The New York Herald Newspaper, August 16, 1852, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENN PROPRIETOR AND BDITOR. Orrice N. W. OORNKS OF FULTON AND NASSAU gTB. ¥ HERALD. 2 conte per copy—$7 per annum. THE WEEKLY HERALD, every Saterday: af 6g cents copy. or $2 per annum: the opeaa, asl on waar to an partes Great Britain, and $to any part ef Be Continent, doth (o include the pos! a; THE DAU. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, BOWERY TAEATRE, BROADWAY THEATRE, Brosdway— Sommexs Macr « NIBLO'S, wuEMED Ts NATIONAL THEATRE Chatham ctreet—Wittow Corser —Koven Liamomy, Broadway—Dums Briue—Barier Biren- CASTLE GARDEN—Les Diamon pe 14 Covnoren, AMERICAN MUSEUM—Anverna Pearonmayvoxs om FRE AYTEKNOON aND BYENING, CHAISTO'S OPERA ROUSE, 472 Broadway—Ernrorran Monet esy wy CunisTY'’s MinsTReEss. WOOD'S MINSTRELS. Wood’s Musical Mall, 444 Broad- way—Krnsorray MiNsTARLSY. 16, 1852. ~Wew York Monday, August The News. The steamship Northern Light, which arrived yesterday morning, bronght us one day later nows from California. We give a number of very inter- | | | den by a white man. We have given, romtime to , time, the shipments of the dus: to England, as evi- ences of the richness of these new discoveries. Their yield is great r—they turn oat the dust in larger quantities to the panful of earth, and they | roll out bigger lumps, and chunks, and more of | them, and of fiver gold, than the riches placer: of California. The consequence is, that they are now realizing in England the gold furore which we experienced here in 1849—the year of the great exodus of our popu- Jation by land and sea to Calif mia. Whole eolumns, and indeed whole pages, of vessels up for Australia, sailers and steamers, constitute a promi- nent feature of the principal journals of London and Liverpool. The tide of emigration from those ports is changing from the west tv the east, and the late convict colony of England—as much dreaded by mavy crimiusls as the halter itsel —is now sought by people of all classes as the lan) of promise, and hope, aid fortune, and happiness—the real Ophir of King Solomon—the real El Dorado, of which the old Castilians only dreamed—and the substance Tus Exzction oF Cou Benton To Concness.— There appears to be no doubt of the election of Col. | Benton to the House of Representatives, from tho First Congressional district of Missouri, although opposed by Lewis V. Bogy, another democrat, and Samuel Caruthers, ‘he whig candidate. To beat either was doing pretty well, when we consider the { bitter hostility of the small (ry politicians of Mis- | Souri to “Old Bullion;” but to beat them both woe certainly a great triumph. The result is at- tributable to the superior abilities, tact, talents, and indomitable energy and resolution of Col. Ben- ton, and to the good sense of the independent voters, who preferred the experienced statesman to any second rate county court pot-house politician. We consider the result a great victory of a sound popular opixion over the malicious intrigues of un- principled demagogues, and the election of Col. Benton a matter of general congratulation, not only to the honest people of Missouri, But of the whole | country. The House of Representatives, at Wash- | ington, isan assemblage of very ordinary men, in | point of talents, learning, legislative experience There is scarcely a man of murk and reality of the golden visions of Arabian ro- mance. The contagion of these discoveries has extended to our shores. Already a dozen vossels, mostly from this port, have sailed ‘or Sydney and Port Philip, with well assorted cargoes, which will doubtless yield a golden profit, and with an ag- gregate of not less thua a thousand passengers, notwithstanding California is some thirteen thou- of the Cape of Good Hope. Such is the pitch of onthu- siasm in England, that the steamsbips Great Britain, eating items from different sections of the country on the Paci not the least of which isthe duel fought by Mr Nugent, formerly of this city, now one of ‘the editors of the San Pranciseo Herald, and Mr Jobn Cotter, an Alderman of San Francisco, whom wo believe w © formerly of this city, by r Nugent received a ball through his leg, said would have to be amputated in coa, iety in California, which and locking the Jaw and s civilized communities, is which which The state of & fast Jendir hu ere and assaults, which Will have av injnrious efleet upon the State, by turn- ing tho tide of emigration, which has heretoforo set fo strongly in that quarter, towards the newly di covered of Australia. Some im vc t intelligence was received yecter- day from 1 It appears that General Flores has met with several serious disasters, which will re- syery much, if they donot wholly prospects. We learn, however, fram Capt. who arrived in the Iilinois on Saturday, direct from Guayaquil, that the disasters will only ave of tha y and the ultioat delay the ca cers of General PF. Tew # that he has the right Bide of ibe gnestion in dispute in Seuador, and as he is aided by Peru and Chile, he may accomplish the overthrow of General Urbina, the present Presi- dent of the republic. The latier is an uaurper. When Novos was elected President, Urbina be- lorged to the army. One fine day, about a yoar or eighteen months ago, Urbina, at the head of a smal! force, seized Novea, placed bim on board a vessel, and rent bim adri't on the Pacific. Urbina then proceeded to Quito, and assumed the reins of power, nh he has ve held. It is General Flores’ intention to displace him In 1845, Flores was ireated*by Roca, who afterwards acted as President. ter movement arly every county of the State, and delegates have been appointed to the Macon vention There appears to be a determinatio the part of the Unionists to harmonize and heal the divisions of the party, so that its strength may be concentrated on a third candidate for the Presiden- ey. The indications now are, that the Macon Con- vention will cxert a vast influence throughout the country, and will be succesded by similar move- ments in othor States. President Fillmore has written ao letter to the ebairman of the Milledgeville Convention,returning his thanks for the complimentary resolutions passed by that body. Ho says the necessity for a Union party no longer exist, and hopes that it is abandon- ed. By the movement now going on in Georgia, it will be seen that his hopes are far from being real- ised. The report from Boston in relation to the supposed loss of the chip Staffordshire, throws doubt upon the probability that that ship has been wrecked. We must wait for confirmatory intelligence before placing any reliance on the account which has been received. The firemen of Baltimore could not restrain their riotous propensities on Saturday night, at the va- rious fires which occurred in that city, but amused themselves with throwing stones at each other, firing