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THE NEW YORK HERALD. Vol, X., No, 205—Whole Ho. 3805. THE NEW YORK HERALD. AGGREGATE CIRCULATION THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND. THE GREATEST IN THE WORLD. the Public. To ~ THE NEW YORK HERALD—daily newspaper—pub- lished every day of the year aed year except New Yoar’s day and Fourth of ‘2 cents per copy—or $7 26 per an- ee eee —cash in advance,” a THE WEEKLY HERALD—published every Saturday penne eee) cents per copy, or $8 13 per annum- 1 oe natvance. ERTISERS are intormed thet the circulation 01 the Herald is over THIRT'Y-FIVE THOUSAND, and in- creasing fast. It has the largest circulation in this oity, the world, and is, therefore, fs hese tees Sor business mes in the city er country. Prices moderate ‘—cash in aévance. PRINTING ot all kinds executed at the most moderate rice, and in the most Oe es rae JAMES GORDON BENNETT, Proraimton or rH Henauo Estas.renment, west corner of Fulton and Nassau Revival of Business and Everything Else— Prospects of the Country. Every person must admit that the country, in all the elements of prosperity, intelligence, and mo- ralg, notwithstanding an occasional outbreak, is going faster forward than ever it did at any former period of its history. Prosperity seems to be fall- ing upon the land, like the dew of heaven, silently, and perceptible only at stated periods by the general results. Trade is increasing—manufactures are increasing—the crops are increasing, every year increasing. Travel is increasing. The revenue of the railroads is increasing. And fortunately the excitement of politics—fanaticism in religion— and extravagance of opinion onall subjects are de- creasing, and separating their isolated movements from the general common eense movement of the country. In finance—in religion—in politics—in literature—in morals—in almost every department of human life, from high to low, the same general progress may be observed. We could refer to a number of general facts in proof of the accuracy of this view of the great and growing prosperity of the country, but we may as well confine ourselves to ene of which we can speak with a degree of certainty, beyond any other, and that is the remarkable progress during the last few years—and we may say the last few months—of the New York Herald establishment. When intelligent, industrious, and business news- papers are successful, they furnish one of the best} possible pieces ot evidence in favor of the general prosperous movements of the country at large. Now we are happy to say that the New York lierald at this moment, has a circulation and a business probably one-fourth greater than at any period of its most prosperous career heretofore,and is going ahead with a momentum equal to the general momentum of the country at large. The aggregate circulation at present is far beyond what it ever has been before, and now reaches nearly 85,000 copies. The cash receipts of last week, by cash book, were over $2,500, making, if every week were similar, nearly $130,000 per annum. We pay to our paper- maker alone a sum varying from $700 to $1000 a week, according to circumstances. We employ, by the publication of the paper, probably more than two hundred persons, here and elsewhere. Io short, in the midst of a Presidential election—in the midst of religious, financial, and other excite- ments—in the face of an opposition of the whole press, and ofall those who arrogate to themselves the position of leading elements in society, the New Vorke Herald is going faster ahead in all} its business operations, and in its healthy tone, and moral influence, than ever any paper did in this country, or in any other country in the world. These facta are given, as forming merely a small part of the evidence, showing the general progress of the country. We have, from the commence- ment, in spite of the lies and falsehoods circulated against us, advocated the highest principles in morals, politics, ethics, religion, and every depart- ment of human life. No doubt, errors have been committed, for, wherever there is humanity, there will be error; but we believe that we have done more good in the brief period of our existence, by the inculcation of sound principles, and the expo- sure and condemnation of bad ones, than any other journal in existence. In politics we have always fearlessly maintained an independent stand, discussing the measures which divide the two parties on the highest principles of philosophy, and treating the personal and venal vi'uperation of the lower order of the journals, of both factions, with that contempt and severity which they merit. We believe the position which we have assumed in the contest, now fitfully going on over the coun- try between Clay and Polk, has been ot advantage tothe management and morality of both sides. They are less personal than they were six months ago—less violent—less vituperative ; and one of the most unprincipled, proscriptive, and vulgarly abusive of them all, the Courser and Enguirer, seems, at last, to have come to the serious discus- sion of the measures at issue in this contest, and to have abandoned, in some degree, its vitupera- tion and scurrilous abuse. Inrelation to religion, and to the introduction of religion into political controversy, we have follow- ed the same course, and adhered to the same gen- eral principles, treating with propriety and decorum every Christian eect, which may have its founda- tion in eternal truth, but invariably setting our face against the introduction of the clerical character intothe political field; the mingling of religion with the dirt ot this world. When Catholics have been unjustly assailed by Presbyterians, we have de- fended them; and when Presbyterians have been unjustly assailed by Catholics, we have defend- ed them also, But uniformly, we have fallen upon both, when they departed from that golden rule of the author of the Christian faith—* Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even 80 unto them.” \ In financial and commercial affairs, we have car- ried on a war against ignorance, impudence, and pretension, from the first inception of this jeurnal, up to the present time—from 1835 to 1844—nearly ten years. In this contest we have met with the strongest opposition from the speculators, the bank- tupts, the blacklegs, and corrupt financiers of all kinds, But having planted ourselves on the prin- ciples ot honesty and common sense, we are happy to say that the sea is now emooth around us—that the whole country has almost adopted the prin- ciples of finance which we have announced and defended. and that the currency is now in a better condition, and better understood by the people, than it was before. k These are some of the causes which ‘have con- tributed to the success of establishment, and have placed it beyond the reach of ite foes, either high or low. We have been in the midst of a financial, moral, political, and religious