The New York Herald Newspaper, April 21, 1849, Page 2

left in the undisturbed practice of the mysteries and abominations of their superstitious worship. Protestant England has had an eye open only to the riches of India, Benevolent Christian societies have, indeed, annually sent numbers of young preachers and their wives to perish on the banks of the Ganges; but the government has guarded the heathen temples and taken care of the idols. Not so will Russia enter on this great field of conquest. The crescent will give way to the cross. Mahome- tan mosques will become Christian sanctuaries.— The imposture of the Prophet will be succeeded by NEW YORK HERALD. wee Northwest corner of Fulton and Nassau sts- JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. DAILY HERALD— Three editions, 2 cents per e een. Thi MOKNING EDIHTON ie publon. ed at So'clock, A. 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We can- mot return reiccted, communications, ADVERTISEMENTS, (renewed every morning, and te Be published in the morning and afternoon editions,) at onable prices; to be written in a plain, legible manner; tha proprietor not eanonathte for errors in manuscript HERALD ESTABLISHMENT ia open throughout the it PRIN TING of all kinds executed beautifully, and with despatch. Orders received at the office. sway of Christian civilization. There is much grandeur in the prospect which this view of the Russian policy unveils. With whatever alarm, then, the course ef Russia may strike the supporters of other European dynasties, we can see no reason why the subjugation of Turkey to that power should be regarded as ca- Jamitous to the interests of liberty and civilization. It would be at once an imposing and a gratifying | spectacle to behold the ancient abodes of learning Mauss ror Canapa.—A private correspondent in England informe us that after the 14th instant, the mails for and from Canada, conveyed by the British mail steam packets, will be transmitted to Montreal through this country. He also says that the post- age to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and other parts of British America, (Canada excepted, unless sent via Halifax,) which was formerly one shilling and two pence, will be reduced to one shilling. Newspapers from and to Canada, passing through the United States, will be charged one penny each on delivery. This is important information to those interestes Post Orrice ARnane: ‘We are in hopes that the new administration will soon set things to rights in the post office, and that the time is near at hand when not only will our subscribers receive our paper regularly, but the offices throughout the country will be cleared of all who do not attend to their duties, er who have a habit, as some of them have been proved to have, of disregarding the rights of meum and tuwn. he news by the Europa was due at New York on Thursday, and was published in and refinement in the East—from which we de- rived the first elements of our system of civiliza- | tion—re-conquered from the blaspheming Turk, and freed from the corrupting and debasing in- fluences of Mahometanism. As for the dangers which may threaten popular liberty from the | vast accessions to the power of the Rus- sian empire, which these Eastern conquests | would produce, we do not fear them. As in Rome it was esteemed the mark of a good citizen never to despair of the republic, so, in this latter day of more perfect light and liberty, we shall not fear for the permanent stability of those rel | great principles of civil and religious liberty before MINERVA ROOMS—Movs. Apnien.—Macio anp,PurLe- | whose conquering progress the despotisms of ages mun, i are crumbling away, while kings and princes, a Faxmont’s Noxpeachwr | 16 word and a mockery, are calling on the moun- tains and the rocks to cover them. This grand movement of Russia towards the East, is but one | step towards the emancipation of that region of the globe from the worst species of thraldom. It will pave the way for the restoration of the ancient By- zantium to more than pristine splendor, and the es- tablishment, one day, of a far more glorious em- pire than even that of Constantine the Great. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Macantu—Les JaR- DINIERES—TAKING THE PLEDGE, BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway.—Merary Wr or WinpsorR—MensicvR MALLET—YANKEE IN ENGLAND. NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham Square.—S wi —Tuexxse—Mosx iw Cativonmia—Your Lire’ or BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street.—Forty Winks —Sociarism—Tom anv Jenny 1X AMERICA, SOCIETY LIBRARY, Broadway—New Onuxans Sene- MADERS. ZOOLOGICAL HALL, Bowery. Mznacenix. CHINESE MUSEUM, 653 Broadway.—Cuivxse Currosi- 1E8. —Van Am ou & Co.'s No. 290 BROADWAY.— BROOKLYN, Montague Mall ‘unisry's MinsTREL: ‘New York, Saturday, April 21, 1849. Attitude and Designs of Russia~A New Movement in Civilization, American journalists are too much in the habit of regarding European affairs and European politics through the false medium of the London news- papers. This error has been committed by some of our contemporaries, in their speculations in refe- rence to the present attitude and probable policy ot Russia. Thus we have met in several journals in Tur Inisn anp THE Enatisn.—Ever since the famine occurred in Ireland, our English exchanges have had article after article in their columns, in- this country, tirades about the grasping despotism of the autocrat, and the imminent danger with which his selfish policy of extension and aggran- dizement threatens Western Europe, almost as vehement, and certainly as grandiloquent, as any that have appeared in the colamns of the British newspaper press. The views of some of our co- temporaries with respect to the character of the Emperor himself, and the sway which he exercises over his people, also appear to be second-hand; and are, at all events, loose, vague, and more or less erroneous. A sort of traditionary idea of the awfully tyrannous and barbaric power of the Em- peror has been transmitted from one generation to another; and he has thus become the “ raw-head- and-bloody-bones,” the ogre of ale-house poli- ticians and weak, uninformed minds, on the other side of the Atlantic. There are obvious reasons why the journalists of the British metropolis should cherish these fears and prejudices, and inveigh against the successful prosecution of the Russian policy. Here, the subject should be studied from an independent