The New York Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1845, Page 1

Tune: Dav¢® FRom tae Axcenring Rev pusurc —The ? Mason Baraey, Captain Scott, arrived yesteMoraing from Buenos Ayres, whence she 922 the 25th of October. The ports dos Ayres were stil under block: ade by the Ateach squrdroas, All merchant vessels then t however, had to the Ist of Nov. at gunrise, and leave. The Amerforvetts Boston was at Montevi- deg, whsth Bainbridge had gone. Tuere wey-tiree merchant veasels at Buenos Ayres on Sth of Oct, of which elevea were British, niv®rican, three reach, and four Bra- | National drama, by Bannister, in which J. R. Scott is to’ id ‘The comproes of E. d is Italy,” fludih the success of their exploits at Colo- pia, Martig@ and Gualeguachu, where there was nothing atOPpose them; and undismayod by the repulse exeed at Soriano, carried their conquering | arins to Pa, ia the hopas of taking and sacking | that very Anttown. But, as was to have been ox. | weted, t¥edition bas terminated in tha complete | defeat of Boly alliance, to the no small chagrin, it | f those puguacious “ peacemakers,’ | ‘The particulars of thi yet come to hand, but of the fact there can ba n@, a8 Captaia Charles Hotham, of the Gor gon, wh, the Urugaay, is underatood to have com- maunioat? the blockaders, The fing is a,memoranda of the blockade of Buenos’® by the combined Anglo-French squadrr ‘The Farned of by the Curacoa on the 7th inst, sailed /oatevideo on the 10.k. She was not the y ja, a8 supposed. The latter is still Packet, Oot. 18.] pgland, France aud “Youn Nothing now. 1acnP American schooner Spartan, from Philadel- phia, frned off by H. B.M’s ship Curacon, and an- Chore that vessel. A port olfice boat (Aug of truce) wout*td the Freach corvette Coquette this after- | noon; jive Spartan sailed to-day for Montevideo,es did alo #002 corvette Coquette, one of her boats with afliges having previously commnicated with thet 15th And 17th.—Nothing new, except that on t! twoet days a flag of truce boat irom H. B. M’s. | siea/irebrund, with Captain Hope, of tuat vessel, | camore with despatches. } “ry (17th inst ) completes the twenty fourth day of #ckade. B Armes Manker.—Ocronen 18th, 1845. PuCwneent——Doubloons Spanish, $275 a 278 cad: Pariot, 265 a 263 do: Plata, macuquina, tego for one; Dollers, Spanish, 16% a 17 eacn; do, Palud Patacones, 18} 2 16{ do; Six per cent Stock, 76F cent; Exchange on Engiaud, 34; do on Prance, azents per dollar; do ou Rio Janeiro, 17} per cent pid; do on Montevideo, 17 do do; do on United iS} per US dol Hides, Ox, for Eugiaud aud Ger- 1a 60 per pesada; do France, 42 a 45 do; do Norta ‘Na, 42 a 43 do; do Spain, 58 a 60 do; do salted, 45 a 440 Horse, 21 a 23 do euch; Caif skins, 44 a 48 eda; Sheep skins, common, 28 a 39 per dozen; @ 84239 de; Deer skins, 849 de; Guat skins, 35036 do, J Bkina 6 a6 dol por 1b; Chincnilli Skins 80 a 90 dol yton; Horse Hair, shat 3840 do per arcoba; do 7.45 4 46 do; do long 100.0110 do; Wool, common, 44, 22. 30 do; do picked 36a 40 do; do shorn froin 35a 40do; do mestiza, dirty 25a35 do; Tallow, 16220 do; do raw 1ta12do; do with grease 16 a j Jerked Beef 26a 23 per quintal; Horns, mixed 100 per thousand; do Ox 600 a 600 do; Shin Bunes 70a 5 Hide Cuttings 22. 24 per 100 Ibs; @strich Feath- whito 12 a 13 per lb; do black 8 a 9 de; Salted gues 647 perdozen; Discount 1} a2} per cent per th, ae My PE price of doubloons during the week, 278 ars; the lowest price, 260 dollars. he highest rate of exchange upon England during week, 3+ pence; the lowest ditto 3} pence. Brivegrort, Dec. 27, 1845. Feet of Bridgeport Fire—One of New York Swell Mob in Limbo —An ex-M. C. in Trouble. We have about recovered from the excitemen id confusion occasioned by our great fire, and jatters have resumed their wonted course. Water treet isto be straightened and widened. Most of he property holders in the burnt district have already nade, orare about making, contracts to re-build imme jiate!y, and ina substantial manner. The insurance on the prope**y destroyed was large ; the buildings of little value. T ” severai companies ere paying up promptly, so that the result of the “calamity” is likely to prove a grent public benefit. individual styling himself Bill Walker, but who 8 long as the litles of a rejoices in a string of aliu: Spanish hidalgo, has been surrendered by the New York polia to our authorities, on a requisition of Governor aliwin, charged with having committed the burglar, of Blakemun's jewolry shop. He is rather a wel! made man, about twenty-five years of age, with the bearin; end demeanor characteristic of the m:-mbers of the swell mob. He bad kis examination on Wednesdsy, and was committed for trial before our County Court, in Feb- ruary. aanenier? interesting, and ludicrous emeute came off yesterday at the Pest Office, in presence of a large, Tespectable highly divertedaudisnce, he actors were, on efficer of the city,a gentlemanly, offand man, and an ex-M. C. The facts of the flare up, a3 report- ed by the bystanders, aro these. [tsoems that the ex-M.C. had taken umbrage at the city official, because he ceased to employ him, and also at some official act 'Theatricals, Panx Tuearny.—“Amilie, or the Love T Park to-night. ‘his opera and its representation some @ years ago at the unfortunate National, will be well and faithfully remembered. Its reproduction at the Park to-night, sustained by Mrs, Seguin, Messrs. Seguin, Fra- zer and Delavanti, will, doubtless, draw together a large fad appreciative audience. Tne comedy of the “Old Sollier,” in which Bass and Fisher have capital partes will form the concluding entertainments. Boweny Tueatne.—A very strong and attractive bily 1s to be prosented to-night at the Bowery, “ Putnam or the Iron Son of °74,” that highly popular aad successful appear in hia great Indian character of Oneactah, with the original cast of characters will bo produced, together with Miss Medina’s characteristic drama of “ Eroest Maltravers,” ably and effectively aided by the powerful strength of this formidable company, form the principal entertainments of thisevening. We need not add our convictions that this announcement will fill the Bowery to pletion. Tus Bonemtax Grer.—This opera was performed last Saturday forthe last time, and we hope to have bid it a final adieu. We gave our opinion on this operatic pot pourri, (rotten is the literal travslation of pourri) when it was performed for the first time in this city. We analyzed, on that occasion, the contents of this olla pu. trida, with the perseverance of an Orfila or a Raspail, and found in at scraps from every superficial composer of the day, with the exception of Mr. Balfe, the most super- ficialone. This absence of Balfeism inthe “ Bohemian Girl,” may account, in some measure, for its quasi suc cess. Balfe’s compositions are anything but original, for at every moment we meet the faces of old familiar friends ; but, as a composer, he is a paragon of origi ty, through the smartness and adroitness of his pilfering Hie is not one of your matter-of-fact pickpockets, who tey to get access to your purse by enttloe your coat No, he is a skilful adept in all the tricks of legerdem: Like Aloxander, the magician, he takes hold of your button hole, tells you an agreeable anecdote, and thus diverting your attention, eteals your watch, your pin, yur head, before you are aware of it; and if you hap- pen to find him out, you are so pleased at his cleverness, that you ask him to keep them aa a souvenir, daife can say with Beranger: Je suis né vilain trés-vilain; enjoying as a.composer, the standing a grocer would in social lifo, and who, by dint of intrigues and savoir faire, suc- ceeds in getting a “de” beiore his name. it would, nd-rate ope 8, had some merit, but not enough to waft it across the Straits of Dover. The ‘ Quatre fils ymon,” produced at the comic opera in Paris, w very successful, and is the only one of his operas that has been given in was composed. theatre. This facility of imitation constitutes Balfo’s principal, if not only merit. He car imitate everything, rom an overture down to a waltz. sir, and he will write one in the same manner; the worse it is, the easier he can doit. Give him rile by Musard, or a weltz by Stran will oit-Musard Musard, and out-Strouss Sti Although the degradation of the Italian of Pasiello, Cimarosa, or Rossini, is princig@lly to be ascribed to Bellini and Donizetti—those in ventors of ‘operas made easy”—-to whom, however, we cannot deny a fund of melody, which would have « ade the fortune of a whole wilderness of monke: ‘we mean Balfe’s—-yet there was some originality in the manner with which they have brought about ‘that degredation ; nay, there even was some boldness in the impudence with which they introduced the rythmical monotony of their accompaniments—the main reason of its downfall —just as many will admire the boldness of a Jonathan Wild, or a Jack Shepherd. Balfe has the impudence, without its originality or boldaess; he can be Jack Shepherd, the second, but he never could have raustor ed up courage enough to be Jack Shepherd, the firs! There does not exist anything in this world, w vould not have been created for some particular pur- pose, although this purpose be not obvious to our pur blind nature. The reason of Balfe’s having been created a composer of operas, instead ofan English Mussrd or inilien, may be because he was selected by Apollo, to show to what extent the composiag of bad operas might de carried, He has now tried the experiment,we and hope he is eatisfied, and does not ask “for more,” like Oliver Cwist. if we examine, for instance, the Bohemian Girl, we can find only one merit in it; that is, ite short However bad may be an opera of two hours long, just twice as bad must be an opera of four, wpon the principle, that two pigs, who go squealing through a zate, made greater noise than one. The libretto is a niserable couoterfoit of the Gipsy, which (the Jibretto) nas for its parent Mr. Bunn, and what resembles in taste that of au old crose-bun at Christmas. ‘The music does uot present anything but dreary wastes of barren flat- ness, and 1s chequered like the dress of a harlequin tor achess-board. Its provailing character is triviality in- effable—as bare and naked as were Adam and Evo, be- lore the fall ; for, Bufo is too bad a theoretician, too ig- aorant of harmony and instrumentation, to give throug his orchestration, if not a real charactor, at least, a modern composers, as a veil to ns. What melody either in the style of € English batlad,or of French quaduiles The overture is a string of cotillion tunes—tunes ‘or the feet, not for the head ; it ia noise enough to drown a progression to achord of the minor second of the scale, which produces an effect of fifths qnite hideous. The “ Gipsey Chorus” contains a very pretty melody ; that means not Balfe’s, but Uerold’s there is. oe the most maudlia, sickly Janguishin, the squarest, vulgarest, six-oightest cnusing @ nuiasnes to ‘be removed, which had bi placed in the street by the x-M.C.; ‘#0 he vented his n by dieparnging remarks reepecting the city offi- in pudhe meotivgs, during his absence from the cial, city, and by occasional " digs in the back,” as oppertunity offered. The city official conldn’t atand this mode of warfare. hie disposition being, if he bas any thing against a man to let it out to his face; #0, meeting the ex-M.C. at the Post Offiee, he called him to account for his impudent and insulting remarks. No satisfactory reply being made, be publicly proclaimed the ex-M.C.~ A lier! and no gentle. man! If you will hat you will tal ing ; re- Fent it, or retort the same language on me, ‘Toere has yet been no fight. Naw Orveans, Dec. 17, 1845. The Markets, §c. As | predicted in my last, the price of cotton has improved, and holders have demanded and receiv: ed advanced prices of one-eighth and one-quarter cent perlb. and have resolved to sell at the old rates. This course las prevented any large from being effcted, as buyers resist the increase. The sales for the past two days have not been more than about 4,800 bales - the sales yestordaPteing only 1,560. The stock on band is comparatively small, being reckoned at about 117,000 bales, including that on shipboard. There have been no arrivals of any consequence since my last. The market to-day is dull, and Lut little has been done thie morning, although the prices remain frm. Flour and corn are down to about the same prices that ‘were current before the late riso, occasioned by tho news by the steamer beforo the Jast. A considerable degree of activity has | en in the sugar market the last twodays, and large sales have been made at the old ral ° There is no news of any interest efloat in the city. The Pilots and the Combination. Pureuing the review of the ‘constitution, rules, and regulations of the Board of Commissioners of Pilots,” established by the Chamber of Commerce and board of Underwriters, the.cecond article of the constitution deserves a passing remark. ‘That article provides, ‘that this board consist of five pereons, to be chosen for one year; two by the Board ot Underwriters, two by the Chamber of Commerg¢e, and one by the Secretary of the Navy.” On the 22d July, 1845, public notice was given, that the pilot commissiouers had “‘igsued licenses to a number of well experienced persons,” to which ata the name of Commodore Jacob Jones.— ‘he enquiry here presented is, whether it will be found quite consistent with the dignity of the go- vernment of the United States, that it should be a party to this or any like constitution, or in any man- ner thus identified, unless by an express declaration « Congress, authorizing or sanctioning the associa- on. A critical examination of the powers and duties of the Secretary of the Navy, as defined by law, does not inform us whence this authority is derived; still we do not abandon the hope that it may yet sa- tisfactorily r, that the government has not been compromised, notwithstan ing its influence has been exerted to the prejudice of a respectable portion of this community, directed by the energy of irre- sponsible associates. The government of the United States has been made a constituent part of an association organized by a constitution; the Secretary of the Navy in the organization representing one interest, the other two being the Chamber of Commerce and Board of Un- derwriters. It has not been asual to find a department of the government mixed up with local institutions, how- ever legally established; much less can it be approv- ed, when the orgunization is without the sanction of | law, but 18 at most a private enterprise, epringing into existence to issue licenses to particular indivi uals, ut the very moment the Scate Legislature declared a heense or authority to be unnecessary, and autho- rized all her citizens to engage in the pursuit; in el- fect rebuking the State, contravening her policy and usurping her prerogati Puniicona. (g- The ope maneay of Hon. Levi Woodbury to be a Judge of the Supreme Court tade hy the Preeident of the United States during the 1 | Congress, won noamimourly confirmed by the svusw on Wednesday Jast. and is to be found note for note in the couplets of the third act of the " Préaux Clercs.” The song ‘ A Sol- " iv ditto very pretty, but unfortunately it en for the finale from tho “ Barbiere di Could hush a father’s Si snough; we do not know whore he govt. “The Fairy Land of Poland,” “ Remember me,” and “| Dreams,” are either worse, but likewise not belter, than the majority of English ballads. On the whole, if we were asked why this Opera rica, we could only answer, that it seral pretty melodies—original or stolen—and the hol- (ow and easy character of the music which renders it intelligible to the very limited musical understanding ofa great part of the public, amongst which we couat the critic of the Kapress, the champion of “the girl who only knows the difference between Handel and Donizetti, through the sudden inclination he feols to go ta sleep the moment le hears one of the former’s compo- sitions. ee Keans are at the Chesnut street theatre, Philadel- abia. Miss Clifton, the tragic actre aotte, in Bulwer’s “ Lady of Ly he evening of the 28d. F. 8. Conner, the tragedia Mre. Skerrett, are at the 8! teans. Miss Petrie is at the American, New Orleans. Mons. Korponay is forming classes in New Orleans, for teaching the polka, &c. Julia Turnbull, the danseuge, is in Charleston, Jier’s Life,” on account of #1 played Claude Mel: * in Cincinnati, on Chippendale, and Mr. and Charles Theatre, New Or- Mr. Burke, the violinist, made hia first appearance in Boston, on Saturday evening, at the concert of the Phil- harmonic Society, Mary Ann Lee is at the Howerd Atheneum, Boston. Mus, Mowart.