The New York Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1851, Page 4

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Meantime we forbear speculations in | the anticipation of facts. in the Senate, yesterday, Friday of every week ‘was set apart for the consideration of private bills. ‘This will be interesting information to all persens baving claims pending before Congress. Mr. Foote’s Compromise resolutions were the occasion of another personal scene, confirming the declaration of Mr. Rhett, that the Senator from Mississippi has had more quarrels, squabbles, and efEculties in the Senate than anybody else. He ig a clever man in some things; but thereis a screw loose somewhere. Sam Houston having declared that those Compromise resolutions were an impolitic experiment in the So- | Date, at this time, General Foote, in a manzer, which would have put to the blush the most violent effervescence of the fish market, came | own upon the Senator from Texas. Asa specimen | ef what the little Mississippian can do when he is — excited—and he is always excited—we refer the reader to the report of his remarks in another part of this paper. It is a characteristic farewell adcress fer that very inflammatory statesman. When we sonsider, on the other hand, that General Heuston hae been a fighting man in his day to some purpose, the coolness and the suavity with which he appears to have borne the assault upon Lim, are highly commendable. The resolutions are still the bone of contention. | Mr. Clemens, who was elected to the Senate asa | Tayler man, but commenced as » Calhoun man, | and wound up as s good Clay man, is to speak to- | day. It is a matter of some curiosity to kaow | whetber he will now turn up a whig or a democrat, | or a Union man upon the Georgia platform. The resolution appointing # committee of the | House to wait om Kossuth failed in that body, un- | der the rule requiring s two-thirds vote. Our Albany correspendent informs us that the Canal Board have determined to award the con- tracts to the lowest responsible bidder, and to re. ject all propositions amounting to over $200,000 This plan will virtually upset the sehemes of the jarge speculators, by dividing the work among about one huadred and fifty contractors. Should this course be carried out, it will meet with the ap- probation of the people generally. | An extract from aletter dated at Ohagres, gives | tome interesting particulars relative to the terrific erm which swept over the Isthmus of Panama on the Sth inst. It appears that upwards of half the town of Cruces was washed away, and much damage was done to the property of persons belonging to the “tates. The Board of Assistant Aldermen, last night, concurred in the resolution of the other Board, to tender te the general government a site for a mint in New York city. There were three hundred and thirty-Gve deaths in this city last week—127 adalts, and 208 children. ‘The principal causes of demise were as annexed: — indammations, 52; various fevers, 45; consump- tien, 44; convulsions, 30; dropsy, 19; croup, 14; marasmus, 13; small pox, 16; and congestion of jungs, 9. We observe that a large portion of this mortality wae produced by heavy colds. People cannot be too careful—especially during the pre- sent changeable weather—in properly securing their chests, throats, &c., against the contraction cf colds, which speedily settle upon the lungs, or take the form of inflammations, and carry off the patients almost before there is time to ascertain the pature of the disease “a Style of Oratory—The Secret | of wccess. We have not seen, as yet, any attempt to analyse the oratory of Kossuth, or to account for the success and popularity that have attended hiv movements both bere and in England. |t is not his mere eloquence nor the cause he advocates that has produced euch extraordinary effects. There have been equally eloquent men- ere elojuent—whose efforts have been failures, when compared with the splendid victories of Kossuth. There have been other causes brought before the American and English public, which were as just, and commanded | as much of the sympathy of the human beart, as the cause of Hungary; still, the result has been different. His success is without an example in the hietery of the world. What is the secret! We shall endeavor to oxplain it to our readers, first premising tbat there is a great deal of humbug, and & vast amount of hollowness, about the Kossuth movements. For instance, there is no reflecting, sensi man who believes that Genin, the hatter, who was the first to give » subseription—and that thelarge sum of $1 ,00—was influenced by sympathy for Hungary, or admiration for Koseuth. He was doubtless impelled to the act by the same motive that prompted him to pay $225 for the fr et Jenny Lind’s first coneert in Castle Garden. He did not care more for Jenny Lind, or her singing, than anybody else did; and the seat procure! by this ticket was about the worst in the house, and inferior to some which, even in the midst ho re, only cost 25. Notoriety was hie ob , anity, but a desire to get a go b the newspapers for his hates s . ‘that all the journals would pa eh t, had pall such in, the hatver, dung grist vo has mi) not spistaken his calculation. In the same way now, he is the first in the field to give ¢1,000 to Kossuth, just be- cause be expects it will bring him back $5,000 in the sale of Kessuth hate. A host of dry geods stores and manufacturing establishments have followed the example, in order to have an advertisement insert- ed free for their wares in all the