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close r that r .opagated, and mediums and manifestations brough, properly into notice. Bills were duly issued, and a | community found sufficiently credulons to receive them asa circulating “medium.” But, in the course | of a few weeks, the spirits, under whose control it canons of the Charch; and uuld be promulgated and NEW YORK HERALD, Zao io JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. BFVICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU 9” ERM, cash in THE DAILY advance. : IERALD, two cents per copy—$ » «per a- was contended the bank performed its operations— THE WEEKLY HERALD, every Saturday who were no less than George Washington, Andrew ‘$3 per annum ; the fy at Oy Cons , hy an io any partof Great Britain, and, Liition, $4 per Jackson, and Alexander Hamilton—very unwisely 95 to any part of , both to include the Continent, | dictated certain regulations which did not altogether VOLUNTARY CORRESPONDEY ! _ Suil the tastes of a number of the billholders, and a niciied from amy quarte — / éning Inger’ Wail Setberally pad for, Gen Af ‘wortd; Wf weed, ake ParncuLsriy Requeerep a ‘Skat ALL LECERS 42ND PACKAGES BENT US. | —————————— Welume XVIII.... -No. 46. AMUY QSENTS THIS EVENING. PO WERY TH SATRE, Bowery—lvaxwon—MECUANIC AND BROAT (@AY THEATRE, Broadway—Sr. Ccrm—Diver: t—SnockiNG EvEyTs. NIP J0'S—Lvaa pi Lawanaaoor. J QRION’S THEATRE, Chambern street—Sr. Corm— ais anv LORDON. NATIONAL THEATRS, Chatham strect—Cate Dame W—O'NEAL THE CxEs't. r WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Mexmy—Hion Live | Raw Srazae. AMERICAN MUSTOM—Afternoon oud Fvening—Oxp | Fours v1 Hows. i CHFISTY’S OPTRA HOUSE, 472 Broadway—Enmoriay | MPooras wy Curnr's Orena TROUPE ‘WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood's Musical Hall, 444 Broad. wey —Ermovias MixsTRsisy. | “MARCUS, 27" ‘Bowery—Equen GEORAMA, 586 Brondway—Fanvarn’s Panorama oF ms Hoi Lip. BELLERS SOIREE'S MYSTFRIEUSES, 539 Broadway. MEZEYS THAMES, at 466 Broadway- HOPE CHAPEL, Broadwe: 3 ENTERTAINMENTS. —Granp Concerr. New’? ork, Wednes@ay, February 16, 1853. The News. Comriderable excitement existed in the city last | evetting, owing tothe expected arrival of General Pieres, from Boston. A number of persons, whe were anxious to see fhe President elect, assembled at the depot of the New Haven Railroad when the afte-noon cars cate in. Many inquiries were also wmacie when the train arrived at half past eleven last night; but it wassoon ascertained that the General ‘was not among the passengers. The anxiety of the people to see an# welcome him to the Empire City is wery great; but oll tendency toward any demenstra- ‘sion is subdued by their sincere sympathy for his | "recent bereaverient. The reports of the Congressiopal proceedings | imdicate that vome of the members are aware of the necessity of closing up the business of the session as rapidly as possible. But little time is left to devote | to the bills that must, of absolute necessity, be acted | upon, let alone the immense amount of ether work | that has aecumulated on the tables, The Senate | passed a bil!, which was afterwards concurred in by | the House, providing that any trial which may be | commenced in the criminal courts of the District of | Columbia, shali proceed to final judgment before the | adjournnat of the court for the term. This bill is | ‘understood to have a direct bearing upon the Gardi- | mer and-other similar cases. While'the Deficiency Appropriation bill was under considemtion in the Senate, Mr. Borland made some @isclosorzs, with regard to financial operations con- wected with the capitol extension, that will be very apt to create a fluttering in certain quarters, should | ‘they prove correct. He declared that they were backed by the evidence elicited by the investigating eommittee. An amendment was adopted, providing ‘that all money for the extension shall hereafter be expended by the Commissioner of Public Buildings, instead of the architect. In the course of the debate, -@ most unmerciful onslaught was made upon the Su- perintendent of the Census, by both whigs and demo- erates. It is alleged that Mr. Kennedy has given employment to one hundred and sixty clerks, when thirty could have done all the work and completed it in far less time. As was intimated in our columns some days ago, the strenuous opposition of the freesoil Senators to | | the report of the Committee on Foreign Relations, | with regard to the Tehuantepec question, is adding to its strength—vwide Mr. Hale’s speech of yesterday. It is a little singular that nothing will give more popularity to particular measures than the efforts of certain men in opposition to them. The House passed the bill for the regulation of the . eoinage, a synopsis of which will be found in th, | .feport elsewhere. On going into Committee of the | Whole, several of the Senate's amendments to the | bill to prevent frauds on the Treasury were agreed | to; the Post Office Appropriation bill was ordered to ‘be reported complete ; and, while upon the Diploma- tic bill, Mr. Venable read the members a long and | not injudicious lecture upon their peculiar method of doing business. Everybody will agree with the gentleman from North Carolina, that there is a radi- cal wrong somewhere, and that if it exists in the one hundred and twenty-eight rules and joint rules, or, as is pertinently asserted by Mr. Stephens, in the | members themselves, the sooner the Honse is purged of the evil the better it will he forthe people. We are sorry to observe that some of those present did | not profit by the remarks of the gentlemen above | named, but on the contrary entered into a rambling debate, which merely served to kill time, confirm the charges of Mr. Stephens and illustrate to con- stituents what little attention is really paid to their interests. By reference to our despatch from Washington, ~the reader will ascertain, among other interesting items, the summary way in which Postmaster Gene- ral Hubbard disposes of petitions from New York | merchants. | The difficulty originated by the arrest of Mr. Smith | of this city last Gatarday was again the cause of im- mense excitement in the New York Assembly yes- terday. Like his illustrious namesake, the purser, Mr. 8. very prudently remained quiet, which only tended to arouse the indignation of his friends, and | make them more determined to have him righted. | The speeches upon the subject were far more piquant | than