The New York Herald Newspaper, September 7, 1845, Page 1

EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE NEW BOWERY THEATRE. EW YORK, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER i st ne ——— a re (i me RT it en EER fei Ai il nm " f MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN IN THE GAMEST ER. Last Scene of the Last Act. Adige: 3 ——————— The New Bowery. The above is a very correct engraving of the front of the new Bowery Theatre, which Phenix like, has sprung up from the ashes of the building de- stroyed by fire, forthe fourth time, on the evening of the 24th of April last. Withia a few days after its destruction, preparations were made under the able direction of A. W. Jackson, Esq., the present enterprising proprietor, to have erected a more spa- cious and handsome building than ever before ex- isted on the site. This was pursued with such alac- rity as to be almost surprising, and on the 4h of August following, one of the finest theatres in th city was opened tothe public, with such a stock company, which we doubt cannot be — sur- passed by any other company in the Union. We have before given a view, together with an account of the interior, and it only remains for us, to de- scribe the exterior. Itis situated on the north side of the Bowery, about three hundred yards from Chatham Square. Tt hus 75 feet frontage, and an entrance by a large flight of seven stey In front there are four massive circular flwed pillars, near upon 50 feet high, somewhat of the Doric order, with capitals of a composite character ; the whole surmounted with a very neat cornice. pluzza is about M4 feet wide are four capacious double to the inner paseage, leg boxes. On the right of this piazza, at the side, is the Ticket-office ; oa the left the office of the Trea- surer. Beneath these, between four handsome iron lamp posts are the entrances to the pitand gallery, ona level with the pavement. So that the rabble is kept quite distiuet from the upper ten thousand that visit the theatre. About twenty feet above the pi- azza is a baleony having a neat iron railingto the front ; balcony is 14 feet wide, and «tlords a good view of alls that is passing in th thoroughtare. The building is terminated extreme ends by two massive square pillars, which give the whole a very neat appearance, and bespeak much for the taste and judgment of those engaged 1n its restoration. ‘The whole buildmg is upwards 9 feet high, and when the theatre is open tor pe formances, which is pretty much throughout the year, the stars and stripes float gatly from above the centre of the cornice. There 1s no theatre in this city,that is in such high favor with the nm sas the present one. Evena thermometer above 90 deg. in the shade, has not, since its lust opeming prevented every part of it from being crowded to excess. And, certuinly, if talent, enersy, and enterprize, deserve success, here it isnot ill bestowed. The lower of which ors givin, ng to the lower tier of _ The Old Jersey Prison Ship. Daring three months confinement in the summer ot 1781, and one of the “eight hundred and fifty souls” that hulk contained, half-starved for bread and famished for water, consequently drove to des- peration, frequent daring attempts to escape were made. I witnessed several of them, and they gen- erally ended tragically. ‘They were always under- taken in the night, after wrenching or filing the bars of the port-holes (she was an old sixty-four). Llav- ing been on board several weeks, and goaded to death in various ways, four of us concluded to run the hazard. We set to work and got the bars ofl, and waited impatiently for a dark night; we lay in front of Mr. Ramson’s door, inside of the pier head, and not more than twenty yards distant. There were two guard sloops, one ‘on our bow and the other off our quarter, a short distance from us “The dark night” came—the first two were lowered quietly into the water—the third made some rum- bung. I was the fourth that descended, but had not struck off from the vessel before the guards were alarmed, and fired upon us The alarm became general, and [was immediately hauled on board ‘They manned their boats, and with thetr lights and Sa ements of death, were quick in pursuit of the unfortunates, cursing and swearing, und bellowing and firin: It was awful to witness this scene of blood, It lasted about one hour—all on board trem- bling for our shipmates. These desperadoes return- ed to their different vessels, rejoicing that they | ed three of the d—~d_ rebels. About three years after this, T saw a gi John street, near Nassan, w “‘Manley, how do you do I could not reeollect him. “Is it possible you do not know me; recollect the old Jersey,” and he immediately opened his vest and bared fis breast. [| immediately said to him, “you are James McClean.” “I em. the per- son,” he replied. We both stepped into Marriners’ public house, at