The New York Herald Newspaper, March 2, 1853, Page 4

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The Husboldt, from Havre arti Cowes, @rrived here early. yesterday morning, with four days later news, whick can be very shortly sammed up. The Milan insarrection hae been total’ y suppressed, and, as we anticipated, the Austrian authoritics have made reprisals on the inhabitasis generaly, ta the way of contribntions, and have adopted other op- preasiyexmeasures.: From Frane? we have particulars | ofthe onening of the Legislative Assembly, and the speech -di the Emperor, wbich has censiderable importasce from the fact of his declarieg that his foreign poligy shall be of the most padfc natare. In Spain, the elections hdd..cesulted in «favor of the government, the combined opposition baving beer. unable to win mere than a few places. The’ only item of political interest from Great Britain is a re- port of debates in both houses of Parliament on te welations with France. Amongst’ the miscellaneots mews is an account of the wreck of a steamer near Dublin, andthe loss: of fifty lives. The India and China mail brings confirmatory intelligence of the annezation of Pegu,.and accounts of 2 riot.at Amoy. Im another, page the reader will see full details of the news, amd will find much: of an interesting nature. Many ‘bills were yesterday passed by our State Senate, ‘but-the bedy refused: to go into executive sescion:for.the purpese of acting on the Governor's appointments. Expectants will bave to wait alittle longer—indeed, the,prespect now is that their cases swill remainin abeyanee for the-remainder of ‘the ses- ion. One-of the democratic Senators is very ill, and the consequence is that the whigs have the: majority. ‘The bill providing forthe construction of a canal by which ships could. reach Albany\.was. discussed and appropriately referred. The House was engaged, during the early past of the day, in the discussion of the canal enlargement, and:railroad and bank taxa- tion questions. An interesting. debate also occurred ‘on the bill to increase the number of harbor masters in this city. The session was protracted till nearly two o’clock this morning, before which time the body found itself without a quorum, and the Ser- geant-at-arms was.ordered‘to.drum one.up. The Army Appropriation bill occupied the atten- tion of the House nearly the whole day.and a large portion of the nicht. The members are evideutly | becoming very much excited at the olose proximity of a final adjournment, which will cut off their per diem allowance, and they are, thereforeyendeavoring to create an impression upon their constituents by a sudden ebullition of industry; but, then, their work reminds one very much of the,old adege coneerning the shearing of the swine—it és all cry and little wool. Mr. Dean, in view of the recent outrages on American vessels in the vicinity of Cuba, moved an amendment, which was ruled out of order, to place five millions of dollars at the disposal of the President, in order to enatie him to meet any emergency that may arise prior to the assembling of the next Congress. The Senate’s amendment ap- propriating half a million of dollars for the fortifica tion of San Francisco was rejected; but the one pro- viding for the survey and exploration of avrailroad route to the Pacific was concurred in. The pravisien ‘s for the making and repairing of a road to the Pa- q fic, and the establishment of posts at proper cis tag ce8 thereon, for the protection of emigrants, un- der, vent considerable debate, and was then disap- d, as was also the one appropriating ome hua- ‘ousand dollars as a reward for the discoverer oform. Several other alterations were made, bill had not been disposed of at the time of ent. prove dred t. of chlo. but the eae ‘ wunt furnished by our special Washington corresponds nt, relative to\the dinner given by Preai- dent Fillmor. © © General Pierce, is particularly re- freshing. Th ° arrangement of the present and prow pective memb, ers of the cabinet was charming, and the harmony th t reigned among elements that were “go extremoly dise ey afew months ago was most d. delightful to bettie. ito the beautiful letter of General Pierce, to be found under the telegraphic head, in reply to the resolution, ‘of the Massachusetts Legisla- ture respecting his late bereavement. ; ‘Though much time wi 8 Wasted in useless debate in oth branches of Congre $ yesterday, a great many important amendments we. “¢ made to the appropria- tion bills under discussion, We have only room to refer to the leading features « f the day's work. The Senate amended the Civil a \ Diplomatic bill by for an office in this « ‘ty, under the direc- tion of the United States Assistan * Treasurer, for the receipt, melting, refining, assaying and casting into bars, ingots, or discs of gold and sily er bullion. The ‘Treasurer is to give receipts for the m °tal deposited, payable in coin at his office or at the mi. °t, which are to be received for government debts thirty ‘days after date. Well, this will answer asa substi, ‘Ute for a mint til the next session. Judge Douglas fired a parting salute at the Clayton and Bulwer trea KA by unsuccessfully opposing the proposed mission to-Cen- tral America. A representative, of the progress Ve and wide-awake school, will be apt to keep matter * all straight in that quarter. The proposition to re- peal all duties on railroad iron was defeated, upon the principle that it was out of place, and not for the reason that a majority were not in favor of a measure of the kind. An unsuccessful attempt was aleo made to attach Mr. Davis’ reciprocity fishery project to the bill. Maseachueetts has, at last, repealed