The New York Herald Newspaper, September 9, 1852, Page 2

The Raibood bercien Queue and Halifax. A treseory minute, transmitted by the Seeretary @#Btate for the Colonies, has just been made pub Ths, en the rubject of the currency; aud, a3 it may be to the business readers of the New Yoak Wxaiip, Isbell preparo and forward ina day or | Owe an abstract of its contents. ‘Wee accompanying doeument will show you thi? the government of this province, without abandon- img the bope of yet obtaining an inter-colonial line railroad between Halifax and Quebec, with the aid ef the mother country, have determined not to De Debind their neighbors, but to push forward our own public works with the means that wo possess ‘Within ourselves, first putting our own shoulders to ‘Me wheol, and then calling upon Hercules to helpus. You will receive this document before it ean ap- pearin the United States, as it has not been, as yet, made public here, and which, if you think pro- pes, you can publish in the Hsraxp, by which qmeans it will reach ce by the next steamer from New York, and before it can be transmitted from Halifax, subsequent to its-publication :— Ata Courcil held at the Government House, on the ‘Mth day of Avgust. A D. 1852, Fo ee aca Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, Me Excellency the Lieutenant Governor ha’ callod ‘the attention of the Council to the importance of tntro- into this province a system of railways, and as- @arcd the Council of bis corcis! co operation ia any prac- ‘eadle scheme for the construc’ion of such works, the gwedject ls discussed at large and it being the opinion of ‘Bie Bueellency tha: any attempt to re-open with Be Im; gavernment. until after Parliament ined accembied. would be premature and impolitie, His incy is advired: 1st—Lo appoint five comarissioners. te the government by counsel and co operation in the ‘weebe to be undertaken, who shall serve gratuitously till ‘whe begitluture sanctions their appointments, but who. on sveh ranction being given, shall then form the commis ‘@ep for the construc’ of such railways as shall bs pro for by legislative enactment 2d--To authorize forth- the complete survey, with working plans aud ostl- me'er, of so much of the inter colonial live aa mast farm Seommon trunk for railways, extending to the northern weplier. apd fo the eas'erp and western eounties. Sd— Po suiborize a similar survey. as partially provided for by Whe begisinture from Windsor to Victoria Beach. 4¢h—To tabe rteps to avcertain at what point of inter-eetion & Waved line running to the Pietow coal mines Weule 108 acvan ageously connect with the main trunk Sth. To make conditional arrangements. subject to the monetion of the legislature, fi sing thirty miles etvilwsy fT esch of the evsui years, that is to =y — In 1853, 50 miles, 1s In 1558. 30 miles, 1859 Y “ 0 pom the action lature, and on the Progress which may be neighboring provinces in the construction © imter-colorisl ines ; thereby connecting New Bruns wiek, the Pictou coal mies, and our fertile western e@oratics with Hielfax. 6th. To make conditional ar Bargement. subject tv the ranction of the legislature, for providing the funds required for the construction of such warks, op the bo-t tcrms, and at the lowest rao of in- tesest. Dy avy or all of the modes following, that is to say —by opening the savings’ benk and aflord to ‘the frvgai and industrious an opportunity to invest their ™ in railways on the faith of the government ; by @ furiber {seus of province paper, provision being mate do geard sgsinst d-preciation by redemption at the Seeasury in yold and silver; by opening cash acsounts wth ony provincial or British banks that may be ad- ‘Yantageourly employed, to supply the funds required and Sustain the creait of the province. or by the sale of pro- vineial Londs or debentures. at home or abroad. lis Baeclievey is aleo advised to make. at any time which in hie Jodgny nt may be the most suitable, an effort to re- ‘@ptn the vegotiations with Her Majesty’s government, ‘wid 9 view to the construction of an inter colonial rail- way, and, failing such endeavor, from the absence of @0- operation on the part of the other provinoes. to urge spe the Queen’s government the importance of aiding province. by loan or guaranteo, to construct a rail wey from the harbcr of Halifax to the Gulf of St Lawrence. ‘Phe forcgoing is a true copy from the original minutes. y yM. H. KEATING, D.¥.C Xt _is evident, from the introductory portion of the Minute of Council, that the British government bas saretioned the movement ; and which, coupled that in relation to the fisheries, evinecs a deter- mination, on the part of the present ministry, to fester and protect the hitherto dormant and unpro- @uetive resources of the provinee. T conider the formation of a trunk lino, from Malifux to Quebec, as the first step towards the ox- tepson of a railroad to the Pacific ; and although ‘the action of the government of Nova Scotia on the present occasion may not seem to be of immediate importaice in the United States, yet there are “wany poreons there who feel an interest in colonial affairs. At al) events. the early appearance of the decument in the Hrravp will afford another ovi- @ence of the extensive means it possesses of pro- Warm, tbe cazlicst and most reliable information from s]l parts of the world. We have no furtber information of moment from the fishing grounds. G, @ur Boston Correspondence. Bosron, September 4, 1852. The Whig State Convention—Mr. Webster Banish- ed—Clifford and Humtington—IVebster Men Kicked in—The Free Soilers—General Wilson— Dr. Banks and Mr. Wbster—Greeley’s Plan to @atch Mr. Webster with Fresh Salt, &., &c. ‘The one subject of conversation hore is the action ef the Whig State Convention, which amounted to @ defiance of Mr. Webster and al his friends. The ‘world was prepared for some pretty decisive action em the part of that body; but that it should all but Sermally excommunicate Mr. Webster, and that, too, with most remarkable unanimity, was what the world was not prepared for. Yet the proceedings, us reported by the papers, afford but a tame copy of what really occurred at the convention. We havo tho lettcr—not the spirit—of what was there done. One should have been there, in order to know the Seling of fierce hatred that prevailed among the Golegates towarde Mr. Webster. There were more than nine hundred persons present, and not fifty of them but were ready to denounce Mr. Webster formally, while pretty near every one did so im conversation. That conversation afforded the true test of the fecling of the whigs. The speakers whe addressed the convention were all hostile ‘to the secretary, and were cheered when they made amy indecent aliusion to him. When that resolve was read in which he is quoted against himself, or rather against his present conduct, a storm of ap- came forth irom the delegates; and it was Bo difficult matter to see that, the first step—that which alone costs accerding to the French proverb— having been taken, any ovbers would have been easy, even bad they been toward perdition. When the delegates from Boston and its airectien returned at rizht, they concluded the genial ond fraternal Asbors of the day by marching to the Webster head- ters, where they recreated themselves with a allowance of bissing and groaning, which wns immediately returned. b Of the officers of the convention, and its nomi- Deca, not one but is an enemy of Mr. Webster, from Mesers. Clifford and Wisthrop down to the least kuown of the vice presidents and electors. A stu- Giour selection from the enomics of the greatest whig et al] seems to have beon the main object of the gonvention, and