The New York Herald Newspaper, February 17, 1846, Page 2

YORK HERALD. NEW New York, Tuesday, February 17, 1846. Foreign News. There are now several packet ships and two steams ships due, with later news from Europe. The steamer Massachusetts is in her twenty-seventh day, and the Cambria ber thirteenth, Hditorin! Correspondence from Washington. Wasuninaron, Feb. 15, 1846. This is a most interesting period in the history of American affairs—a complete crisis, as it may be called, in the history ot a popular government. I have been in the habit of visitiag Washington pe- riodically for the last twenty yeare, but I have never found public affairs in so interesting—so perplexing ~so critical a condition, as regards domestic and foreign affairs, almost leading to peace or war. IT have now been here a week, endeavoring to find out the correct interpretation of the “seeds of the future’—the real position of things now, and their probable issue during the present session of Congress. According to the best information I can procure, I am decidedly of opinion that the Oregon negotiations, on which hang the peace of the world almost, wil! remain in their present unsetied, open position, until the new tariff bill, prepared under the direction of Mr. Walker, and slightly modified, perhaps, by the committee, shall have passed both Houses of Congress, and become a law. The last correspondence between Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Pakenham has reduced the Oregon con- troversy to the alternative of a fair compromise, on something like the 49th parallel, or ultimate war. Mediation, if it ever should be attempted, would share the fate of arbitration, at least with this ad- ministration. The Oregon controversy, whatever rumors may be circulated of fresh negotiations, will remain an open question between the two go- vernments, uatil Congress shall have passed upon the new tariff bill, Mr. Polk can keep the negotia- tions in that position, and if he did not, the British negotiator can and probably will do so. There may be informal conversations between Mr. Bu- chanan and Mr. Pakenham, during the interval, but Thave strong reasons for believing that there will be no positive negotiations—no treaty—no settlement of the question of peace or war, until the new tariff bill shall have passed. If that proposed law should be rejected, there is no telling what the results, affect- ing our foreign relations, may be. In the meantime, the debate on the notice will drag its slow length along in the Senate, while the new tariff, to be followed by the sub-treasury, will be up in a few days in the House of Representatives. Mr. Walker’s bill, which I must admit is a most ad- mirable and comprehensive system, constructed on the most accurate and profound principles of poli- tical economy, will be reported to the House, with some few changes affecting not its principle—only its fiscal character. These changes! learn, will be the addition of 5 per cent to the duties on cotton and woollen goods imported. By Mr. Walker’s bill, cotton goods will pay 20 per cent—woollen 25. The bill amended by the Committee of the House may increase the former to 25 and the latter to 30, with some few other immaterial alterations. In this view of things, it becomes a matter of some importance, affecting both our foreign and do- mestic affairs, to ascertain what may be the fate of the proposed new tariff bill, which may become, by its indirect connection with our relations with Eng- fand, a leading element of peace or war. Mr. Walker and his friends, I understand, believe that their bill will pass the House by12 or 20 majority, and the Senate by a similar one. Among the high- tariff protection men, a diflerent result is anticipa~ ted. This latter class of patriots profess to believe that the tariffof 1842 is as impregnable as the Rocky Mountains. According to the best information | can procure, lam more disposed to believe in the calculation ot Mr. Walker and the friends of the vevenue tarifl. A great change has certainly taken place in the opinions of intelligent men, relative to the policy and philosophy of a high and protective tariff system—perhaps as much, or nearly as much as in the high and inflated banking system. The lat ter, as Mr. Webster said truly in Faneuil Hall, is now “tan obsolete idea,” and the former is rapidly ap- proaching that point of antiquity. Twenty-five years ago, about the time I first visited this metropo- lis, Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun—the one the great representative of Northern interests, the other of Southern interests—stood onthe same level, shoulder to shoulder, advocating the doctrines of liberal commercial principles. I am not sure but these two great statesmen are, in the mutations of human affairs, and through the revolutions of trade, approaching the same point of doctrine again. On the Oregon question, thus far, they have been thrown together, partly arising from almost identical commercial interests which they represent—the South to preserve her raw cotton ex- ports, and the North her manufactured cotton ex- ports—for I believe that the exports of manufactured cottons, principally trom New England, now amount to $10,000,000, or $12,000,000 ; and, it peace be pre- werved, may in twenty yeara reach the value of all the exports of the South. It is therefore no extravagant idea to anticipate, that at no distant day—perhaps during the present session—Mr. Webster and the New England manu- facturing 1aterests, now firmly established and strong enough to compete with England in the toreign markets, may gradually relax from their high tariff notions, and return to the more philoso- phical and correct views of liberal principles in trade, which characterised their public conduct from 1815 to 1824. It they study their commercial position now with any degree of common sagacity, they may find the Oregon question satisfactorily settled, and their increasing foreign export trade in cottons and wool- lens secured, simultaneously with the passage of the new tariff bill by both houses of Congress. I could say more on this point—but itis better not. A word to the wise is sufficient. The only obstinate and uncompromising opponents of the new liberal tariff bill,will be that class of men who are partly fanatics and partly mea of mere party feelings and passions. From this view of the state of affairs here, it will be seen that the tariff question may be considered in some measure, the key that may lock or unlock the complicated foreign and domestic crisis that now exists, The sub-treasury, or proposed new fis" cal arrangements, and also the warehousing bill, are only a part and parcel of Mr. Walker’s comprehen- sive internal system, aad it will follow the fate of the newtarifl. The Oregon negotiations may remain wwabeyance, or only proceed slowly to the point of sompromise, until these other questions are solved. Such is my information, und such is my belief, Further information, and deeper and closer re- searches