The New York Herald Newspaper, April 27, 1852, Page 3

‘Merictures on Archbishop Hughes’ “Catho- Me Chapter.” THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHUROGH AND REPUSLICS—ITS NOTIONS KESPECTING FORMS OF CIVIL GOVERN- MENT--ITSELF PURELY DESPOTIO—OPPOSD TO RK- VOLUTIONS—-1TS AUTHORITY OVBK GOVERNMENTS ITS VITALITY—CATHOLIC AID IN OUR REYOLN- TIONARY STRUGGLE. Wasuixeron Crry, April 11, 1852. Mr. Bexnert:—The Archbishop says (p. 11): “The Catholic church has no recognized theory on the subject of forms of civil govevament. The little republic of Sau Marino bas preserved its indepon- dence and its republican forms for foartoon hundred years, in the very heart of the Papal States.” 4 His object in introducing in this connection, this little republic of twenty-seven square miles, (about as large as the area of the city of Washiagton,) with seven thousand inhabitants, could only have been to show that the Pope is not unfriendly to a publican form of government. Tho Pope is callod the protector of San Marino. Cromwell was called the protector of England. Bat I rather think the insignificance of that little repablic is its best pro- tector. It is suffered to exist as some small Indian in- dependengics lave been within the limils of some of our States—their feebleness aud isolated eondi- tion being 2 guarantee for their good behaviour. But, if the ope hus any kind ward for republics, a fine opportunity for manifesting it was recently afforded hiti—and what did he do? Why did he fly from his own dominions at the first. shout of his own people for liberty ? Why did he not for- bidthe approach of the French army, and return to Rome, and unite with Mazzini in administering the republican government. organized by the people — The fact is, the Pope has not proved himedltt 6 bost, of frionds to those republics which were within, and contiguous to, his domain. That the independence of some six or seven has, within the last three con- turies, entirely disappeared, is, 1 think, very good evidence of the fact. How did he serve Florence % Did he not send an ermy with that of the emperor, Charles V., and put an end to the republican form of ‘overmment ¢ and this without the least provocation, fat simply to reduce that State to the vtec ani tyrannical sway of his own bastard son, who married the emperor's bastard daughter. I refer the reader to Sismondi’s Italian Republics. As to the notions of the church in regard to form of civil government, although from his extreme re pugnance exhibited of lute yearsto the change threatened of certain European eOreGuaaiyE from monarchical to republican, the Pope has cloarl; shown his predilection for the monarchical form ; yet I confess I do not see why a republic may no; 8 as couvonient for the purnore of the church—i* the people are faithful and obedient—as a monarchy. Indeed, kings and emperors have given the Popo a world of trouble. Many—very muny—has he deem- editnecessary, in the plonitude of his power, to depose, releasing their subjects at the samo time, from the obligation of their oath of allegiance. But the Popo may argue—and it is not without force—that, asin a republic, the people themselves manage the civil affairs, and therefore are in the habit of ek and forming opinions on temporal sub- jects, it is almost inevitable that they will at length conclude that, they are capable of reasoning and deciding on spiritual subjects also ; and such x poo- ple must be more difficult to manage than a mo- haich whose subjects ave trained up to a blind obe- ‘dience to the church, and capecially if that sove- reign is a faithful son of the church, and: has an armed force sufficient to keep the people in subjec- tion. ., As to the Roman Catholic Church itself, the Arch- ‘biehop does not, and cannot, deny that it is purel: despotic—in this country as in ‘all others. Eacl officer of the church—however subordinate and infe- -yior—ia as absolute in his sphere as the Pope himself 4s in his. The bishops, even in this country, can, when thoy ploase, exclude the people from tho “churohos built with their own money, and can with- hold from thom those rites and ordinances oasential ‘in their beliof to salvation. Hore is power ever the -very souls of mon. M. Chevalier, a living French author, and a Roman Catholic, observes truly that tis indisputable that Protestantism is republican, while “ Catholicism is Gann f monarchical.”” ** The Church,”’ snys the archbishop, * is not an approver of revolutions, except where they are clear- ly justifiable.” But who is to docide this question ? fhe People 1? Oh, no! Who thon ? Why, the church, of courso, and none but the church. And who is tho church in such a case? The Pope, of course. The church, he says, is ‘‘ in favor of exist- ng authority until cause to the contrary should ap- pear.” But the people are not to judge of this gause. or the Pope would not have urged on the French army to the destruction of the late Roman republic. In his lecture at Philadol- Pphia, tho Slst January, 1850, the archbishop de- clares (pa. 23,) that the people of the United States have no right to change their goveramont when they plenso; and in his Liverpool dinner speech, he well says, that the Catholic church is not domo- cratic. Now, I putitto the people of the United States, how do these doctrines and principles suic their tasto ? It is time for them to think on thes things. Archbishop Hughes considers this as much a Roman Catholic as a Protestant country. If it i «go, it is proper that it should be as much’ influenced by the great Roman Catholic principle—papal au thority—az by the great Protestant priaciple—th right of private judgment, which means individual indepondence of thought and opinion, and which the church of Rome calls heresy. “The principle of ‘ive obedience,” he ob- serves, *‘ on the part of subjects, or of absolute and irresponsible authority on the part of sovereigns, never was, and certainly never will be, an approved privciple of hers.” This is correctly stated. The Pope, as the church, has, for many centuries, claimed responsibility to himself from all governments ; and by virtue of his authority as vicar of Jesns Christ, he claims also all the earth inhabited by infidels—that is, all who ro- ject the faith of the Roman Catholic church—and ence the partition by Alexander VI., of all the countries in the world inhabited by infidels, between Spain and Portugal. And this is another reason, doubtless, why Archbishop Hughes may claim this as a Roman Catholic country, though he does not say so; for the bull declares that all east of a meri- dian lino one hundred leagues west of the Azores, is given to Portugal, and all west of that line te Spain. This country of course fell to Spain. Now, here was a claim openly asserted by the Pope to this country, and a transfer of it regularly executed. Nor has Alexander’s claim ever been acknowledged to have been erroneous by any one of his successors. Although the Pope has often declared the sub- jects of certain monarchs to be released from all obedience to their sovereigns, it would not be easy to find a single case where selfishness was not the motive. While Iam on this subject, permit me to take a little pains to establish the position, for their sake, who are inclined to doubt it, that the Pope contends for superiority and authority over all overnments. But I wish to remind the reader, Hest that the present Pope has expressly declared his tntention to transmit to his successor, unim- paired and perfect, all hisrights and powers, as he received them. No Pope has ever acknowledged that his rights and powers were a jot or tittle less than those of any other of his predecessors. If some havo not exercised them, it was either because it was not doemed necessary, or it was not expedient, or else they wore destitute of the ability to enforce theirbehests. The highest dignitary of the church durst not disobey the Pope, for all are under the most solemn obligations of implicit obedience to the church, ‘‘without restriction or qualification,” says Charles Butlor; and when the Pope speaks from the ehair of St. Peter, ea