The New York Herald Newspaper, March 21, 1846, Page 2

New York Packet Ships—Thelr Passages. | We gave, on a recent occasion, an account of the | NEW YORK HERALD. New York, Saturday, March 21, 1846, The Weekly Herald. ‘This publication, will be ready for delivery at eight o’clock this morning. | the Dramatic Line, and owned by E. K. Collins, Esq., of this city. We have since then taken some pains to get a correct account of the performances of the vessels composing the Black Ball Line, and owned by C. H. In addition to the general news of the week, in- Marshall, Esq, of this city. The reader will see cluding the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, it will | that they warrant the praise we have so frequently contain ihe important intelligence from Europe and _ bestowed on our packets. Washington—the great speeches of Sir Robert Peel, Oto " Brace ann Line.” and the Hon. John ©. Calhouz—the former on the 84/70" New York. Liserpook. Parts, | new commercial policy of Great Britain, and the err 4 Jan. 28 4 jatter on the foreign policy of the United States — p Sesser by Me ee is Also full particulars of the terrible battle in India, re- England. March 3 S sulting in the loss of over thirty thousand lives. Cape ooh aa 19 Single copies, in or out of wrappers, sixpence Europe 19 is each. | New Yor 12 25 or! ire The News from Europe—The Oregon | Yorkali a = Question | England. 6 19 The advices from Europe have had a tendency to | Oxtord 29 28 y 8 . | Montezuma. 8 a depress business. Every thing remains in a very | Europe. . ov 23 quiet state, and no one knows what course to pur- | New Yor! Sept. 19 26 sue. We can but anticipate more unfavorable news | Columbus Fi ah ~ ; | Yorkshire mf 3 17 by the next packet, which will not be due for at | Cambridg ae 17 least a fortnight; and until her arrival, there must Roglane Nov. 9 24 | exist an apathy and uncertainty, both in political and | sto: De. 7 HH | commercial matters, any thing but desirable. Europe Ho 29 | We have received no political advices sufficient- | Neeteer seh 92 dey - ly definite to have any influence upon the move- | S%d from Laverpool. B frret Da “§ ments of Congress. If there has been any inclina- | New York... Gap tion in the minds of any members of the Senate to-| Yorkshire... put off action upon the Oregon question, until after | Columb a - the arrival of the steamer, there has been very little | Engle 2 30 gamed by procrastinating. They have no more da- | Oxford a = ta to work upon than they had before. Very unfor- | forene 1" FH) tunately, the arbitration correspondence did not ar- | New York. n 1 87 Tive out until just before the steamer of the 4th inst. | Yonative a July 4 PY left Liverpool, and those who were anxiously wait- | Campridg Dear 35 ing returns, giving the eflect of the refusal to arbi- | Eogiand - Br eg =| trate, have been most seriously disappointed. Itis | Montez! r 3 | possible that the notice resolutions or the com- = 4 u promise resolutions, may lay on the table ot o 1 28 | the Senate some time longer, before they are finally acted upon. There is evidently a disposition among those members of the Senate in favor of com- promising upon the Oregon question, to wait the | receipt of decisive accounts from the other side, in relation to the recent correspondence between Mr. | sid from New York. Buchananand Mr.Pakenham. Another fortnight can | ne Games peel be very easily consumed in debating the question; | Columbus. eR Mic IBS and when so much depends upon the action of the | Combridg 7 Pr} 3 Senate in this matter, it may be perfectly justifiable | Oxford. March 21 eral to delay final action as long as possible. feild ‘A April 4 EN We publish to-day an article from the London ake Fe + i 26 25 Times, in relation to a compromise the two nations Nero way. ; t # mught agree to, without sacrificing a particle of the | Yorkshire . 5 17 honor of either. The Times of the ,3d instant pub- | Cambridge Sareea lished the news received by the Patrick Henry, but | Montezum: wv ps rt made no comment. Other papers, however, par- | Fidelia...... Arg. a ticularly the London Standard, had commented | New York 99 SP oe 3 upon it in the severest terms. The Standard 1s the | Shenandoah. at er a organ of the Government. The fact that arbitration | Genpriige Oct. y ot 30 20 | had been flatly refused, was known. This tedious | Oxford. a nae Nov. 9 24 | affair appears to remain involved in as much mys- | ede t) Des 7 77 | tery as ever. After all the debate and correspond. | Europe. 5 "96 20 | ence on both sides, andin both countries, the ques svi aeete a yee cf ai | tion is, probably, no nearer a settlement now than it | Sild from Liverpool. ae pa vay ven twenty years ago. . York. Passage. While there exists a disposition on the part of a | BS Meroe a a certain party in Congress to keep this question open, | Henle, ~ until it can be disposed of properly and decisively, | Indiana: a | there is another party desirous of keeping the whole qeenteran ay 5 os affair ‘open for years. ‘The leaders of the war par- | New vork 24 June an ie ty having taken a position for the whole of Oregon, | Yorkshire + July 2 28 , Wish to rest there; having placed themselves before coe aos 4 bred 4 is | the country as champione of its rights, they have no | Oxford... . é. 26 wish to be deprived of the benefits of that position | os eae | by an amicable, or any other settlement of the ques- | Europe. . ii 28 tion. It would be doing the States some service if | aor rere Pe Novie i phere government would adopt decided action, | Shenandoat.. 