The New York Herald Newspaper, May 1, 1850, Page 2

Serna areata NEW YORK HERALD.| JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR, OFFICE, N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND © ee Dy 2 cents pe Dall. ¥ ane . “gy (per aan. WEY ee ke Bere aay, 28 696 coke per Pes ae peice Leas etition $4 per eantem, we ERT PERS by ot 1 Jor subserieions, or wth adver uct, ta onto othe pote sol be acted From VOLUNTARY (CORRESPONDENCE, containing taportant obicte" trom amy yuarter of the work’ ; if wmed, will be rid for. AOTICE taken of anowymous communication. We are reiected communications. TISKMENTS renewed coory morning. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. WIDLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Macwern. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery. Sox or Tux Woops. wo Havgy THe FoURTE BROADWAY THEATRE, Broad way—Hevcunack—TRvw- peren'’s Warpine. , PON'S THEATRE, Chambers Street—My Pascrous a Barrexy —Sensovs Faasy. ATRE. Chaihaw Sqvar—Bone 90 Goon ea eee ier ce PLace—tnwuamo as fv ie THEATRE, Actor Plece.—Duwn's Wacen—My Panetove Bmort “Mechanies’ Hall—Bruzo- EHRISTY’S OPERA LO viaw MinsTRsLs. OLYMPIC.—Prmnce’s Mirren eis, MELODEON.— Warr’ GIMCUS, Astor Place~Equesrnran Exercises, CHINESE MUSEUM—Criwase Fasniy awn ormam Comi- earrins, Dav ane Evening The Foretgn News. The City of Glasgow, with nine days later intel- lirence, and the Canada, with two weeks later pews now fully due—the former at this port aod the latter at Halifax But, meanwhile, the Cambria may arrive at Hali- sax with one week’s later advices. ‘There were no | gs of her last night, and owing to her long passage, begins to be some anxiety felt for her in Wall et and elsewhere; not because she has been longer at sea than other steamers have the Cunard steamers. steamer now due, and one of the fastest of that line, was once eighteen days in eto New York; and the British Ilamburg twenty-eight days ppearance. ambria nor the Canada had st four o'clock yester- ig the pass: Queen, which ago, has not y P. S.—Ne anived at H. doy afternoon. made hi r the x at half-p Trouble at Lowell—Suspension of Work by New England Manufacturers—Frults of Agitating the Slavery Question. We learn with profound regret that the great ectton manufacturing concerns in New England, are beginning to sufler, and three of the largest eotton. mi t Lowell are discharging the opera- tives, and intend to stop making cloth—the Law- renee, the Tremont, and the Suffolk. The proba- bility is, that this state of things will continue until nearly one-half of the cotton manufactories hove closed deors in New England. On the con- trary things present a different aspect at the South. Weare told by the New York Tribune, that, in uddition to those cotton mills already in existence, numbering over 150 perhaps, “two new cotton nuills are just going into operation at Mobile ; also, a paper mill. Patton, Donegan & Co.’s cotton fac- tory at Hunteville, and Mastin, Meekly & Co.’s mill at Florence, are doing a good business. The Tusenloosa factory is about to increase its looms nearly one hundred per cent.” And all this with- out any clemor for an increase of the tariff. We have long anticipated this result. Long ago, we prophesied that this would be the case, basing ictions upon causes Which we knew would our pr produce inevitably such results. We fear that the proeperity of this great source of New England wealth has ¢ for ever, and should not be sur- to find the great manufacturing towns of and, for cotton goods, insolvent and bank- New E. Tupt before many months. The cause of the closing up of the principal cotton mills in Lowell—the cotton cloth city of this fontinent, par exeellence—is stated by these manufac- turers to be—1. The high price of the raw mate- riel ef cotton. 2. The very low price of the manu- factured article. The manufactuzérs have no hopes that Congress will pass an act reducing the price of the gteat Southern staple to six cents, and their only chance now is, that Congress will pass an act ke consumers pay a fair price for the manufaucture ; that is, to give to rers a protective tariff, and protect xstrous competition with the labor of lee, they say, they must close their Even this all Europe, or R «i seek come other occupation. will not re ieve them. Years ago, it might have dene so, Not now. A change has come over the spirit of thatdream, Itis not the European peo- ple the t have to dread, As we long ago rai?, the Southern manufacturers, with their su- perior advantoges, will, eventually, shut up every otton mill in New England. W hat hes caused the present high prices of the raw material? They are many and various. ie, there isa very large deficiency in the cotton for thie year, ae compared with bast :— 1840 the erop was. . . 2.730 000 bales. 1840 and 180, estimated. . ..1.990,000 © Difference. ... se... eee esees 789,000 bates The of this deficiency is, first, the frost in April, 1819, which shortened the crop in many see- tions full one-third. Another enuse is, hundreds ofplanters in the South found that the prices of ero; former years, neting them only five and six cents | t ‘ One | nal Mages are growing up in South Carolina, ae of which—Graniteville—bids fair to rival Lewell. In Georgia, over fifty cotton mills have been erected in various parts of that State, and are running over one hundred thousand spindles. Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, and other Southern States, are following these ex- amples; and in ten years the South, in or out of the Union, will become the great manufacturing sec- tion, wnd will shut up every cotton mill in New Frgland. It must be so. The South possess ad- vantages which the North do not possess. They have the raw maternal on the spot; labor is cheaper; the water power is unlimited; subsistence is cheaper. Such manufactories as have been erected within the last few years, under all the serious dis- advantages of a commencement, are but experi- ments; and yet they have paid enormous dividends, and have shown clearly that coarse cotton goods can he manufuctwred, now, in the South, twenty to twenty-five per cent cheaper than in Lowell or New England To save themselves, the New England mannfacturers will be obliged to go South, eventually, or engage in some other business. These views do not apply only to cotton goods— they upply to every species of goods manufactured in new England, exeept clocks and wooden nut- megs. Slave labor has not yet been extensively introduced into the Southern manufactories; but when that is introduced, as it will be, it will de- monetrate what we now assert, that the South will drive New England out of the markets of the world for course cotton goods, and make a splendid profit, at prices which would ruin New England. We dread the result. We are fear- ful of the consequences to New England. They are already commencing. The New England States madly drove the South into manufac- turing, and their continued agitation of the slave lubor question is making the breach between the North and South more wide. Why will not the good, honest people of New Englend cease this agitation, behave like decent people, and save themselves? As we see by the papers, with accounts from Lowell, they are only bringing distress to their own door-sills, by their mad fanaticism towards the South. If they do not change their policy, both people and legislatures, the green grass will soon grow in the streets of Boeton, Lowell, and all the other cities and towns of New England, that have prospéred so much from the cotton manufactures. Tur Stavery Comrromise.—The Committee of Thirteen, of the United States Senate, have settled the principles of the proposed compromise of the slavery question, and Mr. Clay has removed, for a short time, to Mr. Calvert's, in Maryland, to write the reports and prepare the bills. Probably the whole will be before the Senate in a week. Mr. Wenster’s Retvex To WasHtnGtox.—Mr. Webster's visit to Massachusetts will be a brief one. Domestic aflairs have taken him to Marsh- field, his country residence, where he will remain a day or two, and then“retura to Washington, so as to be in his seat in the Senate next week. His Boston speech has, very deservedly, been received with the utmost satisfaction in this me- tropolis, His recent votes were not understood here, and it was feared that he would not hold to the high ground upon which his great Senatorial eflort of this session had placed him. We have his word, however, that he is not in the least dis posed to change the noble stand which he assumed. On the contrary, in the strongest language, he avers that he will only lend his influence to sus- tain the peace, prosperity, and happiness of the united country. Consequently, we may expect him, on his return to Washington, to be braced, shoulder to shoulder, with his great coudjutor and friend, Henry Clay, in support of some measures of compromise, which will permanently settle the great difficulty in Congress. This will be his po- sition. It is # position that every man, woman, and child, in this State, is interested in—and deep- ly, heartily interested. He has spoken to New England ; and, had the occasion served, he would have probably shown how mere selfish considera- rations urge all her citizens to stop the senseless and dangerous agitation on the slavery question— how that agitation is increasing cotton and woollen factories at the South, doubling the looms in a week in Mobile, and erecting new mills on every favorable stream—how the South are becoming the consumers, as well as producers, of cotton, and formidable competitors with the capitalists of the North—how, in fact, all commercial considera- tions, as well as constitutional and moral justice, urge the abandonment of the “real ghostly abstrac- tion"—that godless cause of false philanthropy, false liberty, and fulse reason. New York would not be harmed by a timely caution from the same lips of wisdom. The ism- ites of the time—Seward, Greeley, and othere—are epreading their disease, innoculating with their poi- sonous quills, charged with foul matter, a large portion of the heedless and the thoughtless, and we might do a great service to these, and to the com- munity generally, by giving Mr. Webster, on his return to this city, a weleome of the right stamp, which would be as a testimonial of the true epirit of the people. We cannot depend upon the imbe- cile cabinet, to give a direction to the sense of the people; and as our only trust isin the great states- men of nearly two generations, a hearty welcome, at all times, to such men as Webster and Clay, should be given. Therefore, let us, on Mr. Web- ster's return, assure him of our cordial support in the trial to which he is called. Lethim see our devotion to the Union. Let him see that “Young America,” as well as “Old America,” is for the Union—that the two great parties are for the Union —and that we will not imitate the folly of other nations, ancient and modern, by permitting oar great oratore to pass through the people unhonored, for their . did not pay them for their labor, and | omer » life of sacrifices and at even 0 Ge they have ned their attention to other sources, | eommonwealth. raising other ogricultural products, hiring out their - rlave labor to railroad constructors, or sending | Tur Forrest Case.—We understand from Har- them te more Southern States to raise sugar, and | risburg, that it is yet probable Mr. Forrest may indecing cotton planters totum their capital to manufactures which paid enormous dividends. Biany cotton planters have gone to California. In fect, low prices in past years have forced them to do anything, rather than raise cotton Theee are some of the causes which have pro- @aced a hort erop, and the short crop has, of course, been the cause of the rise in price ef the raw material from cight to thirteen cents. Why ehould not the price of the manufactured article rise in proportion? It cannot be said, because of Euro- pean competition. The European has to pay the increased rise for the raw material, as well as the New Englend manufacturer, and the duty which protects the dander, ie 6 which is against the Southera consumer, and in favor of the pockets of the New England maau- | Sacturer, ae much as though it was voted (rom the one, and given to the other; by Congress We