The New York Herald Newspaper, December 10, 1852, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR, QPITCE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU GTS. fag: F HERALD, heacsente 90r cigip-8? per'ahasiens Ww: cEKLY HERALD, coery Bt Cts cente ‘annum; the Buropean Sec er fare mie le eee fo trclude VOLUNTARY CORRESY ONDENCR containing impor- fend news, solicited ‘ter of the world; if used, Sa telibcretly paidfor, Ova Fonnicy Gonmesrovonses ans P. BLY RequesTep TO SBAL ay Lerrens SLL SESPERN'y wn for Sudncrstion a with ter te be, Spe or tke pemens avs tokens irom NO NOTICE taken ications, We a to n of anonymous communi e f. ‘ejected. PRINTING executed with neatness, cheapness, and AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BOWSRY THEATRE, Bowery. Tue Hesaew Son-— Kans. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway.—Anne Biaxe— Avs Tuar Guitrens is Not Goin. WIBLO’S.—Exen ante ess. BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers stroet—Davin Cor- see eta meas tea NATIONAL THEATRE, arp Sea Guiis—Napoiro WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—Tux Rivare— Bors ro Goon Luce. WHITE'S THEATRE OF VARIETIES, 17 and 19 Bowe- ecy.—Tuzrxsk—Hussaxp at Siont—Mitter anp His atham strost—Lano SHARKS ‘Swaxpy MoGuine. AMBRICAN MUSEUM.— Afternoon —Wannren anp Srr- wie—One fHovsanp Micuinens Wanten.—Bveaing— ‘Tun Onruan's De rans. 83% BROADWAY.—Mercuanicat Exursrrion. GBRISTY'S OPERA HOUSE, 472 Brondway—Ernieriar Maweracisr wy Cuniety's MixsTRELs. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood's Musical Hall, 444 Broad- way —Erniorias MINSTRELSY GIRCUS, 57 Bowery.—Equestnian Exterrainments. New York, Friday, December 10, 1852. The News. By the arrival of the steamship Philadelphia at New Orleans, we have been supplied with a brief outline of two weeks later intelligence from Califor- nia, which, though important, is, insome respects, of a rather disagreeable character. Nearly the entire eity of Sacramento bas been again laid in ashes, and, what is still worse, many of the inhabitant reported to have been burned to death. The undi- minished yield of the gold mines, as has hitherto been the case, will soon cause new and mere durable structures to spring up, asif by magic, from the smouldering ruins; but all the riches of the earth ean never restore those who perished in the flames | to the arms of their sorrowing fri:nds. We are also informed that destructive fires have recently oocur- red in San Francisco and Marysville, but the extent of the damage is not stated. The new State has given a majority of fifteen hundred for Pierce and King. The despatch says fifteen thousand; but this 4s evidently a mistake, or else California is deter- mined to go ahead of the other States in every thing. It is not probable that more than thirty to forty thousand votes were polled. The most cheering fea- ture of the news isthe announcement that the steam- ship Illinois will be here to-morrow or next day, freighted with gold dust to the value of two and a quarter millions of dollars. A private letter received at New Orleans, by the Cherokee, from Havana, declares that Capt. Gray and the Bate crew of the ship Lady Suffolk had been released, to the great consternation of the British, who are reported to have been instrumental in their imprisonment. It issaid that seven or eight slavers were shortly expected to make their appearance on the eoast of Cuba, and that the English cruisers were keeping a sharp look-out forthem. This do- termination of the British to effectually suppress the slave trade, is likely to lead to a difficulty be- tween the two governments that will not be so easily disposed of as was the ‘‘Crescent City affair.” A new revolutionary paper, entitled the Voice of the People, and published in manuscript, has made its * appearance in Matanzas. Betwoen this paper, and the movements of Victoria’s fleet to out off his per- quisites from the importation of slaves, the Captain- General is in a deal of trouble. Look out for mis- chief. Nothing of interest was done in either branch of Congress yesterday. The accounts of the Treasury and Interior Departments having been presented and ordered to be printed, the Senate proseeded to the consideration of Mr. Hale's motion to repeal the | rule declaring that it is unecessary to observe the eustomary honors, where members ef Congress d'e du- ring recess, as in cases where they expire daringthe | session. Aftera short debate the motion was'rejected, and then the body adjourned till Monday. In the House the death of Mr. Benj. Thompson, whig mem- ber at the last session, was announced; the usual | testimonials of respect were agreed to, and, with- out transacting any business, the mombers separated. cae” special Washington correspondent writes that i the controversy respecting the senatership for Ken- | tucky having assumed » party character, and the democrats being in the majority, Mr. Meriwether's claim to the seat will probably be declarad good The appointment of the Hon. Edward Everett as Secretary of State was confirmed by the Senate in | executive session. Senater Soule, of La, according to one of our Washington despatches, is entitled to the credit of having made the original proposition to Spain for the purchase of Cuba The annual report of the Secretary of War, to- gether with several important tables relative to the agriculture and population of the country, are laid | before our readers to-day. These statistics are not only possessed of great interest at the present time, but will be invaluable for future reference. For some inexplicable reason,the report of the Secretary of the Interior has not made its appsarance yet. Late accounts from Texas represent Wild Cat, the notorious Seminole Chief, as being busily engaged in endeavoring to raise recruits among the Ameri- cans, for the purpose of assisting the Mexican revo lutionists in capturing Matamoras, in the State of Tamaulipas Onthe other hand, we are assured that the Tamaulipas revolutionists boast of having some fifty thousand dollars with which to defray their expenses, and they will not accept of assist ance from either the Americans or their oxce noted leader Caravajal. Our worthy Secretary of War announces, with apparent «: faction, that zome eight thousand, out of about eleven thousand offi- cers and men on the army rolls, are actively em- ployed in the defence of Texas, Now Mexico, Cali- fornia and Oregon. If the remaining three thou sand men were sent into Texas, it is probable that they would find fully enough to do to protect the | frontier from the depredations of our own as well as | the Mexican Indians. Wild Cat isa slippery cus- tomer, and be