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Three members were appointed as the Senate's portion of the joint committee to ex- amine the votes for President and Vice President, and notify the successful candidates of their election. The bill relative to imprisonment for debt in the Dis- ‘trict of Columbia, was.made the special order for to- day by the House. Eulogistic speeches upon the eharacter of the late Mr. Buel, and the adoption of the customary resolutions of respect wound up the day’s proceedings in both houses. Nothing of special importance transpired in our State Legislature yesterday. The attention of the two houses was respectively occupied with the pro- jects for railway consolidation, the Pacific railroad, Canadian reciprocity, &c. A jury was yesterday empannelled in Albany for | the trial of Wm. L. Salmon, who is indicted on a ebarge of having assisted in the rescue of the fugitive slave, Jerry. By our legal intelligence it appears that, from the | windings, fictions and complexity of the law, Thos. Kaine, claimed by the British government, under the Ashxirton treaty, as a fugitive from justice, is to | have a re-hearing of the accusation against him be- fore he shall be delivered up under the warrant of the Commissioner who hed the first examination. The accused is charged with shooting at a “middle man” fn Ireland who had dispossessed a friend of his from a | few acres of land. The crime, in the eye of the law, is next in enormity to that of actual murder, and, if found guilty, the prisoner would have sentence of ex- | ecution passed upon him—or, at least, “sentence of death recorded,” which is, in effect, transportation for | life. These results, however, are not looked to by our authorities, whore daty is simply to see the acts of | the treaty fulfilled with national honor and in good | faith. “Justi. must be done, though the heavens | should fall.” The decision relative to this, case in the United States Supreme Court, which we elsewhere publish, though very lengthy, will be found worthy | of an attentive perueal. It may be considered as set- fling an important law point, in which every adopted citizen is deeply interested. | In the matter of the widening of Canal and Wal- | ker streeta, Judge Roosevelt delivered a very impor tant opinien yesterday, refusing to confirm the Com- tmissioner's report. This caze has already been five years in litigation, at an enormous expense to the cor poration and the opposers of the measure. Our merchants trading witli Cuba, in the importa- tion of corn and lumber to that island, will find by oor special Madrid correspondence, that a royal order has been issued by the Queen of in, permitting the importation into the port of Santiago de Cuba of lnmber and building materials free of duty for the pe- riod of twelve months, and of Indian corn and meal, potatoes, rice, &c., for the term of six months. For the more precise and accurate information of those of our merchants interested in the matter, we give a literal translation of the decree in question. Advices from Port au Prince, Hayti, to the 13th ult., etate that the yellow fever was committing aw- ful havoc among the seamen at that place. Py ad cree of Faustin all metallic money had been quadra- pled in value—that is, the price of one dollar liad been raised to four in commercial value. ‘The petitioners against the running of Jocomotives below S'xtieth street, were again heard before the Committee of the Board of Aldermen yesterday, and on T) orcay the railway company is to reply. Six thonsand and six hundred emigrants have ar- rived in this city during ‘aged on past month. This pas hundred and thirty vessels t over three thousand aud twelve persons from various ports of England. ‘Two ships, with two hundred and seventy-si from Ireland, and three, with three he gers, were from Havre. Four sudden deaths have ocewrred in the ¢ ity since Bunday. Two were caueed by disease of the and two by apoplexy. Want of room prevents us from particw ring (o many interesting telegraphic deap, ouch other entertaining reading. For th: gon we are compelled to defer publishing reports of the leetares delivered lastevening by Prof. Sillitnan | General Pierce and His Cabinet=The Bxpoo- | overthrow of the Derby ministry fn England. tations of the Country. It is well understood that an effart of no ordi- | Bary character is now being made to induce Gen- era] Pierce to organize his administration wpon a line of policy violative of his own principles, and ruinous ia its operations, hoth to the demo” eratic party and the country, Sileree on the | part of independent men andl presses, eader sach cireumstances, would be criminal. Justice to Generel Pierce, as well as to the best interests of the country, demands that this matter shou be brought to a close examinatien, and thatthe weak and timid counsels of unfledged potiti- | cians should be exposed, before it is too late to remedy the evils which would inevitably follow the adaption of their ill-advised policy. Strange as it may appear to those wo have not*watched the develop@nents at