will give the true reason why New Fagland monufocturere afl cotton mills are shutting ap shop; end we recommend them to put it in their pipes and smoke it, while their mille are closed and they have got nothing else to do. The truth of what we are about to say, has been, is, and will continve to be, tested and proved by the bitter and ruinone experience of the New England people, if they don’t wheel about, repent of their unjust doings to the South, and commence a new earect of righteousness, and support the slave labor of the South, which, after oll, they will find is what has supported end fattened the cotton mill princes of New England, and all their operatives. Twenty years ago, st the commence ment of the Kew England crusade, when Garneon--the “ Peter the Hernit” of those days—commence 1 preaching damnation and cut-throati«m ogainst the South, there wae not a manufactory in the whole Southern of slave section. What is the state of things nowt ‘They are springing up, like mushrooms, all over the South, and numbering probably over dred and ffty, inereaving too, every year. ew Faglander and bars the Old Eng- | st thirty to thirty-three per centum, | carry his divorcee case in the Legislature of Penn- sylvania, by tacking his bil on some other onc, and soaping ite way through. It is also stated, that in addition to his carrying the bill, he intends | | to bring an action of divorce against Mrs. Forrest, before some of the courts in Philadelphia. It seems he intends to make effectual work of the matter, one way or another. Why will none of the men implicated in the “kitchen evi- dence,” epeak out, and help the lady? Where ia the Rev. Professor Hackleyt or Raymond? or Caleraftt or Jamieson? Above all, where is Chevalier Wikefl, who knows so much of every body's business, nnd ao little of hic own ? Brooxtys Covet Law—Oxe-Eveo Taowrson.— ‘The postponement of the trial of One-Eyed Thomp ton, fora week, in medias res, has created a great deal of discussion among the lawyers on this side of the water. Some say that the reason of the postpencement grew out of the probability that One Eyed Thompson, in conducting his own trial, had exhansted ali the law, both of the court and Dis trict Attorney, and that the learned Judge, and the public prosecutor, had postponed the trial for a week, in order to go over all the law books again, and post themselves up to that notch of legal lore at which they would be able to be a match for One-Lyed Thompson. Very funny, is it not? News prom ti: Domitcaxs—Preratations ro | Reese ton Hayriens.—By the brig Brothers, Capt. Eagan, we have received advices from the city of St. Demingo to the 10th ult. Captain FE. rms us that the Dominicans were fitting out a fleet, and making all other necessary preparations to give the Haytiens awarm reception, if they should attack the place Grexenat. Tavton on tHe Vero.—The National Intelligencer, on authority, denies thet General Taylor hes any intention to veto any compromise one hun- billon the slavery question, that may pass toth Con | houses, We ere glad to hear it. Mar, Mar, May, te First or May—Movise.— The way in which furniture will be thrown about to-day, will beat all the ghosts in Rochester, Strat- ford and Newark. At day-break, the rappings will commence at two thirds of the houses in the city, and many will leave their tenements in hot haste by noon. Many persons will be pinched, squeezed, wounded, and bruised; door knobs will fly about, door plates will be removed, pitchers be pitched headlong, bedsteads be pushed about and broken, and all sorts of curious capers cut up, to the a most infinite annoyance of the citizens. The an- nual May mystery will, of course, attract the at- tention of stangers, and if some of the evil spirits don’t eet fire to something, in the course of the day, it will be a wonder. These annual rappings, ring- ings, and movings of household goods, are very remarkable. They have existed ever since the Dutch settlement of Manhattan, and have in- creased in number and power with every addition- al year of our history. “Stratford, Rochester and Newark, can only move a beadstead, a hair-brush, door knob, pillow, or match-box, or set fire to a piece of paper; but on any first day of May, here in New York, we can turn, through the magic of our householders, half the city topsy-turvy—per- form tricks which no record can chronicle, and stir up the dust and cobwebs which have gathered in a twelve-month. This is an exeitement—a communiecation with good ang evil spirits worth talking about—and though the devil may be to pay, ull classes, poets, parsons, judges, lawyers, merchants, editors, everybody, must share in the confusion. While these things are going on, it is perfectly ridiculous for such small places as Ro- chester, Stratford and Newark, to enter into com- petition with New York. We move the whole world every day, and New York once a year on the first of May. ‘Tue American Consut.in Panis.—Robert Walsh, about whom so much noise was made some months ago, is not yet removed from the censulship at Paris. It is stated that ason of his has been ap- pointed, by Mr. Clayton, to some public office at Washington. This looks favorable to the Consul. So, Peter Parley is probably duped. ‘The Italian Opera at Niblo’s. The beautiful and popular establishment of Mr. Niblo, last night, was filled to overflowing with a fash- ionable audience, composed largely of the most beauti- ful ladies of the metropolis. “La Favorita’ was per- formed. This called into requisition Steffanoni, Sa! vi, Badiali, and Corradi-Setti. Magnificently did the lady conquer the huskiness of her voice, in her opening scena, and triumphantly did she execute the brilliant eavatina in the second act; while her whole perfor- manee, including the duet with Salvi. in the last act, con- firmed the high opinion ¢o often expressed of her rare yoeal and dramatic péwers. In the cavitina, the enthusi- asm and applause whieh crowned the singing of the alle- gro movement, have never been surpassed in this city. Salvi was truly delightful. Though not in his best voice, his inimitable style captivated the ear and the heart, and his last scena was rich in the