The New York Herald Newspaper, May 1, 1849, Page 6

“The Emigrant Laws of New York. in acts concerning passengers i New York. {ths being present.” ie of the State of New York, represented ateand Assembly, do enact as follow 1. The ‘first section of an act entitled “An | ‘i gers in vessels coming to the city 1847, is hereby amended AN ACT to amend ng te cert » the ci in senger from any ship or vessel port of ‘New York, from any of the United States other than this State, or from any country out of the United States, the master or commander of the ship or vessel | from which such passe engers shall have | been landed, shall make ar case of his abse son discharging the duties of his office, state the name, place of birth, last le and occupati y person oF passeng: hhave landed or vessel on her last voyage to n of the United States, and who shall have w eding twelve months arrived from any country out of the United States. at any place within the United States, and who shall not have raid the commutation money, or been bonded accord- Ing to the provisions of this act, or of the act hereby amended, or of the act of February 11, 1824, concerning passengers in vessels coming to the port of Ne nor paid commutation money under the provi this or any former act. ‘The ‘said report shall a taiement of ull such persons or passengers, as | aforesaid, as shall have landed or been suffered to land | from any such ship or vessel at an last. voyage, or who shall have suffered to go on board of any the int city of place during been put on be ship, vessel or boat, wi ntion of proceeding to and landing at the said w York, or elsewhere within the limits of this State, The said report shall further specify whe- ther any of said passengers so reported are lunatic, idiot, deaf, dumb, blind they are accompanied by relatives likely to be abl support them ; and shall furth the names, last place of residence, sengers who may have died during thi of such vessel, also the names and residence of the ‘owner or owners of such vessel. In case any,such mas- ter or commander shall omit or neglect to report, as to particularly of all Soe SEE TSS LSE FOOT dT CR | decide upe infirm ; and if so, whether | © or use than to defray tho expenses ce pl epee support or maintenance of such ongers; and nothing in this act contain- wemed to affeeé the authority of the board or the mode of appointment of the health of commissioner of health in the city of New York, or to prevent the health of- fi ing his own medical assistants for any duties required by law to be discharged by him or un- der his authority. The said healt) oflicer shall at all times have access to inspect all or any patients affect- ed with any us or infectious diseases, and to ntion at quarantine, or the fur- ther detention of the vessels from which such patients 0 have been recei) The fourth s any . fore the word “institution,” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “any,”? § 10. The fifth section of said last mentioned act is amended s0 as to read :— In all cases in which minor children of alien passen- gers shall become orphans by their parents or last sur- viving parent dying on the passage to the port of New York, or in the marine hosp! : ment under the charge of the comm 5 sonal property which such p pr parent may have had with them, shall be taken in charge by thé com- ers of emigration, to he by them appropriated sole benefit of said orphan children; and said commissioners shall give in their annual report to the legislature a minute statement of all cases in which property shall come into their possession by virtue of , and the disposition made of the same. . The board of health of the city of New York may appoint any physician in their employ, or in that of the cominissione f emigration, to act as the agent health in ail matters concerning the ity against the introduction of con- clious disease: It shall be the duty of the superintendent of th ine or other hospital, used for quarantine purposes, to furnish to the bh walth, as often as may be | required, a full and correet t of all persons in the said hospital affected with any contagious or infectious discase, and of all such patients as may die or be dis- | charged as cured; such report shall be countersigned by th ent of the board of health, and no persons who pived as patients affected s diseases, or under treat- zou or removed from the for quarantine purposes, from the health officer ine or other hospital without a permit in writ aforesaid, any such person or with th ticulars aforesaid. or shall mak rn statement In respect to any such person or passeng or in respect to the owner or owners of any such ye or in respect to all or any of the particulars hereinbo- fore specified, such ror commander shall forfeit the sum of seven ad ger, in regard to whom any such omi shall have occurred, or any such fals ment shall be made i consignee or consignees of every such ship or also be liable, jointly and severally, and which may be sued for and recovere vinafler provided, § 2. The second section of said act is hereby amended £0 a8 to read : It shall be the duty of the said mayor or other per- son discharging the duties of his office, us aforesaid, by or neglect an endorsement to be made on the said report, to re- quire the ewner or consignee of the ship or vessel from which such persons were landed, to give a seve- ral bond to the people of the State in a penalty ot throe hundred dollars for each and every person or p ger included in such report, such bond being secur mafter provided and conditioned to indemnify ¢ harmless the commissioners of emigration, hand ev city, town or county in this state, from any cost which said commissioners of such city, town or country, shall incur for the relief or support of the person named in the bond within five ye the date of such bond, and also to indemnii fund to the said commissioners of emigration Xe pense or charge they may necessarily incur for the support or medical care of the person named therein, if received into the marine hospital, or any other insti- tution under their charge. Each and every bond shal! be secured by two or more suilicie sidents of the State of New York, prove by cath or otherwise that he 1s owner of a free- old inthe State of the value of three hundred dol- over and above all or @ claim or lien theres against him, including theréin any contingent claim which may acerue from or upon any torimer bond given under the provisions of th or sueh bond may, at the option of the party, be ured by mort- gage of real estate, or by the pledge and transfer of public stock of the United States or of the State of New York, or of the city of New York, or by deposit of the amount of the penalty in some bank or trust. company; such security, real or personal, haying been | first approved by the said mayor, It shall bo lawful for any owner or consignee ,ai any time within three days after the landing of such persons or passengers from any ship or vessel in the port of New York, to commute for the bond or bonds so required by paying to the health commissioner of th city of New York, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents for each and every passenger reported by him as by law required; the re- ceipt of such sum by such health commissioner shall de deemed a full and sutticient discharge from th quirements of giving bonds as above provided, said health commissioner is horeby required to pay once daily the same money with an account thervot to the chamberlain of the city of New York. The said health commissioner shall’ receive, in liew of fees and per centages, a salary of two thousand dollars por annum, and skall give bonds, to be approved of by one of the judges of the Supreme court, inthe penalty of ten thousand dollars,for the faithful performance of his duty. § 8. Section three of said act is amended so as to read as follow: It shall be the duty of the commissioners of emigra- tion hereinafter named, to examine into the condition of passengers arriving at the port of New York inany ship or vessel, and for that purpose all or any of the said commissioners, or such other person or persons as they shall appoint, shall be authorized to go on board and throngh any such ship or vessel, and if on such examination there shall be found among such passen- gers any lunatic, idiot, deaf, dumb, blind or infirm per- Sons not members of emigrating families, or who from attending circumstances are likely to become perma- nently a