2 Oct 22 Dec. 5 a and bring the difficulties to a crisis, in some shape, | Cambridge a eae cs “ at once. It would be well if England would take it | Sea Fa " sc 3 a out of our hands, give the notice, declare its ultima- | Fidelia 3 Feb. 23 tum, and then, at the end of the twelve months, | New #8 aaah FS 35 | Jet circumstances regulate future action. Average 34 days. | we The Black Ball Line of packets was established in Tut New Yorx Priors. We have obtained | the year 1820, and the line commenced with vessels | the following note, addressed to Mr. Turnure, by | of 300tons, which were the pioneers of the packet | Captain Wood, of the packet ship Columbus. It | business. These vessels were then considered quite speaks for itself. | large. The ships now composing this line are from 13 to 1400 tons, and among the most splendid naval structures in the world. “ Saxpy Hoox, March 18th, 1846. e, Pilot Ship Columbus. ‘Aa we yesterday grounded on the fouthern | edge of the Spit, i freely express myself as being per. The Columbus was withdrawn some time since | ron grey aioe faa ability and attention in con- | from the line, and her place will be taken by the | “ Being at the wheel myself, and closely observing | SPlendid ship Columbia, which will be launched fang timely beget atl mn to prevent on port | from the yard of Mr. William H. Webb this af- prevented thi p> eam eve no man could have | ternoon at 3 o’clock. ‘The Columbia is anoble ship, | “Tam respectfully yours, “Atrrep A. Woop, “ Master Ship Columbus.” | It is a3 well to mention, however, for the sake | of truth—an article rather scarce in parts of Wall | stieet—that the Columbus was the first ship in charge of Mr. Turnure that has touched mud, sand, or any other hard or soft substance, excepting water, in twenty years. | And in order to set the public aright in the state- ments made on Wednesday in the Courter, we will merely mention that the ship Angelique was never in charge of Mr. A. Upson. To make all clear, too, in the midst of the fresh- ets in all parts of the country, will any of the Jer- | nogery sey pilote inform us whether or not the Fidelia | Philadelphis, touched once, twice, or not at all, in going down | Weseiegtn the harbor on the 17th inst 2 Also, whether she was | Richmond,.. . .. taken safely to sea on that day, asstated in the | Weldon,. and seflects credit on her public spirited owners, as | also on the builder, Mr. Webb. She will be under | the management of Captain Rathbone, a gentleman famed for making short and agreeable passages, | and for his urbanity and gentlemagly deportment. | These magnificent new ships show that the ocean | backed” packets. | | | Important Mai, ARRANGEMENTS.—The Pash- | | ingcon Union of the 16th instant, contained the fol- lowing information :— | Cuanox or THe Derantune oy THE Great New Yoax | At. Instead of — P.M. Courier? We ask these simple questions for the | Auguste, % See aP non haes sake of truth. Montgor P. M. 2d day after.6 P.M. 2d day after. This is a very important change, amount ps of twenty-four hours in the despatch of mails 10 | Lloes me ‘and te all points beyond, and to what will | be sul hon di 3d in speed, to the » Alabama. We believe that both the Columbus and Fidelia | went to sea on the morning of the 18th inst. be By their fruits let them be known.” In addition to the above, we have another fall hood to nail to the counter. The Courier blames New York pilot for stranding the ship Memphis. Here is the contradiction : New Yoax, } 20, }. “To re Pivor or rae Suir” Mewsar “Dear —I have, wit! rt, made against ‘you for "grounding my shin is her from sea, and | now state, in justice to you asa pilot, that the touching of my vessel was entirely | owing to the man stationed in the chains, with the lend, | who gave false soundings. Yours, kc., | *"D, M. Burann, Master of Ship Memphis.” | ly the statement is an incorrect one. We learn | | from the Post Office in this city, that this new ar- H | rangement went into effect on the 15th inst., but that | now all is again in confusion, and the mails depart | as usual from this city. It would, perhaps, be as well | | for the mercantile community, if the Post Master | General would perfect his arrangements before he | attempted to carry them into effect. Our merchants | would then think that there was some hope for thi | _—_——_— future. Now they are in a very unce: | Smwreck Rescug.—Public attention is at last mind. : pis amprrin fully aroused, upon the subject of saving lives and | Property, from vessels wrecked at the very portals | of the greatest seaport. Some humane and skillfuy | individuals have taken this subject in hand, with | 4 4 commendable zeal, and have presented a good plan | 8°V° aye democratic candidate for Governor 89 ma- tor public consideration, in order that improvements | !Oty. Williams haa received 26,822 votes ; Colby, may be made upon it, if possible; and it is expected | 17:9; and Berry, 10,909, besides 82 scattering. that Congress will see the neceesity for an immedi- | The whole vote of the State will most likely exceed @ ate appropriation of a sufficient amount. | §5,000, a larger poll than that of the last Presidential It is intended to build two telegraph station election. This goes to show the great excitement houses, at proper distances apart, on the Jersey which has prevailed among the people. Woodbury, shore. To place surf boats, having the improved the democratic candidate for Congress, has gained life-boat principles of bu | 1,001 since November. The House of Representa- New Hamrsure Exxction.—Full returns have | now been received from the whole State, with the | r loyancy, i apart—e six pound signal pension waar | tives stands 126 democrats, to 111 whigs, and 21 those #0 successfully used on the sea-coasts | Hale-ites, and two unknown. There are two demo- t_ yet heard from. Sprrirva, Wirsry.