass, and his on, Lewis Cass, jr, tc; companied by his son-in-law, Capt. Canfield, U. §. A.,'and lady, arrived yesterday at this house, from Paris, by the way of Boston. Also the Hon. T. W. Williams, M. C, from New London, Conn. on a visit from Washington. ‘Also, Copt.C. O, Collins, U. 8. N., and Mr. Smith Thompson, ir. imeem son of Judge Thompson, and several other ent e Howanp’s—J. H. Heald, lady and sister, merchant, from Arkansas, and the Hon. Washington Hunt, from Lock- port,for Congress, and a dozen other gentlemen, arrived at this house yesterday. Hon. Senator McRoberts left the city also yesterday, having gained his verdict. OG The little Dwarf atthe American Museum is de- cidedly the most astonishing specimen of humanity that ever lived. He is eleven years old, has a fine set of teeth, (his second set) struts about the museum with as much pomposity as a Broadway dandy, converses freely, is in- telligent, symmetrical and well proportioned, and yet strange to say, he is the size of an infant three months old, and weighs but fifteen pounds! Never wasthe like seen or heard of before. The performances at themuseumthis week are of a high order, and richly merit the patronage constantly bestowed on that favorite establishment. QG> The New York Museum has become quite a fash- ionable lounge, sinee the Dresses of Queen Victoria and the Duchess of Kent have been exhibited here. The elite of the city daily inspect them, and express their unbounded surprise and admiration at their richness and elegance. They are certainly the most unique end perfect specimens of workmanship we ever witnessed. They remain this week. Signor Blitz, Miss Clemence, Mr. Wright, Mr. Brown, Mr. Delarue, Picture Gallery, and a half million of curiosities are to be seen. A strong bill for One Shilling. No wonder the manager makes money. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.—THE COL- LEGE OF MEDECINE AND PHARMACY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK—Have completed the organiza- tion of their institution, which now embraces it fae cilities for the treatment of all classes of diseane. peers THE dened Libgphewe ely in this department gratuitous advice eases of the chest, derangements of the digesti one rheumatic affections, and all other diseases coming wi the province of the physician. The consul physici- ans are men of great experience and particular! +4 rkilled in the use of the stethescope, and the Ereatunent o diseases of the lungs and heart. Tm Liggett - Be mighlate nigh pari = ese are devoted to the rece; atients suffering Jpartment is gonducted by from venereal diseases. This department : ES Reig who was tiie boomy mip with one nap “ad st jospitals in Euro) have atmoet confidence in his abil and skill in te treatment of this most important class of maladies, SURGICAL DEPARTMENT. the services of one The medicines are dispensed mathe lowest rates, and ere best description, being imported {rom Parisand THE CONSULTING ROOMS are distinct from the Di , and are open from 10 A. Meult'2 P.M. and from Guill 9 PM fem 5 ceemmee oe oo conte aeehel wan s dollar anda case full letter of advice and one dollar's worth of appropriate medicine. Col sect ot ry es SRE oN i id onl; and pl 2 at. New York, THE FRE! PHLOGISTIC MIXTURE be oy ig 23 from the urethra—sold in hottles, at $1, ‘each. 'W. 8. RICHARDSON, I, OF Name nireot