position, and in an impartial light. The individual whonow wears the imperial crown of Russia is a most remarkable m: An anec- dote related by Mr. Buchanan, the lat State, illustrates ina striking manner the strong per- ceptive powers and practical good sense of the Em- peror. Walking one morning in the public gardens of St. Petersburgh, Mr. Buchanan was accosted by he Emperor, who was accompanied by one of his sons, and only a single attendant. There was no pcretary of quiring, “ Why should England feed the starving Irish?” Now, we would suppose that if Ireland is an integral portion of the British emyire, there would be no occasion for asking such a question. If she is not, then she must be foolish indeed to be perpetually agitating about a repeal of the union; if ehe is, then, as a portion of the British empire, she is as much entitled to sympathy, aid, and pro- tection, from the rest of the empire, in the hour of her need, as the city of London or any other place is. What, therefore, is the meaning ef this alarm— “ Why should England feed the starving Irish ?” But apart from this consideration, let us see if it is not the bounden duty of England to “ feed the Irish” in the event of famine. It is tolerably well known, we apsrehend, that the very life-blood of Ireland is abstracted by England, in one way or another, in the shape of taxes and assessments. Of these, the most odious is that for maintaining the Church of England, ‘‘as by law established.” Ireland, as our readers are aware, is a Cutholic country—as much so as Spain or Mexico ; yet the Catholic not being the religion ‘by law estab- lished,” the British government insists upon forc- ing their pet upon the people of that country, and making them pay for it, nolens volens, albeit the proportion of Catholics to Protestants is as nine to one. To give the American people a glimpse into the villanous system of church government in Ireland, we publish the following table, showing the yearly income and annual value of the property under the control of the English church dignita- ries in Ireland more show or ceremony in the public appearance Yearly Income vere Gra) of the Emperor, than there is in the case of the | Archbishop of Armagh. . «£14,000 £140,000 President of our republic. The people, as he pass- ni pe 1a joo ed, saluted him by taking off their hats, and he ac- « « Waterford. 6,000 70,000 knowledged the salutation by asimilar simple act | {sf Clogher....++ 7,000 100,000 of courtesy. He asked our countryman if he had “ Bove, 3.500 Baye any news from the United States, and Mr. Bucha- “ Cia ak Brg n +4 nan made some appropriate reply. The conversa- “ ntogasey rary bec 9,000 “ « tion was then turned by the Emperor to the gene- - < Tees eves 12,000 by i. ral condition of the great Western republic, and that “ fe eres tie ae « of his owncountry. His remarks evinced an inti- st “ Meath. + 6,000 “ “ mate acquaintance with the character of our insti- “ « Aree an teen “ P tutions and the resources and prospects of the Uni- « £. + 9,008 “ ted States. At length, after speaking of the agitat- ie - res ‘ ‘i ed and troubled state of Europe, and the rising of « a 6,000 * « “ « Killalla, . 3,500 “« & that revolutionary tide of which the distant mur- murs were then just beginning to be heard, he ex- claimed: “ Ah! sir, your government and mine are the strongest and safest in the world; for in both there is but one sovereign!” There was no little sound philosophy in this remark. Inthe United States, there is, in the best and highest sense, the autocracy of one will. There can be no question that the great leading object with Russia, at this moment, is the posses- gion of the Ottoman capital. That has long been a darling project. The conquest of the Turkish em- pire has been a traditionary object of Russian am- The above table is copied from returns publish- ed in the year 1813, which are official, and can be relied upon. Now, when we consider that this land was originally taken frem the Irish, being a portion of the original confiscations—and when we consi- der, also, that these immense sums are annually taken from Ireland, and that these church dignita- ries are forced upon the Irish people—we would ask what becomes of the question, “Why should Eng- land feed the starving Irish?’ The above men- tioned incomes, it must be recollected, are exclusive and independent of the “fixings” attached to each bition. Censtantinople, it has been well said, is tothe Russian the Land of Promise. The con- quest of the ancient Byzantium gilds the ambitious visions of the army—gratifies the pride of the no- bility—and largely administers to the pious aspira- tions of the clergy. It is easy to perceive, by a re- ference to the course pursued by Russia for many years past, that she has never lost sight of this grand object, and steadily pursued it, with an undeviating unity of design. At this moment, circumstances strongly favor the de- signs of Russia. England is in a very critical condition. France is not prepared to interpose. Disorder and distraction pervade the continental states and kingdoms. Russia, herself, possesses gigantic strength. In little more than half a cen- tury, she has doubled the extent of her territorial domain, added thirty-four millions to her popula- tion, accumulated untold treasures, constructe and organised a vast navy, and become the first military power of Europe. All this fills the minds of European nations with fearful apprehension. ‘The journals of the British metropolis are full of forebodings and alarm, incited by the present atti- tude of Russia, and the manifestations of her future policy. Now, how should we regard this progress of Rus- sia towards the accomplishment of her long-che- rished design? Suppose Russia should subjugate Turkey in Europe, and, passing over into Asia, prosecute her conquests, would the result be disas- trous to civilization and humanity? Would the subjection of the ancient abodes of learning and civilization in the East, to this great Northern pewer, be so frightful a calamity? We do not believe that it would be a calamity. On the con- trary, we are inclined to think that, in this onward movement of Russia, which must, to all appearance now, sooner or later, end inthe conquest of the Ottoman empire, may be discerned the tokens of the speedy extinction of that system of idolatry, Superstition, and semi-barbarism which has clouded the destinies of Asia for so long a period. The barbarous fanaticismn of the Turks can be extermi- pated