The New York Herald Newspaper, January 14, 1853, Page 4

eee NEW YORK HEP. arp. JAMES GORDC , ZENNETT, PROPRIETO 2 4ND EDITOR. Rae OFFICE N. W. CORN&N GF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. aren Terms, cash On adinarers. THE DAILY IER ALD, two cents per copy—$7 per an- nus THE WEEKLY HERALD, every Saturday, at 6%; con's per copy, oF $3. Per annum ; the European Edition, $4 per annum, to wey ort of Great Britain, and $5 to any part of he Continent. ¥ oth to include the postage. JOB PRIIFING executed with neatness, cheapness, and Advertisments renewed every day. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BOWERY THRATRE, Bowery—PutNaM—TRoand Curer. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Prrnicoat GOvERN- ae. yA—MARKIBD AND SkTriep—Mons. Descha AMOMKAUX. NIBLO'S—Darcurer or Tux ReOIMENT. BURTCQN’S THEATRE, Chambers etreet-—LavGu AND ‘Snow Fan—Paius anv Loxvoy. NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—Eve or WaTER- ao—G, ALR BREEZELY—SIGUAN BRIDE. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Covsm Wasen—Sraxn THe PLOU Gti Broadway—Poor WHITE’S THEATRE OF VARIETIES, 17 and 19 Bowery— Sux Decks or Crime—Koven Diamonp—Rucuarp III. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon—Raymonp AND Acye—Geverat Tom Taump, Eyening—Forry Pascves— wena Tom Tauas. HELLER’S SALOON, 539 Broadway—Necromancy. GEORAMA, 586 Broadway—BaNvARp's PANORAMA OF THE Mery Lanp. CHRISTY’S OPERA HOUSE, 472 Broadway—Prmoriay Manernetey py Cuurty’s Mistress. Woon’s MINSTRELS, Wood's Musical Hall, 444 Broad. way—ErqioPlan MINSTKELSY. GIRCUS, 37 Bowery—EQcmerkiAy ENTERTAINMENTS, DOUBLE SHEET. New York, Friday, January 14, 1853, The News. This is likely to be a regular gala day, not only in this city, but in every town and village in this part of the country. The snow which fell at intervals through- | out yesterday and last night, had ceased to descend | | the telegraphic when this sheet went to press, at three o'clock this morning, and the atmosphere gave token of a clear and cold day. The sleighing will be capital, except where the snow has been already worn off the rough cobble stones, in some of the streets down town—con- sequently, horsefiesh, bells, and furs will command an enormous premium, while railroad cars and carriages will be far below par, except among the elder clas: Our reporter has furnished a full account of the storm and its effects, in another column. Owing to the storm and fog, the steamer Asia was tnable to proceed to sea yeste: She will proceed t Liverpool this morning, provided the weather is favorable. Just as we were beginning to look for the arrival ‘ pate ye of the new Cunard steamer Arabia at this port, we | received a despatch from Halifax, announcing that | she was yesterday compelled to put into that place for fuel. This is rather unfortunate for a first voy- age—however, it must be taken into consideration that the weather of late has been very unpropitious for ocean navigation, and that one or two other steamers had been previously compelled to go into | the same port, under like circumstances. The politi" cal news brought by the Arabia is of no spe- cial importance. Everything was quiet throughout the European continent. general interest, it is stated that the venerable mother of Kossuth, and Mr. Hield, the husband of Lala Montes, are dead. A number of Chinese recently mutinied on board the ship Gertrude, and the result was that seventeen of them were shot. The insur- rection in Turkey has been compromised. The com- mercial accounts represent the Liverpool markets as being exceedingly dull. Cotton had experienced a very slight decline in price. The Illinois came up to town yesterday. The statement in the Heratp, that the towboat Titan did not bring her up, “owing to some difference as to the amount of remuneration requisite,” was incor- rect. The facts are these: The Illinois passed San- Among other items of | 4 | having reached the comm: dy Hook about five o'clock Tuesday evening, and | before she could reach the inner buoy it was dark, and the weather quite thick, which rendered it ne- cessary for her to anchor, the pilot refusing to bring her up till the next morning. During that night the recent gale commenced, and when the steamer attempted to start in the morning her larboard cyl inder broke; this rendered it necessary to disconnect the engines to make the sound one serviceable, and after doing this the one engine was found to in. sufficient in power to bring the steamer up to her anchor, in the face of the gale. The towboat Achilles being in sight, was then signalized, and, as has been before stated, did not succeed in bringing the net, it is certain that it will be a unit, let the materials come from whatever section they may, To be sure, the General may meet with momen- tary difficulty in the adjustment of the component parts of his new household, and possibly be obliged to select seme of the more recently seasoned pieces of timber; but it is believed that the specimens from New Yark wil! not be overlooked. In the competi- tion among the large States, Pennsylvania, thus far, has made but slow progress, and Ohio can hardly be said to have entered the lists. Virginia has shown a vaviety of samples; but since the rumored refusal of Senator Hunter to serve in the cabinet, on any terms, nothing has transpired to indicate whether the other materials of the Old Dominion are looked upon with favor or not. Fortunately for Gen. Pierce, office seekers have become exceedingly scarce in the vici- nity of Concord, since his late bereavement and the adjournment of the New Hampshire Legislature. From Albany we are informed that but little busi- ness was transacted in the Legislature yesterday ; nevertheless, our special correspondent has supplied many interesting paragraplis from that city. By re- ference to the slave transit bill, offered by Mr. Taylor, it will ke observed that it is merely a copy of a de- funct law of this State, with the exception of the mere shortening of the time in which slaves are to be per- mitted to remain within our limits. Besides one day's later advices from California, our columns to-day contain a large amount of late and interesting intelligence from the countries bor- dering