public charge, or who have been paupers in any other country, or who from sickness or disease ex- isting at the time of departing from the foreign port, are or are likely soon to b shall report the same to t me a public charge, the: said mayor particularly and thereupon and unless a bond as required in the second gection of this act shall have been given, the said anayor or the person discharging the duties of his office shall require, in the endorsement to be made as aforesaid, or in any subsequent endorsement or en- dorsements thereon, and in addition to the commuta- tion money, that the owner or consignee of such ship or vessel, with one or more sufficient sureties, shall exe- cute a joint and several bond to the people of the State in a penalty of five hundred dollars for every such passenger, conditioned to indemnify and save harmless commissioners of emigration and each and every city, town or county within this State, from any further cost or charge which said commissioners or any such city, town or county shall incur for the main- tenance or support of the person or persons named in such bond, or any of them, within ten years from the date of such bond. The sureties to tle said bonds ahall be required to justify before, and to the satisfac- tion of the officer making such endorsement, and by their oath or affirmation shall satisfy such officer, that they are respectively residents of the State of New York, and worth double the amount of the penalty of such bond, over and above all debts, liabilities, and all roperty exempt from execution. The subsequent en- jorsement authorized in this section may be made at any time within ten days after such examination or of the landing of uny such person or passenger §4. If any person for whom a bond shall have been | ven &@ moresaid shall within the time specified in ich bond become chargeable upon any city, town or county of this State, or upon the moneys under the | control of the raid comminsioners as aforesaid, the said commissioners may bring an action on such bond, in the name of the people of the Stute, and shall be en- titled to recover on such bond from time to time so much money, not in the whole exceeding the penalty ‘of such bond, exclusive of costs, as shall be sufficient to defray the expenses incurred by any such city, town | or county or the said commissioners for the mainte- | nance and «upport of the person for whom such bond | was given as aforesaid, and shall be authorized to col- lect and apply such mouey from any of the real or other recurity mortgaged, pledged or deposited therefor in | uch passen- | 13, The commuissioners of emigration shall receive in- to the marine or other hospital for quarantine purposes, | all alien passer for whom bonds shall have been | given or commutation paid, under the seve of ute relating to alien ‘passengers arriving at the New York, who shall be affeeted with any con- sent to such hospital h officer. ‘They shall do- patients out of the mone ount of bonds or commutation. They shall » and provide for all other pi- | tients or passeng: hall have landed from any | vessel at the port of New York, affected with any ec tagious or infectious disorder, who shall be directed to be so A by the health officer or the board of h hall be entitled to receive for each per- adiitted (other than aliens, as above mention- ed) at the rate of three dollars per week for their sup- port and medical care, which shall be at the expense of the owner or consignee of any vessel in which son sball have arrived, and from which they landed, and no vessel shall be permitted to tine until Id them for such purpo: 914. The alth off haye any other authorit; medical charge as. ph, shall not by right of office over the maine hospital, or cian thereof, than as in this Ss h of the act concerning quarantine or re- gulations in thonature of quarantine at the port of New York, passed May 18th, 1546, as requires that any per- fon shall be admitted into the marine hospital who shall have paid hospital money during any temporary sickness within one year after such payment, is hereby repealed. § 16, So much of the Revised Statutes in relation to the marine hospital and its funds, and the eral acts and amendments thereto, passed April 18th, 1843, and. May 7. 1843, as authorizes or requires the health com- missioner to demand or reecive hospital money from or on account of any master, mate, sailor, or passenger n the port of New York, is hereby repealed. . There shall be nominated by the Governor, and appointed by him, with the consent of the Senate, a “physician of marine hospital,’ and such number of istants, not less than four, to be respectively de- signated as “assistant physician of marine hospital,” » coumissioners of emigration shall, from time to determine to be necessary for the proper care and medical treatment of the persons under their care, at the marine or other hospital for quarantine purposes. ‘The number of istant physicians of marine hospi- a hall not be at any time increased, unless the com- tion shall make and file, with the ent, oners of emig of State, a certificate, that, in theirjudgi hould be appointed, ve actual permanent demand for medical hospital, a copy of which certificate shall be furnish tothe Governor of the Stat when any va shall exist in the office of ~ physician of marine hos tal,” or “assistant physician of marine hospital,” aud the Senate shall not be in session, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment, made by the Governor, until the next meeting of the Senate, and the confirmation thereof, or appointment of a successor. § 18. The physician of marine hospital shall have the su- perintendence and control of, and shall make such regu- lations for the sanitary treatment of the patients in such marine or other hospital for quarantine purposes, as may be found necessary, and prescribe therein the duties of the assistant physicians thereof, and shall take upon himeelf, and assign to such assistants respectively, the charge of such portions of such hospital as shall seem. to him best adapted to secure the objects and purposes of such institution, and the care and proper medical treatment of the inmates thereof; and the said commis- sioners may employ, from time to time, sach additional medical assistanis as the temporary wants of such hos- pital, and the inmates thereof, shail require, i 19. Each assistant physician of such marine or other hospital for quarantine purposes, shall, from time to time, as shall be necessary, select and appoint such and s0 many nurses and orderlies, in the department of said hospital which has been assigned to, or be under, his supervision and care, as shall be required for the proper care of the inmates ¢f their respective depart- ments; but the number of such nurses and orderlies ehall be determined and controlled by the * physicians of marine hospital,’ and the compensation of such nurses and orderlies, and of each of them, shall be fixed and determined by the commissioners of emigration, § 20. The “physicians of marine hospital,” shall have and receive an annual salary of five thousand dol- ‘*, to be paid quarterly; and cach of the assistant physicians shall have and receive a salary of one thou- sand two hundred per annum, to be paid quarterly or monthly, as the commissioners of emigration may de- termine; and in that ratio for any period of service of such physician or assistant; and all salaries and other compensation of such physician and assistant physi- cians, and of all nurses, orderlies, and servants, or others necessarily employed in and bout the business, care and proper management of such marine or other hospital for quarantine purposes, shall be paid by the commissioners of emigration, from and out of moncys collected upon the bonds hereinbefore roquired to he given by the owncrs or consignees of vessels arriving with and landing passengers at the port of New York, or from the commutation moneys paid upon or in liew of such bonds, in accordance with the provisions of this act; and all the expenses of such marine and other hos- pital for quarantine purposes, shall, as far as practicn. le, be defrayed by said commissioners out of and from the moneys and securities in this act specified; but nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to t of any salary or compensation ed by said commissioners of emigra- c tion or any of them. § 21. The penalties and forfeitures prescribed in and this act may be sued for and