the famous se- eret ballot law. The democrats of Troy yesterday elected their | «andidate for mayor, a majority of the aldermen, &. Henry E. Davies, Esq., the late Corporation Coun- sel, has sent us a copy of a letter whieh he has ad airessed to Henry Erben, £sq., relative to the ( ‘yourt peoper'y. We eamuots Bud syom foy ii 7} ba | } j morning. We are not only compelled to leave out Mr. D.’s letter, and one from Oscar W. Sturtevant, Exq., relative to the late presentment of the Grand Jury, but twenty or thirty columns of other matter which is in type. We have discovered that the New Yorx Herat will nothold over forty-eight columns. It requires too much space to keep up @ complete daily record of events. The world is getting too big. President West and four members of the Board of Almshouse Governors, met last evening, at five o'clock. After a short time they resolved themselves into a committee, there not being a quorum§present. The necessary orders for supplies were made, and several communications read. From the census pre- sented by the clerk it appeared that five thousand two hundred and twenty-three persons were receiv: ing relief last Saturday night, which showed a de- crease of one hundred and eleven, when compared with the gross number in the preceding week. It hown, from a statement of Governor Williams, ata police justice recently committed a man to the penitentiary as 8 ‘‘destitnte vagrant” who had in his pocket $485, had been a cashier in a city bank, and was respectably connected. Policeman lexander Robb has been detailed by his Henor the | Mayor for special duty a& the Almshouse ofice. The members soon separated. It haying been announced that the Rey. Swan". Pomeroy, ef Boston, would deliver a lecture yester- day evening at the Broadway Tabernacle, on the subject of the “Yankee,” a great numer of pé:sons who were anxious to hear the reverend genti:man, Cespite the inclemency of the weatker, asseredled at the eppointed face, and were not a little miortifled to foarn that the lecture would vot be deltvered, in corseqrence ‘of Mr. Pomeroy not having arrived from Boston. The testirnony for the defence, in the Doty case, "was concluded yesterday, with the exceytion of en witness, whose examination‘s to be taken in writie ¢. The proceedings will be polished temorrow. The anniversary of St.'David’s day was celetra‘ed last evening by the St. Bavid’s Society, at the *T'lo- rence Fiotel, and by the’Cambrian Society‘at!Y am- manyHall. Reports efthe procestings are us 7oid- ably postponed. Taquests were beldyesterday a the City Bespital, upor the body of a‘man nameé Henry Grete, and that or a lad named John Murgi:y. The forraer was sedided to death by falling inte a cistern of boiling suvar, at the factary in Reade street, and*he latter dicd from injuries which he received from*being run down by astage last Sunday. The driver was ex- enerated from binme. Coroner Gamble went, yesterday, to hold inquests epon the four bodies found én the East river, at foot of Sixty-fifth street, Monday evening. The bodies of the two men were tied up in sacks, and those of the children were in coffins when found. The four were made fast to the pier, but when the coroner arrived he found the ropes cut and the bodies gone. Noclue was obtained as to how they came in the water or by whom they were taken away. The steamer Georgia, which arrived yesterday, brought over two millions in California gold dust. Steamers to China—Prospects of the Chinese Trade. Mr. Kennedy’s report on the establishment of a line of mail steamers to China is a step in the right direction. He warmly advocates the measure, and, without venturing to suggest the particular mode in which government aid should be applied, points out the paramount necessity of developing: and expanding our trade with China by some such enterprise. One hint of his has, we'think, the merit of both originality and justice. .He argues that the introduction of American tobacco would be welcomed as a boon by the! Chinese. among whom it might | twenty-five days for crossing the Pacitic— supersede that terrible scourge of the lower classes—opium. Recent travellers bear out this supposition; .native Chinese tobacco is very weak; poor stuff. and it is not unreasonable to presume that it would be gladly exchanged for the fragrant produce of our Southern States. Our readers are aware that the imports of opium into China are exclusively in the hands of the English, who sell the poison to the traders at the seaports in defiance of every law of morality and fair dealing. Besides the enor- mous profit: arising from the illicit traflic, the | opium is valuable to Great Britain in another point of. view, viz: by counterbalancing the |. large export of tea from China. Without {t the British would be compelled to export specie, as we are doing at the present time. What is required for the extension of our Chinese trade, is some. article of import which would answer the purposes that opium does for the British, and operate to diminish the balance of trade now against us. Tobacco scems as likely to meet a ready demand as any other of our domestic exports. We could rely unhesitatingly @n the encouragement of the Chinese authorities. whose weak- ness .alone induces them to submit to the systematic infractions of the laws of the Em- pire by the Britich vessels; and, once intro- duced, tothe notice of the people, the consump- tion would probably be enormous—so great | indeed, that nothing but our inexhaustible re- sourees for producing the weed could be ex- pected to supply it. Were a steady export trade in-this one commodity fairly established. other produce and manufactures would speedily