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

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The discussion on the Pa- eific railroad project augura that the measure, as it now stands, can never succeed. The strongest ad- wocates for the road are beginning to look upon this particular bill as an attempt to get up a monster cor- poration, that would eventually be able to contro! the acts of the legislative and executive branches of the government. Another lengthy discussion came off in the House of Representatives relative to the coinage question. ‘There seems to be a great diversity of opinion res- pecting the propriety of this measure. Scarcely any three members think alike so far asregards its various featares, and the probability now is that it wil! hard- Jy be carried in its present shape. The bill for the admission of railroad iron free of duty was finally killed, by a vote of 95 to 82, to the great gratification of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey members. The amendment to the Army Appropriation bill, for the substitution of civil for military superintendents in the national armories, was further debated in com- mittee of the whole, but no conclusion was arrived at prior to adjournment. ether items of interest, states that there is some pros- pect that the Senate will postpone the further discus- sion of the Central American and tripartite treaty affairs till after the 4th of March, in order that the views of the new administration may be ascertained with regard to our foreign relations. This move- ment would also give ex-Secretary Clayton an oppor- tunity of defending the charges against him con- cerning the codicil which was tacked to his treaty with Sir Henry Bulwer, subsequent to its ratification by the Senate. it is supposed that General Pierce will follow the democratic system of Jefferson, and @eliver his inaugural address in person. The French spoliation bill is ina bad way in the House. Itis pretty generally looked upon by its friends as having been shelved for the season. Some of our State Senators appear to have been @rown into great perturbation yesterday morning, | With regard to the Broadway Railroad affair. Mr. | Beekman wished the investigating committee to in- quire into official corruption of every description, in this city. Not only are al! connected with railroads to be brought up to the mark, but those interested in ferries, docks, piers, fillibueter- iam, &c., are to be overhauled, and if anything of a suspicious character is discovered they will be promptly rebuked by the indignant gentlemen at Albany, who have taken the morals of this city into their special custody. No wonder that our pious Senators have been thrown into a perfect state of amazement and consternation in consequence of the mumerons floating rumors of fraud, bribery, corrup- tion, sedition, and almost everything else, including spiritual knockings at Tammany Hall and else whe which have conspired to undermine thiv great city. It is exceedingly fortunate for the moral portion of this community that their legislators have at last opened their eyes to these overwhelming abies, al- though some of them appear to ave known nothing thereof about election times. Tie city is safe. The Senate of Massachusetts yesterday clected Secretary Everett to succeed Hon. John Davis in the United States Senate, after the 4th of March. An- other unsuccessful vote was again cast for a United States Senator, in place of Hon. J. W. Bradbury, by the Maine Legislature. The political variance be- tween the Senate and House renders it somewhat doubtful whether they will be able to effect a choice daring the present seseion. The Louisiana Legisla- ture, by @ majority of two-thirds, have refused to po into an election for a United States Senator in place of Mr. Benjamin. Wm. L, Salmon, charged with cerned in the rescue of Jerry, was fed bythe jury. The indictment for participating in the came af westigation. # Our columns thie morning contain accounts ¢ various shocking occurrences in thie and other pieces. Two men were burned to death by the fire # Nasean wirect eorly yesterday morning, ar x heen con- day acqnit net ra BH. Cobh is now one hed bie Jeg broken by fomping ‘vem an upper story | iy +| i Mr. E. H. Puller, formerly of the City Hotel, having posted Mr. J. W. Schaumberg as anything else than a gentleman, was shot by the latter, and is not expect- ed to survive. Full accounts of the above, together with many other cosualities, will be found in our columns elsewhere. Advices from Havana to the 31st ult., inform us that the health of that place had greatly improved, and the smallpox had entirely disappeared. The United States steamer Fulton left for Key West on the above date, for the purpose of taking over Hon. W.R. King. A fire at Cardenas, on the 29th ult., destroyed property to the value of over half a million of dollars. A proposition is pending in the Maryland Legisla- tare for the incorporation of a cempany with a capi- tal of two millions of dollars, to construct a ship canal between Delaware and Chesapeake bays. Upward’ of four millions of dollars have been ap- Ppropriated by the Virginia Legislature, for railroad purposes. The annexed is a brief summery of the contents of our inside pages :—Speech