The New York Herald Newspaper, March 27, 1852, Page 4

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BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Jack Cane—-My Paxoiovs Bere 0 NIBLO'S—No Penvorm BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers etreet—-Donney anv Sox—Piner Niawr, NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—Nick oF THE Woons—Fax ace Higiwavaax—Batn Bun, AMERICAN MUSEUM—AmusinG PerrorMances In ue APTERNOOR AND EVEN BOWERY AMPHITHEATRE, Bowery—Equasraian Penyonsances. CHRISTY’S MINSTRELS, Mechanios’ Hall, 473 Broad- way—Erniorian MineT Res WOODS’ YINSTRELS, Woods’ Musical Hall, No. 444 | Broadway—Erniorian MinsTreiey. “DOUBLE SHEET. New York, Saturday, March 27, 1852. The News. Congress are jogging along slowly, very slowly, with the publie business, but very fast with the public money. We can’t expect anything to be done before the meeting and adjournment of the Baltimore and Philadelphia conventions. The dear people do not expect it. Besides, there is plenty of monoy in the treasury; and who’s afraid? President making and the public plander of fifty millions a year must be looked after. Buncembe is the order of the day: and the whigs are spreading their nets to catch a little of everything. They are beginning to fraternize with the Irish; and yesterday, in the Benate, some of the stiffest whig Presbyterians and ¥piscopalians spoke eut, like true Catholics, for the remission of the duties upon certain priestly vest- ments and regalia of a CathoTic convent. The talk upon the bill, however, was all for Buncombe—it was defeated by a vete of 21 to 22. We regret this, on aecoumt of the church, and particularly on ac- eount of our reverend father, Archbishop Hughes. He has been making, no doubt, some importations of church articles, for the proper advancement of the churches and priesthood of his diocess; and, if appointed cardinal, he will require still larger sup- plies from Rome. Hud Congress established the principle, all the duties upon all these articles might be saved and turned over to the benefit of the poor. Twenty-one to twenty-two! Let the Senate be ex- communicated forthwith. The House of Representatives, in Committee of the Whole, yesterday..completed the amendments to the Deficiency Appropriation bill, and reported it entire. Among the appropriations, two are for the removal and maintenance of the Choctaw and Pot- Aawatamie Indians—$59,000 for the first, and $22,500 for the second. An unsuccessful attempt was made to appropriate $52,000 for the payment of expenses incurred by the Indian Commissioners in California. The principal objection urged against this, was that the Commissioners gorged the Indians with roast beef, and then, when th stomachs were full, duced them make treaties. Our ¢ignified representatives appear to have considered this asa direct infringement upon the standard rules of diplomacy. The idea of prevailing upon a horde of half starv ages to become peaceable, by stufl- ing them wit ubundance ef wholesome food, was decidedly barbarous--it was breaking in upon the established cusiom of fighting first and treating af- torwards—and for that reason civilized people should not, under circumstances, it. to countenance During the debate a sprightly conversation came off | between Messrs. Polk and Stauly. he former charged the latter with wasting the time of the Houre in fighting abolitionists, &c. Mr. S. ae- knowledged that he was ashamed of his late unpro- , Btable controversy with Mr. Giddings, end wound up by remarking ¢hat Mr. Polk wasted a great deal of time out of the House, in listening to far sweeter Voices than the coarse ones of his colleagues. Mr. P. insinuated that the implication false andan- called for, when Mr. S. replied that, if his adversary continued in that strain, he kimself might have something more to.be ashamed of than a mere war of words with an abolitionist. Darknevs at this mo- ment overspread the.Capitol, though early in the af- ternoon id caused the excited speakers to desist. The President transmitted a message to the Senate, in which he avers that several important papers connected with the Mexican claims have been abstracted from the e Department, and that there is no law through which the perpetrator of the mislemeanor can be brought to punishment. Thie is rmther a The business in the nent must be managed most clumsily, else serious business. otherwise. In the meantime, efforts will probably be made, from facts which have transpired since the arrest of Brewer, to fix the.charge upon him of- robbing the messcnger of the Thames Bank, of Nor wich, about a year ago. There is a mystery about the whole affair, which will soon be cleared up. Rand has made his escape on board the Asia. There was a serious accident yesterday at Hurl- gate. It appears that, by some unforeseen acei- dent, the powder in Mons. Maillefert’s boat ignited, and exploded instantly, killing two or three of his assistants, seriously injuring Monsieur Maillefert, and slightly injuring his brother. This disaster is not only a sad one to the families of the deceased, but an unfortunate one to the commercial community. Mons. M. has been for several months engaged in blasting the rocks and removing the obstructions at the Gate, and he expected to accomplish his labors during the ensuing summer, giving a free passage through that dangerous place to vessels of the largest size. The particulars of the disaster will be found in another column. Late advices from Texas announce that the whigs of Galveston have resolved to endorse President Fillmore and the compromise. Speaking of the compromise reminds us that Governor Foote has sent a long message to the Mississippi Legislature, declaring the omnibus to be a final settlement of all difficulties. The consequence of this message is, that the Unionists and State rights men are fight- ing harder than ever. A queer way, this, of com- promising matters. Yesterday will long be remembered by the people of Trenton, N. J. Mr Webster was received by, and made a speech to, the two branches of the State Legislature, in which he