papers of the Union. Not on! individuals and firms, but whole parties, dealing with Kossuth as a vast specula- T e whig committees of the city have given him $1,000. Does any one imagine that it is because the whig committee have any parti- cular love for Kossuth, or any great anxiety to see Hungary a free and independent republic, that they have presented him with that sum! Is it not given solely with a view to advance the interests of | the party, with an eye to the Presidential election, and in order te produce thousands upon thousands of dollars to them in the spoils of victory? The thousand dollar purse was undoubtedly deposited as @ nest egg, and in order that it might fructify. Kos- suth must be a less sagacious man than we take him for, if he regards one half of the adulation he has received as sincere, or esteems one-fourth of the contributionsas the free-will offerings of patriot hearts upon the altar of liberty. On the contrary, he must see that they are evidences of calculating selfishness on the part of the donors. But this does not altogether account for the success of Kossuth He has in him powerful elements of popularity, else cunning traders and shrewd party politicians would not invest their capital in the Hungarian Loan Fund. He can command succees; and the very fact of so much hypocritical homage being rendered to him, is the best proof of it. If there is hypocrisy, there is also sincerity; and Louis Kossuth’s oratory is a living reality. It does move men’s souls, and the souls of women, too, and kindles the fire ofa holy zeal, almost amounting to fanaticism, in the hearts ofthe Protestant clergy of all denominations; while the silent hostility of the Catholic clergy, and the open denunciation of the man and his designs by such adignitary of the church as Archbishop Hughes, furnish additional proofs of the vast power that the Hungarian chief wields over the human mind. What is the cause? The cause of Kossuth’s success is just the same aa the cause of the success of Jenny Lind. It is not because the Swede is a greater vocalist than others, that she has brought so much money, but rom her originality. Her style of singing was a ew thing in the world—it was unique. There was nothing exactly like it before. It was a perfect curiosity. Kossuth is undoubtedly a great orator; but there have been greater oraters; and it is not so much that he transcends other men.in eloquence, as that his style is a novelty—it is not English or American. it is Hungarian, and of an eastern hue, and there- fore comes upon us with a peculiar freshness. We never had the opportunity of hearing am able Hun- garian orator in our own language before; if we had, probably the effect of Kossuth’s speeches would not be half so great. We have been informed by intelligent Hungarians, that as an orator, Kossuth is regarded by his owm countrymen as inferior to many other distinguished men whom the revolu- tionary struggle in Hungary brought to the sur- face. But higcharacter, his sagacity, and the per- secutions he has endured, have combined with his undoubtedly great powers as a public speaker, to give bim the high position which he attained in that nation. What are the peculiarities of his style! They are to be found in the language of the Bible—sublime in its simplicity, touching in its pathos, and beautiful in its imagery. How different is the Eastern eloquence of the Bible from that of European writings! It goes direct to the heart, and captivates the imagination. The Pro- phet Isaiah and Saint Paul are , rototypes of the ora tory of Kossuth; and this is one reason why religious Protestants, who are so familiar with the Scriptures, are attracted by his style—it is so like that of the book they most prize. The effects produced by the preaching and the writings of St. Paul, who had the gift of tongues in a wonderful degree, are very similar to the results of Kossuth’s preaching, both in England and in this country. St. Paul wasa ‘Hebrew of the Hebrews.” His mother tongue was Hebrew; but he could also speak the Greek and Latin languages, and be powerfully elo quent in both. His great triumphs were in the Greek language. Kossuth possesses the gift of tengues. His mastery ever the English language, and the effects he produces by it, are among the greatest marvels of the age. The Hungarian lan- gaage is unlike any other in Europe—it is purely Eastern. The modesef thought are Eastern; and when these are arrayed in an English dress, the effect is novel and attractive. His words are pico tures, dazsling the brain and arresting the atten- tion, while his argument thus gains an entrance | into the understanding. His style cembines, ina very bigh degree, great logical power with bril- liant imagination and extreme simplicity. He is ‘at once @ poet and @ philosopher, an orator, a logi- cian, and @ stateemon. He possesses a fertile in- vention—hence the great variety in his composi- tions. Nothing can be more different than his farewell address to the ladies, and some of his politi- cal speeches. Yet the same vein of Eastern thought is traced through them all. It is well known that his favorite poet is the Bard of Erin—Thomas Moore—to whom be has been attracted by “ Rookb” poem entirely Eastern in its sul language and style. Even his modest boast of hi self, that there never was ® man in the world who desired to do so much good as he, unnoticed and unobserved, like the violet which diffuses its odor unseen, is peculiarly Eastern Put while Kossuth it almost, he is not altogether, bastern. With an Eastern imagination and mode of thought and expression, his reasoning faculties porsees the vigor and strength of Northern Europe. It is this rare combination that makes him what he is. His elocution is admirable. It is not like the noi-y babbling of a shallow brook, but the majes tic, smooth of adeep river. The six column “Tus Umea States Navy «Np THE APPROACH .