The New York Herald Newspaper, February 24, 1853, Page 4

é eee Rev. Mr. May, in the heat of excitement, devtared | Two NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR, @Frvice N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU 8TS. MERMS, cash in advance. YHE DAILY HERALD, 2 cents per copy—1 per annum. THE WEEKLY HERALD, every Saturday, at 644 cents | per copy, or $3 per annum ; the Edition, $4 per ‘annum to any part of Great Britain, and $5 to any part of fhe Continent, beth (0 include the postage. F ALL LEITERS by mail, for subscriptions, or with Adver- | Ksements, to be post-paid, or the postage will be deducied frow, the money remitted. ery: VOLUNLARY CORRESPONDENCE, containing im- portant news, solécited from any quarter of the world; if used, will Ye literally paid for. gar OUR Forman Cow cmpox- BENTS ARE py Ene LARLY RBQUESTKD TO SKAL 4U), Lyrrens ABD PACKAGES SENT US. Bee NO NOTICE of caonymous communicaiicns, We do et return those regectd. : JOB PRINTING executed with neatness, cheapness, and "‘ADVERTISEHENTS renewed every dry. = AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Lasr Days or Pomraa— MpowaANIC AND Quen, FROADWAY THEATRE, Beoadway—Orumtro—Wao ‘Sreaks Fraser. BURTON'S ‘THEATRE, Chambers street—St. Curm— Pans and Lonpon. NATION? THEATRE, Chatham street-—Six Decumes WALLSCK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Roap to Rews— Famer Coux, Finsr Ssrvep. AMEFICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon—DaxcisG Barser— ©xp Teovsaxp Mitusaes, Evening—Loxpon AssvRaxce. CHMISTY'S OPERA HOUSE, 472 Broadway—Ermioriax Meopms By Curisty’s Orera TROUPE. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood’s Musical Hall, 444 Broad- way—Emmoriy Mixsraeisy. CIRCUS, 37 Bowery—EQuesrRiaN ENTERTALYMENTS. GEORAMA, 580 Broadway—Banvakp's PaNomaMA OF mes Hoy Laxn. | "The colored people, in this State at least, are begin- that they were the real rescuers of Jerry, and as such, should be indicted in preference, to anybody else. In this every sane man will doubtless agree with them. While declaring Heed to be a martyr, they avoided to complete the story, by frankly ac- knowledgi'ag that it was through their instrumentali- ty—thryugh the chicanery of the pretended friends of tbe colored race—that Reed, like many other negroes before him, was placed in his present ‘position. Martyrs of this kind constitute the capital stock upon which the abolitionists trade— without them they would have no means of getting up excitements. Hence their boisterous rejoicings whenever they are lucky enough to get a poor, simple minded negro in trouble. Funds can almost always be raised to get one of these mock philanthropists out of difficulty; but when a free ne- gro is caught in a misdemeanor, wo betide him! ning to comprehend this system of double-dealing practised by their pretended white friends, and no doubt the acknowledgments ef Messrs. Smith and May will not be lost upon them, Reed is punished, while the real mischief makers, according to their own confession, go unpunished. Do not fail to read the proceedings of the convention. Rencontres are becoming quite fashionable in Washington. Our regular correspondent gives a sketch of a fight which took place at the Treasury Department yesterday. ‘The democrats of Connecticut yesterday assembled m State convention, and re-nominated the old State ticket, arthe , e2d hich is Governor T. H. Sey- maour. Hon. Nelson Barriere, member of the present Con- gress, was yesterday nominated for Governor of Ohio, by the Whig State Convention. Candidates for other State offices were also selected by the same body. "The New Jersey Legislature has rejected both the Anti-Liquor and Air Line Railroad bills. One about counterbalances the other. Although the employers of nearly three thousand workmen in Baltimore still refuse to give the in- HELLER’S S@TREE’S MYSTERIEUSES, 539 Groadway. RISLEY’S THAMES, at 406 Broadway- HOPE CHAPEL, Broadway.—GRanp Concert. METROPOLITAN HALL.—Granp Coxcsrr. —— New York, Thursday, February 24, 1853. —————— ‘The News; The Canard steamer Arabia arrived yesterday from Liverpool, with late and very important news. An insurrection had broken out at Milan, but had been suppressed by the Austrian troops. There are various conflicting accounts regarding the émeute, but all agree in the fact of the failure of the revolu- tionisis. The conspiracy seems to have been wide spread, and Mazzini and Kossuth have done every- thing to encourage the movement. The late Roman Triumvir issued a very spirited manifesto, and the Hangarian seconded his efforts in a proclamation to his countrymen in the Austrian army, exhorting them to desert their ranks and join in the outbreak. Looking calmly and dispassionately on the whole movement, we are decidedly of opinion that the proceedings have been ill-judged and rash. It was inopportune, and couid not possibly have succeed- ed, for the concentration of the troops of the despots along the Turkish and Italian border, since the outbreak of the Montenegrine war is a stumbling block to revolutions in Italy or Hungary. And now that the attempt has failed, the Italian people will be made to feel still more severely the pangs of slavery. From the other portions of the continent of Europe the news is unimportant. In Great Britain, the dullness which hung over politics has been re- lieved by the opening of Parliament, and Lord John Russell’s declaration regarding the intended mea- sures of government. Education is made a promi- nent subject, and reform is promised. The Chancel- Jorof the Exchequer reserves his et till after Easter. From India we learn that Pegu is to be for- mally annexed, and measures are to be taken to exe- ete that intention. The whole news is of a very in- teresting character, and willfbe found, in extenso, in another page. The Arabia’s news produced no change on our cot- ton market. It came to hand too late in the day for ita effect on breadstuffs to be developed. After its receipt, flour was held at sixto twelve cents per barrel higher; good corn and prime wheat were also held firmer,; without transactions of moment after the publication of the news. The steamship Niagara did not leave her moor- ings yesterday, in consequence of Capt. Judkins and the pilot of the Arabia reporting that the sea was breaking so heavily onthe bar that it was not safe to cross it. She will sail at daylight this morning. The intelligence brought from Havana by the steamship Black Warrior possesses many features of considerable interest. We have commented upon the news in another column. Politicians continue to flock into Washington in | nnumbers thet are countless, and the cry is “still they eome.”’ Should the tide continue much longer, there will hardly be standing, let alone sleeping, room for them in that city. We elsewhere give some inter- esting information concerning the movements of Gen. Pierce and the myriads of anxious expectants arouad him, the latest cabinet rumors, &c. creased wages asked for, the latter stand firm, and declare their determination not to go work till their demands are complied with. We publish communications from eur corres- pondent at Laguna de Terminos, dated on the 29th and 30th of January, brought by the bark Thales, arrived yesterday, which convey a very amusing pic- ture of the games of the revolutionists and counter- revolutionists in Mexico. However, it would seem that now some sort of order is about to rise out of the chaos of contending factions. Cevallos, the temporary President, has followed his predecessor, Arista, and virtually confessed his inability to con- tend with the hostile elements reigning in the country, by resigning, and making his congé to the people. Our Havana correspondent notices the fact of another delegation proceeding to Santa Anna, and the strong probability is that the old Dictator will again assume the reins of government, until the whole comedy of errorsis played out, and the na- tural denowement takes place. We have received a file of papers from Nassau, N.P., extending down to the 5th inst.; but the only item of interest that we can find regarding that colony is, that Dr. Clutsam, the medical surveyor, had returned from Eleuthera, and reported that there had been three hundred and seven cases of cholera in that district, and forty-seven deaths. A vessel had arrived with late dates from Port au Platte and Turks Islands, from which we learn that the former place was in a healthy condition, and that the Legis- lature of Turks Islands was to have again assembled on the Sth inst. Twenty-six members of the Common Council ap- peared before the Superior Court yesterday, and en- tered into their own recognizances, in the sum of $500 each, to appear on Saturday morning to re- ceive sentence for violating an injunction order, issued to restrain them from granting a line of railroad in Broadway. Attachments were, at the ame time, issued against six other members of the Boards; and the whole of the City Fathers will be dis- posed of together on Saturday. Sir Lucius O’Trig- ger consoled Bob Acres with the assurance that, in the event of his being shot, “there was snug lying n the Abbey.” Cheer up, Aldermen. There are comfortable quarters, but no tea room, in Eldridge street. Ex-Chief Justice Jones occupied the entire of yes- terday in arguing the Broadway Railway injunction case before the Supreme Court, a full report of which, in consequence of the arrival of European and othernews, we are compelled to delay until to-morrow: Coroner Hilton held a very lengthened investiga- tion, at the City Hospital, yesterday afternoon, into the circumstances connected with the death of Mary O'Neil. The deceased was dreadfully burned, at her | house, No. 384 Oak street, last Monday evening,and it was imagined that her husband, Peter O'Neil, had set fire to her dress, with the malicious intent of taking her life. He was held in custody. It ap- peared, from the testimony, that the deceased was of very intemperate habits, and had been drinking upon the day in question, when she fell against the stove, which was capsized, and the burning coals | scattered upon her clothes. The jury found a ver- | dict of accidental burning, when Mr. O’Neil was im- | mediately discharged. The unfortunate woman was about thirty years of age, and a native of Ireland. Gen. Pierce's acceptance of the office of President was yesterday announced in both branches of Con- gress, by the members of the joint committee ap- pointed to wait upon him. The brief and appropri- | ate speech of the President elect will be found in the report of the House proceedings. Consul Sharkey, at Havana, or any United States Judge, was after- wards empowered by the Senate to deliver the oath of office to the Hon. W. R. King, the Vice President elect, on or after the 4th of March. After granting two or three pensions, one of them for the widow of the brave Col. Dade, the Senate took up and spent nearly the whole day on the Army Ap- propriation bill. Mr. Gwin’s amendment for an ap- propriation of $200,000 for an exploration and survey for a railroad to the Pacific, was ruled out of order ; and another, authorizing the President to accept the services of the troops raised by Florida to expel the Seminole Indians, was rejected. The proposition to repeal so much of the act of 1542 as places the super- intendence of armories under military officers, was approved, as was also an amendment appropriating $1,134,000 for the fortification of various places—in- cluding $500,000 for San Francisco. The House spent the morning hour upon the Re ciprocity bill, but it was a mere waste of time, for it is too late in the day for the Senate to act upon it, even should it pass the House, of which there is hardly a probability. The debate, however, gives us a pretty good idea of the feeling in different quarters upon the subject. During the afternoon various amendments were made to the Indian Ap propriation bill. After their sumptuous entertainment at the Wash- ington birthday dinner at Troy, the members of the New York Legislature yesterday assembled, with the probable determination of doing nothing for the benefit of their constituents, and succeeded in ac- complishing their object. If you wish to enjoy a rich repast, read the report ef the proceedings in what is termed the Free Demo- cratic State Convention, held at Syracuse yesterday which appears to have been a general gathering of the chief disciples of all the ites, isms, and ists, includ- ing Maineacs, with which the country abound: ~Fred. Douglass, Rev. Antoinette Brown, Gerrit Smith, and other leading functionaries of the con glemeration of extraordinary fraternities, were in ec- atac.les, and passed resolutions characterising slavery as pizacy, land reform ed for, liquor dealing with regard to sex or ¢ to them. Those covcerned Enoch Reed, one of the Jen Jooked upon with the mos¢ jne free democrats express their regret that accused parties did not m2ufully plead ie be charges pyaust We, Ceol Sula aug # a thing devoutiy to be wish abominable, and distincti as thing: Aman, named Charles McFeeny, died yesterday | evening in the City Hospital, from a dreadful injury | which he received at the iron foundry of Mr. Ry- der, situate in Fifty-ninth street and Eleventh ave- nue. It appears that a large quantity of melting metal fell upon him, when the mass was hot from the furnace, and scalded him from head to footin a most shocking manner. The scalp of the head, and skin of almost the entire body, were totally destroyed by the fiery liquid. Anne Donnelly died in the City Hospital, yester- day, from the effect of a compound fracture of her leg, which she sustained, as she stated, in an en- deayor to protect herself from the attack of two men who attempted to violate her person, in Reade street, on the night of the 6th instant. The deceased said hat in the struggle a quantity of lumber fell upon her and broke her leg, when the men ran away. The injured limb was amputated previous to her death. Tur Catoric sup Ertosson.