The New York Herald Newspaper, April 8, 1853, Page 4

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MRLLER’S SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES, 559 Broadway. @WEN’S ALPINE RAMBLES, 599 Broadway. ooo” New York, Friday, April 8, 1853. Mails for Europe. RE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD. ‘Fhe United’ States mail steamship Franklin, Captain ‘Wotton, will leave this port at 12 o’elock on Saturday, Yer Soutiamyton and Havre, Subscriptions and advertisements for any edition of the ‘Wuw Yori Herarp will be received at the following Places in Europe :— Lavarroo1—John Hunter, No. 2 Paradise street. Lonnox—Edward Eandford & Co., Cornhill. bad Wm. Thomas &Co., No. 19 Catherine street. Pars—Li », Wells & Co., Rue de la Bourse. « BE roil, No. 17 Rue de ls Banque. The European mails will close in this city at half-past ten o'éloek. ‘The Wexxcy Hxnazp will be published at half past nine @’elek to-morrow morning. Single copies, in wrappers, m@upence. The News. By the way of New Orleans we have a telegraphic synopsis of two weeks later intelligence from Cali- fornia, of a very interesting character. Through the politeness of Messrs. Wells, Fargo & Co., who re- weived a despatch from Mr. John M. Burns, their ‘New Orleans agent, we were enabled to publish a - portion of the news in our edition of yesterday after- noon. We learn that the Pacific Mail Company's steamship Tennegsee ran ashore in a fog, and was totally wrecked, on the 12th ult., near San Fran- @isco. Fortunately, all her passengers, of which she had an immense number, and the mails and express packages, were saved. Fears are enter- tained for the safety of the steamer Independence, *' Pelonging to the Vanderbilt line, which was * to have connected with the Northern Light, on her last trip to this port. The Independence was last reported off Cape St. Lucas, on the 15th of February: A steamer had been despatched from Panama in search of the missing vessel. That dreadful terror to Californians, fire, had laid in ashes another flourish- ing town. Weaversville was recently consumed, and the loss will amount to one hundred thousand dollars. But gold is still abundant, the accounts from the mines are favorable, and the village will soon be re- built. Gold mines of great value are reported to have been discovered in Oregon. The commercial re- porte are rather unsatisfactory ; large arrivals of four had caused prices to fluctuate, and the market Closed dull, at $11 2 $12 50. The steamship Philadelphia, which has also ~ @atived at New Orleans, announces that the Illinois may be expected at this port to-day or to-morrow, with the California mails, a large number of passen- gers, and two millions and a halt in gold dust. We are indebted to L. B. Wyman, Esgq., for the an- nexed extract of a letter from his son, Mr. Ben- jamin F. Wyman, who resides in Weaversville, Tri- nity county, California. It will enable the reader to - forma pretty correct idea of the place, which has been destroyed since the epistle was written :— ‘This place is destined, at no distant day, to share the same fate which has befallen San Francisco three or four times, Sacramento city, Marysville, and several other places in California, The buildings, of which there are some three hundred or more, are all of wood, and con structed in the frailest manner, being occupied mostly by miners working at the Weaver diggings, and if a fire should once bresk out, nothing could stop its progress wntil the whole town was destroyed. A despatch from Charleston announces that the steamship Prometheus, yesterday, put into that port short of coal. She is from San Jwan, and has on board the passengers, specie, &c., brought down to Panama from San Francisco by the steamship Pacific. She reports that the difficulties at San Juan had been settled—the place was quiet, and the sloop of war Cyane was laying off the port. From Washiagton we learn that Senator Soule was yesterday confirmed as Minister to Spain. Our special correspondent states that it is not prebable any other foreign appointments will be sent in at this session. Another writer intimates that Célonel Benton has now some prospect of the mission to England. Little was done in the Senate beyond the confirmation of nominations, which were mostly of an unimportant character, with the exception of the one alluded to in the first sentence. Ninety-six days of the present session of the , Legislatare have already expired. Next Wednesday the one hundred days allotted as the term of a ses- sion in which the members can draw pay will have Fan out, and then the work must either cease or else the law-makers will render their services to the people gratis. This being the case, the proceedings in the two branches, as well as the documents emanating from the departments, are becoming more and mere ; important evexy day. We are conseqently compelled +o devote a large share of our space to them thie ,amorning. The sew police bill, which we give in fall, _hes passed the Assembly, and is now before the Renate. The aogjon upon it in the latter body will be watched with, much interest by all elasses of -thie community. 