The New York Herald Newspaper, April 2, 1847, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. ———————— eS New Yo , Friday, April 2, 1847. = | Mezico in each of the past two years — | Manuractvazs Exponrep rnom Garat Buitarn To | Mexico, THD WHSELY BBRALD TWO ILLESTRATIONS, THE BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA. Our weekly sheet will be ready to-morrow morning, at 8 o’clock It will conten highly interesting letters from Mr. and Mrs. Bennett ; the gorrespondence between the War Department and General Taylor, which | Great Britain with Mi i1sof great importance at the present time; the latest intelligence from the army and navy; full particulars of the great battles between General Taylor and Santa Anna, at Buena Vista, with a list of the killed and wounded ; full and graphic accounts of the storming of Vera Cruz and the castle of S. Juan de Ulda, in case they shall be received in time ; a list of the vessels of war and transports in the Gulf; the latest accounts from New Mexico; the details of the revolution 19 Mexico ; Washington correspondence : Tyee ings of the New York State Legi! ture; the correspon- speech of the Hon. John C. Calhoun ; dence from all parts of the country; full reports of the New York markets ; besides a variety of commercial, political, flaancial and miscellane- ous intelligenee. i ‘The illustrations will consist of an accurate view of the city of Tampico, and a map show- ing the battle ground of Buena Vista, the towns of Saltillo, Monterey, &c., which will be invalu- able, at this time, asa reference. Woe repeat, for the information of our friends, that if they purchase our paper in the office, we shall send them in our mail bags at the old rate of postage. : Single copies, 6} cents, in wrappers, ready for | the mail, or $3 per annum, in advance, The Great Battle at Buena Vista. Authentic aceoun:s of this great battle are now before the public, and have shed general joy throughout the country. The victory is without a parallel in modern warfare; and proves that our gallant volunteers, after a few weeks’ drill- | ing, are equalto, and can achieve as much, as ever the soldiers of Napoleon did in the old world. It was not only the most brilliant in its result, but tae most sanguinary and destructive to both armies, thathas yet taken place. It sheds un- fading glory on the American flag, and will fill a bright page in the history of our country. With a degree of skill and sagacity peculiar to him- self, ‘Old Rough and Ready,” the hero of four victories within a single year, over forces | fourfold greater than his owx, selected his position, and daring to meet the Mexican hosts on their own soil, defeated them with terrible slaughter, losing seven hundred of his Sper- tan band, and driving the foe before him like a drove of frightened sheep. Well may Americans be proud of their prowess in the field, and confi- dently may they trust in the gallantry and bra- very of their officers and soldiers. The ardor of our volunteers was so warm that it is represented they went into the hottest of she fight, and as a consequence both they and their officers suffered to a lamentable degree. It is said that every volunteer colonel but one was either killed or wounded. Many of them were graduates of West Point Academy, and to their learning and knowledge of military matters, de- rived from that institution, may be attributeda large portion of the success that has crowned our arms. The enthusiasm of our volunteers would be of no avail, unless directed properly, and made avail- able by military science; but with a head of their own choosing, each man is an army in himself. This proves the importance of preserving and cherishing that noble acade- my, and disproves the ridiculous and absurd reasons and arguments that its opponents have ‘urged within # year or two in favor of its discon- tinuance. What would be the condition of our army now, if the country had no military officers to guide her sons to victory? We hope that there will be no more said about West Point. Let that military academy be cherished as the greatest treasure we possess. So long as we maintain it, so long will we have # resource that we can con- fidently rely on in time of need. We do not want a standing army ; but we must always have officers educated in all the tactics of warfare. We observe the names of several West Point graduates in the list of the volunteer officers killed and wounded. Among them are Jefferson Davis, | Henry Clay, Jr., Wm. R. McKee, John J. Har- din, &c., &. It wi'l be recollected that these officers, and several others besides, were officers of volunteer companies, elected by the voluntec rs themselves, and certainly their conduct in the field refieots credit on their alma mater, as well as on their country. Their scientific acquirements, and knowledge of military matters, enabled them to make the brave undisciplined volunteers as effective as the regulars. What better proof do we require of the advan- tages of the West Point Academy ? An Additional Souree of Revenue—Opening of the Mexican Ports—Another Yankee Notion. The Secretary ef the Treasury has, for some time past, been busily engaged in perfecting a schedule of duti¢és, to be enforced upon merchan. dise hereafter entered at any of the ports of Mex- ico. Itis the intention of the government to es- tablish oustom houses, or revenue offices, at Tampico, Vera Cruz, Tobasco, and other ports on the Gult, for the purpese of collecting the duties upon imports into those ports, in accordance with the system perfected. It is estimated that the revenue from this source will amount to eight or ten millions of dollars annually. The