most delicious tones, and in a method that places him at the head of his profession. Badiali’s splendid organ wae powerfully and feclingly used, and gave unbounded satisfaction; while Corradi-Setti, whose cold, in his early scenos, produced false notes, acquitted himself handsomely. The chorus were generally very perfect, full attention being given to every scene. e opera went off. as a whole, finely, and the principals were called before the curtain seve times. To-night, “ Macbeth”? will formed. No opera is better suited for those who do not understand the Italian language. Besides, it is a remarkable musical and dramatic treat, that no lover of music and the drama should fail to enjoy. It is one of the best of Verdi's grand operas, and exhibits @ profound mu- rieal genius on the part of the composer. A fashion- able house will be sure to be for its merits have been widely promulgated. City Intelligenee. Movixe Trte—Frnet or May.—The time-honored eus- tom of moving on the first of May is still kept up in this city, though not to the same extent that it formor- ly prevailed. ‘Omoe, % Waa Tegarded es almost hetere- ox not to move on the first of May, and the man who did not move was either as ecorutfle or avery rtupid person, Now, thie is all changed. and those who move are regarded as wiser or smarter than their neighbors. Still, there is a wonderful amouat of moving at May. not merely on the first of the month, but about that time; and the innovation, after all, coa- ist, ore in before the first of May than in to move near that This year, so much he moving has been done that compa- ratively little is lef for May Day. For the last week, and Neularly the last two days, the numbe: hae been immense the men reaped a rich harvest. They have made their ow: terms, rome of them being engaged for a week before- hand.” We know an instance of « person being charged { per load for moving his furniture to Brooklyn, on onday. The removals to Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Jersey City, and Hoboken, have becn far more nume- rous this year than in former years, owing to the enor- mous inerease of rent and the taxation, t like @ millstone around the necks of New Yorkers, no doubt there will be « vast number on this, the or- thodex 7, The — the ladies take in moving la enjoyed with a far keener relish when it happens to be on the genuine day itself. Fine i Srconp Avaxve.—At half-past one o'clock on Monday night, @ fire broke out in Second avenue, next door to the corner of Twenty-fourth street. It was oe- eny ase ey oy house by Mr. Norman. The building. with a horse and reveral sides of beef, were destroyed. The damage is about $500. Anotnea Fine.—At @ quarter past nine o’cloek, on Monday evening « fire ke out in the rearof 145 Third street. a cabinet maker's shop, oceupied by An- drew Turnback, It was extinguished with fing damage. Fine Pein ov tg A of Mr. Thomas Kelly, 624 Wash. ington street, took fire at four o'clock, yesterday after- noon, from, as is supposed. arpark from the planing room mill in the vicinity t was oo old shell of a building, and was entirely destroyed ALanm or Fine.—At seven o'clock, last evening, there was an alarm of fire in Pine street. But it was found to be merely some tar that was being burned ¥.—The following gentlemen were yes- y Trustees of the New York Sostety Li- bery. for the ensuing year:—<iulian C Verplanek. Wil- liam Inglis, Alexander I Dayton Hobart, Frederic DePeyster, James D +, Ogden, Joshua Coit, Joreph Delageld. James I Titus’ Charles M. Leupp, Charles A. Bristed, Daniel Seymour, Joba Il Gourke, James W. Beekisan, Win. Templeton Johneon. One or tHe Conrriens.—Jobn Bird. Raq. eaught yor terday, In his fike, at the Narrows. Staten Island, « codfish weighing When cut open, according to the re taken out of him two large shad No doubt he followed the sebool of » By tary. —The house of Captain Vandyke. No. 193 fonds street. was burglariowsly ht last, and robbed ot a few “i. and the husband, hot at his wite, planting « her * then sized the pistol. turned it on himeelf, and fired it off He ts in a sad condition, and his case may be considered doultful The woman fs tn a fair way to recover A short time afer Reed | and his wite were takom to the hoepttal man. eald to be @ eister of Mre. Reed. was brought into the potlee terrible gach on her forehead. Iniieted by tailing down upon @ curb stone in the street Bravary —The Coroner, yesterday. held an inqucst at the City Moepital, on # Irishman. 27 years of age. who ewme to bis death by feted om his person with « kolle. The de- evened, It epgeare, live@ at No.1] Albany eireet. Ate late hour on Monday night, he came ont of the base ment, ond was priseotiong to the wpper part of the hou. when, before be reache walk. some person wokrown to him came w inflicted three stabs ramen proving faal Ahalternzy person, named Thomas Markee, wus ar- tested on ¢ of having been the aeeasslo, but the Coroner found no shade of testimony against hi. and har, from he verdict of the Areensed came t bie drath hands of sowe person to a open his perton ene in the at tHe Most @F Aran The follow. ecount Of the passengers arrived et thie the month of April thot hae just expired 4 Irciond. «1 158 eee lise 3A8 613 oat Cotol for April, 1850... , Totai for April, 1848. . Falling off in April of this year i . 6008 ofenee of 25 per ent and the decrease has ftendily during the year The number ols for March, of the present year, wae é whereas, to March of Inet your, owe. tos18 Thy lowlrg feuree Hl compare the cmigretion of the leet four movthe with the eorreeponding mouths of inst ar fact four met of 1840... 4oTet First four months of 1860 na ane Failing off in the present year... .. 