The New York Herald Newspaper, March 18, 1850, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. Northwest corer of Fulton and Nassausts- na uent.—Durir,g the recent vimt of Mr. Bennett to ‘Washing’.on, where he spent three weeks in as- ert \aing the chances of a between ‘ine North and the South, it seems thatcertain per- sons were very busy im procuring an ipdictmeat for libel, from a very curiously constructed Grand Jury, on account of some undoubted facts and pro- per remarks which appeared in our columns, re- lative to the conduct of M. M. Noah, the former Surveyor of this port, in the?matter of the recovery of certain jewels belonging to the Prince of Orange, the payment ef a large reward, the arrest of the JAMES GORDON BENNST®, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. ¥ HERALD. 3 cents per RLY HERALD, every Sa! w sony, or 88, ner annum’ the Berepes Hb WEEKLY HERALD, every Monday, 2eente per 1 per annum. $ EN: "OR RESP ONDENCE, Face im pie pn ee quarter of the world ; if weed, will be liberally 7 . OR ta a communications, We NO NOTICE Maken ef ouupoupens nnot return rejected com thief, and his extradition to Holland, for trial and fs oy ma igor the poet By eb punishment. ev remitte, It seems that Mr. Seely, of this city, a highly respectable member of the bar, in recently bringing his claim against the Dutch government before the Senate of the United States, through Mr. Clay, brought to view several facts tending tothrow some singular light on certain transactions in money matters, with which Samuel Swartwout—well known in the history of government defalca- tions—Henry Ogden, his Secretary, and M. M. Noah, then Surveyor of the port, were connected. On the publication of those curious facts, Noah tned to procure a warrant for arrest, first from one and then from another of the police justices of this city; but these magistrates, understanding the law and the facts, refused the impudent demand, and tumed the fellow out of court. Failing in that attempt, Noah, with the other ex-official gentle- man, Henry Ogden—and, we believe, with the aid of Swartwout, who did 80 much dishonor to Gen. Jackson’s admunistration—went, with the con- currence of the District Attorney, John Mc- Keon, before a queer Grand Jury, and actually procured an indictment against this journal, for daring to venture on the publication of truths and facts connected with their official conduct in that dirty transaction. The following is a list of this . curiously selected Grand Jury, for the February Senator Seward and the Cabinet of General | 21m, by which this indictment was found :— ‘Taylor—The One-Eyed Phompson Of the | y,cccjcs Kells, foreman, Nathan Roberts, 13 Lewis st. Whig Party. 16th street, Variom, Daniel L. Tathil, $15 Green “ 16 Third av. _ wich street, It seems thet the denunciation recently pro- Enoch J. Benning, 223 Walker nounced by the Republic, at Washington, on the | )evis Doty, $34 & Bowery, etree. mat at, speech of Senator Seward, is all meant tor bun- Deyid B Hetchincsn, 21 Ww. ee eran Burling slip. combe—simply for the purpose of deceiving and de- | Jocl Kelly, L avenue C. Joseph MW. ‘March, 43 Essex at. iuding the Southern whig members of Congress, | Jy FOr Co nrmatort ss | Daniel 4. Richeor, do rice at who have yet some little good feeling towards the Jona Monta iibab ck Sich on, a hee es Wu we present administration. Thurlow Weed, of Alba- | Jobn Parct,890Greenwich st. Bleecker street. ny, in the Evening Journal of Friday last, in Well, be itso. Something droll will grow out meking some comments on Mr. Seward’s speech m the Senate, lets the cat out of the bag, and dis- Closes the real secrets and purposes of Senator Se- ward and the cabinet, in the following manner:— ‘ Gov. Seward holds, in common with the great mass of AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Oarn or Orvice—Vie~ rOMINE, BROADWAY THEATRE, Brosdway—Exrarmes—Tacan Is asp Dome Fon, BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambore streot—Smnsovs Faut- ur~ Tis owny My Aunt. NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—Miiure ano ‘Bis Man—Mose in €aii70n 814—MOTHER amp CHILD ARE Wri. OBRISTY'S OPERA HOUSE—Ermroriay Mineracss. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Axmvsine Penvoauaners Bvs- By ArTERNOON AND EVEniNo, MELODEON—Waure’s Senewapens, WASHINGTON HALL--Panonama ov Cativonmia Gow Mines. @i BROADWAY. ~HyprocEen Mrcroscor: ~ New York, Monday, March 18, 1850, Tne Dollar Weekly. The Dollar Weekly Herald will be published to-day ‘Terms-one dollar only per annum, Each number con- tains twenty-four columns of reading matter, thus giving. in a year, over twelve hundred columns of e: tertalning history,for less than one-tenth of a cent per column. of this business. On the trial of this indictment which, in concurrence with Swartwout, the great defaulter, has been procured against the editor of of the Union, that the direct, practical, and out of our sent embarrassment, is that ly and wisely recommended by this paper, with the assistance of District Attorney McKeon, we ehall endeavor to take the opportunity a. Taylor. Avare, however, that a full and framk deolaration of bis sentiments upon the whole question im issue, would to show to the world the character of Noah and his associates 1p public office during that unhappy period of General Jackson’s administration, which, to this day, presents a stigma on the his- tory of the country, growing out of defalcatioas and public robbery of all kinds. We will show, on that trial, that Noah, while a well paid officer in the customs, as Surveyor, pocketed nearly three thousand dollars of the reward—we call it black- mail—oflered by the Dutch government for the re- turn of the jewels and the arrest