The New York Herald Newspaper, March 2, 1846, Page 1

Vol. XII., No, 60—Whole No, 4873. NEW Y ORK, MONDAY MORNING, . MARCH o JAMES GORDON BENNETT, Proprietor. Circulation...Forty Thousand. in advance. EERE HAS itvors Sacariay— O4 cont jetor of the yi weet carver of Kultoe and Nassan -trests MALL LINE FOR BOSTON. ROAD, VIA W LONDON, NOR WICH $ from the Foot pted. TRAINS RUN AS FOLLOWS, Leave New Yourke 7 ocloek, Rat, bon ite 15th, Greenport, daily, excepted, stoppi Leave Brooklyz—At A. tt and ate eas Tuesdays, on Train for George's Manor and Farmingdale. atsolclock, A. M.: ati ee ergy eget ge ET rig, Branch tg, Carl Pace Ac, Weatbury a fn igring Prep $8; Sai jon 1 e Station 1 1 Millville 1 50; &. George’ shoste! eng, deuahola? tp Green ‘are in readiness on the arrival to Passengers at very low Fares, to / Crates will be } at for tne. } te hour of starting the Brooklyn side. hn are Ace’n. train, 1 75; of the Trains from A. ti YO AN] r Meir calae’ era. Vaden toh tear Teadiness to carry pmenaers to theii $0 through to Le scrtel fee, Ctomeboet ORICA the pret between Courtlan entered on the freight list. ori ve i WA. owe Yorke, IA. M33 ‘On Sandays the boat will SN" eng arama BOS1LON STEAMERS. FOR HALIFAX AND LIVERPOOL. No Berth secured uatil pai mit Great Br with appl: amount, payabl on Ul the Rroughout Kagiand, Ireland, Scotland sod tion by letter, ee a. New » March Regal p SAR- cet will positively sal. Tay e ey her re- fat day, Hor freight of passage, haviog handsome Tarnished Excommodations, apply on bosrd, at Orleans ‘aueiaens yo pe ah gpa pe weg 20. ecvived on i ving, Tth March. Agent iu New Orleans, JAB, Fe WOO. RUPE who will romptly forward all goods to his address. Packet bark GENESEE, Minott, master, will 1 succeed the Bartelle, and sail Monday, iéth March, her regular day. £26 Packet of tet Mare Line—! lar oe eee et ship HOTTINGUE! Tops tel paigscehere ek rerwerters , Will sail as above, her regular dey Fn Og tale a . oD 51 a See ent een. ‘MINTURN. $108. 87 South street. 1, 1200 tons, Capt, John Eldridge, ottingeer, and sail on the dist of Aprils fatrh 2 of epic Br FUR GLASGOW —Regalar Packet—The well known, fast sailing Briush bark ADAM CARR, 430 ub, nei le! wens senster, hav: ¢ yeged will meet with quic! it i lent ipocnenmodations, the ide of Peck ap or to OODHULL & MINTURN, 87 Soath st ‘The Ai British bark Ann Harley, Capt. Robt. Scott, will succeed the Adam Carr. ‘UR MARSEILLES, — The packet ‘or ireii apply to PAUKE ot Rtsrehs bors larch. ‘or freight or passage, apply CHAMBERLAIN R PHELPS, 103, rout street, or to BOYD & HINCKEN, felr 9 Tontiae Buildings, No. 60'Wall street. UNITED STA GREAT BRITAIN ND IRELAND OLD ESTABLISHED EMI- NT OFFICK.—The subscribers are prepared ngers to come out by the early Spring ships, at be furnished, payable rammed the to SUMERDMAN & Co. 61 South x. lu engege P ‘ery low rate. AN & NEWRY, IRELAND—The ship BRI Drafts can, » United Ki or Unie Kirgdor i OTHERS, Capt. goes lbst sstling sopperea sh fast eli iid: pe, 70 cane barber, ‘wall sail from the abo: eort ou the 10th March next, affording & good Despengers who ee ee Ni - a For tere Ot eT TP APBCOTT, 73 boath at jad th corner Maiden see PACKET FOR HAVRE— Second Line. — The Mic ee eee are ree at ; e i} be BOLD & HINE REN, No fair 9 Tontis Wall at. ITED—A ship to lvad for a southern port— YK. COLLINS & CO., Amn? bed 4% South st. N_LINE OF PACKETS FOR LI Su The splendid new Packet Ship M IN. Capt. Edwards, will positively sai This ache: Bu hae wry superior accommodation eabin, , second cabin, Tage passe hich will fe taken at tioderate rater.” Person whine cure berths should e early soptication oy board, foot of D street, orto kd. T. ar 76 South street, corer Maiden fane. 7 FOR 8. ‘0 close a concern—The Line o Liverpool Pac ing of the OscIUs. Sob usss BS BHEMIDAN and GAHBICK. They were builtin this exty, by Brown & Boll, with unusual care; model, material (a very [sree ree os their ae orkmanship, , h lied athe noch, and Tesalced every yout for passengers are very exteo- deomely foruusbed, Aptiy te tmndsomely farninved ALIN CO . 56 South at THE NEW YORK HERALD. DAILY HERALD—Every day. Price 8 cents per copy= “ADVGRTISHMENDS ar the alec! pricoraiways cash TING of all kinds executed with beauty and der ethics = wremincenr ea ciey't | New Yoru Hanatp Estapisnmene WORCESTER. Foot of Whitehall ( 73 i stopping i fr fering aint on -Thutsdays axd Saturdays, through steam excepted, stopping at St. Bration I'd; Mediord ’s Manor 1 623; Mattetuck 1 62%; Cut at the several all parts of the in readiness at the foot of Whitehall ins, 90 minutes be Net N A. NEW TED gio landings, or as far as th pil ate! iy ad ry, an ir deati- Albony—passage to New- A, T. N ds Sat Liter sts, ‘monn! Dielock. iT peeks cls will be landed at any of the regular Le ean tberere Pid Gor at the genie Oftce end | Py CB a a aaah Schales, at NOTICE-8TATEN iSLAND FERRY —On Wednesday, Jan. 6th, the trips on this Fe will be asfollows.— ‘wil o'clock, Instead Z The British end North Ax Royal Commander, wll leave Boe: for the a¥bve ports as follows, Judkins, Commander, on Sunday, ist to their friends in rt of tain or Ireland, can be supplied came DRAFTS ON GREAT BRITAIN a ech ee a whart, foot of balf of SKA, Capt. Brown, will sail on the Ist take the fast and’ comniodions steamen NEW | Ae AHO ade commiions amen NEW | ake the li ‘ Mivertsed. at Tear } Rings, tage ol great We refer our for Di day, the 16th day hamm elusive, amot work. The contractors for the above ston; the seviption:—' or The above ston: such wharf at the dock, the operati governed by the above stone will 1847. tinetly un increased or tracted for. imi And one hi osale are ard, and tor ds vered will tract 1s fall jock. jal6 1nw2m rre having cl Yorks grocer thereof, to EALED Thar the T ransportati: Navy Yard 2) and one cousic per barrel. 6 lawiwr property fc sect foatinned Hom nl9 lawltt m NOorices 1o’clock, A. niahin the Light ander 1 4,936 galions 468 The oil isto be United Sta liver lor: ter, an Bids from pe: oiyeqciement stare ersons proposit the outside, " Propos to ab 4 eu! verage 600 0 pounds, to 900 to 1, nds. to ave alocks of frem 1.500 This stone must mu: iss, split for the Rubb! raday, the Sth on at Brooklyn ty gallons tothe rill be eoasi ng the efollowia aR, out 1 Es science. It is believed to possess ! 