The New York Herald Newspaper, August 22, 1844, Page 2

Y NEW YORK. HERALD. New York, Thursday, August 99, 1844. Astounding Intelligence—Mr, Tyler’s For- mal Withdrawal at Last! The mighty parturition which the nation has been awaiting for the last month is accomplished. Mr. Tyler is formally withdrawn. The Captain has indeed retired from the field, and his mighty host—ihe men of valour, of truth, of decency, of honesty, of patriotism, and of purity, oh! what purity!—have gone over body and soul—no, not soul, we had better not say soul—body, bones and all, then, have gone over to the§camp of Polk end Dallas. Thejletter of Mr. Tyler annunciatory of this with- drawal from the Presidential contest, will be found on the first page of our paper this morning. We have read it with a great deal of pleasure. Hav- ing fairly shaken off the unhappy influences which have weighed him to the very dust of humiliation, he recovers his natural bearing, and speaks and looks like a sensible and honest man. Throughout the whole document there is atone of manly and patriotic spirit which all right-hearted men must admire. With calm and characteristic dignity Mr. Tyler vindicates his principles and conduct during the past period of his administration, and successfully repels the rabid assaults which have been made upon him by un- scrupulous and unprincipled political adversaries. In the exercise of the Veto power—in the negotia- tion of important treaties—and inthe general course and policy offhis administration, he maintains, and in our belief, justly and truly maintains—that he was actuated bya sincere desire to promote what he regarded as the welfare and permanent prosperity of the country. He dwells at some length fon the Texas question, and turns the tables completely on Mr. Clay and Mr.Van Buren, by his reference to their former eftorts to carry this measure into effect. The letter isclosed by a brief appeal to the candor and impartiality of the people of the Union, in the belief that at that tribunal he will obtain ample vindication from the calumnies and misrepresentations of his malignant foes. We say we have read this manly and forcible letter with satisfaction, and so we are persuaded all candid and impartial men will say after its perussl..4We were the first to step in to the defence of Mr. Tyler, when he was deserted and assailed by both parties. In all the great and important measures of his administration, he has had onr support, because we regarded these mea- sures as just, sound, practical, and calculated to promote the interests of the republic. But from first to last we have been unsparing in our exposure and rebukes of his weaknesses—his want of deci- sion—his sufferance of silly, of stupid, of selfish and corrupt advisers. Still Mr. Tyler’s weaknesses have been those of a generous and honest man; that they have been taken advantage of by the most worthless, despicable, and unprincipled sets of men to befound in the sinks of corruption, we need notadd. Mr. Tyler should ascribe to this circumstance the greatest amount of the vitupera- tion and abuse which have been poured out against him. Had his one great purpose been to create in every city, town and hamlet, where “ Tyler men” existed, living and moving objects toexcite disgust and detestation of every thing connected with his name and adminisira- tion, Mr. Tyler could not have succeeded better than by the sufferance of such creatures as those who affected to represent his “party.” If, at an early period of his administration, he had swept away allthe miserable, corrupt, and unprincipled office beggars and office holders, about him, and had surrounded himself with honest, intelligent, and patriotic men, whose hands were clean, and their consciences unseared, he would have a very different prospect on which to look back, and would occupy avery different position now. How- ever, Mr. Tyler’s administration has been an event- ful and usetul one in an eminent degree. It will read well in the history of the country. The crisis, indeed, which had arrived when he was so unex- pectedly placed in the Presidential chair, was im- portant and peculiar, and hispromotion to the helm ot state—an honest man without a party—was the most auspicious of events possible. Both the fac- tions were palsied for the time. Their powers cf mischief were temporarily destroyed. The coun- try was allowed to right herself, to use a vulgar but sufficiently expressive phrase. Her vast resources were allowed to develope themselves. The curse of excessive legislation—of unnecessary legisla- tion—was removed, and the elements of national prosperity were permitted to operate in the work of resteration to former sound and vigorous health. It was like the case of an ill-conditioned wound which had been irritated by constant probing, but when let alone, rapidly healed. John Tyler possessed sufficient intelligent patriotism, and just enough sagacity to be fitted for such acrisis. And his reward will be, in the honorable connection of | his name and administration, with anjimportant and memorable period in the national history—a period of transition from great depression to great pros- perity—from great gloom, anxiety, and dread, to great sunshine, hope and promise. As to Mr. Tyler’s nomination and all that, it was a farce and nothing but a farce, from beginning to end—understood and regarded by every body asa farce. Andwe'don’t believe that any body has gained much by it. Mr. Tyler didn’t gain any thing by it—and the gain to the standard of Polk and Dallas by his withdrawal, will probably be about equal to the accession made to the King’s camp near Shrewsbury by the host of that renown- ed warrior—Sir John Falstaff. Anotuer Democratic Orcan.—Another Demo- cratic paper made its appearance in this city yester- day. Itis edited by Mr. O'Sullivan, and is as dull, flat and respectable as these things usually are. Mr. O’Sailivan isa young man of high literary at- tainments, great sincerity, and undoubted patriot- | ism—qualities altogether unnecessary now-a-days in the field of politics, and, indeed, rather burden- some than otherwise to the laborer. Talent, de- cency, and sincerity, are taken to the wrong mar- ket altogether when they are offered in the sham- bles of politics. Mr. (Sullivan has been working very hard for the last five or six yearsto get into the Evening Post and Sedgwick clique of this city— and alas! he has succeeded. Poor young man! He really deserved a better fate. There are now, we believe, about half a dozen Democratic papers in the field for the campaign in this city, and in every little village where there isa tount of long primer, and an old Ramadge press, they are starting into existence. The December frosts kill all these sort of things. Tue Crewnep Horkis.