The New York Herald Newspaper, January 12, 1850, Page 1

NO. 5697. News from the West Indies. ‘The Great Western, Captain S. Thomas, arrived at ‘New Orleans on the Ist January, from Bersauda, where ebe exchanged with the fine steamship Thames, Captain Gecrge Abbott; J. Ballard, Esq., Purser. The Great Western arrived at Bermuda at 5.30 P. M., on the 5th January, and then proceeded to South- ‘empton, with all the West India and Mexican mails, pascengers, and about $257,790 in freight, ‘The Thames left Bermuda at noon on the 7th Ja- muary,and arrived here yesterday morning. We are sorry to hear thatthe Thames is the last steamer which the Royal Mail Steamship Company intend sending to New York, as in future they will come on no farther than Bermuda. ‘The Thames has brought four passengers ; also, the 20 Nevis... St Kitts... OUK ST. THOMAS CORRESPONDENCE. Sr. Tuomas, Deo. 31, 1849, ‘J have just heard of the death of Mrs. Thomas R Lee, of New York. She died yesterday, of fever, at St, Croix, after a tew day’ illness AFFAIRS AT ST. LUCIA. Our advices from St. Lucia are of the 20th of No vember:— ‘This little island, which forms one of the group of the Caribbean Iviands, formerly belenged to the French, but in 1814, at the Congress of Vienna, after the fall of Napoleon, the uncle, it was given into the possession of the English, who have eve: ce held it, It is quite @emall island, being twenty- miles in length, and twelvein breadth. There are two high mountains on the island, distinguishable at seaat a great dis- tance. The island is highly picturesque, consisting of verdant valleys, sloping hills, covered with rich foliage -end beautiful woods, the whole well watered with flow- ing rivulets, The soil is very fertile, producing the e cane, dasee. and all the rich tropical fruits in abun- ‘The island lies adjacent to Martinique, which distan: being only i ore ere are some Hine Its o! ries, which, to judge by the ‘th is» place of some animation and vitality. British have some extensive establishments here, aud keep up several troops, which adds much, both to the so clety, and to the animation and prosperity of the place. ‘hus, we find in the whioh we bave received tne st. Tue a of n advertisement government supplies. Th to be furnish ‘obserfe by the advertisemont of Cypress shin- jes, from Edenton, North Carolina, landing from the y Badger, at Castries, that this spot bas not caped the attention of the enterprising North Caro- Malans, the veritable Yankees of the South. ‘There are also steam packets between this island and Barbadoes, St. Vincent, Curacos, Grenade, Triai- dad, Demerars, Jamaica, St. Thomas, England, | which depart and arrive regularly. This must tend to promete the commercial interests of this greatly thriving piace. Of domestic matters, next in order of magnitude to ‘the Island, is the followi: It is rumored that the ‘we understand, ‘Keeident Judge, ata salary of £460, Im that oase it will follow that the Hon. L. cepted. Lecaze will have the commission of Attorney General. The Hon. seloker G. Vodd, report eays, retires from joard of Legislative Council, for Gallente 5 the which must be cbvious to all conversant wi -Ot late occurrence in the ofllvia) cirele of our Foetry apd the muses seem to flourish som midet of the rustli island, as the follo ia the ‘the sugar cane, on this happy specimen will show:— ORIGINAL. [Por the (’atiadium } Ob! eweet is the spot where the wild myrtle grows, Aud oweet thy - oe one eat on we tows; But sweeter as wander along, Are the pak A nape apis the vel their song. Ob! bright is the Sun when he ¢! in the west, Avd bright glow the stars when the world is at reat; But brign! he light of those eyes, Whieb, wh us, ilumine the ekies, J. A, ‘Theatricals, also, seem to flourish wonderfully on the rich soil of St. Lucien, as the following will eh: ‘Theatre Royal. MORNE FORTUNE. By Panticvisk Desime, axo Usoen the Lamepiate Patnonace or His Exceliencey the Governor, DAY BVENING, the th of December next med, by the othcers of the Garrieon, the perfor} comic drama, entit ed * YON CUSAR DE BAZAN, | Sovos.— “Steam Trip, © Warm,” by i After which, the romance of 3; Wilsons and the “Man ayly. © of real life, in one act, entitled BOX aND COX "by Mr. Patterson, | Amateur Orchestra. under the management of J. Dwelly, Key. R. 2. | Doors open at 7; perfo TM. presisely. Prices of $1; Becond seats, 2s. Gallery, le. vivat GINA. . B.—Tickets to be had at Messrs § Molug), Bourgois x. Oo Theatricale on the ocean, aleo, ocewpy a lance pane. | We netic: advertisement of the pextormance of the ‘Rivals’ of Sheridan, by & distinguished amateur company, who performed on bowrd the royal steam Medway. The following ts the account of the afair;— THEATRICALS UPON THE ATLANTIC OCRAN | of the play bill of a priv: which took piace a fortnt, Mail steamer Medway, that a theatrical these leviathan steamers “went .of” with “fying colors; suredly is euMeiently creditable to the estimabdle com- man der, Captain Symons, and bis passengers, that du- = brief oft ‘oyage from Madeira to Bar. — ral teen hours. so gene- 4 unary, 7 attendant upon eo amateur performance ina crowded West India Steamer. On the termination of the spectacle, Captain gave the corns dramatigus ~ . several appropriate tows ‘among these, suceres ‘e the Royal Mail Steam ( ompany, wes not fore gotte w forme: anor Treriaz ie Ce THE RIVALS. s ¥ Absolute, veolute, m. & An Epitocue, written exprossiy tor this recman, will be epoken by Mr. ‘charnoter of Ly dia Languish)! + Dr. MoLean ' ir performanes. ty Mr. Hayne (1m the Performance to commence at hall past seven, precisely. ed vocaliste, Monsrs. | sing several popular conc. 11 be danced by PK ears to be a flourish- we had bad o: ic nd take @ peep at the in the green vales, or a hop weir lively Dalia. THE FRANCH ISLANDS. Of news contain is interesting sheet, the foi- ort Important: — From the hboting French Islands, the intelli- gence goes to shewno improvement whatever under the new mode of government. At Martinique, Governor Brust was growing more He had beom peform- d Was reesived in some Vice