The New York Herald Newspaper, April 16, 1853, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. SaMES GORDON BENNRTT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR, G9 108 ¥. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND WASSAU STS. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ra yy TRE, Bowery—Giprnoy—MoRReti— AND Tite TIGER. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Wiruam Terr— @eerinats Fauy. BURTON'S THEATRE. Chambers street—Brack Eve Svsan—Ounisus—Tis Wace. x WALEACK’S THEATRE, Brosdway—Sux Sroors ro Conquan—Paviine. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon—Morrv. Homan Baotusme—Sweerncants axp Wives. Evening— ST. CHARLES THEATRE, ineeiieeaieee y Wi ILAON- CHRISTY’S OPERA HOUSE, 472 Brosdway-Ernrorian ‘Wetovite ny Cunuty’s fo Trove. wi “way Bowery—CaRPENTER OF foun Jonxs. D'S MINSTRELS. Wood's Musical Hall, 444 Broad PIAN MINSTRELSY. ‘CMRCUS, 37 Bowery—Equesrnian ENTERTAINMENTS. GEORAMA, 586 Broadwey—Banvarv’s Panorama ev wax Howy Lasp. HOPE CHAPEL—Dz. Varentixs's Evewines or Ec- Sexrrmicity. * HELLER’S SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES, 599 Broadway. * OWEN’S ALPINE RAMBLES, 539 Broadway. New York, Saturday, Apri 16, 1853. ‘Mails for Europe. THE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD. ‘The Collins steamship Atlantic, Captain West, will leave ‘tis port at noon to-day, for Liverpool. Sabseriptions and advertisements for any edition of the ‘New You Henatp will be received at the following places ia Kurope:— Laverroor—John Hunter, No. 2 Paradise street. Loxvor—Edward Sandford & Co., Corphill. ° Wm. Thomas & Co.. No. 19 Catherine street. Panis—Livingston, Wells & Co., Rue de la Bourse. B. H. Revoil, No. 17 Rue de la Banque. ‘The European mails will close in this city at a quarter to eleven o’clock. ‘Tam WxEKLy Herarp will be published at half-past nino @elock this morning. Single copies, in wrappers, six- pence. The News. Well, the rural members ef the Legislature, who ‘were so anxious to get home and plant their corn ‘that they could not remain a day or two longer in ‘the first or regular session)in order to complete the unfinished business before them, now have an op- portunity of gratifying their wishes. After a great deal of discussion, both houses yesterday agreed to take a recess till the 24th of next month, The mem" bers of the Assembly appear to have been in rather a wore amiable mood than on'the day previous. The majority being bent upon w recess, it was to their in terest to keep cool. Mr. Speaker Ludlow regretted the seenes that occurred en: the day before, when Mt become necessary, as he: thought, to place Mr. Holley under arrest—consequently Mr. H. was satisfied, and his friends -were pacified. In the Se- nate a very ‘pirited controversy took place, in which ‘Mr. Cooley ard one or two-whigs opposed the bill making appropriations for the Erie and Black River @anals, wh'ch remain endisposed of. During the ‘two days of the extra session, considerable business has been transacted, notwithstanding all the excite- ment. Among the most important bills passed by the Senate, were the following:—Compelling the Banks of this city to make weekly statements making city stocks @ basis for banking, and i eorporating the Agricultural College. The As sembly, in addition to a large number of other bills, passed the one relative to the. annual taxes of this city, the neglect of which at the re- gular cescion the Governor so much regretted in hhis meseage. The Annual Supply bill, though sent * im by the House two days ago, was not acted on by fhe Senate. The Aseembly appointed a special com- mittee t> investigate the affairs of the American Art Union. Having done this much, the agricultaral portion of the legislative body will now take time to geed down their land ; after which, while the crops are grcw'ng, the law-makers will-come back to the eepita), and talk, vote, raise points of order, and dis- @ iss the eanal question, at the rate of three dollars a @ay, till near harvest time, when:they-will once more go home, with the satisfaction of knowing that they have verved their own, if not the public interests. Canal Commissioner Mather has sent a communi- eation to the Assembly, in which he declares that he had no knowledge of the proeeedings of the in- vestigating committee of that body. He pronounces their allegations against him false, and demands a hearing. The Assembly, prior to-taking the recess, adopted a resolution suspending its judgment in the case, and permitting Mr. M.to make asy communi- eation he may deem essential, before taking further action in the matter. The examination of witnesses inthe Gardner trial is still jogging along quite easily at Washington, and from present appearances will so continue to do for some weeks to come. On reference to yesterday's proceedings, it will be seen that Capt. John S. Slo- eum testifies to having, on the 27th of last Novem- ber, found a title deed to Dr. Gardner's mine, in the @ffice of the Alcalde at Laguinillas. He obtained a eepy of this deed, and a translation af it-was read to the jury. He afterwards visited the mines.in the vicinity, and brought away specimens of the ores, which were exhibited to the jury. The Washington Republic of yesterday, (whig authority,) declares that if the Collectorship of this ‘ity is not accepted by Judge Bronson by to-day, his Desitancy will be eonstrued as a declination, in which case Augustus Schell will probably receive ‘the appointment. The additional European intelligence, which we Yo-day publish, possesses considerable interest. The article from the London Times, relative to interna- tional copy right, ie worthy of special