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that they had expended $300,000 of their own money on the road. At the close of April, 1838, after the passage of the above mentioned law, Mr. Lord was re-elected to the Board of Directors. In the course of the en- lek summer, thre condition of that law was com- plied with; contracts were entered into, and the work was commoneet on the nated portions of the road. At this period, or rather up to the close of 1888, the collections which had been made on the stock of the company amounted to 237, against which three issues of $100,000 each of State stock had been received and sold, prior to September, 1889, from which payments were made on the con- <ricts above mentioned. The laws under which ‘hee issues were made authorized the payment of only 4) per cent. Ax tho times then were, it could he sold only at a very heavy discount. The pro- ceeds of the three instalments amounted only to $245,225, a eum not sufficient to complete the work mder contract, In the crippled state of the stock- holders, and the continued embarrassment of com- nereial affuirs, it was not then practicable to make further collecti isti the on of the ¢ company. prevent another suspen: sce ioktors, before the Li Sense of the sub- -isting contracts, other measures became necessary. We Bean here mention that in October, 1837, a numerous convention of delegates had been held at Elmira, of whick Charles Humphrey, Esq., of Fompkins, was president, and an add-ess to the people ef the State in favor of the railroad was «opted, having been drawn up . H, d asa delegate from Chau- The convention recommended an Seward, who atten anque county. appeal to the Legislature for aid, and appointed ommittees to take up subscriptions to the stock. But little of importance was effected in the latter pect. lp 1589, prope ome were tendered by the board to the inhabitants on the route of the road, to the effeet that subscriptions and payments nade by them should be expended in the counties respectively, together with a like ratio of the proceeds of corres- | ponding issues of State stock. With a view to | varry into eflect this plan inthe counties of Rock- | und and Orange, and to extend the construction | of the road to Goshen, Mr. Lord accepted the ap-") pointment of commissioner for those counties in May, 1839, and having procured subscriptions to the amount at first required, with stipulation as to the times of payment, contracted in July for the | - construction of the 36 miles betw Goshen and the tea miles previously commenced. ‘The payments m these contra being thus provided for, the work proceeded with energy during the remainder 4 that, and throughout the succeeding year, when it was nearly completed on the 46 miles, with the exception of Iaying the iron rails. In September, | Is30, Mr. King resigned as President, and Mr. Lord | was again electe| to that office, continuing in the same until May, 1341, From the date of his elec- tion ag President, antil March, 1811, Mr. Lord held that office ag well as that of commissioner, for bout eightecn months. There being no other practicable method of ob- ‘ing funds for carrying on the work on the road, ive measures were taken in November, 1889, for res t extending the plan adopted in Rockland ‘and Orange, to other portions of the line, to the Susquebannah division, between and Hornelisvi i measures were suce the Commissioner, Mr. Lyman, and the division | was put under contract in February, 1814, and | <ubsequenthy, under the same syst contracts | were made for the western division, from Hornells- | ville to the ten miles east from Dunkirk, which had heen commenced in 1X38. At the session of 1840, the Logislature further amended the Loan bill, so as to authorize issues of | +100,000 of State Stock against every $50,000 which | had/been and should thereafter be collected on the | stock of the company, until the original amount of | three millions was issued. Under this arrangement the work was vigorously prosecuted on the Eastera, Swsquehannah, and Western divisions of the road, comprising together a distance of 300 miles. The | vate of interest on the State stock was span ged by the act of 1850, to 5; and 6 per cent, instead of 4) yany in 1840, per cent. ‘The excoutive committee of the compan onsisting of Aaron Clark, Geo. S. Robbins, K. M. Hlatehford, Simeon Draper, and James Bowen, with H. 1. Pierson, Treasurer, when the first $400,000 of the State loan was expended, from private sources raised $50,000, to enable the company to obtain $100,000 from the State, when funds were particu- larly required to sustain the work on the road ; and they continued their efforts in assisting to raise funds, until the three millions State stock was all ybtained from the Comptroller and expended on the road. If it had no: been for their exertions, the work would have been abandoned in 1840. They, as the executive committee, formed the plans, and Mr. Lyman, as the Commissioner, carried them out. In June, 1840, Mr. Henry L. Pierson and Major T. S. Brown, Engineer, (now in the employ of the | Emperor of Hussia,) were sent by the company to | Engl land, as agents to purchase iron for the eastern livision of the road. They wero successful in ob- | ~aining the iron on advantageous terms, nnd, in the ensuing sammer, the rails began to arrive in New York. ‘The Legislature of 1311, at the request of the | President, caused an investigation of the affairs and proceedings of the company by the Committee on Railroads, of which Mr. Culver was Chairman. | The committee, after examining numerous witnes- | zes, reported in the most favorable manner, and de- slaring that “ this company deserve the encourage- ment and liberal portof the Legislature.” Tais report being made by whigs, the democrats in the | Assembly wore dissatisfied, and towards the close of the session, having an accidental majority, they elected by ballot a committee to sit during the re- cess, visit the dit cos, &e., ag company, and report to the next Legislature. Uhe committee onalsted of A. ¢ Chatheld and W. 3. Maclay, nd Geo. G. Graham, whig. After a ation, which occupied six moaths, iuring which they passed over the whole line of the they made a report in January, 1842, entirely satisfactory to the company, and very interesting in its details. The circetors, and their officers gene- rally, were entirely exempted from mismanage- nentyexcept in a fow immaterial points. ‘They had | sot, in the opinion of the committee, wed their power for political purposes, and it was proved that the work done up to that time was on as favorable rticularly nghamton terms as on any similar work in thie country. Various mpts were mado to induce the Le gislature to adopt the road as a Stat k. That ian desired by Mr King, and some oth Mr od ’ irectors: but Mr. Lord, Lyman, and Mr. Pierson, with other friends of tho road. always unter ho idea, us it would, in thoir fatal to the pro A bill to make in | the whigs | Jemocrats | | | te . jons that (Jovernor and whigs, wished to make the dia political scheme, wherewith to carry the | + in the southern tier of co’ but it ould be m » party question, althe | he democra's not residing in the countie | rested were rally opposed to viding the | with ¢ tute credit, while the whigs sapported On the 241 September, 1941, the road was opened 1 t which place there was a | vent, attended by Gover- at New York Or Vierment to this “eward made prospects of th in road tina