Bruat! Vive Robe« uarter: apierre! Vive la Gusilorine At Guadaloupe new disturbances were expected to | could bave tempted one ef us to aidin forging the | Colonel concludes his letter with the follo-y- ing palbable bit at our cld friend. the commander of the | celebrated Roun: Blockaders:— take place, in consequence of the quashing in the mother country of the election of MM. Sohwicher and Perrinon as colonial representatives. INTELLIGENCE PROM ST. THOMAS. ‘We have received a file of the Tidende, of St. Thomas from the 15th of Octeber to the 29th of Becember ult: This is an interesting journal, full of interesting and well selected matter, but we are unable to avail selves of it, as it consists of extracts from Ameri ots oy N york ‘a N of weaiel — jomas, and of proceedings on the neighbor islands, would be acceptable te me, and we hope oo esteemed Tidende will take the hint, More of the Cuban 5: ition—Col, E, B, From the New Otleane Delta, Jeguary ‘ew Or! Delta, Jan 3. The [osteville Chronicle publishes a letter on Col E. B. Gaither, of Kentucky, defensive of his course in reference to the attempt to revolutionize Cuba Col. Gail was induced take part in the movement frustrated by the ference of our go- verpment. He succeeded in enlisting some five hun- dred young Kentuckians, who entered ardently into the enterprise, and were only prevented from embark- fat me order of the head ofthe movement, that it 2 poned, Col, Gaither states that he would not have been prevented from carrying out his design by the proclamation of the President. He de- tends bimeelf from the aspersion of being a hireling, in the following manly and sensible terms :— “One by one, the varieus provinces of Old Spain, in North and South America, with the solitary exception of Cuba, have declared, contended for, and ultimately secured, their independence. Nor were we inattentive to their just righta, or indifferent to their noble efforts. We sympatbized with the struggles of Bolivar and his com }, Wept for their losses, and rejoiced in their fuceess; and itis not the least glorious of the acts of Henry Clay, that he was the first to move the recogni- tion of the independence of the liberated republic in the balls of our national Legislature. Privateers fitted out in our ports, armed with our own guns, and manned with our own seamen, openly left our shores, and aided, in no slight Lane y their bravery on the ocean, in recuring South American independence It has not been the custom of our countrymen to decry those adventurers, nor to call them marauders, nor their schemes diegraceful, although there was as much of gain as glory in their enterprise. When Lafayette, in our own revolutionary struggle, disobeying the positive 8: and personal order of bis fitted out with “men aship, and evading the French as well as Englieh veseels, reached our shores, and threw himself into the arms cf a rebellious people, no friend to strug- gling freedom called him a marauder, or malicioi charged bim with disgraceful motives. 1 make no ef- fort to establirh @ semblance between and the leaders of this expedition; but I do say Cuba bas far more cause to “ loathe” the yoke of Spain, than we bad to“ dislike” thatof England. In truth, there is ‘no despotism in Europe more galling, or, s0 far as their own personal action may be concerned, more hopeless, then that forced upon a kind, generous, and hospitable people, almost within sight ofourownshores.” * * * ‘The details of the plans of last summer are then given as follows: It was at first contemplated to raise but one regiment, and that my own, which was preferred, as from the here it would be raised, a baw ben spectal ould be obtained, than we could likely population ef the cities, and it was a ary consideration among the leadere of the expedi- tion, to have such @ body as would do nothing to out- celings of thoes whose wrongs wo were going es. lf 1 may be allowed to say so, and except myrelf, the leaders of the American troops were es- pecially select for their bigh, moral, and honorable standing at home, no less than their military skill as disple: broad. We were, im raising our men, to avcid,as much as possible, ali warlike Sisplay, there to be uo marshaling of soldiers, no beating of drums, no flaunting of banners, no bristling of arms: as quietly and as orderly as was consistent with an efficient organization we were to form our companies, that they might seem to be,as indeed they were, anag- gregation of individuals who hg dey wo aida nation 1 oppreseed brethren to secure their freedom. Arms we to be issued limits of the United tes, 80 Ubi monarchist in the land wo \y bundred m by the 15th of Augurt, and XS let zation been effected, that nothing transpired beyoud the coan- diately acjoining those in which the compa- e formed, after | reached home, it was that | was authorized to raise troops for some dangerous, distant and honorable expedition, and num- bers of young men cae to know of me the and to dignity their intention of going with instance did | persuade an individual to do « mad a fair and kind statement of what each soldier had to , de him choose. far indeed from per- —— men to join me, | dissuaded many whose tastes or ite of body | thought rendered it | most proper for them te stay athome. There was nothing im all thir, as | fancy, that savored re going to protect the re the liberties of t! Cubans, and when it came te were, we would be apt to get cold steel or hot lead, and noth- ing else for our trouble. The pay, though liberal for the private sol if it bad been increased # hundred- fold, “ Verus, | could not thereby | perils of the ent of the officers | ing the tame as in our own army, there are thousands | in this Union who know, us [ do, that it would barely | suffice to maintain us in the decencies of our various | grades. Let it be underrtood that | make no mawkish | professions of disipterestedpess. | am neither a Dugald algetty nor a knight of neba, not wholly mer- ly an errant knight. The motives of ged in the expedition, like all human motives, were mixed. Honorable fame and wealth, both or