The New York Herald Newspaper, January 1, 1848, Page 2

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ALL LETTERS by mail for subscriptions, or with advertisements, to be post pa.”., or the poatige will be de- ducted the aechrt at _ VOLUNTAR 'ORRESPONDENCE., containing re pan spaentor: foe. . wnat of the womd— sell always be erat id for. TICE can be taken of anony ommunica- intended for must be authenti- a the name and address of the writer ;_ not necessa- i Pi sone none Mare nvodean wf his et ay 4 % connot undertake to return rejected communications. ALL PAYMENTS to be made in advance. AMUSEMENTS THIS DAY AND EVENING. PARK THEATRE—Sanvs, Lent & Co's Equestrian | Troupe in their various performances at 2 and7 P.M. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Lavr of Lroxs— Vermont Woot Pxotar—Brack Raxorrs. CHATHAM THEATRE, Chatham street—Atl P. M— | Moprt Antistes—E ax Drama or Secret Mins— Movine Prorune oF in Mexico AtT? M Momentovus Qvestion—Mopet ARTIsTs—Movine Pic- TURE oF BaTTLEs 1x Mexrco—Baipe oF ABYDos. PALMO’S OPERA HOUSE, Chambers street—La Bar- aperr—Box vs. Cox—La TarantuLa—Cracovienne, Ke, CIRCUS, BOWERY AVPHITHERATRE. Boweryy.— me] performances, Kaus ~"anisM, &o gt t* Avda, Zand ~ “BROADWAY ODEO! INGING—Dancina —Guecian Exenciees—Moper Anti MECHANICS’ HALL. Broadway, near Broome.—Cnais- ry's Minstrets Etatorran Sixarva, BuRLEsque Danc- ina. Two performances, at 3 and7 P.M PANORAMA HALL, Broadwav, near Honston.—Bar- wanp’s PayonaMa OF THE Mississivrt River, at 3 and 7 P.M. New Yor, Saturday, January L 1848. . State of the Gountry—Past and Future, The United States are now in a most extraor- dinary position. During the last year, the armies of the republic have executed two of the most brilliant campaigns that the history of fifty cen- turies can show, considering the disparity of forces and the inequality of position. The cam- paign from Pala Alto to Buena Vista, and that from Vera Cruz to Mexico, cannot be paralleled, | except inthat of Alexander the Great through Persia, Hannibal from Spain to the gates of Rome, or Napoleon over the Alps into Italy. The military power of this republic, in addition to its great commercial wealth, is now acknowledged throughout the civilized world ; instead of one Napoleon, we have them by the dozen. The military genius of the nation is proved to be equal, if not greater, than that of its commercial capacity. We rank, at once, as one of the most powerful nations in the world, and this acknowledgment will soon be made by | every government in Europe. But this progress of two hundred years, con- densed into twelve months, has not been accom- plished without losses, without expenditures, without efforte, that will be felt from this day for- ward, upon the financial, the commercial, andjthe banking systems of the nation. We have finish- ed the conquest of Mexico; but we are beginning | a revulsion and revolution in our currency and commercial affairs that will land us we don’t | know where. The public debt has been increas- ed already to fifty millions. The present Con- gress has not been a month in session, and four millions of dollars have been called for to supply deficiencies; besides ten new regiments, making our standing army sixty thousand men, to be pro- vided for during the ensuing year. We cannot get rid of Mexico. She will not make peace. She forces us to keep military possession of her capital and of her provinces. This involves ex- penditures, and those expenditures will lead to results that must be felt in commercial affairs. Accordingly, within the last few days, deep ap- prehensions of disastrous results have begun to pervade the minds of our banking and commercial men—a panic has been the consequence, first ~ a New Your's Day. This isthe first day of the New Year, 1848, We wish health and prosperity to all the com- | munity, men, women and children. The past year has been a very eventtul one to briefest shape possible, an enumeration of the principal events of the year, connected with this metropolis and the whole republic. The writers and reporters employed on this journal, number- ing nearly twepty briefly as piel m the first time that our body of writers and re- porters have attempted such an enumeration, upon a large scale; and they may have been beset on their way with the same difficulties which obstructed David in numbering the children of Israeli. We rather think the number of honest lawyers and brokers, pious clergymen, and wicked actors, has been over-rated. It is, how- ever, an error,on the score of humanity and kind feeling, towards poor human nature, to ad- mit that there isa larger mass of persons who are better than we expected them to be. We had intended to have enumerated and classified, according to their different moral and intellectual qualities, our respectable con- temporaries of t.e New York press—such es Moses Y. Beech, David Hale, James Watson Webb, Horace Greeley, Charles King, W. C. Bryant, and others of less note and humbler name. But finding a difficulty in estimating their qualifications and fixing their rank, either ina moral, a religious, or a pecuniary point o reaching the ill managed country banks—arun has | typited States will, doubtless, ve struck with the been made on their agents in this and otherAtian- ticcities. This is but the commencement of the downfall of that portion of our system which is founded on baseless principles. Specie still con tinues to leave our banks in the large cities by large masses. Nearly four hundred thousand dollars will be taken in the steamer which leaves to-day. During the last fortnight, probably nearly as much has been drawn from our banks, through a reaction in the paper currency, by the people demanding specie for ppper. Fifty mil- lions of dollars will be required during the en- suing year, making four millionsa month. This will drain the treasury, and loans will be re- | quired to nearly twenty millions of dollars, all of which will ultimately fall on the banks.