The New York Herald Newspaper, June 24, 1844, Page 4

Ni ‘Ww YORK HERALD. Ole Bull. After a series of triumphs altogether unexampled, New York, Monday, June 24, 1844. ‘The Catholics in Philadelphia in Motion— Progress of the Division of Parties, We publish in this day’s paper a very important Oxx Bux. returas from his New England tour, and gives one Concert here on Friday evening next, pre- vious to his departure forthe West. The enthu- siastic favor with which all classes in the East received the great viol:nist, has been quite inde- | scribable. A brief recital of his progress will be address, issued by a meeting of Catholics held in | interesting, and that we can attempt. the Catholic Cathedral of Philadelphia, relative to | the recent melancholy insurrection, murders, and conflagrations, in that city. This movement will be regarded with great interest not only in this country, but abroad throughout the civilized world, inasmuch as it may be considered another step in the line of conduct originated in Carroll Hall in this city, under the sanction of Bishop Hughes of this diocese—a line of conduct which must inevi- tably divide the Christian community of this Union into two great antagonist parties—the Catholics and the Protestants. The tone and spirit of the address are temperate and dignified, and in this respect present a very gratifying contrast to the violent and inflammatory language of the opposing party. But the authors of this address are quite mistaken in assuming that all the offence was committed on the other side. As we have again and again affirmed, on the ground of undeniable facts, which are now matter of his- tory, it was the rash, the erring und unjustifiable conduct of Bishop Hughes, in organizing as a dis- tinct and separate political element, and that in the most repulsive form, the members of his flock, which applied the torch to the feelings of bigotry and prejudice against the Irish, which had been before that fatal moment, smouldering and dying out in the ashes with which the good sense, the intelligence and the patriotism of good citizens had covered them. To this—the origin, the birth, the first development of these fierce animosities and divisions, the public mind cannot be too often di rected. Itis only by keeping this ever in view that we can explain and understand the eubsequent melancholy progress of the bad passions and sec- tarian jealousies and strife which were thus excited and let looze. We are thus justified in saying that the authors of this address are somewhat away from the truth in assuming that the provocation was all on one side. No one acquainted with history need be inform- ed how trivial a matter of difference witl suffice to array two great classes of any community in furious conflict. A word—the rendering of a text —the ferm of some absurd or trifling ceremony, have been often more than adequate to split into fragments the church of Christ. A quarrel about a pronoun was sufficient to divide the Greek Church into two factions, which long maintained against each other the bitterest hostility. And thus, in the present case, we see to what deplora- ble extremities of violence and blood, a controversy respecting the relative merits of two translations of the Bible, which present merely verbal diflerences, has been carried. Tt had always been fondly hoped by the true friends of our institutions, that on this soil that poisonous upas tree of religious bigotry, which had wrought such evil in the old world, could never have taken root. But when, inan unguarded mo- ment, Bishop Hughes ealled his flock together, in Carroll Hall, it was at once foreseen by all intelli- gent and reflecting minds that the floodgates of faction, violence, and popular passion had been opened. The very next morning after that re- markable meeting in Carroll Hall, we predicted that it would lead to the formation here of the Protestant and Gatholic factions, with all the mad- ness of the seventeenth century. And, alas! our prediction has been fulfilled to the letter. We have now in our midst a complete organization of the Catholics and the Protestants, and the fearfui results which have already proclaimed to the world the existence of these factions, may be only the forerunners of still more appalling atrocities. No one can tell what the end isto be. All attempts at conciliation seem utterly vain. New Yorx Cottectorsuip Contestep.—A very curious and extraordinary excitement has now sprung up between the whigs of this city and Cap- tain Tyler. It grows out of the Captain’s attempt to remove sundry officers during the recess of the Senate, but particularly his attempt to turn out Mr. Curtis, and instate Gov. Van Ness in his place The whig papers are kicking upa great dust about it, calling ita gross outrage, and various other hard names Great sport is likely to grow out of it be- fore it is done with. Mr. Curtis has not only been under the constant advice of his patron saint, the god-like Daniel, but he has in addition lately been spending some weeks at Washington, where he has taken advice of some of the old sachems at the Grand Council The result of it is, that Mr. Curtis has come to the conclusion to hold over, mainly on the ground that bis removal took place when Charles G. Ferris was appointed, during the session of the Senate. Probably several other officers will hold over also. The ground on which they will contest the le- gality of these new appointments by the President, may be seen in the following article cf the Consti- tution, which is the clause on which the whole matter hangs. Aaticur I[—Seo. 2 and 3.—The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which # all expire at the end of their next session. By this article it ia clear that the President can grant no commissions in case of vacancies which occur during the session of the Senate. As, for example, in the case of Secretary Spencer—the vacancy occurred during the session of the Senate, and the President was obliged, by the Constitution, to send in the new appointment, during the session of the Senate, or else the office would continue va- cant. And it may be regarded as a shrewd way of evading the provisions of the Constitution to ap- point Chancellor Bibb, whose age and position ren- der it altogether probable that he will not accept. Consequently, the office becomes vacant during the recess of the Senate ; and it is now a matter of cu- riosity to know whom the President will appoint to the Secretaryship of the Treasury. But the case of Curtis differs from this. He will claim that his office became vacant by the nomin- ation of Charles G. Ferris, during the session of the Senate, since which time he has been a mere locwm tenens. The opposite side will maintain that a nom- ination which was not confirmed by the Senate does not create a vacancy. That is the argument, in a nut-shell, on both sides. We have it from an authentic source ; that some months since Mr. Webster held a conversation or consultation with Mr. Curtis, in which he assured the latter that a supercedeas would have no ¢ Mr. Curtis will, therefore, hold over—refuse to obey a supercedeas, and veto the appointment ef Gov Vau Ness. It will be Young Veto vetoing Old Veto. the acts of the President in matters of this kind, and the conflict will be a funny one. onthe one side, and Captain Tyler on the other, are in the position of the Kilkenny cats,—while the Democrats are looking on to see fair play. The contest will begin this week, immediately on the arrival of Gov. Van Ness, the new Collector. Sreauine tHe Herarp Reronrs.