only by a war of semi-religious conquest. Just by such a rude discipline as that of the Rus: sian sword, can such a system of inhumanity, bar- barism, and false religion, as that of the Turkish empire, be extirpated, and the elements of civiliz: tion and the Christian faith be introduced in its stead, England has failed to propagate Chris- tianity in India, because her conquest of that portion of Asi was purely a commercial conquest. It is true that some of the more revolting features of the Hindoo religion have been destroyed; but the natives have been office, in the shape of domains, rectories, tythes, &c., and are gathered from property to which the present owners have no mere moral right than have the natives of the Sandwich Islands. Allowing the yearly rent of the entire lands to be collected at the same rate as that above mentioned, and we will have a total of one million, six hun: dred and eighteen thousand, eight hundred and four pounds. To this we might add the income of one hundred and sixty-eight rectories and glebes, scattered throughout Ireland; and the result would give a fund that would feed the starving Irish peo- ple in the time of need. We have not the data be- fore us, showing the gigantic confiscations of Irish landed property that have been made by England; but whole counties have been confiscated at a sweep, and bestowed on Englishmen. To such an extent was this vile roboery perpetrated, that there are few estates in the country in the possession of the descendants of the rightful owners. In the face of these things, we hear continually of justice to Ireland; but not a word of the injustice which has been perpetrated on the people of that country, and continued through successive ages, until nine millions of people have been reduced to such misery as to depend upon one precarious root for subsistence. Who should feed the starving Trish, forsooth ? Avromtueyts at Wasnineron.—We are in- formed by private despatches from Washington, that there is a coterie of whig politicians there from Albany, whose object it is to procure the post office, probably, of Albany, for one of their friends. It is also said that something peculiarly rieh in the shape of charges against the character of some one or more of the candidates for that office, will be made, and if possible established to the satisfaction of the appointing power. These charges will em- brace something more than fidelity, competency and fitness. The departure of Mr. Ewing for Ohio, leaves undecided any important removals until his return. When he reaches the capital again, we understand that the collectorship and post-office of New York will be disposed of. ‘Tur Dirtomatic Smve@nine Case.—With a de- sire to do justice to all parties, we insert a commu- nication in another column of this day's Herald, relative to the recent smuggling case in Sweden. From Barrisn Guiana.—We have received the Royal Gazette, published at Georgetown, to the 17th ult,, inclusive. It contains no news, Tur Syvamsmie Hermans, Captain Crabtree, went to tea yesterday afternoon, with about forty cabin passengers the Herald on that morning. City Intelligence. Tuy, Weatuse.—Yesterday was a far more pleasant day than the preceding one; though the brightness of the sun was frequently obsetired by passing clouds, tho air was pleasant and balmy, and tho streets again pre- sented a scene of activity and pleasure, It was like the days that in times past used to come with April. As evening approached the sky became porfectly clear, and the uir quite as pleasant as the day had been, ‘Tux City Inserctor’s Revont.—The review of this valuable document in the Herald of yesterday morning, Was imperfect, from the fact that thé copy from whicl the statistics were gathered, was incomplete, the month of May having been left entirely out, "That omission resulted not from an imperfection by the In- spector, but from carelessnes in the binding of the re- port, Another, and complete one, has been laid before us. By the perfect copy, the number of persons who died of consumption during tho year 1848 was 1,869, and the whole number by intemperance 74. A compa- rison of the state of the weather of tho present month, and that of April 1848, shows that they are very much alike, though it is evident there has been more rain during this month than in April 1848, when there were only 94-100 of an inch, That month was quite as cold as the present has been. Fines.—A fire broke out about half past 12 o'clock on Friday morning, in the rear of No. 71 Frankfort street, the building occupied as a stable, which was totally destroyed, as was also the carpenter shop in the rear of No. 73. The loss was inconsiderable. A fire broke out about six o’clock yesterday morning. In the cook house and bakery of the Penitentiary buildings at Blackwell's Island, which were entirely destroyed. A. fire was dis- covered at about eight o'clock last evening, in the sta- ble situated in the block bounded by Johnson street, Myrtle avenue, and Washington street, Brooklyn, which entirely destroyed the building. ‘The flreomen, with their accustomed promptitude, were on the spat, but could do nothing save to arrest the progress of the flames on the surrounding buildings, which were in im- minent danger of being destroyed, there being a high wind from the northwest at the time. It could not be ascertained to whom the stable belonged, or the amount of damage done. Rescvxv.—Robert 8, Gardner, aged 60 years, was res- cued from drowning on ‘Thursday night, at the foot of Corlear’s street, by a citizen who happened to be near when he fell into the rive Tur Grav Cavan Cinev: doing a rushing business in Williamsburg, and will give two performances there this day. Ou Monday and ‘Tuesday they perform in Brooklyn, and on Wednesday at Jersey City. From the last named place, the compa- ny will procceed in their flotilla up the Hudson, axd through all the canals, lakes and rivers in the great em- pireState, ‘This is the biggest show out—their canvass amphitheatre occupics the area of an acre of ground, Unxxown Fuencn Saror Bor.—The Coroner held an inquest yesterday, at the Alms House Yard, on the body of an unknown French sailor boy, aged about 15 years, who was found floating in the North River, foot of pier No.5. It seems the boy fell from a French vessel on Sunday last, and the body was only recovered yesterday. Verdict, death by drown! ‘This famous Paid is Police Intelligence. Arrest on Suspicion.