The New York Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1847, Page 2

» January 15, 1847, d Weekly. will be ready to-mor, clock, and jwill contain and interest that may publication. fkewise the late highly imper- Mexico; perhaps an account of , which, it is expected, took place on the 25th Devember last; proceedings in Con- gress and the Legislature, to the latest moment; full and graphic correspondence from Washing- ton; late news from the army and navy; our regular commercial, financial, and political com- pend. It will be illustrated by two engravings, one giving an excellent view of Monterey, Califor- | nia, with a description of the place; the other | representing a sleighing scene on the Third Avenue. Price 64 cents, in wrappers, for the mail. Whe Herald for Eucope. The packet ship Yorkshire, Captain Bailev, will leave this port to-morrow noon for Liver- pool, and will take with her toour subscribers, on the other side of the Atlantic, our next edition of the Herald for Ewrope, which will be as interest- ing and valuable a sheet as we ever issued from this establishment. | The beautiful engravings that will ornament it are of themselves worth more to persons abroad | than t'e price of the paper—one of them will be | an accurate view of Monterey, on the Pacific, copied from a drawing made on the spot; and the other a view of the third avenue, in the sleighing season. The reading matter will comprise a regular compilation of the ate important n’ws from Mexico ; the account of the great battle which it | is supposed took place on the 25th ultimo, be- | tween the Mexican forces under Gen. Santa An- | na, and the American forces under Generals Tay- | lor, Worth and Wool, if it reaches us in time; proceedings in Congress and the Legislature ; correspondence from Washington, and a general | selection of commercial, financial, political, and | miscellaneous reading, which no other paper con- | tains. | The price will be 6} cents, in wrappers. The | paper will be ready at 10 o’clock to-morrow | morning. ‘Phe Critical Situation of General Worth— | The Threatened Attack on Saltille. | We gave the details of the last intelligence | from the seat of war in yesterday’s Herald, and they appeared to absorb the attention of the pub- | lic throughout the day. It is almos* yniversally | supposed that a terrible battle was fought about Christmas at Saltillo, between Santa Anna with | his twenty or thirty thousand troops, amd Generals | Taylor and Worth, with five or six thousand Americans. | Ttis universally supposed that a battle must have | taken place, but still it will do no harm, previous to receiving any news of the conflict, to examine | a little into dates and distances. There is yet, perhaps, a chance, that the recent intelligence from the Rio Grande has been considerably ex- aggerated. The scouts of Gen. Worth discovered Santa | Anna’s army about the Mth of December, at a dis- | tance of 60 miles from Saltillo. Very well. Now deduct 60 miles from 300—the distance between | Saltillo and San Luis de Potosi—and 240 remain: | or the distance Santa Anna had gone since the | day he had left San Luis de Potosi. Santa Anna, | if celebrated for any thing, is celebrated for his | rapid marches ; on ene occasion he marched 50 | milesin24hours. Butover a bad road, like that | between San Luis and Saltillo, he could not ae- complish more than 30 milesay, fora sa c- | cession of days; whence it is clear that Santa | Anna, (supposing the statement of Gen. Worth’s spies to be correct,) must have left San Luis on | the 6th of December. Yet letters from San Luis, | dated the 17th of December, have been received | at New Orleans, which contain no allusion to Santa Anna’s departure. it is true, as the editor of a New Orleans paper saggests, that all letters containing allusions to | Santa Anna’s expedition, may have been exam+ jned at San Luis Potosi. But one would think | thet the news would ooze out in some way. | News of this kind generally spreads like wildfire The departure from San Luis, of twenty or thirty | thousand men, would be known to every inhabi- | tant of the city. Tampico is only 200 miles from | San Luis. Surely General Shields at Tampico must have received, long ago, intimation of Santa | Anna’s proceedings, and if he had received such | intimation, who can doubt but that he would | have immediately forwarded the news to Brazos | Santiago 2 | Scouts, however intelligent, sometimes exagge- rate the number of troops perceived by them. The twenty or thirty thousand Mexicans dis covered by the scouts of Gen. Worth, may, on a closer inspection, have dwindled down te ten thousand. That Santa Anna has sent a large force to Saltillo, is very probable. There are two reasons why he should do this. In the first | place, he might, by keeping a large foree in the environs of Saltillo, prevent the junctien of Gene- rajs Worth and Wool. In ths second place, he might thereby deter Gen. Taylor from prosecuting | his march on Victoria. Our readers will recollect that some three or four thousand cavalry appeared in the vicinity of Saltillo, soon after its occupation by General Worth. It is probable that this force may form a | portion of the hypothetical army of twenty or | thousand Mexicans. American Wuacers.—Intelligence was receiv- | ed on Monday, from over two hundred vessels employed on the Northwest coast of the Pacific, | a fall report of which will be seen under the a) propriate head, in this day’s Herald. The a counts from the respective vessels—with but two | or three exceptions—are of the most favorable na- ture. On the whole, they have been very suc- | cessfal. | Among some of the items from the fleet we | find the following :— | The accounts from Honolulu to October 10th, state | that the Conohassett, of Sag Harbor, was wrecked on reef which extends around Pell’s island, about seventeen miles from where the Holder Borden was lost in 1844. | c rth and crew had arrived at Honolulu. The | oll, of which 900°were saved. Capt. Butler and crew were at Honolulu. The ship Columbia of New London, was wrecked on Sydenham’s Island, one of Kings Mill’s Capt. Kell The bark Elizab; of town, was burned, w! lying at anchor at the Fejee Islands, in February last; it pice coe that the fire was set in the hold by some of the crew. News rrom Al.Bany.—We are indebted to Liv- ingston & Wells for Albany papers of yesterday inorning. Next tothe lightning line L. & W. are the quickest on that route. They rin over the Tfousatonic Railroad. | | AnaivaL Prom Boston.—We received by Adams | & Co.’s enterprising messenger, Mr. Brush, the | Boston papers of yesterday at an early hour last evening. They came by the way of New Haven. | ‘Troops yor Mexico.—We call the attention of those who wish to enlist for the war, to the “gene- ral orders,” in another column of this day’s paper. Mrutrany.—It is said that Col. Totten, of the corpsot Engineers, has left Washington secretly, and with great despatch. ' enacted, &e.” j ment of such war,” of what use was it to issue | r with the entire company, receive many Ge | | his ipse dexit that “the President of the United | most enthusiastic applause, their astonishing feats not | States has biveleed Wii seeitin las Wh ith | bitherto having by assed on any occasion in this | fates has involve 8 country in a War with | city. May Fly, C ie, the Fighting Ponies and Tom Mexico,” and endeavor to force a statement, bear: | Thumb, also rece: ir due share of applause. On | Saturday (tosmorrow,) there will be nn extra perform: | need their judgment to decide for them whether | appeal to the public for the Lalance. |mand that it should be invested in the most | anes, bed bed fale Anriquitizs.