The New York Herald Newspaper, February 2, 1853, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. eee @aMES GORDON SENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. mean QBFIOF SN. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS paeoues “WMQME, cash in advance SHE BAILY HERALD, two cents per copy—91 per an- evening. By reference to the advertisements will be seen that some most admirable entartainments are offered for to-night. The ball of the Twelfth Regiment, oe» Monday night, was by far the greatest and most mumerously attended, ever given in this city. We have a report in type for which we have not room to-day. The opinion of Judges Wayne and Daniel, in the 8B WEEKLY HERALD, every Saturday, a 6} conta | celebrated case of Mrs. Gaines, wilt be found en our om ey, or 83 per annum ; per, rz we enuzapt el Great Briain, and 0 ta,ang part “BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Lost Swp—Hevruxrm, “wp Foreaken. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broatway—-Anxe Buake-— ‘Quanss Antists. NIBLO’S—Baruar or Sgvi.te. BURTON’S THEATRE, Chambers <trect—Lapy er Lr- exe—Tus Toop NaTIONAl, THEATRE, Chatham etreet—Huncumace— Puan of Love. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Lapy ov Lrows— ‘Re Rovaw, WHITE'S THEATRE OF VARIETIES, 27 and 19 Bowery— Pampenck tue Geear—Kiss wy mk Daks—GYMNASTIC Pap onwances— Loan or Loven. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Aftervoon and Fvening—Oww Bouse at Hous. GHRISTY’S OPERA HOUUS#, 472 Bresdway—-Ermoruan Mazopns By Cunsry’s Orrna TRovPE. ‘WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood’s Musical Hall, 444 Broad- MINSTRELSY. ‘@EROUS, 87 Bowery—Equasrriuay ENTERTAINMENTS. ELLER’S SALOON, 539 Broadway—Necromancr. GEORAMA, 586 Broadway—BAyvann’s PAYORAMA OF THB Moay Laxp. . RISLEY’S THAMES, at 406 Broadway- Wew York, Wednesday, February 2, 1553. eek iu ie i ae le ical The News. After the reception of a large number of petitions, many of them from this State, and disposing of much miscellaneous business, the United States Senate yesterday took up Mr. Gwin’s Pacific Railroad Bill. Mr. Rusk immediately offered a substitute for the whole measure, and Mr. Brodhead gave notice of his intention to do the same. The further consideration of the subject was then pestponed, and the body pro ceeded to the consideration of the resolutions report- ed last August by the Committee on Foreign Rela- i tions, relative tothe Mexican grant of the right of way across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. <A lengthy @ebate ensued, the result of which our special correspondent intimates will be the abrogation, ou our part, of the treaty of Guadaloupe Hidal go, in which we stipulated to protect the Mexicans from Indian depredations on the frontier. It is true that the resolutions of the Foreign Committee are of | a somewhat warlike tenor; but then a declaration of | hostility against Mexico, in her present enfeebled and distracted condition, is considered out of the question. It is pretty generally conceded, that about the only way in which we can practically make her feel our resentment for her perfidious violation of tweaty stipulations, will be to annul all existing treaties with her. It would be rather severe to re- move the barriers which now prevent the Indians from ravaging a great portion of her territory, but then her legislators should learn to respect their contracts. The morning hour was consumed in the House of Representatives in discussiug the Senate bill rela- tiveto the coinage of the United States. By the way, the New York Chamber of Commerce had the same subject under consideration yesterday, as will be seen by the interesting report elsewhere. The House passed the bill concerning bail in civil cases in the District of Columbia, after which the body went into Committee of the Whole, nominally on the Army Appropriation bill. A very euridhis and diver- sified debate ensued, as to whether the national armo” ries should be under the superintendence of civil or military officers. During the discussion three or four gentlemen managed to kill time by making elo- quent speeches upon the subject of tobacco chewing, segar smoking, &c., to the great apparent edification of their auditors, Our special Washington correspondent writes that the Senate will be certain te reject the treaty for the settlement of the Canadian reciprocity and fishery questions, which the Secretary of State and the British Minister have so long been engaged in per- | a fecting. Should Senator Pearce continue ill, it is | understood that some other gentleman will, to- wards the close of the week, call up the bill for the payment of the Texas creditors. This will be good news to the bondholders. From Albany we learn that the trial of William L. Salmon, indicted for being concerned in the Jerry resene, is slowly prog: ng in the United States Circuit Court. The evidence in this case being very similar to that elicited last week on the trial of Reed, we do not consider it worth the room that it would occupy in our columns. If what is stated by our correspondent be correct, it is somewhat doubtful | whether the jury will agree in Salmon’s case. | Two hours were spent by our State Senate yester- @ay, in debating the Pacifle Railroad and Savings Banks bills, after which an adjournment was moved and carried. By this mancnvre, the whigs, in con- nection with four democrats, succeeded in frustrating the intention of a majority of the latter party to go into executive session, for the purpose of confirmi the Governor's appointments. This movement will keep anxious expectants ont of their offices for another week, if not longer. Quite a lively contro- versy occurred in the Assembly, with regard to the bill for the incorporetion of the People’s Ferry Com- pany between this city and Williamsburg. A joint resolution was offered respecting certain ramors against Mr. Fitzhugh, the whig Canal Commissioner. It is whispered that Mr. ¥. is deeply interested in some kinds of canal property, in direct violation of the law by which he holds his office. The resolution | will very likely give rise to an investigation, which may result in some very peculiar disclosures, Our telegraphic columas contain of fatal affraye, destructive fires, ma Political items, &e., to which it is unnecessary to more particularly refer. Yesterday afternoon a meeting was held at the Exchange, to endorse the action of the State Senate in the case of the Broadway railroad. It will be seen by reference to the proceedings, that the meetiag ‘was not very successful ; not becanse the people are not