The New York Herald Newspaper, June 30, 1843, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. Published on superfine paper, containing a full account of the celebration of Bunker Hill, consisting of the de scriptions, and Mr. Webster's eratien ; accompanied with five splendid engravings, comprising ist. A rare and original view of the Battle of Bun- ker Hill, which took place on the 17th June, 1776; ex- hibiting the the American army, ed in deadly conflict with the British troops, their ships and ther forces. and. A view of the procession forming on Boston Com- mon ad. A view of the procession crossing Warren Bridge. ie A view of Bunker Hill Monument from the nerth, os it looked on the day of the celebration, with the flags above and crowds below. sth. A view of Bunker Hill Monument from the south- ern bay, as it looked on the quiet Sabbath morning after the celebratien. Agents will please transmit their orders before the edi- tion will be sold, as the demand is unprecedented. The price, wholesale,to agents, $3 per hundred, or eight cents percopy. Retail, 12} cents. To be had at this office. Sanarooa Srxixct.—Our readers will please bear in miod that the Herald can be obtained daily, on the arrival ofthe cars, from Mr. Lewis, opposite the United States Hotel Lansinceunon, N. ¥.—The Merald can be had of Mr. Lewis, Rensselaer House. Subscribers leaving their ad- ivess will be served regularly. Evrorsan News.—The Great Western, whose regularity has been so long established that her ar- rival may be anticipated withina few hours, has this morning been out thirteen days, and may there- fore be upon us before our next paper is issued, bringing with her news of the most intense interest from deeply agitated Europe. Look out then for the Herald. Samine oF THE CoLumBia.—Steam ship Co- lumbia, saiis from Boston on Saturday, and her letter bags will close here to-day, at half-past four o’clock, at the Commercial Exchange. We shall issue an edition of the Herald at two o'clock to-day, containing the latest news from eve- ry part of the Union, made up for the foreign reader. Tue Dirricuutigs In THe Caninet.—The anxie- ties, troubles, and darkened anticipations of the fu- ture, do not appear to diminish at Washington. Captain Tyler is in a state of most deplerable du- biety, andeven John Jones’ stolidity fails to pre- serve him from the contagion of uneasiness and fearfal apprehension. Never had cabinet council better reason than this to exclaim— “Oh! Gertrude, Gertrude, When sorrews come, they come not single spies, But in battalions !” Shilts and contrivances of all sorts have been already resorted to, and the practised ingenuity which sug- gested and applied them, seems to be now decidedly at a stand still. One of the most melancholy things connected with the history of the administration, has been the manner in which Captain Tyler, notwithstanding all his well-known tact, judgment and sagacity, has been made the cat’s-paw of desperate small politi- cians of all complexions. The history of his con- nection with poor eld defunct Noah, is of course fresh in the recollections of the public. A similar termination of his alliance with the ovscure journal to which he was handed over, on the death of the “Union,” started by Noah, now awaits him. The exploded Hebrew labored hard to induce the Cap- tain to throw himself into the arms of the “young democracie.”” With equal disinterestedness and affection, the Aurora of yesterday endeavors, in a very elaborate article, to show the President the absolute necessity of seeking relief from the exist- ing difficulties and embarrassments, by calling to his aid Mr. Calhoun, and a number of his associates. ‘The conductors of the “official organ” in this city— who cannot, of course, be expected to see an inch beyond the tips of their noses—are quite innocent of the efleet which their new movement is designed to produce,to wit,a schism in the democratic ranks in this locality, and a correspondent stengthening of the-bands of Henry Clay. The “organ” administers some advice to the Cap- tain about as delicately as the country pedagogue applies the a@rgumentwm a posteriori to retractory schoel-boys. It reminds ‘“‘honest John” that he has ‘‘very poorly taken advantage” of circumstances resulting fromjthe! vetoes, the only decided mea- sures, it affirms, of his administration. It says that John Tyler must take the step now pointed out, or abide the consequences. Alas! poor John Tyler, well mays't thou exclaim—‘‘Save me from my friends.” And yet how clear and palpable is the only safe, enlightened and patriotic course which the Presi- dent should adept! He occupies at present that pe- sition which, if properly appreciated and under- stood, would enable him te give efficient organiza- tion and supremacy of influence, to that great mass of the people who, sick and wearied of the chances and trickery of the unprincipled political speculators who are so busily engaged in looking after their own petty interests, are anxious to secure to the country the blessings and security of a righteous and patriotic government. Not in the arms of any political cliques, but on the second sense and enlightened pa- triotism and general intelligence of the people, hould John Tyler seek that repose, support, and cordial regard for which he now so anxiously looks around him in vain. he absurdity of supposing that Calhoun, or Gass, or any of the intriguing aspirants for political for- tuae, would connect themselves with the adminis- tration, is too apparent to require formal exposure. They have other fish to fry at present. ‘Tuk Pourrry or Pourrica Patriorism.—The Washington Globe copies, with great satisfaction, the article in the Plebeian, ridiculing the Bunker Hill celebration. Thus is one of those instances in which political traders forget their cunning, allow the mask to drop, and give us, for once, a faithful exposition of the sincerity of their professions of al- Jegiance to the sacred cause of truth and liberty.