on the South Pacific, Kingston, Ja., Cuba, &c., to which the attention of the reader is directed, as containing much general and useful information. According to news from Cienfuegos, Cuba, the Queen of the Antilles is ina highly prosperous con- dition. The produce of sugar and molasses is very great, and it appears that one planter,an American, derives an immense income from his estate. This in- telligence, in contrast with that received from Ja- maica, indicates the value of slave labor in sugar cul- tivation. In face of such results is it surprising that the slave trade should be vigorously and boldly pro- secuted ? The ladies of this country will find in another column an interesting account of the Paris fashions for January. The details of the new dresses will attract their attention. Now that the empire is wn fait ac- compli, fashion will assume its proper sway over well, who was injured by the railroad catas- trophe, near Amherst, died last Tuesday. One or two other serious railroad accidents are recorded under 2d. A private correspondent at Concord states that General Pierce has returned to Amherst, where his wife has remained since the loss of their child. In the Board of Assistants, last evening, the stand- ing committees for the present year were appointed, and with tl ception nothing of public interest transpired. The names and details will be found in our official report. Judge Betts, in the United States Circuit Court, delivered an opinion yesterday adverse to the motion made to quash the indictment against the parties charged in the cases of the Henry Clay and Reindeer steamboat disasters. The trial of the officers of the Reindeer will be proceeded with this morn: The great Mason Will Case, which has been in liti- ‘ation for thirteen years, and has occupied the Su- preme Court circuit for several days past, was sub- mitted to the jury yesterday evening, under the charge of Judge Roosevelt. the validity of the will. It is said that upwards of one million dollars are involved in the issue. Our reporter attended last evening at Metropolitan Hall, for the purpose of taking notes of a lecture advertised to be delivered by E. P. Whipple, Esq., of Boston. A telegraphic despatch, however, ‘ee of arrangements, inti- mating that Mr. Whipple was unavoidably detained at Springfield, the Rev. Dr. Hawkes volunteered to supply his place, provided the reporters of the various journals present abstained from taking notes; and our own reporter, unwilling to deprive the ladies and gentlemen present of so rich a treat as an address from the reverend and eloquent gentleman, complied with the request. The Debate In the Senate—Our Foreign Policy. The main points of the debate of Wednesday. in the Senate, were fully foreshadowed in the columns of this paper many days ago. Though we may not have and elegant diction which add a charm to whatever falls from the lips of two or three og the Senators, we may at least congratulate our- selves on baving anticipated them in their ex- position of the leading features of our foreign | policy, and experience a certain sense of pride at f of the country have adopted the views which we were the first to propound. The United States are now entering on an eventful era in their history. The re-asseriion of the Monroe deetrine is destined to make a | wonderful change in our relations with Europe, steamer up to her anchor. The Titan being next in sight, was signalized, and when hailed by Captain Hartstein. Captain Hazard | was asked what his price would be to take a hawser | from the Illinois’ bow and haul towards her anchor. A price was named; but the pilot of the Illinois ad- | is s estat $ | was no news.” Now, the leading British journals vised Captain Hartstein not to make the at- tempt, because if the hawser should part, with the anchor cable slack, the steamer would be in danger of being blown aground. Captain Hartstein then hailed the Titan again, and asked what he would ebarge to bring up the mails and passengers. Cap- tain Hazard replied, and named a price; when Capt. Hartetein said, “Come alongside, then, and take them.” But, instead of complying, the Titan moved off. The probability is, that if the attempt had been made to take off the mails and passengers it would | have been unsuccessful, in consequence of the strength of the gale at that time. The Illinois came ap y day, with only one engine and one wheel, and landed her mails and passengers safely. The proceedings in the United States Senate yes- terday, though quite interesting, were not of an im™ portant character, except so far as concerns the con templated railroad to the Pacific, which a majority of the members now seem disposed to favor. In the House of Representatives a charge was made by one of the members of the Military Commit- tee, that his coadjutors were deficient in attention to their duties, which gave rise to a very spirited de bate. An interesting controversy followed, upon the bill to prevent frauds upon the Treasury, in which Mesers. Corwin, Gardiner, Galphin, and some other gentlemen, were handled in a style that was not a all to be envied. A motion to lay the bill on the table was negatived by the decisi to one hundred and forty-eight nays, and th was then ordered to a third reading. become a law, it will at least have th ” compelling Congressmen, and other government em ‘ees, to attend to their legitimate duties. We are pleased to learn, among other interesting 8 from Washington, that the health measure Should this bil, R. King is improving. The National Intell r that he will make the voy: the United States steamer Fulton, wh his convenience at the Washington Nav As many of the new Washington continue t voring to mislead the pu neernin and his future policy, it may be worth wh what straighten matters, and at th 1 a littie light upon the subject. Among ott tows we lear, from a reliable source, that there is no foundation for the report that the Republic is to be pu ed and made the mouth-piece of p th it is unders winder the supervision of the editors of Hy mpshire Patriot. The General will not considér any but, on the contrary, will rec ‘as his onjgans whose conductors have the ability and enterprise to fully independently journal ae his especial or