opposed to the Broadway railroad, but because they do not like the principle of interference on the past of the Legislature in our local affuirs. There was one remarkable feature in the mecting, and that was, that while it was opposed to’ the destruction of our great thoroughfare, it was in favor of city railroads in other streets. The Legi e at Albany, how- ever, threaten to take away the power of making a railroad in any <trcet without their permission. There's the mb. ‘Lhe Almehouse Governors met last evening, and a very landable desire for economic reform was ex hibited by the members. All coutracts for sums ex- ceeding $250 were ordered to be advertised for ex tensively, and to effect this they were di inserted in the Henarn. The Dist ry submitted a suggestion of Governor Seymonur's,.to the effect that arrangements be made for the ex tion of convicts at the penitentiary, instead of in the jous accounts city prieon. Governor McLoughlin moved that the Board reek for a reconstruction of its constitution, #0 29 that the Mayor of the city should be, ex oft a member and President. The consideration of the question was postponed for a week. A woman, named Anne Quinn, diedeuddenty at an early hour yesterday morning, in the house, No, 160 Mott street. The medical witness proved that 9 post mortem ex revealed traces of a corro- sive poiron in the stomach, but the jury did not find under what cirenmstances it was taken. Owing to the crowded state of our columns we are ol Sa. | | Amnie, &e. | power engine. | write is made by steam, and so is the paper on | which it travels, and the desk on which it rests, | In short, steam has so narrowed the field in | which the physical power of man can be use- | fully displayed, that we shall need to think | twice before an instance of | cecurs to us. Steam-engives, puffing. snorting, | price. | afford | much more ¢ obliged to omit notices of the performances at the inside pages to-day. Also, decisions in the Court of Common Pleas, late and interesting intelligence from the Rio Grande and Santa Fe, Commercial ‘The New Era. If we were to announce that a magician of vesistless power and inexhaustible wealth had, by asingle stroke of his wand. so ordered mat- ters that almost every commodity which is es- sential to our comfort was cheapened, commu- nication from place to place facilitated. man’s power over matter increased. and one of the most frightful sources of insecarity to life re- moved—all this, too, without clogging the boon with onerous conditions. or claiming any reward | for his pains—many a reader. perhaps, would for a moment lose sight of the myth to which we were indebted for the miracle. and permit his fancy to wander unreproved down the splendid vista which would open before him. The magician is no myth. The caloric engine is a substantial reality. Three hundred orders— including one or two for the fast presses of the New York Heraip—already received by the patentees, are tangible evidence o? the practical suecess of the experiment. We may, then. with- out soaring into Fairyland. speculate awhile on the astounding revolution it is destined to effect. In three points. caloric is preferable to steam as a motive power :—Additionat force is ac- quired, the cost of fuel is six times less, and ac- cidents to life and limb are impossible, with or- dinary care. We say that in these three respects, Captain Eriesson’s engine is undoubtedly superior to the most perfect steam engine ever constructed. The Ericsson vessels may fail, or require addi- tional improvements to enable them to compete with our fast steamers ; errors may be brought to light in the machinery ; and further experi- ments may fail to corroborate the principle ap- parently established by the trial trips of the Ericsson. But whatever disappointment may possibly await the inventors in the application of their engine to nautical purposes, the dis- covery of a new motive power is undoubted, and its usurpation of the throne hitherto occu- pied on land by steam, is unquestionable. Whatever manufactures are made, whatever ma- chinery is now worked by steam, will, in a very short period—say from two to ten years hence— be entirely dependent on caloric. Steam en- gines will be cast aside, or sold for old iron. The acquisition of additional power and the economy of five-sixths in the fuel, are advan- tages whieh the most hardened conservatism will be unable to resist. We could fill a column with the bare ename- ration of the articles of comfort and luxury in the preparation of which steam is now a neces- sary auxiliary. There is hardly a garment we wear or a utensil we employ, which does not owe something to the steam-engine. Our very food is prepared by steam. Except in very re- mote parts of the country, where the water- power presents very striking facilities, every mill is worked by steam. The materials of which our houses are built is sawn by steam, the windows and doors are shaped by steam- lathes. and the iron-work cast in steam foun- dries, Our furniture is made by steam. and but few of the thousand articles of luxury which constitute the comfort of a modern residence, can boast that they owe nothing to Watt. The prints which adorn the walls have been struck off by a steam-press, and the books which fill the library are printed by a fifleen-horse power, bound in leather froma tannery worked with ten horse power. and pressed by s six-horse The steel pen with which we ts necessary exercise and smoking, are next-door neighbors to all of us; they are to be heard in every street, at every | corner, at the bottom of every courtyard Steam has become the great producer of the ss allthis is about to ce: Watt and Fulton have filled the world with their name for half a century, and their race is run. Their successor, Ericsson, is already on the steps of the throne they are about to abdicate. The firet consequence of the substitution of | caloric for steam will he to cheapen everything that is made by machinery. The gain in the consumption of fuel must eventually be made by the consumer. - All the articles which we have enumerated as being the product of steam, will, before many years elapse, fall sensibly in Saw-mills, and flour mills, newepa- per off and factories, will s eighty per cent in the cost of coal or wood. The reduction will not benefit the miller or the manufacturer so much as the public. Labor, too, will in tue. perience has hown that labor es in proportion to the deerease in cost of its usual auxiliaries, labor may thrown out inels, and protectionists may painful fact that human beings cannot find employment in occupations