The New York Herald Newspaper, April 10, 1843, Page 2

Cuanox catnst vax Poricr Rxronrens.—O VEW YORK HERALD. | Stine tater wun Pouce, teronrene— : Saat |e vegerriow cae ie wen See portem of severa! of the daily papets, including also the Herald, which appeared im ihe “Exprees” of that morning, and in the “Commercial Advertiser” of the same afternoon. It is as follows: Axngst or Toxnex Mexarrr.—Turner Merritt, who was some time since arrested on charges of grand larceny and forgery, was on Thursday arrestedon a bench war+ rant issued out of the Court of Sessivns, and was commit- ted to prison for trial. There are some circumstances connected with this ar- rest of Mi ritt worth notice. Di ig the winter, upon the first arrest, he gave a police reporter belonging to the Herald newspaper $60 to keep the report out of certain newspapers named, who by sharing it with the reporters of the papers named, succeeded in his effort. Atother of- fices where money could not buy a reporter, among which was ours, he or his friends begged as a favor that “4 remert ees left = which was done. We hi laded to this to show what a false i to a step it was on the part Mr. Merritt, whom, from all we hear, we judge in this case at least to be rather the persecuted man, was weak enough ou his first arrest to tamper with a reporter for the press ; and since this we learn that he has been on the rack, as more black mail was demanded of him. The cry has been “ ive, give;”and when he does not give, newspaper publication is threatened by the reporter.— Hew much he has given, we caunot undertake to say. & man thus gets into trouble, the only way for him isto await an investigation. An arrest does not prove a “man guilty. The best of men may bearrested. The bad sign here is Mr. Merritt’s great effort. with the reporters ‘ofnewspaprrs, unknown to the proprietors, to keep his casein the back ground.—. ress. Sometwo months ago we were made acquainted with the circumstances of thiscase, so far as relates to thé al- leged tampering with the reporters, and the names of the te who received the oars, and of those who } shared it, were communicated to us. We also then wrote a rape! charge made against a All the new and cheep literary publications of the day are for sale, wholesale end retail, at the Hematn Orrica, porth west corner of Nessau and Fulton street Tux CuarTer Exection.—This interesting race comes off to morrow morning, beginning at sun rise and ending at sundown. Let every honest man and exquisite rogwe prepare. 10. play. their parts: The contest will be warm and doubiful. Both par- tes—whigs and locofocos—are confident. To-morrow. we shall publish a list of candidateson both: sides, and the several places for holding the polls, “So be ready. AprntsTRATION OF Criminal Justick—INcRRASE or Caume.—Communities, like individuals, are sub- ject te-fits of stupor, from which it seems almost im- possible for them to be aroused. The deep sleep of moral death fails upon them. They become as rot- ten afd as peaceful as the church-yard—where there is peace, because everyeye is dim, and every arm nerveless—where there is silence, because force was not with foree, nor man with man; and the only sense of vitality left, is that of the crawling worm, that feeds and battens there. We greatly fear that the community in which we tive 18 sinking into this perilous state ofapathy and death; if, indeed, all the social justice, truth and virtue, do not already ie be- | particle exposing the affair ; but having neglected to neath that gravestone, which can be removed only suppressed, lest in the hour of need we should not be able to substantiate the charge. Itis due to the editors of the Expr to say that their reporter was then charged @ sharers ofthe black mail that had been ley 5 Whether the charge was or not we are uneble to say. Yet the black mail was levied and paid, as above.—Commercial Advert: We publish these serious statements—-in their whole breadth and length—for the purpose of ascer- taining their truth or falsehood.. To the proprietor of the Herald, all these transactions are entirely unknown. We never heard of. them before. We know not even who Turner Merritt is—and to our Tecollection never before heard of his name or of- fence, till we saw the statement in the “Express” and ** Commercial.” These are very serious charges against the integ- rity of a police reportet of the Herald, and also the reporters of several other papers—and it is due to every principle of justice, that their names should be given by their accusers, and the evidence of the truth of such charges. If it can be proved that any reporter in the Herald establishment was guilty of such conduct, we shall dismiss him immediately from our employment. ‘Such conduct 1s utterly op- posed to the rules of our establishment, and we be- lieve to every other well regulated newspaper. Asa matter of right and justice, therefore, to the individuals 20 charged, to the newspaper press and to the public, we call upon the “‘Exprese’’ and the “ Commercial tAdvertiser,” to give us names, facts and evidence. There are a number of very respecta- ble men, who depend upon the business of police reporting for a livelihocd—and the preservation of their character against untrue charges, is one of their dearest rights. We ask forthe names. Tue Crumes or Orricr.—The annexed affidavit, price one shilling, is copied from the “Albany Eve- ning Journal,” a religious, and pious, and moral pa- per, published by the Rev. Thurlow Weed, a holy saintof Albany. It shows that if Aldermen have no salary, they‘yet catch a few crumbs or drippings from the Poor House over which they preside. We would like to see some such developments relative to the Aldermen of New Yerk. Can’t we? State of New York, Albany ss: James Trader, of the city of Alvany, being duly sworn, says: That he has been engaged as one of the hands in the Soup House from the 4th of January last until Tuesday, the 2lst inst.; that when deponent went to the Soup House on the 4th of January, he was employed by Alderman Downing, who told him to go to work and he would pay deponent what was right, and that no further bargain or agreement was made between them about wages. Deponent further says: That for about 3 or 4 weeks af ter he first came tothe Soup Honse, there were two or three persons whose names are not’ known te deponent, who were in the habit of coming to the Soup House al- most daily,to each of whom, every time they came, the aforesaid Alderman Downing geve beef, uncooxed, to the amount of frem 8 to 10 pounds each, and a loaf or two loaves of