— We do not believe that there ever was another oc- @asion on which the demen of party spirit and sel- fish political intrigue, was so thoroughly exorcised for the time, from the besoms of all honest hearted men—all genuine lovers of their country and its free institutions. The feelings and sentiments which it naturally awakened, were even purer, freer from aught of a defiling nature, we will venture to say, than those which animated many of the men who took part in the valiant struggles which that noble monument is designed to commemorate. Can he be under the influence of true patriotic feeling, who finds in such a celebration an opportu- nity of venting his spleen against political oppo- nents? Can he bea lover of hiscountry who would, after such a hallowed'mingling of men of all parties seek to excite local prejudices, and foment section- a| differences? We have been much gratified in observing that the conduct on which we have been thus reluctantly compelled to animadvert, has called forth the indignant rebuke of the press in all parts of the country, irrespective of party. The cause of Mr. Van Buren will not gain much by the rabid, unpatriotic course of his prominent organs. CORRESPONDENCE FROM Rio pe Janerro.—Truth s required from all our Correspondents, but if we are occasionally led unconsciously into error, we eady to make @ proper correction. A letter appeared in yesterday’s Herald, which @ brother of one of the parties therein referred to, asserts to be untrue in some of its details. He gives his name “ John Bissell, 48 Wall street,” and to him foraperusal of documentary evidence in relation o the affair, we are desired to refer all persons who have ether interest or curiosity in the matter. Heap or rue Navy Department.—The Boston Post denies the correctness of the report that the Hon. David Henshaw is to be called to the Navy Department. thus True Bir.—The Grand Jury ofj Washington have found a true bill against Dowden, the Clerk, arerd with abstracting cancelled Treasury Notes trom tue office of the Treasury Department Cotummia CoLtear.—This venerable {institution has been in quite an interesting state of fermenta- tion forseveral weeks past. When it will subside, and what will be the result—whether it will stop short at the saccharine, or go on to the acetous stage, time alone can disclose. The chief agitating Causes are certain pecuniary difficulties, involving the necessity of retrenchment, and the re- duction of salaries, and the appointment of a professor of mathematics in the place of Mr. Anderson, who has resigned the chair, which for twenty years he has filled with so much credit to himself and to the institution. Mr. Anderson re- signs, we understand, with the intention of going to Europe, where he will probably reside for some time. His resignation is a subject of general re- gret, although his place can be perhaps supplied. A Still greater subject of regret, isthe necessity that compels to a consideration of a plan for retrench- ment, by reducing the salaries of all the professors to about fifteen hundred a year. However, econo- my is the order of the day—beef and bread have come down, and why shouldn’t learning ? For the chair of mathematics, there are a num- ber of candidates. We will briefly enumerate the claims and chances, as far as we have been able to ascertain, of the most prominent. First, there isthe reverend and eloqueat Mr. Peck, assistant pastor of Christ Church. Mr. Peck’s piety is supposed to be fully equal to his science. If he could succeed in establishing the converse of the supposition, he would stand a pretty good chance. Next, there is Mr. Gill, professor of mathematics in St. Paul’s College, Flushing ; athorough mathe- matician. Thirdly, there is Mr. Sylvester. This gentleman is no doubt in every particular a splendid mathema- tician. He is an Englishman, of Jewish descent, and was not long since appointed to the mathemati- cal chair in the Virginia University, principally, we have been informed, upon the recommendation of Babbage and Sir John Herschell. He had not been long in the chair, when he got into some difficulty, the circumstances of which we have not been able to ascertain, with his students, and not being sup- ported by the faculty, he resigned. Mr. Sylvester may have been right, and we think that is quite likely, that he was; but this fact, together with the fact of his being a foreigner, will perhaps operate against him. A fourth candidate is no less a person than the present distinguished professor of chemistry and na- tural philosophy, Mr. Renwick. It seems that with a degree of disinterestedness worthy of ail praise, he is willing to brash up his mathematics, which must have gota little rusty, transfer himseff to the chair of mathematics, and allow his son to come in asprofessor of chemistry. At least such is the re- port. The arrangement would have the merit of being a kind of practical solution of the general equation ; such an one as Biot or Babbage never dreamed of. A fifth candidate is Mr. Anderson, a younger brother of the recent incumbent: We don’t know much about him ; but the name presupposes clever- ness. We come now tofthe two principal candidates, between whom the result of the contest is supposed really to hang. Professor Ross and Professor Hackley. Professor Ross at present fills the chair of Mathe- matics at Kenyon College, Ohio. He is a graduate of West Point, and, we believe, held for some time the position of assistant professor of mathematics in that institution. He has all the West Point in- fluence, and as one of the military magnates was heard a few days since to say “‘he’d be d——d if Ross shouldn’t have it,” we suppose he stands a first rate chance. Mr. Ross is undoubtedly an ex cellent mathematician, and further “deponent saith not.” Professor Hackley is also a graduate of West Point, and for some time also held the position of Assistant Professor of Mathematics, from which he was appointed Professor in the University of this city. This chair he held for several years until the memorable blow up in that institution, when the whole faculty resigned. He is the author of several minor mathematical works and papers, and of a most excellent treatise upon plain and sperial triganometry—and it is reported that he has fora long time been engaged upon an elaborate his- tory of mathematics. He 1s also something more than a mathematician. He has pursued a course of law study, is a clergyman of the Episcopal church, has delivered lectures upon history, moral philosophy, and architecture; and like the distinguished mathematical professor of Dublin University, has dabbled, and with good suc- cess too, in almost all the branches of the human kaowledge. His character as a man is of the high- est, and unlike some of his competitors in getting over the pons assenoran, he has never jumped into the fons. The contest then may be considered to be be- tween these two. Ross is perhaps the best in pure mathematics, Hackley in the mixed; Ross is the best algebraist, Hackley the best geometer and the best teacher. One thing, however, is certain that which ever of the candidates we have mentioned gets it Columbia Collegejwill get full admuch mathe- matics as the mathematical school, par excellence West Point ever had. At the last meeting of the board of trustees the Rev. Mr. Haight, pastor of All Saints Church, and professor of pulpit eloquence in the Episcopal Semi- nary, was chosen trustee. We think that no one will dispute the propriety of this appointment, either on the ground of eloquence, piety, talent, or learn- ing. Reporting.