The New York Herald Newspaper, February 20, 1850, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. paananee Sorthwest corner of Fulton and Nassau sts. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. a AMUSEMENTS THIS BYENING. ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, Astor Place—Eaw. WERY THEATRE, Bowery—-Kir © BECK ASHORE, THEATRE, Brosdway—Seniovs Fawiuy RANOE. FRB, Chambers street—Suniovs Fa~ BROAD —Lospon BURTON'S sry—Pavr Pry. HBATRE, Chatham oquare—Soussonr RATIONAL THREATEN, pins oF New Yoar—Tar is- ‘yRIeUE. THEATRE, Brosdway—! eee tune Waele Mr PaTmee OBRISTY’S OPERA HOUSE—Bruioriaw Miners eiev. AMERICAN MUBEUM—Amverve Peavonuances, Ar~ TERHOOM AFD BvEenine. ie Honw---Ss~ nary Enterprise. There is no subject that we hke to dwell upon more than steamship building in the United States. It is one of great umportance to America. It will be recollected that it is within only a few years that the first steamship was constructed in the United States. When the practicability of na- vigating the ocean by steam was demonstrated by the steamships Sirius and Great Western, it was expected by every one that the United States wou!d immediately enter the field, and that our ship builders and merchints would show to the world, that although they were not the first to make the grand discovery, they would, at all evente, compete with other nations in the business and trade which would naturally result from it. Strange to say, however, there was a lull, a pause, and no eflort was made by our enterprising c:- tigens to compete with the lines of steamships that were, immediately after the discovery was made, placed on the line between this country and Eng- jand. By and bye American enterprise, however, awoke from its torpor, and evinced a determina- tion todo something worthy of its tame and re- nown. The result was the buildingand equipping of the steamships Hermann and Washington, which, although they have not been as successful as it was hoped and intended they should be, were, nevertheless, very creditable to American skill and talent, considering that they were among the first steamships that were built in this country. We head a great deal of experience in river steamboats, as well as in sailing vessel, and in those deserip- tioms of craft we carried the palm, and were ac- knowledged by all nations to be without a rival; but in trying our hand ata new thing, it was not to be expected that we could excel at first. The Hermann and Washington were finished in the year 1847-8; and since that time the progress which we have made in the business of building steamships is sufficient to astonish even the Ame~ rican people themselves, accastomed as they are to carry out their purposes as soon as they are formed, and to accomplish.an undertaking within a shorter time than would be oecupied by other people in thinking of it. Will it be believed, then, that within three or four years we have constructed steamships in the United States, the tonnage of which, in the aggregate, amounts to fifty-six thou- sand tons? We can safely say, that no country in the world canexhibit such a tremendous result within such a comparatively short period of time. The following 1s a list of them :— AMERICAN OCEAN STEAMSH COLLING's RYOOL LINE THE EN LINE, Steamer. C s. Steamer. Captain, Tuns Arctic, 600 Hermann, Crabtree.2,500 AUastic, . 3.600 Washington,Fleyd...2.500 Pacific, Nye......3500 ono Law & Co.'s CHAGRES Antarctic, Comstock Adriatic, mn. . «3 HAVRE L Fras Line. Isthmus, Wood Hackers (berokee, Windle. ...1,200 Columbus, Peck . Thila’pbia, Nicholson.1.000 srorronn & tit wewiann & assrinwati’s CHARLESTON LiNg . PActVic LINE Southerner, Berry...1,000 wee, Cole... .1400 Northerner, 000, a Balley...1,200 » onvrans & ¢ ( elitorn! Badd. . .1,200 Oregon, Pearson. 1.200 7. UU aleo Porter. 800 Marke » & fone’ cHAGRES Cren City, Stoddard. .1,400 + mp City. Wilson. ...1.400 warp & sons’ Pactrte Galveston, Place. Palmetto,’ Saith pactivone & cna Repubite, Hobbs. Lime nuazos & NEW 0} Js, Thompson 1,200 Portland, ne, Wood... 900 *The Unicorn was built in England, by Howland and Aspinwall for their Pacific line. Allthe above named vessels are purely ocean steamships; and we do not inclade in the table the severe li steamers which have been built in this other cities, and despatched via Cape Horn to Celifornia, to be employed in navigating the rivers of that wonderful region, and all of which have been built within a year or eighteen | months. We give a separate list of them :— Captain Steamer. Captain. int. . Hunt, 3, . Coutilerd t Gold Hunter New World. are (wo steamships now being in addition, ther built for the New York and Savannah trade, of the | burdea of fourteen hundred tons each; and a com- is about to be organized to ply between this port and Richmond, Ve We have thus attempted to give a picture of the tremendous progress which the United States has made in the steamship business in the last three or ouryears. We have every reason tobe proud of what have d and taking the experience of the last two years asa guide, we think we are safe in say- we og, that in six or seven years from this time, we | will own the largest fleet im the world of that de- scription of vessels L pool lune are the largest in the world, being ef the buithen of three thousand five hundred tons. They will be fitted up in a style of magni- ficence and eptendor without parallel. No ex- pense is being spared about them; andalthough we | do not say that they will distance any vessel that | may be putin competition with them, yet we do say that it willtwke something inthe shape of a steamship that was never yet produced, and in all | probability will not be for some y: beat any of them. ai New Exreprtion ro me Nort Poe —The noble conduct of Lady Franklin has been creat- ing the greatest interest among those who have had the pleasure of reading her beautiful and affecting letters upon the subject of a further earch for the lost Sir John. These letters have had much influence upon the merchant princes of our City, and, in particular, have induced Henry (rnnell, a distinguished merchant here, to sub- seribe largely towards fitting out a private ex- pedition for the desired object. Mr. Grinnell, it is understood, has put down fifteen thousand dollars, which amount has been increased, from other sources, to thirty thousand dollars. Any amount can be obtained in this city for this object. ‘Two small vessels will be purchased, to proceed with all judicious despatch to the arctic regions. The government has not been dilatory in the matter, either; Commodore Morris havieg communicated on Menday last to the Navy Yard at Brooklyn, the intention of the administration to fornish these vessels with officers and men trom the public ser- vice An intense excitement already prevails, and hun. dreds are anxious to be of the number of those who are to cover themselves with the honor that will attach to the enterprise. Every nerve will be etrained to obtain a berth, amd much speculation to come, to exists as to who will be made the commander of | [eid feavire some consideration from them, and there the expedition. This ie all very natural. eers and men are ever ready, when action, by any possibility, can rub off the rust of idleness. They! tigues of bis arduous duties } aes The steamers of Collins’ new | _— = love excitement, and, delighted, revel in the luxuries of an exploring voyage. Besides, there is a lotty chivalrous sentiment mixed up with this matter—one that always animates an Amencan heart. An intelligent and lovely lady has made an appeal, through @ personal friend in this city, tothe sympathies of Americans, to aid her in her noble and hope-winged endeavors to suecor a lost husband ; and where, upon the face of the earth, can be founda larger number of public spirited gentlemen than among the enterprising merchants of this city, and the officers and men connected with the navy of the United States ? The expedition will go forth with the hopes and prayers of thousands ; and, if successful in finding Sur John Franklin, will repay in some little mea- sure the debt owed to that distinguished navigator, whose labors have been directed to making dieco- veries upon an almost inaccessible portion of this continent. It will do more than this. The infor- mation obtained will add to the treasury of our cosmical knowledge, and the records of it will be placed, side by side, with those produced by our other expeditions, which have been of so much service to science and the world—enlarging the sphere of geographical and hydrographical facts, and tending to complete the great circle of obser- vation so necessary to a thorough investigation of the laws of nations. Tue Purnomena or New York THeatricats. —We don’t believe there 1s a city in the world hke New Yerk city, for theatrical life and prosperity. ‘We have seven theatres in this city, and night after night all of them are filled, overflowingly fill- ed, from top to bottom, from pit to gallery, and numbers, who come late, are obliged to retire with- out obtaining entrance. This rush 1s particularly the case with some of the most popular, on special evenings, when some great attraction is announced; while generally, every night, they are all of them well filled. How is this phenomenon to be ac- counted for, because phenomenon ‘it 18; it beats Paris, Vienna, and Berlin, all hollow. We have four theories on which to account for this wonderful sight, and they are the following:— Ist. Our people in this goodly city are doing well, and are prosperous. 