bread each, which they carried away; and de- e has on two occasions known of Alderman Dewning’s sending beet from the Soup House to his ewn house, for his ase. And deponent further says: That most of the beef de. livered at the Seup House was of the coarsest Kind, and such as shoulders, rib-pieces, legs, &c., and other parts, from which the best pieces had been cut out, leaving a great deal of bone. And deponent further says: That whilehe was employ- edin said Soup House, Alderman Downing dined there daily, Sundays excepted; that the choicest pieces of beef were roasted every day for dinner; that many other per- sons have during that time been in the habit of taking their meals there, more or less every day; that deponent hasseen more than ten persons, Over above those employed about the’Soup House, at onetime taking their dinner there; that Alderman Bucklin has dined there very eften; and deponent has also se7n there at dinner, occa- sionally, from time to time, several other members and of- ficers of ‘the Board, and constables of the city. And deponent further says: That during all the while he was there, Alderman Downing received and took away for hisown use all the swill, refuse of vegetables, &e., from the Soup House, Aydt Pe nig thinks would be worth about er he wks not. JAMES TRADER. Sworn before me this 81st March, 1848, ‘Ww. Panmares, Recorder of Albany. by a power miraculous as that which called Laza- rous from the tomb. If the astounding result of the trial of Singleton Mercer, do net thoroughly arouse the community, trom one end of the Union to the other, we may at once make an end of our exhortations, and prepare for some’ terrible universal catastrophe, like that which descended on the deomed cities of the plain. Just letus, for a few moments, calmly review this sad, sad.case. From beginning to end it has been the most metancholy tragedy that any land has ever seen. The beginning was horrible, but the end’ is ten-fold more appalling. It is the whole story of the evils which have grown up amongst us into gigantic form, and are about to cover the whole face cf this fair western world, with desolation condensed into one dark chapter of blood, and defiance of the laws, The accomplished, systematic seducer—the social insensibility to his atrocious erime—the gross im- morality of a city once pre-eminent for sobriety and virtue—the reckless spirit of revenge—the assas- sination in’open day—and in one of the most pub- lic places which could possibly be selected—the loud burst of popular sympathy for the criminal— the trial—the last crowning act of open, mad, ut- terly reckless defiance of justice and the laws—ne- ver was such a gloomy picture exhibited to the world. The whole trial of young Mercer was one of the saddest farces ever seen. Who believes that the murderer was insane? Not one The murder was an act ot deliberate, premeditated,matured reven ge It was not done in a sudden burst of agony or pas- sion. None can estimate more correctly the awful provocation given, than we. None can be more dis- posed than we to judge with leniency the offender. But we must proclaim the solemn truth, which the evidence has written, as with a pen of iron,—not to be effaced, not to be misunderstood,—Singleton Mercer was guilty of deliberately shedding the blood of a fellow being Well, he is tried. The evidence of his guilt is full and satisfactory. And yet a jury of sane men, —a jury of citizens of a State in which the admin- istration of criminal justice has been heretofore no. toriously strict and severe—acquit the man. A scene of indescribable tumult, as yet unexampled in a Court of Justice, ensues. The Judge appeals to the mob,—he beseeches as a favor that they would restrain their feelings—but he appeals in vain. The voice of the minister of the laws is as little regard- ed as their supremaey,which has been degraded and disgreced and covered with contempt and infamy. The prisoner is carried away amid the acclamations of the populace; and the heavens are rent bythe shouts which proelaim the triumph of excited and maddened popular feeling over justice and the laws of God and man! Were we notright in saying thatthe sleep which this startling warning fails to arouse, must be the sleep of the dead? Would any but the dead remain motionless, unappalied, unawakened, when the flames are bursting forth on all sides? or when the earth sends forth premonitory echoes of the thun- dering avalanche which is descending in fury from the hills, and is about to cover the plain with ruin and death? The matter has come to resolve itself into a very simple question—.are we to maintain the dignity and su; remaey of the laws, and established order of ci- vilized society, or are we to administer justice, pun- ish crime and avenge wrong, according to that cheap, expeditious and old fashioned system which prevailed in the days when “€ Wild in woods the noble savage ran?” We say to eveiy manjin the community, are you in- deed prepared for the latter alternative ? If so, let us at once dispense with the present cumbrous and complicated system, judges, juries, and laws. Let as at once dismiss our judges,who have to beg on their kness that the people will not disgrace the sanctuary of justice, and are laughe i to scorn in return. Let us at once demolish this trial by jury, and save ourciti- zens from the crime of trifling with the solemn sanctity of an oath. Let us at once burn in our public equares,with becoming indignity those statute books, which the bravo and assassin have already trampled in the dust. Once for all, we say it has come to this. The out- raged sovereignty of the law is either to be vindi- cated and maintained, or to perish for ever from amongst us. Look around you. It isno solitary crime,committed with impunity, thatrises up before you, waving in triumph its garments all dabbled with blood, and mouthing the very heavens with its fiendish laughter, asit exultingly proclaims ite im- munity. In this very city, we have had, within a few weeks, a series of atrocities of remarkable hor- ror. A man is shot down in one of our most public thoroughfares, at the close of day, and after a pain- fol and minute investigation, continued during a whole week, notthe slighest trace of the assassin is discovered. Then we have the death of an unpro- tected female, under circumstances which awaken the most painful suspicions of well concerted wrong; and yet the guilty escape! In fact, no man or nan is safe. The authors of crimes of the st dye are rarely discoverable, and when brought to trial, can laugh at our laws. Who is sale