Washington since the com- mencement of the present session of Congress, there is a joint effort, sustained by the energy, ability, and strategy ofthe two extreme wings of the demceraey, to organize for General Pierce a cabinet composed of the most extreme men of the party, who are to be beld as “ hostages” for the good conduct of their respective friends and ad herents. The important posts in the cabinet being thus filled, and the power of the administration thus placed in the ‘hands of the extremes, the remaining positions are to be supplied from the ranks of the national democracy, care being taken to select such as have not, by their bold and prominent defenee of the national principles of the party, rendered themsetves obnoxious to the chiefs and head men ender whom they are to serve. The advocates of this peticy reason somewhat after this fashion: National demccrats will stand by and support the admin- istration from principle; General Pierce, the head of the party, is their proper representative at Washington, and being bound to his sup- port by their national and democratic prin ciples, no other guarantee is required to en- sure their loyalty and allegiance. Not so, however, with the free soilers and secessionists. Having no principles on the great question of the day, in common with the President elect, and only brought to his support by an urgent ne- cessity, whichcould not be successfully resisted, there must be some means resorted to which will ensure their fnture support of the party and the administration. Otherwise they will be found, in the future as in the past, arrayed against the party—weakening its strength and defeating its nominations. The remedy for this anticipated evil is found in the novel and quix- otic doctrine of “ party hostages,” who are to be taken into the .cabinet, and there kept as guarantees for the good behaviour of their sup- porters, Thus runs the argument—and it only needs a fair presentation, such us we have given it, to excite the pity of all honest men. It receives its importance from no intrinsic me- rit. but from the fact that it is urged with all the power and influence of talented but self- ish and reckless politicians. Let us see how the problem will work out, if, unfortunately for the country. such counsels should be heeded by the national statesman who has just been elevated to the Presidency. Let us organize the cabinet upon this basis, taking Mr. Atwood of New Hampshire. as a “hostage” for the free soilers. and the President of the Nashville Con- vention. Mr. McDonald, as a “hostage” for the secessionists. Do the advocates of this singular Folicy object to our selections? If so, what are yeur objections? Upon what principle would you exclude these gentlemen, and select others who occupy the same political position? Both have opposed the national policy of the party which gave to General Pierce his overwhelm- ing majority. and doubtless both are still op- posed to those conservative and national prin- ciples which were embodied in the compromise measures, and ina similar future crisis will be ready to throw their power and influence in the scale of opposition to national democratic measures, All this is true of Atwood and McDonald; but it is equally true of their more fortunate allies of the two sections of the Union. who are so strongly urged for cabinet appointments. They voted for General Pierce, and proposed to abide by the Baltimore plat- form. after robbing it of all its merit and vitality by forced and untenable constructions. This is the only evidence which the “ hostage” policy requires of the fitness of a man for a cabinet | President elect. in the case of Atwood and McDonald as in the case of the other applicants of similar views and principles. Under the “ hostage” view of the ct, there would seem to be a peculiar fit- ness in the seleclions we have made. Mr. At- wood being a martyr, immolated by the hands of | Gen. Pierce himself. has a higher claim upon his generosity than any other man, and his eleva- tion would draw to the support of the adminis- tration a stronger and more reliable free soil in- fiuence than those who cannot trace their defeat and overthrow so directly to the agency of the And. looking to the other see- tion of the Unioa. what * hostage” would hold in more perfect subjec the fiery elements of disunion than the man who gravely presided over their deliberations at Nashville, and mnder | whose wire and patriotic lead it was solemnly resolved, by that memorable assemblage, that the peop the South ought not to unite in ination of Presi- us can be present- ed in favor of any of the associates of these gen- tle we have yet to hear the argument. If the eabinet should be thus organized, with the remaining posts filled with milk and water men the national school, how long would it last? The power, #trength and influence so lately combined under the national democratic 1 ihe election of Gen. Pierce, would be diseipated like the morning mist. Disappointment and mortification would he read in the countenanees of the thousands who had labored so faithfully