* Kossvru—-Tuz ‘TueaTaes—-Tue Maeicians, Kossurw anp Kinxst.—T! 1n@ Cx1si8.—There is » prospect that the prompt, | 4x THE AnoxLs.—-While Kossuth was leo fearless, energetic, and successful cowp d'etat of Louis Napoleon may preserve the peace of Europe. There is this prospect; but there is also the prospect still before us of a wide-spread and exterminating com> tinental war. Our government and our poople are virtually committed, by official acts and popular | manifestations, to the republican side of the vorsy, and to Kossuth’s policy of ‘political, rial, and financial aid” to the great cause of | liberals of all Europe. ‘There is also the prospect of the complete commitment of the government to the doctrine of active intervention before year is over, through the operation of popular | timent upon the Presidential election of 1952. Now, in the event of » general war in Europe, and in the contingent”event of the participation of the United States in the struggle, our field of action will be upon the salt water. The Mediter- ranean and the Black Sea will open a fine field fer aggressive operations against the despots of Naples, Austria, and Russia—a fine field for ploy ment of a fleet of one hundred of war. | The question, then, is suggested, how we pre- | pared te meet this demand in the event? “A strong fleet will be indispensable to protect itself, for a small fleet would be captured or annihilated. | What, then, is our equipment for this Kuropean | contest? According to the report of the Secretary of the Navy, the following constitute the forses of our available squadrons in active service :— Sailing vessels other steamers of the first class, including several being fitted out for sea, and some fifteen or twenty additional sailing vessels, in commission or in ordi- nary. ‘Thisis our pease establishment. “In ease of an | aggressive war sgainst this republic, a hundred steamers, and an innumerable fleet of sailing vessels, | could be got in readiness for active service in less than six months. We have the vis inertia for a | successful defence against the combined powers of tke world, on land or sea. But, for immediate ao- tion, upon a scale commensurate with the require- | ments of a general European war, we are ina bad | way, even for the protection of our own commerce. | Our peace establishment is insufficient for the | duty of competent protection to our world-wide, and | constantly increasing, commercial marine. Two | small steamers for the African coast, for example, | would be more efficient in suppressing the slave trade than five sailing vessels upon that etation. The Secretary of the Navy recommends an addi- | tion of small steamers to the service, as best adapt- | edfor entering shallow bays, creeks, harbors, or | suspicious inlets, as necessity may require. And | we think it is easy of demonstration that one small | steamer is better than the lumbering hulk of a | frigate, except for stand-still defensive purposes; as, for example, where a ship may be placed inthe narrow channel of s river to keop guard. Two small steamers of five guns can be made more ef- fective than one large one of ten guns in any way. Mr. Graham is, therefore, pursuing what may be reasonably considered the wisest policy, in recom- mending an increase to the navy by the addition of @ competent number of small steamers to the active peace establishment. During the last twelve months, the presence of a steamer or two within striking distance of the porte of Central America, on both sides, might have curtailed the outrages of British agents in that quarter, and prevented the late insult to the American flag at Greytown. And the same may be said of certain bold enterprises of the British on the coast of Braziland Buenos Ayres. A few war steamers for some time past have been sadly needed at that important etation, in ma’ taining the rights of our commerce, as well as in cutting off the illicit African slave traffic under the American flag. Assuming that the general peace of 1551 will be continued, our effective navy is altogether inefii- cient—in active steamers especially—for the proteo tion of our vast commerce all over the globe, and the maintenance of at least equal privileges of trade with friendly powers that are possessed by England and France. But assuming that there is the immi nent hazard of a general -uropean convulsion, and that there is a very manifest probability of our be- ing involved in it, upon the doctrine of active inter- vention, our present naval establishment is too weak tobe left upon the high seas for its own de. fence. Peace or war,our navy shoald be promptly strength- ened by a liberal supply of small steamers, especially for the Mediterranean stations ; but in view of the contingency of war, not only should Congress attend more liberally to this essential preparation for ac- tion, but they should act wisely in acting without delay. In peace prepare for war; at all evonte, prepare for the necessities of peace. We want more steamers in the naval service. The advan. tages which they will secure to our commercial in- terests will soon repay their cost to the treasury. | Let the wise heads of Congress turn their attention to this subject. If we are going to declare war, we must