—Officers Donnelly and Curtis, of the 2d ward police, arrested, yosterday, two men. called William Mount and James Taylor, on suspicion of stealing $140 from John Schneider, of the ship Sultana. Justice Lothrop committed the accused parties for a further hearing. Charge of Stealing a Cloak.—OMcer Burley, of the lowor police, arrested, yesterday, @ woman, by the name of Catharine Gray, on suspicion of stealing a cloak valued ut $35, the property of Mrs. Styles, residing at No, 150 West Broadway. Burglary.—A fellow called Charles Horn was arrested esterday, on & charge of breaking into a atable belong- be to Julius Instadter, and stealing therefrom a set of harness, Justice Bleakly locked him up for trial, “A Female Burglar.—A young woman, calling herself Amanda Chambers, was arrested yesterday, on a charge of breaking into the dwelling house No. 169 Duane street, oecupicd by Mr. Joseph W. Weeks, with intent to steal, Justice Lothrop committed her to prison, to await a further hearing. Stealing Foreign Singin, Lawrence Magher, Edwar Birds.—Three men, called Murray and James Cramer, were arrested, gree 2 on a charge of stealing a number of English singing birds, just imported, such as thrushes, blackbirds, &c., valued in all at $100. Some few of the birds were recovered, and the accused parties were committed for trial. Ofcer Wooldridge, ‘of the 6th ward, arrested the accused parties. and ob- tained some of the birds. Court of Oyer and Terminer. Before Justice Edmonds, Aldermen Adams and iDowning. Arnit, 20.—Trial of William Donaldson for the Murder of Andrew Mechan—The cause on both sides was summed up this morning. The senior counsel for the prisoner occupied the attention of the court and jury from half-past ten o'clock in the forenoon to four ernoon, with the exception of one hour's recess, was a powerful address, and well calculated to sway the minds of the jury. He was ably replied to by the District Attorney. The Judge then summed up the case, He concluded by telling them that the case presented the bald qusatlols whether it was justifiable homicide, murder, or manslaughter. The prisoner was not assaulted by blows. ‘There is no evidence that any blows were struck. The prisoner was only assaulted, if at all, by oaths and lations, and perhaps an attempt to strike, y adrunken man. I[t is under such circumstances the prisoner has taken the life of a fellow creature. This, gentlemen, is a grave question to you, to me, and to the community, and it is for you to say whether, under the circumstances, this is a case of justifiable homicide, If you think not, then he is guilty of murder or manslaughter, both of which crimes I Ns e already called your attention to. The jury retired about six o'clock, and at eight came into court, and rendered a verdict finding the prisoner guilty of man- slaughter in the third degree, recommending him to mercy, in cor sideration of his previous good character. -Arraigned—William Pierce, indieted for the murder of Louis Butta, an Italian, in November last, in Centre street, was arraigned, and pleaded not guilty. o'clock in the Superior Court, Before Chief Justice Oakley. Apnit, 20.—Darius Williamson vs. Stephen Smith and Jokn Dimon.—This is an action on the case, brought by plaintiff against defendants, to recover damages for in- Juries sustained by him while in their employ. ‘The plaintiff is a working ship carpenter, and the defendants are extensively engaged in ship building, and keep their yard in dith street, Fast river. It appeared that on the Both of March, 1848, the plaintiff, with about 20 others, was at work ‘upon what is called, by ship carpenters, a brow, but is known in popular language as a scaffold. ing erceted around a ship while being built, and was about 20 or 25 feet from the ground. It further ap- peared, that another gang of men were engaged in taking up a hoavy piece of timber, part of the materials for constructing the vessel; when they got to the top of the brow, the iron fastenings gavo way, and all the par- ties were’ precipitated to the ground, and the piaintift was, as his counsel alleges, seriously wnd permanently injured—his shoulder dislocated, and was otherwise 50 much injured, that he was confined to kis house for four months, during which time he had to be attended by one or two physicians, On the part of the plaintiff, itis insisted that defendants were bound to have the staging or brow constructed in a careful and workma: like manner, and of good materials, so as not to endan- ger life or limb, and that not having done so, (it being constructed negligently, and of indifferent materials, as they allege.) defendants are responsible, and should be made respond in damages to the plaintiff for the in- juries he has sustained, On the part of the defence, proof is offered to show that the brow was built with due care and diligence, and of the best materials, and its having given away was the act of God, for which they (defendants) are not responsible. Adjourned to Monday. Before Judge Sandford. Bagley vs. Smith et al.—This cause was not concluded when the court adjourned. United States Marshal's Office. Arnit, 20.—.4rrests—William Mount, ono of the crow of the American ship Sultana, was arrested and com- mitted for exaination on a charge of larceny on the high seas.—Helen Feukes.a German woman, was arrested last evening by one of the officers of the 6th District, in the act of passing counterfeit ten cent pieces on the Five Points. He brought her to the station house, from which the was transferred to the United States au- thoritics, Discharged.—Christian Peterson, one of the crew of the brig Harriet, of Hamburgh, was arrested and im- prisoned, on @ charge of desertion; a writ of habeas corpus was issued. upon which he was brought before Judge Nelson, and discharged. Court Calendar—This Day. Common Preas—Part Ist.—Causes to be taken up to be tried without jury. Part 2d.—No, 34, 16, 12, 40, 42, 44, 46, 62, 98, Movements of Individuals, General Leslie Coombs and Mra, Coombs have ar- rived at Washington, and are stopping at Willard’s Hotel, Commodore Parker has also arrived, and is stopping at the same hotel. General J. G, Swi on a visit to the seat of government, PorutaTion ov THE Minnesota Terrirory.—Itis at least 10,000 at present, and before the close of the year it is expected to exceed 30,000, Our friend Gov, Ramsay will, we learn,set out forhis new du- ties in a week or two, taking the Federal city in his route.—Washington Whig. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. Eeenaaaanaeeeee Affairs in Washington. Wasuixctow, April 20, 1849—P. M. The White House was open to-day, but there were not many visiters. There are but fow office-seckers here just now—the work of rotation having been suspended, at least in the large offices, until the return of Secretary Ewing frem Ohio, Ex-Governor Young appears to have the best chance, at present, for Collector of New York, Col. Benton and lady left Washington this evening, wether Wet ae Appointments by the President. Wa atom, April 20, 1849. Jacob B, Moore, of New Hampshire, (who was dis- missed from a clerkship under President Polk,) has been appointed Postmaster at San Francisco, California, and Agent of the neral Post Office Department, for the ‘Territory ef Oregon. Richard C. Washington, of Kentucky, has been ap- pointed to a $1400 clerkship in the Post Office. Affairs in Canada Montreat, April 20, 1849. A second meeting of the British American League was held last night. Officers were appointed, and an address to the people of Canada was adopted. The address, however, does not give genoral satisfaction. ‘There has beexa freshet at Three Rivers, All the bridges between that place and Quebec have been car- ried away, and the streets have been navigated by canoes. Large quantities of produce are arriving every day from Upper Canada. Navigation is open to Quebee. In the House of Assembly last night, nothing of im- portance was don Effects of the Cold Wenther at the South— Immense Damage to the Cotton and Grain Crops, Fruit, &e ‘Wasmivaron, April 20, 1849. ‘The Charleston papers received by the southern mail, this afternoon, announce the almost entire destruction of the cotton crop in the States of Alabama, South Carolina, and Georgia, by the frost. The wheat crop and fruits have also suffered severely. ‘The late storm and cold weather seem to have extended through the whole country. Severe Gale on the Coas: Bautimone, April 20—P. M. The Norfolk mail steamer, which arrived this morn- ing, reports having encountered a severe gale on the Chesapeake on her trip to this city. ‘The steamer Constitution, from Philadelphia, en- countered the whole force of the terrible storm of Wed- nesday last, but arrived here safely at 10 o'clock last evening. Steamer Burnt—Cotton Crop Destroyed—An Absconding Merchant, &c, New Onteans, April 19, 1849. The steamer General Pike, from Cincinnati, bound to this city, was burned yesterday, fifteen miles above. The frost in the vicinity of Vicksburg, on the 15th, was go severe, that the cotton crop has been destroyed by it. ‘AMr, J, W. Funes, a hitherto highly respected mer- chant, has absconded, leaving his creditors minus $30,000. Sales of cotton for the week have amounted to 13,000 bales, Prices unchanged since the Niagara, Murder and Suicide, Puwapeventa, April 20, 1849, Andrew J. Higgins, mate of the schooner Falcon, was committed to prison to-day, charged with the murder of Godfrey Davis, one of {lie sailers, on the 15th of last March, while at sea. 1, it is stated, be unruly, and a scufiie en n the course of which the mate struck him on the causing death on the fol- lowing day.J Aman named John D ted suicide, to-day, by b: ‘a house in Perry street. The Trial of Vender, for the Murder of Mrs. Cooper, Baurimone, April 20, 1848. ‘The trial of Vender, for the murder of Mrs. Cooper, again occupied the Court to-day. The court-room was crowded. A number of witnesses have yot to be ex- amined, and {t will be several days, probably, before the case is submitted to the jury. Markets. Bavrimonr, April 20, 1849, eotions for the week have amounted to 10,000 bbls. ‘The market is steady, but not active. Sales of 800 bbls. Howard strect at $4 25, and City Mills is held at $4 373;—no sales reported. Sales of rye $2 8714, and corn meal $2 69)4 per bbl. Sales of whis- Key at 21c. per gallon, Groceries—Sales of New Orleans molasses at 28c. Cotfee—Sales of 1,000 bags Rio at 73¢¢., and 2,000 Laguayra at 614c. a67<0. Provisions—Sales of mess pork at $11 25, and prime at $9; mess beef at $13 50 4 418 76 per bbl.’ Sales of lard, in kegs, at 7c. Ba- con—Hog round 440. a 4%e.; hams Ze. a 9c.; si shoulders 5c, Cotton—Sales of Upland at 6%. Cattle—On the poof, at $3 37/40. hogs at $5 25a $5 3734 per 100 Ibs. From tue Rio Granpe.—The steamship Globe, Capt. Ellery, arrived this morning from the Brazos, having left there on Sunday, the 8th inst. By her we have received the Brownsville American Flag of the 4th inst., and 28th ult. The cholera has at last disap) moras, havin; Brownsville. n, aged 75 years, commit- ug himself in the cellar of Flour—The i ared from Mata- previously left the Brazos and he Flag of the 4th has this para- raph: ; ; on It is with deep feelings of gratification that we announce that the cholera has within the last few days nearly disappeared from our neighboring city, Matamoras. ‘There are few places that have sue fered so severely from the dreadful scourge. The number of deaths is computed at about one thou- sand, which is about twenty-five per cent of the population.” Inder the obituary head of the Flag we see an- nounced the death of the following persons: O; the 5th of March, John Kinney, a native of Bristol, Bucks county, Pa.; on the 2ist, Samuel O’Neale, a native of Florida, and John Burns, of the State of New York, both officers on the steamer Tom Mo- Kinney, on which they died ; on the 16th, Richard Schuyler, of West Troy, New York, aged 28; on the 23d, Jane E., wife of L. W. Powers; on the Bist, Margaretta Devine, and on the 2d April, Mrs. Mary Ann Devine, the tormer the daughter, the latter the wife of Thomas Devine; on the 29th March, P. P. Schuyler, of West Troy, New York ; and on the 24th, Robert R. Graham, of North Ar- gyle, Washington county, New York. The, Flag publishes the following letter trom an emigrant en route to California :— Monterey, Mexico; March 7, 1849. We have got along so far; had fine grass and an excellent road to China—from that place good road but no grass. ‘The internal custom house here has been abolished, and wagons passing are not stop- ped, as I understand—ours have not come up yet. The principal stages below are Palo Blanco, Cal- letano, Torrecillas, La Coma, El Lobo, El Toro, China, Elevanito, San Diego, Cadaretta, Monterey. W.S. McMurtry. i Pate the Flag of the 28th ult. we cull the sub- joined :— Within the past week about one hundred and twenty California emigrants haye arrived, procured outfits and fhave gone on their way rejoicing in their golden prospects. They are made up of com- panies from New York, Massachusetts and Alaba- ma. The facility with which this class of travel- lers can procure horses, mules, wagons, provisions, &c., necessary for so long a journey, here, clearly indicates this as the most eligible point for procu- ring these requisites which are not afforded by any other of the numerous overland routes.