The New York Herald Newspaper, July 16, 1847, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD, ‘New York, Briday, July 16, 1847. ‘The Weekly Herald. ‘To-morrow morning at nine o’clock, the Week- ly Herald will be ready at the desk of this office. Single copies, in wrappers, sixpence each. Nothing of interest that has transpired for the past week, in any part of the country, will be omitted in it,whilst it will contain, in addition— the proceedings of the Chicago Convention—late and important news from California and Oregon —the latest intelligence from the seat of war—a fulldeseription of the Chinese junk, and a va- riety of other intétesting matter. ‘ It will also contain three beautiful engravings, namely, the French steamship Union, the Chinese Junk, and the town and harbor of San Frangisco, in California. ‘The Foreign News. . ‘The steamship Britannia is now in her twelfth day, and may shortly arrive at Boston. : ‘We again caution the public against the tricks of the speculators; but it is almost unnecessary to do so, because we are informed there is a plan adopted to defeat their exertions to obtain the market quotations in advance of the press, which will doubiless succeed, if it be carried out properly. We informed ourreaders yesterday that some of the speculators had made arrangements to telegraph the quotations from Halifax. to Port- land by rockets, in case the steamer arrived at the former place in the evening or night time. ‘The plan adopted by the anti-speculators to de- feat this plan of the speculators, is to discharge a number of rockets in the same way as the spe- culators intend to do, and by so doing, throw the whole affair into confusion. We hope it will be carried out, and that, the speculators will be defeated with their own weapons. Ifit be, there will be a nice jumble of quotation ‘The wise portion of the public can afford to look on and laugh at all these movements, while they wait for the Herald to publish the quotations, which it will do in afew minutes after they are received. Trade with Ireland—Its Suspension._Signs of Mevival. In the days of Ireland’s prosperity—that is, be- fore she was drawn into a union with England, which union was effected in name, and in name only,by the worst and most improper means—that eountry carried on an extensive direct trade with the United States. She sent to our shores her linen, her bobbinet, her laces and her prints—and we supplied her with flaxseed, cot- ton, tobacco, rice, and such other commodities as she needed, and could not produce herself. This happy state of things continued for a long period ; but the blight which the union ast on that country, affected its commerce as well as it did its othe interests, and finally obliterated it in toto. It is rarely that an Trish vessel is now seen in our harbors, and the stars and stripes have not waved inher ports, to any extent, until recently, and then only at the mast head of ships laden with the results of Ame- rican exertion in the cause of philanthropy and suffering humanity. The sympathy and good feeling which the commercial intercourse between the two coun- tries engendered, was of the happiest nature, and showed itself on many occasions. When the cause of American freedom was considered little better than desperate, and when the mother country was pouring her hireling soldiery into her revolted colonies in torrents, to murder and destroy the men who dared to deny her power to force iniquitous laws upon them, and bind their limbs with the fetters of tyranay, Ireland’s noble son—her eloquent, chaste, and virtuous Burke—was one of the first,to use his mighty elo- quence in defence of America, and to proclaim the inevitable result which would surely follow the course of conduct decided upon. Her sons, too, dared every risk to assist the Americans in the struggle. They were not backward in send- ing supplies of men, money, and clothing, for the sustepance and comfort of the revolutionary army; and the immortal Washington, the gene- ra} under whose guidance the noble ship of Lib- erty reached port in safety, put his own auto- graph to letters directed to Irish Yankee Clubs, asknowledging with gratitude those evidences of sympathy. The Continental Congress, too, did Not hesitate in calling upon the Irish for assist- ance, but published an address to them, setting forth their wrongs and their sufferings, and so- liciting their aid in the glorious cause in which they were engaged. The commerce between the two countries has vanished under the influence of the Union.— While the United States has increased in wealth and population, and resources, since the declara- tion of peace, and the acknowledgment by Eng- land ofits independence, poor Ireland has, in the same proportion, sunk in misery and degradation. Where now ie her trade—where now can be seen Ireland’s harp without the crown, floating in our harbors? No where. Alas! her trade, foreign and domestic, has been directed into other channels, and the only ships that enter her harbors are those that are dispatched there on missions of mercy, with food wherewith to feed her starving millions. Thus, while the United States has increased in wealth and power, her ancient friend and ally is being fed and supported by her charity. But the darkest” night is at length succeeded by the light of morning. The tempest may rage, und torrents from Heaven may descend and lay waste a fertile land, but its couvse will eventual- ly be checked—the rain will cease some time, and the dark, lowering clouds which obscure the horizon, will finally be dissipated, and the glo- rious sun of heaven will again shine, purer and brighter than ever. God grant that it may be so with Ireland. The storm has, indeed, raged fear- fally there for a long, long period; but glimpses of a brighter future are perceptible through the pestilential vapors—famine (and disease. Providence works its designs in its own way, and what is now considered a cu- lamity, may result in a blessing to such as survive the infliction, We are confident no people would rejoice more heartily at Ire- Jand’s regeneration and elevation to the scale whe ought to enjoy among the nations, than the Americens. They have evinced it on many oc- easions, and have always telt an interest in her affairs. When tyranny and oppression, famine and disease, drove the sons of Erin from the homes of their childhood, they threw open their doors to the poor exiles, and extended to them the hand of tellowship, and nursed and attended them in their sickness. The United States has, indeed, been a refuge for them from the evils that afflict them, and truly grateful are they for it, and enthusiastically will they evince it by spilling their blood, if necessary, when occasion calls for such a sacrifice. There are symptoms of a returning trade be- tween the twocountries. They are slight, to be sure; yet they may be the germs of an extensive commerce,that will be mutually beneficial to both countries. Aline of packets has recently been established between Belfast and New York, which will hereafter regularly ply