which may be successfully filled by a set of cog-wheels in a calorie engine; but intellect will rise in price, and new channels for its developement will be thrown open. Boards may be sawn cheaper by machinery than by hand; bat the construction, management adaptation of the new machinery to practical itt for the lucrative employment of 8. rise he the groan ¢ OOS W scape thonsands. the field ceenpied by caloric will be tensive than that now filled by pense of fuel has always been a T drawhack to the introduction of the steam en- gine; that objection removed, we ean hardly conevive a manufreture into which the Erieseon engine might not he advantageously introduesd Wi er the muscles of the human body have therto employed. it will be wi ace them by the caloric power. y must i itally t Thus, one of the greatest ine nony attaine: f our modern machinery will be : the waste of power involved tn employment of men and women at mere The body of the operative ws a weight, or moves a crank, guides a thread. may be busily engaged buat at rest and idle, Those faculti } hi which distinguish him from the brute creat mind i in going to waste. and entirely unproductive, Drive him out of the field of mechanical labor, varions theatres and other places of amusement laa -| nd hig mental energies muet instantly come indo play. Thie will be the effect of the caloric engine ; the world will be endowed. through its instrumentality, with a vast inerease of intel- leetual power. ‘ Finally. the age of accidents by the bursting of steam boilers will be ended. Such disasters as the Hague street explosion will be read of in history only. A single engineer will be able to manage a powerful caloric engine. without the possibility of injury to the lite or limb of those who surround him, ‘There is no boiler to burst. no steam to escape and scald the bystanders ; any eceident to the machinery would be as harmless as the breaking of an oar in a row- boat. To us. who are aceustomed to read. day after day. of accidenis arising from the reckless- ness or imprudence of engineers. this is no small boon. The catalogue of the victims of steam is a fearful one. Let us rejoice that it is closed. Mrs. Ex-Presipent TYLER anp TAY TRIBUNE Pritosorners.—As we predicted, the socialist | philosephers of the Tyisune have seconded the | attack of the Evening Post upon Mrs, ex-Pre- | sident Tyler, for daring to defend the institu- tions of the South, under which she lives, against the presumptuous intermeddling of the Duchess of Sutherland and others of the fe- minine aristocracy of Great Britain. Our philo- sophers, no doubt, with tears in their eyes, say of Mrs. Tyler that “we are heartily sorry for her. Literature was never Julia’s best pojnt, for hitherto she has achieved less distinction with her head than heels.” This is sutfticiently vile and barbarian; but our teachers of women’s rights, Fourierism, abolitionism, and spiritual manifestations, have the unblushing impudence to say, that e are quite sure she never concocted this silly, heartless, pettifogging production. It reads a good deal more like her husband, though we should suppose even his re; ervoir of ignorance could hardly have supplied al the misstatements crowded into its three close columns.” Now, whether Mrs. Julia Gardiner Tyler did or did not concoct this letter, is a matter of as little importance as the question whether Queen Victoria did or did not coneoct her last speech to the two houses of Parliament. Mrs. Tyler’s name js affixed to the document—she stands re- sponsible for it—it is hers; and she is not, and need not be, ashamed of it. The very fact that it is assafled by the leading organ of W. H. Seward and the “higher law” of abolition nul- lification, is proof of its soundness and patriotic spirit. But when did our abolition philosophers dis- cover John Tyler’s “ reservoir of ignorance ?” If we mistake not, they daily proclaimed his superior qualities and accomplishments as a safe, wise, and distingnished statesman, through all the campaign of 1840. We fear. indeed, that very much of the malignant bitterness of this assault upon Mrs. Tyler is due to “Captain Tyler’s” vetoes of certain bank bills. and his “aid and comfort” to the democratic ticket in 1844, after having been elected a whig Vice President on the whirlwind of that memorable popular outbreak for “Tippecanoe and Tyler too."? But how excessively mean it is, at this late day, considering the results of the recent elec- tion. to seek for vengeance upon an unoffending lady for the acts of John Tyler! True, he was a whig in 1840, though * not an ultra whig” in 1841; but Mrs. Tyler had no more to do with his wise bank vetoes than the Duchess of Suther- Iand. Yet we apprehend that, had this letter of Mrs. Tyler been signed by almost any other Southern lady. our Tribune philosophers would have treated it with comparative decency, and in a manly spirit of criticism. The direct allegation ofan“ untruth” against Mrs. Tyler. * repeated half a dozen time: keeping with the argument of the Tribune, which follows, to show the superiority of the laws and institutions of Great Britain over those of the United States. The whole spirit and drift of this most contemptible assault upon an amiable and patriotic lady. are the natural effu- sions of a maudlin, diseased, defeated and dis- graced school of abolitionists, seizing every oc- casion, regardless of the object, to give vent to their impotent malignity and abuse of every- thing and every person identified with the Union and the laws of the land. Personal as- saults, origlating in such sources. are rather to be desired than discarded by the parties assailed. Assaults om ladics are characteristic of the Tritune. Rericiovs Frrepow.