The New York Herald Newspaper, November 21, 1851, Page 2

“"WEW YORK HEF JAME GORDON apxsurs, PROPRIETOR DITOR. een OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. THE DAILY HERALD, 2 conte per copy—8T ver WEEELT. aoe Saturdey aes inti ee enone ence sco ‘ARE PARTICULAR! a] a ESTED TO EAL ALL 7 ro vs. re wes renewed ¢| STING executed with neatnese, p> ROTICE taken of anonymous communications. ‘not return those rejected. "MS, cash in adv Volume XVI... seteeeeseceee see N@e SOB, AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING TTALIAN OPERA, Astor Place—Exw ani, eat IEATRE, Bowery—Tux Scary Huxrers— ‘s Doe oF Gent. aaeway THEA’ a Gemicre How ro Pas HIBLO’S GARDEN, Brosdway—Tux Coorens—Tiexr Rora—Kim-Ka. one, THEATRE, Chambe Chambers street—Finer Nicur nny & Son. NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—Te Desen- b— AND Does—FemaLe Hicnwavuay—FRexcn Broadway—Tie Warenman— ¥ rue Rest. Broa¢dway—A Wire ror an DE Fees -Somenony Exse. | BOWERY AMPHITHETRE, Bowery—Equestaiay Penx- PORMANCES. CHRISTY’S MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 474 Broadway — —Brmorian MinerReisy. | BROUGBAM'S LY€E! Bows—La Bavaner FELLO' ISTRELS, Fellows’ Musical Hall, No. #46 er eas ‘MinstReiay. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Aavsine Perronwances Ay fennoom axp Evexine. BOWERY CIRCUS—Eqvestsian Perrormances. | STUYVESANT INSTITUTE—Paintixne or Wasntne- ron Cuossine THE DELAWARE. » Friday, ‘w Yor! ember 21, 1851. News of the Mornin In another column will be found the particulars ef one of the most fatal and lamentable casualties that ever occurred in this city. If we are not mis- taken, it is the most fatal. lt appears that, during an alarm created by the fainting of one of the female teachers in Ward School No. 26, located in Greenwich avenue, the children, about eighteen hundred in number, rushed down the stairs for the purpose of reaching the street. While doing so, the balustrade gave way, causing the fall of a great mumber of them to the floor beneath. This, of course, increased the excitement and terror of the little ones. The scene which ensued is inde- seribable. (ur heart sickens while contemplating the dreadful excitement that must have ovcurred As might be expected, the loss of life was dreadful. It is known that forty-four were killed by falling from the stairs, or from bruises and injuries, and that others are likley to die. If what we have heard is true, the School Commissioners are much te blame in this matter. We learn that the stairs and balustrade were represented to them as unsafe, but they paid no attention to the remon- strances made to them on the subject. The public will demand that a searching inquiry be made into all the circumstances connected with this melan- @holy business. In the name of God, how much longer will the people of New York encourage the horrible recklessness of human hfe which is daily exhibited in this city? One of the most bloody domestic tragedies that has lately been recorded, occurred on Wednesday night, near Albany. The particulars are truly re- volting. {t appears that a husband and wife, pamed Moore, had been to a neighbor's, in the early part of evening, where they beth drank so much liquor that they did not know what they were about. On returning home, it is supposed—for the evidence ie merely circumstantial—Moore took a @ouble-barrel gun and killed his wife with one charge and himself with the other. The most melancholy part of the horrible sffair is, that when the discovery was made two little children, ender five years of age, were found weeping over the remains of their pareuts. The effects of strong drink had made them orphans. It wae but a ebort time since that we count of a fatal case of shooting in the Court House st Montgomery, Ala., and now we bare another of stimilar character. Col. Avery, a few days ago, fatally shot Mr Samuel Fleming, in the Morgan- town (N. C.) Court House. Both were members of the Legislature Some of the Southern people certainly have a strange method of settling dis- putes;—they appear to go into the courts merely | for the purpose of settling their private quarrels by thooting each other. How can a civilized commu- nity tolerate such pernicious proceedings We are sorry to learn that the brigantine oo- per, from New York, was wrecked near Vape liace, Nova Seotia, a few days since. ‘t is feared that all the hands were lost Tne Vermont Legislature adjourned yesterday, after pasting a law to divide the State into Con greseional districts. According to the new appor- tionment, Vermont will hereafier have only three Congresemen—she formerly had four | Fishop ardinal Hughes’ speech against Koseuth, the other evening, in this city, seems to have aroused the ire of the ierman Cathol Baltinore, who are great ds of the Magyar patriot. It ie said that they are quite iudignant because the Pope has made a Cardinal of the Biabop, after what has transpired intelligence bas been received from Cuba, to the effect that all the Caban invaders, with the excep- tion of three, were séht to Spain in the war steamer isabella We learn from agenthas been odies, that an this the British West Jespatched from |)emarara t eountry, to indace our free colored people to emi rate thither me curious and extraordinary revelations as to the manner in which the recent forging operations Were carried on aga the City Banks, will be found ender the police bead, in another column. Ta statement of Karl, if hows that the gang was thoroughly organized, ani well caleulated t+ avoid detection fora long time Tux Cmigy