The New York Herald Newspaper, February 21, 1853, Page 4

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As it is rumored that | General Cushing has been fixed upon as one of the | memb rs of that body, we have deemed it proper to | farnish a sketch of his life and services, for the en Mghtenment of the more juvenile portion of our read- ers.—The old heads of course know all about him. A despatch from Philadelphia intimates that the President elect will probably remain in Phi- ladelphia till Wednesday; but as the General keeps his own counsel, and is of late compelled to change his quarters quite suddenly, in order to avoid being wnmercifully harrassed by office seekers, there is but Mittle reliance to be placed in this statement. Ex- | Governor Marcy, we perceive, has arrived in Wash- | ington. Considerable excitement seems to exist among the weekers after minor offices in Washington, in conse- ‘quence of rumors that some of the whiz clerks in the different departments have been bartering away heir claims to desks to a few of the more anxious @emocrats. The latter, perhaps, labor under the be- lief that the new administration will permit them to remain at the posts acquired in this peculiar manner. ‘They had better keep their money, no matter how cheap the present whig incumbents may be disposed to sell out. Further accounts from Texas announce that the Indians had attacked the town of San Ignacio, and Killed several of the inhabitants. Where is the large military force which the Secretary of War, in a re- cent despatch, boasted of having quartered in that | State for the especial protection of the whites against Indian depredations ” Advices from Montevideo tothe 17M ult. state that the fever had greatly abated, and hnsiness was seviving. i The bark Edwin Jolson has gone to pieces near the Lewes breakwater. Commercial men—speculators particularly—are recommended to peruse the monetary artiele in another column. A c in class of financiers have raised the steam to about the highest pitch, and nunless the engineers are more than usuelly careful there will be an explosion that will send them and their friends flying. A carriage driver, named Daniel Dougherty, a na ive of Ireland, was found dead ina hay loft at No’ 195 Tenth avenue, yesterday morning. His death was caused by intemperance and exposure. A woman named Winifred McCarthy, who arrived ere in the ship Antarctic from Liverpool, gave testi- mony at a coroner's inquest, held upon the body of her son, yesterday, which would show that there ‘was great neglect of sanatary regulations in the ves- sel, during her late voyage. A German named Peter, (sirname unknown) was drowned at South Amboy, Saturday evening, by fall- ing from the steambout Atlas into the dock. The body was brought to this city. Coro Wilhelm held an inquest yesterday. To-day’s inside pages contain full details of the Huropean news, brought by the steamship Ame eonsisting of an interesting Letter trom our Lo: Correspondent; French View of Gen. Cass’ War | Speeches ; More about Napoleon's Marriage ; Move- ments of the English in behalf of the Madiai Family, &c. Also, Later Intelligence relative to the coup «eat of the new President of Mexico: Interesting from Sonora ; Letiers from Washington ; Financia and Commercial Review : 9 great variety of news paragraphs, Ke. i Four days later news frow Wurope is now fully due | hy the steamship I: | Movements ov Cr We pul doday a quantity of interesting matior. infrela- tion to General Pierce and his cabinet. iuclu- | ding a sketch of the public life of Caleb Cush- ing, who will profubly occupy a post in the new government, and an interesting letter from the Mayor of this city to General Vic his brief stay at the Astor House, which reflects equal honor upon the writer and the e dari Pr elect. This latter document is and possesses the double merit of being brie? and to the point. We do not vouch for the com- plete accuracy of the list of the cabinet we publish; bu Hl be f the 4th of | March io be right in oi 1 wity of the | names. Meantime. we ad hard shells yan soft shells to keep cool, . Mong Mowry ron Sr. Ley hay € received a bapk note for five med 1 the t‘outhern Bank of Alabama, transmitted by J J. N., of Montgomery, Ala., for an tualucky bet on the | ° cotton ¢rop, to a gentleman in this city, who, not wishing to retain the money, haa requested as to vive fy St. Luke's Hogpital WI the daly autiorieed aclicetor please oni) OB us Sor is ; } ery for more, | added nearly a quar | Pes | Mr. Everett. | ter. | parative wortblessness of the former. | We cannot. | tachment to civil in trust. and that we are jointly and sever: | The Important Message of the President— The Intercceante Canal—An English Al- Hanee. There is not a little significance in the recent reporal of Great Britain, to abandon her con- ol over the Mosquito Indians, and meet the ‘ows of our government in the settlement of tie Contral American difficulties, The vo’ gn. fea'ere in tinquishes iV ity retain. Ever “savy, territorial ag- » peculiar characteris- ne has swallowed islands and peninsukas, y survender of territory is a ne sh poticy. John Bull seldom r hat he can by any po Great Britain had rendisement has been h ie. § fortresses and seaport, with insatiable voracity. Kingdoms have beer, swept into her maw, with- ut affecting her digestion, and whote conti- nents have beer, thrust with impunity into her f More land, more forts on hich the “union jack’? may float, has ever cen the ery of her peopte; with the terrors ef ‘ov. before their eyes, and while coleny © volony has been dissolving from its sheer magnitude, still are hurgry Beitons heard to The jast fifty years alone aa ter of a million ¢quare miles of territory to the empire; and these enor- mous acquisiiions se te have stimulated instead of gintting the appetite of the British ritish troops are irapatienily ‘awaiting orders to earch northward aud westward from awar, General Gedwin is only pre- vented hy the mud ef the Irawaddy from overrumning Birmab. A barren soil, in- fested with pestilential vapors, wild beasts, and venonious reptiles, cannot mrevent Gen. Catheart