The New York Herald Newspaper, December 16, 1850, Page 2

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NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham Square—Cunare's Davenrsa—Wacio Ware CHRISTY’S MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Dall, 672 Brea¢way a TAN MIN@TRELSY THBATRE, Brosdway—Para Owe wien THe Le Diawie 4 QuATRE—Lea Mamie me— My FELLOWS’ OPERA HOUSS, 441 Brosdway—Ermorian Miner s12, AMERICAN MUSEUM—Asveixe Peavormances ArrER- moon axp Everine MEW YORK AMPOITHRATRE, 37 Bowery—Equastaian Preron marcus. WASHINGTON HALL—! wn Es. ANCRAMA OF PrieRi’s Pao- ‘Whe Report of the Seerctary of the Treasury. ‘The Report of the Secretary of the Treasury is Teady, and would have been delivered on Satur- day last, if both houses of Congress had been in session. It will be handed in to-day, and we are im hopes of being eble to place it before our readers 1o-mcrrow morning. Position of the Admintistration— Union Plat, form—The President and the Whig Party. Our intelligence from Washington, both public and private, advise us of an effort of Senator Seward and his party to effect a treaty of peace with the President, to enable them to keep their friends in office at the North, and for a variety of other reasons. We are told that he has already had several interviews with Mr. Fillmore on the subject, and that the friends of the Union are not at all pleased with the movement. We would advise Mr. Fillmore to beware of forming any alliance with those demagogues. He now stands im a highly favorable position before the coun- ty. His first annual message to Congress has commended itself to the approbation of the con- servatives of all parties. The decided stand taken by the Executive in favor of the slavery adjustment, as it stands, has enlarged the con- fidence of the people in behalf of his adminis- tration; has strengthened the conservatives in Congress ; and, among whigs and democrats, throughout the country, has operated to identify the administration with the integrity of the Union. Never wes the country ina more interesting crisis than the present—and never was any President in | more edvantegeous position for rallying to his support the great bedy of people, of all parties, than is Mr. Fillmore. His plain and undieguised recommendations in respect to the Fugitive act, not only assure the country of his tidelity to the Jaws, but of his desire to conciliate the South, by refusing the slightest concession to Northern nullifiere. Mr. Fillmore stands upon the Union platform. ‘The old lines of demarcation between the old par- Mies are nearly obliterated; the general recommen- dations of the message may be adopted by either party, without material violation of their party doc- trines. The only party with which the message entities the President, is the Union party; aad his Aantagnniem to aniiifiers ond disunioniataiathaanty party hostility which he has indicated. As far as ean be judged, General Cass and General Foote are scarcely to be regarded as less the friends of the administration than Mr. Clay or Mr. Webster. The exigency is the integrity or disruption of the republic. The President, coming into power under the distrust of a large section of the Union, and generally regarded as the mere locum tenens of the White House, by the whig party itself, had very little to excite his ambition, except the good wishes of the people. A modest man—a capable man— but too kind and amiable for the cut and thrust, nght and left policy of Jackson; too honest fer the ‘wire in and wire out” diplomacy of Van Buren; teo dignified for the bartering system of John Tyler; too experienced to be indulged in the mis- takes of the heroic General Taylor—while Mr. Fillmore was expected to administer the govern- ment with discretion, no party—no fragment of a party—beld him qualified to act the presidential party leader. He came into the executive chair as ite mere occupant, by common consent, for the re- mainder of General Taylor's term. The whigs did not even flatter him with the possibility of any- thing more. He was given to understand, by movements for Scott, Clay, Webster, Crittenden, and others, that anything more was entirely out of the question. Meantime, he was expected faithfully to divide out the loaves and fishes among the whigs—for, whether they were Union men, or nullifiers, or secessionists, what was that to him? To keep the party together, he must conciliate all the cliques:—the whigs must bave the offices, and he must have their support. While, therefore, the whigs are under no obliga- tions to him, Mr. Fillmore is bound to look to their imterests—and no thanks to him. Parties, however, like men, are but the creatures of circumstances. The slavery adjustment, in its breaking up of the old whig and democratic par- tees, has given us four parties instead of two—the U whigs, the Union democrats, the Northern aullifiers—chiefly from the whig party—and the Southern secedere, chiefly from the democratic. The whig party proper, as it now stands, is but a fragment—a very emall fragment—of the whig party of 1548. It is already throwa out of the laet hope of either house, and has no possible proepect, of itself, of being either able to advance or to injure the administration, And it so happens, that in the present state of things, there is more affinity between Union whige and democrats, than there can be between Union whigs and whig nollitiere. The circumstances creating this divi- sion of parties, have placed Mr. Fillmore in the most favorable position. Stamdiag out boldly for the Fugitive law, ae the test of Northern honesty and the vitality of the constitation, the nullifiera, prima facie, became his enemies; the Union men of Doth the old parties became his supporters. He