0 rendering the nerves sensitive to Galvauic action, by this ‘concentration of the influence at and ‘S id and permanent relief. CHRISTIE'S GALVANIC STRENGTHENING PLASTERS the Gavvasie STaENaTHesiNo PLasTERs will HOME Ci Published by the Doctor, stike Sune tad othe F papers. ; testimonials, all of which are from the most respect able sources, have character, which have been time the discovery has been before D. General Agent for the Uni » ie edhe Unes ats tx, 1 Falton street, Sup Bail | Mth Ji r, 1846. EALED PROPOSALS, endorsed " Proposals’ for St Dock,” will be received at Of March next to about red, icamnered ou all sides, oue of witch will be fase faced will be furnished es, end they must be directed by the engincer of the dock. git foPorers will state the price per eubie yard for the Rough CHRISTIE'S |GALVANIC RINGS | madieti@ 1C FLUID. H18 remarkal i "Tinovel spent ee as a comedial agent. The Garvamic (Gs ig connection | with the Maowetic Fivrp, heve been used with entire sue. | gess.am al eases of RHEUMATISM, acute or chronic, appl to the head, face or limbs ; Gout, Tie Dolorear: Teotke | our Panga Puy sBionce piaeg,cemmche, ladies, ; ramp, he He evlery ifnea ot Joints. pial comin, " ‘ous Tremors, pain« im the Chest and Side, general Debility, setciency of and physi all nervous disorders. sand ena be wor by the tal teat fence. ANIC BELTS, BANDS, BRACELETS fications of the 1 | more chronic cases of disease, where the do not se wrist Rear. ay mar oes kas aueles, cheat, or any part o vi ry ie power that fs required tmay thus Gaivaniam Sou affeeronil fa to'be pele. PU Oy 1 £01 fr modifications. peop nny na enpeermet fry ee mists, to be one of the most valuable discoveries of modern remarkable power of the seat of ‘These articles form an important addition to the Galvanic batehaviag’ the advan ‘an effectual means for ilitated by disease or other ronsacat seenis, ns of ‘the ehest’ gener be “found 1 affes ATE, Tribune, ted from several hundred of & ocured during the short ‘American public | C. MOORHEAD, id only Agent for the | Saal MWéeMat lus New Yoru, qarniehtn end dele at iavy Yard, New York, Granite or Sienite of the fo lowing dimensions and quantities nearly>— Rough Stone, litre Sills. Rough Hammered Pricsaea ss coats doe | Go Z ¢ 4 eee fF tg: A veal 3 Bese me € ei k ¢@: &: § A 1066 60.22 i, 170 I 143 20 26 B @ 5024 32. 170 J 16 20 23 GC 414332 3. 170 K 33 20 20 D 423822 2 156 L 91 20 9.1 EB M336 30 062. °H0 M 403 20 16 43023) 2. 130 N75 10 @ 43021 & 100 O 563 yds from H 30 19 Hy a Iftto 2.3thick Pattern Stone. Cubi Width, Thickness. a 29) 43 33 36 28 16 36 26 30 36 24 162 36 23 270 36 20 2% 36 26 80 30 23 co7 30 20 31 30 19 13 3.0 16 26 19 2 to H inclusive, and also those af in all to shout 307 eubie yards, Those marked from Ito O inclu: 427 cubic y: are to be delivered les. toa, ine HY cubie yards, are to be deliv- with pla quarried 1 ner esto admit of bemg worked full to patt tone must be of the best qual: ranite or from sap seams or cracks, and in blocks from three to feet long, to average five feet. Al! pattern or dimension stones will be received as they will measure when hammered, and no allowance will be made for any excess of size. The stones must be delivered in the order ic yard for the Hammered Per cubic yard for the Hammered Pattern avy ish itis day to day told, and that the detailed told for unpaid assessments, ‘ r inter £19 2awM andThtlér N OTIC} gente HE a pul ray eLT, je for the T the HT LE’ ef TO) 10 jiberal ander Ne \¢. je to be deli Navy Yard, New the dock may direct, and pense of the goyeruineat, jens The delivery ofthe atone must nevesarly be 5 meade by Consress. ‘prebably berequired prior to the 30th June, increase or diminish the above of the rectan; perficin| foot fer the Fine Hammering, if superficial owe Farde, 1a blo foot for the Hongh H ,000 pounds ; unds, to average 1.400 pounds. heat quality of Granite, Sic- gular blocks, with good beds. ‘Stone will state the price per cuvic in, vessels alo1 ‘ork, as the engineer of bbe landed on the wharf at the ex- ‘crews of the vessels as t to tuties of stone, and whether the prices shall remain as first con- ré further to be understood that the diture for contracts under andred thou: jwested to sen state the locati and security will be requis h of the contract, 10 per cent. of the amoant deli- all cases be retained, and not paid until the cou T “Ai farencrinforenction will be given by the Ka PROSPER M: WETMONE, av N FURSUANCE of an order of the Surrogate ty of New York—Notice is hereby given to al againet deceased, to 1. Subscriber way. No. 66 Pitt street, in the fifteenth day of Aveut, o RICHARD Dated New York, the 10th day of February, 1846. {11 ltaw6m*r FREIGHT FOR PENSACOLA. New Youu, February 5, 1946 PROPOBALS will be received at this office until of March next at 3 o'clock ted and pabliil ‘November 18th, 1945. ‘Sperm: pressed of the very tes guager, at the time re rei jals for Legisl their othe Nav; tree of al tanks not - rat dered as barrels, whether ; Privage will be allowed. Bidders will please state their price PROSPER M. WETMORE, Ni 7 eat the wi ~ expeu- eae * proposal will not exceed the id dollars. Persons offering pro: samples of their stone to the N avy ion of their q' ies. : and to secure the faith- yer at the of the all person: mway, inte of the City of New Present the same he vouchers at the residence cf Richard Con- City of New York, on or before te Met C ABE, GOR WAY, } Exeeators, Navy Acenr’s Orricr, il P. M., for Barrels in bulk, fom the Yard, at Pensacola, Fla measurement ani ust wet or dry. property for — that oF at pub ‘New York, on a ie 2 at jie anc: jonday the and be property shall Veni oe = Tin the ety of New ‘York. t hed in the 1A8 L. SMITH, Street Commissioner. —__¢,, ,gUSTDM HOUSE, NEW YORK, ¢ Gouuscron’s Orrice, : 3 Kropesels Biron Tuesday, inh Ig epplies, oF Onl f 33s, Beacons and Light Boe! superintendence received March next, oF the consumpti ia di the undersigned acett strained Oil i from head matte. Oit beat qi for. business to which this ertnined, ‘d to mark their proposals on “C. W. LAWRENCE, Suipd’t of Lights, $c. © Ol 18 HEREBY GIVEN, that an application will letothe to incorporate a New York, January 10, 1846 FOUNTAIN HOTE! STREET, BALTI' f thi. +Beate, 1 this session usicty called the “Jackson Se jal3 2aw6w *re ORE. i yong ki : beso the h ie uetare REGULAR PACKET — 1 eee ion wailing Prcket barque ADAM ree: fer 49h ova, “Gant Hugh Meziwen, daly ex Karopean plant eet with quick dispatch. and th. The extensive im ; ‘or ireight or passage, ‘her ost tee | . a Rropr ace fur ie jo od bee Lhananes Bi omth street_| ealeufaued 10 fuuder if ‘attractive aad comfortable, facia rd PROOTT'S GENERAL EMIGRATION | pare ofall couected with te on, iene ¢0 visitars, on ES, 75 South street, coruer of Maiden Lane, |" Te Ps Ordinary $195 gr dey, Ladies’ Ordi- and 96 Waterloo Road, Liv ry $1 50 per day. IX & § to secure passage for their (23 2aw tw Propris tors. ” reapecthully Informed by tie . ly in! yu wwii Torr Kiverpoal wssieert ex advertises pool ts pose! the tft do; ahi well in qual th 0 ¥ ° Ww. es. 7. Tal « despatch- lochester, on nottipgner, eit RC Sera SoA RSSENC D fe that Y, of all ki ors ba manne sof te wea ron his any sos having greatly enlarged ou py Fy to exec ate any orders in our hi “Almond hand and ae ft | | pally through the winter months, when the | latter | jury New Yorx, Haguem anp ALBany RaiLroap.