The New York Herald Newspaper, December 17, 1849, Page 2

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Bowery—Twe Tunez Qvanve~ mux~—Mose, Jow ann Jac eeneenwar THEATRE, Broadway—Hawier — Erow BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers stroot—Mervinus Bar My Fatnen-SeRious Fauiy- Lavenine live. NATIONAL THEATRE, Ct Guaky-Swopen Taovenr Our urIO eee roadway—THE WATERMAY— 2 ‘76—A Bory Srnoke FOR s Huspany—La- Chatham « Prantom BRE ADE: MECHANIC'S MALL~Cuniory's Mixernass, AMERICAN NUSEUM—. x sive Penvonsances Byx~ RY A¥TERNOON AND Eve’ CIRCUS, Astor Placo—EquesTRiAN PenvoRMANces, MIINESE MUSEUM.~-Guipvor's PANORAMA ov THE The Foreign News. The telegraph line beyond Calais, Maine, is still out of order; hence we are without any intelli- gence of the Hvbermia. We may expect her at this port at any hour after 12 0 k to-night. Phe Proceedings at Washington, Thisis the commencement of the third week of the session, and as yet the House of Represen- | tatives at Washington has not succeeded in eflect- ing 4n er ation or electing a Speaker. To- day, the struggle between the parties will be re- commenced, and in to-morrow’s paper we shall give the result, ifany is arrived at. The Senate have shown their sense in declining to wait any longer nthe House, and going to work on executive business. aie New Appointments and the United States Senate, The Senate at Washington having patiently awaited the organization of the other branch of the national legislature, for two weeks, and no Speaker having been elected, have determined, it appears, to go to werk and transact such business as they can legislate upon without the action of the House. Aceordingly, they appointed a com mittee on Saturday, to wait upon President Taylor, and inform him that their bedy had organized, end was ready to receive any executive communt- cation that he might have to transmit. This pro- ceeding b taken place, it is expected that the President will send im a batch of nominations to the Senate, this morning, for their action. A great many of the nominees of the present administra- tion, who have been shivering in their shoes for months past, will, therefore, soon know their fate, and either be allowed to hold on to theit offices, or receive a coup de grace that will be more summary than eeuble to their sensibilities, od deal of fcuriosity in. this region 10 know the fate of the appointments that have been conferred on Col. Webb, the Minister to Aus- tna, end Mr. Maxwell, the Collector of the port. Some soy that neither one nor the other has the eact chance of being confirmed, while others ex- There isa gi press en opinion that both will be cenfirmed. Oar own opinion, founded on reliable information, is that Col. Webb will be certainly rejected, and that | f Mr. Maxwell escapes, it will be by the “skin of his teeth.” A great many complaints have been made against | e y s the menner in which Mr. Maxwell has managed as hisown. There was a promise then given him that his salary would be raised also, but that pro- mise was never redeemed, netwithstanding his extra labors and. exertions during the plague last summer. He applied, some fortnight or three weeks ago, to the Council for an increase to at least $2,000, but his application was shelved, so as to get rid of it without a discussion upon its merits, and nothing has been heard of it since. There is toomuch reason to believe that at the bottom of this unfair- ness there 18 an animus against him,arising out of his endeavors to purify the city during the ravages o! the pestilence, and his consequent popoularity; while the remisness of the Board of Health, and their connivance at nuisances, incurred for them the odium of the public. Had the City Inspector made himeelf subservient to private interests, and neglected the public welfare, he would probably have had his demand granted at once, and receive, besides, some compensation for his extra exertions during the swnmer and fall. The Resident Physi- cian, who receives a salary of $1,000 from the State, and whose office is almost a sinecure, was presented by the Common Couneil with a dona- lon of $1,000, and the physician of Staten Island, who fillsa similar situation, $500, for their services during the cholera, though no person would think of comparing what either of these gentlemen did, for amount or difficulty, with what devolved on the City Iospeetor. He was at his post day and night, and employed an additional clerk at his own expense, in order to get through the accumulating prees of business; and though the law did not re- quire it, (/or he was only obliged to keep his office open every working day, from 9 tll 5 o’clock,) yet he gave his evenings and his Sundays cheerfally to the public service, risking his health and hislife in the discharge of his duty. But the Common Couneil have given him no compensation. Is this even-handed justice? There 1s not one of the de- partments more important that his. It involves the health and lives of the people, and embraces vital statistics, which are of the utmost value to medi- cal science; and Dr. Whuite’s reports, in this re- spect, are extremely interesting, and constitute a new feature, which had been wholly neglected be- fore. in a word, the onerous daties of the office were never perforined as he performs them. We are no friends of extravagant expenditure, and we have often had oceasion to censure the cheese-paring, penny-wise, pound-foolish squan- dering of the public money; butin this, asin every other department, the true economy, the way to best serve the public interests, isto give a fair, and even aliberal sulary, and to secure competent, upright, pains-taking men, who will give a guid pro quo. We care note fig for the City Inspector more than for any of the other heads of departments; we gave him credit in the summer months, when he was right, and we are as free to censure him