The New York Herald Newspaper, November 23, 1851, Page 2

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BOWERY AMPHITEBTRE, Bowery—Equnsraray Pent rénmancns. CERISTY'S MINSTRELS, Brmorian Minernersy. echanics” Halt, (72 Broadway | FRLLOWS’ MINSTRELS, Pellows’ Musical Hall, No. 446 — Bevacway—Erniorian MineTReisy. AMERICAN MUSEUK—Auvane Praronwaxces Ay gmencos anp Evasive. BOWERY CIRCUS—Ecves STUYVESANT INSTITUTE—Parx von CReseiN6 THE DELAWARE. Am PERFORMANCES. ne or Wasnixe- New York, Sunday, Now’r 23, 1852. Summary of the News. The arrival of the United States mail steamer Atlantic, about half past one o’clock this morniog, placed us in possession of four Gays’ later advices trom J) parts of Europe. Thisis a remarkably ‘quick passage for thiz season of the year. A synop- gig of her news will be found on the first page. From Washington we have a reiteration of the yerme upon which our difficulties with Spain were adjusted, and ratified @ good dinner and a bottle of wine, by M. Calderon de la Darca and Secretary Webster. The groundwork of this settlement ie precisely the same as has hitherto been given in oarcolumns. Spain wil! deezacch a tional ¥ bearing ber Consul, and on her ar- ans her fag will be saluted. On > According to this arrangewen:, a@ good chance of being the re- compliment. So far as relat the property of Sp sens, by the mob at Now Orleans, the | ook te the courte of Louisiana for re-imbursement, and the President will recommend to Congress the propriety of making good the damages sustained by M al, and her sut ed in th ap the above mentioned court word appears to Bave beensaid by eithe: vernment concerning the ‘wenicrtanate men who invaded Cuba under the do Jusion that they were assisting a suffering people te throw off a burdensome yoke. The President Bad proclaimed these deceived men to be outlaws, who had voluntarily absolved themselr Protection of their native country, and captured them ae pirates, and tried and them as euch. Neither party could consistently emplain of the action of the ether, in any parti- cular, and the result was an amicable adjastment Now that there is a proper understanding eetablished between the two governments, let Spain max ber claim to the proud title of being among the Grst of Christian natiens, by liberating the poor fellowe whe remain of the ill-starred Lopez expedi- 1.08. Tt sppeare that we were right in doubting the correctness of the despateh which svated that the American Minister bad assured the Mexican go- vermmert that the cabinet at Washington would ot sustain the provisions of the claim of the citi- sens of thie country to the Tehuantepec route. One wf cur Washington correspondents assures us that Mr. Letcher was not authorized to make, and has not made, any euch statement. (n the contrary, it Se believed that measures have been taken to secure the route, as granted to Senor Garay, to the American purchasers ‘With regard to the claims of the French mer- ebante who paid duties illegally imposed in Cali- fornia, it ie understood that the Treasury Depart- ment is ready to refund the principal, but will not Yield the six per cent a month interest, as claimed ‘Dy the Minister from France. The members of Congress are beginning to flock into Wackington—all on the look out for comfort- able quarters. They are beginning to descant on the werite of the prominent men for ~peaker of the House—s subject with which the Presidential quss. tien is somewhat mized up; and everything be tokene & long session and a great deal of political masnwavring. Gen Houston and severa) other pro- sminent mer are already on the ground, and Mr. Cisy will be there to-day, baving arrived im Balti- more isst night bave received some interesting news from ghboring provinces of La t veneral Oribe, the ex- of Montevideo, or tae Oriental Republic, and whe, while rick and wasting away ro long and t ntly, betieged the city of Montevideo, has tually ated and eurrendered to ‘+eneral Urgeis Rios. This takes away the last Rope of eas in the Banda Oriental ; aod with Cor ragasy, Entre | and Para i by Brazil, opposed to him, he certainly in & position of great embarracem As, however, be commands the weet side of the Plata, the opposing forcee will be compelied to irvade Buence Ayres and overthrow l\cess cr keep @ large force constantly in the field to check any foture movement be may make nb another portion of to-day’s paper will be found some additional facts connected with the awfal ca lamity at the school house in Greenwich svenue The fane remonies of several of the @ euf- ferers were deeply imposing, and will be read wita melancholy interest by every paren: persone were yesterday arrested ot Syra- harged with being concerned in the recent and we regcue. /. deepatch wae received from the shores of Lake ntaric laet night. which stated that a perfect hurri- ane tac blowing in thet region, sccompanied by heavy fallofenow. The brig Empire, deoply laden swith grain, bed been ashore at Oswego, and fears were apprehended ‘hat sad accounts would eoon be reovived from numerous other vessels. This hae Deer & WOR: Calemitour march to bowls Bavigating the jeket ewithstanding the great severity of the north- rm which scmmeneed on Thortday night d during the gre gusy, bao ‘on cane ud le part of ay, Wo f bat few serious maritime disasters be trie) «{ the participants in the negro riot and e tians, Pa., will ve hb d to United States Circuit Court « he prisoners ba n indicted the pre be of th tap larg Vo bere an at Gent which happened or e day e 7 om ' wir ' @rore it ' The Hungarian Exiles and the Irish Exiles In many respects there is a remarkable parallel between the Hungarian and the Irish exiles, while there isa striking difference in the light in waich they are both regarded in England, as woll as in the fate that has attended these illustrious men. ‘The great leader of the Hungarian revolution is a