The New York Herald Newspaper, March 3, 1851, Page 4

‘@rrice N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STB. THE DAILY HERALD, 3 cents per copy—8T per ‘ennem KLY HERALD, Saturday BS bi Sn or @S'per. annua: the Eurepean’ Haition According to the appearance of things in Wash- ington, the two old parties into which the country has been always div:ded, but whose distinctive marks and eharacteristies were temporarily lost sight of during the recent agitation on the slavery question, are assuming their ancient positions, and endeavering to make capital for the Presidential } ys “he Cantanety both te cla np ST A “ms | election in 1862. ‘They are now falling back upon of itsements a Batra Orr the poteaeait cic. | such of the old qromions 6 wa vem — ord "3 fed. Morné between them, as quickly as they can, for the pur- 2198 PRINTING easeused wih necinetes cheapness, | pose of giving re and shape to the next Presi- pend vend dential struggle, and having something of a tangible Worume XV1...............++.Numaber 61, | platform on which to conduct it. They are com- = pelled to adopt this course, otherwise the next can- AMUSEMENTS THIS BVENING. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Macnsrx—Couxor oF Basons vase would be devoid of interest, and might result in a fusion in which the leading mea of both the*controlling spirits--the Clays, Casses, Websters, and others—would be lost or forgotten. But for the passage of the compromise measures of the last session, the Union movement which was set on foot some tie since, might have resulted in the formation of a great party composed of whig and democratic elements ; but the reaction which ‘ook place in public opinion as soon as those mea- sures were adopted, rendered a Union party unne- NISLO’S GARDEN, Broadway—Gusetce—Lus Vieitins Quouns. BROUGHAM'S LYCEUM, Broadway—Tnx Fast Mas — ‘Wourn's Pain -Atiow Mx ro Apotscise. Lacenat | THRATRE, Chambers streot—Tsw» anv Counrny —Hyrocmire. NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—Sxaustarss or Wiuw Xonx-Roav ro Ricnes—Iue Canis Davenren, ‘RISTY'S MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broadway RIAN MinsTRELSY. FELLOWS’ OPERA HOUSE, 411 Broadway—Ermoriax Mivsraxisy. AMERICAN HUSEUM—Axvsixe Penvonmances Arrzm- Woon anp Bvexine, NEW YORK AMPHITHEATRE, 37 Bowery—BecusTaiax Pravonmaycus, WASHINGTON HALL—Pasonama or tHe Pironim’s Proeness. SATTLER'S COSMORAMA, corner of Thirteenth street Bn i Broadway. MINERVA ROOMS—Panonana or Inetanv. DOUBLE SHEET. New York, Monday, March 3, 1851, | Approaching Adjournment of Congre The Thirty-firet Congress will cease to exist in thirty-six hours, It will remain io session until | twelve o'clock to-morrow. There is a faint hope | thet the Cheap Postage bill will be passed, but we think it is doubtful; and the probability is that | ether measures, of almost equal importance, will, | The time | likewise, be laid over till next session is so short now, we do not expect that any but the appropriation bills will be paesed. Our Commercial Relations with Cuba. | By the arrival of the steamer Isabel at Charles- | too, we have received our correspondence and files | ef public journals from Havana, to the twenty- | second of last month. The intelligence contained im them will be found in our columns. We regret to learn that Major Uobbie, who went | accordingly exhumed the River and Harbour bill | good beginning, and the object of the members who cessary, for it was seen there would be no disu- nioniets of any great number or consequence to fight against, and that the ammunition would be thrown away in fighting with a shadow. Another reason for abandoning that movement was the fact that the glery of settling the slavery agitation was so equally divided between the leading men of the whig and democratic parties that neither could take more than the other. It was, no doubt, on this account - that Mr. Clay and other prominent statesmen end party leaders in Washington, discountenanced the formation of a Union party. In this condition of things, therefore, the course which it was incumbeat en those who direct the parties to pursue, was to dig away the rubbish which for a year cr more past concealed the old party Jand-marks, to bring them agein to the light of day, and to put them forward as div'ding lines in the contest which will take place in 1852. They have which was vetoed by President Polk, on the ground | that the state of the national treasury would not allow of the expenditure ot such a large sun of | money es the bill proposed—the country then being | engaged in a war with M 0. This was avery | \hat any foreign precedents are necessary to justify Such « usage. That which makes each a course till more reasonable in this country is, that our public mea are not paid one tenth as much as the talents of statesmen command in office in Great Britain ; and, were the ; rinciple not ecognized that the friends of a great man may relieve him from the difficulties in which he uo ay be involved, when @ high public office is offered to hi n, the public trea- sury itself might be in danger from the tempta- tions which its resources afford. In}this view, we think that there is a great conservative propriety in any public man receiving from his friends and ad- mirers the means which will enable him to give his undivided at‘ention to the sacred duties of his pub- jie office. We may well ask, is there not more merit in men‘of wealth bestowing their means fer such an object, than in lavishing thousands of dollars on champagne suppers, seeking foreign mis- sions as a reward fer polit ca’ contributions, or in the absurd attempts at imitating court life in costly residences, splendid equipages, with heraldic besr- ings, and other fripperies and follies of European aristocracy? The Law Courts—The March Term. The business on the verieus calendars of the law courts, forthe present term, is heavy in its amount, and important, in many instanees, as to its nature and ite probable results, On the criminal side ofthe United States Cirouit Court is presented one of the most serious cSses that has eome before our ceurts for some time past, and which involves in ite charge the forfeiture of the lives of