The New York Herald Newspaper, March 26, 1853, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. eee JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR, _ eee SPICE K. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. cash in advance. y HERALD. 2 conte conus. van Loaf et Gi conte Srecer ie Say part of Great Britain, aed ¥ fo any’ part of to include the 3 LUNTARY CORRESPONDENCE, containing impor- ‘news, solicited ‘amy quarter of the world; if used, i liberally poll yor. "gatOun Poumon Connisrom: DENTS ARE PART! RLY REQUESTED ro ema. aut Lue AND P. eer Us. NOTICE of anonymous communications. We do not mail, Subscriptions, or with Adver ta te be pot uid, o te petage nl 6 deducted from OB PRINTING ececuted with neatness, cheapners, and VER TISEMENTS renewed every day. _ AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Tur Jewnss—ARAB AND me Srexp. BROADWAY THEATRE, Hroadway—Broxer or Boco- va—'Twas I. BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street—Davip Correr- wiaiv—OLp Dutcen Governor. WATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—Woman’s ‘Waoxcs—Ocrax or Lirs. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Brosdway—Hzsa ar Law— Paviine. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon—Buve Branv—Evea- Mag—A Puxrxomenon 1x 4 Sock Procx—Biux Brann. 87. CHARLES THEATRE, Bowery—Ros Roy—Jacx Busrrany. GBRISTY’S OPERA HOUSE, 472 Broadway—Erniorian Mamovizs sy Cunisty’s Opera TRovurs. ‘WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood's Musical Hall, 444 Broad- way—Bruiorian MinerRaisy. GIREUS, 37 Bowery—Equestaran Enrenrawnmenrs, GHORAMA, 586 Broadway—Banvann’s Panorama oF wus Horry Lamp. BISLEY’S THAMES, at 406 Broadway. MOPE CHAPEL—Dnz. Varertine. New York, Saturday, March 26, 1853. ———————————————————————————— Malls for Europe. THE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD. Whe United States mail steamship Hermann, Capt. ‘Miggins, will beave this port at noon to-day, for South- ampton and Bremen. Bubseriptions and advertisements for any edition of the New Yorx Hxrarp will be received at the following laces in Europe:— Livearoor—John Hunter, No. 2 Paradise street. Lompoy—Edward Sandford & Co., Cornhill. * Wm. Thomas & Co., No. 19 Catherine street, Panus—Livingston, Wells & Co., Rue de la Bourse, “ ~— B. H. Reyoil, No. 17 Rue de la Banque. ‘The European mails will close in this city at half-past ten o'clock . ‘The Weraty Henratp will be published at half-past nine @ lock ibis morning. Single copies, in wrappers, sia- pence. ‘The News. The intelligence from Cuba, given in another eolumn, is, in all respects, of a very exciting charac- ter. It will be seen that still another outrage has deen committed against the American flag by Span- ish naval officers. The Baltimore schooner Manches- ter, which arrived here yesterday, from Kingston, Ja., yeports having been boarded, when twenty miles east of Cape Antonio, by twelve men belonging to a Spanish cruiser, who took possession of the vessel, ‘eonveyed her inside the reef, and, after overhauling her papers, broke open the hatches, took out about a third of her cargo, and even went so far as to un- dertake to break open the letters of her consignees. After a detention of twenty-four hours, being unable to find anything to confirm their suspicions, the Spaniards demanded thirty dollars of the captain of ‘the M. for safely piloting him through the reef, and then permitted him to find the way out in any man- wer he could. Comment upon this high-handed pro- @eeding is unnecessary. The repeated outrages of ‘this nature upon the flag of our country cause the Blood of Americans to boil with indignation. This matter will no doubt be promptly investigated by the administration at Washington, and measures taken to either prevent or resent a like occurrence in futore. One would suppose, judging from the six days’ later news from Havana, brought by the steamer Isabel, at Charleston, that the Spaniards had enough to do to take care of their own affuirs on the island of Cuba, and would carefully avoid making an un- mecessary and suicidal quarrel with this government, by waylaying and maltreating those sailing under its banner on the high seas. It is understood that a serious disturbance had arisen among the troops Btationed at St. Jago de Cuba; that a whole company had deeerted; that fifteen of the men were captared and sentenced to death, but that the officers were deterred from executing them for fear of a general revolt. This really looks ominous. Spanish military eommandants, for once, have been dismayed at the threatening position assumed by their own men. ‘They well know that, should this feeling of discon- tent spread among the soldiery, Cuba will bid fare- well to Spain forever. But the foregoing does not embrace all that is of interest in the Cuban news. We are informed that another cargo of Africans had been successfully land- ed from a slaver, and a rumor was current that the elipper slaver Lady Suffolk had also run in with a load of blacks. We perceive that the British steam- er Devastation had arrived at Havana, and, in con- nection with other vessels, was expected to make a general onslaught on the slavers, and, if possible, effectually check the abominable traffic. Vice President King’s health, according to the re- vent advices, had not improved, and it is doubtful whether he will be able to return home next month, as he had anticipated. The Cunard steamer Asia arrived yesterday even- ing, with three days later intelligence from Europe. The news, however, is of an unimportant and unin- teresting character, with the exception of the ac- eounts from Italy, which represent the tyranny of the Austrians as perfectly horrible. Confiscations ‘and executions are the order of the day in Milan and Mantua. This Reign of Terror will long be re- membered, and perhaps be one day avenged. That there is a general excitement amongst the Italian people is evident from the fact of the Papal govern ment manifesting the utmost alarm. This feverish feeling is, however, confined to one quarter of Enrope, for in France and England dulness holds its reign supreme, politically and commercially. The markets are very sluggish, and money is held back We have received Turks Islands papers extending ‘to the 2d inst., but the only item of interesting news that they contain is an account from Port au Platte of the installation of General Santana, on the 15th ult., as President of the Dominican republic. The mas- ter, mate, and crew of a slayer, seized at Port au Platte, have been condemned to imprisonment. To