guns, pitching an engine into the river, and stabbing a man by the name of John Gregory, wounding him so severely that his recovery is doubtful. Only four counties remain to be heard from in North Carolina, and Reid’s majority stands now 4,362. To the House of Commons sixty-one whigs have been clected, and fifty-five democrats. General Blake has arrived in Jacksonville, and has bad a conference with Billy Bowlegs, at which, it is eaid, be told bim he must agree to emigrate by the Ist of September, or the sharp-shooters would be down upon him. simi? in Georgia has been on Australian —Line of Sceamers from Yow Work to Ausralia, The establishment of a line of steamers from Panama to Australia commends itself, at this time, to our enterprising steamship companies, as im- measurab)y the most important and profitable of all the steamship exterprises of the day. This is a Sweeping assumption; but a very brief statement of facts will suffice to make it good. Australia is an island continent, scarcely Jess in its territorial area than this immense republic of the United States. It has all the advantages of good harbors, a genial climate, a fine productive oil, the largest timber upon the face of the earth, and such a breadth of superior natural pasturago, that, before the late discoveries of gold, the rapid increase of cattle and sheep in the island, gave promise of making it, at an early day, the greatest cattle-raising and wool-growing country on the globe. The supplies of Australian wool have become an important item in the annual imports of that staple to England. Before a grain of gold was known to exist among the minerals of Australia, its vast resources—agricultural, manufacturing and commercial—were a sufficient guaranteo, that before | | | Sarah Sande, and Cleopatra, at Liverpool, or Cork, have had their days of sailing respectively ad- vertised in the New York Henatp. The compa nies owning these vessels have discovered that England, and thence round the Cape of Good Hops, ano across the dead expanse of the Indian Ocean, rather than be disappointed in their determination to have a hand in those astonishingly rich gold mines of Australia. Here, then, we come to the application By the direct Bydne upon an average, f rom New York. It will probably require the whole of thatperiod, with the chances of delay, to make the trip by steam to Livetpool, and thence by steam to Sydney. Onthe other hand, the trip may be made from New York, by steam, via Panama, and thence directly across the Pacific, in thirty days, or thirty-two or three at the out Ten days from Liverpool to New York would, therefore, re- dace the trip from Liverpool to Australia to forty- two or three days, the Arnerican route being in- ably more inviting to the traveller than the and monotonous and unbroken ocean pas- age of the Exstern youte. By the American route we have the city New York, Havana, the isthmus of Panama, and the numerous eh 8 of the of the Pacifie, lying in (he way, as stopping places, and afWepots for coal com éull ot islands and fresh supplies of waier and provisions. More yoom and more comfort can, therefore, be given to passengers, than by the Cape route, which requires the ship to be stowed with coal, water, and provi- sions, for crossing the dead waste ofthe Indian Ocean of six or seven thousand miles. This differ- ence between the two routes is a positive and perma- nent odvantege in favor of the Panoma route, of the most practical importance. What we want, then, isa line of steamers from New York, via Panama, direct to Australia. The Cunard company, with that commercial sagacity for which the English nation is so justly distin- quizhed, are in process of establishing such a li connection with their transatlantic steamers. No doubt it will pay splendidly. It is our object, how- ever, to call our steamship compan'es to this new and glorious field of enterprise. Cannot Collins and Company, or Howland end Aspinwall, or George Law and Company, or Vanderbilt, separately or collectively, establish a line of semi-monthly steam- ers from Panama to Port Philip and Sydney? An enormous fortune would be the sure return for the undertaking. It would diver: o large emigration from the United States, and draw off the bulk of the profitable emigrants from England. These passen- gers, on their return, in touching at New York, would leaye with usa goodly share of their golden earnings. From what California has done for us we may form some idea of the fruits that may be reaped from Australia. The prize is at the option of our enterprising steamship companies. They can win it ifthey will. Let them collect the data, examine the facts, and make their estimates, and we feel sure of the early establishment of a line of splendid steamships between New York and Australia. pro) Mx. Werster’s Position AND Prosrzcrs —The position and prospects of the distinguished states- man of Massachusetts are now in the process of so- lution, at the two extemities of the Union, in a way which will tell on the country in a few weeks. We have already placed before ourreaders the important accounts furnished us of the popular movements com- menced in North Carolina and Georgia, having for their object the organization of conventions, ana the nomination of electoral tickets, in each of these States, favorable to Mr. Webster, as a candidate for the Presidency. The complete defeat of the whig party in North Carolina, at the recent election, has broken up the Scott movement in that State, and given a decided impulse to the conservative whigs in favor of Mr. Webster. A convention, consisting of similar popular elements, is to be held in Macon to-morrow, the object of which is also to nominate an electoral ticket, to be supported by the friends of Mr. Webster at the next November election. More than half of the counties in Georgia have already been recorded ashaving sent delegates to thisimpor- tant convention, and there is no doubt that almost every county in that leading Southern State will be represented in the Webster Convention, to-morrow, at Macon. These movements are doubly and trebly impor- tant at the present time, as they are indicative of the determined and positive purposes of the conser- vative whig portion of the people of the two great States of North Carolina and Georgia. Similar movements—because there are similar materials— will, no doubt, follow in Virginia, in Florida, in Alabama, in Louisiana, and probably in Tennessee. The supporters of Gen. Scott, under the lead of Wn. H. Seward, in each of these Southern States, were always few, and they seem to Le advancing in weakness and imbecility according as the month of November is drawing nearer. And when we look at the North and Eust—although there have the lepse of a quarter of a century, that prodigious { hitherto been some black clouds in those quar- Ssland would become