The New York Herald Newspaper, July 20, 1848, Page 1

NO. 5158. NEW YORK, The Watering Places. Sanaroaa, July 16, 1348. The first ball of the seasoh was given at Mar vin’s hotel last evening; 1 was supposed that it would be en afiair of some interest and some re- finement; but it turned out to be a mere contri- vance of several New York shop and bar keepers who, under incognitos, wished to_ereate an im- mense sensation. An account of one of these silly young men, who have not courage enough to Jet the world know that they labor a little with their hands, 15 so amusing that I will give it en- tire. This youne man 1s a clerk in a store in New York; several! weeks since he was sent to Michigen to transact some business for his em- ployers; while th he cultivated a heavy mus- tache and imperial; having finished his business, he set out on his return, when he determined to visit Saratoga tor a day, even though he should have to deviate very slightly from the direct route to New York. This individual having arrive: here yesterday made his appearance at the ball at an early hour. Le was registered, Iam told, asan Englishman from London. His dress was very orginal; he was cravated up to the eyes, the entire space between the collar bone and the eyes being hidden by a cravat which would have made a good winter shawl for a lady. The coat Was a neuter one—it was neither a dress coat nora frock coat; the skirts were about nine inches in length, and that part where they are joined to the waist was but little higher than the knees; the weist » infact, a very long one; only the ups of the toes were visible, the boots being entire- ly covered by the !legs ef his inexpressibles; these | legs bore a great resemblance to meal bags. The face of this person was remarkable in many res pects ; there was an animated struggle between the moustache and the yat—the hair being appa- rently desirous ,to ) the cravat below it, while | the cravat_was making efforts m an opposite di- | rection, This isa biief d ink sketeh o' tus young clerk, who waltzed very well, and who declared his intention to remain here about a month. At the close of a waltz, he seemed to be | suflering some agonizing emotions. He had sud- | denly discovered one of his employers, who arriv- ed here a few days since from New York. The | clerk, on making this discovery, disappeared by a | private door. In two minutes afterwards he was seated1a abarber’s chair; in five, the har was removed from hus face, and im half an hour, his dress was so far altered as to make him appear decent. This morning, when he left Saratoga for New York, he looked like a respectable young | man. a description of one class of charac- | ters who visit Sar: Tcannot say that the so- | ciety of this clas: ry desirable. There were several otherclasses of characters at this bell, which 1 have no tme to describe in this letter. There were a number of women of ex'ra- ordinary beauty present; it is a fact that some of the American women are remarkably beautiful. Miss ?’., of Boston, was unfortunately absent; but | there were a number present who compensated for, but who could not inske me forget, this misfor- tune, Among these beautiful women, whom you are forced to love very deeply, were Miss D—s, (a gipeey face,) Miss C—t, (a blonde, witha tiny foot,) | iss B—r, oe type of Mary Queen of Scots,) Miss #—g, (a blue-eyed blonde,) one of the Misses ‘W-n, of Albany, (a petite sylph,) Miss H—t, (a brunette, with a brilliant eye,) &c., &e. Among the gentlemen present, I observed Capt. Hutton, one of Gen. Scott’s aids, during the entire campaign. Capt. H. is just returning from Mexico. by the way of New Orleans, the Mississippi, an e lakes. P.S.—The New York Herald may be procured in Saratoga every morning, at 11 o'clock, It is kept for sale by M . W. A. Mundell, at his news depot, opposite the United States Hotel, and two doors fiom the post-office Laauna, (Mexico) June 20, 1848. Naval Intelligence—Affarrs of Yucatan—Lo! the Poor Iudtian. A large number of the vessels of the Gulf squadron are being collected here. The United States steamers Ins, Scorpion, and Scourge, store ship Electra, bomb vessels Hecla and Stromboli, and schooner Wasp, are at present in port. The Ins, Hecla, and Electra, brought some two hun- dred end fifty marines from Alvarado, which, in addition to those already here, make about three hundred in this town. Laguna, in the absence of Commodore Perry, is to be the headquarters of the squadron. 3 3 Very little apathy is felt by the Americans employed on this service, for the cause they are sent here to protect. Theandians, who have now rebelled, have hitherto been held in a bondage more galling by far than the slaves of Cuba. This may seem strange in a country whose consti- tution recognises no slavery; but itis true, never- theless, for by a law of the republie, a landlord can claim the services of a laborer in his employ until all debts of said laborer to his employer are liqui- dated. This the cautious eattle owner—farmer by wholesale—never permits, but keeps the poor In- dian just so much indebted to him, by taking ad- vantage of his necessities, as to render him very frequently a slave for life. This can easily be effected, as the Indian is bound to make all his purchases from his tyrannical master, This nfovement of the Indians is in keeping with the progress of the age; and inasmuch as they are. by far the most honest portion of the population of this country, (with which we are at peace) why interfere? This insurrection ought to have been | apprehended by Mexico in the first place, for itis | one of the legitimate results of the war. What perfect absurdity is the attempt to arrest the interference of European_powers on this con- tinent! How inconsistent ! The French and Eng- lish at this day are interfering largely in the affairs of South America. A declaratéon made by a former President at the time that Mexico was | striggling for her independence, threatened by the interference of other monarchies, might well | be excused ; but the extended application of this principle will never be sanctioned by the good | sense of the people. No complaints willbe heard | as long as the government confines itselt to simple assertion ; but when blood and_ treasure are to be expended in maintaining a position so utterly un- tenable, then its practicability will be tested by those whose duty it is to correct such abuses. | Now is the proper time to put the broad assertion | alluded to, to the proof ; for this movement may be hereafter cited asa precedent, on which!to build | up still more absurd theories. I say now, because we are acting contrary to the expressed wishes of these®people, (the Mexicans) and because we are further exposing the lives of the officers and crews of the vessels of the navy, (who have already had a most harassing and inglorious part to perform in this war) to still more hazards on this pestilential | coast. | And in this place I beg leave to say a few words | about the naval duty in this Gulf. The navy is divided into two classes; those who do the duty, | and those who stay on shore and play the gentle- man of leisure. Few of the latter class of indi- viduuls are to be found in this squadron at present. If not at the watering places, they have already monopolised_ the sinecure situations on shore. They came down here in large numbers when the. Castle was to be attacked, in the ardent hopes of handing theirnames down to a grateful posterity. ‘They filled vessels on board of which they had no qT, be; but now, when little glory, with much Jaber and exposure, are the Jot of all, the vessels of | the squadron have scarcely officers enough on | board, to do the routine duty. The consequence | as, that the officers out here have fourfold as much to doas they have on board vessels sailing for | pleasant stations. But to come down from gene- ralities. The frigate Cumberland 1s entitled to, pethaps, six lieutenants; she has three now on duty. ,when last heard from, The officers who came out in the bomb vessels, have all hurried back to the United States, and but one has a lieu- tenant other than the commanding officer, The ‘Ins has one lieutenant, a master and midshipman. | Many vessels have a master and midshipman; and in nearly all cases, the midshipman is too young to | kegpa watch at sea. The schooner Wasp has a lieutenant commanding, one of the few officers who have been kept continually at sea. ‘The crews of the vessels are short, and in near- ly every vessel on the station, marines are put on board to do the duty of seamen. The consequence as, that the few eflective men on board are over- worked. Many officers who had not been to sea before for years, have come down to this station, and returned home in perfect health, God knows why. Those of them to whose eyes this may come, will be self-convicted. Well, to be short, (for my paper fails,) the sum of what mean to sey is, that there has been among certain classes in the navy a gross dereliction of duty, and that junior officers are doing the duty of their seniors, ‘while the latter are Playing the gentleman on shore ‘This state of things would not have been com- plained of, if after the war had fairlyeoncluded, we had been sent home; but from vessels short in cficers, who have fled from the station, and made | shorter in crew, many of whom having shipped for the war, are entitled to their discharges, we | pre not in a condition to interfere in the affairs of | Yucatan. | > Light vessels here, and not one purser. | b Whieie’s she assistant purser Bill ? * | for him, the chances are, that the v Corumeus, Ohio, July 15, 1818, The Taylor Prespects in Central Ohio on the In- creas—Him W. L Perkins Out in Favor of Taylor—lis Probable Effect in Northern Ohio. The indications of recent political meetings, voice of the press, and individual expression, by letter and otherwise, are, that, in central Ohio at least, the whig forces will be almost unanimous in the support of General Taylor. The whigs of Franklin county held their usual convention for nominating a Stre and county ticket, on the 4th inst., when W. Dennison, Esq., a lawyer of this clty, was chosen for Senator, and Dr. Landon for Representative, All the leading whigs at the State capital participated in the action and results of this meeting, and the great mass of whig voters of the city and county were present. The speakers fully'and unreservedly endorsed the nomi- nation of Zack Taylor; and their sentiments on this topic met with enthusiastic applause. The “ yatifying”’ resolution, however, 1s somewhat chery, in its.phraseology—it is as follows :— “That in the election of General Zachary Taylor as President of the United States, we confidently hope and expect to see the triumph of the great leading principles of the whig party of the whole Union; an end to executive usurpation; a check to the inordi- nate love of conquest and territorial aggrandizement; and, the surplus revenues of the government applied to the improvement of our Western waters and har- bors. and other great national improvements.”? But feeling sensible that this enumeration of their “hope” and “expectation” from the Selec tion” of General Taylory-did not, include the “marrow apd the fat” of the political “bone of contention” now before them, they added a dis- tinct resolution in the words follewing:— “Resolved, That ull the prorperity, virtue, morality, enterprise, and rapid advancement in population, wealth and intelligence, of the people of the states of Obio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan, are mainly to be attributed to the passage, by Congress, of the ordi- nance of July 13, 1787, ‘or the government of the ter- ritery of the United States northwest of tho river Ohio,’ and more particularly to article 6 of said ordi- nance, which provides that ‘there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territo- ‘ry, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted;> and we insist, that in the formation of all territorial governments, hereafter, by Congress, tho principles of said ordinance, and the language of the Oth article above quoted, shall form an indispensable part of such governments. A " i And then, as it unwilling to subdue entirely the mistiust they entertained ,imidst their hopes and expectations, from Gen«ral;Tuylor’s elecwion, they mude the declaration following :— “Resolved, That we will support no man for a seat, either in the Congress of the United States or in our own Legislatu'e, who will not uso his best exertions to robibit the introduction of slavery into all new States ereafter to be formed.’? It will be remembered _ by the careful readers of the Herald, that I have shown by extracts from the whig State central committee’s address, hereto- fere, that the spirit of it was, not to rally in support of Zack ayo for the sake of electing him Pre- sident, but for the sake of carrying (in his name) the loca Idistrict elections of the State ; and it will he seen now, that these whig party managers (for the said committee men took a controlling part in this meeting) have not yet been able to get rid of that demagoguish idea, notwithstanding that the address hus been severely handled and repudiated by the Ashtabula Sentinel, the Elyria Courier, and other **h* serve” papers. The Courter said, that it was_an endeavor “to seduce the whigs of the State from their principles.” Now, what does all this prove? Why, clearly, that the mass of the voting people are more ready to support General Taylor, than what the old party leaders are willing to do. Yet, as these ‘* masses” have other offices within their gift besides the Pre- sidency, to some of which these leaders, having a longing eye and still more longing purse, they too propose that the whigs be permitted to organize their forces for the election campaign under the standard of old Rough and Ready. ‘ The Eluria Courier further charges to the ac- ecunt of these disinterested managers that, at th» State convention, which appointed them as the executive committee of the whigs of the State, there was *¢a well known and general under- standing, that if a majority of the Philadelphia convention should prove so treacherous to the patty as to recommend Tuylor for our suffrages, the whigs of Ohio would repudiate him.” Judge Thrall, of the State Jowrnal, denies the existence of any such “general understanding,” and brands the assertion as a libel upon the honor of the whigs of Ohio. The judge is right, accer- ding to my knowledge of the open and secret doings of the whigs then congregated in this city, £0 far as the assént of the friends of the general is concerned, the absence of which prevented the “understanding” from being ‘‘ general ;” but that the declaration was openly, freely, and loudly mouthed over by the friends of Mr. Corwin ae particular,) and these of Mr. Clay, and mutually assented to as between them, cannot be gainsaid, for itis true. The few Taylor men there in at- tendance were so “stumped,” at these bold and vehement declarations, that their courage failed them, and they scarcely made an effort to have the old hero’s name considered by the nominating committee. The final report of that committee being a “general” resolution of submitting the selection of a candidate for the Presidency with- out naming a preference, itself proves it to be the result of compromise of conflicting preferences, and mutual “ understandings” not expressed. Of these matters, however, the mass of the whig voters knew nothing then, nor will they en- quire about it now; their “ general understand- a now is, to vote for General Taylor! And while the Clay whigs (Ewing and his faction), ank the anti-war whigs (Corwin and his faction), and the McLean whigs (Judge Wright, and his Cincinnati clique), will each and all * swallow” the words they uttered in this city last winter, de- rogatory to General pLadlbr Delis tHe candidate for whig party, and will now give him their support because they see the mass of the people will vote ‘a. anti-slavery whigs of universal “ Cheesedom” will adhere to their position and “ repudiate him.” f But, even in that section and in the very midst of the “infected district,” we have indication of some reconsideration of the proposed repudiation kind of ‘sober second (or second sober) eee of the people,” as he of Kinderhook ence sald. In explanation of the motives which prompt such a reaction on the part of the prime movers, I may remark that Mr. Giddings, although fa- vored by repeated nominations, and consequent elections in that stronghold of whigism the Cuyahoga, Geauga, Aspabula, and Lake county district, is not without his ophonents in the whig ranks, nor without able and popular rivals for future nomination, Among the latter may be named Hon. William L. Perkins, of Painesville, Geunga county. m Mr. Perkins has represented his country for some years as Representative and as State Senator. He isan able man to compete with; of a high order of talents ; long devoted to the service of the people of nis district—at least the sy portion of them; and, as a whig, the State Journal says truly, “Mr. Perkins is one of the strong men of the State.” ‘This gentleman has recently replied by letter to an invitation addressed to him by some of the Cleveland whigs to be present at a time named, for the formation of a “ Rough and Ready” club. It should be. remarked, too, that Mr, P. was the delegate from the ‘Giddings district” in atten- dance at the Philadelphia convention, and, along with the rest of the Ohio delegation (save two) supported General Scott. hive invitation, therefore, was the more proper, as he could tell what circumstances, if any, trans- pired in the convention, which should operate against giving their support to the nominee. In this letter Mr. P. gives his views at length, and in a most logical and pointed manner. I regard it as a document which will, more than anything that has been or can be said or done, arrest the present dissension in the whig patty in Northern Ohio ; and circulating as it will alongside the recent manifesto of the “Hale” men, the effect of the. two will probably be to restore the usual state of party strength throughout the Western Reserve. _ Should this be the result—usually a vote of about six part whig, three part democrat, and one part dite abolitionist--then we may expect the usual large whe majority, sufficient to overwhelm the more equally balanced remaining counties of the State, to be cast for General Taylor, and secure him the electoral vote of Ohio. I make no extracts from the Perkins’ letter, by which to show @he points meriting the high opinion [ have formed of it, and the mfluence and effect attributed to it; but beg leave to call your attention to it, in view of giving ita place in the eplapane of the Herald. You will find a copy en- closed. " ‘What still appears singular, and, to my mind, involves the future aspect and final adjustment of the campaign in much mystery 18, that, while at is here chaitted by whigs who take a high ant. lavery positron, and “ insist” upon anti-slavery 2 action by Congress, that *¢ with General Taylor we can électa free soil House of Representatives,” how 1s it that he is so universally satisfacory to, the whigs of the slave States and the opponents of | fice territory ? \ Is there not danger that the opponents of Gen. ‘Taylor will ere long be able to expose a contrarety of sentiments amoung his supporters, more repug- nant, or at least equally so, as the late exposure of the fraud attempted by the friends of Gen. Cass in sectional abt ications of his principles ? But, perhaps, I am in error in supposing sv ha result, and that the friends of free territory fully authorised to herald Gen, Taylor as meriting their support in view of that object. If this be so. then, why cannot the fact be fully developed, and thus relieve, the hundreds and thousands whose hearts beat in throbs of congratulation and honor to the great captain of the age; but ara held back from rewarding the war-worn hero rsuf- frages, on account of a_ presumed predilection en- tertained by him towards the “peculiar institutions of the South?” The highest testimony Ihave yet seen, that General Taylor muy safely be supported by all the whigs of the free States, has just come to my no- tice. The Zenia Torch Light, of this week, says that Mr. Corwin has declared his intention of ta- king the stump in favor of Gen. Taylor, after the adjournment of Congress; and adds, ‘*Mr. Cor- win has always been decidedly favorable to the nomination of Gen. Tay or; because, to quote his own words, he had satisfactory reasons for be- lieving that— pcaneral Taylor was opposed to the annexation of exes. “Is opposed to any further extension of our territo- ry ‘at present, and, probably, for all time to come. “That although's slaveholder, he considers slayery aneyvil, and does not deem it right to extend of in- crease it, “That he has always deemed the Mexican war im- politic and without justification. “And that on all other doctrines of the whig party, his principles are coincident with ours.” ‘ If these sentences are truly what the editor says they are—quotations from letters written by Sena- tor Corwin—we are bound to presume that the honorable genteman was well informed in the premises. Western Scripe. Puaveneura, July 18, 1848. Uiness of Gov. Shunk—Trouble about his Successor —Whigs and Democrats nm a Quandary-—Cooper and Johnson the Whig Availables--The Bakers? Dozen of Democratic Aspirants—Longstreth and Bugler most Popular mn Quakerdom—The County Ofjiices--Dr. Bunting, §¢., §¢. The death of Governor Shunk is hourly expect. ed. He has had another hemorrhage of the lungs, and is rapidly sinking. He has for more than 20 years past been identified with the democratic party of our State, and though during that ume he has held many important offices, his honesty and purity have never been assailed nor questioned, even in the time of highest political excitement and bitterness. His resignation has set the political elements in motion. Both parties were apathetic about the Pre- sidency, neither favorite of the politicians, (whig and democratic,) having received the nomination; but the election of a Governor is so near to them as to produce the liveliest, animation. ‘The whigs and democrats are alike divided about Mr. Shuak’s successor. The Hon. James Cooper, of Gettys- burg, formerly a member of Congress, afterwards Speaker of the State Assembly, and more recently the opponent of General Irwin for the Guberna- torial nomination, would undoubtedly be the ehoice if there were an open field ; but the present in- cumbent, Mr. William F. Johnston, is too popular to be readily thrust aside. Mr. J, 18 from a demo- cratic family, and a democratic district; himself a democrat till 1840, and since then an uncompro- mising whig. He is a of very popular address, of excellent talents, and was elected to the Senate in a thoroughly democratic district. Both Mr. C. and Mr. J. have ardent friends; but, in my opinion, Mr. J.’s_pre-occupancy of the chair will give him the advantage and the nomination. Several other whigs are named, but the contest will be between those I have mentioned, The about twenty Rich nonds in the field; and, I verily*,, believe, the convention will have a dezen real candidates. The most prominent seems to be Judge Eldred, Colonel Bigler, we Longstreth, Judge Black, John Ritter, dodge Bell, and William Packer. Judges, you see, are all the fashion with the democracy. Here the contention seems to be between Judge Longstreth and Colonel Bigler; and pe of them has warm, active, and sanguine riends. Col. Bigler is from the Northern part of the State, Pe) enjoys at home an unbounded popu- larity; he isa storekeeper and much respected ; ht was Speaker of the Senate, and, by his warm advocacy and support, he carried against fierce op. position, the Central Railroad bill, so that the im- provement counties willgive him a heavy vote, as Will Philadelphia, in the event of his nomina- tion. Judge Longstreth, too, is popular. He isa Quaker and a Philadelphian, who removed, some fifteen years ago, over the county line into Mont- omery, and was there made_an associate judge. fie was elected Canal Commissioner last year a very large majority, almost equalling that of Governor Shunk, and this isthe most formidable objection to him. If he is a candidate for Gov- ernor, the democrats will make him at once resign hisseat at the Canal Board (according to pre- cedent in the cises of General Jackson, General Cass and Thomas McCulley) and then his place would be supplied by the Governor with a whig, giving the entire patronage of the improvement system to the whigs, and this, I judge, will induce his friends to withdraw him from the canvass and hold him up for another time. Judge Eldred and Judge Black both have zealous and anxiousfriends, so too the other candidates ; but it is insane to at- tempt to guess who will draw the nomination, for unless the number of candidates is reduced, it will be little better than alottery., Canvassing, for the county ¢ffices is actively going on among the de mocrats, butif the whigs and nati unite, as is | probable, the democrats will find their labor lost. Dr. Bunting, of our volunteers, has justreturned from Mexico, and is a candidate for the nomina- tion of Coroner. He was within one yote of it | three years ago, and will be nearer this time, I guess. Binuy Burro. Puttaperrma, July 19, 1848. Rencontre--Military Excursions---Bodies Found. The peaceful village of Germantown, in Phila- delphia county, was thrown into a state of consi- derable excitement by a personal rencontre that oc- curred in the streets between Major Freas, the ed- itor of the Telegraph, and Mr. George T. Stuckert, a citizen of the village. The latter accosted the former with an inquiry relative to the authorship ofa communication published in the Telegraph. over the head! with a loaded cane, inflicted by Major Freas, was returned with interest by Mr. Stuckert, by which the Major was thrown down and hisarm fractured, besides receiving other in- juries. Several ludicrous scenes have recently occurred in the lower part of the county, from discoveries made by wives of the unfaithfuldess of their hus- bands. Last night, an injured wife made a dead set at two females who were about embarking on a moonlight steamboat excursion upon the Dela- ware, having seduced her husband to accompany them. She tore off their finery, and they fled in dismay, while the poor persecuted husband re- treated into a oe house, which the wife watched so closely that the parties were unable to meet again until after the boat had started. The Stockton artillerists leave town to-morrow for Mauch Chunk. j The body of a female was found near the mouth of Cogper’s creek, above Camden, on Monday mori. From the body having been sewed up in sail cloth, with a heavy weight of stones at the feet, it is presumed that the deceased had come to her death, from natural causes, on board of some emigrant ship in the river, and been thrown over- board to avoid the expense ofa funeral on shore.— On the same day, the mutilated remains ot a man about 60 years of age, were found ina box about three miles up Cooper's Creek. The arms and legs had been cut off, and the body disemboweled al- most. A Se was tied around the box, to which a weight had probably ,been attached, but it had been detached by the rope becoming rotten, ‘The remains were in’a horrible state of decomposition, rendering Gh attempt to identify them impossible ‘They were placed in another box, and after being viewed by a justice of the peace, buried on the bank of the creek, a short distance from where the discovery was made, Thursday, the 13th inst., was set apart at Cha: ton, §. C., us a day of thanksgiving and rejoteing | 1846, on the Rio Grande, exchanged im amity the democrats have," THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1848. Meeting for the Eeticf of the Volunteers. A necting of the officers of the First Division of New York State Militia, Centre Market. ye take measures teers, who have Major General Sandford. Pre Wari. cf the division staff, Socretary. yal Sandford explained the object of the inesting. Col, Waunrn, from the nittes appolated for that purpose. reported. and read, the following resolutions, which wei adopted: ras held at the drill rooms, over day afternoon, at 5 o'elosk, to relief of the New York Volun- returned fro ey we regard wit), iers of this Stat tt itegimont of ‘a 0 many of w hed part—ounstituie a brig ory of our ved, That while tendering © loss of Un he wounded who have ret persons the idencos of ra with deop and » who lave alwady ar nee of thoir friends and countsymen, we 8.0% the First Division will ehwar- » who have so strong acuimon the persuaded thot t outribate to by this imoet pisstoned olfiosrs, wat of Volunt ominittes, in direction. of said iN m best caleulated to relieve the immedi- hus neers, mon y ‘Treasnrer, to be app solved, That our fellow citizen: us, ected Iw paid into the said comm ey tag, d to call w mevting uf ! , Mist uhe ec x the fourth resolution, io Generals, Commandants of Rogiments Livutenant’ Colonel Spicer offered the following preamble and resolution, which were adopted :— Whi 4 misrepreientatio s have boon m just ned from Mexi individuals, whie! nd warrants for a cooside therevore— he eubject of these in deration and action of a ing, with th ilar frauds. © was thereupon appointed ; al Morris, General Ewon, jonel Yates. signed hy tho ‘ad Companie to our the to be appointed by. this n soldiers now returning, from ‘The following eonmit —General Sandford, Ge Colonel Warner, Colonel Steward, ( of offic Resolved, ‘That a copy of these proceedi officers, be furnished to His Honor the Mayor We buve Leen requested to state that the committee, conristing of the commandants of brigades, regiments and companies, appointed to collect subseriptions, will meet at the Dril} Room, over Centre Market, this (Thursday) evening, at cight o’elock precisely, and that punctual attendance is earnestly reqested. Board of Butuca Svatep Meerina, July 19.—Robert Kelly, Esq , Pre- sident, in the chair, ing were read and approvad. Suspension of the Rules.—The rules were suspended to take up an application for au appropriation for the education of colored children. ‘The application was then read and referred to the finance committec. <Appropriation—An application from the Trustees of the, First ward, for $1980, for fitting up the primary school in Trinity Place, was presented. Mr. Buexcken asked for the reading of the resola- tion, After it was read, he said he understood the appropriation was asked for fitting up and furnishing, but it now seemed it was for repairing the building; he would, therefore, make no opposition —-the application was granted, Eleventh Ward-—Report of finance committee, in ry expenses of echool No. 21, in the Hleventh ward.— Accepted. Fifteenth Ward—Report of same committee, in favor of appropriating $84 91, for fitting up and furnishing school No. 20, in the Fifteenth Ward—Accepted. Colored Children.—Report of same committeo, in fa- yor of an appropriation of $675, to meet the expenses of the school for colored children in Centre street.— Accepted Sixth Ward—Report of same committee, in favor of the application of the trustees and officers of the 6th ward, for an appropriation of $1,236 8), for the oxpenses of the schools of the ward—Ace+pted Fourteenth Werd—Report of same committee, in fa- vor ef an appropriation to mect the legal expenses of the schools in the 14th ward—Laid on the table. Bills—Report of the Auditing Committee, in favor of paying some bills—Acceptec. Evening Free Schools.—Resolution by Commissioner [ae authorising the Committee on Evening Free shools to organise additional evening free schools, in te 5th, Sth and 9th ward Tounty Superintendent.—Communication from the “ nty Superintende: recommending that certai: “hoo! statistics for the State Superintendent, be madi under the directionfof the County Superintendent— Referred. ° ‘ The Free Academy.—Applieations from a number of persons, for professorships in the Free Academy—re- ferred to the Executive Committee. Resolution? to deposit to the credit of the Trustees &o., of the different wards, one-fourth of the appropria- tions made for the current year—Adopted. Another resolution, appropriating $4,165 for fitting up and furnishinggschools in the 3rd and 4th wards— Adopted. Free Jcademy.—Report and resolutions of Executive Committee, in favor of engaging Professor Webster, of Geneva College, as principal of the Free Academy, which was made the order of the day at the last meet- ing was taken up. The report and resolutions, after a short discussion, were adopted, and Professor Webster appointed principal, at a salary of $2,500 year. The Board then adjourned. Law Adopted. nten! gence, Unitep States District Court, July 19.—Before Judge Betts.—Decisions.—Peahody vs. The schooner Lucinda Snow, §c.—4.ibel dismissed, the claimants having proved titie to the vessel. Thomas Crowell et al. vs. 194 shawls and other arti- cles—The) British Consul and two other claimants ~ ‘This was asuit for salvage of goods recovered from the British bark “Lady Kenneway”’ abandoned off the coast of Ireland. Ordered that the goods be sent to England, and that adjudication under the salvage laws of the British courts be taken thereon. George States vs. The bark * Infanti Motion baving been made on behalf of the claimants, that the appeals taken by the libellants be required to execute new etipulations on such appeals, and the motion hay- ing beey submitted on affidavits, and due deliberation being had in the premises, it is ordered that the mo- tions be denied. Unirep Statxs Cosmstssronen’stOrrice, July 19—Be- fore A. Gardiner, Eeq.—Charge of Cruel and Unusual Punishment.—Wm, Whittesley and Thomas Bell, cap- tain and mate of the American ship Avalanch, were arrested and held to bail in $500, on a charge of vio- lent assault and battery on Frederick Wilson, one of the crew, at the port of Antwerp. Imrontant Decrston.—The Law Journal for July contains an eloquent opinion by Judge Lewis, de- livered at the June term of Common Pleas Court at Lancaster, Pa., on a case where a certain man devised to his widow all his property, “ provided she remain a widow during her life ; but in case she should marry again, my will is she shall leave the premises,” &¢. The widow having married again, suit was brought by other heirs of the husband to recover the property. Judge Lewis decided that ‘ the condition in restraint of marriage is void, and the second marriage of the widow does not divest her estate’—* the principle of morality—the policy of the nation—the doctrines of the common law-the law of nature and the law of God, unite in condemning as void the condition at- tempted to be imposed by this testator upon his widow.’’—Pennsylvanian. July 19. nee, Brookiyn Savinas amount withdrawn from this bankon Tuesday evening, was about $17,000. Farat Accipent.—The man who was wounded on | the 4th of July, whilst firing a salute at Williamsburgh, From words they proceeded to blows, and a blow | died on Tuesday last, He was a member of Captain Lewis’s Light Artillery, and his funeral will take place to-day at 4 o'clock. © Inteiligence eirrest of Burglers.—Officers Bryant and Curry, of the Third ward, arrested yesterday three boys by the names of James Dunn, David Hunter, and Conrad Carr, together with a man by the name of William Hare, onga charge of breaking into the liquor store of John Boyd, No. 48 Vesey street, stealing therefrom near $100 in bank bills, together with two watches of small value. It appears that on Monday night tho store was‘ forcibly entered by Dunn and Hunter, by breaking open the rear window of the store and tore- ing open the desk. The above named sum of money was stolen, The young scamps must have been dis- turbed, as they went off leaving behind them in the desk over $100 more in bank bills and gold. Onthe arrest of Dunn over $20 of the stolen money was found on his person, $10 of which he passed to the man Hare, as he thought unobserved; but the officer detected the rascal in the act and recovered the money, at the same time taking him into custod, Hunter acknowledges committing the rebbery, and rected the officers to call upon Mary Reed, who keeps porter house on the Five Points, with whom he depo- sited, for safe keeping, $10 in bank bills, this, together with the money fornd’on Dunn, making tn all $33 recovered, The magistrate, on hearing the testimony, committed them all for trial. Stealing Money.—Officer Dunlap, of the 13th ward, arrested, yesterday, a man by the name of Edward Clark, on @ charge of stealing $54 from James Baynes, residing at No, 128 Delancy-street. The accused was detained for a fucther hearing bb Justice Osborne. An Incipent or THE War.—The following is an extract ofa letter from New Orleans:--*You will re- member that General de la Vega was taken pri- soner at his battery in the first battle on the Rio Grande—tnat there Duncan’s battery and his op- posed each other in mortal fight. Now it is re- markable, that on the morning of our evacuation of the capital, General de la Vega commanded the Mexican battery that saluted our flag, and that Duncan's battery saluted the Mexican flag on its rising to float again over the palace. Thus the batteries of the two men which first opened upon each other at the war's commencement, in May, national s lutes im the city of 1848, at 4 e eh exico, in June, ending.” war's > ” RR AE AOI NMRA TMG AE SR ROT A EE A RO RE RR URE a OE ‘The minutes of the former meet- | favor of appropriating a sum of $5000, for the necessa- | City Inteliigence, Tur Law or Navvwaiitation.—Tho vexed q tion | THE NEW YORK HERALD. TWO CENTS. ~~ Naval Intelligence, | The United States ship Cumberland, Commo- of natoralization, so far, at least, as this State iseom- | dore M, C, Perry, arrived at this port last evening. corned, has. by 2 recent decision of the Supreme Court) (Curren and wife va Finn, 5 Denio, p, 229) and am act passed a few days since by Congress, placed the whole matter in a lig@t easily to be understood. Aliens of either sex ¢ t hold property by purchase, ower. or otherwh niees they declare their inten- to become eltizens, and Sty with the Secretary of this State, an cath pi ibed by th atute setting forth the fact. By the present Lows of Congeesa, alious coming into the United s under the age of eigh. teon years, after residing hery full five years, without being out of the United States, except temporarily, can, upon proof of the faet, procttro their eitizenship at once; and aliens arriving in this country over the age of eighteen, after remaining fall five years, with the excep tion of temporgry absence. and within,two years ofwhich time haye deelured their intentions, can, upon proof of the fact, procure their final certi: # of citizenship The jaw requires in all caves, that the applicant shall " ne full year in this State previous to being ‘alized, but this year is notgeonfiaed to any par- t the five years. The oath of alle- aken by every person not born upon the soil of th the rights of citizenship. The Weatien.—The weather still continues clear and delightful, though the s have become quite dusty, and aro rometines unpleasant to pedestrians, when the wind is hich. For several days past the weather has been delightful as May, though sultry Au- gust ix so nesrathand Last evening was ove of the iwost delizhtfal ever enjoyed by the people of Gotham, and its closing hours gave promige that this would be like unto it. Mowarity or New Yorn announce cases of insults to females in the streets and public squares. It ix a diagrace to New York; and tho time bas corm when some energetic measures must be taken to put a stop to these proceedings in the Sth ward, the most dirgraceful conduct is nightly prac- ticed; the streets are tilled with vagrant: women— thy writer counted one hundred and six in two hours, wssing his residenco—they put the police at deflance. The trath is, the magistrates are laxin their duty in regard to this class of infamous women, Our wives and daughters ure no longer safe in the public streets. If these facts are doubted, let the alderman walk in Howard, Mercer, or Grand, or Broome streets, aud see for himself. ‘fhe citizens who pay such heavy taxes are entitled to protection, A meeting of the oitizens of the 8th ward is recommended, to take measures to abate this notorious nuisance, and to in- vestigate the degrading demoralization existing in the ward. If something is not soon done, the respee- tible families in the ward will bo forced to leave it Property has already depreciated 30 per cent, and the Kes hive not decreased in proportion; this is another yject deserving the attention of the citizens. IPROVEMENTS OF THR City,—Neyer within tho ction of the oldest inhabitants of the city, has e spirit of improvement been so high as at this time. | In every section of the city the workmen are busily engaged in constructing houses, though many of them poorly constructed. The vacant lots in the upper section of the city are fast becoming filled with blocks andsome buildings, a large portion of which havo stone fronts, and are to be finished in the most costly and magnificent style. ‘T'be Free Academy, which will add much to the neighbood in which it is located, 1s fast approaching its completion, the workmon being engaged in putting on the roof. It is destined to be one of the most magnificent superstructures in the city, and is located in a high and commanding posi- tion, besides being one of the most thoroughly built edifices of which New York can boast. Nor is the up- per fection of the city alone in this work of im- provement. The lower portions are rapidly im- svery day the papors four or five’ story ‘building may ‘now bo seen, and business is working its way into places where it | was heretofore unknown. There is one spot in this | great ety which stands in sfatwe quo. TheNixth ward olds to old its appearance, except on Broadway, where some improvements have been made; but general y speaking, the spirit of improvement ix dormant, and there is very Jittle probability that it will be other. wise, until those miserable hovels on the Five Points give place to decency and good order. The city generally was never in a more growing and prosper ous condition than at this time, ‘The following table will show a gradual increase for the last thirteen years, except in the great time of speculation, in 1835 and 136, and the two years succveding the great fire of 1845. The following i: a list ot bulldings erected in the city ineach year, since 1833:— 1834.5 ~ 877 1841, MINagi9 1342. ‘1825 0 : 9. immediately afger the pressure, there was a falling 07; but as soon as business recovered from that prostration, the work again commeneed, and it is probable that 1345 will add upwards of twothousaad to the list already factories of almost every description are in up. The period is not far distant when New York will be ina commercial and business point of view, behind no city in the world. Wuat is tue Matrer?—About two months since, there were resolutions passed through theCommon Council, favorable to lighting several streets with gas, among which was Fifth street; but as yet it has not been touched. There is a dereliction of duty some- where; but it ishard to tell where the fault lies, It is strange that laws are passed through, but never exe- cuted, If the fault lies with the contractors, there rules of their contracts, Tur Propuxt Muxpay.—This individual has made his appearance in the cily, much to the gratification recess from their regular business of dog-killing. He passed through the streets yesterday, as usual, without shat. the hair flowing down his back, and with a huge meustache on his lip, and a powerfal pair of whiskers larger if possible than those of the black preacher o! Troy. He was followed by « large number of boys, who delighted themselves with worrying him about a paper which he carried, called “ The Prophet,” and his su- perfluous appendages. Hoxor ro tHe Brave.—The citizens generally of the Sth ward have called a meeting, to be held at the Marion House, in West Broadway, on Friday evening next, at eight o'clock, for the purpose of giving to Captyin Daniel E. Hungerford. of Company E of the Ist Regiment of New York Volunteers, some testimo- heading his noble company from the bombardment of Vera Cruz tp the planting of the flag on the Halls of will be one of a substantial nature, ens.—The friends of Col efit this evening at the SI , asa testimonial of their regard for Mw served under Capt, Walker, and caught him in his arms as he fell mortally wounded, at the attack on Huajutla, He bas numerous trophies which he cay tured while attached to the rangers, which he will ex- hibit this evening. He has seen much service, and as themselves after their return from the hard fought fields of Mexico, we have no doubt the friends of Me- Clusky will give him a bumper Visitixa THe INstiTUTIONS.—Several members of the Common Council yesterday, paid a visit, with Pro- sident Roberts, of Liberia, to the public institutions ‘The President expressed¥himself highly delighted with the manner in which they are conducte several others from the republic of Liberia, will leave in thasteamer te-day, for Europe Excursion 10 NiaGana.—The Columbia Hose Com- splendid steamer “Oregon,” en route for Niagara Falls, They will take their new carriage, No. 40, a most beau- tiful aparatus, with them. Dodworth’s cornet band will accompany them. It will, doubt! delightful trip. Sexiovs Acctoext.—A man named Daniel Tyrell, aged 72 years, who arrived yesterday morning from Wilton, Connecticut, and who had purchased some tri- fling articles for sale, was accidentally knocked down, at the corner of Nassau and Fulton streets, about half past three o'clock, yesterday afternoon, by hack No. 1. of Brooklyn, by which his leg was broken. He was taken to the City Hospital. Deatn sy Drowsino.—A young Englishman, some two or three months in this country, named Thomas Broornhall, while bathing with a friend yesterday afternoon, at Manhattanville, went into the current, and was drowned. Every effort that could be used was employed to find the body, but without effect. We never aaw sorrow more sincerely depicted than upon the countenance of his unfortunate companion, Deatn From Intewrenance.—Yesterday afternoon the Coroner was called upon to view the body of a female, who had been in the employ of Mr. Nugent, at Manhattanville, who, from intemperate habits, died suddenly yesterday morning, about three o'clock. Verdict accordingly. We learn that she was anin telligent, and, at one time, quite an estimable, woman, esteemed by all. New Jersey. ixquest.—Coroner Walters held an inquest, yester- day, at the Essex Market prison, on the body of a man named Niels Massen, a native of Denmark, who hung himeelf in the cell where he had been confined, during a fit of temporary insanity. Verdict accordingly. , be a most She has relatives living in Newark, Gen. TAYLOR AND THE Vouurrsens,—The Cleve- land Herald says a vote tor President was taken among the Massachusetts volunteers on board the Seratoga. The following is the result:—Taylor, 278; Cass,9, All the rank and file were tor Old Zack, and all the officers butnine. Witmor’s Covrsr.—In a letter written June 29, Hon. David Wilmot, the “proviso” man says:— « T shall support Van Buren with the whole strength of my patriotism, and do all in my power to get up an electoral ticket for him in Pennsylvania.” He also declares that he will introduce in Congress a bill to “ repeal” any so-called ‘‘compromise” which * may be passed in regard to slave territory. United States; before they ean obiain | proving; and in many places where, a few months | | since, « mean, rickety shanty stood, a fine three, | Im the extreme northern section of the city, | successful operation, and others are constantly going | should be some action to compel them to obey the | of the boys. who during the heat of the day, take a | nial of their high esteem for his gallant conduct, in | the Montezumas, We sincerely hope the presentation | as a volunteer during the late Mexican war, MeClusky | the government leaves our volunteers to take care of | He, with | pany, No. 9, will leave the city this afternoon, in the | She lies at enchor outside the bar. Commodore Peny and three other officers came up to the city last mght, in the news steamer News Boy. The Cumberland lett Vera Cruz on the 17th Jane, Pen- sacola on the 2d inst., and Havana oa the 8th inst. ‘The following is a list of her officers:— Commodore M, ©. Perry, Com'dg Home Squadron; Captain, Wm. Jameron; Executive Officer, James L. Henderson; Purser, Wm. Sinelair; Surgeon, A. G. Gaubrill; Liewtenants. Wm. 0. Herndon, J. JB. Wal- bach, PU. Murphey; Chaplain, Nathaniel Frost; Lieut. Cau'dg Marines, J. 'T, Doughty; Commodore's Secre- | tary, Wm. Ii. Allmand; Pasted Asst. Surgeon, Wim. A. | Nelon; Assistant Surgeon, it. F. Mason; Acting Maa- ter, Lerdner Gibbon; Passed Midshipmen, Henry Ro- | lando, Henry Rodgers; Captain's Clerk, A, Moore | Rose; Commodore's Clerk. J. H. Wainwright; Purser'a © if 2, T J.D. Bi sh, O. P. Allen. ©, KF, Milligan, G. H. Chapman, | J. PK. Mygatee; Gunner, Elijah Haskell; | Gerard Henderson; Sail-maker, Richa. | The United States schooner Reefer, James F. Miler Lieut. Commandiug, also arrived here yes- terday, after a passage of nineteen days from Pensacola. All the vessels of tie Gulf Squadron are now on their way to New York and Boston.— | ‘The Reefer has been actively employed, for more | than two years, upon the coast of Mexico, She has been in six different actions, and was one of | the gun-boats that ran between the Castle of San Juan de Ulua and the town, during the bombard- | mentof Vera Cruz. ‘The following is a list of her oflicers :— James F, Miller, Lioutenant Commanding; Thomas Pattison, Master; Edward Vincent, Captain's Clerk The United States store ship Relief came up from q sengne on Monday, and moored off the navy yard. . ave The war steamer San Jacinto is in a state of slow progress. A portion of her machinery has arrived from Philadelphia, It is supposed that her completion will be retarded for three or four months, areas z Very little is doing in the United States dry dock. Some two hundred workmen are employed there, and all have been working on ecvedit since the last appropriation was exhausted, about the Ist of January last. The consequence is that the laborers experience great suffering from the cul- pable tardiness of Congressmen, in not hurrying up the expected and inueh needed appropriation. ‘The standing complaint of the scarcity of sea- men for the navy no longer exists They are en- listing at the rate of about a dozen per day. _ Last week seventy were received on board the North Carolina. z . The storeship Erie 1s being refitted fora voy- age in the Mediterranean. She came over on Saturday from an examimation in one of the float- ing docks in New York. There are no changes to report from our last accounts inthe government vessels at this station, except the arrival of the Relief, noticed above.—Brooklyn Advertiser. The U.S. frigate Brandywine, Capt. Boardman, bearing the broad pennant of Commodore Storer ; gate Allegany, Capt. Hunter, and S. sloop-of-war St. Mary’s, Captain Crowning- shields, were all in the port of Rio Janeiro onthe 12th ult. The St. Mary’s was to sail in a few days for the Pacific. Commander J. L. Saunders has been ordered to | the naval rendezvous, Norfolk, in place of com- Lt W.H Gardner, whose term of service has expired. . The U. S. store ship Fredonia, Lieut. Command- ing F, A. Neville, arrived at Pensacola, 5th inst., just from Vera Cruz, whence she, sailed on the 19th ultimo—all well. The Fredonia has on board a large quantity of naval stores from the depot at Salmadina, and the marine battalion, composed of three companies, under Mayor Harris. The of- ficers of the Fredonia are | Lieutenant Commanding Frederick A. Neville, act- ing master Jos. W. A. Nicholson, assistant surgeon James Hamilton, acting purser Joseph Gideon. salsdthip- man Copeland P, Jones, master’s mate, Robert Kearney. Passenger—Surgeon W. A. W. Spetswoode | fromthe naval hospital, Salmadina, which bas beea broken up. ° “ _ The following officers are attached to the “ma- | rine battalion :”— Major John Yarris, commanding; Major Wm. Dula- ny; surgeon David S, Edwards, U.S. N,; Ist lieut. Wm. L. Shuttleworth, A. A. quartermaster; 2d lieut. Free. wan Norvell, adjutant; Capt. John G. Reynold, com- manding company A; 2d Lieut. A. §. Nicholson, do do; Capt Wm. Lang, commanding company B; 2d Lieut. Chas, A. Henderson. do do; lat. Lieut. Daniel J. Sutherland, commanding company C; 2d Lieutenant Edward McD. Reynolds do do; 2d Lieut. John S. Nicholson, do do—with 231 non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates. The Fredonia will sail for Norfolk. The U. S. frigate Cumberland, eerine ns broad | nnant of Com. Perry, sailed from ensacola, | bound to Norfolk. The U. S. steamer Scourge arrived at Pensaco- Ja on the 3d inst., 13 days from Vera Cruz. We | learn that the Scourge has been condemned, and that her officers are waiting orders. The follow- ing is a list of the officers attached to the | Scours Lieut. Com’dg Alfred Taylor; Acting Master, Fran- cis Gregory ; Acting Chief Engineer, J. N. Adams; ‘Assist, Surgeon, Ashten Miles; engincers, J, R. Hatch- er and W. S, Scott. f | The US. ship Germantown sailed from Pensa- | cola on the 20th ult. for Vera Cruz. The follow- | ing is a list of her officers :— Charles Lowndes, Esq., commander ; Lieuts. J. P. | MeKinstry, Richard Forest, Charles Thomas and §. J. | Shipley; Surgeon, 8. C Laurason; Purser, Edward Storer; Acting Master, John Matthews; Assistant Sur-~ eon, Alonzo A. IF’. Hill; A. Dorsey, commander's clerk; | Midshipmen, J. Heilenar, J. K. Lagon, W. T. Glas- sell; Edward Harrison, master’s mate ; Samuel Maho- ney, boatswain; W. C. Thompson, gunner; William Knight, carpenter; George Thomas, sailmaker. | Assistant Surgeon Alonzo A. F. Hill, has been ordered for duty to the U. 8. naval hospital Pen- sacola ; Assistant Surgeon Albert Pearson takes his place on the U. 8. ship Germantown. From tur Wrsrern Pratns—Cavarry Camp, near Forr Mann, June 21, 1848.—Company C, | noww Lient. Strummel, who er the cominand of Lies | had been despatched on the 3d inst. to accompany the pay master to this post, had scarcely reached | Pawnee Fork, when some twenty-four head of their animals were stampeded by a band of Indians, | supposed to be Osages and Comanches. ‘The in- telligence reached our camp on the evening of the. | Oth, and on the 10th, a detachment consisting of twenty-five men each from the two mounted com- panies, was despatched to relieve them, under | command of Lient. Gully, of cone A; since then we havebeen put in possession of some little news that may perhaps be acceptable to you, by the arrival of the paymaster, Major Bryant, and a | government train of sixty odd wagons, together with our artillery and some seventy odd mounted recruits under Lieut. Royal. After Lieut. Strum- mel was relieved by Lieut. Gully, the horse de- tachment proceeded on from Pawnee Fork, with intentions to scout areund through the country a piece, before returning. Meanwhile the paymaster came on with the above escort, the artillery join- ing them, and they came on unmolested as far as Coon ( Bottom, when about 3 o’clock of the 28th, they were attacked by some eight hundred or a thousand Indians, no doubt the same band that has infested that point of the road for some weeks ' past, and been successful in robbing several trains, as well as wounding several persons, besides kill- | ing one man dead, in Brown’s train, that passed ja few weeks ago at Walnut Creek. This party of | Indians, as I learn from good authority, were not | cowardly in their charge, as they came up within some fifty yards before they began to break their | columns, or even before a shot was exchanged, | when a broken fire from the artillery company | with their small arms, which were carbines, wi | the same from the train and, volunteer recruits | under Lieut. Royal, broke their ranks and they retreated hastily, giving, as J supsose, the job up | asa bad one; when occasionally a bark from the | two six sounders, would seemingly add vigor to | their fight, The mounted men pursued them some five miles, but did not effect much by such pursuit, as the Indians were soon out of sight. But va short as the engagement was, Lam well satis | fied that butlittle remained for them to boast of | as the Dutch, with the assistance of Lieut. Royal's recruits, killed twenty-three of them, though they only gottwo out of that number, as the dead bo- dies were conveyed off as fast as they fell by dis- engaged Indians. The two that they got the | Dutch scalped, taking off the whole top of the | heads, and they have the scalps withthem in camp, | together witha lot of bows and arrows, lances, | sheilds, &c., which they seem to rejoice over. | Trains are passing Meena hh | day. One ve redand seventy govel ns passed | dredand seven cr charge of Waldo fc Co., whe Tam informed fave the ee for transporting or freighting all government provisons ty to nte Re, and elsewhere in New Mexico, | for the supply of the troops.--Corr, St. Lowis Re- | pwalrean