follow. It is on the demand to arise in Chins for our manufactured cottons. hardware, and machinery of every description. that we base our caleulations of the future magnitude of our Pacific trade. These must, ultimately, be- come the staples of our Western exports; to these, ifwe are not widely mistaken. will be due the rise and greatness of our Pacific States. But much remains to be done before they can be introduced to any considerable extent One notable step, as we have said, would be the establishment of a line of steamers from San Francisco to China. By thus attaining speed. safety, and regularity, great additional inducements would be held out to morchants to ship to che Asiatic ports; and many articles which cannot risk a three months voyage could then be safely sent forward on a venture. The British monopoly of the Asia- tic trade—for we may call it uch, our sixteen millions or thereabouts per annum bearing no proportion to the vast imports from China to Great Britain—is as much due to the su- means of communication with p effect of their Asiatic conquests Wealthy companies, strongly supported by the government. have established lines of first ¢! steamers on the route, and. as a matter course, the bull of the traffic bas followed them. Why should not we follow their example? Our port of San Trancisco is about four thousand miles nearer to Shanghai than London, and the route is more direct and less liable to interrup- tion; yet. New York merchants invariably cor- respond with their agents in China via England anc’ Marseilles. If six or more American steamers, of 3500 tons ach, were placed on the line, the case would be exactly reversed. Even in allowing -which | is, we think, five days too much—letiers from Shanghai would! reach London via San Fran- | cisco, in from tert to fifteen days less time than is averaged by the British overland mail route. The ultimate efcct of the establishment of such & ine would by to wake the Vaited States the highway for all the traffic from Europe to Asia, Thanks to the various inter-oceanic ca- nals, railroads, &c., which we enumerated the other day, the American continent would prove no serious obstacle to speedy communication’, and goods, as well as passengers and mai’ \s, would soon abandon the troublesome coay’ jing route by way of Ceylon and the Red Sea, This is one measure of urgent necessit ye An other of no less signal importance Is ‘one which has been frequently brought to the v otice of go vernment in the columns of this 7 aper: we al- lude to the limits within which “Americans and all foreigners are allowed to tre de with the in- habitants of the Celestial Emr jire. If we con- template expanding our si’ <teen millions of Chinese imports to mora respectable propor- tions, the sphere of our simrket must be enlarg- ed. The two hundre“%t #iilions of consumers of American tobacco. ‘ym whom Mr. Seeretary Ken- nedy so confident!.y eoents, cannot be fourd in five seaport towms. “Nor should we anticipate the brifiiant reanits*ve have ventured to fore- shadéw from the “establishment of a line of steamers to (China, if they ply to the ports which now receive our'vessels, The unwholesome cli- mete and yoisoncus water of Ningpo and Shang- bei, will ulways prevent a large influx of na- tves within their walls, Amoy bes now but ‘very imperfee! means of communication with the interior, ané ifrumor be correct, these are like. ly to be dimimished by the drying ep of the small rivers whidh disembogue themselves in its vici- nity. The poverty and vice of the inhabitants of Fuh-chau are an effectual berrier to its pro- gress. Kwangtung, or Canton, is too far South, A new port must be found, or the grand results anti- cipated from an expenditure of several millions in steamers, depots; Xc., will not be forthcoming: We need not suggest what that port should be. A single glance at the map will at once indicate Nankin, and further inquiry. bringing to light its immense population, its unrivalled advan- tages in point of position, the fertility of its en- virons, and the countless multitude of towns and villages which lie clustered around it in the districts of Ngan-hoee and Houpe, will con- firm the selection. An opportunity now offers for requesting permission to enter its harbor. The benefit to accrue to the Chinese from the substitution of tobacco for opium entitles us to demand an equivalent favor in return. We are sanguine of the result of an endeavor. if made in time and in the proper marner, Imrortant Commerctat, Rerorr or ‘Israrn D. Anprews, Esq.—We have reeeived-a copy s interesting report from our attentive correspondent at Washington. By e resolution of the Senate of the United States. of March 1851, Mr. Corwin, Secretary of the Treasury. was requested to communicate to the Senate full and complete statements of the trade of the British North American colonies with the United States and other parts of .the world— inland. and by sea—for the years 1850 and 1851, with sueh information as he ccould pro- cure of the trade of the great lakes. &c. He appointed LD. Andrew q-, Consul of the United States for the Lritish Provinces and Canada, to collect the necessary ‘information, which Mr. Corwin sent to the Senate on the 25th August, 1852. After reciting the reso- lution, in his letter. he says :— In compliance therewith I have the onor to transmit a report by Israel D. And > accom: panied by numerous statistical tables, carefully compiled from official sources, with 3 ared for, and illustretive of, said report. pep aes As Mr. Corwin made no comments on the papers submitted, it appears that Mr. A. is alone responsible for what they contain. and Mr. Corwin not in any degree.committed-to