—The movement of Ge- neral Cass in the Senate of the United States, in behalf of religious freedom for American citizens travelling or sojourning in the other nations of the world, and especially the Ca- tholic States of Italy, has resulted in the reference of the subject to the Committee on Foreign Relations, where the subject now remains for consideration. In the meantime, we observe that the unfortunate imprison- it of the Madiai. in Tuscany, has given ad- onal impetus to the movement among our people at large, from the number of petitions | which are being laid hefore the Senate from day today. We do not suppose that the Senate will do anything on this question this session— we expect little or nothing. indeed, on any other question ; bat this agitation of religious liberty in Europe, ifwe are not mistaken, bids | fair to lead to a train of the most momentousand | compreleusive results, either for us or against ns, Still, the rights which we concede to others. we may surely be excused in asking them to concede tous. We want the right to huild as many Protestant churches as we please. all around the basilica of St. Peter's. That i the starting point of General Cass. The end is yet in futuro, These are interesting times, | Tur Tex Munvion Foxn. private ddvices from Washington and else- | where, we may expect another motion before | the adjournment of Congress, contemplating the placing at the discretion of General Pierce the sum of ten millions of dollars. more or less to meet the contingencies of necessity for ex- traordinary expenditures which may arise in our forcign effatrs, during the long interval of nine months to the next regular meeting of Congress. But we regret to learn that the gnment we have advanced in favor of this me sure, to wit. that it may avert the necessity an extra seesion, is the very consideration which, if brought to the lest, may probably de- feat it, bee y-secking members tre rather extra pay, mileage, and extra perquisites kinds. which an extra session of Con- uve of the namber of mon Loth Houses, otherwiee for the n who fous than the ext of all gress would give them a chance of pocketing: In this vic should experience very little mprise if General Pieree were driven to the ticklish expedient of ealling an extra scesicn of Congress. somewhere about August or Som tember next. The offairs of Cuba and of Mexico suggert it, or the alternative of a large discretion of authority and each to Gen. Pierce for the interim to December. Which shall it he? | Fivino, greatly enhanced the opera, and contributed con- According to our | k qhat is now the question. Time is getting short, Tae Gaear Case or Maa. GeneraL Gares— Jvpex Warxe’s Orwion—New Tatat.—As pro- mised yesterday. we lay before our readers this morning, the opinion of Judges Wayne and Daniel of the Supreme Court of the United States, dieeenting from the decision of the accidental ma- jority of that court against the claims put in by Mre. General Gaines to the property of her fi- ther—tie late Daniel Clark, of New Orleans, This opinion of Judge Wayne is long; but it will be found highly interesting. not only to all legal minds but to the general reader. from the curious chapter of family history involved in it. With the late decision of the Supreme Court, it is very generally supposed that this case is terever concluded, and that the right of Mrs. Gaines to her father’s estate is thus forever fore- cloced. But such is not the fact. It will shortly be revived in the State Courts of Louisiana, hy Mrs. Gaines. claiming in the capacity of de- visee, under the last will of her father, which, itis alleged, was destroyed immediately subse- quent to his death, and of which sufficient evi- dence is aid to be on record to prove its exist- ence and contents. With this proceeding the re- cent decision of the Supreme Court does not in the least conflict. In fact it is the course reeom- mended by that court in an interlocutory decree pronounced in 1844, which she then considered it unnecerrary to follow, but which her legal advisers are still sanguine will place her in the full possession of her father’s estates. Whatever the final issue, of one thing we may be certain. that Mrs. Gaines will in this new trial exhibit the same inflexible perseverance, industry, intrepidity, and courage that have marked her course through twenty years of the most terrible litigation. We turn over the opi- nion of Judge Wayne, meantime, to the judg- ment of our readers, The Panoramic Exhibitions in New York. ‘the panoramas, georamas, and cosmoramas, now onex- hibition in this metropolis, constitute an interesting fea- ture of our public entertainments, and deserve special notice. Fach of these styles of presenting to view objects in foreign lands, by the aid of the painter’s art, has its representative here in Risley’s Thames, Banyard’s Jeru- salem, and Sattler’s exhibition, and still another makes its déL@t here to day, giving a panoramic view of the Mis- sissippi, ‘the father of waters,” from its mouth to the falls of St. Anthony, while Sketches of Mont Blancareadver- | tised to take their place soon among these pictorial repre. sentations. This method of showing the spectator the prineipal objects of interest in the places illustrated, is at once a yery effectual one of making him acquainted with the striking features and even details of those places which, from the associations connected with them, or the historical events which have been developed in them, may be objects of public curlosity;and, at the same time, some of the paintings themselves are well worthy of in- spection, from their intrinsic merit as works of art. Risley’s Panorama of the Thames, now on exhibition at 406 Broadway, is one of those productions which combines both the features of interest we have alluded io. The banks of the Thames are now a classic region, as well from the beauty and picturesqueness of the natural and artificial scenery which lies along or contiguous to the stream, as from the innumerable historic recollections they recall to the mind of every one who is familiar with English annals, It does not lie within our province to enumerate the various castles, palaces, and towns, pos- sessing the charm of antiquity which adds so much to the Picturesque effect of the scenery, and which are trans- ferred with great truth, minuteness, and artistic skill, to the canvass, The spectator is enrried along the Thames, from its first meandering through the meadows as a little rivulet, until it is blackened and discolored in the great Englich Babylon; but in its whole course the intnrest of | the beholder doesnot wane. Of course, the prineipal bridges and buildings of London are shownin the picture, and the spectator is also introduced to some of the noted charac- ters of the London markets, of whose peculiar habits, cries and songs, the exhibitor gives some very good {llus- trations. ‘This gentleman is completely at home in his characteristic description of scenes in London. We sce tflat the rate of admission has been reduced to twenty-five cents, which we think a very proper movement, and one that ought to be imitated by the other exhibitions of the same kind in the city. Banvard’s Georauia of Jerusalem @nd the Holy Land, on exhibition higher up Broadway, is, perhaps, the mest interesting to the publie, from its illustrations of the region where the greatest events of the world have taken place. It therefore attracts great numbers of spectators, principally, of course, ladies