—N. O. Pic., April 12. Anornrr Exprrss.—The last express, with the Niagara’s news, reached Granville Point, distant from Halifax upwards of one hundred and forty miles, in little more than ten hours, although the ronds are described as having been exceedingly bad, and the last half of the distance performed in a very dark night, with the rain pouring in torrents. The steamer Herald was in readiness to receive the papers, and started, immediately on, receipt of them, for St. John, N.B., from whence it was tele- graphed through to New York, and was published and read by thousands in that city and vicinity in less than twenty-four hours from the time the steamer from England communicated with the Cunard wharf in Halifax. We are delighted to learn that the whole of the stock of the British North American Electric Telegraph Company has been taken up. Of the £16,000 required, £10,000 have been subscribed in Canada—the remaining portion Principally in thi . It is presumed that the enterprise will be completed previous to Sep- tember ensuing. It will then remain for the New Brunswick people to connect St. John, and other localities in that province, as may be desired, with Amherst, through which this precursor of the Great Trunk Railway will pass. The days of running expresses by means of horse flesh and horsemen are, indeed, numbered. The advancing, spirit of the age has touched these North American pro- vinces with its magic wand, and we may surely be allowed to hope that renewed life and vigorous ac- tion will henceforth characterise our existence as colonists.—Halifax Courier, April 1A. Arwansas Exection.—The returns from thirty- seven counties give Wilson, the whig candidate for Governor, a majority, of 19. It is yet difficult to tell who is elected. General Sessions. Before the Recorder and Aldermen Fitzgerald and Hatfield. Arnst 19.—In the theCase of Hoile and Casey, indicted for grand larceny, in the alleged stealing of $495 from Mar- garet Gallagher, the defence produced their testi- mony, which went clearly to prove that the defen- dants were not culpable in the matter, ‘The counsel on both sides agree to submit the case, under the charge of the Court, without summing up. The Recorder charged the Jury, who were out but a short time, when they returned « verdict of not guilty, and the prisoners wore discharged. The Grand Jury.—The Grand Inquest came into court, and presented « number of bills of indictment, and announced to the Court that they had coneluded their labors for the term, The Court accepted their returns, and discharged them from further attendanee, thanking them for their services, Plea of Guslty.—William Johnson, s young man not more than 18 yeurs of age, pleaded guiliy to a charge of grand larceny, in stealing $2100 in gold coin, from Honry N. Julian, No. 147 Walker stroot, on the 5th instant. The Court accepted the plea, and sentenced the prisoner to the State prison for two years. ‘This was the smallest punishment that could be inflicted under the law. Malicious Mischef—John Leonard was tried and convicted ofa misdemeanor, in perpetrating an act of malicious mischief, in cutting the traces of two har- nesses belonging to Patrick MeAleer, on the 15th of August last. Thejury found the prisoner guilty, but recommended him to the merey of the court, He was sentenced to serve ten days in the City Prison, and to pay a fine of $10, The Recorder remarked, in sentenc- ing the prisoner, that the punishment was made light, onaccount of the good character which he had, ac- cording to the evidence, borne before the commission of this crime. Wero it otherwise, the court would felt bound to sentenee him to the Penitentiary for least vix months, Another Plea of Guilty—Dennis Bowor pleaded guilty of grand larceny, in stealing $100 from James Barber, of No. 261 Washington street, on the 9th day of March last, The court sentenced him to hard labor in the State prison for the term of two yeara, ‘The Court then adjourned till Friday, at 11 o'clock. MArnit. 20.—Pleas of Guilty.—Cornelius Corson plead guilty to an indictment for misdemeanor, in. having, from November Ist, 1848, to the 14th day of February, 1849, exposed and ‘exhibited to divers persons, a cer- tain lewd, lacivious, indecent, and immoral picture. ‘The defendant having previously pleaded not guilty, he withdrew that plea and pleaded guilty. ‘The court im- posed for him a fine of $5, which he paid. John Willians, impleaded with James Steward in an indictment for burglary in the third degree, in having, on the lst of December, 1848, broken into the premises of Samuel Smith, at No, 480 Pearl strect, and stealing $4 in silver coin, ‘The prisoner was a mere lad, and us this was his first offence, the court deemed it best to suspend judgment in his case, on his pleading guilty of petit larceny. Trial for’ Receiving Stolern Money.—Peter Kennedy was put upon his trial, charged with receiving about $40 in money, knowing the same to haye been stolen. ‘The facts of this, as appeared from testimony, were as follows :— Axx Mator, the principal witness for the prosecu- tion, isa girl 15 years of age. Sho states that about two weeks before ‘or after Christmas last, she was in- duced by the defendant to take a skeleton key which he gave her, and therewith open a closet in which her mother kept her money, and to purloin from thence, at different times, sums of money, which she gave to him, she being induced to believe that the money would be returned to her before her mother would miss it, The money taken by her and given to prisoner amounted in all tomore than $40. this morning from Halifax. It is stated that this amount has been semt here for the purchase of sterling ex- change, Rates for sterling exchamgp have advanced very materially within the past @ay or two, and the supply prewing upon the market has become much reduced. We quote the best bills on London at 6%{ a7 per cent premium. If this advance continues, or is sustained, it will check, after # time, the importation of specie; but bills have already gone out, purchased at low prices, to an extent sufficient to guaranty an. importa- tion of from three to five millions of the precious