it must be admitted that they sue- eecded in euch design marvellously well. We now gee why it was that Mr. Choate and Mr. Everett refused to act as delegates They knew Rr. Webster was to be assailed, and they had wot the courage to appear where they must have defended Ein or forfeited ail character for eommon decency. Both these genthemen, it is well known bere now, are utterly oppovel to the action ef Mr. Webster's friends, and it is understood that both have written to bim condemning that conduct, nd asking him to repudiate all opposition to (en. Beott. You now seo the correctness of what I long since wrote to you--namely, that the so called *reepectable ” Webster men had any intention to break away from the whig A , though dosired to hy head a bolting movement by Mr. Webster himeelf, who tarried at Marshfield long after he bad pro- d to leave it, in the hope of receiving a call to ke the field, as Napoleon remained at Malmairson, fm 1815, in the bope that he would be asked to take the ficld against the allies. It was when these men utterly failed him that he took the leaders of the present movement into his confidence, and, from Washington, directed all that has since beon Gone @, advereely to the cause of Scott. His ld associates have none of the virtues of the cun- Bower, which “Turns to hor od when he sets, ‘The same look that «he gave when he rose Elle vous suit partovt will never be the motto of apy of thoir number. They rather resemble which open under the beams of gun, or emit their full bloom odors as @ tribute to his meridian splendor, close up as he holds his western way. of visiting the military academy, and did not know pple from Ay! ‘gay what will be the effect of this | that they would be % porter Abr vided with action on the of the whee. It is clearly in the | hotel acgommodetions, until they arrived here. Of power of the 1s of Mr. Webster to make them | course they are hij gratified. pay dearly for it—to epoil their feast of hatred RA The yacht whieh T sSonttoned in my last letter, appending to it le guart dheure de Rabelais, which | has gone up the river without stopping here. I ua- would bes sort of desert that would do derstond it was the Ultra, on a re trip up the fore tink jis te be seen—to q min, tobe rts iti Mr. Webster, the convention, and that | asked him if the doings af that body reflestod the peblic oppien of the whigs ‘Bo it would seem, Was the apewer Yet Mr. Steveosan was the man cberen to webome Mr Webstar, when be lawly wade bia triumphal entry into Boston, that “funeral | on of w hiving wan,” se Mr Cliffard snoer- | ingly ealted it. The Woebetor papers of thia city are now supporting Mr. Ciifford’s nomination with even more zeal than ie esbibived, by a Beott journals, 8 if they were anxious to atone for any temporary Gheple: on manliness they had made on the Presi- derxiel question by @ disgusting obsequiousneas. Tho Scott men are not backward in expressing thei contempt for euch conduct On tho whole, I am r footantl forced to the conclusion that the Webster men will eo act as to show that they ‘lack the gall to make oppression bitter.”” : Mr Huntington, the sig pomiee Sor Lieeeanaas Governor, is a respectable physician of Lowell. Tho whigs a8 devoutly wich to the Commonwealth of the coalitionists as Mac! did to purga Soot land of the Hnglish, and so they bave ied ina doctor to their aid. He iee staunch sy r of @ Maino lsw, in his office of Mayor of Lowell, sad was nominated to conciliate tho temper- &uco men, while Mr. Clifford takes the other side of the question. Mr. Huntiagton was defeated last Pha when one of tho whig candidates for Senator, ‘om Middiesex, by some 2,300 majority. He and Mr. Cuidord will lack from ten to fifteen thousand votes of being choeen by the pooplo to tho offices for which they are candidates; but thoy may be suc- cessful for all that. Their oye poy is utterly vation may bo powerless to eloct thom, but their accomplished through the dissensions of their oppo- nents. If the Democratic Convention should act indiecreetly, or the ultra-temperance men among tho freo soilers sbould insist upon their views eoloring the local nominations, then the whig candidates will be chosen by the Legislature. A uoion, not more complete than that of last yoar, betveon the opponents of the whiga would Jeave Mr. Clifford where Mr. Winthrop wusieft in 1851—nowhore. The Free Soil Convention will meot on the 15th, at Lowell. Horace Mann, 8.C Philips, J. G. Pal- trey, Gen. Wilson, and Charles Allen, are the most yrominent persons for that party’s gubernatorial nomivation. General Wilson is desired by the do moeratic portion of the party, and will ‘be nomi- nated if thut portion choose to put him forward He has more weight and power with the free soilera than any other man among them. They koow, as do other parties, that to him alone is dua the two successive defoats of zs in Messachnsotts. Hed hoa opposed the eo it never could have been sucessful. The h for him hoe bad the t zt only with free sovors, but also with ats is, therefore, ne etrange that he sbould h deen strongly o by his party to allow biny to bo nominated tor the office of U and ever shal! be nominated by the trea soilers will bo elected, if the coalition should be continusd, and ehonld carry the State. Tho demoerats have an excellent chance of so- curing the electoral vote or this State. By prudent » Wo followed iadly vote for led they are the democratic party ea to the full demooratic vote that Mr. Van Buren ia 1848, the demoeratic eandi not insultingly repulsed These men, add would be secured by the prospect of carrying the Bt e, would make the vote for Uenera pount to 65,000 at least, and perbaps to more. tha Webster ticket against him, General Scott cannot receive above 53,000 votes; and, even withoat such a ticket, he cannot look for above 63,000, which ia more than General Taylor received here. Should no Webster ticket be nominated, thousands of whigs would not vote at all, and not a few would vote for General Pierce, who is known to ente towards Mr. Webster none other than the k feelings. Mr. Webster's friends would be much be treated by a demoera lod by Se ie admil would be by one nominally hes really controlled by Seward, with Grooley fur ¢ the kitchon cabinet. The vote of the State i the hands ¢f the Demoei Convention, which cupne to he held responsible for it. The man who shall undertake to correct all the blunders of your neighbor Greoley, whenever he endeavors to reguiate Massachneotts politics, will have no sinccure. He probably thinks that the Scott cause is 20 very well conditioned hore that it can bear a little damaging, and ao he tries his hand | at the business. His two-column article of tho 30th August—What will Mr. Webster do has werked mischievously already; and his proposition that Mr. Webster should go back to the Honse of Representatives from Boston, enrages the friends of the great statesman, who look upon it as an insult to their leader; who, in sueb a position, would have to either be tho chief supporter of General Scott's administration, or the chief opponent of that of General Picrce, whose election over the former gen- tleman he is well known to desire. Beside, Mr. Webster has not been a resident of Bocton for years, and that city ig divided into rwo districts, to each of which somo few other places have been added. Mr. Webster is a citizen ot the free soil town of Marshfield, in the coalition county of Piymouth: and Marshiteld lies in a congressional district, made up of towns that last November gave 1,949 majority for the coalitionists, which will not improbably be ipereased to 2,500 at the election ia November next. The parallel which the