2dly. Our people are passion- ately fond of theatrical entertainments and drama- tic exhibitions. 3d. Our managers and actors are skilful, enterprising, and the best of their kind. 4th. The system of low prices, like the English penny post system, has augmented the consump- tion in geometrical ratio. We are inclined, however, to believe, on further reflection, that these causes operate in combina- tion, that they are all necessary, to produce the eflect we witness; that none of them, separately, would be of force, and if any one was taken away, the others would not produce it. If the people were not prosperous— if they did not love the dra- ma—and if the drama was not made to suit their taste, and if the price of admission was not very low, they wold not flock to the theatres as they do. Thus, all these causes unite, and combine to produce the effect. There 1s another cause, which we have not classified with the great causes, be- cause it 18 only adjunctive and auxiliary—we mean the afflux ot visiters from all parts of the Union, travellers and business men, continually coming to and going from New York, who pay the theatres a passing visit on their trip. ‘We have now noticed the fact, and then its proximate and producing causes; let us briefly ad- vert to the effects of this existence of things. The effects are generally—speaking of things as they are, and ef society as it 18 constituted—hap- py, pleasing and commendable. An immense number of persons hereby obtain a livelihood; an immense #am of money is daily drawn into circu- lation, which would otherwise slumber idly and unkindly in the cautious pocket; and last, not least, many idle minds are pleasingly occupied, ration- ally entertained, and even sometimes instructed, who, if pent up in stiff constraint in some “serio: *family,”” would be meditating malice and brooding over spite, uttering scandal, or looking daggers at their fellow creatures, working up bad blood, or meditating dark and sinister schemes, instead of laughing ull their sides crack, or weeping till the tears run, and then going home, after some hours of good humor, to sleep with consciences far less | polluted than if they had been fomenting secret passions, or nursing selfish, austere feelings, on the silent and solemn benches of a conventicle. he Ocean Steamers. The steamship Gold Hunter, Capt. Couillard, which sailed from this poat on the 20th of December for San Franciseo, was at Ternambuco on the 24th ultimo, waiting for coal. The steamer West Point, Capt. Hunt, was still at Maranbam on the Lith ult., waiting for coal. The steamship Falcom, Lieut. Harteteia, sailed from New Orleans for this port on the 11th inst., via Hava- he may be expected here to merrow. Marine Affairs. Meeare. Westervelt & Mackay will launch, to-day, at two o'clock, @ large ship of 1200 tons b rthen. She is named the Ocean Queen; is to be commanded by Capt. R, Griswold, and is for Mr, Griawold’s line of London packets, ‘The rame gentlemen are to lay the keel of aship to qeke the pisee of the Oneida, recently lost. She is to be 1000 tons burthen, Rerens of ree Snir Sourm Canotiva From Carivon- sia= The ship South Carolina arrived at thi erday from San Francisco, August 8th, via V Oct. 25th, and Herradura, Nov, 28th. st return vessel from San Franciseo, of the golden hat has yet reached the Atlantic shores. She w York om the 2th of January, 1649, and has ter, Pea 18. thus been abeent about fourteen months. She brings as cargo, none of the gold of California, but a large ct copper from ¥ alpatalso, &¢.— Boston Travele vening, . Tneeting of the Democratic ommittee of which Major Deumen wes chairman ral ( ad tem, wae held at Tammany Hall when the follow- ng officers. who are all Case and Butler men. were ted for the yeat:— Fernando Wood, as chairman. 10 Feceived 30 votes; (Mr Gillender and Mr. Shepard, baving both received @ nomber of votes on the first ballot, bn age | ret Dyekman Willet, Secretaries: | let received 30 votes, Dy an 20. and Harri: . This ecmpletes the organiration of the rn cratic Committee, Two of ita pumber, namely. Nicho- des Ciliender, and J. ©. Willet, were, Inet , ot mitted as members the Tammany Svclety, or Sa cheme, who alto held « meeting Robbery of @ Fowndry.— Salvater © on Monday eve by offleer of _* | John C, Engine, 84 Bank street. The property was fourd eopcenied in the premives of David Kert. corner Third street and Lewis, Keeper of # junk shop. me of the articles were discovered in av old cietern, O) im the roof, Hust was also arrested for re. operty, beewing it to be stolen. There aptity of other property found eupposed which is now Tt tbe r ward namely. copper, q ite for ships. Both the prisoners were committed for examination Kebhery of a Jewelry S'ere.