The New York Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1853, Page 4

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Reyoil, No. 17 Rue de la Banque. | ‘The European mails will close in this city, at one and three o’clock to-morrow afternoon. The Wzrkiy Henatp will be published at balf past nine o'clock in the morning. Single copies, in wrappers, sixpence. ‘The News. ‘The steamer Africa arrived yesterday evening, with five days later news from Europe. The delay in her arrival is accounted for by the fact that she was @etained a day at Liverpool, by order of the govern- ment, which was desirous of sending by her the con- firmation of the treaty relative to Canadian recipro- city and the fisheries question, lately negotiated at ‘Washington between Messrs. Everett and Crampton. ‘The news which the Africa brings is of a most miscellaneous but not very important character. It was rumored that Kossuth intended shortly to visit America again, when he hopes for more success than attended him on his first visit, as he considers the installation of a democratic govera- ment peeuliarly propitious for his schemes. There is nothing ctirring in the English circle of politics, nor, indeed, in that of France. From Italy comes rumors that Feancisco Madiai’s reported death, by Poison, is not copfirmed, and from Montenegro the shout of war still reges. A telegraphic anticipation of the Indian news, conveys the intelligence that the Burmese war {z almost ended, and that the rebellion im China is gaining ground. In another page will be found full details of the general news, which in cludes items from Australia relative to the gold hunt- ing, the war in Caffraria, and other matters, too numerous to mention. The commercial circulars which are added, give all the news regarding the markets. ‘The steamship Georgia arrived yesterday with the California mails, about two hundred and sixty pas- sengers, and $1,864,526 in gold dust. One striking | fact is, that the G. brings a larger amount of the pre* | cious metal than was on the manifest of the Oregon, which sailed from San Francisco on the 30th of De- cember; besides which, the telegraph reports that | the Panama took half a million into New Orleans, This shows that nearly two millions and a half of the precious metal has arrived in the Atlantic States within the last few days, considerably over one-fifth of which was in the hands of passengers. By the Georgia we have received some additional news from | New Granada, California, &c., which will be found | quite interesting. | Hon. Alex. H. Buel, democratic Congressman from the Seventeenth dist: of this State, expired in Washington yesterday. His remains will leave that | city this morning, for his late home in Fairfield, and, as is customary, out of respect for the memory of the | Meceased, po public business will be transacted in | Congress to-day. | Another frightful railroad accident, by the over- | turning of a car down an embankment, occurred | near Christiana, Pa., yesterday. Ten persons were | imjured—two of them so severely that they are not | expected to recover. The car was consumed, the embers in the stove having set it on fire. The AntiSlavery Convention ogain assembled at Boston, on the 27th inst.,to have a talk. Nothiug hut words has marked their proceedings, and they fartherfasre seem determined to do nothing but ut- ter uzincaning denunciations against the church and its ministers, bible societies and foreign mis de- ceased patriots and living statesmen, all of which is like hurling pigmy pebbles against adamant. They fall as hurtless and unheeded as though the cast against the immovable rock of ages. Garrison and Wendell Phillips made their a ance on the second day, and relieved themsel what the society called speeches, but wh in the Bowery would denominate Rev. Mr. Foss—who will not be forgotten as hi occupied, in the last Presidential campaign, no envi- uble position, was also present, and stated that he had once preached an anti-slavery sermon to his con s of gregation, and next day was politely waited upon by a committee, who informed him that he must conteat | himeelf in preaching the spel. No dowbt he fol- lowed the injanction, at least duri m of that particular pulpit. A poor ne of the proceedings asked of the ¢ | assistance to enable him to purchase his children | ovt of bondage; but he was told that they were gaged in a nobler work than buying the libert slaves—if he wanted assistance be must go elsey yarse | ouvention som Woman's rights received some consideration, t Choctaw and Cherokee Indians were deno anid the whole party finally looked forward toa rich and glorious field of operations in aiding the es of fag slaves, The convention met again on the subsequent day, anc d their labors for the without having advanced a step towards the acc plishment of a single purpose. Mr. Tukey, the ex-Ma i) of Boston evening made a pec h toa lange purpose of vindicating his offic I charges of certain members of the lat government. While listening: to his re of the excited audience had tueir pox i several fights occurred. Mr. T. is nov for Alderman. . - Notwithstanding the ser ewhat discouragi counts brought from Barope by th Arc an or. two previous steamers, the prices for <> : ee New Oxicans appear to have been pretiy well sus tained, ond thir, too, in face of the {uct that the | ark p ‘at the different southern ports, amount to four hun" dred and eighty-five thousand bales, Our despatches state that a brisk business was done on Saturday, at steady prices. ‘Aman named Soohan was stabbed and instantly killed by some unknow@ person, in Philadelphia, last Saturday night. One of his acquaintances has been a O55 conta | ected on suspicion of having committed the deed. By reference to our police intelligence, it will be | seen that James G. Nicholson, who is alleged to | have been concerned in the great Martha Washing- ton conspiracy case in the West, was in this city a | few days ago, but very