The New York Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1853, Page 2

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Vive or six relief bills were passed, several memorials were presented, and a resolution was adopted calling for the award of Emperor Napoleon in the difficulty between this country and Portugal, growing out of the case of the brig Gen. Armstrong. During the executive session, the Senate had under consider- | ation the nomination of Hon. G. E. Badger as | United States Judge for the Louisiana district; but | prior to arriving at a conclusion thereupon, the me- ; | here and elsewhere; many telegraphic despatches | thority of the organ. It is doubtful, indeed, Jancholy announcement of the death of Senator Up- ham, of Vermont, was made, and the body imme- diately adjourned. ‘The House of Representatives yesterday took up and finally passed the bill to prevent frauds on the treasu- ry, by 134 yeas to 23 nays. The immense majority in | favor of this bill indicates the importance with which it is viewed by those who have had an opportunity of becoming thoroughly gcquainted with the different systems of Galphiniem practised upon the public treasury within the last few years. Letus hope that ‘this bill may have the desired effect of guarding, in | wome measure at least, the people's funds. Mr. Mar- shall yesterday endeavored to introduce his resolu- tion making an appropriation of ten millions of dol- | lars to enable President Pierce to meet any exigen- | | | | ¢ies that may arise during the recess of Congress. Owing to the present unpropitious aspect of our foreign relations, the necessity of a movement of this | kind is daily becoming more apparent. A lengthy | and spicy debate on the bill to suppress the circula- | tion of small notes in the District of Columbia, wound | up the labors of the House for the day. | According to the despatches from our special | Washington correspondent, Congress, after disposing | of the Clayton and Bulwer treaty, will find that it has enly drawn one thread from the entangled skein into | which our foreign policy has of late been twisted. It | having been rendered apparent that the negotiations | between the American Secretary of State and the | British Minister were ratified by the Senate, | under an entirely different construction from that afterwards placed upon it by ex-Secretary Clay- ton and the English government, it is probable that the whole matter will be set at rest by its | The affair growing out of the | entire abrogation. Squiers’ treaty with Nicaragua, the Presidents’s dismiseal of the minister of the latter country, &c., together with the propositions for reciprocity in trade with Canada, and for a tripartite treaty, will still re- main on the docket. The quietus will most likely be given to the last named arrangement by the adoption | ef General Cass’s resolution for the reiteration and | enforcement of the Monroe doctrine at every hazard. But the disposition of all these matters will not, by any means, wind up the business. It is rumored that eertain important overtures were made to this govern- ment, through its late minister, Mr. Tod, by the Emperor of Brazil, which have not as yet been brought to light. This, in time, will have to be in- quired into. Verily, the present administration is not destined to reap a profitable harvest from its boasted foreign policy. There will be more nettles than grain. It is understood that the negotiations for a treaty relative to the fisheries and reciprocity in trade with Canada have been forwarded to England, and will not be returned for some weeks. According to the eutline of this proposed convention, furnished by our special correspondent, it is improbable that it will ever be sanctioned by the Senate. Quite a spirited onslaught against the canal policy of Gov. Seymour was yesterday made in the Assem- bly of this State, by Mr. Burroughs, the independent democratic member from Orleans county. The recur- tence of the Legislature to the old and exciting question of enlarging and completing the canal is refreshing. It gives spice to, and makes far more palatable, what would otherwise, as a geueral thing, be dry and common place proceedings. Both the Senate and Assembly adjourned over till Monday, for want of business. Governor Clifford was inaugurated, and delivered his message to the Massachusetts Legislature, yester: day. A synopsis of the Governor's remarks will be found under the telegraphic head. The State Senate of Maine yesterday elected Hon. Wm. G. Crosby, (whig,) as Governor of that State, hy & majority of three votes. Ata late hour last night we received informati om | present or prospective interest. | have also had a variety of ramors concerning the | intimated yesterday, we rather suspect that | great central point for the dissemination of in- that two ships, one of them the Cornelius Grinnell ere ashore on the north part of Sqnan beach, The is from London, and has two hnndred passen gers on board The commercial y the Arabia 4 bronght b from Liverpool, caused considerable firmness and activity in the New Orleans cotton market yesterday A despatch from Halifax states that the Cunard steamer Arabia, after taking ir his at that port for New York, about 1 | Senate for the purpose of defending his fore day morning. As conside manifested with regard to the ant ted epeod of thie vessel, as compared with that of the Am an steamers, the attention of the reader is directed to | @ communication on that subject, in another colama The Board of Assistant Aldermen met last even and, after the transaction of some ordinary rou business, adjourned over for the term. The ne meeting will be in the firt week of February. The rules lately agreed upon for the government of tle | find wilh re-adopted, after a short but warm and rather per- sonal debate. We hav@a report. The Board of Aldermen have also adjourned until the first Monday in February. A desperate attempt was made last evening, by a negro, to take the lifeof Mr. Haydock, druggist, in Pearl street, by inflicting a wound across his throat with a knife. The particulars are given elsewhere. The jury have been empannelled in the case of the parties charged before Judge Betts, in the United States Circuit, with having caused the calamity on board the steamboat Reindeer, and the trial has | been definitétyrset down for Monday morning next. The trial of the owner and officers of the steamboat Henry Clay, has been postponed until March next, in consequence of the absence of witnesses for de- fendants. The United States District Attorney de- clared himself ready now, or at any time, to proceed with the case. Last evening, at § P. M., Miss Bacon delivered the | second lesson of her second course at the Stuyvesant | Institute, which has already been reported. Our columns to-day contain a graphic description of the sleighing festival; the effects of the weather relative to late Mexican