Protestant. He found his couatrymen—the great majority of whom are Catholios—groaning under the yoke of Austrian despotism. He went at first for constitutional government, under a monarchy, and, when that effort failed by peace- able means, he struck a blow for republicanism, which dazzled the world. Oceans of blood were shed in the struggle ;— it failed, partly by treachery, and partly by the overwhelming hordes of Russia throwiog their weight into the Aus- trian scale. Kossuth, and many of his imme diate friends, escaped into Turkey, where, how- ever, they were held in captivity. By the ac tive interposition of British inflvence, these brave men were finally released. An American | frigate conveyed them to freedom. They have been féted as heroes in England; and Kossuth praises the municipal institutions of that country as the basis of the freedom of this. He is right. The Magna Charta is the foundation of the liberty we enjoy—the germ brought by the voyegers in the Mayflower across the waves, and transplanted into this great soil, where it has grown te atree of freedom, under whose shadow the out. casts, the persecuted, the suffering, and the poor of other lands, may take refuge and repose. The difference between the two countries is this:—In England, the growth of freedom has been stunted | and obstructed by the pernicious inflaences of aa aristocracy, and the” great principles of Magna herta have not been carried out to their legiti- mate conclusion. Here, on the contrary, there is no aristocracy, and the people emphatically make their own laws; and the result is that we have not only the theory of freedom, but its practical real- izati it. The case of Ireland, a mere province of Great Britain, is an example of theoretical liberty ina country where oppression abounds. Atone time Ireland, like Hangary, possessed a constitution of its own, ani a parliament which had the regulation of its munisipal affairs. Under that constitution, and that parliament, Ireland flourished for the eighteen years that they existed, as perhaps no country of Europe ever did in so brief a space of time. In an evil hour the Irish parliament, cor- ropted by English gold, committed suicide, and, under the legal fiction cf a union with England, the country relapsed into ite former degradation, misery, and poverty, till now itstands, / with all its beautiful scenery, and all its great fer- tility, and natural resources, the darkest epot oa the face of the globe; and famine and fever annually | carry off their thousands. Within the last few yeare, the country, instead of advancing in p> pulation, has receded; and it is ascertained, by par- Hamentary returns, that two millions and a Lalf bave been ewept away by the ‘‘besom of destrauc- tion” Here, then, was a provocation almost too great for buman nature to bear; bat it was one that did net enter into the wrongs and grie- yantes of which the Ilungarians and Kossuth had to complain. Wiliam Smith O’Brien, a man of aristocratic birth and breeding, a Protestant, a man who hada coul to feel for the wrongs and the sufferings of hie fellow-countrymen—a man of irreproachable cha- racter, which even the breath of slander did not venture to taint—be and the heroic John Mit- chel, another Protestant, with some other brave wen, seeing the depth of misery in which their Ca- tholic fellow-countrymen were steeped, conceived the design of a revolution as the last resort, after every appeal to justice and bumanity had been ex" bausted. They failed. John Mitchel was tried and convicted “felon,” for words spoken, under a special act of Parliament very inconsistent with Magna Charta and the principles which triamphed jn the revolution of 1688. He avowed himself a republican. He was traneported and treated as a robber; and by late intelligence we find that be has been subjected t» ignominious punishment, as unnecessary as it is unjust. Smith O’Brien and some others followed his fate. O’Brien was not only convicted for words spoken, but was tried for high treason and con- vieted; and if the sentence of the lawhad been carried out, he would have been “ hanged, drawn, and quartered.” The sentence was commuted. He was transported. What did he do? He no blood, like Kossuth. Itis true he stormed the house of the widow McCormack, at Ballingary, in which a few policemen took refuge from the half armed rabble that followed him as a body guard to protect him from arrest under the suspension of the habeas corpus act, and not to create or even commence a revolution. But his humanity would not suffer single life te be taken when it could serve no good purpose. The object was to keep him at large till the harvest was reaped. But the British government were too powerful and too prompt ; they nipped the incipient revolution in the bud, and thereis not the slightest danger of ansther a‘tempt during the lifetime of John Mitchel and Suith O'Brien The question now comts up—why keep these men any longer in banishment and slavery! British laws ot vindictive. No object can be served by the continued imprisonment of the Irish patriots. Great Britain would show her magna nimity as well as her consistency by striking of their fetters. In the eyes of the civilized world— in the sight of England herself, they aro lese guilty (if guilt it be) than Kossuth, whose reloase from captivity she effected, and whom she now delights to hosor. In both cases the offences committed are political, and if the British government would put the same termination to both, and set their own captives free, they would be applauded for the act by every good man in the Old World and the New. SvnsorirTions FoR THR Prorosgp Inisn Unt ersiry.