The New York Herald Newspaper, December 4, 1851, Page 4

WEW YORE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: nggrenmae ‘Whe Early History of Callfornia—Captain Midd=Mr. Edwin William’s Plan for an Index of Newspapers, éic., déc. As we stated in eur edition yesterday, the pro- eeedings of this society, at its stated meeting on ‘Tuceday evening, wore extremely interesting. ‘The Hon. Luther Bradish presided, and the Bbracy raom of the society, at the University, was @ompletely filled. Among the visiters were many minent literary men. Mr. Bradish is the best ‘Presiding officer the society hasever had. The late Jearned Doetor Hosack was not remarkable for his @ourtesy to the younger members, and but little wasdone by the society under his auspices. The ‘venerable Albert Gallatin was too old and infirm to takes very active part, when he became President of the society, and Mr. William Beach Lawrence, who, ss Vice President, sometimes officiated as ¢@bairman of the meetings, had an eye, among other things, to Rhode Island, where he is now either Lieatenant-Governor or acting Governor. ‘The minutes of the last meeting and the annual ne having been read an approved, the librarian re- ported several acquisitions, particulary an EARLY HISTORY ©F CALIFORNIA. ‘This was, be said, a very rare book—it was the Histery of California, written by: the Abbé Clavi- gero, who had resided in that part of the world for mary years, andthe work contained many curious particulars as to the aboriginal inhabitants, and ‘the early settioment of the country. Ina brief pre- face as stated that the origin ofthe name was wuppoeed to be Calida Fornex, afterwards corrupted or abroviated; @ title given it by Cortes, (who gies himself on his Latinity,) on account of the eat of the climate. the poseesion of the historian Gibbon. The volumes (two small octavo ones) had been in CAPTAIN KIDD. Judge Campsr te read one of the papers ef the eve- ning, which was a very interesting account, compiled from authentic sources, of the renowned Renee Kidd, and tended to throw what will, no doubt, to the maj of our readers, be a new light on the pabject There were, the learned Judge said, two names whica were known all over the world, wher- ever the English language was spoken, and had having stated it aa Bat time, and, as he reasons that had both sides of the Atlantic. Mr. Luruer R. Marsu, inmovinga vote ofthanks, | and that the gentleman be requested to farnish « cena te he ary in ihe acokives of Ue 5 expressed in most eloquent ent result. He hed among the most | of perverted of the human race ; and he woutd as soon have doubted the exploits of Na- poleon or Aematen Mr ares a reection a place inioa would probably no’ rescue his hat from ebbaey, bat elevate him to fame of a hero; and was a xam- ple of the justice generally rendered by posterity. ANESSAY, BY EDWIN WILLIAMS, OF NEW YORK, ON ‘THE IMPORTANCE OF A 6ENERAL INDEX TO AMERI- In ; of the revolutio: war, Riv- | a of the may Sissi nonce ica | Ro ne La e C0! es wapape! CAN NEWSPAPERS. f American history. The histories of our country, which hare appeared from time to time, sinea the revolutien, are mainly made up from abstracts of the of 78 ope mn and his interesting times, we list of newspapers. In the ap- Lear proceed with our ublished « tumn of 1783, John Holt, who had be were printed—less complete, it istrue, in the early history of the American press than in our times, bu’ still a picture from which Daguerreotypes, 80 to spek may be taken, by an ingenious writer, in the shape of facts and inferences, the vivid presen- tation of which renders the historical sketches of Mr. Macauley so vivid, impressive, and delightful. Doctor Jobson classes the writers of dictionaries Independent Gazette ; or, the New York Journal Revivel. Aftor his death, Be Pioviss, year, (1784,) the Journal was con- d by his widow, and afterwards by Oswald, a kinsman of Mrs. Holt. im the American army. beth Holt, and} Oswald, (who died in 1795,) sold their right in the Jowna/ and the Oswald had been a colonel In January, 1787, Eliza been the theme of innumerable ballads and nursery rhymes; yet, strange to say, nothing of the men but their names were known to the masses. He allud- | ed to Robin Hood and Captain Kidd, who flourished | at wicely different periods,—the cnoouypeeed to be & freebooter on the land, and the other on the | water. Of Robin very little was known. The place of his burial was still preserved in almost the | same wild state as in the days when Sherwood forest | resounded with the notes of his bugle, and rang | ‘with the shouts of his “merry men all.” This | pene was in the neighborhood of Hudders- | feld, and near the ruing of the priory which the | bold outlaw had so he died. He wasa claimant to the ef Huntingdon, and the following been carefully preserved :— ht as a sanctuary, and where proud Earldom iption has nderneath this little stone Lies Robert, Earl of Huntingdon; No archer was.as he #0 And people called him“ Tood.”” Sogland will never sce again,” see ‘ He had laid in this grave more than four centuries when Willisem Kidd commenced his career, in the 4 art of the reign of William and Mary. bs always, from his earliest years, followed the profession of the sea; had been a naval officer | prior to the year 1691, when he had married in this neog | and commanded a merchant sbip, ng- ing to Mr. Rober: Livingston, and was in high re- | putation andesteem. A resclation was llth | commending him for services rendered public, and the Council awarded him therfor the tum of one hundred and fifty pounds, onthe lith May following. About 1095 the ocean had become eovered with pi 8, and the subject obtained, as it demanded, serious consideration by the govern- ment in [nglani but all their available ships | being employed in the war, the only thing that they | could suggest was a private expedition. Kidd was | at this time in London, and it was said be would | have bad the command, if a government expedition | were Mted out. Judge Camppert then referred to a very rare gee which he held in his hand, published in | ‘701, and entitled “A Vindication of the Earl of | Belmont, &c.” It was anonymous, but the author = to derive all his information from the | sari, and there wi ood reasons to suppose it emanated from the Earl's own pen. By this it ap- fed that when the —s, appointed Belmont sovernor of the Province of New [ngland, it was because be considered him staunch and determined, and& man well fitted to suppress the pernicious eystem of pi carried on then to a frightful ex- tent, ard with