the seat of a great nation of tors—we are disposed to believe that the friends of the Anglo-Saxon race, giving tone, and life, and | Mr. Webster will make a fresh effort in Massachusetts, action, and a mighty impulse, to emigration com- merce, civilization, and Christianity, among all the populous tribes, and uations, and empires of the Orient. Bat the discovery of gold in the midst of the white and throughout New England, ss well as in New York, when they sce the determination of his sup- porters silover the South. Itis true a few of those persons in Boston—weak, imbecile men, such as Mr. George F. Curtis, who has intellectual calibre sufli- settlements, and in the immediate neighborhood of | cient to write cards concealing the truth by petti- Port Philip sud Sydney, has hurried up this new | fogging pleas—will not be able to prevent the friends epoch, evt vvly for Auctrulia, but for England—and wearcely jess forthe United States than for Eogland— and its consc¢ x3 are beyond human computa+ tion. The inspired writer of the book of the Apo- calypse, in one of the sublime visions therein de- scribed, in epasking of the myriade of celestial be ings that hovered roural the throne, says that “ the number of them wae ten thousand times ten of Mr. Webeter, in Boston and elsewhere, from fol- lowing their natural impulses, and coming forward at once, and showing their hands in favor of the great statesman of the East. The position of Mr. Web- ster cannot, therefore, long remain a riddle, nor will he have to get on the stump, and inquire where he will go. His position, in the approaching election, will be an independent, moral and political stand in thousand, and thousands @f thousands.” And it is | favor of the whole country, of the Union, and of ouly by some euch striking figure of speech that the future movements of commerce and emigration, be- } factions of the day. tween Europe and America on the one hand, with | this State, Australia and that vast archipelago of islands lying | eountry, the constitution, without reference to the warring The conservative whigs of of New England, and of the whole south and west, will, in the present crisis of around Avstralia, and the swarming continent of affairs, consider it « point of honor to go to the polls Bastern Asia, on tho other hand, can even bo ap- | and record their votes in proached in imag favor of the electoral ticket tion. The gold mines of Aus | headed by Mr. Webster's name rebuke tralia, ac tons capllecs Goch Led , cover @ larger area thas | ingratitude of the w hig party, and to their folly in thove of Cslifernia, and it is quite probable that ; submitting to abolition influences in the resent con- pot bais the euriace they cover bas ever beew trode veution at Baltimore. sand miles nearer than Australia, by the present route | emigrants may be had here who will sail to | Cape of Good Hope it will take a hundred days | m Suiling vessel to reach | | and capacities. | among them. The general staple of tho estab- | lishment must be rather commonplace when such a man as Joshua R. Giddings ranks among the ablest | members ofthe body. Probably this is owing to the fact, that the old set of our public men has pretty much died off—that set to which Calhoun, Olay, McDuMle, | | and a host of others belonged, and of which Webster, | Benton, and one or two others, are the only repre- sentatives remaining ; and that in the meantime the new set have not yet become thoroughly ripe. W: | they do ripen,they may show that the day of our great | statesmen and politicians has not yet passed a | | But, constituted as the House now is, aluost entirely | | of green and inexperienced men, the presence of such | &man as Bentonamong them isa godsend to the ia terests of the public. They want just such a man in the House, to hold a tight rein over the huckstoring | politicians of both parties—the little petty trimme | and log rollers of stock-jobbing land bills, | jobs, Galphin jobs, and other private spec | and swindling expedients upon the public tr | Benton, among those chaps, will hold the f of a resolute old schoolmaster over a gang of disor- derly boys. Besides, his great abilities, and his | learning and experience in government affairs, will | | be so much added to the character of the Honse. | ; His age and public services will command respect, | and his superior talents, and general knowledgeas a debaier, will excite the honorable emulation of the | younger members. | We, therefore, consider the election of Col. Bon- | ton a great public triumph—a trivmph of the statesman over little tinkering and tricky p ticians—and that his election fills a desideratum in the House, and will result decidedly to the advan- tage of the public treasury. nton will make the fur fly next Congress. | | rintin, Tur Recent Prtrsuune Farck—-Trovs¥ avon THE ABOLITION —The proceedings of the re- cent amusing convention at Pittsburg, the construe téon of their everlasting platform, and the nomina- tion of such a terrible joker as John LP. Hale, of | the U.S. Senate, for their candidate, are beginnivg to create a good deal of trouble and discontent anjong the serious and sublimated portion of the anti-slavery faction in this State, and partly in New England. We learn from Pittsburg, that Ger- rit Smith—a white man, from this State, and a re- spectable white man, too—and Fred. Douglass, a black man, and a very impudent black man, too— have formed an amalgam, comprehending the seri ous portion of the anti-slavery forces, with a deter mination to break off from Giddings and his policy, in the nomination of Hale and the construction of the recent platform. It will be recollected that previous to the calling of the Pittsburg cou- vention, Gerrit Smith and his colored man, Doug lass, had also called a convention for the firt of September, at Baffulo. This call has never been repudiated or given up. ‘The liberty men, of whom Smith, Douglass and Garrison ave the chief leaders—to say nothing of the womes—are very much dissatisfied with the platform, and the prin- ciples passed upon by the Pittsburg convention and especially with the nomination of John P. Hale, who has refused to accept it, and who, probably, in the bar-rooms at Washington, has already cracked many good jokes upon it, and upon all concerned therein. This portion of the anti-slavery forees will still hold its convention at Buffalo, on the first of September; and at this’ convention they will pro- bably repudiate the nomination and platform of the Pittsburg convention, and nominate a new ticket and construct a new platform of their own. We | ehould not be surprised to see some novel doings in this convention, and we would suggest to them that ' they should at once nominate Garrison for President, | and Fred. Douglass for Vice President, and thus give us an amalgamation ticket at once. The truth of the matter is, that