The New York Herald Newspaper, June 15, 1852, Page 4

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The bark Eureka, which arrived yesterday, at this port, from Canton, brought an account of the imprisonment in Japan of Murphy Wells, and other Aucrican citizens, who composed the crew of the American whale ship Lawrence, of Poughkeepsie, which had been wrecked off the coast of that island en the 26th of Mey, 1846. This account, which was published in all of last evening’s papers as news, is not news atall. It was published over a year ago; and it was this very intelligence that led to the or- ganization of the Japanese expedition, whieh is pro- bably destined, if it can get won enough at $12 per | month, to produce the most extraordinary influence upon the commercial and other relations of this eountry with the islands o° the Pacific, and the en- tire of the East. Our special Washiugton correspondent writes that ata caucus of the Southern delegates to the Whig National Convention, it was resolved, by an over- whelming majority, to go for Fillmore first, and, if it ehal) »ppear that there is no chance for him, then 4° take up Webster and stick to him to the last. This policy exactly coincides with all previous ac- counts concerning the determination of the South- erners to oppose the nomination of Gen. Scott to the wtmost. Novertheleas, the Scottites anticipate that they will have cnough votes from Southern defec- tions to insure the success of their favorite on the second ballot. But from whence they expect these votes to come is yet to be ascertained, as no dele- gates from the other side of Mason and Dixon’s line had, up to last’ evening, made their appearance, either in Washington or Baltimore, who expressed a willingness to accept of Gen. Scott, without a plat form, and especially without his coming fairly and squarely up to the mark on all the compromise bills. In fact, since the selection of Pieree as the candi- date of the democracy, there has been a remarkable change—we may say, a perfect revolution—among the whigs, particularly inthe North. They are now doubtful whether they would be able, with Scott, to earry even a majority of those which have always been classed as whig States in this section of the eountry—whereas, with Webster, or some other man whose principles are thoroughly known, they would be pretty sure of securing the entire strength of the party, with the exception of a few abolitionists — The probabilities still are that either Webster or some new man will be decided upen by the Conven- tion which meets to-morrow, or else that there will be an irreparable explosion of the whole whig fabric. The Presidency was again the theme of discussion in the Honse of Representatives yesterday. Mr. Moore, Fillmore whig of Louisiana, opened the bu- | ainess with a persoual explanation, in which he wverred that the object of his section of the party was to establish a platform of principles on which all sections could unite, and that they have no idea of bringing a third party into the field. Mr. Gen- try, of Tennessee, afterwards took the stand, and made a very forcible and pointed speech on the ques- tion at issue. He detailed the feeling of the South, and clearly set forth the fact, to all observant minds, tbat it would be impossible for Gen. Scott to get the votes of the Southern whigs, and without them he could not be elected. He urged the whigs to fol- Jow the example of the democrats, and establish a platform on purely national grounds. During the morning hour, yesterday, the House had under consideration the bill proposing to give each State one hundred and fifty thousand acres of land for every Senator and Representative in Con- grees—the amount of land already granted for rail- road purposes to be deducted from the portion to be given to the State in which such roads are to be constructed. If Congressmen are positively deter- mined to rid the government of the public domain, this is the fairest proposition that has yet been brought forward, and should receive the support of every representative who desires to deal justly by the great majority of the poople. The House will | probably adjourn from to-day till Saturday. The United States Senate was principally oceu- pied yesterday in the discussion of a bill granting further protection to patentees. If passed, thie measure will check the importation of manufactur- | e4 articles which are infringements upon the patent | rights of American inventors. It will be seen that | a disposition is evinced by some of our Senators to have a ship canal across the Isthmus of Florida. Such o construction woull greatly expedite the transit of vessels between the Eastern and Southern Statee, and at the same time enable them to avoid the extremely dangerous navigation around the Florida reefs. We elsewhere publish some interesting news from Brazil, including the speech of the Emperor on the opening of Parliament, by which it will be seen that he is proud of having already done much to- wards repressing the slave trade, and that he wil! | continue his efforts until the abominable traffic is al. together extinguished. Some late advices from Liberia, to be found in another column, show that difficulty was appre- hended by that government with Great Britain, in consequence of the Grando rebellion, which was | supposed to have heen incited by British subjects. | The rapidity with which the insurrection was effec- tually put down, speaks well for the firmness and energy of the Liberians. It is hardly probable that aho British government will give itself any further trouble about the matter than to inquire into th fret will bes ri € to the telographic intelligence, it rly the businese portion o, | | delphia appeared to perfection. loss being between three and four hundred thousand dollars. Savannab, Ga., was also tho scene of a large fire yesterday morning. We have received intelligence from Utah Tor ritery to the Ist of May. The Mormons are pros- pering still. Constant accessions to their numbers are made by the arrival of immigrante from the Eastern States and Europe., The public buildings are progressing, as are ether public works We publish some items of news from Salt Lake City in another column of this morning’s Hmrap. The advocates