the statements or views of the author. It seems that. after his report was submitted. Mr. An- drews added an appendix, which he explained in a note, as follows :— The importance of the Mississippi trade, through the Gulf of Mexico, to every portion of the "Union it is presumed will be regarded by all as a. full jus- tification for the copious notices in the appendix, of the Gulf of Mexico and the Straits of Florida; and the value of the cotton crop to the whole. country | called for the extended and complete exposition in regard to it there inserted. Similar reaso. to exonerate the report from the imputation of being sectional—demanded the notices of the commerce, railroads, &c., of the Soutaern States and Southern cities. It is believed no one will object that they were not within the strict literal terms of the resolution under which the report was$prepared. The annexed map of the Gulf of Mexico and Straits of Florida, and isthmus of Tehuantepec, furnished, as before stated, by the Coast Survey, is ‘the first one of the kind ever published from authentic sources. It will be found interesting in illustration of the views taken in the paper contained in this report respecting this American sea, and generally with reference to other considerations. The labors of the Coast Survey are progressing in that quarter, and ere long their re- sults will be published. This map is but an index of what they will be. Thorough and exact as the severest labor and the highest order of scientific skill can render them, their usefulness to our com- meree will be unappreciable, and their bene§ts will extend through ages. From what we have been enabled to real of this dceument, we are inclined to the opinion that the appendix is not the least valuable part of the entire paper. which comprises above 900 octavo pages. The first eleven pages are devoted to a well written intreduction, which we may hereafter publish. The voluminous charaeter of this do- cument, valuable as it is, precludes the republi- cation in a newspaper of any but detached por- tions of it from time to time. The work is valu- able for reference, as the following abridged notice of its contents will show:— Scnepe.e or Documents. General introductory, comprising a review of the trade of the great lakes, internal commerce, and also of the trade and commerce of the North Ameri- can colonies:— I. eae tea-fisheries of British North America on the Bay of Fundy, along the coasts of Nova Scotia, on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland, and within the Gulf of St. Lawrence. II. The trade of the great Lakes, accompanied by returns exhibiting the rise and progress of that trade, and its precent condition and value, with a particular description of each of the lakes, in relation to its ex- tent, resources, tributaries, outlets and prospective commerce. IV. Review of the Canals and Railroads of the United States, showing their influence upon, and connection with, the trade of the great West; accom- panied by ageneral map of railroads and canals, American and colonial. V. The BNA of Canada, with a general scription of its physical featur - colonial trade, foreign commerce, transit trade, inter- nal traffic, and publie works; accompanied and illustrated by a ep of the basin of the St. Lawrence, prepared specially for this ae VI. The province of New Bru k, with descrip- tions of its physical characteri: rivers, seaports, fad harbors, its forests and its fisheries, with statisti- @] returns and observations on the free navigation of the river Bt. John. VII. The province of Nova Scotia, with a descrip- tion of its geographical position, its mow striking features and various resources; as also returns in re- lation to its trade, commerce, fisheries and coal mincs; as also special notices of Cape Breton and Sable Island, VUL The island colony of Newfoundland, with a description of its position between the Atiantic ocean and Gulf of St. Lawrence, its physical feature abundant fisheries, accompanied by re trade and commerce; and also descriptions of the Labrador coast, and the harbor of St. John, i nection with the pl sien establishment o: steamships from that port to Ireland, and conn trie telegraph from thence to the [ de- id resources, inter- uited | Sta IX. The colony of Prince Edward Island; ite ari | The importance of such an office is unquestiona- | pending before the Legislature, we think it a eee Ne pier aries colonies, accompanied by tabular ... XI. The trade of the Atlantic ports 0 ‘the United States with the North American colonies, by sea, illustrated by returns, accompanied by a map ol od lower colonies, prepared expresaly for this re- XII. Review of the it atate of the deep-sea of some fisheries of New England; specially for this report by William A. Ryainnan, assistant col- lector of the port of Boston, under the direction of P. Greely, Fag. collector of that port, with valuable statistical statements and tabular returns, XIH. The French fisheries of Newfoundland, translated from official French documents ebtained in Paris purposely for this report. APPENDIX: Containing notices of the internal and domestic com- merce—Tendency of Ohio commerce, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Louisville, St. Louis—Steam-marine of the interior, New Orleans, Mobile, Gulf of Mexico, and Straits of Florida—Cotton crop of the United States —Commerce of the Atlantic States and cities, and tables of the tonnage of each State, during a series of years. Thirteen thousand copies of this report were ordered to be printed hy Congress, and it will doubtless be generally distributed, under frank at an early period. The article on the “Cotton Crop of the