is thus reinforced ten fold the extent of nis lose, and is rendered completely independent of gullification gupport ia Congress and in the States. A succession of accidents, if you please, has pleced the President in this attitude before the country. But the wisest exercise of sxgacity and foresizh! could not have put himin a better posi- tion, Amy other would have been untenable Thisis fir, and sure footing Practice, it appears, is following np this heory. We understand that the President has recently addressed a letter to Hiram Ketcham, or sone other Union whig of thie city, alluding to certain’ removals from office,of Seward nullitiere, in the inverior of this State, and that the i executive has declared in this communication hia resolution to regard tie oullifiers as his political | enemies,and the Union ».1en a8 his political friends. | the coffee and sugar cane in the low! complish a successful administration, and can alone enter into the field with the slightest prospect of defeating all sectiona! combinations, rither before the people, or in the House of Representatives. The administration has.ne foothold in depending upon the dislocated whig party—it hag the firmest footing in the Union party, North and South. That party has got tobe organized; but the ele- ments of Northern nullification and Sotithern se- cession clearly indicate its necessity. And what- ever may be the result to Presidential candidates, ining iar Porit he | ‘he platform of the administration, thus far, com- mends itself to the country. Mr. Fillmore may be assured that he, or his edministration, cin gain nothing by an alliance with Seward or his tribe of bigher law politiei Under the re-action which took place in public opinion during the recess of Congress, their in- fluence has dwindled down to nothing, and in attempting to coalesce with his administration, they are only trying to grasp at something to keep them from sinking. The better way would be to let them slide into oblivion—a fate which they well deserve, and which they seem to have courted. The Pepulation and Growth of the City of New York— Comparison with other Cities. By the statement we published on the 12th inst., it appears that the population of this city, accord- ing to the census of 1850, just taken, (which may be slightly varied by the official returns,) is 517,849. The census of 1840 made the population of the eity, at that time, 312,852; but there was an error in the return of about 9,000 in the Tenth ward, which would have reduced the total of the city to less than 304,000. The actual increase of the city, therefore, in the last ten years, is about 214,000, or over six'y per cent—an immense in- crease on ¢o0 large a population. The increase of the city of London and suburbs, in the ten years from 1831 to IS41, was a little over twenty per cent, Por the purpose of comparison, we give the popu- lation of the principal European capitals and com- mercial cities, by which it will be seen that New York, without including Brooklyn, &c., outnum- bers all the cities of Europe, except two or three, viz: London, Paris, and perhaps Constantinople. With regard tothe latter—the capital of the Tur- kish empire—the number of its inhabitants is pro- bably overrated—there being no other authority then vagve estimates, which vary from 300,000 to 600,000. McCulloch says, the population is be- lieved by the best authorities to be about 400,000. POPULATION OF EUROPEAN CITIES aBove 100,000. Londen and sub- Edinburgh 166 450 . Manchester, 240 867 123,183, Constantinople... 680,000 Sheftield 109.597 Bt. Petersburgh... 476,000 Birmiegham. 181,116 Morcow ... ° Lyons... 145 675, Mareeillss. 115,043, Brussels . 112.462 Hamburg. 183,000 Prague. 105,590 Munich. ). Glasgow, « ¥ ‘The population of Philadelphia city and suburbs, in 1840, was 228,691. Returns of the ceasus for 1£50, for five wards of the city and most of the ad- joining districts, show a population of 187,000, ageinst 126,012 in 1840—increase, 60,988, or about 48 percent. It is, therefore, probable that the pre- sent population of the city and suburbs is about 330,000. lation of New York and Philadelphia, from 1800 to New York. Philadelphia, + 60,489 70,287 93,378 96.287 123,71 119,325 202'589 167 325, 312 852 228,001 617,849 330,000 1820, the number of inhabitants in Philadelphia exceeded that of New York, but that since that period, the progress of New York has been much mare ranid than tretaemar niet — Kath aitias hn been greatly benefited by the internal improve- ments in their respective States, since 1820; but the decided advanteges which New York possesses, her shead, not only of Philadelphia, but of all other Americen cities. The six lower wards contain a population, ac. cording to the present census, of 109,427. n 1830, the same wards contained, 73,172—thus showing street—has increased about fifty per cent in popu- lation within the last twenty years. The number of vacant building lote in those six wards, in Fourtéenth street, at the seme tine, the number of vacant or unoccupied building lots was 5,967 ‘The increase of population in the lower wards has, therefore, been very great in proportion to the dwellinghouses erected within twenty years. The population of the city, above Canal street, in 1830. was 129,417—it is now 408,422. The comparative increase of the city, in popu- lation and wealth, since 1810, is shown by the following table :— Value of Real and Personal Estate. The above official valuations of real and per- sonal eseate convey, it is true, but an inadeqate idea of the wealth of the city; but these statements are sufficient to show the astonishing progress of thisf{commercial metropolis during the present half century, and particularly within the last twenty years. Nothing is wanting but a good administration of the municipal government, es- pecially in keeping down the city expenditures, end thus preventing an accumulation of taxes, to make this city, within the next quarter of a cen- tury, the greatest commercial mart, as it is already one of the most populous cities on the globe. Tur Scarcrry or Sitver Comn.