The New York Herald Newspaper, November 11, 1852, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT. PROPRIBTOB AND EDITOR, OFFICE M. W CORNES OF FULTON AND NASGAU STS. | ‘Tho great wass of mun’ FE DET Bi mew perce THE WEEKLY HERALD, "rere bated rat ‘cents um § ropenm cn. ts amy °f “read Briain ‘and $5 to amy part nf the te include the porte, VOLUNTARY CORRESPONDENCE containing imper- tent rom any quarter of the worla; Af eed, for. Our ¥ Rec ORRIGN CORRESPONDENTS VESTED TO Sean aut Lerrena anx awp Pactaces sent Mbvertisementsire: AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, BOWERY “THEATRE, Bowery —Mixus.-La Bave- Dene. pegewar THEATRE, Brosdway.—Love’s Sacar wier—Dex Woman I Anon "8.—Box awp Cox -MARRIRD asp Srrtsi J4 DE SEVILLA~RvePT MACAIRE, ta BCUTON’S THEATRE, Chambere streo Fer, Heanr Acne -Oxe THousAND Mz Pe tHe GoLD Dicsins oF AvSrRALIA. . NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham. street.—Cross or maTH—Era, THE imish PRIN oKse—MoNKEY JacK. A CoRR FOR eas Wantr> WALLACK’S THEATRE, Brosdway.—A Moanine Cant | Resr Dav—Marmimoniac. 4 19 Bow- -Caossine WHITE'S THEATRE OF VARIETIES, 17 100 COMTENTMENT V8. Rien} AMERICAN MUSEUM.—Asveixne Prrvonmances ww wwe Arrennoon any Byenine. OBRISTY’S OPERA HOUSE, 172 Broadway.—Bruroriax Mimerrecey py Cxristy’s Mixsrre.s. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood's Musical Hall. 414 Brow SHEET. 185) DOUBLE Rew York, Thursday, November Li, The News. Three days later European advices were yester- day placed in our possession by the unexpected arrival of the propeller Glazgow, which made the ran from Glasgow in the short spase of fifteen days. Thisis doing remarkably well for a screw steamer—the time being about equal to that made by the swiftest of the ocean steamers five or six years ago. this arrival cannot be characterized as important, farther than the announcement that the cotton and grain markets were very animated, and that there were heavy transactions on the 2) prices. See the details of the intelli where. The telegraphic wires being out of order we wero gence else unable to procure the full returns of the election | which took place in Delaware, yesterday. The re- sult in Newcastle county indicates that the Hon George Riddle, democrat, has been re-elected to | Congress by a emall majority. We give in another part of to day’s papor a list of the officers which will constitute the State government after the Ist of January next, together with the members of the next Legislature. Senate there having been no Senators chosen at tho last election ; but the Assembly, the members of which are chosen cvery year, will be catirely new. It will be seen that the democrats have a large majority in the latter branch, while iu the Senate there is an equal number of whigs and democrats. The consecration to the episcopacy of the Ray Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Bishop elect of this Giovess, was celebrated yesterday in Trinity church, with all those solemn observances and formula which the liturgy cf the Protestant Episcopal Church prescribes. There was avery numerous at- tendance of prelates and clergy, and the ceremony seemed to have created much interest in the minds of the religious portion of the community, if we | might judge by the crowd endeavoring to gain ad- mission into the church. Our reporters have given avery full description of the scene, aud a condensed report of the sermon preached on the oocasion by Bishop Chase of New Hampshire. The publication of these proceedings will, no doubt, be acceptable to a large proportion of our readers, who will peruse them with pleasure and gratification. As evidence of the exceedingly straightened con- dition of Moxico, the last accounts from there repre- sent that a proposition was pendingin Congress for negotiating a loan of three millions of dollars, at the enormous rate of three per cent per month, and also for increasing the State contributions one-half— the money thus raised to be ured for the purpose of restoring peace and order throughout the country. To add to the internal discord everywhere created by the knowledge of a bankrupt treasury, foreign ereditors are pushing their claims with the utmost vigor, and the French and Spani bave even gone-so far as to threaten the blockading of the principal ports, unless their demands are speedily satisfied. In this dilemma, the President has been almost entirely bereft of a cabinet council —some of his principal advisers having been im- peashed and others hav'ng resigned Indeed, even those whe remain are unable to agree emong them- selves, and at the same t make t it varialbe practice of oppoting every measure enacted by Congress. heads of the different departments of the govern- ment cannot agree on any settled policy, is it any wonder that the people should follow their exam- ple—that internal discord should reign paramount and that fresh revolutions should spring up every fow days? It is said that Senor Yeneseo has accep!. ed the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs. Bat what can he do? He has no means wherewith to appease the cravings of the hungry creditors of Eag- jand, France, Spain, &c. True, he might manage to avert some of the blows that are falling thick and fast upon the head of the doomed republic, were he | to urge and obtain the faithful fulfilment of the treaty with Garay, for the route across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. But it is not probable that he would be allowed to adopt this course were he so dirpored. It is generally eupposed, and with very good reason, that the different revolutionary move ments are mainiy directed by the exiled Santa Apna, though he himself is apparently standing alovf and cally watchicg the progress of events Bhould these surm! prove correct, he may for a time prevent the dissolution “of the confode: tion—but then farewell io the republic. Like Louis Napoleon, nothing short of an Emperor's sceptre will satisfy the celebrated one-legged hero. Bat how long he would occupy a throne is another ques tion, which can be more easily answered hereafter. Watch the Englisb, Freneh and Spanish—look out for Tehuantepec, and, above all, keep an eye on Santa Anna We learn that the Un'ted Statee steamship Pow- hatan, with Judge Conkling, our new Minister to Mexico, on board, reached Vera Cruz on the first in- stant. The commissioners appointed by Congress to take a Jook at the mines of Dr. Gardiner, arrived out on the eame day, on the United States steamer Fulton. The Powhatan left Vera Cruz on the 2d instant, for Pensacola—-coneequently we may shortly expect to have full official particulars of the result of Judge Conkling’s miesion of inquiry to Havana shall know all about the “high ground” assumed by the auministration. The cotton market at New Orleans is still very animated. Seven hundred bales arg saidto have been disposed of yesterday at firm prices From Washington we learn that Mr, D C. God dard, the chief clerk in the Interior Department, dicd on Tuesday night The appropriation for the capitol extension heivg early exhausted, two hun- dred and fifty of the mechanics and laborers have been discherged, and five hundred wore will be dis- missed at the end of this week. We elrewhore publish a synopsie of the constitu- tion and by-laws of the government of Venezuela Though quite interesting, the news by ult., at firm | The | nds the same as the previous session, | ish governments | When it ie thus shown that the very |) Thea we | since the foundation of the republic. 