and his allies require watch The North Carolinians appear to be wi with regard to the impertance of internal improve- ments. A bill has been brought before the Legis- lature, appropriating three and ao half millions ef dollars for the purpeso of imtornally improving the Btate, two millions of which are to be applied to the extension of the North Carolina Railread to Tennessee Let them goa head and prosper. The State bas every natural requisite to become one of the richest in the Union; and all that has hitherto kept itin the back ground has been the lack of | those essential necessarice—human industry and eegacious enterprise. Anextract of aletter from St. Polersburg gravely | informs us that the Emperor of «ll the Rassias bas fitted out an expedition, consisting of one frigate, a tender, and e serew steamer, to watch the operations of the American fleet destined to Japan There must be some mistake about this. These vessels, it is probable, cosstitule # portion of the expedition | Which Was tome lime rince anpoadoed in our colamaa ee Liu g oul for the purpose of proceeding to th awake | Russian possessions in Nerth America, with the view of exploring the coasts, &c. Tho intentions of the Americans are too well known throughout the world to require any watching ; besides, thie Russian expedition would be entirely too small to watch to any great extent, were it even a0 inclined. Its object is of a perfectly peaceable nature. Therefore do not be alarmed. General Pierce and lady were in Boston yesterday. They attended the nuptial ceremonies of a niece on the previous evening. The cbsequies in honor of Calhoun, Clay, and Webster, took place in New Orleans yesterday. Business was entirely suspended, the streets were crowded with citizens and strangers, and the pro- cession was the longest ever known in that plase. We regret to announce that Gen. Wade, of North Carolina, was severely ifnet fatally injured, by a collision between two boats at the Fulton ferry pior, yesterday morning. See tho report of the catas- trephe in the city news column. A ballet girl, named Ellen Caperilla, was last evening accidentally killed by falling from the flies, in one of the Baltimore theatres. The St. Marys brought to Philadelphia, from Cape Town, six of the crew of tho ship Moslem, of this port. They were committed for trial by the Com- missioner, for having refused to do duty. The case of Thomas Kane, whose seizure under a requisition from the British government caused so much excitement among the Irish of this city some wonths ago, is now before the United States Su- preme Court, and will come on for argument in a few days. 4 4 The floating circus of Spalding & Rogers having been seized by the authorities of Baton Rouge, for an evasion of the license law and taxes, tho owners commenced a suit against them for illegal seizure and detention, contending, under high authority, that their customary liesnse exempts thom from taxation for State and municipal licenses. Cotton is reported to have declined one-fourth of ® cent per pound in the New Orleans market since last Saturday. The Hon. George Banoroft delivered last evening the introductory lecture of the courze before the New York Historical Society. The theme of his diseourse was, ‘‘The culturo, the support, and the objects of art in a republic.” Mr. B. brought the great powers of his mind to the elucidation and em- | bellishment of his discourse, and digressed, very | much to the amusement of his auditory, in reading | aspecial lecture to our municipal authorities. A comprehensive report of the lecture will be found in our columne. Mr. Meagher last evening delivered a lecture before a large assemblage at Syracuse. By the statement made by Mr Recorder Tillou, at the last meeting of the Board of Supervisors, it appears that if the eontract of printing the indexes of the Reg'ster’s office which he proposes were ac- cepted, instead of that decided on by the majority of | the committee, there would be a saving to the trea- | sury of $77,200 in eight volumes. This is @ matter of very serious moment, and does not admit ofa second idea as to the propriety of accepting the con- tract which will thus save so much of the public funds. No announcement has yet been made of the ar- rival of the Niagara at Halifax. The telegraphic wires are reported to be in complete working order as far as Sackville, N. B.; but the break between there and Amherst, N S, prevents direct commu- nication with Hallifax. Should the steamer arrive, however, an express will be run between the poiats above named. In addition to much other interesting reading, our inside pagee contain the following :—Letters and newspaper extracts relative to the Mexican Revolu tion ; Communication from our late Charge d’Af fairs to Turin, with regard to the Proposed Atlantic and Pac'fic Ship Canal ; Proceedings in the Board of Education ; Business before the Police and other Courts; Deaths, Resignations, and Dismissions in the Army ; List of the Standing Committees of the House cf Representatives; Commercial Reports, Advertisements, & | The French Movement in the West Indles— The Important News from St, Domingo, We gave a brief notice, in yesterday’s HERALD, 10- lating to the fact of the possession, bya French na- val force, of the peniasular of Samana, on the north- ern coast of San Domingo; but the importance of the movement, and the bearings which it is probably destined to have on the commercial and political in- teresta of theee United States, demand that the sub ject be more thoroughly understood and examined by our government and citizens. | We have on several occasions, within the last twelve months, placed before our readersinteliigence, derived from the most reliable sources, aa to the pop- ular feeling existing in the little republic of Dominica | with respect to the cetablishment of a proteetorate | which would guaranteo its citizens from the periodi- cal hostile incursions of their barbarous neighbors, | the subjects of the black Emperor Soulouque, and | We have exposed the secret diplomacy which has | been at work, through the agents of France and ef Great Britain, to procure a footing on the island for their respective governments. The successful result of thg operations of the French Consul-Gene- ral, Major Reybaud, is now to be seen in the fact communicated within the past few days, that seve ral French ships of war havo taken possession of Sa mana, and design to hold it 23 a naval station. In the month of April last, we published a very important article, showing the then existing‘etate of affairs on the island, ard pointing out their unmis- takable terdency. for years past, an intrigue going on between tho