The New York Herald Newspaper, January 30, 1847, Page 2

Eetrer from Mr. Bennett. Panis, Dec. 27, 1846. One of the most pleasant private parties that we have seen, was given by the Marquise de Lava- lette,whose house and apartmeuts in the Place St. | George’s, form as beautiful a bijou as can be | looked upon. We met with the Marquise at M. | Guizov’s féte, where she ranked as one among the | NEW YORK HERALD. ary 30, 1847, New York, Saturday, Jan The Weekly Herald. Our next edition of the Weekly Herald will be ready at eight o'clock this morning. The contents of it will be unusually interesting and diversified. {t will contain Mr. Bennett's letters from | best dressed and distingué in that assembly. Europe—a description of the grand musical fete given by ‘We have attended a number of other soirées and M, Guizot in honor of the Bey of Tunis—an extensive gay places, but society, I believe, don’t begin in compilation ef foreign news, received by the steamship their splendor, till after the new year. The theatres, | Hibernia—the latest intelligence from the Army and operas, and bal masques are all under way, and Navy—graphic and telegraphic reports of the proceed: the crowds which frequent these places in P: ings of Congress and our State Legislaturo—Washington 41 pertectly incredible. This vast metropolis is —we and. a. general summary of finan "hs | in fact the centre of Ewopean gayety and civili- | re /icbuatn palace iuneenggee matter, includ | tion. From every part of the continent, people | ‘hia ehgekving’ will be one of the best we ever publish. | Come here tospend the winter, aoquire know- | ed, it will bea view in the town of Camargo, and of | ledge, replenish their wardrobes, polish their | the encampment of the 7th Regiment U. 8. infantry in | Manners, and add to their stock of information. | the Plas: | The number of gratuitous lectures given by men | Price 6 of the first eminence at the different public insti- | annum. tutions, is almost ineredible to any one from a foreign land, where nothing comes of nothing. The Herald for Europe, for the steamship Hibernia,| | Next week the presentations will be made to the will bo ready at two o’clock-this afternoon. Another | king—the grand balls will commence—and soon edition will be issued to-morrew morning at 11 o'clock. | thereafter the Chambers open. The deepest in- The mail will close at 1 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. | terest is attached to the discussions of the French ‘The Herald for Europe, will, as heretofore, contain | Chambers, as well as the English parliament— | a complete history of the United States, since the last | perhaps deeper than has take | fe Publication, to tie above hour—including the latest | P J So eaeeapmingen d intelligence from the army and navy—reporte of the | Yeats: The rupture in the friendship between | the two governments may lead to strange results. | < cents per single copy, in wrappers, or $3 per The Herald for Huropes proceedings in Congress—State legislative intelligence —Wavshington correspondence, as well esa variety of | At all events, the United States will be allowed to | articles on political, financial, commercial and miscelia- prosecute her operations against Mexico without neous strhjects. | any such interference as was displayed in Texas It will be illustrated with a sketch of Camsrgo, | annexation. The governments-of Europe have Mexico, with the Seventh Regiment U. 8. Infantry, en- | enough todo at home cainped in the Plaza, | Single copies 634 cents each. Annual subscription $3. ‘Tue Navy.—By private advices from Washing- | ton, we learn that Commodore P. F. Voorhees, Commercial Trcaties—The Extension of | who, our readers will recollect, was suspended a Xmerican Commerce. | few years since, has been restored to command We are fearful that the attention ofthe govern-| The eircumstances that led to his suspension ment and of Congress is so much absorbed in | are these. Mexican matters, that everything connected with Captain Voorhees was sent to Buenos our foreign commerce will be neglected, and | Ayres for the purpose of protecting Ameri- that we sholl lose sight of the movements making | can interests. While there, an American mer- by other governments to extend their trade to the chantman was fired into by a Buenos Ayrean ves remotest corners of the earth, and the formation | gel of war, and her crew were aboutto be im- of such treaties with nations which have not | prisoned, as was represented to him by her com- heretofore been included in the list of commer- | mander, who applied to him for aid and assis- cial countries, calculated to place usin an unfa- | tance in the emergency. Captain Voorhees, of vorable position. course, promptly answered the call, and proceed- ‘The government of France has lately been | ed to demand redress. He called on the Buenos making efforts to open a commercial intercourse | Ayrean officer, by whose direction the American with the island o! 1, and Great Britain in- | brig was fired into, and requested him to desist tends not to lose the e ofextending the “area from the course he was pursuing, but he | ofeommerce.” A French fleet, under the com- | refused; and Captain Voorhees considered him- mand of Admiral Cecille, arrived at Japan some self justified in obtaining redress, which he did, time since, but the reception it met with was not | by capturing the whole of the Buenos Ayrean of a very flattering character. The U.S. ship | squadron. For this act, ay we understand it, | Columbus, under the command of Commodore | Captain Voorhees was sugpe rded; but in justice | Biddle, lately visited Japan, and the Commodore | to that gallant officer we must state that many | was politely requested to depart as soon as differed very much on the propriety of the sen- | possible, and not come there again. We should | tence. His conduct on the occasion was warmly | judge by these demonstrations to the vessels of approved of, we are told, by all the French and | this government and France, thatthe Emperor | English officers on that station. of Japan was not very favorably disposedto an Weare rejoiced to find that Captain Voorhees extension of the commerce of these govern- | js restored to his command, for there is nota more ments with his deminions. gallant spirit in the navy. It appears ,by an article recently pub- lished in the Paris Presse, that the King | Gxrnerat Taynor’s Lerrar.