The New York Herald Newspaper, December 17, 1850, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. JANES GORDON BENNET®?, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR, @PFICE RN. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND MASSAU STS. DALY NERALD, 2 cent FAR WEEKLY HERALD, euety PaO cents per iis sae G Great Brian, anL Oh to amy part of he Come on re h ~~ Sent both we 4 ude the be ALL LE’ 3 sick Arcalstgtion, tisements, 10 be yo'-vaid, or the postage wit! he moa remices VOLUNTARY CORRESPONDENCE, I ‘ted from any quarter of the FS a a ARTICULARLY REQUDSTED TO SrAL ALL PAcksces een 0 vs. or with adver "be deducted rom “sso wilt be SoUN DENTS Ake LerreRs 45D » commanications, Wedo NO NOTICE taken of anonym “VERT every morning BP with neatness, cheapness and AMUSEMENTS THIS BYENING. apres THEATRS, Sewery—Ricuann ILI.—Fivme FEMME BROAD WAY THEATRE, Broadway—Parn One wrrn THE forces Locas—Le Draute a Qoatae—Lxs Mimsnee, LO'S GARDEN, Broadway—La Fer Cnauretre— meeTian CaksiWac ~Magu im. BURTON'S THRATRE, Chambers street—Witn Oare— 4vcn Dramonny WATIONAL T. BATRE, Chatham fquare— Cunare’s cvenreR—Myeio Wain: TRIPLERSAMALL—Gars Concent. URISYT'S MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Brosdway —Erun®ias MixstReisy, FELLOWS’ OPERA HOU: Mixers KLe. AMBRICAN MUSEUM—Amvaine Pervormances Arrer- noon AND RVERING. NEW YORK AMPHITHBATRE, 57 Bowery—Ravestnian FORMANCKS. WASTINGTON HALL—Panonama ov Prienm's Pao- BR ras. SATTLER’S COSHORAMA, corner of Thirteenth street and Broadw E, 441 Broadway —Eraorian “DOUBLE SHEET New York, Tuesday, December 17, 1850, The Treasury Report. We have not yet received the report of the Sec- retaly of the Treasury, for which we, and thou- sands of others, have been looking so anxiously since the meeting of Congress. It is an extremely interesting document. It was presented to Con- gress yesterday. Owing to some unkaown cause, it bes failed to reach us. interesting Summary of Litelligence. It will be seen, by our despatches from Washing- ton, that yesterday wes a busy day in Congress, end that both houses seem to have determined upon doing some work before the holidays come on. We are pleased to see thisjevidence of industry ; for the fact is, that there is as much business on hand as the “ assembled wisdom” can dispose of between this time and the fourth of March next. With ordinary industry they can get through with al! that is before them, and have some time to epare. We are glad to see that the House have set apart two days for the consideration of two very impor. tant subjects. That body, yesterday, set apart the second Tuesday of January for the discussion, if any be needed, of the New York Branch Miat bill, ednesdey next for the Cheep Postage bill. se two measures are of great importance, and we trust they will be acted upon at the earliest momentpracticable There is no use in saying any- thing favor of either measure, for argument ae ecessary—the people having long ago made up their minds on the actual necessity which exists for both cheap postage and a branch mint in New York. We trust, however, that the mint in San Francisco will not be overlooked. It has heen demonstrated, in the clearest manner, that California must have a mint, in order to pro- tect the gold producers—the men who toil, in sum- mer’s heat and winter's cold, in gathering the pre- cious metal with which the new State abounds. Under the present state of things, they are vic- timived hy engitotio from all quarters of the world. The moneyed Men or engrana wave weir agents there, who purchase the dust at sixteen dollars an ounce, when it is intrinsically worth eighteen, if not more. The difference is pocketed by those who do not labor, and goes to enrich a nation which, in return, sends itinerant abolition eciurers among us, to disturb the peace of the coun Ifa braach mint were established there, the profits thus made would go into the pockets of the miners, most of whom are our citizen: are entitled to all the pretection which ¢ ment can give them. It appears that the President sent in a message to Congrese, yesterday, announcing the fact that Texas had agreed to the proposition to receive ten millions of dollars, and to abide by the bill, passed at the lest session, fixing the boundary between that State and New Mexico. We never had any doubt on the subject. We were perfectly well sa- tisfied that such would be the case. Texas, there- fore, having decided to accept that sum, and to abide by the boundary which the bill granting it establishes, it is to be hoped that the ultras of the South will no longer consider it an invasion of ‘heir rights. The measure related to Texas ex- elusively, and that State atone had the liberty of rejecting or receiving it. Having adopted the latter course, it would be in bad taste for any other State to find fault with her choice. This is good States’ rights doctrine. It is clear, however, that this ac- tion by the State of Texas, isa clincher on the measures of compromise passed at the last session. It was the danger of a collision between the gene- ral government and Texas on this very subject, which tended mostly to seeure the passage of those measures. We doubt if any difficulty was anticipated in reference to the Fugitive Slave bill, because that was nothing but a re-declaration of the provimon in the constitution relative to the surren- der of fugitive slaves According to present appearances, Congress are not yet prepared to act ‘on the distribution of the | potiie lands to the heads of families. This ques- tion, however, must be met, and that, too, before | long We perceive that a motion was made yesterday, | in the House, that the Committee on Naval Affairs | be directed to inquire into the expediency of re- ques Britain to terminate the eighth article of the treaty of 1540, which requires each nation to main- tain a squadron on the