President of the Dominican Republic, Senor Buena- ventura Baez, and the French Consul to Hayti, Major Reybaud, the object of which was to permit | the French government to obtain, under some plaus- ible pretext, a focthold in Dominica, from which | they might afterwards conquer the western part, extirguish Soulouque and his empire, and restore the whole islard to the dominion of France. This echeme received the concurrence and oo-operation of President Bacz and of a clique of French residents; but the maas of the citizens were unreservedly hostile toit, and, being Spaniards, entertained the most inveterate dislike to any measure which would sub- ject them to the power of France. Some two years &go, President Baez wrote to the French Consul- General, in Port au Prince, that he had only to in- dicate the means which he considered most appro- priate, to convince Francs of their sincere desire to p'ace themeclves under her powerful protection, at | whatever eacr’ This sacrifice, the article hint. | ed, was no other than Samana, the peningula whish | we have now seen | eently, Sefior Baez made a still stronger appeal to France; end urged that he hadin his hands porp> sitions which had becn made to him by the Ameri- can Charge d’Afsires, Mr. Green, but that so long ae there was a spark of hope lef: that France would accept his proposition be would wait with resigna- tion In connection with these facts, it is important to know wha the views entertained in France with respect to the island of Hayti. The Annuaire des deux Mondes, for 1962, closes a long article on ject with a quotation from a former number, hh the following language is held:—‘‘The direct intervention of a great power, under the form of a protectorate, of partial occupation, or of pure and simple anzexation, is, therefore, at the present | time, mo longer a question of progress for the Do- minicans—it is a question of life or death; and this question to day, as well as at the beginning of the ineurrection, in the anguish of a desperate situa ‘ion, as well as in the intoxication of tho | firet bour of deliverance, after eight years of discouraging refusals, as well as in firet effasion of their French hopes, this question they still perist in submitting to France.” The important advantages promised to France, in ex- change for this protectorate, are thus referred to ia the concluding paragraph of the article alluded to: | ‘Neo pe:son—above all, no seafarer-—is ignorant 9 have abandoned the boat to the authorities, and | There was then, and had been | ken posession of, More re- | the magnificent mtvanteges which France would de- rive from this solution ef the question, which would not cost us eithera centime ora soldier. Lot it suffice for us to call to mind that Spain has hence: forth only a single interest in her ancient colony, and that is that it be not occupied by Eogland or by the United States. As to these two powers, they have, in advance, consecrated our freedom of action in the matter, in not having, on their side, spared any exertion to draw the Dominicans into their orbit.” Our readers have now before them the solution of the problem. They see what is the object which France contemplates in taking possession, with her equadren, of the peninsula of Samana, which com- mands the Mona parsage, between Hayti and Porto Rico. Samana is a most important position, which would be usedas @ naval station by France; and in the hands of such a power it would, in event of afutare war between that nation and ours, give them the key of the whole of the West India islands. It remains, however, to be seen whother our government will take any steps to pre- vent tbe accomplishment ef this grand scheme, 80 monacing to our future political and com mercial interests. Every such foothold gained by an European power on this continent, or its edjacent islands, is inimical to the well-being of this republic, and under an efficient administra- tion would never be tolerated. If the Dominicans need a protectorate, let it be extended to them by this republic ; but let this not be made the exsuse for France to gain possession of an important point whence our commerce round Cape Horn could be | affected. In the meantime, we may ask what has | beeome of General Duff Green and his emigrants, | who were to have extended their pretection to the little republic? If they have already gone, there | will be no need of any further assistance to repel Soulouque and his savages; but if they are still waiting, we are afraid their reception—now that the French have got into the island—would be any- | thing but cordial or gratifying. As the question | between Pureer Smith and the Captain General of | Cuba has been satisfactorily arranged, the admiais- tration have leisure to turn their attention to Hayti. We expect they will do s0. Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal.-Great Inter= national Project. We publizh elsewhere in our columns this morn- ing, an interesting document, which has been laid before the Senate of the United States, embracing the gigantic projét of Mr. Nathaniel Niles, late consul to Turin, for the construction of a ship-canal between the Atlantic and Pacific eceans, by a joiat stock arrangement among the leading commercial nations of both hemispheres. To this magnificent prejét we call the attention of our readers, who aro alive to the necessities of the age, and the tremen- dous expansion of the area of tradein that great ocean which laves the borders of golden California on the one side, and the shores of the Central | Flowery Kingdom on the other. The commerce of the Atlantic and the Pacific is | pressing fora passage across that narrow neck of the continent connecting North and South America; and the time for tho fulfilment of the great original idea of Columbus, of a westward passago to the East, is at hand. The wants of mankind cannot admit of much longer delay. The work mus} be | done. Finish the Pana: Railroad, with a dozen parallel tracks, and it will still be but » temporary expedient; and so will be the Nicaragua, the Tehuan- tepec, and the Alvarado, and all other projects, } ag long as there is avy land transshipment, and breaking of bulk, by railroad or otherwise. The great Pacific Railroad, from the Mississippi river to San Francisco, would, if completed to-day, be of inestimable value to this Union, in the inter- change of our Atlantis travel and merchandise with that of the Pasific, but, more than all, inthe peo- pling of that vast and waste expanse of country between the great plains west of Missour and the golden valley of the Sacramento This Pacific railroad, however, is not built, and will cot probably be built for a