among all parties here, may modify or change these opinions—but at this present writing, I think I am nearly accurate. Another question of great importance is begin ning to be talked ot, although it is done delicately, privately, and in corners. I mean ‘the next Presi- dency. From what I hear and see, | apprehend that some signal change is about to take place in the popular modes of President-making hereafter. The Convention system of nominating eandidates, estab- lished under Jackson, which has been in use for nearly twenty years by both parties, is about to fol- ‘ow the footsteps of the Congressional caucus sys: tem established by Jefferson, and which lasted abou the same length of time. [ begin to doubt whether either the whigs or democrats will ever unite upon another single candidate, nominated by a Conven- tion. The great statesmen and distinguished men hegin to think that the popular Convention system is worse in ite results than even the long exploded Congressional caucus system. The weakest and mallest men have been elevated to office, under the term of “ availability,” principally by Convention vhieh are composed of nothing, after all, but hord: elf-elected office-holders or office-seekers Aaott*: objectionable feature is the terrible balanoe of power that may, threugh theses Convention nomi. THE STORM, On Setarday Night and Sunday Mornt nations, be wielded by a small fraction of the people, as was done in the case of the abolitionists running Birney. It is now beginning to be believed here, in certain high quarters, that greater talents, higher statesman- ship, and move public satisfaction would be evolved, if the friends of each distinguished man were to ran him on their owa hook—discuss his ‘merits openly before the country for three or four years— | present him fairly and frankly to the people, and then | TEN VESSELS STRANDED, ON SQUAN BEACH. take each his chances at the ballot box in 1848,to Sixty Huraan Beings Perished! be returned among the three highest to the House of | &e. de. dee. Representatives. In that case, none but men of | real character, services, and talent, could stand three | or four years’ canvass—none but such could get the highest votes—and the House, at all hazards, would | ty than that of the night of the 14th inst. and morn- be compelled to select, from three such men, one of | ing of the 15th. About sixty lives have been lost in the best they could get. This is certainly a plausible view, and Lhave some Teason to believe that such opinions have taken such deep root in some quarters, as will secure for the public the general object in view. The democratic friends of John C. Calhoun will undoubtedly bring their man out, and run him at all hazards, regardless perty is not yet fully ascertained ; but enough is known to say that, from e quarter to half a milhon | of dollars will fall upon the insurers of Wall street, from this gale. The wind, through the afternoon of Saturday, had , been light, and the inward.bound fleet, known to be of conventions or caucuses. This movement will | very large, were crowding every thing to get into compel the other parties todo the same. The can- | ourbay. At nine o’clock, it commenced'to blow a didates of the whigs are Henry Clay, John M’Lean, | reefing breeze ; it soon made two reefs necessary ; Daniel Webster and General Scott—the candidates | close reefs quickly followed, and, by eleven o’clock, of the demoerats are James K. Polk, General Cass, | scarcely any vessel could carry more sail than Commodore Stewart, Silas Wright, James Buchan- { enough to lie to with. Tie force of tag gale was an, &c, &e. A convention by either party might, | from E. N. E., but it shifted, for a moment at a by their confficts, set aside all these men, and bring | time, to every point of the compass. It was impos- out some obscure individuals, that none could ees to claw off shore ; an attempt to scud was to dream of, and thus unsettle the whole policy and | end only in stranding, and lying to was a hopeless destiny of the nation. Send the three best and most | effort, and beyond the endurance of canvass, rig- popular of these men, after a full canvass, to the | 8'0g, or spars. House of Representatives, and the succession to the | About twelve o’clock the schooner Alabama,from Presidency would create no shock in public affairs | Philadelphia, struck the sands of Squan Beach, New —breed no crisis—and give the coup de grace to all | Jersey, about twenty miles south of the Highland the bargains of office holders and office seekers, | lights. The crew are saved. 3 during the canvass, There’s philosophy and saga- | _Atone o'clock the schooner Register, of and city in this view of matters. from Newbern, struck. She had a cargo of 900 Before I close, I have a word relative to the de- | barrels turpentine. The Captain had taken in all bates in Congress. I learn that Ritchie & Heiss, ot | *#il but his topsail, which partly blew away, and the Union, have, in consequence of the expense, dis- | Could not be furled, and to this topsail the captain missed their corps of reporters from both Houses, | and erew are indebted for their lives ; for when she retaining only one reporter for each House, and a | Stranded, she came broad side to the sea, and the person to copy resolutions, &c. There is no jour- %@!! threw her masts over flat upen the beach. All nal published here, therefore, which can give a full | Were saved but one passenger, who 1s supposed to daily correct report of the debates, such as the Lon- | have been crushed to death. , don journals give of Parliamentary debates, or even | The Swedish bark Lotty, which sailed for Ant - as the New York Herald gave of the celebrated ex- | Wetp on Friday, also got ashore, and the Captain, tra seesion in 1841. I am, therefore, arranging for the | D’Haen, and mate, were lost. She has gone to re-organization of a complete corps of reporters, for | Pieces. She had a cargo of grain. The crew each House, to give daily correct reports of the en- | Were saved. ‘ suing debates; and I may also publish a Congres. | The bark New Jersey, Lewis, from Savannah, is sional Herald, price $1 per session, for the country | also ashore, and has gone to pieces—believed all at large. J.G. B, | Saved. ’ The New York pilot boat, Mary Ellen, which | ExtRaorpinary Movement IN THE LEGISLATURE. | caught the gale whilst on a cruize, fifty or sixty | —We refer our readers to the letter of our intelli- | miles at} sea, and having tried every effort that hu- | gent correspondent at Albany, for the particulars of | man skill could devise, to keep an offing, finding | @ most extraordinary movement made by (the anti- | Tent) Senator Van Schoonhoven in the State Legisla- | determined to put her ashore to the best advantage. ture. The movement we refer to, is the introduc- | They landed her so that she can easily be launched, tion of a resolution instructing the judges of the | and saved all hands. Stil this disaster will fall first and third circuits to report to the