the corner, and he related his mar- vellous escape to me. SHED. pureoad me—I frequently dived to evade them, and when I came up, they fired on me. 1 caught my breath, and immediately dove again, and held my breath tll Terawled along on the mud. They no doubt thought that they had killed me. I, however, with much exertion, though weak and wounded, made out to reach shore, and with much Jangour got into a barn, not far from the ship, a little north from Mr. Ramson’s house. ‘The farmer, the next morning, came into his barn—saw me laying on the floor, and ran out ina fright. I begged him eome to me and he did, I gave an account of my- selt—where L was from--how I was pursued, with several others He saw my wounds; took pity on me, and acted the part of tne good Samaritan ; gent tor his wife, and bound up my wounds, and kept me in the barn ll nightfall—took me into his house— nursed me secretly, and then furnished me with clothing, We.; and when 1 was restored, he tool me with him, in his market boat; to this city, and went with me to the west part of the city—procured me a passage over to Bergen, and | landed some- where in Communipaw. Some friends helped me across Newark Bay, and then I worked m way until [reached Baltimore, to the great joy of all my friends.” If James McClean 1s still living, I should be much gratified to be informedot the fact. When this aftair ocourred he was sixteen or eighteen years of age Iwo. Mawr. NewyYork, September lat, 1946 ee leman in 0 accosted me thus: Fismxitt, Dutchess Co., Aug. 22, 1845. Severity of the Drought in Fishkill—Late Crops— James Lenox’s Church—Sts Appearance—Rev. Dr. Alexander—The Elect and Cod-Fish Aristo- eracy, §e., § The severity of the late drought has been felt full as much in the town of Fishkill, as in any other part of the State of New York, and as much, perhaps, as in any part of the United States. Jt being the largest town in either of the counties east of the Ifudson river, in the State of New York, and pos- ing, probably more weaith than any other town, mainly devoted to agricultural purposes in the State, the eflects of the drought in this, as in all other parts of the country, will be a matter of regret to you and your reade The hay crop has been sadly defi- cient; so much so, in fact, that some of our largest farmers, instead of gelling a portion of what they have raised, will be compelled themselves to buy, or dispose of their stoc! The great scarcity of water has also occasioned much inconvenience— wells, many of which have never before been known to give out, have become perfectly diy. Sprout Creek, a stream muelr ‘orted to by the late Dr. Reed of Poughkeepsie and other gentlemen, for trout and wind fishing, has ceased running; the like never having occurred within the recollection of the oldest inhabitant. Potatoes are *‘ small potatoes” indeed, and many of the farmers have commenced tting up their corn for fodder. We are glad to find a disposition manifested among our farmers to view the droughtas a matter that will alti ely tend to their advant Last Sabbath we ted by Mr. James Leno. heat an excellent disceurs ander, of the Duane Street Presby Y. The building is of Gothic struc! appearance, und pleasantly situated npon th road, leading to the village of New Hamburg. the left is x gate and porter’s lodge, the road through the gate leading to. the family residence ; opposite the porter’s lodge is a sanall but handsome schoo!- house, built for the children of the farm hands, and all 1s tastily and conveniently laid out. A diferent pastor 1s € ved every summer, or for as long a season as they spend in the country. He is gene- rally chosen from among the graduates of Princeton id thos from preaching to a small congre- Is the better enabled to qualify himself for a regular call, The Rev. Mr. Baunatyne is the pre- seut pastor. He remains with them during the sen- son, after which he gocs to Washington, io take charge of the church formerly under the eare of the Rev Mr. Tuston. Among the visiters to the chapel of Mr. Lenox, we saw Gen’l Talmadge, aecompa- nied by his son and daughter, Mr. and’ Mrs. Van Rensselaer, whose country residence is adjoining that of Mr. Lenox There never has been in low life a stronger effort to rear up what might be truly termed a codtish aristocracy than has been, and now is making by certain families tn this State prof w orthodox Calvini y arrogate to themselves exclusive- ness even in matters of religion, and by actions, if not by words, thank their Creator that they are not as other men. Uponentering their chor a stran- ger is at once struck with the division of the con- uregation into two distnet and seperate ses— the elect and the non elect. ‘The various members of the families and such neighbors as possess large wealth comprising the ele and their workmen, unassuming farmers, and strangers, are consigned to that portion of the