The New York Herald Newspaper, April 11, 1853, Page 4

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The Psa ‘ama pagers have daily articles upon the rapi! abson ption and retention, by land capitalists, of the boxe lreds_of-shourunds os Gcllars avhich are sthe Isthmus by travellers. On the other read, trey farnish decisive evidence of creasing impro wment, inthe many announcements of new buildin Ww eracted, hotels opened, and harbor im- provem ents aide, whic they contain. A psiitical riot had eveurged at, Taboga, in which two or three persons ) wwe inured. It was amicably settled by the perso wal interference of the Governor. The abriptions, or with Adver- | Postage will be deducted from | crow@ti‘vit. ‘Our Washitigter oP-espondest wikes that JadgePronson has“not'y@ been beard from concerning *his acceptamce of the colleetérihip, and the President wishes the Senite to remain i:'tession till the' apr ointments for thisvity are detided. The Senate, it will be recollected, have restlvéd to ad- journ atone o'clock to-day. Caravajal is again tn ‘tite move. fle, With sixty followers, lately recrosse] the Rio ‘Grande into “Mexteo, and took possession of the town’ of Reynosa. ished them by hanging until they a4 extorted four thioasand dollars as i ransom for their lives. A ru- \ mo: was current’ in Brownsville, at* last accounts, thi this band of adventurers had destroyed or | amended to destroy the American ‘own of Edin- “burg, 0 ite Reynosa. “The Director nf the Mint, #t "Philadelphia, has’ | _given notice thai the coinage of-three cent pieces, and their dist:Ybation at the expense of the mint, has been discontinned, with a view to more active em- | ployment in ‘the manufactureof new silver coin. Over 36,000{900 three cent pietes have been coined. The Rey. €dwin F. Hatfielé delivered a sermon on Sunday recreations last evening, in the Presty- terian churth corner of Broome and Ridge srests. tion of time for worship, an@ that a non-observan:e of the Sabiath invariably tended to demorilization and crime. Dr. Cheever, in his church ia Union square, deli, vered ope on the same subject, in which he severely castigateé the proprietors ef railroads, steaurbcats, &c., for their abuse of the Sabbath. ‘The second anniversary 0! the Southern Cerstock Missionary Society was beld last evening, in the Olive Branch Baptist Church, in Madison street. The exercises were very appropriate, and several | hymns written for the occasion were sung ‘by the children. The congregation was addresséi by J. W. Beneiict and by J. H. Chandler, a retarned mis- sionary from Siam, and their worthy pastor. Our inside pages contain two very interesting com- Tounications—one from Lieut. Col. Graham and the other froinVindex—relative to the Mexican Roundary Commission; Extract concerning the Japan Expedi- tion; Weekly Reports of Deaths in this ‘and other cities; Commercial, Lav, Theatrical, and Miscella- neous Intelligence; Advertisemeats, &c. ‘The Crusade Against Com uption. It may be a startling, but it isan umquestion- able fact. that the system of representative gov- ernmeni-has never had a fair trial anywhere. Antiquity is of course out of the. question. Long before the learned labors of Nietbr, Ar- | nold, and Grote exhibited the misculled demo- cracies of Rowe and Athens in their real defor- ;m ity, no man of respectable attainments would | have allowed himsef? to be told that either of | the great republies was actually governed by | the people. Later experiments, though cer- tainly more successful and more conscientious, | have yet fallen far short of perfect. accuracy. | Corruption, venality, and indifference have always prevailed to such an extent that the results of electoral experiments must be receiv- | ed with the greatest caution; and strange to | Say. so far. as our experience geze, neither | bribery aor indifference has been materially | alfected..by the extension or the limitation of |:-he franchise. We find differences of detail in the modus operandi in diferent countries ; but with one or two abnormal exceptions, tle main fearture—the presence of foreign and corrupt causes operaiing to prevent aud counteract the popular will--is everywhere the same. Where universal suffrage obtains. the primary voters arezoo numerous to be bought. But they can always be bullied ; and part exporience would | seems.to teach that, if the choice were fered hem, they would rather 4 bullied than not. Corruption, therefore. finds its first votaries in the buXies. These are soon imitated by the representatives, who, having paid dear enevgh or their elections. are in no wise loath to-cell thewselves in their turn, as soon as they are a marketablearticle. Where the suffrage is limited, import and ‘€xpee: trade, of Valparaiso was eucour- Se poulh a.cony of an, jamportant decree, isaned | at Costa Rica, by the Pregidert of the Republic, re- lative to the dc Wertion of sailory from vessels trading to or touching atPaentgs Arenes, This matter, with | a large amount ¢ commercial, meritime and miscel- lancous informatics, will b> found.j2 another part the paper. Gur Nicaragna correspondent writs thot affairs were comparatively quiet at San Juan. The British war steamer Geyaer and the United Stes sloop-of- war Oyape were in the immediete vicinity. The au- thorities. af Greytown had appeated to the eommand- er of the faxmer versel for redress against the recent eonduct of Capt. Hollis; but the Eaglish captain cooly informed them that he had express orders from his government not to interfere in their affairs. It | was reported that the Prometheus, on her last trip from this port, touk out orders from the British Min- ister at Washington, directing any English vessels of war at San Juan to protect the employes