between these two pluces. A line of seven iron ships is being es- tablished as regular traders between New York and Cork: The first of the line has already arrived at and departed from our shores—the bark Calypso of four hundred tons register, the same vessel which was decorated so handsomely, and which #0 honorably distinguished itself on the day of the celebration of the seventy-first anniver- sary of American Independence, by firing u nations! i» honor of the day She is a noble craft, of beautiful model and pro- portions, and withal, a fast sailer, having made her outward voyage in thirty-one days. She is the pioneer of this new line of packets, and may be the pioneer of the return of Ireland’s commerce and wealth. She was built by the firm of R. J. Luckey & Co., of Cork, and re- flects great credit on their taste and superiority as mechanics. The remaining six will be des- patched as soon as they are built. Ireland, from her geographical position, would seem to be the natural entrepot of the trade be, tween the United States and the British empire. Her westerly coast possesses magnificent har- bors and ‘rivers, which nature designed to be covered with the craft of all nations. The dangers and delays of the English channel, which cause 80 much loss of life and property, to say nothing of expense, in the way of extra risks in insurance, are all obviated in trading to her direct; and the reason she has not long since oc- cupied this position, is, because her taskmasters have oppressed her people, and stifled their hopes and exertion: A new era is, we think, opening; and although it has commenced amid famine, pestilence and death, it may be destined to produce plenty, health, and joy, to a disenthralled people. Ockan Srsamers.—The bed plate for the Bre- men line steamer Lafayette, was cast at the Novelty Works, on Wednesday afternoon. This is the largest plate ever cast for steamers in this country, being three or four tons heavier than the United States’ plate, cast a few days since. It was all done very quietly, the iron melting in about three hours, and the runniag into the mould in two minutes. ‘ The Spanish steamer Leon had her experi- mental trip on Wednesday; she has been refitted at the Novelty Works, had her wheels made 24 feet larger in diameter, new boilers, steam chest, &o. Notwithstanding the large addition to her wheels, about one-third more revolutions were made than ever before. This of course was highly satisfactory to her officers, as they wished to have her speed increased. Atvarapo Hunter.—‘‘ Ned Buntline,” late of the United States navy, has just published a very severe article against Com. Perry and some of the officers attached to the Home Squadron. It is in the form and shape of a sketch of the brief but brilliant career of Lieutenant Charles G. Hunter, in the Gulf, and will, doubtless, create asensation in the naval circles. It will be the cause of a good deal of conversation, and, per- haps, something else. All who are interested in the navy of the United States will read it with no little astonishment. Tre Curnese Junx.—This curious affair was visited yesterday by over four thousatid persons, every one of whom was delighted with all that he saw. fInorder to prevent trouble and incon- venience to the officers and crew, as well as to visiters, we learn that hereafter she will be ex- hibited from six e’clock in the morning to five o’clock in the evening—and not later. Theatricais. Bowery Turatre.—The “Flying Dutchman, or the Phantom Ship”"—the patriotic play “William Tell, the Hero of Switseriand,” and the comedy of the “ Married Rake,” will all be performed at the Bowery Theatre this evening. Three such pieces would fill any theatre in the world. The popular danseuse Miss Vallee, to whom the patrons of the Bowery aro indebted a good deal for the pleasure they de- rive at thet theatre, will take a benefit to-morrow evening. A good bill will be put forth for the occasion, and we have-no doubt a benefit will be the result. Mr. C. Burke, we und en, for a short time, | of the Sanquirico and will appear on Monday next mE excellent piece, Patmo’s Orrna Housr.—The French Opera Company of New Orleans have leased Palmo’s Opera House for a short season, and will give ballet and operatic entertain- ments there, commencing on Monday next. The Lehman family, comprising eleven persons in all—five male and six female ballet dancers, arrived in this city last even- | and will join the heros The stage ent will be under the direction of Mr. Thomas Flynn, who has been for s number of years connected with the stage. Castix Ganven.—The entertainments for this even- ing commence with the burletta of the “Widow's Vic- tim; after which, Le Polacco, by Miss Louten Wells. Miss Phillips will sing two beautiful ballads): “Meet me to-night,” and ‘In the Valley by the Mill.” The per- formances will conclude with Herr Cline’s astonishing feats on the tight rope. We should not be surprised to see the amusements st this theatre well patronised, much more so than heretofore, as those who visit the ferden oan tee the exterior of the Chinese Junk from the jcony. This willbe a profitable season for the propri- «tors, who are indefatigabie in their efforts to cater for the eltizen’s pleasure. Patmo’s Turatne.—We perceive by anadvertisement, that a French Ballet and Pantomime Company com- mence, for a short season, on Monday evening next, at the above theatre. We understand they will be succeed- ed by tl ‘'rench Opera Company from New Orleans. Miss Wemyss, the young lady who made her debut at the Bowery theatre last season, is now playing at the bavy Museum, where she receives marks of decided a; probation. Leonard, the Irish Calyp-o, for Liverpool. Yanuse Hitt ann Dr. Vatenting.—These celebrated comedian, sailed yesterday in the comedians start from this city in a few days, on a tour through the Eastern where they will give a series of comic entertainments. ere oan be very little doubt of their suocess, as they are well known for celebrity in their profession. — Vauxnatt continues to give vocal and instrumental Conoerts every evening, which are well attended. It is said that Beneventano, Barili, and several others ‘oupe, are to gi sm concert at the Boston Melodeon next week. P City Inteiligence. ‘Tus Wratnen —Yesterday was an agroeable day, the thermometer having stood at 68 degrees about 8 o'clock, in Wall street. Crowds were collected at the Battery towards evening. The‘ Junk” attracted a vast num- ber of visiters, and will remain a few days longer. Fine.—A fire ocourred yesterday morning at the Medi- cal Institute, Ne. 669 Broadway, in the store underneath, occupied by George Lowdon. The fire was prompt! extinguished, but the contents of the store were muc. damaged by the water used by the companies on the occasion. Boston Finemen,---This com sain enjoyed them- selves at their head-quarters ast even! . sid Tue Buro.—The annual examination of the pupils of the New York Inatitute for the Blind, will take place in the Chapel of the Institution, this morning, at 9 A.M. —e this afternoon will be interspersed with musio. Exrevition.