4, great | Movements and Speculations in Real Estate | west of Mercer or Greene sireots, to near the Nort numbers of our citizens are already" .4194 in that country, and others are about ¢ sing thither, this resume will prove exceeding!y “ateresting to thelr friends, as well as to the generality of readers. afnd have long since asoer- tained that the sho” , seewhes of roady newspaper | writers, relative’ 4 gvexts in both ourowa and other | countries, "| gully as reliable and prove far more practical * ean the ponderous histories which cannot | be Pr’ enred except at great expense Honoo, we |} Weendervoring to sepply the noses of the | peopte by epreading before them useful information every description at a moderate price. A despatch from New Orleans states that the | steamship Ilincis Jef: Aspinwail on the 4th instant, with three hucdred passengers, and a million and a-half of dollars in gold dust. The I. will probably arrive here on Saturday. The court martial on Captain McLane held a second sitting yesterday, and examined Colons, | Roberts at great length. Several new pointa re- lative to the fracas were elicited, aad important letters were produced. The Court adjourned to | eleven o'clock this morning Read the report. | The Board of Aldermen last night assembled and | transacted considerable routine business. Nothing | ofimportance transpired beyond what is recorded in the official report elsewhere given. The Canada has now been out twelve days from | Liverpool, with five days later news. She had no? | reached Halifax at midnight. in the City of New York, ‘The transactions in real estate in “ne city of New York, have been ona large scale within the past yearor two, and have exhibited in many localities @ great advance in value. We havo taken some pains to ascertain the quanti- ty of real estate sold by all the auctisneers in this | city, for the year beginning the Ist of July, 1851, and ending the Ist of July, 1252, and we find the aggregate to reach in round numbers, about $10,000,000, which exceeds the gales of any former year, if we except those of 1836. Of the sales made, about an average of 70 per cent remain- ed on bond and mortgage for a poriod of years. On this basis, within the period stated, about $3,000,000 in cash were paid down, and about $7,000,000 remained on bond and mortgage, and mostly at 6 percent per annum. The interest on thisamount would be about $120,000 per annum We have no means of ascertaining the amount of property sold at private bargain, but suppose it to have been equal to about half that sold by auction, or about $5,000,000 within the year referred to, giving total sales for that period,of about $15,000,000. Nearly all considerable bodies of unimproved real estate are sold by auction, and generally on the usual terms ag to payments. Improved and productive real estate is most com- monly disposed of at private sule, and gen- erally with larger cash peyments. It sometimes bappens that portions of property offered at auc- In addition to much other interesting matter, our inside pages to-day contain the following :—Letters | from Washington relative to the Gardiner Mission | to Mexico, and the Views of the Administration | concerning Cuba; alto, Letters from Quebeo and | Belize, Honduras; Advices from Texas; Action against Omnibus Proprietors in the Superior Court ; | Theatrical and Musical ; Trotting Matches in this vicinity and elsewhere; Commercial Reports A variety of Paragraphs, Advertisoments, &c. | The Government Monopoly in Post Office Envelopes. There cannot be a more odious foatare in govern- mental policy, than that which permite a nation to | enter into competition in business with private ia- dividuals. It palsies entorprise, and inevitably leads to an increase of price in all the articles in which it deals. "Such competition is opposed to the | genius of our insti utions, and runs counter to all our notions of the power and objects of govern- ment. Monopolies, in every possible shape, are ob- | noxious to the opinions and sentiments of the Ame- Tican people. Free competition, in every branch of industry, is a eardinal principle in our theory of progrees. It holds out the promise of preferment | to intellect, competence to industry, wealth to en- | terprise, and advancement to all. It leaves every man to survey, before he sets out in his carcer of business, all the industrial pursuits of life from which to choore, and affords him a confident asgur- ance that application, a prudent forecast, and eco- | nomy, will meet with a just reward. So long as | government leaves him alone, or imposes upon him | no burthens beyond a reagonable tribute as an eqai | valent for the protection it affords him, he moves on with a cheerful confidence of final success. iho arts improve, manufactures advance towards por- fection, commerce flourishes, and trade preserves is activity. But whonit lays its hands upon any | branch of business, and claims to be its peculiar pa- tron, or withdraws it from competition, that branch | is eure to wither. Individuals may be enriched by it, public functionaries will be corrupted by it, but the great masses of the poople are sure to be suiler- ore in the end. | We are led to these remarks by 2 law of Congress, | passed at the Jate session, for supplying the post office department with stamped envelopes, and placing them for sale in the hands of the twenty thousand | postmasters throughout the Union That law makes the department practically"a great dealer in station. ery, having its agents in every village, town andcity in the United States, grasping a trade which now | employe twenty-thoutand operatives, andin which is involved millions of capital. Few whose attention | | bas not been called particularly to the subject, are | aware of the magnitude and importance of the bi | ness thus suddenly withdrawn from ‘he compotition individual enterprise, anf erected into a gigantic | government monopoly. In this city alone, five | thousand operatives are employed in the manufac- ture of envelopes. In Boston and Philadelphia each, are as many more. The manufacture of paper expreeely for envelopes is a vast business of itsolf. | Almost every paper mill in this State, and in the New England States, is largely engaged in its