cathedra, itis then the church that speaks. Ina biography of the late Bishop ea jutor of the Roman Catholic Bishop of uisvi y., and which I tind m the ‘‘Motropo- litan Catholic Almanac for 146,” it is remarked of him, as agreat virtue, that, ‘the had over taught the duty of implicit obedionco to the voice of supe- viors; and, in regard to himself, he was always consistent with his owa prineiples. No matter how t or how painful the sacrifice, he was prepared cheerfully, to make it, whenever the command o his rior made it a duty.” ‘Blind obedience ‘was a favorito term with him.” (See page 65.) And the members of that church, from tl ‘igheat to the lowest, everywhere, are under the same obli- gations to obey Pius LX, us they were to obey Gre- gory VU, or Sixtus V. Every schoolboy who is permitted to read authen- tic history, is familiar with the history of the deg- qadation of King John, of England—how the Pope compelled him to resign to him his crown and king- dom, and acknowledge that he held them there- after as the Pope’s vassal. Gregory VII, in a letter tothe prelate of Metz, Justifies his deposition and excommunication of the King of ifaleg on the ground that such acts were sanctioned by the fathers ; that King Childe- ric was deposed by Pope Zachary, and that Gregory the Great had oxcommanicated the lords and kings who had opposed the execution of his orders, and deprived them of their power. ‘‘ We will demon- strate,” he continues, “ that Christ in giving to the apostle power to bind and loose men, excepted no one. The holy See has absolute power over all spir- itual things. Why should it not also rule temporal affairs? God reigns in the heavens—his vicar should reign over all the earth.” And, in his excommunica- tion of Henry, addressing St. Peter, he says, among other things: ‘* For the honor and defence of your church, on the part of Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, and by your power an authority, { forbid King Henry, the son of the Em- peror Henry, who with an unheard of pride, has in- sulted your church, to meddle henceforth with the overnment of the Teutonic kingdom, or of Italy. absolve ail Christians from the oath of allegiance which they have taken, or shall take, to him, and forbid any one to serve him asa king.” Adrian IV. sold the kingdom of Ireland to the King of England, in consideration of the regular payment to him of Peter’s pence. In his bull, or deed of conveyance, he says:—*' Prinee, no one doubts, and you yourself admit, that Ireland, as well as nil islands which have received the faith of Christ, belong to the Holy See; and Waal popes ean as thoy eee right. As you have on- re to submit to the religious ical laws of the Roman churoh, and to:con- them to pay to our Sees Lo caged ach house, we authorize you to su by ble means.” It is worthy o! observation, here, that Adrian, in this bull, claims all islands which have received the faith of Christ; and Alox- ander, in his great conveyance to the orowns of Spain and Portugal, claimed all the countries then inhabited by infidels. “* What we want,” said Pope Clement the Seventh, in a conference with the Emperor Charles V., about the reformation, “ is passive obedience. What wo ought to desire is, that people should bo forever submissive to tho yoko of priests aud kings; and to reach this end—to prevent revolts—to arrest those flashes of liberty, which overthrow our throncs--we must use brute force--mako executionors of your soldiers. Wo must light the funoral pyres—we jiust kill, burn--we must exterminate the learned— we must annihilate the press.” And, in endeavor- ing to accomplish this, what rivers of blood have not flowed! What hosts of accusing spirits havo not ascended to heaven in flaming fires! An anecdote occurs, illustrative of tho oxtrava- gaut claims of the Pope to power. In_ the time of Sixtus V., death was tho ponalty for carrying arms in the city of Rome. A youth of sixtoon yeurs of age was tried for drawing a dagger on ® policeman. His advocate appealed to tho Popo for Nis discharge, on the ground that the law prohi- bited the application of the ponalty of death to a person so young. _“ Well, by virtuo of my own om- nipotence, I give him ten of my years,” exclaimed the Pope, ‘and let him be led to punishmont.” The following extracts fromthe bull of this samo tus V, deposing and excommunicating Queen abeth of England, will show their pretensions, though impotent, to authority even over Protestant goverunents :—*We, Sixtus tho Fifth, tho univer- epherd of the flock of Christ, the Supremo Chief, to whom the government of the whote world appertains,” &c. “regarding that Henry VIII, for- merly. for motives of debauchery, commenced all those disorders by revolting against the submission which he owed to the Pops, ths solo and true sovo- reign of England,” &c. ‘Being then inspired by the Holy Spirit for the general good of the church, we renounce, by virtue of our apostolic power, the sentence pronounced by our predecessors, Pius the Fifth, and Gregory, the ‘Thirteenth, against this modern Jezebel; we proclaim her deprived of royal authority, of the rights, titles, or pretensions’ to which she may lay claim over the kingdoms of Ire- land and England, affirming that she possosses them unlawfully and by usurpation. We roliove all hor subjects from the oaths they may havo taken to her, and we prohibit them fromrondering any kind ofser- vice to this exeorable woman; it is our will that sho be driven from, “oor to door, like one possessed of a devil, aud that ai human aid should be refused her. We declare, moreover, that foreigners or English- mcn are permitted, meritorious work, to soixe the renee of Elizaboth, and surrender her, living or dead, to the tribunals of the Inquisition. We pro- mise to thore who shall accomplish this glorious mission, infinite recompenses, not only in the life eternal, but even in this world. Finally, wo grant plenary indulgences to the faithful, who shall wil- ingly unite with the Catholic army which is going to combat the impious Elizabeth, under the ordors of our dear son, Philip the Second, to whom we give the Britieh Isles in full sovereignty, asa recompense for the zeal he has always shown towards our see, and for the particular affection he has shown for the Catholies of the Low Countries.” In view of this terriblo bull, do not Protestants sometimes judge Elizabeth too harshly for her severity to those por- sons convicted of attempting to carry its droadful and diabolical denunciations into effect? If thero ey be a miracle in such a caso, the preservation of her life under such circumstances was one. On a certain occasion the Pope said to the ambas- sador of the Emperor of Germany :—“The church orders to render to God that piste belongs to God, and to Cxsar that which belongs to Cwsar. Now, as the whole world belongs to God and his vicar, Casar has no right to possess but that which it pleases the popes to give him.” In absolving Honry IV, of France, the Pope de- clared his own authority to be “above all the powers of the carth.” Did time and your pationce permit, I could fill many columns with like quotations; but these may suffice. The Archbishop says of the Roman Catholic church, that “she has the consciousness that she lives by an inherent vitality within herself, of more than human origin.” It is strange, then, that sho is so tenacious of those external and physical mani- festations of the the want of such inherent vitality— standing armies, inquisitions, censors, unequal laws, &c.,&c. Let the Church of Rome give liberty, as it is allowed in this country, and we will then see— and not till then—whether or not its inherent vita- lity is sufficient to sustain it. Archbishop Hughes speaks of the help that was recoived hy our country in the war of porependenes, from the King of France, not as French help, but as Catholic help ; and he dwells on it with great ear- nestnoss, to show how much we are indebted there for to catholicism. I differ with him totally, and deny that catholicism or the church had anything to do with the business, unless it served to stimu- late the king as a devout Catholic to seize the glo- rious opportunity to inflict a lasting injury on tho most formidable enemy of the Catholic church, while | he strove to cripple the hereditary and political enemy, and most dreaded rival of France. If these were the motives of Louis XVI.