The New York Herald Newspaper, March 12, 1853, Page 4

NEW YOR HERALD. Cacenmesinntenente JAMES GORDON BENNETT 'YROPsinfOR AND EDITOR, eee SPFICB ¥. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. by EY Peas rh 2 per annum. j T HERALD ccc at conte per or $3 per annum ; ie Rurepers, ‘ition, 4 per any part of Great Britain, and $% to any part of , ‘Be Gor to include the . AL’, 8 by mail, for iptions, or with Adver in ¥ sents, to be } paid, or the postage will be deducted from VOL the ld; i ‘wis ‘Liberally Bourn Ramon detcuee DPwTs ARE PARTICULARLY REQUESTED TO SEAL ALL Lur- ‘TERS ABD PackaGns SExT US. eC lloll=FOoO—o AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowory—Wiiv Oats—Bourmiay rn BROADWAY THEATRE, ‘Kase anv I. Broadway—Vincrstvs— BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street—Dompay ano | Bon—Tus Saurus. NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham stroet—Doomen DausKanp—Caprive’s Rawsom—Yawkee Duguisr. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Famr Heanr em Wom Farr Lavy—Paviine—Review. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon—Bive Beauv. Eve wing—Caritat Marcu—Buve Bearv. . 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The majority of office seekers at Washington, like some of the fancy financiers of Wall street, are evi- dently becoming very nervous, and a complete blow up all round may be expected if matters continue im their present state much longer. While the poli- ticians are fighting about the division of the spoils, General Pierce, who reserves to himself the dispen- sation of the same, calmly pursues the even tenor of his way, regardless of the bickerings of the hards and softs from this State, or the wolverines and buckeyes of the West. This thing of quarrelling about offices that have not been given out reminds one very much of the old nursery tale about count- ing the chickens. A perasal of the despatches from Washington will give the reader a pretty correct idea of how matters stand in that quarter. Considerable progress was yesterday made by the New York Legislature towards the accomplishment of the work before it. If the members would only drop the discussion of abstract questions, and devote the remainder of the session to matters of immediate importance, they might retrieve much of the unenvi- able reputation they now have for dilatoriness and inattention to the public interests. Among the bills exceedingly busy, personages to be met in every thoroughfare. They belong to the numerous class of traders from the interior of the country, who have thus early made their appearance among us for the purpose of selecting their spring and summer sap- | plies of goods, being now quite sure that their pur- | chases can be speedily transported to ‘heir desti- ' nation, ‘without fear of detention by winter's icy | grasp. One striking feature observable among these ; temporary sojourners is the fact that, instead of ! spending many hours in a fruitles search over half AR Y CORRESPONDENCE, containing impor: | the city for such articles as {they may require, they now turn to those indispensable sources of infor- mation, the daily newspapers, almost momentarily ascertain where the necessaries may be obtained, and | thus save time, money, fatigue, and vexation of irit. Prank failures are becoming of rather too frequent occurrence to be at all pleasant to the middling and lower classes of this city, as will be seen on reference to the money article in another page. People should be on the look out for the Connecticut and other species of shinplasters which at present form the principal currency of this metropolis. Why do not our authorities enforce the old and almost forgotten statute against the circulation of the bank notes of other States, of a less denomination than five doMars? Many of the outside banks are in a very rickety con- dition; but if the law was properly carried out, few, if any, of our citizens would suffer by their downfall, The industrial and commercial classes must be on their guard against the schemes of reckless speculat, ing financiers. Considerable excitement was occasioned last even- ing, in the Board of Assistant Aldermen, by the pre- sentation of a preamble and series of resolutions in relation to the absorbing topic of the day—the alleged corruption of public officers connected with the city government. They were presented by Assistant Alderman Hunt, of the Tenth ward, who gave as his reason for doing so the neglect of the committee appointed to investigate the subject. Tne names of some of our most distinguished citizens, it will be seen, are mentioned in this document, and they themselves are summoped to appear before the “ bar of the Board of Assistant Aldermen to answer such questions as may be proposed to them.” What the nature of their connection with this matter may be, it would be difficult to determine, but we hope the public will be made thoroughly acquainted with the whole particulars. The preamble and re- solutions, which, with the debate elicited by their pre- sentation, may be found in another column, will amply repay perusal. The Board of Aldermen tran- sactéd no business of public importance. Forgery appears to be on the increase. No less than three persons have been arrested during this week on charges of forgery. The detailsof a singu- lar case will be seen elsewhere, under the Police In- telligence. Another desperate stabbing affray took place among some sailors on Thursday evening. One of the injured men is not expected to survive the in- jury. Four ofthe seamen were arrested, charged with the perpetration of the assault. The steamship Africa, with three days later news from Europe, is now in her fifteenth day. She will probably arrive in the course of the day. Two weeks later advices from California may also be expeeted in the course of a day of two. The American Boundary Commission—Im- portant Document. Jchn R. Bartlett. Esq., the Commissioner ap- pointed by our