The New York Herald Newspaper, December 4, 1852, Page 4

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". -—Pracrioat Man ce—Lavem Wuen You WHITE'S THEATRE OF VARIETIES, 17 and 19 Bowe- ery.—Vicrorine—Jack Suerranp—Swiss Corrace, AMERICAN MUSEUM.—Afternoon and Evening—Tur Last Nan. GHRISTY’S OPERA HOUSE, 472 Broadway—Ernieriam @Beweracisy vy Cunisty's MinsTRELg. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood's Musical Hall, 444 Broad- Way.—Ermorian MinstREwst GIRCUS, 57 Bowery.—Equesrauan Enter: DOUBLE SHEET. New York, Saturday, December 4, 1852. AINMENTS. Malls for Europe. ME NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD—OUR AGENTS IN LONDON AND PARIS. The mai! steamship Hermann, Captain Higgins, will Weave this port at noon to-day, for Southampton and Bremen. Subscriptions and advertisements for any edition of the New Yoru Hrnaxv will be received at the following places — E. Sanford & Co., London William Thomas & Co , 19 and 21 Catherine street. Livingston, Wells & Co., Paris. B. H. Revoil, 17 Rue de la Banque. ‘The European mails will close at half. past ten o'clock this morning. The Wrexty Hexatp will be published at half-past nine o'elcek. Bingle copies, in wrapperr, sixpence. Mails for California, The steamship Prometheus, Captain Churchill, wil) leave this port, at 3 o'clock this afterneon, for San Juan del Norte. ‘The new steamship Uncle Sam, Captain Mills, and the mail steamship Georgia, Captain Porter, will leave at two o’clock on Monday afternoon, for Aspinwall, with the California mails. The New York Weexry Heravt will be published at ten o'clock that morning. Single copies, sixpence. Agents will please send in their orders without delay. The Crescent City Difficelty Settled. We are happy to inform our readers that the Crescent City difficulty is settled. This gratifying intelligence we received in @ telegraphic despatch from Charleston last night. The Captain General of Cuba having seen the affidavit ef Mr. Parser Smith, in relation to the suspicions of the Spanish authorities against him, was satisfied; and hereafter the Crescent City will have permission te enter the port of Havana, even “with the individual named William Swith on board of her.” For this acknowledgment of the rights of that | individual, and of the ship, little or no credit is due | to the administration. Everything was done by the President that he could do, to induce er ceerce Mr. George Law and Company te the abandon- | ment of their commercial rights in the premi- ves, and the rights of the unoffendiog Purser | Smith. ‘The credit of settling the difficulty | belongs, therefore, entirely to the firmness, sound | iscretion, and sagacity of Mr. Law and Com- | peny. Abandoned, and virtually ou‘lawed by | the government, they have yet succeeded, by the exercise of a little persevering firmness, im securing | the concession of their just rights. It is almost a | pity this geod example of American diplomacy had | not cccurred two or three years ago. It might have effected the greatest results in the manifold eom- | plexities of our foreign relations almost sympathize in the mortification which the | And we can government must, or ought to feel, in this quict | solution of a question which they might have settled | 60 casily from the very beginuing. On Saturday last, George Law stood at something | below par in Wall street. This morning he will command a premium. The war is over. The News. The next news from Europe will be brought by the Niegara to Halifax and Boston, and be received by telegraph. Owing to the accident to the Frank- lin she will lay over one trip at Southampton. The | Niagara’s advices will be one week later. The tele- graphic summary of her intelligence will not be received till next Wednesday. The Europa’s news produced no effect upon the cotton market. The firmer tone in freights checked avy material advance in breadstuff. Flour was about six cents per barrel better, and wheat about two cente dearer. The recent fine weather has, by favoring receipte from the interior, also aided in checking any material advance in prices. The Court of Oyer and Terminer will proceed this morning to sentence for execution the four men convicted of murder during this present term— nomely, Howlett, Saul, and Johnson, for the murder of Baxter, the ship watchman, and Doyle, for the murder of his landlady. Sullivan and Clark will be brought up, as a matter of course, for re-sen- tence; but it ig not probable that the form will be gone brough as regards them, as the argument on the doubtful points at iseue between the judges of eur Supreme Court andthe Court of Appeals will | take up more time than can now be givem to the matter, this being the last dey of the term. Thore two unfortunate men must have suffered many deaths mentally in the time that has inter vened since their conviction and first sentence. It ie thought that in consequence of the legal doubts tbat have arisen in their favor, the punishment of their crime will not exceed imprisonment in the Btate prison We elsewhere publish the details of the execution in Philadelphia, yesterday, of Blaise Skupinski, the | younger of the Polish brothers, who were convicted of the horrible butchery of a young pedlar, named Lehman, some twelve months ago. The circum- stances connected with the sanguinary deed were so atrocious and cold-blooded as to be still fresh in the minds of a majority of readers. Having enticed the poor pedlar into their room, the elder brother, as | they themselves declared, in connection with an- | other man, whom the officers have never been able to find, killed the boy, deliberately cut him into | fragments, which they placed in bags, and then runk the remains in the river, where they were | afterwards found frozen in the iee by some children. B ox, as weil as bis brother, who suffered death co! montherinee, declared to the last that he was n ©) tar os the taking of life was goncerned— | | stufis of all kinds. | ceedings of the American these assertions. Shortly prior