revolution ever since we started. We have now passed the most dangerous parts of that revolution, and begin to reap the fruits of having advocated throughout adherence to right principles in every department of human life. The recent riots in Philadelphia and Illinois, and the excitement in this city, in which the prelate of a certain church participated so largely and so foolishly, are but the remnants— the expiring efforts of the troubled spirit of a da now passed for ever. These recent explosions will only tend to give anew force aad momentum to the public mind in the right path ; and also to give to those journals which understand their position and the time, a greater circulation and a greater influence than ever. With these few remarks, on our present position and prosperity, we proceed on our way rejoiciog. The prospect before F-4 is i. brilliant one, ed va thing can preveot it from being re: to the ful- od exzent by all who understand the “signs of the sali) . Judge. spoken of. one of the rooms in which he passed much of his ality tor the new streeis turmed ecntriques.._ complain bitter! and the landlords NEW YORK, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1844. Curious and Interesting from Late Foreign Papers. (Foreign Correspondence } ‘ . Paris, June 29th, 1844 Considerable sensation has been created by the descent of the police into the houses of the Prince de Montmorenci, the Duke d’Escars, and Monsieur Lespinois—all three distinguished adherents of the Due de Bordeaux and the Legitimist cause, on sus- picion of being concerned in a plot for the further- ance of his Royal Lighness’s pretensions to the crown and sceptre of France. The last named gentleman has been arrested, and the papers ot the two former have been seized. According to the most authentic accounts the affair is not very se- rious; but still not altogether without importance {tis singular that it should have occurred just al the very time that the communications between the exiled Royal Family and their partisans of the Faubourg St. Germain are underst, od to be more trequent and of more serious character than the: have been at any time since the revolution of 1 The row between the chiet Judge of the Royal bepee and the lawyers is by no means calmed io" ous aspect thon it wore a week ago. The Procu- Ly du Roi has summoned the twenty-one princi- PI themselves and their brethren, bearded ihe Judge aad required him to “sing small,” as schoolboys say, for his sneers and gibes at them, to give such defence as they can before a Superior Court, fur Uaeir conduct. ‘aas aroused the ire of the lawyers; and no doubt ahey will prove too strong for . What an amusing spectacle it will be to see those zelf-important gentlemen compelled, after i big words and blustering, to eat their leek, like an cient Pistol. n. Au Contratie, it has assumed a more seri- members of the body, who, in the name of The Judges all side with him who lessieurs les Avocals their It is a curious fact that about two hundred years ago the advocates took offence at the conduct o! the President of the Cour Royale, and refused to géead before him—that President, being a Baron Seguier, an ancestor of the very man at whom the : lawyers of this day are growling. That quarrel was ut anend to by the King, whose will then was law, ordering the advocutes to apologise to the The chief and most eminent man among them accordingly waited upon the Judge, and ot- fered the apologies of hiyaselt and brethren for their disrespectful proceedings. The President received him very graciously, and asa proof of his perfect forgiveness, pressed him to stop to dinner. Judge’s cook being notoriously the worst in Paris, the old lawyer replied, ‘ Pardon. ident—my leamed. brethren had condemn me to eat your dinner!” The Monsieur le Pres- n’t the cruelty to A recent remark ot Mons. Guizot has been much Some one observed on the smallness of ime at the Hotel of the Ministry for Fereign At- fairs. ‘ Would to God,” exclaimed he with asigh, “‘that, small as it is, I could fillit with true friends!” For the last year or two, that part of the Parisian population residing in the twelfth and ninth arron- dissement, have manifested an extreme repugnance for those quarters of the city, and an extreme parti- and forming in what a newinniber comically calls the guartiers ex ‘he tradesmen of the deserted quartere of the falling off in their business, } are exceedingly soirowful when they think of hotels without tenunts, and apart- ments without lodgers. The Minister of the Inte- rior, and the Prefect and Municipality of Parishave directed a Commission te inquire into the cause, and point out the means of suppreseing the emigr: tion of the population from the old to the new dis- tricts. But the Commission is not expected to do much good. Paris increases very slowly in extent, and even that increase occasions no increase in the population, the inhabitants of the new quurters being dratted, or rather drafting themselves from the old. In this respect, the French capital pre- sents an extraordinary contrast to our own. ndon, where new quarters are springing up every day, and yet the rest of the town remains as densely oc- aa as before. ‘rom a case before the Law Courts the other day, it appears that the Prince de Mozkowa (sou of the celebrated Ney), husband of the daughter of Jacques Lafitte, disputes with his widow the right of publishing the memoirs of his mest uneventiui life which that remarkable man left behind him Pending the issue of the case, the MSS. are locked up and placed under seul, 1118 eaid that they con- tain 4 number of autograph letters of Louis £ hit lipe, the publication ot which will create no little sensauion. The newspaper called the Réforme publishes a letter to-day from. a oaval Captain, in which he declares that at least one third of the celebrated Note sur ? Etat des Forves Navales dela France o\ the Prince de Jainville is filched trom a pamphlet published by the suid Captain in the year 1840. So it appears then that the Prince is a8 favorable to literary piracy, as he would be to making a pirati cal sort of Warfare on England, the dearly beloved friend and ally of his counuy. A change had take place in the management of the theatre called the Gymnase. The fact is only worthy of mention from the circumstance of the late director having eustained a war of more than two years’ duration with the Dramatic Authors’ Society, during which time not w single piece writ- ten by a member of that association was allowed to be presented on his boards. This led to the seces- sion from his troupe ot the celebrated Bouffe, whe had no opportunity of a, pearing in characterseither old or new, in which his extraordinary talent could be fully developed. It was at the Gymnase tha: Pearly all the pieces of the prolific Scribe were brought out and there that he laid the foundation and built up the extraordinary dramatic reputation that he enjoys. Scribe being one