The New York Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1851, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. JAMESGORDONBENNETT PROPRIBTOR AND EDITOR. aanennngiiodine SPFICK N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS, nnnnnnnnenaieies THE DAILY HERALD, 2 cents per copy=8t ver EWEEKLY, HERL Booey, vllatyrdan, at 0% per copy, oF oereet Gre plicit Shen Nek Eaatainang aBB PAB’ Le pe renee i rd au SRE NOTICE vaten fon chymeue mail, Subscriptions, fe bel postpask, or the postage will be vematied. JEU E RIN TING csccuted with neatncss, cheopness, TISBMENTS renewed every morning. IS, cash in advance, Gates EW Saree esos cocpnessee sconces ite, ie AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. THIPLER HALL—Prov, weroses. BOWERY THSATRE, Quan Ov Tux Cnonan Ca BROADWAY TUEATRE, Broa¢wae—Vircace Docron — Berry rae Be prcipe Bene Bveyrs. WIBLO'S GARDEN, Bi JEANNETTE AND Juan- anv DIVERTIORMERT—COBIUROB's irr, speBson's Sommers Mysore. ery—-Saxon SORCERESS— BURTON'S THFATRE, Chambe Chambers street—O.iver Twist Pron won Cin ‘TION 4L THEATRE, street, pane Oatrin Eeaiane] ere LIBRARY, Auvc Dwanrs. BROUGHAWS LYCEUM, Brea¢way—Cunuruas Can- nev MARKET. BOWSRY |AMPHITHEATRE, Bowery—EquesTaian ‘YeRwoR man CRS. BT Y'S M*NSTRELS, Mechazice’ Mall, 472 Broad- ruIoriam MineTRersy. Broadway-Ex.in:tTion or rue wey WELLO’ MINSTRELS, mies Mestiak Hall, No. OE Miorias MinGTBELY haan AMERICAN MUSEUM—Amusine Pamrommances Ar- wamwoon AnD Evenino. Wew York, Monday, Decem’r 29, 1851, SaaS === Summary. With the exception of Kossuth’s speech in Pa'ti- more, tho telegraph furnishes but little this morr- img. The Magyar, in bis address, treats of the re- + Sgious denominations in Hungary and elsewhere, and takes occasion to state that it was not the Pro- tentante solely who were Sighting for the frecdom of that country. He says that the Catholics—as in Maryland, Virginia, &c., during our revolution— eccupied the fret rank inthe Hungarian army. He reviows the causee his people had fer rebellion against the Austrian dynasty, and, among other things, mentions the tax upon tobacco, whereby tho Magyars were compelled to abjure smoke, which wee o great deprivation, and which he acknow- jedged was his only laxury. With regard to his expectations of aid, &c., from this continent, they ‘ere much the same se have been hitherto expressed. hs is supposed that at least six persons were killed et the fire in Philadephia, on Saturday. The details of the uropean news, by the Cana- da, will probably reach this city in time for to-mor- row’s paper. Mossath and the Recent Revolution dl France. The recent famous comp d’état of Louis Napoleén in France, the military government which now weomsto be firmly fixed upon the necks of the French people, and the sensation, with its peculiari- ties, which bas followed these events throughout Furope and this country, were taken up by the elo- quent Kossuth during hie late vicit to Philadel- phio, und made the basis of the great speech which he delivered on that occasion to the authorities abero. That speech contains his deliberate opinion, conceived with great eloquence, and delivered with mwob force, on those astounding events in France. From his position and popularity in this country, his opinion will unquestionably have great influence among hie admirers, and all that portion of the people who only look #t the surface, but seldom dip deeply inte the depths of human affairs. ‘Thisgreat speech of Kossuth in Philadelphia pur- yored to be @ reply to some remarks which appeared im the columns of the Henaup on receiving the re- oent news trem lurope. The following is an ex- ‘treet Now ae to the important news from Prance:—It was | New Youx Henan] that “ the news of Louis Napo- ns stroke fell like ® bomb-sbell upom me, aud that ‘ig will be arrested by it.” Now, I cont- that this news, instead of arresting my movements, can only have the effect to hasteu my move ments. tofor ward their aim. and to bring them, ia a much shorter time, to abappier, at lesst to » speedier deSnitive Secition tham the case would bave been without this wews. And as to the bomb-sheil. (nu ) T really mus: @ecline the honor of acknowledging compliment I fre), indeed, no harm frou that bem)>-shell: (laughter) sad net only do I not foel stuamed by Mos. Louis Napo Jeon Boraparte’s sacrilegious aim at the very life of re poblicamiem, but I take it rather for one of those prov!