of the robber, both of which were recovered by Mr. Seely, and not by Nowh. We will show, in addition, how much he participated in the famous black-mail loan made by the United States Bank to the Courier and En- quirer, generally denominated the “ fifty-two thou- sand dollar fair business transaction,” for which poor Watson Webb has hitherto suffered all the pains and penalties. We will also show that, for several years past, he has been, and is now, in the secret employment of the Custom House here, drawing an ennual salary—more black-mail— without performing any sufficient services; in fact, that he has been, and is, a sinecurist of the dirtiest and meanest kind, and is still continued, with the concurrence of Mr. Meredith, Secretary of the Treasury, ond of Mr. Maxwell, the Col- lector of the Port. That trial will develope the history and character of Noah and his very natural associates—Samuel Swartwout, Henry Og- den, and some others—in such « way as to throw a nee, in rome quarters, he did not feel at liberty, implication, to involve Gen. Taylor On that he spoke for his State and for himself. But he 4 to no man in ppreciation of Gen. Tay- "s wisdom and patriotism; nor does any one realize morefgratefuliy the happy concurrence of events and cireumstances which, at a crisis full of peril, raised up n to pres tre, for the American people the sof thelr eberished Union.—Albany Evening The perfect understanding which would appear from these disclosures to exist between Mr. Se- ward and General Taylor’s cabinet, will probably be news to one of those parties—at least to Gen. Taylor himself, including Bullitt and Bliss, what- ever it may be to his cabinet. It seems that a full and frank declaration of sentiments, or of the whole truth, relative to the secret under- standing between Mr. Seward and the cabinet, would not do at this time, because it might in- volve General Taylor with Mr. Seward’s frends, aud might have a strong and malign influence in Congress against other matters. This is certainly graphic honesty, bur it happens to be that species of homesty—that descripiion of trath, which we sometimes see in the purchased evidence or ex- orted avowals of stool pigeon witnesses in our Court of Sessions, under a severe croas-examina- tien by one of the astute counsel there. One-Eyed Thompeon would be precisely such a witness as Thurlow Weed, who himself seems to occupy the vay mow position of the “ Oue-Eyed Thompson” of the | broed and brilliant light en the politics of this city whig purty of his State ; only Thurlow has yet to during General Jackson's Presidency. We are esr the cunning of his prototype of the Tombs, | Bot afraid to meet them in any court, either in heaven or on earth—before any judge or jury—and they had better prepare for the investigation. Itis the first time, since the era of the alien and sedi- tion laws, that such an impudent and atrocious ect against the liberty of the preés has been per- petrated with the concurrence of any district at- torney, and we trust it will be the last. | The blood of Judas Iscariot, or Barabbas, the robber, still lows forth upon this happy world. ard not to teil too much before the proper time. All this curious and sngular disclosure, very briefly etared and delivered on the stand at Al- bony, by Thurlow Weed, the “ One-Eyed Thomp- son ” of the whig party of New York, will be pon- dered upon end treasured up by the unfortunate people at Washington, who have suffered some from the political burglars, house breakers, and counterfeit money venders belonging to the va- rious parties and factions in this region. Accord. | ing to those disclosures, General Taylor's judg- ment and patriotsm, at this crisis, cover the whole grourd and prospects delineated by Mr. Seward in his recent speech ; but it would be impolitic to tell the fact to the whole world, and therefore itis proper to divulge it very confidentially only, "brough the columns of the “ Evening Journal,” which is conducted by the “ One-Eyed Thomp- son” of the whig party of New York. Thar- Jow has recently been at Washington, and saw the cabinet and Seward almoet every day. Of course, be speaks from the cabinet card—but not from the President and the White House. There is fun and trouble brewing. Brieut Batis ann New Dances.—Tue Next Presipentiat Exsction.— We have already tated that the contest for the next presidency will prcbably be a scrub race, and that the first movement, in favor of the gallant old pa- tnot, Henry Clay, will begin on Tuesday—to- morrow evening—at Niblo’s Saloon, in a grand ball, in which all the new and fashionable dances will be introduced, calculated to aid and assist in the election of a President of the United States. This is the first movement among the whigs. Another one has already been announced, favorable to bringing out a second time Gen. Cass on his old ground. The tickets are issued for a grand ball and fashionable assemblage at Tammany Hall, on next Monday evening, the 25th instant. Mike Walsh and several other fashionable men are ap- pointed a reception committee, and one of the Justices of the police court occupies the post of one of the commuttee of the floor for the arrangement of the dances. We advise the judge in this case to take a few lessons from some one of the fashien- able teachers of the new dances which are to be | introduced previous to the next presidential elec- tion. This new mode of commencing a presidential election we lke very much, and we believe the ladies like it too, particularly if it is attended with music and elegant suppers, and a little choice champegne. Yet it is doubtful whether Mr. Clay can get all the whig party, or General Cass all the | democracy. There is a serious split in both par- ties, which all new dances, from time to eternity, cannot mend. Besides, politicians and pretty wo- Tus Meetixe or Tae “ Inisu ALLiance.”