government. in conjunction with the Mexican Commissioner, General Conde, “ to run and mark the boundary line between the United States and Mexico,” according to the °+af peace, having been engaged in that treaty ~~ the Jast two years and a half, grea work to ~~ to a close, fas recently and brought it nea., * *64 hig report be- returned to this country, and ... ipbur- fore the Secretary of the Interior, who ha. 4 municated it to the Senate. It has gone to Cand printer, and will not be fesued for some time: It isa very lengthy, elaborate, and able docu- ment. extending to some fifty folio pages, and requires the assistance of the maps, which have not yet been engraved, to make it thoroughly understood. Meantime, we present the reader with the substance of it, in a form which we trust will prove interesting to the publi. Mr, Bariiett, 4 hose office was of a diplomatic character, as well as scientific. proceeded on ns | ion in August, 1850, with a corps of engi- neers and surveyors, numbering in all about one hundred persons, who were divided into four parties. Having finished his labors. with the exception of a small portion of the line at the mouth of the Rio Grande, he arrived here mi passed by the Assembly was the one to provide means | jast month. The line. which was commenced for the liquidation of the State debt, the support of government, and the carrying on of the public works by the imposition of a seven-tenths of a mill tax on | every dollar of taxable property, and by making the tolls on railroads the same as those on the canals. The bill for the better protection of emigrants arriv- ing in our city from the nefarious schemes of | sand five hundred to three thousand miles. sharpers, was referred to a select committee to report complete. Quite an interesting debate sprung up in the Senate relative to the Ecclesiastical Devise bill. The after part of the day was spent in the discussion of the proposition to suspend the publication of the Colonial History—the great topic of controversy Read it. | in the middle at the “initial” point near Paso— which means the pass—was drawn towards either | ocean, and extends from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific, embracing an extent of bouadary including sinuosities, measuring from two thou- It is the longest line ever surveyed between any | two countries in the world. Almost the entire of it is through barren deserts ; and the work | has, therefore, been attended with obstacles of a nature nearly insurmountable. The greater | portion of this wild region is uninhabited, and being the stale and worn out question of printing. | ‘This has been an inexhanstible theme of oratory the dificulty of getting provisions is obvious. Vast open plains stretch before the view. desti- the halls of Congress and the different State Legis- | tute of trees and grass. There is no water, for latures for several year® past ; yet, notwithstanding | there isno rain. and the heat along the Gila all that has been said and written, the law-makers | was, for forty days. in the shade—when any obstinately persist in refusing to adopt the only | guade could be obtained—from 106 to 120, remedy for the evil of which they so continually com- | There was little or no forage for animals, and plain. Letthe general and State governments estab- | lish printeries and binderies of their own—let them place competent men at the heads thereof—and we shall have no more lamentations. Dates from Havana to the Sth inst. give us no clue as to what will probably be the fate of the numerous | persons, many of them belonging to the oldest and most respectable families on the island, who have been for some months incarcerated in the diferent prisons, on suspicion of having been concerned in political consp’ The Cubans themselves seem inclined to believe that the silence of the authorities upon the subject forebodes the worst consequences but, on the other hand, it may be that the govern- ment, finding that it is about to be superseded by a more liberal administration, has deemed it judic to avoid all further action in the matter. Eve body will be pleased to learn that the health of Vice President King was improv and that his friends now begin to entertain hopes that he return a well man. ‘The trial of Dr. Gardiner was commenced ington yesterday. has furnished a synopsis of the procee in Wash George A. King and Cyrus Harris have been Z nominated as the whig candidates for Congress in | their loose 1 d Western districts of Rhode Island. | i the Eastern Our telegraphic correspondent | | several times the surveying parties were the point of starvation. while for the greater portion of the period they were surrounded by tribes of hostile Indians, which it required the greatest vigila tact, and courage to baffle. Notwithstanding these dangers. difficulties, and privations, only one of the commission died a natural death, and but about twenty that perished by vio- lent means 1 be no better proof that the right kind of men were selected for this great enterprise, especially when we consider that their camp was invaded eight or ten times by the savag nd three hundred of their mules horses tak There ne open fight between a party of twenty | on There w five, with forty Indians, the latter having mista- ken the train for Mexicans. but fiying with pre- | cipitation when they discovered that th: and that they not only stood fi mt charged the enemy. the ha en away at various times, | Americans, Each lost one man in ost all the le, while the surveying par «, which became the prey rd constantly They had to keep gus That State was recently represented by one whig | ogainst these treacherous assaults, and one democrat in each branch of Conyress. It certain s though there is to be no end to the di £ gold on this continent. A despatch from Louisville annonnces that the inhabi- tante in the vicinity of the Cherokee Nation have been thrown into great perturbation by the finding of gold in that