and children. The painting is executed with great and the several views are very expressive, and illustrative of many scenes related in sacred history. The Jordan, the Dead Sea, the Sca of Galilee, Mount Tabor, the Valley of Gilead, Jacob's Well. where Christ spoke with the woman of Samaria, and all the environs of the Sacred City itself, with the interior of the Chureh of the Crucifixion, and other spots memorable in the ceriptures, are all presented with very fine effect, and, we doubt not, considerableaceuracy. The Georamn is certainly one which ought to attract attention, as illus- trating the country in which most of the events recorded im the Bible have taken place. The principal impression which the view of it leaves on the mind of the beholder, is the extreme smallness of the theatre on which such mighty scenes have been played. The Jordan, for in- stance, is an insignificant stream—the mountains soem little more than sandbills, and the Valley of Gideon, where Joshua ordered the sun to stand still until he should annihilate the enemies of Israel, falls far short of what the reader of the story would picture to himself. 's Cosmorama is another of this species of enter- put, ag its name expresses, ofa different order hich views of the most interesting places in the we given. All these representations form, as we raid, a peculiar and very pleasing feature of the amuse- ments of the metropolis. Mavamg Sontag a8 Autwa,—Niblo’s theatre last evening prevented another array of fashionables, who thronged ihe house in every part, to witness the repetition of Madome Sontag’s “Sonuambula’’; ond never, perhaps, was an audience more pleased with the exquisite and soul stirring music of Bellini, than as it was rendered on that oceasion. It would be a¢ eupererogant at this day to des. cant vpon the lyric beauties of this opera, which is re- plote with gems “fomiliar as household words” in every Lome, as it would be to criticive Fontag’s well known and | faultless interpretation of the sleep walker. Wenced not | ay that her charming voice and brilliant execution ena- | | ble her at all times to achieve the most daring exdenzas with case, or that she fs singularly effective in that spon. tuneity which gives a shade of nature to the whole picture in which she portrays so prominent o part. But we may | ray that Sontag was never more true to nature, never more perfect, never more like horself, than she was last night. The Count Rodolyho of Badiall, and Pozzoli ide :bly to the perfection with which it was produced. sing andthe other artists were enthusiastically ap- nded throughout the whole performance. ‘This evening, Madame Sontag will appear as Rosina, in "for the last time. ‘There will be ced in the scene where the inusical lesson is given, in which Carl Kekert will sing a Swias sons, and Madame Sontag an Fnglish ballad. ‘That musi- cal prodigy, Paul Julien, will perform the Witeh’s Dance, ile Poganint. Owing to th the “Barber of Seville a concert introde appointment fu securing seats for last night's representation, a desire has been expreased for a yepetition of “La Sonnambula.”” A petition has been cent to us to publish the following = 70 THR WANAGER OY MADAMN BONTAG'A OFRBAR, A number of ladies are anxious to heay Madnune Sontag onee more in “La Sonnambul.”” By repeating that ad inired opern, you would greatly oblige ' Vier AVENUR, AND THE Avo—The manager of the ented, on Montay evening, to chovtra to Madame Albont, ‘1 of which bears a rich Bra- ret in gol, and the other the figure of Apol Hy rome anegsountable cireamrtance, pleut wan given, im our edition of We now reetify the mistake, | Bey OF MANKIND, ding a lyre. the re ignor Vietti, rot CURACAO. Ry thi al of the brig Ocean | Dird, Coptain Forop, wo have reseived advices from Cure. » to Jan, 12. The yellow fever was provailing at that 4 to an alarming extent among the ehipping. ‘Lhe Ocean Bird was detained ten days by sicknoss of the crew. Thos Mufroy, eeaman, of the above vessel, died of | the forer on the 8 hof Jan. The disease had been very | fatel during the few days previous to Captain Forop’s deyartur Nine seamen had died oat of four vessels, and a large number lying sick, The U. B. lias been de- tained mueh on her peveage, owing to Capt. F., Is mate, and four samen, Yeing token with the ferer on tho second day out. | ‘Lavxeu To-pay.—Mr. Thomas Collyer will launch this afternoon, frem his yard, foot of Nincteeuth strect, a new steamer of five hundyed tons burthea, built for Rus- sell Sturges, Fsq. She is one of the strongest ever built, and bas been constructed in the short space of forty- seven days. Her enzine, a part of whieh is now on board, ia being built by Henry H. Dunham & Co. ‘Tur Srrawrnir ALABAwA. Capt. Ludlow, arrived yesterday morning, in 62hours from Savannah, by which we re: ceived papers from that city two days in advance of the mail, ‘A Hravmmy Voyacr.—The packet ship J. Z., Captain Zeraga, eighty days from Antwerp, arrived on the 3ist it. wiih 180 pusrengers, not one of whom was ill on the voyage, por was there a dose of medicine given. ‘Tux Daxcurs o¥ Tar Ska.—The following melancholy in- cidente are extracted from a letter from Captain Griffin, of the brig Neuvitas, of New Haven, to his owners, dated Port fpain, Trinidad, _ i We arrived here on the Ist of January, having suffered ‘at and painful loss on the passage out. We took a gale of wind on the Friday (Dec, 17) after I left. I lny to until I found I cho:.ld lo-e my deck load of stock if T lay any longer, so we were comyelled to reud. It blew a fear- ful hurricane, and there was a tremendous sea on, but the vestel behaved beautifully; the stock stood up well, andeverything during the gale went on until Sunday morning, Lee. 19, when I found my awning was beginning to work, and most of my awning stanchions on the - board side had been broken in the fury of the gale. Find- ing it necessary to relieve the awning of the weight of hay, set all hands at work removing it. Had got one bale off, and was getting another, when the vessel gave a very heavy roll, throwing the bale of hay overboerd, and car- rying with it Mr. Samuel Price (chief mate) and two sea- men. There was no possibility of saving them, as it was blowing furiously, and there was such a heavy sea on I dare not bring the vessel to, and a boat could not have lived a mement. We succeeded in throwing overboard about twenty bales of ays and were getting tackles on the awning fo steady it, when Mr. Dean, my second mate, who was coming forward, slipped down on the awning, and, before ould recover himself, rolled overboard, could do nothing to save him, and there I was, with the lors of both my mates and two of my seamen, in the midst ofa terrifie gale. We finally got everything se- cured, and the vielence of the gale soon broke, We had fine weather the rest of the passa; city ‘Tue Weatier continued calin trom early morning up to na Jate hour of last night. ‘There was a slight frost at day- break; but the thaw] produced by the advancing #un, p vailed during the afternoon and evening. The therny meter at the Heracp builing ranged: At 8 o'clock A.M, at 81 degrees; at noon, 3834 degrees; at 3 P. M., 33 dogrees, and 5 P. M.,343y degrees. As evening closed inthe sky became cloudy, and the atmosphere was heavy and op- pressive. Ata late hour of the night the thermometer steod at 36 degrees, and a change of weather was indi- cated. Snow fast disappearing, ‘Tre Vererans or THE WAR or 1812-'14.