recovered with costs of suit, by and in the name of the said commissioners of emigration, in any court having cognizance thereof, and when recovered, shall be applied to the support of such marine or other hospital for quarantine purposes, ax specified in this act. It shall be lawtul for the said commissioners, before or after suit brought to com- conformity to this ac §5. If any owner or consignee, as aforesaid, shall re fuse or negiect to give any such bond or bonds, and se curity therefor, as herein before required, for each per- son or passenger landing from his ship or vessel, with- in three days after the landing of such persons or pas- sengers, in respect to bonds required by the second section of this act, or shall not, within that time, haye aid the moneys authorized by said second section to Ee received in cases where auch bonds are herein au- thorized to be commuted for, every such owner or con- signee of such ship or vessel, severally and respective- yy. thall be subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars for each and every person or passenger ou whose ac- count such bond may have been required, or for whon euch commutation money might have been paid under this act; such penal'y to be sued for as provided inthe | twelfth section of the said act hereby amended. H $6. ‘The first section of the act entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act concerning passengers Gn Feasels coming to the city of New York,’” passed December 15, 1847, is hereby amended s0 as to read as | follo ‘ \ The institution belonging to this State, now known as the Marine Hospital, and all the lands and buildings | thereon, and all lands and buildings which may hereaf- | ter be purchased or erected and designated for such marine hospital, or lands and buildings used for qua- | rantine purposes, are hereby vested in the commission ers of emigration, to be by them held in trust for th eople of this State; and the sole and exclusive con- rol of the same, except in regard to the sanitory treat- ment of the inmates thereof, is hereby given to the said commissioners of emigration, for the purpose or receiv- ing therein all persons for whom bonds may be required, or for whom any bond or bonds may have been given, required or commuted for under the provisions of this act, or the acts hereby amended, suffering under or af- fiicted with any contagious or infectious disease, or other disease preventing their immediate removal to &ny more distant hospital, and who shall be sent to such hospital by the direction of the health officer, or under his authority ‘7. The third section of the act entitled “An act to @mend an act entitled ‘An act concerning passengers in veseels coming to the city of York,’ * passed December 15, 1847, is herel ; 7, is hereby am by adding there- to nd thereof.the words following —The commis. pate Taece al also have, in relation to any , iso chargeable, 6 ‘ Yo be born n teen", chargeable, or any child likely me mother is so Hb mt proceed to secure indemnity. to 0 mother and child, ws are now of buy (UpPore by law vested in the eomiissioncrs of the almshoure. §8. The commissioners of emigration are anchorived to employ and appoint a superintendent and such ot ficers other than physicians, nurses and orderlies, and such servants as they shall deem necessary for the management and care of the marine and other hospi- tals used for quarantine purposes, and to pay all need. ful expenses therefor out of the moneys under their control, But the moneys received under any of the ovisions of this act as commutation money, or upon ds given for or on account of any persons or pas ere landing from vessels at the port of New York, where, shall not be applied or appropriated to | also to commute | signee of any pound or commute for any of the said penalties or for- feitures upon such terms as they shall think proper, nd compound with the owner or con- ship or vessel for any such bond or bonds as are required in section three of this act, to ve given by such owner or consignee for such person or ersons. Pasecnger or passengers, as have been paupers in any other country, or who from sickness or disease existing at the time of departure from the foreign port, are or are likely soon to become a public charge, or who shall be sent tothe marine or other hospita for quarantine purposes, in accordance with the pro- visions of this act, in consequence of sickness or dis- case existing at the time of departure from the foreign port, the commutation for said last mentioned bond or bonds to be fixed by said commissioners, at such sum as they shall deem just and equitable and sum. cient to defray the necessary expenses consequent upon the care, support and maintenance of the persons for whom such commutation shall be paid, during the existence and {continuance of their then sick or dis- eased state, § 22. This act shall take effect immediately, Stare or New York, Secretary's Office. 1 have compared the preceding with the original laws on file in this office, and do certify that the same are correct transeripts therefrom and of the whole of the said originals CHRISTOPHER MORGAN, Secretary of State. AN ACT to amend an act entitled “ An act for the pro- fection of emigrants arriving in the State of New York, passed April 11, 1848," Passed April 10, 1849, The People of the State of New York, represented Senate and Assembly. do enact as follows § 1. ‘The fourth section of the “act entitled “An act for the protection of emigrants arriving in the State of New York,’ is amended so as to read as follows : No keeper of any emigrant boarding-house shall havo any lien upon the baggage and effects of any emigrant for boarding, lodging, storage, or any other account whatever, for any greater sum than shall be due from such emigrant for boarding and lodging according to the rates or prices 0 posted as above provided; and upon complaint being made upon oath before the mayor or any police magistrate of the city in which such boarding-house is located, that the luggage or effects of any emigrant are detained by the keeper of any emi- grant bonrding-house, under pretence of any lien upon such luggage or effects, or on any claim or demand against Lhe owner or owners thereof, for any other or greater sum than in accordance with such rates, it thall be the duty of the officer before whom such com- plaint is made. Immediately to issue his warrant, di- rected to any constable or policeman of said city, eom- manding him or them to bring before him the party against whom such complaint has been made, and upon conviction thereof, the officer before whom such con- viction shall be had, shall cause said goods to be forth- with restored to the owner thereof, and the rely A 60 convicted shall be punished by a fine not less than fifty dollars, and not exceeding one hundred dollars, and +ball be committed to the city prison until the said fine rhalt be paid. and until such luggage oF effects shall be delivered to such cigrants. | Any person eo convicted shall have the right o} ppealing from the decision of in EPR AE ETE REISE BRE GEL RIE ASN ESR AROS AGE aA BIO SN _— such mayor or magistrate to the same tribunals and in the same manner as is provided by law for appeals from the ions of justices in civil cases, and ail the pro- Visions of law relating to appeals from justices shall apply, so far as applicable, to appeals from sueh mayor or other magistrate, But such appeal shall not au- thorizo the detention of such luggage or effects after the payment of the sum which such mayor or magis- trate shall adjudge to be justly due from such emigrant. § 2. Section five of the said actis hereby amended so as to read as follows: — Noperson ehall, in any city in this State. solicit emi- rant passengers or their luggage for emigrant boar ng-houses, passenger offices, forwarding or transporta- tion lines. without the license of the mayor of such city, for which he shall pay the sum of twenty doll: per annum, and give sutisfactory bonds to said m: the penal eum of three hundred dollars, as security for his good behaviour; nor shall any person not a native or naturalized citizen of the United States be so licensed. ‘The said mayor may at any time revoke such license for good cause shown, Every person so licensed shall wear ina conspicuous place about his person a badge or plate of such character and in such manner as said mayor ibe. with the words “ licensed emigrant cribed thereon, with his name and the number of his license; no person who is not of approved 1 moral character, shall be licensed as si runner, y person who shall solicit alien emigrant pas- s or others for the benefit of boarding houses, nger offices or forwarding lines, upon any street, alley, or upon any dock, pier or public highway, or any other place within the’ corporate bounds of any city in this State. or upon any waters adjacent thereto, over which any of said cities may have jurisdiction, without such license, shall be deemed guilty of demeanor, and shall be punished by imprison in the county prison or jail not less than three months, nor exe veiling one year, But this section shall not be so construed as to prohibit the proprietors of emigrant boarding houses from soliciting emigrant passengers on their own account without sueh license, (if license as emigrant boarding house keepers,) anything in sec- tion two to the contrary thereof nothwithstanding. AN ACT to amend “An act for the protection of emi- grants arriving State of New York.’