The New York Herald Newspaper, March 28, 1853, Page 4

— Ovr Custom Hovse—Wuar 4 Havi.—The ‘Weekly Mail fer California. Jamee Gorden Bennett and the New Werk | would be perhaps a thankless task, especially | one mercantile firm to another; but he, notwith. wew YUKK HERALD. errr JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. ‘@PFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STB. a Fir WHEKLY Dcoery rat OG cente | ILUNTARY CORRESPO: 5 iS ek, j Sr a iaetaliy old for. "Bsa Poumon Coumeeron: | SENTS ARE PARTICULARLY REQUESTED TO 6£4L SLL Ler fans AnD PACKAGES Gun US. NO NOTICE of anonymous communications. We do not | return thoes 7 ALL RS it, Subscriptions, or with Adver Wcecainter ts be peat pesds of the pestuge will bo deducted from | roy { WERTISEMENTS renewed every day. { —————————OOee—— Weleame XVUIT........ccccseseeereeneceees No, 86. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. DOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Rao Picurn or Panis— ‘Naox oy THz Woops. BROADWAY THEATRE Broadway—Meraeons—To | Panis amv Bacu ron Five Pounns. YHBLO’8— Dow Pasquare. BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street—Menay Wiven or W.nveon—Two Queene. NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—Mitisn or Wuersronn—Rep Reiven or Scorrayv—O'NeaL rue BAT. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Brosdway—Moxzv—Hicn Iavx Beiow Sraims. ICAN MUSEUM—Afterncon—Miiter ov Wwer- Duar as a Posr—Rveviag—Monxy. OT. CHARLES THEATRE. Bewery—Ricuano III.—To Panis awp Bace vor Five Pounns. GHRISTY'S OPERA HOUSE, 472 Broadway—Ermorias Sovies wy Cunrety's Ovens Taovrx. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood's Musical Hall, 444 Broad wag—Ermioriaw MineTnxiay. OLACUS, 37 Bowery—Equustaia> Exrenrainmente, GEORAMA, 58 Brosdway—Banxvann’s Panonawa or | wus Hour Linn, AESLEY’S THAMES, at 406 Brosdway. OPE CHAPEL—Dn. Varsrrinr. MELLER’S SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES, 539 Brosdway. | New York, Monday, March 28, The News. In answer to the question of “ who is to be Col. Jeotor of this port?” we will simply refer the reader to the despatches from our special Washington cor- respondents, and to the editorial article in another eolumn. (ne despatch says that the list of New York appointments has been revised; Secretary Marcy has carried the day, and Mr. Schell is not to | be the Collestor, after all But another and later @espatch positively declares that “Gen. Pierce is | President, Augnstus Schell is Collector, and Mr. Marcy may remain Secretary of State, if he behaves | himself.” There is a screw loose somewhere. Look out for the talk among the hards and the softs; the | talk in the coalhole at Tammany Hall; the talk wherever a crowd can be found ; and, above all, the talk on Change. This promises to be an excitag day. A report is prevalent in Washington that General Pierce will at once countermand the expedition to Japan as useless and inexpedient, for the reason that it is not sufficiently strong to compel the Japan. se to open their ports, and that the force of mere moral suasion will be wholly ineffectual. The ex ploration of Behring’s Straits will be postponed. This seems to indicate a prospect that the services of var naval force may in a short time be required searer home, and that the President is determined lo be prepared for any difficulty that may arise, not- withstanding the fact that Congress refused to give tim the necessary support by strengthening our baritime power, and placing it upon an equal footing vith that of three or four of the European nations. Special attention is directed to the matter else. yhere published, under the caption of Affairs in Al- any. Thoze who are desirous of fully understand- ig what has-been or is likely to be done by the Le- islature with regard to the currency question, the migration and taxation laws, the railroads, &¢., ill find much to interest them In the letter from our | wrespordent, and the report and communications tached theretc. Elections were held on Saturday for municipal ficers, in Concord, N. H., and Lynn, Mags. In the rmer place, the democrats elected seven out of nine adidates for Aldermen, but failed to save their ayor for want of a majority over the two opposing ndidates. In Lynn, the ‘‘people’s ticket” triumphed er the coalitionists. No less than six Southern mails are now due from | :w Orleans. Fortunately the telegraphs have kept | pretty well posted up with regard to news, bat | m the generality of people are much in want of | ir letters from their correspondents. The South- \ mail arrangements need a thorough overhauling, 1it is hoped they will receive one so soon as the ck of “rotation in office’ has been completed in | shington. The increased receipts of cotton at the different | thern ports, over those of last year at this time, yunt to four hundred and twenty-nine thousand | s. The New Orleans market is reported to have | a quiet last Wednesday. he citizens of Providence are ina great state of | idation for fear of a riot among the firemen. appears that New York is not the only city | fe real estate has greatly increased in value of At recent extensive auction sales in New Or- | 8, property is reported to have brought fifteen | cent more than the price asked for the same year. ither Gayazzi addressed a very large assemblage 8 countrymen, last evening, in the Tabernacle, wir duties as Italians. His plan of operations aining the independence of Italy, differs from of Mozzini and Kossath, whose reckless ex- ce of the lives of the Milanese he denounced in g terms. His eloquent address