the anti-slavery forces of the North, under the action of the two | Baltimore conventions, are rapidly returning to | their original elements, and their original strength | of 1840 and 1844. The adoption of high national principles, by the two conventions at Baltimore— whig and democrat—in relation to slavery, have already quieted and silenced, to an extraordinary extent, the secession party of the South; and we are already beginning to see the operation of the same conventions on the ultra ‘portion of the aboli- tionists of the North, in the recent explosion at j Pittsburg, and the bringing up of their forlorn hope | at Buffalo, on the first of next month. Tuva. Steampoats on THE Hupson —It is a re markable evidence of the recklessness and obstinacy of the owners, captains and employés of steam- boats plying between New York aud Albany, that the terrible tragedy of the Henry Clay, which has so recently sent a shudder throughout the Union, has not been able to make any impression upon them, or caused them to discontinue the murderous practice which in that caee resulted in the horrible death of near fourscore persons. It is hardly credi- ble—and yet it isa fact—that the same criminal competition still exists, undiminished by the warn- ing which the recent catastrophe so loudly utters; and that at pregent the insane rivalry to be first in the race is just as strong, and exposes the passengers who may have had the hardihood to venture their lives on board, to the same dangers as prior to that deplorable event. We published, in Saturday’s Her ALD, a statement froma gentleman, who, on the previous day, was a passenger on board the Alida, when one of these exciting races took place between that boat and the Francis Skiddy, which was con- ducted with the same reckless disregard of conse- quences as has all along distinguished these con- tests. At one period of the strugglo a collision be- tween the two boats took place, but without caus- ing much damage to the boats, or any destruction of human life; and at another, one of them was crowd- edin by her antagonist till she came in contact with the pier at Newburg, carrying away her guard timbers and sustaining other injuries. Another circumstance, in connection with this racing, shows how utterly apathetic, and proof against proper feeling, the practice has made all connected with it. While the Coroner was still hold- ing inquests at Yonkers on the bodies of the unfor tunate victims of the Henry Clay disaster, these boats steamed past the spot at their utmost speed, striving against each other, and without showing any signal or mark of respect for tho dead who lay there sacrificed to this insane passion. It is customary with boats sailing by Mount Vernon, on .the Potomac river, where the ashes of Washington repose, to slacken Eee speed, ond ossiowiy by, with thels belle tell 1g, a8 a tribute of respect to his memory. But here, in this instance, the spot where lay the corpses of seventy victims—hurled into eternity in 9 man- ner which makes the blood run cold to think of— received no passing recognition or salute from the boats which participated in the crime through which thoee liver were eacrificed. ‘This is a ruiljgient commentary on the heartleseness of ihe persons con- neoted with these boats. The only mode of teaching such men that they ' cannot that, with mpunity, trifle with the safery of their pastengers, is to make a conspicuous example of those to whom the destruction of the Henry Clay isattributable, bs inflicting on them the severest punishment which the law provides. And, util the system of racing is entirely put a stop to, tra- yeller® should avoid the river route, and procoed in- stead by the Hudeon River Railroad. An Orm10on.—The New York Times, in some ro- | marks on the recent Pittsburg nomination, expresses an opinion that the influence of that convention and nomination will injure the prospects of Gen. Pierce more than those of Gen. Scott, inthe ensuing Presi- dential election. we have heretofore come to a different conclasion; but as we have no great confidence iu the opinion | which we have uttered on the subject, and as the | question is somewhat important, aud dsbateable, we should like to know the precise reasons and | grounds that have influenced eur cotemporary in arriving at such a conclusion as that the Pittsbarg convention and nomination will help Gen. Scott more than Gen. Pierce, in the ensuing election. We are not sure that the Times is not more than half right; but we should like to see the reasons stated | explicitly. Tra. Tair or tHe New Steamsure Busck Wannion.— ‘This new and beautiful steamship went out on a trial trip yesterday, seven o'clock, passed down the river, around the Battery, end up the Hudson as high us Canal street, receiving aad answering the salutes of the different vessels at the wharves, among which should be noticed most particay lorly the handsome manner in which Captaia Poster, of the Seutherner, welcomed the new chip to her new home. Stopping off the Battery a few minutes to receive a pas- z, she paseed down the harbor, and, against the ngth of the tide, ran from the Battery to Sta! Isand ight in thirty minutes, thence to Sandy Hook lig in forty-seven minutes—making the whole distance ia one hour and seventeen minutes, From the Hook to the Lightship her time was twenty-five minutes; from Sandy Hook to the Battery. also against the tide, the time was one hour and twenty-seven minutes, During the whole Ume the epgine was stopped but once, and thab buta few minutes” The resule of the trip pro’ 2 Black Warrior to be equat in speed to any ship afloat, She steered beautifully, aud the engine worked wich a pre. un rel for ove whict had been moved out hefore, and that alton It is twenty- pve per cent beavier than any engine of its size ever built mm this country, and reflects the highest the builders. to wuom, as Well as to Mr. William Collyer, the owners feri deeply indeb ed for their untiring efforts to prounce the best Yesults atiainable here. In coming up the bay, the eclebrated ya yasred within a sty beautiful view of th dining ratoo ser and pitaced plain ished piok ant gold, with um and maroon broca- pase ‘er saloon is } with She hes berths for 104 ¢: diometer, 10 weather if wished Tect beam 18 feet 4 inche Jer, J] feet stroke. She has cq tons of urement freight. ana stows, besides. $20 tous of coal in ber ban The hull was bailt by Wiltam Collyer. the engine wy the Alluire Works This vesset is owned by the New York and Alapama Steamship Vompany, aad With ber consort, Bow consfructing and to be puned the (eucey of the Gulf, wiil fo between this city and Mobile, vin H She is commanded by Capt kW Shufelic, iat 3 Homan exsellen dy qualified umed, Sho will leave here on the 25th inst fu Savane Orry or Giascow left Philadelphia on Satuday for Liverpcol. Brut Beacos ror Warrerss.