The New York Herald Newspaper, April 21, 1850, Page 2

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STUY VESANT INSTITUTE —Suansresnean Reavines. TABERNACLE—Hvrenisos Pawiys MELODPON.—Warre’s Sener arene. New York, Sunday, April 21, 1850, News from Cal@fornia, The steamship Ohio is due «at this port two-day, from Chogres. She will probs bly bring two webs’ later mews from California. Phe “Forcign News—A ‘Crisis Appreachiag in ‘Earope. We laid befere our readers, yesterday, a synopsis ef the European intelligence received by the steamship Ameri at Halifax, and transmitted from that point to this city, by telegraph. The mails by thet vessel wif, in all probability, "be re- cetved here this evening, in time for us to publish the details of the news at length in to-merrow’s Herald. The intelligence by this arrival, presem’s some very uw sting and important features, in both a political and financial point of view. ‘Tt is very evident, that the whole continent of Europe is ina state of repid transition, preparatory to nidergoing arevere and’ bloody ordeal. For some tise past whe despots, in view of the revolutions and :insurree- tons which oecurred in the several nations during the last year, as. well as of the increase of know- ledge among the masses, of the rights guarantied to them by the lew of nature, provided by means of the press, have: been increasing their armies, bor- rowing money, and adopting other measures, to secure ascendency in the great struggle detween them: aad the people,which the course of events, for very distant That collision, to a certain extent, eceurred last year, but its fulfillment was delayed, | rved for the down-trodden people of complish within a short time, perhaps a. twelve-month, what they aix at, but withe failed in achieving, in the memorable yeax\1849. The co encement will, as usual, be made Franee, and Louis Napoleon, judging from the policy which he is pursuing, seems to be bent on preopitating the collision. The press is gagged, and hie policy evidently bends towards a res- woration .of the monarchical form of govern- ment, & measure which the people will not be all watisfied to submit to. To such an extent hws the reactionary movement been pushed by that government, that a colonel of a regimentof French sotliery recently announ his intention te panith the adjutant for voting the democratic ticket; the result was, that the whole r shemselyes, sefused to obey orders, and all attempts of the goverament to bring them back te their al- legianer, were unavailing. This is a very signi- freant and important fact, as showing the feelings and temper of che French soldi and it is not Bnrearonable to suppose, that the whole crmy are similarly affected. If such is the case, it is very dont: if Louis Napoleon will be allowed to re- wain in office during the remainder of his term under the constitution. In fact, the public mind of France is much dissatictied, and it needs but a spark ‘o ret the whole of tha! country in a blaze of revolution again But if euch the state of public feeling in Franer, the people of Germany and other tions are still more dissatisfied with the ¢: erder of things, and are evidently awa auspicions mc when they can again unite their streagth, in an efiort to achieve political heedom. The present coaditioa of affairs favors ir views and wishes jn a very great degree, The various despots of Germany are at variance among themselves, and ware among them are not at all undikely to take place within a short period oft Letw bie one to the struggling and down-trodded masees, If three or four of the German despots should get into a war among themselves, it would | be the t thing for the cause of liberty in Europe that could cceur, They would soon expen A and resources, and thus weak money aa ple the Ives, #0 that they could be easily van- quished, The finencial position of Europe is likewise in- teresting and important. According to the last accounts received from there, not only cotton, but corn and provisions, had ed in price The advance in the one case may attribated to the nts of a short crop, w » reached eamsbip; and Livercol by in the other, by , ase in th town European armies, and to a certain the pp ete of gold mines of € Within the last year standing army of almost every country in Hur has been increased, and the reeriie, to a great extent, were drawn from The tillers of the soil, number, there isa mantity of grain and . dering th the agricultural populatic therefore, becoming fewer oon nt decrease in th sions, orat least will b pre present year. The deficie roust be imad » in ee way, and from some country. The United States teing a great agricniteral country, and being tooked upon by the nations of Europe as their dependence in time of need—as far as eupplying them with food is concerned—wiil, therefore, reap eotne advantage from the present state of thi.gs jm thet quarter of the worl But the gelden soil of Calfornim has attracted from among ws a great perticn of ovr own agriculturiets, The greater of the emigrants who have is and tens of thousands to Califor nd expectation of making as mach money in a year, among the placers of California, as they would accum in a lifetime in the business of farming—belong to the agricultural ay hope clase of rociety, and their ateer will, of e@ourse, curtail, to a proportionate extent, the quantity of produce that will be raised in thie country. Both causes combined, the de- mand in Europe, produced by the increase of the standing armies—such increase being the agricultaral population—and the vast emigration of agriculturists from the United States to ©. fornia, will teud to advance prices of food in thie country. The ultimate result, in all probalality, will be that every thing in the form of grain, and other things necessary for man’s sustenance, will peach, before long, a very high, if not an exorbitant priee. ‘This will be but a natural conse ynence fol- Jowing the causes to which we have adverted It ia idle to suppose that we in this country can avoid being mixed up in some degree, great or small, with the destiny of Kurope, or identified, more or been, with the fortnnes of the people of that eomunent. @vr commercial relations alone woukl