—The jewelry store of Louis Wolfe, 16] Walker street, was borgiariourly entered bh a “jimmy,” on the night of the 10th of November, robbed of $500 worth ef watches and jewelry officer WH. Stephens arrested & man on the charge of being conceroed fo t ortion of tbe property being traced to him mn office, The prisoner was committed for examiratios. We ore requested to rtate that Mise Catherine Dick- fon, mentioned in yesterday's /Teraid, 98 ony ina fraces with Maria Adams at Fulton Market ot reside at No 9 Vineetreet, Brooklyn, norin thet neigh. berbood. z United owner: ige Dette. Fer, 19. —The Gi Jury, consisting of twenty-three entiemen, of whom I’hilip G. Hoffman was appointed reman, were this day sworn, Judge Bette then briefly addressed the Grand Jerk ttating that in consequence of bis impaired bealt! bad not been called at an earlierdsy There were utetd: Our offi- | fore the rand Jory ares on the criminal calender, the nature of of em set of Congress, entitled « Piratical }@ cares wbici were (Judge Bette, thcogh remarnes peare still eviden anes a TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. ‘Washington, after the Night Session, There 1 little doubt that the course of events has been foreshadowed by the extraerdinary char racter of the proceedings in the House of Repre- sentatives, with respect to Mr. Doty’s resolution, A delay of acertam kind has been occasioned; but there will be no delay in the “ talkee-talkee ” on the state of the Union. After Mr. Littlefield yesterday endeavored to introduce a bill to stop the sale of intoxicating drinks, which seem to have serious effects in high as well as low places, the whole of the public time was ovcupied by several speakers, in stating what all the world knows, and no one wishes to know more about. Mr. Venable went through the old stereotyped story—would not swallow gilded pille—and did not wish the North to drive the South to extremes. We suppose he meant extremes of latitude—or latitudina- man extremes. Mr. Campbell replied, made a hit, and gave place to Mr. McLanahan, who spoke sensibly till the House adjourned. Mr. Downs, in the Senate, indulged in a flight of sophistical learning upon statistics, not one single part of which has the least semblance to an argu- ment. The statistics of poverty in New York are the statistics of old countries. They do not belong tous. The great centre of commerce—the mege- polis of the country, necessarily becomes the home of tens of thousands of emigrants, whose poverty and destitution are to be charged not to ourinstitu- tions, or to any want of parental solicitude upon the part of the State, but to inevitable circumstances. The South knows and feels nothing of this. New York merits extraordinary praise for her generosity and kindly spirito the unfortunate. There 1s not town in Great Britain that would not send the wandering poor back upon their own parish ; but we not only tolerate their presence, but feed and clothe these exiles, and put them in the way of understanding our institutions, and of gaming a livelihood. Crime 1s the offaprivg of an over-hur- ried population. It does not spring, as Mr. Downs seems to intimate, from any want of care upon the part of our rulers. On the whole, the debate, if it may be dignified by such a term, in both branches of Congress yes- terday, amounted to nothing. It was to all intents and purposes, a day lost. Had Mr. Littlefield’s bill not met with objections, the temperance people might have had something to console themselves with; but as it was, there was absolutely nothing accomplished, beyond the pouring out of wishy- washy speeches, and we presume, of the usual quantity of mixed hquors. Such 1s legislation at Washington. Doings at the Capital. OUR SPECTAL TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE. Waamixaton, Feb. 19, 1850. Up to yesterday there was little excitement out of doors, and » stranger might have supposed that all the politicians were sailing in smooth water—but the affair of yesterday, in the House, so well exhibited the disposition of many members to trifle with the public citement naturally springs up in men’s minds. The rumors with respect to a dissolution of the Cabi- net are gaining ground rapidly, and there is much spe- culation with respect tothe future incumbents when the expected event shall have taken place. Messrs, Webster, John Davis, Corwin and Evans, have been named as likely to be invited to fill vacancies. The