The New York Herald Newspaper, March 25, 1846, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. SS lllllSaSaSESaoo™SSSH—— New York, Wednesday, March 25, 1846. ———_____ The Next Foreign News—Arrangements for Expresses. The steam ship Unicorn has now been out six days, and she will probably reach our shores some time next week, with about two weeks’ later intel- ligence. We understand that the Holy Alliance, pleas- ed with the equivocal success that attended their late tremendous efforts in the express busi- ness, are again in the field, determined to outstrip the Herald, even if we don’t run an express. They have, we understand, entered into another agree- ment to express the news from Halifax, and are de- termined to outstrip themselves in this effort. We can’t tell whether they will succeed or not, but we are certain that they have not made their calcula”, tions in the right spint; they have been fighting among themselves too much about the last express. They have based all their calculations on the slow Bailing of the Unicorn, and imagine that they can, with great ease, beat her with their express from | Halifax to Boston, several hours. | The Unicorn is as good a steam ship as there | is in the Cunard line, and her enterprising com- | mander is as energetic and persevering as any other. In addition to ths, the Unicorn will not travel across the Atlantic after this voyage ; for she has been engaged to run between Pictou and Hali- | tax, and her commander is well aware that if a land | express were to beat him between Halifax and Bos- | ton, while it would be a matter ot congratulation for the Holy Alliance, it would detract, in a considerable degree, from the reputation of his vessel, and of, | also, himself. He is aware, as much as any other | man, that, on this side of the great pond, fast sail- ing is a quality better appreciated than many other | things in a steamer; and that to be defeated by a land express, would bea perilous thing, both for himselt and his ship. On this account, therefore, we consider the Holy Alliance are strainmg them- selves to little purpose; for the moment the cap- tain of the Unicorn hears of their intentions, he will take good care to reach Boston before them, or about as soon as they do, and thus defeat all their purposes. As regards the Herald, we are not prepared to say whether we will run an express or not, for it alto- gether depends upon the color of the moon. We have consulted our almanac, but no satisfactory reply has been yet received. The minute our mind is made up, we shall publish it to the world. In these days of magnetic telegraphs, when a thought leaps | from Boston to New Orleans in a second of time | we must keep one eye upon the, lightning lines, and the other upon the iron rails of the Union. But. is the Unicorn to be beaten ? Affairs in mexico—Advance of the Army of Occupation. The march of the “ Army of Occupation,” from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande, has attracted the attention of those who had nearly lost sight of Mexico, in keeping their eyes fixed upon Oregon. The strides of the United States to greatness, wil) compel the world to look at us at all points at once, It will not do to think that one question alone is to \ absorb all others, for a week, or evena day. sal Affairs in Mexico appear now be to approaching a crisis. It is impossible, indeed, that things can | continue long in their present position in that dis- | tracted country. It is some time since the | Herald directed public attention to the condition of Mexico, and showed the necessity of some de- cided action on the part of the United States, to prevent the meddling interference of the powers of Europe with our world. The United States are the only legitimate power to direct the politics of the Western hemisphere; to protect the weak agains; the strong, and to sustain, by our friendly counte- nance, the free institutions, which have no other soilin which they can flourish. For Europe is ad- verse to liberty in Europe, and it belongs to us, the greatest republic inthe whole world, to watch with zealous care, that her enmity to liberty, which reigns in her own regions, be not actively transplanted to this hemisphere also. i Since we first discussed the affairs of Mexico and the policy incumbent® on us im view | of these affairs, the eye of European poli- ticians has been directed with intense anxiety to- wards the same point. Since we pointed out the ne- cessity of our interference, in order to anticipate and prevent interference from across the Atlantic, the London Times, taking its cue from our lead, has not ceased in energetic articles calling upon the European world to anticipate us by some decisive action, and to prevent that interference on our part which they greatly fear—which they know we, of all other na- tions, have the greatest right to make, and which the imperative emergency of the case renders it our duty, as a matter of self-preservation, to enter upon. We do not mean to imply, by these remarks, thet our cabinet is idle or neglectful in this important matter. On the contrary, we have every reason to | believe, from recent movements, that the very courre we have so long recommended and advocated, has been and is now pursuing under the wise and cau- tious policy of our present chief magistrate. What direction the cabinet may pursue in this matter, as it is an affair of high State policy, it is not for the public yet to know, nor for the journalist to antici- pate prematurely. Our course, whatever it be, should be covered from the direct knowledge of the European powers; and the well-known prudence and caution of the President, is a guaranty that such a caution on our part is not combined with fear, nor is the prudence exercised, alloyed with hesitation or imbecility. While we may or may not admit that inactivity in the matter of Oregon might be the wisest course— the course which would eventually throw the whole country quietly into our hands—it must be conceded that an inactive policy, consistent with our safety as a republican people, is inadmissible in relation to | Mexico. Meanwhile, the advance of our brave army on to the Rio Grande is as much evidence as would be, in the present juncture, safe to make public to the world that such an inactivity is by no means the policy which we ate intending to adopt. Europe will perceive and understand that it is not ourinten- tion to stand by and see a monarch and a monar- chy of the old world established on our very