—The tributes from all parts of the country, to the superiority of our arrangements for reporting the oration at Bunker Hill, and the satis- factory manner, in which our reporter discharged their duty, continue to accumulate. Amongst other acknowledgments, we find the following in the ** Boston Notion” :— Ma. W. ’s Onation as Rerontee ix tH: New Yonux Henatp.—Mr. Bennett of the N. Y. Herald,deserves thegreatest credit for the arrangments which he made for presenting his readers with the earliest and best re- port of Mr. Webster's Bunker Hill oration—arrange- ments, which, thanks to the talent and fidelity of his re- porters, were ‘completely successful. A portion of the press, however, has done him great injustice. The fruits of his enterprize have been adopted, and their quality de. rided by the pilferers. Some papers stole without credit —others who published interior reports, contented them- selves with abusing his, In justice to Mr. Bennett, we must say that the report which appeared in his paper, was the only complete and correct report of the oration as spoken—and no candid person who heard the address and and has compared the reports published can refase te en- dorse this assertion. The Herald of Wednesday is justly severe upon the in- ‘angements made for the accommodation of per reporters. Justice to the orator as well as public demanded that they should have been fur- nithed with eligible seats, where every word could have been heard. This was not the case, and the reporters of the Herald, had they remained in ‘the places originally assigned them, would have lost a great portion of the of ator's discourse. The conductors of similar affairs must look to this in future. With reference to the concluding paragraph of this complimentary article, we have only to remark, that we have every reason to believe that the drub- bings which the conductors of these public affairs have so repeatedly received of late, will soon dis+ cover their wholesome effects. It is completely in the power of the press to command that courtesy and attention which can enable its representatives to discharge their duties with comfort and satisfac- tion. A Hint To Porvtar Orators.—We have greatly regretted the bad taste and want of judgment which lead many popular aud excellent orators to make the most formidable experiments on the patience of theirhearers. Mr. Everett, who delivered an ora- tion in the University Chapel the other evening, would do well, among others, to profit by our ad- vice. Half an hour, or forty minutes, in extraor- dinary cases, would be a proper period for the de- livery of an oratorical address. Rhetorical efforts, like the essence of geranium, should be concen- trated. e Harvesting. —The cutting of wheat hastalready begun in some parts of Virginia. Tux yew Matipran—Sianona CastaiLan.—The musical and fashionable world were not deceived by our pre-announcement of the extraordinary qua- lities of Signora Castellan as an operatic singer. We do not say they were not disappointed, for the indiscriminately superlative eulogies which are be- stowed in advance, by the press in general, upon all new candidates for popularity in inusic and the drama, may have led them to suppese that our ar- ticle was merely of the customary kind. We have, however, in this instance, as in most others, justi- fied our claim to confidence. The Apollo Saloon was well filled, with a highly fashionable and criti- cal audience, through the interest bespoken by our columnsalone. Among the company were to be seen the well-known faces of all our principal dillet- tanti and Professors, both foreign and native, in- cluding Mesdames Calvé, Sutton, Horn, Otto, Maroncelli, Miss Clifton,&c.,and Madame Chigaray was there with all the senier pupils ot her fashion- able seminary. Messieurs Timm and King introduced the pro- gramme with a splendid duett on the piano forte, and were followed by Signor Giampietro, in the Aria finale “‘ Fra Poco a me ricovero,” from the Lucia di Lamermoor. He isa singer of great cor- rectness in taste, with an inadequate voice, appa- rently reduced by influenza. The Souvenir de Bellini, a grand fantasia on the air ‘‘ Tu vedrai la sventura,” from Il Pirata, was inimitably executed ona sort of oboe, by Signor Paggi, and was as well received as any thing could, or ought to be, from such en instrument, by whom- soever played. It wasnot a perfect oboe, but some nondescript monster ingeniously generated between the clarionet, basoon, sea-serpent, and flageolet, and which was evidently of too mixed a parentage toappearin decent society as a solo under any cir- cumstances whatever. Signor Paggi has indulged in an ambition as safe, perhaps, as 1t is singular, in seeking distinction upon an instrument which nene but a company of Callibans would understand. And then came Sianora CasTELLan. She did not make her début in the Polacca from “I Puritani,” as printed in the programme, but in the Aria finale ‘‘Ardon gl ’inunzi,” from the Lucia di Lamermoor. She had not executed a single bar, unpretending as is the commencement of this Aria, before the whele audience was in a gasp of astonishment at the surprising qualities of her voice. There were “ tones as if brought from other spheres,” when compared with those to which the ear had been accustomed—pure, glowing and mellow—and yet as effortless as the respiration of luxurious repose. It