The New York Herald Newspaper, January 24, 1853, Page 4

ee ea AA AE I EEE NEW YORK HERALD. eee JAMES GORDCN BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR, SPFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. SHE DALLY LFERALD, iwo cents per copy—¥1 por at | taal THE WREKLY HERALD, every Saturday, a! 0) conde z copy, or $3 per annum ; the European Edition, $4 Wo amy part of Great Britain, and 86 i any part of ‘ae Continent, bath to waclue the postage. Pepi = wenn Wetume XVIB......... No. 23. 4MUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Taw Loer Sarp—Mixe Mas BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—ls Soxxampvia— Lape bewans SIBLO'S—Leckema Borcis. BURPON’S ‘TRE, Chambers street~—Nicucxss Wes — ‘3 Maw. WATIONAL THEATRE, Obatham street—Tur Lost ‘@arp—Bvrcuer’s Doc or Guevs -A Crikar Excunsion ‘WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—A Day ArtaR THB ‘Wenpuc—lizm at Law. WRITES THEATRE @F VARIETIES, 17 and 19 Bowery— Bes Sraancen —Dwp You EVER sEND YOUR Wirs ro BROOK aun. AMERICAN MUSEUM— Afterncon—GrvzRiL Tom Thums —He Last Leos. Pyening—Dovsis Beovsy Roow—Hor @ My Tres. GHRISTY’S OPFRA HOUSE, 472 Broadwey—Ermorun Mmopue By Cwusty’s Orxra TRours. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood’s Musical « 444 Broad- way—Ermorian Mrvernnicy. au CERCUS, 37 Bowery—EQuaerkun ExrrnracvMens. ELLER’S SALOON, 599 Broadway—Nwcnomancy, @BORAMA, 586 Broadway—Baxvarp's PANORAMA OF THD Beay Las. i RISLEY'S THAMES, at 406 Broadway- DOUBLE SHEET. —_——$<—$—$—$<$—$ $$ —_—_—_—_—<—————————_——_——_F 3 New York, Monday, January 24, 1853. The Nows. Our columns are this morning so completely flooded with news from all quarters, that we have wearcely room for a brief reference ta that which je most interesting. The reports of the entertain- ments given to Mr. Ingersoll, the American Minis- ter, at Liverpool and Manchester, are replete with interest. The speeches of Mr, I., Lord Derby, and ethers, evinces that none but the best of feel- img prevails between the commercial classes of the two countries, however widely the masses of their people may differ as to particular points of policy. These speeches are in striking contrast with the extrgcts which we make from the two lead- ing journals of London—the Times and Chronicle— concerning the recent movements of Messrs. Cass, Mason, and their coadjutors in the United States Senate. The course of the Senator trom Michigan has especially aroused their indignation—but of this hereafter. The spirited reply of the American women, headed by Mrs. Howard, to the Duchess ef Sutherland and her philanthropic female friends of England, will be read with par- ticular relish just at this time. This Amazonian war of words is becoming exceedingly interesting. The @etails of the great destruction of human life by the burning of the packet ship St. George, bound to this port with emigrants, and the sinking of an unknown brig near Bannow Bay, will cause many a heart to beat in sadness in this city, especially among those who anticipated the arrival of friends in the former vessel. With the exception of two or three brief and unim- portant despatches, our columns are devoid of tele. graphic news to-day. The heavy storm of wind and vain yesterday morning, succeeded by a thick fog, which lasted throughout the day, caused nearly a omplete suspension in the working of the lines gen- erally open on the Sabbath, except the Magnetic Company's wires, which, as usual, were in fine order to Washington, throughout the day andevening. We understand the new House Printing Telegraph liue, hence to Washington, expect to get their wires across the North river this week, when the public will have a choice in that direction, between two lines compa- ring advantageously with any other lines in the eountry. Last Satarday, in the Superior Court general , Mr. Field continued his argument on behalf of Alderman Sturtevant in the Broadway Railroad In- jenction case. The learned counsel contended that | the Court had no jurisdiction to award an injunction | to restrain the passage of a resolution; and that if | the Common Council were legally assembled—as to which point, in his opinion, there could be no doubt— | they had a discretion, in respect to granting this | railroad, over which the Court had no control what- ever. Mr. Charles O’Conor followed for the Corpo- | ration, in a lengthy argument, and the Court rose at | half-past four P. M., postponing the reply of ex-Chief Justice Bronson, on the part of the plaintiffs, until Saturday next. A newly arrived German emigrant, named Leon- hard Hoffman, committed suicide by hanging him- gelf in the boarding-house No. 76 Greenwich street, im this city, yesterday morning. The man had con- | tracted small pox, and was sent there for two nights lodging, from the office of the Commissioners of Emigration. He went to bed on Saturday night, had his breakfast yesterday morning, and in a few | | having “whipped” them both himself. guinary Indian seighbore. under the direction of the redcutabie wartior Billy Bowlegs, And so it is sew an indubitable fact that the Seminole war, with all its attendants of horror, destruction and carnage, is about to be re-com- menced, The Indians, though comparatively few in numbers, are animated, it would seem, by the moetstesperate resolution. and it will require an immense expenditure of money, and probably vakaable lives, before they are subdued. But the inevitable result—difficult and costly as may de its attainment—is, nevertheless. only a mere question of time ; and it may well appeal to the sympathies of our nature to see ita only possi- bie