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Review. Tas GoupEn , by H. W. Longfellow. Bos” : Ticknor, and Fields, 1852. It is singu™t that the greatest poets of the Present day 4re as much distinguished by the mysti- cal charter of their writings as by any other pecu- liarity’ Surrounded on every side by undeniable evi- denees of the practical matter-of-fact tendencies of | tke world, we may well be astonished, when we open + our poets, to find them imbued with an intense love for the visionary and the supernatural, or to behold them revelling in mazes of the wildest speculation. {: would seem as though the mase of song was veil- ing her face, while each day enables us to view her sisters more closely and more accurately. The lan” guage of science is being stript of the hard words in which it bas so long been muffled, and children need no longer fear tosearch its mysteries. History is written in a style as clear as crystal. The politician addresses his speech to the crowd, and suits it to the meanest | M understanding. In modern prose, every fault is ex- cusable but obscurity. Neither the design, nor the | | style of the prose author, must require study to be | understood and appreciated. We have not time, in the present day, to puzzle over a writer's meaning and grope for hours in the dark in the vague hope of discovering a jewel: the treasure must be laid be fore usin open daylight, ready to our grasp, or we spurn it, What he intends to why he says it, what object he gains by saying it, and we by reading it, are things which the modern essayist, historian, or philosopher must satisfactorily explain to us at the very first glance, or we cast him aside without | Mercy. With the poet the case is diiferent. The closer we cling to earth the higher he soars in the clouds. unintelligible the aim of his song. commerce produces a Tennys An age ruled by ,2 Longfellow. fer} lays a leading part, and the cloy footed myth of our ancestors is introducedin flesh aud blood upon | the books whence he de the stirring stage of life. To say that these things are wrong would be | factiy Ax his eyes on the substantial realities of te | behalf of its subjecta interested in the Amistad, was impertinent. The popular verdict is in their favor. ‘The utmost we can yenture is to suggest as plausi- ble « reason as we can for the phenomenon—to re- concile, if possible, by some theory more or less in- The more tangible our life’s aim, the more | thread, lease; three hundred eae fer us . ; low. Are we were believe that eme! brimstone’ Is ita that Friar Cuth- Lge ho was carefully cencealed under the folds of is robe ? concealed his hoofs? It is high time that we gE a stock character in ae He is the spirit of evil, you will tell us. Not the conventional sovereign of imp-dom, whose pie pecnliartlies used to apprise simple peopinct, his identity, and who was never known to resist of an orthodox Bonai Bible, sound of a vade retro Satanas; nor yet the ® roaring lion, seeking whom he might devour.” The modern Lucifer has no such carniverous | propensities; he is embarrassed by no caudal appendage, and might safely be measured for patent leathers by the most stylish shoemaker in Broadway. On the contrary, he ‘partakes rather more of the fairy than the devil Bete ce ft the whole, a rather pleasant fellow. Some lurking malice t) him, to be sure ; but he carries | sh: it off wi ightful air ef good breading that you cannot avoid the conclusion that his home cannot be the uncomfortable place we used to hear of at school. You rather envy the ease with which he performs the most dif though, poor fellow, the public morals require that he shoul’! be discomfited in the end, he plays his part so cleverly and so earnestly that you rather feel di appointed when he vanishes in a ‘paroxysm of vt tion anda flash of lightning. , To be serious—the constant sppeerance of Lucifer in modern poetry is no proof of the fertility of the imagination “of our poets. It argues a sad peverty of fancy to compelled to introduce a hursery myth on the stage in order to give interest to the plot, or develope dents of the tale. If the realities of modern life do not furnish matter for the bard, let him h is peace : we want no resur- | rection of the w superstitions of ® past ag An | is conclusive ave of railroads, and steamers, and telegraphs, and | terials for poetr caioric engines, gives birth to poems in which Luci- | has produced tile “ Song of the Shirt,” the “ E | een Bove zee seas of Sighs, the poems of Tennyson, or the ballads of | mate: | and cranny of its de; But a simple gh: t such an assumption. The ma- annot be wanting in an age whic! Let Mr. Long? Macaulay. low close for once | ves his inspiration— | let him foreswear Goethe and his conntrymen— let him renounce the vanities of the past, and stead- present —he will find a fund of ideas which a life-time of writing could not exhaust. The human heart is as yet an unexplored wilderness. isin direct line from | r » invisible cap. A perfect | ere would peruse with pleasure, but we have borrow- gentleman is this Lucifer when he pleases, and on | ed already too largely. Let Mr. Longfellow correct Did the doctor of Salern wear boots ay ory | some light on this subject, now that he is becoming | modern | devil of the catechism; “going to and fro like | ‘There is a Tennysonian charm in Elsie's sister's death, notwithstanding ‘tect She left off breathing, and no more I smoothed the pillow ‘neath her head. She more beautiful than before— Like violets faded were her eyes By this we knew that she was dead, (p. 71.) Another poetical idea;— Time has laid his hand Upou my heart ), not smiting it, ‘ave But as « harper lays his open palm Upon his harp to nm its vibrations. (p. 184.) To many of our readers the allegory of the record- the sight | ing angels may -be new, and as it is well told, we or the cabalistic | make room for it:— There are two angels that attend, unseen, Each one of us, and, in great books, record Our good and evil deeds. He who writes dowa The good ones, after every action, closes His volume, and ascends with it to God. ‘The other keeps his dreadful daybook open Til sunset, that we may repent; which doing, The record of theaction fades away, And leaves a line of light across the page. (pp. 275.) We could add many other passages that our read- the faults we have noticed, in his next work, and we all bail him among the first of American poets. New Publications. Tn noticing the new works which we have received: It undertakings; and , We: of course, give priority to those which relate to public affairs. Amongst these are the documents relative to the award of the Emperor Napoleon IIT, in the case of the brig General Armstrong, which | we have already published inextenso. Next in order comes the report of the Secretary of War, concern- ing an examinationof the Blue Lick Springs, and other sites, with a view to the establishment of a Western military asylum ; and another report, giv- ing information of the condition and progress of the | work at Tortugas, called Fort Jefferson, and the dge | SU: work at Key West, called Fort Taylor. Next, a let- » shelves of our library is | ter from the Postmaster General, transmitting esti- mates for the mail service; anda letter from the rintendent of Public Printing, submitting esti- Another document, is the message from the President, transmitting a communication from the Spanish ister, relative to the case of the schooner Amistad, The claim of the Spanish government, on the subject of discussion, daring the administration All the poets of | of President Tyler, between the Spanish Minister the past have but skimmed its surface; many a nook | and Mr. Webster, then Secretary of State. In an oths has yet to be sounded. genious, our stern