—The Charleston papers are speakin in terms of unqualified praise of the ucting of this gifte lady iu the ‘Bride of Lammermoor.” One of them say Her highly intellectual countenance is well calculated to exbibit the passions, and her easy trans- mission from the joyous expression of requitted love to | the utter despair. occasioned by a forced obedience to the arbitrary will of a heartless parent, show thit sve feels the cheructer. Her style graceful, and natural, end furnishes a pleasing contrast to the ext vagant exhibitions whicha vitiated taste has too long | encouraged: and it is a matter of congratulation with | the play going public, when a Jady of cultivated mind, | and refined manners, becomes acundidate for dramatic | | i fame, it hag a tendency to place the stage in that eleva- ted position which it occupied in the days ofa Siddons, | and an O'Neill; and it is to be regretted that instances | like the present, have of late years been so rare | Mrs. Velentine Mott, the interesting cantatrice, who | has created so much interest in the musical circles ofthis city, is to give a concert in Philadelphia soon. Movements of Travellers. ‘The following are the arrivals of yesterda | Amenican—M_ P. Canton, Philadelphia; M. do ; M. Willett, N. Y.; A. H. Auling, Norwich | Williame, N. London. Asto: . McManua, Memphis; 8. Owen, Mobile; J.C. Castleton, Boston; H. Choteau, Hudson Bridge; Mills, 8t. Louis; W. F. Murdoch, Baltimore; 1. Lathrop, Alexandria; Justice Jones, Boston; McKay and Garrison, St. Louis; W. H. Seward, Auburn; T’. Bresiey, Baltimore; 1; Davis and Foster, New Or: loans; §. Bucklin, Louisville; Judge Mitchell, Boston; H. Stanley, Vermont; L. W. Tappan, Isaac Pugh, E.G: | Austin, Bosto City—L. 8, Skinner, Baltimore; Geo, Morris, Buenos Ayres, 5. Boston: Geo. Lovis, Hartford; | Jer, Russe! ake Su; Detroit volt, Patterson. Frangurs—Edw Basler, | Bellville; E. L. Elinsworth, | Watertown; J, B. Bownell, Misi George G. Ross, Bridgeport. Tae ue~Mr, Tiffany, Now York; Mr. I. Venner, KH Dalick, ; Thomas land; H. H. Woodrutte, © Ward, N. Jersey; Thos, Kinney, Newark; 8. Tomlinson, “©—Thomas 0. Gould, Boston; L. M. Lowrey, Mainos J. Cunningham, New York; D. Brigham, Boston; “. H. Merrill, Baltimore; W. Valk, Flushing, H. McCul- lum, D. Simmons, N. York. __ | Poe mann perytotial Legislature nrg eng at ity on ie Tet int elected Speaker of the Hous i att By in cumbont, was quite ill at resid Burlington, and wowble to attend. Flis mean aged expected by mail r, be unjust to say that Balfe is entirely destitute | t! The “Siege of Rochalle,” although a third: | Give hima particular | , but not | h,” is pleasing | is drawn so well in London and Ame- | Me ior; C. Brooke, | R. Highham, Canandaigua; Mesers. Butler and | U. 8. N.; Russell Finckley; | | City Intelligence, ‘Lue Sraxers.—The peculisrlynuasty mixture of mud, ica, snow and water, which ia manufactured at this | time ofthe year, is found very plentiful in the streets | Just now. | Broapway on Sunoay.—What a different scene that ; busy mart nad promenade presents on Sunday, from the other days of the week | e thousand rumbling, dash- | ing Omoibuses, that fill up the street from Monday till | Saturday, are now removed, and the lew vehicles which | arathere, are proceeding at a slow pace, es they are | conveying their eccupa:.ts to church. Standing at the | Bowling Green, one can see both siles of Broadway, | and clear through to Tenth street, where Grace Church | prevents any further observation. The real beanty of | the street cau only be seen ut such a time, when the | omnibuses, and other vehicles, which block it up all | the week, are removed. | Loox Out, Gasexnoans.—We would advise all our cotntry cousins, who come to New York to sj | the holidays, to be’ particularly careful and not to g | shaved. ‘The mock auction shops are now iu full bla | selling “ watches (or presents”-—the droppers and signt: | showers ure on the alert, end all sorts of ways will be resorted to to gammon the verdant invidusls who come here tosee the New Year como in. Keep a sharp look out. | Tntsm Extarant Batt.—The Irish Emigrant Associa: tion Ball takes place this evening, at Niulo’s Saloon. All those who wish to spead a pleasant evening, and would like to contribute to the association, and the tex tivities of the eveniag, we woul! recommend to pro- cure their tickets from some of the commit T whose names aud residence they will please see the advertise- ment in another column. Tue Bunnen Distrier.—Six months have wot yet elapsed since this district, which was one of the viche:t ind best business locations in the city, covering an area of not less thau thirty five to forty acres, was bursed down, and not Jess $10,600 000 worth of property des- troyed, but in less than one short week, and while the ru ins were smoking, gangs of laborers could be seen clear- ing tway the rabbish, wud preparin uew buildings. Yesterday we took a stroll through it, and were agreeably surprised to fiad that the whole area was nearly covered in by substantial aad elegaut stores. finish, and the greater part of them having cut stone ironts. Had such a calamity falien on any of the ci of the old world, it would in ail probabili y have re- meioed for yearsa plague spoton the city, as @ mar: of the apathy and want of enterpr se of its citizens ; but aot so with the citizens of New York, thanks to their in- domitable energy and enterprise. In less than six months probably over three hundred buildings have | been erected, which will doubtless be fully completed, aod fit for the reception of merchandise again st the com- mencement of the spring business. | Meetixe or rir lerar city hada meeting last evening at their three ehurcl Anschi Haheeed, Scharr Haschomaim, and Rodef Scho- em, and by an unanimous vote, elected Dr, Lilienthal their Chief Rabbi. It will be recollected that this learn- od Dr. recently arrived hore from Russia. A Leoxr Excars —Counsellor Hasket!l was passing the corner of Chambers atreet and Broadway yesterday | afternoon, when lie heard somothing tall by tae side of tis feet,and upon looking dowa observed a heavy leaden two pound weight, which had fallen from one of the ends of a banner, labsiled a “Model of New Haven,” strung across the street. This, possibly, is a littls Yankeo ‘‘no- tion” of calling the attention of the New Yorker's to their exhibition, However, the Chief of Police thought this mode of distributiag the cards of this establishment rather “above” the odinary practice; consequently, he intends to have this baonor drawa ia at an early hour this morning. P Cononen’s Orrice, Dec, 28—A Porter, by the namo of Jobn Flemming, was discovered floating in the dock