The New York Herald Newspaper, September 21, 1848, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. South-West Corner of Fulton and Nassau sts. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. ERALD—T ree odttwons two conte copy—81.28 per annum. We Gonsive mbitiow w pet. ies’ it 8 o'clock. A. Mand A iy os te) te ncentoe sie descend SP TERNOON BDITION at 3 Bret, AFT! -RNOON BDI rice Pais and the v cireula- lech: WEEKLY HERALD—Boery Sion on the American Continent—634 cents per gaanum, Boers steam day for per annum, to the pos European SinTaiuteprinied tn the Prench and, Hglih lanrwape. a, ‘ALL LE’ 8 by math for subscrepty ne, o7 ee arom manner; the proprider errors in ManueCT WY rifully and with de ‘Oftce, corner of Pulton and and to be gud 8 (rgnewad every Ttonars at reasonable ‘AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. PARK THEATRE—EaweRALba—TURNING THX TANLES RY THEATRE, Bowery—Destavction oy rae Bas- eew annie MilSionona Gioces Aso Srowon Naki— Tur Avene Mam, BROADWAY THEATRE. Brosdway—Bnoxen or Bocora --Aw Onjact’or Inrensst. THEATRE, Chatham ye Iuvusrar ATIONAL, TaeA Tite an Miauhia ov New YORx Ge —Paetry Gms or STILL NIBLOS, ASTOR PLACE—Lowpon Assurance—-Bron Boy. BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street—Dancive Baansn 08, —Tux Sernir oy Ain— CASTLE GARDEN—Musicat Ent eRrarsMests, SOCIETY LIBRARY—Camrsens’s Mixernxca, MINERVA ROOMS—Tavion’s ( MELODEON—Macic Mvyericiam anv Vrnera Senmma- pens. CONCERT HALL, Newak—Moravian Mrvstness’ Con- cmnt, PANORAMA HALL, Broadway near Houston—Banvarn's Parorama. New York, Thursday, September 21, 1848, Actual Circulation of the Herald. Sept. 20, Wednesday... ... «+ a Essen blioa if the Mornit ion of the com. om woven vce 5 rales before 3 oolock, and finished at menoed t G o'clock; the first Afternoon Edition eom- fenced at5 ‘minutes pact i otleck, and Gnished at 10. minutes Tefore 2 celock, the ‘second at 3 c'oleok, and Gnished at 15 minutes past 3 Glock. at li Foreign News. The United States is still absent. will be due at Boston to-morrow tial Klection—State of the The Acadia The Preside Question. Several other, and new, and curious changes have just passed over the face of political parties, and the contest now pending for the Presidency. Many of these events are striking and ludicrous. David Graham, a warm supporter of Mr. Clay for many years, and who, up to a very recent date, protested, publicly and privately, that if no other man would vote for him, he would stick to the sage of Ashland to the day of judgment and a quarter over, has come out in a striking letter, made his confession of faith to the Taylor plat- form, eased his conscience of his former speeches, and now returns, with fresh energy, to law and practice, in which he certainly makes more of a figure than he does in politics and patriotism. John M. Botts has nearly written his fingers off, sometimes in favor of General Taylor, sometimes against him, no two days in succession in the same position; but he will probably be settled sometime next year. Mr. Clay himself has de- clared his repugnance to any nomination of him- self, or to the use of his name in the contest, so as tointerfere m any way with General Taylor, the whig candidate. He has declined to consent to a policy, similar to that which Mr. Van Buren has adopted towards General Cass, the Baltimore can- didate. In this matter, we must say, Mr. Clay has displayed a selt-denial, magnanimity, and a high sense of honor, that is altogether beyond the reach, capacity, or imagination of such a man as Martin Van Buren, of Kinderhook. John Van Buren has been running over the country so rapidly, as to run against a post, and to get knocked heels over head, a circumstance that seems to be a bad omen for the free soil movement. But, above all, Ge- neral Taylor himself, has written a long end late jetter, written with so much firmness, candor, simplicity, intelligence, and decision, as to open, in a new place and.in a fresh shape, the ideas of the whig recusants all-over the country. , General Taylor’s last letter puts us in mind, in 1ts leading characteristics, of the last speech of General Ca- vaignac, who is now at the head of the French re- public. The same simplicity, energy, common sense, candor, and patriotism, pervade both. All those events, connectea together, are beginning to create a very considerable change in a certain por- tion of the public mind, that heretofore has been discontented with the Baltimore and Philadelphia nominations. We cannot disguise the fact, that recent move- ments from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, the elections inVermont and Maine, and the develope- ments of principles and men, seem to point to a re-organization of the eld whig and democratic parties, under firmer auspices and better founda- tion for making this one of the most even and doubtiul contests that ever agitated this con- tederacy ; but a contest, thus far, conducted with forbearance, propriety, and .decorum, with the simple exception, such as that of Philosopher Ritchie, at Washington, Chevalier Wychoff, in New York, and a few other viclent men in dif- ferent parts of the country, and belonging to both parties. The movement, therefore, which was commenced in favor of Mr. Clay, has been knocked in the head, and the individuals who took part in that affair, must either return to their former associates in the whig patty, go over to General Cass or Mr. Van Buren, or stay at home and mend their breeches and their principles, for another contest. David Graham will probably stick to his law practice, and John M. Botts may go-back to his horses and stables. The whigs who have deter- mined to support General Taylor in this region, are therefore becoming very warm, enthusiastic, and confident of success. The friends of General Cass, and the regular democracy, are not idle. They do not meen to give up their position, and the spoils, without one of the severest contests that ever took place. The threatenings fulminated by the administration at Waohington, against the barnburners in this region, occu;ying public offices, are beginning to work wonders in the way of political opinu ‘We are credibly informed, that many of those re- creants, who had been preparing t throw them- selves into the free soil movement, are gradually withdraw ing from the strength of the current, and will as gradually return to their old aseociates, and be in favor of General Cass before November. In fact, we believe that the free soil movement, run- ning into abolitionism, and sterted by Mr. Van Buren tw defeat General Cass, has reaehed its highest point of developement