of John Van Buren on be- half of the plaintiff on the motion for an attachment against the Aldermen for contempt in tHe Broadway Railroad case; The Aspect of South American and Mexican Affairs, embracing a Letter from Mr. Squiers, and numerous interesting extracts from the principal journals in those regions; Theatrical No- tices; Financial and Commercial Reports; Advertise mente, &c. General Pierce's Cabinet. It is very generally supposed that General Pierce’s cabinet is yet to be appointed—that the declination of the State Department by Mr. Senator Hunter. and the startling symptoms of insurrection excited at Washington and Albany at the announcement that General Dix was to be the New York nomination, had go far broken up the whele programme that it would demand an entire reconstruction de novo, from the Premier to the Attorney General. And it has been gup- poeed. and is still the prevailing idea, that so disastrous was the explosion of the original machinery, that General Pierce would require all the intervening time to the 4th of March to recover from the shock. The delusive idea prevails. perhaps, this very morning, that in the re-organization of his ministry, the Presi- dent elect feels the imperative necessity, in con- sulting his own safety, of casting about him with extreme caution and deliberation, and of holding every man under the reservation of a possible substitute, until be shall have satisfied the wire-workers at Washington of the ex- pediency or practicability of every appoint- ment. Now, we should not be in the least degree surprised if these lugubrious views of the posi- tion of the President elect, on the cabinet ques- tion, were absolutely and entirely erroneous. Strange as it may appear, and presumptuous as the Washington cabinet-makers may regard it, it is not improbable that Gen. Pierce has been industriously employed, on his own account, and upon his own deliberate judgment, in the selection of his cabinet advisers, just as if the re- cent disturbances growing out of the declination of Mr. Hunter, and the conspiracy against Mr. Dix and the counter-conspiracy against Mr. Dick- inson, were trifles unworthy 2 moment’s serious embarrassment. In a word, and to terminate the suspense of the anxious expectants of the spoils, as far as our present opinions may be concerned, we should not be taken by surprise if it were authoritatively announced from Con- cord, to-day, that Gen. Pierce has determined upon his cabinet—every man of them; and that he is resolved, if any one of them is to be sup- planted, it shali be by a vote of the Senate of the United States. It is by no means to be inferred that becanse nothing has been divulged concerning the new cabinet, nothing has been done. It may appear, in the sequel,that there is nothing further to be done in this important work; and that the mining and countermining and wire-working of the various cliques and factions of the turbulent and hun- gry democracy, are all a waste of ammunition. | At all events, before another mission is under- Qur special Washington correspondent, among | taken to Concord, from Albany, or elsewhere, for or against any particular individual, it | would be well to ascertain first, whether the books are still open or resolutely closed. We will hazard the conjecture, though it may be wide of the mark, that it is highly probable | Gen. Pierce may have definitely resolved upon his cabinet. We do not assume to speak either ae an oracle or a6 an organ; but we ebrewdly suspect that the busy intriguers at Washington are all floundering about and perplexing them- selves, and worrying ach other, in the dark. We admonish all concerned, in this view of the subject. and especially the “old fogiee,” whoever they may be, to keep as quiet as pos- sible, and remain perfectly cool. The time is rapidly approaching when all the doubts, all the misgivings, and ali the existing mysteries connected with the new cabinet, will be made as clear as the light of day. Even if the all- important secret is not divulged till the even- ing of the third of March or the morning of the fourth, we shall not have long to wait. For cur part, looking to the integrity of the Union as the only sure and steadfast platform of General Pierce. and to the cabinet a8 a unit upon the Union question, and regarding these things as of the first and last importance. we shall not be much alarmed even if officially in- formed to-day, or to-morrow, or next week, that the new cabinet is appointed, and bas been for it or ten days past. Gen. Pierce has shown himself, thus far, to be a man of pradence and discretion ; his past his tory is that of @ man of broad national, patrio- iples, comprehending the full intent of ms to the South, and the obliga- tions assumed by the North, in the compromises of the constitution, and the great healing ad- justment of 1850. Upon such antecedents we are not disposed to entertain any extraordinary anxiety or impatience to know what the new cabinet is, of what materials it is composed, nor who are the fortunate or unfortunate aspi- rants whose claims, superior or inferior, have thns been crowned with success. We are j particular burry on the subject, not be’ tified with the interests of aay clique, or the cabinet of any clique whatsoever. Whatever