— One scarcely knows whether to laugh or weep at this exhibition, a graphic and faithful account of whieh will be found in our columns to-day. While it is painfully tragic, it is at the same time irremstibly comic. It is humiliating to find an assembly of white men conducting themselves more diereputably than would a meeting of ne- groes. Surely there were demagogues enough already here to make fools of a large number of | our adopted Irish citizens, without any recent im- portations of that genus. It was not sufficient for these gentlemen to play their fantastic tricks at home, but they must come here to act their antics, and endanger the lives of females by their violent proceedings. As another meeting is about to be held, of the same character, we would recommend these fight- ing gentlemen to the special attention of the | jen don't like always to dance eternally the old Mayet. Heaven knows the scenes in T n | dances—such quadrilles, cotillons, or polkas. Hall have been bad enough it~ 90 bat this exh | 4 beautiful, graceful, elegant new dance has been bition appears to outstrip them all. Its painful to introduced by some Italian up town, which is called witness the names of such per es Mitchel and ti¢ Sott:ah, of Schottish, of Scottish, or somesuch Duffy made the watchwords Towdyiem, and name. This is very significant—almoet equal to the pre ner mouthe of agitators, for their { mysterious knockings ot the West. Many think . that the whigscould dance the Scottish elegaotly— Independent of the violence of the proceedings 4 4 ihat the democrats might dance the Woolish on Saturday evening, we consider the introduction qusily graceful. Scottand Wool. General Wool here of any potitical movement about Ireland, in for the democracy, and General Scott for the the present state of affaire,as pure humbug. Either Whigs, may yet possess some influence in the ball the men who are attempting it are not sincere, or | pathaeansntastearctatstates they are willing to make fools of themselves. [t Tne Netsances ix Tae Crry, ann THe Crry Is. as rather too soon after the late “ Slievegammon” | evsctor.—At the last meeting of the Board of affair, to try to get up another piece of Insh acte | Aldermen, a letter was read trom the City Inspec- ing for the political stage. The observations of | tor, which is singularly at variance with the re- Mr. Dillon, who is regarded as a man of sense, are | Port of the Board of Health, upon which we offered well woitby of attention. It is not an Irish Al- | come comments at the time it was issued. Ac- liance that is wanted, e:ther here or in Ireland, but | cording to the report of the Board of Health, the an Insh “truce”—a truce to humbug, and agita- | city was purified from every defilement by the tion, and money getters—a truce to bad passions, | strenuous exertions of that body; and the Herald, envy and jealousy, and strife and contention among which complained of the shocking filthy state of the Irish people themselves. The country wantea | the city, was ‘declared to have sadly misrepre- little repose after #0 long a series of exhausting | *ented these worthy gentlemen. The City Inapec- and feverich excitements. If those men will take , however, tellg the honest truth, when he says, a friendly advice, they will either go back again to | “ many and just complaints were made daring the Ireland, or learn fo pursue some decent calling, | past summer, against the many nuisances that and work fora living ike American citizens, and ‘isted im the upper portions of our city. Not- as we are glad to hear some of the other exiles are | withstanding the efforts put (orth by the Board of i Health and myself to remove them, these nuisances still remain.” The truth ie, that so many and 0 abominable nuisances never existed in the city ae FY present moment What, we ask, is to be Jone with them now, at the near approach of sum- ‘We can inform them that the public are utterly disgusted with their quarrels, and that if they ex- pect sny sympathy or support here, they will find themselves miserably disappointed. There will, } Are they to conti: rit of course, be some sprats thrown out to catch ing death, tine ‘Sbeinms op comme tet dalmon, when election times come, but that is ail. ' startles the authorities into impotent action again 1 Tur Jew 4°. rae Jawsts—Quase Inoicr.| Tux Docrainss or Socutise 1x New Your — The organ of the socialists in this city, as well as of anti-slavery, ant-rentism, and every other 1sm of the day, continues us lectures, letters, editori- als and correspondence on these subjects, and thus 1s fanning the embers and exciting the public mind in such a way ascan lead to nothing but the worst results, in such a community as we live in. From the Trtbwme of Saturday, in which we find a long, tedious explanation of the doctrines of so- ciahem, we extract the following plain paragraph, as the clearest and best of the whole :— by Ble labor, “Land, water aie aad fight are’not the fruite of they ‘ere the fundemental ele- seks you for a ransom for the right to live. The lord does the same in a less starting manner, but not with a less deadly purpose.” Thurlow Weed, Wm. H. Seward and Horace Greeley have been for several years past engaged 1m agitating the public mind, first on anti-slavery, then on anti-rentism in the country, and now on anti-slavery, growing out of the agitation between the North and the South. At leagth the organ in this city comes out for anti-rentism in this metrop- ols, boldly goes the whole length for division of property, the abolition of rents, and denounces the landlords who take any rent, just the same as a highwaymen who puts a pistol to your head. These doctrinez, 1mpudently and openly promul- gated day after day in this city, through the col- umne of that paper, are beginning to operate on the ignorant and foreign portion of this community just come across the water. The cecret meetings, the numerous associations, the parades and march- es, and all the other indications of the like kind, can only tend to some terrible outbreak, in which mobs will next march down to Wall street, force open the banks and demand a division of the spe- cie which they have in their vaults. Twenty years ago similar scenes took place—similar doctrines were promulgated, also by foreign socialists, but onasnialler scale. The times are threatening.