to-morrow, if he fails in his duty. Dut we can easily see that fair play has not been shown him in the preseat in stonce, and as chroniclers of passing events, we feel beund to publish the fact. Taxation |tn New York—Incquality and Evils of the Present Asscssment System. A few days since we gave a list of the valua- tions of the real estate occupied as hotels, In this city, with some other promment buildings. The list attracted much attention, as it showed great inequalities in the valuations by the assessors, and proved the importance of adopting some new mode of valuation, for the purposes of taxation. We now give a list of the valuations by the as- sessors, of the buildings and lots occupied by the beoke, and some of the insurance companies, with a few other noted buildings :— by: sessed Vatu Mechanics’ Bank, Wall street Phenix Bank. American Exchange Bank, ‘Wall street. N.Y. Lite and Trust Com; Leather Menafacturers’ Bank, Seine. . Seventh Ward Bank, Pearl street. Fulten Bank, Banking Association, Wali jireet.¢ 50,000 st Bank 45,000 Bank of Commerce 4 5, | Bank of State of N. ¥.5 One buildiog « 115.000 | the administration of the Custom House since his appointment, as well as against the way in which | he has distributed the offices of thgt famous estab- libment. The merchants are very loud in their complaints, and say that there never was a time when they encountered so many difficulties aad | Bowery B annoyances, in transacting their business, as they do at present, arising from the appointment of iaef- ficient av persons in the subordinate de- partments, end new arrangements that have been | introduced, of a narrow-minded and lawyer-like | Howard Fire Ineurance Co., cherecter. The last species of complaint that has been made « I: Maxwell’s management, is that all the } e of passengers arriving at this port, is transierred, by Ins order, to the public | Tent stores, and then examined before it is delivered to the owners. It 18 then examined minute! any ariicle which, in the opinic his assistants, is not, properly speaking, lug is teken poseeteion of, and the owner ie ¢ to muke ntry of it in the Custom I pay duty on it; King, #1 of the Collector o age, an unde i merean men well know, acce ed with « great of trouble, annoyance, vexation and expense, expe- cally tc ngers. This certainly looks very such an extent is this vexstious Mr er like; law pre thet nd te ing carried by one care gee gage, even to her dirty cle ou d ond minutely examined which, we venture to say, most despotic countr to the interests of the revenue with a vengeance ; but we cun hardly suppose that Uncle Sam is so youd of insist u his subordinates | overhouli tticoats and linen, for con- trot iticles, and discovering, as they do ia al- moet all cases, nothing but « mare's nest. But, os we have already said, all the new ap- pointmenis will soon know their fate, Mr. M well and Colonel Webb iacluded. The nomuin tore will be subinitted to the Senate, from day to day, in bate mmencing, in all probability, this morning. A few days wall develope the extent ot the operations ef the guelfotine in the Sena- toriel chamber IamquaL uk Sacaries ov Igans or De Tur Crry Insrneron a glance at the following, at once struck with the in Par mon © the reader will quality of the salaries of the heads of departments in our city goveramer fe Head of Poltee Department ation... .. eee MENTS - From be + $3,000 ) 2000 2000 + 1500 foner of 8 . - 1600 Inepe Now, here without a ec ance of the off cer. The Counse has $3,500, with |i sosibilty, and no Jabor bey ond what he is well paid for in fees. costs of suits alone would coastitut # me income; while the Comm and Lampe, whose duties, if properly discharged, are of a very arduous nature, draws | the trewsury But the salery of the City Inepector, wh ought to stand among the highest in the | lowest of all. Why this is the case, no int Peason can be assigned. It appears that a! salaries of city officers were cut down by the mative party, when w came into temporary power, in 1844, and the salary of the City Inspec ‘was reduced from $1,609 to $1,000. Last spring, the salaries of the other officers were raived by the Common Council, and evem the salary of the inequality in quality in the ia vonstbility of th the Corporat or no re hand- lone of Streets ay r qhere ee. Maxwell's officials, | we are informed, a lady passea- | } ano Tux Con | B The | be browg 1 $1.500from | | ( bemies! Bank, Broadway... . ‘Tradesmen’s Bank, Chatham street. .... 4.4 | North Kiver bank, Greenwieh street. 15,000 | Merchants’ &. rr 15,000 5 street. ¢ 12000 | | Bucehers’ aud Drovers’ Bauk, Bowery. 46,000 ky 12.000 Nechuvice’ and Traders’ Bank, Gran 19,000 | Day Deck Bank, 4 D. Savings Dank, Chambers street. | Sesmen’s Seving Bank, Wall street. owery Saving Bauk, Bowery. New Vork Fire ipsuranee Co.. Wall Bireet . Kuicker booker do. « American Life and Trust Co, « Engle Fire Insurance Co. “ Greenwieb Fire Insurance Co , Hudson street. | Mereba Journal ef Commerce stores, &e., We shall leave the parties mterested ia these asvescments, to draw such infercaces from them as | of the taxation, and the extremely loo.e manner in which the aeseasments are made. quality is clear. But how is it to be re Toe answer is, by instituting a reform ia the a eesement system, by wh ali real estate shall b proportionably 4 5 of conducting eur municipal affairs. We took occasion, recently, to point out | evils arising from another feature of our pre: assessment system, and showed that while persons taxed heavily for the support of our city eras ment, those who reside in Brooklya, Williams- burg, Jeisey City, and other neighboring places, are exempt, and, therefore, have an uadue advan- | tage over those who reside within the city limits. then we have taken the trouble to compile a het of persons who transact business in this city, reeide in it, and are, theretore, exemp* tion. The