ing was doubtful whether it i be ma within & reasonable period, without farther aid om the State: « fter all the exe m. } d been made, o sbout one-tenth of th of the road was finished Among the matters investigated by the com nittee of ich “Mer. Chattell wa sairman in ISH], was the consolidation of the stock which had ab , from $5 to $15 per share of $100 | been |, principally in this city, had be The directors, in view of the inability the stockholders to meet further calls resolution carly in 1841, declaring that the «toe holders, on pay he further sum of $5 per shar m their stock, should be entitled to relinquish to ginal scrip, and to receive full At stock to the full amorunt of all the by them respectively. This ar- H hirther call upon the citi ly consummated before the end ally considered judicious, and wuree to be pursued under th» stances In the autumn of 1811, Mr. Lyman, the ( jonor of Ure Company, formed «plan to yeral and minute call on the cititens of New York fi of one million of dollars to Ward meetings were accords 1, which were addressed by Mr. Lyman, ber (agent of the Company,) and other plaining the object and condition of A pamphlet was prepared by Mr illiams. comprising an array of statistical gon theeudject, of which pamphlet many were peinted and distributed among the meorns general information re- ise and its importance was dis- <cininated. ‘The wards were organized aystematical- ly, and agents appointed in each to call on the busi- jess men, and owners of real estate. The pl © far suct c#sful, that about $400,000 were sul ingly « Mr. Maco lan was cribed by our citiv A there was but little doubt if obtaining the required amourt of sabserip- tion, when Governot Seward sent a message them that he was ad to the Legislature, wopnieg or ident of the company, vived by Mr. Bowen, Presi that the quarterly interest, due April, 142, on the Miate loan, could not be paid. Th course, put sn end to the attempt to obtain subscriptions onthe stock, but the efforts made at that time were not prepared the public mind for the future scriptions whieh were made. x The total loss ou the sale gf tae Garey millions State stock, such was the depressed state of the money market at the time, was over 000, or 134 per cent. In January, 1842, sales were made a3 low as 86 for 6 per cent stock. In April, 1842, the company placed its affairs in the hands of assignees, who, under its complicated embarrassments, arising from the nature and amount of its indebtedness, by the most skillful and persevering efforts, protected its interests, and kept the Eastern division in successful opens t the annual election in November, 1842, those previously in the board having declined, with one sr two exceptions, a new direction was chosen, and William M laxwell, of Chemung county, was ap- pointed President, In April, 1848, the bill known as Faulkner’s Bill, was passed, by which it was intendod that the State lien should be released on certain conditions, and that the bond of the company, for the three mik lions should be issued as a frat lien on the road, The object, however, was not attained. The bonds could not consistently with some provisions of the bill, be issued so as to aid in completing theroad. No efforts were made this year towards a resumption of the work by « subseription to the stock, or other- wise. Mr. Faulkner was a Senator from Livingston county, and first introduced his bill for the relief of the company, at the session of 1842, when it was re- fected but passed, as we have stated, at the fol- lowing session. ‘The directors, in April, 1842, stated that had the bill passed when first introduced, large additional subseriptions would have been obtained in this city and on the line of road, favorable con- tracts for iron {could have been concluded, and the road from Binghamton to Lake Erie would have been put in use during the year 1842. The directors also state that “the amount due contractors for work, subsequent to the notification in November, of the exhaustion of the State loaa, cannot be less than 3500,000.” The interest due on the State loun on the Ist April, which the company failed to pay, they say amounted to about $40,000; and, in e jon of their sudden embarrassmects, they “In the latter part of December, 1341, tute six per cents sudden! 4 fell to 73 per cont, the arcity of money increased, demands for tempora- ry loans to the company were made, and the stooks ypotheeated were sold at prices ranging from the 7S to 82 per cent.” It is proper here to state that when the work was suspended in 1812, the contracts west of Binghamton, and thence to Lake I forwardness, the grading being nearly complete, that the 250 miles of r west could have been put in operation within the time stated, in 1832. This proved by the rapid manner in which the western tion has been completed under the auspices of the present directors, notwithstanding the dela; dation of former work done, and the change of line of the road at various points. At the election in October, 1843, an entire list | of new directors was chosen, and Horatio Allen was appointed president. ‘This’ board, after a laborious examination of the affairs of the company, published the result in a report. ‘The conclusions to which they came, with respect to the value of the work which had been done, the operations on the eastern division, and the promise of productiveness from the whole when finished, were such as to encourage them to endeavor to obtain the requisite means. | In their view, as in that of those who preceded them, six millions of dollars were necessary to complete the unfinished portions of a single track of the road from the Hudson to Lake Erie. At that time the amount paid on the capital stock of the company was $1, , and their indebtedness $597,072, ex- clusive of the three million State loan. Adding these to the six millions then required, and we have about eley illions as the estimated cost (in IN-44) of the road from the Hudson to Lake Erie. Having failed to obtain the co-operation of the Common Council of New York for a subseripzion of three millions to the stock, by the loan of the credit of the ity, and in a subsequent appticerion to the citizens for the required amount, the directors proposed to have re e to the bonds contemplated in Faulk- ner’s bill. These bonds, however, were unsaleable, it being found that they would not become a lien upon the road prior to that of the State, except in the event of the work being finished within the time prescribed in the law; to accomplish which three millions beyond the authorized amount of such ponds was necessary. This result, with » raccount of their proceedings, ticy publisae report to the stockholders, in Octobor, ISU. At the annual election of directors in October, ISH, the unsuccessful board of the previous year, with the exception of two city and two country members, retired from the field. The new board chosen was composed as follows:—Georgo Ciriswold, Jacob Little, John C. Green, James Harper, Ulea- zar Lord, Paul Spofford, Stewart C. Marsh, Heny, erson, Henry Sheldon, Charl Leupp, W. Alsop, Silas Brown, and Robert L. Crooke, of this city; D. 8. Dickinson, of Broome; A. 8. Diven, ef Allegany; and Elijah Risley, of Chautauqne- This board elected Mr. Lord president, and imme- diately, on the Ist November, 1844, published an address to the public, showing the condition and prospects of the company. "To complete the entire line of the road,” they say, “six