be armed; if not, we must at least be able to defend ourtelvee. S Tue Piresim Faturns—A Yaxaee Monorory. —The address of Mr. Hillard, last night, in com- memoration of the Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock, ‘was, of course, a great thing for their descendants. We have no doubt the glorification will bo “ done to a turn” tonight, at che festival at the Astor Howe. Bat it is time the merite of this Yankee | monopoly of the first white settlements were exe mined into. Mrs. Hemans, an English iady of a highly poetic imagination, in her poem to the Pu- nritan fathers, says— yyy holy ground. where firet they trod ‘They leit unstained what there they found— speech—his great speech at the Corporation ban- juet—would have fatigued most of our public peakers, and they would have probably tired their wudience to death in the delivery; but he kept the even tenor of his way, delivering the end just as well as the beginning. !!e did not weary either imrelf or bis hearcrs, end it wae remarkedthat he did not take even @ drink during the two hours and a half he was occupied in giving sach graceful and impressive utterance to(this masterpiece of homan eloquence. Combined with these groat elements of popular oratory, Kossuth possessor a most amazing impromptu tact, which never deserts him, and is always eure to lend a charm to his words, and sometimes to produce even an electrical effect We have thus accounted f euth’s popular triumphs on b and have afforded a clue t rious to many who regard ti ther a¢ a demi god than » man passions with themse] rer the secret of Kos- les the Atlantic, t seems 80 myste- Magyar Chief ra- @ feelings and ocratic Primary Mest Dr Nas ning and | several war Congressional « iota in this city, for delegates to | theconventions which are to choose delegates to the next National Convention, and also to elects | eneral Committee and ward committees. We | hope the democracy will show their hands at these meetings. The New York whigs are all for Scott, and nobody else. There is no necessity for any further disclosures on th rt. Let, then, the democrats indicate th whether it is Butlos, | ase, or Buchanan y of the small fry. | f The | f ma a low the example ¢ Pree | Mary's, ded by the ¥ f potential in the hey are he dem at who d i Freedom to worship God. —which is good poetry, but very bad history the poor Quakers and the witches of Salem an- ewer. The fact is, that so far from establishing religious freedom, the Paritans wore a hard- shelled community, and they established one of the most arbitrary and despotic little oligarchies that ever existed, and the traces of it remain in New England to thie day. Nor wore the Pilgrim Fathers the pioneer white settlers of the united colonies, byalongshot. The settlement of James town, in Virginia, in 1007, waea liteein advance of the landing of the Northern Pilgrims of 162) and though the Virginia Cavaliers established th Church of England, there was far more of r toleration among them than in the colony of sachusette Bay. And how inf manly chivalry, and genero renowned (‘aptain Job puritanical, Indian k’ But, again--on the wat the Catholic Lord Pilgrims in the Dove and in the State of Maryland, + ed the doctrine into the American ¢ aa ts rth gpg ge droge: ‘and. Lut while the priay ras de as a law of the colony, that ther it s dom to worship God,” they were ed one!) Peaten Piasny—The fret to make it good against derigna r neigh- mily wae given } evening bors in, but the veoulization of ¢ Thus, it a at while " They sang ecvorai beautif peiority the fr sheen mpanied by the father and eons erie 4 years in. advance nd second violin. The © Drw " Maryland colony of : . A hk Mt ‘ Rica wy paeoe neath. be given him $4,090, oF turing In New York, there was else. It was all at the theatres—the Opera was starved out, except on the Kossuth night—and dancers, and | Hungarian independenee. It is a good beginning, singers, and magicians and angels, were dispersed— all disperseed—by Kossuth. With his departure, the drama, the ballet, the epers, and the soirées ma- | books. At the same time, Dr. Kinkel, with his giques, willall be restored and revived. It is like the restoration after a revolution. We shali have it all | with the Germans of the West, having collected, a3 the livelier from the interregnum. They will come | is no reason why it should not be nothing Kossuth. It was a drag out into rel‘ef, like the hills off Sandy Hook, or the imperial chateau of the Emperor of Coney Island, after a thick fog, and we shall have a good time— theatres, and operas, and concerts, and magicians, and angels, and all. Catherine Hayes, who has been flitting about the country like @ lost Pleiad, commences another series of three concerts, at Metropolitan Hall, this evening. It is to be hoped that her share of the proceeds will retrieve, in a measure, the fleecing operations connec‘ed with hor former highly sucsess- ful concerts in this city—suecesefa' in everything except a fair division of the fands; and it is also to be hoped that, with the evacuation of the Hus- garian exile, the sweet “exile from Erin” will be re- ceived with undiminished enthusisem. And we do trust and pray that the Irish Directory will fret ac- count for those €40,000 for the liberation of Ireland, (of which Archbishop Hughes put down a cool five hundred,) and then undertake the solution of the mysterious cold-water benefit to Father Mathew. Justice to Father Mathew, justice to Miss Hayes, justice to poor old Ireland, requires that all this thould be done. Jenny Lind is next advertised for. several