render it nent disbanded | if any hoetite collisions should take place | uw them, they can have no effeet but a fa- | taken from | impossible. Commerce, or trade, or fiseality, or whatever term may be applied to the interchange of commodities between distamt nations, is the great motive power in the mineteenth centuty, and would, of itself, compel_ws to take sides, one way or the other, in the event of an extended revolution there. But apart from this, and aside from all pecuniary or personal considerations, we cannot, in the event of another and a gene- ral outbreak im Barope, be mere spectators oF weutrals. The theart of the great American | peeple cannot but sympathize ia any effort vhat may be made by the serfs of Europe, to achieve the libexties and privileges which are en- joyed in this country, The ‘tne was, in the early history of ‘this counwy, whem we were an ‘isolated people, that we might ‘eok unconcernedly on what trangjired in Eurdpe. We are now,‘however, 8 leading ation in the ‘etvilized wort4, end cannot avoid eympathizing with, and, if need be, aiding and assisting in every wey ‘im our power the nations of Europe en struggling azeinst despotiam. And when the thie comes, as corm it will, we tixk, shortly— when the oppressed yreople of that'centinent shall calbupon us to supptythem with shipeand munitions cof War, we cannot expect to hide ourselves behind seme old and asttiquated laws, and refuse to give them the desistamee that they #4} appeal to us for. *Much a policy as“was pursued during the last year, by the present ¢#binet at Washington, will not be tolerated a seoond time. ‘The revolutionary party, despite of all pyusty statutes, must have of us what they require, #9 matter whether it give offence to the despots of Europe or act. In all probability, the year 1850, or 1851, will &e marked by as mueh excitement im Europe as was 1849, if not more so. v U ‘Tur Exeeprrion to St. Domrveo—Its ANNEXA- ton To Tue Unirep Seares—Inperinrre Post- PONEMENT oF A CHange we tre Caniyer.—Th terest in regard to this lovely island—the garden of | Eden of the West Indies—continues unabated, and | is rapidly@ervading all classes of this community, + and elsewhere. The cabinet of General Taylor have made a very popular move, and we hope they will be retained till the annexation is finished; but we fear the people have got the start of the “seven wise men of Greece” that surround our worthy -President. We learn from undoubted authority, that all the noise, ramors, and reports of expediions fitting out at Chagres, | New Orleans, &e., sominally for Cuba, are mere feimts to conceal the real object of these warlike expeditions, which i St. Domingo. This will be | the first spet where Atnerienn forces will land, and the moment St. Domingo is annexed, then Cuba is sure to follow, as theslistance between the extreme points of the two Islands of St. Domingo and Cuba is only fifteen miles, which could be crossed on rafts made out of mhogany and dyewood timber. The anxiety here, and in other Northem cities, not to be outdone or forestalled by Southera expeditions, for the purpose of black-bird catching, will induce us shortly to prepare and publish a fall, complete and reliable account of this remarkable and beautiful island, which is anxiously wai + for the arrival of a pypulation that are competent to develope its resowves. We shall give its his- tory, from the time that Christopher Columbus landed upen and caught the Indian natives to send home to the museum of Ferdinand and Isa- bella, at Madrid, dows to the time that an expedi- tion starts from these shores to go there and catch his Imperial Majesty Faustin First, and his | black dukes and dugks, to bring them to New York, to be placed in Barnum’s museum, on the comer of Broadway and Ann street. We shall give, in our propored history of St. Domingo, all the most interesting anti exciting times among the niggers of that island, including the celebrated | massacre of every white man, woman, and child, in 1798, as well as the lives of the different royal | and imperial colored people that it has produced. | We would do so now, but.do not wish to take the | elightest flaw of wind outef the sails of General | | "Taylor's cabinet. Let us have the reports of | Messrs. logan, in 1845, and of Mr. Green, in | 1850. If they are not forthcoming soon, either by | request of Congress or at the order of General | Taylor, we will give them to the public, much | better arranged than could be done by Mr. Clay- | ton. In fact, a gentleman of highstanding in the | Suite Department, has kindly furnished us with | | copies of all these reports, and the correspondence | | which has passed between the parties, which we | will use, if the cabinet don’t intend to do so. | St. Domingo offers inducements to emigrate, equal almost to those of California. There are un- certain quantities of jold in both places; bat until Congress endorse the Meaican titles in California, the French titles in St. Domingo are the best. The French titles to land in St. Domingo are valid and They were taken by the negroes, who mur- dered their masters, and possessed their estates, and will held geod to American purchaser who | will go there and settle, St. Domingo is the second island in size of the Weet Ladies; it ig 400 miles Jong, 150 broad, and covers about 25,000 square miles, nearly equal to “ Erin's greey ile,’ Ireland, and a much more desi- rable place for a winter residence. The country is | untainous some parts, but haw extensive | | fertile plains, co than Cuba or Jamaica, | its (wo nearest neighbors. he average tempera- ture is about 78 degrees—never goes below @0 nor m0 ‘ost and snow don't eecur even on its wtain, Cibuo, which is 8,000 feet above the level of the sea, and to which the negroes aver to make their escape when our velunteers land, and where the Emperor » Firet will probably be captured by Bar- nt. The dry season begins in August, watil April, during which period er rains or storms eccur. ‘The mountains are clothed with magnificent < of mahogany and d trees. The plains consist of nataral | and maintain innumerable beris of | horses, cattle, and mules, which will enable St. | | Demingo to export great quantities