and supporters of the Maine Liquor Jaw assembled in strong force, at Metropolitan Hall, last evening, The orators of the City Temperance Alliance spoke strong and enceuragingly of their prospects of success, and as usual appealed to the meeting for material aid. They were modest enough to ask only $2,600, halfof a sum which the City | Temperance Alliance say they have been authorized wo expend this season, The purposes to which that tum is to be devoted, do not appear; but probably a portion of it is to be sent in donations to the hotel keepers of Newport and other temperance watering places, to keep them from impending ruin. Among the syeakers was the Hon. John B. O'Neal, of South Carolina. We refer to another portion of our sheet for a report of the proceedings. The parade yesterday, of the New York Fire Do- partment, was the event of the city. It was decided- ly the most superb affair of the kind ever seen in this or in any other city. The companies from Phila- Their engines and hose carriage were really beautifw. The parade, tout ensemble, was great. On reference to our inside pages the readers will find, in addition to a large number of advertise- ments, several columns of highly interesting reading, to which special attention is directed. Among the most important we will mention the report of the Common Council proceedings; the transastions in va- rious Courts; our London correspondence: financial and commercial affairs, &e. Extraordinary Anti-Slavery Manifesto of the American Anti-Slavery Soclety—In- clplent Coalition of the Seward-Scott Par- ty and the Abolitionists. We publish in our columns to day, the manifesto | ofthe American Anti-Slavery Society, signed by | the original founders of the abolition movements in the Northern States, developing the present position of the anti-slavery adberents towards tho other parties of the day, and describing, in language of burning eloquence, their purposes in the approach- ing Presidential campaign. This is ono of the most important documents that has heen issued by this band of conspirators against the constitution and the Union, during the last thirty years. Itis as much remarkable for the epen and daring avowal of its treasonnble doctrin it is for its repre sentations touching the existing state of political purposes and political men at the present interesting crisis of public affaii This document first made its appearance last Saturday, in the columns of the | principal organ of anti-slavery fanaticism, socialism, intidelity, and alt other isms. It is published at this period in order to produce a certain effect on | the Whig Convention, which will meet at Baltimore | to-morrow—an effect designed to advance the anti- | slavery cause, and to put down all those distinguish- edstatesmen ofthe whig ranks who have heretofore { been disposed, by their position in the executive and legislative departments of the governments to set their faces in opposition to any further agitation of those treasonable doctrines, and to ward off their dreadful consequences to the future happincss and union of this country. In order that there may be no mistake ia the im- portance which we allege belongs to this docu- ment, and the purposes for which it is intended we annex the following remarks, which accompany the manifesto in the same organ in whose columns it first appeared. It was first published last Satur- day, and the following paragraph appeared in the New York Tribune, of yesterday :— In The Tribune of Saturday we published “ An Address | to Anti-Slavery Christians in the United States,” by a number of clergymen and other abolitionists, It is an able and important document. Ite signers are all known, where (known at all. as bitter enemies of the whig arty; and we feel certain that there is not a man on the ist Who has cast a whig vote these five years. Mest of them were active in defeating Mr. Clay in'1844. and all of them tried to defeat General Taylor in 1848, We recog- nise several of them as active supporters of the Massa- chusetts coalition which has made Boutwell, Governor of | that State. Caleb Cushing a Judge, and sent Charles Sumner to the United States Senate. The Addrese is full of the bitterest denunciations of whig statesmen, and of the general course of the whig party. This brief statement of the character of the ad- dress, coming from the organ of Wm. H. Seward, is | characteristic of the purposes which it is intended to serve, and the effects it is expected to produce at Baltimore and throughout the country, during the approaching political contest. Tt is here acknow- the bitterest denunciations of whig statesmen, and | 80. | other distinguished men of the whig party who have their intelligence, during the last two or three years, | in endeavoring to stay the torrent of anti-slavery | fanaticism, and to etand up in support of the com- promise measures recently passed in Congress, as a | provisional settlement of that important question. Not a word is said in this address against General Scott, William H. Seward, or against any of the Senator in his speeches in Congress or onthe stump, or by the former warrior, in the letters which he has published in favor of the anti-slavery senti- mbtnt, and the ultimate abolition of the institu- tions of the South. In fact, the violence of the | abuse and sarcasms issued against Mr. Webster, | in this extraordinary document—signed by the Tappans, who are the original’ founders of the exist- ing anti-slavery fanaticism, and approved of by the New York Tribune, who also supports Seward and Scott in the present position of affairs—only receive more edge and more meaning by the singular si- lenee which it maintains towards Seward and Scott on the same subject. Indeed, knowing the Jesuiti- enl character of the anti-slavery cabal of this city, and of their aidors and assisters in the Seward- Seott faction, we do not doubt that this document is meant as a thrust to the Southern whigs, calcu- lated to frighten and drive them to the support of General Scott as their candidate for the Prosidency, without any platform, and to the defeat of Fillmore and Webster, on the sole and entire ground of the support which they have hitherto given to the com- promise measures. If the bitter denunciations of