Eno inten i ( Covnen, —Our readers doubt , report of Alfred Uaraon, of las g th tmon Council corruptions of the present ( his report of the present year, he pre ha repairs of houses and apparatus, to mot 4150 (instead of $15, as now, on the apparata alone) be entrusted to the Chief engineer; tiat the same officer have the appointment of bell-ringe 6 be confirmed by the Mayor; that tb ard of s have the organization of new fo emen elect a board oases of insabo ns the Gre compa of comm lepe reed ot Fie aud s commit adoption and aa n'n prop na gover f their ad y ordered to be printed vat ber noved the r etion war carried 7 f tha th iaation propos © Hall, by @ very ia major their ae (riff Pi vening, Maeare Cook t h aman W thet of Ald will J deaur cen * es the p bas yot been tron 4, wl always proved hin an officst and arn thatt Wied wer ; some « smn € ° erent Chiet, she | ble of a horrible equabble. December, or next Monday week. There - is no constitutional limit to the first session of a Congress; but, its duration being left to the | Pates an adjournment short of the dog days. | should take place earlier, it will be to give all hands an opportunity to mingle in the dirty work of the politicians in the Presidential election. The House of Representatives consists of two hundred and thirty-three members, of which one bundred and seventeea-are a clear majority. The gross number of the democrats is one hundred and forty-three, or @ majority of fifty-three, ineluding democratic Southern rights men and Northern free soilers. Deducting all the impracticables of these classes, the democrats, it is probable, will still have aworking majority, upon all party questions, of from twenty to thirty. ‘The first businesa of the House, after calling the roll, will be the election of a Speaker and Clerk, Leorkeeper, and Postmaster. These are fat of fices ; they always bring into the Capitol a swarm of candidates ; and a swarm, en this occasion, may be assuredly expected. The most prominent cin- didates for Speaker are Linn Boyd, of Kentucky, Mr. Disney, of Obio, and (reneral Bayly, of Vir- giaia. The most conspicuous candidates for Clerk are Mr. Young, of Illinois, the last Clerk of the last | Congress, Colonel Ferney, editor of the Philadel- | phia Pennsylvanian, and Judge Potter, late as member of Congress from Ohio. Before the organization of the. House—that is to say, on or before Saturday evening, the 29h day of | November, after dark, (caucuses are generally held “in the dark)—there will be a caucus in the Capitol, of the democrats, to decide upon their officers. The whige may also hold s caucus, though it is not likely any occasion will arise which they may be able to turn to any profitable account. If, however, the Presidential question should be mixed up in these elections, some sport may be expected in the rivalry for the inside track. All the hopeful demo- cratic candidates for 1852, for the Presidency and Vice Presideney—not less than fifty, in the aggre- gate—may be looked for in Washington, to assist in pulling the wires and working the ropes. In the Senate, the democrats will have a majority | of from twelve to fourteen; and deducting all who are likely te be impracticable as Northern or Souta™ ern ultras, they will still have an efficient working majority. There is some talk of @ democratic de- monstration upon the principal officers of the Senate, who have been holding over from one Congress to another for a considerable time. The dignity of the body, heretofore, has been so very high that they | have scorned to make an office of the Senate, of even three thousand dollars a year, a mere thing of reward among the loavesand fishes. But among so many hungry democrats turned out from the executive departments, to make room for still more hungry whigs, there will be very apt to be a foray upon the Senate. Let Mr. Dickens, the Secretary, keep a sbarp eye to the windward The two houses will probably be sufliviently or- ganized on Monday, te announce to the President the fact of their readiness te receive any communi- cation he mey have to make, so that on Tuesday, | the second day of the session, the annual message will most probably be read at cach end of the Capitol After the message is read, we may expect that it will be vigoreualy discussed till Christmas, and especially, if not exclusively, upon the various in- ternational issues growing out of the late terrible events in Cuba. From Christmas till New Year's day, inclusive—all parties of both houses being oc cupied in a general miscellaneous frolio—there will be s suspension of hostilities. But, from the second day of January till the meeting of the Baltimore and Philadelphia conventicns, in May or June, we may count upon the most terrific onslaught upon the cabinet, and upon the most singular, inoompre- hensible, and abominable bargains, intrigues, and huckstering, among the various Presidential! cliques, to obtain their particular ends. We shall havea time of it—no telling to what consequences it may lead ;—they are involved in darkness, mystery, and ebscurity ; but all the symptoms are now discerai The French, about the same time, expect a revolution. We trust in Pro- vidence, as usual, to escape it; but, if Moses and the prophets have not deceived us, the Presidential election of 1452 will cause a most horrible rattling among the dry bones in thiscourtry. A new set of books will be opened upon the meeting of Con- gtese. Old accounts will have to be squared up. Little is be to expected for cheap postages, steam- ships, or protective tariffs. The