impunity on those shores. On the Earl of Belmont coming out, Col. Livi rt sought him, and had an iaterview, in which he told him be had ta)ked with Kidd, ia whom he ex- pressed great confidence, and who had said. that with « good ship of thirty guns, and about one hun- dred and fifty men, he could capture most of the pirates ; he knew many that had been out roving, and many that were going, and that, though there were several, yet they had no large ships; and he (Colonel Livingston) propoted that, if the govern. ment would commission Kidd, and provide him a thip, they (Livingston and Kidd) would pay one £Mtb of the expenses. The Ear! of Belmont sub- mitted all this to the government, who could not place a ship at his disposal, and he afterwards, with other noblemen (Lords Romney, Hali Orford, and others,) contributed the fands, a: entered into articles with Kidd and Livingston. All this was done with the sanction of govern- ment, with whom the Earl communicated, and those articles (not set owt in th» pamphlet) were filed in the State Paper Office, whence the Hon Judge had obtained a copy, which he read, toge- ther with those of the bonds given, simultaneously They bear date Vct. 10, 10%, and in pursuance ofthem a commission (a copy of which was also read) was obtained from the Court of Admiralty, | dated Iith Lec. following, authorizing Kidd, asa | Fivateer, to take all French cruisers and! the ing’s enemies, &c ; and a ship called the Adven- | tare Gailey was provided. The King himself ex- pressed hie approbation of the expedition; and, promising to contribute £5,000, reserved a certain share of tke expected prizes to himself, prin- cipally to show that he wasa partner. Hoe after- wards excused himeelf, however, from advancing | the money. Thus armed with oxtensive powers, Kidd sailed from London in April, 1695, and came to New York, where he remained for a time, in- created the number of his crew, and eailod for the I Ocean and other parts It was known, at this time, that Spain was receiving large amounts of treasure from American and West Indian pos. feesions; and Kidd captured one—the Cuidad Merchant, sailing, as alleged, under a French pase, and carrying a large amount. The Adventure Galley, having from some cause besome dis- abled, ber armament was transferred to the Cuided Merchant, and, in the latter, Kidd continued his cruise. It is thie ship, supposed to have been sunk up the Hudson river, that the searches have so often been made for Hamers now became rife that Kidd had t pirate, and the East India Company repres ae ent that some Moorish ships having aken, they feared reprisale would be inade on Ord # were thereupon sent to all colonial nd others, to seigo Kidd, if possible arlof Incture, one Emmet waived on the m if be could come in » enee appear, and op, maving left the © Hispanicla ranteed safety, if hic innocence ot factory, and upon this understagding 8 let Jane. 164%. The writer of the pamphlet etases that the | .arl having, from the oonlw Kidd and Livingston, ceason to doubt thoir g ith, and acting ail through with the concurrence ¢ Council in all things, inel the disposi- | tio the treasure brought in, to the ameunt of 410,40, caused Kidd to be seized om the Gvh day of Jume and he was afterwards sont to Eagland, whore | he arrived jast three yearsafter he had sailed so proudiy. [nthe meantime, Halifax Summers and cthere had been impeached, and tbe priacipal article against them was (he granting of that commission After the exbibitian of the articles of impeachment, and before the triale inthe Howse of Lorde, where ‘Th appomr eatic- ubt that the re- roaching Was not f with one in the | allowed any couns much skill and ability out with minuteness charg justified as an ast of self-defence, and on the ground, that if the ships wer were sauling under the protection of F and were. therefore, lawful prizes, (ar asdoubtedly were) He was unable p ‘ered them hore passes on his tial, having de! the Earl of Belmont. He prodused several wit nestes, many of them gaval officers, to prove the honorable nature of his previous chari “here was little question he was o not for being in bad company, but in very n= amuished gompany. Jt the inteport of thy Rrinting esta- bliskment, to Thomas Greenleaf. The Journal, under his control, opposed the administration of Washington with great virulence. Under Mrs. among those wabapiy mortals whom mankind have considered not as the pupils, but the slaves of science, the pioneers of literature, doomed only to remeverabbish, and clear obstructions from the | Hoit and Oswald, it had o) posed the adoption of | Paths through which learning and press for- | the federal constitution. Greenleaf was born in | ward to conquest and glory. @ maker of | Abington, Massachusetts, and was taught the trade same category indexes undoubtedly bel: to the ay, oe rpiber those who are of labor saving mortal of a printer, by the celebrated Isaiah homas, the founder ef the Antiquarian Society at Worvsester. In the Henatp of the 8th ult., one of your cer- respondents, writing from Chagres, and giving an account of the recent riet which occurred there, be- eens is | tween the American and Jamaica boatmen, has committed some errors of rather a grave character, which I beg leave to correct through the medium tives taking no part whatever in the matter. I make this correction in justice to the native citizens of the Isthmus, who are exceedingly sensitive on this bo oe mericans. Itis the charge made can lives there to be such violent measures, much the conduct of tion, would first let bisown nected with the boating tr: resentments, in consequence of the attack the day before, cause him se far to forget his manifest duty. (an absurdity, by the way,) there were other wa: in which he and the writer believes that he expresses the opin- ion of most of his fellow passengers, when he says Late Chagres Emeute. ‘TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. your columns. In the first place, he represents that the difficulty existed between the * native and American boatmen,” wnen it is well known that there was not « single native citizen of the country engeged in it. The treuble was wholly confined to gang of Jamaica negroes and Americans, the na- point, and who pride themselves on their le character, which thoy invariably sus- intercourse -sud-dealiags—with- hich @ sense of common justice requires correcting. Harvey Gleason, Esq., Mr. Epwin Wittians, being called en by the | was better print or more co od President, read to thy meeting the fellowing com- | With ‘forcigah