United States” is a very important and valuable one, and we shall qndeavor to find room fer it in a few days after the adjournment of Congress, A careful ‘and attentive perusal of it may en- lighten many in the Old World as well as the New. There’are’some strong hints given in it, by which all may profit. In faet. it demon- states conclusively that “ there’s nothing like cotton.” With this report we have ‘received four maps—one a large map of the basin of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and extending from lat. 35 to 52 North, ‘and from long. 52 to 96 West, including the great Lake. The second, a map of the eastern portion of British North America, extending from 43 to 52 North lat., and from 58 to 72 West-long. Third, a map of the Rail- roads of the United States. Fourth. a map of the Gulf‘of Mexico, and Shoals of Florida, and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. RELIGION AND THE DraMa.—It is a subject for public congratulation to observe the decay of that intolerance which the church has for ages manifested towards the stage. These two great elements in society have hitherto maintained the attitude of mutual foes, and the church, unmindful of the wise say- ing that “he who is not against us is for us,” has constantly persecuted the stage, denying its title to be considered a fellow- worker in the great end of purifying and elevating the human mind. <A different fecling is, however, beginning to manifest itself. Ministers of religion do not new feel that they are lowering the cloth by attcnd- ance at concerts and operas, and the philoso- phy of the gentle Bard of Avon is frequently heard from the pulpit. But the greatest piece of evidence of the amity springing up between these institutions is contained in the some- what singular fact that our most celebrated actor. Mr. Edwin Forrest. was on Monday even- ing engaged to read Shakspeare’s tragedy of “ Hamlet,” in the Lyceum of Yonkers, for the benefit of the Baptist Church of that village. Time was. and not very long age, that the over-righteous would have regarded such a mode of enriching the ecclesiastical treasury as no less doubtful in its morality than that ascribed to Spanish brigands, whe are said to be religiously scrupulous in sharing the proceeds of their robbery with the saint whose special protection they invoke. These Puritanic notions are. however, as i is seen, fast disappearing. Within these latter days churches have been thrown open to the concerts ot distinguished singers, to lectures ef question- able morality, and to the harangues of exiled revolutionists. Clergymen have been among the most enthusiastic admirers of Jenny Lind and Henriette Sontag; and now, to cap the climax. the drama comes forward generously to assist in raising funds for the benefit of the Bible. What will the straight-laced, bine-nosed folks of Hartford say to this, who have only a short time since refused to permit a theatrical institution to be established in their e‘ty? Here is a precedent of liberality and friendship which it will be well for them to study and imi- tate. And we commend it. also, te the serious consideration of that eminent divine in this me- tropolis, whose strict notions of sanetity would not permit him to allow the tomb erected in his cemetery to the memory of a distinguished player. to be completed. because the slab bore an inscription selected from the writings of a profane author. Now. then. gentlemen. become a little more rational and liberal in your opinions. and acknowledge that even out of the drama some good may flow. Rumors or ANOTHER ExpPepiTION FOR THE Invasion or Cuna.—It is said, though we do not vouch for its truth, that another expedition is being organized in New Orleans, with the design of invading the island of Cuba, and wresting itfrom the possession of Spain. A Colonel of the late Hungarianarmy is to have the command of the expedition, which, already, it is said, numbers a force of fifteen hundred men, from Cineinnati and elsewhere. The com- mittee is reported to be in the habit of meeting for the transaction of business and furtherance of the project. almast every evening. at one of the hotels, in New Orleans; but it is surmised that no active measures are to be taken for five or six months more. We have not received information as to whether the Lone Star Association has any connection with this new project for invading the ever faithful island. It is said, however, that a commercial house in Boston is to furnish the steamers necessary for the transportation of the four companies. We give these state- ments for what they are worth. They will, how- ever, probably suffice to increase the activity and still more exasperate the temper of Captain- General Canedo. Reaistry or Brntus any Marrtacrs.—In all well organized States the strictest attention is paid to the correct enregistering of births and marriages, and statistical tables of great value, and suggesting most important facts in physio- logical science, are at certain periods compiled from such registry. The statutes of this State provide alto for the preservation of such records; but as no penal clause is attached to the act. its provisions are not strictly enforced, and thus the registry is so imperfect that no reliable in- formation can be deduced from it. and it be- comes a virtual nullity. The City Inspector of New York—Thomas K. of Aldermen, on the 15th ult., calls attention to this fact, and urges the necessity of having a | Bureau of Registry and Statistics constructed, | ble; and as amendments to the present law are cultural caps a, trade, commerce and position, in relation to the fisheries of the Gulf of St. Law rence, | A. The