adroitly managed to elude the vigilance of the officers who were after him. Last evening the third anniversary of the Protes- tant Episcopal Mutual Benefit Society was celebrated in St. Batholemew’s church, the Right Rev. Bishop Wainwright presiding. The Rev. Dr. Haight preached a very able sermon, appropriate to the occasion, taking his text from the twelfth chapter of St. Paul's j Fpistle to the Romans, the fourth and fifth verses, At the conclusion of the Rev. gentleman's discourse, the Rey. J. W. Hopkins came forward and delivered a statement in relation to the funds of this society, and cited several cases in which much misery and suffering had been alleviated; and in concluston ad- dressed a fervent appeal to the Episcopal Protestant body in this country, to come forward and aid, by every means in their power, the benevolent object of the association. See a full report elsewhere. In addition tomuch other very interesting reading, our inside pages to-day contain the féllowing :—-The Replies of Mrs. Ex-President Tyler and Donald Me- Leod, to the Attacks upon America by the Women of England; Letter from Washington, descriptive of our European Postal Arrangements ; Political and Gossiping Letter from Boston’; Proceedings of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society; The Increase of the New York Canal Tolls; Lecture by Prof. Youmans on Christianity ; Commercial Affairs ; The- atrical Items, &c. The Duchess of Sutherland, and Others, on American Slavery—Admirable Reply of Mrs. Ex-President Tyler. We commend to the careful attention of our readers this morning, and especially to the la- dies of the North, the admirable letter of Mrs. ex-President Tyler, which graces our columns to-day. It is written in reply to the recent manifesto of the Duchesses of Sutherland, Ar- gyle, and Bedford, the Countess of Derby, Vis- countess Palmerston, and Ladies Blantyre and Trevellyan, and a host of others. of the sympa- thetic women of England, appealing to their sis- ters, the fair women of these United States, tojoin j With them in that high and holy enterprise of English philanthropy, the abolition of Ameri- | can slavery. Her Grace the Duchess of Suth- erland and her associates. plead in vindication of this ungracious intermeddling in our do- mestic institutions, that it will contribute some- thing to the glorious, crowning, final fulfilment of Christianity, of “glory to God in the high- est; on earth peace, and good will to men.” The letter of Mrs. Tyler in answer to this— we had almost said, this hypocritical—appeal of the high-born female abolitionists of England, is no indelicate intrusion on her part into the po- litical arena. She does not advance to the res- cue as “a strong-minded woman,” assuming, ia defiance of public opinion, the full exercise of her “woman’s rights.” She is not a volun- teer for notoriety, in the patriotic duty she has undertaken to discharge. Her letter is the re- sult of a public solicitation, through the columns of the Richmond Enquirer; and we think that in the execution of the task thus called upon to fulfil, she vindicates at once the institutions of the South, the patriotism of the honored daugh- ters of this republic, and her own high charac- ter asa truly benevolent and intelligent wo- man. Mrs, Julia Gardiner Tyler is a daughter of a late distinguished citizen of New York—Hon. David Gardiner, who was killed by the dread- ful explosion on board the steamer Princeton, during an official pleasure trip on the Potomac river, on the 28th of February, 1844. His danzh- ter became the wife of John Tyler, President of the United States, towards the close of his term of office. And, notwithstanding his vetoes of Mr. Clay’s bank bills, and his industry and en- ergy, aided by Mr. Calhoun, in effecting the an- nexation of Texas; and his settlement, through Mr. Webster. of the North Eastern Boundary question, the most brilliant achievement of Mr. | Tyler’s administration, was the conquest, by the gay widower, of the young, beautiful, intel- lectual, attractive and accomplished lady, whose patriotic letter is the subject of this article. Born and educated in the North, and living for the last eight years on a Virginia plan- tation, the mistress of its colony of slaves, and from the daily experience of her life, thoroughly conversant with the practical workings of the institution of slavery as it exists in the South, she is certainly a most fitting respondent to the offcious philanthropy of England's abolition | duchesses. The locality, too, whence this letter eman- ates, is eminently apropos in thie international controversy. Shérwood Forest, the home of ex-President Tyler, is situated near Williams- burg. the ancient colonial capital of Virginia; and in the immediate neighborhood of James river and James Town, those historical scenes: of chivalry and yomance, in which Captain John Smith tnd Pocahontas were the princtpal characters. It was to supply the tobacco plan- tations of James river with laborers, that the first African slaves “were introduced into this continent. The institution was set up and es- tablished by the British government and its | Virginian colonists on James river; aud now, ofter the lapse of more than two hundred years, a woman’s voice is heard from this sacred cround of Virginia, in earnest remonstrance against the offensive warfare of the women of England upon a social institution of the South. founded by their fathers. Such a reply to such a provecation could not have emanated from a more appropriate locality. We will not attempt to weaken the force of © leading points of her beautiful response to “cl righteous and imperious Duchess of therland, The patriotic republican in vindi- nign institutions of this happy its Southern ihe be: uniry, and its happy peo *s letter by any recapitulation here of creased receipts of that staple, over those of last year,.