Senate the heavily on aclass of men who, since the unjust names ot the convicted anti-renters now in prison, | crusade of the Board of Underwriters, have had the testimony adduced on their trials,and their term much work and little pay. of imprisonment. The object of this resolution, as ‘The ship John Minturn, Captain Starke, which we understand, is to procure the pardon of the anti- | sailed from New Orleans on the 27th ultimo, for this renters and the impeachment of Judge Parker. | port, having on board a valuable cargo—five cabin This is the most high-handed attempt on the part of passengers, besides the captain’s wife, son and the Legislature, to subvert the judiciary, that we | daughter, with twenty seamen from the ship Chero- have ever heard of. What! impeach Judge Parker? | kee, who were coming home after her loss—struck 5 5 a at about three in the morning. She sheered broad- and for what? For mantully vindicating the funda- side to the beach, and heeled off shore. The cap- mental Jaws of society, and meting out to the anti- tain, his wife, children, five cabin passengers, and rent conspirators and rebels that punishment | others of the two crews, amounting in namber to which they deserved. We have certainly fall- | ‘Wenty-eight persons, perished, and among them the en upon evil times, if a magistrate of the second officer, Mr. Sturgis. Seven persons escay in the boat, but some of them have breken limbs. land can be impeached for the faithful performance 8 he. ete sole Bee ones we have received the of his sworn duty. Instead of a siur being cast on | following list of her cabin passengers :—Mr. the conduct of Judge Parker, he is entitled to the | pas rel bnag Be poe es ghee - heeds. thanks of the State and the Union at large, forgrap- | (The manitest of the John Minturn will be pling with that hydra-headed and calico-attired | ound under the ship news head, on the last pag e.) . A The ship iamediately bilged. She is_principall monster,anti-rentism, and crushing it before another | owned ty Mesers. Senne Frost, of this ity. scene like that of the murder of the lamented Steele | She was a fine Al ship, five years old, 450 — had occurred. Judge Parker’s character for probity | burthen, and is insured. for thir “pee dy 3 at the Mutua 2 eae i L bas | as — lican, $7, and integrity is long establisned, and it willtake | 4&5 follows:—At the Pe! ay more than a resolution of Senator Van Schoonko- | Allahoe Wapedia Eas mene ee Hrs, #8. ‘O- | 750; and ven to shake the confidence that the public have in | consisted of 283 bales cotton, 301 hhds. 2bbls. sugar, him, and which his judicial conduct for a series of bo bbls. cel nicas pigs bap epee gs yc a ; § 5 al years past has earned. We have more faith inthe fi¢toeg beef, 100 bbls. pork, 177 bbls. 648 keas lard, dignity of the Senate than to suppose, foramoment, 42 bbls. tallow, 44 do. seed, 13 boxes mdze., 16 bales that such a resolution will pass that bedy. skins, 9 tierces 38 bbls. wax, 947 hides, 103 bags feathers, 4 bales 30 bundles 8 caske hair, 17 bbls. 1 cask bristles ; and is also insured, with the freight, in this city. 5 The schooner Pioneer, from Brandywine, bound to New Haven, with a cargo of corn and flour, struck at about the same time, and all on boar y Asowrrion Fawaticism.—At the late annual meet- ing of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, it was resolved, that the “only path to the accom- plishment of the objects of the society was over the | 3 ? hed. Th 1 toti x ruins of the present American Church, and the pre- | Lat be vets Meat bedbthaat an ot et, C sent American Union.” This may now be consi- | The packet ship Orleans, Scars, from New Orleans, dered as the settled policy of the abolitionists ef the | sailed in company with the John Minturn, and was Srorth. Again and again, in therr variousmectings, {owns and, es. there sre two othe cite aha they have declared it as such, and even on the plat- | farther south than the John Minturn, one of them is form of old Faneuil) Hall, the damnable doctrine has believed, to be the wae ee Pte as to ine jese ships cannot nown betore to- been uttered and cheered by a large audience of in. Orleans belongs to Wm. Nelson’s line; she is an old, furiated fanatics. but good ship, of 600 tons burthen. She is, with We shall not stop here to discuss the abstract question of slavery. Our views on that subject are | already well known, But we really wonder that | Jard, 358 do. flour, 30 bales hemp, 16 do. skins, 234 forbearance does not practically cease to be avirtue, | bags feathers, 55 cases wine, 5 bales wool, 4 casks 9 when American ears are forced to listen to such | boxes merchandize, 901 hides. ideas, proclaimed publicly and unblushingly by a set It is feared that ag) vessels are ashore near Barnagat, Little E, rbor, Great Egg Harbor, of designing chays, who are leading on a large and atAbsecon Beach, From’ these distiets new number of manly, honest, but deluded people. In will be expected with great anxiety. Our packet the city of the Pilgrims, we can hardly believe that Ships fron Sehecen gg? sate or feet of them fo men are found, who, forgetting every thing holy in Pid Sica hope tty Somnhdety ot pinto ye he the nature of man, would raze to the ground the | The district of Squan is underthe charge ot one of great Christian edifice which their fathers have | the most energetic and humane wreckmasters on built. We wonder that the stones of old Bunker ‘he coast, who has th sets experience. Sirce the Hill do not ery out, when the Union, cemented with bette ptt ae ce Ra Bg ¥ ¥ and the wreckers are daring in saving lives. the dearest blood of our fathers, is thus publicly | John S. Foreman is the wreckmaster. assailed. The losses will fall heaviest on those companies But on the whole, this mad folly of the silly et a tauraal Geta Cease es Lyte tanaties, will operate better than sly, underhanded | core a special agent to the beach forthwith, works. The people can see their designs, and shun | with Mr. Samuel W.Thompson. 4 them. It will work out its own cure; and in afew | There is a schooner ashore at Deal, loaded with years these ravings will be forgotten, and the men ‘The ship Avalanche (exclusivel reported in yes- her cargo and freight, tully insured. Her‘ cargo consists of 128 bales cotton, 450 hhds sugar, 29 do. tobacco, 225 bbls molasses, 200 do. pork, 400 do. Destructive Firr.