The New York Herald Newspaper, June 3, 1850, Page 2

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June 3, 1850, To-Nic G@ASTLE GARDEN—Sacae Co: News from Europe. The followirg named steamers are now on their way from Europe with news :— Mermann, from Southampton, sailed May 20. America, from Liverpoof, sailed May 2. Atlantic, from Liverpool, sailed May 29. Viesroy, from Galway, sailed June 1. Canada, trom Liverpool, sailed June 1. ‘These are all first class steamers, and we may reasonably expect to receive news to the Ist inst. im a week from to-night. The Hermann may arrive at any moment; the news by the America will wobably reach us to-morrow night. ‘Whe Nashville Convention, and the Southern States. Tt is very well known thet the convention which is to meet this day at Nashville, Tennessee, origi- mated with the late John houn, and was meant to embrace a general movement in the Southern States, calculated to unite the influence and political power of the South, so as to defend their rights in Congress, by maintaining their con- stitutional privileges and social institutions intact and undisturbed from the continual assaults made wpon them by the anti-slavery movements in the Northern States. A few months ago, there was every apperance that this convention would @oncentrate the political power of the South, but the death of Mr. Calhoun seems to have impaired all the energy of the South at this moment. We are authorized, from the facts before us, to believe that the Nashville Convention, as an organ of Southern opinion, can be regarded in no other light than a abortion and a failure, more calcu- ated to do their cause injury than benefit. From our exchange newspapers we have ascer- tained that only a very small portion of the South- ern States have appointed delegates, of whom the following forms the list :— DELEGATES TO THE NASHVILLE CONVENTION. Alabsma..... 26 Mississippt. . 12 South Carolina 10 North Carolina... 1... 2 Virginia. OMS Sects cscs em Gvorgia . + +18 Tennessee... 20.0025 8 Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Kentucky, Ma- yyland, Delaware and Texas, have not appointed any delegates, and will not be represented. Only three States—Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi— have appointed full’ representation: ind several of those appointed from each of these States have de- elined to take any partin the convention. An ef- fort was made about four weeks since, in Virgin to postpone the Convention to an indefinite period. Jn fuet, South Carolina is the only State in which all parties agree upon its propriety. Such, in one vie re the prospects of the con- vention which assembles this day in Nash- ville. A greater abortion in political move- ments we do not recollect for years past. The Buffalo free soil Convention, which aseembled only after an agitation of vu few months, could muster a greater force and eaume- Fate more States than the Southern Convention, which meets to-day at Nashville, and which has Been at work fortwo years. This important fact, fakea in connection with the division and distrac- tion among Southern members in both houses of Cosgr including the movement made to form an exclusive Southern prees in Washington, proves, beyond the porsibility of doubt, that some extraor dinary adverse influences have utterly paralyzed the energies of the Southern States, divided their feelings, and prepared them for the complete tri- winph of the anti-slavery and anti-southern factions in Congress. All th t statesmen of the South yet remaining in ld seem to have lost Tue Cunan Exreprrionists.—We have had no- thing definite yet as to the_action ef the Grand Ju- ry upen the bill of indictment against Tolon, the “‘invader’s” secretary; but we presume that it will be “thrown out.” Moses Y. Beach and the Sun clique, we suppose, will, also, by the spirit and love of freedom which pervade society, and frequent- ly counteract the laws of the Legistature, come un- scathed thtough the ordeal ; but wherefore, we are unable to divine. If the contemplated expedition has failed, or been abandoned, does it absolve those who had concurred in it, or lent themselves to promote or aid the intended invasion, “ or provide or pre- pare the means for its execution?” Certainly not. The learned Judge of the United States District Court, in his luminous charge to the Grand Jury, os Monday last, clearly expounded the law upon tuch an illegal confederacy as the Cuban affair, which has evaporated so ingloriously, and he plain- ly showed the Grand Jury the powers vested in them in matters of a momentous or sudden natare. He advised them to “institute the most searching inquiries,” and to ascertain whether there had been, within this district, any violation of the laws of the United States interdicting hostile armaments or enterprises against the Island of Cuba. Ilave the conductors of the Sun, in con- formity with the act of Congress of 1818, observed the neutrality which all citizens are bound to main- tain in regard to foreign nations? The Judge dis- tinetly told the Grand Jury that the government possessed the unquestionable power to prohibit citizens or aliens from entering into engagements, within the American territory, hostile to nations with which we are at peace. Judge Betts says:— It would be most deplorable if no such controlling power existed in this government, and ifmen might be allowed, under the influence of evil, or even good, mo- tives, to set on foot warlike enterprises, from our st nations at peace with us, and thus for private objects, sordid and criminal in themselves—or under the impulse of fanaticism or wild delusions — bring upon this country, at their own discretion, the calamities of war.”’ We know not what the action of the Grand Jury may be in the matter, but we are mistaken if ample evidence has not, or could not, have been laid before them to criminate certain parties who have, “for private objects, sordid sad criminal in themselves,” violated every letter of the sixth sec- tion of the act, which makes It a high misdemeanor “for any person within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, to begin or set on foot, or provide or prepare the means for any military expedition or enterprise to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominions of any fo- reign power or State, or of any colony, district, or people with whom the United Btates are at peace.” The first eflort or proposal to get upa military enterprise, within this country, against a friendly Letter from Thomas Warner, on the Torpedo Explosion—The Truth Coming out at Last. The truth is mighty, and will prevail. Thisisa correct moral and philosophical axiom, and the history of the famous torpedo steol-pigeon mys teries, and the calm but irresistible way by which the truth and the real perpetrators are coming out, resembles the unehanging operations of the great laws of nature. On this very important matter, we have received a very remarkable letter from Thomas Warner, Esq., 18 City Hall place, purporting to be a reply to certain sworn statements, made by Ashley, in the Court of Sessions, at the last term. This letter, in connection with the very striking evidence given before Justice Osborne, last week, on the exami- nation of One-eyed Thompson, throws a good deal of legal and mora) light on the torpedo mysteries— their purposes, character, and probable termina- tion. Here is Mr. Warner’s letter :— Mar 30, 1850, James Gonvow Bexwerr, Esq. 1K — In the Herald newspaper, few days since, you ublished an affidavit. which purported to vo, een sworn by Joseph (0, Ashley, and in which certain statements were made, in relation to myself, which utterly end entirely false, and especially statement which imputed to me that I had sext, or caused to be sent, the torpedo box, for the purpose of murdering my wife, The day betore the affdayit was published by you, Mr. McKeon sent for me, and put the aflidavit in question into my hands, and requested me to prepare an it eontradioting the contents of Ashley Mdavit, so far 28 1 knew the same to be untrue. { made such an effidayit immediately, and was informed by Mr, Mo- Keon it should be used publicly in the Court of Sea- tions, the next day. But, the term of the Court has expired, and it hus not been used, nor any statement made, publicly, of its contents, or of my denial of the foul charge, 80 foully and falsely imputed to me; not- witbatandiag that (have twice or thrice applied to Mr. McKeon, on the subject, and once spoke to your attorney, Mr, Galbraith, who said he was sure you would readily permit any contradiction of mine to re- ceive as wide a eireulation through your columns as the original libel had received, and so I have no doubt you will be ready to do, for I beg to assure you, that, with the exception of the publication of the affidavit in question. Lin no way complain of the course of the Herald towards ie, in relation to that attempt to take my life. but, you will perceive that I have now remained for reveral days under that groes imputation, without ite having been in any way denied publicly, notwith- standing that I immediately made an affidavit of its falsehood. Now, sir, I rely on your oft proclaimed desire to do justice to all parties, and ask you to do me justice in the columns of your d,in such @ way as y_ Herald, you may see fit either by publishing my full and une- quivocal denial ofthe perjury committed by the convict Ashley, or by publish: ing this letter, or by publishing ® copy of my affidavit, which, if you desire it, shall be furnished you for that purpose. Yours respectfully, THOS. WARNEB. Mr. Warner is correct in believing that our de- sire is to do justice to all parties—to aid the inno- power, is, therefore, branded as a national offence. If, then, the statute makes it a crime to prepare the means of war against nations with whom we are at peace, is it not equally criminal to advocate the preparation of those means, and to urge on an un- holy enterprise against those friendly territories? We wait, and the public await, with anxiety the result of the deliberations of the Grand Jury re- specting the parties engaged in this imbecile and fanatical hostility towards Cuba. Tue Cavinet ano Tue New Yorx Heraty.— The cabinet are still groaning at the independence of the New York Herald, and the organs of the cabinet, every now and then, let out the gas, and show which way the wind blows. Our “fifty-two thousand dollar” cotemporary in Wall street, gives us a whole leader, and again asserts—well know- ing the contrary to be the fact—that the cause of our displeasure at the cabinet was nothing but a re- fusal, on their part, to supply us with a few petty advertisements in the gift of the administration. If we were to imitate the morality and manners of Greeley, the philosopher, we should pronounce this to be * falsehood” or “ villany,”” and the per- son whouttered it a‘ liars,” “ villains,” “ scoun- drels,” and ether kind, kindred, and socialist names used by modern philosophy and anti-slavery gen- tlemen. We profess, however, to be a Christian, on the old platform—a pure, independent Catholic, free from all sins and follies, including, of course, the Inquisition and Bishop Hughes. ‘The aesertion of our “fifty-two thousand dollar” cotemporary is anentire mistake. The administra- tion of Mr. Polk, through his secretariee—whoge let- ter swe have now in our possession—offered us any desirable amount of patronage; but we refused to sell our independence for any such paltry consideration. Mr. Clayton, also, through Mr. Brega, offered us enough to sustain any Wall street journal; but we refused any and all overtures, for the same reason, determined to keep our journal truthful, inde- pendent, philosophical, and fearless, as it always has been. We never were, never will be, and never can be, bound to any cabinet clique or cabal. Besides, the American people have bestowed upon us a patronage