| cupied by a degraded and famishing popula Ovr Eastern RELATIONS—PROTECTION VERSUS tion, compared with whose condition that | Recrrrocrry—It turns out that the fishery of the slaves of our Southern States is en- | resolutions passed at a public meeting at St. viable sbundance and huppiness, And if the | John, N. B., which we published last week, Dutchess of Sutherland has been thus far igno- | were got up by the protectionist party in rant of the sufferings and wrongs inflicted upon them, as she doubtless soon will be from her vain and silly interference in the domestic affairs of she is as ignorant as most of the English jour- nalists are of American geography. The immediate superinducing provocation to this remarkable abolition manifesto of the women of England, was no doubt that fanatical compilation of trashy, wishy-washy abolition sentimentality, called “Uncle Tom’s Cabin. ” The authoress, however, has probably gained all her desires in that production, of pecuniary profit, @ world-wide notoriety, and the applause of all the most virulent enemies of her own country, at home and abroad. From the bigot- ed and contracted circle of an abolition conven- ticle she has made a martyr of Uncle Tom, a heroine of herself, and the terrors of Rus- sian barbarism of Southern slavery, We ap- prehend, however, that time, experience, and common sense, in this country and in England, to say nothing of patriotism, will ¢onfirm the superiority of Mrs. Tyler’s position on the sla- very question, ovér that of the exaggerated fable of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” The condition of that wretched caricature of a free negro em- pire in Hayti; the constantly deteriorating free blacks in Jamaica; the decline of the black population in all the emancipated British West Indies, from idleness, destitution and crime; and, above all. the horrible barbarism of the black nations, or tribes, of Africa—lords of the soll from the days of Ham—siggest a totally different set of colored characters for a novel than the comparatively refined and that city, whose object is, if possible, to her own tenantry, it is time she were informed of | prevent a reciprocity of trade between the The American Crystg! Palace. We learn thatthe Crystal Palace Association has obtained the services of Colonel Hughes, of Mary- land, a3 a commissioner to visit the principal courts of Europe, and address the respective sovereigns in regard to the products of the government establish- mente—such asthe Gobelin tapestries and Sevre’s porcelain, in France, and so forth. These would be United States and the British North American | matters of interest and curiosity here ; it is well to colonies, for the purpose of retaining a mo- | secure them. And there is no great reason to doubt a transatlantic people, of which and of whom | nopoly of the markets of the world in fish—which they are not disposed themselves to catch—or, at all events, of preventing others from enjoying this advantage, They are equally opposed to having those mines of mineral wealth, which are lying idle, worked by the more enterprising American—their forests converted into timber to be used for shipbuilding, by enterprising foreigners—or the establishment, by them, of towns, railroads, and foundries; while, at the same time, the people of the province have neither the means nor inclination to effect these objects to their fullest extent: And all parties seem agreed that “the fish- eries should not be given away without an equivalent, and that the right to them should not be surrendered absolutely upon any terms. There are in the colonies three distinct inte- rests involved in the question of reciprocity: The Canadians want it, that they may have area- dy market in the United States for their agricul- tural produce; the people of New Brunswick are desirous of obtaining it, to aid in developing the splendid resources of the province; and those ot Nova Scotia require it, that a market may be obtained in the United States for their fish, On the other hand, we have our protectionists here. The lumbering interest of Maine are desirous that competition should be prevented, that they may obtain a higer price for their lumber; the coal companies desire a similar monopoly; the agriculturists oppose reciprocity, that they may receive an exorbitant price for the necessaries improved and humanized subjects of Mrs. Stowe’s seditious romance. The religious and social sentiments of her heroes and heroines are not to be found with the African race, except where it exists in a state of dependence upon the white man. The amiable. religious, and kind-hearted Uncle Tom is a Southern slave. He is not a native African, nor a subject of Soulouque. We might, perhaps. with some profit, here advert to the cotton argument in be- half of Southern slavery, and to the depend- ence, from day to day, of four-or five millions of England’s population upon her supplies of raw cotton from the United States. But the more sagacious of the English journalists have already exploded the maudling abolition sympathy of the “Cabin” on this vital and practical question. We will not longer detain our readers from Mrs. Tyler’s lady-like, yet spirited and pungent letter. We trust it will tell home upon the noble dames of England, and to the substantial and timely relief of the swarming thousands of objects for benevolence and British emancipation, that surround them on every side. Truth, history, and experience, are powerful reasoners. The delusions of fanaticism and the arts of deception, however plausible, vanish at their touch. But the institution of slavery in the South has proved itself equal to the test. Under it the white and black races live harmo- all is confusion, bloodshed and desolation. Do- mestic benevolence directed to this end is little better than domestic treason; and British phi- lanthropy is British arrogance. ignorance, or hypocrisy. Of course, we mean no offence to her Grace, the Duchess of Sutherland, and her associate memorialists. But let them answer Mrs. Tyler, if they can. If