the great chagrin of the expectants of office, no quorum was present in the United States Senate chamber yesterday, and, consequently, no nomina- tions could be made. The fact is, Senators are be- eoming tired of waiting for nominations to be sent in; having exhausted their energies in exciting de- bates upon our foreign relations, they are now com- pletely enervated—they desire to go home and recrait; and unless the administration pushes forward its ap- pointments with a little more alacrity, there will not be a@ quorum of the Senate left in Washington. That Gen. Pierce and the majority of his cabinet are striving to balance the books there is no doubt—but then, Secretary Marcy is reported to hang fire. The New York offices trouble him dreadfully. However, one of our correspondents writes that an und ding has been arrived at concerning the collectorship of this port, and that Hon. Cornelius W. Lawrence is to be the man. With regard to the California ap- pointments, it is understood that a compromise las been effected, and that new men have been named for the different povta. See the despatches. Oar special correspondent states that the injunc- tion of secresy probably will not be removed from the international copyright treaty, which is «till in the hands of the Senate’s committee. A strong con” stitutional objection has been raised against the ex- tradition treaty with Switzerland, and, as a conse- quence, it is supposed that it will not be ratified. A Washington letter writer says that Mr. Kennedy, the late Census Superintendent, has been arrested on a charge of abstracting public documents. The members of beth branches of our State Legis- lature again worked with great activity yesterday. A large number of bills, mostly of an unimportant character, were passed, and much routine business was transacted. During the afternoon, Mr. Van Schoonhoven entertained the Senate with a speech, in opposition to Mr. Beekman, on the Union College question. As usual, we have a large number of telegraphic despatches to which we cannot afford room to refer in detail. Among them are accounts of three seri- ous railroad accidents, a murderous affray in Boston, the passage of stringent amendments to the liquor law in Maine, the falling of a warehouse in Pitts- burg, &c. The Ladies’ Home Mission celebrated their eighth anniversary last evening, at the Madison street church. Several interesting reports were read by different missionaries, which showed that much good had arisen from their labors at the Five Points, and other poverty-stricken localities of our metropolis. A collestion was made, and a large amount realized. We have to tender our thanks to the gentleman who subscribed fifteen dollars for the purpose of constita- ting the reporters of the press then present honorary members. Our inside pages to-day contain a very interest- ing letter from Boston, giving biographical sketches of the different Massachusetts United States Seng- tors, from the adoption of the constitution to the present day; the case of Arthur Spring, convicted of the double murder in Philadelphia; Communi- cation from Lieut. Schaumburg; Financial and Com- mercial Intelligence, The Central American Mission—Appointment of Hon. John Slidell. We are informed by telegraph from Washing- ton, that Hon. John Slidell, of Louisiana, has been appointed Minister to Central America. This office, as extended by the law of the last Congress. amounts to a sort of roving commis- sion, with the powers of a full minister, over all the States of Central America. The difficulty, heretofore, with a man located in Nicaragua, of coping with such a wandering and active British emissary, for example, as Chatfield, doubtless suggested to Congress the expedien- cy of covering the whole ground with the for- midable authority of an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, in full canonials. Two other objects are gained by this proceed- ing. A high compliment, significant of our practical guardianship, is paid to the little States of Central America. and a good fat of fice—one among the very best—has been added to the limited number of the foreign schedule. The questions which next recur are: Who is Hon. John Slidell. and what were the influences which secured his appointment? For the infor- mation of the uninitiated of our readers, we shall briefly answer these questions, in their order. The sequel will show, that in the divi- sion of the larger loaves and fishes, there is re- quired a vast deal of mighty nice consideration, so as to keep the scales evenly balanced be- tween the various hungry members of the de- mocratic party. John Slidell is a native of New York, (a brother of Captain Alexander Slidell Macken- zie, deceased, late of the United States Navy,) and is now between fifty-five and sixty years of age. He will carry, therefore, the saving discretion of an old fogy into the very heart of Young America. His father was an old school federalist—a school, by the way, in which many of our most distinguished democrats appear to have received the elementary principles of their political education. The old gentleman was, fora considerable time, President of the Mechanics’ Bank, of this city; and the son was, for some years, notary and lawyer for the Union Bank, prior to his departure to try his fortunes in Louisiana. His first prominent advance in that State was his election to Congress, in 1843. At the expiration of his term he was ap- pointed by President Polk as Minister Plenipo- tentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to Mexico. But the annexation of Texas, and the assump- tion by our government of the boundary of the Rio Grande, had created a most serious dif- ficulty with the government of Mexico. With that difficulty pending, they would not receive Mr. Slidell as full minister, but were willing to admit him in the charac- ter of a special envoy. to settle the paramount misunderstanding. Upon this point of diploma- tic etiquette hinged the question of peace or war. Mr.Slidell returned home—the war fol- lowed. and all its astonishing and most extra- ordinary results. Mr. Slidell returned to Louisiana, and has subsequently taken an ac- tive part in the politics of the State, as a mem- ber of the Union branch of the democratic par- ty. He has, however, been defeated as a can- didate for the United States Senate, in one or two instances, froma want of harmony with the State rights faction. His present appointment to Central America he owes to a fortunate conjuncture of peculiar cirenmstances. He had been brought forward by some