region. Who says this is not a great country? We elsewhere publish the revolting parti the brutal murder of two females in Philadel on Thursday. The more northerly ice-bound channels of navi- gation have already been broken up. Winter's ery tal fetters are dissolving under the influence of the recent warm and moist weather, and it will not be | |. long ere the packets upon our 5¢ canals will be found regularly performing their vocation. By a despatch from Cleveland we are inf d that the Lake Erie steamers have resumes t! ps between These circum that place and Toiedo and Degoit. stances agoount for the great num v Cmne’ but The mode of survey was this :—Mr. Bartlett and General Conde first agreed upon a portion of the line. and they then gave directions to the surveyors and astronomers under their respec- tive commands, to first and then to erect monuments marking it; aud go, in that way, the two commissioners near each other. | time at an average of fifteen miles per day, till the death of General Conde at Ar on the 19th of December, 1851, after which Mr. appointed his successor on the Jartlett was sick for thr | months, in Sonora. at the same time as the Mexi- oner, and also broke his arm. one dispnted point, which had » Rio Grande point, near El exclusively an- survey eded keeping and travelling nearly all the n Sonora, Salazar wae | of Mexico. | can commiss There was bt reference to the line connecting t and the Gila. That is tRe initi Paro, on the f t river, We ia noun‘ed to our readers a few months ago, from | chould withold the money till the disputed ove correspondent in the city of Chihuahua, | boundary was fixed eight miles above El Paso, ‘Mexico, the discovery by the U. S. Commission- er, of an important map of the State of Chihua- hua, made in the year 1834, showing its boun- daries, which were subsequently adopted by it in its constitution. We now lay before our readers an elucidation of the important question involved in that portion of the boundary line between the United States and Mexico, which has attracted, and still attracts, so much atten- tion, and upon which the map alluded to throws abundant light. The commissioners, in settling the boundaries between the two countries. were confined to a particular map of Mexico—that of Disturnell, of 1847, The treaty says the line shall follow the Rio Grande from its mouth until it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico. Now. on examining this map, the boundary referred to is plainly laid down, and the question arises, how is it to be found? Must its position be measured from any particular town, river, mountain, or other natural boundary, or must its latitude be ascertained and determined ac- cordingly? Nearly every State in the Union has, for one or more of its boundaries. a line run- ning east and west, or north and south, laid down and defined by their latitude or lengitude. No one would define them by their distance from any particular town or city. In the same manner the commissioners agreed to fix the point where the southern boundary of New Mexico strikes the Rio Grande, as laid down on Disturnell’s map, at 32 degrees and 22 minutes. On examining the ground, the town of El Paso was found to be wrongly placed, and instead of being at 32 degrees 15 minutes north latitude. it was at 32 degrees 45 minutes, showing an error in its position of about 30 minutes of lati- tude. making there an apparent loss of about thirty miles of barren territory to the United States. Without reference to the position of El Paso, Mr. Bartlett agreed upon the boun- dary line as it ison the map, at 32degrees 22 minutes. It is known that Mr. Gray, the United States Surveyor, objected to Mr. Bartlett’s line, on the ground that the parallels of latitude were wrong. and not the position of the town El Paso, and that the boundary must be but eight miles from that place. When, therefore. El Paso is correctly placed on the map, at 32 degrees 15 minutes, and the southern boundary of New Mexico eight miles above it, the line will be about seven miles below the thirty-second par- allel, while the treaty map lays it down at 32 degrees 22 minutes. The United States Com- missioner insists that if the map is adhered to according to the treaty, his point is correct; but, if the map is taken for one admeasurement. and the United States Commissioner goes to the ground for another, and fixes the point in ques- tion eight miles above the true position of El Paso, it would be a departure from the map and the treaty. But. in addition to the error of thirty miles in the position of El Paso, it was found on -examination, that the Rio Grande was still more out of place, being laid down on the map more than two degrees too far to the east. The result of this was that, by placing it in its true position, the southern boundary of New Mexico would be contracted to less than one degree, instead of having an extent of three degrees, which the but which restriction was afterwards removed when it was too late. A party will be sent out immediately to finish the werk, so that in a very short time the treaty of peace will be finally completed and carried into execution. We congratulate Commissioner Bartlett and the country on so successful a termination of his labors, Tne Oyster Trape or New Yorx.