The New York Herald Newspaper, January 10, 1848, Page 2

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BROADWAY ODKON, Broadway.—Sinainc—Danoino Vaxraivoguism—Mope. Antists. MECHANICS? HALL Bronlway, near Broome —CHnir tr’s PS aashroeate Krwiopian Sixcine, Buatesqos Danc- twa, &e. PANORAMA FALL, Broadway, near Honston.—Ban- YARD’ PANORAMA OF THE Missise'rpt RIVER New York, Monnday, Ja: uary 10, 1848. == ‘The Ocean Steamers. It is said that the Washington waa to heve left Southampton on the 43d, instead of the 18th ult. She is, therefore, in her eighteenth day. The Missouri is nearly seventeen days out; and the Cambria in her tenth day. News by Teiegraph. The news by electricity, up to the latest hour last evening, from the South and the West, as far astve P.tomac, and beyond the Ohio river, is not startling, but it is interesting. The rumors of peace with Mexico are as fresh and ureertain as the sands on the beautiful shores o: Coney Island, during a high wind— while the dissentions among the whigs, on ac count of General Taylor, are as stormy as the shores of the same wonderful islond, during an eastern gale. General Taylor is certainly a great disturber of the peace, for his name is play- ing the devil with the politicians at Washington, Harrisburzh, Albany, Columbus, and every- where. In Columbus, Ohio, Colonel Weller, one of the heroes of Monterey and Buena Vista, was nominated on Saturday by the Democratic State Convention there, for Governor. day, the same convention takes up the question of the Presidency, and may nominate a candidate be- fore adjourning. If so, we shall know the fact to-night, and will publish it to-morrow morning. The leading candidates for the Presidency, among the Ohio democrats, are supposed to be Cass and Taylor. This is a very important movement. Rumors of Peace and Panic. The rumors of peace and panic from Washing- ton, begin to be interesting, though not decisive. Ever since the American army crossed the Rio Grande, we have been in expectation of peace, on the Friday or Saturday of every next week. The same expectation, for the same days, still eontiaues, and probably may contiaue,tothe end of the present year; but whatever the chances of peace may be, the evidences of a drain on the money market are much more certain. If Mexi- co were to make peace with the United States to-morrow, it is highly probable that this coun- try could not get out of the affair without a fur- ther loan of fifty orsixty millions of dollars, to pay all outstanding debts, and to liquidate al! those which will come in thereafter. Onething is certain, therefore : that the government wil) require more money, much more than will ac- crue from the revenue, and that money must come in large masses, from the capitalists and banks, principally in the Atlantic cities. Now, inthe event of a great drain caused by. the wants of government, to disburse in the Mexican war, and also a drain produced by the action of the Bank of England, it is very evi- dent that there must be an extreme pressure in the money markets of the principal cities—a pressure greater, indeed, and more extensive, than any that has been felt since the year 1837. It ie well, therefore, at this particular point of time, in our relations both with England and Mexico, as far as money is concerned, to exa- mine our position, to look over the field of opera- tions, to take in sail,and prepare for a storm of ~~ kind. either ot short or long continuance, and of avery Unsicun, « nas According to the returns made by the principal banks in the large cities of the country, the amount of gold and silver in their vaults bears only a very smal! proportion to the amount of de- posits and circulation, both ot which items are iable, at any time, and at any moment, to be called forin specie. the public, in whose hands the circulation may principally be found; for a certain large sum of money is always required toliquidate and pay for the different small transactions of human life and ordinary existence. This amount will not run in onthe banks requiring redemption; but it is what ie in the hands of depositors, who are gene- rally capitaliste, and who can, at any moment, bring about a crisis in the money market when they choose, and produce a suspension of the banke to suit their own interest. The suepension of those institutions, in the yeer 1887, was caused by depositors or capitslists, who wished the banke to suspend in order to oppose the action of the United States government, a, that time, in reference to the charter of the United States Bank. There was a similar drain for the circulation, but that is never ofany moment. . The depositors, and those in their confidence, are the persons who produce suspensions and cause revulsions in the money market, depress prices, and bring about those events called crises in commercial affairs. Now,ineuch places as Wall street, in New York, or the money mart of any other large city, the only rule ofaction among ca- pitalists is ‘whether it will pay 7” If all the ca- pitalists in this country who hold deposits in the banks, were to unite in a general action for the . purpose of making a pressure in the money mar- ket, or causing abank suspension, they could reduce the prices of our great staples—tobacco, cotion and breadstuffs—twenty-five or thirty per cent, being equivalent to a reduction on the annual crop, of fifty or sixty, or even one hun- dred millions of dollars, in the aggregate value. The same causes would operate on the prices of real estate—houses, buildings, and all sorts of property It will be seen, therefore, that it is in the power of our capitalists, who hold bank stock, and who are the principal holders of deposits, to bring about a pressure in our money market, or such a