eyer. The Senate spent the early part of the dzy on the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad project, after, which the majority of the members refased to go into executive session for the purpose of acting upon the Governor's appointments, to the great | chagrin of expectants. Appointments are now ata discount, and if the present policy is continued much longer they will be one hundred per cent worse than nothing. People talk about the troubles among the hards and softs at Tammany Hall, but ‘they do not begin to compare with the troubles of the democracy in the Legistatare. Six weeks of the w#ession are gone, and nothing has been done but wrangle, and, what is more, the me dently determinedto do nothing ele. Some of them should read Mr. Venable’s lecture to Congressmen. | The American Commercial Agent at Gape Hay- | ‘tien has sent us a note, relative to the epidemic that | has lately prevailed among the West India isiands. | It is important to shipenasters. The plague, or fever, | necording to our last accounts, was very severe at Port an Prince, carrying ofa large number of Amer Sean seamen. The hints of Mr. Wilson should be Preserved, and may be the means of saving a great many lives: Very soon alter the ers are evi pessage of the free bank Jaw in Mlinoix, a bevy of spiritual rappers and me- diume, of both in Chicago, conceived the transcendant idea of establishing a bank, and enter- ing the arena of financial operations on true reli- | is and spiritual rappings principles. They ac- @ Wdingly entered into the requirements of the law, | ana about five weeks since opened the “Bank of | Chica,20,” in the ity of Chicago, State of Lilinois, | and con; menced the business of banking and finan- ciering. Notice was given that all their operations | would be based apon the principles of Christianity adat the afaipe of the bapk woud be brovghy in | xea ' examination betore the County Court in Chicago, | Cove. | but the objections and legal arguments that inter | thoroughly threadbare. | would have zttained the highest degree of per- | ment to play the part of rewdies at elections. collision ensued, which resulted in a breach of the peace, and the subsequent arrest by the proper autho- rities, of the whole party. The report of their e the se- which we give in another column, will quel to the story. The railroad and other operatives af Baltimore have decided upon going to work for those employ- ers who have complied with their @emands. One- fourth of their earnings is to We devoted to the support of those who are stilt compelled to hang out. accounts from Texas represent the Indians as being very troublesome. Oufrages and murders | are committed by then with perfect impunity. ‘The New Jersey House of Representatives yester- day passed the bifi for an sir line railroad between this city and Washington. ‘The Governors of the Z.lmshouse Department met last evening, and immediately adjourned, owing to the recent calamity in the family of their associate, Richard 8. Williams, Eaq., whose son died from inju- vies received by the late terrible accident at Glen Governor Ferrick moved resolutions of con- dolence with the family, and also to provide for the supply of the vavious institutions during the week. They were unaximously adopted. The trial of Wm. M. Doty, for perjury alleged t» | have been committed in his evidence as a witness in the Forrest divorce case, was commenced yesterday; vened, prevented the case progressing beyond the examination of one witness, and the partial exami- nation of another. A woman, named Rose Carroll, died suéelenty in her bed yesterday morning, from congestion of the lungs, produced by intemperance. The deceesed boarded at No. 38 Hamilton street. She wasea na- live of Treland. Re foxm of the Police Systan—Tle Now Act Befewe the Legiclature. The subject of city referm has been worn If abuse could have kilied the Akdermen they would have een in their graves kong ago; if clanwr cou] have remedied grievances. enr civic administration fection of which human institutions are sus- ceptible. The press, the peopie, and even the courts, have combined to crush our ¢ity fathers. To what effect they have toiled. and hat symp- ‘toms of improvement the fatkers evince, we will not venture to determine. One brench, how- ever, ot the public service ‘seoms likely to undergo a salutary reform, and we are happy to say that it is mot the least important. We allude tothe system of police, which the act now before the Legislature, and the city ordi- nance of Thursday lest, propose to remodel. We give the act and ordinance in another column. The main vice of the present system is its Conversion of the police appointments into a political engine. The alderman appoints those who have served him at his election, policemen in his ward ; they enter upon the discharge of their functions in utter ignorance of their duties, and by the time they have learned them the al- derman goes out of office. and they are, perhaps, replaced by others. This practice, it is hardly necessary to say, is equally fatal to the charaeter of both patron and client—altierman and police- man. The former neglects his duty in appeint- ing men whoare obviously unfit for the post; the latter forgets his calling to throw his weight into his protector’s scale at elections. Between the two the city isin a sad plight—want of principle | in the one, and inefficiency in the other, very nearly neutralize the benefits to be expected from a police force. The new act, we are happy to find, goes nearly to the root of the evil. The policemen to be named under it are to hold their offices during good behavior, and will not be removeable except for offences specified in the act. Thus, though the privilege of nominating | men to fill vacancies still rests in the al- | dermen, the city will ue leager be exposed to lose the services of an efficient officer, because his patron has been turned out of the Board. Policemen will have no induee- On the contrary, their tenure of office will main- | ly depend on the impartiality with which they fulfil their duty on these oceasions. A great step will be made towards removing the police foree out of the reach of politieal influence, and rendering it—what it ought to be—a powerful and trustworthy shield to the community. A second improvement is the clause requiring policemen to read and write legibly the English language. and tobe acyuainted with the first four rules of arithmetic. The present law did not contemplate any such qualifications in members of the force. and the consequence has been, that many of the reports of policemen have been remarkable models of composi- tion, requiring a practised eye to decipher them. Faults of orthography have been the most venial of their deficiene The duties of a policeman require es much education as many ofices filled by individuals of respectable ac- quirements. Very rare are the examples of utterly illiterate men whose native shrewd- ness would be a sate guide in the many trying positions in which policemen are fre- quently placed. 