Mr. Webster, as the leader of the whig statesmen in favor of the Com- promise, should have an effect on the Northern de- legates of the Whig Convention, eufficiently strong to have him thrown overboard, and to have given to the country the nomination of General Scott with, out platform or principles, the object of the new coalition between the Tappan party and the Seward party will be effected, by running every member of Congress, at the next election, on the ground of op- position to the Fugitive Slave law. This is the pur- pose which the conspirators have in view. Knowing the ignorance and vanity of General Scott, and that he can be used by the anti-slavery fac- tion of the North to much more advantage, for ulterior designs, than either Mr. Webster or Mr. Fillmore, they have formed this incipient coali- tion in order to unite all their forces in the whig convention for his nomination, and after that ic secured, to unite all their forces at the polls to elect members of Congress pledged to repeal the Fugitive Slave law, and revive the anti-slavery agitation. Every word of this addrese—every sentiment de. clared in 't—the course of ite reasoning—the bitter- nets exhibited towards Webster and Fillmore—its silence towards Scott and Soward—the prospects | held out in it for the future—all tend to convince | organ of the Right Rev. Bishop Hughes, who also the mind thot one of the roost dungorons coalitions | contributed to ite columns, and thereby considerably thal ever war attempted has now 4 formed bee , inerea ed ite cirendation; but owing to bad manage: leaders of the Tappan anti-slavery party, for tho purposo of completely making the whig party, hero- | after, entirely subservient to the purposes of the | conspirators. | There is a danger on the face of the movement: | from the amount of means which they can wield to accomplish their aims, both in the Whig Conven- tion and at the approaching election noxt fal). The signers to this important manifesto—Messre. Tappan & Co.—were the first persons to commence the treasonable movement, about thirty years ago, in this city, by the establishment of a daily newspaper, still in existence, named the Journal of Commerc. The same parties aleo established the first anti- slavery society in this country, which has, since that time, been multiplied to the number of a hun dred or more, in various sections of the United States. | The movements of this day, started by the Tappans, grew out of the disappointment engendered by the successful passage of the Compromise law, laid down under the gallant advocacy of Henry Clay, now preparing for his solemn winding sheet. The mani- festo boasts of the progress which these principles have made in the Northern States, while it affeets to deplore that, during the last two or three years, under the influence of Mr. Webster and other dis- tinguished whigs, there has been an unhappy re- | action in the public mind against the conspirators of the anti-slavery stripe. But this is mere affecta- | tion, and the concealment of thetruth. They boxst | of having a newspaper organ established in the fede- | ral capital at Washington, circulating nearly twenty thousand sheets per weck. But in addition to , this—though they complain of having no exclu- sive organ in this city—we have ascertained | the faet that out of nearly one hundred and | twenty thousand sheets circulated by abon fourteen religious weekly papers, there are no fewe than eighty or ninety thousand sheots advocating | auction in 1846, for the purpose of paying its dobts, when, in order to keep it out of hostile hands and to prevent its perishing, it was bought in by Bishop Hughes, who for two years was proprietor and nominal editor. Tho business affairs of the pa- per continued to be ill-managed, and the Bishop's official duties and delicacy prevented him taking that active part necessary for its prosperity—he therefore, in June, 1848, accepted the offer made its present proprietor and editor, Mr. 4. A. MoMas- ter, in copjunction with e gentleman of wealth, whose name has never been made publie, to reim- burse him what he had expended, and to take the paper off his hands, amounting to several thonsand dollars; since which, it is stated that it has nearly | doubled its cireulation—now mounting to eight thousand—and is read by Protestants as well as Catholics, in this country and in Europe. It is, | we understand, regarded as the leading Catholic newspaper in the United States, and boldly discusses political, social and moral topics. It is highly conser- vative and conetitutional on the slavery question. The True WWesteyan has beon established for a period of | nine years, and originated with, and is maintaiued | by, a body of secessionists fromthe Wesleyan Me- thodist Church, who make the test of the admission to membership the doctrines of temperance aud anti- slavery. It has a circulation among this denomina- tion of upwards of 4,000, principally in the Northern States; and we are informed it has also mage some way in North Carolina and Virginia. The next pa- per in order, of age, is the Protestant Churchman, which has been established eight years. It is at- tached ‘to the Episcopal low church party, and ha% a circulation, chiefly in this State, of about 1,709, The Sabbath Recorder is attached to a Baptist de- nomination, who hold the opinion that the “seventh day” and not the “first day,” is the trae Sab- bath. It has been established about eight | could not be proposed or set up, anti-slavery doctrines, issaed from this metropolis | years, and hase circulation of 1,700 among this de~ every week. Besides this, there are a hundred and | nomination. The Inquirer is the organ of the Uni" fifty thousand secular sheets—also anti-slavery— | turians, and is open to the full expression of the issued from this city during the same period of | opinions of the members of that body. It has been time, as well as three hundred and thirty thousand | established six years, and has a circulation of 0, sheets from journals called neutral, but indicating or | and we understand is otherwise well supported. The leaning towards anti-slavery doctrines and anti- | Independent is devoted to tho denomination of Chris slavery tendencies. Hero, thorefore, we have issued | tians known