had the effect upon the culti- vated ear that asingularly beautiful luminosity has upon the eye, and as she advanced through the more diversified passages, surprise was enhanced to fixed astonishment. Every one felt thata gifted favorite of nature had unexpectedly appeared among us, even before a sufficient opportunity had been afforded to judge of the extent of her acquisi- tions through education. The word Malibran was heard in a spontaneous whisper, from every part of the room, evidently in reference to Castellan’s voice itself, before any thing else could have been determined, and soon it became difficult for even the most experienced listeners to refrain from expressions of rapture before the proper pauses sanctioned the indulgence. But the first part of the concert having closed with this triumphant début, the critical conversations immediately succeeded the enthusiastic applause amidst which she tempo- rarily retired. Signora Castellan is a very young looking, sia- gularly tair, lovely and graceful creature, rather pe- tite in stature, a charming figure, most simply attir- ed, maidenly and unassuming in manners, without the slightest grimace even in executing the most arduous difficulties of her art; and she instantly im- pr2sses the spectator as{well as the auditor, that she blends the modesty with the aspirations of genius. The permanent impression created by her singing, is that of wonder at her perfection and transcendant skill as a whole—that is, in every thing she does.— Besides this, she exhibits originalities, inseparable, perhaps, from genius of a very high order, in every branch of the musical task before her. Her own mind presides over each and all,and without introdu- cing excentricities to relieve common-place, she elevates the most familiar passages by the superiori- ty of her own views and high developements. In one particular she displays an unexampled natural power, as well as originality of thought, and that is in what is technically termed the sostenuto—the power of completely holding a note ata high range in the scale above another to which she descends, and which she assumes with a magical perfection of transition which mere art has never yet accom- plished: the firmness of retention being equal to the vigor of the new grasp. The compass of her voice is indeed truly extraordinary, the most refined con- tralto being executed with a full, clear and even sweetness and distinctness, while the deepest sopra- no is fathomed with a confident and unembarrassed power which would excite admiration even without the contrast. The shake, the trill, and the ascend- ing and descending semi tones of the entire scale, were achieved with infallible precision, and with @ conezummate ease which relieved the most fastidi- eusjand apprehensive connoisseurs of all mistrust. ‘There were a healthful elasticity and bounding pulsation in the varied tones of every passage, as distinct from ordinary and artificial resources as they were seemingly devoid of effort ; andalthough her musical education has been assiduously culti- vated under the first masters of Italy, its fruits were happily veiled, as they ought to be, beneath the pro- fuse flowers and foliage of her still greater genius. In the second part of the Concert, she sang the Grand Duetto,“Tu Sciagurato,” from II Pirata,with Sig. Giampietro, and it was inexpressibly beautiful. She then sung the Polacca, “‘Sou Vergin e Vezzo- za,” from the same opera. Paggi appeared again with his favorite tube, and was heard with increased applause. Signora Castellan closed the Concert with that well known and extremely delightful Rondo, “Ah! non credea mirarti,” from La Son- nambula, in which she had an opportunity of dis- playing, asin a casket of jewels, the whole series of her previous brilliant effects, and of reviving every point of admiration that had been before 80 vividly enkindled. The entire audience simultaneously arose by a common and involuntary impulse, in a burst of irrepressible enthusiasm; and, acquies- cing in the call, she appeared before them with ap- parent emotion, amid the waving of hats, handker- chiefs and hands, and the applause continued for a long time after she had again retired. It is admitted by common consent, and without any division of opinion which we have yet heard of, that no singer of such high ability, whether natural or acquired, or produced by both in unison, has ap- peared since the all wonderful Malibran ; nor does any probably exist who is so sure to ascend the hitherto unapproachable throne occupied by that Queen of Song. Tue Fovrtn or Ju.y woatn $1000 to New Yorx.—Our highly respectable and penny wise eco- nomical city fathers, have magnanimously appro- priated the sum ef $1000 to the celebration of our national birth-day—being nearly equal to the sum which Captain Stockton appropriated to champagne alone when he entertained the President and suite at his country mansion at Princeton. Indeed, we may go farther and say, that it is probably nearly equal to the sums which willbe respectively expend- ed by most of the towns and villages throughout the country. From every part of the Union our ex- changes bring in accounts that the ensuing Fourth of July will be celebrated ona more grand and mag- nificent scale than it has ever been before. Bu; our own Common Council may be excused, partly on the ground that the recent entertainment of a “ Democratic” President will cost the city, as it is said, some $3000, and partly because there is no- thing ina Fourth of July celebration to serve any party purposes Bustess.—There arrived at St. Louis during the week ending on the 17th instant, filty-five steam- boats—about the sameJnumber departed. Movements anp Doras.—The Hon. Abbott Lawrence, lady and daughter, have taken passage in the steamer Columbia, to leave on the Ist of July for Liverpoel. Gxngrat Garngs.—It is not true, as stated by the New York Express, that General Gaines has been in thiscity within a few days past. General Gaines was at St. Louis on the 20th inst., on which day he was to review the troops at Jefferson bar- racks. He was to leave at two o'clock, same day, with his suite. Gev. Boucx will be received at Sing Sing to-day, with public honors. Hen. Judge Porter, of Louisiana; Mr. Owens, Georgia, Col. Totten, U. S. Army; Dr. Duncan aad party, of Natchez, arrived yesterday at the Ame- rican Hotel. Farner Matruew will not visit this country before next spring. Private Express pgtwsEn Battimore anv Sr. Lovis.