4 number of bills, some of them ,, Of considerable fagportance, passed yesterday, as wilkbe seen by the xegular reports. As Was anticipater,, the Senate late on Wednesday night passed Mr. Vanderbilt's resolution, as amend- ed by:Mr. Cooley, for tue alteration of the constitu- tion 80-28 to provide mgpns for the completion of the publicworks. The meagure was transmitted to the Assembly yesterday, ang, the debate and vote npon ite referguce indicate that Mr. Burroughs was pro- bably right the other day,when he asserted that at least seventy of the one huadred and twenty-eight members ,wane in favor of jt. The friends of the acanals are poy quite confideas, that it will pass, An exciting, écbate sprung wp in the State Senate gaesterday, on the reception of « communication from thr Commissioper: of Emigratiop, urging action on the bill to amend th» emigration laws. After sperd- ing much .time on ¢he subject, the yote was taken and the bill passed. It re-establixhes the office of Marine Hospital Physician at Staten Island, raises the emigrant commutatian fee to twe dollars, and provides a committee to exemine the aceounts of the commisgisners. The Assembly's tax and toll bill hhangs fixe in the Senate, ané those who ought to Know declave that it wil/ not pass. The anyual tax ditt for this city, which passed yesterday, foots up $24¢4.000. The zeport of the State Auditor on te revenue of the New York State Canals, which we rivein another “ very eifeable p te dociment. Jt Ya zraw with such Lacerect at tie presentting, Thy | rr fey ‘ediargement of ‘these Iinpertant avenues of internal "commerce, is a Babject'ih which the producers of the ‘West and consumers ‘of the East are deeply inter ested, and everything bearing upgp the matter will attract attention. The Auditor has shown that an immediate eniargement of the canals is absolutely ne- cessary, t0 ‘wnaintain their productiveness and secure the transpéftation of produce from the extreme West to tide water. The returns of the recent election in Rhode Inland show*that the people are in favor of continuing the proMbitory liquor law, although it is believed that ‘thy have elected a majority to the Assembly who are ‘apposed to that measure. Advices from the city of Mexico to the 21st ult. «state that the votes of the different States for Presi- ‘dent were officially counted some days previously, of which Santa Anna received eighteen, and other can- didates five. Santa Anna was therefore formally declared duly elected to the chief office of the nation, and would be inaugurated immediately upon his ar- rival at the capital. A solemn treaty, providing for the fulfilment of the Sloo contract, had been entered into between the American Minister and the Mexican Commissioners. The steamboat California, worth, with her cargo, about twenty theusand dollars, sunk in the Mississippi river a few days ago. Arthur Spring has been re-convicted, in Philadel- phia, of the murder of Mrs. Lynch” and her sister. He still persists in solemnly asserting his own entire innocence, and accusing his son of the horrible deed. He was yesterday rebuked for his hardihood by the Judge on the bench. The whigs of the Ashland district in Kentucky have nominated ex-Governor Letcher for Congress. Niblo’s was crowded last night with a highly fashionable audience, assembled to witness an exhi- bition by the pupils of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. The proceeds go towards the endow- ment of a church in which this afflicted class can worship, and receive the comfort of religieus in- struction. We have no doubt, from the sympathy evinced with the object of the Rev. Mr. Gallaudet, that the project will be completely successful. The mute appeal was powerful, and we have no doubt but our eitizens separated as pleased at heart as they would be if the notes of Sontag or Alboni were fading from them. The following list comprises a portion of the con- tents of to-day's inside pages:—Proceedings in the Board of Assistant Aldermen; Interesting Letters from Australia; News from the West Indies; The Vice-President’s Inauguration; Funeral Sermon on Mrs. Fillmore; Anniversary of the Massacre of the Dartmoor Prisoners; Father Gavazzi’s Sixth Lec- ture; The Greenwich street Murder in the Court of Oyer and Terminer; Coronor’s Inquest; List of Per- sons who have recently left for California; Finan- cial, Judicial and Theatrical Affairs, &c. The Swiss Refugees—The Conduct of the Austrian Authorities, We stated, the other day, that we felt no in- clination to portray the scenes of bloodshed and tyranny which are being enacted at Milan. In addition to the instinctive repugnance with which one approaches such a topic, we felt, in truth, a positive disinclination to devote our columns to exciting a national animosity, which, though pertectly just, appeared to hold out no promise. of practical benefit. As the case stood when we wrote, it could have served no salutary purpose to stir up angry feelings among the people of this country against the Austrian authorities; while the bare recital og the events whith have taken place at Mifan during the last month might very possibly have roused such a burst of indignation as to place in actual jeopardy our relations with that empire. Between the Austrian despot and the American freeman there -can be no real friendship. Necessity compels both to assame its outward guise; and so long as the mask in- volves ne real sacrifice on our part, we do well to wear it, and he serves his country ill who would wantonly pluck it off. But cases way vvcur which not only oxcuse, but absolutely demand, a departure from this politic rule. Such a -case is that disclosed in the card of the Swiss Consul, published in our paper the other day. It is therein stated—and we are enabled to give the statement the au- thority of our endorsation—that over six thou- sand natives of the Canton of Ticino, or Tessin, in Switzerland, until recently residents of Lombar- dy, have been suddénly expelled from the Aus- trian dominions, and forced to take refuge. insore distress, in