— Prepare for the worst. Couiection or Mongy ror THE EvrorgaN Re- ruGEEs.—At the recent Hungarian meeting, @ committee was appointed, for the purpose of col- lecting money for the benefit of the Hungarian refugees now in this country. One of the mem- bers of this committee, we observe, 1s Horace Greeley. This may be all very right; but he has been formerly connected with charity committees of that description, and entrusted with large sums of money, which have been by no means satis- factorily accounted for by his colleagues. We allude to the Irish Directory, which was composed of Greeley, Emmett, and a number of other per- sons. Some thiriy thousand dollars and over were collected from the generous people of this country by that committee ; but we have not heard, to this day, how the money was appropriated, or what has become of it, with the exception of a few thousand dollars, which they admit was spent in some secret purpose that cannot be made public. We trust that the money about to be collected for the poor Hungarians and others, will be better disposed of, and more accurately accounted for, then the thirty thousand dollars which was libe- rally subscribed by the people of this country for the benefit of Ireland, but of which no account has been furnished to this day. Movements in tHe Daamatie Anexa.—The entire dramatic world is in the positions beld by favorite public performers during the lest year, and in @ few weeks every theatrical establishment will present its array of talent and genive, and renew its eppeal for public patronage. At the Astor Place Opera House, the manager’s suo- cess in arranging his company, in directing the am- bition of bis vocalists, and in meeting his engagements, has been complete; and had it mot been for the interference cf neophytes in teotios at the falls given in the house, whish were tail. ‘ures and would-be exclusive affairs, and, superadded to this, the want of an adequate spirit among the farhiovable people on the benefit nights of the artiste, the financial success of M. Maretzek would have been correspondent with all bis other triumphs. The mana: | ger effected wonders in his own ephere; but the young | wn who struggled to be generals in fashionable life, in marshalling forces at the balls, were too ridiculously j exclusive. and did not approach the business habite of their fathers and grandfathers, as once eo eminently displayed im peddling, tailoring. soap-making, and money-making. They imposed, on this account, » heavy weight upon the manager's shoulders; and so far from making the balls useful te him, only added to bis emberrasments and difficulties They could culti- vate their hair and moustaches, but were wholly un- fitted fer the cultivation of anything mote substantial. It was a mistake to give them the reins. However, | the next season must be conducted upon a more liberal and comprehensive system. There must be more con- | geniality, at leart on the surface, in the fashionable and wealthy olrolee—e changing in the great quadrille of roolety; whereby ail the sets, om one great platform, sball Jot one grand rij left, promenading to divine music. Maretze! in Boston, stirring up the musical public there. Meanwhile Mr. Bass will bring forth his dramatic troops, led off by the Appolonis | Jagelio of the etege, Miss Duret, of London—a dashing leader im the etrife of birtrionic art. | The Broadway Theatre, recently, has been doing well with “ Extremes; @ comedy in every respect equal to the wants of the puclic—quite as finished at any play ought to be to procure perfect success, | Were it not to be taken down, to make way for an en- | gagement that will interfere, unfortunately, with the | financial prosperity of the house, it would run | for weeks to come. Once withdrawn, it cam only | be revived to fail. The play is an innovation | upon the wretched traditions in which manager® often indulge for the destruction of their capital, and as ruch, might be followed up by o capable man, studicus of public wants, with certain success. — Mr. George H. Barrett will beve an opportunity, as stege menager. of entering upon this new field; but it Se probable that he will rtick to those ancient traditions and to that dependence upon the past which invariably | prove compare tive or entire failures. Everything will depend upon the breaking away from the old system of ‘actice, Indifferent stars, monodramas, and preposter- ous revivals. At the first of next month, we shall be | informed who is to hold the theatre for the next season —whether Mr. Marshall will be encouraged by the suc. | cons of “Extremes” to retain it—Mesers. Sands& Lent | to convert it into a cireus—or some eapable applicant | to attempt a grand experiment on principles suited to the taste of the present generation. | Burton's Theatre isto be revolutionized, amid the fraternization of one or two of ite performers with | managers of celebrity; but their pleces will be supplied by the best available talent that