from assassination? If you have a personal enemy, can he not just as readily dismiss you from the world, as the murderer of Corlies dis: missed that ill-siarred man? If even you have not a single foe, are you sure that you may not be mistaken by some skulking bravo for his enemy? Are you a father, or a hus- band, or a brother, and has your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your beloved sister, ex cited the hellish desires of any of those men, who, ike the murdered Heberton, pollute our community; re you sure that you may not be quietly removed tor ever from the office ot protecting those objects of your ever-watehful solicitude and tenderest re- gard? Come, now, this matter must be pressed home. Let the warning which the assassination of Heber- ton, and the acquittal by popular acclamation of his murderer, ater, ring in the ears of all like the words of doom. Awake! awake! ye ministers of justice and thelawe! Awake! all ye who desire the con tinuance of the good order of society—the security of your families—the safety of your own lives. a week; and Resection or Governor Bouc’s NomInaTIons.— There is a screw loose in the big wheel of the democracy in- Albany. Several of Governor Bouck’s nominations have been rejected that ought not to have been, and others have been confirmed that never deserved it. Governor Bouck has made blunders enough to spoil the crop of oats in Scho- haire,and give the old white horse the botts, but the rejection of Thomas J. Carmichael, of West Ches- ter, by the votes of Senator Hunter and a few others of that ilk, is an act of the most gross injustice to a man of high and unblemished reputation, and is an outrage to the democracy of West Chester, of which Mr. Carmichael has been 2 consistent and generous supporter. More of this anon. Monror Epwarps’s Escarr,—Shortwell, the shoe-making agent, who was placed in the room where Edward’s was confined, to deliver out work to the convicts, was held to bail on Saturday, in the sum of $1000, before the Justice who held the ex- amination at Sing Sing. The crime of aiding and assisting in the escape of a prisoner is a felony, and punishable by State prison confinement. It would be rather a peculiar transition for Shortwell to be placed as a cenvict at the bench in the very shop where he has recently been a sort.of a boss agent ! In the examination before the Justice, it was clear- ly proved that Shortwell had purchased the brandy and other articles found in the box where Edwards was discovered, as also a peculiar kind of cake, made at a particular place in the village. The day after Edwards was found, he was placed at the whipping post, his back bared, and a strong athletic keeper selected, who applied some fifty lashes with a cat-o’-nine tails to his quivering skin, that made him winee again: By a gentleman who arrived from Sing Sing last evening, we learn that a convict named Bodenine, sent from this city for seven years, for assault and battery on his wife, with intent to kill, escaped on Saturday. He had been insane for the past eighteen monthe, and the story is that he must have com- mitted suicide. We advise the Legislature to im- mediately pass a bill throwing open the doors of the prison at Sing Sing and Auburn, as there is but lit- tle distinction between the rogues there confined, and those at large, in these days. we Hewrew Lectures sy Prov, Wrnes.—It will be seen by the advertisement that this learned Profes- Sor commences a series of lectures in this city upon the civil government of the Hebrews. They are the same that he has recently delivered with so much success in Philadelphia. They are represented as “felaborate and most interesting disquisitions on the laws and government of the Hebrews.” Tue Crarrer Evecriox.—The candidares of iwake! and make one effort; or, sleep on, and | both parties are te the field, and eager for the nardérérs of female virtue akd of human life | fray. We have been tequested to state shat the i ah wad with added recklessness, an mor that Wile oirier, the Democratic can- aud be converted into one horrible sink of H te (or Alderman of the Sixth Ward, would re+ intamy—one widey rocking field of blood jee, is entirely unfounded, = —The arrivals at the botelse—thes! ua e ice—and the rise of the thermo? T, indicat that the spring busineapis about img. Ac- cordingly the legitimate theatticals in eal life have opened the season in Pearl! street, with the fol- lowing new piece:— COUNTRY MERCHANTS. Will be performed, evety evaning, ‘Sundays included, at eerie er pelocipaliotaletschis ei, By 1He Peat Street Company, FARCE, alled. ci ) THE DRUMMERS! or DISINTERESTED HOSPITALITY. ‘The Part o! Hardware Drummer, by Mr. Sta s Drummer, Mr. Fancy Goods Drummer, Mr. Crockery Drummer, Mr. Punch, Grog, Playing, Cards, Dice, and other Refresh- ments are always provided ratis for _ COUNTRY MERCH, ‘8, Who are invited to attend at all times. And for their further improvement in morals, the same enter- tainment is repeated on SUNDAYS, ¥ At the usual places of resort around this city; and horses and catrligee one tis at all hours for OUNTRY MERCHANTS. The Actors themselves Ray all expenses, their only re compense being the pleasure of obliging COUNTRY MERCHANTS; Who must not suspect that any selfish motive can lurk under this appearance of génerosity, and that goods will be sold to them at higher ‘prices to pay for such EXPENSIVE ENTERTAINMENTS. This “bill of the. play” does not state whether the business ‘is to be doné on the cash system—but we suppose it is. At least every line of business is now adopting that grand system which we intro- duced in 1835, and were laughed at for our pains. Even Charles King, of the’ American, has come down from his stilts, and gene the whole figure— or at least will on the first of May. Country mer- chants must bring cash with them, otherwise they cannot be regaled with the choice theatricals of Pear! street. Warerine Praces.