- dential effects by which the very crime turns out ouly to — that just cause which it was intended tooporers hers.) Teould not become soathed we ePannet by it bes ‘ause it was unexpected by I have ver, ia New York, publicly and privately, foretold tl very eteamer may bring wi ings of the outt the unavoidable crisis, of the Burc ypean continent, be- cause almost the day of the great contest between amb'\- tien and freedom is being pointed out by the Presidential dection im France Thie extract contains merely the commencement ef & train of reasoning endeavoring to exhibit to the world that the recent wilitary revolution in France is pe in one distinguished organ of the daily press, ove of tre bappiest things for the restoration of de- , mecracy in that country, and over al! Europe—in deed, thatit is the beginning of the great triamph | im European struggles for freedom. Now, with all ave deference to Kossuth’s intelligence, sagacity, and clog » We beg leave to differ very material- ty in opinion with him as rerpects the inflaenoos and the effects which may follow from the receat events in France, so far asthe establishment of re- peb.ics in Europe may be involved. |'ndoubtedly, knowing the value of republican government and practical democracy of a sensible kind, every citizon ef the United States would be glad to see the same blessings extended to all the nations of Europe—to all nations of the earth; but hopes and wishes, founced on the feelings of humanity, cannot remove broad, palpable facts in the character and history of races—facts whieh are ns palpable and as fixed in certain stages of civilization, as are the Alps or Pyroanees on the geographical face of Europe Kossuth isan astute politician, as well as a groat detlaimer, « powerful orator, ond an original think- er. He asos the evente of the day, howover, in this instanee, not at a great philosopher—not asa mighty thinker—not ar am Aristotle or a n, but Mike one of those small politicians whom we have Sm abundance among us, and who figure before each great olection, by endeavoring to turn every little event to their own side, whether the trath of the fnote will allow it or not contest betwoen the federal and repubiican parties wee going on in this State. Some preliminary election, or meeting, took place in a sequestered part of the State. Forthwith, every little politician om one fde cried owt, “Great news ‘rom Unadilia! the democratic party successful’” ‘The other ried out in the same way, “Groat news from Una @illa! the federal party successful!’ In fact, both parties claimed, from the same little event, ® result much as they wished to ensue. Kossuth, from the instinctive impulses of human natdro, and the ordinary arte of political clap-trap, appropriates, in 2 similar way, the recont events in France, ae forming most conélusive evidence that emocracy in Europe is now nearer being ostab- Mashed than it ever was before ; and that the coup Some yoare ago, @ great | féeat of Napoleon, which he foresaw and predicted, | like a trae prophet, is the principal evidence that Hungary and all the rest of Europe will soon be delivered from the two miilions of soldiers who have | the Continent now under their contro). All these caleulations of mighty consequences Srom litle evente will pot amount to mush. If the socialists ov the republicans of Franoe, or ail the Mections opposed to Loalo Nepoleon and the ermy, were to unite, and ereate a civil warin that country, ‘and were they also to be victorious over Louis Na- poleom an@ Ris foress, the condition of France would not be a bit better, nor nearer to the point of democratic institutions. A military government similar to the present, would succeed the defeat of Nepoleon and his troops. But the truth is, there seems to be no prospect, at present, that a sufficient foree can be raised among the opponents of Napo- leon, even to create a civil war in France. The other despots, with their million and a half of stand- ing armies, are decidedly in his favor, and will listen to no complaints from those who have been banished from France. The coup d’ état of Napoleon is » natural event in the history of France ard of Europe. During the several former revolutions, the standing army of France remained almost neutral. Every émeute was commenced by the owvricrs, and the barricades were managed by certain bands of the National Guard; while the troops of the line, whose business it was to fight, looked on in idleness and stupor, till nearly the close of every contest. The military of France have just discovered @ great secret. They have at length ascer- tained that they possess within themselves the elements of strength and force beyond that of all those unorganized or sudden revolutionists. There can be ne doubt that the recent military revolution in France is a deep-laid design, formed by the lead- ere of the army, using Louis Napoleon merely as® name and symbol in the new destiny and the new fate which await the French people. With an army of three hundred thousand men, and a centralized civio force of five hundred thousand officeholders, with supreme power in the depart- ments in Paris—these two forces, military and civil, forming nearly a million of men in possession of power, with tact, and determination, and courage, and want of principle and plenty of demoralization— oan hold France as long as the Roman army held the empire of Rome, from the time of Augustus Cesar to Augustulus. ‘The true philosophical reading of France and Europe is very different from, and very opposite to, that which Kossuth has given to these events. Europe, in its civlization, morals, state of society, government, politics, is, in some respects, in pre- cisely the same position as it was when Augustus became master of ancient Home, under the au- thority of the Roman arms, or the Pretorian Guards. All Europe is now under military despot- ism. Standing armies, smounting