—The Evening Post stole our report of Mr. Wright’s speech at Castle Garden, and the Albany Argus, Bay State Democrat, and other papers are copying it, giving credit to the Post. This is only according to the “use and wont” of the Post and other miserable, ricketty, lumbering newspaper concerns in this | city. {g= The Common Councr, meet this evening in separate chambers, and also in joint meeting, to make a Police Magistrate and Clerk, and finish up the decapitation in other departments of the corpo- ‘on. Mr. Taylor, the present gentlemanly keep- of the City Hall, is to be retained, and all the We believe this is a novel case of vetoing The Whigs After leaving Boston, where his triumphs exceed- ed anything ever seen in that peaceful city, he gave aconcert at Providence, and although only one day’s notice had been given, eight hundred tickets were sold. At Lowell, upwards of five hundred persons attended his concert. He was at first un- willing to go there, but a lady in Boston who had been enchanted by his performances, and anxious that the pretty girls of Lowell should enjoy the same exquisite pleasure, prevailed upon him to go. At Salem, the audience also numbered about five hun- dred. At New Bedford eight hundred tickets were sold. At New Haven five hundred and fifty uckets were disposed of, and on the night of the concert they were selling at $6 each. At Hartford, the demand for tickets was greater than could be sup- plied. In Albany his success was equally great. At Utica, at least wwelve hundred tickets were sold- At Rochester, tickets to the full extent of the ac- commodation afforded by the Hall, were sold two days before the concert was given. Worcester, Springfield, and several places in New England to which he had been invited, have not yet been visited by him. He will, however, give concerts there em route to Canada. From Canada he has innumerable invitations. The officers of the garrison at Montreal have guaran- teed the sale of twelve hundred tickets. After his tour in Canada, Ole Bull will visit Sara- toga, about the middle of August. Then he will go directly West, without approaching this city. Many interesting incidents, illustrative of the in- tense interest created by this great artist in New England, might be related. An aged clergyman, numbering upwards of eighty winters, followed him to his hotel, after the Concert, and begged a lock of his hair, without which, the venerable pas- tor said, his wife would not consent to go home !— In New Haven, one of the most distinguished pro- fessional gentlemen of that pleasant little city, sent his wife to measure Ole Bull’s finger for a ring; and next day a magnificent ring was sent as a slight token of the admiration and esteem of the donor. Everywhere, young and old, all classes, the pious and the gay, the fashionable and the puritanical, all vied in the expression of their enthusiastic ad- miration. All this enthusiastic love and regard admits of an easy enough explanation. Against Ole Bull not one of the old puritanical objections to artists, players, or theatrical performers could be awakened. He did not go amongst them, even as a professional artist Himself the son of a clergyman—educated for the church—a poet, philosopher, and genius of the highest order, but whose tastes and genius had been led by accidental circumstances to concentrate themselves on the pursuit of musical science, and whose mighty soul had found an apt instrument of expression in the violin. Ole Bull was receiv ed by the people of New England as a great moral teacher, as the accredited expounder of the hidden mysteries of passion and feeling, as the ministering spirit of a soul-ennobling science, as pure and as elevated as the heavens from which it was sent, to inspire, to cheer and to purify the uni- versal heart of man. None other but such a lofty, original, pure minded genius could have opened, as Ole Bu'l did, the flood gates of such a tide of im- passioned feeling as that which burst forth after him, wherever he went. Broad, and deep, and tu- multuous enough betimes, is the tide of enthusiasm in the sober heart of New England, but only when touched by the rod of Meses,leap forth the gushing stream of that Horeb. Like an angel’s visit, will be Ole Bull’sto us this week. But it will be prized as it should be—more alas! than can be always said of the visits ot the angels. Common Counctt—Rerorm.—This Board meet this evening to further disappoint the hopes and ex- pectations of the citizens of New York, whom they have so shamefully deluded by false promises of reform in the abuses of the city government, which have so long existed in this city. They meet this evening to waste in idle declamation the public time,in discussing the political qualifications of some applicant for the office of Inspector of Lime, cr some such subordinate office ; while our streets present to the public eye, in every quarter of the city, the most shameful and disgusting evi dences of neglect on the part of the authorities, calculated to bring our splendid city into disgrace in the eyes of every orderly and good citizen. We expected much from the present Reform party—se-called—who have crept into power on the abuses of the old corporations. Aware of these abuses—and of the necessity for their removal in our rapidly rising and populous city, we advocated the principles upon which they rode into power ; and now nearly two months in office, what have they done? The full amount of reform with which they have repaid the great body of our respectable citizens, is in wasting the public time in idle dis- cussions about the removal of a few of the old offi, cials and subordinates, and the appointment of their own friends to fill their places. The crowds that have flocked forward at each meeting of the Board, since the new party came into power, would Jead a stranger to imagine that some grave question, involving the peace of eur citizens, was under discussion ; but this interest is created in relation to a few appointments, while the im- portant reforms in our streets are obstinately ne- glected—the lives of citizens continually endan- gered by furious driving of omnibusses in our tho- roughfares—the water which was designed to cleanse the public sewers kept shut up in the hy- drants; while green and putrid filth is allowed to accumulate about the streets and in the channels, endangering the