—The singing of the birde— the opening of the bude—and the breaking up of the icebound rivers, will soon introduce us to the spring. But, indeed, we will have nospring this year: We will leap at one bound from the frogty embrace of winter into the lap of summer. Now is the time, then, when inquiries begin to Be made relative to the most agreeable mode ofspending the summer months. A number of old watering places and summer resorts are in the field, and several new candidates for public favor are putting forth their pretensions. One of the places nearest this city is New Brigh- ton. Blancard has taken the Pavillion. The for- mer proprietor of the Pavillion, Mr. Pieris, hastaken Belmont Hall—we think it. is called—which is situated at the head of the landing. It is a very com- modious and comfortable house, and the location is healthy and agreeable. Mr. Pieris kept the Pavil- lion with great judgment and attention to his guests, and we doubt not that in his new situation he will sustain his high character as a host. New Brighton and Staten Island promise therefore to be very gay this summer. With respect to Rockaway a great deal of differ- ence of opinion exists as to its salubrity. It is sur- rounded by swampeand pools of stagnant water; and people are beginning to select other places on the sea shore,more favorably located, and adjacent toa dry, gravelly beach. Bath isa very charming place, and so also is Fort Hamilton. And then again, on the Jersey shore there 1s Shrewsbury, Long Branch, and other agreeable resorts, which present great attractions and are very salubrious, West Pointis a pleasant place; but under its pre- sent regime,is not much frequented. Catskill moun- tains has had its sublime attractions so graphically described in prose and verse, and been celebrated all the world over, that it is unnecessary to speak here of itsbeauties. It is well kept. Saratoga, of all other places, will be the grand centre of those travelling in pursuit of health and pleasure. The greatly increased facilities and con- sequent cheapness of travelling will bring thronging to it, visiters from all parts of the Union. The great ‘West will come by the way of the Buffalo and Alba- ny railroad—all New England by the way of the Great Western railroad; and all the South by the way of New York andthe North River. What will greatly add to the interest and enjoyment at Saratoga this season will be the presence of the Cal- houn men, and women too, who will come north to lay their plans against Van Buren. Political intrigue will give spice to the parties—the promenading—the flirtation—the gossiping—to every thing. In Schoharie County there is a pleasant and salu- brious Sulphur Spring; but that is a little out of the way. The pleasantest Sulphur spring in the north is at Avon. It1s a most delightful spot, and the water is remarkably efficacious in many diseases. Then there is Niagara—all Saratoga will go there,by way of variety, as it can be reached, including Avon Springs, in a day and a half, and at a cost of little more than ten er fifteen dollars. New York will thus all summer be the centre through which the great stream of travellers and tourists will pass, and our streets and hotels will be, if possible, more bustling than ever. Qu: Vive!—Tue Avcistapes Cius Hovsz — Among our law reports will be found a curious case, in which some revelations are made of the famous Alcibiades Club House, establishei| by Madame Seignette. ‘This is the house at which it was stated last sum- mer, by Horace Greely, of the ‘ Tribune,” that Captain Robert Tyler, of Washington, took a petite souper, one evening, during his visit to this city for the organization of the Tyler party. We understand also that another trial will come off in another court in a few days, in which some further and wonderful developments will be made of those incidents in fashionable life, and the birth ef the Tyler party, which Mr. Philosopher Greely ‘still keeps to him- self. Jacos Suipman, THE Missine Money Acent.—It seemsnow to’be stated that this gentleman is nei- therdeadnor run away. The amount of money with him, it is ascertained, 1s much smaller than he usually takes on. The Union Bank of this city sent by him $15,000, for which $2,000 reward is of- fered. Some other sums may make the whole $25,000. The gentleman has heretofore, en occa- sions, indulged in “sprees” of two or three days du- ration, and it is probable he is now amusing himeelf in that manner, and will return in due time. It is stated, however, that some deficiency may be ex- pected from the fact that,like Nicoll, of the Life and Trust, he speculates in lottery tickets, and however honest the individual may be, those speculations are sufficiently seductive to involve property entrusted to them, as well astheir own. City Intelligence, Paize Ficut Triats.—The triv|s of parties said to be concerned in the Prize Fight, at Hastings, where McCoy was killed, commence this day before the Oyer and Terminer, at Bedford, Westchester coun- ty, Jake De Forrest’s and Lewis’s line, by the six o’clock morning train of Harlem Railroad cars. Common Covncr.—Both Boards of Aldermen meet this afternoon at 5 o’elock. Diep rrom Burnina.—The Coroner was called yesterday to hold an inquest on the body of a little girl named Catharine Coyle, aged nearly seven years, daughter of John and Mary Coyle, who died in the macrning from the effects of a severe burn re- ceived on the 20th of laet month. Heraproncaught fire from the stove, and burned her face and neck nearly to a crisp. Her situation was such that it was rally astonishing how she could have sur- vived the length of time she did. Tux Last Ovtrace Uvon « Woman.—The wo- man who has lived with John Scobell, the former clerk of De Merritt, the financier, who was 80 severely beat by him on Thursdi still lies in a dan- gerous state at the City Hospital. Scobell will be examined this morning before the Coroner. Carrtat Provisions —One of the best provision stores, where fresh cuts of all kinds may be had, is Galen T. Porter's, 144 Chapel street. His steaks are the fattest and best that ever were tasted Gov. Davis, of Massachusetts, arrived in the city | last evening, and iv at Howard's Hotel. zs Tas Spring,'Busivgss—Tueatricats IN Re” Pustic Lecrures.