awakened eat deal of excitement and enthusiasm in audience, and will be found sketched elsewhere rcolumns. It was the first time, we under- , that the Italian residents of this city have iad Sabbath exercises administered by a clergy- of their own nation. : Rey. Dr. Hatfield’s discourse on “ Light ng,” which was to have been delivered last ag at the Seventh Presbyterian Church, corner ome and Ridge streets, is postponed until next J, in consequence of the decease of a member reverend gentleman's family. annexed is a list of the contents of to-day’s in- ages :—I"all Report of the Telegraphic Banquet tarday evening; Anniversary of the Ladies’ Mission; The proceedings in the Sapreme Court case of Charles H. Carpenter against John De t for Malicious Prosecution; Report of the Com- appointed to agcertain the names of indigent d destitute members of the New York Volun Joroners’ Inquests; The Act to Provide for the of Public Lands in California, ete.; Commn- afrom Mr. O'Reilly concerning Telegraphic interesting Statistics relative to ‘eign Com © of the United States; Politi- ter from Boston; Commercial, Police and Mis- mas Intelligence, Advortisements, &. | wwway Rarnroap.—We shall most prolsa- ve a final decision from the Supreme to-day in the matter of the injunciion the grantees of the Broadway Ra‘lroad. meantime, as there is no injanet the removal of the dirt, and th | he Russ pavement. it is to be hy egncerned in this busine o | lepend upon the winds and r6 0 When the wind is high avd Hroadway | the Street Inspector waik down y from Union square tothe Battery and | have bis eyes either opened or shut to | ecton mpon the dasi. whatever may be nyinetios upor the pallroad. Herald. In the follow'ng memoranda will be found materials for one of the mcst interesting biog- raphies that has ever been written. It would not probably contain a recital of deeds of he- roism, or incidents tinged with poetic romance; but as a plain account of the persevering strug- gles and ultimate success of a man ot energy and worth, it would possess an interest which is rarely surpassed. We make no apology for presenting it to our readers. The moral lesson it conveys is alone a sufficient excuse for our doing s0; and though the subject of our re- marks is the proprietor of this journal, we trust that his absence may absolve us from any scruples of modesty which might have prevent- ed our expressing a candid opinion with regard to the past course of his paper, and rendering due justice to the uniform energy and persever- ance with which. under his management, it has invariably been conducted. The New York Heratp was established by James Gordon Bennett, Esq., in May, 1835. Little cr no capital was appropriated for the enter- prise; but what Mr. Bennett lacked in money he supplied in vigor of intellect and industry. The new paper. hawked in the streets at one cent, soon attained a considerable sale. It was rapidly rising into favor, when, some six weeks after its first establishment. the office and all its contents were destroyed by fire. This was 2 terrible blow to Mr. Bennett. A man of less perseverance would have seen his hopes irre- trievably blighted. Not so. however, the editor of the Herarp. same year, the Heratp once more made its ap- pearance, and Mr. Bennett apprized the public | of its resurrection in the following lively ar- | ticle :— {From the Herald, August 31, 1858 } We are again in the field, larger, livelier, better, prettier, saucier, and more independent than ever. | ‘he Ann street conflagration consumed types, presses, manuscript, paper, some bad Posey subscription book: 1 the outward material appearance of the Henan; but its soul was saved—its spirit as exube- rant as ever. From the past we augur well for the future. In the first six weeks of its existence, the HERALD reached nearly the extraordinary circula- tion of sewen thousand per day and a corresponding amount of advertising patronage. We started then to reach a daily issue et twenty thousand in a period of six or nine months—we re-start now to rise to twenty-five thoisand daily circulation before we stop. This is no astronomical dream—no Herschel discoy- eryinthe moon. It can be done, and if industry, at- tention, resolution, and perseverance can accomplish the feat under the encouraging smiles of a kind pub- lic, the Hernan shall do it. e are organized on a better footing than formerly—have # eutirely under our control, and have arranged our carriers and routes in such a way that, as we think, a week will make us go like a piece of ingenious elock work. In other respects we trust we shall please the pub- lic. Avoiding the dirt of party politics we shall yet freely and candidly express our opinion on every ‘public question and public man. We mean also to procure intelligent correspondents in London, Paris and Washington, and measures are already adopted for that purpose. Jn every species of news the Herarp will be cne of the earliest of the early. Our Wail street reports which were so highly approved by ir Als od man in the city, and conte exten- sively ughout the country, we shall enlarge and improve to a considerable extent. The former Heracp, from it large circulation among business | people down town, (being larger in that respect than any paper in the city,) had a very rapid increase of advertising patronage. We expect that the reno- vated Herp will far outstrip its predecessor. Our | position at 202 Broadway is admirably central—more so than even in Wall street. several merchants and ao are preparing to advertise in the ERALD. The spirit, says he. truly enough. was not