Tyi- dune draws between Colonel Benton and Mr. Webster is worthy of the old gossip of | Chwronae, to whom he refors. The resemblance is as great between the men, as that which an in- genious gentleman discovered to exist between Macedon and Monmouth. Even if all otker points were susceptible of adjustment, the recent action of the Whig State Convention has placed a great gulf between Mr. Webster and the whigs The truth is, that the regular whigs are glad to be rid of the | Secretary at any cost. As one of their best leaders said to me on Friday, ‘‘he bas been thrown off, and be will not be taken back, if the voico of the party shall be attended to.” Mr. Banks has ent a letter to the Boston Atlas, in which he — that Mr. Webster never told him that he (Mr. W.) desired the election of Gen. Pierce, and that he hoped never to see Massachu- setts vote for General Scott. But Mr. Banks does not deny that he told others that Mr. Webster said #0. His denial is of little consequence, however, as to the main fact, for Mr. Webster said the same worda, both to democrats and to whigs, before he left here Jast; and he has also reiterated them in Washington. It is preposterous to suppose that he holds to any other sentiments, seeing that, great as he is, he is but a great man, and subject to all human influences. We are likely to have great business in Boston, this fall. I never saw the city more full of life, energy, and bustle. Every body is Mes The | highest wagest are given to all kinds of mechanics, | ard other members of the industrial classes. There | was some talk, the other day, of a strike among carpenters, masons, &e. But thus far, it has nov come to any thing. Boston is rapidly changing its character, and from a staid old town, is becoming an uncommonly ‘fast? city, in which very few, but the rich aud the poor reside. The former have their elegont mansions at the worst parts of the place, while the latter have their abodes in the Worst quarters of tbe city. ‘The middle classes, to avery great extent, have moved into the country, | and year sees their number become less, rela o the whole population, pis Judge Rusgell’s decision on the license question is ‘ierce approved by all men, excopt the ‘ ultra” temper- arce people, who know no law except their own ad will. It does him credit ns a jurist. It is orthy of being noted, that his appoutment was | made under the influence of the men who passed the | liquor law. ALGOMA. Gur West Potnt Correspondence. | Couzex’s Horr, rT ] Wrat Porst, Sep. 7, 1852. § Scott about to leave West Point—Poliicat Bores—Arrival of Southerners—Vatching on the j Aiudson river. General Scott leaves here to-morrow for New | | York. | Gen say; perhaps he will visit bis family residence in New Jersey. At any rate he does not give out | where he is going. It appears that he leaves here to escape the applications of politiciane, who write to him upon all sorts of subjects connected with the | future of our republic, just ag if he; Atlas-like, bore the Western hemisphere upon his shoulders. Every mail) bring? him communications of this kind, and he bears the infliction, not at all patiently. He came up here to enjoy a few weeks of rest, but his time hag been infringed upon by other persons, to a considerable extent, and he foars that it will bes horeafter, imposible for him to enjoy the repose and quiet which be promised himself before coming. any- | North river. ie Sante Fe, gentle; course taken There was quite a large accession to the number of vieiters here, thjs evening, and the house is now again quite full. Of those who arrived here by the last train, the register denotes that a good numbor are Southerners; oy are from Alabama, kr | and Tennessee. All express themselves delighte with this place. Some of them came for the purpose MBETING IN Santa on te 20th J by Mexico, It was he of than rchoey, aay een Sosa hey al nok deserve the protection of she peophe Where he goes to from the city, he does not | ; | in Movson etreet, Charlestowu, ina yesterday, from 2°. and fy two minate gans thea, by the friend of Cubs, im commemoration of tbe excowkep of Genes) The steamer Welaka al-o Donaed the day Dy heplaying ‘the Cuban banner at ber plow, 88 she esme into port fiom Florida. A revere fight ecneluded a meeting of Rising Star Di- vitkn of the Bons of Temperance. et their meeting in op Monday eve! ceived bicody noses and Beveral of the members re- ‘k eyes. The watch called. and rhe fight ended. ‘aig About sJx hundred guests were entertained at ‘wood. on Thur day evening. to a dijewner. by their Excel- lencies the Governor General of Canads and the Gountes# ot Elginand Kincardine Most of the members of both houses of Parliament were present. A “Lone Star” rociety, it is enid. is about to be formed in Boston, and we alo arn of members of the order brand towards the establishment of a society in Phil- a. So wealthy is the eity of New Bedferd. that wore its property, divided between every man, woman. and child e city, each would have upwards of $1,000. The engine bouse with two locomotives, and the mv shine aud blacksmith shops. with a portion ef the tool and fixtures, belovging to the Concord and Claremont railroad, were consumed by fire at Bradford, on Sunday morning. ‘The Sac and Fox Indian delegation, who are on a visit to Wathinaton. havo, atter several interviews with the Commissioner of Inaian Aflairs, had all their difficulties satisjactorily arranged, Eulether St. Amand, a native of New Orloans, aged about twenty-five years. was drowned on the 30th ‘alte in the river, between Hospital and Barrack streets. He was partially insane, and subject to fits. ond it is mot known whether he jumped intentionally into the river, or fell into it Clits ed sudden paroxysm of illness, The do- ceared was easy circumstances. His body was re- covered, The authorities of the city of Erie have authorized fubteriptions to the stock of the Ssnbury and Bric rail- cad, to the amount of two hundred thousand dollars. ‘The remains of Hon. Orin Fowler, arrived at Fall River on Tuescay morning, accompanied by Mr, Sumner of the United Btates Sena.e, Mr Doty of Wisconsin, and Mr. Penpiman, of Michigan, of the House of Representatives, A young mon, named Prince, was killed on the Oth ‘aah at Falmouth, Me., by the accidental diseuarge of is gun. Victoria, daughter of Rev, Joseph Marsh, injnro’ by the recent campbene explosion at Sandwieb, Mass., died early on Saturday morning ‘The cholera has entirely disappeared from Toledo, “hio. A few fatal cases of yellow fever baye oceurred at Charleston. S.C, Lbe Sue and Fox Indians left Woshivgton on Monday con, dy the 4 o'clock train, accompanted by their yacent. Mr. John R Chenoult, the interpreter. and the belé bieeds attached to the tribe. ere were one hundred and sixteem deaths in Balti- last week, ‘There were one hundred and *fty-eight deaths in New Orkons during the week ending August 28. Eighteen died of cbolem, ‘Lhe Manchester Mirror learns that on Friday, the 27th ult., the buildings of Mr GQ. W.8tone, in Boscawen. were struck by lightning and entirely consumed. The family were in the houre at the time, but were uninjured. The railroad machine shop engine hoase, two engines belopgirg to tbe fanapee and and Olaremont road. and several ears. were destroyed by fire on Sunday morning about 5 o’eleck. The fire occurred in Bradford, N. H., the terminus of the Concord and Claremont Railroad. ‘There were ninety-six dcaths in Boston last week under five years fifty-five George Ide, ason of Mr Amos Tde, was playing in hay kft with ceme other boys Inst Sunday, near Pa tucket, when, in jumping from one beam to another, fell a distance of about ten feet, striking ona stake it Wagon below. He wus literaily impaled, the stake enter- ing his back and coming out of his abdomen. On Sunday a milkman mamed Wm. Track, resident in Qumey, discovering boys stealing grapes from his pre- mises, started in a pursuit, and falling over a fence, struck his bead upon a stone with such violence as to Produce a fit, in which he died. His age was about 55, Tue Late Storm at PortTerviuie, Ar.a.