—We publish, in another part of this day's paper, two articles ex- tracted from the London prese, on the subject of the scarcity of silver coin in the world. The with- drawing of that metal from circulation has been going on rapidly in the United States for sometime past. Mexicen dollars are at a premium of five per nd the brokers in Wail street charge a shil- ling premium on five dollars worth. Shopkeepers and traders are, in consequence, much incommoded in their business, The English papers attempt to account for the scarcity which existe in the old world, as wellas in the new, of silver currency, by the large quantity which has gone to California, the feet that gold coin to the amount of four mil- lions of pounds sterling has been withdrawa from circulation in Holland, and the demand that hes ativen for it in consequence of the threatening aspect of afiai New Yore Vesseus Captain De Frates, of the schooner Emily Hillerd, from 8t. John, informs ue that a heavy Borther com ed at Porto Rico on the ht of the 25th of November, a tasted until the morning of the 50th. It was accompanied with tor which inundated the whole north side, ond ro completely interrupted the communication that the mails from Mayaguer, A@usdilia and Areca- Bt John at3 P.M. onthe 20th of Novem- ot arrived om the first of December, at 11 | A.M. when the Emily Hilliard left It was feared that great 4 A practical movement ov this kind is all that is | and the foree of the wind. which latter was almost needed to confirm the posicion of the administra- | tion ize a new party—a great Union party—on the basis of the edministration. Sech ow organizaticn, it is waneceseaty to argue, Would place Mr. Fillmore ia & very prominent attitude with respect to the eam- equal toa gale The rice crop, which ® very dew wae just ripening, has suffered severely, at Followed up,it will 800.4 operate to reorgan- | Arecaibo America Hancock, loading for The following is a comparative view of the popu- | It will be noticed that previous to the census of | for foreign and domestic commerce, have placed | that the older part of the city, viz.: below Canal | IsS1, was 385, and in ell the ofmer wards below | The Rise, Progress, and Destiny of the Sand- ‘wieh Islands, ‘The errivale from California now bring us, also, more rapidly than at any fogmer period, news from the growing righing kil f -Kame- hameha, who holds his’ court wi formar lity of a European monareb, in his patace at Hono- alu. Our columns present extracts from two jout nals—the Honolulu Times and the Polynésian — the former being the organ of the extreme liberal party, and the latter the official journal of the go- vernment. The Times, however, does not demand anything from the king thatcan be construed! as exigent. Its object appears to be to obtain an in- crease of liberal measures on the part of the king’s party, which may tend to advance the general prosperity of the territory and inhabitants, both na- tive and foreign, of Hawaii. To this end, we find it urging the government to adopt such wholesome reforms, and such lines of policy, as may encou- rage emigration, and permit foreigners to share in the formation of the local rulers and of the lows ge- nerally. The Polynestan does not oppose any plainly judigious movement, but is conservative in its character, and claims, with no little justice, that the improvements made in the laws, and in the extension of the franchise, together with other important public acts, are all satisfactory proofs of the desire of the king te bless the people at large, and to rage the importance of that kingdom, which i8 now beginning totake a high position among civilized nations. When Capt. Cook, the celebraied navigator, discovered the Sandwich Islands, he found them occupied by a barbarous buta cheerful and con- tented people. The spirit of American missiens beceme animated by the accounts given by the navigators; and, about thirty years since, the Mis- sionary Herald, published monthly in Boston, be- gan to give us records of the first steps of the islanders from the barbarian tothe civilized state. The monthly concert of prayer, in Presbyterian churches, has been uniformly devoted to the pro- gress of the Lord’s work in that region. Thus the publie have been made acquiiated with the progress of religion and of education, colored atter the fashion of missionary writers, but still suffi- ciently clear for the jndicious reader to form a cor- rect estimate of the real progress of this interest- ing people. In the early stages of that society, then passing by a transition state, into a hurried contact with the civilized world, the first result was, as usval,a hand-in-hand race between vice and religion. As churches increased, hospitals were needed. Asthe school house indacted the youth of both sexes into the decencies of civilized life, itcarried ther through the inevitable gate- way of debauchery and folly, as a probationary ordeal of a passege froma state of nature to that of art. The whaleships of Nantucket and New Engiend generally furnished many a guide to the | simple islanders, and, accordingly, at one period of | the history of these islands, the hearts of the | missionaries almost sank within them at that very | natural condition of society which could not but ; be exhibited under all similar circumstances. | The mercantile pioneer—the pedlar and the super- cargo—are the true missionaries of