iateryowee between Croat Beitaig gad hor | n, | good time to urge on that body the introduction of a clause to supply the deficiency complaia- Icesanpic History anp Lrrerarore—Inte- Restinc Lecture or Mr. Mites— Amidst the nase of rubbish that is delivered to the public in the shape of lectures, it is gratifying occa- sionally to find a beautiful specimen of the pure and shining metal. Such is the highly impor- tant and splendid lecture delivered last even- ing on Iceland, by Mr. Pliny Miles. It is in- tensely interesting to students of history, ethnology, and geographical science —and in fact to all who have any taste for literary pur. suits. The value and necessity of such a lec- ture may be estimated by the fact that so little is known of the country, in the United States, that even the right name of the capital is not given in our geographies, but instead an insig- nificant village. The lecture abounds with facts of a very at- tractive nature, and the descriptions are vivid, graphic, and eloquent. Mr. Miles shows that the great sculptor, Thorwaldsen, and Captain Ericsson. the inventor of the new motive power. are of Icelandic descent, and that no country in the world has aright to be more proud of its poetry and general literature. There are three newspapers printed on the island, though in the capital of Sicily, an island of about the same size. and the very garden of the world, Mr. Miles states he did not find one. We believe this gentleman is the third American traveller who visited Iceland, and yet he found there the New York Heratp, side by side with the Lon don Times. No doubt it was from the Heratp that the Icelanders translated Zachary Taylor’s messages into their own language. The mag- nificent map with which the lecturer illus- trated his paper is a proof of the ad- vanced intelligence and education of these people. and shows that erroneous ideas are generally entertained of them. It is now demonstrat- ed that the Icelanders anticipated Europeans in the discovery of the American continent, having undoubtedly visited and landed on the eastern coast of North America. in the year 1000. while itis known that Columbus visited Iceland in the early part of the fifteenth century. That country has peculiar fhterest for Americans, as it wasa republic till the neighboring Danes took possession of it, from which time they have kept it in bondage till the present day, some- what after the fashion of the British subjugation and oppression of Ireland. All that the Ice- landers ask is free trade with the rest of the world. which hitherto has been denied them by their tyrants. Nothing can speak more highly for this northern race, than the fact that there is not a policeman in their island, and their goods are never placed under lock and key. But for further details we must refer the reader to the lecture itself. Dr. Kane’s papers have thrown a flood of light upon the Arctic regions, and now we have another most valuable contribution to Ameri- can science, whose progress in maritime and topographical discovery not only keeps pace with the researches of Europeans, but is every day outstripping them in the race. Mr. Miles has deserved well of his country. Talk on ’Change. Another wet day yesterday led to a moderate attend- ance of merchants. The business, however, in some branches, was to a fair extent. ‘There was some discussion among dealers in breadstu(ts regarding flour inspection. It seems propositions in its favor were negatived at the new Corn Exchange yester- day forenoon, though the measure received a strong and animated support. Formerly, there were official inspectors of beef, pork, flour, and grain, but the system growing unpopular, the Legislature repealed the law authorizing their appointment. ‘There is a kind of voluntary inspection of pork, and of some other articles, kept up, which amounts simply to a small tax on dealers. Arguments of considerable weight were adduced ia favor of a system of inspection, both in flour and grain, buts majority seemed to believe in let. ting matters stand as they are, and so decided. ‘They consider that every one, in buying and selling, must exercise his own judgment. Those in favor of the measure c ntended that there ought to be a recognized standard for flour, so that a buyer might feel assured that when he purchased a particular quality it should really prove what he desired it to be. There was some anxiety to receive the foreign news via Halifax. There was no effect of moment produced by the Humbolit’s news, prior to the close of ’Change. Arrival of the Georgia. NEARLY TWO AND A HALF MILLIONS OF GOLD DvsT. The mail steamship Georgia, Captain Porter, ar- rived this morning, direct from Aspinwall, with the California mails and nearly two millions and a half of gold dust. She left on the 19th ult., at 9 P. M. The G. sailed from Aspinwall twenty-nine hours after the sailing of the United States, and arrived off the_lightship at 6 o'clock P. M., 28th inst., and was detained by the dense fog. We are indebted to Purser Hull and Berford & Co.’s express for late news and California papers. On the 25th inst., Mr. Michael Connotly died on board the G., and on the next day Mr. James Miller. The following is the specie list of the Georgia :— SPECIE LIST OF STEAMSHIP GEORGIA. Adams & Co..... 80,878 Jacobs &Levi..., $11,632 ‘Am. Ex. Bank... 400,000 Howland & Aspia- J.C. Aaronvon... 5,900 wall... 68,761 Burgoyne& Plume 200,000 Lagard Freres 6,037 Bucklin & Crane,, 61.862 Newhouse &Spats 10,000 Brown Eros & Co. © 20000 P. Naylor........ Beebe & Co... 17,500 Order Chambers&Heiser 58.272 L. Rosenstocl Case & Truman,. 