of the the prin- cipal and one of the most influential members of the Dramatic Authors’ Society, of course none of hir pieces were performed during the time the theatre wasunder its ban. Since the change in the direc- tion, however, his popular name has re-appeared in the affiches, and crowds throng to the theatre nightly to applaud the same pieces that they applauded on their first representation years and years ago. A brace of outlandish, queer looking men have arrived from the wilds of Bohemia, with another new dunce called the Lavonski, which they hope will be as popular next season as the Poika has been during the present. It is said to be almost as absurd, aud almost as indecent, and will, therefore, doubtless, afford satisfaction to the beau monde of Paris. The men who have come to teach it have heen beset by crowds of dandies (these French fellows have filched our word ‘‘dandies,” and,wity the coolest possible impudence, naturalized it in their jargon), but they wisely refuse togive asingle lesson until the commencement of the next season. A Colloquy between Dan and Lord John, Donec gratus eram tibi—Honace, Book III., Ode 9, O'Connell. ‘Whilst 1 was beloved hy you, And power was mine, and Whigs were true, While you and I imposed upon all, ‘Who s0 blest as D. O'Connell? Lord J. Russell. Whilst to serve us thou didst study, Nor call’dst us “ brutal, base, and bloody,” Nor bad’st thy Irish serfs treat us ill, ‘Who so great as Johnny Russell? O'Connell. Now I know not where toturn— You are powerless, Peel is stern ; Ot friends to aid scarce one come, And must put up with Tommy Duncombe. a J. Russell. Corn and sugar, worn out questions, Now pro’ e strength of Whig digestions ; still ¢! ains let slavers reap, So mobs call out for sugars cheap. O'Connell. Don’t you think we might contrive ‘To keep Sedition’s flame alive ? By Irish griefe and my seclusion Keep up popular delusion ? Lard J. Russell. Though you're better known than trusted, Some sach scheme might be adjusted ; h your guilt each day shows clearer, pport your Writ ef Error. My Speech and Vote. ADDRESSED TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL, BX BENJAMIN D'ORARLA, MP. Air—" My Heart and Lute.” I give thee ail—1can no more— hough base the offering be ; bag 4! jah speech—a Judas yote— Ay ‘he wit of—Coningsby | whose flashy tones reveal y Ieraelitish sont ; Truths like old clothes, to sell to foes, From friends which first it stole. Tho peech and vote mey fail, alas! To aid De oon They'll make my base coin lighter pass, By thimble-rigaing play. Ande’en if Peele moment flings pam scorn upon my strata, 4 jo you, my Lord, ympt the praire, ‘Twill Hits aweet ogsia, 4 June 10, 1046, Washington. [Correspondence of the Merald.] Wasurnaton, July 23, 1844. Death of Tully R. Wise—News fiom H. A. Wise —Thcophilus Fisk—Wilson Shannon—Louisiana Election—-The Texas Question—-John Jones? Declaration ef War—Spanish Minister—Coon Song Serenade, §c. J. G. Bennarr, Esq :— Mr. Tully R. Wise, Ist Auditor of the Trea- sury, died yesterday. He was a man much re- spected, and a good officer. Collector Van Ness may now, from the vacancy occurring, transfer a hundred or two of his applicantsto Washington. Who knows but some one of them may meet with the reward of the ‘early bird?” Mr. H. A. Wise, on his way to Brazil, (some- what out of the way, by the way) writes from Payal, one of the Azure Islands. Health of him- sell and family good. This will be gratifying to every man who properly appreciates the heart and the talents ot Henry A. Wise. From his thin and wasted frame, when he left, we could hardly hope hisreturn, The intelligence from him is, there- fore, the moe agreeable. He cannot failio be of service in our coinmmercial intercourse with Brazil. Mr. Theophilus Fisk, late editor of the Nortolk “Old Dominion,” who waited here, with the patience of Job, all winter and spring tor his lite «ppointment, studying French in the meanuine, left a week ago, (as we apprised you at the time) with despatches tor Mr. Wheaton, at Berlin, We are informed that he sails in the first packet, (from New York, of course, from the fact that she al- ways sends out the first packets ) 5 Hon, Wilkon Shannon on Fiiday last sailed (U. 3. ship Falmouth) trom Nortoulk tor Vera Cruz, on his way to Mexico. The Madisonian, in noticing the fact last evening, calls the Minister Wilson K. Shannon, There isno “RK” in his name, Joho. What did you put it in for? Re-anuexution—hey? From the result of the Louisiana elections, the Democrats must admit some little disappointment We are apprehensive that the Texas bubble didu’t shine as it ought to shine. Mr. Van Buren and Col. Benton took the right ground there—and not- withstanding the “golden moment,” and the ‘iron hoop” of Old Hickory. Our friends might have known, that as ‘‘annexation” was a Tyler project, tt would burn their fingers in attempting to handle it. Allow us on this subject to introduce to you the magnus principium ot the Administration, the inflexible John Jones. (Hear! hear.) John saye, in his leader of yesterday—“*Texas must and will be annexed to this country, even if force should be necessary to accomplish this object.” Here, now— what have you got to say to that, Mr. Bryant 1— surely John must have had his queue lubricated with bear’s oil when he penned that warlike deci- sion. “Walk along, John.” The retired neighborhood of our quarter was vaded last night, by the Clay Glee Club, who sei enaded a numoer of their friends, in the most ap- proved coon dogerels, set to the latest negro cho- russes. ‘Othello’s occupation’s gone.” General Morris may hang up his fiddle, unless he can scrape a second to the yellow girl of Alabama, ‘ Miss Lucy Neal,” now blended with the fortunes of “Harry Clay.” Bos. Long Island. {Correspondence of the Herald.] Cranvatu’s Horst, Isuir, L. I., July 5. Fourth of July at Islip—a Boat Syuadron—<Acci- dent—Sea Sharks. Yesterday, being the glorious fourth, was cele- brated in fine style by a large party of gentlemen from New York City, (men of stamina, such as landlords look upon with courteous smiles,) who came here to enjoy for a few days the pure and in- vigorating breezes, fresh from the ocean, which al- ways prevail at this delightful place—where fevers and sickness are unknown—where rude health and rough appetites soon assail the visitors. The rising sun of this eventful day was received by the repeat- ed discharge of an enormous cannon, found in the sand on Fire [sland beach, (bearing on its face the British coat of arms, and requiring about a keg of powder for each discharge) with the usual accom- paniment oi patriotism, powder and smoke. After oreakfast the party mustered for # sail on cele- orated and beauutul bay in front of the house, where a small fleet of boats was in requisition ; the whole, by unavimous consent, with the title of Commodore, placed under the command of a wor- thy Chancellor fron) New York, who by the im- partiality and