rates of duty established have been based upon the tariff enforced by the Mexican government, and will be considerably higher than the tarriff of the United States. The average will be about forty per cent. Our trade with Mexieo, for several years, past has been steadily declining, and last year had dwindled down to a very smallamount. The aggregate foreign trade of that country still con- t inued large up to the close of last year, but the bulk of it was with Great Britain. The value of merchandise exported from the United States to Mexico, and imported from Mexico into the United States, for several years, was as an- nexed :— ‘Taape Between THe Unites States ano Mexico orteto Imports Domestic mdee. Fe from Mevice. $930,613 82,651,002 959,571 1 bos'aos W745 ain 1 THA, 154 368,177 This shows our trade tor five years, according to the official returns from the Treasury Depart- ment; but it merely gives a very vague idea of the real value of morchandise exported from this | country to Mexico. Vast quantities of goods have been annually smuggled into that country, at the various points accessible for tha: it purpose slong the Gulf, and the regular trad nig le, conee- quently, very much injured. Large fortunes have | been made by many houses in this city by smug- gling goods into those ports. Mexico contains a population of more than eight milliens of souls, Supplies sufficient for this vast number of people, \ of manufactured goods, must be large, and the revenue from imports, if the laws are properly enforced, would be full as large as ostimated above. The annexed table gives the quantity of articles | of manufacture of Great Britain exported to | Intelligence from vouth ee of the Southern Republics. | We are again indebted to a gentleman © city for the following highly interesting intelli- ei 178 | gence from Montevideo. It is the latest informa- soo | tion from that quarter. aise |“ Montevipxo, Jan 29, 1847. We have just received information from England that bes ‘minister was to have left on the 4th of 27906 | December, to settle the difficulties of the river and raise 2,605 the blockade, but I fear the settlement will be any. thing ns | bat Serenenin opp nged ~ ag Gen. Rivera has i 2 way since wi + amit | “Soon after be took Pitaddu, the French Basque on | troops he had with him became so insubordinate, that Wool i 408 It will be observed that the export trade of ico fell off, in 1846, but not | e extent anticipated upon the enforce- | | pam ded blockade at Vera Cruz. The above | shows what description of goods finds a market | in Mexico. We have no doubt but that with | proper regulations this trade could be doubled. | It will, therefore, be perceived that the manufac- turers of Great Britain have a very great interest | in the opening of the Mexican ports, and will no | doubt be highly pleased with the policy about | being pursued by our government in relation | | to the foreign trade of that republic. Whatever | | tends to put a stop to smuggling, benefits the re- gular trader, and one great advantage of the | determination our government has come to re- | lative to this measure, is, that all will stand | | upon equal footing. Monopolies have, heretofore, | been granted by the Mexican government to indi- | viduals, for the entry of certain descriptions of fo- | reign manufactures, to the exclusion of all others and the trade has in this way been very much re- stricted. | By lhe adoption of a proper commereial sys- | tem, we can build up markets in Mexico for our manufactures of very great importance, and toa | greater extent than we have at present any idea of. Weare anxious to increase our markets for this department of our industry, as we are run- ning @ race with the manufacturers of Great Bri- tain, in supplying foreign countries with our fabrics. It is not the intention of our government, that we are aware of, to make any distinctions between the manufactures of this country and those of any country in Europe. In entering any of the ports of Mexico; it would not be good poli- cy to attempt anything of this kind, as it would be bringing the ports of that country too much under our domestic control. It will be necessary to consider them foreign ports, and merely make the commercial system temporary, for the pur- pose of forcing that government into a fair and honorable treaty with this. The Castle of S Juan de Ulfia will make an ex- cellent custom-house. It would be, with a small American force inside, perfectly secure against every outward attack from the Mexicans, and would answer forall the purposes of warehousing, and everything connected with the revenue depart- ment. We can bring about a complete com- mercial revolution in Mexico, and it is possibla | that the people, particularly the commercial classes of that country, may prefer our system to any their own government could give them. This very thing may force that government into a treaty sooner than any other plan we could adopt, as it may fear the highly favorable influence a ju- dicious commercial system would have upon the prejudices of the Mexicans. It would be good policy in our government to make it as much for the interest of the people as possible, that the re- | venue might be increased beyond that ef former years. | Our object is to drain the Mexican treasury, and | touse up the resources of the Mexican govern- | ment, and the combined genius of the universal | Yankee nation could not have devised a more ef- | fectual method than that perfected by Mr. Secre- tary Welker, and about being carried into opera- | tion. As soon as Vera Cruz and the castle of S. Juan de Ulia are taken, the system will be adopt- | ed. Weare anxious to see how it will work and | what will be the effect. There is no mistake | about the plan, and the Secretary of the Trea- | sury deserves a vast deal of credit for the inven- tion. There is not a Yankee in all New England but that would eonsider himself immortalized by being the originator of such a measure. It will not do to say anything against modern financiers after this. INTELLIGENCE FROM CaLi¥orNia.