movement as would reduce the prices of all our principal commodities as much as the re- cent pressure has caused on these staples in the | It 1s very easy to stave off lar to what we have descr:bed as possible on this side of the Atlaotic. The great capitalists in London—the Barings, the Rothschilds, and some twenty orthirty other housee—control theBank of | Eoglond and all its deposits, and through that | great instrument, control all the other banking | institutions, merchants, pricesand commodities, inthe commercial world. They even control the government, for it was the requisition of those capitalists in London, which caused Lord Joho Russell to permit the bank to violate its charter, and induced him to call Parliament to- | gether. They are still engaged in the same pro- cess, and we should not be at all surprised to see other parties engaged in the same line of business on this side of the Atlantic—to see the capitalists here endeavor to control the action of our go- vernment, and bring down the prices of our staples and property, in the next twelve or sixteen months, the same way that we have eeen it per- formed in England. They would then buy and hold for higher prices. _ With all these symptoms of trouble ahead, we therefore recommend all persons in busi- ness totake in sail in time. Those who live expensively, occupy splendid houses, and ride in | magnificent carriages, with fine horses, would do well to measure their expenses by theirincome— to caleulate their capital and profits, and prepare for the trouble that may be ahead. In the upper re- gions of New York, the palaces, which are filled | with fine and eplendid {urniture, and those which are building, surpass in beauty and magnificence those of any commercial city in the world, of the same extent. There is nothing like them in Europe ; yet, if the intimations which we gather from the seeds of the future, come outas they ap- pear to be coming, we should not be at all sur- prised to see many of those splendid houses, and much of this rich furniture, and some of those elegant carriages and superb horses, selling off at one-half, and perHaps less than half price, in less than eighteen months or two years. Be wise in time—be prudent to-day. Imeortant PouiticaL Movements—GENneRaL TayLor —The movements in relation tothe Pre- sidency, both inthiscity and at Washington, and even in Albany, beginto be extremely interest- ing. We more particularly refer to such as con- cern General Taylor. ; It seems that the Young Men’s Whig Commit- tee of New York, have rejected General | aylor, in a meeting on Friday evening last, in the most uohsndsome terms, the particulars of which we have already published. Simivar efforts to put down a movement in fivor of General Taylor save been m-de at Washington, and are, us we ar: given to understand, also going on at Albany The friends «f Mr. Clay are moving heaven and earth to oust General Taylor from the Whig Na- tional Convention, and to destroy his chanc+s of success there, before that great body shall have met. In this city, both the whig committees are deadly opposed to the hero of Buena Vista, and go strongly in favor of Henry Clay. Itis most probable, however, that the peopl~ will take the matter into their own hands, and we should not be astonished if we were to see, at the great pub- lie meeting called on the 22d of February, for the purpose of nominating General Taylor, at the Tabernacle, a new orgrnization of the whig party attempted. It would be a good thing if a general committee of three or five, from each ward in the city, were chosen, who should make a complete organization of a new party, whose object should be to make Genrral Taylor President. It would be possible, by some such means, to put down the now called whige, and to organize another party, which would carry everything before it. It is evident, at all events, that the old whig party is ina complete state of dislocation and disorganization. The position which Mr. Clay has taken upon the Mexican war, wil! not be sup- ported by the great mass of the people of either party, and they, therefore, will not, under any circumstances, support him for next President, in opposition to such a man as Gen. Taylor. The probability 1s that the whigs in the Legie- lature at Albany, are as equally disorganised and divided as the whigs appear to be in Washington andin Congress. But while the whigs in these two legislative bodies, namely—in Congress at Washington, and in the Legislature at Albany— are quarrelling and divided among themselves, we think it would be best that the people should, at the great mass meeting in this city, take the matter into their own hands, and organize and establish anew whig or republican party, which would completely annihilate and put to rout the old party, andelect General Taylor, without any reference to the old factions. This would be decidedly the best policy to pursue. New anp Sprenpip Burvpines.—The num- ber of elegant structures, almost equivalent to palaces, which are erecting in this city, around the upper region of Broadway, is really astonish- ing. The high prices of breadstuffs, cotton, and tobacco, last year, has produced, and is pro- ducing, wonderful architectural effects in the anehle auarter of New York. Some of those residences are equal to anytning im me world of the kind, and in those that are finished, the inside is as gorgeously furnished, as the outside is magnificent. But this is not all. A great many country chateaux are erecting within a short distance of New York, on the banks of some of the rivers Mr. Edwin Forrest, the distinguished tragedian, is engagedin erectinga Gothic chateau, and we believe that Col. Webb, the distinguished edi- tor and Taylor man, is also busy in a similar enterprise, somewhere on the shores of the North River. We trust that in all these enter- prises in architecture, prudence, good taste and discrimination may regulate the expenditures, for it is a singular fact, in the architectural his- tory of New York, for the last fitty years, that there is hardly a single splendid building, buil: by private individuals, that has not been gold for ebout one half its cost in a few years after- wards, and occupied by those who had no hand in putting itup We mean to wait patiently for ‘year or two, and buy one or two of these town and country palaces for half their value. Tux Post Orrice Derarrment.