health of our citizens; and vari- ous other crying abuses staring the public in the face. On’ Sundays, in every ward in the city, and particularly in the Fifth ward, little urchins dese- erate the Sabbath by the firing of crackers and rockets; but it would be a task to point out the numberless abuses that require prompt and immedi- ate reform. A few poor apple-women are prevented the means of earning a livelihood—the cigar stores are closed on Sundays—a few grog shanties are locked up, in ludicrous mockery, on the Sabbath ; while the big grog shops, the hotels are all al- lowed to remain open in lordly grandeur, and sup- per houses in aristocratic splendor—to supply gin and ardent /iquors to every lounger about the doors jof the hgtels; and every one whe may choose to cal Since the regulation enforcing the closing of some of those grog-shops on Sundays, the fre- quenters visit other places of resort,where drinking is carried on and vice prevails to a lamentable ex- tent. The innumerable abuses that call for imme- diate reform in our rising city, are too manifest to every member of our community. Fovurierism on THE Wane.—The Clarkson asso- ciation,somewhere in the western part of this State, has exploded, and have broken up. All this, too, while Horace Greeley is busy lecturing on the tariff in Connecticut. It won’t do. Horace must look to his church, or it will go to pieces, while he is “ saving the country,” as he calls it A Reat Turk !—A true son of the Prophet has, _ it seems, taken a store in Broadway for the sale of all descriptions of elegant Turkish goods. - All the excitement has been created among the fashiona- ble shopping ladies, by his announcement, to be seen in our advertising columns. A real live ‘Turk—only think of that! By and by, if he be istants connected with the office of the Clerk of | followed by some of his brethren, we may have a Common Couneil. rsque here aswell as asynagogue. And why not 4 Tue ANNEXATION Movements anp Devg_orments.—We published yesterday some very important news recently received trom Mexico, through General Almonte, the Mexiéan minister 10 this city, which throws considerable light on the intentions of the Mexican government with resffct to annexation. It will be seen that there is a strong disposition to resist such a measure, and a determination to regard it as justification of a war. To-day we publish a very important official docu. ment, being a despatch from Mr. Elliott to the Texian government, in teiviion to the sentiments of the British government on that subject, and which seems to bear a very different construction from that of the recent letters of Lord Aberdeen to Mr. Pakenham. This Texas question begins to assume a very im- portant aspect. It is very evident, from Mr. Elliott’s letter, and from the disposition of the Mexican gov- Suicide of John Daly.—Large Recovery of Stolen Property.—His Lest Dying Words. The suicide of this man, charged with stealing the valise of Mr. McKie at Albany, containing $10,000, was published in our columes yesterday morning. It will be remembered that he made a similar ettempt the day after he was arrested, in this city, where the property was recovered, and as the cireumstances attending his second and suc- cessful effort are of interest, we have taken some pains to elicit them. At the time of his arrest, we published the only full account of the peculiar cir- cumstances under which it was made, but further particulars have since been communicated to us, that will cause much excitement when we present them, in full, to eur readers. This will be done in a few days. In our Saturday morning’s edition, we gave a short detail of this man’s former offen- ces, in which it was stated that ex-officer Blaney ernment, according to the last accounts, that Great Britain is stimulating Mexico to resist the annexa- tion at all hazards, and is, indeed, the chief insti- gator of all the opposition movement in Mexico. As fora declaration of war on the part of Mexico, that would only be matter of laughter. How could Mexico go to war against us? The idea is per- fectly ridiculous, as much so as would be a declar- ation of war against Mexico on the part of a dozen loafers at the Five Points. But when we see the British government so restless in stimulating Mexi- co to maintain her present opposition to the annex- ation, and throwing every possible impediment in the way of that measure, exciting also the French government to the same policy, the subject acquires an importance which very few foresaw. This, however is no uew line of policy on the part of England. She has ever watched with ex- treme Jealously every progressive movement of this republic te greater strength and dominion, So far back as the year 1830, we find Mr. Huskisson, iv his place in the British House of Commons, thus distinctly declare his opposition to this very move- ment to annex Texas to the territory of the United States :— “If the United States have declared that they cannot allow the island of Cuba to belong to any maritime power in Europe, Spain excepted, neither can England, as the firat of those maritime powers—I =r it fearlessly, be catise J feel it strongly—sufter the United States to bring under their dominion a greater portion of the ahores of the Gulf of Mexico than that which they now possess. With- in the last twenty-seven years they have become masters of all the shores of that gulf from the Point of Florida to the river Sabine, including the mouths of the Mississippi and of other great rivers, the port of New Orleans, and the valuable and secure harbors of Flori la ; and within there few days, we hear of their intention of forming a nuval station and arsenal at the islands of the Dry Tortugas, « commanding position in the Gulf-stream between Florids and Cuba. ith all this extent of coast and islands, we know, further, that designs are entertained and daily ‘act- ed upon—I will not say, by the present government of the United States, but, notoriously, by the people—to get ion of the fertile and extensive Mexican province To borrow an expression of a decease: states man ot that country, “the whole people of America have their eye” upon that province. They look to all the country between the river Sabine and the river Bravo dei Norte ssaterritorythet must ere long, belong to their union. They have al: believe, that same eye upon some of the western coat in the f Mexico, possessing valuable the: Gulf of fornia. Shoul obtain these let icts, the independence of Mexico, I will venture to all be no better, or more secure, than that of the C: Indians, or any other Indian tribe now living within the circle of the present recognised limits of the United States—and the Gulf of Mexico will become as much a part of their wa- tera as the Black Sea was once the waters of Turkey, or as the channel which ee ciel England from Ireland may be considered as part of the waters of the United King- lom. ‘That a war arising out of these pretensions may one day occur, is pethape but too probable. The progress which the United States have already made towards the attain ment of objects so manifestly within their contemplation calls us not to regard that contingeney as one which pro- vident statesmen may safely dismiss from their minds It is their duty to neglect no measure within their power to prevent.” This declaration on the part of Mr. Huskisson, very clearly exhibits the motives which actuate Great Britain in assuming her present attitude of hostility to the annexation of Texas. She dreads the growing magnitude and power of this republic. But will the people of this country be deterred by such manifestations from advancing in that path ot glory and dominion to which nature herself points them? No. Not only Texas, but the whole bound- lege continont io theirs, and just Ue LUCIES. fravtan Opera—Tuirp Sgeason.