—We pub- lish in another part of our paper, to-day a long, but what we have no doubt our readers will find on perusal an interesting, account of the oyster trade of New York. The immense amount of capital invested in it, the extensive yearly sales, and the large number of persons to whom it gives constant employment, and who are directly or indirectly dependent upon it for a subsistence, render it of particular public importance. It is the first time, we believe, that anything in relation to the subject has ever appeared in print, and many who read it will doubtless be astonished at some of the in- formation and facts which are presented in this detailed account. It would hardly be credited that the yearly sales of oysters in this city exceed five millions of dollars, and that the number of persons employed in the business, directly or indirectly, is about fifty thousand, It is a singular fact that of the whole amount of oysters sold in our markets, about two-thirds come from Virginia, which has a more extensive oyster trade than any other State in the Union. The residue is obtained from the waters of our own State, and those of New Jersey—the Eas river furnishing the largest supply. A consider- able supply is procured from Shrewsbury and York Bay; but very few of the latter are consum- ed in this city, as they are cultivated particularly for the western market. One of the most in- teresting features in the business is the trans- planting of oyeters, or their removal from the “rock,” or natural bed, to an artificial one- This processis of peculiar importance, and ab- solutely necessary to the successful prosecution of the trade. It would, in fact, be next to im- possible to supply the market during the whole year, but for the general system of transplant- ing, which is pursued by all the dealers. More than a million dollars worth are removed every year to artificial beds, and by this means prevented from spawning, which renders them unfit for use. Thus a large proportion of our East river oysters were origi- nally obtained from the North river, where the soil and water are not considered so favorable to their cultivation. This particular branch of the business is so fully described in the article itself. that it is merely necessary to direct par- ticular attention to it. Of the fifty thousand persons engaged in the business. the majority. of course, are dependent upon their own labor for support; but there are a considerable number of the dealers, or, as they might more properly be called, oyster mer- chants, who possess large fortunes, amassed from the sale of oysters alone. They are among the most worthy of our citizens, and New York is not a little indebted to their enter- prise for her extensive business in what has “Mama v1 Roman” at Nimo’s.—This opera was again announced for last evening. Why Mde. Sontag should prefer s0 uninteresting » piece to “Lucia,” or “Linda,” which would still draw full houses, or to ‘(La Prophate,”’” or “Roberto,” or “Otello,” or ‘Lucrezia,” or “La Juive,” or any other opera possessing either the charm of novelty or intrinsic merit, we are at a loss to imagine. Musical erities may say very learned and very judicious things about the superior instrumentalization, the Dalance of sound, the pulsatile, and the grave texture of the music of ‘(Maria di Rohan’—the public don’t un- derstand these hard words. They ge to hear pleasing mesic, or witness a spirited performance. If neither is afforded them, it is a poor consolation to be told in the papers next day, that Ronconi achieved distinction in the piece, or that Berlioz thought well of the coda of the overture. In music, as in every thing else, we hold that the voz populi is right in the main, and have no hesita- tion in appealing to nine-tenths of the audience to eon- firm our judgment of ‘‘Maria di Rohan.’ We shall not inquire what share in the favorable opinions which seve- ral of our cotemporaries have expressed must be ascribed to policy and their kindly feeling towards the manager, and what to conscientious taste; we are perfectly conteat to differ from them, so long as the mass of opera goers coincide with us. Having raid this much, we beg to draw the attention of those who are curious in such matters, to as amusing & blunder as we have noticed for some time, in a musical or any other sort of notice. It was stated in Thursday's Heratp—for we beg to say that we were the culprit— that “no opera contrasts more painfully (than ‘Maria di Roban’] with ‘M1 Barbiere,’ ‘Tancredi,’ and ‘he other masterpieces of bis (Donizetti's) youthful genius.” In otber.words, we ascribed ‘‘ Il Barbiere’’ and ‘ Tancredi,”” which—as everybody knows, are among Rossini’s best works—to Donizetti, who did not write a bar of either. So gross a blunder was not likely to pass unnoticed. The Courier and Enquirer very properly remarks :— We think that correction of a criticism, in which ‘Il Barbiere” and ‘‘ Tancredi’’ are set down as the master- pieces of Donizetti’s youthful genius, is labor quite rown away. What influence can such combinations of ignorance and imbecility have, save with those whose knowledge or whose Sapantty ig even inferior in degree to that of the inditer of such foolishness? Our readers whom the gods have not made musical will fully appre ciate the value of such crit icism when they know that it is as if ina notice of performance of ‘The School for Scandal,” the writer should regret that the play con- trasted painfully with ‘‘ Hamlet” and the ‘“ Tempest,” and other masterpieces of Sheridan’s youthful genius. And co say we. Perhaps. Mrs. Cocklebottom’s naif inquiry in the play, whether Sheridan Knowles hadn't written Shakespeare, or Mr. Puddyfat’s confidential re- mark to his friend, that Bulwer’s ‘Song of the Shirt’? was not to be compared to Dickens’ ‘‘Black-eyed Susan,’ is nearer the mark as a parallel. How we came to follow such illustrious examples, we are utterly nonplussed to imagine. We do honestly believe that ‘Una Veca,’’ “Largo al factotum,” and “Di tanti palpiti,” have been familiar to us for many & year, and that had we been suddenly roused from our beds with an inquiry as to their author, Rassini’s name would have risen uphesitatingly to our lips. But we have no right to ask people to believe it, or to ascribe our stupid mistake to a temporary confusion of ideas. What we have written,{we have written: let it pass. It is related of Dr. Johnson, by one of his cotemporary biographers, that at the time he was living with Cave, near Temple bar, and eking out a poor subsistence by writing for the ephemeral magazines of the day, he once inadvertently attributed Jonson’s “Ewry man in