— The annexed statement of facts, made by the Chief | Engineer of the Harlem Railroad Company, in reply to assertions made that the company have for many years enjoyed the privilege of extending their road | mit m: to Albany, and that they have disappointed public | hopes and expectations, shows that the company have \ wi 3 not been idle, but have determined to finish the road through as soon as possible. This charter. authoriz- | ing the extension to Albany, was only received at | the last session of the Legislature. A company, un- | der the name of the New York and Albany Railroad | Company, chartered in 1832, had actually com- | | menced work on the interior route, and may by some | dred dollars, a be confounded with the Harlem Company. Such the | should not be the case, as they are in no way con. | | nected. m2 5 subsequently the privilege of crossing the Harlem river, and extending their road through Wostchester county was granted, but it was not until the 14th of May, 1843, that the charter under which they are now acting was obtained. No time was lost in faking the necessary steps to carry out it: provisions and obligatio: Surveys were commenced two weeks after the passage of the act, and 26 miles of the road put under contract, as soon as it soaiihe Noose. “The sum actually expended by the company on ac- count of the extension oi the Toad, for vasveys, ri ht of way, grading, masonry, Kc., is $07,000; and according to the late printed report of the Engineer, the liabilities of the company, under existing contracts, are $482,000. ‘This includes 2500 tons of heavy railroad iron, (weighiny 60 Ibs. per yard,) which has been ordered from E: lang, through the house of Davis, Brooks & Co., of New 4 to be delivered according to the te! the first of April next. it may be expect tan earlier dey. alone is estimated at $220,000, or $88 per ton pany having been forced to pay thi im order to comply with one offthe ob! charter, requiring the expenditure of hal lara within ane year. “It is well known by all who construction of public works, that tho expenditure is necessarily limi mall amount, in consequence of the requisite preliminary ar. rangements, such as surveys, negotiation for right of way, &c., gering atoh time only the engineers and other agents of the company can be employes. “This has been the case in the present instance. A considerable portion of the time which has elapsed since the Passage of the charter,has been consumed in surveys —the work of grading, so far, has been carried on princi- f the contract by Assurances are now given that necessarily slow, beg bos more than one-half of the 26 miles is now ‘ome ‘he season between the lst March and the 4th June, (the expiration of the year) will be more favorable, and a large amount of work may be done. Within that time the iron will be received, and timber for the superstructure delivered. en its are now Seay closed, by which an additional 29 miles will probably be put under contract, and work comm }d thereon within the next month.— This will bring point 82 miles from the city of New York, and leave but 67 miles to be construeted, if an independent road is made to Albany, and but 50 miles to unite with the Albany and West Stockbridge road.” i Virginia Plots. Memorial of the Licensed Pilots of the State of Vir- ginia, Praying for the Repeal of the Act of Con- Z Concerning Pilots, Passed March 2, 1837. el To tHe Senate anv Hover or byederm jt ty ov THE Unite States: The undersigned, licen: pilots of the State of Vir. nia, respectfully, but e tly, pray of your honora- 1 t of jongrese concerning pilots, passed March 2, 1837. And fur this, their petition, an assign the following reasons :— he States, as independent sovereignties, have, from the very foundation of the government fo th 1887, exercised the privilege of enacting the pilo of the country. The withdrawal new, without the tification of seme very weighty necessity, of this pri a thus long enjoyed by the States, ana for more than half a century acquiesced in by the federal government, may, aud most probably will, be regarded as being want. ing in deference to the rights of the States, and tend to irritation and dissension. But a still more serious evil of the act of 1837 is found in the almost cortsin coilision which it invites between the several States affected by its operation. It constantly rovokes conflict of jarisdiction between the States unded by common waters. Your memorialists need offer no better proof of this objection t - tation and excitement slepadnare nttte porate boring States of New York and ‘New Jersey, ond Lor and Mississippi ; and i precy ti ippi ; ell growing out of the As the means, therefore, of preserving harmony be- tween the federal and State authoriti ind between State and State, your memonalists reco: of the act complained oo a other high grou: of expediency the law of 1837 ought, as your memorialists tanks to pe topeniod. ‘hero is, surely, no vocation more important than thet of the pilot—no service more requiriog the fostering care of government, and the support of judicious legis- lation. To his bands is confided the whole commerce of the country, at the points of reachiog and leaving its ports. It is his skill and guardianship that give safety to the incoming and outgoing ship. Millions of property and hundreds and thousands of lives are necessarily placed in his keeping. hater) the interests and character of the pilot ice, with all its kindred connexions, it strikes your memo- rialists, are far safer in che hands of the se State: than of any other depository. In the nature of things, the State legislatures must be fer better fitted to devise oer: em of pilot regulations than Congress can bi for ifest reason that the forme: within thei immediate reach all that minute local mation whic! is indispensable to the formation of any good pilot code. Under State legislation, by the