—The Norfolk Herald learns from a gentleman from the Eastern shore of Vir- ginia, that avery destructive fire occurred at Frant | town, on Sunday last, which burnt to the ground ¢! | storehouse of Messrs. Satchell, ‘Oidham and Nottin, ham, with every thing init, not even saving the books andaccounts Lous about $12,000—no insurance. The | fire was accidental, Harrison Fuller, charged with having shot James who uttered them will have been consigned to an | terday’s brald,) ashore on Mudfiate, between El- unlamented oblivion. | lis’s and Gibbet Island, will be got off in a few days, + | by fe oe en tha ka her. or he brig rt Bruce, from el Ze, ondurat eon hier gheme It ip emosing beaded lying at anchoroff Bedlow’s Island on Sunday more. the farce going on in the Common Council chamber | inz, dragged her anchors, from the violence ot the relative to municipal reform. One would suppose | storm,and went ashore on the Mudflats. She will that the party in power were the most patriotic set | fsigen eA ved ee discharging part of her car- of men that ever ate oyster suppers and smoked se- | bas 4 brig Dr. Hitchcock, for Bermuda, aljo-drage gars in the tea room at the expense of the unfortu- | ged her av~hers near Robin’s Reef, but did not get nate humbugged public Gentlemen, be consistent. | age i: VaR Lapin Cheiiaztal. Sancta 9 , raat he ec ola yor repo! esterday, Don t talk of reform now,at the eleventh hour. You | bound to Virginia, lying ‘near Stasan Talend, raged certainly cannot expeet to get any credit for the | her anchors and went ashore near the Quarantine, bluster you are making about reform. The people | and knocked off her rudder. _ have undertaken the matter, and you never would | andthe te near aaden Bate bloged one have stirred an inch unul the cry for a change in the 4n Sundey.. When the wind shifted she parted one management of our municipal matters was demand- | of her cables, and to save the veaselfrom going ed in a voice not tobe mistaken. Be consistent and co “ie eway mind Bods 5 bt ld ge keep up the old regimen for the reasinder of your | towed her up 0 Statea Island, ‘when the ew ne brief Lan Serarees The reform party next | ceeded in getting her up to the city yesterday morn- April will do at we want. ing. peck Tne schr. Senator, for Norfolk, which was at Mapame Gostauio.—The case of this woman anchor off the Battery, was driven oft by the gale, and of Charles Mason was brought to aclose yes- neat Itobbins’ Reetand was towed up by the ateam- “ A | boat Hercules yesterday morning. terday afternoon in the General Sessions,and result- | We learn that the New York ead Offing Electro- ed in a verdict of guilty. Madame Costello was are Telegraph withstood the storm without a sentenced toimprisonment in the penitentiary for | sing) eno ng ge ne 10 eee ee | nus, Coney Island, with perfect success during the Six months, and to pay a fine of $250, and Mason to | whole ‘of the late storm; but the gale was too onvere imprieonment for four months. Thus, one case of | for their news boats to make their usual cruises at abortion is punished, although slightly. It is to be | Sea; consequently no disasters could be reaerieahy hoped, however,that even this small punishment will | (hat means, or in a thectine tek Need eir telescope. Had the ofhing lines of jr have ite proper effect been constructed along the coast of New Tera, | many of the disasters which occurred on Saturday night, would have been reported trom hout to hour, as they occurred, and relief could have been sent, which, to say the least, might have preserved many of the human beings who have perished. - The brig Lawrence, Copeland,of Boston from Malaga, which was seen off Sandy Hook, on ae must have run to sea, as she has not arrived, Allen, a hand on the packet boat Onondago, Whitesboro’, on the 16th November last, and for whose | Manilla, was reported to have been passed off Bar- reward of $100 was offered, was brought “aeat. This isa mistake. The ship seen was ua- at Whitesboro’ on Wi day ovening, ext day bailed out by hi er. The in- dictwent agalnst him is for manslaughter in the fourth degree. doubtedly the Avalanche. Tae wreck master writes, that he never saw or heard of such an appalling scene as the beach pre- (sents trom Squan for many miles south. Jt is | Tremendaus Loss of Life and Property. | Many years have elapsed since we were called on to describe a greater calamity to life and proper- one wreck-master’s district, and the amount ot pro- The ship Talbot, Capt. Story, from Canton and | strewn with boxes, bales, water ct trunks, | joods, wearing apparel, broken iy dead | Mr. Bawnert :— R Cie and as are but three houses on the | You have recently (several times) laid before | beach, built of wrecked wood, the privations and | your readers the necessity of a radical reform in our | sufferings of those who did survive, must have been | city goverument, and I have not yet seen any move | horrible. : : | on the part of our citizens, to carry so desirable an By this most melancholy dispensation of an all bs“ into execution. | seeing Providence, many a heart thata few days | — Itisnot long since, that | was told by an ex-Al- | since throbbed high with hope, has forever ceased | derman (a locofoco) that if the affairs of our city | to beat. The country at large, and the mercantile were managed with the economy or judgment of | interest in perticular, have sustained an irreparable | which they are capable, and much more satisfactorily | loss in the death of the much lamented Capt. Starke, | than at preeept, our taxes would not exceed fifty ‘of the John Minturn. In private life he was cour- | cents on the fandred dollars, and we now pay eighty teous and gentlemanly, and on the quarter-deck, a | nine. Ifthe landlords and tenants, of the latter w | kind, able and experienced seaman. k have to pay the most of the city expenses—are dis- | We shall probably continue to hear of disasters posed to reduce their taxes about one-half what for some time to come. they now pay, or about one million of dollars an- (From the Philadelphia U. 8. Gazette, Feb. 16.) nually, this can be done by a meeting being called About four o'clock on torm of | of our citizens, of all parties, when a committee of snow rather suddenly | wwo from each ward should be chosen, for the ing a little while, as if to create hopes that the few pose of selecting the best men for Mayor, Alder- shavings that had descended were nearly all that were men, and Assistants; and when this committee shall tocome, sent down thick flakes so fast and’ closo to- gelect the candidates for the above offices, no one ether, that ina short time there was a covering upon | can be a candidate who has « y Election of City Oficers. | the ground some three inches deep. The wind rose, too, | poken in any political | and blew strongly from the westward, increasing in | Meeting during the BS Yeats, oF who has been | strength until about three oclock yesterday morning, #0 active — in any such meeti We have | whenit blew a perfect gale. The wind swept along in our city thousands of good men who vote, but with terrific force, and sung and whistled in a manner , never meddle with politics, and would serve with quite unbecoming in a sober latitude like this, com- mitting, as it went, such pronks as will be any thing but pleasant to those who have to repair the damages it | occasioned. Amongthe disasters attendant upon | gale, was the uprooting of the venerable Lombardy | poplar which stoed in front of the is’ School, in Fou.th, below Chestnut st. There jociatioas con- nected with this time ored and sombre tree; and it is | one of the Ten Trees” spoken of in Watson's Annsls of this city. We have heard that the consequences of | the gale are to be seen all the city, in the prostrat- | ed awning posts, uprooted trees, signs torn from their | fastenings, and other exposed objects There is reason | to fear that there yn great destruction along the coast, The hoavy snow storm of course laid an embargo | pleasure, if all political interests can be kept out of their proceedings; and such men will never permit their names to be used in any shape, by any party Mire fi h I Id you wanta name for such a party, woul take the “Independent Keform Tax Party.” One or your Reapers. Court of General Sessions. Before Judge paralony Set Aldermen Messerole and ‘appan. Joun McKeor, District Attorney, Wx. M. Parcs, and Jonas B Puivurrs, Esqs. Counsel for the Peo) Fen. 16.