— rick & Son, bave receptly completed. st the Southwark foundry, a vesrel of the most novel construction. tor o govern ment, which is to be moored on the olf Cape Datteras is of iron. in the form of 2 bow the most buoyant dereipsion, the top being covered over. epeifeetly Water also four bul sulje the ball which, b t roll of the ve Jon the shoal the sound of the bell stantly bocming over the waters, and particuiariy Soeey mite eurren in Y sterwy wearher, giving to the bowtidered ayer, at Moments v to the mast, 2 lights ce. ne oF ascent, to it, refuge for persons wrecked in the vie in eure of such & necessity oceursi tewed down to the purpose, and will sh Fiii Ledger. Nove Sreaspoare.—A line of steamboats is course of constructfon to run on the 1 to be built without any chimacys Te | products of combustion, ace to be di d into the wheel-houses so that the draft will be i sed by the action of tbe paddles, and the unconsumed particles of | the fuel mingled with the wa by | provement is Lo give greater fac the beacon, ing Tie vessel is to be a vessel chartered for placed in the water.— teras hi ortly be now in ames, Which are ke. aud the The ility in p sing the very | lew bridges over the Thames. which are necessarily built | ona level with the streets of Loadon. Isent Hovers ror tie Pactric—The bark Oriole, Capt. Lentz, which cleared at this port yesterday for San | Francieo, is freighted with materials for the erection of eight light houses on the Pacttic coat. which have beea contracted for by Messrs, Giobons & Kelly of this city, The Oriole carries out a numberof mechanics for the pur- | pose of erecting the light-houres, on the arrival of the vesrc! at her destination —Bultiaore Clpper, Mug. 10. Siar Burtpine at Ponremovrn, N. U.—Fernald & Pot tigrew bave on the stocks at their yard at Badger’s Island, | OB the Viscataqua, new ship of Over 1,400 tons. govera- ment measure. built entirely of New Uampshire white ook, the hull of which is about three fourths fiaishea. The ship is owned in Portemouth and New Orleans, has | three entire decks, is intended for the (reighting business, } and, as is caleulated, will carry 4,500 bales of cotton, and with proper ballast, draw seyeuteen feet of water. Lier backbone. from keel to toy of the third kelson, measures seven fect three inches. She is 185 feet long on deck, and 160 fect over all—is forty feet poam. extrome breadth, twenty-nine fect seven inches deep. ‘The same builders have alro on the rtocks a clipper ship of 1.000 tons, for Hobert Taylor, of New York, which is nearly framed. She is intended for the California and Fadia trade. Mr. Geo. Raynes hes a ship ready for lwunching at his yard— intended for a packet or frejghcer—ot Herculean dimen- sions, und has also on the stocks, parily framed, a clipper ship of 60 tons for Oliphant Sous, of New York, intend- ed for the China trade. Brookign City Tutethigence. Tne Liquor Law in Brookiyx.—Yesterday Mr. TR. Lo- see, who keeps the Atiantic House, at the Hamilton ave- nue ferry landing, was arrested ona charge of veiling I quor onSundey. in violation of law. Mr, Holland weut bailfor the accused, It issaid that there i association forwed in Brooklyn for the purpoce of testing the consti- tutional right of the city to make laws prohibiting the ket pers of public houses from selling liqaors at any time. ‘This arsociation will pay the expenres of trialin suite where complaints are entered against its momibers, aad carry the cares to the higher courts, it adverse decisions should be given by the magistrates, We are not ine formed whether Mr, Lovee belonged to this aevoelation. ut few other arrests were made for violations of the ordinances—the keepers of liquor selling houses nerally concluding to keep their places clowed. In the iret police district sonfe five or six were arrested, and in the remaining wards uot more than four or five, all of whom were taken tothe City Hall. The justice im at- tendance, (J.C. Smith. Req .) had come doubts as to the legality of opening the Court on Sunday, avd so declined to act in the matter, aad Lhe accused Were all discharged on their own recognizanses, to appear and answer the charges against them this morning. Fine,—Yesterday morning, about 10 o’cloek, a fire broke out in the oil manufactory of Messrs. Smith & Co., foot of Adams street which was speedily extinguished by Eo nag Company No. 7, aided by tte Second district Finemes’s Panane.—At a meeting of the board of officers of the Fire Department, held on Thursday evening, the second Monday in October wus fixed for theannnal pa- rade of the Brooklyn Vire Department. The new Fire- man’s Hall is vo be dedicated on the same day. Political Intelligence, Hon, Caleb Lyon. of Lyonedate, iv is stated, is a candid- ate for Congress, in the Jetfirsom and Lowis district, and will take the stump for hi f. the proven’ campaign, Exrctron ix } ca W. Long has been elect- An abno t unanimons vote was cast against holding a Stete convention, aud ako against the sale of the Barton Academy ‘There was a lurve democratic demonstration st White Plains yeeterdoy iftornoor mong the speakers, were Mersrs, John Al Dis, Dani ickles, and Genoral Wal+ bridge. Sufficient return have been received (o indicate that the people of Alabama havo voted largely against a con. venti being hold to revise che constituiion of that Governor MeCieilaad, of Michivan, hav deolined re A Baie Senator is to he sleotad in Vhiladeln hn, at the deceased whose term ot service would not expire i 1854, q The State convention of the free democracy of Pent bey ms Somaianeed Md a M. Berean of beatae thelSuprem. jonas Wi P ‘for yman, APPARATUS FoR Ratsino SvuNKEN VEs3EL8.— The Cleveland Plaindealer notices anew invention for the ir erates arses er supk, attached to the wreck. and is tobe ralyd by nen of ao In reflecting on the same inatter, | The left her wharfat the Allaire Works about | | Tux New Youx | baving the enterprire, tending Architect ans pgineer; Allen as Con- sulung Epgineer; and Edward Hurry as Consulting ar- cbitect Flaps and designs for the edifice have beeo sent in by Sir Joseph Paxton, (of England); L, Eidtlitz, Bo- gordus & Hoppin, Geo. Platt, Carstensen & Gilder- Weiter. A Sartver, (Architect of the Astor Library); A J. Downing. (killed at the Henry Clay disaster); Jalius W. Adams, eaitor of Appleton’s Magazine; O. ¥.' Auder- ron.and — Kaleigh. A committee chosen for the pur- pore of selecting 4 plan, meton Friday last, and examined ‘the various drawings. Sir Joseph Paxton’s plan is showy, | and an edifice erected after it would present a mugoii- cent appearance, but it does not cover ground enough. it ie probuble. therefore. that the design of one of the other architects will be adopted, It will be seen by ro- ference 10 an advertirement in another column. that the consulting engineers who were invited by the Board of Directors to examine the