wnise those news and reflect ter” | It is not many years since the London papers used to announce, in balf a dozen lines, that the Ceres packet ship had arrived from New York, with twenty days later advices, and that “there devote several columns a week to American intelligence, and the lengthy documents which are annually presented to Congress oceupy over a page of the London Times. Asyet they have een but the beginning of our rise and progress —the interesting essays of the youth who wears his manhood strangely, and has not become familiarized with his own strength. They will ere long discover that the United States ¢ more than interesting—that they are formidable, The Clayton and Bulwer treaty, the British colonizing projects in Honduras, and those of the French in Sonora and Samana, are probably destined to be the occasion of the discovery. There is nothing in Senator Soule’s speech on Wednesday which could be properly character- ized as “mere rhetoric.” It stands out amid the volumes of empty speeches in bold contrast. You will seek in vain in it any aiming at popular effect—any cloaking of perfidious de. signs, under a mantle of high sounding lan- guage—any loose indulgence in hyperbole. The -haked facts are laid plainly before the publ and the remedy is pointed out. Whate may have been the private belief of Mr, John M. Clayton, it is beyond a doubt he allowed the representative of Great ritain to cajole him into executing a treaty practically disavowing the very principl he was directed to affirm. While this country expected of him that he would for ever putan end to British cole tion in Central | America, he really conceded ihe right of Great | treaty Great Britain bound her the interests and sentiments of the masses of the and is concerned, her pol and was expelled wit In 1742 miards an attemy war ¢ recapture t elf to abar them—but In a second treaty re-affirmed the first, and ain renewed her bat still Ruatan. In 1786, she mpelled to rel atan fortified he kept promises was while; but y of resuming possession of the ince that time, when an opportuni- soon afterwards seized 1 id s occurred, she has invariably contrived to Violence, fr: + nt her standard on its soil. ervations open of ene After about two hours | | absence, the jury returned a general verdict against our command the eloquence | ding that so many of the ablest statesmen | | able t ture, commerce benefit the great bulk of our citizens. | have all in turn served ber purpose ; the means were a matter of small moment. provided the end were gained. The Clayton-Bulwer treaty is the last attempt to gain a footing in Central America; and unless Congress act energetical- ly. the British flag will soon be firmly planted on the territory of Honduras. It is quite in harmony with the character of the past diplo- macy of Great Britain to confound “a license to cut wood” with the right of colonizing, and under guise of protecting the former. to extort a concession of the latter. Fortunately, though such a device may have deluded Mr. John M. Clayton. it could not escape the vigilance of the Senate. and in our present plethora of strength. it was gratuitous to expect that this country would suffer itself to be so grossly imposed upon, We are sorry to perceive that some of the whig | Senators are attempting to make this a party question. We should blush to think that any re- spectable political party in this country could accept the responsibility of Mr. Clayton’s errors, or deny the absolute necessity of maintaining the Monroe doctrine. There are faults to which it is more damaging to plead innocent than guilty; and of such is Mr. Clayton’s management of the treaty in question. It is not. that we are aware, a whig doctrine to recognize the right of Great Britain to encircle us on every side with armed colonies; and whatever Mr. Mangum may think. he would find few supporters if he appealed to his party to facilitate the settlement of Guate- | mala and Mexico by foreign emigrants. The necessity of preserving our undisputed control over this continent is not more apparent to the democratic than to the whig mind. It is a propesition which none who rightly estimate the dangers of a cordon of British and French colonies around this country can venture to deny. The gentlemen who have fancied they were throwing a cloak over Mr. Clayton's de- linquencies, by becoming security for his patriot- ism and honor, would have served their friend better by acknowledging his error, claiming for him the forgiveness of the House, and being the first to advocate the termination of the treaty. Europe will find that the day has passed when this country can be either frightened or deceived into renouncing its rights. The re-assertion of the Monroe doctrine will put an end at once and for ever, both to British protectorates of funcied Mosquito kings, and to foreign usurpa- tion of American territory, under whatever flag sheltered. The resolution can no longer be viewed as a mere expression of opinion; backed | by an extraordinary credit of ten millions of dollars. it is a substantial act—an unalterable | principle—to be carried into effect whenever oc- easion offers. When it is known in Europe that the President is enabled and instructed to pre- vent any foreign power taking root in America, we shall hear of no more modest requests from Great Britain that we should join her in protest- | ing against interference with Cuba, and of no further French settlements in Mexico. In the language of Senator Soule. we wish not to light up any fires which might lead to a general com- bustion, nor are we insensible to the danger to this country of a contest with any of the great maritime powers; but we wish the world to know that they cannot presume too far on our prudence or our tolerance. We have borne long and patiently many violations of our rights, without other remonstrance than a mere wordy protest ; we shall talk less and act more in fu- ture. Prepared, anxious, sincerely desirous of peace, we shall consider peace endangered by any European colonization on this continent ; and shall esteem that calamity best averted by a serious preparation for war. If Great Britain persists in creating straw monarchs in Central America, in whose name she