his Humor’ to Beaumont and Fletcher, The fatal paragraph appeared, and the wits of Grub strect were in high glee at the blunder. In agony, the publisher rushed to John- son, and implored him to suffer the blame to be laid on the printer. ‘‘Sir,”’ said the sententious doctor, in his most imperious tones, ‘‘you are a fool. Error, like everything else, has its uses in the economy of the world. Had I not committed the mistake to which you refer, the crew of noisy babblers who are making merry at your expense and mine, would have been occupied in traducing some honest man’s character. Be thankful, sir, that you have been afforded an opportunity of diverting their at- tention, and thus neutralizing their mischievous propen- sities, which might be fatal to others, but can neither injure nor annoy a man of well regulated mind.” id for Madeira. now become an indispensable article of food. Tue Law or Linen anp THE Press.—The press of this country, which has been of late treaty map gives it. This double error very ‘naturally placed the commissioners in a serious dilex2™a; but it was finally settled by fixing the initial point Where the southern boundary of New Mexico strikes the Rio Grande. at 32 de- grees 2f minutes. and prolonging it west three degrees, tw» of which were in a portion of the State of Sonora, gaining thereby a large S¢¢- tion of territory, embracing about 6,000 square miles, This fc § briefstatamont of he cuestion | The Commissioner has, since his r¢turn, fat- nished the Department of the Interior with ad- ditional arguments, in the way of maps and docu- ments, sustaining his decision. The map of Chihuahua. made in 1834 by engineers appoint- ed by the government, is the result of an acgu- rate survey. Had this map been named by the treaty, or had Disturnell’s been equally correct. there would have been no difficulty. Soon after the publication of the map, the Mexican en- gincers published a statistical account of the State, wherein are named the various places over which it exercised jurisdiction; and when its constitution was reformed, in 1847, the boun- daries of the State, as laid down in the map, and described in the statistical account referred to, were made to forma part of the constitution. The following are the words of the article al- luded to, which we translate from the Spanish:— Article 2—The territory of Chihuahua is that which lies and is now acknowledged to be between the pi- rallels of 25 degrees 63 minutes 36 seconds, and 32 degrees 57 minutes 43 seconds, north latitude; and between the meridians of 1 degree, 30 minutes 16 seconds, and 7 degrees 17 minutes seconds, west longitude, from the city of Mexico, according to the map of the aforesaid State, made by Messrs. Staples and Condé in the year 1534. In this article the northern boundary of the State of Chihuahua is claimed as fa 32 de- grees 57 minutes 43 seconds. which line forms the southern boundary of New Mexico. Now. if the United States Commissioner fixed the initial | point at 32 degrees 22 minutes north latitude, as it was laid down on the treaty map. he gained for the United states 35 minutes of latitude; and in prolonging the line west from the Rio Grande egrees, he made up the loss 4 would se have ensued to the U 1 States had the actual longitude of the western limit of the southern boundary been tak to do which two degrees were taken from the adjoining State of Sonora. It may be said that the treaty confined the commissioners to a particular map, which was undoubtedly the case; but when it is found that this map contains two gross errors, which led to great emb sement on the part of the com- missioners, it is important to show by the best authorities defining the boundary between New Mexico and Chihuahua. that the United States have lost nothing in fixing the boundary at 32 degs. 22 min., according to the treaty map, but on the contrary, have been the gainers to a very considerable extent, securing for the United States a territory over which Chihuahua claimed and exercised jurisdiction. and which, moreover, never belonged to New Mexico. Finally, it is the only way in which the matter could have been settled, for any other propo- sition would have resulted in the breaking up of the commission. But the United States Com- missioner maintains that his de mis final and the matter is settled, whether for better or for worse, according to the following words of the treaty:—* And the resultagreed upon by them (the two commissioners) shall be deemed a part of this treaty, and shail have the saine force as if it were inserted therein.” §This seems to be conclusive. The work has been suspended, on account of the appropriation made last year being ham | amended so as to grant authority for making it, they | their contracts were void. | porte, years subjected to so many vexatious actions for libel. on account of publishing the proceed- ings of police courts. is under much obligation to one of the English Judges. Lord Campbell. for his statement of the law of libel, as affecting newspaper publications, in a case recently brought before him. The action, in the case to which we allude, was brought by an attor:, scinst the proprietor of the L, : | agen! Prep! ondon Mornin. ee 4 S P-rald, for publishing a judgment given by the Chancelior, in a suit ‘in which this lawyer was plaintiff; but the objectionable part of the report was the introductory statement, purport- ing to set forth the facts in the case. Lord Campbell, in submitting the matter to the jury. stated that. by the law of England. a fair account of what took place in a court of justice might be published, but the report: should not mix up with it any comments of his own. Uf it was substantially a fair account of what took place. there was an entire immunity for those who published it. This is a proper and rational reading of the law; and we hope that in future proceedings in those vexatious actions against newspaper pro- prietors in this country which have