and pro- perty of the Transit Company. But the orders came too late; the employes had been imprisoned, fined, and the property of the company destroyed—of atl which the commander of the Cyane had already taken cognizance. ‘The extracts which we have made from the Buenos Ayres Packet relative to the unceasing political eommotions and revolutions in Sonth America, are worthy of marked attention. While descanting upon the inability of the people of that country to govern themselves, the editor handsomely compli- ments the United States, and remarks that at no dis- tant day we bid fairto absorb the whole Northern doutinent. He might also have added the Southern portion, fer should this Union continue to progress at the rate it has done for the last fifty years——and there is no reason to doubt but that it will—it will not be a great while before the South American States are found knocking for admission at the portals of this confederacy. Their only prospect of peace, happiness, and prosperity, judging from their past misfortunes, eeems to be centred in auch an ulter- ative. The extraordinary mechanical ingenuity of the Yatikees seema at present to be attracting universal attention in the Sandwich islands. We leern that King Kamehameha, accompanied by his svite and a Jarge number of native and foreign dignitaries, went on board the American clipper hip Sovereign of the Seas, on her recent trip to Honoluln. The utmost srratification was expressed with the visit. The ar- rival of a patent corn sheller seems to have created considerable sensation. Gcod corn was worth from 54 to Gh cents per Ib., or $10 per bbl. The inhahi- tants are turning their attention to the culture of wool, which, it is said, pays well to ship to Sydney. Via Valparaiso and Panama we are in receipt of one week's later advices from Australia, the details of which will be found very interesting. (old was pouring into the different towns from all the mining sections in grratabundance, although different cor- rerponicnts corroborated each other's statements that the productiveness of the mines had been great- ly exaggerated. Robberies were of frequent occur- rence, and swindling was carried on to a great ex- tent. It was estimated that £100,000 had been lost in five months, by the purchase of spurious gold. One bank alone had sunk £50,000 by dealing in the hogus article. Commercial affairs were fered | prosperous, and emigrants continued to arrive in countless numbers. Tie additional intelligence elsewhere given from hoth Europe and California will be found quite in tere:ting; but as we gave the leading features in yes: | terday's summary, it is unnecessary to repeat them. Fortunately our telegraphic information is very | brief this morning, and we are thereby enabled to present our readers with a large amount o° misce - jy reoue metter, whicl hare bee otherwise y | abuee, People have begun to eee that ‘ey the scoters may be had in person, in small lots, at very reasonable rates ; and large operators gnay succeed in controiling the market. We have seen a corstitution under which the fran- | chise wee so newily contrived that tre govern- | mers of the day could work it as it pleased. al- | most Without outlay. But this was the work of aman of gesus. Modern ties have produced few Villeles. Whatever have been the distinguishing foa- | tures of each particulw system that has been tried, the nef results of a careful examination of its working will be @ thorough conviction that the world has Jot yet witnessed a govera- ment really and wholl,* seieetad by the popular will. Our own is probably’ the geavest approach that has ever been made; wt how far it fulls short of what it purports to be* £8 this partien- lar. none who have witnessed an *leetion need de told. * , An attempt is now being made to rec tty this He contended that God had #¢t apart a seventh .fior- | membérs‘éf the House of Comments, have re- solved'to'midke an attempt to pat ddwn corrup- tion by unseating members and -disfranchising constituencies. We cannot venture to foretell what théasure of success awaitstheir endeavors, The eximple of St. Albans Goes not seem to have strack terror into the hearts of the people; and, without more stringemt measures, it is pos- sfble"that half the counties in Britain may be ‘ ‘Histeen immediatély ‘seized two ‘alchées and pun- | ‘deprived of their political rights without effect- ing the desired reform. Our task is more exxy—we have fewer cul- prits to deal with, amé:ean legislate with more severity. Mr. Loomés ‘has dealt the firat blow at corruption in our ‘high places. He has in- “troduced a bill to punish any party who shall offer a corrupt copsideration to any public of- ficer, with intent to influence his official ac- tion. According to his bill, the offence shall be deemed bribery ; and the public officer who shall receiveany such consideration. shall in like manner ‘be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor. We cannot foresee the fate of the bill; but, though we ‘are far from anticipating that it would eradieste the evil it purports to check, do not serupie to award it our approval. That corruptien does exist to a very great ex- tent, nobody denies—that it ought not to be tolerated, is still more clearly apparent. Any measure whish holds out however slight a promise of ohecking the practice, should be welcomed. But the legislators at Albany should not be the only men arraigned. Nominating commit tees and district and ward delegates ought to come in fer their share of punishment. Nor | Must our representatives allow the bughear of excessive severity to deter them from their tark. Four or five years’ imprisonment is not an unreasonable penalty for having perverted | the constitution and trampled under foot the rights of the people. A few examples of vigor- ous punishment would do more to uproot cor- ruption than all the talking in the world. Tue Senate Derenpep.