of catile and hi lt produces sugar, molasses, rum, arrow root, tobacco, cofire, cocoa, cotton, ginger, pimento, inde, aloes, sassafras, castor oil, and healthy ne- grees to cultivate them. Indian corm can be universally grown; in fact, every kind of vege- { ) | | good. ore: will dyc-we wes, table, incloding black Greeleye. There is no end of frvite: the pine-npple, oa-nut, eab- bage- » cashew, mango, sappadilla, sweet sop and sour top, guava, shaddock, papaw, the for- bidden fruit, the orange, pomegranate, the star | apple, sweet lemon, the bread-fruii nd there are amt plentations of plantaine and bananas. ‘There are many nutritious roots, under the name of ground provisions, euch as the yam, the cassava, the sw potato, Xe. Hogs are abundant, both wild and vestic, and any quantity of monkeys— better ed ed than those you find at the Opera. | Fich and turtle, parrote and ning birds are ex- wive, It has several ports, with good harbors, viv., Port-au-Prince, Cape Haytien, Jacmel, Aux Cayes, Conaiver, and Puerto Plata. ‘The population is about a million, consisting of sorts of half and half<one, the white and negro, three kinds, via: pure white, pure black, and half and helf. ‘The whites are few and cheap. There are two and the other, the red (indian aborigine) and black. The Spanieh populattion, consisting of the pure white and melatoes, are at war with the pure ne- grove, who are headed by Ilis Imperial Negro Ma- jesty, Fauetin First, and unless aid is given to the Spanieh rece, hie sable majesty and dark al- lies will maseacre them before the year is over. Aid must be afforded to the whites. Humanity pleads for it. Five thousand brave, generous-hearted Americans will eettle the question, punish the mur- derers, and restore the negro to his true position in life, and save the black race from their most dan- gerons enemice—themeelves, St. Domingo i# abundantly capable of becoming the Paradise of ten millions, It requires a popula- tion with energy and determination to rescue it from the darkness and degradation to which it hae been exposed for more than haifa century. ‘Those who go firet will make immense fortunes. | ) i] | for past crimes, and to be a blessing to the: Forests of magnificent primeval mahogany trees ave anxious for the axe, and to be exported. The pine-apples, the benanas, the oranges, the ceooa- nuts, and the reet of the delicious fruits of a tropical | to the delicious lyrical language of the Italian rtage. “The: Plantations of sugar, of coffee, of cocoa, are waiting | Thre I¥alian Opera and American Fashion. for owners, who have the will and the power to he negro population, already there, to work hem, and to keep them hard at it as & puni climate, eve vetting to be devoured. The'very tur- tles are anxions to be gorp, to say nothiiig of the parrots amd monkeys, who are almost @riven to madness for want of respectpble white ‘children to pet ard play with them. Tt is but seven to ten days there by @ sailing veeeel, and only thee by steam. Who will go? ‘Whe will be the pioneers in this glorious werk? This state of tings can’t last, There should be meetings called at once in every ‘ward in the city. “Vessels can be taken up cheap. re is plenty of land, and everything else ; a healthy climate+no frost or snow—and the grati- inde of every:whtte philanthvorist. Gen. Taylor’s cabinet have done their duty one instance, and until Sen'Demingo be conquered and annexed, tur tles and all, the removal of the cabinet is, for the present, poktpaned indefinitely. Tw Boston Treatment or Proresson Wen- srER’s' Case.—Malevolence seems to be taking the place, in' Boston, of that dangerous loeal prejudice that ‘has resulted in the conviction of Professor Webeter. Searcely a day passes, that the news- paper, press of the Bay State does not give publicity to some-eruel fact, eventually turning out to be a mistake, or a mere surmise, which tells against condemned man in every instance, because it has originated in wanton credulity, or in some positive design against the prisoner. We now have the te- port that the savings of Mrs. Webster were appro- priated to the discharge of the debt due to Dr. Parkman. Should this be untrue, the currency given to the rumor will re-act against Professor ‘Webster, and will be recorded by those who have mo question of his guilt, as another make-weight against him. Thus, reports, built evenon kind hopes, become pernicious. However, should the report be true, it isa confirmation, in an #nportant degree, of the explanation made by the accused, ‘defore Chief Justice Shaw uttered that singular, anomalous, and cruel charge that secured the ver- dict, and should have weight with those in whose hands Professor Webster's life now reets. And, while we are upon this subject, we may as well bring forward a few other considerations appertain- ing to the trial and conviction of the prisoner, which we are assured will be the sense and opinion of all practical sound thinkers, and of posterity, when local, sectional feelings and peculiar notions have pasted away. Boston should seriously contem- plafe the opinions of distant places, as manch more likely to be reliable than those gerierated on the spot where the alleged traged, ix stid, has been perpetrated. The telegraph has virtually sent the evidence into a clear-sighted and dispassionate future—for such do distant regions become in the present age, under the more! force of dightning, which records facts and simultaneously awakens a whole nation to give a verdict The timeshas been, that twelve men were deemed sacred—butthat day has passed, and hereafter, on all exciting topics, the grand jury of the people at large will cause all petty juries to tremble, to pause, and to reflect, be- fore giving a verdictthet the nation may net en- dorre as legal and correct. ‘Well may we consider that the verdict given on this trial is a great calamity. It has shaken the pablic faith in courts and juries. Our vaunteti wis- | dom, our solemn formule and modes of searching | testimony, are doubled. Degradation, infamy and | death hang upon plausible conjectures, and cir- cumstances Which can be contrived; and the weak, isolated prisoner, guilty or guiltless, stands but lit- tle. chance of