plans, decline to give any opi nion as te the relative ments of the plans subaitted em to think that Messrs. Detmold Allen, and re fully competent to select a plan, as well as to | eupervieet struction of the building. The plana. | say the ep, s, “all evince great skill, and display great beauty of design.” . | Homers av Union Hint. Noxtu Honoxey —Ou Se turday afiernoon an altercation took place between iwo | men, Damwea ‘Thomas Pierce and Albert Bium. whic re- sulted ip the death of the latter Lt appr who was a exrpenter. and had a shop @ from the house of Pierge bad been in the hous | ing Pierce's fu | with bir. 1h threats ned te insult y and when the latter :omonstrated jeceased shook bid fist in his face and trike him witha stool he bad in his hand ree, and he stepped back and gaged iu making F whieh he Blom ren about sev ihe mediately gave himself up te tayned him Lill brought to Ube i Pierce looks like a farmer ; be bears & good name amoog his nelghbors for being peaceable. He has a wife three children living,is fifty-one years of age.anud ter by trade, Blum was borr near Lamburgh and Was about thircy years of age, and unmar owned some property al therettlement. Av inqaest wax held by Corouer Spear, yerterday mornings and the evi dence Was pretty much ae stated above, Mary Ann Rameay, being sworn, eaid—¥t was wbout half past five o’clock in the afternoon; I pat my bead ont of the window. ai L heard the two meu taiklog loud; Tvaw the deceared shaking his fiet in the other moos face; Lewwthe other m fom Pieree, run for bisa whieb stood by the sid house; he got thew: then the deceased raiced a chair which st howe, andas he was going to strike Pie rained the axe and told him to stand bie® snd theo be Kk bim with the axe; I saw the blood; I saw no rpen- Germany ed th . idx, being duly sworn, raid=—T am a physision ide at Noboken; Tmade the post moriem ex antra the deceased; found on» wound La hait in ght ride ot the neck, fours Jes. also’ dividing the clavical ‘tion of the sternum or be oundivg portion of the r cpinion death war the result of this wound aod the sub- sequent loss of blood, the Jury returned the following verdict Dert Bium'came to bis death, by a wound inflicted on him by Thomas ©, Pierce. on the Lith day of August iso4, “at Union Hill, North Bergen towaship, New Jersey.” ‘the Coroner made out a commitment, and the prisoner was taken to Bergen jail, by officer Francis, whece he now awaits the action ofthe Grand Jury Union Hill. or North Hoboken, as it is now called, is a new vettiement, about three anda half miles north from the Hoboken landing, and is mostly iahabited by Ger mans. Axomnex Foousn Jump arren a Ferny Boar—Neanry Durewsrv.—As the Barclay street ferry boat was leaving Hobc right o'clock, Ina! ening. a 1 De five men come running down just as the Lty good leaping all but one of the party gaine the boat The upforvinate gentleman, a freochman short of his intended lauding, and went overboard, strik- ing bis breast with great violence against the end of ihe boat as be went down into the water, As be strack the Dont a lot of smail stiver change was dislodged from his et and flew in all directions overthe deck. As for unfortunate bimeclf, be went plump into the water, end was with considerable difficul'y saved trom drowaing, The blow which he received im striking the boat. the ducking be received, and the loss of bir pocket fall of change. will probably teach the gentleman not to jamo after a ferry boat a'ter it has left the bridge. Ton New Buivise iw tae Park —The General Sessions. in progress of building, ¥ ttrcet. will soon be completed. The building will be three etories in height. a basement. and measures reventy- two feet in front. with a depih of one huad and ive feet. The foundation is of blue stone rubdle woik the front of brown stone, aud the side avalis of brick. painted in imitation of brown stowe, The halts will be floored with marble tiling. ‘Lie Weatier —Yesterday was a pleasant day. though raiber warm for comfort, ‘The mercury in the ther momoeter at the Hrkstp efile stood as toilows, at twelve o'clock. noon, and at three and five o'clock, P.M 42 o'clock, 3 o'clock. 5 td26 deg. ST deg, aun Founp at Honoces, Surrosro vo nave rrom ink Herxny Cray.—Yesterday a man named Fash, discovered a trurk marked WG. B,. whieh had boew thrown ashore on the beach near the Elysisa Pields. x» ken The trunk had been broken open, and all nein it at the time was a file of letters addressed to Eaton, On top, the trunk was chalk marke It is supposed that this isa portion of baggage. The papers can be seon at vi, Daguerreotypist, 192 Broadway, pb Artacx in Ovew Day. — Ae a German baker Able. in the employ of Mr. V near y-titth street. was carrying a basket of brea’ to cas tomers on Saturday evening. he was attacked by on» An- ibony Whelan, who threw a brick bat at him which hit- ¢ bim upou the hoad fractured his skull, and other- wieinjured bim. Ile was attended to by Dr. Clowes and taken home by an officer of the Cwentivth district. Whe- Jan made his exeape. Assacit vron an Orricen,—Police officer J W. Tins- dale. of the Fifteeath District. was severcly injured, be- tween twelve and one o'clock, on Sunday morning, by be ing bit in the head with @ stone, when eagaged in quel- ling a fight between the firemen of the Ninth ward, Uo was taken tothe Ninth ward station house, and afer. Woids home, where Dr, Griswold attended to his woaads. Dastanpiy Assacit,—A boy named Hogan, aged about tweive years, who resides at No. 31 Washington street, was passing the corner cf Morris and Washingtonstcce!s, at 10 o'clock, on Saturday night. when he was suddenly stabbed in the head with a knife by an unknown man, who ‘thus inflicted a most dangurous Wonnd upon him = The mar then ran away. Dr De Forrest, of Broadway, at- tended to Hogan, ai the First ward station house, Dear rrom Vrorence —The woman Anne Grant, who was 10 severely beaten @ fow days ago, by her husbead | sister-in law, died on Saturday evening. in Bellovae 21 from the effects of the wounds, The perpetra- of the deed ure under arrest. * Trreny From FartmsG in a John Agams. whilst av wo 247 South street fell down sudde severeiy cut fm the neck, by coming in cuutact with the glass of arash door. in the fall Oficer Martin. of the | Seventh wera, took him bome,to No. 182 Sherry street, having first recn his wounds dressed. Drowxen —The coroner held an inquest. yesterday. at pier 25 East river. on the body of Mr, Joseph Jamieson. @ houre and sign painter formerly residing at No 53 Tall- man ‘treet, Brooklyn, Myr. J. tert his house on Friday night last, and was not again heard of by his family, unl the melancholy intelligence of his death reached them. Ue bad on, when found athin frock coat, blue cloth pants. anda figured vest ; he alo wore a gold watch with two chsins attached to it, and a socket book, which was found in Lis pocket, contained several bank bills. The 4nquest resulted in the verdict that the deceased came to bis death by drowning. under circumstances unknown to the jury. Mr. Taliman was about 35 years of age. Founp Drownxrn.