—We yesterday announced the arrival of Madame Cinti Damoreau in this city, on her way to Europe, and we briefly mentioned that she intended to perform here previ- ous to her departure. i HiWe have now the pleasure to announce, that on Thursday evening next, she will make her appear- ance in the opera of L’Italiana in Algeri, at Palmo’s Italian Opera house, in which she will be supported by Antognini, Valtellina, Sanquirico, and others, together with the whole of the recent orchestra and chorus, they having been engaged for that purpose No doubt, from the attraction presented on this occasion, that a full and fashionable house will be the result. This lady is one of the finest cantatrices of the present day; and as an actress, one of the best at the Itlaian opera in Paris, of which the present occasion wiil afford ample opportunity for judging, in one of Rossini’s best operas. We also stated that this opera had never been brought for- ward in this city. We find this to be a mistake ; we believe it was brought forward here during the brief and brilliant career of the celebrated Ma dame Malibran, by the Garcia company. We are disposed to think that the brilliancy of the attendance will be so great, as to induce this inimitable artist to remain for a week or two, to give us a few more specimens of her operatic pow- ers, in that beautiful style she is so well capable of doing. ‘Tuearricats.—The Park has been doing a slim business as usual last week. Mrs. Hunt had the only good house, on occasion of her benefit, which was a bumper, as she well deserved. At Niblo’s, Mitchell has been doing a fine busi- ness, The gardens are blooming, fragrant, and as sweet as Eden before the scaly old tempter dragged his slow length along the verdant walks. Vauxhall is becoming avery fashionable and fre- quented resort. It is now a charming place, and so long as such fascinating creatures as Mrs. Walcot and Miss Horn bloom there, it does not need any body to talk of its attractions. QUARRELS oF THE Democracy.—A Vigorous war rages at present between the Spectator and Globe— the former the organ of Mr. Calhoun, and the latter of Mr. Benton. The Globe accuses Mr. Calhoun of endangering the stability of the Republic, and of makiug the Texas treaty a wedge to dissolve the Union, The Spectator flings back the charge as a falsehood in the teeth of the Globe. Ali this has a tendency only to elect Mr. Clay. | And the Benton clique, and the Calhoun clique, are heartily welcome, so far as we are concerned, to all the benefit of their squabbles. If they wish to elect Mr. Clay, we are quite satisfied, provided we get with him agood House of Representatives, who will give us Post Office Reform, and all other necessary relorms. Tue Western Harsor But..—This bill, which was fortunate enough to escape the fate of the Eastern ‘bor bill, (vetoed,) includes several appropria- tions for harbors in the State of New York :—Improvement of Ohio river above Louisville Falls, $100,000 ; ment below Louisville Falls, and of the Mississippt, Mis- souri, and Arkansas rivers, $180,090 ; Removing obstruc tions in St. Louis harbor, 000 ; Breakwater at Ll of Philadelphia was the first person whe recognized Daly, as an old offender. We have since learned that when Daly was brought to the police office in this city, officer Gilbert F. Hays informed Justice Matsell who he was, and also gave his real name. On being thus discovered, Daly made a full confession to the Mayor, District At- torney, Justice Matsell and police clerk, Osborn, in which he communicated the whereabouts of a large quantity of valuable property that he had sto- len at different periods. On consultation, these au- thorities concluded that the ends of justice would be better served by causing him to be tried in this city, when his important disclosures could be sub- mitted to the Judges of the Court of Sessions, in order to commute his punishment. While this was pending, the authorities at Albany succeeded in taking him to that city for trial, in a manner that reflects little credit upon their justice or common sense, The information that he had given here was then placed in posession of officers Relyea, Kellinger and Hays to investigate, and with their usual zeal and industry, they traced and succeeded in recovering valuable laces,silks, satins, jewellery, &c., worth full $5,000, which are now in the posses- sien of the authorities of this city, to be returned to the owners who reside in Pittsburgh. It is there- fore fully evident that if Daly had been left in this city for trial, much other valuable information Letter to the Texan Secretary of State from Gatveston, April 3, 1844. To the Hon. Anson Jones, §¢. §°., lose 4 j The undersigned, Her Britannic Mayesty’s Chargs dAfigires to the Republic of Texas, has had the honor to receive Mr. Jones’s note of the 25th ult., in reply 10 his own of the 22d idem; and he offers his acknowledgments for this statement of the situation of circumstances, which shall be trans- mitted to Her Majesty’s Government without delay Jn the mean time, however, he considers it righ! to remark that he does not believe Her Majesty’s Government have formed the same opinion as this Government upon the disposition of i any amicable settlement with ‘Texas, upon reasona- Mexico, to ble and admissible terms. Indeed he is disposed to think that Her Majesty’s Government had become mere sanguine that a different state of feeling was growing up in that quarter, and he ascribe: y re- cent appearances to the contrary, to the indisposi- tion of Mexico, to the annexation of Texas to the United States. Thus impressed, he believes that Mexico would have consented to terms of armistice more acceptable to this Government, if it had not been thought prudent to ayoid a truce of conve- nient duration for the conduct of negotiations at another point, pts te view a combination, natu rally so ill liked at Mexico as the annexation of Texas to the United States. He will merely further remark of the truce agreed upon, between the Commissioners of Texas and Mexico, thatif it had conformed with the policy of this Government, to