issue—the extinction of a brave and noble tribe of aborigines, whose great crime is the love of country and a veneration for the place where their fathers repose. However, there is no alternative—we must steel our hearts to those human impulses, and follow out the destiny which all must obey. It is now only some three or four months since the chief, whose word has been so potent in involving us in a new Indian war, was here in our city with a few of his savage followers. He had come from the everglades of Florida in com- pany with Gen. Blake, to “ have a talk” with his ‘great father,” the President of the United States. At that time Billy had pledged his kingly word that he would use his utmost powers to induce his people to leave their ancient hunting grounds. and emigrate towards the setting sun—a pledge which, however, it would seem, he had not the power to fulfil, hie subjects having revolted against him, and seized upon his wives as hostages. to bring him into their terms, From Washington the party came to New York, where they were entertained for several days as honored guests, and shown all the ob- jects which might be supposed to interest them in this great metropolis. We had the honor of a chat with the Seminole King ; and a fine, bold, intelligent looking redskin he appeared, a worthy successor and representative of the great Indian warriors and kings of the past two centuries. whose names have hardly escaped the terrible annihilation to which relentless fate had doomed them. Billy had paid the HeraLp establishment a visit: he glanced with the nil admirari of a stoic at the wonderful machinery of our presses, and exhibited not the slightest evidence of being interested in what he saw, until he was introduced to the editorial rooms. when his eye brightened with satisfaction as it fell upon a large terrestrial globe, which Billy examined with evident pleasure, inspired apparently with some grand idea which illuminated his fine countenance. The Indian was. probably, dreaming of rivalling Alexander the Great. Cesar, or Napoleon, by the grandeur of his military achievements, as he saw traced out upon the globe the continents of the earth. And then, with a sorrowful alteration in his face, he was shown his own native spot of earth, and traced the route which himself and people were to pursue in their contemplated emigration to the west of the Mississippi. And we felt commiseration for the poor red men, fast sinking away from the face of creation before the antagonistic and irresistible progress of civilization. There was one thing worthy of remark in Billy’s conduct while in New York. The exhi- bition of firearms was the greatest pleasure that himself and followers could enjoy. Their guide consequently afforded them every oppor- tunity of gratifying this taste, and brought them to several of the establishments for the sale of arms. The party examined the rifles with the minuteness of connoisseurs, and putting away the cheap and worthless, they selected some of the most perfect and valuable, which they retained as presents—instructions having been given to General Blake to grant them whatever they desired. in order to conciliate their good, will. Thus Billy. it seems, did not allow pleasure to engross all his time while here, but kept a sharp look out for whatever eventuality might arise after his return to the evergiades. This chief is, as our readers are aware, a warrior of great distinetion and reputation. Indeed, on one occasion while here, on being shown the pictures of distinguished men in the Governor’s room, he appeared disposed to slight the military pretensions of two of our greatest heroes—General Taylor and General Scott—and even boasted with evident pride of And doubtless Billy imagined that in the arts of war, those personages fell far short of ability when put into competition with such a re- nowned master as himself. Now, however, that he has raised again the hatchet and put the hours he hung himself over the bannister of the stairs. The Coroner's jury rendered a verdict of “suicide by hanging.” | We have in type, and shall publish to-morrow, an- | other statement relative to the difficulties existing | among the democrats in this city. Politicians of all | creeds, as well asthe generality of readers, will find | it exceedingly interesting. Tn addition to several columns of advertisements, from which may be gleaned a vast amount of not only useful, but very entertaining information, our inside pages contain the following: Important Intelligence from Florida, detailing the movements of Bowlegs, the Seminole chief, and the declaration of war by his tribe against the United States; Letters from Wash- ington, reviewing the Proceedings in Congress; Account of the Trial and Conviction of a Post Office Robber, in Albany; Perilous Voy- age of the Steamer Amory; Astonishing Sleight- ofband of a Female Gipsy; Messages of the Governors of Maine, Michigan and Wisconsin; Re- views of New Literary Works; Interesting Railroad Statistics, furnished by the New York State Engi- neer; Tabular Statement of the East India Trade of the United States; Financial and Commercial Affairs; a great variety of news paragraphs, &c. Important from Florkia—Renewal of the Se- minole War. We publish in another portion of our columns thie morning. a piece of very important intelli gence received from Florida, by which it appe: that the renowned chief of the Seminole [ the warrior and Sachem, Billy Bowle: solutely refused to perform his engagements w the government, to emigrate west of the M tippi, but has. on the contrary, formally declar war against the United