either, with “our cause’ would have induced | us to undergo the perils of the enterprise; butneither | | the fame of Napoleon nor the wealth of the Rothschilds thackles we would peril our live to loore “General Oudinot, with bisarmy of French republi- — cans, bas crushed the gerin of Roman liberty within the walls of the Eternal City, and ourses both loud and deep, have been uttered against him throughout the length and breadth of our land, Commodore lan- | dolph, with bis Auseriean ratiors, his American eannon, | | apd his American ebips, may have crushed fo1 yo tine the hopes of the frieuds of Cuban liberty io this coun- | try ana eleewhere. aod it may al! be right. but | am not ca: vist enough to diaw the distinction between the tao which has aided most the cause of the y continue to hold ler to express our symp: may agitate, the root ot tions, Members of amor; our leiter—it wee hoped might bring | intelligence encouraging charscter. [tis our cor: | | respondent’ jon, that the ludu are not dis | peeved to emigrate peaceably.--N. O Picayune, Jan 3 Destrrete Awe — From the eeote Pioneer, of the loth ult. we learn that the condition of these poor wretehes isdeplorable | They are represented a# being nearly destitute of food im | & miserable encampment, where there i¢ ve game, bail. | clad and beif+Deltered, where they marteltner recive Aenistance from Megorermment starve to death, o by pilinging The Pioneer atates that, a short tim ster, between one and two hundred of them mate | periage of their cancer around the Falls of St. Antho- by, floated down under the guns of Fort Speiting aud giided by 8t Paul in the might, within a stoar's tboow of the Steretary’s office, and are pow on their way to | their old Lomes below,’ The voice of many is, pash these poor creatures the tive holders of the se rotl — west |. Civilisation demands their hunting groveds and council plains, They inuet go wostward, | end westward it will be; till the inst of the race (ind « grave in the wide borom of the Pacific. This should net be. We enjoy their lands, The lenet oar Con gress can do, is to give them a living Arnoctors Saisie or tae City Gas The ges with which the city i# lighted bas, 4 able time, emitted the most noisome moment It Is ignited the offensive effluvia ameails the nostrils and it is ro intolerable that it tmmediately | gugqeste tome p trid rubstance as that from which it las jactured, of the want of proper it is, that it is most impure, it yet cots the tax payers @ smart yt higher than i paid re for eae free fro: without rmell Without those noxto #0 injurious to Lealth when tnbaled thro Tun Kentreny Lromtarure aso 1180. A seties of resolutions were pi pate of Kepincky, on the 4th inet., denying the power ¢f the federal government to control or inverfere with | plavery within the States of the Union. the District of | Colombia, or the territories that now belong to, or may | hereafter be acquired by the nt of the United ie Wiemot Paoe sented tn the Se- States. Kentechy wi other power than thet dei ile faithful to her bn and true to Pill with firmness, stand by the Union, with ite princi mises, and resict alike every effort to | inthe river are materially chavged from what they | Were twenty-five years ago, and probably know that | Chap nel, long sinee, this ety would | enercachment en the river. Correspondence, Puitapecena, Jan. 11, 1850, The Movement in Favor of Free Bankt—Hungary and Africa—Givard College—City Gas Works—The Mar- kets, $e. The movement in favor of establishing free banks in Pennsylvania 1s gathering strength with each sugces- sive day, The merchants are in favor of it; so are “the bone and sinew;” so are the brokers; so are the speculators, All that are in favor of forcing State securities above their intrinsic value, are the friends ofthis new financial movement. As the capital of these proposed free banks would be predicated on State loans, in twenty: tour hours after the pi of Mg ral banking law by our legislature, the anticipated de- mand would send Penueylvania fives up to 95. Phils- delphia should, and must have an addition to her banking capital, The failure of the United States, Girard, Schuylkill banke, within the last eight or ten years, has caused a vacuum of some thirty or forty millions; und as nature and bankers abhor a euum, it must be filled up with free banks and State fives, for the want ot something better. It is more in sorrow than anger that | announce to the of the Herald, that Mile. Apollonia Jagelli hes actually compromfeed herself on the great question which is now dividing and distractin; country -~ At the public audience which she and her compatriots gave yesterday, at Independence Hall, she actually shook bauds with Our Philadeip! & stra) » grinning black fellow. Her condescention did ae Ten hile one hand ‘wae undergoing the pump-handie process, the other ‘was play! feeling woolly locks of the astonished Ethiopian. Whether it was, or was not her jatention to pull wool over the eyes of her sable admirer, | am not prepared to say. At all events, the actelicited such a shout of applause as shook old Independence Hall to its very f The Hungarians have been prevailed upon to tarry yet longer in Philadelphia. ‘To-night the whole part vielt the National Circus. This morning, Mile ‘reget id a visit to the U. 8. Mint. and was presented by the ector, Dr Patterson, with a handsome medal, par- posely struck off in honor of the heroine A Dill passed the city councils, last evening for tho nization of the principal department of Girard College, and which creates an additional batch of teachers and officers. The sum appropriated for the yey oy of the college, for the year 1850, is $67.250. At the same Cys the councils authorized the bor- rowing of $200.000 for the use of the board of directors of the Philadelphia Gas Company—one.fourth to be employed im carrying on the works, and the other three- fourths to be devoted to their enlargement. ‘The inclement state of the weather, together with the non= arrival of the steamer CJ — has checked cperagient, mma ie. Stocks ft dull to-day, without