The New York Herald Newspaper, May 9, 1845, Page 8

IN. THREE O'CLOCK. Execution or James Eacei City Prison. The execution took place at half past lo’clock precisely, in the presence of about seven hundred spectators. A full account will be given in tomorrow’s Herald. Removing Tut Deap Bopres rrom THE GRAVE Yarp IN THE vicinrry or THE PosTorFice.—We perceive that several of the vaults have been opened in the vicinity of the new Postoffice, and the bodies have been removed to the burial grounds in the vici- nity of the city. Some to St. Marks’ Church—some to East and West Chester and elsewhere. It is to be regretted, that the friends of those who have been buried in this quarter, had not decided on this step before the opening of the new Postoftice—and at a season of the year more suited for the purpose than the present warm weather. The Postoftice, asa place of public resort, is continually crowded from morning to night, and the offensive odor arising from the vaults when opened may prove dangerous in this sul- try weather. We can appreciate those commendable feelings which prompt the true respect for the ances- tral ashes of the dead ; which should always sleep in sacred repose ; and, as doubtless the vaultsin this old burial ground will-eventually all be opened, and the bodies removed to a more calm and solemn resting place, we would advise a more appropriate season than the present for such a purpose. Mr. Disbrow, the sexton, not being at home, and the grave-diggers on the not being able to give any information to our Reporter as to whether or not it was intended to continue any further the opening of the vaults or any- thing definite on the subject. Larger From Sr. Domivco.—By the schr. Daniel Francis, which arrived this morning from Gonaives, whence she sailed on the 20th ult., intelligence has been received at the Merchants’s News Room that President Guerrier died at St, Marks on the 11th ult. On the 17th 17th Louis Pierrat was proclaimed President from the North Cape Haytien. He is said not to be friendly to the colored people, ‘and it is doubtful whether he will be ao- knowledged as President in the south part of the Island. Rivera, who had gene back from Jamaica to endoavor to recover his command, it is said, has captured some six- teen boats that were sent out against him. Itis stated that he lands, whenever she wishes, at the south part of the Island, and that he and his party propose, if they succeed, to put the country under the protection of the English, and to give foreigners the right of doing business their in their own names, and to hold real estate, &c.—Boston Transcript. Lecistative Summary.—In the Senare, Mr. ‘Wright reported a bill to enlarge the act relative to Common Schools in the city of Brooklyn. Mr. Talcott, a bill further to amend the charter of the New York Fire Insurance Company. Mr. Corning reported against the bill to amend the eharter of the Williamsburgh In- surance Company. Mr, Barlow reported in favor of con- curring in all the material amendments to the bill to re- duce town and county expenses, &. ‘The third reading of Dills was then in order. The’ bill to incorporate the American Agricultural Association, was lost, for the want of a constitutional vote—ayes 19, noes 6. The third reading of bills, on motion, was continued until 12 o’clock. The Convention bill was then taken up in committee, aud the amendment proposed by the minority of the select oommittea was further discussed—Messrs. Clark and Wright sustaining, and Mr. Porter opposing it, until the usual hour for a recess. In the House, the special order—the consideraiion of bills on the general orders—was suspended until 3} o'clock, P, M.—and the third reading ills was taken up and occupied the entire morning session. A conside- rable number passed—not however without some dis- cussion—much of which was on the subject of the Agri- cultural School at Fairfield. The bill to re-organize the Alms House department in the city of New York, after a long discussiou, was recommitted.—.4ibany Irgus. MONEY MARKET. Friday, May 9th, 2 P.M. The stock market is steady but very much depressed: Stonington improved $ per cent; Norwich and Worcester, 34 Mlinois 6's, 3; Canton, } ; Long Island, }. Reading, Erie, Farmers’ Loan, Pennsylvania 5’s, Indiana, Mohawk» and East Boston closed firm at yesterday’s prices. Morris Canal fell off }. Quotations for the past few days have been very uniform, and the market appears to be as much depressed, as it is possible for rumors of war and the ab- sence of operators te make it. ‘The transactions seems to be principally in fancy stocks, ond in those requiring the smallest amount of capital to carry. The in, activity of business generally effects the stock mar ket injuriously, and we do not see the slightest possibility of getting up any speculative movement, likely to improve prices or give activity to the market. ‘There have been so many things, within the past six months, brought to bear upon the Stock Market, and pri- ces have for such a length of time been steadily declin ing, that itis the prevailing impression that quotations have nearly touched bottom, and that very little altera” tion in prices either way wilt for a time be realized. The operations in the market are mostly in railroad stocks, such as the Long Island, Norwich & Worcester, Stoning- ton, and Harlem. ‘The sales of Vicksburg are very small. Holders of United States Bank seldom offer their stock in the market. Sales of Stocks at Boston. May 8.—19shs Western Railroad 102; 23 do 103; 139 Eastern Railroad 1093; 100 East Boston Stock 14]; 8 Bos- ton & Worcester Railroad 117{; 100 Long Island Railroad 7 Norwich & Worcester Railroad s 0 10ds 72}; 8 Wilmington RR 214; 100 do bo 1m 21f; $1600 y Bonds 110. do’ Albany Cit Trade Report. Corrox—The market is much firmer than antici and holders are getting rival of the Hibernia. ness doing. ted, prices current previous to the ar. ere is not a very active busi- SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Notice to Mariners. YanmoutH Roaps.—Notice is hereby given, that, in pursu- intention expressed in the. advertisement from in the 1“ W ance of Trinity House, dated th Cockle Gatway has be from her former position, water spring tides, with. the following ings, vizz— Winterton Church Tower, side of Winterton Lig th. March, the Light Vessel i moved one'half mite SW by. W ind now lies in eight fathoms at low ar and compass bear- ne with the North hthouse, NW; Gorleston Church Tower, With the middle of the New Houses South of Yarmouth SW Js 8; Newarp Light Vessel NE by E NNW 15, W joel, Spit Buoy, NW by We. Outer Barber Buoy, SW by roby Buoy, 8 by W =. W; North Cross Sand Buoy, SE by Ei E. ‘The alteration of the color of the Beacon Buoy, at th ‘orth end of Scroby Sind, as farther notified in the said advertisement dated the eth March, has also been effected, and the color of that buoy is now Red. Notice is hereby also given, that the Red Buoy at the North end of the Newarp Sand has been removed one half mile further Northward, and now lies in about six fathoms at low water spring tides, with the Newarp Light Vessel hearing F '¢ N, distant about three quarters of a mile. Whalemen. Navigator, Fisher, Pacific for Nantucket, spoken in Vineyard Sound Nia 7, with 2200 bbls sp. — . Medford, of Provincetown, 10 days out, clean, spoken May 4, Jat 36 20, lon 73 40, Aq. at_ Mystic May 2, Hellespont, Rathbun, NYork, to fit for whaling* Pont Anesare, New Holland, Dec. 10—The Sally Anne, wrecked at Mt. fo particulars st heard from off C G Hope Oct to the amount of $7500, Vessel and outfits valued at $24,- whaler, [supposed of New Bedford) was. totall Portl i E. 17th 1s Tas eon her onl: Spoken. 