attention. The steamship Washington, which left Southamp’ ton on the 30th ult., reached this port last night. Her advices were anticypated by the Alps and the America. The W. brought one hundred and sixty- nine passenger:—among them is M. Franconi, pro- ©, Prietor of the Hippodrome, and several of his troupe. Passengers sailed last Thursday from New Orleans for California, via the new route between Vers “Crazand Acapulco. Articles for exhibition at the New York Crystal Palace are beginning to arrive quite freely. The packet ship Helvetia, which yesterday came in from .. +Hawre, brought fifteen packages of goods to be placed in the fair. The bark Rhodes, from Savan- ‘nah, also brought a number of articles. The stock of cotton at New Orleans is decreasing. * There were only three hundred and fifteen thousand bales on hand last Thursday, at which date prices ‘were firm. In the Board of Aldermen, last evening, amongst a great number of papers of no general interest, the following ones were brought up:—In the matter of reform, an important memorial emanating from Mr. Wordsworth waa presented by Alderman Tiemann, calling for an investigation as to the amount of fees Beceived by the District Courts on dispossessing pro- qeanes. The officers of these courts are, it appears, Fequired to account for all sums received, and pay the same into the city treasury, and considerable doubt prevails as to this being strictly performed, ince, according to the Comptroller's report, these courts coxt more by $14,000 than they return. It was adopted, and the Comptroller called upon to fur- nish the accounts rendered by the several courts. Buch an inquiry seems called for. A petition was also presented from some resident citizens of the Jocality, and referred to the Committee on Roads, to have the Fourth ayenne arched from Fighty- second to Kighty-sixth street; another, from those about Bloomingdale square, either to have the streets Seom Fifty-ceventh to Filty-nixth, between Pighth aga Tenth avenues, opened, or that a law be applied for to make the assessment general, was referred to the Committee on Lands and Placea An ordinance ‘ses reporied for ralsing the hackmen’s fares, upo which an instructing aul gratifying debate arose, | however, hes been but a deflation: Political as, from it we learned that tive fares are really de- | abolitionlem is not yet defunct. The opening of fined and limited by ordinances, and the proposed the batteries of anti-slavery movels, fictions. and increase was almost entirely confined to those for short distances. It was adopted by a vote of thirteen to three, the grounds being the general strike for an ‘increase ‘of ren uneration for all capital and labor, andthe present high rates of rent, labor, and the re- ‘quired food for me. and horses. We are in favor of ‘a fair remunera ion to all people, but really the hackmen, who get wha‘ever exorbitant price they demand, scarcely seem to require such parental con- sideration from the city fathers. In'the Board of Assistant Aldermen last evening, a spitited cross fre in debate took place between Assistant Alderman Hunt and Assistant Alderman "Ring, respecting the leasing of a building in Ann street. The beard adjourned to 6 o’clock on Mon- ‘day next. The Special Committee of the Board of Assis- ‘tants, appoiztted to investigate the conditionand de- vise a plan for the relief of the surviving New York Volunteers, met yesterday afterneon in the City Library, and heard a statement from Sergeant Peel,a member of their body. The facta which he laid before the committee were of a most painful character, and we hope will urze upon the Common Council the adoption of some measures for their re- lief. ‘Let us take care of our own poor before enter- ing upon voyages of benevolence'to the most out of. the way places, in which two‘thirds of the money subscribed are lost. in useless expenses. The sin- cerity of such charity may wtll be questioned, par- ticularly when there are within reach so many ob- jeets on which if could be better bestowed. A report of the meeting will be found in another column. Father Gavazzi last evening delivered the last lec- ture of his course, at Metropolitan Hall, on the sub- ject of Italy. He reviewed the present condition of that unfortunate country,and contended that the only hope of regenerating his native clime was to overthrow papacy. A resolution was proposed and carried unanimously, calling upon the reverend father to deliver another course of lectures in this city, which he expressed his willingness to do, so soon as be had fulfilled his engagement at Baltimams. The new Jewish Synagogue of the congregation of “Rodolph Sholom,” lately built in Clinton street, in this city, was consecrated yesterday, with great pomp and ceremony, by the Hebrew priests and eld- ers. There was a thronged attendance, and the eyes of the fair maidens of Judah beamed brillianthy with the fervor of a-fixed faith. The waiters held a second meeting last evening, in Grand street Hail,to take the necessary measures for the formation of a benevolent and protective se- ciety. There were between seven and eight hun- dred present, and the proceedings were conducted with the utmost harmony. About four hundred dollars in the form of initiation fees, were received, and favorable reports of the progress of their moye- ment for advanced-wages were made from the pftn- cipal hotels in the city, and a large number of eating houses, saloons, &c. The proceedings will be found reported in another part of to-day’s paper. The morocco finishers and shavers of New York, Brooklyn, and Newark, held an important trade meeting last night. An advanced scale of pricesfor piece