—The romors which we gave yesterday, of defalcations in some of the officers connected with the Post Office Department, have been in circulation in other parts of the country, as well as in Wash- ington and New York. Indeed, from all we hear, it would not be surprising if the most monstrous défalcations were to be developed one of these days, in connection with the Post Of- fice Department, orsome branch of it. The lit- tle, narrow minded business talent which Cave Johnson has shown, his blundering management of the department, his tendency to stickle ata dollar, and throw away thousands, are only so many symptoms disposing us to believe that the departinent is in a worse condition than any one has any idea of. We really hope and trust that Congress will rip up the whole business to the bottom. Spiexpin Equiraces.—We have seen running in Broadway, and other fashionable streets some very beautiful equipages, built and con? structed in New York, and which exhibit taste in their appointments, as refined and as chaste as any that can be seen in Hyde Park, in London, or in Champs Elysées in Paris, or the Prater in Vienna. Who are the makers and constructors English market Indeed, the movements in the Lendon money | erket, during the last five or six months, have been merely an operation in that letitud mi- | * of thoge equipage: nd the fitters up of the har- ness of those fine horses? We shall endeavor ‘The Commercial Marine of the United States. We give, to-day, in another column, in ac+ vance of any publication at Washington, or elsewhere, a statement—and a very important one—showing the amount of the commercial marine of the United States, comprehending its details, both of foreign and American tonnage ; and of the various places of arrival and depar- ture. We have been enabled to procure this valuable document, for the geod of the public, through our extensive arrangements made, by bribery, in every department, necessary for the interests of the public. Those pure and unspotted sons and servants of God— Thurlow Weed, of Albany, and David Hule, of New York—have stated that we procur- ed the Comptroller's Report of this State, by bribery and corruption. Be itso. Our system of bribery and corruption is, on so extensive a scale that it enables us to proeure public docu- mente, speeches, and other public matters, far uhead of any other newspaper in New York, or any other through the State. Bribery and cor- ruption, like steam and electricity, are good things when properly managed, as we know how. In fact, the devil may be fitted for a direc- tor of the Tabernacle yet, and take his seat with Parson Hale himself. But for the statements themselves. The com- mercial marine of the United States is only se- cond to that of one other country in the world, and that country is England. The aggregate amount of entrances and clearances are nearly seven ‘millions of tons, being not far short of the whole of the tonnage for the British dominions, in Eu- Jensey City Ferny.—It committee to whom the petition of the Jersey City Ferry Company, for a renewal of their lease of the slip at the foot of Courtlandt street, was referred, will report to the Com- mon Council this evening. In case such re- port should be favorable to the prayer of he petition, we request that the Common Council will not adopt it, until, at least, they have investigated the manner in which the affairs of that ferry have been managed for a few | years past. If they have been conducted ina proper manner towards the public—if there have been no complaints on the part of the public, of either Jersey City or the city of New York—if the public convenience has been consulted inthe manner of running the boats, and in the rates of ferriage—if, in a word, that ferry has answered its purposes, as a public accommodation, and as a servant of the people, then by all means let the lease be renewed to this company, on their agree- ing to pay a reasonable rent for the use ofthe slip they have applied for. If, on the contrary, the affairs of that company have not been properly managed, as far as regards the public conve- nience—if they have not run boats as frequently asthe public convenience required—if,a boat has not been run sufficiently often in the evening, to keep the public from waiting half, and some- times three-quarters of an hour, in coldand wet— if a boat has not been run every hour after twelve o’clock at night till sun-rise the next morning—if, in a word, the affairs of that com- pany have not been managed so as to conduce to the public convenience, then we protest rope, Asia and America. Of this amount, two- thirds are American tonnage, and one-third for- eign. ‘The aggregate amount of men, or seamen, re- quired to navigate such tonnage, is over one hun- dred and sixty thousand ; and of this number, we may reckon, probably, one hundred thousand American seamen ; and if we add to this number against the renewal of their lease, unless they agree to pay the full value of the slip, and bind themselves, under the penalty of instant and im- mediate forfeiture, to so transact their affairs that the public will