at the foot of Murray street, about 2 o'clock yesterday utternoon. It appears thet the man has been missing since last Sunday—bis wife, inthe meantime, has been sent to tentiary for vagrancy. Ho has lefta family of His eldest daughter identitied the body as oeing ber father, The Coroner will hold an inquest to- | day. | nother theatre taan that for which it | 4 nay be ascribed to the cleverness o(€ the Fr nch libretto, avd the facility with which the composer imitated the style generally adopted at this | Leetures on the Influence of Fictitious 1 teraz:ure, by Dr. Mason, We attended last evening, to hear the above named gentleman read a discourse upon fictitious history, or novel reading. At the imminent risk of life and limb, through streets of Cimmerian darkness, plung- ngat every crossing in deep quagmires of thick water and ice, we found at last, ata distant part of che city, the advertised locality. ‘The discourse, it was stated, was addressed parti- cularly to the young, from the text1 John lv: "1! have written unto you young men.” The Doctor, after a few introductory remarks, | per and corrupt associations it is not necessary to mix with bad company; this may be d vy novel reading. ‘The evils and bad effects it this kind of reading were then pointed out in t general maaner. We collected in the general leclamation or thesis, most of his tangidie proposition 1s tollows:—In novel reading, the cariosity alone is cited, but the mind is not exercised—the imagination # not cultivated—it adds nothing to our store of tacts — novels do not lead to historical research ~novel reading is a bad school of the hea: sm selfishness aud renders its devotees misanthropic it ‘@ the heart callous, and is @ mental and moral em- ism-—they who weep at the thedlre or over a ro. ‘nance, have no sympathy for real sorrow—it makes man | 1 morul episure—it has ruaued thousands—the first one | is yet to be found whvse mind has been inspired by it with noble efforts —it is a stimulus like that prodaced by ntoxication, ‘The subject was then conciuded by warning aguiast the evil meutioned, addrossed particu larly to the young. ‘Ali these various propositions were enunciated with- out any intelligible arrangement or order, and without much distinciness and perspicuity, such as might have been looked for in a atudied and written composition ; they Were even sometimes so deeply buried in epithets, ¥ Disge, and flowers ofrhetoric, that it was difficalt to tch any intelligible proposition at all. Nor was here the least attempt at demonstration, or oven illus- tration. It seemed to be supposed tnat all of them were zospel, and were to be taken forgranted Indeed, the gen- Herau whe followed the learned doctor, actuslly made an | aliusion,to the discour-e,calling this collection of disjoint- ad and common-place assertions, a “gospel sermon.” nust surely.have spoken either ironically or jocosely, for inthe whole discourse, there was not the remotest allusion—not the slighest reference either to law or gos: pel naturally in every breast which pointe out right or wrong with infallible certainty, and even more of the Gospel might be found in the moreJs of the heathen Seneca, or the characteristics of the icentious Shaftsbury. The duties and commands entorced by the one—the hopes and blessings conveyed by the other, were not for an in- stant adverted to in any manner, and, indeed, it was @ merit for which ‘he Doctor deserves credit, that that reat name which it would be profanity to mention light yy, did not once occur in the whole declamation.— ‘e think it was extromely well that this name not mixed up with the long catalogue of names as Eugen: Aram, Walter Scott, Nicholas icklepby, Bulwer, Paul Clifford, &c., &e, with which the Doctor seemed extremely familiar, and some- What more conversant than with the at of reasouing consecutively or arguing logically. The discourse was strictly what it professed to be, an oration upon novel reading addressed to the young, and it is to be presumed that had it been intended for others than children, there would have been more lucid arrangement, less flowery verboseness, and more solid argument. w Religious Services. Peart Staeer Cruuncu.—We attended the “Tenth Anniversary of the Scholars’ Missionary Association connected with this Chureh” last evening. After the an nual report wesFead by one of the Executive of the Committee, in which it was represented that this associ- ation was in @ very flourishing condition, and that the treasury had been well sustained throughout the past year, end that sinco tho Rey. B. WW. Cnidlaw had been identified aa a very active missionary i: the West, during which period neatly filty Sabbath Schools had been es tablished, and tl or four Charches had beon erected through his mini 1 influence, this gentleman came forward and addres the congregation at much length, reviewing the results of his exertions as missionary in different portions of Onie and Indiana for the period of nine years last past, and in which heintrodaced many agreeable and happy illastrations as evidence of his flat- tering success. Many an oye was dimmed by the force of his eloquence, and a fresh impulse to renewed and increased efiort seemed to bo imparted as the effect of is glowing representations. Tue Rev Mr. Reeo then presented an apology for the earance of the Re’ Tyng, who, for stat had frequently expressed @ inost lively inte in the success of this particular association, stating that for the last four days he had been called upon to deliver six public discourses, and that he left him this evening in such a state of hoarseness and feverish fatigue as to forbid his officiating uporfthis occasion, es he had in- tended to do. Afiersome remarks in solicitation for aid 'y out the work #0 well begua, a collection up, the doxology sung, and the congregation d «1 with the usual benediction. Sr. Peter’s Cuurcn.—Thore was a large audience in | this Church last evening, assembled to hear a lecture by the Rev. Dr. Pise. Tho lecture was introductory to a course to be given at some futuge time, on the subject of the True Church, whether it exists st present, and if it do, what ore the marks and characteristics that distin- guish it, so that its identity can be ascertained. We have taken full notes of the lecture, which we may publish to-morrow. learn from Acworth, tus Hemphill, Esq, estimable end r 5 itizen of that town, committed suicide yy ting bis throat with arazor. Mr. Hemphill, we lea: has been in feeble health for some tine, which, with a | naturally nervous temperament, undoubtedly caused him to commit the rash act of jestruction.— Newport, N. H, Argue. The Georgia papers are rejoicing over the passage in the Het Wich to 68) of the bill creating a Court e: the Correction of Errors, to consist of thr The first session of this newly organised Court w. in Savannah tho frst week in January next a ill forthe erection of | built of the very best materials, inthe best style of | | proceeded to the subject, stating, that to form impro- | done | ~it produ: | More of the law, that universal guide implanted | NEW YORK, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1845. ‘Vrinity Church Corporation——The Long pending Suit—Millions of Property in- volved, | The litigations which have been so long pending | in relation to the immense property held by the Ves- | ary of ‘Triaity Church, are, from present appear- | ances, likely to be disposed of ere long, in some way or other; asa fine! hearing in the case is now in progress before the Assistant Vice Chancellor. As the subject is one of deep interest to the citi- zens of New York; and more especially to those who reside within the linits of the property in dis- pute; we have been induced to give the public some iden of the position of the parties concerned, the