the ofticial revelation of the new ministry wm: develope, we have but to etand upon the pi form of the Union and the compromises of the constitution. We pause for further information. But let the “old fogies,” in the meantime, North and Sonth prepare for the worst. They will be sure of no dikappointmert, whatever may come to roe. no Rallroeds verwas OmatbatsThe Nesting at the Exchange. The folly and absurdity of citizens of New York invoking State interference in our municipal institutions were fully illustrated at the meeting held on Tuesday, at the Mer- chante’ Exchange. In the anxiety of a few gentlemen to-get rid of the Broadway rail- road, they struck a blow at all city’ railroads, by placing them in the hands of the Legisla- ture, and this effect was not perecived by the So- lons of Wall street till their attention was called to it by the common sense of a plain mechanic, upon which they immediately repudiated the idea; yet they confirmed the principle—-such selfcontradictions do men make when heated by the blind zeal of passion orinterest. As Mr. Roberts justly remarked, if it were put to the vote to-morrow, it would be found that three- fourths of the citizens would be opposed to any interference with the railroads of the Sixth and Eighth avenues. The whole mesting assented with loud applause to this statement; yet the bill, as it has passed the Senate, does inter- fere with these railroads. The Sixth Avenue Railroad Company, for example, have cut through the block from West Broadway to Barclay street, at their own expense; and they propose to extend the line to the Battery—the very thing that is wanted to make the accom- modation complete to the public, and to relieve Broadway of the pressure of the omnibuses be- low the Park, being that portion of the street where the chief difficulty exists, and for which nothing has been as yet done by any of the rail- roade, The Eighth Avenue Company also in- tend to continue their line to the South Ferry. This necessary extension, though entirely at the expense of the companies, cannot, according to the bill, be accomplished without the special permission of the Legislature. Though opposed to a railroad in‘Broadway, we have been always in favor of railroads run- ning parallel with it, knowing that they would relieve it of much of its travel, without des- troying so noble and fashionable a thorough- fare. The proposed continuation, therefore, of the Sixth avenue railroad, together with the Eighth avenue road and the Ninth avenue road, if it be granted, would take all the passen- gers residing on the west side of the city; while those living on the eastern side could be all taken by the proposed Second and Third avenue railroads, and thus there would be no neeessity whatever for disfiguring Broadway by the laying of raile. This great’ thoroughfare ought to be left as a promenade for our citizens and for strangers who come to visit our city—for | public processions on gala days—for the convenience of ladies shopping, and for private vehicles which sufficiently crowd it, without either omnibuses or railroad; and the parallel | streets ought to be assigned exclusively for public conveyances. The result would be that the whole public would be better accommodated, while property would not be depreciated in Broadway as it undoubtedly would be by a rail- road, and.jn the other hand in the parallel tho- roughfares, the property would be improved, and its value enbanced. We go for putting the omnibuses out of Broadway as well as keeping out the railroad. Such has been the monopoly ofthe omnibus lines and the fortunes their propri- etors have made, that they have sold them for seventy or cighty thousand dollars, and we know an instance of one man, who, by the mere fact of getting the license without investing a dollar, sold the right for thirty-five thousand dollars. Like the Sixth and Eighth avenue lines, which run side by side through West Broad- way, it is proposed that the Second and Third avenue roads run together from the Battery through Pearl street, widened one hundred feet, and to continue through Chatham square and the Bowery to Grand street, where the Second is to diverge through that strect, east- ward, and on to the Second avenue; the Third avenue is to continue up the Bowery and Third avenue to Harlem. The omnibus proprietors are willing to abandon their now antiquated stages for thares in these roads, as, for example, Kipp & Brown, in the cage of the proposed Ninth avenue railroad. But if they were not willing, the great consideration after all is the puhliccom- fort and accommodation. The omnibuses have become £0 serious a nuisance by their noise, by iheir delay, and their completely blocking up our highways, that it has become a question whether the evil does not outweigh the beneiit, even if there wag no other mode of conveyance. But when, in addition to this, their expense to the city is taken into account, and the superi- ority of well managed railroads, there can be no hesitation between the two modes of travel. We well recollect that two years ago, Alderman Dodge. who is the father ofcity railroads, stated in his place in the Board of Aldermen, that during the investigation of a committee, of which he was one, into the monopoly of the omnibus proprietors, they