coast of Africa, for the sup- pression of the siave trade. [Experience has proved | that it is nonecnse to attempt to suppress that trade gn thie manner. As long as negroes can be pur- | chaeed in Africa for forty dollars a head, and sold | in Brazil or Cuba for four hundred, all the navies | in the world cannot puts stop to the trade. Let philanthropists expend their money in making ne- | gro labor profitable in Africa, whete there is abun- | dant opportunity to do 80, and the slave trade will | of itself, run; and although a slave ship may be occasionally Capt the trade will be pursued as long as there is such a profit; with this difference only, that its horrors are increased In the Senate, yesterday, Mr. Benton introduced a bill providing for the location and construction of a railroad and common highway from St. Louis to San Francieco. He advocated the measure ia a long speech. Aver receiving the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, and ordering it to be corase printed, the Senate adjourned. More business would in all probability have been transacted, but for the sppearance of Jenny Liad in the gallery As soon a fhe mole her appearanee, there was an end to business, to great extent Cor news from h Care ominous character a tore of that State has; ta bill recommend. ing a State Convention in | et next, and ap. propriating three hundred thousand dollars for mili- tary putposes. We should like to se the Logis lature appropriating an equal amount for the ea- conregement of cotton manufactures in thY te. ‘They have ebundance of the raw materi” . rll nvfacture niger tina is of rather an hat the Legisla- | ing the President to give notice to Great! , } Until then, the blockade will be | to the North, or to Europe, to be woven into goods for Southern use. fitable as expending it in preparations for a war- fare against their neighbors, who could not be kicked into a fight with them. ‘We regret to say that a steamboat explosion, ac- companied by a deplorable loss of life, recently oc- curred on the Mississippi. The melancholy de- tails will be found usder our telegraphic head. Ciry Taxation—Necessiry ov Rerorm —By the returns made under the new census, and pub- ished by us on Thursday last, we find that the population of the city has doubled within the pe- riod of sixteen years. There are only three cities in the world of greater population, as we number about five hundred and eighteen thousand souls. By an addition of the population of Brooklyn and Williamsburgh—one hundred and thirty thousand —we should have only thrae cities in the world larger than our own, namely, London, Paris and Pekin. With this large population, we are interested to know how our statistics of expenditures, receipts, and taxes, compare with those of cities of equal size in Europe, particularly as the publie are made to feel, much more severely than becomes the peo- ple of a free republican city, the amount of levies made on them for the support of their local, muni- cipal government. As nearly as. can be ascertain- ed, the taxation of the city amounts to a shaving off, on the city’s account, of one dollar and an eighth of every handred dollars of property. This extraor- dinary clipping furnishes, when rolled inte a mass, a batch of four millions of dollars or more, which are paid out by the city fathers with a luxurious lavishness and looseness of expenditure that ought tobe made apparent in great public rather than private results. Many persons are seriously alarmed, of course, at the rapidity with which the expenses of the city government increase, while publ’c benefits do not arise proportionably with the expenditure. It is becoming common for citizens to make attempts to escape from the onus thus im- posed upon them; and consequently we fiad many an exile in the neighboring cities of Brooklyn and Wuliamsburgh, and taking their night’s rest on the | shores of Jersey. Suches do not desert the city, | of couree are anxious to know how to meet the | difficulties which all perceive, and many sugges- | tions are made with a view to check the evil, and toreduce: the emount of taxation imposed upon them. Among other suggestions, it has been proposed, by the next spring elections, to organize @ tax-pay- | ing league, holding themselves independent of all party questions, and directing all their energies to the object of municipal reform. It is believed that such an organization would enter the field with a powerful array, and their triumph would lead to a revision of the city charter. Many persons are dis- posed toput the city under the township system, which is found to operate favorably for the people | at large. Each ward, by such an arrangement, would be erected intoa boay corporate, with equal, or superior powers, to other townships inthe State. Should such a plan come into operation, the legis- lation of the ward would be brevght directly and | | | | | | | | plainly under the inspection of tue electors, closer scrutiny of the acts of public men would be | anda | the consequence. This would be, unquestionably, | very beneficial to all classes, except thos? hungry politicians and drummers of the Corporarion, who | are so active in election times. It is contended that our city elections would thus be purified, and | that the ballot box would be a@ better index than it | now is, of the wishes of tax-paying citizens. As ' matters are now conducted, and as the City Hallis now & great warehouse for contracts and jobbing of the most miscellaneous description, by which individuals grow wealthy at the expense of the people at large, it will not be surprising if some bold experiment, such as this league suggests, should be attempted. As over four millions of dollars will be required to carry on the city government next year, and as Seer ee nr-ean’ wees Seowean aaah pees yee We shall not be astonished at finding more