news, suicides, accidents, markets, &c., and a large amount of other interesting information, to which the crowded state of our co- lumns will not permit us more particularly to refer. General Pierce and the Washington Organ. Is General Pierce to have an organ, a special organ, anda special organ grinder, at Wash- ington? Ifso, which is to. be the lucky paper, and who is to be the lucky man? And if not, why not? Ifyea, ewi bono? and if nay, what for? Let us consider these questions. General | Jackson and Martin Van Buren had an organ in the old Glove, and the heavy cudgel of Blair whipped all the factions, without mercy, | either into or out of the traces. But this was before the era of railroads and telegraphs. Mr. Polk had an organ; but Father Ritchie came rather late, and was out of his latitude at | Washington, and was entirely too amiable and temporizing in his disposition; and so the party, split up into various sectional and personal factions, has never been harmonized effectively to this day. The Union, transferred to General Armstrong & Co., is up again for the or- ganship; and having got the important conces- sion of the printing of both houses of Congress. considers itself as the legitimate heir to the throne of the organ grinder, And yet. from the signs of the times, it is doubtful whether the Union will be invested with the potential au- whether General Pierce will permit himself to be cramped by any special organ atall. It is very doubtful. The Union people are evidently troubled with some suspicions of this kind. We had re- cently to announce.to the astonished world that Mr. John W. Forney, Clerk of the House of Rep- resentatives, had made the pilgrimage to Con- cord, and we have since been advised that his trip was, perhaps, in reference to the Washing- ton Union, in which he is said to have some Again: A few days since. there appeared in the Union a care- fully written article defining its position, and shaping its policy after the official pronuncia- mentos of the Concord Patriot. Nobody can object to all this; but it indicates that the or- ganship at Washington is at least an unsettled and an open question. For the week last past the telegraph has been employed from day to day in various rumors respecting the alleged negotiations for the pur- chase of the Repudlic, with the view of making it a slashing. progressive, fire-eating democratic paper, and the special organ of Gen. Pierce. We establishment of a new paper, of the “fast” kind, peculiar to Young America; and that the Re- public, if purchased, or the new establishment. if set up, is to be controlled by a circle of Cara- yajal’s fillibusters. South Carolina fire-eaters and the most terrible and bloody radicals of the progressive democracy, as the only proper me- diums between the new administration and the | Amcrican people. It is not surprising. therefore. that the Union editors should have taken the alarm. But there | is, we apprehend, no necessity for it. As we | Gen. Pierce will not hamper himself with the | troublesome appendage of a Washington organ. What could he do with it? The party could not be rallied upon it—it could not re-unite the party; but it would be more likely, in disclosing the weak points of the ad- ministration, to enable the disaffected aspirants and cliques the more effectually to cripple its progress and break it down. We incline to think that General Pierce understands this business, and his true position, and the position of the country with regard toa special organ at Washington. The old time of stage coaches has gone by ; and railroads and telegraphs have destroyed the importance of Washington as the formation to the country. All the organs at Washington are thus left behind the age. One of the journals of New York gives more infor- mation of the events daily transpiring at Wash- ington, than all the papers of that widely scat- tered village put together. A special organ of the President at Washington, has, then, to all practical intents and purposes, become an obso- lete idea. In view of all these considerations, we think it very likely that General Pierce will have no special Washington organ. He wants no euch iucumbrance. Butitis highly probable that one or several new democratic papers will be started at Washington during the next six months, and just as probable is it they will die before or at the end of the year. But let General Pierce, in the present condition of the party and the country, beware of a special Washington organ. Ix Tre. Hon. John M. Clayton has been re-elected to the United States Senate just in of time. He will be enabled now to explain the foreign policy of Gen. Taylor's ad- ministration, as the various questions relating to Ouba, Hayti, Central Americ may arise. the nick Well, upon these things we have been | long enough in the dark; so let us have light th We trust that Mr. Clayton—elected to policy as Gen. Taylor's Secretary of State but if he does, he surpassing abilities will make out a good ca I] prove himself a man ¢ errons. Tun Crnst Evening Post has a great namber of faults t Mr. Kennedy’s report on the census and the expenses, &e., of taking the censu Let the Chief of the Census Burean, and al! concerned, bear this in mind, and do better th Report ano THE Post.—The next time; for what signifies the approval of th: country if the work does not satisfy the free coil poets of the Post? Tk ments to be given this pent are such aveex.—The entert the rexpeetiv | the gay | and children’’—in asort of solid phalanx. Wasnmverton Caprvet-Makers.—According to our private advices from Washington, very little confidence is to be placed in the fulminations of the Washington cabinet-makers. One-half. at least, of their nominations are mere experi- ments in pipe laying. to get this or that man. through the newspapers, introduced to General Pierce. The Bright movement was something of this sort. Georgia. it seems. had undertaken the more honest method of signing a petition in his be- half. to the President elect, when their plan of operations was stopped by the gentleman whose claims were thus to be pressed. But it appears that the Cass men, including Messrs. Cobb. Foote. Clemens. Downs, Dickinson, and others, are a little under the weather. And we are sorry for it; and why is itso? And why are the New York barnburners and the Southern se- cessionists in the arcendancy at Washington, if not at Concord? Gen. Cass so indignant? These are important questions, and are hard nuts to crack ; and yet, in a few days, we shall undertake to crack them. It is due to Gen. Pierce that he should under- stand the tricks of the wire-workers of all the cliques at Washington. them as long as possible, and act independently. They are a hard set, and it is vain to attempt to reconcile them upon any cabinet that may be appointed. 