—We had ine telligence, through the politeness of Mr. Stock- bridge, of the navy, from San Francisco, to the 17th of November. At that date Capt. Everett, vt the American ship Vandalia, writes that afler the defeat of Capt. Mervine, of the Savannah, who came to the assistance of Capt. Gillespie, | and in the fight at San Pedro, he lost five men and had three wounded. Capt. M. chartered the Van- dalia to take despatches to Com. S:ock on at his head quarters, San Francisco. He says, “ Com. Stockton is now giving them a threshing.” | “Tue Macevontan.—We are requested by Com- modore De Kay to say, that the reports relative to freights on charities sent by the Macedonian, are entirely without foundation. No freight what- ever will be demanded by him, or under his authority, and, moreover, if by law he is required to receive money for freight, that money will be given to the contributers. | Musical. Iranian Orxna.—There will be no performance at cert of sacred music takes place at the Tabernacle, when the whole company will appear in four grand performan. | cos. Cunusry’s Minstrets.—If Dumbleton, with his troupe of Negro strels, is doing a great business in every | pert of England, Christy is undoubtedly carrring all | before him in the States—t! his seventh week here, and he hi ved a letter this morning from tho city | of Elms, gi nteeing an attendance of six hundred per | night. 80 much for conducting this class of perform. | ances with propriety and striet order. Tue Attranantans.—This company drew a crowded | house at New Brunswick, on Wednesday ovening. They are now in Philadelphia, where, no doubt, they ) will meet with like success. Herz and Sivori were to give their last concert at New Orleans on the 24th. The entertainment was to embrace some of the most beautiful compositions of the old mas- ind will conclude with Rossini’s overture of * Wil- Tell,” performed on eight pianos by sixteen muti- ‘Theatricals, Pann Tueatae.—Mr. Forrest appet the Park, in the character of Spartacus, in the tragedy of the ‘Gladiator.’ Mr. Jamieson played Phasarius, and Mrs. Abbott appeared as Senora, and tho remaini: | son, as Macduff. | | Boweay Tuxarne.—This establishment was crowdod to excess last evening by a large and fashionsble audi | | with each other in welcoming Dan Marblo, the great Yankee comodian, to the Bowery stage. His reception was very flattering, and all that he could desi peared in two pie and Cry,” to grea putation as an actor of t | the last night of mgagement He will personate | Sam Patch again, and also Sampson Hardhead, in the Jrama a the “* Back woodsman ; or, the Gemecock of the Wilderness” To-morrow evening he will take a benefit, and appear for the last time. ie will have a | bumper, no doubt, | Bowerny Cincvs—Tho performances here, last ove. | ning, were very spirited,and gave great satisfaction to | the numerous audience that attended to witness them. | | Kemp excelled himself, and committed a series of new | pans that convulsed all the hearers with laughter. Mas tor Nixon was warmly applanded ae the American tar. ‘Two wreaths of flowers were thrown to him by one of his admirers. Mr. Cole’s gymnastic feats were, as usual, | extraordinary and fic. The new fairy pantomime | exceedsin popular favor, of its representa- | tien. There isno piace like the Bowery Circus, if our citizens wish to spend a pleasant . copital bill for to-night. Lacey tamepbakeys ci 2 ve evidence of her superior talent at the St. Charles TI D tht phen cscios Ratated ee MIE te cret’ Mr. and Mrs. K. are playing a farewell engage: Mille. BI PR ng sh Nagy is drawing crowded houses at the Aiae- | years, and if we can judge of peace prospects by ence. The thousands of persens present seemed to vie | | he was compelled to disarm them all, to prevent their depredations onthe inhabitants At the same time the Buenos Ayrean allies the towns of Mersades and Las Vacas, and then Pisandu—Rivera retreating into the country, and eubsequently reaching the depart- ment of Maldenado. Mrs. Ri left her a roms and — here by water lak wash ‘attle are very scarce, be brought from the Rio Grande again for the city consumption. rks Rosalba and) Mason Barney, Capt. Scott, of New York. are chartered for the Brezils, and ex- pect to return here within forty days. They were both chartered by La Fore, the great s porter of the Montevidean Government forthe last Operations they are very remote. I have just visited Buenos Ayres, where every thing is stationary , waiting for the opening of the rt. There are several American vessels in the Bellow and Eurenado, but no freights at high prices can at present be obtained, and all interests appear disposed to wait the result of the intervention. While giving the above interesting intelligence, and feeling charitably disposed towards an un- fortunate contemporary, we will add a little in- formation relative to the irs of Buenos Ayres, Montevideo, &<. &c. for the benefit of the said contemporary and its readers. It is an evening paper; and on Wednesday last it contained the following :— One of the morning papers announces the receipt of Rio de Janeiro journals to the 12th of February, con- taining advices ‘from Buenos Ayres to the 29d ef Jan, and from Montevideo te the 20th. General