nature of their respective claims, her ven several actions insututed by difler- ent branches of the tamily of Annete Jans, whose desendan's are very numerous, (probably numb: ring upwards of one hundred persons,) the principal por- tion of whom are residing in different parts of this State. One branch of the heirs commenced an action of ejectment againstthe Corporation of Trinity Church for a pertion of the property in dispute, with a view of testing uw right to the whole, in 1759. This suit was tried before a jury in 1760, when a verdict was taken, subject to the opinion of the court. In 1762 adeeision and judgment was given in favor of Trity Chureh. Previous to thet time, the heirs of Annete Jans had made repeated claims to parts of the property, but the English interests predominated ; the heirs being Dutch, and claiming under Dutch patents, it appears were deteated in seeking their alleged rights up to 1786 {t also appears from publications made aout that time, that a number of the heirs of Annete Jans | took possession of a part of the property in 1785. and on which @ecasion several violent personal conflicts easued betweenthem and persons alleged to have been | instigated by the Church party It is, however, stated in rather an antiquated publication, that prior to | these duficulties some of the ancestors of the pre- | sent claimanis, fortwo or three years enjoyed a | quiet possession of the property in dispute Ta the year 1786, another portion of the heirs of Aunete Jans, commenced an action of ejectment against the corporation of Trinity Church ; but, as itis supposed, that 1n consequence of want of means on their part, the suit was abandoned. In 4804, still another suit was commen J, and his eity, until 1826. ‘The present suit wae commenced in 1830, the bill being filed in the month of Decernber of that year, and in March, 1881, a demurrer was filed to the whole bill, except a certain part, and to that part an answer was put in. On hearing of this demurrer before the Chancel- lor, he overruled and required defendants to plead orenswer. At the expiration of three months, the time allowed, they filed their present plea The complainants quesuoning the sufficiency of the plea, in the usual course of Chancery proceed- » the Chancellor, on hearing ot counsel, ruled at the plea was sufficient. Whereupon the appeal was taken to the Court for the Correction of Errors, where the question of sufficiency of this plea was | farther argued, and the Court tor the Correction of | 2rrors affirmed the decision 0. the Chancellor, which ordered the complainants to reply. or file a replication, which was done, the case being thus at issue upon this plea, and the answer to sup- port it. Evidence has been taken on the part of the church | #8 well as that of the complainants; the defendants plea true, and the hearing before the Assistant Vice Chancellor now is to decide on the sufficiency of their evidence to prove it true. The whole of Saturday was occupied by the coun- sel for the church, 1m producing leases to their nu- merous tenants covering the extensive property they now hold. In accordance with the terms of the de- fendant’s plea, they are required to prove that they have had the actual possession of ull the property iying west of Chapel street, between Christopher streetand a line between Warren and Chambers hie from the year 1705 to the ume of filing the On the part of the complainants or heirs of Annete Jans, it 1s necessary to show that some of their ancestors ocenpied a portionof the disputed territory ‘under claim of the whole within the before named | period, as peaceably as the church corporation has | occupied the other portion. The evidence to be adduced in this case will pro- bably be exhausted during the course of the day when the subject will be argued by theable counsel! on both sides; and whatever interesting facts ma thea be elicited in relation to this long pending aud. important suit, will be duly noted and given in the columns of the Herald. ‘The case will, doubtleas, be more readily uader- | stood by the following abstract of the bill filed in | Chancery :— “By the complainant's bill, he claims, as one of the de- scendan sof Annete Jans or Bogardus, formerly wife otthe Dominie Everardus Bogardus, one undivided fifth part of one-sixth of sixty-two acres of land, in the city of New York. once known by the name of the Dominie’s Bowery, confirmed to the children and heirs of Annete Jans, by Governor Nicboil, in 1667. The bill alleged that the one undivided sixth part of the piemises be o to Cornelius ,Bogardus, the ancestor of sut, at the time of his death in 1707, and was held by him 4s tenant in common with the corporation of Trinity Church ‘That upon his death, that sixth descended tu his eldest son, the grandiather of the complainant, who died i intestate ‘That on his deati it descend ed to the father of the complainant, who died intestate in 1794, leaving the complainant and his four brothers and sisters heirs at law, entitled to one fifth of that undivided sixth, as tenant in tion. The bill further stated, that in 1705, the coryors- samo under a conveyance, called a deed of transport, {rom @ part of the children and heirs of Annete Jans, to Col Francia Lovela executed in March, 1671, which only conveyed to him an undivided portion of the pre- mises, and under the mense conveyance of a grant from the crown of Great Britain, made in 1705, whereby the corporation became a tenant in common with, and rus- tee for Cornelius Bogardus the elder, and subsequently for his heir Jaw and their heirs. And that the corporation had received part of she rents and profits of the premises, the time of such entry, in one thousand seven hundred and five, down to the filing of the bill in this cause.— Che complainant, in his pill, further alleged that in 1785. the corporation, by a committee duly authorized tor that purpose, made its claim in writing to the pre- | mises under the deed of transport to Colonel Lovelace, | and .hrough the mense conveyance of the grant from the crown. The complainant further stated that the cor- poration had sold certain parts of the premises, and re- | ceived large sums on such sales, and had leased other | portions thereci, reserving the rent; which rent it had received ag tenant in common with Cornelius Bogardus and his heirs; and the complainant prayed a discovery of all the property of the corporation, and of the rents and income of the premises in question in this cause, and of the sales thereof; and for an account and payment of the one-fifth of one-sixth of the rents and profits of the pre- i nd of the proceeds of such sales which had been d since she entry of the corporation in 1705, or which might be due thereafter. The defendan to all the relief prayed for in the bill and as to all the discovery asked for by the complain: | ant, except so much as related to the supposed entry of | | the corporation upon the premises called the De Bowery, under or by virtue of the deed of tran Col. Lovelaae; and’ so much ae related to the corpora- | tion being seized, or possessed, or holding the premise or any part thereof, under the deed of transport, tenants in common with the complainant or his ancet tors, under the deed of transport or the deed of confirma. | tion from Governor Nicholl#; and so much as: elated to | the alleged receipt of the rents and profits, avails or pro- ce ds of the premives in trust for, orto the use of the complainant or his ancestors; and so much a ted to | the seizin of the complainant or his ors of any estate, or interest, or share of the premises in common with the Lap apt orto the taking of esplus or profits | thereof, by the father of the complainant, and so much as related to the written claim or communication stated in the bill to have been made by the