4:Opmanli, (supposed) from Marseilles for Boston, April 1, off rm Hallowell, from’Messina for Baltimore, April 2, in Straits of Gibraltar. % ya Le ckie, from Boston for Copenharen, April 29, lat 46 5, lon i 66. A steamer steering East, (probably Great Western, hence for Liv ) April 29,about lat 46 25, Ton 34 66. iconic, of Augusta, days from New Orleans for Wil- mington, April 29, lot 2529, lon 79 30, a Ape F oretEM Port JAtANzAs, April 28—In por Washington, is, for om= tA Tagza4 Apel 28-In port, Washington, Adams, for Cron Lake Ports. Burrato, May 7—Arr Constitution, Curtis, Sandusky Forter, Cary, and Roangke, Corlett, do, Chicago; wanungal, Norton, troll Sandusky; Marshall, Drake, Charleston,’ Bees Porter, Hail, Ashtabula; North Carolina, Abbott Home Ports. Casting, May 2—8ld Pembroke, Bakeman, 8t Peters, M Barn, May Arr Rowland, ‘Coombs, St thera Llewellyn, Randall, Guadaloupe. ‘Cla 3th, Selm St Kitts. Bostoy, May §—Arr Susan Jane, Fletcher, Smyrna; Chu Jenkins, Matanzas; Sulla, Bangs; Liberty, Townsend: Equit Edwards; Richard, Kelly, and Fame, Crowell, Philadelphi Danl Francis, Lecount, Gonaives; Pilgrim, Dodge, Frederick burg; Virginian, Nickerson, Norfolk: Banner, Lewis; Clarion, Coleman, and Mary Jane, Hardy, Albany; and Velocity, Smit! y Columbia, Arey, —on Sth inst, I in wi her beam ends, full bg ae fishermen, who no doait sncreede 0 amariscove islands South 12 miles, pick fishin boat Several men and boats were Wioee jast, o7 6 Borne mp as ering at Townse rand, from Cardenas, jon, Mariner, Kimball, Halifax; Johnson, Savannah; Chas William, Keating, Camden’ Me; Radius, Plummer, Philadelphia; Uzardo, Berry, Bath, Me; Rienzi, Small, Provincetown, to fit for whaling: Aven, Lar Washington, NC; Phebe Baxter, Crowell Wilrnin ‘on, De , May 7—Arr Alexander, Mobile; Gipsy, mut. ‘Sid Encore, Brush Nature.When Sickness at mach, pain of the back and head, burning skin, or Vio iu any part of the body, indicate that the constitut commence a struggle for the restoration of health, to, assist nature in ridding. the body of those which are the enemies of it Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills will be found to ex , because they thoroughly cleanse the parity the. ealth 1 bilious humors. an stion, and therefore give and vig ‘as well as drive every particle of pain or eu EVENING EDITIO -~This unfortunate criminal expiated his offence against the laws of God and man, by hanging, this day, in the yard of the ¢, Chamberlain, York; Coral, Smith, and Antilles, Stan- rankfort for do, put jt brig on f water, English bottom, in tow of two in getting her into rma count of a heavy squall ftom off the land. Cld Gleaner Smith, © Sto- our duty a bain Por, thlg seers and ‘health. For ti ty eat all other stomach and blood. They also 7] al Excerps, No. l—Byr: ‘The heuna should be deeply dyed to mak ‘he kin Feliene spear more fay ate She nd uo need of this—day ne'er will break ‘Gu mountain tops more heavenly white than her. The eye might doubt, if it were well awake, She was 30 like x vision; I might err, But Shakapente also says, Ustvery To gild refined gold, or paint the | In thus painting the charms. of Haidee, Byron assumed. a of what is termed “poet's license.” ‘The tact. is, | there are but few natural beauties. Either the face is disfigur- | ed by pimples, worms, freekles, tan, sallowns roughness, } Ke., or else an unsightly growth of superfluous hait covers the | upper lip or forehead. Arc, the handmaiden of beauty, is there- (ore evoked; and she has long since determined that to cure the isfigurements of the face abs o | to be eomipared wih ripe wonderful Italian Soap. It is equally a settled question Gou- ides are the only article. that can be relied * iy f, the spoken of, there is 8 dres Subtiles are i +| on for the immediate and positive eradication of y raud’s ustic Drops: be inthe of eve- Ey person ofl d with deafness. They will cure the disagree- ble sensation of buzzing or singing in the ear, remove earache, dizziness, &e., and restore the aural organs to their natural unctions, even if the derangement dates as far back as fifteen ‘or twenty years. It is in the hel 3 degree necessary to remember that Dr. FELIX GOURAUD’S depot forthe sale of his inestimable toilet compounds, is at 67 Walker street, first store from way. None are genuine except Views as above. i “ Saames sereny " agian, , Milk reat, eto y ;, Mye lew Haven; Hartfords Peirce, 4 Stanqrix Hall Albany Backus & Bull, ro} Tousey, Rochester. Beal’s Hah: Restorative, at his Agency, 67 ‘Walker street, first store pom Broadway. Dalley’s Pain Extractor, at his Agency, 67 Walkers treet ist store from Broadway. All Philadelphia Subscriptions to the Herald must be paid to the only authorized Agents, Zieber & Co,,3 Ls Be eerie ean er Cena wilt I tr Facet ae cf chatge in any part of Philadel ingle copi Brecet Hos of nae TA Bel ee vemtie’ ot ae fe as above. daily, a — sald fhe WEEKLY HERALD is also for sale every Saturday morning—Price 644 cents, or $3 per annum, delivered in any part of Philadelphia, free of postage. ‘3 é "Ali the new and’ cheap Publications for sale at their es- tablishment, es soon as issued, wholesale and. ith the exeeption of one paper, the “Herald” is read as mitch, perhape, ia Philedelphis, es “iy paper bliabed that city, sfording’s valuable medium to advertsers. Advertisements handed to the at half-past 4 0’elock, will appear in the Herald next day. mt 1 Se CU ERE EEE MONEY MARKET. ‘Thursday, May 8—6 P. M. ‘Within the past two or three days, the stock market has been very heavy, but prices have undergone no very material alteration. At the old Board to-day, Stonington fell off { per cent; Farmer’s Loan, }; Reading Railroad, 4; Long Island, 3; Ohio 6’s improved }, and Harlem, }; Norwich and Worcester, Vicksburg, Morris Canal, East Boston, Erie Railroad, Illinois, Pennsylvania 5’s, and Kentucky 6’s, closed firm at yesterday’s prices. The transactions at both boards were to a very limited ex- tent, and the appearance of things in the street is any- thing but flattering. Business generally is very dull for the§ season, both in merchandise and in stocks. It is something very unusual for the lower part of the city to be so quiet as it is now. Everything is stagnant, without the slightest prospect of « revival, until another season sets in. We have in fact the inactivity of mid-summer upox usin the second week inMay. The money market is comparetively easy, but there is a great want of opera- tors,who have nerve enough to purchase in the face of the external difficulties that surround us. The advices fro™ Europe by the Hibernia have had no other effect upon our markets than to weaken quotations for cotton, and as they spread over