millions of dollars is deemed necessary and sufficient. Towards | thissum the bonds legally authorized are an cligi- ble and sufe reliavee for three millions. It is be- lieved to be quite safe to rely upon the interior coun- ties for further aid to the amount of one million; so that to insure the immediate progress and carly ac- complishment of the entire work, a subscription of two millions of dollars only isrequired. Wit subscription, the board would have no hesitation in roceeding with the work, in the confidence that no ns of this city will be necessary. A subscription was accordingly open propo- were in such a state of | eals for grading about twenty miles of the road be- | youd Middletown, Orange coun were vedsand ‘a contract for a portion thereot being concluded, the work was resumed in February, 181. Applica: tion was, in the meantime, made to the Legisla- ture for the necessary amendment of the law of April, 1833, (autkner’s bill.) The subseriptions, part of which were made on condition of th amendment, were suspended ty await the nm of the Legislature. On the Mth of May, 1815, a law relating to the the release of the St vase claim, on condition of ¢ pmpletion of the rowd to Lake I years, (ex) ¢ 1th Ma 5 ihe stock, &e., Was passed by the thie law, the original subseribera to the stock, ia covsideration of the relinquishment by the State of the Hen on the road, aud to offer inducen new rubscribers, rrendered one hi ‘ shares—thus reducing the old stock fro 567, and of course lessening the he company to thal amount. Active measures for taking up sv samenced in INS, after the par ed to; the ts of th men ward ibe iption of th oma to th ity and other busi- lat a sub- ! k was er, who had been en mt, Was iin took a promiaent part LOT a obtaining «ubseriptions, besides sustaining the project by bis own ¢ » in subseribing for a urge amount of the at It became apparcat that th tive business of tho cit i of etived eapitalirts, were the most prob: th > ters to ban bout the ¢ the work. it ors that “Ve aeourd- James dont pro tem. the same manenily as President, tuuity of connecting his name entest public works wth August, 196, Mr. Loder i ident of the company, and ac: ‘ ie since applied him rey Ww the work, until he finally ction Of witnessing its completion fe bi prising ether basis n aided by assoe of our most enterprising merchants and » me On the 2tet d of April, # commitice of the directors passed over the entire length of the road, and were warmly welcoued wt Hunkirk. On the elevation about ten mi (hat place, they caught a view o the cars, and probably experienced to thowe with whieh Balboa first mountains of the Isthmus of J arien. « of the present directors, the Vort Jervis, on the Delaware, les from Piermont, at the close of the ye in Desember, 1814, it was opened to stiton, 201 miles, passonger and feeignt trains heir regular trips on the 4th of Janua- ry, 1849. following year, vir: in Januar, the road had beoa exteude ) miles further west, via: to Corning, and the brane road to Newburgh, nineteen and a half miles, had alxo been opened. ‘The line in operation was extended ille, forty-one fifty-o in January of the present year, siney when the final yn of seventy-seven miles to Take L was letedy in April, Thus no less thon 16% miles been bronght into ration within one year, 1 this is regarded, the directors say, in their ast report, “with exultation and pride by the board. \lihough this is the crowning effort of their labors, it hus been more speedily secomplished than other portions lees prominent.” We have thus brought this long eventful narra tive to conclusion; emitting, necessarily. from the great length of this sketeh, ma nts doubt lees of interest to the numerous stockholders and the public eo deeply interested in the completion the work 4 the opera of Ernani,” there is a fine chorus, concluding with the words, “ To Carlos the great be all the honor and glory.” To point owt tho Charlemagne of the Erie Nailroad, who may claim “all the honor and glory,” to the exclusion of all others, would be no easy task. We think it may he safely asserted that tono one person is the eredit alone due ;'but,a suecession of porrerering and pablic spirited individuals, backed by a confiding and generous commun have devised, carried on, aud at last completed a work demanded by the necessitige of the public qnd the spirit of (he age. comme ustruction of the road, | ee | ex ra the board, com- | ‘The Annual Spree of the Sons of St. Nie rolas. FULL, TRUE, AND PARTICULAR ACCOUNT, BY OUR SPECIAL REPORTER. About twelve years ego, some of the worthy de- seendants of the original settlers of Nieuw Neder. landts formed the noble design of constituting themselves into society called the sons of St. Nicholas, for the purpose of perpotuating the fame and glorious deeds of their illustrious ancestors, who, embarking from Holland in the Goede Vrouw (Good Woman), commanded by the renowned Hendrik Hudson, and borne in safety over the vast deep under the protection of St. Nicholas, landed on Gibbet Island, whence they made a descent upon the Indian village of Communipaw, on the Jersey shore, which they took by storm, obtaining a great victory over half a scoro of squaws and twice as maay papooses. This Communipaw, we are told, was the egg whenee was hatched the present mighty city of New York, called in the good old days of Dutch rule Nieuw Amsterdam, which was settled by Jacobus Van Zandt (From the dirt,) Myuheor Abraham Hardenbroeck (Tough Breeches), and Mynheer Winant Tenbroeck (Ten Breeches), who fell overboard at Hell-gate, and was saved by the multitude of his nether garments, which buoyed him up till he floated to a pro jecting rock on the shore of Manna-hatta, and by Commodore Oloffe Van Kortlandt (Lackland,) whose tub was rolled high and dry on the south- west point of the Battery, where himself and his shipwrecked followers regaled themselves with a hearty meal of oysters; and oa the samo eventful night’ he dreamed that the good St. Nicholas camo riding over the tops of the troes in a wagon, wearing abroud brimmed hat and smoking a long pipe, which loft in his train @ volume of curling nok s assuming @ variety of shapes, indicative of the towers und palaces of the future city, which the tu- telar saint, by a very significant look aad the placing of his forefinger boside his nose, declared it to be his will should be erected on the spot where he so miraculously appeared aud disappeared. To celebrate the achievements of these founders of New Amsterdam and their doughty dosvendants in building up the city by their skill, and defending it by their prowess, under the successive dynasi f Wouter Von ‘Twiller, Wilhelmus Kieft, und Peter Stuyvesant, till Colonel Richard Nicholas, the commander of the Brivtsh forces, walked into it and took quiet possession in the name of the Duke of York, giving it, at the same time, the name which it bears to this day, was the object and origin of the St. Nicholas Society; and at the samo time, by u sort ofside wind, to counteract New Haglandism, which had been making rapid inroads iu Gotham, and claiming, at its festivities, more credit for the Pilgrim Fathers and their Puritan offspring in set tling the colonies, conquering their independence and making these United States what they now are, than any true son of Holland is disposed to givethem. Many of the Knickerbooker merchants, too, were jealous of the success of the Yankee mer- chants who located