3fen. who cannot read can hardly be expected to possess very definite no- | tions of their duties and their powers; and those who cannot write are certainly very un- fit to he the swarn cir rs of the morals of the Nor are the rudiments of arithmetic less essential to functionaries appointed for the purpose of keeping watch over thi Simultaneously with th ve ves, important reforms. the establishment of a river police force removes one of the most striking incon- veniencies of the present system. Up to the present time. New York has been, we believe the world which has been forc ™ the wided with suoh a 2en such a revenne offi- only large seaport in commercial unpre and the consequenc } ve The cers have been unable to pre ht have been expected. ent smuggling being carried on to a very consi able extent; | Verplanck, the President of the Board, on whom together as equally dangerous ports, infested by the most daring thieves, and guarded by the most inefficient police in the world. Merchants and captains may sleep soundly, without fear of their cabins being rifled, or stray coils of chain or cordage being carried off during the night. These improvements are gratifying, and, so far as they go, are sound and judicious. But iueh remains yet to be done—not so much, per- haps, in the way of legislation as in the mode of carrying out the law—in order to raise New York to the level of European eities in this par- ticular. in London, go where you will at night, you camnot get out of sight or hearing of a po- Ticeman. Make the slightest disturbance, and you are collared ina twinkling. In this city, on the contrary, aman may frequently walk from the Park to Union square in the dead of night without ever seeing the * emblem of of- fice.” He may perambulate the Bowery at two in the morning fur an hour without coming within call ofan officer, He may shout * Police!” in Twenty-second street till his lungs are exhaust- ed. without meeting any other response than the occasional opening and shutting of a neigh- bor’s window. If the night is dark, rainy, or tempestuous, he may be sure that not a shadow of a policeman will cross his path ; the foree be- ing obviously of the same opinion as the senti- net who. caught by the fireside of an ina, when he ought to have been on guard, indignantly inquired of his sergeant: *The enemy! why where in the world could he go such a night as this?” If our nine hundred policemen were to play as much ingenuity in ferreting out thieves as they do in concealing faemselves on occasions ef emergency, we shonld not hear of rewards being offered fer stolen property. Our pedice may learn another lesson from‘ior- eigners, Instances of brutality seldom or never oceur im Paris; they are rare in London. and when brought to light are always severely punisted, Here it not wafrequently occurs that % policeman conceives it to be his duty to adméaister a severe dribbig to his prisoner, as a preliminary ‘te conveyirg him to the station, If Be. arrest ‘a -drunken’ man, whose legs re- fuse to perform their office, the officer of the law attempts to renovate them by battering his bead with-2 clab. Ifary resistance is threaten- ed, nothing short of stunning the offender sa- tisfies the indignant fenctionary. And should ‘the victim of this brutality, goaded to ungov- ernable fury by the sevage attack of the police- ‘man, so.far forget hiraself as to use a weapon ‘with fatal effect, the:gallows is there to avenge | the righteous minister of the law. Such things -oceur every day. The cause has lain in the un- willingness of magistrates and justices to enter- tain charges of this nature against officers. unless they are brought forward by citizens of the highest respectability. No distinction of the kind should be drawn. The vilest wretch, who ‘has a complaint of ill-usage to prefer against a policeman, should he patiently heard. the matter carefully investigated, and, if the charge prove well-founded, the brutal officer condignly punished. The language of the new cactiinduces us. to hope that this will be the case in future. We sincerely trust it may. Bru- tality and ‘violence are. perhaps. even greater crimes inva policeman than cowardice or neglect of duty. Tre Coumisstoners or EMIGRATION, AND THEIR Annvat Revort.—We give, in another part of to-day’s paper, a summary of one of the most important documents which has this year been submitted tothe Legislature, to wit, the Report ofthe Commissioners of Emigration for 1852. It contains general and specific statemerts of the transactions of the Commissioners during the past year—the managemeft of the insti- tutions-uuder their control ; statistics of their hospitals ; condition of the Emigrant Fund; revenues and disbursements; and all the information that is usually embodied in similar documents. The report is drawn up by Mr. that duty, we believe, devolves; and some of the suggestions and facts which it contains are entitled to grave consideration. It appears that at the present time the Emi- grant Fund is in debt to an amount excoeding two hundred thousand dollars. aud this, too. after an expenditure during the past year of more than five hundredand sixty-niae thou- sand dollars, To remedy this deficiency of means, the Commissioners propose to the Legislature to grant them an increase of the commutation tax, of fifiy cents a head, or, in other words. to raise the tax from $1,50—what it now is—to $2 for every emigrant who arrives at this port. Our principal shipping merchants will doubtless object to this, aud we feel confi- dent that the Legislature will not grant it with- out abundant proof that it is necessary, and with- | out being fully satisfied that the present income is not sufficient, with judicious and economical management. The subject is now before a committee of the Senate. and we trust that it will be fully investigated. The report shows that the emigration during the past year has been greatar than ever. being | more than 300,000, and exceoding that of 1851 | by 11,319. The German emigration, as we have previously stated, exceeds that from Ive- Tue Gorrricut Law.