The New York Herald Newspaper, March 16, 1851, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. ~~ JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND BDITOB. @FFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. (HE DAILY HERALD, 2 cents per copy—8T per 1 Z LY HERALD, every, Saturday, at 64 Siperronnum, to any part of Great Britain, and $5 to any part of the Continent. bach to include the postage. ‘ VOLUNTARY CORRESPONDENCE, containi emportant ne olicited from any euarter ‘of the world; bill be liberally paid for, Our Forsion Conan PONDENTS Panneuaser Weaceemy To ) PACKAGES MENT TO Vi r z WELL LETTERS by mail, for Subseriptionsy, with advertisements, to be post-paid, or the postage will be de~ dugied [rom the money remitted. ata NOTICE vaken of anonymous communications. rn those rejecte MENTS renewed every morning. TING executed with neatness, cheapnessy .. Number 74, ENTS TO-MORROW SVBNING. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Betraxcon—Maiw oF Trno. BECADWAY TMEATRS, Brosdway—laisn Honon—Are Paar Girreens Not Gon. WIBLO'S GARDEN, Brosdway—La Fisie pe Castios- Ro—CaTanins. SURTON’S THEATRE, Chambers wtreet—Roap ro Rui —COnumson CRings. MATIONAL THRATRE, Chatham street—Hangy Bunx- mae—Hvacev any Bur GROUGHAM'S LYCEUM, Bro: Worwe'sFaa—fe Devicum anv QHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Mechasice’ Hall, 672 Broadway “ w MiXerReneY. FELLOWS’ MINSTELS, Fellows’ Opera House,t44 Broad~ wey—Brwiorian Minoruxtsy. AMMRICAN MUSEUM—Anvstne Penvonmances Arrem~ woo ap BYENING. (NEW YORK AMPHITHSATRE, 37 Bowery—EquzstTRias RMANCES, WASHINGTON HALL—Pawonams ov THE Prennte ROS REA, y—Lapies Bewane— a. Faverve. SATTLER’S COBMORAMA, corner of Thirteenth street ond Broadway. MINERVA ROOMS—Pavonama ov [ReLamp. New York, Sunday, Mareh 16, 1851. Summary of the Latest News. We leara from Washington, that the Secretary of the [nterior does not consider that the law, as it stands, in regard to bounty land warrants, au- thorizee the assignment of those decument: says that he cannot go into the intention of mem- bers of Congress in passng that law, but must take itas itis. Tnis will be disagreeable intelli- gewce to the numerous gentlemen who were io hopes of speculating in these warrants. From Ohio we are informed that Benjamin Wade, whig,has been elected to the United States Senate for six years. There is som» probability that the militia training system will be abolished, a bill to that eflect having passed the Senate of this Stat». Itis proposed to pay the uniformed companies, and to do away with general training altogether. We think 11 likely that this measure will be passed by the other branch of the Legislature, and become a law. The abolition of training would certainly be received with great satisfaction by the public at large, espe- cially in this city, where it is a farce that few wish to indulge in. A great number of bills passed the Assembly, some ot which are possessed of no little interest to a jarge portion of the inhabitants of this city. The Administration and Its Daty—The Poll- teal Aspect of New York and the Union, Mr. Fillmore, we see, has lately removed one of the advocates and partizans of the higher law schoo! from the office of Postmaste counties of the State. This step has been strongly denounced by those who would see faniticism | rule and the country thrown into anarchy, rather than that the object of their designs should be thwarted. In this the President has done only his duty ; and will have done no less than his duty, when he shal! have removed every man holding a ederal appointment who does not hold the Union above every other consideration. The position of the present administration is a | peculiar and a responsible one ; and upon its action depends, in a great measure, the future prosperity of this Union. for some time past, a great war- fare has been going on in this State, with regard to the election of a United States Senator, which has been defeated by a spirit of devotion to the Uaioa and the great and vita! interests of the State. It is well known that whea the admisistration of Gen Taylor came into power, nearly ali the postmas- tere and other government officers in this State were apportioned to the friends and partizans of ‘Witham H. Seward, a step at once fatal to that conservative spirit which should prevail to the well being and stability of the confederacy. This fact is well known to Mr. Fillmore ani to his cab’- net; and while he allows those friends and parti- zans of Seward and Garrison to remain where they are, he violates not only the will of the great mass of the people, but every principle of conduct which ould tend to the overthrow of the fanatical spirit which has been nursed into |vfe through the energy of dizapporn'ed aspirants for public favor. ‘We have before alluded to the lethargy which bangs over the Presiden: and his cabinet, relative to the late outreges upon the laws in Boston and elsewhere ; but there is an important duty yet to be performed, and promptly too, which will have a powerfal efiect upon this State an! the whole covatry. Mr. Fillmore does not seem to possess a proper idea of his responsibility to the country. Hie tardiness aod sloth of action must as even- qaelly tend to evil as that it is continued, while energy and dec sive action could accomplish great Tesuite. The polwical affairs of this State are yooked upon with great interest by the whole eountry ; and the next election, though only for the choice of a Leg ure, will be more important end momentous than any which has before takea piac The failure to elect Ex-(ioversor Fish to the Senate will t w the whole isue on that quee- tion, end the contest will be between the frre ent and abolition tendencies of Van Buren and Seward oa the ¢ vide, aad the Usion on the arty lines must garde, the people direoted to a more noble aim, that of breaking down the fanatical policy #0 eagerly rough ta led oa the s Ip this matter @ great responsibility rest upon Mr. Fillmore and his cabiart, who cannot be insemeible to the