can hold forts to molest us and endanger our security, the blood to be shed in a war will rest on her heard not on ours ; but we should ill provide for the peace of our children in this Union, were we to allow the present inconvenience of hostilities to deter us from gaurding against the inevitable danger with which such establishments would be fraught to them. If Louis Napoleon dreams of | shedding lustre on his reign by adding Sonora to France, h¢ must be told in unmistakeable language, that any such attempt will be con- strued into a declaration of war with the United States. and serious preparations must be made | to carry out the threat. We do not apprehend that a rupture will ever ensue in consequence of the re-assertion of the Monroe doctrine. Neither Great Britain nor France would have ventured so fur as they have done, if they had had the fear of serious resistance being attempted on our side. The vote of ten millions to the President, and the notice that the treaty concluded by Sir H. Bul- wer and Mr. Clayton will be terminaied, and held to be null and void, from a given day, will give to the Honduras and Sonora schemes a very different aspect from that which they now wear in Europe. Commerce or New York axp Statistics or | Trape.—We refer to the statistics of trade in New York. given in another part of our paper. They were prepared for publication on the first of January last, but, in consequence of the crowded state of our columns with foreign and domestic news, we have not been able to find | room for them until now. We have been com- pelled to use condensation in their preparation. Could we have spared the room, we could have greatly extended our collection of interesting | facts. Each leading article of trade, treated in | detail, would fill a column or more. Such pro- lixity for a daily newspaper was impracticable; | hence we have confined ourselves simply to a few prominent points, making our remarks quite brief, and, in other respects. to let the figures speak for themselves. We had prepared comparative prices for four periods, but were | compelled, from the reasons stated above. to confine them to two. Those slatistics will not. we trust out interest to the statesman, no less than to the merchant and man of business. They exhibit at j aglance, the fluctuations in supply and de- | j mand, with the rise and fallin prices. They | |i te the great prosperity of the country in ee over that of 1 and its rapid growth in | ] poy n, a8 well as in production and con- | mption. In all this, we witness the triumphs | f pence, which are greater those of war, i co-operation with free ins fons and perse- | habits of industry and enterprise | cesed to see Cor of year, j itio’ ch on and publi hole country, eg | ts for two 7 siater riods, vi the 30th June | and 31st December. They ud be found valu- i engaged in the pursuits of agrieul- ind manufactures, and hence In our brief plan, we were forced to omit many branches of trade, such as domestic man ufactures of cotton, wool, &e. These might RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE Navy—ImpoRrTANT Documents.—Among the most interesting mat- ter from WasKington, published in this morn- ing’s HeRacp, are the report and bill from Com- modore Stockton, Chairman of the Naval Com- mittee of the United States Senate, on the sub- ject of the re-organization of our dilapidated navy. We commend this report and this bill to the attention of our readers, but more par- ticularly to the law-makers of both houses of Congress, who have long required the practical information on naval affairs which Commodore Stockton is enabled at length to give them. There are several radical and excellent fea- tures of reformation iu the sailor Senator’s plan for putting the navy into ship-shape and good fighting order. The retired list for the worn-out veterans—the “old fogies” of the ser- vice—is, of course, the most prominent and the most essential thing of this scheme, or of any scheme, for reinvigorating the right arm of our national defence and national glory. Let the superannuated old commodores — retire—let them be well taken care of for what they have done; but get them out of thenavy. They have too long overshadowed the enterprising spirit of the younger officers, and have thus too long kept the navy in the back ground. Let the re- tired, also, for God’s sake, embrace those good- natured old men, who hold possession and con- trol of the various bureaus of the Navy Depart- ment. Let those ancient and venerable men, Full of wise saws and modern instances, and tenacious to the last of the superiority for speed of the model of Noah’s Ark, and who be- lieve steam to be a new fangled humbug in- troduced into the navy—let them abdicate, and all of their school; and let other men, identi- fied with the spirit of the progress and the im- provements of the age, step into their places and take the helm and the trumpet. Let the Senator from New Jersey, who understands his business, be heard; and let the reformation of the navy begin with the retired list for the old people, who have reduced the service to the last degree of decrepitude and imbecility. The promotion of worthy young officers, and of the worthy, honest Jack tar of the lowest grade, upon the ground of merit, is also ahighly commendable feature of this practical measure of reform. It is the principle upon which the “Little Corporal” achieved his wonderful triumphs in arms, in the arts, and in every department of political and social improve- ment —the simple principle of advance” ing the best men, in whatever grade they may be found. Let us have this Napoleonic principle universally applied, and we shall soon astonish even ourselves, with our achievements in the art of war, or in the arts of peace, on the land and on the sea, at home and abroad. But let us, atall events, ap- ply this saving principle to the navy. We are upon the threshhold of great events. The complex and weighty responsibilities which have grown up in our foreign relations during the last four or five years, suggest the necessity, most imperiously, of a re-organization of the navy. It is the first necessity of theday. We want efficiency, enterprise, skill, activity, and discipline, first infused into