for the present. We are Jed to torm this opinion, not only from the re- cent elections in Vermont and Maine, which in- dicate a similar view of the matter, but also from the important fact, that every party in the North, every faction in the free States, whether supporting General Cass, General Taylor, or any other man, deny that they are in favor of making New Mexico and California slave States, or slave terri- tory, under any circumstances. With these broad developements of public opinion in the free States, in favor of free soil, Mr. Van Buren’s ground of action is swept from under him, and he and his supporters are reduced to the old abolition plat- form, with such strength as his personal adher- ents, and his hostility to General Case, may add to the number. That strength we have seen in its highest developement in Vermont, in the recent election there, and a similar disclosure was made m! Maine. In neither case is there, however, @ basis for celculating, as some enthusiasts do, that Mr. Van Buren, in the approaching contest, has the slightest chance of a single electoral vote in New York, New England, or else- where. Certainly, m this State, the whigs, with General Taylor as their candidate, stand immeasurably ahead of all that can be brought against them. The free soil movement in Penn- sylvania has. shaken that commonwealth very considerably more than the recent earthquake shook the Catskill mountains, if we judge from the noise and clamor made by a number of democratic papersiin that region. Ohio, therefore, together with Pennsylvania, the Northwestern States, and some of the New England States, become the debateable ground in this contest; and the present position of parties, with the recent developements which we have enumerated, bid fair to make the struggle in the North pnncipally between General Cass and General Taylor, without holding out the slightest prospect for Mr. Van Buren and his supporters occupying any other position, than tat of helping to defeat General Cass and assist General Taylor, by making an inroad on the democratic party. The abohtiomsts, four years ago, expended their force on the whigs, and the probability is, that the kinmovement of free soil will commit its ra- vages on the democrats this time. On this prin- ciple, the issue in the approaching election, and the uprising chances of General Taylor must hang. Such, at this moment, is our view of the present important contest. The free soil movement is not so deepiy involved in it in the free States, because all parties agree on that ground of action. Mr. Clay, like an honorable man, retires from the contest, and leaves the field to the candidate put forward by the Philadelphia Convention. General Cass is supported by the administration, and by the old democratic organization, with the exception of the Van Buren interest, united with the old aboli- tion fragments. The prospect, therefore, 1s, that the conflict will be one of the most severe and doubtful that ever took place in this country, and the victory will be won by those who manage with the greatest skill and greatest tact, and who can gain over those who have not yet made up their minds on the questions pending in the conflict. Hon. Joun Miner Borrs.—We have heard a diteh digger attmbute the death of Gene- ral Harrison to a pair of Yankee boots. We have seen the omens of Amos Kendall; fore- telling the bad luck of the whig party, fulfilled as distinctly as any chapter of the prophet Amos, of old. Near the time ot the inauguration of Presi- dent Harrison, an arm of the figure of justice fell down from the tympanum vf the eastern portico of the Capitol ; whereupon, ‘the heaven-born” if not the heaven-inspired Amos, girded up his loins, and prophesied in Jerusalem, that the vengeance of the Lord would descend upon the whigs, as it did upon the five kings of the Amorites, when the sun stood still upon Gibeon, and the moon in the valley of Ajalon, while Joshua, the Lord’s an- nointed, smote the enemy hip and thigh. And the prophecy of Amos was fulfilled, even as the com- mand of Joshua, the son of Nun. Omens, there- fore, coming from the Ex-Postmaster General, are entitled to respect. But, among all the prognostics dire pending upon the whig party, there is one circumstance in its history, almost forgotten, whose disastrous re- sults are just now beginning to be felt. It wasa feartul night when the bloody Richard was born ; itwasamild mght when the Thane of Cawdor used his Bowie knife upon the good King Duncan; but who ghall describe to posterity the pertentous signification of the meteorological phenomena of that awful night when John M. Rotts, M. C. and P. D., slept in the same bed with John Tyler. On that most ominous night, we doubt not Hague, the astrologer, could discover in the horoscope of Mr. Botts, that Mars, the god of war, was in the as- cendant. On that most dreadful night, when Mr. Tyler and Mr. Botts talked over the blessings of a bank, and the advantages of peace, under the same Wilton blanket, a big war was brewing in the elements ; and vetoes, and annexation, and the excommunication of his Accidency. That wasa night inthe story of John Tyler, and the wg party, and Mr. Botts, never to be forgotten. From that night, John Tyler and Joh M. Botts were never to sleep under the same counterpane any more. Whatever may be the causes, it is a «fixed fact,” (for which turn over the speeches of Caleb Cushing, and when found, take a note,) it \s a “fixed fact,” that the disasters to the whig party followed rapidly upon each other—the death of Harrison—the coffee-house letter—* head him or die”—the vetoes—the expulsion of John Tyle™ —the defeat of Mr. Botts—the defeat of the whigs, and the defeat of Mr. Clay, from that night whea two Johns of Virginia drank out of the same demi- john, and bundled like brothers in the same bed, where never shall they sleep again. John Major or John Minor, you are done, John, with that donjon under which you dreamed, in each other's arms, of the glories of a monster hydra with thirty heads, beyond the reach of the bludgeon of Old Hickory. And still the curse upon the violation of the law, which declares that an ox anda mule shall not be yoked together, pursues the guilty parties in this case with a supernatural vengeance. John Tyler has been doomed to the support of General Cars—and John M. Botts, failing to head Taylor and Tyler, 1s compelled to take his chances with the outsiders, by whom he is supesceded. But he continues to damn the nomination, while he grudgingly pledges himself to vote the ticket- Hs recent letters are set aside by the protest of Henry Clay against the use of lis name on a ticket, whick would end in no other result than the election of Gen. Cass. By the next meeting of the Clay whigs in common council at Vauxkall, we expect Mr. Botts to come on to speak for hun- self, for Mr. Clay, and tor the nominee ; and the late eruption in the Bowery, though seconded by Mr. Botts and the telegraph, will end as harmlessly as the explosion of a bottlt of pop. Hereafter we would advise John M. Botts, M. C., to abandon politics and patriotism entirely, and stick to horses and geldings altogether. Laven From Rio Janerro.