—The trip of the Ericsson. from New York to Washington. has furnished additional evidence of the success of Captain Ericsson’s invention—a success which seems to meet the most sanguine expec- tations of those having an interest in her. She left the Hook at 94 o’clock on Wednesday eT A ‘Weeks from California—The Ramsey | ever, 50, prodigiously increasing the power of m94, that undertakings which seemed visionary Route—Inter-Occanlo Projects. Nearly a century has elapsed since William Paterson, a Scottish merchant of great energy and considerable wealth, planned the gigantic scheme of connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans by means of a city, which should extend from the eastern to the vyestern shore of the Isthmus of Darien. Se@,aced by the earnestness and talent of the ycang adventurer, British capitalists were indced to take stock in the project, and a g/sodly company of volunteers sailed from Scc,tland, to lay the foundations of the ‘City of Darien.” We need not remind our readers how disease thinned, internal dissen- sions weakened, and famine crushed the emi- ‘grants; or recall to their memory the painful image of the baffled projector—broken in spirit, widowed, and bowed by bodily suffering—as he returned home, one of the few survivors of the expedition. In alluding to a story, which is now as familiar to the novel reader as to the student of history, we have rather desired to draw attention to the site and nature of Pater- son’s schemes. than to the melancholy fate of their author—to illustrate by a rapid glance at the world have made, since Great Britain was paradise. No less than seven lines of communication have been traced across the strip of land which connects the northern and southern continents Two cross Mexico. The first (by which we re- ceived, on Monday, dates from San Francisco to the 2d inst.) was surveyed by Colonel Ram- sey and a party of engineers last summer. They reported that the Mescala was, or might easily be made, navigable for a considerable distance ; that ifa line ofsteamers ran from its mouth to the head of the river navigation, and there con- nected with land conveyances, Vera Cruz could be reached three days after leaving the Pacific. Steamers have not yet been placed on the Mes- cala, and the mail which Colonel Ramsey has contracted to carry, now crosses Mexico from Vera Cruz to Acapulco. Five days are allowed by the contract for this portion of the journey but our readers need not be informed that even the three days estimated as the length of the transit by the Mescala will soon be reduced, by the aid of railroads, dredging machines, and other time-saving contrivances. Whether, in- deed, the Mescala route might not be advanta- geously superseded altogether by a railroad from Acapulco to Vera Cruz. through Puebla, and thus the long inland journey cut down to some 350 miles, is a question which Col. Ramsey and his associates will be better able to answer than ourselves. Natural obstacles may render a railroadimpossible; but if it could be made, we think the prospect of Acapulco becoming the great Pacific seaport for our Australian commerce, is a strong inducement to make the attempt. The second line, in geographical order, is the Tehuantepec route. This has been already so often brought before the public, that every one is familiar with its history. Thanks to the Senate. the newspapers, and Mr. Benton, Don José de Garay and Peter Hargous are old ac- quaintances, All the world knows that Mr. Mason’s warlike report fell harmlessly on the heads of the Mexican government. President Arista, poor fellow, had his hands too full at home to mind our threats. A Mexican associa- tion, styled the Guanajuato Company, obtained he grant which Hargous claimed in vain. For a short while hopes were entertained that the road would be built; but Mexican sluggishness and Mexican poverty have not become proverbs without reason. Whether the Guanajuato Com- pany declined to aid the government—whether they had no money to give, or whether Presi- dent Cevallos is a better judge of national cha- racter than his predecessor—we cannot say; but certain it is that the Mexican grantees have fared no better than Garay himself. The grant has been assigned to Mr. Sloo. We may forma shrewd notion of the arguments employed by him. and to which he owes his victory over his American and Mexican competitors, from the fact that he has' already paid $300.000 into the Mexican treasury, and has agreed to pay a further sum, of equal amount, at a fixed period— these loans to be repaid to him out of the twenty per cent which the Mexican government re- serves to itselfon the net profits of the road. We augur well of thisarrangement. In point of fact, all the troubles of Mexico spring from one source—poverty. If the government had a flour- ishing exchequer at command, there is no reason why Mexico should not be as tranquil as any of the Central American States. If Mr. Sloo can sup- ply the Mexican authorities with money to go- vern the country, it is probable that they will sustain him in the enjoyment of the grant, and thus the road will be built. This is the main thing. The Nicaragua route from San Juan del Norte to the Pacific, is the next in order. Of its present business, we need not speak ; and even without the proposed ship canal, the advantages of this route would always command a considerable traffic. As soon as the $30,000,000, which it is estimated the canal will cost, are expended, we shall be in a position to judge of its peculiar merits ; meanwhile, the company have the start of their competitors, and will only have them- selves to blame if they are beaten in the race, Further south, on the disputed territory, at the bend in the isthmus, surveyors are now em- ployed in examining the practicability of an in- ter-oceanic canal, and we may