in the aggre- gate to two millions of men, with centralized civie office holders, probably equal in al! to three millions more, are now in possession of all power over the three hundred millions of people in Europe; and that power, by the same system, they can keep in their possession for the present century, and per- haps for two or three centuries more, as the Lower Empire was held and governed by similar mili- tary organizations. What is there to oppose the union of such physical and such civic force, combining everything in religion, in commerce, in trade, in power, and demoralization, all for the same end? The democrats ef France have, on several occasions, tried their hand at self- government, and particularly previous to the eleo- tion of Louis Napoleon, and have shown themselves deplorably ignorant, impracticable, absurd, and unequal tothe task. The republicans of Germany, of Hungary, of Italy, of the whole Continent, far- nished the same deplorable instances of incapacity for self-government. Now that the despots, with their two millions of men, have the whole Continent under their heels, what can these impracticable de- mocrats, broken inte violent personal factions—what can they do? All the men of commerce and trade, who cere nothing for political theories or religious opinions, will unite, and support the military governments, Franse included. The immense armies will keep down all ésneutes—all insurrec- tions—and the terror which they will carry throughout Europe will only the more enable them to estabiish a new Roman Empire, on a larger tcale, “ with five heads and ten horas,” all united on the same great principle, and im. bued with the same selfish purposes. No matter if Louis Napoleon is sesassinated to- day--the army will put another in his place, as the Prwtorian Guards did in Rome. If the Em- peror of Russia loses his lite the next day, or the Emperor of Austria be substituted for another the day after, the military regime has discovered its power over modern civilization; and the military regime, combined with the centralization of the civil offices, will continue that government as long as the same system and the samo clemeats con- d it during the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. The telegraph, printing, steam--all the great physical and inteliectual improvemen:s of the age—only tend to give strength and unity to that old Roman system of government which has been revived, improved, and enlarged ia our own day. ‘These, we contend, are the correc: and philoso- phica! conclusions which ought to be taken of the re- cont events in Euirope, if we read history with due considcration, aud have no object in view but that of instructing humanity and the present age. Ia fact, instead of arguing at all for the return of the republican era by these recent events, as Koseuth wants us to believe, we ought to look further tn re- spect to our own interests in this country, and the preservation of the institutions which bave been ed on this continent, from the hostile inroads that the despots of Europe will soon enter tain against us. Here is the hot-bed and the source of all the democracy which hitherto has agitated so fruitlesely in Europe; and it is much more likely that these vindictive, malicious, atro- cious despots of Europe, with all their military and naval power, may combine againet the liberties and interests of the United States, than that they will fall victims to any insurrection or th any war of the democracy within their own limits. The views of Kossuth on the French revolution are the views of an eloquent sophist—not ef a clear, practical, comprehensive intellect; the inductions of & small ward politician—not of a philosophic states- man; and we trust that no one will take his sudden and flighty fancies on these public affairs for the solid deductions of awakexed inteliect from terrible facts We would advise him and his friends to turn their at- tention to sober re: jes—-not sophistrics, absurdities, \d improbabilities, however fine in language, novel thought, or eloquent indelivery. Let themall take eseon from their avant-cowrier, old Governor Uj- haxy--let them goto the West, buy farme, turn far- mers and practical philosophers, and Kossuth may be returned from some Western State as a delegate anda Congressman. All else ia humbug. 1.4 Monrus’s Dewut.—This evening Lola Mon tes makes her first appearance asa danseuse at the Broadway Theatre, and we have some doubts whether the public will not be disappointed with her dancing. After curiosity is satirfied, in one or two nights, che must rely upon her merits in dancing alone; the excitement will all eubside, apd she will be regarded as merely a second or third rate artist. She is by no means equal to Fanny Elssler, Corito, or any other great artist either as a danseuse or in point of beauty and ele Her great forte is not in public, but in private and social circles, where she shines as an intellectual woman, by her dashing powors of conversation, ealignt, impulsive wit, and smart re“ partee. She has no room or opportunity to show eff these peculiariticsjjin a ballet, and on the stago there will be little attraction about her exoept the mere circumstancefof her being a sort of historical and romantic character, and that, in connection with her wild career, the simple truth is stranger than any fiction. This curiosity will be very spoe dily gratified, and the publics will then begin to Tus Azt Union Lorrany.