escaping, while the ministers of the law, trom the busy policeman to the chief justice, ure arrayed as enemies and accusers, We have been taught that it is neither proper in theory nor in practice to believe a man innocent till he is proved to.be guilty. We have been taught that one hypothesis, that is, of guilt from circumstances | thuts out every other one—that the prosecuting | cflicer is not to elevate the law and the State, suppo- | sed to protect the accused as well as the public, butto | display hie own acumen and sharp practice, and to pe worthy of a chaplet for gaining a conviction, in eny way, and by any means. Official sophistry hes preduced what law and evidence never could have accomplished. Facets were distorted by the | State, through its agent, who was armed with every power and privilege, and whose assura passed uniebuked, avowedly stating that it was hoped that the prisoner would “be able to show his innocence,” when the duty was on the other side to prove the guilt. It was no part of the duty of the accused to account for the body, or to convict any else of | the murder, What he might have showa—what | he might have proved clearly, even do to the fish-hocke, which, it is possible, he may have been derived to purchase for a very dillerent purpose than the vee to which they were eetually to have been put, he did not attempt. He rested his canse on his innocence, and there he had a right to rest it without a word, without any explanation. If cir- cumstances had been thrown about him by the wicked designs of another, who could have seen how readily the money transections would involve all other considerations, it wae best f be silent. Contrivance could have destroyed him powerfully and effeetually ruilt, and not his words alone are to be construed into evi dences against him. Somebody said, on ope him to as as the charnel vault, * th is nothing here.” How was that known? There were mony skeleton keys about, and why not one to fit that doort It! could net be vo; and yet, on such a vault was opened, in + lege, in another State, and somebody, it is said ‘wae ready to throw a “ body yet wart,” into it for seven dollare—a bedy that was afterwards proved to have lost life by foul means. So easy is it to give, or to pervert, facts and circumetanc Bat then, the mortgage stares us in the fiee, says ano- | ther. Why wae it brought, if not to be given up 1 | Cunningherm hed stated the au doe and to be poid to Dr. Parkman, and the was ia the poseestion of the missing man at 1 lege. For; whatt To be given up on the payment of the | eum eteted by the accountant. Fer ng else could it have been brought. But we are not inelined to repent, or to add largely to, our formet remarks on thie poinfal sub- ject. While we neither deny the innocence ot guilt of Profersor Webster, we still neintain, that the conduct of the judge, jury, counsel on both sides, ond press of Poston, with the exception of one or two newspapers, has been an wee of a | ridiculous, deplorable, absurd, and yet cruel mani- | feetation of popular prejudice ; and it iv to be hoped, | that the Governor and his council will examine | the whole subject with the impartiality due tot ntous interest and importance of the case, the press will be more cautions in adding mischief to the misery already inflicted. This trial | ie oe well worth an examination as any new in- | vention. another occasion, her medical col- Tue Latest prom Haytt.—The schooner Oclla, | Captain Claggett, hae errived, with dates from Port | au Prince to the Siet alt. ie Imperial Highness, } tin 1 Mi delights in show and parade. Me | every morning rides around the city, attended by the gevernor, some of his principal officers, and a body guard of dregoons, and the citizens receive his black majesty with uncovered hends, as he pasees. He has forced (with but fow exceptions) all the young men of the place to become soldiers; | and it is reported that he shortly intends to attack | the Spanieh portion of the Island. Fauetin has purchased two more large brigs, which he intends to convert into vessels of war—viz. the Danish brig Otto and a Swedish brig. The business of the jeland appears to be improving. There was a great deal of logwoed in the market, aud coffee had be- gun to come into Post au Prince in large quan , to carry the Ph | members of the Corporation act in this way, if their ' cur future consideration. h | was ultimately enrried solution ‘The sunshine of spring, and at- vernal are unsealing the imagi- hearts of soriety. ‘The trees are putting ‘leaves and buds in the country; and those who have slept by the fire-side through the long winter, are breaking forth from their temporary prisons, into the busy, social, and fashionable life of the metropolis. ‘The city itself no longer sleeps, bat has its ears open Music rules the hour, the famey, the feelings, and the soul. The great tide of strangers sweeps in upon us continually, and.gees hummingly on with the mingling burden of many @ choice <adenza and joyous arietta, while our very children join in some glad chorus, te- produced in mimic harmony after the Italian style. Ethiopia mo tonger sh@kes and rattles her bones, or beats upon the vibratiog parchment of her merriment, except in her own “domains, Italia strikes the lyre, and all is harmony, music, mirth, refinement, wit, Yeauty, and poetry. The besutiful sky of an enlarged firmament of fancy spans the whole pavement of reali- ty, om which we mortals are destined to walk in this working-day world—and we have to thank the brilliant ‘opera troupe at Niblo’s for all this happiness. The Italian music of the winter was frigid and un- ‘insptring, compared with that now entivening the air of “spri nd the soul of fashion. {Tt was mixed with starch.and muslin, and exclusiveness, It had a court- lke narrowness, suited to head-dresses, but not to senze or to the heart. The lyrical drama, now, has taken a republican form—its original, natural position. ‘The song of genius belongs to all the spheres of society, -as the song of creation Was that of all'the «pheres in the universe. Fashion itself payshomage at its shrine, ‘and wit, wisdom, worth, imtelligence, bravery and beauty, are constant worshippers. The'temple of song was never more thronged; and ‘the religion of music was never more appreciated and highly vaiued.