—A very ii portant and patriotic movement bas received an encoura- ging and spirited initiative in each branch of our Slate Tegi-lature. It is for the relief of the survivors and widows of those who perished in the struggle of the war of 1812-"14. The scarred old heroes are to visit Athany and present their claims on Thursday, (to-morrow.) und as the Asrembly chamber has been granted for their use, they will meet, with such soldi of the same class as may bein the capital, there upon that evening. A good many members are expected from other sections. ‘The veterans are to be ri ed and entertained by the Veteran Republican Artillery of Albany—will be reviewed by the Governor on Friday morning, and dine at the Stanwix in the afternoon.” We wish them every success upon their mission. MuaTary Fcxp.—The following statement of accounts shows that th jount of commutation money received within the limits of Major General Sandford’s division, during the past year, was $7,940 52; from fines $8514— total, $8,400 52, “Amount expended, $6,735 43—leaving an uneaxpended balance of $1,725 09. Deara From Corrosive Poron—Svurrosen Scicior.— Coroner O'Donnell held an inquest yesterday, at the houre No. 180 Mott strect, upon the body of a woman named Mary Quinn, who died there suddenly, at anearly hour in the morning. A report was afloat during the day that che had committed suicide by taking poison, and a very lengthened investigation was gone into. We give the substantial facts ofthe testimony and the verdict of the jury, Jt would veer on ifthe woman had been drinking; ut the medical witness was of opinion that a corrosive poison eaused her death, The first witness called was Richard M. Cook, who, being sworn, said—I am a com- positor onthe National Demserat: e known the de- ceased for three months; she has been living as a domes. tic at No. 334 Broome strect, until the last three wecks; she bas since made her home in my family; as far as T know she was in good health with us; she appeared tobe in low spirits; she had some peculiarities about her whieh I deemed eccentric; I do not think that sho was in- rane; when I came home yesterday, Monday, afiernoon, at about five o’clock, my wife asked deceased to have some supper and rhe would feel better; she said that she did not st to eat anything; she got up and went into the bedroom, where I heard her vomiting; after this she came out, and my wife asked her, “What is the matter?’” deceased replied,''I feel rick at my stomach;” she then returned to the room and vomited more when there; che then passrd from the bed room snd went out of doors; when she was passing me I said, ‘You haye been drink- ing rather highly, I guess;” deceased said, *‘No,” and assed on; I remarked to my wife that the deceased had drinking, as she staggered about and appeared inuch Hike a person under the influence of liquor; I went to my work and came home at half-past one o’¢lock this morn- ing: when I opened: the door of my aparments my wife screamed, “Oh, my God ! Anne Quinn is dead;” I gianeed ‘at deceased and ran for a doctor; I know of no injuries or violence offered to deceased in any manner. Catherine Cook, wife of last witness, corroborated his testimony. She gave evidence as to the illness of de- ceased, and that she had drank some igor | on the even- ing previous to her death; she drank seidlitz powders: was confused, exeited, and very sick oneMonday, after them; died at the time sworn to by last witneks, Robert McIntyre deposed as to seeing the deceased, and believing her under the influence of liquor, upon the day before she died. Doctor Ubl made a post mortem examination of the body; I found no marks of externai violence upon it; the lungs were very much affected with tuberculous disease; the heart was in a healthy condition; the stomach and intestines were yery much inflamed nnd congested: the stomach was particularly so; the stomach exhibited the usual appearance as when an irritating poison has heen taken into it; from the careful investigation made, Tam of opinion that the death of the deceased was caused by taking some corrosive poison into the stomach. ‘The jury returned a verdict of ‘Death from taking into her stémach some corrosive p ‘The deceased was ‘a native of Ireland, and twent; rs of age. orK.—The followi: o ix Annivat op EsiGrants at New table shows the gross number of emigrants arriving at this port from New Year's day up to Monday night, the number of vessels engaged in their transport, and the laces of embarkation:— V here shipped. No. of emigrants, No. of vee, 8 2 1 330 3 727 6 M1 1 bt 1 262 2 3 3 3 10 207 13 ferent poris, a1 70 Tota 600 130 man nained David Ma- DANG 2 i lone fell suddenly, at the corner of Nineteenth street and avenne A, on Monday night. Upon examination, it was found that he had ruptured a blood vessel. Officer Areson, of the Eighteenth ward, took him to Lellevue hospital, EnIovS ACCIDFAT.—A man named Thomas Fenwick, ac- mtally fell through the hatchway of the store No, 21 He was so seriously in- ‘econ ward, had to re- ci Ciift street, on Monday evenin: juree, that officer O’Brien, of move him to the City Hospital. Police Intelligence. Detailing of Policemen ty the Mayor. —Oficcr Prince John Davis was yesterday placod by the Mayor on special du ty at the Police Court, ‘Tombs. ‘The Prince for many « past held that post, and a yerfect terror was he ng that peried to the Tombs lawyers and pettifogring seamps who Infested that vicinity, preying; on the un- unate individuals inenrecrated thorcin. “A chanye of polities, however, ennsed the Prince to be removed else- where; but the recent election las been the cause of his reinstatement. A few more men like the Prince plreod at the Tombs courts, would tend matertally to abolish the Gicgraceful practices and impositions existing at present uong that eet of pettifogging practitioners. At this 1 the Mayor has also detailed Joseph Dowling, James , Fleetwood Northrop, and James Sweeney, Second strict Police Court—Benjamin Parker, James Mooney, Hugh Kearney, ond Wm. Cargill, Third District Poitee Court—Walter'S. Jarbee, Samuc! Brown, James Wado, and John Vandervoort. ‘Robert C. Campbell was detailed to the Court of Fessions, in place of Francis Spicer. Anither Policeman in. Dificuliy~-The Investigation Before advstice Welsh.