—The publishers have spoken, They have not shirked the question-- on the contrary, they boldly acceptethe issue tendered, aiid 2ény thd expeciendy of an inter- national copyright. and for these reasons :— 1st—Authors oughi to be satisfied with aco- pyrightin their native country. Will anybody tell us why authors ought to be placed on a different footing from manufac- turers of cutlery or cottons in this respect? | The man who makes a knife, retains the proper- ty of the knife wherever it goes ; why should the exportation of a book divest the author of his right of property ? The mechanic who makes a hoot is entitled to remuneration from the man who wears it, wherever he resides ; on whi possible principle is it contended that the author ought not in like manner to be remunerated by every man who derives amusement or instruc- tion from his book ? 2d—Authors are already sufficiently remwae- rated. We cannot afford space to clothe our empha- tic denial of this statement in a courteous cir- cumlocution. It is not true ; and, if it were. it proves nothing. The Messrs. Harper have been “sufiiciently reumunerated” for their indus- try as publishers ; would the State be justified, on this account, in robbing them of the legiti- mate profits of their futare operations? To as- sme the right of fixing a certain sam, as tht: ‘feiv and just compensation” of authorship. or ‘any other honest calling, is most @amnable éies- potism. 3d—Under an international copyright, edi- tions of Engh works will be printed in England | for this merket,.and American publishers, prin- ters, paper makers, aad binders, will suffer ac- cordingty. Tf printiing-ond paper are cheaper in England than in New York or Philadelphia, how does it happen that not only books, but newspapers and periodicals of every description, are one, two, three, and five hundred per cent dearer in | Engiand.tkhan here? It is far more likely thas the works of English authors will be printed here forthe English market than in England for ours, ‘4th--The price of books will be increased. We do not believe it. On the contrary. as the publisher’s sales will necessarily be at least doubled by a copyright, he will be enabled to afford his books at a lower rate than he could avlen he had only one nation as customers: rand, if not, we should scorn to recognize ‘that: man:as an American who would complain -of the expense of honesty, and who would sub mit to be branded as a thief in order to save five cents. In a word. the publishers’ defence is as weak and.as mean as their conduct has been disre- ‘putable and dishonest. They talk of public in- terests, and basely appeal to the jealous fears of individual trades. They complain of ill-usage. and whine at being called hard names, and im- pute, in the same breath, the most unworthy motives to authors and the press. They prate of fairness to the public, and openly advocate ‘highway robbery as a national institution. We shall:be lenient in only compelling such a fra- ternity as this to be honest for the future; it would be but justice to force them to disgorge the gains of the past. Tue Best Nationa Poem—Five Hunprep Dotiars Rewarp.—We call the attention of the whole tribe of starving poets throughout the country. to the splendid offer of $500 premium, of Mr. R. W. Latham. one of the wealthy an‘l liberal minded of the bankers of Washington. for the best national poem that can be produced between this and next December. Read his ad- vertisement in another part of this paper. We publish it free of charge, for the charitable pur- pose of giving this chance for the poets th> widest possible circulation. What a wind-fall it will be to the lucky genius that wins th» prize! Only think of it. Five hundred dollars allina lump! Give us afew more such mena Mr. Latham, and an international copyright law, and we shall soon have American literature an‘ American poetry rising to their true position of the highest rank in the world. But while our book publishers are getting fat on the plun- der of British authors. our own literary writers are often reduced to the necessity of writing quack advertisements for their supper and lodging. A copyright law, and a bonus or a premium now and then from the rich, will promptly vindieate that there is genius in America, and that even poets depend for their existence, not upon air, but upon the market house. Read Mr. Latham’s pronunciamento. As a literary writer, he throws Barnum com- pletely in the shade. Marine Affairs. ‘Tne Catone Sar Errcssox, Captain Lowber, sailed for Norfolk yesterday. She passed pier No. 1, East river, pre~ cisely at twelve minutes after three o'clock, and throu: the Narrows at forty minutes after four—making the dis- tance in one hour and twenty.eight minutes, which would bring her rate of «peed to six miles per hour, The tide at the time was full flood and about turning ebb, The motion of the wheel was very regular, and without the slightest perceptible stand on ang revolution. Tae Sine ANTaRCHC, from Liverpool, which put into Hampton Roads because of sickness on board, was towed to Quarantine yesterdays She has forty cases of fever | and dysentery on bonrd. The sick were landed and taken land. and reaches us high as 118,611—a cireum- | stance which has never before, occurred, and | shows that our supply of embryo citizens from the continent of Europe is on the increase. The statistics of their institutions. as given by the Commissioners, exhibit for the Emigrant Refuge and Hospital on Ward's Island. 