—The Albany Argus | of Netherlands addressed to the Emperor of yesterday, received by Livingston & Well’s | of Japan a friendly letter, for the purpose | famous express line, contains the following cu- inst of bringing about, if possible, the abolition, in | rious letter from Washington, dated the 26th i that distant kingdom, of the exclusive system | Pgs “a gr oo Ite ee ee thor | ‘ i “ ea ,. of the letter, if it ad a tendency to produce any practised for the last three centuries, with re- | Wea yonult in the foelings’of the people, by its exposé spect to foreigners. Two years passed without any reply beirg given. At length, however, the | Faign. Of this the friend who received the letter from Emperor of Japan sent to the King of Nether- | Genes payee is well ewarejsni he a ee to P- whic! ine ¢ | say that its publication was a great breach of confidence landsa reply, of which the following is the sub: onthe part of him who caused it to be put in print stance :— | There was no authority given by him for the publication “I have watched with attention the evonts which have ofthe letter. It was handed to this editor or writer brought abont a fundamental change in the policy of | Confidence to read, for the information which it con the Chinese empire, and these very events, upon, which | ed,with the injunction that publi was not to be given | you base the advice which you give to me, are for me | | tothe contents of the letter. It was a private letter to the most evident proof, that a kingdom can never enjoy , intimate and experienced military friend, and only on @ durable peste, without. the rigerous exclusion of all among othors of like natare, not reflecting on the adn foreigners. if China had never permitted the English to | nistration, but simply giving a desultory narrative of the establish themselves on a large scale at Canton and to | Writer’s operations from time to time, for tho edification take root there, either the quarrels which caused the | of his friend. The astonishment of this friend may be | war would not have taken place, or the English would | imagined, on the next morning after the letter passed | have found themselves so weak, that they would have oUt of his hands to see it in print, almost verbatim. He | at once sunk in the conflict.’ But from the moment repaired immediately to the seat of government, obtained | when China allowed herself to be touched on one point, _ 8M audience with the President and Secretary of War | she rendered herself vulnerable on othors. This was | together, and explained the circumstances to their satis- | the reasoning of my at ancestor, when he granted faction. you the faculty of tra ig with Japan, and, but for the proofs of friendship which you had frequently given to Sarcountry, it iscertain that you would have been ox. cluded, as all the nations of the west havebeen. Now that you are in possession of this privilege, | am willing that you should continue to enjoy it; but I will take care not to extend itto any other nation, for it is easier to maintain a dyke in good preservation, than to prevent the enlargement of the breaches which are permitted in it. Ihave given orders to my officers in conrequence, and the future will prove to you that our policy is wiser than that of the Chinese empire.” This is about the richest thing of the kind we have seen for along time, but it is our impression that some way will be discovered to femove this restriction before many years elapse. It is very important that the government of the United States should make a decided movement in this matter, We are extending our possessions so rapidly on the shores of the Pacific, that the trade of the islands of that ocean will be very valuable to us. The harbors of San Francisco and Monterey, will, in time, become the depots of this trade. It should not be our policy to wait the movements‘of other nations in forming | ety commercial treaties with those islands we are not | vious to the close of the of the opinions of the Commanding General asto future movements, and the best means of prosecuting the cam- | Tue Lavuncu or THE WasnINGTON.—This steame | er, according to previous notice, will be launched | this morning, at nine o’clock, from the foot of | Seventh street. The launch will certainly take place irrespective of weather. From Hoxpuras —By the brig Matilda, Captain | Jenkins, arrived last night from Belize, we have | files of the Honduras Gazette up to the 2d instant. They contain nothing of interest. Maasical. | Irautay Orena.—We now learn that “ Lucia di Lam. | mermoor” is to have one more repetition, and then is poritively to be withdrawn, to give place to the opera of | “Nina, pazza per Amore,” in which Pico will have a fine opportunity of ndding to her alrendy enviable pro- | fessional reputation. The manegement, in withdrawing | the opera of “Lucia” have not done so because it has ceased in attraction, for, on the contrary, there has been owd almost uncomfortable, on every pight of its performan but solely with the view of producing a of the best compositions of the best masters, pre- | season. Signerina Borili will | at present in intercourse with, but should take | have, io os antime, full chance to recruit her health, | the lead, and let others follow in our track. Bened ah and fi ith i app if F i ’ w in strength and favor with every successive ap- | We trust the government will appoint proper | #fe™ in strength tte nee cially suits his immense voice | 5 arance. agents to make such treaties, and open those tothe compass of Palmo’s building, and is harmonious in channels for our commerce, which have hereto- | its strength. fore been closed. | Mn. Zant oe Fennanti.