—A Sap Arratn—At Porterville the storm was terrific. The new sawmill, together with several dwellings, were, we are informed, swept entirely away, an: some families only escaped by wading nearly to their necks in water. Among the houses destroyed were those of Messrs. Alexander and Keeler. Po- tato fields and gardens were ploughed up by tho storm, and vines, with the tubers attached, may now be seen clinging’ to the branches of trees or hanging from them in curious festoons. Mr. Chas. Medicus, formerly editor and proprietor of the Ger- man Courier, published at New Orleans, gives an interesting description of a scono in which he was, unfortunately, a prominent actor. It seems that Mr. Medicus had cstablished himself on the shell- bank, opposite Conway’s creck, whore he was en- gaged in cultivating a garden. Foaring for tho safety of his family, and wishing to remove them to aplace of greater security, he took two boats on Thursday morning, in which he deposited his fa- mily, consisting of hia wife aud two children. The heavy sea soon capsized these frail boats, aud, by great exortions, Mr. Medieuz succeeded in-boaring i ily all back to the hor at the water erSaching upon them with fearful rapidity. Jes and bedsteads soon ceased to alford ny rity. Aga last hope, the lady and her children took refuge in a peach-tree, noar the house’ which they reacbed from the wiadow. The excited snd anxious father had seareely placed the last ebild in this uncertain retreat when the hou-e fell down with a crash over his head, and buried bim in the ra: When eonsciouspess returned, be found his mae fiiteen yards distant from the ousehold treasures, and heard the mournfal ory of bis wife and children, ‘Father, don’t leave us.” With this agonizing cry ringing in his ears, and the terrible incertitude us to how long their present refuge would afford them a hope ef life, he struggled vainly with the lows to re- gain bis position beside them. Nearly exhausted with this ineffectual struggle, he was afterwards taken up by some fishermen and borne to a place of safety. Every effort was made to reach the poor sufferers, who were still so foarfully exposed, but all to no effect. Towards cvening, when the violence of the storm was somewhat abated, diligent soarch was made, but no trace +fthem could be discovergd. On Friday morning, the storm having lulled, the mains of Mrs. Medicus and one of the children wero found at the foot of the tree, which had blown over in the gale. The body of the youngest child has not yet been found. Their ages were cleven and nine years, respectively. The Cholera in New Granada. The New Orleans Bullentin gives the following ex- tract from a letter received from Navy Bay, per steamer Falcon, dated August Ith « This place is very sickly at this time. Tho hotels, streeta and by ways are strewed with the sick, dy. ing, and dead. A corpse is now lying out on the side of the street, which bas been there somo four or five days. They talk of burying it to-morrow. At the railroad depot the sick aro strewed all around, destitue of homo, food, friends and money— a deplorable sight indeed.” The letter proceeds to state that business is very tree containing bis he | dull, owing to the rainy season and sickness, and that ** good carpenters are getting $10 per day, and the iiiok crthnasy hands from @no #4.” Mostde- be amet of western produce, however, command a igh pric rae schooner Meridian, fifteen days from San Biag, at Baltimore, nuts and tortoise shell, to Wm. Peters. Capt. ¥. reports that on his arrival at San Blas the cholera was so prevalent that the Indians forbid him from landing and compelled him to leave without even 2 supply of'water. It was also cur- rently reported that the cholera was prevailing to tont at Navy Bay. The schooner -\ra- mpzon, of Baltimore, was also freed to § 3)a3 under the sume circumstances. The of the Meridian are all well. An article in the Pitts- h Gazetle of Saturday, gives somo interesting particulars in regard to steamboat building in that city and in Cincinnati. We take from it, the follow- ing view of the extent of steamboat building in the Pittsburgh district, as compared with the Cincin- vati district, from Bist August, 1846, to 3lst Aue CINCINNATI 1817 whole ye : [i745 Tracie ArvYAIR st CHARLESTOWN, Mass.—-On Satuiday evening an Irishman, James Mahoney, living t of delirium tremens leaped from his bed amd gota pranine knife and with this, first roth vpon' John Kilner, whom he stabbed in the abdomen, inflicting a dangerous wound. He dashed out of the window with only a red flannel shirt on. and the pravnirg knife in band, rea down Mason street and aloug Front street, and thence to the marehal’s office attacking and cutting all who came in his way, Nine persons were stabbed or cut. three of them severely, though the wounds of only one are considered eriticnl. Jos, Hunnewell, i much respected citizen of Charlestown, waa erely stabbed, He wont very jy toaecell, MMe bad no knife when he entered the marshal's office, Subsequently on handing him bia clothes, Mahoney made a severe attack on Officer §, son, Among the persons stabbed were Mr. McLaughlin, of this city, very severely, One pass was made at a lady which cut only her dress, Jeremiah Mc@arthy was cut inthe hend. A lod was stabbed in the thigh. Some were cut in the ha: The wholo was dove in about five minutes.—Boston Monday, Tenrin_e AccipEnt —About ten days ago, at Alton Bay, three bors, sons of John W. French and Na- than B. Sleeper, of Alton, and of Mr. Rollins, of Middle- ton, purchased two pounds of powder to burn for sport, ‘They went out near the river and began to burn it, a Uttie at a time, the son of Mr. Prench holding the main quantit; bh ape in er under his arm. some accident, tb fixe and & most terrible explo- sion was the result. The French boy,was may injured, his clothes set on fire and Me was burnt #6 that he died In afew days. The other boys’ clothes were also ret on fire and they were bon yey and itis thought that neither of them can live two first named were about cight yeare of age and the other about fourteen. CITY NEwsS. New Fiour and Gr: stseet, Ata meeting of the Fiour and Com Exchange, | South street, hekd yesterday forenoan, the follomog pew members were elected on the Arbitration Com mittee for Flour, viz :—Stephen Valentine, J. B. Herriek, and J.B. Hiteheock ; and on graia, John J. Crane, and Alfred Barratt. The committees as now constituted stand a3 follows:— ARBITRATION COMMITTEB ON FLOUR. Old Members —Thos. Banks and J J Herick. New Members —Stephen Valentine, J. B. Herrick and J. B. Hitchecck. ARBITRATION GOMMITTER ON GRAIN. - ee Members.—Joba K. Kingsford and Henry land. New Members.