the personnel of the service ; and then we want more ships—more sailing ships. if you please, but more steamers inevitably. Even for the peace establishment, looking to the extended and still extending wants of our commerce, our present steam na- val force is wholly insufficient. What, then, without considerable strengthening, can we ex- pect of it in the possible exigency of a collision with one or more of the naval powers of Europe? But the first necessity is efficient and active men. To secure them, the old set must give way, and merit must be promoted. We trust that Congress will turn its attention to Commo- dore Stockton’s report and bill. He begins at the right end for strengthening the navy. It has become feeble, very feeble, when it should be strong. There are gathering specks of war in the horizon, and they all hang over the ccean. Our next collision—and sooner or later it must come—will be upon the salt water; and though we have no fear of the result, we should be prepared to give some protection to our com- ftherce in the outset, and to prevent, by a cor- don of vigilant steam cruisers, the unadvised bombardment of our seaboard cities, Let the navy be strengthened; but first let it be re-or- ganized. Nor do we see why Congress should not at once take up the bill reported, and act upon it. All the signs of the times around us point to the navy, and call for action. Some- thing. and that soon, must be done. City Rerorm axp Psevpo-Parriors. — A short time ago, as our readers will recol- lect. a junta of individuals, styling themselves City Reformers. put their wise heads together, in conclave. for the purpose of overthrowing the gigantic corruption and enormous abuses that prevailed in the corporation. Their watchwords were “retrenchment and reform ;” but the So- lons. as if conscious that their own motives were not right, and that there was something rot- ten at the root. endeavored not only to exclude the press from their meetings, but abused the newspapers. never dreaming that without the aid of these moral engines no political reform could ever be achieved. Just as we anticipated, this hollow humbug fell through in a few days, having died a natural death for want of the free air and pure light of heaven. Another move- ment of the same kind has now succeeded it; and is likely to share the same fate. Instead of calling « public meeting, in the light of day, and inviting the attendance of the press to report the proceedings, these queer reform- ers issue secret circulars, and held a private meeting at the Stuyvesant Institute, leaving on the public mind the indelible impres- sion that they are afraid their proceedings should see the light. and that there is something at the bottom besides retrenchment and reform. If this be not the ease. then the citizens of New York must forma very curions opinion about the sagacity or even the common sense of these gentlemen, who propose to effeet great and salutary reforms by the opera ma of public opinion. and yet keep the public in the dark about the whole matter. In this free country. ifthe aims and objects of men be geod s for concen! me there is no necessity the contrary, any attempt at twill always kill any movement, no matter low excellent in design or well in- tended it may le. When we called for a pub- cresy ; on lie mecting of t) were made away with, where were these reform- ers, who are ‘so zealous and patriotic in when the evil is all done? 8 ing the stable door after the hor: stolen; and we suppose that when the Park is sold, and all the rest of the public property of the citizens disposed of, there will be another grand secret movement, when the wiseacres, without anybody to listen to them. or report- agi oe now seeret session le v 8 e citizens, before their rights | + Bete world, will mutter and mumble in the darkness and obscurity of some back-room, instead of coming forward, in an open and manly manner, and proclaiming their sentiments in the face of day. and while yet exposure can be of any service to the community. Musical and Theatrical Matters. No city in the Unionis soreplete with musical talent as our own at present. We have two opera troupes—one with Sontag and the other with Alboni—each perfect in its organization, and each attracting crowds. But the pre- sence of these distinguished vocalists should not allow us to forget that there is also another, almost equally dis- tinguished artiste with us, of which we hear but little. Paul Julien, it was rumored but a week ago, was about to delight us again with his exquisite instrumenta- tion. This little boy is, beyond) doubt, one of the finest performers on the violin we have yet heard in this country; yet this little child is almost unconscious of his own ability. No artiste that we have heard possesses so irreproachable and correct a style as Paul Julien. He is none of those superficial precocities so often met with, but a true and genuine musician, whom we are always delighted to listen to. We understand that he has vo- lunteered his services for the concert of the Philharmonic Society, which is to take place at Niblo’s, on Saturday, 15th, and that he will play, for the first time in New York, “La Dance des Sorciers,”? (the Witch Dance,) one of the best picces of Paganini. We are happy to learn that Madame Sontag has fully recovered from her illness, and will appeer to-night, at Niblo’: the “Child of the Regiment.’’ This is the last time she sings inthis opera. The ‘Barber of Seville” is next to be produced. Madame Alboni announges that she will bring out, at Metropolitan Hull, on Sunday evening next, the grand oratorio of “Stabat Mater,” and the Prayer from “Moses in Egypt.” It may be interesting to those who admire theatricals to know tbat Burton plays Marall for Mr. Dyott’s bene- fit, which, we believe, is the first time of his playing that part since he appeared in the same réle with the cele- brated Edmund Kean, during that great tragedian’s last engagement in this country. The First Snow Storm. SLEIGHING CARNIVAL IN NEW YORE—FUN IN BROAD- WAY—THE EFFECT OF THE STORM HERE AND ELSE- WHERE. ‘The storm continued with unabated rigor during Wed- nesday night, and yesterday morning the snow lay from eight to nine inches deep upon the ground, taking the en- tire of the level surface of the city. In undisturbed places the drifts were yery heavy. The wind blew a strong gale from the northeast, and remained in that point, with very slight variation, from early morning up toa late hour last night. ‘The advancing day was exceedingly cold. At half past seven o'clock the thermometer stood at 30° degrees. The merry tinkle of the first sleigh bells aroused the people at daybreak, and afforded a joyous impulse toward fun and frolic to each, The mammoth stages, belonging to ihe difierent city lines, drawn by sprightly teams of four, six and cight horses, were in early requisition, and before noon an omnibus running upon wheels was looked upon as an antiquated mode of conveyance. ‘The entire town was in motion, and every person, young and old, male and female, prepared for sleigh riding and sport. In Broadway, the fun soon grew “fast and furious,” and the great thoroughfare presented an exciting and varied scene, not excelled, and perhaps unequalled, by the merriest carnival display seen either in Rome or upon the Rialto. The centre of the street was cecupied by one unbroken line of stage sleighs, running up and down, whilst the entire way was crowded with those of private fumilies, dashing along with a rapi which would have been dangerous but for the grace with which they were driven. A person standing at one point, and glancing to the right or left, became almost bewildered with the variety of robes, winter dresses, blooming faces, cheers, and merry greetings, which saluted his eyes and ears. The large public stages were crowded to overflow- ing, and the ery of «‘ plenty of room,’ with ringing laugh- ter, and inviting smiles, weleomed each new passenger. Some drove up the avenues with as many as eighty persons and none enjoyed the fun more than the ladies. Every hair-breadth escape froma sudden capsize occasioned a fresh biirst of laughter on their part, whilst the gentle- men in passing vehicles saluted each other with hearty and repeated cheers. The well-matched horses, decorated with strings of burnished Dells and polished harness, looked very fine. In private sleighs they were driven singly, and in double and tandem style, whilst the majority of those of the stage lines were drawn by six horses. Noon, evening, and at midnight, the scene was still the same, The very side-rails of the stages were filled with people, and every jolt, jam, and incident produced a fresh burst of laughter and fun. All were in good humor, and accommodating. Ladies were provided with seats in every available angle, and looked upon the temporary in conveniences under which they labored as adding zest © the sleighing amusements of our first snow storm, ‘The boys had a day suited to their most ardent wisbes, and they kept a constant fire of snow balls from stage to stage, which, falling at random in the crowd, afforded much fun andmerriment. THE WEATHER DURING THE DAY. ‘The snow continued through the day, becoming more light as the evening advanced. At half-past eleven o'clock at night it had ceased, but the sky remained very dark and heavy. The wind blew northeast. ‘The ther: mometer at the Hexaw building ranged at eight o'clock A. M., 5024 deg.; at noon, 50 deg. ; at three P. M., 31 deg.; at five P.'M., 21 deg.; and at eleven o'clock at night, 2014 deg. The snow was soft upon th und, and if we had a sharp frost the sleigh riding would be more pleasant. EFFECTS OF THE STORM-—THE CITY KAILROADS. ‘The cars upon the Sixth and Eighth avenue lines, with those of the Harlem road, found it impossible to run upon the tracks through the city, at a little past midnight ot Wednesday, notwithstanding that men were employed to keep the grooves in the rails clear up to that, hour. ‘They plied as sleighs during yesterday, at the usud time, and were well supported by the people, being crowded at every trip. THE PERRIES, STEAMERS AND SHIPPING. The different ferrybonts made their regular trips during the day, travelling # little more slowly, but landing with-. out difficulty. The steamers State of Maine and Knicker- bocker, which left this city on Wednesday afternoon, were lying at Throgg’s Point yesterday evening, unable to pro- ceed, in consequence of the severity of the storm. ‘The steamer Fmpire State, from Poston, made her landing at pier No. 3, North river, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of after a rough passage. She brought us Boston papers, which were duly forwarded by Messrs. Kinsley & Co., express agents. ‘The steamships Empire City, for New Orleans and Hi a, and the Asia, Lott, for Liver- pool, were at anchor in the North river lastevening. We had no report of any accident to the shipping. Further particulars are published under our ship news head. RAILROAD TRAINS TO AND FROM NEW YORK. The train from Philadelphia, which was due at half. part nine o'clock on Wednesday night, had not reached Jersey City at half-past twelve o'clock yesterday. It was reported that there were enow upon the line of a depth of six feet. The train arrived at a quarter-past two o’clock in the afternoon. The Camden and Amboy train had not been heard from at five o'clock last evening. Upon the Central Railroad, the usual train from Eas- ton, Pa., was still due at a late hour of last evening, THE HUDSON RIVER ROAD. Messrs. Livingston & Wells, Wall street, received wm telegraphic despatch from Poughkeepsie at noon yesier- day, to the effect that no_ train belonging to this line had arrived there from New York during the day. ‘The Albany express train due here Wednesday night, reached the city at eight A. M., yesterday morning. None of the down trains of ‘terday arrived up to a late hour of last night. About cight o'clock, night, a telegraphic message was sent from Voughkeepsie to the depot of the com} in Chambers street,” inquiring after the up trains, and stating that none had arrived there up to that hour. The same message announced that all the regular Albany trains were stopped at that place, and could not proceéd, Efforts were being made to open the track. THE NEW HAVEN RAILROAD. The heavy treight trains of this line, which should have reached re at half past two and half past eleven o'clock yesterday morning, had not been heard from at two o'clock