spplication of the com- mon principle of the “division of labor,” and by means of that minute information of the wants of the service, mpe- | 17, 1816—Read and referred to Committee on Commerce, | m4 nd the repeal | | which is not attainable except by proximity, each state | will have, as ithas hitherto uniformly had, a complete pilot code or system of its own, approximating as near perfection, as perhaps it could Fey reach. But your memorialists need not argue this point to your honorable bodies. Congress has, itself, admitted the correctness of the Ure your memorialists are By the act of August 7, 1789, the whol mer of legislation on th ion to be found but the act ot March 2, 1837, which, as your memorial! will presently show, was hastily enacted under a fallacy which has been long Again, wheny in 1882, Congre a gain, when, in 1842, C ss was memorialized for the adoption of a pilot code tor the Mississippi river, the Committee on Commerce of the House o! resenta- it to whom the subject was referred, declining to jurisdiction on the subject, made the following re- port, which was concurred in by Congre: “The subject (pilot taws) should be left, as it always has been, to the legisistures of the States, whose pow: in relation to it are ample, and who have convenient cess to that local information which is indispensable to enlighteved legislation upon a matter involving the rights and interests of several classes of citizens.” To say nothing, therefore, of the all, that a divi jurisdiction is untrie: to all sound and perfect legislation, your memorialists have the sanc- tion of Congress for saying that to the States most pro- perly belongs the enactment of pilot rules and regula- tions for the country. But the law of 1837 is highly d ious to the pilot eervice. It invites, not a sound and salutary, but ruinous ition, apparent to com . States having little or no commerce, but ad, those that have 7 the eee sake as the e1 izens, to license numbers of pilots to neighboring jurisdictions. Emloament for & the general safety of commerce, becomes th their pilot legirlation. The consequences are, short ap- of the unskilful, injustice to pre: ips, the licensing the well-qualified and veteran pilot, depreciation of the service, und insecurity of life and’ property embarked upon the ocean. For the truth of rea.0! ) your memorialists refer to the unusual number of pilots com- missioned by the State of New Jersey, and to the fact that the State of Mississippi, tal advantage of the act of 1837, actually commissioned, in 1840, a batch of fort pilots to act at mouths end ot the Mississippi. The law of 1887, your memorialists therefore believe, will be fraught with consequences the most disastrous to the pilot service of the country. Nor was there any just occasion, your memorialists think, forthe law of 1837. Iti to have grown out of the loss of the shi; Bristol and Mexico, in the harbor of New York, in the of the year 1896 or early in 1837, But a grand the city of New York, and the officers of those the New York pilots from all respon- in the loss of those ships, have ting’ the law of 183% acted upon mistaken and ft as rene For these reasons; others wi they might enume- rate,your memorialists ask that the law of Merch 2, 1837, concerning pilots, be repealed, and that the whole sub- ject be left where it was placed by the act of August 7, 1789—to the legislatures of the several States. And Pad memorialists, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c , $C. tibliy or blame 4 since shown that hep hy = in George Thossenburg James Cunningham David Wright Robert Wood 8. W. Wood Thomas Cunningham Samuel Drummond John Cunningham James Bennett James Latimer Edward A. Latimer Edward Rudd Nathaniel Gemmel Edmund Rudd Robert Montgomery John Stanworth George Wright Richard Hicks H Wiltiane William Anderson John P. Fitherley James Minson James Hicks Thomas Watts. Richard Bulley On Thursday last, a number of boys were playing around the passenger house, at the time the cars came in, wh fin noc tekog ur nik ar So pe was jown ; he fell jy acrossthe rail. The spectelore turned with horror the scene, not desiring to see him Tes fee ras "ube aay an Sy i , | pie} hed well; oe playing i yard, en equally } | | | our favorite bra | the West, | Subme: Te the Editor of the Dean poet a y South, Tesentat: inion, Washingt our ci through the medi nt the following facts:—The re cer,” built at West Pomt, on Hunte: condemned after re) she was taken to Philade! tution of Loper’s Propeller. This v. hundred and five thousand and thirt revenue c a cost of one hundred under steam run on shore and filled; by a | she was freed suffieiently to ity-three thousand three hundred revenue cutter m ed to teat her qualit from Norfolk to Phi ation which wa: tee of the propeller she is rope! The only vessels now remaininy which have not been condemned Iphia, in or in her by rect. S. Navy, wei of the folk to test the qua ropelied by he Hospital Dock to the nearest buo: distance of five miles. e ground with the Lo; id on the trial with Hunter’ be recollected that thi engines of little more than o: those used with the Hunter w! In October last, Lieut. Bisp Farron, and others, were ordered by ment to inspect and report on the “ alterations, kc. $I ry oe Marre ater Witcl tons ,of coal, ledge, and water for Sahort ‘cruise 01 ty tons of iron and e: ter, were placed in the ho! tement.* under low ape am, to be over hour. 2 W., and thet Hon. testify to the beau: show. Hunter whi ‘¥ oppertunit invention in this of 6 Tin the Seat naan ed A t ment Het ew ork on We nee ah, pany with the Legare. The Spencer's speed on this trial was found to be 6 26-157 miles per hour, with @ pressuro of | steam of 7} Ibs. to the square inch. The speed of the tober 1, 1844, Legare was 929-110 miles. No press la,Captain Fraser’s re) 9, on the Spencer, with she averaged nine mil hour, wit #4! castle to the Delaware breakw: taking out the Hunter whe bi middje of th: pak easel; it became nec: ry gearing—all of which gi we inthe power used. instance of the Spencer's | we find in the report of May 80, 1845. sume page we find that she attained the passage from Sandy Hook to New or even as well? pellers sel at the time of the alt orat 0 wh ment as worse than Puicapecenma, and of the 4th Oct. 1845, beenable t partment of th Navy Yard to the Powder W! hart In the firat trial, on the 7th inst. th distance was run in 14 tide, or at the rate of 8.18 minutes with the tide, hour. There was some rather unfavorable to the and the same distance, run