—By the arrival of tue ship Courier, Captain Wolfe, from Rio, we are in receipt of files of the Jornal de Comercio, to the 6th ult., the same date as that of papers received some days ego, via Baltimore. The Courier sailed on the 11th, but, from some cause or other, we have not received our usual full files ; consequently, we cannot give any news up to the day of the Courter’s sailing. Tne Stramsnie WasuincTon left her dock pre- cisely at 12 0’clock, yesterday, for Southampton and Bremen. She passed down the bay nobly, in the face of a strong southeast gale. Her list of pas- sengers is very small, numbering but eighteen of the first clase. Bermupa.—The brig Falcon, Captain Pitt, ar- rived yesterday morning from Bermuda, with files of the Herald and Gazette, to the 13th inst. Detail- ed accounts of the destruction among the West India Islands, by the late hurricane, which have been already publshed here, fill the columas of these two papers. ndividuals wrote for one of the Movements of It is raid that Judge Com prizes that Forrest offered for orig; , and has bee: jcoersful in taking @ thousand dollar prize, Judge © d is the author of “ Jack Cade.” Hon, Alvah Hunt, State Treasurer, (s rapidly recov- ering frox” an illness, which was regarded as extremely dangerous a few days since, Gilderslieye, the pedestrian, was arrested for bigamy, on Monday, on the complaint of his first wife, x, KR. 8. 1 has accepted the chair of Latin and Greek languages in Illinois College. Gov. Bissell, of Comgectiout, is now decidedly better, and may be considered out of danger, Riley reseived the compliment of « publi etroit, op the 15th inst, Sd ose \ Orgra anv Fasnion—ConremriateD Move- munts.—The tide ef fashion hasebbed. From the shores of Newport, and Rockaway, and Long Branch, it has flowed back to its proper channel am the great cities. The fashionable world 1s, in fact, in a state of fashionable repose. From the fatigue and dissipation of the Springs, where it resorted to recruit, after the fatigue and dissipation of last winter, it is now engaged in reposing at home, in order to prepare for the fatigue and dis- sipation of the winter that is at hand. Cards are lazily exchanged, and notes compared, as to the number and value of recent conquests. What is to be the programme of the amusements of next season, it 18, a8 yet, difficult to tell. The highest ambition of New York fashion seems to be to display its proficiency in the Hungarian cam? polka, and in the waltzes fashionable in the gar- dens of Paris. Beyond this they seldom venture. We do not despair, however, of seeing the tone of fashionabie life yet improved in this city. We learn there 18 a probability that we shall have two Itallan opera troupes during the coming winter. One of these troupes is already organized by Mr. Fry, of Philadelphia, brother of the composer o Leonore. Among the principal artists, will be Se 0. Menzo-soprano and Contralto. Benedetti... .......+-Tenor. Debreuil.. Baritone. Basso, Rapetti. «+ Leader of the Orchestra, Maretzeck .. + Leader. With the exception of a few weeks at Saratoga and Newport, a number of the Italian artists have spent their summer in the quiet and romantic shades of Hastings,on the bank of the Hudson. There they might be seen roaming about in all the abandon of that far niente, so congenial to the Jyalian temperament, enjoying their leisure like so many Italian bandits, after a day’s plundeo, or northern pirates, after a successful cruise. There might be seen, of an evening, the charming Truffi, under the shade of a large tree, her sweet face lit up by the slanting rays of the setting sun, listening to the tiny ripple of the waves, as they rehearsed their sweet, low, dreamy music on the pybbly beach. There, too, in some dark ravine, might Benedetti be observed, with dog and gun, peering about in search of game, his soul and fancy all at- tuned to the numberless sweet sounds which natnre so bounteously gives out; or again, on the brink of some stream, busily employed in spearing frogs —the which, by the way, he cooks with as much skill and success as he cooks the music of Doni- zetti. Madame Pico, one of the most sweet and exquisite contraltos that ever was expartriated to this land of promise, has been also rusticating all the summer, sometimes at Hoboken, sometimes at Staten Island, sometimes at Bloomingdale. She is now in a fine condition of voice and spirits— and is as beautiful as ever. As for Rossi, he has been shooting squirrels at Hastings, and getting capsized in his drives towards Tarrytown. He is now ready for action and fame, with his splendid voice, his splendid head, splendid shoulders, and fine person generally. All this must now come to an end. Pleasant recreations must give place to laborious rehearsale, and the artists are already engaged in busy preparations for the win- ter campaign of music and art, which will, it 1s to. be hoped, divert the mind of the fashionable world from the frivolities of fruitless dissipation, and more especially from the vulgarities of the camp polke. In consequence et the earthquake which lately shook this city from its propriety, or of the recent occultation of the moon, or from some other cause not ascertained, the troupe will not com- mence in this city, but in Philadelphia. Probably Mr. Fry, beind himeelf a Philadelphian, wishes to ascertain the sentiments of his own city before encountering the critical judgment of a New York audience. He will cpen in Philadelphia in the first week of October, and in this city, at the Astor Place Opera House, in the first week in November: During the next ten days, many of the fashionables of this city and other places will probably go to Philadelphia for the purpose of attending the open- ing of the opera. ‘~‘ This is not all. We understand that Mr. Ham- blin is at present negotiating for the organization of an Italian opera troupe, to comprise Alboni, Grisi, Mario, Lablache, (if a berth on board any of the packets can be found large enough to con- tain his huge dimensions), and others of London and Parisian celebrity. Should this enterprise succeed, the production of Italian opera at the Park Theatre, with this troupe, will cause greater ravages among the fortunes of this city than is caused by any hurricane that sweeps over the West Indies. But, the introductien of operatic and clastic en- tertainments will produce one good result, at least. It will chasten the tone of our fashionable seciety, refine their tastes, banish, perhaps, for a time, model artists and the camp polka, and conduce to the gradual improvement ot the habits, views, feelings, sentiments, manners, minds, and even morals, of the fashionable society of this great city. We fear that even in the last particular— their morals—there is vast room for improve ment. EXxruLsion FROM THE Navy.