the south, will probably have the same effect on the markets of that section. The warlike movements of the government of Great Britain do not have the effect upon commercial matters that is perhaps intended, or that they have upon the minds of the com- mercial classes at home. The Ministry of England are, without doubt, perfecting a deep laid plan, which may burst upon us at any moment. The calm that im mediately followed the stormy debate in Parliament onthe Oregon question, is portentous, and filled with mystery. To the eye of the world, the subject may seem to slumber, but those that are deceived, little know the spirits that wield the destinies of the British Govern- ment. The very silence in Parliament upon the questions of Oregon and Annexation is dangerous, while the deter. mined, steady and secret preparation and concentration of force at certain points, are sufficient to create alarm. The Guardian Insurance Company have declared a dividend of five per cent, payable on the 16th inst. Five dollar bills of the Tenth Ward Bank of New York, altered to fives on the Northumberland Bank, Pennsylvania, are in circulation. The alteration was skillfully effected except that in some of them the word “ Northumberland,” where it was introduced, had a muddy, indistinct appearance. They were dated January 18th and July 26th, of various numbers, and signed John Taggart, president ; and J. W. Priestly, cashier. The Madison Railroad Company have advertised for contractors to put the remainder of the road to Indiana- polis under way by the 24th of May. If the road be finished to Indianapolis, it will very probably be finished in a few years to Lake Michigan, and thus make another great railroad route from the Ohio to the Lakes. The receipts of tolls from the canals of this State, to the 1st instant, from the opening of navigation, this year and last, being for this season sixteen, and for last thir- teen days, have been as annexed :— Cana ToLts—State or fo Yorx. 1845. 15th to 30th 18th “April. isda ta ib days. Qu all the canals. oo as ae oe t ', on up Ire be i Atall other ‘ollces, Ca down freight 40,715 170,482 The daily average of the receipts in each year for the time given, is as follo’ On all the canals $17,303 16,303 On up freight. . 6 5,647 On down freighit . 10, 10,656 shows that the decrease, equal for the sixteen days to exactly $1000 per day, ison up freight or mer- chandise, $832 per day, and on down freight, $168 per day. The Message of Gov. Baldwin, of Connecticut, to the Legislature, represents the finances of the State to be ina very flourishing condition. There was a balance in the Treasury onthe 3ist of March of $25,300. The sum por- manently invested in stocks and applied to the civil list is $400,000. The earnings of the prisoners in the State prison for the year were $19,284 68, and the expenditures $10,982 65, being a surplus of $8,302 03, The receipts of the Western Railroad Company do not compare so favorably with last year’s business as could be wished. For the week ending April 26, 1845, the re- ceipts from passengers were less than the corresponding weok last year. The receipts from freight were enough. largerto affect the deerease in passengers receipts, and show in the aggregate an increase forthe week. For the week ending the 3rd inst., compared with the same week lnst year, there has been « decrease in the receipts from freight and passengers. ‘Western Rariroan. Receipts of week ending May 3rd, 1844. 1815, Deer. Passengers 6,541 6 Freight, e 8,882 480 $15,959 15,423 536 Previously since Jan. te + 158,798 198,106 Ine. 42,310 Total... .. + ATL755 288,529 41,774 Notwithstanding the decrease in severel weeks, the gregate increase in eighteen weeks reaches about tw ty-five per cent. The increase in the receipts of the West. erm Railroad Company would have been much larger than it is so far thi ason, had the competition on the Hudson river been less. The price of passage from Albany to Boston on the Western road is $6, which with the inciden- tal expensesfon the road, makes the cost full $7, The passage from Boston via Albany in New York can be made very comfortable for five dollars, by leaving Boston in the morning by the Long Island train, passage three dollars and fifty cents, which arrives here in sea- son for passengers to take the seven o’clock boat up the river, arriving at Alhany by daylight the next morning— passage fifty cents—total passage four dollars, which, with the travelling expenses, would bring the charges up to five dollars. By this route there is a saving of two dollars, and the expenses of one night's lodging. In the summer season the passege from Boston to Albany, and @ice versa, via New York, would be preferred to th other. There is not so great a difference in the charges forthe transportation of freight, but the carrying trade between Boston and Albany is principally monopolized by our propellers and schooners. It is a great question among tho stockholders of the western railroad, whether a reduction of fare would increase the receipts of the company ornot. Thehigh fare party are in the as- cendancy and have the direction, but we are induced to believe that the decrease in the receipts will produce some revolution in the affairs of the company, and compel them to adopt the low fare system. Inevery casa where the experiment has been tried,it has succeeded ad- mirably. Most of the other railroads of New England have from time to time reduced the fare, each time attend- od with increased receipts. The Western is the only com pany which has made an advance on the first established price, or upon any reductiononce made. While the ré ceipts of every other company from week to week show an increase, this company is compelled to show a de- crease, Tho receipts of the Reading jRailroad Com- pany exceed the most extravagant estimates, The trans- Portation of coal is much groater than anticipated, and in- creases from one week to another much more rapidly han expected. The receipts for the past four months of 1845, compared with the corresponding period in 1943, show an increase of more than one hundred per cent. Should future years present the same result compared with this, it must be one of the most productive pieces of gislature secured advantages to it. We annex a state- ment of the business on the Reading Railroad for the week ending May 6, 1843 ; May 4, 1844, and May 3, 1645. Pritapenrnia anp Reaping Rartnoap. at hag pa 3}117 00 8,300 00 11,513 00 ‘The whole quantity of coal transporte ftom January 1, to May 1, was 141,586 tons, which exceeds the esti mates 4,600 tons. The estimated receipts of coal by the year 1845, was as annexed. Receipts or Coa: py Reaping Rainoai ay 2: . December .... tet weneeeeee + +++ toms 800,000 According to this the receipts for the frst four months should amount to 137,000 tons, whereas they exceed it | | American produce abundant, and difficult of | No. 87, I. O. of O. 4,586 tons. If the increase goes onin proportion to the amount received, the aggregate receipts for the year will be nearer nine hundred than eight hundred thou- and tons. The transportation of this amount of coal, with the passengers and local freight, will give the company a gross income of [about eleven hundred thou- sand dollars. This is a most extensive road, and its faci- lities for the transportation of coal are sufficient to bring to market any quantity that offers. The capital of the company is necessarily large, but the immense business of the road, and the large receipts, will give the stock- holders—mor ethan an average dividend—much sooner than expected. Its receipts, even at this season, are much larger than those of the Western Railroad, which road cont more than the Reading. Old Stock Exchange. $90 US6's, coup 29m 12'¢ 40 Reading RR 230 0 10000. Ohio 63, 530" 132 OoomoRR tears ennsylvania 5's £009 Readit Bonds 67" 2 do 3% 10090 Ilinots Spel OO 3 do ‘10 F"4¢ 7shsBankNYork 121 60 do 33.