—Howard’s Hotel is at present so crowded with southern merchants and other visitors, that scarcely a single room in this large establishment remains unoccupied. The other hotels are nearly equally crowed to excess ; in fact, our city has not been so full of strangers at this season of the year for a number of years past as it is at present. There is every indication of a large fall trade, asa look in at the various mer- chants’ stores in the vicinity of Wall, Pearl, and the principal places of trade in the city fully prove. Business is already beginning to assume a brisk appearance preparatory to the fall trade ; another proof of the flourishing condition of the country. Inist Minstaetsy.—Mr. M’Michael, the cele- brated Irish Minstrel, hae arrived in this city, and in the course of the ensuing week will devote a few evenings to this subject, which, if repor this and the old country are at all correct, he is a perfect master of, and at the same time a most beautiful vocalist. “Tu Meoascors.”—We have received two or three communications making inquiries about “the Megasecope,” the new instrument from Paris, to be exhibited by Dr. Lardner, in the course of his lee- tures at Palmo’s, next week. We must reter these inquirers to the Deotor himeelt, Tue Common Counci.—The Boards will meet on Monday evening next, after.a recess of nearly & month, during which time they have enjoyed Ives on various pleasure excursions—have Teported on the condition of the various watering Places in our vicinity—and have made astonishing improvement in the seasoning of turtle soup, and the preparation of lobster salad. Meanwhile, the good people of this great metropolis were left to the mercy of large gangs of rowdier, who frequent the corners of our principal streets, and make a prac- tice of insulting females as they pass along—and murder hus been actually perpetrated in our public thoroughfares, with a daring recklessness, because of the total absence of a police force, or competent body of watchmen, to protect the lives, persons, and property of our citizens. Since the election to power of our present city government, the numerous abuses that have exis- ted, and still exist, in various parts of the city, have been pointed out by us, with a view to their removal, Our repeated admonitions have been totally neglected, while the chiet ‘‘ reform,” which the ‘‘ Native ” party have given us, amounts to nothing more than the creation of some new offices—which they have filled with their own nominees—and the appointment to office of a host of hungry beggars in the room of a number of men whom they have removed. {[n looking over the aggregate amount of ‘‘reform”—that reform so loudly promised by the “* Natives” since they have come into office—we look in vain for any bold or decisive steps towards the removal of abuses, which have been increasing from year to year under the reign of the other factions, or the reali- zation of any of those promises which were so s0- lemnly made by the new party. Without the aid of an effictent police force, to uphold the civil authorities, and check the licentious abuses that everywhere stare us inthe face, itis in vain to look for that “reform,” that safety, order and re- gularity, which invariably mark the efficient work- ing of a proper system of city government. Aldermen may make occasional excursions, and obtam an ephemeral notoriety, by chas- ing abandoned females off our public high- ways—the records of our police courts may swell with the daily amount of crime— and criminals at a vast public expense may be pro- secuted to conviction; may, sometimes may es- cape the consequences of their crimes by the per- nicious system of ‘straw bail,” or by the more demoralizing and law-defying connivance and aid of some of our very officers of justice—all this can go on—and will go on—without the aid of a pro- per and efficient police force. How ridiculous is all the idle parade about the closing of groggeries ona Sunday, when in the absence of a police to enlorce the provisions of this salutary law, the drunkard can go into almost any groggery in the city on that sacred day, and enjoy himself in grea- ter security than when this pernicious practice was openly tolerated The same argument is applica- ble to every other department in our city—both as regards cab racing, filthy streets, attacking females in the public streets, and the host of other evils that present themselves in all directions—making the laws that have been enacted to check them, a very mockery. It is idle for the present Common Council to make a useless splutter about new laws and reform! when we have no police force to carry out the law—hence the great and increased amount of crime which has latterly swelled the calendars of our courts, and given confidence to the murderer to penetrate his foul deed in our streets—to the very officer of justice to throw open the bars of his cell to the convicted criminal. But the Board of Common Council will meet on Monday evening—their minds fully impressed with a conviction of the crying necessity for an efficient police force, and yet we shall find them squander- ing away the public time and the public money in useless party squabbles and idle dehates uponsome silly objections to the passage of a resolution in favor of a paltry party appointment. We would put it ‘gravely to tae Common Council—is there anything to prevent the veriest “‘rowdy” in the purlieus of our city, from assaulting with impunity in the noon day, or at night time, the inoffensive and order loving citizen as he walks through our streets? If he be attacked, he looks in vain for some policeman, and finds but little sympathy from the passer by. Let us look, too, at the frequent tows and squabbles that diegrace our public tho- roughfares in the noonday, and no police at hand to prevent them. On all hands we see the indica- tions of the total absence of efficient municipal authority, and in those indications we perceive the tokens of the approaching dissolution of the “ na- tive” party. It was the watchword of reform, and only that, which collected the hosts under their banner that enabled them to triumph. What did the great mass of the intelligent and patriotic citizens who voted at the Jast election for the “ natives,” hav- ing formerly, out of disgust with the old factions, refrained from going to the polls at all—what did they care for all the rigmarole about the naturali- zaticn laws? What, in fact, did many of the “natives” themselves, and the best of them too, care for the long tirades about the “Irish,” and “corduroy breeches” and the “greasy Dutch?” Reform was wanted—reform was promiged by the new party, and attracted by that promise, numbers flocked to the standard of the “ natives,” sufficient to give them victory at the polls. And now, that instead of honestly fulfilling their pledges, these “natives” in office are spluttering and swaggering about repeal of the naturalization laws, which 18 of not the slightest moment to this community one way or the other, they may rest assured that the power that made them will unmake them, and from that righteous doom nothing can save them. A Monument To THe Memory or Cart. Law- RENcE.