8,036 Seligman & heime: A. Carney... D. Foy & Son. J. Watson & Son. Wilkinson, Cassel- WE Coe D, T, Willetts... Wells, Fargo & Co. Field,’ Minott" & Duncan, P, Everett & Brown. . W. Hoge & C W. 8. Hansell’ & $2,124,652 Hotes ssiivees 960 In hands of pas- Herkenrath & Von FENCTH 6.64464 300,000 Lamme,...... 2,101 pm eh G. M. Tracey. 1,250 Total.....44.46 92,424,652 Downing,Esq.—in a communication to the Bonrd | § ed of, Biocmingdale &Co 10,000 Marine Affairs. Forsicy ComMERCE OF New York.—The following com- price the arrivals at this port from abroad, during the month of February, 1853 :— Class. ‘Toms. Stexmers 21,138 Shipe., Barks. 15,736 Brige., 105819 Sehconen 2,015 Totals, an 213 115,098 Naticnal Number. Tins. United states 153 3,01 British 28 Premen 5 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 218 115,098 —The following is a report of the specie, entered ar the Custom House, New York, from the Ist to the 23th of Febraary, 1853 — $2,280 52,716 J ‘ City Intelligence, A Prize Ficut.—Another of these anti- 4morieam affairs: took place yesterday afternoon, on Riker’s Island; be- tween two men, named Adams and Codey, for a stake of $600, in a twenty-four foot ring, half minute time. The fight lasted nineteen minutes, during which time thirteem rounds were fiercely contested. The belligerents wero well matched, and the way they pummelled each other, during their’ brief encounter, was truly to some six or eight hundred spectators, who Ley ei patrontse this art. Codey won the money, while 85 ¢ his unfortunate progenitor, fell, not only in pocket, but in every round during the fight. Ail parties return- €d to town in the evening F EMIGRATION Rerorns FOR THE Last Montu.—The follow- ing table is a list of the herr gird who arrived here from fore sorts, for the > — fone #, for = —_s Feb. 28, 1863 4 if 6h 38 z 2,788 0 429 £ 207 & ih z 105 Tr] 1 3 I 12 10 Various ports.. Total number 213; tonnage, 116, 23 or ;, 12,280; number of vessels, ‘esterday the rain continued te pour down inces: ly during the entire day. About five o’clock in the afternoon wo had a very heavy fall of hail, which, however, lasted for a few moments only. The wind continued to blow from the east up toa late hour Jast night. The thermometer at the HekAtp office ranged from thirty-five to ‘orty. two degrees above zero. The Hon. Ronert C. Wintnror, of Boston, is to give, this evening, the lecture of the week in the course of the New York Historical Society, at Metro Hall. Mr. Winthrop is a very accomplished his critic, and is an admirable orator ; his discourse will be a brilliant affair. Fimes—A fire broke out in the dwelling house No. 35 Essex street yesterday, but was quickly extinguished b; the fire department, who were promptly on the ground. It originated from some defect in the chimney. At 1244 o'clock yesterday morning, a fire was discover. ed in the office of Mr. Robinson, No.9 Ann street; but the flames were immediately extinguished by the firemen, who were promptly on the ground. It is supposed that the fire originated from a candle which was left lighted on one of the desks. About 7 o’clock Sunday evening, a fire broke out in the escond hand clothing store of John Mandus, No. 530 Eighth avenue, which was not extingnished before property to the amount of $200 was destroyed. This fire is sup) to be the work of an incendiary, from the fact of the family, with the exception’ of Mandus, leaving the Rouse before the fire took place. ' Previout to the bursting forth of the flames, Mandus ras ceen making his ogress from the atore.. The stock is insured for $1,000, and the building, whieh belongs to Mr, Mandus, is damazed to the amount of $250. Capt. Hannigan, of the Twentieth district, and his men, were on the ground, and rendered efficient service in pro- tecting the property and preserving order. A wo- man, whose name we were unable to learn, could not get out of the building, and was rescued from a terrible death by the exertions of officers 0’Con rer and Sampson, who succeeded in receiving her, by means of a ladder, from the third-story window, at the imminent risk of their own lives. In this praiseworthy act they re- reived some severe burns on the hands and face. Police Intelligence. An Assault with a Pistol—Attempt to Kill.—Abaut two o'clock on Tuesday morning, two men named William H. Cotton and Edward White, called at the porter house of Peter Gillespie, situated at No. 21 Orange street, and called for something to drink. Mr. Gillespie gave them. the drink, and in payment Cotton offered a bad Dill. ‘They were told the bill was bad, and they were about leaving the piace, when Gillespie reached across the counter and seized Cotton by the collar, at the sane time pulling a sword from behind the counter, and threatened to cut Cotten in two. A fight then ensued between the parties, and just as Cotton was making his escape from the premises by the door, Gillespie again caught him and with a double barrel’ pistol struck Cotton a violent blow on the face, cutting his lip in a severe manner. A further struggle ensued between them, and as Cotton was passing out at the doorway Gillespie discharged one barrel of the pistol, the small shot from which struck Cotton om the head, inflicting a dangerous wound. On gaining the street an alarm was given, and officer Mehan, of the Sixth ward police, came to the premises and arrested Gillespie, who was forthwith conveyed to the station house. Dur- ing the morning he was taken before Justice Osborn, who committed him to prison for trial, ona charge of an as- sault with an intent to take the life of Mr. Cotton. Naval Inte! Nees The frigate St. Lawrence was at Valparaiso Jan 20, having arrived on the 21st from Honolulu. The U. 8. sloop of war Albany, Commander James T. Gerry, arrived at the Navy Yard on Satorday evening last, from St. Domingo. The U.S. sloop of war Cyane, Commander George Hollins, arrived and anchored off the Navy Yard, on Wednesday, the 16th inst.