15.182 inmates for 1852, and tie cost of maintaining | these establishments is put down at $236,815 20. ‘The patients treated at Ward's Island Hospital proper were 10.966, of whom 1201 died. The numbers treated at the Marine Hospital were 8,887, of whom 1,561 died; and the cost of the | Marine Hospital for the year was, ineluding classified and unclassilied expenses, $126,309 64, The cholera and ship fever are said to have prevailed extensively both at Ward’s Island and at the Quarantine. The Commissioners state that they have made several changes in their inctitutions. The have established a +alaried office of Vice Fresi- dent of their Board, and re-created the office of Physician-in-chief of the Marme Hospital, | | and night after night with perfect innpuni ers of property on board n com- pelled. in the first commercial city in America to perform for themselves a task which pr devolves on the civic authorities —fortunate their private watchmen did not meet the melan- choly fate of poor Baxter. The system has wrow ght out its own cure; and now that a Jif haa been lost, the earnest entreaties of the Chief of Police have been heard with attention. and the rejuest he has so often urged has been tardily granted. Ifhe succeed in organizing a zealous and intelligent body of men, we shall coace to hear New York an] Leghorn glaveod veseels lying in port have been robbed Own- hips pe ly which they took so much pains to get the Legis- lature to abolish two years ago. A new super- intendent has also beem appointed at the Quar- antine, Extensive building engagements have Leen made, and money appears to have been expended in the most Javish manner. Arp ror Mapera—The bark Aaron J. Harvey has been taken up to load provisions at Philadelphia, for the distressed inhabitants of Madeira, and the committee here have determined to send on the balance of their funds in hand, to be invested in the shipment by ti at vessel. Butas moncy is still requisite to complete her cargo, the benevolent are still called upon to come forward with aid, to enable | the City Hall. to the hospital at Quarantine. The small pox has en tirely disappeared from the vessel. There were sixty- three deaths since leaving Liverpool, and twenty-three sick were landed at Norfolk. Tur Steamsrar Merion, which arrived from Charleston lnst evening, furnished us with papers in advance of the mail, for which her officers will please accept our ac knowledgments. Tux Sreamsmp AraBpaMa, Captain Ludlow, arrived yes terday morning from Savannah, We are indebted to the purer for the usual favors of our Savannah contempo varies, Meeting of the Ten Governors. ‘The usual weekly meeting of the Governors of the Alms house department was held last evening, at the offiee, in Messrs, Smith, Dugro, McLanghlin, Her- rick, Pinkney, and West, were present, Mr. Smith in the ) chair. Mr. Hrrnick safd—Mr. Chairman, as the hour appoint ed forthe meeting of this Board has now passed, and there is not a quorum present, and as it is my opinion that, owing to the recent afiliction in the family of Go- vernor Willioms, a sufficient number of members will not be present this evening for the transaction of business, I would therefore, sir, beg to move the following resolutions: Resolved, That the requisitions for supplies be referred to the Committee on Supplies, with power. Resolved, That all communications from the different departments be referred to the proper committees to re- port upon at the next meeting. Resolved That, if necessary, the chairman be requosted to call « special meeting. Resolved. That, as a mark of respect to our colleague, Governor Wi 8, And as ap expression of condolence to the family in their afliiction, of which this Board are pain fully apprised, we do now adjourn. Governor DUaRo seconded the motion,which was unan imously adopted. | ‘She Board then adjourned until five o'clock in the after noon of next Tuesday. | Governor PINKNEY, who had just entered , | id—I have been just now informed, sir, of th ment of the Bosrd, owing to the calatnity which has be- fallen the family of our associate governor, Mr. Williams. Sympathizing deeply as I do with that gentleman in his tie T #m happy, sir, that the resolutions have been so premptly put and acted upon. | Mr. Weer, who arrived also after the adjournment, ex prosee| his entire approval of the resolutions of Governor lertiek, United States District Attorney's Office, Imp. 15.—United S’ates vs. John Collins, William Prive, Join Craig and Th mas Laing, of the crew of the Ameri- the vewelto be cesp-tched by the eudof the pre- vont week, | con ship Merenry. charged with stealing clothes, &.. on ‘220 January, wove » 1eoted aod eommitted for examina- tien, } arriv: | were, being only slightly wet and soilod. Alleged Perjury in the Forrest Divorce Case. Bide COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. fore eeivtal of Wm. ae “for Per Fm, Yen! oS We. w. .—The jurors empanneli estvday inthe ail atc, agaipst W. M, Doty, were calied, and Mr. A. Oakley Hall, the Assistant District Attorney, p rap ag 09 case for the prosecution, in a speech of great abi ty and sant idcrable length. The Attorney General was alsoin ‘attendance on the part of the peo le. Messrs. J. R. Whiting, H. F. Clark, and A. A. Phillips, defended the $°ftunry HE. Rice, one of the Cle y . Rie, on te Tee iat witness examined by the Attorney Gencral. —Depored: J am one of the Deputy € Terks of the Superior Court of this city; Twas such Deputy Clerk wt the time of the tuial of Catherine N. Forrest unl Edwin Forrest; Thave the ensfbdy of the books and records of that office; Ihave the irsue here that was tried between Catherine N. Forrest and Edwin Forrest. Mr. Whiting objected to the. w ntents of the issue. re ee etuaed them. This is the Judgment ro" at that time; these ave all the pleaainzs and tb ment: I have the minutes also of the Court on they were kept by D. R. Tloya Jones, ex-Cle few exceptions: when he was absent Tkept if rks of the Superior Court, em, Who hel the Court? ‘ Mr. Whiting objected to the witnes” | testifying as to that. The record would show who hr 4 testifying as 10 Jones would be the proper person to Objection overruled, and except’ Q.—By what Judge ‘was the that trial? A.—By Chief Jus priusrecord. Q.—Was this ~ on in Ipjected Ir. bag objec! co the question ; the record wil! show the fact. # The Attorney Gen’ sya} then proceeded to read the record of judgment. itr, hiting 0” fected, as it was a paper filed by other ties, and mde up on the 7th February, 1352, at a day ag salve ent to the offence charged in this indictment. ¢ Att’yrney General—There is no doubt that the record of the Judgment is always evidence. The P.ecorder—You propose to read this to show the issue % Me. H. F, Clark—It does not show the issue. The Recorder—If there is no issue, then there is no evidence. The Court permit it to beread. (Defendant's counsel excepted. ) The Attorney General then read part of the record which specified as to the criminality between Mr. Forrest and Miss Josephine Clifton, in certain houses and places in the years [840, '41, 742, 743, ‘44. [folios 10 to 14.) Q. (repeated)—Was’ this man Doty sworn as a witness on that trial? (Objected to, overruled, and Doty’s counsel exeepted.) A. He was.’ Q. By whom was he called? (Odjected to, overruled, and exception taken.) A. By Mrs. C. N. Forrest. He was examined as a witness; none ‘of the pleadings were filed until the judgment roll was made up. To the Court—I believe there was previously a printed copy of all the pleadings filed, but I am not certain. Phe Attorney General then proceeded to read from the minutes. Mr. Whiting said that the clerk (Mr. Jones) should be called to prove them. If Mr. Jones were dead, then the next best evidence might be produced; but the law re- quires that the best evidence should be produced, and counsel contended that Mr. Jones was the best evidence, asthe sworn officer of the court. The Attorney-General contended for the admissibilit of the minutes—the orginal minutes kept on that trial. They are kept in pursuance to the statute; kept in the | proper office, and when produced from that office are | proper evidence. He offered the book in evidence, to which | fe contended there was no legal objection. | ‘The Recorder—If I understand rightly, these minutes and records are on file in the office; they must be there for some purpose, and either the clerk or the deputy clerk could prove that fact. They are both sworn offic ‘The objection was overruled, and an exception teken ‘The Attorney-Cencral then read from the first page, | Tuesday, Dec, 16, 1851—Chief Justice Oakley presiding— | the titie of the cause and the jury; and then on the 14th January, 1852, W. M. Doty was called and sworn, and testified a a witress; he was then recalled at a later day, the 19th of January. Mr. Rice, in answer to Mr. Whiting, said that both entries of the name of Wm. M. Doty ure in the hand writing of Mr Jones, who was then clerk of the court. He ceased to be clerk in March last, I think; I saw Mr. Jones keep the book and make nearly every entry, ex cept some I made myself. I was present when Doty was sworn, Cross-examined by Mr. Clark—I was appotuted deputy clerk by Jesse Oakley, deceased; re-appointed by Mr. Jones, and again by the present clerk, Mr. Campbell there are four of us, and we call ourselyes deputy clerka: my appointment reads, ‘clerk of the part second,” and Iam appointed by the clerk of the court; I do not give any bond; I was in the court room when Doty was sworn: id not administer the oath; I was looking on; Floyd Jones administered the oata to give evidence in the euise at issue, between Catherine N. Forrest and Edwin For- rest. Here the witness repeated the form of the oath. To the Recorder.— He swore to the oath with his hand on the Bible, I think. es To Mr. Clark—I think he was sworn on the Bible; Iam not positive whether he was sworn on the Bible or with the uplifted hand, I cannot say whether that cause was tried upon the form of issue in the Vccongrs or upon any particular issue; it was in the nature of an equity cause under the statute. ed—I was a juror on the Meigs D. Benjamin de trial of the case between Catherine N, Forrest and Kd- win Forrest, in the Superior Court, before Judge Oak- ley. Q. What was the issue given to you to try? aobjected to, as it was in writing, and it should be pro. prove that fact. on taken. court held at the time of sice Oakley; this is a nist anan Doty sworn as a witness juced. Overruled, and exception taken. Witness continued :—The issue was one of adultery (ex- ception taken); it was as to the adultery of both parties (exception taken). Q—Was it a material question on that trial, before you as ajuror, rhether Mr. Forrest had committed adultery with Miss Josephine Clifton? (object- ed to, admitted, and exception taken.) A.—It was. Q— ‘Was it a material question, given by the Court, to detcr- mine whether Edwin Forrest had committed’ adultery with Josephine Clifton? (Objected to, admitted, and ex- ception taken.) A.—I did not so understandit; both par- ties were charged with having committed adultery with divers persons, and I have no recollection that the ques- tion was submitted to the jury by the Court as to adul- tery with any particular person: the principal question was whether either party had been guilty with auy per- son;on that trial Wm. M. Doty, the defeadant here, was sworn asa witness; he was examined, and gave evi- dence; I think he was first examined about the middl the 14th—of January; he was called by Mrs. Forrest's counsel, Q.—Please state the substance of his evidence? Mr, Whiting objected. The defendant is charged in the indictment with having committed perjury on the 13th of January; and the evidence is that Doty was sworn for the first time on the 1dth of January. ‘The counsel cited King vs. Dowland, 1st Chitty’s Crimi- nal Law, age 225, and other authorities, in support of this position, and contended that both eriminal and civil law were in his favor, and that their objection could not be got over. ir. Chatfield (the Attorney General) replied, that in all cognate cases time was wholly immaterial, Archi- hold, in his pleadings, had lnid it down as a rale, that al- though time must be laid with certainty, it never was necestary that it should be laid according to the truth; and Barbour, page 355, has the following: that in no case need the precite time or day be laid down. The Commonwealth vs. Tarley states that the court | held that, although the indictment alleges that the hear- ing was on the third day of April, before the thive Jus tices of the Supreme Judicial Court, when the resor forth that it was on the tenth day of April, before th: preme Court, the record was admissible to establish the offence. Mr. Whiting replied. The argument occupied considerable length of time ‘The Recorder raid that the court had come to the con- clusion that the objection taken to the admissibility of the evidence was not sound, In the case of burglary, it is necessary to fix the time so far, whether it was in the day or the night time. I think the intended design of this statute is meant to reach this case as it stands, and the court have come to the conclusion to admit the evidence, ‘The case was then adjourned to Wednesday morniag, the jury having been admonished by the court not to hold communication with any person on the subject at issue, and to keep their minds free until the whole of the evidence was in, Mr. Brownson’s Lecture. TO THE EDITOR OF THT: HERA) Sim—Will you please correct a mistake w in your paper of this morning, in stating that, Mr. Orestes A. Brownson delivered the lecture at Hope Chapel last night. The name of the very able and eloquent lec- turer is Jobn H. Brownson, son of the illustrious Orestes A. Brownson, of Boston. Yours respectfully. ROBERT CODDINGTON, Chairman of the Com. New York, Feb. 15, 18 1 appeared Court Calendar—This Di Unrrep States District Court. Scrrenn Court—Circuit.