% 30 Union Ban 4 30 do Fr) 10 iver Bk 99 100 Nor & Wor RR itm7s 30 Iinote Bank ‘ae ah inois Ban! 00 9 50 Vicksburg Bank 8% 150 do 200 N A Trust M30 do 0072 50 1334 100 do s6m71 580 Farmers’ Trust HR 30 do 1¥60 72: 400 uM Se do 1072 100 do ux 75 do 930 72 25 Morris Canal 31% 25 do 2 7% Canton Co b10 43%, 200 Harlem RR 30 70: lo 860 43', 300 do 7043 50 do Qe 50 Erie RR 2 cd East Boston , 3 s lela RR 28% jo 1% 100 L Islan 2 % NH&HarR R b60 9335 do 20073" iso ee Second Board. oul 100 Morris Canal 32% Stonmgton a7 100° do 2 do 30 37 Ea do b90 3245 50 Nor & Wor RR bio 725g 50 Fanners’ Trust 3% 25 do bio 72 eee RS Bao am Satunny lo . y 0 do Z| 72) 5 East Boston py Peon ge ne Te TOL IRR 10de 72 $1000 Penn 5's 83 713% 100 L Islan ods 7244 $0 shs U 8 Bank 6g 0 do nw 72 bo do 836%, 50 © do 10 72! 275 Vicksburg Bank 83 83g 25 = do h 72 10 do cash 25 7 300 East Boston 3.15 $25 Nor & Wor RR cash 7354 100° do. nwlb 75 v3 72) wo = do nw 16 50 33 72 100 do cash 15, 100 do 2 2 LIsland RR 815 72% 50 do 7% 100 do 300 71% 50 © do 7” 25 jo sl0 73 Sales of Stocks at Boston. May 7.—80 East Boston dividends ib os East Boston Stock 14}; 100do bo 10ds 1435 150 do b o 20 ds 14}; 3 Boston & Providence Railroad 1093; 2 do 1094; 50 Long Island Railroad bo 1m 74; 100 do b o 10 ds 73}; 100 do b 0 15 ds 73}; 60 do b o 1m 733; 100 Norwich and Wor R Rd o 1m73; 150 do b o 1m 73}; 95 dos 0 1m 72}; 150do b 09m 73}; 95 do 724; 60do #03 ds 72}; 25 doso lm Taf; $2006 ending Ri Bonde, 1847, 76, tT AUCTION: shares Fitchburg Railroad, 24} cent advance; 31 Lowell do, 18 a he 8 centadv; 2 ton and Maine do, new stock, 16} adv; 5 do do, old do, 16} adv; 37 Eastern do, 9] per cent adv; 60 Portland, Sa- co and Portsmouth do, 1} a2 adv; 6 Union Bank, 4} per cent adv; 5 Boston and Providence Railroad, 9} adv; 65 Mass Fire and Marine Ins Co, bal Cone 1 Boston Marine Ins Co, do, $2 30; 14 New England do do $10}; 7 Great Falls Manufacfuring C }, $325 a 396; 6 Merchants’ Bank, 6 per cent adv; 5 North do, $95} per share; 60 American Insurance Co 33} a 36 per cent adv; 50 Boyls- ton do, $94 per sh; 42 U States do, $53] a 54} per sh; 7 Middlesex Canal, $85. r jos Trade Report. Asnes—There is a very limited demand for either de- scription. Pots we quote at $9 61} a $3 67]. Pearls at $4 31} a $4 374. Breapsturrs—Gonesce is firm at $475; Ohio and Mi- chigan we quote at $4 68}. Other brands remain as last quoted. Wheatis very dull. Northern Corn sells at 46}c, and southern at 45c. sopzziwax—Prime yellow of all descriptions sclls at cents, ‘oTron—The market to-day is again comparatively in active, and the sales to-day reach 800 bales. Prices are without decided change, although a smell concession has been made on some parcels. Liverroot Crassirication. ida. Mobile ¢ N. Orleans. 6 a 5} i Hay—Common qualities of North river bale are held 374 a 42c. The receipts are large, and the demand mo- erate. Pxovisions—Old prime pork is held at $9 50; new do Fine... a9} do at $10 50. Old Mess sells at $12 62}; new $13 37}. Lard is active, and sells at 8c. Wuisxny—Drudge casks are inactive, and we quote Ev Western and prison barrels sell as wanted at 23a 234 cents. Brighton Cattle Market. Mar 5.—At market 660 Beef Cattle, 15 Oxen, 1400 sold. Frices Beef Cattle--Last week's prices, were hardly sustained. Extra $5 75 a $6; first auality $5 50; secot quality $5 a $5 25; third quality $40 $4 75. ts Working Oxen—Sales at $55, $70, $87, $95, and $110. wmSheep—| 1 50 to $3; a few fine wethers at $5. ‘Swine—Lots to peddle, 4Je for Sows, and 5}c for Bar- rows; two lots selected, 4j and 5f; old Hogs from 4} to irs Working Sheep, and 2025 Swine. 125 Beef Cattle un- 5c. At retail 5 to 6hc. Foreign Markets. Mavacurz, April 22.—Sugar and Molasses were scarce and in good demand. Common sugar was 3a 3} to 4 per Ib,” Molasses $17 a $19. per 100 galls. "ail Kings. ot z The sugar crop is estimated at one third less this year han last. Died. On Thursday, 8th instant, of pulmonary consumption, Mr Steenxs Dornxen, in the 624 your of his age. His friends and acquaint and those of famil; are respectfully invited to attend his funeral this afte: noon, at 4 o'clock, from his late residence, 389 Broome s' without further invitation. Boston papers please copy. On the 8th instant, Water Wittiam, only sor of Ed- win R.and Sarah L’Amoureux, aged onths and 13 days. The relatives and friends of the family are invited attend his funeral, this afternoon at 4 o'clock, from Leonard street. The members of Hinman ig No. 107, I. O, of O. F., and of Lebanon Encampment No. 19, are also invited to attend. On Wednesday, the 7th instant, in the 31st year of his age, Wiutsam L. Locxwooo. His relatives and friends are requested to attend hia fu- neral, from his late residence, 124 Cedar street, this after- noon at 3 o'clock; and the members of Fidelity Lodge are likewise invited to attend. to 89 “Foreign Importations. Jrurnron.—ship lane Newton—7 pkgs H Winkleyt Rov. ie Vater ergrnee ptee—t favjor & Morl-5 andevoo 7 LC MeIntosh—08 W Chaancey—-€i BA Mumford? A HW, Hompson & co-—39 F-cauldwell--195 tous coal 20 a bxs mdse 25,400 slates $‘Thompxon—I5 bales to order. ported yesterday 1090 hoxes Matanzas—Ship York—( sugar John J Taylor—07 Moses ‘Toylor—555 Grinnell, Minturn & co—t box arrow root Geo Die! Poxor, PR-Schr Lebanon—16 hi " TS . on—1%6 hhels sugar 1 casks molasses _MARITIME HERALD. — ljovements or ‘the Steam Ships. ave Due Pha ee Liverpool. America. Ai Britannia, Hi sone G. Western, Matthews, .: 0 Cambria, J J 1... June 16 Shipmasters and Agent ‘We shall esteem i zd tain. of nut News, Boate's Yorost ot ; : ° the shipping left ai the port whence they sai spoken On their vy a or (hele ‘ana Teevtan newspapers ' ve. ents ray at home or abroad, will also confer’s favor by nendi ecules ary weartes tocllawuce et nat nie ne” PORT OF NEW YORK, MAY 9. to Ronent Sirvey, oere WATER 57 | mon «10 88 “40 tron tees 10 St oe Clea: iswold, Ships Nort |, Griswold, London, John Jhany, Craw irre, Wm Whitl lk J ‘Aine BE pa se Ee rho rier, Sotipereny, Fema ta A yaaa al sopra Bs iets ae ae: irdyeuapert Soe hlwel Cs lan le Pad coder chs il ‘a J ee de foi igelow, Baxter, ‘ iilen Bares Middlesen, Wileor, Pailadelphic. Arrived. iP Isane Newton, Spalding, 37 days from Liverpool, with araue ieeUalis Melee: frou Seveotes, PRL. Apeil 2, with a perty in the country. Railroads must take the precef | 25¢ hhds 2 bbls sugar 66 hhds 14 bbls molasses 2 pms rum dence of Canals in the transportation of merchandise. It would be almost