pre- paration, having more or less c4pital employed in this way. By this law all these operatives are to bo | thrown out of employment, all this capital to be | wasted, and the fortunes of the thousands employed | in chis branch of businces swept away. But injurious and unwise es the law is, the man- ner of its execution by the Postmaster General, renders it infinitely more oppressive. Without ad- vertising for proposals, without inviting competi- on, in defiance of all legal requirements, and with- | out any notice to the thousands whose interests are €0 deeply invelved, he bas contracted with a | gle individus] for eupplying the departments ughout the Union with envelopes for the next five years. This contract gives to the fortunate pos- stor of itthe entire monopoly of this branch of ry, for the term of his contract at least. No individual or company can compete with him. His prices are fixed, and the withdrawal of the presen’ stamps will force the articles furnished by him into general use. Tt has been urged by the friends of the Postmas- ter General that the law under which he acted does not require him to advertise for propositions Ta this we think they greatly err, both in regard to the | powers ani duty of that officer. This contract in- volves an expenditure of millions during its continu- ance. It grasps the whole of a great branch of trade throughout the entire Union It reaches to every hamlet, town and city, in every State. It wrenches away a large portion of the business of every paper manufacturer and every stationer in the country. It never was and never could have been the intention ef Congress to place in the haads of the Postmaster General a power 80 gigantic for evil, 20 sweeping in its scope as this. It never was aud never could have been contemplated to confer upon him a right to give, at his mere volition, with- out inviting competition, without any check or con- trol, and without responsibility, to a single ind ual, a contract so vast in its expenditures, and in- | ¢ ind | | have not looked into the statutes on this subject, nor do we desire to do 20. It is enough for us, unti) we eco it contradicted, to say that Congress could not, in our judgment, have been guilty of euch an egregious blunder. But suppose the law does, by seme possible con- struction, empower the Postmaster General todo so, what prudent officer would have given such contract to @ single individual? Who would have failed to cee that to do 80 would be to bring ruin upon the thousands engaged in the busi- | neer, Which is now to bo thrown into the hands of | one man? It would have been easy to modify the evils of the law, by dividing the States into gec- ontracting with individuals in oach ection for the necessary supplies. This would have | divided the business, leaving to somo few at least the use of their capital invested There would have ieulty in preserving uniformity in the The water marke and stamps are the only pointe in which uniformity ia et all ossential; and it is folly to ray such uniformity could not be obtained by diffusing the contracts for sapply Such a courte ehould have suggested itself and been adopted. The law itself isa bad one. It places tho } tions, and o been no di Police and City Intelligence; Military Parades; | volving eo many and such wide-spreadinterests. We | tion, are only nominally sold. That is, they are limited and bought in by their owners or friends. | Thete we have allowed for as our statements aro | based upon bona fide sale returns made to the Comp- | troller. ¥ iS The greatest inflation in the pricesof real estate | ever reached in New York, occurred in 1836—when, | owing to an immense expansion of the paper cur- rency, together with the wide-spread spirit of specu- lation, caused a great advance not only in real estate» but also in the prices of almost everything else | In that year, flour cold at $10 a 11 per barrel ; | wheat at $2 12 por bushel; beef at $13 a $15; and pork at $23 a $24 per berrel. The soil of the coun- try, under neglected culture, failed to yield an ade- quate supply, and large parcels of whoat were im. ported from abroad. Tho importations of foreign goods were also enormous, and reached $180,930, with a population of only about 15,000,000. Tho exports for the same year only reached $123 663,000 Tho transactions in real estate were on an enormous scale. Not only were immense parcels of vacunt property sold in New York and the surrounding coua- try, and adjaeent towns, but entire new townssituated at various points, from the borders of the northern lakes to the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, including @ vast proportion of water-Jots, seme of which were said to produce ‘twenty bushels of frogs to the acre, and alligators enough to fence them,” were brought, under the hammer and rapidly soldat ‘satisfactory prices.” Among othor notable cities founded on paper about that time, was Jackson City, situated on the States, was induced to lay, amidst all due pomp and ceremony. The receipts for the sale of public lands were also enormous. Everything sold by the aus- tioneer, in the shape of real estate, was sure to fiad eager and ready bidders, whose competition produced prices above even the expectations of sellers. In | acrisis was reached. The inflatea paper currency, | which had carried everything to euch a crazy height, real estate ensued as well as in everything olse. City property, however, did not tumble to its low- est pointatonce. As sales became forved, to secure payments, they were legs rapid, and the fail, although immene was gradual. There wasa panic among dealers; come were ruined out and out, while others were discouraged and anxious to get out of it as £0on as possible; till finally few were found to gathe at real estate sales, or to be tempted to purchig scarcely at any price, until 1843—the lowest round of the ladder seemed to have been reached. From that time forward, or from 1843 to 1845-6, a favorn- | ble and healthy reaction began to be manifested, which, however, was subsequently checked to some extent by the Mexican war. At the conclusion of the war, and under the influ- ence of a more liberal commercial policy on the part of the governmont in reducing the high tariff of 1812, New York revived, snd entered on a frosh and brilliant career. The famine years of 1847-748 greatly added to her commercial prosperity. The discovery of gold in California, and again in Aus- | tralia, united with another great expansion of | paper money, based, in most cages, if not upon | pledges of “ wild cat skins,” upon State stocks of | uncertain epecie value. | The effect of these causes has heen to prodaco a state of inflation unequalled by any previous rise | except that in 1836. Up to the present year, how- | ever, as faras the city is concerned, with somo fow locations in different wards, it would appear that the present great advance in