justice of his decisions in the case ot disputed brande, gave great satisfaction to hic oumerous friends. After gettiog under weigh, the fleet presented a beautitul and stirring sight, a fine breeze filled the snow white sails «f the different craft, and swept their gaudy banners in the wind ; as each trying to outsail the other came on, cheer- ing and cheering—the jolly Commodore, whose post was at his mast surveying the scene with live- ly grati ‘ion, and filling the air with peals of hearty laughter from all around at the sallies of his never failing wit and good humor. The day pass- ed on delightfully except a slight accident which for a moment caused great anxiety in the party: (this bay Pe Be inlet from the main ocean, is tilled with ail kinds of sea monsters, sharks, sting- ereels, porpoises, and even whales someumes ven turein quest of food) on this day it was remarked iuey were unusually :.umerous, showing themselves with a degree of boldness unaccountable. On approaching the light-house the party prepar- ed to go ashore; a small skiff was brought ulong- side, when the Commodore stepped in fin = companied by a modest young man of sweet, intel- ligent countenance, dressed in black, whose pock- ets were filled with 4th of July candy, tugar plums, &c. Now whether it was that, or what it was that had attracted a large shark, who conti- nued following the boat evea up to her approach- ber the shore, it matters not; suffice it to say that when this young man, standing in the skiff, clearly saw the monster within two feet of him,he became jarmed as to lose his balance, and in his efforts ve himself, parting his arms round the neck of the worthy Commoc jore,dragged him in the wa- ter with him; the water being pretty deep, fears were entertained for their safety, when one of the party (a good swimmer) jumped in to the rescue of the Commodore, and saved him, but the youth in black, alas! was gone—nothing remained but his hat floating on the water. After a laborious and fruitless search for his remaine, to the greateur- ise of the party, he was found at the top of the ight house (minus his coat tails) looking at the Great Western quietly passing up to the city. At bn thee this day, like every other, came to an end, with the addition of sack races, foot races, fireworks, and a grand ball in the evening, where the healthy BA belles of Ishp showed to great advantage. And the landlords, one and all, in thie part of the Island say they wish Fourth¥of July would cume once a week inet of once a yeur. Mysreriovs Arrair.—A man named Gideon Manchester, belonging to Tiverton, R.I., was committed to the jail in this tows, last week, under very suspicious cireumstances, It irs that this man, about eighteen months since, marri young widow, with two chil ren; that after living with her a few months, he had taken her to her mother’s house, where he left her, under the plea that he was unable to support her. After living apart afew weeke, he visited her, some time in the month of August last, and directed her to come through the woods, and meet kim early the next mor. ning at a certain place in the road, where ber ised to meet her witha horse and wagon, avd take her to New Bedford. She accordingly left her home for that t purpor and since, no trace of her be discovered ; Manc! ime day arrived in New Bedford without any baggage, and shipped immediately for a voyage to rea; previous to his suiling, he presented to a female relative, id fashioned gold ring, which has been identified as having been worn by his wife at the time of her leaving hat on asecond voyage he was taken sick {ter remuining in the U. $ Hospital for some time, his place of residence having tained, he was sentheme. On its being known that be had returned to Tiverton, the whole town was thrown into a state of feverish excitement in cor uence of the mysterious disappearance of the wo- man; the citizens, at the June town meetin, inted a committee to investigate the affur, who cauved hes. ter to be taken into custody, and a guard placed over him to prevent his escape. examination was had at Tiverton before a Court, consisting of Judge Childs, of the Court of Common Pleas, and Justicé Durfee of that town, which eventuated in a committal to toke his trial for murder at the August term of the Supreme Court. We understand the prisoner is in very feeble health, and doubts, seem to be entertained whether he will live until the setting of the Court.— Newport Mercury. Intex Riot 1x Burrauo.—About seven o’clock Tenens afternoon, there was quite aspecimen of hiladelphiaiam, at the “infected disirict,” in this city ~ At one time, as we are informed by the watchmen, some two orthree hundred—mostly lrish—were engaged in a eneral knock down. The police interfered, und were themselves pretty severely handled. Watchman Well- man, in particular, was much cut and bruised, At eight o'clock every thing was nearly quiet, four of the princi pel wing been arrested and confined in the ‘wetohhouso,—, Gasette, July 2, Washington Monument Association. Tasegs Goanpe Benner, Esq :— 1Rs— In a recent Herald there was a report of the pro- ceedings ot a meeting of this Aseociation, which amused mea good deal, and astonished me still more, in relation to the statements there made re- specting the collections made, or rather supposed, interred, or falsely represenied to have been made by the trustees, &c. of the old W. M. Society. Now, sir, as one of the directors of the old society, { think the directors of the new one have either been grossly imped upon and deceived by the misrepresentations of ignorant or designing per- or they are deceiving themselves by bubbles, or inferences drawn trom opinions, surmises, false statements, &e., as regards the amouvt collected by the directors, trustees, and collectors of the old association, as well as the actual amount paid over to the treasurer, and deposited tthe Savings Bank, or that was sub- scribed but note ollected. I never heard of thou- sands of dollars having either been subscribed or collected at all. Collections were only made, it my memory serves me rizht, in two wards, which (think were the 5h and 6th; but to what amount { do not know, 4s it was not paid over to the trea- surer, The only money the treasurer got, was the proceeds of two balls, and some individual sub- scriptions, partof which were handed over by me. Now, sir, ag the statements of the new association reflect very injuriously and unjustly on the conduct of some, if notall, of the managers, trustees, di- rectors, collectors, &c, of the old association, though probably not so intended, it appears to me that the directors of the old cannot do less than to investigate the charges that are made against them by the new. We I, therefore, as a director of the old association, suggest to and advise my fellow directors to have a Meeting at a convenient time to investigate this matter, and find out who they ate, ifany, that have got all this money, and if there are any delin- quents, orany who have appropriated the money collected to their own use, let them be exposed, so that the innocent may no longer lie under errone- ous imputations and suffer with the guilty, [ think the directors are calied upon to muke a proper statement of their stewardship, in justice to them- selves, as well as to their fellow-citizens who elec- ted them to that trust. ‘ .As many of the directors, &c. of the old asso- ciation are probably now out cf the city, I suggest and propose that they meet at the Mayor’s Room— the old place of meeting—on the first Friday even- ing in October, then and there to inquire juto and investigate the charges and inputations contained in the published proceedings ot tne new W. M. Association in your paper. Yours, &c, Joun Morrison, One of the Directors of the old W. M. Association of the Fourth Ward. P. S.