shortly expect to hear of their decision. Following the course of the Chiriqui river. the proposed canal would morning, in a very heavy gale from the south- east, in which she could make no use whatever of canvass. In such a severe test of her powers. her performances were extremely gratifying. It would haye required a power of propulsion equal to nine or ten miles an hour in still water, to have enabled her to proceed to sea at allin strike the Pacific south of Golfo Dolce, and might serve as a boundary line between Costa Rica and New Granada. The Panama route, if it were deserted to-mor- row, would have no reason to complain of for- tune. An unwholesome desert in 1847, in five years it has risen to be one of the greatest thor- few years ago, are now very easy matters ; and we think we may venture to look forward to the success of the Atlantic and Pacific Junc- tion Canal Company. Finally, it is proposed to construct an inten oceanic canal through the northern extremity of South America. A corps of engineers ‘is now en- gaged in surveying the course of the Atrato, with a view to ascertain whethey a communica- tior might not be opened between its waters and those of the Napipi. Should their surveys bring tolght no insurmountable obstacles, it is be- yond a doubt that money will be forthcoming for the construction of the work. Seven inter-oceanic routes, where a couple of yeais ago a footpath for mules was the only meas of transit, are a striking commentary no the progress of the age. We wish them all sucess. The Pacific trade will, we are confi- den’, soon afford business for as many more. Thrortant rrom Cvpa—More Ovrraces on Ammican Vessers.—The steamer Black War- rior, which arrived in this port yesterday, from the present projects of inter-oceanic communica- Havana, brings us our regular and other corres- tion. the enormous strides which America and | pordence from that city, comprising the latest inelligence. This correspondence we give in thrown into a ferment by a scheme for building alother portion of our columns, and direct the a city which should overlook two oceans, and | atention of our readers to it, as much of it will approximate to the received ideas of an earthly | Je found highly interesting and important. The feature of most peculiar interest in this tews, is the fact of a British war frigate firing ato an American merchant vessel, sailing with teargo of rice from Savannah to Cuba. The iaster of the bark on which the outrage was ommitted—the Martha Ann—gives the parti- clars of the affair, and demands to be informed wether he is obliged to keep his colors flying, aul if English ships of war are to be recognized ashaving the right to fire into American ves- ss. These are pertinent questions, and we re- fe them for response to the government at Wshington. These oft-repeated acts of high- haded arrogance, perpetrated by British war vesels against those sailing under our flag, in th sea of the Antilles, will soon come to be loked upon as mere matters of course, and the siple exercise of prescriptive right, if quick n efficient means are not taken to terminate thmonstrous grievance. We call upon the ad- miistration to protect the citizens and vessels of he United States, thus subjected to be the objets of English superciliousness, not only fromnjury but also from insult. Apther feature of intelligence which will ex- cite 1e indignation of the community, is the discorteous and vulgar conduct of Captain- Genal Canedo towards Vice President King. The iustrious invalid himself, felt and resented the wnt of ordinary politeness exhibited tow- ardsim by the Governor of Cuba, and, accord- ing { our correspondent, afterwards refused to see ‘at individual, and retaliated on him by a conmptuous dismissal. General Canedo’s poparity in this country has never been very flatring to him, and we opine that it will not be uch improved by the publication of the tacicontained in our correspondent’s letter. ‘le TRIBUNE AND CuRisTIANITY.—The organ of cialism and infidelity in this city every oncin a while forgets its discretion, and comes oublunt with some attack upon Christianity or jblic morals, which it is compelled to take bacor get around by the most adroit manage- meiof which it is capable. Thus, “one of thessistants” of the philosopher-in-chief, not longgo gave to the youthful readers of the progssive journal the following precious A ésingulshed English geologist recently stated, in contsation with a friend of ours, that “as the result which Layard and Rawlinson have led byheir researches at Nineveh, is the followi —tTh the prophecies of Daniel were undoubted! writ]_ after events to which they refer had tak: Place, and that the whole of this book is pro- daly tothing but a political satire! This, though supresed by , in his work, has been com- muicted to the London Asiatic Society, by Major Rawiion, and will probably soon ap) in its pub- lished’ansactions. In one of the works upon Egyp- tian Iroglyphics, recently published in Germany, whickas come under our notice, is a table of com- manents copied from an inscription of the date of the @r Pharaohs. These are more in number than the hes Decalogue, but some six or eight of them are ¢ same. Tse, of course, attracted some attention, Thallegations are simply ridiculous, but at the ame time they are pointed with the sharp- est alice. It wasseen that in printing them a sb had been tween that was dangerous to the becription list of the paper, and half a doz columns, more or less, have since appeared ir dence of their publication, as “ simple items o’ ielligence.” This will not do. There is rot reader of the Tribune who believes that M. ¢eeley or any one of his “ assistants” would lavorinted. as “intelligence,” such an attack on buerism, abolitionism, or any of the peculiar imof that paper, without some rejoinder, as, fatsuch things had been said a thousand times ifare, and as often proved to be false; or, that was contemptible in view of the past experi- ce of similar calumnies, to bring forward at time anything of the sort, at least anony- ously, or, indeed, without a bona fide demon- raton of its credibility and justice. We put to the Tribune directly:——Would it have re- sodiced any such conversation in a railroad aw, aring the late campaign, against General cot or Tom Corwin, or William H. Seward a totective tariff, or at any time against wo- ranrights, or Rochester knockings, or “ as- sciwve industry,” or the Maine law? Or, if wmdany circumstances compelled to such a pablition, or even seeing statements so inju- rioud these parties, or these causes, in other jours. would it have failed to