—There have been put on board the French steamer L’Union, 800 tons coals in one day, July 14th, and the major part of her cargo discharged on the same day, by Messrs. 8. W. West & Son, the riggers and stevedores. Tue Sixty-rinst starr Live oy Stages.—We aro requested to ask the owner or owners of the Sizty-first atreet line of stages to investigate the conduct of the driver of No. 265, of that line, on Thursday last, after the azle-tree broke. It was not, by all accounts, what it should have been on the occasion. Tue Remains ov Cart. Zannisxix.—The remains of the gallant and much lamented Captain Zabriskie, wee a a on the battle field of Buena Viste while brave- ly oharging tho enemy, will arrive in this olty this even. ing, and wil be taken obarge of by the Lafayette Fusi- lers, who will act ass guard of honor during the time will remain in this olty, and on Seturde: ening escort them to the burying ground To Wack enssok, N. J Deatn ny Exnavstion, &0.—Coroner Walters was called to hold an inquest yesterday, on the body of an unknown. man, about 45 years, who went on board steamboat New Jervey ot Albany, on Wednesday even- ing, and died betore the boat arrived . this clty: Ver. ct, death by exheustion, a sease. In his pe = were found o cereldoate of membership of the it. John’s Albany Catholic Abstin. ace association, granted to Francis Carroll, and signed by Mr. Closky, pastor. Hi pposed to have some friends in Brooklyn. Founp Daownev.—The Coroner held an inquest, also, at the Finance Hotel, on the body of an unknown man, about 30 years of Ge Rg yt fo ad floati 1 inthe North river, near No. 1. His body presente: bee ene tcnae A ind on persons who came to bee he ag by drowning, and a verdict was rendered ac- cordingly. Cononen's Inquest.—An inquost was held in Jerse; City, on the body of a man found in the bay. Verdic “death by apparent accidental di .? The de- ceased was dressed as a-sailor, red flannel shirt and drawers, blue pants, woolen socks, and no shoes,a leather belt round his waist; height about five feet ten. and aged apparently forty or forty-five years. He was of a strong etic build: had been in the water from all appear- ances only about thirty hours. On his right arm was a crucifix, and the initials 18, J. B. A. K. On bis left arm, a cross, with » heart on one side, and on the other ‘an anchor, with the initials M. C. A. £. G, and the date Oot, 18,16, No money was found on his person. Tar New Mar Sreamer.—We take pleasure in stating that Com. Stewart ed instruotions yes- terday, the 5 Ni lant Congress. — i“ Sporting Paortino at tue Centanvince Counse, L. l.—The ‘trotting yesterday did not call outa large attendanee at the teaek, the strength of the magnet having been re- duced, by the attraction of the previous day; still, thone who were out were well repaid for their time—especially fei renaeta—ee the sport was rather above medicerity. ‘RoT —TI of $500, mile heats, to 90" Ib. wagons, tetwoun tin fat lowing nags:— Manhattan, b. ¢,, A; Conklin, os 93 1 E. White, g. g., H. Jones,. . Te “2s 2 Manhatian wan Et iene ee four in several Instances,” “ *"° t2 one, and ten to First Heat.—The start was very even, but it i the turn, the grey, who had the inside. deww put in eat @ length, and at the quarter areata teen, agouti ree ce i was done by the driver of the bey herve to Yorn bay horse to force him = = The bande of driver who did not ve i a Inari. Rpts gy warren jecons leat —Mr. Whelan took the bay horse in hand, which seemed to revive the drooping epirite of his backers, They started with their heads together, but on going round the turn Manhattan broke, and the gre’ led past the quarter in 44 seconds, and reached the h: mile in 1:27, three ler a ahead of the bay horse. Reund the lower t1 ‘helan closed up with the grey, having broken and contin the same geme the stretch twice, giving the heat to Manhattan.— be Time, 3 minutes. Third Heat —They started even, and went yi slowly round the turn, and up to the quarter, whic! t at about the same gait took over 46 seconds. ; jThey k to the half, the bay horse about length in front. Time, itretch they were toge- ; z eres here to the ho: er; bul coming up to the draw-gate thi br and the bay horse won bya length ie 3:04! Trot Punse.—This was 9 more spirited affair than the above, it ping mile heats, best cnave, and the ere possesa:d of more speed than the two en- 6 ma apres ee, 1 brig heer as follows :— » br. m., J. i Bell Ri bs x Whel = 2:43, Sutton drew the track, Trustee outside The start was not an even one, Bell Ringer being considerably behind the others; but Whelan ied as hejcame up, that he wanted the word, and the judges gave it. Lady Sutton led round the turnjand to the quarter in 42, Trustee well up. and Bell Ringer a couple of lengths in the rear. At the half, the trio were together (time, 1:23), and they kept thus until they swung round on to the stretch. From the three-quarter le to the score the struggle for tne lead, between Li Sutton and Bell Ringer, was very exciting; but the Lady was the fastest, and won by &@ length, in 2:45—Trustee near a distance behind. Second Heat.— A start. Bell Ringer and Lady Sutton appeared to the candidates for the purse, Trustee keeping behind, as if not wishing to interfere with the contest between them. passed the quar- ter pole in 42 seconds, side and si id were in the same position at the half, in 1 2l,and stuck to each other until they were at the three-quarter pole, when Bell Ringer bro! ohowing tady, Sutton to go infront, and she led to the score in 2:40, by about a length; Trus- tee Lede § ‘yards behind. Third Heat.—A misunderstanding took place in this As the horses to the stand, the driver of 1 judg , but one him too far behind, shouted out “no,” which was understood by the drivers to be go,” and away they dashed, notwithstanding every effort et the judges to bring them back. Bell Ringer and Lady Sut- ‘ton went round the track; Trustee drew up at the turn. A few winutes were allowed, and the nage started for the third and lest heat, which wasa struggle from the start to the three-quarter pole between Bell Ringer and Lady Sutton, Trustee hanging back, as usual. Coming up the stretoh Boll Ringer broke badly, and the Lady won vasil; in 2:43—Trustee about two lengths bebind her; Be Ringer last. “Law fi Usirep States NCE. ourt —-Betore Judge Betts.—The bark Ze id A. R. Cranstadt, master, and Daniel Cunningham owner, ads. Henry J. Carr.