—If I understood the Treasurer right, a tew days since, the funds in his possession amounted to between $300 and $400, J. M. Losses sy THE FLoop —The Concordia Intelli- gencer of the 13th inst. draws a gloomy picture of the disasters attending the great rise in the Mississippi. That paper snys.—So ta: as we have been able to learn up to the present moment, nearly the entire surface of the two Arkansas counties has been flooded—all the back and interior lands of Carroll parish, say over one-half the en- tire aurtace—near one half of Madison—near one-half ot Vensas—one-third of the eastern front of Catahoula and Franklin token collectively, mostly in Franklin Of the interior cropof Concordia we cannot as yet offer a proba- ble estimate several places making three aud fowr hun dred bales are half flooded, and the water gaining on them rspidly, as it must continue to do until a pontive, and not reported fall takes piace as low down on the M: sissippi as Natchez. ‘The actual loss up to the present date on Roundaway. Vidal, Alligator and Mill Bayous is... ... .. .3,500 bales. On a front ot forty miles in Boliver county, Missixsippi, neai EE +20,000 baler. On Choctaw Bayou, parish of Tensas, 2,600 bales, On Lake St. Joseph and Lake Bruin, peri of Tensas, and vicinity of Hard Times tand- 3.000 bales 5,600 bales. fi parish of Concordia, about. .. x On ten wiles of southern front of Chicot county, Arkans: diene «» 7.000 bales ‘This is but a partial estimate, but shows the damage and loss in the particular vic nities named. The direct Joss is immense, but as yet no probable esti mate of the entire amount can be given. We have made arrangements for collccti.g the details trom the mouth of Arkansas to the mouth of Red River. One of ue will attend personally, aod with care to this matter, in order hat we may vouch for its correctness. Estimates of the lors of cotton by the flood on Red River, Arkabsas, and the Mississippi, we heard made in New O:leans last wees us varying from one te four hun dred thonsand bales—the result, we anticipate, will be in she vicinity of the latter—but the facts shall be supplies us early as practicable, The ultimate +ff-cts of this terrible visitation must be yet nore calamitous, ‘Thousands now see ruin threaten ing them, in\the face of the iair prorpects promised a short time since, and want is known where of late plenty was; and dark despair hus stolen many a hope away. Horry Murper tn tHe Cuoctaw Nation.—A w Agency, June 25th, and pub- 8 Intelligencer, relates the particu iara of a most cold blooded Retest potty for the in of $30 or $100. This horrid deed was committed iv the Choctaw nati n the summit of the dividing ridge between Arkansas and Red rivers, on the military leading from Fort Smith to Fort Towson. The cir- cumstances of the outrage are as follows :—It appear- that a family was returning from Texas to Arkansas or Missouri, and with them two persons named Goddar! and Burgess. The latter bad @ horse, and when they reached Kia wi chi, a stream about twenty miles trom the divid- ing ridge, towards Red River, he persuaded Goddard to leave the wagon, @s they could travel ata faster rate by riding and walking alternately; and they accordingly left the wagon, which proceeded on and overtook ase cond wagon, and enquiry was made if two such person» had passed, when they were told that in the night, while the second wagon was encamped at the foot of the ridge on the Arkansas side, they heard a report of a pistol or gun. and towards morning @ horseman came up and took breakfast and passed on. Owing to the pecullar circum stances, the partics went back to the summit, and found that seme person had encarped there,and also found some articles of dress which were identified and bloody. Upon a further search, a plain trail was found where some bu- ty had been dragged; the rocks were occasionally +pa’- tered with blood, und at a distance of some two hundred yards from the roud, a fire was discovered, and the churt- vd remains of a human body; the head, arms, legs, kc were burnt to ashes, the vertebrae remaining entire, leav- ing no doubt hut Goddurd had been murdered and the bo dy barnt. He was kaown to have some eighty er a hun- dred dollars, partly in Missour: money, while Burgess, it 1. nearly destitute. The family where burgess took breekfast, state he made enquiry about the value of Misrouri money, stating thet he had been at work in Texas for aman named Burgess, and had received some Missouri money in pay. well known by the emigrants; pursuit was made, and no doubt he ig apprehende Burgess immediately Suicrpg ny Hanatna —A few ae ago, a man, a resident of this city, went to Mr. Wentworth, Police Justice, and asked the privilege ot being sent to jail as the onfy' mcans of avoiding the use and abuse of in- toxicating liquors, in which he had long indulged to ex ceas. After some hesitation on th rt of Jusuce Went: ranted; and, furnished with a the jailer, and was shat jay morning, being attacked by delirinm tre- mena, he was removed to the county house, but had not been there long before he wus found suspended by the neck, stone dend. The deceased was naturally kind- hearted, good citizen, Leg | his unfortunate sub mission to an eppetite ravenous for liquor. He way about 45 of age—has left a wife and four children —nrespectable but an unhappy family. This is asolemn and loud warning to all wee, indulge in the use of ardent spirits, as faw can promise themvelves an exemption from a fate as deplorable as his of whom we have now chront cled the melancholy demise —Rochester Advertiser. Supreme Covrt—Urica, Saturday, July 20— Present, all the Judges.—No. 7. Thorn vs. Bell, the urgument which was commenced x erday, cou- cluded, No. 40. Courtney ais. Bancroft. A reserved cal Mr. Garvin for plaintiff. Mr. Noxon for defen dant, Ne 1 granted, costs to abide the event of suit No. 64, Davis va. Deming. A reserved cat Mr.J.A Spencer fordefendont. Mr. Noxon for plaintiff, Motion for new trisl denied, 68 Clark, President of the Far mers Dank of Geneva, vs. The Commercial Bank of Ne + York. Areserved cause, Mr. Blatchford and Mr. B. F. Butler for defendant Mr. 8. A Foot for plaintiff, On argument (the opening only commenced) at the time of adjournment. The Court having been occupied upon casea which had been passed and reserved.