to the execu- tion of Mathias one of his ac- quaintances made an affidavit to » statement reservedly, confessed that he was inleagus with an extensive gang of robbers and murderers, whose rendezvous was in the uninhabited mountains of Pennsylvania; that he himself had been concerned in some forty murders since his arrival in this coun- try, &c. Descriptions were given of several of these alleged murders, and they were found to so accurately correspond with occurrences of the kind that had actually transpired, as to lead many to sup- pose that the statement was correct in every parti- cular. However, Mathias positively denied having made any such confession, and since then the person who made the affidavit has remained silent—thereby confirming the improbability of the extraordinary revelation. But, then, what motive had this man, who atone time was on intimate terms with the murderer, for concocting such a story? It could not have been for purposes of revenge, for Mathias was to be deprived of life in a few days. Why was the affidavit putforth? The whole affair isa mys- tery, that is as yet inexplicable. John Snody was stabbed to the heart, near Og- densburg, last Thureday, by a man named Maine, whom the former had prosecuted for perjury. Tho murderer was still at large yesterday. A man named M’Carthy, of Hudson, was killed during a riot at Claverack, last evening. We publish @ full account of the frightful row in Tammany Hall, with a statement of the causes that led to it. Between the hard sholls and the soft shells, the head of Mr. Augustus Schell, however hard it may have been, was nearly being made sofe enough. This rio! is certainly disgracefal te all coneerned in it. The schooner Marand, bound from Annapolis to St. John, N. B, was recently driven ashore and wrecked. Allon board perished. There appears to be no diminution in the daily number of railroad accidents. Among those whieh occurred yesterday, we observed that a fireman on the South Carolina railroad was killed by a oolli- sion between two trains. Two conductors on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad were caugh} between the cars and horribly crushed. Our Washisgton despatch eomplains that only about twenty Senators and forty Repregentatives had arrived there up to last evening Enough to form a quorum will be there by Monday. A great number of them have been sharpening up their ideas, within the past fow days, by witnessing the general manner of transacting business in this city. One week’s mails are now due from New Orleans. Their detention is probably owing to the recent freshets in some parts of the South, which, for a few days, put an almost entire check upon travel. From Charleston we learn that it was storming violently throughout South Carolina and Virginia yesterday. Fears of another freshet were enter- tained at Wilmingtcn and elsewhere. The New Brunswick papers are boasting that since the Yankee fishermen were driven out by the English war-steamers, there have been plenty of mackerel in the Bay of Chaleur. Well, suppose there are, the provincial fishermen have scarcely en- terprise enough to take them, unless the fish should accidentally be left onthe shore by the fide. Our provincial neighbors, in some respects, are very much like a certain dog we read of. Late accounts from Kingston, Jamaica, state that the yellow fever was disappearing. Dates from Buenos Ayres to October2 announce that it was proposed that Mr. Pendleton, the Amer- ican Charge d’Affaires, should mediate between Urquiza and the Buenos Ayreans. The revolution had seriously interfered with trade, and the custom house and all the stores were closed for three days. Amongst the latest decrees by Urquiza was one fixing the value of coubloons at $255, paper cur- rency. Advices from St. Domingo to the 10th of Novem- ber, ttate that sickness still prevailed there. A portion ef one of the strects in Providence was suddenly filled with flour, corn, &c , late on Thurs- day night, in consequence of the giving way of the wallof a large buildfhg, densely packed with bread- The force of the crash was £0 reat as to stave in the building on the opposite jide of the street, thereby destroying a large quaa- tity of molasses. Owing to the la'eness ot the hour, very fortunately, no person was injured. The frequent disasters of this description should warn merchants to be more careful in their selection of fabrics in which to stow grain. It was but a short time ago that two lives were lost and six persons eeriously hurt by the breaking down of a floor ladea with wheat, on Staten Island A company has been organized for the purpose of constructing a broad gauge railroad, to connect I chester with the branches of the Erie railroad that | cross the Genesce valley, above and below that city. When compieted, this will bea great accommedation to the travelling community. The following is a brief summary of the contents of the inner pages of this sheet:—Very interestiag letters from Paris, Boston, New Hampshire, and | Norfolk; another chapter relative to the Amazon and the Atlantic Slopes of South America; descrip- tion of the Cutlery Works at Fishkill, N. Y.; pro- le Society; account of the disastrous conflagration at Boston; late news from Mexico and Texas; Improvements in Washing- ton; Affairs in the Republic of Liberia; Extensive Swindling Operation at the West; description of the | St. Nicholas Hotel, &c Tur BALL ‘oN —The pleasant season of hops ard re unions, and soirees and balls, has been initia- ted with great spirit in this lively metropolis; and forthe past month the five first evenings ofeach week have been celebrated by the votaries of plea- sure with fétes and dances, in the various saloons of this democratic city. Tammany Hall has got purged of the rough and turbulent politicians whe had monopolized it for the past six monthe, and now ite walls re echo nightly to the music of thecotillon band and the tread of the gay throng ofdaneers. The Apollo Saloon, the City Aeeembly Rooms, Niblo’s splendid