—and I do not say they were not—we certainly are under no obligation of gratitude—at least for the motive. I never did think that weowed any gratitude tothe French troops or the French people. They had no more to do with the agreement between the king and our ministers,than you or I had. Louis was ver despotic, and nothing was more foreign from his disposition than to consult the people on such an occasion, As soon as Dr, Franklin satis- fied him of the advantages his kingdom must reap from so great a disaster to England as the loss of all these colonies, he was ready for the adventure ; and the soldiers moved in the expedition at the word ef command, like the cogs of a wheel when the motive pow- er is applied to the machine. But, says the Archbishop, ‘‘ supposing the motive to be what you say, the colonies were actuated by the same de- sire. They, too, wished to damage and cripple England, so as to prevent her from being able to despoil them of their constitutional rights as free- born men.” This I deny, and, as_a descendant of one of the revolutionary patriots, I repel the charge of so unworthy a motive. Their motive for taking up arms was the maintenance of their rights—not to injure or cripple England, but to prevent her from robbing them of their rights. If the mothercountry had granted what they claimed, instead of taking up arms to damage her they would have gloried in defending and strengthening her; and if, in the strife, England was damaged and scippled, it was a consequence which, though it demanded not their sympathy, was by no means the object of the contest. He speaks of the fact that the struggling colonies recieved no active aid but from Catholics, as an ex- traordinary thing. The truth is, there was no Pro- testant power which was able to render them aid; but several manifested as mucb sympathy as it was prudent, perhaps, to express. It was certainly more natural and less hazardous for Catholic States—for France especially—to go to war with Great Britain at that period, than for any Leet ba . B. Poux. Defence of the Amtable Jesuits. New York, April 24, 1852. Jamxs Gorvon Bennett, Esq. dispose of to car \OUgE , re all them Ue Dear Sir:—I read with astoxishment in the Friday number of your valuable and interesting paper, two attacks against the Jesuits. I use the word aston- ishment, because Iam happy to admit that with your accustomed and elevated impartiality, you usually are ready to do justice to that distinguished religious order. Any other person but yourself might be suspected of fearing to share, with the Jesuits, in the hatred and vindictive feelings of Kossuth or Lola Montes ; but the noble indepen- dence which is one of your strongest characteristics, is too well known to render you liable to any such charge. I am confident, then, that you will be pleased to receive the following rectification of what iga very excusable misapp jon on your part; and I would here say, en passant, what perhaps it may interest you to know, that when the Countess of Landsfeld was driven out of Munich, there was not in that city, nor even in the entire kingdom of Bavaria, a sin, Je Jesuit. On the subject of the Washington organs and whig caucus, you say:— We believe there is extant a history of France, by some learned Jesuit. in which the thrilling career of that nation—the republic and the empire, from the execution of Louis XVI. tothe return to pgwer of Louis XVIIL— ja omitted as a blank, because it formed no part of the legitimate history of France. This story has been told of the history of France of Fatker Loriquet, and they have gone so far as to say that he desiguated the Le od Napoleon under the name of **Le Marquis de Buonaparte,’ Lieutenant-General of the Armies of his Majesty, Louis XVIII. The real state of the case is, that after the restoration of the Bourbons the enemies of the Jesuits interpolated in the edition of the histo: of Father Loriquet, a printed sheet, containing this spurious portion, in order to bring ridicule on the entire society of Jesus. But the fraud penne been discovered, the falsified copies were destroyed by the very parties who had perpetrated the trick on the public; so that it is now altogether impos- sible to get sight of a poe one of them. Some time subsequent to 1848, M. Cremieux, at a sitting of the National Assembly, having brought up this cock and bull story, M. de Montalembert emphati- cally denied its truth, anddefied M. Cremieux to prove, and to produce a copy of the work ho allu- dedto. The latter representante requested to be al- lowed one day’s time to search, and was subsequent- ly compelled to admit that he could not find it Nevertigdees, the Loax continues to appear, from . aflited. with priewrphobiny and it fevon by way it! hy serves ‘way of change from tho marvellous stories of the great sea serpent. In your editorial article on Japan, in the samo Paper, after having mentioned the Ceres number of conversions from heathoniam, cifected by the Castello missionaries in the sixteenth century, you add :— ‘This continued for some ten years, when Teigs, the reigning Emperor, perceiving that the Jesuits were much mote eager to collect Japanoe goid than to save souls, and having reason for suspecting an attempted conquest by the Portuguese, resolutely banished thom, and by tho most rigorous moavures thoroughly extir- pated Christianity and all Kuropsaos. ‘This fact ao- counts for the calumnies by the Jesuita, and exhibits the chief principles upon which the seclusive policy of the Japanese has been founded, Hitherto, it had always boon my impression, and as I believe, on vory satisfactory grounds, that th» Jesuits, so far from enriching thomselves in Japan, had, on the contrary, brought gold into that coun- try; for, in faot, it was with the assistance of the largeases of tho faithful in Nurope that they in 1587, succeeded in erecting in the Japancse ar pelago, 240 Oatholic churcies. Tho number of baptized Christians was estimated to be upwards of 1,500,000. The Portuguese nevor attompted to got possession, by conquest, of tho islands; but tho Eng- lish and Dutch, in their aim at supplanting them in the commercial monopoly which they onjoyed, wero ekilful enough to arouse in the mind of the Emperor apprehensions for the presorvation of tho independence of his realm; and the calunnies of these Protestant nations were the principal causes of the persecution which afterwards raged against thé Catholics of Japan, The Portugues wore expolled from Japan about tho beginning of the seventeenth century, and tho profession of Christianity pro- hibited under pain of dosh. If tho sulo objost of the Jesuits had in reality been the mere acquisi- tion of wealth, thoy would have withdrawn from the empire simullincously with the Portuguose traders. But it would have beon cowardice in thom to basely abandon their neophytes to perscoution and, accordingly, during the term. of fifty year: after, a3 fast as Jesuit missionaries were discovered, apprehended and put to death, other mon, candi- dates for martyrdom, in spite of tho most active surveiltance, came to fill their plieo, and sustain the faith of the Japanese. More than one hundred Jesuita in this way perishod, cither by capital punishment or by torture. It was not tho eli of the earth they came to seek, but tho treasure of heaven; and tho last of their number, who was be- headed in 1652, closed gloriously with his death tho era of Christianity in Japan—that era which had, one hundred years before, beon so nobly oponed by Frangois Xavier. Japan, then, has not boon for tho Jesuits a California El Dorado; on the contrary it proved for them a Golgotha and an arona of martyrdom. With much respect, your most ob’t serv’t, A Frenon © Carttonic. The First Balc of Cotton. [From the Charleston Mereury, April 22.] Under the above head you offered some remarks, and presented