admitted that each omnibus cost the city, for repairs to the streets, $100 per annum, though they only paid $20 license. According to this admission, the om- nibuses, which number 628, are a loss to the city of about $50,000 per year; but $100,000 would be much nearer the mark; for in compliance with a resolution of the Common Council, Mr. Adams, the commissioner of repairs and sup- plies, reported that at that time they cost the | city at least $42,000, and they have since in- creased by two hundred vehicles. The result was the passage of the Sixth aad Eighth Avenue Railroads. The railroad proprietors | are bound to repair the streets at their own expense. Here, then, is a vast saving. be- sides the difference {n convenience and speed, to the public. In the beautiful cars of the Sixth Avenue Railroad. you feel as comfort- able as if you were sitting in an arm chair in | adrawingroom. Thieand the Kighth avenue line convey 20,000 passengers per day, though they } have running lest than forty cars between them—a greater number than could be conveyed by two hundred omnibusee, It was the want of | such commu tion keeping pace with the | growth of the city, that has made the ferries on | either tide such a source of profit daring the lest few years. The effect of these ratlyoads is to increase up-town property fifty per cent. Even when they were first started, the corporation property commanded an advance of twenty-five per t. They will also be the means of giving cheap houses on the island to many who, from exces- sive rents and want of room. are now cothpelled to veside in Brooklyn. Wil: burg, Jersey City and Hoboken, though they do business New York. pe tion at in They will, therefore, keep our contribute to the de pment and expansion of the efty. And this ts the very reason why Mr. Vander bilt, the Senator from King’s county, and others, have given city railroads go much Op horae, and position in the Senate. TI ey are jealous of ony prosperity, and they wart to diver other channels, But our destiny ie onward, and cannot be retarded by such machinations. The omnibuses, like stage coaches on turnpike roads, have had their day. The railroad has already superseded them in part, and the day is not distant when these clumsy, noisy vehicles will be altogether a thing of the past, and be only found in some museum, as a relic of antiquity. ‘The firet omnibus ever run in this city was by Niblo, the proprietor of the theatre, who found it necessary to import the springs from England. This was in 1820, when the site of his Bank Coffee House was “out of town.” Now it is in the heart of the city. What pro- grees has since been made in springs, and omni- buses, and railroads, and buildings, and popu- lation, and everything else! Never was there 80 fast a people in the world. Tue Po.ycamy or THE Mormons—Mory Re- VELATIONS.-—We published recently, for the in- formation of the incredulous, an official oconfes- sion on Mormon polygamy, from Orson Pratt, a high priest of the Mormons, and commissioned by the Prophet, Brigham Young, as the mis- sionary apostle of the Latter Day Saints, for the conversion of the heathen, at the city of Wash- ington. From the Seer, a periodical pub- lished by Elder Pratt, in the said city, we have some additional light thrown on the same subject. He says, that “ Brigham Young, just now, is the only man on earth who holds the keys to minister the ceremony of marriage for time and for all eternity.” He then proceeds to state, that notwithstanding a mau’s wife may be hostile to the introduction of another into the family, she must show good reasons for it to the Prophet, or her complaints will not pass muster. Of the various wives and children which may constitute a Mormon family, Elder Pratt says :— There is no particular rule as meget the residence of the different branches of a family. It is very fre- uently the case that all reside in the same dwelling, and take hold unitedly and with the aes est cheerfulness, of the different branches of house- hold or domestic business, eating at the same table, and kindly looking after each other's welfare, while the greatest peace and edie | prevail year after year. Their children play and associate together with the est affection, as brothers and gees while each mother apparently manifests as much kindness and tender regard for the children of the others as for her own. Beautiful! beautiful! Nothing like it, even in the mysteries of Socialfsm :— i And morning and evening, when the husband calls together his family to worship the Lord, and call upon his name, they all bow the knee, and, with the esate gation of feeling, offer their devotions to the What a delightful state of things, tobe sure! A man with seven wives, and each the mother of a half dozen children, all thus harmonizing, to the number of fifty, around the husband or father of the whole family, under the same roof. But it appears, according to Elder Pratt, that— It is sometimes the case that the husband provides for his wives separate habitations, as Jacob did for his four wives, each of whom had a separate tent. (See Genesis, $1: 33.) Where all the wives are bacry\§ faithful, the husband genorally endeavors to treat them all without partiality. How romantic! How patriarchal! How in- teresting