'Two Days’ Carnival Scenes in New York. Our usual winter carnival has been celebrated during the past two days with unwonted spirit and vivacity, un- der the sanction and auspices of the accommodating clerk of the weather. From Castle Garden to the Half- way House, some four or five miles up one of the ave- nues specially consecrated to sleighing parties, the city has exhibited one immense panoramic representation of t and most animated description, enlivened by the incessant jingling of the thousands of sleighs of all shapes, sizes, and degrees, which form the great and pe- culiar feature of the festival. A carnival at Rome, Venice, or Naples, got up under the sanction of Prince or Pontiff, to celebrate the close of Lent, may be quaint and comical, but its humor and fun would stand but a faint comparison with that which we now celebrate, in honor of hoary-headed winter. The snow is a great magician; not only does it give another face and appearance tq_all physical nature, but it works a metamorphosis almost as remarkable over the minds of a staid, sober and sensible community, who, at its touch, forget their ordinary com- posure of character—give a loose rein to their merry humor, and exhibit such an extraordinary penchant for sleighriding, that one might almost fancy it was not only the pleasure but the business of the whole population. Up to Wednesday last the coach builders, who had laid in a stock of the handsomest looking sleighs that even upper-tendum itself could desire to luxuriate in, were in despair as to their chances of turning them to profit, on account of the quiet and gentle demeanor which old winter has been pleased to assume and maintain. But on Wednesday evening ‘a change came o’er the spirit of | their dream’’—the snow fell fast and thick, as if deter- mined to make wp for lost time. Kiven to the lectures which had been announced for the edification or stultification of those who had no better means of occupying their time or spending their quar- ters. Even theatricals and the opera were at a discount, whilst the sleigh market was decidedly looking w nd old Euroelydon, the north wind, harshly asserted his pre- rogatives. Thursday morning the streets were covered with a mantle of snow to the depth of eight or ten inches ; walking was by no means a pleasant or safe ex- ercise ; wheeled vehicles were consigned to the lumber yard, and the merry jingle of the sleigh bell was heard for the first time this season ; and since then that style of vehicle has held undisputed possession of the streets, even to the exclusion of the railroad cars on every line in the city. Of course, the richest, most varied, and ludicrous scenes occur in Broadway, where every imaginable style of sledge that taste, ingenuity, or necessity could invent, is to be seen careering along under double pressure. The handsome little shell-shaped single concern, in which sit | one or two of the young bloods of the town, attired in furs ; the double one, in which some of the Wall street nabobs are driving down to business; the™fachionable turn-out, in which the gentry of the Fifth avenue laxu- riate; the milkman’s and grocers’ wagons—all, of every variety of shape, are to be there seen skimming past the gigantic rafts which belong to the regular stage lines, and rejoice in the names of General Taylor, General Wool, Buena Vista, or some other such martial and patriotic appellations. These omnibus sleighs are drawn by six, eight, or ten horses, gaily eaparisoned, with their bright and jingling bells, playing an accompaniment to the shouts and laughter ringing from all sides. They are not only crowded, but literally packed ; the seats, which in most of them run longitudinally, are generally occupied by the male portion of the passengers, who gal- lantly accommodate the ladies by seats on their knees ; and the space between, ns well as the two outer rails, are | taken up by standing passengers. We don’t think it would be an exaggeration to set down the numbers carried by some of the largest of these stages at from seventy fo eighty persons, who are thus wedged up together— young men and maidens, old men ‘This presents to the youngsters along the whole line of route an oppor- tunity for practising target shooting, and one which—to their credit be it recorded—they do not let pass by unim- proved. In fact, when a person gets into one of these sleighs, it must be with the resolution to run the gauntlet without shrinking. Volleys of snow balls and frozen cakes of snow are tuciee in from both sides of the street upon the devoted passengers, who have no chance of dodging or evading them, but have only to laugh and re- ceive thar With pod Rutnor, ab they do. One pete eoold plaster on his eer or hiseye; another has his bat knocked off; and even the ladies sometimes get their ‘‘love of a bon- net’? sadly crushed between several of these missiles. But this is carnival time, and the police are too patriotic to interfere with the rising generation, or prevent them from exercising that laudable spirit and energy which make them seekto become good marksmen. all tls ts, however, received in good part by the men, and even the ludies serm to find an exeuce for the rudeness of the boys, in recollecting that “ Meny a dart at random sent Hits a mark but little aipcouaa'é shone ate In rome cases the ngers are disposed to show fight, and #0 lay ina supply of ammunition, whieh, if they cant not expend with any effect on their young tormentors, they upply to the use and benefit of ‘those travelling in the’ ol stages. We had the fortune yesterday to ride up Broadway in the same sleigh with some individuals of this disposition, and for some time we enjoyed the sport which they afforded us. When a shower of snowballs would descend upon the passengers, the fighting portion of them would satisfy themselves by retaliating on the next cargo that would pass, while the driver bagt en- couraging them with shouts of * go in—give it to them— they've no friends,” &e. Vuring the evenings the sleighing is kept up with still greater vigor; parties drive through the streets, singing and shouting most voiceferously, and giving really the impression of the existence of a carnival. At present, however, there are symptoms in the air which threaten a speedy dissolution of this of affairs, and a return to the more sober and steady habits characteristic of the community. The Late Snow Storm. WEATHER DURING YESTERDAY —CESSATION OF THE STORM—OPENING OF TUK RAILROADS. At daybreak yesterday morning the weather was ex ceedingly cold, but the storm had moderated consider- ably. At seven o'clock A. M., there was a thick snow falling, which lessened gradually until a short time after ten, when it ceased entirely. The sky remained dark and heavy, with the wind north. We had no frost during the day, and in the afternoon the sidewalks were sloppy from a slight thaw. The thermometer at the Herald Building ranged at 9A. M., 31 degrees; at noon, 31); degrees; at 3 P.M., 81 degrees: at 5 P. M., 21 degrees; and at 9 o'clock at night, 34 degrees, with a light wind. THE