not, let them here- after hold their peace on American slavery, if they can. At all events, let their charity begin at home. Ratrnoaps AND TELEGRAPHS TO THE PActric. —Some two weeks ago, we made a few remarks on the four great projects for linking the shores of the Atlantic to those of the Pacific, by means of the railway. In those remarks, we merely alluded to the fact that one of these projects embraced the plan ofa line of telegraph also. We made no comments on this double project at that time, reserving our remarks upon that fea- ture of the New York scheme to be embodied in a separate article. The plan of the New York, Atlantic. and Pa- cific Railroad Company. contemplates the con- struction of a line of magnetic telegraph to the Pacific, to be built pari passu with the railroad. We are decidedly opposed to this double scheme. We are opposed to it for various reasons, each of them good and valid, ar@ of itself sufficient to justify our opposition. We are opposed to it, because the blending together, under one char- ter. two enterprises so dissimilar in their cha- racter—worked by means so diverse. and re- quiring the oversight of individuals of a train- ing and experience so different from each other —must necessarily make the practical working of the machinery of so vast a corporation ex- tremely cumbersome, if not totally impractica- ble. We are opposed to it, because the grant- ] ing t6 Ne corporation of these vast blended monopolies. embracing interests of such im- | mense and diversified importance, would be un- just to other applicants for telegraphic lines, 48 well as dangerous to the community. And, finally, we are opposed to it. because we want. and the people want, the telegraph now; and the combining of the two projects into the hands of one company, would inevitably postpone the building of the telegraph ta a period so remote as to seem like an age to our progressive people. It will take one decade, at least. if not double that time. to complete the railroad, notwithstanding the projectors propose to yut it through in five years. Our experience in railroad estimates fully justifies us in anticipating such a result to that ‘of the New York petitioners. A line of :| telegraph from St. Louis to San Francisco can be put up in less than eighteen months. It would never do, therefore. to keep the lightning in abeyance all this time, while the railroad was We have not time, at present, to go into that laves included, is more than a mateh for the | “dragging {ts slow, length along” over the } philanthropic roy: amid the seenes of | prairies, and around the Rocky Mountains, to | ry, oppression, degradation, destitution, | its terminus on the Pacific. The press, in all | and starvation of the three kingdoms, seems to | sections of the country, are already calling for Love f-rgotten the wise old maxim, that “charity | the Pacific telegraph; and the pressure in be. hould begin at home. holf of its immediate construction will soon be | Upon this point, the extract of a letter, which | too potent to be vesisted. Any scheme, there- © publish, from Donald M’Leod, long a | fore, which seeks to make that line a mere ap in the United States, but now returned | pendage to a project of so much greater magni- tive Scotland, will prove a poworfal | tude, and of so dissimilar a character, will to the argumentum al hominem of | never meet the favor of the people, and mast be ry. Mr. M’Leod farnishes a very inter- | put down at once. erti x bird ve view of the Duke and Duch We have afinded above to the danger to he of Sutherland’s Highland estate of Dunrobin | apprehended from combining these two monopo- | Castle. Tle deseribes it as a place where, “in | lies, of the Pactiic railroad and the Pacific tele- | {le days o’ lang syne” it was the scene of a | graph, in the Bands of one sed of individuals. | busy, hoppy, patriotic and thrifty population hut reduced under tlie philanthropy o the British government and iVity, to a comparative desert, sparsely oc the British no- {| eubject so fully as we wish, and shall, there- fore, defer further comments until a more favor- ~ | able opportunity. of life; and the fishermen of Cape Cod and Marble head object to it, unless they procure in return the right to prosecute the fisheries and to cure their fish on the coast and shores of the British provinces. Amid this clashing of interests, the only course for the Committee on Commerce to pur- sue, who at present have the subject under con- sideration, is to ascertain what will be really advantageous to the people of this country, and to recommend such measures as will effect that object. We therefore anxiously await their re- port, which the chairman, Mr. Seymour, is pre- paring, who has bestowed much attention upon the subject, and from whose liberal and enlarged mind we anticipate a corresponding result. That report, we are assured, will be ready by the time the committee shall be called upon in the House, and which, we understand, will be accompanied by a mass of statistical and other information which Mr. Seymour has taken con- siderable pains to collect and digest. ‘We apprehend that the chief difficulty in deal- ing with the New Brunswickers, will be created by the duty levied on lumber brought down the St. John from the State of Maine, and which is imposed at the port of shipment, to which one of our Washington correspondents recently refer- red—imposed, we admit, under a strict and lite- ral construction of the terms of the Ashburton treaty, but which was never intended by its ing of an unjust toll upon the productions of the neighboring State when floated down that river, evon when cent fruit one portion of the United States to another. The difficulty which existed in the committee relative to the coasting trade, we have the best authority for stating has been got ridof. It may be as well to mention, in connection with this branch of the subject, that the act of the British Parliament repealing the Navigation laws, authorizes the Queen in council to throw open the coasting trade of any two provinces which shall address her Majesty to that effect, to foreign vessels, or of one province, if a simi- lar address is transmitted by such province. Ocean Postace—Retatiation on Great Brrrain.