and instructive, these plain and honest confessions of the mlarringe covenant of the saints at the Salt Lake. But suppose a case. A saint has seven wives, each living in @ different house. He “ treats them all without partiality.” But can any one of them answer how it is thus possible for him to be at home | more than one night in the week? Is not this also 4 myetery? Such are the abominations of Mormonism, through the confessions of their delegated apos- tle to Washington. We truet that the govern- ment will not much longer tolerate these things. They are in open defiance of the laws and soeial institutions of the whole country—they are an outrage upon common decency—a monstrous outrage upon woman’s rights to a husband ofher own—and ought to be abolished before they lead to the disasters of civil war. We trust that General Pierce will not overlook the Mor mons. They must conform to the laws. It is time they were taken in hand. Mexico anp THE Centra. American States, —We are sure that the politician, the states- man, the historian, and the general reader, will thank us for the mass of highly interesting in- formation which we this morning present to them, relative to the political and social con- dition of Mexico and the Central States of America. This chapter of cotemporaneous his- tory consists of translations of the best articles from journals of the respective countries, in which the whole question of the destiny of these States is discussed from various points of view, and is presented to our readers for their infor- mation, enlightenment, and amusement. The article entitled “The First Day of the Year,” translated from the Universal, of Mexi- co, gives the reader an intelligible retrospect of the history of that country for the last thirty years, and in accounting for the sombrenees of the picture, brings into contrast the origin, pro- grees, and position of the United States. It is a mournful confession of the past errors of our republican neighbors, and suggests the only alternative to be a radical change in the princi- ples of government. We give another article, of previous date, from the same journal, and one on the like subject from the Gazette, of Guate- mala. In relation to Central and South America, we give an interesting Icticr from Mr. E. G Squiers, late representative of the United States at Nicaragua. and the translation of an article from the Panameno,on the political and social relations of Peru. We have bestowed some attention also on the sentiment existing in the Empire of Brazil, in regard to the invasive spirit so much attributed of late to the population and government of the United States ; and an article, which we give, translated from the Diario, of Pernambuco, upon the destinies of America, will be fouad highly interesting. The fame of the “Lone Star’ association has penetrated to those dis- tant regions, and it is predicted that the do- minion of the United States will, ere long be extended over the two continents, North and South. The belief in our * manifest destiny” is becoming @ universal creed, and it will be somewhat strange if the American people be themselves the last to acknowledge it. Once more we commend this chapter of history to the attention of our readers. Tue Davrnry op Fraxce.—The oldstory has been revived in the newspapers, that the son of Louis XVI, of France, has been discovered in the person of Kleazer Williams, a very respectable missionary preacher among the Indians of St. Regia, in the | weatern part of this State. The romance has been | revived by the Rev. John Hanson, who brings for- | word quite an array of incidents in the cheqnere and somewhat eingular life of Mr. Williams, to proy that he is really and truly the legitimate offspring of Louis and his Austrian Queen, Maria Antoinette. The story receives but littie credence, and we think it will only serve the purpose that must have been originally intended—that of being a romantic effuston, | to be classed among the magagine literature of the it into | day Tar Waanineron Mowomant.—The Secretary of the Washington Monument Association is out with another of his periodical bylletins, an- nouncing the progress of the work, and calling for more money. The monument, located near the bank of the Potomac river. almost opposite to the President’s house, to the southward, has now reached the height of one hundred and twenty-four feet. the ultimate height being fixed at five hundred feet. This monument will be @ grand affair when it is finished. The inside will be ornamented with an endless contribution of blocks of marble, limestone, freestone, and what not, contributed by innumerable associa- tions. with inecriptions to match; so that this national monument to Washington will also be a monument to all the societies of Free Masons, republics, Odd Fellows, sovercign states. Sons of Temperance, popes, military so- cieties, &c., &c.,inthe land. Had all the money which has been expended in these blocks of stone. commemorative of these societies, been appropriated directly to the Monument Associa- tion, it would probably have been equal toa gain of $100,000 or more. But what are $100,- 000 to the splendid specimens of love, respect, and veneration exhibited in these blocks for the Father of the country? ‘The Disaster