of the Union faction as their candidate for a seat in the cabinet. as Secretary of the Navy. But theState rights wing of the demo- cratic party being in the ascendancy in all the cotton States of the South. that appointment could not be made without their concurrence, and they did not concur. The ease might have been different had Mr. Hunter, of Virginia, a State rights man, accepted the State Department. But, with his declination, his wing of the party would be content with nothing leas than Jefferson Davis as Se- cretary of War. This acknowledgment, how- ever, and the still more recent appointment of Mr. Campbell to the Supreme bench. from the Alabama and Louisiana circuit—an ultra South- ern Rights man—made it necessary, on the part of Gen. Pierce, to give something to the other side in the same quarter. This was the more imperative from the fact that Mr. Downs, of Louisiana, after having failed of a re- election to the Senate. thought that he was entitled, as the representative of the Union branch of the party, to the vacancy in the Su- preme Court. and was earnestly pushed by hfs friends for that desirable place. Hence. to sa- tisfy the Union wing. the selection of Mr. Sli- dell to Central America, But how this is to satisfy Mr. Downs we cannot divine. And here we may os well remark, that not only Mr. Downs, but Mr. Cobb and Col. Clemens, and Gen. Foote, appear to have been sacrificed by their late movement all over the South, in con- junction with the whigs, to save the Union. For their disinterested patriotism, they @ been set aside, like Gen. Cass, among the broken crockery, while the whigs of Georgia, Missis- sippi, Alabama, and Louisiana, have carried off the profits of their late coalition. ut Mr. Slidell, at least, is saved from the wreck. The Uniow wing of the Southern dem> craoy have not been wholly repudiated. That | Oxow Monx, axp THe Last Tne.—We are is some comfort; but how it can satisfy Mr. Downs we cannot conceive. But such are the mutations of party politics and party factions. We presume that Mr. Slidell will make a sa- tisfactory minister. He knows something of diplomacy from his brief experience in Mexico; he is apprized of the complicated web of diffi- culties he will have to straighten up in Central America; he will be fully advised of the policy, and instructed upon the course which he is to pursue, by the administration; and thus armed and equipped, we trust he will be more than a match for all the emissaries of Qeeen Victoria and the King of the Mosquitoes. Let him see to it thatno more British colonies are established in Central America, or among the adjacent islands; and if the Monroe doctrine is to be a dead letter upon all that has been done, let him remember—in the name of American manhood, let him remember that “henceforth,” (has i¢ come this?) that “henceforth” John Bull must keep his hands off the property of our neigh- bors. And we have some confidence in Mr. Slidell. The man who risked the war with Mexico upon a punctilio is hardly the man to sacrifice our rights and duties in Central Ame- rica for fear of incurring a breach of the peace. Who comes ne xt? New Breyswick—Rerort on THE Fisn- ERIEs—A select committee, appointed by the House of Assembly of New Brunswick, have made a report on the subject of the fisheries, which breathes anything but a friendly spirit, and proves that the longer the fishery question remains unsettled, the more difficult will be- come any satisfactory arrangement of this vexa- tious subject. , The report states, that “the prompt and effi- cient protection afforded by the Imperial gov- ernment to the fisheries of British North America, and the attention and regard given to the colonial interests in the negotiations dur- ing the past year, which secured the coasts from foreign aggression, and enabled British subjects to enjoy unmolested their rights and privileges, have inspired the inhabitants of New Brunswick with increased confidence in the de- termination of the mother country to maintain, to their fullest extent, their rights and privileges in this invaluable source of industry and wealth;” and expresses a firm belief that a con- tinuance of the same efficient protection will prove infinitely more advantageous than any equivalent that has yet been offered by the American government for a participation in the fisheries, and which it is confidently an- ticipated the Americans will finally offer. After alluding to the importance of the shore fisheries of the province. as being the source of much wealth, the report declares that ‘the harbor and river fisheries cannot be given up to foreign participation on any consideration what- ever; and maintains the exclusive right of every country to the fisheries within three miles of a line drawn from headland to headland;” the Americans claiming the same exclusive pri- vileges on their own coasts; and goes on to state, that “if the United States refuse to give an equivalent, and enter into reciprocity, on fair terms, the negotiations should be broken off, and the terms of the treaty be strictly enforced.” Other nations, it is asserted, have equivalents to offer, and that “to admit them to a partici- pation in the fisheries, would prove as advan- tageous as any treaty which could be concluded with the United States.” The offer by the Americans, that British sub- jects may fish on the coasts of the United States, is described as a mere delusion, when made to a people possessing the finest fisheries in the world, and which, it is stated, could only be made with an intention to deceive. It then asserts that the fisheries on the coasts of the province belong to its inhabitants by inherit- ance. and by the universal custom of nations; and that to allow them to be participated in by a foreign power, without their consent, would be to sacrifice their rights and interests, place the colonists in a humiliating position, and be inconsistant with national honor. The advantages that have been so generously conceded to the United States have not, it is stated, induced them to alter their illiberal po- licy, “but has increased their rapacity, and made them adhere more rigidly to their restric- tive system;” and it is contended that had these a vantages been withheld by the British government, the American people. to secure a participation in the fisheries, would have ceded to the colonies more than is at present required. The committee express a wish that these re- strictions should be swept away; but they state that “should their reasonable demands be with- held, they would meet the United States on their own ground, give them reciprocity in earnest, by imposing discriminating duties on all their productions equal at least to those im- posed upon the colonists, and take steps to in- duce her Majesty’s government to withdraw from the citizens of the United States. those important privileges, in conformity with the spirit of the navigation laws, agreeably to the authority vested in her Majesty’s government by those laws.” And, in conclusion, the com- mittee express their conviction that the Ameri- cans will seck to treat with Great Britain sepa- rately, upon the subject of the fisheries and that of reciprocity, against which they protest, and also against any treaty being entered into until the colonies are consulted on the subject; and recommend a joint address of the two houses upon the matter. Wituuam E. Borron versus tim Anion Newsparer.