quarter of a century tocome. A railroad of two thousand miles, through acountry without inhabitants, without timber, and Without iron, and crossing the two great mountain chains of the continent, is not to be built in a day nor during one or two Presidential administrations And when completed, though invaluable and indis | pentable asthe connecting ligament between the | two great oceanic extremes of the Union, it will be wholly inadequate to a tithe of the swelling trade, eaet and west, secking the transit of our continent | The world’s mighty and accumulating ecommerce | will require something more. | A ship canal between the two great oceans, some- | | where between the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and the Isthmus of Darien, will alone moet she requirements | of the age. There are some other routes of inter- oceanic communication, above Tehuantep2c and be | low Darien; but they are wholly unavailable, we | apprebend, for the purposes of a satisfactory ship | canal—eay of one hundred feet, and twenty-five feet | deep—from the increase of the distance from sea | to cea, an important item, where every mile of | the canal will cost perbaps a quarter of a million ofdollara. The Isthmus of Panama would probably be the best point for such a canal, if there were a | sufficient basin in the summit level to supply the | locks in the dercent to either ocean. But there is no such basin in the Panama, or any other line, excepting the Nicarsgua route; and there the two connected lakes of Nicaragua and Leon afford anample reservoir for any amount of lockage to both oceans, and in every other respect the most feasible line for the work. Nature has pointed out the way—she has, in fact, opened the line for light steamers from the Atlantic to the Lake Nicaragua, leaving only twelve miles of land to cut through to the Pacific. The estimate of | Colonel Childs, for a ship canal of seventeen fest | capacity, across by the San Juan river and the said lake, is thirty millions of dollars. Thisis a round tum of money—too large, even, for the reput ation, credit, and enterprise, of such men as Cornelius Vanderbilt & Compsny. Asa mero private under- taking, in any hands, it caanot command the capi talistsof Europe. The construction of some twenty five miles of railroed, westward from Navy Bay, by the enterprising capitalists of the Panams Company has occupied three years of the most persevering labor and at a coset in money and human muscle appalling | to look at, even in these days of progress, withou reg ard to the state of the boilers No! the climate of Central America is, of itself | an unconquerable impediment to the achievement of eny great work, by a private company, re- | quiring thirty millions of dollars as the esti mated basis of the smallest operations. They cannot 1 the means, nor put the roquisite number of men to work, to give assurance of | its completion within any reasonable limit of time. Eyen one nation cannot, of itself, accom- | plish it, to meet the urgent demands of trade, withia a satisfactory limit. Besides, a ship canal of seven teen feet depth will not answer for those times, when ships of twenty-five hundred tons, and draw- ing upwards of twenty fect water, are becoming ns common as were clippers of five hundred a dozen years ago. A canal of one hundred feet in width, and twenty-five feet indepth, will more nearly come up to the mark; and such a canal will probably cost a hundred millions of doll A combination ¢f the morcaztile nations the earth can alone venture with such an enterprise with any prorpect ef success; and the projet of Mr. Niles, in this view, is entitled to deli- berate consideration. His plan is as vast and com- prebensive as the work iteclf, for the combined energies of three or four euch nations as the United Btates, Hogland, France and Holland are sarely equal to the task. Tho work is required by the civilized and uncivilized world, It is attractive | fiom the manifest advantages it would confer upon | all mankind; and erpeeialiy from the advantages it of | on, till fleets of Janes, and Pollys, and Mariannes, | others. Whatean be prettier, or more appropriate, | we are sure, that the Witch of the Wave had been | would give to ur, fa #0 unbroken atenmwhip commu- ication with Califouita, and Oregon, and China, and | Jopan, ond a! Asia, and with the anmeagared an usnumbered, and innumerable archipelago of islands of which the vast island continent of Australia is the mater monstrorwm. Surely, the dream of Co- lumbus must be fulfilled, and all the abortive efforte fox a Northwest passage must moet with a solution in the adoption of the plan of Cortez, of hauling our ships somewhere acrcss the neck of America, from ocean to ocean. We again commend the projét of Mr Niles to the attention of our readers, and of our progressive members of Congress. Let young America riso to her high destiny. Let her rise! poet eta all Suirs’ Names—Tue Posrry or Commenct.— Notwithstanding the rivalry of steam, our merchant navy has made prodigious strides towards perfection during the last few years The clipper ships of the present day bear no resemblance to the heavy Dutch- like craft of our ancestors. They can sail against a steamer, and carry a cargo whieh would stagger an old fashioned skipper. On the waters, they combine grace with majesty; the “swan,” the “lark,” the “white wings flying,” are but feeble images of the noble clipper, as aed pounis toner aee reer ee tide, ‘As she were dancing home; thet fallant ship #0 atly ee Furrow the poo eacteanes The author of the Corsair, who never dreamt of the Oriental or the Flying Cloud, must have drawn largely on bis imagination when he said the pirate vessel ‘walked the waters like a thing of life,” unlees, indeed, we suppose that in imaginary as in real life, there are many and wide degrees of beauty. The “gallant bark” of the days of Byron lives only in song—hull, masts, cordage, cabin, hold, keel, even the names have been chang- ed. Occasionally, indeed, will tho dull line of the horizon at sea be broken by # heavy-looking craft, whose ungraceful build, lubberly masts, and dingy sails, betray the collier, and notify you to give tho marine coal heaver a wide berth. Spain, too, and Holland, and one or two other foreign countrios, seem loath to make Bethels or firewood of their old fashioned Santa Trinidads, and Vrow Margare- thas, but the great commercial nations of the world | have discarded them long since. To eulogize the improvements which have been made in modern vessels, both with a view to speed, and to capacity for carrying cargocs, would be quite superfluous; to few who take sufficient interest in the eubject to read such