attachment to the practical in real | Tennyson wrote Serine on one passion—grief. Let | Jifwith our weakness for the transcendental in poetry. It may be that transcendentalism is the portal to the inner temple of pure philosophy. One by one, the barriers which have hitherto impeded our progressin science yield to the battering-ram of modern intellect. and we penetrate chambers which were sealed to the gaze of past ages. The light of day bursts upon recesses where all was obscurity since the world began. But the victory has been purchased at the cost of many an ardent student lost in the labyrinth of inquiry. There have been many errors, many gropings in the dark, fulse discoveries, perilous delusions, sad jack-’o-lanterns, to bewilder his sieps. Eachsuccessive mistake facilitated the progress of subsequent explorers. Alchemists, and transmuters pf metals paved the way for scientific chemists. Herschel and La Place owe more perhaps than they would readily admit to the astrologers. May Bot the transcendentalists—the poetic dream- ers of modern times—be the alchemists, the astrologers of philosophy? We read their books, just as our ancestors used to addle their brains over crucibles and horoscopes, wondering, like they, whether the strange science mean anything, and if It does, what that is. Dazzled by the glare of bril- Uant imagery, and lulled into a delicious dreami- pews by the harmony of their tones, we can suffer a Bailey to allure us far out of our depth without a single fear of shipwreck, or a Longfellow to lead us | away up the side of an immeasurable mountain peak, without the slightest thrill of vertigo, or the faintest | apprehension of a fall. They, like the alchemists, are groping in the dark, and so are we. Matter we can resolve into its elements—of it we know at all events enough to talk rationally on the subject; but of ourselves, our soul, onr existence, God, eternity, aud @ future state, we are absolutely ignorant; and any speculation which gives a promise of light we eagerly welcome. Hence, perhaps, the popularity of Festus, of Emerson, of l.amartine—hence, proba- bly, the appearance of the “ Golden Legend.” Not that we would class Professor Longfellow among she transcendentualists. No school of poetry i | is comprehensive enough to contain Longfellow and | Emerson, There is too much, or, at all events, there was too much, of humanity in Longéellow, to permit him to be ranked among those writers whose sphere is “gnywhere—anywhere out of the world.” The tan who wrote— Not enjoyment and not orrow Is our destined end or way But to art, that each to morrow cangpt be credited to the school whose peculiar char- acteristic itis todecry acting and to promote dreaming. | ‘There was in the Longfellow we had been used tolove @ great fund of deep sympathy with his fellow man ; much tenderness, though but little passion ; an acute | perception of the nobler instincts of humanity, and a just ae, ipsa of the manly impulses of our nature. He could express that high ambition which most exaited minds have felt but could not define ; and in | | | chastest and noblest lines, applaud, while he painted | the heroic struggles of the modern martyr. He could weep with the suffering Evangeline. and glow with honest indignation at the sturdy blacksmith’s wrongs. He could smile happily on the innocent mirth of in- Taney, and share the blithe earcisof a country village. For him, this world once seemed euough; nature aud the heart of man—the gentle loye of the wife, and the meek devotion of the Christian—were all the subjects he cared to paint. And with what earnest- ness, with what charming simplicity, with what soothing harmony, did he trace their outlines! He is changed since then. The fatal example of others, whom we need not mention, and the study of his favorite Germans, have perverted his taste. ‘Na- ture and man have Jost their charms for him. He canuot abide the real ; the visionary has tempted him too long, and, in an eyil hour, the “Golden Legend” is written. Let us attempt to describe it. Prince Henry of Hohenech is a victim to the spleen. The devil visits him disguised asa quack doctor, and, after some little persuasion, administers 8 patent medicine, which is ‘ like a draught of fire,” and after taking which “ his weary breast at length finds rest.’ The effect of the dose soon wears off, however, and the Prince again experiences all the sensations of an homine blas neighborhood hear of the visit of his satanic majesty, and forthwith exorcise the Prince. Turned out | rhymes as ‘ Moor” evil | above reproach. ‘The priests in the | of his castle, he takes refuge with a neighbor, who , has a pretty daughter named Elsie. A school of quacks, at Salern, whe are consulted by the Prince on his disease, send him the following novel pre- scription :— Not to be cured, yet not incurable ‘The only remedy that remains Ia the blood that flows from a maiden's veins Who ef her own free will shall die, And give her life ax the price of yours ! On hewting this awful sentence, Elsie offers her sryices, Prince Henry jumps at the proposal, and, a new Admetus, eagerly leads off the victim to the shambles. Three-fourths of the book are filled with their conversations on the way, and descrip- tions of the people they meet and the scencs they witness. At sgh a they reach Salern, where the Jady's throat is to be cut; but, after a severe strag- le, Prince Henry's better feelings prevail and Elsie focayed. ‘The Prince is cared’“ty a touch of Dr. Matthew's bones,” though, as the Forester shrewdly observes— We think the long ride in the open air The e over stocks and stones. In the must come in for a share. ‘Thus restored to health, by 3 process somewhat dif- ferent from that recommended by Miss Edgeworth in the like case, the Prince marries Elsie, and the book winds up as every moral melo-drama ought. We must not forget to mention that Lucifer, like old atthews, is constantly popping in upon the reader in some new part ; he fi as a quack, asa monk, and asa Salern doctor, in rapid succession, and is never unfaithful to the traditionary peculiarities vith which he has nsually been invested. ‘This brief outline of the plot er story does not re- uire criticisim at our hands. That such a tale shoula have been written and printed in English, at the day, is a tolerable proof of the eager- “ness of publichers and the Pa nature of the public. ‘There ia nothing either sufficiently striking or origi- in the ides of the devil turning doctor and dosing fire water, or in the self-sacrificing le, or even in the callous in- Prince Henry, to entitle the book to & work of art. It is simply a quaint old | @ San Francisco clipper’—between the spectre in German legend, well suited to the notions of the | dwellers on the Hartz mountains a couple of centu- but very ill adapted to the taste of us We could it ins ballad form, per hapa: but a volume is too heavy @ draft on our pa bieuce. Thirty or forty iines, om gach a sleader | jumbled together regardless of effect, and very ue the whole reads like ill-constracted prose. | | sage of ¢: Find us further than to day—— | Mr. Longfellow follow bis example, and try whether | be cannot elic from the realms of Pluto. We shall, perhaps, be told that the plot of the “Golden Legend” is a secondary matter—a mere thread on which to string poetic pearls. Without ad- mitting that this would be any license assumed by the author, we pass on to the ex- ; amination of the pearls. Many there are, undoubt- edly, and of rich price. Many a line, many a reminds us of the poet of the Norsemen an touching bard of Acadia. Nothing can be pret- | tier than the legend of the monk Felix; nothing more gentle and naif than several of the descriptions of rural scenery. But there are not a few pearls on | the string which we must reject as counterfeit, or da- | Maged. Some are defective in shape and form; others lack lustre; and some are obviously clumsy imitations. If there is a quality in which Mr. Long- fellow is supposed to excel, it is certainly in the | smoothness and harmony of his verse. Apart from | all considerations of the propriety of attempting hex- ameters in English, no one will deny that most of Mr. Longfellow’s published poems are unsurpassed in this respect. The lines flow on like a gentle river; consonants and yowels glide past without a ripple, | and the ear is gently cradled to the melodious sound. | As much cannot he said of the Golden Legend. | Hardly a page but contains some rude violation of the laws of metre; trochees, iambic and anapests ate re- in the familiar dialogues all idea of rhythm seems to | have been abandoned, probably with the view of | making the personages speak naturally; as, for in- stance, in the following passage, which is mere rhymed prose Gorriumn —Ah ! yes, we all Love bim from the bottom of our hearts; He gave us the farm, the house, and the grange; He gave us the horses and carta, ‘And the great oxen in the stall, ‘The vineyard and the forest range ! We have nothing to give him but our love ! (p. 61.) But equally striking false quantities occur in pas- sages of a higher order. For instance:— | A hope, a longing, an endeavor, By days of penance, and nights of prayer To frustrate and defeat despair! (p. 138") A yolume of Saint Augustine, Wherein he read of the unseen Splendore of Gosi’a great town In the unknown land (p. 44.) Of the horrors, and crimes, and sins and woes, That arive. when. with paipitating throes, ‘The graveyard in the human heart Gives up his dead at the voice of the priest. (p. 85). Pray for the living, in whose breast The struggle between right and wrong Is raging terrible and strong—(p. 103) When to the women standing near, The angel The Lord is risen: be is not here.—(p. 116 ) We could go on enumeratii imilar jarring lines, | until we had far exceeded the space allotted us; but | we will only add one more, a sad blemish in a pas- | xceeding beauty:— The night is calm and cloudless, And still as still can b And the stars come forth To the music of the sea ‘Thay gather and gather and gather, q hey crowd the sky, uless silence | To the pedals of the organ In monotonous undereme And anon frou shelving beachss And shallow sands beyond, Ta snow white robes uprising, 1 respond. and unceasing The frequency of double rhymes is’by no means a merit, nor can any apology atone for such careless id‘ joer.” (p. 188.) These ssor Longfellow ought to be are trifles; bat Prot As might be expected, the Golden Legend is not free from those fine drawn conceits which @aye marred | several of Mr. Longfeilow’s best poems. Thus, speak- ing of a sunset, he says:— | he d done, and y from the scene The stoping sun upgathers his spent shafts, And puts them back into bis golden quiver. (p 38.) We will not invade the province of our scientilic brethren by applying the test of astronomy to the performance here attributed to the sun; but. as vota- ries of plain common sense, we may be permitted to smile at the idea of that luminary spending the twi- light in picking up the rays he has shed during the day, and economically storing them for futnre use. So, in describing the sea at the same hour, hesays:— Silent. majestical, and slow. The white ships haunt it to and fro, With ail their ghostly sails unfurled, As phantoms from another world Haunt the dim confines of existence. (p. 248.) In the name of all the ghosts in ¢hostdom, where- in lies the resemblance between a departed spirit and Hamlet and a Newcastle collier,’ We con that we do not like the Latin and Greek vers Of L our college days; an¢ in rhymes we had enough in we shrewdly suspect our read- ers have had enough also. it is high time that the dead languages were allowed to rest peaceably in their graves. For the sake of the ding-dong jingle which the old bymns poasess, Mr. Longfellow need not have troubled theirashes. Kyrie eleison ma sound more grand than “ Lord have mercy on us;" Mr. | justification of the | of March, page, | have been latel; the | ject. Another of t in shining vesture said— if bot our Greek is rusty, and we cannot see why the Jain vernacular should not answer every purpose. Besides, by what authority does Mr. Longhe stitate Poman for Greek character? To be just, we must admit that the defects we have signalived are redeemed by great beauties. The whole poem is sweet and simple in its language. True poetry gushes out whenever a sunny landscape ora twilight scene presents itaelf to the writer's mind. How vivid this description of a sqnall! How the wind whistles through the lines! — As in a cloudy atme Through unseen sluices of the sir, A sudden and impetuous wind Strikes the great forest white with fear, And every branch. and bow and apray Points all ite quivering leaves one way And meadows of grass, and fields of grain, And the clouds sbove. and the slanting rain, And smoke from chimueya of the town, (p. 88.) Yicld themselves to it. and bow down. Nor ia_the following description of the Rhine less beantiful Below me in the valley, deep and groan ‘As goblets are, from which, in thirsty drughts. We drink its wine, the «wift and mantling river Flows on triumphant through these lovely regions, Ftched with the shadows of its sombre margent, ‘And soft, reflected clouds of gold and argent. (p. 38.) How true the key le furnishes to the unsatisfying nature of the pleasures of memory!— ‘Alas | owr memories may retrace Pach circumstance of time and placo— Seavon and scene come back again, And outward things unchanged remain, The rest we cannot reinstate Ourselves we carnot re-create; Nor set our eowia to the same kay 6 13.) the remembered barmony ' low sub- | Mr. Schauss, of 308 Broadwa: elaborate letter of the latter, addressed to the Cheva- lier d’Argaiz, on the 1st of September, 1841, the our sympathy without calling spirits , opinion is confidently maintained that the claim is | unfounded. The administration of President Polk took a different view of the matter. The justice of the claim was recognized in a letter from the Depart- ment of State to the Spanish Minister, of the 19th 1847, and in his annual message of the same year the President recommended its payment. ‘The present document details the negotiations that going on with regard to the sub- hese interesting public reports is the communication of the Secretary of State, en- ; closing the correspondence which gives full, true, and particular accounts of the encroachments of the Indians upon the territories of Mexico. The last, and not the least valuable, of public re- ports is Mr, David Dale Owen's ‘‘Geological Survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, and, incidental. of a portion of Nebraska Territory, made under ii structions from the United States’ Treasury Depart- | ment.’ which has been recently published at Phila- delphia, by Messrs. Lippincott, Grambo, & Co. Be- ing embellished with beautiful wood cuts, illustrative of different scenes, and containing geological, mine- ralogical, aad geographical observations on those comparatively new States, the work will be sure to command general Seen ey among those rsons who have read Sir Chas. Lyell’s geological reatise on the United States. In connection with this subject we would recommend for general adop- tion, the changing of Thale’s maxim, “ know thy- self,” into “ know thy country.” Sc DOs to public affairs, we have received a amphlet entitled ‘A Review of the Report of the ‘ommittee on Foreign Affuirs of the Senate of the United States relative to the Tehuantepec matters.” It is a critical examination of the labors of the com- mittee, and