civilization. | These men prepare the path for the commercial | man, whose enterprise will convert an idle into a busy population, and who will teach men that the true way to lighten labor is to love it. As soon as the Sandwich Islands became important, ina commereval point of view, the general moral pros- penty began to keep pace with the commercial and now we find that the American es are congratulating themselves for baving established in the Sandwich Islands as ex- cellent a government as that which the English | missiona boart as the product of their labors | inthe Society Islands. The spiritual domination | of these two brilliant island clusters of the Pacific are divided between the clergy of the United States and of England, and both groups have derived much temporal advantage from the earnest labors of the respective missions. It is, however, to the nomi a there tolendé of the Pact fe that the treduerd ie torian must attribute the osigin of those great changes which have marked the progress of so- | ciety from its chrysalis to its present condition. These missionaries who have effected most good, | have done it by means of introducing the vast | businets motives of men; and we find that it is by | | i temporal, rather than spiritual teachings, that the king, Kamehameha, is persuaded to pass thirty substantial laws in the courve of a single session of his Assembly, and to enter into a long and im- portant commercial treaty with the United States, as it will be rememberéd he did on the 20th of December last year. Yet, without touching further upon the origin; or the proximate causes of the advancement of the | Sendwich Islands toa high and very promising position, we may be assured that the king has only | to imitate the liberality to foreigners that has cha- Tacterized the success of other nations, to establish . | a power of no mean importance in the civilized world. The time is approaching when the Sand- wich and the Society Islands must be important to the whole civilized world. They have the very centre ports of the wotld—stand like mid-way ha- vens between the two great continents of the earth, and each day will add to the glory of their posi- tion. The great revolution already effected by the discovery of California—the establishment of that territory as one of the States of the American Union—the eonsequent trade about to be opened with China, and, indeed, with the whole of eastern Asia, force into a commercial summit these hitherto wnimportant islands.” Already nave com- mercial interchanges been comparatively great; but with the increasing liberality of the Hawaiian government, the tide of immigration to Honolulu, and to the other Hawaiian ports. will be assuredly large, repid and beneficial. As this flood of hu- ity poure itself along, increased commercial activity will be the result, and our ships, on their way to India, China, and, eventually, to Japan, will make the harbor of Honolulu one of great bustle and importance. There is now a project on foot to make Honolulu acity. This appears to be a wise suggestion. If that port were dignified with a looal city govern- ment, it would increase with great rapidity. The progress of the place would be more quickly ad- vanced than it possibly can be uader the pre- sent eyetem, and it would soon teke a high rank among commercial cities. The arguments, how- ever, on this point ere #0 readily presented that it is not requisite for vs to enlarge upon them. It is sofficient that the king has been so favorable to the adoption of liberal measures that he will not love sight of euch « project, which, so far from diminishing his power, will add largely to it in eve- ry way. The extracts from the Hawaiian journals will afford, in addition (© what we have been called vpon to eny, sources of discussion that may be in- teresting and profitel The inhabitants are look- ing with much desire to the establishment of steam Haviewting vessels between their ports and those of California; and, as the future of the Sandwich felands is to be a bright one, end as the communi- cation between China and San Francisco must soog be made speedy, capi 's will not be slow in ex- amining this subject with that eagacity which practical men eo well know how to exercise. The Sandwich Islands are now reached from New York in about fifty days. What will be the rosalt,when this time has bgen shortened to nearly one half 7 Beancrty of Bart at Tunn’s Teva ‘apt. Mitehelf, of the schooner Tremont. reports that when he left, en the third inet, there was no fait to be obtained, either Ot Grend Turk or Bait Key. Beveral veesels had been tere for the purpose of taking cargoes to New Ork but were chiiged to lenve without obtaining them. The Vrement was obliged to go over tothe Rast Har. bor, ow she Caicos, to procure a catgo. snd there wae Very Httte joft there when he sailed. Owing to the reat quantity of rain thet has reeentiy falien, it wae Det expected tha, amy more would be made before The Daneing Season— Balls Given and to be Given; ‘The dancing season has now fairly commenced, sud several balls have already been given. We have now 49 many fipe dancing. saloons in the city, thatthose who admire the “ psetry of motion’ cagmot fall to find the means of enjoying themselves fm the practice of the Terpsicboream art, Tripler Hall, Castle Garden, Niblo’s, the Chinese Museum, the Coliseum, the Apolle Rooms, Military Hall, Tammany Haj), and numerous fother saloons, are open nightly, and trippings give gla@ reeponse to the merry notes of well filled or- cbestras. The balls, par excellence, of the year, are the gramd fancy dress balls which take place at the places, at the clese of ths fashionable summer teason; but they are not half so comfortable as the smaller dancing parties