ball, and the Chineso Assembly Rooms, bear witness to the spirit with which the balls of the winter eeaton have been thus far carried oa; and one copnot progress through Broadway in the evening without cbterving crowds of “fair women and brave men,” arrayed in ball-room dress, stepping from cariages into the various temples dedicated to Terpsichcre. Military companies, in rich uniform, and mechanics societies, in more sober guise, be- nevolent associations, and the various chapters, and orders and lodges, contend with each other as to the splendor ef their annual balls, and spare no expense in endeavoring to make each the best of the season. Even the excluriveness of the former sanctum of “upper tendom” bas been invaded, and the Astor Place Opere House is doomed to witness the evolu- tions of plebeian feet in the mazy dance, and to ba given over, for one night at least, to the un-aristo- cratic gentl men of the New York Fire Department. As a necessary contequence of this activity in the ball line, the various teachers of the polite art of dancing find their echools, at the present time, in a Bost procperons condition. Dodworth and Brooks, MacFarland and Sea: have hundreds of pupils learning the indispensable acsomplishment of sport- ing gracefully on the light fantastic toe, and foreign professors, male and female, have academies open in every part of the city. Madame St James, former- ly co favorably known as Madame Augusta, and | celebrated for her skill in imparting the most grace- ful finish to her pupils, has also re-opened her dansing clases, in Broadway, and is now training up scoros of young beauties in the way they should go. We have received countless tickets of invitation | to attend the balls that have passed, or are yet to come, but though we cannot pledge ourselves to the acceptance of any of them; yet were we to relax in our quict and simple rules, we would take the great- es: delight in treading a measure with one of Ma- deme Avgusta’s pupile. ‘The Feelings of Great Britain and France on the Ouban Question. * With the single exception, perhaps, of the P: States, Spain isthe most miserable power in Europe. Its government cares neither for the welfare of its citizens at home, nor for the national credit abroad. Despite the unequalled advantages presented by its soil, climate, and position—despite the prestige of its former might—Spain is rapidly sinking benoath the level of a third or fourth rate kingdom. Need wo again refer to its treatment of the lucklees peo- ple who have been induced to invest their money in Spanieh securities? To the Porte St. Marie decree, and the deliberate repudiation by the monarch of the bonds issued under the authority of the Cortes? To the ‘unjust, paltry and contemptible’’proposal of 1831, to substitute deferred stock for the unpaid coupons, and five percents? To the ultimatum of 1851, under which some eighteen millions of Spanish | bonds, which cost their owners nearly double that amount,were converted into a fonds d’amortissement, and will probably be redeemed by the dishonest Spanish government for a mere song? These mat- ters are too well known here, to our cost in many instances, to require any comment from us. The state of the Spanish treasury, and the positive rofu- sal of the Cortes to vote away any supplies beyond the sum actually necessary to cargy on the govern- ment are no secrets to any one, and few think it worth while to draw attention to facts so notorious, Taken in connection with the present Cuban movo- ment, however, they are not devoid of importance. In 1844, the ieland of Cuba was a souree of five or six millions of dollars revenue to Spain. At that time, the slave trade was flourishing, the island was apps- rently tranquil, and the people of this country were not ¢lamorous for its annexation. A small portion of its revenue sufficed for the support of the local | government; the rest was faithfully transmitted to | Madrid. While such were the relations existing be- | tween the mother country and the colony, Spain was quite justified in refusing a good offer to purchase it, and thus parading in broad daylight its own atrait- ened circumstances. Now, the case is different. Thauks to the cruisers of the allied powers, the slave trade cannot be carried on to any extent by the Cu- bans. Spain can no longer expect to draw any reve- nue from the island. On the contrary, she is put to vast expense to keep her forts garrisoned, and to be prepared to put down the threatened /ilibustero ex- pedition from this country. She has several regi- ments of men on full pay, a host of military officers, and armed vessels cruising round the ceast. Mr. Purser Smith must be costing the government of Spain, at this moment, something like a thousand dollarsa day. How long is it expected that the ' Cortes will continue to supply the Captain-Goneral with so expensive a luxury ? If that body contains any right-minded men, as we believe it does, they will resist, to the last, every attempt to heap further burthens on the feeble ex- chequer of Spain. They will have discernment enough to discover that Cuba must follow the other Spanish colonies, and that, from the moment when it becomes more expensive and moro harrassing to | retain than to abandon it, it is both unwise and im- politic to perpetuate the colonial tie. Great Britaia may pamper her national pride by preserving her | North American possessions, at a vast cost in money, | and for a very small return of affection or glory ; but | a nation that is past the verge of bankruptcy, can- rot indulge any similar extravagance. Spain will give up Cuba, when it will matter little what be- comes of the gemof the Antilles. She is not ina position to dictate terms. We need not spend time in proving that Cuba could neither become an indepondent power, nor fall into the grasp of any Europeaa nation. The United States will spend the last crop of their blood in pre- venting tho establishment of any foreign power in America. The very supposition is absurd. Oa what