—A lake Akron paper has the foliowing document :—‘‘Much as we have heard of is doo of the ‘Latter Day Sees ve paisa tee of Europe, to throw small lines | crats in Coos not wrecks. Each station house to be Pool srg wih | peep Soren fuel, whale lines, hawsers, @. Se.; ie to be fully manned for six | Millerites months in the year, and sately kept through the | oped in a etl in this place summer months. Careful estimates have been | Tot his toss aan nN made, and it is found that lees than $1800 will | who refuses to give any name build one station,’ furnish complete, and maintain | wee - and pay the men for six months. This amount is | Foronto; Ceasdae far velow what hasbeen anticipated. We consider the resid the saving ot lives as the Greatest advantage pro- | all this, posed ; for one life—such as that of the pilot Free- | born, or Captain Statke—would be worth the cost of seem “" Project for a century. But an immense amount of revenue will besaved to the country, pho ho aay men, always ready for action, on This is @ measure in which whigs and democrats } can join ; and we invite the Wall street j leave off cavilling at the New York they attempt to assist one honest Rev. Mr. Pickards, till their arrest. On the 4 be sworn as a witness, but at ler under - Pickard and Kidder justified r. Pickarde refu to oe totell the story, (the above in su! ‘spiritual matri: o del dollars each, on the charge of edultery ” Great complaints ist in the press to oe of the havoc made by dogs pilots, whilst | eveni Trenton, N. | by fi exception of six towns, which, at the last election, | : Pane Tuxatae. ‘Theatricais. Don Pasquale,” and the second and passages made by the splendid packets composing | third acts of the “ Bobemian Girl,” were performed last evening for the benefit of Mrs. Seguin. We think we never heard the troupe sing better than on this occasion. The quartette,‘Al) Unbounded, &c.” in “ Don Pasquale,” was rapturously applauded, and the magnificent duetio, | quick decending,” wi icy. The serenade, “Don Pasquale” will be repeated ley ioe, ee the third act of the | and Oneida, which left the foot of Courtlandt street yes- | inundated the soni wentare part of the city: and forcing | iad se nizetti’s most beautiful composition, would do wi “To the its usual cored, fitien “ Bohemian Gi This even | for the eleventh and embrace this opportunity. Brasseur de Preston” will be in this country—the music the * Postillign,” Bowsny Tueatar.—There was another very full and | jators, Everybody is promenading and inhaling this fashionable audience last evening at the Bowery. The | the composer o jas given with all , Was loudly en- '@ not witnessed Do: te On Monday evening “ . ge for the first tim: jing by Adolphe Adam, bue’s popular tragedy of Pizarro,” was first presented, in which Mr. J. R. Scott particularly distinguished him. it hi comedy of “Young England,” “I | time) and the petit comedy of ‘In prey isto be presented. A more popular bi nboe,” (for at Body's M has not been announced during the entire season. Bowery AmrxitHeatre —One of the most unprece- dented and the most remarkable novelties that bas ever been presented to an American public, will be produced | on Monday night at the Bor dancing horses, waltzing, tab! | introduced into this count: Mr. Sands, who pu! from Francom’s equ make their fir irchased ian ‘them at an enormo Amphitheatre. The ux, and fightjng ponies through the enterprise ot eatablis! this pear per! | this announcement, a very strong and talented troupe of | equestrians will also appear, inclu McFarland, the wonderful somerset man; Joe Pentland, the clown; La- | throp, Gardner, Mcsely, anda score of others. |, Hanmomists at Patmo’s Orgra Hovse.—We found a | | highly delighted audience at Palmo’s last eveni witness the agreeable entertainments of the original | ae pean Harmonists, who have secured the | Hor Mv akin se but for a few nights, previo | parturefor the South and West. ‘T | medley for this evening’s performanc: AL ENTERTAIN: entertainment at the J: We unde: » to pera present a rare T.—There is to be a musical street church, next Tuesday ind that extensive preparations , to have the affair a splendid one. Wevcn, Detavan & Co.’s Natrona Circus, Paia- peLrHia.—This establishment, we | graced by the beauty and fashion of ow entertainments are of the most attrac! mn, is nightly ter city. The and beautiful character ; and one of the best troupes of equestrians in in this country is encuged to render everything brilliant City very convii the real | worthy clergyman | he lectures, joing Church, in sup; resence inthe Eucharist. Thi is oe js chur! 36 | and effective. The National Circus wili shortly leave | for Washington and Baltimore. is rt of the fast, and each evening fed to overflowing. The next lecture will b» delivered on Thursday evening. — We understand in his church on St. Patrick’ it} cence. |. Tom Fryven.—Perhaps no man in this community is | | better known to fame than Tom F1; ‘ood fellow,” he willever be remember ‘Who does not recollect his pleasant,sparkling sentence: med to come from rry, head face, and carel wit, and a which heart—hi ner? These were in days gone by—adversity, grim | concurrence, and it was referred to the committee on Q fico goveny teu sow ose and vighied ete, | oumaneta ttc, Mee, ro Seen Races Aus Baby — » brilliant prospects ripening fietearert The Senate 11 committee then took up the several bills | , » oeting yesterday, and resolved to establish a steam | a ey Sarhecepany arene lost to himself and all that | amendatory of the poor laws in some few counties—they | 7, mooung Yonmngay: Oo seme th sining part of makei My fe a le has now recovered himself, how- | gre of sm: consequence. Senator Porter, of Cayuga, the Harrisburg bi ‘ which is said tg be but little in- ever—been reclaimed from his errors, and joined the | was sitting in he ante-chamber to-day, eating an epple, | the Harriebe bridge, ‘observed from ‘the high water. temperance society. On Monday evening next, he will | when, through some cause, he injure nerve of one | We learn by a gentleman from Columbia, ‘nat the brid e deliver an origi nacle, all furnishing the i: the handsome sum of $304 was collected which will go a good erlor of the church. © id fair is to be held at Niblo’s Sa- | loon during the coming week, in aid we rn that the most fashionable and we lecture on temperance at the Taber- | former frie1 of the su: ring are the originators of this movement, t bies of rich good | to be furnished and sold by ti | poat office will be written by the most illustrious among | our poets and literary men, and the whole affair is to be | ‘ot up in a style of unprecedented splendor and magni- | **8¢ 1s, confectionary, kc., are . The letters at the lyon. As an actor, a e inmost ses of hi asy man- ind boon companions are invited to attend and listen to the sober second Gossam | thoughts of the light hearted Coroner's Orrice, March 20.