The New York Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1842, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. nt Meeting among Po Paterson, N, J.—First Movement of the Campaign and Champaigne. A most important meeting took place at Paterson last Saturday, among a small selection from the magnates of ‘the wi —and for the purpose of consulting and ad¢ arly measures to go into the next Pres contest in favor of Henry Clay to the highest office in the gift of the people, and of a anization of the currency on the “good old f system or This meeting, reunion, caucus, or assemblage— just as you please to call it—was held at the elegant mansion of Roswell L. Colt, Esq. of Paterson, the very gentlemanly proprietor of vast property and water-privileges in that prosperous manufacturing The company consisted of the following jistinguished personages :— Nicholas Biddle,"flnancier, of Andalusia, Pennsylvania. Richard M. Blatchford, financier and politician, of New York. James Watson Webb, Editor, New York. Edward Curtis, Collector of the Port, New York. Simeon Draper, auctioneer and politician do. M , merchant, do. . Colt, proprietor, Paterson. town swell L There were a few other statesmen and financiers of somewhat less importance, but it is sufficient to give to the world the leading spirits of this interest- ing occasion At six o’clock this select and intelligent company sat down to a recherché dinner, prepared in the high- est style of excellence, and served up with inimi- table taste and rapidity. Wines from sunny France and sunnier Spain, circulated in the greatest abun- dance—raising the soul to the highest flights of po- etry, finance, philosophy, and politica! hope. This meeting is no doubt the first movement of the same minds that carried the successful election of General Harrison, and is intended to bring about, by asimilar force of intellect, the triumph and elec- of Henry Clay. Itis are-organization of the in- »ct of the whig party, and its effects will soon be developed in popular movements throughout the country, ‘The prospects, principles and objects of the party in favor of Henry Clay, were fully canvassed in those intervals of repose that take place between the generous libations to the rosy god of Greece. The present state of the country—the age of the Madeira ~the destruction of the currency—the taste of the champagne—the failure of banks, states and men, including cookery, and confectionary, were dis- cussed with all the eloquence of poetry, all the depth of philosophy, all the wisdom of the statesman, and all the taste of the ewisine. To re-organise the cre- dit of the country, ‘and bring back the eceans of of the land, the currency and cookery of the nation, in the same condition of life which they occupied in 1835 and 1836, were the principal topics of conversation and discussion. For this purpose it is believed that a National Bank ef $50,000,000, and the assump- tion of state debts to the amount of $200,000,000, on the basis of the public lands, would be sufficient to accomplish the object in view. Mr. Biddle has been recently sending forth from the beautiful shades of Andalusia, a series of letters on the pleasures champagne—to replace the magnate: new t of hope,” but of paying debts, people and legislature of Pennsyl- is feared that no scheme of direct taxation, capable of paying up the interest or prin- cipal of those debts, will ever gain the consent of a people who do not understand the mysteries of the kitchen. The only alternative of the friends of the credit system, is to devise ways and means to car ty the elections in addressed to th vania, but it favor of the credit cookery and currency, and with those elections a majori- ty of both hou in favor of the whig party in 1844. In this project, the aid and countenance of the English monied oligarchy, including the chefs de cuisine, would be certain, as the rea- diest dies means to prevent a similar catastrophe, which the state of the commercial world threa- Demonatizinc Errects or Tar Ligut LrTEeRa- TURE or THe Day.—The greatly increased frequen- cy of the occurrence of crime of peculiar and start- ling enormity, especially amongst our youth, within the last few years, begins to alarm’the philanthro- pist, and awaken earnest inquiry into the causes of this growing and desolating spirit of demoralization, whose dominion ars to be gaining strength every day. And surely it is full time to be alarmed. A new class of culprits are now found before our ‘The genteel offender is not so Well-dressed, well-bred rogues and brayos are becoming far more common. The criminal calendar discovers a vast increase in the number of those connected respect- ably, who have made themselves amenable to the law. And the character of the offences tried in our courts of justice, appears also to have undergone a change. These crimes are of a greater magnitude, and more unprecedented nature, than those which some years ago came before our tribunals. Robbe- ries, forgeries, and swindling transactions, are of unexampled extent, and murders and assassinations are mar®ed by circumstances of singular atrocity. And this is not all. Not only is crime committed on a broader scale, and more frequently by that por- tion of the community amongst whom it had pre- viously been comparatively of rare occurrence, but itis too evident that it does not excite that deep and hearty detestation, with which it is sure to be visited when a healthful moral tone pervades the public mind. On the contrary, a morbid sympathy for offenders against the laws and the peace and good order of society, is ever active, and can be in any case aroused to the very extremity of excess. Instances, which fully illustrate our statements, are fresh in the recollection of the public, and do not require particular reference. The causes of this melancholy state of things, or at least the most prominent of them, do not re- quire for their discovery, any very remarkable pow- ers of observation. They are very obvious to any one, who has paid ordinary attention to the progress of ety in this country, for*the past few years. The imaginary and bewildering prosperity of a short-lived day—the ruinous habits of self-indul- gence which such a season introdueed—the almost universal faithlessness of men in places of trust— the worse than heathenish idolatry of gold—the de- relictions of the clergy—the spread of infidelity—all these corrupting influences have been at work, and a moral miasma, desolating and fatal, as that which brooded over the doomed cities of the plain, has spread all over the land But there is onejsource of the prevailing immora- lity, which we have not enumerated, but which it is impossible to overlook. We mean