position they occupy gprritlers and undecided courre i+ easy to wee that the people will bh at aad arduous task to perform, and one which will be very hafd to overcome, while thoee who hold toa higher jaw than the constitution and the pe rpetucty of the Union, are allowed to retain the of the government, end with its means sow, br Cast, the seeds of discontent and disr York has heretofore held ahigh port the conservative Stetes of the confedracy & consequence, the greatest possible anxiety an interest prevaile with regard to the reeult of the wwe DOW befor people of the § i the same pateaed, * aironeg i 7 z 4 tate ' pom the revo! the elect n November next are involved vita td and the issue must be met with a iogree of firmece ne te the overthrow of ” war with the peace Sufficient time wii ee ald dent and bis cabinet net with chat pa decision which should wt mgs, & great evil may be averied, aed a check given to fanaticism, from w cover But, to br Recesrary (© lore ties. The enemies of ulready upon the outer wall, suture operations are #) © er be veen, by rete ae abolitionists, corm)rieir inembe parties, are now holding their conventions ‘ Western part of the State, and promuly ving grace and principles at once at variance with the a6 promenty of be Presi- maces haracter te in one of the western | Y | Thoe showing a startling decline, while our laws and the stability of a peaceful and happy com” dition of the Union. They have the aid of George Thompson, who was refused a hearing by the people of Boeton and Springfield, and countenanced by the higher law portion of the community, wage war agaii:t the constitution, the laws, and the confederation. These facts are well known, and it remains with the conservative portion of the people to meet and repulse their eflorts, which can only be done by a proper regard for the great principles laid down by the founders of the confederacy and its constitu- tion. Should the administration pursue the same derelict course which has heretofore characterized it in this momentous crisis, and the spirit of fanati- cism be allowed to prevail, a lasting stigma wil! rest upon those whe thus allow the memory of Washington, and other brave spirits of the revolu- tion, to be outraged by a violation of those sacred tenets, which, for more than seventy years, have been the cement by which the members of the confederacy were bound, their prosperity and hap- piness enhanced, and all their difficulties propi~ tiated. The President and his cabinet can do much to avert the storm of fanaticism » hich is now gather. ing to agitate again the country, aad if they fail to perform their duty, the responsibility of the conse- quences must rest upon them Tur Canrronnta Mania.—When the discovery of gold in California was made, we believe we were the first to receive a portion of the dust, and also the first to spread abroad the remarkable fact, which created the mania for emigrating to that | golden territory, an! which has heen the source of | the further catraordinary movements which grew out of that discovery. The California mania has been raging in this couctry for nearly two years and @ half, aud the mines in that distant State have | produced some one hundred million dollars worth of gold, disturbed the value of the precious metals | throughout the civilized world, taken away nearly | halfa million of people from the Unieed States and | from Evrope—some to dig gold, and some to dig | their graves; and the same mania is still in as ac- tive a stale of fermentation as it was during its first stages. Perhaps it has subsided in the United States. The fact that a few persons got a few of the large pieces, aad the rest got hard work or death, may have been the cause of its decline in this region. in Europe, however, the mania 1s only beginning. Every journal which we receive from there, gives accounts of the formation of as- seciations or companies, from Norway to Italy— from the banks of the Wolga to the shores of the We are expecting, there- iost tremendous slifornia, by the way steamships, across the pool and New York, regions of California. fore, during the nex emigration from of the British W Isthmus, and « and Havre anc €8. The rise of the California excitement, its pro. gress, its incidents, and its results, will be equal to the history of the first discovery of Mexico and Peru. We remember very well, aew days after the first publication of the discovery of the gold mines in California, about two years ago, Jim Grant, barber jo Ann street, celebrated for his qualifications in | that line of business, calling on us one day and | asking us seriously, (and it was the first time we ever saw him serious) for our opinion and advice on a certain important idea that stuck to him night and day. “* What is the idea 7” we demanded. 4 “It is an irresistible desire to go to California,’ he replied. “I do not,” said he, ‘feel easy;'! can’, sleep; my emotions are so strong that they affect my nervous system, and | fear! can’t do my duty asa barber faithfully ; | am afraid of cutting some one’s throat.”” jantic—all of whom are preparing to go to the gold | £ of trade with the subjects of Faustin the First. The African race in Hayti is wholly incapable of carry- ing out any of the principles of civilization to any Practical and useful end, and it will be necessary for the Ang'o-Saxon race ‘o step in upon the soil before we can hope for any renovation of that com- mercial prosperity which formerly distinguished it. Men may fight against the order of nature, but it will be to httle purpose. Pusric Lecrures.