—Death from Burning.— | enand Albany Railroad, was introduced in the Senate ier.” The Coroner held an inquest on Thursday, at No. 66 J., 65 y a bur re. . Verdict according | Crosby street, on the ears of age, who came to her death | M., and, in Committee of the Whole, took up the bill by her clothes accidentally taking | authorizing the New York and New Haven Railroad ly. ot Phebe Anderson, born in Police Intelligence. Marcu 21.—Stealii a Jackety—John Smith was are | ‘ef. The companies, by the provisions of the act, are | rested last night for stealing a cloth jacket worth $3, from the Sailors’ Home, Cherry street, belongii ing fanhattan Place. folks, toan | a oe called George Jones. Locked up, by Justice jor. Funny Charge.— isa Benedict wes arrested Jest it,on & of steal & cloak, valued at $15, It appears that Louisa to John Benedict. & den of iniquity kept by old mother Williams, John ente: red the house to sce the ad it being warm, threw off his cloak in one of the rooms ; Louisa, being rather short of change, took hand please John plaint. T' intent to outer “ Bi biel ton and Ki and a room occu} The broken open, and let, and $90 in gol a Fata dwel-iny treets, was ctprayac by Miss Ta: | forcing open the aoor with a chisel ; a trunk was also | andered of a coin, with good his escape. Petit Larceny — day for robbi we spurious Mexican m Pe in thi coin. longi Corrictteac Ya allud: tional: rence took plac that the door of at all; we therefore cheert | not wishing to cast the sins of one, upon the head o! another. Court of General Sessi Before Recorder etn and Aldermen Dodge and | ‘appan. | John McKeon, Esq. Distret Attorney. Marcu 20:—Case of Yankee Sullivan alias James Sul- | livan and others, indicted for riotous conduct, ke. In | | of a countryman et a wel committed an error, by stating 138 Chui “erib”? | Johnny’s wrapper and “spouted ” it for $4.60, and then John the ticket ; this movement did not exactly consequently he mad case was final: Johan; min,” in the above com- ly dismissed, there being no ust take better care of his ture. house, corner of Washing- entered yesterda ir was enteted, chain and brace- f which the thief aie illiam Paterson was arrested yester- f Jurgins of three $1 bills an | spurious $3 Dill ; the last bill was found in his posses- | ston. Locked up, by Justice Osborne. Spurious Coin.—William Cheeven and William Miller | ere arrested ona b keh me them with passing 'y “5 . . an Purdy, of the 1ith ward, before the United States steamers do not injure the business of the “canvass | Marshal for examination. Larceny.—Joseph Zeller was caught last ct of stealing an umbrella, worth 50 cent: ing to Mr. Leagrist. Locked up, by Justice Room were taken by police- saber yesterday to the “fi known “ crib.” we uninte: that the occur: rch street, when it appears in O hapera is not numbered make the correction, this case the jury found Sullivan and Watson guilty of an assault a te to, the | sault only, and the Court directed Sullivan and sss fo a fine of each; and Brown to @ fine of Fret fora Grand Larcen: Leo battery,and Peter Brown guilty of an as- wi y.—James Curran and James Dickson were then placed on their trial for a grand lar. mem ered tne large quantity of clothing, bedding, floor, and on looking under the bed discovered the | to print the annual report used, who was then arrested. The ju consultation, found the accus commit a petit larceny only, the Court sentenced | of State moneys. Proposition to print opposed with | fooc6, usu: Verdict for plaintits, ‘$188 96. him to be imprisoned in th tentiary for th | rancor and acerbity, with vociferous vehemence and 0 eT + 4 im to be tprisone @ penitentiary for the term of wih oie enolaon Fancy farmers dnd fancy stocks For plaintiff, Mr. Neilson. For defendant, Mr. Tom- Patt Jury discharged—Tho Petit Jury wes then dis. | were devounced. It was ui at the printing of Henry W. Western and Hannah, hie va. John charged for theterm, and the Court adjourned until to. | report was called for by 8 farmers. The | packer’—This was an sotion of ejeciment, 10F the re0o- Marcu 20.—Harris Wilson, admr. | ceny,in having, on the evening of the 2d instant, entered All this appeared very well to us, but unfortunate- | te the dwelling of Mr. Gvodsell, No. 138 Elm street, and | turned ; Col. Young, of the Senate, is stili unable to at- | Witness, who swore that he saw no committed. < na quanity Ca ie ei ged be hes tend to his duties; Joshua A. Spencer, 1s also absent ; aedey fouad a verdict for plantiff against Gulick for }, the pro; ol ir. Joho others, at 18 A ro time boarding in the house in question. It betag somo: | 48 remarkable anti-rent report is in the hands of the | " sfsncn 90,—Samuet 8, Skinner ve. John Wills —Thie what doubtful whether the value of the property stolen | printers, and will be received in a few days. The tenants | was an action for assaultand battery. Plaintiff and de- Sie pete jay, found the acct fhe of . 4 are anxiously waiting for legislative action. A great | fendant live inthe same Lo io de beet A a. reeny only, and the court sentenced jon to be confined in the city prison for the term of two months, | Ntmber of reports from committees were received in Plaintiff in the mouth with a lot of fich, nd Curran in the penitentiary for four mont the House this morning, and the entire morning hour a bho Mone bd Ce Vance pannel Basing was occupied in receiving these reports. Various bills was then on her jor @ grand lerceny,in s! ing, * on the 22d December last, $50 In money, ends quent were introduced ; among others, bills to completely * ‘ of je ry, the ty of Mr. Ezra Smith, at the time | annibilate and exterminate the militia system in this Bokee et at-—This was reierred to a resident at the Second Ward Hotel. There | State. of a law library. | being no evidence adduced that the accused committed | Great efforts are being made by secret circular cliques % a law- the offence, the jury acquitted her. and secret societies for effect upon this coming john street, of which the de- Trial fer an attempted Grand Larceny.