States,and re-commenced hostilities. To enable our readers to under- stand the casus belli move thoroughly, and to appreciate the sentiments which inspire the sa- vage children of the desert to pursue this sniel- dal course, we giv the last letter re- ceived from our correspondent in t Florida, which will be found extremely inter And to complete this collec id th recent message of I to Con gress in relation to Fl itorial article on the same ington Union of the 21st i Our readers, after peruse’ mente, will be 5 besides, ident Fillmore it n af ubject. from the Wash st s, and an ed. |} vir the several docu yretty well posted up as to th 1 prosper eizene of the bye giacee present coniditi« d de-a-vis of thelp san ls . instructions to Mesers. brand into the hands of his warriors, he will doubtless be undeceived as to his own invinci- bility. The government will be forced to take effectual means for chastising the Seminoies, and the hostilities thus recommenced must only terminate with the complete subjugation of the Indians, and their final expulsion from the ter- ritory of Florida. The Movements of Great Britain vs. the Mon- roe Principle—The Practical Issue. Whilst Senators of the United States are dis- cussing the true import of a treaty which owes its existence to their sanction, and hesitate to reaflirm the principles laid down by the fathers of the republic ‘as essential to its safety”— while the Clayton and Bulwer treaty is mere! talked about, and the Monroe declaration held in abeyance. and w the nation anxiously awaits and impatiently urges the enforcement of the one and the vindication of the other, both the treaty in its obvious provisions, and the declaration in its most vital purport, are violated and trampled under foot by Great Britain. We are weary of this inaction. The ques- tions which press upon us are realities, and cannot be met with flights of rhetoric in the Senate chamber. They are practical, and must be treated with something more substantial If, whil rve treaties, we are to require their observance, and if we really mean to adhere to the principles which we have so often proclaimed as constituting the than words we obs asis of that American system of policy of which we are naturally the head, then the pre- sent time requires of us the boldest and most decisive action. As early as 1823, Mr. Monroe solemaly de. clared to the world that “the American conti. nents, by the free and independent condition which they had assumed and maintained no longer to be con as colonization by any European pc principle was re-affirmed by Mr. Adams, and Mr. Clay, in the height of his glory it th «anction of his great name, and enforced it with all his eloquence. letter of were subjects for future gave In his celebrated Poinsett and § Atuntic ocean, with one or two inconsiderabie: ‘and from the same Cape to the fifty-Gret degree of north latitude in North America, on withou any exception, the whele coasts and sovereign resident American powe Rees wtthin the ; an colony could now sovere! Yet in utter defiance of this declaration, sanc- tioned as it has been by the whole American people, we have bad, within the past six months, two new colonies erected by Great Britain, with- in the indisputable territorial limits of the re- publican States of America. The “Colony of the Bay Islands,” organized in July last, and the more recent conversion of a license to cut logwood into a title of sovereignty in Belize, are both pointed and emphatic violations alike of the great principle here enunciated, and of the treaty of 1850, which provides that Great Britain “ shall not occupy, or fortify, or eolonize any part of Central America.” We repeat, the issue has come at last—we must now enforce the immediate and uncondi- tional surrender of the Bay Islands and the territory of Belize to their rightful owners, or formally abandon the position which we have taken before the world, and invite the aggres- sion of foreign and unfriendly powers. There can be no evasion—there is no middle course Our reputation amongst nations, and our in- fluence—perhaps even our predominence upon this continent—are staked upon the solution which Congress and the government shall give to these questions. We believe there is enough of sound Americanism in Congress to induce it to lay aside all minor questions, and give this matter its present and earnest attention, Some progress hes been made in that direction in the Senate. Mr. Dixon has given notice of a resolu- tion, instructing the Committee on Foreign Re- lations to report if the encroachments of Eng- Jand in the Bay of Honduras are in contra- vention of the treaty of 1850; and if so, to report such measures as may be necessary to “enforce a faithful observance of the stipula- tions of that treaty.”” We hope this resolution will be taken up, and that, with an amendment extending its application to Belize, it will be passed without delay. Hesitation, at this janc- ture, is dangerous, for the exigency is pressing. Tar Lectures SwAMPEp BY THE Operas.