—At length there appears to be some pros- pect of a suitable testimonial to the memory of this hero erected, On Tuesday last a meeting was held at the arsenal of those parties who were desirous of seeing such object carried into effect. His Excellency Governor Bouck was appointed president; Major Generals G. W. Sandford and J. Lloyd, Vice Presidents; Brigadier General F. E. Mather, Corresponding Secretary; Capt Fohn T. Cairns, Recording Secretary; C. A. Worth, Esq., President of the City Bank, Treasurer. It was also resolved that the rames of all subscribers, together with the amount subscribed, should be published in the final report of the Board. Harte Rairoav.—The running arrangements on this road are of the most miserable kind. There isno particular time for starting—no particular time to make between different points, and judging from the repeated accidents that happen, we should think there was very little safety in travelling on any part of the road to Harlem ; beyond that place, there appears to be but one conductor and every thing goes right, but this side there are more masters than men. The directors should appoint one man to govern affairs, so far as passengers are concern- ed, and not all have a hand in the business, caus- ing confusion and great loss of time to those who are compelled tg use this conveyance in coming to and going from the city. Distinaursugp Vistrors.—Among the visitors at present sojourning at the Astor House, are Mrs. Butler (formerly Miss Fanny Kemble, the eminent actress;) Commodore Barney, U. 8. Navy, and General Cadwallader, Philadelphia ; Hon, J. P Kennedy ; General O’Donnell, Md.; Mr. Ander son, the distinguished English tragedian, who ar- tived by the “ Acadia,” and will open at the Park in September. Atthe City Hotel, Hon. H. G. Otis At the Globe Hotel, Lieut. Hunter, U.S. Navy, and Commodore Dewey. At Franklin House, Captain Frazer. _—__ A New Mosicar Canptoate ror Pusnic Fa- vor.—A Miss Barnett has arrived from Europe, and makesher first appearance before aNew York audience thia evening at the Apollo Music Saloon, 202 Canal street. Report speaks highly of her ta ents as exhibited in the old country, Saratoga Correspondence—No. ™ U. 8. Horet, Saratoga, Aug. 20, 1844 Present C. of the Drama. Between the fine and the useful arts thereis a striking difference. In the latter, all productions of every degree of excellence are estimated and sought for in the exact proportion to the emount of utility they afford and to the cheapness with which they can be supplied. In the former, productions of the first order of excellence alone are prized and cheapness is little regarded, if, indeed, be not looked on as a disparaging mark. It is not merely with ‘indiflerence that inferior productions of art are regarded. Such objects to a refined and cul- tivated eye, are positively repugnant, and excite a sense of vulgarity. It seems an instinct implanted in the mind to urge us on in the course of refine- ment, to elevate us above the grosser and more material objects. The stage, as a department of the fine urts, is eminently subject to these observations. Who that has been familiar with the sublime im- personations of Mrs. Siddons, or with the. beauti- ful and teuching performances of Miss O*Neil, could derive the slightest enjoyment from any fe- male artist in the same lines now on the stage? How greatly is the sense of enjoyment which would result from the personation of Macbeth, by Macready, blunted by the fresh remembrance of John Kemble, or from that of Othello, by the vivid recollection of the matchless performance of Kean ? It is not that the present stage artists are bad posi- tively, but they are bad comparatively. The stage would be in a more flourishing condition than it is, even though the present artists were of inferior ex- cellence, provided only that they were not preceded by so many who have been gifted with higher dra- matic powers. It is said that the taste for the legitimate drama, at least in its highest branches, is on the decline, both here and in Europe, and the failure of the principal theatres of London and Paris, as well as those of this country, is given as evidence in sup- port of this position. : How is this to be tested? Is it because with the talent now available paying houses cannot be kept up through the season at Drury Lane and Covent Garden, at the Theatre Frangais, or at the Park 1 In reply to this we will ask, does any one doubt that Macbeth, supported by John Kemble and his immortal sister, or Othello,toffered by Kean in the prime of his vigor, would again command over- flowing houses at either of the patent London theatres? Is any evidence in favor of this position to be drawn from the fact that every seat is engag- ed at the Theatre Frangais, even the musicians be- ing driven from their customary places whenever Rachel gives her representations? Are the houses drawn by Macready at the Park any proof of this? The latter are said not to have come up to the ex- pectation either of the actor or the managers in his second engagement? We do not know what these expectations were, or on what they were grounded, but we do know this, that the evidences on the whole were sufficient to vindicate the public from the charge of insensibility to the claims of the le- gitimate drama. The plain truth is, and it is vain to close the eyes upon it, that the standard of the public taste in regard to the legitimate drama, instead of falling, has risen—risen above the condi- tion of the average available talent, and the result 1s, that the market does not afford a sufficient amount of dramatic genius, in that department, to keep open, with profit, those theatres which are more especially devoted to it. In high comedy the condition of things is no better. Since the retirement of Mars, that class of performance on the French stage has sunk. With all the admiration which must be accorded to Mrs. Nisbett, she is not the Beatrice or the Rosalind, or the Lady Teazle, or the Mrs. Sullen, who can up- hold that department of the drama. William Far- ren ig, it is true, a host ; but it is the old men only —gentlemen,we should say, that he engtosses. Mrs. Glover would have been a most efficient supporter olfthis department of the stage, but alas! the “‘ sun- set of lite” has come upon her, and great as her powers still are, they are not all that is wanted. Charles Matthews and his wife, Mrs. Humby, and a few others keep breath in the body of legitimate comedy at the Haymarket, and that is all that can be said. More of this anon. An Evrorgan Traveer. OG- Bennett's Heraldtit may be as well to inform our friends every where, who hear of it but do not see it, is sold out, body and gizzard, to the Loco Focos for the campaign, and is busy jabricating returns and falsifying issues to suit its new vocation. Having done its utmost give a victory to Nativiam in the Spring, it is now doing all it can to make that victory redound to the advan of Loco Focoism. All that we desire is that it be fairly understood abroad, and not{palmed off as a ‘‘neu- tral” paper, as the Journal’ of Commerce often is.