—-The practice of delivering lectures first originated in colleges and universi- ties, where the professors communicated the result of their studies in science and literature to their pupils, in the form of lectures. In the course of time, however, it gradually passed from the halls of the a/ma mater, and is now universally adopted as aconvenient method of conveying knowledge and information te the great bulk of the people. Public !ectures, when selected with discretion and conducted with ability, are unquestionably accom- panied with beneficial results to society in general. They offer advantages which otherwise could not be easily enjoyed. They are a source of instruc- tion and information—they distribute intelligence and enlightenment throughout the community; and by doing so, conduce not only to elevate the position of society, but ultimately to promote the prosperity and welfare of the country. The subjects of these lectures are generally of interesting and varied character—sometimes they consist in treat. ing of the arts and sciences, of the improve- ments, discoveries and inventions of the age— sometimes they are selected from the field of morality and religion—sometimes from past and present history; and they no: unfrequently descend into the arena of political controversy. Critical dis- sertations upon the lives and actions of distin- guished men, both in literature and statesmanship— historical and geographical descriptions of coun- tries, together with accounts of the habits and pe- culiarities of the people, and a host of other inter- esting points of knowledge, are occasionally em- ployed by the lecturer, as subjects of instruction and information for the public. Stretching, as they do, over such a vast field of scientific research and investigation, these lectures offer no common and insiznificant advantages to the great mass of the people, whose avocations and daily pursuits inevitably prevent them from devoting a portion of their time to the study of such interesting and useful branches of knowledge. By attending these lectures, there- fore, the public derive a great deal of valuable ation, and if they do not obtain a complete accurate knowledge, they at least acquire a the subject expounded to them, and of which, until then, they were utterly ignorant; and hence it is that the custom or practice of giving popular lectures, provided they are handled with tact and ebility, should b» regarded as cne of the sources of public enlightenment and instruction, and as suc should by allmeans be encouraged and supported. Such being the nature, and such the immediate object of all public lectures, let us now see with what degree of talent they have been conducted, and with what success they have been attended this sometime back. First of ali, with regard to the manner or mode in which they are treated, there has sprung up within some years past, in this State generally, but more especially in this city, which, being the metropolis of the western world, has be- come the favorite resort and vast receptacle of alj kinds of travellers—there bas sprung up a system which may, with all propriety, be called an itine rant system of lectures. They are of a transitory character, and are only calculated to attract public attention for a moment, without imparting any real knowledge. The object of these itinerant indivi- duale, who are continually wandering about, and lecture sometimes in this,’ and sometimes We told him to go home, to take a night's rest, to think about the anbject, to dream on it, and to come back the next morniog and tell us t he thought the next day about such a hazardous expedition as going toCalifornia. He dideo. He came to us the next merning looking as grive as | he did the preceding day. We asked him what | was the reeult ? | “ There isno difference,” said Jim, “My desire to go to California is greater; I can’t sleep; | can’t rest; I must go to California.” _ “ Very well,” said we,“ you are a young ma\ f your impulse is so strong, follow it andtake your chance.” Jim Grant, our barber, located at No. 1 Ana street, took our advice. He went to California two years ego, and he is now one of the aldermen of the mag- nificent city of San Francisco, making money like a miliionaire, and probably will end ia being the Governor of that Staie, ore Senator in Congress from the gold regions. His locwm tenens, Augus® tus Blessing or Biessington—prodably @ blood rela_ tiom, or a distant conaection of the Countess o Biessington—has now purchased Jim Grant's old stand, and is doing businees on hie owa account, at No.1 Ann street, and will relate to every ong who chooses to go there, the wonderful adventures and rapid advancement of his former employer. This young fellow, Blessing, or Blessington, atter purchasing out Jim's piace, got himself a wife, and hes set up in the world on his own bottom, like @ men. ‘The irresistible desire, the unappeasable emotion, that would pot permit Jim Grant to sleep at nigi:, and wrged him to go to Calitornia, hastened him to his destiny 48 one of the aldermen of the city og Sen Francisco, and probably as Governor of Cali- fornie, is now felt all over Europe, ia various forms sud shapes, from Norway to the Mediterranean. Indeed, the California movement on this side of | the Atlantic has disturbed, astonished, an! given @ new impulseto the commerce and trade of the whole world. The goid ciscoveries on this con- tinent, at the close of the Mexican war, when thousands of adventurous mea were thrown out of employment by the peace with Mexico, farnished ‘hose people with an opportanity of gratifying the of enterprise, as we have seen it displayed for lust two years. The recent revolutionary feilures in Europe, and the triamph ef the armies | of despotism, have thrown thousaads and thou | sands of the revolutionary enterprisiag classes on their beam ends, and we have no doubt they will | exhibit the yet lingering spirit of enterprise and | energy, which fuiled in political action, on the fields of Califorsia, and among the adventurers that may be found in that region of the Pacific We verily believe we arelonly in the commence. ment of the disturbance in the commercial, social, and financial world that will be caused by the vast discoveries of gold in California Cuameovs vor tas Trape with Hayr).