the flood of corrupting, licentious, demoralizing, light literature with which the country has been inundated during the last few years. Volumes after volumes of the most pernicious character, have been issued from the press, and circulated at a price which placed them within the reach of every individual. It is scarcely possible to exaggerate the evil influence which has in this way been exercised, especially on the young and unreflecting. The most delusive pictures of life have been placed before the inexpe. rienced eye. The distinctions between right and wrong have been confounded. Vice has been in- vested with the dignity of romance, and virtue been made to appear diminutive and mean when contrast- ed with magnificent crime. More has been done by these popular novelists to familiarize the young mind with vice and crime—to awaken desires for actual participation in scenes of folly and iniquity— to weaken the soul’s aspirations after the pure and holy which endure for ever—and to destroy the en- nobling and conservative influence of religion, than all the writers who have in any age labored to over- turn Christianity, and deify human depravity. Let us just for a moment turn to the productions of Bulwer, or Ainsworth, or Marryatt, or any of the same school. Is it possible to doubt their tendency? justiciary tribunals. much of a rara avis as formerly Eighi Days Later from China, The ship Cincinnati, Wilson, has arrived from Canton, whence she sailed on the 12th of August, and from Macao the 16th. We have files of the Canton Register to the 13th of August, inclusive. Our last advices were to the 26th of July By a division order, dated July 3ist, and issued on board the Moira, at Hong Kong, it appears that Ma- jor-General Burrell has been promoted, and 1s suc- ceeded in command at Hong Kong by Lieut. Col. ‘Taylor. In resigning the command General Burre!! regrets that sickness has prevailed to a considerable extent, and strongly recommends the troops to avoid exposure to the sun, and the use of that de- structive spirit called shamsoo. The Singapore Free Press of July 14, states that among others the ship Symmetry was lost ina gale in that vicinity, and the following vessels were much injured :—Chilo, John Adams, Patriot King’ Persian, Potomac, Tigris, and Unicorn. The Register gives a translation of a Chinese ru- mor, stating that on the 10th of July a fleet of Eng- lish ships and steamers appeared off the mouth of the Peiho and took possession of the forts, &e.— that the Emperor had not gone to Jehol, where he usually passes the summer, and that the English were demanding an audience. ‘This rumor is said to have reached Canton on the 21st of July, but no further mention 1s made of it in the later papers. The Register expresses doubts of its truth. The U.S. ships Constellation and Boston were still in the Chinese waters on the 13th of August. (From the Canton Press, Aug. 13.] We understand private letters to have been receiv- , ed here from France, stating that M. Segur has « been nominated French Consul General for China, with a salary of 40,000 francs. The Hong merchants, we understand, say that ac- counts have been received from the northward, ac- cording to which the British force was anchored near Nanking, and that at the request of Elepoo, a truce of thirty days had been agreed to, to enable him to report tothe Emperor and await his answer. same account states that twenty of the English ships had sailed to the northward of Tientsinin the gulph of Pechelee. The first part of this report is similar to what we heard about esarialate since, and then mentioned as a rumor merely, and it is possible that what is now said is nothing more than a refaccimento of it: and we hope it may be thus, for we can hardly believe that H. M. Plenipotentiary would listen to any proposals fora truce until after Nanking was in possession of the British. It is, we believe, according to the mo- dern practice of war, not usual for belligerentsto re- main inactive while negotiations for peace are being carried on—on the contrary, to hasten these to a fa vorable and speedy issue, the armies during that time, more perhaps than at any other, exert them- selves to obtain some signal advantage over their of peace may be as advantageous as possible to one or the other. We cannot theretore believe that the British force would again stop short of striking a great blow, such as the occupation of the city of Nanking, merely because Elepoo the Imperial Com- missioner had signified to Sir Henry Pottinger his desire of communicating with the Emperor; this would be a repetition of the manner in which the war was carried on under the orders of Capt, El- liot, and is likely to be no more successful. The object of the Chinese, who we believe to be no more willing now to make concessions than here- tofore, is by delay and by apparent willingness to treat, to weaken the strength of their enemy, to whose enormous expenses every day of useless pro- crastination adds not a small item. We confess we are very uneasy at this report, the correctness of which,we have heard that some Chi- nese, usually well informed, denied, and anxious! wait for authentic accounts from the force, which are now no later than of the 26th June, when it was about leaving the Woosung river to ascend the Yangtsekeang. [From the Canton Register, Aug. 9.] Princ Gazerres—tth moon, 17th day.— The following imperial edict has been receive: Yihking and his colleagues have reported con- cerning the imminent danger of the provincial city of the province of Chekeang (Hangehowfoo) and the city of Keahing; and on reading the report, my grief and indignation are extreme. According to the report Chapoo is ‘already lest: and the barbarians are approaching the provincial capital ; the domain of the city is very extensive, andthe rebellious barbarians have built small ves- Who are among the principal heroines on whom tens there. The systems of a specie currency, and commercial restrictions, created by the Con- tinent, jn opposition to England, combined with the like systems here, are menacing, with a terrible and final revulsion, the monetary affairs of that giganticempire. This interest would not hesitate, therefore, to aid the re-organization of the credit systems and paper currencies of the Uni- ted States. The days of 1835 and °36 were the golden age of wine and wisdom—currency and cookery—and who would not like to revive them ? We would. These were the principal topics talked over at this important assembly— interspersed with jest, and 6on mot in all the principal literature of the day. Now, on this oceasion we are rather d sposed to encou- rage all these objects discussed by those present Mr. Biddle is