intelligenos, "ta Cotober, 1778, Ker | the U; S.C CT ay munication to the Svciety; his ori sug- ton informed his readers that each impression remarks of Bin in indent : a ges:ions aod pin. areal lex of American we Gazetteer amounted to 3,600 - y ° = vad fl . Society being im possession of files that years census of the city wastaken,and | | Pry mit to form s key to the of the country | showed that it contained 21,876 inhabitants. Shots wore 1d, however, at the office of the for the last one bandred and somalia Sve year i 4 Rivington, who wasan Englishman (from London) | American Consul, Mr. Gleason, gine whom To the Presidest and Members of the Now York | and came to thiscountry in 1760, asa bookseller—dis- | they wise greatly aznaporated, as he is the owner Historical Setiety:— continued his Gazete soon after the peace of 1783, his | of several boats himself, and it was understood that he GENTLEMEN—- nos | Paper having failed for want of support; but he un- took part with and sustained the foreign boatmen in wang ately nema sod sy rncnchs | Itcrpiei ended argu i, boot od aation | ty axgmpignes™ |S : s ory several years » experience, and enabled me to estimate the impor- i ‘ “But if their conduct was nsible, how tauoe of piblis journals and newspapers, as sources | teat business, andretired. He died in July, too, much to be condemned is that of the United States Consul at Chagres, who, so far from doing aught to prevent the ou ¢ perpetrated that morning, ems rather to haneaaeete his countenance and $ up- rocee dings of Congrers, of our State Legislatures, patriotie ii ? He undoubtedly knew of the mecting held ben otter public ies, or the personal histories of pecans By ae eer gintll the F maar eX on ight before, as “ee publicly known ch that our prblic men. The newspapers may be said to | game during the war—first at Esopus (Kingston,) side, and it cortainly was his duty, as it was, with- preseat the only picture of the times in which they and then at Poughkeepsie commenced the publi- | out doubt, in his power, by the influence of his po- the if sition, to discountenance the resolution adopted that night. Knowing, as he did, that there was ee an amount of American treasure on the other ide, and, above all, that there were Ameri- tded, in consequence of is impossible to blame too man, who, in such a posi- tty interests as con- and afterwards his believed his fellow boatmen to be wro! sho ald have ht redress for the the means of sa the labor and time of their fel- Journ: I i- | that the fatal occurrence might easily have been low creatures. A k without an index, if on an ae s skinnable Padccegbed tegen bearbiae prevented by the Consul, had he sought to do so.” historical subjeot, may be said to be ape useless, | by Gr leaf until his death by yellow fever, in | . So far from these paragraphs being true, they are and should not be patronised by the Loe lic; yets | 1798, at the age of 42 years. After his decease, his | false in eve Lohgeryp it. Gleason dees not Perhaps, a mi of historical and biogeaphical | widow published the Journal for a time, but event- | Own @ singe t of any description, except the works are hed without them. Few authors | ually gold the establishment to James Cheetham, | steamer which bears bis own name, and which ruas are found who are willing to index their own works; | an i-nglishman, who altered the title of both the | between Chagres and hg ee on the Chagres against statistics daily andsemi weekly paper. The daily paper he called the American Cutizen, and the semi-week): bore the title of the American Watch Tower. Cheetham wrote with aforce and style that occa- sionally closely resembled the renowned letters of Junius The American Citizen existed from 1501 to 1810, and was decidedly democratic in its charac- ter. In the political quarrels in the republican ty, Cheetham co-operated with Gov. Geor; linton, Dewitt Clinton, and their friends, and vi lently attacked Aaron Burr and hia associates. But, beyond all doubt, the best democratic paper of the | times in which Cheetham flourii Dw | Aurora, published in Philadelphia; a file of which | is to be found in our library. in 1788 was commenced the publication of Mc- Lean’s ew York Gazette, afterwards published b; John Lang, Lang & Turner, and Lang, Turner & | Co. The Gazette continued to be published until | after the death of Mr. Lang, and its subscription list was purchased by the proprietors of the Jowrnal of Commurce, in 1340 ; thus ended the Gazette, after an existence of more than half a century. The New York Evening Post, by L. Wayland and Matthew L. Davis, was started in 1794, but lasted only about a year. The Commercial Advertiser was established in 1797; and in 1501 was commenced the New York Evening Post, the same establish- ment which is continued to our own times; still shedding the lights of wisdom, experience, and learning upon its admirers. The foliowing are the dates when the daily pers published in this city on or previous to the st of January, 1851, were established, vi MORNING PAPERS. 0, e8 can be called ties as sneeringly } expressed by a learned lecturer, in the course of nis remaiks on the genius and works of Cervantes. [ | Parapins, probe! ly of the fe, am sure that the members of this seciety, however, require no argument to convince them of the im- ortance of indexes to the voluminozs works which Eave accumulated in our archives. The catalogue prepared by the Librarian, when published, will supply the means of ready reference to the books and manuscripts preserved by the society. An in- dex to the newspapera, or such of them as are ro- quired te fill up the cMasms of history, is the deside- ratum W |, It appears to me, would be one of the most useful services the society could perform to the public, and be certain to extend its benefits to the present and future generations. A little reflection wi fy all of the vast im- portance of this subject ‘he lawyer who searches after facts and dates, to prove or strengthen his case in court, the agent for revolutionary or other pensioa- ers, the inquirer after his rights to a legacy, and the seeker after the periods when a marriage or death tock place, are frequently at a loss for some clue which would lead to the point ofinyuiry. The propored index would be an answer to these aad many more important queries, which it is impoasi- ble now to foresee or anticipate. Let such an index be printed, and | am satisfied its circulation ‘would be extensive, and even, per! Pe Temunerative to the society, were the expense of incurring and print- ing it assumed by