from extenfiing the frontiers of the Lritish possessiofis # the Cape. Deserts, preg- nant with future ag icultural am. present mine- yal wealth, are being wrested from the abori gines of Australia. A pwon of triumph is suny in London at the establishment of a new Brititi colony on ihe Spenish Main. So deeply rooted, in fact, is this abstract desire for territory in the British heart that if an English sailor lipits upon an ice-girt rock in the Arctic seas, so utterly desolate that none but polar bears and seals can possibly inhabit its frozen surface, he straightway plants the red cross in a snow drift, | assumes possession in the name of Queen Vic- toria, and christens the spot Muggin’s Island or Snook’s Cape. In very striking contrast to this policy is the recent communication from Mr. Crampton to Nothing could be more civil or conciliatory than the tone of the British minis- We object to the British Protectorate of ihe Mosquito king, and he assures us that his ‘ vernment is ready to shake hands with his Majesty, and leave him to his own resources: We should oblige Great Britain by co-operating with her in carrying out her promise of protec- tion to the Mosquito Indians: but even this will not be insisted on, and, if we are obstinate, the point will be given up. We are anxious to set- tle the existing difficulties respecting the sove- reignty of Greytown; and Mr. Crampton pro- poses to erect it into a free port, over which England could not, and we necessarily should, exercise a very material control; at ihe same time, much uneasiness is created in London by the debate in the Senate on the Clayton-Bulwer treaty; and though General Cass, as a matter of course. is severely handled, a semi-official acquiescence in his views is suf fered to transpire. The press contrasts the value of the British possessions in Honduras with the advantages to be derived from an inter- oceanic canal, and even. exaggerates the com- With characteristic ingenuity, the London Times, while affecting to defend Great Britain's claim io these settlements, contrives to place the de- fects of her title in so strong a light that the public will not murmur if they are surrendered On the main issue, the sentiments of Great Britain are expressed without disguise : if it be necessary to relinquish Honduras, in order to carry out the interoceanic canal project, Great Britain will unhesitatingly renounce her claims, if we couple with these facts the anxiety dis- played by the British government to settle the | fishery disputes to our satisfaction —the unu attentions which have been paid to our Ministe: in England,-and the very friendly tone of the administration—-we shall have before us a large mass of evidence. in support of the notion that | Great Britain is aiming at an alliance, offensive | and defen e, with the United States. On no other theory cau the facts we have enumerated jained. For no other object would Great | Britain do violence to her gggrandizing propensities. No less temptation than thi« would have iimiuced the press of England to assail the American abolitionisis. Great Bri- tain, we honestly believe ct dina great measure by selfish motives cultivating ‘riendly relations with America. There ought to be no difference of opinion here on the mode of receiving her advances, for the present. enter into + tangling alliances” with European powe Our energies are all required at home, Uf land. for her private ends, solicits an alliance, w ate ends, decline the offer. We conceive that all the gain of such an arrange- iment would he England's. and all the loss ours. in ing your priv and we naturally beg to be used for the present But it matters little to the people of this country what astute designs may be formed by the exponents of public opinion in Engl Our ‘ towards Great Britain will not be swayed by a snspicion of interested motives on the part of her government or her pres Oa sympathy with her people resis on too high grounds to We shakeu by the detection of a di plomatic attempt to everreach us. Not that w ch much weight o the high ponding appeals so often made to our Common or language, and our common fir DB. our Common h. Consanguinity jendehip, and the ve geniality of our national characters is apt to breed jealousy and strife atin the i 1 political Liberty Anglo-Saxon heart, there pathy i will alwaye prever England in the same light as r The Br 8 no guarantee of hich inhabits eve other foreign pr true republi jen. The 1 hich guarautee the rights of the citiz here, exist, in a slightly a ed hape, there, They aud we are the only two nations who rightly comprehend and ppreotate | liberty These are no fy honds of an h Great Britain may be of us and 9 eagerly as we may strive te mies b in all contests of ekill and enterprise —neith fins can forget that we alone, on our respective vontinents, have received from Heaven We safe keeping. titied esponsible for 1 bing, and are (herevore ju in | British press towards this country, and the new | should the despotic threaten the e-" we could no* ference. tow i | foreign countries, the same privileges in this | mightnet unprofitably be followed by victories | throws obstacles in the way of its subjects sell- « powers of Europe ever _aistence of British liberty, - look on the struggle with indif Our own interests would not suffer us ttiess anmeved the extinction of liberty m Europe. The interests of humanity would require our interventien, Once united, America and England would dictate terms to the world; their navy would sweep the seas, and their flag float from every fort on the shore. Despots would quail before their triumphs; and the conflict which commeneed with an assault on liberty woukd terminate with the downfall of absolut- is, In the fruits of the victory conquerors ard conquered? would share alike, The latter ‘vould reap the inestimable blessing of freedom; Great Britain would view with pride the re- generation of the Celtie race in America, and exult in the friendship of the descendants of despised ‘Irishmen. Nor wontd the experience of sucha conflict be without benefit to America. We have already reached the higbest pmnacle of material prosperity—oer peaceful triumphs inwer. Jt is improbable that ‘tke common con- cent of nations will award ‘us the position to which we are entitled before we prove our- selves worthy of it. The contingency to which we Aave alluded might possibly furnish the evi- dence required. Op Foeyism ww Axrany.