? Passed April 11, 1849, “ three-fifths being present.’” ple of the State of New York represented in Assembly, do enact as follows: — . The third and seventh sections of the act Anact for the protection of emigrants ar- riving in the State of New York,” is hereby wmended sous Lo read as follows:— All persons keeping houses in any of the cities of this State tor the purpose fof boarding emigrant pas- rengers, vhatl be required to have a license for said pu pose from the mayor ofthe city in which such hous are located. and such person so licensed shall pay to the said city the sum of ten dollars per annum, and shall give bonds satisfactory to said mayor, with one or more sureties, in the penal sum of five hundred dollars, for their good behaviour, and the proper conduct of all nts and runners in their employ; and said mayor is vy authorized to revoke said license for cause. i y keeper of such boarding house shall, under a penalty ot fifty dollars, cause te be kept conspicously posted in the public rooms of such house, in the Englich, German, Dutch, French and Welch langu- ages, and printed upon’ business cards, to be kept for distribution as hereinafter provided, a list of the rates of prices which will be charged emigrants per day week for board and lodging, and also the rates for e meals, whieh card shall contain the name of er of such house, together with its number and « of the street in which such house is situated. The keeper of such house shall also file a copy of «aid list, in the city of New York, in the office of the com- issioners of emigration, and in each of the other 0 cities of this State, with the mayor of said city, and with the agent of the commissioners of emigration; and the keeper of [any emigrant boarding house who shall noglect or refuse to post a list of rates, or to keep busi- nc+s eards so as above provided, or who shall charge, e, or permit, or suffer to be charged or received use of such keeper or for any other person, any sum than according to the rates of prices so posted and printed on business cards; and if any run- ner employed by any emigrant boarding house keeper, or any emigrant hoarding house keeper himself, shail ongage migrants as guests for such boarding house, witout delivering to every euch emigrant printed business card as above provided, he shall, upon conviction thereof, be deprived of his or her license, and be punished by a fine not less than fifty, nor more than one hundred dollars, tobe recovered in the city of New York by the commissioners of emigration, and in the other cities of this State by the mayors thereof ; and any person who shall keep & boarding or lodging house for emigrants within any of the cities of this State, whe shail refuse or neglect to obtain a lice of the provisions of this section, shall, rst conviction it the penalty of one hundre rs, und upon a subsequent conviction, shall for he penalty of two hundred dollars, to be recovered by sons and in the manner above set forth, No person or persons shall exercise the vocation ing emigrant passengers, or taking money for their inland fare, or for the transportation of the lug- gage of «uch passengers, without keeping a public office for the transaction of such business, nor without the license of the mayor of the city in which such office shall be located, for which shall be paid the sum of twenty-five dollars per annum. Every such office and place for weighing luggage, shail be, at all times, when business is being transacted therein, open to the com- missioners of emigration or their agent, duly appointed, and no scales or weights shall be used for such pur- pose but such as have been inspected and sealed by the city inspector of weights; and every such estab- lishment shall have posted in a conspicuous place and manner, at its place of business, in the English, Ger- man, Dutch, French, and Welch languages, a list of prices or rates of fare for the passage of emigrant pas- sengers, and the price per hundred pounds for trans- portation of their luggage to the principal places to which the proprietors thereof undertake to convey such pascengers; and shall also deliver @ copy of such list to the commissioners of emigration, or to their agent in any city where such agency shall be established; and any person or company who shall charge or re- ceive, or allow to be charged or received, by any person in his or their employment, a greater amount than is specified in said list of prices, or who shall defraud any emigrant in the weight of his or her luggage, or who shall receive money from an emigrant or emigrants for their passage or for the transportation of their luggage, and shall refuse or neglect to issue to the person or per. sons so paying their fare, or for the transportation of their luggage, a ticket which shall state the time and place of such issue, the number of persons so paying, the distance in miles to the place to which fare is re- ceived, the amount so received, the number of pounds of baggage, and the price per hundred pounds for its transportation; which said ticket shall be signed by the person or persons in whose names the establishment is conducted, and if more than one person is interested in the concern as a partner, then tho full name of all the persons so interested in said concern shall be printed or written on the ticket; or who shall issue any such ticket directed to an agent without first having made arrange- ments with some responsible person or persons to act as his, her or their agent, or who shall issue a ticket 80 as aforesaid, for the passage of any emigrant, or his or her Juggnge, which shall not be promptly redéemed by the agent or consignee according to the terms of the agree- ment, as set forth in the ticket, or who shall in any way fail or neglect to fulfil any contract for the passage of any emigrant, or for the transportation of any luggage, made with an emigrant, or who shall issue to any per. eon blank receipts signed by him or them, or who shall permit his, her, or their name or names to be used by any other person or persons in eaid business of book- ing emigrant passengers and their luggage, or taking money for their fare or transportation of their luggage, shall, together with all other persons concerned in the violation of these provisions, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction be punished by confinement in the ity or gounty prison, not lesa than six nor more than twelve months; and ‘any per- son or company receiving money as aforesaid for the passage of emigrants, or for the transportation of their uggage, without such office and license, or who shall refuse admission as aforesaid to such office or place of weighing luggage during the time of transacting busi- ness therein, or who shall neglect to post the said list of rates as aforesaid, or who shall neglect or refuse to furnish a copy thereof as aforesaid, or who shall make any arrangement or engagement with any emigrant for his passage or transportation, or any runner or agent connected with or employed by such forwarding estab- lishment, make such engagement or arrangement with- out delivering to every such emigrant a printed card (in the language of the country to which said emigrant may belong) of prices, or rates of fare, which will be charged every emigrant for his passage, or for trans- portation of his baggage or effects to’ the principal places on the route which he, the said emigrant, is about to travel, or every such keeper, or