—George Burns, | Convention elee of hostile elements and crete of alias Byrnes—indictment for an attempt to commit a resentativ tions of all kinds. | to Gould, Banks & Co. on the books, and subsequently rand larceny on the 10th of February Inst. From the 1@ abolitionists are vigilant, and wor! tremendous- | they were seized by Mr. Bokee, for rent, and repievioed duced, it appears d | ly. Their business is done secretly, but the force ey laintiffe. The present action is brought to try the ises No. 16 Sixth Avenu: | will bring in this Convention for the extension of suf- ‘of the ‘After both 16 evi- , alter a short 4 uilty cf ‘an attempt to ed Circuit Court. Before Judge Edmonds. of Wm. Wood, vs. Geo. W. Bancker— This was an action against defendant, as endorser of a promissory note for $6200, made by Evert E. Bancker. There | formerly given on a usuric executor of J. 8. Mumford to E. E. fences—first, that Tenewal for one ne Wm. Redcliffe, jancker, who was "i one of his sureties in an administration bond. Second, that in 1841 an agreement was made between the parties, Snes the maker time fur payment ,without the consent lorser. Adjourned to this morning. For plaintif, E. Sandford and Harris Wilson. For detendsnt, Mr. E. Dodge. Divoree Case—John Di rendered « verdict for the defendant in this cause,yester. bee Smee fasket vs. Semuel Ste | work and labor. Th trade ndant is in the way of his which the defe: her jain’ ns—This wasan action for tif, a blacksmith, did work boat Portsmouth, of wner. Detence, that 0 the defendant merely held liens on the boat, as security face iT, Semper, Yee the opinion of the court on some points ment of be pe “pte and other ae ang al at was, most, for plaintife tor $299 97, subject to yy de- raised There were two other cases tried, each involving a st- milar question. Similar verdicts were For , Mr. Suffieldt. Mr. ns Appeared in person. Court Calendar— Craovit Cour Common Pieas.—Firat Part—281, 89, 101, 103, 105, 107, 1A, 118, 115, 117, 104, 106, 108, 38, ad, 5,6, Second ‘This Day. 6, 62, 9, 19, 18, 14, 37, 98, 89. Part.—66, 68, 92, 94, 100, 102, to their early de- | strewn about | vs. Richard Rue—The jury | _. Moreof the Freshets. [From the Albany Citizen, March atrimony—New York Pitote—Eleetion | Pe Mer sean teuice—ee Patrick DAE dios | raga broken up cleay’ through, the waters : | bated, @ prosper immediate | ‘ment-—Auction Duties—Accident to Senater Perter— | commensernont of pusiness-on our wharves. Seneca | New York and New Haven Railroad—. Lake lien bigh with the freshet on’ and | : oo York ond | [ake wamayelion Se oltre in ot Feiday sight was | Albany Reiiread, $e. 4c accompanied by thunder and lightning at Schenectady, ‘The mild, exhilirating and adorable weather is be- | andj the waters of the Mohawk rose fifteen feet yond allcomparison. The poverty of the King’s Eng, shore. ts level. The ice gave way shout < i Hl t near | lish won't let me give one. The steamboats Columbia 0.6 Tower ‘erst Le pam] pape jeer os chang ane | @ way over the canal near the first leck,two miles | up the river, the entire flat iands for that distance, on doth pees of the river, pee completly submerged. A | small aliing y a family in Water | at, nearthe island ferry, and some tavern sheds belong- | ingto N. D»Greff, were terday morning, arrived here this morning—the Colum, bia at 8 A. M., and the Oneida at 9. The Columbia left for New York to-day at half past 12 M., and the Oneida at4P.M. this day. This glorious weather has seemed | to impart energy end animation to the citizens and legis- by the ice. In that ofcity the water was from three to four feet deep on the firet floors of the buildings, and conaie: rable damage was done to cellar and store goods. | spring air—fragraat and delicious es the perfume of of orange groves. ‘The Committee of the Whole, in the House, passed | the bill to enable the Supervisors of the city and county | of New York to raise money by tax; this bill was no- ticed in yesterday’s Herald; the committee reported the Dill to the House, but no question was taken. ‘The House was engaged in a discussion this morning, upona bill reported by the Judiciary Committee to anoul a matrimonial feur pas. During a sleigh ride some time since, near this city, a lady and gentlem: | Binanamton, March 16, 1346. We have had the highest freshet ever known. The new bridge, 5 miles above Binghamton, across the Che- | nango, is swept away. This | there were not other good reasons, to defeat the bill now | pending in the Legislature to divide the town of Che- | nango. Members cannot, if this matter is fully explain- | ed, S the people’ of the north part of the town the in- | justice of voting in favor of division. The bridge across | the Susquehanna, at Binghamton, is partly gone—and the bridges at Great Bend, Windsor, Ninevah, South Bainbridge and Bainbridge, across the same river, are swept away. David ere of Union, has lost his sake of alittle point to ti ride, ts Goll eat bette ried and did so ; tee yoatl lady | grist mill and saw mi ee eet off together, ba thought the mai inage—but subsequen 7 as- | their contents. Peter Shear, Resin ee roe, certained that s! ally married, and petitioned | Erastus ard, Jr., three noto1 pe hen bn ra, escaped the Legislature for relief ; she occupjed a seat in the from the jsil of this place on Saturday night, | | pe fend ary gl 9 pe i | Phe Guernsey bridge, across the Canasewoots, is car- lous to anoul e mal | + wor sent to the Bonnte for concurrence. I ried offclean. The North Norwich bridge is injured, ao r- | is the Oxford villoge bri¢ge. The bridgefour miles | low Oxford, across the Chenang: | five miles this side of Binghamton. The Whit bridge, and the bridge at Mount Upton, across the Uns- dilla, are gone. So is the Bainbridge new belie, and several others across the Susquehannab. All the bridges Otselic river, from Otselic to Willet, are wit number of small ress ‘he damage by the this section must be immense. [From the Albany Atlas, March 18.) | ‘The ice opposite Hudson started on Sunday afternoon, carrying away allthe spiles in the “dug way” across the Aa » and the abutments which were built last spring to protectit from ice. The tree which has stood at the east end of the ‘dug way” for more than twenty years, ‘was swept away with the rest. The steamer remark that nothing under heaven can dissol | riage except @ decree of the Court of Chancery, or | death—not in America ; the Legislature being 4 consti- tutional court, probably acted en ‘The pilot monopolists, or the | and Chamber of Commerce of New York, are flooding the Legislature with memorials and petitions, of various kinds, to defat the House resolutions (now in the Se- nate) relative to pilots off Sandy Hook. I enclose ene of thelr memorials to Co 4 ant the desperate factions, for th is about to come off The anti-renters are aw: | and active ; they pominated Van Schoonho Warren and Whitbeck, of Rensselaer County, for del g to the great State Convention, which is to com- | the first day of June. By a series of copteescy, | i this question of tenures is not settled by the Legi: ture, it will be voted into nonentity! These anti-rent delegates are pledged to ‘subserve the interests of the tenantry by every means in their power ; there is no doubt of their elect freshet in | field, leying at the dock, was somewhat injured in her ma- obinery: which was undergoing repairs, by the ice for- cing her wheels around. the 9 Id Republican.) During the vaia'ot Fridey night ash 180 tion. riday ight last, the ice in the A very brilliant affair came off last evening at the ithout cau- ‘Townsend House, in South Merket street. ‘The Hiber. | Connecticut river treks up, ate peated of Mitte oad nian Society gave a splendid supper. Governor Wright | and ex-Governor Seward w present ; toasts were drank in beaming, gleaming bumpers ; witty, funny end | satirical things were said, and three cheers given for | Ould Ireland and Repeal. His Excellency Gov. Wright made a beautiful and pertinent reply to a toast given in patriotic allusion to his distingnished greatness as a ci- ; villan and a Governor. Seward slso was toasted, and feasted, and flattered, and he Fomenieds though he was wide in his remarke. Every ly was contented and delighted and uprorious. The dear Emeralds demonstrat ed that while they loved their mother country much, dam: the ice being snuck, weakened the previous warm weatlet. On Saturday and Sunday, much ice passed down from above, the river is probably a from South Hadley Falls (at least) to its mouth. water rose rapidly on both the above days, but did not reach @ dangerous height. The rain of Friday night and Sa- hick ‘the mild “i ther of cre vied a cortnight had wi 8 weather oi previous left. March, thus far, has been a favorable and mild month. {From the Newark Advertiser, March 19.] The freshet on the Delaware was more desiructive they loved America better. Neverth ey could rat reports. The Trenton News says 600 men join enthusiastically in the fine couple wa Cac! pee , sasete to vont: teeiliela ivi- “Long live aa eae united and fi sion of the Pennsylvania canal in navigable order from ‘The imperial West, and Easton to Reiglesville. The caval is almost entirely | The epicuranse finally gi swept away. aqueduct at Lumberville has disap- | The House was occupied iy 7 Rarer ‘and another lifted entirely out of its place. From | similar te the one pending in the Senate, to materially | New Hope to Taylorsville the pele also ver: ot reduce the salaries of nearly allthe officers connected | injured. Three dwellings are hota ps | with the State dey ents.. The proposed reduction in eke) and another from Harvey’s island, above the expenses of the government by these , | Yardley ville. | amounts to over $13.000. ‘There is no doubt of t! [Correspondence of the North American } of the bill. It fixes Mr. Attorney General’s $1,000 per annum, with $5 per day for extra services. | Van Buren will resign, it is eaid, if the thing passes. ‘The Senate passed the bill relative to duties on goods sold at auctionin New York. The bill was amen revious to its 0 that one netee per cent duty is imposed upon dom oods sold in this manner. The prominent features of this bi!l have been published in | the Herald. The Senate sent it down to the House for Harnissuna, March 19.—I have, just a minute before the starting of the stage,to say, that I was with the State ‘Treasurer and the Governor, and that they stated to me that a competent engineer had just over the line of cana} from Columbia to Clark’ yk and had esti- | mated the whole damage on tho ‘at sixteen thousand dollars ; and the Treasurer thought that in three weeks the line would be passable throughout. The Governor thought it might be longer.: A | of his teeth, and instantly fainted. ‘His ‘situation was | supposed to be critical, as his appearance was lifeless.