latterly become £o frequent. the justices of our courts will take Lord Campbell's opinion as a precedent for their guidance, and not flounder about, as they have heretofore done, in ignorance of commou law. common sense. the Revised Statutes, and the new Code. Taik o} ‘There was some conversation respecting the propose] measures before the State Legislature for enlarging the cancels. Merchants have been united in favor of haying the enlargement executed, provided it could be done ina constitutional form; and provided the constitution was would fully approve of it. The loan of ten millions, i” constitutionally made, would no doubt be the quickest and most desirable mode of executing the work; but it was objected that, under now constitutional arrange ments, old contractors, under illegal enactments, should not be acknowledged. If the law was unconstitutional, Besides, the favoritism and bargaining which were charged against the parties con cerned in the old contracts, would seem to require now arrangements in toto. It was said that the best mode would be to settle up tue old affair—pay for work acta ally performed, or other necessary liabilities incurred on the part of the State, and where unexpended balances re- mained in the hands of the old contractors, to demand its repayment tothe parties who obtained contracts, secured them at higher rates than other erponsible bidders, and gold them out to others (as sup poved) at a large advance, It was suggested by a party that, as the duties of a collector embraced lege! points which required a know of Jaw to decide, a lawyer might bo preferred toa merchant. It was stated in reply, that some of our best collectors had been merchants; and that in all cases of differences of opinion growing up between the eollee tor and merchants, appeals are made to the Secretary of the Treasury, whose decision becomes fiaal. Sup- posing the collector to bea lawyer, his opinion is not binding unless confirmed by the Secretary, and it is usual in doubtful cases to consult him. Merchants, in all cares, have aright to appeal to the Secretary ef the ry when they deem the decision of the collector to be ineorrect. Thus, a merchant would have the ad vantage of the lawyer, for while haviog a practical know ledge of goods and of business matters generally, he would have the same facility of consulting the Secretary of the Treasury (who fs always a lawyer) on all points More Will the Editor of the New York Hrratn please ao- knowledge the receipt of the enclosed $5 bill towards the relief of the sufferers at Madeira. and say which is the proper quarter to forward donations, obliging A SUBSCRIBER. We send all the money we receive to Mr. Coleman, ofthe Astor House. We will take the trouble to send over to that gentleman any amount that may be sent to us to aid the distressed inhabitants of Madeira. el peas Marine Affairs, amt SMP ATALANTA Avaong,— The clipper ship Ate: piel wept. watlaés, from Canton, went ashore at half past nine o’clock on Thursday night, on the Roamer shoal, while in charge of a New York pilot from pilot boat No. 8, At seven o'clock yesterday morning she had seven feet of water inher. She basa very valuable cargo of teas and silks, ertimated to be worth from $150,000 to $200,000, which is understood to be covered by insurance in Wall street. The vessel, which was built and owned’ in Balti- more, is insured for $60,000 in Wall street. The steamer Jacob Bell, and three schooners, have gone to her assis- tanee. She is expected to be got off and bronght up to the city to-day, ‘The Atalanta left Canton river Dgo. 16, passed Java Head on the 25th, passed Cape of Good Hope Jan. 23, passed the equinoctial line in 35 W. on Feb. 20, and took a pilot at 9A. M., March 10, when forty miles from Sandy Hook. She bas thus accomplished the passage in eighty-four days—the shortest trip ever made. The White Squall, for this city, sailed from Canton three days before the Atalanta. ‘The following vessels were spoken by the Atalanta :— February 27, lat. 1815 North, lon. 53 45 West, spoke ship Iris, from a whaling voyage, last from St. Helena, bound to New Bedford, with’ 1,550 bbls. of oil, all well. March 2, Jat. 27 40 North, lon 65 West, passed a deep Jaden American bark steering northwest by north; she showed her name on a white flag with red longitudinal border ; it was a double name ; could not distinguish it. March 7, lat. 34 90, lon, 68 50, spoke a Sardinian bark, name began with “Charles,” bound to New York. ‘Tur Str Svrrana AGAin.—We are authorized by Capt. Barrett, of the ship Sultana, to say, that iramediately after his ship went ashore, while in charge of the pilot, he took charge of the ves+el himself, and got her off, and on the next morning hoisted a jack for another pilot, which brought on board Mr. Thomas Norris, of the pilotboat Waterbury, who brought her up to the sity. Tue Sreamsnir Hvusmonpr leaves at noon today for Havre. Postivety Tue Larcret.—During the preseat season several large cargoes have cleared from Mobile for the various ports of Europe and the North; but the ene taken by the American ship Warkington, Capt. Page, and clear: ed for Liverpool yesterday, heads the list. consists of 5,002 bales cotton, weighing and valued at $228,659 04. The ships G ton, William Tapscott, Lucy Thompson, M Magnus and Arabian, cach carried out large loads, the smallest exceeding 3.900 bales; but with the exception of the George Washington, cleared in December last for the same port, none can compare with this. The George Washingten’s cargo amounted to 6.014 bales. welghing 2,588,291 Ibs., and valued at $239,058 56. The two ships register 1.665 and 1,534 tons respectively, Custom House measurement,—Mobile Advertiser, March_2. New York, March 11, 1853, 10 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. With reference to the steamers running between thia port and Liverpool, it would, perhans, be as well that your readers were informed of what actually constitutes