—The indefatigable Harnden, of Boston, has connected his line at Baltimore with an express to St. Lous. Through the facilities afforded by the British steamers, Harnden forwards parcels to the agent of the line in Liverpool, where the enterprise branches off to nearly all the eapitals of Europe, and to India, by the English overland mail. By this means, a rapid, safe communication 18 afforded at a moderate expense, for transmitting remittances of money and parcels of valuable effects to any of the Eastern cities, and in fact to almost any part of the civilised world. Tue Parx.—Persons were yesterday employed to saturate the once green plots in the Park with Croton water, which was carried thither by many cables’ length of hose, with the intention, doubt- less to revivify the dead and dried up grass. Whe- ther if so long a period had not elapsed that all such attempts to restore verdure where there is nothing but sterility, is not to hope against hope, it may ad- mit of a question whether to throw volumes of wa- ter on herbage, while parched by the raysof a mid- day mid-summer sun, is not the most sure and hasty mode to defeat the professed object. Our city fa- thers may know how to govern a city, and yet be ignorant how to cultivate grass or a eabbage gar- den. Cuear Barus —If it were not for the evidence every day before our eyes of the shameful abuse of the blessings of the Croton water, we might suggest a few hints to the corporation relative to the various ways in which the abundant supply of pure water might be made conducive to the public health and comfort. One very evident and most desirable use to which this water might be applied is the estab- lishment of public baths, at a trifling sum for parti- cipatien in their benefits. Wedonot know any means so well calculated to preserve and promote the public health as this. But we cannot reasona- bly expect such a miraculous exertion on the part of the city goverament. They have far more impor- tant and pressing business to attend to. Well, then, if the corporation will not give the public the means of attaining personal cleanliness, comfort and health at a cheap rate, why don’t the proprietors of the baths at the Battery do it? Mrs. Thomas’s elegant establishment would be visited by ten times the number of visiters who patronise them at present, if the price of tickets was reduced one half. Rabineau should also take this hint; he can very wellafford to do so, and if he do his pre- sent very respectable success will be redoubled. Hot—Horrer—Horrest.—The weather still con- tinues most unconscionably hot. The thermome- terin this city ranges most of the time between 80 and 90, with occasional trips to the 10's above and below. An Albany paper says:— “*For the last few days our ‘ quotations’ of the weather have shown a steady advance in the heat. Yesterday, at 3P.M., the thermometer marked 91, and in some parts of the city 93. Fortunately for our farmers and gardeners, we have had frequent and abundant showers within the last week, so that wel'have escaped the drought of which the people on Long Island and in New Jersey are complaining 80 sorely.” A Boston paper says:— “The weather is not only warm, but it is so in- tensely hot, :that the streets are deserted by pro- menaders. Many of our citizens have removed into the country for the season. AnotneR Listt uit.—We learn from the Philadelphia Spirit of tht Times, which appears, by the bye, in a new and beautiful dress, that an action for damages has been brought against Mr. F. H. Duffee, No. 8 South Third street, for publish- ing a communication in the Forum, in which it was insinuated that the publishers of the Dollar Newspaper had defrauded the public, by paying that talented writer, Edgar A. Poe, Esq., $16 for his admirable tale of the “Gold Bug,” instead of paying the prize of $100, as announced, to the author of the beet production offered them. We regret to state, from information received at the American, that Brigadier General Eustis died at Boston on Wednesday, of congestion of the brain. His demise promotes Lieut. Col. J. B. Crane, 4th Artillery, and Major M. M. Payne, 2d Artillery. Parnrut Rumor.—It is stated, in some of the pa- pers, that Mr. Biddle is suffering at his residence at Andalusia, on the Delaware, under a species of mental aberation, brought upon him by sudden re- verses of fortune and deep distreas of mind. An American Seaman Assassinatep.—An alter- cation took place at Rio Janeiro, where some Por- tuguese and American sailors were drinking, when one of the sailors, named John Hayes, belonging to the frigate Columbia, was stabbed inthe side. He survived but a few moments after the wound was given. Navau.—Prince de Joinville, with his bride, sail- ed from Rio de Janeiro, in the frigate Belle Poule, for France, on the 13th of May. While at Rio he paid a visit tothe U.S frigate Columbia, and was evidently well pleased with the unlimited hospitali- ty and gentlemanly conduct of Commodore Shu- brick and his officers, during the marriage festivi- ties. Balls and dinners were given on board the French line of battle ship Marseilles and the fri- gate Belle Poule, when all the American officers on the Brazil squadron were invited by the Prince. Navau.—The United States frigate Columbia is stillat Rio, where she iatends to remain two or three months. The store ship Erie sailed for the Pacific, and the schooner Enterprise for Montevi- deo, onthe 20th of May. Officers and crew all well. Tun Hovses.—We see, by the Boston papers, that the “learned blacksmith” is lecturing to “thin theatres” atthe Tremont. It seems the Bostonians will not patronise theatres in any shape, or under any management. Convatescent.—Father Miller. How cool and comfortable the weather was while Father Miller was sick, but now he is getting well again, how all- fired hot it does grow. When isthe end to be? A Loap.—The South America left our wharves anevening or two since with six hundred passen- gers, and her decks crowded with {freight of all de- scriptions. Among the passengers were some two hundred French emigrants, on their way to Michi- gan and Wisconsin. We have since heard that she performed her trip, without racing, in less than nine houre. Anoruxe Keet.