consumed by the fire ; and what. thongh types and paper were lost, money gone, and the savings of years hopelessly absorbed, so long as the man remained, as vigorous. as piquant, as indefatigable as ever? He was determined, he told his readers, to conquer a place second to none in the newspaper world: nay, more—Ae | would persevere until the circulation of the Hera actually reached twenty-five thousand copies per day! This announcement. which to all. save its writer, looked very much like bra- vado, Mr. Bennett. as our readers will see. thought fit to qualify with a sort of quasi- apology, begging the public to believe that he was not dealing in the marvellous, but that he really meant what he said. Wecan well ima- gine the scornful sneers of his rivals, and the incredulity of the public, as they read this statement. Twenty-five thousand a day ! "Twas | a fabulous number in those times-—rather more than the aggregate circulation of all the papers | in the city. Little did they dream of living to see the Herap print and sell forty-four thoue | sand copies a day. In March, 1836, the circulation and adver- tiving of the Heratp having reached a very re- spectable figure. Mr. Bennett, who knew that a readable paper could not be published at one cent increased the price of the Heraip to two. | As a natural conseqnence. the sale at first fell off; but the deserters weve soon supplied by new subseribers. The little, dingy sheet—tor, with all due respect to our infant merits, we were in those days a very queer looking little paper—hbegan to find its way into merchants’ offices, and drawing rooms, and reading rooms, and, in fact. everywhere that papers were read. People who could not afford time to grope through the endless columns of type in the larger papers. invariably bought the Hernan; and every one was sure to find in it the latest news, as well aga piquant review of passing events. From that day to the present it has steadily progressed. In less than eighteen years it has risen from a circulation of nothing to an average exceeding 42,000 per day, as will be seen from the following table. which we print for the information of the curions : THE NEW YORE DAILY CIRCULATION OF HERALD DURING THE PRESENT MONTH OF MARCHE. Cirentation. 39,840 Day. Month. Tuesday March | Wednesday 0 2 Thureday. nad Friday .. Me Saturday... Monday Tuesday. Wednesday Thursday. “ Friday. uy Saturday i. Monday ‘Tnesday. Wednesday 4 Thursday “ Frida 44,250 41,040 41,040 41,040 41,016 7 8 o 0 1 4 1 1 1 1 J ! 1 1 ) 44,400 he Daily Henany that of Nur This is the ciren) and does not Weekly only include nay ia, 0 During the interval which the publication of the article above q t has f obstacles sic wed } ad to con- bave contrived to injure On the 31st August of the | citizens are compelled to deny their country, | stated that such is the case—uncertainty is even | imagine. be a matter of insuperable difiieulty now that he has conquered them all. We will say no more. It must be a source of gratifying reflection tohim to contrast the Herarp of 1835 with the Hgratp of to-day. He must derive addi- tional pleasure from the conviction, that during the whole of the long period of its existence, it has never swerved from the principles on which it was originally established, and that the plat- form which he laid down for his guidance in August, 1835, might be appropriately prefixed to the editorial columns of the paper to-day. These cightegg years have witnessed many and startling changes. Of the rivals with whom Mr. Bennett was brought into immediate com- petition gt the outset of his career, but few sur- vive to-day. Some have lingered far beyond the space allotted them by nature. Others thrive: but we shall find few indeed whose consistency could bear the test of a retrospective re- view for the last eighteen years. The HrraLp alone has never changed. save in one respect. Every year has witnessed its circulation and its influence expand. its expenses increase, and the energy of its proprietor receive a fresh stimulus. None of our readers who recollect the stirring times when the Oregon question was mooted, or the more recent excitement in reference to the Mexican war, have forgotten the unparalleled exertions made by Mr. Bennett, and the lavish expense he in- curred to lay the news before the public at an earlier period’ than the other journals of the | city could possibly procure it. Many a thousand dollars has he expended to obtain intelligence | which was anxiously expected by a mercantile community and the citizens at large. These matters now belong to the domain of | the past. The present, that is with us, does not blush at the contrast; and the future. yet dis- tant, holds out bright promise of still better things tocome. Onward! ‘The Last Outrage on our Flag. Outrages upon the American flag have be- come, within the last few years, quite common- place events. Our vessels have been boarded in every sea, by the frigates of almost every foreign power, the crews maltreated, and the national ensign insulted, with the most perfect impunity. Indignities that would have kindled a war had they been perpetrated on Europeans, and left unexplained, have been tamely suffered by our citizens; and neither the complaints of the injured. nor the voice of the press. has availed anything to arouse the late administra- tions to a sense of their duty in the matter. To such a pitch have foreign insolence and our for- bearance been carried, that “as spiritless as the American government” has become a proverb | abroad. And well it might. When American | and seck refuge under the