an: Annexed are the sale Fist | ~ at A ehu: $ 3 Suequehi Second Board a "67, W%,; 100 Stare: 2000 Sebuylhill Navigation Co jal Bank. $5.0 w. ‘99, 100 Union Canal, 10° The Hangaria in Philadel pyi Priapeenta, January 11, 1850, Dean Sin—In your correspondence, to da ry 11, from our city, allusion is made to my™ being the only drawback to the glorifieations that have gone up, and are now going up, in honor of our distinguished Hupgarian visitors, owing to my claiming a sort of pre- emption right in marebailing them about during brief sojourn in this city.” It was an honor, sir, to poll amply com, for exciting the envy of my Mrotber vol bi hours; and should { ereafter, in the to know that mili balves attending on such @ very int her ercort. | repeat it, sir, deeply laterestin, gards the great cause of humsn progress, which hat ween, ¢ in taking thi no matter in what position she may be placed, great placer, and om great occasions, she is 4 found wantin that expression of scatiment a bids God spook in encowagement to her brethren to oppore every kindof Tyranny that can oppress the wind or or In conclusion | would intimate to the “ band of pa- triots who are determined that the name of Jones shall not alone appeer in the eity prints connection with the Hupgariane,”’ that they may now bring for- ward, without opporition on my other; and that, whoever he may be, | ebailen; |, hereafter, to mal Deneficial or republican use than | have i better in down- position, or ome that will amcliorating the condition of the opp trodden masses of mankind; which is the only contest io these piping times of peace, that the militia officer can protrably ongege im.” Trabtiog that you will faver me with this oppertupity of rebutting rather an in- vidious imputation, am yours, Ke. JOHN SIDNEY JONES, ‘The Battery Kniargement Humbug. Tre Bh Saiae 5S. Wooo tt > Dean Sin—I bave read your message with great pleasure and satisfaction. sincerely hope that the Common Council will bave firmness and decision enovgh te carry out many of your exeelient sugges- tiene. I feel, tense Sntere very naturally take, a ve deep and in- in the welfare of the city wien has been my family nearly two centuries. , ir, Four feelings and views in regard to the city, to a great extent, are the eam mine. A long acquaintance with you has given me confidence your patriotiem, and devotedness in promoting the ‘true interests of the city, 1, therefore, am enc’ + Say suas suggestions, which, | hope, may benelit # public, ‘Lhe ovly matters in which | might differ in regard to the be ee recommended by you, are those of extending the wharves and the Battery. Before this is done, permit me respectfully to suggest, that a care- ful survey of the harbor, and experiments as to the force and direction of the tides, should be made, to as- certain bow tar the encroachments om the East and North rivers bave aftroted, or may berrafter affect inja- riously, this beautiful harbor. You know the currents mud banks are formi Had it not bee the kat river made a new parcage through Buttermilk have been subject od damage. by the over- where versels formerly freely weed that the pent-up waters of to fuundetion, aod great lo flow of m the Fat river side ef the city, The extension of wharves on the New York aud Urookiyn Mes ought to be carefully wade. and mot without first obtaining correct information, from releatifie sourees, as to what may be the probable result of fil end in some serious catastroph y men of relenee In this elty All | require, ts ovneil act with caution tu t 17 Measures to cet the beat iafu tage the sud- t Jeet. ‘The enlargement of the Battery, in the manner pro- . Will aecureuly form new chacnels, whichmay ma- re the ‘bor In thy id The ebb between Coenties’ 8 lyn. Such portio: which Vn not ve year of Fravktio hart clen difficulty is ert of the wharves HOU @lrnwed ont. inerease of the Battery. you eprive our the five anchoring grownd in of the prevent Battery. now protected from the th wind by the Castle ¢ sbieh is Mealuable to our routhes D resvels” waiting a wind,” aed for whieb it silt be diflicwit to Sad apy pinee that can be eubeti- tute The question ark ught we to ttreying any portion of the great ad the best barber in the world, merely to extend tery, ai- h for all the useful purposes to #ich tt Twenty years ago, it was the resort, ms pede of a great ¥ citioens who then lived tand second wards, three-fourths of whom have removed The vsefulvers of the Battery, and ita consequent talne, hea greatly decreased, and itis no hanger beld of the rome importavee to the city that it one: the riek of de. there ecnsiderations Lentreat you to pause before Jou reretion @ enppored imprpvement that may be pro= dvetive of on injury to the commerce of our sity, an Wjury Shieh, if once indieted, can never be remedied, 1 bipe. sie. you will excure the liberty | hare taken in presenting my stews to you that you will attri. bute this letter to the great anxiety | feel io regard to toe true interest of thie city, Yours, M On the 20th ultimo, Jerse Woodward, # citizen of Green county, Alabama. was out bunting in the woods, pear bis howe, and came across the camp of way begto, Who wrested bis gun aeay from Police Intelligence. City Intelligence, Cherge of Riot —Offeer Cory. and others of the Se- : ' cond ward, arrested, yesterday, four men by the names yw caer gonige of R.H. Ricker, Elisha Brown, Micharl Horrigan, and | It will be seen by refereuce to the proceedings of a Albert Whitney, on cvarge of creating a riot on | meeting, inrerted elsewhere im thia day’s Herald, that board of the ship Albert Gallatin, belonging to Grin- | the butchers of Washington Market have taken the nell, Minturn & Co, It seems the agcused parties w ‘ the above-named ship, and the mate, BW, | ‘nitiativein opposing the projected prostration of that Ward; ordered them to leave and go on the dock, This | building, or the removal of its site to aaother location. T the men refused te comply with. and a fight en- | This movement presents # curious illustration of the sued, which terminated in a geueral riot. io