—We hope the eilly and ridiculous speo made by Archbishop Hughes, at the meeting in the | , the other evening, will m pait the movement commenced in this country, by the two respectable clergymen deputed by the Irish prelates to receive subscriptions for orecting a Catholic University ia Ireland. Tho natural in- stinet of the people,on reading such a speech as that, from a m&n occupying Doctor Hughes’ position—ia whicn be denounced liberty, denounced the p denounced our common school education, and o' thing that locks like freedom—would be to batton up their pockets, and hesitate abou! giving aay- thing towards the object, if euch principles are to govern the proposed University. Such aseampti ae that exhibited by the Archbishop is withow parallel. One wowid think, from the tenor and tone of bis remarks, that he was desirous of iatro- practices of the church during the mid- |, had no conscience. Therefore, wo suppose, ac the Churth takes cognizance of matters of con- science, the I'rees should be reformed, and to be re- formet, ought to be put under the guidance of the Church ur common <chool system of education is godiees; and, therefore, we suppose, it ough be wprosted and destroyed. Kossuth “had a fing at Jeeuitiem and the Pope; od, therefore, he ougat to be silenced—certainly he ought not to be received With any demon m here Archbishop Hughes has got ity m which he will fiad it difical’ to Ite will learo, we think, th ion, and all the glorious results that fow from | MvsicaL AnrisTs, aND Tas Pupiic Poss. Miss Catherine Hayes went to Albany yesterday, for the purpose of giving some concerts, after which she will proceed to the western part of this State. ‘We understand that Mr, Wardwell is to manage her affairs, and that Mr. Braham and Herr Mengis accompany her. In her recent difficulties with her | contractors, we gexerally sided with Miss Hayes; | but we are sorry to say she has taken a course | which ne person acquainted with the tone of pubiio | opinion here, would have seriously advised her to | | follow. She ought to have given three or four con- certs in this city immediately after getting rid of | | those who were an incubus on her; and, under the | popular feeling displayed in her favor, there is no | | doubt she would have received, in the aggregate, some six or eight thousand dollars. Her advisers, however, who appear to be very inefficient people, pertuaded her to a differen’ course—to leave this great field of operations, where she ought to have started first, and to go to the small towns in the interior. Whoever gave her this advice, whether it is Mr. Wardwell or some other person, he is | unfit to ocoupy the position of adviser. It is not to be expected that an artiste visiting this | country should kaow much about its peculiarities, its currents, or its counter-currents; and very few of them get into the hands of proper advisers—of | persons acquainted with the nature of the popular | currents. When Jenny Lind first camo here, she | made some serious mistakes, arising froza bad ad_ | vice; and we believe that ever since her separation | | from Paroum, humbug though he is called, she has | | | ' | | met with much less success thanehe did while under | his management. The truth is that her concerts since she has been on her own hook, have been con. ducted by persons foreign to this country—forcign to its peculiarities, and ignorant of public opinion. Hence it is, that although her concerts have been, | to a certain extent, successful, they have been far 1e88 so than they ought to have been, and far less so than they would have been ifthe persons who ma-— | paged them were competent to ocoupy their posi- bey melancholy, sometimes, to see how foreign artistes of the highest reputation and undoubted genius are led astray, and their affairs mismanaged, by persons who are not deserving of the confidence | placed in them, and areincompetent for the oflice they undertake. Incrzass oy Crime in New Yorux.—On reviewing the criminal history of this city for a yoar or two past, we are astonished at the increase of crime and murder that has taken place within that period: | | Notwithstanding that five or six executions have taken place within a comparatively short time, murder etill stalks abroad. The knife of the as. eeesin is unsheathed, and plunged into the vitals of | bis fellow man, to gratify premeditated revenge, to wipe out an imaginary offence, or for the purpose | of 2 Four men are now under ventence of death in this cily, and several bere and in our neighbor- | hood are awaiting trial for that awful crime. Rowdyism—the precursor of crime and murder—is , still rampant among us, and to add to the horrible state of affairs, arson is of frequent occurrence in { this and other parts of the State. There is ng. crime of such frequent occurrence among us as arson, | | none £0 difficult of being proved, and none for which there has been lees punishment. It isto be hoped that the execation of Concklin, at Utica, on Friday | last, will have the effect ef lessening this species of | | crime. | | It is hard to say what is the'cause ofthis lamenta- ble increase of crime; but we thiak a portion of it may be attributed to the rowdyism which prevails | in all our cities, large and small, and to the want of | proper police regulations. Young rowdies become adepts ia crime, before their career is stopped, | They generally escape punishment for minor of- fences; and the result is,trusting to continued impu. nity, they progressin their mischief until they shed blood, and end their days oa the gallows. We have plenty of churches, but they are not attended. In many temples of worship, the pastors preach to a | beggarly account of empty benches. The influ- | ences of Christianity are dwindling away. How is | | this to be aecounted for? The religion of the pre sent day does not reach the heart. Why? We shall see what effect the new system of street preaching will have in preventing crime. Marine Affairs, Tue Strassen Bautic —The steamship Baltic, Capt. Comstock, left her wharf at noon yesterday for Liverpool, | with fifty nine parsengers, among whom were