their native land. Among the exiles are many old men, women, and children. whose numbers are being rapidly tliinned by the com- bined influence of inélement weather, hunger. and want. These poor creatures—whose home could notafford them the means of subsistence— shave been for many years in the habit of cross- ing the frontier, and hiring themselves out in the towns-of Lombardy as farm servants and mechanics. ‘Industrious peaceable and frugal, they were-sure of constant employment, and constituted, perhaps, the most valuable and most respectable portion of the ~Lombardo-Ve- netian people. A eommon language and a com- mon faith gave them a natural claim on the Mi- lanese and -their neighbors; and never in a single instance: has that claim been impaired by any participation. of theirs in the.political move- ments ofthe country. These are the individu- als whom Radetsky and Strassoldo have exiled at.a moment’s. warning, and doomed to perish in their native mountains, if the hand of succor is not extended to relieve them. To establish their claims on our sympathy a brief-review of the late insurrection and its con- sequenees may be necessary, On the 6th Feb- ruary ‘last, a riot broke out in three quarters of the-city-of Milan. A few sentinels were mur dered by the rioters, and a feeble attempt made to erect @ barricade. But the bulk of the citi- zens took a0 share in the affray, and the Aus- trian soldiers found no difficulty in suppressing the disturbance in a few hours. Some eighteen of the rioters were seized and shot immediately. On the 10th, after quiet was restored, martial ‘kaw was proclaimed, the gates of Milan were loced,.and indiscriminate orers were given to tthe soldiers. toxse their weapons on the slightest suspicion. Noone who knowe ‘the bitter feud existing betweer Austrian and Ztalian will be surprised to learn that the sangwinary command was strictly obeyed. Men were shot down or bayoneted for approaching inadvertently with- in thinty yards,of.@ sentinel. Individuals on whom suspicion rested were seized, briefly ques- tioned, and carried.ant to execution with a ter- rible despateh, which nothing but the most im- minent erisis. could exeuse. It is supposed that hundreds of innocent individuals, whose fate is to this day a mystery totheir friends, were thus maesacred. Meanwhile, a weekly impost of some $20,000 was impossd on the city, and business was entirely suspended. The cause and nature of the outbreak re- mained a mystery. Radetsky alternately call- ed it an insane attempt of a fow foreign emis- saries. and a traitorous movement of the disaf- fected people of Milan, as his immediate pur- pose wis toingpire fear or justify oppression. In reality, #0 far as we can judge, it was the work of a very few misguided individuals, chiefly Italians, who had neither a fixed plan of | their own nor te sanction or goung!l of th keown Seaders of the popular party, In any free country @ few policemen, with stout sticks, would have suppressed it in a couple of hours. Neither the people of ynor the Swise resi- dents had the slightest the plot, ifthere was, indeed, any plot at all. Such being, according tothe most reliable accounts, the true history of the outbreak, one is totally at a loss to discover any shadow of a pretext for the wholesale punishment inflicted on the Swiss. They took no part in the melée. They were not implicated by the confessions of the prisoners. They were not suspected of dis- affection. They were not capable of organizing a serious resistance to the government. On the contrary, they had always borne the character of peaceable, loyal, useful citizens. Two motives have been assigned for Radets- ky’s conduct. The first isthe supposed com- plicity existing between the authorities of the Canton of Ticino and the rioters. This charge is totally unsupported by proof; while, on the contrary, it is on record that at the first news of the outbreak, the Cantonal government exer- cised the strictest vigilance to prevent the or- ganization of any body of “sympathisers,” and to discover and disarm any of the insurgents who might be lurking within the limits of their authority. Nota tittle of evidence can be pro- duced to show that the Swiss approved of the movement; but conclusive proof abounds to establish their disapproval, and their desire to co-operate. with the constituted authorities of Lombardy. The second motive assigned is Ra- detsky’s desire to avenge the expulsion of some Capuchin friars from Ticino. Wedonot clearly see why Radetsky should be supposed to have the interests of the monks so closely at heart, but give the notion to our readers for what it is worth, To our mind, the expulsion of the Swiss is susceptible of a much simpler explanation. The Austrians have suffered much of late from popu- lar movements ; they are now anxious to avert further disasters by striking terror into the minds of the people. Hence the indiscriminate butcheries at Milan ; hence the cruel expulsion of the inoffensive Swiss. These six or seven thousand exiles—for we believe the Con- sul has underrated their number—have re- turned home in abject poverty. Their coun- trymen are themselves too poor to succor them. Before aid can reach them from abroad. hundreds, nay thousands, will die of hunger by the wayside, and their bleached bones will be a monument to Austrian severity—a warning to all who would hereafter rebel against the Aus- trian rule. This is, in our opinion, the real key to the monstrous cruelty we have narrated. We content ourselves with laying the facts before our readers. To heighten by comment the indignation they