—An unprincipled foreigner has had the impertinence to criticise our Senate. We do not intend to give the fel- low’s nongenee in extenso; but he inveighs in ®@ very impudent manner against what he calis the retrogressive tendencies of that highly honorable body. and. “not to put too fine a point upen it,” insinuates that the Senators are “a parcel of old women.” To such a pitch has the intolerable insolence of travellers presumed to go! The Senate of the United States “a parcel of old women!” Mr. Butler’s shaggy mane will stand erect at the insult, and honest Sam Houston’s beard will quiver with virtuous indignation. We see Mr. Clayton rising with that vivacity which characterizes all his move- ments, aud avenging his fair fame in the sprightly. style of which he has so complete a mastery. ‘We anticipate the elegant sarcasm that will,flew from the lips of Mr. Dodge, when he hears that his sex has becn assailed. Weown toa sort of compassion for the poor foreigner, when we think of the polished epigrams which Mr. Truman Smith will launch at his head. and would.strain a point ourselves, from pure philanthropy. to save him from the lively though cutting satire of Mr. Hamlin. It is im- possible that he can survive a castigation from such masters of the art of sarcasm and raillery. In truth—though we know it would be im- possible for the gentlemen we have named to rise to their legs-without scattering flowers of eloquence around them—the naked facts are perhaps the best refutation of the calumny. Who ever heard of cur Senate exhibiting pru- dish scruples, or crabbed ill-temper. or dogged resistance to reform. or any other of the quali- ties which, by common.consent, are held to en- title their possessor to the epithet of old wo- man? On the contrary. is it not notorious that the Senate invariably takes the lead in all use- ful reforms? Has it ever been known to stickle at points of usage or etiquette. and so retard the public business? Has it not always dis- splayed a manly disregard for such trifles, and devoted its whole time and attention to the | Sreat matters on which the public good de- pends? Has it ever been said of the Senate that wheo the whole country--with the single ex- ceptisn of two dishonest firms—was clamorous for ga international copyright—when reason, honor and policy alike reqnired its adoption— the timid scruples of a few faint-hearted mem- bers caused it to fall through? Ha+ the Senate ever been charged with throwing cold water on useful mechanical inventions, by means of which their own time might be economized and the public business more rapidly transacted? Mr. Dodge and Mr. Hamlin will answer the have been deluded too long; and a simu ‘a. neous crasade against corruption has been { undertaken in Great Britain and in this State. How sorely it was needed in the former may be inferred from the confident statement of the London Times, that of the six hundred and fifty odd members of the House of Commons more than six hundred had paid more for their seats than the law juetified, Indeed. the evidence given hy the witnesses on the Bribery Committees, discloses such a loathsome state of rottenness in the working of the electoral law in England, that we need feel but little shame at our peccadilloes. Of the sixteen mem- Jers whose detested opponents had the money and the interest necessary to impeach the va- lidity of their elections, only three have been able to stand the test of an ingniry. The others stand before the world con- victed of having bought their office of repre- sentative of the people. More despicable acis of meannese—more base double dealing than these committecs have proved against mem- hers of the oldest and noblest families of Eng- land. the history of Rome at its worst age does not afford. Nor do the “fr nd enlightened” electors fare better. An Englishman's con- science. according to the tariff established by Derby election mongers, is worth about $9 75 of our money——an extra dollar or so being thrown in when hard swearing is required. Respectable men. tradesmen mechanics and operatives. came forward and confessed that they had walked backwards to a window or glass door, through which the price ef their political opinions (about that of a hat) was slipped into their hand by an unseen Mephisto- pheles. In some cases four or five hundred intelligent householders would clab together and sell themselves en bloc to the highest Wi der of the candidates—five hundred English- men for six thousand dollars-a cheap bargain, as things go. Others, again, whose principles | were proof against bribery in the shape of cur- rent coin of the realm, meekly suffered their political prejudices to be washed out with copions draughts of strong beer; and after the malt hed done its work, to be led passively to pl of elections’ in Boyland, Lord Join I and a few other determined question. Captions people may carp at the re- jection of Mr. Jehnson’s machine for enabling the Senators to vote without rising from their eats; but those who are wise will be careful hoy they lend themselves to any such move- ment, Grumblers may be inclined to cavil at the steMly opposition of Mr. Hunter and Mr. Phelps to throwing open the doors of the Senate when in executive session, and may insinuate that their a)cuments are mainly of the fossil | order; but prusent men will eschew such in- vidious notions, “he Senate, as everybody knows, is the most prog~e#sive of all the insti- tutions of this progressive cCuntry, How, then, could charges of hard-headed ¢9ngervatism he well founded’ Let the foreigner