long session yesterday, doubtless has alarmed the members of the present cabi nd the sage men of the nation counsel abdication as the best means of allaying the charges against the administration of car- rying om the pro-consular eystem in California. Much of the acrimony indulged in is launched at the cabi- net, and to get rid of that will be one point gained. Senator Downs has concluded his speech. It would appear that the Union costs the South too much every way. It is not only kept out of pocket, but out of tem- per. Nothing short of the Missouri line through Cali- fornia will cut out the evil so much feared by our Southern friends. It is said that im the executive session to-day, Scbroeder bas been confirmed in the mission to Sweden. Mr. Speaker Cobb gives a party to-night. He hada troublesome one to attend to last night. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, George Morrell, of New York. Admitted. Le Roy vs. Baldwin and others. Affirmed. Grove vs. Brient. Affirmed. Prentice rs,Lane. Argument concluded. Wheeler vs. Ber it. Argument commenced. THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. STrate. Wasninaros, Feb, 19, 1850, PETITIONS. Mr. Sewann presented a petition from (ieo. W. Rose, asking the Senate, by report of @ committee, to state what matter. clearly came witbin the power of peti- tioners to present to Congress, as be is about present- ing @ petition which may not possibly eome within the rule. Petition, contending that it was disrespectful to the titions, and so: ing @ report made by the corps of Topographical in- gineers, relative to the draining of theeity and valey of Mexico, which was disagreed to. MEXICAN BOUNDARY. Mr. Conwin submitted @ reselution of inquiry rele- tive to the progress made and m: expended by the Dexicam Boundary Commission. do tel 7 MILITARY LagD gitnie military bounty motion of Mr. Conwim, and parsed. as taken up, upon , | long to Texas, it atl ee to RECORDING OF CONVEYANCES OF TrRPFLA OF WAR The Houre bill, providing for the recording of con- Yeyances of vessels of war, was referred to the Commit tee om Commerce 's COMPROMIBE RESOLT TIONS P+ Senate proceeded to the Sanne Mr. 7 would love much ph my nion than the South. He stated ees throw jade of the » orth dition rimilar to that wit: Ricbard M. Harrington. Major Gar- | vie and leavii to the y the boundary of T it Se Pacreenaes Nea cmeee | take au that bed Veen peek the. ompr because there would be no place for its | operation. he strip ef country fi | tween Texas and the federal goverment did mot. bee Mexleo, whieh coun- tution of slavery. Pe coptended that slavery was mot atives, 1 Mr Hale some time since, assert m the ech made by t the condition of the slave is fer the the best. He alluded to the statistics of pow New York, and defied her Senaters to shoe teat’ hee centr Population was even equal in their condi- jon to the much pitied slaves of the South In con- elusion, he summed up the history of the slave question, from the foundation of the government to the present time, ccat that the w courte of the South bed bron that of concession, while that of the North bad been repented comands and ti The bad conceded everything which had been asked, the iNeenticusness ef power, the North concession, nor asrerts ber right to ack ut to grasp the whole. If the North this course, upon herself would rest the eponeibiitty. ~ Mr Downe baving concluded, the Senate went into executive sersion, and soon after adjourned. House of Representatives. Wasnmorow, Febraary 19, 1850. a TEMPERANCE PROFOSTTION. Mr. Lirrierteno asked leave to introduce a bill to prohibit the eale of intoxicating drinks in the puNlic buildings and grownds, An objection interposed. NAL MESSAGE the House went into the Commiteee of the Whole on the state of the | nion, amd proceeded to the comsideration of the Presiden! a Dua! meernge Mr Vexaere commenced speaking— The ecence which orew bad convin sree rene cet eaten testa he bad no reluctance to meet the issus, that we may Know precisely where we stand. We cannet syoid tne time, and to clog the progress of legisation, that ex- | Mr. Ruex raised a question of reception upon the | | try bad, loog ago, acknow! 