rebuke them by agals to experience and reason? No, no. The tune clique seem to gloat overa point mad apparently made, against the Christian relig, as heartily as ever an assassin over a stdriven home to the heart of his victim. Talk on ’Change. Thaversation trrned almost exclusively on the news brougby the Arabia, and the very quick trip she had madejnglish merchants who attended ‘Change seemed to be he best spirits at the results, but the Americans remini them that, as far as time was concerned, some at gale. e pels » six and aha - 1 oO es on this continent, has built up a flour- : ered eae Ses Neen diateti eth eats lable vette gate hi ‘ Lei ike lif of thlollins steamers were still ahead of the Arabia, volutions a minute. and shemust have progress- | ishing city at either terminus, and given life to and, aid their speed be excelled, others could be built ed at a fair rate, as she made the distance to | a large extent of territory. The proprietors of | that (ld still beat the English steamers, They also the mouth of the Potomac in seventy-three hours, | the steamers on the route have realized large | joculaemarked that it was best to let John Bull beat having, moreover, run out to sea eighty miles. | fortunes, and a whole army of Indians and na- | ¥s notd then to keep up his spirits—that it was not After the wind changed, ehe ran in against a | tives have earned a profitable livelihood, where | #7 tye the winning side alvays in one direction. ind fr I js tvalaiorw acivaly unk ‘Theas considerable talk about the flare-up in Italy strong wind rom | the northwest, which blew | remunerative la! bor was compara: ively unl nown. Some kidered that the movement was premature and | from Wednesday night through Thursd This | Aspinwall and Panama are living proofs of its | partidthey say it should have been postponed a year | performance sets at rest all doubts and ol success, or twhnger, or until the people would have more | tions as to the ability of the Ericsson to make The two remaining routes are as yet mere | S¢verduffered from the prevent order of things; and | head against a strong wind and heavy sea. The | schemes, possessing what feasibility, our readers | thst hould have been commenced simultaneously in | 1 ran a tenn, thnceties : Mihm feat f - santo ann) | BH babf the continent | calorie experiment has been, therefore, ¢ : ly | must judge. The first is the inter-oceanic canal Outrman and French merchants were somewhat | successful. When steam was first applied to | across the isthmus at Darien—Paterson’s old | excitdout the news, and were divided in opinion ns veesels, as a propelling power. the average | scheme, in short—which an English company | to itquracter and extent. The state of the for | eneed ained was four miles an hour; but al- | propose to build, at an expense of seven » | markdroved gratifying to op spine Pei ghee eo o . . * while cotton dealers reemed to have anticipated rea Ericsson has made a speed equal to | millions of dollars. A mere bagatelle this, to | pretedeh the sutase of the news regarding tha great that of the average of the ocean steamers, viz the merchant princes of Leadenhall and Lom- | stayie nine miles an hour. Itis therefore rational to | bard streete: but a tolerably large amount to Personal Intelligence. heliae e nev ive yer y attain — ; roject of sc war 8 * Aindhe arrivale yesterday at the or n were believe that the new motive power may attain he expended in a project of 60 hazardou ana} VOLT Ge Yaeeiae Masten: Han, Jolin Ac Ooh ay Muley LUG Us BRYON GY Od Beye ve yy Cie Behe aI sey Lb aie bedale fay cilives Wa MYA DE, ete yeiy ee eal bom, vie, ry | settlement; on the 15th ot that month, he paid» THE Ser, 0 ¢ LETTERS AT THE BROADWAY YOST .CE—POLITICAL DIFFERENCES. Before Justice Osborn. ‘Yeste say afternoon, at 4 o'clock, the matter involving the snatching of a lot of printed circulars from the Tgoadway city despatch post office, prior to the last fall election, was commenced, on a hearing before the magis- trate; and, in order that the reader may underderstand the case, we first insert a letter addressed to the Grand Jury by Mr. Peter Cooper. The letter speaks for itself:— To tHe GRanp Jury oF THe CouRT OF Srasions:— Gentlemen—Previous to the last general election, over eighty thousand circulars, enclosed, with tickets, in sealed envelopes, directed to residents of this city, were deposit- ed with James C. Harriott, the proprietor of the Broad- way Post Office, for delivery. These circulars were pre- pared at the expense and under the direction of a number of gentlemen of this city, and were signed by my name as their chairman, and the whole work was superintended on their behalf by Nelson J. Waterbury. On the evening of Saturday, Oct, 30, 1862, as is notorious, nearly one- half of these circulars were forcibly seized and carried away from the Broadway Post Office by a party of men, at the head of whom was Daniel E. Sickles. The witness- es who can prove the robbery are James C. Harriott, John Post, John H. Asten, and Mr. Miller, who can be found at that'place, No. 422’ Broadway. Although two months have since elapsed, it is not known that any steps bave been taken to punish the offence. ‘A number of the leading journals of this city have re- bulked the delay, and T understand that some of my fellow cltizens think that Iam in some degree called npon to act in the premises. Iam informed by Mr. Waterbury that soon after the offence, Mr. Harriott repeatedly de- clared his purpose to make a criminal complaint against the guilty parties, but that he now not only refuses to do 80, but has prohibited one of his clerks, under penalty of loss of employment, from making an affidavit of the facts. (Here two lines of writing appear to have been erased.) I erefore call upon the Grand Jury to inquire into the original offence, and thereupon take such action as may be required by law. | Respectfully, | PETER COOPER, The above letter had been sent by the Grand Jury to the magistrate, for investigation, and accordingly witness- es have been subpeenaed, i only witness whoappeared yesterday was:— Peter Cooper, of No. 9 Lexington avenue, who bein, duly sworn, says—That the gocument now here, marke ‘4, fo not in his handwriting, but was signed ‘by nim, the raid document having been written, as deponent believes, by Nelson J. Waterbury, who handed the same to de: ponent, who then read it and signed it. Question by Justice Osborne—Have you any personal knowledge of the facts contained in said document ? A. Ihave, so far as this, that Mr. Waterbury called on me and desired a subscription of money towards paying the expenses