VERRIPS, STREAMERS, AND FHTPPING, The ferryboats upon both rivers made their landing at either side with more ease than upon Thursday. The THE steamships Asia and Empire City sailed. We did not hear of any accident to the shipping. THE CITY RAILROADS AND OTITERS The cars of the Sixth and Eighth avenue companies, with those of the Harlem line, commenced to run through the city as ueual about midday, The snow was melting, and when the tracks were once clear the cars got on as usual. THY HUDSON IVER ROAD. The five o'clock Albany train of Thursda erday morning, aft snow plough had been use morning trains, and five o'clock w York a urual, and it was hoped , arrived in it through. the agent of the by the mora ay. f AND HATLE ROAD. the trains ¢ —freight end passenger— n rl. p road between th ily carly hour. ‘the attention of the ‘avter, and officers, to the com hey ng the storm of Thursday, de NEW YO1& AND BRIE ROAD, Ws tavereents fre: oD uri ived early yesterday morn pe, an t we that the road was free from n h i Now York as usual. MK AND NEW HAVEN ROAD. or trains arrived and left regularly Jents during the day. The friends of Gen. Cobb. of Why are the friends of Let him keep clear of A decided veto was | reaviour was slightly injured | . pe fen water, and now by its chain moorings wharf, depressed to the the river. It will be raised as scon as possible. will cause a sus- yension of ‘the services perhaps for only one Sunday. Fifteen tons of snow had aceumulated on one side, which, together with the concussions of the late dreadful storm, occasioned the catastrophe. JOURNAL OF A THROUGH PASSENGER FROM WASH- INGTON. Left Washington ata quarter to nine A. 3, Wednes- day, January 12th, for New York. The wind, which, the evening before, was from the southeast, had chopped round to Cape Cod, the sky was heavily overcast, and a light rain was falling. Left Baltimore at 11, the rain increasing. At those shallow estuaries of Chesa- peake bay, called Bush river and Gunpowder, the rain had increased toa regular driving nor’easter, mingled with small bail. At the Susquehanna crossing, (where, there being but few passengers, we obtained a liberal dish of fine stewed oysters for a quarter,) the storm had increased in violence and in the quantity of hail. At Wilmington patches in the fields were whitened witha mixture of hail and snow. At Philadelphia the hail and rain predominat- ed, with a wind which gave the usually stagnant Delaware the lively appearance of Hurl-Gate at ebb tide. Left iddelphia at half-past five P.M., crossing the Delaware to Camden, and thence, via Bordentown, to ‘Trenton—snow, hail and wind increasing. Near Prince- ton began to be sensible of arriving in New York a little bebind time. Several stoppages on account of snow- drifte—country completely wrapped in snow. At New Brunswick the storm had become a hurricane of hail and snow; the wind fierce and keen asa wintry blow at Cape Horn. Put on a heavier engine. Heavy drag; backing and filling, and buckling too again, to Newark, where the train, (which should have been at Jersey City at half-past nine,) arrived at mid-night. At Newark old Boreas fairly vanquished our locomotive. After struggling with the snow upon the track for an hour or more, backing and running forward again, and snorting and puffing, the con- test was abandoned, and the train was fairly stuck. Half-past midnight one half the paysengers, by neans of omnibuses, went up half a mile to the City Hotel, the storm still raging, and the snow varying from a ioot to four feet drift. On coming down from the hotel in the morning in a sleigh, we found the train still waiting, with the reinforcement of the midnight train from Phila- delphia. One half our passengers were still aboard the cars, where they had remained all night—a foraging party, detailed for the purpose, having shortened their suspense by a pint bottle of champagne, a bottle of brandy, three bottles of porter, and some cold ham, bread, crackers, and cheese. Meantime, on giving up the fight with the snow, Mr. Coulter, our persevering conductor, had by an express wagon made a requisition upon the depot of Jersey City, the result of which was that at about five o’cloc! A. M., two heavy locomotives, with strong snow ploughs, strengthened by'a reservedcorps of Irishmen with shovels, came up to the rescue. This acquisition gave us the benetit of two locomotives to each train. The storm was over, but the snow was still drifting, under a high wind, veering round to the clear nor’west. At half-past nine o'clock, got under headway with both trains for New York; but the cuts through the Bergen hills, from the heavy accumulations of stow, gave bury employment for a couple of hours to the whole strength of both trains, locomotives and Irishmen. Arrived at Jersey City at half- past twelve—having made the trip from Newark, eight miles, in three hours, travelling, however, in that inter- val, backwards and forwards, perhaps not less than thirty miles. A nice trip that, all the way through! Telegraphic Reports of the Weather Elsc- where. RAILROAD TRAVEL—THE MAILS, ETC. Narrowsaura, Jan. 14, 1853. ‘The Erie Railroad is now clear of snow, and both pas- senger and freight trains have passed here to-day in due time. Devxirx, Jan. 14, 1853. ‘The snow is only about four inches deep in this vicinity; the trains, therefore, have not been much impeded by it, and they are now arriving and departing with their accustomed regularity. The weather is fine and the snow melting. r Atpany, Jan. 14, 1853. ‘The trains from the East and West have all arrived—all the trains on the Hudson River Railway, which left New York, arrived this morning. peorges . ALBayy, Jan. 14-7 P. M. We have received nothing by the Hudson River Rail- road from New York to-day. Coycorp, Jan. 14, 1853, No new snow has fallen here yet, and there is little new snow north of this place. Last evening it was from twelve to eighteen inches deep. Twenty-five miles north of us the railroad trains were much delayed, but there is no snow at Portsmouth, fifty miles east. ‘There are ten inches at Raymond, half way between here and Ports- mouth. ‘The weather is moderate, with the wind N.N. FE. The thermometer is at the freezing point. No New York mail has arrived to-day. Bostox, January 14, 1853. The snow storm ceased this morning, and about noon indications of sunshine were manifest. A foot of snow fell on a level, and in some places it has badly drifted. ‘The steamboat train, via Stonington, arrive? at nine o'clock this morning, the boat having reached Stonington at six o'clock last evening. ‘The overland train, via New Haven, which left New York yesterday morning, leit ? Springfield at nine o'clock this morning, and had not reached Boston at noon to-day. Boerox, Jan. 14—P. M. We have had quite a brisk snow storm again this after- noon, but the weather is mild, and there are indications of its turning to rain. Bartmonr, Jan. 14, 1853. More snow fell