avail themselves of that opening, he entertains the opinion that it might have been improved into a convenient form and duration. : 2 ; Of the detention of the Texan prisoners in Mexi- co, which has been noticed by Mr. Jones as ano- ther proof of the indisposition of the Government of Mexico to amicable settlement, the undersigned will freely admit (speaking tor himself) that he thinks the Government of Mexico ought to have released those prisoners. But he is bound to con- fess with equal frankness that he has reason to think the Mexican Goverment will be .able to ad- duce motives for their conduct in this particular, which may account for it, without resorting to a general indisposition to adjust with Texas upon peaceful and honorable terms as the ground of the continued detention of these wei men. The temporary mterruption of the official inter- course between Her Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires at Mexico, and that Government, is noticed by Mr. Jones as another event of a discouraging charac- ter. The undersigned can only say upon that point, that he is sure Her Majesty’s Government, would not have delayed to communicate their ap- prehensions to the same effect to the Goverment of Texas, if they had participated in them for a moment. Weighing all the circumstances of the case at carefully as he can, the undersigned will take the liberty here, to express the belief, that at no period of the interposition of Her Maiesty’s government for the settlement of the dispute between Texat and Mexico, could it ever have appeared to them that there were better founded hopes of an early could have been obtained of benefit to the commu- nity. Daly stated while here, that his discovery of the money in possession of Mr. McKie, was by mere accident. While standing on board the steambeat, ton, Vt, $10,000; Works at Port Ontario, N. Works at Plattsburgh, N. Y., $15,000 ; Works ego, N. Y., $20,000 ; Removing obstructions in Genesee river, $10,000 ; Works at Oak Orchard Creek, N. Y., $5,000; Works at Big Sodus Bay N. Y., $00,000 ;' Works at Bul falo,$40,000 ; do at Dunkirk, $5,000 ; doat Erie Pa $40,000 ; Do,'at Conneaut, Ohio, 5000; Do. at Ashtabula, Ohio, 5,000 ; ‘Do, at Grand River Harber, Ohio, 10,000; Sandus- ky Harbor, Ohio, 15,000; Cleveland, Ohio, 25,000 ; River Raisin Improvement, Michigan, 20,000 ; St. Joseph, Michi- an, 20,000 5 Michigan City, Indiana, 25,000 5 Chicago, Tiinois, 30,000; Milwaukie, ‘Wisconsin, 20,000; Other Lake Harbors, 20,000—Total, $660,000, | By a separate act, an appropriation of $14,500 was made for the construction of a harbor at Southport, Wiskonsan By another act, $12,500 for the completion of a harbor at Racine, at the mouth of Root river, Wiskonsan. | Jadies will be flocking to see him. A tremendous | | Murpgr.—Samuel Mattox, the man who killed | aboy in Lowndes eounty, Georgia, some time since, har | been convicted and sentenced to be executed on the of July next. Anvexation.—R. L Wickliffe and B. R. Har- | din at Bardstown, Ky., froman a contreversy about | Texas on Wednenday last, roceoted to ratify the treaty of hostilities by annexing 1 eir fists to each other's noses. | June 12. he heard him ask the captain to take possegsion of the emall valise, stating at the same time that it contained something very valuable. This opened Daly’s eyes, and believing that it mustbe money, he kept watch of the owner. In the morning, when the boat arrived at Albany, he was on the look ou! for Mr. McKie, and followed him to the City Hotel, and saw him place his valise in the bar. Finding that he could not cover it up under his coat, he stopped at a clothing store at the corner below and purchased a sack coat, which he placed on his arm, and thus entered the hotel. He then teok the valise down in a deliberate manuer, and rolling the coat around it, walked out doors witl: his hooty. From the confession that Daly had made here, he presumed that the authorities at Albany would extend some mercy to him, but he was deceived. and they alone must answer for their conduct which caused him to destroy himself The follow- ing letter, sent to one of the magistrates of our city on this subject, will better illustrate his feeling: and position :— Axeany Jan, Tuesday, June 18, 1844, Hononaste Sin :— Yesterday morning at 10o’clock, soon after my arrival in this city myself and wife was taken to the Court house and called on to plead to an Inditement found against both of us by the Grand Jury, we pleaded no: guilty and was taken back to jail, at noon the District At torney sent tome saying it would be very expensive \ Albany county,to send to the City of N. York, to Hartford Ct.,to the far west, and other places, that if I woul plead Guilty he would free my wife, and write te the Distric! Attorney of the City of New York, take his view of the the Court, and’had obtained Wis" Goncunance, they “alse sent my wile to work on my feelings Believeing it wouic be conciliatory and perapa the very best course for th: ends of Justice I consented, 1 may have done wrong te myself, but | am a single minded trusting man, and shal) 60 remain while Jife and being is allow’d me. I still with confidence look to the authorities of the City of New York to fulfill with Thomas Warner, Esqr. my council and to grant me Justice tempered with mercy. 1 will not believe Honorable Sir that the master spirits, of the Greatest City in these United States, will first pro- mise (knowing it was for the public good) and then leave sink and abandon a weak trusting man. Allow me to place this affair in another light, (that of doing public good) how are the person#@njur’d, withont me, to have their property restored” some of them arc thousands of miler away, will they give their time, and pay the expenses of a double journey, that will take months to accomplish. You cannot divide assort and give to each their own,—you know them not— Were la callous heartless, revengeful being it would be of io consequence to me who got the property,—but ii a great public good is aimed at, is at all desired, then coulé the authorities, through me without ay pence to the persons bereaved, select, divide and faithfully give tu every man his own property. ‘The authorities (at their own convenient and proper time) return to the rightfull owners sucu property as honestly belongs them, and the Individuals, the people of the State of New Fork, indeed all that may hear of it, in all time to come must ever praise and spend the skill, the judgement and true patriotism of the New York City authorities. You kind and respected Sir will excuse the style of my letter it is sudden, unstudied, but I hope it carries the im mortal, the never dying face and features of truth alone with it,” and monomaniac as [ may eppear, | um a creature ol feeling and gratitude. Lam with great respect, Your obedient servant, JOHN DALY. After having been induced by the authorities a: Albany to enter a plea of guilty, he was urraigned and sentenced to the State Prison