Mr. Thur. | low Weed and daughter, of Albany. She carries the | following large amount of specie:— Bovereigns, £17,198 at $4'86. | mapy ects of individual and associated benevolence. | ket contributed upwards of $150 for the relief of the Total..cseseee | Owing tothe low tids Bhe will proceed on her voyage at sevem o'clock this morning. Breamsnir Et Dorano —This vessel, which sunk at her wharf on Friday, was undergoing various and extensive | siterations previous to her intended departure, on the | 26th instant. She has bad snother deck put om her, and | bas also been hipped. Yesterday afternooa, two engines, throwing forty barrels each per minute, were at work | pumpirg ber out, but at sundown bad not made much progress. The water was then up to her curd, and rising, | owing, it was sup) . to some of her lower dead lights | being still open. damage to her by this accident, it | ‘wae thought, will amourt to $10 C00. | For Nicanacua —The steamship Daniel Webster, Capt | | Baldwin, departed for Ban Juan, Nicaragua, yesterday, at | SPM. She carries sixty seven parrengers. Tre Breanne Winrrero corr, Captain Couillard, ar- rived yesterday morning from New Orleans. We are ia. debted to Mr EB. K. Shed, the purser, for New Orleans | re to the 16th instant--cne day in advanoe of those | | received by mail | Fox tHe Sovrn.—The steamships Florida, Capt. Lyon, | for Savannah; Southerner, Capt. Dickinson, for Charles. the Roanoke, Capt. Parrish. and City of Rich- t. Terry, for Norfolk and Ric parted, | | yesterday, for their rerpective de Banquet to Kossuth—Meeting of the Mem- bers of the Pre An sdjourned meeting of the members of the press t Lafayette Hall, Broadway, for the purpote of hearing « report from a specie! com- mittee eppointed om Thursday evening. The meeting | was organized about half past seven o'clock; and the Chairmen, Il J. Reymond, having called for the reading | the preceding meeting, Mr 0. D | Btuart Beer: vy read them. The minutes having | the Chairman read the report of the com: mittee, which was as follows: — | | _ Piret, That a committeo of six be appointed to meet | Kossuth upon his arrival, end tender to bim, im such an addrece at may be prepared. a public banquet, in behalf | of the profession in New York. Second. That the banquet be beld at the Astor House | with cove re for two hundred persons, that of those, twen- | ty be reserved for invited guests and fifteen for report- ere of the a press, and that the tickets be solid for | five dollars exch. The committee further re upon the privcipals of the | he ort that they have waited f ls, and that they found them ready to unite in the proposed demon- stration In conclusion. the committee beg leave to ress a hope that this occasion will be ro rustained ‘urthered by the great body of the public prets in York ae to promote good understanding and kindly | feeling among themeeives; that it be so di conducted in all its pointe as to exhibit the true ecreng’ | and worth of the journsiiem of our city, and prove characteristic ard honereble reception to the man and the object which unites ite representatives in a common ba at the time. All of which is respeotfnily sab- miter | Saturday, November 224, 1851 B, D, BTUART. ©. 1. DANA, H. J RAYMOND, C.F BRiags, RB BROOKA, 0. MATHEWS. A gentleman connected with the religious press thea | moved. thet inetead of @ pubiie banquet pubiic | demonstration be tendered Keeeuth on his arrival. and be invited to meet the members of the prons in there to be « 4 that @ respem ind pen. of value, b ken of his late profe as au editor This motion was lort. and the following resolution, offered by Mr. Gcowin. enbetituted — Resolved, That ton vingle ex-ontive committes of tea be entrusted pot only the duty of waiting upon Kossuth, and | tendering Lim the invitati bat (making | Lo arrangemen te for the 7 ‘This resolution The next ree h wor carrie Thet the eomralt rer tn the prop be ‘ Pa cred by one chosen for the | ill be had; also, that aa presented to him, aa a | t : 1 by Mr. O'Sulltvan, f the prees throng’ yo Union THE WARD SCHOOL CATASTR errr Additional Particulars. ery CORONER’S* INVESTIGATION. pone Ses < Funeral Ceremontes,~ e., dics, dite The dissstrous occurrence at Ward School 26, on ‘Thursday last, is still the engrossing topic of conversation about town, and especially in the neighborhood of Jeffer- son market. Greenwich avenue is throaged with pedes- trians, who, in going up or down town, extend their walk in that direction, so as to pass the school house and gaze | upon the spot where the tragic scene transpired. Carefuy parents, who had never dreamed of danger to their chil- dren, while the little ones were at echocl, who, in fact, kept them there as much as possible, believing them to be ina place of complete safety, now talk of placing them insome smaller edifice, if echools in such can] be found. Hun- dreds have inspected the post which supported the railing at the bottom of the stairease, and all who look at it, concur in crying shame on such work. It did not deserve the name of secure or safe; but, on the con- trary, must be considered as wonderfully insecure and altogether unsafe. It was mot stepped in the floor, nor strapped to its place by bands of iron, or bolted with strong bolts, nor even screwed on with long heavy screws ‘Three or four nails (about twelrepenny), and one large | cut nail or spike, not more than five or six inches in length, driven straight through a part of this post, into the stair work at the base, was all that held it; there were, to be sure, two or three screws, and two or three other nails driven through a corner of the post, but they were not placed in a position to afford much resistance: And as to the large nail, it was discovered that it had pen- etrated a fractured piece of wood, and consequently could have aided but little im holding the pillar in its place. And then the pillar or