than usual activity and investigation with respect to the pub- lic expenditure. Indeed, it has already been pro- posed by many tax-payers to form assemblies, and by stated meetings in each ward, todo the work necessary to secure a substantial reform, and to | insure an economical administration of the city ex- penditure. By keeping aloof from party politics, there would be no pipers, or pipe-layers, to be paid—end great good might accrue froma public surveillance of the acts of the Commoa Council. That something will be done, and that, too, with effect, seems more than probable, because the evils conceraing which men complain, are increasing so | fearfully as to make it absolutely necessary that | some action should promise better things for the | future. Enxoxten Paiva: ory AND AMERICAN SLAVERY. —It would seem that England, not content with sending one of her itinerant abolition lecturers to | the United States, to excite ill feeling and discord | between the Northern and Southern sections of | this country, wishes to go farther, and to form an allience, if she can, with the Northern abolitionists and destructives—the Gerrit Smiths and Lloyd Garrisons, and other crack-brained and shallow- | pated reformers and humanitarians. The compro- | mise measures adopted during the last session of | Congrese, gave the fanatios, both here and there, a | | severe blow, from which they will not recover for j some time. They are determined, however, to | | keep agitation alive, not for the purpose of helping the slave, however, for their own experience in | the West Indies shows conclusively the evils that | would flow from the emancipation of the colored | race im ovr Southern States. Their object is to distract and divide the country—to make one sec- tion hostile to the other—to produce a diasolation | of the Union, and the formation of two republics where there is now but one-—knowing full well that these United States, if they remaia bound together tis they now are, in one federation and with one government, will be the means of ulti- mately revolutionizing the whole of the old world, | and of razing to the ground the iniquitous system of government which prevails in England. Ata recent meeting of the Britieh and Foreign | Anti-Slavery Society, the following resolution was | nanimously parsed :— | Resolved. that this committee have witnessed with | protound regret, the acte of the United States Co | | during ite last seerion, in relation to slavery, ad 4 it to be their duty to record their conde spirit in which they were conceived, the principles which they ore bared, and the onjects t were io | tended to sccomplish. That this committee more par: | ticularly reprobate ond denounce the act for the re | eapture of fugitive slaves, as an outrage upon the dearest rights ct bamenity. and a daring riclation of the jaws of God. That this committer seerly. th with the colored population of the United their present mort trying and natal cireu: | ‘This ie a most unmitigated piece of impudence | | and impertinenee, and we have no dowbt it will be | denounced as euch by all who read it. If England | were, as the fulsely pretends she is, a country of | liberty—if che had abolished her domestic slavery, | by which millions of her people have been brought | to starvation, ani foreed to accept aid from oar | very Southern slaves, er perish—if nine-tenths of | her subjects were not serfs or tools in the hands of the remaining tenth— there might be come show of consistency in this pretended regerd for the freedom of the negro tace in the United States. Her phi- | | lanthropists, however, oan see the moat in their neighbor's eye, while they can’t discover the beam in their own. Itit consoling to know that their | | motives are known and duly appreciated; and the ' day, we hope, is past when even the harmony be- tween the North and South can be disturbed, by | either English philanthropis’s or American fanatica. ) Rev. Benjamin Wefferd, for neariy bait a century a minister of the Methodist Epteeopal Church, died at ge 4 BL on the 24 inet. Me left the part of hin one toward the « college at Spertanborg to be nmder the foul carcling tof & of the conicrence ofthe setbodlee¢ | both Houses; the members of which will then | Tas Corony or Limerta anv tts Prosrects.— colony of free negroes from the United States, is progressing at arate truly astonishing, and that, before many years, it promises to be a strong and powerful republic, The experiment of sefi govern ment has been completely successful ; the educa- | tional interests of the inhabitants are duly cared for; civilization is making great headway among the aborigines, and, by means of Liberia, there is a | very flattering prospect of the slave trade on the coast of Africa being entirely destroyed. Governor Roberts, a very intelligent colored man, of mixed blood, goes even so far as to say that Liberia is destined to jrival the United States, and that both | republics, by a unity of action, can civilize and | christianize the world, and especially benighted Africa. We are pleased to hear such good ac- counts fiom Liberia, and we shall always be pleased to hear of its success, and of the progre: and welfare of ite inhabitants. Founded, as it has been, by American philanthropists, and peopled by our emancipated slaves, the United States will ever watch its progress with interest, and aid and asaist it as far es it possibly can. It is a curious fact that our domestic abolitionists have always opposed the colonization principle, and denounced, in their usual violent manner, all connection with the scheme. They did so from the first, and they do so still, notwithstanding the triumphant success which “has attended it. This, however, is easily explained. Every negro who embarks for Liberia abstracts from their capital, and reduces their adherents one less. While these sticklers for