have no cause of complaint. INTELLIGENCE BY TELEGRAPH —_—_—_=__—_—_——— INTELLIGENCE FROM WASHINGTON. TROUBLE AMONG TH TAYLOR WHIGS. THE TREATY OF PEACE. THE MISSION TO ROMB, de. dic. Se. Wasnineton, Jan 9, 1848. There are indications of a great deal of trouble among the Taylor whigs. ‘The National Whig, hitherto recognized the Taylor organ, has taken down the general’s name from the head of its columns. A letter has been received from the city of Mexico, dated Dec. 14th, 1847, stating that the Mexicans began to disbelieve the fact of Mr. Trist’s recall, and to regard the rumor of it as & means to act upon their fears. There is no- thing further with regard to the treaty, although there is nothing tending to invalidate the state- ment relating to it, except the absence of con- firmation. The House committee having cognizance of DVERTISDME! —The public will recollect that all the advertisements in this journal are tresh!y inserted every day; and are, therefore, alwaysnew. The advertising columns present aspecies of city intelligence more interesting and more curious@an any kind of intelligence for the general reacer, with the exception of that from Europe or Washington. No one ought, therefore, to put down the Herald without reading the whole of the advertise- meats; for some of the ‘* wants” and no- tices, and other ennouncements, are eX- tremely curious, very useful to all, and very necessary to be known in the ordinary affairs of life. We mean to revolutionize and change the whole system of advertising in New York. The old system of inserting stale advertisements, for a week, a month, and sometimes a year, was wasteful extravagance, and utterly useless, No one ever reads them, or cares for them, and their importance is entirely overlooked. Remember, therefore, that all the advertises ments in this journal are new and fresh every day, and present a variety of very interesting city intelligence. City Intelligence. ‘Tnx Poon Arrix Max.—Those of our readers who are the mission to Rome, are determined to report in favor of a minister resident, instead of a charge, or a full mission. The fate of the ques- tion is still uncertain ; the only certainty being that a mission of some sort will be sent. Bishop Hughes has never been thought of in connection with it, nor will he be sent in any event. There in the habit of Sejueating the lower part of Washing- ton street und the Baitery, have doubtless often noticed @ poor elderly man selling cakes, apples and candy, at 1, North River—the pier from whtch the Boston their departure. He is of rather small sta- ture, bis to grey, and his mien is pensive and ncholy. Hi er solicits custom; but when patronised, he invariably gives hovest meesure in his ‘nuts, and throws in e piece of candy, over and above is reason to believe that he would prefer that a layman should be sent. Gen. Shields is applying for the command ot an expedition to open the way between Tampico and San Luis, to be carried on in accordance with the instructions of Gen. Scott. Under the impression that this company’s lease expired last spring, and were then about applying for a renewal of their lease, we went an estimate of the steamboat men employed on the Western waters, the amount will reach one hundred and sixty thousand—so that we have an aggregate of 160,000 men, in the United States, accustomed to sailing or to steam vessels. The principal ports of exit and entrance, of this great amount of tonnage, are New York, New Orleans and Boston. The others are small. The tonnage of New York is increasing more rapidly than any other port. New Orleans is the only one that seems to compete with it. Another fact ie, the extraordinary tride which the United States possesses with Cuba and the Weert Indies, including, also, the British North American Co- lonies. The present commercial ststistics of the marine of this country have considerably increased— statistics which, whem compared with the former, or with those of any nation in Europe, must now cause those in the old world to pause and consi- der the future. In the recent war with Mexico, the navy has gained no part of glory or honor. The American navy has been an idle spectator of the brilliant deeds of the army. Yet it would be wrong to suppose that the Ame- rican navy had not the same mettle which was displayed by the American army in the Mexican war. Unfortunately, some of our Commodores had not the talent for the position which they occupied. The coolness and courage of the brave and heroic Hunter were {ar better than that displayed by those most pom pous naval chiefs who were only actively engaged in doing nothing,; but yet the day is coming when the American navy will loom forth; and the commercial marine will form a basis upon which will be founded the glory of that navy ; for it is certain as the noon-day sun, that there will yet be a conflict between some of the naval powers of Europe andthe American navy. The war with Mexico is only an episode—as was the last war with England. We are only preparing, collecting, energizing, for that great conflict on the ocean, with the naval powers of England and all Europe ; and we have ulready the materials to come out of that conflict victorious; but the time is not yet ripe for action. Crevir To wHom Cagpit 1s Dug.