ean be procured. Mr. John Brougham will throw hie taste, talent and tact Into the scale in bebalf of Mr. Niblo, who will give dca. atic performances two or three times a week, when the Ravel family are resting from their eccentricities and comicalities, Mr. C. W. Clarke will take charge of | Barnum’s new lectere room in the Museum, and eu- | perintend the production of new dramas, calculated to produce effeet upon the morals of the metropolis. | ‘The Olympie, it is understood, has passed into the hands of Mr. Burton, who will keep this little craft in such waters that it will teke no wind out of his ewn salle, a0 it might, if confided to the hands of any other pilot. This movement, however, will not deprive Dr. Moffat and others, of the plan, somewhat matured, of Jeging o new theatrical deck on Breadway, should cir- cumstances rerm to demand it. ‘The Bowery and the National will hold on in the even tenor of their course, A new tragedy is to be brevght cut at the former establishment, and at the jatter @ new local burleeque will be produced io « few days. The peculiarities of this play will excite much attention, while the-wit of the aucbor will be fully ap- Teciated., . pur will be teen, that the dramatic arena ts to the immenge interest takenin public | e civilizers of the and ities of our mental and moral ne Tt fe well, Senoowers ron re Fi Lis Eapeor comer ture. vA Lie Eareorrion.— Welearn, the 16th instant, that lousester. : | toarrive at some general conclusion on the slavery ry xoitement. changes. chances. and eoterprice, | Re er eren ‘Telegrapaic Summary. The intelugence which we received last evening rom our special telegraphic correspondent in Washington, is very interesting, if not important. It will be seem by our despatch, that a document has been discovered, tending to show that while the cabinet of Gen. Ta) lor could assert with some truth, perhaps, that T. Butler King received no in- structions from them, to urge the peeple of Cali- fornia to form a government, and demand admis- s10n into the Union asa State, in the manner in which they have done, secret agents may have been at work accomplishing that end. It such a document be in existence, it is of the highest im- portance at this particular juncture, and we are sure that it will be called forat an early day, as the Southern members will be desirous of knowing eve- rything connected with the movements of the cabinet in tha’ quarter. Where there is so mach smoke, as there has been in this case, there must be some fire, and that fire has not yet been disco- vered. As for the caucus of the New York delegation, preparatory toa general whig caucus on the sla- very question, 1t may amount to something or it may not. We very much fear that the slavery question, thanks to William H. Seward, and other fanatics of the North of both parties, lies be- yond party lines, and cannot be settled except on principles of compromise, not between whigs and democrats, but between the re- presentatives of both sections of the country irrespective of party. Properly speaking, the slavery question, although it may be made a test in certain localities—in the South as well as in the North—is not a party question. It 1s a dangerous sectional question, and can never be settled satis- factorily by whigs alone, or by democrats alone; but by both combined, representing both sections of the country. Some decision of moment may be arrived at in a whig caucus, in reference to the cabinet ; for it 1s generally believed by the repre- sentatives of that party in Congress, as well as by the country at large, that it should be dissolved as soon as possible, and better men installed—men who would carry with them some moral influence rand weight. The details of our telegraphic intelligence will be found below. ‘The Latest from Washington. OUR SPECIAL TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE. ‘Wasuninotox, Mareh 17, 1850, Tam informed, on good authority, that a document is in the possession of the cabinet, which throws a good deal of light on the movements in California, in addi- tion to what has already been made public. I learn that this paper, when called for, will show that other persons than T. Butler King bave been secretly at work in California, in urging the pesple of that territory to f-rm a State government, and demand admifsion into the Union as a State, as they have done. The subject is talked cf @ good deal in certain circles here, but as yet it bas mot become « topio of general con vereation. I have ne doubt that somie Southera democratic member will move @ call on tha Pres! for the production of this document at an early day, as itis expected it will exercise a good deal of influence on the question of the admission of California im her present situation, and reveal some- thing that. perbaps, as yet has not beer dreamt of by the public. We shall cee. 1 am happy to inform you that Mr Calhoun’s health is much better to-day than it has been for some time pact. He is still, however, very unwell, although I have more hope of bis convalescence than | had yesterday or the day before. General Taylor, it seems, has decliped to direct any Proceedings against Lieutenant Charles G. Alvarado Hunter, being satiefied that the case stands very well as it is, and that if Alvarado Hunter erred at all’ he d@id so om the right side. He has arrived at this determipation im consequence of the pro- ceedings of the maval court martiel thet wa® convened for trying him, not being found among the archives of the Navy Department. In reply to the Fequest to order @ court mertisl, and also in reply to the remark which was made to him, that he himself ‘was a strict disolplinarian, he said he liked discipline as well as apy man, tn