negro liberty, and unre- strained freedom to the whole world and the rest of mankind, will not associate with a colored man, they are opposed to this most humane end most philanthropic method of con- ferring liberty, in the real senee of the term, on the emancipated blacks of the Southera States. They will allow the negro whom they helped to steal, to clean their boots or to drive their carriages; but they will not allow them to aspire any higher. | Lineria will, however, prosper, in spite of them. It has proepered and increased without their aid, and it will continue to do so. Ithas been said, and with a good deal of reason, that the institution of slavery in the United States will, in all probability, yet be the means of civilizing and christianizing Africa. The prospect is certainly very flattering forsuch a consummation. As itis, the emancipated negroes of Liberia have made a deep impression on the aborigines in their vicinity, and are daily add- ing to their population, resources, and strength, from the surrounding tribes. If that colony shoald increase, for twenty or fifty years to come, as it has increased from the time of its foundation, it will exercise as great a control and influence in Africa as this republic does in America. It will expand its territorial limits, and by degrees take under its protecticn tribes who are wild and untutored, and the civilization of whom could never be accom- plished by the white race, in consequence of cli- mate and other obstacles. The negro of the United States is at home there, and has ample scope for the exercise of his ambition. If Africa should, in course of time, be regenerated through the means of our emancipated negroes, who will say that slavery in the United States was not de- signed for a good purpose? From the progress of Liberia to this time, such really: seems to be the prospect. That colony hes already done as much to put a stop to the slave trade, as the combiced fleets of England and the United States. it has broken up one or two trading establishments, which were in existence for a long time, and from which, notwithstanding all the vigilance of our navy oflicers and those of England, a great many slaves were shipped every year to Cuba, Brazil, and other countries. If it has done so much already, what will the colony do ina few years hence, when it becomes a strong and powerful country, as it pro- mises to do? Now, if ovr Northern abolitionists have such » ondietbume--ye Pinpayppinctiantewennsnnss Oi. -—lhnd well for them to expend a little of it for furthering and promotiog the interests of the colony on the coast of Africa, instead of wasting it in useless ex- ertions to abolish the institution of slavery in the United States, and waging an unjust and unholy warfare ageinst the South and the constitution ? If they,are sincere—which we very much doubt— they could have abundance of room for the ex- erciee of their philanthropy in that colony, and do more for the real and permanent welfare of the negro, than they [ean ever hope to accomplieh by their present system of tactice. Wnuotssate Ronugry.—The New York Tribune ‘The Fine Arts, It might haps, prove aa By every arrival from learn that that | Thedistribution of the American Art Union prizes it might, per pro} pro- | By every a Liberia, we mich arune aus at pler Hall, will be an interesting event. The list of productions comprises many admirable werks ; but: as we have already reviewed every pieture in the gal- lery, it ie not necessary’ to point out more fully the merits of the various works, Though there have been some complaints with reapect to the occasional acts of persone who have been connected with the Art Union, yet we have no reliable information that can impugn the general management of the institution. It appears to have given satisfaction to cur artists, who un- questionably have been much benefitted by its estab- sbment. The number and quality of the paintings, the activity cf the competition, and the interest taken in the whole affair, are the best proofs that the com- plaints occasionally heard proceed rather from cark- ing and carping discontent, than from any very well grounded reasons for their fault finding. At least, we ‘are not disposed to deprive the republic of art of the manifest advantages derived from the American Art Union, till the ideal reforms of the dissatisfied have taken a practical shape, so asto be of real utility to artiste. Doubtless, there can be improvements in the management of the institution, and we may naturally anticipate that the time will come when the best judges of painting will be actively engaged in the in- stitution. However, the great end and aim of the institution seems to be accomplished by the annual distri- bution, and the daily exhibitions which precede it. The London Axt Union, and the unions on the continent of Europe, have furnished valuable hints for the government of the enterprise, and we have seen nothing that does not supply a source of ulation to those interested in the arts. Per he most substantial proof of the real merit of the institution, is its popularity. Each year seems to add additional evidence of the public interest, as may be perceived by the anxiety to obtain a chance fora fine picture. Thousands are willing to contribute an an- nual sum of five dollarseach for the general good of artists, irrespective of the expectation of obtaining prize; but{when the incentive to making such a con, tribution is the hope of a fine painting, worth a large sum of money, itis not surprising that there should be found twenty or thirty thousand persons hazarding a trifle. The investment is an honest, rational, and, we think, a charitable one. It is as legitimate as any speculation in which money is hazarded for the con- tingencles of succers, This, at least, seems the general opinion; for as the hour for distribution