people may be con- gratulated, if, after weathering through the long session till the decline of the dog days, those Mexi- con claims, those Florida claims, the Caba quos- tion, and the Presidential question, shall have been settled withou: a revolution somewhere. The grand Olympian games begin with the meet! Tue New Venerow oF roe Cracnes Riot —On the 2st « diftculty broke out at Chagres, be yet rere ensued, whieh resulted in the death of two Ameri and as many matives. After two days’ disturbance, the ailair was adjurted, and quiet and order restored, a treaty having been formed betwrem the parties—Capt Bohenc’ of the Ohio, and one or two New Granadian officers, act- ing ae umpires. Intelligence of the riot was brought here om the Tet inet. by the Cherokee; and of the settle. ment of the difficulties, by the Ohio, om the Sth No other rict bas taken place at Chagres. Phe alleged another,” er ‘Tre count copied from the P and most exagrerated « the affray such ae © tweety or ihirty Americ ded through story, or first aod only and reiterated here, neatly three podiisbed in mearly every paper by the state ad been adjusied at time to the present listurbed altogether fabulous facts of fv thie aiffeu Frem qiilet of the dis t has not been rhe Faescn Ree axe <The stains the following speech to the F od yesterday, from the neh auned by the illustrioas wgary have been attributed to him in aceouut of t # those © and ao explicit Me m oat imiaed.- ppear in the public joutmals, from the hand * Marine Afar t steamer fi ¢ Capt Parri«h, ar rived at N n Saturday leet, from this sity, im the short epace of twenty three by and was rep Richmond at da She arrived as t evening ix hours from Norfet fichecmen returned from t m by yt tnd, heading ¢ off the eable. to gat ed from coming inte nieet with ¢ toying beta, oaly by creat exe ofees God. Aye verboatd by 4 being etry asbed gale, # A never Lav » might ery derk, there # very He wae however suka he — oar ante oh fhe hell bie roan under the We ait t ok him of vl . of | - | mourned the lore of children. or that ail the | | ATASTROPEE, WARD SCHOOL NIMBER TWENTY. Sit NEARLY FIFTY CHILDREN KILLED, AND FORTY OR FIFTY WOUNDED. arr Melancholy Scenes in Greenwich Avenue. ot &e., 0, 8 One of the most lamentable occurrences that we have ever been called on to record, took place at Ward school No, 26, in Greenwich avenue, opposite Charles strevt, yesterday afternoon, when nearly fifty children lost their lives, and many more were 0 severely injured, that in ‘all probability they will not recover. We will give the fects ef the case at once, and as briefly ar posrible. The school house iss magnificent four story edifice, with a winding staircase from the first floor to the upper land- ing. This stairway is not spiral, but is formed of short flights of stairs winding reund a square well. The first cr ground floor is used as 4 play ground for the scholars, and is paved with flag stones. The second story of the building is occupied by the primary department et the inetitutiop; in the third story is the female department of the upper school, and in the fourth story the male de- the landings of the stairs. The outer cide of the stairs was the balusters were connected with the stairs. This de- | soription of the stairway will enable the reader bet- | ter to understand what follows. At about two o’slock yesterday afternoon, one of the teachers in the female department, « Miss Harrison, was taken with a fainting fit, and im order to ber recovery she was carried out into the passage way, where acry was raised of “ Water! | Water! by one of her companions. This cry was not | understood, or else the scholars thought tbat the | water was wanted to extinguich fire, and the next moment the ery of “ Fire!” was raived, and | apread like wildfire through the building. In | a moment eubcrdination was at an end. The children from the primary departmenterushed to the stvirs. as did also the scholars on the floor above them | balusters so great that they gave way, precipitating the | children over the stairs down to the ground floor, As | the rush increased, so did the numbers that were hurled over the stairs into the space below. Two of the female | teachers made an effort to stop the children; but so great was the pauie that their efforts were vain, and they despite their efforts were carried over the stairs into the | space below. Inthe upper room, the boys’ department, Mr. McNally took his stand with his back against the door, and forbade any one to go out. Although the panic pervaded his room as well as the rest of the butld- ing. yet he stood firm. and thus suceseded in saving the lives of mapy. perhaps of hundreds, for had the larger boys rushed upon the staire as did the more sad would have been the disaster than it now is. We learn that some of the boys jumped out of the win- dows, and that one of them had his neck broken by the | fall, There were altogether Im the building but a few short of 1,800 scholars. (1,785 we understood to be the number) While Mr McNally remained firm at his post, the destruction of life was going on below. Hundreds on bundreds wert over the stairs until there was a pile of about twelve feet in height.