—Three lectures are to be de- livered in out citythis evening. Law, Bon temperance, and religion are the topics. Mr. n Duerlectures on Marine Insurance.” He delivered the first lecture on this subject last week, but the audience was so thin that he had determined to give up the project altogether; but some legal friends induced him to resume his lectures. Mr. Duer is an able lawyer, and an accoinplished publie speaker. He is, indeed, one of the most agreeable speakers at the bar. We have no doubt he will acquit him- self in thése lectures{iv’his usual creditable manner. But the subject he has selected appears to bean un- inviting one, and from tke character of the audience on the former occasion, it would appear that little interest will be excited, There is one subject, which, if taken up by Mr. Duer, would produce indescribable interest, and draw a crowded house. It is the subject of the science of modern financiering. Mr. Duer is mirably fitted to discuss this topic with skull, judg- ment and success. His singular opportunities of be- coming perfectly familiar. with it—his experience in all its practical workings—his knowledge of all its hiddea mysteries, render him better qualified, pet- haps, than any other lawyer of our bar. Then the subject itself is oné of surpassing interest. It is quite surprising that it has ‘never yet been taken up by a popular Jecturer.. Where ofall topics which attract the attention of men in the nineteenth cen- tury, is there one of such exciting, practical inter- est, as that which relates to’finance, banking, the currency? Tiiese matiera have occupied more atten- tion, and exercised a greater influence on the pub- lic mind in this country,during the last ten or twenty years, than any other subjects of general concern- ment ever did in any other Jand, or in this, during preceding periods. How is it that no one has taken them up and lectured on them? We have a very great mind to take them up in this way ourselves, and give a series of lectures on them some of these days. Mr. Gliddon commences this evening, at Niblo’s, a series of lectures on the antiquities, literature, re- jigion, and philosophy of ancient Egypt. Mr. Glid- don is the gentleman who published the scathing pamphlet reviewing Mr. Cooly’s amusing work ; but it would seem that he has now lost all his fire. He is as calm, placid and harmless as Pharaoh’s mam- mified daughter on the Sphinx. His firet lecture, the introductory one, wasattended by quitea crowd of the fashionable literati and modern philosophers of both sexes. We have no doubt that his lectures will continue to be equally well attended. Mr. Gliddon now unlocks the hidden mysteries of Egyp- tian antiquity, and reveals all those discoveries of Champollion, Rosselinie, Young and others, which have hitherto been comparatively sealed up and in accessible to the great mass of the community. The tende! and effect of these investigations on the popular faith, on the accuracy of the chronology and staten,ents of Moses and the other sacred historians, it is difficult at present to foresee. There can be lit- tle doubt, however, that the immediate effect will not contribute towards strengthening that faith. We shall, however, wait and see the result. Mr. Maffit is the third lecturer this evening. He deals in the flowers of rhetoric—boquets—and hum bug. He is a good deal like the accomplished gen- tleman described by Cowper, and cannot open his mouth ——" but out there flies a trope.” He 1s of altogether .a different character from the other lecturers, but he will draw far more crowded houses than they. Thus we are in a fair way of being instructed, en- lightened and impreved. ‘TweatricaL.—The Park Theatre, during the past week, has been deing a tolerable business in the le- gitimate line. Mr. Booth made his appearance on several nights, and attracted very tolerable houses. His engagement and the little excitement created by it, have been produced by the competition in the legitimate drama, by the Park and the Chat- ham. It is very cingular, however, to observe the changed destinies of theatres in this city. In point of dramatic talent, ‘and the excellence of the per- formances, the Chatham Theatre is far ahead of the Park. Mr. Forrest and Miss Clifton have appeared during the week in “ The Patrician’s Daughter,” and ‘‘Metamora,” and the vigor, excellence, finished style, and effect of the acting we have never seen surpassed. Mr. Forrest seems to have very much improved. His vast physical pewer is becoming more obedient to his intellectual. We have ‘now fewer of those boisterous explosions which marred the beauty and effect ot his earlier performances. He is now form- ing a more subdued, chaste, and classical style. In the “ Patrician’s Daughter,” he frequently remind- ed us of Macready. Migs Clifton. has also much improved, and inthe same way as Mr. Forrest. She sustained the characters of Mabel and Nahme- okee, with great delicacy and grace, and with that quiet, subdued pathos and feeling which enter eo deeply into these interesting characters. Miss Clifton is rapidly attaining that characteristic style which made the name of Kemble immortal. To-night Mr. Forrest takes his benefit, and both he and Miss Clifton appears in the . Patrician’s Daughter,” and in “ Damon and Pythias.” A great card, and a great house. Latest From Honpuras.—Annexed is a letter from our correspondent in Balize, Honduras, which we received by the Florida Blanca, a beautitul brig that runs regularly between that portand New Yerk. News from that quarter of the globe is always in- teresting. [Correspondence of the Herald.1 Brtize, Honduras, March 20, 1843 Dear Sir :— The other flay: we had a little fight between a John Bull and a Creole, in which the last, of course, got thrashed. it quite animated oar little town (the one party being respectable,) indeed even so much so that forsome time the conversations were only about the mélée. ‘The Legislative meeting is now assembled, and will probably not finish business for some time ; till now ine? have only paton atax of 50 cents ona dozen of beer, but as they have very shortly had a severe loss by che sinking of the powder magazine, they are obliged to put on new taxes to raise mone: One member proposed, that on foreign manufac- tures, a duty of 10 per cent should be paid, which was not approved of—another a tax of $1 on flour and pork, which was. Pelgetes ; however, we shall gee soon what they will do. As usual every person is for his own interest—the merchant proposes a tax on flour and pork; the mahogany cutter a tax on dry goods. We are now expecting our new Governor; our present, Alexander Macdonald, an old Waterloo ve- teran, is going home, his time being up. The Herald is the only paper read and cared for. fran like I will send you the Belize & Gazette and rver along with my next. Ishall write to you again after the public meetings aoe finished business and the new Governor ar- rived. For Ausany, Ho!—The “Swallow,” under the experienced guidance of her esteemed and popular commander,Captain McLean, starts for Albany at 6 o’clock this evening. The ‘ Swallow ” has lately undergone most extensive repairs,and been much en- larged. Her ladies saloon, and the siate rooms are remarkably elegant, and as comfortable as elegant, Three private state roome for gentlemen, each con- taining twelve berths, have been fitted up, and are ready for the reception of private parties. By last accounts, the Hudson was open as far as Kingston, and it is likely that the recent fair weather has “‘cleared the track” for a considerable distance farther. Nortn River Excursion.