approaches, we find thousands hurrying to enter their names inthe exciting contest. Another pleasing topic connected with painting. is the increasing taste in the metropolis for frescoes, In the ancient republics of Venice, Genoa, Florence, and Lucca, the shops were often beautifully decorated, ‘This taste seems to be growing inNew York. Not only 4p the principal, but in retired streets, we have seen several shops beautifully painted, and several Italian artists smong us, bave already gained great credit in this branch of art. Tripler Hall is an extensive speci- men, and reveral churches and theatres supply other instances of a happy introduction of the classic Bo- lognere school of the art. Without doubt, our public buildings will ually have their bald white walle supplanted by frescoes, commemorative of events which cannot be made too familiar to our countrymen. Our metropolis has recelviog, during the last three months, quite an augmentation of its list of native and foreign painters. Among these, the mest femous is the celebrated Fagnani, of Naples. Ie has made himeelf eminent as the painter of the Queen of Spain, and as the portraitist of Louis Philippe, and many crowned heads in Europe. His portrait of the lady of an ex-minister to the Court of St. James, has created avery highly favorable impression of his style, ‘that will facilitate his career in this country. On the whole, the general activity in the studios of our painters and statuists, to say nothing of that tin the higher and sunnier regions ef the dagaerreists, thows that music hes not the monopoly of public taste, The sister arte seem to go hand in hand, and the winter promises to be profitable to every one who has the industry to accomplish, and the force to make bis merits known, (ity Intelligence. Tue Exnumarion or tHe Deap—Tar Bxamivation Brrone tHe Gran Juny.—Yesterday, at 2 o'clock, the examivation of witnerses before the Grand say, in the, cara of \ba exbomatlon of the dood oan othe examined—J ° present when the body of the ier een? aes ook raised. end Mr. Webb and Matthew Gilmore, of Ran- deli's Island, the former being in charge of Potier’s the latter his assistant. The following were dance. having been served with subponas:— Doctor Cox, Mr. Rodewald, Commissioner; Captain McArdle, Cimmissioner; John D. Kerley, one of the pone alleged to concerned in ‘the first ex- Ward's Ts ho is still acting as a student at oe eee Owens, watchman from ¥ subper xton, a very it witness, who has deen sent away somewhere; but it is whether “4 be _— 1c Ibis tise Heated thet warden island, bee that be has not made his ~ ~ of yesterday, steals from the Swaday Herald the entire of our report of the meeting in favor of cheap postage, held on Saturday last, at the Mer- chonts’ Exchange, extending to a column and a helf, and inserts it word for word as its own, with the exception of the introductory paragraph con- sisting of six lines,in which a slight change is made, in order to deceive the reader. With this exception the report was transferred wholesale, without ecknowledgement, including the typogra- phical errors. The conduct of the Tribune re- minds us of the story of the Chinese tailor. A man came to him, one day, and said he wanted a coat made exactly like the one he wore. The coat hap pened to have a few patches on it, which the Chi, nese strictly copied after the pattern, inserting patches on the new garjment in every spot where they appeared on the old. When the man who gave the order called for the coat, he was astonish- ed; but the Chinese said he had made it exactly like the pattern. You blockhead, replied the other, I did not want you to copy the patches. When the Tribune makes copies of our reports, in fature, we beg the editor will omit “‘ the patches.” Movements of Distinguished People. beak Ls Greer, laaoonn Sesosek Gorges Braer, Pitts- : W. T. Gow om, Princeton; J. Gi, have arrived at tbe aster House. | VPS Albany, Mr Coles ond family, Glen Cove, Long Island; Mr. Oarr, Bandwich Islands; Mr, Seeton, England; J.P. hie Rhode Island, are among the arrivalsat the D Union Place Liotel. A. #®. Long, ee 8. C. Clapp, Boston; W. Michell, Washington; Dr. Smith, © & N.; Hon. J. J Willems. Washington; Gen. have arrived at the America’ EB. Smith, Missourl; J. Oeker, U8. A; J. Van Rense- incr, Albany, J. Van Dee, Lewiston yesterday, at the Irving House. table ot the weather, Moxpay. Deo. 16.—The followis to day, we mre pr rmit telegraphic com: Cloudy, mild. rate Haw - Not ro cold ; suow. Providence Ther. geeeee 82 deg. Loston—Cloudy, rather warm, looks like rain | Court Calendar—This Da: Scrnexe Covat—Gaenenat Tent —Noe, 7, 2, 30, 82, 33, y: 1d, 24, 25, 26, Usiran Stares Duerntot Court.—Nos. 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 28, 29. mon Piras.— Non. 747. 750, 788, 790, 791, 702, 793, 796, 796, 707, 708. 800, 802, 765, 763. Tre Paosrects in Conorsss.—The National | Inteliigencer of yesterday says:—With the com- mencement ef the preseat week it may be expected that the two houses will eet eerionsly to work. The Annvol Report of the Secretary of the Trea- sury—a document always looked for with interest, but it seems to us with more than veual at this session—wiil probably be transmitted this day to have before them all the tions of a general | nature from the Exec Department of the goverament whieh to be caleu- lated upon at the eent term of Congress. | Itis acubject upon which, surely, we have aright | to felicitate our readers, that the apprehensians of the patriotic classes of our fellow citizens that the present session of Congress would be spent in the same unheppy conflicts as was by far the gmwater part of the late long seasion, are as yet not reakzed, | and, we trust, not likely to be. A firetra: was, indeed, cast into the House of Representa- tives, early in the last week, apparently with the hope of kindling a flame in