on many points launches out into the most biting sarcasms against the Mexican govern- ment, and urges upon the Senate of the United | States the necessity of giving the subject thé utmost attention. From these matters relating to present events, we turn tothe past—to the history of affairs that happen- ed “long, done ago,” but which, nevertheless, exercise yet a potent influence and give a tone to public opin- jon. Those events can always be studied with ad- vantage, and that they are studied is evident from the fact of 30 many histories being published. Amongst the many works of that class is the “ History of Democracy in the United States,” the third volume of which has been issued by Mr. Wentworth, of Bos- ton. A portrait of Jefferson, the father of American democracy, embellishes the title page. Among the scientific works which we have received, ; we must enumerate Regnault’s celebrated work, ‘The Elements of Chemistry,” published by Messrs. | Parrish, Dunning and Mears, of Philadelphia, and edited by Messrs. Booth and Faber. As chemistry is intimately connected with commerce, the publishers deserve great credit for introducing to the American public a treatise on that science which so nearly con- cerns them. Appleton’s ‘Mechanic's Magazine, and Engi- neers Journal,’ is a work of a somewhat different nature, but bearing upon matters equally as im- portant as the preceding. The articles in ‘the pre- sent number are particutarly interesting. * Putnam's Monthly ” for this month is character- istically excellent; and the ‘‘ Pen and Pencil,” pub- lished in Cincinnati, is filled with articles miscella- neous and interesting. Messrs. Garrett & Co., of Ann street, have re- printed Maxwell's capital novel, “Captain Blake,” which will, no doubt, from its intrinsic merits and the fame of its author, command a large sale. Messrs. Jewett & Co., of Boston, have published a collection of humorous bon mots, by Dr. Byrn, who, in this volume, has giyen better prescriptions for the cure of melancholy than he could baye compiled from the whole of the materia medica. Another member of the faculty has also presented to the public, under the auspices of Messrs. Stringer & Townsend, a collection of sketches, humorous and otherwise, entitled “ Scrapes and Escapes, or the Adventures of a Student.’ “ Michael Bonham, or’ the Fall of Bexar,” by a Southron, is a species of dramatic epic, relating’ to the deeds wrought by the Texan Rangers, and in parts displays considerable talent. We have received two legal reviews, which are re- plete with reports of important cases, and opinions on the points of law therein evolved. These reviews are respectively styled the “Western Law Journal” and the “ American Law Register.” The first is published at Cincinnati, and the other at Philadel- hia. : To Mr. Rode, the enterprising editor of the New York City Directory, the public are indebted for a Post Office Directory and Postal Guide, the want ef which has long been felt. Of the correctness of this directory Mr. Rode’s reputation is a sufficient guar- antee. But he apparently does not rely on that alone, for he has secured a most commendatory tes- timonial from Mr. Chauncey Smith, of the’ Post Office Department, Washington. As the importance and usefelness of the electric telegraph is daily, aye, hourly, acknowledged by the community in general, so everything connected with it is necessarily interesting. It is therefore our duty to direct the attention of our readers to a report, pub- lished by Messrs. Baker, Godwin & Co., of Nassau street, of the uf tl of Mr. Chase before the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of O'Reilly versus Morse. It is a complete history of the electric telegraph, and is consequently worthy of perusal. Messrs. Dunigan & Brothers, of Fulton street, have sent us another number of their splendid edition of the Bible, and a report of a lecture by the Rev. Dr. Manahan on the Catholic Church and naturalism. In the matter of fine arts, we have received from y a beautiful colored engraving of Murillo’s celebrated picture of the “Immaculate Conception of the Viral,” which be- longed to the late Marshal Soult. have also re- ceived a fine engraving of Landseer's picture,‘ The Lady and Spaniels. f r. Schauss’s catalogue of engravings will be found avery useful work to connoisseurs,and his “ Practical Drawing Book” will be no less valuable tothose of our youth who are desirous of practically studying art. Mesers. W. Taylor & Co., of this city, are the agents in this city of the ‘‘ Metropolitan,” 9 new ie ublished by John Murphy & Co., Baltimore. It is Nevoted to the Catholic religion, education, and litera- ture, and promises to be a valuable magazine. Destrective Fire in Brunswicx. Mr.—A letter received in Boston, dated Brunswick, Me., 18th, 3 o'clock A. M., says:—One half of the large brick block of buildings on the corner of Maine and Mason streets now lies in —, fe gdh Le Bai- ley’s grocery store, in the lower , and it is snp- poeed to te the act of an incendiary. Mr. Careyts jewelry shop, and Webb & Collins's dry goods ‘store were burned out, as was also Mr. A. W. Hinck- rt. Mr. Carey son's box mannfactory, in the upper a total loss, saved a part ef his stock. The rest The Cooperstown Freeman's Journal says:—“‘ An interesting fact was mentioned to us by the pastor of the Presbyterian church of this village. Of the nine deaths which last occurred in that congregation, the Mga acy was fifty-five, and the eldest ninety-three— e average of the uine was over seventy-seven, Speech of Mr. Howard on Mock Auct.ons. ‘There was an important omission in our telegraph.c | report of Mr. Howard's speech on mock auctions. We therefore give that part of that day's debate, as an act of justice to that gentleman:— Mr. Howaxp moved that the Committee on Com- merce and Navigation be instructed to moar forth- with to this body the bill introduced by him to ex- terminate mock auctioneers in the city of New York. | Mr. Howard said that the mock auctioneers of the city of New York, and their friends, had undertaken , to intimidate him, in relation to this bill, by threats, | if he d in advocat its , and they had threatened to whip him in the public streets of | New York—a proceeding that he did not believe they | could execute. He wanted them to understand that | when necessity required it he was a fighting man himself, and did not care for their threats, nor fear their attacks. He believed the chairman of the Committce on Commerce and Navigation, (Mr. D. B. Taylor.) had not the courage to report the bill. If £0, let the bill be sent to a select committee, and I will report it. Iam not afraid to do my duty, how- ever it may be with my colleague. Mr. D. 'B. Tayzox said that the committee had had the bill under consideration, and found it to be so awkwardly drawn that it could not be reported as | it stood. This matter should be sent to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Howaxp—I hope. Mr. Speaker, my colleague | will be compelled to report either for or against the | bill. He says the bill is awkwardly drawn. It was drawn by the District Attorney of ‘the city of New York, Mr. Blunt. {s there a'man in this house can | draw a more correct bill than Mr. Blunt? I do not | believe there is. Can you (addressing Mr. 