which the | trusn of the announcements ip the Sux newspaper, mate was beaten and injured badly All the acoused parties were con 1d before Justice Lothrop, who held | which a short time ago stated that the butchers of the market were willing to pull dowa and rebuild it at them to bail in the sum of $600 eaod, to saswer the | Mees ate ek, siocaah coon Margaret | their own expense. in the preamble and resolutions ‘Williams, was arrested, yesterday, on charge of ateal ed yesterday, without # dirsentient voice, that tog, Js of liver forks ond spoons trom the ship Oom'| S00 tiva it, “dhey ere motooly opposed 60 the removal stitution She was detained by the magistrate for a as all the inbabitants of the lewer pact but they do net want the market inter. = further hearing. Attempt to Puss an Altered Bill —A man, calling him- self James Miller, was arcested, yesterday, on a charge of attempting to passan altered bank bill, from sone dollar to.a tea dollar bill. He was detaived for a fur- ies Corrinne aeit <4n Outrageous Assault.—A man, by the name of ‘Thomas Gallagher, was arrested. yesterday. by officers | cleansed, and at another time for Benvet and Weeks, of the Eighteenth ward, be charge of committing @ violent and indecent assault i* considered on Bridget McDermott, aged 13 years, residing with | lly with me ber father & ‘Twenty-first street. near Broadway. It fe ae ary’ ay seems jallagher boarded in the same house, and asked the parents of bridget if they weuld allow her tion application of Croton water. No to go with bim to a party on last Thursday ight, that | doubt tl combined smells of fruit ables, fixb Was to take pluce at the house of @ mutual frisud, The | 20d ieat. will be always more or less offensive. and, rents assented to Bridget going. but on their return theretore, it it desirable to separate the measure erro ae ‘party, about twoo'clock in the morulog, | Which the Lutehere and dealers. and dshermen theme 2 | selves desire; but even an it js, the market would not whan near the Fourth avenue and Seventeenth street, | PilTee Cesite; out, or ee eee lone ance adopted. itis wore diflicult to answer the arguments of the butebers than some flippant people imagine. If the market is removed further x town, what are the people on the West elde of the city, fora full mile to and was in bed when thy officers arsted biuy and | the battery, to do without a market? If Washington conveyed him to the station house, and thence to the market is to be removed. where is the produce from olice court, before Justice Blakeley, who committed | Peunsytvania, New Jerevy aud Delaware tobe received ? Sins to peice Svs tartar hearing | Itis pretended that the ground is valuable for build- bere ing. aud ought to be sold for that purpose, Why, the | market produces a clear gain of $50 000 per aagum, | covering the lore urising from the other mar 1tis curious enough that the only market that produces revenue, is selected for destruction. If the site of the market were sold to-morrow it would not relieve the tax-payers, for, by an ordinance of the Common Coua- cil, the proceeds should go into the sinking fand. ‘The butchers sbrewdly suspect there is some other motive than the public weltare, at the bottom of this manu: vre. At ull events, they are taking the bull boldly by injury aud inconvenie ud for some time suffered the born. and are ikely to do with him whut they from lamenoss. After the examination of some wit- | usually do with such suliwals, messes, Mr. Gerrard moved, on behalf of the defendant, | 0.1. we,ruan.— Yesterday rain continued to fall the for @ nopsuit, the grounds that it was not proved | whole day, and the result was that the streets in their the dog (vas habitually viclous, por thet defendant | Poets uretected condition, were horrible. ‘The day keptthe dog kuowing him to be dangerous. The Judge Was most upplearant and gloomy, reminding ove of a oRePe A Semone te be egsened tue the defended. London fog. In the afternoon it was found necessary Before Judge Daly. to remove one of the ferry boats on the South Ferry to THE RIGHTS OF SUNDAY NEWSPaPERS—IMPORTANT | Atlantic street to guard against cvllision; aud also one TO THE PUBLIC AND THE PRESS. | from the Hamiltom Avenue ferry. The boats which William B. Smith and others. D. C. Morehead. —The | Tetained on were guided by the ringing of fog bells at plaiutiffe are proprietors of either side, for the pilots could not see more than # few thea th S yards before them. wen ARRIVAL oF Eaton aw plaints of fo mavy who Ad country, that they uld seem almost ined to forsake is free country. Our readers saw from aa Herald on New Year's day, that the num- rants arriving for the last year was no less More than balf of this number, or Lz 601 were from Ireland, ‘Che tide does uot appear to ha’ but rather to have increased with the d at this port, yesterday, from 3,001 emigrant passengers — t of January, of 7,404, bei may contrt.ct for the pi Tecognition of | an aversge of 673 per day, Yet they are welcom the prineipel buds him If there is anyeuthority for There is room enough, and to spare, on this vast con’ the brother of deiendant to contract this debt, the nent, forten times the number ‘The more the arrival plaintifis must recover. There are circumstaaces in | the more |he resources ot the country will be develope this care. showing siwiier contracts on the part of Dr, and the reher it It is curious feata Morebead with other Sunday papers—his recognition | in the prevent emigration, 80 many of the passen- of thie contract, and bis saying that all his brother eof the wealthier clas, or at least better edu- ‘ ht. In the conflict of testimony, the jury ca ed than the clues that hitherto have almost exolu- who isto be credited. If thy contract sively come to the bosom of our virgin soil from the was made for ix months, end the plaintiffscommenced worn cut countries of Kurope. This especially applies the publication, this courplete contract, and the | tolrelead. Men who have been some years ta this dant could not th ithdraw it, aad the plain- +l amazed in meeting every day in the