grounds, then, shall we be told that Cuba is not destined to become part of tho United Btates? Is it possible that there are some people who believe that Great Britain and France would stira hand to prevent it? They would be as glad of the arrangement as we are. To the fir.t place, if Cuba is to become ours, it will be by purchase. Fil/bustero movements are more nonsense, and only serve to amuse grown up child- ren, and enable sharpers to delude greenhorns outof a few dollars. We must buy Ouba, and pay as meny million of dollars as Spain deminds, ard we can afford to pay. No inconsiderable share ef the purchase morey will go towards paying of those Spanieh recurities, which, as we have seen, are alternately repudiated and reduced to a mere nomi nal value by the disreputable devices of the Spanish ministers ef finanee. Tho Spanish bond-holdors in London—who comprise a mojority of the leading mercantile men, the thew and sinew of the free trade party—will thus gain exactly the differencs be- | tween the real acd the neminal value oftheir bonds: | by the transfer of Cuba to the United States. A | fuzd which at the present day is entirely worthless, | will, by the operation, pay one hundred cants in the dollar. We will not onlarge on the argument, but we leave it to those of our readers who are acquaint- ed with the British character, and who know the influence exercised ever the councils of the nation by the mercantile community, to say whether the pros- pect of the Spanish securities beigg paid off in fall will not induce Great Britain to co-operate cordially With us in overcoming the scruples of Spain to the transfer. Again, xo one who reads the newspapers is igne- rant of the clemor which is made every year in the House of Commoas at the enormous annual outlay for the suppreesion of the slave trade A vory large proportion of the usual appropriation for this purpose is expended on tho coast of Cuba, which, as is known, is the nuclews of the {raffiein America. At | the present moment, the British and French | vessels which are cruising round the ieland | Toust cost several millions a year, and the storm which ie raised when this portion of the estimate | is under discussion, shows pretty clearly how de- | lighted the ministry would be to get rid of the for- | midable item. The simplest solution of the difiienlty | is presented by the annexation of Cuba to the United States. We sbould put down the slave trade at | orce, and its last stronghold would be stormed jreat Britain and France would save several mil- lions a year, and the philanthropic aim which | prompts their preeent liberal but insufficient expen- diture, would be obtained without cost or trouble We deprecate strongly anything like angry lan- guege or senseless clamor on this topic. It is amat- ter which will be settled by the eool heads of diplo- | matists, and a simple calculation of profit and los. Men bave grown wise within the last few years, and have learned that war is a calamity to be avoided at allrisks Neither Louis Napoleon nor the rulers of | England would verture to cmbroil their kingdoms ina war with this country, even for a much greater | cause than the pcssession of Cuba. And when, ag | we bave shown, it is directly their interest, both in pecuniary and philanthropic point of view, to syo the stars and stripes floating over the Moro Castle, we are not risking much when we prophecy that we need entertain no serious apprebensions of any ob- etacle on their part, to any negociations which the future cabinet may enter into with Spain for tho purchase of the island. Avorturs CryeTaL PaLace.—As the ostensible object of our citizens, im supporting the intended exhibition in Reservoir square, next year, is to pro- mote the general advancement ef. manufactures, arts, and sciences, and to show the world that tho | United States oan institute as fine an oxbibition ag Great Britain, we doubt not that the appeal to our manufacturers, by thedirectors of tho Dublin exhibi- tion, Which appears in another column, will be readily responded to. In that case our citizens will indeed have cause for rejoicing; for not only will they demonstrate the capabilities of their country on their own ground, but, im a distant land, enter into susoss ful competition with nations that have hitherto rd tied off the palm for those articles which Amor can produce in equal tion. Tt is the duty of Americans to accept hallenge, and thus claim admiration in the Irish capital as well asia ¢hoir own metropolis. ImrovenisueD ConprTion or Jamaica.—At this perjod, when so much interest has beon awakened in the public mind with respect to the social and poli- tical condition of the islands of Cuba and of St. Do mipgo—the one oppressed and exhausted by Spanish despotiem, and the other apportioned between white republic and a black empire—it may be inter. esting to give alittle attention to the state of af- fairs jn the next of the West India islands in point of extent and importance to these, namely, Jamei- ca The modern policy exercised by Great Britain towards her colonies, in modifying the system of op- pression, plunder and devastation, hitherto upiver- sally pursued by that country, and in establishing colonial leg'slatures and governments, has lefs little to be desired by Jamaica in a political point of viv; and in this respect that island presents a striking contrast to its northern neighbor, the ‘ever faith- ful” Cubs. It is not, therefore, in that relation we mean to treat of Jamaica, but merely to present some facts illustrative of its retrograde progress since the Emancipation Act came into operation threughout British territory, and since the with- drawal of the colonial protective duties on the prin- cipal products of the island--coflee and sugar—in the years 1844 and 1846. When Wilberforce and the British abolitionists were— some twenty years since—exercising all their abilities for the passage of a law in the British Par- liament, providing for the emancipation of the slaves throughout its dominions, it