—Trial of Catherine Costello, alias and Charles, Mason, for procuring an Abortion, resumed. upon the rail road trans and we were without papers | —At the opening of the Court this morning, the Disraict from any quarter until four o’clock in the afternoon, | Arroaney proposed to introduce the evidence of i yesterday, when the southern mail, due at four e’clock | son named Carroll, but who, on being called, failed to yesterday morning, arrived. The violence of the wind | eepenr. i ih thal vate Wb Sala ie Distxict ATTORNEY, W e view troduc at that the ferryboat while crossing the Susquehanna river to Havre de Grace,with Philadelphia in evidenoe the affidavit of Carroll, offered to shew passengers, was blown across the end of the pier and | that Carroll had been subpanaed; that he wasin the | Went aground, where she remained a little more than | Court roem on Thursday and Friday, since which time | Seven hours—thus occasioning a delay to both lines.— | he had not been in attendance, and ax he had beon seen About three miles this side of the Susquehanna the snow | in close conversation with Mr. Maxwell, it was believed storm was encountered and three locomotives havin; he had been spirited away. been sent out with snow ploughs, the train proceeded | ‘The motion to read in evidence the testimony of Car- ntil within three miles of tuis city, where the snow, | roll, was denied by the Court. rif intoa deep cut, resisted t now ploughs for | ‘I'he evidence onthe part of the prosecution being three hours. The eastern mail arrived about five o’clo*k, | brought to aclose, Mr. Saerarp rose and moved that some three hours after the time at which it was due. We | the testimony of Mrs. D. be stricken out, inssmuch as faxwell, | | understand that most strenuous exertions were | the testimony was unfinished by the District Attorney ; | made, as soon as on, to keep the road | that he not @: ited whole story in relation to | clear, and betw. ick and Bordentown | this affair; that when she went out of Court on Friday ven locomotive: employed in clearing it by the of snow ploug! ind the communication with New rk is uninterrupted. Theatricals. evening, the District Attorney stated that he should re- | call her the following morning, but he had failed to pro- | duce her; that there was only a portion of the direct ex- | amination before the Court; then again, in consequence | of this failure to produce this witness, the counsel for | the defence had had no power to cross-examine her, al- Pan Tuxatnx.—Last night was the last appearance | the defence had hai no pewer to cross-examine her, al: : ips 0 re were several po! ro: 3 of Mm'lle Augusta, in the ballet of}'Giselle."?Those who | Tatidh would have p! Materially beneficial to the | have seen her in this piece have witnessed a most beau- | cause of his llent in ah jor | tiful and astonishing exhibition of the “essence of poe. | Ropenicx N. Moraiso! followed, con try,” as Derwin would define such, and every beautiful | thatthe testimony of Mrs. D. delgpeedine peer stt Mee | picture. lt was, indeed, a picture of grace, elegance | the most ent search had been made for the witness | and art, of rare appearance. There is a power and | in question, without being able to secure her attend- | charm in the tout ensemble of Augusta, in her move- Pe greg heed a a ad | ments, gestures, looks and attitudes, which individual- ‘The decision of the court on this pomt was deferred to ize her, specially,even among the crowd of beautiful | a ane Ne ne proceeds Mics thevpamocs fairies and excellent artistes whe appear in the ballet, | |. ns a ‘This is @ peculiar characteristic of genius, and it is tion be stopped, on the ground that the corpus delicti had strongly marked in Mm’ile Augusta. Her performance | last night drew down reiterated plaudits. We under. not proven. will appear in a new piece on Wednesday, ‘The court ruled that sufficient evidence had been ad- against the accused to render it proper to submit the case to the jury. The counsel for the defence then called the Dis- ictment on i for not only ii to wi the ce should take them all. can have few equals—but, apart from her talents 4 . Roceas was then called and examined ey nishing genius on the stage, her amiability, | by Mr. Shepard for the defence. He deposed that he lady-like and unexceptionable deportment and conduct | had pees al echo a riot aer nineteen years in ordinary life, is such es command; the respect, | from the experience he had had, he was of o] | admiration and ei of all who know her. This | that the period at which a female can determine evening, Martin’s brated comedy of “Town and i when she is about four Country,” will be produced, on which occasion an in pregnancy, erally within a fort- | “anonymous gentleman” will make his first appearance | night, more or less. In some instances there i cumstances which induce them to believe that th on the stage, as Reuben Glenroy. We understand he is a well-known fashionable character of this city, of decid- | pregnant in the course of afew weeks. In his cross- ed talents, it is said, in the histrionic art. Mlle. Auguste | examination, Dr. Rogers deposed that chills and fevers will appear twice more, only, at the Park—on Wednes- | generally succeed mi e. day, in the ‘‘Sylphide,” and also in a grand §; ih | The Court here gavi oh oped hasta to the dance, ‘The Rondeja,” with the corps de ballet. ill | admissibility of Mrs. D——’s testimony, which yy de- be a grand evening for the admirers of the ballet, and | must not be forgotten. Bowery Turatne.—The entertainments last evening were for the benfit of Mr.J.R. Scott. ‘The bill present- | ed was the fine drama of the “Regicide,” in which Mr. | Scott performed the character of “‘Bertolphe,” and the | nautical drama of the “Wizard of the Wave.” The bill is a very superior one, and is to be played again this ove. ning, when we have uo doubt an overflowing hous | will appear at the Bowery. cided ought not to be excluded, to which decision the counsel of the accused parties made exceptions. Lorenzo B. Sueranp, Esq,, then proceedrd to address the jury in an able argument in behalf of Madame Cos- tello. Mr. Price followed on the part of the people. Mr. Scores then summed up the case for the defence. He was succeeded by the District Attorney, on the part of the prosecution. | Judge Incranam then delivered a charge to the jury, | who retired to deliberate. They were out but about ten | minutes, when it was announced that they had agreed | upon a verdict. They found tho prisoners guilty. Mr. Demrstun.