utes, or at the rate of 9.23 mi against il hour, which it will be seen water. th ed ‘The coal and 9 Com, Morris, ven shows it to be 11 were bent in both triels. Jonw E. Bi Dallas,” built on Hunte: was If itis by working the buckets on it tyro in such matters will condemn such improve- ie old plan. The - the vessel was about 6 feet 6 in. and forward 3 feet the minutes against miles per hour, and in 10.47 the rate of 11.46 miles per Propellers, &c. jon City. ind improv jel hi n do! cost v8. Surveyor, dollars. Th ed by. t d States corps -In r of last January, 25th, ap- ommunication ever the signature’ of Weat which is well calculated to mislead our Rep- and the public in general. Will you per- ur columns, to pre- cutter ‘ Spen- n of propulsion, | pe ents; hia and altered by the substi- one of a built on Munter’s plan, and is | “Bibb,” built at Pittsburg, at | d forty five thousand six hun- pronou ed complete in every respect, ran ut a short distance down the river, when | the packing inher wheol cases gave out,‘ end she was pelying a number of pumps, | h enabled to tow to Cin- cinnati, when she was hauled out and a contract made for her alteration to the side-wheel plan. The U 8. reve- nue cutter “McLean,” built at Boston on Hunter's plan, as been altered to a side-paddle boat. She ost lo, has bee: fered to the side-paddle pls The U. 8. st r Witch,” built at Washing- ton, was con Norfolk by @ committe point- She was obliged to be towed ‘der to effect the elter- R, F. Loper, the paten- to the "Government their own officers a ers, are the new frigate building at Pitts- burgh, and the “Union” at Washington: which two Js presumed, will be, carefully preserved x nts of the scientific and valuable invention of Lieut. Hunter. As regards the statements made by “West by South,” about the “Water Witch,” they are essentially incor- | In May last, Messrs, Farron, Copeland, and several other officers of the ordered to Nor Water Witch, Hunter’s wheels. ‘The trial was ma down the bay, am, Chief Engin the Na Water regarded her speed and the quality of the work on th was run on the Delaware ri from the Navy Yard to Greenwich Point, several At the time of this ti n to mm boa ty tons of cs showed ite miles rr aiches, M nee jure mentioned. were ry, there! and on deck. h In December last, she was tried Prop. tached, the run in one-third less time with the Loper, erformed with third of the power of Portot Lieut. Bispham to the Department showed that the speed of this vessel was ten and one third miles per hour, making every allowance for tide, xo. This, it appears, was too much for Mr. Hunter or his friends, and anordercame from Com. Morris, Chief of Bureau of Construction and Equipments, to load the vessel down geapie iron and coal, and tried aati Acco! i} ort on this trial was, that th itch” was nine and two-thirds m ts now at the Navy rdipgly, | oal, f the jiles per Depatt- @ first trial, the Hon. G. Bancroft, ‘avy, took atrip on board of the * W hrown in his prose: her per ‘ain: a few days before the W. W. left Philadelphia for Norktos, Vice President Dallas and a large pert, of his friends, made en excursion to Fort Mifflin in the W. entleman and others on board can jul performance of the\W. W.; and siso on that occasion she made over ten miles | as their observations, made with their own w: our, aid As for the ‘ Spencer,” I will state a few incontroverti- ble facts. This vessel failed as often as tried with the She was taken on the dock twice, and nds spent on the steps of her shafts, and in afforded Mr. Hunter of re- , and in spite of ru- ith an unsafe pressure of steam carried occasion, where Mr. Hunter's he was, condemned by the Trea- - ordered to Philadelphia. Loper's stituted. The result of this change Fraser's Teports to the Secretary D , 1845. ‘Spencer tember, in com! rt, of date May 80, 1945, page oper’s Propellers, is shown that twenty-nine hundredths per an average pressure of steam of 49 9-100 per are inch, running a distance of 67 miles, from New- ter. membered ia this instance that the ma- Spencer wus not disturbed, f re, to wheels, besides Mr. Hunter an I would call attention to rionity, which yn the trip from York. it all the time since that alteration, being a space ef nine months. _ But Mr.“ West by South” will probably toll us that an important improvement has 1e' to hinges, Bibb,” lieve, was so improved, and she red @ gi than ‘the others; the j by the | shutting of the bucke' yuld have rac! ave Fiat Jusrits *U. 8. Navy Yarp, Oct. 9, 1845, verified. draft Henlopen to Sandy Hook, @ distance of 143 miles, the 3 4 8 and head sea nearly the ‘& speed of 8 19-100 miles per hour in spite of these serious obstacles; and on the of 8 76-100 miles per hour agoinst a strong gale of wind, in making Cao Mr. “' West by South” deny these facts ? Can the famous Atlantic side whoel steamers do better than this, Tam credibly informed, also, that not one dollar’s worth of repairs has been expended on the Loper pro- w on the Spencer, nor on any of the work ae rs 'y Hanter’s the A. Extract from First Report Wh the Trial Trips of the Water Witch. Sir—in conformity with tay order of the Sth Sept. & trial has been made on the ‘and 8th inst. being the earliest period that Mr. Loper had ‘th 10 propose. nclerea letter from Lieut. Humphreys, in the | Coast Survey, the distance from the in given as two miles, and the trial of hes been made with reference to ‘that distance, which can at any time be From the above rates, the force of the tide was 1 64 miles per hou: In the second trial, on the Sth inst. the draft of water of the vessel was brought to6 64 aft ard 4.04 forward, the tide, in 13 min- per hour; and with the tide, in 10.5 minutes, or at the rate of 10.9 miles per ives an average beyond that required by the econtract,or 10.13 miles through still in this occasion there was no wind and but little tide; yr hour. About 60 tons of galls. of water were on board the vessel. am, U. 8. N. Bureau of Construction. Lyxcupure, (Va.) Feb. 20, 1846. The Progress of ments, &c., &c. Lynchburg—Churches—Improve- Lynchburg is a flourishing town, situated on the south side of James River, one hundred and fifty | miles east of Richmond, and at the head of canal | navigetion. it coutains a population of upwards of six | thousand, and is the second tobacco market in Virgiaia | in quantity inspected, and fisst in point of quality and quantity manufacture ” o japman’s C mouth water for more. ‘We have here ler houses of see we do not lack for the expounding of the Our Legislature has, this