the navy as well as in the army, but be liked justice too. The New York delegation here talk some of holding ®@ caucus and comparing notes on the slavery question Preparatory tos general whig caucus, which is talked about. The object of the proposed general caucus is question, and the popularity or fitness of the present cabinet to continue in the places which they now fill I shall watch this movement and report progress. Late and Important from Texas—Pelitical Movements, &e. Ba.tmone, Maroh 17, 1860, ‘The New Orleans mail of the 0th inst, has come to band; the mall of the 10th is still due. The steamer Globe had arrived at New Orleaas, bringing later advices from Texas ‘The meetings held at Rie Grande City have passed resolutions in favor of a territorial government, and a convention has been called by the people, to meet at Brownsville, to consider the subject. Dr. Kellogg, the notorious leader of the Texas rob- bers, has been arrested at Brazos. Biekness and Des ition at Sea. Bostos, Mareh 17, 1850. ‘The bark Tartar, arrived st this port, from Calcutts, reports thet on the 18th February, lat. 13 40, long. 46, she fell in with the brig Active, of London, from Per. wambuco, for Hamburg, under short rail, ensign union down, The Tartar boarded her, and found the captain very sick, but apparently reeovering. The first and second mates, a passenger, and four seamen had died, Jeaving only the captain, one seaman, the cook, ands boy. There had been no one to navigate her for ten days, The Tartar put her second officer and one man onboard of her, and supplied her with some small stores, and she proceeded on her voyage. Steamer Raphael Ribas. Lewes, (Del ,.) Marob 17, 1850. The new steamer Raphael Ribes, Captain Gieen from New York, whence she sailed on the 12th, put into | Delaware Breakwater on Saturday, to repair some of | thcught she will take her departure on Tuesday. Banking Affairs in Virginia. Baxruwone, Mareh 17, 1860. ‘The Virginia Senate hes rejected the bill authorising the banks to issue notes of a denomination less than Br City intelligence Count oF Srasions—Betore J Sacer evenit street. The Independent clety at the Seventh Ward Hotel, Madison street; and there will be another celebration at the Alhambra, 136 Water street. The shamrock will get an awful “drown- ing”’ im the course of the evening. pite the preach- ‘i ings of Father Mathew, and we would bet a doller that @ considerable number will not wait till evening for the ceremony. A Sr. Parricx’s Eve Scexe.—A less objectionable but roene as the of at the Atlantic Docks on ter are , go 's day, if necessary at 12 pep AOA ‘The ‘steamer bad 9 best & retreat, but being reinforsed by some hands, returned again to the charge; and some of the isborers at the docks, went en board the Albion to assist against the sailors. The latter went to work with e hearty will, one seizing @ rope’s another e Fatat Accipent.— Willism Blake, a seaman the smack New York, was drowned, yesterday morning, by the mainsail ovens Sa off the deck while the vessel was getting into Fulton slip. Itis ssid he has an uncle in Philadelpbia. Tne Cray Bart.—To-morrow evening, this grand £& come of se Saas ae: Ane isexpected to be not the feason, among the great Preparations are being made on an extensive scale, and the best feature in the affair is, that it has mothing to do with party politics. It is. we are assured, given in admiration of the man. without regard to his politics. Atall «ana very it and numerously atten . Tne Sticioe iv Greenwich Street —Coroner Geer held an inquest yesterday, on the body of R.A. E. Meyer, the young German, 27 years of , who com- milted #1 om Saturday evening, by him. relf through the head with the particulars of which w Herald, Verdict accord! Pistol, in Greenwich street, published in mo Cc morning, a sailor, in ing in bis blood. On examining his body, that be bad received two stabs in the back frome sharp- pointed inetrument Upon ivquiry, {t could not be as- certained how the matter occurred; but the probability in, that it wee the result of a drunken row. He lies in ‘& most dangerous state at the City Hospital, to which he was removed. Deatn ix tHe Crry Hosrrtat..—Jane Smyth, residing st 76 Leopard street. who was thrown from « wagon, on Friday, in Church street, died the same night, in the City Hospital, to which she had been removed. Raroap Accipent.— A man named Jeremiah Sul- livan, employed upon the works of the New York and Erie Railroad, bad the small bones of his foot io a shocking manner, on Saturday morning, by « gravel train passing over it. He was brought down by the steamer Erie. and removed to the City Hospital, where he now remains, under treatment. Forrnar Procession.—The Roland Lodge, No. 10, of the ancient order of Good Fellows, passed through Nas fac apd Fulton streets fternoom, on their way to Greenwood Cemetery, accompanying the remains of their deceased brother Myers to their last resting The proceesi mded by & of mu- tic, playing the funeral anthem, and escorted by alarge gomber of citizens. Detiniem Taemens.—A man named Jobn Hodge, a f Connectie as brought down, yesterday af. er steamers. from Hartford, in nath enadvanced stage of delirium tremens. He was re- moved to the City Horpital, where he now /ies, under medical treatment. Court Calendar— Surneme Count— Circuit Covar, 400, 401.402. 404, to 412. Common Piras —Nos. 366, 879, 884, to 387, 26, 55,97, 282, 274, 298, 824, 349, 351. A Beautiful Skin all dark and yellow skin time it cures Ce rry pimples, a splens sited teat 403 Broadway. It is aid‘artisies”™ - for Rendering f fy Iutherto with Dasuerreotype attained at A.J. Beals’ jum Gallery, 186 Broadway. 34 floor. east side of tween Maiden Lane and Liberty street. Tem: 'y Arrangement.