—For the last month or two, while the attention and feelings of the community have been enlisted in favor of one or the other of the great musi- cal celebrities who are now shedding their efful- gence on this metropolis, the feeble light gen- erally emitted at this season by the public lec- turers has been totally eclipsed. The Taber- nacle, Stuyvesant Institute, Hope Chapel, and Metropolitan Hall, have been comparatively deserted of late by all persons having any pre- tensions to taste, and the peripatetic philoso- phers who travel about from town to town, re- plenishing their purse by means of a manuscript or two in their portfolio, find that there is no profitable market for their literary ware here. In sooth, it was full time that a natural ter- mination should be put to this unnatural inflic- tion of stupidity, to which regularly, for years past, this community has been subjected. It may be said that people go voluntarily to these intellectual soirées; but, as some sort of amuse- ment or out-of-door occupation is actually a necessity to three-fourths of the population, they must, in their search for variety, patronize these lectures. so that attendance at them is not entirely an act of spontaneity. The opera, however, bas been the magical charm which has all but exorcised them; and if these learned professors wish to persist in their philanthropic efforts to enlighten the public, they must, we fear, shake the dust from off their fect, as a tes- timony against this city and take their scrip and staff to journey on to other localities, where there are no Sontags. nor Albonis, nor Juliens, to turn popular estimation from the intellectual repast these modern Socrates would spread before the public. If any one were possessed of so much patience | and philosophy as would enable him to brave | one or two lectures each night of the weck. he would almost be repaid by the sense of the ex- tremely ludicrous which their diversity of sen- timent and conflicting arguments would inspire him with. We might illustrate this by referring simply to two of those literary festivals. which | were spread before the curious public, in Stuyve sant Institute. on Wednesday evening. Before the holy brotherhood of the Young Men’s Chris- tian Association, Professor Lewis lectured on the “Six Days of Creation,” with the object of proving that the scope and true meaning of divine history was that these were not solar days. but indefinite periods of time, and that the Church was not forced into this theory by the discoveries of modern science. but that it had been recognized by some of the earlier fathers. before they were translated to heaven, particu- larly by St. Anselm and St. Augustine. This | | being his text. the learned lecturer proved, to his own satisfation and that of his andience, that science was only a stumbling groper in the | dark, and was capable of proving nothing; that | the earth is not the page whereon the history | of the ages has been written, but that in the | writings of Moses alone’ can any light be found to illumine the darkness of the past. Pos- sibly he may think—and, indeed, we would in- | fer so much from his discourse—that the world | was much better off before this darkness was even partially penetrated, and before material science came, with its irreligious and anti-Mo- | saic theories, to remove the curtain whieh hung with its thick fold# hetween the present and the { past. | Well, this was Mr. Lewis’s discourse before | an audience of the faithfal; while in the roomun- | der him, about an equal number of the disciples or admirers of the geological doctrines were | assembled, to be editied by Dr. Antisell’s lucid lecture on volcanic forces. Without, of course, | , venturing on the dangerous ground of impugn- } | ing the Mosaic account of the Creation, the lec- | turer at the same time presented, in a very in- | telligible manner, the facts discovered by modern science, and left the deduction to be drawn by his hearers. Whether they could or | could not reconcile them with the theological | doctrines, was entirely « matter for themselves, | and one in which he took no part. And yet the sentiments of both lecturers were as opposite as light and dark- nes While the one wonld still encourage mankind to the pursuit of the good and the beautiful, the other would harness it to a yoke of four thousand years’ antiquity—and would, on the same principle, prefer the sailing tubs of the ancient Argonautic expedition to an Amer- | ican clipper, Ericsson's calorie vessel, or one | of Collins’s steamer | As true philosophers, we are unmoved t these strifes of the modern agatnst the antiqn Our province lies in a route distinet from both; and while we honor the path of sefonca, we ave | 699 Wire aud too devout to fall out with holy | I ___ mother church, Faith is a good thing, and if we are ‘co be saved by it, then we cannot be-, lieve too much. We only good-humoredly Poi at to the picture to show the diversity and Cntrariety of sentiment prevailing in our popu- lar lectures. But they are passing away, and will soon leave nothing but history to record that such absurdities Ifave ever been patronized in this city. Coxviction or 4 Mock Avcrionerr. — The law’s delay is proverbial. and ita “glorious un- certainty” is equally remarkable; but some- times justice. though halt and lame. overtakes her victim at last. Such an instance occurred at Saturday’s Court of Sessions. A mock auc- tioneer was not only convicted, but sentenced to two years imprisonment. We have fre- quently directed the attention of the police au- thorities and the public to those swindles known as mock auctions, but hitherto with very little effect. Occasionally an arrest was made, but. from the skill with which the conspiracy to de- fraud was conducted by these sharpers, it was generally found that the letter of the law was evaded, and that no legal crime was actually committed, though unfortunate simpletons from the country were bamboozled and cheated. by having worthless articles palmed upon them for genuine. particularly in the case of counterfeit gold watches. Frequently, too. the victim was unable to identify the man who sold him the spurious article; and, again, when the offence was