British flag for pro- tection against the tyranny of a petty fifth-rate government, our national insignia may not un- naturally be coupled with still more galling epithets, It is high time that this state of things should end. Itis rampant nonsense for us to clamor about our power as a nation, and bluster in the teeth of Great Britain or France, if we cannot prevent the ruler of some sixpenny principality from threatening to shoot our citizens. or a co- lonial governor from boarding our vessels and in- sulting our flag. Such a glaring contradiction is too ridiculous to be endured. We must either ecase to talk about our strength, and the prow- ess of the United States, and the Monroe doc- trine, or we must find means to compel forcign- ers to respect us and our flag abroad. There is no middle course. One of the two the adminis tration must adopt; and whichever policy Gen Pierce may deem fit to pursue, our commercial interests absolutely require that that policy shouki be frankly exposed and clearly under- stood. If it be the intention of the present ad- ministration to tread in the footsteps of their predecessors. and deny to our citizens that pro- tection which foreigners enjoy, let it be broadly worse than open desertion. It would not, we for our citizens to procure passports as foreign crs. or for our vessels to sail under a flag which the world is accustomed to respect. Fortunately, however, this hypothesis is an- tenable. The dilemma noticed above has been already placed before the President, and his decision has been announced in terms which ad- | mit of no controversy or misapprehension. Pre- sident Pierce has said— The rights which belong to us asa nation are not alone to be regarded, but those which pertain to every citizen, in bis individual capacity, at home and abroad, must be sacredly maintained, * * He cennot, in legitimate pursvit, wander so far from home that the agent whom he shall leave behind in the place which I now occupy will not sce that no rude hand of power or tyrannical passion is laid upon him with impunity. He musi realize that upon every sea and on every soil where our enterprise may right- the protection of our flag, American citi- scuship is am wmvarialle pancply for the security of | American right So far as the intention is concerned, this lan- guage is unequivocal; and the applause which hailed itin every section of the Union testified to its harmopy with the feelings of the people. An opportunity is now afforded for testing it. not the sincerity of the speaker, for we believe | that to be above suspicion, but the practical | feasibility of the promise here held out. Can | we or can we not protect our citizens abroad? | That is the question which the action taken on | the case contained in the following brief state- | ment of fucts will enable us to answer :-- | | i } THE KEPORT OF CAPT. STERLING, OF THE SCHOONER MAM ESTER. Schooner Manchester, of Galtimore, Captain Ster- ling, trom Falmouth, Jamaica, arrived yesterday. On the 15th ins the island of Cuba, about twen- ty miles east of Cape Antonio, was boarded by a Spanish cruiser of twelve guns. They sent on board twelve men, well armed, who took posves-ion of the vessel and carried her inside the reef. ey then demanded her papers, broke open her hatches, a teok out about a third of the cargo; but not fine ygst it any guns or ammunition, put the c: ain. ‘They then threatened to take the Havana; but after keeping her twenty-four e could. Isaac STERLING. eef the best way k, March 25, 18 New Y refal inspe fully alter 6 ee tion of the schooner’s y «{ the captain of the eruis ut licy decided to allow, her to depart, getting | The above statement we know to be correct. Dawson & Co., 160 Pear! street, const gnees. The preience under which the above pirat cal cutrege was perpetrated was alleged to be a | suspicion that the Manebester contained arms for the use of the divaffeeted population of Cuba. How shallow (h'sppretence was is seen by the wanton inva-ion of the hold and search of the cargo. | dusty month of March. “ Blow, breezes. blow.” | road tracks np town are so often packed to suf- | Give us reli that hie -nspicions were unfounder Indeed the character of the whole pr ling is clearly revealed in the wanton at of the Spaniard, (mentioned in our paper | of heturday.) to treak open the — con- signees? | Th suppesing him to heen acting honestly in fulifiment of prevent the landing of avms in Cuba, it would have served no purpose to break the 4 private letier® and possess himself of | ror 1 Information conteined in the advices of standing, persevered in the attempt, until the firm refusal of Captain Sterling obliged him to relinquish his nefarious design. Words on such an event as this are uselese— it is acts that the country requires. We should be wasting time on a worthless theme were we to devote any portion of our space to strictures on the policy which the government of Spain is pursuing in the last of her American posses- sions, All that misgovernment and reckless- ness, insatiable rapacity and stolid despotism can effect, in the way of exasperating the people and provoking foreign nations, has been done— and no inconsiderable share of the punishment thus earned has already fallen on the island. Do- mestic ruin stares them in the face. But, with the usual blindness of the doomed. the Spanish authorities are endeavoring daily to dam the torrent which is about to overwhelm them with fresh instances of high-handed aggression and lawless outrage. Instead of atoning for past offences by an attempt to conciliate or reform, each danger they escape