of getting up certain tickets, referred to in Pr beteca it: aay tine, ;caponit y ‘ou, at any time, deposit any envelopes con. taining howe tickets, in the office of Mr. Harriott? . No, sir. Q. Has Mr. Harriott ever made any complaint to you about any trespass on his premises, or any violence done to his person? A. No, sir, he never has. @ Did you ever sign an ment to be deposited in bution? A. I did sign one written document, from which the printed ones were made. . Were you on the evening of October 30, 1852, at Mr. Harriott’s office? A. Iwas not; Ido not know Mr. Harriott personally. Q. Do you know the purport of the matter erased in the document marked A? A. I recollect I objected to it at the time. It was some- thing I objected to, and it was stricken out in my pre- sence. _Q. Did you at any time give directions to whom those tickets or circulars should be directed? A. No, but understood from Mr. Waterbury that he would direct them according to the representations first made, to the yoters generally throuhout the city by name; that was the un ieqtantiog and the reason I sub- scribed the money. Q. Havejyou ever previous to this communication to thejpresent Grand Jury, made any other? A. No, sir; the written document which I signed was a circular, with the names of all the candidates of both parties attached; the same was given to Mr. Waterbury, as the manuscript copy for the printers; the cost of get- ting up the circulars, printing paper, and other labor, was from $1,500 up to $2,500; the object was to lay the candidates for office, of both political parties, before the voters of the olty. Mr. Cooper being the only witness present for the pro- secution, the magistrate took a recess in the case until some future day. Possibly on Friday, if any witnesses present themselves the investigation will be continued. IN THE MATTER AGAINST GEORGE GAGE, CHARGED WITH BEING A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE. Before Justice Stuart. On Monday Xe published the arrest of George Gage, on a charge preferred against him by George Robertshaw, of Cincinuati, with being a fugitive from justice from the circular or any other docu- Harriott’s office for distri- OOO DB know Mr. Gage, and could al- Jane seen him almost every bed most positively say that I for the last three imonthe; Ny December. without my knowi Here Mr. Smith, counsel Iudge Willis and several others were to be examined, to show most clearly that a mistake has been madein the identity of Mr. Gage. + The Magistrate suggested the idea that as the witnesses were not then present, and it was then seven o'clock, the futher hearing be postponed until three o’cleck yes, terday afternoon, and the matter thus stands journed In this case further evidence was taken bese of the defence, and the stimony produ shove. aadtheeand goer Mr. Gage from custody. A Charge of Embeza district Police court, on Wilson, of No. 196 Seve it for the defence, said that yesterday, im ‘istrate decided, on the alibi had been clear; missed the charge, and liberat .—Officer Brown, of the Third Wkgrnsrad arrested Wilssm a. street, 01 by Justice Welsh, wherein he stands charged with eae priating $700 to his own use, the property of Mrs. Mar Ann Williams, of Poughkeepsie, widow of Benjamin Williams, It’ seems that Mes: Williams was made ad- ministratrix for the settlement of her husband's estate, and on the 25th of Sanuary, 1852, employed Wilson as her agent, unti) the June following, during which time Wilson collected $1,271 83, due to the estate from Messrs Montross &Foggevs, fruit dealers, in Washington market, Out of this sum Wilson retained ’$700, and when asked for the money on a settlement by Mrs, Williams, he repre- sented that he had deposited that amount with the Arm of Coles & Thorn, ship chandlers, No. 91 West street, and took their note for the amount at seven per cent in terest; and handed to Mrs. Williams a note which she understood was the one given by the said firm. On her return to Poughkeepsie, she exhibited the note in ques- Aion to some relatives, when it was discovered to be a note wade by Wilson, of which the following is a copy i= pay is casted iad SOBs, June 2 2, Seventy months after date I promise, to Ant Williams, with interest, at six per cent, seven hundred dollars, value received. $700. W. H. WILSON. On the imposition being discovered, Mrs. Williams came to this city and called on Mr. Wilson; but not receiving from him the satisfaction required, she laid her eom- plaint before the magistrate, who brought him up en & warrant, to answer a charge of embezzlement, by appro- Deisting sie money to his own purpose while in the em- ploy of Mrs. Williams, acting as her agent. The magis- trate has detained Wilson for a further examination. ie ‘ City Inte! Cee . IR. SUMNER’S LecruRE ON ice.—We are glad td learn that the Historical Society of this city have made arrangements with George Sumner, #2q., of Boston, to deliver a lecture on France, at Metropolitan Hall, this evening, in aid of the fire proof b fund. The lec- tures which have hitherto been,delivered in aid ofthat lau- dable God have been of a truly sterling character, and the public have been laid under an obligation to the com- mittee for having provided such a store of knowledge and amusement. In securing the services of Mr. Sumner, the committee have still further evinced their judgment, and rendered the public still more indebted, for Mr. Sum- ner enjoys @ world-wide reputation, and the subject on. which he intends to discourse derives peculiar interest, from the present political and social condition of Europe. Having general and statistical knowledge of all the coun- tries of the Old World, ‘Mr. Sumner will be enabled to lend additional charms to a subject which is at all times of an interesting nature; and thus the audience, while being enchanted with eloquence, will be instructed bj facts. Mr. Sumner is probably the best travelled Ameri- can falive—be has seen more of Europe, and is better eee with the distinguished men of that quarter of the globe. CaurrorNta Esocration.—There is a good deal of talk about the enormous emigration to California; and the statements are made up from the number of passengers: reported as leaving in the steamships, from this port, for Aspinwail and Nicaragua. Now, we know that in several instances, and we have no reason to doubt but that iz all, the numbers are greatly over-rated. Fictitious names are given; and in one instance we know that a steamship, of the Nicaragua line, reported as having on board more than four times as many penseneers, as she actually had. Another instance was in the Aspinwal? line, where nearly the whole Directory had been emptied into the passenger list. This may answer a ver purpose for rival lines to make a good show, but the pro- fits do not look as well. There can be no humbug in the actual receipts and expenditures. i ._ Firgs.