a fact, in your paper of the 15th iast., to controvert the position assumed in the last num- ber of Do Bow’s Review, that * not a single bale of ae country’s growth was exported previous to On this interesting subject I find the following information in Governor Soabrook’s ** Momoir on the Cotton Plant,” published a few years ago:— “In a pamphlet of the date of 1606, entitled «A Brief Description of tho Province of Carolina, on the Const of Florida,’ the writer, in spenking of tho Cape Fear settlementa, made only two years bofore, says—* They have indigo, tobacco very good, and cotton wool.” Dr. Hewitt, in his historical account of South Carolina and Georgia, while commenting onthe introduotion of silk into the former, and the products of the carth, for which premiums ought then to have been given to those an should bring to market the greatest quantities of them, alludes particularly to cotton, and after detailing the man- ner of planting it, remarks that this articlo, “though not of importance enough to have occupied tho whole attention of the colonists, might, nevertho- less, in conjunction with othor staples, have been rendered profitablo and useful.” In Wilson’s account of the “Province of Caro- lina, in America,” published in 1682, it is stated that ‘‘Cotton of the Cypress and Malta sort grows well, and a good plenty of the seed is sent thither.” In Peter Purrey’s description of the Province of Ca- rolina, drawn up in Charleston, in 1731, ‘ Flax and cotton” are said to ‘thrive admirably.” Inthe journal of Mrs. Pinckney, the mother of Gone- ral Thomas, and General Charles C. Pinckney, who, as Miss Lucas, when only eighteen years of age, was entrusted with the management of the planting interest of her father, the Governor of An- tigua, is the following memorandum:—“July 1, 1739, wrete to my father to-day a very long lotter on his plantation affairs—on the pains I tad taken to bring the indigo, ginger, cotton, lucerne, and casada to perfection, and that I had greater hopes from the indigo than any other.” ‘‘June, 1741, wrote again to my father on the subject of indigo and cotton.” - It is a well authenticated fact that, in 173%, as far north as the thirty-ninth degree, cotton ‘on the garden scale,” was raised in the vicinity of Easton, in the county of Talbot, on the eastorn shore of the Chesapeake Bay. About forty years afterwards, it was cultivated in St. Mary's county, Maryland, and in the Northern county of Cape May, in New Jersey; also in the county of Sussox, in Delaware. Among the exports of ‘Charles Town,” from November, 1747, to November, 1743, are in- cluded seven bags cf cotton wool, valued at £3 Ws. 5d. be ag. In 1754, some cotton was again exported from South Carolina. In 1770, there were shipped to Liverpool three bales from New York, four bales from Virginia and Maryland, and three bales from North Carolina. Before the Revo- lutionary war, yereiats exported, communibus an- nis, ee flaxseed, and cotton, to the value of $8,000. In 1784, an American vessel that carried eight bags to Liverpool was seized, on the ground that so much cotton could not be produecd in the United States. In 1785, 14 bags; in 1786, 6 bags; in 1787, 109 bags; in 1788, 389 bags; in 1789, 342 bags; and in 1790 81 bags were reecivod in Europe from this country. Of theso, 153 bags were sont directly, and a portion of the remainder by the way of Philadelphia and New York, from Charleston. ‘The first bag of cotton sold in Seuth Carolina, was purchased, in 1784, by John Teasdale, from Bryan Cape, then a factor in Charleston. The first bag of the wool exported from that city to Liverpool ar- rived January 20, 1785, per Diana, and was consign- ed to Messrs. J. & J. Teasdale & Co. Gov. Seabook, in the pamphlet from which the above are extracts, after assigning very satisfactory reasons for his belief that the seed of short staple cotton was originally introduced into this country from the Mediterranean say: ‘Peter Purrey is re- presented to have brought with him, among other seeds, that of cotton. This, anda papor of the same material, reeeived by the Trustees for the set- tlement of Georgia, from Philip Miller, of Chelsea, England, it can scarcely be questioned, were from the Mediterranean.’? Mr. Wilson, already quoted, saya expressly that the Carolina sort was from Cyprus and Malta. In a pamphlet entitled ‘American Husbandry,”’ published in London, in 1775, the writer remarks, that “ the cotton cultivated in our colonies isof the Turkey kind. On the other hand, it must be supposed, from the language of their historian, that the Cape Fear emigrants, who began the grow- ing of the gossypium only two years after they had established their settlements, were provided with seed frem Barbadoes.” In reference to Sea Island, or black seed cotton, the writer states that it ‘*began to be r in Georgia, in experimental quantities, in 1786.” The native place of the seedis bolieved to be Persia. It is designated the Persian cotton by Bryan Edwards, and is so called in the West Indies and by the mer- chants of England. The seed grown in this coun- try came from the Bahama Islands, where it had been introduced by the Board of Trade, from An- guilla, a small island in the Carribean sea, and was sent by Mr. Tatnall, then Surveyor General of the Bahamas, Col. Relsell, and others, to Governor Tatnall, James Spalding, Richard Leake, and Alex- ander Bisset, all of Georgia. South Carolina Mint (From the Edgefield, (3 3 The yield of Mr. Dorn’s gold mine is exciting, as it should, some interest in the minds of our citi- zens. True, the credulity of an occasional reader issorely tried by the reports of his enormous profits. But such persons should remember that sometimes “truth is stranger even than fiction.” And al- though it may seem mavens strange” that such quantities of gold should be found in these old back- woods of South Carolina, Ad it is nevertheless in- dubitably substantiated, by more than two or three witnevses, that such is the fact. And the with- holding of the credenee of any one, he ever £0 scientific or shrewd, does not weaken the fact one whit. The King of Siam swore that the traveller, who told him of ice, was an arrant tinr, because he (the King) had never seen it. But this sort of ratiocination won't pass in this great age:—no, no. Below we give the sum and substance of an exact and true account of Mr. D.’s mining operations for the month of a po Total produce, 26,167 pennyweights—making an ay Msi for each working day, of about 1,006 penny- Mar: 8. This daily yield is worth nearly one thousand dollars, which et hn by the fact that 4,632 pon- ghts, already carried to the mint by a re- sponsible agent, has been sold for something over $4,300. Pretty fuir, we repeat, for eight hands in South Carolina diggings. One of the first waltzes we learned to make our flute discourse was called the ‘ Silver Miner's Waltz.” It is high time, we think, that the ‘Gold Miner’s,”” should be composed. Where is friend Ogden of Laurens memory‘ Since penning the foregoing ‘remarks, we learn that Mr. Dorn bas had weighed in this place, by a skilful druggist, (0 pounds of gold dust weliongd weight for you Thore’s | Coxe Object of the Burmese War. OPENING OF A NEW OVERLAND TRADH WITH CHINA. ¥rom the London Chronicle, April 8. Tt will bo » remarkable inoident ia tae commer- cial history of Great Britain, if a potty war with an povuntate should Rove the meaas of intro- ducing us to 4 traitic which has hithorto eluded the suit of our sbleat negotiators, and which has en only known io exist a3 @ rich and envied per- quisite of the Muscovite Empire. The idea of opon- ing an overland trade with China hasnover, indood, been wholly lost sight of by the Indian government. With this object, the narrow strip of territory made snot what are called tho Tenasserim Provinces— which aro washed by tho gulf of Martaban, and separated from Arracan by the estuary of tho Ira- waddy—was taken from the Burmose at the closa of the last war. With tho samo view, the ports along tho coast were deolared free; and in 1830, De. Rich- ardson undertook acommercial mission to Zimmay and