three young men. In this case, Edward F. Douglass, James Clements, and Thomas Benson, (9 man of cvlor,) are indicted for the murder of Asa A. Havens, mate of the American bark Glen. If the ex- parte statement bears the semblance of truth, the un- fortunate man lost his life on the high seas, under circumstances which exhibit a species of brutality which, we are happy to say, is of rare occurrence amongst American seamen, and which, for the sake of humanity, we would hope these men may not be guilty of. They are charged separately and collectively with the murder, by shooting the de din the abdomen with a musket, then striking him onthe back of the neck with end finally by stabbing him in the ner, there will be, also, one or two trials for murder—the murder of the old man im Dey street, and another, a homicide of a weman. In this term ,aleo, and in this Court, the long standing indictment against Samuel Drury, for the possession of counterfeit money, may be at last brought to trial. In the Superior Court, two branches for the trial of issues of fact will be held, brought it forward seems to have, in a great mea. | sure been accomplished, viz : to drive parties back to | their old positions, and place therm where they were before the slavery agitation assumed an influence superior to all other questions. Gen. Cass and Mr. | Clay, whe were so lately closeted together, and who eo lately walked arm and arm discussing the best means to pursue to heal the *‘ bleediag wouads | of the country,” and who joined their forces in stifling agitation and in saving the Union, | and we may speedily expec: two exciting trials, namely, that of N. P. Willis against Edwin Forrest, tor assault and battery, and the divorce case at the suit | of Catharine N. Forrest against ber husbani. The calendar of this Court is, as usual, heavy. In thy Common Pleas there will be but one branch open for trials, in consequence of the continued indispositioa of Judge Daly. One Judge only can preside in Court, whilst the other will be oceupied in Chambers, and in hearing special motions. The special term of ths Su- preme Court, which was eppointed to commence on this day, will not be held until the third Monday in out to Havana for the purpose of making some new | have resummed their old positions, and stand opposed | the present term, in consequence of the Judge being and important posal arrangements, has lef: for | Chogres without having efleeted any change in the present regulations. ‘Ihis is to be attributed to the | feet that the Post Office of Cuba is in the hands of | a femily monopoly, who are not liberal enongh to | enter into new arrangements. It is not ualikely, | how+ver, when the views of our goverument have | been communicated to the Spanish cabinet, that We may entertain some reasonable hope of a new | postal treaty. This would be a good begianiag in the way of more liberal commercial arrangements, for the benefit of ali classes in Havana. The | people of the United es willfiad it for their best interests to enlarge, under the improved policy of Spain, not only our commercial r that country, but with ts valuabls possession, Caba. This would be beneficial to both parties; for the annexation of Cuba to the United States is an idea foreign to the geod sense of this community, and | 10 each other on this question. Mr. Clay approves the bill as it was introduced iato the House of Rep- Tegentatives, and with the additions made to it by that body; while, on the other hand, General Cass talls back cn the Balumore platform, and assumes the wellknown democratic ground on the subject. in this he is joined by the Southern and Western democrats. The bill will be taken up again to day, and will be passed, in all probability, unfess 1s friends allow other business of an important cha- | recter to take precedence of it. This is the first instance that we have seen since the slavery egitation assumed an important aspect in Congress, of the leading men of the whig and de- any of the great principles and questions that have | fora long time past been in issue between them. | Taie is only the commencement of the presidea- | tial game, to be followed up during the next sesioa. | @0y thing like a revolution in Cuba would be disas- | During the recess, the leading spirits of both par- | trous to the success of that island, ia the present | ties will no doubt be industriously engaged in po- | €xieting state of things. All that rational men can | lishing and re-modeiling their respective platforms, | desire, are the manifest benefits to be derived by the | So as to commence the game in earnest during next Sj; anish government and its subjects, from a wise | session. If the River acd Harbor bill ehouid not and liberal extension of their policy toward: manu- | be passed during the present session, it will aflord focturers and merchants. This can well be efiect- ed, in due season, by the force of argument, de- rived from the history of other colonies, and from the statistics of trade. To this end, it is only re- | quisite to agitate the minds of men with the great principles wh ch lay at the foundation of individuay erd national prosperity. An effective service can be rendered by the Cronica, of this city, and other Sparish journals, by a proper consideration of the various subjects connected with the industry of | Cube, its manufactures, trade, and commerce. We have already stated, on occasions when this subject has come before us, that the agriculcural and commercia! interests of Cuba can be very materially enhanced in value by consult- ing the ideas of progress which have already hed +o vast an inflaence on the nations of | the earth, during the present centary; and the | more we reflect upon the antiquated commercial | cy of the fifteenth and sixteenth ceuturies, the more convinced are we that the more any nation elings to such obsolete principles, the more certain ia it to be retarded, not only in the prosperity of its wal power, but, a in ite national success Spain has a deep interest in opening ite eyes to the | present wealth, geographical and political position, and resources, of Cuba, that it may strengthen it- | self by euch a possession. |: is a richer treasare | than Celifo for gold ean be wrought from its | 2c)|, ehmmet very atmosphere, by the unfet- | tered band of industry, 20 as to eurich the active py m, at the same time that it will increase the revenue of the parent government meceure in favor of the agricultural aud commer- One liberal cial cleeees, would do more to biad the hearts of the | to the raling power, thau the rash dariag of a taousand iaterlopers of the Lozez school of re- | fora could do to destroy the loyalty of a popala- tion eanched and made happy by the kindaees and prore ston of the crown Mey the United States, and the world, then, net | inc he hope that the goverament at Madrid ‘Will address itself to the various subjects connected ¢ prosperity of Cu that Spain may even tr, from her aew and enlightened couree of ectwn, the aseur of @ possession second t» ne other portion of its duminioas ia iatelligeace vigor, leyalty, and ecmmercial greatness 7 Deemszs Prosreets —We are now in the midst of t firg busiaess—our merchants bave vot a moment wo epare—our hotels are filled Wish customers from all paris of 1 antry--our al.ippers and freighters are in high glee, and every ne ie pleaced with himerlf and the world. From the rigne we see on every side, and from the infor. metion which we have derived from a variety of sources, We are disposed to believe thatthe year S51 be one of the moe! prowperous that this country has ever, witnessed. As a general thing the circulation is safe and sound throughout the coua- try, aad although large sums are going to Lurope to pay interest on public stocks held by foreigners, and sithough we imported some thirty millions Joore than we exported last year, and may import as n this, yet thete is no cause of danger or explo- sion juetnow. Navigation on the Western waters hae been resumed, and in a few weeks the canalsin | thie State wil! be open, and those of Pennsylvania ine rhort ime. When al! are open, the basy ham | of industry will be heard throughout the couatry, | there will be employment for «!| who are willing to labor, and the country will be happy and prospe- fous. But we caution the wild speculators to look out. Nothing can prevent the United States from going shead, and prospeting os no other natioa | ever prospered, but 4 coatinuation of the slavery agitation, When the demon of faantician shows | ite head, it eflrighta the whole coun'ry, impedes business, stagaau ecommerce, and tends to general | ruin ond disaster. Let the fell sprit of disunion | and fenstioism be bept wad-r, and ian few yeare | we will contel the world, #, iudeed, we do no! eo already ‘ | him from the pressure of mone room for ample discussion at the next, and, with other measures, will enable the two old parties to resume their original positions. General Cass and Mr. Clay, in consequence of their efiorts in saving the republic from the danger which threatened it, are more prominently befere the public than they ever were, aud more respected and beloved by the whole country than ever before. that they will be the opposing nominees for the Presidency. If such should be the case, the con- yest will be one of the most interestiog that we have ever had, and will draw out the whole force of their respective parties. A third candidate may be started inthe North on the slavery question, and a fourth in the South in opposition; but according to present appearances, it is much to be doubted if either would get the electoral vote of a@ single State. The public generally are satisfied with the Compromize measures, and wish them to be a final settlement of the slave question. Tur Cuance acatwst Mr. Secretary Wen- | Srke. On Saturday lest there was another abor- | tive attempt made in the House of Kepreseatatives offthe ( nited States, on the subject of the silly charge egainst Mr. Webster. The question was on suspending the rules, with a view to the forma tion of a committee of invectigation. [1 was lost, by @ vote of one handred and nineteen to thirty- Free four. Who were this little band of beauties! Here 1s the liet :-— oilers, of course £7, G teh, Ger », (Penn.) Julian, i” Ipetiers Mobine Sw it aud Welborn. ow, after such an evidence of patriotism, is it | not perfectly apparent that this is a mere free scil | movement, concocied for the sake of prodacing political thunder’ All these men belong to the free coil ranks. They know that the whole of this charge, brought up at the ead of the sescioa, isa | mere trick of their despairing camp. They snow, too, full well, that if the charge were trae that Mr | Webster has been assisted by his friends, it is ite eommon for men of great taleata, whose ne is consecrated to the welfare of the public, receive accommodations and ance from there who devote their abilities oaly to the acqu sition end accumulation cf wealth. [1 is ia th wey that men of wealth often dignify their po: affording facilities for men of great talents to devote their energies entirely to their country That there is nothing unustal ia such proceed- ings, facts certainly prove conclasively: aud we need net go out of this State to show that euch a custom has prevailed on more than one oceasion It is well known that the friends of the late distia- guished lawyer, David B Ogden, proposed to make up the amount which he woald sacrifice by ac- ceptiog the postition of a member of the House of Representatives, when nominated in 1928; aod he would have received the required aid had hie bern elected. A former Governor of this puneed to lecture | State—De Witt Clinton—also, oa accepting of- | be of Bottsio N.Y. | fiee, was relieved from his monetary embarrasa- Mr.