The New York Herald Newspaper, August 26, 1845, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. New York, Tuesday, August 26, 1845. The War Question. ‘ e The question of a war with Mexico is still the prominent topic of the day. It interests every one Tux Newsrarer Press op New Yorx.—There has of late grown up into some importance a cor- respondence froin this metropolis with the numer- ous provincial or country papers scattered over the Union. Some of these letter writers communicate in a rather agreeable manner a variety of interest" ing information, but many of them are mere retail- supposed or sanguine temperament in prophecy was. We give the following transcripts from our books of yesterday, prepared by the foreman of our press- room, by which will be seen the present extent of the circulation of this journal :— , CimcuLation ror THE MontH or June. . F : - | ers of twaddle, puffs, and ill nature. One of the t Extras, in the community, — vols k ape. most readable, accurate and interesting letters from | 7"*_ Deity. Pease Capgumem eet shakes classes, amongst’ whom the Pp New York, which we have seen in the country pa- : 5,030 430 . ; i cussed with a great deal of acrimony and sensibili- H y. The last accounts from New Orleans give us | jntelligence of a new movement, and of some new i} developments respecting this most important mat- ter. It seems that General Gaines has made a re- quisition upon the Governor of Louisiana, for call- ing forth the militia in preparation for the war. To this requisition the Governor has responded aifirm- atively. The particulars will be found in our intel- ligence from the New Orleans papers and also from the letter of our correspondent. We have nothing farther from Mexico beyond what we have already given. A declaration of war pers, is the following published in the Norfolk He- rald :— {From the Norfolk Herald.) A Trav to New Yorx.—The printing art has at- tained to great perfection in New York, as every body knows,and it is worth a little time to pry into some ofthe laboratories in which the conglomeration of divers odd materials malaxed with elbow grease and spiced with the essence of brains, made to produce a daily dish of intellectual food suited to the Lege of every monarch of the money mar- class of humanity, from ket to the lowest laborer. And before we leave our present location in the mile square below the Park, sup- ka § to introduce us to the ment of the Harpers, from 80 copiously showered upon the coun- from the tiny primer to the mammoth re rinting establis which therature Ry. in every shi folio. There ome twenty presses, all of American facture, employed in this estab! ment, and all worked by that universal drudge, the ste engine. What an it ofall works! It has “a finger in every pie.” It helps to provide for the wants both of body and mind. It prepares our food and raiment, prints our books and newspapers, speeds us with unearthly + 212,281 111,972 212,085 116,191 ‘ 26.. 5 112,175 re 97... 113,281 a aad a projet ofa loan of fifteen millions had been re- ported to a committee of Congress, and are now be fore that body for concurrence. Many personsthink, that in consequence of the difficulty of procuring the money, Mexico will be compelled to forego her wish to make war, and that the whole matter will end in smoke, Others think that the declaration could not pass until after the presidential election in that republic, which was to have taken place on the first ot this month. But, indeed, the communi- ty here is very much divided-with respect to the probability or certainty of war, and awaits with an aoxiety and interest almost indescribable, the next rapidity over land and wat when we travel ; saws the timber for our dwellings, and lends a sturdy hand to protect them from invading foes. The senior Harper (late Mayor of the city) is a first rate specimen of a work- ing man. He laid the corner stone of the vast edifice (over which he presides, with a benevolence and dignity worthy to be admired,) when he was a journeyman prin- ter, pulling, in his shirt sleeves, at the bar of an old Ra- mage press. Let others who desire to get up inthe world, follow bis example ; apply themselves assiduous- ly to their occupations, whatever they may be ; eschew dram drinking and idle'and loose company, and elevate 28... .12,121 Aggregate circulation of all kinds Weekly. their minds above the humility of their condition : that is intelligence from Vera Cruz or Mexico, which may | to say, their mind’s eye an elevated mark and re- Cirncunation ¥RoM JuLy 25 to AvG ‘ ‘i i. ; Ive to hit it ; und if they do not find themselves at the a . bring us a solution of this most important and ull- | head of the tallest * Book Concern’ in the country, and Daily. Weekly, Extra. Supplem’t. Sunday absorbing question. Chief Magistrate of its greatest city, they will attain an é Serr ren vs +e i ici ing. | elevation commensurate with the reach of a moderate +1 - ee The tone of the government official, at Wash ing- | oo yition, and an enviable independence to boot. at Magi ef 7,922 ton, which might be supposed to knoy. something of | ‘The next of the disciples of Faust, distinguished for the + 12,188 noise he has made in the world, is Bennett ; we need not add, editor of the New York Her as the combination would be superfluous. The one is inseparable from the other in the public mind. His printing house is at the intersection of Nassau and Fulton streets—a tall build- ing—five stories above, and for aught the writer kens, as many under ground. But his stories (no matter for the number) are not dull or gloomy ; they are enli- vened by brilliant gas lights, the click of types, the clack of presses, and the bustle of newsboys, as an accompani- ment ofthe miscellaneous manufacture of brain material which is incessantly going on forthe general mforma- the sentiments of Mr. Polk and his administration, 4s very equivocal and very mysterious. Some- times it would appear, from its givings out, that a declaration of war was confidently expected, and that a considerable effort is making to carry it into effect. At other times, changing its tune, the official journal seems to think very lightly of the matter, and to hold up to ridicule the whole of the war ope- « + 12,690 12,357 449 2, oe . rations in Mexico. From this contradictory course | tion and amperes a ‘all classes of society, and in overs + 12,612 12,937 ain “« ay shape and form. The career of the master spirit of this ne s / na of the government ongan, it is very evident that Mr. | Shane ont has been marked by s genius end indus. ‘ +e 8,280 : Polk and his Cabinet are afraid of hostilities ta-| try which has rarely be»n paralleled. Among the morn- a a % king place, while they wish that the gove ing papers which are hawked about the streets by news- ; +s < . 