—JohnJ. Grane and Alfred Barratt. Miltary Excursions and Parades. During the forenoon and afvernoon of Monday and ene city was enlivened by the music of military ds, and a gorgeous of citi- zen eoldters. They were all either going to or re- turnivg from their usual pic-nic or target excursions. The ** United Mpa composed Y agin young mechanics, ie Seventeenth w: com- manded by that efftetent officer, Captain Malachi Brepnan, to Goodereou’s Grove, Flushing, uy ir third annual pic-nic and target excur- sion, Monday morning, They were accompanied by Mapahan’s Brass Band, which performed some of our most delightful popular airs onthe march. The presence of a large number of beautiful ladies formed a pleasing feature in this excursion. They were for the most part, either the ‘‘bride’s elect,” or sisters of the members. The party enjoyed a variety of dances on board the steamer, and on the grounds. The ladies, members, and invited guests, sat down to a most sumptuous ein er. The follow- ing prizes wero afterwards presented to the gentle- men by whom they were rorpacayely won :—Ist. A splendid silver cup, gift of Mr. Augustus MoMa- hon, to Edward Mulley ; 2d—A silver cup, gift of Mr Marcus Kelly, to Edward MeGuire ; Bie gold pen and pencil cave, gift of Mr. Colter, to Dennis Darcy; 4th—A gold medal, gift of Mr. Michael Smith, to Arthur Woods. Previous to leaving New York Mr. Francis Mitchell presented a magnificent pair of guide fags to Captain Broanan. ard,” Ninth Company A, of tho * Pagguot Regiment, New York Btata sehen, parsed our of- fice Monday evening, on their first annual target exeursion. After spending a pleasant day in Yonk- ers, the following prizes wero presented to the best shots: ba—A silver cup to Mr. Thos. Kennedy, Private; 21—A gid peneil, &e., to John Keenan, Private i—To Orderly Sergeant T. Guider, a silvereup; dth—To Sergeant O'Connell, a silver tea urn and silver medal. for good conduct, combined with bia shooting. The last prize was presented by Cee Coffey, commanding. Sheltoa’s band attended. The * Liberty Guards,” Captain J. W. Harrigan, numbering thirty muskets, passed the Hrrawp office Monday evening, on their return from St. Ronans Well, where they spent the day target shooiing. They were accompanied by Adkin’s Washiagton Brass Band, and made a very respectable appearance ‘he ** Forty Acre Guards,” and the ‘* Vandeveer Guards,” of Brocklyn, paraded also for target prac- tice on Monday. : The ‘Jones Guard,” passed our office on Tuowday morning upon their usual target excursion. They numbered forty-eight muskets, and were commanded by Captain Samuci Yeates. Sholton’s band was in attendance. Tbis company made » very fino appear- ance. The prizes presented were as foliows :—lst Prizeo—Presented by 8. B. Jacobs, a silver ‘goblet, won by M. Reddy ; 2d—Silver goblet, a aaiat by Mr. James G. Cooper, won by Wm. H. Blackledge; 3d—A beautiful ecarf pin, presented by L. Jacobs, won by P. Waters; 4th—A gold pe and pencil case, presented by David P. Rhoads, won M M Horlet ; bth—A beautiful broast pin, presented by Capt. Yeates, won by David Levette; bth—A beau- tiful inlaid segarecase, presented by Lieut. Levette, won by Thomas Hines ; 7th—A richly bound copy of Byron’s work, presented by Thomas Levette, won by James Croughan; Sth—A most spendid edition of Southey’s Poems, presented by Mr. Thos. Picton, won by M. Gilmartin. The Guards returned from Saint Ronans Well, in the steamboat Island City, highly delighted with the tri The Henry Clay Calamity before the Grand Jary. UNITED STATES DISTRICT CoURT. Before Hon, Judge Betts Sxvt. 8.—The tollowing gentlemen were sworn on the Orsnd Jury — Luther C. Carter, Foreman. Julius Hitchcock, am A. Stilwell, Peter J. Bogart, Wil Ebenezer G. Ferris, John J, Jackson, Henry A. Halgey. Thomas Thomp-on, Dare Ludlow, * Ebenever 8. Dewey, ter, ditch Boll, John ¥. § George Wool, Thomas MeK ight Tne Judge then proceeded to charge the drand Jury. nilemen of the Grand Jury, your services his occasion, to aid in the crimieal juris is court; it will devolve upow you to inquire » acts of individuals charged with eriminal of- fences against the United States, whether triable in this or the ¢ it Court. The calendar of the criminal cases shows a considerable amount of uccuvations, none of which. however. ate of bizh magnitude. though some are of great interest to the public. The first case om the calendar relates to the destruction of the steamboat Henry Clay; several of the officers of which. seven. I be- lieve. areunder arrest, onacha:ge ofmanslaughter There is_a lav of Congress of 1838, which enacts—" That ev captain. engineer, pilot, or other person eniployed on board cf any steamboat or vessel propelled in whole er in part by steam. by whore misconduct, negli gence. or inattention to their respective duties, the life or Hyves of any person or persons on bourd said vessel may be destroyed. shall be deemed guilty of manslaughter, and upon conviction thereof before any circuit court in the United States, shall be rentenced to confinement at hard labor for a period not more than ten years.” ‘The Judge then continued—I shall not undertake any labored expositions ot the law upon this matter ; it {s not the duty of Judges of this District to prepare elaborate charges ; we reserve ourselves till we hear the ments from the eounsel on both sides. It is our duty. however, to expound the law so as to assist the mind of ef in the consideration of the proper topics involved. I shall, therefore, contine myself toan exposition of the provis- ions of this law. It will devolve upon you to sav, wheth- er ony point is established which proves any of the charges mado against the persons accused. You are aware that since the introduction of steam-navigation, there has been an increasing desire and anxiety to attain the utmost rpeed ; and this feeling is not limited to the proprietors of steamboats, but is shared by the communi- ty at large. There is a spirit manifested on the part of © people, to encourage, countenance, and to stimu- Jate them to attain the greatest speed. It is but natu- ral that the owner should partake of this fecling, be- cause he bas interests at stake ; his property is invest- ed. and his success depends, to a great extent, upon the superior attainments of his boat. Sinee boats began to run on the East and North rivers, you are aware of the great improvements that bave been made in their construction. ‘The first evsays wore very slow, not exceed- ing four or ‘five miles an hour, then a speed of cight and nine was attained. and in 1625 it was considered an extra- ordinary improvement was mado, which enabled a boat to 40 to Albany from New Lork between sunrise and senect. From that time the speed has been constenily increasing till at length some boat oecded in running twenty and even twerty-tive miles in oxe honr. The ecrapetition be- tween boats on our rivere has been going on for some years ; but reeentiy anotaer field. Steam has ‘beg applied to conves ance by land, and pasrenge § are now earned with twice the yeloeity, This has led to fresh exertions on the part of steamboat owners and bigher demands on that of the traveling community, til we have anived at a poiut at which the bonts ‘can be propelled with a speed noarly equal to that, of the railroud cars, In this state of things there is mo doubt great hazard, You are aware that, in the employment of this ageot, an immense force is brought into exercise—a foree whoze use is attended With great danger. One great object has been. to employ the power with the least p to construct the boilers in the | with the rafety of the passengers, But 1a whatever way the engineer displays his kill, meno: there is always a haverd about the gens by causing 8 rash of water upou the boiler. Thero is a | great derire, 0 t of the owners aud officers, to eequire the groatest speed, and @ consequent hazard, which demand. on the part of the government, come check vpon thore men, so that they shail not employ th's power in @ monner that may endanger the lives of the parsengers. It is undoubtedly with this viow, that Cone gress, in I888,qps«sed a law, placivg restrictions upon steambeate. tate law has been enacted in aid of this, probibiting vesrels from passing within twenty yards