100m ‘Thue there ie a deorease of pearly 25 per cont on the jart four momths: ir of re- | it is heavy, | NAAR AAA Pile the Hove of eyresentatves While the House of are engaged in discussing the merite of the census bill, a go- vermment printing office, and similar measures of importance, the great topic of the hour seems to be uppermost. Our correspondent gives us the plan of Mr. Clay for a compromise; and till that is made known beyond a doubt—though we have no reason to anticipate that it will vary much from the synop- sis given below—there will be nothing done in ‘Washington, beyond the wretched plots of the cabinet and the abolitionists. There are men en- gaged in outreging public opinionon the subject of slavery, and they will continue their god- less work, if possible, regardless of the con- federacy, or the constitution on which it is based. It is but too evident, not only from our correspondent’s letter, but from other manifest signe, that Seward, and others equally destitute of any great national feeling, are bent upon having their own way, at any cost. They will fail, how- ever. They have lost their game, and will be marked men in this country for the rest of their lives. They will be buried in the same political grave asthe cabinet: Inthe meantime, we shall look for the action of Mr. Webster, and other dis- tinguished practical statesmen, with great interest, and not without a hope that the conservative elements of the country may triumph. Very Interesting from Washington. OUR SPECIAL TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE. Wasminaron, April 90, 1850. Mr. Clay remains in the city nearly all day. He has been obliged to retire from the throng of visiters; and finds the country and retirement mach more comfort- able than the bustle here. In the country he has none of those interruptions which are so annoying to amind engaged in deliberation and study. I have reason to believe that Mr. Clay has faith ina compromise—and it is more than likely that he will Propose— First. To admit California as she is, securing the public lands to the Union. Second, To make all the great basin of the Colorado country and Salt Lake one territory. Third—One territory of New Mexico, and to buy the eastern boundary of Texas for a sum of money, say from ten to fifteen millions of dollars. Fourth—To provide for the division of Texas, with two or more tluve States. All these are to go in one bill. Another bill may be recommended, for fugitive slaves; and still another, to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. ‘lay will make a report upon the whole subjeet. he is now intently and earnestly engaged. When the members of the committee now absent shall return, they will meet in council and examine the plan. In eight or ten days, we may expect the report. In making it, Mr. Clay will have an important influence in the system of proposed measures. Mr. Webster will probably return, so that no delay will be caused on his part. Mr. Cooper is said to be in favor of Mr. Clay’s plan. Ofthe views of Messrs. Webster and Phelps, I am not so well informed. It is expected that Mr. Douglas, or Mr. Benton, will move for the admission of California next Monday. If either should do so, and the report be not ready at that time, Mr. Clay will explain. The eommittee will not delay longer than may be absolutely necessa- ry, beeause of the movement organizing for the Presi- dent's plan. Mr. Benton has ® bill before the Senate to buy out the claims on Texas, She will sell. Mr. Douglas has bills for California and territories. Mr. Mason, « bill for fugitive slaves. Upon those bills the plan ix to be built, with important modifications. At present the whole work scems to rest with Clay. The great argument will be to show that the proviso is not required for the territories—that slavery may be left to the people—that government is wanted for the ter- ritories, and that they are properly eonneeted with California; and that the compact of annexation re- quires a liberal policy towards Texas, I have just learned that the members of the compro- mise committee, detailed to Carolina, are expected back to-night or to-morrow. In that event, the plao will be perfected, and the report made out, this week, and presented on Monday, untess Mr. Webster is ab- sent, and deems delay desirable. ‘The report will be short and practical. Some friends of the compromise, since the rumor of a possible veto, have united on Taylor. He will throw no obstacles ia the way; but bis cabinet are suspected of being deep in the plot with the abolitionists, Some of the extreme South of the commfttce are disposed to be exacting; but Clay, Mangum, Case, and the moderate men, have the ascendancy. Aran 3-8 P.M. I have Just learned that the Carolina Committee are in the rteamer Southerner, and have left Charleston for New York, aud will hardly reach Washington be- Notwithstanding the removals of the last week, we have _ fore Sunday. Mr. John Wilson, of the Land Office, has been sent by the department to Louisiana, for the purpose of making an investigation into the land business iu that State, which, it is stated, has been very loosely conducted during the past few years Mr. Thos. D. Harris, of Georgia, and John Robb. of Maryland, have been appointed to clerkships tn the | House, by Mr. Young, in place of Morehead, of Pena- | the low lands tn the valley. The sheet of water pase office at the Tombs, In a state of intoriowtion, having a | body of John Door, an | sylvania, and Mudd, of Maryland Mr. Samuel D. King, @ $1,800 clerk in the Depart- ment of the Interior, has resigned. The Western Railroad Defaleation. Brxinarinco (Mass.), April 90, 1850, In referenee to the reported and exaggerated defal- eation of Mr. Ware, disbursing officer of the Wertern Ruiiroad Compeny, I am authorised to say that so great has been the official iabor as*umed by him, that his books are much in arrears; and such ts their eon- dition, that it le not practicable, at present, to ascer- fain the actual etate of his accounts. His uumerous friends here. including gentiemen eonneeted with the corporation, have undiminished eonfidence in his in tegrity, apd believe that there will eventuaily be no defeiney tie. Aaa = Heavy Freshet—Sertous Damage. Arnasy, Arpil 90, 1850 During the day lagee quantities of lumber hare floated loore down the river. The Sandy Mill Merald ore that on Sunday, the boome at and above Glen's Falls. gave way. earryiny with them about 100.000 logs, mostly the property eatigens of Giew's Falls : The Connecticut River—Sad Accident. Srainorreo (Mass.), April 30, 1960 The Conneetieut river ie very high, and covers ail ing over the dem at ilolyoke tr eight aad a balf feet In depth An Irivhman eatehing drift wood in the river. above j the great dam at Holyoke, to-day, was carried over the | dam and periehed. His boat eame up, reduced to fregmente, but his body has not been seen Abolitiontst Arrested. —Land Slide. Bactimone, April 0, 1850. Ap Iriebman, named Tease Curry, has been heid to dell at Fredericksburg. Va, for sboltion documents A land elide eeeurred this afternoon, eight miles be- 4 Martinsburgh, which hae detained the ears from uum beriend The Steamer Falcon. [Wo prive the following in the words of the despateh; we are at & keen to deeypher it] “New Oven Aprfl 29. 