gnswer that if he can. We may well feel a sense of justifiable pride, when we contrast our Senate with the corres- ponding branch of foreign legislatures. With the English House of Lords, for Instance, the F¢- fuge of all the exploded ideas and obsolete theo- ries that human folly has ever elaborated—the most incurably stupid assemblage that the world ever witnessed—a collection of prize blockheads, with about a dozen clever men among the number. three-fourths of whom are deaf, and the remaining fourth incapable of do- ing anything but trying divorce cases;—or with the Chamber of Peers in France—when France had such a chamber—a sort of aristocratic In- valides, where political pensioners were suffer- ed to beguile their tiresome old age in chatter- ing, or reading inandible speeches from the tribune—a harmless body so far as the State as concerned, and a curious study for doctors. Our Senate. as we said presents a gratifying contrast to these hodies. There nothing is heard but the most liberal and advanced doc- trines. Old fogyism is a thing unknown within its walls. Unyeasoning antipathy to reform would Le instantly frowned down. Let us hear en, of “ancient females’? We kaow enators, and as we look at each, may “May to all the world, “This i a man!"? Our Green Sror.-Tho bill in favor of Jones’ Wood for a cily park, is probably laid on the helf for the present. It is well. We want a park in the centre of the eity, and mnst place continue In the eningmont of their Plysinm at j NY 7 Insane Spiarrvauists axp Frourcsome Fov- RIERITES.—The season of conventions and re- anions of societies, of all kinds, has been very appropriately inaugurated last week by the simultaneous celebration, in this region, of two Sfétes of a singular but widely different charar- ter. The one was the assemblage of spirit knockers, mediums, prophets and disciples, who met in Springfield, on Wednesday and Thurs- day last to hold their annual convention. relate experiences, compare notes. and chuckle over successful imposture. and organize measures for the propagation of the new faith throughout the benighted regions of Christianity. The other was the celebration of Fourier’s birth- day. by the thorough-going socialists and rosy- checked Hebes of the Phalanx at Redbank, New Jersey. One represented religious fanati- cism gone nad—the other, the extreme of ma- terialism—boih approximating, however, and meeting at the same point—infidelity. The quiet, ancient little town of Springfield. in Massachusetts, was disturbed from its ordi- nary serenity by the spiritual visitation to which it was subjected. It formed the subject of convereation at every corner, and was unani- mously disapproved of by the inhabitants, who saw in it only a new trick of the arch enemy. And no wofider that the descendants of the Pu- ritans should be alarmed at the influx of three or four kundred of these strange. awful, myste- rious, aftrighted-looking delusionists, fresh from the converse with spirits of the upper and nether worlds, And when they assembled to- gether in Hampden-Hall, and chanted that orac- ular verse— You will vee angels, You will see angels, You will see angels, Coming from the spirit world— the large crowd, who had been attracted through curiosity, had their imaginations wrought up so highly, and became so impressed with the delu- sion. that they expected hardly less than a condescending visit from Gabriel. or the as- cent through the floor of Old Nick himself, with his tail under his arm, hurrying up to attend the unnatural orgies. But neither made his ‘appearance; and, notwithstanding the assurances conveyed in the verses, not an angel or spirit honored the assemblage with its presence, So, after two days, the convention was closed, and the town was rid of its unwel- come visitants. who disappeared, not as the witches of a couple of centuries ago, flying through the air on broomsticks, but by the modern mede of travel used by ordinary per- sons—the railroad. On one of the same days that these doings were going on.at Springfield. the stalwart men and the pretty girls of the New Jersey Phalanx commemorated the virtues of their great patron and apostle, Mr. Charles Fourier, by dedica- ting the anniversary of his birthday to feasting, music, and dancing. The jovial Fourierites had-much the advantage of the miserable spirit- ualists. Theonly angels that they saw were the inistering spivits floating around the festi ard, with music on their lips, merri- men no their eyes. and plates of plum pudding in their hands, the combined charms of which were sufficient to « Disturb even a saint from his dreams.” | And we think that if the most confirmed medi- um, knocker or rapper, of them all, had been transported from Hampden Hall into that circle, he would have been free from spirit visitations for the remainder of his existence, and cared for no other angel than one of those light-heeled bloomer maidens, who shed a light, a joy and a blessing..over the otherwise lonely life of the Fourierites.of the Phalanx. But, alas for the poor spiritualiste! they have | no such joys in their weary life of mysticism, delusion and insanity. While the wiser Fouri- | erites enjoy “the goods the gods provide them,” | the victims of this latest superstition neglect the things of the world, and give themselves up to vague theories about psychometry, cnimal | magnetism. spiritual telegraphing. the odylic foree, and all sorts of strange and unintcMigi- ble things. What a pity it was that a tric of | the most beautiful nymphs of the Phalanx were | not selected, and sent to Springfield. to dissipate the delusion of the crazy members of the con- | vention by dancing before them. We have no} doubt that the execution of a fandazgo, in the | midst of the charmed circle, would de more to restore the saints to reason than all the canons } of the chnrch, the arguments of logicians. and the learned disquisitions of natural and spiritual philosophers. In fact it would seem as if the latter mode of attempting to convince the spiritualists of the nonsensical delusion to which they have given | themselves up is only calculated to confirm them in it. During the first day of the Springfield Con- vention, an association of Congregational clergy- men held their annual meeting in this city. and had read before them a long report, made by one of their number, on the new dispensation inaugurated at Rochester. This voluminous document reviewed the whole history of mysta- gogy, and gave extracts from the writings of | Jamblicus, Plato, Cicero, and the inspired writers, to prove the existence of demone, sor- cerers, and evil spirits, in all ages. From all these its reverend author arrived at the safe conclusion : that the doings of the spiritnalists | in the present era are not to be accounted for | on any principle of natural philosophy, bat ave | to be reserred solely to the agency of evil spirits or lemons, fie thought. however, as we think, that a doce of Glauber salts would be found a most excellent remedy for casting out the de- Viler hut ho hesitated +4 yecommend it, lest, as | he said. the materialists might use the same ! weapon agaiust all believers in the immovtality } of the soul. Instead of this effec‘ual means of casting out Beelzebub, he advised his brethren of the ministry to attack the evil with the regular orthodox arms of the Chureh, if, after a patient investigation. they were satisiied that it would be right to extirpate it at all. And. for this paper, which consumed between two and three hours in reading, tl verend body, ina ludi- crously grave manner, passed a vote of thanks to its author, not committing theinselyes, how- ever. to a recognition of the seutiments con- tained in it. For our part. we have very little confidence in the ability of the Church to grapple with this new and formidable foe by any exercise of eccles the virtue of the Glauber salts, If the knoekers, | and rappers, and spiritual improvisators, were | proof against the arms of the Chureh, and did | not suceumb before the seductive influence of the aforesaid maidens of the Phalanx. (hen, by all means, subject them, say we, to the infin | ence of the Glanbers; and we are confident that | after a few doses of that agreeable mincral there | is not a prophet or disciple, male or female. | among them, who will he troub!cd any more with virions from the angels. As to the Fourierites thomselves, we would be disposed to let them | the absence of their distinguished consorts. iastical power, but we have every faith in | {4 Red Bank—dream of universal brotherhood and a general partition of the goods of the universe, worship Fourier, venerate Greeley, and luxa- riate in the graces and charms of the beauties of the grove—considering them as the natural anti- dote and counterpoise of the insane spiritualists of the day. If our advice be followed, then look out for an extraordinary advance in drugs, but especially in Glauber salts. Evreavx or Sratistics.—We mentioned. some time since, that an ordinance had passed the Board of Aldermen creating two bureaux of statistics in the department of the City. Inspec- tor. We considered this as a measure eminent- Ty useful. and, indeed, imperatively required. But we regret to see that the Board of Assis- tant Aldermen exhibit so much dilatoriness in adopting this ordinance. The necessity for the construction of these offices is urgent and un- questioned. and we see no reason why these long delays should be allowed to intervene. Do, gentlemen, hurry up with your legislation. Occupation Goxe.—The mock auctioneers are defeated. The bill in relation to the Peter Funks has passed both branches of the Legisla- ture, and is probably a law by thistime. Stran- gers in the city ought now to get up a hand- some testimonial to Henry Howard for his et- forts in getting the bill through. Hourwanp Bounp.—The United States Senate is to adjourn to-day. Washington, in another week, will be a deserted village. ‘Davver oF THE AMERICAN Dramatic Funp AS30ctaTION — ‘The fifth anniversary of this society is to take place this evening at the Astor House, and will, wo aro sure, be characterized, as all previous ones have been, by mirth, wit, and good. fellowship. The Siamese Twi VISIT OF CHANG AND ENG TO THE HERALD ESTAB- LIRHMENT. Tired of a life of retirement, conjugal felicity, and domez- tic enjoyment, the celebrated Siamese Twins, created in one of the frolics and freaks of nature, have determined to come back to the busy world from which they have so long remained shat ont, and to astonish the present generation of mankind, as they did their fathers a score of years ago. Acting on this resolve, Chang and Eng, who have themeelves become the respected heads of families, left their plantation, their wives, children and slaves, in North Carolina, a short time since, and arrived in this metropolis on Friday last. We had the honor of a visit from the ¢istinguished party on Saturday afternoon. ‘They had heard on their plantation of the printing presses of the Heratp, and had a desire to see the wonders created by mechanical art. They came to our office ina carriage, egoorted bys crowd of right-seeers attracted by their strange appearance, and among whom they seemed to create a great amount of interest and excitement While they remaired, we had an opportunity of collecting facta about the social life and manners of this wonderful pair of human beings joined to- gether by the most indissoluble of all bonds. Hay- ing made large