— ere isno prospect that Congress can avoid acting on this matter; we are, therefore. only in the commencement of that reaction which every nation must feel that goes to war, and is succese- ful, as we have been. But we ought not to despair. The country is generally prosperous ; the sun shines as bright as ever; the stars are still as sparking; the | earth is as green; the dews of heaven as rich as | ever; and the whole republic is full of food and raiment, with a sum of specie scattered among the population equal, probably, to one Iundred millions of dollars. A\l who have been trading | on borrowed capital, to a great extent, will break | —there is no salvation for them; but, fortunately, | they are only a emall portion of the people of this | country. he great mass of our merchants, traders, mechanics, and professional men, are safe, beyond the reach of a revulsion in the bank- ing system. The prices of our great staples are immense value of the property owned by the | here set forth, for they are published from au- thentic official records, kept by the several go- vernment departments, and they are confirmed toa greatextent by the experience of travellers and people acquainted with the affairs of that country. Indeed they are confirmed by a dis- tinguished Mexican—Dr. Don Jose Maria Luis Mora—in afwork styled ‘‘ Obras Suettas,”” and published in Paris inthe year 1887. That writer gives a statement or calculation of the value | which, unde? different titles, had belonged to the whole regular and secular clergy, and which, by right, they possessed up to 1832. The followiug is such statement :— Value of ecclesiastical revenues,.... « « «$7,456,693 Productive capitais. « © $149.13» 860 Unproductive do, . «es 80031,894 | Total value of capitals. .......+ +++ + +.9179,168,754 | This statement will douftless astonish the | people of the United States, who fortunately are exempt from all those burdens, except so far as they voluntarily impose them on themselves. There are other points which will excite the | interest of Americans. It seems that while the estimated receipts of the government have been generally underrated, yet the expenditures have invariably equalled the actual receipts, to a nicety. The Mexicans have some financiers among | then who would do honor even to Wall street, | and make some of our New York traternity hide | their diminished heads. Witness the following nice business transaction between the govern- ment and one D. M—— L——. That distin- guished financier, on the 18th of June, 1828, lent low; but it is not probable that they will go any lower. Weare on the eve of a most exciting | Presidential election, and there is no doubt we | shall have a President of some kind or other ; but | it matters very little who he may be. Mr. Clay | and General Taylor seem to be the promi- | nent men. Thus, therefore, we are full of glory, of specie, of food, of clothing, of men, of rich land; but yet the banks are ina dangerous position—may possibly even suspend and break to pieces, and | no body pities them, and no body ought to pity them. Weare going through a great political | and financial revolution, and we will rise up | again better and more elastic than ever. The | United States are now beginning the history of | greatness in the civilized world. Matis Por THE Guir § pron.—We are re- quested to state that the U.S. store ship Fredonia, Lt. Com. Neville, will sail fromthe Navy Yard, to join the Gulf Squadron, ina few days, and that any letters or packages for the officers and men | in the Gulf, sent on board, will be teken care of and delived by the officers of the ship. | Mu.tary Movewents.—Major Eaton, Aid-de- lor in all his brilliant bat- short visit to his friends and camp to General Tay tles, 18 in town on | relations. Major distinguished himself at Palo Alto, Resaca dela Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista Miuitagy Arrowrment.—We learn that it is the inteation of the President to appoint Wm. J. | Hough, ex-M. C., from this State, to the office of Brigadier General, to tke the place vacated | by the death of Geo. Iopping A Goop Tuino.—Tne Rt. Rev. Bp. Hughes| the government $400,005. Let us see how he | paid it. The items are as follows: $235,247 paid in old goverment credit: dits at pa 125,002 paid in tobacco credits at 2 paid in cath, . $435,292 $100,005 Now when we explain that the $235,217 could be bought at five per cent, it would seem that Hy. +++ y id for them oul its are worth fift; see ces cee $11,762 per cent. and cost 62,501 75,082 fe. Fi 4 4 , $49 306 This is the sum which this Mexican financier ‘he Contractor ‘he tobacco ere! him... | paid for a loan of $400,005, which he was tc re- ceive in six months. We are afraid that Wall strect has been more than matched, although we were of opinion that the denizens of that noted thoroughfare, could cheat as fast and as nicely | as any shavers in the world. Another part of those statistics may be com- mented upon, perhaps with advantage. The whole population of the Mexican republic is set down at more than seven millions; yet, out of this comparatively large number, not over four hundred thousand are voters. This arises from he distinctions among them—the majority of them being Indians. We submit these