Labon, for the express purposs of opening and stimulating the much coveted traflis. The tavorable roport given by that goutleman of the outlet for Woollens and cotton pices goods, which might bo opened up in tho interior, has to somo extent been substantinted by the event; and subsoquont missions aro stated to have oxamined and extended the field of ontorprise almost to the bordors of Chine. But it does not appoar to havo occurred to our negotiators in 1826, that by commencing operations at the northeastern, instead of the southwesteru ex- tremity of Burmah, they might have attained di- rectly, and might have found seady prepared to their hands, the trade whieh thoy sought to attract from long distances, und at a considerable outlay. If tho reader wiil take the mapof Asia, and trace the courae of tho Irawaddy river, up to tho 24th dere of itude, ho will perceive a considerable town, situate about 40 miles from the Chineso frontier. This town is Bhano, the long established centre of the trade between tho Burmese and Colestial Umpires. Its exports aud imports are roughly estimated at from £100,000 to £700,000. ‘Phere’ is aw uninter- rupted wator carriago to this emporium, the wholo way from Rangoon, though aboye Aunavapoorn it is necessary to cmploy sinsll boats. Tho distance from Rangoon to Ava is variously stated at from 450 to 640 miles. The journey up the river, in tho dry sea- son, only oceumes cight, and, during the rains, ten days; While the passage down, at the hoight of the freshets, has beon accomplished by (ho country war boats in four days. ‘So much for tho facilities of access from the Buy of Bongal. Let us now soe what thoy are from the opposite sido. Ata distance of loss than 300 miles, tg tho northenst of the town—if wo follow the beatoa track—thore runs, in a northeasterly direction, through the wholo breadth of China to the Pacifie ocean, the great river Yang-tsi-kinng, passing Nan- kin in its course, and connected by numborloss feeders with the upper and lower provinces of tho empire. Irom tho northwost, » multitude of minor streams pour down from the mountains of Thibet. Three considerable rivers—the Salween, tho Menam, and the Mekon—descond from the sumo contre on thoir way to ‘'onassorim, Siam, and Cochin China In ‘short, so wonderfully has nature marked out Bhanmo for an omporium of trade, that thore is water-carriage from this single spot Lo ull the coun- tries of continental Asia, south of the 8lst dogroe of latitude, which aro washed by the Pacifle. As might be expected, tho varieties of climate in this vast, area produce a demand for every species of cloth—woollen as well as cotton. But hitherto al- most the only source of supply has been the Russian market at Kiaktha, in ‘Sileria—a town bal aoe by tho whole breadth of Mongolia from the Chinese frontier, and by a distance of from 1,300 miles from the provinces adjacent to Bhanmo. With all those disadvantages, however, the value of the tea which the Russian merchants receive in return for their fabrics has, within the last twenty years, incroased by one-half. We have said that Kiaktha is almost tho only fource whence woollen cloths are supplied to Mon- golia and Northern China, The exception to the rule is Bhanmo itself; and, curiously enough, such fubrics as make thoir way from this point into the Celestial Empire are of British manufacture. The Burmah merchants have adroitly discovered the demand for our goods, and are turning a profit on them under our very cyes, while we have Beast en- deavoring, by all sorts of artificial moans, to force a market on the seaboard at a distance of many hundreds of miles from our desired customers, and at the cost of an administrative machinery which does not pay its expenses. Wo would draw pa ticular attention to this last point. The time is past when a project for burdening ourselves with anew and expensive territory could fiad fuvor in this country on the sole pretence that it would extond our commerce. If we still pay 30 por cent for our colonial trade, we do so on other than mer- eantile grounds—we do not delude ourselves with the belief that we are making money by the bar- gain. While dwelling, therefure, on the opening which the Burmese quarrel appears to have made for us in the Chinese markets, we must protest against the imputation of advocating territorial en- croachment. A single additional clause to the commercial treaty ef 1826, securing to our mer- chants the free navigation of the Irawaddy—with leavo to improve, if need be, the communicati between Ava, Bhanmo, and the Yang-tsi-kiang— would probably answer every purpose. Perhay indeed, two or three more lessons, such as we now administering, may’ be needed beforo his Golden-footed Majesty becomes perfectly au fart in international law; but this othect can surely be effected without saddling ourselves with the costs and embarrassments of annexation. Commutation of the Sentence of Wells, at ‘Washington—Sketch of Mis Life. A Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, givos the folewing sketch of the life of Wells, whose sentence ofdeath was commuted to imprisonment for life, on the 22d :— At an early hour this morning. the instrument of death in the jail yard. which hud attracted such crowds, was taken down. Neither its disappearance, nor the notices in the newspapers, seemed, however, to satisfy ull the people, for, during the whole morning. large groups of perrons were congregated at various points near the jail The unfortunate William H, Wella has been the victim of his own instability and intemperance, He was born on the 17th January, 1422; lost his mother when he was a child, and was taken in charge by his grand-mother, a plous Baptist lady. who sent him to Sabbath and day echools. He first learned the trade of tanner, In 1533 he embarked on board the ship Delaware, at Nor- folk, and returned home in 1836. He then went to farm- ing. but getting tired, proceeded to Fannottsburg, Penn- tylvania, and bound him-elfto tailor. In about two years he returned to Baltimore. and learned the cordwai her's business, and at the end of two years set up for him self. Times grew dull. he broke up and proceeded to Washington city, where, though his meana were li- salted, } he felt himself to be respectable and respected himself. He here engaged na a journeyman with Andrew Hoover, who paid him regularly at the rate of $2 per day—made a good deal of money, and became proud, In view of getting nrarried, if prosperous, he resolved to keep a tavern, and accordingly opened one on Water street, in Georgetown, where he learned to drink and fight; goon quit the groggery, and went up the Chesapeake and Ohio canal—found work at the Point of Rocks, Thence he re- moved over to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. On the following spring, went to Harrisburg, Pa., and returned to the shoe business—soon moved to Reading, Pa..—in a week, sold his clothes, and continued on to Philadel- phia, where he enlisted in the marine corps, in 1843, Went to sea in the U.8. ship Lexington. and made a voyage to Port Mahon, Returned in her to his native land, and then sailed in the U. 8. frigate Constitution, on her voyage around the world—distance, 25,000 miles. Noticed that he spent two Sundays on the same da: (having touched the equator on Sunday.) Oh! this voy aye. He became a { man—inclined to everything that was right toward God and man. The subject of ri ligion occupied many of his thoughts. and to use h own expression. he gave hisheart to God—rendered him- sclf useful among his sick shipmates, In 1846 he returned to Baltimore, and joined the Me thodist Epieeopal Church, of which the Rey. Mr. Lumsden wae pastor, but soon neglected hia reli daties, and fellaway. Was from the United States ser- vice. Ye then married a worthy and amiable girl, by whom he had a daughter. This union lasted three years, when he remarked with deep emotion. “our canary bird ied. then my child died, andinabout twenty days my wife d.’ During there three years he worked at the shoe- making. After the decease of his wife he commenced drinking. in which practice he subsequently continued. ‘Then became # constable, and married in Baltimore; wont off to Philadelphia; severe sickness in hospital; returned to Raltimore; thento Washington, in June, 1861; tried shoemaking, but his hand was out, and he could not get along so well; then proceeded to the gurrison in this city, and enlisted asa marine. He solemnly disclaimed any malice or provious un- kindness towards the unfortunate young Mundell or his father, So far from it, with the gallows in view and his fate undecided, he attested his regard for both of them. Besides the above, I bat mass of Pane ak matter relative to the unhappy man, which I now withold from the public eye. My object is merely to show, that Wells had never committed any other murder. (as rumor has stated.) to caution our youth against in- judicious instability in life, and to avoid the habitual uso of intoxi drinks, ‘The Marshal of the District, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Roseer, last rie preceeded to the cell, and an- nounced to Wells the President's favorable decision in his case, Before theee gentlemen arrived, Wells had clothed him- relf in the garments in which he desired to be executed. Upon learning thefr errand, he did not seem to be much clatcd, but was quite calm, This morning he was con- veyed down to the penitentiary. Law Intelligence. Surreme Couxrov tue Unite Staves, April 23, No, 120. J, Campbell et al., plaintiff in error, v8 trurtees of township in range 19, In error to the sup- reme court of Ohio, Mr. Justice McLean dt a inion of the court, ofirmying the judgment of t preme court with costs, No. 126. The vs. Harrison & Duvall. Appeal from the district ¢ the United States for Louisiana, Mr, Chief Justice Ta- ney delivered the opinion of the court, reversing the «le- exce of the district court and remanding the eo. with directions to the ratd court to enter a deerve in favor of the United States, Nos, 121and 131, J, J. Howaid et al,, pisintiffs in e vs. 8. M. Ingereoll angi ment of there cv commenced by Mr. 4 Jobneon for the plointifts in error. and aed by Mr, forthe defendant ta error, Adjourned watt) Mom Mh bh aw dey Cevraereie Course, L. 1 —Tvorra, — Thursday, April 22, purse, $50, mile heat, best three in five, to wagonr, wagon and driver to weigh three hundred pounds, Thore were five enirios for thir purse, tires of which wore drawn. Selim and Lady Bond started for the purse, aod made @ vory interesting mee, Lady Bond was the favorite at two to ono throughout. She won handily, proving hervelf a nag of great speed ond endurance, Seiim waa in better order than he was last seaeon, and will, no Youbt, give » good account of himsety during the spring and suminer months. It is really astonishing (o see so many good horses engag into consideration the backwardness of the season, and to find them in such exceilent condition, The race was aa follows :— First Heat —lady Bond took the lead on the turn, and went to the quarier pole a length in front of Selim in On the backstretch, Selim chal- 4 yoked her at the half mile pole, in 1:26. Going on the lower turn, Selig was in front; but he soon afterwards broke up, and the mare took the lead, Leated atrugglo up: the homestrotel, won by # length, in 2:5 Second Heat.—The horsea were started broke up before he reached the drawgaie, letting the mare go three or four leagths abead of him, and li afterwards got near her, She went to the quarter. pole in 40 seconds, parsed the balf in 1.21, and won the heat by forty yards. in 2.48 Third Hea: th naga broke up in going round the turn. The ware recovered first. and led to the quarter pole a coupie of lengths. in 49 seconds, On the back stretch. she trotted very finoly, aad opened a wide sap be- cely, but Selim tween herself andselim, She passed the hatf inile pole in 1:20, but broke Up soom afterwards, Raynoe, the dri ver of Selim, in bis haste totuke Liaw lead, urged his horas and byoke hia before over: 4, won the heat in gailant style by ‘The fullowtag is the sum- beyond hi 1 ppotted mare Lady Boad,...1 l G Raynor entered ob g. Bel ‘ 223 Time... wnsk. b fnorrine — April 23, stakes $400; mile heats, beat three in tive, to skeleton waxgnns, J. Nodine entd, ch. m. C G.Sploer entd. gg. W 8. Melavghlin oota. v 1 dis, contested moe er of Lady ay and but for the ace. Brooke, in thy third b ble disaatis~ faelsov ensucd among the backers of the bay mare, by the decision ¢2 Lhe judges. (he contest would have been ee down as ove of (ho minest that bus y a place, The time waa’ extraordinary, considering Une stete of the weather and the track | Lady Brooks was tho favorite aainat tho field previous to the start. After the tir heat, Green Mountain 1 eal amounts were wor nnd | result was not beba in very bigh estima Pirst Tieat.—The tio wore star took the lead round the turn, War close up, with Green Mountain ¥ passed the quater pole th the back stretch, War 1 to Lady Brooks, und they we f row, Green Mouztain Maid’s i 21. On the lower turn they begua to Je fulling in the rear, and evidently gi struggle for the Brocks; he made a most ¢ to the score x couple of len; ‘Time 2:44, Second Heat —Lady Brooks took the lead again at the start, and beat the other mare a length to the quarter pole, in thirty-nine peconds; War Nagle four oc tive longths behind. On the backstretch the two mares fought every foot of the way, Green Mountain Maid o- ing upo Lady Brooks and showing in front, but brok: jwt before reaching the half. and ti ssod the pole in 1:18 balf # length ahead, c A not in terfere with the others during 9 kept a ro- Fpectable distance in the rear. ‘fhe race to (he sc most exciting. Every urt was used by Nodine and P. War Eagle idy Brooks chatle 1 ot his wh torty. 4 in front, ia arate, W. ing wp the Not s0, however, with Lady at effort, but) was boaton hs by Green Mountain Maid. It will be repeated man 64 Fito at Horn ss Lady Macbeth Tur New Onrease Orera Trovrr closed at the Ader Piace Oporr House on Saturday evening with « fine house, it being Mr, Sandford’s beneMt. “They appear evening #t Newark, and suisequently at Rahway, Troa- ton, Burlington, Philadelphia. aud Maltimore, ikanp Comrouintany Frorivan.—The friends of 5 stor Casolant will give him» complimentary benofit, om ‘burway evening next, at Nibio's beautiful saloom, om Which occasion ail the distinguished artista @b be (he city, have kindly volunteered their services. (how are the name? of Madaine Bouchelle, Madsme Al ‘Thilon, and Madsme Licdonburg, with Signor 0. Path, 6, Viet, oud Mrs 1. Loder, Dodworth’s band. will ate end, and the musical departunent will be Signor Arditi. betas ah Prorrason Wurryey gave hia tast lecture yesterdag evening. at Metropolitan Hall, He wns honored by @ highly respectable audience, who gave marked testimony of thelr pleasure by repeated cheers Poliee Intell: Cee sHuvest of Fugitive Burglars police of the Ninth arrested, within the last few days, four fugitive rylars, named Jomes Campbell, Richard Lee, Charlies io. and John Williams, all charged with boing con- cerned in committing « burglary on a tailor’s atoro, sita- ated in Warren stroet. Hudson city, this State, therefrom # quantity of new ready made clothing, vali at $400, the property of Richard Benton, a colored una, from the facts before the police. that om the Lith instant officers Harifer and Blakelock, while om duty in Hudson street, arrested a suspicious looking mam 4 himself James Campbell, having in his posseaaiom a bunute of new clothing, ‘The man was canveyed to the Ninth ward station house. and from thonee before Jus. tice dleCeath, who committed him to prison, A hort Wor the avrest, it waa aacertaimed. that © b ‘ y potrated al the city of Tudson, on the instant. ‘The owner of the property came to this city, and ideatified (he clothing taken tom Campe bell as & portion of that take by the barglasy whem ius and “ Africane,” will also be given. rived taat night full Sane wile Wel will ‘ncduff, ao store was robbed. The vriconer Campbtil was thereupen. sent back to Hudsou f trial tho office hore mado every exerti tices. when, Ascistant Capt Sebring reooived adgitional information, which ted to Lae avrest of Ric