fortune in their eleven yearn of exhibition, they resolved to devote the remain- der of their lives to the enjoyment of ofium cum dig. nitate, But concluding that they had long enovgh led alife of celibacy, they agreed to take to themselves wives of the daughters of the land, and having induced two young ladies (sisters) of North Carolina to lend a fa vorable car to their proposals, the nuptial knot was tied, and, as they could not have separate and distinct eatab- Nshments, they became heads of a double household. They purchased'a plantation of some five hundred acres in the native State of their better halves (North Caro- Tina), where they have been since increasing and multi- plying in family, men servants and maid servants, and all material wealth. They now possess an establishment of thirty slaves, and a family of eleven children, of whom six are referable to Chang and the other five to Eng. They attended very industriously to the business.of their plantation—kept the nogrees to their work—were always ready and willing to turn their own bands to something useful, and would plough, and reap, and grind, chop wood, and do all sorts of farm work, Thev, when business was not urgent, they wonld devote their timo to ficld sports, and were among the keenest hunters, fowlers and fishermen of their distriet. In fact, they lived as real country gentlemen, ready to drink a glass, or fight a round, as ocearion required. The Mesdames Chang and Fng seconded their lords right well in the management of the concern, and have remained bebind, to take charge of the household during Madame Chang devotes her time to the general eupervision of the slaves and the direction of the work tobe performed on the plantation, while Madame Eng charges herself with the cane of all the young masters and misses, and keeps a school for their tuition and that of the negroes. We should net say all the children, for two of them accom. pany their sires in their tour, and will doubtless contri- bute muck to the interest with which they will be re- garded wherever they go to exhibit themselyes, The party left New York on Saturday evening, by the afternoon boat for Bostow, where they make their first exhibition this evening, iw the Horticultural Rooms, Obituary. DEATH OF ENOCH E. CAMP, ESQ. This gentleman expired on Saturday night, at his real ence, in Forty-eighth street. He was an able lawyer, and as such, was well known to the eommunity, Pre. vious to his admission te the bar, he was an active and intelligemt member of the prese, and as euch rendered himself evaspicuous for the correctnoss of his roporte, After being admitted to the bar, he took an active part as a politician, and advocated the principles of the democratic party He leavex a wife aud family, together with a large cirele of friends, to mourn his loss, J. 1. Rowenta, Esq, who has been in Mississippi for some time past, winding n> the affairs of the United States Bank, died suddonly,at Natchez, a few days since. Marine Affairs, Tae R. M. Sreamsury Menun, Capt. Cronan, sailed yee. terday for St. Thoman vin Bermuda. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Sim—You would confer a favor by publishing in your next issue the length of the shortest passage this year from Liverpool, and by what steamer it was made, an there seems to be a diversity of opinion on the subject. ‘Your obrd’t servant, IN. B.C, {The drabia, which arrived on the 23d February, in eleven days two hours } Mystex1ovs —A French fitberman, who sometimes fol- lows ecllecting murcles, was occupied in that way yaa. terday afternoon. on the beach nenr the Middle Tele- graph, when his attention was arrested by a aealod claret bottle, in which the following account was inslosed, written in pencil on a strip of paper At xea, off the Port of San Francisco, Feb, 27, 1853, on board brig Sap Salvador, from Port Philip, Austratia, for San Francisco: when in sight of the Faralones, the crew mutined and took possession the of vessel, after killing the captain and mate, Weare now standing to the westward. Ton’t know where bound, or if our lives will be spared. Four passengers on board. JAS. THOMAS. Alta California, March 7. See AMamty Promerines, Ove Guevrows Haren sti § in . Wilkins, of New York, officint mmittee of five wae appointed ty act in At & mecting of the York, Mr. O. M. chairman, and J. W when a co On inction, the following praamble and resolutions wore adopted by acclamation Wherens, Tho kinds dat the hands h we have ex avel, and the ¢ Vanderbilt A liberality whie the officers of thie 8 promised us by oe! our sentiment. uf, Cur wives, and our little ones, and for hi ities, an displayed daring thin boisterot apressicn of our #f thanks and a in Purver Lord we rocognize a gentleman unsurpresed in the exeention of his peculfarly ardnous and heraseing dutios, and big desire to make ue all comfortable has only been exceeded by his exertion and ability. Kecolved, ‘That in Surgoon Owen wo havo met with a faithfel and competent medical adviser, whose unremitting attention to our indispored passengers dererves our highest approbation 0 the engineer, Mr, G. §, Robinson, also rT, the first officer, as as to the sub- ora, We offer our unbiasved testimony to their y and gentlemanly bearing. }THNt we recommend our frienda and the travel t 7 fed to submit Re-olved, That these committee on behalf of 3x2 antepec Right the Washington I win the sloo ecntract th py of tho twenty first arti 7 ion shail be the globe; bu aball he in t upon’ the tnerchandise of thore neluded treaties of nentrality open tor creased twenty: nations who ti xivo, layton Bulwer treaty isa treaty of nentrality io § to Central Amorica, and the great principle estab Hiened by St of opening the transit to all the