real estate has boon as e general thing, on a more gradual and conserva | tive scale. We fo not attribute the great advance in real cstate, as well as in nearly everything else, to the | influx of gold, co much as to the spread of the free barking system and the multiplication of free | banks, giving riee to avother great paper inflation, leading, probably, in the end to similar results ag those witnessed in 1836. And as the increased ox: pansion and indebtedness must, under the excite- ment of the times, exceed that of 1836, in proportion to the increase of population and resources, it is | likely, when a crisis does occur, it will also greatly exceod that of 1836, and its consequences be more widely and severely felt. ‘The average advance in real estate from the period of.the greatest depression in 1843, to July 1, 1852— nine yeare, bas been in most wards, equal to about three to one. That is, supposing a piece of property in 1843, sold for $1,000, it is now worth $3.000. The greatest advance in real te bas been in the Third ward, down town, and in the hteanth ward, uptown. In certain localities in the Lighteenth ward, between two and three and a half miles north from the City Hall, the advance bas been enormous, chiefly, however, comprised within a District, having Union square on the south, Murray hillon the north, the Third avenue on the east, and the Seventh and Highth avenues onthe west. The highest being on the Fifth avenue, and immediately fronting on Madison square. We could mention cortain portions of vacant Property within the general limits alluded to, as proofs of our statement. In one case, there was a parcel of $37,500. The rise in many portions of the Twentieth ward, three and a half to four miles north from the City Hall, has also been very great. In one case, a whole squere of lots, purchased in 1813 for about $10,000, including taxes, assersments, and interest, up to 1852, can now be gold readily for about $641,000. ‘These, however, ore extreme casos. The advance in the Third ward, has in some cases reached and even execeded by twenty-five per cont, those of 1886. We allude to transactions in Wall street, and tho lower part of Broadway. As a general thing, however, the present valuc of real estate is below the prices of 1896. The risa on Cort- landt, Dey, and other cross streets, on the North river side of Broadway, have in some cases while in Pearl, Hanover, and adjacent strects, on the Hast tide of the city, property has materially fallen, both in value and renta Following Pearl street to Franklin square, and diverging from that point north and east, except immediately on the East river, property has for years remained nearly stationary. With the ex on of occasional loca litics, the populous districts north of Grand street, government in the attitude of a trader, having its agents in every corner of the Union. It seizes upon | w large branch of business, and converts it into a government monopoly. It is wrong. It is all wrong. until you trike tho base of the avenuos, and east of the Bowery, and west of the Kost river margin, have | experieneed but little change. The same may be remarked with regard to the populous district north of Conal street to near Washington square, and reached from twenty-five to one hundred por cent, | flats, near Washington; the foundation atone of which, | General Jackson, then President of the United | that very year, however, of greatest expansion, | exploded, and a powerful and disastrous reaction in | about nine vacant lots, gold together in 1843 for the | sum of $4,700, which in 1952, have been again sold for | river. The greatest present advance in value of real estate and in population appears to be ceniral and upward on the island, from Union square towards Harlem. The true policy of the city corporation would have been to bave increased the value of their real estate, and, at the same time, to have greatly added to the population, by opening at once all the lesding avenues to Harlem river, and to have sold out privileges for transporting passengers over them on horse car railroads, at low rates of fare. The cheap and easy tranrportation of passengers is a great public benefit, and should be managed on the same plan as the public ferries. The extension of city railroads have had a marked influence over real estate. The great impetus given to real estate in the Eighteenth ward has been imparted toit by the Harlem Railroad. Since the laying down of railsin the Sixth and Eighth avenues, property along them, in many places, bas improved. This improvement will fol- low them to the Harlem river. The losation of the contemplated World’s Fair, at Reservoic equare, bas also exercieed considerable influence on the value of property immediately around it. A gentleman who owns a number of vacant lots in that vicinity has leased them ont for a few years for as much as they cost him in fee simple. While the great increase in the commerce of the city, with the great extension of internal improve- ments, connecting the city with so many distant and important points in the interior, will prevent the depression of property to the point of 1843, yet it is feared that prices cannot, in most localities, be made to reach or to exceed those of 1836, and be permanently maintained. AftefMall, the true test of thevalueof real estate is the income to be derived from it; and by this standard it will sooner or later be regulated. In other words, what it will rent for to a good tenant, when improved, considered in reference to its lo- cality, and the facility of getting to and from it. The ordinary receipts of a safe and industrious busi- ness population can only reach a certain poiat ; and whenever rents exceed the ability of the great mass of the people to meot it, the value of real estate cannot be maintained at a rate above a corresponding limit. In other words, when a value is fixed upon real estate so high that the legal or fair interest on the same exceeds the ability of the people to pay a sufficient rent to meet it, the result is, that real estate must fall, or the people be driven cut, or become bankrupt. ‘Ihe combination of capi- talists, or speculators, propped by money lenders, or an expanded paper currency, may thus succeed in keeping up the value of real estate boyond its in- trinsic worth for a considerable time, owing to the fact that the same causes advance wages and swell the increase of money from business pursuits, ox- | tending extravagance and luxury among all classes, and who, in case of revulsion, experience a common fate. The want of facilities for reaching the upper end | of@he island, with the constant disposition of capi- | talists and speculators to crowd up property (lower down) to a rental point beyond the business income of the people to meet it, has built up large towns on | Long Island and in New Jergey, and is still sendin, | Jarge numbers to rural villages in Westchester aac | other places. While this policy is pursued, though | the value of property may not, (war and pestilence | aside,) recede to what it was eight or nine years ago, still, as a general thing, it may not, in most localities, reach the value fixed upon it in 1836, and in few if any exceed it for many years to come. | Theatrical, Tue Broapway Tueatae--Miss Jutia Dean.