—The steamboat North America made a trip up the North River and back to the city on Saturday afternoon. General Mortis, Mr. Henry Russell, several gentlemen of the press, and a large and miscellaneous company were on board, and were treated by Captain Truesdale with characteristic hospitality, Mr. Russell was called on for a song; he very politely responded, and sang ©Woodren, Spare that Tree,” and “The Newfound- jand Hog,” woe ihnilling effect. A quartette club from Newark were also on board, and sang several glees with great spirit. vs ro “ a REGULAR 'IC NOMINATION OF BY THE SOUTHEIUS MALL. | nfifsiegr wap, oon a ——— ILLIAM SHALER, for Alderman. ; Philadelphia. MAS S: HENRY, for Assistant. [Correspondence of the Herald.} — Pe 4 for Collector. Purtapetruia, Sunday, April 9, 1848. Sints McGc : { For Assessors, Great Reaction in the Mercer Case—Administration of Fustice in New Jersey—Popwlar Delusion in Philadelphia. The Mercer trial is over—the solemn judicial farce is ended—and nought remains but for the his- torian to-record it ay a-burlesque upon the adminis- tration of justice, and the criminal jurispradence of the State of New Jersey. All popular excitements are subject to ebb and flood, like the tide; to oscil- lations, like the pendulum, If the actionbe high, a reaction equally high may be expected. During the progress of the trial, and up to the rendering of the verdict, there was but one popular feeling, but one current—and that set as strong asdeath for young Mercer; but no sooner had the verdict been ren- dered, and the first tumultuous ebulitions of joyous excitement subsided, when the tide began to change, and the anticipated reaction to commence. Lhave lingered till to-day in this city on purpose to discover the symptoms of popular feeling. I have had the opportunity of seeing several of the leading men of this city, and especially of the Philadelphia bar; and there is but one opinion expressed, and that is the one at the commencement ot this letter, that the whole trial has been a solemn judicial farce, for the reason that the verdict of the jury was just as certainly known at the commencement of the trial, asit was at the close. The whole trial was there- fore a mere legal formality. : Men of sound sense in this city unhesitatingly say that the influence of this trial, and of this verdict, upon society, will be most disastrous; and I don’tbe- Jieve there is oné man ina hundred, in all this re- gion,who has the slightest doubt of the sanity of Sin- gleton Mercer, from first to last. Ask a Philadel- phian now what he thinks of Mercer's insanity, and nine times out of ten the only answer you get is a thumb on the nose, and a knowing look out of one corner of the eye. And yet it must have been on this ground that he was acquitted, for no one will pretend that three days was not “time enough to cool;” and therefore the murder could not have been trated in the heat of passion. rou alluded a few days since to some most extra- ordinary developments of which you are in posses- sion, and thereis a very great curiosity and even eagerness to hear from you in the Herald what they are, for itis now pretty generally believed here in Philadelphia that there is a screw loose somewhere, and that there is rottenness in Denmurk. And [ have been requested by many of the readers of the Herald—some of them gentlemen of high standing, to beg of you to tell what you know. It would un- doubtedly create a great excitement, but it is due to public justice, and to the welfare of society, that all wrongs in the administration of the law should be exposed. People look to you to take the lead in these exposures, fer the especial reason that the Philadelphia papers are just now afrai: to touch but one side of the question, although they will un- doubtedly ride upon the popular current ‘as soon as its change shall be fully discovered. “SJewisu Macazine.—The Jews in this country have availed themselves of the press for the defence. and advocacy of their creed, and commenced the publication, at Philadelphia, of a monthly periodi- cal, entitled **The Occident, and American Jew- ish Advocate.” In Germany the Jews have the “Universal Jewish Gazette,” ‘* The Israelite of the Nineteenth Century,” (and the ‘Orient ;”—in France, the “ Israelitich Archives of France ;’—and in England, the “ Voice ‘of Jacob.” The ‘ Occi- dent” appears to be under the guidance of a man of talent and sound judgment, and will, we have no doubt, contain much valuable and interesting mat- ter. We perceive that in the present number, the old project of the establishment of a Jewish colony tn the United States is started. Major Noah has another chance. Tue Srreets up town are in a horrible state. Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and some parts of the Sixth Avenue present an appearance utterly dis” graceful to the street-cleaning contractors. If not soon cleansed, the effluvia will createla plague, SeNor Don Fetrx Merino has {been duly secog- nised as Vice Consul of the Mexican Republic for Philadelphia. {iG The public must give Barnum great credit. Never did the American Museum open the spring season with greater attractions. For a backward season they are as tonishing. The wonderful giant boy, isa greatcuriosity. Many’people think his appearance ominous, Miss Dar- ling, Winchell, Chang Fong,Jand the new danseuse, La Petite Cerito, perform this evening. This is a great bil TO TAILORS.—Wanted, a man to take charge of a fashionable clothing store. He must be an active and ‘ood coat cutterandsalesman, of good address—he must Bevcepsble to oversesthe cutter ani work hands, which ne hundred, and one that has held a hionable clothing store for at least five or married man. The situation will be a permanent one—the salary from $500 to. $700 per annum. None need apply only those answering the above description. A men from New York woujd be pre- ferred. All applications to be made in Ee or let. yet paid. Appl toR.T. SHEPHERD, No. 95 Ches- t, Philade! phi 8 number at least ter, pot nut street ia. og BRISTOL'S: aqpecgeerney es oe years has this popular medicine been gaining a fast hold on the confidence of the public, and it now stands approved by e medical faculty as a standard remedy for scrofula, and diseases arising from impurity of the blood. ‘The case of Mr. Holbertson is but on of a thousand who have ‘been restored to health when all other remedies hed failed. Every day brings new proofs of its virtues, and those persons who desire a restoration to health are de- sired to callon Wm. Burger, Nos. 60 and 62 Cou: street: Pharmacy, and examine a mass.of testimony of such per- son: to be seen and enquired of The spring is a time when nature admonishes us to renew the system, to “ purge out the oldfleaven,” and revivify the organs of bodily health- What so effectual as Bristol’s Sarsapa- rilla, compounded as it is with other vegetable extracts of well known celebrity 7 Sold in bottles of $1. See that the written re of C, C. Bristol is writ- ten across the cork of the ; none other is genuine. Sold wholesale and retail by Wm. Burger, 50 and 52 Courtlendt st, and 188 Greenwich st. QG-ENQUIRE.