brought home, it often happened that the matter was compromised, and the offender left unwhipt of justice, because the individual who had been “done brown” was ashamed to have the world know he was so very green. In other cases, the police connived at the frauds, though, in some instances, they recovered the money of the complainant by frightening the swmdlers. Some efforts were made by the mayor to guard the public against the Peter Funks. He stationed boys opposite their shops, in Broadway and other streets. with placards —* Beware of Mock Auctions! ”— and police to protect them from violence, which was resorted to in one or two cases. But strange to say. these cautions did not prevent strangers from being taken in and done for. In order to counteract the effect of the placards, they posted some of the same kind in their own windows. as if to indicate that reference was not made to them, but elsewhere, and that they were the true in opposition to the mock auction shops. The mayor in a few days abandoned the placards, and from that time to the present the auctioneers thrived and prospered. The conviction on Saturday. however, will proba- bly have some effect in checking the fraud, though it will not effectually suppress it, par- ticularly as the conviction was illegal, though no doubt exists of the moral guilt of the convict, —a fact which shows the willingness of juries to put down these iniquities. What is wanted is a carefully framed, stringent law. leaving not a single loophole for the escape of the rogues ; and also the stirring up of the police to the performance of their duty. Tne Harps anv Sorrs at Concorp—Ovysters anp Harmony.—According to the despatch we published yesterday from Concord, the Dickin- son and anti-Dickinson committees that were detailed by the hard shells and soft shells, re- spectively, from this State, to lay their claims and grievances before Gen. Pierce, in reference to his New York cabinet appointment, were Cisposed of in a very summary manner, and sent home to harmonize. He could not receive them separately—they must all come in to- gether, and face the music. What could they do? There was no other alternative than to harmonize, while in Concord; and this they did over an oyster supper—fried, roasted and stew- ed. Had Gen. Pierce admitted the two fac- tions separately, they would doubtless have ex- hausted his patience in telling lies about each other, and instead of oysters, their mutual re- criminations would, perhaps, have resulted in a precious row. When last heard of, our corres- pondent said— “I see them on their winding way,” back to New York. Let them profit from the lesson given them by Gen. Pierce. Let them harmonize over another oyster supper, in the “cole ,hole” of Tammany Hall. Nothing like harmony and oysters. Urs anp Dow: Napies Sw G A Rav.—We are informed, from a private source, that the King of Naples, whose late severe treatment of the people of the island of Sicily has made him somewhat noto- rious among the lesser monarchs of Europe, is now pursuing a totally different policy in the said island. He is endeavoring to conciliate that people, in anticipation, as is supposed, of the very possible contingency of being called upon before long to make room in Naples for a young Murat ; and in that event, like another Ferdinand, the present Bourbon, it is expected, will fly for refuge to the Sicilians. To strength- | en this view of the subject, it is said that an in- dividual, high in the interests of the Murat family, had been seen in Naples incog. Well, the old King is perhaps wise in making prepa- rations for a storm. The sky of Europe is tran- quil, to be sure; but there are clouds all around | the horizon, and there is no telling how soon we may hear the heavy roll of the gathering | thunder. And if the Napoleon dynasty is to be thoroughly re-instated, the execution of Murat suggests a revolution or two in some of the goy- ernments of the Italian peninsula, The King of Naples. in considering these things, is a wise man, Tue Lave Term ix tHe Court or Sessions. An unprecedented amount of business has been transacted in this court during the past term, and the gratitude of their fellow citizens is due to the presiding Judge—Beebe—and his associates—Aldermen Brisley and Francis, far the indefatigable manner in which they have discharged the important duty of clearing up the arre: and thus relieving the overcrowded city prison, frequently sitting till a late hour of the evening, wh the letter of the law only compels them to sit from eleven o'clock till three. There have been had, during the fifteen days of the term, forty-two jury trials; and sixteen pleas of guilty have been taken. In some of these more than one defendant have been im- pleaded. and the total number of those tried and pleaded guilty was sixty-eight. Thirty- one men and three women have been sent to the State prison, and the agg the sentences is nincty-six years and gate term of nine moniths, The Grand Jury have found one hundred and ten bills of indictment. and dismissed fifteen complaints, Cotemporarily with this, the Court of Special Sersions has sat twice a week, as usual, for two hours in the morning, and dis- ! 6 lnicony aud common aysaults, sor Royaury—Tue Kive or | ‘Ocn Banus anv Canats—Itteaar. Expenpi- |, TURES.