will one and all feel, were impossible. Indeed, such is not our purpose. If. in the legitimate pursuit of our national career, the eagle of Austria were ever arrayed against the eagle of the United Stntes, it would, no doubt, add fresh fury to the zeal of our troops to remind them that the character of the foe was sullied by acts of such fiendish barbarity that even the wildest savages seem humane by contrast. But until sucha contingency happens, silence had better veil our feelings, se far as the Austrians are con- cerned. We shall emphatically record our dis- gust at their conduct, at the same time that we discharge a debt due to humanity, and perform an act grateful to ourselves, by contributing, each according to his means, to the fund to be raised for the succour of the starving Swiss. Awful Assemblage—Grand Meeting of the Spiritual Rappers at Springfield. The meeting of the spiritual rappers, philose- phers, and mediums, at Springfield, which has been in session for the last two or three days, takes the premium from all the new-fangled so- cieties which have sprung into existence in Massachusetts during the last five years. We had imagined that the picnics of the rampant abolitionists, headed by Garrison. Wendell Phil- lips and Company, were hard to beat, until the Woman’s Rights Association at Worcester. composed of the most heterogeneous colors and materials of both sexes, and rabid for the unre- stricted liberties of anarchy and miscellaneous amalgamation, carried off the palm. And now, in their turn, the advocates of women’s rights to the breeches are driven to the wall by the gathering of the spiritualists, in solid column, at Springfield. ’ It is a most wonderful and awful congre; tion—some three or four hundred of these mysterious and fearful people—rappers and mediums, and philosophers—communing di- rectly with the spirits of the dead, of all ages of the world, of all countries, of all lan- guages, and nations’. and kindred and tribes under the sun, from Adamand Eve down to the important epoch of Nosh’s ark, and from the ark to the tower of Babel. and from Babel te the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, and so on through the successive movements and transitions of people and nations, smack down down to the discovery of the gold mines of Australia, and the latest appointments at It was the boast of Owen Glen- Washington. dower, that “T can call up spirits frem the vasty deep.” The only drawback was, that when he did call, they wouldn’t come. But these spiritual rappers say they can make them.come—even the spirit of Glendower himself-—and make them talk upon the most important and the most trifling subjects, for twenty-five cents a ticket. What a field of discovery is here opened before us, especially if they call in the spirits of the living as-well as the dead, as some have pro- posed to do! With the establishment of the spiritual seience upon this broad basis, the ex- ploration of the old ruins of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Atherica, will hecome “an obsolete idea;” for we can call in the builders them- selves. All history can be rectified. and the blanks filled up, from eotemporaneous witness- rs, through all time. We shall then be enabled to know directly to the point How much it cost to build the pyramids, ‘What became of the ark after the flood, ‘The contents of the books of the Alexandrian Li- at 10 stole the lost boaks of Livy, The travels of the ten lost tribes of Israel, and where those people now axe, The doings of the dark ages, The author of the letters @° Junius, The hii of the Aztecs, Who Billy Patterson, —and all other matters concerning any per- son, any country, any people, or anything that has occurred fn all time, of whom or of which historians and antiquaries are in the dark. So also with reference to transpiring events —telegraphs will become utterly weeless, ex- cept as an opposition line to the spiritual me- diums, All that we shall have to do will be to hire a first rate rapping medium; and he, or she, by communicating spiritually with General Pierce and his cabinet, can inform us of all they are doirg. or intend to do for the next six Weeks, which will be somewhat ahead of the | ‘Morse and House lines. And so of events tran- epiring in any and every part of the world. The Rev. Charles Beecher, of Newark, after a laborious investigation of the subject for many’ weeks, has rendered in his report to the Con- gregationalists of Brooklyn, declaring that these spiritual communications are neither jugglery, nor electricity, nor animal magnet- ism, but dona fide spiritual communications. That point being settled, it only remains for the Convention at Springfield to make the necessary arrangements to carry out the grand discovery in all its comprehensive details. We are surprised, however, that this spiritual conclave did not meet at Salem, where they could have had the benefit of the company of the witches to assist them in their rappings. That Of the alla Longe On ceiling and the » ut Wi — That moet seceeeer tar atnae At the door? In a day or two we expect to be able to lay before our readers a graphic report of the spiritual proceedings at Springfield. This is the age of progress. Meantime read the short report in another column. Wasuixeton Irems.