themselves in these diggings. Ever since, these excellent eltizens hold their an- nual spree on St. Nicholas’s day. Tho City Hotel was formerly the rendezvous sacred to his saintship ; but this year, the rites and ceremonies were per- formed at the Irving House. On Thursday night there was a grand jollification there, and libations were poured out freely in gin and Dutch ale, and the sweetest incense of the tobacco leaf sent up its fumes from the altar of the good saict. None of our regular reporters were present, for this very good reason that the press has been always ex- cluded from the proceedings, as rigidly and jealously at if the society were a freemasou's lodge, or the Eleusinian mysteries were being celebrated. Vari- ous reasons have been assigned for this secrecy. Some of the members have declared to confidential friends, that their object was to keep tho Yankees ignorant of what they said of them, and of the plots and plars proposed to check their encroachments; wh | while others have stated that if the proceediags were once published they would become stale, the same speeches and witticisms ‘being repeated aad repors- ed again; and this inconvenience, or the difficulty to Dutch genius of inventing something new at each returning Paws, is happily uvoided by keoping out the reporters. A third version of the matter is, tbat there are things said and done, acts of gorman- dizing and guzzling, and suction’ and pulling, of which the actors, or, at least, their boou sompan- ions, would feel ashamed next morning, if they saw them in print. It is related of the anciext Ger- mans by the Roman historian, that they first de- bated upon an important subject when drunk, and afterwards reconsidered it when sober. Perhaps the modern Dutch of the St. Nicholas Society imi- tate the classic and venerable example. Howover this may be, we determined to have the news on the present occasion for our readers, and ¢ igaged the services of a special reporter, « member of the fraternity of Saint Nicholas. We are sorry to say, he was so fuddled on this joyous occasion that he allowed his notes to be blotted with ale, and had great difficulty in deciphering them, which, together with a violent headache anda terrible eommotion in his intestinal eanal from having over euten-himself, delayed his report till this morning. We perevive, however, that it has ot grown musty by keeping, and that it will be sib Jy fresh and new for our readers. It is as follows :— ight last.the 24th instant. ed the annual Pass Festival of the St The Dutch rac was cele- Nicholas So- in Brant. Van bl chteus, Van nd Van Dyck. and fen Eycks, Yon Tassels, Vau Grolis. Van W. y VK Pelts vrs Van Werts, Van Pott: vw Van Kit Loughs, andall the vans aud burghs ia the Date) nomen- clature. There were the Vanderbelts, Vanderhotfs and ‘endervoorts, the Ryckmans and Dyekmans, th the Ten Broveks, the Hardeabruecks, and the ops, together the Suydams, the Blecekers, the Stuyvesants, the Hcisers, the Hoppers, (he Schermer: horns, the Ruyters, the Brinckerhotfs, the Daytchings, anil last. not least, the Knickerbockers. The supper was of the most substantial description in- eluding fat pork fried brown, cut up into morsels, aad vinining !ngravy, ina huge earthen dish n-nuts, (oly kowks) and an abun dane gerbrvad ea Ks a windmil! and the cock and breeches ‘The supper was wound up by the game of ex formerly played by our Dutch au: ywis from them by the little boys, and mow revived by the growa children of St, Nieavlas’s Society, About a lvid in baskets, and excl man took «were thea given through this highly intelteets am@teoment, Which, it seems, t9t he Vass, Hollands i table groan. aad the ta- ble, by way of revenge, boasted of having some of the es under Ut before the feast was don: dont, Mr. Van Awww 1 this festive board eo m ancient Hollanders, who had fount hill, mod made it a city of tall a mi: oud and hed Iriver A their en. c 2 t talk of their blar- | ¥ stone, Mymouth re aight toady their | ritih origin. and the c ue ni toady hem; bat it was the Dutch that had made New York r City of the Rurpire State the face of ihe ¢ id have accom of Ureee| clr wisdon. » courame and pers by giving—" The day we celebrate.” vot Was coevived with most unbounded ap- acal descendant of the great Tevaronce here rose, and said he ways a friend to order on such oeea- ns th bd not wish to iaterrupt the Pro. nt y hut he thought he h “ary kilasion to his llusttions an tin breeches. explained it but f his beginning to the p verty in which he (his vdaat) ri ‘Though he was poor, he was a jolly good foil vw, which nobedy could deny, and he tw his ed the tables upoa enemies, the Hardenbrueeks, (of Tough Brecches, 69 ed from an old grewy pair of buckskias worn by the lof the family.) by repeating the following stana # been since plagiariced by « pirate English Then why whould we quarrel ‘Or any such glittering toys’ Aight brart and thin pair of bree Will go through the world. my brave boys (oars of lnughter, amidst whieh the «peaker reeumed his sent.) Mr Hinorserorce here roe and said: The gont nen who had juct cat down made a very unten reference to the kind of brecol ot rieles, ering to Ut y or name of any gentleman, the geurel fhet of our ancestors wearing #9 many broad bottomed breeelea.? Mr. Vas Zanor anid he did not take any offence when the worthy President sid New York was raised from the A; whieh if his skin were as thin as the breweries of some of the gentlemen, (reat lauzitor ) he might by ied to himself, his ferment about naite Society brought ime hod in teserve. Aw cage aad somal oom moma eury ig Uhewe was thy td Howe. which « trusty servant of ¢ ‘aor Waiter, the Deubter, tegaiated every morning, hy poiating it ia ta direction in wate the wind blew, with aa aur of New Aawterdam, lately discovered, and tes y old eummpet ot Anthony Cortear, the Crampeser. who goy hic name fo Corleag and also yaptized Spydt don fi was seen pulling him dewn by the leg. Sials voneesbla sella of Ocrienr ene recently. Send ws Harlem , and presented to the iety. Here also of descendant of Peter ® relative, ¥ Stuyvesant, exhibited the brimstone colored brevehes of the Duteh Governor, which but a short time since used te be hung in the hall of the Stuyvessnts, and the silver a second Cromwel the burgomastors, or rump it, rag Th can thus adjourned their meet- ing sine die. The gentleman who had charge of these relics said he could not part with them, eveu for a mo- ment, though several members implored him to allow them to try on the breeches, in order just to see how they would look in these sacred garments. At length, to solve the diffienlty, at the suggestion ofthe President, he put them on himself, and thus gratified the curiosity of the company, I¢wastrulyararesight. Atleast two bags of flour might have been stowed into the old gullogaskins, in eddition to the hinder parts of the representative of the Bea reennt The table was in a roar for several mi- nutes, though some of the graver members looked dag- gers, and said they thought that these venerable relics of their ancestors were no subject for laughter or profane merriment, This part of the ceremony closed with the exhibition, by another gentleman. of the seven-fold lin- sey-woolsey pesticoata, striped with all the colors of the rainbow, worn by the lady of Governor Wouter Von Twiller. The most remarkable feature about them was their shortness, for they would not reach farther than the knee of an ordinary