work, and rate of wages per week, was agreed upon. It will be-eubmitted to the bosses to-day. Landlords and tenants are referred to the proceed- ings in the Supreme Court for an important decision in the case of Hyatt vs. Barr. Judge Roosevelt, af- ter consulting with two of his colleagues, declares that ‘‘an injunction cannot be granted to stay or sus- pend proceedings under the statute for recovering summary possession of houses or lands.” An investigation was held yesterday, before the police court, against three young men charged with burglary. The evidence is very curious, and the con- fession of one of the accused parties shows a remark- able state of affairs. The full particulars will ke found in the Police Intelligence. Anti-Slavery Literature- Revival of the Abe- Htion Agitation—The Prospect for 1856—Pol- cy of the Administration. The publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin has opened a new and inexhaustible vein, for the the success of Mrs. Stowe’s romance surpassing the astonishing run of Robinson Crusoe, has al- ready brought a hest of needy and philanthro- pic imitators into the field. The remarkable avidity with whieck the adventures of Uncle Tom have been seized upon and devoured by the credulous lovers of the marvellous. on both sides of the sea. has-been sufficient to tempt the eupidity of experimental novelists to enlarge they, too, may turn an honest penny from the superabundance of negro philanthropy which has been found to exist in the world. Mrs. H. B. Stowe, herself, from the unexpect- ed hit of her first deliberate essay in this line of her literary labors, has been induced to issue her “ Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” which opens the door and discloses to our mortal vision such scenes of horror, atrocity and heartless cruelty in Southern slavery, as are without a parallel in the most chilling atrecities of the Romans, the Spaniards in South America. the Turks, or the piratical Beys of Algiers. This “Key.” we ‘may reasonably expect, will open the innermost recesses of the domestic institutions of the South, while all that abolition ingenuity, fanaticism, demagoguism and malice can do to invest those institutions with barbarity, disgust. and dis- grace, will in due season ‘be done, to revive again the anti-slavery crisis.of 1850. In this-view of the subject, we apprehend the people of the South may prepare for a more ferocious. systematic and desperate warfare upon the slavery question than anything which they have heretofore experienced from the wrath .of the abolitionists. Heretofore, the war upon Southern slavery has been more largely directed against its political tendencies and influences in the legislation of Congress, than against its imaginary enormities as asocial and domestic institution, But here- after, the criminal records of the South, their statistios. their newspaper reports, their neigh- borhood traditions. their current stories and rumors of murders, cutrages, and cruel- ties of all kinds, real or fictitious, inflieted by slaveholders and slave drivers. upon men, women and children, are to be trumped up, and, with all the exaggerations that may be required to render them appalling to the last degree, they are to be published in catch-penny pam- phlets. to glut the ravenous stomachs of English and Northern abolition philanthropy, and to fill the empty pockets of unprincipled hucksters ‘upon popular credulity. It was thought that the overwhelming elec- tion of Gen. Pieree had effeetually paralyzed the movements and plans of the abolitionists. as @ political organization. The terrible rebuke which that election administered to the whig party, it was supposed, had utterly broken to pieces the frail cords of its nationality. because the Union-loving people of this country had so emphatically repudiated any connivance or juggling with the insidious affiliations of Seward and Company, This may be so, It may be, and it so appears to be, that the whig party, as organized in 1852, can never more be organized again. On the other hand. the vote given to John P. Hale, as the free soil candidate, prima facie. would seem to .be almost as con- clusive against any long-continuing or dange- rous vitality in the political anti-slavery omnium gatherum of the Pittsburg platform. All this, abolition agitators, in the realm of fiction ; and } upon the horrors of Southern slavery, so that | pamphlets, of all kinds, point blank against Southern slavery, in its most intimate and most ‘minute domestic and social relations, is ominous ‘of anything else than a restoration of good will and harmony between the North and the South. The people of the South may as well, then, pre- pare their defences for yet another combined and systematic onslaught from the abolitionists, within the next four years. The battle may turn upon the question of ad- mitting another slave State from Texas. upon the division of California, upon the annexation of another slice of soil from Mexico, upoff the acquisition of Cuba, or upon several of those issues, which may possibly come up together for another adjustment by Congress, The admi- nistration is'too strong in the confidence of the country, too strong in both houses of Congress, for at least two years to come, and entirely too strongly entrenched behind the compromise platform, to apprehend any immediate general assault upon the fugitive slave law, or upon sla- very in ‘the District of Columbia, The govern- ment will stand, and the compromise measures will stand, fast and secure, until seme extra- neous question or two shall be sprung upon the country, when the battle will again be renewed along 'the whole line. In