(The alarm was now given out tide. and the police were soon at band and took posession of the premises. as well as they could and commenced the work of banding out the children from their perilous porition. Those that were om top, were, of course, but slightly injured, but as soon as these had been removed the most heart rending spectacle presented itaelf. Some among the pclicemen were fathers, whose own children were there They worked manfully and deserve ail praise; body after bedy was taken out; many of them, if-less at first, came to when they once more breathed theffresh air, but many alas were beyond aid and death was but too plainly marked upon their palid features. Some were injured by the fall, and lay writhing in agony; some mcaned, while others ebrieked with pain, and others again, when released, started off for home, apparently unconscious of the awful scene through which they had parsed. One policeman, school-house was, on the instant, greeted by the sight o bis little girl's face; ber head was all that was visible, her body being covered with those of her companion’ Mr. Seabring, urged by paternal feelings of course directed his efforts at once to the release of his daughter. While he was so engaged, a man came up acd laid held of him, saying, “My child is there,” and endea- Finding be could not move him, he strack at him, thus endesroring to displace Mr. 8 , and getin a position to werk more effectually in search for bis lost child Mr. 8. succeeded im rescuing hiv child, who preved t» be but Aightly injured. He said he forgave the man who struck at bim; he knew too well his feelings to blame Oim for apy act (f rashness perpetrated atthat time The betics of the dead and wounded were mestiy, unless claimed on the spot, taken to the Ninth ward station house, which is near the robool, Ine few minutes news of the accident pread through the neighborhood, aud mothers came rushing to the scene by scores, all in anguish, but all at first, buoyed up by hope Oecasionally « mother would recognise the lifelers form cf @ child as it wus lifted from the maes. and then the piercing cry cfagony that would rend the sir, oh God’ may it never be ours again to hear. And now the mighborhood was thoroughly Many of the dead dying and wounded, were taken to the etation house, where the entire lodging room of the policemen was turned into a hospital, and their beds alj | used a# couches for dead bedies of injured children Thix was, Indeed, e sad right; parents, whore children were missing. came here to confirm their hopes ot fears Here might be seen a lifeless body, with an agonized mother standing over it, wringing her bands in the excers of ber grief, Ther & father looking the pictare of sorrow. a he bx held the form of @ loved one that he hed #0 lately parted with in health, amd then further on was family «tending round the bed of a | painful writhing: gave evidence of th | inge. One after another the bodies of the dead were re- Moved; and at length litter® wore provided. and the | wounded were carried away also It was a oad evening | imthe Ninth ward. Nearly one hundred feuilles either 4 anxiously over astrophe was almost Small koote of men vuted the the forme of the wourged the enly tople of conver The o stood on the corners of the streets, and nm Ar v ccourrences of the afternoon rettied on everything mourning Well ne thone who we f the building injured It ie quite probable th omplete. as no doubt eeme children were taken home by parents or friends who did mot report them. Of the th/ured. we beliewe the ist + very smell “eompared with the actual numbers ed from the retarne at the eta 1 KILLED Virginia Mingsy 19 Christopher atroet Geo Quackenws 700 Greenwich street | Alfred Pike rest | _ Sitteor th rt Kenjemin a 100 Bighth avenue Jno MeMaw Jeon 1 Wooley Anne Mer, Ann Var Morrie W Washington « 160 Heminond «t 68 Hammond str jusen seorge Waloen Jane M Devoe Pheve Ant Awends | ii Browuel ¥ Abbott — Ktephene n Levy partment. The entrance to each ¢f the school rooms is from | guarded by an ordinary wooden bamnister, of no great | height, and not firmly secured at the bottom, or where | ‘The stairway wes soon filled,and the press against the | were themselves hurried along with the current, and | younger cbildren, Heeven only knows how muck | human beings—a mass of children—eight feet square and | Mr. Seabring, on going to thy | vored to take the place on which Mr Seabring stool | aroused. and crowds flocked to the scene of the disaster | 212 West Sixteenth st. § Grove street. Or. Hammond & Huds’n. 112 Fighth avenue. 45 Hammond street. Elisabeth Miller. . Leroy and Hudson ste, «182 McDougall street, Factory street. sone et Smith. 23 Charles street. ie McFarland, an Martha E perder 20 Perry street. Roda Fisher. 3 Malligan ple. 90 Fourth street 7) Hammend street 29 Charles street, Of the female teachers, five were injured--sowe of Mie siithy Mise Barbee, Mise Peaphogan, (injured badly Smith, injures in lett side,) and Miss McFarlan. : fond through the neighborhood, eo thet it cue (othe spread through t 60 that it came to tl ears of the physicians, the following gentlemen made their ap ce at the station house, and by the prompt aid by them. saved several lives, and contri- buted to the comfort of many others :—Dr A M. Gunn, Dr. E. A.C Page, Dr. E. 0. Franklin, Dr. W. J. Jonnson, Dr. Lb J. Henry, De. H. T. Mesler, Dr_J,0. Pond, Dr. Jas. Honter, Dr das 6 J. W. Carty, Dr. D, M. Reese, Dr. J. M. acca MoGresa , Or. Gabordana, Dr. Garrish, Dr. A. Young. he Mayor, Kecorder, Ubief of Police, and their aids, were at the scene of the accident in # very short time after its occurrence, as were also most of the Allermea. Among the dead was un interesting daughter of Saer. _ Brownell, Esq. She was about fourveea years of a L. Wooley, seven yearryand Debby Wooley, nire jan of age, were the only children of their afflicud Pie ai ‘are informed that the teachers haye remoostrated several times