—An attempt hee been made by one of the morning nals to astie: the Boston speculators in the Haytien trade, by representing that Hayti is of more im- portance in a commercial point of view than Cuba A mere prepostercus and absurd disposition to make headw ainst facts and figures, fer the benefit m, has not recently been exhibited. Our exports to Heyl were ae follows, in the years ending June 1867 1849 of epeeu cece SEINE OT sess 692677 exports to Cuba up to the last day of Saas, 1849, for the | preceding year, were upwards of four and a half millions of dollars. The fact is, that since 1739 | Hayti has been running a jowaward course, till ehe | bas become almost a cypher. The time was when she exported two hundred millions of pounds of | | sugar, coflee and cotion; but now her business is mote, ond if it guine a little in one year itis almost fall beck again the next. The decline in 1347 and 1819, show our exports between the y what areliable customer she is for the United | Stare ver, we have mot space to-day to h the false premises of the Boston abolition Peper om, ood their aidere and abettors in this e ‘The eabject shall be thoroughly treated in | the couree of a few days, #0 that it may be seen | bow impossible ite to hope for any safe qxiension in another city, is not so much a desire to instruct the public as to extract a few dollare from their pockets. They are frequently mere charlatens, who are only half educated, and en tirely incompetent te perform the task they eo pre sumptuously impose upon themselves. Their lec tures often consist in nothing more than in an accu. mulation of facts, copied and compiled from books, without any reference to their nature, to the rela~ tions they bear to one another, or to the operation of the causes by which they have been produced. With such a character, added to such culpable ignorance and incompetency, how can it be expected tha’ their miserable compilgtions will meet with any satisfactory degree of success! The idea is prepos- terous. The public may, at first, attend their lec- tures; but they very soon discover that they have been duped, and find that they can obtain great deal more and better information from books, | at a farcheaper rate, than by payiag the prices of | admission to these discourses. Hence it is that popular lectures have completely fallen into disre- pute; and that even those which are delivered by men of unquestionable talent and ability cannot | t now command a respectable audience. In speak. ing of this itinerant system of public lectures, of course we do not mean to include every lecturer in the same category. There are unquestionably some who are thoroughly educated, who are pos- sessed of high literary attainments, and who de- serve to be heard. But these are few indeed, in comparison to the number of those who impose upon the community, and whose object consists in obtaining @ maintenance. During the winter season, we have had a great many lecturers who discoursed upon subjects of en almost endless variety. We have had lectures on the social life of Sir Thomas More; on bibli- cal astronomy; on the decline of Protestantism; oa the Jesuite; on the crasades; on the ventilation and heating of public buildings; on Italy; on) Java; on China; on Cranmer; the Huguenots and religious liberty; on the structure of the eye. on the process of digestion; on the American mind; on the progress of the age; on the Rochester knockings; on spiritwal reppings; on meemerism; and a host of other subjects, of every hue and cheracter. The greater part of the lectures which have been delivered during this season, have proved to be unsuccessful. We have atiended some of | them, and have frequently found that the audi- diences ranged from twelve to twenty in oumber. The reason of this signal failure is only tobe found im the prevailing itinerant sy stem of lecturing How can it be expected that the public will patroa- ize the wretched compositions of these incompe. | tent men, who study to impose upon and deceive | them! By converting their lectures into a means ofobtaining a maintenance, instead of giving ia- | struction, how ean they hope for public support? As long as our popular lectures hall be conducted according to the system which, since several yeare back, has become prevalent, they will always tura | cut to be a failure, and, more or lesa, a loving | speuleation to the itinerant lecturers Pollee Intelligence, Assault with Intent to Kill. - Toe police of the Eleventh ward arrested, op Thurrday night. a man called Louis Phiffler on @ charge of having violently assaulted Ve lentine Romter knife. infictiog te stab on the head and thigh, with en jotent of taking his life Phifler was secured by parties interfering, and the pollee took bim jato oat: Return of Mr. Githet F Hey: Me tage retarned on Friday. in the packet chip Admiral, from Havre, bering left New York a month three French by bim countries, Mr gover cateh risdietion. Hovrithle and Probably Fatet Case of Stabbing David Mebec had an altercation on Friday mi at 12 o'clock, person n the public house No. 91 Sout lig for some time they made @ rurh at the other, tl other rogues may come within his Lyne! pected to recover. McLachlan was arrested by o cer Donnelly of the 24 Ward police, and conveyed be- fore Justice Lothrop. who detained him in prison, to await the result of the injured man Domestic Miseaiiany, The Towa Legislature bas passed bills organizing m0 lens than fifty pew counties, at ite nt iiem Li it wae muri near St. Louis, Me, | on the Let inst., by John Doggett, i Jenny Linv’s Quasi Friznps—Banxomin Havava— Paices oy Concent Tickrrs.