—N. Y. Tribune. 0G The New York Herald has been ont and out for ar oti the commencement of the campaign.— Detroit e Press. These are but specimens of the way in which the blockheads of the party press blunder and lie about our position and the manner in which we exert our influence. There is nothing they dread so much as an independent press, and hence their unceasing efforts to weaken its power by all ‘sorts of stupid falsehoods. Do we state the truth clearly and impartially with respect tothe movements, the prospects, or the triumphs of the whigs? Then the cry is raised, “ah! Bennett is sold to the whigs!” Do we on the other hand, state with equal clearness and impartiality the truth about the Democratic prospects, movements, or triumphs? Then again the cry is as fiercely raised, ‘‘ Oh! Bennett issold body and gizzard tothe locofocos!” Do we, inthe hope of obtaining city reform, take up the cause of a party who solemnly swear that they will givefus that reform if they get into power? Then it is echoed far and wide—Oh! Bennett is sold to the “Natives!” Do we, on finding that this party are faithless and corrupt as the factions that preceded them, rebuke them for their infidelity 7 Then a terrible yell is raised—“‘Oh! Bennett is sold to the anti-Natives!” Ailthislaffords the most irresistible evidence of our influence. A paper th ‘said to be bought up, Hea- ven knows how many times in the year, by all sorts of parties, must certainly have some slight power in directing public opinion. And the fact is, strange as it may at first sound, taking the lies of Mr. Phi- losopher Greeley, and all the’rest of them, together, they present the truth in a tolerably clear aspect. The varied lies completely neutralize each other. An independentjournal, occupying the high vantage ground of strict neutrality and impartiality, if itdo its duty, will be constantly liable to sach assaults as that we have copied from the drooping organ of Fourierism, spare diet, and excessive legislation. We belong to no party—we can assail all parties when they deserve to be assailed—we can aid all parties when they deserve to beaided. Hence our morel inflrence—hence our hold upon the public mind—a hold which Mr. Philosopher Greeley and all the miserable tools of faction, cannot shake one tenth of an inch. For the masses of intelligent, sensible, honest men of all parties in the commu. nity, are with us, aod with their support we can fear nothing. Avapama Exxction. Legislature. 1344, Whig. Dem. Twenty-nine counties, DP: ) 29 This exhibits no change whatever. There are forty-two counties yet to hear from, nearly all of which were democratic at the last election. 1843, Whig. Dem. 29 29 Sanpwicu Is.anp Commissioners.—Messrs, Hal- lilio and Richards, commissioners from the King of the Sandwich Islands, have returned to this city from ‘Washington, and arent the Marlboro’ Hotel, ‘These gen- tlemen have recently visited France and England, rela- tive to forming treation with those governmenty,establish- ing the independence of the Sandwich Island government, ani have, we learn, been quite successful. They are now awaiting an opportunity to return to the Islands.— Boston Courier, Aug. 20. Heaurn or Tae City —For the information of the thousands of our citizens abroad, we would state that the weather is still hot and dry, and the health of the city remarkably good. The river also continues high, ond this circumstance, combined with the lateness of the season, induces many to believe that the epidemic will not visit us this year.—N. O. Pyo., Aug. 1) asnmd ~ ‘A Maaparan Asyuum.—We have almost a ream | of communications from all sorts of persons—in all sonts of styles, in all degrees of legibility—relative to the crusade at present carried on by Mayor Harper, Justice Drinker, and the vigilant watch- men, against the abandoned women. Some of these communications praise, and others condemn the Mayor for this movement. Some of these communications are sensible, some of them silly, some of them stupid, and all of them fail in doing full justice to the movement and the question in- volved. They discover, however, the very deep and general interest with which this subject is re garded by the whole community, and of which it ie well to take advantage tor the purpose of pre- senting it in the proper light. That the indiscriminate seizure oj these poor out- casts, and the imprisonment of them in the filthy cells of the “‘Tombs,” wiil eradicate or even palli- ate the evil, ismost absurd. We pointed this out when the crusade commenced, and the first arrests were made amid the jeere, yells and shouts of the mob collected by the circumstance in Broadway. We must go to the root of the evil. So long as the known destroyers of female virtue—so long as the wealthy, respectable, and pious patrons of houses of ill-fame—so long as the very respectable landlords of those dens of vice, remain unbranded with the infamy they have earned, and are not driven from the cireles of the really virtuous and respectable portion of the community, so long will this evil go on increasing in magnitude.— First of all, let the owners of the houses of ill-fame be exposed and prosecuted ; make it a penal offence to let houses for such pur. poses, and let the police authorities do their duty in bringing all such offenders to justice. Let the seducer be made in the eye of the law a felon, and let him be regarded and treated as he 1s, ade- graded felon. Then we would have taken the first step towards the removal of one of the most appalling evils which afflict society. Next, let a proper asylum be provided for the untortunate vic- tims of misfortune, or passion, or vice. Whena female falls from her high estate of honor and vir- tue, and is driven forth irom kindred and home, let Christian benevolence conduct her to a safe and secure asylum, where the penitent may be re- stored to herself and to society. When the guar- dians of the public morals—the Mayor Harpers, and the Justice Drinkers do that, instead of dragging the outcasts to prison, where they are made ten- fold more the daughters of hell than ever—then they may promise themselves that they will be able to stand with more composure at the bar of the tinal judgment. Is there not charity enough in the virtuous, christian women of New York, to lead them toa discharge-of their duty in this matter? Is there not humanity enough in the pious and virtuous men who are shocked as they walk Broadway at night, and see the long gaudy train of vice and rottenness go by, to induce them to devise and carry out some more christian-like means of saving some at least of that doomed throng, than the thrusting of them into prison? Come, come, let the authorities, and all who honor virtue, who would rescue the erring and unfortunate, and would free society from one of its greatest curses, wake to a sense of what is really their duty. Let the houses of ill-tame be suppressed, and let us have a “Magdalen Asylum.” Lecture on Macnetism.