Rivera, it is said, returned to Maldonedo on the 2tth of January, his forces having been expelled from Paysandu (of the capture of whic! Vd Rivera we had an account some time ago) by the inhabitants, whom they had outraged by their \ ‘A morning paper says that ‘‘ General Urquiza, of En- tre Rios, the mediator between Corrientes and Buenos Ayres, has declared himself fully in favor of Gen Rosas.” What this means it is hard to guess. General Urquiza is the Governor of Entre Rios; we never heard before that he wasa mediator between Corrientes and Buencs t was anything between those pro- of mediation; and all our preceding accounts declared that Wrquiza had teken sides against Rosas setting =p the independence of Entre Rios, under the instigation of Brazil. ‘a that ‘‘ General Oribe is The same mornii ir master of nearly all Paragun; ‘olonia being the only point not now in his possession.” How Colonia became a part of Paraguay, or what Gen. Oribe it ng in Oriental Re- suey, is more than we can imagine. T' public we had supposed to be the theatre of Oribe’s operations. With such blundering are the readers of certain papers gulled. This evening paper, like many of its lazy cotemporaries, is in the constant habit of pil- fering late and important news, which “a morning paper,” meaning the New York H-rald, procures at great expense, and publishing it in its columns without giving “a morning paper” any credit for it. If the philosophers who manage this evening paper had not a doubt of the correctness of the above news from the Rio de la Plata, a certain ‘morning paper” weuld not have been mentioned at all, but the article would have been stolen, body and bones, breeches and boots, and dished up to the readers of that sheet, with the phraseology altered so much as to avoid being suspected of the theft. When they, in their ig- norance, have a doubt, however, they steal, not- withstanding the doubt, and give credit toa ‘* morning paper ;” not with the view of acting honestly, but for the purpose of throwing discre- dit on the Herald. Thisis the most centemptible description of thieving that we know of. Stealing & man’s wallet is honorable in comparison. ‘These literary thieves are sometimes caught in their own net, as they have been in this instance. Every line of the above news is true to the letter, and may be relied upon for:ts aceuracy. The only error is a typographicalcne, where the word “ Paraguay” is used instead of ‘‘ Uraguay.” The evening paper we refer to states that it ne- ver heard before that General Urquiza was a me- diator between Corrientesand Buenos Ayres, or that there was anything between those provinces to be a subjectof mediation. This, we think, is very likely, for a ‘‘ morning paper” did not then publis it, having aone so sometime since, but will now republish it, in order that the evening pa- per may learn all about it. In doing so, we must go | alittle back, soasto have the chain completed, and atthe same time make a pair of fetters with which to handcuff this thieving evening paper, and bring it before the public for punishment. Ia 1843 the province of Corrientes revolted against the Buenos Ayrean government, and prc- claimed itself independent. At this time there were three brothers who had unlimited influence in Corrientes: Gen. Madriaga, Governor of the prevince; Gen. Madriaga, commanding the army; and Col. Madriaga, of the army. These ‘individuals, with two hundred officers, sent a petition toGen. Paez, then commanding the Montevidean army, soliciting him tocome to Corrientes and take command of the army. Gen. Paez is a Buenos Ayrean, and formerly acting with Gov. Rosas. Gen. Paez accepted the invitation and repaired to Corrientes, where he organized a large army ; and then Paraguay declared war against Buenos Ayres, seuding y water down to Corrientes 7,000 troops, placing them under Gen. Paez. Cor- rientes then opened her ports, inviting the flags of all nations to come up the river Parana and load | with the immense quantities of produce lying in Palmo’s to-night. To-morrow evening, the grandcon- | the warehouses. Governor Rosas immediately | commenced fortifying the banks of the river, to prevent the passage of any merchant ves- sels to Corrientes. The French and English Ministers gave notice that the squadrons of their two nations would eonvoy the vessels of all flags to insure their safety. About 150 sail ac- cepted the invitation, and the result was, the great Battle of the Obligado, in which the Buenos Ayreans lost five hundred men. Ge- neral Urquiza, at this time, was commanding the army of Entro Rios, in the Banda Oriental, and at India Muerta defeated and dispersed Gen. Rivera. Urquiza then started with his army, and made forced marches, endeavoring, if possible, to possess himself of Corrientes before the fleet could reach that place, and load with the pro- duce. He sueceeded in entering the province of Corrientes, nnd fovght a battle with Ge- neral Paez, when one of the adriagas managed to place himself a prisoner in Gen. Urquina’s army. From this moment an arrangement was made with Urquiza, and he fell back into Entre Rios, leaving the fleet to load with produce, and land ail their cargoes, thus en | riching the Madriagas and Corrientes; and they, in repayment, agreeing to expei Gen. Paez with the troops of Paraguay. This was accomplished, and after an exchange | of cargoes, supplying all the wants of the people, and selling their produce, which had been eollect- ing for four years, Corrientes fell back under the | government of Buenos Ayres, through the | intervention of General Urquiza; and here he acted the mediator. General Urquiza, re- mained perfectly neutral