4d that it belonged | Tease After turther remarks upon the a | | Mr. Dowss | pltetivaee > 2 N of i i ef v et 4 i i ' f : E i & a ult i 1 if eg -¥ ae giekss Seacee wer to govern trine of the whi; Part ecutive power should be curtailed. Ifit be pot nd of California to form # constitution, it is found that — = —_ had North—they aggressed on the arm parrege of the tariff act of 1832 remedy of the South then. ap = sald yielded to the compromise to ent the ot blood, Compromise browght destruction on the North, and added value to slaves of the South. He bad Southern papers in his possession, in which it was said thet Texas, without the Ucion, was preferable to the Union without Texas, tariff of 1842 was ti trampled Was there no aggression in this? The House expelled Giddings because he introduced a petition asking for the ‘issolution ot the Union; and yet he bad not boon, here a da; Southe! before he heard rn gentlemen the Union. In da: th tative out of ‘hte ball ‘One threet- eel turoed of that ia ; and Sena- tor Foote gave notice to another, that if he should come to Minelsi would bang him on the’ vest tree. he Hut, netwithetaodiog all this the South eny Shey have made no aggression on the North. He then proceeded to show that the Union was formed, among other things, for putting ap end to the extension of slavery. tie ex- amined the remarks of Southern gentlemen, — said that slavery was moral, political, diessing. T le of free States eay that the State ie wi most intelligence is five of the 8 there were 000 adults persons. oe Mr. Campbell to read the statistios crime. Mr. Camrnexs said there were more Northern then in the Southern | reason thet the former ns in the as will, There is an electric chain binds ann commen ood. The Committee rose, and the House adjourned. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE, Senate. Avnany, Feb 19, 1860. REPORTS. Mr. Moacax, favorably, the bill making appropriation im part for the expense of the government for the fiscal year, and for other purposes. Mr. Cour, favorably, with amendments, the bill in- corporating the New York City Hotel Company. Mr.Cannort, from the committee to whom was re- ferred the postage question, made @ long report, in which the committee recommend the adoption by Con- grees of a rate of postage not exceeding two cemts on every balf ounce on all pre-paid letters, for any dis- . and four cents if not Ley oe »b Introducing @ joint resolution of instructions to AA fleet Mr. Urnam submitted a ares & report on the sub- hey of currency and Bank note mption, concluding y lee pepe ® resolution in accordance with the pe eg ity, viz.:—Against ehanging the pre- sent law. Notices, ere. | Mr. Moncam, « Dill to ide for the adjustment of | accounts between the and New York city. <<. 41 to form « Sobool District im the town | of Weet Farme, Westchester County. | Mr. Coon, that the Bank Note ‘Kedemption bill be | made the special order for Wednesday, next week, at v o'clock— Adopted. ann, referring the Bank Note bill from the As- sembly, to ® teiect committee, to report complete— Adep Mr. Cour, that the bill relative to collection and ar- trerment of taxes be referred to a select committee, to repcrt complete — Agreed omen ren. The Committee on internal Affairs was discharged from further consideration of the bill reiative to sherifl’s fees, &e., and thesame was referred to the Ccmmittee on the Whole. ralircad bill wae passe ‘The general wes To epable the Kingston bt ke. Passed. | Company to rell their road a: | The New York and Erie idl lost—14 to 9 Mr. Owrnw moved to reconsider this vote, and that the final question be laid on the tabie. | To pay Ara Baxter certain 5 | ‘The Senate then went into executive session; after | which, eo much of the rules of the Senate a includes | Tuesday for executive tension was suspended. THE AFrROPRiATION BILL. | The Committee of the Whole, Mr. Wiitsams in the | chair, took =o Ly rT bill for the govern- ment expenses fiscal year, beginning | February, 1849. Considerable time z im the d rome debate was Asesembiy. Aunany, Feb. 19, 1860. REPORTS. Mr. Garen, favorably te the bill in relation to mort- | gages taken by loan commirsioners. Mr. Cov nem moved for taxation of debt Judiciary Committee, with instractions to amend it ‘as fellows :—“ s0 to amend the bill that it sball not affect citizens of the Uinted States.” Also, “to prevent aliens of the United States, or their agents, by an; tence. subterfuge of evasion, from so steal cas. tracts to purchasers, as to obygate those purchasers to y the (ax due on ruch contracts or tions, and bat raid committee be farther Inetracted to report at en early day Mr. Cocnem sustained bis motion at length. Mr T to it, on the ground that a a i$ sciple of law. Tt was i t the due to should be taxed, but it ‘was not just to interfere with the ordinary business "Si"Cwgs aed She gna pit tat Laide tcne should net be allowed termene thelr ove a but there were exceptions to this rule, and the par- ye Janée belonging to the Poultney estate were 7 | g,Atter farther debate, on motion of L. W. Swrrw, the | Dill wae referred back, without ii IMPROVEMENT OF SevECA RivER. Raymond ta the shah she oan ne thet improvement of