--The American stage has produced three eminent actresses-- Miss Charlotte Cushman, Mrs. Mowatt aud Miss Julia Dean, Miss Cushman, in characters that require extra- ordinary force in the portrayal-such, for instance, as seg Merrilies—stands at the head of the professfon ia this or pe.haps any other dountry, Mrs. Mowatt has a | different walk on the stage, her forte lying more in melo- | dramatic pieces. Miss Julia Dean is essentially different from both, but in hei style can hardly be ranked as infe- rior tocither. Self-taught, as it may be seid she is, and depending entirely on her own reading and conceptions o¢ character, her acting, nevertheless, is instantly recognized as the fruit of genuine talent, entirely original, and dis dsiving imitation of any kind. Pozseesed of a tall and graceful figure, fine eye, and handsome, expressive coun- tenance, and witha flexibility of changing, perhaps too suddenly, from grave to gay, from depth of grief to ex= cess of joy. she wins upon her auditory as much by her | disregar€ of the more precise rules of the stage, as by her own intrinsic merits. Aud Julia Dean is really and | deservedly an admired and favorite artiste During her | present engagement at the Broadway theatre, she has played each night to well filled houses, and though - she bas repeated the same piece three nights in succession, there has been no diminution in nua. bers or enthusiasm. The piece we refer to, is a now one, entitled “The Duke’s Wager.” It is a transla- tion, we believe, from the French of Alexander Dumas | though the bills ascribe it to the pen of Miss Fanny Kem- | ble, as founded on a work of the French author. The plot is good, und extremely interesting, but the collo, (ulal parts of the play are generally very deficient, and | | exhibit a great deal of low. common place sentiments | and expressions. The heroine, Gabrielle de Betle isle, (Misa Dean,) bas arrived at the Court of Versailles to sue forthe pargon of her father and brother, who have been for years impritoned im the Bastile. Young, frlendless, | and inexperienced, she resolves to apply for assistance and protection to the Marchioness de Brie, (Madame Poniii,)(the favorite of the prime minister, the Dake de Bourbcn. The Marchioness receives her kindly, and conceives great affection for her. The dissolute Duke de Ricbelteu, who is at court, and on terms of intimacy with the Marchioness, rees and admires the fair Gabrielle ; In a conversation with two debauched noblemen, who were bewailing the alarmicg growth of moral and vir- tuous habits among the ladies, and complaining that in- stead of having two lovers and one confessor, as for- merly, they had reversed it, and now had but one lover and two confesrors. the Duke de Richelieu offers a wager cf five hundred louir-d'ors with each that he will procure | a private interview at midnight with the first wife, maid, | or widow, that they should meet. The wager is ascepted, d just then Gabrielle enters the apartment. The Mar. | chioness is applied to by the Duke to help him to win his wager, and though she promises him fairly, | she is resolved to ont-manouvre him if her wit, courage, | and cunning did not desert her. Tne Marchioness hat a | double object to serve im the matter, singe the profligate | duke was no lees than her own husband. who, knowing nothing ot his wife's appearanee, was under the impres- sicn thet rhe had died in a convent. The lover of (ia- | brielle overheard the wager, and exacted a promise from | her that she would not see the duke that night. This | Gabrielle readily complied with, sinos, by the manage- | ment of the marchioness, she was that night to proceed | to Paris to see her father in the Baste, a pleasure which she only enjoyed under the condition of « solemn oath, never, so long as the Duke of Bourbon was Minister of France to reveul to any pervon that she had left the | palace The Duke de Richelieu, in her absence, pro- | curcs admission to her chamber by means of a secret staircase. custs a note out of the window which was the | signal of his success agreed ‘on, and, groping in the dark, | catches in hie arms a lady, whom he believes to be Gadri- elle, but who is bis own wife. The lover of Gabricile gets the fatal letter next morning, and upbraids ber with her | guilt, She, with virtuous indignation, denies the enarge, | | and instantly rends for the Duke de Richelieu, who is still laboring under the idea that his inamorata of the previous {evening was none other than the incensed woman before him—and he attributes her present attitude and bearing to one of the subtleties of Her lover challenges Richelieu to mortal com- bat, but the Marchioness procures the acrest of both and the officer relowses them on their parole of honor, Then the lover proposes to Richelien to east dice, ard whoever lost in thiee throws should blow his brains out within six hours, The challenge is accepted, and the Duke wins. In the mean- time, news arrives from Paris that the ministry is dieso1v- ed, and that the Duke de Bourbon--who then tarns out to be the uncie of the Marchioness~is impeached Ga- | brielle’s lover comes to bid his adirux before takinga trip | to eternity, but still Rateing hee to be guilty and urging her to confess, A word which he drops informs her of the dirsolution of the ministry, and the consequent re- lease from her yow, and then all is explaine@, Just thon the Duke, who also has discovered his errr. and is anx- fous to make reparation for the injuries intlicted on the innocent girl, enters the apdrtmefft, and the Marchioness following him. Mutual apologies ate made, and so ends “the Duke's Wager.” There are some scencs in the play | which afford a scope for the display of Miss Dean's pecu liar talents, and in which she was much applauded. Her | | rendering of the réle she sustaiped was throughout admi- rable, although at times the eritic might think that her eudden transitions from one passion to its opposite were affected apd unnatural. Her engagement, we understand. ends in three nights more, and she takes her benofit toe | the sex. | morrow evening. Madome Poniri and Mr. Conway, two of the stock ac. tors of this theatre, are too well known and admired in this community to need any special notice. They sus tained their cuaracters last night with great trath aod ability. The Broadway theatre, under the liberal management | ofthe Marshal's, continues to receive that large ainount of public support and patronage to which it is #0 emi. nently entitled. For