and zealously, ax they honestly believed, for the elevation of national democratic principles. Could a cabinet compoved of such incongruous mate- rials administer the government, apart from all conside n of the t loss of public confi- professedly dence which the administration would expe- rience in the very outeet of its career? [1 would be an effort of men to conduct an admin- istration upon principles with which they had no sympathy, admitting that they would act in good faith in ¢: » professions of gequiercence in the national principles, doc irines an? measures of ty—and in thie h more of integrity and try is prepared to grant. that point, we have no dence in the idea of committing im- ciples and measures to the keeping aad opponents. The experience ané Mr. Thackeray, the Anniversary Ball in honor of | of the political world is against it, and all rea- | °0M Pronownecs against its feasibility. The late fhe memory of Thomas Paine, &. place; and this evidence is as strongly presented | was a wise and patriotic judgment of the British people against the policy of entrusting the prin- ciples and measures of free trade to the care and safe-keeping of a tory and protection minis" try. It will be found in due time that the Ame- rican people. equaily intelligent and watehful of their cherished principles. will not be coutent to commit them to the teuder mercies of dubious friends. whoee reluctant acquiescence in their justice and carreetuess was wrung from them under a poiical necessity, which deprives their professions of much of the merit of sincerity. Let Geaerab Pierce reject all such counsels. and spwm all advisers who would seck to de- moruliae his admifilstration by setting it out on any thee-eerving and faction-courting policy. Let ‘him cast his eye upon the canvass. which preseuts the full picture of the late election. He will there see one strong central organiza- tion, around which all his otber supporters have gathered as lesser aids. to swell the mighty torrent of public confidence which has borne him into the Presidential chair. That «central power constitutes the basis upon which rests his power. popularity and strength. Itis a solid foundation; and resting upon it. he may safely enter upon his Presidential career with 2 fair promise of an administration both brilliant and useful. His own good sense and sound judgment assure him that that central organi- zation is the national democracy. The fac- tionists and sectionalists are to be found in the motley crew wko compose the outer ranks of his supporters. The main body, to which we have directed his attention, are the national ; men of his party. who have been identified with | him thoroughly. both in principle and feeling. throughout that mighty contest which so late- ly convulsed the country. When others faltered | and feared to meet the crisis, they stood firm ‘and unshaken in true devotion to the principles of their national faith. Among their number, General Pierce should look for his principal cabinet officers. He will find them as trae to him and his party in the future as in the past. With such associates. his administration will be a unit. not in name, merely, but in reality. There will exist in his cabinet a generous confidence, founded upon a congeniality of purpose and a uniformity of principles, which alone can give strength and power to his administration. By so doing. he will not only ensure his own suc- cess. but he will do merited justice to the men who have stood by the country in the hour of its greatest need and severest trial. TuE ABOLITION Fanarics or Maseacnusetrs— A Desperate Gamg.—From the proceedings of the late Abolition Convention held in Boston, which we published yesterday, our readers will | have discovered the desperate straits to which the rabid fanatics of the Lloyd Garrison school have been driven. Their platform has been re- duced to two planks—hostility to Christianity and the Bible. and all possible assistance. in violation of the laws, to the escape of fugitive slaves, But to such rabid excess have these crazy wretches carried their impotent malignity, that they have tabooed John P. Hale because he was charged with being in favor of the erection ofa monument to Henry Clay—they denounce Charles Sumner as being too amiable among the slaveholders of the United States Senate; and they repudiate all those faithless aboli- tionists who were weak enough to join in any ofthe public manifestations of regret for the death of Daniel Webster. More than this—they are determined to strike at the very root of the evil. They have determined to abolish the churches, of all denominations—to abolish the Bible—to abolish the principies of Christianiiy which it inculeates; and to establish a new cole of morals and religion, which shall recognise the entire enormities of slavery, and the duty of all men and all women of the North to rally to the extermination of it by fire and sword. When this is accomplished, we presame the Southern States will be erected into an inde- pendent African empire, like that of Hayti, with the complete recognition of