1850 “Paleon for Chogres via Panama (probably Havana) to-morrow, 240 passengers. $200,000 epeele, New York.” Laren prom Berwos Avans.—By the arrival of the bork Philedeiphia, Captain Gerdes. we have received o copy of the Dritich Packet, of the 234 February. Its en- lumne ate moetly Slled with a review of the mosange of Preefdent Roras, On the 20d of February. a salute of fl gums was Gred from the battery Libertad. ta honor of the tirthdoy of General Washington rt. Supreme Co SPECIAL TERM Defore Judge Miteiell Minot FB Wenek os Morece Dennett ond RF Aron. W ow, on behalf of the plaintiif, where eulmiiied never ¢onventent fendants, A small portion of the fre war dei " Tetant to comics, but the price having adranced, eunsrquence of o reareity of the article. defendants, in June of that year refused to carry out thelr eon trnet. alley that it was not convenient todoso It appeered. however that. at the rome time, they eon- fived to sell to other dealery, aod had a supply on hand. Mr. James T Rrady, ow part of the defendant claimed that there had been o mutaal abandonment the contreet. The Court ebarged that, upon euch & contrnet, the defendants were bound to deliver the jee within @ reatenalle time durtug the sencon, and that fn default of thelr @olng eo, platetiff was entitled to recorer the average market st during Pomme OsOM. Fortier for shaistut, 8. rn : Armiuiarion or Brace on tHe Artantic.—Mr. Henry ‘M. Wheeler, one of the New York pilots, and pilot of the steamships Oblo and Georgia, us last week that he had just completed four trips im those steamers to Havana—twice out and twice home— the whole distance equal to six thousand miles, in twenty-one days The V. and G. touched at Charleston and Savanneh ©n bo:h outward trips, and, of course, were somewhat detained at each place to receive passen- gers and the mails. Catironnia —Passengers by the steamer of 4th of May, to Chagres, will do weil to provide themselves with U. 3. from Berford & eo., No 2 Astor House; who furnish them for one dollar, just one half the price charged by all others in this city. Benn, Betty Briss.—A letter, post marked St. Thomas, was received on Saturday by s person who has a relative on board that vessel, which left this port on the 12th of March for California. The letter is dated on the 25th of Mare. lat. 19 26, lon. 46 39, off the Cape de Verd Isles, only thirteen days out from New Fork; all well. The letter also says: We fell in with Feveral vessels, and endeavored to speak them, but they woul Lyf away, not liking our piratical ap- pearance.” The B.B. was built by Henry A.W. Bar. clay, of Hoboken, and has reulized, 60 far, all that is expected of her. Loss or Buia Mzxcnanr, of Rictmowp, Mx.--The brig Louisa. at this port, from Ponce, brought Captain Stine ton and crow, late of brig Merchant, having taken them from brig Martha Kinsman, bound to Porto Riso, about 16th instant, that vessel having rescued them from the wreek. Captain Stinson states that the brig sailed from St. Mary’s, Ga., 34 instant, with a cargo of lumber, for Demarara,and the second day out was capsized by & squall; all hands remained on the wreck six days, when. they were taken off by the Martha Kinsman, aad subse- quently transferred to the Louisa,—Bualtimere merican, edpril 30. Carrure or 4 Staver.--The American brig Luc; Ann, of Boston, was captured on 20th February. 1859, in latitude 7 26 8., and longitude 12 26 B., and taken to Bt. Helena, by Hf. B. M. steam sloop Rattler, Cuptain Cumming—eleven persons in the crew, thirty pas- eengers. und 547 slaves, viz: 441 males and 106 females, At the time of the capture. the Lucy Ann was com- manded by John Hamilton, He, with the crew, were permitted to go on sore on the coast. ‘There were also at St. Helena, the following named American vessels, condemned for bei de:—Bark Anne D. Richardson; bark Pilot, cf Bos- rk Chester, (formerly a whaler.) The Trades. MEETING OF THE COACH PAINTERS. On last evening, there was a meeting of the United Association of Coach Painters of New York, Brooklyn, Jersey, East Chester, and Williamsburg, at 220 Grand street, Mr. Selah IT. Burt, President, in the chair. This association was organized on the 14th of March, and a body of by laws has been drawn for the government of the body. The object of the society is to insist upon getting fair wages, and a resolution has been adopted that no man is to work under twelve sbill ing® pet day. and painters in charge of shops fourtee 4 lings. These are the lowest terms, for many receive $2 per day. Formerly, persons worked for ten shillings, and even a dollar per day. One of the rules of the eon: stitution is, that “the consent of two-thirds of the whole members present sbatt be requisite to decide om adopting measures to obtain higher wages, and the consent of the majority shall be requisite to adopt measures to oppose any reduction of wages in the Tha object of the present meeting was to receive re- ports from the standing committee, of any vacancies existing. or of persons obtaiuing employment. The Chairman called on Mr. Lyons, oue of the committee, to state to the meeting any iatelligence the committee may have received. r. Lyons then mentioned six vacancies, and also some shops which had given the advanced rate of wages, among which was Mr. Cooper's, Charles ssreet, It was then explained by the President, that the society was mot a benefit but a protective society, whore object was not to give benefits to persons out of employment, but protection to those who strike