@.P.R James. the | ments by the considerate kindness of his friends, emong whom mey be mentioned the late Patrooo, Stephen Van Kenseelaer, Willian James, J. ¥ J Townsend, and others. Another of our Governors Deniel D Tompkine, afterwards Vice President of the United States, also was assisted at various times, by important aid from his friends, in relieving ry affairs that de- manded all hie time and talen Among othera, the late Isaac Pierson and Ichabod I’rail, an! many pereons of wealth now living, came forward in his | behalf; end it was even proposed to provide for him ja a bonus from the Fulton Bank, when its charter | was before the Legislature, in 1524. We might give many other instances, not in this State only, | but in various parte of the country, with reference | to the same usage; and we eam refer to variou, | memtereot the Aoti-Corn Law Geague in England, | end to Richard Cobden in particular, if i: is though: | obliged to sit in the Court of Oyer and Termiuer for at least two weeks. The Judge will, however, sit in special term on Seturdays, as usual, but the c: will not be taken up until the third Moaday of the month, The case of Ray Tompkins will come before the epecial term at the next sitting. Inthe Supreme Court, Cireuit, the trial of George Wilkes for libel on Philander Jones, is set down for this day, and, as the Judge intimated on Friday last, that tie parties must be ready, it will, in all probability, be the first cause on, With all these cases in view, the reports of the proceedings in the law courts will form interesting iteme of our news during the month of March The March term of the Court of General Searions, will commence at the Halle of Justice, this morniag tions with mocratie parties standing opposed to each other on , There is work enough to engage the a:tention of the prosecuting officers duriag the whele tera notwithetending @ large number of cases have been sent up to the Oyer and Termimer, which court also commences its Spring term, this morn. ing. The case s that have gone from the Ses sions to the 0. and T., are principally bail oas apd it is d-ubtful whether they will be reached on the calendar thie term. as there are several indictments for capital offences to be tried first. In fact, some og the cases which were semt up on motion of the district attorney, have been returned to the Sessions, and, will probably be tried at the present term. Among these, we sotice the case of Itaac P Jewett, who stands charged with having forcibly violated the person of Mies Gourgas. The parties in this case are both e bers of respectable circles of society, and the trial will caure considerable active interest to develope itself with, no doubt, @ small excitement. We understaud there is some romance in the esse; but it isto be ic may be hoped that the court amd jury may come at the sim ow tal) ple truth, and deal out exact justice, let the where it may. It ie eaid that the gang of counter feiters, principally women, who were arrested rome time since, for passing spurious money, at various places in the city, will all, except one, plead guil- ty to the c’ aileged against them, thus saving | the county the trouble amd expense of trying them The trial of Gee. Piggot, tor forgery, will come on at | an early dey, unless postponed on application or af. | Gavite from the defence. The burgiars, thieves, aad other violators of law, which are from day te day brought in by the police, would farmish work enough | for the court to do, it there were mothing else to en. | we ite attention. During the last term, two sessio; per day were held, in order to clear the calendar; but | the thing wae impossible, and, im fact, if the judges of | the Court of Sessions should hold three hundred aod sixty-five sessions in the year, it would be the vane And it Se not wonderful that this is the cise with « pepulation of nearly balf a million in our city. ineluding scores of thousands, who, having been born end brought up under tyrannical laws have only learned to bate the restrictions of government, and — imagine that beenuse they are not made continually | to wee and feel the power that rules, that they may vielate cur milder ¢nactm. with impunity. But berides this, there is another, and, so far as it goes, a | greater evil, which materially affects the business the & it js this, the importation of forviga con- viets, The time of the is taken up, to creat | extent, im trying rogue speak our ian guoge and whe in the country b. & few mor eke. | great who, trom their | manger found up them wuld app ods at | (rune They are many of th bat very clever workmen, They toon and leave behi whieh lea’ jetecth caught by ekarp polic isthe Sp the tex f in boy. only article f not come to be quite common off and needs that severe penalties be impor prevent so frequemt recurrence of scenes ot broiling | e use of No deobs can exit \ and agrari Cermans to neglect obedience to the laws These agrari evil im theie midst. The only way, therefore, to rindi cate the law ie to punish severely all latractions of it. It fs not yet determined whether there will be two reesione per day Guting the present term it is always the policy of the Court to deepateb as much business as possible during the spring months. ia order to make the calendars for the summer months | y be; perhaps. theretore. it will ba | it to hold evening sessions. as in | | M rements of Distingulshed Individuals. Hon Jamee Morrie has been appointed Postmsiter General of Canada. eh author i* delivering & courte of lectures at Rochester N.Y Supre ‘ourt—Special Term, etore Chiet Justice Ramonds THE INJUNCTION AGAINST THE Mayor Mancni.- he matter of Jus T Betting and). & Ryerson es Ambrose © Kivy 4. 5 of New You Mr. Davies and Mr ( i for the de fen ea y would be 4 with this Counsel for the defendant courte it the Court desired it Mr it (district attorney). om the part of the piaintiff hat be sew no necessity fu rf epee. unless the code provides thet a deen G & plaintifs complatot. (laughter) ie thought the matter couid be disposed ot by the juice in a very phort time, it would rave additional trouble to bear the motion now, because it sheulc ultimately come batere the court. The judge ead that he was conrinesd better plan vould be to send it pefore @ peferce, aad ne Av ovpdingly spfersed It, | Sufficientiy Dumerour, there is another, who change | the isndlord City Intelligence. FIRES ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING— TME DESTRUCTION OF ST, THOMAS’S CHURCH. Yesterday morning, at half-past twelve o'clock, a fire broke out in St, Thomas's church, and Houston street, of which Kev. Dr. Whitehouse | sbove the knee. was pastor. When first discovered by offloer Vancott, of the Fifteenth wagd, the flames were fiercely making their way up the ceiling, behind the