winter, \damised ie m whence the Tennessee Legislatt harter to continue it through their weexpect an emeat in our been agitated for several years, for by the people; but asthe western it only upon the white basie—the in the Legisla.ure, refuse a call for thi We go for the whole of O: would take too particular with our friends and rel Toad from this place to th low down as 49, rather to jations. ture have State. le. O1 having in only. 0; be th ; and whether you are a chewer of the weed or not, if you could get a taste of say the “Four Aces”—“ Hai ock,” it would taake 70 me of of or sey Bo you riptures. chartered a Mac- @ ‘Tennessee line, From ted a but The creditors of James H. Read, ot B oston, have resented him with « service of plate norable conduct in di the ounting to poinon whertbs charge in benkruptcy. Varieties. _ The workmen engaged in tearing down the old house at the corner of Bulfinch street and Bowdoin | square, Boston, have discovered a complete full sized human skeleton, between the floor and ceiling, in one of the rooms in the upper story. ‘This is the stance in which a skeleton has been found concealed in old buildings in this city during a short time. The late storm on Cape Cod was very severe.— The snow fell in immense quantities, and blocked the | roadsinevery direction, = " Gerrit Smith, the abolitionist, advertises for sale | something like three-fourths of a million of acres of land, | all lying in New York State. A good portion of it is to be sold at auction. | In Hartford, Conn., on the morning of the 27th | inst., the thermometer at 7} o'clock stood at 5° below te On the 26th instant, at the same hour, it was 8° above, and it was at the same point at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. : The duties received at the eustom house, Boston, on the cargo of the Cambria, amounts to. . .. .$146,000 On the cargo of the Hibernia. . 130,000. Motel occ ccsesgescustes asta stasemeee Of this sum Harnden & Co., paid by the Cambria.$50,000 By the Hibernia.......... 44,000 We. AY EK coe 199,000 The thermometer at four o’clock, on the morning ofthe 27th instant, in Albany, stood at six degrees be- low zero. : i The steamer Little Dove and Odd-Fellows came in contact near Peoria, Illinois, on the Illinois river. The former, with a valuable cargo, came near being swamp- od. The steamer Billow, from St. Louis for N.Orleans, was sunk at Back Bone, in ten feet water. Two hundred and sixty German emigrants have reached St. Louis from New Orleans,per Highlander and Hannibal. A f There are said to be 500000 bushels of wheat in store, between Peru and the mouth of the Illinois river, ready to be forwarded. The steamboat Cumberland, on her pesenge ton. Orleans, struck a sneg and sunk on the 10th inst. Benj. Jones, of Lyndeborough on Friday night last last, en to this place with of wood, and arri- ved within a few rods of his hous yn hia team got in- wi to a snow drift, from which they could not be extricated. Mr. Jones was found frozen to death.—Nashua Gazette. Onthe 27th inst., a general convention will be held in Rochester of those in favor of the proposed railroad from Rochester to Lockport. ws Three more bodies have been recovered irom the Carbondale mines. Six yet remain to be found. The: propose establishing factories in Tuskaloo- sa, (Ala.) Stock to the amount of $40,000 has been sub- scribed by citizens, and the company’ will soon organ- ize under the chi , and order machinery from the North.§ Two gentlemen have agreed to erect all the ne- cessary buildings, and take their pay in stock— say $20,, 000, which, added to the other subscription, will make it $60,000 for a beginning. From the spirit which seems to prevail in favor of manufacturing, there isno doubt that & capital of $100,000, if ne ary, will be invested in a cotton mill, and'that so soon as the necessary mechani- cal labor can be completed, a fine establishment will be in operation in the vicinit, Savannan, Feb. 20, 1846. Savannah—Cotton Trade—New England Men— Invalids—Pretty Belles—Promenades—Manners —Theatricals, §-c. Thisis a sweet little city—built upon a high and healthy bluff, commanding a delightful prospect for many miles around. It is 18 miles from the city to tho sea, and the beautiful Savannah river, after washing 400 miles of the rich interior, winds its romantic way in graceful bends to the Atlanti ted, here and thei all the way, with ships of all ind of all nations, re" minding one of the rich Thames in its journey from Lon” cial capita) of Georgia. Along the | river side is of saw mills, cotton pi and well-filled wi jouses. The hum of busine eard along this pleasant water from early dawn to sundo' Cotton! cotton ! cotton! i# to be seen on every, It is brought in by steamboats, ski bought by the dealers and cemmission men eve! as provisions are bought in the Fulton m continually. hag rumor in th the rate and value. This, of cours est in the success of the cotton trade. There are many New England men here, who are not, je the pene y ats ick vy wae satorsh eager lo open vide the oysters for the Georgians, giv: shells to lick, and realizing the the proud natives Many fortanes havs been made n, and, indeed, their enterprise to it. Thus are the mant turing and commercial men of the Union destined to raise their ex, 1g country beyond the opulence and of old old Venice, or old England. g) emitting a poisonous exhalation,in the neighborhood. The waters around are running cur- rents, and deep. The swelling ocean tide mixes its sa- line freshness with the inland currents, and these bein, deep around the city; no mephitic deposit is generated. The city runs alongahigh and beautiful bank, which overlooks the river and the stiaggling fleet of ships that are moored along, for nearly a mile, beneath the bluff. Above, upon the high ridge, is a delightful promenade, shaded with over-hanging rows of trees, which give long walk the appearance of an interminab! house. The city is handsomely laid out i: conv nt streets. In the principal square standsa ays shelekts the memory of the brave Pulaski, who ell near pot in the glorious battle for the freedom nclosed square is tastefully arranged and named after the valorous Pole. aqui situate beck towa! e country. There are two prii is here, namely, the City Hotel and the PulaskiHouse. Both are full just now. Many | invalids from the North are here, enjoying the benefit ofa mild winter and a healthy location, and afew beau- tiful belles also, who are taking care of their asthmatic papas, who add mightily to the spirit and brightness