sized female, while in weight and bulk they exceeded an_ entire wardrobe of our modern Duteh dames in New York. A friend of Barnum endeavored to procure the breeches and the in vain ; though ticoats, for the great showman, but was hinted he wanted the latter, as a Present here said time was flying, and it was ary to proceed with the business of the evening. He had great pleasure in introduciag to (Aem a Senator, who would address a few words to them. He proposed as @ toast— The Congress of the United States, The Hon. Seaton got on his legs, and was received with much applause. their industry, and New York upon its greatness, and said that both the city and the citizens were superior to any city or its inhabitants down east. (Great applause) A Mrvwex here rose, and said that fouls had complimented the Dutch upon their indus- try. nineteen wards of the city; and they had also exclusive possession of the rag and bone-picking business, and the | purification of backhouses, which formerly belonged to the niggers. But though the gentleman had done jus- tice to their industry, he had forgotten their valor. He begged, therefore, to supply the omission, by propos. ing, as a volunteer toast— The ileroes of Communipaw. ‘The toast was received wi much enthusiasm, and a genuine descendant of one of the original heroes, who drove the Aborigines from Communipaw, and now resid- ing in the same village, was called on to respond. The material and the cut of this gentleman's garments, to say nothing of his physiognomy and square build, indicated the Coad of his deseent from the ilollanders. After ad- verting to the far-famed battle of Communipaw, and the part taken by his own ancestor on that memorable occa- sion, relating facts which were handed dowa from father to son, he adverted tothe border wars and the Moss ‘Troopers of Connecticut, with the deeds of the valiant Van Curlet. and the fiery courage of William the Testy, and the headlong impetuosity of Peter Stuyvesant, at Fort Christina, the greatest battle ever recorded im poetry ¢, in which the Dutch, * brimful of wrath and cab- gave the Swedes such a thrashing as they have forgotten till this day. Dr. Bornnane was next called on toaddress the society, and talked for some time upon hospitals and phlebotomy. A certain college having been next given, The Pxrsiperr responded, and made some allusions to the Greek and Latin classics, which were much the saine asthe Chinese language to the majority of the audience, One of the Vick Pxrstipevis was next called on for aspecch, Hie said he had nothing to say; yet he took & long time to sayit. The speech, however, was the most eloquent of the evening, though, like every speech upon nothing, it is difficult to remember its pointe; and the reporter's notes being blotted by some accident, he must leave the reader to supply the defect by his ima: gination. ‘There was one point, however, which the re- porter did not forget. In referring to the memories of the past, the speaker dwelt with fond recollection on the old City Hotel, and “mine hort.” on whom he passed some high encomiums. One of the Strwanvs then followed. and the toast of “the Duteh Chureh” being given, there was breath- less attention, for it was feared that an explosion would take place between the two Duteh divin being the representative of a Chureh wit! the other of @ arch without a bishop. The danger, ho the first speaker, who compli- ever, wae avoided by mented the Church withont a bishop, and ssid. though there were some sinall differences between them, th were all of the one good old Duteh Church, (Applause, ‘The other clergyman reciprocated the compliment palit to hix particular sect, and launched at some length into divinity, Whether it was the somniferous effect of hls diseoun the power of the schnaps, certain it is, that, at this stage of the proceedings, several of the worthy members were heard to snore almost as loud as Corlear's horn. The Prraper then suid, that the [ast toast on his Hat was one that claimed their attention Before giving it, he would call to their historical recollection the pipe plot, and how the people, by union and determina- tion, conquered their rights from Governor Kieft, who prohibited the practice of smoking. They bravely smoked im out, and he esnsented to a compromise of allowing short pipes instead of long ones, which honorable terms were accepted by the sovereign people. Thank their stars, under this free republic, they could use either long or short as they pleased. Both kinds were previded in abundance for them to-night, and they were now about to have a true Dutch smoke (Great applause.) But he must not forget the toast -— ~'The Pipe of St, Nicholas, that, like the fire on Vestas altar, ix never extinguished.” ‘The toast was drank with the most unbounded ap- plause Two black waiters then brought in each an immense basket of pipes—one containing the long aristocratic pipes, about six feet long, and the other the short plebeian pipes about two inches. or the length of the eutty pipes they call dudeens in Ireland. In addition to t a large quantity of «me ui oh 1 ut of their bedrooms in alarm, thinking the house was tire. This brought in a remonstrance, at which deep olfence taken, and those who were able to watk nude a rash duor, shouldering their long pipes, and swearing they would go to the Erving House again, Those who could 1 atain the perpendicular position, had vother alternative than to He on the floor, where they slept off the combined fuines of gin and tobaceo, ‘Taus nded the Feast of St, Nicholas City Intelligence. EMIGRATION FORTHE MON EHOF Al The following are the arrivals of passengers ut this ort, from f ring the mouth of April:— 4 Antwerp 4085 Amsterdam MA Other ports ’ wee Total Mae April, 1850, was 15.767 en, Uherefore, that the inerest ia April of this year is very great indeed, being about double the amount of the corresponding month of Inst year a Baxen Mascractony =n We dny nigh tin the frame Iaildin corner of Fo and Kighth avenue. eecupled by John Ht 1 iline Conower as a baa ket manufac inated in the basket far Lory, which was destroyed, together with ite eonte ‘The bake q byt saved w E and Hook and Lad gine Company No. | ry of F 4 Dave Sromy —A fire broke out om Wednesday ek, in the dr tore of Dr Rose No. at t. Tt was quickly extinguished, and the inguished by tie eit Avant ov Pian raow an wlarm of Yesterday mvt ne oniwin's in South at died prowptly, wat 1 was thi the al ting Crwaner iv rie Pact. At 1 o'clock oa Th ing. Sergeant Finney was pox throw near Gold, when he heard a noise in the the door, he saw James Doolan aad Mi » with a“jommy" and the other with © el, breaking thronzh the wall into the jeweller's atore of Levi Seribner. Finney immedin door aad held it until he gave th <td ‘The tools were found lying . receen From Drow seen, —At a quarter past 2 o'clock on Thursday morning, Patrick Dickwou was r A from drowning. at the foot of Robinson street, by officers Hicks and . of the Third ward police. Ae A German eailor fell. on Wednesday, from the second story of No, 60 Greenwich street, and broke his leg. He was conveyed to the Uity Hoxpital. Res Oven wy & Stace. —On Wednewlay afternoon. at 5 o'clock. Xavier Vauthier Jing through Beoad- way with a handeart, whi coming in contact with it. upset the cart and the man. and another stage passing at the time, ran over his arm, and the shoulder, shattering it inn rivers managed to eacape without arte sknown. Officers MeManus and Walling coming up, immediately after conveyed the man to his residence, at 40 Anthony street, and procured the atte ance of Dr. Randolph, who rendered such assistance a: the ease required. Vauthier then desited to be taken to the hospital, and the officers accordingly had him re- moved there Ponto vare.