with the School Commissioners, azainst the insecurity of the stairway, and even some of the children nd Oo | apprebensions in reference to the same ir. Sohn W. Latson, one of the trustees of the school, Was present soon after the accident occurred aud was unremitting in his exertions to mitigate toe sufferings of parents and children. One of his own children somewhat injured. but not seriously. We are cially obliged to Mr. Lateon, Alder iene, and the captains of the Ninth ward police, for the assistance they rendered us in obtaining correct information, in reference to the a event. At one time it was Giscovered that the notes of the names, &c., a docu- ment belonging to the station-house, had been ear- ried off, and it was not without considerable difficulty that the list was recovered. The captain announced tuat be had lost the list, and demanded its return, but it wae not forthcoming until a reg@lar police investigation was instituted. Such an investigation was inetitutes y8 resulted in the dircovery of the missing ap which were in the possession of a reporter who iPee tanshete tahien to the male department sh ere ¢ to the male t of the school, together with the trustees, met last evening to copverse upon the subject, and take such action as seemed appropriate to the occasion. Nothing was | elicited, as we understand, to vary the statement of facts given above The children who were killed and injured were, most of them, quite young. though some were ae old af fourteen, twelve, and ten years Mr. Page, « daguerrean artist, at No. 54 Eighth avenue, has proffered his services to take, without compensation, the like- nesses of any of the ehildren who were killed or who are likely to die from their injuries. ‘There are some ugetul lessons to be learned from this melancholy event. In the first place—officers of echools and builders may learn that the ordinary balustrade is. | not a fitting defence for a school where hundreds cf scho- lars are Liable to be crowded upon the stairs at one time; and in the second place, teachers will learn by the excel: | lent example of Mr. McNally how importaat and how wise it is to take @ determined stand. and to prevent a rush out of doors incaseofa panic. We forbearto make _ further comment on this wholesale loss of life A coroner's investigation will take place to-day. and it is to be hoy that the matter will be ay gd sifted by the jury. tet the responsibility fall where it belongs. All will mourn the loss of life; but let not this deter the tweive honest eitizons from parsing such a verdict as will tell to the pnblie who might have prevented ail this anguish —who might have saved all this heart-breaking by « proper attention to their apprepriate duties. City Intelligence. MEETING OF THE EDITORS FOR THE RECEPTION oF EX-EDITOR KOSSUTH. A meeting of the members of the editorial profession of this city convened last evening, in Lafayette Hall, for the purpose of adopting measures Fd @ suitable ex- pression of their admiration of the Hi a hero, at which the representatives of the majority ef the press attended. The meeting was orgenized by the appoint- ment of Mr. easy 4 = mond Chairman. and 0. D. Stuart Seeretery. rman brictly stated the object of the patie An im furtherance thereof, Mr. Charles A. Dana proposed _ & committee of five be appointed. and they be instructed to wait oseuth uarantine, and invite him to « pul banquet, to be given by the profession; and that they alro make the necessary arrangements for the same. The chewing gentlemen were appointed such committee, efter which ap adjourmment to Faturday evs ~~ next took place :—Sir. Mathews, Mr. Dana, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Stuart, dir C. F. Briggs, and Mr. Raymond. Consecration or THe Rev. Da. Waitenouse as Bishor ov Intexois —The consecration of Vom =~ an John Whitehouse, as Bireop of Llinois, too! erday, at St. George's Church (Rev. Dr. Tyee) in Seapeee renant square. Bishop Brownell. ef Comnec' aga) a's the ceremceny, im which he was assisted i“ Bishops Liawks, Potter, Lee, Eastman, and Burgess; Assistant Bishop Williams. of Connecticut; Rev. Dr Samuel R. Johnson, Rev T. K. Chapman, Rey. C. If Hawley, Rev. Mr by op Moai prayers and the scriptures were read by Kev ‘Wainwright. Lewis, Turner. and Rev, Mr Bedell Binoy Potter edjthe termon forfthe oc- casion. Rev. Dr Samuel Sth Johason aud Kev. T. K. hoe 2 eee the candi Bishop Browaell perf the part of consecrator. The scene was juite morro ‘There were forty or fifty a seated | around the church, and the galleries and body of the | church were filed with @ very respectable audience Bishop Potter preached @ good termon @n the qualifica- tions necessary for a bishop, Tue Carmo Inverters ov New York =A lecture on the Ubristian element of civilization, was delivered last evening at the Btuyverant tee by the reverend ‘Ambrote Manaban-D D. of Boston, Long after the time announced for the meeting, the lecturer appeared and read. ima very rapid manner, an ¢leborate docu. ment on the sudject of the Christian Element of (:vili- a before an sudience of abeut four huadred per. one, prineipelly mecbanies. The lecture occupied near- ly an hour end a half in delivery. He proposed to prove that Cbristianity is net a thing—it is not a eystem—it ie vote doctrine, It is an Pinstitution—it is an or- ganization. Christianity is the Catholic church and the Catholic charch is Christianity. Ie knew of no other. The speaker, et considerable length and with great mi- examined the condition of the ancieat peop! d the era of Christianity dor to the preer: od insisted that outside the Catholic char no Christianity. There was n° sccommodation for the press. Tur Sixew Aveyron Rarsoan —We ate informed that the Sixth Avenue Raiircad Company are going om with their enterprise, and that the short plece cf track iaid down in Canal street bas beea 0 laid, in order to test it, sod ascertain Whether such @ track will mot answer ali the ends devired. It was feared that a track of the or- dinery kind would obetruct travel, aod thus prove det- timental to the streete in which they were to be laid. The treek laid down in Canai street i+ built toa gage *o narrow (hat no ordinaty wagon can rup on the space between the rails, Besides this, the inside of the ral together with the stone work mext to it, forme an in- clined plane, which will facilitate any wheel upon s famed axle ip changing ite position. should the ratis in- terfere im the wast wich ils movements | | | annual report of the vielters was read, ard eubscriptions received. The report will be published in to-morrow's paper. Fines. —At 2 o'clock on Welnosday morning a fire was j red in the fownary. at No i rent. It as soon extingulebed. Dut littie damage having g « fire broke out in the Gamage of conse yuem ped arly heur on Wednesday morning. the bakery at the eorner of Bighth avenue and Forty-eighth street k fire, but no great damage was dow 4 fite took place a ¥ of bedding took fir $2 Broadway, Judge Mason FOR SEDUCTION act Nov. 19 --Join Weber vs. Jom Washington =The pat: ties in this suit are Germaue, The plaintiff complains | thet om the 20th September, 1860, the defendant, who ix | w physician, seduced hit daughter, Aona Maria Weber wLen sent to his drug ttore on an errand, Damages ace aid at $10.000 Anna Matia Weber, the «a of the ecrion, deposed to her guivg to tae defendant's bouse oo vernal corasions for medicines for her mother, who was Wi. and detailed the perpetration of the bree or f | the defendant, which Was repeated | quentiy, OB efoss-eaominaticn phe sald | het tell ber mother until seme time after. when ane ask r whet wae the matter wrth , Wit nee was be. | n thirteen and fourteen years of age ay toe time Adjourned USN Rockfellow Jehw A Buffalo, were among the errivale, on W Irving House How. domes Bhiebls, of Mitnots, has arrived at Wash. ington Ton Rickard Brodhead. of Penneyivania, ton John Nt Beveve. of Tennewee: Hon Edeon B Olde of Ohio. na Geo Fiey cinta, have artived in Warhington ty fion Thomas ‘on is ebout to vieit California t+ ateud fand ea Frewout The delegation of fifteen Prairte in ed the Preeidest at Wechingtoa, on fuceday uch pleased with their reception, Court Calendar for This Day. Svrarme GovaT—Breciai Tenm.—No 20 still om. Oin~ or vax 08, 1, aly 621, 692, bud, ass, is ‘te fe nit, Mn ee : the term, Bvrzaion [oe peri ly “Daasciea j=-Now, 18, 91, 198, 108, 16, @1, #113, 309 gt Im 388 188, 196, 1 42, 143, 147, "164, 50, 84, ‘60, 166, 167, 168, 63 = sell ae Hughes’ Speech at the Irish University Mesting —The only ‘shentio repo: Of this greabepoeen, Segeties Fianarnes eee ms is D Ne Jour tor, rt wea sOihice Noe oe $2 0 peranoum. y Dutchman,.—Of all ee, sit Fetch us from ® distance, (says tchman takes them ais ee aria the ogee particular! palat wit There it more originality similar paper in America: Bs Gerela theevuntry. Terme, $2 per aonum. ‘Single “copia four cent. For rywhere. ee’ A. Dodworth’s Dai Broaawa) ing Academy, No, we, ae Ca eo ‘November 22, of the most ap- #ila, felv wud indiew’ and tines, Beanevs, velvet and clow Vefound. Up 3.8. RELLOGO, 128 Canal street, Lovely Hats for Chiidren.—Foreign and American ‘taste in the style anc tim: of Children's hee Bate and Caps ms ‘ Re ag rence to the most reoherche has continent No house in Ne or buch wn cacgant Variety of acyl preent and ‘eeige yh te judge for themselves, by ins GENIN, Ni 60 large & etwok, eun offers fur tue the public When the celebrated Knox, of No. 128 Fulton street, took it into hie bead to knock another ni i to ahat, or if neceseary into cocked he is man that cau do it, se culiar are his na: ticir being the very acine of elegsnce and go wherever they travel they are invariably accom| & bend; not that they are ly musival hate, but they are all that is ssid of them, and nover will be anything int the best hate in this city, unless (which we hope will not re the case,) the maber should turn over wileaf. puren: e, tention, and fully guarantee ‘rales to wtelt perfect satistac- ion. Elegant French Wedd subscriver reepectiully oall gviring eometbing troly el silver bordered and plain French Porcelain Cards, Tepes, andW edding Boxes, in the latest mode. EVERUE wie Broadway, corner Duane street. Branch store, 13 Wal Cards.—The Frank Be 351 Broadway, has just received from nd Paris, ry apenrnens of gay Sys tee. Furs re- Mr. McKtmm has consented to appear xe of the season, in his oriciual character ot selling Boys’ and Children’s Clothing terrpersed with songs, recitations, &c. Open from? Wd to 10 EM, Gleeson ea: urdaye by the whole company. Adwistion trce— but cash is not refused tor clothieg at the corner of Bleecker and Carmine streets. ccgumahd Exeiteme: leat in woude: trom that is co In Nassaw here ell the ready antly arriving at 1 coateand Cicare of the most splen ‘and rock Co! y elegant V apparcutly new. Surely, these are not them butif not, they woreleitat te $8 Suit Store, corer Nassau and Beckman ttreets. reet.