— This was a libel fled in rem, and in personam, inst: the master. The facts of the case have been fore reported, uporre motion to elect. The owners ter filed ight exceptions to the libel. Der The libel, in its formal construction, does not conform to the requirements of the Supreme Court, rule 23, and exceptions Nos. 4,4 and7 taken to it, for that cause must be allowed, and the libellant must take proper measures to reform his pleadings, before preceeding with his case. Exception 5 is ‘aie lowed, the libel be- ing suffcient in that behalf. Exceptions 1, 2 and 3, rest upon the doctrine, that the subject matter ef the duit, is not within the jurisdiction ofthe court, to be enforced am rem against the vessel; and that the vessel and owners cannot be made liable, and be proceeded it inrem, and the master in personam, in the same libel. His honor, after reviewing at length the practice of the court, and citing several authorities, said :—I think the mode of proceeding not only justifiable on authority, but that it ought to be encouraged, as preventing a mul- tiplicity of actions for the same cause, when all the right and remedy might be equally secured ins single one. The remedy sgainst the ship owner or master, may often times be indispensable, as neither, separately, would be adequate to afford it, and the court will be careful always so to guard the owners, that exorbitant stipulations are not exacted from the ship or party, or that arrests aro not made double, in cases of doubtful right, or for trivial amounts, In ‘this case, the ship and master are conjointly liable for the passage money ad- vanced, and alio for the safe delivery of the metchan- dige and jaippee by the libellant, and the master may be individually liable for his own wilful mis- conduct, out of the scope of his authority, prejudicial to the libellant. The libel is so drawn as to leave it am- biguous whether damages are sought for the value of the merchandise and baggage, and specie, as not being livered at all, or only compensation for the oppressive conduct of the master. in baffling the libellant in ob- taining bis . Ifthe latter only, then, certainly, there can be butslight use for continuing the suit against the 1 and master merely to cover this portion of the demand, and on proper application the Court will see the owners relieved from all unreasonable burthens in that respect. ‘The exceptions, 1, 2 and 3, must be disal- lowed. Exceptions, 4,6 and 7, allowed, and 1, 2, 3 and 6, disallowed, without costs. Before Judge Ulshoeffer.—Charles Plinter vs. James Halford—This was an action to recove: lanoe alleged to be due for board. It ared that on the 26th of December, 1845, the defendant went to plaintiff, who keeps the Bond street House, and hired three rooms, a sitting room, bed room and ser- yant’s room, together with meals for the winter, for which he agreed to pay $50 a week—he moved on the 27th December, and continued to occupy the rooms for seven weeks and then left. first paying his bill up to that time. The plaintiff insisted that the words “for the winter” meant until the first of May following, and brings the suit to recover the balance of rent which ace crued from the time defendant left to the first of May. For the defence, itg was insisted that the words “ for the winter” meant by the week, and evidence was offer- ed to show that plaintiff so understood them. The jur; found @ verdict for plaintiff for $410 50. For plaintiff, Mr. Cochrane. For defendant, Mr. Rogers. Common Preas.—Bofore Judge Ingraham.—Robvine Douglass ve. Andrew J. Horton, Samuel Randall, and Richard Barnaoy.—This suit was brought to recover damages for overdriving, and so using the plaintif’s horse that he died. The value of the horse was $100 to $126. It appeared inevidence that Horton hired the horse to go to Pelham Bridge; that Randall left the sta- ble at 2 o’clook in the afternoon of the day on which the horse was hired, in company with Horton. and that, at Pelham Bridge, they took in the other defendant, and rode back to the city in the wagon. It also appeared that the horse was restive at the Brid, nd, on their return to Harlem, fell two or three tim and, after he recovered, they again got into the wagon, and pursued their journey to town, arriving at the corner of Broome and Allen streets at six o’clook, P. M., when the horse again fell, and, after some trouble, was taken to the stable, and died ih about three hours afterwards. The distance, about 28 miles, deduct- ing for stoppages, was accomplished in about 2 hours. For the defence it was contended, that the person onl: who hired the horse and wagen, was liable—and second- ly, that the horse died of some disease which he hd pre- viously contracted. Upon this last question, vetrinary ms were examined on both sides, as tothe cause of the horse’s death ; but it seems they dii |, and upon that point, the Judge left it to the jury to say whether the horse died from excessive driving or trom | ek sir disease. lr the other point the verdiot is to ye special. For plaintiff, Mr. 8. B. Noble—For defentant, Mr. N. B. Blunt. Superson Count, July 16—Before Judge Oakley.—Ca- verly ve, Folsom.—Action on ® promissory fence usury—reported in yes'erday’s paper. Yerdict for defendant. s Couns or Grvenat Sessioxs—July 16,—Before Re- | corder Scott, and Aldermen Lawrence and Feeks—Jonas B. Phillips, Assistant District Attorney.—Plea of Guil- tyenat the opening of the Court this morning, Thomas (Coy, plead guilty to an assault and battery en T'ho- mas Collyer, on the 6th of July, and was sentenced to the ey, Prison for the term of thirty days. Trial for Rape.—Robert Robineon and Patrick O’Brien were then placed at the bar for trial, on an indictment for having, on the 13th day of June, brutally outraged the person of a German girl, named Agatha Dunn. In the course of the trial the character of che complainant was placed in such an unfavorable aspect, that the Dis- trict Attorney was induced to abandon the case, which, of course, resulted in the discharge of the accused parties. The Court then adjourned till to-morrow morning. Court Carenvan —Surenion Count.—This Day, July 16 —Before Judge Oakley.—This Court opens at 11 o'clock, A. M.—Nos. 61, 12, 129, 183, 67,78, 113, 134, 135, 136, 187, 138, 139, 140,'141, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 143, 149, 160, 161, 16, 153, 164, 165, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 162, 188, 164, 165, 166, 167, 163, 160, 170, 172, 178, 174, 176, 176, 177,178) 179, 298, 180, 296, 181, 182; 188, 164, 186, ‘oMMON PLeas.—Before Judge Ulshoetfer— Court opens St 10 o'clock, A. M.—Nos. 156, 169, 165, 167, 173, 177, 179. Srverr Ham Storm.—There was a severe hail storm inthe south part of Guilderland last eve- ning, just sfter sundown. The hail stones were larger than pigeons’ eggs, and fell in such profusion as to com- pletely cover the ground. It was:most severe in the south part of the town, A good deal of has been done to the crops. We have not yet heard the extent of territory over which the storm od. In the same town, two horses were killod laat nent by lightni belonging to Mr. Whooler, th 3 5 Pelongiog to Mr. Wheeler, the other to w.r. Irwin —Al Norwicn ann Worcesrer Rattroap Company. —At a meeting of the stockholders of the Nor- ich and Worcestor Raflroad Company, Messrs. John ©, Holland, Alex. D'Witt, John A. Rockwell, Joshua N. Perkins, Daniel Drev, Wm, 8, Underhill, Daniel B. Allen, Cornelius Vanderbilt, £. B. Little, Nelson Robinson, and Edward Bennet, were elected directors for the ensuin, ai at asnbsequent mocting of the Board, John C. Holland was unanimously elected President, Aprowwrment ay rie Presipayt.