that House, and revivi the topic of last year’s diseord; but it found in ti bedy no element to feed upon—excited there no sensation but disgust—and was most summarily deposed of. We do not believe there rrr nized purpose, in ony rat of the House or of the ate, to re-enact the scenes of the last session; and we indulge a the present session: promote. the public welfare, and Found fo the honor of the Union. “ yesterday mornin, ft the © mise ot the Commis- sioners of Emigration, when the general agent, Dr. Griscom, said Mr. Webb, of Randall's Island, was chiefly to blame in the matter, and Mr. Tillon paid it would not do to shift the responsibility from the Gom- missioners of Emigration to the shoulders of the Alms House Commissioners; and that in the event ot the Grand Jury not Indteting the guilty parties, he would '@ care to bring the whole case - pn is re @ poilee ma. Ban Case or 4 Poon Eationaxt.—Yesterday a gen- tleman of our acquatntane a emigrant wo- . it she had arrived but this country, and that had lett « thing ats police station house for secu. i Obtained lodgings there for one ni ‘and that the was unable to find th arching for it for the ted that she it tion house. w. ed that there was odgin, clothes to pledge them, istence for a few day husband, who w The poor er with ber, a he was actually in @ half starving condition, Her case is only one of thousands. She applied to the Com. missioners of Emigration—how little attention they paid to her conse is pretty evide: If they are ope for anything, surely it is their duty to look after poor females of this description, and to forward them to their husbands, if they have not the means of paying the expenses themselves. There are, or at least @ very short time ago there were, hundreds of ey. loafers on Ward's Isiand, whose piace weuld be better occupied by such a woman as Mary Gill, tha the name of the emigrant to whose case \e ‘Wore not for the Kindness ot Cranity—Trr Scrrenso Pasvevorns or ran Mrurwa Soman ~The foreign and American artist, residing in New York. touched by the calamitous distress of the two hundred ite whore aggravated disasters are well kno: ve combined im the torma- tion of a lottery, by the grataitous contribution of each a picture. i-this peculiar and noble aay | will be responded to by every one to whose notice it yresented, there ‘be little doubt. The newspapers ford ali the detaile of th: sufferings to be Felleved, Prerent notice is simply intended to remind public of the charity, and to receive the names of ibecribers for tickets. Tickete are for sale at the joe of the Herald; at Goupil and Vibert’s Broadway ; *t the American Art Uunion ; and at Dusseldorf Aca- Broadway. Aiso, at the studio of Messrs. Heine. ‘& Mailer, 516 Broadway, where th: m. seen by thore the names of the artists who tions Kw ter. it, Durand, Madame er, Muller, Hicks and many oth Heine, Kummer and Muller. committee, Exocy ries. —We are glad to tee that the seminaries of thie city are formerly, tothe st Ch ry, gave ® complim y t to their teacher in clo- cution, Profersor Hows, on Friday evening 13th inet, when he read Bhakspeare’s play of “Much Ado abont Nothing” to s large ond brilliant audience, The Protessor's style is preating and effective. Porrny axp Corton.—We see that ©. Rawards Lester, Feq. lectures this (Tuesday) evening, at rookiyn Female Academy. His subject, mer nnd the Worker, or Poet: 4 Cotton,” , prove & rare treat, undiog with rich t Dre doubtiers veins cf satire and merriment, ne Basquet—Ortesnation OF Faaweury’s ti Pres Tarn brat ty pest made us fay the cration on the cecasion Chivf J netioe Ramonds— a gentleman whore bearing ond abjlityemimently qualify him to diccharge the duty vo the ¢atletaction of the public, and to his owneredit, Srtrce any Riot or ray Fark See at 4 Cane the females working ot ot Forty. third street, North river, er wages Yesterday moraing, there ass serious ay. The women who went to work he wid termes were ateailed by those who strask, and a battle took place, in which the evmbatants fought like game cooks The poli¢e were seat for, and were bancled rather roughly, one of them Being «trae de the back Cf the head with @ brfekbat, and eoricasly Fine iw Dotcn Strent,—Yeaterday juarter three o'clock, @ fire out utch street, near Fulton, occupied by John a birewit and cracker bake the upper part, and ap} eoretly to a considera! firemen was called in Fro street, and the difficulty of getting at the ——- neighbors felt considerably alarmed, and it was the whole block would be conrumed men, however. worked nobly. and succeeded in confia- ing the fire to the building in whjph it originated. The bakery, however, was total Ny, destroyed, cent buildings, which were in nideral ward, Leonard, of the Seeon jopkit of the Third, and Ditchett, of the Fourth. were in at Hee. The damage was but trifling. been set on fire by come of the pat Drath ny Bunys.—Coroner Geer held an inquest esterday, at 32 Ridge street, on the body of Ellen Moardle. aged thirty years, born in Ireland who came to her death by injuries received by extensive burns, eaused by the setting fire to her clothing. On Satur- i ms, her husband was quarreiling with her, an by the name ot Sarah Parks hi a heavy fall in the room by deceased, and heard her cry out, “Iam d Shortly after, she on fire, Assistance was procured, and the flames ex- tinguished. She then asked for water, which was all she said. She did not say how her clothes came cn fire, She lingered im great agony until Sanday morn- ing, and then expired, The jury rendered the follow- ing verdict:—That deceased ‘caine to her death by ex- tensive burns, received from her clothes catoling the cause of which ia to the jury unknown. Snavine tH: Law—A Gusvowpen Manvractory iv New Yorx.