on the Harlem Railroad. ‘The evening express train which was due here at half- past nine o’clock on Wednesday night, met with a serious accident about three-fourths of a mile the other side of Croton Falls. The engine (as is supposed) ran against o rock, and was thrown off the track against some rocks, and completely demolished. The tender fell down a bank, a distance of forty or fifty feet, into the river; the baggage car was thrown across the track, one end of which reste upon the engine. This car, together with the first pas- senger car, was considerably injured. The fireman, Samuel Partridge, was found lying under the driving wheels of the engine, where, it is supposed, he was thrown from the force of the concussion, and was completely crushed; the passengers were unable to extricate his remains from under the . The engineer, William Van Pelt, was thrown upon the track and killed instantly: his remains were placed in the baggage car. Mr. Sloat, the superintendent of the road, was in the cars at the time, and immediately despatched a man with a signal lamp to atop the freight train, which was coming down, while he went to Falls, and returned with an engine and two passenger cars, in which the passengers were brought to this city, arriving hero about thirty minutes past twelve o’clock in the morning. The loss is supposed to be some $8,000 or $10,000. The rails on one aide of the track were torn up some thirty feet. By this lamentable accident, two families are left deso- late, the deceased men having each of them large fami- lies, on which they depended for their support. Musical Matters, Mverc axp Mvatca, Annsrs mm tan Usrre> Sraves.— ‘The progress of music in the United States is one of the most remarkable features of the coumtry. In nothing have more rapid advances been made. In musical science and musical taste the growth of centuries has been at- tained in ten years. Who would have dreamed in 1842, that we should have in such rapid succession four or five of the great vocalists of Europe, as we have had dar- ing the last two or three years, and each of them draw- ing enormous sums of money—Jenny Lind, Catherine Hayes, Alboni, Sontag, and the prospect of having Sophie Cruvelli, Grisi and Mario, in the course of a few months? At this moment we have three of these great vocalists in three cities of the United States—Catherine Hayes sing- ing in concert and selections from opera, in costume and with dramatic representations, in San Francizeo, where the people are chock ful! of enthusiasm—aAlboni charming the inhabitants ef Boston, and Sontag in New York, where she is night after night delighting the public and gratifying the most exalted and refinod taste in music. Lost wintor we had two magnificent opera houses togeth- er in New York. This winter wo have had two also, with still greater talent. Besides these first rate artista, we have had second rate, third rate, and fourth rate singers —in fact, of every grade, from the highest to the lowest. But it fo in instrumental music still more thas in vocal that the progress of: the science is marked in the United States. Only a few years ago, a first rate orchestra was al- most a musical phenomenon—now, splendid orchestras are to be found all over the city. The wagin which the exqui- nite performances of Paul Julien are appreciated is ano. ther example. Twenty years ago pianos were a wcarce commodity, and music publishers were few and far be- tween. Now, every house has ita piano, and the con- struction of that instrument is one of the most impor- tant branches of manufacture in the country; while the music publishing houses in New York, Boston, Phila- delphia, and New Orleans, teem with native composi- tions and reprints of the music of ‘the old country,’ including the most profound works of the great masters, for example, Haydn’s symphonies, and Beethoven's sonatas, of which, but a short time ago, ten copics in the year could not be sold, while now they are not only published here, but have a large and increasing sale. This effect has been produced by various causes; among others, by the residence of an eminent composer among us, who, by his works, bas contributed in a very high do- gree to advance this the most delightful of the fine arts, while the encouragement he has met with is at the same time a gratifying evidence of musical progress. We allude to Mr. William Vincent Wallace, who was born in Ireland, the son of a practical musician, At an early age he discovered a talent ofa high order for music, and beeame an excellent perform- er, but never dreamt of the fame that was before him as #comporer. Heing ‘a wild, roving blade,” he wandered over the world, and, after visiting Australia, Van Die- man’s Land, New Zealand, the South Seas—whither he went on a whaling voyage—the East Indies, the West In- dies, South America—where he crossed the Andes, and gave concerts in Chili, Peru, and Mexico—he came to the United States, and was at once acknowledged as a great violinist and pianist, both in New Orleans, this city, and throughout the country. He performed his own compo- sitions, and alro published one or two that made a favor- able impression, particularly the beautiful “La Reve.” But not even yet was the great composer discovered. He went to London, and, after offering to the publishers there some beautiful compositions, which wore refused from £0 obseure an individual, he composed his opera of “ Mari tana,” which a good judge fortunately saw, and had it brought out at Drury Lane. The success was complete; and Wallace, at s aingle stride, stood in the first rank of composers. The opera had a run of nearly one hundred nights, and was the means of resuscitating the sinking manager. It was subsequently performed at Vienna, where it was adopted in preference to an opera sent in competition by Benedict, a native of Germany. It had a run of one hundred and eighty-five consecutive nights, which was greater than that of even the opera of “Don Giovanni.’ Throughout Germany it had one series of triumphs. It was regarded as the most success- ful first opera ever produced. His second opera— “Matilda, of Hungary,” was a still grander effort, but it was unfortunately wedded to a stupid and absurd libretto, which interfered with its success in reprosenta- tion, though it does not affect the character of the music. Half the success of an opera depends on its drama, as, for example, “ Norma.’’ These two works placed him at once at the head of English operatic composers, Ho is the only English composer that has ever beon recognized as great in Germany. Mr. Wallace's wife, formerly Madame Stoepel, is distinguished as a very brilliant performer on the pianoforte, His ister, Medame Bouchelle, also pos- seses high musical tolent, and is an excellent teacher of singing. All this proves that we have musical genius and talent among us In abundance, not only as transi- tory visiters—birds of passage— but permanent residents. Nor is this all—a native of this country—a young American, after @ musical education in Paris, and being endorsed by the greatest erities of Europe asa planlst of the highest order of genius—the only one that has been ranked with Listz and Thalberg—comer among us and makes his first appearance this evening at Niblo’s enloon, when the connoisseurs, the erities, the dilettanti, and the public at large, will have an opportunity of judging whether his merits have been exaggerated, or whether he is destined to rank in his own art with a Powers, a West, or a Trum. bull, in theirs. We allude to Mr. Gottschalk, of whom we have already said sufficient to indicate our opinion of what tho public may expect. When he makes bis debut before an A ienee they will decide for them relver, Great musical artists have found that they are Lotter remunerated in the United States than in any other part of the world, The people of no other country oan afford to pay them so well. Madame fontag repeats “La Sannambula” to-night at Niblo'y. The theatre will, of course, be filled. Madame ®. fy euperb as Amina. Maneren’a Trours is Mexico.—The Trait d’' Union, published in the city of Mexico, of the 8th ult., states fon for throe repre can that Maretzek opened a now subse sentations, which would be the last. Rosi’s benoft was adverticed to take place on the 10th, Salvi was to ting, This would indicate that Salvi hud not lost his yoiee, ‘Tammany Hall—Meeting of the Soft Shells. Last evening the soft shell committee met at ‘‘ the coal hole” of Tammany Hall for the purpose of organization, Daniel E. Delavan in the ebair, The hard shells kept aloof, and there was little or no excitement, with the ex* ception of a breeze between one hard shell and a member of the committee on the stairs going down tothe coal hole. The hard shell accused the committee of having for its members cut threats, baggage smashers, and pocket-book droppers, and charged @ considerable num- ber of them with having voted either for Van Buren or ‘Taylor in 1848. The soft shell denied the soft impeach- ment—bets were offered—and finally the matter became rather personal, and the parties separated. In orderto Ol up the yroancies in place of the hard shells who revolted, the soft shells called new elections ; and among the returns made were two of the Sachems, Messrs. Fowler and . soft sbelis recone Fa Rey a ee Sthvere In thelr wend, The Pith ve ieisauimnes hers in their stead, ward % oN After the committee was ongativedy LB, ne lected airwan, Jacob F. - ae ara Menara. Vosburgh and ibe Se oo ‘A resolution wan E » s mittee to mest on Weduesiay eveume were ee om It is doubtful whether they will ‘the are nearly all hard shells. There is to be meeting tiounly of the Tammany Soeety, when there wil be nse. tible Aocsopese The reat Kor Bethy expelled hotel; ‘and the hards on the contrary, say that give the Sachems “‘e rap over the 7 action. What harmony ! ‘The Kilkenny cats are animals, compared with the hard and the eoft «1 Personal Intell}; ‘e Arrivals at the Motropolitan—-Cob May, U.S. A.; Lieut. May, Lieut. Walsh, U. 8. N.; Capt. Zeaton, ehip Lady Franklin; Capt. Lowber, ship Ericsson, Arrivals at the Irving Houxe—Gen. Cameron, Penn. pa ee fy 3 inette L. Brown, a yor ly w 8 of pRcneret i iveay New York, ‘ ees lecture on the 4 -, on * Woman’s , How George P. Marsh, (United States Minister to Com- stantinople,) and lady, arrived at Genoa 9th ult., from Vienna. ‘a. M. was confined to her bed with the indis- position under which she las suffered a long time. He awaits advices from Washington concerning the Dr. King affair at Athens. General Sumner passed through Naples a few days previous with despatches, ble Court Unrrep Srares Disrricr Court. Day. Nos. 17, 29 to 37. The Undersigned Pilots, lately attached to Pilot Boat Yankeo, No. 7, (lost at sea, December 3, 1852, most gratefully acknowledge the sum of $636 47, recei from the following sources; viz. — From the Courier and Enquirer office for subserip- i tions there sent............