—The body of an unknown man was found in the water at pier No, 25 East river, at six o'clock, on Sunday morning. The Coroner was notified by the officers of the Second district, Trnown raom 4 Cant.—A man named Thos Bell. re- siding on the corner of Sixth avenue and Forty-third street. was thrown froma stone cart, in Spring strect, on Saturday last, and severely injured on the head. He was sent toa drug store near the scene of the accident, and had his wounds dressed, after which he was taken to his own residence. ‘Tre Late Surcrpr.—The melancholy swcide of Samnel B. Arcson, in Chambers street, it appears from other written papers lefe by the deecased, that his mind was not altogether sane. On one piece of paper was written * jea- lovey has dertroyed me.” The other, “I am tired of lir- ing’ —our readers can. readily imagine the species of jea- lousy prevalent among young men, Fine Araum.—The alarm of fire on Saturday night was caused by the chimney of Richards’s iron foundry, in Perry. near Washington street, setting fire to the roof. It was soon extinguished, without any damage, Comruene Accipent.—A woman, named Julia Connor, residing at No 150 Prince street, was severely burned, on Thureday night, by the bursting of a camphene lamp, Which she was in the act of filling. nt Wilderan, of the Fighth ward police, rendered her much help in ox tinguishir ¢ the flames, Neorxer or City Lamrs.—Oficer Young, of the Figh- teenth ward. reports that the city lamps, from Twenty- eighth to Fortieth street, are not lighted now after mid- night, and that for a long time past all has been dark in that quarter from the above hour to daylight, That Al. Philadephia the Henry Cla, the office —A painter, nemed Personal Intelligence, Gen. Frank Pierce and Indy arrived in Portsmouth, N. H., on Friday morning, and returned in the eveniug to Kye Beach. ut which place, itis his intention to re- main several daya, Among the arrivals at Howard Hotel. were B. Slevin, St. Louis; Col. Chuffin, Columbus town; Hon. George Crook. sLank, Toronto, 0. W.; L, W, Sinith, do. KR, Stafford, Georgia; 1s Hl. Copp, do,; Wm. ©. Book; Louisiana; K. Hallet, Boston; 0, Borwil, Montreal, and 76 others. More About the Fisheries. INVITATION FROM MR. WEBSTER TO MR. CRAMPTON, ‘Mn, Parar’s, Nanant, Friday, (July 16.) } yplieden's Mey So delighted to hear of your arrival. Mr, the pleasure of your company and st 4 o'clock, Yours, trul; { ANIBL WEBSTER, Watering Places. a Se Professor Felton, of Har- vent Ocllege, and Anthon, are at Newport. ‘The arrivals at Saratoga do not in the least diminish, ‘Two hundred and seventy. five arrived on Thursday. Fifty-four visiters arrived at Newport on Friday. A dancing party came off at the American hotel, Sara- fn ea ta ache ta and Mrs. Paige that of Mr, Police Intetiigence. A Buri ‘Twe mitiche thd Pedro! Melis, were fom? Zamed. Joh it by officers McGrath and Carley. of the Sixth pelt. gharged ‘with breaking into the ce No. 52 Duane street. wiih an intent, as to steal, It seems that Adolphus Krate. resi house, heard a noise in the basement aud went down to ascertain the cause, and there saw Tartehe in the room. with a poker im his hand, Mr. Kraft asked him what he wanted, when the prisoner dropped ‘he poker, and en- deavor d to escape. The associate of Tariche was on the sidewull, An alarm was given, the police eame and took the two men into custody, and couveyed them to the station house, In the morning the evidence of Mr Kraft was token, and Justice Bogart.on the facts made as ubove stated, committed the two prisoners to the ‘Tombs for trial. Stealing a Carpet Bag and Its Contents.—A carriage driver named James Lypagh, was arsested on Saturday evening by offices Hell, oue of the Stayar's pec aids, on « charge of stealing on the 28th day of July ry cai pet bag. containing @ lady's Freneh merino eloak, gether with many other articles of wearing sppetely vuiued in all at $20 and upwards, thé property of Mr. Peter A. Brown, of Philadelpbia Tt appears by the evl- dence of Mr. Brown, that on the «rh day of July, he was on his way with his family to Sharen Springs, and. the accured was ordered to place the carpet bag with other luggage on board the steamboat for All But instead of doing so. he kept back the bag in q! ion, and conveyed the fame to his own re-idence, No.8 Amity place."in the rear, On Saturday, Mr. Brown, on his re- turn home, stopped in New Yerk and made ingahy about the missing bag. The above named officer was applied to, who accompanied by Mr, Brown, went to the residence’ of the nccused, and there on ecarching the premises, found the vag, the lock of whieh bad been broken, and several articles taken oute Some of Mr, Brown’s shirts had been washed. and were {ovnd m # bureau drawer; bat all he oviwe articles were lett remaining in the beg. Whe evidence of the prifoner’s guilt being clearly made out, Justice Bogart committed bim to the Tombs for trial. wiliempt to pass @ Counterfeit EB rather reepeetable appearance. was arrested on Saturoay wu! sighth ward charged with ati nterfeit bank bill. purporting 10 Fermer’s Bank of Sandstone. at consed attempted to pass the sam ile Bret at the store of Willinm Harvor, N jny street and next at Hen- ry Ley’s. No. 72 Bleecker street, in the secoud attempt 10 pars the same bill he was stopped sad the Police took. hiun into custody, and conveyed him before Justice Stu. art. who, on the facts being elicited, committed him for fur’ her examination. The Afray in James street —Two young men, James Quin and William Kelly. and not wr b er, arrested Stans and took bim tothe station bon The Shooting Af/vay in James siree!.— tbe tailor, Benja- min Waltiere, who inan affray on Phuc-dey last was shot. by avother railor. named Fredrick “tonas. ip three places, by a revolver, still remains at the ho-pital in a very pre- carious conditioy, One of the slag’. ir -eoms, entered ims mediately under the chin aud bas lodged somewhere in ‘he back part of his throat. Tuis wound, it is betieved wily prove fatal, Last evening the puvent was cousiderably worse, 4 Burglar Caught in the Jet.