was in vain that all who were interested in the prosperity of Jamaica and the other West India islands aseerted that such a measure would inevitably result in the destruction of their trade and commerce, and in the impoveriehment of the colonists. These arguments wore overruled, or declared to be founded on false premises, and the Emancipation Act was finally oar- ried. This was the first great blow to the prosper- ity of Jamaica. The manumitted negroes, as had been predicted, were too lazy and indolent to work as free laborers on the sugar and coffee plantations, put preferred living in idleness, or cultivating alitile patch of land with such esculents as might supply their own actual necessities,only working occasion- ally on the plantation,as euited their convenience or inclination. Thus, the largo plantations particular- ly became seriously depreciated in value, from the deficieney of laborers to assist in their cultivation, and, in 1836, those estates which had formerly em- ployed seventy or eighty negroes, were reduced to the possession ef ten or twelve, and others, where two hundred hands had been theretofore engaged, could presure no more than twenty or twenty-five. The natural consequence of this defisiency in labor- ors was a propertionate deficiency in the products of the island, and a depreciation in the value of pre- perty in general. ¢ In the year 1844, the protective duties on coffee were withdrawn, and two years after, tho sugar monopoly received a like blow. These measures, beneficent as they were to the inhabitants of Great Britain, completed the commercial ruin of her West India possessions. Slave grown products were admitted into English ports at the same rate of duties as that imposed on the goods raised by free labor, and Jamaica, being unable to compste on these unequal terms with other sugar growing countries, saw her trade irrcooverably prostrated. Insolvency and general bankruptey succeeded, num- bers ef the sugar and cefice estates were abandoned, and the general condition of the island has been for years back a theme for pity and regret. We ave in possession of a statistical table, com- piled in Kingston, in August last, which gives us a correct view of the deplorable retrogressien whish has taken place in Jamaica since the alteration of the eoffee and sugar duties, ia 1844 and 1846, Frem this it appears that within that period the number of sugar estates on the island that have been totally abandoned amounts to 163, and the aumber partially abardoned to 63, the value of which 23] estates was assessed in 1841 as £1,655,140, or nearly eight millions and a half of dollars. Within the same period, 223 coffee plantations hare been totally and 20 partially abandoned, the assose- ed value of which was, in 1841, £500,000, er two willion and a half of dollars; \d of cattle pens, 122 have been totally and 10 partially abandoned, the | value of which was a million and « half of dollars. The aggregate value of these 606 estates, which ha been thus ruined and abandoned in the island of Jamaica, within the last seven or eight years, | Smith, Philadelphia; B I. Laurence, Boston; G. Murphy, amounted, by the regular assessments, ten years since, to the ¢um of nearly two and a half millions of pounds sterling, or twelve and a half millions of dollars. In this plain, unexaggerated statement of facts, wo | have an excellent view of the practical operation of those measures advocated by visionary abolitionists | and philanthropists. The island of Jamaica, which some twenty years ago was the most wealthy, pros- | perous, and productive of the West India islands, is to-day impoverished, bankrupt, its trade and eom- merce anvihihilated, its soil uncultivated, and its natural produets neglected. What caused this sad and wonderfal change from prosperity to adversity ? Every ore knows thereason. It was, frst, the pas- sage ef the Emancipation Act—the success of the fanatical abolitionists of the day—and, secondly, the change of policy introdueed by the British goy- ernment, in with Seles Looe: from their then weak and debilitated colonies. Itis aquestion whether Jamaica or Cuba has, at present, most eause to complain of the conduct of the mother countries, and we do not know but that the annexa- tion of t absolute Raced Ati, would be as justifiable a tubject of rejoicing to the inhabitants of Jamaica as to the Creoles of the “ Gem of the Antilles.” Fayaticism IN A New Puase.—Panaticism tometimes exhibits itself in opposition to the liberty of eating and drinking, sometimes to the liberty of the stage, sometimes to the rights of Southorn States to maintain those domestic which they deem most conducive to their own interests, sometimes in favor of pantaloons and mas:uline employment for women, and sometimes in favor of the doctrines of clairvoyance and mediums with the iuvisible world. The latest exhibition we have bad of fanaticism, is an effort to interfere | with the Sunday newspapers and Sunday travelling, which, however, is but a revival of former attempts, that failed in their object, and must fail again, aud fail forever, as Jong asthe human mind is consti- tuted as itis. The Young Men’s Christian Asso- ciation are the champions in this moral movement, which, we are told, is to be brought to bear on the Sunday newsboys, in the event of the fire not taking effect against older heads. We suppose we shall see what the result will be, and whether the newsboys have not about as much good sonsein their way as the young men who undertake to guide them A .good newspaper contains wholesome truth, in an agreeable form, and is calculated to ele- vate the mind, and divert the reader from low and grovelling pursuits; and it often reaches the under- standings of men, and inculcates practical wisdon. To kill acat for catching mice on Sundsy, seems about as rational as the futile attempt to interfere with the free circulation of the wind, tho Sunday press, and the operations of the locomotive. There should be moderation in everything INTERESTING FROM Concond.