—Mr. G. Ry safe ent produodv ‘hlas iddon t delivered his fifth lerture on Fgy Productive manner posible; and what | before the New York Historical Society, ae safe or productive way can there be | 472 Broadway. There was a tolera- of investing it thi i i | abject of the lecture was ing it than in purchasing a lot of | usfummifcation,” but Reompeting tos onale of ak | Leoistative Trickery.—The ridiculous, ab- ‘Theatricals. surd, contemptible, underhand and small potatoe | Paax Taxatae.—Tho great tragedy of “ Fazio,” will electioneering tricks that some ot the members | be performed this evening, atthis establishment, in which of Congress, of both parties, have played, since MF. Wheatley will take the part of Giraldi Fazio, and the present session commenced, with the view of | ee. ta to vert of ee eco lowering the administration in the estimation of | $319 the talents of these great perfarmers, then, bead the people, and impeding the exeeutive in bring- I | rpc af wipont Slate ” and th Mierios . 4 ole “Four ood “ ing the war to a close, by every means in their po geet Life,” will be parkcuel: in which Messrs. power, have been commenced in the legislature | Dyott, Fisher, Anderson, Barrett, Mrs. Hunt, Mise Gor- of our own State in the same manner, and no | don, Mrs. Knight, &c., will appear. We are informed * 1. that Mr Simpson base the ices of that sterli doubt with the same view, A few days since a and talented Trish comed ‘j ‘Mr, Collins, re “lite, bill for the relief of our volunteers was introduced, , and that he will appear on Tuesday next in one of and by way ef amendment, Mr. Bloss, of Mon- iis epg bs aie gp oll Ted ead Bods a4 roe, offered a very offensive preamble, which is | $e zone Romer wasian aloes aly Jesomblen bias In portraying in these words— | tricities, and his predisposition to put his foot in anything | “Whereas, the President of the United Stateshasinvoly- | he undertakes. The bill this evenimg will, no doubt, | od this Re blie in a wer with xiro; and. rier the | attract a large house. General Gevornm: requisi Bowery Tuearne.—Neafie’s benefit last evening was Ge f this State fe troo| mm com- | | etee run” which ‘Teqnelibnes cmalmenk: Some j well attended by his numerous fiends, He had a fol | posed of the citizens of thie State, has been | mustered into the actual service of the United States, without the clothing and supplies necessary to their health and efficiency; and whereas in the opinion of this Legislature,it is not now so material to inquire relative to | the origin or commencement of such war,as it is to adopt | measures best adapted to ensure a more vigorous and | successful prosecution and the most speedy termination thereof, consistent with the honor of our common coun: and whereas, itisthe duty of the State, upon the | neglect of the general government.to provide that w! is necessary for the health and efficiency of its citizens while in the service of the country. Therefore, be it | and crowded house. The “ Last Days of Pompeii” was the principal piece selected for the occasion, and the en- tire cast acquitted themselves in a highly creditable manner. Mr. Cla:ke’s Glaucus, Mr Chapman’s Clo- dius, Mr. Vache’s Medon, and Mr. afie’s Lydon, rere performed with extreme abilit Mrs. Ser. geant’s Nydia, and Miss J. Drake’s Ione were | equally well sustained. The piece, indeed, was re- presented with much telent, and the different cha- | | racters were sustained in » manver highly creditable to the company. The. third scene of “ Othello” was next | performed, in which Mr. J. W. Dieremand, plsy 94 the part of lago, to Mr. Neafie’s Othello This evening will be repeated “The Last Days of Pompeii,” to be followed by ‘Jack Sheppard;” and the entertainments | will conclude with the comedy of “An Object of Interest.’ Here we have a second edition of the political | chicanery going on in Washington for sometime | past,and which reflects disgrace on all who havea | The Bowery Theatre continues to sustain its high and | land init. We would ask the sapient legislator | prey Sige poe ery Lae NETS) SERCO who introduced this preamble, if he imagines fora | American Cincus—Tho Chatham Theatre was ogain | moment thatthe people cannot see through the } | gauze veil with which he has attempted tocon- | crowded last night, and the extraordinary feats of the en- tire company drew forth the most rapturous applau: ceal the tendency which his preamble has to the | Conover in his flexible wonder, and W. O. Dale in his Presidential election of 1848, and the motive of | great leaping act, have already been repeatedly spoken its originator as well? If “it is not now se mate- | of; Mr. Carroll in'his two horse act, with the extraordi- | rial to inquire relative to the origin or commence- nary child Jesse, eulogy. Mr, Rugg! rnandez in hi in hi rincipal uct of horsemanship,” to- ing falsehood on its face, through the legislature ? | We can tell the author of thisamendment, and | its supporters in the legislature, as well as their | gras Wearuen = we bad 5 pe drensiet rae yeater- | i ixite i | day about 11 o’clock A.M, and the weather became ex- kindred spirits in Congress, that the people do not | Smaly eetvand snctnglike ap te olen ehan the snow, that had remained some inchei upon the streets for the last few days, began to thaw rapidly. Passina Away.—Our asleighing is fast dissolving. The streets are already sposhy and almost, bare, and wheels hove again assumed the place of runners. We improved | the delightiul litte run of sleighing while it lasted ; no- | thing could be more delightiul than it w: we must now take breath apd precene for more of the same sort. he almanacs have it, look out {or more snow about ance at2 o’clock. Gy Iluteilignee. or not the “ President of the United States has in- volved this country in war with Mexico.”— | They are fully as capable of deciding this ques- | tion at the proper time and in the proper manner, | | } | i j as they are of deciding on the pseudo patriotism | of these in Congress, and in our legislature, | who hold back, and would prefer, (to judge by .—A lady was severely injured in * a i their actions,) to see the bones of our brave volun- | consequei 9 of stepping throughs hole in the bottom of ‘i ii i of the sleighs belo: to this com, +, It fortu- teers and officers whiten the plains of Mexico, | p cecuuel alle ee A nae _ a ‘Hed it than to allow the administration to reap any | laurels, by inflicting on Mexico the just | Pein te tiyotetd and ample punishment she deserves, and | tion, will yet receive, in spite of their trickery, for | Boats ron Mexico—Some of the boats intended for the manifold insults and injuries she has heaped | ne Se hots t the Moceas ee Oey kage penn bail, to upon us. And they will judge for themselves too, | the vessel which is to take them to Mexico. and wo unto such of the people’s representa: | ata by tee barsnorenal Phd hs tives, if, through their neglect and President-mak. | and unwieldy sort of boat. Some fifty or sixt ing trickery, our army sustain any reverses from ay Leegsek herding ony ps the Rio Graude, and on theenemy. They have now almost “run the |” wyren Commussionen’s Rer The salted val co: length of their tether,” and it needs but a little | ssioners; shows the following more delay—a little more trickery—a little more | d the first day of July last, and tho political charlatanism, to sink them deep inthe | sum unexpended by the judgment and estimation of their constituents. | the teport, is as follows n jo motion, the limb must ha been instantly bro- ken. We would recommend careful, and see that their sle mmissionors at the making of ; ist. We do not care a button for the President, but | vee nae Zou Eevee $5,660 39 we docare for the honor of the country and the | 24, To cash eh ohio Net ietigcladiars Xn Jome ape safety of our troops, and sodo the people, as these | sibs a seis iteasaca dade tiasd ei Fo legislators will find out in good time. | Making a total of. ... 