—The ofthe Art Union lottery will take place on ' evening, and, ae usual, just previouste tion the pewspapers are crowded with pefls and “first rate notices ” of the institution. ma Bagers and Mf these puffs and are to be the Art Union never prosperous than it is at present, the management for the past year never was excelled, the pictures to be distributed are chefs-i’owvres, without an r= tion ; and that a work of art that Rapbael, je gio, Rembrandt, or apy other of the old ‘woald be proud of in his day, awaits every pays his subsoription before the distribution. All this puffery and nonsense is, however, very well un- derstood. Instead of the Art Union prespe:- ous, it is well known that within the two or three years public confiderce has been withdrawn from it, and that the for the presont year, after deducting been expended in oysters and champagne stippers for tho directors and their friends, do not amount to within several thousand dollars of those of lags year, and still leas of the year before. Now, what is the oause of this withdrswal of pub- lio confidence from an institution Which was avowedly organized for the promotion @f the fine arts, and the encouragement and of native talent in the United States? One time the list of subscribers numbered as many a6 sixteen thousand, and the seceipts amounted to the large sum of ninety du usand dollars. What ste the receipts for the present year? According to the last ac- counts, they do not amount temuch more than one half ofthat sum. ‘The causes of this faling off are several. The first, and perhaps the main one, is the want of pub- 1 confidenve in the management and in the mana- gers. The receipts and expenses are net accounted forin a manner to entitle the statements of the managers to credit. So mush is charged for printing, in » lump—so muchfor advertising, in a Yamp—eto much for this, and so much for that, in a lump; and at the end, 60 much for pictures, keeping secret the several amounts paid. Is it any wonder that the public hesitates about supporting an insti- tution whose accounts are rendered in this loose way? The amount paid for pictures is confined to the clique of managers, comprising come men who, to say the least, keep their financial accounts very loosely. Again: This clique, by certain caucus management, kc cp themselves in office from year to year, and the mode in which they procure their clestion, is hardly allowable, if not illegal. On the night of the distribution of the paintings, and when the people are avxious to have the drawing take place as soon as | ossible, the list of officers of the preceding year, with one or two changes, is pro pored; and as there is no time for discussion, the list is declared elected. Tais cowp a’ état is prac tised every year, and with so much success that a certain geutleman who has been charged as boing a defaulter to the government, has continued to re- ¢ain his connection 2s manager or director for a bumber of years past, through good and evil report. It is well known, too, that a certain clique of artiste who arc the favorites of the have received an wundve proportion of the patronage and funds of the institation, tothe preja- dice of the rest of the profession, and that their daubs have been purchased, and on the walls of the Art Usion rooms, to the exclusion of valuable and meritorious works of art. The result of this has been, quarrels, and bickerings, and animosities, among the artiste and their friends, to a degree that is not generally imagined. We have been inundated, during the year, with articles and communications, criminations and recrimina- tions, exhibitirg the effcote of this state of things that, were wo t> pubish one-third of them, wo | would have n> room for the news of the day. In fine, then, it is not to be wondered at that the Art Union lottery scheme is rapidly on the decline. It is, at best, but a violation of the lottery and gambling law of this State; and this would have prevented the public from supporting it, at the out- tet, but for the benefit it wag thought it would confer on art and artists, on the principle that the ond would justify the means. The publie would | continue to support it, if it was under better ma- nagement. But when vast sums of money are ex- pended in oyster ard champagne suppers for the manegers and their particular friends—when the receipts are unted for in the unsatisfactory | manner we have represented—when the entire con- | trol of the institution, ever since its organization, bas been in the same hands, with but few changes, many of them without taste or generous feelings, | it is not to be woudered at that the subseriptions | should decrease one-half in two or three years. The truth is, noth'ng can save the inetitution from utter extinction hut the ousting of the clique of | pertons who have controlled it #0 long, and