for our independence of thought and action, beyond that which a dozen of Taylors, or two dozen of Galphin cabinets, could supply. With- in the lost year, our receipts have been well up to two hundred thousand dollars; and since the first number of the erald was issued, our aggregate receipts have been nearly three millions of dollare— patronage well worth talking about. We would not exchange the advertising patronage of the chambermaids of this city, with the Pope's sub- scription and endorsemen® for all the patronage of all the cabinets at Washington, with a share in the Galphin robbery, or a dark corner in the White Ilouse. Thus much on patronage. ‘The locum tenens of our former friend and aaso- ciate docs not understand this business. Both his master and we are largely interested in foreiga appointments. Mr. Webb admiration for General Taylor and the cabinet, expected to be made Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain, Austria, or Prussia. On the same line of love and duty, we anticipated to have the fall mi- nisterial power at London or Paris. The cabinet have deceived us both—have utterly shattered our very hopes. Mr. Webb received apatry chargé- their energy and force. The late John C. Calhoun seeme to have been the leet of the line; for Thos. H. Benton has abandoned his early principles, for Ne rn and sectional support From these and other demonstrations, we are 1 to see the Compromise proposed by Mr Clay, defeated and destroyed, partly by the divisions and distractions of the Southern States but more especially, and more effectually, by secret investigations and machinations of the net of General Taylor. In fact, it appears now by yond doubt that the election of General Taylor, himeelf a Southern man, and the character of his cabinet, will, ina very chort time, bring about one Of the greatest revolutic eral government of the Ur the action of the fed- that ever has been contemy i by the ordim emen of the We are the anti-slavery in- fluences ¢ nd Wilmot proviso prevail, not only i of all she new territories, from Mex L! h Vecific, but even in | process of time te free States increased fm number, and the deep-rooted anti ry feelings of the North, calling for an amendment of ‘he constitution. Then we « see the complete expurgation of the three-fifth principle of represent ation, on which principle the political power of the Seuth is now altogether founded in its connection with the other States The blaephemies, reveries, and follies of the abolitionists ands lists.§ ought not so to deceive the wise end philosophical statesmen of the South, as to lead them to suppose thet the anti-elavery feeling is not a pert t, pervading and existing ‘eeling, ot that it consists only in these follies. All our organized churches and religious institutions, with the exception of the Catholics and Epis- @opaliines, are gradually marching on in one direction, and will bring about, some day or other, a union of the free States, which will make gach a change in the constitution as will carry ter- ror to the South and the eventual destruction or their social institutions. The cabinet of Gen Tay- lor is one of the first elements which are working together to bring about such results. The leading stateamen of the South are blindly following shadows, or quarrelling about abstractions, while the cabinet are undermining the constitution, dig ging the ground from under their feet, and 4 stroying, indirectly, all the guarantees of the re- | public and the very existence of the South. Fastroxaete Maxxers axp Morats.—The in vestigations, at Lonisville, on the application of Mrs. T. B. Lawrence, for a divorce against het husband, a scion of one of the most respectable families of Boston, are very curious and peculiar. The report of the whole affair will be read with mueh interest, however painful to the friends of fashion and morality may be the history of the un- fortunate business | ship, and after two or three months he is obliged | to eurrender that, and return home like a dog, with his tail between his legs. Towards us they have acted fall as scurvily. They wholly forgot what was due to ourzeal and fidelity—our position in this world, end in the world to come. All they did was to appoint our friend Charles 11. Delevan, Consul to St. Thomas, as a sufficient recognition of our services. Llowe Mr. Webb's disappointments | will be ealved o on his return. The cabinet will have to pay up in full, making ample repara- | tion for their blunders and want of foree—or look out for squalls. We can right ourselves. We are | | taking out our pay from the cabinet, every day, much to the amusement of millions, and to General Taylor, who enjoy the manner in which the cabinet are cooked, more than any other man of ts. Itisthe constant reflection upon our course that keeps him always eo aminble, and with a smile upon his face. Yet, in spite of what Mr. Webb and we get, let it be remembered | that, standing on the old platform, we are still can- ons, With full powers, and that neither of us will be satisfied till our expectations | | | didates for mis are fully realized. TANDING CANDIDATES FOR FOUR FOREIGN MISSIONS James Watson Webb, for Spain or Prussia James Gordon Bennett, for England or France ‘That's our platform, and there we will sti Naval Intelligence, Commodore Benja: Cooper, of the United st Navy, died at bis residence, in Brooklyn, on Saturday | inst, aged fifty-ceven years, Com. C. stood near the | head of the naval list of bis country. He was born in N Jersey, and entered the navy in 1809. Sia J Le has been over eighteen years at sea, He lately had command of the African squadron, and returned home | on account of the sickness of which he died. Owing | to his return. without orders, the Seeretery of the | Nevy ordered him to be tried by court martial. The | court areembied at Brooklyn, but his {liness prevented it from procerding. Com. ©. wae much respected by those who knew him The foneral will take place from his late residence, | No. 146 Hicks street, at three o'clock, this afternoon. The Naty and Army will unite upon the melancholy occasion. and perform the bonore due to the rank of the desonsed. | been made on the public mind by cent to escape, and the guilty to be convicted. This point and principle being conceded, what then is the difficulty between Mr. Ashley and Mr. ‘Warner? and what are the facts in the business? Let us see. The statement against Thompson, in the torpedo crime, and implicating Warner in it, was made, and eworn to, by Ashley, in the regular proeeed- ings of the Court of Sessions, about ten days ago. Here is the passage :— That deponent aleo gave information,which he derived from the statements of said Thompson to deponent, vis: that the torpedo for which Samuel Drury was in- dicted, was manufactured at the request ‘Thomas Warner, to kill his wife; that one Sylvester T. Mount, the uncle of said Thompson, made the box, and that said Thompson filled the same with explosive matter; that the direction given to ssid Warner (core incon son. in reference to said torpedo, was, “if you have pull the lid, do so rlowly; but when you see the blaze, jet the old woman have it;” that run like the devil, and deponent verily believes the said statements so made by Thompson to deponent, concerning said tor; are t Cc. ASHLEY. 1850, in oJ court. ANDERVOORT, Clerk. This is the statement sworn to by Ashley, which ‘Warner, in his letter, and as a witness on Saturday last, declares to be false, and that Ashley has com- mitted perjury in making suclr a statement. This isa very direct charge ; but let us see what the other witnesses before Justice Osborne have said on this very matter. During the examination in Thompson’s case, no fewer than eight witnesses, every one of them per- fectly unimpeachable, and having no connection with each other, have testified to the same general fact, namely—that he, Thompson, declared and as- serted that he had made the torpedo, and had sent itto Warner's. Here is the list :— ru Sworn this 15th pa! a4 HENRY Y. Several of the same witnesses, also, add that Thompson said he had done so at the request of other person, sometimes calling the otber person | lawyer"’—sometimes a“ foreigner” —sometimes “ Wamer,”’ and anon “Warren” as remembered by the witness. This evidence proves conclusively that Thompson had made to others a like decla- ration which Ashley swears he had made to him. Mr. Warner, therefore, has no ground to charge Ashley with perjary. The only question of veracity on this point that can arise, ‘is that between One- | eyed Thompeon and Thomas Warner himeelf. On thie point the important question is, which speaks the truth? Thompson or Warner? This ean only be determined by an accurate estimate, or chemical solution into their original elements of the moral | character of each; and if this were a question of | practical chemistry, perphaps One-eye, with his | acids ond alkalies, could do the job; but as! it is a mixed question of morality, law and religion, it is fitter for judges and jurors to determine it, than for great chemists or wonderful lawyers. The impressions of Mrs. Warner and her son, as disclosed on the trial of Drury, certainly aid and ax tist the declaration of Thompson—thai the torpedo had been intended for Mrs. Warner alone, as a sort of bouquet or present, on the first roey week of the merry month of May, &c., &c. All this only tends to indicate the general condi- tion of the torpedo mystery at this stage of the ex- emination—and the probability that the guilty ones are developing themeelves fast enough. There can be no doubt of the indelible impression which has ¢ startling testi- mony of eight witnesses, from different and oppo- tate quarters of the State, all concurring in the same | | statement, inculpating Thompson in the guilt of | | the torpedo crime. Two or three, or four others, | could be given, if necessary, who would add fresh | testimony to that already taken—bat Mr. Me Keon | | reserves them for the Grand Jury or the trial. If Mr. Warner is implic: in some of that evi- | denee, it is useless for him to pronounce Ashley a | perjured man, when his testimony is corroborated | by others of unquestionable truth. It would be better for Mr. Warner, as & gentleman, a good hus band, and a pious Christian, to deliver himself up to the authorities, and to demand a full investigation; | calling up to his rescue his wedded wife, his own | son, and all those ladies of his acquaintance that can testify to his pure, unimpeachable, Unspotted moral character, in all the relations of life. Hea- ven will protect the innocent, and, of course, hea- ven{will do justice, too—or, at least, ought todo so. | In regard to this torpedo business—and all the noise made about the “Drury gang" —about Arling- ton Bennet, &c., &e., the truth is coming out gra- dually and deliberately. Our city criminal authori- ties, having been awfully duped in these matters, by as terrible a etool-pigeon gang as ever existed in any country, are ashamed of their past conduct, end feel reluctant to follow up the guilty. In such & dilemma, it becomes the duty of Mr. Chatfield, the able and distinguished Attorney (ieneral of the State, to come forward in this busin to let Mr. | David Graham os gently down as ible, and to see the guilty convicted and the innocent get their rights. Arlington Bennet, after an oppressive, if not illegal, imprisonment of neatly six months, on false and outrageous charges made by the stool pigeon gang, has been triumphantly acquitted. The foul charges made against old Drury are eqnally falee, and were manufactured for the pur. pore—end even in the height of the stool-pigeon clamor against him, the jury would not agree. Now that the real guilty parties are coming to light, the commanity are beginning to be satisfied of hie perfect innocence—and that these mysteries have been only a villanoue and foul conspiracy, got up by a desperate gang of stool-pigeons, of the worst description that ever infested any city. Mr. Chatfield, take hold. Tux Darcy Sessions or Tum Crry FaTners.— This evening the members of the Common Council, Tefreshed from three weeks repose, return to their arduous labors, bursting with patriotism, and fired with pure zeal for the welfare of their fellow-citi- zens. They will come into the chamber, like fighting-cocke, clipped, spurred, and ready for ac- tion ; and will do battle for the interests of Getham with the same unquailing courage and stubborn pertinacity as the most game of the feathered race. Surely the sport is worth four dollars per bird, per diem, for the amusement of the citizens, indepen- dently of the useful results flowing from each pitched battle. In these gladiatorial encounters, there is just one thing that detracts a little from the enjoyment of keen sportsmen, though not of the unthinking mass, and that is, the fights are for the most part mock, the cold steel or the natural spurs being mufiled, so as 4o prevent their doing fatal execution. This is the result of a mutual general understanding among the politicians, or, what fre- quently happens, a definite arrangement made in caucus. When a fat job is to be carried, it will not do even for all the members of the same clique to vote the same way. ‘There must be a sham bat- te, a retreat, and a victory, and then the people will give credit to their representatives for sincerity, vigilance, and activity. Lf they win, why, they have fought like heroes, and they are worthy of all honor; if they lose, they are equally valiant, and they were only overpowered by numbers. It is ii the caucus meetings that the real busi- ness of the Common Council is done, and there that the spoils are divided. One alderman wants a very glaring and flagrant piece of business managed, but the virtuous and public spirited aldermen from other wards are up in arms against the iniquity. How are they to be brought over? Just by whis- pering in their ears, that the next job in which they may have a deep interest, will be allowed to pass. This has a most magical effect. The oppo- sition, if any, is converted from reality into “a mockery, a delusion, anda snare.” Isarailroad tobe run through the heart of this populeus city Some show of opposition, some noise will be made about it at first, but it is sure to pass in the end. Does an alderman want a new pier in his ward, or does a friend of his want it, no atter whether the public want it or not? It is erected forthwith, at the public expense, and seme contractor puts another feather in his nest. Is a new street or avenue to be opened, which the public exigency does not require, but which is wanted to enhance the value of the property through which it runs? There is little or no diffi- culty about it. The crooked is made straight, and the rough plane. And so with the rest. But all this time the people are paying the piper, no matter to what tune Aldermen may dance. The Battery enlargement humbug, which has been allowed to sleep for some time, just to allow public indignation to cool down, will, it is said, be shortly waked up in the Covncil, and probably carried too. The advertising of the Corporation, which has been so long staved off, and has led to such deli- beration, must come up this afternoon, or in the course of the week. When the report is submit- ted to the Board of Aldermen by the Committee on Ordinances, it will be seen what those weighty rea- eons are which have caused 80 much delay aad diffi- culty in arriving ata decision in the simplest of all matters. The health of the city loudly calls for aetive mea- sures from the Common Council ; it remains to be seen what they will do in the premises during the preseat week. Asthey have taken the control out of the hands of the City Inspector, the public await their action with a wonderful amount of patience. The sunken lots filled with every abomination» the want of a proper system of drainage, the bone boiling factories, the slaughter houses, the horrible cow stables, the huge piggeries, the dung heaps, the fetid nuisances scattered all over the city, porsoning the air in which we live, move, and have our being—these are matters that de- mand the eerious attention and determined action of the Common Council. Will they deliberate and &ct as they ought in relation to this—the most im- portant of all subjects—the health of the city? A few days will tell. The health wardens are all appointed, with the exception of those for two werds, who were not confirmed, because they were not of the politics of the majority. Dr. White acted very liberally to his party, for he appointed al] whigs except in these two instances; yet they are not satisfied. They want to have all the wardens whig. Why, does the reader suppose? Is it because they will do the duty better than democrats? Nota bit of it. The reason is purely political. These men, from the very nature of their office, have access to every family in their wards, and they can exert their influence for or againat a party or an individual. There is more reason, therefore, than appears on the surface, for the per- tinacity of the whig majority of the Common Council, in reference to appointments the salary attached to which is only eqnal to that of the ordi- nary policeman. In the Sixth ward, where the whig cause is hopeless, they will allow the A'der- man of thet ward, and the Assistant Alderman, to fight it out. As the City Inspector backs the As- sistant, he will probably carry the day; but of that we are not sure. There will be some fan about the affair in the Board of Aldermen. The bill for increasing the salary of the police from five hundred to six hundred dollars, will be brought under the consideration of the Common Council. We understand that some members, who want to make a character for themselves as advo- cates of retrenchment and economy, will vote against it, on the ground that the present salary i equal to the average income of tradesmen. This, however, is not a fair test of what the salary ought tobe. The loss of rest at night, the exposure to cold and sickness, the danger to life and limb from falling houses and criminals, the responsibility of | the situation, all combine to render it a very unen- viable post, and one that ought to be well paid, to make it endara! Policemen with families liv- ing in the lower wards, where house rent has be- come so enormously high, find it impossible to sup- port their families, and maintain a respectable ap- pearance, as they are expected to do, upon five hundred dollars. If any one says that many of the police are lazy and inactive, and are paid better | than they deserve, we reply that if there be such men in the force, they ought to be dismissed; bat this ig no reason why the men who do their daty should be bedly paid for it. They don’t ask half as much for a whole day and night, as the Common Council pey themselves for two or three hours of an evening. . The unsubdstantial and dangerous manner in whieh buildings are erected, is a subject well wor- | thy of the consideration of the city fathers; also, the constant obstruction of the streets and foot- ways, which has been so long permitted to an ex- tent beyond any other city in the world. These, and many other matters and things, are legitimate questions for the action of the Common Council. How many of them shall have been disposed of— how much of practical goed or evil shall have been accomplished, at the end of the stated sessions for June, will be duly recorded in the colamns of the Herald. We hope the evil will not preponde- rate over the good. Movements of Individuals. Ramon de Zaldo, Req., war a passenger in the steam- or Crescent City, on Seturday, as bearer of deepatehes from our government to t! in the Pacific. Tws Trauawe at tus Astor Price Orera Hovss.—This splendid troupe, under the manage- ment of Senor Pader, opens again at the Astor Place Opera House this evening, with the opera of “ Lucrecia Borgia.” It had been intended to open with “ La Favorita,” and so it had been an- nounced; but eertain arrangements connected with the scenery, created the necessity of substituting another opera. The trowpe return in the highest spirits from Boston, and no doubt there will be a fashionable house at the opening to-night. We find the following interesting correspondence in @ Boston paper :— Hurny J. Sancunt, Esq. : Boston, Dean Sin :—Herewith I have the at the dis} or May a 1850. re pissin ul of the Beston Philharmonic Society the sum of six hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty cents, being the full anata deducting the ex- enses of the eveni ‘at the concert given in ehalf of the Permit me, sir, to express the wish, tha’ tn mative a disposed of the sum thus laced in your hands, you give a ion tothe brver gg oe t of the Sisters of Charity, f your citizens as your judgment may} Wonld to God that it was in my power tos to ate it; but I assure een greater amount; but I can that the kin Boston, dness received from the citizens of Boston, and the generous aid of your Society, will ever be cherished among the pleasantest and most grateful romembran- ces of life, I have the honor, Sir, to be Your obedient servant, ANTONIO PADER. Bexon Axtomio Paorn— ne ee Dear Sir—Your letter, transmitting to me the pro- ceeds derived from the concert given by the Havana Opera Company, came duly to hand. Although it needs no assurance me to convince you how deeply the community are impressed with a sense of our noble liberality—or how fully the Philarmonic ociety appreciate the privilege of being the medium through which your bounty is bestowed—on behalf of the society, I cannot resist once more expressing our admiration of your muniticence. A portion of the sum sigh ary at the disposal of the Philarmonic Society, be appropriated as you wish—to the in- stitution of the Sisters of Charity—and the remainder divided between the Young Men’s Benevolent Society and Howard Benevolent Society. These institutions, ap we have good reason to believe, are liberal in their views, free from sectional prejudices, and judiciously philanthropic. And now that we must bid you fare- well, and God speed, it is subject for gratulation, that, hough we are destined to lose, for a time, the pre- sence of those brilliant stars which have ministered unto us 80 sweetly from your gulaxy, we shall still be reminded of you, by the mild and steady which the star of charity will shed around those halls which, through you, have been consecrated to song. With the kindest wishes for = welfare, I remain, Your obedient servant, HENRY J. SARGENT, President Philharmonic Society. The directors of the Philharmonic Society, yesterday afternoon, presented to Signor A. Pader, a magnificent diamond ring, a6 a testimonial of the high ertimation in which he is holden by them. The ring is of a new and elegant design, being a double row of diamonds superbly mounted. It was manufactured at the estab- ent of Jones, Ball & Poor, ‘i City Intelligence. Mortatity oF tue Weex.—The mortality for the last week, according to the report of the City Inspec- tor, is comparatively small, the whole number of deaths being only 235, of which the ‘largest item is consump- tion, 29; and the next in amount inflammation of the lungs, 19; making together 50, or more than one-fifth of the weekly mortality, from these diseases of the Jungs, besides congestion of the lungs, 4. In the cor- responding week of last year, the deaths numbered 270, of which, however, 29 were of cholera. That dis- case has not yet made its appearance amonzs us. Masonic Grawp Lope or tue State or New Yore. annual comm! jon o! W. Grand of the 8. and H. Fraternity of Free and A ed Marons of the State of New York, will be held at Grand Lodge Room, at the City Hotel, 429 Broadway, to-morrow evening ; and on Weduesday, there will & general procession of the fraternity, under the ban- ner of the Grand Lodge only, and Freemasons’ 600 Broadway, will be dedicated with imposing cere- monies. Punavecenia Hose Company Dittcent.