—Nos. 11, 180, 54, 24, 136 to 129, 141, 142, 143, Supreme Court—General Term,—Nos. 19, 2 25, 26, 28 to 82, 27, 33, 3 Comaon Puras—Part Second,—Nos. 316, 260, 343, 2 416, 417, 418, 419. Screrion Court—(Two branches.)—Nos. 200, 3, 86, 374, 1, 8, 959, 401, 348, 452, 45%, 491, 494, 495, 497, , 503, a5, 855, B69) “431, 432) 118, 498, 480, 180, 4931 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, OS to#2. , 183, 136, 114, 20 Part 5, 406 to 409, 411, 412, 414, tore.—New Goeds.—BARTHOLOMEW & WEED bave the pleasure of announcing th their friends and the public, that the alterations in their siore are now eont- pleted, and having renewed and replenished their stock, they are prepared to offer a large and superior assortment of new, rich, and elegant goods, which have heen seleciod with it care frem the most recent importations. It. & W. will be enabled, by the alterations in their store, to keep a much larger stook of goods than heretofore, in which will be found every article in the department of mourning apparel. Ludies and families are very respect- fully invited to call and examine our goods, which will be freely shown. Goods sent to any part of the city for examination, when it is not convenient for lu to visit our store. Reeollect the name and numb Mourning § No. 551 Broadway, between Prince streets, nearly opposite the Metropo Wet Table Linens, Counterpancs, and Toilet Covers, from auction —Damark tab one and a quarter yards wide at 2s. Gd., per yard, suitable for dinin saloons. Double damask do , two yards wid y y : do., two per yard, worth 7s. Splendid snow drop y yards wide, 53. €d. and 6s. por 3 Large ize enow drop linen nay kine . per dozen, Elegant. patterns eounterpane. piece, Beautiful toilet cover at BURDETT’S cheap dry good (threo (da p . tore, 158 Walker street. t Linens! Wet 1 nal at HIICHCOCK & LEADULATE O47 Droadway, cor. of Leonard street, whore the ladies will find some rare chances for cheap and good linen, ax good as ever they nother large fatigue of elimbing their Daguerreoty, the first floor, w Twenty per RPE EERE $ . gent Reduction in Ready-ma-le clothing. lesan’ Talmas, $10 each; beautiful paletots, a few white sa cassimere by and dress ¢ rare char White & ior {= itness stating anythir « tablishment, 37 Cortlan Attention.Lovet’s Office, 114 Chambers street, for the sale of his celebrated Wahpene, for ching ng gray bait to its original color, and curing baldve: It fe not ore of the humbugs of the day. Lovet giv Teivaenye Ubay will satisiy the moat dubious, Persons Who Wish ¢ eae | the Great five its of stairs to have . Pye find ROOT'S rooms on at 468 Broadway. Pictures takem 4 or stormy weather irs, equally as well in clout Limere pants, $5; plush silk vests, $3; du fombroidered nuptial vests, $5; French usiness coats, latest style, $4; black frock onts, $10. jobhors in clothing this is a ce. GEORGE LEVIE, 380 Broadway, corner of sreet. wring Clothing made up in the most Fash- able und pert) manner possible, A large assort- aent of winter clothing, which will be sold at groetly yeduced prices, ean at all times be procured on advan- as terme, for ensh, af HL. In STER’S clothing es§ it street. ‘Well Made Clothing.—Alfred Munroe & Co.’a fashionable clothing establishment, No. 441 Broadway, between Howard and Grand streets. No deviation from marked prices. Gentlemen’s and boys’ clothing made to order in the most fashionable style, and at the shortest, notice. “Ministexs, Consuls, and C! @Affalses of the United States and forcign countries, reeident im the United States, can have their seals of ofties engraved by the best artists, at EVERDELL’S, No. 302 Broadway, corner of Duane street. Also, elegant eard engraving and printing, heraldry engraving, &e. s Spring Styles will be issred on Frie 8th instant, simultaneously at Genin’s Razaar GENIN’S, 214 Broadway, opposite St. Paul's. Sr Geni day, the and at Men have been Hanged in consequence off / the reprieve coming tro late. Almost every week, gone tlemen dump themselves into the water at the ferries, through their reckless efforts to make up for lost time ot a blind jump. GRELN, No. 1 Astor House, the wel known shirtmaker, is celebrated as much for his punctuy ality, as for the beauty of his shir Splendid Carpeting.—Smith & Lounsbery 443 Pearl street, are now receiving in store, per late ar- rivals, a large stock of velvet. tapestry, Brussels, three Ply, and ingrain carpetings, of chaste and elegant do- signs, which, havin, n purchased previous to the re- cent advances in prices, they are enabled to offer at yery great inducements, ‘Wheeler, Wilson & Co.’s Sewing Machine, patented June 15th, 1852, for stitching linens and other goods, can be seen at 265 Broadway. I. M. Singer & Co. take pleasure In ane nouncing to the public that the extensive additions to. their factory for manufacturing SINGER'S sewing 1 chines, and the introduction of much new machinery cal- culated very greatly ie crea the labor, are ‘now com- pleted, which willenable them to fill those orders which a want of machines has prevented them: irom attending to sooner, and prepare them to answer the future de- mand these unrivalled machines are daily creating, ‘These machines may be seen in operation, and specimens of their superior work freely examined, at the prineipal office, No. 258 Broadway, N. Y.; No. 19 Harvard place, Boston; No. 57 South Fourth street, Philadelphia; Balti= Na Baltimore ; and No. 197 Elm street, Cine cinnati. The Pick, No. 53, 1s out, and ts one of the best numbers ever issued. It contains a large caricature cut of the war between the Democratic Review and the ‘Warhington Union, with a capital likeness of Mr. George Sanders. It is tor sale this morning by the newsboys, Al! the regular subscribers of the Pick, who are disap- pointed at not receiving from the carriers, can get it of the newsboys. ‘W. H. McDonald’s Newspaper Advertising House, No. 102 Nassau street, corner of Ann.