the meantime, the scattered elements of Sewardism, repudiated by the Fillmore: and Webster branch of the party, are holding off. ‘but watching anxiously’ the current of events. As far, however, as they have foreshadowed their future tendencies, the whole of the trained -allies of W. H. Seward are predisposed to a junction, in 1856. with all the anti-slavery ele- ments of the North, in a regular field fight with ‘the'South upon the various issues which may arise in the interval, for a practical settlement. To this end. we repeat, the new clement of abolition novels upon the relations, ..cidents, and accidents, in a social-and moral view, pecu- liar to Southern slavery, is wéll calculated to be a powerful and dangerous stimulant. Among the ignorant, the bigeted, the prejudiced, and the credulous, the bare recitalof the sufferings and cruel persecutions-of such extraordinary good negro slaves as Uncle Tom, must exert a large and perniciousinfluence. But when these persecutions are presented with all the stage effects of an historical tragedy, their mie- chievous effects are still:more widely extended. And, in this view, ‘lightly as we may regard them, the impertinent proceedings of sympathy with our Southern slaves, on the part of the Duchess of Sutherland and the ladies of England, including the Stafford House jubilee to Mrs. Stowe. (and, perhaps, also. to the Black Swan,) are by no means the smallest of the contribu- -tions to the renewal of the work of agitation. On the contrary. Stafford House, just now, is the headquarters of our American as well as of the British abolitionists. In due time the -real drift of these sympathetic proceedings there will be disclosed. We must conclude, then, that there is no -Peace yet for the South; but that the new ele- ment of abolition novels, carrying the war into the very sanctuary of the slaveholder’s family, and arraigning him before the world as :a shocking, brutal, besotted and detestable li- bel upon humanity, indicates a more aggravat- ing and embittered agitation than we have yet experienced upon the slavery question. The Stafford House proceedings foreshadowed any- thing but an armistice, if English interference ean keep alive and exasperate our sectional animosities. The sullen obstinacy and violent anti-slavery outbreaks of our Seward philoso- phers betray their inclinations to be rather in favor of a coalition with Garrison and Gerrit Smith, than a reunion with Fillmore and the ‘Union whigs of Castle Garden and the South. And to bring all these aforesaid abolition ma- terials together. into a holy alliance against the South and against the Union, it will only re- -quire some such question as the acquisition of further territory by the South..or the admission of another slave State or two into the confede- ark iow, the only question remaining is, will there arise. in the interval to 1856. any auch issue as the acquisition of more Southern terri- tory, or the admission of one or two more Southern States? We think it will be admitted that both these issues of acquisition and admis- sion may be expected. How important, then, does it become for the administration to stand fast to the Union, and so to shape its policy and measures and appointments as to consolidate the party upon the platform of the compromises and the constitution! How important. in view of the probable erisis of 1856, that the adminis- tration party shall be weeded of the last vestiges of free soil and abolitionism, either by open repentance or instant repudiation of all such communicants from the church! If the Union becomes the paramount question in 1856, and should the miserable policy be adopted of consolidating the dominant-party exclusively upon the “cohesive power of the public plun- der.” it must prove to be a miserable failure. Let the South stand upon the defensive—let the administration stand fast upon the platform of the Union. Let all hands prepare in time for the campaign of 1856. An armistice is not a treaty of peace. Tue PresipentiaL Evection Returns—The Washington Union gives a table of the returns of the last Presidential election, which foots up as follows :— For Pierce. - 1,585,545 Scott 1,388,573 Hale. . 157,296 Total vote........ vesvees 9126414 These figures do not embrace the full vote of the country. The actual returns show the fol- lowing result :— For Pierce, dem.......... . 1,607, For Scott, whig.... 1590 Webster, Urion whig..... 7,436 Hale, free soil-abolition.. . . 155,940 Goodell, abolition. . ne Troup, State rights. 2,300 Broome, native..... 2,475 Total vote. 3,162,890 The vote polled in November last, although not full in several States, was the largest ever thrown. It exhibits an increase of 290.894 over that of the previous Presidential election, in 1848. Marine Affairs, Tu New Ferry Boat Eats, built for the new Bridge Street Ferry Company, made a trial trip yesterday. which is reprerented to have been very satisfactory to all con cerned. The machinery was from Messrs. Penso & Murphy’s Fulton Iron Works. : Launcu.—The steamer Anglo Celt will be launched from the yard of Mr. Isaac © Smith, at Hoboken, New Jersey, this day, at one o'clock, P. M. Her dimensions are—length 170 feet, beam 26 feet, huit 9 (et, measur- ing 410 tons. She is owned by partes in hew Orleans, signed for towing vessels fro» outside the harbor ity. She haw been built of extra «rongth and shed wich a power'al @sxine, fr m Cunning ’s foundry, Capt. 3 Porter formerly of the Angle Saxon and Anglo America is to le her com: mander, Spanisn Cremency.—Captain General Valen- tin Canedo has just given to Cubs, and tos grateful world, a new illustration of the divine ‘Tun Oren. at Nrmio’s Ganpmy.