—_Them ‘will be found at No. 12 Beekman street, aed ‘beantime, we are’ ellines 63 vale fer ‘¢ Ww ; cake lens than one half the cost pele: © Dr. Powell, Oculist, to diseases of the Eye and Bar, at lig Warren street, where ean the Eye, 3d edition, price 60 conte; &: and Fountains, anda great ns a eas th ‘Wigs and Toupees.—Another Medal has ry BaTCHELOR'S ‘celebrated y Ne. ‘ Be the largest ard best ~ COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS. MONEY MARKET. Sunday, March 17—6 P. 1. ebeck the spirit of speculation in this kind of property, They appear to think that the speculative spirit abroad, now eo busy in ships, coffee, cotton, real estate, &e , ke , has left but a gentle impression on the stock market, in comparison with its former effects, when confidence was everywhere, and money in everybody's pocket, as it appears to be now. This iss great mis- tahe—prices of fancy stocks are higher at this time, when their actual condition is deliberately consilered, than they have ever been since the stock exchange was established. They consist of a few bankrupt rail- roads, hopelessly unproductive carl companies, di- lepidated trust companies, and one imaginary Dry Dock company, somewhere in the moon. The public at large understand these matters as well as the scheming brokere—have paid for their knowledge by immense losses, and are not willing to be taken in by scandalous misrepresentations tm the shape of directors’ reports or the cold-blooded falsehoods of schemin’ epeculators. If our course is calculated to keep inno- cent people from dealing im material known to be bad and worthless, our object is attained. Those stocks which are now universally known as fancy stooks, are the Harlem Railroad, the Reading Railroad, the Long Island Railroad, the Erie the Norwich and Worcester, the Stomingtom, and ome or two others of like character Of these, the best man- aged and most valuable is the Stonington, Ite debt is emall, ite administration able. ite directors honest, aed ite prospects improving yearly. It is seldom quoted at the Stock Board, the surest evidence of its increasing value. We have, then, the Canton Compéay, the Far- mere’ Trust, and the North American Trast Company. ‘The Canton Company has value and is entitled to con- tideration. Since this fact became apparent, the price bas been more steady, and operations in it diminished ‘well applied blows cf bis cane, deepatobed him. Movements of Individuais, The Prussian Minister at Constantinople, on the 30th cf Decem! 1849, denounced and remitted to the Porte wie Gnerge W. Wetaht, of Caliente, som « vatt more than one half. The Morris Canal Company and Pertemouth Dry Dock, to which must be added stew millions of railroad bonds to make up the list, for the game of heads the brokers wins, tails outsiders lose.” We beve esid so much about these stosks, that one would suppose that nothing more remained to be told. That's a mistake— every day adddeomething new, which the pablic ought to know, and which tends more and more to elucidate the wickedness of the wire pullers, ‘and the folly of permitting omeself to be Geeced by them, One would suppose that by this time the trick- aters themeelves would laugh at the folly of their vic- ‘tims, and in pity leave them alone. ‘Within the last siaty days, Harlem stock has of vanced in the market about 7 per cent, Erie Railroad 10 per cent, Reading Railroad 10 per cent, bends 10 per cent, Morris Canal stock $10 per share, over one hundred per cent, and notoriously mot worth one per cent. Here lean an advance of great magnitade—and it would be & curious matter to see the machinery which bas produced sucha result. The dealers in cach of these concerns either directly control them, or are #0 connected with the managers that it amounts to the same thing. Now, we ask what has occurred in dither of there institutions to make them worth \ per eent more than they wore sinty days ago! Absolutely Bever can be worth anything like what it for. ‘The disectors own the bulk of it, and the public mean they shell continue te own it,— ‘The stock and bonds of the Reading Railroad Company ought not to be called at all on the New York Stook Ex. change; the Company has deliberately best days, and ita friends know it; the coal trade is about undergoing an immense change ; the Schuylkill region must fail, and the dealers break, or the Reading Railroad Company must. Those connected with thisin- stitutionjeecit clearly. and they know that it is now only &® question of a little time. These recurtties are in the hands of the Boston people, and some English houses of wealth. It does not require any very great sagacity to see that the New York public will permit them to repose there, t The Erie Railroad Company have a large debt upon. ‘® substratum of stock of about $6,000,000, and it is the opinion ofthose conversant with the road and its re~ sources, that dividends om the stook, after the road is completed to the lake, cannot be made from the earn- ings. To make this road profitable, it must have double track, and that would cost the additional sum of $10,000,000, amd swell the aggregate to $30,000,000. As mortgage securities of this company increase in value, the steck depreolates; for every dollar expended. in the construction of the read increases the amount of property upon which the bondholders have s Hen.