—It secms that, as usual, several ayplieations are now pending vefore the Legislature at Albany, for permis- sion to certain aliens tobe allowed to take, hold. and convey real estate; and we understand that there is some objection on the part of cer- tain legislators to grant the boon, leaving the applicants to comply with the general law, by making a declaration of their intention to be- come citizens of the United States, and for- swearing allegiance to their native land. Now, it so happens that among these appli- canis there are several who, from the peculiar circumstances of their case; and for political reasons, find 4 inconvenient, if not impossible, to forswear, for the present, their original alle- giance. Many of these applicants, for instance, are merchamts—owners of vessels sailing under the flag of their own country—others hold real estate there. They are anxious gradually to transfer their capital and means to this land of promise, of freedom and security, wherein they intend finally to ceme and reside with their families, and thus benefit our country by the jnvesting of capital here, and by becoming eventually part and parcel of ourselves. The merchant, however, who owns a vessel, cannot comply with the general law, because if he makes the declaration of intention he loses his vessel, or is compelled to sacrifice it. In other cases, as has frequently happened in some of the petty States of Europe, the foreign government ing lands and other property, when it-is under- stood that it is for the purpose of emigrating and coming to these United States to invest. They are not disposed to lose capital, and along with it some of their best subjects. Can it be possible that in these United States, especially in the Empire State, the most mer- cantile of them all, and which, therefore, ought to understand best its own interests, there are Solons who scek to drive from among us capi- tal seeking investment, and families that event- ually would settle among us and become valu- able citizens? We doubt not that if such nar- row-minded notions should prevail in our Legis- lature, many. very many foreigners, will make their applications in other States of the Union, where this species of old fogyism has not yet en- tered the halls of legislation. Besides all this. there is a great deal of injus- tice in the matter, in seeking to enforce here the old feudal notion of swearing allegiance. Our own citizens are allowed to take, inherit, hold, sell and devise real estate in all the South Amer- rican States, .in Mexico, and even in Cuba and Puerto Rico, where many of our fel- low citizens, though residing in the United States, hold large and valuable sugar plan- tations and houses, They enjoy the same pri- vilege in many other foreign countries, and are not required to renounce their character as ens of this great republic. Do some of our lators mean to provoke retaliation, and to foree some or all of these foreign States to pas laws prohibiting our citizens, or persons gene- rally, from holding real estate, unless they be- come citizens of foreign potentates and States? Ave they aware of the evil and harm they might do, if our citizens were deprived of the right of holding, inheriting and disposing of real estate, as they now do. in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico, New Granada, Venezuela, Central America, and all the other portions of this continent and its islands, to say nothing of Europe? Heretofore the matter has passed sub silentio, and our citi- zeus have been enjoying, aud now enjoy, in most respeet as the natives to the “manor born.” Ought not sauce for the goose to be sauce for | under? Ock New Pouce Law.—Our readers are aware that a bill proposing important changes and ameliorations in the police institution of New York is now pending before the Legisla- ture. We have published this bill in eatenso, and we have also commented on some of itg salient provisions, Put we are of opinion that | they will all totally fail producing that effi- ciency so much to be desived, go long as there i ular uniforin worn by the members of the The fifth section, providing for a suitable cublem or device, does not at all supply this d ficiency. The Chiefand Captains may consider that the carrying of the brass star--which in and dangerous moments is so often ob- cured and hidden—will cutirely ineet the jnirements of this section. But all who have noticed the ordtiary conduet of New York policemen, know that however well this regula- lion nmy appear in theory, in practice it is oficn a nullity and falsitieation. When a nee | cessity arises for the interference of these rep- resentatives of the heavenly bodies, the star very freqnently suffers an eclipse, and is immoe- diately placed in security and concealment. | What the police of Now York, want to place them on an efficient footing. is—if not a regu- lar uniform like that worn by the foree in Lon- and DnWfin—at all eves. soine ihe g tormy don rangers and others instantly to reco, n them the guardians of the public peac ob ce of Boston, for inetane hil Age of their office xt We | z rid of or bh n a stroat | voll or robbery calls for interf ce | of the police agent, Jf our 2} I | cousider « uniform hamiliating to them—- | though we cannot gee w hy men belonging to} # community £0 ambitious of appearing in mar- tial trappings should have euch ridieulous ob- © fo uniiorm, more particularly as by the position may be a permapyot 5 one—then let something like the Boston hat be adopted. But we repeat, until some such regu- lation is enforced, the police department will be inefficient. The sections clothing the Chief with ju- dicial power are. we think commendable. In minor offences and misdemeanors the police funciienaries should have a discretionary power vested in them to discharge