remarked that there had been a perfect coincidence of opinion between him and President Fillmore, concerning Chevalier Hulse- mann, the Cuban expedition, &¢. Com. Stockton followed in eulogy of Secretary W., and avowing tariff principles. To wind up the wonderful events of the day, Mr. Choate is said to have perfectly as- tounded the New Jerseyites with his eloquence in the India rubber case. He had a stretchy matter to deal with, and he stretched out his argument ac- cordingly. The jury in the case of the brothers Skupinski, charged with the murder of the young pedlar in Philadelphia, retired to their room about nine o'clock last night, for the purpose of considering their verdict, since which time they have not been heard from. In the Cuban trial, Mr. Van Buren, one of the counsel for defendants, applied to the court to com- delphia “Sloughter-bouse Convention,” are equally | Matlres’ Aceidents--R>ycrt of the State. as interesting.as the troubles of the harmonious de- Fmjineer. mocracy—equally harmonious. There will be work | We recently called th» attention of our readers to for the Fejees at Philadelphia; for the slaughter | the great number of railroad accidents that ocour, will be as terrible asin 1848. It was thought, some | many of which nevo: seo the light. We have time ago, that Fillmore was doomed, without benefit | 50w before us the annual report of the State En- of the clergy, to the fate of John Tyler—that he | gineer and Surveyor on the railroad statistics of was to be Tylerized for the good of the party—that he was not even a Fejee, to be carried off, after execution, and charitably eaten by his friends, to prevent his falling into the hands of the enemy. But the ways of Providence are past firfding out. The compromise measures have made the President the champion of the whigs of the South, and the whole South. There has been no whig State action in the South, in favor of any other man than Fill- more. Kentucky, Tennessee, and Louisiana have already spoken; and the signs are of the same pur- port in Virginia, Georgia, and elsewhere. There is a reason for this. The whigs of the South desire | to purge the party of the abolition leprosy of Seward & Company; and a more proper instrument for this desirable object cannot be found than Fill- more. A Northern man, a New Yorker, he would be placed before the arch agitator and his motley crew, face ta face. We doubt not that this view of the subject had its force in the mind of Mr. Clay, in his late decided recommendation of Fillmore as the best and most available national candidate for the whigs. We have reason to believe, also, that Mr. Clay’s letter will add to the vantage ground of Fill- more, not only in the South, but in the North, wherever the name of Clay is or has been regarded | as the oracle and the watchword of the whig party. The claims of Mr. Webster present ne real obstrac- tion to the union of all the compromise whigs upon Fillmore, the paramount object being the destruc- tion of Seward and his clique, root and branch, once and for all. The Virginia Whig State Convention, in April, will doubtless pronounce in favor of Fillmore, as an offset to the late hearty adoption of Seott by the whigs of Pennsylvania; because, while the Virginia whigs heartily approve the Fugitive Slave law, the Pennsylvania whigs just as heartily despise it. Upon that issue, the position of Fill- more equally differs from the attitude of Scott. The attempt to bolster Scott upon the South, on the ground that he made aspecch two years ago, and wrote several private letters, endorsing Clay’s eom- promise plan, isa dodge. It dodges the Fugitive Slave law, which was not one of Mr. Clay’s bills—it is the bill of Mason of Virginia. But Gen. Scott is expected soon to write a public letter on the subject. pel the prosecution to abandon the cause, in conse- quence of the testimony of Burtnett being incom- plete, and not competent for the jury ; or to compel the District Attorney to make his eloction as to which of the ninety-seven counts in the indictment he intended to rely on. The Court refused the ap- | plication, and Mr. Van Buren then proceeded to open his case to the jury, and concluded at 6} o’clock, having been seven hours speaking. In the case of Henry Carnell, convicted of the Dey street murder, the Court of Appeals have re- fused the application to quash the writ of error, so that the convict will now have the benefit of a new trial. Want of room compels us to omit the last lecture of Dr. Bacon on ‘Eastern Travel.” It is full of hair-breadth escapes and adventures with the Kurds; and shall appear at the earliest convenience, pro- bably to-morrow. The Presidential Question—Whigs and De- mocrats—Progress of the Gante. The Fejee islanders, according to the latest Eng- Jish discoveries in that quarter of the world, have a custom in war, which, even as a race of cannibals, is peculiar to themselves. When they go out to bat- tle, it is their firstcare to secure and carry off the ‘bodies of their comrades slain in the fight, andon the first convenient opportunity to cook and eat them, so that nothing may be lost. Both of the great po- litical parties of the country would do well to profit from the example of the Feiees, in gathering up the bodies of their killed and wounded, and in saving them to be used hereafter as necessity and eco- nomy aay require. Good pickling vinegar may be had in abundance, so that whatever the extent of the slaughter on either side, none, even of the ‘old fogies,” may be thrown away ; as is the case with the cannibal islanders, when the supply exceeds the demand. The unterrified democracy, a few months ago, had a dozen—a full baker's dezen—of lively, hopeful Pre- ential candidates in the field. But from the Don- brook scrimmage among the contending factions, they have been so cudgelled, and thumped, and kick- ed,andcufled, and knocked down and dragged out, that only three are left standing on theirpins—Cass, Buchanan, and somebody else, perhaps Butler—per- haps some unknown available, like Polk in 1844-- perhaps some ‘old fogy” revived from the doad— no