— The bonds are certainly much more seoure, after am expenditure of sixteen millions of dollars, than the¥ were when only half that sum had been expended; while the different classes of indebtedness accumulating over the stock, places it further down on the list, and more out of the way of dividends from earnings, As to the Morris Canal Company, it was Jong ego handed over to the Philadelphians, where it will probably got» decay. Any men in this city, after the ruinous experience or ; Past years, who purchases one single share of it, de. 4 serves to lose every dollar, All the gambling 8:Br), tablishments in the Union have not lost their votaries ® greater amount of money then this miserableapology- for s canal has cost the people of this city, since thée- first appearance of its stock in Wall street. The value of foreign dry goods entered at this port for consumption last week was $1,825,865; entered for warehousing, $50,121; withdrawn from warehouse, $70, 114. Amount of duties collected last week, $686,543 60. Amount on deposit,in Assistant Treasurer’s office, at the close of business yesterday, $4,032,360 66. Specie exported from this port last week, $19,860, Total for 1850, $420,106, The annexed statement exhibits the amount of Call- fornia gold received at the mints im Philadelphia and New Orleans, up to the latest date, Receirrs oF Cativonsta Go.n—PwtLaperraa asp New Oxurane Mira. Panaperrnta.—Total amount of California i gold received up to the 28th February, 1850, Recelpta from the ied fo ibe 18 i, ¢ Tt to Amount of gold dust on hand, bu See Naw Gitte cased wescite oe isiecien™ aw Onueane.—Total uary, 1850, as per last porn tp Pe i Receipts during January, 1860, 876,512 Do, February. 1856. 661,535 receipts from the lat tothe 16th of March, 1860...........+ 900,000 —— 1,904,129 It would be cafe to put down the eggregate at $12,000,000, as the receipts up to the 16th inst, Thin large amount of gold bas been the basis of at least one: hundred millions of dollars of public aad private- credit. This sum, and the probability of reseiving as- much more during the present year, is the principal: use of the speculative movement going on in estate and other things; and has given an impetus all the elements of an expansion, similar to thet pre. ceding the great commercial revulsion of 1887. We sé have evidence of an inflation of snother great bubble. im the strikes of the different classes of operatives im: this and other cities. The mechanical classes find the- demand for labor so great, that better prices eam be ob. tained for work, and they adopt measures at once to upen the eve of an inflation in prices, and in pablic: and private credits to a moderate extent; but it will be upon @ more eolid, substantial bests than im pre vious years. Our currency is at Present too sound to Permit a very sudden expansion, and we shall not feet much alarmed until we see o great addition to the cir- culation ef our banks. Tt may be interesting to many of our readers, to mo tice a comparison of the per centage of receipts of the crop of cotton at the mame date for sight years, We furnieh @ table, carefully made up from the New Ore leans Prices Current, (which ia considered the best au- thority im the matter of receipts,) to the last Saturday. in February of each year :— Corton Cnors or tHe Usiren Srates—Totat axp Pane Tat Kecesris, Years. Receipts. Total ), Tex- Propertion Crop. Bales. en inchened. received. 1841-42 1,045.000 1700000 61 48-108 per ct. 1842-43 1.612.060 2400000 63 do. 1843-44 =—1.207 000 2050000 68 87-100 do. 1844-46 = 1.396.000 2420000 57 68-100 do. 1845-46 1.240.000 2.100000 69 47-100 do, 1846-47) = 1,283.000 1,780,000 70 95-100 do. 1847-48 1,286,000 2260000 54 68-100 do, 1848-49 1 680 000 2728000 61 51-100 do, Average per comtege for eight years.60 95-100 do. Of the present erop, the receipts are about 1,570,000 bales to the present date; but, as compared with the date above, only about 1,470,000 bales. If the seme amount as the average for eight years is delivered of this crop, it would prove te be 2.125.000 bales, If the crop is in at the ports in the ratio of 1846-47, the short crop season, viz, 71 per cent, this crop “Bot exceed: 2,080,000 bales. If the delivertes y been, an many fuppore, more rapid than those of thet sea- 29, and quite 75 per cent, the erop would be 1,090,000 bales, The season has now reached ‘© point that enables us to judge whether the crop law short one, say 2.100.000 bales and less; or moderate One, say 2,200,000 bales and upwards; and with the Mincereet desire to ascertain the true figure, a9 nearly &2 possible, we have given the table st the top; and when we reflect that we have had three mouths of an- commonly dry weather, and high prices through all the picking season, and that the mild winter bestened the meiting of the snows on the prineipal tributaries the Missiestppi, and thet most of the western have been in 0 stage to admit of the largest class of & daring 1846-7; and, unquestionably, far ducements than during the average of the last aeacons; therefore, we can see no ground for At possible this Orop can exceed 2,100 000 bales, and we fear It may prove tobe far lees, If, as te asserted, thie crop commenced the season with the inland depots cleaned out, almest to bale, the price fer this staple must be governed by the probabilities for the erop of 1850-61, and some consideration of those may not be that planters invariable plant all oan Out; and i le theablity to plok. amd the weather ing at that period, we must consider, when we talk of fature crops. The crope ot "47-48, and 48-49, which we allude to, averaged 2 529 000 bales, ‘We assert that there were Bot negroes enough on the setten plantations at that time, to increase thore crops 50,000 bales either year, a# the picking only terminated on the Lat of March whereas wavaily, bad weather eurtalls it one oF two months each fenson. Assuming that it was not possible to pick out 2,600 000 bales in the years named we will inquire how much additional foree can be placed upon the ground te replace thove megrose lost by ebolera inst your, to