Iohabirants of the globe, hay, it appears, ceen followed by Mexico in the lo contract, for re ele Gon, Wilson is n condda! tion to Congress, prom Norf ‘Trouble in Hoboken. MEETING OF THE CITIZENS IN RELATION TO THE FERRY COMPANY, ‘There was a very large and respectable meeting of the citizens of Hobcken on Saturday evening, the 9th inst., a6 Baumer’s Hotel, in relation to the Ferry Company. Jo’ ‘M. Board, Eaq., called the meeting to order, and on mo tion, Mr. Hazelton Walkley was called to the chair, and John M. Board appointed secretary. ‘The meeting was conducted in a spirited and orderly manner, and was ably addressed by Messrs. George Tut- Whitley, Judge Everett, J. V. Brower, M. Demerest, and sees getesemeein mnt ch tia tentce: thats lutions expressi © nense e meetiug, who re- tired, and im srenset the evening submitted the following Whereas, the Hoboken Fern Company have recent changed tho terms of commutation, apd aunounced: thae here jon for a term leas than on@ er no tickets shall be gi’ ear, payable in advance; and, whereas, it has beon a privi- jogo horctofore enjoyed for many years by our citizens to ving quarterly in advance, thus enabling pers fons who wish to 1 rt of the senso; thi . aleo enabling families who may have friends fro: 2 ea ee doardere during the summer months, to # 8 of commutatio ., whereas, the system re to the necessities of ae rumatanoes, who are not able to. ade the recent change in the terms of nd unfavorable to tho welfare of y and burdensome abridgemont tion without groat inconveniences areas, tl f commutation were already as other of thi us ferries on the East and Noi and sufficiently under former regulas tions, to forbid an: vanced or atringent teri whereas, the privil atublishing ferries has from tho people and verted in corporate bodios, ng A tho people no rei for abuse of power so Ve cept by concerted action in the way of remonstrancs, or ‘resistance. on the part of the people; therefore, in view of these facta, be it Resolved, That we di commutation impoliti floboken, and an uni of former petal Resolved, ‘That violation of th which reduc transient while the Resolved, That the change of terme alluded to, 1s alike ime consintent with the late enactment reducing the Latoaof toll and tho spirit of the governmout under which we livo; and ried, it in that light, we respectfully, bat firmly and unitedly protest against it, and will use all peaceful meang in our power to cause it iscontinuance, the committee recommend the appointment of Mes . Van Boskerck, C. V. Clckner, and John M. Board, @ committee to lay the proceedings of this mecting before the Hobuken Ferry Company, and to r6- quest an azswer to the same, to be presented to an adjourns ed meeting to beheld at ame nae a Saturday evening, the 16th instant. (Signs GEORGE TUT DAVID M. DEMEREST, WM. H. |LSON, THOS. W. WHITLEY, SILAS H. JESSUP. On motion, the above report was accepted and unani- mously adopted, and the proceedings of the meeting or— dered to be published in the loading Now York and Jersey cit 2 Tho meetin ‘then adjourned, to meet on the 16th inst., at the same time and place. Police Intelligence. Capture of Two Siore of the Dock Thieves, Associates ef Howlett and Saul—Curious Circumstances Attending ti ‘Arred.—On Friday night come dock thieves entered the cabin of the schooner Catharine D. Dix, dying. at the foot. of liberty street, and while Captain Southey 8. Milloner, the masier of the craft, wss lying asleep in his berth, the robhers succeeded in stualing therefrom a silver wareh,, together with many articles of clothing, valued in all at $03. In the morning, when the captain awoke, on miss- ing bis property, he proceeded to the Fourth ward police. station house, and there notified the captain on duty of the robbery, and at the sume time gave a description of the property. Ing he same day, as officers Kelly and Flapnelly, of that ward, were passing: along North William street, near Chatham, they ob- served two old associates of the late Howlett and Saul. named Thos Doyle and John Morrison, alias ‘Frenchy, coming out of the rear entrance of Simpson’s pawn shop. Suspicion was immediately aroused in the minds of tl policemen, who knowing them to be a part and parcel of the dock thief gang, concluded to arrest them on suse picion, supposing, of course, that their visit to Simpsoa’s pawn shop was to pawn some stolen ty. They were accordingly arrested und conveyed to the station: house. On the persom of Morrison was found a pawn ticket for a siver watch; this fact ascortained, the police- felt satisfied that the watch 12 question must be the one stolen from the scheoper, and sent for Captain Milloner, who, on arriving at the sta: ion house, and eho the- identified a ve-t on the person of Doyle as Jothing stolen The watch was obtained. n_shop, and was likewise identitied by the captain to be his property. The two rogues were then. conveyed before Justice Bogert, who caused the necessary affidavits to be made, and committed both the to the Tombs for trial, The case will be laid before the Grand Jury this day, and, in all probability, the accused parties will be tried, conviced and sent to. the State prison before the termination of the week. Thus we see two more of this desperate gang in a fair way of being cispored of for a term of years It will be recollected that at the conclusion of the Howlett and Saul trial, Morrieon avd Doyle, who were known to be associate snd a part of the dock thief gang, were sen- tenced by the court to imprisonment in the penitentiary for six months with a view if possible of reformation. How far that reformation bas been effected ia now to be: seen by their arrest on the charge above named. incther Case of Gambling. —Un Friday last a