—The keel of an iron revenue cutter, to be propelled on Ericson’s plan, was laid at Pittsburgh last week. Savannan—Unusually healthy. Swaxsreark’s Dramatic Worxs aXp Porms — We have received from the Mesers. Harper, the 8th and concluding number of their edition of Shak- speare. This number comprises Hamlet, Othello, and the sonnets and other miscellaneous poems of the great dramatist. The whole occupies eight numbers, with nineteen illustrations on steel, at twenty-five cents, and formsthe only perfect edition published in the country, The numbers may be ob- tained at this office City Intelligence. hi Anotuex Enouwn Pickroceer Anaestep.—Another of the gang of English pickpockets that have so long in- fested this city andPhiladelphia was arrested yesterday and fullycommitted,on a charge of grand larceny. During the morning, as Captain Major Burgess, of the schooner High Priest, was passing up William street near Wall, he felt some person twitch at his coat pocket, and turning round saw a little red faced man walking close behind him, Mr, Nicholas Cosgrove, who was passing at the timethen came up, and picked up pocket wallet from under a root beer stand opposite, and handing it to Captain Burgess, told him that the wallet had just been taken from his coat Pocket bythe little red faced man who was following close behind him. The rogue was immediately arrested by Captain Burgess, assisted by Mr. Cosgrove, and taken to the police office, where, to the astonishment of all con- nected with the police, he was recognised as the celebra- ted pickpocket “Ned Hammond,"alias “Simpson,"who but three weeks since was arrested in this city and sent to Philadelphia on a charge of attem; to pick a pocket in that city. ‘The wallet that he had al ted from the coat pocket of Captain Burgess conteined $185 in bank notes end acheck for $43 12, which were restered to the owner. How this thieving rogue recently Tae justice in Philadelphia, is beyond our knowledge, although we have reason to suppose that “those there in power” could reveal the mystery. i Hammondis now awaiting the execution of a sentence to the Sing Sing State prison for a term of years, which depends upon a decision in the Supreme Court. Since this trialhe has been arrested and admitted to bail in this eity on a charge of picking a pocket at the meeting ‘many Hall, and on the charge prior to the present was in prison in this city at the same time that “Jem se” and “Tim Hughes” were locked up, who have since been set at liberty. ‘There are, therefore, at the present peried,four charges of grand larceny agai notorious thief for the miserable and mean offen pick-pecketing, which we consider the foulest in the re- cord of common crime. Justice Merritt very properly, under these circumstances, refused to admit Hammond to bail, and he was therefore fully commited to prison to await his trial, which we trust will take place during the ensuing week, and thus rid seciety of a rogue who should long since have been servii ng the people at hard labor in the State prison. “The band of English pickpockets now in this country their residence in Philadelphia, where Hammond resides, and by an organization and un- derstanding with their associates and confederates are en bled to commit more depredations upon the public than any set of men that have ever been leagued together in this country, except some bank directors we couldj mention. They have means in abundance to buy off witnesses that may be necessary to secure conviction, aad can always raise sufficient to procure bail for the release of any of their gang. Such means will probably be brought to bear tosecurethe escape of this rogue now held under four distinct and arate cheae of larceny, and it, therefore, becomes the proper authorities to deal out pure and undefiled justice inhis case. The practice of these Philadelphia pickpockets hes been to visit this city in the evening train, steal what they can obtain on the route from passengers, and then prowl about our public thoroughfares during the day, and if successful,return by the evening or afternoon line to Philadelphia. If our po- lice system was sound, the arrival and departure of all these well known pickpockets, thieves and rogues, could be known, and their practises detected during tl in this city, but not one-half of the present who form the police, know them by sight or description. Instead of being placed, by arrangement of business, in turn, in our criminal courts, where these rogues are ex- amined and tried, this duty falls by mere favor upon a eertain few, some of whom are intelligent enough to make investigation while others consider{it not their kee to “know the ropes,” unless they are called upen “to pull them.” When are we to have a reformation in our police system? Pray tell us! Hammond was taken before Recorder Tallmadge yes- terday aiernoonon awrit of habeas cerpus, in order to be again set at large on bail, but the Recorder very properly refused to ti ‘any security for the re-aj ce of the ring that as‘he was safe bound he would als ficer William H. Stephens arrested a no- torious offender named John Sexton, in a tea store in Grand street, on suspicion of burglary, but on being presented before the pelice, he was identified as the per: accused of having cemmitted a forgery in the month ary last, on Samuel B. Sturgess, No. 764 Chatham street, by passing to him as genuine a note for $9221, purporting to have been drawn by William G. Dunn, of the corner ef Grand and Columbia streets, payable to the order of John Sexton, or bearer, at one month’s date from December 2nd, 1842. On the 9th of January he re- ceived the sum of $50 from Sturgis, promising to redeem the note within one week. Feiling to do this, the note ‘was placed the Tradesman’s Bank for collection, where it was discovered to be a forgery. Dunn, declaring the hand-writing in the body of the ‘note to be that of Sexton, and the signature “William G. Dunn” a forgery, and that Sexton knew so when uttering the said note, a warrant was issued at the time for his arrest, but he managed to escape until yesterday, when he found himself in the clutch: s of the law, and will now be tried on thetwo offences of burglary and forgery, thelatter ot which is positive against him. Deata Faturna rrom a Wixpow—The Coroner also held an inquest at the City Prine onthe body of James White, aged 27 years, who fell from the attic story window of his mother’s house, No. 59 Anthony street, on Tuesday night last, and died about six hours after admis" sion into the ho and on the evening as he usually was afer a spree, o'clock. About three hours aft yhis mother heard and ran into the yard, and there found her son in asitting fall, posture, perfectly insersible. The vessels of the brain Were much congested, and the lungs and stomach exhibit- ed the usual a following intemperate habits— Verdict accordingly. * Diep rrom 4 Fat ox tHe Sing Warx.