statistics to the consideration of Congress. They may, perhaps, throw some light on the Mexican question, and enable them to arrive at some conclusion as to what is best to | be done with that country. We mustmention that in addition to the money due the English bond-holders, and set forth in those statistics, there is an internal debt of sixty- nine millions of dollars. Avensor Yrariy RB From 1763 to {797 he 3780 to 171 179 to 17! In 1813 they ought to nun COLLECTED. will prevet in St. Pet r’s Charen, clay street, to-morrow (Sunday) morning at half past 10 | o'clock. He wiil be worth hearing. Giles Scroggins is going to report him. ) _— CS be. ¥ rom 1769 to 17/7, before “free commerce, From 1778 to 1798, under the United States. In this journal we give a | E« + number ofjtables, or statements,containing, inthe Pigeiere Yextiy Eetimaree op Revervr, Actua Recaiers ‘Treasury, From 1803 ano Exrenpitunr op Mexican To I Ean. nites nite nae sant Fatimetes, 18254 601 17 864g 17488 98 LATEST MOMENT LAST Expenditare . 17 066,438 Ones 13,848,257 ‘ a i 1830", Congressional, =. Wasnicton, Deo. 81, 1647. no 9 28, Actual recpt. Brpenditure. Vera Cruz, from 1840 to 1848, Tampi GIVEN IN THE TaBLe: 026 1820, . .6,497,288 Exronts or Parcious Merats, 1 XN Taste SHowinc THe Net Procerns tom Hovses, TAKEN FROM OFFictaL melancholy, however, to observe, sung in an inferier and discredi in all respects. We gather thi from the critics of the Ezpre: rier des Etats Unis, and the Tribune. Sreoie surrey From Vena Cavt anp Tampico on ac- count or Mexican Divipen: Torat Amount or Custom House Propucts, not as ATED BY THE Minis- YRARLY. era aes = pes inti) good middling at 630. Sugar is without alteration. Muamoras aad othier ports oui the Gulf 1,000.6¢0 Coffee—Sales of Rio at 70. In freight we have no new jews acess She: ot 7,000,000 he Sisega bigot assay are inact of ne- ; . ere are Vi few transa jazt. March, 167, April, 612. tug, 1s. | SoS wy eae, meses ; Fie Fal Cixctxxati, Dec. $1.—Flour—The market was inac- 4 ae 7 tive, and weonly note sales of 100 a 200 bbls. country or THE Mani- Time, FrontieR, TeRRitoRiaL aNp INTERNAL Cus- Sources: Tue Orrra.—During the last few nights, a new | # u opera has been brought out at the Astor Opera clergy. Weare bound to credit the statistics | House, and crowded and fashionable audiences booksellers, have graced the interior of that edifice. It is that according to the critics, the different artists have acted and table manner, is intelligence ss, the Cour- The | in the treatment they give to the poor artists. critic of the Courier and Enquirer, for some reasons, has abandoned the field of his opera- tions, probably in disgust at the shocking man- ner in which Amina was murdered by Signora Biscaccianti. Poor Biscaccianti has been ban- Siberia. She appears to be not the only failure. The very pretty and beautiful Barilli has been denied any merit, except that of personal beauty, they are all condemned in the lump, and even Benedetti has received a slap on the face. Our cut up and slashed the poor Stalians, with as lit- tle remerse or humanity as the butchers at the plump animals brought to their city. vere enough sometimes, upon bad singing, bad acting and bad management. But we must say these amiable musical critics far exceed us | We must look into the matter, and do justice between the parties. At all events, the Opera is still crowded, still fashionable, caused, as we think, chiefly by the subscribers, and some of the artists—certainly not by the management or | crities> 3 Poe. Grnenat Cass on THe WiLmor Proviso —Gen- eral Cass has published along letter in the Wash- ington papers, in which he taxes strong ground against the Wilmot proviso, and all the movers and abettors of that doctrine. The position of Mr. Cass, therefore, on that great question, is in direct hostility to the ground assumed by Mr. Van Buren and his friends in this State, who may be called the half-blooded abolition party of the north. Gen. Cass’ letter is written with a great deal of force and cogency of argument. Weare disposed to think that it has placed the question of the Wilmot proviso, as far as regards the Con- stitution, in a clear and practical light. This movement of this distinguished statesman 1s cal- culated to consolidate that portion of the demo- cratic partythroughout the Union, which is op- posed to the admission of any abolition doctrine, or any other of the crude doctrines that have been taken up and debated by the friends of Van Buren in thie State, and which will probably di- vide and distract the party in the central parts of the country sufficiently to elect Mr. Clay the next President, should he be nominated by the whig convention. Really, the Presidential eampaign is now opening with a vengeance. We shall publish’ General Cass’ letter as soon as possible. It reflects much credit on his talent, his frank- ness, and his statesmanship. ‘Teueoraruic New Years Cars.