owner, or own- ers, or runner, or runners, connected therewith, or any licensed emigrant runner, or runners, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction be punished by imprisonment in the county prison for a period not less than three nor more than six months, Licenses under this section may be revoked for cause ; and no person shall be licensed under this section who is not of good moral character and a citizen of the Uni- ted States, § 2, The commissioners of migration are hereby au- pon th the thorized to employ such agents, clerks and servants aa they shall deem necessary for the purposes aforesaid ; and they shall appoint at least one agent in cach of the citics of Albany, Rochester and Buffalo, and pay a reasonable compensation to such agents, clerks servants for their services, out of the moncys aforesaid. Passed April 11, 1849, “ three-fifths being present.”” The People of the State of New York, represented in Se nate and Assembly, do enact as follows :— Section 1, Section first of the act entitled “ An act concerning passengers arriving ‘at the ports of ane and landings in this State,” passed December 10, 1847, iy amended by inserting after the word * has,” in the twenty-third line thereof, the words “executed the bond or.” pe §2. Section second of said act is amended so as to read as follows ;—It shall be the duty of the officer to whom such report shall be made, by an endorsement to be made on such report, to require the master or com- mander of such ship or vessel, within 24 hours after the arrival of such ship or vessel ‘at the port or landing, to execute to the superintendents of the poor of the coun- ty, a bond for each and every «uch person, in the penal um of five hundred dollars, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the officer making such endorsement, conditioned to pay all damages, costs, charges, and ex- penses, that any county, city, or town within this tate ehall incur in the support and maintenance of fuch perton, within five years from the date of such bond; but such master or commander may commute for such bond by paying to the persons mentioned in the aforesaid second section the sum of one dollar for such person; and the payment of such sum shall be in full discharge of such snaster or commander, from all Mabllity for the support of such person and from his liability to give such bond. § 3. Section third of said act is amended by inserting after the word upon,” in the second line thereof, the words “to give such bond,” and in the ninth line of said section strike out all after the word * such,” and insert “bond may have been required or communta- tion money paid, to be sued for jn the manner herein- after provided,” 44. Atthe end of section sight, add en follows :—Such superintendent or overseers of the poor may alro prose- cute in their own name any bond given in pursuance of the second rection of this act, whenever the eondi- tichs of the same have not been fulfilled, Our Danish Correspondence. CorennaGen, April 3, 1849. The Schleswig War—The Danish Side of the Ques- tion--The Duplicity of England—The Prepara- ticns of the Danes, §c. §. &. We have now come to an issue. The armistice expired on the 26th March, and the negotiations for peace had not led to any result which may easi- ly be conceived, as Palmerston has been {intri- ging in his usual way, andginstead of doing his duty as mediator, he has continually excited Prus- sia, in order to fan the flame, which is natura] enough in him, as in the case of peace being res- tored, he would not have the means of figuring so largely in the eyes of Russia. ‘Think only how, from time to time, he has stirred up and nourished anarchy in Turkey, Greece, Portugal, Spain, and lately in Italy; and these unfortunate countries how have they not been at the mercy of the fickle notions of this Eng- lish diplomatist and, his associates? He has also played this game with us, and wished to continue the same, but it has been abruptly checked. i In order to explain myself more clearly, I will commence with the armistice, concluded upon in Malmo, where it was agreed that in the duchies a governmentad interim should be established, half of the members chosen by the king of Prussia and the other halfby Denmark. 3 Such a government wasaccordingly empowered; but objections were made against those elected by us by the German inhabitants, who did not recog- a them, and elected their own creatures in their place. : It was furthermore decided that no new laws and no new taxes should be promulgated, but in lieu of that they commenced to establish hundreds of inovations, and among other things a new con- stituti lt was further decided at Malmo that Prussia should immediately pay from 30,0000 to 400,000 tha- lerscourant,asindemmity forthe contributionslevied in Jutland las: year ; but of this nota penny has been paid, In short, with the exception of the ex- change of prisoners, the conditions of the armis- tice, on the part of Germany, is in no way com. plied with, whereas we have truly fulfilled every engagement, and delivered up more than 100 mer- chant vessels. : 3 s Fortunately, we discovered, in due time, the treachery and bad faith of the Germans, (which they siyle die Deutsche Breaderkeit—German Frater- nity,) and the Island of Als was occupied by 10,000 Danes, whereby this point, to the provocation of our enemies, Was secured. Meanwhile the Germans—or, to use a better expression, the anti-Danish party, governed with the utmost barbarism the northern part of Schles- wick, (or the whole Danish speaking portion, which embraces more than the half of the duchy,) was plagued and tormented in the, most scandalous manner. All office holders, ministers, and school-teachers were replaced by the Germans, a war tax levied, those opposed to these. measures imprisoned ; in a word, this state of things could not be borne longer, and called forth insurrections in several quarters. In the village of Breus, for instance, the Germans made at attack on a party of unarmed country people, andjkilled and wounded over thirty. - The armistice, as is well known, was to be the means of negotiating a peace; but here again we see the indifference of Lord Pal- merston, as such negotiations did not com- mence until nearly at the expiration of the ar- mistice, for the Germans did not till then send a plenipotentiary, and, therefore, he proposed a re- newal of the armistice for three months longer. To this our igavrtaracns replied, that they could not agree, and now Lord Palmerston threatened us to throw up all his mediation; he would prevent us blockading German ports and bringing up German prizes; in short, he would enforce the claims of Germany, and used such strong terms, that the whole existence of Denmark seemed as ifat stake; yet our government were firm and paid little at- tention to his bravado. Then he apprehended that he had gone too far, and prevailed on Prussia to make us somewhat fairer propositions of prack claiming that Denmark unconditionally should pro- long the armistice up to the 16th April. To this our government answered:—*‘When the fortress of Rendsburg and the whole of Schleswig were sur- rendered to us, they would suspend hostilities, and on this basis open negotiations for peace.” The reply to this proposal could not reach Copenhagen until the 2d April, and till then we engaged to re- frain from any hostile demonstrations, The an- swer was, that it would take a longer time to arrange such terms, and, as a consequence, the war has commenced. This morning at haif-past four o’clock, a large detachment of our army crossed the Kongsaa, under the command of General Rye, and a still larger corps are on the eve of leaving Als to pene- trate into Schleswig. We have about fifty thou- sand regular troops on the frontiers, and a re- serve corps is to be raised of twenty-four thousand men._ ‘The German forces consist of twenty thou- sand Holsteiners, and eighty thousand confederate too, ready to act. ‘The blockade of German ports 1s declared from 5th April—say Cammin Swinemunde, Wolgast, Greifswalde, Stralsund, and Rostock; and from the 12th April, Pillau, Danzig, Elbe, Weser, and Jahde. Eleven German merchant vessels have oady been brought to Copenhagen. Our cor- vette Flora chased the whole of yesterday the Prussian steamer Der Preussishe Adler, which took refuge ina Swedish port. The greater por- tion of our fleet is already in activity, viz: the frigates Thetis, Rota, Bellona, Gefion, (since cap- tured by the Germans.