the ool. ne Rock Lighthouse at the onsidered and recognized in This any one of the Col- ins can verify. [t is inva. mouth of the Mersey, Liverpool as having ‘arrived ling or Cunard # eainers cap riably the custom to let go ene or two of hier guns when east of the Rock Light, and from that moment she is idered actually to have arrived, being then inside the Merey. This is always taken by both steamors. Frora «dock to dock’ {+a term that cannot be applied, inasmoch as the rise and fall of tide in the Liverpool river varies some eighteen to twenty eight feet from one month to another, and a vessel arriving in tho river half an hour after bigh water could pot possibly get into dock, the gates being cloved; and there she has to remain uptil wibin an hour or so of next high water—about twelve hours from one (ide to another. ‘The term “dock to dock” might ‘as well be applied with reference to their departure from Liverpool. None of the Collins or Cunard steamers start right away from the deck for New York. They sometimes out of deck and remain at anchor in the river four or five days Vefore leaving. Pr. Goon Passacrs —The packet ships Australia and Sheri- den arrived here on the 10th inst., from Liverpool, each in 23 days. First Official Notice, ‘Treasuky Devarunt, Mare 10, 195%, at isene, ‘There was # good demand for vessels to proceed to the | Chincha Islands and load with guano, There were offers to charter vessels atter their arrival at San Francisco, and instead of their proceeding thence to China, to let them proceed to the Peruvian islands and load for home The demand for guano ia every year on the in creave, and by its fertilizing qualities it is adding to | increased production both in this country and in Ragland. | | The Detroit Free Lake Erte NaviGarto' Press of the 7th instant, says:—The steamer Huron arrived on Saturday from Toledo. The Fashion left | last evening for Toledo and Cleveland. The Bay | si pered with a restriction that our government plac ca tu leave on Monday evening fur the laiicr | n thatthe five per ions of the act of Mar will in pursuance of the terms of its isine, be red at {he treasury of the United States on the first day of July rest, at which date iaterest thereon will cease. Holders of that stock desiring (0 receive th» principal and interest accrued thereon previous to the Ist July rext. may transmit their certificates, duly assigned to tre United #tates, by mailor otherwise, fo this depart ment, and drafts in their favor for the amount of the rincipal and interest up to the date of receipt here will Be resnitted, payable by the assistant treasurer most con venient to chem, JAMES GUTURIE, Seoretary of the Treasury. A bill abolishing the death penalty was ordered to Le exigidneed in the Assembl, jor Wisconsin, om the 4th ingtart, by a vote of 46 to List of Office Seekers. THE NAMES OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS SPOKEN OF FOR OFFICES IN THEGIFT OF THE GENERAL GOV< Residences. New York. -Collector of New York. ‘Pennsylvania. Post office, Pittsburg. ap sea ‘United States * Post office, Albany. + Post office, Mt. Pleasant THE CONNECTICUT OFFICE SEEKERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. New Haven, March 10, 1853. As it is getting to be fashionable for your cerrespon- dents, in different parts of the country, to forward you lists of those who are candidates for official appointmenta under the general government, and feeling that Oonnecti- cut has been somewhat slighted, I give you the fellowing list, as it passes current here:— Gov.T,H.Seymour (9th Regt. )Minister to Mexico, Bou. Loren P. Walso ae Hon. Jno. P. C, Mat! U.S. Consul at Sand Islands. Maj. Minott A. Osborn, Collector at New Haven, Chas 8. A. Davis... ‘Surveyor do. \ Jno. Galpin do. 5 Norris Wilco: ‘Auditorship. Edward A. Mit «Postmaster New Hayem James Gallaghe: do. do. Capt. L. Bissell (0th’ Regt.) ..U,S. Marshal for Connecticut. Jonathan Stod U. 8. District Attorney, Judge Alfred do. do. David J. Peck. Pension nt. N. A. irypesd * do. lo. Col. 8. A. Cooley, of Hartford..U. 8. Consul at Acapulco. Capt. N. S.Webb (0th Regt.)..Major U.S, Army. Lieut. foodhor x Captain U. 5. Army, U.S. Consul at Matanzas. Postmaster at Hartford. do, do, do. do. do. do. do, do. do, Postmaster at Meriden. . Collector at Hartford. do. do. . Secretary Legation, Mexico, + do. do, — France. Minister to China. U. 8. Consul at Smyrna, do.’ do, London. Edward 8, Moseley... Clerkship, Washington. Indian Agent. Thomas C. Catlin, Management of the Malls. New York, March 11, 1863, ‘TO THE EDITOR OF TR& NEW YORK HERALD, You make mention in your paper of to-day of two dif- ferent facts of letters being procrastifated in coming through the various post offices—all slow, but, some- thing slower: There was a letter mailed in Aurora, State of Indiana, on the 18th of February, 1863, and twenty-five dollars enclosed, but, strange to say, it never has made its appearance. What’s to be done? A CONSTANT READER. Court Calendar—This day. Ai Court—Circuit.—Nos. 285, 264, SUPREME Covrr—Special Term.—Motions. Surerior Covrt.—No trials, The sentence on the Alder- men in contempt. “265, 269 to Association for the Exhibition of the Indus- try of all Nations—Office, No. 52 Brondway—New York, March 10, 1853.—At an election held at this office, om the 7th inst., the following gentlemen were chosen directors for the ensuing year, viz:— Mortimer Livingston, Elbert J. Anderson, Alfred Pell, Philip Burrowes, Anguet Belmont, Johnston Livingston, ‘Alexander Hamilton, Jr., ‘Charles W. Foster, George L. Schuyler, Theodore Sedgwick, William W. Stone. And, at a meeting of the directors, held this day, Theodore Sedgwick was appointed President, William Whetten, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary, and L. C. Stuart, Assist- ant Secretary. ‘The Board then proceeding to increase its number, under the authority granted by an amendment of the charter, elected William Whetten a director for the ensuing year, By order, WM. WHETTEN, Sec’y. lerreotypes in Oil.