— The committee of our Legislature, ap- pointed to examine the State Treasnrer’s ac- counts, have made a report of ninety-nine pages, on the subject of our canal expenditures. which will unquestionably commend itself to the care- ful consideration of the public, who have to foct the bille, With reference to the banks. the committee present a rather satisfactory exhibit, in figares ; and they close this branch of their labors with these consoling remarks, to wit :— “While your committee are convinced from a careful examination that the billholders are in most (if not all) caxen well proteeted by the recurities now held by the saperintendent of the ing Department, they cannot close this portion of their report without expressing the opinion that the limit ax to character of securities which may be pledged is wise, and cannot be increased without serious risk; more expecially would they deem it very un- safe, should the door be opened for the reception of zail- road or city stocks as a basis of circulation,” With regard to the canal funds. it appears that * among the questionable expenditures of money, was the order of the Canal Board, pay- ing the sum of $4,452, on the claims growing out of John McCaughlin’s contract, after a de- cision, nearly a year before, settling and paying his claims. These expensesrise to $3,000 more, and there was an order entered ‘to pay all just claims against the estate’ of said contrac- tor. The object of the order doubtless was to pay workmen, &c., but it amounted to a letter of administration, which. the committee say. the Board had no right to give, nor the Auditor to recognize.” The committee make out a particular charge of illegality in the expenditures for the Albany canal basin. After presenting sundry small items. not exactly according to law. they say— A further examination of the books in the Auditor’s Department, disclosed to the committee an aggregate ex- nditure in excavating said basin, in the years 1850 and Teb1; of nearly $50,000, all of which, as near as your committee could ascertain, was charged as ordinary re airs of the Erie canal, except the sum of $2,i44 15, paid yy Ni J.-Beach, Canal Commissioner, on contract with Folsom & Payne, dated Oct. 22, 1849,'a8 ‘enlargement of the Erie canal.”” ‘These discoveries induced your committee to pursue their investigations in regard to any other expenses and transactions involved in this work during the past tiscal year, being quite convinced that no just interpretation of written language or law could maké the work an ordinary repair, but, on the contrary, that the expenditure of the money had been made by an inyasion ef the requirements of the canal laws, already cited in this report, and without any legal justification. The necessary vouchers to this indictment are produced, and then the committee proceed to ferret out various little unauthorized items of mileage, on the part of our canal officials, extracted from the State treasury. David Bar- rett, Superintendent of Repairs, is also charged with unwarrantable extravagance in the pur- chase, for the use of the commonwealth, of an old scow boat, four years old, for the sum of $800, “being a price far beyond that at which new boats of the same description have been furnished.” We presume the Legislature, after this e2- posé, will let the matter drop. We may con- gratulate ourselves in getting off so well. The discoveries made are something of a mare’s nest; for, however ordinary or extraordinary, as far as the facts appear, the expenditures for the Albany Canal Basin were faithfully applied to its improvement. The report wears the complexion ofa humbug. But if there is any real corruption in the business, do let us have it. That’s all. CoMMENCEMENT OF OuR MonumENTAL Era.— | It is gratifying to observe in various quarters throughout the country. indications of an in- cipient and growing taste for works of art, and particularly for those productions of the sculp- tor’s chisel designed to commemorate private virtues or public worth. The Senate of the United States has recently made an appro- priation of twenty thousand dollars, to remu- nerate the artist who has just installed at Washington a bronze equestrian statue ot General Jackson, although the work originated in a fund collected for the purpose, by private subscription. But Congress has done more; it has passed a bill during the week, appro- priating a sum of fifty thousand Q@pllars for a similar equestrian statue of George Washington, which is also destined to embellish the Capitol of the republic. Thus the representatives of the nation respond to the popular sentiment, which demands that a stop be put to the com- plaint which has been hitherto made—not without cause—against this republic, that it was ungrateful to its eminent heroes, states- men, and orators. Boston is also preparing to strengthen its title to the flattering cognomen which its numerous literary men have acquired for the modern Athens. Bunker’s hill monument stands as a memorial of the glorious deeds of our revolutionary sires who fell on that Mara- thon of the New World; and now measures are being taken to raise a monument there worthy of the greatness of Daniel Webster, and to mark in all succeeding ages the veneration in which the great New England statesman was held by his fellow citizens. Baltimore, and Concord, and Lexington have all their revolutionary mementos, and even the young cities of the West are beginning to exhibit a laudable spirit to commemorate their distinguished public mea. From these indications, we may reasonably imbibe the conviction that a new Augustan era is about to be initiated on this continent. Within three-quarters of a century, we have outstripped all other people in our physical progress, and within the complement of that cycle we may also show ourselves able rivals of the Old World in all those arts which tend to embellish and beautify human existence, and to transmit to succeeding