—Ed, Herald.) Haffrun, Nymphen, and Tulla; each of these vessels have, besides the customary pieces of cannon, four forty pound bomb cannons. We have further, at sea, six corvettes, a number of smaller crafts, steamers, gun-boats, and gun-jots. Each gun-boat carries two sixty ht pound bomb cannons, and seventy men. Thes! ip oF the line, Christian VIII, of eighty- four guns, (since lost—Ed. Herald.) is stationed at Kiel, and the Skjold, and Dronning Maria, ships of the line, are being manned and equipped. The German government has bought, b the steamer United States, the steamers Britannia and Acadia, both to be armed with nine 68 und bomb cannons; they have anumber of gun- oats and smaller steamers, of from 150 to 200 horse power, ready, | a The conscription of soldiers here has been se- verely felt, and laborers wanted are substituted by Swedes. ; a How, in reality, our politics stand at present 18 of course unknown to a civilian; the public has expected aid from Russia, but no doubt too confi- dently, for the Autocrat certainly attends to his own interests first, before he thinks of others; meantime, it is said, he is faithful to our cause. Possibly there will be a new ministry in England, but Queen Victoria and Prince Albert will no doubt endeavor to give the same influence for the Ger- man interests. A brother of Prince Albert, the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, commands a detachment of German troops against us. It is strange, however, that John Bull, in this manner, will allow himeelf to be drawn by the nose, while his position might be precarious—it being pretty cer- tain that if we, which God forbid, should succumb in the war with Germany—Russia and France would undoubtedly come to our assistance, and then woe to England if she meddles in the busi- ness. No one now isafraid for England; it isa rotten egg, which must soon break. Our domestic polities are proceeding quietly; the new constitution 1s under debate, &c. &e. &c. oh $ P. 8. April 5.—Just now, as the mail is closing, I understand that a courier has arrived with ac- counts that a bloody engagement had commenced at Sundewith, and still going on when he left Alsen. besides Railway Intel a agiiee The amount invested in railroads situated, wholly or in part, in Massachusetts, is about $43,000,000. The Concord Railroad Company have declared a di- vidend of five per cent for the last six months. The friends of the North Carolina (or Central) Rail- road had a meeting at Raleigh, on Thursday last, ex- Governor Iredell, in the chair. The tknincs | was ad- dressed by the chairman, William Boylan, Esq., Gov. Morehead, Mr. Thomas, Senator from Davidson in the late Legislature, and Dr. McClanahan, of Chatham.— ‘The opening of books to receive subscriptions for stock, ‘was postponed until the Tuesday of Wake May County Court, when it in proposed to hold another county meet- ing, for the purpose of furthering the prosecution of the work. It was resolved to send three delegates from Raleigh, and one from each Captain’s district in Wake, to the convention to be held in Sal on the 4th day of June next. The formation of an Internal Im- ask a Association in Raleigh was also recom- mended, Hovse’s Terranapn.—This line, we understand, is to be completed by the middle of June. It runs from Boston to Providence, from there to Spring- field, and from thence to New York, via Hartford and Middletown. More than one-half ot the posts ef the entire route are already erected. This line is built for durability, and will, without doubt, be asuperior line. ‘The whole business community, ag well as the press, have repeatedly seen the want of this new line of telegraph.—Hartford Times. Turks Istanp.—We have been favored with Turks Island papers to the 2ist ult. We under- stand that the President is very much liked, and that is proceeding with his public duties with much caution ‘The meeting of the Legislative council for the “despatch of business,” is announced by proclamn- tion for the Ist of June, ‘There had been mueh rain at Turks’ Irlands; consequently no salt made. A chat in the weather had taken place, and the hopes of the people were raired. Professors Priolean and Frostham have been appoint- ed by the faculty of the Medical College of South n Caro, . to represent them im the nat phyitelans, wh ip to be held this day at Boston, Law Intelligence. Wasuinaton, April 28, 1849. CIRCUIT COURT. Before Judges Cranch, Moreell and Dunlap. Dinsman vs. Charles Wilkes, Commander of the United States Exploring Expedition. Owing to circumstances beyond our control, we were not present when this case was commenced, but from a friend who was, we gather the following condensed ac- count of the proceedings :— ‘The case was tried before this court, April 1845, the ori- ginal action being trespass, by # marine, in the Explor- ing Expedition, against its commanding officer. ‘The injury complained of, was punishment inflicted ‘on the plaintiit (Dinsman) by the defendant (Wilkes), In Now vember, 1840, for disobedience of orders, or a refusal to perform duty, when so directed ; the plaintiff claiming that the term for which he was bound to serve asa marine had at that time expired ; that the defendant had no right or justification to detain him longer on board, and that his refusal todo duty longer, being the only reason, and an insuflicient one, for punishing him— under such circumstances, he was entitled to recover damages of the defendant for subjecting him to receive twelve lashes, and a repetition of it, on a subsequent day, after another request, and refusal by him to obey; and likewise, in the meantime, for putting him in irons, and confining him in a native prison, on the island of Oahu. court found Capt Wilkes guilty of the charge, and he was fined in the sum of five hundred dollars damages, ‘The cuse was carried to the Supreme Court of the United States, and that tribunal reversed the decision of the Circuit Court, in the following words;—'The judgment below must therefore be rev: ed, and a venive de novo awarded, and the new trial be governed by the principles here decided. ‘The trial in 1845 was reported at large in the columns of the New York Herald, by our friend * the Doctor.” ‘The charge now against Captain Wilkes is malice, May for the plaintiff, Bradley for the defendant. Mr. May opened the case, by stating the grounds of the complaint, to wit:—that malice dictated the tions of Captain Wilkes in detaining the plaintiff in the Exploring Expedition, in causing him to be con- fined in a native prison on the Island of Oahu, and in punishing him for a refusal to perform du Mr. Bravvey replied, or stated the grounds of the defence. ‘The first witness for the plaintiff culled to the stand was Pencil, a marine belonging to the Exploring Expe- dition, He stated that ho was confined in the native prison; saw Dinsman there, and was punished for re- fusing to do duty, His testimony was given with a view to sustain the charge against the defendant. Lieut. Pinceney testified that he was a licutenant in the Exploring Expedition; visited Dinsman in prison, but not officially, being ut the time under an arrest. His evidence was much the same as that of Pencil, tending to sustain the charge against the defendant. He stated that he visited the men confined in the na- tive prison to ascertain their condition; and be was of the opinion that the action of Cuptain Wilkes in the watter of confining the prisoners on shore, was tyran- nical, and savored of persecution. Mr. Wacken, who was first lieutenant of the Peacoc' testified that the vessels of the Exploring Expeditio while at Honolulu, were ina condition to secure any number of prisoners less than her crew; the ships were fully provided with the means of confining men, and all appliances; that there was no open spixit. of insubor- dination among the men; at first, he did not know the plaintiff, and the next miment remarked that he knew him yery well. On being examined by the counsel for the defence, he admitted that one man at least had to be confined in the coal hole on board the Peacock, and that there were always some confined in the brig (a place of incarceration.) Lieut. Dr Haven, who was attached to the Exploring Expedition, eaid that he did not know much about the affair, but thought that it was not necessary to confine the men on shore. On the second day of the trial, the only witness exa- mined was Lieut. Walker, ‘The most of the time was oceupied in debate by the respective counsel, arising out of the defendant effering as evidence a document signed by six of the officers of the Peacock, setting forth that several of the crew were insubordinate for a long time previous to the arrival of the vessels at Oubu, and frequently mutinous in their conduct, which the court decided’ was legal evidence. Walker's evidence was, principally, to the effect that there was no insub- ordination on board the Peacock. ‘To-day, Walker was again on the stand. No evi- dence was given differing from that of yesterday, ex- cepting that he was very particular in stating that the crew of the Peacock were more than usually attentive to duty, remarkably submissive, and yery obedient; in fact, he never saw such a crew.’ Most of the time was oceupied by the counsel on each side, arguing whether it would or would not be proper to permit Walker to give his opinion as to the condition #f the crew, whe- ther subordinate or otherwise, basing said opinion upon the remarks in the log books of the vessels, Without coming to any conclusion on this subject, an adjourn- ment of the court took place until Monday. G. Texas In MurRpERS ON THE FRONTIER.— The Western Texian of the 29th says that three | Mexican boys, who were out hunting cattle on the Leona, some six or eight miles below the infantry encampment, were attacked by a party of Indians, supposed to be Lipans, when one of them was killed, another taken prisoner ; the third made his escape, and gave information to the troops. A command was sent out—the body was found, but the Indians had fled. bs The Western Texian states that the citizens of San Antonio have determined on exhuming the re- mains of the heroes of the Alamo, for the pur, of re-interring them in a more suitable place. The 21st inst., the anniversary of the battle of San Ja- cinto, is the day arranged on for the ceremonies. A quarrel occurred at San Antonio on the 22d ult., in which a man named Benjamin Likens was shot dead. Capt. Coleman, in endeavoring to part the combatants, was wounded by the ball that killed Likens, : : A heavy gale was experienced at San Antonio on the 30th ult. Several small buildings were in- jured ; but, according to the Texian, no damage had been heard of to fife or limb, though there were fears that there had been to both. . We regret to learn that the crops have been se- riously injured by cut-worms and birds. Many planters have been compelled to re-plant their corn three or four times, and their cotton has been cut down, as if the army worm were Ue iy the country. Many of the gardens have been desolated by these destructive insects. The crops on the Trinity are some two weeks later than usual. The cut-worm has done con- siderable damage, but the recent rains have very much enhanced the prospects of this year’s crop. Capt. Brower, as we learn from the Lavaca Journal, 1s engaged on a project to build a steamer to trade between that port and New Orleans. The cost ef such a vessel is estimated at $50,000; one- half of which it is designed to raise by subscriptions from Western Texas merchants. ‘ 8. Thempson, late of New Haven, Conn., died at San Luis, on the 5th instant, aged thirty years. : ‘The Hous ton Herald has the following notice of a new enterprise. It says:—‘*Our friends who are employed in stock grazing will soon have an ac- tive demand for all their fat stock. We under- stand that two drovers ;from our sister State, Louisiana, have been travelling through the coun- try, making arrangements for the purchase of fat stock, for the supply of the New Orleans market. One of these gentlemen informs us that he had already made contracts with Harris & Morgan’s line of packets for their shipment, but he not made up his mind which was the most. advan- tageous point for his operations, Galveston or In- dian Point. We are also informed that a gentle- man who has purchased the patent rights for Louisiana and Texas, to pack beef on the plan pursued at the Fulton market, New York, is making active prepararions to put up the neces- sary buildings to enable him to kill and pack from 25,000 to 30,000 head of cattle’ during the year. Indian Point is the locality selected for his opera- tions. It willbe some time before the buildings can be erected, but by this patent, which enables the packer at all times to keep the ‘air, by the aid of ice, at a temperature of 33 degrees in his slaughter and packing houses, the operations can be proceeded with, without interruption, ea out the year. This is, decidedly, good news for our friends, for competition must increase the value of stock—the immense quantity of which the emigrant meets, on his way to the upper county, is generally a source of wonder to him, especially if fe be from Eur No country in the world affords better facilities for the raising of stock than Texas. All they require is occasional herd- ing, to make them gentle—Nature, in her bounty, supplying food throughout the year.” ‘ontinual mention is made of companies bound for California, but no developement has been made as to the eligibility of different routes. The supply of mules is rather short for the numbers traversing the State. oe The canvass for the fallfelections is already opened. Governor Wood consents again to run for the Chief Magistracy of the State. Governor Runnells is a candidate for Congress in Mr. Pils- bury’s district. Mr. Pilsbui imself will run again ; and Col. Jos. S. Hansborough has begun 4 address the people, offering himself for the same place. Avyotuer. Destructive Fire.—In a postscript to a portion of our last Friday’s publication, we inti- mated the entire destruction by fire, about two o'clock that morning, of the Milton Mills, on the river Humber, about 7 miles from this eity, the property of William Gamble, Eaq. Also, the store houses, offices and sheds, and about 7,000 barrels of four. The circumstances at- tending this fire are such as to leave no room to doubt that it was the work of incendiarism. ‘The apartment occupied by the miller, inanadjoining tavern where he boarded, was entered during the night, when he was asleep, and his watch and some other things carried away; 0 store room attached to the house of Mr Gam- ble, a short distanee from the mill, was also entered, and several packages of garden sceds were mixed tow ether, and then seattered over the garden,.—Zoronto Canada) Colonist, April 24. Visit or THE Ex-Kixa or Sannixta to Amr nica.—Charles Albert, who has reached Madrid on his way to Oporto, docs not intend, as some of sag on pers have given out, to reside in the latter city, Per- fons who are sequainted intimately with his move- ments, have stated his intentions to be to leave Europe entirely, and following the examples of Louis Philippe and other monarchs who have had the misfortune to lose their crowns, take refuge in the United States of America, which, on many accounts, present vory desirable advantages. We believe that bo) ex-King, after a rhort 4 rn at O; will sail direct for New York, ana intends to sp some time in travel threugh the States. No place, we believe, has been fixed upon for his permanent » Hotels at Saratoga. (From the Saratoga Republican, April 27.) 7 THE U. S. HOTE The improvements about this establisament are Upon @ most extensive seale, and are of such a de- scription that its numerous friends will be pleased to aw them. ‘The proprietors are now in the process of con- structing a building 144 feet long tet 4 feet wide. on Division street, west of the present north wing. When these improvements are completed, the en- tire length of this house on this street will be about 500 feet. The basement of this addition will contain a se- parate kitchen, bake room, pastry room, &e., for its special use. The first floor will contain the bar room for the whole house, and seven dining rooms, are of dining from 25 to 70 people each. he proprietors intend here to give meals at any hour required, which can be easily done without interfering with the arrangements of the other part of the house, as the supplies, cooking, and attendance for this part, will be entirely separate and distinet. a he second floor is occupied entirely for a ball- room and two reception rooms, one for ladies and one for gentlemen. The ball-room will be one of the most magnificent in the Union. It is 102 feet long, 40 wide, and 22 feet high in the clear, lighted and aired by 21 windows, 18 feet high, and reach- ing to the floor. On each side of this building is za the whole length, with a deck roof on a ith the floor of the bail-room, so that per- sons ie out through these windows, to this delightful promenade, without disturbing the amusements of the assembly room. No pains or expense will be spared to finish this room in a style corresponding with the general features of this princely establishment. ‘The third story is divided into large and spacious sleeping roen ¥ a ‘The assembly room will furnish, what has long been wanted at Saratoga, a suitable place for con- certs; and we congratulate the lovers of fine music, that they will be able to listen this season to the melody of the fair songstresees of our large cities; with a comfort and pleasure hitherto unknown at Saratoga. i We also congratulate the lovers of good hving,that they now will be able to gratify their wishes, early or late, undisturbed by the noise and, confusion which must of necessity arise, where six hundred people are dining in one room, With these arrangements, we cannot see how the United States Hotel, at Saratoga Springs, can be substantially improved. 