—Our higaly respectable contemporary at Providence, the “‘ Journal,” of that city, copies a great portion of our telegraphic report of Mr. Calhoun’s speech, without making the least acknowledgement of the source whence it is derived. Now, as our report of this speech was very expensive to us, and showed a spirit of enterprize not to be equalled in this country, itis but right that all due credit should be given to us for the feat, especially by those who avail themselves of our labors. We, therefore reqhest, very politely o; our contemporary, to give us the due credit, and make the emall acknowledgement which belongs to us; and if the request is not complied with, we begto say that the name of the Providence Journal shall be immediately stricken from our free list. A number of other papers, throughout the coun- try, have also perpetrated a similar meanness, as wellas the Providence Journal; but we have no time to particularly notice them. Other journals, however, have, on the other hand, behaved hand- somely In this reepeet, among which we are hap- py to mention a Philadelphia paper, the Pennsy/- vanian, the Boston Whig, the Boston Post, the Boston Transcript, together with one or two others, whose titles at this moment do not occur tous. The Richmond Enquirer has «l30 men- tioned our piece of enterprise in a manner which does our contemporary in Virginia great credit for his liberality and ettention. The following are some passages from that journal:— “The New York Herald of Wednesday (for which and other papers we are indebted to Adame’ Exprens,\ con. teins a very full telegraphic t (2 columns) of Mr Calhoun’s sperch * * * The mesnege makes five oc- Jomus in the Mw York Herald of Wednesday, and war traosmitted entire by telegraph. The same paper cop- tains nearly ten colamns of news received by telegraph from the different cities, ranging from Boston to New Orteaas, inclusive. It is, truly, a wonderful instance of newspaper enterprize.” Few of our other contemporaries have noticed the new system of reporting which haa been adopted by us, in respect to the telegraph from Washington. This is pardonable, for it isa curious factthat we are the only journal now, in this country, in which regular reports of the debatesin Congress are published the next morn- ingefier. The New York Herald, which is situa- ted nearly two hundred and fifty miles distant from both houses, publishes the debates at Washing- ton the very next morning after they are made; while no Washington paper attempts to give a similar report until two days after. Itis thus that the New York Herald centralizes, as it were, all the debates of Congress in New York city, and from thence sends them forth, ahead of all other pape! throughout the whole country, north, south, east aud west. Tue Prarrietp Bask aGatn.—Will not the Plainfield Bank C ommissioners accept the pro- position made by the Messrs. Beach, and get gold and silver to redeem the circulation of that bank ? Did the Commissioners go to church ai Newark yesterday? When they were in the middle of their prayers to the God of Justice, did they re. flect for one moment on the beet mode of doing justice to those who have been cheated by the bad bills of that ba Do they think it will be following the principles of Him they worshipped yesterday, if they were to endeavor to get the gold and silver that is offered tothem, and pay the bills without fail 7 Conpemnen to Be Huna.—Two slaves—Jim, belonging to Mr. Hearvey, and Dick, belongin, to Mr Destraben, of the parish of Jefferson—were tri on Thursday last for the marder of Gabriel, a rlave also to Mr. Destraban,on Christmas night. Jim and take pains, to give a full account of thoee equipagee in a few dave, end thelr ral makers i rey was condemned to be hung. and Dick sentenced to re- nore ome baadred laches. to be Imprisoned eight daze, wad wear the Oo lal bis meester for one year | —N. 0, A ta into an elaborate investigation of the manner in which it was conducted, and pointed out, as the only remedy for the abuses which characterised its management, that the slip should be put up at auction, and leased to the highest bidder, for ferry purposes ; the bidder agreeing to such terms as the Common Council, in its wisdom, might im- pose, and such as would prevent a foreign mo- nopoly having a foothold in our own city, and imposing burdens and extortions on our own citizens, at their own doors. We stated then, and we repeat it now, that a gentleman well known in the steamboat world, as one of our most energetic citizens, tood ready, and he now stands ready, to bid off that slip, pay for it the highest price, (three or four timesas much as is now paid for it,) and run a ferry to Jersey City, with which no fault could be found either in the price of the ferriage, which he would put down to the lowest point, or in the frequency of the trips which his boats would make. Under such cir- cumstances, we ask the Common Council, will they renew the lease of this company without instituting an inquiry into the circumstances of the case? We trust they will not; and we beg of them to remember that the Comp- troller of the city of New York is, at the pre- sent time, forbidden, by a resolution passed by their predecessors in office, introduced by Assistant Alderman Smith, of the Ninth ward, from executing a new lease to this company. This shows that the Common Council of last year, considered it injudicious to renew it, until the repeated complaints on the part of the people of New Jersey, and of our own city, were enquired into and redressed. We canalso give another proot of this feeling by our public authorities of last year, towards this ferry com- pany, and this is, that in the charter convention of this city, a resolution was proposed, that leases should not be granted by the Common Couneil, of the wharves and slips belonging to the city, in the manner in which they have been granted; but that all such public property should be put up at public auction, and leased for a number oi yeers, to the highest bidder. That resoluticn prevailed, and was made part of the new char ter which emanated from that body, but whieh was rejected by the people, at the succeeding election. We have the best reason to believe that that. very amendment to the proposed city charter, was proposed and adopted for the ex- press purpose of meeting the case under consi- deration, and of reserving to the city authorities of New York, the power and authority tocorrect the abuses which have marked the managemen of thie ferry. That company have had a lease of the slip at the foot of Courtlandt street for seven years past, at anominal rent, not one-fifth part as much as it is worth to the city as adock. It has been patronised to an extent which those not ac- quainted with the amount of business it does, can have no conception of; its stock is so valu- able that a share of it is never heard of in the market; its proprietors have become rich by ite extortions on the public; and yet, after seven o’clock in the evening, there is a boat only once every half hour, and frequently only one in three quarters of an hour, and .none at all after one o’clock. When it is considered that a popula- tion of seven thousand, on the other side of the river, many of whom are our own citizens, are dependent on this ferry to reach their homes— when it is also considered that this is the connecting link between New York and the whole Soutk—when it is considered that our corporate authorities have the power to cor- rect the abuses which have characterised its management for seven years past, we trust and hope that their action in the matter will be well weighed, and will be taken witha due regard te the consequences. Now isthe time to clip this company of its monopoly features. Put the slip up at auction; and our word for it, the city will save money by it in both ways—by an increase of rent, and by a diminution in the prices of fare. Tax Trovsie in Tus Wie Conmitres.—The following has been furnished us as acorrect list of the ayes and nays on the reeolution to rejec the nomination of General Taylor:— . « Dee¥'d Vot'zs G, Van Cott SB. : Win H. V. % 12 Mtoe Cot 38 S SS su Zezpia° 1. ‘> = M. Lyon . Johnston Jn M. ee gi a * Two sete of Delegates from the Ginveenth Ward. : ] | well known as it should be; but Military Court Martial. 8Wasuineron, Jan. 9, 1848. Gen. Scott is said to have been recalled from Mexico. The name of his successor has not transpired. Rumor mentions several generals, but the one who received the appointment, it any, is not yet known. Generals Worth and Pillow, and Col. Duncan, have been ordered to Vera Cruz, where a court martial has been con- vened to try them upon the charges which caused their arrest by General Scott. Orders have been received from General Scott, request- ing officers of the army now in the United States, on leave of absence, to return to the seat of war at the earliest practicable day, and resume their respective commands in the army. I give you the above news as T received it, upon authority generally believed reliable. It is currently circulated and credited throughout the city. From the South.; Pererssura, Jan. 9, 1848. The overland express arrived this morning, with advices from New Orleans to the afternoon of the 8dinst. No news. The 2d being Sunday, there are no later mar- ket reports. The Democratic Nominatien In Ohio. Cotumpus, Ohie, Jan. 9, 1843. The Democratic State Convention of Onio, nominated the Hon. John B. Weller as a candi- date for Governor. Col. Weller commanded a regiment of Ohio troops under General Taylor, in Mexico. The convention postponed the ex- pression of any opinion in regard to a candidate for the Presidency of the United States, until to- morrow, (Monday.) Navigation and the Weather. Auzany, Jan 9, 1848—P.M. The southern mail was landed at New Balti- more this morning. The passengers were land- ed at Hudson yesterday, from the Norwich. We have had no boat since Friday. We had about six inches of snow this morn- ing, and the weather now is very cold. Maraects. Axsarr, Jan, 8, 1648.—Flour and grain were without obange to-day. Pork,in the hog, soldat 5 s 534 cents. for the ordinary lots. Sales of whiskey were made at 25 cents. Intelligence. Bostox, Jan 9, 12 o’clock—Below, picket ship Washir rving, from Liverpool, Nov.26. Capt weeker, of sehr Ab Lawrence, died very suddeuly iast night ; Jan 2— Are ship Sisters, London: 8p brigs Loret 20 schr Odd Fellow, Province: it van. ips Alice Wilsor, (Br) Hull, icha G Costar, New York Ai buks vi Gol; Mobert Sree, rigs Titi, Havana; T Street, do; Lycoming, Boston: eta, Barcelona; schrs Sophia, Tampico; Jonathan 0, Marine Affairs. Quick Saitina.—The attention of the mercantile com. munity has been drawn to the excellent paszages made by our packets, within the laet month, and many com- parisons drawn between them and vessels belonging to other cities.” A communication appeared a day or two since, giving an scoount of the passage of the ship Herald, of Boston. some twenty-five yesrs since, which is said to have been made in thirteen days, the quickest ever performed. The foltowing, from a gentleman, of this city, gives the credit fairly, we think, to Captain Bailey:— New York, Jan., 8th. By reference te your files of November, 1846, you will find that the Yorkshire, Captain Bailey left Liverpool onthe 3d of November, and arrived at New York on the morning of the 18th of the same month, making the ge in sixteen days, from Liverpool to New York fow it is @ well known fact, that our packets sre fre- quently detained in their passage between Nantucket and New York, from three daysto aweek, when they might frequently run into Boston harber without lay. If you deduct the three days which is acknowle ed to be the difference, of time for the distance between New York end Boston, you will still fad that Captain Bailey is ahead of the Boston ship Herald. The unrivalled New York packets will continue to be the pride of our city,and Boston may refer back to a quarter of a eentury, to what she was then, and show us how she has retrograded, but we will continue to point her to what now are, and convince her that New York is still onward, and with such strides that she can- not be overtaken, even by the cunving ofa Fox. YORKSHIRE. Pacugt Suir Apminat—The friends of Capt. Wot- ton are desirous of giving him fall credit for his mautical ability, which he certainly deserves, not alone from hir feiends, but from all who can appreciate such gallant ferts of seamanship as have been so often performed in the beautiful ship he commands, Woe are disposed to endorse the adage which concludes the followiog com- munication: — New Yoax, Jan, 8. 