—Qur pious and respecte- ble contemporary, the Journal of Commerce, relaxes the habitual gravity of ite expression sn@ conduct ecca- sionally, by some of the most amusing and ridiculou® stories about the private relations and amicable agree- ments between Barnum and Jeuny Lind. Certainly such close knowledge of what is geing on with respect to the musical contract and such matters, a: clear and reliable by extracts from Jenny Lind’s pri- vate letters, must be the work ef some peeping Tom, or of his cousin-german, a busy, prattling, poppinjay. Tt cannot be that such kind of gossip can spring from the sober and staid mind of any grave moralist. It is altogether out of character. Buch laughable insinuations, such zealous defences in advance of attacks, and such a disposition to mal every circumstance of history, equivocal or decided, contribute to raise the public pulse to its former fe- Verish heat, must {emanate from a brain active with remarkable impulses of friendship. The various means ot keeping the public informed that all is well, how- ever, seems to us aboutasabsurd as anything yet eeen—and the assurances that there is no difficulty that will separate the interests of Barnum and the popular vocalist appear, to be of that gratuitous kind, which spring from some kind of apprehensions, actual- 1y making the world anticipate a disagreement, where none has been anticipated. 4 zealous friend without judgment, is more like an abolitionist than any other phenomenon in life, and is certainto commit very grave errors, sooner or later. One of this stamp is continually at workin more ways than one, to give false and ridiculous shepes to history, which must be contradicted and distipated, almost as soon as they are embodied into the semblance of facts. This has been the case with the fiasco of the Lind concerts at Havana. Zealous busy-bodies have persisted in en- deavoring to Grive truth into # corner, sud tu cover It up with documents and private letters, and other cu- rious means of mystitication, but without effect. The facts, with reepect to the concertajat Havana, are well known, end their failure is attributable only to the grasping and eager game which Barnum persisted, against alladvice, to carry on inthatcity. Had he been contented, like @ sensible and discreet man, to bring his prices down to those of the opera, the result would bave been greater, in the shape of doubloons, than he can now boast, et least with any regard to actual facts. AJl the nonsense published about political feeling interfering with the success that might have been commanded, under fair management, by the Nightingale, is the mere dew of imagination, and cannot stand in the light for an instant. Peeping Toms, or poppipjays, might as well talk ofthe political feeling of Poiton, from which Barnum retreated with a speed that left all the settlement of his affairs in the hands of his agents. The dissatisfaction, in both cases, may be traced to the inordinate desire of this very re- markable caterer for public taste, to obtein a fortune at every step of his career. Here he gave dissatisfac- tion by his prices—in Boston there was a strong sensa- tion, and even danger, spi g from the same source —and in Havana a total failure was the result. In New Orleans the test concert of public excitement —that devoted to charity—was a failure, and contrasted with those said to have produced large sums, in such @ way as to excite suspicions of misrepresentation. We know, at least, so far as Liavana is taken into account: that Jenny Lind’s want of success in that city was owing to the persistance in demanding exorbitant prices. As tothe tremendous offer made by some Creole Condes of fifteen thousand dollars for a concert which was refused, there need not be any mystitica- tion. Some such offer was made, but they might as well have offered s hundred thousand dollars. It was all talk—talk in the beginning, talk through the whole, and talk to the end. It was a kind of peace. offering to any possible wounded pride—offered, to be refused. The tact of the whole difficulty is easily to be per- ceived. Jenny Lind’s merits would have commanded their full recognition and value at Havana, if cupidity had rot interposed an insurmountable obstacle. Had Barnum permitted her to appear at opera pric w of having tor receipts, as he did, euch sums as six thousand, three thousand, forty-five hundred and a little over two thousand dollars for the concerts, he would have had more money, could have given more concertr, and would have satisfied the public. He failed to take the advice of the best judges on this sub: Ject, and he thus placed Jenny Lind in an unpleasan, position. He bas continued to do the @ thing else- where, and will again attempt it in this city, at Castle Garden. We believe that he proposes two or three dollars for the next concerts here, in furtherance of his’ fixed purpore, Castle Garden will hold eight or persons, Should not eight or ten thor uffice for a concert performance—always far inferior to an opera performance, the first quality of which can be bad for fifty cents cradollar’ We say empbatically, a dollar isenough. At one dollar we shall stick. rat Triat Tarr Or THe Baorwen JonatHax,—The gineer’s trial trip of the Brother Jonathan, steamer, took place on Friday. She was announeed to start from Ninth street, East River, at 10 o'clock; but did not move till nearly half-past one o'clock. The following is her time, = Ninth street. 1 24 Lighla: Battery .. 1 45 Light Bhip...: Bandy Hoox. 3b Here the ship returned. She reached, on ber re- ara H. M. i, M. A 3 Landed at herdock..6 13 n her trip outwards, 14 revolutions ; Om her return, 15 revolutions per minute. 7 is extremely small, there being scarcely « ripple at her stem as che cut her way through the waters Altegether she is a noble steamship. There was not the elightest tremulous motion felt from the time started till she reached her dook. It may be regarded as some test of her speed, that the Ajax, which invariably beate all the ocean steamers on their trial trips, was fairly whipped riday, by the Brother Jonathan, in the race home from Staten Irland. it is proper to abserve that the Brother Jona- than had not her full head o! a, and she had three hundred tons of coal on board. Bhe looks @ per- fect beauty, with the exeeption of her wheels which reem large tor the hull, being thirty-three bat they ere more for ure than for ornament. In pateing through the Kast river, a gan was fired, the wadding of which made « large hole througd ber main rail, The steam navigation, Washington. whom Got made might oall him tather ® ae The | nion—as lasting + the glory of thore who tounded it Altogether the trip delightful one ‘The following ie e list of her eficers Captain. George W Ilowe, Purser, Wm. A. Mills, dford ineer, John Austin, ward MeCage, ‘ard, Pandford Robinson. t Bteward W 8. Livingston: jependent Police, was on duty, t ok. for Chagres, aged berths yeater- pearly 100 passengers had Tie dimensions of the Brother Jonathan are.