post iteelf was made of black walnut, arpecies of timber by no means adapted to purpose! where great strength is requisite. The piece of timber was, to allappearances, when in its place, large enough, and firm enough; but on inspection, it will be observed, that the foot of the post had been more than half cut away, to make it conform to the shape of the stairs. In fact, itwas a mere shell, having the appearance of strength, but wholly wanting that virtue, It would be well for builders and contractors to call at the station house and look at this piece of work, so as to avoil the yntroduction of similar pieces into edifices which they aay be called upon to construct. The Coroner's inquest was continued yesterday, and the proceedings will be found below. The funeral of four of the deceased chil- dren was held yesterday, at the Baptist church ip Bixteenth street. After the sermon was over the four ccffins were placed in one hearse, and the carriages formed and drove through the streets, three abreast. It was 8 large and mournful procession, and was witnessed with the deepest and most painfal interest as it passed through the streets. The calamity has called forth Yesterday the butchers and dealers in Washington mar- sufferers. Other contributions will doubtless be report ed to-morrow. It is seid that the Coroner's investiga. | tien is to be theseugh—not only as to the facts of the cceurrence itself—but as tothe causes which led to the deplorable result. We append the proceedings as far as they have gone :— THE CORONER'S I‘ QUEST. Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, the Jury of In- vestigation, empanelled by the acting Coroners—Alder- men Ball, and Justice Bleakley—met in the court room of Judge Meech, at Jefferson Market. ‘The nemes of the jurors were eatled, and enough appear- ed to transact business, The Uoroner suggested the idea of proceeding at once to the school house, the scene of the calamity, and there take a view of the premises and take such notes of the location of the rooms and the con- struction of the staircase and banister as would bs neces- sary to be understcod during the examination of the wit- nesses, The jury thereupon proceeded forthwith, ac- companied by Alderman Balland Justice Bleakley, to view the building. In the course of the observations, our particular attextion was drawn to the banisters, the partirg of which from the stairs is alleged to have been the principal cause of the alarming sacrifice of human lives, and more immediately to the newel, or main post at the foot of the stairs. This newel was very improperly fastened; in fact, it could not be said with any degree of truth that it had been fastened at all. There were but a few nails driven, which penetrated but imperfectly into the stairs, which, by the force and weight of the children rushing down stairs, dreve it from its weak position, and with it carried slong the banister: and rail from the height of some twenty-five feet, which fell, together with the unfortunate children, to ihe stone flagging below. ‘The raile on the banisters, instead of being dovetailed n, to fit the mortice made in the stairs of nest two inches, were only made about half aninch bite— entirely inadequate for trepgth required. Mr. Wm Il Gedney, one of the jurors, who is builder wy oo took down the tollowing dimenstons:— Fell hole, opening, 12 feet 3 inches equare; length of steps, 3 feet S inches; betw the bani and wain- sooting. 3 feet; between the hand railand capping of wainscoting, height of rail om stairs, 2 feet 5 inches; . 2 feet 7 ine! height of rail on janding, 2 feet hen: 49 fe the bottom of well hole to upper ding of stairs; banisters, 2 inches in diameter at base; newel, Os; inches square; rail, 234 by 4 inches moulded; central hall in uppe= storigs, 6 feet 6 inches wide; four doors opening to hall, 3 feet wide, and two door ways, each 4 feet wide, openiog to the wain hali; hall way near stairs, 7 feet 6 iccbes. The above dimensions, together with other facts in- volving the workmanship of this building, will be two subject of investigation before the jury. After con- cluding the view of the building, the jury returned back to the court room and the following y was token. The first witnesres called to the stand were the | physicians: — THE TReTIMONY du- A Lidell. of No, 60 Prince street, who. ied the jury on Friday, to the here the several bodies viewed them were except that of Sarah ‘dus, ail of them pear: a ternal organs; if the Jury wish, I can individualizo thore eases; (the jury deemed it not necessary); the majority of the eases were caured by suffecation ard injuri-s conjoining; I was in- formed that all thore children had come to their death by the injuries received at the school house. Dr. Edward C. Franklin being sworn, says—I reside at No 100 Waverley place; Iwas cummoned on Thursday afternoon, about two o'clock, to attend some childree at the Ninth ward Station House, who had been injured ; [ hurried to the place and saw lying on the hammocks the dead and dying. together with there Uadiy injured, after paring many of them, which I tound dead on the bunks, { pprorched one badly wounded, but till alive; [adminis to the immediate medical wants in the case. and pass- on to others requiring my attention, and thus my time * occupied urti they were taken home; one or two I compar ied to their residences; I had coaveration with al cf the children injured, and learned the wounds caused by falling down the etuircase or woll, a it is | who bad died a1 call d of the scbcothouse; [ understood that the injuries | were caused by falling over the staircase or platform, af. | ter the ballustrade hed given way; one of the children I attended died shortly after it was brought into the sta- tion house; three ovhere I attended are still living: I at- | tended Dr’ Lidell and y. on Friday, in viewing the bedies, and concur with ‘the