—The farewell concert of this gentle- | Mr. Suxrarn, counsel for Madame Costello, asked man at Niblo’s evening, drew an unusually large, | that the jury might be polled. Tue name of each juror dience. Mr, pster selected some of the happis | was therefore called, ani every one in turn rendered his his songs forthe oceasion, snd sung them iz exceed | gssent to the verdict. ‘tgly cae style. Mr. Dempster made g brief but feel- | The DrstaierArronney here moved the Court to pro- address to his friends, in which he dopicted his regret | ceed to judgment. at leaving, and his hope of meeting them again at an early period. He will now make a short tour to the South, | present ; wished to daw up a bill of exceptions, which giving concerts on his way, and thence proceed to his Le would do in forth-eight hours, if the court would sus- native place, there to meet auld friends once more. His pend judgment. next concert will be given at Newark on Wednesday Mr. Lyxcu, counsel for Mason, asked the same in be- evening next, and he piomises to ring several of his best. halt of his client. songs on the occasion. We can assure our Newark Judge Incranam, after consulting with his associates, friends that there is a treat in store for them, that they denied the motion, and proceeded to pass sentence. On little expect. the prisoners being asked what they had to say why Mr. SHerarp said he hoped this would not be done at Howe's Cincvs, at Patmo’s.—One of the most bril- judgment should not be upon them, Mr. Mason liant and crowded audiences of the season congregated arose, and said he would ask the indulgence of the court ; last evening, within the walls of this elegant and popu- he wished to visit his family, os his aftairs actually re- lar place of amusement. We have rarely witnessed a quired that he should see some one having charge of more animated and gratified audience, or an entertain. them. The Court said this privilege would be granted hell tact: Eat ier Reagptet rend neta isuhent The jndgment of tho Court was then pronounced. It and most enthusi ic applause. e gran 0- a 5 man entrée of twelve ban wes a very brilliant was, that Catharine Costello be imprisoned in the Peni- affair, and the comic songs of the best clown we tentiary six months, and pay a fine of $250; and that 4 have ever , were loudly encored. The won- Mason be imprisoned in the Penitentiary four derful displays of strength and agility in the tum. | and peg sae of $250 ; both te stand committed bling and pyramids, astonished while it de! d, | till the fines be p the grand act of Master Aymer, hnd the Chin ; inqueat.—The Grand Jury having com- chanter of Mr. Turner, gave great sati | 8 before them, came into court this af- But what shall we say of Macarte—the beauti- on, and delivered the following goes acy ‘They ful, daring, graceful 4 then discharged for the term, with the usual thanks and of the court grea To his Honar the Mayor, and Common Council of the City and MI of New York :— of the e Grand Inquest feel ita duty to call the attention master of the horse to the renowned Dacrow, of the of the proper autho! ys to the numerous complaints of Royal Amphitheatre, London She has enjoyed many extensive burglaries committed in the suburbs of the advanyages which no other artiste could attain.— city, and perticularly in the 12th ward, where the in- Her grand equestrian act, entitled the “ Brigand habitants are more exposed than in the densely popula- Girl,” is one of the most attractive things ot the kind we have seen. She truly seema like a sun- beam sportiog in a flower-garden—rendering the light ted parts of the city. In this ward, robberies have re- cently been committed to a very alarming extent—so daring and general have been the attempts of a gang M4 marl more giadsome from her presence—every action is | deaperate housebreakers, who seemed io have Buishod ayer look fascinating. This evening she — this section of the Island as an invit scene for their will perform the “ Brigand Girl,” for the last time—to depredations, that the residents, on retiring to rest, feel which will be added liver and Lilliput. no security for their lives or property. It is very evi- riety of attractive novelti The price dent that the alarming increase of crime in our cit: ing reduce twenty-five cents to all of the house, | owing as much to the present defective ry whole fami will now throng th We doubt system, as to want of proper vigilance in the police de- not a crowded fashionable audience will be in at- partments. It appears that there is no cli ion of tendance this evening. the convicts sentenced to the ry on Black. Concerts py Junta NortHaut ano Mn. Kyis.—Miss | W' Island. Vagrant, paupers, persons convicted of Julia Northall and Mr. J. A. Kyle will give a concert in assault and battery, and petty offences, are suffered to Trenton, N. J., to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, and a 8se0ciate with felons and criminals of the most depraved concert in Philadelphia on Thursday o' Miss | Character, so th: there can- Northall is an accomplished vocaliat, with a fine soprano not be any possible improvement in the moral condition voice ; and Mr. Kyle is well known as a flutist. We of prisoners. On the contrary—however innocent, com- doubt not the concerts of t artists will be crowded paratively, they may be whed first conveyed to the Isl- by the fashionable and music-loving citizens of Trenton nd, they feel themselves degraded, and soon become and Philadelphia. corrupt and hardened by the evil communications of ——__— their associates; and the Penitentiery thus becomes ra- Movements of Travellers, | ther a school for crimes than a place of penitence, as its The whole enumeration of yesterday’s travellers is | name im The penitentiary buildings are entirely included in the following extracts from the registries of | too emali and inadequate for the number of prisoners con- the principal hotels. From the— fined on the island—there being only 280 cells for males Amenican.—John Helmouth, Philadelphia: W.Gani- | and 240 for females. 