telling. But all the rest, and especially the heroes of ‘Young America,” appear to be among the killed, mortally wounded, or mi Suchare | the inscrutable dispensations of Providence. The | fortunes of Cass during the pest six months, have undergone many changes, in different parts of the coun'ry—sometimes up and sometimes down—but never hopelessly prostrate--until now he stands pretty firmly upon his feet in the Northern and mid- | dle States, and even as far South as Louisiana. But Mr. Buchanan occupies a more formidable posi- tion, backed up as he is by Pennsylvania, and nearly | all the Southern States, from Virginia to Georgia; | for it is hardly necessary to say that the strength | and the ance of the democratic party has been, of the kind could haye bappene: Conger, by consent, gave notice of a bill in Senate of thie State, to authorize a loan of the 96,000,600, to enlarge and improve the Erie and Black river canals, und to Jovy a special tax for the payment of the interest. Thi literally taking the bull by the horns, and settling at onee all the ques- tions of unconstitutions » &e., growing out of the issue of canal revenue certificates. This is the only way new or additional State debt; and by passing this bill, the canal contracts already made weuld re- maiv good, and the improvement or snlargement of the canals go on as commenced. There is no doubt but thet the bili alluded to by Mr. C. adopted hy the people at the next generz! election, as requined by the constitution, and all fears and apprehensions relative to the legality of dhe loan made according to the present act, would be at once removed The Democratic State Convention of Virginia adjosrned yeste y morning, after passing a series of resolutions reasverting the principles of the | resolutions of 98 and "99, and the Baltimore con- ventions of 44.and ‘48, denying that Congross has the power to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of public lands, against a protective tariff, and declaring that in our intereourse with foreign nations we should adhere to the policy of Washing- provided by the constitution for creating a | would be | is, and will probably continue to be, in the South, | trom the ntity with the rights and tke policy | of the Southern States. But ‘Young America,” | meantime, has stirred up a precious squabble at Washingion; aud in Congress and out of Congress, | in the lobbies, in the streets, in the taverns, in the oyster cellars, in the beer shops and rum holes, the “old fogies” are hunted and hooted down | like traitors in the.camp, or secret emissaries of | the Maine Liquor®law. Personal jealousies | will probably drive the party to the choice of some third man, on or before the meeting of the Baltimore Canvention. he strength of Cass may, perhaps, kill af Buchanax, and the strength of Bu- | chanan may ako Case wpon the shelf, among the | broken crockery: but will the friends of these two men, & thus defesed, rally upon the first choice of “Young Americat’ They wii) rather unite their | fo: to defeat hige, because “no quarter” is the proclamation against them. It ic very evident that the friends of Cass amé Buchanan, united, can dic- tate the nomination; aud it is equally evident that the wullying ¢nd domigeering couse of a certain outside clique, will, if required, provore a combina- tion of the ‘old fogies” to defeat it. But it will not be reynired for that purpose—this ittle, noisy outside clique has already degsated itsel--it was alwayr feeble, and blustering Gas destroyed it; though it may still continue te bluster. Yet, ton and Jefferson. Does not this directly repudiate the intervention doctrine promulgated by Gen. Care? The Buchanan and Cass men in the convon- tion compromised their difficulties by simply re- commending their delegates in the National Con Veution to vote for the strongest and soundest can- if Cass cannot overcome Buchanan, and Bu- chanan cannot override Cass, they will be driven We shall see. We suspect he will do nothing to compromise his case among the free soilers. This recent discovery that Fillmore is not to be Tylerized or Taylorized, has effected a tremendous sensation among the abolition nullifiers of New York. Two of theirleading organs thrust him out of the church for having turned out several Seward mar- shals and postmasters unhappily appointed by Gen. Taylor, and declare that he has thus forever for- feited the vote of New York. And the South are warned, that if they attempt to drive Gen. Scott into a corner on the compromises, they may look out for the re-opening of the slavery agi- tation, and war to the knife. And abolition Ray- mond unites with Fourier and abolition Greeley, in pronouncing Fillmore to be done for in New York— not crippled, but already butchered and eaten up, by the Fejees of “the higher law.” The official organ of Wall street and Mr. Webster declares substantially the same thing. And yet they may all be disap- pointed, from the influence of the South, and the preference of Mr. Clay, when the triangular battle is joined in the ‘* Philadelphia Slaughter-house.” The whigs of Ohio and Pennsylvania cast them- selves upon the popularity of Gen. Scott last sum- the State of New York, for the last year. It con- tains some valuable information on the subject, and omits much that woul! be equally valuable. From the reports furnished by the different rail- road companies, we compile the Mllowing table of accidents :— Albany & Schenectad: Buffalo and N: Road 2 ‘alls Bomomn » econcta Watertown and Rome. Total 49 129 Here, then, we have a grand total of one hundred and twenty-nine accidents, ninety deaths, and forty- nine human beings maimed, mangled, and wounded in a shocking manner, by railroad aceidents, in this State alone. From the following railroads there are either no reports, or reports that no accidents took place:— Albany and West Stockbri No report. Cayuga and Susquehanna—No lives lost, nor any person seriously injured. Hudson and Berkshire—No report. Harlem—No report. New Haven—No report. Oswego and Syracuse—No report. Rensselaer and Saratoga—No report. ' : Schnectady and