—People de clothing ¢omes isting of Over. Dreas To Dress or not ro Dresst—Dress to be jendid Coat, Vest, and ants Parisian Cloaks and Opera Cloaks, of the newest and most desirable styles, and of all the various, fabrice Bow ble, euch as rich “Velvete, Silke, Satin CEADBEATENR'S. 37 broadway. corset Laos av yaad at the most reasonabli 64 as a UUs Alnus, Buh AB SoOLEh, together with the splendid Bay State, Vreneh Castmere, % rm ing cf their entire stock of splendid Sil Cashmere, and Worsted Plaids, Delaines, and every othe: kind ef dry goods, below cost. Their stock is one of the snes iv the city, and affords the greatest iaducements to the Indies. ‘The mere image of a misfitting shirt bo- som in ® mirror is eee a, enter hgh ir. order to that cause of mon vous all, via 1 GREEN. table. chase y Kee yarn style and ft are Shirts # wie, cor ry Depot, 292 Green- rtment Co be found Pusu entte gts is that which all men happy to think a man is in a erable means. beain everiass enterprise and ingenuity He is fair an: a Immortality striveafter, and we are always to ootain It when he ts par re asoured, a Selling Off.—Peterson & Ham Hamphrey, 379 Broad say, corner of W nite street, wil sell Lue entire los of ing purchared at the late large austicn sales, at Be. vo 10s. per yard: extra 1 Ge | oOd, All Wool, Ns dy ‘. por yard, aud sl hb Brussel. ‘and cranberty enuce #t [8 pence & plate comprising everything the mackete ford. jenres andgothers.=—If you want a et, Mu t, call on ove Thirteeuth in yonreatt Se Br rest, oh the right hand 6 and m The* Broker le Bauks—Notes on the mynd Rich Fancy Baskets, of the most exqui= site workmanchip and 4 variety of the oicat beautifel rarsorne in wold set aliver, and ciel sate * ted. with WTP fot eal Toys, Rene No. 3 Ea orihE the Unit OF wonderfol ease :né sd slacestablishes Eats t sale, OF Ap tS at Da'R Wie Factory, None alt oveens. ie which Hatr Bye, the hess | im the mantaet, and erat wwanti maet Pare ia wlitgat: deat, ‘Dy: new LS use. Por sale by John street. & » change color. and combin were awarded the gold Oxygensted BittosidE hie Samous medi> ei receive sestimon ‘any medi ‘world tor the cure votBy ‘Dyai ‘asthens nd generst tion Ce faenes of 1 captains of steamers, made a have one, Free ot expense. b; the ase e470 Bes Broatway. | Captain Berty, of ing wo MONEY MARKET. Tuvunsvar, Nov. 20-6 P. M. We have nothing new to report inthe stock market. ‘The excitement in Evie Railroad has subsid»d considera- bly, and prices have slightly depreciated. Readiog Rail” road appears to be the fuvorite among rpecuiators at the present moment, and we suppose Harlem will have the next turn. Erie is about as high as the combination can well carry it. The advance already realized has brought cut a great deal of stock, and there are more shares held in large lotsin Wall street now, than at any previous time: ‘The upward mcvement in Reading Railroad is rather mysterious, There is great doubt relative to» dividend jD January, notwithstanding which the market price of the stock is steadily advancing. Norwich and Worcester remains about the same as previously quoted. The daily sales have diminished down to a email amount, and holders appear dizpored to wait the declaration of the divi dend, before realizing toany extent. Amidst all the move_ ments in the stock market, none is more astonishing to us than the depreciation which has for some time past been goiogonin Harlem. There was a slight reaction to day but prices ruled exce dingly low fora regalar dividend paying stock, It is reported that the next semi-agnual dividend will be two and a half per cen:; but this is merely a street rumor, and is unauthorized by the com- pany. It is our impress‘on that much higher prices wil soon be current for this stock, New Jereey Zino has been neglected for some daye past, and pricvs have beew steadily settling dowe. Morris Canal continues dull, not. withstanding the increase in receipts. The tolls collect- ed during the week ending the 16th imst.. were $3,487 15, net $3,049 22 for the same week last year—showing increase in the week of $407 95—tota! receipts to Nevember 16, this year, §102.551 73; same time last year, $90,145 05--increase, $13,406 68. This has no effect on the minds of speculators ; they exhibit no disposition to touch it. At the second board, Reading Railroad went up 4 per cemt; Harlem, 34; Erie Railroad deelined 3 percent, There was a desire on the part of holders te sell Erie, and the market closed with an unsettled feeling. It is semi-offici ally announced that the directors of the Erie Railroad Company bave resolved that the net earn- ings of the road, on the Ist January next, not exceeding four per cent, should be paid to the stoskhoiders, It is aleo semi-oflicially reported that the net earnings for the six months ending December lst, proxims, will, from present appearances, be equal te five per vent on the capital stock. This is, to ssy thej least, most extra ordinary. How the directors have made a relia- ble examination into the affairs of the company, th® current year not ending before the last day af Decem- ber, is more than we can fathom. It is utterly impossible, yet it is with the most pertect effrontery declared that » dividend of four per cent will be paid out of the neg earnings for the year ending Dec. 31, 1851. To the di. rectors of all other institutions, such @ proceeding must carry the most conclusive evidence of something out ef order—some peculiar necessity to keep up appearances; for we venture to aseert that there is not another instance peny bee resorted to such # measure to bolster up the market price ofits stock. The whole movement is pre- mature. There is more in it than meets the eye. It would not surprise us, notwithstanding the semi official