by this name, and has been established every week, in New York alone, over five hundred | four years. Its circulation is stated to amount to ledged that this extraordinary address is ‘full of | of the general course of the whig party.” And it is | Conta : But the statesmen who receive the denuncia- | *titutions,and the more so when it is rememberedthat tions of this anti-slavery cabal, are such menas ; °UF religious newspapers are numerous and presper- | President Fillmore, Secretary Webster, and those signalized their moral courage, their capacity and | ¢Pouge, and in many instances they are connected opinions which have been uttered by the latter | thousand sheets, more or less tinged with abolition doctrines, although this city depends more on the Union for its prosperity, and on the South for its commercial progress, than any other city in the | confederney. This strange anomaly in the charac- ter of the press of this commercial city, sustained by Southern trade, isa most singular fact in the | progress of anti-slavery sentiments. Two-thirds of the commercial class are recreant to their interests, and are actually aiding, and assisting in the pro- mulgation and circulation of doctrines which, it carried into practice, would separate this Union in two, and reduce and destroy the value of all the property of this city, to the extent of fully one- half. We do not stop to enter into a critical examina- tion of the various clauses of this manifesto. “The doctrines it contains, the avowals it makes, and even its silence as regards certain men, indicate the purposes for which it has been issued. purposes are, elearly and indisputably, to form an anti-slavery coalition between the Seward-Scott party in the Northern States, and the ultras of the same stripe in the same regions, for the purpose of abolitionizing the whig party, and electing a House of Representatives entirely anti-slavery in ita sentiments. Such an address—with the endorse- ment of the Seward organ itself—is calculated also to unite the Seward anti-slavery delegates in the Whig Convention at Baltimore on such a platform as will be sufficient to swallow and put down the South and all their principles, at one fell swoop. If, with these facts before thom, and this docu- ment so explained, the Southern delegates abandon Webster and Fillmore, and cave in to the anti- slavery purposes of the Seward-Scott coalition, the people of the Southern States ought to rise up in their indignation, and denounce every one of their delegates, from the Potomac to the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Rocky Mountains to the shores of the Atlantic. But we expect better things of the Southern delegates in the Whig Convention. They are now ina crisis of the most formidable magni- tude. By insisting on the passage of a Compromise platform in the Whig Convention, they ean put } down the anti-slavery cealition of Seward & Co. on { the one side, and Tappan & Co. on the other. But, by submitting to their attempts and to their candidate without a platform, they are gone forever, and tho South will be placed in a predicament the most dangerous yet in which she has ever stood. The Religious Weekly Papers of New York. ‘The extent and influence of the religious press of this ‘ city must be a feature of considerable interest, when considered in connection with a people and their in- ous. Of course they are supported almost entirely by tho religious denominations whose tenets they with religious socictics or proprietary bodies, and the contributions are furnished by various persons. The oldest religious newspaper in this city and in | this State is the New York Observer. Itwas estab- ; lished in 1823, by Sidney E. and Richard C. Morse, } the former of whom also founded the Boston Re- ; corder in 1816, the exemplar and prototype of this numerous class of periodicals, now extensively scat- tered over this country and Great Britain. Messrs. | Morse are now the proprietors, and the Rev. | S. J. Prime hag been associated with them es | editor since 1840, This paper is not tho organ | of any religious denomination, or of any po- | litical party. One part is deveted to religious, and the other to secular intelligence. It supports moderate anti-slavery and temperance doctrines, | but professes to be opposed to the denunciation | of slave holders, and to ultraism in reform. Its cir- culation is about 18,000. The next oldest religious | paper isthe Christian Advocate and Journal, having been first issued in 1826, published in eonnection with the Methodist Episcopal church. A few months after its establishment, the Charleston Wesleyan Journal was united with it, and in 1828, the Zion Herald, of Boston, was aiso incorporated with it. Its editors are’ appointed, for fouryears, by the Ge- neral Conference of the Methodist piscopal church; it is at present edited by Dr. Peck. It has the largest circulation of any religious paper, having 29,000 subscribers. The Christian Intelligencer was established in 1830 by an association, and is the organ of the Reformed Protestant Dutch church in North America. This paper professes to be eatholic in its spirit and liberal in its views. It has # general circulation of from 5,000 to 6,000, chiefly among the 800 churches of this denomination. It publishes the official documents of the Dutch church, and devotes itself to secular as well as religious intelligence. The New York Evangelist was also established in 1830. It was originated by an association of layinen, and is the organ of the friends of revivals, of reforms, and of the new school viewsin theology. It basa circulation of 12,000, chiefly among the members of the Presbyterian church, and of the Congregational churehes in New England and the West. The Churchman is devoted to the advocacy of Episcopalian doctrines, has been established twenty-two years, and has a general circulation of 2,000. The next oldest paper is the New York Recorder, which was first issued in 1839 as the Bap. | tist Advocate, and has an increasing circulation of upwards of 8,000, chiefly among the denomination whose principles it advocates. The Fyveeman’s Jow= nal and Catholic Register dates its commencemont | in the year 1840, when two papers—the Catholw Re- gister and the Freeman's Journal—wero started. | The former of these was in a short time merged in the latter, and thie paper then became the official ' These | | 10,000. The Christean Ambassador is the organ of the sect known as Uni versalists, who beliove in tho ultimate salvation oj all mankind. 