one of the most accomplished men of the day, in finance, philosophy, literature, or the fine arts; Mr. Colt is a practical man, of great saga- city and discernment—so is Mr. Curtis—so is Mr. Gnnnell—so is Mr. Blatchford. As to Mr. Webb, he is undoubtedly second to none, with one single exception, (that is Bennett,) as an editor of great energy, decision, and promptitude. The contest for the Presidency may now be said to beginin earnest In the meantime we shall continue the publica- tion of the admirable papers (one of which we have given,) recently published by Mr Biddle on the financial crisis in Pennsylvania, and we hope for the co-operation of Mr. Webb, and that he will also publish them in the Courier and Enquirer. These papers indicated most trely, that unless the General Government assumed the debts of the several States, these States had a right, and would be justified, in imposing direct taxes on all the operations of trade and commerce, in order to restore the golden days of former prosperity. For Wasmnotox, 10 !—Col. Graham, the Post- master of thiscity, leaves town to-day for Wash- ington, to consult with the President and Postmaster General on certain plans tor the improvement of the mails in this meridian, and its connecting links.— We hepe that he may be able to ascertain, by what mysterious process the copies of the message addres- sedtous were spirited away—also why a separate express bag cannot be made up at Washington for New York, as it was done last year ‘Tut Somers —We understand that the Navy e- partment, immediately on receipt of Commander McKenzie’s despatches, ordered a vessel of war to proceed with alldespatch from Norfolk to the Isle of Pines, which lies off Cape Antonio, in lat. 21 31, on the south side of Cuba—a notorious place for pi- rates. Would it not have been better to have sent the Somers? {f Spencer had a confederate there, that confederate would probably have a description of that vessel, and she could, therefore, more easily succeeding capturing him. We find the following in the last Albany Jour- nal :— About two weeks since, the rumor was rife in this city that the U.S. brig Somers had foundered at sea, and that all on board were lost. This rumor was based upona letter received in New York by a merchant vessel from St. Thomas, in which it was stated that the Somers had been caught in a tre- mendous gale and had suffered so much that she was hourly expected to go to the bottom. It is now believed that the letter in question was written by one of the mutineers on board the Somers, in antici- pation of the success of their plot, and with a view of accounting for the expected “ disappearance” of the brig. Dearn or tHe Bisnop or New Yorx.—-We learn thatthe Right Rev. Joun Dunors, Bishop of New York isdead. This melancholy event took place yesterday morning at nine o’clock. His re+ mains will be interred on Friday. Axorner Mysrertous Arratr.—Captain Hays of the brig Moon, bound to Charleston, found the bo- dies of two persons salted down and boxed up on board his vessel. He made the discovery early yes terday morning. They appeared to be the bodies of mutatios with curly hair or woo! and had not been jong dead. Where did they come from? Bulwer has lavished the whole treasures of his per- verted genius? In what do they differ from the miserable outcasts who tenant the brothels? And yetwe have novel after novel occupied with the nar- ration of the fives and adventures of such charac- ters, and elaborate apologies— we should rather say vindications—offered for their conduct. Actions, for ‘he commission of which a man would be hoot- ed from virtuous society, are related with charac- teristic nonchalance, as quite defensible and proper in a fashionable hero ; and crimes which strike at the very root of social happiness, are represented as mere peccadilloes, which must of necessity occur in refined society. What man is there who, know- ing anything of the human heart, can read ‘“ Pel- ham,” “Ernest Maltravers,” “Alice,” and otherno- vels of akindred stamp, and then say that their cireu- lation among the yourg, and badly educated sels which enter every where among the shallows. The two heen districts of Pingkoo and Haeshan; in the Foo department of Keating, are in the mow imminent danger. .One thousand men have been sent from the pro- vinces of Shense and Kansuh, and are ordered to maintain those places. When the troops arrive the provinces of Honan and Kwangse, they will be Folate for the defence of those districts, and so orth, This important and pressing despatch has been brought at the rate of 600 lea day. Now the said General and his colleagues have,consulted and de- termined that one of their number shall remain to keep Tsaoukeang, while all the rest of ‘the troops should be sent to protect the other places. The said abet minister and his colleagues must turn their thoughts—dismiss their fears—to insure peace, and so tranquilize the people’s minds ; and they should sternly and strictly order the officers and soldiers to eXert their utmost strength in de- tending the aie As tothe Adjutant General, Ahlakeihno, who has been wounded, how is he at present? Let a clear examination he made into all is not calculated to subvert morality, and defile the soul? The very skill with which the story is fabri- cated,the affected eloquence which glitters throngh- out its pages, and the pseudo-philosophy which it retails, render a work of this novelist, doubly dan- gerous. The devil himself knows better than to piesent his temptation without careful disguise. It is always, to all appearance, a pleasant morsel. The Ainsworth school, to which Boz belongs, and whose works are devoted to the exploits, and suc- cesses, and exciting perils of the highwayman, the burglar, and the pickpocket, exercise an influence equally pernicious, and perhaps still more wide- spread than that of Bulwer. The novels of thisclass have been almost all dramatized, and are thus ren- dered tenfold more influential in creating young as pirants after the glery of Jack Sheppard, and his kindred heroes. These productions have created and fostered a dislike of honorable industry, a con- tempt for the ordinary avocations of honest men, and an unconquerable desire to seek notoriety, and gratify lust and passion in the perilous paths of crime. Will any of these writers, or their admirers, pretend to say that their novels tend to make vice and crime repulsive? Can they add impudent falsehood to their other sins, and say that their design was to present wickedness, and folly, and crime in their undisgui- sed depravity, and to attract to patient industry,hum- ble toil, and steadfast virtue the homage ofall hearts? It has not been without reason that