1848. The Havre packet ship Admiral, Captain James A Wotton, which left this port on the 27th, at noop, crossed the bar at 7 PM , and was docked in Havre on the 12th December, reporting the French steamer New York as coming along, having sailed the morning of the | 26ch, Now the well known diffidence of captain and | consignee, to appearing in print, vents this being so ainted with sd fasta, takes [eupon ally acquainte: persons and facts, tal jt upon himeelf to say that few ships know the pg dere the Atlantic better than the Admiral, and a better sailor than James A. Wotton nevi og out “ make sail,” his favorite commend, by the Knowing the interest you take in all maritime communications, and the im partiality you display ia publishiog them, I put you in Inind of tie old adage: (FHonor be to whom banor ls due.” CAPTAIN PAMPHILL New Suir Jamestown.—Capt. Trask’s new ship, the Jamestown, will sail this morning, on her first voyage to Liverpool. Since her arrival at the wharf, she has been the object of a good deal of criticism and speculation, and has been examined and admired by thousands. The exceedingly fine proportions, and the noble appearance of the vessel elicited much praise, while her immense fastenings and great power, which are everywhere per- ceptible, added to the chaste workmanship, gained for her builders no little commendation. Her burthen is 1200 tons, or over, and of course she is provided with the latest improvements in the deck and cabin fixtures. She in owned by Messrs. Hale, Gordon & Howell, and Captain ‘Trask, formerly cf the packet ship Garrick, Hor bulld- ers, sre Messrs. Perine, Patterson & Stack. Laurcuen—At Bath, 5th ini Messrs, Trufant & Drummond, a fine sbip ealied ‘he Caroline ‘Neemith, of 825 tons. and built of the best materials; owned by po IS als he Aalto somes Eat eo : At Kgnneban! 6th inst. Soegre D Ward, shi watzons of 10 tone, owed mon a vet nobuo! jonern ton; to be o nded by a date of dark | Mousem. ' the regular amount, for a penny or a sixpence. When ou have placed the candy cr nuts in your pocket, and heh sfely deposited the pittance in hu leathera bag, he will look sfter you, snd if your attention ie not acted, you will hear in a low voice, not by the poor apple man to be be heard by you, "God bless you, sir,” which comes from the poor old man’sheart. Such, reader, isa description of the poor apple man we referto. From day to dey, week to nd year to year, he piies his humble vocation ‘at the Boston pier, earning *by it a more humble living for himself and family. When he is not at bis sscua- tomed station, the weather must indeed be bad, for we have seen him there in winter's snows sad summer's heat; or he must be sick,and then be and his family must ‘gs their bread as they can. Reader, that poor man bas seen better days, Within thet rough looking and weath- er beaten form, there beats a heart keenly sensibie—one that throbs with the kindliest impulses of our na- ture. Its owner was once the porsessor of a com- i plaintiv. tenoy, and at one time was beyond poverty; but Piufortanes crowded thick upon him, end he has wl been reduced to the humble occupation he now tollows, to keep his wife and fa the poorhouse, which he would die sooner thi He is moreover, s man of intellect as may be seen by the foll lines, ed on the last day of thelist his sitaation, and the position he was once in : v ) THE POOR APPLE MAN, ! why nerve me 60, To place my here in frost or snow, ef pittance to obf B ing fruit at litth Lite 's vital spark for to sustain Tread, and write, and cy pher, 109; But whut avail all | caa do. ‘There is no friend to sympathire, No gent. who wiil me prt: on! Nor take me from t! And grant to me a hi, Not ot to dig, asham‘d to beg, I’m fore’d to rank with Nell and Pegg, With Tim, and Tom, and many more; * No wonder thet my heart is sore. Methinks I’m not myself at all, ‘When I stand with back to the wall, ‘Wisbing still some belle or dand: Would fancy spple cake or candy. Next, I stand at a gate or pler, with trembling limbs ‘and starting tear; import, export, ingress, ogress, Alas! for me there’s no redress, Cvase thou, my muse! no more complain, Nor dare thy Maker's will arraign; To His decree we must submit, ‘Who gifts bestow as be deems fit. ‘Then freely drink the bitter cup Yrepar’d for you, and ne’er give up. In Pandora’s box, at bettom lay, Sweet Hope, to cheer me on my way, To ease my pain, and soothe my care; Til hope in God, and not despair— Ere long, He'll raise some friendly hand To aid me here, in freedom’s land. Lané of promise—O ! sacred name! Land of heroes, honor, and fame ! Land of the sons of patriots brave, Tx thee, I hope, to find a grave. These lincs are written in a beautiful style, and one would hardly suppose that the hand which wrote them is the same which daily dealsout candy, nutewnd apples to the publio at Pier No. 1, North River. Tus Weature.