here last night, and the weather is cold and cloudy. New Onteans, Jan. 14—Noon. The weather here is fine, and the city healthy. ‘Tammany Hall, and the Soft Shells and the* Hard Shells. According to established usage, Thursday evening was the time for the assembling of the delegates at Tammany | Hall to organise the new committee for the ensuing year. As the General Committee never dies, the old committee, which remains in power till the new one is organized, called the meeting in due form for Thursday evening, at half-past seven o'clock, The Sachems among the barn- burners and the soft shells having the predominance, also called the meeting for the same time and place—the dif- ference between the two calls being that the section act- ing under the call of the old General Committee insisted that none should vote at the organization or on the con tested seats, but those whose seats were uncontested— while the section acting under the eall of the Tammany | Society contended that those should vote who had two out of the three inspectors’ names attached to their cre- dentials. The room assigned was “‘ the coal hole,” and the time for organizing half-past seven P.M. The Grand Sachem ordered the door to be locked till half-past seven o'clock. In the meantime, the two sections of delegates, and about one hundred of the b’hoys, were mingled pell- mell in the bar-room. When the door of the committee room was opened, there was a tremendous rush for the tables and chairs, upon which they sprung. After the confusion romewhat subsided— Mr. Norns, (hunker.) of the Tenth ward, moved that e the chair, which motion was Alderman Barr should carried. Some person then moved that D. Delevan take the chair, and pronounced his motion carried. Both these gentlemen took their stand at the head of the table. Effort after effort was made to clearthe room, when it was proposed by the barnburners that the names in the list that day published in the Z'ribune should be read, and that only those on the list should remain. This, for the Purpore of clearing the room of intruders, was agreed to. e room being finally cleared, a long debate ensued as to the condition of the struj to be this:—If the delegates having the certificate of all the inspectors, should vote on the preliminary organiza- tion, it would be hard shell hunker. If those having the certificate of only two inspectors, including the contest- ants, were allowed to participate, the orgunization would be free soil, alias soft shell barnburner. It was contended by E. B. Hart, John Wheeler, and E. C. West, on behalf of the hard shells, that it was, and always had been, the usage to organise the committee by allow- ing those only to yote in the preliminary organivation who had the certificate of three inspectors. A precedent was called for to show the contrary, but was not adduced. It was insisted that the Tammany Society had unwar- rantably interfered; that this was the first time in tht history of that society of any interference as to the man- ner of organizing the General Committee; that the ouly power it had was to decide between two contending parties for the use of the hall for political meetings, and that even that power was doubtful, and only a matter of arrangement between the rociety and the hotel keepers, Brown & Howard. Nothing could be done in the condi tion of things which then existed. No motion could be put; there was no chairman. It was proposed by Messrs, West, Hart and Wheeler—- Ist, that Messrs, Barr aud Delevan should select a chair- 4, to appoint a committee to take the whole mat- ter into’ consideration. 2d. That all parties having certificates should be allowed to vote. 4th. That those whose seats were not contested should select a chairman. 5th, That the whole matter should be referred to five de mocrats not members of the committee. These proposi tions were all declined by the barnburner leaders, Coch ran, Shepard, and Fernando Wood, for this very sufficient reason, that the hunkers and hard shellx had the majority of the uncontested xeats, ‘These gentlemen adhered to the one idea with which they started in the beginning, and pressed the resolution aliowing thove having partial certificatey to take part in the proceedings, which the hunkers and hard shel tended was a total disregard of the claims of the conte ants, and a departure from the invariable usage of | many Hall, its committeos and conventi ‘The pre Was pre and prote le. The contest was known Mr. Delevan Borr refused rein the | culled for the #, uncontested, of those homing full certifica cre presented fram nine wards airman er chairman. t other end of the «ane ourned without deciding on th 1 that in point of fact Liall there be one hall and and om of Both it veate, till Tyepday next f done, The question i committee in Tammany Hall for the year 1853, or there be (wo committees, like the Wood Committe the Western Committee in in 18617 Personal Intelligence, at the Metropoliian—Hon. A. P. Semple, Hon. W. 8, Helfein Hon. J. Turvill, Ox nneylvania, Hon. 1. M , Washington; Hl i h, Albany N. Cincinnati; Hon. Jol Gibson, Buffalo; © D. Tremhard, ‘The Two Operas. SONTAO IN THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT. Last evening Madame Sontag appeared, for the second time, in the ‘Daughter of the Regiment.” Though not in the best voice, she was more successful, if possible, than on the night of her debut. The house, which was crowded to excess in every part, presented w brilliant array of beauty and fashion. We have already noticed her performance in this opera, in detail. Suflice it to say that the singing leson was her chef d’quvre, and nothing can be more beautiful, brilliant and artistic than the sue- cession of runs, at the close of which she throws down the music and seampers away to Sergeant Sulpice, to march and sing with him to the music of the camp. In this she was warmly and repeatedly encore?; but though she felt constrained, from the plaudits and the clamorous cries of encore, to return to the stage three or four times and make her acknowledgments by curtsying, she would not sing it again, and at the last time she shook her head, as if in indication of her inability todo so. The audience were not very well satisfied, and some of them expressed their diseatisfaction rather roughly, by hissing. Her entire réle was eharacterized by elegance and grace, both in the acting and the singing’ Her sustained notes in two or three diminuendo passages, were particularly fine— spun out with the delicacy and long drawn tenucity of the fibre from the silkworm. .She was admirably sup- Ported by Badiali ax Sulpice, and by Pozrolini as Tonio, ¢ marching and other movements of the regiment were excellent. On Monday evening, the opera will be the “Barber of Seville.”