—We give a place in our columns to-day to the defence of William E. Burton, against the repeated attacks of the Aion newspaper upon the style of the performances, and the character of the audiences, of the Chan- hers Street Theatre. Upon a perusal of this statement of the case, the reader will be apt to agree with us, that in catching Burton the edi- tor of the 4/lion has caught a Tartar. Well, we hope they will settle the question as soon as possible. The Barr and Butler dispute, they should remember, has yet to be disposed of. Srnrixng Trape.—The Milwaukee Sentinel of the 22d inst. says that the steamboat Traveller, which left that place on the previous day for Chicago, had on board a large number of mer- chants and other citizens. on their way to New York. Let them come—our importers are prem pared to receive them, the Spring has fairly opened, the fashions are set, some of the streets have been swept. and all is life, bustle and ac tivity in the metropolis. Axotner RicuMonp IN THE Frecn.— We learn from Washington that Wilson G. Hunt, one of our millionaires, may perhaps cut short the con- test hetween Schell, Maclay. and others, for New York collector, by slipping in beween them and earrying off the prize. ts dreadful. This suspense Anything to lay the dust, induced to advert once more to the Butler and Barr dispute, in justice to General Webb, of the Courier, who has been unwittingly dragged into the controversy. Referring to the obser- vations made in the Courier on this matter, that paper says :— The article, like all which and all which followed it on the same subject, and like this nt one, was written in the absence of Gen. Webb the leant knaolodge ot it om hia part prior to" ita ope on a Tt was ae one wEo poems in thie 3 been introd: Lae tothe public as his associate editor—by one who has never seen either Alderman B. Butler—who knows as little and Barr or cares as little for the one as the other—who had never exchanged one syllable with General Webb on the subject of the vit or an: connected with it—who had never read the it or heard it read, and who and published the article purely at his own ce, the cognizance of an: body, and solely from a desire to do service to a cause. So that, after all, Gen. Webb is not a party to the “ black conspiracy,” which has been or- ganized to crush Mr. Geo. B. Butler. How lucky for Mr. Butler ! But only look at this :— To rns Epitor or tne Eventna MiRKor :— The article in the Journal of Commerce, reflecting upon me, is an atrocious libel, for which I have com- menced an action its editors. March 25, 1853. Peter B. SWEENEY. How unlucky for Mr. Butler! Tse SENATE AND THE SLoo ConrRact.—We understand that the United States Senate will most probably adjourn sine die on Monday next—that the first class foreign missions will be held over—that the Monroe doctrine will be suffered to remain in statu quo ante bellum— and that nothing will be done on the Honduras question. It is pretty certain also, that the question concerning the Tehuantepec route will be left at the mercy of Santa Anna, Therefore, upon his return to absolute power, his simple ipse dizit will determine whether his original Garay grant or the Sloo contract shall be con- firmed. The United States Senate are evidently resolved to throw the whole responsibility into the hands of Santa Anna, Loxvries or THE Season.—On the 19th in- stant, as we are informed by the Montreal jour- nals, thé great snowshoe races were to take place over the St. Pierre Course near that city. Our exchanges from Mobile, of the same date, contain the announcement that the markets in that place are overflowing with early vegetables, such as cabbages, young potatoes, radishes, &c., fresh from the country gardens. This is a great country. Talk on ’Change. Atthe meeting on ’Change yesterday, tho steamship Asia was reported to be below, which, as usual, had the effect of checking operations in trade to some extent. ‘There was some conversation regarding the condition of our foreign trade with the island of Cuba, and also with Brasil. In the former case, it was considered that our govern- ment should make greater exertions for the admission of flour and other American produce, on more favorable terms. While we are large consumers of Cuba sugars and molasses, tobacco, &c., which are admitted at a low duty, the Spanish tariff on American flour is enormous, and indeed, almost prohibitory. Hence, with a million of inhabitants living within five days sailof us, they take no flour worth naming. As England sends them no flour to compete with that of old Spain, her manu- factures are entered. at lower tax than that im- posed on our flour, and a balance of trade is rolled up against us which we have to adjust by payments in specie, or by bills drawn on London in favor of Spaniards, to use in payment of debts due to England. Our trade with Brazil is ona much worse footing still. ‘We admit her immense supplies of coffee into the United States duty free, while she taxes heavily all American produce shipped to that country. The English haveal- mort the entire monopoly of the Brazilian markets for manufactured goods. Consequently the system works thus:—Brazil purehases her supplies of crockery, hard ware, cotton, and other goods, from England. The coffee she raises to pay for them she sends to us, duty free, and demands from us either epecie or bills on London, to pay her English creditors. If sterling bills rule above the value of specie, so as to leave s profit on its export, it must leave us to settle discounts between Brazil and England. The effect, indirectly, on our trade, is pretty much equivalent to the admission of English goods to the fame amount directly into the United States, duty