in the passage of the fiset up and down the river. Had he pleased, he could have destroyed every man on the decks of the vessels, as they passed up and down. They were compelled to pass within three hundred feet of a p*rpendicular bank, but he, with his officers and men, amused themselves in viewing the immense fleet pass and repass their shores. We hope this evening paper knows now what there was between Corientes and Buenos Ayres to be a subject of media’ and we take this trouble to correct the statements of the said paper, not that we care a button for its editors, but because we think that its readers ought not to be imposed upon. We hope, too, the public see with ‘ what blundering are the readers of certain papers gulled.” of this | of passengers arrived at this pert is March, 1847 :— From Great Britain and Ireland. ‘aut | 190 | 87) tenner eee eer ee eens s 08800 Tne Weate ‘We had another sudden change of the weather yesterday, which was extremely mild and -like in the early part ofthe day. Towards even- | ing it began to freeze slightly. aweine prec hotels are sireody pretty » welt country merchants, farme: % ¥ pation of an early ee jog business. ‘The candle and the | being open, many are w yyed in Consequence, at the hotels in this city. H la Should the river and canals remain closed for another fortnight, | it will be difficult for strangers to procure accommoda: tion at the hotels, which are already pretty well filled. Fines.—About 3 o'clock yesterday mor a firejwas | discovered at the residence of Jacob Eirchadt in 6th st. | stroyed Rother fire occurred, in the rear of 306 Water street, day fap which was extinguished through the efficient aid of the police. nes ix Manca —Through the politeness of the Chief Engineer, we present the following statistics of fires and alarms for the month cf March :— 1st. 2d district, 2d section, 3}¢ A. M., corner of Cathe- | rine and Madison streets, roof of a 3 ‘story brick store and dwelling, damaged. 2d. 24 district, 2d section, 2 P.M, alarm, chimney on fire, No 69 Mott street. 8d, 2d district, 2d section, 1 P. M., No. 251 East Broad- way, Lstory wooden shop, slightly damaged. | 6th. 2d Coe 2d section, 14 A. M., corner of Sheriff | and , 2 story brick front grocery and dwellin, a , slightly aged. 6th. 2d district, 2d section, 3 A. M., steamboat Cricket, | considerably damaged. | 6th. 24 district, 2d section, 4 A. M., foot of 9th street, East River, steamboat Washington, considerably da- Lat district, 1st section, 494 A. M., alarm, cause un- | rn. 2d district, 2d section, 114 A. M., No. 97 Cathe- eet, a 3 story brick store and dwelling, slightly dam athe Bd district, 1st section, 7 P. M., No. 120]Wooster | street, aS.story wooren shop in the rear, slightly de- | know! 6 rine root, Satory brick dwelling, slightly a story brick dwe! OH 7th’ Ist dlatrict, 24 sections 334A. M., 19th street, 2 story wooden dwelling, Gane mt 1 <7, 2 diatriet, 2d section, hg <u, co cum, comm! unkrown. , No 43 Vesey Lt e, one stable and dwelling destroyed, and tyo aged. ict, 9d section, 73¢ A.M., South street, near | Dover, basement of store, slightly cemeged 11th. 8d district, 2d section, 10% P.M., No. 144 Fulton street, 8 story brick refectery, slightly damaged 19th. 2d ict, 2d section, 134 ney, 2 story wooden stable and maged. 12th. 94 district, 2d section, 434 P. M., No.7 Ludlow wooden shop, slightly dai § " ict, 2d ion,1 A. M., . 3 story wooden dwelling, destroyed. | 14th. district, 2d section, 93¢ P. M., Pearl street, near Broadway, 2 story wooden dwelling, slightly da- maged. 14th. 34 district, 2d section, 10% P. M., No. 6 Lumber | street, basement of 2 story brick house, slightly da- | maged. 15th. 2d district, 94 sestion, 6 A. M., corner of Cherry | and Governue streets, 2 story house and store, reof des- royed. 15th. 8d district, 1st section, 94 P. M., an alarm, cause | unknown. 16th, 3d district, 1st section, 113 P. M., corner of Wil- liam and John streets, 4 story brick store, slightly da- | maged ie, 2d district, 2d section, 10}¢ A. M.,an alarm, ehim- | ney on fire in Sheriff et. 17th, 1st district, 24 section, 134 A. M., an alarm, fire in | Westchester county. / 17th. 2d district, 9d section, 23g A.M ,an alarm, fire in | Williameburgh. ; 19th. Ist district, 24 section, 9% A. M., an alarm,smoke from 8 aioe Courtlandt aney, 19th. 2d district, let section, 113g P. M., No. 867 Bowe- wooden store, slightly damaged. | I9th. 2d distriet, 2d section, 0 A.M, an alarm, cause | unknown. 19th. 3d district, lst section, 4% P.M., No 9 Fulton arpenter’s shop destroyed, and 2 brick | district, 24 section, 25¢ A. M., corner of Cedar street and Broadway, 6 story brick building, slightly de- 20th. 1st district, 1st section, 6 A. M.,corner 43nd street | and 8th avenue, 3 story brick millinery store and dwelling, slightly damaged. | t. 2d district, 2d section, 8% P. M., alarm, Union it bd lot! on account of the City fall bell sirik- | o’clock. 1 .. 34 district, 2 section, 8 A-M.,corner of Chambe ry, 1 stor slightly damaged. 