for higher wager, namely, $3 to a married man, and $2 to e fingle man. The meeting then os Pongasn The monthly meeting will be held on Tuesday evening next, when u large attendance is A box is pla » bar room of 220 Grand street, to receive applications from bosses to the'eommittec for hands, and also trom hands for want of employment; and one of the committee goes there each day, to at- tend to them. NEWS FOR CALIFORNIA. The Weekly Herald, The splendid steamship Crescent City, Capt. Stoddard will leave this port at three o'clock this afternoon, for Chagres, with news and passengers for Califurnia and other ports of the Pacific, The Weekly Herald with intelligence to the hour of publiestion, will be issued at 9 o'clock this morning. Single copies sixpenee. Notice to the Public. ‘Those who intend to change their residence on the Ast of May will please notify us of the fuct, stating the place where the paper is now left, as well as that at which it is to be hereafter served. To the Fire Department, New Yor worn, dil sy, that he it a fireman attached to Bazine C re in Front and Water street, on : Trinity Place and Liber rriving at the deor they rung the be! verso appeared at the 4 od what wae wanted? Dep he said he was the doever, De ¢ nested him to come immediately to the Pirst ward through the well hole se ~The di him to the horpital Deponent again requested 4 see the ange rowsly hurt, and they wished the dor ier it would be safe to remove bim. The dee- nnet or will not a>, you must take d prepared to clove 1 ie window. then told him publish his brotal rondeet, to which he replied “publish away,” and immediately elssed- the r) nent further says, that he has seen the card lished in this day's Herold, with and 4 nale statement of being requested to go tation house, it is ts i Sworn to before me, tis 80th day of w vont, Cory ann County ov New Yor! April, IM, personally appes rm, telag eworn, did gepone mud 8 renides At thet he iv attached to heap read the athidavit of Weary juet of Dr. Pratt, on the might of 24th i eed that it is true a rrert. WM. PAUL. Sworn te before mo this Mt) of April, 1500. W. CORP, Cowmissioner of Deeds. taf, Dealer in London Brown Byrice al nM and families rupplied. of eariaze A New Envelope and Large Boxes.—Dal+ Joy's Geruine Pain Bxtractor, in the old wrapper, } Avald 4 Froud, and bu a. t Elegant Bridal Cards, Enve and Boxes, of the latest and most farhions ble venttateetns ot EVERUELL'S ertabliohment for C Dave treet; Broadway, eormer of “Drasad Dees, | Wall rtrcet. eu Dantel Webster.—The Original Daguerreo~ ©. Sef the Gallery of type from whieh rtrnil raved, enn be seea at ws Americens, w: BRAD) 5 Dagvermean ), Ne. BS Broadway. rpets.—Wiliam MeGrorty, 136 William Ce street, offers for rade @20000 worth of fine Carpets and Oil oO * pee of ‘There the tity, where cheap and poo one Pince, he 4 found, and thar te mt 41 Courtiand 5), worth $7. Boots, Sh. forget, ¢1 Courtdand et. — end New York Tel: "° ine.—| Trenty Phares of the oe Sova Maine Tikit nt thie oe. Manes Comb Manufactory, 30%: _ Revd manufsetorer of the exttheneca Oyen Chain 1 Combs, And the only manutactarer in Broadway, invites Indies to call and examine hit late improved pattersa jum Open Chains w ‘woleale, "» Sulphur Baths, 547 fear Rroadway—eetablished in 16% by Louis J. Timplae, from Faris, for the enre of rhewmatiom, eruptions of the shin, eolds, merenrial affeetions, Me. This ie the fret extab- lished and ont toler to Dr. Valentine 2 Vacie. Phalon's Magte Mair Dye, to Color the } a TY Whiskers, the moment it wets without iuary hair orskin. It eam be washed immediately; #ith- turling the eolor, nad bie no bad It is applied, or colt, at PHALON watt, pow tthe 197 Rroadway: and aed Fifth streets, ener corner of Cheon Goursud’s Hallam Medicated Soap, for oT Tne Hil Okie disesens, diseotorations and Poa. ts beds Lit, Waite fee Pe compenion. Lavell Ronee, oLe7 Waiker woreet, fa gtore ‘wot Sroadway Callender, SA Bon th Third erenet, Comb , 387 Broadway—Ladics are Invited te examine this tick collection of Drers Combs, pot equaled in extent of tartety in the eity; amor je eh " ch admired: made severe after ng, Siz, to gaia Combe altered aed repaired. | A Rar realy be preveres —— wi om + the 7) freee,” Phe poobie should ruard « ations. ee y wh med a Sykes Gnade ‘Wigs and Toupecs.— Another Medal hae 6 oC ee oa TELOWS ecletgeted Wig Fy SM areet in the slave | | the right to mppoint enmmimtoners to fquidate ite Dr. Yibeclen, Ocullst, i ce ape ont ‘Texspar, April 30—6 P. M. There was more activity in the stock market wo-day, but prices current at the close of were not | sustained. At the first board, Long Ieland declined Canton Company, %; Reading Railroad, {. ie Bonds. new, advanced '; percent; Farmers’ 44; and Harlem, %. At the second board, Farmers’ Loan and Canton fell off 3¢ por cent each; Harlem, 34; Reading Railroad went up}. The most setive fancy~ in the list was Harlem, and the bears were greedy enough for contracts on time, to deliver. A great deal! of cash stock changed hands. Government and State- stocks were in better demand to-day, The receipts at the office of the Assistant Treasurer of this port, to-day, amounted to $72,796 92; fa $253,185 ; balance, $4,565,867 72. The amount of coin in the sub-treasury of Boston, at the last was, $5,000,000; in Philadelphia, $1,100,000; which, with the deposit here, makes o total of nearly nine millions of dollars. Counterfeit fives on the Tron Bank of Pails River,. | Conneeticnt, are in cfreulation, The one shown us was | dated May 1, 1849, No. 1,559, letter A., Chas, P. Bissell, Cashier; W. H.fWalton, President. Vignette, an angel- with an eagle in ber arms. Left end, woman sitting om. a bank, with a milk pail by her side, and the figure 5. underneath. Right end, woman reclining, figure § un-- derneath. Engraving badly done, and not calculated to deceive. Across the top of the Dill are the words, “The Iron Bank.”” | An altered note, purporting to be for ten dollars, on . the Somerset County Bank, New Jersey, dated Somer- | ville. Dee. 9, 1849, and signed Wm. G. Steele, Cashier, | J. Doughty, President, was passed yesterday, at a store- in Market street. It is