—A small Ind. con of Willian Wallace, pro- Prictor of the Fdinburgh Hotel, fell the river ab th: foot of Liberty street, and would have been drowaed, but for the exertions of a young man, who gave his name as Frank Janvier ¢ Hasnros Aveven Frany.—Yesterday, the boats eed making trips ax fast as they could, instead of quarter of an hour, and one boat ran till last night, for the fiest time, If the tim could be extended til twelve o'clock, it would be mach more aatisfactory to the public, This ferry parsed, yea. terday, from the hands of the Atlantic Dock Company into the possession of the Union earn Comeant and one commutation ticket will henceforth be good for the three ferries—the Hamilton avenue, the Atlantic street, and the Fulton We have received a hecotnt of an accident hich oe. red bets two i L oo Gia ult wich Foeeived ta the deat of 60a o& the pat: fies, by having lis skull fractured. eom| running ever He complimented the Duteh upon | the honorable | had done well, By their industry, they had | ousted the Irish from nearly ull the corner groceries in the | Before Hon. Judge Betts. Aran, 30.— o Revolt, —Fraucis Williams, John io, Martin Meckin “James Brown, Jas. Sullivan, Wil- liam Powers, David Humphries, Robert Erwin, James George, and Edward Wilson, were indicted for a revolt and 4n endeavor to make a revolt on board the American abip Isase Webb, when lying in the East river, New York, on the 6th March, 1852. Mr. Kvarts, acting Distriet Attorney, stated to the Court, that on their arraignment, the prisoners pleaded way but he understood from tl Wi and Robert Erwin are inclined to with- draw that plea, and submit to the indictment chareing them with an endeavor to make a revolt. Upon thal condition, he, (fr, Brarts,) would enter a nolle prosequi, eight. ‘as to the other half of the prisoners, askod that son- Mr. Morrill, on tence be deferred until Monday, put in aff lavits in mitigation of ‘the offence. ‘The Court directed that Powers and Erwin be brought up for sentence ¢n Monday, and that the other prisoners be now discharged. Charge of Larceny at Sea.—Samuvt Shearer was indlct- od for stealing a quantity of gold dust, about $1,000, the Property of U. B. Wigzins,on board the briz Telegraph, ‘on her late voyage from California Mr. Evarts, acting District Attorney, stated that the prisoner at the bar had been indicted by the (and Jury, ‘and is now placed before the jury for trial of a larceny of a quantity of gold dust, on'the high seas, the of # fellow passenger. After stating the pai the case, the penalty of which is imprisoument for one year and # fine of not more than $1,000, counsel proceed ed to read the testimony of the witnesses, which was the ame as that taken before Commissioner Nelson short time since. ‘The evidence for the prosecution charged that Wig- gins lost a bag of gold dust, in which were some small gold pieces and silver coins; that, on announcing the fact. a committee’of the ship's passengers was appointed to search for the missing property, and Uhat it was found on the person of Shearer, It appeared by the cross- examination of Wiggins, that cold, during the age, some gold dust to the prisoner for coin, aud t had seen money, in gold and silver, with Shearer. ‘The theory of the de . urged by Mr. Suebly, as counsel for the defence, is, that the gold dust was the property of the pri hat Wiggins know he had it and being able to deseribe it, made the cha vinat im in order that he might obtain it; that Wisin was in the habit of gambling, by which he lost’ some of his Md duet; that he seereted another portion of it while the search was going on. and that he subsequently moved it when the vessel came to shore. Evarts, sid, that he met Shearer at Sun Juan when paying his passage, and that he asked him if he had done well at the mines ; Shearer said that he bad but $300 in gold dust ; witness saw Wiggins purchase, from | another man, $750 worth of gold dust; witness helped to weigh it for Wiggins, and identities a piece produced from the dust claimed as the property of the prosecutor, to be the same as that he saw when weighing it. On cross-examination by Mr, Snebly, witness said that his memory is bad, and he might be mistaken as to the piece of gold sworn to by him. Worthy Rosier deposed that he resides in Onondaga county ; was on board of the Telegraph ;°° knew Wig- wins and Shearer; started from Sun Francisco to Pana ma and thence to New York; recolleeta the search on board the vessel ; Wiggins said he had lost gold to the amount of $1,000; at the time of the search, and before the money was found, Wiggins suid the purse had a stall silver piece in it; recolleets when the goid was found, seeing some large pieces on a plate, Some testimony adduced before the for the defence was then read, Commissioner One witness, to have had gold dust ef his own to the amount and that he took off bis belt in which he carried it to pour the gold into it; heard Wiggins say that he knew that Shearer had seven or eight hundred dollars worth of gold dust; he, witness, slept with Shearer and he did not get out of the berth on the night the gold was. said tohave been stolen; witness had $300 of gold dust, to which Shearer had access if he liked. Leander Greene was then examined for the defence, and deposed that when the gold dust was taken from Shearer, and emptied out on a plate, there was a piece of gold in it, and Wiggins said, “That weighs $7."’ Shearer immediately made answer, and said, “No, that Weighs $5 and a shilling; it was weighed at the minos.”” Witness turther deposed, that when the vessel arrived, Wiggins was watched and seen searching in some lumber near his berth, and take something away with him; the conclusion come to by ull the passengers was, that he was way his own gold; Shearer and witness went to office here, and’ told the circumstance; they wanted Wiggins to be searched, but the officers did not see fit to do so, De bene esse testimony of other witnesses was read. in which the prisoner was stated to be an honest man. and of unturnished character, of industrious and econo- mizing habits when a resident of Warsaw; never heard anything uguinst him uatil this charge. Adjourued. May 1.—O the jury, who acquitted the prisone dust was hunded over to him, Before Hon. Judge Nelson. > aud the bag of guid examined by Mr. Evarts, acting Dis- powed, that he resided at 106 Cherry trict Attorney. — street; knows Sheppard and Swartz; on the 6th of Feb- | rusry, at night, they came tomy place of business, and offered a $1 counterfeit gold piece; they had drinks; 1 looked at the dollar sometime, and found it was not good; they wanted it buck; { went to Mr. Ferris, the officer; he arrested them; I went out after Sheppard, and he was throwing coin into the street from his pocket; I picked. them up; Swartz was searched; nothing was found on him; Sheppard was searched, and some good money was found on him. Officer Ferris gave similar testimony, and deposed to his having arrested the prisoner. Wa, IL. Slocum, keeper of an eating house. deposed to Sheppard and Swartz coming to his place to bave supper, and that Swarts offered a bad dollar ; witness told them it was bad, and Sheppard said it was good § For the dof Win. Swarts was examined, aad de- posed that he pleaded guilty to this charge, and that it was he gave the money to Sheppard to pass; gave him Ho. John J has a wil < Sheppard a ood many years; he hildren; he i Phila- {The maximum of punishment for this offei prison; the minimum is in the dis. ¥ ‘onrt.) 7 on Board the Rark Glen.