24th. 3d section, 2d district, 5%.P. M., No. 61 Barclay street, 4 story brick store, slightly yw "damaged conser y: Mth. 24 district, 2d section, 634 P. M., alarm. Cause unknown. ‘24th. lst district, 9d section, 7% P.M., corner of 29th street and 4th avenue, 1 story carpenter's shop, de- jst district, Ist section, 11% FP. M., Grove street, near Bleecker, stable, jeatroyed 28th. 24 district, 2d section, 11 A.M., Cherry street, near Marl lumber yard, alight damage sustained. trict, 31 section, 4 P. M., corner 48th street 2 atory weoden dwelling, Prabet Sorw 29th. 2d district, 24 section, 19 M., 8th street, between avenues B C, one story w building, carpenter's sho) itroyed. ‘oth. ‘ad dletrict, 2d seetion, 844 A.M., No, 250 Delancy Dg brick store and dwelling house, slightly ‘B0th. Ist district, 2d section, 4 A.M., corner ef 7th | ae and 18th street, 2 story frame building, slightly | 20th. 24 district, 9d section, 19 M., No. 117 Attorney | street, (description of premises or extent of damages not ascertained.) Slat. 8d district ‘ion, 2% A.M., Charles street, t, 2d sect near Wasi fon street, 8 story brick German boarding M., Sixteenth A le, considerably jamaged. Comprising 35 fires, and 19 false alarms. | Stoor Risina Sun foundered in the North River, | ear 6th avenue, wooden about balf a mile from sho: yard. t. Michael Weav a0! 16 and 16, Thomas Badd and John Sloan, (ba alldrowned. Atl o’clock at night past the sloop John R. Woolsey, Capt. Gol three men were discovered on the deck. She was not | afterwards seen until morning, when she was found | sunk. In searchi for them a comforter was found which was identified by Mrs. Michael Weaver, to be that of one of her sons. The sloop was laden with brick. Faom tue East.—Through the politeness of Mr. Den- - ed New Tt che bat eld big we received joston papers of yesterday! morning, at a vory seasona- ble hour lest night, tf inv PuiLantHRorny—The Jersey relief ship now jersey City, is loaded to the chains with pro- 8 for the famishing people of Ireland. We are in- is sufficient left to load another vessel. Jersey. mere hci “ Je a ata are working at Jerse parin; Geek rors ut Chu fies live of Caines Cesaue Lay ‘Ou triends on the other side of the Hudson, mus hurry up the cakes” er they will not have the dock finished in proper tii sy City—The Rexari InteLisaence—The right of confirmation will be adminisiered this Good Friday evening by the Right Rev. Bishop Delancy, ix the Eplecopal ¢ wureh of Messiah, in Houston street, no roadway. Hack or tHE Lunes—The cot erday to hold an inquest at No. 4 James street, on the body of Michael Duty tive of Ireland, aged 26 years, who came to his th by hemorrhage of the lungs. Verdict accordingly. pass on the case. Th ind rear lotin Mulberry erected dwellings. An alley w: width, led fiom the atreet to the rear were about adozen families. [nthe month of May last, defendant excevated a cellar in the rear of the front lot, taking in about three feet of the alley way, leaving only from two feet six inches to three feet of a passage from the street to the house in the rear. On the night of the 17th of May, the plaintiff went to the epartments of one of the defendant’s tenants, in the rear premises, and re- mained there for about two hours, assisting them to put their furniture to oe they having omly moved in On his return out, he fell inte the collar in consequence o' confined to his room for months, ai Plaintiff contends that the defendant was guilty ence in not putting upa barrier, or, at all light, to warn persons passing backwards and forwards pothed yo and width of the passage, and that, not ving the t suflcient and that the plain imself did not use due precaution. The Judge oharged in substance, that if the defendant was guilty of negligence in not putting up a barrier, or placing a Teht in some convenient place in the paeaene, e plaintiff wes entitled to a verdict, unless he, the plaintiff, himself war guilty of negligence ; if the latter did not use due caution in recover. Ths ig and repassing, he was not entitled to were the true rales of law by which the frem the evidence, they ich of the parties hed violated then, verdict accord Daly. Sealed verdict. Whitin, ant, Mr. Brady. pte Dunning, Taylor, four of ship American )» charged with having broken open a bail of broad cloths, part of the 0 of the ship, and stolen therefrom mn pieces of cloth, and also with having stolen a in ot brandy, were brought up to- day ; and afiera full investigation of th ry Commissioner, he ordered them 0 be committed tof - fault of bail— Stewart as principal, and the others as ac eossories. bi Umiten States Cincvit Court—The April t ft this court ing om Monday next Jd Nelson is x or to orga- Pico the oourt. hata Count Catempan, This Day —Common Pleas—Part 1- 07, 148,71, 78, 1,38, 0, 297, 4 40.07, 5, 98,1, 18, 190, . p in town on 5 9~118, 116, 9, 191,'198, 198, 197, 190, 1,012 | mi sd. | oth, 2d distriot, 2d section, 9 P. M., an elarm, cause un- | {et known. | H. roadway, near | e Sth. lat district, 2d section, 2 A. M., cor. of 40th st. and ‘ 8th d WP reet and Broadway, 8 story brick store and dwelling, | Wh, No arres False Pretences and Larceny.—Captain McGrath and officer Munson, of the 6th ward, arrested yesterday, man called Thomas Rigwhisker, alias tt, charge of stealing at different times various cles of clothing belonging to Mr E. Seymour, at the Union Hotel, in Greenwich street, corner of Albany. Tho accused likewise obtained lot of other articles belonging to Mr. Seymour from & place where they were stored, by falsely representing that he wassent for the property by Mr. Seymour; a number of pawn tickets wore found on his person when arrested,w! led to the recovery of a large proportion 7 gates peoperiy. Justice Osborne committed him in full for 4 Petit Larceny—A fellow called Bill Brown, was pened 2 for ‘stealing a coat worth $16, be- longing Peter Donnally, residing at No. 89 Wall street Locked up by Jus Osborne {or trial. on rti- I between 6th and 7th avenues. It was e: & | Arvest of « Dishonest Waiter.