is the signal for new provocations and still greater enormities. ~ It must be admitted that we are in some meas- ure answerable for this. We have encouraged the Captain-General to board our vessels and maltreat our citizens. He has learnt, or fancied he has learnt, what value to set on the outburst of indignation with which the announcement of an insult to the American flag is received in this country. Past experience has taught him that the government of the United States does not always feel bound to uphold our national honor or protect our national rights. We rejoice that an opportunity is now afforded for the President to correct this plausible im- pression. A single lesson, promptly and ener- getically administered, would probably put an end at once to the series of outrages which have stained our columns during the last twelve months. It would vindicate the country from an unjust imputation of pusillanimity, and—a | consideration of some weight—would convince the most inveterate opponents of Gen. Pierce that the principles embodied in his inaugural | address are really to be the basis of his practi- cal policy. We look forward confidently to a thorough inquiry into the case .of the Man- chester. Avovustus ScnetL ror Cotiecror.—The ap- pointment of Augustus Schell. as Collector for this port, settles one very important question, to wit : that the Premier is not the Richelieu ofthe administration. His word. as against the rest of the cabinet, is not the law, in determin- ing the judgment of the President. If the cabi- net held its consultations as a council of war, we presume there would have been very little dif- culty on the part of Gen. Pierce; for, according | to all reports. a most decisive majority were in favor of Schell from the beginning. But the President, doubtless, was desirous to satisfy Marcy, and to conciliate the hard shells at the same time; and if the Premier has been finally overmatched, it is due to the firm stand which the hard shells maintained by their candidate. They said: “Schell or nothing. Mr. President. If the adminietration can dispense with the support of the New York hard shells—the Simon Pure national compromise democracy—you have only to decline the appointment of Schell. The soft shlls have the Secretary of State; we, the hard shells, demand the Collector—Schell is cur man. and upon that issue we stand or fall.” Let the hard shells rejoice. Gen. Pierce is the head of the administration, and Gov. Marcy is nothing more than the Secretary of State. Allah be praised. Mr. Schell will make a satisfactory Collector. or we shall be very much disappointed. He is a highly respectable lawyer. possessing a good profitable practice in this city. He was the hard shell candidate before the convention for Governor last fall, but was defeated by the overwhelming strengh of the soft shells of the “rural districts,’ and Seymour thus | secured the democratic nomination. Mr. Schell, however, as chairman of the Democratic | General Committee of the city, rendered | active and efficient service to the whole de- mocratic ticket during the campaign. After the contest was over, in a warlike descent of an outside detachment of soft shells upon a council of the General Committee, Mr. Schell was very roughly treated, and might have suffered a fracture of his skull from the blows he received, had it not been a hard shell. We congratulate the hard shells upon their success—-Gen. Pierce, for the decision and sagaci- ty he has exhibited in this and in other appoint- ments—not all ; the soft shells and hard shells that there is now laid down the basis, at least, of an armistice between them;and we are even disposed to congratulate Secretary Marcy upon his defeat, for we apprehend that success, in thie case, would have ruined him, and destroy- ed the peace of the family, perhaps, beyond re. demption. Postscript.—Since the foregoing was written, the wind has changed. Storm King’s about. Mr. Marcy, it appears, has had a new shuffle. cut and deal ot the cards, and Mr. Redfield, turns up Collector. Such is the result of attempting the New York nominations in the windy. gusty, The following is the echedule of our city ap- pointments, according to our special telegraphic advices received from Washington last night:— Collector... . ....Heman J. Redfield. Sub- Treasurer. . . Augustus Schell. Naval Officer. ‘Samuel J. Tilden. Sutveyer..... -A. Birdsall. Marshal. manuel B, Hart. Now, if the hard shells. including Augustus Schell. are satisfied with this arrangement, we shail be somewhat surprised. The Collector- yp. and nothing but Schell for the Collector- hip. as we have been given distinctly to under- stand. was their ultimatum. Rare sport may be anticipated in the camp and in the cabinet. The Premier is playing @ tremendous game. “ Starn all.’ Postscript. No. 2--The wind has again chopped round. The latest despatch from Vashington declares that Mr. Schell is Col- lector, and nothing else. Wry N ‘The cars on the different rail- focation. including the platforms. that the pres- eure of the passengers upon each other is the next thing to a nuisance. To obviate this drawback. why cannot a range of seats be | placed around on the top of the cars? The ap. | proach of the hot weather, and with it the open- | ing of the Crystal Palace, suggest the iinpera- | tive necessity of this reform. Let it be tried | Cowrrroversy. yet one point re unsetticd, Young's plays—* See-Saw” and * The Regent's Dangkter"—appear to have given o large degree of satisfaction to Mr. Menager Burton. But they have not been per- formed. Why vi there is thie mattey Mr. New Hampshire Patriot in an article on pro- scription. thus refers to the merciless decapita- tion of the democrats of our custom house, by Mr. Collector Maxwell :-— ke the New York custom house ag @ sample. Pap 626 officers there, exclusive of laborers ; and it appears from the records that ace eee came int power 472 removals have been there 5 And to show the greedineas of the whig applicants for the la. it need only be stated that on very day the Collector was sworn into office he made forty- two removals. He made six before he was sworn. In thirty days from the time of his entrauce upon his duties he removed 220 persons ; and in the course of afew months he had made such a clean sweep that only 62 democrats remained in office, with 564 whigs! A like eweep was made in other custom- houses ; and go clean work did this ‘ Sut proneesy tion” administration make in the offices, that a de- mocrat could scarcely be found in an office which a whig could be found to take. This is ominous for the 564 whigs to be turned over to the charity of the new Collector. Alas! the democrats are hungry—hard shells and soft shells—and charity begins at home. In the course of the coming month we may antici- pate a large emigration from the custom house to California and Australia. What a blessing to ejected office holders. that they can fall back upon the gold mines! Such is the beautiful working of our beneficent institutions! What a magnificent country. Tae Universa Peace-poricy iN MAINE.— The little State of Maine is not satisfied with the renown she has won in having initiated the law for the prevention of the spirit traffic. but now feels ambitious to signalize herself by run- ning a tilt againet the war making system throughout the world. In the House of Repre- sentatives, holding its session in Augusta, Mr. Morse, of Bath, presented, a few days since from the Committee on Peace, resolutions in favor of stipulated arbitration, as a substitute for war. The following are the resolutions, which were to be brought up for consideration a few days subsequently :— Resolved, That wars of aggression and conauest, and appeals to arms by civilized nations for the set- tlement of national disputes are, of all the remaining practices of early and barbarous ages, among the most inhuman and unchristian—that they. are bar- riers to the intellectual, social, and moral develope- ment of the human race, and at war with man’s true mission and high destiny; and that duty to our insti- tutions, our country and age, requires that every suitable effort be made by our people, and by our State and National Soreruments, to advance so great and desirable an end as universal peace between the nations of the earth. Resolved, That to give effect, so far as we, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of | Muine, are able, to the principles, recommendations, and conclusions of the Committee on Foreign Rela- tions, adopted by said committee in a recent report made to the Senate of the United States on this sub- ject, theSenators and Representatives in Congress from this State be and hereby are requested to use all proper and appropriate influence to secure, in treaties hereafter to be made with other nations, provision for the settlement, by arbitration, of such national controversies as cannot be amicably ad- justed by the parties to such treaties. We congratulate the people of the State of Maine, that their Representatives, instead of busying themselves in interference with domes- tic affairs, have resolved to extend their action so as to embrace all humanity. There is infi- nitely lees danger in the operation than when they take it into their sapient heads to regulate the appetites of their constituency by sumptu- ary lawe. Therefore. let them be encouraged in their quixotism. It will do no harm, and may effect some good. by keeping them from the commission of other follies. Theatrical and Musical. There has been very little of novelty, interest or excitement, in city theatricals during the past week, and we have had hardly anything to record in con- nection with the dramatic houses, exeept the old story of large audiences and prosperous treasuries. In the opera- tie line, however, there has been a very notable change. Madame fontag closed her brilliant and :most success- ful series of operas in the metropolis by the presentation of ‘La Sonnanbula,” on Monday evening last,to a highly fashionable audience, which manifested the highest ad- miration for the great artiste who had so long and ably ministered to their delight. She makes her debut this evening at the National Theatre, Philadelphia, in the same opera, The yacaum left by the departure of Madame Sontag from the city beeomes filled up by the advent of a new operatic company, made up by the amalgamation of the Alboni and Max Maretzek troupes. This combined com- pany gives its first representation this evening, in Niblo’s. ‘The opera eelected is ‘Don Pasquale,’’ in which Alboni is to sustain the réle of Nerina, Salvi that of Ernesto, Marini that of Pasquale, and Beneventano that of Malatesta. ‘the revival of the “Merry Wives of Windsor,” in Bur- ton’s theatre, has proved a most successful hit, snd'is to be continued until Saturday next, when “King Henry IV.”