—A few days ago, we published the arrest of two youngmen, named George King and Newman, on a charge of itealing a gold watch and other property, valued at $50, from the dwelling hoase No. 6 avenue U: ‘The accused partios were also concerned in burglariously entering the rtoreof Mr, Karhammer, situated in William veet. Policeroan Litehie, of the Seventh ward, arrested 2, and he informed the officor that a number of articles stole by hin had been pawned, and the tickets sold to Policeman Whitehead, of the Eleventh ward; also, that ihe said offer had in his possession many other stolen Jee, Those pawnedarticles, it eems, Whitehead had taken from the pawn office and eouveyed to his own rest- dence. Policeman Ritchie, on the information given him by the thief, went in seareli of Mr. Whitebead, and found Him in Willett street, near the residence of King. Mr. Whitehead then stated to Policeman Ritchie, of his own accord, that he had certain artile he had received from the prisoner K further, that he had Ikew! a carpet bag "a on exam! hin by King. This e found to contain « nombe the property Karhammer, whore store had heen robbed by burglars The property was conveyed to the Police Court of the clerk, end th receiving Tustioe ell aking Diseolored ad breath heatthy and eweet, and clean : roat. This fine thing grows in the West perb. Sold Lafont’s solution of jot, for dying red, a brown or jet black, ‘It doos not in- ure the hair, butimproves st, “Price only 4s. This is the beet and cheapest dye made, teeth while, r Wigs ond Toupces.—.Medhurst & Henryl, of 27 Maiden Jano, make the most perfect imitation of a na. tural head of bair in the world, Wig wearers shoul! not fail to examine them, They are made of the best mate- ‘als, and warranted not to shrink or chapge color, Aleo raids of long hair fronts, braids, &¢. M is Oe Dlecetord hues re olved ta nercoen the capital of association to three hundred thousand v4 originally contemplated by the charter: 2, hundred shares of the captial stock will ba the rate of one share for every five sharen, to the holders standing ou the books of the at’ P.M. of Tuerday. the 18:h February; that, before the 1th day of february they pay Lim me upon the said additional -ha: es; but no fraetion of a will be regarded. ‘The tran-fer books will be cloned two P. M. ofthe 15th February, until ten A. M. March, the day after that sppoin‘ed for the annual elec- ton, WM. WHEITEN, Treasurer. Notiee—Removal.—Gurney’s Old Fistablish- ed deguerrean gallery, 189 Broadway, is removed to his new and magnifi Lecnard street. Twenty-five Cent Daguernsoty nes —iegee REES & CO. started their new system of picture making, at the mallery, 349 way, corner of all the world are flocking to ‘heir rooms three and four hundred daily, (0 procure mens of the art, such as have never greater cost. Remember th All New Yerk knows that you cuse to offer, when seen shivering with or dressed. in common slop-shop style. GEORGE prox, the fa- shionable Proadway tailor, cach season gives away, at any price, his surplus s‘ock of cloths, veut ings, overceats, vesta. and pantaloons. | Call, if you want abargain, at the southwest corner of Broadway and Anthony street, No. 833. cba + Mengling Done Here,” has been suggested asa good sign for aclumsy surgeon. There is @ good deal of mangling done in cutting garments, as well as in: cutting flesh. Look before you leap. If you want a set of shirta, each one of which is sure to fit to amicety, ie GKEEN'S, No. 1 Astor House. No mistakes ave ma ere. Wanted—A_ Gentleman to Travel on a Plea~ rant but energetic business. None necd apply but a gen- tleman of mercantile experience. and eapable of com-. manding a good salary. D.S. BARNES, 161 Broadway, up stairs. District of Columbia Bank Notes pure chased.—Rank of the United States, Citizens’ Bank, Co- lumbia Bank, Faetern Bank, Railroad Bank, Merchants? Bank, and United States Bank—all of Washington. A. R. THOMPSON, No. 9 Wall street, corner of New. Bargains—Until the tat. 1853.—Frone thie date until the first March, Iam selling my entire stock of cmbroidericr, Inco goods, &c. &e., at animmense+ reduction, as Tam importing my spring stock direct from. Glasgow and Paris, and will require by that time over $5,000 in cash, for custom house chargea, dutios, ke. JOHN MADDEN, Metropolitan lace and embroidery store, 567 Broadway, near Prince street. Yo the Members of the Mercantile Libra; Association.—An attempt haying been made to set asic and annul the ballot lately held with respect to a change of location, members opposed to removing to Astor place are urgentlly requested to sign a memorial to that ef- fect, at the desk of the library, this day. sale of ladies’ fash- Ladies’ Clonks.—Closii: ionable cloaks, at FRANK BENNETT & CO.’S, 351 Broad- way. The ladies of New York and its vieinity are most respectfully informed that the balance of the beautiful steek of ladies’ fashionable Varisian cloaks, at the above named establishment, is to be disposed of within the next fortnight, preparatory to the commencement of the early spring business, and such as have not made thair pur se8 are most earnestly invited to call, as they will thus have an opportunity of buying garments of the neatest, most elegant and fashionable manufacture, at half the original cost. Assertions.—First: That at W. H. McDon- ald’s U. 8, Commercial Advertising House, No. 102 Nasaaw street, you can contract for advertising in any paper in the United States. Second: That all advertisements con- tracted for as above are published according to contract, and the time for which they are agreed on, printed at the bottom of each one. Third: That the pay in all cases will be consequent upon the proper exceution of the order, no money being required or expected of any reg; ible house until their orders have been satisfactorily attend- Account Books, Paper and kinds, at low prises. ‘Books made to pattern, &e.; circulars, checks, bills, notes and drafts,’ in style re- quitzed; copying presse, manifold letter writers, tine books, &c. Orders receive prompt attention. FRANCIS & LO! EL, Stationers, Printers, and Bookbinders, 77 Maiden lane, This Day Mr. Goldsmith will commenee several new classes for instruction in the art of n- ship. Ladies’ classes at eleven and four o’clock P. M. Terme, $3 for ten lessons, or $5 for twenty lessons of an. hour each, .Gentlemen day and evening. Private instruc- tion at hours convenient to the pupil. Cards may be hadat the rocms, 289 Broadway. Fashionable Clothing.