altar to the roof of the building. Ins very few minutes the roof was in one sheet of flame, which rose with majestic grandeur, and might have been seen the entire length of that part of Broadway lying between Union Square and the Bowling Green. It was a magnificent sight. The surging flames roll: Dissed in their frenzy, and notoaly bade defiance to every attempt to arrest their wild ca- reer, but menaced destruction to the adjoining edi- fiees. The embers showered upon the roofs like hail, and the houseson the north side of ths church, (there being only an alley between them,) were in imminent danger. The brave fremen, however, who were pre: sent in great force, though they could not save the church, confined the damage to thet building, aud by their exertions prevented the extension of the de- vouring flames. Owing to the immense quantity of massive old oakin the imterior, the fire contiaued to burn for many hours slowly but steadily, and with great fury. It was impossible for the firemen to get at it, as there were no upper stories trom which the water could be played upon the building, The bell in the southern tower fell with a trem dous crash when the framework gave way. The org: too, came down like a thunder clap. The walls of this fine stone edifice, which was built like a fortress, are still good, with the exception of the north tower,which is cracked considerably, and the peak over the arch of the east window fronting Broadway, which was s0 in jured that it broke equare off yesterday forenoon. The upper part of the arch is injured. It was built twenty- five years ago. The police and firemen succeeded in saving some of the cushions and the books, which they stowed away into every open hi The cap- tains and police of the Eighth, Ninth, Fourteenth Fifteenth, and Seventeenth wards were in attendance, and rendered eesential service. The Chief, as usual, was present, giving directions. During the fire, Fred Miles and John Thompson were arrested by the Eighth ward police, upon a charge of attempting to break into ® house ia Houston street, in the vicinity of the fire. At balf-past three o'clock, after the roof fell in, the fire began to languish, but it continued to burn till after daylight; and during the forenoon, yesterday, smoke issued from the embers and smouldering rui This church was one of the greatest ornaments of the city, and its destruction is regarded as a calamity. Its solid masonry, its gothic structure, its two towers, its finely carved oak, aud rich furniture, combined to render it unsurpassed by any other church in New York for beauty and grandeur. Its organ was decidedly the bert in the city. The congregation was organized in 1824, and the church was built in 1826. Beveral im- provements have been since made in the building. ‘The manner in which the walls stood the test of the fire, is a strikirg evidence of the importance of putting up folid buildings instead of slight, flimsy ones, Had it been a brick building, of modern structuce,the walls would have been a heap of ruins,whereas they are now superior'to most of the new walls of the churches re. cently erected The building is insured for $49,000, which will scarcely cover the damage. ‘as follows The items are $10,600 ° . 10,009 Howard....., soos + — 9,000 Total. .cecsccerccrescecersersrsees $29000 ‘The insurance bad been recently increased in those offices. Anmagent of a new insurance company bad been lately soliciting the treasurer, Dr. Van Rane laer, toindure with them, but he declined; and the company are, no deubt, now glad he did so. | Whether itwill be rebuilt is a4 yet uncertain, as many of the congregation think it 1s too far down town (at the time i was built it was quite up tows). aod chat it would bo better to rell the ground. and north. The ground in tae’ ing 0 valuable sale of it would produ «> a} m towarde the erection of a splendid © sur nother ils equauy convenient to the congreg As to the origia of the fire, nothing certain is k own however, that it originated from the furna: reflectors—the furnaces belag lighted, % urday evening, preparatory |) Sunday's servic It ie belte Teflectors used for the p pose of spreading the heat, and preventing its conce! tration ia any particular ppot, were the cause of t mischier they were intended to prevent. No blame is attributable to the eextom Mr. McLean, who is eteady. ceteful man, and who appears to be in der. dietrees cn account of the accident Duilcing to eve with their own eyes the destruction the fire had accompliched. A tre broke out at @ quarter to ten o'clock om Baturday night. in the third story of No Cottage Place Eighth rtreet, near A exertions of the Sremon, it was speedily extinguished, With trif_ing damege, though it oeourted in an awk ward place, which is extremely difficult to be got at by the fire-engiues, HOUSE HUNTING IN NEW YORK suffered b, le, this year, by the fi Tent - some of the percent, The te than gratity the J they look out tor other ho: greater rent than that dem: present quarters. » 3, willing to pay ed from them in their Iu addition to this class, which is not from compulsion or pique, but from choise—for the | very love of chai Ladies torment their husbands | for three or four months before the Ist of May, to re- move toa mcre respectable or a more lively vicinity, their present location being so mean or dull Thev two classes of house hunters arc augmented by @ third, who hurt without any intention or desire to find— people who, from sheer curiosity to see how houses ¢ lurnithed, persmbulate the city, and peep iato every bole and corner ot every houre. The combined anndy ances to families, from ell these, ate most gall ing, 1. it aot sufficient to show the house oa a certain day in the week. or between certain hours on one ot two dayr in the week, but upon every day, and at all hours. and in every ctate of weather whether wet o¢ dry, the house hunters ring the bell, and must be shown through the house not merely into one room, but every one; and they delay so long, and ask #9 mary questions, that they become an absolute bore. consuming the entire time of the lady ot the house or her servant. To open tue door aod ehow the house would. ju fact, require the whole time