---The Presi- dent of the New York and Buffalo telegraphic company, Mr. Faxton, presents his compliments to the gentlemen of the press, who patronage the telegraph, and tenders them the free use of the line for the purpose of a friendly greeting, and chat with theirfriends, from 11 A. M., to 124 M., on Saturday. journalists; and there is no channel now whereby the public can get a correct and inde- pendent opinion on the merits of new publica- tions. We have no doubt those respectable ished to Boston, like as if by an Emperor, to | booksellers and publishers issue many valuable works, honorable to themselves, creditable to the age, and favorable to the progress of the people and the nation, in the arts, in greatness, which providence has bestowed upon her, unask- | and in virtue. ed and untequired. As regards the other artiste, | serve great credit, a to purehase such works, and pay for them the fair price of the trade; but while we award this musical eritics are amazingly savage, having | merit to these publishing gentlemen, it must be admitted that a vast quantity of the most shock- ing trash, in the shape of literature, and opposed abattoirs at Paris, fell down the beautiful and | to virtue, has also been issued, which has been praised and puffed in the newspapers, without We thought we were savage enough and se- | stint or measure. INTELLIGENCE BY TELEGRAPH Neither House of Congress was in session’ Senate, in executive session yesterday, charge to Sardinia, belongs to,Baltimore. and was for- of the following tables — Net Proovets or Dirreaent Manitime Custom | Shields and Quitman comes off to-night. Chronolegical table of the events of 1847. Houses, vaom 1826 To 1687. ee Ta aie qu imber of vessels built, and now on the stooks in this | <7sén G,dtasea 7.919544) aos%as G4arien oy Sagara ro ate ae Nagao 31. 1833, 183. iron, Deo. 81 Sta'istics of the Courte—Superior Court, Common | 8,290,763 7,338, = 00,893 ‘ Mayor presided Shielas Pleas, United States District Cours Supreme Court Court cf or_ Exror: — I gy mee iy mb: bess of Seesions, Oyer and Terminer. Police, \o. ko. Names of Years. Ships, Value of Gold and Other ner Ns Seeing: by. Menges Stati the Weather—The height of thethermo- | — Perts. rte. ez- products | Buchanan, Dallas, Quitman, many othere martes co ty t, 16th, and last day of each month, for | v.24 0,7 Tavis exported. | About one hundred 8 wes . ipsschen and ‘Statinicn of Gres in this oty, during the year 1617 , toasta were kept up to a late d every thing C8 mone: ata \¢ lawyers, honest and dishonest. aside Wisll Felts, ey of the bro! honest and dishonest. Htosers Ricumonp, Va., Dec. 31at. ~ Statlatles of the clergymen, plous and hypocrites. Sou ‘The Mails have failed again, both north and south The number of lawyers, brokers, clergymen, Tarte No local news, sto mae | bankers, and players, properly distributed into vets Later from tamoras. | the several flocks of sheep and goats, as will be sues Peter Di done in the valley of Jehoshaphat on the last 647,331 By the overland express ee ecaetayweissatva tis day, we cannot yet get strictly accurate. It is ‘ao. Orleans papers of the 25th, and py the arrival at that port of the steamer Mount Vernon, we have a copy of the Matamoras Flag of the 11th. The Flag contains orders of Generals Butler and Wool, forbidding the payment of black mail by Ameri- cans for safe conduct of their goods from the attacks of guerillas, Payments had been made to these robbers by several traders for the privilege of passing between Monterey and the Rio Grande. The orders provide that such psyments by Americans will be made a trea- sonable offence, and if made by Mexicans and foreign- ere it will be considered inamicable. Persons offering money to the guerrillas will be oon- fined and their property confiscated. Markets. New Orurans, Dec 24th —Cotton is heavy, sales of brands, at $4 75—the market closed without animation. The weather has suddenly become warmer, and unfa- . The! fp nominstions previously noticed. Dr. Niles, the new merly secretary of legation at Paris, when the Hon Lewis . Case was Minister to France, He married abroad, and | Year just passed. Among them were many ele- has also resided in ‘New York.’ The dinner to Generals | @20! and substantial steamers, of great strength and immense capacity, varying in size from STATISTICS AND EVENTS ne OF A.D. 1847. oe Business. rred to the general activity apparent in this im portant branch of trade. one thousand to three thousand tons. Since our last report we have noticed no mark- ed change’in the general routine of affairs; at all events, we have perceived no abatement in the energy and vigor displayed during 1846. The samespiritof enterprise has been alive through- out the whole year ; and although quietly at work, its purposes and productions will be soon brought forward, to astonish the world with the magni- tude and grandeur of its works. The perfect success which has so far attended the application of steam to the purposes of naval warfare, as well as to the transportation of mer- chandise and passengers, has drawn the atten- tion of some of our merchants to the importance of providing a fleet of vessels, or a navy, com- mensvrate with our rank asa nation. So far as things appear, the prospects of consumraating this desire, and of competing with the ‘énly success- ful rival now on the ocean, are indeed very encouraging. The hope of having evén a greater increase in ship bfflding, is strengthened by the encouragement given by foreign governments — We have already many and substantial proofs of the estimation in which New York builders are held throughout the world. The last acknowledgment of the superiority of American vessels is {rom the government of Peru. A. war steamer combining strength with reat sailing qualities, was ordered by the Presi- lent of that republic, through a gentleman inthis city. The steamer is now completed, and near! ready to leave for her destination. She was baile under contract, by Messrs. Brown and Bell; and as is usual wath all their productions, bears the impress of skill and superior workmanship.