following is the result of our t do no! fron ta laborss— Brooklyn... .. Willininsburg. « Jersey City State Newerk Hoboken New Jersey Sing Sing. Glen Cove, N Briggeport, Ct. Moertieoia Greenpor Gowanus... ... ad the owners of pe creonal | property who reside in Burope, we have the fact before us that some five thousand persons who own propefty and transect business in the city of New York, ere exempt from taxatioa, and do net contril of the muni- cipe not residents het ‘The is vot only giving them an undae and re over the resident merchant or s out inducements for ull our ts to abandon New York, and No litle proof could be fur Conmeetiou lecluding te anything to the expense government, because they are | imptoper | extensive mere reside elvewhere, ion, for instance, | bithed of the necessity of amending the present | aseeetinent syeten | and we hope the eubject will t to th attention of the proper authori-+ ties at the earliest moment possible, in order that the reform, which is so much wanted, may be ob- | tained. We have received the Diarie Apviers prom Havana de la Marina, of Havens, to the Tth inst. inclusive. It We gave | does not contain @ word of polltion! mews | the marine intelligense in the Herold of yesterday ne me plases, knees at the jointa tely de: troyed. Some ° Up wore seed, upoa the pre sumption thet “4 is mow tp will be utterly destroyed Others think that none wilt revelve damage exoopt what wae put up in the eariy part of the seucon are informed that the de ~tsuetion of the #eed cane at Aseistant of the City laspector was raised as high) Pause teint is very genera ibute to the expense | Affairs in Central America—Sketeh of the Five Central States. The startling events now transacting on the strip of land between North and South America, are such as naturally to draw the attention of the public, and lead to many inquiries into the history and past position of this interesting and important region. Although Great Britain cast her eyes upon this spot, with her usual cupidity, along time ago, yet she did mot act de- cidedly and offensively in her aggressions, until the United States, with characteristic keenness, entered into a treaty with the government of Honduras, secured the Island of Tigre, and began to prepare to construct canal, to connect the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, by the wey of the lake of Nicaragua. This pears to have inflsmed the jeelousy, and stirred up all the rage and envy, of England. The course England bas 50 lately taken, bas drawn universal attention to- wards Central America; and we purpose, in some de- gree, to eatisfy this natural craving for informati: We will begin with the following brief summary of the STATES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. Independence was declared September 21, 1821. scperaved from the Mexican confederation July 1, ‘Treaty of union between Guatemala, Honduras, Nica- regua, and Salvador October 7, 1842. —— of Guatemala from the others, February i Seated is divided into seventeen departments, namely :-— Popul i ion. 83800 Population, art 000 Guatemala, Total. .... . ..935,000 San Salvador is sompored of four departments :—San Salvador, or Cuscatlan, with four, Sonsonati, with tive, San Miguel, with four, Sam Vicenti, with three dis- tricts. The population timated ut 363,000. boggy od has five dep rtments, with sixteen dis tricts, Population 463,000, Costa Riva is dividud into eight districts. Popula- tion 195.000. It was constituted an indepeddeat State on the 30th of April, 1848, Hondures has seven departments, namely :— ‘Population, ~ Population, + 85.000 ++ 45.000 » 45.000 35,000 + 393,000 RECAPITULATION OF POPULATION. Gvatumal San Salvador Nicaragua, . Aggregate population. ..... +2,167,000 It thus appears that Central America is composed of five #8, which are: Honduras, San Salvador, Nicara- gua, Guatelama, and Costa Ri The principle of States rights seems to prevail too strongly among these States, and the general government uot to have toree and centralisation enough, Asa It of such a state of thipgs.the union between the States is uncertainand precarious, and frequent collisions, amounting to civil war, kayo taken place between them. Only so late a3 1648, the little State of Nicaragua, contaiaing not quite two thousand rquare miles, aad little more than & population of three hundred thousand, declared war against its sister State of Costa Rica When we speak of the population of these couutries, the reader must bear in mind what sort of a popula- tion it ix, or he will draw very erroneous inferences.— ‘The population is @ mixed breed, half of it consisting of what are called Ledinos, who are half-breeds - the offepring of Indians and whites; the otter half is made up of Indians, and a sprinkling of mulattos and ne- grees. With such @ population, we ought rather to admire the degree of civilization they have attained, than to wonder at- the ruden and barbarism with which they may be reproached. The happy influence which the Americans from the United States have lately exercised upon them—the formation of @ oom- peny from New York, to unite the two oceans by a capal—the treaties wade with them on the part of our government by Mr. Squier, and the prospects of advan. | tage held out to them by sueh a close connection with the people of the United States, has had the eifect of allaying the petty jealousies existing among them, of opening thelr minds te other and greater aspirations, and cf uniting them together in the one object and | ricans, and raising it toa respectable rank and station ameng the uations. It 1s much to be regretted that the policy of the Britieh agents thonld lead them to step in to thwart these noble views, as if to show a de- termination that their country shall not be benefitted at all, if the United States are in any degree to be the ost ruments of conferring the benefit upon