announcement made, if the dividend actually paid was Jess than the per cent named. ‘The receipts at the office of the Assistant Treasurer of this port, to-dey, amounted to $90,083 39, paymen's, $95,201 99—balance, $3,198.470 29. ‘The steamship Baltic, for Liverpool, on Saturday next, will take eut @ large amount of specie. The engage- mente already amount to nearly « million of dollars This, with the shipments by the Canada and other v sels, will make the aggregate for the week upwards of two and « half millions. The receipts this week by the Daniel Webster and Georgia, amount to about two mil- tons of dollars. It appears by this, that the exports jargely exceed the imports. If this goes om for any length of time, we shail feel ser.ously the drain upon our supply of precious metals. ‘The receipts of the Michigan Central Railroad Com- pany, for the month of October, amounted to $200,723 29, against $165.572 95 for the corresponding month in 3850—increase , $35,150 46. ‘The aggregate earnings of this company. during the eleven of October, 1851, ameunted to. . Same time last year. Increase, 33 per cent . $247,682 62 ‘This is equal to any railroad in this part of the coun. try. The income of this road, in proportion to its o ost, ie greater than the Erie, or the Baltimore and Ohio road. ‘There hae been paid into the State Treasury of Ten- nessee, during the two years prior to the first Monday in October, 1851, from all sources, as well as upon war- rante iseved within that time . 8 .004,004 94 Paid out within that time, for all purpeses.. 933.481 26 iia of receipts for the Say balance tn Treasury tret Monday of Octo- Legrng Treasury, fret Monday of Oeto- 192,108 11 $222,771 80 The receipts into the Btate Treasury bave increased within the last two years, trom $700,695 53 to $1,004,004 04. The disbursements during the same time have in creased from $862,496 66 to the sum of $993,431 25. Re- ceipts over disbursements, #70575 60 The legislatures of the different States are about con- vening end we shall soon have the regular annual official reports of t! tate indebtedness. revenue expenditures &o. There has been no important increase in the public | debt of any State, and as the revenue of each is annually becoming larger, from the additional value of taxable property, we have every reason to believe that this clas* M | of security for investment of capital tx steadily improv tracks, ke C the body. Jiguid Kouge. Lay! Wie Glone, at 67 Walker street, neat Broadway; Unliender, & South Third 1 fr and 7 pees.—-Batchelor's New Style of Wigs are a ced the moat perfect tmitati invented. ¥ shold Bh ae BATC 4 Wail stree sortment in o bas never inifes u A, Ring, 192 LimbowIn a case before municipal cow f Ps be bad, with othe af es D, Sande, iw Fulton ates Rushtor, ¢ Slack © Co, ttm and J 3 Broadway nt sizcet, and by Grugaisie and pertumore M Louls Kossuth.—This trely distinge td cyntieman, trom what we tos { adaptaricn he arrives, let ’ A werd te the sres-rat. perp endyou wil entip . Gone i he ures the Floid, Watts Nervous Aw proet * ne * enters . take : fet i ua We than Te © a 1 ves—Those suffering from are refered to Dee nt ie Sieglesat { with the ectiatae very revulte Sad ca fue copuuent of ft | ing. The State of Virginia has probably beem making much progress @* any other, in internal improvem jn the developement of the natural resources of the soil, ke. At home, the credit of Virginia is rated as it de serves, and the largest portion of her pubiic stock is in the hands of ber own citizens Her immense resources. her comparatively limited debt, and the serupulous punetuality with which she has always fulfilied her en | Kagemente, seem to be but Little understood abroad ‘The real and personal estate raed V serene as per census of 1850, fe... + + $938,000,000, On the dot amcuuted to This stock + $0,085,180 $2,738 20 6 651 461 645.4 —O,0555 186 tal Assembly, the Audi- tor estimates the value of stocks « elby the State 7 $7,000,665. In other words, the State owns this amount of interest paying securitie ‘The State bas guaranteed the bonds of works of interna improvements to the amount of $9425,702 As security | for this ability, she holds the first lien on all euch works. In some instances, some of the works may fal to the State, but this system of guaranteeing the bonds of public works is now prohibited by the new constitu. tion. A sinking fund ts also provided in the new consti. tution for the fina! liquidation of the debt of the State. The financial provisions of the constitution of Virginia are now stich ax lo give the best guarantee possible to the holders of her stocks. In point of satety her bonds are equal to eny paper security in the civilized world. | Wer may destroy the revenues of the general goverm mept and overload the market with its loans—but Vir- gipia, with her revenues entirely distinet from those ot the general government, will etill be able and willing (« preserve her good pame On the 20th of Maren, 1851, the General Assembly of Virginie peaeed « law euthorising the Board of Public Werks to borrow on her etedit $4,000,000, to compiete her works of internal improvements Coupon bonds, bearing six por cent Interest, payable in New York, (at Mereha Bank ) op firet of Janvery and July ond the principal payeble in July, 1686. are now tewucd end offered to the pudiie. That the bonds may eome within the morns of ali who desire to purchase, they have teem ieeaed in deaomlnations of $500 and $1,000 | $800,000 of these bonds bave been taken by the United Pieter goverbment as am investment for the indian aw