— There has been no expense or labor spared upon either hull or engines, and every care taken to tender her above the possibility of fault. Her performances onthe Pacific, we think, will do much in removing the prejudices the people of South America entertained for American steam- ers. They acknowledged our skill in sailing vessels, but were never willing, until recently, view, we have given up the task in despair, | 1826. ..3.653.087 1830. , .4607,044 1834, . ,5,084,092 | vorable for pork packing. Hogs were selling in small and have consigned them over, as an un- | 19%-+-4385.408 1981. . .6.444163 1835, . — lots, according to quality, at $2 50a2 8734. ‘Phere was fathonebie Guana ahha li hho | 1827+ + +7.586,441 1892. . 4 361,633 1836. - (4,561,978 | nO change innew hams or shoulders. Lard—Salee of . s uman mortality, to the | 1828... .4,674773 1888... — 1887, . .8,906,539 | 200 packages were made on terms not made public.— great Searcher aud Weigher of Hearts, at the | 1829. . .5,098,254 ae Com be Gea ull and sales of a few hundred final day. Our amiable contemporaries have | StAT#M=ST or tH Numpen or Mitzs ror Srixmixo | SA0K# Of new mixed, were made at 260. Wheat—No escaped for the present; but they must remember Setren BT ahi eee eae een reotiied, Hiver nlightisron the ag ana they cannot escape forever. We ho _ | ypDepartment. at Work, Erected. Total. | Baxtimonr, Deo, 81, 1847 —Flour—Th \- y canne F pe, there- | Mexico. 156 ed. phage 2 » The market con fore, it will have the effect ot leading them to | Fnebla, 12,240 47gig | tinued dull, and prices inolined to droop; sales of 600 mend their ways for the coming year; and | Guadalajara, ito ize Tels, Rare apres Were, mania Ot 26) Sed Sy aa we hope that all of us may do the same—that we Sones. es 2520 eccie somart fnjirechaat babes i : ci 3 = 3. we e, inclu may all improve as much during the coming dan | at $1 90, aud Suequehanna "and Metyland’ white, at year, as we think we have done in the past, both = | $1 42 Corn—The market exhibited mo change, and in money and morals. ‘4 Pra ind ee avi Teod white oud eieed wat ee, peggy & ——— ad cTuat Receipts anno Exrenpitures oF Mexican i i 9 ns Mexicontts Finances Past Dabasont, vuoseiene 1842. There was no change in provisions. ‘hiskey—Inac- Donalation Pa Present—Its iene a aise lea To tea-8. tases, tive, at 28)¢ #290, Weather again warm for the season. anges as) Rae ZS 5 wy : _. | Tot. tev. 9770371 ozani7t 13 Ma.257 11610,737 12.815,040 Boston, Deo. 3lst.—Flour—The market remained a on a : ess of a distinguished mili- | po, rey.12.200.020 17,258,882 1e36860 19.798 464 | 88M, and sales of 500 bbis. were made, including Gene- ‘f cer who has recently returned from the Totte 1834-35. <—e 1836-37. 1837-38. 1838-39. | see sraight brands Michigan, &c., at $6 50. Corn was sae of war, we are enabled to lay before our i re MMs ee ee ee Heed an cals salt anne made at yesterday’s prices. readers some very valuable statistical informa- | Tt t¥-!9.886,306 = — = ige—- Tne Werke Was ies Som, eae we reduce our quo- tion concerning the financial, agricultural and | state of the Mektobr oatiletiod to Kag'and :— Sales of about i000 Maesrecite at sdese. There waa commercial history of Mexico—tne same coun- | Amount of active stock . - £5 $00 0000.0 | 20 change in provisions, which remained inactive. try with which we are now at war, and the same pio ae aap cares | Pee peoenratccatlceit at > “ country which at the present moment is upper- Meld Shipping Intelligence. most in the minds of all our statesmen. politic T, 1847. : a75 000 0.0 Orr Anaign, Oct 2<8hip lanth Rogron, Dae iat, 107. cians, legislators and ragamuffins. ; orga eg iascnie 506,185 4 2) NY guafor Singapore, another Aey‘ship in company bound ee g Weacta or tHe Mexican Rervatic. up. do, no date, ship Oueida, from NYork, daly Ath, These statistics are taken from a work pub- } Agriculture ane Saas baer yt for Canton, 90 days passaxe. ; ppaased ta the Straits of lished in London, in the year 1844, by a member | Industry, trade and handicrahs etortere was no doubt the ship, rashington liston. Day, rom! ‘Boston of the committee of Spanish American bond whee be ido June isth, for Kast Indies. holders. The work evinces deep research and $227,812 939 | Booxs ano BooxseLLERS—A DECLARATION OF careful investigation, and the information it a Leyak INDEPENDENCE.—We request the booksellers— contains has ae until this day appeared in the Ray Messrs. Harper & Co., Appleton & Co., Wiley & new : ; ‘ 20 5: 5 parereets: genceascet Ase gs i have taken 01.103 | Putman, Berford & Co., Burgess & Co., and all soaivarcsiae . ssid * e intl ie more than eed other booksellers, here and elsewhere, who have imary interest, particularly as the: inti- i i i icati ep ieee ie ae GA y are se = 99,693 | been in the habit of sending new publications ei nae uture action of the . 63590 | gratuitously to this oflice—te cease the practice nited States towards that country. These Upper and Lower’ 57,026 | after this day, and send no more of their works statistics embrace three different tariffs on the California. .... 439 | to us. If the booksellers and others publish plein oe adseci metals, a statement of Total zerniao,| Works of merit and talent, which are worth the the debt of the republic, the estimates of the i ial Woney charged for them, we shall purchase them Convents. » revenue, the actual receipts and expenditures, | No. of Religieuse. 