* The priests and priesterses whe have already appeared to minister to our delights, are many and powerful. The oracles fail from their lips te increase our confidence, and to meet with willing and involuntary responses from our bosoms. The first great priestess is Stéfanoni. She seems to have been born and bred ia the sacred groves of song. Majestic in repose, her soul ‘kindles in her eyes, and she charms by her very look. We feel her power, though we do net always see It exerted; it is #0 intense, internal, emotional, and self-conscious. When her lips discourse, we pause to be astonished, delighted, over- whelmed. She is equally able to agitate or to calm, by the height and depth of her voice, and stands forth pre-eminently first in power and in our admiration. Bosio—Angela Bosio—next captivates our feelings. Her voice, too, is oracular, She makes her appeals directly to the heart—and, in the absence of her sister priestess, commands our warmest esteem. Magnifi- cently and feelingly does she touch the passions of the heart—expressively does she depict the lights and shades of the soul—andy -with her voice, sweetly and sonorourly does she turn the tides of emotion, now high and now low, with equal power. Tedesco and Vietti, too. are not withoutower ; and, if they some- times slight the great motive and purpose of the hour, it is # Gault that ean be corrected. Costini is the youngest of them all, amd gives promise of yet ad- vancing toa high position.in the tem; Her voice commamds respect; -and, whe: the oracles of song, she displays no ordinary power. Bo much for the lovely priestesses. Of the priests, the most important who hi peared are the mighty Marini, the silver-voiced Lorini, and the sober-voiced Corradi-Setti, @hey are all powerful. each in his respective position. But, on Monday night, the temple will be thsown open to the public again, when new pricsts of songs, of great fame and rkill, will appear, attended by «the high priestess, Ste- fanoni. Salvi and Badiali witteatter all the chief ora- cles of “ La Favorita’—and the whole public, includ- ing strangers and citizens, will hurry forward to se- cure places. We anticipate that Stefanoni will eur- pase all that the faith in her first appearance created —that she will display more of her power, in every respect, than was before witnersed; and that all that has been said of ber, will be shown to be weak, when compared with her merits, Salvi'stemporary illness, it is hoped, will prove only that he tas benefitted by repore from his labors, and that he is worthy of the position to which be has been exakted by his fame. Let all who love music remember the.oceasion. Let ench one seek the delight of which all com partake, and the whole array of fashion, freedom, mirth and music, with their appropriate dresses and decarations, both foweign and domestic, share equaily in the harmony of the event. It i# full of promise, and theve will bea great performance. Twe Corronation Painaine.—W hat has become of the Corporation printing question? Is it set to sleep t Are the committee to whom it was gefer- | red afraid to make their report, or give a reason for neglecting to do eo ? About a month ago, a commitiee of the Board of Avtietant Aldermen came out with a ridi- | culous puff of the dingy Suu, at the expense ef all the other city papers, and of the peo- ple too, for they have to pay for the print- ing of the puff. The Board of Assistants endorsed it; but the dose was too disgusting for the inde- pendent members of the Board of Aldermen to swallow, and an outrageous atiempt made to pass it in a single night was defeated. The question was then referred to a committee, and notwithstand- ing the indecent haste manifeeted on that evening, afield job by a coup de main, not a word has ever been heard of the printing since. Is this the way a Corporation, under the reformed charter, do the people's business, for which they ure well paid 1 Awake, gentlemen ! the interests of the people are euflering. Mega! printing in newepepers, Without contract, is being carried on day after day, and it is high time to put a stop to it. Purther, the contract for the printing of docu- | ments for the ure of members (the necessity of which is new entirely superseded by the law order- ing them to be printed in the newspapers) expired in July lost, yet the printing is #till continued steal- } thily, ws if there were a contract. Is this fair play to the tox payers t We have heard, too, that | whenever anything extra is ordered, ¢. ¢., anything not provided for in the letter of the contract, an | extraordinary price is eet againet it in the account. | Is this fair play to the tax-payers t Would the own individual interests were concerned ? We think not; ond if not, then what becomes of all the | totk we have heard about “ patrioticm 1” Is that boosted virtue etill what Dr. Johnson long since described it—“ the last refuge of a scoundrel 1” We shall keep a sharp eye upon this Corporation prating. ! Anniversary of tite St. Gronen’s Soctery.— Next Tuesday the members of the St. George's Society will celebrate their interesting anniversary, by a dinner at the Astor House. Sir Heary Lyt ton Bulwer and Mr. George Bancroft have been | invited to honor the festival with their presence. Both of them epeak well on such occasions. Each is well calculated to represent the literary, com- mercial, and social intelligence ~ ~ eens at i should present their views of the re the may Ae eal Britain and the United | States--in the several interests which attach to both, we might have some valuable sentiments for In this age of progress, euch men are v: ble to society in promoting ra tional opinions, and in restraining those delusive socialist tendencies, calculated to renew, in an- other shape, barbarous feutlal times, when men associated together to deprese the independent ac- | tion of individuals, We trust that we may have two capital speeches, Which the press can send from one end of the country to the other. Then the anniversary of the St. George’s Society will have more than its usual good effect. fauane op re Streatsnw Hersann.