—Yesterday evening willlong bp remembered by those who: heard Salvi and Alboni in ‘Sopnambula.” We have often seen fuller houses: that whieh assembled to witness the first representation quality of mercy. The fertile imagination of | o¢ « Fayorite” was both larger and more brilliant ; but could never have suggested to | we are confident that neither of the two great singers we him the existence of such a Catalan character- | have mentioned ever elicited more sincere applause or istic in that attribute which he makes Portia 80 beautifully deseribe as falling “like the gen- tle dew from heaven upon the earth beneath.” It remained for the Captain General of the Island of Cuba to exhibit mercy attired ina new guise, or rather disguise—for few there are who could recognize the beneficent features of that twice blessed quality, in the form in which Mr. Canedo has presented it. Two unfortunate Cuban gentlemen had, it seems, rendered themselves deserving of the attention of the Spanish officials of Cuba. as having been connected with some scheme, or ag having indulged in some aspiration, for libe- rating their country from the thraldom of Span- ish despotism. Accusation and condemnation followed close on the heels of arrest, and the two pergons alluded to were, with several others, condemned to suffer death by the garote, What the specific charges against them were we are not informed; but it mat- ters little, since they were found guilty of the heinous crime of loving their country, ‘not wise- ly, but too well.” A petition in their behalf was got up in the city and environs of Havana, and signed by some of the most loyal inhabi- tants. This petition, combined with, other cir- cumstances which rendered their pardon a politic measure, had the desired effect. The sentence of death was annulled, and the con- demned men were to be allowed a little longer span of life, and to escape the degra:lation of having their days closed by the hands of the executioner. But Captain-General Canedo, with a refinement of barbarity only to be looked for in such a quarter. concealed his mer- ciful intentions from the public and from the convicts, He wished, perhaps, to test their courage.and see whether in such a-cause they could meet their end like brave men. The evening previous to the day fixed for the execution, their friends were excluded from the prison. the last offices of the church were solemnly administered, the vile instrument of death was established in the public place, and the two men were left to the ‘horror og their gloomy thoughts. The morning came; but with it came not a word of hope, not an intimation that there was still in reserve a probability of pardon; and when the last moment arrived, they were conducted to the scaffold, where the populace had crowded to witness the horrid spectacle. We presume that all the usual ceremonies were observed on the occasion; that the culprits were attired in their winding sheets, and preceeded to the gallows seated on asses, with their heads towards the animals tails. But still, the courage or manly bearing of at least one of them was in no wise affected; and it is said of him that when the hour of -departure was announced, his only complaint was that he was not allowed to finish the last ten pages of a novel he had been reading. Under the scaffold, Captain General Canedo condescended, at the last moment, to make known his exalted cleméncy. A lancer gallop- ed up, bearing the manifesto of pardon, decided on some days before. The mob were disappoint- ed of.a spectacle. and the reprieved men were re-conducted to prison—saved from death only to be sent to experience the pleasures of an ex- istence in a Spanish presidio. Thus has the representative of her most Catholic Majesty given an illustration of Catalan clemency, which the civilized World will not easily for- get, and fur which the Cubans may one dey be able to evince their gratitude. Noble Canedo! Such an act could not be overlooked by us without a due acknowledgment; and we here proclaim to the world our sense of the humanity and magnanimity you have thereby exhibited. Robespierre or SyMa could hardly have sur- passed you in refined barbarity. Talk on Change. Cotton continued firm, with sales 2,900 bales. Pork advanced 25¢. per barrel. Other leading articles of trade were without change. Some parties expressed themselves pleased with the suc- cess of Messrs. Sloo & Co. in securing the right of way across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The route would greatly lessen the time of transit between New York and San Francisco, and, if well managed, would prove the most popular, until a railroad should be built to the Pacific, within the borders of the United States. The Panama Railroad had nothing serious to fear from the construction of other routes, short of a large ship canal; and even then it was not certain that it would not pay. The great route between Europe and Australia, including the islands of Oceanica, would lay directly over th Isth- mus of Darien, the railroad forming a link. There wereas many projects of routes to connect the Pacific with the Atlantie, by the “different isthmuses, a9 there were for railroad routes between the Pacific and the Mississippi. Merchants had been the active and effisient friends of internal improvements, and no olass of citizens had centributed more freely towards their execution. The expediency of Congress passing, at ite late session, any one of the large land schemes for making a railroad to the Pacific, was doubted; but government should have made ample provision for securing the early and thorough survey of three or four of the most feasible routes, so far as