fare- well concerts at Metropolitan Hall. She has been enjoying her: amazingly during the last six months—ubliming it at Niagara, or rusticating in the country, hither and thither—a nightingale en- larged—singing now and then, for the mere love of it, and for benevolent objects, and a little pin money. Fortunate under Barnum, and successful without him, we may safely anticipate a touch of the old enthusiasm at her concert, on the best day but one of the present year. Lola Montez, lacking only the sanctification of the church and a pair of wings, to make her a com- plete angel—Lola Montez—the bright-eyed Lola, the piquant, witty, handsome, and sparkling Lola— will, also, with the departure of Kossuth, come out, like the moonemergirg froma total eclipse in a clear sky, and the more brilliant from the late ob- ecuration. She will open her American campaign atthe Broadway, in some of thoge peculiar dances which attracted so.much the admiration of connois- seurs and amateursin Munich, in France, end in Spain. If she fails un the dance, ehe is a politician, a statesman, a liberal, a republican, and an exile, allthe way from her lamented Bavatia—the dear old pet ofa king, and her Jes itical enemies— who drove her out of the country, and into the arms of a good-fornothing husband of the Engiish Horse Guards. She has cause to advocate. She is an exile—a beautiful exile—aud she can carry all be fore her in a series of lectures, gn the broad repub- lean platform of a dollar or two per head. But the magicians return simultaneously with the angels, with the removal of the overshadowing Hun- garian lion. Anderson, the Wizard of the North, and M’Allister, the Wizard of the South, and both Seotchmen, are back again. They intend to operate by the witchcraft of sleight-of-hand experiments, while the two vocalists are bewitching the dear people with their ‘‘ most sweet voices,” and while Lola is drawing down the houte with the witchery of her feet, and those sparkling bright eyes. All three of these particular stars, it is said, are Irish; for, we are informed, that as good luck would have it, Jenny Lind was born im the city of Cork. With & vast variety of other semente, including ope- ras, theatres, minstrels, and panoramas, how can fail, with the addittonal attractions of three Irish angels and two Scotch magicians? As Kossuth says, there is no such word as fail. PostaL Rercxm—Tue Dirricvtiy axp tHe Remepy.—We resent to our readers, to-day, a long but very able article on the subject of Post Office reform. Itis written by a gentleman who was for several years connected with the «Post Office Department in Washington, under the Pos: master Gereral, and who thoroughly understands the workings of our precent imperfect eyetem. ‘The great difficulty in the way of portage reform has been the want of knowledge and information of the Poet Office system, as it has been conducted ever since the revolution. What would have at that time answered all the purpeses and wants of the country, would not de now, tion of some twenty-five millions of people. The postage reform agitators of the present day over- look thisimportant point. All they want is cheap postage, and all that the agitatere have aimed at is simply a reduction of postage. This is not the only thing that is required. We want postal re- form—notin the rates of postage alone, but in the internal management of the whole Post Office eys- tem in Washington. The article which we publish t> day takes this in hand, exhibits the defects of the precent system, and pointe out the remedy. This is what is wanted. It is an eacy matter to call public meetings and pase resolutions calling upon Congress to reduce the rates of portage; but that bas nothing todo with postal reform. Instead of covering the whole ground, and dealing wi errors and abuses of our present system, the tors of cheap postage do not go beyond a reduction of postage. They do not pretend to break the crust, and penetrate into the rottenness of our postal sys tem. All they do is to cry cut lustily for cheap postage. There they stop; ani for doing this, which is, in reality, nothing at all, they want the public to consider them as benefactors of their species. The views and euggestions sontained in the ar- ticle which we publish, are well wo:thy of serious consideration by Congrese, and by the people. According to the expose which it gives of the inter nal working of the present system, reforme are abso- | lutely necessary in the manner of keeping account, and in the transportation, distribution, and delivory departments. The proposition to establish a G ral Post Office, with State officer, county offic special or sub-offices, throughout the country, | admirable one. So, too, is the proposition to organise & money-order department in our post office sys | Prerprct liill, eapable ef holti tem. That plan operates very bene ily in Eng land. Beside being of great convenience to the public, it is a source of considers! venue. There United States We might enumerate mary more points in the article to which we refer; bu’ perusal of it will satiefy every one that we can have | | no portal reform until our present system is tho roughly reviewed and thoroughly changed. in fact, a new system must be adopied. We do ask tho present Postmaster 1 eflec the suggestions now put forth, for be of understanding them; bat we ca’ to lock into them, and before on they adjourn, to give ongress he aggregate of sub- soriptions and contributions to the cause of Hun- gary, in this city, does not fall short of $25,000 al- ready. That speaks