—2% feet longth of keel 96 feet beam and 21 fest deep, and ernment measurement. She is built and mort substantial manner, by Patterron & Stack of Williamebargh as rhipbullders needs no commenda- tiem. The hull is built of live oak, white oak. loentt and cedar. floors are of white oak, 14 inches is called © solid floors’ from stem fi are raised, ith ey press #hin- which on, wad od wedged on ti gies instead of are coged to the floor with fo ned with two bolts om each sloor liar for ite great strength in the onally braced. both w utes hull equal to the requirements of a steamer of a much larger clac. Her stanchions. waterways, planksheer bulwarks, and rail are all of corresponding sire remgth ‘The joiners work t alse very handsomely finished oa. main saloon is four feet in length, with erooms op each side, with the most perfect each being supplied with two doors, one to the ssloon, the other o) on am out- side , all around the outside of tho saloon, will be # great luxury im the tropical climates, (for this of the steamer will be as airy as an omui- bus in midsummer, with all of the windows The finish of this saloon is white polish (or what is usually denominated white evamel) |. The fieor is covered by # most superb ve tapestry carpet, of onpeousiote colors. ms are furnished wi ich brocatel cushions, gilt cornice. and French late looking glare, &o. If passengers tably located in these quarters hav. find, it must be with the speed of the boat, in our opinion, make the <orage so shert, The ig only Sf the medina aloss, has great capechty { she is only e medium class. has great capacity for BE and pace Bhe bas comfortable berths an ixty }, besides the accommodations for offic There been es complaint against steamships on account of the insufficiency of pumps, which detect is most admirably supplied here. She has two bilge pumps, two of Farnhem’s fireengine pumps, and one of Workington’s eight inc! ¢steam pumps. The vessel is also suppli with two twenty-two feet Francis’ patent lite boate, and two large size wooden "the racing i hat original, It bas bee somew! ; as been up ins iS and taut way, very seldom seen, and we may sately say she has no superior im this department of the riggiog tasteful: amented moulding: a Morgan Works, the following dimensions : —72 inch cylinder, ik wo boilers, 27 feet long, 12 feet shell, urn drop , which is a larger power than any steamer of her rize can boast. She has a 33 feet wheel, with 30 buckets, 8 feet face, and 6 feet dip. When loaded, it is estimated that this wheel will make, im smooth water, twenty revolutions, with fifteen inches of steam. Loss or tHe Barx Missovri.—The following inter- esting particulars of the loss of this vessel, (a brief account of which we published some few days back.) is communicated by Capt. Pitman, of the ship Sterling, then in the neighborhood:— Bur Breniixc, ANALAvoo, Bumatna,? November 30,1960. 5 Mrssns. Buaw & Co.: Gentlemen—I arrived at Sumatra on the 11th Octo- ber, after a passage of thirty days from Calcutta. On the Ist of November the bark Missouri, Captain Dixey, of New York. got under way for Pulo Rigas. As he got part way out of the harbor the wind headed him off and he came to anchor again. On the followin morning strong breezes from W. N. W. with rain. At PM Dixey hoisted his colors, and I went on board with my boat of four men. As I came alongside his larboard chain parted and the starboard anchor let go with forty fathoms chain, which brought stern close to the rocks, apd while in the act of tal out the stream anchor, the starboard chain ‘also parted, and the ship was cast on the starboard tack, and al sail set that she could stand; but the sea being high, and the slack chain under foot, she would not stay, chor was let way, but all took ber higher and Wigher on thing was to save the money, board the Sterling in three kegs, one gs at atime, $3,000 each, it blowing strong. with a tre- me sea on at the time; and asthe boat went to the Sterling on the third trip the natives commenced firing at us from the beach. All the bark’s muskets being wet, we could not get them off, and the starboard gun Nase disabled by the falling wreck, we had but one gun to depend upon. With this we fired three or ‘the direction of theif fire, when the gua ed under the boat; andsecing of protecting the bark in this situation, as the patives could come on by hundreds over the three masts. which made a good ladder fr he beach tothe bark’s rail; aud I fearing for the Sterling, left with all hands but the capt weuld not hear to me, although I told him patives would murder him as soon as they a1 board; and after leaving the bark I hailed hi arked him if be would come with me it I would return. d that he would not leave the wreck with #0 sh property to the ny the natives— so I returned on board the Bterling, between midnight and2A M, it blowing hard and raining at the time. To get into the boat we were obliged to drop from the wreck of the headgear, some going inte the water and others into the boat. and the natives firing at us at the time from the bea: rmed boats, one be- ri jd the other the bark’s, end on her we found Capt. Dixey lashed to a gua Z t and bands, ee 7 bis face veins muc! f 1 ith men. to save what I could from the wreek- t were employed in getting the ehip ready for sea Onthe 4th of November. in the evening, « shot was fired from the fort on Pulo Rorum, an island bpd three cables length from the ship, towards the etlip, and fearing a: solved to drive them from thi poerible ; so I called all hande I thought of it, and asked for volunteers. Twelve of ¢ men volunteered. making fourteen with Captain ving the rem: of my men andtl ‘8 crew, with