the Sencea River at Belawineville Le Proposed to |i rpenditure Mr, ©. Rowresow moved to the rum to ¢) . Tale prososttion, eee the whee were quiries im respect to Be0d We, by Cp dasematicn Pome ont Bre te i Onesne, Feb. 16, 2880. To Wi Hoes & Co , New Yous;— wi burst out, bat have saved all our money and sd JAS. ROBB & CO, ‘The Westerly Bank Robbery. Bostow, February 19, 1850, ‘The examination of Kanome and Cole, charged with robbing the Westerly Bank, Rhode Island, of $16,000, has been partially gone into. They were identified as having left New York just before the robbery occurred; and the morning after, they were seen onthe road from Westerly to Mystic. On their way back to New York, they paid out two bills of the Westerly Bank. The Bautimons, Feb, 19—8 P. M. The House of Delegates of this State to-day passed ® Dill regulating the hours of labor, Later from Tezas, Battowone, Feb. 19—9 P. M, ‘The Southern mail, due last evening, arrived tc- night, but the latest one is still due. The New Orleans papers have advices from Galves- ton, Texas, to the 7th inst. Col. Bent on’s propomtion to make two separate States of Texas, it appears, does not meet with much spprobation from the people ge- nerally. Bie mesal Al ticoh es ‘The Difficulty among the Iron Workers. Pirrssuran, (Pa ,) February 19, 1850. The Wayne Iron Works, Lippincott Mills, and the Juniata Iron Works, have resumed operations, with mew hands, and under new arrangements. A number of puddlers yet hold out, but there is every reason to believe that there will soon be a satisfactory settlement of the difficulties. Those who are holding cut have evinced no disposi- tion to create any disturbance, and it is quite probable that the seven mills now closed, will go on again in the course of a few da} mae fs Sales of Stocks. Boston, February 19—4 P. M. The following were the transactions at the second day:—60 shares Reading Railroad, b3m., 18; Doard, to day: 100 do, blm., 17%. Slarkets. Batimone, Feb. 19—6 P. M. There fs but a moderate business ots, in bread- stuffs, though prices generally are steady. Small sales of Howard street flour at $4 75. Red wheat at $1 08, id eorn st 53c. imtugare there is some movement bhds. new Porto Rico, at 53% @ 63:c.;150do. New Orleans NH a 4Xo., usual time. Molasses is in fair request, and prices steady. A parcel of 100 bbls. Cuba changed hands at 10ke., 4 mos, Shipping Intelligence. New Onveans, Feb 10. Arrived—Ship Caroline, Boston; bark J J Hawthorn, Phi- Iadelphia; scbr Anita Dawson, do. Movie, Feb Il, od—Sobr Almeda, New York. 7 ates Hew Fock <a ame, Bob U. Arrived—B: ‘otosi, Matanzas, Ist inst; Alcenus, do, 20ch ‘ult; Motto, Ci aes let inet; sobre Mary, Fredericksburg; Metallus and © Beott, Bi port for Cardenas. ya Schr Virginia, Balti Fauu River, Feb 16, ived— nia, more. Boston, Feb 19. Arrived—Ship North 4 tlantic, New Orleans, 2ist ult; barks Hamilton. Rio Janeiro, La 4 ‘ew Orleans, bri mee Jan . sobre 234 ule; brig Oak, » Deo 26, John W Gundy, Puiladelpbia; Delaware, Delaware i, Cleared—Shine Equity, Calcutta: Plymouth Rock, Liver- pool; barka Archibald Gracie, San Francisoo; Gow, Philadel phiay sobre Palasten, Port au Prince; JK FM San ; Harriet Atwood, do; Co 1 Co, New York. New Bepronp, Feb 17. Agived~ Schr Augusta, New York; 18th, bark Roscius, from the Pacitio, Waloahunane, lith Oct, with 1,800 sp, on freight 230 why ship Catlin. 20 do from the Zean: a. Passed. Jan 1, lat lon 3416, ship Ianthe, Boston for Hong i Provinencr, Fed 18, Arrived—Sebrs Wm W Wyer and Kel Norfolk; J W Denis, New York; sleeps Nydas and Wii Nxw Fob 18. Arrived—Schrs J & 8, Sophia Parker, and Mary Baker, Norfolk. am Bain’s Southern Telegraph line, which was in- terrupted yesterday, is now in successful operation. THE EUROPEANS MAILS. THE WEEKLY HERALD. Warren ‘The steamships Europe, for Liverpool, and Hermann, for Southampton and Bremen, will leave this port at Boon to dey. The Weekly Herald, printed in French and English will be published at nine o’clock this morning. Its con tents will embrace all the important news of the week— from Washington, Canads, Mexico, ko. Single copies, in wrappers, sixpenoe. Scraeme Covnt—General Term—Nos. 35, 36, 38, 40, 45, 48, 60, 62 to 59. Common Pimas.— Nos. 109, 127, 142, 160, 180, 243, 246, 296, 262, 264, 206, 268, 470, 272, 274, Screnion Counr.—Nos. 66, 97. 69, 100, 105, 41, 51, 60, 2, 49, 111, 120, 3, 27.184, 185, 187, 141, 145, ‘109, 47. 168, 185, 166, 167, 169, 160, 164, 165, 166, 169, 170, 172, 173, 73,94, 19. 