impoamble for a canal company to live, had it a railroad company to compete with, unless the le, ‘Alsop & Chauneey. Sicilian brig Anta, Castighia, 6 days from . with boxes Foy hear fodimanime ig Bem | oe rig James Wilson, Field, from Mi , PR. April 26, whi tbls bobble Sunee ode enol aeee deco tive thine ‘uult. lat 27 50, lon 71 40, brig North Bend 9 days from Ui os fi aa pais irom Unevems or Yor, "g Goorge, Harding, 12 davs from Calais, with lumber,'to ster, hr Lebanon, (of Salem) B; 16 days from Ponce, PR Tiasar ny tiet eve, Lad ne hg, Fr, Me, ork, next day, ers he im Young, 7 days from Darien, nat ha ni “he Dirigo, Hardy, days from Frankfort, with granite, to Schr Two Marys, Eliott, 4 days from Boston, with granite, vgehr J. Cooley & Co, Eldridge, from Boston, with mdse, to master, iit Trio, Taylor, 4 days from Boston, with mdse. Bche Victor, Hallett, ftom Boston, with mdae. Schr Homer, Kent, from Boston, with mdse. Schr Copy, from Nantucket, with oil. Propeller Eudora, Brown, from Fall River. Below. Brig 8 san Spofford, Spofford, from West Indies. Also, | brig unknown, Barques Amelia Mulholland, Ri. “Janeiro; Hecla, St Kitts; Edward, Charleston; brigs Cashier, 3 Almeda, St fy pao — rigs ‘ier, Campeachy: 1m Miscellaneous Record. Tux Cyaxnet, Worx at Sr. Gronce’s, Benmupa—We have unfeigned pleasure in announcing that ming the channel entrance into St. George’ ve pd ity sits an able Mel eoteces oe See cea When completed, it is estimated that there will be sufficient battery is employed upon the work; and as aprget depth of water to allow any vessel to The galvanic, of the effective havoc produc the agency of Mr. kightbourn, an that he was present on ‘St. David's, states reday last when a blast was , and, water camo clear, he found that where there was water to th depth of only 15 feet, it had fully 21 feet. Ina similar ratio every pre last in other ue service. Hitherto, tin evnisters have been for holding the power—but it is sup- posed if strong iron bound casks were used instead, much reat: er execution would be effected. Every well wisherto ourlittle country will be gladdeued by thi: fying i The harbor of St. George’s, pronoun: world, is rendered unavailable for | largest class by the huge bar situ: a nce from ral of this, natural obstruction, which has ae ‘ying in! 5 f the finest in the ye ingress of vessels ofthe | entrance. The remov: commenced so auspiciously, will eventuate to_ the great benefit o Soe? ¢ country generally.—[ Bermuda paper, Notice to Mariners. Reourations ron Vessers Passive tux DARDANELLES AND Bosrionvs.—Foreign Office, April 16, 1845.—Sir—I am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to transmit, to you herewith, for the in- formation of fhe (Say eae at Lloyd’s, an. agree ofa jot av lum rece her jest) wr at Constantino; | from the Turkish Minister for Foreign -Affairs, on the anbject of the regulations under which, the of merchant yeasels d the, Straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus is to be effected. And lam at the same. time to state to you, that the | result of some communications which Sir Stratford Canning has had with the Porte, since his receipt of this yr, is that mer- chant vessels will be allowed to gome ‘within the. Straits, both of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, in such manner as to ob- tain shelter accidents or weather, b respects the regulations will be carried into effect in the manner announced. . Lam, sir, yocr most ob’t humble serv’t, INGTON. f Lioyd’s. iM. J the Commi lation from the French.) iam, commun Stratford Cann known that merchant vessels in general, neither man or belonging to friend| i itted Biraie afer sunset, nevertheles, merchant. vessels, ail is Excellency Sir nt vessels, unwilling to observe the regulations, are seen from time to time ing fo pass; and sithough ‘attempts have stop them, by cannon, merely for the purpose of signalizing the same to them, and without any intention of touching them, as they know that the firing will do them no injury, no real advantage has been the result: Now this ancignt prohibition with regard to merchant vessels became iinpeiceive, merely from the impos ty of discovering whether the vessel which may be pasting during the. it was a merchant vessel ora vessel of war. But the authorities have written and represented to us that, as they attribute te a species of tolerance the fact that they have not hith ¢rto fired cannons at, the vessels which have passed, with any intention of injuriog them, the greater part of the vessels endea vor to elude the regulation in question. ? "Te fs for this re ithan been, definitely decreed to put ition, wit to all vessels which may attempt to Seraitd after sunset, this absolutely prohibitory rerule- in Su pass 2 tion, a regulation which must be maintained inviolably, as of an ancient system of government of the Subli ‘orte, been established bythe treaty ppd Pall Re y which en concluded a time since wit! the Five Allied Powerte “Ta consequence, the authorities have been informed, that a term of three months, calculating the first of March, in the current year, 1261 (1845), has been fixed upon, and that at the expiration of this term, they must, in the first i by tothe vessela which may insist u i Su Pay ts, of the prohibition there is. in force, that if they do not shall fire two ot three blank cart- attention & this also, they to preveifé them, by firing sequently, we address to your Excellency the present orandum, requesting you to have the, ness im- mediately, and in the manner most efficient, to bring the me: sures in question to the knowledge of the’ captains of British merchantmen, so that they may become aware, that if in conse- uence of the system above alluded to being ‘putin practice, there should be any damages or rinjury done, they ean make 6 claim nor complaint thereof; lastly, in order that your Ex- catency may oe} soedmese: to isrue the orders one ivjune- asary, analagous eto. The Lath Sper, Hat V¥askLs PROMIBITED ENTERING CARTHAGENA DURING THE Niaut.—An order having been issued by the governors of this city to prevent vessels from entering this port duri night, excepting when ‘compelled through ‘atrees of weather, when ey jor to the North of Fort Navidad, I beg to apprise you of the same, that it may be communicated to the authorities those ports which clear for the Mediterranean, ini noih Riels ' yy, Turner, Agent for faszsy.. xxxown Rocx, Nort Harcoox. ecember, the Phlegethon (s) fell in with an unknown Rock, surrounded by a large reef, on whicl ¢ were 434 fathoms water, and the Losition of which by observations was found to be lat. 3deg. 26 min. 24 sec., long. 107 deg. 52 min. N. by E., dis yall aploy all means of endeey Poe oint. with the follo bearings, vizi—The Spars ¢ North- leet Mill, Drau Banx.