metals, ‘The earnings of the New York and Harlem Railroad Company for the first fifteen days in Aprilgthis year, amounted to $14,574 13, against $10,045 84 for the cor. responding period in 1848; showing this year an in- crease of $3,628 29, equal to thirty-three per cont, ‘The value of merchadise transferred from the go- vernment warehouse of this district to other districts, during the first quarter of 1849, was $191,130, Value received from other districts, during the same period, $66,531. Value of merchandise remaining in ware- house, at the close of the first quarter of 1849, was $2,696 654, with a duty accruing of $874,271. The relaying of the track of the Hudson and Berk- shire railroad has had a very favorable effect upon the business of the company, and has been of great ad- vantage to the city of Hudson. It is said to be one of the best roads in the country, as faras the track ~ is concerned. ‘The cars and running machinery of the company are of the first order, and any amount of busi- ness offering can be dispatched with promptness. It is a very cheap road for its length, and we have no doubt its earnings the first year will be sufficient to give the stockholders « small dividend. It will require most extraordinary legislation on the part of the home government to enable the Canadas and their provinces in this country to compete with the United States, So long as discriminations were mad in the British tariff in favor of colonial produce, trans- ported in British§vessels, so long we labored wader dia- advantages; but when the government of Great Britain was obliged to open her ports and romove all restric- tions upon foreign breadstuffs, the direct trade with her North American colonies began to decline, and tho carrying trade fell more into the hands of the Ameri- cans. In consequence of this, thefproducers and ship- pers of Canada haye been unable to compete wit the produccrs and shippers of this country, and no doubt one great object of those in England, in favor of modi- fying the navigation laws of Great Britain, is to in- crease the commerce of the St. Lawrence so that the freights at Montreal and Quebee will rule as low as at any port in the United States, and give the producers of the colonies an outlet for their breadstuffs, &c., and the benefits of foreign markets, equal to those enjoyed by their Yankee neighbors, ‘The annexed comparative statement exhibits the quantity of certain articles imported into Canada, by” ‘The mother of the girl was examined as a witnoss for the prosecution, and testified to the loss of the money and the subsequent finding of the key, which fitted the lock upon her closet door, in the possession of the de- in each of the past cleven years :— Imports into Canapa, BY Sra, FROM 1838 To 1843, soTH INCLUSIVE, fendant’s wife. This testimony was corroborated by | Years. Vessels withCargo, Wines. —_E. . and B. P. olicemen who were called to officiate as officers of jus- and in ballast. ee: Rum, galls ice on the occasion. Mrs, Maloy lived at No. 241 Mott e eed street, and the defendant, who was a tenant of hers, S10;956 O,028 lived at No. 247 in the same street, where he kept a 214721 small shop, for the sale of fruit, candy, &e. Bund ‘The counsel for the prosecution charged the jury in wee relation to the evidence. calling their attention to the al fact, the defendant might be made an accessory to the Bisore act of theft, and not a receiver; but the jury, even under y this charge, rendered a verdict of guilty against the 124,563 prisoner, and the court had no recourse but to sen- PRY Si Pee Salt, Mola: tence him to the State prison. Owing to the character Leaf Man'fact of the principal witness, who stood convicted by her own testimony as guilty of the theft, the court viewed the case as favorably as possible for the prisoner, and sentenced him to the shortest term possible under the statute, viz. imprisonment in the State prison at Sing Sing for two yeurs, Tilegal Voting —A man named John McSweeney plead- cd guilty to n charge of an attempt to vote illegally at the late charter clection. Considering the circum. stance of his having been induced by others to commit the illegal act, the Court suspended sentence, and the Bushels, Gals, 96,931 308,183. 257 25,490 prisoner was discharged from custody. Refined. Muscovade & Stealing a Cow.—George Fagle, a German, was tried Lbs, Bastard,.lbs, and conyicted of stealing a Devonshire cow, worth fifty 772,803, dollars, on the 17th of March last, from Richard Me- Pr aKin Ardle, of Williamsburg. The defendant stated that ey he found the cow in a street of this city, and was driving B07 910 her to the pound. ‘The jury, however, found verdict 7.97768 against him, of petit larceny; and he was sentenced to 11,513,684 the penitentiary for six months. 5,025,748 45,448, Jury Discharged.—The court having completed all the Fen orn business of the term in which they would require the Sours = BASS aid of the jurors, the panel were discharged from fur- Porcign | White it i ther attendance—the Court passing to them the thanks Bpiriee ide Goods pay apaite @ of the bene udges. ing adval, mit spate Gait, deepest, BBeer ee. THE WEEKLY HERALD. Tes ye" 173,094 The Weekly Herald will be published at 9 o'clock this BIST 63H ty morning. <1”, i/903,408 22 CONTENTS: ed Hse nee Very Late and Highly Interesting Intelligence from Cali~ 6423 2'042,469 787 fornia ; Full Details of the Important News from Europe, ae S10 received by the Steamship Europa; State of Affairs in x ‘ORS 788,68 mark = Pista It will be seen that, with the exception of manufac- tured tvbacco and salt, there was a falling off in the importation of every article in the list, compared with 1847. This is attribute to the importations of 1847 haying been in excess of the actual wants of the country. The importations into Catiida, In adaivion to those by sea, in cach of the past two years, were ad tvl- lows :— Canada; the Latest Advices from San Juan de Nicaragua, the West Indies, Yucatan, and Mexico; the First Annual Dinner of the American Dramatic Fund Association; [otter from Mr. Fry, containing some curious Opera Doveloome* together with the Public inion ae * _ ed, - Publis Opinion ono yers and Fashion {a avew York; Account of the Murder of a Mother and her Twin Daughters by the Husband and Father, in Wilmington, Mass.; Fhneral of the Rev. Dr. Power, in this city; Authentic Par- ticulars of the Sufferings of Col. Fremont and his Party; Editorials; Commercial and Shifiping Record; the Latest Telegraphic Advices, &e., ke, &e, Annual subscription, $3 ; single copies, sixpence. 