—We refer our read- ers and invite their attention to the curious letter from Concord, which we publish to-day. Our cor- respondent, in his speculations upon the cabinet of Gen. Pierce, makes the fur fly in every direction Upon one point, we suspect, the public sentiment of the country will be very apt to ondorse him—and that is, that Gen. Pierce, if possible, should have tm entirely new cabinet, and of new men, from alpha to omega. Where he is to find them is ano ther question; but wo are hardly yet disposed to believe that the new race of our statesmen are not equal in calibre to the demands of thecountry. At all events, men have to be tried before anything can be made of them. A new cabinet, of new mon, svems to bo the shortest method of disposing of the various Presidential aspirants and political cliques that have grown up in the democratic party within the last fow years. Let the new administration have a fair start. To this end, a new desl all through is, perhaps, the only sure policy. hey importance te have an entirely new kitchen eabinet. institutions | | Mem Stowell, Worcester; J. M. Ackley. Ithaca; T. E. It is alvo | Madame Sontag. The concert of Madame Sontag, last evening, at Metro- Politan Hell though the house was mot go full as upon scme previous Occasions, was well attended. and it passed off with as much éclat and enthusiaem as any previous con- cert. Like caures produce like effects, and the same mu- sical genius, high cultivation, and personal charms, which epraptured the audience on the first appearance of Ma- dame Sontsg in New York, called forth the warm and pro- tracted plaudits and encores of last evening. Her career, which is now fast drawing to a close, has been eminently succertful, and she will be long remembered by the ad- mirers and patrons of music in this city. She has con- tributed more, perhaps, than any of the great vocalists that have come among us in recent years, to inspirea taste for the art where it did not exist before. and where it had already taken root, to refine and elevate it to the highest standerd She is not like the flash of the meteor, which astonishes fora moment, and then disappears in darkness. She shines like the steady, pure light of the eil- very moon, continually increasing in splendor and bright- neces till ite orb is full, Mme. Sonteg improves upon ac- quaintance, possessing, as ske does. those resources which produce variety, and give fresh delight each concert She bas not the strength or volume of voice of some artistes, nor the deep luscious 1aelody of some, nor the dazzling, clectric, overpowering quality of others ; but she has charms of sweetness, grace, ease, purity, and finith. peculiarly ber own, Her thorough knowledge of music, her artistic skill, her beautiful execution, and her fine dramatic expression im comic and light pieces, ever command success, and, what is more, ever dererve it. Though “host in herself,” she was powerfully sup- ported Inst evening by Badiali, who ia undoubtedly the firet male singer now on this continent, and by Pozzolini, who pleases more and more each time he is heard, his voice having become adapted to the climate; and last, not least, by that rare boy, Paul Jullien, whose mar- vellous execution astonishes everybody. We should like a little more of Rosini’s gay, sparkling music, cet down in the programme for Madame Sontag, for the compositions of this great master, and of Donizetti, teem best rnited te her genius and her voice. What she did sing, however, she sang with all the skill and com. plete euccess of a consummate artiste, There isa mrg- nificent programme for Wednesday evening, which will be her last appearance but one before her departure to the £outh, Marine Affairs. Tue Cina Crirrer Rack,—The Europa brought the news of the arrival, at Deal, of the American clippers, Challenge and Nightinggle, and the English clipper Chal- lenger. The Challenge made the shortest trip, mamely, one hundred and five days. She was built by Mr. W. H. Webb. of this city. The Nightingaloisa Boston vessel, and made the pasrage in one hundred and ten days, and the Challenger in one hundred and thirteen days. The Amer- ican clippers arrived on the same day, the 18th of Novem- ber. The Challenge thus made the passage in eight days under her English competitor, and five days less than her Boston rival. We are informed the Challenge was sixty five days from Angier, thirty-nine from the Cape, and twenty-three from the Equator. Launcn oF Anotner Curren Siir.—The beautiful clipper ship Simoom, will be launched at half past two o'clock to-day, by Mr. Jabez Williams, from his yard, at Greenpoint. Swirrinc at Savaxxan.—As an indieation of the sixes of our city, we may inention the fact that there are nineteen ships now here loading for Liverpool. At the same time last year 1 was but one. There are two up for Havre—nowe last year.— Susannah Republican, vou. 49. Lauxcnep—At Newport, 30th ult., by Messrs. W. I Crancall & Son, a beautifully medelied schooner of 160 tons, called the Metis, owned by B. Fowler, Eay., intend ed for a coaster, and to be commanded by Cupt. A. Dorr, late of schooner Georgy Engs. ‘At North Boothbay, 15th inst., from the yard of John McDougal, Eeq., a fine biig of about 200 tons, of ruperior model and finish, called the Onward, and owned by Jas McCarty, of Westport, Stephen Lewis, of Whitefield, and others." she is to be commanded by Capt. Albert 8. Tib bette, of North Boothbay. Personal Intelligence. Arrivals at the Metropolitan—Attorney General Chat- fie.d, Albany; Lieutenant Colonel Rabe, Royal Army; E. Evers, Paris; Edwin Croswell, Esq., Albany; De Wolf, Rhode Island; C. Durand, Connecticut; F. A. Gil- bert, England) Geo, T. Sanders, Salem; W. A. Poor. Bal- timére; 8. A. Newton, Newport; J. P' Gregory, Boston; E. Detban. London; Wm. R. Hall. Philadelphia; Or, Sims. Alabama, At the Irving—Hon. B. 0. Taylor, Washivgton; Hon, UW Hamlin, Maine; Hon EK, Smart, Maine; don. B. ©. Eastman, Wieconsin; Hon, G. Dean, Poughkeepsie; A.J. Donelson. U. 8. A ;J. B. Plummer, U 8. A ; Colonel Manefield, U.S. 4 ; Burrows, Now York; Hon . H. Boyd, New York: om. J. Menebam, Middlebury; . 