atleast one domestic curpete are covered over with mud ‘This pulrance has atteiaed to such ap that many families have resolved upo their houses, except at a certain tia Perbaps ‘or two hours in each week, Dot eatisfied with t i | | | | not showing t the day, or faile some, who the Ist of In every © mante If they are disposed to per bills to Femain upon their houses, ought to fasist the amount of rei . of unnecessary trouble f named ranhelm be fot ot ary thagetie wiersh a foot of North corner of Broadway eee ob anak ta tha foenaay bet hie og broke most exorbitant rete of” Oontom Company, Ports mouth Company, end Edgeworth Compeny will before the lapse of many years, be worth ten- fold what they are at this moment. Recent factu. ations in Canton bave had an injurious influence upor ‘was conveyed to “4 the market value of the steck, and, doubtless, har air . . ve de- wnt yee Saanee ‘ Lonestar. ¢ poet $ES | termed many who have great confidence fa the company - jeceased members, Mr. Ja: ° | from operating in it; but the stock represents « valu- | made to quash t Yosterday, from | that the two eoun noon till eve, crowds of people collected around the | ¢ | Jury could convict on one aud acquit on the o New Breamouir Wixrieco Scort.—This fine first class ship, of peculiar model, is now receiving her en- Bines at the Morgan Iron Works, The model and ar- rangemente were designed by Captain William Skiddy, under whose superintendence she was built and fitted. Beveral steamers of a similar form, also designed by him, are now navigating on the coast of California They all have proved extraordinarily well conducteg and fast sea boats. The Winfeld Scott is built in the most substantial manner, of the best materiels— white oak, live oak, locust, cedar, and Georgia yellow pi the length of her keel is 224 feet, and length on deck 230 feet; extreme beam 25 feet ; depth of hold 22 feet. and epar deck 7}, feet; carpenter's tonnage 2.150. Bh accommodate 100 first class passengers in ava ie reer a on ball ered ed, lighted, and thor: venti as to mel the lower room and comfortable as the upper. Inthe dining ore than 100 perso. can be comfortably at the tables, the whole length of which is 96 te and boudoir for ladi are the arrangements of pan- ‘On each side of ‘ining saloon are staterooms, each weil lighted and jated from the sides and from the Atthe forward e tee, main semi-circular stairs, &c. ventilators from the sides, reflecting strong light on the tables. The general drawing room up stairs is lighted and ventilated in a similar manner. It has staterooms on euch side, leaving a saloon 14 feet wide and 80 fret long, with sofas extending on each side, the whole length. Imthe after end, 18 feet can be shut off at discretion, with folding doors, as a private salon tor ladies or families, There is o large semi-circular staircaee from this saloon on deck, and to the dining saloon, The forward saloon is similerly arranged for 65 cabin paseengers, except that the efter cabin berths are Mr. Baker’s new patent pendalum berths, always remaining at sea iu @ horizontal position. Any one bh in a few minutes can be detached from the pen: duium and allow the oceupier, should he require ex- ercise or prefer it,to roll about in the usual way, there are also accommodations for 15) steerage pas- rengers below, The officers, enginecrs aud crew are all an accommodated with m: and sleeping roome, each in their respective departments. She can thus socommedate 165 cabin and 160 steerage passengers on two decks. deck, hold, and bankers will h: = 300 tons of coal and 400 tonsof ca: fe: | | capacity 40 cubic n timbering her, instead of the usual floors and | futtceks; they | 16 ocoupying the whole timbering space of 30 | bolted together longitudinally makiog aeolid | tloor the whole length of thu ship, without any butts | under the engines and boilers. The bilge 1s filled in | solid; eecond futtocks are moulded 12, and sided 10 inches; timbers at the plankshire moulded 63s, and sided J inches. Tbe top timbers are all of live ori, locust and cedar; the butts of the tramea aze chocked and all disgonally x trussed. from the floor heads to the plankshire, with 43; inch by \\-inch flat frou, at an eagle of about 45 degrees each way, bolted to every timber, and rivetied ia the crossings between the frames. The beams are sided 14 to 16 ined, and mould- ed 12 to 13 faches; plankiog, inside and out, from 4 to 9 inches thick, in lengths from 40 to 70 feet, all sjuare fastened, or two bolts in every timber. The keel ts of white owk, 16-16 inches; gatboard streak, 8 iaches thick; and she has five ‘kelsons of 18 and 14 by 32 incbes Bheis rigged with three masts, and no bow- sprit Inaeniche on the stem, there will be, to orna- mezt the bow, a bust ficure of General Winfield | Beott. The stern is oraumeated with an Amertoan eagle andeoat of arms. Ths paddle boxes will also | have an eppropriate ornament. She has two side lever engines; cylinders 65 iaches, and 8 feet stroke; } and two very large drop. boilers, made at the | | Morgan Iron Works Wer draught of water, when | launched, was 6 feet 10 inches. and when loaded, about | li fert Expected speed, 13 and 14 miles per hour | ‘The Winfield Beott was bi y Me Wester velt & Mackey, for Davis, Brooke & Co., and in, in j.vetion with the new steamsbip Union, to form a | vew line between this city and New Orleans. Bhe will leave here on her first voyage on the lst of Apiil mest. . U, 8, Distrtet Coart. | Before Hou. Judge Betts. Manon 1.- Jas, Max ats. the United States.