—The Rev. Dr. Scores by, Vicar of Bradford, in England, and well known in the scientific world, at the request of several scientific persons of this city, lectured on the high- ly instructive and interesting subject of Magne- tism, on Tuesdayjevening, at the Lecture Room in Clinton Hall. “At 8 o’clock, the hour appointed, a gocd number had assembled, but certainly not so manyfas the attractiveness of the subject, or the reputation of the speaker, would lead us to expect. Dr. Scoresby was formerly engaged in pursuing, with assiduous zeal in the arctic regions, the solu- tion of several abstruse phenomena connected with this science, and from his practical acquaintance with his subject, as well as frem his suavity and amenity of manner, and lucid style of speaking, it is not strange that he was listened to with evident delight. He began by relating the anecdote of the famous Dr. Johnson, who, being invited by a lady in Edinburgh to dine with her, received, on repairing according to appointment to her mansion several days afterward, endless apologies for the preparations made to entertain him, although in reality they were most sumptuous. To all this affectation of regret, and excess of peliteness, Dr. Johnson replied by taking a short leave, coupling his departure with the remark, that if her arrange- ments were not to her satisfaction, it was not for want of time. Now he, Dr. Scoresby, although he had more reason to use the lady’s apology, would not do so. It was not for the subject of his lecture, however, but for the incompleteness of the preparation, his more important instruments being 3000 miles away, and regretted that even the Mag- netic Telegraph could not, bring them, as those he used on that occasion might prove too minute for distant eyes ; he would, however, atone for that as far as possible, by repeating his observations and experiments over, and communicating with any person, after the lecture, who should desire it. A little more than 200 years ago the nature of the magnet was little known beyond its use in the ma- riner’s compass, and as a means for the perform- ance of some amusing tricks and slight of hand. It remained for modern times to elevate it to its proper dignity as a science, and consider itas a powerful physical agent. Dr. Gilbert, in the year 1600, was the first who made any great advance in discovering the import- ance of magnetism, which he found to be co-exis- tent with the earth, and co-extensive with phy- sical phenomena. From its affinity with elec- tricity, and the importance of its functions, it was regarded as a science fitted for the highest thought of the human mind, which should sometime cease to look through the microscope at small objects, but take the telescope and behold the operation of those grand laws which were writ- ten an the heavens—which were displayed by the agencies of chemistry, gravitation, and motion, and the rest of the grand machinery, and so enjoy the fruits of the most illustrious triumphs of human knowledge. and say with the Psafmist, “What 18 man that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man that thou visitest him.” The contemplative mind in this case would be struck withthe wonders surrounding hinrand be struck with the mysteri- ous nature of the machinery by which all was kept in motion, and with that unseen wondrous power —the common parent of these surprising phenome- na Dr. S. then went on to treat of the nature of magnetism; of its relation to elec- tricity, with which many gphilosophers held it was identical. That opinion, however, al- though plausible, was not more necessarily true than that sensation and life were identical. Sen- sation results from, but is not life. So with elec. tricity and Magnetism. Nor were they primary agencies; for in no case had scientific investiga- tion ever found that two primary causes co-existed producing the same results; Electricity and Mag- netism developed each other, but possessed differ- ent properties. The different mode of operation of two currents of Electricity and Magnetism were illustrated by expertment, and their analogy with light and heat, attraction, polarity, directive pro- perty, induction, were treated of, and several ex- ceedingly useful and practical remarks made on its connection with the arts and sciences. Naviga- tion, the variation of the compass, the construction of magnets, were all subjects successively taken up, and illustrated by experiments with a very pow. erful magnet and a great varigty of apparatus, all of which elicited the applause of tne audience in a marked manner, We tegret that the num- ber and variety of the experiments render any at- tempt at giving such a spt as would do it justice impracticebie ; and would recommend all to avail themselves of the opportunity of Lt Dr 3., bate he be kind enough to present them with another. Navat.—The U. 8. iron steamer Michigan, at Erie, Pennsylvania, is now completed, and will be ready for a cruise by the lst September. ‘The followin, is a list of her officers :—Wm, Inman, Commander. J. P. McKinsbry, David McDougal, Lieutenants. Peter Chris. tie, Surgeon, Wm. A. Flore, Purser. Thos, Holdu Stevens, Acting Master. John Stuart, Charles H. Bald. win, Midshipmen, ‘Wm T. Inman, Commodore's Clerk. Rott. A. Baker, Parser’a Clerk. Wm. Scott, First Assist. ant Engineer, John R. Matthews, 24 do. Thos. MoDon, ough, 3d do, Thomas Dickson, 4th do, Wm. Craig, Act» ing Guaner, Henry Gunning, Carpenter, A Buffalo. (Correspondence of the Herald.} Burvao, August 18, 1844. Melancholy Affair at Niagara Falls. I take the liberty of informing you of a most me- lancholy circtmstance that occurred at Niagara Falls on Friday evening last. A young man, who arrived at the Clifton House, Canada side, alone— after dinner walked down to the table rock, for the purpose of going under the fall,ng sheet of wa- ter. After dressing in the usual clotlies, he went under, in company with the guide, and came out safe... After coming out, he loitered about the edge of the water, and was last seen by a Revd. Mr. Stewart, sitting on a reck—since which he has not been seen. It is supposed he was washed off the rock, as the water raises at times very sud- ery. His pockets were searched, (he having left his clothes in possession of the guide,) and the key ef his trunk found, and it searched—and from a letter of introduction found, addressed to 8. Dra- ek New York, signed by a Col. Stockton of Phi- lelphia, his name appears to be Thompson. He signed his name J. Thompeon, Philadelphia. He had in his possession $137 in paper, in gold, 98 cents in change; also, a splendid gold guard chain and watch. fn his trank were found about twenty business cards, of CARLETON R. MOORE, COMMISSION MERCHANT, ‘No.9 Front, and 10 Water st., Philadelphia. This is all that iaknown of him. He appeared to be avery respectable and intelligent man. You as at liberty to make what use you please of the above. Respectfully yours, Cc. Ww. Cily Intelligence. Police Recordy—Auguat, 21—Ropsine 4 Frienp.