—The. very best papers, from on part of the Union and the Cana- das, received daily. Best terms, and fullest authority and recommendations from over the written signatures of the publishers. Immense 1s the Progress into Public Favor of CHAKLES’ London Cordial Gin. It is pronounced by all who try it, the ne plus ultra of all that is delicious, Every bar of any note, from the Battery to Hichbridre, has it For sale, wholesale, at the office, No. 7 Park place. Scotch Malt Whiskey, Distilled on the Grampian hills, expressly for the subscribers’ trade ; ako, Islay malt whiskey, old, and of the choicest quality, in wood and glass, for sale by JOHN DUNCAN & SONS, 407 Broadway, between Waiker and Lispenard streets. Demijohns of all Sizes and Best Quality; also, wine and porter bottles, for sale by 0. HULL, cominission merchant in glassware, drugs, &¢., 145 Maidens. Jane. Pickle bottles, druggists’ glassware, iron mortars, mustard, drugs, &. Marsh & Co.’s lmproved Elastic Suspender Shoulder Brace, for expanding the chest, and preserving the symmetry of the form, adapted to men has children. Abdominal supporters, and ladies’ sustaining belts, of ‘the most approved patterns, at No. 23; Maideg. lane. By Letters Patent secured in 1849, Palvermae cher’s Patent Hydro-Eleetric Voltaic Chains, constructed to be worn under the garments, are the most wonderful disoo- very in medicine and electricity of the present day. | They relieve, without pain or shock, instantaneously, acute ner- vous pains, such as head, ear, and toothe ache, rheumatic pains, tic doloreux, &c., and by its mild but continuous and preeestibie action én the body, diseases of years? standing—such as gout, local paralysis, nervous eom- Pisints, liver diseases, &e.—dlsappear atif by a miracle, hey precipitate metals from their solutions, decompose water, deftect the magnetic needle, in short, show all the phenomenon of a powerful voltaic pile. The instru- ments producing these effects weigh about two ouncer, gan be folded up in apocket-book, are always ready for instantancous use, and will lasts man his Hfetime guarding bimsclf, family and friends, &c., against that number of discases and complaints ic which mild stream- ing electricity is a perfectly safe, certain, and wonderful speedy remelly. | The pric of complete chain is from $1 to 85; batteries, $10 to $22 60. Tacredible as may seem the above facts, any person can easily convince himself beforehand, at the depot, of their truth, The importance of the invention has been ac- knowledged in America by the Academy of Medicine of New York, and the chains Lave twen applied with great success in'the medical colleges, the City, Bellevue, and Ward's Island Hospitals, Brooklyn City Hospital, &e.; ia Europe, by the Royal Colloges of Physicians and Sur- geons in London; by the Academie Nationale de Medecin at Paris; by the Imperial faculty at Vienna; by the Royal faculty at Berlin, and other scientific institutions of ‘the highest order, iucludicg the prineipal hospitals in ATOpe. The proprietors are in possession of testimonials to the same effect, from all the above institutions in Ame- rica and Europe, as well as of the most eminent and distinguished members of the profession in both hemi- spheres, and invite the public to examine them. Full and illustrated descriptions—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, gratia, at the office. They will be for- warded, frce of postage, to any part of the United States, in answer to prepaid inquiries, containing three cents postage stamps No. . STEIN’ 508 Broadway, comer of Prince street. Notice.—The Weekly Report of Deaths shows forty-seven from Consumption. Now, I will forfeit $100 to the friends of any one of those deve: if they cau prove they had taken one bottle of Watts’ Magnetic Pul- monic Syrup within three months previous to death. T. WATTS, Compounder of the Nervous Antidote, 424 Greenwich street. Consumption.—I will Care Consumpiion for £20, or forfeit $100 if fail. Iwill put the money in any bank, in the name of the person wishing to be cured, and forfeit it if they die after taking the first bottle of Watts’ Magnetic 'ulmonic Syrup. provided they keep on taking it until they get well, TALBOT WATTS, Compounder ot the Nervous Antidote, 424 Greenwich street. Watts’ Nervous Antidote will po cure neuralgia, rheumatism, tic doloreux, cramps, spasins, debility, and ail nervous complaints. Persons wishing to know ‘the wonderful curative power of the Antidote, should call on the “Hon, Henry Mings, Presideot of the American Institute, 361 Broadway.’? Wholesale and re- a agency, 3S Ann street. One dollar per bottle, $9 per dozen. ively Trusses -Marsh & Co., No. 21; Matden lane, have just imported from Paris a large essortinent of the most improved style of French trusses, consisting of silver-plated springs, with ivory and gutta percha pads, Also, a general assortment of bathing trusses. Trusses, Shoulder Braces, Female Support- ers, instruments for club feet, knock-knees, bow-legs, weak ankles, and curvature of the spine, Also, a very superior elastic stocking for enlarged veins of the lez, and elastic Also, adults? and. children's trusses, a al belt and bandage, at DR. GLOVER’S, No. 12 Ann street, near Broadway. Wigs and Toupees.—Batchclor’s New Style of wigs are proaounced the most. perfect imitation of na- ture yet invented. Those wanting a very superior article should call at BATCHELOR’S celebrated wig factory, No, 4 Wall street, where can be found the largest and best assortinent in the city. Copy the address, Cristadoro’s Celebrated Liquid Dye changes the hair {instantly to a beautitul black or, brown: while his Preservative and Beautifier stimulates ite growth, and perpetuates its lnxuriance to the latest period of life ‘The dye is applied privately, and both are fold at CRISTADORO'S, No, i Astor House, and by deug- gists generally. Hair Dye.—Batchelor's Hair Dye is the best yet discovered for coloring the hair or whirkers the moment it is applied, The wonderful ease and certainty with which this favorite and ald es- tabl'shed hair dye performs is astonishing. It ts for sale, or applied, at BATCHELOR'S wig factory, No. 4 Wait strect. Govrand’s Liguia ception or reservation, th ware of pulled dyes elebrated Liqukt Dye Is, without ex~ ery best ever invented. Be- cclobrated is Gourand’s Medicated Soap, for cur tuples, freekles, sallowness, chaps, roughness, &e. Poudre Subtitle uproots hair from. any part of the body. Liquid Rouge, Lily White, and Hair Gloss, nt 67 Walker street, near Broadway. la Dr. &. Brown, “the Great Scrofala Doctor,” office 147 Grand street.—A scientific treatment of serofu. ia is assuredly obtained of Dr. B. Brown, located at 147 Grand street. New England's oured have paid him many debts of gratitude. New York now has the offer of his fervices. 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