opinion just given by bim; I should ray the three children are not in a fit con- | dition to give testimony before this jury at present. Il was proposed to examine come of the school chil- dtep, and the Corener requerted that during the exemi- nation of the scholars the choo! teachers 8) be requir. ed to leave the room, and await ia another apartment below etatrs. ‘The teachers among whom were a number of very in- teliigent pretty young women, appeared somewnat reluc tavt to leave the room. Henry M. Gray being sworn, sai Jenea sitet; Tem fifteen 4—| of go to Ward weard of a difficul- two o'clock; [ ared on that day owe clacs is Mr. Francis mald form no ertimete of the time th was from a. i, it was in inthe third story; I was Mr MeNally at that time; he ran to the door and ©; ed it; he then turned around again, and tried to Keep the boys in the room; he succeeded in keeping in a few of them; I was one of the first boys that got out of the room; when I went down the lack stairs Ly? appeared to be clear until I got to the primary department; I was them fastened in the crowd; several of the ebfldren were there, either fainted or dead, I could not tell which; as soon as I was clear of the crowd I went back into the primary department; I went ito one of the rooms, and caw several getting out of a Window, on # bench; they were all boys; I got out beneh my wails, wach land on the ; I cannet tell the conse of the alarm; it was k; I heard rome one ory fire; thet f; 1 believed myself it was fire; [ dil teide the building ory fire; I did not ureging eny children to jump out of the hool was in the usual order, a ty in th 4 by Mr. dieNally, and the ery of alarm from bel: © In disorder. Question b tow do you know only & few remained in the room, you *being one firat to go out? AmI exnnot say—my mitd was confused; thete was not anything in the conduct of Mr. M:Nally that tended te a tt when T parred out f : { what Te 5 b giten, end « boy | long Zabriskie bringing up the children from the front stair- way, where the banisters broke; the lower door of the rear stairs was open, but I could not get out for the crowdof primary children; I have not been conversed view a ger about the evidence I was to give. William Taft, being sworn, said—I am Assistant Cap- tain of the Ninth ward police; I was in the station house about 2 o'clock on Thursday last, when some person came to the door and said the school house was on fire; Limmediately went down stairs and called tothe man at the fire alarm bell, but received no answer, and, on turn- ing round, I saw him coming out of the station house; he was not at his post; it seems he came down for some coal; we then went to the time, no bell had been struck; the rchool house was 2 and the policemen and others were removing the bodies from the well-hole; I heard the fire bell, and soon after Eogine No 29 was before the door; the door Jeading from the well-hole to the playground was clesed; just as I left to & back of the school, the front door was dragged off its hinges, to allow the bodies to be removed, as they were so piled up one on top of each other that it was impossible to remove them with- out; I then went to the rear; and on the first platform from the ground floor I found two dead bodies, and a number of others huddled together--I could not tell whether dead or not; I handed the dead children out, and sent for some doctore, and assured the children that there was no fire, and begged them to go back; I then went im search of my own son ia several of the | rooms, but could not find hi he had escaped, it seems, before I got there; I then went down stairs again, an witne seed a number of dead children in the playground, and & number wounded; I got to convey the children to the ttation-house; on coming in front of the se I witnessed @ man on @ ladder in the front windows; when I first arrived at the school, I saw that the benisters had beem broken away, and other children were jumping from the stairs over them, en- deavoring to get out; I witnessed that the firemen and other ciuzens were doing all in their power to save all they could; I did not hear any one calling to the children to erespe. Guestions by the Jury —I know some of the teachers by sight ; I saw some up stairs that day ; there are three entrances to the school house; the children were piled up im the centre doorway, called the well hole; I could not pas& through tha’ way, but I went through the north door; the children I found dead were on the plat- form at the rear staircase; I thould say they had beem suffocated—they were black in the face. On the conclarion of this witness, one of the jurors moved to take ¢ recess for thirty minutes. Another juror seconded the motion, with an amen iment to increase the time toone hour. This motion was objected t» by cthers, who wished to proceed until about four o'clock’, and then adjourn for the day. The Foreman of the Jury rose, and was about putting the question on adjournment. when Justice Bleakley called him to order, aud remarked that many of the jurors had frequently been members of Grend Juries, and then they sdjourned on their own me tion ; but. said the Justice, you are now in @ court, and the time of adjourpment rests with the court alone. [ am aware, remarked the Justice, that a number of the witnesses, as well as many of the jurors. have business to attend to this afternoon, especially as it is the last dey in the week, and it would make it exceedingly inconve- pient to meet again this afternoon. I shall, therefore. ad- = any further proceedings until eleven o'clock on “ FUNERAL SERVICES, AT THE SIXTEENTH BaPTist CHURCH, OF FOUR OF THE CHILDREN WHO FELL IN YHE DREADFUL CATASTROPHE IN WARD SCHOOL No. 26, IN GREENWICH AVENUE. Yesterday morning, the remains of the four little girle— Mary Cecilia, eldest daughter of Mr. Benjamin Jacacks, aged tem years ; Louisa, second daughter of John and