1t has been es- tablished eightcen months, and wo are informed has acireulation of 6,000, principally in this Stato and in Pennsylvania. ‘The following table shows the pesition of the re- ligious papers in this city: Years — Cirew- . Established. lotion, Observer, Congregationalist... . 29 (18.600 Christian Advocate, Methodist. 29,000, Christian Intelligencer, Reformed Dutch 6.000 Evangelist, Presbyterian... 12.000 Churchman, Episcopalian . 2.000 Recorder, Baptist... 8.000 Freeman’s Journal and Catholic Register 8000 ‘True Wesleyan tee sone 4.000 Protestant Churchman. Episeopalian 1.700 Eabbath Recorder, Baptist... 1,700 Inquirer. Unitarian,...... 2.500 Independent. of 10.000 Christian Ambassedor, Univerealist 6.000 Total—13 jonrnals—weekly circulation... ....108,900 The number and influence of religious papers in this city is rather a surprising feature, whon com- pared with the number in London and other Euro- pean metropolises. In London there are but four of five, and those haying but a limited circulation, and exhibiting but little talent or entorprise, and in Paris there are but two or three. In Boston and other of our own towns their number is similarly and less small, so that New York has an extent of religious newspaper literature surpassing that of all other cities, or, perhaps, that of all the world put together, We have thus presented a view of the mass of re- ligious newapaper literature which is weekly issued in this city, the influence of which must be consi- derable. Surely we ought to be a very exemplary and righteous community. At least two thirds of these papers, or more than 80,000 sheets per week» are propagandists of anti-slavery doctrine The Catholie portion are conservative in their principles, and generally the Episcopal are the same; but, with slight exceptions, the Presbyterian, the Methodist, and Baptist, and other papers, are warm advocates of anti-slavery dogmas. It will be noticed that the Truc Wesleyan, whose supporters belong to the anti-slavery and temperance order, has been en- deavoring to get a circulation in North Carolina and Virginia. Such is one of the many and various mo- thods by which doctrines, that gradually ran into the firebrands of diseord and destruction, are insi- diously scattered about us, and which, sooner or later, may precipitate the republic into a state of alienation, insurrection, civil war, and final and un- changeable separation and disunion. The Srmir Mepiums—CanpipaTes Fon Bep- 1LAM.—In another part of this day’s Hrrap will bo found true copies of two extraordinary messages said to have come from the other world. They are both printed on the same handbill—one oneach side of the paper—and circulated through Brooklyn, and, ‘We preaume, in New York and the vicinity of both cities. On Sunday, the document was left at the house of a gentleman in Brooklyn, who handed it to us for publication, and stated that copios wero also left with his neighbors. One of the messages is entitled “ Disclosure’ from the Interior, with Important Predictions and Warnings!!!” The messago itself is a rhapsody, interlarded with quotations from the Scriptures, and announcing the immediate approach of the day of judgment, and the tessille destruction of “the city of external greatness and prosperousness.” At the foot of this message there is the following state- ment :— The above extremely momentous, thrill- ing, and extraordinary communication, to which it will be the height and depth of wisdom in all mortals to take heed thereunto, was given from the interior by a spirit messenger from Paradise, through a chosen medium, on Friday evening, Jan. 16, 1852,” The other message bears the following title “A Revelation Graven in Letters of Fire.” Thisis a still more extraordinary revelation, as may be seen by the opening paragraph : ‘Go! Scarcely let time intervene. Escape the vales of death. Pass from beneath the cloud of magnetic human glory. Flee te the mountains whither I direct. Rest in their embrace, and in @ plaee fashioned and appointed of old. There the dark cloud of magnetic death has never rested. For I, the Lord, have thus decreed, and in my person have sworn, and it shall come to pass. Time waiteth for no man.” The messago then goes on to state that all who go to this hiding place (somewhere in the mountains of Ohio or Vir- ginia), will escape the destruction that will visit the rest of the world, and will see the Lord descending from heaven. Appenied to this message is the fol- lowing account of the way it was communicated:— “The above sublime heavenly mandate and commission was given to the leader of the Auburn Circle last fall— about the time of the first ripe grapes, (Num. 13, 20). It was given. in letters of flaming gold. in space, one word at atime. till the whvle commission was communicated and transeribed."’ Thie is a melancholy evidence of the progross of the delusion, fanaticism, and ravings of the ‘‘isms,” all of which find in the New York Tribune an ap- propriate organ, and are fast proparing numerous weak-minded pergons for the mad house. It is the same insane rant that was uttered in so many 4oo- tures last winter; but, being exposed in the news- papers, it now vents iteelf more secretly and quietly in the shape of tracts, circulars and handbills. Marino Affairs. w Souxp Boat,.—The new steamboat City of Hart- ford, launched rome short time back from the yard of Mr. 8. Sneden, at Green Point, L. 1, will start on her first trip to Hartford to day, in place of the Hero, She {ga eplendid boat, of 1,000 tons burthen, and cost $125,- 000 in her construction. Her dimensions a Lomysth 278 feet; beam, 86 feet (62 1¢ over aby; depths of tro! ‘Tus Any Union Goixe ‘ro mE Courr or Ar- ! peats.