---About 8 o'clock last eveni ‘@ fire broke out in the third story of the house No. 111 Nassau street, but was immediately extinguished by the fire department, who were promptly on the spot.’ From the appearance of the fire it is supposed that some person left a et candle on the stairs, which set fire to them. the exception of the burning of the stairs, the building « tained no damage. The boot and shoe shop of Mr. Ro- city of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he is alleged to have pass- ga ne forged_ drafty, tmounting to he su of $1680, | utc” Capt Leonard, "with hi men, ‘were othe Mr, James M. Smith, counsel for Mr. "Gage, produced the ground, and rendered eficiont service in preserving following witnesses, who, it w: pear, show conclu- | “ata late hour on Tuesday even! a fire burst out ively that Mr. Robertshay is mistaken in the identity of | jn the afth story of the house Nov ai Canta ntect ooo . SARS: 0 BW at of , that pied by Jacobs & Lewis asa gimp and fringe manufac- was in Cincinnati on the 14th day of December last, at | Pied by,uecebe Lewis as a sim esd ‘hich time he is alleged to have passed the forged drafts, | to the amount of $1,000 was destroyed. The Arm are - Fee, Rccarding so the witness for the defence, Mr- | futly insured. ‘The goods of Mr. Roberts, who occupies Catettaarad luring the whole o eee the fourth floor as an upholstery estab! t, were Jobn F. Gray, sworn, says—I am a clerk and an ator. | jomewnat damaged b Pr aericos Soles ote Rey. in the office of Mr. James M. Smith, counsellor at | which originated in the front part oft ‘he betlding, wae Ww; I know Mr. Geor \¢ defendant now present: 1. on the 13th day of last December, about one 0 clock of | CoMined to the fith story alone. said day, Mr. Gage was with me at No. 1,112 Broadway, FALt or a BurtpiInc.—About 1134 o’clock Holam 4 fore- a Ward Court, before Justice Willis, attending s suit in which Mr. Gage was a party defedant. Cross examination—I have knownfMr. Gage for the last two years past ; the complainant t the suit alluded to was a Mr. Karrigan ; the cause had been adjourned to that day ; Ithink I'met Mr. Gage om that day at the court ; I was in the court about an hour ; Mr. Gage was there the whole of the time ; I fix the day bya memorandum book. (The book was exhibited in court, and the entry shown.) I left the court, with Mr. Gage, and he left me at Twenty-fifth street ; I think I saw Mr. Gage within a week prior to the 13th of December; I could not have recollected of seeing Mr. Gage on that par- ticular day, had I not the memorandum book to refresh my memory; the personal appearance of Mr. Gage is about the same now as it was in December last ; the memoran- dum entry was made in the book prior to'the 13th day of December. Albert T. Peck sworn, says—I am a broker, doing busi- ness at 174 Broadway; I have been eight ‘years in the same place: I know Mr. Gage, the defendant in this case; his personal appearance is the same now as it has been for the last six months past; I think I saw Mr. Gage every day during the month of December last; he used to cail in at my office every day, except Sunday; his letters were directed to be left at my office; I had given him autho- rity to do 0. Cross examination! hed no pecuniary transaction with Mr. Gage; it was of no interest to me whether he called every day; I have a silent partner, named James Bach; I think & day might have passed over, but not two days, without his calling inat my office; the reason why, because if he had remained away a day we should at once believe his wife had given him the anticipated pre- sent; we were joking on the subject every day. Adam Kritter, being sworn, says—I reside at the Howard House, corner of Maiden lane and Broadway; I am barber in the said hotel; I know Mr. Gage; hols a noon, while workmen were e: in digging for the foundation of the house No. 442 Pearl street, the side wall of Hyat’s carpet store suddenly gave way, with a tremendous crush. The workmen barely time to escape fwith their lives, and a horse, which was on the spot at the time, was instantly killed. With the exception of this no person was hurt. The men had a most mira- culous escape with their lives, and if they had not seen the wall falling, they would inevitably been killed. ArreupT to _Commrr Suicroz.—Tuesday, » man named Atkinson Rice, ‘attempted to commit. suicide, by jumping overboard from the Hoboken ferry boat Rumsey, while she was lying at the foot of Hoboken street, but was for- tunately rescued before life had become extinct. He was conveyed to his house, No, (4 Laurens street, by the po- lice of the Fifth district. Accnent.—At 7, o'clock, Tuesday evening, a girl,named Augustine MeFarland,, was shot in the foot, at the eorner of Tenth street and First avenue. It*appears that two men, named John Barker and Michael Larkin, were sky- larking with each other, when, by accident,”a pistol, which one of them had in his possession, went off, the contents striking the above named girl in'the foot. She was conveyed to her residence in a carriage, when medi- cal attendance was procured. Ruy Ovgr.—A man, named Wm. MeCoy, was knocked down Tuesday evening, about 7 o'clock, by an omnibus, at the corner of Bleecker street and the Bowery, and severely injured. He was picked up by the police, ‘who conveyed him toa drug store, where his wounds were dressed. Marine Affairs. Toe Stamsmr Frorwa, Woodhull, arrived yesterday morning, from Savannah. Smps AND Sup BuripInc.—A gentleman, who keeps wel? posted up on all matters relating to commerce, furnishes customer of mine; Ishave him three times a week; in | us with the following interesting items -— December last feel confident that Mr. Gage was inmy | May 17,1825, the ‘linber ship Columbus, 3,500 tons bur- shop during that month, at least three times a week. | then, was abandoned at sea, in lat. 46, lon.'20. Ske Was When Mr. Gage leaves the city he generally requests me | from England, for St. John, N. B. to put up some shaving things for his toilet; I think Mr. Gage left the city some time last week Cross examination—Mr. Gage spoke to me yesterday about coming up here to testify; Mr. Gage has been a customer to the shop for three years. Q. In the press of business could Mr. Gage have been absent a week and ‘The ship Baron of Renfrew. 