the Abby Folsom doctrines of amalgamation and woman’s rights, in the South and in the North. Such is the | drift of the disgusting proceedings of the recent atrocious assemblage of crazy old womea aad desperate, disappointed abolition demagogues at Boston. ‘The convention—a sort of annual summing up of the various abolition orgies of the year— stands adjourned for a twelvemonth. It is ma- nifest they are doing a losing business, Even in Maseachusetts such miserable creatures as have figured for a dozen years past at these abolition | conyenticles, are beginning to be regarded, at least in the aggregate, as a public nuisance. The deluded victims of Garrison & Co., who have been supplying their fands from year to year, po doubt suspect at last that it dues not pay, at the price, to support such fellows for nothing, in exchange, but windy, filthy speeches, | and the most bold-faced hypocrisy and hum- | Let their supplies be stopped altogether, | and let them go to some honest ealling. We | trust that this will be the end of their abolition ud thimble rigging. Lug. tricke y Qvestrox—Bririag Rativrca- aty.—Our cotemporaries were whind time yesterday, in the important ter of the Canadian reciprocity treaty m lrought beck by the Africa with the ratitlea- tion of the British government. This treaty was concluded between Mr. Everett and Mr. Cramp ton, at Washington. a few weeks ago. We gave at the time, as far as it could be ascertained, | the gist ofit. It emliraces the two subjects— | the fisheries and reciprocal trade. Among other | things. it provides that colonial vessels m tain American registers. This would bring co- lonial ship builders in direct competition with ours; and as our builders are obliged to pay du- ties on several articles used iu their construc- | tion—iron, eordage, &c.--which the colonists obtain free of duty, the advantages which the latter would obtain are manifest. Independent- ly of this. Congress desires to take the initiative in any measure of reciprocal trade. It is also contended, among certain leading men at Wash- ington, that it would be an ample exchange for the om of the fisheries, for the United States way with the duty of twenty per cent. 1is now imposed on fish brought here in ob- to do British veesele. We apprehend, therefore, that this treaty will he vejected by the Senate—that Congress will do nothing upon the subject this session, but turn the whole matter over to the administra- tion of General Pierce. He is said to be favora- ble to an arrangement of recipreeity and free trade on a mneh broader and more liberal basis than this contracted affair of Messrs, Crampton and Everett. We have been doing up our foreign affairs long enough, in all coneeience, in six- penny instalments, | Supervisors a totally distinct body from the Tox Strate Leoistatcre axp Tis BRoapway Rauroap—Meretine To-Day.—The State Se- nate have consummated their interference in our affairs by passing the bill to prevent a rai’, road in Broadway. whether the citizens of “ayy | York will or not; and to give a color of imp grtial- ity to the proceeding. and to divest it ¢y the ap- | pearanee of special legislation. the have ex- | tended it. by an amendment to th¢ whole city and to the State at lnrge. Instead of diminish- | ing the arbitrary nature of ‘che act, this only | makes it the more obnoxio'as. the more sweep- | ing, and the more destr-sctive of the interests | of the citizens of New York. It renders the | charter a perfect nuldity, It remains to be | seen whether the members of the Assembly will led themselves to such an undertaking peunciag. by * one fell swoop.’ upon the char- tered rights of half a million of people. Ia connection with this question, we perecive that “a publi¢ meeting of the owners of property in the city of New York will be held at the Merchants’ Ex- change to-day. for the purpose of expressing | their approval of the act of the Senate of the State of New York, passed on the 28th inst., rela~ tive to the construction of railroads in cities of this State generally, and the city of New York | in particular. and to take into consideration the | reforms called for in our city government.” | How far the meeting will endorse the terms of the call remains to be seen; but one thing is very clear, and that is. that the gentlemen call- ing this ratification meeting stand very much in the position of the wiseacre who locked the stable door after the horse was stolen. We often appealed to them in vain te prevent the evil, and now. after it is done. they raise the alarm, when the effect will be. not to undo the mis- chief that has been accemplished, but to put ‘nto the hands of the Legislature at Albany a rod to whip themselves and all the citizens of New York. They talk of “reform” when there is hardly anything left for which an effort can be made; and in endeavoring to defeat a single | measure to which they are opposed. they endorse a bill that is like Pandora’s box—fraught with all manner of evil. We believe, however. that the mass of our citizens will not be led away on a false soent, however opposed they