? ALBONI AT THE BROADWAY, AND AT METROPOLITAN HALL. To-morrow night Alboni appears in the grand oratorio of the “‘Stabat Mater,” at Metropolitan Hall. She will also sing the Prayer from “ Moves in Egypt.” This will be indeed a treat, On Monday she again appears at the Broadway, in ‘Sonnambula,” in which she has been so successful, Marine Affairs. TWO SHIPS ASHORE ON SQUAN BEACH. A meseenger last night reached the city, with informa- tion that the packet ship Cornelius Grinnell, Ceptain Fletcher, was ashore on the north part of Squan beach. She is from London, and has two hundred passengers on board. Another ship, name unknown, way also ashore in the same vicinity. Orders were immediately ixeued by the underwriters for two or three steamers to go te the relief of the unfor- tunate vestels. DEPARIURE oF THe Weatiten-Bouxp Sreastens.—-Tho British steamship Asia, Capt. Lott, for Liverpool, and the Empire City, Capt. Windle, for Havana and New Orleans, which were detained by the storm, left port yesterday morning. Axoruer Curren LAvycu.—Jacob A: Westervelt & Co. will launch, to-day at 12 o'clock, from their yard, foot of venth street, East river, the clipper ship Resolute, for . A. Low & Brothers. The Recent Passages of the Baltic and Arabia. TO THE EDITOR OF the NEW YORK HERALD. In the Liverpool Courier of the 20th ult., there appears a lengthy editorial regarding the new Cunard steamer, the Arabia, in which is glowingly set forth her construc- tion, equipment, and performances, all of which, were it in measured terms of laudation, would have been a very proper and just tribute to the enterprise of its country- men on the part of a leading English paper; but, aa it oc- curs, however, there are some statements made therein, which call for notice. Thus, the writer, after declaring that “the Arabia has the largest and most powerfal engines ever put into a sbip,”” proceeds to say—‘ It might be observed concerning her, that her lines are much sharper than those of any other steamer on the line,” and concludes as foilows:— “But, even as it is, the company are first in the ficld, first in quality, first in speed, and first in the promise of the future. And we would also make this observation— that the Persia is the first boat which has been built to compete with other steamers, all the other vessels on the line having been laid down before there were two lines of steamers. We do not think little of the Collins steamers, as they are first clzas vessels, but we venture to say to them—here is the Arabia, beat her if you can.” In reply, then, to these several assertions, { beg leave to say:— 1. That as the Arabia has several fect less beam than either of the steamers of the Collins line, and has sharper lines than any other steamer of the Cunard line, itis an im- portant concession on the part of our competitors, that she combines, with narrow beam, and fine lines, the most powerful engines ever put into a ship. 2. That the Asia and Africa, of the Cunard line, weve not only not laid down before the Atlantic und Pacific were built, but that they were not designed when these pioneers of the Collins line were launched, nor until after their general capacities had been published abroad, and their hulls and engin ined by 4 member of the firm of Napier & Sons, of Glasgow. the builders of all the ma- chinery of the steamers of the Cunard line. Further, that the engines of the Asia and Africa were not decided upon until after this period, and that it was then decided tomake them of similar dimeusions to those of the Atlantic and Pacific, and to be placed in hulls of five hundred t less measurement; and in their publication of thes mensions it was remarked, ++ Who will Leso boid as to enter- tain, for a moment, the absurd idea that America can com pete with England in the construction of ocean steamers?” _ 3. As to the anticipated triumphs of the Arabia, so vaunt- ingly put forth, in the confident prediction of—‘ Here i the Arabia, beat her if you can."’ The Asia, that left this morning, bears home the humiliating intelligence to the editor and-confiding readers of the Courier, that not only did the Arabia fail to beat the Baltic, but was con- strained to put into Halifux, short of coal, within only sixteen hours of the running time of the Baltic to New York; and the distance from Haliiax here, under the most favorable circumstances of weather and speed, is forty- eight hours. The difference, then, between this and seven- teen hours, (thirty-two,) is the least difference that there will be in the passages of the Arabia and Baltic; added to which, it isto be borne in mind that the latter expe- rienced four days of severe gales aud seven of heavy, head eas, reducing her speed so much that, at the termina- tion of the first four days, she was but about two days’ run from Liverpool under ordinary cireumstances of weather. Finally, and in order to meet the various other asser- tions, of the Arabia being the firstgpaddle wheel®steamer any country, and of the Cunard line being the first in quality, &e., 1 submit the following wagers :— 1.—One or ten thousand dollars, that each and all of the Collins line of steamers are superior in strength ot construction, and in sea going qualities, to any one of the Cunard line. —One or ten thousand dollars that each and all of the steamers of the Collins line, compared with the Ara- bia, will make the passages from New York to Liverpool, or trom Liverpool to New York, in summer or in winter, in equal time, at a less consumption of fuel. Not having entered upon this subject, however, with a view to answer any pecuniary and having ly in view the correction of an erroneous and unjust pu Heation of our transatlantic competitors, I have been led to propose these yolely wagers us an exponent of my sin- erity, and with a view to a just decision of them, if taken, I further propose that each party shall appoint two persons, one an engineer and the other a merchant, and that they shall select a fifth person to effect a de- cision, should such a ineasure become necessary. PLUMB BOB. City Intelligence. DESPERATE ASSAULT BY A NEGRO—ATTEMPT TO MUR- DER—ESCAPE OF TOY ASSAILANT. About half-past six o’clock last evening, Mr. Henry Haydock, of the firm of Haydock, Clay & Evans, whole- sale druggists, doing busin No. 218 Pearl street, went to the upper part of the bui , in order to see that the fires were extinguished and the house made secure for the night. When he arrived upon the second floor, he found a colored man standing in one of the rooms. Upon Hay doek inquiring his business, and expressing sur- seeing him there at such an hour, the negro re- that he had been emp and got locked in by mistake.’ a little on one side to let the man pass, when th suddenly struck him a blow with # knife or son sharp instruinent, upon the side of his neck, inf most revere and dangerous wound. The wound extends upwards and across the larynx for seveanl iuches, divid- ing one of the cartilages of the neck, and a small artery. ‘The negro immediately rushed down stairs and ran away. Mr. Haydock was removed to the house of Messrs. Clark & Brown, Maiden lane, where he was immediately at- tended by Dre. J. W. Riggs, Mason, and Evans, who stitched hp and dresse™ his wound, Information of the outrage was conveyed to the Second ward police station, and Capt. Leonard forthwith despatched policemen in va- rious directions, in order, if possible, to cifect the arrest of the negro, whilst he attended to the procurement of medical aid for the relief of Mr. Haydock. PMPATHY POR FRENCH EXILks.—A subseri been opencd in this city, for the purpose of © fund, out of which to defray the expenses of to this country, of the French politienl pr have recently made their cxeape from the Mer remain in the Dutch possessions. We trust that the bene volent purpose contemplated will be generously contri- buted to. Subseriptions may be sent to M. Victor De- lnuney, Banker, 63 Wall street. ‘Tus Frert Warp ScHOoT, was dismissed yesterday morn ing, in consequence of the ignition of some lig! whieh found its into flues communtenting air chambers ov he furn Th alarm, nor di l means of egress loyed upon the premises, Upon this, Mr. H. stood fellow tion list has enth island of La and i are compelled, through want of means, to evs Of Ornament Is be teristic of our countr This ve in time, and ubst Scroll is used y omlng a Charac= ig of our tastes will and plain take its y that will not adinit of quality to convey a and depth of delinite dosign in the Wenutiful. Angles are also used, without suggest: ing the respect due to the masstye, uniil the mind be c ted with the dead sweet of the superficial | glare, Not -o with the “pleasant bitter’ that gives a vest to Mrs, Jorvis’ Cold Candy that good remedy for coughs and colds. Sold by Mr 060 Broad: For Sale or Exe property in thiv elty ixteen miles weet of M ange, for real or personal farm of 800 neres, , and one mile the main depot & fine o f fruit, and iva! hard bearing caleulated to A fine stock of This farm i having good buildings: divide into three or four emalle New York Crystal Palace. Notice given by the Association for the Expintiion 0G the Indu Nations, to all parties in sirous of contributing to the Industrial Exhibition to be opened in the city of New York in May, 1868. All persin» desirous of obtaining a place in, the Build ing erected Re-ervoir square, in oy. be! New ¥ bi the Asreciatlon for the Exhibition of the Industry all Nations, are requested to send in their applications = space, before the Fach application mast furnish the exhibitor’s name and address in full, and state whether he is Manufacturer, Proprietor, or Agent. It must contain a concise deserip~ ticn of the articles offered for Exhibition, and a state- ment of the recive dimensions of the spstoe required; if on Wall by Heighth and Length; if on Floo1 Length and Dreadthe naj Hon Mone Seeey Applications must be signed by the persons pro tooxbibit, and be adtetsed 1c) the Pabeoriben ee thes office of the Astociation, No. 63 Broadway, New York. Association — that attention will be given to the exact terms of this notice, and that its requirements 2 will be carefully observed in making applications. By ordev. W. WHSTTEN, Secretary. - No charge wade to exhibitors for space allotted, January 5, 1863. Steamer Tennessee, Bay of Panama, Dee, 30> 1852.—At a mecting of the passengers this day, held for the purpore of expressing their views respeeting the voyage just terminated, the following officers were ap- ted — Hon, Thomas J. Henry, President. F. M. Schell, F:q., C. H. Soore, Fsq., C. Bradley, Esq., Hon. G. W. Wright, Vice Presidents. Calhoun Benham, Feq., A, McCarthy, Esq., Seeretaries. On motion of Hon. T. B. King, a committee of five was ~ appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the sense off the mecting. The committee reported the following pre~ amble and resolution: ‘the passengers of the Pacific Mail Steamship Compa-* ny’s steamer ‘Tennessee, on her voyage from San Fran- cisco to Panama, deem it due to the travelling community, the officers of the Company, and the officers of the ship, to make public a brief expression of thanks, for the ex- cellent accommodations and fare which have oontributed most eseentially {0 their health and comfort during their recent passage, and especially for the and gentlemanly treatment they have received from the officers of the ship. But itis to the skill and vigilance of those officers—to whom, under Providence, their lives have been entrusted—in the management of the ship, that they feel themselves peculiarly indebted. . Tn an ocean steamer, remote from aid or relief in case of dixaster, it is natural and proper that ors should look with a watelifel and anstoux eye to the ‘conduct of those to whoxe hands the ship has been committed. The officers of the Tennessee have been subjected to this scru- tiniving watchfulness, and we do not hesitate to eay the; have ably, vigilantly and faithfully performed their whol duty. The chip hak been kept, from stem to stern, in all her arrangements and accommodations, a perfeet pattern of cleanliness and comfort. The culinary and steward’s departments have been admirably served. But it is of the discipline, the order, and the police of the ship, 80 essen- tial to their safety, that we would most emphatically ex- press our unqualified approbation, aud which makes the ‘Tennessee a perfect model passenger ship. Therefore, Resolved, At a genere] meeting of the passengers from all parts of the ship, that they tender to Lieut. Geo. W. Totten, U.S. N., commander, and to the officers of the Tennestee, their sincere and grateful thanks for the cour- tesy and Kindness extended to them during the passage from fan Franciseo to Panama; and especially do they desire to express their admiration of those excellent perfect accomplishments of the officer, the geaman, and the gentleman, which so eminently’ distinguish ‘him, and of the skilful, courteous and gentlemanly conduct of all the officers as:ociated with him. Resolved, That a copy of these proceedings be signed by the officers of the meeting, and presented to Qapt. Tot- ten, and that they be published in New York, San Fran- cisco and Panama papers. Harriet Beecher Stowe.—A Fine Daguerreo~ type of the celebrated authoress of ‘‘ Uncle Tom’s Cabin’? may be seen in our collectior, with 1,000 other celebrated pictures, taken daily in every style known in the art.“ MEADE BROTHERS, Artists and Importers. 