—When we say that Hays’ Liniment, from Comstock & Ross, 25 Magazine street, will cure the piles, and all sores and pains, if you doubt our word, call onL. Tri it, Esq., 52 St. Ann street, one of our most worthy citizens, who had suffered so intolerably with the les that his friends feared that he would take his own fe, until he used this Liniment, when he became, to use his own words, new man.” We had these facts from his own mouth. We cannot pity: a person who will con- tinue to suffer when he may be cured by using this reme- dy.—New Orleans paper. ‘The same may be had of Comstock & Co., 71 Maiden lane, this city. ABSQUATULATORS ARE ON THE GO.— The Cay | hard of the broker’s agent, with some one or two {hundred thousand dollars, is the last important move on the chess board of modern morality. If he had used Sherman’s Camphor Lozenges, he would never have done such ja foolish thing. They sooth and quiet the nerves, and make a man honest, whether he wills or no. They are the great curealls for head ache, palpita- tion, and sea sickness—as Sherman’s Cough iy 2 are a sov remedy for coughs and colds, and the Worm Lozenges are theonly positive worm destroying medicine in the world. Warehouse 106 Nassau street. Agents—-139 Fulton street, Brooklyn ; and 3 Ledger buildings, Philadelphia. 0G BEWARE OF BLUNDERING IMPOSTERS, whore nds are mai red by guess, and are as likely to kill, as cure. the law does not reach #) triflers with human life, the cay. means o! stopping their nefarious tices is not to buy their trash. If your watch ‘was out of order, you would not take it to a blacksmith to be mended, and yet the blacksmith would know more of ite structure than the empiric knows of the delicate organ- ization of the human frame. But when men of science J research offer a medicine to the public, their ‘a tion iseteked upon ta effects. It fala, ts eilureie a doath blow to all thelr’ hopes of fame or profit. It was under” full senseof thie reps seme Al ‘that D: ers submitted his Vegetable Pills and ‘of public experiment, Wha ries of cutes, ey well nigh establish their infallibility. The annals of me- dicine do not record a similar triumph, and the sale of these wonderfnl antidotes to disease, like their virtues, far transcend all former precedent. These celebrated medi- cines can be had at 126 Fulton, corner Nassau st. QG- NO HUMBUG.—Eateemed friend, 1 am no friend to puffing or quackery, but having been cured of a very cold, by the use of your invaluable Compound Hoar- hound Candy, I feel desirous to recommend it to others, that each one ‘may give it a fair trial and then judge for himself. ours | ign 8 SOLOMON J! ie iheatie eeteni 1 Henry at., New York, 3d Month, 30th, 1843 ‘To Menars. J, Pease & Son, 45 Division st. S111 AyorHex.—New York, September 7th, 1842, To Messrs. J. Pease & Son, 45 Divisi Gentlemen— not refrain from exprensing to you the high opinion T entertain of your Compound Extract of Hoarhound dy; whilst ‘engaged in the object of my profession, [ am of- ten afflicted with a hoarseness that renders me almost un- able to proceed ; but the tise of your compynte takes it completely away, and I consider it a most invaluable me- dicine, thi he in the possession of every public Apeaker, who has much to perform. 1am, gentlemen, yours, &e., ENOCH ae BSH Pastor of Methodist Charo, Attorn y ey OE. 10 Astor e510 Agent? “Rushton and pall, 10 Bator ;Guion, Browdway, and 96 William st; Cook, cor. Bowery and Grand st; Green, 399 Broalwa No.3 Sixth Avenue. Owen, it ‘Themas Hogan, 208 Stanton street, or at Milhau’s | Miowarn Pauwies, Dunas O'Rovueg, ¢For Constables, Ina B. Crank, Dr. Mictast Conarr, Inspectors of Election for the first aistrict, Exocn E. Came, Matnew Munnar, For the second district. >. Pavaicx Rizey, Michax. Hanavan, For the third district. THomas SterHens, Joun Coory, For the fourth district. 3 ‘The following gentlemen were appointed as a vigilance committee to attend the polls and support the above ticket :— First District.—George McKinley, Thomas Doudican, Patrick Co; Joseph I. Ritchie, Ross McGuire, Tho- mas 8. Hai ‘homas Weir, James Lynch, John Cassidy, Abraham Hart, William Murray. Second District.—Philip Collins, James Mahon, J. H. Hamilton, Michael McKeon, Thomas Boland Patrick Burns, John Lalane, P.J, Corvin, Thomas Kenny, John McGowan. Third District.—Edward Mills, Michael eoeeh Ni- cholas Scullen,iEdward Doudican, Audrew McGlinn, James Beatty, James Bauta, Patrick McGloin, Thomas Foy, Michael Phillips, William Minor, Peter’ Conboy, Michael Hanavan, Thomas Conboy. hema Btephtets, Tobe Coky” Fateick Kelly, Pavick va ', Pal iy sl O'Neil, Edward Murray. a 1e above committee are requested to meet at Mincho’s Hotel, in Leonard street, opposite the Tombs, at half-past seven o’clock. 0G- ANOTHER NRW ROMANCE WILL BE issued at the office ofthe New World, 30 Ann street, to- morrow morning, April 11. PIERRE LANDAIS, OR THE TAILOR OF r BRITTANY, A Historical Tale of the Fitteenth Century. Trant lated from the French, by Miss M. B. Walley.’ Seldom is there found-any work of fiction, of which it can be more truly said that the interest is effectively sus- tained from first to last, than that of “Pierre Landais.” It is full of dramatic points and situations; and there is no trage ly, having possession of the stage, which is superior in this respect. It is the story of a man, who, born in the humblest condition of life, raised himselfto the highest rank in an aristocratic State; and there ere few histori- cal characters, brought into the romances of Scott, James and Bulwer, more imposing and more remarkable. Terms—124 cents per single copy; $1 fer ten copies; $8 for 100 copies. A will please send their orders early, or they may inted in obtaining the requisite quantity. }» post pair WINCHEST! 