an article are the facts unfamiliar. But no one, that we know, has drawa attention to the improved taste which is manifested by ship-builders and owners in the selection of names. In days of yore, we used to have an Ajax, @ Castor, and a Pollux, as a matter of course, all of them, if the fairy tales of anvient poets were te be believed, men of might, who could throw | stozes which eeveral oxen tried in vain to move, and box a whole army of barbarians, but bearing, wo imagine, as little analogy to a ship as to a tea-ket- tle. Though a ship, according to Lindley Murray, be of the feminine gender, these classical sponsors érew fine distinctions of sex between, their vossels. A bluff seven or eight hundred ton East Indi: was baptized Hebe, anda slim, tidy little revenue cratt, was duly christened Jupiter or Heroules. Vo nuseg, With square sterns, and a fabalous breadth of beam, were constantly seen returning to port water logged; and many a Diana, crammed to overflowing with hides and tallow, rolled clumsily on her course, first lifting one side, then the other, out of water, ag though a legion of Acteons might look on if they wished, Another class of sponsors were less free and easy with antiquity, and affected te despise classical allusions. Their crack vessels were ’yelep’ Boxer, and Striker, and Growler, and Snarler—the images represented by these various names being { naturally calculated to endear the ship to all who knew them, im an age when, we must presume, box- ing, and snarling, and striking, and growling, were undeniakle preefs of an amiable disposition. A higher grade of the same class tampered with alle- gory; nothing pleased them but the Victory, or the Irdependence, or the Invincible, or the Conqueror. This was harmless enough; the pompous titles sounded admirably in the mouth, and if the Victory was horribly beaten at her first battle, if the Invin- cible was towed a prisoner into foreign ports, and the Independence became a tender for an enemy’s frigate, why, it was never imagined that a mere | Bame eculd be a talisman. Again, a third and | more modern order of godfathers, fired with a noble ambition to immortalize themselves and clevate their chips to the dignity of human beings, bestowed | their own names on their navy. First, a fond papa | christened a stupid looking schooner, sadly im want | of a fiesh suit of sails and paint, Lucy, in honor of his daughter, a timid, gentle Seats who had just come out; then an uxorious husband determined that his ship and his wife, being the two things dearest to his heart, should be namesakes; and so and Elizabeths, roamed the ocean in a forlorn state of celibacy. So long as the custom was a | mere compliment to the fair sex, no ono, | perbaps,would have been ill-natured enough to con dewn it, although, if you happened to have a wife of the name, it was certainly unpleasant to hear a bluff boatswain shout:—‘‘Avast there, Jack! plug | that ere leak in Naucy’s keel!”’—‘‘I'm blest, if old Marianne ain’t again in stays!”—“' What a stuyning waist the Louisa has—my eye!” &,&s. But when gallantry was forgotten, and shipbuilders only looked to personal fame, the abuse became monstrous. We had to chronicle the safe arrival of the Zebediah 8. Sniggins, direct from London; of the Napoleon Q. Snooks, from Barbadoes; of the Jokn Smith, from Liverpool; and of the Peter 8. Higgine, from Jamaica. We are not aware how this system of nomenclature was found to auswer at sea, and whether it was extremely convenient to shout through a speaking trumpet, “Jehoshaphat P. Scroggins, ahoy!’? Captains were, perhaps, al- lowed to abbreviate, and the builder or owner got tho benefit of the advertisement. At the present day, two styles of names appearin fashion—names of places, countries, seas, cities— such as the Baltic, the Arabia, the Empire City, the Ilinois— which mean nothirg, and only serve to distinguish one vessel from another—and names borrowed from nature, which bear come figurative analogy to the vessel. Those we admire above all than the Wings of the Morning, or the White Squall, or the Whirlwind, or the Sea Serpent, or the Shooting Star? You would be sorry to hear, buried beneath its crest; that the Messenger Bird had never reached its home; that the Flying Cloud had vanished—quite indepondently of the feelings which bid you sympathise with any vessel laden with human beings Truly, indeed, has that glori- ous bark, with bending mast and shining sail, been christened the Gem of the Ocean—never poarl was fairer. Westward, Ho! touchesa tender chord in your heart; you wonder not chat the Winged Ar- row, or the Tornado Should rend the clin That fites before the ro Beneath ber histing lee. The Bald Engle prepares you for a portly vessel, with frowning bulwarks and majestic sweep ; the Nightingale conjures up at once a model of grave and symmetry; and the Sea King carries you away, away back among the Norsemen, and you see with sudden flaw, Round come the gusty skaw. For theee, wo oan forgive many a relapse into the old style. The Storm compensates us for the Rat- tler, and the Sea Nymph and Sea Witch expiate the | Flying Childers and the Hornet. Thongh we can- not love, we may rympathise with John Gilpin, and trust be will be more successful in his race than his totype; and even Rip Van Winkle himself, | Frured (ren his secular slumber, is entitled to our | kindly feelings. The Tingqua, the Sooloo, and the | See ig wind, Howqua are fair enough for those who know what | t but we have a weaknose for the vernre- | y mean: . To our mind, without reference to the ships | thermeeleos, which we haye never seen, a» voyage to Chin ih the Gaze ort vereign of the Seas tou'd not but be plesranter e in the Aro- | mirga, or the Sprirghik i | support her children and herreif dg Apa well ns hou! { ting the Samaritan feeling which distin pied Aiteettfnens to her ente, A Iittle ald to her now, | fhough it may not nerauge her grief, will enable her to obtain » #b and ome means of suppoit—forge’ er. ond tbe sin! pleas pauper, We understand dertaken to receive and band ‘over to the Van Dyke family any pure forwarded to him for this object. We have rnb. Hovss Muspen 1n New Yor —Accerding to an examination of tho ruins of the house which fell in Thirty-second street the other day, it has been found thet ro part of the foundation, although in a ewawpy location, bad been disturbed. The real cause of the dieaster resulted from the want of euffi- cient lime inthe mortar and the thinness of the walls The brick taken from the ruins looked as clean and as free from the contac! of mortar of any kind as though they kad never beon used. One of the hands employed by the masons stated that the mortar