building appropriated to the tie t. The doctrine of their church is that God, according to the counse! of his own will, for his owa glory, hath fore-ordained w! comes to pass, and that all bei ACTIONS, » both in the natural and moral world, are under his providential directios, and they act as if perfectly sutistied that the same law that elected n to worldly wealth, has also elected them to *n, forgettal that if poverty, or being a shoe- debars a man from meking his * calling and tion sure,” they will have to forego the pleasure of meeting hereafter the being whose will, and not the will ot Provide ted them to their posses- tended the private chapel eree- upon his farm, where we by the Rev. Dr. Alex- rch, N. gation, Beruty, Erie county, Ohio, August 18, 1815 Intellect of the Age—State of the Crops—Rivalry of Prosperity— Paper Money. ‘There is a part of the intelligence of mankind dis- tinguished for their eagernessto possess knowledge, admired for their liberality in moral, re gious and political sentiments, and are always well informed concerning the movements and doings of States and nations that exist upon the face of this globe — These are facts that can be observed in every com- munity. Itis also equally trae, that so faras my observation has extended, and the same is confirm. ed by the expressed opinion of others, that this class of people are readers of the Slerald, Keligious de- nominations geuerally ery out against the Herald in tnis seetion, though with less holy horror and jeal- ous wrath than in the Restera States. This kind of persecution, however, is fast receding, as intelli- gence, on liberal sentiments, advances. We are terribly burned up with the drought in this northern part of Olio. Corn is suttering, potatoes will be a total failure, grass crop is destroyed by the continued dronght, and stock of all kinds ai ing for feed. The wheat crop is good, thou thing more than a middling crop: those able hold on to it, There isa great straggle between Milan and Saa- dusky cities, for the ascendancy in point of business in the produce line. Milan has been ahead tor the Jast two or three yeara, but they are about to be overthrown, and left bigh and dry, by the iron horse that rushes through the county with a velocity only surpassed by Morse’s telegraph. In this land of enter prise and fertility, it has got to be dangerous to own real estate in any contemplaied city, for you know not the hour when you will be ran round by a rail- road, or split asunder by the passage of canal boats. Mansi 13 aboutconnected with Sandusky city by a railroad thatdeties corepetition. It is destined to do good business, and all minor points are used up. Let me predict that iniess than three years, the ten large and elegant warehouses now in Milan, will be left to the monopoly of rats and mice; and where buta short time ago thousands of bushels of heat ran throagh, the wheat-spouts, yet the time is wot far ahead when nought but the heads of toxes wal be seen sticking through the seme. The downtall of one place only butids up another. million, whieh for many years has been buried in oblivion, begins to raise its once exhausted frame, restored by its sleep and desertion, and now avout to enter the ticld of activity, by the navural growth of its resources. ILuron, once the only business place between Cleveland and Detroit, has been jor years one continued Sabbath. It is admit- ted by all observers, and it isa fact upon which we E, be tl we have here upon the western reserve, more enterprise among the peop more piel among the pti nuine virtue in’ the Ia 3 3 them! than 1y portion of these United States, Texas ex ppted, for Lam not so well ainted there. Phi- fosopher Dick thinks thatthe millennium will take place here upon the earth, when the improvements the arts and sciences are carried to that de ol perfection, that they are allowed to go in this state of beiag. ‘There should be added to this, when in- telligence is so tur diffused,as to cause every person to subscribe tor the Herald. But the life of man has already been cat down trom four and nine hundred ars, to thirty and seventy years, on account of his knowledge. “What in the name of philanthropy would it be in the case above reterred to ? Je shall have any quantity of bank paper when w banks get fairly into operation, The de- ibe in a majority in the next Legislature, fl net repeal the whig banking law of uat but they v last winte . 