free, the payments for which would be demanded in bills on London, or in specie. Merchants generally are im favor of greater reciprosity, and think it would be wise in Congress to levy a tax on Brazilian coffee, something in proportion to the taxes she exacts on American produce taken by her. Indeed, many merchants are decidedly in favor of imposing moderate duties on both coffee and tea. An old and experienced merchant said, that while tea was taxed in England and other countries, it being ad- mitted free into the United States caused all inferior and refuse lots to be shipped for thia market; and hence, that he found good teas, and especially black, exceeding scarce, and often difficult to procure for family use. Whereas, were a moderate duty imposed it would compel importers to introduce teas of a better quality. Should the revenue be not required, the duties on other articles, coming from countries where American produce is more lightly taxed, should be reduced below the present high rates. Men selected for foreign missions, merchants think, should be well grounded in the laws which govern trade, and well posted in the great national business of oom- mercial and foreign intercourse generally. It was thought that no side issues should direct the public mind from urging the necessary city reforms. The suffering population of a great city have nothing to do with, and care little or nothing about, the private dis- putes and quarrels of individuals. Marine Affairs. Tue Sreamsmp Brack Warrior, Captain Shufeldt, sailed yesterday for Havana and Mobile. ‘THE SteamsHip Unirep Srares, sailed yesterday for New Orleans, on ber firet trip since her withdrawal from the California trade. The Young Men’s Democratic Unton Club. PROPOSED MASS MEETING ON THE SUBJECT OF CITY REFORM. At a regular meeting of this association, held last eve- ning at the Mercer House, the Committee on City Reform (or Vigilance Committeo, an it is termed) reported a reso- lution to hold a mass meeting of the democracy, on Thursday evening next, the Slst inst.; and the chairman appointed the following sub committecs to make ail ne- cestary arrangements:— To prepare Address and Resolutions—James T, Brady, Robert Johnston and Thomas Laerenze. To this the name of the chairman, John Cochrane. was added. On Officers and Speakers—A. K. Herrick, John H. Har- nett, and James Henry, Jr. On Finance—James’ W. William M. Cooke, Moses 0. On General Arrangemen’ Glover. H. On Print! K. Herrick. Smith, C, Godfrey Gunther, Alien, and Henry Femro. F. Harrison, Thomas A. nd James M. Smith, Jr. LF, Harrison, and A. —L. Carr, mith, Personal Intelligence. Among the arrivals yesterday at the Metropolitan, per Asia, were J. Burnley Hume, Kngland; Col. Long, Capt. Minuit, aud R, Edinonds, British Army. Volce of the People. TO THE KDITOR OF THE HERALD. The streets on the west side of the town are in a filthy condition, and are likely so to remain w we have heavy taxes ONE OF YOUR SUBSCRIBERS, TO THE BDITOR OF THE HERALD. Please inform your numcrous readers that. some fifteen or twenty men were at work in the Fourth ward, wich pieks, shovel, spades, hoes, dirt carts, &c., and in some places actually resuseltated the long lost pavement. New York, March 26, 1863. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MERALD. I read with delight your article upon that species of municipal legislation which compels people to ‘bite the dust.” whether they will or not; but the best of the joke ig, that when busivess men are willing to water the streets at their own expense they are not permitted to doit. A number of us in Park p have sent the man who all through the summer waters our street, (and for which we pay him.) for a permit to draw water, which officer to whom applica ion must be made refuses bluntly to grant until after the firstof April. The dust ix not only half killing us, but our goods are nearly ruined, and yet though willing to pay, we can get no shadow of relief, 1 suppose its all right—but it don’t look right at all events. A SUBSCRIBER, Panx I Lace, Friday, March 25, 1853, Progress of the Strike. ‘AS8 MEBTING OF THE HOUSE CARPENTERS, A mecting of the hquse carpenters of this city was held last evening, at the Sixth Ward Hotel, corner of Centre and Duane streets, in order to afford the members of the trade in general an opportunity of either ratifying or disapproving of the recommendation, expressed at former meetings, for a general strike unless the wages were ad- vanced to seventeen shillings a day for thoroughly good workmen, Owing tos hurried arrangement the attend- ance was very thin, considering the numerous and in- fluential body to be represented. Mr. Tyler was call- ed to the chair, and Mr. Taylor acted as Secretary. ‘The Chairman returned thanks to the members for the high honor conferref upon him, which he regretted had not fallen upon sowe person more fit to pre- side over the assemblage, ea he was now laboring under a severe cold. With permission of the gentlemen present, the secretary would read a paper which would set forth the object and purposes for which they were called together. As you are all aware, we bad several meetings previous to the 10th of March, and were agreed to demand seventeen shillings a-day, and also believed that we would get it. Many went to work with that ex- pectation, but upon inquiry they found that it would only be given for a few deys. I was at work at Mr. Tremble’s, No, 27 Reade street, and tae learning the case I drew up the paper ; it has been ‘ted out, and taken around ee F Fayette ripe hae a tieent ops as to what should ne. m 9) ) Cont reasons which cover the pheniasecnt secretary read the document. It set forth, first:-That seventeen & day should be fixed uponas the rate of wages from and after the 10th of March ; secondly, that the causes of failure in not obtaining this sum,were, want of unit; amonant the men, be ee of regular meet- iolation of their pledge to work, well the wages would not be a e concluding portion of it contained a call upon all the carpenters who epanaved of it to sign a solemn pledge, to the effect that 1e yroner rate of wages should be seventeen sbilli la; be seen! men—others to get what they were —- no less. The report w shops was next read. It contained a statement of the rate of wages paid by the bosses, more an expression of the sentiment of the men as to the propriety of a general strike. The follow- ng is an abstract of the report :— No. Shops, Wages. No. Shops. Wages. oe eee eds ss Bee -16a1%, 1 rrhagh ips all -nine shops. . : ir. ergon made a very en le speech, urging s bold, firm and manly deman for afair remuneration for their labor, aud when that was once agreed upon, a strict adherence’ to prineiple, and no mean, dastardly, and truckling succumbing to bosses, by whieh true men on strike were placed in a false position. A member thought the small number then present could effect nothing, and urged the nece: of forming @ broad, general and comprehensive Trades Union. A deal of desultory conversation ensued, and the meeting broke up ats late hour, after passing a resolu- tion to the effect that a general mass meeting be held oir in Convention Hall, and that it be adver: tised in the of Saturday and Sunday, and in the Sunday papers. ‘The question of a ger strike, for seventeen shillings a day to be then decided. City Intelligence. Goon Frmay.