—The depth of water on the Northern and Southern parts of the Deal Bank having so considerably in- creased as to render the Buoys at those stations no I neces- sary, notice thereof is hereby given, and that the sad Buoys have accordingly. one R Buoy, marked pay that Sand, the foll se Hill 8 fine with the North End of east Hil ma re, in line with jortl ol Bay South Cliff, 8.W. Whalemen. Arr at Nantucket 6th inst. Norman, (new) Mattapoisett, to fit for Pacific Ocean. ‘The Cyrus, Myrick, for Paeific, dropped into the stream, to be taken out by the camels. ‘A letter from Capt Baile: her at St Carlos, Jan 11, 30 4 days for Sandwich Islands and NW Coast. Barques Eleanor, 301 tons, and Highlander, 270 tons, have been purchased at Mystic for the whaling business. Brig Emma, 181 tons, has been purchased at New London for a whaler. Spoken. 1 Dest ‘Webster, from Gonaives for Boston, May 4, lat 35 50, jon 4, Paige, from Boston for Baltimore, May 6, off Nantucket Talleyrand, from Cardenas for Boston, 1st inst. lat 24, lon 75. d compass Point High Lighthouse two satis’ breadths ‘pene Bal the Spurn Light Vessel, NW by ward of SW by en_taken away, aud in liew the Bauk;” has been pl irks and com pearl mt Line with the South Had of Deal Barracks Gld Stairs fant, reports Ports. Haynuror, Bermuda, iret Fal ph, Tangier, King do; Eclipse, Bell, Halifax; 25th, Emily, Stowell, de, T April 20-1 Verona, Howes, M from Mar- lex; Carthnge, Knapp, from Trieste: Patuxent, from N'York, Chysan, for Boston, and Sea Flower, for Philadel eA Gould, wie Pitt, New York; others. phia, sid day Mavacuez, PR. April 6—In port, Geo Loyal, cargo; Financier, Sargent, for Boston, 4 days; L. L Sturges, Dor- rg Famci Sarzen Groot aye 18 nig caPK0% lope, Mitchell, for NYork, 6, 22d—In port, Seboois, 8s from New York, just arr;' Henry Woodis, Cha hy Arecibo, next day: Bolus, Hiller for. N York, lig; re, i for 10%, Fh for 5 ie ‘lfait, Burns, for St Thomas, 5 days; Gallant Mery, Evans, the above. 01 HB “Gt Gronor, Bermade, April 2—Arr Harriet, Brown, New for Philadetyhie, to ails oun eeien ‘boon en Burraro, May 6—Arr Burli Cleveland; Cambridge, Ser eT af tere bad coke etm cartes ; Merrick, Michigan i t, ula. Zobb, F'Trader, Adelaide, i a ‘Cleveland; Lucinda, Dunki "Ashtabula; Mitchell, Pt Clint dusky. (Detroit; Baldwin, iver, CW. Home Ports. Baxcon, May 2—Arr St Pierre, Wilmi Save, May 6—Cld Rolla, Ropes, W relle, Lander, Cayenne, row, May ranklin, Parker, Baltimore; re Mayo,N York, Bayley, Newburyport; Swany (new ley, Newburyport, Swan, (1 Seta oi) Bray, and Oak Ryder ‘atts, Thomaston; Chariot, Jenkins, Wilson, Baker, Philadelphia; Qlitte; Lo Lovell, doand Troy; 8 Appleton, Niel 8 id, Crowell, and Souther in, Bray, NewOrk Home, Crayell, Philad Tennessee, Mary ton, NC. oast of Africa; Ga- |, Martha, Philadelyhiny A Matai 2 brigs. Cid Speedwell, Orleans; Faw Roppisch, cket, of Boston, 137 73% ilndelphiay Caucasian, 1 icks bi mei Wa verson;, Viel, Tete} ferson; Viol je; ‘ork, P M— Gibbs, Trinidad; et Bacee, Philadelphia, vi bia, Ki Savannah; Sur- mt Fs i, Tooker, Philadelphia. mpire, NY or john i, Smi Philadelphia; York River, Std Albert Perkins joover, Brandywine; Celeste, 3 To Wright, ga Mae A Sor ri ane liu, Oileinisty Lincoln, Bresey. mi , New York; Emerald, jodedon, Boston; Clean, St John; Senate, Miller, New wr the 5 a AL TiMoRE, May 7—Arr Maria, Atwell, St Angustine. Cld Abo, Jonen Hi and amit. Rucusiono, May 6— ld Henrico, and Narragansett, +, Boston. ‘Gr SC. May $—Cld Fanny Coit, Baker, NYork; John O Ireland, Eldcidges do. to, hae Beth Bot BS Nine SAVANNAH, nobia, Remin » Ph ‘ ‘Are Ameri HI, Boston, Cld risa WektailonLiverpooly Florian; Hopkins, New , April 29—Arre Ni ight, Galveston; ere Btane se eater Lots ie, pcre ieclae ae lean Wilson, Faleemos Draco, Crowell, Galveston law, ship ew England, and brig At — 1d John 8 McKim, Lewis, Galveston; Middlesex, qi faunas RV it Fit wed sto Both, Jas Hi Shepherd, Euphrasia, and Darrington. By Last Night's Southern Mail. 4 b ; Grecian, spammer tute ett Fig fey. alais. deline ke Elita, Hopkins, Barbadoes; Vulture, alker, St Jago de Cubs; Castro, Berrae, Port, Spain, Trini Sie le et, ake Aiken Rignay Me Ie Redeye Neneh Plaitanm, Weymnoushy Hector, Willi, ine + Gen Pinck- ney, . Cha Pini er, aL Timon, May 7—Arr Jarvis, NY: Wp rt ise y, of the Citizen, of Ni J bbls wh and blkfish, would ‘leave in 5 Carrollton, and her Ree Wm I Watson, White, ladies named BY THE SOUTHERN MAIL. ‘Washington. {Correspondence of the Herald.] ‘Wasuincron, May 7, 1845. Office-beggars and Commisnoner of Patents—Mr. Bancroft and the Decorations of the Naval Officers Dress—His Orders to Commanders of Ships and Squadrons—Major Lewis, Ex-auditor, going to Tennessee— Mr. Blair’s Portrait—-Faw—-Mr. Morse’s Magnetic Telegraph. The office-beggars here have at last found a new subject upon whom to practice their importunities— no other than the Hon. 5. Burke, M. C., and now Commissioner of Patents. Mr. Burke has arrived here and assumed the duties of his office, and he is, therefore, besieged by those who have not yet been supplied with office to induce him to turn out the wins” and put in the “outs.” How far this course will be adopted, I know not. In the meantime, th® tal repaie 8 boreagh Reswiage of to Depart sent eraltata breaches, and has a small amount of scientific knowledge and skill, has his fice, because he don’t get salary enough. ‘Mr. Bancroft, the talented and gentlemanly Secre- tary of the Navy, I understand, willissue, in a few days, anorder relative the decorations on the dresses of. rsof the navy. He is at present considering’ whether he shall accede to a request, which is very earnestly preferred by the Lieutenants, to allow them to, wear a stripe of gold lace down the outer seams of the pantaloons. this knotty point has been finally determined, the order will be issued forthwith. Tlearn that Mr. Bancroft has issued orders to commanders of vessels and squadrons in the navy, to make their reports to him much more comprehen- sive than they have hitherto been. They are to ac- quaint themselves as fully as possible with all sub- jects coming within the range of their observation, which will tend to throw light upon and aid the ad- vancement of inquiries into the cust habits, characters, S<c., of the people of the ports where they may cast anchor, as well as prosecute such researc es as will aid the prosecution of scientific enquiries, and add to the stock of our ag and they are to Take ae ample reports to the Secretary at stated periods. A ate has been spread here by some of the quid nuncs, that Mr. Polk wasabout to give Major Lewis, the ex-Auditor, an office superior to that of which has been recently deprived. ig not the case. Major Lewis is to depart from this city for Tennessee, where he formerly resided, and will bably there commence operations in opposition to Polk's administration, and as a necessary con- sequence, I suppose, in osition to Aaron Vail Brown, the democratic date for Governor of that State. We shall see next August what influence he will be able toexert in that State. It is said here that General Jackson entirely disapproves of the re- moval of Major Lewis, and will back him up in Ten- neseee. Nous verrons. . I am informed that the handsome Mr. Blair, who, asthe Editor informed us in ihis valedctory, went to Philadelphia on business, has been vailed upon several days longer, in order to have his portrait painted by J. Tulley. Only think of that! “ Beauty and the Beast,” &e. | T learn that Mr. Moree, the inventor of the Mog. netic Telegraph, has commissioned Mr. Fleisch- man, of this city, as his agent, and he is about to make a visit to. Europe, and to attempt to set forth Mr. Moree’s c! to the invention, and its superi- ority over Mr. W "a ind, in Germa- ny, where he will endeavor to bring it into use, be- ing fully authorized by Mr. Moree for that purpose. r. Fleischman will, at the same time,be instructed by the Commissioner of Patents, to procure valua- ble information, &c., for the use of the American government. l understand he is to leave this coun- try on this journey on the Ist of June. The ladies of Mr. Gillis’s Church Cepsacorel of this city, are now holding a fair at the Concert on Pennsylvania Avenue, in order to raise funds.— There is a plentiful supply of knick-knack-ery, with cakes, ice creams, cotiee, &c., dcc., and a post of- fice, where every ‘one who enquires will find aletter ing for them. Ts re of calls tor themwwares all the siands. are apenas by two of three lsome y ladies, and those who are not engaged in that capacity are quite willing to converse with you, and ron out the “txoellonse of the vari- ous articles, for looking at which and conversing with their pretty selves, they charge you nothing, and only 124 cents for admission. Wasuineron, April 29, 1845. Fashionable Movements at Washington—Chevalie,. Wikof—Beau Hickman—A Fashionable Mar. riage. Can you inform me what the redoubtable Cheva- lier Wikoff, Fanny’s ex-man of business, wants in er the coronation a feature introduced which was not at Mr. Carusi’s—i. e.—the per- formances of some ve! i Ty interesting fancy dances | some of Mr. Labbé’s young female pupils, nich they performed with very great grace, and much to the’ delight of the led spectators. Am these fancy dances, was one by a little girl, a more than three , excited the most lively interest jn all the company, by the astonishi pte Ss wah which she Seed her oat the programme, though 2 Tay was a wonder nw e ever mal to form 11 then, r hed (a phanty eoquitied herself atid en ap plauded by the e ny, it. was very amusing to witness the air with which she put up her face to be kissed by her elder school companions, with whom she seemed to be deservedly a favorite and a pet. All the dances by the pupils of Mr. Labbé were admira- y performed, and reflected great credit upon his skill asa teacher, and it was easy enough to see from the interest he manifested, that he was indeed an enthusiast in his profession. ‘These dantes being over, the company prepared _ to enter itito the enjoy- ments of the evening; and the music st up tora cotillion, os the r was immediatel yy sroreaed with the devotees of Terpsichore, there being twice as many desirous of whirling in the > there was room to accommodate. The ball was by the presence of the lever Queen, crowned at Carusi’s on the Ist May, attend- ed by her maids of honor; and there were also a great number of the beauties, and also of the gentle- men present, who had attended the previous ball. It was also graced by the attendance of Mr. de Bo- disco, the Russian Minister, and his beautiful lady, about whom so many superlatives have been used to describe her charms, that it would be in vain for me to attempt to find any new terms wherewith to write of her. Mr. Pageot, the French Minister, and his lady, were also there, as she fesses to be one of the leaders of the ton, is said to have been the first one to graduate the aristocracy of this me- tropolis according to the amount of salary received from Uncle Sam, whereby the recipient of $1400per annum considers himself quite above keeping com- pany with the recipient of $1000 per yeas and he who receives is too aristocratic to knotv those who only receive $1400, &c. &e. There was Cave Johnson, the Postmaster General, also, with his wife and daughter; and, indeed, he seemed most heartily delighted to watch the pranks of the youngsters, and he laughed and smiled till his face fairly shone and glistened with good humor. There was Mr, Ban- croft, too, the polite Secretary of the Navy, with hie wife, whom he solemnly averred would despise him if he could not, or would not, or did not, ire all the beautiful ladies nt, dec! ering it to be one of the happiest sights he had witne: for a long, long time. Mrs. Walker, the wife of Mr. Walker, the Secretary of the Treasury, was also there.— So was the gentlemanly private Secretary of the President, James Knox Walker, and his beautiful and accomplished lady, and their inte- resting little daughter, who looked as pretty and charming as any of the youngsters in the room. Numbers of the officials employed at this seat of vernment were also present ; and the whole assem- fee wore a bright and brilliant aspect. And yet, though there were all the materials for enjoyment—a beautiful room, elegantly decorated—a large company, withmuch beauty and grace comprised in it—a good company of musicians and excellent manager—yet, with all these requisites, the ball was not be in the amount of enjoyment to that on the Ist of May. This was the aristocracy ball, and therefore there must be that everlasting stiffnese—that division into cliques which, wherever it is introduced, infallibl; destroys enjoyment. There was Miss —— wanted todance, but her vis-a-vis was Miss ——; and of course she could not think of recognizing her stand- ing (!) by dancing opposite to her, because if she did, (horrible thought), she would probably have to touch the tips of her fingers in the course of the evening, and it was altogether too much to expect her todemean herself by so doing, and therefore she sat down without dancing, contenting herself by the loss of the enjoyment, if it were only to be pro- cured by so tremendous a sacrifice of position as dancing opposite to once made of the same clay as herself. Had it not been for this spirit, all the materials of enjoyment were there in the p areal est profusion, but this codfish aristocracy wot je- stroy any thing and every thing like enjoyment for fear of “ compromising” their position. “Can such things be, overcome us like a summer cloud without our special wonder?” For those, however, who do not possess there joy-dispelling thoughts of would-be-aristocracy, there was plenty of me during the evening, though witnessing the display of such a feeling acts as a drawback to some extent on the pleasures of the others. 