—The steamship Hermann, Capt. Crabtree, sailed yester- day at noon, for Southampton and Bremen. A list of her peseengere can be found elsewhere. Board of &u Isore. Avan. 19 Alderman i. po in the chair. Tex Commissioners —The met Purpose of raising the pay of the newly appointed Tax Commissioners, afler two or : by 17 voter to ted to the Tax he pay ie raised from $3 to $5 ‘The tea room fe ®) » Ces Counse, L. I.—TBe past week has/been “a busy ene at this popular traek, and it seems that the | Additional F News—Arrival of the desire to witness good racing increases from season to season. There were three contests during the week, one of which—the pacing race between Lady Bevims, Ci Maid, and Dan Miller—we give below. "First Heat xr Bevins the Tid but the very dull. the pole won second place ; Cayuga Maid the outside position. |The nags started off very nicely—Cayuga taking the lead, Bevins second, Dan well up. The Maid and Dan both broke in round the upper turn. and Lady Bevins took the rd whieh she hel id to the lower turn, where she wasehall . Cayuga Maid broke a second time in going down the back stretch, falling off sixty or seventy yards, Round the lower turn, and up the America at Boston. Bosron, April 20, 1850; Capt. Harrison, arrived at 11 o'clock this morning, in thirty-two hours from Hali- ‘The steamship America, pr rang = fax, Her mails for the South will leave at 5 o'clock thie afternoon. They will reach your city early Lo-OrROW (Sunday) morning. ¥. ‘The steamehip Washington, Capt. Floyd, hence, ar> rived at Cowes on the 5th inst. ‘The following are the particulars of the loes of the packet John R. Skiddy, as furnished by Captain Ship- home stretch, near the distance stand, the con- | ley:— . test between the roan mare and Miller was very ex- Ganne Gorey, April 3. 1850; citing; but the mare, being earried off her feet, relin- Gextiemen—It has become may duty to uished the contest. und Dan won the heat by about | inform you of the total loss ot the John RK. Skiddy, om forty yards. Cayuga just saved herself from being | (lascarrick beach, county Wexford, on the night of the distanced. Time. 2:31. Ist inst. at a quarter past 11 o'clock, Second Heat.—The horses had a fine start ; but, going It became very thick and was atthe time. E round the upper turn, Dan broke, and the two mares | had mistaken the a ne ‘on the Ai for’ rs left him. je struggle between them, the first halt | and I had seen B Island at nine o' k the same le SY Se fleree—neck and neck—not an inch to | morning, and st 4a course that I judged woul@ fpare—until Cayuga broke up, and fell in the rear of | carry me midway between the Smalls and Tuscar, but Dan, Lady Bevins won the heat by fifty yards; but | from some unaccountable means was drifted Cayuga afterwards made a brush, an Bam f jan Miller | very materially out of her course by the to the score. Time, 2: 2834. Tam happy, to inform you that passengers Third Heat.—Dan Miller much dis- | crew were landed in safety. also the part of tressed on coming up for this heat, wi Maid ». in good order, and shall save the re- and the Lady were as lively as crickets. Soon after in a damaged |. T have also saved leaving the score, Miller broke, and the mares went | the sails, rigging, and of the stores. The ship ia round the upper turn as in the previous heat, head to,| within two hundred of the beach, bilged. and very head. They continued in that way down the back <—e the water over the lower deek. If the weather stretch, until t] reached the half, when Cay should moderate, some part of the eargo may be broke and fell off a few lengths. The half mile saved ina condition, being down, it was impossible to time the nage accu- T have abandoned the ship to Lloyd's agent. who has in 1:12, or less, | men now employed bending the we. L think the rately, but the distance was ed Wavinh, now. sft Onyeas Walk, aed three lengths, the latter not giving up the ruce, how- ever, until the roan was acrosé the score, Dan Miller Was distanced. Time, 2:30. The two mares again came to the score rir he ndous rate. Lady Bevins had a slight advan- tage round the upper turn, having rather more foot than the bay mare; but on the back stretch she broke badly, and fell off at least sixty yards. As recovered her ¢, she made a mort eg oe brusb, and overtook Cayuga as she came on the e atreteh, ed her, led home, a winner ime, 2:33, The following fs the #1 Wednesday, April 17—Pacing—Purse $100, best three in five, in harness, John Case enters r. D. Bryant enters b. J. Whe net enters ch. Time 2:31 —: Trortixe ow Mow: announced to start on Monday afternoon at the Cen- treville for two purses; and, judging from their well known speed and their performances on the turf last feason, ticipate a grent day's sport. City In = pa Ficntine pentane il * beers eta xivs,—At @ quarter past nine o'clock on y night, riot and a fight took place in the «treet, between E gine Companies 6 and 8, who were alarm of a chimney on fire in 8 fought desperately with cart ru of thes were arrested, a es, by officers Vesseriol, , of the Thirteenth ward. The battle thus put a stop to by the police, was renewed at o'clock y morning, between the same companies, at the corner of Grand and Orchard streets, as they were returning from the fre in the Bowery. They rmathed in pieces with stomes, the window of Mr Peter Barker, Segar store, 316% Grand street, near Or- chard. Officer Shadbolt witmessed and reported this fight, but was unable to effect any arrests, owing to *! numbers, and before the polwe could assemble force. the rioters . Max, Honsr, axp Wacow ruROWN INTO TH) On Friday, at 10 o'cloek, Charies Hutchins horse and’ wagon, was accidentally throw river, from the pier at the feot of Broome « River. Hutehins was resoued from drow bul the horse was drowned, Sux Dawes Founn.—-A silk dress was found on the mor- ning of the 19th. by a colored woman, named Ann Van, who brought it to the Fourteenth ward Station House ; ro ve to have been stolen frum a dress-making e6- tablishment. Two and stones. Two Fines.—At half past 6 0.clock yesterday morning. fire broke out in the smoke house of Jacob Tompkins, No. 177 Ludlow ¢treet, which was extinguished with about $100 damage. About half past 1 o'clock this morning. 