3 ‘The apartments in the present ‘portion of the hotel, will be entirely relieved from the noise and annoyance of the ball and bar room. ‘The present dining room will be relieved Of the crowd und confusion of six hundred guests at one meal. Those fond of good dinners and old wines, can be gratified ut such hoursas will suit their own convenience and pleasure, and with associates of their own selection. The dancing portion of our fashionable visitants will have a most spacious and splendid saloon appropria exclusively to their gratification and enjoyment. The house will be open for the reception of com- pany on the first day of June. . . UNION HALL. The innovating hand of time has made some im- portant changes, as well in the persons to conduct, as in the general appearance of Union Hall, within the past year. Rockwell Putnam, one of the for- mer proprietors of this popular establishment, has disposed of his interest therein, to be succeeded by Ii. H. Wathorn—and Washington Putnam, under whose immediate supervision, in connection with his brother, this hotel has prospered for years past, has been removed by deat leaving his place to be filled by his widow. Tie ieee proprietors, Mrs. Wachington Patnam and Henr il, Hathorn® have announced that this honse will be open for com- pany on Monday, the 22d of May next, and we take pleasure in assuring the public, that if changes were to be made, the management of this establishment could not have been committed to better hands. Mrs. P. has presided over the female department arly a quarter of a century, and is as well qualified for a landlady as any other woman in the world. Her partner in the hotel, Mr. Hathorn, formerly a popular merchant, of sound integrity and great business capacity, brings to his present sta- tion all the essential qualificationsfor an agreeable and competent landlord. . The friends of Union Iall, and their name is le- gion, may rest assured that the house will be kept as well as it has been hitherto, and that no efforts will be wanting to retain the patronage and good will of all its patrons. , i Since Jast season, the main building hasbeen extended 40 feet on Broadway, adding ta its for- mer extensive accommodations a new parlor, 40 by 36 feet and 15 feet high, making in all a parlor feet long and 36 feet wide, and a number of new and pleasant lodging rooms. The principal drawing room has also been en- ‘ tirely re-painted, re-papered, and a otherwise thoroughly improved, an added. new rooms have been The private family cottaass have been removed to amore retired and shaded position within the gerden where they now command a view from al the front of the whole grounds, and that portion of Broadway in the vicinity of Congress Sorin, e ‘This extensive establishment occupies a-frontage of 400 feet on Broadway, and the same on Con- gress street, $n . The spacious saloons, dining halls and piazzas, and also the delightful garden and pleasure grounds, cover above four acres of. land, while its close tbe gesnny to Congress Spring (being about 200 feet west) renders it a most enviable locality. The whole, building has again undergone thorough repair, and the whole establishment has been thoroughly renovated by the painter, and every depaitment furnished with all possible re- rae to taste and convenience, which, it is confi- ently believed, united with the personal exertions of the proprietors, will give entire satisfaction, and insure the continuance of a liberal patronage. im , CONGRESS HALL. The spirit of improvement and reform, so cha- Tacteristic of Saratoga, has overtaken the pro- prietor of Congress Hall; and the judicious changes and alterations now going forward in this vene- rable establishment indicate, pretty clearly, that he is not unmindful ef the necessity of keeping up with the style and fashion of the age, nor in- different to the wants, comforts, and convenience of his numerous patrons. Among the improve- ments about his hotel, 1s a new and graceful front piazza, with full front windows of the largest size glass, and extending from the ceiling to the floor, and rendering the parlor and dining hall exceed- aap cote and al t e upper story, too, has been much improved, and the whole establishment has been modernized, and is being put in complete order for the recep- tion of company. Its external as well as internal appearance has been essentially improved. Its gardens and pleasure grounds have been subjected tothe skill of a practised artist, and everything which good taste could suggest and liberality pro- vide, has been bestowed upon this time-honored establishment, to render it equal to any other hotel in this country. Its proximity to the far-famed Congress fountain, (its shade pleasure grounds extending nearly to the spring,) makes it always a desirable locality for strangers. The warm and cold mineral and fresh water baths are among the comforts attached to this hotel. The immediate supervision of this celebrated establishment is committed to W. R. Brown, one of the most ac- complished landlords anywhere to be found. His management of this house for the past two or three years, is a sufficient guaranty that its guests will be well provided with everything to render them comfortable snd epey while there. His tables are always bountifully provided with the very best the markets and season afford, and liquors and wines may be had by those who de- sire. In short, it is his design not to be behind any of his competitors in ‘anything which cancon- tribute to the comfort of his patrons. To this end, he has made an arrangement with the conductors of the U.S. Hotel, by which the same band of music will alternate between the two hotel, and Old Congress will be enlivened with balls and dancing parties every other evening during the 4 season, ‘ The house will be open for company about the Ist of June. the choicest of Returning Cartroryians.—The brig Leander, which arrived at thls port this morning, from Ber- muda, 6th inst., brings as passengers, Charles Jones, James Rogers, Benjamin Dart and John Harris, who left New York in the steam propeller Hartford, for, Califorma, which vessel put into Bermuda in distress, after experiencing several se- vere hurricanes, as before reported. We learn from Mr. Jones, one of the passengers, that when they left Bermuda, the Hartford was about re aired, and would sail for San Francisco on the 0th of March, touching at Rio Janeiro. It was doubtful, however, whether she would get further than the latter port. About twenty-five of her passengers had left her, and twenty-five would sail in her for their original destination. Mr. Jones’s statemenis as to the fare on board a California ves- sel are by no, means of a promising nature, ani would, if rons rather throw a damper upon future emigrants. ‘Those who return, of course, lose not only their time, but whatever they have expended, One of them very energetically observed: —**T can’t help thinking what a great fool I have been.”"—Boston Traveller, April 26. Gop Mise Exriopen.—The Frontier Guardian the new Mormon paper at Council Elat oy” that since last fall much excitement has existe” ... that region relative to a supposed gold mine yered near that place. The “gold” turns out to be a mixture of zinc and copper, and the Guardian, advises ita friends to relingsssb Ue “« diggings,” and turn their attention to digging for cor tatoes.—Detroit Daily Advertiser: