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

T) | American Mats Contract System—Opposiiion ated of Cid Comanodores to Progress, \ NEW YORK HERAT JAMES GORDON BENNERT, to the reportot Uy ed to the House the este blish: the western coast PR epi we Lepreseat of u FULTON NASSAU STS entot a tin of Afviea, » sued to p ote the tor from th editerr of co iner am navy commerce of the United St t the report of the AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW BY ommitte: @PERA~CASTLE GARDEN—“a Va RITA, ditiere most materially from the memorial of Ju: ROWERY TITEATR wery—Pinave vee Due Bryan and c 8, to Congress, which asked for we See ’ the establishment of a line of steamers torun only »RROADWAY THEATRE, Breadway-Senoot 168%" |b iwoen the United 8 Liberia, We re- NIBLO'S GARDEN, B bua ae a gare that pre t, when it way first presented to is the jublie notice, as utterly impr: sable. But RE, Cham Semovs Faxi- | he establishment of aline of steamships % rao wawicaas 7 , Square -Devar iy Pas | noCMerely to Afri¢a, bat also to open up the Medi- wie New ¥ 7 " Ogiuines | terranean trade to American enterprise, and to ASTOR PLACE—Juprrn Us | touch at the priacipal ports of Spain, Portugal and M-A Pesronmasces vek= | Brance, and bring the mails from al! those points AMERICAN MUSA Boom ant x ave | and from London, is a totally different affair. na Rrivorran | ‘The report of the committee is very able one. It begins by showing that it is expedient to extend recently commenced by Congress, the creation of a powerfal | steam navy, to be used in time of peace in carryiag the mails, and in efleeting great public objects not to be attained by private enterprise without the aid | of Congress | The report shows the weakness of our steam | navy, as compared with those of France and Bay nd particularly dwells upon the example of es of steamers built so | the system | Which has for its ob, GARDEN New York, sunday, August 18, 1850, ngrestonal Proceed of Representatives y in debating amendments to the civil number of wh and but one of whic paltry mileage business, which the sum to be paid to the members residing | ¢ appropriation bill, ofiered referred to th lend, | the United States, that city would be the principal United | tof the Rocky and these wes them to two thousand, ge to be allowed. The phi- opher of the TVibune, can now die in pe apprehend, however, that the House ular ght be better employe: constructive mil time, po veh a pitiful business. The Territorial Questio Crists at Liaw the Houre—The ee ‘The week which commences to-morrow will be 2u important and an eventful one in tae history of the United States, for it will witness the success or defeat of the several bills which have passed the Senate, for the adjustment of the slavery agita- tion, growing out of our territorial acquisitions, as well as forthe pac ition of the country. It is to that we shall not be compelled to record noble and praiseworthy eflorts of the e been in vain, that they have spent eight nate ha vend that factionism has triumphed over patriotism, and the wishes and desires of the American people. The preecntatives, with the confident expectation, well fownded, we hope and trust, that they will not ebrink from the responsibility that is resting there, bot that they will discharge their duty to the country and to their constituents, fearlessly and manfally, without regard to factionism on the one hand, or ultraism on the other. We do not believe there Was ever @ more important epoch in the his- tory of the United States than the present, and neveratime when the members of the Louse of Representatives were more urgently called upon to be firm in the discharge of their duties, and un- flinching in the preservation of the Union. We have ‘had very stormy debates before this in that body; but there never was an oc- easion when so much was at stake as there is at present, when, in fact, the integrity of the republic, and its destiny rests in the hands of that branch of the federal legislature. Oo their wetion will depend whether this glorious and happy eontederacy shall remuin as it is, a perfect whole, whose beauty and symmetry are the wonder and admiration of the world, or whether it shall be cat up and percelied into a mass of separate, and per- haps hostile, nationalities, without a common centre, without vitality, and without ability to ea. sure the reapect of foreign coun! , OF, pethapa, to preserve theirown existence. We have hope, how, ever, thet the House will be able to meet the crisis socceesfully, and that the danger which is now im- pending, will be trinmphantly passed. It cannot be disguieed, however, that there has been found among certain members, Northern aud Souther, | an unholy and unnxtural coalition to prevent any | Mountiins to one thousand dol- | nd | pate having discharged their duty, all | eyes are accordingly directed to the House of Re- | i months in arriving ata conclusion to no purpose, | as to be easily converted into ships of war, to be employed in commerce, and for earrying mails, but being at all times subject to the requisition of the government. This, it is contended, is the chespest mode of providing in time of peace for the exigencies of war. Asshown in our columns a few weeks since, by a comparative statement of the steam navies of France and England, which are nearly equal in force, the latter power is re- lying mainly for its maritime supremacy upon its fleets of mail steamers, which can, at a | short notice, be converted into vessels of war. | levery now and then we hear of the extension of | this system. During the present year, fresh con- | tracts have been made for lines of British mail | steamers to Brazil, the Cape of Good Hope, Aus- tralia, &c.; and it appears that there are nearly one hundred and fifty of these ships in the service of the government. It cannot be supposed that the mails to and from Brazil, for example, will pay the expenses; but the British government is con- tent to pay ® good yound sum for the support of this line of steamers, rather than be compelled to keep war steamers in commission to float about, and do nothing. Not only is there a considerable difierence in the expense in favor of the mail steam- ers, but due regard is also had to the fact that the commerce of the country is extended by then, and English power and influence felt, through their instrumentality, all over the world. In this couatry, no plan for increasing our naval strength could be more popular than thi nd it is clear that, with the great increase in the extent of our coasts, and the vast expansion of our commerce, it behoves us te see that our steam navy is kept upon a respectable footing. The report of the Naval Committee re- commends that the steamers in question shall be of not less than ‘four thousand tons burthen, shall be built under th» direction of a government sur- veyor, and commanded by officers of the United States Navy. They are to be constructed exprees- ly for war purposes, and are to be used in the pub- lic service whenever required, the contractors being paid the value according to an appraisement. In addition to the conveyance of tree colored persons from the United States to Liberia, unde: the superintendence of the American Colonization Society, of which Henry Olay is the President, these ships will touch at Gibraltar, and there coa- nect, we presume, with a line of steamers plying on the Mediterranean—thence they will proceed te Cadiz, Lisbon, and some port in France—probably llavre—to London. Itis impossible to estimate the extent of the trade that will be thus opened up for our merchants and manufacturers. steamers are fourfold, thu: 1. An increase of our steam navy, at a moderate adjustment of the pending agitation, for purposes | expente. best known to themselves; and that men who are antipedal to each other in views and sympathies, , the conciliatory measures that have receatly received the sanction of the United States Senate, and caused so much congratulation throughout the country. Those bills—the Utah Territorial bill, the Texas Boundary bili, the New Mexico bill, and the California bill, will come up before the House meat week, and their fate will be decided for weal or for woe, before next Sunday. Seme, or perhaps all of chem, will be opposed by members from the North and from the South coalition to which we have referred, but wiih mo- tives widely different. Some > hern + will oppose them, because, in thei forsooth, they cencede too much to th th, especially in the terms that have been offered for settling the boundary dispute between Texasand New Mexico acd some Southera members will oppese them, be- canse, ie their belief, the North has net conceeded suflicient to satisfy the South. The fate of those measuree reete, in @ very great measure, with those mabcontents and sectional dputants; and it will be an much as the moderate men ef both par- ty id of both sections, can de to reader their influence oul), and to carry those bills through sec- cessfully. “Chere is nothing in aay of them that ether the South or the North ought reasonably to ebiect to. Bhey propoee to admit Caldornia as she is, with her present boundaries and her present constitution; fe give @ large portion of the terri- sory claimed by Texas to New Mexico, and to the former two milione in dollars for the eurreader, if euch st can be called; to give a territorial govera- ment New Mexico, without incorporating ti Wim provieo, or any other humbog; and to give © combined with the object of defeating, if pos- | thove who compore the | 2. The carrying of the mails from the Mediter- ranean, the Peninsula, France, and Loudon. 3. The encouragement of the emigration of free blacks from the United States to Liberia. 4. The extension of American commerce and influence in Western Africa and the adjacent Islands, the Mediterranean, Spain, Portugal, France, and England. 5. The opportunity of making-our naval officers practically acquainted with steam motive power for naval purposes. We understand that every proposition to increase our steam marine is oppoved by some antiquated commodores, who regard with feelings of envy and jealousy the splendid steamships which have been constructed within the last few years by private en- terprise, under the fostering encouragement of go- vernment. Those old fogies see nothing in them to admire, notwithstanding that they are the quick- est in the world, and put to shame the lubberly at- tempts at eteamebips built by the goverment, and thrown aside in many instaaces as complete fail- ures. Those old fogies have been quartered on the navy so long that they imagine it to be their private property, and that it ought not to undergo any reform or change which deca not coincide the mail contract system, knowing very well that in the course of a few years it will work a revolu- Gon in our whole naval system, end render it more democratic in it#character than it Las heretofore been. They got the car of Mr. Proston, Secretary of the Nawy, under General Tayler, and wosked ow hie credglity eo far induce that gentleman to oppose the appropriation of the public money for the convexa uce of the mails acrossthe ocean, and to recommen @ that the governmeat should return a \erriterig! government to Utah, without any men- | to the old eystem. We apprehend, bowever, that tion of tke institution of eight me @ large sed commanding majori (hore meamres as the best that they could devise for the settlement of the slavery agitation ; and it is no more than proper te say, that they have re evived the ac scence of the nation, aod have met | with the approbation of eii men, who have a greater regard for the interests of the country than tavery. After upwards of the change of esbinet will not faver their views, discussion and debate, the Senate, by | and thatin the present Secretary of the Navy, as y, agreed upon | well asin Mr. }“ilmore, they will had gentlemen | who caanot be so #asidy moulded to their purposes. ‘This is a specimen’ of the manner in which the commodores and 1 evel old stagere have exerted themeelves in oppe silier to the coatract system | 0 wide of the servic. t; bat they have been onite as industrious within it, by oveating ia the miads of for the muccers of fanaticism or ultraism, coming | the junior officers a pr tjudice not only against the | eystem, but against oft.eere and passed midehip- from any quarter. But there are some men in the eure whe will not be satiefied with any measure which promises @ settlement of this agitutioa, be: cause ogitation is eseent.al to their exictence, and a setilement of the slavery question would be a death: blow to their politics! prospecta. It is need less for ns te point them out, for they have made themselves euflicienty conepieuous already, and will again show their hands, in the course of the comisg week, whea the Senate bille shall come before the House in their order® The public, how ever, have their eves upon them, and they will be warked. Those are the men who, oa the one side, talk co much about Southern righte, aad, on the prate eternally of the inhumanity of the institutions of the South; ae if the So net get ell her rights, in the bills passed by the * th of Virginia or Louisiana were not e* hind and humene aa those of New or Chie But concede everything to such rocie t the pear srople, and they would still be diseatiefied: for agi ation is the lever by which{they wot their seata, and ly whieh they bope to continue in them eit epposition, therefore, ie expe bet we hope thet it wilh t poten’ te def attion of the Senate The proceedings of the Hows, therefore, daring the coming week, will be watched with interest and eyprehension. Let thai body follow py i! ve cbse Senate, end oli will Be wel) men who are appointed s@ Ghose steamships. A | foolish and ridiculous pride has thue been created, which eente itself in attacks, is- tinvations and jibes ng vinet those geatlense | All thie is very absurd, end Bighly cenavrable. | be forced inte vith does | Lnless the United Stutee metan te keepin the back= ground, and we allow other vations to outstrip us, we pvuet, to a very great ext the power of steam in our na, ’y. Jn fact, we will and cor whole , Wta! «ystem must be remodelled eecordingly. Steer tps, tobe em | gerd in commerce during time of , 2°, but capa bie of being converted into vessels of War when ne- c vit t, to a greet extent, take the place of the compatutively useless sailing veces tla, which now compose our navy, Our youny offi ee mast learn how te manege and aavigate such ve. Wie, ae s0rn 43 pores for hereafter war betwee ® the United States end any of the great nations ot © rope, if, unfertunetely it «hortd ¢ will b . the respective ¢ . ‘ viytheat vy portance the if « ere Siovid minted wh f every stedae be int.mately « maritime power in can only be aeqaited be them, dq bhihd amehipe. Take, for lngtaber ye port —there we not. we 068 @eteeaswneret oar evs oficere im ier aty, whe bag eve? been there hatme, ont of our wail | The advantages secured by the proposed line of With their opinions. They look with horror upon | or who knows anything practical of the 1 and yet, if war were to oceur between Ungland and | | object of attack and capture, so as to bring about | peace. With the exception of the naval gentlemen | | stationed on board of the steamships Atlantic and | | Pacific, of the Collins's line, how many of our of- | | ficere or midshipmen know anything about Liver- | pool? Not one intwenty. A right, high-minded | and honorable pride should always be euitivated in | our navy, and we hope never to see the day when | } our officers ehall be any g but geatiemen. Oa | the other hand, they must not give heed to the nor | row-mninded prejudives of antiquated commodores, | who see in the progress of the age, improvements and reforms im the navy which wiil render it more uscful than ever, althonvh they may render their | services unnecessary. Tue Surrete Crete or Brornennoon.—This is rather a transcendental title for a socialist asso- ciation, but there is something ia ane even | though there should be no substance under it. George Lippard, 8. W. B. U. H. P., of Philadel- | phia, is atthe head of the eonclave; and, if we | may judge from his aristocratic distinctions, in ap- | propriating a large portion of the alphabet, by the | way of showing his authority, ia time he will be- | come a remarkable man. 8S. W. B. U. HP. | George Lippard, has addressed a letter to the New | York Industrial Congress on behalf of the Supreme Cirele of Brotherhood, whose “cardinal motto,” we are told, isthe right of every man to life, liber- ; tY, land, and home, Whoever doubted that this -is | every man’s motto, and that the supreme circle of | society—a very much larger circle than that of which 8S. W. B. U. H. F. George Lippard is the centre—recognizes this truth, and has recognized jit in this country, through all her history? Yet it is of such stutl and nonsense that an agitation is to | be made. Can folly go further, or interested am- | bition be engaged on a more ridiculous project ? We believe George Lippard, now aristocratically designated George Lijparl, 8S. W. BU. H. F., and one of the council of the Supreme Circle of | Brotherhood—a kind of industrial heaven for | theorists and socialists—used to be a story writer, | and a book maker, and, of course, he knows what | he is writing about whea he makes war upon those he is pleased to call the “hireling editors and sa- laried lacqueys of the few”—making all sorts of thrusts at society, and aiming to carry on crusades for the ‘Palestine of redeemed labor.” If he means to say anything, he is to be the father of the faith- ful; and while he is disposed to preserve the “su- preme circle” of the Union, is determined to ran his head against the capitol at Washington, and up- | set the whole fabric of our national legislature.— We should abuse the good sense of our readers, however, to present to them the curious dish which has been served up: by ‘the facile George Lippard, S. W. B. U. H. F.; but we may as well inform the intelligen! reader that the great end to be sought by the “‘ supreme circle,” which can have no end at all, and but one centre, and that occupied by S. W. B. U. H. F. George Lippard—is “the union of labor until.labor ripens into capital.” Now this is a great idea. It does not presuppose, by this anticipated millenium, when capital is capital, that it will be anything else than it is at preeent, but that it will become something more desirable and beneficial to mankind than it ia at present. This folly is but a specimen of the whole design of the “supreme circle”—a circle that sterts from ite centre, George Lippard, 8. W. B.U.H. F., and has no other beginning or end. Honest labor exerted in an, honest cause would better become 8. W. B. U. IL. F. George Lippard than such nonsensical propositions as he has derived from the wo:ks of the French socialiste; and the sooner he applies himself to setting an example of sober industry, the more beneficial will he become to mankind, who may prot, possibly, by studying its character and results. To use arguments with such arrogance of opinion and, insanity of purpose, allowing that it has no knavery in it, would be waste of time. We suspect that the “ supreme circle” will not be very elastic. wit | Important rrom Brazit.—We have received, | by the bark E. Corning, our files of the Jornal! do | Comercio, published at Rio Janeiro, to the 7th of | July, inclusive. We learn from Captain Lloyd, of the bark above | named, that there was a great excitement at Rio when he sailed, on the 9h of July, in eonsequence of the British steamer Cormorant having taken several Brazilian vessels, on suspicion of being | slavers, and burnt them in the harbor of Parana- qua. We translate from the Jornal do Comercio, of the 7th of July, the following diffuse account of | the afluir:—* It appears that the Cormorant was | coming into the port with the four captured Bra-— zilian barks—the pames of which are the Leonidas, | Astrea, Serea, and Anna—when the commander of | | the Brazilian fort opened a fire upon the Cormo- rant, and kilged one of the British sailors. The Cormorant, after responding to the fire, went out | and burnt the four captured barks, The version of this affair ie very incomplete,” says the Jornal, “but it appears the English Admiral acted under orders received from his government for the sup- pression of the slave trade.” We have been unable to find, in the columns of the Comercte, any other interesting news. The two houses of Congress are yet in session, and deeply engaged in the discussion of local matters. | ‘The sickness had greatly abated at Rio Janeiro, | when the bark IE. Corning sailed from that pert. | | Repverion ix Teteonarn Fare.—We ander- stand that the-directora of the Baine’s line of tele- | graph, between this city and Boston, have reduced | their tariff of prices for transmitting despatches to two cents a word. They are enabled to do this in consequence of the regularity of the workiog of | their line, which enables them to do alarge busi- nese. We can bear witness to the punctuality and regularity of thie line, and can confidently reeom- mend it to the patronage of the business com- muaity. ‘office is at No. 29 Wall street. | & = + 5 #3 a sf Reeve, war ay ‘ on charge J and 8 pocketbook, money, mak! eee iket ok pA Leoded with Dice ia wow under bape a b Qiichvitrer fore jee Mownt- | fort als involving sew merebante, Rings and gannblees have deen indured sk the basen? of the dir, aod kay the | amount of several thounnd dollars | te be tl we rome they were loaded with ‘ie order to win for the gembiers The | | under a seoret sanmipation Th Colen tp ta Linke A man gsiling bimedt coer J Domde@, Was arrested yesterday by oftcar ith on a charge of sending a letter toa young . by the name of Louise Melville, eontataing sory wicked and Sutabsoue langnage Dowden, it is Lent bee been setting a9 the seoret of the | government Justice Lothrop sted hie to | ten <c achort thne, but om @ promise of leaving the clip.) © Was l berated from enatody. 1 oi (ese fate aie oats * ot ~— gi Topping. wt s teqn >, | peceliar views upon th Company through Wexas—Extensive Forgerics on Messrs. Hewland & Aspinwall It will be reeollected that, » few months since, a company of emigrants, under the oonductorsbip of a Mr. Parker fl, French, left this eity for Calitornia by land, via New Orleans, to which place they went by water, Nothing definite concerning the movements of this company bas yet been received, with the exeep- tion of a letter whieh came to our hand yesterday, postmerked “ Oastroville, July 25, 1560, The follow. ing is & copy ofit:— 22, Sxco, July 22, 1850. 10 THE RDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HENALD. You will wueh oblige me and my company of two hundred twenty-fve men, if you will give this let- ter au insertion im your valuable paper. We have bad many adverse circumstances to overcou.e—the irregu- larity of steamers in reaching Texas. the bad faith of agents sent out to prepare the way before us, and the projonged heavy rains that are uousuel a® Chis eea- ton, axe the main causes that have retucded our pro- rese, Ali these we huve overcome, and ore now on our fourney thirty miles beyond Castreville, tho froatier town op this ronte, We average tweuty miles every day. The health ofthe company is goot We ha bad but one death thus tar—that was Aibert Pettis, of New York, who died, on yecieruay, of an affection of the heart; his health had been bed sine ft home. We buried bim by the wayside, at a plure called Quahe, My company, when I left New York, nambered one hundred and twelve men; it now numbers two hun- dred and twenty-five. It we fud gold on the Gila, we will colonize; at all events, we will winterthere, I will write you again from El Paso —Yours, PARKER H. PRENCH P. §.—I write this lotter cn my knee, in a great hurry, as my camp is packing up fe day's mareh, and the express is ready to ill then Please correct apy imperfe yours, PS Comat, of the Overland Exp’n., Ac. to California, The friends of the company will be glad to hear that theyre well, and that but one death has occurred among them since they left New York. We have heard of some transactions im conneetion, in some way, with the name of Mr. French, baving taken place, which have caused considerable commo- tion, not only in Texas, but among certain circles in New York. {t appears that drafts for large sums, on wealthy and respectable parties in Now York, have been sold on the route, and money raised to a large amount. Messrs, Howland and Aspinwall, of this city, yesterday re: ed drafts on them to the amount of thirty thousand dollars, which have been drawn upon them without any authority whatever, and which were | disposed of in San Antonio and other places in Texas. Such drafts were cashed by the parties to whom thoy were sold, on the faith of s letter ef credit, purporting to be issued by Howland and Aspinwall, of which the following is & copy:— Corr. New Youe, May 10, 1850. Enq :— P vor of “this morning has beon re- Hi, Frew our a ceived and duly considered, In reply, we authorize | 2,6¢9, or more than 100 per cent. you to vaiue upon us at any time in the months, in sums to suit your convenience, the confidence that you will use this im discreetl; \d with many wishes for your enterprise we remain, Your friends, (Gigned) HOWLAND & ASPINWALL. I certify that the above is @ true copy, from the original. (Signed) E. B. BUBBITT, Br. Majr. and A. Q. M. We have the authority of Messrs. II. & A. for saying that they never issued such authority as is contained in the above, and never attached their names to any xt six have ant trust been used in ti] draits drawn in this manner are therefore worthless. We do not know what to make of this matter. There is either a yery great mistake somewhere, or something & worse. At all events, drafts drawn in t! y may be looked upon as fraudulent, and that Mesers. Howland | Physician Census Retarns for 1850, New York Crry, Tenra Wann.—Throughthe courtesy of the Assistant Marshal of the Teath ward, we are enabled to lay before our readers the following table of the census, as returned by him, which is the first that has been published of the present enquiry. Dwelling houses....... Famili 5 Population. . Population in 1845 . 2,142 | Increase..... 0... see0es Mre Ilanoran, A German, ~——, 99 y: ebUCATION, ‘Two Americans ever 20 years, who cannot read or write, Two Germans, do do, do, LonvEentown, N. J.—Is ascertained to contain 2.709 inhabitants, 437 houses, and 563 families. In Is40, the population was 1,500, showing an increase of 969 in ten years. Osnxosn, Wisconstn.—The population of the Villege of Oshkosh, on the Ist of June, was 1,400, Racine, Wisconsix.—The census retarns of that city as the present population withia the eor- porete Limi . 5M i 9, it had 4,002 Jn 147. sone 3,033 In I44. eee oe 1,100 In 1840, it hod barely .. sees 300 Exox, N. Y.—We are indebled to Mr. Murphy for the Jollowing results of his ceasus labors in the town of Knox:—Inhabitants, 2,021; persoas 50 years of age and upward, 17—viz: LU males and 6 females ; whole number of families, 398; oamber of deaths during the past year, 33; churches, 4; academies, 1; sehool houses, 4; population in 1645, 2,160; decrease, 140. Burrato, N. Y.—Marshal Fursman has just completed the census of the First ward, and the |; Watelimenfhcard a noise in the rearof following is the Total number of And Ocean. 1,239. The aw population of this ward, as compared with the Third, we are disappointed. a show of some Waterbury, shows a populati but Naugatue was set off habitants, and WaAsuineTon sistant marshal ward, has com; population to be hite inhabitant Free ne; groes Slaves. . . M. Fenales. No. bom in the United State the balance The number of femilies in the ward, is pleted WUNTY, GEORGIA. result :— f population ales. Ireland. Germany. England is divided betwe: ada Scotland, France, Holland, .Prussia, Nova Scotia, Wales, Italy, Norway, the Isle of Man, and the en Can mber of dwellings, 1,035. In the We had anticipated 10,000. Con ion of ‘The census just completed ~ In 1340, it was 3,668, 1844, carrying 1,200 in- leaving 2,468. The increase is Crry, D. C.—Mr. Anderson, the as- for taking the census of the Second his labors, and we learn the as follow: " Des te Fight with a A cny Watcha Shot bers Cough [Prom the Albany Atlas, August 16} Between one and two o'clock this morning, as two of the night police, James Wilson and Thomas Meads, were passing through Liberty sweet, they’ discovered a versun sitting Upon a stone wall of & building consumed in the great fire of 1848, Upon being questioned why he was there at that time of night, he gave the watchmen evasive and unsatis— factory answers. While interrogating him, the m. Mitche- ell’s liquor store, which fronts on Broadway and runs through to Liberty street, and Wilsea pro- of the Rob- | ceeded to the spot, while Meads arrested the nan: sitting upon the wall, lo a moment, the report of a pistol was heard, and Wilson, staggering, exclaimed * f am shot! whereupon, Mead, turning to assist his companion lost possession of his prisoner. A chase then oc- curred, each of the burglars, three in number, taking diflerentdirections. One ranthroagh Union, down Hamilton streets, and when about enterii Deater’s stable, was caught by George A. Barnard aud Michael Monabon, two other watchmen. He Was recognized as a person Whose name is Hugh Johnson, and is the man first discovered sittin, ee the wali, acting, no doubt, as a seutmel. vhen taken, . andishing in ove hand a the other a large of which is fally eight inches ia. six-barreled revolver, and dagger, the blad engi This man was taken to prison, and the officers dispatched to his bearding house, where they. found his Wunk, which was conveyed to the police office and opened. Among its contents were found three or four pistols, identified by Mr. OtisChurehilf as those which were stolen from bis store, on Sun- day night a week ‘The dagger taken from the hands of Johnson was also recognized by Mr. Churchill, as one teken fro his store. In the trunk was also found several pocket pearl- handle knives, which were identified by a clerk of Messrs. Pruyn & Vosburg, as having been takeo fiom their store, some ten days since, when it waz entered in the night, by burglars, through the scuttle. A common carpenter's morticing chisel was fount in the area, under the reardoor of Mr. Mitchell's store, which was evidently being used inattempting to force opeu the doors, when they were discoy- ered, as the impression which is left corresponds. exactly with the width of the ehivel. In their hasty retreat, the burglars also dropped their dark eaten which was shortly after fouad lying in the alley. a Johnson appeared at the police office, under'the charge of officer Brainard, at ten o'clock this morning. He manifesied a stoical iadifierenee, not even desiring the assistance of coansel, ank when asked by the police justice whether he de-~ sired any assistance in the examination, he searcely ave an audible reply. He is a young man, some 55 years of age, about ‘ive feet ten inches in height, of a florid complexion, dark hair, and wears a rather sullen countenance. He 3 a powe:— ful frame; and possesves strength and nerve, we should judge, co npetent to cope with aay ordinary antagonist. ith the weapons he possessed when. be he could have defended himself with great eflect. ‘We lear that Messrs. Meade and Wilson, whe discovered the burglars, are not attached to the Watch Department proper, but volunteered their services to the city authorities. They have been on constant duty during the last eight ‘ni —For the information of the citizens of this county, and others who take interest in such matters, such document, and perhaps Mr. French's name bas | Guied statement of the tax same way without authority. All| county, t I send you a consoli- able property of the ther with the amount of tax fer the sent year :— Polis, between 21 and 60 years, 730 javes ... Anaeninn < 10,127 ree persons of color 3 Attorneys .... 6 & Aspinwell will not secept them. som second quality oak and hickory mee gr aren ng ae i tea tapcne onedisese.sognenenee 12 City Intelligence. Acres, third « “ 326,336 ‘Tne Tanase or THE Turnmomeran.—Yesterday the | Ac; “ “Fiver swamp ey thermometer was down to 71, at 12 o'clock, the | ‘Acree pine lands. 868,716 weather was more like day in March, April, or Octo- | cine town lots 136 ber, than sultry August. The wi ft the Val tock ia 17,055 northeast, and the air alue si $ 11455 There have been day: August, | At intere: "236 fer the space of 80 e00l as yesterday, name- | Sulkiey ly : August let, in 1ha2, d the 25th of August, 1844. | Rocka’ 135 average heat oi August varies trom 78 to 83. Stallion: esas ot 8 Taceday, ot noes, the thermometer was 96, PonrsmovTn, Omi, has more than doubled her on Thursday it was 80. So that the transition tn 4 me nae 1t is only a very short time since it was 92. He in." They come, they come," is still the er; from the lubabitaute of this Deautifal village, ae they pee thousands cote comming from New York to en- lation since 1840. 1 give you the following cues items, and the senda om — Portsmouth.... . 1850. ++ 1,883 4,228 ‘Trumbull sregeee D, bre or six Ohio towns on velore ip secant ee, ra eh wi ® they make up thelr minds to select it as thelr me, Si gear ot eee eon ae hassenaed nent abode, and thus ite population ts 40 rapidiy in: | Fi'uoy such rate as that; but the State will come greasing, that it bide fair soon to rival ~ the Clty of | OY #ny Suet Ty ps neand ofte The sam, Benue som Macnixe Poces ws 1 = ae progress, in numbers. are Yeno—Ie ine oy ag Ad Bg roe pong pe of the oy witiog Wettthetne, ow brine put up in the mew engine | 11 ig built up with Yankee taste and enterprise, and machine houre, which ® be. Bod feet long and 70 . fon & ‘of 5.107; ands vy med broad, und height im proportion. The house will | #¢W has ® population A name of solid granite and iron, no wood being used in its Pete A me fal op yh ng com- construction. Only eighty stone cutters are nowem- | pletion of railroad through the city. | ~<a owing to the appropriation being exhausted. wicorar, On10.—The Chilicothe Gazette hhen this great strweture is completed. every kind of | chinks the population of that place will reach 8,000. machinery required for the use of the mavy can be z i made a anished there. Fees eage asd ee some < ae Pi abortly before ¥ thrivi lage completed, all trame bu Panes Phen a tstal of about x) 4 and occupied as a carpenter shop by Smith & Clark. Thesbop wastotally ; aleo come new work.and a few tuols Loss about . Shana — 4 section of bis men, rei son unknown. Pe sagen Accion wit’ rebinery, Laight street, was caught in the fy-wheel of the en 4 of that establishment, and drawn into the works efore the id be es a both his were shattes bis pene y meee. ie was Fic the City Hospital, “But t fen pm] of bis recovery, if, indeed, he le mot already 1 Kitre er tie Facimme ov 4 Bava —The Coroner Jesterday beid an inqaest on Blackwell's ieiand. on the body of Richard Fi aged fifty-three years, born in Ireland) The eared wi me of the pri- soners ot work under « bank of earth, which suddenly eaved in, burying bi esusiag almost instant death Ve Henore Convver.— Yesterday morning, Mr. Albert Burtis of (he steamboat Kmpire, of Troy, at the risk of his own life, euscweded in reseuing from Mr. Finnigea, of No. 1) Wash: in fell overboard ded effort to rave him r asirting to moor the Km h had Just come down the river. let go the and jamped after him. Tue Niwyw Recimest —The Irith Voluxteers, or who was Kinth Regiwent shortly proceed one alo end Cotillion Escursion to some point on the North river committee of officers bas been (ot A appointed which Capt. Collins is chairman) to make the neoes- sary arrangements, This iment is progressing repidly in and nembere Brovnmow —A arsion of St. Patrick's Total Ab- stinence Beneficial Society to Biddle's Grave. s to take pw hoe 27th fost for the benefit of the Catholie jalf Orphan Society Tne Boronaron or 4 Were —The following are the aii ivals of emigrants for the laet week Hudson. 6 184 Joma. Ob see ST New York. Havre. 12 Gaeen of the Wert Magare'es” ‘ a T Amelia, Cork. . 1p $82) Excellent, Gottenburg 117 Chas Walton London i : fi if 3 2 iS * of the liquor deal combined together, and employed eminent counsel, for Lo gh omy question as to the con. stitutionality of the ordinance. Meetings are held every at Shaw's Hotel, corner of Nassau street and Hadron arenve. having for their ebject un- ae, appesition to what they style the bine le rookiyn. On the other hand, the te...perance fke +) me jaw and order ings he city, baring for thelr end the mont of the Inwe parsed by the euthorities of the elty. It ie reasonable to suppose that every effort will made by both partis towards the surtherance ot their abject = expect warm work to 4 very aby ed, next election may poral! role point. Itappears to eho the citizen to enetain the laws made b: tives, oF else take mearurer to have repenied. he Afine not exceeding five, nor le with corte, correct. In the was calculated there was a fazsbles whale in Pit waship, Allegbeny coun: taxable; w! a ty, the census of 1,875, which ion, founded on a certain Estimates of population, preportion to the taxables, do not appear to prove fourth ward, Pittsburgh, where it lation of 4,855, the P about seven persons to a taxable. Obio; Hh y. Hiltierd, Prof. Bache, U. 8. Hon, E. Gilbert, T. La; Le Gad: The Counters of Soy b> family; Cardenas; Hon WW. bePorest, aud 25 taken jotel. Col Fremont and arrived the Irving for evening for Wi cial feet of deck, the in every | Boch deck, (if ) oaren. h wit Cr 23 AL roti arses eee ee for Cleat eupetticis! feet of dec seed oa the ring One pareenger for every 30 fect, Distinguished Individuals, Dickineon, Washington; Hon. K. N. Jno. A. Rockwell, M. ©. Ct; Hon ©, Ala; Judge Boyd, Natohen: rs, arrived at last two days. Neck: T. O'Shat 8. A.M. M Etone, steamer N! Forbes, Toxns, and riean within the last Ex-Governor of ethers have epartments at the Union Place lady. who have been stopeieg, ot several days past, leit last F. ‘ashipgton family, are now in Boston, ar eek in the new a b x the Sardinian Consul, Charles Ferrers, hie 1m the sum of $5600 Captain also heid to bail, in the sum of $600, on the penaity incurred by the ‘be veasel has been libelled by the 4 will be a6 Unless @ remission be Seow and‘ ven of ren Cy + and ea we Fe sf f act of ¢ , WRAT, ne “the alee hates of Acmevicn, "then. t to bring each paasengers to the United States of Amerion: and. ifany master of a ros. rel shall take on ger than the pre board a greater number of prsen: portions aforessid, he shall be deem. ed guilly of & mirtemeanor, and wo conviction themvot. bal on il. for above may also cach passenger taken Prepertions, be Gned int be imprisoned This act shall e ‘under eight youn ol ogh teak ve counted ae ope parrenger. j | Fe hts, tr. the streets in search of the midiigh? _ versin; bers who bave recently annoyed our citizens by their depredations. Mr. Wilson was shot eae of the escaped bur- lara the very moment they were discovered by” im. One shot entered through the nose ané lanced under his eye, fenriag. off the flesh. Soother shot passed into t dge of the nose. We understand that he is in a very bad condition, and may perhaps loge the sight of his eye. If the ball entered one inch further back his instant death would have been inevitable. These two- men deserve something more substantial than # . mere vote of thanks from our citizens. The police justice waived a minute examina- tion to- day, stating to Johason that time would be jiven him to consult counsel if he desired todo so. ¢ was then re-committed to prison. One or both of the other burglars were recog-- nized ayo atiray, wnd,no doubt, will speedily be arrested. The excitement at the police office was intense. pny ht how se =< wa wks tot Gee ance at one of the desperadoes, w! the last moath or so, created eo much ie his hands had been reeking with the blood of halt dozen citizens, more anxi deagerness would mes a a oe about noon, and committed the rations of the Pay] of : ref Tome kee” are toa close, and our eltizene. August 17, 1850. Finnegan was examined this day; and Wilson, the main pho wes wounded, identifies him os the man whe- ‘The St. Louis Intelligencer >The returns which we P sh this mornivg leave if je doubt thet Darby, Porter, and Miller, all good whigs and trae, eve elected to Congress from the lst. 2d. and Sd districts, Wo have as yet no returns from the 4t! but weare M4 ine that we which event Misscuri will be s3 There are, in Legislature, 100 members—127 Re- prerentatives and 33 Senators. It requires 4] to make & majority on joint balict. The prospect of the Benton men OF Antics for o! tbat number seems, at thie time, not at all encouraging: The an haw ihe following :— Of the t Senators ten ven ier inaion by the whigs. we have elected the whole ber—thus forming & pretty fair oapital to ners in the next Fogle, oth in the Ss to suceced Col. Benton and im the in. ensures as will be oc port ef eweh joule and the KANSAS ELECTION. AL, The Little Rock (Arkansas) Democrat instant, “ ‘On Monday next the come of There vernor or member of to be chosen at ti election, there bas heen ives exeitement in iaiveeurarey #0 for as we have heard, than im any we have ever be- fore witnessed. Party lines, exeept in » few counties. Dave, in mgreat menviire been lost sight of and eandh a OF oppowd on sectional or leeat stions, It je stated that Ueerge d Wong ks George G Wright, whig candidate con! understood that the other district hae chorea Lincoln Clark, dem and that the deucocratic State inket Ir else elect When ve nineteen. Now Virginia bus fitteen, twent yeare tn the Senate. The ae much bonored by its po country Ita next representative from i wae Jobn MeLean. Prom 1814 to 1819 it wae ed in econection with Hamilton by Willem Harrison, late President of the United States. Ite nex Tepresentative wax Thomas R. Ross, « man now in te- tiryment. From 1426 to 1820, the representative wae Jobn W went Auditor of Jest, it pre oliter of State. irom to 1640, the Corwine, Siow, Pur Wireany —The anneal festival p Ana Mag be held at Geneva oa Tues- wy evening next, Ch . | York wilt ‘e the ore Mop we Ty is wivahwe doubt ant, wil cfu cay tthe pede, va cessors, in the etive ond i evtating bereree whieb make them ee popular and