delinquents o%) their own authority, without parading them ‘be- fore the justices’ courts. Music and the Drama, We have had a very delightful series of ‘musical and theatrical treats duxing the past week, en€ we have rich promise for the week that fs to come. ‘tke houses haye been overflowing, not only with our own citizens, but with the numerous strangers from all peets of the country, who visit Govham al this season, partly on business and partly on peasure, ‘The great cent’e of musical attraction was Niblo’s Gar- en, where Madame Sontag @ew admiring crowds, to witness trer benitiful and wort successful delineation of the character of Lucia of Lammermoor, in the opera of that tiie, on Monday and Wednesday eveaings, while on Friday evening her inimfable “Daughter of the Regi- mené,” though so often vepeated, again filled the house, ané again elicited theonted plaudits which greeted her on every previous representation. There can be no better proof ofthe genius nnd versatility of this great artiste than the extraordimary and continued success which a' tends her perfortsances. It is without a precedent in opera in New York. This evening she sings in “ Sonnam- bula,”’ the last time the public will have the opportunity ‘of hearing and-reeing her exquisite rendering of the nile of Amina. New operas nay be expected to succeed this universal favorite. During tha week another musical star of purest ray, and of highest magnitude, shone at Niblo's Garden—Mr. Gottschalk, the Ameriean pianist—who, by his marvellous execution, dazzled and electrified his audience, while by his fine classic taste, profound knowledge of the gentle art, anf his originality of conception, he charmed the best judges of music, who have been unanimous in pro- nouncing him thegreatest pianist who has ever set foot upon our shores. He has been offered a Inerutive engage- ment at Boston, but has declined ita acceptance, on ne- count of his anxiety to reach New Orleaas, his netive city, before the season is too far advanced. He takes “Philadelphia, and perhaps Washington, en route. He feaves immediately for the sunny South. Alboni has concluded a very successful series of opera- tic performances in Boston, and is about to visit other New England towns during the present reek. This week will be distinguished in New York by a mu- sical event of no ordinary kind. To-morrow eyenin: little Paul Julien, the exquisite violinist, already so vorably known to our readers in connection with.the con- certs of Madame Sontag, will give concert on hie own hook, at which the great German vocalist has consented to assist, together with her whole troupe—Badiali, Poz- zolini, Rocco, Eckert, Gasperone, and her grand orchestra ofditty performers, Tho bill of fare holds out a delicio: feast of music, and we have no doubt that the most sa: guine expectations will be fully realized by one of the most crowded houses that ever azsembled within the walls of Niblo’s Garden. Paul Julien is ‘‘a host in him- self,”’ but with such aid his concertmust prove a most brilli mt and successful one. By private setters, as well as by California papers, we legrn that Catherine Hayes has carried all before her ia San Francisco, both in concert and in operatic perform- ances. She was particularly successful in “Lucia.” She has prolonged her stay in the capital, at the request of the music-loving public, and also gives concerts in one or two other towns before leaving for New Orleans. The fact of the fashion of the golden city engaging carriag:s to attend her-ooncerts, at $50 each, on reiny nights, isa proof of the musical excitement that has been awakencd there. Ina private letter, written by Miss Hayes herse'(, she saya that in no place since she made.her début at the great Scala in Milan, has she been received with so much enthusiasm. ‘The splendid array of musical talent in the United States, which we have now enumerated, demonstrates that it has became ‘‘the land of song,”’-as it has always been of ‘sunny skies,’ and that no where else can artistes of the highest order of genius and cultivation find | @ warmer reception, or receive better remuneration for their skill and toil. * The principal feature in the Broadway theatre during the week,has been the accession ef Miss Fitzpatrick, theex- cellent comedienne, who appeared én the new Engilsh come- ay of “St. Cupid,” performing the part of Dorothy Budd, with great éclat. The Spanish dancer Soto, and tho French dancers Pougaud, Druet, &c., have also constituted at- tractions, assisting to swell the house and the purse of the manager. This evening Forrest appears in “Damon , a rton’s, too, the comedy of St. Cupid ”’ was per- formed with much success, and also ‘Paris and Lon- don.’? Burton’s is always the centre of fun, and those who want to enjoy ahearty laugh, and te shake the col- webs of eare from their ribs, eught to go there. This evening “St. Cupid,” and “ Paris and London.”” At Wallack’s theatre, ‘Old Heads and Young Hearts,” “A Practical Man,” The “Lady of Lyons,” “The Review,” “Money,” ‘High Life Below Stairs,” ‘The Trish Tiger,” and ‘‘ The Irish Heiress,’’ have been perform- ed very creditably by an excellent stock company. This theatre is every way rising in the estimation of the play going public. It is remarkable for the variety of piec: presented. This evening, ‘It Would Puzzle a Conjurer,’ © First Come First Served,’’ and ‘‘ The Irish Tiger.”’ At the Bowery, ‘Ivanhoe *’ and “ Jack Sheppard” were performed the greater part of the week, with considerable snecess ; also, ‘The Mechanic and the Queen,” “The Milanese Gondolier,” and ‘“ Kit Carson,” together with singing and dancing. At the National theatre ‘‘O’Neil the Great,’? ‘The Mil- ler’s Maid,” “Gale Breezely,”” “Landsharks and Sea Gulls,” and ‘Go-to-bed Tom,” drew crowded houses. To-night is to be performed the ‘Six Degrees of Crime” and “O'Neil the Great.’ ‘At Barnum’s, “Old Folks at Home,” the “Dead Shot,” the “Lady of Lyons,”’ the “Irish Tutor,” and the ‘‘Village Gossip,”’ were the performances, together with the feats of the Infant Leopard Tamer. House always crowded ‘This evening, ‘Deafas a Post’’ and ‘‘Domestic Eeonomy.”’ ‘And what shall we say of Christy's Opera, so funny and #0 amusing—of Wood's Minstrels, striving hard to rival their brethren’in the “other house’’—Hope Chapel, where Signora Eliza Valentini, prima donna, &c., &c., has been giving concerts every niglit, with some seventeen English and Italian songs—‘‘Heller’s Saloon of Won- ders’’—‘“the Laughing Gas at Metropolitan Hall” —‘‘Ris- ley’s Mustrated River Thames’'—‘‘Banvard’s Pilzrimage to Jerusalem’’—‘‘the Panoroma of the Mississippi River” —Ball’s Model of San Francisco’ —“the Circus in the Bowery,” together with other entertainments calculate4 to wile away a pleasant hour, and to ease our citizens and sojourners of their superfluous quarters and loose shillings. Loes not all this prove that we are an eminently pros- perous people, and that if we do receive on the average a million of gold dust in the week from California, we know how to spend it, and to enjoy life, as well as any other nation un Tun TrLre THE Paciric.—We have already given ovr views on the importance of a telegraph to the Pacific. We cannot refrain, how- ever, from publishing the following from the Wash- ington Republic:— The report of Senator Weller, from the Committee on Territoriee, upon the memorial of Messrs. Alden aul ly, asking for the right of way, anda grant of lands for the construction of a telegraph to the Pacific—with the sccompanying bill—will be found in another column. We think no one can read them without coming to the conclusion that the bill should be immediately passed. Many years must elapse before the railroad to the Paci fie can be completed. Meanwhile, from sixty to ninety days must clapse before the departments here can com munieate with Ban Francisco and receive a reply. ‘The difficulty of governing so remote a country, and of retain ing its dependency on our federal system, under existing circumstances, must be obvious to any one who has ever given the subject a moment’s reflection. Therefore it ix that we have hoped that a bill for establishing a railroad to the Pacific would become a law at the presont session. Ofthis we have no longer any expectation. But a tele graphic communication will obviate many of the incony« hich we now ruffer from the want of a railroad tablished in eighteen months, while a railroad y be completed in half ae many years. We legrn from the report of Mr. Weller that compe tent parties will undertake to construct an underground telegraph within the time we have mentioned, and give the United States a priority in the use of it forever, avd to the nurober of seven thousand words monthly, on con dition that the government will grant them a million and halt of verce of the public lands after the telegraph is completed. We cannot imagine that there can be any hesitation on the part of Concress in accepting this prono rition. ‘Ihe govermnent not only get a full equival their lands, but advantages of a public and y ture which it is f to estimate ina y be the fate at the present se | ws hope there will be no delay in the n for the Pacific telegraph. This isa small mat ter, comparatively, and ean be nearly half conrtructed before the next session of Congress, if it is promptly acted The inhabttents of phen’s, } to spply to the Legislature for an act & fue Wnipany ib that town, B., are about incorporate er nee. DEDICATION OF 4 “wetew OHURCH. The New Sinyrns (W*'uh) Congregational Church om Fleventh street, bet yeen Second ané Third avenues, and close to the la*’er, was dedicated yesterday, and divine service Wa performed in the morning, afternoon, and evenings ‘This little church is one of three in the city of New “york where the services are performed in the Wr'ish language, for the benefit of the native Cambrians “unacquainted with the English language, who may ar- rive in this country. It was founded in 1825, but num. bers not upwards of a hundred members. They have worshipped Phitherto in the church on Broome’ street known as Fanny Wright’s Chureh, which property they lately sold, and erected the present’ building, ai a cost of between twelve and fourteen thousand dollars, including the two eighteen fect lots on which it stands. Its dimen- sions are 30 feet of frontage by 65 feet of depth, built of brick, with brown stone or composition cornices, and is arate of accommodating about Sve hundved persona. The bascment is occupied as a school or lecture room, There has, as yet, been no pastor appointed, and the cure has devolved, from timé to time, upon ministers from other congregations and places, who have afforded their services gratuitously. The Rev. R. R. Williams, of Minersville, Penn,, having done so for the last three months, is now about to be replaced by the Rey. W. D. Williaius, of Deerfield, Oneida count; N.Y. The deacons are Messrs. Henry Arnold, Robert Williams, D. Grifkth, and William Willams. The services yesterday morning were all in the Welsh language, consisting of the ordinary mcrning ones, and concluded, as is usual in these churches, especially on such oceasions, with two short sermone, one by each of the above named reverend gen- tlemen, preached in the same tongue. The choir, con- sisting of aine or ten voices, unaided by any instrumental accompaniment, performed their portion of ihe exercises with most creditable harmony. In the afternoon the Rey. Dr. Cheever preached the principal sermon, in Eng- lish, and in the evening another discourse was delivered in Welsh. OrmsaTion wy Catvany Cayrcn.—The Rey. J, D. Ver- mylea was admitted to priest’s orders, by ordination, yes- terday, in the above place of worship. Tue cereiany was in conformity wil the canon rule and ritual of tho Protestax t Episcopal church. At the commencement of the morning service, wo noticed around the communion table the Right Rev. Dr. Wainwright, Bishop of the Diooess of New York : the Rev, W. J. Frost, Rey. Dr. Johnson, Rey. C. H. Halsey, and Rey. John A. Anson. Dr. Wainwight acted as ordaining high priest, and the Hey. Mr. Frost officiated in the absence of Dr. Hawks. After the morning lessons had been read, Dr. Wainwright eeded to question the candidate in the prescribed Kon, and having admonished him of the serious and sa- -ored responsibility with which he was about to be in- vested, ordained him a priest. ‘The morning service was then concluded, after which the bishop and attendant clergymen administered communion to a very large num- ber of devout recipients. Dr. Wainwright’ pronounced a solemn benediction previous to the separation of the congregation. ‘Tue Wxatumr.