—The men charged with the murd: board the bark Glen, wil! morning. Mr. Og the United States, to pr Evarts, in consequence Mall, who is at present lab on the part of janetion with Mr Mr. J Preseott ng under indi~position i te. in eony U_ 8, District Court—In Admiralty, bok RETES ph Me Murray vs, William Edmonds —An FA balance of fii" 7h for advances to two els in this port, The consignees paid him eult an mhered aished by r rejecting Ad that the & and, to avoid of $106 70 to cover bills Libellaat—but the Libe the te and had this « Hibellant could have tw before the te Held that ver pai t commen advantage from formally mad of eourt with Md chat his char aim of interest on Martinus A. Van Lier os. € Palmetto —Weld that woer of Unble for thi i attendance reudered the master vewel, ina sicknes arred in her serviee, The om att with tor having by he vessel w t the plryste unladen, and hav- n could reeover sattond- cholera. in port, bef ing died on bourd, hi from the owner a hm two site t the wind, aod th ree, the vowel a the wind fre the other. If the night is so ean A vessel ahead m he is ta foult for keeping wader way when that enn! When the liding ¥ be otf six chant and the sioop lene J Blauvoit in which the Merchant was eunk and b by the fault and " the Hibellant for d: exdoned Decree for tavelt The na — woe orn #. The & en two sailing veseels moet aw st. running in op jons, one larbowrd tack, and the ne duty of the voxdel > hauled — wliy free to or on paral- . it is the daty . wd go to the lar. It is the duty of a vessel eoing out to have placed and kept a suit with the wi If both an Jel Lines, #0 near as of both «top board of exeh other. of port in the day th cient look out on the forward part of the vessel, as well on the day of leaving port as any other portion of her roy age. Held that the collision between the schooner 7 bark Mazeppa, of the const pee on board the be condemned for the damag cross libel agninet the bark Maxeppa be dl conta The Schnythilt Navigation C: Alfred Lawson 9, the same. —I ed in towing @ vessel fe not te. the Steamboat Princeton ‘ amboat em- to the vex ami subject to the responsibility of a coum for the safe towage and delivery of the same ing tng is no more than a bailee for hire, aod answerable ordinary °ki ion in doing the bisi- When, however. i is under an express towing veel is only ligenoe, Held that th veasel towed, under ® bill of Inding executed by master thereof, may nevertheless maintain an action i his own name, against the towing vessel, for the loss of veavel (4 n rasibie to the one towed, because of legal fault |” " fa the towee im thio case, both Hbels be | Wuwese & ©» Man her cargo, or injary to it, in case the towin, in the towage. Ordered. dismiased with costs Teane Herbert os. the Schooner James Leakman.—A con- mastet of pam gon hang Lng to tre brick from Caldwell's Landing to New Sree ot o cortara t per thousand, and to sell the brick in New York and transmit the proceeds to the —yecause he i extensively Known, and ao doubt pe shipper, when such contracts are according to the anal course of that trade and business, is binding on the | owner, a# Well for the sale of the brick and retura and poyment of the proceeds to the shipper, na {or the (rams, tenet by the York, at a certain rate of freig! in order to give time vo | James M. Dunlap was sworn and examined by Mr, | ay passenger on board, deposed that he knew Shearer — $300; that he bought some gold dust from Wiggins, | wel having summed up, the Judge charged © 1of the three | the proceeds is not maritime in ite ing by oo the vessel, except in case have been uctually received by the board the vessel to be returned to the shipper. being no proofin this case that the sued for, were ever on board the sel rem cannot be maintained. Quere.— lien, when it exists, can pursue a vessel into the hauds of a bona fie purchaser, without notice of it. Libel dis —Jeanett Brown vs. The Bark Elvira Hirteck— When personal baggage is rhipped op board a vessel in w foreign port receipted as personal baggage to come within the owner, a passenger, to the United States, with paying freizht, und the aswonger takes another ship and@ the bay re is Loy the ship —e hagegpne was placed is not as to it a common earricr, and chargeable with a guarantee of its eafo delivery.’ The ship insucla | caro is at most only chargeable fur ordinary care aud at- | tention, and is not answerable for the purloiming of the baggage by passengers or others on board. Ig answerable in case of delivery of the bay to an im- | proper person on the arrivalof the ship in the United | States, the fact of such iinproper delivery must be proved. by the libellant, and will not be presumed against the | officers or owners of the ship. Some negligence of the | officers or owners must be shown by the proofs, and it will not be implied because the baggage is lost.’ Idbeb Samuel N. Plume vs. Richard Duryea.—To an action for assault and battery committed by an offloer of » ship at sea, on a mariner, because of bis desertion and other | alleged misconduct, previous to the passage of the ace Y | divinissed, | of Congress of last Septembe hiviting the punish- ; Ment of seamen by whipping, on the circumstances: | render the of aggravation, and which woul } actionabl . are sworn to by one witness only, and another | Witness, also seeing the transaction, contradicts all those | facts of aggravation, there is no proof furnished by the | libellant on which a dec n be rendered in his favor, The prosecuting party must establish his ease by a pres nderance of testimony. The suit being brought im | behalf of a minor, by his vext friend, and their being | color of cause of action, no costs allowed Lo the defendant. | Henry Jacobs vs. der Robertson.—Controversy ae to sutinfuction of wages on a voyage out and back, de- | cided on the proof that the balance $10 still remains an- sutisfied to the seaman, Decree for $10 and interest, | and summary costs. | dbvehem Cadmus $ Co vs. Charles Polhamus.—A mas~ terials and supplies whick sol and apptied to her wae, y responsible for the price thereof om 4 suit in the Admiralty Court. The State statute | of limitations is not strictly 4 bar to such an ace tion, but if the demand bas been suffered to rest by the itor over six years, without the exercise of due diligence Lo enforce it, it will be regarded stale by th rt, and no remedy on it will be accorded. Wher the defendant, although’ a res has frequently changed his re gnged on board vessels naviguting States, and when unsuccessful efforts have been made by the ereditor to find him and collect the debt, a lapse of six years ufter it was incurred, will not, in Admiralty, be | regarded a ground for denying a recovery of it. Decree | for the debt, four years interest and costs, Samuel Beatiugh, vs. John T. Nicholson.