0. F. Cleveland, Conneticut; Hon i. 8. Mosely, do; Hon, Amos Tusk, New Hampshire; Yom? HC. Sweetzer, Delaware; Hon. J. Sutherland, {udson; Hon J, Ruseell; Hon, J’ Compbell, Hlinois; Hon C.B Stuart, Michigan; Hon H. tiamilton. Maine; Hon. W. Murray, Middleton; Hon B.C. Exstman, Wisconsin. At the American —Thomas B Graham, E. T. Free- man, Philadelphia; Captain Rogers, Portland; Randolph Spaulding, Georgia; A. Goodiam, Boston; Hon P. Sken Philadelphia At the Astor.—Hon. George Cochrane, Massachusetts; Hon. J. Johnson, New Hampshire; H | Wilder, Boston; Ti, Amer, Connecticut; W. Bishop. Philadelphia; J. Thempson, Epringteld; R. Hi Brewster, gan Franclsco; B, Dickerson, Charleston; Hon, jeorge Ashmun, Mas- husetts; George Upton. George Tolman, Boston; Col. ‘aylor, South Carolina; George Cowper. Scotland. At the Howard —Hon M Clarke, A G. Clark, Man chester. Vermont; Hon. Charles Stearns, Springfield; Colonel A. Crocker, Fitohburg; Captain Parrish, steam: ship Roanoak; 8 8. Sten, AF. Chandler, Boston; Wil- © 8 Beard, Hamilton: Canada West affer Ob! |. Potter, Providence; © E. Crore and lady. 8t John. NB; A. V. King, Sandy Hill. ‘The health of Hon John Beil, of Tennessee, is said te be failing Hon, Ianibal Homlin, United States Senator, Hon. ¥. K. Smart,M. U.,and Hon M McDonald, M. ©, from oe were at Concord, New Hampshire, on the 30th timo The following Senators and Representattves arrived in Weshington on the 2d instant:—Sepators—Mersrs. Meti- wether, of Kentucky; Summer, of Massachusetts, and Fish of New York. Representatives —Mevsrs, Boyd, of Kentucky; Stevens. of Pennsylvania; Harris, ot Tennes- see; Morricon and Jones. of Pennsylvania; Ives. of New York; Smart. of Maine; Davis, of Indiana, and Ingersoll of Connecticut. Wiles and lady. Vermont TurrE Times an Erector —Mr. Thomas Hub- bard. one of the Presidential Electors of this State, from Oneida county, gave his vote for De Witt Clinton, in the Eleetoral college in 1811. again for James K. Polk in 1844, and now for Franklin Pierce. When the electors cast their votes for Mr. Clinton, they marched in procession to the post office at Albany and deposited them in the mail to be conveyed to Washington. ay. tt will be required that these two works shall be executed in such style as to mark the higt (4d es resohed ia shis 0) country by the respective . ‘bi Contractor Teil i ti rivilege of printing the ted Weath. Paper in t xhibition Building and a receive such facilities in the compilation of both works as the Association can reasonably afford WM Wier: ek ern, 58. rep and Sgured. a Larye size linen towels, DETT'S cheap dry go No year since Root nas ope! in New York he offered his pictures for competition, the Fair of the Amexican Institute, without receiving t highest prize. ROOT'S Daguerrcan rooms, first floor up staire, at S63 Broadway. Pictures taken equally in cloudy weather. Superb Holiday Gifts.—Daguerreotypes act in Paris and London cases of siecant varieti 1 ory, tortoise, Sont: n- ver, Mosaic, &¢. Most appropriate gift for the holi- MEADE BROTHERS, artists, and importors of da- auerreotype goods, 233 Broadway, opposite the fountaia, For the Holidays.—Mr. way, in bop bis immet it 111, 377 Broad- tment with the most hoes, gaiters, slippers, &e. ; tment for gentlemen's wear, com- ising dress boote, dencing gaiters, and, in fact, every other article, both for Indios’ and gent’s, that can possibly be de- sired. Time Must Be Kept, or nll Appointments Wagohes of ail the most oolebrated makers, en Tacs cases, and at the most ri pricey, arent d. ¥. SAVAGE'S, #2 Fulton street. He nore that he cannot warrant 'in every particular. Richelieu gold pens sold only aa abc ve. Prize of $100.—P. ls. Rogers, of U Clothing Warehouse, of Fuiton and Ni informs the designers of this aity and the Union, th pay & premium of ono Lundred dollars for the fin ginal devign of a covered business vehicle, f tee. Tho carriege must bo licht and elegant,fitted w cempartinents, for ti nd packages of clothing designs intended for competition must be rent ee Tall by the let of January next prise wee Terat: by ec mpetent judges, whore names will be papier’ pis” Li The suit for seven ‘yout, and others at tC B.POLWEL iiiam and Gold 4 tailoring establishment in Winter Clothing.—A full dollars, comprising overcost, pan’ corresponding prices, oan be obta No. (4 Fulton street, between ert ready made clothin ity of New York. { wen'd furnishing dopaet: ith ail desi ie 8. sad Meno R08 Fo, LEVIR, ‘Winter Clothing © nal ats store, where y: full and stock of falland epring 6! ry @ hi of te means, of cheap Sot colotanial alniee passed in the ei Sebietiel tn eereaeen : ond suMENRY REGAN, 420 Navsey, corner of Beekman, to order, pric $i to $22; oth men wishing to and » trad dence will please cal t, Established in 184 a ine micah he Clare 08 urn from Europe; that frock. ze of his feionds.. “flow oan he ate hin; ootH, 486 Broadway, corner of Broome To the Fashionable World.— Alpine Boots, kid t d prom: 2 deote, quilted ta, sli te “ &e, can be ebtained ab SMITHS; No. 79 Blecoker ntroeby oF: ty ir. 3 was for in the Brond wa ida for taste avd skill in ollracter, Ladies, visit his There 1s not More Difference between the Wrinkled ¢8 of ago and the smooth rouud 10@ of wreon the faultiens ehirte mato to ordee a& an hy hanco-work of eanatic methed ot mendes, We human frame. Look Out for the Children, and Call at TUTTLE’S Bensts 345 Bi hay sh vice from tl prises very low the manufaoture of feet covering for the ladies, hae atisined ro of rend thom beautiful to the sight, comfortable to ly durable, while his prices are twenty-tive pee: cent lees than shose of any Broadway establishment. 4 on him, at No. 336 Bowery. Winter Style.