7. 1848. 6136 16,813 Notice to Advertisers, 769 «19.271 The double sheet Herald will be published evory | MUM: isto eroen Tuesday morning, and advertisements will be received | Sugar, Refined,..... ces 307'730 205,882 till 9 o'clock on the previous evening. ~ Muscovado, a be ate 1 The National Police Gazette of this week, . ¢ € 9666719 1,720435 contains the trial of Tom Hand, for robbery, at Washington; , manufac: Bae , 230, 244,53 the trial of Matthew A. Black, at Cincinnati, for Murder; Unmanufact’rd, 189,716 . te a Blood tray ton, Mass.; I rey «.+bushels, 139,110 633,846 coer ee Goods paying ad.val. duties. 781 £541,243 equally exci ‘These importations were principally through the ports of Hats.—In speaking of the «A; OX, + 128 Fulton tire, dak ‘ab4 hens f perfection in tho structure and f a nem bearer, The orders from nll parts for his elegant four dollar Hats. He strit fll without favoritiem, ron teen ee of the United States; and the receipts of teas, manu- actured tobacco, coffee, and salt, by this way, were greater than by sea. ‘We see nothing in these returns showing any im- provement in the import trade of Canada. Aecording to the value of goods entered, paying ad valorem duty, Phrenology and Religion—Mr. will lecture this (Saturdsy) even’ (Hope Chapel,) on the Moral and n, As recognised by the science of Phrenology. Seats 10 conts, there has been a very great falling off in this part of ¢ foreign trade of the country. The inland importati: has fallen off, compared with the previous year, so far as the quantity of the articles enumerated were con- cerned, but there appears to have been, in 1848, an in- crease in the value of goods imported paying ad valo- rem duties. The aggregate importation in 1848 was, however, much less in value than in 1847, as appears by the annoxed statement : Vatve or Goons Imronten rnto Canapa. 1847. The Lectures will contin it wee! ‘Wanted—At No. 12 Bowery, a thoroughly acquainted with the clothing busine as Sales- maa, None need apply unless a first rate salesman. Hamilton House.—This delightful Sum- mer Residence will be opened, for the season, on the Ist June. Welnerday and Tharslas, fom Wu 2B. we oper ge es ursday, from 12 till 2 P.M. - Un House, New Yor! HAWLEY D. CLAPP. City Ladies, and those visiting the City, find at J.B, Miller's, 122 Conal street, the largest and handsomest aasortment of Gaiter Boots to be found in New York; together with Ls , Misses’ and Children’s Boots and Shoes, of all the variows kinds, at moderate prices. J.B. MILLER, 122 Canal streot, betweon Thompson and Laurens streets, Gold Pens and Watches.—The glebrated diamond-pointed Richelien Gold Pens, warraflted to wear five years, in Gold and Silver Pen and Pencil € ogether pitt an elogant Assortment of fine Gold and Silver Watches, for sale by |. Ye R., 15 Wi . Watecs and Gold Pens repaired or exchanged. The Plumbe Gallery.— Strangers others shonld not fail to visit, as it is the sen nigenctine Goods paying specific duties Do, ad valorem dutis Total currency... .. ‘This shows a falling off in one year of £837,049, equal to nearly twenty-five per cent, the bulk of which was of goods paying ad valorem dutios, The export trade of Canada, by sea, for several yeara past, exhibits very great fluctuations, as will be seem by the annexed comparative statement of shipments in each of tho past eleven years :— Exro A Place of the kind in tho world. ‘Those who may with tooxe | nn dvacee “Batter. eek Barley Ournoe finine the finest specimens of the Daguerrian art, would be | Years. Libis Lbs. Bite, Busnels. “bole ° oldest artist nt this time in-Amerien,.- Tecimens of tho | TRS). oy) 210 1 «Watts on the Mind” is a Vi Im) Bes ot ¢ work, and What's on the Head isan important setter, a8 abi rt GENIN, Bie Broadway. Bo Dr. Bostwick’s Great Work, and Lectu: 1,899 on Venereal, Strictures, and all disoasos of u private ma? 3479 ture, illustrated, by many colored plates. A’ sooond ‘edition Wheat. bi vy Stringer & Townsend. It can be bushel: he author, 506 Broadway. A second edition of the x samo author's work on Sominal diseases, resulting from impro= por habits, has just been published. Tho Roy. Dr. Blako ba} this book should be in the hands of 6 ther and you and bo as much a housohold book as the New Testamont. Callfornia—Monday.—Tho Bark Clyde having cleared for San Francisco, California, will sail on ia This presents an excellent opportunity for imme~ diate sbareane for bes Agh Rey good lssem ov! its, ie, which can seoure a cation to BCHOVER'& Co. ba Wall stroct. COMMERCIAL AFPAIBS. of feasts. The movements in these articles for the your 1848, compared with the previous (leaving out 1847, that being on extraordinary year for shipments of bread- MONEY MARKET. stuffs, In consequence of the famine in Europe) years, Friday, April 20—6 P. M. appear to have been limited, It will be seen that the There was more activity in the stock market to-day, and quotations, compared with yesterday's, exhibit » flight improvement, At the first board, Harlem ad- vanced °% per cent; Canton Co., 14; Farmer's Loan | Long Island, 24; Mohawk, Erie Rafiroad, 1; Erie Bonds, 4; Reading Mortgage Bonds, };; Reading Rail- road, 3; all others closed at prices current at tho second board yesterday, ‘This is a more healthy rise than if it had been greater, and is Ikely to be more por- manent. The bulls, however, appenr to be disappoint- ed, the rise, upon the receipt of such a large amount of specie, not having been so large as anticipated, Stocks were firm at the current quotations, and very littie dis- pésition was exhibited to sell, The specie received by the Kuropa was going into the Merchante’ Bank this morning, The bulk of it comes to the agent of the Barings. A remittance of about $70,000 in specic was received shipments of flour in 1848 were less than in any pre- vious year since 1843, and of wheat and corn less than any year since 1848, Ashes have fallen off largely, the exports in 1848 having been less than in any of the previous cloven years, The shipments of timber from Canada in each of the Past four years, distinguishing the quaatity of onch deseription, were as annexed :— Quantity OF TimmeR Exvorten raom CANADA. st 140, 1847, White Pine, foot... 15,425,880 14, Red Pine, | do. 23 Oak, de Elm, Ash, Bireb, Stavon, Standar Do. Buncheon M ia = Ey t 1 ws 08 2.0120 509,29 f° Lathwood, cords, =~ aa a This branch of the export trade in 1943 was muck S iow eesteiag