—We have learned, from a private source, that the midshipmen belong- ing to the naval school at Annapolis, engaged as principals in the duels which lately took place there, have been, by order of the President of the United States, dismissed from the navy. As yet, there has been no official statement of the fact, and we therefore hope that it is the intention of the President to reinstate them. The rules of the service, punishing duelling by dismissal, though stringent in the letter, have rarely, before the present administration, been carried into effect. We remember various in- stances wherein duels between midshipmen and civilians, terminating fatally to the latter, have been overlooked, notwithstanding that the present rules were then in force. As to duels between midshipmen, they have beer, and are still, matters of monthly occurrence, but they scarcely ever result fatally. The young gentlemen exchange shots, their honor 1s satisfied, and there is an end. A shght abrasion of the skin, or, at most, a trivial flesh wound, winds up the affair, and they are thenceforward fast friends. For such trifles, it is too hard they should be visited with the serious penalty of dismissal, particularly as the rule has been hitherto a dead letter. Thus is not all. The very men who frame those rules for the prevention of duelling in the navy, give the praetice the sanction of their own exam- ple, It was but the last day of the session of Con- gress, just terminated, that one grave Senator, ot pretty mature age, challenged another grave Sena- tor, of still maturer age, to mortal combat; the provocation being, that the elder Senator gave his venerable junior the lie direct. Is it then strange that the midshipmen at Annapolis, with their young veins filled with hot blood, should do what the cold-blooded grey-beards in Congress practise as a thing essential to the vindication of their honor? It is true, Mr. Polk himself hag notin his own person sanctioned the practice, but his ex- ample 1s wholly powerless, 0 long as duelling 18 countenanced by those who make the laws by which those midshipmen are controlled. We do not ake in vindication of a practice which has nothing to justify it; but we deem it eminently unjust to give those rules against it a merely partial operation. The German students fight with the broadsword, the rule being that they shall aim altogether at the face, and the fight ter- minating when blood is drawn. The duels are frequent, but never attended with consequences more serious than the necessity of wearing a piece of court-pla: on a damaged nose, or an abraded chin. If this system were introduced at Annapo- lig, 1t would do more to arrest the practice of duel- ling, than all the severe penalties in the power of the President to inflict. 4 We trust, on the whole, seeing that the recent duels have resulted harmleesly, and that they were engaged in under the influence of strong excite- ment, that the pea | geo concerned will be restored to their rank, and that some more eflect- ual mode will be adopted of arresting the practice of dueling in the navy, ‘Theatrical and Musical. Paax Tueatar.—The third performance of the Mon- plaisir troupe, at this beautiful resort of amusement, was witnessed last evening by another crowded house, and received with the most unbounded applause. Madame Monplaisir shone last night’ with » new brilliancy; and displayed such an ardor, and se much talent, that she took all her admirers as by astorm. ‘We must confess that she is the best pereonation we ever saw, of the true gipsey; and when she in her splendid costume in the first act, and bounces mere than she dances, she makes the impres: sion. Madame Monplaisir appreciates fully the roman- tie character given by the French poet, Victor Hugo, = his “Esmeralda,” — ae erp ites with oe appy mélange of graceful abandon, of aprpopriate feeling. M. Monplaisir impresses, more and more, the audience, by his excellent mimic style of playing Gringoire, and in the second act, in the grand pos de deuz, his efforts are truly fairy-like. His sanis ‘and entrechats are stamped with the true seal of fasci- nating grace and wonderful agility. M. Corby, as Quasimodo, makes, also, a deep impression, When we read the nevel of Hugo, we could not believe that such a monster could have ever existed, but the comedian has accomplished the animation of this lusus nature it is, indeed, horrible! M. Cornet, though a man of small ize, is a very elegant Phobus, and his acting, ‘as well as his dancing, are very creditable. Miss Anna Bulan, whois a very interesting danseuse, and who, in the school of Madame Monplaisir, improves every day, is deetined to reach a high rank in her profession, for she has much ballo: jarrets, and possesses @ very figure withal. As for Mons. Grossi, his part of ude Frollo is well played, and this comedian gives to it thefreal stampjof the character. The corps de ballet drills in @ very creditable style; and the orchestra. led by Signor Lama performs wonders. The whole is a very brilliant affair, and no doubt the ballet of “ Es- meralda” will draw crowded houses for ensuing months, It will be repeated this evening. We have forgotten, for the last two days, te mention the English vaude- villes whieh have been performed previous to the ballet —the force of “ Somebody Else,’ and that of “ Ladi Beware.”’ Inthe first, which was repeated last e ning, we have to speak approvingly of Miss Rose T bin and Mr. Dawson, whose excellent much credit. In the second, George Barrett, centric and comic actor, Misses Telbin and Taylor, and also Mr. Dawson, excited the laughter of the whole audience. These farces are indeed very well performed. Broapway TueatRe.