—This gentleman, whose fame | | as a guitarist is well known to our music leving public, has returned from the South, and is now in this city. He waa induced to give nconcert in Richmond, Va., the ac- count of which we extract from the Times § Compiler | of that city. We hope he will give our citizens a chance | of hearing him before he goes to Europe :— “ Owing to the inclemency of the weather on Friday | night, the audience was not so numerous as it would | have otherwise been; but we have seldom Jelighted one. Mr. de Ferranti’s first solo mously and deservedly encored, upon which he an air with variations equally beautiful. His secon opened with an introduction in the minor, in which hi je | tional air ina manner both novel and mas- for the benefit of pupils who have been educated in the | teiy"" ‘After aeveral brilliant. variations ho introduce public schools of the city and county. | “Lucy Long,” one of the most pleasing of the negro The committee report that they have given full | melodios, and finally, after a perfect torrent of chords, A adon : : the “Star Spangled Banner,” with new harmonies and consideration to the subject submitted to them. effects, crowned the whole, “There was in this composi The schools which participate in the moneys re: | tion much to delight the cultivated musi we! ferred to, are:—The Grammar School of Column- | !eEtiedt pariormers ut a, comporer of no ordinary bia College, which received, at the last report, th sum of $1,142 85; Grammar Scheol of the Uni- versity of the city of New York, which received $726 71. New York institution for the deaf and dumb, which received $1,242 24. Rutger’s Fe male Institute, which received $1,534 14; making in all $4,645 94. In the estimation of the committee these schools ght not to receive the money of the fand,which | was established, in order to render it possible for all to have the advantages of an academical edu cation. As to the institutions referred to, they are, Tue Rerorr or Seuxcr Commirree on THE Literature Funv.—A committee of the Board of Education was some time since appointed under the following resolution Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to inquire into the application of that part of the Literature Fund which is apportioned to the Regents of the Uni- | versity to the city and county of New York. That the said committee be instructed to inquire into the expe- diency of applying to the Legislature for such an altera- tion of the law as will permit the moneys referred to, to be applied to the support of a High Scheol or Colle inspiration—we with a Germal mysticisms thereit e had pondered over the designa of the immortal Retzsch, and were curious to see how a musician, particularly an Italian musician, would handle Most ied were we with the result; for | it plas try, painting and music, ar may in fact be said to be the s flowing through different ehannels; what Goethe drew with words, Ri painted in colors, and now for the first time we hear it pourtrayed by Ferranti in sounds. The listenor on Friday evening, with th | blo effort of imagination, could have heard the quaint orus of Goothe’s witches, first at a distance approach. y 1 stream of thought, | part of them, deriving considerable profits from | g by little and little, until it grad rf merged intoa | their operations, and their stockholders are re- | sae Wana oe i eer we Is not they ceiving large dividends on their investments in touching and plaintive note: repr | these schools. For instance, it appears in the | HIDE voice of Muewarel, ad there. was the le ease of the Columbia College grammar school, | of Margaret, that beautiful creation of Goethe, brought before us by the fanciful imaginings of magic pencil, when Faust, in the midst o crowd of halfhuman half demon forms, thus address his betrayer:— “ Methought I heard—Mephisto, did’st thou hear? Again, again!—and yet it could not be— The silver voice of fry own Margaret!” Onco more came the waltz, and at the moment when “Tho mirth and fun grew fast and furious,” midnight sounded. A few very wild chords concluded the scene; and the mind, as was no deubt the intention of | the composer, seemed to feel that something had been | drawn from its contemplation too soon. We hope our readers will pardon, what to some will perhaps appear a rigmarole; but we can assure them thet rightly to enjoy the poetry of sounds, we must allow the imagination the same scope as in the poetry of colors or the poetry of words, i arent ‘that on @ capital of $13 700 a profit of $3,369 | has accrued, being a gain of over 24 per cent per annum.” The Rutger’s Female Institute is also shown to be making money. ‘These institutions surely, think the committee, ought notto r the benefit of the public fund, The Committee feel compelled to oppose the | payment of the moneys of this fund to the Deaf H and Dumb Institution, although they are con vineed of the great blessing which that instivation | is to the class which it proposes to benefit. The | Committee do not believe the Institution can | suffer, even if this money is withheld from their | use. New Youx Or: theatre, corner of Charlton and Varick str open early in February, under the superintendence of entlemen well known for their tact and talent in the- atrical pursuits, The Committee recommend the establishmen! of a high-school, such as is referred to in the resolution. | paign ; the General Assembly of Cerito had de- | clared that the extraordinasy powers given him | part of the English squadron in the Rio de Prata. | 5th December. Everything was quiet inallthe | preparatory to going on dock to receive anew | Madame | and the “Yew Tree Rui | dence, R. I. on Monday next. they were. | at LL o'clock, A Very Lars rrow § ca.—By the arrival of the splendid, fast sailing, clipper Cou- rier, Capt. Wolfe, we have nearly a month’s later | dates from Rio Janeiro. We have files of Il Mer- cantil and the Jornal do Commercio to December 20th. The Courier reported her own arrival out. The transport ships Loochoo, Susan Drew, and Thomas H, Perkins,with the California regiment, | sailed from Rio on the 29th November, all in good health and spirits, {t was stated that there werea | few deserters at that place, locking for employ- ment. Nothing had transpired further of the difficulty between our Minister, Mr. Wise, and the Brazil. | ian Government. Not a word is mentioned about | itin any of the papers we have received. The seaman who was imprisoned, had been set at liberty. The news of the taking of Monterey was report- ed at length, and full justice done to the courage of our troops. | On the 3d ult , was the anniversary of the birth | day of the Emperor, and celebrated with great | pomp. Salutes were fired by all the men-of-war | in the harbor. | Baron D’Arcet, a Mrench chemist of distinc- | tion, and who had received many honors from the government, had been killed by an explosion of gas. On the same day Cornet Jono de Souza, an officer’ in the Brazilian army, suffered the pe- nalty of death, for some offence not mentioned. The U.S. brig Bainbridge, Commodore Pen- nington, arrived on the 12th ult. from Montevideo, | beating the British packet Griffin, which sailed | on the same day. U.S. frigate Columbia, Com. modore Rouss:au, sailed for Montevideo on the 3d ult. ‘The British war steamer Salamander, Captain Hammond, arrived on the 8th December from Valparaiso, after a passage of 69 days. The