4 fire broke out in the PPPs part of No. 70 Bowery, which was extinguished with triflieg damage Sravant Guat navty Beaweo.—A window eurtain caught fre im the house 415 Greenwieh strect, frem the carelessness Of the servant girl, who attempted to ex- tinguish it, but her clothes took fire, burning her very badly. ‘The fire was extinguished with but little de- nage. Drap Ixvant Fourn.—At half past 7 o'clock yesterday morning. the dead body of an infant was found in the alley of No, 124 Greene street, by Kichard Lindsay, of No. 159 Greene street. The remains were conveyed to the Station Mouse of the Eighth ward, (o await the Coroner's inquest Tue Assavit on Mowpay.—There was a mistake in the report of the assault on the Dutchman, on Mondas jast, in the Fourth avenue, near Thirteenth street. We are assured that not a member of the Hose Com- pany (No. 7) im that street was engaged in that aff be assault was made by @ party of strangers in that weighborbood. Swisptine or Eancraxts.The ship Princeton, from | Liverpool, with passengers, arrived on Friday, lies at the foot of Dover street. She brought a large number of the better class of emigrants, persons who not only | looked rerpeetable, but had « considerable quantity of luggage and valuables, euch as feather large cherts, trunks, &e. The harpies who usually swarm around such arrivals were present, carrying on their Villainous traffle. A poor woman, who had two boxes to remove from the ship, employed a man to whom she promised to pay two shillings Britirh, [-) ets.) This fellow bod a partner or aecomplice, who insisted on getting two shillings more, The poor woman, de- w of policemen to protect every arrival from such plunder? Honoxex axp irs Cuanss.—There is no «pot on this island—none around it—equal for natural beauty to Hoboken Bran ee fow ba deligatfal land scapes in the world t that charming scenery, which i# the firet ‘lnk in the eaguisite chaise | that pe Spe the wertern bank —— ey ie wd 4 many miles, Hoboken possesses advantages in eac! | the Tour searone which gives it the supertority for a residence or for reereation over nil other localities near | thie city, In the winter it is sheltered from the north- | ern end western Lasts by the wood-crowaed heights which nature has erected, In Lummes, per #h- ing to enjoy the frerh air or to take exercise, are shaded from the burning un by the trees and the surrounding hills in which Hoboken is embowered, while the never failing breege from the ocean ¢ blood. In the | autumn the tints of the (rees exhibit an array of gor- beauty unrurparsed in the world, and upon which the eye can feast for hours together. In the spring, the mort interesting of all the seasons, so full of hope and premise, and freehness, what spot can be compared with Hobcken? The woods yoes! with the led home two or | natives of thi js together, and dashed off with the word | on by ling to a1 vet capers im | reason to fear, every soul on board of the country are the most aban- doned set of villians it has ever been my misfortune to They commenced rol fell in with. ee the moment they came on board, luggage or stores veined the lawless coast: and police, J. SHIPLEY. It is supposed that another New York ship was lost imp the same hurricane that wrecked the Skiddy. Advices from Dundrum Bay of the 3d inst., state that part of the upper works and the stern board of a veesel, with by two lengths. | ihe name of “ Niagara,” have floated ashore near An> ),mileheats, | nalong. The ship Niagara, Captain Smith, sailed from Liverpool, March 27th, for New York, and fears are en- tertained that she is wrecked. ‘The loss of the steamer Adelaide was a frightful af- fair, The London Times of the 2d inst., gives the fol- lowing brief account of the disaster :— The City of Dublin Steam Packet Company's ship Royal Addaide. Captain Jobn Pl - Setwoesr the ports of Cork and London. city om Wednesday afternoon with a full cargo of goods, and it is said about two hundred and fifty passengers, touched off Plymouth on Thursday evening, left that port London, on Fridey morning ats o'clock, and bien a lost onthe Tongue Sand, off Margate, at 12 o'clock on Saturday night, where, there is too mach perished. [Additional ship news will be found under the regular. Kimmin and | merine head. The decline in cotton at Liverpool, will be: Firchock and | seen, by reference to the comparative table given in the “money article” in another - Henavp.] amin of thie moroing’® amuel Applet rr Benedict, NYork. 24—Arr Cato, Hicnry, Boston; 18th, Samee iis, Singapore. Ch Ay Meacom, Boston, Conpure, Mareb 29—Sid Mom ‘ew York. Tee v, March 2 ir York; Ist, Adler, How horet, and Brooks! ia, ke ! y. M'Ewen, do: 3d, Lydia, Trask, ight APTILS—Ake Washington (é), Johweten, fom New Dear, March 20—Arr Lneonia, Rotterdam, for N Yo: | ki Dorado, Thompeom, London for fern no NN OPM Se | fatmevrn, April l—Arr Argo, Norway for NYork, leaky. ; March S1- Geo Stevens, Antwerp for Nori Sid Southampton, Sebor, NYerk; ™ NOrleana ne ees mA March 23—Arr Seotlan NOrleans; 2th, Virgini Hawkins, a Thom pse larch 27. Mrssiva, Moreh Copeland. Parkes, 6) ‘ebber, an 4 Letitis . rasa, March Are Benedict NYone” Soe sYanwourn, March 9—Arr Vieloria, N¥ork f Wyavonn, Starch 2°—Sid Ataluntas NYeske °” Breuete Dexonem Bay, April’! —iare of the exonum Bay. April i—Part of ti stern Woard (probably stem board) of ene] rks and the th the name age bave floated ashore near [The ship: Ninga) led from Liv e), Mareh 27th, New Yor jervained that she is wrecke Le OUR SPECIAL TELDGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE. Wasnixoron, April 20, 1850, Jobu C. Clark, Auditor, was examined to-day before the Galphin Committee. The committee will present ® very curious report of their labors, one that will astonish a well as amuse the public. 1 underst: that the compromise committee ef thirteen had a meeting this morning. The whigs talle of Tylerizing Taylor, if necessary to cut loose from this cabinet. They say they must have men in whom they can bave some confidence. Commodore. Parker, of the frigate Raritan, who arrived here to-day, says, that when the Raritan left Havana, the U. 8, sloops of war Albany and Germans town were dally expected to arrive; and that the Jamestown, from the Mediterranean, was expected soon at Norfulk. The 0. 