Mary Cooper, aged eleven years; Jane Maria, younges; daughter of Jacob and Catherine Devoe, aged ten years ; apd Mery Ann, youngest daughter of George I. and Sareh Penchard, eged nine years—were conveyed to the Baptist church, West Sixteenth street, about eleven o'clock. The ehurch was densely throngea with the mourners of the dear departed little ones, their sor. rowing friends, anda sympathizing public. The coffics were arranged in front of the reading desk, while the foremost pews were occupied by the relatives of the dead, who were frequently moved to tears during the religious services. A prayer was offered upto Almighty God, by the Rey. Mr. Seely, in which he touchingly alluded to the young creatures who had been so suddenly called from this life, and prayed that the hearts of the bereaved parents might be comforted by Him who alone can speak comfort to the afflicted, and bind up the bruised heart. At the conclusion of the prayer, the Rev. Mr. Taggart delivered a funeral sermon. The reverend gentleman was much affected in the course of his address. He commenced his sermon by that beautiful imagery of the inspired writer, “Life is but a vapor, and soon passeth away.” Who among us have not observed the beautiful clouds which early in the morning surround the meun- tain tops with » baze of glory, aud through which the fun is by degrees forcing bis way’ If we return to that gloricus rcene in mid-aia , all those clouds will have vVaulshed—parted away—all absorbed And this is life ' It is bot a shadow—a passing cloud. What « beauttfal cloud was that which wes gathering im that fatal echool- What a beau- at! Tow me- house, om the morning of Thursday last tiful cloud of life did all those dear children ‘And now it bas passed away, and is ne more. choly is the morning! Wha areembly! And y who are new plunged im the deepest sorrow. there dear children three mornings siace, their homen, their cheek: os Ly Bye their parent school—alas! little knowing it thet in a few short heurs forms clasped in the cold embrace of death! And ok at them here! ‘Their epirits have left them—their lite bas gone. Our days are ewifver than the weaver’s shuttle. We all know how quickly the shuttle flier through the loom, and how speedily the web is woven a cut frem thence, and lad aside. And thus it is with us—we are rapidly weaving the web of life, and our days are swiftly pasting away. The reverend gentleman here obeerved he did not wish to make a dieplay of oratory, but to comfort the hearts of the afiticted. They might ask how could he do that ’ He would tell them t there is comfort in the holy word of Ged Jesus Christ himeelf was afllicted at the death of one he lo Can we not ree an afflicted fa- milly who mourn th: « ¢ choked with grief, “ ere, he would not have died” imegine the merciful Saviour stretcbing forth bis hand to reise up that effiicted sister. and saying to her, “ Thy brother shell rise again;” and she « said, “1 know that he shail lat day.” and the life, ‘etion I hold the kegs ot life and death” Then Jerus raid, “Where have ye laid him?” and they raid, “Lord, come and ree.” The weeping sleters and the devout Jews followed to the sepulehee, and Jesus wept. Yes, he wept; and they who stood arcord said, ‘Behold how he loved him!’ Then Jesus with a werd brought back the life, and proved to the un- believing Jews that he is the resurrection and the life. Ile cried unto im Who was bound ia the chains of death, “Lazarus, come forth,” apd the deed man arose and {hove mcurners were corafort Then, addressing the re cf the dear children, tho reverend gentlema: give these dear littie ones to leving Saviour’ them where the fetal blow k. He saw t when they joyously left their ud bade you adie He fees them now; and he 4 stebed over them while with you, but in the en thelr spirits were taken upon high. Do not hour # forget that they were in God's power, and that it Is Ile who hae thus efificted you. We are all Cur own precautions against death—on a cet perbaps—on the use of particulat raiment, & God our Father who holds the key of our lives; & tparrow falls to the ground without his knowledge. God gave me but one dear child, and that bas sizce been tahen from me It was bis pleasure to call it away, and he basa right to call all away. Do not forget that God has a right to the lives of your little ones - that imgivlog them to you, he never rele his right to them, Thea let us kite the red which chastems us; a01 may he in bis meroy enable us to feel and say, not only “the Lord gave end the Lord hath taken away, but biesed be the . of Lord.’ At the conclualon of an address w proceeded to ray a few words on the apt to rely on weet end to hoy ware,” tual em a na were all treeding the same path sttending the ame Fc \. a in the Sunda: rt thet Chureb: they were all in ome clars, "in the veautifeg In the beautiful language of Scripture it might be enid “they were lovely in their lives, and in their denth they were not separated.” The Rev. Mr. Seely clored the services with @ most touching prayer to our Father in Heaven, praying Him in Lis merey to sanctify the death of these yo creatures to the hearts of all; to comfort the allie! perente, brothers, end friends, After the singi bymn by the choir, the con- stegation were permitted to walk round the isles, in crder to look upom the faces of the dear departed children for the last time; and sad indeed it was to lock upon these sweet fa now motionl- in death The four coffins were alike, and, aa the children were nearly of the same age, they were nearly of the same tire. Shough not sisters im life, they looked so ia death When the congregation had all psesed out of the chureh, the bodies were carried out, and all placed in the seme hearse, and eo to Greenwood Cemetery, e funeral being at a large number of persone, ceply sMileted t thie should be so «mall rt of the grief whi it present im the homes of fo