<-Samuel M. Ro of Ay! , to be Buperint . BeRaairs Work la pase’ of Wha renege ct ladle note. De- | Commencement of St. John's College, Ford bam. The first anoual commencement of this newly incor- porated Coll-ge, took place at Fordham, yesterday after- noon. All the regular trains of cars on the Harlem Railroad were crowded during the morning, and at 1 o'clock P. M., an extra train of six cars was despatched, to take up the passengers, whose business, or other en- gagements, kept them in the city until that hour. ‘The exercises were conducted in a large tent, erected for the occasion, on the beautiful lawn, in front of the college buildings, where, after the passengers from the last train had taken their places, there were present about two thousand persons, among whom we observed members of the city legislature, officers of the army, and other public persons, besides hundreds of pretty girls, beautiful young ladies, and good looking matrons. On the stage were seated Bishop H. Bishop Mc- Closkey, Joseph R. Chandler, Esq., of Peiedet ste’ Rev. Mr. Starrs, Rev. Mr. Bayley, Rev. Mr. Gordon. of Cana- da, and Rev. Messrs. McCarron, O'Neil and McLellan, of this city, and the faculty of the College:—Father Ai tus J. Thebaud, President; Father John Larkin, Vice President: Father Wm. 8. Murphy, Father Charles De Luques, Father Lewis Petit; Father H. Du Mert ere were only four graduates upon whom rolved: the duty of delivering the orations, of which was a discourse on Russia by Mr. Charles De Bull. It was a creditable performance, showing considerable historical knowledge and a happy turn of thought—reflection based upon past occurrences. " ‘The next oration was a Latin performance, De Laudi- bus Lingua Lat Oratio. by P. MoGovern, who artioula- ted clearly and acquitted himself in all respeots well, in & Latin 5) h of considerable length. The third was ‘8 discourse on O’Connell, by P. MeCar- ron, who, with modest introduction, prefaced some quite eloquent remarks in laudation of the lamented Irish statesman. A “Disoourse on Chivalry,’ a good composition, was delivered by Mr. Andrew J. Smish, who was also the honored graduate who delivered the Valedictory Ad- reas. The last discourse we give below. It was, ot course, the besg, and was, in consequence, reserved till the last. It wad written and delivered by Mr. %. H. Rosencrans, whose father is now Professor of Civil Engineering at West Point. It was entitled— NOTHING ORIGINAL. Manis, indeed, fearfully and wonderfully made; his capacities of mind and body are manifold and mysteri- ously contrived; the end of his boing ie unspeakably grand; but {t has not been given to man to create. He can explore, investigate, understand; ho can trace ana- logies and follow premises to their intricate and far-off conclusions; he is subtle to disvover the hidden pi to which things may be applied; he oan give new forms to material objects about him, causing the rude rook tostart up into the graceful statue, and the dull; can- vass to gleam with images of breathing life, but he can originate nothing. It is s very common impression that man not only can originate, but has originated many things. Wo have grown into the habit of considering sciences, philosophies, literature, and all those inventions by which civilized is distinguished from savage life, as having been created, tbrought out of nothing into exis- tence, by the human race; and oflooking upon the histo- ry of arts and sciencves, and, in short, of civilization, ass history of the productions, and not a record of the dis- coveries of the human mind. Hence, when we go back into the world’s primeval times, and picture to ourselves the as yot unfinished earth, a mere expanse of lend and water—the trackless waste of blue, the land a savage wilderness thtough which men, in company with beasts, feeding on roots and acorns, roamed with- out dwelling or fixed abode—a voiceless and brutal herd; and from them trace along from age to age, the adoption of successive comforts and conveniences, we eee that we are reviewing the additions made by human ingenuity to the original creation. And as eac! ears, whether it be a patent paok-sad- days, or ® steam engine in modern times, we say, behold a manifestation of man’s crea- tive power !—behold the cunning contrivances with which he elaborates the rude tenement wherein he is doomed to dwell! Wherefore we find much that is worthy of wonder and praise in modern days, The in- ventions of the last three centuries are almost innumera- ble. Gunpowder, the art of printing, the Logi a4 the. lightning rod, the magnetic telegraph—all owe their ex- istence to the prelific present era, So we say, in theso last days, the genius of man, developed by long ages of sharp experience, is opening its treasure house, and, Ceres-like, filling the earth with plenty. Now, at last, man is manifesting his true character as superior to the lanet whereon he delves. After 6000 years of 688, to be master of matter. Now at last his intel- merchandize, and the red lightning is his swift-winged ‘and not only that, butat will he cam create t will he can produce the lurid light- ning flash. Now is his craft triumphant over all things —now his cunning is god of this world. Bow the knee, oh ye people—offer incense in the temple of solenoe— sing psalms in the workshops unto this god who is mani- feasting himself—this creative energy of man. And per- sonifications of this creative divinity—iuventors—are made to be gods and demi-gods. Our inventors of steam engines and of gunpowder have leaped from the roof of the temple of art to the breezy top of our many-peaked Olympus; and the lofty Olympian dwellings, which, in the poetio mythology of the dreamy Grecians of old, resounded to the quarrels eye Juno and Jupiter, the cloud-compeller, are @ the abodes of Dr. Faus- tus, and Watt, and Galileo,jand » host of others, deified for similar glorious deeds. And to them, full of wonder- awe, we offer incense of panegyric and sacrifice of printed praise. ‘Yet, it seems to me that the ardor of our admiration ill somewhat cool, if approaching more nearly to them, we analyze the actions for which we praise them: and, when the distance which now lends enchantment to our view, is taken away, and the mists which round-eyed wonder has wrapped around them are dissipated, our awe will vanish—and we shall discover that we have lost sight of what they did, and honored them for what they did not. Certain I am, we shall find that they aremen,. endowed with only human faculties, of which they made only human use: and that far from creating or making any addition to the original world, they fell very far short of discovering half the wonderful things whose existence is twin-born with time. For inventions are, properly, only disceveries—in which the inyentor creates nothing really new, and in which he simply mukes known to men some ancient fact of which men had hitherto been ignorant. He does not, | repeat, create his discovery. As Columbus, in the first voyage across the Atlantic, created none of the islands, or forests, or Indians, whose existence he discovered—so