Lifls were entitled toreoover the amount contracted for of men, ealtby and reepe in when the contract on their part was comple he m country, giad to accept the rituation second branch of this case is wore important upon the of even a porter, to fe them trom starving, or from fem altpriveiple than its pertimance to this euit. the degradation of the poor house tion asrigned to the dealers plage the market under sanatory regulatio It pears, from the statement of Mr Giwyre, that it has been at one time for ten days together bony ap being wee! im thi and fowl, and fish and vegetables, and kind, should offend the seures so mu ret out, it is from want of purilic Gallagher made a ieee attempt to violate her per- son. by drogging her into open lot. The poor girl screamed, and made an alarm for assistauce, and the policemen were attracted to the spot; but before their arrival, Gallagher, seeing them coming, ran off home, Court of Common Pleas, Before Judge Ingraham, Jax. 11.—Salter vs. Down.—This was an action for injuriy) inflicted on the plaintiff, who was # medical student, by the defendant's dog. It ap, d that the parties were neighbors, residiog in ‘I'wenty-Seco: street, aud the dog of the detenagat came through the ich divided their premises, and bit the plaintitf whereby, it is alleged. stained much Notwithstanding jorebead, for @ according to » contract entered into 1d . nr, prot tract through an authorized agent. Auoth novel greund of defence was also raised; nate! the pubiication of Sunday newspapers was # nul offensive to morality and religion, and in viviation of the emended statutes. which prohibit the sale of goods ‘chandire Sabbath. Dely, in ob junday is set apart by Divine inj sud humag Pye Pacivic Mait.—A_ petition was clreulating reg oe rest from tervile labor. [nour gong the merchants on Change yesterday, and we own statute, we provide in general terms for the understand that it will be sgeia prevented for signa- tures to-day, praying the government co require the mallugent at Chagres to forward the California muile by the brst reliable steamer sailing for the States It wax believed that every merchant visiting ‘Change observance of the Sabbath—it provides that mo servile labor shail be done, except in caves of necessity. ‘What is & matter of necessity aust be go circumstances of each case. What d by the matter of necessity by the general consent would eign the document. many of whom expressed in this elty, might be diecountena Pangan Shr oying dissppolatment at not reeeivin, ‘What has been done in this city by eral con- their letters, brouget by the Panama to the Isthiaue probibited in other States. many of which were believed to contain bills of lading. per is @ violation of the gug orders for various kinds of goods, Some merebaots had received some parcels of gold, without the least clue & te whem they belonged, and supported advices concerning them were in the detained mails, rkman Sraney —On yesterday evening. be- ur and five o'clock @ fire broke out at No, 65 Beckman street It © thy mai floor The be as ignited by 4 lighted which was incautiourly used by one of the med Jwines « armin but thers i here, though it was proved that s open on Sunday; noristhere y evidence that the actual publication took piace on Sunday, and, for aught we know to the contrary. the pubiication may have been completed on the previe bight, before the hour that marks the arrival of t Sabbath merptn; But does that prohibition of the statute render this contract void? This is nota con. tract for the sale of newrpapers : it is for the public tion of an advertisement he flooring et the room. The firemen and ea- must be rigid, as well for the reason that all penal sta- tates are ev construed, as also for the reason'thes it ts | &! eee tee eee in proof that the detendant employed other Sunday W*te Bot required. newspapers for the same purpose It cannot, ther ‘Tux Pouce man or tHe fore, be urged that the defence om this point fs made with yHe Bern vpon the ground of advancing morels, or for the pro- Hebert L. Frew motion of the general good jo which we spoke of w priiceman without mesttouiag | The jury, ina few minutes, returned a rerdict for bis yame. (wbich was more than we Knew) called at the pied Mf of $81 36, being the amouot claimed and our effice to explain the ciroumstances under which he interest since the expiration ot the contract, acted He tee thaton jast Saturday evening he met the poor man in quention, aed thought bis ap- peice furplotour, particulerly an he refused to show in bundle at o1 ud asthe thieves about the docks | | move about at twilight with a bundie under their acm, + Wann, avy tun Maw | Yesterday, Vclicemaa | Court of Oyer and Ter Before Judge Mitehei Conklin. all telling the eame story, that they are bringing bome | Judge Edmonds was absent from illnesr, food for their supper. fn the present instencs, how Fam, W— The People vs. Samuel Drury and Simuel over, he admits be was mistakes, and requested the | Drury dr—The District Attorney moved that the it- captain at the station house tolethimgo, The man dictwent found against Samuel Urury. Sr. and Samuel pad a piece of beet for bis supper; but Frewem rtacws Drury, JP, om the llth of December last. in Sersions, {the men gave him inrolence and that it was for this he | and removed to this Court, be quasbed. Mr Graham, preught bim to the station house, but that he did mot | acting Atterney General, the "8 strike him, Now, we will take the statement of the order, which the poleenan bimeelf ae correct. and we rather think he | appearing to tl xoreced hisduty Inthe first place, ke had no right te day of January instant, duly presented to and filed te suspect thir peor ah, oF at Inet he coght mot to in the Court of General Sessions, in and forthe city fave acted on the suspicion Ifa policeman were to end county of New York. aud is now pending therein, for the sawe offence charged in the above entitied ins, dietment, which was found in the same Court of Sea rious. on the 11th December, 1540, and subseq nomi, by order of bis Honor, Judge Edmonds Temoved to