many of cur fellow citizen Tie SeMOor. tt wae gratifying to at loret one af gout numerous tt ve but feebly rendered. the reverend gentie- | mt, the of scme five hundre: to place a General of Division to instruct a squad im the, manual exercite, or m the Ci ped step. The amount of education received umder this system must be extremely limited, jally when ali the pupils answer at once. One ey furoich mind for the whole; but this ie not the: iate to save ex, . Schoolmasters are all too AUttle throughout the country. Instead of Lo much money on the schoolhouers, to beaut the city and give fat contracts to needy politicians, build those lees expencive; and make the salaries such as to command the first talent im the land, and then men will be found Fg Lap preceded erepacmar who can fill with Forge e social position. The le are ready to for thie, if ic is done right for they, kage it will podem what is now te pretended to be given—a good educae tion for their children. If it is to save expense that the | School Commiesioners pursue the present plan, they~ | make & greet mistake. More knowl might be com- mupicated for half the present cost the struction out by contract to some Ys . No doudt many may be easily fund to relieve the School Commls- sionere of all furthtr trouble. The system now in oper tion is expensive, and does not give even a le amount of education, and ovghtto be changed. Let there be built four school houses costing tem thousand dollars each, instead of one costing forty thousaad, and, put into ittwo hundred and fifty children, with masters &t least as numerous. and equally competent as those- new charged with the instruction of two thousand, It this is edopted througbout the city, we may entertain a reasonable expectation that the children will be educated November 22, 1851. INCIDENTS, ETC. ‘The continual converration on the subject of this sud affair, brings cut the recital of new incidents, all of which are extremely interesting. Among these are the follow gi | At the time of the alarm, Mies Mary B. Higzins, one | of the teachers of class K, had 89 children, {rem 7 to 10° | years of uge, in a class room 16 feet square. se!zed thein, ard she could not restrain them. They es- caped from the room, and three were killed; some of’ them jumped cut of a window. The little ones were compictely beside themselves, ard quite a number begs move. but being commenced by some of the schi : rest followed their example, not knowing what they did.. It is seid that“ one poor girl. who wus on the stair~ care after the balustrade bad gone, feeliog herself press- ed toward the edge of the stairs, threw her arms around a youver girl next to her, who, having sore eupport, stood In no immediate danger. The little one, feeling, the graep of her friend, said, ‘ Anne, let go, please, or you: will drag me down with you’ And Anne did let go; she kept ber footing for a few seconds. and then reeled ant fell upon the mass of sufferers below. She was among. the dead. The followin, cident is related of @ noble boy, named Alfred who, after reaching the ground floor in safety, saw bis brother on the fatal staircase, vainly seeking to retain his footing Alfred attempted to make bis way back, as to assict his brother, bat his efforts were fruitless; end, placiug himself below the Kite fulow, he told him to spring down—a height of twenty feet. Thus calied upon, the boy made the fri, htful leap into the arms of his brother, and both fet! amor g.the ‘dying and wounded, but were not in the least’ jured. ‘We learn from another source, but feel bound to say that we do not fully credit the rumor, that “for seve~ ral days previous to the disaster, a rumor had prevailed, and the apprehension had been frequently expressed by the children, that the buil ‘ing was im danger of falling. llow it originated cennot be explained, but the fact wile partly account for the extraordinary panic that seized upon the minds of the children. many of whom astaally believed that the building wae falling.” ADDITIONAL INJURED. The following cases cf ipjured children, nct before re~ say have been returned to the Ninth ward Station joute Charles Yost, of Twonty-rixth street, has a leg broken, and has suffered other injuries. Julia Moore, eight years of age, residing at 93 Fourtix ipjary; her head anc» street, bes sustained considera! both legs are badly braised ° Hammond street, is considerably in- jured; she @ cut on the front part of her head. Mery Inglis, of Court Calendar for Monday. Coxoton Purse.—Genrra Tenm—Motions and appeals Scrneme Covnt.—Sreciat Tenm.—No, 29 still on. Borenion Covrt.—(Two Baancnes dhos. 19, 91, 97, 110, 52, 326, 188. 196, 13. 75, €1, 27, 118, 141, 142, 142, 147, 164, 50, 89. 80, 156, 167, 158, 128, 187, 54, 71, 2, 146, 66, €5, 87, 47, 17,102 128, 10, 1 err H ing the dirt; rk of a family. Lovisa t. Brace, Weet Sixteen! Ter taje by Hitchcock & Leadbeat- 47 Broad bot of el ‘abhor dealers sua cona' the Union, as nd Opera Cloaks, ox’ ‘rable styles, and of all the vagious ri dehetevsae ca Wt Rica u 347 B , COTmET, ttreet ane! ‘most reasonable Fateas Shawls! 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Wigs Bry) wy yor tore yet feventene ® Sickness—Sea Sickness..—.No one wil! te, for the future. to go to som without m bottle traly wonderfa) re: fe onses ont of 0) bly surprizes ail BoUe comfort and ) Ponel ) | you ans MONEY MARKET. Baronvay, Nov. 22-6 P.M. After a day or two of inactivity in the stock market: the excitement among speculators has commenced agaic with unoenal tiger, The treneactions in all the fancies were to some extent to-day, and better prices fale throughout. At the firet boerd, Erie Railroad advance? ‘ per cent; Marie 4d Worcester, 4; Pdgeworth, Ponds \4. The operationsi Harlem were anusnally lergs, We have repeatedly al luded to the f this k. and have sdviced nvoet ir boa term! m whence the paconi Ty be alkew ores ce W — ss