—General Dix, according to our last accounts, was in Washington. It was supposed he would decline the sub-Trea- sury, provided he could transfer it to some good barnburner or soft shell. We had sup- posed he would decline even without that provi- so. He is just finishing a beautiful country resi- dence, and the temptation to enjoy it this com- ing summer will be very apt to prove stronger than the invitation to stand guard over the money chests of Uncle Sam, in the Custom House, in the close. unwholesome atmosphere of Wall street. But if he has accepted, as report- ed, the soft shells may rest easy at least till the fourth of July. Mr. Dickinson, we are also inclined to think, will resign the Collectorship provided he can secure the transfer of this important post to Mr. Schell, or make any other arrangement satis- factory to the hard shells, whose sacrifices for him he is in duty bound to consider the para- mount question in the matter. We understand that General Pierce has written him an auto- graph letter, urging his acceptance, and invit- ing him to Washington, and that, in deference td the wishes of the President, he is going there to have a talk with him. He arrived in town yesterday en route for the capital. At the same time, in conjunction with the hard shells on the ground. it is expected he will “ make an effort” to withdraw from the cares of the Cus- tom House, and the persecutions of the office- holders and office-seekers, by slipping Mr. Schell, or some other good and reliable hard shell, in his place. This movement will neces- sarily, to some extent, re open the contest with the Premier. We shall now know how the matter is to end. We are decidedly of the opin- ion that Mr. Dickinson will get out of the har- ness ifhecan. The year of 1856 will soon be coming round, and he that is tied up can’t manage the wires. The latest reports from Washington say, that Mr. Dickinson has for- mally accepted. If so, that question is settled for a day or two. Dr. Sturgeon, after having been twelve years in the United States Senate, goes into the post of Treasurer of the Mint at Philadelphia. It is remarkable that, although as a Senator he probably never made a speech of over five min- utes duration, whenever an important vote was taken he was always there. and invariably voted the undiluted “democratic ticket,” ex- cept upon the tariff question. These antece- dents of Dr. Sturgeon afford a guarantee that when wanted he will be found at his post. Nor does it require the talents of Henry Clay. nor the profundity of Webster, to take care of the public money. Consequently, we think that Philadelphia has a good Treasurer of the Mint, in this hard iron and hard money man. With the appointment of Mr. Campbell of the Louisiana and Alabama circuit to the Supreme Bench, and of Mr. Slidell as general minister to Central America, we had almost despaired of any thing for Mr. Downs. And we felt somewhat anxious on this point, be- cause, by a sort of Holy Alliance against him, Mr. Downs was defeated of a re-election to the Senate. But it seems that he is not yet to be exiled to the monotony of a sugar plantation. General Pierce has justly considered him as en- titled to something, as one of the leaders of the late Southern Union party, of which the noble Clay was the chief, and the gallant General Foote the principal aid-de-camp. And so Mr. Downs is made Collector of New Orleans. We have thus, in the appointment of Slidell, and in this later appointment of Downs, the most satisfactory assurances that the Southern Union party are not to be tabooed by the ad- tainistration. Item—Ought not something to be done for Gen. Foote, Gov. Cobb, and Col. Clemens? Shall “flesh be made of one and fish ot another 7” Our Washington gossip also brings Old Bul- lion forward as, next to Mr. Buchanan, the most prominent man before the cabinet for the mis- sion to England. We doubt not that a conside- rable number ofthe old fogies and young fledg- lings of the House of Representatives would rejoice at the sending of Old Bullion across the seas; and there may be some members of the cabinet who would feel easier if the terrible Missourian were out of the way. But we pro- test against any such disposition of Colonel Benton. He was elected as an in- dependent member of the House. The country wants a man of his calibre and pluck to fill that character in that body; and Benton is the man to doit. The House has been like a school without a master long enough. It is time that it should be brought under the rod of discipline. We can’t spare Old Bullion from the House. We are happy to learn, that notwithstanding the multiplicity of his labors, the President of the United States maintains with remarkable tenacity his accustomed vigor and elasticity of mind and body. Jtem.—We are well assured that the report that Governor Marcy was ap- pointed Premier forthe purpose of punishing General Scott, was too fast. No man, we pre- sume, acquainted with the character of General Pierce, can sappose that because General Scott failed to vindicate his subordinate officer from the assassins of the whig press during the late campaign, General Pierce was resolved to pun- ich him, and hence appointed Marcy Secretary of State. This much is due to General Pierce General Scott, and General Marcy, the General of the soft shells. The nomination and confirmation of Mr. | Soulé as Minister to Spain, will hardly surprise our readers. notwithstanding that Louisiana has had alrealy one full foreign mission, and that the ery for 42 equal di all sound of the | nice places is £0 Very universal, We have | | Yer iawn tunly recovered, and isin tine yoioe, spoken heretofore of Mr. Soulé’s ae complishments for the Ceurt of Madrid. But that which Young America regards as his chief recommendation, is his decided and sive belief in the fandamental doctrine of man!