—Officers Van Cott and the aid of the fire companies, not, however, before an ad- | McC! of the 15th ward, arrested yesterday, a fel- joining stable, brewery and chair factory were de- i ioe we soe pane Bf Jahn McLennon, a waiter at the New ‘0 ona charge of robbing his em- ipicion rested at last upon the 's closely watched, which re- in stealing a roll of and on the above officers searching the priso dence, the follow Dg Property wasiound: 2 silv« 10 China plates, 12 do gold edges, 1 butter plat and saucers, | tea se cloths, all of which the hotel as having b rascal was conyeye ted for trial, Stealing a Watch—Some sneaking thief entered the office occupied by Wilmer & Smith, No 18 Wall street, stealing therefrom u silver watch, guard chain, with a gold curb and seal, on the stone of which was engraved ™ Quid clarius astris,” valued in all at $60. No arrest. Arrival of Strangers in New York. aPRiL 1. Amenican Horzt. Liviagston co. Ww Hi leston; rma Georgia; H ‘hituey, ven; A. Fox, Lieut. C, Raymo Randall, Boston. C. Johnson, Utios Haig, Albany; J. D Provideuce; Capt 'W: ; Mz. Billings, New London; L. Joha, Montieetl ‘Crry Hi da; J one, Uhaois; A. Whitaey, f Staten Island. Cron Horz.. . Bascom and lady, B . Perry Peck, Northampton, Mass,’ (Ur. Leland, jr, New York: Mrs. Leland. Ch Lawton, Pa; George A. Dre: ores Croton Hore.. Rev. HJ. Leacoek, Perth Amboy; 8. Vail, Troy; E 8. Prosser, Albany; C. }. P. Perry, Jr, New York. Dunnino’s Horst. W. Bates, Rhinebeck; K. He th, roughkeepsie. _ | Basten Peart Street Hous M Briekart,New York: ‘Sag Harbor; J.Johuson, New, York: P, Prooks T. Clark, New Raven; M. M. Biack, Boston; 8. 8. Soot, Stratford; C. Sherman, Bridgeport; A. Kimbali, Mass.; Col. George Hurlburt, Rox" Franxxin Hotet. on; I. Briyham, J. Roberts, N York; ‘alworth, Boston; Capt. Day. ‘or- Hyon, AlbanysJ, Cor ; L. Russell, Stratford; J.J il Newat Goldwelly Ty erpont; T’, Mc! warp Hote. Gilmour, Dr. Demar Backman, Bi 1 F. K, Wright, Macon, Gaz TJ. borough, Vt; A. Pe Cobb, do; 8. Ve; Walter Mass. Ho 10; , ft Johas, Hammond, by, Connecticut; Hogers, N York; joston; + Bo} ¢, Delaware; J. I Massachusetts; W. Burret ordiand: B 'W. Raynor, ‘ooke, Albany; E, Conner, Iniino! 3 ol A ornell, Tennes: , , Hogecstowa; J. Meehan, Phil tics; T. Brady, Montreal; W. C, Head throp, Lake Champlain; ‘1’. Brainard, Jupson’s Horry. fy L, Coe, Waterbury: M Eames, Utiea; J. Wi York; M. Tilton, Boston; F. Farrell, West Poin Forbes, do; W. Buckingham, do; J Cochrane, Ni Neues) neta emeei rae On 3 W. Norton. lorwich; D. Spering, cox, New Hi Rockwood, Hartforai Col. Baye, Ohio: NT ‘i 1d, Norwie 1, Il; D, Tompkins, Corey Nf nrale any 8 eran, Whinfeld, Poughkeepsie mpson, Tracy, W. Langdon, Plillsdate; Rr M + Laan) 'W. Royi b. ‘of " wer, § ton; J. Ri- § Hickcox, Albany; 3. wast 9 . Merriam, w London; W. T. Prestoa, ti W.E. Deunis, Newport; J, R. Post, Alb Bennett, K. F. Martin, Edward Caré, Philadelphia. dl Joseph B Hodcesy Washi ston, N.C et and Jose; os. rT 2 Cs and lavy, ‘Bhe-bu: eo; Wm, Cook, do; Win. renee ¢0; M. Fiteh. New Wm Wm. Teylor, Albany; 8. A, . Clatk, Middfetown, N.C; ‘Thomas Nontuern Hotei . Hagadorn and H Lruesdell, miners Bs Dowsing) alen aceasta stenting: wv House. in, H. Austin, E. Kearnie, W. Tarrall and rook: Yesian andcew Part joston; 8, Roach, Alba- t Reilly, Troy; aye Breoklya; who, kG Laia, Phi + Shannon, Poughkeepsie; J. 1 Staret House. C. Watson, Boston: ‘A. Braird, ship Far Wi ‘Twitty, Jordon, North Carolina; WH: C Capt. Peabody, B: T. L. Maxiey, Ph Matusun’s Hore. Troy; W. Lindslay, Roc! id family, ae ant M Pi rman, Cana . Ratel fe, ‘AYLOW’s HoTEL. H. Taylor, Brooklyn; N. W. Frenel yay Os M. W. Fish and two ladies rk. KW. yO ak JecseansNer Cay Drinkwater, New York; T. Nacey, New jingeman’s ch. c. Bundie-and-Go, by an out of Fanny Wrig! sob f. Quadrille, ow: ‘ablet. DERS & SON, 177 Broadway, (afew doors above Courtiandt street). Ald to Ireland.—The Committee on Bread- | Ftuffs aad Provisious, mform their fellow ci izens through out the country, thar they will be happy to receive tout butions of Br and Provisions, and ship them fr ‘Commitee of the $0 bution among th dressed, to my te New York (0 of Ire and, Commanicntions on pd of th Committe ireland, will be prid b GE 58 TNTUR: iM in." } Commitree B26" Mesut bee <1 a d Gountry papers wich can afford to publish ek or two free of charge, will p) on yg te- Gold P ns, $1 25 Only— the i a8 for $ eeepc jon, New York; | Ioaays E-8. | tharines, @anada ; B. Maiden, | it demas orlade, to be lower thin those | LestA Cheek for drawn on Com- ial Bauk of Penusylvania, in Philadeloh Biren, and ayeb to. deaf ou sow dor. a A New York. aud mailed on that date (24ch,) which has pot ‘ra 4 i a a esos eh eat of wh jen stopped. A reward will iladelphia, 30ch 1847. p ape eaeys old, hot utter words, exeepr ine wile jh gentioman remarkiog my dificulty of breathing and recommended ine to Mire Carroll's Medieat'd Parcs + OPI ite Churen street, with the h or more my voice those who may dd, that the effect of thi | health, was decided. A. M.S every possible R rting Kaife, with ety of choice ich be warranted to the purchaser. Also, Scissors, Nail AUNDERS & SUN H 171 Broadway, a few doors above Courtiandt st, | Oppos te Howard Hotel. this City for the sale of iptioa, js at 305 Broauway.