bor- ders, and a great antagonist power created which never could be, in the nature of things, a friendly power to us. California, by the voice of the mass- es crowding into that rich peninsula, will soon be ours. In the meantime, Sonora and the adjoining Provinces of the North of Mexico, begin to show symptoms of discontent with the political disorders of the central government, and we hope that agents, and other means, duly set in motion, will direct their minds to their only means of preservation from an- archy—and that is, a peaceful annexation with our happy republic. We have grounds for believing that they are not suffered to remain in doubt of our friendly and equi- table dispositions; and that whenever the propermo- | ment shall arrive, we shall be found ready to admit them into our midst, and secure them in the full | possession of uic'r rights, their laws, their religion, and theif property. Tha: they should be made to know this is adutyon our side; and no doubt it has | been performed already, in such a way as is pretera. | ble to any noisy promulgation of our readiness be- fore the world, by boasting resolutions from the ca- pitol. A hint is sufficient, and ere long we may hope to see a termination to Mexican disorders, in the way of peace and voluntary annexation. Who knows but that the simple advance of our troops to the Rio Grande may lead to the almost | Course, | immediate absorption in this Union, of the whole | humble men, who look to the labor of their hands of Northern Mexico ? Secenpip Lavncn.—The new et shij bia, will be launched from the due yasher wn Webb, foot of Seventh street, East River, to-mor- row morning, at $o’clock. She is full rigged, and hence the sight will be well worth seeing. } ! | | The Magnetic Telegraphs—Their Influence on the Destiny of America. The great increase in the lightning lines—the in- fluence they are beginning to have on trade, politics and religion—has already attracted the attention of statesmen and legislators. We notice that Massa- chusetts has it in contemplation, to enacta law, to in- corporate the proprietors of the telegraph which is about to be established between this city and Boston, and to provide, upon the conviction of any person wilfully injuring the posts or wires, forthe imprison- ment of said person, in the State prison for not more than five years, or to be fined a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars. This is an important, and a very proper move- ment, for, without exception, the magnetic tele- graphs are yet to form the most powerful element in our social system. To the intellect and sagacity of American philoso- phers, the world is indebted for two of the most | wonderful agents of civilization and refinement ever conceived by man. An Americana mechanic, | the immortal Franklin, by the aid of a schoolhoy’s kite, appalled the greatest minds of Europe with the magnitude of his discoveries. He it was, who by this simple contrivance, proved the identity of lightning and electricity, and succeeded in drawing the former from the clouds of heaven, and held it subject to his will. The philosophy of an American republican, a man of our own generation, whose fer- tile mind was nurtured and expanded by our repub- lican institutions, was the first to improve on the discoveries of his predecessor, Franklin, and make that lightning subservient to the purposes of man- kind. Not only the speed of lightning is attained, but lightning itself is made its own messenger, | 2¢W President, General Rishere, who was march- | master ; set-to— Distances heretofore considered almost unap- | proachable, can now be reached in a second of time. Steam, the great predecessor of electricity | Tit will resign his office as President, and retire | 4n civilizing mankind, the benefits of which the nearest and remotest nations of the globe have ex- perienced, is now distanced, and is yet to be super- | the island was in revolt, and had refused to march | seded by the invention of an American, a descend- ant of the men who first proclaimed to a down trod- den people, the right of God’s creatures to the | fullest and broadest liberty of thought and action. To the revolution achieved by those men, we say, is the world indebted for these two great discove- ries—electricity and steam. By the effects of the former, our race has increased in civilization and refinement at a rate never before dreamt of; by the tined to still further advance our species, and draw us towards the climacteric of all that the most san- latter a revolution has commenced, which 1s des- | guine could desire | To America, especially, have these wonderful sc entific achievements been eminently serviceable.— Our country, afew years since, an impenetrable wilderness, traversed by the red man alone, in pur- | suit of game, its silence disturbed only by the music of the babbling brook, as its waters coursed over its pebbly bed, and on whose surface the wild fowl played its gambols since the creation, unaffrighted and undisturbed ; the forest trees, grown rank in the fruitful soil of nature’s garden, the luxurious shades of which protected the men of the forest from the scorching rays of an almost tropical sun, and formed natural ambushes, wherein to disguise themselves, to surprise their equally wily foe—all these have vanished, and cities, towns and hamlets now cover the space once occupied by the Indian— The gurgling brooks have been converted into mill | streams—the wild fowl may for a while alight on its frothy surface, but soon departs—the eternal oak and hemlock have disappeared before the axe of the woodman—the fruitful soil produces food for man, and the cunning Indian has been forced to retreat before the torrent of civilization, to the grounds illuminated by the western sun—and the whole sur- face is welded into one centre of iron, by the magical | influence of steam. Such have been the changes | wrought by that diseovery. The long contested | claim of superiority has been yielded to the white man, and the puff of his locomove has driven his | th savage foe to the setting sun. But if steam has caused a revolution like this, | under the genial influence of republicanism, what will not electricity perform under the same advan- tages? If space was distanced by the former, time is out- run by thelatter;‘and this even,at the start. What poli- tical eflect it will have on the destiny of our country, 1s confined in the womb of the future. But one fact is certain—the apprehensions indulged in by our states- men and