committee of the corporation in 1785, and the certified copy of the deed o transport enclosed therein, and to the authority of their d | committee ; and so much as related to the intent of that written communi of Novemb: and occup! Bowery, and other lands in the city of New being in the receipt of tre rents and profits thereof to her | tole and teparate uso and benefit, aranted the sane by letters patent under the great seal of the Province of New York unto the corporation of Trinity Church, by its theo corporate name, forever, in fee simple ; that the corporation, under and by virtue of those letters patent, and not otherwise entered upon the premises so patent~ sin qui n in thi led the oy. of the date of such patent, | and became its demense of as fee, claim- | ing by force and virtue of that patent, and not otherwise, | to be right, sole and exclusive owners of the same, ai | every part thereof in fee simple ; and that the compas | tion from that time continual y to the time of putt | such plea, continued in the tole and exclusive pos: and seizin of the premises, claiming to have and t | the same as the sole and exclusive owners ther tion, pleaded in bar, that on the 23d of the corporation enjoy the same, and without having paid over oF &o counted tor to the complainant, or those under wh | claimed title, or any part of such rents, issues, pt or proceeds ; and without having held or |e i the premises, or any part thereof, or estate therein, or any rents, issues, profits, or 8, ‘or proceeds, of or arising out of the same in com- mon or undivided with, or as tru if plainant, or those under whom he have derived little; or without ever having acknowledg that suit continued pending in the Supreme Court, in | beiag bound by the terms of the plea to prove their | y which the complainant became | common with his brothers and sisters and the corpors- | tion went into possession of the premises, claiming the | in trust for him and them from | ed or admitted, that the corporation was bound, either at law or in equity, to pay over or account for any part thereof to the complainant, or those under whom he claim- ed, aud without baving ‘acknowledged by the agents of the suid corporation, or otherwise, that the complain- ant, or those under in he claimed, to have derived ti- tle, had any oterrst in common and un- divided, or te in the premises, ur in or to the rents, i P wails or proceeds of, or ari- | sing out of the same. This plea was also supported by the answer of the defendants, as to all the discovery not | covered by the plea, and excepted in the commencement thereof containing @ generai und particular denial, that the corporation ever entered or claimed, under the deed of transport, or under any of the children or heirs of An- nete Jans, or that the corporation was, or that by itself, or its agents, it ever admitted itself to be a tenant in com- | mon with the complainant. or those nader whom he | claimed ; or that it had received the rents, profits, avails, proceeds, of the premises, or any part thereof, as tenant in common, in trust, oF for the use of the complainant, or those under whom he claimed ; or had admitted that he or they had any right or interest in the premises, or the | rents or proceeds thereof ; or that the father of the com- plainant ever took any esplus or profits thereof, in com- mon with the corporation ; or that either the complaio- ant or bis ancestors, or any descendant of Annete Jans, ever entered upon, and became seized of any estate or interest in the premises, incommon with the corporation or that the committee of the corporation were authorized to aimit, or ever intended to admit, or to claim that the corporation held or possessed the premises, or any part thereof, under the deed of transport.” Brooktyn Intelligence. ‘Tue Munpen ov Bunns.—Itis expectad that the mem- bers of the Common Council, at their meeting, this i. will off'+ra liberal reward for the detection of the person or persons who so cruelly murdered Patrick Burns, ov Thursday night last; aod, we have good authority for stating, that the supervisors of the county. who are to assemble the jail,on Friday next, will almost unanimously resolve, to give five hundred dol- | lars for the apprehension of the cowardly wretch ; who perpetrated this vile assassination. dd im | terim, the constables and officers of the plac- are using all possible vigilanc: to ferret out the criminals, and there is every reason to believe that the guilty will soun breught to justice. All classes of the community appear to entertain a deep and serious interest in this matter, not Jess for their own it d protection | ereafter, than for the credit fame aed reputetion of a town which has almost miraculously sprung into existenc faras regards its wealth, exient, and population—as taking the seventh | rank and position among the great cities of the United States. Sunpay Scnoot Exuiuttioy.—The nineteenth annual | celepration of the Sun ay School exhibition at St. John’s church took place yesterday, and the exercis were of a truly pleasing and gratifying character. building was crowded in every part, and the examin tion of the several pupils connected with the institution could not fail to reflect infinite credit alike upon th | teachers and tne children whom they have so a daously and carefully educated. Many of tne pu nave redounded to the honor of seminaries of less hum and might have made even some col- | ble pretensions; L lages that wo wot of, “hide their dimi- legiate assemb! nished heads ” Tur “Emenatp Assocration.”—The eighth annual ball of this meritorious association is announced to take place at the Brooklyn Garden, on the 7th proximo. The room selected for the occasion is the largest in Kings county. and is constructed on the most approved principle of modern mechanical science. ‘The sprivg floor affords “ample space and verge enough” for at least two hun- dred couples to dance ato .e time; and it is expected that nore than double this number will be present to cele- brate an anniversary which has tor its humane and be- nevolent object, the foundation of an asylum for the des- titute male orphans of the city. A Luexy Escare.—About nine o'clock last evening, an alarm of fire was given, occasioned by the accidental burning of some bed furniture and articles of wearing apparel, at the dwelliog of Mr. Joho Pelletrau, in Fulton street. Mr. P.is a celebrated professor of the art neces- sary for the comfort, gratification and relief of those who ure superabundantly qui a (es cheveux ; and ocoup’ —ihe lower part being in the occupancy of Mr, Charlee Smith, a paiuter and glazier, Adjoining th re a large Hquor store ant distillery, belonging to . ©. Watts; so that if the flames had made any progr beyond the room in which \hey originated, the devasts- tion would, almost necessarily, bave been of wide and | ruinous extent. Very fortuuvately, Mr. James Kemp, brother-in-law of Mr. Pelletrau, Mr. John T. Van Macker, Jr. and several other genilemen, were promptly on the spot, and succeeding in quenching the fire ere it became uecessary to avail themselves of the services of the en- hich were in unmediate attendance. Poicr Matters —About a week ago, at the house ef | Mr. McNamara, corner of Staie and Furman streets, a | young man named John McAvoy, a clerk inthe employ af Mr. Patrick Mackey, of Atlantic street, was induced to permit a Mr. Peter McBoary to exam a, out entertaining any suspicion that 1: would not be duly | returned to him. He discovered, however, to his g eat urprise and regret, that his confidence had been mis- plsced; for since that period, until yesterday morning did not again see either his quandam companion, or lost property. Learniog that McEnary was in the neighborhood, he gave notice to arrest him, upon which ‘utimation he was rudely se:zed and vivlentiy handied by “ man named Alex. McCallom. Disengaging himgeif irom the rough and uncouth grip of this fellow, he made application to officer Reynolds, who soon dis- covered both the transgressors on buard a canal boat in the neighborhood of the South Ferry. He forthwith ar- | casted them, and conveyed them to the residence of Jus- tice Downing, who made out a warrant{for their commit- ment to the common jail, for examination this day. They were, theretore, placed in the cells, under the guardii ship aud care of Mr. Elias Pelletra Omnisusses 1x Brooxtyy —Woe are glad to state that | siace the notice im this paper of the hostile demonstra- tions which were made # few dave ago by the omnibus drivers of Brooklyn, agaist the peace and good order ot | (he Liege citizens thereof, hs Honor, the Mayor, (whose | interference we especial, invoked) has caused a 8 to be made, which will, we hope, effectually pre- le @ repetition of the disorderly aud diagracetui { { | | | scenes that were hourly enacted near the Fulton Ferry, | | up to the period when it became our duty to “let fail the curtain.” Police Intelligence, Dro. 29.