20, 1845. rs—Progrees, Se. Your paper has quite an ext and your agent, a quiet, geutlemanly young man, will make a fortune by attending to his bus This was once a great place, and is now a town of some importance, but, with the bursting up of the Catskill and Canajoharie Railroad Company, which was succeeded by the taking the tron oil the road for some twenty-six miles, and selling it to a Boston company, the town has been gradually making “stern way.” Some eight years ago we had a happy, industrious and enterprising population, and rapidly increasing in prosperity—church worship was sacred, and is now, #8 farasit goes—the schools were attended, stores flourishing, mechames and laborers busy, and aconstant and happy intercourse with the neigabor- ing towns and farmers. Wood-cock are quite searee, owing to the drought the Surrogate knocks them into pi some once or twice a week, and represents them as being most delicious—our swamps abound with them in ordi- nary seasons, We have had quite a flare up here lately in fashion- le lite. A couple, (the lady a most beautiful and ionable woman,) from ‘your city, who ranked themselves among the upper ten thousand, purchis- ed a beautiful place in the suburbs of our town, and ded as comfortably together as could be expect- However, “all is not gold that, glite: they, disregarding the holy bands of matrimony, “ agreed to disagree,” and left for parts unkn + on two stewnbouts, between two days—furmiture, bag and baggage following thereatter—the r ns for which you can better imagine than Tecan describe. They are supposed to be now in your city, living “ united apart.” There is some dissipation going on in this village. Seareely a night passes over our heads without the peace-loving community being interrupted ia their slumbers by songs and serenade Of the hotels we have three—f next the Temperance House, kept by Lines—next the Catskill House, kept by Dyer White. In my next, FE will give you something more in- teresting, and it you please, a history ot our men and nabobs, who ure now all strict church and temperance men, but who commenced the world, by selling whiskey aad other kinds of hardy li a history of banking institutions, freighting lichments, their management, &c ive circulation here, nes rst Van Burgen’s Tris to Consy istanp.—The be Company run three boats, the Chief, folas and Trojan, to-day trom the city to Coney Island, and by referring to the advertisement, it will be seen they leave at va- rious hours, between 9 A. M. and 5 P. M. from dif- ferent parts of the city. They also touch at Fort Hamiton each way, going “and coming. The steamer Telegraph also takes a trip to Coney Island, on board of which, every satisfaction will be afford? ed to those who patronise her. See advertisement _Lonaeviry—Sinautan.—There are living within eighty yards of the Friend's Meeting House ia this city, eight persons whose united ages count six hundred years: six of them live in three adjoining houses and the or two live directly across the street. They reside within fitty yards of each other. Isanc H. Starr aged 89; Margaret Ragin do 82; Sarah Shipley do 76; Thomas Ship- ley do 74; John Clarke do 74; Caleb Starr de 73; Sarah Wooley do 63; Ann Clarke ‘do 68-600. Wilmington (Del) Journal. 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The remarkable columns of gas, which a short time since burst from the salt wells of the upper dis- trict of the Kanawha Sal have entirely failed, and what is more astonishing, the salt water has disappeared along with them. So complete has been the failure, tha in some instances, the proprietors have abandoned their furnaces. Several persons of the Jewish persuasion, in Cin- cinnati, were fined $3 each for violating the laws of Moses by keeping open their stores on the Seventh Day Thin is the firet tine that the ( an Magistracy ever enforced obedience to the laws of Moses by those prote ing ther pd by those laws. itis stated ian Government have granted to ( , the privilog of selecti point on the north side of Lake Superior, tor the purpose of exploring fer copper. ‘The grant is for 21 years. Mr. Longworth, of Cincinnati, estimates his of wine this year, at five hundred barrels. He | vated the grape for several years, aid finds it profi Tudge Miller, from a field of his, on Plains, containing thirty acres, has, the pre harvested nine hundred bushels of wheat. Gazette, At the Commencement of Brown University, last week, the honorary degree of LL. D. was conferred on his Honor John Reed, Lient. Governor of the State of Massachusetts, and on the Hon. Job Durie, Chief Jus- tice of the Supreme Court of the State of Rhode Island, and on the Hon. Wm. C. Rives, of Virginia. ‘The Courter du Havre states, on the authority of letter from Paris, that M de Sabgny, the French Tinister Texas, had been ordered t return to sniff has been directed he four dollars of reut edo ongs, to present itto the wi f th account books has w, of Liverpool pace jess thant ted as to number the pages of lor unbound, p sively, from simple movement of and ¢ pate the machine, whic square teet, is so co er be sand; t book, to performi wg the tributiog ink, tr to the figure ak. ing the impressic ng the figures to the suc ceeding number, Phe machine, it should be rema is equally applicable to the numbering of bank not railway tickets. ‘The labors