—We recently adverted to the measure adopted by the United States Post Office Depart- ment, in retaliation for the imposition practised by the post office authorities of Great Britain, who charged sixteen cents additional on letters for France, conveyed by the Collins line of steamers, the effect of which amounted almost to a prohibition against sending French letters by the American line. Our government, aroused from its lethargy, by recent speeches in Con- gress, issued an order from the department, dated the 24th of January, 1853, by which the posiage has been raised sixteen cents on French letters coming to the United States by the Cunard line, thus equalizing the postage of both lines. Before the recent order, the rates of postage io and from France through England, were as follows:— United States, inland......... 5 cents. Charge at destination, being Br. and Fr. 26 “ Making postage by British line.. Ay aad United States inland... 21 cents. Charge at destination, s « ‘ALC Making, by United States line... ..:.. « RETURNING. British and French postage, prepaid. 26 cents. 6 | United States, inlaud.........6...4. By British line. . Br. and Fr. postage, prepaid, as United States, inland and sea... . By United States line..... 0... 6000s 47 Thus it will be seen that the British Post Office charged the sea postage when the letter was conveyed by the United States packet, without giving credit for the same to the United States government. The United States Post Office Department, in order to secure their own cecan postage, had to exact sixteen cents more than was paid by the British line. The effect, therefore, of the recent order, is to raise the postage by the Cunard line, but it does not alter it as regards the United States line. French mails also go by the Bremen line, via Southampton, and by the Havre line direct, The order of the Post Office Department is a just measure of retaliation, and is absolutely necessary under the circumstances, But we trust the ‘time is not distant when, by mutual arrangement, ocean postage shall be reduced to a uniform sixpence, upon the same principle as the inland penny postage of Great Britain, and the recently reduced inland postage in the Uni- ted States. The result would be such an in- crease of letters as would compensate for the reduction, besides affording such inereased faei- lities of communication between the Old World | and the New as must greatly promote the inte- rests and the happiness of the people on both | pounced sgainst each other, or sides of the Atlantic. Marine Affairs. Wrack ov ravt or a Pror Boar Drscoversn.—The ship Silas Holmes, arrived yesterday, from New Orleans, re- that the European powers will be dispoved to do the handsome thing. Colonel Hughes is well chosen for the task. He is an old West Péinter, a captain in the Topographical Engineers, served under Wool, Worth, and Scott, in Mexico, as Colonel of the Maryland regiment; was made civil and military Governor of Jalapa and Perote, after the conquest ; and more recently, in 1249, was the first engineer of the Panama Railroad, and made the survey and location of the road. He isa man of scientific and military reputation, and will give the mission which he has undertaken the dignity that it ought to have. He will make the foreign governments understand that it is for their own interest to treat this matter with courtesy. The appointment is a good one in another point of view. It shows the design of the association to select their agents wherever they can get good ones, and not to let the thing run down into a local New York affair, but to give it a national aspect. We wish Colonel Hughes success. He has been talked of as the next Governor of Maryland. Fashionable Intelligence. MADAME SONTAG'S MUSICAL SOIREL AT NIBLO’S. The most fashionable and elegant réunion of the sea- son, was, beyond all question, that which convened on Saturday evening, in Niblo’s saloon. Wealth, fashion, beauty, and musical taste had their aristocratic repre- sentatives present, en masse, and this time all these quali- ties patronised, with that other great and noble senti- ment, charity, and gave to the whole affair an ensemble of splendor and worth rarely seen combined in such bril- Nancy. The proceeds of the concert were to be devoted to the funds of a benevolent institution denominated the “Hope,” situated somewhere up town, and presided over and maintained solely by the wealthy and charitable ladies of the Fifth avenue and its environs. The institu- tion is little known beyond the circle in which it has its be- ing, though doubtless it is one in every way entitled to public support; but its rich patronesses have hitherto avoided giving any publicity to their benevolent enter- prise, and have been on this occasion, alone, tempted to pass the limits of privacy within which they had confined their operations. They, therefore, solicited Madame Sontag to sing in a private concert for the benefit of their funds, to which the great cantatrice most willingly con- sented; and several other artists having volunteered their services, arrangements were made, the result of which was the elegant musical soirée at which some ten or twelve hundred of the fashionable people, par excellence, of the metropolis, ‘‘ assisted ’’ on Saturday evening. The hour named for the concert was half-past seven P. M.; but although, in our anxiety to have a good oppor- tunity of feasting our eycs with the spectacle of beauty and fashion as it came pouring into the saloon, we were present half an hour before the appointed time, we were much disappointed at finding the room more than three- fourths full. It was calculated that 1,400 persons could be accommodated, and