the great popularity which it em- | oys, itis in no small degree, obted to its talented stage manager, Mr. Barry. No expense is rpared iv pre- | senting in succession the greatest dramatic stars that can be procured: ard the success of thefestabliehment proves how this liberal spirit is appreciated, The Bate See merema toes an engagement here on Monday r at very low prit | fow weeks, have reooived premiums of the first class, fro | compactness and utility, which renders them at once conv $3 50; 0 bea | felt hats, of every st Marine Affairs. Curren Sir Arnon: —This is a new Bastern built ‘vessel lately arrived at this port. She isa nodle look- ing vessel ef 917 tons measurement. Her app:arance at once attracts end impresses the beholdder with the com- viction that he is looking om a veritable clipper. She is a very sharp vessel; and. head on, has a wedge-like ap- pearance. Her lines are concave, and her timbers being carried very forward, and having neither billet-head nor head boerd, her cutwater, im preserving its uniformity. describes an ere the extremity—and as theugh sugport- ing the bowsprit—being crpamented with a carved re- presentation of the Xmerican eagle preparing fora swoop. Frem her bow, her lines run with an easy sheer, termi- nating in a clear +herp run. From stem to stern, her lines sre as regular as though she were east in @ mould Her stern is of a square form—light and plain. She bes a topgallant forecas:le, and a house abaft the foremast, containing the kitchen, &e She has a lengthy sunk poop, end @ cabin well fitted and furnished, Her between dicks is striking, her timbers being heavy, and fastened ins most subs tantisl manner, having more bolts in her tpan any clipper of her size before constructed. bottem is of oxk with cedar top, the cviling and deck frame cf yellow pioe, Her keelons are copper bolt«d, ghd measvre as follows : keelson and keel through. 5 8-12 feet; gide, Keelsone 12 by 14 inches; bilge streaks 9 by 15. Jn the lower hold ebe has 12 inch bangieg koees and 9 inch ones between decks, The dimensions of tha veseel are: length. 170 feet; breadth, 36 teet; depth, 20 fect— Deing 735 feet between decks and 12}4 feet in lower hold, Her spurs are wade of the best material and well prepor- tioned to her buli Their dimensions are; foremast, 74 feet; main. 78; mizzen, 70; topmast 40; topgaltant, 24; reyal, 18; skysait. 18; main and fore yards, 68; topsail yards, 66; topgallant do , 44; royal do, 31; skysail do , D4; boweprit 22; jibbocm. 22; flying do.12° This veasel was modelled and built by Mr. Mason C. Hill, at Mystic, Copn.. ond is owned by Messrs James Bishop & Uo. of thie city. She is commanded by Capt. A. R, Littlefield late of the bark Peerless. who hus been in the emptoy of the above firm for a number of years, She is now load. ing at pier No 5, in Mr. E. B Sutton’s clipper line of Calitornia packets, and ip a few days will epread ber sails for San Francisco Launcu.—Will be launched from the ship yard of Mr. Charles Keene at Perth Amboy, on Saturday next, the schooner Indianola of six hundred and thirty-three tons, This schooner (the largest of her rig ever launched) has been built fer Captain Teanc Cathcart, formerly of the thice masted schooner Spray, and is to be employed in the Matagorda trade. She is 120 feet kecl, 29 feet beam, 16 fees hold, and 63 feet between decks, She is of beau- tiful model, built of best Jersey white oak, sharp bows, andacleanrun, Her floor is yery flat, and carried well forward. so that when ready for sea, with full cargo, her draft of Water will not exceed 11 feet. She is rigged as a three masted rcheoner, having her largest sail on her mizzen mast. This peculiar rig has proved very success- ful under Capt. Cathcart’s management. The Indianola will be launched fully rigged. Twelve Gold and Sttver Medals Awarded to ROOT, 363 Broadway, for his supsrior Daguerreoty pes— a Bente equalied by no other Daguerreotypist ia this country. Brady, having recetved the Gold Medal from the American Institute, and also othor prize me- dals foe years in jsuccession, ‘a8 well as the prio modal awarded in London, at the World's Fair, deoma it unacces- sary to expatiate on the suporiority of his pictures, bus in- Yites the attention of the puolisto his superb and warivalted collection of duguerreotypes, now exhibiting at his gallery, 205 Broadway, corner of Fulton street. Knapp’ "s Daguerreotypes.—Liknesses are taken daily in every style and perfection of the art, ab the old and popular rooms, 103 Bowery, over Anderson's carpet store; alse, at 059 Broadway, [below and opposite Niblo’s, On hand &ric of eases, frames, lookets, &e., Acrostic. General Piorce isa ad het perso United, almost, were the * Yanke: Rather rew for this people—for Now, in favors and fame, who Every eye turns to you, the grea’ Your Daguerrestypes rune everything off the ground, GURNEY'S eplendid Daguorrean gallory, 319 Broadway, where pictures are taken in all the styles of the art. prejont, eee" for Frank, 1m no logs pleasant; cond in rank? artist renowned. Singer’s Sewing Machines, within the last the American Institute, New York, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Maryland Institute, Baltimoro, and Indiana State Fair, at Indianapolis. ‘rhoy are the most excellent invention of the time, doing all kinds of stitching With nishing rapidity, strength, a uty. Call and geo them in operation Principal offices—New York, 258 Brosdway. Pil iadelphia, 57 South Fourth strott. Boston, 19 Harvard place. Goldsmith’s System of Penmanship.—The pith and marrow of Goldemith’s system of penmanghip, n rowed to a copy-book of thirsy-six pages, and the like num- ber of copier with full dirietions, may, be obtained ab GOLDSMITH’S rooms, 209 Broadway, for 25 conts. New Class for Ladies.-The Wednesday afternoon classes for ladics and children, having beeomo #0 large, Ihave determined to forma new class, which will mect'on Thorsday afternoons at 3!4 P. M.. for ladis children. _ Gentlemen's cl day, and Saturday evenings, whic! rinciple, calculated to facilitate the prograsi jee published circular to be had at the academy. ALLEN DODWORTH, 806 Broadway. Dancinglat H. Wells and Sister’s Academy, Stuyvesant Inititnte 659 Bradway —All the fashionable dances are taught in tl sont graceful avd finished mancer. Dress Combs.—Latiles are respectfully invited to examine the choice selo of dress © mbsat the subscribers’ establish: ‘The ioty is be- y né@ all doubt the larg: made and the oi ny. Com! aired. A. & J. SAUNDERS, 887 Broadway, betwoon Walker and White stre Fortable Dressing Cuses.—These Articles cialm the attention of travellers, on account of their extre Foo loagure onlls nisnt companions to ali whose business or ther louse, ani fr SAUNDERS, No, 7 Astor Fine Cutlery.