patriots, those men whose gouls are centred in the one absorbing subject—love of country—are useless. The inevitable consequences of Western re publicanism—peaceable acquisition of neighboring territory, through the force of moral influence alone —which a few years since omened badly for the | destiny of free government, may be now rather sought than avoided. Let our territory be never so extensive—let it extend from the North Pole to | Cape Horn, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific— | still, by the magical influence of electricity, be as one family and one State. As the arteries of the physical body are the conductors of life to the most distant extremities, so will the magnetic tele- graph be the means of communication with the widest portions of our territory, vivifying the whole, and preserving the Union in its “ mystic | meshes.” should we put on this great agent, by whose power we shall effect such wonderful progress? May we not, without detracting from the majesty of the Al- mighty, and without conceding to ourselves any su- + claim—may we not think that he has gra- ciously been pleased to give to us this subtle agent, for the purpose of advancing with the great work that he has committed to us—the political Tegenera- tion of our species, and the elevation of the beings whom he has formed in his own shape? Truly, the prospect for the future is gladdening—America is a thrice happy country, and her people pecuharly favored. ; Waass or Opgrativgs.—It is not for usto parti- cipate in the controversies going on between politi- | cal journals, respecting the effect of our tariff sys- tem upon the wages of operatives; for these contro- versies are of little use and are Prompted by adverse interests; but we must exercise the privilege and duty of an independent; press, in condemning the mode in which the payments are made. Nominal- ly speaking, the inmates of American factories always receive good wages; probably no class of working people in the world receive better. But how is it in reality ? ‘The capitalists who own the manufactories have stores connected with their establishments, for the | sale of all kinds of merchandise. They lay in their goods, by purchases at auctions or very low prices, and sell them at an enormous pre- fit—on many articles 60 per cent. Well, suppose the operative gets $10 per week ; on pay day he goes to his employer, and what does he receive ? Current money, bank notes, or specie? Oh, no! He has politely handed over to him an order on the store; and to the store he must go and buy goods, at | @ price often 25 per cent higher than he could purchase them at other places for cash. This is in- | deed “keeping the word of promise to the ear, but breaking it to the hope.” It 1s a wrong, an unjust and wicked system, which should long ago have been reformed. The manu- facturers of Great Britain, At one time, paid their operatives in the same manner; but the attention of , Parliament having been excited, an act was passed | Compelling cash payments. The Legislatures of | our manufacturing States should take the same and do justice to the industrious, though for an honest living. Important, iF Tavs. Said that the Ameri- can consul at Matamoras, J. P. Schatzell, Eeq., is in prison at that place, accused by the authorities of corresponding with Christi. it will | yond the time of lea otherwise, at | General Taylor, nt Corpus | Newspapers in Onxcon City.—We observe by | slip cut from a late Sandwich Island paper, that a gentleman Jett Honolulu, with a press and types, for | the purpose of establishing’ a ewspaper in Oregon City. This press and these types went from this city. The march of civilization and refinement is, in | these latter days, more than in any other manner, | betokened by the introduction and success of the press. in Oregon, an independent press can just now be of essential service, if conducted upon the | right principle. That powerful monopoly, the Hud- | 80n Bay Company, are using all the efforts in their | power to nip in the bud all American enterprise in | Oregon. The American settlers are forced to pay | | tribute to them, or sufferexceedingly from their per- secutions. They have, in faet, succeeded in buy- | ng off many supporters of American interests, and thus silencing them. An independent press, which will manfully and boldly resist the encroachments of this powerful Company, would accomplish more. just now than any other agency... Let it only be free and untram- melled, and its introduction into Oregon will be long remembered with pleasure. Imvortant FRom Hayti.—The schooner Bridge- water, Captain Alden, arrived yesterday morning | from Cape Haytien, whence she*sailed on the 7th inst. | The day before the Bridgewater sailed, news ar- | rived at Cape Haytien that the people of St. Mark’s | and Port-au-Prince had revolted against President | Perriot, and had refused to march against the Spa- | nish part of the island; and that they had chosen a ing for Port-au-Prince, against President Perriot. | It was thought at the Cape that President Per- | from government service. | It was also thought that the south part of | against the Dominicans, according to the inten- | | | tions of President Perriot. The Spanish fleet, reported as having sailed from | St. Domingo city for Cape Haytien, had arrived at the Cape, and sailed again for St. Domingo city, | after having had every thing settled to their satii faction. —_—___. ‘TrerimontaL To Carr. Yeats We find in one of the Liverpool papers, the following testimonial to Captain Yeaton, of the old favorite packet ship Ox- ford. It is fully deserved :— Suir Oxronp, 28th Feb, 1846. Dear Sir—We, the undersigned, cabin passengers | ship Oxford, desire to express towards you our heartielt | thanks for your uniform kindue: ity and also for your unremitting tions and extre: | watchfulness pe cee late severe and boisterous past age from New York. | in taking leave of you, we beg to assure you of our | continued esteem, and hope that prosperity and success | may attend your future exertions. Li. ned,) W. J. Cantece, jun. Avo 8. Toniss, 8. Wi 8.B. E Perer ir ¥, To Capt. Samu. Yeaton. Rocrason, Theatricals. Panx Tueatar.— The Brewer of Preston” was re- peated th brief sketeh of the plot : -Daniel and George Robinson but of different temperaments. Daniel is a quiet, gen tle, good tempered mortal, fond of ease, and rae to every thing in the shape of contention and strife.