—Yesterday the weather still continued cold, but the air was dry and bracing. In the morning the thermometer stood at 28 degrees above zero ; but a3 the day advanced the weather became milder, until about six o'clock in the evening, when it fell to 30 degrees above zero, at which point it continued to stand up to a late hour last night. ‘The wind blew pretty strong from the northwest all day, rendering the walking in the fore- noon very bad. as immense clouds of dust, from the action of the wind, blinded the eyes of pedestrians. Tur French Exis.—Iwo French exiles, Messrs. Quesne and Chambonniere, recently escaped froin Cayenne, where they were exiled by Louis Napoleon for their ad: herence to republican principles, have arrived at Salem, Mass., in an Aimerican vessel. ‘They are men of abili and position: Quesne was a lawyer and editor; Chambon- neire a public teacher, and both of them have families in France. ‘They are here without money, strangers in a strange land, and have need of sympathy and material aid. ‘They have prepared a lecture upon ‘The Treatmant of Political Prisoners by Louis Napoleon,” which has been translated into lish by their friends at Salem. This lecture is to be read at Boston on Monday evening, 21st inst., by Epes Sargent, ag. Anotice has appeare in the Boston papers, signed by Mayor Seaver, Hon, Rufus Choate, Professor Longfellow, Rev. E. M. Kirk, James Russell Lowell, and a number of other distinguished names, commending the object to their fellow-citizens. Arrangements have been made to have this lecture re- peated in this city, in the popular course at the Taber- nacle. It will be read on Friday evening, 25th instant, by Joseph Warren Fabens, late United States Consul at ‘Cu- yenne, The exiles will be present, and address the meeting in French. Frre.—About half past twelve o'clock on Saturday af- ternoon, flames were discovered issuing from the house No. 6 Manhattan alley, occupied as a carpenter's shop. ‘The police of the Sixth district, being promptly on the ground, extinguished the fire before any material da- mage was affected. About a quarter past 11 o'clock on Saturday mornin, 8 fire broke out in the second story of the store No. 21 Park Row, occupied by Basset, Aborn & Motley, importers of fancy stationery, but was promptly extinguished by the fire de; ent, who were early on the ground. The damage, which is almost wholly by water, willnot exceed $1,000. The fire originated from some defect in the chimney of Law & Bro., next door. Captain Leonard and his men were on the ground, and rendered themselves very efficient in extinguishing the flames and preserving order. If the fire had not been discovered as feats as it was it might have been a destructive one. The firm is insured in. different offices in this city for $150,000. ArreurT aT BurGlary—Kezp your Scurrix Doors Fastexep.—Saturday evening, about half-past 7 o'clock, two burglars were discove: im the attic of house No. ‘224 West Fourteenth street, hay effected an entrance through the scuttle, and when discovered, immediately ook flight and escaped. They had reached the roof through the scuttle of an uafinished building. The thieves had previously entered the attic of the house No. id stole from the servants’ room a shawl, and cut out the pockets of two dresses, one of which contained a few-dollars in bills. As this manner of robbing cannot be guarded against by the police, we therefore Took to the fettentogy ot - while new buildings are going up on the same block. Cuancx or Hour.—The 12 o’clock line. via the Camden Railrgad, to Philadelphia, will be discontinued on and after Wednesday next, and two lines run instead, starting at 7 o'clock A. M., and at 2 P. M. Accipent—Saturday a girl named Jane Dixon was run over by a horse and Franklin street, and severely injured. She was taken to the Sixth ward station house by the police, where, upon examination, her left thigh was found to broken. The driver of the wagon was very careless, and was driving his horse at a furious rate when he knocked down the unfortunate girl. Police Intelligence. THE MARTHA WASHINGYON STEAMBOAT CASE—FOR- GERIES TO A LARGE AMOUNT DISCOVERED—AR- REST OF GEORGE GAGE. Before Justice Stuart. Some few weeks since we noticed the arrest of a man named John G. Nicholson, one of the parties concerned in the coxspiracy of burning the steamboat Martha Washington on the Mississippi river, about fifteen months ago, by which fourteen human lives were lost. Nichol- son arrived in this city, having fled from the United States authorities at Cincinnati; and while here he was intimate with one George Gage, and as was alledged, though Gage was enabled to elude the United States Mar- shal. Gage, however, was arrested as an accessory to the escape, and subsequently Nicholson was captured at Newark, New Jersey, and conveyed back to Cincinnati, where he was admitted to bail n the sum of $6,000, In connection with the burning of the said steamboat, a ‘number of insurance companies were defrauded out of large sums of money. It now appears that when the po- lice searched Nicholson's trunk a number of papers were found, which led to the supposition that Gage, of this city, was a party concerned in forging two checks, amounting to $14,800, paid by the Bank of the Ohio Life Inguranee Co. at Cineirmati, Ohio, on the 4th of Deo. last. These checks were presented, as is alledged, by Geo. Gaze, to whom the money was paid in gold coin from the coun: ter of the said bank. An agent of the insurance com- pany, located in Wall street, New York, suspected that in all probability some of Nicholson's accomplices were re- siding inthis city. Accordingly he dispatched word to Mr. George Robertson, the paying teller of the Ohio bank, who eashed the