—It appears that the owners of a large gunpowder manulactery in Westchester county, have recently purchased sonie lots of ground on Sixty- filth Tenth avenue, cad that they are proceeding to erect © building for the storage of gunpowder. The present law, probibiting the storage of gunpowder in the city. except in certain small quantities, is only poe south of Sixty-second street, from river to ver. Tix Acro Max Onvenen netwees Two Braces.— reported, yesterday, as being crushed between two stages, will lose one of his eyes, besid wing his ribs broken, and bis clothes torn off, Why are not the omnibus drivers punished. company, lately organized, and commanded by Capt. Andrew Lester. passed the Herald office. It is called the Byer Guard, after Tom Hyer, and numbered 100 men, as fine a set of fel"nws as could be found in the city’ They attracted much attention wherever they marched. They were accompanied by Sheltoa’s Brass Band and seventy-five invited guests, in the tromt rank of whom were Mr. Tom Hyer, Mr. Matthew Goodison, Mr. Otignon, and others, ss athletic men as aro to bs found in the United States. There was a very beauti- ful banner, and a magnificent target, perforated all . The whole ano, Capt. Joho H, Burns, proceod- t exoursion to Van Nostrand’ they partook of a splendi at Mount dinner. The pri wivate Devereux; mond pin, by Jacob Exxcriow vor Aswsraxt Exciseen or tur Fine De- raxrwent.—An election bis taken place, at Fireman's Hall, of an Astistant Engineor for the Larlem Dis- was elected, Suir, Dec. 16, 1850, Henry P. McGowan, The fori 12 Pe Mn. Eniror + Sir—In reading Sour peper of Saturday last, I was much surprised to read such an account of # case brought before Justice Orborn, as you was pleased to put before the public. With it you are pleased to call my houre a mort infam deny, and I de: ‘characters; which I most positively any men fn the State cf New York to come forward and pro’ t isthere stated. The facts of the case are these:—The Francis MeCue, came to my house and began playing cards with different #, until a lute heur, and on being asked for payment ke mes ache 0 offer: went the fore ot made a charge of robbery; he stated in was a and had been the evening that poor man, six month: in the ital; that he was a plasterer from Cincinnati. are witnesses to prove this; but if a man’s word is to be believed, who snows. I can only there is ‘There is no one k came trom, only bi: trary of my statement, Yours respectfully, PETER MITOUEL. Sac dike 7 rn Intelligence. ¢ Stabbing Case in Spruce Street.—J the man stabbed by Patriok Kateu, <s oeet last, in a porter house in Spruce atreet, lies in Mos- and stealing therefrom ing rogaes were all commit- voriour articles. The you ted by Justice Mountfort, to prison, for trial. Stealing Two Trunks —An old suspicious character, called Charles Neal, was detected, on Sunday , eteall two trunks, containing f1-thing valued at cree twenty dellars, the property of Mise Rate Horn, the actress, Teeiding at No.7 Waiker street. The property was re. covered, and the rogue committed to prison for trial. mon work is printed OU press wn) which have a. work is mani Db, full git, cates 7 morgeed, gilt, $35. ze published, thees Who wish mail (with the money eneloved,! amd it rt Sravr it stones ty ill be vent safely, b: any Forme invariably ‘eas Wall the rine’ al bouk- y wRADY, 1ONO! rr sand Proprietors, 2%) Broadw: Dr, Hutehings’ D, Bitters is a at lewand for this ‘ani Ie enmeient proct et ite virtve. advice ail dyes id ties te Wea trial, Beld fi as & x i jor Atty conte per bottle, at The « Alpine” Gaiter Boots.—A ru. ole for the ‘inate Bilera: thy ne ir Sr, eannot fail to be Bowery, isthe m (Soir fend bul raion berm uy By ey 7 Hatr Restorative Is Warranted loree hair to stow, prevent ite falling of 4 turning gray 1 ‘matting sulk wiey_ hate, pot ritey tnt ial bottics 25 conte eaah. raud’s Edaeid Hair ange red or atay hair to beautiful biaek or brows: jinutes, Found iy at6y We! street, Srst store way} Daves & Jordan, 129 Waauington street, CAL be *, vitiem street; Astor war. The fire- | The richest saerimans oF ed . Silvey, of the First | [E300 wig tendance, and | how ¢ificult, alarm. andthe fire was soon extinguished by the po- | color or form of t! saw the deceased out on the stairs, with her clothing | mens, furniture instruments & SHEPE ize, | Sbove Third. Philsdatni over, There were twenty-five prizes contended for and | 4 ty | due on Sunday, with one week later intelligence. We Reed; fourth, and the fitth, a | o wp ae ion, We understa: Tha fast evening, he was insensible and unable pens Alba: ohn MoUabe was taken | Ameunt of stock subsoribad. was | Amount paidin, as by last re} See ee Ropes Total mount now pala ed i Total amount of funded de! Byracuse and Utice Rellroad Company, ending Sept, 90. 1850, were as annexed — of dre ane ubber, nd Gold Chains, &e., Gold Chai New York, are at J. ¥- 92 Falton : ETS a ae 9 iehriced for great Lupability, are sold exclusively 4 92 Fulton streste Toupecs.--Persons wisht a or Toupee should eall at io. 4 Wold 96 ‘They will ‘Wigs and Mpcrior, W he perfeetly un rendered all the assistance in their power; particularly | his businces, Capt. Leonard aud the men of the Second ward, and give hima call. Avotuen Fu mie worl bic Many A morn- Paovete Monee ane: Wal orn) ri learn . covered ai residence Scorrect manzor, go to Mr. Searing 0 oon etreet; hin pao No. 16 &t. “wark’s — occasioned by rey ae hes poe Kayo BE ge and eee whe ex heater. or furnace, used for beat the house. setting many : fire to some wood work near it. Thoservante gave the | %7%;,"ill find lt necessary to tats, 0 fo teasome, The dance ‘Watts’ Nervous Antidote =I stil Fine ox Ranpati’s Isuaxp.—At seven o’clook, on dy nothing but an Antido ainst affections ef Sunday evening, te h Rav eee aictanae HY sarenlsupecheuel yh Gaptas Orthonral | Sein Se See ast fed a Se a * . the Twelfth ward, reports: It supposed to have Wittes ; ay) B cure. 7 B Lame in ‘he eit b the the eit sabi hse ae ema r ingsmade ‘om original designs, and great 4 ia the fini ane. 28. fitting te the head, will be to ‘any hitherto made Combe made to order. Re pairing done, A.