? will be produced. The little tilting match between Mr. Burton and the editor of the Allion, touching the correctness of the criticisms of the latter, has supplied a pleasant episode to the vulgar monotony of continued success by which Burton’s theatre has been distin- guisbed, and will probably bring the “ Merry Wives” into such repute as will command a long run for it. In the Broadway, Forrest has been playing a round of his Sbaksperean ani cther characters, with the same results as invariably attend his performances in this city —overflowing audiences nightly. This evening he plays “Metamora,” the afterpiece being ‘To Paris and Back for Five Pounds.”” Wollack’s bas been doing a flourishing bu,iness, and retuining its position as one of the favorite theatros; there has been, however, no novelty during the weck. To-night, Bulwer’s ever-pleasing comedy of ‘ Money” is to be performed, together with the afterpiece of * High Life Below Stairs.” Miss Julia Gould takes her benefit on Friday night. ‘The Bowery Theatre, National, and St. Charles have been also, on their side, ably upholding their claims to public patronage. In the Bowery, Mrs. Grattan takes benefit on Wednesday evening, in the comedy of “A New Way to Pay Old Debts.” Bernum’s Musoum, Christy's Opera House, Heller's Entertainments, Wood's Minstrels, the Bowery Amphi- theatre, and the various panoramas which make up the complement of the nightly amusewents of New York, have been flourishing pari-passu with all we have enumerated, Misa Greenfleld, better known to the publie by her sctriquet of the Biack Swan, gives her first, and, we believe, ouly concert in this city, on Thursday evening in Metro: politan Hall, She purposes afterwards making an ar- tistic tour to England. A grard concert, in aid of the funda of the Ladies’ Bor nevolent Society for the relief of the poor attached to St. Mary's Church, will take place at the Apollo Rooms, to-morrow evening. Pau! Jullien, who bas been indisposed for some time pant, leaves New York to-morrow for Baltimore; he wil thence travel to the South and West, giving concerts, and return to this city in the beginning of June. A grand complimentary coneert is to be given to Mr. Braham, in the Musical Fund Hall, W’hiladoiphla, to- morrow evening. Miss Sarah Barnes, of Albany, a young lady who is said to pow exe some merit, lately made her delut at Troy, in the character of Jane Chatterly, in the play of the “Widow's Victim * The Siamese Twine are about to make a tour of the United States, and wil shortly spoear in Boston. They are now the fathers of eleven children, ‘The thentres in Cincinnati, St. Louis and Louisville are ofiered tor rale. d Law Intelligence. Count oF Arveats, March 25. 14. Emmet, Re. ceiver, &¢., appellant, against Reed respondent, Argued. Antbony L. Robertson, counsel for a spellant. Sherwood, councel fo respondent, No. 141, The leople ex rel, Seott, defendarte in error, againa: ‘Ihe Board of Snpery of Cheasngo county, pleintiffs inerrer, Submitted. fonry R. Msgatt, eoan” Xo. 142. The People ex rel. Tamphrey, defendants in error, against The Boerd of Supervisors of Chenango county, plaintifis in error. Renry R. My- gatt, coun el. Ne. 32. Martin, Submitted, nrmick, re. spondent. ~ Argued. Fag for ap- pebant; Jax, V. Brady No. 28. Sperry, apyoi another, rerpe nin Fe ase. Nos, 11, 40, 108, struck oF under the rule. No. 13. Price respondent. Argued. Fellents Kdward ronpendent. The United States mail steamship Crescent City, which leaves this city to day for Aspinwall, commences the new weekly arrangement, promised some time back, for the transmission of the mail and passengers to and from California and Oregon. She will connect with the steamer Oregon at Panama. This arrangement will be of great convenience to mer chants and all having correspondence with the Pacific States, and will tend in a great measure, we hope, to do away with the inconvenience and much of the sickness among the passengers, especially on the Pacific side, caused in & great measure by the over-crowded state of the steamers. The number of vessels employed on the mail line to California amounts to twenty-four, of the aggregate bure then of 85,186 tone, comprising those of the ‘United States Mail Steamship Company,” (or Law’s line,) run- ning on the Atlantic, and those of the ‘Pacific Mai? Steamship Company,” on the Pacific, of which Messrs. Howland & Aspinwall are the New York agents. The following are the names and tonnage of the vessel. of each of these companies :— UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Georgia, 000 tons. © 1,300 tong, Ohio, 000 V0}200 Winoi 2,500 1300 “ Empire City, 2,600 1,000 *«* Crescent City,.. 1,500 « Total tonnage of the U. 8, M. Steamship Co. .19,600 tons. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. John L.Stephens 2,500 tons. Golden Gate, 2,500 ** Total tonnage of the Pacific M. Steamship Co..15,536 tons,. Total tonnage of both lines, ......++.0+0+000030,136 tons, Of the Atlantic line, twoor three of the vessels rus semi-monthly between New Orleans and Aspinwall di+ rect. ‘The dates of departure of the mail steamers from thi® city will be, for the future, op the 5th, 13th, 20th, and 28th of each month. We believe no change is contem- plated to be made at present in the departures of the New Orleans and Aspinwall ships. In addition to the above, the Vanderbilt line will con- tinue to make semi-monthly trips by the Nicaragua route, The Crystal Palace. ‘We learn that the arrangements for the internal man- agement of the Exhibition, are very nearly completed. ‘The general superiatendence has been confided to Captain Dupont and Captain Davis, of the navy. These gentlemen are very well known in their corps. Capt. Dupont served with distinction on the coast of California, in the Mexican war, and stands very high in the service. Capt. Davis ia agentleman of high scientific attainmente, and hay re- cently bad charge of the Nautical