5 pend uf Sovernmant oli) Ae Ree cefeootk uppaare oeaka the actrees tieangees e. ‘ ; Mexico may persuade the people not to come into] from the south, 6 & ras < é the field. The opinion, however, gams rapidly ihe eet arable Ha in ed eee 12,618 On es tu a gether a subject wo: of the study of the curious in +. ve . 0) amongst reasonable men, not committed to any in | fhe printing art. How the newspapers contrive to gather 2,827 i terest, and judging of circumstances and characters me the Ee Ore oe te a DcouEresonsca ae po- o : on A A : ice reports and reports of popular, scientific, religious, ie ee according to their natural import, that the chances | fanatienl and infidel meetings. and ‘the all-corte-of news XA 4 a are in favor of Mexico going to war, and endeaver- | from all quarters of the globe, which they daily serve oe Re = a i i 5 up to the reading public, is a mystery to the uninitiated, 12,960 aff aa a ing to make a hostile demonstration of some sort, donee A which they should find out. In New York the press is wont to speak freely and o oe 7,917 so as to bring in, by way of intervention, the Euro- i fearlessly, and to assert its right to be the conservator of 329,889 66,276 ean pow i f Pi powers. A great many circumstances and } 41,0 public morals. It holds incheck the natural dispo- Highest Dail . movements, as well within as without the limits of | sition in large and wealthy communities to vice and im- ct Sunday. . Mexico, would appear to poiut to the same settled | morality ; and whenever it detects a delinquent, no mat- “ “Weekly ter what his standing may be in the community, chases “ him into the pound of Justice, where he is compelled to FA face the public scorn ; or drives him forth to receive his measure of retribution in exile. The leading presses in New York, with which the writer is conversant, are (with the Tribune and Herald already named) the Express, Commercial Advertiser, Journal of Commerce, Courier § Enquirer, Evening Post, purpose on the part of the government of that re- public, to bring the war fever to a crisis there. It is true several of the newspapers, and particu” larly the Journal of Commerce, would seem to ridi cule all apprehension of a war movement, and par- Supplement. . Aggregate circulation of all kinds... 49,961 From these facts, it will be at once perceived that since the returns were made by us to the Post Office ticularly scout the idea of the issuing of letters of | Sun, and True Sun. ' These alone have the intellectual | Department, we have been steadily increasing over marque and reprisal. These prints affect to laugh | 224 moral power ‘to set the town to Bee sod keeh 2k our previous circulation, and that we have now 180 | in order’”—with the aid of a good police. at the statements made by us the other day relative | many others, though of minor note—-politi al, literary, 5 cious-looki Spanish | 2&4 religious. to the two suspicious-looking vessels, under panish | "here are few papers in New York which date back colors, seen cruising on the track of the American | very far. The writer recollects the Evening Post almost packet-ships on the Atlantic. But this very journal, | #8 early as he recollects himself; and although he has no ambition to be thought old, he reckons the age of that the Journal of Commerce itself, states the fact that | journal to be somewhere in the latitule of ioe lt was they had heard of forty-five vessels under Spanish | for meny gees saree federal paper, and then chopped colors, sailing from Cuba and Porto Rico. Our] "Ud 8nd became as hot on the opposite side. It has, ‘ \ still later, however, assumed a more elevated and inde- pious contemporary, apparently forgetting that the area ous as a party paper, than it ever stood upon very codfish of which he talks so much have hereto i reached an aggregate issue of something over FIFTY THOUSAND, and that the probability is, that growing with the increase of the country, in the next ten years, the circulation of the New York Herald will be ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND, spread all over the country, and read by half a mil- hon of people. We believe there is nothing more improbable in this prediction, in the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, fore ; though ultra democratic in its principles, (as it was once ultra federal,);it concedes nothing to party fore been carried by Yankee vessels to those Spanish islands, and that one of the most suspicious circum- stances tending to show that something is in the wind in relation to letters of marque, is this very fact of some fifty Spanish vessels being in the British harbor of St. Johns, Newfoundland. It will be re- collected that that is a British port, and who can tell but those vessels may be lying in wait there for the first intelligence of the breaking out of hostilities in order to pounce upon our packet ships and carry them into some port in the West Indies. We think our pious contemporary of the Journal of Commerce has vastly increased the suspiciousness of the cir. cumstances related by us, in the ratio of the number of vessels at Newfoundland to those we mentioned which is as twenty to two. ; We may speculate and speculate, however, as much as we please, we are evidently in the com. mencement of an important crisis in our foreign relations, and a few days will settle and determine from mere policy or time-sorving, all aberrations from the principle: perceptible in the acts of the President, or the ings of a Tammany meeting. we must allow, is worthy of praise, though we may con- demn the principles which it advocates. but boldly denounces s it maintains, whether roceed- honesty of the Post, The Commercial is next in seniority, and has maintain- ed the high ee with which it commenced, without diminution. It is held in deserved esteem for ‘its advo- cacy of sound principles, and a general information, stands among the foremost of the New York journals. It isdecidedly whig in its politics, though moderate and liberal in its discussions of party questions. ‘The younger branches of the editorial family, however, have evidently taken the lead of these o| stagers ; the Tribune, the Herald, and the Ezpress being considerably in the, foreground. Journal of Com. merce and the Courier & Enquirer are both great vehi- cles of advertising, and also of news ; though they seem not to be quite as popular with the million as the three we have before named. The C: g- E., however, is edited with great ability. There is much business talent in the mass of newspaper editors in New York ; though com- paratively, but little of a higher order. “That the New ork editors are gentlemen of character and standing is an unquestionable fact; but to believe what they some- times say about one another, one would be apt to con- clude that they were as arrant scamps as any in christen- vehicle of news and than there was in the prediction we made in May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five—ten yearsago. The