64.5 s+ 00+» 5+ +$48,020 87 3d. By cash disbursed from the Ist day of July, to the 31st December, 1846............ 46,741 85 4th. By balance in hands of commissioners, car- | ried to new @CCOUNt.....seseeeuee 2,279 02 Making a total of above........ «+ « »$48,020 87 The whole sum expended by the commissioners for | all objects, commencing 0) the Ist day of January, 1835, and ending on the first day of January, 1847, is $8,666,- Camruine Gunrowper—Firg DgrartMent.— | The explosion of a large quantity of camphine | gas, at the fire in Canal street, a few days since, admonishes us that some limitation in the quan- tity which storekeepers may keep on hand of that inflammable material is necessary, and | should pe fixed by the Common Council. It is | stated that several barrels of it were stored in | this building, and that it was by the greatest good luck that many of our brave firemex were not | destroyed. As it was, several of them were se- | verely, though not dangerously, injured. Our fire- | men assuredly incur risks ida- | y ‘aks enough from unavoida- | , 2s in our paper of yesterday, under this caption, We ble causes, without being subject to others that | stated that the committee on public offices and repairs, can be prevented. | ofthe Board of Aldermen, had resolved upon making We earnestly hope that the Common Council 20me *lterations in the room ‘used by the Court of Bes. i ‘ A sions. We understand that these improvements are in will take this matter in hand at their next meet- | the main attributable to Alderman Foot, of the 6th ward. ing, and pass an ordinance placing this cam- | It was he who offered the resolution in the Board of Al- phine on the same footing as gunpowder, and dermen to refer the subject toa committee ; he after- wards attended Vago ie committee, and from in- make it penal for any storekeeper to have on hand eatted te report ie avor of cs sanded tetas ate. more than a limited quantity of If our gas govran Live anv 1s Cuanms.—We perceive thet Mr. companies would reduce the price of their gas, | Gi and furnish a better article than they do, this dan- gerous fluid would soon be repudiated by our engineers, contractors, d repairs, dai Fiat.—A slight fire occurred yesterday morning at | No. 117 Walker street, and was promptly put out by the | aid of the fire compani | Improvements iN tHE Covat oF Sessions.—In an iles is about to deliver his course of ‘* Lectures on So- fe,” recently given in this city, at the Brooklyn Those who have listened to Mr. Gi have but one opinion of his abilities as a thinke: cit'zens. speaker, and we may say tothose who have not, thi 5 “ js all that constitutes true eloquence, ** b ig thoughts, While speaking of our firemen, it may be well | burning words,” and an impassioned deliver the ', not result of mere elocution, but Rushing from the heart of the speaker, the uatural vehicle, or vesture of the thought, Mr. Giles is unsurpassed by any orator to whom | it has been our good fortune to listen. ‘His subjects are | home, or the domestic sentiment; country, or tue patri- otic sentiment; man, or the philanthropic sentiment; on public opinion, and on true manhood. They are treated to state that the amount of funds now in the | hands of the treasurer, for the benefit of the wi- dows and orphans of deceased firemen » is thirty-seven thousand dollars, which is invested in State stocks and other securities. It is in contem- | : hn id inalit; it Plation, we understand, to invest this sum, or as | Nhe atention char ger afr merken much of it as can be spared, without neglecting | itecteenn Of the course takes place, we believe, the objects for which it was raised, in erecting @ large firemen’s hall for the use of the members | of the department, with a large room for lectures, | concerts, balls, &c.; and in the event of the | funds belonging to the department being | insufficient to carry this design into effect, to | Destitution axd Deatm.—A wretched female, about fifty yoars of age, was taken from the vicinity of the Five Points in Cross street, yesterday, in a state of utter destitution, to the City Hospital, where she died, and ‘was removed in the course of the day. Her name was Downs. Her remains were subsequently removed, and she was carried to the dead house. Puntic Funenat.—Peter A. Hunter, late @ policeman in the 3d Ward, was buried yesterday, and over 800 of the lice force attended his funeral from his late residence, 0.35 Wrrren street. His remains were deposited at the le ground corner of Houston, near Forsyth street. We like this plan very much, and earnestly | hope that it will be carried out. The sacred | purposes for which this fund was raised, de- | ground, and erecting a building of this descrip- tion? The rents and profits arising from hiring the large ball room, would eertainiy pay seven per cent, or more, interest on the outlay; | and if it was located in a growing part of our city, it would increase in value annually. The department may rely with confidence on the benevolence of tie public, that it will readily make up any deficiency there may be. mal worship, its origin and cuuses—the funeral dog’ of the ancient Egyptians, as unfolded by the papy: known as the Ritual or Book of the Dead,” Mi fended the ancient Egyptians against the charge of ani- mal worship. It was not, he said, until the superstitions of the vulgar had led them te worship, as if worthy of adoration, those avimals which had Boon used to repre. symbolically, attributes of the divine nature, that this state of things wan to be observed. The priests, a soon as they observed this disposition to worship ani- mals, encouraged it,and becoming ex-efficio keepers of derived vast the ‘sacred brutes, contributions of wealth from the | mously fo Arrains in Detawant.