5,282 tons burthen, sailed from Quebec for England on the 23d of August, 1825, and arrived in England in 27 days, with 9,516 tons of wood on Vessels built in the United States in 373 years, from 1815 to 1852 :— you not have missed him? A. I don’t think he could be | 1815 a 1824, 10 years... 8,604 vessels,. 879,858 tons. absent without my knowledge. 1825 a 1834, 10° 4 “1,089,805 Magistrate —Can you tell whether Mr. Gage was ab- | 1995 a 1844, 91g « « Toso418 sent iv October last ¥ 1845 a 1852, 8 +e sy 1123072505 - A. I cannot tell; I cannot tell, either in September; but — rte in November, I think he was’ in the city, in the latter BIg “ 5,002,656 « month, because he bought some pomatum: I know he was | 1948, 1851 vessels built, 3 tons) two greatest here’in December, because his quarter’s bill was due, and 1852, 1444 ** «| 361 I know he was in the city on the 25th of December, be- cause he told me he had a Christmas present from his wife of a fine boy. Mr. Gage told me he wanted to prove by me that he paid his bill in December. Martin Philbin sworn, says—I keep a livery stable in Twenty-third street, near Sixth avenue; I know Mr. Gage; he keeps a horse at my stable and has done so since June Inst; in December last I saw Mr. Gage generally once or twice a day hia residerce is near my stable; I never miss- ed him during that month. Cross-examined.—I recollect Mr. Gage to be away about a week ago; I do not recollect his being absent a week in August last; don’t think he could have been; I don’t think he was absent in December last. Dr. J. F. Mann, sworn, says—I know Mr. Gage; I keep my horse at the stable of Martin Philbin, in Twenty-third street; I first beeame acquainted with Mr. Gage at Sara- toga; duribg the month of December I think Ieaw Mr. years. More ships builtin the State of Maine than in all the - other States.—Salem Register. SmPEcrLpING AT PuLADELPHIA.—At the present time shipbuilding in the numerous yards along the Delaware front is very brisk, and the prospect is that an immense amount of this description of work will be done in Phila. delphia during the your 1863. Among the vessels under way, isa consort for the steamship State of in. Messrs Vaughan & Lynn, Kensington, are constructing, this ship, the dimensions of whieh are as follows:— Length, 220 feet; beam, #6 do.; hold, 21do. This new vessel will be ready for launching by June next. Mr. Jolin K. Hammitt, at the foot of Maiden street, is about constructing a first class clipper ship. ‘The following au- thentic statement exhibits the registered and enrolled and licensed tonnage of the district of Philadelphia for the last four years:— Gage every day; my attention was drawn to sir. Gage a ee aneteret because f saw him riding almost daily with @ pair - ee a 134,286 16 486,087 21 of overalls above his knees: Tam not the fxmily physician bare 1s 72 20407 of Mr. pha ols met him at’ the ntabte and at 67,789 74 161'704 19 222, bo his own howe; T should think, on an average, 1. saw 7739.7 a 229,443 Mr. Gage twice « week during the month of De- cember, up to the third or fourth of Januar: surely ‘once ® week I saw him during that time. Cross examination.—I don’t know anything about the business of Mr. Gage; I uved frequently to meet him at the barber’s shop at the Howard House, To the Magistrate.—I cannot eay that I saw Mr. Gage ride out from the stable twelve times during the month of December; I think I have seen him ride out four times during that period. Oscar Hoyt sworn, says—I have known Mr. Gage for some ten years past; in the month of December last, I saw Mr. Gage e@ry day excepting Sundays; 1 had five or six transactions with him last December; one transaction was on the 2d, and one on the 4th and Sth, and another on the 13th or 14th; he paid me some money on the 2d day of that month; I saw him every two or |, .N. American, Feb. 14. Court Calendar—This Day. Scpreme Covrt—General Term.—The Broadway Railroad case still on Rt—Cincerr —Nos. 182, 163, 156, 144, 36, SorreME Col 18234 to 190, 192. Uniren States Disrucr Covrt,—Nos. 50 to £4, 42, 47, 10. Common Tiras—Part First.—Nos. 80, 476, 479, 401, 528 to 546, 512, 627. Part second.—Nos. 297, 331, 410, 419, 429, 400, 401, 494, 515, 516, 617, 619, 534, 635, 537. Surenion Covrt—Two Uranches.—Nos. 431, 528, 631, 36, 43, 518, 372, 865, 375, 378, 304, 337, 51, 652, 553, 565, 650, 288, 208, 478, 20414, 366, 37, 558, 559, 460, 561, 632, 563, 504, 505, 508 569) 570. three days after that time; he could not have been absent ‘ from the city a week during that month, without my | ggplendid Carpetn | se og CPP Lata ing it, nor three days at any one period. * Me , : eee el intnadtetpadle eiitheoe tx po Fant Hocioes Kua Firat Iaeetd Sorroiee ty eee Brunsele, three collect rents of my own property, and exchange busi ie whieh having been pivshases previvua te" the | pas ide at No. ‘outh Ninth street, William sbury i , “Asda od Finlt arenus: Mr, Gage’s business is a broker; on the 1943 cent ‘lvances in prises, they are enabled to offer at very he paid me $20 eh Thad previously loaned him; on | * oe ; the'?d of December he gave me his note for Carpeting and OM Cloth, Cheap for Cash.— $20 on account of other borrowed moneys; I} William MoGrorty, 142 Broadway, wishes to call the at money transactions with Mr. Gage for the | tention of families farnishing, to his present stock of eight years past; 1 come to the city carpets and oil cloths, which have been carefully selected, my @ ntances, and call at Mr. ¢ y and consi-tof the richost goods for the spring trade, Broad each day, and generally found him in tho of- | all of which he will dispose of at pric#s not to be un fice: I first became acquainted with Mr. Gage ar | seld. Having purchased the balance of the Thon 1843; Mr. Gage at that time kept an exchange o: j ville Company's tock previous to the great advance, he Chambers street; I have seen other persons in Mr. Gage's | 1s ¢ to offer carpets wider the market price, Par: office; I t know if Mr. Gage kept a regular exehan, ticular attention paid to rnishing of offices and office: 1 cen persons come into the ofice andask | steamboats for a Joan of w To the ¥ go was on the building cor California—Opposition to all Lines Quick the second fioor of N er of Dey | pleasure trip to Calilornia; o.rush; fave 25 cents; tick treet and Jroadway: 1 have seen other things pass as | ets sold nt 112 Broadway. | All who think of going ‘to, or the representation of money between parties in Gage’s | have the leact interest in, California, ahi all e tiller w Mr. Gage is Sovipalof that | dintely. ‘They eam seo and hear of Californin as it is, qv Web, b devote we ky EMEA Wok Jenvadey, ) JLiimpn rine bioummuds,