16, 20 to 24, 42, 64, 67, 402,96, 114, 91, 181,116, 16, 18,84, 146, 167, 162, 101, 147, 92, 7, 8,193, ‘Transferred. —Nos. 67, 58, 69, 60, 61, 68, 20, 36, 38, 17, 82, 2, 8. ‘The Citizens of the City and County of ve of party distinction, in favor of sus the permanent settlement of the great tating the nation, upon the basis of the com- youd im the Semate of the United trod: ro Beate by the M jorday evening, G rda. Eleatherta (Festival of Cantal by HL. Stone, Ra, Orehes meer ‘é Posttively the Last Day.—Gilddon's and N se ricco Sarees ae, Fe aye gvening, 20th Fi Toendey.and Wi mission 25 conte; groring, at 76 o'clock, ferers. Ai jon GO) een: types, 205 Uae Beveaee, of Fone tom Gestetner nancy shed wel as the community for t = be lost in acting upon this important rubyect. The Climax in Hate ri. ¥ 4 Tale to eolor or mo wogie ithe ted without anny, to the or skin. It yt, I oan be washed *i # po bad odor. Tt is applied, oF iway, and by ©. L. 4 Germ: her t. firet store ea Ashington Jordan, 128 hington strect, Boston, Dr. Wheeler, Ocnitet, 28 of Bre | ore. t vemartatle aap: nto, ro Teealy athe rendeaes sre | ei Dr, Powell, Oculist, A .y attends of the 004 Bes, trom to four 0’) daily, RCIAL AFFAIRS. MONEY MARKET. Tuceday, February 19-6 P.M. ‘There wan a reaction in the stock market to-day, and quotations for most of the receded 4 to 1’ per cent. There were large for cash. At the first board, United States sixes, 1867, fell off per cent; Farmers’ Loam, 14; Morrie Camel, «; Canton Company, )s; Reding Rellreed, 1; Mastem, '. Rute The annexed statement exhibits the condition of the leading departments in each of the banks in New: Orleans, according to returns made to the Board of? Currency, for January, 1860:— Baxxs or New Oareans, Janvany, 1860. CASH, OR IMMEDIATE LIABILITIES, B Deposits, Banks. The ae oe viens 1,600,074 = a 1,106,285 2,183,921 820,998. 83 ws $6,188,057 $8,681,380 $1,951,714 $103,053 CASH, OR IMMEDIATE RESOUROES, For. $-Diat. Carle Baak of Louisiana. Canal & Banking y Bank. $7,327,402 $11,122,081 $4,403,013 Comparing this with the last monthly statement, we find increased operations in all branches of business. called for by the business of the season. Discounts have increased eleven hundred aud twenty-three thousand dollars. Exchange account, which appears: to be the favorite object of the New Orleans banks, is now four millions four hundred thousiud dollars, being an increase on the previous month of nine hundred and fifty-one thousend dollars. The specie on hand ie within a fraction of one dollar and nineteen cents te one dotiar of circulation. The annexed statement exhibits the quotations for foreign and domestic exchanges, for specie, and for un- q “Fonssan Brcnanens. Pare. i035 ohn o 8 He A ‘Domestic Bxcnanozs. para dis "Wheel 136 pet cont disount, ‘We bave no particular alteratipn to report im Uneurrent money continues eomparatively scarce, Particularly the issues of banks in this State. The amount of United States stock transferred to foreigners duiing the week ending the 15th inst. wae $202,462 30, of which $15,512 30 was of the loan 1842 ; $2,000, of 1846 ; $139 650 of 1847 ; and $6,300 of 1848. The Pittsburgh and Erie Railroad Company has been organized, and C. M. Reed, Esq., elected President. A portion of the road bas been put under contract, and will be finished next year. During the financial year ending June 30th, 1849, there were employed im the export trade from the U. 8. to Brazil, 260 veesels, making a tonnage of 60 687 tons; of the above 238 were American vesselr, The principal. ports of clearance were in New York, Maryland, Massa- cbusetts and Virginia. in the import trade from Bra- sil tothe United States, there were empleyed during the same period 530 vessels, in all 78.970 toms, of which veesels 293 were American. The States furnishing the- principal articles for this branoh of the trade were Lou- \eiana, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts and Pean- sylvania, The principal variation from the import trade cf the preceding year was an excess of 17,061 bar- Fels of flour, and s decrease in cotton to the amount of 266 bales, and in the exports an increase of 117,274 sacks of coffee, and 46 639 bags of sugar, with decrease in hides to the amount of 93,542. The annexed table exhibits the quotations for the principal public securities of the country, in this market, at the respective periods named :— os woe Pea aE Ue Feb. 19,1850, 0,8. Loan, & per gent, & if WL om es . alo E SS Le al Eesti: Ws if oeh 6 per gras, im 2 - - ‘ : =F tit 4 - - 1: Wik ite mS | + on — - . | 4 i o © Wee . : 8 at [ ,. . . . . . S535) - revere ? Fgadevle = 2 a & Ee Fr a & ie Water Lean, ih) HB ot 3 toe BE | RRacesk . ager \Wigradagie preccetaasghe gave past week of the stocks in the above list have advanced, but those of & faney order have sdvanced the moet. This ia. veually the ease; but ae they generally recede am