—Governor Tomple hes deli, | Uyak’ am vered a wonderful long and prosy message for such a | very last | ble to themselves; and . ys It denounces the Mexican war, andcensures the acts of | were tr an aie he 2% seae io eulighion tne maifion a the administration ; it violently opposes the tariff of 1846 | their own ex) . In passing over the ground of Egyp- as detrimental to the interests of the general govern- | tan, onives ogy, Were o. made some parenthetic re- ment; and, moro than all, utters a bitter philippic against | This thecry, endenvercd to ie sah the sub-treasury laws. he said, been exploded by the lopmet The common schools and other objects of State charity, | discover The lecturer gave an interesting account {re earnestly recommended to the attention of the legis: | Soo Soul tree ete Fare ee ae lature. little State. the soul from earth to Paradise, the scene of ju ment. At death, the soul, according to their belief, t its flight toward heaven, whither the body must | subsequently follow, and there was no happiness for cither till beth wore again united. A painting whick Mr. G. explained, represented a woman judgment with her heart being weighed in a pair of scaios; after which process she must pass before w wards of forty judges, each having to do with a sing! kind of sin, and before all of these the soul must pass and prociaim its purity. On thie same scroll was another scene. A pig is periorming a journoy, pi led and fol lowed by moukeya with goads. This is a representation f a glutton in the other bbe Tavaty witm Prav.—A treaty has been con- cluded between the United States and Peru, by which tho latter government has agroed to pay to the United States $300,000, and interest, for injuries suffered. Every disposition appears have been made upon the part of Peru for the adjustment of all difficulties. | | | | Musical. Iratiax Orena.—'' Lucia di Lammermoor” will be produced for the first time this evening. It is an opera by many considored as the master-piece of its great com- Egyptian trancendentalism, and was interesting,as show- ; ing the workings of the human mind in its search for poser, Donizetti ; its exceeding beauty and sweetness is | those great truths, the want of which it feels, concerning acknowledged by all; and from the talent of the present | ‘the great first cause least understood” ‘Ihe lecturer troupe, and the excellent cast of parts, we anticipate its production will afford a rich musical treat to-night. La Barili, of course, is the Lucia ; Benevento has the cha- | racter of Lord Ashton; and Benedetti, that of Edgar of | ¥! Ravenswood. Sivori has arrived in Richmond, and wo first concert there on Tuesday evening last. The Swiss Bell-ringers give entertainments at Pater. sononthe 18th and 19th, Morristown 20th and Spring Mount 224; Kastoa 25th and 26th; Bethleher aith and 26th ; Allentown 29th and 30th, and Reading | found on his bunk, faint, and almost speechless, having February Ist and2d. All ought to hear thom; they are | madoa gash over an inch long inhis right arm, from wonderful. | which he had bled about three pints of blood, and was | still bleeding very profusely. Dr. Tompkins, the phy- Chambers street) pe prison yard, and would have succeeded in getting mt for the vigilance of the keepers having of the lower corrider, who placed him in cell, and caused him to be secured by On entering his cell inthe early part of the ald give his | chains, afternoon, for the purpose of giving him his food, he was _ | left the sleigh, had stolen his (the G | ona charge of ste 1% to Police Intelligence. A charge of Grand Larceny —Officers Austin and Greea arrested yesterday, a man by the name of Charles Watts, on acharge of stealing a gold lever watch and chain, valued at one hundred and forty dollars; the pro- | perty of Mr. Jno Armstrong, commonly called Gen Arm- srong, of Poughkeepsie, and now stopping at R thbun’s Hotel, in Rpewey {t appears that ‘Watts and the Ge neral were in at Florence's, corner of Park Place and Broadway, about 11 o'clock on Wednesday night, when a sleigh was procured by Watts, and he and the General ot in and directed the driver to drive up Broadway, as | far as the Howard House, corner of Howard streot, where ct | the driver refused to go any further until satisfied res ing his pay. However an arrangement was mi | next order was to drive to Corporal Thompso: | of 231 street, and from there down Broadway, to the Broadway House, corner of Grand street, where Watts | jumped out of the sleigh, dodged into the hotel, and out | at the other door in Grand street, and | General was getting out of the sleigh, the driver ran off. As the served the guard chain of the General hanging down, and remarked that he believed that chap who had just eral’s) watch, which proved to be the fact. Officers Gi Austin were ap- Plied to for the purpose ofghunting up the thief,who, after @ great deal deal of fat and perseverance, succee in capturing the acc: in a small miserable abode, lo- cated on the corner of Cross and Pearl streets, and subse- quently obtained the watch and chain at Goodwin’s pawn shop, corner of Duane and Centre streets, where it had been stopped by the pawnbroker, at the request of the above officers. Watts was at once taken before Justice Drinker, who committed him to the Tombs for examina tion. A Snoozer at Work Again.—Room No. 16 at the Ex- change Hotel in Courtlandt street, was entered last night by one of those hotel thieves called a “‘snoozer,” with the aid of the “ nippers,” which fit on head of the key in the door from the outside, thus enabling the rogue tounlock the door with perfect ease. The room was occupied by Mr. H.C. Smith, who was robbed of a fold lepine watch and chain, together with about four d . ip chi taken from his poc! The watch is rat er old fashioned, with a vai ed wreath around the dial. The chain ixotheavy links, and quite long No arrest. ‘Burglary.—The dwelling house of Mr. F. Thayer, si- tuated in Fitzrey Placo, near the 9th avenue, was bur- lariously entered last night, and adozen large black fone handled knives, one dozen small ditto, with the e number of forks; one silver table spoon, marked .T., a large roll of bombsziue, a silver thimble, and a red morecco needle case, and several other articles not recollected, stolen. No arrest, Attempt to Commit a Burglary.—Some bold burglar attempted to enter the dwelling house of Mr. Philip Hone, corner of Broadway and Greut Jones street, last night, by forcing open the outside blinds, the noise of which | ™ awoke two ladies, who distinctly saw aman outside, with aglazed cap on. Upon giving an alarm, Mr, Hone came to the ladies to ascertain the cause, when the ras- cal made his escepe Stealing Clothing —Officers Shadbolt and Reed, of the 10th ward, arrested yesterda: fellow called Bill Jone: a dress coat and of pani valued at°$10, belonging to John MeCudel, corner of Forsyth and Grand streets. Locked up by Justice Timp- son for trial. Supposed Convict.—The above officers arrested lik wise a man called Hector W. Brown, on suspicion of b ing an escaped convict from the State Prison at Sing Sing. Committed for examination. Attempt to Rescue a Prison -A fellow called John Esteile was brought in o charge of attempting to res- cue a prisoner from offic ndican and Boland, of the 6th Ward. Justice Drinker held him to bail in $200, in default of yaaret up in the tomb probability the name of ‘supposed to have been stolen from some gentleman’s sta- ble. Justice Drinker locked him up for tion. | Caught on the “Jump.” Officer Barber, one of the | members of the Independent Police, No.48 Centre street, | caught last evening on the jump a young black fellow, | called Theodore Johnson, hurrying along the street, having in his possession a bundle of clothing, which created the suspicion of this vigilant officer, who at once | | they had been stole tea. Me took him into custody, and on examining the bundle, it to contain a coat, pair of pants, an over coat, four iresses, and a pocket book containing a quantity of valuable papers, valued in all at $32, the Property of Mr. James Haistead, No. 38 Barclay street, from where in while the family were enga; Justice Drinker committed the accused for Bosh ¢ atthe Tombs.