which come off in the clty during the winter. In fact, it does one’s heart good to visit these sociable parties, and witness the zest with which all seem to give way to the enjoyment of the hour. Among the balls whieh have already taken place, we notice the following:— ‘The first ball cf the season of the Young Bachelers’ Society, which eame off at Tripler Hail on the 6th of the prerent month; and the first ball of the seasou of the Junior Bachelors, which came off at Niblo’son the 1]th; the Thistle ball, whieh took place at Niblo’s on Friday evening last d the first annual ball of com) Washin, Grays, at the Apolio Rooms, on Weduerday last. Among the balls yet to come off, may be mentioned the following :-— ‘The Yonng Bachelorn’ Second Boiree, toitake place at the Apollo Kooms, on the ing of Dec. 19th. Bachelors’ Aesocia- Becond Arsem of tb ior tion, at Niblo’s Salocn, Jan, 8th. Seventh Annual Ball of the “ Continentals,” Capt. ,ut the Apollo Rooms, on Monday, Deo. ° Toeee T. Cox 6th. ‘The Becond Annual Ball of the New York Benevolent Avrociation of Book Binders, at the Chinese Assembly Rooms, on Monday evening. January 27th. ‘The First Annnal Bali of the Order of the Circle, to be given at the Chinese Assembly Rooms, om Friday evening. Dee 20th. The First Company Gouverneur Blues’ Fifth Annual the Coliseum, on Tuesday evening, Deo. 24th, (Christmas Eve). ‘The Tenth Annual Assemblage of the members and friencs ot Manhattan Fire Engine — No 8 at the Apollo Saloon, on Tuesday evening, Dec. 24th, 1860. ‘The Ball of the Clinton Guards, (late Fire Engine y No, 41), at the Apollo Rooms, 410 Broadway on Weduesday evening, January Ist, 1851 The Grand Boiree in compliment toMr L, Brooks, by his }popile and friends, at the Coliseum, Broadway, on ‘Thureday evening, January ¢th, 1861, The Hevry Clay Ball will be held at the Chinese Asrembly Kooms, on Tuesday evening, Juouary 21st, ‘The First Ball of the City Blues will be given at Niblo’s Garden, on Friday evening, December 27th. ‘The Fourth Annual Ball of the First Company Gon- tivental Guards, Capt. Helme, at the Apollo Rooms, on Morday evening, December 9th, 1860. The second Annual Military and Civic Ball of the Chanfrou Guard, at the Chinese Assembly Rooms, 589 Broadway, on Tuesday evening, Deo. 17th, 1850. ‘The Beventeenth Annual Ball of the Erina Astocia- tion is to take place at Tripler Hall, o evening. December 3v. ‘The Fifth Annual Ball of the Emmet Guards will plage on Mondey evening, January 6, 1861, at the am, 460 Browd nd Openin, at the Equestrian Institute, AG Williams burgh, {n South Fourth street, between Third and Fourth streets, will be given by Haglo Engine Company No. 6, on Thursday evening, December 19. The Avnual Bell of Pulton Fire Engine Company No. 41. is to come off at Niblo’s Garden, on Tuesday evening, December 17. ‘The Seventh Annual Ball of the Minerva Socivty will be given et the Coliseum, on Wednesday evening, December 25, This is so be a fancy dress ball. The Twenty-recoud Apnual Bail in.aid of the New York Fire Department Fund will be given at the Astor Place Opera House, on Monday evening, January 27 ‘The Becond Annual Fancy Dress and Civic Bail of the origival American Histrionic Association will be the Ccliveum, 450 Broadway, on Monday née of the Jewellers’ Associa- ace wt the Apollo Rooms, Monday, isto. on which occasion there will be. us bumber of pieoes of jewelry distributed the ladies. We have heard a great deal ot the preperation for this s0: od the prizes to be distributed. It will, no doubt, bea fine a ‘The Thirteenth Annual Ke-union of the Indepen- dence Guard, Capt. Jobn T. Cairns, will take place at Niblo’s Theatre, on Monday evening, January 27. The Fret Annual Ball of the First Company of the Jenvy Lind Guard will be beld at the Ohinese As- tembly Rooms, 639 Broadway, on Tuesday evening, December 31. The Anousl Ball of the “Garde Lafayette” will come off at Nidlo’s, on the eve: of the 19th inst. ‘The Seventeenth Annual Fancy Dress and Civic Ball of the New York Pickwick Club will take place at the Apollo Reoms, 410 Broadway, on Tuesday evening, fey MW T irst Annual Ball of the New York Printers’ Di ul asrertion that the ball ‘will be a good one. The Sixth Annual Fancy Dress and Civic Ball of the Bhakspeare Dramatic Association will be held at the panes Bones, Broadway Colliseum, ‘uesda: . Jan 7. ‘The Highth Annual Ball of the New York Boottish Guards will be held at the Chinese Buildings, on Tues- day evening, Feb. 11. be First Grand Military and Civic Ball of the Worth Guard will take place on Monday evening, Deo. 234, 1860. at Tammany Hall. The Third Anaual Supper Ball of the Pirst Troop Fisshington Greys, will take place at Niblo's, om the january. The First Grand M and Civic Ball of the White Guards will be given at the Colliseum, No. 450 Broad- way, on Tuesday evening, Dee. Slet. There, from this long list, our dancing friends can surely select the means of enjoying themselves at their favorite amusement for the winter. The prices of tickets for the balls range at from $1 to $5; se that economy can be consulted, as well as choice of com: than the ball clety in our city, The gay equippages which carry the members of wpper-tendom to their soirées, and the humbier cab that takes the more economical, but not less useful, mechanics to their respective places of amusement. are but typesof all that accompany the feveral festivities. The rich brocades and deep laces of the rich fair ones, the gem—sthe powder, the per- fume—are no more coveted by their wearers than the simple musiin, mowy white, and trimmed with bows and flowers, made by the fingers of the possessor of the more modest garment, while the glow of health on the cheeks of the latter more than makes up for ary want of costliness in