the es tablishment of an entirely new board of officers, ; who will command public confidencs. This is the | euly method to reuse ‘ate it that is left, and tho subscribers should tak - t! e necessary steps at once | to carry this purpose into effect on Wednesday | evening before the drawing. Tet thore be a fair election of new m1 agers. Perry Leases. —The present learee of Houston | street ferry to Williamsburg, is applying for a new lease of ten years, from 1953 to 1803, and offers only six thousand five hundred dollars perannum. There is considerable com, etition for this ferry, and very | large offers have been made by responsible parties. | on An annual rent nearly three times greater than that | now paid, has been offered ; notwithstanding which, we should not be surprised if the present lessoe got | his leaze renewed for ten years, without any in- | crease in rent. It would be onapar with mang | acts of the present Corporation. The only way to dispose of these ferry privileges, to give perf | satisfaction, is to put them up at auction, and let | them go tothe highest bidder, or receive sealed pro- posals, and accept the bighest price ofered- This would be so feir and just that no one but politi- cians disappointed !n getting all the spoils, could ! complain. The Board of Assistant Aldermen | have passed the resolution renewing the loase of the Williamsburg ferry for ten y at the old rent. | {t has been brought up in the Board of Aldermen, | | and an attempt mace to pass it, without waiting | for the report of the Ferry Committee. It will come up again thir evening, and, as the prowent Board have but a short time longer to suck the treasury, @ strong effort will be made to got the | - resolution through. An annual rent of sixteen thousand five hundred dollars has been offered for ; this ferry by responsible parties, which, for ton | years, would make an aggregate of one hundred | thowennd dollars in favor of the city treasury. This | will probably be thrown away, for the purpose of | putting arger sum in the pockets of some | politics! favorites. Verily, it is about time there was & radical charge in both boards of the Common Coureil. Parson Barcnen anv Cartain KYNDERS.-—Some | newepaper calls the Kev. Henry Ward Beecher | “the Captain [yndere of the Puritan Church.” } Wo rather think the parellel injures the character | of the valiant Captain, and he ought to bring ao action of libel against the) ournal that puts him on the same lereljwith a man whose public speeches and sermone are so full of blasphemy and abomina- tion. Captain Iynders, tn all bis speeches at Tam- many Hall, always exhibited a proper reverence | and respect for od, religion, and the Bible. | 3 Presiventia. Pourrics in tae City.—Ac Cording to the best opinions at some of the recent primary elections for committees of the two partier—the whige and democrats—they have de- Voloped @ vory little} publis sontiment looking to the next Prosidency.§ General Scott appears to be the principal favorite among the whigs, and Gon. Cass or Gen. Butler among the democrats. The Opinions, however, of these small ward politicians 4d) not amount to a great det. Tbey are more'y sirope ip the great cgenn. | st Tras Cuszom Houss anp its Mansoumant. - ‘Some of the Sunday papers tell very queer stories about the Custom House and ite mensgemen!, ur- dor the present regime. It seems, according to these statements, that Mr. Maxwell, the present distinguished Collector, hes filled many of the ix- terstices of the Custom House with his friends, and acquaintances, to a most extent; and what is more to the purpose, it is stated that some of them, while keeping their offices in the Custom House, and ¢:awing their pay, are en- gaged in their usual vocations round aad about tbe country, as milkmen, and farmers, and what not. Tho objections made hy these grumblers, to the eystem introduced by the Collector, are not very cogent, particularly in hiscase. Why? Mr. Maz- well is a descendant from one of the old Soottish clans, and it has always been considered a maxim among the breechless Highlanders, both moral and religious, that the chief of aclan who dovs not take care of his own relatives, is worse than an in- fidel, and deserves hanging on the highest troe onthe highest hill within sight of Ben Lomond, or the Skid- daw, or the Cheviot Hills. If this safe precedent do not satisfy the grumblors at the policy of the present Custem House, we can peint to the favorable ex- awple furnished by the members of the present cabinet at Washington, who, in all their doings and its, take eare of themsalves and their relatives to the fullest extent, while the rest of the whigs are turned out on the common—Galphinism, it has been ecmetimes called—and it seems now to be the prevailing principle under the present adminis- tration, not only in Washington, but throughout the country. Well, there is some comfort in knowing that s change will be made after the next Presidential election. ‘Tne Rippte Humsve.