ages the fame of America’s distin- guished sons. But hitherto the commercial metropolis of this republic has not taken such a position in re- gard to monumental erections as her greatness and importance should impose upon her, Our squares and pags are devoid of any of those embellishments which in European citics serve to mark the taste as well as the gratitude of the present or past ages. The Battery, on which the English flag floated for the last time on the morning of Evacuation—the City Hall park, Union, Washington, and Madison squares—all present excellent sites for historical monuments; yet, up to the present time, their commonplace appearance has not been relieved by the instal- lation of a single statue or column. And yet it is not through a want of public taste, or through a spirit of niggardliness, that such is the case, The cemeteries adjacent to New York—Green- wood, Mount Auburn, Cypress Hills, &¢.-—all testify to the educated taste which exists in this | community for the finest statuary, and to the expenditure of wealth which is lavished in ing marble cenotaphs to the memory of arted worth, May we not encour that some of the s rating the cities of the into another channel, and ¢ ellis tional, and political activity, with statues, columns or obelisks, in hondr of the mighty liverted itself in em- shibit ling this great centre of commercial, na- | dead who have impressed the mark of their i uel greatness upoa tho Angly Amer ja | Geme and rage! Music and Theatricals, ‘The two operas during the week, have been well attended, and the two great leading artistes, Sontag and Alboni, egcl? delighted their respective audiences—some most admirtoy one, and some the other; but all enjoying a luxury in mu- ele whieh it has never been the lot of a New York audience to possess before. Both artists sang the rdle of Rosina in the ‘Barber of Sevilie”’—1 he one at Niblo’s, and the other at the Broadway. Both made palpable hits—the one by her elegauce, finish, ani brilliant artistic execution of Sforituré feats ; the other by her immense power, gusb- ing melody, artless simplicity, and winning naiveé. They also sung, besides, Aisoni in the ‘Daughter of the Regiment,’’ and Sontag in ‘“Luerezia Borgia,” in which one of our bright cotemporaries expected her ta ving the “Brindisi,” the part of Orsini, and not Borgie’s; and another hinted that ahe was afraid to sing it, be- caure “Alboni bad made it so familiar.” The truth is, that Pico «ang 4t charmingly, as she alwaysdoes. Allgoni has not sung itin opera here, though she bas ones or twice in coneert—not, however, making it af all familiar. If she should ing in the opera of ‘I.ucrezia,”’ she wilt not of course sing the “Brindisi.” Sontag appears again in uereria Borgia” this evening, and Albonf in “Sonnambu- +? How happy ean the lover of music be with elgher t ‘Their engagements in New York are quickly drawing to a ove. wor expected that Catherine Hayes has by this time loft San Francisco for New Orleans, where it is said she will appear Mm opera, and that she will thence proceed to Mexico. Her success in the Golden State has been splendid. A new candidate for musteal fame has arrived among us, and has astonished those who have heard him in pri- vate circles, Though not as yet known to the genera} public of bis own country, he is long since well and fuvor- ably known to artists, not only aa @ great original pin- nist, but a great composer. He is a young man, of twenty-three years of age, was born at New Orleans; but. since he was twelve years of ago he has resided in Paris, where his father sent him to complete his musical educa- tion, having manifested at a very early age his extragrdi- nary genius for music, which, it is said, he has inherited fyvom his mother, a Creole of Louisiana, distinguished for her musical attainments. His name is Louis Moreau Gottschalk—a name that looks harsh to the eye, and is not very musical tothe ear. But what’sina name? “A vose by any other name will smell as sweet,” and a musi- cal genius will leave his mark, in despite of an uncouth name. He made his débué in Paris in 1845, when he waa but fifteen years of age. In the following year he begam to compose, and has since produced some of the most ori- ginal compositions ever given to the world. His ‘Le Bam- doula,” “Le Bananier,”” and “La Savane,” bear the bigh- est marks of the inspiration of genius. He gave a soirié musicale on Saturday last to a few artiste, connoisseurs, and members of the press, at the Irving House, when he performed some of his own compositions, and also the compositions of others, in a manner that so dazzled and electrified every person present that they could not re~ strain the most enthusiastic expressions of deligh¥ and astonishment. The instrument was a fine one of Pleyel’s. The pianoforte, though the most perfect of all mesical instruments, and the domestic instrument, is not very popular in the concert room, because, except under the hand of a master, it lacka force to fll a large building; \ ’ > and the performer, too, is limited by the keys, whereas , the violinist makes the notes by his fingers, and on the cremona; therefore there is room for infinite skill and va- riety—in fact, perfection can never be said to have beer reached. But, under the fingers of this young Americar artist, the piano appears to rival the violin, and to be 1 totally different instrument from what it is in the hand, of a performer without genius. He imparts to it a power of expression which is supposed to belong exclusively to the violin or the human yoice. He makes the keys all but speak. His performance is more like that-of