them, Central America, composed of these five States, | is appropriately named, as it Mes precisely in the gentre of the two great continents of North | and South America, being the connecting link be- 11,009 | | tween them, It declared its independence in the yeur 1821, on the 2ist of September, having previously formed part of Mexico, from whichit separated in 1823, which year is by some dated as the year of its indepen. dence Since this period, however, the disuaion anong the five States bas beea such that they hare each | formed separate governments, at eonstamt warfare with ch other, until Intterly, under the bappy influences of America, they bave determined te form a close® | union and commissioners met for that purpose in the | early part of the fail of the present year, and signed | articles for a new confederation, Guatemala and Costa ! } epee of British agents, ambitio Our object is to show the inequality | Rica were invited to eome in, but they sent no com- missioners, their governments belog unger the indu- having resided @ few years im the country, and some power aud influence over the simple natives, feol themecives to be the undoubted Brithih government, | end get accordingly, with as much arrogance and im | United States has frequently imposed upon aud d | between Mex! _ | who do bueimess in this city, aad reside ia it, are | pudence, and exect and receive ee much homage and | reepeet, as if (hey were in fact that British goveroment iteelf, Under this fatal influence, the usion of the States has been retarded, ‘the jeatoury of the British agents against the ccived the people of Central Ame ‘They ondea. vored even to instigate them to mingle ta the combat d the United States, aud tu espouse the cause of the former. Jervery, Ist ea. & good ate project a Uributed to ex ber of the L. to indemaify rial Requisitions we wight make from east, by giving over to her rule a. The sunject war but eli say upon . however, tat Moudoray was ia to tffoot the Purpare Of her Prestacnt, g the li eonvedstacy, f ced, that there did wot A Mexico any treaty 0 1 relation: * CbbRRU FY ne Ce of pence and ioatemala war, therelones & © extinct federal republic of and fr About (bis perked, Honduras was more inctined to favor the liritich, aud submit to them, than attend to ite own interests. Since then, it has opened iv red into treaty with us, adopted the polley of vatemala, and a¢ & hind of recompense for her loan! ds the United States, and laying aside for t prejudices, the Britich have rewarded her by selrt open ker elties, and tearing down het flag. a4 was re corded in the New York Herald of yesterday. ‘The condect of the British in seleing upon a por. tion of the const of Central Amerios, called the Mov. quite rhore, and claiming it for he if as aa indepen dent country, on the pretence of a grant from au old inden residing on the conct, hat alceady been tele known aud commented upon by the pubile press of this country, They have now.taken up the of the old Indian, or negro, ome way that he dadved bim a king-and, under shad, w of his name, pretend The ntral Americas Nicaragaa, © now to claim the country from ( States cf Hondur Guatemal Rica, end Sslvador. remonstrated unitedly agaiast t's ururpation and seizure of their country, although Corte Rica is now wholly under the Diitich, and promises to aid Evgland ia her clain on fen Juan Of all the States of Central America, Gastemals seems to be the most important, and to have acted fairs have been well condueted ander the able admi- | | ‘ | bhirg of tile wate to ustban Cubs. Hondurasie famous for its logwood; and it wil! bes remarkable coincidence, that if (as is very probable) the conduct of the British in Honduras es related in the Herald of yesterday, should lead toa war, it will be the second time that the country of Hon- duras bas done the same thing. In the reign of Queen Anne, above # hundred years ago, the British got into a war with Spain, for the privilege of cutting log- wood in the Bay of Campeachy, a port of Honduras, whieh eventusted in @ general European war, only terminated by the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. Honduras fo the largest peo ‘ovinge in Central America, ‘Phe ih is extromely fruitiul; it abounds with cern, both Eg ean and Indisn; its pastures ary td and fine, and Msintain vast quantities of catth rivers of this Mineo, most of them, overtiow, like the Nile, and. contribu ter ard enten richness of the soil, Ite cipal 1commod x ore wax, Vigonia weal. Joanta., Be » besides gold f acini anciently, = tain than thors is ince bei ‘wore, oat, aud wiih them the mee alto. It produce: os nansiiles of extra ordincry large gourds or alabas ras; and tl and reat cupe of this count) the promontory of the den ei Ah countey tel ov oni ards immediately after the ith vines are oat Ageia, and therceend "ls ax Tipe before Christmas. Th ancient inhabitants, extremely slothful, sowed 60 tparinzly, that they ‘were often in went, anil forced to feed ‘on rovts, and even on vermin and cat onal was once Fie afl populous, th iards. Th toad pointe at the end: the other rand ‘The east part of this province is ossess ed by the Morquitcs, ‘The Mosquito kingdom is also rather an Interesting part of Central America; and as the English are al- ready in possession of the territory, a sketch of the country will be foteresting. It should be borne in mind, however, that the account fs an English ons ‘The Mosquites is ® small nation of Indians, never Sonqumest by the Spaniarde; tated as to render y attempts winded on all inacces jountains; and b; eals und socks; besides, they haye euch an implacable hatred to the iubumenity snd cruelty in destroying many ‘millions of thelt neighbors, that they never have any correspondence wih ihems fit whsasver “th tnissionay her agevte aa ie them, ut them to and virtue, a maniwho hath once deceived mae detelisk Midreed Moaeer iam tone