the traneit of the Rocky Mountainrange was con- cerned; ro that in future propositions for government aid in their construction, the whole subject would be better understood and means more wisely appropriated. It was seid that no bill that could be framed, would ever likely obtain from Congress appropriations to con- struct any part of the road within the limits of the States. As far as government expenditures were con. cerned, they might be applied to that point of the road lying between the confines of the Western States and California in one direction, and from thence to the Pa- cific through Oregon in the other. With the exception, perbaps, of a strip of Wisconsin, there would no State intervene on a line of railroad leading from the head of Lake Superior to the Pacific, in the territory ef Washing. ton. Hence, Congress, if disposed, could build nearly every foot of it without interfering with constitutional scruples. But the largest population, with the con trolling interest, was south of this line. To build a road through the States, and west of them, to San Francisco, it was suggested that government might donate lands io the intervening wild country and territories, to commis sioners, in sufficient quantities to build the road its whole length, and allow the commissioners to convey or sell to the States through which the road wou'd pasa, a portion of the same, provided thoy would issue theit equivalent in bonds, sufficient, with private subscriptions, to build the sections of the road within their respective limita. ‘eA very light and ingeniously framed sledge boat was exhibited in front of the Exchange, which was intended to be ured in Dr. Kane's Arctic expedition. It was some twelve or fourteen feet long, yet a man, unassisted, cer- ried itover his head and shoullers through the streets. Jenny Lind and her Husband. We are happy to hear that there waa no, trath in tho story published ina New York letter in the New Or- aroused more vivid enthusiasm. From beginning to end the opera was one well deserved ovation. ‘Awina will henceforth rank as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of Mad. Alboni’s réles. We say henceforth, for, to our min4, the ‘‘Amina” of last even- ing was immeasurably superior to the one whom we ap- plauded some weeks 0,0 at the Broadway. Whether Mad. Alboni was not, on the occasion we refer to, in the vein—whether the want of efficient support impaired her own powers, or whether she has since bestowed more pains on tte part, certain it is, that her improvement is marked, and was the theme of general comment. In her great airs, “Come per me sereno,”’ “Rea non sono,” and “Ah, non giunge,” but little difference was perceptible. Indeed, to those who heard her at Metropolitan Hall, at her concerts last fall, it may appear very questionable whether nature and art could make more of the latter. All three were perfect; we can say no more. But what distinguished her performance last evening, from her previous rendering of the part, was the effectiveness she gave to those portions of the rdle which are not usually the most attractive. Every air told, every note hushed the audience to breathless stillness. [ Those happy mots which are plentifully scattered through the libretto, were rendered with a sweet grace. Want- ing in intensity, as the expression of her features must be admitted to be in those passages which breatbe the fervor of love, the exquisite charm of her voice redeems all; and we listen to her Il mio non sei tu,” or her ‘Amo te solo,” with feelings of earnest emotion. In the bridge cene her tones seemed sweeter than we have ever heard them. Many times, as her soft, plaintive accents rose, we forgot that the great contralto was before us, and supposed a fancied similarity of sounds to beguile us into the idea that we were once more listeniag to the divine warble of the Swedish Nightingale. But Jenny, great as she was, never took a house by storm in the “Ah! non giunge”’ as Albeni does. Learned critics ob- ject, we believe, to the introduction of her lower notes, but they imparts real sense of pleasure; and we, who Jove music as an enjoyment, and not as.a study, are pro- foundly grateful to Providence for having bestowed them cn our prima donpa. ‘We have said so much—and in such a superlative strain—of Amina, that we shall find. it difficult to do jus- tice to Elvino. Our conscience, however, aconits us of exaggeration when we say that Signor Salvi filly shared the honors of the evening. His acting was beyond re- proach—hia singing was in his best manner. In the ‘duets with Alboni, it was hard toray which of the two was entitled to the larger share of brayos. He did net give us ‘Son Geloso,”’ for some reason or other ; buta more thrilling ‘Non e Questa,’’ a more intense “Ah! Perche non Posse,” a sweeter ‘‘ Prendi L’anel,”’ it has never been our fortune to hear. Time, in furrowing here and there a rude foot-print on the brow and cheek of our great tenor, has respected his voice; and though a good opera glass may disclose many a little in- consistency in his appearance, his tones glow still with all the freshness and warmth of youth. If the ladies had held supreme sway last evening, Salvi would probably have been the hero of the soirée: it required the calmer discrimination of the male portion of the audience to award to Mde. Alboni her legitimate quota of the ap- plaure. Signor Rosi will pass muster. He does not stun us with meie sound, or shock our ears with false notes, or pro- yoke our criticirm with coarse acting. Indeed, we liked his rendering of ‘Tu non sai con quei belli ocebi,”” very well. We say nothing of his ‘‘ make up,’ as every body knows that Swiss and Italian Counts make a point of wearing a gold stripe on their trowsers, and another on their cap; and moreover, Sr. Rosi has only followed the example of his predecessors in this respect. Mdes. Avogadro and Seidenburg played Teresa and Lisa respectively. It is but justice to them to state that they considerately omitted as much of their parts as could conveniently be dispensed with. For the things they left undone, as well as for those they did, they merit our thanks. Personal Intelligence. Tux Hirroprome—ARRival oF FRANCoN!.