well for the “material and financial aid” demanded towards the great work of and we devoutly beseech all concerned to remember the Slievegammon mystery, and keep a clean set of German National Loan, is getting on splendidly we understand, the comfortable little sum of 000, towards the regeneration of Germany.” ¢ Italians, however, are ahead of them all, Maz- ini having already, it ia said, raised a loan of two | millions; a large portion of which was, no doubt, from Italians in the United States. A few weeks, a few deys, or even a few hours, may decide whether there is any use in making further revolutionary collections or not. 1¢ is well, hewever, to have she supplies. Let, then, the friends of Germany and Hungary—of Kinkel and Kossuth—of “‘ God and liberty”—come up to the rescue, and down with the dust. | The Italian Opera. Last evening the grand opera of “Robert the Devil” was performed at the Astor place Opera House, and not- | withstanding the inclemency of the weather, the house | ‘was filled with « fashionable audience. The performance was completely suecessful. The four principal singers, Steffanone as Alice, Bosio as Isabella, Bettini as Robert, and Marini as Rertram, constituted a powerful cast, and acquitted themselves each beast goes éclat. Though the character of Alice is not 60 well suited tothe genius of Bteffazone as some others that she represents in opera, she made numerous excellent points. Her greatest defect, eapecsed to be a want of tenderness and pathos, but her inging was admirable, Ever true to the music, the rich, full tones of her delicious voice amply compen- sated for 237, deflelency in the acting, arising not from her own walt; ut from nature, which, white i has en- er gi wer ply tragic characters has denied her the deicate ausos peiviliey: necessary for the perfect rendering of such @ réle as that of Alice. Yet even in the acting, she made rome palpable hite Bosio, who lacks the force of Steffanone, is possessed of 8 voice delightfully sweet and pleasing. In the seduc- tion tcene of the fourth act, her singing and acting were both exquisitely beautiful. It‘ was, indeed, a triumph. The cavatina, “Roberto, o tu che adoro, ’ was one of the sweetest gems we ever heard. At the end of the act, she was calied before the curtain to receive Serpedal plaudits of the audience Marini looked and the part of Bertram with great fidelity; but the polished artist Bettini was pre-emineutly successful in sll hedid; and the audience did mot fail to recognise his various triumphs. Their applause was us judicious as it was en . On the whole, this opera afforded @ most agreeable musical treat. At the fall of the cur- tain. the house continued to applaud till Steffanone, Bettini, Marini and Maretzek came forward, and re- ceived those marks of approbation which generally fol- Jow & successful abce. | City Intelligence. Farin yrom 4 CHurcn Streete, ano Kiiieo.—Yes- morning, about eight o'clock, three men, named Charles Moore, ‘Henry Brown, and Jobn Henry, were en- gaged inerecting @ scaffolding upon the steeple of the church in Sixth street, between the Second and Third avenues, apd by some accident one of the uprights broke, which precipitated Brown and Henry to the ground below. Brown was picked up,and conveyed to the Beventeenth ward station-house, where he expired in ‘s few minutes, from the injuries received. Henry was taken to the hospital with broken thigh and other {oju- | ries which it is believed will cause his death Moore, when the tcaffolding broke, luckily seized hold of « window, and saved himself, Brown was a single man. but Hlenry has a wife and family residing at No. 80 Lewis etreet, Alderman Conckiin held an inquest on the body a: verdict was rendered secordingly. The deceased was a native of Germany. Scpper Deati.—An inquest was held yesterday by Alderman Conklin, at No. 69 Greenwich piree’, ou the bedy of an unknown man, aged about 35 y: ote suddenly yesterday peg d in @ deceaged was about five feet eight inch dark complexion, with black moustache and beard; was drerted in light brown cassimere pantaloons, blnok cloth sack coat, and blaek frock coat. le was @ bourder at the above named house, where he bad been but one day, and the landlord did not know his uame, Verdict accordingly. Bvrrosey Bviciok wy Daowsine.~An unknowa wo- man, who was rupposed to be an emigrant, jumped or fell off the pier, foot ot Franklin street, into the Norta river, and was drowned before assistance could be etfeo- tually rendered. Alderman Chapman held an inquest en the body, and @ verdict was rendered of death by drowning. Bevene Accivert at tHe Rivina Benoor im Wre- —On Baturday evening, as a lady was ridin, horse, belonging to the above establishmen rhe was violent tated to the ground, aad severely injured, By her toad coming in contact, while | mated at § d in the ' }, with some part of the building. A concursicn of the brain was juced, and the scalp oxtenrively iace- ated. Medical aid was ba ose weg the wound was dreseed, and the cese other preseribe for. The lady has somewhat improved, and was yester- day taken to residence in this city. Lavine’ Far, Baooxiyy.—The ladies connected wit the Middle Duteb Charch, Brooklyn, prepare to he! air, to-day to-morrow afternoon and evening, «'! 169 Atlantic treet the income to be applied to the ex- tinction of the debt of the chureh. Honnieie Dernavity.