re wile. with whom they never part, unless for aduliery, hich ts very elder known amonget them; and ao great & Feuar’ is shown to thove who ‘that Tiftiven to them, even from the elder tu the Younger, latver happens to be married and the other is not. When t Dukeof Alvermate was Governor of Jumaica, the Mosqui ght, themselves F the protection of the crow vitein, and th i Tee under the seal of thet islam Hteruy Jn thelr alliauee with the them on many cecasions. When th heir gooe te Jamaice, with tirce o ceriity that bu is next jn Bicod, and x mission to be King of the Mosquitos; an he is not anc wlesget by them, thou ing unten they ore ‘and very useful to ing dics, the next male if principal men, to ves in fra & com AL this is 0! more than & nomi Tibe theavpport of himeelt Me bath, irdeed, seme distinction shown bi ‘and thon prevents wade bia 1 by the Governor of Ja Begin tnders, who frequently touen theres Nelther hain be 8% er heard of a that belones te we +h ‘ Nish nama. Our se the tues of some ot our | br principal nobility. When these countries were under the dominion of Spain, the whole was cailed the audience of Guatamala, and Guatemala bas ever rince been huld in the first 1apk of the several States which were formerly parts of it. There are many beautiful lakes in this fine country, which also abounds with gold and silver. The chief of there lakes ts that of Nicaragua. It is 120 miles long by 40 broad, and communicates with the Caribbean Sea, in the waters of the West Indies, by the river St. Juan. On the other side of this lake, the dis- tance by land tothe Pecife Ocean is only 13 miles ‘There it is that the New \ ork Company has begun its operations to unite the Pacific and Atlautic Ocean » through the lnkes St, Leon and Nicaragua, The history cf Centra! America is summed up in f words. Under Spain it obtained more importance than it has ever had since its independence, It first formed a part ofthe Mexican confederation; then, in 1821, became independent; since which period, till the present mo- ment, when the questions of Mosquito, Honduras, Sal- vador and Nicaragua have arisen, it has slept away its life iu tropical indolenee, like the great boa constric- tor, when his stomach is full, But now, if we mistake not, Central America will rise into incalculable tmpor- tance and dignity. Two enterprising nations, like Eng- Tend and the United States, contending for the eom- mercial supremacy there, will give new life to the peo. ple, and bring out the resources of the country. Pp npeenpeninyieienen City Intelligence. Sccmrr ron 1 Emrcoymest ano Reier or tHe Toor. —The fifth annual report of this charitable and useful society bas been just published, from which it appears thet there is @ continued amd increased im- pesrement iu the condition of the society. Its object to bestow relief on poor woman, unable to obtaia re- gular employment, and who prefer to render such labor en they are capable of, return for the peeuntary aid which it atlords them. Rach subseriber of five dollars Las the privilege of sending a woman every week dur- op, to revive work, fur which she is paid, eu liberal prica; thus, th fmall sum wees! rvation she comes, During the past year, the pum. ber of subscribers bas increased and the wamber of ap. pileants proportionately. The latter bay averaged 150 per week. throughoat the season —the largest number y one day, hav been 19% About 6,000 garments ve been ti ‘The increare of the uvefulness of the soctety mey be judged by the following table, showing the aucun’ paid to applicants for works tacladi 1g sow ing and cutting:>— Ipplicants, Quher Ee * Including invests Tur Creek or 1H Common Covnent.—It ié ramored that Mr. Valentine, the Clerk of the Common Csuneil, | fs to be removed from office, If the remor be tras, it is to be deeply regretted, for there i# not fa this elty a mete valuable aud eficieut public oviser, With the courteny of a geutieman, be possesses @ thorough Seon ge of ; and direhearces his duties in cune!l chamber with digufty ant deooram. There e ala not ore absurd step than to remove a man of euch exp for some raw bi only reoowmendation ts an agreement in pi whore § ical eontimects with the majority of the Counell. | Whatever Mr Valentine's opiuions may be, he has not » ogled inthe polivest arene for years, It isa me'an- ‘y fact, that men in efilee ate not valued for the inepner iu which they perform their duties, but fer their partiranship or subserviency to the feotion which happen to constitute the majority for the time being. tain oy Love ron Taxes,—For the 'a ¢ fow days, lots up town n selling for the texes due upon them t them have been knocked down for $100, some $75, and some 60 low as $50. Here isa fins oppor. tuotty for speculation In three or four years, they Will probeb!y rell for $2,000 of f3 000, Tre Wratnen.—Yesterday morning, rain began to fell copiously, and continued to fall during the day Towards evening, tho weather cleared up; tl perature war wild, but the atmosphere gioomy. Cavont Narving.—At eight o'clock on evening, Patrick Hawnegan, driv was found sleeping inthe street by anand, sed bis horse and cgrt without amy ‘take care of them, ‘There wererseven chests of teaand five bags of oats In the cart, A BSreay Hone avn Wacow — On Satur: horre, with ® covered waggon, was foun the corner ef Broome and Sheriff streets, to the livery stabie 244 Kast Broadway. About two o'clock yesterday morning, a Ore it io the brick feed store and stable ta Fenth Htrevt. attached to the grocery atore of Mr. Addick, the northwest corner of Teath street and Uhird ay nue Ofcers Cuvringham and Gilmer brought out theit horses, whieh other@ive would have been burned, | ‘The buildicg wae totally consumed. $00. It ts peppered to be the work of an Incendiary. Dose Baows.