of each other, and requiring them to blow off their éteam on. their arrival at the wharf; and in the event of the neglect of the proper off'cer to do so, a very heaty penalty is imposed, In addivon to this, a law bas been enacted which provides that if, through inattention or any neglect of an officer, life shall be destroyed, without regard to motive, he shall te deemed guilty of man. slaughter and sentenced to imprisovment for ten years, ‘This Jaw is undoubtedly a etringent one--it departs froin the ordinary principle involved in the ctment of criminal lawr—{t leaves aside the motive, and looks only to ascertain whether he hos neglested bis proper duty or gone beyond the line which prudence would mark out ; ond if, through his carelessness, life hax been lost, be ix made rely responsible, You will, therefore, not be required to look into the intention or design of tho officer It it to be presumed that none of the officers intended harm to the persons under their ez at ‘that they would have a regard for theirown lives and the property entrust- ed to their care, and that they would have the strongest desire to carry their boat safely through her voyage, but ifyou find that, accomplishing this voyage, they wore impelled to competition, or have neglected to do what was incumbent upon them for the safety of the paseen- gers, however painful it may be, your duty commands ou to bring them to trial under the provisions of this W Phas eae them for its violation. There is no doubt that those individuals are all strangers to you, as they are to me ; that they are men of high respecta- bility, and that they lament as deeply as any one the ter- rible calamity. They are, doubtless, heavy sufferers in the ir business and family relations, and there may bo many circumstances to prove that they wore desirous to navigate the veseel with safety, ie a ‘the to exercire your Meg & Lee gg on ration, you © excitement rerasnt” in the community, i does not k for victims, it only the fects, and if we can juce show that they have violated the tre t0 mradeamenatie to it for thet eomdnet, "thers han QovA- ompetitor has entered the | weight ofmachinery— | ightest manner consistent | Exchange, 16 South | Jers Deen romewhere a went of attention, of forecast; but ‘we are mot 10 takw ous impre-sinos as evidence, We are abo to be guarded agotust taking the supposition: of others a to thir mixeonduct. that they neglected thoir cuty, tbat they were raciog; but we of 80. hook at the | evidence, and have witpesees woo wilitestity to the cific fuets— the witnerses must prove what waa done, We are entitled, ae citizens, speaking of this matter, to say, there har been a of prudence. of studious discretion apd esutien iv bey management; but when we consider it as ajnry who: province it is to try the facts, we must take care to distinguish between a Judgment formed in a general point of view. and a judgment formed upon the evidences You will inquire. then, in relation, the per- sons vccused, Whether apy of them has penn guilty of wi-copduct which led te this catastrophe, ie CnAe will be tried before two judges, aad the Court, after besring what has beed said on both sides, will be in @ condition to give it what construc. tion they rhould judge to accordance with justice and law, If you find thet the nt of the ‘boat. in propelling in regulating ber steam, or in setting tire to her was the caurt of the rophe, then you are entitled to covekier it mitconduct. You will endeavor to ascertain as far us the evidence will enable you to sy what has caused this disaeter; then you will inquire in the condition of the boat, avd see whether an improper extent of fire was Kept up, whetber the boiler or any part of her machinery was Fo heated as to set fire to the wood work The Judge then enjoined the jury to view the case dispassiopately. without regard to hearsay, and to confine themselves alone to the evidence that would be brought before them. He bad no doubt they would per- form their duty with franess, and pressnt the accused for trial i: in accordance with the provisions of the act, they have been negligent. But on the other hand if {¢ is one of those disasters that are purely casualties, the jury would take care not to subject them toa trial. then referred to the other cuses on the calander which are frequently subjects of inquiry at this court—revolts, as- racita with dungerous wespons, smuggling, ope! let- ters, carrying exeess of passengers. and attempting to pass counterfeit ecia, and his honor heving explained the law lucidly on these several offences, the Grand Jury ietired to thelr room. where #ey immediately proceeded to the consideration of the Henry Olay calamity. City Intelligence. Finr.—On Tuesdey afternoon, about 4 o'clock, a fire broke out in the * College Hotel,” corner of Murray and Cburch streets, Mr. A.W. Adams, a member of United States Hose Company. No. 25, was passing at the time, and extingui+bed it with a few pails of water. Finr.—As officer Jones, of the Fifteenth ward, was pa- trolling hix beat at 1 o'clock on Tuesday morning, he dis- covered a fire to exist in the baeement of the unoccupied building at the corner of Browdway and Ninth street, formerly known a: the Albion Hotel, [tis supposed to have been the werk of desigu.2s the fire was lighted in three diferent plices. The bulidingis now undergoing repair, Hose Compuny No. 17, with other mombara ot the Fire Departwent, quickly «xtinguished the flames, Fine Avanm.—The m of fice at 2 o'clock yesterday he bursting of a chimr No 34 Baminersty ‘Tho damage was very trifling, Lt was extingal-red by the polices of the Eight ward. Feniova Accronst os Sixt Avenve Rainoav—A boy, nmed James Dornan. aged nine years, who resides with his parents at No 119 fwelfth street, was ran over at ten o'clock on Monday night, by one of the ears of this rairoad. ‘The car as stopped immediately; and the conductor tock up the boy. and carried him to the station howe of the Ninth ward, Upon his being ex- amined by Doctor Henry, it was found that his right arm wes broken, and bis right foot mangled in & most dreadful warner, fle was removed to City Hospital by cffecr Clarke, Many respectable citizens say, that neither the driver nor conductor were to biume, in the slightest degree. ‘The boy was not a passenger; he had ouly hung on to the platform, and, in attempting to jump off near Vleventh street. as another car Was pass- ing, he fell. ana one wheel passed over him. Svsriciovs Crncumstaxce.—A small boy named Hough observed a man walk up, on Monday evening. to the dock, foot of Thirteenth street, and throw a large leather trank into the water, after which he ran away, The boy called bis brother, and they recovered the trunk without diffl- culty, a8 the tice was low. open. and is supposed to have been robbed of its contents, There was Ftill in it a receipt for money paid to A, © Benedict. by Jemes Kenzic. and, also, a naturalization ticket for the latter. The trunk can be seen at the Ninth ward siation house, Ssnrovs [xsuny at tHe Docks.—A carman namod Daniel Quinn, was rerjously injured. on Tuesday evening by & box falling upon him froma ship at footof Beach street, Officer White. of the }'ifth ward, took him home. Resevep rrom Drownina —A police officer of the First ward jumped into the water. at pier No, 4 North river, and by bis exertions rescued a man uamed Benjamin Roberton from drowning. Drath or 4 Davwkarp.—A woman named Mary Me‘on- nell. who was of the mont incorrigibly intemperate habits, wos found dead, om Tuesday night, at her room in ‘Thirtiech street, near Third avenue. ’ Officer Poland, of the Eighteenth ward, notified the Coroner. Fata, Accipent.