20; while the average son, Baltimore; L. Pendleton, Va.; Samuel Lyon, White | namber of convicts is from 1,300 to 1,400, and always Plains more than double the number of the cells in the prison, Aston —M. Halsted, Trenton; W. Clarke, Boston; | leaving from seven to eight hundred prisoners to be James Miller, Thomas Stephens, Newark; John Tobin- | distributed pe, the several hospitals, the “ Luna son, Philadelphia; A. Hopkins, do; Le Roy Riley, 8. C.; | House,” as it is called, and various other out buildings, John Butler, Philadelphia; M. Jennings, N.O ; Lyman | ma.y of them being in a most wretched condition. The Poole, T. J. Lobdale, Boston; Ed Weed, .'Stevens, | Grand Inquest take this occasion to mention another Albavy; H. P. Adams, Ala.; Walter Howe, Washington; subject ot general notoriety and complaint, perhaps not J. B. Carhart, Georgia; H. Cormeraes, Boston; A. P. | secondary in importance to the evils enumera' at Hessler, Philadelphia. there can be no reasonable expectation for any n: Crry.S. W. Coursey, Philadelphia; John Frances, N. tial improvement in the prison discipline of the peniten ; R..B. Wilson, Philadelphia; C, H. Gratiot, Charles | ti They allude to the necessity of providing a pri- Michi John fF, Lioyd, Alexandria, D. landing place, with suitable accommodations for the jarber, Wheeling; E. T. Bridg Boston; C. P. ferry to Blackwell’s Island. The boat, which is rowed by Fayetteville, nd C.; Charles Davis, Itha: P. | prisoners, now lands at the foot of a public street, where on, ‘Tennesse the prison carriage and prisone: st wait exposed to nxiin.—R. D. Granger, Albany; Thos. Carpenter, the public, on the whari, until t! boat crosses the ; A. H. Hay, E. W. Coffin, N. J.; James Cow- | river from the other side. where it is kept ; and while ly, Bi ltimore, Chas Hant, Canean; oa M, Fay, Philadel thus detained. thelr friends and d associate have ample J. Buckbout, Tarrytown; 8. J. 5 | opportunity of ding comm iLonx.—Mr. Fer son, Hampshire; Mr. Boies rat | fore embarking, and also during their confinement, fax; Mr. Eason, Motangas. ) thi the medium of the boat’screw. They are ge- Howanv.—Governor Vroom, New Jerse: 3 Jos. John | ly in attendance at the ferry, to receive them when E. F. Johnson, 8. Wallace, J. G. Tennes- | their term of imprisonment expires, and no doubt have ; Col. Meyer, Mase ; Rev. jersey; J. freeh business pre; ferthem. Common feelings of D. Jones, New Bedford; J. C | humanity, as well as motives of public charity, also re- quire that some accommodation should be provided, with as little delay as possible, for the unfortunate class- Turer Days Laren rrom Havana.—The T. | os of our citizens who are under the necessity of becom- Street arrived yesterday from Havana, having ing inmates of the small pox hospital, at the Lunatic sailed on the Ist inst. She brought papers of the Sist, Asylum, and other institutions ‘on the Island, who are but they contain no news of importance. now compelled to remain on the wharf at the ferry, ex- The Havana editors supply a small hiatus in regard to | Beeee to the inclemency of the weather, until the ferry the circumstances attending the fall of Gen. Herrera and | boat can be procured from the other side of the river, instalment of the Government of Paredes, which had without having an opportunity to rest or warm th annoyed us; but the details are not worth reproducing. selves. It is very evident, in tho storms of the wit They illustrate, however, the effect of putting restraint season, and especially when the river is blocked up upon a press, previously free. The great fact is brought with ice, that;they must be subject to great i more conspicuously, nevertheless, thet the revolution andin many instances, to the imminent “4 ‘aredes was made to Shelter and rest are equall Cy oy in the it ummer season. In making communice- tion, the Grand Inquest are aware thet they are pet same. to the Diario de le Marine that we owe these senting any thing new, but they feel the subject glimpses of Mexican news. to should not be suffered to repose until measures The production of '‘Norma,” by the Italian company, | are taken to correct, aa far as possible, was postponed from the evening of the 27th ultimo to plained of. Reepectially era the Slat. ‘ The royal mail steamer Clyde also arrived at Havana © New York, Feb 16, 1846. the 29th from Nassan, with three wengers. SI ‘ sailed the same day for Vera Cruz. Thik wae ndoabte Court Ce RS 8,24, 101, the steamer supposed to have been the Genil by the | ort Count.—Nos. 1 os, ‘aptain of the Hope Howes. The Genil had not arrived uf 194, 131, 183, 194,188, patod 138, 139, 140, 25, when the T. Stréet saile 97, 104, 79, 80, 1, 42, 21, Rete Ts, cb, 00,80; 00m 88h The recent visit of the Captain General to various oe Care Re rae data Aol ey et ~7, 9, 11, 12, 258, 18, 14, 18, 16, 17,269, y been projected. | 2%, 25, 28, 99, 18. J and two regular board- near New There were fre hunted aud two regula bewides one Lividred and soverty Sio'ip ait within the walls of the St. Charles Hotel, Orleans, on the 7th inst molasses was Comrie, ' mand was active. Supplies of sugararrive very slowly, Of tobacco, the uew crop is ing to appesr, end | is of very good quality. — (0. Ban Pah be, i some the evils com- | T hold their annive: mance CELEBRATION. beg that the Washington Union, No.2, D. of T., will yin the Uni- ises on meeting this evening, jizabeth street. The exerc' interesti jective arrangements ry sted in getting up the celebration, so that the public will be interested and amused sae kigh degree. We hope that there will be a goodly attendance of the fair sex, iy if there be, the other sex will, of course, be at- tracted. Tue Sea Senrent.—The schooner Empire, from Vir- ginia, with oysters, arrived here on Saturday The captain reports, that w! LA Capes of Vis , the schooner som n- ly a monstrous serpent raised himself water, and brought his head over the tafferel. Th ani crew were very much alarmed, but the serpent soon re- moved and swam off. He eieret ee ee ey. feet in length. The captain believes this to be the ver table soa wot. The schooner has now gone to New Haven, and we hope the press of that city will institute inquiries into this matter, and thus throw some light on the vexed question, whether sea serpents exist or not. Tus Sie10H1NG.—Tho Saturday evening’s snow hav- ing been blown and sleighed down to a proper level on Sunday, was in tolerably good order for the sleighing to commence yesterday mor! . It wasa arn re and the sleighs were out early in the morning, and con- tinued cutting all day. The sleighing was improved by our citizens. (The improvement, be it understood, ac- | cruing to the citizens, and not thesnow.) Several of the pm yr Zapetwaromaibes sleighs were out with six eight, ten, and one with sixteen horses. It wasa young carnival, and those who neglected to sleigh it during the former snow, did not miss this opportunity. Before — cr ES runners semaped in Broadway and y other streets, and the was rather poor. — Avery funny affair occurred in ic jassau street, “ear John. A gentleman was driving alo: a cevered sleigh, things very leisurely, w comming in | the opposite direction ‘with’ ‘canis, saad nat the gentle off, leav: sil | lank. Ho had it replaced, Srovex.—Tho money dra' laire, was broken open drawn by Abm Edw: another for $50, stolen. ir in the office of James Al. day, and a check of $100, favor of Mr. Craig, note in favor of Mr. Vu of Aug. Ist, 1845, atthe City Bank in six months, for $190, was also in, and 185 dollars in money. ien’s Orrice, Fob. 16.