—A gentieme: z apartinents tn @ house in Beowtway, near the theatre, was * gold” ow Thurrdey eveving urder the follosicg clreumstances, We fubear giving the nawe, but the farts may be telied cm He was shaving to his room, at five o'elook, when w well dressed pretty femele came to the door, and ached if @ gentleioan, whom she named, resided in that rect. or in the hor He replied t fF bo buch person; and lat then eight etand for ® memer fire to warm herself He repli ve, and continued hi put ber foot upon the fendei (hata well turned aakle was rev cgetber witha deome face, bad be ke a tender passion he looked aroand bp. a ‘Thos bdilnded (for lore ts blind), he could not fee the tric one sppropriate bia fine gold wateh aad Jaid om the mantel plese, At length the inal. y ted the should leave, as it was gottiag inte, and, notwithstanding bir pres-ing eolicitattons to re- main, she was inexorable, tle accompanted ber t> the lobby, end. in locking after ber with a wist-ul eye, he observed that when she got at the foot of the stairs, fhe began to run He wondered why she fucpleion was arcused that she bad from iim; but h nm angel so gusity ef #0 ection, was tl ‘ng hiss looked aroun ch ron 6 Bur pleton bees andl» immediately put on his ¢ ledy without bis ermvet. but, elro it vee eBiietert to enabic her to the fair sitanger eines, m Ie was 9 civee turday of cart No. 874, Damage about | He has «he heard any | de etrletly termed an iodustrious man | therefore, eecemplich as much as he | deem more devoted to cecupation TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE, Destructive Fire, Riot, &e. Baurmone, Dec. 16, 1849. A very destructive fire occurred this morning, in the building known as Solomon's soap and candle manu- factory, im Albemarle street, which was entirely de- stroyed. The was insured to the ameunt of $10,000, in the Spring Garden office, Philadelphia, and the Fireman's office, Baltimore. After the fire, a serious riot took place between de- tachments of the several fire companies, which con- tinued throughout theday. Several of the rioters have been seriously, perbaps fatally, wounded. Supposed Suicide, Bactorone, Dec. 16, 1849. An unknown man, having the appearance of a Preacher, was found banging this morning, on the Weetern Railroad The Southern Mall, Bavrimone, Dec, 16—P M. The Southern mail is in, but furnishes no news of interest, Shi, tell gence, patted Cuanirsrox, Deo 13 Arrived—Ship John Parker, New York; brig Clinton, & Police Intelligence Serious Affray.—On Saturday evening, between f1 and six o'clock, an took place between two men, by the names ct Thomas Mulhern aod Thomas Cross, ley, in the age No. 262 Broadway, kept by Mr. Pierce, a4 8 kitcben range factory. These two men fight rt Crossley—one on the back, and th One of there blows, it is sald, has fractured the skull. Crossley was taken up insensible, and conveyed to his reeidence, in Stanton street, one door from the » Bowery Mulhern was immediately taken into custody by officer Dowling, of the Sixth ward police, and detained by Justice Lothrop for a further hearing. Little Dic! the officers are now in search of, but up toa late hour last night, be was not arrested. Arrest of a Burglar,—A young man, by the name rd Ranacd' Wathte, ‘one’ axtioton om hetactag nighi Assistant Captain May, on @ charge of breaking Ne store of George Russell, coroer of Ninth nue 4 Eighteenth stroct, on ‘the 13th inst. stealing th ‘two overcoats, one sack cout, and $10 in pen- nies, On bis arrest, the prisoner confessed to breaking n two other stoi hth aveaue, d No, 183 Sixth avenue occupied by Mr Gregory, These burglaries were effected on the 23d aud 29th of last month. Justice Blakely committed the accused to prison for trial. ur glary—Ofticers Garrison and Robb, of the Eleventh ward, arrested, yesterday, a man by the name of Theo- dore Curtis, on @ charge of breaking into the store of Garret Fitzgerald. No 1 avenue D, stealing clothing therefrom, ‘The accused was oommitted for trial. Robbed in Water Street —Officer Harbinson, of the Fourth ward, arrested, on Satur: ae four fellows, calling themselves John Mullins, Patrick’ Fitapi Deunis Bonnet and Jas, Brown, on the charge of steal ing from alittle man, giving his nawe as William Cush- men, $163 and a gold wateh aod chain, valued at $100. Cushman, it seems, was under the influeuce of liquor, in Water street, and the aoc parties mustered around bim, and’ soon extracted the mouey and watch frow his pocket. The money and watch were recovered Justice Lothrep committed the accused to prison for tial. Roblery of Jewelry —A boy of seventeen years of age, entered the dwelling house of Mrs. Vultee, No lid Chatham street, yesterday afterooon, stealing from o: ofthe attic rooms a gold watch. No. 3.941, Johasoa, Liverpool, maker ; also @ lot of jewelry, conalsting of acelets. gold rings, &c , valued in all at $126, The Hotels. ANRIVALS AND DEFARTE Hop. A. J. Fonelzon, U.S. Mlalster to Germ y; Mrs. Donelson, two daughiers and two Mile, Apolo- nie Jagella, the Huogarian berota G, Oelricks ; Major Triplett, Kentueky ; Mra, Speck, W. L, Ewing, St Louis; John Bradley, Burlington ;’ H. Measehert, W. HL. H ‘Stoever, John , Woodward, J. MeXibboa, Thiladelpbia; Oscar Lay.Cuba; Fernaado Menteguaga, Mexico; Col ©. D: Bar-on, Keesevlile, have arcived at the irving House. . Kane, Bultimere ; Benj Zpawel, Cleveland ; J. vy oe W. Bi dail, t the Howard House. Charles Stepbeva, New York; Lieut. Ayre, U.8.N; P. Schers, Philadelphia; W. B. Watsoa, England; Jesse Henderron, Salem; C. Gilman, Boston ; J. Turnbull, Colchester ; G. Cettle, New Bedferd; ©.'Gibson, Phil } L, Heazelitt, Virgin : Philadelphia; M1! Bisa, WS Nu; J. F Ohlo; W. Tessier, Bosto Hi, Eaton, Savanpal, Ga, are among the arrivals the American. Naval sutelilgence, The United States storeship Lexington sailed yes- terday for Kio de Janeira, with a supply of provisions, clothing, purser's * small stores,” and sen stores for the United States equadron on the coast of Brazil, She also carries out & supply of clothiug for the United States Marines on thet station, ‘The followiag is « list of her officers:—L.ieutenant Commandiag—John R. Mitebell. Acting Master—J. M. Wainwright. Pucaee —Thomas R. W. re Assistant Surgeon—Joun S$. Whittle. Passed Midshipman—A M. De Bree, Eling Vander florst, and Theodore Lee. The Lexington is to proceed to’ Rio de Janeiro, land her stores and re- turn to New York without delay ‘Orders from the Navy Department were received at the Charlestown Navy Yard on Tuesday, to fit out immediately the loop of war Marion, for a two years’ cruice—her destination is not known, ‘apt. William M, Glendy has received Navy Department to take command of -war Siaiion, now in Boston harbor, end is shortly to proceed on foreign service. Deatn or Da. Wiuttam Huwren.