—It is in such a play as “Othel- lo” that # great actor is tested. There is not, perhaps, in the whele range of the drama, a piece s0 difficult as Othello, nor one in which even great actors have made, oftentimes, such great failures. There is so much passion and feeling displayed in the character of Othello, From the height of bliss and happy love, he passes to such a depth of misery, to such horrid guich of mind, which works him up to commit the most horrid of deeds; then there is such misery of re- morse and sorrow, that altogether, a man to rep- resent this picture faithfully, must be more en- dowed than men in general, -with not merely a mind to conceive the character, but with » depth of soul to feel all that the author has made Othello to suffer. Mr. Forrest, last evening, performed Othello with such astonishing powers of genius—with such terrible truth and nature—as to excite the strongest and most violent emotions in the immenre audience which hung upon bis words and looks. We never saw any performance equal to this. But what physical powers, as well as mental, it most require! ‘There is such a constant succession, such a reiterated sprining up of emotion and passion ! ‘The exertion put in requisition to play the part as Mr. Forrest did last night, with such agonizing, such terrific, such soul-stirring reality, is almost too much for human strength to go through. Such scenes and sufferings, in the reality, would kill any man; and Mr. Forrest's performance, last evening, was, in- deed, for the time-being, reality. Fame and wealth, heaped up to their highest, could never recom- pente adequately such exertions and genius; and we may be well assured, that as they could not repay, so neither could they ever purchase such acting. Othello contains some of the finest of Shakspeare's poetical passages, and that is saying some of the finest passages and rpeeches to be found in the English language. ‘These, difficult as it isto give them, without letting the interest flag. Mr. Forrest gave with intense feeling and beauty, keeping up, even in along speech, all the feeling and efficiency of a brief exclamation, and all the perfection of the illusion of the completest reality. We never beheld such a thing before, nor thought it pos- sible, It proves how deeply the artist felt his part.and how completely Forrest lost in the commencement his own personality and identity,in becoming Othello. We confess, candidly and simply, that we are lost in'aston- ishment and admiration, at the contemplation of the wonderful performance of Mr. Forrest last night — Time will not permit the bestowal of that tribute of praise they so justly deserve, which ought to be given to the talented co-laborers with Mr. For-est in the high and the sublime intellectual display which was given last evening. Mirs Wallack and Mrs. Abbott, both, performed with more than usual beauty and talent, while Dyott’s Iago, and Lester's Cassio, were masterpieces of good acting. Bunton’s Tuxatre.—The high reputation which this popular place of evening recreation has acquired, under the able management of the present enterprising proprietor, Mr. Burton, continues to characterize the performance each evening. The present attractions are properly appreciated by its numerous patrons, and “Comus” was again repeated last evening with its usual success. We have repeatedly taken occasion to notice the splendid manner in which this grand lyric drama has been got out, with so powerful & cast, con- sisting of Messrs, Lynne, Jordan, Mrs, G. Loder, aud the large array of first-rate talent that appeared ‘each night since its introduction here. To-night, this beautiful drama will be presented for the last time, and those who have not, as yet, witnessed the performance, should avail themeelves of s0 favorable an opportunity. The “Dancing Barber,” last evening, was also ad- mirably performed Mrs. G. Loder, as Lady Fritterly, acquitted herself with much cleverness ; and Johnson's Fitsfrizzle was a humorous performance. The enter- tainments, altogether, passed off with entire success.— The bill for this evening will be found highly attrac- tive, and the music, scenery, groupings, bacchanalian tableaux, and general manner in which “ Comus’ is got out ‘would the visiter at this well conducted and popular theatre. Milton's ad- mirers ought to see “ Comus,” as it is got out here. Ninuo’s, Astor Piace.—Shakspeare’s fine old comedy of the “Merry Wives of Windsor" was perform- ed.at thio theatre, last evening, with Mr. Hackett as Falstaff, Vandenhoff as Ford, aad Chippendale as Mas- ter Slender. Mr. Hackett is, beyond all comparison, the best Falstaff on the American boards, and it is his best part. His conception of it is perfect, and bis act- ing almost faultless. Mr. denhoff, as Ford, was not appreciated by the a it seemed to us, as he deserved. Jt is not by means his best character, not being adapted to his peculiar style ; but yet we scarcely know where to find fault. Chippendale’s Master Slender was admirable, as it always is, and Sefton, as Doctor Caius, would have been excellent, but for a certain stiffacss which was apparent ali through. Miss Kate Horn’s Mistrers Ford was very creditable. The audience was quite large and fashion. able. To-night, “London Assurance” will be pre- sented, with a most powerful cast. Mr. H. Placide, who has made the character his own, will appear as Sir Harcourt Courtley ; Mr. Vandenhoff. as Dazzle ; Mr. T.-Placide, as Mark Meddle ; Miss Isabel Dickin- fon, a8 Lady Gay Spanker ; and John Sefton, as Dolly Spanker. Such a combination of talent ought to ineure houre. Tne Moravian Sincens.—This splendid band gave their last concert at the Tabernacle, yesterday evening, previous to their setting out for Boston, where they are to appear next Monday. In consequence of the disa- greeable state of the weather, the attendance was not £0 numerous as usual, which we regret the more, as the performance was for the benefit of the amiable and accomplished Mile. Lovarny. The entertainment was varied and excellent. The choruses were delight- ful, and were more like the harmony produced by a combination, if it were possible, of the powers of one individual, than the united efforts of a company. Mile. Lovarny received, a8 usual, several encores, and was rapturously applauded in every piece. “Oh, Return, Love,” was more difficult than pleasing in the execu: tion, but seemed to exhibit the wonderful extent to which this lady has cultivated the fine organs with which she is gifted by nature. Zorer delighted the andi- ence with his enchanting vocal imitation of the French horn. Zorer, with his instrument of wood and straw, waa the astonishment of all who were attracted by the fame of his celebrated xilocordeon; and Kraus puzzled the whole house, to know whether his voice was a treble, @ tenor, or s bass. To talk, however, about