Troy—No person has been seriously El we rew Sak injured. Sueigan and Corning—No injury te person or pro- perty. Now, as we happen to know that serious accidents haye taken place on some of the foregoing roads— for instance the Harlem and the New Haven--it is but fair to assume that an average number have happened, with the usual results, in every one of them, except when there is a positive report to the contrary ;"and the State Engineer ought to see that the silent gentlemen speak out, as they are bound by law to do, according to Mr. McAlpino’s own statement. In his report, he says: ‘The safety of eee ener ————_—_—_—_—_—_——————————— there aze cattle, the railroads should be fonced Tae Art Union on 17s Lugs vor 4 Moment— in. In this country there is not half as much pre- | Waar 1s 4 Lorrzny t—We understand that Judge caution adopted by the different legislatures, for pro- | Duer, who has been very much puzzled with the legal teoting the lives and limbs of railroad travellers as | question connected with the health and constitution there isin the nations of the old country, and as | of the Art Union, hasat last made up his mind to there ought to be in this. Our railroads are not | remove so much of the injunction as prevents the made as substantial and as enduring as they are in | next distribution; and in this way he will give the England, and this is one cause of aceidents, and | managers a chance to go on with their lottery draw- also of the slow travelling, which frequently docs not far exceed the speed of a stage drawn by horses. The bringing of actions for damages against com- panies, for injuries sustained by accidents, will tend in some measure to check the evil, but not al- together. Some comprehensive laws on the subject are required. Prevention is better than eure. Tue Tsn GovERNoRS OF THE ALMS HovsE— Wuere 1s THE AnnuAL Rerort t—The “ Ten Governors” of the Alms House are bound by law to make their annual report long before this. What are they about? or what has become of the docu- ment? We are anxious to see how they will answer the stubborn facts and figures we recently placed before the public. Meantime, as the report is not yet issued, we would ask the “ Ten Govern- ors” to throw some light upon the following facts, in addition to those we have already submitted to them, and show, if they can, in what respect the public or the institution is benefitted by their expensive and despotic regime. In 1843, the department was under the control of five commissioners, appointed by the Common Coun- cil. In that year there were supported an average number of 3,800 persons, at an expense to the city of $251,182. This sum included every- thing — the support of the inmates, repairs to the buildings, and all incidental expenses. In 1846, the department was managed by one cothmissioner, elected by the people. His accounts were subject to the examination of the Comptroller and the Finance Committee of the Common Coun- cil. During that year, there were supported in the department an average of 4 persons, at a cost for maintenance, repairs, &c., of $282,729, to which should be added for salaries, about $55,000--making the total cost of the department that year, $337,- 729. In 1851, under the entire and absolute control of the Ten Governors, there were supported an aver- age number of 5,333 persons—total expense to the city for maintenance and repairs, according to the railroads, as a means of travel, is a matter of uni- versal interest, and the law contemplates obtaining a particular account of all cases where persons have been killed or injured during the year. Six of the corporations have overlooked this inquiry, and have not replied to it.” Taking for granted that in the ten foregoing cases in which no reports of killed or injured have been made, the average number of ac- cidents have occurred—namely, ten accidents, seven deaths, and four cases of wounding, to each—we shall have to add the following to the totals already summed up :— Killed. Wounded. Accidents, 42 a 60 Six railroads, ‘The thirteen rai enumerated, Total 3 189 This will be found to be much nearer the truth than what appears on the face of the statistics fur- nished in the report of the State Engineer. It is to be hoped that next time there will be a lit- tle more explicitness. If some of the railroad companies are permitted in their reports to be silent altogether, what confidence can we have in the fide- lity of the reports of those who do make statements of accidents? How do we know that the wholo truth is told, and that many of the accidents are not suppressed? But assuming that the combined totals of what we know, and of the unknown that we are compelled to estimate, are correct, or nearly s0, we ‘average,) 129 mer, and were defeated. It was an overwhelming defeat in both cases; and its effect was a new politi- cal revelation. It revealed the fact that Fillmore could not be so cavalierly turned adrift as John Ty- ler; and that of late years a good deal of the gloss and tinsel of military availability have been rubbed off. The whigs have certainly had a rough expe- rience with their military chieftains. They opposed the principle of rewarding with the Presidency a mere military hero, in the case of Jackson; but from his wonderful success, they cast aside the principle for the expediency of the thing. And how has it worked? They elected Harrison and Taylor, each by a yerfect avalanche, and were cheated in both. We should not be surprised, therefore, at Philadelphia to see them return to first principles, and endorse the opinion of Clay and Webster—that the nomination of a mere military chieftain is ‘ a nomination not fit to be made”’--at least, without a more substantial platform than Harrison and Taylor occupied. Assuredly we may look for bloody work to be done in the “National Whig Slaughterhouse;” and it may possibly turn out that, between Scott, Fillmore, and Webster, and the diffieulty of uniting upon either, the whigs may be driven to some new man, whose popularity, North and South, is undisputed, and whose abilities and experience are of the firet