complaint Mec mete pare SaaS: peer by Xen Breese. of yy, at present stepping at 's Hotel, who charges that on Saturday night, the 2d inst., he was induced to- visit a gambling house, ted in Broadway. near Caval strect, and there lost, at the game of ‘‘faro,” the sam of $85, and that $£5 moro wax tuken clandestinely from his pocket, The parties whom he says played with him and ept the bank were Alexander Fdgar and. Thomas J. Wells, whom he charges with getting the money. The magistrate took the compl.int. and issued a warrant for the arrest ¢f the accused parties. Officer Davis arrested Edgar, who was held to bail to answer the charge. Charge of. been ) Stolen Property. —On Saturday- officers Marks and Watson of the Eighteenth ward, ar- rested two men, named Hiram G. Patterson and Anthony Pohl, the former of No 88 Ninth avenue, the latter of 211 feventh avenue, who stand charged with recelving certain articles of stolen property from four boys who wore recently arrested in the ae ward, in the act of perpetrating a burglary. Subsequently one of the rogues disclosed the names of the parties to whom tl scld the most of their glurder. The officers oni the premises, and found 2 number >of watches and some jewelry, said to be stolen property. They were con- Bisa fore Justice Stuart, Tie letained them for a fur- r hearin, 4 Bold thief —On Saturday morning, at an early hour, some rogue entered the sleeping apartment of Robert T” Martin, barteader at the Philadelphia Hotel, in Wash- ington’ street. Mr. Martin was asleep at the time, and the rogue stole a valusble gold watch and chain. Sabse- quently the watch was found pawned at Simpeon’s pawn office, where it bad been pledged for $40. The thief Lng not yet been arrested. A Jucentle Pi A boy, named John Bross was on Saturday evening nter officer Areson, of the Fighth ward. charged with picking the pocket of a Mra, Mary Corey of a wallet contuinicy sbout $40, while sho was passing along Spring street. ‘The boy was ‘ake be~ {fore Justice Stuart, who eommitted him to prison for Court Calendar—This as Untren Stares Disrnicr Court.—Nos. 14, 24, 25, 28 to 34, ForREME Court Cincuit—Part First —Noa. 267, 407, 430, 280, 450, 310, 294, 487. 489 to 495. Part — Nor. 1.35, 1,045, 1,046, 1,048, 1 051 to 1 058, 1,060, 1,061. ren paca Tere eee PREME COURT—B} ‘orm.—Nos. 62, 3, 59, 65, 67, 68, 00,1, 8,7, 16, 36, 18,78, 76, 77. siapban “ aceon Pisa — rat.—Nos. 631, 447, 617 (87 {0 668, Part Becond Nos. O60 topes’ the Olt Sorenion Covxr, (t#o branches )—Nos. 117, 173, 7, 20534, 206, 207, 225, 62, 76, 17, 86, 238 to 270. A Tremendous Pick.—No. 61 is delivery, this morning, price only two cents. sme splendid carieatures—The White SI Marriet Beecher Stowe and the Duchess of Suth length portraits; The Black Swan in Broadway; A Domosti¢ Eocno, ongrayed hy Misx Greene. The editorials are apicy— ble Tee m Saloons; St. George's ‘Churek Gad David Felt & Co. and the Print iram An- Carpet Philosophy; with the usual extra condi- en resale by all the agents and nowsboys, and at 26 Ann street. Asroctation for the Exhibition of the Indus try of all Nations. Orricr, No. 58 Broapway, New Youx. REPREAUMERT SALOONS. to contract for the privils of supplying Re- fresiments at the Crystal Palace will be recervou, at this office, until the 25tn of April, instant, Suitable aparti will be afforded by the Association to be fitted, furnished, and decorated by the contractor, a hie own expense. Yor the form and dimensions of the apartments, aud all other partieulars, parties wishing to contract will please ap- ply at this office, ¥; B.—Wines and intoxicating drinks will be strictly pro- hibited. WM. WIHETTEN, Secretary. Association for the Exhibition of the Indastry of all Nations. Orrice, No. 53 Bnoapway, nce of thelr announcement, that Tt contains Propos exhidi and ominent co artists and hotel designs for a prize medal, not more than, ein diameter, that shall bo suitable to the above nae, and itlustrative of the objects of the exhibition. (¢ offerings should be addressed to the subscriber, sealed and suporseribed " Design for Medal.” They will be opened on the third day of Jnne, by a com- pon whore award the sum of two hundred dollars paid to the author of the deuien selected. WM. WHETTEN, Secretary§ Bookkeeping, Writing, & —The importance of hookkeeping, ina pecuniary point of view, is too obvious to be insisted upon. Every person should Keep a record of his affairs, in rome shape or form; but It it singnlar how fow bestow anything Like tie nttention to this subjoct which it intrinsically merits, In fact, nine cases of insolvency out often ure from the want of method in keeping accounts, Mr. B. F. FOSTER, consulting accountant, ‘anthor “Double Entry Ei d, ond other popular works, teaches writing, b ing, &c., day and evening, at his residence Firoudw New York, where gontlemen are ill be per- fitted for meroantile pursuits in an expeditions and superior manner. Prospectuses on application. Goldsmith, in order to give his whole Time and attention to private inetruction, has resolved to receive ho more pipils in penmanship, xt tie five dollar rato, after the oth Yuet Hs rooms, 20 Broadway, ate admirably nd d for private study, All who design learning to write Of GOLDSMITH for five dollars must jo to the first of May. ia etal Sale of Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, jreat bargains aro offered, in view of selling off the pre- ou hand, previons to tiie completion of out mann for summer and fall wh Factory and his classes prior joan trade, factur office, No, 581 Broadwey, corner of White street, ap stairs, DAVID RATT, Manufacturing Jowoller, Deserip= ok or newspaper, call at 8, T. street, Daily Times Building. nd Workinen, and prompinoas ia time, are ttiee.