—A man named Bartle McGowan, who was employed asa laborer at the new Bible House, Astor place, fell from a seaffold fixed on the second story, on Tuerday evening, He was eo badly injured that he died in ten or fifteen minutes afterwards. The body was tuken to the Seventeenth ward station house, and Captain Hart had the Coroner notified. The deceased was a cor. tcet. temperate young man, and leaves a wife and child li to mourn his lors, He resided at Twentieth strect, be- tween Seventh and Eighth avenues, Founp Dxownep.—/n inquest was held. on Monday eveving. upon the bedy of an unknown man, which wus found ficating iv the water at picr No 8 North river, at an eatly hour of the morning. Michael Shannon sworn —I found the body floating in the water at 5 o'clock this morning. and made it fast to the pior; I know the man by eyesight, as a runner, but I do not’ know his name, Verdiet—“ Accidentally drowned, under circumstances unknown.” Dercription:—The man was about five fect nine inches high, had randy bair and whiskers. and was dressed in aroundabout short vest, black silk handicer- chief, plaid plants, and ealf skin boots. Police Intelligence. 02 Disgraceful Exhibition Prevented.—A particularly dis- gusting scene in shape of o pugilistic encounter, would have been exbibited yesterday upon Barron Island, had it not been for the prompt und vigorous exertion of officers Bumstead and Merritt, of the Third district police court. It appears that a match for some five or six hundred dol- lars was nade between Richard Montgomery, Elias Tom- mony. and Thomas Mackcrell, to the effect that somo two of them should fight. The principal backers were 0. the reputed father of Richard, and Robert Macketell. brother to Thomas. The fight was to be of the pecvliorly brutalcharactcr known as a “hog fight.’” in which no perron fnterferes with the infariated or senseless combatants, and they are permitted to bite, kick, tear.and mangle each other to the last degree. Officer Bumstead having heard of this, determined to pre- vent it, and for this purpose he procured a warrant for the arrest of all parties concerned from Justice Welsh. Armed with this authority he arrestedJobn Montgomery on Tues- day morning. Yesterday he took a horse and wi and drove t Harlem in pursuit of the others, but they had left previous to his arrival. Mr. Bumstead then hired a carriege and went to Sheeps Head Bay, where he sucorcded in arresting Thomas Mackerell and Robert Montgomery. Iticbard Montgomery escaped by a timely Hight. It is supposed he went to Boston. The prisoners were yesterday committed by Justice Welch until they Mentgemer; find bailin the sum of $5¢0 cach. Much praise is due officers Bumstend and Merritt for their vig' in thus preventing an encounter die, toh ity. Charge of Stealing a Gold Watch and Chain.—Officers Keefe and MeManus. of the chiefs bureau, yesterday, ar- vested a young man numed John Bonfanti. on a cha of stealing a gold watch and chain, and pencil, valued at $100 and upwards, the property of Mr. Thomas, of Wail street. The officers recovered the watch and pencil, the same having been pl d at pawn shops. ‘the watch was found at Goodwin's, in Centre strect, and | the pencilat Jackson's. in Reade strect. At the latter pawn shop. Jacks identified the prisoner as the person who pledged the property, The accused was taken before the Chict of Police, and detained, Daring Assault and Robbery—Arrest of the Supposed RoB- lers—A man nomed Jobn Jackson, with three other well known characters, calliog themselves Thomas Kane alias Pete, John Ryan alias Dublin, and William Stafford, rho enjoys the alas of Dublin also, were arrested yesterday. by cfitcer Gleeson, on 2 warrant issued by Justice Osborn, cn the charge of Thomas Walsh. by whom they are charged with committing a felonious assault and roblx ry upon bim. It appears, from the aflidavit made in the | case by Walch, that he, was passing along Cherry streot, at twelve o'clock, Sunday night, that he there met Jack- 4 A three other men, who accosted him, and arked ©, deponent, isd money to treat thom; he replied that he bad, and browght the party into a house coruer of Cherry and Oliver strecte; on coming out he inquized the way to bis Jodging, when the prisoner Jackson sald, vould take him home. When they were “near aiavia_strect, they tock him intoa coul yard, and one seizing him arownd the neck lifted hign from t ind, so that he could not ery out. while the others struck him and stole from his pocket a silver Watch of the value of iffeen dollars, and a packetbook feontaining bilis to ibe amount of fifteen inore, Upon this statement they were arrested, and Justice Osborn, bas committed them for examina- tion, preme Court.$In Chambers, Kefore Hon Judge Mdwards, Bret, 8—Hlabeas Corpus. William Robinvon was brovght vp on habeas issued on bebalf of his sister, who cloimed bis ditecharge from the United State army, on the ground of his being a minor Lt was proved that Widiavo was born 1833, The Judge, therefore, ordered his discharge, s Literary Review Lovrsiana; 17s Hisrory as a Fa A sorics of leetures by Charles Gayarre, New York, Jobn Wiley. To those interested in the State of Louisiana, this book will afford some profitable en- tortaiment. Some of the sketches of persons and events are well drawn. ENCH CoLONy.—— Marine Aftains. 2d inst, by Mr. E.G. Pierce, Gardiner, Me, @ very superior clipper packet baryus of 550 tone. built by’ Mosera. Viezco and Bacon, for their line of Becton and Galveston sgt] oe eon the Island City, in compliment to the city of Galveston, At Thomoston. 2th ult. by Messrs. Morton and Ler. mond, ‘a fine brig of bout ‘wo tone, called the Caroline, to © commanded by Capt. J. Bryant. AU Calaln, S1se lee by. Mr, Matthias Vickery, @ fine mduras, aoe ee iaage ship, by Mfr. Raynes Darque of 206 tons, At Portsmouth, 2d inst., not yet named, Tarf, 2. Eotavrnnemitonday, Bept. 6~ milo heats, best three in five, in harness, Morcow. in wagon, ae a a fame DaveMatch $500, three miles and repeat, in har- ners. J. Ludiow, b. m, Shelby. i ‘bik esac —Tuerday, Sept. 7 Unron Course. L. ‘ROTTING <= Tu i Mateh $500, two miles and repeat, inderses, C. Brooke, b. g. Dan Marble... 110 sorbents Time. 5 ha It had evidently been broken | “8 of Kuctric Telegraph, In May, 1644, tho first line of Eloctro-Mugnetia ‘Telegraph was vomp!sted, and put in successful op= eration by Professor Morse, botween Baltimore and Wasbington, auder an »ppropriation mado by Cone gress for tho parpose wf testing the practicability of the Electric Bolegrayn Since that time, ail the important cities and towna of the United S-ates and Canada have beer connected by telegropb, embracing in ita iroy girdle upwards of 25,000 miles of wire. Within this period, also, lines have been construo- ted in Englund, France, Prassia, Germany, and other parts of Europe, embracing 8,000 to 10,000 milos ; and we observe, by recont announcement im foreign journals, that the Eas: India Company have determined to establish a very extensive system of Electric Telegraph in India, to‘connoct Calcutta, Agra, Lahore, Bombay, and Madras, ag well ag other towns in the vicinity of those places. Tha distance to be traversed by these lines is upwarda of 3,000 miles, and they ure to be completed withig three years. England, France and Ircland are alroady cons nected by submerged lines, and at no distant day Wo may expect to see our own continent connected with that of Furope by the same means, South America, not to be behind the followers cf her sister of the North, haa already within her borg ders a line of telegraph in operation from Valparaisg. toSantiago, and advicer from the former place state, jM consequence of the great