—Ia the care of Max, found guilty of receiving coupon) kao ing them to be stolen. and in which # motion had been indictment, the jad in the fadietmont, owe fo: courons, and the other for receiving them kao ing them to bestolem, were properly joined, er,and | that the coupons, umder the verdist, were to be pr Orr, a bly res) youn, » Who died of | abie property, which, in time, must pay holders earl, ‘They were also accompanied by . bend the Fulton Lodge of United Mechanics. ‘The remains | mous dividends, Portemouth Company we have were conveyed to Greenwood Cemetery. Placed before the public im its proper light. Its pro- ‘ perty is situated at the mouth of the Seiota River, an.» Marine Affairs. is the outlet tor the products of the great Solote val- ley. Its geographical position is far superior to Cin- einnati; and its water privileges and mineral resourcee: alone must make it « place of great commercial im — port: It {8 the only place on the Ohio River that has a natural elevation of water s0 near at hand, For- dry-dock purposes thisis invaluable. Portsmouth be- ing the outlet of the Ohio Btate Canal on the Ohic. Biver gives a vast amount of water power, which wil)» soon be sought after for ufacturing and mechani- cal purposes. This company intends bringing some ov” ‘te lots into the market soon, when stockholders wil! have an opportunity of exchanging their shares for real estate, if they choose. Edgworth Company own ® large tract of land near Boston, which, one 0, these days, will be very valuable. The populatior » of Boston is spreading into the suburbs in every and before the lapse of many years miles and miles around that city, now @ barrer waste, will be covered with beautiful dwellings, The progress of population in this country is so rapid. the growth of our cities so astonishing, the disposi - tion to lay out new places so general, and the increase - of commercial and manufacturing towns so great, that ° it is impossible to tell where they will not spring up Twenty years sufiice in this country to build up-a~ large city ; and hundreds, we might say thousands, are at this moment approsching with immense stride: that point. Ina few years all our large rivers will be literally lined with manufacturing cities, amd those who have secured eligible peints should hold om tc them with the tenacity of a miser to his gold. Railroad stocks must ultimately be good and pro ductive property. Most of them now pay good divi- | dends. There are, however, many which will not for years givetheir stockholders the first dollar im the | shape of dividends from earninge, The reads we re fer to have cost enormously, and will experience se- vere competition at every step. The Erie and Reading roads we place in this class, and belicve that the time - | is not far distant when rival lines will drain from these companies their very life blood. Railroad enter. prise never stops ia this country, and competitior will affect all moro or less, The Erie and Roading roads c¢st so much, and are so situated, that com~ Petitor lines can casily be formed; and it is cur im. pression that they have seen their beet days. We" Lave cot space now to go into deta’ showing how we have reached this cconclusion; but we shall do sc. the firet opportunity. The annexed statement exhibits the receipts an’ | Giebursemente in the office of the Assistant Tressurer of this port, during the month of February, 1951 :— Assistanr Treascnes’s Orrick, Fennu any. 1852. ReRweay 7, 10 by dala: «81219465 9% eceipt On account of customs. . - rs fee Miscellaneove. 3,709,702 9° + 6$6920,169 4 0 98 Treasury drafts + $3,231 Post Office do. 1 5,87 5.28 February £8, 1881, balance. . Februery 1, 1861, by loterest avd coupon: By additional appropriations see ces $3,678,041 Ta" ince of funds to $107 452 OS 66.000 06 $172,482 92 Payments, Or instalments due July 1, 1850. $1,084 2t * Jan. 1, 1861.23.496 66 On Trearury notes. . | On Coupous....... January 1, 1850, interest sceou C1OBED ee ee eeecceceeecees 9423 18 ———. 89,283 68 Balance... ..-sssseees $83,210 2 ‘Treasury notes funded... 2.2... ‘260 Receipts for customs February, 1850 2 028,004 6: Do. 0. do. 1851... . 2.692,562 9 Excess tor February, 1851........, $593,858 4> ‘The Jast general statement of the Lykens Coal Com - pany made to the Legislature, for the year ending Dec rpetdily extinguished by the firemen, with but tilling | | damoge. At balt past two o'clock yesterday morniag,a fire broke out im the building num’ thirty #ix | Gold street, discovered by offi armody. ty th» y families feom house | | has bee gist, 1860, gives the annexed exhibit. Reel estate $311,666 77; personal property, $3,091 57; building: and improvements, $20,099 13; mining secounts, $69,163 72; inclined planes and road, $25.055 62; basir and pier, $1287 15; brake and shutes, $15,167 24 ‘Water wheel, engine, and house, $11,496 61; coal cars | $27,474 16; timber and ratlroad from, $8,040 97; due | from the Lyken’s Valley and Railroed Co, $16,729 31 due from the Wisconisco Canal Co. $7,577 79; stock: inthe Lyken’s Valley Rafiroad and Coal Co., $203,936 & £5; interest on bonds and other eccounts, $42,748 fuspente accounte, $1,459 00; ex pense accounts, $7,908 56; notes receivable, $7.779 23: due from sundry pe: sone, $15.194 89; coal on pier at Miliersbueg, val $5,625; profit and loss, $2245 22; cash in bank and in the hands of agents and superintendent, 96,704 96 ‘ é sane ana ls | Motel, $820 290 31, ue joc eee ne | ss omar kee Capital stock. 0,066 shares, $459 900; bond and mort bree eraars tm heed gece On real estate, $5,000; bonds maturing in 1963 BAILEY & BROS. $87 500; ditto, 1856, $00,400; ditto, 1850, $68,900; ditts a 18, $159,200; bonds for land, $12.500; notes payable proof of pe y arrest of judgment is therefore denied. The jutge #* the same (ime intimated. that the motion having ¢ the end of the term. he had not time iaion; but he would, at the first oppor- tunity, reduce it to writing. Second Ward House, 84 Nassau [Strect, EDWARD Q. MEGARY acknywledge, his trends and the publis, that hie suce orked as to satisfy him that hed; and if any e further p an ur devi aceompl art to gi 44 Poarl, near Chatham. The cheap term protonged.—In deference to countless requests, Mr. GOLDS <iTH, of 29 Broadway, $152 62; due sundry persons, $46; Total Prelopgs the term for receiving bail- price papilsinpenman= ¢890.930 31 ° ebip fer the presen: ke. He opens to- tay a new suite of . . Teoms for the aecommodat. The receipts of the Atlantic and St Lawrence Rail- road for the six months ending Dec, $1, 2860, were $91,088 12 $90,208 21—net earnings, $61,68¢ #1, orne in mind that the above reoelp* n- | Bre from operating the road from Portlond to Bouth Paris a distance of 47/; miles, which Is as far os the Tondbar been opened. The road will be opened in « few days from Bowh Paris to Bethel, » further dis- tance of 22', miles. The wholecost of the road from Portland to South Paris, including equip- ment and cost of its extensive depot grounds whorves, stores, &o in Portland is $1,521,416 96, which - pupils, These artic on of ul a utility, while tl them very com Ils them from home, De. 1 ‘7 Broadway. les G, Baunde original Broadway, cvrner ol Liberty literal discount to wholesale pu Comb Factory, 387 Broadway.