—The rtinent of Perfumes. Soup, pr el assortment of Londoa le Hai combs, (very maperign) 4 Pomatums, Hair Qi lognes, ke., ke, MO88’S (late ROUSSEL’S,) 305 Broadway. ‘ys The Plumbe National Daguerrian Gall: on the upper comer of Broadway aud Murray street, sho! | out to those who wish to obtain a really fine picture, superior advantages to any other inthe country. ‘The aplen id pictures that are exhibited at this extensive gallery, are witheut Parallel in the couctry. MONEY MARKBT, Thursday, April 1—6 P. M. Within the past forty-eight hours there hasbeen avery material change in the stock market. Most of the small fancies have advanced several per cent, and the tendency is still upward. Atthe first board Morris Canal went up SM per cent ; North American Trust %; Vicksburg %; Harlem % ; Norwich and Worcester ; U. 8. Bank 3; Illinois Special %{; Canton-1. Reading and Indiana closed at yesterday's prices. There was more activity mong} operators than usual, although the sales wore not large. At the second board United States Bank advanced 3 per cent ; Harlem ; Vickaburg 3 per cent upon prices current in the morning. Wallstreet begins to look bright again; the busmess | season is opening, and the produce dealers are exceed, | ingly active on ’chi There is at present every evi- | dence of a very large and profitable spring trade. | The amount of specie imported into this porf’ end the port of Boston, for the quarter ending March Sist, 1847, was as follows :— Srecre Imroarep into New Yorx anv Boston. | Imported into Boston, Jan. lst to March Sist, 1 sa sens «$4,016,088 h a Imported’ into’ Ni Slat, 1847. Total. 7,572,442 This is very small, compared with the amounts which have from time to time been reported ; it is from official returns, and of course correct The packet ship York- shire, from Liverpool, just arrived, has on board $252,367, in gold, not included in the above. The quantity of breadstuffa exported from this port to | Great Britain and Ireland during the month of March, | 1647, was es annexed:— Exseouts or Breavsturrs ro Garat Baitaim anv York; J - Ist to Marc! Taecane. 61127 Rye Flour, bois... 102 67.362 Wheat, bush 38 606 | 1174282 Oats, bush. 19 093 | 1,748 Barley, bush. o: & Indien corn and Indian corn meal are the favorite arti- cles for shipment, as they pay better profits than any other kind of breadstuffs. The annexed comparative statement of the business onthe Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, for the quarter ending Feb. 28, 1846 and 1847, exhibits a very large increrse in the gross income :— \ Paiaperrmia any Reanine Rarroan. | 1046. ‘Ineve For month ending Dec. 31...$65,172 77 142,899 15 tee 186 1847. | For month ending Jan. 31, 754 62° 109,616 3 | For month ending Feb. 28. 025 26 107 So Hy re} H $199,953 65 953,101 94 193,147 9 ‘The aggregate increase unts to more than seventy | percent. Notwithstanding the difficulties under, which | the company hes labered for some time past, wing | out of the scarcity of vessels at Port Richmond, the in, | Crease thus far this season has been equal to that of any | previous. The report of the New York and ‘Harlem Railroad Company, ineompliance with a resolution of the Legis- lature of this State, passed Feb. 9, 1848, for the year end- ing Dec. 81,1846, presents the annexed statement :— New Yonx, Hantest an A t | Cost of construction of Minne | Hall to south side of Harlem rit » (8 mile see eee v $104,876 00 F*yriliame’ bridge, icladiog Beiage 6 > | ridge, ine 4 From Williams’ Seid to White Visine 12 pagtaned miles... ...... 11,977 00 | For a portion of the road graded wader for- mer contract and not used.. és | From While Plains to Putnam miles accel | 82-100 (present cost) ©... eee cece 19,200 00 Total expense of constructi the ‘Chy Hall to" Patou Countyy 3 82-100 miles. 6... eee eee ee sence ees $1,709,077 J | Soa running and repairing the road $162,806 71 | one of jomenners through. ........., 68,466 umber of way passe - | acepumber ots aoe ngers, Do aceount kept, but eati- i ds no! ber of engines... .. | “ “ me! | fNumber of miles 1 fen! Passenger Ro account kept. The entjre length of their road completed and in ope- | ration, is about 49 miles, extending from the City Hall in thecity of New York, to New Castle, in the county of Westchester. About eight miles double track, and the whole road run by steam is laid with heavy H rail from 82d street to New Castle. . In addition to this, the company hes completed the grading, masonry and bridges upon the residue of the Toad in Weatchoster county, (about 11 miles,) upon part of which the superstructure and fron have been alresdy placed, and the residue will be completed, and the whole road through Westchester put in operation as soon as the opening of the spring will permit the company to resume the laying of the track. The expenses of the extension of the road from White Plains to the Putnam dy amounts to upwards of $490,000, and when comple'ed, sre estimated at $570,000, the vouchers for | which wili be rendered to the Comptroller in May next) ct of the 11th of May, 1846, Number of miles of road in operation, about 49. Tne annexed is an abstract of the reports reoeivedat | the office of the Secretary of State, from the railroad companies of this State, giving certain statistical infor. mation for the year 1841 Raiwnoans or THe State or New Yous, 1816, ses Total from | income fr'ght | No of miles Cott repairing from and afroad in of con. & Funnng passen other ation, slruetion, theread. gers. e’r’ces. Name of roi nena idan. 17 91 473.966 i i 265, tae 630 Ln St 679/106 1,065 ott 793 555, 306 704 Baffalo & 2 205.901 aratogn & Bchenec 2? 300 000 Behenre & Troy... 20 613,047 Rense'r & Saratoga. 2 475,001 | Long Island . 99% 1,765,058 | 31,777 019 au ‘5810.3 Troy & Greenbnsh. 6 256 862 New Yor &Erie,. 6) 2561,018 i N. Youk & Herlem. 42 1,702077 8.757 170.923 11 662 Total... .. 60944 $.8 799,077 1,36),916 1,741 662 630.854 The aggregats earnings of these companies, from all in 1946 $2 380,916; the net earnings | $1,019,050, and the average dividend for the year, upon i the cost of construction, about 5% per cont. This is very | fair when it is taken into consideration that eight out of the eighteen companies reported, de not declare divi, | dends. The average cost of construction on all the @ads of this State, up to the close of 1846, was about