may be to-the Broadway railroad, and incensed against the proceedings that have prevailed in the Common Council for several years past, whether whigs or democrats have held the reins. To take the power of local legislation out of the hands of the Common Council, and therefore out of the hands of the people, and place it in the hands of the State Legislature, and subject to lobby influence at Albany, would be to jump out of the frying pan into the fire and reminds us of the act of the horse, in the fable, which sought the assistance of man to help it to conquer the stag, and put a rider on his back; but when that was accomplished, man remained the horse’s master, and has con- tinued in that relation till this day. Let the Wall street gentlemen, therefore, refiect. They may encourage the Legislature at Albany to pass a bill to get rid of the Broadway railroad, but in so doing they saddle themselves with a rider that they cannot shake off, and that may drive them to serious evil. These gentlemen are not more hostile toa railroad in Broadway than we are. We opposed it from the start, and have opposed it in every stage, and will oppose it to the end; but we want to have it defeated by constitu- tional means—to have it overthrown upon its own merits, and by the will of the people, and not by a dangerous stretch of arbitrary power. Much as we are averse toa railroad in our great thoroughfare, we are more opposed to an in- vasion of the municipal rights of the people—the prixciple of elf government—the power to ma- nage thefr own affairs. If the Broadway epecu- lation be only left to the courts of law and to the people, they will give it its quietus ; but to invoke the Legislature to meddle in the matter. is to invite them to put a bit in our mouths, and to check all the improvements of this go- ahead city, of which many of them are already envious and jealous. It is to transfer the seat of operations from New York to Albany. and to render reforms for ever impossible, by placing them Leyond the control of the people who have an interest in reformation. Instead of this, if the Legislature want toserve the city of New York, let them improve the charter (with the consent of the people who voted for it) by separating the magisterial from the legislative power in the members of the Board of Aldermen—by making the Board of Assistants a check on the Board of Aldermen, and not to have both boards elected by the same votes, as they are now—by having the Board of ' i j Common Council, instead of revising their own acts, as they do at present-—and finally by chang- ing our police system, taking away the appoint- ment from the Aldermen, and giving it to com- missioners, subject to the approval of the judges: and conferring the office for life, or, rather. du- ring “ good behavior.” Let them do this; but let them not aitempt to violate the charter by a side-wind while yet it is the law of the land. If they mean reform, let them lay the axe to the root of tie evil, instead of lopping off the branches, only making room for fresh shoots to spring forth with greater vigor. The great ob- stacle in the way of reforin is party. When the democrats are out of office, they ave very zeal- ous for retreuchinent and reform. When the whigs are out. they are equally zealous, But when both parties are in, they are opposed toall reform, and practically carry out the doctrine hat “ to the victors helong the spoils,” Jonny TyLer axp tue Norragry At- Exo.anp.-The Evening F does the letter of Mrs. ex-President Tyler on Mr Libs ¢ not 1 the slavery question. This was to be expected. Our socialist philosophers. we doubt not will coneur with the poets of the Post, Fred Doug- las, too, will become pale with indignation when he reads that letter, and the Bloomers, fresh from the Woman’s Rights Conventions, will be astonished that a woman should pre- sume to defend the domestic institutions of her own family. while the great and paramount rubject of the right to wear the breeches is still an open qnestion. We suepect that the anti- slavery coteries of the North, of both sexes and all colors, will show no merey in this contvo- versy. Perhaps we muy yet have to call upon the Castle Garden Union Safety Committee to come to the reseue, Let all the friends of the Union be on. their guard. The emiesaries of | England are in the field, We must insist up- | on the rules of the tournament in the tilt he- | tween the Dutchess of Sutherland and Mra. ex-President Tyler, “ Old Virginia never | tires.” Personal Intelligence. Arrivala ot the Metropolitan—ix-Governor David Jt Poster, Penneylvania; Major Stewart, British Army; Mr. Creaston, 734 Hegiment British Army; Dr. Wm. Ham: | wond, W S.N.; bx-Governor Paine, Vermont | dns New Youx Votunrgers.