for five years— being the full extent of time for the offence oj grand larceny. In addition to this, he informed a per son who called to see hima few minutes afterwards, that he presumed that his wife would also receive punishment, whom he alleged was entirely inno- cent of any knowledge of his crimes. The sen tence, and the presumption that his wife would share his fate, prompted him to commit self-des- truction, The only paper found in his cell was a small ile of the top of a letter, which was stain- ed with his blood and contained the words— © O most merciful God forgive me “A poor Distressed “ For thy dear soi He committed the act with a common case knife, which it appears he had sharpened on the stones of the cell,in order to make the wound effectual. He died ina few mome: ts afterwards. Officer Kellinger returned to this city yesterday with the wife of Daly, the District Attorney of Al- bany county having discharged her by entering 8 nolle prosequi on the indictment against her. She informed us that her maiden name was Mary Cla- rence, and that her first husband, whom she mar- ried in Portland, was named Courtney. She be came acquainted with Daly in 1842, while on board of a brig bound from Mobile to Boston. This was after her first huaband’s death, and while she was acting inthe capacity of waiting maid with a fami- ly on board the vessel. She married Qaly in Port- land_ oon after,when they left for St. John’s, N. B., and from thence to London, Daly there endeavor. ed to pursue an honest calling, but was recognised by an old rogue who knew his arrest for robberies committed in this country, and he was compelled to give him money to prevent exposure. From thence he went to Scotland, and returned to this country Jast winter, landing at New Orleans. He was there recognised by some old associate who threatened to expose him, and to whom he was compelled to give several hundred dollars. Finding himself thus traced, at almost every point, he re- commenced his old business,and committed several burglaries in Mobile, Pittsburg, and elsewhere, until his career was closed by hislast and recentact. The authorities of thit city, as well as the officers con- cerned, are entitled to much credit for their effi- cient action, and it is only to be regretted that the removal of the deceased to Albany should have been made, when further disclosures might have resulted in much benefit to the community at large. Victims IN Sr. Louis.—We learned at noon yes- terday, that Howard, the victim of Hellinghaus had somewhat rallied, though the physicians attending held out to him little hope of recovery. ‘They have pru dently excluded ail persons from the room, save his nurse, as they think that the excitement consequent upon a visit from his friends would be productive of a dele terious effect. Low, the victim of Ford, continues about the same as the last two or three days. He retains his senees, and converses with his friends, but his strength is gradually failing ; and altho physicians pronounce all the symptoms of his «favorable, yet they entertain no hopes of his recovery. t was stated by the evening papers yesterday, that Mary Ferd returned to this city on Sunday Inst, and is now at the residence of her father.—S¢ Lewis Organ, and honorvble adjustment than at the moment, when, as Mr. Jones observes, the door to annexa- tion to the United States was unexpectedly opened to the people of this country. The approach in that sense was most probably unexpected to Mexico too, for it came when there wasa state of known truce between the parties, when Texan Commissioners (respecttully received) were actually in the Mexican territory, and whilst negotiations, first for an armistice, and then for + peace, were known to be in contemplation, and in point of fact, in ip thee o The intimation of such a proposal to the Govern- ment of Texas, by the Government of the United States, would of course become known to the Gov- ernment of Mexico about the same time, and made under the state of circumstances then existing, ii can hardly 0 the disturbing effect which has followed. be a source of surprise that it produced The undersigned thinks he could not discharge his duty, if he omitted to express the earnest hope that the Government and people of Texas will not make the incalculably heavy sacrifice of thei: separate national existence, under the impressior that the prospect of amicable settlement with Mexi- co has passed away. He believes that there 1s nc good ground for euch Sb AiprasION and he is also of opinion that it is still in t! f th r ment of Texas, fo renew the negotiations with Mexico upon a hopeful basis, by reassuring that Government upon a point, to which it is justly en- titled to expect complete reassurance, before friend- ly negotiations with Texas are set on foot. e power of the Govern- The undersigned cannot retrain from observing that there is no want of evidence in the press o! the United States, that very eminent and practiced statesmen in that country, are firmly opposed to the annexation of Texas to that Union, eitherat all, o: at least under any other condition than the consent of Mexico, peacefully obtained. Neither does it that these opinionsare snared by a iarge part of the people of that confederacy. The undersigned trusts that his own sincere desire, ter the indepen dence and prosperity of Texas, will be the excuse for alluding to these considerations, on which how. ever, he has no intention to dweil. He will close this note with the renewed declara- tion of the desire of Her Majesty’s government, to be helpful in the adjustment of this dispute uprn terms of honor, justice, and advantage, both to Texas and Mexico, and with the expression of the opinion of Her Majesty’s servation of their independence is the best security of the people of Texas, for their ultimate progpert ty, both overnment that the pre- political and commercial. ‘The health of the undersigned is still in a ve broken condition, (so much so that he writes with difficulty.) But he will wait at New Orleans, or in its immediate neighborhood, as long as he safely can, and will be happy to receive any communica- tions which the government of Texas may do hin. the honor to forward to him, through the channe) he has already indicated to Mr. Jones. He avails himself of this occasion to convey tc Mr. Jones renewed assurances of the regard and distinguished consideration with which he has the honor to remain, His most obedient and faithful servant, (Signed) Cuaxies Etsiorr. Forrner rrom Mexico.