—At a very early hour yesterday morning, the weather was quite warm, almost «1 A but towards evening the wind sprung up from ni = east. and it became very oold—the sky was hidden by thick clouds. Fins—Consipenaste Loss or Prorentr—A fire about half. past nine o’clock, yesterday morn- ing, in the building No, 23 Liberty street. The upper building was occupied by Dr. Feuchtwanger, 4 chemical store, und the fire is supposed to ted from the bursting of a dem john of acid feurth story. His books end saved, but his entire stook destroy $5 000, which was fully covered by insurance lowor reom was occupied by Messrs Widdifield & Cobu, hardware merchants A portion of their stock, to- gether with their books, wero saved but the larger por- tion of the stock wasso much injured by water, as to render it almost worthless. Ther lose is estimated at $4,000, whch was also covered by insurance. The seoond, third and fourth stories of the buildiog, were destroyed; and she supposed damage is about $1,600 A large number of the fire apparatus were promptly on the *pot, end through their exertions. the flames were kept fcom communicating to the adjoining buildings Among the most prominent, we noticed Pre‘eotien Company No 22, and Companies No 38and No. 423. The hose companies rendered efficient service, and the good ef- foots of the efforts of the hook and ladder company wore plainly to be seen. Anotuen Fiae.—A fire broke out at 12 o'clock on Saturday night, in the boilding rear of No 45 Ann street, occupied by Mr. Goulding, ass surgical instra- ment factory. It was put out with trifling damage. Common Councit. —The Board of Assistant Aldermen will hold a stated meeting this evening. ge Crry Imrnovements.—The improvements of our city were never in a more prosperous condition than at the present time Jn the upper wards are now going up some of the most stately residences that the city can boast of. On Fourteenth strest, immediately in front of Union square, is a splendid hotel, now nearly completed, six storier high, with brown free stone front, containing upwards ofone hundred apartments Whrn finished, this will be one of the most magnificent public houses ‘nm the nd by fat more so than any in the upper part — arm that it has elready been leased to alady for years at $9000 per annuw, and she bas been proffer- $4000 for her bargain. There sre many others which we shall take occasion to notice andgive = ge- neral description of. Brunerti’s Moper or Aneient Jenvsacem —This celebrated piece of mechanism is now on its way hither from London, where it bas been the admiration of thousands. Ths model of ancient Jerusalem has been eonstructed from draughts which were the result of years of Ieborious research. The exhibitions are ac- companied by lucid lectures in explanation of the vari- ous localities of peculiar interest, the events which ren- der them worthy of expecial ntice, and which have given many of them an immortal fame. The city is represented as it appeared immediately after our Sa- vior’s death. ‘th temple, the palace of Herod, the famous towers, the hills and vall as Ls then ap- peared; the Mount of Olives, the hill of Calvary, the ‘valley of Jehoshaphat, with the brook of Kidron, the house of Caiphas, the Court of Pilate, the Gite of Judg- ment, and other places of interest to the biblical or historical student, or even to the ordinarily curious reader, are all portrayed ‘The exhibiticn must meet with euccess here and in Brooklyn. HMENT IN SenooLs.—Coroner Wail- ters was called yesterday, to hold au inquest at No, Charlton street, upon tha body of a boy about 6 yrare old, John Meltoe, respecting whose death, in con- @equenoe of alleged Sack the part of his ecteol teacher, was alluded to in the Herald yesterday. the evidence taken before the coroner, it appeared the dec-ased went to public leg Betsy No. 64, ait. nated in Greeawich street, near Vandam; that on Wednesday, the 29th ult, the deceased, for some mis- conduct, or late attendance, was shut up in the sand room, by the direction of the first assistant teacher. The principal of the department, Miss Wright, being at the time ears with rome of the trustees of the sehool, and ignoranc that anything of the kind had been done by way of punishment, euch a mode never having been adopted before. The child, after being iy the sand room for about an hour, was let out another teacher, to whom the deceased complained being cold, and subsequently that his throat was sore, and that he was observed to tremble, apparently from the effects of cold. On going home, be informed his aunt, with whom he lived, that he bad been locked up, and complained of his throat being sore. Dr. Walsh, at- tached to the Northern Dispensary, visited him and pre- scribed for him, and in the course of & day or two, be ap- peared to have so fur recovered, that personal attendance would be unnecessary. ‘The day but one following, how- ever, Dr. Walsh was again called to attend the deceased, then found Conronrat Pv called to ‘sore the weather was rainy, and that affes- the sore a throat were common, while he ascertained that his directions for taking the medicines prescribed fan the deceased, had not been atriotly Attended to. The jury, after hearing the testimony adduced, rendered the follor verdict : “That the decesred osme to bis death by inflammation of the bowels. The jury believe, that the sore throat, consequent upon exposure, by being placed in the said room of primary school No 54, was not the cause of the death of sald deceased. The jary are, ‘also, of the opinion, that the mode of punishment adopt- ed by the \eacher in this case, is improper, and should be di tinued. Supper Deata —The Coroner was called to hold an inquest, also, at the dead house at Belle’ on the body of aa unknown man about 45 yeers old, supposed to be @ native of Ireland, who, while along the rd avenue, on Sate leat, foll down and immeat- ra expired, Verdict, . by exheustion arising exposure and discsee.