thls Court, where the same is now pending. and the eaid lart mentioned indictment being deemed rup by the finding of that firet above mentioned motion of John McKeon, teq , District Attorney. it is ordered thet the said last mentioned indie'merat. so 20 removed t», and pending in, this | ourt. be ques . The! ourtensthnadjourped = The trial of the Orurye Will therefore take place before the Court of General Sereicne privilege cf arresting and sear lerable tyrauny. Vim he ably be disminsed next inetion between @ rich r itis not tobe wondered at would feel exaeperated upon bi auc the ouly a him by the he refused to that is d Aldermen ( ook and Bard, Before the Recorder Jax. 1 Th against the Urury ght Into e: mansel for the pr: Jed upon to plead to the indictment ound agai ent of t theebarges 1 perron who furnished u but never let kk, counrel for the defence. eppos I upon the prisoners to plead 4 to the Court of Oy the mo. Bee bavi 4 plying partly in t ve Girection bave been im the habit of racing. to the ger of the liver cf thore on board. & of ® boiler or by tuning each other di to the Staten islander and the Water the former gore to New Brighton, on Staten isiand aad the latter (o Elizabethport, New Jersey, there ix not Orly pe natural competition but their router ought to be Fo far apart that the one Abe other ; yet. we ar Sova the conduct the care ta the ‘erminer still marked. that, perhaps, thie Court n order to renew it to the Oyer ne +p, taid the counrel for the def Hebel move hic Centieman who travels of these boats, that | ourt to grant ine thu the Water W ek and runs east. support of my mot ward of the d thet he rece it often fel for the prosecution called upon the defence ove that they arein imminent danger of running nde upon *bich he based the 4 to be the fitting time for ula be that both The proprietors are not #0 « ipto rach otber—the eonrequy would probebly go down aware cf the inet, elem, we feel areured. they would epee oily remedy the evil hole thing # to geari ty the sporting propensities of rtokers aod piley ‘They may pert with their own lives. but let thea ot ™ sport with the lives of other porte A course, the pr Boy Kun Oven = On yeaterday morning, about tem terre to Fe to plead in the Sersions, © CW ek, & boy, tweed «of age residing at Deing tabem up, to the time of the adjournment, by ar | it © * about ¢ thoogh on looking at EUmenTs en motions to put emt trials to Miecharge prl- | would net ruppore it +d four pounds B toners Um Clore confinerment om bail, ete it came into the wall would be he great a pi | ale ns the reife tteelf, but that * informed th was once A museum In the Pow | | A bill bas been introduced im the Maryland House of 1 | Delegates to repeal the law probioiting the inirodae deoree of said s tion of Fim to that State, al, Appent from the ( irewit Court of th fer the bivtriet of (olombie, Mr Jar the opinion of the Court beat bim so violently with the barrel of it, th from the effects of it before he was able to be use, Cireuit Court fn thie und JH Uibeon. pl | Stevens Caure was arg No sy bd The Whig State Convention of Connecticut wit! moet we Bradford B. gt Now Haven, om tbe 200m inet amurement. veoking into a Lawyer's Off Joreph E Ward apd (harler Jom lp foe ties etiomen tt Brey, rib @, the side of hie feoe was also the vath of November | wired by the fall, conte of pmall value They FE Conrorrry ron the Navoratoer — Vesterd fp the third degree, but the ¢ Burs. ove of the wea employed im borden th #bit larceny. and ernitenced the prisopers to the peml- | mires of dr, Winter, in fark fince, found im the oid | eptiary for three months each well an t appears, at first | SinsPheed jor Killing @ Horse —Nehemiah | sight. to ev mer of bowee tke ribs, athe who y couvicted of Killing ® horse | ping togetl er as if from a epine en each side but woee | by stabbing it with @ bayonet, wae sentenced to the | you iwe it elovely tt te found to be ail sottd | ¢y per itentiory for two months through and tobe we beavy ae lead it woutd No jury trinis teok piace to day, the time ofthe court | be » portion of the jae ct rome eatedelurt TWO CENTS. ‘Theatrical and Musical. Rowrny Tivatee —Lastevening was the last night 0 the“ Three Guardsnen,”’and this evening will be the last of the ‘ Four Musketeers.” ‘These two beautiful plays have had the most extraordinary success, and no doubt this, the last evening, there will be # crowd and a rush to be“'in at the death” and to wituess the expiring beauties of the mest fascinating drama tobe performed to-night. These magnifieent dramas have d to bring out the lente ero. wnd to raise them bigh, Public estimation” What next at. d these, we are not, as yet io- tracts formed. tand, however, that waother French piece has been elaborated and prepared for the stage from Eugene Sve-—notbing more nor less tha the Wandering Jew,” one of the greatest failures, as 8 novel, t Twas made It possesses strokes of e pictures undeubtediy, though the plot and tout snsemble is repulsive. Yet there are eoenes highly a4 for dramatization, We shall be curious tosee what can be made of it, whether the artist and the painter and the machinist and the actor can unite to bring beauty out of that chaos of wildess and absurdity. Much may be expeoted from the talent putin requisition at the Bowery Broavway Tnearne.