truth of the matter is this, the daily newspa- per press, as an institution in civilized society—as an element ot modern civilization—and as one of the greatest corner stones of freedom and law, has never yet reached its highest point of improvement and its widest circle of influence. We are merely in the commencement of that great sovereignty of mind— that great element of free thought thrown abroad upon the winds of heaven, and circulating through- out the country, amongst a free people and an industgions race. The establishment of the inde- pendent press of the city of New York, of which the New York Herald 1s the spirit and type and pioneer’ opened a new age to the world of mind, and has dis- closed new elements in the progress of true religion’ pure morality, incorruptible government, and civi' and religious freedom of all kinds. The old news. paper press of New York is going out of existence, and narrowing the circle of its influence daily. During the last ten years, paper after paper, conducted on the old, personal, party, narrow-minded system of clgueism, has disappeared. “ Stars” and“ Times” and ‘‘ Suns” and “ Patriots,” and we don’t know how many kinds of papers, probably to the number OF an hundred, have gone to the tomb of all the Capu- lets. None of the old regime now remain except two or three in Wall street—the Courier & Engui- rer, the Journal of Commerce, and one or two others, and they have been placed in sueh a position as to be now almost on their beam-ends, and under the ne. cessity of scrambling along the best way they can in order to maintain that position, miserable and preca- rious at it is. In the progress of this great conflict between the old and the new system of newspapers there must needs be war, and contests and controversies. We have thus far victoriously borne ourselves through anda few da dom. A vitiated taste in the public seems to call for and whoare right in their interpretations and inferences | delight in these Billingsgate exhibitions of the editorial as to the present remarkable condition of affairs in | [912% and to their shams be it spoken, the teste of the i t kable a latter is depraved enough to indulge it. Mexico. Our firm belief is that the Mexican go-] ‘The statements of this writer are in the main vernment, of any party, is in such a condition before | correct, and characterized by a liberal and unpreju- the world that it cannot retreat from some demon | diced spirit. In his concluding paragraph, he refers stration, and if they create an interest in the clergy | to a subject which has often been the subject of re- of Mexico, they may get the fifteen millions much mark and inquiry. It has often been asked why more readily and easily than our government could | the New York editors should be so given to envy, get the same amount from the capitalists of this jealousy and backbiting. The only reason that can =: be found for the habitual exhibition of these amiable Tue Cuampers Srreet Tracepy.—This is now | qalities, is the excessive rivalry and competition the topic of universal discussion throughout the | Which exist amongst them. Any one of the daily city. Amongst the class of society to which the | Journals that happens, by superior tact, enterprise parties belong, the most intense interest has been | 40d industry, to attain a wide and extended circula- excited, and, indeed, in every other circle the gen- | tion, immediately communicates a spirit of envy sation is hardly less strong and prevalent. and dislike amongst the other journals, and they at The facts in the case are certainly very remarka- | once combine in order, if possible, to put down the ble and mysterious, and, as we remarked yesterday, | Provokingly successful competitor for public favor are utterly irreconcileable with the supposition that | and patronage. Thus originated the famous “mo- the poor girl committed suicide. In the first place | ral war” against the Herald some years ago, which ubhedt the body was found lying on the floor of the bed-| was waged with such unexampled bitterness and | the conflict with the old system. Our contempora- room, perfectly divested of clothing. That of itself | remarkable failure. It was instigated, encouraged, | ries of the new race must also bear their share of it, is almost sufficient to prove that it was not a suicide. | and backed by one M. M. Noah, who had been con- | and we believe that a great part of the enmity and Even the most abandoned female, if determined to | nected with the New York press for many years, | the opposition which have recently heen mani- commit the act of self-destruction, would shrink | and who like the rest of the old regime supposed | fested towards the Tribune by the elder jour- with horror from the idea of leaving her person ex-| that any new genius engaging successfully in that] nals of its own party, has grown out of jealousy posed in this manner. But again, the door was not | business might interfere with their proscriptive | and envy, as much as from their disapproval of locked. Is not this further evidence that the girl | rights. That war, however, only served to en-| some of the doctrines promulgated by that journal. did not die by her own hand? Is it at all within the | lighten the public—to spread still farther the reputa- | It is two or three years since the Tribune commen- bounds of probability that she could have deliberate- | tion of the Herald, and to make it what it is at this | ced its course in the new philosophy, which attract- ly set about the work of self-destruction, and yet have day, one of the greatest and most extraordinary | ed our attention at once, and received our condem- taken no precaution against being interrupted, and | journals probably ever attempted in a free country. | nation from the very first. But its whig contempo- her purpose defeated, by some one of the numerous| On Wednesday, the 5th of May, 1835, we com- | raries never discovered anything wrong in the mo- inmates of the house entering her apartment? But | menced this journal, by issuing the first copy, with | rality and philosophy of the Zyibwne, until they the appearance of the body presented most indubitable | the following prospectus :— began to suspect that its circulation, under the new ‘ [From the New York Herald, May 5, 1935. impulses of journalism, was beginning to t h evidence that other hands than her own de-| 1, me commencement of an enterprise of the prendit lerdcareape! te le, Then their vi “ ain prived her of life. In the first place, a piece | kind, it is not necessary to say much—we know,” says | Upon their heels. Then their virtue, awakened into muslin, several i the fair Opheha, “what we are, but know not what we | a perfectly savage state, was precipitated into asa- t : yards in length, and two or three | ‘he Tap Ophsitt wand promicen im. these entyinened | ote cone che heey iy a inches broad, was found stuffed firmly in her throat | times are not exactly so current in the world ar Safety | Vae course of action. The Tribune, however, hi and mouth, then around her neck a bandage of mus- | Fund Notes, or even U. 8. Bank bills. We have had an | seen its best days, and its want of a just apprecia- lin, that had been previously soaked in water, was experience of nearly fifteen years in conducting | tion of the practical intelligence and good sense of r ‘ apers. On that score we cannot 1 ; roti tied firmly, after having been rolled round six or fail in knowing at least how to build up, ‘a | the age, with right-thinking philosophy as well as seven times—a handkerchief was tied around her ae oe eee of our own. In debuts | right-thinking religion, will bring it rapidly to ite ; talk of principle—political princi- head and chin—in her right hand was a knife un- ple party prineip is ucort of steel trap to catch the c stained by blood, and grasped in such a manner as Metat BI bo on Bhd be Lbs bt pet wae eg oi doom, and in its attempt to assume a neutral posi- left ttle room to doubt that it had been placed there | principle, as it is called--all party--all polities, Our | tion, and eo adopt a new issue, its fears may be dis- after death, and the marks of a few recent punctures | °"!y guide shall be good, sound, practical, common | covered. “ ; sense, applicabl i ¥ were discovered on the abdomen. Now is it at all geged i brary tar hr wave allecporeaairee te As for us and our journal, we shall go ahead on possible that the various acts which we have de- | the organ of no faction or coterie,and care nothing for any | the principles of common sense, sound philosophy, scribed, could have been committed by the girl her- cane We shail ena yee OF tonen ae eth in and enlightened religion, which has been always vi self? The gagging alone was sufficient to produce | public and proper subject, stripped of verbi nd co-| revered. We have now the largest aggregate cwrcu- death. The punctures in the abdomen must have Toving, witn'comments when suitable, just, independ end. Even now it begins to see its approaching fearless and good tempered, If thi lation of any journal in the civilized world. Some been made before the gagging or the application of ure ye waich many journals poss of the weekly religious newspapers in this city have the bandage around the neck, but how could the | HiZty point, piquancy wnat cet gees PF been represented to possess a circulation beyond 4 riety, i knife have been still retained in the hand ? Theidea Hot f for the reat ini bs oo in the extreme. The girl Neate teepunie’ pres that the New York Herald establishment issues per ployer—the clerk and his principal are inthis | week nearly three times as many sheets as the largest Ought not this dark and mysterious affair to be | City at least 150,000 persons who glance over on circulating religious journal in this metropolis.— any others. But it is a fact,which cannot be denied, . re news| rs every day. Only 42, " sifted to the very bottom? The public demand the be issued ry supply them,” We bave’ plenty eine , | Neither religious nor secular journals can compete immediate institution of the most searching inves- Suen eoaltame es leistanetty Reighbors, | rivals or | with us in circulation—in the extensiveness of that tigation. The finding of the Coroner's jury has not | ffrnato, and leave something for others who cnan ate: | circulation, and in the great and incontestible moral at all satisfied the community, and the police au-| us By furnishi ne laily Teaee pee 4 low price, | influence which we wield. The character, the ex- thorities must prosecute their inquiries with the ut- waaet aioem ter tmaktgenon | Sui teste eaeahy a istence, the principles and the position of the 5 : , 5 'Y, and most diligence and zeal. Guilt of the deepest dye indust , there is ma oo in this ran ele or fe- | Herald, have received the sanction of the American male, that may not be able to say—‘‘we! ave gota i - rests somewhere. paper of my one ‘which will tell meall about what's people, of all classes and of all sections. This sanc ., | doing in the world—I’m busy now—but I'll put it into | tion is expressed by their patronage, which is shown ‘Tue Mayor and Common Covncrt will visit my pocket and read it at my leisure.” to exceed so far the patronage bestowed upon any Bellevue, Randall’s and Blackwell’s Islands 1o- ith these few words, as ince, botere meat,” wo «A Ba " yr > cia commit ow # and our cause to the public, with per- | other journal. tis an approval of our principles of day, to inspect the public buildings; some of which | fect confidence in our own capacity to publish » paper | freedom and independence—of our sentiments ot are in course of erection on Randall’s Island. Their | htt will seldom pall on the appetite, provided we te- | orality und religion—-of « ience and ane adied, aloo, to chooes ¢ site § ceive moderate encouragement to unfold our resources | Morality 8 re ONES rene , , a OF & new | and purposes in the columns of the Monwivo Herato. | philosophy, which none can gainsay, and of which Alms House, At the end ofmore than ten years we are enabled to | the best possible evidence is presented in the receipts i weekly issues. Yet, with all this prosperity, we are not without our enemies, who are continually plotting and contriving to get up schemes of defamation, annoyance and persecution. We despise these enemies, of all kinds, and are ready to meet them both in secret and in public. Our course as an independent and highly elevated and intellectual journal, 1s only in its commencement, as we believe. The institution of a daily newspaper as an organ of civilization and of law, is only in the beginning of its great career of empire. Whether in peace or war, this great career must be run—this high destiny must be fulfilled. It is true, in the course of nature, we must depary from these scenes in a few years. But if those who follow us ean understand the spirit and the system which have borne us in triumph for the last ten years, they can just as successfully carry on the war against bigotry and ignorance—party malignity and party corruption—vice, folly, and crime, and leave the world a little better, and more enlightened, just as we hope to leave it. Lavncu or Tug Sours Carouina.—The launch of this vessel took place at Williamsburgh, yesterday afternoon, from the yard of Messrs. Gabey Williamg & Co. She is intended for one of the ship line of Charleston packets, and is built to correspond with the other vessels already in the line. The cabin is arranged with a studied air of neatness and com- fort, something upon the style of the Liverpool pack. ets, though not quite so extensive. She measures 600 tons, carpenter’s calculation. This is the first vessel of her size that has been lauched from this place since 1836, although there have been a great number of a smaller class built within that time, yet none have caused more excitement than this. The beautiful little village ot Will:amsburgh, pre- sented a very animated appearance during the after- noon; the announcement of this novel affair called forth an immense concourse of bright eyes and smi_ ling faces. Wasuincton CorRESPOWDENCE OF THE “COURIER & Enquimer.”—Our venerable contemporary must have a very capable correspondent at Washington— a very reliable correspondent at the Capitol—a most excellentand veritable narrator of facts. During the last ten days almost every letter has been the subject of apology—retraction—excuse and denial. In fact, almost every material statement of the veracious “Le Solitaire” has been contradicted in the editorial columns! Would it not be a great saving of trouble and composition to havea regular standing apology and retraction in readiness, to be appended as a Postscript to every letter? The sting could thus be taken out of the falsehood on the very morning of its publication, instead of waiting twenty-four hours longer. 4 Unrren Srares Smr Nort Caroiina.— The following is alist of the commissioned, war- ranted and appointed officers on board the U. 8. receiving ship North Carolina, bearing the broad pennant of Com. Jacob Jones :— Commissioned Officers.—Captain Benj. Cooper; Lieuts A. G, Gordon, executive officer, J. H. Rowan, E. C. Ward, Jr., J. G. Reynolds commanding marine guard ; Surgeon, D. 8. Edwards ; Purser, Thos. B. Nalle ; Chap- lain, Charles 8. Stewart; Passed Assist. Surgeon, Charles J. Bates. Warranted Officers.—Master, S. C. Reid ; Midshipmen, Edward Simpson, W, N. Jeffers, J. H. Nones, L. P. Ash- mead ; Sailmaker, N. B. Peed. “Appointed Officers.—Commodore’s Secretary, E. 8. Jones; Professor of Mathematics, W. B. Benedict; Teach- er of Langu: T. Morel, Jr.; Acting Master’s Mate, F. C. Ward ; Captain’s Clerk, J. H. Dulany. ‘Tue Wasuincron Murper.—The decision of the justices in this case appears to give universal satis- faction—at least amongst all the intelligent friends of law and order. It is fully time that the sanctity of human life should be properly regarded by all the Pan Taeatas,—Last evening « wellfilled house | /mportant Movement of Troops— Requisition for Men greeted Mr. Hackett, om his first appearance in America, onaee Governen~ Teeieell. yop to, since his visit to Europe. The bill for the evening was! About 11 oflock eter forenoon business “ Henry the Fourth,” with Mr. Hackett as Jack Falstaff’ | took us out of our 5 nid -as we went down It is well known that Mr. Hackett has made himself cele {| Camp, and on to the Post Office, we saw citizens brated both in Europe and America, by his inimitable | grouped together at every corner, talking tagontly personation ofthis character. Criticism is unnecessary: eed Fay oer not what. They seer Sufce to aay, that since his visit to Europe, he has, | Claved and On lush, spints as int os me if possible, made himself more perfect than before, inthe | knew that the cause of their rejoicing must capers delineation of Sir John. King Henry was well done by | thing more a mere political party triumph. Mr. Barry ; Hotspur by Mr. Dyott ; Mr. Roberts appeared | When two men met, we could hear one tell the as Prince of Wales ; Lady Percy, Mrs. Abbott; and Dame Quickly by Mrs. Vernon. At the felling of the curtain other, with a significant smile, to sharpen “Uncle Alexander” (the big sword), and the etter would Mr. Hackett was called out, and after being enthusiasti- cally cheered addressed the audience as follows :— remind his friend how necessary it now was for hi to burnish up his old rifle, * rica ras Bess. Lapigs anv Gentiemex—In December last, I bade fare- well to New York, being about to depart for Europe, 1 ‘We soon learned “ What had caused this great commotion have been there, and h ell 1 may have bee wal iw hori 3 ave been there, and however wi may ive 0 Tre- i i ceived, it is always pleasant to me to return to America | {t was, at ad hed of, publicly and very and have the honor of appearing before American audi- ences ; not Iwas not e: tified at per- generally known that the veteran, Gen. nes,com- xceedingly grat farming, be express desire, before the Seen and nobles of England—for I have always ngland as form- manding the Southern mili ivision of the Uni- ted States, had made a demand on Gov. Mouton for one thousand men or more for the national service, sndak the ingtage of Milton and ShakeSeers "tam ioe on 1e 5 am much exhausted to address you to-night el the thank you for and that the Governor promptly made a requisition on Gen. Lewis, nn eae the first eaten of your kind reception. After the Polka by the Misses Vall closed with the farce of the ‘‘ Dumb Bell have Mr. Hackett in his original character of So! Monsieur Mallet in the drama of that name. Bowery Tueatae.—' the evening oan non | riflemen, and two companies of artillery with eight Swop, in the comody of “Jonathan in England,” and the Louisiana militia, for the required force, viz: two regiments of volunteers, of ten companies each— one of them to consist of musketeers and one of field preces. The requisition was of course imme- diately responded to, and will be put forthwith into execution. ‘Virginius,” and “Ernest Maltra- vers” went off very successfully last night ; and, on ac- count of the enthusiastic reception which both plays re- ceived from the public, they will be repeated to-night, Since its opening, this new theatre has been regularly attended by very large audiences, and its prodigious vastness has hardly been sufficient to afford accommodag tion to the number of visitors who have been induced to pay it a visit. No theatre ever met with the same success, and this is a good proof that the public appreciate the It was the knowledge of this fact that caused the excitement amongst our citizens which we have at- tempted to describe—it was this that made them seem as if “ Their souls were in arms And eager for the fray !” We understand that the whole of the artillery force of the city—a most effective and well-armed corps— have volunteered their services, and that they have been accepted. Our galiant uniformed infantrycompa- company he has engaged. prodigious size and has a very great power. Ninvo’s.—A brilliant and fashionable audience greeted enthusiastically received, and never acted or sang with greater spirit. To-night, that prince of Irish comedians, Brougham, appears in two new characters, supported by (See the advertisement.) Mr. J. W. Bates, manager of the N: (Cincinnati,) came into town yesterday, sherpa of engaging a new company, and pure! ing additional material for his theatre. It is said that he intends to set the National on a footing that will bring itona level with the theatres of this city. Old Joe Cowell, the favorite comedian, and several | manager of the Walnut street eck and buskin,” and opened a ose Mr. Burton, of the Walnut street theatre, Philadelphia, Mad. Borghese an ny, late ot They w It was enthusiastic in the extreme. to New Orleans. Mr. Charles Hill took a benefit at the Royal Olympic Theatre, Montreal, on the 22d inst. The Misses Macomber gave a concert at Cincinnati last Thursday evening. The New York Equestrian Company, under the man- agement of Mes lowes and Mabio, proprietors, gave two representat at Springfield, Illinois, on the 14th and 15th insts. Granp Mmirary Cricket Matcn at Montreau. —The Cricket Match between the Rifles and the 52d Regiment closed on Tuesday last, and termina- ted rather unexpectedly in favor of the former. We ministers of justice. The assassin has in quite too many cases been a privileged character. We think a {better order of things is beginning to be intro- duced. Custom House Removaus.—There will be some twenty-five or thirty removals from the Custom House on the Ist of thecoming’month, (September,) among Inspectors, Measurers, (iuagers, Markers, and some in-door clerks. Great fluttering and anxiety among all interested until notices are received, which will probably be this week. Granp Bauu at THE Coney Isuanp Pavition.— To-morrow evening another of these grand affairs comes off as above. The steamers will cail at dif- ferent hours during the evening, to convey parties to and from the Isle of Clams and fish chowder. The worthy host of Fort Hamilton Hotel, and the enterprising Bulby, appear determined to go ahead in good entertainment of every description. From Hayti.—Captain Fowler, of the schooner Sarah Lavinia, sixteen days from Curacoa, states that information had been received trom Jacmel, that a civil war had broken out between the whites andthe blacks, Atvantic Housg, Honoxen.—This beautiful hotel has lately been erected by John C. Stevens, near the ferry, and was opened a few days since by Thomas Swift. It is a large square two story house, situated where the delightful breezes from the river blow all around it. The accommodations are of a superior order. There are eight parlors, with sleeping-rooms attached, for families. These rooms are all hand- somely furnished, and are large and airy. Those in the second story open upon a piazza on both sides of the house, which makes a delightful promenade. On the top is a cupola, from which a magnificent view can be had of New York, Staten Island, the Narrows, Jersey City, and Hoboken. At the back of the house is a fine green, reaching to the river. The bar is well stocked with the choicest wines and liquors. P ‘There is no doubt but before long Hoboken will be the summer residence of many of our merchants The want of a good hotel there has been felt, and this want is now supplied by the gentlemanly host of the Atlantic, Mr. Swift. His accommodations for families are very superior, and cannot fail to please all who sojourn there. Movements of Travellers, There was nothing unusual yesterday in the number of traveliers. The hotels had their abundance, but not the overplus which has hitherto rendered them inconve- niently crowded. The respective registries record the following ‘Amenicax— Richard Taylor, Louisville; L, Ravens, U. 3.A; RC. Laure’ C.; Dr. Alexander, Savannal E. J. Elling, 1.’ Pleasanton, do.; W. J. Led- yard, Mobile; John Leeds, Mr. Davis, N. 0.; W. Cw ningham, 8.C',; A. Smith, Phitad.; Dr. Bratton, Louis- burgh; KR. W. Gallagher, Richmond; Joseph’ Vautz, Nashville; ©. R. E acon, Geo. A nkill; DH Dewitt, Kingston; w. It. il, England; W. R. Hayes. Barb ‘as; J. 8. Anderson, ‘ajor Nonrse, ¢.:H. 6. Jordan, and R. Gamble A. G. Cochrane, N. 0. Cocke, Baltimore; J. Maxw Henry Connell, Phil J.H. Tyson, Philad.; B, Ward, Danesville; J. Ambler, J. W. Lucas M. Wood, M. 0.; J. B. Barrett, 3 . W. 5, George Milos, Michigan; Geo. C. AH. Hanscombe, La., W. 8. Dant, Mins L. Fullagan, N.O; 0. Pratt, Ala; Mr. Mor- riton, Tallahassee; W.H. May, b’geport;'A. Parker, Thos. Holmes, Ohio; W. H. Elliott, N. H; Robert Fisk, N. W. Lawrence, Phila; Saml. Todd, 8, C; R. G. Cutter, le; Hor, Steele, Palmerville, Ohio; Capt. Myers, Rochaster ; L. H. Trnvett, Mobile; DL. il. Travet, doy Phila; N. P. Sterling, Pittsburgh “8, M. 'Leaming, Phila; C,H. Fisher, do; R. E. Evans, do; ©. Beddele, do; T. Medley, N.O.; Messrs, Anderton & Jackson, do; L. Prentiss, Con Howann.—Mr. Bates, W. ie , M. 8. Meed, Mobile; ott, Rogers, and Louisville; F. Fossett, Woolridge, V \ Boston C.,Dr, Sanderl, A. Rose, Greenwich Osborne, Canada: George Bull, do; Geo R ll, Bridgewater ; N. 'T. Perkens, do ; ‘A. Hooker, Geo. Hugging, Columbia; D. Strong, Phila; £. Reddie, Boston; D. Eldridge, Phila: P. L, Mitchell, Ky. L, Smith, Conn; L. 8, Cole, Wash- ington; L. T. ‘ives, A. 3 J. ‘aughban, Mr. Gregg, Va.; H. Hollingshed, Phila, ; J. C. Rives, Wash- ington City; R. Smith, Montreal ; 5. Milner, Canada; H. C, Downes, Hartford ; W. Frothingham, Albany. Ovurrace.—We learn from a passenger in the cars on the New Bedford Railroad, thaton Saturday last, the train from New Bedford for Taunton was stopped by miles from New Bedford, and two thrust from the cars. It appeared that a poor woman with three children had come on board the cars for Taunton, had paid for herself and one child__- had no money to pay for the other two—and in conse- quence, two of her children were compelled to quit the cars and left upon the road without their mother or any friend to direct them where to go or what to do, in the midst of @ woods far from any honse. Had the passen- gere been made fr aga with the facts, instead of turning tvo small children into the road unprotected and pc they ant deeds have ald ped waht | je children, as great dissatisfaction was felt and mi fested.—[Fall River Monitor. give below a score of the innings. A return match willbe played in a few days at St. Johns. FIFTY-SECOND. efforts of its enterprising manager, and the talent of the Castix Ganpven.—The exhibition of the new Mam. moth Steam Electrical Machine was attended last night by avast concourse of people, who all appeared well pleased with the result of the experiments. This won- derful instrument will be exhibited again to-night and another series of experiments will be made with it, for the gratification of visitors. The Ben Franklin, as this machine is called, well deserves to be seen, for it is of a the French Opera company, last evening. Calvé was T. Placide, John Sefton, Miss Taylor, Nickerson, &c.— yette House,” in Fayette street, offers a prize of $1000, for an original American comedy’ A letter has been received in New Orleans from Mexi- co, dated July 22, faving an account of the reception of other members of the Italian compa- inthe finest health. The engagement wili conclude about the last of November or the beginning of the following month, and then the company will return nies are not, in the meantime, listlessly resting on their arms: calls for meetings of the officers of the Washington Regiment and Louisiana Volunteers may be seen in our paper to-day. In tact, the ques- tion will not be “Who will be suffered to remain at home ?” but “Who will be permitted to enrol them- selves amongst them, the defenders of their coun- trymen beyond the Sabine ?” Betore to-morrow’s sun ascends the meridian, the draft, in mercantile phrase, will be honored, and were it numerically ten times the amount which it is, it would be met with the same alacrity and good will. ‘This movement is said to be consequent upon au- thentic information which has reached Gen. Gaines, of the advance of 10,000 Mexican troops to a point within eight days’ march of General Taylor’s qu; ters. We are not aware of the precise disposition which is to be made of the volunteer force ; the great body of them, we believe, go to reinforce Gen. Taylor’s command. We, like the rest of our citizens, have no appre- hension for the result. If a conflict comes, the vain and pusillanimous nation which excites it will ine- vitably be the sufferers. Should their temerity car- y them to such lengths, we trust they will be metat the outset by a force that will teach them the prowess of our people, and how ridiculously Utopian is the idea that leads them to believe they can cope with us in arms ay more than in arts. ‘This humanity, as well as valor, demands of us; for, by a decisive stroke—one that will! in iem with adue degree of terr housands of r wretches who may be drag: veh 1 homes, will, seeing the utter) opelessness of their ¢ e, save their lives by atonce making, in double quick time, an advance backwards. Whatever the strategy or manquvring of our enemies, Jet them but provoke hostilities, an victory will certainly be found folded in the flag of our Union. [Fromthe N. O. ice, Extra, ‘We hasten to lay Vefore o telligence we have - ment of troops for acquired territory ed Mexican invasion. General Gaines, nov ing received au- thentic information to ti ten thousand Mexi- can troops were within eigit days marchof Gen. Taylor, whois posted at St. Joseph's Island, immodiately despatch- ed a messenger to Governor Mouton, ai Pass Christian, claiming a requisition of two regiments of volunteers, (of ten companies each) one to consist of Infantry and one of Riflemen ; and two companies of Artillery, with eight field pieces The requisition was immediately granted, and will be put forthwith into execution. ‘The two volunteer regiments are to stationed at the Forts and Barracks on the Gulf, subject to the orders of the Government id the United States troops at present in garrison at those stations are to be immediately trans- ferredto Texas. The two companies of volunteer artil- Aug. 16} ir readers the important in- , relative to the move- otecting the sony ager of a project- lory will leave on Wednesday, the 20th inst., on the steamboat Alabama, together with four com United States os (7th regiment, infantry,} which are expecte morrow morning, from Pass tian, under Captains Moore and Holmes, The above information may be relied upon as authen- tic In addition to the above, the New Orl intimates that, besides the United States militi lar troops that are to be sent to the frontier of Ts militia of that Republic will 0 be held ot By aresolution of the Texan Congross, pass 26th of June, the President of Texas is suthorized and required to call into service the militia or a volunteer force to suc! extentas he may deem expedient, in case it may be necessury to repel any Mexican troops that may invade, or attempt to invade, the territory of the Republic. In this same resolution the Government of the United States is invited to occupy, without del frontier of the Republic with such troop cessary for its defence. ‘The Courier t the provisions of the law above quo! First Innings. Brooke bld by Cragg,.........13 Siddels bld by Cobden. 8 Longley bld do. : Private Holwell caught Cragg Lieut. Herrence bld by Cobden. . 5 Capt. Pocklington, bld by Cobdent7 Private Moore caught Cheatell. Gillivan bld by Cobden. Marchant bld by Cragg Oakley not out. Bugle-Mjr Embu Secone Innings. SIXTIETH RIFLES. First Innings. Thos. Cook, run out.........8 Sergt. Chetwoon bld by Embury 0 Private Dove caught by do... 9 Private Dowling do by Marchant 0 Col. Nesbet bid by Embury... 2 Sergt. Cheatell run out. . 1s Private Clarke caught by Clarke 1 Private Cragg bld by Herrence. . 2 Sergt. Cobden bld by Embury.. 1 Private Cooke not out........ Texas could, on a sudden emergency, raise at least five thousand troops, brave and hardy riflemen, and better adapted then any others for operations against a Mexican army. So that, in view of the activity displayed in preparing for the crisis, it is not probable that there will boa deficiency of Corpl. ihe gethass Pockington 8 No balls... Dreaprur Ovrrace.—On Thursday morning last, at Gay-light, three negroes confined in the District Jail for safe-keeping, being desperate fellows, having committed many outrages, effected their escape from the cell in which they were confined, by breaking the pad- lock, either by their own efforts, or through the aid of a female slave, who was also a prisoner, and had the liber- ty of the ee tee From an examination since had, it would appear that the jailor, Mr. John Bevil, had desired one of the prisoners to call him at an early hour in the morning, in order that he might lock up the woman ‘This was accordingly done, and no sooner had he opened the middle door than the three desperadoes rushed upon him, one of them striking him on the head a mortal blow with an iron hinge, w sah Hey had wrenched fcom the door of their cell, which not felling him, another pushed him out of the way, and they all rushed by. The woman did not attempt to escape. Mrs Bevil, the wife of the jailor, hearing the noise, ran to the passage, and saw the negroes endeavoring to open the front door of the jail, which they soon effected, and made thelr escape. “Mr Bevil had followed the negroes as far as the door, but most probably unconsciously, for as they pr fell to the floor, and expired ina few minute: We are informed that he received no other injury the first blow inflicted, which, not fracturing the skull, most likely caused ,a concussion of the brain. After breaking from the cell, and before their escape from the prison, we are informed, they offered to release two other negroes who were in confinement, but they stoadfastly refused to join them in their nefarious pla: These three desperadoes are now at large, although expectation of hearing of their re-capture, active measures have been taken to this August Srate Farr at Urica.—Arrangements have been made with the several railroad companies, whose officers have acted with their accustomed liberality and public spirit, that allanimals and impliments, intended for exhibition, shall be transported free of charge, by ex- tra trains for that purpose: aad that all persons visiting the Fair,shall pass at halfthe usual rates.All animals and, agricultural implements must be on the ground at Utica onthe 17th, at 10o’clock, A. M.; and at the Rochester Auburn depot, in this city, early on Tuesday morning, the 16th, in readiness forthe 8 oclock train—advices of which should be left with L. B. Langworthy, No. 18 Buf- falo street, or through the Post office, by the 10th Sep- tember, that suitable provision may be made tor their transportation. All articles forwarded by this route or any other, may be addressed to Mesais, Farewell & Har- rington, Utica, and ti dd St who will take careful charge of tl e. Itis anticipated that, from the great exertions making by the people of Utica ond the officers of the Society, together with its increasing popularity, the show will far outstrip any former exhi- bition in the State. The preparations are on a magnifi scale, and from present indications, the show of ani- implements of husbandry and the various curiosi- and manufactures, that will be exhibited, w stitute this Fair the grand Museum of agricul! cles forthe State of New York. The Magnetic ‘ graph will, on that day, be in operation from Uti ward, which will prove no amalt attraction to thos ting the Fair. Love Istanp Rattroap—On Friday night last on this road, at a place called Millville, about sixty miles from Brooklyn, a large body of men assembled and drove off the watchman, who resisted their attempt» to tear up the track. Having now free scope they pro ceeded (o tear up the track in four different places, 4 then hewed off the uprights of the bridge, w: om ¥ ith a high embankment carried the railroad across ravine at that point of the line. | T! tirely cut ‘down, but left in such @ way that i = of cars might ran on and fall in the gulf below, cag e caped an overturn from the embeakmet f. “% ei So benevolent an intent was frustrated 7S ote! . and watchfulnessof the company’s agents, . om- menced repairing the track at once, an hh ample no- tice to prevent any t1 assing at full speed to this dangerous spot. Asthe bridge could not he season to allow & of trains on Saturday, ing of mails and was made from the rey train to another on the nite side of the ravin Such eedings as thore of Friday night can have no other pffect than to make thet part of Long Inland and ite inhabitants odious to the whole community ax the abode of law! ‘The passengers in the train from New hich arrived here on Saturday night ata late re unanimons in praike of Mr. Tucker, the con: ductor of that train, for his care and attention, and of Captain Williams, of the stoamor Traveller, for his “agg offer of dinner without chargeBoston ‘oat, 5 aired in force 'to meet any emergency. [From the N, 0. Republican, Aug. 16.] Fourtuer Miritany Movements.—We Tear that the 5th and 8th regiments of infantry, and two companies of artillery, haye received orders for Texas. We y. announced that the 7th infantry and three comp dragoons had received similar orders, and that the sth and 8th had been ordered from posts at the north, to Jef. ferson barracks and the posts now occupied by the 7th. ‘The arrival of one order so fresh upon the heels of an ther, andj he rap d increase of ou:fforce in Texas, shows that our overuse is alive to the importance of the crisis, and is preparing for any emergency. ‘The Washington Union of Saturday evening says : We have received a letter from Galveston, of the 7th in- stant, which states that “there are some movements go- ing on in regard to changing our form of government at once. The Convention now in session have Invited Fi sident Jones to go to Austin, sure. He has left Washington fi stand, from other quarters, that this moyement is scarc ly likely to prevail. [Correspondence of the New York Herald.} New Orvezans, August 17, 1845. War with Mexico—Weather and Health—New Ex- change, §c.—A new Commercial Jowrnal— Worthy and Respected Citizens—State of Education—Po- litics and Politicians— Magnetic Telegraph—Wil- lis’s Letters—New Cotton—-Sugar—Requisition for Troops, §. Our papers, which you must have received by yes- terday’s mail, apprise you of the arrival hence of the schooner Water Witch, in nine days from Vera Cruz, and give you a full synopsis of the news brought by her. You will see that the war party is still urging upon the chambers the necessity of hos- tilities with the United States, and are clamorous for their commencement as early as possible. Un- der the c.rcumstances I would not be at all surpri. -ed if the government wrung out of the priests a sufficiency of money, as a loan, to make a demon- stration, with a few thousand troops, on the frontier. As for the fifteen millions which they want to bor- row, the theory is as impossible as if the sum was doubly large; as, in the fear of their more than pro- bable defeat, what nation or individuals would be green enough to lend it to them ? In sixty days af- ter their troops shall have been marched up the hill, and then marched down again, our relations with them will be as amicable as the mostanti-belligerent in this country could desire. | At this moment we are enjoying delightful weath- er, such as our denizens in your and other northern cities can have no idea of, if their letters to their triends are ae ie The = ppg is at ranging at about eight: 3 and we are constant! fanted by # southeast breese, which would laugh af scorn its position were it twenty degrees higher. As for yellow fever, we have not heard of a case the whoie season; and the poor Doctors—and they would outnumber a regiment—look, for all the world, the picture of despair. Henceforward, we are to be the healthiest city in tie Union,evenshould Oregon and California be annexed; for it ia now in- controvertibly proven that our causes of disease were entirely local, and were situated where now ia to be found our best private residences, and most beautifully adorned grounds. Notning has p event- ed the augmentation of our resident population to vie with yours, but the hitherto entertained belief that our causes of disease were irradicably seated in the swamps west of the city, while such was not the fact, but were seated, as before said, where now 1s to be found the most salubrious and populous parte of our suburbs. We are building a magnificent Commercial Exchange a few doors above the St. Charles Hotel, which, if carried out according to its miniature design, will far surpass in architectural beauty that of Gotham. It 18to be conducted by the projector, D. Brave, the an enterprising and ta lented proprietor of the St. Charles street reading. room, to whose ability for catering for commercial and intellectual taste, all your merchants, who so- joorned ont here the past winter, will, with pleasure, teatity, Mr. Brave will add to his Exehanye a gom- mercial review of the market, under the appropriate cognomen of The New Orleana Commercial Nme, the Ronee of which yon have doubtless seen. But for that enterprise, [ should endeavor to persuade