altered from one of the Niagara Suspension Bridge Company's bills, Vignette on the- right, St. George and the dragon, and in the centre, at the top of the note, a view of the Suspension bridge. Considerable anxicty exists in the minds of specu- lators, in consequence of the non-arrival of the Cambria, She has been at sea—if she left Liverpool on the day~ adverticed—nearly eighteen days, and as she has not teen heard of yet at Halifax, she cannot get into this port short of twenty-one da: No real apprehension. isentertained for her safety, and it is barely possible the weekly trips may not have been resumed thie fearon as carly as usual, The Canada will be due at Halifax by Friday, when all doubt will be removed, should the Cambria not make her appearance in the meantime. The laws of New Hampshire are very stringent and severe upon stockholders in incorporated eompanies, The liability law compels shareholders in railroads to keep a sharp eye upon the managers of those works; and, by #0 doing, they have no doubt prevented s great deal of roguery, and forced railroad directors to be more honest than they otherwise would have been. There are provisions in the liability law ef New Hamp- thire,"which make both directors and stockholders liable in certain cases. If directors declare a dividend, when & corporation is insolvent, or the payment of which would make it insolvent, or negleet to make re- quired annual returns, or loan to stoekbolders in cer- cases, they incur a liability, more or less extensive, a6 the ease miy be, and whieh is defined by the law. Btoekholders are liable for debts until the capital is. paid in; but may declare the amount of their eapital, and file « certificate thereof, with the clerk of the town. where their place of business is, and when the amount, #0 declared, is paid in, the liability ceases. If capital: is reduced and divided back to stockholders, they are Mable for debis then existing and debts ineutred, untit 4 Dew certificate is filed. Stockholders in corporations (exeept banks.) that owe more than one-half the amount. of thelr paid up eapital, become liable. ‘The annexed statement exhibits the movement of) each bank in New Orleans, on the 30th of Mareh, 1850:— Banks or. —_ Onteans. oa Cir 4 " ~ ‘SaAEE w gASOADD Ir $2.7 Gi eb gr 9a ve sa50S Un 2,264,505 00 17S TT 1,864,992 BA 6,802,492 BT Sis, S45 Trd 1.14.85 00 3,735,301 vO Vaan 4 Oe nd hs Co. 180,720 OO 3,757,076 Toeliss o» Tanne oo Bow W622 sOT7,T¥T OO 19,250,882 51 8,350,253 27 26,701,686 OF 11,080 75 11,814 32 200,776 47 261,995 2F 13723 71 14848 TL LOTT 9 16 6D see OU500 45 2/058 0S = «272,46 32 «273,291 BF Total... $7,102,006 46 19,250,506 54 aaa 8) Mat we The aggregate of the movement in ali the other de- partments, at the same date, was as follows :— Liabsictce, Capital, = rtatement below Cueulation De porits: . Fereign and domertie banks. . Other unavailable Liabilities “gash aie svete. Loans payable within 60 days, seoee OM La Foreign and d monic exehang teres , aoeee . ele. ++ 022.7390 509.190 6.578.73T 9.436. 1 345.278 5 1 856.298 Publie improvement j 1.235 401 Proteeted paper... bowed é ‘1.149 836 Other arsete, not available within 90 days. . Capital of Branches... .... cece ee ce, 2885598 525 08 Rewking Capital in New Orleans, bers Bank of Louisiane... 2.2.6.6... 6... $R9RIO Canal and Benking Company........... 3.163.750 City Bank. . ee teety Shaper, Mechanics *e . Tyee Uniew Bonk .. . eee +» 2612008 $14,408,150 The eommitiee to whom was referred the joint resolu- tions of the General Assembly, to examine the banks of the State cf Louisiana. whether ia operation or liqaida- tion, have reported that they have examined the Union Bonk of Louisiana the Citigens’ Bank, the Consolidated Asociation of Plenters of Loulsans. Bank of Louisiana the Loulviana State Bank, Mechanies’ and Traders* Bank, City Bank of New Orleans, Carreliton Bank, and | Rew Orirans Cone! aod Banking Company. From the officers of cach of these Institutions, they obtained « | ftotement, under cath, from which it appoars : | 1. That the Coton Bank show, lus of two mfl~ lion four hundred thousend dollars; abe has am- ple meant to exiinguieh the bonds iesmed by the State her emeunt, (orginally for even millions, now re- doced to two milliva six bandred thousand dotlars and that the State will realie a profit of four thourand dollars The committee reommend that the arrangements contemplated by the act, entitled an act roved on ——~ ——., by whieh the St | @xtinguleh $217.000 of ite debt proper. as a prospective. { eieidind tm this bank, be at oner earried out. an@ that such le wea deficiency of near $700,000. Your committee reter particulariy for information in triation to thi« bank. to a report re- eeptiy made the Beard of Bank Managers, in whieh it pr remit the pensity of forf.iture of some of the privil of thie bank decreed by the First Dis- triet Court of New Orleans, under certain eonditions, In view of the intro Habtlities of the State for thie donk. and of of] the ctreumetanecs eonoceted with ft, porticularly of procuring the timmediate payment of a portion and greater eceurtty for the whole of the boada Of the State lawed for q $416 000 ; the eva- thir benk bee much improved ier the od ration of the lew of 1347. Your committee are af opbai thet the ber ‘ved fm favor of this bank will be paid, without loae te the st 4. The Beuk of Lowielana, the Louleiana State . the Mechantes’ nod Traders’ Bank, « be ro of New Urieans. are, tn the opinion of mit tor In ® pert ctiy pate porition, ne far ax the pablie are ov corned; the tro fest named are inactive and useful eperaiion, The chariers of the two laa named wilt foon expire, and your commitice recommend. as » measure of relief to thy communtty. thet tine be allow. ed them to liquidate thete affairs Bo far as reintes ty the New Oriewns and Carrolliow Relirosd nnd Banking Company, the committee pas pend their report tue further inftmation (Pigned) IBAAC T. PRESTON, Chairman of thy Committee. The BIN to provide for the liquidation of the Mes chan and Traders’ Bank has become a law, The ebarter expires in 1659. Thir Vill gives the eorporation: j affairs, who are ty have ve yoars to wind wp,