— George, on the other hand, is of quite a different dispo- sition, fond of busy life, always fighting and getting inte some scrape or other. Poor Daniel, from his perfect re- semblance to his warlike brother, often pays the penalty of his brother’s freaks, by being mistaken for him, and | obtaining the chastisement which Properly belonged to his wild-cep brother. The course of life pursued by each is in consonance with their individual dispositions: Daniel becom brewer, and is settled at Preston, where, leading a peaceable and quiet Jife, he acquires a comfortal Geo: ‘eptain of a regiment in his Majesty’s ser- vice. After some years passed by them respectively in 1 avocations, during which time they have not seen each other, Daniel, the Brewer of Preston, now become an old baichelor of 85, determines tomar. . His affections have been fixed for some time spon the young and beautiful his care, who loves him is, like him beloved the Brewer's Brewer, by pretend: & young Jady sent to and consigned to him as m 4 along with a quantity of hops, ws out from ber a ful avowel of her attachment, and finally both | are rendered perfectly happy in the purpose and | intention of an immediate m: . Here the first | scene of the proce opens. The happy brewer is seen in the midst of his men. He distributes rewards to them | according to their merit, and bide them all make merry, as he is determined to be happy. The marriage feast is pre |, the ceremony is immediately to be perform: ed, and all the guests are invited. But on such a h occasion the best seat at the table must, of course, reserved for the beloved twin brother, whom Daniel the Brewer hes not seen for so long a time, and bis arri- val is expected with the utmost anxiety. While all is now zeae awaiting the arrival of the ex; brother ge, bed news is brought to Dani Brewer. of the old school, appears at the brew-house to try to doleul whet hoa toto ‘of his cay 1». Geot Robin. son, Esq., who hes bi absent from his regluent be- and unless he ithin a returns wi | given hour, will be condemned to death es fay of sertion ; for the times are critical—it is pn ne the year of the great rebellion, when with a formidable army of the Scotch, has invaded Ei | land. The fidelity of many officers is suspected, | hene jorous measures are resorted to, | Georg inson is condemned to die if his suspicious | absence is protracted any longs What is to be done 7 | The Brewer is distracted at be Noma of his beloved 4 brother's involves him, brit | Daniel expects to | Jobn Carlyle, whore he hes heard the captain hed PS ment of the heart, and was paying his addre to Sir John’s daughter. The two, therefore, Daniel and Effie, start immediately on this journey of affection and | anxiety ; and the old-fashioned carri of those times | in coen in the distance, drawn by black Bess, the Brew- er’s mare, aud the heavy machine moves off with its pre- | cious burden in sight of the audience. But, ales ! the brother cannot be found, and Daniel and Effie return, after their fruitless journey, tired, disheartened and co- vered with dust. One more hope still remai Daniel determines to accompany Sergeant camp, to intercede for his brother, and to try to gain | time, so as to suve, if possible, his life and tis biner | They arrive, his brother’s regiment is drawn uj | and the men, who, like Sergeant T. are devote: to their cay no sooner set their eyes upon Daniel the Brewer, than, being deceived by the | perfect resemblance, they imagine it is their Captain come back again, and greet him Lvs a a Now, as the time is cl at hand which must decide the captain's | fate, for there is but one hour before his doom is fixed, | the brave Toby scizes upon the happy idea of ituting oe ee Teen st G8 , the real y ‘appeer in ron ot elas ifthe Ca: tain himeelf was returned, and thet all was rig! hesitation, consents sword and military costume, in | hopes thus by the affectionate deception to save his dear | brother. The simple brewer, is now into the shay poor, of a redoubtable captain end warrior. | The Sergeant and the affectionate Efiie,de all they can to encourage him and drive Effie herself lays hands upon the sword, | up and down, sets him an example how | pce Cote andact like | whic! represented, sic accompanying, is delightful, | Meantime, all that would Captain Captain, and m ‘admirably have been the duty of the real George, becomes the duty | obl | against his will, and look big and brave, while he ready to die with fright and apprehension. He gives account of the action, and how he comforted himself than ever Brewer before di the dreadfal feld in the terrible fight, ina sung fig! does not marry, while Effie would not wish the former, but w: at the latter alternative. to ould out of who marries the daughter of on hee Brewer home in peave to faithtal and “live happy afte: upen }, Cn eenceueueeeneanr aoe te in beautiful and thrilling of { a fair maiden beat at the scene ; while the Brewer in the Effie and the faithfal eae gutved tase might i great the ple is fall of ‘was vei pan ce of | Bvely, — Mand beatin bye ben ghd resent jes, wi are | fete kind. "rhe one ie = tora athe capi cm i} | pany, with the little drummer boy, (Master 8. Dode- | eeu aevotiption, beustsel as anazicn sone be atifal—-Mr. the coosston, is nal to any comic song we have ever before ‘ next is the in the Brewer, on his return from the field Tecounte jeoond time last night. The following is a | are twin brothers, of perfect resemblance to each other | ge enters the army, | ted | the Sergeant Toby Crossbelt, a stiff, rough soldier | ins, and Toby to the | ay his cowardly fears ; even | and to hing | of learning something of of the pretended | oh quiet Brewer of Preston. He is to iscompany into action—he ropes { th | be: are 161 y more. The | hope for many Bowery Thea “Marmion” was repeated last | night; at the Bowery, with tremendous éclet. It is not only a gorgeous spectacle, almost uvrivalled in the his, tory of the drama, but its characters are excellent speci: | | mens of fine acting. What can exceed the stern dignity | or fiery valor of Marmion, (Mr. Scott) the sweet grace of Constance de Beverly, (Mrs. Jones,) the revengeful | courage of De Wilton, when he has thrown off the dis- guise of the Palmer, (Mr. Davenport.) the matestic de- meanor of King James, (Mr. Clarke,) or the coquettish, artful way of Lady Hewn, (Mrs. Se‘geant)? The scenery has been got up with such correct judgment and exqui" site taste, that it confers no little honor upon the artists | concerned. Mr. Jackson has evidently paid no regard to expense, in bringing out this beautiful and romantic | pines The days of Engine and Scottish chivalry are rought vividly to the view, and a strong impulse given to the martial spirit of t! olders. We are giad to see that the public evince so just an appreciation of the me- rits of spectacle, by attending on it in crowds. Such | enterprise as Mr, Jackson's merits the most liberal pa- tronage, and we are hay x 0 see that he constantly ob- teios larmion” will e repeated to-night, te her | with the operatic drama of ‘Rob Roy.” A large house i of course, be in attendance on such a magnificnt | Bowery Amrnimuxatre.