—No. 86 con- tinues to be next in order on the calendar. Surreme Court—''tica, Monday, July 22— Present, the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Beards ley. No, 66—Clark, President of the Farmers’ Bank of Geneva, vs. The Commercial Bank of New York. A re- served catise. Mr. Blatchford and Mr. B F. Butler for defendant. Mr. 8. A. Foot for plaintiff Argument com: menced on Saturday, continued. On argument at the time of adjournment. The Conrt having been «ccupied upon cases which had been passed and reserved, No. 06 continues to be next in order on the calendar. Lovistawa Exrction —The New Orleans Tropic of the 15th instant concedes the election of Morse (Democrat) to Cor 88 from the 4th district, The re turns from all the districts are in and the result is thot the Whigs have a majority of 8 inthe House of Representa tives, The Senate stands, as we have before stated, nine Democrats to eight Whigs, Mr. Morse, the member of Congress elect from the 4th district, representa the Ope- lousus district in the Senate. Sricy.—It is a sing! incidence that in Pike county, Ohio, the two: candidates for the office of Auditor, are Stephen Poppet and Joseph, V. Mustard. Charity and Alms House of the City of New York. Ata meeting of the Board of Aldermen on the 15th inst , a report was presented froma committee appointed cn a previous oceasion, to whem was re- terred the subject in relation to the reorganization | of the pauper department of the Alms House, &e. | , After the usual preliminaries of having visited the | lum, and examined the extent of the ae , it proceeds to. Uons of the building, ard the condition of its ine Alms Houses, made ingnirie: say: ‘* On the first day ef July instant, the number of white adults in our Alms House, Lunatic Price Two Cents. ¢ out the experiment of mekirg Jabor in all cases the only condition gf relief to wble- bodied pauperiem. By conc ing the chariteble establishments, it will diminish the annual expen- diures for their eupervision, wnd the number cf physicians, matrons, keepers, and other cflicers how employed in taking care of them.” In a report of the sume commitice, dated, July 8, is stated, “that they have visited the suid enable us to catty r mat 8 inrelanon thereto. There are now three huncrsd and twenty insane patients on the aelend ; Asylum | and the Asylum is 80 crowded that temporary Leds aud Penitentiary, was (wo thousand seven hundred | (and several of them in the seme toom,) me and ninety. Of this number one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one were foreigners, and mine hundred and nine only were native Americans.— More than two thirds foreigners, and the same pro- portion undoubtedly exists among the inmates ot our prisons and other establishments connected with the Alms House department. The disburse- menta +f the city in support of this establishment during the year ending the 3st of December, 1843, amc unted to $251,000, without reference to the in- terest on the vast sums expended and invested in the necessary grounds and buildings. During the same period there was received by the city, trom the provision made for the support of bouded pas- sengers, the sum of $7,342 78; and for commuta- ton fees ef alien immigrants the sum of $5,922 50, amounting to $13 265 28; the whole of which we will place to the credit of alien pavperism. From these data it m+y be readily demonstrated that the city of New York is wisce taxed to the amount of $150,000 a vear for the support of alien paupers ani vagrants,” . They then proceeded to argue that this burden is not justly thrown upon the tax payiwg eitizers of New York, and call for the interference of the Federal Government toremedy the evil Itis then stated that—‘* It cannot be denied that the Aime: House evtablishment at Bellevue has been made subservient to party purposes; and that sturdy pau- pers, abundantly able to maintain themselves by honest lubor, have been supported there winter al- ter winter in idleness, at the expense of the tax paying citizens, and, as would seeim, for no other purpose than that of securing suflrages for the dom Inant party. ‘The State election in the fall is uo sooner ovet, than crowds of able bodied paupers throng our Alms Hou-e. They are clothed, tea, and lodged well, during the inclement season of the year; and in the spring, without having contri- buted a penny in money or labor tor their winter’: entertainment, they are marched up to the polls to vote away the rights and property of the selt-sup- porting laborers and independent citizens.”— Further, that—* The demagogue may disguise it or pailiate it «s he may, no man of ordinary intel ligence can deny that it is onerous and unjust to the self supporting laborers of the city—that num- bers of irresponsible, nameless, able-bodied pau- pers, nore than two-thirds of them of foreign birth, should be set out from our Aims Houses to the polls, and exercise the same rights and privileges of citizenship with those at whose expense they have been masntained. Your Committee would therefore recommend the adoption of such regula- tions a8 may tend in some measure to secure the city against the danger and disgrace of being go verned by an administration elected by the tenant» of an alms house. Your committee would also suggest the prcpriety of adopting such further regu lauions as may be necessary to keep the able bodied paupers in constant employment. It matters lite what that employment may be--whether within the walls of the establishment or withont—wheth er in repairing the roads, cleaning the streets, ham- tering stone, or in the iabors of agriculture, _It is laid down by ail those who have most attentively considered this "subject, that * whea the wants ot any destitute able bodied person are supplied by relief given in return for work, the work or mode ot reliet should not be such as to raise the congi- tion of the pauper above that of the lowest selt- supporting laborer, or induce any one to make the parish the first, instead of the last, recourse in cuse of need.” ? ; Alter suggesting several modes for employing paupers, the Comunittee say,—** Now, while it ir aeliber necessary nor humane to visit mere pover- ty with puyishment, a due regard to the interest of honest and provideut labor requires that no charta- ble rejiet shoutd be afiorded to those who are able but reluctant to undergo any toil, however humbl or severe, that 18 sustained by the classes who are indepenueat of charitable relief” And to carry this idea out the Committee suggest means. The Committee neat proceed to consider the disposition of the pauper children now placed upou the Long Island Farme. “ Your Committee believe that it would be good ecovoiy to sell these farms, und