—This even- ing, the different fire companies who intend escorting the Diligent Hose Company, of Philadelphia. on the occasion of their visit to this city'meet in the Park, at eight o'clock, whence they will inder the di- rection of the Grand Marshal, Mr. Echell, to the Am- boy boat, to receive the — of the department, and thence return to Four Engine House. in Great Jones street, where the line will be dismissed. Fine —A fire was discovered out from the root < eh Columbia street. Saeed oe! morning, . It was ox with triding —" Ewxroncixe tne Quarantine Law.—The Provisiongjot the new health law relating to quarant ) are to put into force this day, at Island, ‘and vessels coming from ports where mtial dideases ox- ist, are to be detained thirty days. Dean Boor Fourn.—The dead body of a man named Peter Haggerty, was found floating in the East River, at the foot of Trirtieth street, at 10 o'clock, yester- day forenoon. The Coroner was sent for, who held an inquest, when a verdict of “found drowned” was re- turned Fourpurwe.—On Lew pag: Big a op an infant about a week old was found on baek stoop of house 220 William street, and was sent to the House. Accipent.—On Saturday, Jeremiah Donevan fell down the hold of the ship Lawrence, at the foot of Market street, and broke his leg. Me was taken to the City Hospital, Daatns and Bintus of Estonavts on Sinrnoano— for the P three ; ber of deaths, fifty still-born, ‘This mortality is small, considering the enormous number of forty-five thousand emigrants who have arrived during that period, ‘THE MALTIMONE GREYS. To tmx Borron oy THe Hunan: An article appeared in your paper of yesterday. in relation to the reception of the Independent Greys of Baltimore, signed, * A City Guard. ‘That communication did not emanate from any member of the Guard, It is aretteetion upon the Firrt Division, whiehfuo officer or member would indulge in, and does great injustice to the liberality of the Com- an P*piom a full knowlrdge of the views of the corps, I am certain it will afford them unfeigned pleasure to have their Baltimore friend itably received, by the whele, or any portion of uitaey of the olty. It is the intention of the Greys to arrive im this city on the 11th inst. M. McARDLE, Commandant City Guard. New York, Jume 24, 1850, Sport Intelligence, Ustow Corner, L. I.—Trorrime. —At 12 o'clock, to- day, » double-harness match will come off at the Union Courre, After which, a match for $300 will come off, between Confidence and Stranger, mile heats, bert 2in 5, in harness ; owners to drive. The sports will conelude with a puree, which has been closed with three entries, Great sport is anticipated. Lear ‘Taino Dav. —Wednesday, May 22, mile heats, parse $100, free for all ages : Joha G. Chites' bg. Hebron, by Grey Hagle. tam Ann Medoe. Fouatw Day—Thursday, May 23.—Mile heats, 3 best , purse $160. tree for all ages »— Chi bron, by Grey Bingle, dam A ~ 4443201 Webb Rows’ ch. m oa by Tiger. 69. 0......+-+ tae 8119883 Jobn Harper's g. €. by Grey Medoe, dam by Moree, 27. 0.0.0 .cceeceee sees 1296222 av Bradiey's bf by Chorister, dam Maria Binck. 4y.0...........0... 293991668 8. B. Wallace's b.g. by Altorf, dam by Medoe, 47. 0. .0.0046 vies 58 die Time, 1.4 — 100}g --1:52\ — 1:60-1:52 4 — 1.59. Firtm Day—Friday, May 25—Citizens’ Stakes, two mile heats, for three year olds. $100 entrance, $50 for- feit—the citizens of Lexingten giving the winner silver jate of the value of $100—8 entries, 6 ed §, Buferd’s bf by Wagner. dam M T&G. Refera dam Cub, by Medoe.. .. James 1. Bradley's b 6. bj Downing's Hedgeford mat C._W. Woolley & Co." b Trumpeter. ......6 4. ° Time 4:07-3:45 —3:49—-3:48%5 Serond roce—Mile heats, eweepstake for three year odde that never won purse—entranee $50, for- don, dem Pleayane.... 5.65 + se seae John i Cooper's ¢. ¢. by Wagner, dam a Rodoiph timp Nasal a Sixem amp Lasy Dav.—Puree $350; free for all ages, ile heate Wie yiley, Go Thomas’ br. m. Brown Kitty, b dam by Tiger, 87 0... . Margrave, dam imp Argentile. . . cteeee® 8 Birmingh: +e @ Kirtley, John Harper «gg. Little Blue, by , dam by Branewick,4y oo... Kite, by Grey Bagie, das Leda, 2 b Job: nik ingle, Jas dam by Mackie Joho. 5 0. Jaa. A. \Grinstend, b. ¢. Flo grave, dam Picayune, 4y Time—6.47— 8:98-8:40. Bennet. James Arlington "Tide bees eneacetes tp bepcoas Persons, that Batic, manifetsion of sympathy ‘ought to be exe wards James Bei whose six. months’ {mprisonment for an TUnsusteineh charge of (uned? ay Cochise et Bn worse te — = iteslf) to which he has been subjected, hex: awakened in the minds of the unity considers. ble excitement, paesunmcgit e writer of this, and many of his friends, heve beer. among the pupils of Bennet, while that t i book-heeping, It was with a feelii ing a , that we heard of his from our knowledge of his character; we anticlpated resalt tReet et a pene ttng be sled de ne wi ty ree eir 07 of and virtues, ot fodee dikete han annie 3 AN OLD PUPIL. Oikcere Cove Nes 8 ae 000 STE eS ReUY yRT.—Nos. 2, 43g, to % 003,, 091, 602, " 5 oy, ee eeey U9 100 TET 160, Leh Peek Se se ae 30, dag ), 155, 157, ¥ I V 254, 196, 116, 198, 664. 108, SS, TI, 188 Berenion Covnt.—The ferred—Nos. 20, 1 to 12,14 Par, Rnb r ouis’ Napoleon, ippe, ail't ant 8 perect ikeweas, first thirty causes, Trans- to 19, ), 21. fer. ie that never will fade, in as good st; others eh: N. B—No. 186 Groadway. cast. side, over Beebe & Cots Has Store. Esiabtisi 0,and has taken fourteen meddals.. $20; & Sek or 7 st, from $1 5) to $5. Come. Persons wishing to an very \perty, are refer Tit paper, beaded (acres of Lund at Por beep and other Garden Vermin.