employed was nearly all common earth, er mould. One of the masons remarked that $50 worth of lime would have saved the building. Consequently, $50 would have saved the lives of three or more human beings, and others from being maimed for life It wae not long since a whale block fell in Twenty. first street, killing a number of laborers. Other houree, just covering in, seem to have been run up in the same reckless manner, ard do- signed for colonizing families in every room, which, when occupied, should they fall, the result would be attended with a fearful loss o! life. The carelessnees in building and blasting in New York has converted the island into a sort of slaugh- ter house. Where was there ever a city bofore in which such things would be tolerated? Where are the house inspectors, talked about some time ago? Parties erecting brick buildiogs, four and five sto- ries high, without the proper use of limo mortar, know them to be wholly unsafe, and if loss of life happens through ‘their avarice they should bo se- verely punished. Music in Naw York.—In enumerating the varicus musical artists now performing ia the United Stat we purposely omitted those in the city, because we thought, from their daily advertisements, our readers were familiar with them, and we rather turned our attention to thore that were operating at a distance. We are reminded, however, that in addition to the promised opera of Madame Sontag, we are to have Meretzek here from Mexico, in a very short time, with Steffanone, Merini, and the rest of his troupe, and he too, will give us a taste of his quality. A letter has been received from him stating his inten- tion to leave on the first of this month. It is said Alboni is also te appear in opera in this city. So that we have a prospect of music in abundance for the winter and spring. Inthe meantime, we have Madame Anna Thillon at Niblo’s, enchanting the audience every night in English opera, ably assisted by Hudson and others. Then we are to have Eng: lish opera on Monday evening at the Broadway theatre, when Miss Richings, Mr. £. Bishop, and others, will appear in a new piece. We are further informed that Mrs. Seguin, the accomplished vooal- ist, is about to open an asndemy of music, after the fesbion of the Royal Academy of England, but on a smaller plan for the present. DecREASE IN THE PaEsiDENTIAL VOTE OF Grom Gta —It would have been fair to presume that among the various stripes and shades ef President tickets that were offered at the last election in Georgia, the voters might all have found something that would have suited their peculiar political no- tions. But such it seems was not the vase. Not- withstanding that five different sets of electors were presented, ail holding different views on some of the leading questions, and marshalled under different banne:s—euch as the democratic, whig, Union, Tu- galo and Troup—yet these were not sufficient to draw out the voters of the State by 31,432, as compared with the aggregate vote of 1848. Verily, the “‘prairie dogs, and owls, and rattlesnakes” of Georgia do not live harmoniously together. Tux Vorr or MicniGgan.—Official returns have been received from all but two counties in Michi- gan, by which it will be seen that Pierce has 41,842 votes, Scott,33,8€0, and Hale 7,237; which sho#s Pierce has a plurality of 7.982 over General Scott, and a majority over ail of 745 votes. This is the first time in the history of the State that a candidate for President has received a majority of the whole number of votes cast. City Politics. The senior Democratic General Committee did not meet lart night. in consequence of the continued illaess of their chairman, Augustus Sobell. Eeq , who has not yet recovered from the serious injuries inflicted upon him during the riot the other night. The Young Men’s Democratic General Committee met, Hon. Jobn Wheeler, the chairman, presiding After the preliminary buriness of the committee had been disposed of, @ resolution was offered on the part of the barnburn- ers and roft shells, (who are ina minority of thet body.) inwhich the action of the General Committee was 801 what called in question, in reference to the appointm ofingpectors. A spirited debate occurred, after which the whole eubject was laid on the table, thereby virtually endorsing the action of the General Committes. who mil, without doubt. appoint the inepestors as they did on the Sth of August last. ‘The committee then adjourned, after passing a unani- mous vote of thenks to their chairman, the fon John Wheeler. for the ableand impartial manner in which he bad pretided durizg the past year, City Intelligence STEAMBOAT COLLISION—EXTRAORDINARY, PERHAPS FATAL, ACCIDENT TO GENERAL WADE, OF NORTH CAROLINA. An extraordinary accident, attended with very serious consequences, cccurred at the Fulton Ferry yesterday. It appears that about half past nine o'clock, the forry beat Gowanus was about to land at the New York side of the river, after her trip from Brooklyn. The tide being very contrary at the time, the boat ran with great vio lence against the pier, from which she recoiled, und was forced a dittance into the water. Before she could be got under control, she surged around and struck the boat Union—then ready to siart-under ber guards. ‘The collision was so severe, that it started one of the large iron rings. through which the chain is run to attach the boat to the bridge, from the deck of the Gowanus The ring flew high into the air, and jn {te ascent struck the head of Gencrat A Wade, of Newberp, North Carolina, cutting his right ear com- pletely off, inflicting a large scalp wound upon the base of the skull, and causing concussioa of the brain. The Gencral was standing exactly in middle deck at the time, and for a moment he was not conscious of tie dreadful injuries which he had received Ile is a very corpulent gentleman, and much fear fe entertained as to his ultimate recovery. After the injury he became faint, and was taken in charge by officer O’Brien, of the Second ward. who is constantly on duty a: the ferry station. and who immediately danaen surgical aid, amd conveyed the General to the United States Hotel, where he bas been staying for sometime. Here he had’s succession of epas- modic fits and much apprehension is entertained by the doctors as to the result of the concussion of his brain, when accempanied by such external injuries. Should the gentleman recover. it may ia a great measuse be at- tributed to the prompt and énergetic exertion of officer O'Brien. immediately after he obrerved the injury. At s quarter past ome o'clock the General was mors easy. and attended by Drs Wood. Henry and Hamiston. At five o’cleck in the evening, he