—Mr. Butler, the diecoverer of this new and beautiful process, has at his rooms, on the upper corner of Broadway and Mur street, specimens showing the superiority of this process over any other, in obtaining ® truthful and finely finished likeness. Daguerreotypes copied to naturi Meade & Brothe Great establishment continues as popular asever. They are now receiving, per steamer, eneral assortment of new and beautiful st les of cases and fram f the firm now in Europe. The great inor has in- duced ust in ld @ three Horse pores ry B; gi will not have to |. ‘The public are in- mi , and view the superior arrangements of this estabRshment. 233 Broadway, oppo- site Park fountain, first floor,up stairs. The World’ Fair.—The ed, as twolv ions ofthe country, attest. Pict taken in any weather, rain or shine. Rooms very easy of ac- cess. Portraits, miniatures, &c.. copied. ‘The exquisite crayon taken only by Root.’ Gallory of rare pictures open. every day and night, and always free, at 303 Broadway, cor- ner of Franklin strest. New York Crystal Palace.—A Superior arti- cle of letter paper, with a superb steel plate heading of the- i y Nees For sale by CARR & HICKS, Stationers, Great Bargal “ in French China —The Re=« mainder of the igument of slightly damaged French ebina, from the manufactory at Vicrson, is now opening, | and will continue Cer fale for a few HAUGHWOUT & DAILEY, 56] and 503 Broadway. TeasThe Best Assortment of Fine Teas will be found at the store of the Canton Tea Gompany, 1 Chatham street, between Pearl and Roosevelt, the oldest establishment in the city. We assure our re: that the can do better than elsewhere, either at wholosalo or rotai { They have now no bi h stores. Office-Scekers are informed that they wilE meet with a better reception at Washington, or anywhere elee, if they only wear one of Freeman’s spring style of hate. They make an impression wherever they appear. The price for the vert toculy $4 60, and will compare wich bits sold for $5. A beautiful hat for $3 3. FREEMAN, 90 Fulton street, near Gold. The Spring Style of Gentlemen’s Hats will be introduced by RAFFERTY & LEASK, at their two stores, No. 57 Chatham, opposite Chambers street; and corner 0 Chatham and Pearl streets, on Saturday, March 12, 1853, Dramatic Reading —“Make me to see If, or atleast so prove it that the prebation bear no hinge, no loo} tohangadoubt on.” Tie easiest thing in the world. Visi KNOX’S, No. 128 Fulton rtrect, and examine his hats—hats of the spring fashlon—aud you must be satistied. Price four jollars. Spring Styles.—W. P. David invites the At= tention of his customers and the public, his new styles of ntlemen’s hats. They are decidedly the most beautifully nished bats ever offered, combining taste, lightness and du- rability. Look in at his saleseoom, 301 Broadway, second door from Duane street, ine them. The Spring Style of Hat.—As the season is approaching for a ebange of hat, the public in want of & good article are invited to call nt DRAKE'S splendid store, No. 9 Bowery, where theycan be suited according to their own taste. Every Reader of our Paper is Requested to read the advertisement of CHARLES WOOD, in this pa- per, headed "2,400 building lots and 100 farms,’ and wo ad- Vise all, who sre not disposed to pay the rents which are asked in this elty to buy a share in these lots and farms thie ny. Defiance Salamander Safes, Gaylcr’s Patent. =Depot No, 9 John strect, corner of Gold, (on and after Pearl street, one’ door below Maide + PATRICK, i the eole manufacturer the above cclebrated safes, and H. F. penvtrable Defiance Locke, To Shirt and Collar Manufacturers.—It is qnite evident that any i itch fi rior etyle must be exccedingi con prove to all interested th fect work, and that no thi explain how and why all oth il, J.M. SINGER & Co., No. 258 Rrondway.g Life Preservers.—Steamboat Owners and others desirous of for with a #tron, te i r ight and reliable that will apection,” and at the low will do well at the india rubber and gutta porcha warchouse of U. BISHOP, i8t Broadway. Phrenology—Mr. Fowler will deliver the last lecture of his kecond course, in Clinton Hall, this even- ing, nt 7g o'¢ Tickets, One shilling. Examinations daily at 151 Nas et. Advertisers.—Persons v ho desire to advertise in the Sunday Dispateh are informed that, to rveare tho in- of their favors they must send to the office, 25 Ann t, at an early hour y afternoon, all matters nded Tay’s compels us to rive this notice to p ‘are rerpoct ue the papers offered ve, and 6: rnation freely y H facilities, &e, I kiv Phalo®a Chemical Haltr Invigorator, to revent Lald 5 fallen off, or econ thin re seurf or dandenff, or invest it with 9 brill permanent curl, for sate at 197 nd fo br t. Nicholas ilotel, and all the: Phiton’s Magic Matr Dye, to color the baie or whirkers the n it is applied, without injury to the } nie Washed immediately withoub It is applied pri, ‘onpoe Mamufactory Nicholas Hotel, and bys M 7 ty generaily Moatitmony.—Thore persons who read the leiling ertiole in y's Herald, and ean nppreciate the af vantages to be derived from an honorable marria . hetwoon stich persons who have no o etrts, tnt have few opportunities to tire antisfaction, will be ploasod 1 dovised to afford such facilities ithout evon the risk of aither par- ty bein, known to the vtuer, until fully sativied of mutual rerpeetability, confidence nud, agreeabloness, Indeed, to feck cimirable perfoction has tho plan, been. arranged, that ever know anything of the lied for ins the United sing all in- dso innooent that allins ce antoclatio jection to the ma render itavailal to learn that a pla upon the grande: tl ecrapulously m Fervelf of it the instan® rhe oomprel vreolnted by her future husband, nest, upright, and suitable partner for I i the first specimen of humanity that happened to purtyatd, by remitting to Mrs, THEODORE EH SANBY portpaid, by remitting to Mrs, 3 > ED, Poet Offieo, New York. ‘ as