—Ladies are Terpectfully invited to examine this choiee selection of dress Combes; the variety i, beyond ail dou reatest ia the ie Lablet Strop.—The 4 ot the manufactory, 147 i Sof Broacway. A ity, ee ix be tifelo oll aad feds be Ces be repaired and Ae Phy Eee | it will be seem gives to the stockholders on the invest A. &J.BAUNDERS, | ment for the lart six months net earsiogs ot the roed a= | Within @ fraction of four per cent or wt the rate of ip for cl Gourand’s Malian Medicated S Liqett Mair D, eight per cent oally A very important case came up before the Buprems Court of Iilincis, at Springfield early in Jeouary last tilying the hua » red oF p10. Tough eo ple ¥ for eradica'ing hair from say part of the body. 67 Walker » fixet sore from Broadway; Boston, 129 Washington Tt excited considerabdie interest. Am agreed case war 4 me ae Bled, and it was moved theta peremptory mandamus Wigs and Coupers.—Persons be ieeued to compel the auditor of public aecoante tc ald Craw a warrant upon the treasury, for the proceeds of the two mill tex levied and collected uoder the provi- sions of the new constitution, to be applied om certeir: ar perfectly ue Gifhienlt, he never fails to busines would fave a great EM'GRATION mm THE MONTH OF FenaRvaRyY The following are the arrivals cf pastengers in this pert, from foreign porte for the Britieh porte. .... 6+ Frenel : arent, ot February Chagr Other porte Tots... eae It will be seem that by far the largest portion of th . emigrants hare come from British porte—in other 1 words. from Ireland There it a great decreare on the emigration of the previous month, when the number of | arrivals at this port exceeded 16 000 Pou policema: case of dry goods on t d Stone streets. (warked J.D & ‘34 Old slip. was found © o clock, PM ive ali en to Drumond « w able at 8 2M Davi ‘ No. 97 enredatS PM. by 4. Batldin, oooepied by J.B Dan- rund open. and seemre. a4 AM. by po- liceman Allison. Jatues MoCormtox ter, trom pier 1, BR. at 23% 0 re cued from drowing by police .=There wae ome thing that ruck everyitdy om the anniversary of | very hi Lh wet Warhington « birthday. There had been rain the night before miry with the exce Vusr pavement wh popu nd the atceets were i. soldier that day, 99 asthe loventor of the Its Oo Sstarday afternoon « h toe a considerable amount of pro abt io the 6th avenue by Mr. Joba og ai 407 Twelfth street, while the aai mal, e dich isa very apitited ene was running at the top of bisepeed The horse and wagon were broaght | to the @ixterath ward rttion house. N ow Evecare or a Work wey urday aiternoon, the beam: and 4 Bureoe s o'eloc® On do and were near serion:ly injuring engaged on the butiding Cavour & Mower Box or ay Oxwrnce —At8 ocloek om Saturday evening John Lang was omught by Jobo H. Kelyen driver of one of the Sixth avenue seges, in the pet of stealing money out of ty box, ot State bonds, prereoted for payment the firet day of January, 1861. The motion was resisted on the follow- Dg grounds: — 1 That the Governor of the Btate was the cbarged by law with the appropriation nod disburse. ment of the two mill 2 That the State by *y in pyppesrance ¢ pain, OMice, 28 Bare’: @ right to retain & pre ra share of the tax 4 9p tupon the deporls made by the | nited Btater with the Beate under the aet of Congress tor the distribution of the rurpius reven: fan that deposit was a debt due by the State. 3. That certain interest bonds had bee: Prenented: to the Governor. d that the holders of there bonds had @ right t are. pro ruts, with other boadbolders. 4 That all bondolders hada right to share in the Gistribution of the tund in controversy. not widnatand ing they failed to present the bonds for payment on | the fret dey of January, 1961, the day fixed by law for their prerentation Premiam tn Lithograpny.—The snb- scribes, having teow caged hus facilities for the exe= eution of eve raphy, is prepared to faint Iande apes, mori fe highe t ON, 543 Broad of way. unced their decision, awerding em prrem ptory writ of mandamus secording tothe motion By this decision four important aestione ore deter mined, viz 1. That the auditor is entitle: and dirbursement of the two 2 That the surplus revenu Against the Atate 5 That this tond Isto be | ema of the State debt and fs to be urge ofthe in- eres 4 That thore creditors who failed to present their bonde on the firet of J t enrdtied to phare in the distribution of Under this decision, $165 609 02 towards the extinguis! MONKEY MARKET, BSunpay, March 2—6 P.M. The stock market wasn little more buoyant at th, El pence rae close, yesterday and there was more activity among the leating fancies. All tl aller class of stocks were in better di nd, at better prices; and, on the pears to be more spirit among specu een for some days past. Weare posed to countenance any gener sl speculative movement, where good for mothing woth. lees stocks are #0 mixed up with thore possemsing real ue that outsile speculators cannot distinguieh deposit ie not » debt onthe fn dive! Apeole was pats ate dete of Iil- + in favor of an upward movemeat in U B fil pay the purchasers « fair rate of hemes + interest on the Investment; but those stocks that 1,056 00 t have and probably never will, earn, or evan d 1,314 9% clare @ dividend, shoull be left where they ar asie bo they are a deal weight to carry. and ran up their cost 2520 00 very rapidly, by the accumulation of interest, There , 21.613 80 are, however, stocks on t } 4 } 4 portant character—stoeks that hold | same. mente for investment. We refer psrtioularty sof $165,609 0@ those stocks which represent lurge landed interests, | a latge amount of the Later located at points which are rapidiy becoming places mal Improvement bonds of the State will de presented Of great importance, where the aanusl edyamcement | for payment during the present er, 99h Of whip.