was virited by his medical at- tendauts. who left him comfortable, and at ht and ten o’clock last night he was going on favorabl THE LATE FIRE IN ORANGE STREET—DESTITUTE CONDITION OF THE SURVIVORS. ‘The public mind receives so wany shocks from the fre- quent record of fatal casualties by fire, falling buildings, steamboat explosions, and railroad collisions, that it has been accustomed to read and receive the recital of the facte connected with each case as it would the detail of any crdinary event. The thrill of generous sympathy which we feel for the sufferers of one celamity is dis pelled, perhaps wext morning. by the horror with which we hear of the number of victims sacrificed by another and grester catastrophe. The consequences resulting to individuals, families and society at large, from these ac- cident are almost entirely overlooked, and the maimed laborer, the widowed mother, the childless parent, and the orphaned child, are, in most instarces forgotten and ermitted to fall into the swelling ranks of pauper popu- lation. or forced upom the way to crime for want a little timely We are led to make there remarks ¢ of the awful bereavement it the poor le who lost their ren, and their ent carthly ods. by the ood ae fa Orange street—it fi ace well bn Bye pabile ald as well as commisesration. The Lg LS ae ates evening Fhe goes out to purchase y broad, and, upon ter farm, finds her humble, aod lately happy Her worldly property i+ gone -and ‘7 which suceeded to her consternation, memats she found herself childiees as ene, We have written these lines with was living in # poor shentee, in on reripticne every Gay for reformers. philanthropists, aad Dumene ernvaders to distant conntries: here ja @ casa for fly tergit'e iecur elty, a’ onr doorr, to which al to sub: who ere inclined eribe can afford mush aid by © Tus Tumtyereonn Stucer EDY.— Most of jurors cubv@ened to invest! p digg tay Me Mand dance at the Coroner's office, City Hall. after= noop, Owing to the number of important witness sub- poenas issued by Coroner Ives, hopeenneors ‘the ing uest- until ten o'clock this morning It will be commeaoed at that hour in bis office Rrvontep Deatn or Ma. Avovstus Scuru. the forenoon of yesterday & report was prevaient im the different courts and pablic offices, that Schell had died in the morning in cons quence of the injuries whteh: be received at Tammany Hil. a short time rine. At noon it bad gained # pretty general credence in the lower part of town and towards ene o’olock in the afcernoom it. was received by the public as # melancholy fact We be- Neve that a relative ofgMr. Slosson’s ~partuer of Sehell—- died, and that the usual announcement, “Clod in com sequence of a death in the family,” was posted upon the. office ; this led people to believe that the offise was. giesea a cae juspoeof Mr Sohell's eeease. Uoon im. quiry Tesidence of the gentleman yest: evening, rvs bore that he was progieer ing favors ly Novarascone. ecence. Tur Weatuer continned remarkably fine du yes- terday, the mid. calm and genial warmth Britten com: siderable remerk At he)f-past three in the afternoon we. bad a slight rprivkling of raia, which continued to fall. gently up to seven o'clock in’ the evening, The ther- mc meter at the # Lp building ranged duting the day, thus: at noon. 65°; atSP.M,543,°; at OP. M 55g. ‘The night clored in very warm, but with a heavy aky and. @riight fog It is expected that we will experience a ebort winter, and have protracted spring. At eleven. o'clock, night a heavy rain commenced to fall Gas Licut —The committee appointed by the Board of” Aldermen to investigate the new system propo-ed for lighting the city with gas, will hold another meuting thie afternoon, in the library of the City Hall The popular interest in the suocess of this company ari-e: from the- fuct that it is proposed by # new patent proonss tn furnish citizens. Who become stockholders. at the rate of $2 1234 per 1,000 cubie feet. (the price charged by the old mono- poly company is $3 30,) and to nom-stockholdiag con- eumer! $250 Itin eatimated that at these prices the aggrenate saving to citizens will be half 2 milion of dol- Jara per anoum, and to the city, {m lighting it with gas, thirty thousand dollare At the prices named sbove, a. better urticle will be furnished, and the oitiz-us relieved frcm the difliculties they nave suffered solong fon badly lighted streets. or rather from their so frequently being lighted at all Tur Sint Sewers and Sramsrresses? Usion,—The. Indies having charge of the arrangements have decided. upon keeping the feir open at Metropolitan Hil until teno'cleck this evening If the ladies and temen off the city muke onb rally to-day in favor of troggling seamstress the society will be able to employ forty more. hands during the next winter Think of your toil worn. sisters, crowd to the iair and you will epjoy some sgree- able hours with the consciousness of having dous « really” good act Anxivat oF Esticrants —The ship Middlesex, which. arrived in this port Wednesdey Inet, from Liverpool, brought out as many as nine handred emigranw. of ali ages, classes, and conditions. The vessel experienced some heavy weather, but we understond had very little: tickners on board Surcipe ny Drowsixc.—Coroner Ives held an inquest yesterday sficrnoon, at the Fourth ward station house, upon the bedy of an unknown man, who drowned him- telf at ten o'clock on Wednesday night. Jamon Samil- ton. sworn—Iam a private watchman; last Wednos night I was watching some cargo as the dock foot of Ol verstreet; [saw the decrased run from the sidewalk am@ jump directly into the water; he did not fall, bat jam in; I did not know the man; I cannot tay if he was in liquor; he did not sppearto be. Phillip Ooigan also. sworn—I am & policeman of the Fourth district; at ten o'clock on Weduerdey night I was on daty in South street; heard there was a tian in the water, and ran to the spot; he was alive when we got him out; we could have got him out sooner but for want of lights; the water was not deep; he died on his way to the station houre; the deceased iv about five feet eight inches high, With long. dark brown hair and whiskers; had on a calico under-hirt light colored striped vest. new black pants, end coarse boots. The jury rendered a verlict of suicide by drowning on the 7th inst. ‘The testimony of officer Colgan is Smportané. as rhowing the nesesslty which exists for the placing of Jamps either upon the piers or in the hands of the night policeman. At alate our last eventng the body remained at the station house without identification. Artevrtep Suicipe.—At about 10 o'clock last night a German pamed Frederick Herzeg jumped into the river ac the foot of Twenty third street, with intent to drown himeelf.’ He sustained some severe bodily injuries in bis descent, but was providentially rescued by officer Had: of the Eighteenth ward. He was transferred from the station house to the Bellevue Horpital. Deatn From VioLentinsunies,— Che Joroner held au in- inquest at the Oity Hospi'al yesterday morning us0n the: body of Thomas Farmer who died there from the effect ofim- juries inflicted upon him by several mens short timesiace, octor George Suckley dv posed—I sm house physician to the hoepital; deceased was admitted upon thy of No- vember; be informed me thet when upon bis way to his veesel the night before, (the 27th ult ,) he was beaten by seme men; in the opiaion cf the surgeons it was requisite to pase a ligature around the cub-clavian artery; ampute- tion of the shoulder joint was also mecesary; the 03 ora- chii was dislcoated at the shoulder joint ; the head of the bone caured rupture of the sub scapula, or some ovher j this led to the formation re ; he died im conse- he did not know the mem, 27th ultimo, by some perecn or jury. Deceased was a native of Vermont. and thirty- seven years of age. No furiherevidence than that of t doc’ or could be procured. No one could tell any thi about the matter. and po pereon roemed to rerollert If Bo tbat t! range’, walkizg in the public strevte, in the fifth ward of the elty. is ret upon and beaten o the ex- tremity described by Dr. Suckley. a fow mights since and the corcner could not find ons pubiic offlcer 8 shadow of light upon the matter. Death rrom Intemrenance—Sraaxce Devustox— Coroner Ives held sm inquost yesterday at the nouse corner of Tenth avenue and Fifty. cighth street, upo the body of John Murphy.who died there under the following circumstances :—Patrick McPartland sworn—I koew the deceased since April Inst; Im cousin to his wife; she died last Octeber; he was @ drinking mon before that; tines bis wife died he alwavs kept im bed; be scarcely ever got up ; he fancied that be frequently saw bir wife and many other women; he did not appear sick; he geve way to grief and the bottie; he got nothing te hart him; he had good care; he died suddenly Catherine Quian de- d— Attended to the deceased; since his wite’s death cied he eaw many perrovr; he drank thre or four 8 day; be died suddenly on Wednesday nis ht. lict-Death from intemperanee, Deceased war forty years of age and a native of Ireland. Max Ovenuoann —Last night a on ons of the Bouth Ferry boats, being drunk at the time managed to t over the side of the boat into the elip. on the New ‘ork side. After shouting most lustily for help, he was rescued by Messrs Vam Toutten and De Avgelis, of the Revenue Department. ‘This is the fifth person. this year, that Mr De Angeiis has been instrumental in saving from drowning Accipent ny Brastixe Rocks.—On Wednesday evening * laborer pamed Jas McDonald eraployed in querying stones in Forty-eighth street. near Eleventh avenne. was sriou-ly mjured in his head and face by the premature. explorion of a charge. Ie was taken to the vity ifos- pital by the officers of the Nineteenth ward Crip Anan vonment.— About ten o’elock on Wednes- day pight o female child. apparently nine weeks old, wae found lying In the rear of ths houre No. 4 Goerek sti cccupied by Mr. Wm. Floyd. It was well dressed. a wispped in ap old overcoat Officer Acker, of the Thir- quence of the injuries; h Vercict— Death from be cons unknv-n to the teenth ward took it in charge and conveyed it to the Alms house yesterday morning. vis, Fall River; Geerge W. R.'W. Prillivm Charleston. 8. C. Plymouth; W Kingsbury. Conn. At the Iiving—Hon Gilbert Deon Ponghkeepsie; Hon - William Appleton, Boston; 0. J Morrell, do; & Proud- fit.'Troy; 8 R McCown, U.S A; Hom’ Jno Arnot. Bl- mira; FW. Armstrong, New Haven; Dr. B. Fullerton Miles, Philadelphia; Dr Lewis C, Puneheon. Savannah, Geo.;'3. Newton Helm, Natchez, Misa; SG. Austin, Buffalo; 8 A Chase. steamer Empire State; J A Kel- iy, Bath, Me ; R. Jones, Michigan: 0 M- Read. Erie, Pa.; jean Richmond, Buffalo; 8 Gilbért, lensburg. At the Howsrd--Hon &.D A.Noble, Michigan.; Mf Clark,. Vermont; Lieut @ 8, King. U. 8 Ni; J. Ernst; Philadel hia; U.K. Hammond, Norwich; J. Wiley. Phitadclphi . Cheviirr, Trenton; 8 Smith, Washington; @. Bullook. Philedelphin; 8. B. ‘Tomlinson, Elmira; A. Lb. Ackley and femily, Auburn Muse At the Astor...T, Jones Botton; 0. Shower, Philadel phia; JB, Wiliams, Ithasa; P.’ A. Broome, Philadel- phia; Sir Geo, Simy Montreal; @ Alsop. do ; E. W. Biitebford. St. Louie: At the’ American. .J. H. Watts, Philadelphia; ‘ard, Va. P. D, Keefe, Worcester; Dr. Murtreo. Vas Geo, Newboll, Maes ; B. Robertson. Baltimore; M. M. Tyler. New Haven; Purser Abbott, U. 8 N. ‘@ P. R James, H. BM, Consul for the State of Virgipia visited the navy yard and the U. 8 ship Penn- ja. on the Oth inet., where he was received with the onore and a salute 1 Franklin Pierce arrived in Lowell on the Tth inet ., and is stopping at the Merrimack House. Exxcrorat Coniran or Tesnessee —The Elec- toral College of Tennessen met im this ety on Wednes- day. and cast the vote of Tennessee for Scott and Gra- ham, Major Henry. for the State at May and N. G. Taylor for the first district, being absent, the place of the: former was filled by the election of Colonel M. 4. faynes, and of the latter by th tion of W. A. Bicknell, Haq. On yesterday, the college elected J. G. Frazier, Beq , of” Smith messenger to carry the vote to Washington city.” College adjourned sine dic,——Nashe! After which Union, Dee. 3, Court Calendar—This Day. Common Puvas.——Pert 1—Nos 687, 541, 543. 645, 547, 649. B51. 653 866, 657 550 F61, 568, 565, Part 2.—Nos, ay 664, 668, 670, 672, 674, 676, 678, 680, 682, 684, 686, 638, Surenron Count —(Two branches)—Nos. 260, 143, 688, 419 392. 694 596 507. 609 601, 696 608. 612 613 615. 250, 619, 620, 621, 622, €23 626. 627. 628. 631. 682, 634, 637, 658; 059, 640, 470. €41, 643, 644, 645, 646 647, 650, 651, 653 Wigs and Toupees.—Batchelor’s Sew Style 1€ wig fre pronounced the moss perfect imitation of ure ye veuted. Thora w: superior a1 shonfé call st BATCHELOR’ ted wig {notory, Now (Wall streot, where sen be found the largess and boed sae sortment in the city. Copy drone. Would have Luxe olwstering around your brows, li vine tendrils ro ration, kno TADORO'S and sold by ©: thronghout the farbionable world ag Dreservativs vod beantifior, Manufsot istadoro No 6 Astor House, Clouds Break Away Before the Light of trothe ie Van Jensen aimaroved wi it id Pariar el aft, Purehane thas celebrated ard rege oa onl “4 v C ; hair has displaced the sickly and decayed bros sf disfigured head, Depot rome 123 Chambers street, *