the inventer, who, in the course of his investigations, arrives at some use to which a material force may be applied, creates or produces nothing. For example, when Waitt, after much reasoning, came to the conclusion that steam, from its expansive property, would force the piston of the steam engine downwards as well as up- wards, he did not create the expansive property of steam: and when the idea of Lota | s denser separate from the cylinder, occurred to him, he did not endow steam with the capacity of being condensed in a vessel apart from that in which it expanded. The steam that arose from the cauldron in which Pelops was boiled for a supper to the gods, by afterwards haughty Tanta- lus, was as capable of violent expansion and sudden con- densation, as that which puffed from the high pressure pipe of the first engine that rippled the broad bosom of the old North river. And had ‘Tantalus been in need of steam engine then, without creating any thing, but simply using the vapor already made, he might have had clustering about his memory all the laurel leaves that now deck the brow ofthe inventor of the steam engine. Or, again, when the nameless unknown who invented gunpowder, discovered that 78 parte of saltpetre, 12 of charcoal, and 10 of sulphur, would form an explosive mixture, he did not endow saltpetre or charcoal, or sul- hur, with any new property, but simply brought to ight ® property which they had not been known to possess. If you say that although he did not endow these bo- dies with any new property, yet by @ peculiar combina- tion of them, he prodaced a body which had not before existed, and. which, therefore, was new, | admit it wil- Mngly—for to combine bodies and change their exterior forms, is by no means to create, Precisely in the same manner a mechanic, who is making some article of fur- niture, , by some mistake, give to itashape which no mechants had ever givenit before. And ifhe do, he has Produceda body which never existed, and which,theréfore, new. Andsoif an apothecary, in compounding any one of his mixtures,shouldjby accident mingle his ingredients in a diflerent proportion from that in which they are wont tobe mingled, then, he has by ,a peculiar combination of his ingredients,produced a body that never before exist- ed, and which is therefore new. Wherefore, both the awkward meobanic and the blundering apothecary are entitled to @ place among those who, by originating. have won unto themselves a deathless name; and ought of right to eat ambrosia by the side of Watt and Galileo in our scientific mythology. “ But this {8 absurd,” you will say. “ ‘These persons donot produce any thing abso lutely new—the article of furniture wuich mechanic makes is still an article of furniture, whi be ite shapeand the compound of the apothecary is still « mixture of certain ingredients, whatever be their pro- ortions.’: And I answer—so the mixture of the name- jess monk is still saltpetre, charcoal, and sulphur, in whatever proportions they may enter into his destruo- tive compound. Steam is steam, whether they use it to fores a piston upwards and downwards, or it be allowed to float to hea- ven and join the army of the storm-cloud king. In a word, combination cannot be a creation: changing the forms of material objeots is not making Testerial Obert discerning the hidden uses of things is not producing any hidden uses. Ho ow the invention may ard ignorant men, it is addition to the creation. Inven- tors, therefore, are neither gods nor demi-gods endowed with a superhuman creative faculty; but simply men of strong Le po minds—aoute observing faculties—and pa- Uient application in Fan page= And they are enti. tled to credit only for their patient application. No thanks are due to them if they possessed compre- hensive faculties; but thanks are due to them that while other men were wrap) in soneuality—guid- ed by impulse—dancing, feasting, revelling, qua- rolling, killing, as the animal live alone, an intellectual and loft life-searching and oontem- plating the wonderful works of God. Searching out and contemplating, | say; for none but those old dreamers, the alchomists, who lived in the twilight of science, and to whom, therefore, all bajo ‘were rted. magnified or dimmed by the misty light in which they were en loped; or some obscure madman,hunting after perpet motion, or those yet more insane who sought in galvan- ism for the principle of life—the breath of Ged;—except these, I say. no one bas ever dreamed of adding to the material atoms or elements of forces with which earth was endowed originally when on the morning of the 6th day she shot forth ‘nto space, all arrayed in her robe of verdure and flowers, and girded with her belt of oceans, to roll onward during her appointed 10,000 years. ‘All thia, it may be said, is true h. No one will claim that man originates any m: thing, or that the aid of science one man can @ any element whioh, to another, is impossible. “ Science,” at bert, only “investigates,” but “art creates,’ Soience, at pom only generalizes phenomena and writes down their generic ; but art produces phenomena which sci- enoe may generalize. It is not to be expected nor to be nate any material thing: Eee Reeve is productions. ‘The jo the w productions. poet reler of lifeless olodds: his world is not a material, @ ppltit world; his body, ) Wt may be, 1s laboring ow in far. And from this bright faintly on his ear trom far. And trom meat of gladness and melody, which is the world of his own conceptions, and therefore of his own creation, he brings forms and beings which are his own, entrancing the nations with the new song he sings, ‘and leading rinces captive by a the unutterable beauties Sertoal ket gooed upon. Wherefore, it is said, every great poet, ‘of necessity originates, And of great poets, since the beginning of the world, many have appeared, who, during his long flight of ages, have cast many & leam of brightness upon the sable wings of time. Such’ the soothing and exstatio Seeaes vt which modern poets pour a mist of the wnderful abeut their verses; 60 that any man whose initials have been printed in the “ poet’s corner”? of some newspaper, underveath four stanzas of jingling words, es that be has bestow- od upon the world @ token of his creative power—some beauty which eye of man had never before ed upon, and which mortal conception never before had figured Alas for thistheory of the ori ity of poets, that the poetry which is written must read! Alas, for those who admire originality, that they are allowed access to fo the pong | books thas, baredbenn published— ey seek too much o1 poetry, and are Pee to the sad Sonahuslon that it does not exist! It is an universal complaint among those who read much, that, for them, reading lost its fas- cinations—they ‘find nothing new, they say; they remember a time when a book they had not read wasa whole world of wonders they had not explored, and on the remembrance of that sunny time they dwell doatingly, as # dreamer cherishes sweet memories of pleasant hours now gone by and sealed up forever in the returnless