—The inhabitants round Madison square have been at last aroused to vehement action and opposition to the humbug of the crystal palace which Mr. Riddle and some others have attempted to fasten upon the city. The pro- ject has stuck in the Corporation. Every respect- able journal has already pronounced against it, as an illegal violation of the rights of the inhabitants around Madison square, and we shall, wo trust, hear no further of the impudent humbug from any quarter. Decuine of RELiGion.—Aceording to religious statistics, it is asserted that church goers have declined thirty per cent in Now York during the last thirty years, while theatres have increased fifty per cent. These changes have beun caused by the doctrines of socialism and abolition going into churchee. One half the clergy are rank s0- cialists or abolitionists, vide Parson Beecher. Gas Conrract.—Why don’t the gas consamers, #0 outraged by the corrupt Corporation, call s pub- Tio meeting, and express their opinions on the out- rage? If the Mayor be expected to put his honest veto upon it, he ought to be supported warmly. Tue Kossurn Funp.—Kossuth says the money collecting for him is not te be used to promote revo- lution in Europe. What is to be done with it, then? Is it to go the way of the Slievegammon Irish fund ? Moumca, Marrene iv Naw Yorn Caracas Haves ann Jenny Livp.—Notwithstanding the announcement that Saturday evening's performhuce vas the jast of the concerts of Catherine Mayes in this city at present, she ‘will give three more concerts this week—one to-night at ‘Tripler Hall, for the benefit of the Musical Fund Society; another on Tuesdsy evening at Brocklyn; and s third on ‘Wednesday afternoon st Tripler Hall, to all the chil- drencf the common schools of this city. This has been in copseque nee of an applic stion from the Yoard of Edu. cotion, in order to gratify the children; and it will be an | interesting spectacle to seeall these children drinking in the musie of the Swan, with the delight she is eure to produce in their little minds, Jemny Lind, it is stated, promised to give a concert of the same kind when she 1 here before, but did not, probably frem want of time, ‘The arrangement is to charge the chidren 25 cents each, tbe teachers £0 cents, and for such of the general public as there ‘s room for after thet, $leach. It is eaid that the rivalry continues strong between the (wo artists, at least on ope side, The placards for Jenay Lind’s concerts, though ‘o long before the time of her appearance, were placed right over the placards of Miss Hayes’ on the very day of the appearance of th» latter; and the advertirements of Miss Lind were inserted in the newspapers during all the time of Mise Hayes’ concerts, | side by side with her advertisements. Miss Lind went ineoxnco to Tripler Hall on Saturday evening, where she sa! 1b obseure ¢orcer ; and it was when she heard the brillant apd |«sutiful execution of ‘The List Rose of Gummer” thit she suddenly left the ball, All thie, coupled with what occurred in Philadelphia, shows that the feeling has run pretty high between the two singing birds, A weekly paper, published om Saturday, states that Jenvy Lind did vot return a vieit of Mise lay 69, ‘We hope this is nottrue Tne Nightingale opers te morrow night, at Tripler Matt Laiw prom Beaswups —Dhe brig Prinosss Royal, Capt, Doe, arrived yesterday. in nincteen days from Bermuda, bringing usa of the Bermuda Royal Gerette, of the $th instant. The only items of news it cootxined will be ) qcund under our r maritime heed “Mal © Atay Tie New Steaven lsperevorsce leparte to-day for San Juan and Obegres, We onderstand -he will carry | from 960 t0 400 passengers, city City Intelligence, Chasen rie Wea etnn—-warer Liaw — The thaw om Baturdey bya ° cow t of glass. Bome of there events were a gett! . effect om this occasion, for done te g ‘Up fella recond time; ar datkey coming up, with « den: knowing grin, Ha. Pat, looked eo negro, who Wee ot rather ablebodied The field of ice Seating in doth were immense. The ferry stone. yesterday, were Take the mort elzcultous routes te avold them. and some- | times they were carried owey with them a considerable distance, walle the conourtion caused by the paddle | wheels striking ageinet detached masses of ioe, was tre- mendous, and reemed as if it would shake the boats to pieces Cavrow ro Paneves Last Saturday afternoon @ me iaweb ly_and fate! accident occurred In the family of Mr John Cape. residing at No. 158 Second street. It seome that Yauvges! Fon, w very fine child, between 1d three years of age, Was kneeling ona chair b: w. achusing bimeelf et the boys “ak, he , in turo- the poor Mittie f fet head, causing © com me up. convulsed aed inseosible » was procured. ‘no effect, as death ensued in about six hours wise thor who = with care, thereby avoid calamities of this Dearit oy Borsiw --The women named Margaret Davis. atias Ellev Morgan. who burned badly at the Sixth word tation houre, on Friday night leet, oe hy ing beving accitentally taken fire from the died Yesterday from th ftects of the inary at at the oley jospital. She w: mative of this State about thirty yeart of age. a ® poe, ‘scatitate creature, nd toughi the weston houre Yor s lodging logy. Verdict neq Corttroy.