— Officer Beaman yesterday arrested a man named Richard Munson, charged by Caleb Kimber with robbing him of a ket wallet, containin; in ree asilver pencil case, pair of spectacles, watch, valued at $22, while in his company, few nights since. ‘The wallet and spec- tacles were found on the person of Munaon, but no money was recovered. Arrest ror Anson ann Lanceny.—A young woman named Catherine Cunningham, aservant at 49 East Broad- way, was arrested yesterday under the direction of Jus tice Matsell, and committed for further examination on @ charge of arson and grand larceny. One of the attic rooms of the above named house was discovered to be on fire on Tuesday al mm, and the accused was seen apout the same time coming from the direction of the reom. After the fire had been quenched, several articles of jewelry, consisting of a gold bracelet, gold ear-rings, nev pencil cases, were found missing from the room, which had been occupied by Richard 8. Demilt. None of the property was found in her possession, but the circumstances were such as to compel the magistrate to commit her for further examination. “4 ‘Tue Last Murver—Officers Milliken and brought the colored man Charley Johnson, from Jersey City on Wednesdayand committed him to the ‘‘Tombs” for further ex: ation. Johnson stands suspected as being concerned in the mysterious murder of t! » Live Relyea ingston, in Canal street, on a} ht. lovex Kexrers Bewan at @ number of thieving villains prow! tor dwellings wit a ploguible request, alie}ging to be enter dwellings with a "plausible requ: from gentlemen residing in the house, to obtain their coats or other clothing to repair. The property being delivered, the rogue escapes and appropriates his ili got- tengain tohisown purposes. This warning may serve asa crution. ‘Yrunx Founn.—A trunk of rough exterior, containing alarge quantity of sailors clot! ng Application to be ‘made to officer Brown at the Lower Police. Marine Court. Before onthe Sherman. ‘Wepnxspay, Aug. 21 bert Kimball vs Jno. M. Sea- man.—The plaintiff sned defendant for commission as broker, and proved his claim to the amount of $26, an rested his case. Defendant calleda witness and produc- ed and ee eo drawn by the defendant payable to plaintiff or order, on the Butchers’ and Drovers’ Bank for $100, dated the 15th’of March, 1844, some months after the plaintift's claim wasdue, which check was endorsed by plaintiff, and paid at the Bank. The defendant then rested his case; defendant claimed no balance in his favor; plaintiff said he was taken by surprise, but contend that every check ted a consideration per se for which it was given: that the check now produced was (grea for some other transaction, aud not in payment of this claim; that it was the duty of the defendants to go further and prove the consideration for which it was gi- ven; defendant denied the same and contended that it was the plaintiff's duty to show that point, and turned to ‘Esp. Heportel 196, where it was decided that it was the duty of the plaintiff to show for what purpose the check was given. The Justice gave judgment for $26. A later case decided in 4th Taunton 293, that it wasthe duty of defendant to show the transaction for which the check was given, to make it a set off against the plaintiff's claim, and that justice cannot be done between parties having various transactions together, without evidences consideration of a check, under the present circum es. The Judges of the English courts appear to different epinions on the subject, andthe matter does not appear to have heen decided by the Supreme ourt. Boston Liveratiry.—The Trustees of the Hospi- tal recenily applied for $50,000, te enlarge their in- stitution. They obtained $62,550, from two hundred sub- scribers, viz : Six of $2000 each, nineteen of $1000, thirty- three of $800, three of $300, six of $250, fourteen of $200, rents of $100, two of $75, ey ee of $50. and two of $25. Andit may be remarked, that out of this sum, more than $60,000 was contributed by citizens o Boston.—Boston Courier, Aug. 20, Amusements, Nisto’s.—The splendid Opera of the Child of the Camp, willbe performed this evening. It in- creases in popularity on each night of its representation. Miss Taylor deserves great credit for the very excellent manner in which she acquits herself of the arduous part of Marie, the Child of the Camp. Erntorian Orgra.—Pamo’s Orexa Hovsz.— These Serenaders unquestionably have achieved a victory over every place of amusement ia the city. They have drawn thousands by the denpieetied of their pure, artless, and “* Native ” melodies. e 0) is crowded to excess, but not to inconvenience— let it be remem- bered that this is, peremptorily, not “positively” the last night but two of their entertainments at Palmos’ .Go one, goall. They appear at Baltimore on Monday. og- IT 18 ALLOWED BY THE MOST SKILFUL American Institute, Ang, 30 1844, 1 AM HIGHLY PLEASED TO ‘SEE THAT IN tha gaurze of the exercises of the next fair of the Amezi- can tutu, we are ta one which, as far as! know, hagsmever been exhib: I refer tothe competition with the spade. The plow hesamvey® received a penta af howe im sensible men; 1m garden friend, the spade, has Wofked Menbitieos of Oyen beautifying the choicest spots where ladies iread. He has mace ie best beds for ‘a since she first trod upon this beaut little planet of ours; and he has never received sae Srom the hand of art; and has had to work very hard indeed to obtain a partial shine ou the lower part oi his invaluable blade. Ithink that spades are now about to triumph. Swords and guus are no longer to be the only aristocracy ef this Republic glorying in all the polish And pray, let me ask, why @ that noblest of works, agriculture, be done with rusty ill made instruments, of soft and bad iron, hardly a touch of steel in any of them, while the world is ransacked to a bit of that precious metal, fine steel, to make a sword My dear Sir, not long ago a Damascus sword blude is said to have been sold for about eighteen hundred dollars, while @ spade, which is worth all the swords that ever cut human flesh from Cain to the last cut ofall, is made of the poorest stuff. rou