—The man found drowned ° erday, in the dock at the foot ef Courtlandt street, proved to be Samuel Lee, an Irishman by-birth, aged 34 years. Verdict, found drowned. 4 Pics Euuce. bape nce, ‘en. 16.—Passing Counterfeit —John Brondel { and Henry Foyer were arrested last night, for bee % up cae Money on Terance McGough. Li a bf ll watchmaker station house. Bor glory —The store of Hen No. 3 Avenue C, was entered by keys on Sunday evening, between 7,and 8 o'clock, while the family were at church, and robbed of four silver watches and about $100 in money, which was taken from a desk in the back room. A few days ago the window of Mr. Soyder was broken, and a gold lever watch stolen, valued at $110; but Srtaseey the thief was Fa, dt and the property recovered. No arrest, however, in the last robbery. Violent Assault and Battery.—Edward Fields and Ed- ward McGregan were arrested yesterday for a violent assault and battery on Hannah Weedon, at No. 77 Lau- ' ‘ } rens street. It appears that Mrs. Weedon keeps a house | for the resort of persons of easy virtue, and these two | young rowdies entered the promises, by the hai , seized the landlady of the head, struck her several violent blows _ nd threatened to smash her furniture. held these ‘‘ chicks” to bail, in the sum ‘wer at court. ve | heir names as Michael Connelly, John , H. Van Houten, Peter Aimes, and Thomas Cheevers, charged with a violent assault’ on John Fiyan, Samuel | Raymond and John T. Pickford. Justice locked the accused up, in default of $100 bail. ' Pickpockets.—We te eae netorious pickpockets, (commonly d “knucks,”) hanging around Coleman’s picture shop in neg a also, on the corner of Fulton street, watching for the full sleighs, to crowd in and rob the passengers. Persons cxnpat be too careful of their purses, for these chaps are to be seen dod; for every full sleigh. on purpose to steal. ane ees Bt Sage 2 ficult Pe very careful F for. ir pocket, place: dresses, makes it easy job for the Se, be on ir guard. CE Crime was quite at a stand. , in all the olice offices, possibly occasioned by the sc ow storm. lowever, there was no lack of rum-heads and vagrants the penitentiary is absolutely overrun with them. GE sSSSC “TFT SE eo rhe Rn gins and Hos; og e, the undersigned, have, juest, ° vis 1a i cf ee and Hospital,” Pl known as SE eye Poor How at Williamsburg, and have examined the same, together with the food served the: and, from a ful exami- nation thereot, are perfectly satisfied that the reports in circulation relative thereto, are felae and unjust, in the highest degree, to Messrs. Tapscott ; as we find that the inmates are kept comfortably warm, and food of @ |) good and leaome quality. That they examined the , inmates, and questioned them severally as to tho treat- ment they receive, and the provisions supplied them; ; and they severally expressod theic entire satisfaction at | food ro, and the treatment received, and the sufficiency of 1 We are satisfied, from a persone! examination, Sppected coupletthy prowidegtortneecly respects appeared com ine} " ‘hat wo aoe ined the superintendent on oath agto the of the provisions supplied, who jon bad been made in the quality or poeeely, of the food suj since the Ist of February 1 that the provisions shown us in the s.ore room are of the same quality a¢ has been supplied them since he has had the superintendence of the establishment. L AA balelsnr a ibs juperintendent . Paor. Pr ia TDhY COPS, of MEE resident o: e » Wirtiamsuuna, Feb. 16, 1846. oad 7 ' 1 D. D. Nash, Auctioncer—Store 139 Fulton street. Sale of splendid Paintings, Tuesday, at eleven o'clock, he Gall secoud: floor Nov-203 Brosdway, b ae fm laxdlord’s warrant, for ground rent,a choice soles. 4 tion of painti e large views of the F Ma Hieenica avessry ia Flowers bo rata oat bens, by Rubeus, &e.; with elegant Landscapes, by different Portable Shaving and Dress; Cases — ng ‘This necessary appendage to travellers’ equip»ge, can be had at the subserib Fcxabliament, 177 Brovdway. ‘he eosvent= eu utility of the articles co-tamed in them, and da Fability and compactness with. whi offer su: which they are be those who need the artiele, to any manufactured, and rs the contents are made by, or sel-eted ue iI der the superintendence of the subscribers, they warrant th the daries ( be thie hy desi cee ne GRUND?RS & SON, 17 Broutway. afraction, Harlem declined } per cent; Norwich and Worcester $; Long Island }; Reading }; Moris Canal 4; Illinois }; Pennsylvania 6’s and Ohio 6's closed firm at ‘Saturday’s prices. The sales of Morris Canal continue very large. Many of the old stockholders, who own a large part of the debt of $362,000 against the company, are selling out their stock with the intention of foreclosing their mort- | gages and getting possession of the Canal, by forcing a. sale and becoming the purchasers. This has been de- termined upon in consequence of the other stockholders, refusing to subscribe for an amount sufficient to finish. the Canal. Under existing circumstances they may be. justified in not advancing any more money, as there are;| movements going on in the Legislature of Pennsylvania} which may render this Canal almost worthless. It has] been proposed in the Legislature of that State to charge’ on the Lebigh locks at Easton the full rate of toll to Bristol, ‘ing it optional for the boats to go to New! York or Bristol, which is equivalent to a double charge, on the Morris Canal. If all these movements are perfected, the stock of | Morris Canal will not be worth amill. Eveninthe event of the foreclosure being made, the stock will worthless. It is estimated thatabout four hundred thou. sand dollars will be required to complete the Canal put it in navigable order. This amount cannot be | among the stockholders, and no one else would the company asingle dollar. We do not, therefore, see: any possibility of the stockholders retesining possessior of the Canal, and the probability is that they will let their stocksslide at any price. | gale and snow storm. The underwriters of this city timate their loss st half @ million of dollars. The low of the New Orleans packet ships and others on Sq Beach, upon the Atlantic Mutual Safety, and Sun Insurance companies of this city. The gale have beon felt all along the coast, and almost every for some time to come, will, without doubt, bring us counts of further losses. ‘The business of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail- road Company, for January, 1646, compared with corresponding month in the previous two years, show! an increase exceeding the estimates formed by its sanguine friends. Pr EannEenS AND ald Raw Roan. oe tI as at kh | month was 60,000 tons, which has been exceeded. It wil | be observed that there has been a very large per cen’ increase in the receipts irom all other sourcos, as the transportation of coal, the freight on other | being, for Jan. 1846, nearly double that for the same month in Jan. 1845. Notwithstanding the several enow storms whieh hwve seriously interrupted the business of the lateral roads 1 the trapeportation of coal has been very large, We sa