Almanac. The Associ- ation will, no doubt, obtain, by the appointment of these: gentlemen, that general system and discipline, and quiet but steady organization of the whole thing, which are in- dispensablé to its harmonious and comfortable working. With these gentlemen are associated a number of di- rectors of particular branches. Col. B. P. Johnson, of Albany, the Secretary of the New York State Agricultural Society, and the Commissioner of this State at the Londore Exhibition, takes chargo of the agricultural iraplement department, That of machinery in motion, and models, is entrusted to Mr. Joseph E. Holmes, who is weil known to the mechanical world by the anti-friction press and other ingenious contrivances with which he has been com nected. Textile fabrics full to the share of Capt. Edward Vincent, of the Custom House, one of our most efficient and popular officers. The mineralogical department ia confided to Prof. B. Silliman, Jr., of New Haven, and to Mr. W. P. Blake. This branch will derive additions? importance from the hands to which it isentraeted. Mr, Felix Piatti has the sculpture in charge. These arrange- ments will lead to a very systematic and methodica! ore ganjzation. The question as to when the building will be completed, now begins to assume considerable interest. The day originally fixed was the 2d of May; but that day was named many months ago, and our mechanics are_not 10 famous for punctuality as they are for energy and good work. We learn that the iron work in some of the ma- chine sheps has been a good deal behind hand, though they are now straining every nerve to complete it. No doubt is entertained that the whole of the important part. of the iron will be delivered in a few days, and it is said to be certain that the building will be done nearly by the day named, though, perhaps, it will not be pos:ibleto open it for a short time later. Tho rosfs of the four lean-tos are being put on, and goods can be received in them in afew days. The nave roofs are far advanced, and the only delay is caused by the dome work, which is entirely novel and unique. The erection of a dome one hundred feet in diameter, and suspended seventy feet in the air by slendor columns, a foot thick, in a total novelty in archilecture, and it has been impossible to hurry it as would have been desirable. Mr. C. E. Detmold, the superintending architect and engineer, and Mr. Horatio Allen, the consulting engineer, are, we undegstand, to make a report on the whole aub- ject, which will be followed by # public announcement of the time when the opening will certainly take place. ‘The reports from Mr. Buschek, the European agent, and frem Colonel Hughes, the American commissioner im Europe, are, we learn, uxtremely satisfactory. Naval Intelligence. OUR NAVAL CORRESPONDENCF. Foncuat, Madeira, March 2, 1853, The U. S. stenm frigate Powhatan has just arrived, afters tedious passage. Sho encountered very heavy head weather the entire distance, although from a conver- ration with come of her officera, I learned that she could have made the Passage reveral days shorter had they have choren to carry heavy steam: but not knowing what facilities thero wers at thia island for coaling, the captain was unwilling to allow the coul to be used extravagantly. She has made the pavsace in half a day less time than the U. 8. steamer Mississippi, which was here some two months and a half since. ‘The United States ship Saratoga, W. S. Welker, com- mander, of the East India squad: was at Hong Kong, Jan. 10, The boatewain of the ship, Charles Smith, had been tried by a court martial and discharged, for miscon- duct. ‘The ship would probably be in the United States by the month of June. Borerary anp Roppery at ALBany.—OvER Two THovsanp DoLLars worTH or Sinks AND OTHER Goons StoLEN.—Sometime on Wednesday night last, the store of Aug. Waterman, No. 58 State street, was entered by burglars, and more than $2,000 worth of goods, mainly silks, stolen. The rascals took the papers off of about two hundred pieces of silks, leaving in the store but a hes pack- age; and even this they had tied up carefully and in a business-like manner, and had left, together with some costly crape shawls, and other articles, which. they had 10 doubt intended to c off. Probably they were frightened ayey before they had finished their work of plunder. The articles missed by Mr.. Waterman ure silks, shawls and veat patterns. Hie memorandum of lorses yesterday afternoon, not in- cluding the two latter articles, reached $2,135 and. some cents. The store waa entered from the rear. There is a single window, secured by a wooden shut- ter and an iron crossbar. A large piece of this shut- ter was bored out in precively the right spotto get at the bar, the bar then removed, and the window taised. How the robbers got into the yard it is diffi- cult to ascertain. It ix evident, however, that, they were thoroughly posted up with regard not only to the locality, but to the exact whereabouts of the most costly goods in the store—Adbany Register, March 25. New Orirans Et onN.—An election will take Ms to-day, in New Orleans, for a fal! repre- rentation in the Board of Assistant Aldermen, and ‘or one half of the Board of Aldermen. Court Catendar—This da; wie Dreruice Covrr.--Nos. 64 to 7 Count,—General 'Term,—Motions and de te SUPE CovRT—Special Term,—Nos 47, 54 81, 82, 83, 84, £6. 87, 88, 80. 1, 3, 108, 107, 108, 110, It matters not eloudy, eo perfest No, %3 Brovdwa type ix giwnys me at no other plac TT. &E Dr Castle tor artitt the living nubon nmong ug t—Consitera= aud in every resp, tion, Cull on hit,