'T.) draw a bill better than’he can? I intend to close every mock auction shop in New York, and ho) | the resolution may pass. And the resolution did pass. Obituar: Dearnt or Mr, Jaaes W. Baresi—The news of the death of Mr. James W. Pates fell, yesterday afternoon, says the St. Louis Hepubtican of the 12th instant, with painful sur- | prise on his numerous acquaintances, the more, perhaps, as the seriousness of his injuries, received in a recent ace cident, had been generally underrated, Mr. Batos expired at his rooms, in the Theatre building, yesterday afternoon at four o'clock. His premature end was the consequence of an accident last Sunday night. While with some friends, passing along Morgan street, he slipped und was precipitated a distance of several feet, with his face against the pavement, crushing the lower part of his | forehead and his nose to a frightful extent, besides re- ceiving bruises in other parts of the face and body. He was conveyed to his lodgings, and the proper medical at- | tendance provided. He evinced no symptoms, however, of a serious turn in his illness, until Tuesday forenoon) | when it was deemed advisable to telegraph to his father, | in Cincinnati, advising him of his condition. ‘The patient, | on Thursday night, rested well—an indication, as was supposed, of a favorable change; but from the time of waking on Friday morning, he rapidly and visibly declin- ed, the malady having assumed a new phase, which baf- tled every effort of his medical attendants. Mr. Bates was about thirty-five years of age. He was an only son, but as we learn, had six sisters, who are now residing in Ohio, their native State. His wife died some four years ago, Jeaving him a promising boy. at present with the family, in Cincinnati. The subject of our notice was a native of Zanesville, Ohio, but removed at an early period, with his parents, to Cincinnati. Having successively embraced and abandoned several kinds of business, he finally adopt- | ed that of manager of a theatre, about nine years ago, to which he continued to devote his attention, ‘assisting his father in Cincinnati and Leuisville. ssessed of kindly feelings, and his generous impulses are quoted to the honor of his memory, by the numerous friends who have been so suddenly called on to mourn his death. Mirs Cosstaxmiva CLarwe died in this city, on the 19th inst., a years. She was one of the two daughters whom the veteran John Clarke, long a deserved favorite at the Park theatre, left at his sudden demise to the sup- port of a partial and indulgent public. This young lady early evinced the possession of great, talent, which was fostered by thoxe having the care of her professional cul- ture. She has, for months, been incapacitated from per- forming professional duty by the inroads made upon, her health by consumption, which has at last realized the apprehensions that have long filled the minds of her friends that she would never more regain her strength. She was.a young lady of excellent character and culti- vated mind, and her loss will be severely felt by many deeply attached and affectionate friends. Gro. E. Lioyp died, on the 18th ult., at Kirkersville, Licking county, Ohio, in the 96th year of his age. He was a soldier of the revolution, and fought gallantly for the cause of liberty and independence at the battles of Brandywine, Yorktown, and several other engagements. A Desckypant oF Joun Rocers tz Marryr.—Died in Royalsten, the 3d instant, Mrs. Eunice, wife of Benoni Peck, Esq., aged 65. Mrs. Peck, says the Fitehbu Reveille, was daughter of Mr. Eliphalet Rogers, late of Royalston, and son of Mr. Benjamin Rogers, who was son of Rey. John , pastor of the first chureh in Ipswich, and President of Harvard College, who died July 2, 1684.’ This gentleman was the eldest son of Reverend Nathaniel Rogers who came from England in 1636, and sottled at Ipswich as colleaguo pastor with Rev. Natha- niel Ward, and died July 2, 1655, aged 57. Nathaniel Rogers was a son of Rev. John Rogers, of Dedham, Eng- Innd, who died October 18, 1639, aged 67, and John was grandson of the Rev. John Rogers, the martyr, who was urnt at Smithfield, February 5, 1555, nearly three cen- turies ago. Joux J. Fisnr, Exq.. died last week at the Retreat for the Insane, at Hartford, Conn. Mr. Fiske was formerly con- nected with the Eagle Bank of Boston, as its cashier; and, on the establishment of the American Exchange Bank of New York, accepted the offer which was made to him to remove to this city, and take charge of its management. He afterwards e the President of the Bank of North America, in this city, and while acting in that capacity, some two years since. his mind gave way, and he was re- moved to ihe Insane Retreat in Hartford, where he ended his earthly career. Mrs. CaTHARine MAnrz, relict of Major Peter Mants, says the Frederick Examiner, one of the worthies of the Revo- lutionary war, died on the 5th inst., in the 93d year of her age. She was born on the 16th day of October, 1760, under the reign of George II, King of Engiand, and has lived a witness to the whole history of the United States, from the Declaration of Independence to the fruition of the Union of the thirty-one sovereign States. The de- ceased was the representative of five generations, being a t great grandmother; and had a danghter, whose ughter’s daughter bad a daughter—all living. Mrs. Tarray, the wife of the late venerable schoolmas- ter of that name, died in Gloucester on the 11th instant, aged 77, having survived her husband but a few days. Capt. B. F, Hantry died in Philadelphia, on’ the 11th inst.. in the 38th year of his age. Capt. Harley was an officer of the Eleventh Infantry, and was brevetted for his good conduct in the battles of the valley, particularly the actions of Churubusco and Molina del Rey. For the last four years of his life he resided at San Francisco, Califor- nia, where he was well known and esteemed, and from which place he returned about four weeks since, with broken constitution and impaired health Major Wm. Wruus, a hero of the Revolutionary war died at Uvion, Monroe county, Va.,on the 28th ult., in his 90th year. A brief biographical’ notice of his death, in the Farmers’ Priend, states that he beheld the first | flow of American blood, and the sacrifice of the first mar- | tyre to our liberties, at Lexington, in 1775. He was after- ward at Concord and Bunker Hill, where he fought brave- ly. He subsequently became the commander of a priva- ter, in which position he had an eventful time. Among | the ‘incidents of his command was a mutiny, which he suppressed after a fearful struggle, in which le was en- gaged hand to hand with the leader of the mutincera, a man of great personal strength. After the war he was elected a representative of the Massachusetts Legislature, and successively held the post of Consul to Barcelona, un: der Washington, and Conanl to Venice, under Adams. Later in life he resided in Charleston, where he met with reverses in commercial pursuits, and was induced by a warm personal friend to retire with him to the mountains of Virginia, and had from that. time resided in the imme- diate vicinity of Union, where he had been the object of general attention and veneration. He married a Spanish lady while Consul at Barcelona, by whom he had one son, who is a mercbant in New Orleans. Mr. Charles Wiley, of Nottingham, N. H., died on the 20d ult.,at the age of one hundred and seven years, within a couple of months. He was consequently born the 26th of March, 1745. He was a soldier in the revolu- tionary war, and has been a pensioner. A son of his still liven, between seventy and eighty years of age, who is a pensioner for services in the war of 1812. ' Captain B. F. Harley died last weck in Philadelphia. He served with gallantry and distinction in the war with Mexico, as a eutenant in the Ith regiment of United Statex Infantry. He was prevent at the battles in the val- ley of Mexico, and particularly distinguished himself at Molino del Key, the most desperate battle of the cham- paign, and was brevetted a captain for his conduct on that and other occasions. Of late years he has resided at San Francisco, from whence he’ returned a few weeks since. Colonel Samuel Starkweather, a well known