—Between 9 and 10 o’clock, on Thursday night, the 22d ult., a man was discovered leaning against a house on the corner of Rosevelt and Water streets, in a state of insensibility, and was taken by two men to the boarding house of Charles 8. Clark, No. 51 Cherry street, where he remained for the night. ‘Towards morning he recovered, and when asked ifhe had been hurt, said he did not remember. He had been under the influence of liquor, but the inmates, ob- serving that he became worse during the following day, sent him to the city hospital. He was then ina state of insensibility, and did not speak up to the hour of his death, which occurred on the 26th inst., about 4 o'clock. On the physician examining him externally, some bruises of slight importance were visible; but on thopest mortem examination the organs exh strong evi fences of his having led a very intemperate life; but the immediate cause of his death was a serious effusion of blood on the brain. From the evidence taken before the Coroner, it appears that about 9 e’clock on the evening he was found, he had entered the shop of William Fairgrave, a barber, residing at No. 122 Rosevelt street, and having offered some impertinent attentions to the barber’s wife, was shoved by him out of the shop, and fell upon the sidewalk. The jury, after the examination of several witnesses, none of whom saw the man struck or injured, returned a verdict, “that the deceased came to his death from inju- ries received on Thursday night last, which injuries were inflicted by some person or persons to the jury unknewn; the jury further say, that they do not believe the watch. men stationed in that neighborhood discharged their duty faithfully on said night. Snoven ory a Taper anv Kitiep.—An inquest was held yesterday, at the City Hospital, on the body of ‘Thomas Lynch, who died there an Wednesday evening, from being shoved off a table by John Carson, at the porter house of Michael Cronin, No. 72 Centre street, while wrestling together in sport the same morning. They had been friends, and had a glass or two together, when the deceased said to Carson, go home and care of your wife and horse. ave him a sho which caused the to fall on the crown of head. On risit esaid, “Iam lost.” He was then = ken to the hos; |, where he died few hours. The seventh cervical vertabrae was fractured, and th th een, Verdict, deceased came to his death Dg Pushed off the table by John Carson, thereby breeking his neck, butthe jary further say, that is was not done in malice on the part of said Carson. Accipent.—A hard working Irishman, named Michael Sullivan, who hasa wife and family depending on his labor, met a serious accident yesterday afternoon, by fall- ing into the hold of the ship Caspian, lying at pier No. 3 East river. He was standing on the combings of the hatchway guiding a hogshead of tobacco in its descent, when the tackling gave nd he was precipitated into the empty hold, together with the h eal, @pon a number ot pig of lead. He appears to be injured inter. nally, though the external marks were but trifling. Ho was conveyed to the City Hospital, where he now lies in a dangerous situation. Acctpext.—Mr. John Closey, of 61 Washington street, while descending the stairs of the premises om Wednes- day evening, caught one of his feet in the carpet, and was pecipitated to the bottom, et his collar bone, and otherwisa injuring him, but not seriously. Accipentatty Drowngn ps yr Havey, an infant, ‘ar aged three years, on of James and Mary Havéy, residing st 2d street, was accidentally drowned on Wednesday, je wan by falling, off the dock, at the foot of said street. absent but ten minutes from his mother’s care, when she found him a corpae in the water. Verdict, accidentally lrowned. A Founpitso —An inquest was held on the body of a young foundling infant boy, to whom the name of Daniel O'Connell had been given, (more, we presume, out of re- spect ond compliment to that ‘statesman, than by the strict rules of paternity,) and who had been giyen out from the Almshouse te a wet nurse named Mary Cusick, abont two weeks ago. ‘The child was subject to convul: sions, and died while with one, on Wednesday, about 2 o'clock. Verdict accordingly. The child was named by some of the assistants at the Almshouse the evening that he was brought there, and the nurse stated to Deputy Coroner Milliken yesterday, that a very finely dressed lady had called several times at her house to see the baby, and said she was the mother of it, and she Lin ¢ regretted ‘and stopped his breath ihe left him on the door step where he was found, ed the trouble of raising him.” A pretty that she had not “pinched his nos before Drowxen.—On Sunday morning last, a waiter at the City Hotel, Teh his et, with his eco 'y ‘bout fourteen ye age, and becoming cried for help. A boat was lowered from a rchoo! it by, but before he could be rescued the current carried him under. Yesterday morning about ten minutes after eleven, as two boatm named Clarke, were coming from Governor's Island boat, they passed ever the body, which it is suppored was ares to the surface by the ‘icin from Colt’s battery on the island. They made it fast, and towed it ashore. Ver. dict accordingly. (g- TOM THUMB A seems the height of absurdity—but se itis. brought him out in full Jack Tar costume, confess that he is a most charming personation of a sailor. We always have admired him, but never so much es in this suit, he if so perfect a miniature of the noble and generona tar, ite has his benefit tomorrow. The new Hall will be ready for the reception of goods, &e., to-morrow. SAILOR !—The very ides Barnum has and we mus' ai lor Summer Evenine Amusements.