—W, P. David’s Hats are deo: the feet, am oldedly all t nable world, Gentle: 4 got up in an artistic style, ah try one ofhis beautiful tiles. His eales room is 301 Broadway - second door from Duane street. There ls now no Excuse for those who. wear one of those shocking bad hats, when FREEMAN, No. 9 Fulton street, is sellins his No. 1 hate for $350, aud a heautiful hat for $3. He ‘ently on hand @ . asscttment of chi a aid Ine lar} dies’ Mourning Cloaks —Bartholemew & Weed, BOL broadway, have just received theie December pate ‘These, with the prevailing pattern of the a mo-t beavtiful vari de perfine best bembazin ; chasers of mourning goods cannot fai amination of the stock is eerpectfully solicited serve the name and number. New mourning store, BAR~ THOLEMEW & WEED, 551 Brondway, nearly opposite the Metropolitan Hotel, between Sp 4 Prince streets, Boots and Shoes.—Ladies’ Gentlemen’s an@ ts, shoes and gaiters, of the lai ty quality, and at the most reasonable a. lo short corked soled boots: also patent leather and fine boots made to order and warranted eyusl to any in city. JUHN BURRELL, No. £19 Hudson strect. Fashionable Boots,—Watkins, 114 Fulton dooidedly the leade; the ton in boots and shoes, - "in Broadway, at more attentioa from the at Wa’ ‘atero, than by any otheg Ladies Cap Buzaar.—Oress Caps, Breakfast. saps, bonnet caps, night caps, real and imitation lace coif~ fours, head dre: in fact, shorche, and suit No. 605 Broadway, ‘The Best Possible Chriatinas or New Year's Gift.—Theo Musics! World and Times is published Saturday, and contains: verything elogant and re~ sey, 8 NEWMAN, . ry por that y y and taste cannot fai 4. 2d. A full cource of musical instruction. 3d. complete summary of all musical ft inte: domestic and foreign. 4th Inte: gon ing of biographical sketch brated musicians, &c. Sth. The m criticisms of performers ‘and and musical publications, #0 be thoroughly posted up in regard to matters, and net run the risk ef throwi his money upon publications and - perfor have, by unlimited puflery, obteined a reputation which their merits do not entitle them, What more ap) riate or uselul holiday present, then, can be given w jhe Musial World aad ‘limes, whioh will bi thus harmoniously to the miud of the receiver ? To the student or lover ef m eman of jure, the Musical interesting and Invalus¥ie compa’ Delivered to New York and Brooklyn subso: copy sent by mail for $3; two 00 jee, 0; aud any one goes 3 usa Sind of ible. All orders must be ade ey tre copy for his trow id,) to DYER & rid and Times, 257 31 yu blisher: ry vare toys, games, and neat fancy articles for the old snd rich'and poor; prices distinctly marked om all the articloss 0 arranged #8 to afford every facility for selection, amid the crowd that daily throng his store for sume Ing new. Excitement Retative to the “Fur” Sexson, —The ladies are alive with excitemest relative to the fura to be worn this Le of dress they are fashionable, t judicious allassert that KNOX’S assortment is the largest a t valuable, affording the best opportunity for a pros - ction. Remember this, and callom him at No. 128 Furs and Beaver Bonnets —Wme 106 Canal street corner of Wooster street hie just ed an elegant assortment of new and beautiful fui Jn addition to and chifdre ont fashionable hate, embraces misse en of the styles. Everdell, Ni and Printe in the be: tasty tio ine wedding and and designs on fine silver fol and artistic manner. Be: wenty-five Raglish do, three ehillings and sixvence; and cashmeres, shawls, Paramattas, &e., &c., equally cheap. Tens —The Beat Assortment of fine Teas 4 at the store of Canton Tea Company, No. ae 1e between Pearl and Roosevelt atr tablishment inthe city. We as that they can do better than elsewhere, ei orretail. ‘They have now no branch stores, The Hero in rece.=—The New an@® romance, now publishing in thi tained a most remarkal i te, rem on board x packet ship bow h the captain, and other adyentures— quart, and astouading. Those who wish. to read Handsome Jack, rhould secure the opening chap- tors now, as it will net appear in any other forms Comvents of to-morrow's num! he night; a biography of Purs it reminiscences of Booth, the get ce; lunch; theatrios1 eriticisn office, 15 Spruce ttrect. all the agents, A Morning Paper ‘calls Pabilc Attention te the m ghty though noiecless revolution that sowing ma- chines are now Il who feel an interest in this 6 revolution @ fall informa- No 258 iw and examin= nohire sold by I. SINGER & vo. Advertising in any Paper in the Union or Canada, can bo contracted for at the old ostablished ad~ Yertising house of WILLIAM II. Mo D, No. 102 Naa~ sau strict. W. HL. M. has the very terms and suthor~ ity Co the leading papers, and recei the papers daily by mail. The Hat Demand at Genin’s.—If the “ Hat season” is on the wane, Genin begs leave to say that he h not discovered the fact The dmand for ant eile hate of the winter fashion, continues unabate ular and unique beaver felts go off as briskly ae Mor ie invised tom new asicrtinent of both deseri received from the Genin fac Improvements havo been wade in the original mot wut there is no variation from ‘the fixed price—four doltars. GENIN, No, 214 Broadwa: ton, all’ exciting ie Publication Price 3 conte por copy. For sale by posite St; Paul's. Elegant Hats— Who are the best calculated: ‘oduce thon ? Of course, practical moshanice! Suc tee necploe’ hatters, Th porior productions have. ned tor them the ro yutation of being the bost hatters Frecountey.. Call and examine their elegant producsto at their enlen rorm, No. 11 Park row, opposite the Astor House, Standard $4 and $3, Unredeemed Pledges from Auction.-We keop constantly on hand alargs and well golected sock of eats, vents nnd pants. Fino black frock and dross thgt cannot be surpacsed for qualit byvany store in the city, A u street, near An Steamship Jon to Shippers.—The Am Cempany's winter tariff of prices on take effect on Monday next, tho its Inst. fare materially Ieee than last yiat ot, WEL\US, BUTTERFIE, D & CO. ErlePincs,corner Reado and Washington ste, fi Perior to any other article Re gy ‘ re wen eves cen coy 5 Pp taal jowery drog store, owery, above ibroot reet. E, W. VONDERAMITH, Proprigton,