past. ‘Their hearts yearn to feel again those wild, thrilling, exstatioemotions that used to rush upon them lo: 0, when, of « winter’s night, tho et rind whispered his wizard tale from the corner of the ingle side, while the winds of winter wailed moaningly with- out and the waning lamp burned feebly; when leaning forward they listened breathless—in that happy time when the lay of the poet was to them a gosh of spirit masio ‘an unseen world, Whence it came, they knew not—why it came they knew not; but that it was utiful, they felt, But now their case is sadly differ- ent—now they find nothing that thrills them—nothing that touches them—nothing new. They buy book after book, and ema | longingly into them,find that infinite- ly “ flat, stule and unprofitable ” repetition of what they Have already read in #0 many different authors. ‘ Ho- mer,” says one of these, “ is the only original writer that ever lived.” And Dr. Johnson, another, says of Homer: “nation after nation, century after century has been able to do little more than transpose his incidents, new- name bis characters and paraphrase his sentiments.” Some learned critics have made it their business to dis- cover the similar in different authors; and there are editions of classies loaded with notes and commenta- ries explaining that this idea was borrowed from there and this from there—that othe author imitated such a preg. Ayer Ing writer. We are told by these, ww much and for what Virgil is indebted to Theocritus, Horace to Pindar, Shakepeare to Euripides, Sophocles and Aschylus ; and we learn from these that almost all that is excellent in poets, had its origin among dif- ferent individuals of inferior fame. How many obscure writers do our commentators bring to light as having been robbed of their excellent Shakspeare ! How many of his most matchless productions are mere patchwork—or recasting, afurther development of sim- ple legends sung in rude Saxon by some Allan-a-Dale of old—where the plan is nothing altered—the characters nothing pitord How many of those rude ballads— how many ef those wild Saxon legends—how many tales athered from all tribes and people, are incorporated in is postry! As a despot in the reaim of poetry he has exayied fem public poets whatever they had which he needed—like ‘the rod of Moses, absorbing into himself with the gigantic power of nature, the feeble ments with which magicians strove to rival him. And so wé might go on and show by induction that no poets originate; but that all use without scruple what- ever they read or hear—without asking whether it may not have been used already # thousand times ; and that of the thousand and one sonnets, poems, &o., which one must see or shut his eyes in these days of cheap pax tion , an essential partof one will not be found which will not also be found to be the eseential part of at least instru- .| five hundred others. And this gught to occasion nosur- rise: for poetry is a representation of nature and of ife ; and Btu and life are essentially the same, by whatever poet andin whatever age one viewed. Poetry is a representation of nature and of life as the; are, and as they are they remain unchangeable throu, all ‘ages. Neture in her beauty—nature in ber sub- limity—never changes. The solitary grove on & sum- mer noonday, with ite carpet of green grass; and th Httle brook purling through its deep cool shade, whe the swaying branches of the gigantic trees murmur a soft and dreamy melody when the south breexe rustles through them, is beautiful—wuether Moschus tell bis longings after it in Greek, or it be painted to the en- raptured fancy in the touching and simple lay of the bard-peasant Burns, The sterm on @ sultry summer afternoon—the ig of black thunder-clouds in the west—the Sues broken-edged masses rolling up- ward, mountainous in size and in blackness, as Erebus, towards the senith—now driving towards each other, now recoiling, now whirling around and seeming to retreat—then shooting with the winged speed of thought far up into the sky—the thunder meanwhile rumbling hoa: in the biack depths, und the lurid lightning ulong the dark edges of the elouds— the wind passing fitfally by, whirling along light reeds = and fying straws—then the bursting of the storm upov the shrinking earth—wild beasts cowering in their dens—men’s hearts them for ame pean failing barring his cottage door, and with closed eyes falling on the pater hating de herd clinging to the crags of the lonely mountain—the gasping mother clasping her youve child to her ‘setvelons bosom in mute agony, while the winds rave—the fo: are prostrated— fields are desolated—“ torrents swelled,” and th “sea roars in its foaming friths’’—the terrific grai deur of this scene is the same, whether Virgil de- scribe it in hexemeter Latin, or it be the theme of the mountain muse, the wild raving Ossian. And life, with its exterior vicissitudes and its interior passions—with its extremes of poverty and affluence—with its joys for one and sorrows for another, changes not with the lapse of time and difference of latitude; and the characters of men, acted upon by these vicissitudes, and made up of these interior passions, are essentially the same, 60 long as man is man, The feelings of the human heart require the same language for their expression, whether that heart throbs beneath the shagzy breast of a Gre- cian hero, or under the steel cloak of Knight in times of chivalry. According to the passion by which it is stirred, so will be the voice it utters, whenever and wherever it is moved. ge in which Leander, all wet and drip- rater of the Hellespont, wooed the Sestian dameel,to see whom he had swam thr uarters of a mile, was the the same equally expressive of that emotion of the heart as that which is lisped by the romancer now-a-da; as “he capers nimbly to the soft breathings of the lac! vious lute,” before the fastidiously painted belle of a modern parlor. And again, patriotism, that loftiest feel- ing of the natural heart, gave birth to the same strainin the days when Roman poets chanted the praises of the seven-hilled city, sitting above the crushed world, as in modern times gushed forth when Moore. Erin’s patriot bard, proudly unbound his Island harp and gave all its chords to light, freedom and song. Sensual pleasure— the feeling of those who would hide their love of animal enjoyments of roast beef and claret under the name of conviviality, utters the same senti- ments now, in the song of Anacreon Moore, as it did three thousands years ago, in the lays of Anacreon the Greek. The wail that bursts from the bereaved and de- solate heart, over hopes blasted, plans frustrated, kind- ness scorned, is the same, whether it burst frantically from the doomed Aidipus of Sophooles, or be moaned piteously to the walls ofa rude hut, by mad King Lear of Sbakapeare. The character which Homer has drawn, and to which he has given the name of Achilles, is a hero; whether the son of Thetis, he sit all day gazing into the hoary Adgean sea, nursing his wrath, and invoking his sea-goddess mother, in Homer, or tilt in