—The Tosebugs are Che greatest enemies to the florist, and the month: of June is the most propitious for their depredations apom flowers. We eannot do better than advise our friends to Ry to Dr. Fenchtwanger, at his oe, 141 Maiden Lane, for is compound chemie le. which ig universal ‘approved of by all who have bad the Boueat of this varanete and scientifie preparation. For Auctionee: Owners and te ndvertice in newspapers of other cities and towne im any niry, the readiest, cheapest, hed ia to had Tieie advertisements desirable: ertisement ge b; Advertieemente 8 correct Copies for mi 0 in thi without an, ves all each paver, i no 4 Inserts them In the ent rater, Th le 7 bl i = b it Mites establis of the very boot perts Towns. lum. To the Public---M. C. St. John, Hatter, late 18 Broadway, will be pleased (o seo bis customers ‘until far= er notice, ther potice, af the Hat Establishment of Mr. Birdy cor. Pige ‘Wigs and Toupees.—Another Medal beon awarded to Wim. Batchelor, for the best fe public are invited to in hismew stgle tor Ba ns ed Wig Factory, tenses aE a Dr. Wheeler, Occulist. 28 devotes his exclusive attention to diseases has from Paris, Artificial Dr. Brown's mode of treatment. Patients at a distanee be treated by fully deseribing their cases, Artificial sale. ‘Lettersmurt be post paid. araneycak e's Amole, or Vegetable Sha: pound furnishes magical arsistance to a dull razor, rritation of the skin, and tes & healthy color sof complexion. ‘Sold by the inventor, William - Washington street, Reston. Also, by (A. B. kB. 100 Fulton strect, and Rushton, Clark & Co, 110 and Bite i Broadway, New York. Great Success of Restorative ra tabie compound, fe oure of Na Nervous Debility,, Bilicns “Ageetonarue'—Thig sie ine is offered to the public under tl ‘thas, i no artic! ce having xi stem: casey place: oe #. Sia"be had of the oy post, mailed free, “HONEY MARKET, ‘excitement. The money market ir easy—eapital cheap and sbundant—the banks anxious to keep up an ex- pansion to the full extent of their line, and the feeili- ties for carrying stocks of all kinds, productive and unproductive, probably never were greater than at this moment, notwithstanding which, it is with the greatest difficulty speculators for a rive ean ever fustain ruling rates, to say nothing about a farther inflation of tht bubble, Amidst all the prosperity so apparent in all the ramifications of commerce, the speculative fooli jomparatively limited, a: but those who make it a business and a profession can be Induced to Involve themselves in faney} stock, or any other equally hazardous speculations. We perceive a determination on the part of commercial classes, to confine their operations solely to the legitimate line, whatever it may be; and fo far as any increase of capi- tal or eredit will enable them to extend their business, jt ie made available to the fallest extent. This isa foa- ture peculiar to the people of this country, and to it we may attribute the largest portion of the enterprise Of all classes, and progreasgof every department of ine dustry. This propensity to engage in every movement that holds out any inducement, or prospeet of gain, and this facility for turning everything to advantage, ens- dies uato cope with any nation on the face of the earth, and surmount any diffleulty for the aecomplish- ment of any great object. What other countries are ages in accomplishing, we achieve as if by magie.— Where other nations are centuries in developing their tie resources, we only require years ; and it ap~ pears as though it only required the presence of our people in pew countries, to bring out, at ones. any max tural advantage, or hidden, undeveloped wealth It may have possessed for ages, unknowa to the civilised world Tt is only within the past five yonra that the energy and enterprise of the people of this country have deve- loped themselves to any extent beyond previous ii- mits, Heretofore we have had enormous speculative Movements, which have built up towns and cities, built railronds and canals, improved vast tracts of wild, un- Productive lands, and in so doing have ruined thou- tands [ond benefitted millions, These movemente, ae much ae they are to be deprecated, have placed us, 4 people, at least half a century in advanee of where we should have been had we plodded along in the teady, cautious, old fashioned way. Many of those who have bullt up and developed the resources of the mighty West, and have covered the waters of our mag- niftcent lek 4 rivers with an immense commercial marine, have enerificed life and fortune; but th: ir worke survive them, and those who com» after take up the task and carry on the grent movement. To one @ quainted with the enormous extent of the undeveloped. resources of our own country, it would seem as though ages would hardly «wilco to develope them; and it must, therefore, seem strange that we should be look- ing far beyond our old limits, for some new outlets for the apparent pent-up energies of our people The acquisition of California, by treaty with Mexico, furnished the outlet so long looked for, and new fielde for labor attracted at once the attention of those who had a longing for emigrating. The accidental disco- very of gold mines on the banks of the Secramento fave a much greater impulse to the movement than it would otherwise have possessed, and thousands sought the golden shores of that country, where no one would? have settled under other circumstances, In less than two years, discoveries have been made in Ualifornia, showing conclusively that it is the richest country om the face of the earth, on account of ite inexhaustible mines of gold, silver, quicksilver, cinnebar, and we know not how many others; and it will prove a greater Bl Derado to the United States than the conquest of India, or any other of the possessions of Great Britain, has to the people of Hugiand. What India has been to England in « period of forty years, California will be to the United States in Jess than ten. Results more Magnificent, more favorable to civilization, more to the glory of this o , will follow the campaigns of Taylor and Seott in Mexico, than followed those of Sir Arthur Weilesiey in India; and although we do not