—A woman, named Rarke, wes discovered, on 8 ight, in o building situated in the rear of 23 James etreet gross state of intoxica- tion, lying on the flocr, with « child beside her. and the corpse of anether lying near her. The police took the woman and the children to the station house. ‘he liv- ing one Was sent to the Alm House, and Alderman Ouk- ley held an inquest en the deceased child, when the jury rendered a verdict of death from want and exposure. Avornen Fatat Acciwent.—An Irish laborer named Jamer Brennen, was killed on Saturday afternoon. by being buried beneath an embankment while excavating st Bergen Hill, om the line of Bmith «treet. This is the third person that has loet his life from the same causes in that locality within a few months past. Dascens or Bxatinc.—A lad named James Marpby war drowned in Gowanus Creek, on Sunday, by breeking through the ice while skating. | Ping ry 4 Bcnocr.—Yeaterday morning @ fire was dis. | covered in public school No, 3, at the corner of Hudson apd Grove etreete, in the ceiling, by one of the teasers, Hy ent the children out to play, and easily put out the 0. MILITARY. The Koreuth Light Guerd aud the Besle Guard made their appual target excursion yesterday. They jooked exceedingly well Tromece Guanvs, Carr. Wiuiiam Fowrrn.—This weil- | drying five bundred pieces at the ame time, The Annual Visit of the Commissioners of Emigration to Ward’s Island, Although the weather was very stormy, the Commis- sioners of Emigration, and several members elect of the Legislature, assembled at an early hour yesterday morning, at the office in Chambers strect, for the purpose: of vigiting Ward’s Island, At eleven o'clock they | cp board a steamboat, and arrived at Ward’s Island about noon, They were received by Mr. Joseph Wester. field, warden, Doctor Williams, and the medical stait. | The Commissioners and company were shown over the varicus departments by Doctor Williams, and everything sppeared in admirable order. The first place,visited war the infant schoo) department, in which some three hun~ dred children are educated—this number does not in- elude all the children om the island, but merely those who are healthy or old enough to attend, The wash- house wes the place next inorder. This depertmeut was. viewed with great interest, as the work accomplished in one day is truly wonderful. Nason, Walworth & Co.'s patert rotary washing machine is used, and by its great powers a sufficient quantity cf linen for two thousands five bundred persons can be washed in one day. In the second story, immediately over the wash- houre, is the drying-room, which centains the cistern which supplies the water for washing, and which also eupplies the bath house. The drying room is heate:. by the eveam of the washing machine, and is capsble of next place visited was tHe ward appointed for sick children; it is capable of accommodating some sixty children, but the number at present is about thirty-fyur, the majo- rity of them being tick with fevers. The Commissionere then proceeded to the storeroom, which is in ase} building from the above. and is well supplied with ali kinds ct pprovisions suitable for the inner man, quan- tities of clothing, boots amd shoes, &c., for the outer. ‘The bakehoure adjoins the storeroom, «nd is # spacious rocm, well adupted for the purpose. It contains three cvens, each one being capable of baking a many as tw bunared and sixty-five loaves ; the conrumption ge: rally is about thirteen hundred loaves per day. From the bakehouge the Commissioners proceeded to irgzect the ward for pregnant women. the lying-in ward, and the ward for convalercent women. Some objections were made by one of the visiters as to the propriety of ting thie department. hospital was next visited, It is « frame building, others to severe diseases of females. &o. The drug is situated in the lower part of the h-epital, in whick they sometimes prepare as many as five hundred pre- scriptions in one day. The Commissioners next inspected. & number of shanties appropriated to sick emigrants, of both sexes. The shanties were the last places inspected: aiter which, the Commissioners, visiters, and the princi pal cfiicials of the island, adjourned to the Superinten- dent's bouee, where an — collation was prey 4 for their retreebment Mr. J c. Vv ik, President of the Board of Commissioners, was Chairman. pes iP justice had been done by a!) present to the good things provided. he related several cireumstances attending the establishment of Ward's Islnd esa place of refuge. five years ago. Doctor Wiutiams, Head Physician of the island, ther rose and read the following statistics relative to the ee { emigrants received and discharged from ar — Number remaizing in institution on Nov. 20,1852, 1,16 After reading and commenting on the above, Doctor Williams remetked tbat under the new medical 12 the deaths were thirteen per cent less than om the old system. Before sitting down, be proposed “The Legis- lature of New York;” and Mr. Sxow returned thanks ir & sbert speech; and at its conclusion, guve “ America— = the ever be the home of the oppressed of all nations.”” Mr. Di:cow, President of the Irish Bociety, here rose and stated that he had always been opposed to the pre- sent system pursued by the medical staff on the island. id thet the eyetem was also opposed by the Irish peo- w York. He (Mr. Dillon) believed that many ho have charge of the pa‘ients om the ery Way (iualified for the important dutivs they Lave to perform; but those doctors ¢e qualified dc not reeide on the irland, and in their absense the charge devolves upon « number of young and inexperienced me- dical students. That these students are ic the habit of ¢xperimenting on the lives of thore poor «migrante, and that meny deaths are caured by their malpractice, are fecte beyond a doubt. Mr. Dillon would th t sgainet such conduct on the part of the Medical Board: and he calledom Mr Ferdinand Karck, President of the German Society, to support him in his protest. The gen- tieman thus called upon rose and expreserd his concar- renee in Mr. Dillon's sentiments. At the conclusion of Mr. Dillon's remarks, Mr. Minturn gave as a toast,“ The ‘Ten Governors of the Alms house.” Une of the Governors returned thanks on behalf of his collegues, ant proposed © The Presse.’ A reporter of the Deily Tiwes responded ~ and propored, “ The Health of Mrs. James, Matron of the Island.’ Numerons other toasts wee drank, and feveral speeches were made. Ateix o'clock P.M., the Commissioners and visiters returned to the steamboat; but owing to the low tide, they did not reach the city until s late bour. Marine Affairs. Ereamenrr Baorwen Jonatuax.—A paregraph was un- intentionally published im our paper yesterday stating that the steamship Brother Jonathan bad put into Kingston, Jamaica, leaky. She did not leave here unti: 4 P.M of the Irt inst., and the Georgia left Ubagres or the morning of the 10th, thus leaving but eight days for the Brother Jonathan to arrive at Jamaica, and the tchooner that is said to have carried the news to reach Chagres, which is much too short a time for It to be done in. The report was, probably, honestly thought to be true by the party from whom we received it; but It would. be Letter, before credence is given to un‘avorable reports regarding a rival, to exercise a littlecare. A comparison of dates would bave fully satisfied any disinterested per - Tinea of erery Kind azo generally too resay to Give en dence to reports ‘unfavorable to ‘competitors. “i For Carironsia.—The steamships Daniel Webster and El Dorado, departed San Juan, and ¢! w At Canton, ‘a ship of 814 tons, LAND. OW! y several Baltimore ge’ tended for @ Liverpool trader, to be ccammanded by Uap’ Geo. A. Hooper, Md lith Pollee Intellig: Prompt Arrest Gan, Stolen Propert of eficers Btillwell and Jones, of the J Xnown compa .y, named in honor of J M. Trimble. Eq, the architect, made their second annual tar e-ccppanied by Adkin’s Brass Band, to Starr | House. Their prizes, ere won by the following superior marksmen, vir +—Bilver goblet, won by J. Oi ver cup, D. © Gardner; ret silver spoons, Capt. Fowler; set vilver epocns, J. MeDowell; Fenell care, J. Fitvsimmne: five dollar hat, 8 Ham- iL, ton ofeeal.@ ¥ Stevens five dollar hat, Robert Taylor; i Cooper; five t, 8D ooklyn rs Tun Evesmct oF Suri Baornurs wr At the meeting of the © a Council, last committee to whom was referred the subject Brocklyn with water, submitted Panies by the reports cf Wm. J. McAlpine, | Jervie, Erqrs., civil engineers, who have, during the past fenton. made explorations avd surveys. with a view of | ing the feasibility of bringing wa'er from the hich ‘abound on the island, for the rt of the engineers contem- ian the oc He Cf streams of wi Lempetead Baye nearest to the ef the elty—the water to be fererveit om Prorpect ilill, by and frcm thence distributed in the urval meaner. The Fort shows that « supply of 28.(00,000 gailons deily may ined trom the ree, aad wi hin rl x ferry xtending the o ter has bee! be of excell The cont of the ke including oy The « entiine of the plans itted, and re be printed mitted to the p her, that if approved by the per tinted to upon the tab ext, at #pe to be taken up ial buriness, after the b ny Excunsiows. The Fort Green Guard, Captain E Paldwin proceeded to Jamaica, get | practice Notwithstanding the incl they evi @ lively time, end r vening with a well d with the eyed leek rooklyn Cornet is ’o Sotur | and prompt manner adopted succeeded In pouncing wu ed Levi Doare, Jor ph 4 pe, and James Malone, aged fr om Fixteen to cighteer whem the <fllcers secured at their repdesvour rituated at No 455); Greenwich etreet, located in the attic of that houre. The cir cumetauces attending their arrest. and the crime win Fighth mrad ere devervingof mueb they are charged, will be elicited by the fol. facie, ax detailed before Capta’n Turmbull. of the ward potioe, who, with the officers under e for u the detec ¢ midnight burglars. It appears that, on Sunday pight, the Bighth avenar, ocoupied by Mr. Ernest confectionary store, the family remding up stairs, was entered by the prisoners, who forced open the cellar door h the cellar and kitchen to the entry next where they pryed & dcor leading inte ealing therefrom the follow: ney—$5 tn gold pieces copper coin. a $20 gold piece. three one coi $110 in bank Pills, and abo & silver wates end roperty of Mr. Green ‘i im the morning, the robbery was discov ad muc: furprise was manifested respecting the uietnese of a ravage wateh dog h was placed in the cellar %& Aron guard the oive was head fcom the dor whore Ultimately was the means burglars, in the @ manner * and from hte very naturally been discharged from his employmen: suout two weeks tard in the barglary. There facts wer * above named offi ere. who, after « Malone, found him, with the it rendeztows fn Greenwict, fon Wa etly made out accounted ing well nee sith = Malone under bir commas om entering the 1 dog although he did not alarm th of the commission of (Leerime, by Filen-e. nevertheless was the me Com a8 It Placed the ewepicion or the guilty pe he arrest of che « t ¢ i $68 in ban " end fifiy-th nt ‘ leather pocket hock, Iu the room we snd tour dole Inte and ninety rix cents in copper cola. « complete ret at's 00}s wes found recreted uoder the floor © pistols and oth by bargiavs, together m tiey p .