her garments or ornate appen- dages, Immente cums of money are spent im the ag- gregate, though differently apportioned; and the bene- fits result to many who are im different interests—the landlords tionere shoemaker, the tailors. the milliners. the mastuama- kere. the coachmen, the waiters, all receive their moiety of the beneSt. and all are. of course, made proportion. ately glad. Te is, perhaps, well to unbdend the mind at times from the corroding cares of life. and. forgetfal of daily drudgery, give reope to mirth, guided by the magic of music. Whabif the weary clerk labor at his Grek ¥) ba plightly increased headache after too late a cance’ The headache will soon leave him, and the egreeable fancies of the might will remain to cheer his moments of reflection. We have heard cynical people speak, im terms of reproach, of the philosophy which Induces many of our work girls to spend their spare pennies for ball dresses, and to ride to belis,in gay coaches, when the next morning after the ball, they might be seen walking down town poorly shod and without « comfortable shawl or cloak. Well, what if thie be the case? The poor girl carne herown pennies; and. in the name of charity, let her spend them as she teen Ot. Let her forget, fora few hours, the poverty which is her lot, and let her partake, if she can, of the lights of a reereative hour. It is well that she does . Bhe thus gete a new hold on life, pees the world of pleasure, instead of the world of work which would otherwise be her only portion. Let the poor dance—they will, without leave. We commend bells, Decaure there's deep philosophy in them They may be visited for evil; but, without perversion, they are ne goody The rich distribute, of tradermen or industrious shop- keepers. there are the graces of the ball room, Where will politeness be learned, if not in the ball room! Certainly, nowhere, except in the school which prepares the dancers tor the dancing saloon [t fe not our purpor here to descent upon dancing schools, or we might discuss the merite of these Insti tutic which are foundin all varieties, in our city, from the artirtic academy. in which are taught the voluptuous figures lately introdnced into fashionable life, to the humbler rchools in the by streets, where the Dyrteries of the steps and simpler figures are impatt- ed, They J| necessary to make np the balls of the wintet. Add so they are all arefoliatheie way. Five ta bat? U, S, Marshas’s Office. Dre ery a Listena Sioman's’ Mails ree per named James Max. J. MeLesn, and John Biator, were bron,” ht before the Marshal on Satarday harged with havix'@ been concerned in the robbery of the mails of the © H. ‘ene Sloman; s number of con pons were found upon the sci They have been CAMADALIY Com mi ted for my establieh kept by a dock officer ecowmirsioners, and whose duty it shall be ao give the emigranis advice and direction, and to protect from fraud or violence. All depends on the man. If stam, map, it people to their fate; for, in that case, the new ar- Tapgement would only afford peculiar facilities fer plunder and oppression. Svicipe ay Taxina Orrum.—Coroner Geer held an in- quest yesterday, at the City Hospital. on the ore Daine is believed to be Gi Fderiet man W Btant on Sunday morning, and stated to my person in attendance that he had taken . a, of opium, for the purpose of taking his own lite. On the tered an about 4 o’cloe! announcement of this fact, officers Kamey and MoVar- moéy of the 2nd ward polite, were called in, who con- veyed the deceased immediate ‘The surg by applying the stomach but a/l Co no effect, as he Previous to his ly to the City Hospital. eon in attendance administered to his relief ETL and other remedies, ied in # short time after. , however, the deceased stated to , that he had only been in the cou: few monthe; that he from London, where he been employed as a clerk. and not having any employ- ment in this country. he becath: ie the opium, that he might pass quietude. The deceased was a man of genteel appear- ance, and on his person was found two th seme opium, and # recommendation, cide by taking lewdanu: Fine x Corrow Bates.—On Saturday morning, about 100 bales of cotton, that was slightly damaged at the late destructive Gre in Broad street, were conveyed to, and piled up the wharf at the toot of Pier No.6; Fast River, or the purpose of transportation to Phila delpbia by the schooner Charles Carroll, that had ben chartered by the owners. At seven o'clock yesterday morning come of the under bales were diseovered to be on fire, by the First ward police, who Pome) | how cured a quantity of bose; but before they could bring it into requisition nearly all of them were buratng. in consequence of the fire spreading rapidly from one bale to another; however, the devouring element was subdued after derable exertion by the police aod beatmen, wh nted the fire from communicatiog to the vessels and wood work of the dook. It was a fortunate circumstance that the cotton had not been placed on board the veesel on Saturday, as was in- tended. Diseracerut Coxpucr of OM~rmusmen —On Satu evening. at baif past 9 o'clock, Robert Furm: between 50 and 60 years, when crossicg the street. at ¥ mocked down and badly crushed The drivers drove on. and stopped toarcertain whether the man was killed or not, He was taken to 20 Ann street, and thence to the city borpital, rod or THE Waven Guenaec-o military company, recently organ f the “Waugh Guards,” will leave 4 proceed to Jersey City upon Forty Thousand C Sihuviggo' Coutledrt Ga +7 a bove Third, Philsdelphia. Cha en 4 Whi Street, Phitadelphia Gourand’s Hair Restorative is Warranted Seales wise hele, goftetiiny sad enas cesta cast” Gouracd’s Li deme tiful black Chafes, Roughness, Iieve onred by sing Gourund’e The Poudre Subtil are, i ‘talian Medica nere 8 he eenatontes hate fem ‘any part ue pale jushed, y sons, nt a7 Walia} fray. ‘Calleador,’ Sonth Third Knox Loudest !