—The remnant of fe New York Volunteers. who sonobly upheld their country’s glory in Mexico—who achieved such feats of valor in many brilliant actions and who attested their heroism by dying on the field or receiving wounds that have disabled them for Iife—the handful of survivors who re- turacd to this city-—have now nearly all perished, partly from disease contracted in that campaign, and partly from want, owing to inability to work, arising from sickness or wounds. There is scarcely a week that one of them is not num- bered with the dead, and we have heard the mort distreesing tales of their poverty and their suferings. It is true that when men volunteer in a bloody war they count the cost, or ought to do eo; and if they die on the field, or endure miserable deaths on their return, it {s only what they have a right to calculate upon os the chance of battle. Still something is due to valor—something to men who have bravely Lerne their country’s flag in the hour of danger, and have shed their blood in its defence. The State made an appropriation; but it amounted to little to each indivi- dual. We do not, however, ask the State to make another apprepriation; but we think the city government, who have been so iavishin their expenditure in other matters—who have reid co large a bill for Kossuth and suite, at the Irving House, though these warriors did not conquer the enemy—ought to show a little sub- tantial generosity towards the brave men of their own city, who returned victors from the Halls of Montezuma. Charity, it is said, be- gins at home. If it has not done so in this case, let it end at home. Let the six thousand dol- Jars which was advanced by the Common Coun- cil towards the war, and was since refunded by Congress—let this sum be divided among the eurvivors. It will help to smooth their pas sage to the other world, and will not percepti- bly add to a taxation which amounts to five millions in the year. The Vol@eers have re- ceived some empty honors; but something more than medals are necessary to keep soul and body together. Tue Ciry Prers anp Srirs—ComMuntcaTiIon } FRoM THE ComptrotLeR.—Our City Comptroller, Mr. A. C. Flagg, has issued a very important and well-timed document. It is a communica- tion addressed to the Commissioners of the Sink- ing Fund, in which he says that “in the present condition of the affairs of the city, he considers it an imperative duty to recommend to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, under the tenth section of an ordinance of the Common Council to fix the amount of annual rent to be paid on the several piers where the leases ex- pire on the first of May, 1853, by public auction, after full notice, and for a term of five years.” This, Mr. Flagg is of opinion, would secure both the interests of the city and the interests of the purchasers; and he follows up his recommenda- tion by the suggestion that the city govern- ment should, above all things. fortify their official acts with such a degree of openness and fair dealing as to keep themselves at an im- measurable distance from even a suspicion of diehonesty. He thinks that aldermen and other officials ought to be like Czsar’s wife—not only pure, but above suspicion. The whole document is deserving of atten- tive perusal. It is a clear exposition of the city debt, and givesa check to the headlong career of the Corporation. Mr. Flagg has al- ways been justly regarded as an honest man and a very able financier. and it was on this ground that we recommended his election. We learn that he refuses to pay the bill for Kossuth’s ex- penses in this city, and other bills which he deems illegal. In order to test the matter, he invites the parties to sue him. A man like Mr. Flagg was sadly wanted to stem the tide of ex- penditure which threatens to swamp the city. Tue Case or Mrs. Genera, Gatwes—Yer AnoTuER Trrat.—It will be recollected by our readers that the long-contested suit between Mrs. General Gaines and others, involving the right and title to several millions worth of property in Louisiana, Missouri. and elsewhere. was decided at the last term of the Supreme Court of the United States against Mrs. Gaines. We are now informed that she is resolved to give the other side another trial upon other issue. in the courts of Louisiana. based upon the will (which is lost) of her father, the late Daniel Clark. For the benefit of all parties concerned, therefore, we shall publish, to- morrow morning. the opinion of Judge Wayne: dissenting from the decision of the Supreme Court, in the matter lately tried before that tribunal. Aside from the questions of fact and of law in this extraordinary case, the curious historical narrative which is inter- woven with this very able opinion of Judge Wayne. will commend it to the general reader. as well as to the various interested parties in this remarkable chapter of jurisprudence. Kossuta Comme.—It appears, from our news hy the Africa, that Kossuth is coming back to the United States, under the delusive idea that the election of a democratic administration in- *ures the great object of our active armed inter- vention against Austria and Russia for the liberation of Hungary. Well, let him come; he is quite weleome—and, if he only secures a good report of the Central Hungarian Finan- cial Committee, in regard to the sale of those bonds, he will have achieved something. Perhaps he comes for this purpose; perhaps he comes to look after those forty thousand mus- kets, and his factory of cavalry eaddles in Cin- cinnati, and for a little more “ material and financial aid ;” perhaps he comes to inquire in- to the condition of the $40,000 collected by the Irish Directory for the relief of the killed and wounded at the battle of Slievegammon; or to collect the balance due of Father Mathew’s benefit. Who knows? He went out as Alex- ander Smith; perhaps he may return in the simple character of John Jones. Who knows? Wuar Now?