- fest destiny. He is also sound upon the Mon- roe doctrine. so that in respect to the critical condition of the affairs of Mexico and the move- ments of Spain, his vigilance may be relied y * Wve understand that it is probable the other leading foreign missions, including England and France, will probably be held over. There is some expectation that the Senate | mana will close up the exceedingly arduous labors of this extraordinary extra session in time to shut up shop next Monday. We are glad to hear this, for we were becoming suspicious that they intended to sit through the Gardner trial, #0 that they might all adjourn together. Tux Japan Expepition Not ABANDONED.—We are gratified to be informed that the Japan ex- pedition is not to be countermanded. The ship of the line Vermont, with her complement of eight hundred men, is to be withdrawn, from the lamentable failure of Congress to add the petty trifling addition of a thousand men to the aggregate force of the navy.. The Executive being thus limited to the sum total of the 7,500 men of the peace establishment. had, perhaps no other resource than to make this reduction of the Japan expedition. Let the heathen of the Japanese islands re- joice. Their doors are to be opened to the lights of civilization and Christianity, and the bless- ings of trade. The Emperor will get his pre- sents, and will have the opportunity afforded him of seeing something of the progress of the “ outside barbarians,” in the electric telegraph, and the locomotive and ten miles of railroad which it is proposed to put in operation from the imperial city of Jeddo to some one of the suburban villages. And then we may expect a treaty of reciprocity, under which American sailors wrecked upon the Japanese coasts, will not hereafter be carried about in cages over the country, or impaled alive. But, in a word, the cause of mighty and extending commerce, of science, of nautical knowledge, of civilization .and Christianity, are all largely involved in this expedition; and the civilized world will be glad to learn tliat it is to be carried out. For the honor and dignity of this nation, so let it be. Tue Women’s Wark ON THE SLAVERY QuEs- tion.—An “ Anti-Slavery Woman,” writing to the Chicago Daily Times, an abolition jour- nal, says that ‘The New York Heratp comes down on Mrs. Swisshelm for presuming to repre- eent the anti-slavery women of America in her letter to the Duchess of Sutherland.” Just so. And that we have declared war, and that every woman of America must enlist on one side or the other. Just so. Let those in favor of the Union, the constitution and the laws of the land, rally to the side of Mrs. Julia Gar- diner Tyler, and those in favor of disunion, revolution, and blood and carnage, join the abolition forces of the Duchess of Sutherland, Lloyd Garrison, and Mrs. Swisshelm. That’s the issue. Tne Marcu or Improvement.—Among the many improvements and fresh notions daily in- troduced into new vessels, is one contemplated for Mr. Donald McKay’s new ship King of the Clippers, consisting of a stationary steam en- gine of eight horse power, placed on deck, to be used for taking in and discharging cargo, and setting uprigging, &c. What next? ‘Talk on ’Change. Cotton sold to the extent of 1,200 bales yesterday, closing quiet. There was a movement in pork, and some 2,500 barrels of meas were sold, two thousand of which were deliverable in four months, at the rate of 500 barrels per month, at $14 75, cash on delivery. There was some conversation regarding the loss of the steamship Tennessee, on the Pacific coast, and gratifica- tion was expressed that her wreck was unatvended by any sacrifice of humanlife. She was a fine steamer, built in 1848, and run for sometime in the New York and Sa- vannah line of steamers, and was sold to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. She left here on the 5th of Decem- er, 1849, for the Pacific. She was valued at about $200,000, and it was rumored on ’Change that she was insured at Lloyd’s, in London, for about $100,000 to $150,000. A member of the firm of Messrs. Howland & Aspinwall was so obligingas to hand us a eopy of the following despatch, which, it was said, embraced all the intelligence the house had received in reference to the subject. It came from their agent in New Orleans:— New ORLRANS, The Daniel Webster the loss ait Dartitin Tennessee, on the 12th ch, seventy miles from San Francisco. She run ashore ins fog. No lives were lost. ‘The principal portion of the cargo was saved. It was said that she sailed from Panama on the 19th of February, with a full complement of passengers. It was believed that, as her usual passages from Panama to San Francisco did net exceed fifteen days, there was a mis- take as to the fact of her going ashore on the 12th ult., and that it probably oceurred om or about the 6th ult. The makers put up the superb elock which they had built for the City Hall in the rotunda fof the Exchange yesterday, on exhibition. The frame which supports the works is composed of composition metal. One of the makers, in the execution of the work, has exhibited un- common genius: and mechanical skill. Self-taugbt, he constructed all bis machinery for cutting the teeth of the wheels. He also cut and shaped the agate plates and jew- elled verge pivots, which are beautifully executed. The pendulum is fourteen fect long, with compensating arran- gements which have proved,very successful. The clock cost $2,009, and is to vary less than two minutes a year. One built by the same party has been running in New- town, Long Island, without stopping for a year, and has varied less than two minutes. Another has been running twenty-eight