1,517 Produet 436 209 | for ourselves, and save (heim the trouble of P PI ” | No. of 696s apitall 5.773.539 H and other valuable information. No. fFemal 2 + ° $4993 | making us any presents, under the expectation On reading those statistice, the people of the | No of Propert $4,545,119 | that we are to give them a notice of any kind in his journal. For mapy years past it has been the habit ot here and elsewhere, to present to the editor of every journal—daily and week- ly—a copy of their new publications, under the expectation of receiving a favorable notice, or puff, as it is called, for such kind presents. In consequence of this practice, a great deal of the light literature of the day, which presents no characteristic but that of unmitigated trash, jas been puffed and praised by all our principal For these publications they de- and we shall always be glad Now we conceive that any journal which unites in sucha movement as this, uaites in a work calculated to injure the present and future generations; to impair the progress of civiliza- tion, to affect the source of virtue and true reli- gion, and to sow the seeds of national decline, degradation, and ultimately dissolution. We will no longer do any such practices, and, therefore, we declare our independence of all booksellers and all publishers, and shall hereafter, when their works deserve a netice, treat them on our own responsibility to one, and do so in perfect fairness and independence, while trash, from any quarter, shall receive the proper and just castigation due from its pretences, its folly, its stupidity, or its injurious effects on society. {cj Our.contemporary of the Courier § En- quirer, instead of meeting us face to face by a front movement, to discuss the gloomy financial elements gathering round the banks of the coun- try, attempts to turn round and laugh at all our views, having been furnished with some of the shafts of his ridicule by the sprightly chevalier of the French paper, called the Courrier des Etats Unis. Our statement, describing the policy of France and England, in the presentcrisis of Commercial affairs in Europe, merely spoke of that policy as being subsidiary, and an indication of the general truth of the feelings entertained by both of them towards this country. There can be no doubt, however, that neither jokes nor any other kind of small artillery, can destroy the trath of our statement. No doubt the people of France, and even ot England, take a deep interest in the prosperity of the people of the United States. But that inte- rest is quite different in the minds of the govern- ing dynasties of those nations, towards the Re- public of the United States. We shall have much more to say on.these points at a very early day. Mall Faliures, ‘The Southern mail, due at Kichmoltd om the 25th, failed to reach there on that AtSavannsh, Ga, on the 21st Deo, no i to give even their countenance to our steamers. The two splendid steamships about to be con- structed to run on the Pacific, by Messrs. How- land & Aspinwall, of this city, will, we are in hopes, effectually undeceive the minds of the people in that part of the world, and convince them that we are not so far behind the age in this business, as our neighbors on the other side of the Atlantic would have them believe. The amount of tonnage built in 1847 is enor- mous ; were it not for the statistics before us, we could hardly give creditto the actual facts.— The number of tons launched since Januaiy last, and now employed in its legitimate element, reaches 39,718; and if we add the 29,870 tons now on the stocks, in course of completion, the whole will amount to 69,588 tons. What other city in the world has produced the same amount of tonnage in the same period of time? - ‘The year 1848, beginning this day, judging from appearances, will exceed this, at least in the nuinber of tons, but possibly not in the number of vessels. The great number ot persons interested in the finishing of vessels have no reason to complain. The patronage bestowed on them shows how much their skill and superior workmanship are appreciated. They have done a good deal to give character and reputation to the country; and whatever profits they have reaped from their labor, ure not more than they deserve. The annexed table exhibits the number of men employed by each builder, with the number of tons launched and on the stocks, in the va- rious yards about the city :— SHIP BUILDING IN NEW YORK, 1847, Builders, ees Ripe pe Foe ers. . the stocks. cm : W.H. Webb. 8610 4950 ‘300 Perrine, Pat 2500 250 Wentervelt & McKay: 4850 270 W.H. Brown. . 5906 200 Brown & Bell. 300350 Bishop & Simonson - 100 150 Smith & Dimon. . 1240 150 Barclay & Townsend. 1500 150 Lawrence & Sneden. om: tee Jabez Wiliiams & Son. 596 100 a omer 400100 J. Collyer. Tad a4 Fouls; B78 29,870 2,820 The number of mén enumerated in this list does not include painters, blacksmiths, spar and blockmakers, riggers, caulkers, ropemakers, nor the timber hewers—all of whom have more or less to do with the construction of a ship; and, if added, would swell the number to at least 3,500. We may safely say that at least twenty thousand persons in this city obtain subsistence from this one branch of mechanism. |. The imp:tus which recent circumstances have given to steam navigation, has increased the yalue of labor some 20 per cent, within the last year, and the amount now employed in. the con- struction of steam engines for ships is fully dou- bled. To give an idea of the extent of this bu- siness, which is now, in fact, synonymous with ship building, will be only necessary to state, that one establishment, Messrs. Stillman, Allen & Co ’s Novelty Works, employ one thousand men, wholly upon marine engines; Messrs. Se- cor & Co. have some eight hundred; Allaire’s works, eight hundred; Pease, Murphy & Co., the same number; and a host of other foundries, employing more or less—all of whom are main- tained and supported solely by the merchant ma- rine. * In these remarks we do not include those em- ployed on the Dry Dock, and in repairing. The number in this particular branch is about five hundred. MESSRS. PERRINE, PATTERSON & STRCK’S YARD. Ship Enterprise, 1040 tons, for Messrs. Taylor & Ritch. in th- Liverpool trade, under command of Capt Fuanck; launched Feb. 10. Ship Senator, 1100 tons, for Messrs. Slate, Gardner & Howell, for the Liverpcol trade, under command of Capt. Coffin; launched May 4. Ship Jamestown, 1330 tons, for Mesers. Slate, Gardner & Howell, for the Liverpool trade, under Capt. Trask, tormerly «f the packet ship Garrick. mlouk, of tons, for F. H. Delano; lost on sexs to Liverpool. hurles, $50 tons, for Capt. Sagory and Mr. T. P. Stanton. Ship Andrew Foster, of 1500 tons, measures 175 feet ON THE STOCKS. 