— Phe Newport (R 1) News, of the 8ch inst , speaking of the late De. William Napter, of that city, says: —De. Hunter was born in Newport on the 26th of November, 1 fon of the late Dr. John Hunter. a pb. tive practice in former yrars went to England, to join bis mother, and there co: menced the study of inedictne, Ile afterward: law in the Temple, his tutor being Mr. Marphy, distinguished translator of Teoltus,” He remaiued in England nearly four years, after which he retarued to this country, and immediately commenced the practioe of law in N t He frequently re nied this townin the Legislature He was elected a Sepator in Congress in the year 1511, and contioued to represent Rhode Island in’ the Serate daring the ensuing nine In 1834, he aocepted from Gen. Jackson the ap- ointment of Charge d'A\flatves to Beazil; and in tsa, was made Minister Plenipotentiary at that court, where he remained till 1844 Dr. H was on able law- Jer. anda brilliant orator. His perlods were roundly turoed,and his remtences. even in arguments to the j ry or ina political speech, were classically moulded, and highly polixbed His language was select, aod the intenation of his voice was rich aud fault His ess commanding Hi y, with marked action, He was Foulai in lis «ature, and fo alike the conversation ¢ He were courtiy Geliberntely strong em phi of poctety. emjoyla, found, end the repartee of tue witty might, had he He thought mach, ed paper except ia the ling Dut the re: ait rele m rey ot his professional practice io earlier years In ordi- tiow he maiutained (bat eam aliacity aad spereh ad when addre sing « pub- nee; hence those who conversed with bigs al- Ways retained a vivid reosllection of the man shined fire in Pagh & a‘tributed fa one of been to proca: ‘ 30." insu. ranee. but we understand it co tone half the lose, whted easonably estimated at $100,900, There | 0U9 worth of york and lard in the baild.« D two avd three thousand hogs uncut, A Tue Lae Fine Co'e pork beure. endiary. head of hege in store oot insured. Jolin Wilaom, whose dry howe * burced on Deer Creek recently, had nearly 20.000 lard kegs tn store-polosuracce, Ano- ther Mia. as we are told, had $14 000 worth of pork ia b bul $4000 Insurance. # were insured for $30,000— $20 the een:—City Inear 1 ‘om pay, Knox tase: ington loscrance Company, and in | deville, When the southeast wail of ‘ ting fell,» German, a trimmer in the pork house, nawed Jobo Bubriage, was straok by it if not fatally injured Several boars prokep and bis skull was fracture] ia two er three places, The fire was still barniog om Saturday after BOOM.— Cincinnati Gazette, Leo. 10. Seven thourand three handred and sixty-five pas: | New Orteans ia > Toe. 133, 140.04 6, 40, 112, 146, 20 Crevrr Cotnt.—Now 15, 77, 81, 84, 8434, 95, 87, 88, £0, 03, #4, 6G, HEY, OF, Berry une —teeve of Fa ~ Now 62, 43, 11 #8 80, 10, 20, 129. 18 4, 00, 7,14, 27, 49, 29, RANAP RRR ED TK, 80, 6, 1e6, 46, Penion Ce 3, 124, 185, 196, 152, Now , 62 to 70. The Dotler Weekly Herald, ‘This cheap publication will be isewed to-day, It cout taine the news of the week,and is only two ceate per copy. Mutts for Murepes The steamship Europa will leave Boston on Wed- The Weekly Heralt, fer Europeans cirenlation, to go ia her mate, will be published at 0 o clock to morrow morsing. The matis ‘will close in thir elly at three o'clock to morrow after. neem Francis Metar needay, for Halifax and Liverpool. ® Nig has ple = at leivure a! After leaving college, he | 5* , Mr, Watts, of Fayette county, Ky . had one thousand | § $250 Reward.—i will bed site this tetas thas A.J. Beals, of Be. 156 Broad Prt ie at Stee imeas, No ad rita in ap a rr over Debee 8 C ¥ fits aot once Shoes, for as Era iat aad a po Accum. hae Overeoats, at G. B Clarke's, 116 William Sap] belere a6 une io Tow ——. has such Bapdoaene, ade cig a Heimna, eas th ing dew eas cout, to order, B16" eee pe ne Tn Rnbher Overshoes at Re- tail if 4 nel cer ees Sue era vest Fi — shi misses” is the mo iehaig Srigessae Pda and Toupecs,—Another Medal ab nee nyarded to Won itchtior, for the best Wise ie are invite BATCHELOW'S celebrated W ‘hie’ Factor a leet, He Keope the largses ane 4 thecity. Copy the addvess. Combs of Cholcest ctrpa rn ish, ot & most suital days, abscribere offer thelr ior inspection, among. whieh will be found the oper chain work, in vario styles, A. & J, SAUNDERS, 3:7 Broadway. Dressing Cases—in all that the name im= Ports Compact. and con pleco, exch article cvatained there Betog ot 4 best qualit present fr ol idays, they are attr ra ng elegance of finish and utility, . SAU. & SON, 117 and 357 Broadway, COMMERCIAL AFPAIBE, MOSEY MARKET, Sundsy, Dec. 16-6 P M. The stock market closed heavy yesterday at the de- cline, and the fancies appear to have fallen into dis-- grace again with speculators, The movements of the bulls to inflate prices have proved full as successful as we anticipated, It is getting to be exovedingly dan- gerous to attempt any expansion of prices for these subterranean stocks, as the prospect of getting enddled with them at high prices is so great, that no one dare- make the experiment. On