pointed allusion has been made to the late horrible affair on board the Somers, as illustrative of the growth of a reck less spirit of crime amongst our youth The tree is known by its fruits. No great philosophical obser- vation is requisite to trace the operation of cause and effect in this matter. Light literature, of the class we have so briefly, but clearly enough described, must sooner or later exhibit its appropriate results on those amongst whom it flourishes. But there is still sufficient moral force to check thisevil. The best means of doing so, would be the circulation of works of a light and entertaining character, which breathe a healthful moral senti- ment. Let the pernicious fictions which are now forced into circulation in every direction by merce- nary publisheraybe discouraged by a who desire the best inte) ca society... Lett’ ‘place be supplied by those productions of such exalted genius as that of Scott, and Mackenzie, and Edgeworth, which, instead of introducing us to the haunts of vice and crime, and the society of prostitutes, highwaymen, and pirates, has, in the words of Talfourd ‘ sup- plied us with a glorious crowd of acquaintan: ces, andeven of friends, whose society will never disturb, or weary us; and has made us glow a thou- sand times with honest pride in that nature of which we are partakers !” Victory ror THE Meat Snops.—By our report of the Board of Assistant Alderman last evening, in another column, it will be seen that a very decided victory has at last been won for the meat shops. The Board of Assistants have nobly met the ques- tion and voted for licensing them by a vote of ten to seven. The leading advocates for this measure were, Messrs. Browne of the 8th, W. Dodge of the 8rd, and Atwill of the 6th ward. Governor Exect,—Col. Bouck arrived at his re- sidence in Washington street, Albany, last Satur | day evening these matters, anda duly prepared report sent wp.— Respect this. Died at Hongkong, after about a week’s illness, of fever induced by anxiety of mind and over exertion of body, the Rev. Theodore Joset, procurador of the mission of the Propaganda, and charged with the administration of the Catholic mission at Hong- ong. itis said that a public officer of rank in Peking, professing the Christian religion, has written to some of the Roman Catholic missionaries in Macao, saying, that the capital of China has been surround- ed by Tartar troops for the last two years; but that now the treasury is exhausted, their pay is long in arrear; that they are deserting by hundreds, return- ing home to cultivate their fields; and that if the English were to march at once on Peking, it wonld falls the steps of conquerors, without a shot being red. [From the Register, Aug. 2.) The latest date from Woosung is July 4, and from Chusan the same. At that time there were about ten vessels of war, including steamers, off Woo- sung, and a vast number of transports, and the land forces mustered between 13 and 14,000 men, It ap pears no farther movement had been made, or en- terprise thought of, since the 20th of June, a period of fourteen days He het On the 5th or 6th of July, it is said the forces were to move on Kinshan, (the golden hill) and thence upon Nanking, to which large and ancient city a clear passage had been found up the Yantsze- keang. Onathe 27th of June a large fleet of richly laden junks, which had attempted to pass by the British fleet, for Nanking, was captured, but not until several shots had been fired to brite them to. The troops lett the city of Changhae as they en- tered it, without taking possession of anv property, which was left—some rich jewellery it is said—to be plundered by Chinese robbers, i On the same day an officer of the rank of captain, and Corporal White, brought a letter from Ke and Elepoo, the high commissioners, containing over- tures for peace, but we have already learned from H. M.'s plenipotentiary’s circular, that “ag the overtures were not grounded on the only basis on which they could be listened to, they were met by an intimation to thaf effect.” 4 The loss of the Hon. Co’s. armed steamer Ari- adne, J. Roberts, i. n., we omitted to report last She had been sent in search of a sunken inthe Yangtszekeang, and struck upon it, and damaged herself s0 much that it was expected she would there founder. : She was towed to Chusan by the Sesostris, and hauled up ona dry bank; but being secured to the shore by a three inch rop- only, she slipped off the bank, and went down in 11 fathoms;the crew saved their lives with difficulty; it is said an attempt to weigh her has failed. | ; ee The object of the petition which a fortnight since we stated to have been addressed to the Viceroy of Canton by American and British merchants, praying for the admission of foreigners’ wives to Canton has met with a peremptory refusal, and a reprimand to the Hong merchants for having presented it. c All accounts from Canton agree in representing the authorities there as most anxious to sufficiently conciliate foreigners, that the trade ni ge Greater facilities than ever are given for the transac- tion of business, particularly in the shipment of goods,and it is said the Hong merchants contemplate a reduction of 2 Taels per Picul ef the export charges in Tea, in order to prevent smuggling, which is fast on the increase, encouraged by the temptation to avoid the present high charges, We also hear that many of the Factories are bein paired, and there is little doubt t the approaching season will be carried on at Canton. where again a good many British merchants will become, at least temporary, residents. The rains have caused the river to. rise very considerably —Respondentia walk has been flooled to beyond the entrances of the Hongs almost daily, the whole country immediately surrounding Canton is said to be under water. The Hong merchants, Samqua and Howgna’s son, have begun their relac- tant travela to Chekiang, accompanied by two lin- The | It is said that the substitution of his som for I araree sum of money.’ The Emperor is aroused to highest indignati at the loss of the various positions in Chekeang, attributes all to the timidity and cowardice of the Commander-in-Chief, Yu-poo-yun, who is represent- ed asthe first to flee from the scene of action. His Majesty, therefore, issues his stern commands for the immediate arrest of the said high officer, order- ng him to be put in chains and brought to the capi- tal by an official escort, without delay. His Majes- ty also, in the same document, orders all the officers and troops, Who fled before the barbanans, to be forthwith put to death. ; . On the 15th day of the 4th moon, the imperial comands were received as follows :—Yih King and colleagues have sent up a memorial regarding the insurrectionary proceedings of the rebellious barba- s, and the loss of Chapoo. S i ne rebels having retired from Ningpoo, hastily collected their ships together, and set sail for Cha- poo, which they attacked and laid waste. These general officers, Yih King and others, had not pre- viously arranged the proper business of preparation and defence, and consequently Chapoo was lost. Let, therefore, Yih King, Wan wel tah e sun, and Lew yun 0, be delivered over to the board of pun ishment, that deliberations may be held for award- ing them punishment of extremest rigor. Respect this. We ebtain froma good source the information that the number of Chinese troops collected for the defence of the Woosung or Shanghee river amount- ed to 50,000 men. n the same authority it is ted that the General-in-Chief of the Chinese ny there, believing or feigning to believe him- If betrayed i two mandarins, killed one with his sword, and then, from the ramparts, threw him- self into the water and fled, it isnot known whither. Betore the English took peaceable possession of shanghae, the people themselves had, from hatred towards the mandarins, destroyed all their tri- bunals. ‘The usual reveaues derived from salt, lands, and merehandise, in the Province of Keangnan, have this year proved greatly deficient on reaching Pe- king. The Emperor orders the Governor of the Province forthwith to send up tbe lacking amount, and disgraces the Chief Collector of the taxes. Markets. {From the China Price Current, Aug. 6) American Domestics—A few sales. ‘Camlets—During the past week afew hundred pieces changed hands. But the stock in importer’s hands being still large, they are difficult of sale. Cotton Yorn—Stock heavy and demand very limited. Chintzes—Chintzes of really good patterns and quality are saleable,but the inferior sorts will not realize sufficient to clear the duty. Long Cloths—During the past month the demand for this article was evident!y on the increase, and prices slightly improved, but owing te the late heavy importa- tions, fears are entertained that their present rates will guists. himself, has cost Howqua | | in price or demand. Within the last ten days there has t 4 1eir | been some inquiry for Spanisn stripes ; but no sales have respective adversaries, by which the final conclusion | | | tthe trade of | 30th 1842—Black, 27,962,627 ; green, 8,790,531 ; sorts, 78,- 9. | liteness of Mr. Charles D. Betts, clerkgot the District | Court, we are enabled to give our readers the fol- not be maintained, if Long Ells—There has lately been some inquiry for this article, particularly for scarlet, of which 1000 pieces are said to have been sold at $10}—but assorted colors are ditfi- cult of sale. Pepper.—Large ssppiies of black pepper arrived from Siam und Singapore, the price is nominal at $6. Woollens.—No improvement to notice.—No alteration yet been reported. The stock is large. Exronts.—Teas.—In teas there is but little doing; a few musters of New Congou have arrived, which appear in- ferior to those of last season ; prices asked taels 35 a 36! The purchases of New Orange Pekoe are about 4300 half chests at from taels 35 a 42; of Old Congou 33 chops re- main, mostly very low, and prices tacls 92.025. Of Fu- kion, Bohea, Canton do. fine Congou, Caper, Miggong, Hongmuy, Campoi, Souchong, and Flowery Pekoe, none remain. Quantity of Tea exported from July Ist 1841 to June 161.—Total pounds, 36,731,31! AppiicaTions IN Bankeurtcy —Through the po- lowing official report. Itcomesdownto Tuesday, the 20th inst. The statement in the “Courier and Enquirer” wil! be found to be essentially incorrect, and full of blunders. Statement of different matters relating to Bankruptcy ap- plications in the Southern District of New York, and in- quired of by the Department of State, under the resolu- tion adopted by the Senate of the United States, bearing date Dec. 18, 1842:— 1.—Under the Voluntary Provision of the Bankrupt Act. . Total number of voluntary applications to date [Sat- urday 17] f 1889 2. Number of petitions still pending, and to which no objections are filed, ' 930 2. Number of petitions filed, and to which objections have been interposed, still pending,and objections not ais. dof 4 3, Number of petitions to which objections have been interposed é 18 4. Number of petitions which have been withdrawn and new ones filed, petitions being denied decrees of bankrupt- cy on first papers, 4 ‘>. Number of petitions withdrawn before proceedings perfected,'and in which new petitions were not filed, — 2 6. Number of petitions to which dissents of majority in number and value of creditors were filed, and cases in which trials by jary were nad on application of bank. rupt, 2 7. Number ot petitions asin the Circuit Court, on ap- peal from the Di Court, a 1 8 Number of petitions filed to which objections were Jnterposed and trials by jury had in District Court, and which are still pending. 1 6 9. Number of petitions on which discahrge was abso- lutely denied by Judge. 1 10.’ Petitions filed in which the application were made by co-partners, If.—Under the Involuntary Provision of the Bankrupt Act. 1. Number of petitions still pending and to which no objections are filed, 37 2. Number of petitions filed and to which objections have been interposed, still pending and objections not dis- sed of, 20 3. Number of petitions to which objections have been interposed, 20 4. Number of cases in which adecree of bankruptcy was denied on objections, 1 6. Number of cases in which proceedings were stopped by concent before decree ef bankruptcy, 9 ‘6. Number of cages in which decrees of bankruptcy were ranted, and those on bankrupt’s voluntary application, ischarge granted, . 3 7. Number of cases in which the petitioning creditors were co-partners, 22 8. Total number of involuntary applications to date, 60 Of the 30 voluntary applications as co-partmers, two were composed of two persons and the rest of three. SR0f the volunti fore ns filed five were by females. ‘Total number o! th voluntary and invounltary peti- tions filed to Dec. 17th, inclusiv: 953 Total number of discharges granted to Dec. 17th, i sive, 195 Cases have been contested before the Court. The Judge has rendered 94 decisio All the applications have been :nade in the first in- stance to the District Court, and the Circuit Court has not taken cognizance ot the proceedings, except on appeal from the decision of the District Court, or on adjournment of law points by the District Judge. The number of such cases in this district has been comparatively small, only two being carried up on appeal, and six on adjournment. ‘The number of ayplications under the compulsory branch of the act has been on the increase within the last four months, and the number of voluntary appli- cations for the benefit of the act during the past month, greatly exceeds those in any former month. Srienpip Sate or Fancy Goops ror Honipay Presents.