—Pensacola Gazette. Feb. 19. Twenty-five Cent Da; Rees & Co., 289 Broadway, take daily from 150 to 300 of the most splendid pictures ever exhibited, with their new German’ process, and a one horse tea machine for preparing plater. It is useless for imitating competitors to attempt: valry. errectypes in Ol, by W. H. Butler, Plumb National batters Nor 281 Broadway, upper cor-” ner of Murray street. ‘these portraits combine the de tail of the Dagurreotype with the Gnish of the finest min- jature painting. Yortraits of deceased persons copied to- e life, The Piumbe National Gallery, 251 Broad-- way, contains the largest, as wells the most Interes| collection of portraits in the world. No one should f to visit this old and renowned establishment. Season your Admiration for awhile with ar. attentive ear, and learn that KNOX has issued his sprit style of hats. Beautiful as the poet’s fancy, it cann fail to excite general admiration. Call at No. 128 Fulton street, and examine it. To Western and Southern Merchants..- Gentlemen visiting this city from the South or Wost, who wieh to obtaina hat of the latest fashion, are invited to visit the new hat estadlishment of Messrs. KNOX & JAMES, in Capt. Degroot’s Hotel, corner of Broadway and Spring street, convenient to the Metropolitair and St. Nicholas Hotels, and directly opposite the Collamore House. Sojournersat either of these establishments will’ find their wants in this particular promptly and satis- factorily supplied. Clothing at Wholesale Only.—An immense stock of spring and summer clothing, made exprosuly for the Southern, Western, and California trade. hick we offer at the very lowest market prices. WILKINSON BROTHERS, Nos. 28 and 30 John street, corner of Nassau, Bike er iy ihtarrs ,” we are told; but fixed. mathematical principles, properly applied, never err. ‘The rules for enttin; Bite Observed nt GREENS pus lar establishment, No 1 Astor House, render a mistake in the fit impossible; and the result is that none are re- turned, none com, f. Great Bargains at 156 Fulton street.—Now selling off, the entire stock of ladies’, gents’, misser’, boys’ and children’s boots, shoes, gaiters, &c., at a great sacrifice, in order to close up the business immediately, to those who want to buy cheap. Great inducements are now offered. Will sell single pairs, or by the dozen, far below the cost. Two doors from Broadway. ‘We Call the Attention of our large Retail friends to an advertivement in another column, of the Jease and fixtures that are for sale of 92 Bowery. ‘This store and location is very desirable—no better, if we can judge from the business that has been done there. The Attention of Shirt and Collar Manu- facturers, and persons engaged in fine atitehing or sew- ing, is respectfnlly called to WHEELER, WILSON & CO.’S sewing machine, patented June 15, 1852, at 265 Broadway. ‘Wonderful Improvement in Yewlaz Mas chines having recently been made, now render these in- struments ahead of any mechanical invention of the age, the proprietors, Messrs. I. M. SINGER & CO., having been to great expense in purchasing machinery oxpressly for the manufactory of these machines, assure the pub- Ke that the machines shall hereafter have all the latest improvements attached, with perfect mechanical accu- racy, and the once seeming difficulties are now removed. Cal! ‘and examine the machines at the principal office, No. 268 Broadwa: I. M. SINGER & CO. At the Astor House, and at House of note from there to Jones’, at Manhattanville, or even to+ Thorp’s, at High Bridge, you ean get a taste of Charles? London’ cordial gin, than which no liqueur is more deservedly popular.’ Try it, and confess you never ew before what nectar really was. Importer’s office, No. 7 Park place. Excelsior!—Sprii hats. BEEBE & CO. Fashion for Genticmen’s 166 Brondway. Kellinger’s Beautifal Family Lintment: is ax certain to cure as itis used all aches, pains and’ weaknesres, with either sex. old in large bottles, each $1, and $9 dozen. His horse liniment cures the heaves, sores, cuts, bruises, trains, and hard sweMings, and work’ the'Lorse daily—price 50 eonta, $4 60 per dos. Principal depots, Ingersol & Field 240’ Pearl, and 476 Broadway, white front, and of almost every druggist in the United States. Trusses, Shoulder Braces, Sapporters, and Iadies’ Belts, instruments for club feet, crooked spine, kneck knees, bowlegs, weak ankles, and’a very superior Ot tie sto ing for enlarged veins of the log. and elastic knee caps, aad children’s trusses, at No. 12 Ann street, near Broadway. Dr. E. Brown, “the Great Scrofaia Doctor,” a eitan chameirae terie Re gg a set ar [8 Assul obtain . Brown, ted at Grand treet. New Efigland’s cured have paid bim many debts of gratitude. New York now has the offer of bie Gisbe” afflicted, weise time and call on him, ere it Birth-marks, polypus, scirrhous cancers, temors, moleg, and all excresences removed from the face or body, bY & painless external pplication, All per- sons interested will be perfectly satisfied of the fact, by tal¥ing at the office of the subscribers, 192 Second avenue, | sorner of Twelfth street. HARVEY & WALLACE. Gournud’s Liquid Hair Dye ts, without ex eeption or reservation, the very best ever invented, Be- ware of puffed dyes, Equally celebrated is Gouraud’a Medicated Soap, for curing pimples, freckles, sallownest, ebapa, roughness, ke. Poudre Subtile nproote habe from any part of the body. Liquid Ronge Lily White, and aly Glow, at 07 Walker street, pear Broadway,