them. But this is a minor subj: of consideration. Surely, among the publicspirited citizens of New York, and, indoed, of other places, for all intelligent Americans are interested in the matter, a sufficient amount may be casily raised to tiver. He has nota single nor has he any interest in any boat employed for deayored by all honorable means to suppress He did not shrink from exposing himself to danger, and in doing far more than his duty as an Ameri- can Consul, or as an American, required him to do. He was in the midst of an excited gi who, with their would not have hesitated to wreak their vengean upon ia camnene, and bring about a the honor of his country’s flag. His an exceedingly awkard and oatman in his employ; mbarking and disembarking the steamers’ passen- ers. When the disturbance occurred, Mr. Gleason i it. of men, passions roused to # high pits! at any moment. » he stood and fearl , 28 he is always capa- and, in his maoly efforts to quell the aceful state of ings, he, at the same time, defonded andsustained position was painful one. His owa ecuntrymen bad been the cause of the riot, and, although the community and your correspondent had no claim whatever upon him, or his services in settling the difficulty, still, like a true and good man, he stepped forth and attempt. hazarded his life in the Your correspondent has either been misinformed in relation te the matter, or else he labors under the very prevailing, but not less erreneous idea, that United States Consuls ministers pleni; gucpe care and eek not on! ly of the honor of our flag and the interests of our nation in their hands, but that their duties require them to read riot acts, quell outbreaks, suppress mobs, and make especia provisions for the comfort and convenience of all American travellers in the foreign countries in are quite as potent as and that they havo the The Rev. Dr, Bacon on the Turkish Em- pire. On Tuesday evening s lecture was delivered at the Brooklyn Institute, before the members of the Philomathean Soelety, by the Rev. Br. Bacon, of Now Haven. The subject of the lecture consisted of remarks on the Turkish empire, and comprised sketoh of his recent wanderings in Western Asia, The Rev. Dr. began his discourse by a fow profatory observations, explaining to the audience that he had not expected to meet such an assemblage as that now present, as his lecture was rather intended for a meoting ot young people. He, however, saw that there were gray hairs present, as well as the more youthful ‘bers of society, for which latter the present discourse was more particularly in- tended. Hoe had, therefero, come unprepared with the usual details requisite te form a regular lecture, | the statistics;~and—other information, connected with the subject, as all that hehad proposed to do was merely to point out the places he had visited during the past year, in Asia, and then subjoin a fow remarks on the present conditien of the Turkish empire. The first place he visited in this interest- ing part of the world was Beyrout, anciently called Buetus, situated at the foot of Mount Lebanon, the entrepot of the commerce of Europe and America with the East. Beyrout, like all the other cities of that ofthe world, although picturesque in draw- ings Lj other Topresentaniont was, in fact, ve dirty, the stores very amall. platform on whic! he stood contained more square feet than a Syrian dry goods store. The Turkish storekeeper has but one price, and in this respect was superior to the Christian tradesmen of the piace, who are very extor- tionate, and appear never satisfied with what they have obtained. At the period whon the American mission was firet formed, Boyrout contained adout 5,000inhabitants, but it aad since increased to 25,000, This rapid increase of population he attributed to the impetus given to commerce by the steamers that now ply about the Mediterranean, and come te Beyrout, which, like Tyre of old, was the seaport of all the country about Mount Lebanon. In travel- ling through the country, the. the badness of the roads, whieh was occasioned by the pePites ef the government, and the worst of mu- nicipal liberty. In Turkey, there was no municipal liberty—no mayor, no corporation, nor any other municipal officers for the cities. There was, to be sure, a Pasha, who governed the place, but all pd emanated from Constantinople. Again, ere was no such thing among the people as pa‘riot- ism; no attachment to the country ; no attachment to the soil. None of that feeling seems to exist which was to be found in America, which makes a man proud of belonging, for example, to Old Ken- tuck, or the Bay State, or the Empire State. (Applause.) No such feeling existed there. Ina similar manner, there existed no attachment among the people to the sovereign—to the Sultan. The Christians did not like him, for they were slaves; the Mohammedans did not like him, for they were suspicious of his government. Indeed, their fanata- cism was nearly worn ou, and the Sultan himself was looked upon as no better than he should be. There was, therefore, a general dissolution of 30- ciety, and it was only kept together by the sectarian feeling still predominant, and which stood ia place of patriotism, of love of home, or of loyalty to the sovereign. Yet there existed a love of liberty in this mountainous country, and the inhabitants were with difficulty kept in check by the Turkish govern- ment. They consisted of tworaces—the Maronites, who are Christians, and speak the Arabic; and the Drews, a kind of heretical Mahomitan, who are @ more energetic ee than the former, and would destroy them, but for the interference of Turkey, assisted by other European powers. It was now twenty years ago since Damascus was first visited by Americans. At that time a residence in that fanatical city was very dangerous, but now it is as safe for aa American as Vienna or Beyrout. The only danger was of being attacked on the road by robbers, a circumstance which made the route more interesting, — you come off witha whole skin. The district called Anti-Lebanon was filled with ruins of the various epochs in the history of the world, but the inhabitants could not under- ‘eatest hardship was stand why the Franks, as Americans and Europeans are called, should feet such interest in examining them. On his return to Beyrout, from visiting that region, he sailed in company with a missionary and family, and a native teacher, who spoke English to Scanderoop, the cea port of Aleppo. The voyage was performed inan Arabachooner, without compass or chart, so little was the art of