forged checks, to come on forth- with, and identify if possible the man who presented them. On Saturday Mr. Robertson arrived, and went before | Justice Stuart, and, from the description given, it was believed that Gage was the man. A warrant was issued, and officer Wildey during Sunday took Gage into custody, and conveyed him before the magistrate, when Mr. Robertson at once, on beholding Gaye, pronounced him to be the man who presented the checks and re- ceived the money for them. One of these cheeks, for the amount of 87,900, purports tobe made by 8. &Co., and drawn upon the Mechanics’ and Traders’ Bauk, of Cincinatti. Ths other $7,500, aud purports to be made by Evans & and drawn on,the firn: of Hill ‘ineiuneti. Both these chi leged by Gage, and paid to hi other hand, Mr. Gage de Mr. Robertion is mistaken . (Goge,) was not nbseut fre ing the month of December last,’the 4th ich month, it is alleged, he was at Cincinnati with the forged checks, Mr. Gage, and also his counsel, assert that a number of respectable persons can be produced to prove that Mr Gage was in this eity at the time he is alleged to have been at Cincinnati. the presont the wagi 8 a fugitive from justice nratter will be heard before the magistrate this afternoon, enee nt three o'clock. ; ‘cemon Martin B. Meagher Discharged from Custody. —Ihe matter pending before Justice Osborn ozninst policeman Meagher, charged with being concerned with two negro thieves in stealing a barrel of molasses, was Ajamfesed by the magistrate on Saturday, and Meagher rged from custody, The aflidavits and pape the cace are sent hefore Mayor Weatervelt, who will, no Aoubt, ret upon them in a fow di Arvest of a Meee Thief —On Vr Charles Smith was eaug! > ‘Third street, cecupied by Nee evidently with on intent to steal. The potice came and took the rogue into custody, and on searchin Micer found a spring dirk-knife, a bur ale of nippers, four dollars in n poon oe reengnived as an (Wed him to prison for tri as Richmond County Sessions, Present, Hon. Hl. B. Mete | oclate Fre. 15— The People bilt—Indictment for mans) ug ; teen persons by the failing of the g Dilt’ Fand i Me Staten fale d, on the Sth of July last. Lot C. Clark, Keq., of ¢ made a motion to quash the indictment, on the prounds—lst, that it charged no criminal offence; 2d, that it was bad for duplicity; 3d, that the pro- ceedings of the Grond Jury were irregular. After argrmont, the Conrt was ‘unanimously of opinion that it pbould We quashed, Rane your scuttle doors, particularly | morning in convulsions. wagon, at the corner of Broadyay | Dougherty, NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. From Washington City, SELLING OFFICES—MR. FULLER—OOWHIDING. Wasmnarton, Feb. 20, 1853. The Union is severe upon the whig clerks who sold out to democrats, and says the purchasers can’t keep the offices. Prices of clerkships may interest applicants. A $1,200 clerk, an active whig, sold out recently for $200. A $1,600 clerk holds at $500 year, The market {s well stocked, and sales are quick. Inflammation has taken place in Mr. Fuller's case, and his symptoms are dangerous. Mr. Cassayant, dentist, who was whipped a few days since by Win, Wall, clothier, for addressing a lady unin- troduced, returned the compliment by cowhiding Wall, on the avenue, opposite Brown’s, this morning. Further from Texas. INDIAN OUTRAGES AND MURDERS, ETC. Baurntors, Feb. 20, 1853. The New Orleans papers of Sunday and Monday have been received. They contain Galveston dates of the 10th: inst. Indian outrages were still occurring. An attack hac been made on the town of San Ignacio, in which several white inhabitants were killed. A party of troops. had been despatched in pursuit. ‘The Legislature lind rejected the Internal Improvement Dill, and had passed a bill to pay the Texan Rangers called out by the Governor. ‘The smallpox was still prevailing at Austin. The first locomotive in Texas had been put in operation on the Harrisburg Railroad. Later from MontevideoWreck of the Bark Edwin Johnson. Purapervura, Feb. 20, 1853, The British brig Arabella Tarbet has arrived from Montevideo, with a cargo of 3,400 bags of coffee, and date* to the 17th ultimo. The fever had abated; sugars were arriving freely, and business was reviving. The stock of sugars was 70,000 boxes. Philadelphia flour was selling at $17, and lard was wanted. The bark Edwin Johnson, before reported ashore near Lewes Breakwater, went to pieces last night. Markets. PROVIDENCE, Feb. 19, 1853. About 3,500 bales of cotton have changed hands during the week at trregular prices. In wool activity con- tinues, with an advancing tendeney. The sales for the week, 122,000 Ibs. The market for printing cloths is steady and prices firm. The sales for the week amount to 48,600 pieces. Stare Conventio: ‘The Whig State Convention of Ohio will meet to-day, at Columbus, for the purpose of nominating State officers. The Democratic State Conven- tion of Texas will also assemble to-day, in the city of Austin, to nominate candidates for Governor and Lieute- nant Governor. A nomination by the democratic party in Texas is equivalent to am: election, and renders the voting at the ballot boxes merely a formality, Hearn of Sr. Twomas.—The schooner King Philip, which arrived yesterday from St. Thomas, with dates to the 1st inst., confirms the report of the abating of the yellow fever there. It was principally confined to the shipping. The schooner Cohasset, of Sandwich, had ar- rived there from Demerara, with the loss of both her mates--we suppore by sickness, Coroners Inquests. Drath FROM CONVULSIONS.—THE SHIP ANTARCTIC AND HER Coxprr1ox.