—Yesterday being the anniversary of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the founder of Christianity, the various Episcopal and Roman Catholic churches were open for divine service, both in the morning and ovening. From time immemorial, this day has been observed asa day of prayer and fasting. The word goods peculiar to the Roman Catholic and Protestant Episcopal churches both in England and the United States. The Germans call it Green Friday, on account of its being the Friday after Palm or Green Sunday. The Saxons denominated it Long Friday, om account of the- great length of the offices observed, and fastings enjoined on that day. No doubr’ several eloquent sermons were preached at the various chu! in this and the adjoining cities of Brooklyn and Williamsburg. ‘There was no business transacted in the lew courts, or in the Court of Sessions. The Supewlor Court trial branches have adjourned for the term. Motions will be heard and decisions rendered to-day. Mcmiricent Brequests.—Among the public bequests of the late Samuel 8. Howland, Esq., of this city, whose decease in Italy has been recently announced, are the following to charitable institutions in the city of New Ye ‘ork:— Institution for the Blind........... $1,000 Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. 4, Society for the relief of respectable aged and indi- gent females te Asylum.. Half Orphan Asylum: Colored Orphan Asylum American Bible fociety |... American Tract Society .. ‘Americen Home Missionary Society. Foreign Missions . Central Education Societ; Popo poet ee Seseesees = ‘Tae Lats Fire ix BROADWAY—CASUALTIES TO FIREMEN.— In our report of the late extensive fire, at the house No. 598 iene we omitted to mention that the gal- lantexertions of the fremen nearly brought death to three members of the department. We allude to the severe injuries sustained by Mr. Daniel Mooney, foreman of En- ine Company No. 31, Mr. Patrick Henry Mulhall, a mem- r of the same company, and Mr. Will A, of Hose Company No. 2, Mr. Mooney had his baek badly hurt by fallivg Brick, and hin face scorched by the flame; Mr. Mulhall and’ Mr. Rock were working in the fifth story, and have received very extensive burns ; the one upon the hands, body, and neck, and the other upon the hands, arms, body and face. The two last named members were quite disabled yesterday and suffering very much pain. it is but justice to the firemen to state these facts, and not to permit any other department to claim the merit of racrifices made by them. Fings.—About half- ope o'clock yesterday morn” ing, a fire broke out a frame house in 121st atreet, near Fourth avenue, but was quickly extinguished by the inmates of the house before any mat damage was effected. ‘At six o'clock P.M., on Thursday, the iron foundry of Luther Mooney, No. 117 Prince street, was discovered to be on fire, but was promptly extinguished by the timely arrival of the fire department. Had it not been for their exertions, a large amount of ery would, in all probability, have been consumed. There is an insur- anceon the property of Mr. Mooney in the Stuyvesant and Astor Insurance Company. A fire was dizcovered this morning, abont one o'clock, on the premises 125 Pearl street, occupied by E. Graves, merchant, and others. It was quickly extinguished, with but little damage. AccvEnts.—Yesterday, a man, named Samuel C. Keller, fell cn the sidewalk, at the corner of Spring and West streets, and dislocated his hip. He was conveyed to the City Hospital by the police. Z sailor, named Sidney Smith, fell overboard, at the foot of James street, but was rescued from a watery gravo by the police of the Fourth ward. BURGLARY, AND FSCAPE OF THE ROBBERS —The store of Nuekerck & Root, No. 1 Water street, was entered by rome tbieves, who broke open the desks, but did not earry off any of the property, as they were surprised by the police. They, however, managed to make good their escape. Coroner’s Inquest, Fatat Stace Aocipent.—Coroner Gamble held an in- quest yesterday morning at the Seventeenth ward sta- tion houre, upon the of a lad named Richard O'Neil, who was killed on ‘Thursday evening under the following circumstances:— Peter N. Greer deposed—About six o'clock Thursday evening I was driving a one horse wagon down First ave- nue; two or three boys were playing near to Ninth street, and attempted to pass in front of my horse; # stage was then coming up, and the deceased ran against the hip of one of the horses and fell; both wheels passed over him; the stage was going at a moderate pace; Iam under the impressicn that the driver did not see the deceased, nor know that he had run over any person, until hallooed ‘to stop. M ? Harmene H. Ruler corroborated the main facts of this testimony. Charles Garrison, proprietor of the line, gave the driver, Oliver Parker, an excellent character for careful ant steady conduct. Dr. Uhl found a frecture of the left maxillary bone, with blood issuing from the mouth, nose anil ears. The jury rendered a verdict of death from injuries ac- cidentally received by being run over by one of the First avenue line of stages. The deceased was a native of Ire- land, and thirteen years of age. Coroner O'Donnell held an inquest at No. 672 Green- wich street, upom the body of a lad named Alfred T. Mur- ray, who was killed, on Thursday evening, by falling from the top of a shed in the rear of the house No. 629. peared that the deceared went up there to play with other boy, and sat down upon a loose board, which roll off, when he fell to the ground. The jury rendered a dict of death from comcussion of the brain, The India Rubber Caxe. We published yesterday one version of the recent de- cision in the case of Day. We now give the other version of the same care:-— IN TUE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, DIS- TRICT OF NEW JERSEY. Torspay, March 22.