navigation under- stocd in the country of ancient Tyre, where it first took its raise. Aleppo, at the time ofhis visit, was i Journal of Commerce . ei in 1827 -; in ruins, the result of to conflict between the Sivenenenoe pense, of he proposed index, let | Courier and Enquirer omar "sane 4 Pemape se fore ie He has certainty shot very | Christian and Mahomitan Popalation, aad which But it may be expected that [ should point outa | The Sar... eR et en yl a aang ge eg Gas.qeelled by General Bem, « Huagarian refugoein mode by which the object proposed may be brought | The Herald do. 1835 | injure s e f th ican ‘og at hy »~¥ in the | the Turkish service. It was here that another Han- about, and not left, as come of our statesmen pro- | The Express do. 1836 ene fil ; ped pet ae, 4 im ——_ garian leader observed to a American gentleman, to h our public works, such as canals and Tribune do. Isat | & wags pe icien! <> es! ~~" og ic officer tthe that he owed Horace Mann no ill feeling, but he Failroa be completed by posterity. Let a | The Morning Ster do. 1843 | $om, if ever, to be found service of the | heartily wisbed that the Austrian poverament hed fund be raised by subscription smong memioers, | The Day Book do. isag | United States. = séPanama. | hung him, for it would have been the last act of the and other friends of history, sufficient to com- rt of General Sessions. house of Hapsburg. From there he went to mence the work, under the supervision of the do. 1797 Beebe and Aldermen Oakley and Dodge. | Diarbeker, a place rarely visited by an American, Librarian, or a committee of the society, composed do. 1801 . 1—The December Term in this Coart | 2nd sailed down the Tigris ona raft, a mode of of individuals familia: with such labors, or who do. 1844 | commenced to day. The following gentlemen were sworn | travelling necessary trom the rapidity of the cur- have the ingenuity to direct the manner in which | The New Yorker. do. 1850 | as Grand Jurors :—Robert Kelly, Foreman; Wile H. | rent, and which will always be an insuperable the work should be performed. Let four or five | In the above list, it will be observed, no notice is | {ndersom, Bamnel bole cee fang = 3 A. i goon hhas labored with indefetigable young men of education and tact be constantly em- | taken of the evening editions of the morning papers. Curhing, John Gallahan, Albert Garneey, Charles Lind toa pe i At to light the ruine of sncient ployed onthe work, and let them be required to I have thus, gentlemen, endeavored to present to | ley, Enoch M James F. . idward Prince Ninenk ie Pace i 8 p2 pede wrvmtbilerc ym bor at the task, from the rising to the setting of | you, very briefly, and I regret in so imperfect @ | Issac B mith Wiliam B. Tompkins, George Valentine, pean at pene = pace Soon vat rae a the sun, leaving the evenings only for recreation | manner, from the many calls upon my time at pre- | William W. Wynans, and William V. Weod. obj stati fhe old Ai race. From and amutement. A salary ot five hundred dollars | sent; a subject to which my attention has been calerdar contaimed one case ef manslaughter, ieuad pay Peay Bres, eagle Ay inte each, would be sufficient to — = services of —. byt gy of co Seg BO ag saaay, ies eames, ois Sete te kill, seven Pore “aly fee that bad ‘stablished there, competent you! men; an. badly two years | with my vocation as a writer of his! * it 2 forgery, . eleven burglary, miss been would be time po Rey to aah hom +, pot lete | skould be roceived with favor by the een Af I ask twenty ree grand irceny. four ol ae hag ee mony samy gs his ae Gn pope ey the task. The expenses incurred would then have | that it may be referred to a committee, to report a | Septet ealine seeet Prope ol, 15 indicted and ‘0 4 nee, hia Spy ‘Gandiel ke fend tas been about five thousand dollars, and a,similar sum | plan of action for so useful a work. | awaiting their trial. : = “ te that hea been traversed b 7 Xenophon would probably enable the society to print and | Epwix Witiams. | "Ee jeage tn the grand jury, afterremarking- | $4™6 route that bad poor. tray dey ouae en publish the work. Thus, for ten thousad dollars | The reading of the paper was received with | that the character of the cases for their cousideratics, tifully situated in the midstof an extensive would the be accomplished, and a service per- | formed to the — quite as uteful, perhaps, as some of the schemes for which we see constant ap- marked attention by the mecting, and the sugges- tions of Mr. Williams were warmly approved. One of the Trustees of the Cypress Hill Cometerr over a period of one hundred and twenty-five years, and there are y valuable files of papers printed in other States in the library, which would materi- cutiv mmittee, when lately in their clutches,with & patriotic resolution of his own. Mr. | coord: usage, ; ft. the newspapers in the | mittee, on which, a jing to parliamentary usage, library, which wei in this city, may give | an idea of the journals which constitute a continu- | us chain, reaching through the years required to make up @ century and a quarter. The first newspaper on our files, pabliched in the city of New \ ork, was printed by Wm. Bradford. It made ite appearance Uct. 16, 1725, and was entitled the New York Gazette, from Monda: to Oot. 23,1725. With this weekly shoet our index should commence. Eradford was near seventy {age when he began the publication of this lesson to us that it is never too late to Commence a good work, destined for historic ure. | From the Gazeite, we pass on tothe New York | Wkly Journal; the second paper eatablished ia the pores of N ork. It made ite appeara: November 5, 1 lt was established fi cal purpose, and for tb: Warsare with the admi nd hia successor | euppored to the An enumeration of som bs the author of the paper would, of courte, have been pleced. Mr. W. thereupon said, that it would do very well to have the plan come before the pub- lie in the Haravn, and be was indifferent as to the | committee who might take the matter in charge. The Executive Committeo, he observed, was com- posedof-ome of the most efficient members of the society, and would doubtless see the importance of the ruggesticns he bad had the honor of presenting to the meeting. This matter having been put at rest, the society | turned their attention again to the curiosities of | history. INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING INTO NEW The Sxcuetary read a letter from Dr. 0" an onthe above interesting subject, by which it peared that the introduction of the pross into aks country was entirely