remove the school to Randull’s tstand. The would con¢cntrate the charitable establielments of the city, and diminich, to some extent, the expen ses of maintaining them in distinct and distant Jo- cations. Some charge, moreover, appears materi al in the present mode of educoling these unfortu nate chilnren, which would beties secure their pre sent comfort, and better fit them for future usetul ness. They now pass their time between the school and the play-ground ; and the reeult is, that when they arrive at the age when they are selected 48 apprentices they are ignorant of every descrip tion of usetul labor, and are quite unaccustomed to wholesome discipline aud restraint, Mouths, there fore, aud sometimes years, elapse, before their oli tabits are eradicated and new and useiul ones im planted ; aud they are, meanwhile, harebly treatec ny their masters for perverseness aud stupidity, which are really chargeable to their ignorance only, and bad education. Your committee would therefore suggest that these children ought to be placed on, certainly. no better footiog than that of che children of in self-supporting laborers, anc like them should be accustomed to labor from av early age. Experience proves that there can be worse policy than that of placing pauper childr or adults in circumstances really or apparently bet- ter than those of the seif-supporting laborets and the children of the poorest class, (ne-third o1 more of the farm children are of sufficieut »ge and trength to be employed profitably in light farming or other labor. They should be treated, then, the children of the agricultural laborers, who are employed ix or eight months of the year in such labor inthe field or garden, or the house, as is adapt- ed to their strength, and the remainder of the year tn euch useful instruction at schoo! as is likely to be of service to them in the subsequent portions of their lite.”* we i In support of this view, the committee quotes largely trom Dr. Kay’s Report, on the training of pauper children, contained in the appendix to the fourth annual Report of the Poor Law Cormmis- sioners, tor Ingland and Wales. To carry ou these suggestions, they recommend the location for such institution to be on Randall’s Island, and also an outline of the plan of the building, required for such purpose. They next proceed to suggest, that “ measures should immediately be ado;ted to secure the two great results indicated by your Committee, to wit: making labor the aniform condition of relief to the able-bodied poor, and educating the infant paupere tn such well regulated and systematic habits ot ia- bor as will teach them early the necessivy and the means of jasallels for themselves, and render then: capable ofready usetulness when they are transferr- ed trom the asyluin to the trade or service in w! they are to earn their livelihood. This plan con. templates, of course, a sale of the Farm's scheo brig mibee on Long Island, and a sale of the property at Bellevue; that is to say, the whole of the two hundred lots lying between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-sixth streets and the Second Avenue and the water, and as many of those lying between Twenty-six and Twenty-eight streets and the Se- cond Avenue and the water as may not be desira- ble or necessary to retain for the purposes of a house of detention for temporary uses, tor the occasional disposition of prisoners and paupers previous to thei: transfer to the Island, and tor the final conversion of the Alms Honse proper into a City |Lospital.”” Further, ‘‘ Your Comin ttee would suggest the erection upon Blackwell's [sland of a suitable build ing to be used as a House of Ketormation, that should unite the character of a prison and work house, for the confinement and employment oi vagrants and mendicants, whose destuutio: is the consequence of their vices, and whose condition, without abselutely requiring severe or infamous puntshment,rendeis them unable to earn a reputable livelihood. This class should be removed altoge ther from the unfortunate and virtuous poor, with- out being absolutely identified with those who have been guilty of actual and infamous crimes, There are many who, alter having suflered ihe punish- ment which the law attaches to their offence, and thus expiated it in the eye of the law, are unable in consequence of this offence to resume any situation in society which will enable them to earn an hon- est support. The same isfrequently the lot of other offenders, who may have escaped the penaities of the law, but with whom the loas of character is the loss of the means efsubsistence. Society demand: that all these classes should have a place ot refuge and reformation, and it should be neither a prisor nor a workhouse, but an institution which partakes ot the character of both.” ‘This building is suggested to be on Biackwell's Island. In conclusion the Report states, ‘ It will obliged to be prepared on the floor tor their p:ghily jodgings. This arrangement peceesanly expores the immates togr-at danger; forasudden paroxysm of viownce on the part of any one of them, so ei- tuated, might be attended with injurious and fatal consequences to the others, before any aesistence could possibly arrive. Increased accommodations, theretore, fer this unhappy class cf humanity, ep- year to be indispensably necessary ; end as there is no calamity of our nature which more strongly ep. peals to our sympathy than the desolate mind of the idiot and the insane, it isa duty to which po cne can be indifferent, to provide for their necersiier, and to fursich such alleviations of their forloin and helpless state, as their respective condilions permit,” and suggest certain resolutions to carry their pro- posed alterations into effect. Recovery or Carr. Kivp’s Vesser.— Having learned that some persons were unable to obtaia stuck in this enterprise, and not hearing much about it, I did not know but the matter had Leen abandoned, and consequently applied io one of t parties interested to be informed. I found on en- quiry that instead of making any public etir inthe matter, every preparation hasbeen quietly made, and at great expense, and thattthe work is going on with great vigor. Abouttwenty men are enyloy- ed. The parties have every confidence in the re- sult, and say they have been cenfirmed mere aud more since the enterprise was undertaken. ‘I} are now at work with diving bells, dresses, b mets, and powerful pumps, and have the means of putting down five men ut on The apparatus tor taising itis on a most improved plan. So far us the investigation has progressed since the c¢m- mencement, it has been most encouraging. ‘The vize of the vessel is ascertained to be very lege, and of at least ihirty feer beam, her timber burn- ed, thus answering the traditions of Kidd’s veceel, and putting at rest the idea of its being a gun boat, or apy small craft, which thore who knew nothing about the character of her armament have sup- posed. This