—Last evening, between seven na eet c'eleek, fhe ferry boat Whitehall, sof the Ma milton avenue route, war accidentally run into Union. of the #outh and Somewhat wise. nd, eats being hurt—several were prostrated on the the colliion. The accident wee in consequence denee fog that prevailed. "Selene From Iwtoncatios.— Alderman Dod, of the ChureR of the Advent SUE ir Paton Sournel is"uasurpassed ass gis cae Diners down nina we ane a7 wan, Hemmand loraah alters pelle eee cee sepetation oneaualied fs ho | dares —_ Ferien cailss eh hem yee aon ‘frst bouse out . Ler Hawthorn Tree.—This bed cerpery fn iy ie h eavaned se much attract Mr T's ste re preee stock tastefi eae erg Derved durivg the helidey season se. Goods sultable for the New Year, at Aen bg a hy EY Pod rd Tademprmenia aed’ as good and as "aa aan as as THOMAS McLAUGHLAN: Notice.---R. Fisher, see Watchmaker ond. Jeweller, late of 331 Brenda customers that be has Teaiot ad : E i aod ‘trons 0° this ir ture te be Sth ‘thai the tants ase ja. 419 5 kcsee Im of and in French, German, an a ehatee ay also, of 0 eye ana Fancy Goods, ‘will sell baa his rich and valuable stock at very log ay early, and veld, Sy crowd of Christmas and Catholic Presentation Books.---Thosé a2 Riise ‘would do well to eet See Broadway, Praye a iomadis, we &e., bound in the wah in ae ana which he bifere as very loweul oasis prison eet Styles Fancy and peas 2 Cakes for New "S— Rekeateancs Regt eualliy mete ta ® doul cas be J Sakery fds Groene i Green: treet, ol Toys and Fancy porgnedl for New fYear. selling of, below . fare Sou well solosiea cteakeetereatracictyy meeeeine & Bloomer Game.—J ust received at rs” Fanoy Store, 449 Broadway, a large assortinent ot ney and Se Games for Chrisumae presents. The Social Snake, G 2 of Trades, Magic others, to- ‘aps, Pictures heat ROGERS’, “hanes On—Laates’ Furs—New-Year’s Gifts. —Bante, 106 Canal stree! large and select stock of furs, m: br — Fines, Doss, s, are the assortment of these tab; Bante’ ota Canal ctecets "tle fosis serra toa" ike sereteae es domestic, 1. challenge comparison with any Hats, Ci gee and felt Hats for the ) and Furs, in their cut of mans’ bogs, Migs Lam gue ae ‘aps, and misses 3-'W. KELLOGG, 123 Canal street. if eer Bee san ie Beaver, Plush, gad Clot Bamients for tbe Head. Wontany Ree geet Union continue to a low ta the pprepria street, is of the opinion that ap: Dreier to receive, a0 a Selly ite ‘ure, in iat bo to any gimerack of uad volame of silly nonin this opimen. ous “lovers, husbands coun- Hats fer the Holidays.--Wh, holiday Hat ay ereeee u us for extent, ou ar bent a hottaay Ki lt sanuthe SOCKS, Hatters, 2 y not « Gentlemen will thank to forzish to any (aceies the very pope- om ae sultadle for bie cera bli «2 peel Se of Silver | oaniinae e y 110 Greene street, Netween ‘ork.—Ten Kettles, Vases. ‘Tea sets, Castor Dt the ebove lia he = ufae Old Plate manut 4. Prince rtrcete Waivers, Dish Sprcas, and ai ie X 4 all other by KELTY & % tirough to oF Presents.— Ives Cloake, im Shawls! Shawls!—Woollen and Plata, Square Shawls, ot va eras ahneeet aml len, of be moet rate 9 9a sort bere’ Cases, tn all that the gomplets, soataining agefal ar- ESOS Sieas, 4g Becad was. Portable — | semelneacsh cores Cornet ot | esi Factory = ine te choice seleotio: Combs, at A od ‘variety, Veroad al all dowbt, te the A. & J. SAUNDERS, $57 Broadway. Overconts, Saewecete, Roumteneaa, hee of closing ow stock ale of ments Year ane ¢F ey way dictate, ou the ment tenses: able term tod by m of ont rity jieity of eriers ored. aid . | all kinds. are emigrating to our shores, and | Selling Of7.--Peterson & Hum Of.--Peterson 22 aphrey, 370 — Saat mics oyeeornainn Meir =o SS ‘he stra aia Wo ce ase vt giants Teta Liquia by Ee et ty he ects ad Boskded Fenets snare ane tye as x on a real cause, in instep. State of the stomach and digestive fon 5 eee ee pen a therath thous the least intoxieation. Ladies Ry a. bk Desan We Broadway; end by 7 anda. L, pint MONBY MARKET, Bunpay, December 28-6 2. M. ‘The past week has been one of considerable excitement in political and financial circles. The arrival of several steamers from Europe, with intelligence from Franee of an interesting character, has had « tendency to deprese commercial eperation’, and cause ® great many capital- ists to withdraw from the market amd wait the course of events, This is, without doubt, the safost and surest policy to pureue, A masterly inactivity, in times of dowbt and distrust, is unattended with fears or apprehensions; and ae moneyed men are naturally timid, the effect of the coup d’état of Louis Napoleon is likely to ‘be rather unfavorable to ecme of our most important in- terests. It is calculated to restrict our exports and augment cur imports; It is celeulated to induce shipperr om this side of the Atlantic, to keep back for « time sup- Files of our principsl staples, and to induce manufacturer: om the Continent to hasten their exposts to this country. fearful that some political movement will be made that will throw upcm the markets of the United Btaves such quantities of eimilar fabsics as will depre- ciate prices. Buch is the natural effect of political revo_ Totlons abroad, while peace and quiet reign at home. ‘The manufacturers of Europe are peculiarly