233 Broadway, 4 doors above the Astor House. A New Motive Power—A; le to all en. gines now in use on steamships or on the land, being the Practical result of over ten years’ labor, study and exper- iment on this subject. By this invention, the heavy, ex- pensive and dangerous boilers now in use ean be dispensed with, anda light. simple, compact and cheap apparatus constructed and applied in their stead, in connection with the engine, with slight alterations therein, whieh will save ninety per cent of the fuel now required to generate and usefully apply any givenamount of power. A new e! has also been devised and Receres for stationary or locomotive purpores, upon land or water, which can be constructed and applied in connection with the new mo- tive power, at one-half the expense and one-half the weight required to construct an engine of equal power on any other known plan, thereby gaining a great advantage by light machinery—a point of great importance in ves- sels pee the water. new propeller, or new mode of applying the power of the engines to the water on vessels om the ocean, or rivers, has also been perfected in the past six months, which will act through the bottom of the vessel, where the water is dense, and the whole power of the en- eines will be expended in driving the vessel rapidly for- ward, without any loss or strain from indirect action, es- pecially in rough water on the ocean, such as is there ne- cexearily connected with side whecls and stern propellers. The gain by these three important and valuable improve- ments, in lightness of structure of machinery, directness ! and efficiency of action of the power, and small expense for. and light weight of, fuel necessary to be carried, to- gether with the advantage of greatly diminished resis- tance to the vessel in moving rapidly through the water, obtainable by my new model, whi s been tested in the ‘ast six months, and its advantages fully proved, when combined in one vessel, especially in so large a yeasel as the projected iron ocean steamer Leviathan, 700 feet long, will render ocean navigation so economical, regular, safe, profitable and rapid as to distance all competition, inake profit therefrom by millions annually. DARIUS DAVIDSON, No. 314 Broadwify. Some Shirt Bosoms Look Like Mal xallant-sails shivering in the wind. Nothing is more yul- xar than a protruding bosom that sticks out beyond the vest. For a smooth fit in bosom, collar, and wristbands, go to GREEN, No. 1 Astor House. N. B.—He never dis- appoints a customer as to time. ‘Waterproof Boots and Ove: of the first quality, as well as every other article for gentlemen's, ladies’ and children’s wear, can be found at WATKINS’, 114 Fulton street. The goods sold at this establishment. are made on the premises, and warranted to wear well. Hats for the People—The People’s Hatters. No better evidence is needed of the popularity of the hats of this celebrated house, than the universal satisfaction + expressed by those who wear them. By the use of the best materials, and the employment of the best mechanics, their hats combine in the highest degree elegance with durability. Prices, $4 and $3. Hat Finishers’ Union, No. 11 Park row, opposite the Astor House. Knox's Stock of Furs.—This ts the Season to purchase furs, foras it is considerably advanced, dealers are dis to reduce their stocks by selling at unnsual- ly NA et This is certainly the case at KNOX’S, No. 128 Fulton street; and if any of our lady readers have not yet purehased their furs, we advise them to call and se- fais set from the assortment of the ‘Fulton street. jutter.”” Teas.—The Best Assortment of Fine Teas will be found in the store of the Canton Tea Company, No. 125 Chatham street, between Pearl and Roosevelt, the oldest tea establishment in the city. We assure our readers that they can do better than elsewhere, either at. wholesale or retail. They have now no branch stores. If Mr. Edmund Sanville, who came Pas- senger in the steamship Northern Light from California, will call at the dry goods store 157 Greenwich street, he will hear of something to his advantage, or by letter. ‘Wanted.—At_ Union Hall Clothing Ware- house, corner Fulton and Nassau streets, a first-rate foreman cutter, capable of superintending and receiving the work of from twenty to twenty-five cutters, and from 1,800 to 2,000 hands. any one possessing undoubted qualifications, and having proper references, a liberal salary and «steady employment will be given. P. L. ROGERS. For sale, near the vil of ert sixty or seventy lots, at leas than half what lots are selling for adjoining them; therc is no doubt but $5,000 can be made on them in one year. The owner thinks of leaving the country, consequently will sell cheap. For terms apply to WM. F, GROSHEN, in the village The bd grendiegthn dans 3 ation of the Invalu> ~ able liquid for the removal of birth marks, tumors, ean- cera, moles, and all other excresses on the face or body, is removed to the northeast corner of Twelfth street. and Second avenue. The application is external, and free from pain or inconvenience. Brady's Miniature rreotypes, put up fn fine English gold lockets, pins, rings, ‘keys, seals, &c. Also, rich and elegant fancy cases of various styles, im velvet, papier mache, pearl, and tortoise shell, beautifully inlaid, for sale at his gallery, 206 Broadway. Pure White $28 per Carat.—Just received, four large packages of fine diamonds, unsur- passed in quality of beauty. For sale, in lots to suit wholesale or retail customers, at the lowest market prices. Office 381 Broadway, corner of White strect, up stalrs. DAVID RAIT, Importer. Wigs and Toupees.—Medhurst & Heard, of” 27 Mai Jane, make the most perfect imitation of a na- tural head of hair in the world. bid wearers should not; fail to examine them. They are made of the best mate- rials, and warranted not to shrink or change color. Alsa braids of long hair fr braids, & Wigs and Toupees.—Batchelor’s New Style of pronouneed the most perfect imitation of na- ture yet invented. ‘Those wanting « very superior article should cell at HATCHELOR’S celebrated wig factory, No. 4 Wall otvect, where can be found the largest and best assortment in the city. Copy the address. Gouraud’s Liquid Hair Dye 1s, Without exception or reservation, the very best ever invented. Be. ware of puffed dyes. Equally celebrated is GOURAUD'S Medicated Soap, for curing pimples, freckles, sallowness, chaps, roughness, ke. Poudre Sublilo aproots hair from any part of the body, Liquid Rouge, Lily White, and Hair Glows, at No. 67 Walker street, near Broadway. Crtstadoro’s € od Liquid Dye changes the hair instantly to a beautiful black or brown, while his preservative and beauti‘ier stimulates ite growth, and perpetuates ity Iuxuriance to the latest period of life. the dye is applied privately, and both sold at CRISTADO- RO'S, No. 6 Astor House, aud by druggists ge nerally, Hotr Dye.—Batchelor’s Celebrated Liquid hair dye ia the best yet dixeovered for coloring the hair or whirkers the moment it is applied. The wond! ease and certainty with which this favorite and old osta+ ‘or particulars programmes St. Nicholas—Hon. Joba Calhoun Hon, 1. B, Welle, 1 rge ausliences. rtisements and hich it was built, by the late | morning, at four o'clock, in | cattle may be purchased with th horves, carris ) | blished hair d. rforme is astonishing. It ia for sale, o® ke, ke, “Addres# D. W, B,, box 3. ‘ ™, Board were rescinded, and thove in force last year | 22 Post office. applied, at BATCHELOR ’S wig factory, No. 4 Wall rrr —