—Horace H. Day moved the Court to vacate the order made in October last deelaring him to be in contempt, and to ret aside fhe attachment fssued thereon. The motion was argued, aud Judge Grier de- livered the opinion of tBe Cour, refusing to yaca‘e the order or to ret aride {he attachment under which Day was in custody of the Marshal, but swid that the Court would not then proceed to sentence, as there might be some fact in the case which would mitigate the enormity and render a nominal Fg ment sniti cient thereupon referred to the Master to ex amine Day, and take testimony. for the purpose of show ing the intention with which tlie contempt was committed, ro that the Court might be able to decree a punish: ment which would be commensurate with the ovlnce, and the sentence was deferred till the first Monday of Tt was alto ferred to the same Mas'er to proceed with the examination of Day, commencing at the point where Day had: not appeared in October, and ta report whether, on the facts elicited by that examination, he was rot guilty of avother contempt in violating the injune- tion. It wax also referred to the rame Master to take an account of the damages which Goodye: Day’s acts. had sustained by Naval Intellige A store-ship will sail from the Charlestown Navy Yard for Porto Praya, about the /8th inst, Che matl bug to bo tent by her for the African eqtadron, is now open at the Naval Lyceum. ‘Te United Staten frigate C art, bearing the broad pennant of Commodore Newton, whieh railed from Hampton Ronde, the 11th ult, arrived at Feneacola on the Auth inst, Oshicers and crew all well, om mbia, Com'de Pender _ A Letter from W. B. Burten, Propricter of the Chambers Street Theatre, te W. Young, Esq., Editor of the Albion newspaperi— Sim—Some months age I declined accepting sus. fared, of your composition, ealled ‘See Saw,” for performance a my theatre. Ite thilure at another house justified my des ision. I alse felt it necessary to refuse & ponderous drama,’ ealled “The Regent's Daughter,” altered by you from am. English traaslation of a French romance. You were very complimentary at the presentation, declared that I was the only actor capable of enacting the long and difficult part of the Abbe, and that my theatre was, under my management, the only house where your drama could, with justice, bg Presented to the public. Nevertheless, satisfied of its dée merits, I respectfully declined its acceptation. From thag’ date you have exhibited a vindictiveness towards me ang my theatre, in the eolemns of the Albion, which has now reached a climax that deserves ® public notice, Iam not @ thin-skinned grambler at the most scorching eriticism, if the eritic is a gontloman and understands his art, I never so= or notices from editos % ‘pe peo patito ind or Tirevens but as yor right to exile tke impurity of motives, and the sheer inanit ‘senseless pants rp Be Poni ears © Each presentation at the Chambers street lately: in your estimation, been a failure. ‘The é lly vulgnrequaly ally vulgar—equi the audionce. at Burton’ a Were certainly never seen by Sir E. Bul street, or described by him in his work now Now, sir, you wore so cager to abuse th mt’s Daughter,” and so recklossof the tru so ignorant tly eliowing te ox business, and —"'One member with his legs over the back of his chair; another with over his table; s.- third with his logs on the chimneypiece.” ‘There, sir; how will you get over that? The fearful vul- arity which shocked yout Burton’s Theatre, and rhe , and was never dese: him,” getually Bulwer's cwn act and deed; fa faeh MR ‘arBhostee je author called for three aé much valgari manager inflicted on his audience, pe boy A ir, who told you that “fashion, high life and refinement,” wero in any way necessary in the representa: tion of the dram. pers. of “Money?” You have led into error by the sound of their titles—a common mistake with tuft-hunting Englishmen. Sir John Vesey is a vulgat old humbug, nicknamed Stingy Jack. Mr. Stoat nd was monnt to satirize an emin in London, and he turns up his nose at Smooth, the profes: sional gambler, who lives by his wits. Lord Glossmore’s an. 1 in described as @ pawnbroker, Sir Frederic iss fook and acoxcomb. Wher to look for fashion, gonteol oritio of Th jamands on all occasions ? re ignorant of the meaning of Bulwer’s com: 0 an, mon ro havo no right to expect from ciation of Shaksperean character and effect. You se ire Fisher's Malvollo, “ho was all vulgar disdain and soolds with of the Puritan sourness and solemn coneeits.’! ini ir, this is Malvolio's character, He is represented b ro a6. ail vulgar disdain and scold. Bue why shoul you with him to bea Puritan! He uttors neither phrase nor word of Puritanic tendency; and Maria says, ‘the devil = Poritan he is, or anything clse, but» time-ploaser, an af- fectioned ass.) Perhaps you meant to write precisian, but did not understand the differonce in the words. Again, you say that Mr. Johnston forgot that Sir Andrew Aguecheek ‘Was a gontleman—(entility, again.) I am afraid that Shak- 5 re forgot it too. What’ the gull, the ass, the oo the brawling quarreller, the drun the bear baiter, with hair hanging lke fi fool, the clodpole. Is this fellow a gentleman? Yes, in the estima tion of hor of ‘See Saw.” T could adduce a dozen instancos of the same sort of miser- e ble drivel with which yo lncation, under the ni one little bit of Bun Georgiana we should happy. to say something, if we had the least idea what to say.” Sublime John Donkey! in thie line lies the secret of the utter inanity of your remarks—you wanes happy to say something, if you had the least i what to say! ‘You affirm that you now seldom visit Burton’s, for you gonveok never meet with friends and acquaintances there, as comedy has migrated rather higher up town. jb ir, What a world of m lies in those fow words! | 4 Daughter,” refueed at Chambers strect, has been accepted a ‘higher up tewn,”/and. consequently, in the thor, genteel comedy has gono with it! Y full of half dollars from East Broadw: Fi Fifth avenue, “Yor why shoul manager trouble himself about gen > Oh! that word. Pray, sir, if a gentleman calls at the office of The Albion, to subscribe for that paper. do you refuse to receive his half dollars, if he gives his direction East Broadway? I believe that the Albion, fearfully small in its circulation in oar city, is more generally found on tho tables of the English, chop. and beer houses in the by-streets of New York, in the parlors of our respectable frieuds in East Broadway. Hb) the