guidenee' Wilding thelr guering peice, Sayoud ‘orous er | wiel r glitterin les, beyoi Siithe duels. combats, toumaments, battles and murders thet have ever crimsoned with the life blood of man that soil which Jehovah commanded us to till with the sweat of our brows. Did you ever examine closely the trowel of an American bricklayer? De it, and you willsee the judgment, the true taste shown in his trow 1; that little builder of the trowel, hes had justice done to him. Hehasen that defies all opposition; when he comes in collision with a flint, the fire flies, but his edge is unmoved. So ought it A oe ind ti red steel spade wil! lished and tempe spade wil! pa ve westerin Tore work ten times his cost in one summer's ng. have suid a little in favor of my old friend, spade, but there is more to come. HENRY MEIGS, ~ | Secretary of the Farmers’ Club of the American Institute. ‘T. B. Waxxman, Eeq,, Corresponding Secretary ‘of the American Institute QG- THERE 18 NO MISTAKE—There can be no mistake about the magical effect ot Gouraud’s Poudre Sub- tile for erad: superfluous hair, no matter how stut.- born, or where situatedon the human body. So man) ladies have used it, so many gentlemen have recommend- ed it, it has been before the public so long, and to crown all, and to put the matter otita efficacy and harmlesaness, past all kind of doubt, the preparation can be seen test- ed at the only office in New York, where it can be pur- chased, 67 Walker street, first store from Broadway. ae PRIVATE MEDICAL ALD.—-The memoers of wwe New York College o: Medicine and hinted in turning the publiotianks for the liberal support they. oave received in their eftorts to “suppress queckery,’ ceg leave to state that their particular attention continues ‘@ be directed to all diseases of a private nature, and frora ioe gract improvements lately made in the priucipal hou- pitels of Europe in the treatment of those diseases, san confidently offer to persons requiring medical aid ad- vantages not to be met with in any institution inthis sountry, either public or private. *-entment of the College issuch as to insure success in very case, and is .dtaliy different from that vernicious practice of ruining the constitution with mercury, ani in most cases leaving a disease much worsethan the originel. One ofthe nem- principal hoepitall oftrarope: henge dally fore consults ri ofEurope, al fore fon from 9 A.M. to8 P.M. 4 Terms—Advice and medicine, $6 Acure i [arontany xo Counray inva.ins.—Persons li in the country and not finding it convenient to attend per- tonally, can have forwi to them a chest containing all medicines requisite to rm a perfect cure vy fog | their case explicitly, er with all symptoms, time of contraction and treatment received elsewhere, it any ad enclosin id, addressed to ai Ay SP RICHARDSUN, M. D, Jt. O five aad Consulting rooms of the College, 06 Nesoe tone. QG- A CURE FOR THE PILES.—This complaint, at this season of the year, is most distressin z in its attacks. ‘s’?Liniment should be used as soon as the attack is felt 10 be ouaing. on; it will effect a cer:ain and anent cure. Hund and thousands in this city have been cured by its use. Sold at 21 Courtlandt street. DR. SHERMAN MANUFACTURES LOZEN- GES that radically cure almost every disease that flush is heir to, from worms in children up to consumption in adults They have now been before the public for more than five years, have been tested in millions of cases, and it is not departing from the truth to say, that they have given better satisfactton than any remedies which have ever been offered to the world. But, like all valuable re- medies, they have been abused, and unprincipled ns have endeavored to counterfeit them, and palm them off upon the community for the uine. Be particular in inquiring for Dr, Sherman’s Worm, Cough, or Camphor zenges, and be sure you get the genuine. Dr. Sher- man’s warehouse is 106 Nassau street. Agents 227 Hud- son; 168 Bowery; 77 Kast, Broadway; 86 William street, and 139 Fulton street, Brooklyn. 0G- WEAK BACKS, TENDER FEET, PAIN in the side, old sores, and all complaints which need outward applications, are speedily cured by Connell’s Magical Pain Extractor. Ita effects are truly surprising ; it has such control over all burns, removing the suffering al- most immediately. I:flammations caused by felons, or old scrofulous sores, are speedily allayed, all pain ex- tracted and the sores effectually healed, b; great sanative. [t is also an effectual remedy for all rheut ic complaints. Every family should provide themselves with this all healing Ointment. Sold only at 21 Court- landt street. Og CONSTITUTIONAL DEBILITY CURED.—The fouic Mixtare, by the College of Medicine and Paarmacy of the city of Now York, uw confidently re commended for all ceses weeny Beoaased by secret in fing epee or excess of any kind. It is an invaluable reme dy for impotence, sterility, or berrenness (unless deperd jag on mal-formation.) jingle bottles $1 each ; cages of halfadozen 35; care- tally packed and sent to all ofthe Union. Office cf the College of Medicine and Pharmacy 98. Nassau street ‘W.8. RICHARDSON, M. D., Agent, Fog- CONTRACTED CORDS AND ALL RMEUMA- TIC COMPLAINTS — The astonishing success which has followed the use of the Indian Vegetable Elixir and Liniment, in the cure of these complaints, has gained for them areputation never before equalled. e efficiency of these articles, when used together, is truly without a parallel The Elixir drops being taken internally, oper- ate directly on the whole nervous system, and reach the seat of the disease, while the Liniment, being Spplled out. wardly, removes all the pain, str theps weak limbs and extends all, contracted ccrds and muscles. Sold et 21 Courtlandt street. tG- WHAT CREDULITY THERE I8 IN MAN !— ractitioners in physic and parece, that no distemper incident to the human body is so difficult to be cured as stubborn gleets aud seminal weakn: cause proceeding, and their c>nseq' dangerous than their cure is difficult ; since they ex- tremely weaken and debilitate the peeeive powers, render feeble and inactive the whole nervous system, frequently occasion hectic heats, pains in the back, o1 nervous consumption, which, if not prevented by some werful remedy, terminate in death itself. Such, there- fore, as have the misfortune to be officted with either, or all of these diseases, are guaranteed a safe and eff. L remedy in DR. BLACKWELL’S ANTACRID TINC- TURE AND SCOTCH RENOVATOR. R S. Bernard, 97 Nassan street, New York, is the only authorized agent for the United States. VELPEAU’S SPECIFIC PILLS FOR THE CURE of Gonorrhea, Gileet, and all mocupurnlent dischage: trom the urethra. ‘Tnese pills, prepared by the New York College of Medicine and Pharmucy, established forthe suppression of quackery, may be relied on as the most speedy and effectual remedy for the above complaints.