due to Governor Fietcher, previous to whoro time it was strictly prohibite | and Massachusetts and l’enn: ylvania hed outstripp this S But Fletcher's active mind could not | eeene without it; an: ving brought the rabject fore the Council, he prevailed upon Wiliam | Bradford, of Philadelphia, to come here, in 1602, to | do the government printing, for which he received £40 sterling per annum, and the privilege of print A proslamation of this yosed to be the first production, was shown | ( It beara the imprint, “ Printed by Wil- ORK tion of Governor Com nt Gevernor Ciarke pres Governor and his successor te, printed by Bradferd, was then under the control of the Governor. Newspa; advertiser ing on his own account. date, Fu) ere not at that time burth Several nec bers print aper bad been established coven or eight yearr, ed with d after the jams city like ours. congratulated them m wha! very gratifying to his mind—the diminution observable characters who use dangerous weapons, had been ta: that the Jaw would deal severely with them. In city the habit of carrying dangerous weapons, them on all occasions, had grown to be a terrible ev! sober citizens and strangers having any iden ye morality of our city, would have difficulty im believing that no less than eighteen persons had been Barnabas | tried fer murder within the past year, and case after peals made to public liberalit, wing present, moved that the paper of Mr. Wi But fow of the metabers of the toviety are aware, | lisme be referred to the Executive Committee. The Perhaps,of the vast range of historical eventsembrac- | motion being carried, Mr. Joseph P. Simpson, who | ed in tho files of the newspapers in our library, but | bas been loss fortunate in his operations and move- which are now a sealed book, except toan extreme- | ments in tbe Historical Society than he has been in ly limited umber of inquirors and seekers after | the Mechanics’ Society, where he is an old member, | Bistorical knowledge. he files of York | remarked (im conversation), that the pa might be Bewspapers in the possession of the soc’ considered as dead and buried. This, he said, from | Fhe his own experience of the killing care of said Exe- | of ty, fined for non-attendance. names. grand larceny, and was sentenced to two years ment im the state Prison. Grand Larceny—Caution to Boarding House Keepers.— Robert Watt, a very respectable looking young man. wee charged with stealing a ws house in Beckman street. called an Were allowed to go up stairs, where they were left watebed for a short time ented the usual variety of crime always existing ina t was time of the crime of asnault and battery at Kyl ony with tntemt to kill. Never since he had had the honor of sitting at that Bench. had he known and a berm 3 pads of ae aen on 7 ae | ae, te champion, of cheap postage, remarked, cannot Par — iS he he) Cony — a Ye cotempor ory 0! ~ Som- | ward. Butthe law LY with as nd, neighboring or distant States ; thas the paper chonld have gone to 0 Select Com: | and the result was, that he foundon that nd » bree cases. against something like a doven on former and correspond! oceasions. He also charged them, thet besides taseetons resented to them, they hed the right and it was their duty to inquire into other mat- ters, amongst buildings and institutions, upon which the Court would feel cbiiged for any suggestions in aid of the public ‘ay- orities. After some further general remarks on the nature and importance cf their provi statutory edmenitions, the Judge dismissed them which was the condition of our public heir duties. ‘The panel of Petit Jarors was then called. and several Sixty four answered to their ie Pleaded Guilty—Henry A. Clark pleaded agreed to become boarders ; they were ome rooms. and, on pretence of changing their Li ‘The Court then adjourned till to morrow morning this dey.) Po! 4 rd, at New York, printer to their M igen tar, apguacs Co hare endorsed ite veliceas ule to »” and ie in iteeit outious, being a warning | - Forgay—Arret of the Farge A boy named bave been n.aohalar, but ine wad not oorroet ia ala Pepble to erect a bescon, to be Sted asacig- | George W. Twibill, was arrested, on Tused the Englieb le @, especially in Orthography: | Pected whe APProach of th Freash feet, then ex. Thetdowine beeen Le hee setae ng Pan cay over Welles of papees | Teectives in rousineds her” Tis desk cenetpee | aD Core ne one oe crear constituting the chain of history, eaving, of course, | ‘Me i ji man sames ~~ . printed in America, int of a London Gaze coe mnpnpecey Ve ~ whick are to be fouad | fr 1696, which Governor Fletcher caused tebe The printed here, contained an | ment with the French. | The Rev. Dr. Hawks observed, with regard to i t, that the prohibition mentioaed was not | to this Si The clause formed & por | re account of an engage. | Welly Post Bu ww in January, 1742, diseoatinued the | lished by Parker <tord ard Weyman. A paper called Nie York Evea- ti ‘ q ik Shek a Sete ernest eaniened eal das an instance of what be termed | © about a year wk a a com monet in 2? it os ibhohed confederation in favor of «| a the Rerotus ed that the Ciovernor of Virgin 8 me of the Protectorate, used these terms “T thank of | d there is not » print+ | my province ety then adjourved; tho neat stated meeting being on Tuesday, the 6th of having cxisted th York Gaz a Daring the Revoluti city of New York was in the occ i , &@ newspaper was pudi the fi r G (perbaps on a0 good kely enowga to | Gare rk moditates | tuegia t ia acrifice too | t, and » nar | on ro | th Ue | the afte money to the bearer. money in the house—signed * Harvey.” last forgery, the accused failed to obtain the money, | | was detected and taken into custody, and conveye Staten Island, which reflects Sin.—Will you oblige me bys loan of ten dollars titi THeON, OF as noon as Toan go to the bank! By #9 You will . J. FU LLERTOS No 0 Cortlandt street The above request for loan of ten dollars, pur- ‘ting to come from Mr. Fullerton, Mr. Otis, do- ar businers in the saine street, at No. 46, therefore nowing him to be a neighbor, and supposing it to ea genuine application for the loan, gave the A similar application was nade to Mr. Fullerton, for a loanof $3, the writer tating that his ebild was sick, and be had not any d efore Justice Osborn, whon he admitted to one of the witnerecs bis guilt, in forging the n>mes of the | above partier, for the money. the magistrate committed him to prison for trial Purpose, of obtaining the The evidence of bis guilt being conclusive, Quarantine Hospital. New Yorn, December 1, 1851 TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Sir—Perm't me to direct attention to und at the back of the Quaranti n the officers of that institation ne receptacle for all the rubbixh of @ tit printer to the King,” except .