—Last evening was the farewoll benefit of Miss Cushman, and, notwithstanding the unfavorable state of the weather, the house presented & crowded and fashionable audience, who seemed anxious not only to enjoy a rich dramatic treat, but to Pay a just tribute to their talented countrywoman. ‘The performances cemmenced with the tragedy of “ Hevry Vill,” being the third night of its represen- tation during the present engagement. The play itself needs no comment; it is Shakespear uties and imaginative excellence, arsed even by the other emanations of the unrivalled ard of Avon Miss Cushman’s Queen Katheriue was a dignified performance. Her reading was marked b; thi ey and true conception which distinguis! ry part abe undertakes. In the trial scene the was particul triumphant. Her bamble and affectiona' ee of the King—her haughty de- hance of dival, were equally affecting and udienee evinced a marked ad- . Mr. Couldock was excellent ‘ardinal Welrey, and Mr. Blake good as the bluif Harry. Simpson & Co,’ in which Mise Cushman performed the part of Mrs. Simpson, with her usual exerlienee, concluded the entertainments. This in peated, for the last time, “ Guy Mann ing. Miss Cushman will sustain “her own’* character of Meg Merriles. Bunron’s Tueatae —Notwithstanding the bad state of the weather, yesterday evening, and the wretched condition of the etreetr, this popular temple of pure and genuine comedy was filled with a numerous and highly discrimipating audience, who all seemed freely to participate in the general amusement and delight which the inimitable acting of Burton's excellent com™ pany afforded, and who sii joined in the unanimous ex presrion of approbation and satisfaction The enter- taimments commenced with the capital comedy of the © Serious Family,” which is everything but decreasing in popularity, [t was received last night in manner which must bave proved bighly gratify ing to the actors, Merers. Burton and Brougham, of course,earned their pertion of the applause, Phe am ase: concluded with the new draws of “A Lady in a Fix,” which was acted with admirable ability, and received with e Cemonrtration of satisfaction. To-night the * Femily” will be repeated, im coojunctioa wi comedy of “The Poor Gentleman ” Cyanrrau’s Nationa, Tuxatee —The “Female Guard” again, last night, filled the National to over- flowing. This piece draws wonderfully. Besides ite beauties, as @ whole, ite several parts ate seperately marked by features of great variety, attraction and ‘The fencing is very fine, and pleases won- derfully, Also, itis genuine. Teal blood ty drawn, as #, the magician, Is a witness, who got Tm from Dot being quite au fais in the fencing art, sod now. we understand. ts laid up in th with bis wound. however. The take-off of 8 oy done to the life, who enumerates to Aladdin's all sorte of dishes at her command. however, that the comprehension of thi apd all ite ni the perfect imitation mour, in nderstood by the young & by Sey- nm about town. who, asit were bang loose upon society, Their pnmber, bowever. is great 1 several other domestic allusic os upon life in New York, which are highly entertaining. This evening,“ IsHe Jealous?” “The Female Gaaed,” aod another beautifal piece, will be performed, The bill. quod vide, ie very attractive, Mrrewet.'s Ocrvurrc Taxatan.—There was an exeel- ent reries of entertainments performed at this popular wement, consisting of the last new comio drama entitled “Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1705," the avorite musical extravaganza of the “Magic Arrow,” orl: brated tabi: The Tyrol.” avd the laughabie Promirsory Note,” allof which were imirable ability and sueeeas, Mr. ter of citizen Sangfrotd, elicited by hie superior acting the applause of « nume epee, who, deepite the inclemeney of t present last wight The splendid “The Tyrol,” in which the various groups are adatrably witnessed again with as mu b enthu- To meht will be pertormed the comic ‘a of © Delicate Ground "the fairy extravaganza of The Sleeping Beanty in the Wood.” the tableaux of “ The Tyrol,” and the “ Miduight Wateh ” Tratian Orena.—In epite of the unfavorable state of the weather, the Astor Place Opera House was pretty Ui Aled, last night, anda fashionable audience had answered the appeal made by “Anus Bolena” This never-tiring opera, im which, at every perform- euce, new musical beauties are discovered, was ren ler. ed in a very good style, and the prineipal pleoas wore Fung in ® wanwer to satisfy the most diffouls com sewre, Bignorinas Bertuoca, A, Patt, Forti ond Novell Among the pum our inet pum ber the first aot. Ty éy and murical other pieces which excit dels in their sty: * of them iv our future notion ing this beautiful w fifth time in Am will be filled to its utmost onpacity, Crnisty's Orrna Hover —Pbis evening is fet apart for the benefit ct one cf the mosttalented members of thie company, Mr. bk. Vieroe Many an evening this celebrated artist used all bis efforts, ow the tamborine, se also aa a chorus singer; in order to make happy Vitited Mechanion’ Hail [t # benefit, to night will be fatterir ¢ testimony that bis exertions have not been forgotten ‘The eutertainments are execlieat, the pro- gamme being filled with the chotcest negro melodies. ‘The band will give a concert. o# wdsy evening bext, at the Brook!yn institute they will give an afternooa performance at three o'clock, this afternoon, at the Me- ebanter’ Hail, B Awenican Me fon ux 4 ! all have oscasion to On Monday eve in. fort nat the houre 7 They piay on very mrp a. This magician and yeotrll . evening exhibition at the Brooklyn 7 Tanensacue ~ A grand concert, In ald of the funds for the completion of st Vincent de Paal's Charen, Camal street. will come off oa Tuerwny evening maxt, ‘The Italian te Com pany undert rection of Mr. Max Mareterk bare kincly volauteered (heir services, The programme is excelent Bity for the display « Broobhiyn # viinetretions «t geology, he y which i eqeally useful w ely the ose of the magio lanter: strate. of more foretbly th guage can convey tothe “ye it was « suit for the am ef money amounting to $t¥l 75, collected for boriai free ke &e De de re to be that the charter of the dows rial veuite, here. yd moneys, al that a cer. fs commis! oa upon the Jr belonging to the society. The teatimeny for the defence was uot cone word will be continued to-day The only thing worthy of note which Jay im this court was the exemine- of one Joby 5 ie, Who stood char, with g rtolen a horse cow, the propart Schenck. of Part Ne Che fellow deliwrately ntled the rope eith ebieh the bore wae i, drove i down to Sroowlym bim © South Ferry He 4 4 rest Bectord, and intended Pouter Conny trons ptred yerie teted for trial on of the foot burglars who stole & Halls tafe, hae been postponed to De Pethane's chareh (the Central Reformed hurob). the eetlte which fell about three wilt be NN