the compass of voice of their singing, is quite out of the quest Fach of them has peculiar style, and they run from treble to tenor, and from tenor to bass, TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE, Sailing of the Hibernia_Hurricane at St, ‘Thomas Contradicted—Whig Meeting, &e Boston, Sept. 20, 1848. The royal mail steamer Hibernia sailed at the appointed hour, with twenty-four passengers for Liverpool, and fourteen for Halifax She took no specie. Hon. Horace Mann has been nominated by the free soilers, in the 8th district, by acclamation. They also passed a resolution that the nominees are expected to stick to the party, at all hazards. Letters have been received from St. Thomas and St. Croix, which positively deny any damage be- ing done there by the hurricane. ‘There 1s a large number of foreign arrivals this forenoon, including the ships Capitol and William Goddard, from Calcutta. The whigs held a large meeting last evening, for the purpose of organizing. They resolved to give the largest vote for Taylor and Fillmore, ever thrown in this city. James O'Donnell goes out in thefHibernia, as bearer of despatches to Rome, and C. Lamson, of New York, as bearer of despatches to France. Land Warrant Speculators Arrested, &c. Wasuinaton, Sept. 20, 1848. Samuel Stettinius, a notary in this city, and George W. Phillips, have been arrested for fraudu- lently obtaining land warrants. Mr. Dowling, the conductor, who was injured on Monday, 1s fast recovering. Markets. Cincinnati. Sept. 19.—The tendency of the market for flour is downward, and it is very quiet; rales of Western at $3 75 a $4. Whiskey sells at 17'jc. per Sales of New Orl pound; New Orle gallon. In provisions I hear of no article worthy of report. No change in quotations. The weather contjnues wet; the river, however, is very low. Pirrsnuncn, Sept. 19.~In flour there are more sell ers than buyers ; les of Western at $4 5644 per bbl. Prime red wheat # at 81 cts.; oats, 25 cts, per bush- el. Barley heavy and inactive. In provisions quota- tions are steady, but there is no activity in any arti- cle, There speculative movement in lard, and ‘the market bas an upward tendency. No change in groceries. The weather here is very pleasant, ‘There are three feet water in the channel. Indig nation Meeting of the German « Volks vereln,” at North American Hall. ‘A large meeting of that body of our German citizens, who [compote the “ Volk-verein,” (people's union.) society, consisting of many of the most estimable, re- spectable, and intelligent of our German fellowciti- zens, who have made it their special duty to guard and protect the interests of their newly arrived coun- trymen, was beld at “ North American Hall,” corner of Bowery and Bayard streets, on the evening of the 18th inst. Mr. Bocker presided, and after he had briefly stated the object of the meeting, Dr.Ludwig, the chairman of a special committee, read a report, of which the following is an abstract :— It was partly known to the public,and partly pub- lished through the Volksyerein that German emigrants, on application to the Commissioners of Emigration, appointed by the act of Sth May, 1847, suffered extraor- dinarily severe treatment, and that, in consequence of. this, the two German officers employed in the office of raid Commissioners, resigned their offices, as they could only protest against, but not prevent this treatment. On acareful examination of the different complaints made, we find that a poor woman, a mother, was refused to forward her to Wisconsin—that to ahelp- a poor German, who hud been received at Island. the return to Germany was denied— that another German, whom a reception at Ward's Island had been promised, was forced, with a wounded and sore fcot, to walk the distance of seven miles, be- hind the wagon, which contuined only six persons, (but which is arranged for the accommodation of twenty.) and that patients with the small pox are pro- miscuously mixed with healthy emigrants, at the office. as well as in the sick waggon, which takes all sorts of patients to the hospital, and that the protestations of German officers, and of the very coachmen them- selves, against such usage, were without effect. Moreover, in all cases, German emigrants, when making inquiries or complaints at the proper offices, were always treated with a repulsive and brutal coarse- ness, whilst, on the other hand, Irish emigrants were much better provided for, and were constantly eup- plied with pecyniary aid, which was always refused to Germans. The report alto discusses the relative position of German and Irish emigration, and shows the following result. Last year, 53.180 German, and 52,946 Irish emigrants arrived at New York, who have poid into the treasury of the Commissary of Emigration each $1, and also 60c. as hospital moncy. Of these emigranta, only 872 Germans, but 9550 Irish, became reeipients of the assistancejof the Commissioners, and consequently, after deduction of expenses, the German eailgration has brought to the treasury a surplus of $67,374 52, whilst the Irish emigration cost $21,919 75 more than was received from them. Thus have the Germans paid the expences ot the Irish emigrants. ‘The current year will show # similar result. Notwithstanding all this, however, the Germans, who are ignorant of the lan- guage, are not only not properly represented in the commission, but are usually put back and abused b thoge in authority. Aftera lengthened report, of which the above are the principal points, the following reso- tions were} adopted:— Resolved, ‘bata committee of fifteen German citizens be ap. pointed, to'examine further into the cases now reported to the i 'Volk-verein” to relieve such cases, and to and to report at the proper time to the “Volks. Resolved, To petition the Gorernor of the State of New York to fill the office of amember of the Commissary of Emigration, (which will soon be vacant, and may now be considered as va- cant,) by an adopted citizen of German birth, evolve ‘oard of Health of the city of d German nurses at 7 Stiten Island; as, o petition the Commissary of Emigration for renewed em- pley med divers Germans in New York, as weil as Allany, in r offices Resolved, That all our German fellow citizens and others, be invited to aid the German “ -verein” in its endeavors for the welfare of newly arr.ved emigrants. The committee appointed under the first resolution, * of Mesers Bindernagel, Brahe, Gerding, Bo- ner, Uhl, Dr. Gescheidt. Weissmann, Wenzel, Hart- mann, Christ, Thiemann, Huster, Rohr, Rader, and Windmuller. Brookiyn Intelligence. Coxvietton oF Josken Bucxiey.