order—a compromise man, a conservative, and yet a liberal, popular, and progressive whig—some such man, for instance, as Crittenden, of Kentucky, or Mangum, of North Carolina. We expect, in any event, some important dis- closures of the relative strength of the Scott, Fillmore, and Webster cliques in this city, in the election of delegates to Philadelphia, which will shortly take place. From the lights before us, such is the condition of the standing candidates of both parties, that there is a prospect they may all be ruled out, and some new man appointed upon either side, as the sole alternative of conciliating all the “fogies,” young and old, and all the cliques, North and South, to the nomination. For the present, the wars among the Fejees are not more bloodthirsty and savage than the scrambling among the hungry politicians—whigs and democrats—for the spoils. The hour draws nigh for action. The darkness and foggy atmosphere that now surround us will soon be dispelled by the broad light of day. Soon the lines will be drawn, the leaders chosen, and the battle joined. The fight, we expect, will be desperate, hot and heavy, and close. Let us wait in patience. Let us watch the game. Let us wait, and wateh, and pray. « Tax SovrH—Take Notice.—William H. Seward’s two organs here—the Tribune and Tiimes—have published, within the last few days, important ma- nifestoes warning the South against giving their support to Mr. Fillmore in the ‘* Slaughter-house Convention;” otherwise the anti-slavery agitation inthe North will be again opened upon them, through the agency of William H. Seward and his higher-law men. Of course William H. Seward’s commands must be obeyed by the South, or they may look out for squalls. Recent Iurortant Frxancta Orrrations.— The genius for finance and the progress of the science seem to be increasing. During the last few wecl,¢ we have had the following instances;— toathird man. And who thet third man will be, may remain a mystery till the very moment of the action of the convention--provided, always, that it | does not break up in a general fight and a general dispersion, leaving the bodies of the killed and didate for the Presidency At the recent municipal clection in New Orleans, | the whige elected their candidate for Mayor, by | about fifty majority. The whig ticket was suc- ecasful throughout the city ‘The arrest of the receiving teller of the Suffolk Bank, Boston, Chas. H. Brewer, has created consi- derable excitement in that usually quiet town. It | was not known yesterday what the obarge [was againet him. An examination into the affairs of the bank was immediately commenced; but ae yet no defalcation or robbery has been discovered. The Suffolk Bank has so many deposits of, and such ex- tensive dealings with, country banks, as their re- deeming agent, that it will take several days, on account of the intricate nature of their accounts | ead operations, to arrive at avy result, favorable or | interesting and epicy. wounded to their hungry enemies. Such are the present aspects of the democratic side of the ques- tion—rather funny—rather foggy—rather too much like the squabbling of a gang of thieves over their plunder, before they have stolen it ; but still very These views are confirmed by the boisterous lack of harmony at the Virginia Democratic Convention at Richmond, according to the reports which we publish to-day, The jars and discords betweon “Young America” and the “old fogies” are very yacy and amusing ; but it is better to settle all local quarrels at home, than to carry them up to Balti- more, where they will have trouble enough incoming to terms, do the best they can. ‘The preparations among the whigs for the Phila- Palmer and Haight, for California tickets, de- camped... + 60,000 Plin White. fo gold dust, ditto 180,000 Hack Inspector, overdrawn... 1,000 Iwo bank clerks Holk Bank. Boston), proba 100, «Bul ~ This is a pretty fair Sum for private individuals | and private life; but we (Wn do nothing here equal | to Albany or Washington, Jhe Galphin operations | in Washington are supposed” to amount to two or three hundred thousand dollars, 4%4 the canal let- ting operations in Albany to abou." three millions. BUILDING AgsocraTions.--There ix*@ Breat deal | of controversy in the newspapers on the policy of building associations. Some approve “bem and some aseail them. We believe the only 1 *iable | system on which building associations can’ b@ have 189 accidents, 132 killed, and 73 wounded, to be accounted for by the companies. Of the wound- ed, many are so horribly mangled that it were better for them to have died; and no doubt some of them subsequently died from the effects of their wounds. The following are specimens of the injuries receiy- ed:—* Severing of the legs,” “ leg broken and other- wise badly injured,” ‘‘ arm injured so that amputa- tion became necessary,” “ leg run over,” “ severely injured, fracturing his ribs,” ‘ seriously injured,” “Snjured right arm, requiring amputation,” *‘ train run over both legs,” * leg broken,” *‘ cars run over his leg,” ** had two ribs broken,” ‘knee and leg in- jured, ‘ shoulder bone and two ribs broken,” ‘ bad- ly injured,” ** very badly injured.” ‘leg broken,” “both legs broken,” ** seriously injured by colli- sion,” *badlyinjured,” “badly injured,” “hadhis leg cut off,” ‘foot crushod, rondcring amputation necessary,”’ “leg broken,” *‘ crushed both his legs,”” ‘*had both legs broken,” ‘* had one leg broken,” “ one man had his head somewhat injured, the other his arm broken,” ‘severely injuring two others,” ‘cutting off both his legs,” ‘* arm broken,” ** broke his arm,” “ broke his arm.” Such are the brief but frightful descriptions given of the injuries sustained by these railroad accidents. It is worthy of remark that in almost every instance the accidents are attributed in the reports to the carelessness of the victims, and not to the compa- nics or their officers. The following expressions are found subjoined to the lists of the killed and wound- | ed:—* None of these accidents have arisen from the earelessnees or negligence of persons in the