—Extensive Rodbery.—-Mr. William H. Webb, hip builder at the foot of 6th street, East river, deposi- in his desk on lust Saturday afternoon, the sum ot 200 in bank bills of the denomination of 10 | Pradesmen’s Bauk, in order to pay his men Ww | Webb having occasi n to leave the office afew mo ments, upon his return he found his desk had been broken open, apparently with achisel, and toe above | amount stolen, of which the rogue escaped without de tection. What's old Bob Sutton doing now ? Can any of | the oflicers throw any light on this subject? | Burglary.—Thomay Bones was arrested last night by | @ policeman, charged by Charles Bones with burglari- | ously entering toe carpenters shop, 45 Suffolk street, and | stealing therefrom advuble barreiled gua. Locked up | by Justice Taylor for examination. c | i “Lifter” Caught.—A youog man named Henry Mil- lor, Went into the store of Robert Bousell, No. 212 Hud- son street, corner of Canw out two weeks ogo, and | asked to look at some cravats,and shortly left, saying | they were too dear, when very soon after the young wo- | man, Miss Slosson, who attended the store, missed one of the cravats worth $1 75; she immediately suspected this person to be the thief, when last evening she saw this same individual looking through the store window; ediately ran out of the store, seized him by th collar, and caused him to be taken to the Station House when, upon searching his person, a pawn ticket wa: found, which proved to be the identical cravat, pawned at Murphy's pawn shop in Catherine street. by Justice Roome for trial. Careless Gunning.—-Thomas Radford, who kee grocery store at 603 Greenwich street, was handling @ | joaded gua athis stable door in Burrow street on Christ- mas day, when it accidentally weut off, and a part of the tuck a boy 16 years of age, by the name ot James ing at the time within about 20 eral grains of Locked up nduct.—D. ©, Banks was arrested last | night by officer Sproull for an assault and battery on | George Steel. Held to teil for hia good behavior, and | discharged by Justice Drinker. Disorderly C Burglary —A “krack” was made last night on the store No. 187 South sire with false keys, also the iron sal and two hc! from ; @ num- had been placed bye ~ adi apparently to be carted off, but, probably, the thieves was disturbed and fled without foishing their job. No arrest at present. Petit Larceny. Sam Hardy was caught last night b; | policeman Crouus, of the Filth Ward, in the act of steal- ing lead. Locked up by Justice Drinker Henry Clark, corner of Charles and Wert streets, wai | hurgiariously entered by a false key, and robbed of all amount of property. The thief escaped without | detection. Where's all the policemen 7 The Dithonest Servant —We are requested to state that | the watch stolen at No. 79 Greenwich street, was not found on the person of Catherine Mulholland, but uncer | | the oil cloth where the chain aod locket were discovered by the boy. Disastrous Fresuer ts Atuou.—On Thursday of last week extensive damage was done in the town of Athol by the breaking away of a dam, which let the water from a large pond inupon the villoge. A 3 story building, called Hoyt’s factory, which was occupied by Hapgood & Farr as a match factory, was entirely demo- lished. The water passed through the tan aoe Morse tearing up the vats anid injoriog the buildings to a con- siderable extent, It is estimated that a thousand dollars worth of leather or hides was lost. Several dwelling houses were flooded, and much damage done to their contents, ‘Tne lower floor of one was broken down.— No personal injury, we learn, was received by any one, but we bav. rd of one or two narrow escapes different dams on the stream were carried ry, fauother considerably injured. The road wos so badly guillied as for atime to be impassable. The entire de- mage is estimated at about $15,000. — Barre Gazette. The Philadelphia Tenth Presbyterian Church, Rev. Mr. Boardman, has juat contributed $5,500 to the fund for the endowment of the Princeton ‘Theological Semina) ind, we may add, that of this liberal contri bution, $2000 was subscribed by one individual gave token of scholastic acquirements which would | upper stories of a building opposite his place of busioess | nge- | on the | lary ~Another “ krack” last night; the store of | tive) Literature, de. f£CotumBiaN Macazine, for January 1846 —This monthly stili sustains its established reputation. The number for January contains two fine mezzotints, one of “Mary, Queen of Scots,” the other a “Scene from Western Life”—together with the usual amount of good reading Post, the publisher, ir & sort of a Black wood,with plush breeches and choice wine. Love ano Musmenism.—This is No. 67 of Har- pers’ Library of Novels, and consists of ten inter- esting tales by Horace Smith, author of ‘* Adam rowan,” &¢ —For sale by Burgess & Stringer, who get shaved at Jem Grant's. Tue Foster Brotner.—A tale by Leigh Hunt, published by Harper, and for sale by Burgess & Stringer, who get shaved at Jem Grant's. Tur Cuarity Sister —This is a tale by the Hon. Mrs. Norton, and wil be read with iaterest. Pub- lished by FE. Ferrett & Co., No 237 Broadway, who getshaved ateome unknown place in Broadway. Tuer Sympot anp Opp Fettow’s Magazin This 1s a monthly, devoted, as its name indicates, to the interests of the Odd Fellows—Fublished ia Boston. The brochure is odd—the paDllenae is odd— the subjects odd—and the devil isa very odd old | fellow. _ Harrers’ Proroxian Braus.—This has reached its 44h number, and contioues in style fully equal to tae Yyfiret. Published by Harper Brothers, who generally shave themselves and the public with the same razor. Tue Youtn’s Caniner.—An old work, inthe new form of an octavo monthly, intended for the inter- estund instruction of children. Edited by Rev. F. G. Woodworth, and published by D. A. Wood- | worth, Clinton Hail, at one dollar per year—and dear enough at that. . 