in the afternoon. It was, however, learned soon after that hour that they had come as far as Forty-second street all safe, The freight was sent down upe hs. The passenger trains arrived in about four hours after time, at Harlem Bridge, and the passenger: were forwarded to New York upon sleighs. THE HARLEM RAULNOAD, Strenuous efforts were made by the company to keep pon this road open, and at § K last night the travel w the } alo the Miler train had arrived n, and the Albany 5 20, were still nig the ‘ternoon the engine Mor en: frou Harlem in order to push an up tra when returning it became so snow clogged + itran off the trek. near Harlem bridzo,and obstructed f the other train Some of the rely " "la fresh The tr in order to move them. were delaye average of three or four hours behind time, At a Ti clock last night the road was el The as uninjured. The passengers to and from nd Harlem enjoyed ¢ THE DAY, ollisions raculous, owing res, and the ». One immense nue line, when travel rr t which they were driven sleigh, belonging to the Fourth Jing to the South ferry, with an immense load, eame in contact with another, driving up Hroadway, when they neared the corner of Liberty street. The Fourth avenue vehicle was broken, but th passengers cscaped unhurt, and saluted the disabled vehicle with hearty eheers. A cartman, named John Harman, aged about twenty-one years, was thrown from a small sleigh, in Chambers street, by means of a collision, and had one of his thighs frac tured. He was taken to the City Hospital. A woman, oe aa © oye, Hyd ebuny by y resides at No. 12 Beekman street, was knocked stage sleigh while passing the corner of Duane ( ham streets. She had her skull fractured near the temple, and received a deep and extensive wound of the scalp. She was removed to the ital. A woman, named Catharine Mullane, fo. €8 Leonard’ street, was thrown down by a private sleigh, at the corner of Centre and Duane streets; she. had one of her arms fractured, and was removed to the City Hospital. The two women were cared for and taker there by officer Galligan, of the Sixth ward. A man, name unknown, was amined between two stage sleighs. at the corner of Broadway and Chambers street, and some of his ribs broken. He would not remain in the hospital. We may observe that the new splendid boats lately put upon the Catharine ferry afforded much satis- faction and comfort during the day, and contrasted agree- ably with those which were running there ashort time since. at TELEGRAPHIC. GREAT DEPTH OF THE SNOW—RAILROAB® BLOCKED UP--MAILS DETAINED, ETC. ‘ Aunaxy, Jan, 13, 1853. The Southern mails, due here at eleven o'clock last night, arrived here at ten o'clock this morning. The Western mails, due here at seven o'clock this moraing, are not yetin. A heavy snow storm prevails, Aunayy, Jan. 13—P. M. ‘The storm last night and to-day has blocked up all the railroads. There has not been an arrival from any dis- tance to-day. ‘The six o’clock morning train from New, York had not reached Poughkeepsie at eight o'clock this vening. bahntias NarrowseerG, Jan. 13, 1853. Snow fell here for twenty-four hours, and in now about twenty inches deep. The trains on the Erie Railroad have been greatly delayed, and the freight trains are scattered. along the road wherever the storm overtook them. The express train of last night, and the day express of to-day, going east, have passed thts station. The weather is now mild. - Onsvitze, Jan. 13, 1853. ‘The express train which left Jersey City at 6 P. M. yes~ terday, was detained at this place #bout twelve hours, being unable to force a passage through the mow in the cut a few rods west of this station. Boston, Jan. 18—12 o'clock M. A very severe snow storm commenced here early thie morning, and still continues, with every prospect of a heavy fall. The towboat R. B. Forbes, which was sent down to Minot’s Ledge yesterday, to take the place of the light boat Brandywine, was obliged to return to the city, it not being safe for her to remain. She reports bark Turk, from Malaga for Boston, in Nantasket Roads, with oth anchors down—the only vessel seen by her. Poston, Jan. 13—P. M. The storm still continues with unabated violence. Sic to eight inches of snow have already fallén, and badly drifted by a strong northeast gale. Reports from below state that a heavy sea prevails. ither the Fall River nor the Stonington trains have arrived, and are not ex- pected to-night. The train via Norwich came through in good time this morning. CoxcorD, Jan. 13—P, M. Winter has returned again. The thermometer is now at 22deg. This morning it was at 16 deg. The wind is northeast, and a snow storm is commencing, with signs of a heavy gale. Puitaprirma, Jan. 13—P. M. ‘The first New York train to-day arrived here at 6 P. M. The Western train from Pittsburg reached here at & o’clock this morning. The Baltimore train arrived at the usual hour. WneeuxG, Jan. 13, 1853, It has stopped snowing, and the weather is cold. Marine Affairs. DeveNTIos oF STEAMERS,—The R. M, steamship Asia, for Liverpool, and the Empire City, for Havana and New Or- leans, remained at anchor in the North River yesterday eyening. The Great Mason Will Case, SUPREME COURT —CIRCUIT. Before Hon. Judge Roosevelt. Jan. 13.—In this case the Judge delivered the fol- lowing ¢ : JUDGE ROOSEVELIS CILARGE. Inthe Mailer of Proving the alleged Will of Jon Mason, deceased—} lave hesitated, gentlemen, whether to eharge you orally in this case, or from written notes. Whatever may be the result, exceptions will probably follow. It would seem, therefore—as« matter of greater accuracy, and not involving greater labor—that the principal part, at least, of what I may have occasion to say to you should, be reduced to writing, in advance, The case is one of deep interest to the parties, and, from the numerous audience attending for so many days, we may infer, of some interest to others. It has been prepared with great skill and Industry and argued at great length and with unsurpassed ability, leaving little for the Court to do, except to recall some few of the more prominent features of the evidence, and to state the law, as the Court undervtande it, applicable to the points in issue. We are to inquire, gentlemen, into Mr. Mason's mind— to