—-The hot weather has burst up old Drury, and she closed last night “ avowedly until the jubilee of the 4th July, but doubtless, then again to close for the season. Never in the history of the Park has ‘she had so worthless @ season, and therefere the closing of her doers will scarcely be regretted ; but the extreme heat of the weather is calamitous to all the other places of amusement, but those where ventilation is free and agreeable. Mr. Mann, whose excellent equestrian company has been for some weeks delighting good audiences at the Bowery Amphitheatre, with the capital generalship which has ever characterized both him and his princely partner, Mr. Welsh, is about to take “the tented field,” and thus to afford every essential comfort with amusement. It is sug- gested that he will erect his large canvass tent in the upper part of the city on the 4th July, and that he will aflerwards remove to various other parts of the city in succession, whereby the families of our citizens will be permitted the enjoyment of the best exhibition of the sort in the country. Nisto’s.—Another Parisian novelty to-night; the last new vaudeville, called the Fantastic Omeletie, is to be played, supported by Mesdames Richer, La- gier and Amelie, and those excellent artists Mesers. Dissonville and Oternot. The very great attention to the business of the scene, the dresses, the music, and the spirit with which the French vaudevilles are performed at this establishment, never fail ma- king them go off with effect and satisfaction. Those general favorites, Monsieur and Madame Lecourt, appear in the comic opera of Polichinelli. It was in this piece that they made their debut. Of the many agreeable light operas the French company play, few cause greater amusement and applause than Polichinelli. The music is quite original, and for its execution, to say,the grand orchestra plays it, conducted by Monsieur Prevost, is sufficient. CuatTHam Tugatre.—This favorite place of amusement will be re-opened in a few days. Mr. Thorne, we understand, is making some capital ar- rangements for the forthcoming season. He has not gone to Europe, as was reported, for the purpose of engaging the bright luminaries of that hemisphere, butis contented with the productions of our lome manufacturers. @@- THE WILD MAN OF THE WOODS POSI. tively leaves Peale’s Museum after Saturday, having to make pid for the Giant Girl, who commences an engage- ment at that establishment on Monday. Thathe is acu. riosity the most sceptical do not even entertain adoubt; such a peculiarly constructed creature it has never been our lot tobehold. A human being with jour feet is not an every day sight. Those who have not yet witnessed this wonderful specimen of the man and the monkey, should avail themselves of this, positively the last and only op: portunity. AT A MEETING OF MERCHANTS HELD on Wednesday, at the Merchants’ Exchange, in pursu- ance to previous notice, Mr. George Griswold was called to the chair ; Mesers. Edward K. Co! , Henry Grin- nell, Moses Taylor, Hicks W. Field, Mark Spencer, Ja- cob Harvey, and John H. Hicks, were appointed Vice Presidents ; J, D. Van Beuren and A. B. Wilson, Secreta- ries. The object of the meeting having been briefly stated, Mr. E. K. Collins offered the folowing resolutions, which were unanimously adopted :— Resolved, That while we would avoid cal character te an expressien of our di: late act of the Common Council of this city, cannot be insensible to the fact that a majority of that body wer elected by the Party claiming, throug its efficial orga to be governed by the most liberal principles. 01 justness of such cleims by the party, and of the political integrity of those thus elected, the people can judge but by their public acts and measures as tend to reduce those principles into practice. Resolved, That the principles of democracy andthe natural rights of individuals demand the least enactment of laws ofa restrictive nature comp: with the well being of society—that the citizen shall enjoy the utmost freedom of individual action and latitude in the employ- ment of his industry,so long as he does not interfere with the rights of others—that entertaining these views, we believe the Common Council in repealing the late ordi- nance relative to weighers, measurers, and guagers, have set at defiance, alike the principles by which they profess to be governed, and the natural rights of every citizen, which they are bound to respect. Resolved, That the experience of the past admonishes us that excessive political and executive patronage is ini- ‘mical to the safety of Republican institutions. 1 tothe morals and corrupting to the purity of society ; of- fering inducements to individuals to seek the advance- ment oftheir own sinister ends and selfish purposes,by the temporary supremacy of either party ; and we do tlrere~ fore protest against, not only the continuance of offices to be bestowed upon political partisaus as a reward for party services, which ofhees are ‘uncalled for anda vexatious interference with the legitimate business transactions of the citizen ; but also against the enactment ef any ordi- nance by the Common Council which shall tend to be- stow upon ene individual to the exclusion of another, the privilege of applying his talents or industry to any parti- Culartrade or employment by which he may obtain an honest livelihood. Resolved, That the creation by any legislative body, of offices designed to regulate between individuals our domestic commercial transactions, ition to the spirit and purity of our polit that the creation of such offices, and tl actions,should be left to custo ty mterested ; and that an opposite policy, and those who advocate it, we will most zealously oppose, as represen- tatives not calculated to advancethe interests and wishes of the people. Resolved, That we cordially approve of the modifica- tion of the ‘Inspection Lawr by the last Legislature, as ~ an act strictly Consonant with sound political principles, and materially conducive tothe commercial prosperity of this city. Messrs. Sedgewick, McKeon and Cummerford addres- sed the meeting, after which it was adjourned. New York, June 28, 1848. GEORGE GRISWOLD, President. EDWARK K. COLLINS, HENRY GRINNELL, MOSES TAYLOR, HICKS W. 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