—At a meeting Chirecee, fw evenlngesines, the a f the thirteen wore fashionable beavers, and the other wre vor mere} a, was na -—to apeak technically: i "and ‘hte caps ‘are almost as be: ‘Wigs 8 wishi: a evperior Wig or foupee should call st Bavohelor’s ated No. ail st) =They will fad barriite aha use extract he knows his business, and makes siness of it. Copy his address, ana him = New ‘Merreotype Gall Mr. J. H. ee ee eb rn ome at the of Greate Leonard street, whieh he has fitted furnished fn the moéern st. ith every comfort jaxury that one could wish. The pictures of vhie keu= Jd to possess grea! As as evidenose of his h. ‘willstate that he bes fashionable: galier joa! ee he ei! of Baltimes oh- Sear eel Comet cee oN Miss Sacks in ‘wou! the epecia ens at the gailery in this city. We recommend our readers to examine and at the corner of Masta and Beckman, & a He, Map and rth Pate phe thd all whe. desive to forvity themselves 1 bate for chi ys my verioue B24 Solor trom the useot the imitation peerected by calling so stoves Gopy toe st, 628 Broadway, the in- ae of the prineipie of atmospheric pressure into Den- in rifeular” attention to the inrertion of Artifieial Teeth. His popular work, © +4 tions om the best Means Brewerving ‘the Tooth,” cam be ob= _hined om application ‘The © or von oe 3agten osotind fas seen ees wore at ton, the hy gecere with aie boys. The sta nile be the seuqsent ‘Sbeap. prices, to captivate; wimter clothing for gemelemen’ ay ore ail and MONEY MARKET, Buwpar, Deo. 16—6 P.M Quotations for stocks, at the clove of the market yer terday, ranged somewhat higher than at the close of the week previous. During the past week there has been considerable activity in the market, and the spirit of speculation has been more extended than at any previous period this reason. Thie is most extra- ordinary, ae we usually look for dulness and inacti- vity about this timein the year. We cannot, however torm any idea of the futare from the experience of the part. There are, at present, so many things calculated to give an impetus to our general prosperity, that no trifling reverse would be more than for a moment felt. Within our o ite everything is healthy condition, and we m k abroad for causes, if any exist, likely to distarb the present prosperous porition of our financial end commeroial affairs. The political condition of Europe t some alarm, and it is by but that the whole continent will lapse of many months be engaged in one genera; war. It will bring about a very great change in our ecmmercial affairs, in the event of hostilities breakiog out on the continent, and many of our most important interests will be seriously injured. Already the pro- babilities of a war have arrested the advance In cot: ton, and the views of holders im regard to prices have experienced avery great change. Prices for bread. stufla are not so rensitive, and mot 60 easily affected ‘The harvests throughout Rurope hare been abundant and it would be some time after the commencement of & war before we should find very extensive markets on the continent for our agricultural products, The before the impaired or destroyed, would bring about # long train of disasters. It will, therefore, be pen that, just at this particular juncture, the wisest oto withdrew from all the pecans ef ts : preserve, if possible. a masterly state of inactivit ; and patiently wait the course of events. The safest policy is certainly the wisest one; and, as » few weeks, perhape days, will bring to @ focus, it camnot be: doubted for a moment but that inactivity is the only safe position. Of the leading fancy stocks which have been largely operated ia during the past week, Erie Railroad ap- pears to be the greatest favorite. The cornering; combination, which we have before alluded to, coa~ tinues in full blast; and the clique are | up, im: nearly every bank in the State, lote of this upom: which loans are obtained at a margin of about twenty percent. So long as this stock can be hypothecated at such @ moderate margin, and this clique continue to purchase, the market will be sustained; but it the- demand from that source ovases, or should: any of the Present large holders sell out, there would be a perfect: stampede amang the small fry, and » rapid deprecia.- tion in prices for the stock. The fact of @ railroad: stock, standing behind preferred securities amounting: to at leaet twelve millions of dollars, the vast earning? of which, thus far, have been no more than sufficient to pay the annual interest om its debt, as it secrued, selling within ten and twelve per cent ofpar, isso: extraordinary that no one for ® moment can sup- pose that it’can be maintained. The real value of the stock has nothing to do with this move- ment. Present prices are the result of » plam conooet-- ed by & set of speculators, who have unlimited meane atcommand. They expect to attract the attention of the public, and give an impression by the rapid ad- vance in prices, that the stock is really worth more than it is selling for ; so that they can work it of im small lote at @ profit, but in this they will be most: egregiously mistaken. The stock of the Erie Railroa@ Company never was so much concentrated as at thie moment. The high prices ruling have brought out am immenee quantity. in the aggregate, from small hold~ ers, and thore connected with the eorner have boom ~* compelled to take any share offered, to sustain prices. Im other stocks there has been ne very important movement. Prices for mest of them have been stea- @ily moving upward, and hotders feel confident that a further rise is near at