* | at this Moment an immense cinde Rivingtor, who bad a goverpr nt appointment ,° the stations named pies the centre of the grou I on o When the war ended, Rivirgten discarded from ut even if I war k indaced to relinyuish | of many cartlcads of aehes now cov he monu. his paper the appendages of royalty. Ihe arms of t pf there possestio..e, Nogland, and perhape | mente, whiehafyction hay erected to the dead. Great Britain ng longer appeared; it was no morg 100, Would Of pote L°@ Cougensjon. a Observer. the time when so few as three had beon charged with that offence. He heped it sprung from the fact that the community and gt ince, and the usual and chain from a boarding He and another men had The trunk of # boarder had been broken open, and some articles stolen—one of | which, @ chein, was found on the prisoner, The jary returned verdict of guilty, and he was sentenced to the State Prison for two years and nine months. On this | 5,500° feet above the level of er than the white mountains, the re dissolution ; it wi 'y kept from falling by the mutual jealousies of the ot! European powers. On the north the vast Kussian empire passed upon its limite, of which the followers of the Greek reli- ‘ion all through peciae: wie the advanced guard. % like manner, those 4 Catholicism, looked for aid to Austria or France, as seme other atholic powers, that might bring back the times of the crusades. It was, however, the hope of ¢i- vilization and humanity, thatthe Turkish govern. ment, at present, might stand, as it was the guar- dian of civil and religious liberty in those barbar- ous and wretched countries. @ ameliorations that had been introduced wore chiefly owing to that most excellent and oe man, Sir Stratford Canning, the Bri Ambassador, whose influence was very powerful with the Turkish government. He mentioned this, be- cause Sir Stratford Canning ought to be hold in respect by all Ame , for the kindaess bited to their country: » when there was diplomatic intercourse between the United Sta! and Turkey. In his jion nothing could keep the Turkish Empire—it was attempting to put under the ribs of death. There must be opinions, new ideas, and a new faith, to bind thom into one, before they could emerge from their pre- sent state of chacs. It was people that made the countiy, and they had been so depraved and destroyed by absolute despotism and Mahomet anirm, that there was no hope for them, and they must consequently fall under the dominion of other races Mahometane were the worst ; the enslaved popu- might have their vicos-they might bo, as all slaves wae, cheats, aud steal, but he found the Mahometac as faithless as the Ubristian, and the Turk would marder when he would scorn to steel. The Mahometay religion had this incar able corruption, that it subvértes the Christian in- stitution of family—that conjugal reis‘ioa, which Was a security that Mabometaniam could not give. He would advise some of our social reformers to | go into Turkey, and examine into the system o. teparation of husband and wife. There they woul fee a system sufficient to annihilate socioty—a | secre of murder and poisoning—the husband and | wife opposed in interest—the wife stealing from the | husband to make a provision for herself—there would be seen two Interests in every family, and so disorganizing peel to ite lowest foundation. | Let them ik God that no such improvements | could t place in their country as to separate tho interests of the husband and wife, the foundation of all private ml yg oe happine: ‘The reverend lecturer was the close of his interesting and i uch applauded at tructive account. Dr, Jackson's Lecture on Geotegy. Dr. ©. T. Jackson, of Boston, delivered a very in- teresting lecture, on Tursday evening, at the Society Library, Broadway. Tho sxbjests chosen were geology and mining, and the object of the lecturer is the laudable one of establishing in the city of Now York @ school wherein these sciences sb tought. Dr. Jackson, in cemmencing, & platienlly on the importance of the studies relation to sgricultare, manufactures, merce, and on the necessity there existed for every nation to be telf-dependent so far as they wero concerned. By way of illustration, he cited tho painful straita to which the French people were reduced, when, through war, their foreiga supplies Of saltpetre, &o., Wore ont off In thy gxtremity, | | Of ail the various descriptions the | | dy, and with the brand “A. Seignette” iui | brand having been proviously erased.” ‘T' mine could be immediately remunerative. Nothing could be more fallacious, for no mine could th mines to certain companies, who had ts reer red to poms. tab teak operation ‘mag a cay ineer, 6e~ lected by the State. In gE Mes toa ban hee much neglected; for while Russia were sendin; 3 of iron vastly superior to those factured art of the new world, the latter contained much more valuable ore, and in gusolitieg uite inexhaustible. A know! of ig _would pro~ vest this. Incidentally to his subject, Dr. Jackson touched yy the necessity there existed for the people at knowing more of ce than they . A thorough acquaintance with tho principles of geometry and logarithms would be found highly beneficial, oh as individual safety and na- regarded. The ignorance of yments of the earth under their’ a8 sleqeeaaly dilated upon by . + , in pertioular, to East Virginia, where the soil at one time was actually exhausted by the suscossion of agricultura! pro- ductions, but where, co soon ag science was in- voked, millions of dollars had been gained by a skilful treatmer The bad and injurious resulta likely to accrue from ignoranse, were very gra- phically illustrated by Dr. Jackson, in his account the British mines had of years; and he eon- oluded with an expressive enn of the woa- derful wealth with which the mines in the imme- diate vicinity of New York were stored. But s few years sinse, | ‘tiling, of Scotland, im. ported to the United Kingdom, from New Jersey, reveral tons of waterial which, from the igno- rence of the custom house officials, was allowed to waste upon the wharves of London, bu: which, upon being submitted to scientific men, was found to pee ere agent in the cultivation of tha earth. Dr. Jackson intends to deliver a course of twent; lectures on Geology and Mining, in all their dif- ferent aspects and re'ations, and on receiving am adequate amount of