—Wo learn from the Art Union’s own organ, that, the committee of managers being dissatisfied with the recent decision of the Suprome Court, de- caring that institution to be a lottery and a gam- bling concern, and therefore illegal and unconstitu- tional, are about to bring the case before the Court of Appeals. How little reason they have for doing so may be seen from the elaborate and able opinion of Judge Roosevelt—published in this day’s HeraLp nciding with the opinion of Judge Mitchell, which we published last week. They have not a leg to stand upon, nor a spot to rest a leg upon, unless it be the fact that Judge Edwards—one of the three Judges—gave his opinion in their favor, concluding, from an imperfect knowledge of the facts, that the Art Union lottery is not a lottery. For example, he soys:— “Tn the case before us, the works of art which are to be distributed were not proposed or set up at the time the members paid their subscription, At that time they Tt was then a matter of | uncertainty as to What would, in any event, be distri- | buted.” A little more attention to the case would have shown him that this is an error. In the leading article of the Budletin of the Institution, for Septem- ber, 1850, entitled ‘ Motives for Subscribing to the Art Union,” ard occupying more than a quarto page, we find the following :— “The September Bulletin. for 1849, ammounced % eatae logue of but two hundred works, (for distribution by lot.) We now present to the public a list of mora than three hundred, several among them being the best pro- Auctions of their authors,” The leader of the Bulletin for November, 1850, says: “In addition to these pictures, there are other objects to be inelnded in the distribution—a bas relief, statuettes, medals, &c.” In the Bulletin of May, 1951, among the powerful mot held out to procure subseribers is the following :—‘‘Besides the inducements just enumerated, there remains a share inthe allotment of works of art purchased by the association; and judging from the two hundred al- ready obtained, it will be the most attractive col- lection ever offered by the Art Union.” With all this, and more, in print in the official bulletin of the Art Union itself, we are ata loss to knofow Judge Edwards could be so far deluded as to make such an extraordinary statement as wo have quoted from him above; but he is probably con. vinced, by this time, that he labored under an egregious error; so that the opinion of this young Judge is but avery shadowy foundation to rest a case upon for the Court of Appeals. The highest criminal court in this city, and the highest civil court, have now declared the Art Union to be illegal; and do the managers seri- ously believe that there is the slightest chance of the Court of Appeals reversing these decisions ? That court is remarkable for its strict construction of constitutional law, and pronouncing its solemn judgments against every infringement of the letter and spirit of the constitution. Among numerous examples, we may refer to ite decision in the case of the Canal Lettings, a far more doubtful ques- tion than the Art Union lottery, which in fact ad- mits of no doubt atall. Why, then, do the com- mittee appeal? It is totally useless for them to do so; and without inquiring into their motives, we may safely say that the only possible effect must be, first, to confirm the judgment of the court below, and secondly, to give more fees to the lawyers. Aro they justified inexpending the money of tho sub- ecribers in such a game as this? Would they do so if it was a privato suit of their own? But it is only of a piece with their obstinacy all through, and we have very little hope of curing them, even now, at the eleventh hour. They shall, however, be cured at last to their complete satisfaction. Let them there- fore go the length of their tether, when they refuse to reflect upon their folly, repent of tho error of their ways, and make the only atonement in their power for their past mismanagement, by dividing the funds and property now in their hands among the subscribers, who are the legitimate owners» and will be content with the fragments that remain out of the wreck of this gigantic and fashionable lottery, ifthere is no further waste of money by an absurd resistance to the plain and indubitable pro- visions of the constitution and the laws of the State of New York. Is ‘PROTESTANTISM INCOMPATIBLE WITH Li- bERTY?”’—This evening, at the Tabernacle, Dr. Brownson, of Boston, is to maintain the aflirmative of this question in a lecture given before the Catho- lic Institute of New York. We know the doctor has a rather curious move of reasoning; but we are very anxious to know what kind of arguments he can produce for such a novel proposition as that. In the first announcement in the Freeman’s Journal» the subject of the lecture was stated to be ‘ Pro- testantism Ineompatible with Republicanism.” It has heen since corrected. Itis a distinction with- out a difference, for the highest form of liberty as yet known to tho human raco is republicanism as it exists in the United States, and Protestantism is the very essence of this liberty and republicanism: In fact, Protestantism has been always charged by Catholic controversialists as being the excess of li- berty, and as giving more freedom to man than is good for him. The very origin of Protestantism was the breaking of the shackles of spiritual*des- potism, and its tendency every where is towards civil liberty, whereas absolute monarchies and des- potic governments furnish the congenial soil in which Catholicism flourishes and thrives. In this country jt is a sickly exotic. We shall, sherefore, be curi- ous to know what the learned editor of the Catholi, Review bas to say in support of his view of the subject. er AuperMan Denman AND THE Curr BNGINEER or THE Croton AQugepuct.