—Quite an interesting couple | appe the Police Otlice, yesterday afternoon, betore Justice Osborne, for the purpose of being joined inthe blessed bonds of mantrimony, both | Canadian French. The bride gave her name as Julia Ar- | can, and the bridegroom John Augustus Clouthier. The bride being young and pretty; in fact, they Doth loeked exceedingly well; the bride standing up like a man, receiving the sentence of the judge with a perfect sang freid; while Colonel Snow With his usual politenoss, filled out the certificate, kissed the bride, who handed hiro » dollar for his trouble. This | is evidently a runaway ‘a, from the fact of the Judge | the husband » li is the reason they came 50 | far to get married; ,to which he said, | decline ani questions. The parties left the office in hi evidently in anticipation of their future happiness. Common Pieas. Before Judge Ingraht Wm. H, Fowler vs. Nath’l. W. Robi action of replevin brought against defendant for unlaw- | fully taking and detaining plaintia’s property. it ap | ‘ed that detendant became the owner of, or inte: i ajjudgment recovered against one Henry 8. Beels; and in | May last issued an execution on it, delivered it to the | sheriff, and went with him to plaintiff's store in Broad. | in whose employ Beels was, and caused the sheriff’ vy_on Fowler's property, consisting of engraving | tools, &c. Fowler made an affidavit the property was exalusively his, but at the promined to | pay $5 a week until the debt was extinguished. The levy | was accordingly withdrawn, but Fowler did not carry glee, out his part of the arrangement by paying the $5; | and defendant subsequently, without further | Proc came and carried off the property. Mor the de- fence, it was contended that a rtnership ex: isted ‘between plaintiff and Beels, and also relied on made by plaintiff to pay the amount of the jaintifl’s counsel, in reply, contended was no partuership proved, and that under thi of fraudé, the promise of plaintiff was void. The ‘so charged the Jury, and they accordingly found jet for tl laintift for $50. For plaintitt, Mr. E. W. Bishop; for defendant, Mr. Joeh rane. Jesse Rogers vs. John Rhodebacker—This was an action on the cae to recover damages for an alleged trespass.— ‘The parties beth reside in Lewis street, in adjoining houses—The plaintiff last May erected a house in the | rear of his lot, and, in digging for the foundation, « part of the alley which’divided the plaintift’s and defendant's premises, caved in. The defendant elterwards filled up the cave, but did not do it effectually, and it partielly sunk, leaving a hollow in the alley. Ina few days afier there was some heavy rains, and the x that dripped from the roof of the houses into the into t cave, and through that into plaintifi’s c he alleged, bis premises seriously. For 4 was shown, that in digging the foundation the dant | used all proper precaution, that he dug up by sections, and shored it as he went along. Tho case was not finis! ed when urt adjouri For pict Ward Boughton. For defendant, Mr Pobert ¥. Winslow. Before Judge Daly. | 2. & Kit foundation for the erecuon of a new building adjoining | tho plaintiff's premises, at 82 Nussau street, by which the alley way, part of the rear yard, and cistern, were de- atroyed ; alto for lumbering and obstructing the walk and entrance to the premisos. ‘I'he defence was, that no Mote damage was dens than was absolutely necessary in teking down und erecting the building adjoining. ‘The caso is still on. For plaintiff, Messrs, J. ‘I’. Brady and D. Egan ; for defendant, Mr. H. Dodge, Court of Oyer and ‘Terminer, Before Judge Edmonds and Aldermen Hart and Foot. Joun McKeon, Esq., District Attorney. | Trial of Rusa for the Murder of his Wife— lings in this cause were resumed yesterday Mr. O'Connor, who replied on ihe part of prosecution to Mr. Smith, in a very eloquent and ar- gumeniative speech, in which he cited all the medical authorities on the subject of insanity, applying them $o e case under consideration, with appropriate com- , as he progressed in his argument. The District Arey rose at six o'clock, yesterday afternoon, and ‘occupied the court up to half past eight o'clock. He de- livered a most eloquent and eflective speech. The court then adjourned. Mr. McKeon will resume his argument | this morning. ‘After which, Judge Edmonda will charge the jury. The court-room was as usual, densely crowd: ed throughout the entire day. Movements of ‘“ravell There was, terday, a very conside of travellers at the principal hi ‘although the gene- ral means of conveyance hi retarded by the bi i \d the consequent ial; W. ents, do; P. Sharpe, | Philadelphia; T. Yard, do; V. Sartori, do; Lt: Sartori, U. Aston.—M. Ludlow, Rochester; J. Hillis, D. De Bon- rs, U. 8. Nj C. Day, New Jersey; H. Smith, Buifalo; :. Sherman, Rochester; W. Laflin, Mass; G Cameron, Charleston; Ed. Pleasant, A. Gibb, Philadelphia; M. San- ford, Medwi Williamson, Liverpool; H. Rosswell, Jeston: n, Philadelphia; T. Sherman, Aix-la-Chapelle; J. King, Conn; Lt. Tucker, 2d Keg’; J. Pike, Maine; V. Kingsman, Boston; W. Gardner, New- port: C. Willing, Philadelphia; C. Bennett, Providence; J. Holland, Conu; ©. Reiley, st. Louis; Mr. Leonard, Davis, Poiladelphia; K. Crafts, Boston, —J.H. kuson, Boston; J. Bhadleigh, Philadelphia; N. Champion, Newburgh; P. Smith, Nashville; C. #a- bine, Brookiyn; H. Hammer, New York; J. Wheatley, Philadelphia; G, Pomeroy, Now York; F. Blancard, Sta- ten Island; J. Oidner, Richmond; M McCrea, Philadel- pia; W. bryan, Carlisle; J. Millard, F, Stacy, Troy; J. vy jusetts, ‘AaNKLIN—D. Jamieson, New Orleans; Rev. Mr. Hun- tingdon, Connecticut; 8. Allen, New York; M Worcester; J. Harmon, St. Johns, N. B; J. Charleston; k. Rosen New Jersey; Somerville; W. Hay?» . Mush Orleans; M. Davoch ll, Albany; iC Di New York; © Howann—Mr. Lowber, Halifax; 8. Renning, | Capt. Howes, Bangor Rowley, Providence ton, Washington; J. Simpson, Baltimore Philadu.; J. Wetherall and family, Cay Philada ; A. Boutweil, Hudson; J. R. Caldwell, Canejoharie; A. Baker, Washington co. J. Brown, Now Jorsey; W. Babcock, lH. Howe, Charles ton; G. Rawd, Boston ; B. Williams, Vhila., C. Edgar, Long Island; Mr. Rowley, Boston; H. Walton, A. B- Stuart, John R. Smith, A. Orr, J. McKenzie, Montreal ; D. Herbert, Schenectady ; D. Williamson, Liverpool, anforth, #. Cornelius, Philadelphia. H. Norton, Norwich; A. Prentice, ed, do; M. Hastings, Boston; B. Gi sician of the City Prison, being on hand, instantly repair- Court Calendar—This Day. 4 ed to the cell of the prisoner, and prevented further loss Common Pieas, Pant 1~17, 108, 2, sate ie. 106, 25, 39, 49, 103, | Pant 2—234, 268, 266, 264, 266, 268, 470, 47 334, 268, 380, 98, 19. 4, 278, 962, | in@ very feeble state last evening, itis believed w: | survive. of blood, and dressed the wound, ‘The prisoner, although | Dr. rey, do; Connecticut; M. Wilcox, New Haven; L. Bar ana; W. Bayley, Pittsbury Hallowell, Philadelphi . Taft, Hartiord; E. Dunbar, New York; J. Bench + | | rendered a verdiet of not g | are rapidly progressing, and will be open for travel by | Court of General Sessions. Before Recorder Szott, and Aldermen Roberts and Tappan. Jonas B. Phillins, Esq . District Attorney, a interim. Trial for Keeping @ Disorderly House — At the open ing of the Court yesterday, George O was- placed upon his trial, for keeping a disorderly house at No. 316 Water atreet. {On the part of the prosecution, Mr§Devetiy,"the com- plainant testified that he knew the defendant, who oceu- ied ; ter street; that prostitutes and other persons of bad character, in the habit | of congregating there, and creating disturbances at all hours by singing. dancing, carousing, and making use of bad language, &=. Cross-examined by T. Warner, Erq—Do you not know that @ person by the name of Stevens has been com- plained of by yourself for keeping a disorderly house in the very basement you now speak of in your evidence sguinet the Sots nt 2 ee see a bor ones of that character against Steve lave also preferred a complaint agsinst Mr. Burnham. for keeping a disorderly house at No. 316 Water street? Thave seen « man by the name of Burnham in the bar room there. Did you not make a complaint against him for eo a disorderly house? I did. Is there any connection between the bar room of Burnhem and that of defendant? There it rtition between them, and se- parate entrances from the street. Do you not own some roperty in that neighborhood? I own the house | live es Did you r see. any prostitutes or women of bad character in the bar-reom of the yndant ? I do not know that I ever have. * Rouxrt Lecartr emamined—I reside at No 41 Cherry street, and keep a sailor boarding house; I have been connected with the police force ofthe 4th ward; | know the promises No. 316 Water street, spoken of by Mr De- velin; I have knownthem for ten or twelve years; the basement, for some time past, has been the resort of very disorderly characters, male’ and female; the females have seen there were p! and the men wore men of very bad reputation; ‘up this | disorderly conduct until a very late hour at iyo commencing in the evening and continuing it until two the next morning, fiddling, dancing and carousing ; the parties resorting there make use of very low-lived lan- ory yi Cro jamined.—The disturbances were petoctealls: in the basement and in the bar-room over it; the one kept by Mr. Burnham; I never saw any of these disorderly characters in the barroom kept by the de- fondant; there is no jon between the bar- reoms of the defendant and that of Burnham. I | have known the policemen called to put @ stop totho disturbances in the cellar and Burnham’s bar room. ‘The testimony for the le being closed, T. War- Kaq , counsel for the defence, inquired of the Court, | whether it was deemed necessary to Ee any far. | ther with the case, inasmuch as nothing had been adduced to show that the accused party had ever kept a disorderly ths witresses for the Vege rl es house; on the contra: ti the interested ‘complainants in the case, had testi that they had never seen a prostitute or femele of bad character in the bar room or house of the accused party. their unwillingness to the farner proceeded to pal accused; setting forth ‘of his remarks that he waa prepared to show that the defendant had long kept one of most orderly sailor boarding houses in the city; that females of bad character were not permitted to go and that liquor was never sold to them, notwithstandi: e strict watch that had been kept upon him by the peace- loving complainants in the case, aud the efforts made by them to prove to the contrary. Joun W. Avery, examined for defence. —I am a gro- cer, and carry on my business at No. 309 Water street, nearly opposite the premises occupied by the defenda: pave heat en vine bec business ee! ee harmo ie have known defei ever gince neighborhood; I know thet he has a bar, Lena there fou lors’ boarding house; Thave been in the times; for a long while, I have passed ir or five times a day; | never saw ere improper done there, or any improper characters in the premises. d.—I am Captain of the 4th fara Pol eet! eae No 76 Olin ose near the premises in questio! ve lived in the neighborhood t different periods for about 15 years; I know the pre- mises kept by the defepdants I have never seen any dis- rderly characters there. o'Mr. Bearman examined —Witness deposed that he had been indicted for keeping a disorderly house in the remises alluded to; that there was no cennection be- Freen his bar room and that of the defendant; that wit- ness hired his bar room from the defendant in th i f May last, ame since” that ” period, that” the defendant had no interest in th on by witness. Peri ep bar for Mr. Overs, at No. and had paid him rent for the and bi months; the basement of No. 316 is kept by Joseph Ste- pays rent for it to Mr. Overs: I never saw any in Mr. Over’s bar room, except such as were me never embers of his tumsly Ihave had orders g uor for a wom At Po A messege from Ald. Purser, to the ef- fect th ever been made to him against no complaint the defendant, was received in of the accused bar ase, at this stage, was submitted without argu- ment of counsel, and the jury after a brief consultation, ry. ‘The Court then adjourned until this morning Army Iutelligence. ORDERS NO. Heap Quarters, Any or Occuration, Camp near Monterey, Mexico, Dec. 10, 1846 | I, The 4th Infantry is detached from the 1st Division, | and with company E.., Ist Artillery, will form the garri- | ‘non of the Citadel, which will be occupied as soon as practicable; the commanding officer hie reports to Major General Butler’s head quarters, and receiving his orders therefrom. The Maryland and District of ( o- lumbia Battelion is Likewise detached from the lst Divi- | sion, and will report to Brig. Gen Quitman. If. The 7th Tofantry ‘and two companies of Mounted Riflemen in Monterey are attached to the Ist Division, which will be reorganised as follows: 3d Brigade under Col. Harney—light company C., 3d Artillery; company B,, C., D.and E, 2d Dragoons; the 2d Infantry to joinat Mente Morales; 8d infantry. 4th Brigade, under Col. Smith—company E., 3d Artillery; Mounted Riflemen; ist and the 7th {nfantry; the remaining companies of the 2d Dragoons will be assigned when they shall join. IUL. ‘Phe troops of the Ist Division, as organised, will be held ready to march on Sunday, the 13th instant, in the direction of Victoria. Superior Court in riner and the master of a earnad by the former while Fyn yo acted in the capacity of Jud; be d my decision upon the the law. Court, I felt it my duty. in justice to the friendloss seilor suitor, as well as his strongly protected adve Captain, to set forth these facta in m: became the relation of captain and seaman parties whether right of redress, when he sought it there. It appeared from the testimony, that the man had been for ao1 Ps Hye of this city, sailing in a packet out of this at where this vessel belonged, and was bound for, signed articles for that port by making his cross, ing that he conld not write—it appeared that onl: or four lines of tI is common, it t vessel left New York, went months absence brought the man New York, leaving him just as nigh the po shipped for as here “| com) aa back marked too slight to warrant the conclusion that he was such de- serter, or that it wa: wi Teaso: 1st—The man was not bound by the articles he signed as they were not all read to him. Qnd—The vessel returning to the port from whence the sailor shipped, after eighteen months oe 2 Bape having gene to the port where the her arriving here, the voyage wasend had a right to lea | time he port befoi : any necessity, but for mere matter of gain, was a dovia- tion of the voyage, and that, by law, breaks the contract with the seaman. when would it end? Supposo : tothe port this man shipped for, could he have retained him for life and convert him country will State courts, if the federal g hundred treaties to the contrary. Court, as tl lature creates i! the tribunal to correct the errors of the Marine Court; but Iam yet to see the first letter of the statate which authorises a dust act as censors over my moti: those of a judicial nature. Every effort of this kind on their part will be as promptly rebuked as it is made. ‘The Boston Telegraph Line. Orrier ov N, ¥. ann Boston Tytranarn Co, } City of New York, Jan. 14, 1846. To tHe Eorron or tHe N. ¥. Herat: Gewriymen : Will you do me the favor, and yourco- Jumns the justice, to say, that the articl9 copied inte vour paper this morning from the Boston T'raveller, and I be- lieve in other papers, respecting the new wire of the New York end Boston ‘Tele zraph Company ia without a shadow of truth. excent that iron wire is being substi- tuted for copper. No such riment.and no such feilure, as the Traveller describes, has been made upon the line; and no change of the mod putting up has taken place consideration as alleged ; and not a moment red, or will occur from any such cause ag “The screw loose” is in the Traveller's own story, which is altogether imaginary, a8 many other sayings have been from the same source, respecting the telegraph. Your obedient servant, FRANCIS O. J. SMITH. Card from Judge Smith, of the Marine @ourt, Mar. Evrton.— T perceived in your Sunday’s paper the opinion of the acase of controversy between a ma- wedish vessel, for wages board the ship for about eighteen months. Th it of the Marine Court was re d nothing in particular to do, but, as it wae a case of so will, lundertand, go toa higher Court, I will state the parti- culars of the case, not for the purpose of showing the judgment of the Marine Court was right or wrong, but ‘simply because, in my opinion, the Justices of the Supe- rior Court have ‘‘travelled out of the record” and set themselves up as censors over me. While 1 acknow- ledge their right to review and correct my judicial de- e right, either by courtesy or law, to have embraced the following remarks in their decisions: — ‘ision T most emphatically deny that they have any “ The attention of the Court is directed to a part of the | Justice's return, imputing fraud to the official acts of the consul in the manner of shipping the sailor. We see no ground for imputing either fraud or improper motives to the consuls acts: all he did appears to us clearly to bo what his official dui even ifa foreign official should at any time fail in his duty, national courtesy should prompt th; not to make them the subject of unnecessary comment ” required, and no more, And Courts here: this cause without a jury, I, of courte, ind jury, and necessarily itu of the case, as well as In making out my return fer the Superior ary the return It juiry whether ‘Vetween these had not ceased to exist, and if 0, the Marine Court could deny to a suitor his in this ease a serious on ho was desirous of going to Gelfe, in Sweden, show- hipping articles he signed, we: Con ul This! know is ‘od practised in shipping seamen, but be ‘does not follow it is proper, and the law fal fraud upon the “confiding and reckless lows ind to annul hag contmat aa ree to any one in m: 5 sol loft New York. sundry ports, and efter 18 ack tothe city of rt he had when he first started. After his arrival ptain for wages, and then the avai Consul, who took measures to have "The only proof that he , the Consul found the asor some years this evidence ed the plained to er. I consid ufficient evidence to show he was the beok was not produ- idence. I considered that this case did not come the provisions of the treaty, for the following i] 2 ilor shi her, and recover his wa; t been aboard. Sergei returning to this going to the one she was bound to, without Wthie voyage could be thus made, is Capt. never retur: 10 a slave? Not in this ex be recognized by our nment should make a such servitud 3. Thad, and il entertain very serious doubts if the treaty-making power haa any right to make a treaty in- factorial witl The junsdiction of our State local Courts. If they have a right in one instance they have ia all, and | where then is our toasted reserved State rights. It was, | however, mostly on the priaci relation of master and seaman, en tl at an end, that [ entertained jurisdiction in this suit, and looked upon it as not coming within the treaty authori- zing the consul to act as judge, &c. oy mney sels belonginy | ted to ‘hele charge.” ‘This is the language of the treaty —thia man was no longer o1 took jurisdiction of the cai learned thatthe Swedish c in the case than proceed against the se The view I have taken in thi goed ager rio many cases oi je that I considéred tween these parties as pe “ in such difference: between the captains and crews of the ves- to the nation whore interests are commit- of the crew; and when [ it was not until I had ul had done nething more AMMEN as B di , have learn m ig the one taken by Judge Botts in tho this nature which have come before him. t respectfully to the decision of the Superior w ofthe land to govern me, for the Legis- Lsubdmit m tices of that court to nd actions, other than T appeal with confidence to those gentlemen of the pro- id Field Di nised in order Ne. 103, of | fession who have so often raised before me those delicate rue pian token, toe ‘Ohio and ms uestions of national comity, it 1 have not at all times re- iments will report to Major General Butl ‘n fused to intorpose even the discretionary, jurisdiction i ine urt, in a Fennossce, Georgia and, Misaripn! Kegiments ‘of Briga. | tremo cases, where manifest in} woul! be done if held ready tot ), under the or dier General Quitman. 'V. The troops will carry four day: haversacks, and 200 rounds of am' which 40 bette be Vn in Keven transport, one w' pa sina len for ammunition as may be founda neces- sary. Reguler General Hospitals in town will be aon aidared imo “om , to be under charge of Surgeon J ‘The following assignment of medical officers are qnade and will go into immediate effect:—Surgeon Mc- Claren to the 7th Infantry; Assistant Surgeon Byrne, 4th | Infantry; istant Surgeon Willis, Mounted Riflemen; | ‘Assistant Surgeon Byrne will also perform the duty ef | Medical Purveyor in Monterey; Assistant/Sergeon Madi- ‘on will accompany the Medical Director as Medical | Purveyor on the March. By order of Major General Taylor: (Signed) ’ rations in their W. W. 8S. BLISS NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ry A Tampico careespandent iets the follewing list | f the vessels of war now there :— att Josiah ‘Tatnull, Commander; JohnJ. Glos- son, Lieutenant; Chase Barney, Master; Jas. M. Ladd, | Joseph M. Bradford, Regart B. Lowry, Passed Midship- | men; Josiah Tatnall, Japtain’s Clerk if Rexren.—Isaac 8. Storett, Lieut. Com’dg; James 8. Ridgeley, Mast . Le pane Passed Midshipman; | St. Ge Hanter, Midshipman. } aoe ‘ane Scun. Noxato.—Jas. H. Rowan, Lieut. n. ing Master M. C. Perry, J. Howard March, Midshipman. o Prize Jr., Com’dg; | Political Intelligence. sippi, the election for a member of Congress, stipes aia! Davis, is not yet decided. In twenty- | one counties heard frem, there isa large democratic | Joss, and whig gain. A writer to the New Orleans Delta says that Starke, (whig) is elected. | Returns have been received from thirty-three counties | (whig) is over one | ahead. jttle Rock Gazette says | democratic counties have been heard | fewton ia elected. if so be, he will be | that the stro from, ond that the first whig representative {ram that State. Hon. William C. Rives, of the Albemarlo district, Vir- inia, has declined being in acandidate for Cot fir. Goggin will, probably be n John J. Gresham, Esq , (whig) was, on Saturday lasw | elected Mayor of the city of Macon Varieties. The works on the Providence and Worcester Railroad July next. In Concord, N. H., more extensive preparations are sven thus early making for building operations next season, than has been the case for many years. Mr. Marshall the momber of the Iowa Legislature charged with bribing King, a whig member, has been released from the custody of the House on a habeas corpus. ‘An earthquake sheck was felt in Albany on Monday evening last. Many houses were deserted foratime by their residents in consequence. | The telegraph between Frankfort and Louisville works beautifully. | The Washington ea Company at Camden has two large cotton factories in operation, and new dwellings are constantly going up around them. They are lighted wtth gas at night, and make a builliant ap- pearance. prings, in Rockbridge, | All the buildings at the Alum 8; Va., have been burnt to the ground. Hon. Henry C. Flagg, of New Haven, recently drew one quarter of $12,000, in the New Jersey lottery, by ticket assigned to him in part payment of a claim against the original owner. The snow storm of erin extended south of Norfolk Va, though it quickly vanished away in those diggins. Sorreme Court or Tux Unirep Srates.—Jan. 11, 1847.—No. 48,61. Samuel Savage’s adminis- Wm. Primrose, et al. The ment of these concluded by M ant for Sa- has acte | may be saved to government. in his place. \f .d n when aforeign duty if" national courtesy” has rompted me not only to refrain from making ubject of unnecessary comment,”but to aid him ‘him the in the exercise of his functions, to. the extent of my abili- ty. But try, and its Jaws and institutions, to gratify any “foreign official.” I agree with the Justices of the Superior Court that in this case ‘there is no grouad for imputing either fraud (except ina logal senso as bofore explained.) or improper motives to the consul’s acts, : me pleasure if I,could say that every"foreign official” with all never forget what is due to my own coun- It would give duty asa justice has brought me in contact, with the ‘same becoming gentlemanly cour- tesy and zeal, as did the Swedish Consul in this caso Yours respectfully, THOMAS JEFFERSON BMITH. whom bef Sr. Louis, Dec. 26, 1946. Tateresting Sketch of St. Louis and the West. As the daily mail arrives here about once a week, and even then it is regarded as a‘ god-send,” every thing in the way of letters and nowspapers, is sought after with great avidity; not exactly for the contents | put merely to satisfy curiosity in regard to the fact, whether thore is a communication between the East and West, by means of post routes, however circuitous. To give youan idea of the admirable mail arrangemonts, I ,received a letter from Cape Girardeau, lying eighty miles below ths city. Steamboats pass | aaily ; yet, for spoed and safety, an overlant route is chosen. My letter was mailed on the 12th, and has only been pine days travelling eighty miles ; for it just arrived to-day. ‘However, that sagacious man, Cave Johnson, is not to blamo; his attention 18 required to regulate the salaries of clerks at home, thi something What is the iailure of , in comparison with his desire to carry on the ope- aee reecanne the salaries of clerks, removing, and appointing, and all with an eye to the frugal use of the dimes? Nothin ositively noth: T leave to the nowspapers here, the discussion of this ject, with the remark that | hope #0 great, so good, 80 ‘wise, an officer as the present Postmaster General will not be charged with the neglect of contractors Since I wrote you last, there has been fine sleighing, but the snow is gone already, and the weather is gro For several days tho river wasin a largest boats, but it has fallen rapidly. ssouri, the finest boat on the western waters, took en hundred tons of freight for New Orleavs, but She is now located on a rations of the Post Offic sl 3 too lute in getting out. bar down the am a fow miles i ‘Would you believe there ace two medical colleges ia this city 7? It is neverthoicss true So laras | know, the Professors are men of Je.rning and experience, but where the embryo M. D's. are to come from is beyond my conception. ‘The institutions, however, possens ad- vantages sufficient to give the necessary ¢ cal instruc: tions, and have tho facilities fur procaring material for another and most indispesable part of medical teaching. There colleges are being established all over the West and South. Ohio is fuil of them; Kentucky has her share; Tennessee is bountifully supplied. Indeed, in quantity, if not in quality, the North and East, are deci- dedly in the shade. At an institution take advantage of tures, to practise, m throu; iin Iowa, (I believe it is,) the students the time between the course of lec: to procure the wherewithal to carry ding course. One of these young ince, loft the college alter an led into He 80 eminently suc- res TK gtenee he was t te to his preceptor that he was so busy in ped ng Peould not take time to utvend coast his profession that he coul lectures. Lawyers are made about ar fast as doctors. ‘It istruly popular the Gamalielizing, and Galonizing processes are, ali over this great country. Like the acts and sciences, on which the human mind is daily throwing new light, rendering them more easy, andless complex, the process of creating professio n is gradually approaching such perfectability, that there ia little reason to doubt but that academic and professional honors will soon bo conferred at the «ame time. Ido not want to be underst particular place or persons. . inistrator. Adjourned till to-morrow at 11 of Jan, 12.—No.56. M. M‘Afee, plainti@’ in error, vs. Do. | remus Suydam and Nixon, Inerror(o the District Court of the United States for Northern Mississippi. Mr. Jue | with costs, and damages rerThe Commonwealth of Massechuvetts, tment ot thle cause @res commenced by Mr. Webster for | Hi etford; Mr. Gorham, New Haven; M. Lymen, Mass; M. Buck, New York, able physicians and attorneys in St. Lo are not—perhaps on account of age. j diferent courts are very young men; but'l believe they are “ Jearned inthe law”—a compliment which I heard one of them ‘efuse to pay the presiding officers of the ity aa during the discussion of a “ rag-carpet” te olay will compare with the best of any of our and without intending to draw invidious distine- tions, [ must confess that the Rev. Mr. Vencourt is one of the most pleasing preachers I have ever listened to ,and continued by Governor Davia for Nondent in, Orr. tt to morrow at 11 ovloek. The ladies, barring a little too much of the fanciful in dress, are g very handsome, and intelligent; snd