—The Subscriber's Assortment of pen, pocket, and sportsmen's knives, embraces all the different styles of Joseph Rodgers & Son's manufacture, making the richest display of the kind ‘o nin the city. SAUNDERS, No. 7 Astor Houso, and 837 Brosdwsy. The Lantern of this week ts a rich nume ber. haw, that’s no news—its always rich ; but this woek i ‘ne ultra,” says of Dr, WATTS’ Nervous Antidote. No man of taste ought to be without eithor. ‘Tho Lantern will light the dite. No. 102 Nassau stre It seems a Simple Thing to make a Shirt! but to make thousands of sbirta ina year, without ever fail i factory fit, must be admitted to be some ng of an achievement. GREEN, No 1 Astor Houso, has edit. Success in fitting every style of form is, with him, a mathematical certainty. Rever Too Late. Ifandsome shirts, choap, well made and of excellent qual'ty Are from Elkin’s sent home with extreme punctuality. ‘T's the place of al! others to lay out the dollars, In shirte, under-clothing, gloves, bosoms and collars, What you buy thore will fit you as certain at fate, Aud the rule for sil orders ia “never too late.” K Furvishing store, 484 Broadway. A Most Beautiful Medal was awarded to P. L. ROGERS, at the recent Fair of the American Insti- tute, for the unexampled specimens of youths’ and chil- dren's clothing, furnished from Union Hall, Tasty, fash- ionable, and elesant, as were those suits, the patrons of the above macvificent clothing emporium can always rely upon similar work frr their own nse. It is impossible to fail of being suited when the stock is so varied, beautiful, and choap. After the first purchase, ev Fy one continues to trade there, Union Hall, corner of Fulton aud Nassau streets, Fashionable Clothing, so essential In a country like this, whore the rich and the lowly reat dress 60 highly, ean, at all times, be found at H. ls. FOS- TER'S clothiag Establishmont, 27 Cortlandt streot, where every article of dress can be purchased on the most roason- able terms, ‘ay to health through the Aati- LKIN Hatter, jot of furs, cannot be ox- k hate for oaver and Freeman, the Renowned ho) No, 90 Fulton street, Ras opened @ splendid which forrichness, variety, and choapnos celled, He is also selling his best mon's No. } siful id $2 chilbres Veni, Vidi, Emt.—We, the undersigned, | do respectfully announce to the public in general of the city of New York, that we keep constantly on hand a large supply of coats, from $2 to $5; pantaloons, of various sizes and colors, from #1 to $250, and any quantity of vests from Silty conte apwards. Therefore, we solicit their patronage, azd beg that they will please make aca'l, and if thoy go diseatisticd, why, of course, it can's behelpeds Nos 109 Cloaks and Mantilias for Novemby soriber h: and will have road; inspection this day containing oigh surprisingly beautfinl ents, modelled by the mo: Wrated Parisian artists, in velvet, Indies’ cloth, aati \- mere, &e. nil of which he oféps on the gis moderate terms. GEO. BULPIN, Paris Cloak and Mentills Km- porium, 361 Broadway To Cap Manufacturers.—Are you aware that 9 few of your rivais in business in this city are making much better goods than you, and ata cheaper rate? If you would know how it is done, call at the office of J, M.SING- Eh & CO., $53 Broadway, where you can # the work and have the improved method ex) Public Opinion is not to be Looked for in Axvotice, butestimated from the ssle and popularity of the frticle to which the notige calle attention. Judged by this honest test, AGATE'S [Corazza Shirts, made and sold at 256 Broadway, are the most fashionable and popular shirt 6 manufactured in this country. Knox.—A hat ts a hat, but a Knox Hat ts more than a hat—it is an ornament, a protection, a distinct ive tark of the thorough gentleman, Our republic is full of hats of ali sortr—cocked, military, white, black, be sil¥, and felt; but no tile Gan come within atono’s t of that Jupiter Olympus of Hatdom, ® Knox, Kni style of hate are tle most fashionable articles of the season, and are worn by cverybody who considers his personal ap~ yearance, Go and furnish yourself with It can't prove otherwise than a blessing to you cision of the wise men of Gotham. beset. The Proof that Genius Hats are the Fa- vorites of the public th exhibited in the unpre; cedented rapidity, and is sales. His principal fall and wintor atylo is unanimously approved; but as tastes Jitter, and he wishes to gratify sil, modiscations of the Genin style will bo found, for the old price of four dollars, at GENIN’S, 214 Broadway, opposite St. Paul s, The Greatest Pleasure.—$There ts no Plea- sure equal to that which arives woaring the of neat, easy fitting boots, shoes, or gaiters, manufa y L, No. 3/7 Broadway. "His stock is lange, hiona’ or wially his assortment of hia prioos 90 reasonable ta to M. Levett, Dentist, No. 628 Brondway, nethod to invite the public to witness his grunt CAHILL a fash improvement in dentistry, ax introduced by Oifes bonra from 10 till 5 o'clock. His work om the teeth oan be PVA pod MB AbGY DS ip their favor. The 1 teeth, is ex tirely t! mort satisfaction. 5 in ge ‘and thi tr” guick wetting, withowt whatever, is the result of many yoare supertomee ate Tubstarceaw't h the Duckies wae tie the ecayed tecth, re a ‘The preat ve) ioucy spares the Teast pan. pain or extra ting pee ulating childre: Tivtbest oatracticg 1 ie eee he best extracticg i strumen 10 Doo ~ tract tecth fa the easiest and safert mode, "Phe ehages see: ag modrrat would be con-istent with ekittfal, eareful workmanship, and the best material Embrotderies, Laces, &—D. Bdwa: No. (25 Bro! ou street, respectful id lot of ‘embroidered eo! newest and mort recherch 0, large lot of black ince veils, Bverything gold im th's al rates. Account Hooks, Paper, and Stat — Garr & Hicks 31 Maiden jane invite the attention of Fchants, manufacturers, Aad others, to their steck. We ep constantly on hand every sizo and style of blank book, in crdinary use, and manufacture to oréer any style re- quired. Lotter and cap pxpers, note Papers, and envelopes inketands, gold and steel peus, &o. nting rooms offices furnished with usationcry of the best qui derate prices. Bill heads, cards, ‘clroulare, neatly.” CARR & MICKS, svationers, ST Malden ane, James Cole, Auctioneer—Elegant Private teoidences, in the Tenth Ward, Brooklyn, at Auetio JAMES COLE will sell at auction, on 5 ber llth, 1852, at twelve M.. at the Merchants’ Exchange, Now York, the large frame mansion, with veven lots of and, situste at the southwesterly coraocr of Powers and acific etrocts, The house is 43 feeb front by 40 feos deep, an extension in the rear, 1¢ by 33 feet, ali Alled im wit! riok to the peak, b 7 tontains twelve r ‘hur + eight Miding doors, platew fursiture, inside All in ‘perf-ct order also, Promises is a Inee stabi Feiage livuse, iho grounds sro beautifully iad ous and stocked with choice fruits and shrubs, Each lot & Part of the purchase money remain on mortvagd. Maps and full particulars ean be bad M4 the office of the auctioneer, 43 Fulton strect, Brooklyn, sud 9 Wall street, New Yor! Beauty.