days in New London, which has only varied two seconds transit time. It is to remain a few days on public inspection in the Exchange, and is then to be placed in the cupola of the City Hall. Asa work of me- chanical art, it does the makers the highest credit. ‘The Crystal Palace. From the present appearance of this far-famed struc- ture, we should suppore that it will not be completed be- fore the middle of May. or the first of June. The frame work, however, is nearly finished, with the exception of the roof, which yet remains to be put on. The front part, facing Sixth avenue, is more advanced than any other portion of the building. Here the glass is already put in the iron window frames, and the painters are at work. The columns, which will be soon finished, are very handsome indeed; and on each one may be seen mounted about a half dozen men, busily engaged in drilling, ham. mering, and filing. The flooring has just been com- menced, at which a large number of our best mechanics are engaged at work. The Reservoir, which overlooks this beautiful edifice, and commands a fine view of the building, is daily crowded with visiters of both sexes, watching with pleasure the progress of a structure which, for beauty, has never been equalled. No doubt the con- tractors are using their utmost endeavors in order that it may be opened on the first of May. We hope that they will not disappoint the people, and that the character of the American mechanics, who arc fanred for promptness, energy, and talent, will not suffer by the slowness of the contractors. From St, Jao.—Ry the brig Two Ladies, arrived yes terday, from St. Jago March 16, we learn that that place was perfectly healthy, no case of sickness having occurred among the shipping for some time It was anticipated that the duties on lumber and provisions would be taken off, and that a drawback wonld be allowed on goods re- cently delivered. ‘Tie Orera To-Nigut.—‘La Favorite” will be produced at Niblo’s thie evening, with Alboni ant Salvi. The lat ‘There will | Lucoubiedly Le a full and fashionable house, New Tus Srony or rem Maprat —Sueh is the we of » mest. important and interesting book which the A\sriess ag Foreign Christian Union bas in press, and will Wuein » « few days. Itis gotten up by theSecretary of th najety , and gives full and authentic information about the anes: {mprisonment, trial, and condemnation of these ex,: ent but humble persons, who have been made a “spe, fadie tamem and aagals,”’ Se Shae times, for the right : ple, Dr. “Archbi Hughes’ letter, and one it, &e. book will be in it + , or we are mistaken. Let us know—let all : + wold know—the whole about this affair. Marine Affairs. ANOTHER Myéraniovs Vasars 1x Lona Istanp Socsp.—!) > Monday, the 4th inat., a hermaphrodite brig, of ordin size and appearance, was perceired laying around Fato:.'- Neck, L. L., a little to the'eastward of Huntington bay, an as she did not exhibit any signal of distress, the cecasiv:» of her delay at that particular point could not be sai’s factorily explained, and gave rise to various surmis::. Awatch was kept upon her movements, but nothing more remarkable was ascertained till the second day af- ter, Wednesday.) when a Paap dig was nee along. aide reeeiving the cargo of the brig. Canvas was spread, over the two vessels. and so much of as could ‘be seen was in the form of small square had no colors set, andas the letters on not be made out, it is not known where what may be her pame. It is said the transhi her cargo was continued through the day till ms At10 P. M. both veseels were Leberrenze : lace tion. A man residing in the neigh! was eg hy this citv immediately sent in quest that the vessel was in a leaky t in at thet place for the purpose of tl onlay 20 Eat 68 tS 90K If go, and it should be ed practicable for her to leave shoal water, she will be taken in tow by the steamerand brought to this eity. City Intelligence. pensens: opposed to the opening of Fourth avenue, and pe unprecedented charges of the persons em: in ing ntlemen:—George Andrew MeGowan, JO" Swinge, Tonac Adrian, and Mr. Hoe.” an Accmgnt on Foton Ferry.—On Wednesday e 4 asthe ferry beat Bedford was nearing the sf on this. side, she came into colliston with the end of the pler, produeing a violent concussion. The wheel house and & Portion of the ladiey’ cabin were completely eut 0, and wheel and other portions of the getty - damaged. ‘There were ‘but few passengers on the boat at 1, rious,” terious. the danger, and they fled trom'that struck the dock, thereby preventing any socident . The boat has been up for , the da- mages to which are estimated at $2,000. cause of the accident is not known, but it is supposed that as the tide was running very bie | at the time, the pilot lost all control of the boat, which came into collision with the dock before sufficient time could elapse to reverse her | engines, .—A bo} ed Charles Deginhurdt, "183 West Thirteenth street, was knocked Ramroad Accu residing at No. 133 West Thi down and run over by one of the Highth avenue ears, while attempting to cross the track. Me was con to his residence by the police, when he was found fed have been seriously injured, externally and in- Fina—About five o'clock A. M. Wednesday s fire broke out in a three story frame house in pile street, near Twelfth avenue, belonging to Kelly, and was totally destroyed. The house next door was aka Very much damaged by Sre and water, The fire ori- givatea from some defect inthe chimney. The firemen ‘were early on the ground, but the flames had gained considerable headway before any water could be brought. to bear on the building. Norruunn Dyrensary.