this account, cornering operations have proved 60 disastrous to those who have originated them. Purchasers are £0 likely to get so much stock, at such high prices, that the market is de-- etroyed, and, as they canuot hold, the only alternative is to let prices down £0 as to draw im speculators, Com- binations among bulls for perfecting a corner in nearly every fancy inthe list, bave invariably fuiled, and, im most instances, ruined many of those concerned. Some of the richest houses in Wall street have been much. reduced by losses on purchases of fancy stocks, for the purpose of getting up what is termed @ corner The bulls are principally epecalators of limited capital and sanguine temperameut, and are too apt to losk om th bright ajde of things, and equally apt to lose sight of those: contingencies calculated to depresiate public confidence and the market value of fancy stock securities. ho con- sequence is, frequentaud extensive losses, and annually’ the ruin of scores of those who operate fora rise, It: should be borne in mind, that a very slight clroum- stance will depress the market value of artificial or ime, ary securities, while it requires « long series of. fortumste and fayoradle events to give an upward im- petes to prices, It is utterly impossible to get up e speculative movemoat of any importance in fancy stocks; and even the slight advances made from time to time result most disastrously to purchasers, as they, in imost cases, realize at lower prices, and therefore realize @ loss, Kailroad stocks, of the subterranean: order, may, from time to time, be slightly inflated, bat the weight upon them is becoming so great, that they must ultimately be pressed down to a deeper depth. ‘We call them subterranean stocks, because they age the foundation upon which ail other railroad secaritiesare bared, and because they are so near bottom that they may disappear at any time; and let the other sesurities down to @ lower level than they now occupy. The first issue of railroad stock serves asa sort of gua- renty for avy issue of preferred stock or bouds, and is therefore the firet thet in sacrificed. It receives no dividends until the interest on all other issaes is paid, is unguarantied, and therefore in danger of being wiped out any moment, Notwithstanding these things, they have @ market value, which flactuates largely, and the re speculators Cesperate enough to purchase and hold them, The annexed table exbibits the quotations for thy prinelpal speculative stocks in this market, for each day of the past week, at the close of the week It will be seen that the fancies have lost nearly the whele of the improvementerealizod the previous week :— Quotations voR tH Stocks in tae New er ‘Wea, Tha, Fri, Sat. TreMary Notes, 6 aadeaal tach V. Staten 6, * Sit gic mi m iit 4 ral pike... eo} wx = 2 at = i e ht — 6h By 88) = ee WM WK Formers Loan nto; roses? anal. North Amer'n Erie Bonds, 194, +: ome 4 SOG = A comparison of prices ourrent yesterday with those Ning at the clore of the previous week. exhibite an advance in Indiana State 6's of 4 per cent; Reading Bonds, 2; Reading Mortgage B. Mi Morelia Canal, 4.) North American Trust, 1; end a decline In Nor- wich and Worcester of 34 per cent; Harlem, 144; Long I jend, 1; Farmers’ Loan, 14%; Canton Company, 3. On Wednesday Erie Ratlrond was quoted dividend off. ‘The annexed statement exhibits the value of foreign amount entered for and withdrawva from warehouse for the week ending the 19th inst; Movenanrs in Ponwies Day @ poe Manuf.ctures of Wool Conon Stk ‘The mggregute weekly importation this season of the yeor is usually pmol, and the amount entered for merobendising urualiy larger in proportion than at auy other time, ‘The amoant of epecte exported from this port durin, the past two weeks, and for the year up to the 16th instant. wae as annexed re or Srecie ruow City, Chagre tre, five france, Ship Talisman, Calcutta, Spanish Steamer Great Western, Bermud mn Port or New VYore, 0/1. $100 00 806 lara. . five franes. Do. do, 4. Span doubdioon: Steamer Canada, Liverpool, British silver. . Total. ..... . «ee ee BEL2 180 Previously reported. : Ueaat a6 Total January let to December 1 a! 150,004 It will be seem by thir that $100 000 jo American gold were shipped by the Empire City to Chagres. The appeors like carrying coal to Cumberland, The O)jeet of this shipment we cannot divine, unless ft fe on speculation for the porchase of gold dart im Calle fornia, The shipment of gold and silver coin the Atlantic States to San Frauciago for that purpose, hae been nearly equal to the whole amount of gold dust recetved from that place. This is strange, bot trae The chain of ratlicads from anpah and Charleston to the T gia and Tennessee te line, Is completed by the open ing of the north western toa of the W n and Atlantic Itaflreed, Carts reached Chattanooga on the Jet inet , when an apprep:iate celebration took place at thatvfilage, The cha'n of railroads from Savannah to the Tennessee fe as follows Central Ratiroad. from Saeanneh to Macon Macon and Western, from diaeon to Atal Western and Alisntic, from Atalanta to Cha! «4th Atalanta, via the Georgie Total. sseesces To Charleston, § C.. from and Seuth Carolin ads, 18 906 miles, making distance from the Tennessee river to Caariestom 426 ail miler, of 13 miles more, cooly, than to Savacy This is the first continvous tiae of railroads yet completed from the Atlantic to the valley of the Missiesippt The ‘Teonescee river is, however, oply maviguole for emall trom b keel boats, and fat beats, abors the Marcle Shvais, The from Chattanooga to Navhvtite te progressing rapidly [tis 162 miles long, and will be com pleted In about to years ‘The trustees of Portemouth, Va, have appotated « committer to oppose, by al honorable and lega’ means ip thelr power, the extension of the Seaboard and Resacke Railecad, by means of & bridge to Norfolk; and et el es