Crescent, Curacoa, and Express, English men of war, were also at Rio. The English steamer New Grenada, arrived from Liverpool on the 12th December. From Montivideo news had been received to the Istult. General Rivera was at Vivoras on the 26th November, and having collected his forces, was soon to commence operations. The forces under his command amounted to about 4000 men, of which 2750 were davalry, and the remainder infantry ; he had also seven pieces of artfilery. A letter to Rio says:—‘‘We have nothing to fear from Urquiza at Corrientes. Rivera will soon open thecampaign,and probably with brilliant results.” Gen. Oribe had taken no steps for m- by the acts of last year, should be cancelled. From Buenos Ayres there is not an item of news, In Entre Rios there reigned the most perfect | tranquility, and commerce was brisk. The English admiral, Inglefield, sailed from Montevideo for the Cape of Good Hope, on the | 11th, on board the frigate Vernon, accompanied by the brig-ofwar Acorn. These vessels were Accounts had been received from Para to the llth; Maranham the Mth; Ceara 2lst, and Per- nambuco the 30th November ; from Bahia, to the provinces, with the exception of Ceara, where several murders and robberies had lately been committed. A Portuguese brig, the ‘‘ Ventura Feliz,” arriving at Pernambuco, had not been permitted toland a boat; she was suspected of being a slaver or pirate, and was narrowly watch- ed by the brig-of-war Calliope, which finally pur- sued her to sea. Late advices from the Canaries, give accounts of great ravages by the yellow fever in those islands. Packet Sur Garnicx.—We are pleased to state that this ship was got off Squan beach yes- | terday morning, 23 good as ever, and brought to | the city, by two steamers. The injury she sus- | tained while ashore, is nothing like as great as | at first supposed, which, in all probability, does not extend farther than scraping off some of the copper. The leak is but trifling, in fact, hardly perceptible. She will discharge at the wharf, suit of copper, and will be ready to sail, on the 26th of February, her regular day | Theatricals, Panu Tueatax.—The comedy of “ King O'Neil or the | Irish Brigade” will be produced at this theatre, this eve- | ning, with a very pewerful cast. Mr. Collins will appear | as Captain O’Neil, and with hishigh ond acknowledged | talents; his well known ability in this comic part, in which he will introduce the popular song of “The Boys of the Irish Brigade,” the piece will doubtless be received with applause. “ Wife Hunter's,” anew comedy, expressly written for Mr. Collins, and ‘How to Pay the Rent,” will alse be produced, forming an attractive bill, which can- | not fail to secure a bumper house at this | highly fashionable theatre. Mr. Collins, since his appear- | ‘ance at the Park, has won golden opinions; and he has drawn, nightly, full and crowded Those who rish to e1 ‘a real evenit amuseme! jould go to | Witness iy pertonnsmce ening “King O'Neil” | will be represented by a powerful talented cast. Boweny Tuxatae.— Satan, or the Devil in Paris,” was again produced at this theatre, last evening, and Miss Mary Tayler, as “The * * * * * * performed with extreme ability. She was frequently applauded as she proceeded, and looked admirable in her disguise as the French officer, introduced in the piece.» Mr. Clarke, | as Count Henry Beausoleil; Chapman, Count Vanil daway, were excellent. Sergeant’s Mam’selle Nantelle, . Booth’ Sericourt, were also well performed. Tho piece abounds ‘in incident, which was kept throughout, and we are grati reeivo that it wi be repeated this evening. “ next produced, in which Mr. Hunt’s Fre mirably performed. Ho was encored in tl Jad * The Dark Eyed One.” was also verv wellst dd, “ Sutan, or the Devil in Pe ig) "A Glorious Majority,” ‘The Odeon is the name of a new theatre just com- pleted in Broadway, Albany. It will open on Mondsy next. | ‘The Holiday strect theatre, Baltimore, is closed, and Mr. Marshail, the lessee, preceeds with the company to Richmond, having leased the theatre in that city for a | short season. | The Seguin troupe and Frazer, give a concert in Provi- ‘The audiences at the Tacon theatre, Havana, are pro- ling out any actor, or actress, or for re. | y of 16 days in prison. | Political Intelligence, New Jexsey.—The Legislature of New Jerse ted Jacob W. Miller Songress from the 4th of March next. The voto was G L. Wall, democrat, 23; Miller, whig, 49. Stacy A. Parson was ro-elected State Treasurer for one year. Jacob B. Gaddes was re-elected keeper of the State Prison. The entire whig Board of Inspectors was @hosen. Laat Decision 1N Onto.—The Supreme Court of @hio have made the following decision ina of trust funds. ‘he care of a fund was pl in the hands of five trustees in 1838, who determine allow it accumulate until ugh was obtained to build an edifice for a female seminury. One of thoir number was delegated by the residue to act as c | and treasur y took no bond from him, made no investments of the money, and, in short, took no cai about it. In 1840, it was discovered that he was in d fault to the id his estate w now decided was, whether ail the trustees w ble to refund the money as lost. {t was decided that youter- | | | U. S, Supreme Courr.— Wednesday, Jan. 27. 1847.—David 8. Kaufman, Esq.. of Texas, was admitted an attorney and counsellor of this court. No. J.8. Mayberry vs. J. H. Thompson; in error to the Circuit Court U.S. for Alabama. Mr. Chief Justice Ta- ney delivered the opinion ef this court, jing ihe nt of jurisdiction. No. 27. New Jerse: Ly jon Company, appts. vs. Merchants’ Ban! of Boston. The argument of thiscause was continued by Mr. Ames for the appts. Adjourned until to-morrow "The Quebec Gusette of the 20th instant, says:—T' thermometer at Quebec has varied since the 16th ins! between 15 degrees below zero and two or three d ree above zero. The snow of the 18th instant and the rift has not improved our roads. The Montreal mails, | however, arrive between 9 end 10 o'clock. i Lake Champlain is still clear of ice, and from indications it 1s doubtfal whether the lake will close be- tween Port Kent and Burlington the present winter. | | The rain was warm, not unl colors, trasts, and this method ig of- fect; one which would hardl by persons, who had not seen their works, or something similar. An instance of the kind of e! found in the colors of Turki their richn« turists is pi | purpose of facilitating the removal of the rocks. The | deric, the c! the wedge and the lever wore used by | the workmen, who separated large bodies of granite by | to view the body. The case resent | Fen City Intelligence, Tus Weaturn—We had a very sudden change of weather yesterday about 12 o'clock, when it to rain slightly. About ono o’clock it began to snow ight. ‘also had some sleet snd frost, and in some few minut wo bad snow, rain, sleet, and frost, atthe rendering the sidewalks difficult to > nce of the lirge sheets of ice that t, snow, and rain, coming down | at wards evening it began to rain | heavily, and the streets wore in many parts heavily ‘inity of the wharves.— oa heavy spring, and | much of the accumulated filth that had been deposited in | the streets and sid ks for tho last few weeks, was | washed away. This has been the first good shower of | rain we had for sometime. N. B. two o’clock, this morning, it was still rain- | ing. | Aats anv Sorenc: flooded, particularly in the vi Mona THE Anctent Eovrtiani —Mechanics’ Hall Broadwi was filled to over- flowing on Thursd: ening, by an audience called to- ethor to listen toa lecture by Mr. George R. Gliddon, on ite arta, scienc wers of the Ancient Egyptians. T! have adorned the walls of the hall on the occasions of Mr. | vious lectures, were called into requisition by ; urer. It is indisputably proven by the relics f the ancient Egyptians, that the arts and sciences had | reached a high degree of excellence when the pyramids were built. Mr. G. asserts that everything goes to show that the ancient, like the modern Egyptians, did not en- | trust black slaves with the performance of any mecha- | nical labor. They were, und are, omployed only as | household servants. Thoy are not even employed in a; ricultural pursuits. The most ancient monuments rove that this people were familiar with the art of rick-making ; and the paintings upon the walls of the monuments and chambers, prove them to have been acquainted with ‘rope making, leather dressing, systematic modes of slaughtering and | dressing oxen, the facture of beads, gold vas and eh . They are seen engaged in ploughing, ri ing, and so on through all the steps of agricultural la down to the storing of the corn, putting up onions, ing grapes, From the discover ierog!y’j literature, it is now proven that the E th ting by numbers, divided inte decimals, | and so on, although tho credit of that systom is given by the schools fo the Arabs. In the tomb of a nobleman,who during his life time was fo: \d of gymnastic sports, was found the figures of wrestlers in eighty-five different pesitions; in fact no attitade cuuld well be im d appropriate to the wrestler which was not found h bt ned similar to chess, or perhaps more similar to the Turkish game of drafts, is found pic- tured on walls and papyrus; and harps of most’ beautiful construction and ornately finished hi the tombs. A picture is an Egyptian “cow doctor’ calling; a number of kine are before him, and one of them protrudes her tongue from her mouth; the tongue is painted groan, indicating that the i ick, and the ierogly phi 8 over the pic- he gave them tamaras! ” The Egyp- 1d themselves to carving, wing, painting, They ‘were governed by rules in their drawings and sculptures; they had acanon by which they were governed. The Egyptians excel- y tians applie sculpture, and architectur Jed in coloring and grouping, as is proven by their works, still visible; but they were entirely ignorant of the rules of perspective—they knew nothing about fore- shortening. In sculpturing they paid peculiar attention to the facial likeness. and neglected, in a great degree, all other parts of the figure; and, in fact, it is supposed that the master took only the likeness of the face; the figure was then turned over to the student, or even more hum- ble operatives, tocemplete. They never blended Dut produced | the desired effect by con. y ¢t thus produced is tu be carpets so famous for That the Egyptians were great carica- n by the numerous scenes, of Bee ated character, which are to be found among the relics. Such asan army of rats in chariots, drawn by dogs, go- to attack a fortress defended by cats—a donkey and | ing each other in pe ing. upon musical ny a playing chess—hippopotemus in a tree, to which bird i imbing by aid of a ladder. They show akeen sense of the ridiculous in many other of their paintings; they were always fond of | twisting the girdles of negroes so as to appear like tails. | The doric column is found in great perfection in works which ante-date by 1000 years the Dorians. Mr. Gliddon remarked that he had often been interrogated as to whe- ther the Jows were mentioned in any of the hierogly phi his answer was no, they did not ippear there. He wished to be understood as not near ing the fact that they were th but it was at the time when the invaders were in pi n of the coun- try during which period the arts neglected, and monuments were built. In painting human figures th Egyptians always represented their own people by rod ani yellow, the men being painted in the former and the women in the latter color. Their paints, which were of a superior kind, were described by the lecturer. The cutting blades of the Egyptians, and all othor hardened tools, were made of copper; swords, axes, saws and chi- sels aro still found; a sword was found still elastic, but ements found have lost their hardness by age. The inst of the elastic copper sword, proves | that the Egyptians jome mode of tempering | that metal which has not in discovered in modern mnot make copper elastic They also proba- bly possessed the art of dissolving gold. One writer has gone so far as to propose and attempt to prove, that they understood the principal of the railroad; groo' found in the rocky floors of the quarries, but these Mr. G. thinks were worn by the carts and sledges running in the same track fora long time, and were not cat for the ‘no | eo 2 placing highly dried wooden wedges into holes m short intervals, and saturated the wedges until their ex- i ed the rock to give way. It would appear, it nearly all the principles understood by th: and used in the alley turer showed how far advanced in science the Egyp must have been when the pyramids were built, an much the civilized world is indebted to them for s the useful arts, which been accredited to ot! tions. Mr. Giddon 1} the city at present, this being his concluding lecture. Law ro equatize Taxation —A committee of the Board of Assistant Aldermen have reported in favor of presenting te the Legislature, at its present session, drafts of Jaws to equalize taxation in our city, with memorials requesting the passage of the samo. ‘The law asked for | proposes to assess all property, whether real or personal. ‘The committee states that there are more than two thou- sand firms doing business in the city, with capitals ave" raging $15,000 each, making an aggregate of $30,000,000 ‘and over, who escape taxation by becoming non-resi- dents, i ing amere sleepiag home somewhere out of the city, and thus keeping the city out about $300,000, which they ought to be assessed for. ‘Ihe pro- posed acts are meant to meet the cases of these gentle- men. The committee state, that owing to this system, the amount of assessed personal property has fallen off in ten years from $75,000,000 to $62,000,000, instead of gradually increasing, aa it should have done. Festivat or tHe New Yorx Crotmina Socirty.— Don’t forget that this festival is to be held this eveni: at the Apollo Saloon, Broadway. The band of the Blin: Institution, composed of blind performers, are to be tians | how if i there. Rey. Dr. Cox isto’ deliver an address, and Miss Cynthia Bullock, the blind y to recite some composed by bereelf for t ‘And there bo for sale. The profits | orts of (ancy art { of the industrious and sick | r. We have received the seventeenth annual report the Clothing Society, by which it appears that the ‘ers hove received and distributed duriag the past 52 39}. Svsricron or Munpen—Yesterday the body of an old man,entirely divested of clothing, aud with histhroat cut from ear to ear, was picked up in Kipp’s Bay, near the foot of 3ist stre ‘The body found, tied up in acoffee bag, by acouple of men, named McGuire and ‘Wall, who were engaged in getting out stone for the U.S. Dry Deck at Brooklyn. “he Coroner was called t least mysterious; if the body had been intended fer any of the medical col leges it would hardly have been mutilated in the manner descril 6 that (so we are informed,) would render it of comparatively small value for scientific purposes.— ‘The probability seemed to be that foul play had been practised. Dear ny Arortexy.—The Coroner yesterday held ‘an inquest at No. 61 Cross street, on the bedy of @ man named Alexander Young, a native of Ireland, aged about | 40 years, who came to his death suddenly on Thursday | by apoplexy ceased had been an intemperate man for some ti Founn Drowxen—An unknown man about 36 y of age was yesterd pier No. are to be devoted to the reii or id is supposed to be one of the passer of ‘irginia, who fell from that vessel about three wi since. ‘The Coroner held an inquest on the body. Vel dict—found drowned. tion of the Ohio ive Time. — State ef River. Jan 16,, .7 feet 5 Jan 19, , 16 foot. Jan 24 8 feet. Jan 25 .. 5 foot. Rathbun’s Hotel.—in our advertising co- 1 be found anotice to the travelling community, new and elegant ment is now in ihe best possible order for their accommodation, Its admirable loca- tion (in Broadway near the head of ourtiands street and | eution of the throngs | north, south, east and wei they arrive by the vario of conveyance which laud that neighborhood ; and the convenience, cleaniness tasteful arrangement of lic and pi fine Hotel, will s ‘orabl MH the Hor tof Hotels (ke rman asands who hi joyed the benefit of it in Eagie Hotel in Buffalo) warrants the expectation of an eqna success here. He has recently secured the valaable aid of Mr. James Lg Beat! (late ‘ond eaptain of the steamer of the Astor House,) who cuisine, and ot friends, Atlantic, has the oni whose :eputation ae Portland to nah. who hive had a long and varied experience of hotel life, de: clare their present accommodations to be the very perfection of good living. , Khe Case of Mra. Lardner, late Mrs. Heavi+ side —The* bale! Dispateh,” tor to-morrow, will contain if matter, giving the celeb ated Jeter | blished in thi intry) Writren by her to | Dr. Lardner, The Dispateh tt piracy inal mat The great ceiebrity and success of Dr+ Chris i has caused th which are not activity in the stock market, and quotations have advanc- ed several per cent. | Indiana. The impetus remunerating pric | food in those countries continuing, but of its increasing, | next year in proportion to the demand, than they have Faday, Jan. 29—6 P. il. ‘The stock market, this morning, did not open so bright as anticipated, end-quotations for several fancies fell oft afraction. There was, however, in othera an improve- ment, but it was by no means general. Penn. 5’s went up 34 per cent; Farmes’s Loan, 134 ; Morris Canal, 34 ; the boats which navigate ii s0 improved as to carry 4 largo amount of freight on very little water. Fora very considerable portion of the year there is little more than two feet water inthe channel, and navigation is much impeded. But this can be remedied by a removal of the obstructions on the bars, or the building of light wete North American Trust, X; Norwich and Worcester, % ; | heat geerreae easements of freight. Reading, 1% ; Long Island, 3{ ; Illinois Bank fell off % 156 ' mage hange. per cent; Canton, <; Harlem, %; Vicksburg and ee wes 700 East Boston closed at yesterday’s prices. m4 At the second board the market looked better. Penn. ®’simproved 3 per cent ; Harlem, 1 ; Long Island, 2% Reading, 1 ; Farmers’ Loan, *¢ ; Norwich and Worcet ter, 1. There has not been, as yet, much enquiry for sterling exchange. We quote bills on London at! 0654 a1 00s; | Paris, 6 £40 a 5 £3734 ; Amsterdam, 2934 @ 99% ; Ham- | 10000 Indians bonds burg, 350 85% ; Bremen, 774 w77%. | Bee The Syracuse and Utica Railroad Company havede- | 5 Mohaw’ Bk cleared a semi-annual dividend of two dollars and fifty | 100 Farm's Trust cents per share, payable to New York stockholders at | 100 do Bic S00 the American Exchange Bank, on the 15th of February. 33) do Wo annex our usual table of quotations for the princi- 59 4° wees os | ao 2% pal State and other stocks used for investment :— 10 do. 0 2955 do bis a Patces ov Stocus in tHe Naw Yous Mai ae 8 ben seis, Ses Beaton Be ths fedeem- | bag Rate. “able. Di 200. do. 329: 50 do. 6 United Staten 6” 1862" Logsgai 30 Morris Canal Ti $00 Reading bonds 72% “ $ 8 hy io 2 wo 100° do 129 York, % ine 1} 940 Harlem RR ue 200 do 2 Now York, 7 1uibge 100 | Sopot st de 19% 6 1961-62-67 10a | Second Board. 536 1860-61-65 98 9 5's m 50 shas L Island RR 360 29 “3 iaeroe St aang S000 Rendiag bonds 7 300° do FA s 5 1850-1-3 7 a8 100 do mort 72 25 do 30 3 1855-8 oh 40shas Harlem RR | 5244 50 Reading RR 2 5 1859-60-1 — 299 200° do Wd ov 5 do 26 416 1849-58 at 100 do ‘bilo 52) 100 do a 6a} 6 18% -a= 100 do 30 52: $0 Farmers’ La ‘bee 30 6 1856-60 93}gn 94 | 5 de 30 59% 500 do a 5 18-56 eat BO a 80 wo do 52; 50 do bie HH Kearsgty, ¢ me Miughins We tar ee lies Bic fe Neus Wor 38 Minois q 56 gee Team am 25 L Island RR mM 200 = do 53 ss exchange. Inia, } Bye ie sis Obie oat Siece Meanie BR _ 51% Ay ora ea a 38 2% shas Nor and Wor 52h $0 Fi hts one, se W393") 0 Morne Canal “33-1034 N. York City,7 1857 25 do 40 US Bank 4 id 7 1852 CORRE eT Married, q N.Y. Life Ios fc'Frast Co. 110. a wick, Lnowann L. F. Areresy, of this city, to Hanarer Barmere Toor & Trust Co. 22340 A., daughter of John Appleby, of Spottswood. Ohio Life fis. & Trust Co. 98-0 Bank of U. 8.in Penns 38 Died. Somer HK kn On Friday evening, goin inst fter » short illness johawik & Hud’a Railroad, 52 | Tuomas, infant son of William and Mrs. B. Conroy, aged Utica & Schenectady Rail’d 113 ten months. thet use Railr M1 allz The relatives and friends of the family, and those of Auburn & Syracuse Rail’, 103 2105, his brothers, Michael, John and Patrick Conroy, are res- Q20nm & Roches 1 100, al00% 1 pectfully invited to attend the funeral, te-merrow after- OE ilies Cond. en. fo “ise | noon at 334 o'clock, from the residence of his father, 459 Reading Railroad Bonds, | 73%¢a 73% 74 46 1 Pear! street. Reading Helod Mee Bis., Taste 1350 78 a 7350 79a — | In Derby, Jan. 26, Mr. Tuomas Ginpent, aged ninety- three years, a revolutionary pensioner. In Providence, on Tuesday last, JosiaH Tarton, in the 80th year of his age. In Bath, Canada Wost, 4th inst. Axe HaceRman, con- sort of the late Nicholas Hagerman, Esq. and mother of Hise: Justice Hagerman, of Toronto, in the 8th year of er Age. 1a Bethlehem, on the 26th inst. Jacon Lanaway, s re- volutionary patriot, in the 83th year of his age. * Ex dividend. There has been, during the past week, censiderable Illinois and Indiana bonds have | improved in market value more rapidly than any other | State stocks in the list. The margin for animprovement in the bonds of those two States was greater than in any other two; and it is considered that the recent rise in the | ED. prices of agricultural products, will particularly benefit | PN a private family, a colored man, as waiter. Such as the people and increase the resources, of Illinois and | ,,,,ave undoubted recommendations may apply at 99 Water and an ex- | tensive external demand will give to the production of | all kinds of breadstuffs natural to the soil of our Western ‘States, must produce a corresponding increase in the | ‘alue of land, and the value of public and private pro- | perty of all kinds. The population of Illinois and In_ STOLEN 030 THE, firm of YOUNG, SOULE & CO. have disselved.— ares Book Accounts will be collected by H. M. Soule. i | diana is increasing more rapidly than that of any othor cr State inthe Union, and we have no doubt but thet in a N.Y. LEGAL OB=ERVER FOR FEBRUARY. few years the productive breadatuffs of thes States will | 2 vol. 5. contains Art I. Presentment of Banker's | exceed those of any other two in the confederacy. It is | G8 pene Cee ee ee gto impossible to tell what will be the result of tho move- | aud Terminey in the | ment now going on in breadstuffs, but we are pretty | monica, tag: iayeos well satisfied that high prices have beon realized by the 70EAte, Kc. Eldon Anecdotes, &e. Published4l Aun st, producers, and that class will be placed in a very fee. 1 mgathly, at $3.4 year in advan at SAMUEL OWEN, Editor and Proprietor. ELOCUTIONARY ILLUSTRATIONS. R. JNO. W. 8. HOWS will give the third of his course rations on Tuesday Evening perous condition by tho course this trade has taken. From the accounts received by the steamship Hibernia, | from England and France, we should judge that there | was a very great probability, not only of the scarcity of ja30 30"re and being greater next year than it is at present. ‘The gorse adepted by the government of Great Britain, to | the quarrel scene of Brutus and Cassius; Telieve the distresses which the lower classes are now | Lochinvar. : x 5 piecing fcom/ibeiSaloulatedstaipeetnce morsiestions’| < Aoaeee ieee am a cee onl ba pae difficulties another year, and to entail upon the people of | Feb. 9, 1847. Ee Ireland the worst evil that can befal a people. ‘The WHO CHANGED THE SABBATH? withdrawal of laborers fcom the soil,even before the last | "THOSE interested in the anestion a, to when snd now crop was fully harvested, and to induce them to depend | will have au oj portanity to he cloguently and learn upon public aid for support, cannot but be attended with | $12tioen 4 coach ty Sibesame orien, Gecaees Ao difficulties, and result in an immense increase in the | ery and Thi jadd er number of paupers. LECTURE 1N SV. PETERS CHURCH, From official retarns, it appears that the weekly in- BARCLAY STREET. a . RYDER, 8. ident of the Col- orease in the number of laborers employed on the gov Fe RE Vicloiy Cress, Wore achuserts, will Lecture in this Church on Sunday ung, January 31, 1847. ernment relief works has been very large, reaching, atgoven o’elock. in two instances, more then fifty thousand. fal JECT. ai} only Cen sont Get: in oO, aod Persons Enrtoven on Goveanment Rexizr Wonxs. | 2 or the benedt of the Poor of the Church. Week ending 8d of October... 198 | fenhs hedat the door of the Church om the Kveniag of the u oth tit 40,029 | Lecture. jal (tinere 24th «wt 486 |. PHIS DAY PUBLISHED—rRICE 1236 CENTS sist “a | JYAMON & PYTHIAS, being No. 37 ef the Modern th Nevanit | DStandard Drama, edited by Kpes Sargent This p!ny has jovember.... been printed from the acting (BRL Kdwia Forrest ath Tee. | ja30 1t#r WM. TAYLOR & CO.,2 Astor Hou aia was b eTAIL STOCK OF DRY GoODS, WITH LEASE 26th ae eee 273,023 Roe STORE FOR SAL ‘or aslo a stock ot Raney At this rate it will not be difficult to estimate the num- aud Staple Dry Goods, well» — ber of persons which will require such employment, or | panel about three ‘the location may that will be employed before the next harvest. What ian oS ata gr interior arrat gements. will be the effect of turning these laborors loose again 7 | ‘The atock at present in ander Exght Thousand Dollars; with They are now government pauper; they will in that | a n ares w event become a burden to private cbarity, | ea RE ee are a rentyiive: Thousend Dollars Tho expenditures of the government of Groat Britain, | * }y Secash or satisfectory paper. on a for October and November were as annexed :—~ | ergdit sf not over 6 wonths. FS : “aRha ‘0 thos cing t} j@ and retai HAFENDITUNE ON FUBLIC_RELIEY Wonks py ve i business, the Present eflers ‘one of the greatest For week ending 8th October 6,193 0 7 * | Address Box 951 Lower Post Office, with real n 1th Maga 19 8 520 2w*r 3 23,677 8 6 POST OFFIC! ag 29th 36474 2 8 New Yorks Jeauny 33, 107.4 Four days to... Sist 16,206 19 10 mer Hibernia will leave Boston on Monday, the Forthe month. . .. february. Her mails will close at the office on Satur- For week ending 7th Nov... 61,695 18 3 ‘30ch instant, at 336 P.M. Postage ou all letters must ‘e 14th 71.658 16 6 be prepaid to Boston. Letters of half an ounce or under, “ 21st 80.960 11 9 ceuts, and each additional hal e five cents. v: | ROBERT H. MORRIS, P, M. sth 7,691 1 4 ' weamer, to go by expres: ir One day to the. .20th 058 8 3 the Long. Island Railroad, will jade Up rt this office om For the month...... 345,064 16 1 | Sunday Sea Fes saets Office open from 9 to 10. A. M., and from ——-- to ‘Total expenditures for the months of Oc- | fine cate est 2P.M., from Sonth Ferry. jt03tre toberand November, .... 4.500. + ++£442,150 2 1 | AGUAKREUTY PE PLATES.—3mali quarter and large No. 40 and 60. For sale b ‘The expenditures for the fourth week in November, Se res "WM. H, SMITH & CO. were nearly.£129,000,which is at the rate of helf a million | 129 3*r_ or i acon oes Cen per month, or six millions sterling a year. A London | OYSTER AND RHE eaiE ae T SALUON Paper says: ‘We are now expending jn charity, in Ireland Paae alone,—nay, in portions only of Ireland,—a sum equal to the whole cost of our army or of our navy,—asum ex- | ceeding by one-fifth our whole poor law expenditure, exceeding by one-fifth the produce of the income tax for the United Kingdom, jum half as much again as the produce of the tea duties or the sugar duties,—a sum, in 7 fine, equal to one-ninth of our whole yearly imperial in- | +] come. We are employing, moreover, on ate pobtie t Ppa eioee esertar Pee (and useless) works, 300,000 laborers, who represent | Gutloch, has been d probably, 1,500,000 of the population; and things have New York, Jan. 27, 1847. reached this fearful height within two months from the last potato harvest, and consequently when ten months have yet to elapse before the gathering in of tho next crop. Unless some vigorous measures are taken speedily, the expenditure, before that period arrives, will be at the rate, not of six, but of ten millions a year.” We see nothing to preventa scarcity of food another Year, greater than that experienced this. Even in the event of the grain crops being equal to, or more than an from 7,000 to iness from $5 to for sale, price . lace needs no recommendation; it will show a Apply, as above, to Addams or Lockwood. if CU-PARTNERSHIP NOTICH. certain eure for Vel and all, inflsmmatory average, the deficiency in the potat Dat be | fens etintts, ANGE ue ltttea ase eute for ) the deficiency inthe potato crop cannot but ja ly recommended by our first phys fare very great, os it is stated that there is not in the United | $fuptious aud diseases. theakin. No danger of taking cold Kingdom enough tubers for seed. The crop, therefore, MONEY LENT, must be short, even in the absence of the disease, which | r]VHE: highest prices advanced in lntKe ‘ad small sume oa Tie MAL EP code and ail et ree aad every descr peiow of personel Tho demand for our.broadstulfé is likely to be larger | Reopeity. TORN M. DAVIES, Licensed nawabroker, 233 next year than it has been this, and the production ia likely to be, provided the season is good, exceedingly | large. The crops will, in all probability, be larger the 0 street, ne: offices by ringing the tell. i129 Im*rre ISHED ROOM WANTED, (without voard )— man, where there are no boarders, in aprivate can enjoy the comforts ‘of a ho Dest reference given. aud a liberal pr ce paid for sui coummodations not higher up towa than Fulton 58 W., post office. jan 3 Ocean STEAM NaviGaTion! al been this, but the producers have made such handsome re profits this season, that they are in a position next, to control their supplies much more than they have for several years past. A fow seasons like this would do a vast deal towards relieving the people of the delinquent States of the immense public debts. As the sggregate wealth increases the taxes become lighter, and the reve nue from direct taxation is derived from a greater num: ber of sources, and is not so burdensome. The Western Com) PM. 425 tletFeb rre T Secretary pro. tem. » NOTICE. HE co-partnership of Prime, Ward & Kin, is this day dissolved by mutual conse ‘The ontetandi business tthe fi ill be Liquidated by the sunseribers States will be particularly benefitted by the great rise in | "0°" eit TANS ates and tho great demand for breadstuffs, as they bodes BAMUEL W. ABD, Pa st . DENNING DUER, the principal staples of that section of the country. ARCH» GRACIE' KING. foon as the public works of Indiana and Illinois are completed, the products of those States will find an economical, easy, ard rapid outlet to the most important | markets. The report of the Illinois Canal Commissioners has not yet been made, but we learn hat sincotho re- encement of the work $604,000 have been ex- New York, Jannary 25th 1847. ‘The subscribers have this dav formed a co partnership, a der the firm of PRIME, WARD & CO., and will eontinae the Bankiwg, Stock qnd txenauge Business, at the office of the late firm, No. 54 Wali street JOHN WALD. of tie firm of John Ward & Co. EDWARD PuiMe 2 of the Inte firm of Prime, SAMUEL WARD. comm nie | Ward & pended upon it, and that the estimate for its completion is | New York. January 25th 1047. atrifle more than $707,000. The bondholders will, there: | F—Oa Thareday, Two Fiuger Rings, eoehy 0s’ L aper box tied op tovether in bro: ibe astintrevorily identified. "A reward will at 201 Faiton street. fore, be able to finish the work for about $1 300 000— Ae paid for them iar them which is loss by about $300,000 than the original esti- Paiieg were a distance of about 100 yards, is opea, and there is no The channel between Valcour Island and the mainland, Obstruction by ice at the docks in that'part of the leke, | ng fe New York to obtain the geni Cc” is at 182 Broadway, between Johnatreet aud Maiden ane. 7” No drageist or den, w York, will ever be allowed to seli Dr, Christ galvanic articles, mate, It is believed that the work will be completed by next September. The canal has a surface of sixty feet, ‘and a depth of six f Bat fy sealing ott tae earenegey