5 So the evening ssed—the music played, and the company di |—the gentlemen were it and attentive, and the ladies, or some of them rather, coquettish and flirting. Flirtations progressed—in- cipient courtships were commenced—and some suit fairs were hastened towards a denouement—time Washington? Is it to sell tea? I should like to know, because his claims should be attended to. A man of his parts should not go unnoticed, and I have no doubt but that the President would gladly em- brace any opportunity of winning over to the demo- cratic ranks so distinguished an individual. At pre- sent he isin the goodly keeping of the equally cele- btated Beau Hickman. Do you know the Beau? Then I will introduce him—Mr. Hickman, Mr. Ben- nett—Mr. Bennett, my friend Mr. Hickman. My friend, as you will perceive, is a distinguished look- ing individual, usually travels behind a very fine mustache, wears a hat, brim measuring jth of an inch wide, latest Paris touch; black coat, ra- ther venerable and respectable, usually buttoned up to the chin when the thermometer is ranging be- tween 90 and 95, as in warm weather. My friend is subject to sore throat, some people have insinuated; but this is a slanderous world, you know, so let it not detract from the respectability of my friend, who is a most useful member of society; he kindly takes charge of all strangers as they arrive, and introduces them into the mysteries o! hit life, and should they wish to take a julep, or adozen raw, my friend ia always on hand, to save them the disagree- able necessity of eating alone. “ Last evening the beautiful Miss H—, was mar- ried to an officer of the navy; and bene invited to pay m: to the happy pair, to-day at twelve fn be Rae ¢ appointed time—-I paid my re- apects to the bride, who looked as beautiful as the morning, and reclining against the window, ready to note the passing scene. In the m stood celestial happiness personified on earth; and well might he be happy, for in her he got fortune, beauty and virtue, all combined. If he ever causes her a pang, I hope that he will be ned to chew at one of Brown’s beefsteaks for two hours, without stopping to rest his grinders—that will be punish- ment enough forhim. But what beautiful young creature is that entering the door, and looking bri- dal-like herself? It is Miss S., the daughter of a lant officer of the army. I know one poor fel- low who would go into servitude longer than Isaac did, to obtain her hand. But I must not slight the other distinguished personages in my admiration of this one, for they come pou! in thick and fast.— Then enters the joyous Miss B., escorted by a train of looki aux, Capt. Jack D., leading the van; who but Jack, “vot owes no man.” Close after them, followed the charming Mre. H—. on the arm of her. hi , Dr. H—, much too—, but I have no time to speci each individual beauty, for the room is full of them—there was the sweet and accomplished daughter and adopted daughter of old General T—, who everybody loves— the charming and lovely Miss P., who laughs 80 joy- onsly—the glorious Miss G., and pretty Miss W., passable Miss J., and agreeable Miss L. P.; but I must look towards the door, for there is entering it, a stately looking lady; a friend tells me it is the lovely Miss C., of Boston, and, as I’m a live quill driver, there is with her that same old lady that has been haunting me like Banquo’s ghost ever since the night of the inauguration ball, when I had the pleasure of dancing with her vis a vis—then I came away. inset Poiitiea! ey seat Se eee or clerks dependent on their pay for their support ; their names ‘are ‘Mount, Randolph and Brindley. Yours now, if not longer. Lone Istanp. Wasmneton, May 7, 1845. The Opposition May Ball. Last night the opposition May Ball, coronation and all, came off at the Assembly Rooms opposite to the Unitarian Church. This was given by Mr. Labbé, who has for his pupils the children of the $10 aristocracy of this city, who thinkthemselves so much better than other folks, because they receive more money from Uncle Sam. Mr. Labbé’s ar- Tangements were much superior to those at Mr. Carusi’s ball. The room is larger, the music was better, and the arrangements superior. The decora- tions were more numerous, and the arrangement of the evergreens and flowers reflected great and de- served credit upon the good taste and judgment displayed therein. The company was also larger than that at Mr. Carusi’s; and while there were fully as many, and as beautiful ladies there as at Mr. ©’s., truth requires the fact to be stated, that there were many more ugly persons—absolutely and irretrievably ual) wie ‘The coronation ceremony was very similar to that described as having taken place at Carusi’s on the Ist May, the difference being that neither the Queen nor her ‘attendants were so beautiful. The Queen on ins cecasomsoweregh'n devechdamt | eller! named Violetta y. . from some collateral relative of Charles Carroll of ds of honor were two young Keyworth. Immediately advanced—midnight} d—the room thinned of its company—the last was _commenced—and I sloped. ‘Tue Orner Arie. Philadelphia. [Correspondence of the Herald.] Puicapecrnia, May 8, 1845. There is little or nothing to communicate to-day. Poli ticians, except the disappointed, have made up their minds to be satisfied with the appointments, and they are now busily at work, like a swarm of bees, about the sub- ordinate offices. Henry Horn has gone to Washington about his sureties and his commission as Collector. Dr. Lehman, the newly appointed Postmaster, has not yet taken possession of his office, though it is expected he will in the course of a week or so, Among the appoint- ments, there is none which gives such universal satisfac- tion as that of the Hon. Thomas M. Pettit as U. 8. District Attorney. Henry Welsh, the Surveyor, has ngt yet come totown. There has been no appointment as yet for Treasurer of the Mint. Mejor Roach is the present incumbent, but rumor has pointed out Hendricks B. Wright as his successor. ‘Though robable, I deem t his, from the delay which has taken » as doubtful. There has been a considerable case on trial in the Quarter Sessions for this two days. A man named Eames, a partner in one of our most wealthy and respec- table houses in Front street, is charged with an assault, with an intent to commit a rape on a little girl between ten and eleven years of age. The girl swears positively to an actual rape, the physician swears thet this is impos- sible, and the judge has cl that the probabilities are inst the present defendant being the guilty man.— ere has been a difficulty in identifying him as the son who made the attempt—an attempt made in open day and in the vicinity of a crowded business thoroughfare. The jury had not agreed when this was written, and there is at excitement among the crowds who have witnessed the trial. Our literary people are active in their labors, and pub- i lishers are up and doing. Du Solle is preparing his vo- lume of ms, and it may be expected shortly. Henry B. Hirst is also Miao ny | out a volume of his poems to be issued simultancous! Xo in Boston, New York and Phila- delphia. Zeiber & Uo., your agent for this city, have now in press a work which is looked for with some anxiet, the lite: and scientific circles, and to which U alluded ‘4 a former letter. itis metaphysical in subject though illustrated by examples drawn from pon enero sciences, and in character is similar to the ‘ F Onte- glee: ” of Lord Brougham—the “ Evidences of Creative Wi Edom,” (I believe it is called) by Wheeler, and the “Vestages of Creation” by—no matter who. It discusses ¥ . , and is by one of our clearest writers. The pect of its appearance excites consi- derable inte: Anderson closed oe ment at the Arch last from rom the necessity of moral e in the old insi house was econo the ‘Elder Brother.” The podem be and at the conclu. the beneficiary was called out Othello” was played to a of boxes. Jameson’s Moor nd original points, Daven- 3 and i's Iago was not tional ; the Chesnut. We hedal heavy rain last night, which did not tell well on theatricals. 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