tickets for that number were dis- posed of by the ladies in their own circles; though, judg- ing from the jam throughout the room, we might be in- clined to think that the fair Samaritans, in the overflow of their charitable zeal, had even exceeded this limit, and issued tickets to a somewhat larger amount than the saloon was capable of accommodating. The plurality of the fair sex present were habilitated in opera hoods, the lady directresses having requested that, in honor of the occasion, bonnets should be left at homo; but yet there ‘was a sufficient show of that banned and unfashionable headdress to prove to those who assumod, for the nonce, to control and direct the fashionable world, that the pre- dominant sentiment in this community is decidedly re- publican: and democratic, and that even the ladies of upper-tendom will not tacitly surrender their indepen- niously and happily together. Abolish it, and | framers, and which, in point of fact, is the levy- | dence. Therefore, if a count of heads had been taken, the “hats” would not have been much in a minority. For the rest, the attire of the ladies was very rich and elegant, giving, indood, to the eyening’s entertainment the appearance of an aristocratic drawing-room concert. There was among the audience during the execution of the first four pieces on the programme, the very minutest degree of interest perceptible. The ladies chatted to each other about the newest fashions, the operas, the ival vocalists, the fashionable hotels, the Metropolitan ball, sleigh-riding, and every other subject which occurred to their lively imaginations ; and though Signor Rocco sung a pretty Venetian ballad in good style, and Madame Bouchelle executed a cavatina from Meyerbeer, and Madame and Mr. Wallace played a duet on the piano, and Madame Pico Vietti sung the hymn of “Ave Marin” with a sweetness calculated to excite attention, still they all failed to make any impression on the audience, who, from the musical feasts they have been recently enjoying at Niblo’s and the Broadway, would seem to have become much more exacting and critical in their tastes. The fifth piece on the programme was set down as “Aria di bravura’’—happy birdling—with *‘jlauta obligato,” by Madame Sontag and Mr. Fben. Then for the first time there was an awakening from the listless and inattentive attitude hitherto maintained, and a battery of bright eyes and double-barrelled lorgnettes was opened upon Madame 8. when she appeared on the platform. She was attired in a most sumptuous and becoming style. Her robe was of rich white silk, fashioned with low body and short sleeves, and was covered with lace, having embroidered flounces; her hair was decorated with crimson flowers; she wore a necklace of pearls, and jewels sparkled on her wrists, Al- together ske looked very elegant and beautiful, but scemed somewhat abashed at being the object of such general and close inspection. “The happy birdling”’ was discussed in notes which might make the whole feathered creation dumb with envy, and Madame retired amida general uproar of applause; but not before re- ceiving, from one of the juvenile female members of the aristocracy, a large wreath, or bouquet. This ended the first part of the programme; but ihe patience of the audi- ence was noi sorely tested, as in a few moments Mr. Fra- zer came out and discussed the merits of his “ Bonny wee wife,’ and was followed by Madame Bouchelle, who sang, in a very pleasing manner, Wallace's pathetic ballad, “Windof the Western fea.’? These, though very good and unexceptionable, were rather submitted to than en- joyed by the audience, who had again renewed thelr fa- miliar conversaziones. But again Madame Sontag came forward to dissipate ennui, and io claim universal atten- tion. Again the movement is general, and all the ma- chines in the house are lovelled against the beautiful and blushing target. Floravanti’s singing lesson was then executed by Madame Sontag and Signor Rocco, and, as if by way of compensation for the slight interest they had manifested during the evening, the audience applauded now con amore, and insisted on an encore, to which Madame found hervelf constrained to submit. Another presentation of flowers to the Queen of fong—another interval of pianism—as Mr. Emerson would ray—and Larcaroile—and then came the finale, by Madame Sontag, of grand variations. The fair vocalist was again raptu- rously epplauded, and immediately aftor a dissolution of the session took place, and the brilliant throng who com- posed it were soon whirling off in their carriages towards the fashionable quartier of the city. The tickets having heen disposed of at two dollars each, and there having beon no cosmplimentaries issued, save the extravagant number of six, to the press, the ‘Hope’? institution must have had some three thousand dollars appropriated to its funds hy this private eharity eoncort. TNE DALY AT THE METROPOLITAN HOTRE. The crowning event of the ball season in New York was the one given on Friday night, by the Mosars. Leland, to their guests and friends. For weeks previously it was the subject of conversation and preparation among the fashionable circles and their milliners, and sineo it bas come off, it continues to be a theme for the descriptive eloquence of those who were fortunate enough to have had invitations. Indeed, this is not to be wondered at, for whether as respects the magnidecnt scale on which the hosts managed the allafr, or the beillient and fashionable assemblage which graced the salons, it must be conceded that no eatertainment of equal elegance bas been hitherto given in tis motropelis, The dining hell was eonyerted for the occasion into a salon de danse, in which the greatest number of sylphs we have ever seon crowded into a like space glided through the mezes of the cotilon, ant wade a break in the lines of the spectators, in thelr praiseworthy efforts to execute the “Schotti«che. In the galaxy of beauty and grace which