2 New Game or Tae Monxeys—An interesting amusement, for sale by Saxton & Miles. Excellent reading tor fashionable society. Case of Mrs. Gov. Tomas, for Divorce. [From the Richmond Whig. Dec. 25} Cimevir Surexion Count, Judge Nicholas presiding. | —Mrs. 8 C. P. Thomas vs. Francis Thom Proceeding for a divorce. | This cause was conctuded yesterday. Mrs. Carring- | ton, Mrs. J. A. Cock, Mr. Grayson, Dr. Tyler and Mr. | Robert Taylor were called and sworn. Mrs. Carrington deposed that she saw Mrs. Thomas in Baltimore, afew days after she had left the residence of Gov. Thomas in emaciated, and ntal suffering : was depressed, abject: Annapolis ; that she was extreme! seemed to be laboring under inte) that her nsual buoyant and el | and that sho believed that if she had been long | ed to the course of treatment that must have nec« | produced the state of mind and body under which was then laboring, her speed; ih would have been @ inevitable consequence ; that she had known Mrs. | Thomas trom her intuncy, and always thought her, and still thought her, one of the purest of ladies ; that she never heard aught spoken against her, untal this report, circulated by her husband. Mrs Cock deposed that Mra, Thomas visited her some eighteen months before her marriag , and ve or six weeks with her—that her ad that a certain certificate, produced related to Mra. Ths while paying the visit of, \ waa wholly fa Unfounded—and that from her knowledge of the character andconduct of Mrs. T., (for | sue had known her from’ ber infancy.) no such accuse- tion could be,.in truth, grounded against ber—that her conduct had always been marked with the strictest pro- jriety ; so much 80, that the most fastidious could not object--and that she always believed, and still believed | uer to be ag pure « woman as ever lived. Mr. Grayson deposed that he accompanied Governor Thomas to Virginia when he was married—that Gov. ‘Thomas acted very singularly upon the occasion; he re- vvarked several times that he expected some foul play was going on; that he had understood that Gov. MeBow- ell intended that ail preparation should be made for the wedding, and that when the time came for the minister to pertorm the ceremony, that some other man was to be iarried to Miss McDowell, and not himself, and that he would prepare himself for the occasion, and go armed— he further deposed, that the matters conteined in the pamphl+t published by fhomas, in r-ference to himself, were wholly unfounded, and without the shadow truth; that Mrs. ‘Thomas’ conduct, so far as it came un- er his observation, was such that no laren excep. it; that it was such as character+ ised a lady; he read a Jetter from Gov. Thomas to him self, charging with infidelity to him, &c. Dr. Tyler deposed, that he became acquuinted with Thomas by the introduction of ber husband; that ie had seen her several times duri2g her stay in Frede- iick, but that he had not seen her since her departure ‘rom Frederick, until afew evenings since he saw her »ther father’s residence in this city; that Mrs. Thomas’ | deportment won the esteem of all who knew her; that | bee memory was cherished with kind remembrances in | Peederick; and that the only criticism he did, or could | 88s upon her, was that she wastoo reserved for one of ‘er age; that he looked upon her asa pure, virtuous and ignified lady; and that as far as the pamphlet published | .¥ Thomas related to him, under the solemnity of the ath He a taken, he pronounced it basely false end us «rounded. | Mr. Taylor deposed that he was induced by Gov. ‘Thomas, to go to Frederick, and torm a connexion with him in tne practice of the law—he didso. The ion of any thing unpleasant exiting be- | Thomas and her usb | ception ofa note signed by Mr thoug! | dently dictated by her husband—that he had e converse- * | tion with Thomas about the purpert of the note he had received Thomas replied, ne had obtained his infor. vation from his wite, avd that was enough fur him” Che deponent stated, that he pronounced t.e accusation talse, but as Thomas insisted he had derived his infor- | mation from his wife, though he knew it w he did notlike to denounce the lady, for could not be so—that he did not leave Frederick be- ©ause of any threat made by Gov. Thomas, but in con lormity to a previous determination, because of the act, that the c-nnexion bet,een Thomas and himself | had become offensive to him—and that he had concluded | to leave Frederick whenever a better opening presented | itself—aod so far as the, pamphlet, printed by Thomas, + oncerned him, it was ntti flee that he was toe “ousin .f Mrs. T.; that her character was pure and ur- s | Whereupon, the jury, withott leaving thier s filed by Mrs. Thomas, in to be true, and vindicated her from the | (oul aspersions alleged against her. | The reporter of this briet sketch, in justice to the | parties, would say it was utterly impossivle to give the | testimony in detail; that he has only attempted to gi | (he substance—and that no lady could have vindicated | herself so clearly from the heart-rending charges pre- ferred a inst her, aa Mrs. Thomas has done upon | Fact and Fancy. | A vellow woman, named Ejiza Cross, was found | dead in Richmond, Va., near the dock, on the 25th. The steam ship Galveston, from Galveston, ar” rived in New Orleans on the 16th inst., in the unprece” dented short passage of thirty-four hours, from city to city. Abijah Fisk, one ot the oldest and most respecta- ble pain ein of New Orleans, died recently. The Masonic Grand Lodge of Alabama, recent] in communication at Pustgloosa, adjourned on the inst, after a sesmon of six days. M. W. William Hen- drix, Grand Master; R. W. Arnaud P. Ffister, Grand Se- cretary; R. W. Edward Herndon, Grand Treasurer. ‘Thomas Watson, while walking between decks on board che new packet ship Wyoming, at Philadelph.a, on the 27th, accidentally fell into the hold, and was se- viously injured. A German named Berg, was found frozen to death on the ice on the 26th inst., 1a Jones’ Falls, Baltimore. | The nineteenth game of the chess match, now in progress between Messrs. Rousseau and Stanley, ia Orleans, was played on the (6th i Mr. Rousseau. The score thus Stapley 10, Rousseau 6—drawn nerally been utitully cont unques- Honably exhibited tome of the Anest specimens of play | ever witnessed in America. Joachim Antonio, a Portuguese, was arrested on the 12th inst, on the river, twelve miles below Point la Hache, Louisiana, for the murder of a man named Oville Paul. Antonio is supposed to be the same man who killed another, opposite Lafayette, lest year, and ee caped. Covrt ror THe Correction or Errors.—ALBa* ec. 26, 1845 —Present—Lt' Gov, Gardiner Walworth, Chief Justice Bronson and 28 Senators Peter Barthelemy va. The People—Senators Lott, |, Beers aod low, gave written opinions for re- | iudgment effirmed, 10 to 9. No. 6. Elisha Ruck~ man vo. A. 6 Birdsall—Chan. Walworth, nators Boc- kee, Barlow, Beers, Lester and Johnson gave wriiten opinions tor reversal, Senators Porter, Lott and Folsom ave written opinions, and Senator Clark and Lt. Gov, | liner gave oral opinions tor utficmauce—Judgment reversed, 18to 12. No.7. L. H. Santord vs. J. C, Halse; | —Decision postponed until Monday next. No.9 Samuel Nead al. ve. David H. Gale - ‘The Chancellor gave e written dpiuion and Senator Hard an oral opivion for re- versal. Senators Por Lester, Lott and Smith gave written opinions, and Senator Beers an oral opinion for aftirmance.=Judgment affirmed, 12 to 6. No. 10. J. Boyd ve. 8. We Onan. Walworth, Senators Lott and Por ter gave written opinions for afirmance—Judgment af- | firmed, 20 to 0. No. 1. Wm. L. ,Stone vs. J. Fenimore Cooper—Chancellor Walworth, Senators Bockee, Por. ter, Lott, Beers, Hard and Lt. Governor, gave writ = ten opi Senator Barlow writ. ten opinion for effi .-- Judgment rev sto 5, No. 12. Andrew Warner vs. The People ex. rel. Jas. Connor. Chan. Walworth, Senators Johnson, Lester, Folsom gave written opinions, and Senator Lott an oral | opinion for affirmance—Senator Porter ga opinion, and Senator Clark an oral opinion for Judgmentaffirmed, 2010 2. No. 13. A. Lawrenc | va, the City of New York—Chan. Walworth and | Johnson gave written opinions, and Senators Lott and Lester oral opinians of affirmance—Senator Hari gave | an oral opipion for reversal—Judgment affirmed, 18 10 4. | No, 14. J. Mansell va. A. Lewis—Senators Lot aud Por ; “ter gave written opinions for affirmance--Li eu’. (7. Gardiner geve a written opinion, and Senator Jonson #o oral opi for reversal —Jodgment reverse.