tournaments and thread dark forests in search of danger, the lion-hearted Richard of Sir Walter Scott. And, in shert, all that is , all the reality in literature, is unchangeable Reevet. The words may vary,the language may vary—it may be written now in hexameter, now in trimeter, now in rhyme, now in blank verse—but its essence, that by which it is poetry, never varies. It ie that 1 of the general human heart, that representation of the uni- versal human life, of which no particular man can claim to be the originator, since its or! is not in man, but in the originator of man—even . Wherefore, neither ancient poets nor modern poets ha riginated, but vimply have described what they saw and felt in the world, and in their own hearts. And, in fect, from the nature of things, it is as impossible that man should originate any truth, as it is that he should create & material particle. He may give o forin to truth— he may view it in relation to one thing or in relation to another; but it is absurd to say that he oan originat —for truth has ite existence out of the mind and inde- pendently of the mnd. The human race need net be told of the existence of # truth, in order to call that truth into existence. It was just as true that planets acted upon each other with a force inversely propor- tional to the squares of their distances from euch other, and dipeotly proportions! to their masses, before the fall of the far-famed apple in Sir Isaac Newion sorchard, asafterwards Jt was just as true that lightning and electricity were identical before Franklin flew his kite on Boston Common, as it was after he bad announced that wonderful fact to the scientific world. That is to say, the intellect of men and trath are realitivs, totally distinct from and independent of each other. If truth depended on the miud. it would be as changeable, as fluctuating, as capable of non-existence, as is the mind. But truth is eternal—unchangeable. it would also be, like the mind, looal; so that what is true here, would not be true there; but it is universal, from everlasting to everlasting. Alt the universe by unchangeably written—whether man read them or not AB The lan; ping with easy sentences t! and. hearts, and on the sensible world sbout them. But do they, therefore, originate the formule? are from all they the euthors ot that which em lee eternity? No! Truth exists out mind. The eternal years tence of (dod is her’e—it is for us to contemplate never to be her auchor. Hence, when we gi ventors and our original writers, let us TneTe ats Ream thy hte sn thing fer ur, but iad 1e | the inyoterice that surround car race than common be Let us always be mindful that our destiny is to con plate truth, and not to make it. longer and more calm. we should not rey oe ete , waderstand a the oud of a very id, all tl tong life vind hes Hearing passion, the mind will, Givecher investig. te and wndersten immeaoure ble oternity. - embraces eve truths are formui~ written upon the hand of God, which are eternally, ws on ages glide away, the blinded visions of men in slowly to decipher the simpler and more iat are written in their own minds xie- of God are bert he ore remea| at oduoed any Koa more into ‘As yet our race has fathomed but few of the mysvwrivs thai are hidden in ali . be expected that terial things; and it coals eo Beak aad too scene of turbulence doubt not, find truths to the long Conner. Second Greek Class—James tnd Patrick MeGovern, ‘Third Greek Class—lat, ‘nee ughes; 2d, John Kelly and Charivs de Bull First La- tin Class—1st, James Clary; 2d, Daniel Fisher. Latin Composition—1st, James Clary; 24, Laurense Conner. Second Latin Class— William Morrogh, Charles de Bull, James Hughes. Latin Composition— William Morrogh, Charles de Bull. Third Latin Class—Ist, Daniel Dun- ning ;, 2d, Michael McCallion. Latin Composition— lst, Michael MeCallion; 2d, M. Dally, Thomas Collta. Fourth pyttin | Clase——John Kelly. Latin oun ol , 6th Li tans a ha Latin ‘oxerclaee— --Stephi aie ath atin Latin Exercises—Ist. John McQuade ; 2d. Francis Ma- rin, lst French Clase—Stephen Hallet. Frenchy Cn, position—Stephen Hallet, Daniel Fisher. 24° Frenoh ‘lass—Ist. Charles de Bull; 2d, William Morrogh. French Composition—Ist, Joseph Blair ; 2d, De Bull. 3d French Ciass—ist division, Thomas Collins ; 2d division, James MoNulty’ Frenoh Composition—ist, Joho Kelly; 2d, James’ MeNulty, Fourth French class; First division—Ist, Patrick Gaynor, 2d, Joseph O'Conner. Second Division—Ist Edy Lynch ; 2d John Hughes. French ExercisesU1st John feQuade ; 2d, John Hughes, Rhetoric—ist, William Morrogh ;'2d'James Clary. English Discourse—ist Gharles De Bi , James Clary. Second Rhetorio— nt, Maurice Dally, Lucian E. Ballard: 24, Thomas Gol ling, Edward Ballard; 34, Jobn Kelly. ‘English Com: ition—Ist, Thomas Collins; 2d, John Kelly. First ‘nglish Class—John Young. Composition—John Young, Second English Class—Ist, Joha McQude ; 2d, Amos Labarbe. ird English Class—1st, Dan’ Gray; 2d, Wm. Fagan. English Exercises—Ist, Thos. Marin; 24, James Welsh, Fourth English Class—ist, Wm. Fagan; 34, Jaa, O'Neil. First Class of Seoereyt and History—Ist, John Kelly, Edward Kohly; 2d, Denman, Joseph O'Connor. Second Class of Geography and History— 1st, Amos Labarbe; 2d, Jobn McQuade; 8d, John Hart. Natural /Philosophy—Johu Gray. C —Dantel Fisher, John Gray, Analytical Geometry—Jno. Kerri Written Compositions—-John Gar Geometry —-let William Morrogh. John Kerrigan ; 2d, Charles dv Bull, James Clarry. Written Compositions—ist Jobn Kerri. 0 ; 2d, James Clarry, Lucien E. Ballard. Surveying— §oba Kerrigan, Algebra—-Firet, Division—Joha Mo. Dermott, James Moran; Second Division—lst James Hughes ; 2d, Maurice Daly. Algebralo Compositions— Ist, Maurice Daly, James Hughes; 2d, John Kelly, First Clase of Arithmetio—Michael MoCallion. Second Class of Arithmetio—First Division—lst J.Hughes; 2d, J. Hart Arithmetioal Exercises—Ist, John Hughes; 2d, Henry Patcham. 3d Division, James Sweeny. Written Arith- metical E: James Bweeny. Sd, Class of Arith- metio—ist, William Fegan; 2d, James O'Neil. Writ- ten Arithmetical Exercises—Iist. Joachim Miro; 2d. 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The New Jersey Railroad Company have declared a sem! annual dividend of three and « half per cent, psys- ble on the 2d of August. The Mechanics’ and Traders’ Bank, of New Orleant? bias declared a dividend of three per cent, payable at the Manhattan Bank, August 2. ‘ ‘The quantity of certain articles exported from this port for the month of June, this year, and from the Ist of September, 1346, to July Ist, 1847, and for the corres. ponding period the previous year, is exhibited in the annexed statement :— Expoats raoM THE ip or New vor. i 1 lune 30. Ter. Briton ey 1846-7. 11913 15,738 420, 4“ 903 6,368 98 ve bik | 6 088 31,699 22,10 3 161 1806 19.99 1794 7,301 5,827 ‘600 16 er 6.554 5,856 3008 a7 W1'3 15 38 33 14,172 TST 00a 8,988 ‘ 2 Tee a 20 8.843 TA a 8,04 ‘233 ry 16 2 4 9322 572 a oe a ot oun = ot ‘2 = 87888 rr 975 18 mi sit 28% 087 6140975 i mbes 79 ‘The shipments of hrewdevulty frem Mile part 1 ‘ey | |