—Those who would retatn the ‘outhful bloom of the complexion, can do so by using epee Hebraiona, according to directions om the -bett! This, with Bogle’s Hyperion Fluid, for the hair, a1 his Premium sleotric Hair Dy, for dyeing the hair, may be had of A. B. & FD Sands, 100 Fulton street; Rushton, Clark & Co., £73, und Rice & ith, 727 Broadway; Filliem H, Cary & Co, 245 Pearl stroes, and by the druggisss and Perfumers throughout the wor! 5 Reware of the Chilling Mildew of these ooo] mornings, and the corroding d hese appare: bewitehing nights, Be fortined with s packine of Man do vis's Cold Candy, that all time and universally admitted good remedy for coughs, colds. ko arsen ‘ther throat Bnd lung comylaintes, Sold be Mre, We JERVIS, 366 Boned 5 Urooklya; Ziober, Philadelphia, and bP asthe Sablime flow of Water 7 iving Ningara Falls is the demand People may smile, and oall “mere candy, mminrled with the mgar— which is used t6 make the medivin«l properties osay to take ified a siuplicity. and a8 happy & combination of herbs as ever human ministration applied to pul- monary ills, “It is not fora day, but for all time.”— Mrs. JERVIS'S Cold Candy still continu ees of coughs, ¢ Ids, hoarson &e.. &e. Sold Philadelp? ia; S ES wa: jeder, eding, Washington ; Wright & Co, New Orleans; generally. Clay, Taylor, Benton, Yan Buren, and hundreds of other distinguished men, have oortifisd to the etlioacy of Mrs. JERVIS'S Col Candy, in pulmonary eom- plsinte Tt ia “a well-considered consotentions remedy, ruitfal in its healing mission, and delicious to take. Sela y Mrs, We Third street below 8, Fulton strest,. } b Broadway ; Chesnnt treet, Philadelphia Brooklyn; aud druggists generally. 1,000 Certificutes of astenishing Cures, mde by Dr. Tobias’ wonderful Venetian Liniment, ean be. seon at the depot, No. 240 Greeuwich street. If tt fails in ouring cough, sea siekness, chronic rheumatism, mumps, re throat, colic, cuts, burns, old sores, pains in the limbe croup, the money will be retura¢d. Priee 25 and mts. Dr. Kellinger’s Universal Magic Remedy, for external aud internal usa. It cures all manner of aches, pains, sores, cuts bruises, all 6 troubles ; i ‘oung and old are deli ualities. Itie the only family ‘remedy that has beon able to please the wealthy and intelligent portion of th Sold in hettles at 22, to 8s. €: Na The 88. hold sie of the: size, and the; fails to cure, Wigs and Toupecs,—Batchelor’s New of wigs are pronounced the most perfect imitation of vuro he invented. Those wanticg a very su; H Wir le call at BATCHELOR'S celebrated 4 Wallstreet, where can be found the large tortment in the city. Copy the addrei Batchelor s Celebrated Helr Dye is the best yet discove: for coloring the hair or whiskers the moment it is applied. The wonderful ease and Sortainty with which this favorite and old established Bair br It is fc erforms onishing for or applic Gouraud’s Liquid Hair Dye 1s, without ex- HELOR’S Wig Factory. No. 4 Wall street. ception or vation, the v best ever it id. Be of puffed dy Eqnally rated is Goursy Me cated Boap, for biter t pimples, freckles, sallowne: haps, reugh- as sot Ae aye 4 oe hate from any part of the qui Rouze, Lily White au ft Walker street, near tr bah ies day Cristadoro’s Hair Presevative and Beauti- fyer, for glossing, beautifying, strengthening, and repro- lucing the hair when it becomes thin, of stopping it from coming out, as well as imparting a beautiful lustre and dis- Roring the heir to curl, has not ite equal in the country, paca and sold by CKISTADORO, No. 6 Astor Ouse. The American Public should know that that there is nothing as yet iscovered superior or even equal to Cristador: iquid Hair Dye. The transcendant merits of this artiel @ a8 firmly established as the tints it bestows ere unfading and watural. Manufactured, sold, one sey net in private rooms, by CRISTADORO, No. 6 Astor use. eee eee ABVERTISEMENTS RENEWED EVERY DAY seSEE THIRD AND SIXTH PACES Ga PERSONA. e Re an nC GENTLEMAN YESIERDAY, BY MISTAKE, Aste ahansenter quarter of adollar hawted to hiv the Broadway stares. be restitated, wold sonfer 0 address to 41 Exo R. PENRISE WILL MUCH OBLIGE MRS, CHRIS- iz tian b: hal ited to Ales Irving House, rt + Wishes to see him provior t Boi onaneeeewegcum Previous to Bis departure for R. PENRISE WILL MUCH OBLIGE MR. . Christian forwarding his address to the Evite House, ae Mr. C, Cwho will bo leaving for England on Satur- day next) wishes to see him previous to bis Teparture. , B—IF YOU WILL BE PRESENT AT FOUR o'clock this afternoon. at tho same place you ap- vinted for one o'clock yesterday, Mr. C. will be there. ‘oubliez pas, iArrdnnieo ror A FAYETTE FUSILIERS.—COMPANY ORDER.— New York, Nov. 9 1852.—Sir—You are hereby noti- fied that a meet’ng of the company will be dintely after the drill of Th ning next, to m arade on the 16th inst. arrangements for the funeral Senford haa detailed the La Fayotto Fusiliers for th ofhcnor, Hy order of R. FRENCH, Capi Gxoréx Manrin, Secretary. held “imme~ ILITARY, FIREMEN, AND VOLUNTEDR COMPA- nies can be supplied wi h belts, trc., for target exour- tions, at low prices, iy 8. li DOUGH manufacturers af A vb belts for ladies, children, men, No. 52 Joby street. lay, Nov. 11, at3o'eloe'! mile he in hs flack sack cone . 4 Brooklyn, at ono o'clock P. M. be shat Sra ae JOEL CONKLIN, Proprietor. ENTREVILLE COURSE, L, I.—TROTTING—THURS- day, Nev. 11. at 2 o'clock— ‘and stake $200, mile vest three in five, in harn Billy; J. Conkli het Sorre! mes br. JOEL CONKLIN, Proprietor. STOLEN GOODS. TOPPED—SUPPOSED 10 BE STOLEN, ONE GOLD Anclior lever watch, tnd one pair gold Spectacles, Tho 0 owners can have tl by desoribing tl rty ie ing expense: jcation to the Original L. JACOBS, 102 Chatham street. N. B.—Accordeons tuned and repaired m Hot wee PN ACT pene + nee T. NICHOLAS BUILDING ASSOCIATION, No. 16. Duano strost, Chatham Bank building.—The rogular meoting of this astooi hel 108 bowery, when the owery, tharos will’ be offered f tice that i venient to pay the whole amount of not be deterred from joming the: on that account. Tho dues will be reosived in. monte as will accommodate such subscribers. f th ha Indieate «handsome or better than ty join it. W Ront. D. Hant, Scorotary, Warner T YS!—FANCY GOODS!--HOLIDAY PRESENTS !— J TOLBERTON, 43 Maidon lane, Now York. offoro: for sale, toys of fre and oommoa jlities, kid and wax dolls, Iacios’ work boxes, eames, china figures, tin and iron. toys, Incis LS we Ordors fro or conntry promrily att application 0 DAGUERREAN ARTISTS.—ST EB) P vovvived. and for male by VIOTOR Bi ibn. loguce om ree ee Med a apf gel hay TS. iat tants ak La vente platen, WareR® ane Feostvac. seie sk tun loess prion by WiCOW BISHOP, Bd pas. ee ee L‘cF MANTILLA MAKER ‘.—WANTED, 4 BER Fe of te 6 hand nb No. 177 Grosn moh street, fires ir. no, Mourning oo take one bat tle _ quatomod 40 tho finest work need apply, 2B