facilities obtained, and the profit derived by the owners of the stock, that additional lines are to be erected for connecting othe. cities and ports op the South American coast. In Mexico a line has heen reeently constructed from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico, and owing to the success of this enterprise, arrangements have since been made for an extension of the system. We reeently noticed that books for subscription. to the stock of & company were opened in this city, by somo of our entervrising capitalists, for the pur- pose of obtaining subscrivers to build a lino of telee graph across the Isthous of Panama. As to the stock being subscribed or not we are unable to Bay5- the names however of the Bankers who have undor= taken to fill the subscription list, aad the parties acting as trustees, are sufficient guaranteo that the enterpriee will be carried through successfully; and among all the lines in eperation, there is none of more importauce to the commercial world than this contemplated line of telegraph, which will connect the new city of Aspinwail at Navy Bay, with the old town of Panam on the Pacific. In addition to the importance of this lino for com- mercial and national purposes, it must prove profit~ ablo, as an investment, to the parties engaged in the enterprise, ag a large number of passengers passing across the Isthmus, to and from California, end tha increased number who will travel that route upom the cstublishment of the contemplated lines of Eag- lish steamers to and from Australia, and other places in that direction, must create a larger amount of telegraph business fur transmission over the wires, and far boyond what has been estimated by the ad yocates of the Isthmus entorprise. We learn that this line is to be laid underground, the wires being insulated with gutta percba, similar to the Germar and the Prussian mechods, and which have been so successfully applied in those countries since 1847. The introduction of the subterranean line on this continent will bea desirable event forall persons using the telegraph, as it will lead to the adoption iw the United States, of u better mode of laying tha wires than the ono now in use, thoy being exposed te every rain and thunder storm that occurs, and liable to hourly interruption from defective insulation, im~ jury from fulling trees, and the presence of atmos pheric electricity during the summer months. The subterranean or underground lines were first succes:fully ints oduced in Prussia and Germany, and in England a line comprising twelve wires are now heing laid underground fom London to Dover, where they are to vonnect with tho submarine tele- graph line runnivg under the channel te the Fronch coast. It may interest some of our readers to be ine formed that the submarine telegraph cable laid between England and France contains four small annealed copper wires, each doubly covered with gutta percha, around which is carefully wrapped ‘pun rope yarn, tarred and laid close, so as to con- fine the gutta percha covered wires; parallel to each other, and upon this mass, aro placed spirally, in contact with each other, ten thick galvanized wires, forming an iron shield or covering, for the purpose of protecting from abrasion, by rocks or the action of the sea, the gutta percha insulation and the four small copper wires contained therein. The cable composing this line of submarine tele- graph is 1} inches in diameter, and weighs over seven tons per mile ; the length of the eable under water being twenty-one miles would make the whole weight of the cablo upwards of 150 tona. This telegraph tine was put down in the month, of September, 1851 (one year ago), and has not been interrupted during tha: timo. It will be observe ae foregoing that our lentic rivals are far ahead ot us in the man- ner of constructing their telograph lines, by crossing. boisterous seas, and placing their conducting wires eo Eee eenk vas sides Kes pee and. erefore free from the interruptions dail; i- om on ia ee Pe : ee In regard to the mode of working telographs, we are, however, abead of all the world, pay ae Eicken of Bi owsin sprigs een the ingenious. letter priatirg telegroph of Mr. House, aro far su rior to the modes Tractised elsewhere.” at ‘Theatrical and Musical. Bowrry Trxatns — The performances of t] of the Forest” and the “Evil May Day,” are large apd_ delighted audiences, The cl ter of Igh~ macl, by Mr, Fddy and that of et daughter of Ish- mae}, Will be sustained by Mise Heron, The other lead- ing cbaraeters by Stevens and several eminent members of the stock compeny. The entertainments will con- eivde with the drama of the “iivil May Day,” Stevens sustaining the pricipal character, Bnoapway Treatne.—Mr. Collins. the Irish comedian and vornist. who bax fora number of years, since tho death of Mr. Yower, muintsined the first walk in Irish drama, is now delighting the visiters of tbe Broadway by bis ringing snd seung. Ue appears to night in the eles gant comedy cf the “coidier of Fortune.” with a new song culled the * Jolly Days of Old.’ Miss Price will dance ar Titeh after whic the comedy of the “Wrong Pas- ‘WL foliow, Mr Cotlws appearing in his favorite chuineter of Dennis, with the songs of “Trust to Luci’? rnd the “Liquor of Life.’ Ali wil close with “Ladies Bewar Nino's Garorn —The evtertainments announced for his evening, ore the faree of the “ton Boy,” in which Mrs. bloaw will personae the character of Mies Curry, nd the port of Sally, with songs, by Miss Ada Harcourt; apt. Popham. by Mr Mids and Pabster, by Mr. loan, the concluding pir ee will be the grand batlet in Wo fcte, of the “Berber of Seville,” in which the charm- bg danseure Senorita Soro will snstain the part of Figa- o.snd Mie, Pougavd that of Rosine, Inthe eecoad set a grand diverticemont by M'lle Drouet, Sevorita Soto, Mile, Fougaud, M. Mege, and M'lie. Lavigne, and Leeder. Bontox's Tivatny.—Three favorite pieces will be pre+ vented at this establishment to-night. The frat will be the extravaganza of “ Chloroform?’ in which Mr, Logan, ou execiient comedian, will represent the character of Aminadab Slocum, and the parts of Edward Slocum an@ Quick by Mr. © Fisher and T. Johnston. Mr, Holmer will sing a favorite barlad, and the amusements will close vith the * Wandering Minstrels,” and the ** Mammy,’ in beth of which Burton will display his inimitable quali. ties as a comedian Of the firststan A Narionat Tuxatne —N B, Clorke’s new drama, ene titked “Kenneth? will as hy) the entertainments at this theatre to-night. It drew Jarge hourcs when last presented, aod no doubt will have the same effect on the present occasion. “ Who Stole the Pocketbook /?* will commence the entertainments; La Petite Winther Fill dance the “ Cochues.”” and the next feature will be the extraordinary evolutions of Chas, Wii i Javell!, Master Jercme. and La Petite Winther; and also a dance by Mira Mazy Pextington. No doubt the house ‘will, a8 ususl, be crowded, New York Tnratne —The Bateman children Ippon ” 2 ag ibis evening in Shakepearo’s tragedy of “ Richard Yiss Ellen Bateman as Richard, and Kate Bateman Kiebmond, A grand overture by the ‘will fol. ion, ond the petite comedy called the “ ¥ Coupes will follow, with the Baceman’s In the principle charac. ters. ‘Tho entertainments conclude with favorite farce of * Tbe Man and the Tiger.” Amenican Muswum—The temperance drama other Gines,” and the populer farce, styled “My Wite and Old by to arethe to be th 5 “Orphan’s Dream’? will be repeated in piece is increusieg in Cuniwty’s Orena delineators announce for evening. No doubt the heuse will be Woon’s Minsraei.ta bave lection of ye dances and anmepement of their of “An. Xe