— | He revived upon the application of restoratives. | A bill to extend the time for the erection of the Gosh- atthet place has not been injured. re ee of | ¢ Harrisburg Bridge struck it in their under it without doing any turnpike, at McAllister’s, has awsy A} also, one of the arches of the stone bridge over Clark’s Creek, at Emeline Furnace, and all the brid; up to Clark’s Ferry ; also, the bridge over Clerk’s Creek, on the Halifax road, near the Hon. William Clark’s, and the me 1 over Powell’s Creek, on the north aide of Poter’s Mountain, and every bridge as fares Millersburg. [From the Pittsburgh American, March 16.) The flood reached its highest mark betweenone and two o'clock on Sunday morning. At daylight it showed 23} feet on the Monohgahela Bridge pier. At 40’clock orcloek ts moraing, iis 16 feck. ‘The’ present ries hes o'clock this morning, feet Present the Allegheny, the Monongahela fall. ice came down sorly to-day. | | The Senate held an afternoon session meeting, at 4 P. mpany to extend their road thirteen miles throt hester county,to the Harlem Railroad. The | will connect at or near Williams’ Bridge, in Westchess Cor | We | bound to commence the junction line within two years. | = seomnites passed the bill, and reported it to the | Senat Then the Senate went into committee upon the bill | authorizing the Ci a and Co! Railroad Com- | pany, to commence the construction of their road, se | soon as $300,000 is subscribed, and ten per cent up- | on the subscription paid in. The committee | the bill, and reported it to the Senate. At 6P.M., Senate adjourned. ‘The House holds two sessions per diem, and a disposi- tion is evident in the Legislature, to rush business | | through without compromise or arbitration. It is night! The stars glisten in Sat, sky, and the pale moon gildsa hundred dom minarets and towers with her eternal beauty ! House is in ses- sion ! peirareyed ti sete with locomotive energy upona railroad bill. zardiog with the utmost sang Froid, breath, physical power,words, end all other oreto- rical ernalia,upon one tremendous effort to scratch of his autograph in a niche of the temple of uncontaminated by previous scratches. His elo- 1 his Demosthenic actio: ike the se- er bootless, eam bayed and curtained window, ng @ coup d'aide of start ling magnificence, c. ‘he House is in Com- mittee of the Whole, and the question before the committee is upon tie bill to authorise the construction of a railroad from New York to Alba- | i . Mr. Worden, of Ontario, had the floor; bis remarks ere denunciatory of New York business men and New | York policy; he contended that one of these directors on | this projected rai federal governmnt out | of the Smithronian bequest! He conte: that N. York ‘would be } etd Denefitted by this railroad; end he declared that as evidencing in all her policy a careless inadvertence concerning the public prosperity and the | public weal, she was unworthy the fit that would | accrue to her. Morris, Tilden, Chatfield, and Perkins, | followed Mr. W. At10P.M. the committee rose and the House ad journed. | la rem er C heriderbac ey or col Fecwrihe iter @ passed ngth bearis her annuel tribute to the ocean. column of water, with a metion so resistless, has much in it of ry. Betoro Jucge lngrabam, ro Jucge Ingraham. ‘ .— Edmund Jones vs. Joseph Gulick.—This tien to recover damage for analleged esseult bi on Mrs. Jones and her son. Plaintiff was at ‘the time of the alledged trespass, owner of the Second Ward Hotel, and the defendant is Mr. $Gulick, the mili- tia fine collector. It appeared that sometime previons to February, 1645, Mr. Jomes’son was fined by a Court Mar- tial $4 or $5, anda warrant was gran’ against him and put into the hands of Gulick for collection. On the 3rd of February, 1845, Guilick, with Ris assistants, went to the house of Mr. Jones, at 8 o'clock in the morn- ind commenced ne rttny the chairs and tables from bar room into the hall. James Omiara, the bar keep- er, who was setting in the bar, asked Gulick whet he meant by moving the chairs and tables 7 The latter re- piled, that he was, to take them away. The bar- per came from hind the bar, and took hold of the door and again asked what right he had to take ly calm ray | #0 { | | the fur- niture. He then said, that he had a militia fine to collect, and that he was them away to sell them to pay the fine ; Gulick was informed the ber-keeper, thet Mr. Jones was sick in bed, and if he, ould send op lone we wi si the seizure, knob of a A pamees, it violently in the barkeeper’s face, ‘and asked him if he meant to resist. At this time a crowd collected in front and inside the house, and Mr. Edward Jones, the plaintiff ’s son, and Mrs. Jones, bis mother, Sine ekretad aren atie'na edo was token ; was iy Tay ola that wis agaioat him ; his mother also offered to pay any claim against her son, and then went to the front door and repeated the offer. Gulick, itis ly then clinched her, and ed her violently into the hall, and attempted to jam her between the wall and the door. The defendant's counsel relied on the fact that his client was inthe execution of his duty, under legal process, and that he was resisted. He also one Axpany, March 19, 1846. Navigation—-Militia System—-State Convention—State Agricultural Society—Delegates to Convention. The South America came up this morning at 8 A. M.; she leaves to-day at 2 P.M. <A petition was received | in the House this “morning from Stephen Allen and others, of New York, dissenting from the amendmen, preposed to the new charter of New York, by the Com- mon Council, &c. The petition was referred to the New York delegation. John Young, of Livingston, has re- | | | Pesesay mornin dence, the case was adjourned to iy morning. For Messrs. Sears & Millspau. For }, E. C. Gray. Before Judge Ulshoeffer. John M. Cassidy vs. Henry C. Rabineau, impleaded, —This was an ection ona issory note for $175. frage to the negroes will be almost overpowering, I be- lieve. Senate in session—exc debate upon a ition Pari | clety—deep interest apparent forthe State stock market and for the rate of State securities, and the expenditure Se y at sdent bela lot in peeaeae Cig te ry ra as 2 lease made jen- Ey clas deceased, who was formerly ‘owner of premises in dispute. To which it is replied, that Mr. Romain exceeded his powers in m said lease, bav- Sipser mache oars Soe ir . Kor wards ; for ‘defendant, Mr. U. S. Coummissioner’s Office. Before Commissioner }lorton. William H. Cheever was arrested yesterday by one of ly in this chamber. Estimate of the cost of printing —fixed at $1000; an ameunt which it save the State from repudiating the interest on a #1 debdt,in an emer- gency. Lester, of Ontario, proceeded to read several extracts from th ee wit: certain silver cape which had been