8. ship of the line Ohio would probably arrive at Boston about the latter end of this month from the Pacific. Commodore Parker reporta the cholera to be raging at Havana. He believes the: stories relative to the speedy invasion of Cube to be whotiy unfounded ‘The Manorial Tithe Case, BY MORSK'S MAGNETIC TELEGKANH. Hepsor, Aprit 20 1580. ‘The report to-day is necessarily short, the Court melody of birds-the budding trees putting on their robes of green. the flowers their mdiance—the air filled with balm— the murmuring waves washing the pebbied rhore—the magnificent panoramic view of the great commercial capital of the New World, with its factory chimncy® and epires towering to heaven and its forests of masts glittering in the #un—the glorious bay stud- ded with islands, and bearing on ite tranquil bosom # thousaud enow-white sails, opening into the deep. deep rea—all there fextures of beauty and grandeur render e of the most attractive and aed landecapes inthe world. Every dey the citizens of New York arc appreciating its beauties and advantages more and more ; sud not only are the casual visiters om the in- erence. but hundreds are making it their Tanent residences, A very rexpectabie class of citizens have found or are sceklog [ecasiqna within ite pleasant borders ; and the time is not distant when a square foot of cround in Hoboken will command a higher price than in New York. The rents, the taxes, the din. 4 the lth of the eity, have put people for happier hours. ‘The Trades. MEETING OF THE MAKERS j of the above craft was beld last evening, | The meeting was | called to order at eight o'clock. by the Chairman, Mr | Bartholemew Derbam. The minutes of the inst meet- | ing were read by the Seeretary, Mr. Ilunter, and ap- proved of The constitution of the Paker’s Operative Union was then read by the Chairman, and unanimously adopted The Chairman then proceeded to read the bye laws, and commented upon & provisio sam, provi ding that the anion was not to go im ration until the constitution was signed by two-thirds of the trade ‘The Chairman showed the necessity of thie provision, the impossibility of and enforeing @ ee without the union of at toast two-thirds ¢ trade. itution, with the bye laws, was then put eo, section by seetion, and unanimously A_ meeting at Mechanics’ Hall. Herter etroet adopted A discussion arose on the question of the appoint- hose business ment of the investigating committee, it Is to investigate the delim impose fines or expel miseonducting members motion of Mr. Hunter, the constitution was amended by giving the appointment of thie committee to the roclety at large, and not to the chairman of the evetety. On motion of Mr. Morrison, the terms “to abolish night and day work” were changed to the words “to abolish night work.’ Mr, Hunter explained that the t was to establirh the twelve hour system first, without regard to night or day, but only securing to the workman the limited labor of twelve hours Aft further direussion. meeting then adjourned over, to meet again at the same place on Saturday ‘evening next. ————$——— Morven at Qvoewe, L. L—A Francie T was found, yesterday morning, dead, with hie ekull under a pile of pine brer Tn'the wena tort dirtaee wert 'of eww A club was found near with other indications He is found by Furpicion wae having adjourned at 1 P. M, ‘The trial progresses very slowly, in consequence of the maps of the premires in question having been lost by defendant. and his being obliged to give oral proof of their loration. The map was originally of all the property of John Livingston, the father of iferman; and wpon the division of the property among the heirs, the map was divided, and the parts of the map con- taining surveys of the property of each given to each. The wep belouging to Herman was placed in the care of Av us Tremain. and cannot now be found; and T does not recollect whether the same wae given him or aot. The testimony, however, on the part of the defence, must be nearly all out ‘The rebutting testimony of the prowecut doubiless consume « little time, They Probability, grant the location of the pr proven by the defence, and submit the evidence of possession as proven and claimed also to the jary, upon argument as to whether or not such acts and evidences constitute an ocenpation and possosson, Hence, the summing up may be expeeted at au carly dw The witness Aver depored that he was colle tor of taxes in 1708 and 1800, that the whole manor was one town, with the exception of Clermont and town towns Taghkanick, Aneran tin being of ous sewn witness ‘collected ta: lenry Livingston. Henry ivingston, aud the of Robert Cambridge Livingston. for the wan or lands. Witness ix oy . but testified in a very ciear mans ner to the different fretx brought under his cognt- yet he bad, as most old people hive. a \- y of his though many of bie stories had @ to the dl drew from court, jury. and coun. tel. a hearty laugh There have been two witnesses ¢: vir Reynolda t of the manor, and to tie ocen; npon it, from an early pe etified to the location of ition of diffore Htacl testified tothe eame facts nearly olds, but showed a t intimate —, the routhern part of the manor, and ore of it. He has testified to the joeations of some t y form, snd the oeenpancy of them from 1805 down. Ite at the time of adjournment. reached the dieputed ter- ritory, and was tertifying to the location of the pre- mises, and the ceeupancy of the farms erownd it Court will resume its session st ZI. M., om Monday Marine Affairs. Batritone, April 2, 1800, Lose oF Tr Re Trrr. ‘The brig Water Witch, at the South Paw. from Vera Crus, reports the loss of the brig Tith, in a violent Norther. The T. left Vera Crus about the sith alt. for New Orleans. Her passengers and rpecie ore re. ported to have been saved DESTRUCTION OF TWO STRAMPO ATS & The New Orleans Picoyune states thet the steamers Feebion and Wm. Noble recently came | en as Milliken’s Bend by which they were eo injured that there is but litte hope that either will be enod Ne Lives were lort, TUF GrORe1A. The rteamship Georgia is reported to hare tcvebed of (berleston bar.