subject it to asort of post mortem examination—to as~ certain as far as practicable with the lights with which we have been furnished, the jowers and the purposes of that, mind on and before the 26th of September, 18.9, the date of his alleged will and the day of his death. With the legality, gentlemen of the jury, of the pro- visions contained in the paper which forms the subject, of this controversy, you have nothing to do. Whether the trusts, powers, limitations, conditions and future estates created in it. or attempted by it, are valid. or void, is a question, ifnot already settled, to be disposed, of elsewhere and on another occasion. Except in an incidental point of view, to which I shalt presently advert, you may dismiss the contents of the in- strument entirely from your consideration. Assuming these provisions to be valid, or assuming them to be void, the question still remains—the question which you are to try—were they and are they the will, the last will, of John Mason, truly and fuirly, when in a sound and disposing state, expressing the intents and purvores of his mind, and duly subscribed and pub- ished by him as and for his last will and testament? To warrant the probate of this instrument, it is indis~ pensably necessary, among other requisites, that the al- leged testator should at the time haye possessed a sound, mind and memory. The 18th section of the 2d article of the Revised Statutes, on this subject, declares that ‘every male per- son of the age of eighteen years or upwards, and every famale, not being a married woman, of the age of sixteen years or upwards, of sound mind and memory, and no others, may give and bequeath his or her pereonal estate, t ill, in writing.”? hat’ Mr, Mason put his signature to the payer, that he did so in the presence of two witnesses, that upon be asked whether it. was his will, and whether he reques them to witness it, he answered yes, or signified assent, can hardly be disputed. ‘These preliminaries, however, being essential, it will be for you, looking at the evidence, to determine whether they were complied with. But the great question, admitting that all the forms of law were duly followed, still remains. Was this instra- ment the production of Mr. Mason's intelligent mind P In other words, wus it made by Mr. Mason, or merely by his physica] hand and voice, impelled and guided by the intellect of others? Mr. Mason, ordinarily, asthe proof abundantly shows, was a man of strong, clear, and vigorous understanding. ‘asa poor boy, and been trained. He had-commenced life 4 in the school of necessity. By well directed and constant- lyexercised industry and business capacity, he had ac- cumulated a large fortune; and at the time of his death was the chief owner and chief ofticer of one of the firs’ banking institutions of the city. Of his testamentary capacity, therefore, up to the time of the commencement of his last illness, there can be no doubt—and none, I conceive, up toa day or two before his decease. For we have it in testimony, from two of the most intelligent witnesses, whose statements on a matter of fact are entitled to the most implicit reliance, that on the 19th, 20th, and 22d of September, (the testa- tor having died on the 26th,) they had, respectively, in- terviews with him, from halfan hour to an bour and a half in duration, conversing together on various business topics, in which they could dixcover no difference in hie memory or judgment, and, notwithstanding his physical sufferings, nothing indicating diminished ‘mental power. From the evening of the 22d, however, until the hour of his death, which took place, Dr. Berger says, ‘ about ‘one o’clook’’ in the afternoon of the 26th,the evidence as to the state of his mind is somewhat contlicting and con- tradictory. It is certain, however, that the doctor, sup~ posing, from the feebleness of his pulse, and the great. Segree of oppression in his breathing, that he was about ar ing, sat up with him ‘the whole night” of the 26th, un-- til about six o'clock the next morning; then returned again in two or three hours; stayed a short time, went away; returned again about half-past ten, and remained with him till after his death. ‘The doctor says, furthe: o’clocl sick”? nounced to the family, he thinks between eleven and. twelve, ‘that he war dying.” ‘You will bear in rnind that, in this same interval, ‘a few minutes before twelve,"! according to Mr. Strong, (and he fixes the time by his wateh,) the will was signed. ‘The patient, besides, ‘had, before this, beon suffering under repeated spasms or paroxysms, of greaier or less duration, sometimes * continuing a whole night.” And to the question ‘how long did. the paroxysin that took. oft Mr. Maron continue?” the doctor answers, © it.con- tinued for five or six hours,’’ and, like some of the previous ones, was ‘of great severity His eyes, s the nur-e, ‘ran water ;” and on one occasion, ing the mocning, just before the lawyer came, being called into the room, she found him “ talking or mutter- t his patient, at twelve and that he had an. ing to himeell.”” Speaking of the same period, another wilness, Flen Grahai, says she thought he was dying ; he wes much lower than ; his eyes were “ glossy: gud deathlike;” he said nothing, and “did not appear as could speak did not seem to m and looked * stupid. ‘This witness at , and another domestic of the name Gillen, testify to his prev ly mottering and himself, in what they considered an incoherent, nner, about chemicals, and banks, and horses, and the anything female witnesses, 01 of them, it has been sug gested, although not intending to misstate, may have fallen ‘into error in their conceptions of the supposed wanderings of the patient's mind. Tir. Van Rensselaer, however, whose testimony is now token for the first time, and whose professional expe ris of more than thirty-five years, gives much weight to his obvervations, way accidentally in the patient's room on the very proing, after breakfast, during the absencé of the attending physician, who, as he saya him- rel, was not there from about half-past eight or nine till about half past ten A maid servant, it reeme, tedivporition, eh Whong mal was seized with some andden Th ulerning, must have be nary We ROLE v's