-0+8 $230 00 From Fletcher & Mount, for subseri ed by them from pilots and others + 200 From €, &R. Poillon, from pilotsand others.... 71 00 John W. Avery, do. do. 198 00 ‘ F Perkins, do. do. 72 00 Cash 10 00 20 00 247 10 00 9696 47 Which amount has been distributed te the widows and orphans of H. Budd and J. Curtis, the pilote " ably to the wishes of the donore. JOLIN Sola , ‘A. H. MURPHY, ! HAWTHORN. ea ery, 180 is removed to his uerrean, Broadway, is Peat Tmaguiticent’ gallery, 049 y, corner of Leonard street. All New York knows that you have no ex. cuse to offer, when seen dressed im common elop-shop clothes. GEORGE r. FOX, the fashionable tailor, No. 333 Broadway, each season gives away his surplua stock of coats, vests and pantaloons. The Fox can allerd to be generous in selling remnants. This iph will answer the only pose for which it is intended, if it draws the attention or gentlemen, who have never worn any of GREEN’S elegant shirts, to his establishmant, No, 1 Astor House. He merely desives to invites trial from those he kas not had the pleasure of supplying. About the result of much a trial he feels no anxiety. Booty, Beauty and Utility, ts the motto at bata geeky pegon Exorsine, 160 rome street, dl st city to get good gaiters, pers ke. of every description. Poe ote east overshoos, warranted to keep the feet warm. Overshoos of every dercription. Advertising ts one of the Modern to fortune—but it must bedone with judgment. who desire to reach the country press most elfectively, and at the same time most cheaply, will ind the Adver:. tising House of our friend W. Ann and Nassau streets, over the ‘Wet Linens from Auction.—Exeraordl: bargains.—Double damask table linen, snew drop two yards wide, only bs. Gd. and 6s. superfine figured do. two yards wide, only a yard; large alzed linen napkins 12. and 140, a dozon; large size linen towels, 6s., 8s. and 10s. a dozen, worth double; lots of other goods low prices. BURDEIT’S cheap dry goods store, 158 Walker street. Portable Dressing Cases.—The most complete and elegant article now manufactured, having every re- quisite for a gentleman’s toilet, and asa travelling com- nion invaluable. For sale by G. SAUNDERS & 30N, No, Astor House and 887 Broadway. Rasolr Lacoultre.—These Razors have no equal in their extreme durability and keenness of edge. Can be obtained, genuine, at SAUNDERS’, No. 7 Astor House and 387 Broadway. Comb Factory, No. 387 Broadway, where can be seen a choice selection of tortoise shell and buffa- lo dress combs, of the newest patterns. Combs repaired, Articles of the toilet, of the finest quality. 3 Broadway. ‘AP & J. SAUNDERS, 387 Elegant Wedding and Visiting Cards—Stl- ver bordered terest Deautifully. engraved: rplendia wedding envelopes, of the latest styles; fine silver door plates, a great variety of patterns; consular, notary, and society cals; heraldic devices of every if EVERDEL rye way. 302 8. T. Callahan, Successor a3 C. Childs, book and job printer, 113 Nassau str © Daily Times buildings, executes, with neatness and despateh, afl man- nerof bili heads and circulars, books, pamphicts, land and commercial blanks, &¢., at very low prices. Charles’ London Cordial Gin, Distilled amg and im solely by, E. C. CHARLES, No. 7 Park pl ce, is, for its medicinal qualities, or as a delight- fal ber , the best article in the market. For sale at every bar in the city, or as above, Dr. Wheeler, Oculist, 28 Berclay strect, de- votes his attention to diseases of the eye. Chrot flammation of the by hope however long standi eom- pletely cured, and films and eH removed without surgi- cal operation. Office hours, § A. M.and2P.M. French artificial eyes inserted, to look equal tothe natural organ, Tmportant Discove: and Blind- ness cured, ina short time, without risk or pain, by Dr. LUTENER, 80 Prince street, near Broadway. Office hours from ten till three o’cleck. 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Now, ire answer to all this, I may I will hold. myself responsible to the highest blooded indtvidual in the land, with wanton. ly and grossly insulting him, if he, or has friend, sufiering with any malignant divease, pain or debility, if he does not find relief from uy Nervous Antidote. Tsay this to all, and will make no apology, but. answer it with my life, TALBOY WATTS, 424 Greenwich sireet. Mr. Editor :<I Feel tt my Duty to Solve the reat mystery of the wondrous effects produced by 'AITS’ Nervous Antidote. It Is simply that it prodaces cheerfulness without after depression, which of course ‘oduces ease from pain, whieh naturally brings refroal- ing slop, and must create sppetite and digestion, Strength naturally follows; hence health in secured. Not that the dirense is cured by the antidote: no, that dieap- pears of iteelf, and if anythiny else ehould ever be found to produce the same effects, it will be as good as the an tidote, Youre, &c., MEDICOP,