& J. S407 DPRS, 387 Brondway. To Paguerreotypers —for sale an old es tablished Gallery, with a jarce sky tig’, imoluding #oeci= Sited up, venta Iceation on Broadway. Price $1.6 ‘droves Mr. PLUMBE, No.2 Aster House, where un interview may be had every ing this week. Forty Thousand Coats, Pantatoons and Waistcoats, of tho Intent fal! style, from $2 0 to $10, aw ERD'S Clothing Store, Cheam’ ntroet, second dook is MONKY MARKET. Mownay, Dec, 16—6 P. M. The stock market opened heavy, this morning, and” street. about 250 or 300 feet onthe woaterly side of | all the leading fancies fell off a fraction. Atthe first board, Farmers’ Loan declined 3% per cent; Harlem, 3; Stonington, 3{; Norwich and Worcester, ¥; Erie Railroad, 1; Reading Railroad, %; Canton Company, 3. There was not so much activity among operators, and there were numerous indications of # further fall. It is ascertained that Mr Furman, whose case was | Most of the business transacted to day wae for cash.. A decline of five per cent, during the next thirty days: would be the best thing that could happen. It would give a wider margin for the spring tise, aud give Tue Hven Gvanp.—Yesterday, a grand military | ® steater epread to speculation. Operators ate anxioudy waiting the arrival of the next steamer from Liverpool, as her news will be highly important’ and, perhaps, enable us to form a pretty correct opinion relative to the result of the political move- ments going on in Europe. There are sellers of stocks who are, no doubt. under the impression that @ general war in Europe is inevitable, and wish to place themselves in a safe position, A few daye will termine the juestion at isrue. The Africa will be are upon the eve of a very great change im the stock market, Within the next ninety deys, there will be anadyance of ten, fifteen, and twenty per cent, or first, a silver goblet. won by | there will be as great a depreciction. ‘The receipts at the office of the Assistant Treasurer this port, to-day. amounted to $40,141 24; pay- ments, $158,608 25—balance. $5 410,955 52. There has been an active demand for foreign ex ebange. for remittance by the packet on Wednesday. trict. There were two candidates John Gillilan aad | Drawers are firm, at our quotations, and the steamer will take out a large amount of specie, We quoté on London, 1054 9 103§ per cent premium; Paris, § £1246 a5f. 10; Hamburg, 36%; 36)¢; Amsterdam, 41% « 4134; Bremen, 70% a 80. In accordance with the provisions of an act of the Legislature; the several railroad companies of thie , and to assert it to be the resort of | State have made their reports to the State Engineer and Surveyor General. up to the 30th of September, 1860, We annex the report of the Hudson Ki rer Raile an calling himself | road Company -— Tivoson Riven Rarnoany ‘The business of the road for the aime months September 30, was as follows: — Miles run by ‘traing, 158.431 ; pam. 26,080 ; number gers carried, 600.180; treight carried, 5,746 tens. Expense of maintaining road......., « repairs of machiver: * Operating the road. . Iwing robied, an Mitchel, which he’ ala efter Dodd had goae to bed | neoei Total earni 267,660 eome time, which Mr. Dupioe! lish gentleman, | "*etipts from passengers $242,572 88 staying at my house, to, i ht. . 17,845 Justice. challenge any one te prove other sources, . 4 3 length of double track, 33; Tbe per yard. Th f csi tas inp dn gaceeeeome portion ny, is under contrast. Gapital tock, as by charter. in ot capt Ze cont. and masonry... . 121 259 73 cture including iron... 1.936 445 62 engines carhouse,&e, 349804 9 dauinges. 2241 to ow 98 4 commedations provided. in view of the increased busi- ness of the road. A watchmen is stationed at every curve and croes rend, whose duty it is to be at bis Post whenever a train passes or is due, and to make the Prescribed signals to the engi eer, indicating the state ot ithe track, Rach watohman <‘osely inepects his pertion of the track before the ptosage of #abh train, ond in case of danger gives warning to the train im time to prevent injury, The receipts, ¢: ditures, and operations of the Albany and Schenectady Railroad Company, for the year endlag Sept, 90th, 1860. were as annexed — A ann Bcrienne Earnings Total earnings. . Expense sapaia et mali ‘4 ire of machinery, ba operating the road. . $lIt 412 90 33 808 67 unt of funded and fivating’ debt... 700,000 im of ‘aterest on fund: Length of read neo:iy 17 miles; double track @ miles weight of pel, 60 Jbe. per yard. The company own & engine ¥Ouses and shops, 7 engines, 36 first clase pas. care, 93 second class do. 45 mail and baggage, ight oars, Miles run by the Passenger trains do. frelght, 32,248; freight carried 68,012 tone; number of passengers carried over road 284 The receipts, expenditures and operations of the for the year #. from other sources, ‘Thal cornings. « vans re Kxpepe of maintaiot Who danced with Jenny Lavd!—Ladtes, 1¢ Tp. tepales Of machinery. arene ie ¥ oot, Quilted Bae oe, Tees. Bn. A ‘ m Line he. tor peomensiecit yon wish White Linen Galvers, . “perating the road &e, 87,860 46 200.798 14, h spiand Boden tor stormy wont hee In Lact, Not earnings he vimy w nh in fact, ee, ils Payments for interest, oe Live, for Indies, tairtes and ‘do. for Givieees 8, LM Camel obepet Onpite stock ae by charter. . || Amouit subsoribed, and said 1 Hatr DyemBateheiors Genuine Liquid Fungd debi as by leu report Bair yg, can owly be recered an the manufactory, & Tetdamount now of “a fone tee hogld gaat seninet ‘micas ones No thating debt, oy yo i bounty 4 Poo VSier ica she ers cr The furcscva deca an have Af eet cost of road and equipment. 2.400,089 9% eccreeted by calling a hore, Copy the addrme, Mnath ofread 6° miios. Welght of rail én moith ‘