hand. This depends upon so many contingencies, that at this moment the chances, are more in favor of a }ull in the market. ifnot # positive depreciation, than of on advance amounting to much, All the arrangements for the immediate commence ment of the construction of the Ontario, Simeoe, and Horon Union Railroad, have been perfected. The con- tractors are Messrs. M. ©. Story and Co, andthe chief engineer is H. ©. Seymour, State Engineer of New York. ‘These gentlemen are a guaranty that the work will be speedily azd substantially constracted, the stockholders and other parties interested are fortunate in having secured their services. Mr. Sey~ mour is well and widely known as Engineer of the Erie Railroad. and Story and Co. are the most enter prising railroad contractors in thiscountry. Great credit is due to F.C. Capreal, Eeq., of Toronte, for the energy and perseverance exhibited throughout ic pushing this matter, and the people of Toromte and that section of Canada will be indebted to him fore work of internal improvement that will rapidly aug- ment the value of their landed property, and develope the agricultural and other resourees of the westerr: part of Canada. The importance of this road is no realised by one in a thoussnd of those who will be so” much benefited by its construction. We learn with pleasure that, a few days since, the citizens of Milwaukie were gratified by the advent « railroad travelling. A portion of the first division o. the Milwaukie Mississippi Railroad being com- pleted, the “ iron horse.”’ for the first time, went whiz- zing over the preries of Wisconsin. The construction of this road gives indication of durability, the ground work being firm, the T rail sixty pounds to the jard. The directors deserve credit for the peculiar manner they have taken to make the rosd a demo- cratic road. They have not only interested the city of Milwaakie to the extent of $250,000, but have enlisted. nearly every farmer on its line asa stockholder, tex percent mortgages being given by them to the com- pany upon improved real estate, at one halt ite valus. tion, exelueive of perishable property, such as houses barns, &o.; or, in other words, at one half the value o the naked land. In payment thereof, the parties rs— ceive stock of the company, and, In order to add addi- tional security, the company give their guaranteo bonds for the payment of the principal and anneal tem per cent interest, at the American Bzchango Bank, making the seourity, in all probability, as good es any in the market, The road is completed, by this time, from Milwaukie to Waukesha, twenty and a hal? miles, and. by the opeming of spring, the frst division of fiity miles, to Whitewater, will be in operation. The intention is to finish the road, in divisions of @fty miles, to the Mississippi river, at a point above Galena oes tooommand the lead transportation, « Qivision to be finished every year, consequently, the entire dis- tanee of two hundred miles will be completed by the spring Of 1854. The road, in construction and ments, will be of superior character, and one of ol in the Union—not Mot ane : ‘a! exceeding $600,000 for the sstgeaes “1 h ‘hie market, ut the 43 LJ mar! ending the inst— ag Movements CONSUMPTION. Manu foctures af Wool Packages—Wool, eloth, 8; oan. worsted, 8; stuf goods, 1; cotton and pimeres, 1, aipaceas, 14; lastings, 3; lustres, 4; 2; eaxonys, 2; sha 3; ban oravates, teeta , arn, 21; carpeting, 17; famey, do., 10— “ tures of Cotton.—Paok 149; prints “Geotorea sottons, , "y tenes oka ; 0 ; oH Menu factures of Silk —Pac! 41, facsacte velvets 1; veils, 1; cravats 1; shawl«, 2; and do.,1; do., silk and pl silk and cotton, 4; fiogee't: sow aaa, gim, i TioNotal 148 ack et ; . 8; Inote, 8; threads, views and cottons 18s Fh et Selene iat Rome ions wee cee WITHDRAWN FROM WAREMOURE, Monufectures of Wool.—Pacheges— Woollens, 7; cloth, * 7; 20, Ce he cotton and 4; diankets, 4— Manufacture Cotton — Packages — Cottons, 16; prints; cords, 8 geval 30 “i Manufactures Silk.—Packages—8! ribbonr, 1; orape shawls. 1; sarenets, 6; pongees, buttonr, 5; sewings 2. Total, 84. - Ms iadamet bene " 7 Miscellancows —Pack: Straw ostery “eraeete, G4; mate, (rolls) 600; matting, 4—total, 74. ENTERED FOR WAREMOUSING. Menufectares f Wool —Peokagee—Wonllens, 1; worst of.” , ate and worsted, 80; lustres, 6; Cotton. — ; 6-total. 187. of 8 1—PachegeoSilt and worsted, 2; rk and linen. 1; gloves 1— y tures of _~ Packages— Linens. 78; lace expen rae 2; linen and cotton, 18; oemaburge, € 100. Miscellencows.—Packages—Straw ys shite: 3; pelerines, chemizettet&e., 1; ‘Sten RECAPITULATION. i sear 100/284 75,193 34,078 127 ons, Withdrawn from worchouse Packages. ve Manufactures of Wool. as $07 Do. Cotton. i) 6.478 Do. Sie. a 7.2838 Do Plax 1.797 Miscellaneous iteme.... 29,008 858 4 Entered for warehousing. Packages. Fate, factures of Wool is Py Do. 36, 4 486 100 18.346 104 18,110 503 $88,760 The movemerts in foreign dry goods, in this market, during the past three weeks, have been more limited than at the corresponding period in each of the past three years. It is fortunate for the trade that there has beea «lull in the importation of foreign manufac- tures of this kind. that the stocks on hand may become largely reduced by consumption, and the market better prepared for the spring supplies. There is very little doubt but that the pring importation will be exceedingly large, particularly in the event of hostili- ties on the Continent, Our manufacturers have on-hand large stocks of domestic goods, manufactured ef raw material, at high prices, and their object i# to reduce thie suply at as little loss as possible, before going again into full operation. In the oventof distur bances om the Continent, prices for eotton would