a to the best native bull cali! He led to demonstrate the 4 coscasaeaseat wh the breed this society extended to ‘So's ineghie te i this do- bull calves, &c. &e, (All {Correspondence of the Albany Eve. Journal.) | ee ‘ought to be sufficient, if | it passe: injury. The bridge on the | been carri ters, retarnal ja ton. th surjeet for competivion of uo iufe:ior tive genius can effectually ace 7 aan ‘Linknai—Hill's offer of $1000 co authors. Bee his card. sehen Sabie eu best, is al to at Arwian’ Noa irosdmay. Strangers sre peruguiarly solieaed to and examine for t! ves purchasing elsewhere. His scouk of Musioal Lestramsats was sever mane eoraaee h a ; i necessary Hester ou, and every novelty in workmanship or dectge, can assortment. Hatr Dressing large ‘The most Saloon i Cat, C cinta menting Mite etate the rarest, Js Musie Repository fi found among his rater, No. 18 Ratseo street, cormer —<“2caceoo___lll = MONEY MARKET. Friday, March 20-6 P. M. The news from Europe hes hed an unfavorable effect upon the stock market, both as regards operations and quotations. At th» First Board, to-day, Harlem fell off } per cent; Long Island, }; Norwich and Worcester, 3; Canton, }; Morris Canal, }. Pennsylvania 6's, Vicks- burg, Farmers’ Loan, East Boston, and Reading Railroad closed at yesterday's prices. Itis highly probablethate further depression in prices will be caused by the com- plexion of the foreign news, as we can see no possible chance for any relief on the other side, until the railway movement has passed by, and the deposits.have gone again into the channels of commerce. We annex a statement, exhibiting the amount of tolls paid the State of New York by each railroad compasy on freight transported East and West, end the tons of freight going East and West on eash road, during the suspension of navigation in 1844-5. Raraoape—Srars oy New Youre. aa Fol a To'l Tolls . $123 i 16,645 Returns have been made and tolls have been paid By theUtica and Schenectsdy,theAubuarn and Rochester,and , the Attica and Buffalo roads, confo rmably to the regula | tions of the consmissioners; but the Syracuse and Utics,’ the Auburn and Syracuse,and the Tonawanda roads have, not, in any case, made the returns Tequired by the Tegu- lations. These roads do not acknowledge the correot-' ness of the definition in the regulations by the commis-, sioners, of the words “ local freight,” as used in the ect,” chapter 335 of the laws of 184, see. 4, requiring the roads to make returns and pay tolls; and the printed; forms of the affidavits to be made by the canel collector, and by the freightegent, and the superintendent of each’ road, and annexed to the return for each month, have, been altered by each of the roads named, to conform ty its own peculiar notion of what freight should be exemp? from the payment of tolls. H The total quantity of merchandise and other freight carried westward’by the Utica & Schenectady | Company, between the close of canal navigation in 164 ‘and the commencement of navigation in 1644, a peried o 139 days, wasas follows : ond at Albany, (equal to 40 boat loads of 69 )- * 2,0; at “oa ual between Schenec! and Utica, and at % (ca0n gto Uuice and Syracuse Halroe et utice, (equal to 21 boat loads)... bani ost ‘The total freight carried eastward, on the same rom during the same period, was as follows : ’ Received whey road, (equ tice ul as from the Syracuse and Utica = ° loads of 60 tons each,).. 1,77 fonand Albeny, (equal to. 68 A four periods mentioned in the above table, was aw FS Actual circulation £21,901,085 20610996 31, The latest returns show an increese in partment, but a decrease in the setual circulation notes on hand having increased about hum thousand pounds sterling. A falling of ‘aire tion of the bank of £1,000,000 in about dares wd could not but have had s very serious ¢Mect upon, money market. The annexed comparison of the benk returns same period, this year and lest, shows 8 very £21,387; = Gold one ee bullion, silver ernment and others, ameunting to | on the same day in 1646, which have been paid fer}, | lows: ‘This shows an increase of £655,505 in the of notes in England, and an increase of £1, circulation of the United Kingdom, compared corresponding period last year. The circulation ites, seourities and bullion of the Bonk of Eagl ten periods, since April-19th, 1845, have been It will be observed that the amount of neteain tion hasbeen very uniform, while the extreme i the deputy marshals, on suspicion of having passed’ooun- } preg fare h be bee a The case punds oret tor fur- | aepaenuetiee bal Cae The «Slee Trede—The farther investigation of thie a Committee to report com; . case been postponed q | Pronto ‘occurred as to the orders | Defore the Senete—what wae order, and In Chancery. | Finally, the Senate went into the consideration of pri- | Mancu 19 —James Mowrea and others ve. Doug. Teanceire aie Tatas as elton, os | ecad ee he aaa alcraans “sees 8, Tel te LJ | AsSembly chamber.” , ome lw Gontinng om Saturday. On Friday the Island case heard. A combat occurred last oe yore Od meeting of the democracy in the 4th ward of city. The t ‘was called to nominate delegates to the county ; the radical and conservative democracy mingled peetiied is coe = @ terrible was jed in abundance ; peepers were smashed; proboscises mangled, and heads broken ; the radicels outnumbered the conservatives, and they came off vic- Thomas Ritobie, jr, arrived at Richmond on Monday evening, and proceeded ty Chi House, to summon witnerses for trivt. tions in bullion have been between two nd ths lions pound sterling. Ts OF THE in Cur. two, the boat leaves, I close, The weather tinues to be ly lovely ; bers of beth are absent. Beif- Inces, etallie T. | er a Matndad very like a meeting of the democrasy at ieihe Brandes Pe Sat. tate At half past 1 P. M., the House is in commuttes of the ja a RC . 4 Haymarket; | whole upon private claims. The Senate is ditto, At = * ae ny pes ‘Corel Thorani “New pea aetcs| these of their own eullery. ‘Sroed: Te way.