member of the bar, died at the residence of his son-in-law, Judge Campbell, in this city, on the 15th inst. Deceased at one time practised law at Cooperstown, Otsego county, in this State, where, we believe, he amassed considerable pro- perty. Some years since he removed to this city, of which he was a resident up to the time of his decease. Mr. Thomas D. Pitsman, at one time connected with the editorial management of the Brooklyn Daily Adver- tier, died at his residence, 146 Fulton street, on the 13th inst. He was a well-known citizen of Brooklyn. Reuben Bunn, an old resident of this city, and a well- known politician of the democratic school, died in this city, at his residence in Fifty-first street, on the 14th inst., in the fifty-sixth year of his age. He wosa member of the Tammany Society. In the war of 1812 he was taken a prisoner by the British, and conveyed to Dartmouth, where he was detained for a period of twenty-eight months. Robert Lawton, Eaq., died at Newport, R.I., on the 12th inst, Mr, Lawton, at the time of his death, was the only survivor of the representatives from Newport in the General Ausembly for 1799. His death was caused by a seratch on the hand from the paw of a puppy with which he was playing. His arm began to swell, and in twenty- four hours he éied. Major Benjamin Hart died at Columbia, 8. C., on tho rith Inst. , aged elghty-seven years. John Freret died in New Orleans on the 7th inst., aged fifty years. We learn from the Westchester Herald, that Jeremiah Keeler, a revolutionary soldier, died at his residence in the town of Lewisboro’, on the 9th inst., at the age of 15 years. Mr Keeler was an orderly sergeant in the Ameri can army, during the revolutionary war. He was present at the battle of Yorktown, and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis. Died, on the 26th January, at his rosidence in Pow. hatan county, Va., Captain Richard Booker, in the 64th year of his age. The subject ef the above melanzholy notice, in early life, was a practitioner of law in the town of Manchester, Va. In the war of 1812 he served with credit and distinction upon the Canada line, 49 the com. mending officer of s company raised in Manchester. | country he left for the United States in early ' England, died in London, on the Sth ult., aged seventy- | 1828 he married a foreign lady,'a native of Port Mahon, his commander was his being in positions of rs | Neweort—Arr Jan 30, Denmark, Drennan, Londos, te sponsible command, requiring cil tae tions Joad for NOrleans. Sid 2lnt, Frances, Kilis, NOrlesas. good oficer, sla 2 the or the | Oc Feb 2, Columbian, Burke,'st Thomas, 3d) Aatracam Mr. Ricuarp A1.en died at Augusta, Ga., on the 8th instant, aged 67 years. He wasa native of Ka My which fe ; sided ‘Or a time in the city of New York. Be ee Lioutenant General Sir L. died on the 234 ult. at Madryn Park, Carnarvonshire, He entered the army ia 1794:'served in the last American war; commanded a frontier brigade in Upper Canada; and was wounded, and had » horse shot under, him at the battle of Lundy's Lane. Mrs. Watson Taylor, one of the wealthiest heiresses in one years. Lieutenant Heywood, U. 8. N., whose death from yel- low fever, on board ct the United States steam frigate faranac, was announced the other day,was a native of Bel- fast, Me. His services in the Mexican war were substan- tial and brilliant. His gallant defence of San Jose will be | remembered by all. Lieut. H. entered the service as a midshipman Noy. 1, 1826; received his warrant asa paseed midshipman April 28, 1832; and was cominissioned | asa lieutenant March 8, 1857, and stood, at the time ot | his death, the sixty-seventh in seniority on that list, | and bad heen over twenty-six years in the service. In | i Island of Minorca, who, with a young and interesting fa mily, survive to mourn his loas. ‘The Farl of Oxford and Mortimer died at his seat, Ey- wood, near Kingston, Eng., on the 19th of January. deceased nobleman was born on the 10th January, | succeeded his father, as sixth earl, in January, 1848: | married, on the 17th January, 1831, Miss Eliza Nugent, | thedanghter of Lord Westmeath, by whom he leaves no | issue. This ancient and highly honored title, therefore, becomes extinct. Lieut. Colonel Sir Harry Darel, Bart., died at Cagliari, fardinia, aged 89 years. “Yhis gallant ofiicer served with much distinetic nin China and at the Cape. Farl Beauchamp, , peer of the British Parliament, died in London, Jan. 22. He has left no issue, and is oucceeded | in his title and estates by Gen. Lygon, Lady Augusta Baring died at Vevey, in Switzerland, on the Sth ult. She was sixth daughter of Robert, late Karl of Cardigan, and sister of the present Earl, as well as of the late Countess Howe, and the present Countesses of Chichester and Lucan. She was born 26th January, 1808, and iarried, 3let June, 1527, Henry Bingham Baring, Fxq., M. P. Hon. William Porter, late Prosecuting Attorney for the Western district of Massachusetts, died at his residence in Lee, on the 11th inst., aftera painful and lingering ill- ness of erysipelas. Mr. Porter was a leading member of the Berkshire bar, and a mun whose uprightness of char- acter and many amiable qualities endeared him toa largo circle of acquaintance. He was ason of Dr. Wm. Por- ter, of Hadley, deceased. On the 16th instant, an Irisbman of intemperate habits, named Michael Coffee, while ina state of in- toxication, entered a manufactory of morocco in Charlestown, and took a bottle and swallowed a large draught of its contents. It was soon ascer- tained that the bottle contained rank poison, com- pored of acids used in the factory. He lingered about twenty-four hours, when he expired. RO MARITIME INTELLIGENCE. Movements of Ocean Steamers. jew Yor Hav. & Mobile..Feb 26 & N.0....Feb 28 . Th. & Berm..Mar 7 ‘Australia...abt May 15 ALMANAC FOR NEW YORK--TaIs DAY. Port of New York, February 20, 1353. ARRIVED. ~ Ship Isaac Wright (pkt), Abcel, Liverpool, 30 days, to C HyMarshall & Co. Brig Cobden (of Plymouth), Whiting, Matanzas, 14 days, to Kirkland & Von Sach.’ ‘The Chas had very heavy weather. lost and split sails, &c. Brig Antoinette (of Millbridge), Brown, Charleston, 5 days, to order. {fed &S Lamson, Wallace, Saltillo River, 12 days, to S Rockenbaugh. Schr King Philip (of Kingston), Gil, St Thomas, 18 days. ‘chr Ceresco (of Ellsworth), Lord, Jeremie, 24 days. Schr Lamartine, Tyler, Wilmington, 6 days. Schr Pocahontas, Bulkley, Charleston, 5 days. Schr Joseph Porter, Engfish, Richmond, ¢ days. Schr Jane E Doughty, lurphy, Richmond, 7 days. Schr Plymouth ; Lacey, Boston, 4 days. Schr John Snow, Snowball, Sachias, via Sag Harbor, 20 days. Schr Monitor, Bessy, Wareham, 8 days. Self avid Babson, Babson, Rockport, 3 days. Schr Superior, Grover, Rockland, 5 day Schr Only Son, Barrett, Rockland, 5 da Sehr Ann Denman, Wood, Rockland, 6 Schr Ivanhoe, Wright, Rockland, 6 da Schr Dart, Johnson, Stamford, Conn, SAILED. Ships Archer (clipper, new), Brusley, San Vrancisco; Zurich, Havre; Western World (not yesterday), Liverpool: brig Sutton, Neuvitas; and others. esterday, steamship Atlantic, West, for Liverpool. for Mushing. lay. The Br ship Roseius, reported. below 16th inst, from Gadiz, bas not arrived.’ It was probably mistake (or the Br ship Rossoe, arr 17th, from Manila. Wind during the day ftom NW. [Per Sreamsiny AMERICA, AT etal AxtweRP—In port Feb 1, Elizabeth, Moddrell, for Bos- ton. Sid from Flushing Roads Ist inst, Maria, Thaysen, Bosten. Br.rast—Arr Feb 2, Caroline, Annerson, Philadelphia. Sld Slst, Sarah, Tierman, NOrleans. Borpeaux—Arr Jan 20, Nautilus, Steffen, Nt Sld 81st (before reported 28th), Cuba, Sawyer, » Ast inst, Yamuri, Rea, NOrleans. Ady Brothers and Raven, for NYork; merce, for Philadelphia; Marion, Elgir, NOrleans. Bristor—fld fm the Pill 2d, Alpba, Parnell, NYork. Capv—Sld Jan 23 North Carolina, Flitner, Alicante; ans. York; largaret and Com- and Czerig, for apth, Ocean Star, Lord, Bosion; Victor, Whiting, New York. Carcvrms—Arr Dee 18, Adelaide, Stevens, Amoy. Caxpirr—Sid Feb 1, Goodwin, Weeks, NOrleaus: Bride, Dart, NYork; 3d, Hope, Fitrgeraid, do; Atalanta, Robert: son, Boston. Dkat—Arr Feb 3, American Congress, Williams, NYork for London; Northumberland, Lord, do for do; Maria, Thaysen, Alttwerp, (and prpeceded {6 Boston.) Arr inthe Downs Feb 2, Edward Cohen, Ripley, Shields, (and sld 3d for Boston Grascow= Arr Feb Shandon, Greig, Savannah Grxoa— 2, Avon, Webb, New Orleans via Marscilles; 26th, Fama, Persano, N York. Gr r—Arr Jan 20, Serampore, Reed, Marseilles (and cid for Boston); 21st, Smyrna, Sprague, Malta (and eld for Boston) Hampden, Pomroy, Palermo (and ld rohae 24th, Sara, Luchich, Messina eld 25th for New York) ; 25th, Sarah Boyd, Merrill, ‘Irieste k): ‘and eld for New Vord): Reicat ‘rain, Wooster, Smyrna ‘and cld for New York). Cld 20th, Norfolk, Rogers, ston. Grayrsexp—Sld Feb 3, Charlotte, Labadie, San Fran- cisco. Grivvock—Arr Feb 1, Amelia, Cann, Boston. Sid 24, Dublin, skolfield, Mobi In the Clyde, ldg, St George, for Boston; Dirigo, Sarah, and Ohio, for NYork; Carnatic and May Flower, for NOr- leans. Havnr—Adv Feb 3, Isaac Rell, Muscongns, and St Den- is, for NYork; ne HGliddon, Emperor, and Heidelberg, for NOrleans. # Hri—aArr Feb 3, Ernestine, Maller, NYork. Tisrox—Sld Jan 21, Hollander, Brown, Kio Janeiro; 20th, Pollox, McIntyre, (irom Liverpool,) NOrleans. Laverroot—Arr Jan 30, White Cloud, Craig, Alexandria, Va; 8lst, Chase, White, Charleston; ist, Lydia, Harvey, do; 2d, Fairfield, Loveland, and Cornelia, Davis, NOrleans; Conqueror, Boutelle, Mol Win Rathbone, Pratt, and Kalamazoo, Taylor, Sa) ; Forest State, Pollister, Charleston: Universe, Bird, NYork |, Southerner, Sulli- van, and Anna Graham, NOrleens; New World, Knight, NYork: 4th, Abby Blanchard, Harding, Apalachi- cola; Cornelia, French, Savannah; Wales, Lambert; Asto- ria, Jenkins, and Saxon, Crosby, NOrleans; Leonidas, Wil- son, and Shanghae, Gray, Charleston; Vanguard, Norton, NOrleans, leaky, In the river, 5th, outward bound, Milan, Cotter, for NYork. Sid 28th, Wilson (not Nelson), Purdey, Apalachicola, (see below): 2d, Orient, French; Mayflower, Crocker, and er, Charleston; 4th, Mary Hale, Rollins, ropean, Turner, NOrleans; 5th, Avondale, , Day, 'NOrleans: Milan, NYork. Cid 2d, Shenandoah, Taylor, Philadelphia ; 3d, AZ, Chand- ier, NYork. Futered for lg 20th, Christiana, Muir, for Savannah; B1st, Kate Hunter, Bush, NYor'c; Avondale, Bradshaw, Boston; Ist, George Washington, Comings, and Manhat- tan, Peabody, NYork; 2d, Cheshire, Rich, Boston; Ox- borne, Nowell, NOrleans; North Atlantic, Cook, Mek bourno, (destination changed from NOrleans); 3d, Agnes, Schelling, NYork; Switzorland, Carter, Philadelphia. Aly Cambria (3), for Boston, 10th, Sunbeam, €oulo, do, 5th; Anna Rich, Burwell, do, 20th; Medallion, MeClintaek, do, 7th; Cheshire, Rich, do, with despatch; Clarissa, Cur- Hier, Knapp, do, Toth; Paciio (4), Nye, for NYork, Oth; Arabia (+), Judkins, do 12th; Constellation, Allen, do do; Manhattan, Peabody, do 16th; Henry Clay, Caulkins, do 20th; Queen of the West, Hallett, do 7th; Mountaineer, Robinson, do 8th; Kate Hunter, Bush, do, with despatch; Skeridan, Porter, Jo 11th; Australia, Edwards, do 10th; Geo Washington, Comings, do, with despatch; Eva, Phil: brook, do Sth; Vandalia, Smith, do 5th; Tuscarora, Tur- ley, for Philadelphia 12th; Switzerland, Carter, do'20th; WY Kent, Flitner, do 7th, Annapolis, Graham, for Balti more 20th; Wabash, Barnes, do 9th; Albert Gallatin, Storer, do 10th; Geo A Hopley, Pierce, for Charleston 8th; Samuel Lawrence, Patten, for NOrieans 7th; Rufus Page, Strickland, do, with ‘despatch; Osborne, Nowell do 12th! Hvira Owen, Owen, do 12th; Horizon, Thompson, do T4th; International, Brown, do, 2st; Chas Cooper €utte, do 16th; North Atlantic, Gook, for Melbourna, March 5. Loxpox—Entered inwards 4th, Moulton, Stewart, ‘vera NYork. Cid 34, Nightingale, Fisk, Shanghae. In port 4th, John Bertram, Lenduolm, for Bost-.», une; RB Porter, Kuling, for do, dq: Devonshire, lord, for NYork, do; 'Rialto, Brooks, avd Invincible, J ghnson, for do do; Relipse, and Oder, ‘lo. Marseiiizs—Arr Jaa 23, Medora, Brown , Darien; 29th, Catherine, Crerar, Boston’ Arethuse, olway, Sierra Leone, Sid 80th, ‘Axel, Hallengron, N'zork. Adv Pro: gresso, for N York; freno, for San Fr-sneiaco. Mussiva—Art Jan 14, Ann & gfary, Dawes, Genoa; From General Wilkinson he received tha highest tosti- monials of regard, An evidence of this eonidence from 20th, Elizabeth, Young, NYork, 16th, Costarelli, Dickey, Boston, £mitdt, Mebile; Princess, Lovett, NYork. ‘Orv boveR—Feb 1, Indian, from Hull for NOrleans, Overro—Sld Jan 24, Catharine, Upham, N York. PausRx0-—Arr Jan 19, Edna, Bibbins, Gibraltar; 2lat, Mary, Whelden, Leghorn. Poxrswovts—Arr Feb 1, Prince Allert, Meyer, Londoa, (and sld 2¢ for NYork.) Rocurtur—Arr Jan 29, Ferdinand, Audubon, Nantes, toload for N¥ork. Sld'26th, Molus. Larsen; Theratato- cles, Garcon, and Abeille, Lequevel, NYork. Rovax—Sid Jan 2, Camilla, Otto, Philadelphia. Savcor—Sld Dec 7, Shand, Christie, Boston; 20th, Mar- cellus, Spooner, do. Smxtps—Arr Feb 3, Moslew, French, London. Sid 1st, Europe, NYouk; 24, Corintiiian, Davidson, do.; Suna, do. Suynwa—Arr’ Jan 15, Phoenix, Cole, Marseilles. Tannadoxa—Are Dec 22, Rolomon Keaton, Small, Now ‘ork. , Louie’ Otto Warbelen, Hans, Thste—Arr Jan 27. New Orleans, Liverroor, Febi2—The ship Fairfielit, Loveland arrivetl here yesterday from N Orleans, encountered a gale Jaw 19, and since then has made an inerexsed quantijy of wa- ter 28th, lat48 N, lon 37 W, was struck by a Beavy sea, which carried away the croshjnck yard, &é., and flooded the deck and fore cabin. On tho dist, with strong breezes from the northward, split all the tepgallant sails. ‘The Leonidas, Wilson, frota Charleston, and the Wales, Lambert, from NOrleans, were in contact yesterday off ithe Ormeshead; the former lost foremast, and the ray bowsprit: 4th—The Wilson, for Apalachicola, bas put back Jeaky. ‘The Abby Blanchard, from Apelachicola, passed dere liet vessel on the 12th Janvary, in lat 86, lon 34, The Marys, from Liverpool at Caldera, on the fth Oct, 12 miles north of the Equator, in lon 19 W, experienced a murine cenvulsion, accompanied with a rambling noige. 15th Oct, lat 28, lon 21 W, passed the remains of a ship on fire, and soon after some of her spars and sails. She was burned to the copper, anda more shell. There was @ little machinery in her, and some angular pieces of stome ballast. She a) to be from 200 to 400 tons, had ions, and an iron tank near where the foremast had stood. A small cookhouse, painted cream color, was passed 15th January, Jat 87 N, lon 60 W. and several ports, d pieces of bulwarks, nests of American water pails, paint- ed green and blue, &e., were passed 17th. January, lat 89 N, lon 52 W, by the Southerner, arrived here. The Pacific (s), arrived from NYork, left 22d Janu- ary, and encountered rough weather during the passage. Arrived at the Bell Buoy at 6 o'clock last evening, and Ae detained there in consequence of thick weather IL ours. Prymovutn, Jan 20—The California, Clark, from Ham- burg for NYork, which put in here leaky, has come into the pool to repair: RAMSGATE, 4—The ship Masonic, Hall, from Shields for NYork, is coming in leaky, to discharge, having beem on shore. Telegraphic Marine Reports. Bostos, Feb 20. Arrived—Ship Strabo, from Manila, Oct 7. passed jier Nov 7; brigs Candace, Baltimore: Mail, Philadelphi JL Whipple, Cardenas. At Cardiff, Feb 5, ship William A Cooper, to sail for N York in 10 days. Herald Marine Correspondence. PHILADELPULA, Feb 20—4 