—This man, who attempted the life of Mrs. Caroline Wynant, a short time since. by shooting her, the ball striking a; a silver plate, with which her head had been trepanned, has been tried, convicted, and sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the State prison. The indictment for assault, with intent to kill, was sustained, from the fact tl after snapping one pistol, he pursued her, and discharged the other, from the effect of which she is still confined. His counsel put in a plea of in- sanity; but his bearing, throughout the whole pro- ceeding, was so calm and sensible, that the plea He acd no effect upon the minds of the jury, as just what he deserves. ———__— ‘Thomas Jefferson’s Opt 128 Fulton street, to all who wear Hats and Cay Thomas Jefferson said “that the nan who raised t frat where onty one grew betore, was a benefactor of is rece f this be true, how much more, then, is the man a pablie bend factor who sells as good hate for four Jollars as can be bought for in Broadway Consider how many blades of grass a dollar for, and multiply them by the number of Hats Knox se of a year, and you will have the answer. Knox, great benefactor; and what he is never weary good, though, to serve hi ach one in his turn, as people who go to mill are sery him all the time in motion. ‘ A Gentteman’s Ha chaste, becoming, it will add grace ev ymmetrical, graceful, pensable to the making of a man, while @ the gentieman—a Hat difficult, ‘at all timer, to Le obtained, but easily procured at WARNOCK’S, way, near Fulton st. Phrenology.—Mr, Fowler 1s now in the city, and will remain but a short time. Ladies and gentlemen wishing to secure his ofessional services, cam now have an opportunity iy calling at his rooms, 131 Nasat fess Hint to Housekeepers.—Those of our friends who study economy, we would wish to oall their attention to the beautiful stock of Englich and American Carpets, just received at the cheapest carpet store in the United States, Also, Oil reet. and vice versa, with a facility and flexibility which is as captivating, as it is amazing, to the audience. We venture to predict that a long career of brilliant sac- cess awaits them in the“ Athens of the North ;” and we elncerely hope that, when they have added another chaplet, there, to the crown of laurels they have won in thie city, and all over the world, where there is @ cepability to appreciate their musical talents, they will again visit us, and give ua another opportunity to hear their curious, astonishing, and exquisite per- formances. iristy’s Minstrels are about to resume their enter- tainments in this city. Miss Julia Denn was indisposed, at Cincinnati, at last accounts, Biscaccianti was to give her third concert in Port- land, on the evening of the 18th inst. oe Marble was playing at Chicago on the 14th in- oti The first concert of the season was to come off at the Musical Fund Hall, Philadelphia, last evening, when Mies Julia Northall and eral Italian instruisental performers were to sppeat Caution to Housckeepers. Mor curr Monsinun— Au diable wid your cautions to housekeepers! You fave spoiled my appetite for ever ; for to-day, and to- motrow, and the aay after. When shall I evere eat bif-tek again—whether bif- tek de mouton, ou bif-tek de ros bif. Who, of my mal- heureux coneitoyens, that has bad the misfortune to readin your precieux journal, the City Intelligence, this day—who among them, j re, will be able to meat dinner this da; ? de la République enticre des Etats Unis a kmerique As for th n.? misérable aie Nas ned that horrid ife Vive la République. JEAN JACQUE DE CRAPAUD Mardi, Sept, 19, 1848, vl Di t, Ri Re Re. Cfothty Rogiish Devasely HTEAM ANDERSON, No.00 Bowery. ‘Wigs and Tou) —ALi persons wishing @ soperior Wig or Scalp should not tail to call at BACHELOR'S Tannlactery, No.2 Wall street, befvre purchasing elsewhere, and sated Wigs, unequalled for lightices, naturel ap jurability. —P i rivate rooms for fitting Wigs. xors in. perfect oréer, invented by G, Sunders, year I81h- This haa been ro long and favorably knowa, a6 to need no oom: sufi to say, it has never been equalled the inventor having been awarded the usual premium at ‘air of the American occasion that the Certifitent eountrics, rh in all parts of the world, acknowledging its wonderful power, can be seen at the Factory, M7 Broadway, corner of Liberty street, and 37 Broadway. important Noticc—-M. Wise, Opticien, 437 Broudway, informs his frier ds and customers, and the public gene- rally, that’ he has reterned from Saratoga, and is now ready to attend to perrons suffering from defeetive Vision. His superior glasses ana correct application of the same, are sufficiont to re- 6, hemselvos. His assortmé Gold, Steel, and Silver nd Eye Glasses, is the jargost in the city. Remem- ber 437 Broadway. He algo has received » large assortment of evporior Opera Glassen, Diamond PointedGold Pens sold by B. EK. Watoon & Co,, 15 Wall street, wholesale and retail, at reduced Gold’ Pens and Gold aud Bulver eases in every variety. celebrated “Richelieu” Pen sold Sauk above. The points warranted five years. Gold Pons repai Diamond Pointed Gold Pens—The best tn the at low prices. Those wishing to purchase good Gold Pens, should call on John W, Greaton, No. 71 Cedar sureet, who Keops the best and cheapest Gold Pens in tho city. there find relected Pens of all other makers, to try In com ton, and test their relative merits, Dealers will find it to their — to enllat 71 Cedar sticet, Gold Pons and Cases ro Faire New Styles of Umbrelias.—Eivery possible variety of Umbrellas, of silk, alapaca and with richly carved hanilles of ivory, cocoa put wood, ¢ \orn, may be 1d at Genin’s oppoatte Bt. Paui’s Chureh. Al brella for an emergeney—chenp and substan to ure, nex too good to lore, JOHN 8G MMBRCIAL APPAIRE. ‘ MONEY MARKET, Wednesday, Sept. 20.6 P, M. Quotations for stocks are steadily settling down, and the sales are daily becoming more limited. At the first: board, to-day, Harlem fell off 4 per cent.; Canton, 5 Farmers’ Loan,}s. Reading railroad advanced % per cent. It is reported that the Reading Railroad Com- pany have executed another mortgage on its property, tothe amount of one and a half million of dollars” ‘The object of this mortgage is to provide for the float- ing debts of the company, and the bonds are to he is-. sued as required, at the rate of seventy per cent., bear ing interest at six per cent. on par. It is stated that the necessities of the company at present only require an issue of about one-third the amount of the mort. gage, but in anticipation of the want of funds to meet. some of the bonds maturing at an early period, they have been provided for