of 6 city. Savannah has two newspapers, a whig anda democrat | —Brutus and Cassius—to carry on the political drama. There 1s nothing of angry strife observable among them. | The people are hearty’ cad sincere in their friesdehips and hospitalities. Without the elaborate finish of the Charlestonians, they are every whit as polite and kind. They have here a handsome theatre, which is closed it present. Keans will not play in nah this | season. They go right through from Charleston to New stopping only four or five nights in Mobil ‘tho lessee of the Charleston Theatre, is to bring next week. He may realise a aly ore without the assistance . The white inhabitants of this ht thousand; the colored about rare never seen in any place of though they are not without money, banks as as laborers. ust applaud Savannah for its com- ealth, i ospitality, and its happiness. Wiiminaton, Del., Feb. 22, 1846. mS gy rd Population and_In: ion There are } The City Wiis Effects, $e., &e. Thave often wondered, after reading your commu- nications from other cities, why our little, but enter- prising place is seldom heard of. In no place of its size 1g your paper more sought after, and no place, that Tam aware of, would sfforda greater variety of news to amuse, interest and instruct the thousands of persons who daily read its columns. In fact, we have growa so rapidly, and to such an extent ot late, that we feel our- seives slighted, if nct frequently mentioned in the fow journols which’ notice other places than those in which their presses are established. | You must know that Wilmi: now numb: twelve thou jouls, and will increase, during sent year, ia every probability, from five to ten per ‘The citizens of Philadelphia and Baltimore’ just coming acquainted with the many advanteges of the place, and Brandywine bids fair to become as great a ma- nufacturing district, for the manufacture of cotton and woollen goods, aa in former days it wes distinguished for its flour and corn meal. If any of your ente: jing ci- tizons, who have a “few thousands” in , Wisk to speculate, send them on. Building lots may yet be had i1 most parts of the city, at a reasonable price. Notwith- | a many have lately been sold, hundreds may yet | jad in beautiful and health; ! y In amusements, Wilmington is distressingly dull. I have been residing here about six months, with the exception of the Virginia Minstrels, Congo Melodists, Swiss Boll Riogers, moneons, &o., have seen very | little “fun.” Nothing takes better with our “good peo- ” than a temperance lecture, or a political harangue. ir, the Buckeye Blacksmith, who has beon “‘deuguer- | reotyping” the people of late, has now hing to lectur- ing On the abuse of intoxicating drinks, and last night | abused the “pop, spruce beer and mineral water drink: ers,” as much as the dealers in ‘the ardent.” i circles, but rs, 0D iw sui ond substance of the winter's gaiety and dissipation. The recent thaw completely inundated us with the shell fish tribe. Terrapins at $5 a dozen and the best of oys' should not be surprit of the 22d, seve! and wil take place soon. sball - The news by the Coates, of course, created some our neem tors. Some think wheat it go up—others don’t know how to act. afraid that the pore magne Dia barter on Dp wey the tarif for. 0) Foolish thought! Oreg ‘the tar! is regon. fealvendy ours, and Greet Britain knows it. If the re- duction of the duties on our goods imported by Great Britain leads to thing, it will be a commercial treaty, which, every sensible man must admit, would be a great blessing to our country. We would then know what we could depend pon, and not be subjected to the Mlwaye mols and keep, the tari” question 5 local ‘ jeep t one intereet. "The sooner the whole aitject is disposed of t city of ‘the South. There are | Amusement— Foreign News | | any others. Cuarzeston, Feb. 15, 1846. Things in the South—A Week in Charleston—Revo- lutionary Reminiscences-- Kean—Churches—Saints —Sinners—Railroads—The Herald. The longer I linger here, the more I find matter to interest me. Every new day confirms my im pressions of the elegance of the Carolinians, and informs me of their patriotism end enterprise. It is a curious fact, that the first railroad established snd opened in the United States, was that opened here on the 17th March, in the year. 1833, which runs from Charles ton to Augusta, 136 miles; when completed,'in '33, it was then the longest railroad in the world. The projeo tor was Major Alexander Black, of this city, a native of Ireland. Again, their revolutionary reminiscences, are in the highest degree honorable and interesting. 1 had the pleasure, being a curious hemo, to look over a most valued record the other day—the minute book of the second Regiment of South Cerolina, of date June, 1778. Many curious‘items are there recorded; but Ramsey, in pis listory of the Southern War, compresses a grest co in the following powerful —_ be en British appeared off the coast, there was so scanty a stock of lead, that in order to supply tl musketry with bullets, it b the of the dwellin, very scarce. The pro) ed for the defence of the fort, was bat barely sufficient for slow firing. Thi expended with great wn. The o! ra, in the turn; pointed the gune xactness that most of their shot took effect of the action the per, of the Grena each, took up the taf. With it in his windo' a fae se the ag, it on @ spor hand, he mounted the merlon, and though the ships wero directing their incessant broadsides at the spot, he de- liberately fixed it, giving three cheers.” y This-extraordinary act of valiant daring communicated ita impulse to the American party. They were victo- rious! The following laconic memorandum of this sc- tion appears in the Minute eal Cuanves Town, 28th Juno, 1776. “Parole Hancock, countersign Virginia. Liout Roberts officer of the day to-morrow. “N. B.—This day, from half after 10 A. M. to balf after 9 P. M., a strong cannonade re-opened between the Eng- lish Americans at Suilivan’s Island (tous tDeo.) ‘The enemy retreated with loss of ships and men.” So they ‘and appeared not near this coast for three years thereafter. eans made an extreerdini impression hero bt, os Be yy und Mre. Beverley, in ‘was never any thing like it play written by Moore aming that ever sp in language. The theatre was crowded from the top to the bottom, to witness this touching drama. Judges, jurists, ladies, children, merchants, barkers, all classes, were brought under the one roof to see and heer this best sermon on the dreadful vice, that evar was written. Kean exceeded himself, There was so much reality infused into the last scene, that the whole house was in tears. Some ladies swooned—many sobbed aloud ; and Mrs. Kean, herself, was so thoroughly affected, that asthe curtain was falling, she shrieked wildly, end wae carried off ina state of utter insensibility. This por formance was the triumph of the dramatic art. ‘There are many of the church people here who won’t patronize theatricals. 