Tee and John W ns, ind | into custody; and the English Charley, sai gang. wes found by Ackoiman aud bowie vecured, and all three the magistrat ties of Hudson covering about I on last Friday mor ion oded in re property ub f tiction =A. rough TT rlord was arrest- Justice Onborn, charged with the seduction of oman, of about the samo stamp, i jidavit before thy Court, that Guar? merford (ook adyantaye of her contidence, and under the promise ofmaking her his lawful wife by tareiage, ia- duced her to submit herself, ow the 2d of January ‘last to his fond aa , since Which time he has somewhi relaxed his desire to murry; and sho now acoks the aid of tho erimins , to either compel Philip to make her a Virtuous woman, or she will send him to chop out stone ina Slate prison, She farther sets forth in ber affidavit, that previous to lhe 2d of January, she was pure and chaste, of good character, and very virtuous, and would have remained in her virgin purity had it not bea for the deception practised upon her by this gay deceiver, Cum- mertord, in his exnmination, says he ix 31 years of age, « native of Ireland, and de« If innocent of the charge imputed to hi 1g Unis proteste tion of innocence, the magistrate hold him to baal to an- swer the charge, and in mitted o prison. Jane Walia Mecaly, both recide at No. 14 Laughlin to increase the sped of their respect: and they came up the homestretch at a tremendous rate, Green Mountain Maid broke up at tho dra by which accident Lady Brooks won the heat by a oF 80, in 2; Third Heat —It was evident that 4 flerce struggle would take place in this heat from the word. ‘The mares dashed round the turn very rapidly, Ledy Brooks a length ahead at the quarter pole, in forty seconds, War Fogle, as usual, four or five lengils behiad. Going down the back stretch, Lady Brooks kept the lead, und passed the hulf wile pole about half a length infront. in 1:20, On the lower turn, Green Mountain Maid ®roke up, and fell off w few lengths; but as soon as Hee tecovercd, she made a mest spirited brush, overtook Lady Brooks at the drawgate, and was beating her nicely, when Lady Brooks broke, and, after running awhile to kvep up with the sorrel mare, she crossed the track. bringing the vehi- cles together in a most dangerous manner, Luckily. no harm resulted from the collision, Green Mountain Maid was first at the score. Time, 2:40. Tho judgos distanced Lady Brooks for crossing the track, and running against Green Mountain Maid, “War Eagle forty yards behind. Fourth Heat —Green Mountain Maid had an easy busi- nees now before her, She took the lead. and kept it throughout the heat. going the firet quarter in forty seconds, to the half mile pole iu 1:21, and making the heat in 2:4434. The trot for a purse, advertised to treville Cou aficrnoon. at the Cer account of the weather, until We inesd Theatrical and Musical, Bowery Turatns: —T ral opinion ef those who the Bowery theatre, during the past woek, is that nd magnificent drama called the “Corsican Brothers’ eurpasses in excellence anything yet produced by Hamblin, ‘The great proof of this fact can be had by a visit to the theatr ich is crowded to suffoeation every night. Mr, EF. Eddy, who represents the twin brothers, Fabien and Louis de Franchi. is every night re- ceived with the greatest enthusiasm. Messra. Goodell and Stevens, and Mrs. Jordan, fill the other leading parts. Tho scenery is beautiful, particularly the chateau of Mine. Savilla. the interior of the opera house, and the glade in the forest of Foutainbleau. The cntertainments will commence with the comedy of the “Guardian Angel.” in order tha’ those who cannot come early may havean opportunity of secing the entire piece. it will probably have a long and successful run. Broapway Turatne.—Mr, Forrest, who has, for anun- precedented term in the history of the drama, been play- ing every night in sue jon, for sixty-six nights, is about closing his engage a Broadway theatre, as his arrungements. in Philadelphia and Warhington will pre- yent his stopping much longer. It was supposed by some, that he would complete one hundred nights, whieh would be surprising record of any one man drawing crowded houses for such a period, This eveni nounced to appear as Richelieu, Conway as Chevalier Mauprat. Fenno as Barra and Mad. Ponisi as Julie de Mortimar, The entertainments will conclude with the farce of “My Young Wife and my Old Umbrella.” Those who have crowded the Broadway, during efforts, will no doubt give him, ‘at the close, t) warm reception which he met with at the comu ment. This, then, being positively his last week. should be cheered on by his numerous friends and admirers. Niao's Gan ome off yeaterdiy us postpoucd. OL next. —This favorite and continues still to bo crowded. ‘The Rousset family are g1 favorites, and edly 50, a8 they are the most gr: ful and beautiful ballet dancers that have for years been inthis city. ‘They are succeeded on the following night by Madame Anna Thillon, Mr, Hudson, Mr. Leach, anda very good chorus company in light and amusing comic opera, #0 that Niblo. it will be perceived, gives entertain ments of great variety. This evening. Caroline Rouwet appears in her famous representation of Catarina, aided by her sisters and father, This ballet concludes with a pas de deux, called * La Manola,” which, in iteelf, is worth the price of admission. Tho commeneing piece will bo the popular one act piece, entitled * Perfection.” As it ix announced that to-morrow evening will be the last time that Madame Anna Thillon will appear in the + Daughter of the Regiment,” we presume the house will be crowded. Burtox's THratey.—This successful manager conti- nues still in an_ uninterrupted careor of success. The Chambers street Theatre is erewded nightly, nay, on ma- ny evenings numbers are obliged to return to their homes, not being able to procure peeping room. Many persons are asking why Burton does not eplarge his Tho- atre, but wo euppore be has had sufficient knowledge of the world, to let very well alone—we know of no other cause. This evening be offers for the amusement of his numerous patrons a fine programme, the entertainments commencing with the celebrated comedy of the “ Belle's Stratagem,” Mise M. Taylor aa Letitia Hardy, being her last apparance in that character. and her last pertorm- ance but four previous to her retirement from the stage. Sererel of Burton's talented company in the other char- acters of the piece. The amusements close with the new farce of Our Clerks.”” Nationa Tuyatns.—The new drama, called the © Placksmith of Antwerp,” whieh has been played every evening for the past week to crowded houses, will again be produced this eyening. It seems likely—if full houses bea fair way of judging of the attractive features of a dremu—to have a long and successful career. ‘The acting ia good, the scenery fine, the orchestral mucic excellent, ond the visiters give evidence of their satisfaction throughout every rcene, The drama called the *‘ Idiot of the Shannon” will commence the entertainments. Bisnchard will fill the leading character, snd during the jece he will exercise the surprising sagacity of his dogs. purdy, the proprietor of thix theatre, is a very active and Ppereevering man, and he has proot by extensive patronage that hie managerial exertions are appreciated. Lrexum Tuxatre,—This establishment has not been as well supported as it deserves, as Miss Julia Beunett is an excellent actress, and a very agreeable vocalist, Probably the bad weather prevented many of her admirers from going to the Lyceum, but likely matters will mend con- xiderably this week. Corbyn and Buckland are inde- fatigable in thelr exertions to please, and they deserve share cf public patronage. This evening the entertain. ments will commence with the everture of the Magic Flute, which will be succeeded by the farceof a “Man | without a Head.’ The next feature will be the amurin; rketeh from a French vaudeville, entitled “ Antony and Cleopatra.” the character of Antony by Mr. Waleot. and that of Cleopatra by Mise Julia Bennett. This will be followed by the extravaganza of “Telemachus,” with Jvlia Bennett in the leading part. All will close with the furce of the “ Two Bonnycustles, American Museum.