—To-morrow at 100’clock, B. Mooney & Co. will sell at auction, 61 Maiden Jane, up stairs, a very splendid stock of fancy goods, suitable for holi- day presents, This assortment comprises every thing the eye can desire or the heart wish. Only call and see them to-day. See advertisement. Manpamus 1x New Hamrsuirg.—The House of Assembly, on the Mth inst., formally resolved not to district the State for the choice of members of Congress. wiih ae Genera Comrtaint.—That ATnerican men-of- war are not kept on the Coast of Africa. Our traders are receiving every indignity and injury from the natives and others. Ex-Gov Door.—It is said that efforts are making in New Hampshire to appoint Gov. Dorr to a Judge- ship in that State. Nor Yrr.—Anether attempt has been made to elect an United States Senator in North Carolina. No success. Saunders, the Calhoun candidate, gains on every ballot. From Brazit.—The Douglass arrived yesterday trom Rio de Janeiro. She sailed thence on the 4th ult. No news. Navat.—United States Surveying Brig Oregon, Lieut. Powell, arrived at Charleston, Mth instant, from New York. city Intelligence, Fineman’s Bavt.—The annual Ball of the New York Fire Department is to be given at the Park Theatre. The Erina Ball at the Bowery, A Manquiss in tre Tomns.—A fellow, who says his name is Andrew Marquis, was arrested and committed to the Tombs on the charge of stealing books valued at $60, at various times, from Richards, and Platt, 196 Broadway, He was caught y in theact of carrying off a fetcl of Byron’s works, and when arrest. ed acknowledged the previous thf. A Liquors Trter.—On ean f night a German named Wm. She alked off with a barrel of sugar weighing 224 pounds, from the store of G. Johnson & Co., 7 ‘ er of Allen. He was caught yee terday and the property recovered had ex) tures of devotion, every be- liever, who, in his moments of ecstacy, had felt the assur- ance of the favor of God,was in his own eyes a consecra- ted person hope; he possessed faith ; as he walked the earth, his heart was in the skies. gels hovered round his path, charged to minister to his soul ; leagued heaven ; mankind, how could he but i ect himself, whom God a For him counsels of the Almighty had chosen a savior; for him the laws of nature had been suspended and controlled, the heavens had been open: ed, earth had qi sun had veiled his face, Christ had died and risen dead gain ; for him prophets and apostles had revealed to the word the oracles and thewill of God or three pages. of that we leave the Literati to judge. ult. produce. does St. Louis Palladium of the 3d ult.:— know what I shall do. be severe on the ladies who roll, and you must say nothing naughty about them, t mean any thing bya, al ror of judgment. again some day. Jas. G. Bennett, Esq: No News rrom Evrore.—The Britannia, due at Boston last Sunday, had not arrived there at four o’clock on Monday afternoon, She had then been out fifteen days. i Contesrrres or Lirerarure.—That erudite and pains-taking bookworm, D'Israel, hasn’t exhausted a tythe of the “ curiosities of literature.” In the single department of extraordinary coincidence of thought and language betWeen different writers, existing at even very remote distance from each other, very little has been discovered compared with what yetremains undivulged. We alluded yester- day to a curious agreement which appears between an elcquent passage in Mr. Bancroft’s History of the United States, and one written by Babington Ma_ cauley. We now give the parallel passages, as some interest has been excited about the matter. Both writers are speaking of the Puritans, and are apologising for the occasional eccentricities of those remarkable men :— From Bancreft’s History of From an artic the United States, Vol I,‘ Milton,” original’y pi 462 Boston, 1832. lished in the Edinburgh “Every individual who Review, 1925. _Macauley’s rienced the rap- Miscellames, Vol I., p. 53. “They recognized no ti- tle to superiority but the fa- vor of God. If they were unacquainted with the works of philosophers and Ee they were deeply read in the oracles of God. If their steps were not accom: panied by asplendid train of menials, legions of minister- irg angels had charge over them. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terri- ble importance belonged— on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looke.! with anxious interest —who had been destined, before heaven and earth were created, to enjoy a feli- city which should continue when heaven and earth should have passed away. For his sake the Almighty bad prociaistad his will by the pen of the evangelist and th arp of the prophet. It was for him that the sun had been darkened, that the id rocks had been rent, that the hi isen, that all na- ture huddered at the sufferings of expiring God !” He cherished An- spirits of darkness together to tempt m his allegiance. — self as an eb- ject of the divine favor, and in this connection disclaim. | merit, he prostrated Mf in the dust before looking out upon im fro chosen and redeemed ? the wonderful ed, the A similar coincidence is apparent throughout two it may be purely accidental. But Advices are to the 28th Markets were well supplied with American We take the following from the Barba- Irems From BARBADOES. Arrived in this colony twelve persons (four men, two women and six children) in an open boat, who had escaped from Slavery in Martinique, and cross- ed the channel in thirteen hours. sued by the French Government schooner Antelope, of six guns, butescaped—and are now enjoying one ae the greatest of all blessings—unbounded Free- jom Dear Mr. Benn ‘hey were pur- ETT : ido wish that you would get up some paper of the nature of the Spectator, and the Rambler, &c. think that it would succeed admirably. There are so many things that want refermation. At present [ shall consider the Herald in the light of a Specta~ tor, as one whose editor has always expressed him- sel the matter of ray writing ig this:—There is ladies who meet every morning at * * [we omit the number] Broadway, to roll ninepins, and I do think that there is more notoriet; becoming for our sex, and 1 y ) a “ first rate notice.” Now if you publi ter, after I tell you not, I shall think you a gay de- ceiver, which will not be a creditable reputation, now that you are a Benedict. Now won’t you think over my proposition about anew paper? You are the only man that can carry it through, for in my opinion there never was an abler paper in York, although you bad in "36 and °37. great while, and must thank you for a great deal of St ees if Now. ready to defend our sex against calumny. club of attached to it than is want you to give them this let- New must confess you were pretty I have taken your paper for a Well, good bye, and if you publish this I do not And Ido not want you to because they don’ olin: is merely an er- Behave yourself, and T will write Twill let you know who Iam. Yours, &c. Emma. P. S.