employ of the company.” ‘No one in the employment of the company was to blame for the accident.” These are the stereotyped phrases used by all the compa- nics, and in many instances the assertion can be made without contradiction, because “dead men tell no tales.”” Only two accidents out of the entire are admitted to be from the misconduct of the em- ployées of the companies. Singular enough, how- ever, we find such items as the following in the reports, for damages to persons and property :— Albany and Scheneetady Railroad... Buffalo and Rochester Railroad. . Cayuga and Susquebanna Railroad Hodson River Railroad. . N Northern Railroad... Rochester and Syracuse Warhington and Saratoga Se ‘Railroa wetady and Troy Railroad use and Utiea Kailroad.... ca and Schenectady Railroad. Tot: Jn this list are all those railroads of which certi- ficates are given that either no accidents took place on them, or if there did, that nobody in the em- rloyment of the company was to blame. Yet they have been mulcted in $45,856. This, however, is but a trifle compared with what they ought to have lad to pay. It is only about $223 for cach persom killed and wounded. The reports say that the most frequent eauso of accidents is persons walking on the track, and cows being permitted to goat large. But we vonturo tosay that the true eanse of most of the accidents is the negligenee of the companies in not fencing in their roads, or providing a police to guard thom, as is the case in England and Germany, where one ac- cident for every fifty in the United States docs not occur; also, in not appointing earoful persons as conductors and engineers; orin not dismissing them promptly when guilty of drankeanese or careloasness, or found to be incompetent. Many of the cases have been of persons in the eervice of the companies, which shows the danger of that kind of employment. To passengers and others, several of the accidents have, no doubt, been cansed by the folly and im- prudence of the individaals themsclves—they have walked across the track, or they have jumped off, or attempted to jump on, the cars while in motion, or have put their heads or arms ont of the windows, or have been standing on the platforms. And it is to be hoped that, to many, the publication of these accidents will prove asalutary warning, But, mak- ing every allowanee, thore is still x large balance against the companies. Some of the reports con- tend that the own of cdws ought to be fined, as founded or trusted, is the integrity and honesty their managers. Mf the managers are right in these pointe, all will go right in every other. is done in Massachusetts, for permitting them to roam at large. But the safety of the publie do- | m Woda tbat, Jn tho vicinity of all places where , * ‘he mort grave attac report of the Comptroller, $470,595. Now, in 1846, there were supported 1,023 per- sons more than in 1843, at an additional cost of $96,546, or $84 28 per head, being $1 62 per week for each person. In 1851, mader the Ten Governors, there were maintained 1,588 persons more than in 1843, at an increased expense of $219,412 95, or $142 78 per year, or $236 per week for each per- gon; and for 405 persons more in 1851 than in 1846, at an increasing expense of $132,866 75, or $323 06 per head, or $6 11 for each person per week.— In the amount we have stated as the cost of the de- partment for 1851, we have not included the $45,000 expended on the workhouse buildings, which, when added, makes the snug little sum of $515,595 84, of which these very philanthropic gentlemen have We hope we shall have a full, true, and particular account of all had the disposal for the last year. the items in the forthcoming report. Of the increase of expenses for 1951 over the ex- ing on the “Oth instant, as heretofore announced, without disappointing the ladies any longer. Wo suppose, therefore, that, all obstructions being re- moved on that particular point, the drawing will take place, and the lottery go on asusual, at least for the present. Inthe meantime, the knotty question of ** what is a lottery 1” re mains before several of the courts, and seems to awaken the attention of all the young and superannuated judges fleating about town. Another argument will also come up to-day be- fore one of the judges—probably Judge Roosevelt— on the motion made by Mr..Blunt, the Distriet At- torney, to inquire whether all the property of the institution should not be confiscated and handed over to the use of charitable institutions, on the ground that the mode of distribution is a lottery, contrary to law, and contrary to the constitution. ‘* What is a lottery 7” is, therefore, the great question of the day. Isa lottery a lottery, or isa lottery not a lottery 2? Some of the judges think that a lottery is a lottery, and o'lers again—young ones, and some very old ones—think that a lottery is not a lottery. Again we ask, what isa lottery? Is a lottery a lottery, or is a lottery not a lottery? And wehereby offer a jremium of fifty dollars to any inventive genius who can prove conclusively, to the satisfac- tion of the judges and lawyers of New York, either that a lottery is a lottery, or or that a lottery is not alottery, or that the constitution and Revised Sta- tutes of New York are the only lottery that is a lottery, and that a lottery itself is not a lottery, nor ever wasa lottery, nor ever can be a lottery. What is a lottery 1—what is a lottery? Marine Affairs. Tue Steamsnir Brornex Jonatsan. which was to have sailed yesterday for Chagres, has been withdrawn from the line, owing to having gone into other hands, We un- derstand she has Leen bought by Commodore Vanderbilt, who intend; her as an addition to his line of steamers running between {an Juan and San Fianciseo, Her pas- were transferred to the United States, Her late owner, Mr. 1’. Mills, intends to immediately commence the construction of a superior steamship of some 1,800 tong burthen, to supply Ler place, She will be ready about the Ist of October. ‘Tue Sreamen Unirep States, Capt: Berry, left yester- day afternoon for Chagres. She carried away upwards of four hundred passengers. The'r names will be found in another column. “Quick Passacx.