subscriptions, will at once commence a school. The lecture of last night, as an introductory ono, was highly interesting, and gave satisfaction to an auditory evidently attentive and intelligen: The Particulars of the Loss of the British ship Unicorn, The following, fiom Capt. O'Neil, details the particulars of the loss of the British ship Unicorn, on her voyage from Liverpool to St. John, N. B., ® brief account of which we have already pub- lished: — Left Liverpool on the morning of Ootober 18, with two hundred and cighty-two emigrants, three cabin passengers, and a crew of twenty-four per- sons, including officers. The afternoonafter lavings it commenced b owing heavily from west-southwest, and veered round to west-northwest, the ehip un- der close-reefed toprail and foresail. Moderate on the following morning, with the wind at southwest. Tried the North channel; but when abreast of Bel- fast lough encountered a heavy squall, end a shift of wind to the northward. Bore up again, with squally, unsettled weather—the wind from ail pointe of the compars—and got clear of the land on tha 25th inst ; after which nothing particular occurred till the morning of the 7th November, in latitude 42 degrees 22 m.nutes north, longitude 55 degrees 13 minutes west, when it commenced blowing hea- vily from south-southwest. We furled topgaliant sailsand double-reefed the topsails. The gale con- tinued increasing, and the wind veered to south- southeast; furled mainsail, jib, and spanker, and close-reefed fore and mizen topsails. The baro- meter was now falling fast, and we made every preparation for bad weather; secured all the hatches, and close-reefed maintopsail. The sea at this time was running at a prodigious height and in every direction, causing the ship to rol! and lanor tremendously. Thesbip making water, the pumps were kept constantly goirg. The wiad now became quite unsteady aud squally, and blowing with fear- ul vio'ence—not remaining steady more than a few minutes, ard veering to all points of the sompass. Clewed up fore and mizen topeails. The ship, from the terrific sea which now broke over became perfectly unmanageable, having her d entirely wept, save of the long boat. The pumps were kept constantly going. At abou’ a? A.M, a dreadful rquall struck the ship, and literally tore the furled saiis from the yards. The fore topgallant mast: was carried away, taking with it the head of the for ymast— th yn went soon after, andin a few minutes the fore and fore topsail yards went; the cross jack and mi: —_ went soon after tha main topsail. Another heavy Be pen striking the ship, carried the main mizen masis by the board, the taking away the whole star- board side of the’ » wheel, binacle, companion, &e., leaving the ship @ perfect wreck. We eet to immediately and cutaway the main and mizen ging; nothing could now done buito keep tl [ae gr Ton as possible, asthe water was gaini on us, having six feet in the hold, and throughout the night, Atd exertion, the water was kept under. At midnight the weather be: to moderate: ‘ht it became much finer, but sea, the ship rolling with fearful vio- 30 A.M., a sail was observed bear- ing down on us,which proved to be the brig Harriet, Capt. Marston, of Portland, for New York, the captain of which kindly proffered his assistance. On lowering a boat to board her, I found the whole stern frame of tho Ld started, and as she wae making great quantities of water, considered the only step to be taken was to abandon her, the captain of the brig, inthe most hacdsome manner, cousenting to remain by us, and offering every as- sistance. Sbortly after, another sail was descried bearing down, which proved to be the American ship Daniel Webster, from Boston for Liverpool, the commander of which also offered his assist- ance, as he could accommodate about one hundred and reventy of the — ers. We then got all the availatte beats afloat, Hy did the other ‘Teeslt, the passengers on and commenced beep | board both ships, which could be done but slowly, owing to the state of the wreck. We got them clear of the fast sinking ship at abou: 4 30 P. M We then, with the sesistance of the brig’s boat, continued getting water and provisions, which could be but slowly transhipped, owing to the difficulty of laying alongside ‘¢, however, succeeded in guineas scant supply, having labored till about 20, when, deeming it unsafe to remain longer, wo | lett the ship, which shortly after went down, at about 645. The brig now having on board about one hundred of the passengers, with the catire of my crew, proceeded on her course. My officcrs and cabin passengers, self, desire to ieturn our most sineers Captain Mareton for the kindness and humanity shown to ail, giving up his own cabin and affordin | every possible relief, placing himeclf, officers an: | crew on short allowance of provisions, and deciar! he would share the jast with all. Fortunately, however, we fell in with the packet ship Star 4f | the West, Capt Bowne, on the 17th Capt. Bs | humanely received about seventy of th passengers and nine of he orew, aud kindly offered we @ pase 2g0 in bis ship. We arrived safe in Now Yorkon | the afternoon of the 28th. Tcannot conclude wi'hout returning ¢ my cabin paseongers, Mr. Riches and | who behaved nobly, using every mea: with my- shanks to in their power to resous the passengers, and but for whose verely. O'New, Late Commander ship Unicorn fone maby Would bave suffered se Ww. Superior Court, Before Uniet Justice Oakley. Dre. 2—Pawl Monlun and Wife against Lissrck Simpson ant Lissack H. Simpson, Jr—Thia ction to recover $1,000 damages for using the trade mark of plaintiffs. Plaintifis and taeir Predeceseors have been, it is alleged, for alout bi ® century, tbe manufacturers and exporters at La Rochelle, of « brandy kaown as A. Seignerte bran- b pressed upon the casks. Plaintiffs allege, and proved on the trial, that tho defendants sold a cask of bran iy ‘A. Seignette” brandy which the agent of ;lain- tiffe residing in the city of New Y » okamined after the seule, and pronouneed it of an inferior quality; and that the cask cut of whish it was taken had on it the brand of “A Seignette,’ is that the liquor was sold as ‘Sei, merely, aod that there were other 1D Recheile of the name of Seigaette, vir , A exander Seignette and Araao Seignette; and that the brandy exported to this cour: try from was of an equally good quality; that question Was not infericr to A ignot abdthat the d Janta, if it were i ignorant ther The Judge, in his marked that the great question in whether the braudy was the “A brandy;