—By the Atlantic, Capt Williamson, from ‘Tampico, we have dates from that city up to the oth inst. The news of revolutionary mov: ments in the northern departments of Mexico, in the vici nity of the Rio Grande, was current at Tampico. Ca- nales, it was stated, had killed an Intendente at Cam: , opposite which place his forces were congregated Pla cards had been stuck up in the principal streets of Tam- pico, forbidding the citizens to express any opinion about the revolution. A splendid monument is said to be in the course of erec- tion at Tampico, which is intended to receive Santa An na’s leg—the one he lost at Vera Craz, while fighting the French. It is constructed of a beautiful marble recently found in the vicinity. We have received, via Vera Cruz, papers from the city of Mexico one day later. Forthese we are indebted to Capt. Sanchez, of the Mexican schooner Atrevido, arriv- ed yesterday from Vera Cruz. ‘The editors of the Diario, it would seem, got wind of Sentmanat’s expedition early in May, as we see it mentioned ina number of that paper of the 7th. La Hesperia, of the 26th May, has the fol- lowing :— si “Our news today, by the mail from Vera Cruz, ap- pears to confirm the rumor of the revolutionary move- ments of the turbulent Sentmanat, who, it is said, has al- ready embarked at the head of a body of adventurer: ‘The Mexican editors certainly were ahead of us in this news, for we knew nothing of it until after Gen. 8. had cleared trom this port. If these same editors would be equally forward in Naty fe all the local news stirring iu their own country, we might keep our readers better informed in relation to Mexican affairs. We learn that Santa Anna was at first disposed to lend a favorable hearing to the propositions of this country in relation to annexation; but the bold and unbroken front presented by the press of the couutry against the measure, has driven him into the opposing rauks. Among the papers most bitterly opposed to annexation, we find those which it istwell Known. are supported by Santa Anna—papers which have hitherto only thought when he told them to think, and said what he told them to say. The editors have undoubtedly seen the downfall of their patron. should he favor the views of Mr. Tyler—for there are half a dozen umbitions Cr gar in Mexico, who would at once mount the hobby of opposition to the Uni ted States to ride into power—anp hece their bold and blustering tone against parting with a foot of soil that may be ‘claimed by Mexico, Santa Anna knows full well that he can never recover Texas, and would be glad to dispose of every fuot of land west of the Rio Grande, from Matamoras to its sources, for a trifling consideration ; but he cannot contend against the tene of the public presi when many of the editors are talking about preserv! the honor of the country inviolate, and preaching up the utter annihilation of the Anglo-American race—a matter which some of them have cyphered out to be not only practicable but extremely easy, 10 Judge from their arti cles. In addition to the indignation expresse1 against the United States by the Mexican editors,some of them, while defending the protective policy recently adopted by Mex. ict equally severe upon France, and particulurly the Parisian press. ‘They are very bitter against the French editors for the severity with which they denounce the law forbidding the retail trade to foreigners ; and all this while the Courier Fangais, the French paper in Mexico, interpores its geod offices, and urges the Mexicans not to allow themselves to be exasperated by the freedoms of the Parisian journal Our next news from the city of Mexico will probably give the aecount of the arrival there of Santa Anna, and ofthe proceedings of the extraordinary Congress. In ad- dition to this, if we do not hear of disturbances shortly in some of the departments, we shall be much mistaken.— NO. Picayune, June 15 Srartiine Discovery.—No little excitement has just been created in the Stock Board and among the whole circle interested in the Stock business, by the discovery of a telegraphic communication between this gity and New York ‘e remember that the New York correspondent of the North American, several months ago, put the public on its guard against this mode of im mediate despatch [oage by certain parties in both cities. The fact, then doubted, is pro’ now beyond any question. We need not say thi ombination of this sort is entirely at variance with the safe transaction | of business by parties not inthe secret. We advise, if we may be allowed, the immediate discontinuance of the second and third boards.—Philad, Gazette, June 22, City Intelligence. Bunctamues—The betwixt and betweenity in which the Mayor have our muthori- ties, is such that no definite n to prevent the numer- ous burglaries that take place nightly can be effected. Ifwe are to have no radical chunge in the police depart- ment, pray let the best be dons with the present. Let him order the police magistrates to select a night patrol of these efficient and active otticers, such aa was suggest. ed by us last winter, and adopted by the magistrates, with great benefit to the ciy at large, It is unne- cessary for ns to show the why er the wherefore for this suggestion, aa its practical benefits have been pointed owt at various periods. The city is overflowing with bur- glars and thieves, and something skould be done at once. The dwelling house of Henry Vandervoort, Eaq., Clerk of the Court of Sessions, 120 Orchard street, was entered on Suturday night by turning the key from the outside with a pair of burglar’s nippers, agold watch and chain, other jewelry and clothing, valued at $300, stolen therefrom. Let the burglars turn their particular tention to the houses of the Mayor and Aldermen, and then think something will be done to prevent their ightly depredations, and we advise the @ who en- tered the house of Mr. Vandervoort to send k his ill. [yond sep forthwith, a8 his arrest will be certain, and is punishment of the most extensive, as it may lust his natural life. : ‘AxorHen Burciary.—The fancy store of Mr. Sepette- 258 Broadway, was broken into on Friday night, t $1000 worth of property stolen. ‘The Durglars escaped from the rear of the building. Yer Avxotuer Artemer.—A trunk-maker, named John Johi » Was orrested and held for examination, on of attempting to enter the stationery store of tk, 225 Pearl street, on the 22d inst., by bering through the fluor from the cellar beneath. He did not effect his purpose, but will be held to answer the attempt, Vatuasie Stocen Jewetay Recovenen.—In the month of April, 1843,a lady named Furst, while attending an auction sale in this city, and who was a resident in Twen- ty-first street, had her pockets picked of diamonds and Jewelry worth $3000 By the exertions of Mr Jacob Abrahams of No. 174 West Broadway,all the property has heen recovered. A diamend breast pin which was taken at the time was found in possession of a gentleman in Phila- delphia, which he had Puree and which is considered to be worth $2000. ‘T’he remainder of the s property was found pledged in this city at different establishments, but the thief has not yet been arrested. ‘A Suuxwp Foren Annssren.