of the surveyors who have recently beou in the Southern portions of Florida seem to demoui- all who have itertained upon strate the correctness of the opinion whic carefully examined the subject, have the practicability of draining the Everglades. They ere found to be considerably above the level of the s nd it is supposed that an enlargement of the Miami, and other rivers flowing irom them into the Atlantic, will drain the water from millions of acros. If this be ever done, South Florida will indeed be the garden of our country ; for, in addition to its adaptation to the culture of tropical fruits and hemp, this immense tract will af- ford unequalled advantages of soil, climate and position for the sugar, cotton, rice, and tobacco planters.— Key West Gazette. The Pittsburg Post says that ternoon, the boiler used at the Steam Planing Machine, on the bank of the canal, between the Hand-street Bridge and the Acqueduct, in Allegheny city, exploded, Joing much injury to the machinery and the building, The machinery, We learn, is entirely ruined—one side of the building was blown clear over the canal —a part of the boiler passed through a pile of boards adjoining the building, and lodged in Mrs Warn’s bedroow, a consid- able distance from where the explosion took place » Evgineer was slightly injured—no other person hurt, The great river Vistula, and all its tributaries, have burst their banks during the last month, and have flooded a wide district of country all the way from the foot of the Carpathian mountains, through Galicia, Po- land and Prussia, to the sea at Danzic. ‘The rains which produced these floods fell on the 17th, 18th and 19th July, The ancient cathedral of St. Dennis, near Paris, is about to receive a new roof of iron, lined with plates of copper, which has cost 400,000 francs. The repairs of this building, which were begun by Napoleon, are now nearly completed. Inthe height of his glory, it was his wish that his remains and those of the dynasty which he hoped to found, shouldbe interred in the vaults of this venerable and beautiful cathedral We have not seen Lake Poydras so high in many months as it wae yesterday. The new and stupendous causeways by which it is traversed were entirely sub- merged for a while. ‘The storm seomed to mock at the new bridges recently erected by the Municipalities ncrots so many corners. A miniature Mississippi poured lown the breadth of Camp street, bearing on its swollen ide the debris of grocery stores, dry-goods shops and wing vaults side streets more resembled mountain on Tuesday al- torrents;—they were very grand to look at, but most formidable tocross. We have heard no estimate of the loss occasioned by the flood, but, judging from what oc- curred within the sphere of our own observation, we should presume that the number of dinners which re- mained ted, when fit to be tasted, must have amoun- ted to many thousands.—N. O. Picayune' Aug 8. On Thursday afternoon, a meeting was held at the City Hall, Richinond, to devise some means of estab- lishing’ better, wiser, and more efficient system of pub- lic education.’ Gov. McDowell presided, and in his speech he alluded to the astonishing and disgraceful st, that, while in Connecticut there were not more than 500 persons over 21 years old who cannot read or write, in the Old Dominion there were not less than 60,- 000 persons of the same age. whose intellectual faculti were paralysed or extinguished. A letter from Lake Superior says:—Native cop- per, in large masses, continues to be fuund—the best spe- cimen of which is that recently discovered near the lake shore by Maj. Campball, Sub Agent. This specimen weighs about sixteen hundred, is purer than the copper of commerce, and is altogether the most beautiful speci- men ever seen The beautiful yacht La Coquille, John C. Jay, q., owner and master, arrived at our port this morning froin New York. She started from New York on Tues- day morning, arrived at New London, Ct., in twelve hours; and stopped at the latter place fifteen hours, arri- viag in Boston ia thirty-six hours from New London; making the whole passage from New York in forty-eight hours.——Hoston Journal, Aug. 5. Phe suit in the case of the celebrated Arredondo Grant, in Florida, after twenty years litigation, bas been determined in the Supreme Court. The grant includes 289,045 acres on Lake Orange, and the largest holder by this decree is John H. Lewis, Esq., of Huntsville, who in right of wife, becomes possessor of 62,000 acres. There is a rumor that aman named Ruyan has been arrested in Montreal, who ia believed to have been the principal actor in the dreadful murder of the Castuer family, for which two men were executed. He was known in Philadelphia as a horse dealer. Report of an Important Law Case lately Tried in Iowa, Mary Mazwell vs. Dinah Beckner. Assauty ann Barrxay WITH 4 FRviING-Pan.