—A licensed | pilot, when on board a sea-going steamer, to take her ous | this harbor and go the yeyage, remaining with her foe | the purpose of bringing her into port, for a compensation in gross of $80, ix not liable to do ship's duty, excep6 when in charge of her officially as pilot. Any command | or request in respect to his services on board, may be | communicated to him through the mate, or other subal- terns of the ship, and need not he delivered him sonally by the master, and accordingly a request to bins | through the chief mate or carpenter, to stand a night | watch, in a case of urg-ncy, affords him no ground for complaint or reproach to the master. If he goes om the quarter deck to make complaint therefor to the | eaptain, and is ordered off the deck by the _ tain, he is bound to obey the order, and must | bis place in such part of the ship as the master shall | reet. The authority of the master in respect to the dis- cipline and rules of the ship are the sume over such piloé as over any other person on board. If he refuses te | leave the quarter deck, or neglects to do so on the ex- ress order of the master, the latter is justified in od ing so much force as may be necessary to compel | ence, but no more. The result of the conflicting evi! | dence on this point shows that the master | more violence than wus necessary in removing the from the quarter deck; aud he ix therefore guilty of a | trespass, This violence consisted only in pushing the pot forward (in doing which both tripped, and the pilot | fell on the deck, and the master partly so), and being ae- | companied with no other force or injury, the oats should be searecly more than nominal. Decreed $16 | damages for the trespass. Held. the master was not jus- tifled ia thereupon ordering the pilot ashore and leaving him at Chagres, and that he is entitled to recover his full agreed wi and also the expenses to which he was necessarily subjected whilst as Chagres, and in returning home, Ordered, a reference to ascertain those expe and that a deerce for the ount, with costs, be enter in his favor against the defendant. Jacob Gedfi | fry vs. Daniel Gitmartine—The action is for | tne freight of 6.141 drums of figs from Boston to New | York; the defence is that ouly 8.113 were delivered, and ® tender of the balance of freight, Held, of evidence ia that all the figs shipped and entered im | the bill of lading were delivered in New York to the cartman employed by the defendant to receive them. Deerve for freight, interest, and costs. David F. Sherwood vs. John 8. Nugen!—Exceptions te the defendant's answor. The libel Is for wages as mas- ter of the ship Genesee, and advances made for the use of the shin, in all $172 60 The defondant, by his anawer, denies that he is in libellant in $172 50, and ‘asserts that the defendant owes him $100. It ix contend ed for the defendant, that this answer is good under the Btate code, Held that the proceedings in the Admizalty. Court are not regulated by the code, and that hisanswee is insufficient and bad, under the established practice o€ the court, and the express rules of the Supreme Court. The defendant must answer the libel fully, within #ix days, and pay the costs of the exceptions, or a decree ba entered as pro confesvo in the libel agninst him Wiliam J] i «.—Wager are de- | manded for « voyay ance over payments, of $ ‘Tho answer sets up the desertion of the libellant at Hong Kong. ‘The evidence | of the witnesses throughout is directly contradictory, ax to the fact of desertion. But held that the decided: vndant, and against libellant, and that, accordingly, the libel be dis ed. mi | Charles F. Preach and others vs. the Bark Superb—Na- | merous actions im rem are in prosecution against the to designate the ull be satiated owe of the funds in the registry; it being understood that sil the claims are substentiated, that the fund will mot We adequate to them all.’ Ord that in suite resented for claims of the same class, materials and la- por supplied to the ship, ship stores furnished her, that: the creditors be paid inthe order in which their suite | were instituted: he being first in diligence is entitled te be first satisfied, and sceordingly there is to be no pre | rate distribution as hetweea them. A new mort- | gage or hypotheeation of the ship does not take lence of those demands, bat ix to stead om same footing withthem The demand set up e Nattachod by process tathe distribution of the wis deter~ m If the botton , it overrides all claims, except for sear If ho action ix brought on the bottomry elwita, then it will not avail om petition or inotion. to siay the rights of the othwe cre ditors, and distribution ix to be made to them ax imdi- cated. The bottomry creditor ought to have come im with his demand, snd arrested their proceedings, before decrees were perfected in their favor. Any ereditore having decrees are entitled to intervene aad contest the hottomry claim, if Uist has been levied on the ship of hee wmboat Taare Newton —Ap- taxation he Libellwnt is furnishet the Court ou the hy aiso on the hearing before referees, and also on the hear~ ing o€ th the report of the referees; amd whee to brief and argument foos im sch of these procwedin copies of the proof trancerited from the © (he use of tho rm ferves, The clerk all hese items Heid. that tly ought Co be sitow. od rtained and adjusted by Ht the Fates Naval Intelligence. Suquehenna is being eqaipped for Norfolk Navy Yard. and will bee sy. The ramor that her dew turns out to be unfounded The som With diepatch nt the rendy ebout the 1th of on is to be elem She will tuke out as passengers Hon, RC. Schemck, ' to Brazil; Hon Poodles to to the Argentine Republic, aad otlwers A draft of thirty-two sailors for general service, ar- from aitimore, under comm- under command of Lieutenant Nuswil, also arrived there on Sunday mora- ing. to the steamer Osceola, from Washington United States surveying schooner Madison, arrived yesterday from Annapolis, making © paseage of four days, She is destined for the northeast survey. The following is a List of her officers Lieutenant commad- ing, Maxwell Woodhull; Liewtenant and ex-officer, Md- ward A. Bormett; Acting Master, J. Howard Murch, Passo Mid Captats ri | Tereereyse prom New Brosewiee —We have fee coived by Favors Express, aud Capt. Long, the pilot th Jnl, New Brunswick papers to the 2th insent. which has extended be~ drawing to « close, and im is few da) will terminate, The Inter- colonial bill, providing for « direct reciprocal free trade nly with the colonies, has been rejected. Mr. Ritohie’a resolutions implying & want of confidence in Ty ment. bave been defeated. The weunl sup) have paswed. The Ilouse refused, by a vote of 2) to 18, to re fund the duties o liquors consumed by the cifieers of her Majesty's troops, Tt was stated that the quantity for the year was over 600 gailons to cach man, upwards of 200 gallons of which was beer, It was antict~ «(he epring business of St. Jobn would soom nee with wmusual briskness. The Halifex Sew that responsible government bas at length boom ued by ber Majesty te Prince Edward's -~ | bwston Troveller, /tprit %, ‘Tan Cor Cror or IR LLY. A letter from Ccula, Florida, under date of the Sth inst t When | tell you the true state of the for the crops in this latitude, I fear that some of your agricuivarel readers will be half inclined to seb it hausen,” But | aseure you that L | will be under, and not over, the m first | of April, Paul MeCormick, heq., 1 Orange lake, bad res on his cotton: is long and short staple. His corn was then -“ tse wau's bead. | allude to Me, MeC. by na cowaily, to your readers There were 65 deaths fa Bost va Augiog (he week tadia g | ae woud inst, I _ OO ee