40 feet beam, 22% feet depth; ehe is a splendid ves- ‘both as regards model and workmi ‘ip. She is for the Liverpool trade, to be f the Bt, Pa long. Owned by David Out owne: ay’ eden, sommmaneeds we believe, by Capt. Howe, o! ick. otShip ——, of 1000 tons, for Messrs. I'aylor & Titch, she measures 165 feet ia lergh, 363¢ feet beam; Capt. Edw. ‘unck mands her. hist vei in contemplation mises i ‘These gentlemen have als Liverpool trader, and steamer. ‘he latter w not be commenced before spring. MESSRS. BARCLAY & TOWNSEND'S YARD. LAUNCHED. Ship E. Z., of 768 tons, for Zer Hartanorne, i employed in the launched October 16. ON THE STOCKS. ‘1 2768 iesbitte Ship ———-, for Zerega & Co., measurin; fost 3iaches on deck, 32 feet beam, and 22 feet hold — She is to be constructed by the eame mould as the KE. Z. bo & Co., under Capt. ew Orleans trade ; Ky arties being so well satisfied, have ordered this one EB ighvest alteration from the original mould. Ship , of 472 , 125. feet on deck, 27 foet 6 inches beam, 19 feet 2 inches hold, for Messrs. Howes, God! & Co,to be employed in the Mediterrancan trade. hens ‘gentlomen have been but about one year doing business; they are, however, good practical mechanics, and have produced work equal to the best. iat have in contemplation a large turee-deck ebip of 1600 tons, and @ echooner of tons, both of which they com- mence upon in a short time. W. H. WEBB’S YARD. | Ship New York, iaunched March 17th, Havre packet, for Fox & Livingston, under Capt. Lines, 1 tons measurement. t, launched June 28. Wrigh 2 ons ade ball’s Liverpool packets., launched One of C. H. Mare! Aug. 20, Capt. Marshall. Sicamship United States, 2360 tons, leunched Aug. 20, for C. H. Marshall, under command of Capt. Hack- staff, formerly of the ket ship Fidelia. Ship Tysahoe, Tnunched Sept. 18, Liverpool trade, for Merers. Taylor & Merrill, 1300 tons, under Capt. a- wards, formerly of the ships Marmion and 8 Ship Yorktown, owned by Mesers Grinnell, Minturn & Co, one of the London packets, under command ot One Sebor, late of the Prince Albert, launched Oot. 2, 1 tons burthen. ooh owned by Messrs, Grinnell, Minturn & paden posites, Deo, 13, 1900 tons measure- Co, London packet, launched Deo, 13, 1 recently of the m commanded by Capt. Hebard, Quebes. nuts ON THE svOeKS. Ship Samuel Thempson, about 1200 tons, for Samuel Thompson & Nephew, to be jaunched in sbout one y Hoxie ti charge. Stan Tew Boat fore. TI Marshall, for the harbor York, it 300 tons. ay ‘Steams wipes of 1100 tons each, for Messrs. How- land & Aspinwall, csived from north of Richmond, Va. ‘At Cincinaati, on the 224, Eastern papers three back mails were received. fron Time and Panama, to California and Ore- ny the keels to be inid huimediatel ‘Stoamships, of 1900 tons evob, Ship Building in New York—.Number of Vemels built in 1847..Tne Progress of the On the first day of January, A.D. 1847, we re- We believe that since the organization of our government, no one year produced so great a number of vessels as the to be employed on the Pacific Ocean, Yo run between New | York and Savannah. are ’ to the Northerner, ‘ad eae ae ss WESTERVELT AND MACKAY’S YARD. Ww t be gene Soatheenen poy poles et sbip West Point, 1200 tons, launched in Au Robert Kermitt’s li \verpool lermenn, 2409 tons, I Southa (ee an ‘Bremen line, = ree, formerly of the ON THE stocks Ship Devonshire, of 1260 tor ; 2136 feet hold, for Mr. Griswold line ot She has been built for Capt. Hovay, Victoria, takes her on Bret vo: age on): ones =e eee ores: Hinokin's line as burt 5 the . cobee raga eae ips eel Of ie big steamship Fray Bremen line, will be laid in Ae omy F h which is massive and powerful, is all ready to b on the ways. She will be 260 feet lomg, 42 feet’ of beam, and 26 feet hold. The floor timbe: inches square, and the floor when laid will be thick, and solid as far up as four feet above Upon the whole, she will be magnificent ship. lation: fas Capt. Mo 4 lessrs. W. & M. have also Robert Kermitt. ten W. H. BROWN’S YARD. pe parananlp Nostherner, 1188 tons, belonging bag Buea eat Co.’s Charleston line o teamship Crescent City, 1800 ti leans trade, owned by Isto Newton aud'> <n by Captain Stoddard, of the Hal packets, Steamer Alida, Hudson river boat, 900 tons. Steamship of 1,100 tous, for RB \ 8, for R. B, willbe launched in the course of the oeethe® fine ship, calculated for almost any trade or " “s Lenya turd (ae Haan river, 365 feet lon eam; ought make eae aad steamship for Mr. Colling, m Keel 270 feet, length over all wit bs sient tom lines of the model, which we have seen, are drawn. She is to be commenced immediately’ Steamship of 800 tons, for Mr. James Cunn: Boston, is under way, and will be finished, February. MESSRS. BISHOP & SIMONSON’S YA) Steamer Vanderbilt, 1000 tons, launched Fe Steamers Wyandark and Transit, 300 tous Steamer Iris, 400 tons, built fur Mason & subsequently sold to the U. 8. government. Ste ations 400 