80 Ann st. CHARLES MARRIOTT, 198 MADISON 8T., a highly respectable member of the Friends Society, has kindly consented that persons suffering by the Rheuma- tism, swelled limbs, contracted cords, &e , should be re- ferred to him if they doubt the effects of the Nerve and Bone Liniment, and Indian Vegetable Elixir, to be found only at Comstock end Co’s,71 Maiden lane, in sueh ca- ses,as he hds recently witnessed an extraordinary cure effected by-this remedy. Ifall who know of the great power and virtues of these articles were as conscientious, sufferers would universally employ them without delay. QGWhen the bright comet wags his tail, Or some new Jonah bolts a whale ; ‘When successful thief in borrowed plumos, Aska to be lodged within the tombe 5 When mesmerized, we all can see, Like Col. Stone, through walls of Trinity; ‘When pretty maidens with expressive mirrors, Forget to use those wandering meteors, ‘Then, J’ll believe, and not till then, ‘That there will come a period when Razors, our beards will smoothly lop, Without the aid of Chapman’s strop ; There’s “magic” in them, *tis certain, true; Doubt not, but call at William street 102. 0g THE EAST INDIA HAIR DYE WILL NOT only color the hair, but is warranted not to color the akin. It is done with such surprising facility and accu- racy, that its presence cannot be detected. The shade may ‘be loft at brown or be made perfectly black, at the pleasure of the user. To be had only at 71 Mi lane. MONEY MARKET. Sunday, April 0—6 P. mM. The bark Niagara, which cleared from Poston on Sa. turday, for Lendon, has on bosrd 400 bales «{ cotton : ril- lings. The Westminster, from London, brings $90,000 in specie. The British corvette Electoree, at Havana, on the 2ist, from Vera Cruz, for London, with $427,000 specie. Ina former article, we mentioned that the debt of Ken- tucky, under existing laws, was liable to be increased ; but a law of 1835, authorizes the Governor to issue six per cent siock within the capacity. of the sinking fund, to redeem principal and interest. In consequence of this law it was that the issue of stock Mast year was stopped, when the debt had been increased $400,000., By the laws lately passed, a synopsis of which we have published, the sinking fund was increased. We then stated that on this. estimated increase,the issue would probably recommence. What wethen anticopated has now occurred; a number of new six per cent bonds, “fresh from the mint,” have made their appearance in Wall street, bearing date 7th, 28th and 17th March, the first counon fractional, about $17. These were issued to contractors on the public works. An attempt was made before the rising of the Legislature, to make these issues scrip instead of stock, but was defeated. There is about $1,200,000 of these stocks to come upon the market. Tho} original law of 1636, authorised the emission of bonds for internal im- provement tothe extent of $6,369,000, this being the esti- mated expense of the projected river navigation im- provements, turnpike and railroads. $2,006,000, five per cents, were also issued tothe banks. ‘Total origi thorised for internal it ~ rads iginal issue euthorised for it improve on ’ ‘to Banks, 2,000,000 Cb - Board of Education, 937,500 Total debt, $8,296,500 The official report of Dec. 1841, made the debt as follo’ ‘Total bonds issued for all purposes, 30th Dec., 1841, 6,245 600 'o Banks, 2,000,000 Board of Education, ‘937,500 2,997,500 Actual improvement debt, 3,407 500 Hewned in 1942, 495,280 Total direct debt, Jaunsry, 1913, $3,902,783 Amount authorised as above, 5,369,000 Amount to be rsswed, $1,466,217 As we stated, a considerable sum has already appeared. Very large sales of Ohio six percents have been made by wealthy holders, in anticipation of the fall, which the appesrance of the seven per cent stocks must create. In- dependently of the growing discredit of this State, judi- cious helders of six per cent stocks, by prompt sales, could replace it with the seven per cent at the same prices. The banks and brokers, who have received large payments from the State in six per cent stock, at 60 to70 cents on the dollar, can afford to sell at present rates. When a sovereign State likeyOhio, descends through its employees to apologize for its bad faith in a penny paper, nothing beyond the {act remains to be said. The bad faith of Ohio, in authorizing the present issue of $1,500,000 of seven percent stock, is glaring and unpar- donable. The law of March, 1842, authorised the com. missioners “to gell as much foreign stock, at any price, in New York, as would produce $600,000, for the purpose of paying the temporary loans then due,” to wit :— nn Rete ea New York Brokers. Wooster Bank. .... ‘This law pledged the faithjof the State, that no more foreign stock should be issued. This stock was sold ata Joss of near $500,000!! The samo law authorised anoj ther issue of a six per cent domestic stock to pay contrac tors. This was not taken, and at the eatra session it was proposed to raise the interest on this domestic stock to ten per cent, but it wasdefeated. At the late regular ses- sion, this domestic loan was turned into a seven percent foreign stock, in violation of the State ferth, because her own citizens could not, or would not trusther. She had no alternative but to repudiate her domestic debt, or vio late her solemnly pledged faith. She pursued the latter course. ‘This isnot the only instance of bad faith; a more glar~ ing and dangerous one existe in her misappropriations of her “sinking fund.” In astatement of the debt by the Auditor, which we published on{Friday, the whole debt is put down at. $10,902,321, including $2,000,000 due the sinking fund, Woare gravely told that this amount due thesinking fund ia not a'debt, because the State owas it to itself, The sinking fund was established to redeem the principle of the debt. It was pledged and devoted to that purpose. It has been ruthlessly seized and spent for other purpescs. Ifwe turn to the late circular we find $39,000 deducted {from the estimated taxes for the sinking fund. In other reperts we are told that the “in- terest’ fund” owes the sinking fund $2,000,000, and also large sums to the “school fund” and other funds. Suppose the city of New York would spend itd king fund in paying contractors, would the creditors think their security strengthened ? ‘When the Ohio creditorshint at the means of redemp. tiow, they are told that there is a sinking fund of #2.000000 due from the public works.” If the debt of ' onblic works is spoken of, the amount due the public ka “ishot adent, boone thestate oes it to Iteelt.” “Chis reminds a4 of a financier in aemall way,who affected by thirst, walked into a grocery, and asked for sixpence worth of crackers ; the ready shopman put them up di-