—T coun. sel for the plaintiff, in his opening address, stated, that this Was an aggravated case of assault and battery, com- mitted on his Client, the plaintiff, by the defendant, with force and arms, staves, brickbats and frying:pans (be xcoil the jury to recollect him.) He reminded th that they were the guardians of socie- nd it was their duty to inflict such dameges on the ititf as would deter her from the commission of such for thetuture, and act as an example to others, who were disposed, like the defendant, to take the law in their own hands, The first witness called on the part of the plaintiff w: Dina Kivers, who being duly and properly sworn, t fi pull the plaintif’s hair. On her cross examination, she said that she did not know what @ frying-pan was; was i- (hat about three months since she saw the defendant sure it Was neta gridiron. ‘The next witness was— Mancaner Porren—Saw the parties scolding each other; saw the de(endant strike plaintiff with something— canttell what it was; it resembled a tin plate with a stick tied to it; does not Know what a frying-pan is ; hoard that aunt Sally had a fying: pen cannot say for what purpose frying pans are used; expects that frying- ins are trying-pans. Peon her oror cKamination, this witne: ified that th article used in the assault was black, and hadahole in it, Defendant's counsel requested the court to note this ioportant point ticularly. Extuer Dome Testified that she saw the affray ; endant positively struck pleintiff with a frying-pan. On tier cross-exaimination, she certainly knows what a ying-pan is; itis not atin kettle nor a copper boiler with a cover ; does not know that she ever saw a frying- pan made wood ; knows what knot bowls are ; a frying-pan is nota knot bowl; afrying-pan is atin k tla with a tail to it; she thinks that the frying-pan was either cracked or hada hole in it; is certain she saw day-light through it; never wore glasses, because her sight is good ‘ Tho plaintiff's counsel then rested, remarking that he considered the aseault and battery triumphantly proven. ‘The defendant's counsel then Tose and addressed the court in aneloquent manner. May it please your honor, this is an important case, | may say itis an exceedingly uportant case, a case involving principles of law and ustice of the greatest magnitude. He would not pro- (ood in his defence, but would rely on clearing his ¢ ent on some points of law, to which he would beg the attention of the court. He would move fora nonsuit on the following grounds, viz : Ist. It is alleged in the ntif’s declaration, that the weapon which it said sured in the affray was a frying-pan ; in the face of this explicit declaration what does the plaintiff's counsel prove by his witnesses ? Dinah Rivers testified that she saw the defendant strike plaintiff with a tin plate that had a stick tied to it. Now we all know thata frying- pan is not a tin plate with a stick tied to it, and his other witnesses were not any more explicit. 2nd. Ifthe judge was of opinion that the article used was n frying pan, then he would insist that as it was proven to have had « hole in it, it should have been stated in the declaration that said frying-pan had a hole or crack in it, which hole or er did admit the light. He would not take up the time of the Court any longer but this was an important case, and the points he ri ed were ofthe utmost consequence, not only to the par- ties to this suit, but to the country generally, and he could not with justice to his client have said less. ‘The learned Judge admitted the importance of the mo- tion and of the points raised by the defendants counsel he htad redected on the subject, and had come to the con- clusion that it was nota frying pan that was used, and that ifit were, the hole or crack snould have been de- scribed in the declaration. He would, therefore, grant the motion for a non-suit, Tur Wyman Case.—The Court of Common Pleas, on Wednesday, at Concord, decided adverse- ly to the motion of Mr, Choate, on the part of the defen- dant in this case, and sustained the indictment objected to, Col. Rogers then commenced the evidence for the prosecution, which will now be introduced as rapidly as possible. The third day of the trial has elapsed, end ooly questions of law have been settled. Mr Web- stuf is quite unwell, and will probably leave the case in the care of Mr. Choate and Mr, Hoar, and leave town. Svatistics or Canomer.—One house in this city has, we are told, prepared and sold, within the last three years, 17.000 pounds of Calomel. The consumer ays the apothecary for the medicine, at prices varying from $60 to $500 per pound. Patting the above Ni at only $80, it would appear that the p for hav exceeded a million of dollars. {t ix sup the quantity manufactured by other honses times as much. If 80, the cost of calomel in three roars hav been $6,000,000, or an average of twe milliow iL Waa, Aug. %. per aonam