vicinity of the Fifth a e, it must be om 2’ table, for the delectation of the foreign do- The house is as crowded as it ever was, but the refined and intelligent do not now throng its benches.” Aye, there’s the annoyance. Crowded it. “You vility and ineult our audien ys thousand merry souls who manager would not introduce your “Regent's Daughter their notice; but you eannot prevent their patronage of the plays and planers we present tothe public. But you, the lover of gentility—whose bear never dance: but the genteelost of tunes—you say that our audien Tefined nor intelligent. In what category, th claseed thg nightly thousands who throng our benches to lis- ten with voatated attention and enjoyment, to the mighty conceptions of Shakspearo’—whieh neither tho editor of the Albion, nor bis elocutionary tool, can understand, even in - the every day phases of presentation. Now, tir, itis Lees ol sary for me to contradict your gratuitous Hbele—the whole city knows their falsehood ; and ou know that you nevei within a more respectable or Frohicnadie assemblage than you did on the nights noticed im Your paper, and devoted to the performance of ‘Money,’ and ‘Twelfth Night.”’“The same bands that softly pat their opera. and Alboni soirées, poise their lorgnettes ers Ktroct artists; and our box book can show ® nightly list of fashionable names at least equal to any other crtahlishmont in the city—nye, even that where ‘See Saw’? waa damned. There are ‘man; 8 who assert that» combination, has for some time existed to write my th down, and write up your darling genteel comedy shop, "somewhat up town.” The gentlemen of the pressare not in any way con- cerned in this mercenary matter, which is confined exclu- Hively to seme four or five recently imported mobs—Lantern men, small actors who scribble, and dreadful accident . makers from the British press. By your recent movements, - you seem anxious to lead this conspiracy, for thé tone ol your criticisms (‘) displays more of the venality of Sir Pan- Garus of Phrygia than the acumen of Aristarchus of Samo- thrace. The Altion notice of the performance of ‘* Wives’ is so contemptibly ignorant and impertine: it stands unequalled in newspaper criticism, and affords a good gels of malignity run mad. Profe: who, with your sanction, perpetrated that articl acter, who failed in every performance, while ‘his pe efforts excited the contempt and ridicule of both au- ience and actors. However, his personal abuse. of the Chambers street manager will doubtless earn him many gra- tuitous toddies amongst the small fry who meet him at Windust’s and the Widow's. I have something more to say about the Professor when occasion se: you are fond of heaping on the audi ee of the Chambers etrect theatro? me de 00} hat there is something vulgar in continuous sueco: that vulgarity we plead re after all, cur greatest an: é ous win. To the snob, whose darling vi the pri gentility, a crowd is avery vulgar affair, Well, Iways crowded, and, the rhol’s view, vulgar. But can there be anything more vulgar than this senseless, eternal ery for gentility, from fellows with minds coarsely imbued with slander, malicoand : revenge Allow me, sir, to conclude with an extract from an editor who can phrase. a critique even on & Shaksperean play: can find fault boldly, and give a reason for #o doi who never insults the art or the artist, nor disgraees the fession of the pen by the cowardly and unmanly attacks ich Ihave proved on the editor of the Albion and his iates:— fa critic should take advantage of his right of admis- sion to a theatre to pursue a systomatio course of annoyance towards any manager, in the shape of one si tial, brutal comment, or criticism, that manager would not only have the right to stop his free admission into his cstablish- ment, but, in our opinion, he would be excused if hokicked him into the bargein. The day has fone ‘by for what Have. deen called slashing criticisms. The dificultfes the members | of the profersion of acting have to struggle through, ere they can attain anything like » decent position, arc an- noying and distressing enough, without their boing ealled upon afterwards to stand in perpetual awo of some Popgun ofthe press, If both professions, that of the stago and that of the press, understood one another better, it would be to + their great gain, and to the great gain of the! public. I am, ir, your obedient servant, W. E. BURTON. Chambers Stroet Theatre, March 23, 1853. New York Dutchman of this Week, con= : tains the recond part of an admirable story by G. P. R. James, several bamerous rkotches, &c. Among the edito~ rints, i# an article on Bishop Hughos! land bill, a libel by the ‘reeman’s Journal, bara, drums, and religion, or St. Patrick and the Montgomery Guards, crumba, fun, gotsip ko., ko. For sale everywhere, four cents por copy. Office 102 Nassau street. St. Cupid or Dorothy’s Fortune, a Comedy of three acts, by Douglas Jorrold.—It having beeu after repeatedly, the proprietors of tho modern and Minor Drama have published « sinall edition, in order to satisfy tho curiosity of those who take an intercat in eve thing that Queen Victoria has patronized by her gracious , presence and approval, St, Cupid is published at No. 49 of the Mivor Drama, Prive 1244 ceute; ton copies for $1. AL the numbers of the standard and minor drama kept ood stantly on hand, forsale, wholesale and retail, by WILLLAS ° TAYLOR & CO. 16 Park place. P. 8.—The Soldier’ Daughter, a comedy of five nets, by A. Cherry, is publishe at No, {7 of the Standard Drama. Astociation.- ooiation will be held South Williamsburg VI ‘The third regains nesting of this at Monday, March 28, at 712 o'clock, at Fountain Hall, No. 1° Bowery, and in Williamsburg, on Tuesday eveniny Mareh 2, at Washington Hall, No. 2 Grand stroct, near tl ferry. This astociation has heen formed for tho purpose raielug the necceenry 10 purchase of thirty-fo neres of inmsburg aud Cyprus I 3 of the ferries, Thea ‘as readily to oomme at ry individwal who desiros trden of high tente'and secures home, The ce + her for slot will be ninety-six dollars, in sab yuents; and there are upcn the property fe ne cottages, which every member will have an opp tunity of obtaining withont additional gost. wi KW'DR. E. Ii. KIMBARK, Provident B. W. Wirson, t a Nicnoas F. Winsc cl bios Ministers, Consuls, and Charge d’A1fat Dnare strect, A hersldry engravi Lootong: Glass Warchouse 1853 —L sat reduced prices.—RICHARDS KINGSLA js Cortiny dt at «plied ith fr som porition state. 1b Duane street. 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