— “hey ure guaranteed to cure recent cases in from three tofivedays, and possess a greater power over obstinate fiacharges any! chronic glect, than any other preparation at present known, removing the disease without confine vent from business, tainting the bresth or disagreeing witn the stomach. Price $1 per box. Sold at the Otfice of the College of Pharmacy oni Me ficine, 95 Nassau street. W. 8. RICHARDSON, M. D. Agent WHY WILL YOU BE SWINDLED} WITH mous imitations of Dr. Gouraud’s celebrated Italian Medicated Soap for curing pimples, freckles, tan, blotcher, erysipelas, salt rheum, all cutaneous diseases, ren- deri rk, sallow, tanned, rough, harsh skin delicately hite way aie soft. Madame Sutton, prima donna, Mrs. Curtis, lady of the Collector of the Port, Mrs Le Roy, Mrs. Johnson, Brooklyn, and a host of distinguish- ed ladies, use Gouraud’s Italian Soap, and emphaticall; ounce it mogical in eliciting white and velvety so! Eeads and skin. Be particular and ask for Gouraud’s, and take no other, however specious and audacious the mise- rable) attempts of some ‘swindling counterfeiters to deceive you. The Sosp of Gouraud is to be had genuine in this city only at 67 Walker street, first store from Broadway; at 64 Chestnut street, Philadelphia; 2 Milk street, Boston; Carleton, Lowell; | Dyer, Providence, Myers, town; Gray, hag i) dl Storrs, Hi bany; Tousey, Rochester; Backus & Troy; Wade, Utica. oe R. 8 BERNARD, 97 NASSAU STREET, New York, is authorized to uppoint Oe thronghout the United States, for the sale of Dr BLACKWELL'S ANT- ACRID TINCTURE and SCOTCH RENOVATOR. Terms made known, by applying to the only general agent, at 97 Nass a OLDRIDGE’S BALM OF COLUMBIA, is the only article in use which will eon a new growth of and we would confidently recommend the bald headed, or any who are becoming so, to use it, and ere they are aware of it roa find their hair restored to its original strength and thickness, Sold at 21 Courtlandt street. New Haven; Ferre, Middle- udson; Pearce, Al Bull, River street, petal CONCENTRATED EXTRACT OF SAK SAPARILLA, GENTIAN AND SARSAFRAS, prepared by the New Vork College of Medicine and Pharmacy, es- tablished for the suppression of quackery. This refined and highly concentrated extract, possessing all the puri. tying qualities and curative powers of the above herbs, is confidently recommended by the College, as infinitely superior to any extract of Sarsaparilla at present before he public, and may be relied on as a certain remedy for all diseases arising (rom an impure state of the ‘blood, such as scrofula, salt-rheum, ringworm, blotches or pim- ples, tlcers, pain in the bones or joints, nodes, cutuneous eruptions, uicerated sore throat, or any disesse arising trom the secondary effects of syphilis or an injudicious ‘we Of mercury. Bold in single Bottles, isn" ga 76 cents cach *"6 00 “ in Cases of half- “ by one dozen Cases forwarded to ail parts of the Union. N. B.—A very liberal discount to wholesale purchasers Office of the College, 95 Nassau atreet. 5. RICHARDSON, M. D., Agent. 0@- COCKROACt ND BED BUGS.—Saunholt2’s Reach Bane will banish these vermin from every house where it is used. Sold at 91 Courtland street, Only throw the mantle of mystery around the plainest problem in the world, and see how they pursue the phan- tom of imagination. Many evffer disease to moke irrepar- able inro: upon their Constitution—and thousands an- nually work out their own destruction by looking after these things of wonder. We do not promise tho execu- tion of things impossible, but we hold out inducements fete to those suffering with Diarrhea, Cholera Mor- bus, Cholics, Cramps, &c., to give our medicine a trial ; and to establish our assertions, we give the best evidence, which can be seen by calling on Robt. 8. Bernard, the in- ventor and patentee of Bernard’s Remedy for Diarrhoa Cholert. Infantam, Cholera Morbus, Cholic, Cramps, Spasms, and Summer Complaints in children, ‘at 97 Nas: sau street, New York. For sale by H. N. MILNOR, cor- ner of John street and Broadway, 0G- WOULD NOT PAY THE PRICE, AND THE little child is dead—its parents neglected it too long.— Death has stripped it of misery, and it now rests in heaven —but will the consolation of its eternal happiness soothe the anguisa of a father and mother, when memory says neglect has carried it to the grave? Go to 97 Nassau street, New York, and get a bottle of Bernard’s Remedy for Diarrha1, Cholera Morbus, &c., and keep it in your house, the time will soon come when you'll want it— This medinine is for sale also by W. H. MILNOR, drug- gist, corner of John street and Broadway. RICORD'S ramipiaAn ALTERATIVE MIX TURE£--For the eure of primary or sec mdary Ll tng and all affections produced by an injudivious use of mer cury. The great advantages possessed! y this powerful aiterative over all other preparations for the cure of Sy- philis, is, that while curs the disease it improves the constitution, whilst wong A generally leave a much worse disease than the one administered for. The best recommendation we can give of it is, that it is now extensively prescribed by the medical (aculty, who for- merly consi dened meroury the only cure for those com- laints. Sold, in single bottles, $1 cach ; in cases of half Soeen, $5, carefully packed, and sent ty all parts of the Union. Oftice of the College of Medicine and Pharma- cy, 96 Nassau street. ‘W. 8. RICHARDSON, M D., Agent. _—_—_——— Eee MONEY MARKET. i Wednesday, August 21-6 P, M. The Stock Market was very flat today. At the Old Board Pennsylvania 6’s, declined }; Farmers’ Trust, }; Mlinois, 4; United Stotes Bank, }; Long Island, 1); Erie Railroad, }; Indiana, Norwich and Worcester, Vicksburg, Stonington and Ohio 6’, closed firm at yester- day’s prices; Reading Railroad advanced 1] percent. At the New Board Long Island fell off}; Canton, §; United States Bank, }; Morris Conal and Norwich and | Worcester closed firm at yesterday’s prices ; Vicksburg has improved } since last sales. The operations at bo‘h Boards were very limited. .There appears to be a great want of confidence in the minds of the brokers, and so long as this is the case,there is no chance fer much specu lation. The Columbian Railroad seems to be improving very much in its receipts. We annex returns to the 11th inst. Puivapetenia anv Corumata Raicroan, Railroad. M. Power. Total. per last report, 73,441 20 74779 20 $144 220 48 Kena'g Aug. 11, 2,813 68 1,991 92 4,305 60 Whole am’t since Nov. 30, 1843. 75,754 78 76,771 20 $162,625 98 Statement showing the amount of |tolls received at the Collector's Office, Albany, for nine years up to August Ist in each year. The greatest amount was received in, 1839, Am. as | Do weel Canar Tors Receiven at ALBANY. Tolls received at Albony from opening of navigation to Ist August, J ‘ “ 1944. Average receipts fc ht years exoludiny H rag’ pts for eight y e708 1s srerereneeerec ne PBT «“