—That is my true name; I put it down by accident; I meant to have signed “Veritas.” B.—Upon reading over my letter, I find that there are some errors and some incoherencies, but you must excuse them; Ihave been rambling on without thinking. The fact is, I am_ going to be married in a mont another, because thi: destine correspondence.” I have not time to write what guardians call a “‘clan- Emma. ear Sini— F Among the many reports concerning the urfortu- nate young Spencer, and the different causes assign- ed for his bloodthirsty conception, is his lon; perdiess attachment to the young a) ter said that the fair lady gilted him, and thus drove him to desperation. I this interesting an of course that you must be aw fait in all these mat- te ae shiek id hens one of our most celebrated artists. It ha apply to yeu for information about romantic explanation, supposing Sincerely, A.B OC. 19, 1842. Theatrical, &c. Tue Concert at Nrpto’s.—The concert given TS. Monpay, Dec. last night at Niblo’s, by Mrs. Sutton and the Bra- hams, was, as we expected, a magnificent affair. The grand saloon is well adapted for a concert-room, and it was filled by a fashionable and delighted au- ditory. Mrs. Sutton was in fine voice, sang with all her own power, and taste, and feeling, and was enthusiastically received. Her execution of the grand scena from Norma was remarkably brilliant. Mr. Braham, as usual, delighted his auditors by the remarkable depth and compass of his voice. ‘ Wil- liam Tell” and ‘ Bruce’s Address” were given as only Mr. Braham can sing them; and the spirit and irresistible effect with which he gave “* We all love a pretty girl under the rose,” elicited rapturous ap- plause. Mr. Charles Braham improves with as- tonishing rapidity. Some ofhis notes are remarka- bly clear and good. We particularly noticed the ease and clearness with which he brought out his Av With a little more study and practice he will be- come a vocalist of the first class. We have plea- sure in again paying a deserved tribute to the bril- liancy and clearness of Miss Augusta Browne's performance on the piano. She is young, very pretty, very modest, and by no means a small attrac- tion in a concert root, Tue Parx.—Mr. Burton made his appearance last night in Coleman’s excellent comedy ‘“ The Poor Gentleman,” supported by Mr. Placide, Abbot, and Billy Williams. Mr. Burton has quite recovered from his late indisposition, and never played with greater spirit. We noticed some incongruities in the dress of several of the characters; but altegeth- er the performance went off well, and was favorably received by a very respectable house. Miss Wal- ters is at present deficient in grace, but may in time become a tolerable danseuse. Burton in Paul Pry, in the comedy of that name, which concluded the performances, was peculiarly at home, and met with much and deserved applause. Mr. and Mrs. Brough- am are re-engaged. Cuaraam Turatre.—Novelty - asad iad with such wonderful rapidity at this popular place of amusement, that it is really difficult to keep the run of them, Scarcely is the public taste gratified with one night’s rich entertainment, ere another, richer and racier, is announced. There appears to be no respite, norelaxation, in the liberal endeavors of the enterprizing manager to amuse his numerous patrons. To-night, four excellent pieces are offered, in one of which, that elegant actress, Miss Mary Duff, appears, supported with the choice spirits of ‘Thorne’s superior company. 0G-The performances at the New York Museum sur- pass in interest and variety, all other places of amusement. Nellis, born without arms, executes his wonderful feats; Jenkins, the admirable delineator of comic characters, singer and banjo player ; Diamond, the best Ethiopian dancer in America, Wright, the falsetto vocalist; picture galley, Mermaid, Queen Vistoria’s dresses, live Albino deer, and half a million other things—all to be seen for one shilling. There will be a performance this afternoon ot 3 o'clock, Great preparations are making for the holidays, BY THE SOUTHERN MAIL. ‘Washington, (Correspondence of the Herald.} Wasuineton, Monday night, Dec. 19, 1842. Death of Mr, Habersham—Adjournment of both Houses—-The Oregon Territory—- South Carolina Senator—The Somers Mu- tiny. Assoon asthe House met to-day, Mr. Gamble, of Georgia, announced the death of his colleague, Mr. Habersham, and after pronouncing a high eulogium on the deceased, moved that the House adjourn, which was carried. In the Senate the bill was passed to change the name oi the “Westchester” to the “Atlantic.” A motion by Mr. Linn to appoint a select committee to enquire into and report all the facts connected with the Oregon Territory, and to make prepara- tions to take possession of it in the name of the Uni- ted States before long was carried. Mr. Berrien, of Georgia, then announced the death of Mr. Haber- sham, and he paid a most eloquent tribute tohis me- mory, and the Senate adjourned. Judge Huger has been elected Senator of the Uni- ted States for two years.fthe unexpired term of Mr. Calhoun, from South Carolina, by one vote over Mr. Rhett, at presenta member of the House. In North Carolina no Senator has yet been elect- ed to fill Mr. Graham’s place ; at the last accounts, Gen. Saunders was only four behind Brown It is thought that the Whigs will come jto Saunders’s an Buren more than they do rescue, for they hate eee le has b id h ery little has been said here to-day ! execution of Midshipman Spencer. The ot ie ference of opinion and some doubt if the facts will justify Commander McKenzie. A majority, howe- ver, applaud him for the act. The excellent mother of the wreiched youth, is quite beside herself ; she was in feeble health, and this shocking event has made her quite delirious ; two physicians are eon- stantly in attendance, and her ultimate recovery is even doubtful. The father is perfectly inconsolable, and is confined to his room. It has cast quite a gloom over polisical matters here. Young Perry reached here on Friday night with the news ; and Judge Upshur knew not how to break it to Mr. Spencer; at last he sent for Mr. Morris, the son-in- law and private secretary of the Secretary at War, and through him the sad intelligence was commu- nicated. I am_ semi-officially informed that Judge Upshur will give no opinien on the matter till he hears further particulars. ‘The following are all the new facts which I have been enabled to ue to-day from the papers in the possession of the Navy Department. The mutineers resolved to murder all but the surgeon. As soon as this was discovered, Spencer, the quarter-masier and boatswain were arrested. Investigation was made, and the mutiny was found to be of an alarm- ing extent. Lieut. MeKenzie called his officers, and asked them what was to be done. A regular formal examination and Court martial was had, (which itissaid lasted two days) and all gave their opinion that it was necessary for the safety of the ship and crew that the ringleaders should be exe- cuted Due time was allowed them to prepare for death, and they were all three swung up at the yard- arm. Spencer adjusted the rope round his own neck, and was to give the death signal, but at the last moment his voice faltered. Before death. Spencer and the other man (not Cromwell) essed their guilt, and with their dying breath acknowledged the justice of their sentence. i . ‘he plan of the mutiny was this :—The mutineers were to rise in the night in Spencer’s watch. They were to get up a sham fight on the forecastle, Spen- cer was to carry them aft, as if to report them to the officer on deck. They were to appearmuch ex- cited, and then as if eager each to give his own ver- sion of the fight, crowd round the officer on deck, like the swell mob, put their hands over his mouth and throw him overboard. Whilst this was going on above, others were to ‘o below under the pretence of calling up Comman- der McKenzie and Lieut. Gansevoort, and stab them in the cabin, and if possible whilst they were asleep in their berths. After these had been butchered, the mutineers meantto load the quarter deck Tag with pepe pomt them down the hatches, and those who a d not joined them, and held out, were to be shot jown. The mutineers then meant, as you stated, to cruise off New York Harbor, stop the packet ships, now bringing a large amount of specie, mur- der all the males and oki women, select the young- est and most beautiful females, ravish them, and re- tain them for wives, or as long as suited their hel- lish passions, and after plundering the ships, burn or sink them, so as to leave no trace of their crime. ‘These are the facts which I have derived from official documents now in possession of the Navy Department here. An account will be published in the Government organ here to-morrow, but I am certain it will not difler in any important pojut, from this One of the two men hong with Spencer had been a pirate, and the othera hand on board a slaver. This was their confession. Lieut. Ganse- voort was an intimate friend of Spencer's aay and was decided in putting them allto death. It may be some time before a full official account is published from the Department. A Court of Inquiry will be ordered immediately. Dwight ison here lobbying to get the Warehous) ing Bill passed. He hus no influence either in or out of Congress, His connection with the Custom House Commission destroyed all that. é Signor Nagel had another brilliant audience at his last concert here to-night. Gov. Cass is anxiously expected here to-morrow. Rooms are taken at Gadsby’s for Postmaster Gra- ham of your city ALrHa. APpoIntMENTS BY THE PrEstpEeNt.—Greer W. Da- vis, Register at Jackson, Missouri, vice Frank J. Allen, whose commission will expire Dec. 24, 1842; Robert C. Newland, Register at Batesville, Ark., vice Lewis B. Tully, resigned; William S. Allen, Register at St. Louis, Mo., vice Nathaniel P. Tay- lor, removed ; Nicholas R. Smith, Receiver at Springfield, Mo., vice John P. Campbell, resigned. Stock Sates at Philadelphia Yesterday. $41 67 State 6's, 1843, 60} ; 1000 Wilmington R R Loan, 57 ; 300 City Sis, 1966, 92 ; 56 Union Bank, Tenn. 36. Avrer Boanv—$600 Lehigh 6's, 1848, 20}. De snd MP anick rede eats: oper, Lofland, St Kitts A + Washi Matanzas; Frances, Soule, MOsicans; J & W Enrich: lor, ent & ith, ‘on the coast] ‘enobia, Owens, Port PHILADELPHL Despach, market; Bish ‘Sin 4, Edinburg, NYork. Sid Virginia, Barbadors; Moz ty Hor, Salem. ‘Cid Joseph, Newburyport. Sld Phebe Eliza, ork York; Narragansett, Boston. 5 ron te Arr’ Mary. Cole, Thomeon, Barbe ff "e, Marshall, Ui ‘Tarquin, Porto Hives Firm, Thompson, Weat lores, Sid Belle Creole, Mg Petre, Gaad;, Portlan rospect, Me. ‘The Splendid, from Ne bar yesterd and proceeded South, jeune 1 ‘ Carty, Hoa ee cacrald Biltimorey Wilson Bal'er,CODb, Tm’Alineda, Ashby, St Joseph; 15th, NVork ¥ A , Dec Are Mary sine aR Va, Maa Hart Prt oF Motte, Dec t1—Arr Alabamian, Lane Bh en a agi Nate Fontan bet ER Ports. were; Galeare, Ceshies, frgea ordeon, Pee ati Tor Boston, lly; Alesco, for NOrleaas, ndall, for Boston, 8 days; heed, disg, os No¥ 20~ia port, Joseph, for Pailadelphias Hope, Amentcay Musecm.—A poetical friend has hended us the following lines, In addition to the wonder of which the Lecture Room at three o’clock this afternoon :— Mr. Barnum, what next ? To guess what you now will be ing ; O"There’s your eileen teeta, Your Gipsy and Mermaid, The town’s in delight, At this wonderful wight, General Thumb, Though much smaller than some, A tailor but can Be the ninth ofa man; But if it were so, How hard would it go ~ Boston. Gronoxrown, DC. Dec ft-Arr L L Sturges, NYork; JN Ricnimoxp, Dec 17—Arr Altorf, Newport, Wales. Sid W Portland. Cid Caroli Liverpool; Narragauset, Dextebecho, Hove: lade Prospect, Savanwan, Dec 16—Arr Na’hl Hooper, Candler, Char! 5 ry, Thomasion- gp B haces sacle ate, EF. Dee 7—Art Choctaw, NYork. Stiteiet Prov Cumberland, St Domingo; Peconic, Creesy, Boston. In tg Tally Howes, trom Busum. ‘Dee 4—In port, Fairfield, Smith, from New Parsce, n port, Fairfie " B, Do! for St Marks they treat, there is a-fine ‘display of day performances in We are sorely perplext And now this Tom Thumb you are petting. This manikin, pigm; monstrosity ; ‘And Willatill be the great curiosity. ‘This at least’s the opinion of some ; With him who makes coats for Tom Thumb ? ‘Tur Bowsny Amrnitieatne gives another splendid performance this evening. The low prices of admission to oll parts of the Amphitheatre, except the first tier, which is reserved for families, is the principal cause of its great popularity. The house wes densely thronged last night in the upper tier and pit ; the dress circle being comfortably filled with all the gaiety, fashion and respec- tability of the city. In compliance with the request of a number of heads of families, in order to indulge the juve nals under their charge with a visit to the circus, an ex. tra performance will be given on faturdey afternoons In future,