—The Hon. E.C. Marshall. M. C., of California, Major Whipple, of New Hamp- shire, and Col. Pratt, of Ohio. passed through this city yesterday, en route from Concord to Washington. It is supposed that they are trusted with an important mission. The visi of Mr. Marshall to Concord, is significant. will be recollected that he introdaced the Tea Million measure. Let us therefore waich his couree for the next few weeks. Lave yrom Port av Prince—RAvaGEs oF Tr Feven.—Capt. Butler, of the clipper bark Clar has placed us in possession of ndvices from P to the 13th ult., at which time tho yellow fever was caging to an alarming extent, particularly among the ship, ing. ‘The following persons, belonging to vessels in port, had died recently ~The eaptain and mate of the schoonor fflver Cloud, and the chief mate of the brig Ivabella Reed, all from New York, Also, the mate and three seamen of the rehooner Fulton, which +a) two days previous ly for Philadelphia; the eaptain and two men of ihe rohoover Gorden, which sailed six days froviously fi fr n, in charge of the first mate; the captain, mate, aut four men of the brig Casany; and some twelve or fifteen others, belonging to different vessels in port. | 5 Paut Jvumy axp ary Concuer.—The public of thin me- | tropolis have net. we are confident, fergotten, in the operatiofurare which has existed for some time, the merits of ‘hat young child of talent whom thoy have so much admied and applauded in the previous concerts givon by Madam Sontag. Young Paul Julien, where the tones of his marvellous violin have been heard, cannot be forgotten. It was rumoced that he had accepted am engagem: nt in London, commencing in May next; bat we- are authorized to correct (his statement, the engazement. alluded to being for May, 1°64. During the intorim, we- sup}ose and hope that the United States will possess the- young musteal magie‘an. Paul announces a concert, to be given on his own aceount, on the 15th instant, to which Madam Eontag has very kindly volunteered’ to lend her professional aid We are pretty confident that the- lovers of music in New York will not lose this opportuni- ty of enjoying the treat which they may calculate on from the combined execliences of these two great ar- Kstes, while, at the same time, it enables them to teatify their admiration, in the most effective manner, for the young provencal. He has recently received a letter of thanks from the New York Philharmonic Society—for whore benefit he performed a short time since—enclosing a certificate of his election as un honorary member of that society. Burvox’s THRATRE.—OF the temples devoted to the service and worship of ‘Thalia in this city, there are none- that merit more a special notice than the choice little oncin Chambers street. It is not only that under the: direction of the Goddess’s favored priegt—the inimitable Burtons, the rites are performed in the most correct and chaste style, but that there is something so exquisitely unique in the whole system pursued. Nor are the pub- lic slow to appreciate the talent and taste thus displayed in caiering fox their amusement, as is nightly evinced by the fact, that “The crowded benches to late comer$ doon No room for standing—miscalled ‘standing room.’ ”? Thee nightly crowds are so entertained that the ut- most merriment is produced. Burton’s theatre is pecu- Marly the favorite resort of innocent, mirth-seeking fami- lies, while the real lovers of wit and humor—for'the love of witand humor themselyes—are equally attracted and delighted. The energy necessary to the success of a theatrical manager, in these days of novelty and variety, is not wanting, as may be ceen by the frequent new pro- auctions announced in our columns; and the enter- prise with which he “secures the aid of talent. wherever it is to be found. Last week, was produced, in astyle that fully maintained the manager’s high reputa- tlon, Sir L. 8. Bulwer’s play of “Money,” in which Mr. Ja-eph Smith Lee, a promising actor, m de his début on the boards of New York, in the character’ of Sir Jobn Vesey. Onfaturday, the play was repeated with, if pos- sible, increased success, and Mr. Lee strengthened the favorable impression made on the first occasion. ‘This gentleman is likely to prove an acquisition to this already talented eompany—filling, as he doos, a position hitherto - apparently void. His Sir John was marked by a discri- minating appreciation of the author’s meaning, and @ gentlemanly and easy style of execution, so essential (but co rarely found) in the representatives of such per- sonages in genteel comedy. The part of Graves was per- formed by the great artite himself—the talented man- ager; and, we need only add, in his usual felicitous man- ner. Of the other characters we have scarcely space to syeak, much less can we attempt a critique; but justice calla upon us to say they were all admirably: sustained. The détutant, Mr. Lee, ia the President of the Shaks- peare Club of Montreal, and has done much s-rvice to the causeof the drama, properly so called. He has been of late playing with success in Canada and the Western arts of this Siate. With such an opportunity as will joubtlesx be afforded him, he now bids fair to acquire much favor in the metrepolls, asa talentedwnd legitimate actor. Wattack’s Lyceum—Propucrion or THE Lapy or Ly- oxe.