—Alderman Denman has been attacked in a letter published in severay newspapers, and signed by Mr. Craven, Chief En- gineer of the Croton Aqueduct Department. The letter astails the whole Board of Aldermen, but it is chiefly directed against Alderman Denman, as one of the members of the committee to whom a case of great injustice, on the part of the Croton Aqueduct Department, was referred, and who reported against that Board, and in favor of a wronged contractor. The Board of Aldermen, and, also, the Board of Assistant Aldermen, adopted the report. The Mayor vetoed the resolution te pay the contrac- tor, and both Boards have since passed it. For this, Alderman Denman is charged with corruption by Mr. Craven, and Mr. Denman has submitted the letter to the Board of Aldermen, for the pur- pose of investigating its charges, in order either that tho individual guilty of the conduct alleged may be punished, or, if the charges are untrue, that the officer who has hazarded such allegations may meet with his reward. The case is now undergoing investigation. We apprehend that there can be very little difficulty in determining who is right in this matter, and that Alderman Denman will come out triumphant. The Steamshir Great Britain. New York, June 14, 182, TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. Sim :—In your paper the following statements are given of the whereabouts of the Great Britain, which I do think, sir. is right. June 6th, at noon, ship Franklin King, saw the Great Britain, lon, 64.00, lat, 4000. Jane 6th, at 3, M, ship Princeton, do., lon. 63,00 lat, 41.16, June 6th, no hour, bark Jangier, do, lon, 62.50, lat. 41 *June 7th, 10 A. M., ship James Wright, do., lon, 63.40, latitude not given. kes will obli ne remain OLB RUBSCRIBER, @Is not this meant tobe June sth. There reports were published as given by the \oLepieg of the verrels, Such inconsistencles re of frequent oc- currence in marine reports, arising from various cireum- well understood by those acquainted wiih sach yur correspondent’s query as to site porein accepted, it would not enlighten the matter, as the Franklin King reports speakieg the steamer ; 6th, in lon. C4, and Capt. Russell, of the Cunonon, ee itter published in the N.Y. Munato, correcting bis report, rays he spoke her at 3.10 P.M. on the Oth, §n Jon, 05.61,—E, Texaco The Watering Piaces, Tone Baancu.—The Pavilion Hotel. Long Benneh, unday feet, fhe in com 4 by Captain Mitis, and owned | by tho Tinrtferd oud heat Comy ay one on thi } at SA, M., apa | Now cneale, cnse: ‘Wetumpka, Ala., has boon destroyed by fire, the | tween the leaders ef the Seward whig party and the ment, it became so involved that it was put upa’ Pelice Intelligence, MARRIAGE AND D’ SERTION—ECENB AT THY rories COURT, BEFORE JUSTICE BOGART. Our police courts are almost the daily resort of all classes of society, eeeking advice, consolation and relief from the ‘wrongs. real or imaginary, which they have received at the hands of designing and evil disposed persons. The map, through intemperance and hiv own folly, is robbed of his money; the police are sought to aid him in getting it back, If a woman assail the reputation of her female neighbor, 9 complaint is made to the Justice by the in™ jured party, with a request to make her prove her asser. tions. A dispute about the right of a clothes line, or the ute of a wood-house, are all subjects of complaint before the Police Justices, The wife sceks redress against he hurbend, and the husband against the wife, and so on™ and very frequently the magistrate is called upon to de” cide in cares of hurried marriages, the parties becoming in @ short time dissatisfied with each other, and wishing to be separated; or in many cases the husband clears out, and the wife hurries to the Police Court with a view of compelling him to support her. We give below am ‘lustration of one of these hurried marriages. Although the parties oceupy but an humble station, yet the same thing cecurs probably to a much greater degree in higher circles, only we do not come in contact with them, from. the fuct that ubeir better judgment induces them to cry quits, and eveh one profits by the mishap, and endeavors to do better next time, ‘athe other day a very decent and fair looking Irish girl, about seventeen yas of age, appeared betore Justice Rogart. and, wish tears in her eyes, stated that she wanted her husband, Thomas McFastand, arrested, as he was about leaving her and golog off with another woman, Justice= Why. are you amarcied woman? I should think you were too young to get married yet awhile. The complainant smied, held down her head, and re- plied :—-Faith. your honor, aud fam ; I married the boy i ‘ago, and paid his board and my own too, 1ys he 18 going off wid Ellen Dillon, who, he fuys. hae plenty of money. and mine is just gone; and I want to know, Judge. if (mto be used in this way? Here. Judge, is my marriage lines, (A certificate of we was produced showing they were musried by a at the Chambers street chureh.) Juctice—Yes, L see by these lines you haye been mar- ied. but what evidence have you got that your husband is going to leave you ? ihe complainaut then grappled in her bosom, und after some exertion, drow forth a very warm sheet of paper, its edges and folds bearing evidences ef considerable tumbling“ Here.”’ she said to the Justice with anex- pression of triumph, “here, hero is the letter which I got this morning ; it came to the house intended for my hus- band, but I gotit first. Sraren Isuanp, June 2, 1852. My Dran Tuomas :--I take the favorable opportunity of writing these few lines to you, hoping to tind you in. good health as this leaves me at present. You must ex- cue me for not fullilling the promise Thad made you. I was in New York on Monday iast, and I sent a messen- ger for you to where you lived, and the answer I got to- Lifes aid not see you, and for that reason I could not go: on Phesday. : hope you will be pleased to send me an answer and let me know bow you get along in New York; I get along my- relf firet rate in Staten Island. but not contented, You must excuse this * scribling, for the pen was blind and it could not see; so blome the pen and do not blame me,”” I would wish to have the pleasure of seeing you im Staten Island once more. dear Thomas; if it makes any difference to you to come in, you need not come a past the gaile; you can send for me and I will go to you with the greatest of pleasure. I wish you would como as soon as possible. or if you axe not for coming send me au answer, and I will feel quite happy. No more at present from your most loving and alivetionate ELLEN DILLON. T remain your true love until death, P 3.