—Coroaer O'Donnell held an inquest yesterday morning, at the house No. 3 Franklin street, upon the body of a child named John McCarthy, which was born at sea during the late disastrous passage of the shi; Antarctic. It did not appear in evidence that the state of the ship had any effect in causing the death of deceased ; but, if the testimony of its mother be true, there was great neglect of sanatary precaution, which accounts, in some measure, for the awful mortality which pre: i As the spring passenger trade will soon become brisk, we trust that owners and captains of vessels will take mea- sures to prevent a recurrence of a similar state of things. The first witness called was John McCarthy, who deposed —I am father of the deceased; I landed here in May last: Isent for my family in the summer; they arrived here on Friday last; the deceased was attacked with convul- sions last Saturday evening, and died at four o’elock this morning. Winifred McCarthy sworn—I am mother of e deceased; he was born at sea: I sailed from Liverpool upon the 16th of November, in the ship Antarctic. We had five hundred passengers on board; we were fourteen weeks and two days at sea before we landed in New York; weran sbort of provisions, aud there was a scarcity of water; I only received threo-pints of water for myself and Peete rrr a tnirty much Daa on one hu: sdace | during the voyage; the ship was in a most filthy condition; the numl passengers were all in ‘the , With the ee of a few in the cabin; and there was scarcely a berth but had some person sick in it; I never sawthe captain of the Antarctic come down into the steer- age but once; he then did not make any remark as to the condition of the eres nor did he to any of those who were sick around him; many of. who had fever, some small-pox, and ‘others cholera; the air was very offensive, and there was uot sufficient care taken to keep the sick persons clean or comfortable; my ehild waa in delicate health for the last week; he dicd thie Doctor Uhl described the appearance presented by the ety ‘The jury rendereda verdict of death from conval- sions. DRATH FROM INTEMPERANCK AND EXPOSURE.—Coroner Wil- helm held an inquest yesterdsy, at the house No. 195 Tenth avenue, wpon the body of a man named Daniel who was found dead in the hay loft over a stable, early in the morning. It appeared, in evidence, that the deceased was a carriage dater; had been out of a situation for five months, when his clothing became very scanty, and insufficient to protect him from the-se- vere cold. Katurday evening he sat in the store of Mr. Francis McKenna, by the stove, «nd afterwards passed out unseen to the loft, where his dead body was found. wrapped up in the hay. Deceased was of intemperate habits, and the jury rendered a verdict of death from in- temperance and exposure. Dougherty was about thirty years of age, and a native of Ircland. AccENTaL Drowninc.—A German, named Peter, (sir- name unknown.) wlio was employed as a hand on board the steamboat Atlas, fell from the boat into the dock, at South Amboy, on’ Siturday evening. His body was recovered and brought to pier No 1, North river, upon the steamer Transport, yesterday morning. Coro- ner Wilhelm held an inquest, and the jury rendered a yercict of accidental drowning. The deceased was about. thirty years af age. Fara. Acctpest,—Coroner Hilton held an inquest Satur- day, at the City Hospital, upon the body of a man named Frederick Botterman, who died there at one o'clock in the morning, from the effect of injuries which he received: by falling through the hatehway of the store No, 200+ ‘ater street. Adam Halstetar deposed—-I am foreman in the store of Mr. Merle, at No. 20 Water street: the deceased wor under me; about six o'clock on Friday evening he started. to close the store; in about ten minutes afterwards I found him lying upon the first floor, immediately under the hatchway; he was insensible; I do not know from ee story he fell; he was alive ut the time of the acci- lent. Surgeon Suckley examined examination of the body eleven hours death; [ found a large clot of blood extending over the left side of the brain; there was no fracture o! the skull; in my opin- ion his death was caused by the above injury. Verdict— Heath by injuries accidentally ‘received by falling through the hatchway of the store of Mr. G. Merle, No. 20 Phe deceased was a native of Germany, and ty n years of age. DEATH FROM INTRMPFRANCE.—Corouer Wilhelm held am inquest on Saturday morning, at the house No. 39 Orange street, upon the body of a woman named Catherine Taylor, who died there about three o'clock in the morn- ing, from congestion of the brain, produced by intem- perance, Evidence was taken as to the history of her case, and medical testimony as to the appearance of the body, when the jury rendered the above verdict. The deceased was a native of Ireland, and about twenty-nine years of age. gence. Ex-President Van Buren, says the Allang Atlas, will start for Europe next month. He will ascompany son, Martin Van Buren, Jr., whov impaired health, it is thought, will be benefitted by the European tour. Mr, Van Buren, himself, retains all his vigor of mi and hody, and his constitutional cheerfulness. Tae ex - dent will be the only one of the chief magistrates of the republic, we believe, that ever visited Europe after hi». retirement from office, The Fire at Cardenas. DsrARTMENT OF SATE, | Wasnixcros, Feb. 18, 1863. J been received at this Departinent fron Consul at Matanzas, T. ML. Rolney, y., of the n by fire, on the 28th and 20th of ary, during a severe gale of wind, of the whole bu- s part of the town of Cardenas, in the islend of Information ha the United St Cuba. ‘The office of the United States Consular Agent de stroyed, togetber with all the consular archives, and the registers of American ve: rt. es, Feb. 18.—No. TL. Hisha Bloomer, appellant, ¥s. Joun MeQuewan ct. gl.— ‘The argument of thiscaute was eouclnded by Mr. Keller for the appellant, J. Doolittle’s lessee et al., plaintiis, vs. ‘his canse waa argued by Mr. Stan: berry for the , and submitted on a printed arga- r. Corwin for defend an nis cause was argued by Mr. Iswrence for the plaintiff in ervor, and submitted on a printed argument by Mr. Pike for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Sebastian for the defendants in error. No. 74. va Wyman B.S wae ecanmenecd Wy Ade journed Court Catendar=Thts Day. ke Disvitcy Covrr--Nos. 46, 48 to Ceneral Ter 28. MW. Che , 151, 1 i to 161. + First—404, 474, 8, 80, 37 to 500. Part Yecond—66, 21 w1, 410, 417, 419, 429, 490, 401 rr 8, 459 Usiten Sr COMMON 402, BOR’ 689) 540) BA 02, WL, 73, 265, 86, 604,