—We wouid call at- tention to the brs ae clothing establishmeut of ALFRED MUNROE & CO., No. 441 Broadway, between Howard and Grand streets. Persons in want of well made clothing, at very reasonable prices, are invited to call and examine &@ superior assortment at the above establishment. Eeoromy is not exactly the order of the day, but such persons as are aiapoved still to practise it, can readily do 80 in the article of clo’ nd yet dress ay well ay the bes', by patronising No. 44] Broadway. Charies’ London Cordial Gin, Distilled Es- y for, and imported solely by, E (is No.7 ‘k place, is, for its medicina Sod or as a delight- ful boverage, the bext article in market. For sale at every bar in the city, or as above. Pulvermacher’s Patent Hydro-Electrie Vol— taic Chains.—A very simple, although most f ‘ious in- strument, weighing about two ounces, and which may be folded up in a pocket-book; it is always ready for use, de- tects the magnetic needle, decomposes water, precipitates metals from their solutions, in short, shows all the pheno- mena of a powerful voltaic pile. It {s constructed to be worn under the garments, and is the most wonderful in- vention in medicine and electricity of the prosent day. It relieves withouta shock orany isagrennble seusation-—in most cases instantaneously—ac:ite nervous pains, such as head and toothache, pains in the ears, rheumatic pains, tic doloureux, &e. ’ By its mild and perceptible action in. the body, diseases of many years’ standing, such as gout, local paraiysis, nervous comiplaints, nervous diseases, bent &e., are sure to disappear. It will last a man his lifetime, guarding himself, his family and friends, against that immense number of complaints and 3 in which mild streaming electricity is a perfectly safe, certain, and speedy remedy. The price of a complete portable chain varies from $1 to $6. Incredible as may seem the above facts any person can easily convince himself before hand, at the depot, of their truth. The importance of the in- vention has been acknowledzed in America by the Aca- demy of Medicine of New York, and the chains have been applied with great success in the Lrpectag beer Soe Hag “4 City, Bellevue and Ward’s I:and Hospitals, Hospital, &c.;{n Europe by ihe 1 Colleges of P! cians and Surgeons in London; by the Aeademie Nat ale de Medicine at Paris; by the Imperial Faculty at Vien- na; by the Royal Faculty at Berlin, and other scientific institutions of the highest order, including the greatest hoapitais in the world. The proprietors are in possession of testimonials to the same eiteet, from all the above in- stitutions in America and Europe, as well as of the most emineut and distinguished members of the profession in. both hemispheres, and invite the public to examine them. Full and illustrated dercriptions—one for personal use, and one for scientific men—with copies of testimonials anda number of eases cured in New York and Europe, may be obtained gratis at the ofilce, ‘They will bo tor. warded, free of portage, to any part of the United States, in answer te prepaid ‘inquiries, containing three cents postage stamps. Address No. 568 Broadway, corner of Prince street, (Metropolitan ge) J. STEINERT, Sole Agent. A Card—To the Fricntts ofthe Affiictcd.—C@ll upon the Hon. flenry M President of the American. Institute, 251 Broadway, and ask him what he knows about Pr. WATTS’ Nervous Antidote. The word of such aman is worth all the whole ten thousand certificates of persons cured; he is not to be deceived after years of experience; he has used it in hls own family, and watched its effects for years, and if he will deceive you, there is no truth inthe world. He knows its virtues in neuralgia, the worst of all neurosis, for any medicine that will ef- fectually cure that, will and must cure allother nervous di Rushton & Clark, 273 and 165 Broadway, or No. 10 Astor Hou: test its proper Pints, $5; halves, $3; small bottles to es, $1 cach. Watts’ Nexvous Antidote—Agency Removed. from 102 Nassau strect to 88 Ann street. The antidote is a cértain and speedy cure for all nervous affections, neu- ralgia, rheumatiem, tie doloreux, nervous debility, &e. $1 per bottle, $9 per dozen, J. PYNE, 38 Ann street, one door below Nasrau, (Fowler's building.) The mest Painful Corns Removed, frce from: pain or danger bunions and bad nails successfully treated by Ur ATTLEFIVLD, who bas thirteen years’ practical experience in this city. Rooms, 498 Broad- way, opposite the Art Union rooms—for ladies and gen- tlemen. Cristadoro’s Liquid Hatr Dye Changes the hair instantly to a beautiful black or brown, while his Preservative and Beautifier sthoulates its growth and Ferpetuates its Tuxuriance to the latest period of life, The dye is applied privately, and both sold at Cristadoro’s ind by druggists generally, No, 6 Astor How Fao! Dye Batehelor's Celebrated Liquid hair dyo is the best yet discovered for eoloring the haiz or whirkers the moment it is applied.. The wonderful gave and certainty with which this favorite and old este- blished hair dye performs is ovtonishing. It is for sale, or applied, at RATCHELOR'S wig faotory, No. 4 Wall of Gonrand’s Liguid Halr Dye is, without exe coption or reservation, the very best ever invented, Be- ware of puffed dyes.’ Equally’ eclebrated is Gouraud’s Medicated Soap, for curing pioples, freckles, sallowness, chaps, roughness, &e. Poudre Subtile uproots hair from any part of the body, Liguid Rouge, Lily White, and Hair Goes, ot No, 67 Walker street, near Broadway. Wig? and Toupees.<-atcholor’s New Stylo of wigs are pronounced the most perfect imitation of na~ ture yet Invented. Thove wanting @ very superior article shook all at BATCHELOR’S celebrated wig factory, No. 4 Wall street, where can be found the largest and bert assortment in the city. Copy the addrese, Tf You Want White Soft Skin, or Fine Dark y halr, You can Have them for twenty five conts I declare. Yoa, JONES? chemical soap and coral hair restorative, both reduced to half price, two shillings, will give it you; {bevoap cures chapped hands or face eraptions, saltcheum; and makes discolored skin white and clear; the other forces hair to grow clean, and dresses it beautifully, Depot 408 Broadway.