PM. Arrived—Brig Arabella Tarbet, Kerney, Pernambuco 3@ days; schrs Mary Patterson, Bateman, and James Berratt, Cobb, NYork. Cleared—Steamship City of Boston, Clifford, Boston; barks Petrel, Norton, Rio Janeiro; Robert Morris, Downs, Matanzas; Echo, Howes, Boston; brigs J A Laneast Gifford, Kingston, Ja; Moselle, Hancock, Cardenas; Whea\ on, Wooser, NYork: schra Cicero, Adams, Providem Mary Patterson, Bateman, Boston; Shenandouh, Ingersoll, NYork. Miscellaneous. . Scur AprLame—The fire on board this vessel, at New- port, was extinguished. She was stripped of sails, run- ning rigging, spars, &c, by order of the town authorities. Notice to Mariners. TO THE EDITOR @ THE NEW YORK HERALD. Will you kindly inser r the benefit of those connected with China trade, the following extract from my private journal, dated January 13, 1862 :— ‘* At 8 A.M., passed close to a very dangerous coral reef, even with the water's edge—having near its centre a rock above water five or six foet, and not more than thirty or for feet long. The shoal is one mile in extent, ina SSW and NNE direction, and bears from the SW of Great Loo Choo about WSW, distant, six or eight miles. The above shoal is not laid down in Horsburgh’s chart, corrected by the surveys of Captain Collinson, RN, who examined the northeastorn const of China, in 1843, the latest survey extant. PA formerly master of ship Heber. For the interest of American and other ship owners, wha- lers and all other vessels, it cannot be too generally made known that the Falkland Islands, off the coast of South: America, now afford an excellent station, with many good and safe harbors, at which vessels of every class may find suppli¢s. Ships proceeding to or from the Fast Indies, China, or from the Pacific coast and Polynesia, round the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn, will find at the Falklands the means, in ordinary cases of damage, of repairs, supplies of provisions. water, &c.; in short, all such stores as are required by merchant vessels. There are no cus tum house charges; whereas, at all the South American centinental ports, whether in Brazil or on the River Plate, the cha: are very high, delays and vexations frequent, labor and the articles required for exorbitant. But the most serious objections to Brazilian porte is the lence of is it yellow fowor, particularly dan- gergus i= the hips compaties on board vessels. fa the rors. From these reasons, as well as from the conveniences and facilities afforded by the authorities, and by the m settlements at these islands, the number of vessels ,touch- ing there has very much increased, and will, no ‘doubt, continue to increase in every succeeding year. A letter from Genoa, dated Jan 24, says: Now quaran- tine rules haye been proclaiined here, based upon the convention recently agreed upon by the Sanitary Con- 8 of representatives at Paris from the several powers Evins ports on the Meditecrsnean, ‘The ol qaarwn: tine laws are ameliorated, thongh the tonnage tax on ships (under the new sanitary system) is raised froma 4 cents to 16 cents per ton. Custom Horse, New Beprorp, Collector's Office, Feb. 13, 1853. ‘The Floating Light stationed at the Sow ami Pigs part ed her moorings yesterday at noon, and put into Tar- paulin Cove. She will resume her station a4 soon as the necessary repairs can be made. WM. RUSSELL, Collector and Superintendent. ‘Whalemen. A letter from Mr Barrett, Ist officer of ship Ohio, Norton, of N Bedford, reports her at Honolulu no date, witl 0 bbls wh, 160 do sp—expected to be at home im June 5 from Captain Smith, of bark Cleora, of NBed- } A lett ford, reports her off Cape Good Hope, Nov 28, with 30 bbls’ oil on board, all well. of Westport, reports A letter from bark Solon, Smi her at Barbadoes Jan 23, cican. Spoke, no date, Sc, ship Saratoga, Harding, NBedford, clean, all well. Foreign Ports. Jerexoe—In port Jan 27, brigs Gustayus, for Boston, ldg; ‘Salyina,”’ frem do, disg. Tiaurax—Arr Feb 13," sehe Medway, Day, NYork, Cl 16th, schr Ssrah, Griffin, NYork. Moy1rco Bay, (Jam)—Sld Jan 51, brig Oleron, Pendle- ton, , (and put back next day on account of head wind. Baraat rh port Jan 24, ship Pheonix, Cole, from Mar- seilles, arr 15th, to load for Boston; bark Sultana, Watson, from Boston, arr 22d, days passage; brig Chatham, Hardy, from do, arr 234. Sr Tuowas—It port Feb 3, ship Sarah, Peel, from Bos: jon for Payta. leaky; brigs Susan, Boyce, wigs ‘Ist, bark Goy Von Oxholm, Davis, from Philadelphia for St Croix; brig America, condemned; schr Cohasset, Toby, frot Demarara, with loss of both mates. Sid Ist, brig Wan- derer, Mooers, Wilmington; 2d, bark Wm Chase, Dorritie, Porto Rico; sehr Gen Scott, Graham, do. Varpanraiso—Coing in Dec 34, ship Wm Penn, Folger, _ from NYork (Sept 4) for San Francisco, leaky. Home Ports. BALTIMORE—Arr Feb 18, brig Pilgrim, (Br), Kine; Turks Island, 10 days: schrs Pyemont, Kelly, Portland, HN Gambrill, Stokely, Savaanah. | Cid. brigs Calv Hudgins, Bahia and a market; Paul T Jones, Perei NYork; ‘ches Alfred F Howe, Eaton, Windies: Ras (Br), Lockart, St John, NB. BOSTON—Arr Feb 1!, steamship Amesioe (Beds Leitch, @ Liverpool, Feb 5, arr at her dock at 7:45AM; bark=* Charles William, Blasland, Savannah; steamer Admi Wood, St John, NB, via Eastport. poe Star, from Messina. Cld ships Champion (new packet), 1,023 91-95ths tons), Wm B Drew, Li ;, Roberé Harding, Harding, San Francisco; Polar Star, Pearson, NOrleans: RD Shepherd, Hamilton, do, barks Gleaner Flitner, do; Velocity, Taylor, Charleston: brig Mary] j Crowell, Philadelphia: schrs Wintemoyal, Marshall, Domingo City; Sican, ‘Thurston, Aux Cayes; Geneva, T 4. chols, Bucksville. $C; Waterville, Gill, James River;7 ja. na C, Kelley, Baltimore (2d clearance, destinat ion changed): G L Lovell, NYork; Henry, Line, do: Wale ott, Beers, do; steamer City of NYork, Matthews, Philudely ig? CHARLESTON—Atr Feb 16, ketch Brothers, La yett, Sagua la Grande. Cid brig Fenix (Sp), Ensenat, 7 jaroe? ona; schr G Luff, Johnson, NYork. NEW BEDFORD—Arr Feb 18, brig. Ormus, Boker phita- delphia. " NEW LONDON—Sid Feb 17, ech Geo, Harvis,' Somers, Wilmington, NC. aC Are Feb11, achr Joseph. James, yfitohett, Boston. 2 PORILAND—Arr Feb 18, brig Henry Leeds, * .ttlejohn, Cardenas, Signal for a brig. Cid bark Ranger | Fogg Ma tanmag: brig Emeline, Staples, do; selis Aw in, “Sibbe, New York. ; PROVIDENCE—Sla Feb 18. xchr Telormp’ hs, Harward, Bristol, to finish loading for Richmond, SALEM—Arr Feb 18, schr Alfrod, Hitmaw TNYork, sta schr Copia, Sears, NYork, SAVAQNAH—Ar? Feb’ 16, brigs @xew Tallman, New York ; Alfred Exall, Golder, do. OW, ship Gler (Br), ‘Houron, Liverpool; brig K. Me Charttom “Eee Cardenas, Cuba. INGTON, N C—Asr Feb 13, s¢hes Jonas Smii Furman; AJ De Rosset, Browster, ard Marine, Powel, New York; 16th, brig Sutcliff, Colm, Boston. id 15th? sclrs Dacotah, Mankin, and Adele, Applegate, New York’; Manuela, Ketton, Boston; 1th, Br brig Goldem Rule, Wats Lingvon, Bermuda. , pees. Norrork, PrveRSBURG, &C.—Steamship Roapoke-—-W Shoppard, K P Ryan, B Wardwell, Mrs H Bre: “a J ”. Holleway, H Sizer, J W Kellam, Mrs Kellam, Ti Norris, W Horton, A Norris and three T Piatt and Indy, C B Gwathney, H ¥ Burke, CH Bebta, WW 1 Ensign: TBidis, JBeckel, JL Glover,” J Bochkan’ W Lusler Nowland, RH Foure, HM Browm ‘Ar Dehome, Mias Serrell, Miss Mary O'Donnell, Miss A Vayabol, ( Fowler—- 22 in the «1 CHARLESTON- mship Marion—2f-, Morris, Miss S Morris and servant, T ‘Care: Devine, Mr Blake, Mrs Wilder and daughter, H verin, lady, daughter and servant, Miss Wilon Smith, EH Mats. ott, lady and two children, Miss 4 Mabbett, $ Baker, A H G Morris, Miss & and lady, JH ale, A Seeley, W Cary, lady, farce children and W Sanspard, BS Sanderson,'? Hayden, J Jackson and * family, T Plimptoa, |, Cunspr—99 in tho steerage