in the sum raised. A note, of the denomination of $50,altered by extract-- ing the name of the bank for which it was originally is ; sued, and inserted the name of the Bank of Commerce jm the city of Philadelphia, was in circulation in Phila delphia, a day or two since. It bears not the slightest. resemblance to the genuine note, either in the engra- ving or the signatures, that of the President, J. Kamey, being a fictitious name—no such person ever having. been connected with the Bank of Commerce in that teamship Washington, for Southampton, car~ ried out $65,000 in Mexican coin. This is a part of, the one hundred and twenty thousand dollars received from Mexico a few days since, and deposited in the. Mechanics’ Bank. The balance will, probably, go out. in the Europa, There was quite an active demand for money im: ‘Wall street to-day, and loans were easily made at. seven per cent. upon the best stock security. Amount of tolls received on all the New York State. Canals, in each of the following years, during the se- cond week in September, and the totals up to the 14th of September, was as annexed New Yoru State Canats —Amounr ov Tous. Qd week Sept. Total to Sept. 14. ++ $59,671 36 $1,031,058 80° 66.048 86 1,263,510 02 52114 09 1,019,786 54 66,109 76 1,262,381 81 74,394 07 1,594,485 95° 80.661 73 1,534,476 66 $1967 56 1,671,226 7E 93,911 83 2414518 73° 109,585 75 1,869,091 98 The receipts for the second week in September this year have been large, compared with the corresponding week in previous years, and it is our impression that. they will be larger for the remainder of the season, and show a handsome increase on those for the same time in 1847, There must be considerable activity on the part of forwarders, from this time to the close of navi. gation, to give us sufficient supplies of breadstuffs to meet the demand for consumption, and for export, un“ til the opening of the canals in the spriag. From pre™ sent appearances, we should judge that prices would rule high in this market throughout the winter, and that the surplus for shipment would be small, Not, withstanding the favorable accounts received by the last steamer from Liverpool relative to the harvest, there is very little doubt but that s large quantity of” breadstuffs will be wanted in Great Britain, be- tween this and next summer, and the markets. of that country will be open to us, provided we can compete with those nations more favora- bly situated for making good the deficiency im the English harvests. Shipments of flour and cern» made at present prices, will uadoubtedly pay; but any important advance here would be fatal to that part of our export trade. Whatever surplus of fleur and grain. we may have in the country will be wanted abroad, and it would be much more to our advantage to supply” foreign markets, at moderate prices, than {to make large shipments at prices which would make a loss to shippers. According to the report of the Secrctary of” the Treasury, for the year ending June 30, 1847, the home valuation of flour, exported to foreign ports, was- $26,133,811, and of Indian corn, $14,595,212. This was: the custom house value. The charges on these ship- ments were a large per cent. of the first cost, whick made the value, when landed in foreign ports, many millions of dollars more than that reported in the official returns. It is well known that a large quantity of flour and grain, shipped in that year from this coun- try to foreign ports, did not net the first cost, and the. proceeds of a portion of that which was sold; above: costs and charges, never were realized by the owners-ox sbippers on this side of the Atlantic. The numerous failures which took place in Londen and Liver pool, and in all parts of Great Britain and the Continent, of those largely indebted to this coun- try, prevented us from obtaining the amount of: the rales actually made. An excitement, similar to that which existed at that time, and ship- ments of breadstuffs made with the same recklessness, would be attended with the same difficult! in eimilar disasters. Our principal object should be to keep down prices, to prevent an undue inflation, an@ to encourage shipments of produce in every legitimate way, but particularly 0 as to realize sales in forcigw markets at a fair profit above cost and charges, ‘The trade will thus continue healthy, and we shall stan some chance of obtaining the proceeds. A few days since, we gave some tables showing the extent of shipments of cotton to each country, and the effect of such an unequal distribution of this important, staple upon prices. The annexed table exhibite the shipments of cotton from New Orleans in each of the past four years, distinguishing the quantity exported to each port, both foreign and domestic. Siupments or Corrox Whither Exported nto AStsed, TRA Liverpool, ter] 621,963 367,810 1347-48. 619,817 27,996, 6,270 “rr 3 oot ae ae ae ii rages 1,201,598 033 ‘hes 50,058 104,75E ay North of South of Europ Coastwiee... . 92,458 SAS 215 Total... sc. seg e+e O8H018 1054807 724,503 201808 It appears by this, that more than one-half of the aggregate quantity of cotton shipped from New Orleans, went direct to Liverpool for a market, while only a lit- tle more than one-sixth part was shipped to domestic ports. Liverpool is the depot for most of this staple manufactured in Great Britain, and it is, unfortue nately fcr our interests, the depotifora large part of out surplus supply. Instead of our commercial emporium) being the storehouse for whatever excess may exist from year to year, where we could control prices more effectually we are compelled, from the want of capital, to suffer this important product to be eontrolled en- tirely by foreign markets, and submit to such prices as the manufactarers of Europe may, from time to time, establish. There is but one remedy for this, and that we have repeatedly pointed out. We see, however. no pros pect of any immediate application of it, in consequence of the absence of capital. The fact is, that we the absence of capital in every department of industry and of business in this country, and our resources are so immense that they increase more rapidly then our means to control them, The exportation of tobacco from New Orleans ir each of the past four years, distinguishing the destina~ tion and extent of shipments to each place, was a@- annexed :— Quantiry or Tosacce Bxronn mp nom Naron-naes, Ithds, — Hhds, Fk, ‘Thee (ost 8076 3874 7OE Whither Exported, Liverpool. London 76 lise | OR , i te. be ior og 106 2005 We ioe te ae 6333 4a abe 4204 $ ss @ 943° (11,708 7,692 ay rt 298,008 4848 45S 9 we ie t “aT a7 6 E 205 50,75 0,30,