an orchestra than of a single instrument. Fach finger seems equal toa solo. With the quickness of lightning he combines the peal of thunder in the JSortissimo passages, and the whole thing seems like magic. You wonder that you never knew before that the pianoforte was capable of such power. He sweeps his bands as high as bis head, and his fingers come down upon the reverberating keys like so many sledge ham- mers, but with unerring precision. The great peculiarity of his performance is, that with this tremendous force and energy, he unites the most exquisite grace in those passages that require delicacy. His music is not merely mechanical—it is the soul, the poetry of music, After _ some of his grand, astonishing picces, he performed rome touching melodies with much pathos and feeling. He combines the sublimity and grandeur of Thalberg with the beauty and finish of Listz—the two greatest pianists, each in their own line, in the world. Among the pieces he performed was Listz’s ‘Carnival of Venice,” with a finale of his own composition. Never was anything like it performed upon a pianoforte in the United States. Altogether, the soirée was a successful musical entertainment. If this artiste gives a series of concerts with little Paul Julien, and, perhaps, one or two vocalists, he will probably reap a golden harvest in hie native land. He is a yery modest looking and unostenta- tious youth. What an extraordinary impulse haa been given to the progress of music in this country within the last two or three years. In addition to the glorious artists now here, we are soon to have Cruvelli and Julien, the one great in vocal music, and the other great in instrumental—Juli- en being the father of orchestras in England. He bring# his wonderful band with him, and no doubt will be very succersful. In Great Britain he was so popular that when he performed at the same place and time with Jen- ny Lind he fairly divided the audience with her. We are‘ not without hope that Grisi and Mario will ere long visit oua shores. In an extract recently copied into the HenaLD from an. Austrian paper, it was stated that the celebrated Rossini, having bought in Trieste some property to the amount of" 2,000,000 francs, that he is there occupied as a fisher- man and a fishmonger. From letters received by the last arrival from Europe we learn that this is not true, and that the gyeatest living composer is still in Florence, and. still living the dolce far niente, At Burton’s theatre there has becn infinite mirth; Bur- ton being a host in himself. His very look speaks a whole volume of comedy. ‘The pices so successfully represent~ ed were, “A New Way to Pay Old Debts.” ‘The Eton Boy,” ‘Paul Pry,” “Paris and London,” ‘The Miller's Maid,” “The Toodles,”’ One Thousand Milliners,”” “‘Ni- cholas Nickleby,” “The Breach of Promise,”” “David Cop- perfield,”’ ““Fortune’s Frolic,” ‘The Work of an Artist,’” “The Rake'a Progress,’’—being a total of thirteen differ ent performances in one week. This evening will be per- formed, ‘Nicholas Nickleby" and “The MiNer’s Mai At Wallack’s Lyceum the performances have been ad- mirable, There is a strong company there, and the act+ ing would do credit to any thentre. The pieces were, “The Irish Heiress,” ‘‘The Practical Man,” “Two Can Play at that Game,”’ ‘The Rivals,” “Poor Cousin Walter,” ‘The Day After the Wedding,” “The Heir at Law,’’ ‘A Morn- ing Call,” “Money,” ‘Speed the Plough,” “High Life Be- This evening will be produeed, ‘The Day After the Wedding,” and ‘The Heir at Law.” At the Bowery there was the “Bohemian Girl,”’ “-Rook- wood,” “The Corsican Brother: fazeppa,”? “William Tell,” and “Putoam.”” The variety not great, but the perfermar good, To-night, “The Lost Ship” andy “Mike Martin.” At the National there was ‘Richelieu, and his Monkey,” “The Willow Copse,”’ “The Robbers,”” “The Highland Drover and his Dog,’” “Monkey Jack,’? “The Day After the Wedding,’’ ‘‘The Heir at Law,”’ * Wal- lace,” “The Forest of Bondy,” ‘Nick of the Woods,’” “Charles II,” “The Showman and his Monkey.” There was ample variety here, This evening will be produced, “The Lost Child,” ‘The Butcher's Dog of Ghent,” and “A Cheap Excursion.” At Barnum’s, Tom Thumb has been drawing crowds. ‘There was also exisibited at that theatre, “ The Village Gossip,” “Forty Thieves,” “ Family Jars,’ tion,” all highly amusing, This evenin Thumb,” and ‘'The Double-bedded Room.’’ There has been, at the German theatre, White’s theatre, Christy’s Minstrels, and Wood's Minstrels, a great ya- riety of entertaining theatricala and negro minstrelsy , during the week ; and on Saturday evening Dodworth gave the second of his series of concerts at Metropolitam Hiall, Add to this the Cireus in the Bowery, and Heller's saloon of wonders in Broadway, and there is a fund of, amuxement in one week, for the people of New York, that; would be suflicient to last any other people almost @ twelvernonth, We are a happy people, and no mistake, Ole Bull will give a concert, at Norfolk, on Tuestay evening. ‘The Misses Denin closed a very successful engagement, at the Troy Museum, on the 22d inst. ‘The Englich opera troup closed at the Holliday street. Theatre, altimore, on the 22d inst., with a benefit to Mac nna Bisbop. Mr. Murdoch is playing at the Baltimore Maseum. Court Calendar=This Day. Court.—Cireuit—Nos, 4 61, 2, 48, 63, 65, 72, 73, 7, 77, 78 Spesial Term—Adjourned, ne (Two branches. )—No#. 133, 203, 24, 280, 283, 28 21 y next. eRIOR COURT. — , 197, 12034, 167 _ Werrep Spates Derricr Cocrt.—Nos. 12, 19, 16, 21, 22, 96, 30, 96, 86, 86, Phillip Quart’ 4, 180, 200, 202, 207, 21, « 73, 70, 204, 27, 2, 100, 126,