—This very popular play, by Sir Edward Lytton Bal- wer, was praduced last evening at the Lyceum, before a most numerous andfashionable audience. Every availa- ble corner in the house was filled; and the numerous aux- ilinry stools placed in the rear of the boxes proving in- suflicient, it became a favor to obtain standing room, and . many were forced to retire altogether. The play itself is so familiar to the majority of our readers, that a brief notice only is necessary. Mr. James Lester was the Claude Melnotie, and added largely to his laurels by his imper- sonation of the low born, but high-souled hero und sokiier, Miss Laura Keene appeared us the Lady of Lyons—Pau- Iine—a part for which she is admirably adapted, possess- ing as she does youth, beauty and feeling, and already endowed with sufficient knowledge of ‘‘stage business” to . give these qualities their due effect; for (all poetry to the - contrary notwithstanding) without this tuition they must be as naught. The performance of Mr. Lester was, throvgbout, marked by @ natural grace, all the delicate touches of the author given without any apparent effort, proving, in his hands, ‘points,’ which the audience frequently recognized, and of which they signified their approval by hearty applause. At theconeluson of the fourth act, the en- thusiasm rose to the utmost, and both hero and heroine were called, and appeared before the curtain. The com- pliment was repeated at the clos6 of the play. Much credit is due for the liberality and style in which the whole has been got up: the scenery beautiful, and the costumes singularly: correct and unexceptionable. Add to this, , we have rarely seen a play produced for the first time, as was the care in this instance, without a single contretemps; and this arguea the most indefatigable care on the part of the etage management. We may sum up our notice, by saying, t was a charming performance, and duly appreciated. It will doubUess be oft repeated.’ The ever amusing farce of “High Life Below Stairs” concluded the entertainments, Destructive Fie in Cixcrnnati.—The old. building situated on the Miami canal, between Find- lay and Elm streets, and known as the “Union Mill,” was totally Case bd hy fire about one o'clock yes- terday morning. ‘The building was occupied jointl by Messrs. Marsh & as a plaster-of-paris mill, and by Howe & Co., coopers, and was owned by Gregory & Burnett. The flames extended to two frame dweilings in the rear, which were also destroy- ed, and some five or six families rendered houseless.. Adjoining the mill was the leather dressing estab- lishment of Wm. and Owen Brennon, whose loss is estimated at about ¢760. Messrs. Marsh & Co. lose about $1,100; J. F. Howe & Co.,*about $3,000; and - Messis. Gregory & Burnett, $2,000.—Cincinnate Commercial, Jan. 28. Court Calendar=—This Day. Serie Courr.—Cireuit—Nos. 94, 97, 101, 106, 108, 6, 11, 70, 71, 10, 18 48, 114, 1%, 1i6. Boots, Shoes, Galicrs, Suppers, d&c., in a great varicty of styles, as weil as the most fashionable and du- rable, at prices that cannot fail to meet the approbation of the customers. ‘A. BROOKS, 156 Fulton street, two doors from Broadway. Bocty, Beauty, and ity, is the motto at BROOKS’S Loot and Shoe Fmpor um, 160 Fulton street, the cheapest plece in the city to get good boots, shoes, lippers, &e., of every deeription. Fur boots and es, warranted to keep the feet warm. Overshoes of every description. Account Books, Payer and Stationory—All kinds, at low prises, Took» made to pattern, paged, &c.; cirevlars, cheeks, bills, votes and drafts,’ in atylere= quired; copying presses, manifold leiter writers, time Books, &c, Orders receive prompt attention. FRANCIS & LOUTREL, Stationers, Printers, and boo\binders, 77 Maiden lane, Caution.<Ofice of the New York City Direc= tory, 161 Brondwoy.—The undersigned. is surprised to- leaih that parties have been and are now collecting money for odverti-ements and exiro lines promised 10 be in-ert- ed in the Directory for 1258-54. The public is respectful- ly tu. ‘fed that sveh persons have no connection with the undersigned, and that seh means for obtaining money have never been resorted to by this office. The number of complaints made concerning sums thus obtainel, ren- ders it necessary that advertisers should be on their cuard. CHARLES R. RODE. 8. T. 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