dazed one's eyes on all , we had not a glance or a thought to bestow on bumerous representatives of the civie government, ports passing on the 27th inst., in lat. 9819, lon. 74, 4 pilot boat's foremart, with sail attached. The mast was * one by the deck, and the head of it was painted white, who might be een promenading in the rooms, though we were not equally blind to the charms of the female escendants of these same city fathers, All nation seemed to have been represented on thix occasion. Here we came against a native of Andalusia, whose bright eyes and olive complexion recalled thoughts of” “the gay Seguadil and the light castinet,”’ and then again one of the sunny dames of la belle France barst: upon ovr vision Here the Southegn brunette was polka~ ing to death « little chap who wore the uniform af tite United States navy, and there a Northern bleade was engaged in exceuiuz the same trick on the person another of thee nililaive al editorial gentlemen: ladies who are to bh 1 such occasions. were all splendici; and tor the most part beau- tiful, some of th d, uch so that the Sain p his eyes © Grmly fixed upon his t sce of such sed-etive visi- tanta. Nor idle so long as the masic afford- ed them a chance of exhibi*ing their graceful proportions, but kept whirling aroun t in tho.e the heads of the roughe: strange capers with ihe equilibe bad room. however, furnished an excellent release fro this sortof fa-bionable torture, to which young men and spicy old chaps will sometimes subject them- selves. Need \.e say that the supper was provided in @ style which did edit tothe liberality of the hosts, or néed we ray that the guests did not fail to do credit to the good things befere them Oysters, and jellies, and ices, and blanc anges, disappeared with ‘marvellous rapidity, washed down by but $y aud Vadalra, the aupty ¢ a certain feast recorded in histor; staading (he enormous drain made upon it. stentials were attacked with i ‘or, and the work of demolition was going on bravely when we made our Four o’clork in the morning found the thousand guests ‘of the Metropolitan dispersed. vy evolutions which aens of humanity Police Intelligence. CONSPIRACY, ARSON, PERJURY AND MURDER—EX- TRAORDINARY DEVELOPEMENTS. APE OF ONE OF THE ACCUSED PARTIES IN NEW YORK. It will be recollected by many of our readers, that some three or four weeks ago, an account was given of cortain astounding deyelepements made at Cincinnati, Ohio, re- specting the burning of the steamboat Martha Washing- ton, on the Mississippi, about a year ago, eausing the death of thirteen passengers, and the destruction of all the cargo alleged to have been on board at the time. In order that the reader may understand the matter, we give below a brief sketch of the modus operandi by which the gigantic conspiracy was carried into effect. In the first place, the names of the parties said to constitute the (conspirators, as set forth in the warrant of arrest issued by P. B. Wilcox, the United States Commissioner for that district, are as follows :—Lyman Cole, Lewis Choate, John Cummings, Wm. Kissane, G. P. Stevens, James G. Nicholson, Amasa Chapin, Rufus Chapin, Lorenzo Chapin, James Chandler, and William H. Holland « are charged and accused in the said warrant of arrest, om the oath of Sidney C. Burton and others, with forming a conspiracy for the pu: of burning up the steamboat Martha Washington—thereby causing the death of thirs.- teen human lives; and also defrauding the insurance companieg out of upwards of one hundred thousand dol- lars. It seems that in the month of January, 1852, these par- ties combined together and purchased the steamboat in question, and commenced puiting freight on board, as was alleged, to be transported to New Orleans. is freight consisted principally of boots and shoes, dry goods, Ke. in eases, As the first lots of goods were shipped, others of the gang would convey the same goods from the boat, have them re-packed, and again shipped on board the same steamboat; in this way, bills of lading, to a large amount, were made out; and, on these fictitious bills, purporting to exhibit’a large amount of property on board the boat: the same were shown to the insurance companies, an an insurance effected on each shipment of merchandise, when in truth and in fact, there was but one lot of goods. In this way a very heavy insurance was made, and the following offices are said to be the principal losers in the transaction:—Phonix Insurance Company, of St. Louis, Missouri; Fireman's Insurance company, Detroit Insurance Company, of Detroit, Michigan; Nation- al Insurance Company, of Cincinnati; Fireman’s and Me- chanics’ Insurance Company, of Madison, Indiana, to- gether with other insurances effected, amounting to over $150,000. When all the insurances were made, the boat started for New Orleans, and on the night of the 14th of January, 1852, the boat was found to be on fire, Ried Jon) did the flames progress, that- thirteen out of the sixteen passengers were consumed. The captain and all the hands of course escaped in their boats, and were saved. Subsequently the parties comm suit against the insurance companies for the amount in- sured on the goods and the buat, and upto about a month - ago, the companies had paid up to within about ten thousand dollars, Much excitement and suspicion were manifested in Cincinnati in consequence of destruc- tion of this boat, and during the last two months, a young-man named Filly, who had been employed by the owners of the said boatas an acting coniidential clork, during the time the freight was put on board, made cer- tain disclosures to his father, and a whispering began to find its way thro of Cincinnati; soon th the city that all was not: it in the recent burning of the Martha Washi yn ees The parties ellen immediately informed Filly that if he did not forthwith desist from any farther 5 his life would be taken. This threat alarmed Filly, who + left Cincinnati and went to Illinois, where, soon