my two boats amd protect the ship A: rounds from the boats, the nati beach. I Ixeyand men to Ansiaboo, and he roa to take his menand specie to Pulo T write you all the particulars, thinking the ship ie entitled to salvage, although my officers and men have ach $15 for their services jgned. HENRY C. PITMA ster of B: coast of Sa: ot any good har- bor among th resorted to by our abips for ith pepper. ‘The nativ the duct pt, Dixey was most for- ife. Hin decision to re- n all who were with hi face of the sav id “ners of the property “hich he risked rotect. Captain Diaey Jost no time in returning to the Unit- ed States, bringing to hie owners, in New York. some pine thousand dollars which was saved from the spe- cie His health ts still impaired by the treatment which he underwent while in the power of the savages. —Merers, Nathan Church & Son ef en. tracted with Messrs, Smith & Di- if this city. for the building of five live osk ship ot epwards of 600 toms, for the whale fishery, Her length will be 126 feet, breadth 90 feet, depth 18 teet, nd of about 3.900 bbls capacity. Quick Wonx.—The Francis P Sage, Capt. Wm H, Robson, lett New ns onthe (thet February, with the largest cargo cleared trom that port coastwiee, (with 14000 bbls bulk.) arrived at Sandy Hook in ten days, dircharged her cargo in five days; cleared on the 26th; salted. from Bacdy Hook on the 28th of Feb. P.M ; and arrived at Balize on the loth of March—ten days—thus completing the round voyage in thirty.twe days. Avornen Quick Vovser.—The clipper ship M built and owned by Messrs. Bifften & Tronei ot this city, and commanded by Capt. Ira Bare! on Friday completed a voyage to aod from Kio Janeiro. with afull cargo both ways, in the extraordinary. if not unprecedented. short time of eighty-two days, hay ing railed hence 22d December. Darantine or tHe Breamante City oF Grascow.— The at bip City of Glasgow, Capt. KR. B. Mathews, sailed at a lictie atter noon to-day, on her second voy mm Philadelphia to Liverpool. She takes out 5 arrengersande large and valaable cargo. Among et pearengere is Wm. H. Maurice. leq. ofthis city, who goes as bearer of despatohes from our goveri ment to our ministers at the court of St. James and at Paris, and Mr. Thomas Read, of Hantingdon Pa, commissioner to attend to the interests of P Iva- nie at the World's Fair.— Phila, Bulletin, March 15, Vesset iv Divtenes at Nastav,N.P.—The Americsn steeme: Freeman Rawdom, Brown, trom New Ocleaas bound for New York, with «cargo of cotton, candles, and rait provisions. came {nto this port om Sunday lit, aving got ashore at Brown's Uay. about 16 miles Han Cay light, om the 10:h inst, where she following Wed 9 took the * 1 net until nd with th P ability of in her pr sau Herold, Movements of Distinguished Peopte, 8. Stewart, Greenock: A. Kay, Washington, Ben- i Ogle Taylor, do ; John 8. Ide, Troy; Hon Wm Upham, Hl. Walbridge, New York; J. De Gordo: Folger Humaio, Samuel F & Jacobs, Philadelphia, are among the arrivals at the Ir- ving House Hon Vierpol Vermont: Gen. Mart dard. Rhode ind; Aboer Dakia. Georgia: © ¥. Bymonds; A. J Huokley, Watertown, were among vale at the Clinten |ot: i Phelps. of \t.. hae the erysipsiaa, and ously Sli at Washington, The Washi TO THE EDITOR the Allow me to correct one error which 7 and your telegraphic fallen into. ‘ou confound A.J. Donet kaon, the adopted ton of Gen Jackrom, They are distinct individuals, being only cousine, Andrew Jackson bas never held an office thet | know qT thy of bis trust in all instances City Intelligence. A DEMONSTRATION TO COMMIT SWICIDE, OR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE TIMES. Atall times when am excitemont is raised in thé community—either by failures in business, extensive forgeries, stock jobbing operations, or a rush of singu. lar suicides startle the moral citizens of this city—there is always some individuals who jamp at the opportunity in order to make it advantageous to their own account. In consequence of the lateexcites ment caused by the remarkable suicide of One-Eyeq Thompson, and many others in the neizhboring cities, an attempt has been made to gull the public. . It seems that a young German, 27 years of age, clerk in a mercantile house down town, conceived the ideg of feigning to commit suicide, with a view, evidently, of obtaining immunity from his employers, from whong he had embezzled moneys—believ' mo doubt, that demplon auld be socomplished, and. that the bel& jem) wi act of self-destruction would be considered as « set-off for the missing money. Accordingly, om Thursday morping last, the clerk addressed s letter to bi mployers, netting forth that on the receipt of the rhe would be no more; that his would be found either at Abingdon square, or at a hotel in the vicinity of Broadway, In this letter he proceeded to Glegee of the little effects he possessed, aud expressed a wir be buried decently, and particularly to allow a gold ring on one of hi re to remain thereon, as @ remembrance of tbe past The readers, slarmed at the tenor of the letter, scarcely knew what todo — first, a messenger, however, was despatched forthwith to the hotel, another to Abingdon square, but all without success, asno tidings could be discovered of the Rater young man. The Coroner's office was next applied to, and luckily they met with Mr. Blakely, the efficient Deputy Coroner, to whom the substance of the letter was given Mf. Blakely emiled, and t them at the other, and rem: n. we have not heard of the suicide as yet, but if you wait until to-morrow, in all probability we may have the case. The merchants, however, considered it their duty to ion of the violence if possibl ‘ely toaccompany the! nd endeavor to ascertain Mr Blakely did so, and on the re- the assumed name was found, an@ number of the room. entered the evening previous: but was informed by the bookkeeper that (he perso | had left that morning. Notwithstanding the denial in relation to the room being occupied, Mr. ely in- sisted on going up to the epartment, and thereby as- certaining the fact fer