—Vorly ou Feiday mora- ing, a man named Kdward Brown was detected in the porter house of Thotoas Brady. Nv. 13 Canal street, have ing forced an enrance, by breaking open the window, evidently with an intent to rteol ir. James Thomas, residing at No, 390 Broome street eanght the accused in the act, gave the alarm for the police and ofticer MeNul- ty of the Sixth ward, came to his ad and the burglar Was taken into custody, ‘fhe accused. when brought be- fore the court, said he was thirty years of age, s native of Connecticut, and @ painter by trade. Justice Bogart committed bim to prison for trial. eee Democratic Convention av Hillsborough, Now Gomprhire. Those who wish tn ecrend this Convention, aud others going to the Monntaing a+ Lakes in the North » ot New Hampshire, will tind the Sorwich and Wor- cester route’one of the best and autin the country, By taking the Norwich boat thi » they will reach Concord to morrow morning, on ‘ime to visit Lake Winnepiseogee, and aiterwards to the Coavention, A young man, of 4” himselt sehen ee rry. Michigan, ‘The Capisin Wileox, of the Knickers (aow tems porarily of the Worcester.) is a mest «scelien commander, acd “Jerry Thompson,” former porres of the ill fated t] &, isone of the worst: bivice acd yontlemauly traveller ever meets. The coudvetors on the Nor= wich and Worcest orcester aud assau and Concord railroads, are all gentlemen of covr'esy aud iatelligence, thus making it am agreeable route tor ving lstely passed over this route, wa spe oe ia the matter, Bateman and Barnum — he Bateman Children —A Card.—Much as 4 rogros tie necossisy of troubling the public with afairs«i as purcly private aud ture, yet the attempts of Mr iicary tee aman to place me in an crroncous pucition before munity, compel me tateman im ‘Card,’ faleeiy ebarg: gui ‘§ snd inter posit shot native t buowa asthe Bi m je further charges chs: my attorney, Mrs Cromwell, and wyself have vieiew him ‘with, threat of Prosecution,’ avd all serta of wicked Now to facts all susceptible of prov While in New Orleans in the wuts a malicious doings, The} morning, and a Dir. Beeman to taico she chitdre ly. a Bateman 8) ed mn, and Taseurce biu ticir success would be certain, if properly brought before the puolic He me to join bim—I ceclined in cor sequence of having already Yoo mich businere; but hs visiicd me day alter day, impor io the enterpri e, comtinaal + jovonile talent in the cit b-fors tne public.” ade thi opinion, eaying, “My chiidron world, but it we: At Inst, 1 reluctantly consented cares, and signed writings, before Orleans, con~ tracting with Mr. Bateman for the « 6 of his children one year from the date of their arriva! io Rouland, Ladvanc- ing all the money, he participating in the protits realized by their performances, with the privilege ou my partef contin- uing the agreement another year, by giv jog lim notice of my desire to do go thice months bei ce ths ox, ination of the first ea > Cader this arrangement T lars for outfit, traveliing expences. water. ve,ne# plagss Tengaged Mr. Le Grand Sinith to sid sir Butonay ie bri ing them ont in Great Britain, My Londo Girections, provided the ily with & rtend of the town, = pended severe! thousand dol- &e. ut friends iu Groat rican Ambassador, nal intl of pers including the Nobility, the am and even come members of the Court of ot. Ja through them, the Queen herseif, fhe Baceman Children became the pots of Koyalty avd the Novflicy, were frequentiy invited to their m: ived vistts from tnem in tive mouths ab the St. erty frequ d their performances and where the most tris ionable audiences tilled every in the house, placas cured frequently a wock tn Advanco—then teey plas & most suecessfnl enpagement wi i the Drury Laze Theatre. aud subsequently played twonty nights wt the Surrey Theatre, to the moet ceowded and doe lighted audiences ‘The like ‘extra réieucy su markod their several engagements ia the priveipnl theatres of Liver- pool, Manchester, Birwinghem, Bélubarg, Glasgow, Dublin, and, in fact, throughout Groat Briain Now, | do not pretend, by ony a that this euccers was owing entirely to auy eff fravkly confess that the result would ave different ifthe children bad not possessed the requisite talent to bac} ne viven of thems pevere thele declared t éflorts ‘contributed much towards producing the Which every where oxisie fol ty the children the follewing extract froma letter whi Mr Bateman, in tho hey-day oftheir what he then'theraht mpont my inf that Lean permi publishing itr— cr It no feeling oc velicacy to onnon, DecemberS 1851, My Dran BAnNUai:—I am as bisy na ever, sud therefore, sinee you insist on @ lotter by every sceamer, you must ex e the brevity of this We are All in trst rate health he babies’ ate av mercy as orivkets. L was afesid that nUeh petting Would spoil them, but note hit of it. Kate is 8 prucish and old maidish as ever stands on her dignity and ackrowledges no ‘bettere;’ while little Bilen is the sams littic funny and bewitching devil thet she over was. You can have no conception how they have improved. Dickens, Douglas Jerro! ark Lemon » Matthews, Al~ ort Smith, and all the noveble uthors and ing “they beat the world,’ and wi them, acknowlegrethefactes ve Wore But my fear B., facts’ prove wha I always sald, Not- withetanding theextreordioary talent of the children, it tvok a Barnum to arouse the tethwrgic poblic, and induced the right class to visit them st first. You Know I would pt atten yt & flatter bot I tell you your neme is @ tower of strength thronrhont theatrical, operatical, and musiont Burope. Your extraordivary txot aud suecess with Jenny Line, your provertia! liberality aud the noble, honorable manner in which you slways full! your engsgements, neo such novsehold words,’ that e singin eeratch {rom yout pan would commandfor the Amerionu market any talent, of Whatever description, that Bur -pe cy: tains, They all know you never fail, and i & niracle rhould ocour, that you sre able and willing to ‘foot the iL: Your letters to the nobility and to the pi complished more forthe children than and all other iufinences in Amerie dove. The people Inagh here, a8 in ame Your being a ‘humbug,’ but I tell thom that the knowi ves at home understund that this iva cielo which you vot d for (he sake of motoriety sud really all thet your ‘humbug’ consists in 1» to do vour business the. roughly, and always give the psople ten times the worth of their money. The children are creating even more onthusitsm than you men: on, Tom Thamb We have vi day from 8 to S o'cloe: ave virit a ur share of receipts ti me this year will surely exceed $100 000, t m ‘Thowrnnd Dollars for my rharo, andl confess that I am no only perfectly satiated, bat dolishted wit she equi Mi We ilo as well next yenr, for of course you woat let, me o "°F aim,'my dede Barnum, eratefolly and eternally yours.” am, my dear Barnum, gratefully and etern EB. se we ee baTeMAN, inion of Mr. Bateman, eight Snoh was the and ke since, in one of his lett piration of the first year, I in- atrocteay th give Mr, nthe requisite notice of 5 & ~ rhe of the moi xe ho SH recardioe my direstion e od. Bov'dos I have good proof ne & lorte Laosiodging anid ane hed letter has been mielaid, or inadvertantly jeatroyed. But hore is tho erand eeeret. Although tho pecu ane iJ ier te onterprise > Grom q Briteia larthing be ated knowing the did, yot there he h’moge mon than Mr. Bateman ox peo! ho le Wy) Indes by. Pre adviser’, who is en,