gentleman remaiked that the taci- tions had been proved true so far, and that be could not but believe they would in'the most im- portant point, viz. in regard to ber treasure. ‘The gentlemen interested in the matter state that itis nottheir design to make a a speculation of the af- tuir, and that they cannot make sales of stock turther than to save themselves trom serious lose, should they be disappointed in their expectations, The stock is in demand, which might be expected, now it isseen with how much vigor the matter 19 pursued, and the confidence the parnes maniiest who have spent so much ume and money in the iuvestigation of the affair, SENBX. Peritovs Voyaa An open boat containing fonr men, arrived at Lewiston on Saturday, ulter # pertie voyage ot fourteen days from Bermuda, “Tho undertak- ing is, perhaps one of the most adventurous ever record- the frail bork that bore them is but 23 feet in length of only four tons burthen, ‘Ihe voy agers experienced ‘wo tremendous storums in the Gulf stream, and beng tirely open and Pallasted with pig iron, their cockie like craft was with difficulty kept trom foundering ‘lo ucdto their misfortunes, their little stock of provisions, and even their water were destroyed by the hurricanes, sod they must have perished hed they not fortunately falien in With abarque bound from New York ty Churleston, the captain of which kindly supplied them with bircuits and water, Noneot the tour were sailors or sequainted with nevigat: and the ouly instrument on beard the boat was a small compars, They mude the coast se- veral days before they could effect a landing, and sc. cording to their culculations, saiel at least reventy miles slong the ebore, betore they mode Henlopen ight Louse. When they landed, they were m a mest ces litute condition, not one ef them baving a bat ov his head, and their clothes hud been Jiterally torn from their backs mn battling with the ocean, {t wall naturally be veked what could indnce men tosuch # perilous undertakirg ? This may he answered in afew words—they sre rot nee lives of Bermuds, three of them being Englishmen, and the other au Inishinan ; all were mechames and working men, and they arrived in Bermuda some tine since mm hopes of “betiering theircondition;” m this they were ported; the well known caiamitons dionght stegnotion of business Jett them without most destitute; aud one of them baving on hus arrival, purchased the boat for trading aiot ¢ the si ore, he proposed to the others the hazardous voyage to this Country which they have so previdentivily “uccompltsh- vd. Three of the adventurers arrived inthis city yester- 4 in the steainer Stockton It may be remarked that the which bore these m:n to our shores. is much smailer chen the onein which the * Wogstaff Family” ventared the same voyage a few years smce.— Philadelphia Sun, July %4. Menancuoiy Accipent.—An accident of a truly melancholy character occurred neur the city yes erday moriing. Silos R. Howe, lately in the +mploy- ment of 8. Kendrick, of Detroit, took passage for the Bast on boardthe North America. On the way to Pittsford, he took from his trunk @ very neat rifle of lar © bo and ioaded it to shoot squirrels. He endeavored to fi so veral times without success, the cap exploding without tischarging the gun. While examining the concition of he piece, the bout arrived at Pittsford Jock In stooping to pase the bridge, it is eupposed that the lock canght in some part of bis clothes, and when he rese up the piece went off, sending the bail directly through bis hesd, en- ‘ering just above the eye, and scuttering pertions of the ‘rain in varions directions. Notwithstending the seve- rity of the wound, the unfortnnate man lived three hours. His mother ond friends reside in East Poultney, Vermont. the coroner has possession ot his effects, which await be order of his friends. In his pocket was a letter from 118 mother, with this caution—“ Silas, be very careful of your gun.”—Rochester Democrat, July 20. ette of in this ched us hat the Onto Wueat Cror —Che Cincinnati G the 18:h instantsays—“The wheat harv egion ia over. From the information that re: ress, we had been Jed to believe one, and the grain of overage g eport inclines us to doubt the the former point, and the samples of the ne which have been presented at the soills here by no means curtain the latter, The gran is smail and light. No sample has yet been offered for which our millers would pay over 606 per busbel. From the information at hard, we enppore the morket will open here at about 50 a 60c for the different qualities.” Mormons.—The last Quiney Herald says:—No outbreaks have occurred since our last, will tte exception that an enti Mormon, whise harvesting in his wheat field, last week, was shot at and wounded hy tone one as yet Unknown. The impression seems to be that he anti:Mormons are secretly preparing to moke up at- tack on the Mormons in their city, when they shail bave procured sufficient strength The religious wn: political principles of the Mormons are to at with the princi ples of our goverument, that it seems impossible ior them and their opponents to reside in the same county The Warsaw Signal of the lth, hae a very full ond fri article, justilying, in a great measure, the late vio~ ee, Yanxer Incenuity.—We see it stated in the Montreal ‘Times, as a fact, that at several poi which divides a portion of the § ermont from Lower Canada Yankees which, os we would right on the fence—or, one halt on the Americen In the Canadion half they keep and sell such articles as are subje American tariff, and vice versa Inthe Americ they atore all the goods upon which the Canedians im- pone a tmx! ong the boundary of New York and ‘rorm.—We are informed, ium, by ® gentleman just from on ‘Saturday Inst_a hail storm occurred there, more destructive in its effects then any which bas preceded it, ‘The trees in many places were completely stripped of their fr Destructive Hart CoNnTRIBUTIONS To THR FuND.--Gen. Cadwalla- Jer acknowledges the receipt of fifty dollars trom Boston, und General Patterson ten dollars from New York, to wards the fund for the relief of the citizen soldiers shot in my performing their duty on the 7th instant, by the re e 2 ‘WINES, CORDIALS, 368 t2 FULTON STR N APOLEON COURLIN cwayson bis hinds a comp! choice of Frew lerman am oa and aparhl ag, in em Canks, Cases, per tan, gallon und bottles, Also, Freveh Vinegars, Gin, Ram, Absynth Korsh, o'd au petior Brandy in pipes, ball pipe a exnen, Per. wal ot hes ar! ha! 0 is ho, hows, Bouseges of Bowur, Ly it tin CAST OFF CLOTHING. LMMEN OR FAMILIES desir’ ny of conversing ciah their auperilaves or east off Clothing,» ! IGHEST CASH PRI To families or centiemen quy'tivn the ehinsir todispose of will fins it 43, Prep) AH Tans whewil tte: ere at Ube mimeot WEE V ETE, Other So Wal strert, and 90470 Hadron at Clothing e'eaned aad repaired, LJ* A trae chrOOBN (he pont Offige, or othatwise, will receive Prompt attention, yim re