—1 wonld Lave wrilten before this, bat I did not get the opportunity of any person that I could depend on to send you a few lines until now, so hope you will not Lisme me; you know I would not wish that any person. should see this but you aud me. ‘The Justice took the letter and read it, and remarked that no doubt from the substanee of the letter her hus- band intended to act dishonestly towards her. Complainant, impatiently—Yes. Judge, I know he is goirg away with this Ellen Dillon, cause he told me he was, he said he loved her better than me, eause she bad more money, Justice—When did you first get acquainted with Themas ? Complainant—At Staten Island, I was a nuree, and so was Elien Dillon. and she now thinks to get my boy from me, cause the has more money than I have, Justice—I can see by your statements that your hus- band is more in waut of money than he is of a wife; how- ever. if he does not act right towards you we will see what can be done for you. You must tako s witness with you and demand eupport, and if he refuses to do anything for pha come back to me, and I will then see what we cav. lo. ‘The disconsolate wife gave the magistrate a smiling look of gratification, thanked him for his kind considera- tion of her case, and left the court, evidently fecling much better in mind, haying lodged her complaint before tri- bunal ofjustice. IN THE MATTER OF ALLEGED PERJURY, ON THE COM- PLAINT OF DR. PALMER, AGAINST DR. SHEARMAN— A FLARE UP BETWEEN COUNSEL—RULIGION AND Law. Before Justice Osborn. A week or two since a complaint was preferied before Justice Orborn, by Dr. Walter C, Palmer, of No, 54 Riv- ington street, against Dr. John H. Shearman, who charges that the defendant swore falsely in a eertain matter be- fore Justice Timpson. when the wife of Dr. Palmer was accured of breaking the seal, and opening a letter, the property of the said Dr. Shearman. On that complaint it appeers on the investigation, the evidence against Mrs Palmer was not sufficient. to sustain the charge. and the magistrate dismissed it, And now a suit is brought against the doctor by Dr. Palmer and wife, in which they allege perjury on the part of the defendant, growing ot of the complaint before Justice Timpson, Yesteroay afternoon the case was set down Vefire the magistrate on ahearing. At the appinted hour a num- ber of witnesses were present, together with many others who Were not witnesses but, merely friends of both par- ties attracted to the court. the matttr having ereated reat deal of interest, as the complainants as well as the jefendants. belong to the rame ehurch, and of course some considerable anxicty was exhibited by the friends of both parties to see which came out victorious after passing through the flery ordeal of a police court. The first witness called was Mrs. Elizabeth Cray, of 186 Second street, who. it seems, was not a witness in the perjury case, but a witness in the ease of conspir- acy pending against Dr. Sherman and Dr. Woodward. The magistrate here decided that her evidence could not. be admitted Counsel for the prosecution felt aston- ished at the decision of the Justice, and made some re- marke, which. in them: . reflected on th dgment of the Court. the counsel then wanted a full record key of the objections made by him. The magistrate said he should instruet the clerk to take down all the evidence as he thought relevant to the matter at tasue, at the same time requested the counsel for the prosecution to pro- duce witnesses. if he had avy to examine, touching the charge of perjury. The counsel replied that be had a number of rexpectable witverses to examine, “bat that he does not feel safe, from the fact that he fears he ean- not get fair play, as for my par tcld that my ease would’ be Pp here.’ Mr’ James T. Brady, ¢ ‘ in reply. said. thatthe »niinosity exhibited by members of the same church towards each other was astonish- ing. It appears as if they were willing to swear each other to perdition, in order to gratify @ malicious feeling The magistrate now interposed, and requested the prosecution to produce the witness; bnt finding they did not do so, the justice said he was informed that Dr. Palmer was a witness in this care, and as such he called him on the stand, to iestify. ‘Che Doctor was then sworn, and ‘aid that he knew Dr. John If, Shearwan, the de- fendant, have known him for about two years became acquainted with bin at the quarterly ¢ held a} the Norfolk strect church. Hfere a conversation was attempted to be introduced, between the witness and aMr. Taylor. Oljected to by Mr. Brady, and the objec- tion was rustained by the Court. This obyection being sustained by the magistrate was the subject of turther ion by the complainant's counsel, the discussion, the members of the chureh was again alluded to by Mr. Brady. When one of the witnesses called, Dr. Duteher rose from his seat. and in a very excited manner addressed the magistrate, remarking that he was a mem- ber of the church. and as such had been subpeenacd a wit- nees at court. and that ho took it as an insult to hear the allusions made reflecting on the church, in his presence. Mr. Brady replied to the remarks made by the doctor, and informed him that when he wanted any instructions as to what precise language he thould use pending thie examination, he would call = and consult him, but that at present the doctor had no right to rise and interfere with the legal proceedings of the Court, and that he (the Doctor) was only allowed to be present by his (Mr. Brady's) permission, as his right would de to- have him excluded from the room, Some exciting re- marke then pasred between the counsel, which, if per- mitted to continue. would have led to a regalar flare up.. The magistrate interposed. and adjourned any further proceedings, and entered on the minutes of the Court— in consequence of the unpleasant altercation between counrel, the examination stands adjourned until three o'clock this (Tuesday) afternoon.” Court Calendar—This day. Starrs District Count.—Nos, 35, 41, 51, 47, 48. 52, 53, 55. 56, 57. Surneme Count.—Special Torm.—Nos. 44, 46, 50, bt, 8. 13, 164, 60, 61, 66, 72, 73, 74, 169, 78, Scrreme Court, Crecurr.—Nos, 373, 280, 304, 396, 807, 809, 400, 401, 402, 406, 408, 374, 8, 236, 270, Common Piras—Part 1—Nos, 1257, 1259 1263 to 1207 inclusive (all odd numbers), 1301, 1303, 1305, 1307, 1309, 1311, Part 2—Nos, 786 792 to 800 (even numbers), 806, 810, 812. 814, 818, 820, 822, 824, Burenion Count—(Two branches).—Noe, 624, 669, 68435, 616, 697, 706, 505. 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