after, he was taken sick and died very suddenly—supposed to have poisoned. Prior to his death, however, he made disclo- sures to the pnblic authorities, which gave them a key to the whole matter, and warrants were issued for their arrest. Several were arrested in Cincinnati and held to ball in the sums of five and ten thousand dollars. Others con- cerned, on hearing of the arrests, moved off to other States, The captain of the boat was arrested in New Or- Terns and Repiteme back to Cincinnati. The clerk of the boat, James G. Nicholson, was supposed to have made his way to New York, and Mr. Joseph Bruen, Deputy United States Marshal, proceeded to this city in ‘search of him, arriving here on the 24th inst. On Thursday last Mr. Bruen went to Jersey city, and there, with the aid of Mr. Pollard, Captain of the Watch, obtained a trace of the ac- cused. At the Hudson Hotel, Nicholson had been putting up» under the assunged name of Jas. Godfrey, and at the Ameri- can Hotel, by the name of G. Godfrey, from Pennsylvania. That da; baggage of Nicholson was traced through: the porters to the Gramercy hotel, corner of Twentieth street and Bioséway, in this city. Messrs. Bruen and Pollard visited the latter hotel about nine o’elock that evening, and on the register saw the name of Mr. James, and from his description they felt satisfied that he was the man Nicholson and informed the landlord that they wished to see him. A messenger was sent to see if he was in, and to tell him that two gentlemen from New Jersey wanted to sce him ; but instead of the officers fol- lowing close after the porter, {n order to secure their man, they remained in the bar-room until the porter re- turned with a message from Mr. James, saying :—‘'Tell the gentlemen to walk up étairs.”” They did so; but on going into the room they sav a man sitting ata table. This person they at first took to be Nicholson, and said, “Well: old fellow, we have canght you at last.” ‘‘Cangat whor” was the reply, “my name is George Gage.’ “Well,”’ said the officers, ‘you must go with us. “Who do you want?” said Mr. Gage. ‘Why, Nicholson,’”? was the reply. “Oh,” said Mr. Gage, “Nicholson fol- lowed down ftairs after the porter; he toldme he would fo down stairs and sce what the gentlemen wanted. it appears that Nicholson suspected the men to be offi- cers, and as they went up stair: with the porter, Mr. Ni- cholson stood on one side in a recess, and in that way assed them and escaped, since which time he has not en seen by the police. ’ After the escape of Nicholson, Mr. Bruen applied to Justice Stuart, who has taken the matter in hand and caused tic arrest of Mr. Gage, on the charge of being an accessory after the fact, in ai ding and abetting the escape of Niekclson, with the knowledge that Nicholron was a fugitive from justice in Ohio. Mr. Ga was taken into custody by Deputy U. 8. Marshal Angelis, and yesterday taken before the strate, who has ordered him to be kept iu custedy until the case is further investigated. In the ease of Mr. Gage, 2 hearing will be had this day. It is Lelieved that on the hearing Mr. Goge will be discharged from custody. ‘Stalling with a Knife.—The police of the First ward, on Saturday night, arrested George Cornell, on a chargé of Violently gsraulting John Dunn, on that evening, with a knife, inflicting a severe wound in the left side. The in- jured man was conveyed to the City Hospital. From Tamra Bay—We had the pleasure this morning of an interview with Mr. S. Bridges, just ar- rived from Tampa Bay, He is in charge of a dele- gation of Seminole Indians from the West, who re- cently visited Tampa for the purpose of inducing the remainder of their people to Migr faa to the region allotted to them west of the Mi meet but, in consequence of the couduct of Elly wlegs since his return from Washington, nothing could be ef- fected, and the delegation accordingly withdrew, and are now on their way home. The party left to- day, at onco'olock, in the mail boat, for New Orleans. There was no news of importance at Tampa, and nothing further had transpired in regard to Billy Bowlegs or his future purpotes. Mr. Bridges did not see him, but understood he had pledged himseelf not to take up arms again; nor would he and his people remove West unless force be employed. It was 1 understood that Bowlegs and a part of his followers had retired into their fastneeses in the everglades. Before going, he stated that the United States officers in command there had advised him not to te, assuring him that in case of good behavior on his part they would protect him. ere is, how: ever, laced but little reliance upon what Billy says. Mr. Bridges informs us that the Seminoles ave well satisfied with their new homes, that they are indus trious,and ina highly prosperous condition. The dele ates,on Janding, in Florida, could not help contrast ing their present possessions in the teeming and fertilt West with the sandy and sterile »j-pearance of thei) old hunting rounds in the South, and seemed, fo) the first time, to appreciate fully the poverty of the soil of the Jatter. No consideration would induce them to go back to their ancient habitations —Mo hile Tribune, Jan. Personal Intelligence. Gen. Scott and his w 11. Piores and wife, hav been made life members of the I’aregt Methodist Misstou ary Society of Washington, by eontfibutions mode in, Methodist ehurch in that city. No. 56. e., et al, plaintiffs in ni-trator. &e. Tho argu Mr. Coxe for the de rdy Jolnsou, for thy rates Jan. 28. Serres Court or tim Usri John F. Ennis, adininistra’ error, vs. J. B. Hi. Smith, a mnent of this cauve was conti fendant in error, snd by Mr. plaintiffs in error’ Adjourue Hearn or Cuariesrox.—-There were thirty four deaths ja Charleston, during the week endiny the 22d January, seven of which were from cholera the disease heing exclusively among the colore population. Court Calendar—This Day. Scrnew Covrt.—Cireult—Nos. 52, 94, 97, 10, 103 09, 113, 97, 2, 69, 05, 11, 70, 71, 10,