tons, launched June’ Sea Witch, 240 tons, launched O noe On the coast of Virginia, Steamer Commodore, 100 tons. for Captain YJ ON THE STOCKS, a coe of 800 tons, to ply between Po seamer of 400 tons, for the Stuten Island F Steamship of 246¢- tons, for Geo Lew E between this city, Chagres, and New Ori to beflnished by August next. The frame-wd nearly up. ‘The timber selected for this best desoription; the floor is solid, inches through. Her model is easy, clesn, MESSRS. SMITH & 1MON’S YARD, Ship Memnon, 1080 tons, launehed in Augy rocks, Steamship for Mr. f 2 wa De: , of 2600 tons, 240} teamer for Messrs. Howland r tons, 200 feet jong we we ‘amesms. BROWN & BELL’S YAR! Ship « paniputicn, ~ tons, for Messrs. er ¥ pool line of packets—Ca; 5p em oof Massel, 940 tons, oll, Cap bey £27 i — grners;aunched a iP Simacl wate ee ‘uvian war et Meid of Orleans, 950 tons, p lauached Deo. 32—desigued for the New D ON THE STOCKS. Bark, for the freighting business, 300 tone, Steamship, for Mr. E. K. Collins, of 2650 tof ae 295 feet long, will be commence! JABEZ WILLIAMS & soyn’s Ship Creole, 850 tons, lauaol A rit 1d the New Orleans trade, under Captain Rattoo Ship W: sin, 1150 tong, launched Oct. New Ori trade, under Captain Mumford, ‘ON THE STOCK Schooner, 250 tons. LAWRENCE & SNEEDEN’ D Steamer Admiral, of 600 oie bois Steamer Habanero, of 400 tons. Steamer Jobn Hart, of 300 tons. Steamer Geo. Washington, 1500 tons. Steamer California, of 500 tons. ‘ON THE STOCKS, Steamer Empir®@ State, of 1500 ‘Sonat nection with the Bay State, on the Fall River W. COLYER’s ys Schooner John G. White, 130 tonse foie ee Ira Bliss, 221 tons. : emloan Brunswick, 370 tons, and a| ON THE sTocus. Steamer of 370 tons, Schooner of 216 tons. J. COLYER’S YARD. yer launched a number of tinged Mr. Col; 1600 tons. ON TME STOCKS, Anteames a. 4nQ,tons._ will very soon be in readinewsto make trips. It is now determined upon to sen ter to Europe, and she will probably st: early part of next month. The Herma| on her first passage on the 20th of Febr| The Crescent City is receiving her m Her first voyage will take place aboutt April. In addition to these, there a large sea steamers contracted for. ne which are tohe completed dur t Messrs. Perrine, Patterson & Staq mence a large steamer early in the spr Statistics of the Law Courts for yj Annexed is the aggregate number of cau determined in the several courts located in thy commencing on the Ist January. aud endin; Deoember, 1847 We also puolish the nail judges and clerks of each court. _ Courts. No. of causes. U. 8. Circuit Court......82 Of this num} pacer criminal ca U.S. District Court.....595 Of this nug were 14 om} 843 admiral criminal c This numbe} inquests, do Cireuit Court... Superior Court. Common Pleas. Marine Court. There were 1 entered in Court da 1847, NAMES OF JUDGES AND THEIR CLE Usitep Srates Cincurt Court. The Hon. Samuel Nelson, Cooperstown, Judge; A and D. L. Gardiner, Esqs. clerks; Stiliwell, deputy. Unitep States District Covrr,] Total number of causes.2488 Honorable Samuel R. Betts, St. Marks J. W. Metcalf and George W. Morton, Erqi Bepjamin ‘utler, Esq., District Attorne; F. Marbury, Eq , Aseistant do. Suraxme Court (riast pistaict.)| Honorable Samuel J , corner of Broadw street. Honorable Elisha P. Huriburt, 15 Ir Henorable John W. Edmonds, 1 St. Cleme: Honorable Henry Sdwards, 499 Broad pen Webb, Richard Livingston, James Fy Clerks. Honorable Aaron Honoratls Common Pur. Honorable Michael Ulehoeffer, 19 Clinton P Daniel P. Ingrahem, Harlem. Hono Broadway, Judges. B. Jorius, — jerks. Marine Court. Hon Thomas J, Smith, Sixth street. Hond liam D. Waterman, Hudson street. Honora’ J. Waterbury, Beach street. Mr. Austen, C! We are indebted to A. and D. L. Gardiner, ‘Wm. Stilwell, their deputy, for the statistios States Cirourt Court; to Geo, W Mort atistios of the United States Districy Webb, Esq, Clerk of the Supreme books, and for other facilities affor| to our ter; to Judge Waterman, of Court, and to Mr. Walker, one of bis officers, tistios of the Marine Court.—T’o each of whol return our acknowledgments. NEw LES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEA prc. Bist, 1847. In Equity. 1, A special term to take Testimony and h termins suite and proceedings Jf equity, monthly, on the first day of each term of shall be continued, as may be ne in such term, during the general he ae 9 wif AT gece shall be : ik a notice for the first deg of the te Su be heid at the chambTs of the Judges, unt ‘dered. * tthe rules of he Supreme Court in Equit by adopted as sae rules of this Court in Eq as they apply to cases in which this court ua tion, with sdch alterations, as to the clerk, title of the court, as shall be necessary, to this coart, requiring the powers vested by the Jastice of the Supreme Court, County Ju rogate, to be Arey only by this o or ages thereo a at notices of special motions, where or served therewith reside in New Yor! lyn, may be notices of not les: then four d rules of this wth ato A service by pal ly to proceedings in y: 7 “'s Ordere in suits in ¢quity, may be made, a the same manner as hereto Charl procurin; ter censary, On term at the in civil suite Rule 61.—Non-enumerated motions shall brought to hearing on Friday of each bers, at 10 o'clock, AM, on notice of four of all pay on which the motion is pleadings aod papers used on» former n served with the notice of motion, Ordered, That the above rule be sy place of the 612th rule of this Court, abolished Criminal Statistics of New ¥ Ww indebted to the polit-neas yoort, Kinq , Clerk of the Court of lowing statement of convictions, 1 Courts of Oyer and Termixer, and