—The clipper bark Southerner, of Baltimore, (apt. :trickland, from Laltimore, arriyed here yesterday. after a most capital run ef sixteen houra from Cape Henry, and two days from this city. She will load for San Francisco. J Mr. Henry McELFresH, a member of the Le; lature of » aryland, from Frederick county, died at napolis yesterday. ee HE WEEKLY HERALD. The New York Werxiy Henacp will be published at half-past 9 o'clock thi: morning. Its contents wil em- brace the trial of Lenty Wikoff, at Genoa, for attempt- penses for 1843, $41,725 is for salaries. Perhaps tho | ing to force Miss Gamble to marry him; the recent news Ten Governors will inform us what the dire neces- from Europe; the proceedings at Washington and Albany, sity was that compelled the expenditure of so large | go, &¢, &¢. {ingle copies, in wrappers, six pence, an additional sum for salaries, when there are no It may be said Let us see how far the plea of necessity can be urged on Of the 1,533 increase of inmates, up- | Motions and decisions in general term. wards of 1,000 are children, at the nurseries on Ran- Colored Orphan Asylum, 200 persons at Bellevue Hospital, and about 200 at the Lunatie Asylum. No officers are provided by the department for the colored institu- more institutions now than thon. that there is an additional number of inmates. that score. dall’s Island, and 112 at the tion. There is, therefore, no necessity for a crease of officers, except in the Bellevue Hospital the Lunatic Asylum, and the nurseries, and in these we shall get light on the subject, and learn wes why it is that officials have been employed who, for a long time, have performed no other duty than taking the trouble of calling to receive their sala. ries—and what extra duties have been imposed on other officials to make it necessary to increase thei salaries, each some hundreds of dollars—and why i is that a table at the Lunatic Asylum for the officers, (under the curious head of ** marketing,”) at a cos' of $3,477 85, is more necessary than at the othe institutions. As to the contracts to which we adverted in a for mer article, it is not to be presumed that these highly honorable gentlemen—these “‘ten righteous’ in Gotham—should be guilty of violating the law: which prohibit their being ‘‘interested directly o1 indirectly in any contract for supplies, or for any other purpose connected with any of the institutions or of any arrangement by which pecuniary benefi shall result to themselves.” violate the provisions of the act, what is the con. sequence? It is awful to contemplate. to the laws of New York State, 1849, p. 368, see. 5y same to the board.” concert tickets rose from fifty cents, to ten, fifteen. a variety of other matters rose in like proportion. from $1 50 to $2 50. twenty-five cents. coming down also. di. French comic opera, entitled The Black Domino,” re- ceived its eecond representation at Niblo’s last evening, With Madame Anna Thillon as Juanita. ‘The popularity of this pleasing singer and actress was apparent in the overflowing house that she drew last night. The theatre was eo crowded that many who arrived late were glad to get accommodation on the stairs and in the passage. Madame Thillon played and sung in the fascinating style peculiar to her, but without eliciting mach sp- plause from her audience. Hudson caricatured the Irish gentleman suceessfully, and Gil Podrida was admirably sustained by Mr. Leach. The opera, as represented in this version, could hardly be recognized as the chaste production of Auber, but rather as possess. ing somo clumsy, ill-defined resemblance to it The rile of Felix O'Donnell, the Irish adventurer, is not contained in the original, but in ft: stead is that of a young and chivalrous hidalge, and incident to this character, are many of the finest songs of the piece, which here are entircly omitted. The absurdity of introducing Felix O'Donnell, with his Connemara brogue, into the salons of the palace of Madrid, is too ap. parent, andepoils the effect of the opera. Lord Pumice- stone—an English nobleman. if we may judge by the title—appears in a ridiculous figure, exhibiting the mer- curlal temperament of the Frenchman, and interlarding his discourse with French phrases, as if that language were his vernacular. Gil Podrida, the amorous and wine- bibbing steward of the convent, is one of the few charac- ters inthe picce where the original conception is main- tained ; it was well acted by Leach, whose singing of the * Gratias Deo” was excellent. If the dbretto in this opera were free from these inconsistencies, the representation at Niblo’s would be entitled to some favor, as it is reepectably brought out. and the characters generally are well sup- ported; but its absurdities in its present form, are too glaring to permit ite ever attaining any degree of popu. larity Tuuness or Mn. Dopury Seupex.—A letter from Paris, dated March 7, says, respecting this gentleman:—* Dude ley Selden js at the hotel Meurice, dangoronily ill, One ride is completely paralyzed; yortorday he was still epecehles#. This Heamor may tke out the news of his i But suppose they should According “It shall be the duty of either Governor who may have any knowledge or information of the violation of this provision, forthwith to report the Esp Tipe.—During the Jenny Lind mania, when twenty, and two hundred dollars a piece, prices in All the hotels, during this mania, increased their board and charges, some from $1 to $2, and some nce then, however, we be- lieve all are returning to their senses. Concert tickets are down to fifty cents again, and some to All the principal hotels are The Irving House and other hotels—all beginning to run over—are at their old ish version of Auber's Court Calendar—This Day. Surreme Covrt.—Cincurt.—Nos. 332 333, 33334, 340, B42, 344, 347 to 352, 354, 355, 356. Surerion Covrt.—The jury discharged for the term. New York City Directory, 1852-53.