—This place of amusement | Wes again crowded to overflow lest night. and had we | not very early in attendance, we could have hardly slim pse of the astonishing Performances of the ses, the waltzing ‘‘twins” and fighting ponies. had novel and yet a picturesque exhibi- erteinly beyond the parallel of a rational | description to point out the varied and classic attitudes | of these quadrupeds—‘these pictures in little.” They waltz with all the freedom and ease of a ballet gloved and belted | the most distinguished amateurs, and dance the Polka | with all the grace and scientific acquirement of Se | Day. They must be seen only to be realized. In - tion to! ‘tractions, Messrs. Sands, Lent & Co. have | secured valuable and highly talented troupe of equestrians, among whom, engl the clown, McFar- land, the wandactel somerset man, Mosely, the great | act-rider, Madame Gardner, and others almost equally celebrated are included. This company remain but for hort period ; andall those who would see the sa- Bi ofthe horse fully de d, will not omit the | Present 0} . The best of order wails establishment, and an efficient police { Farce bas alread; | varied bill is ‘Tue Ha ‘The originial Ethio- mncert at Palmo’s last ‘audience being in atten- | 5 horu &e., sung by the | Hermonsts ri , and prove them to be ar- tists of a high order of talent. They accompany them- selves on the bone castanets, banjo, Congo tambo, and accordian. Those who would spend an agreeable eve- ning, and listen to the sweetest music, cannot do better | than pay a visit to the Opera House during the stay of the Harmonists. | M. Cotimer’s Faneweit Conernr.— This distine gules artiste, whose de the Park Theatre, some ime since, created so great ation among the musi- cal circles in the city, give Niblo’s, nine “ bh ital music at Nil on eve! next, when he will be assisted by all the eactorcmioue artists. M. the fageolet that ever visited thie untry. "is play: | on the ever vi x 5 5 | jng de ohetectarieed by eweotnees, brilliansy and ‘deli. cacy, and has won for im the Posen of the diletanté | of Europe. Thi is positively last concert, and if there is any music: taste in New York, it will be | crowded. Leopold de Meyer was to give a grand concert in Richmond last night. The citizens were anticipating a | | rich treat. { Dempate: an entertainment in Richmond on Monday ev ‘The papers justly speak of him as a | Singer “remarkable for the touching sweetness and | pathos of his expression.” Jim Crow Rice, the comic negro ext: zist, took | his farewell Denest in Hickmond on Monday evening, } 9 Mrs. Mowatt was to give her last formance, at Mo- bile, this season, for the benefit Mr. Crisp, on the | 17th inst. The Duke of Coburg, author of several musical com- | positions which have obtained a great celebrity, has just | Composed a grand oj in three acts, entitled Zara, the | subject of which is borrowed from Voltaire’s tragedy. | This work was performed at the theatre of the Cuurt of | Gotha, and the audience, who were then in ignorance of | the name of the author, received it with unanimous | plause. Several pieces, such as two cavatinas by | —the duet by Zara and Fatima, the air by Orosmanes, in | the first act, and the finale in both the second and third | acts, were encored. The Regers Family, consisting of three sisters and a: | brother, are giving concerts in Providence, R. 1. Their | singing is much admired. City Intelligence. | Primary Evections.—The democratic primary elec- tions, for the choice of committees to nominate candi- | dates for the ensuing charter clevtion, aod also for the | State convention, were held an the different wards yes- terday. There were three or four opposing fect each Living aticket of itsown. Nothing can be told o: | the result. “In the 4th and 6th wards there were small | tows, although we saw no bloody noses. The Chief of sent a posse of officers into the 4th ward, who | preserved o: throughout the day. In the 6th ward a | few chairs we » and about 3 o'clock, thereenle thinking the: d been , g there voting enough, took the | boxes and cleared out with them. |. Boox Taape Sare.—The forty third semi-annual | book trade sale commenced on Monday, although that day was taken up in the sale of stationery and binders, | articles, the books not mets angers till yesterday. We | took a peep into the auction room of Messrs. Bangs, | Richards and Platt, where the sale is being and | found gathered together about a hundred men, ped with the impress of their business, engaged in makn se men may be said to Teprevent thei ral tion of country from whi such books as will sellin ir latitude. The books sold are of eli characters, from achild’s primer up to an Encycl . The own- er of the beoks usualty places himself upon the stand with the auctioneer, and interlards his cries with re- marks upon the books, such as “ too low,” “ more of couldn’t duplicate ’em.”” Whenever a book it : price somewhat higher than is considered ra- , the w! hole community ot booksellers present, | several times yesterday expressed their opinion by a | prok whistle. The trade price of the books is giv- | enin ue, but they usually sell for sbout half and if sold at retail for that price, we should jud; i tobe a table business. For instance, “Wilkes! Exploring Expedition,” invoiced at $10, sold for $6 50, and anol er edition of the same work, in five | splendid volumes, invoiced at $25, sold for $16. The | Encyclopedia Americana, invoiced at $28, sold for $14. Another edition, $24, sold for $11. Moore’s Works, at | $2.26, sold re And Scott, at $2 50, sold for $1 ‘When the audience are tired of trading in f mind, they have only to step up stairs, where a liberal supply of bodily food, in the si of crackers and cheese, tongue, ham, &c. is prov: by the auctioneers. The sale wall probably continue and w pect to-day to see ex. t Harper, who Eotene favorite with the booksellers, on the stand. no purauy interests them considerably with his puns jokes. | _Fine.—On Monday ht, at 9 o’clock, a fire broke out | wanteiign bee ha no} essen nea caused sed | dental a lighted cai and extinguished iicontan of the'I7th ward, before muck damage hed en done. Arotner Fine.—At about 4} 0 clock yesterday morn- ing, a fire was discovered in the liquor store No. 49 Bowery, kept by Edward Green. It was discovered by officer Stewart, of the 10th ward. Damage trifling. Cuancr or Timz.—On and after to-day, the Philadel- phia line leaves from the foot of Liberty street, at helf- | past dovclock. It is said that this change will enable purepgers to be in Philadelphia in season to take the 10 -M. line for Baltimore. | Rescurp rrom Drowxinc.—A man by the name of | Pato icone heprnoyeren fers all probability, o street, und would,in | have been downed, had he not bees frome | Watery grave by policeman Auspake, of the 7th ward. Geawan Society.—The annual dinner of the above Society comes off this at the Astor Ambng all the numerous societies in this city, none surpass the German in practical utility and benevo- lence. We have had, by means of one of its most | excellent end praiseworthy officers, an tunity its doings. All the poor and distressed among the Germans, who are found deserving and in want, meet with ready relief from the Society, and we learn that over $500 per month has late- ly been paid out in assisting distres |. This is | conduct not only worthy io the Society, but it is | en absolute benefit and volantary donation to the city, which ought not to be w nor forgotten ; for if it were not for this Society, all these poor people would | come upon the city funds for relief. Success to works of mercy and will to men, wherever they are done, and doers of them , whoever of tl 5 meeting | the 19th inst., end snpointed & Committee of Arrange | ments, to give notice of a public atthe Taber- | nacle, to take into consideration the jen of the colony at Monrovia,(arit from slay wn on their bow! | Tabernscle last evening. com- menced bya prayer by the {! tig Meine which the ran of play an address, course Parti- ulate of the Capture ef the Tone, aa the. miserable of the unfortunate on board. ‘also stated that in of this unexpected sai greet addition to the at Monrovia, it was in- cum! Cn penta taen oh to make some |. sion for their support and maintenance, as the funds of to rho overwhelming defest of afterthe manner of | eral days ig = House.— | ab! made in aid said the required to effect the desired object. Broomimepare LUM ror THE Insane.—We visted, 2 fow days since, the Asylum for the Insane at B! | and, accompanied by the committee, minutely in. | Spected the establishment. Those who have never visited an asylum for the insane, would be surprised at the per- order, quiet, comf nd neatness every where ap- ut the ma a or instruments of torture here. The “tranquilizing chairs” have been removed, and no muffs, mittens, wristbands, straps, or other leathern ap- Paratus are to be found on the premises. This is in ac- cordance with the spirit of the following paregraph, "se 5 nineteen cases out of twenty, you | have secured a friend who will be the foremost to pro- tect you from injury. Theze are but vory few Jal under mental dei int who cannot be ap a asa brother meeta brother. There is no place in all the earth, where the infant can be more safely entrusted than in most of the halls of a well regu- lated asylum fur the insane ; and none where the little child is more petted and carressed.” The asylum is a branch of the New York Hospital, and is under the general control of the Board of Governors of that institution. The building is constructed of hewn stone, and presents an imposing and appearance. The grounds are laid out ina beau tyle, and ornamented with five trees, fragrant flowers brubs. Aten pin alley,a quoit ground and ba; table, furnish amusement and exercise to the mi ‘hess, draughts, dominoes, piano, violin and flute, are at all times accessible to those who may be benefited by them. Areading room, | furnish: ed with reviews, magazines, newspapers, books—a school for instruction in the urdinary branches | of an English education, together with natural philoso- y, chemistry and geometry, have also been ed. the mn there is a magnificent conservatoire filled Fag ge hee air w: me an e 80) | fortunates. Chr es and horses are devoted to the use of the patients,and rides throughjthe adjacent countryare found to have a,beneficial influence. The institution is | under the immediate pene Pliny Earle, M.D winch spent mi ears in Europe, ing the pi j sastity, for the insane, and id the mode of treat- ment adopted. Dr. Earle is an enthusiastic admirer of hue art, and is universally beloved and respected by | patients ; and, indeed, by all who ever conversed with | him. He appears eminently qualified for the dis- charge of duties devolving on him, as cioal ‘of such an establishment. Accompanied by | thi ntleman and the Asylum Committees, we | visited the wards where the unfortunate patients | are confired. In the first we found a large num- | ber of females, some young and beautiful, others aged | and infirm. These were cases in which the disease was ited in its mildest form. A casual observer would | see to lead him to suspect them deranged, and a | conve ion with them but served to strengthen this belief. We have certainly seen in the domestic circle, | and in busivess life, hundreds who seemed more deranged | than the persons before us, who to be but “‘mad, | nor’, nor’-west—when the wind is southerly erate 9 | a hawk from a Ww.” The nts in this ward were all neat, clean and well furnished, and the inmates seasons tolerably ;cheerful. The doctor informed us | that many of them were fast recovering, and would soon | be able to return to their friends. As we were leaving, retty, brighteyed girl approached us. ‘Well, tn id the doctor, “' here are some friends come to vi ” “Good merle sir, the girl; ‘Good morn- ing,” we replied. “Ab! it is very beautiful without—the sun shines, and the birds si merrily, bat I cannot en- ! joy it—ail here ( her hand on her breast,) is sad | and er a ‘e learned afterwards that disappointed | love had brought the “thick coming fancies which kee | her from her rest.” In the men’s department we fou some thirty or forty patients, the others being out in the garden or rire) about the farm. Here we saw Bess more distinctly defined—men in some cases entirely ted of mental and moral energies, directed by the capricious impulses of the moment, or ring under | some delusion or hallucination, As we entered the apartment, sjovial looking old gentleman came forward, and taking the doctor by the hand, he placed his finger very knowingly to his nose and in. a loud whisper, | —* Well, I've just wound it why, “ Wound what ip?” said the doctor. “ y, the ‘sun, to be sure; I'm clerk of the psec agro day, isn’t | it? hal ba! be!” end he leu his {own conceit. Here too wasa man who ex ‘as we passed him— “Pm Polk and Dallas”—* {'m Polk and Dallas.” The the a lucination for a long time, e really the President and Vice-President combined. Seat- ed near this person was a man reading—He ap} 1d to ave caught the infection from his nesghbor, for as he us he rose, and confronting the party, whispered in the ear of each—"I’m John Tyler.” 