1 am glad to find thet there is no religious disputations. On this vital point there is @ remarkab! an evidence of great good which is al co} The Catholics three, and are about to balid a cathedral, which is estimated to cost 30,000 dol- lars, of which 12,000 is already subscribed. The Scotch have four churches. They are principally Presbyte- rian, They have alo a splendid musie and rnd hall, dedicated to St. Andrew. Init isa cone, Sully picture of Queen Victoria, executed by the talented artist himself. Sully, with his lovely daughter, happens to be here at present ona visit. Philadelphia is bis bead quarters. Sully, though a lon on Englishman—one of refinr taste. | ‘The Irish have here a | ted to “ Hibernia.” time in this country, is manners, and of exalted , of lrish birth. The profite of this establish- ‘are appropriated to relieve and sustain emigrants from Ireland who happen to come into Charleston, anc who wish to go into the interior. A most laudable ob Ject. There is here a splendid medical college, having two hundred students ; and one of the best mineral mase. ums I ever saw. They have five daily ers in city, with an average circulation of about 600 each. Two only of these, the Mercury and Evening Newe, show any of — ‘The Herald selis here in scores, at six cents a copy— ood profit, that, for the retailers. | was struck here, as! have been in other places, at the anxiety felt by individuals around the Herald, in th room, to get their.turn at the paper. It is curious that it is t! only paper, to see which there appears to rance of a struggle, or a * wait-your-turn” 4 ‘he circumstance reminds me of the same anxiety which is felt in the English reading rooms fer the Times; and, perhaps, you will, asthe proprietors of the Engi ‘Thunderer, present the world with an engraving of an anxious politician, merchant and performer, all waiting for the Herald. The expression of each countenance might be vividly portrayed by a skilful artist of the Mo- Clive school, and would no doubt have en immense The weather is fine. A beautiful month is Februery | here. More anon. A Travetiza. | _P.S. I have had the honor to sit in Gen. Ws | chair, just brought here from Philadelphia, by Tge eminent book and music ir, of this city, whose store is quite a curiosity shop ; the rendezvous of all that is original and antique in mind, and refined and recherche in taste. Ricumorp, Va., Feb. 23, 1846. The Women of Mexico, §c. §c. Cur NaroLgon :— I shall not mention the number of tears (of ink) I have shed since my first letter to you, nor of the high admiration that | entertain for your supporting with indefatigable zeal, talent, and industry, that mighty ine of power in this country—e neutral vress—anex- ample to error—a blessing to truth—tte champion of vir- tue—and the dismayer of vice ; and in your hands it has become the ballast of the ship of state, that the storm o parties is reeling and tossing upon the waves of time. | Yet I could not lose this last opportunity, even ins let" the interes! subject of the women of Mexico, pate the bove tribute of pe admiration to you ‘and ours. ‘The ladies of the Republic, those belonging to the up- per class, are, as a general thing, educated in convents, and do not go into society much or marriage. The main characteristic of their beauty is the brightness of and the many pleasant ways they make them from behind an ornamented fan, whic . is the accompeniment of beauty in that glorious land ; and then the transparent complexion realizes Lord Byron’s admirable description of Zoloe—‘ She was us dark as India, and as warm.” In devotedness end can- stancy, Spanish women have become the proverb of the work ‘and in the hour of danger, they are ever found by the side of their husbands and fathers, bearing the brunt of cenflict with a devotion that no persuasion cen infiu- ence, and no fear destroy ; yet it.is only at home ~that quiet heaven on earth—where wo rituele joy that the beau monde cannot that the character of the Mexican wile shines re is always iv —some newly the bridegroom. Ho: sty of drome Lodior study of dress, the mel How meny a pleasant hour have tilian at their hoi ! When dre of those far I to thank them for’ LJ a oe re away, they made me almost fo oolations ; and yet, if you wisl Dirth and cory, a grand Moxicen vali i# the place where deztling eyes and dazzling els, thet seem to rival each other in sendi their brillant light. bona ile oa Paes ba _— irited repartee, rving - dignitous, t Destiny that peculiarly beiongs to ‘At church, they ere ali devo ion ted psinter remarked io me, heaven more purely than » “And one = surely Aen geded it, to see o an lady before the altar yotren faiut Daring the Iturbideain in revolution, the hed aod gone many ay and the old aristocracy, with ‘worthless titles, have become poor, and are more eulthy parvenues than heretofore. But, women adieu—the heart of a stranger blesses you wn. 8 ladies, by the sisters tell by ib man bn yeas Seen and piety— a cel Ly that back eyes looked to ‘your brave South American ‘the sido ortnel hnsbands and fathers in preventing that patriot and hero, Rosas, from yielding to the @onarcbial alliance of England and France. je, noble Napoleon, is the last letter that you will ever receive from your resigned Minister of Interior. wu a P.8—I bresk; open this letter to give y y the grand Waterloo defest that he in the ou have Holy Aine ‘of Austerlits, is bee enemies, the lo ¥ triamph by which Aa ie coterie See pom Rn aoaned } t young and enterprising men in this nadine Dadiog anew steamboat the coming season, to be called the “Brookly: which they say shall sarpass any thing of the kind that ever Aoated, bott in point of speed and beauty, The Brooklyn ie to be Toot long, and is calculated to cont $200,000, 100, of which is already subscribed. This will be built rook | mechanics, ine, machine’ entirely JY gtonded to ran ‘on the North River.- lyn Star. * Tad., alaw 1 for eee les st the | At the last session of from the latter piece NEW AND LARGE § by Congress, the better. caadutayette, on the Wabsah and [ndlane Canal. |