sensitive in regard to these matters. ‘They find markets bere for nearly one hundred millions of dollars of their goods, annually; and in times of their greatest troubles and difficulties. their attention is turned to this country for aid and support. There are no other markets in the world so sure, co remunerating, as those of the United States. The probability is that cur tmportations for the year 1852, will exceed those of any previous year; and s larger per cent of :Ae sggcegats, than usual, will be, without doub:, on foreign account. The people of Furope have for sometime past been rapidly hoarding the pre. cious metals. Savings from their industry have been pat ixto sefe places, in the shape of coin, and they will, without doubt, economize and Increase their surplus ae much ss possible, in view of @ revolution of some kind, This feeling will make them more than or- dinarily industrious, aud n ore than ordinarily ecomomi- cal. The result will be a greater production and e emailer consumption of manufactures throughout Europe, leav- ing a larger sutjlus to find markets abroad. Thet we shall get our full share, is beyond a doubt. Tho effect of the political eruption im France upon the capizalists of the Old World, will doubtiess be as great and as imme- diate as upon any other class. Those connected with: and deeply imvolved in, the public debts ef Buropean powers, may mot be able to withdraw their intereste without ruinous sacrifiees ; but those who have available means, will be induce1 to tura their attention to the public investments of this country, where permanepee and security are guaranteed, where political are harmless, avd where the doctrine of intervention or non-intervention, is not of sufficient consequence to ocoupy the public mind for any length of time. Bvery political demonstration in Furcps ultimately operates favorably upon our moet vital interests The first effect ie usually bed, because the operation is not properly ua- derstood. A sort «f apathy eeizes upon those who are much extended in their mercantile transactions, and no one seems to know what the result is likely to be. After a time--after a little eool reflection—they find they have been more frightened then burt, and begin to look about, to turn the very thing which was bute short time be- fore sure to ruin them, to some profitable account. It je now the preveiling opinion among the commersial classes, that whatever tends to unsettle or upset politi- cal and “nancial affairs in Europe, wili, sooner or later, operate materially in favor of this country; if in ne other way, by the transfer of capital to cur shores, and | rea! prodective industry to our mort important branches. | Troubles im Europe induce holders of American securi- | ties to tighten their grasp. anu others to secure their for- | tunes beyond any contingency that may beppen at heme | A few yeare will give us a dierent ‘class cf emigrants. | snd wany who have long since sent their property here ‘Till follow it, The developement of our most valuabic | resources has been restricted for the want of capital. {| Publie ond private wealth has bren limited, for the want of meane to give our facilities activity, Our natural in- crease bas never been suifeient to keep pace with our wants, and the accession of foreign capital has, therefore, at all times, been a matter of vast importance. The te- | volution in Europe, in 1948, gave @ great impetus to the trensfer of capital to our securities. The investment tlince has been steady, and has reached an immense amount. It is therefore probable | state of things in Burope will | to the movement, and largely now held by foreigners. This most important effect of such Napoleon practires. Capital for tive industry is coming out in facturerr, mechanics, and artisans, and operatives | money and their rkill. engaging in the same bramch | induetry bere. A guarauty that they will be protected | im the prosecution of their art, is alone sufficient to re- | tain all that come, and induce others to follow. The fa- | oflities for manufacturing are as great and e good in thi- e* in any other part of creation. We bave im- me: arkete within cur own ltmlts, and are favorably lo- cated with regard to markets of othereountries Trans- portation, interrally sad externally, ie as easy, as cheap and af expeditious in this country as in any pert of Bu- | rope; and the time is not far distant, when, ase mamufec- as | turing natio d second to no other om the | face of the earth. All we want ic capital, At ail hazards | we shall acquire that gradually, but are thankful for apy movement calculated to induce capitaliste in other perts of the world to not only transfor their money to our shores, but to come with it; for whore their treasure is, there will their heart be also. The .J/!eny Journal gives the annexed abstract of the returns of some of the railrcad compantes of this State | now im theoffice of the State Engineer, for presentation to the Legislature, made for the year ending eptember 90, 1861:-- Tavinoane OF Tite State or New Yerx, Jengih Cont. Earnings, Bayenves 5S 92670082 $498,008 4 4861 282 Byrecuse and U | Reob. and nee ‘