—The beautiful drama of “Guy Mannering” is to be represented in the lecture room of | thie establishment ogain to-night. 0. W. Clarke will | personate the character of Dandie Dimnont. Hadaway tbat of Demine Sampson, Miss Mestayer Julia Mannering and Mrs Rensen thet of Meg Merrilies, The amusing piece, entitled an © Organic Affection.” and the laugh- able farce of “Make yours Will,” will be played iu the afterncon, 'This is a very attractive bill Bowrny Cineus.—This will positively be the last night D.'# popular equest youpe can ap. in New York. The programme provided is un- y attractive, and the te are for the benefit of the fa, Those who have not yet witnessed this ta- lented ecmpeny, should. by all means, wail themaelves of the present opportunity Curnasry' ov —Christy’s ban of Minstrets ‘The lnttor testifies to the previ J on place. Disordeely Poi eit Dvinking Shops.—The Sixth ward police, on Saturday night, arrested tho following persons, who have been indicted by the Grand Jury for keeping disorderly houses on the Five Pointa, and elvwwhorein the Sixth ward, and selling liquor without license :—Mary Kecd, Jobn McCue, Charies Brennan, Andrew Cox. Bartly French, Patrick Kane, James Mehan, Aun Devine, anf Patrick McGee. Bench warrants lad been issued by the Court of Sessions, and the accused parties wero sccord- ingly arrested and conveyed before Justice Osborm. ‘They were all hold to bail to answer, Arrest of Burglars —Two men. named Christian Burk- hardt and Hiram Fredenburg, were avreited on a charge of breaking into the carpenter shop situated in Kighty- fourth street, and stealing herefrom a lot of tools, valued at $25, the property of Mr. Cook, The accused parties wore held to answer the charge. More Burglary in the Fifth Ward—On Saturday night rome burglars broke into the jewelry stor of Mr. W'B. Wood, Ni Broadway, near Franklin street, by forc- ing open the front door and taking therefrom about $100 hi of silver plate. The store is under repair, in conse- ce of a tire which occurred a week or two ago, since time no tin the store, aa was formert) Yi the fire, The police of the ¥ uxt brush up their forces, and cateh some of there t burg ‘The frequent robberies in their midat leet somewhat on the efficiency of the that district. Double your vigilanc t, Car- er, and show the other wards what you can do. ‘Those burglars must be captured wl Dishonest Servant.—A woman named Mary Kelly, « servant inthe employ of Mr. Leon W. Ritterband, re siding at No, 21 Delancy strect. was arrested on Saturday hy the police of the Seventeenth ward. on a chatge of stealing from her employer fifteen gold watches, thirty- seven silver watches, three diamond breastpina, four finger rings, &e., valued in all at $800. Mr. Kitterband is » watebwaker by trade, at No. 89 Chath: street, aod the property had been taken home for keeping du- ring Friday night. The girl, after cacrying off the box contsining the property, handed it over to an accomplice, and the next morning Mary Keily was arrested on the charge, by officer Leviness, ‘and conveyed before Justice Mountfort. Her compxnion, who heard of the robbery, and also the arrest of Mary, became alarmed, and ca’ the box containing the property to be sent to the Police * court, when it was rostored to the owner. Mary was committed to prison for trial Forious Dr James McDonald. residing at No, 26 James street, Brooklyn, was arrested ou Saturday, while in Broadway, by officer Mountjoy, of the Third ward, for furiously driving a horve and wagon throngh the streets, endangering the lives and limba of the citizens, Justice Orborn held him to bail ia the sum of $209, to answer the charge. Hotel Thief —Officer Bowyer on Saturday morning ar- rested # young man named George A. Willis, on a charge ofsteuling a coat and pantaloons from the Irving House. It seems tbat the officer was standing in front of the hotel in conversation with Mr. Fish, one of the boarders, when the accused pasced out with « pair of pantaloons on his person which Mr, Fish remarked looked like a pair be- longing to himeelf, stolen from his room the day before. ‘This fact was enough for the officer. who arrested Willis, and conveyed him to the office of the Chief of Police, where, on examining the pants, the name of Mr, Fish was writtew on the lining. The coat he had on was claimed by Mr. Fernando Wood, and the hat by another gentleman, one of the boarders at the hotel. The rogue was committed to prison for trial. Superlor Court—Special Term. Before Hon, Judge Campbell. Arnit 24.—Hirem P. Hastings vs, Jane Nicholle, $o— Judgment for the plaintiff ap the denfurrer for $070, with costs; but no inaue to enforce such judg- ment until the further order of the Court, james Doran ve. James Dempsey. &c.—Judgmont foe plaintiff 2nd order of reference to John L. Mason. vugustus M. Clason vs. John Rankin.—Complaint dis- Missed with costs. William Golden vs. John E, Bocon —New trial granted, with liberty ta.plaintiff to amend his complaint withia twenty days, defendant at liberty to answer amended complaint Before Hon. Judge Sandford. Thomas Otis LeRoy. ¥c., vs. Thomas Gedwin.—Motien for injunction denied, without costs. The Mechanics’ Bonking Association vs. Charles Swift, Thomas Johnson, §c.--Ordered that the defondants have the benefit of the order of 2d of March, on payment of costa then ordered and cost of metion, $6, in each suit. Before Liou. Judge Duer, T. F. Beale. vs, Catharine Hayes.—Demurrer to the com- plaint overrule with coats. but the defendant has the usual liberty of withdrawing it within twenty days, and answering Prevent. Justices Sandford and Bosworth. Avni, 24.—Respect to the Memory of the late Governor Young. —C. P. Kirkland, h+q., stated to the Court that the Hon, John Young, a member of the bar, and formerty Governor of this State, departed this life yesterday, and moved that, a4 a mark of respect to his memory, this Court do now adjourn. ¥. Sandford, Esq., seconded the motion of Mr. Kiek- land, The Court, with some remarks on the worth and talents of the deceased, and the high standing to which he had been elevated by the people of this State, directed that an entey of the motion be made inthe minutes, and that the Court do now adjourn. GENBRAL TERM. Before Chicf Justice Oakley and no Judges Sandford, Duer, and Bosworth. Apnit 24 -—John Whitaker. respondent, vs, Walter Migley, ap pellant.—Order of arrest vacated, upon defendants, pulating to bring no action. Alexander G. Fraser vs. sInson G. Phelps. —Order ap- pealed from reversed, without corts to either party and order of reference modified so fur as te require defendant to furnish sworn copies of the balance shvets in question without prejudice to future applicationa before referee for further order or directions. Frederick Tallis vs. William Willoughby.—Sotion denied without costs. John Horne vs, the Mayor, §., af New York.—Judgment for the defendant, John Horne and wife vs. the Mayor, §c., of New York. Judgment for the defendant. Supreme Court—Special Term, Decisions—By Justice Kdwards, Avurt 24 —Muzies R. Case vs. Geo. E, Pomeroy.—Mo- tion to amend bill of particulars, granted; the plain- tiff to pay $10 cost of the motion; and, if the defendant shail change his defence, the plaintiff must pay all costs which have occurred since the service of the bill of par- ticulars, Henry Relyea vs. Ann C, Retyea—Divorce granted. Dovid L. Moore vs. Wm, C. Hall, and al.—Motion te re- * isswe commission denied, with $10 costs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. Edward Saul, and others.—Order of reference, to Jno, L. Mason, Esq. De Forrest Maurice vs. Patrick Brady.—Judgment set aside on condition that defendant wair¢ all objections to service of the summons, and put in his answer within ten days after notice of the erder to be entered herein, Naval intelligence, Com J. MoKcover, waa at The U. 8. frigate 0 Montevideo, Feb, 28. the bark Edward Koppisch, which arrived at Salem, on Friday, brought letter bags trom hee #5 well as frog (he Jamestown,