himself. On arriving at the door it was found locked and the key inside, which was an evident sign of some one being there. Mr. B. knocked at the door several times, and in return re- ceived only aloud groan. Achair was procured, by which he could look through the window over the door, and there he saw the desperate individual lying on the: bed, with his clothing on, and his arm over hi | Blakely in called to him,ant k the door violen! By this time the merchants cume up stairs instant, rather than the deor should be the Lear youth descended frem the bed and unlocked 94 i ri and quickly retired to his tormer position om e bed. Mr. Blakely and the merchants entered tt endona il table by the sidy of the bed, w: open, co Ing perc caps. “ Well’? said the deputy coroner, “here we are, all ready to hold am inquest on your body according to your letter; the undertaker is engaged, and your coffin is down stairs waiting for you, and ‘you hav'at yet done the job. Why, what have you been about’ Where is the in- strument of death?” Mr. Blakely, here sutting hie actionsto his words, turped over the arm of the young man, and there, under the sheet. was discovered a small single barrel [eat supposed to be loaded mo a@cap on and the hammer up, ready to disohsrge, but the muzzle carefully pointing in the opposite direction tohis pervon. Mr Blakely ploned wp the pastel, ox- prevent the contum: and olitel; hibited it tothe merckante, and remark ‘ou see, gel >. you need tertain any tear; this isa affair, he never intended to commit suicide Here ” said Mr. Blakely, offering the young man, “take it and finish up thejob, tendto make a icol ot yourtelf, and not fool us. ome to hold the inquest, and these gentlemen \d see that you ate ool request of Mr. but leugh; but the tration to Ce the prof- ry coolly rolled them pape d left the room, leaving the clerk and bis employers to patch up the reconciliation as they might deem ruitable on the occasion. Mr. Blakely returned to his office, and on examination of the pistol, he found it to contain a email bail, loose in the barrel, and a piece of paper on top to keep it trom rolling out, but no powder. The cap was discharged, which blew out the ball on the floor, as perfect as when it went im. And thus, for the present, endeg this would-be desperate affair. Annest or ax Osinsnus Daivin.—George Carter, dri- ver of one of the First ¢ ompt buses, was arrested: | on Friday for driving too slow. He waa fined $3; aud,ae he refused to pay it, he was sentenced to three days t. Iman hour ortwo he was released— of the line having the that be could n imprison: Excine.—Alfred Harrison, a boy burgh, was run over on Friday 22, in Naseau street. wae first taken to ore of Charles Hi. King. and from thence to ar’ bis home. Woman Buaxen.—A woman rushed into the street from 14 William rtreet, Friday evening, with al her iy She was with difficulty saved from instent death. was seriously burnt. | Bunpen Deartn oF 4 Pouicemax.—On Friday, Corone™ Geer held an inquest at No. 66 Greenwich street, om the body of Thomas Armstrong. aged 45 years, a na- tive of Ireland, who died suddeniy,on Thureday night. jhe evidenoe of deceased's wite, that he afternoon and complained of violent it to bed, saying to her, tocall him His wife called him, as desired, Hb Medical aid ashe dled at ten o'clock. ve jot that deceared came to hii } estion of the brain. | Ax Unxxows Woman | Geer, om Fridsy, held an | Tver. on the body | ed. floatin, body was dl lice, who rovxp Drowsrn —Coroner East dark dress, black stock: petticoats, corset, ai ody appeared to water. Drath ny tae on Friday, on ty secon: pag be nues, on the body of J. Delaney. aged 46 years, born in Ireland; who came to his death b ‘the blaeth of srock in Thirty sixth street, « pieoe of which stra deceased on the head, fracturing his skull, thereby causing death one bour after, The cause of the prema- — biast will be investigated by the Coroner this ay. a by the President, By and with the advice and consent uf the Senate Robert ©. Schenek. oy Ex John B. Kerr, of Maryland, tobe Oh, of the Un 6 Velvert of the United States kiin H Clack. of Loute tion of tLe United G, Goodrich ot New Yor! u ited States at Paris, in FF bert Waleb. resigned Jobn Howard Payne. to be Consul at Tunis. William # Allen. of Missouri, to be Beeretary «f the Territory of New Mexteo. Eliae P. West, of New Mexico. to be Attorney of the United States for the territory of New Mexico Jense Turner. of Arkansas, to be District attorney of the United States for t rn district of Arkansns, George K United Btat _John Joni Consul of wot Ro~ Cou tecrons of Monterey. Califo bletom, for the distr Colin Wilron, ior the Oregon; Bimpron P Morea, tor the Sound, Oregon, es kvevons Robert Goodwin. for the port of Beverly, aes, Edward 0. Ward, tor the port of Jacksonville. North Carolina; Jesse Thomas, for th tor N ville, Tenn.; Tobias Wolf, for the port of M Tenn ; Wm. Brown, for the port of K ranaviti: Frederick Heiden, for the pert of Corpus ls ‘Texas; Bamuel Uarria, for the port of Velasoo, Texas Bamurl Barney, tor the port of Santa Barbara, nia; George V. Newell. for the port ef Pacite Oregon; Alonzo Leland. for the port ot Milwa: Oregon; Wm. M. Miller, tor the port of Nesqually Oregon. Arrnaiten— George Pendleton, forthe port of San Francisco, California, Arraaiens att Charles Beadicy of Masea- churetts; Mathine N Riddle, of Penuayiva land A Pleasant Exenrsion,— Che trlp to Cole; Point thi U J ret t . W vilinge of Siration Port, tte by the Plowhing bor the tide beam h vod ewever, v Iately b of three bund x 11 price from 5 diminishing 4 Woo fo makes at his of for the new morning. Yesterday, we happened jn at our fetend Tape id's tore, 107 Naseau street, where he o h Frank Bennett's Straw Bonnet Store, Totely at iy 3 a N pe ate and Benners, rites the Indios t Boots and Shoes <0, MH, Brooks, Vo, 180 “4 Tam gladof | witer NM band the focession te the chair editorial of the | nion | sortm eat of tedier'sgemts: aud enilare ‘Bospectfully, i ‘atry: which, for bes O Onl, 00, and be enti