—The office of the City Directory has been removed from 59 Liberty Street te 161 Broadway, where subscribers and advertisers who have not been called upon will pleave leave their names. The business will be continued as formerly under the name of Doggett & Rods, the family of the late Mr. Doggett ro- taining an interest, and the Directory being compile as for many years past b; HARLES » RODE. cribe; California.—Persons of healthy constitu- tions, about to proceed to Cal to travel or reside, ean effect an insurance on their lives at an extra premium of two er cent for the former, or one per cent for the latter, at the institutions all that was required was the addi- tion of a few assistant matrons and nurses. Perhaps, however, when the report comes out, . | National Loan Fund Life Insurance Company of London, 7 Grand street, Jersey City, A guarantee fund vested > | im American trustees. All claims payable in New York. a For rates of premium ove. STARR, General Agent. ng Building Association is in a flourishing condition, and all the shares ace nearly taken, A_ public mnceting is to be held on this (Saturday) ‘evenins, March 27, at No.& Chatham square. Go, and you will convinced of the great utility of these institutions for in= Zosting small amounts, or securing @ homestead.—Mopning are r t No time to lose.—If you are desirous of getting a home of yourown, eall on C. WOOD, 208 Broai- way. Here you can procure a village Lot, or a Farm, with payments in email monthly sums. e ightlful. Maps, pamphlet: Fires!—Heroic Conduct of Mr. Uzziah Wen- man at the fire at the City Hotel in 1833; Destruction of Kipp & Brown's stablos: Great Fire in Gold street; The names ct Firemen appointed in 188%; City Items of general interest connected with same period. Read the Sunday cury to-morrow, Very interesting to old resdentse 2 eteUy t © Location, health; ry to be had gratis, ’ 8 ir Come at Last.-In justice to Mr. Andrew Stevens, I desire to state that his manuscript on the Forrest mys reached me last night. It had been mi to No, 1a) White stroct, instead ‘of to 3, and had the wrong place for six days, hand, too lat my to protest my mii Stevens'’action. It fully kept his promise, and next week, GEO. WILK uette, t at Unfortunately, it came. t paper of this week, and too late, also, from erroneous’ impressions of Mr. now mny duty to say that he has faith: iat the statement will appear , Editor National Police Ga Dumas’ New Romance.—Sccure the Com- mencement of the Monk and Actress, a new and billinut remance, by Dumas, to appear in the Sunday to-morcow. It tr supstior tel Monte Cristos The Practice of Economy 1s as valuable to any man as finding a rich placer in California, and one of the first rule evonomy is to get everything good, at aslow a price as possible, to THOMPSON taken, becanse t © they can get a first-ra i half the money th T any Guker cescaniebh any ment. A good D: y sini tA leads pestle establish- rreotype Iikeness, enclosed in a haw. fome case at fifty « ow. THON Artist, 513 Broadwa nuts. SON, Daguerreay Spring Fashion Hats and Caps.—As ® variety and assortment as ean be found { surpassed by a i the one price «1 a Dagnerreoty; es " at tl city: i- ity, durability, or cheapnoea ay anal street. J) W. KELLOGG, No. 275 Broad , ofler their beautiful spring Hats, fidence, assured that ne former patt torily borne the tort of observati Proval. way, Irving with increased co n has more satisfa Timet more ready ap- ‘ys look genteel, and yet by; how do you manage it?" tween two far men about town, which was overheard by on -Jamos.—"'My dear hoy, Are not wp to some things; T Hive economically, Can you guess my wecret?. Look. Fred eyed his friend carefully, but gave it up. mes took, of his hat and held it in his hand, The secret out; F dit at onec, 1 4s the Hat that here do you pu ve?" demanded 0 ynable hatter, No, 128 Fultoa » Pay him $4, Fred, sport a clean shirt collar, and our boots well, and you have no need of any other embellishments.” Fred took the advice of bie friend, and here is not a botter dressed i ri for 8a, man in the town than Fred, and Spring Fashions.—W. P. David, 301 Broad- Way, near Duano street, has now ready the Spring style of entlemen’s Hats. They are pronounced the mont benutifus Hat yet introduced to the public, combining lightners, dura ility, and taste. Cull and judge for yourseil, Nionable young ¢ of our ariel Gentlemen’s Hatse—Sprin Fashions—Splen- did three dollar Moleskin Hats. Hundreds of Banta’s unri yalled three doliar hats have boon swept from his whelves by the demand of the present week: yet the throng of pur- chasers does not diminish. “The ery is, eit] they come.” When the best and handsomest $3 ha: bé found at 106 Canal street, people will not be on A five dolar hats, merely because they are sold in Broalway. Wit. BANG ‘A, 106 Cabal street. ‘ Espenschetd’s Hats this Spring have at- tracted great attenti the world of feriion ivéaes gentlemen of taste hn at ohat hie at $3.50 are, in all reapects, enperior to th way for $4. ‘Hisstore is 107 Nassan str orner of Ana, To Genin’s Hot—Who would have vernal sunshine in» winter hat, spring style is in the field. Hahtness, the spring-like lightness of this extuisite mode wae te Verena? Praterial and finish. Mark and con, pare. Look round and soe if there is a $5 hat o manic Comins ur olige a there ig 8 So hat out that will N, 24 Broadway, oppovite St. Paul's, ? i tend when Genin's splendi Attontion is invited to the GF Hats of the Finest Qualit fashionable and becoming st te: rf Company at # dollar lees ¢ They aré equal to any $4 hat and most re told by the New Hat an ‘any other ovtablishment, fold, Go and see for your. gelves, They have but one quality, and ove price oy N nd 148 Nasouu street (Tract Buildines)n OMY: Endure it no longer, Is our ad those who are aMictod with a tight, ill-nte " eae rectly to the Hat nishors’ Union, and Hats; yon will then know the luxury a ; " NEY 0 it. Standard pri and $4. Hat Finishers Unie , Opposite Astor Hours. epee eae eery Tri-Color Silkst—-Just Vrivcolor Received, Three four cases Drab, 1 God, € and Fi with a fr: death. If he rurvives. ho will always be a ripple. Tt ‘k a man can have.” <1 splon slenle amd re ney Vostings, w 110 Moiden lane.