'e confess we | were somewhat alarmed at this announcement, and anxi- ously looked round to if Bob was near, thinking it | Probable, in that cas the contents of that extraor- | dinary book. “ Ahasu might be inflicted on our un- offending ears. But Bob was not there, aud we breathed more freely; when a bullet-headed fellow came from his room exclaiming, “ What, are ye turned Turks - hoo, | hoo, @ hoo, shew !—hewe they come, Gulliver and Queen Victoria”—and then his muscles seemed to grow and he sp towards the doctor with clenched an Dr. Earle "avoided the blow, and holding the ma | firmly, but Bently by a as the arm, he looked him in the e beneath his searching glance, and 8 at his feet, He was hy aa 06 his patente by kindners and the ro oof his own will, s indoed au’ prisiog. He treats brothers, and most of them love him as a friend. As we were leaving this bi oung man thrust into our hand a letter, which u; , we found direct | edto the Hon Daniel Webster. The of a railroad to | Oregon contained init, if written by a sane man, wouldbe | © capital hit at some ofthe wild schemes promulgated by | visionary enthusiasts for the same object. We make th | following extracts. After some preliminary remarke, he | states that ho has perfecteda plan, ‘‘ and it is this—that | by using the bright sands of the sea-coast, and the round | clean stones or other hard matter with water-lime, you can make a road from here to the upper part of Oregen in a month or less—because water lime mixed with stone or glass, or anything solid, will make a road much better than a railroad—so far ina month; for instance, make it soft and mix it clean, and throw it upon the ground as far as you choose, and make it smooth ; and as soon as it is dry, it is, in my opinion, hard- er than rock. And should the great men of our greet democratic nation now altogether do right, believe surely as I do, that in one day I could with that mixture, by the ard of builders, make one hundred ships a day, wide and flat on the bottom. Such a ship, in my | of yn, would draw but little; and as faras war was | Conce! |, No Cannon, shot or ball, could hurt any one, | for it is rock-emooth, and the balls would slide under. | Now, in my opis. England could be made a State of this Union, all Europe, and this hemisphere, and the | whole world, could easily be made one great democratic | kingdom.” The letter goes on to develope the plan b: which this might be done, concludes with :—“Show } this to Calhonn, and let me hear from you immediate- ly.” We saw many other curious things while at the lum, but the limits of our columns will not permit a jer report. The institution appears to be in The mi bens, in deserving the attention of the pac. A | grand ball is given onc jonth, which about sixty pa- | ts attend. Itmust very interesting sight, we intend being preset at the next one, and shall give visit. an account of ‘With | ee 18 sll edhe dais toe all the mone; ex yearly, e a1 | sated of provising Tor the poor ot our city, it might ex; that the really unfortunate—the poor— would find at all times a ready entrance to the public oor house, or hospital; but this is not always the case. ‘he office of the Commissioner of the “Atma House, which is in the old buildiog in the rear of the City Hall, is closed at an early hour in the afternoon, and it is not unusual to see poor creatures ma! their way to this office, after it is closed, entirely unable to obtain the aid which, perhaps, their necessities required should be at di Ce pari i to be elbowed ay, when, s return away trom the crowded deor, ty the scores of sturdy paupers who have been in the trade so long that they have learn- ed all the int of aystem, and come well supplied with a tale of woe of the peculiar kind which is not to be evaded by the officials. Not long since, a young man from the southern part of Indiana, was taken sic! while on his way hither, and finally errived in this city, withont an , outfof money, and ill with ague and fever. He was willing to work—was of course | unable to do anything —and was obliged Kin i but wo bee oven ioe anivolag ims House, but on interrogated, the fact that he came from a a a be relleved whom they Spply for aid, and wi i « Blessing tothe destitute, and harbor for indolent vagabonds, and @ machine for th Of designing politicians. Cononen’s Orrice, March 24.—Sudden Death—The coroner held an inquest yesterday, at No. 205 William street, on the body of William Tryon, a native of New York, > veers ‘of age, who came to his death by conges- ie 8. corenet’ likeWise held an inqu’st, at No. 48 Prince street, on the body of Jane Shaw, born in Ireland, 63 Pe of age, who came to her death by disease of the aed potter be hein to hold an louse, No. 7 Waal ington street, on of Thomas Neville, a uative of England, 49 9g, supposed to have died from disease of the An inquest will be held to-day. not remain as no joe the Noort art. Court of Oyer and Terminer. Before Judge Edmonds, Aldermen Stoneall and Compton, Mancn 94 —Aitempt te Kili—Jacques A. P. Barbiere. indicted for firing « pistol at Ralph ood, with in- tent to kill him, was pleced at the ber and The Wrateance Case—The Peoplevs. Robert Elder, Je- cb H. Ridaboch and Others —, the nelled in this cause, which was not uniil Horace F. Olark, one of ‘e ci order that the jury from the counsel on embers of the souls irs of e court, further ; roce im the ceuge unt this a ret ts thotght that ry will not be finished before Saturda: Marine Court. Before Judge Wtterman. 2—Wm. Smith ve. William ‘The jury in this yeeterday,) returned a Marcu Herald of fendante. 