—The followin, shows the number of patients treated at this fo tution during March, 1858:—Attended at their di 395; at the siepenssy ‘¥,082. Total, 1,477—with the result: red oF relieved, 1,101: died, 6; vaccinated, 331; to hospital, 6; remaining under treatment, $4 The num- ber of males were 575, 902, classified thus:—[re- d, 726; United States, 631; England, 68; 23; Gerraany, 25; other countries, 14. The whole number of preseriptions ut up was 2,780; greatestinumber imany y, 187; st number, 62; average, 106. Tae Vacant CLERKSHIP IN THE Manne Court.—This office, which, much to the inconvenience of suitors, has been vacant for some time, is now really about to be filled. The Common Council held a caucus in hy eens Sere on the subject, and their choice, which in effect is final, was fully understood to be Mr. H. N. Par- ker, many years connected with the office, and thorough- ly competent to discharge the daties. AccipENT.—A woman named Mary Bennett, yesterday morning, while intoxicated, fell from the attic window the house No. 183 Elm street, to the pavement, and was ae to the New York Hospital, with several ribs frac- REscurD From Drowninc.—A man named bg Han- eock fell into water at pier No. 3 North river. but was reseued from drowning by the police of the First ward On Wednesday a man named Patrick Farrell fell large hole in the doek, at pier 31 East river, and no doubt‘ have met with a watery grave had it not fer the exertions of the police, who fished him out in » deplorable condition. Police Intelligence. CHARGE OF FALSE PRETENCES—OURIOUS CIRCUM- STANCE ATTENDING THE ARREST. Mpa officers Mooney and of the second district Police Court, arrived in town from Seneca county, this State, having in custody a man named George T. Gil- Gilbert, whom they arrested on » war- he stands c a tions, = quantity the firm of Gilbert, Da It apy = ing to the affidavit of Jobn H. Davis, one of the aid that the defendant called at the a! repre- sent thirty toforty thousand George’t Gilbert, oh he stated to be "a Mateos leorge T. Gilbert, to of Under these ciredmstanoes oe and representa! believing them to be true, and made in good faith, the firm sold the above named amount of goods on s credit. ‘The goods were never paid ‘or, and it has sinee- been ascertained that Gilbert was insolvent at the time he made said re- there for the purpose this city. On arriving there, the officer a: w Gilbert was in the custo¢y of Sheriff Parks, who refased| te permit the officer to convey him away, and the officer, ef course, had to return back to the cit; , and report, his inability to bring the prisoner. wever, police of our city were not to be outwitted by the Count, Sheriff, and therefore devised a plan whereby they eoul capture the prisoner and bring him to New York: Ac: a whereby the sheriff was to be, Ch ggie eer to bring the prisoner from the jail to the vicinity of railroa Gs This was done, and Gilbert was forth. with taken into custody by offieer Wildey. The sberi protested against the arrest being made, and forbid officer taking him from the Reg 4 Officer — came up, and politely informed the sheriff that it wa now his (Mooney’s) turn, at the same time intimati that both carried six barrel revolvers, and that if a res- cue was attempted some one would be shot, The sl finding that both officers were very determined men, de. clined to make any attempt to stop the joner’s val, but merely made his protest against it. The prisone was conveyed to the railroad cepot, and in about mynutes the train came along, at departure with the prisoner {¢ early yesterday mornin; before Justice Stuart, who detains him in eustody, wait an examination. 4 Ga losure—Arrest Mr. Hen: aa Yan ibber, of Wi city, D. game faro.’? a] y the facts Gave, that Mr. Van Biber war met in ¢be Astor House’ a gentleman who asked him to takes walk with him. Mr. Van Bibber consented, and, as they promenaded up| non No. 419 Dread town, they ned in’ the kept "by ar & Wells. the complainant com men pay ing and — on cards, unt lost avout $300. ring this time Van Bibber asserts that he induced to take some ale, which he believes was dri as he very soon ufter became almost stupelied, a more money on his person, and with| eontinuing the game, announced that he had # certifeate cheek for $6,000, and: I with one of the parey for Wall street to get it castied. I was then Inte in the afternoon, and the banks being| ever, On their return from Wall street they call store of Messrs, Tiffany, Young ents, the frm being acqualnted with Mr. Van Bibber. ad him $600 on the check. The party then returned again to the gaming room, and there the complainant lost the| $500, together with ‘about ax much more, for which gave'a check on the Bank of America, The payment this check was subsequen ly stopped, and the partigs holding it went to Washington in search of Mr. Van Bi der, for the purpose of getting ; in doing; ultimately Mr. Van B. finding that the parties| were pressing him to pay the check, applied to the magis- {rate and meade s complaint against the above nated porties. The defendants were held to bail in the sum of| 1,600 each, which they gaye, and were Mberated from custody. Personal Intelligence. Hon. Linn Boyd, of Kentucky, Inte Speaker of the| Houre of Repre:éntatives, is a candidate for re-election t Congress. More or tug Rarrings.—Ebenezer Pope, & respectable citizen of Milton, hung himself in hi barn on Thursday. He leaves a family, Insanity resulting from the rapping delusion, cansed the Mmonrnful act. He was one of the selectmon of thi own.—Rome (N, Y.) Sentinel, Apru 6.