—We noticed yesterday morning the arrest by Officer Baker, of a young man named William Rus Jr, the son of William Russell, Sen., of Oswego, in this State.on a charge of forgery. The following are the circumstances attending the case :—He forged a bill of freight in the name of his father, who is at present in Canada, for $65, for freight of 50,000 feet of timber, to be sent by the schooner stern, but which did not arrive at this port. 8. & G. Storms, of 46 Water street, to whom the order was addressed, accepted it ; but finding that the lumber did not arrive, wrote tothe elder Mr. Russell, and the son answered the letter by sending a receipt for the freight in the name of the Captain, (Dickinson,) and stating that the timber was detained tor the present by process of law, but would be forwarded in duetime. The timber did not arrive, and the arrest of young Russell, who was in the city, was the result. Hes fully committed toanswer. He offered a check on the Phenix Bank, purporting to be drawn by Messrs. Storms, for $300, which was not paid, and has since proved to bea for- gery. Coroner's Office.—Junr 23 —Inquests were held on the body of Ellen Degan, wife of Patrick Degan, who fell down stairs in a state of intoxication, and died soon af- terwards. Also, upon Ann Kelly, wife of Richard Kelly, of 488 Bowery, who died suddenly from intemperate habits and exposure, (From the Boston Times.] Furtuer or tut Rev. Mr. Farrcutp.—In rela- tion to the melancholy attempt at suicide, to which we alluded agg we would add a few remarks further, and by way of having the public truly impressed with the real circumstances in the cnse ax at present existing, ‘We would first caution all not to form a hasty or rash judgment, to the prejudice of one who has been so long - and so favorably cennected with the Christian ministry, till the statements on either side shall have been passed upon by the regular Ecclesiastical Council which is to convene s0 soon. We know that a sentiment adverse to his innocence had very generally obtained currency in this community, and it was with that view that we gave yesterday, from the lips of a friend of his who has much with him, the explanation which the Rev. Mr. F. himself tendered in his own behalf. ‘We gaveit in connexion with the charges against him, so that the public might feel that there were two aspects totheaffeir. The trath of the matter will soon appear in a semi-judicial or ecclesiastical form, and good and pious men will investigate the matter in perfect honesty of heart, and with a just sense of what is due to the public and the cause of religion. The rumor in the Pi, yerterday, that he had died, is nottrue. A member of his society, who" arrived in town. , informed us that he was living yesterday mor- and that there was a probability, or possibility, that he would survive. It may not be improper to remark that he sincerely ited to his friends and family that he had made the attempt at self-destruction. He had been often ae to do it in a fever of mind, but had forborne tilllast Thuraday. He was discovered soon after the act, holding his hea bel iar side of the bed and bleeding co- F, piously into a vessel. The quantity of blood lost was about two quarts—and this was the eccasion of his being much more cali d_ rational. When it war doubtful that he would recover, he declared tothese around him that he should die an inno- cent, a persecuted man, He called his wife and children , around him and prayed fervently, and as it was described tens, Wid mast ngectineeloavence and nat) sarily feeble, but entirely distinct. Ovr informant says that the community of Exeter in general, have an opimion mnch in his favor, though there are some who, of course, think otherwire. ‘The whole subject is now legitimately in the hands of the Council, and all should defer to the action which they shall entertain. While such unpleasant rumors and state- ments as those to which we hove adverted are rife in the community, we think it the duty of the press, calmly, dispassionately, and without prejudice to either party, to obtain and communicate such information as may be with- in its power. With arte accounts the public mind is ever restless and unsettled—and much injury is done to it and to individuals more immediately concerned. With a general relation of the statements relied upon on either side, the public will ever wait for an investigation by the proper tribunal and for its result with calmness and with entire impartiality of feeling. If Mr. F. survives and is adjudged to have compromised his sacred oftice and character a a christian and as aman, the community will mourn and regret, but the cause of christisnity cannot receive detriment. If he has heen malipned—if he has been tortured on the rack of false evidence—if false witnesses have conspired to ruin him, and drive him to madnese pnd desperation, the condemna- tion of the community will inflict upon his accusers a most terrible retribution. German Siiver.—Few are aware of the poison- ous qualities of this compound. It is very good for gun-mountings, rifles, &e., but never should used in the form of spoons, or vessels for conking. It is com- posed of copper, arsenic, and nickel. It oxydises ve rapidly in contact —even slight vegetable ones ; and the small faken into the stomach imperceptibly act as a slow but sure poison. Pare copper spoons would he preferable Every on pe inted with the nature of arsenic. Nickel is eq’ poisonous. It is asserted that death caused by prussic acid is only apparent. Life (says the German papers) can be immediately restored by pouring acetate of potash and common salt dissolved in water upon the spine and head. Dr. Rogerson, a chemist, hi ucceasfully treated rabbits, poisoned with this acid, ee cold water upon these parts of their bodies.— Western Advocate. Amusements, Ninto’s Garpen will be crowded, for a great ex- citement has been created by the announcement that the American Sea Serpent will be seen here to-night. We understand that he “will a tail untold” which ex- ceeds in length and beauty that of all his predecessors. Mitchell is carrying on the war here with all that spirit and energy, which his hitherto marked his progress and readered him the most popular manager in the country. We are told that to-night’s performances at Niblo’s will surpass all that has yet been done even here—-nous verrons. i Tne Poxer Dance at the New York Museum is the moat laughable burlesque ever introduced on any Lead It is the double-distilled essence of fun and frolic. The other Polka-manias have been fairly fright- ened from their Pokeriery and left a clear course for the fortunate competitor. ‘The New York Museum isthe only lace where the Poker Dance can be seen in perfection. — ‘he Dwarf, Giantess, Winchell, Mons, and Madame Chec- kini, the celebrated dancers, and ines oe La Petite Aimee and Eloise, appear. Also, Miss Cline, the ind songstress, Mr. W. Conover, the ‘ouderfnl Orphan Family, or Pen- is a rich bill of fare for one shil- of course, the Museum will bo which the manager of the American Museum delights to serve up for histriends. A large bowl today, at 3} and 8 P. 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