1 There are no | to, ° | gee. 3, I the property and 7; | debt to be returnable by the trustoce to the pettay delete ead streets. Zee eee one PE ar ee, that ion has become au Americarism. The evening c'nss for geatkemen is open every evening. ‘Terms for a course 12 lessons only $9. | Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills, in ad- | Mtontshing’ Four ‘or Ave of said Indian V Pills, | im the liver, are the of im the x: | toms of an intle Waiont’s Inpian Vecerai cleanse the stoma other impur'ty ; and, therefor dysentery, cholera morbus, tines. y also aid and give health end vigor to 1 di | © | of | Pil every in» C wi frame, as well os bel iy street, two. east ‘street, pot as agent of mine, neither cen I guaranty as genuine | any that ntti alg eet re ea and general depot, No. Greenwicn 9 of the Ohio River. State of River, food. | more, is Cincinnati, March 19 I jarc! | ; Marob 14. atu, March 20. Louisville, March 16. Oy fr rsing MONEY MARKET. ‘Tuesday, March 24—6 P. M. There was @ panic in the stock market today, and | 1pices fell off from one to three per cent. At the first | Board, Long Island fell off 1} per cent; Canton 1}; Har- | lem 2}; Norwich end Worcester 3}; Reading Railroad 1; | Morris Canal }; Farmers’ Loan }; Pennsylvania Fives {; Ohio Sixes 1. The sales were very large at the decline. his | There was a slight improvement in the street, after the adjournment of the first Board, and at the second Board. in. | In looking over the bill now before the Assombly, granting a charter to the Hudson River Railroad Com- pany, we have been surprised to find that there does not | exist the slightest analogy between the title and the pri- | vileges proposed to be granted; and although we do net | care how many lines of accommodation may be este- blished for the public use, we nevertheless entertain the | Common sense opinion, that the Legislature has no | Tight to place any body of men in a position to trespass | on the established interests of others. ‘The bill authorises the construction of a railroad from the city of New York, passing through the counties of | Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Columbia, and Rensse- | leer, ending at some point opposite the city of Albany, | and with the consent of the Corporation of Albany, to | erect a bridge over the Hudson river. And the only re- | strictions in relation to the route to be determined en | aré, that the road shall not run east of the Eighth Ave- nue and Hudson street, nor be located east of or within | one mile of the Harlem Railroad in Westchester county: | ‘When we observe that the line of the Harlem Rail roag runs at an average of twenty miles from the Hud mad- | son River, these latitudinarian restrictions bear evident | signs of positive deception. That the river route is not | in the contemplation of the new applicants, is evident | from the fact that they are not restricted from running | their road within one mile or ast of the Herlem road, in any county except Westchester. Why not say at once, within one mile of the river—this would bo feir and | above board. | We are heppy, however, to find that the beauties of the | Hudson River are not to be desecrated—that railroad | causeways will not be thrown over its picturesque bays, ‘and that the mojestic scenery of the “ Highlands” may | yet be protected from the ruthless hands of wild specu- lators. | Afthis system of inconsiderate legislation is to become | the policy of the country—that no regard is to be paid | to the enterprising exertions of those on whom previous | authority has been conferred, we hope that some gene- | rallaw will be enacted, empowering any individual, or | association, to construct railroads in any and every di- | Fection, that the Legislature may not herealter be charged with special legislation, in violation of | previously conferred rights, If. such @ law should be passed, the public will be on their guerd: | —they will heve no legislative faith to depend on | fer protection—and whatever expenditeres shall | then ve made,,will Dear swonget-marks of indepen. | dent enterprise and persensl responsibility —the risk | will have no other support then the profitableness of the project and the certainty of success; very few improve- ments will be attempted, for general benefits, based on . patriotic motives, It may be wise to establish some | genre eee this be done, the Legislature | should be held inviolafe, and should a general power be granted, ite privileges should not become operative | within the vicinity of roads already established, urtil the termination of their corporative limits. ‘We annex a statement showing the amount of revenue received for duties on merchandise imported in the Bri- tish mail steamers arriving at Boston during the last six | yesrs: | Doraes ow Memenanniss Imronteo iv Boston axp Liven , | roo. STeamenirs. . ‘duties. | Tn 1840 amount of wu. ti Ei 5: | 107 do. . i onpaon | ‘The whole amount of duties received at Custom-House, from the 1st to the 20th inst., | four hundred and twenty. five thousand dollars. This | only about one half of the amount received at | tom-House of this port during the pest week. | receipts from customs at this port, from the Ist to | 20th inst , amount to nearly two millions of dollars. | As there are many interested in the banks of Missis ippi, both as stockholders and as debtors, we have ta- 1 ken from the law recently passed, the most important | | sections. It differs in many points from the ofiginal | Briscoe bill, but it comes near enough for all practical purposes. The object the Legislature had in view, 20 doubt, was to wind up the various defunct banks of that State as rapidly and as judiciously as possible. While these institutions remained in the hands of assignees, | there was no probability of their affairs being liquidated | so long asthere were assets remaining on hand suffi. | cient to pay expenses from year to year. The sections from the new law which we have selected, show that | the trustees have the power to make the most rapid pro, gress in the settlement of the banks of that State. Barina 1x Missiseiret.—Tue New Bang Biw. Sec. 1. es fang the »ppornt nt of trustees. Sec. 2. Ital be the duty of all persons Beng session of any abe gees gd evidences of debt corporation, w i of forfeiture be rendered, upon demand being made them | trustee or trustees, to surrender, to trustee all rusteo or trustees, such pinot, Ao phe debt; and upon failure so to | persons shall be deemed ity of a contempt cases of | Court, and punished — | i Lf iB i g Es of the Court. Sec.4. When the invento: to sel is reti : TG E tive tire poole pisces ff u shirt ~eree- Sea ee eS EE ETE seen