—Among the lint of passengers in the steamship Washington, which arrived last night, we observe the name of ML. Franconi, proprietor of the Hippodrome, and some twe nty mem dere of his equestrian troupe. Vierrens To Evrore.—The steamship Atlantic, Captain ‘West, will leave for Liverpool, at her usual hour, to-day, She had 155 passengers engaged yesterday noon. Among them were the Princess Murat, of Florida; J. J, de Oama, Minister of Peru to the United States, and family; Rev. Dr. Tyng, of New York; and Professor Bater, and Rev. Dr. Don, and Dr. Geo. B. Wood, of Philadelphia. CANDIDATES FOR AMERICAN Crrixnsmir.—The packet ship Universe, Capt. Bird, from Liverpool, which arrived yes terday, has favored us with the following statistics of his passengers :-—Whole number 576; of which 333 are males, and 242 are females. Of the former there are 10 farmers, 4 tailors, 1 carpenter, 1 barber, 1 wheelwright, 2 railway clerks, 3 storebeepers, 1 carter, 3 woollen ma nufacturers, 2 curriers, 3 butehers, 9 colliers, 1 jeweller, 3 weavers 1 machinist, 2 engineers, 1 mason, 1 builder, 1 blacksmith, 1 painter and gilder, i gardener, 2 bakers, 4 miners, 3 millwrights, 1 lisnner, the remainder of the adult males are laborers. Of the females 32 are dress- makers, and the remainder servants, 88 are natives of Genpany, 2 of Holland, 29 of England, 1 of Scotland, 22 of Wales, 4 of the Isle of Man, 461 of Ireland, and 9 citi- zens of the United States—all in good health. Father Gavacsi has received an invitation from Balti- more to address the citizens of the Monumental City about the great question of the public schools. He will deliver there two lectures, on Tuesday and Thursday next. At the instance of many persons in New York, the Italian Padre will deliver ten more leetures at Metropoli- tan Hall. The proceeds from the lecture on Monday last, for the Italian Benevolent Society, and for the Swiss expelled by Austria from Lombardy, amounted to $360. reese es Relk ffor the New York Volunteers: A meeting of the Special Committee of the Board of Assis- tants appointed to investigate the condition and devise a plan for the relief of the surviving New York Volunteers, wan beld in the library of the City Hall yesterday afternoon. The only members of the Committee present were Alder- men Ring and Breaden, although, we believe, it consisted of five Major Dyckman, who has taken a great deal of interest in the various efforts made to assist the destitute members of that gallant band, was also in attendan:e, with Eergeant Peel, one of the members of the regiment, and two or three others. The account they gave of the conditi@@ to which some of the volunteers are reduced wwas calculated to awake the sympathy of the most indif- ferent. Of the thousand who left this city there are only sixty now bere, and of these twenty-five are said to be in the most abject poverty; but what makes their con dition still worse is the fact that about one third have families dependent vpon them. Yesterday one died Bellevue Hospital, and his funeral will take place Sunday rext. There is hardly a week passes that we have not to record the death of one or two, and those who +till remain among us are so broken down in health that very few will be left ten years Lenee to excite our sympathies or 1eceive our tardy charity. A large num- Der of the deceased volunteers have been buried at the Jeans Picayune, respecting the domestic relations of Jenny Lind. The following letter, addressed to C. Kd- ward Habicht, Feq., Swedish and Norwegian Consul at | New York,{will, we hope, set at rest the reports in cirou- lation :— Deepen, 10 Fob, 1853, Vi ma, Gudilof! val. Otto ar mycket od och snall; han arbetarjemt, ar hemma jomt, vanlig jomt, densamme til forlitliga vannea altjomt, tanker bara ps mitt val och min fornojsau! och bar ett lugnt stilla mod . alla vexlingar. TRANSLATION, | We are, God be thanked, well. Otto i very good and | kind, he labors onstantly, is alwace at home is.always | Bind “ gy ® ee i inks only of my | welfar my happino ears A'calm, Bill coura 6 Snail vietssitades, slehiiall expense of Lieut. Senior, an undertaker belonging to one of our military eompanies. In the course of the conversation which took place be- tween the members of the committee and Sergeant Pool, the Jatter expresred the opinion that it would be better to provide such a8 were able to work with permanent em- ployment, instead of making them occasional donations. Alcermen Ring was of the same opinion, and suggested the propriety of having them engage? as special police for the Crystal Palace during the Exhibition, and to apgto- priate sufficient to support all who ‘really required assistance, Sergeant Peel exhibited a list of all whom he thought were in necestitous circumstances, and mentioned one cr two others, numbering about twenty-five altogether. Mr. Heller, raid he, gave us a benefit a few days ago, from which we realized two hundred dollars, though we were told the receipts would be more then double that amount. Last week, he continued, speaking of the destitution of some of the volunteers, I went up to Bellevue Hospital, and found one of them dead, of whose previous ition we were entirely ignorant till informed of it by the physi- cian who attended him, We are, he added, unable to aid all who are in want, for we must bo economical with our two hundred dollay 8. it in Hard to gee them in need of even the jen of life while so many worthless and undeserving are becoming fat by feediog at the public crib! If those who have served their country. and who have proved their claim to its gratitude by risking their Hives in her canse ave neglected, what encouragement is there for others to follow their example, Give those who are able and willing to earn an honest livelihood an opportunity of doing so by providing them with employment. Sergeant Peel says that thoy have ax much ax they are able to de to bury thedead, and nre obliged to let the living take care of themselves. In reply to & question of Alderman Ring. aa to whether thoy would be willing to work if they bad it, he «aid “he was | certain they would, and thought that they should be They are,’ he continued,’ down in the encouragement ‘Thereare many who ut there is none to render them a real hing them with employment, I will,” pa he, ‘furnish you with @ list of such as are able to work.’ It was finally Iecided that the committee should meet again, on Monay next, at three o’clock, when farther information w'll he given in relation to the subject. We hope there wil a foll attendance of she committee, and that somet) tical and immediate will be done towards reliev'n: t jant fellows, who require and are deserving of 0 ir assistance, tried, at all events. mouth, and 1 ‘Ustrep Starss Dumruor Court.—Motions. " eis Cares Clteeta see ‘37, 1,191, 204, 405, 440, 531, 535 to 643, om paling gt, aa Raatiral Part Second.—Nos. 709, 778 to Sursmor Court.—Motions and decisions. ELL, Avctio iid Fulton strech, will give atreot, wi S BeDONVELL, Aaeticerrs ue petvate resiomenn, ee st their sales rooms, or will purchase the furniture of partics ar will it at private who m fer disposin, Tiakondvances on consign peeaenmeaate De 9 S87 Fer Superior Job Printing, of any Deserip- yal} 'd to a book or new: wr, call at S. T. Heute st S*Naceaw strest, Daly’ vi Daily Fishes Building, Superior type, good workmen, and promptness in time, sre ibd order at this omfce. ‘W. H. McDonald's Commercial Newspaper Advertising Hou No. 102 Nassau street, corner of Ann. tI , from rts of the United State Rod Canada” Lowest prises Fallont amthority of the publishers. Information ly given. Calland examine my facilities. in OU, by W. H. Batler, Bion of Broadway and Murray streets. Mr Uutier, by this new and bewutiful discov ‘enabled to copy daguerreoty pes, miniatures, and portraits, to the life. ern onan & Co. _e tern of cheap picture making, to the Sheit rev aGat of all who have witacised the 9 of the art, aa takon daily by hundr 9] sition of the old fogies in th sbkempting to run them dows, Ro pounce Daa (The New York Sachem, one of the most opular and able papers of this country, will bo published Prerrow, (sunday, April 17. It will contain matter in~ teresting to all American citizent, and will fully expose the artful machinations of the Jesuits to obtain the mastory of this country. Its articles will, moreover, treat of the en- a Of Bishop Hughes to overturn our common seh exhibit the broad platform of the Amerivan Pro 1 lefends the position of Fa d invokes all Nat ‘onstitation and laws Sold by all news venders, Tale of the Gavaz: Americans to the their native land. is def Price 3 cont At Last the Long Promised American Revolution, entitled Old Put, or the Days, of Seventy-Six, is to be’ published. The proprietors of the New York Sunday Mércury have socured it, and will 001 mence ite publiontion to-morrow. Read it, every one. bg delighted. Price three cents per copy. "For éale evory- where. ‘We Respectfully Invite the Attention of our readers to the notice of Charles Wood, headed “ 2,080 bui nglote and 80 farms.” Hero is a great opportunity forth sh to have a cheap homestead in the coan:ry, an e city. Music—Removal—Selling off at Cost.—The subscriber, having purchased the stock of music plates of J. M. Jaques, 889 Broadway, and in a few days, will soll the mu HORACE WATER! Notice.—After first of May we w!l ctose ito clock P. M., Saturdays. ba ec tereg NO. HIGGINS & co. M43 Broad atreet, French Piate Glass at Auction.-A Number of cares of plate glass will be sold on Monday, at 1] o'clock, by ROBERT HAYDOCK, 23 William street. nd@ Four Dollars at Knox’s.—Buy your if you wish » nino Spring Hat at Knox’s, No. 128 Fulton stre ba ‘shape, materials, beauty, and cheapnons, je 18 hure, sooner oF list Every man of tas NOX. . Th of “hatdom,” Messrs. KNOX &’ JAMES, if you wish te rocure an article as strikiogy beautiful in appearance ae t is reasonable in price, for their assortment is large, and their skill, taste and experience, in the manufacturo of gentle— men’s hats, are unequalled. ‘Their establishment ia on the sere eran and Spring street, near Heller's Saloom of Magic. Drake's errs, are elegant able. He ha plendid nssortment of children’s fa w good Standard prices for silk hats, $4, $3, and $2 call, at No.9 Bowery. THOS. ARMSTRON Rout. J. Turrany, Foreman, centlemen’s Hats—Spring Styles.—Raffe rty- n hand, as usual, with their beantiful hats of & Leask are 01 the spring style. They invite ‘attention to their stock, as comprising an assortment xot up by experienced and practi cal workmen, and under their o vision, and confident thit they cannot be urpassed at ny price. A. general assortment of caps and’ children’s straw and fandy goods. RAFFERTY & LEASK, 67 Chatham street, and on the corner of and Pearl streets. A $3 Hat for $2 50.—J. R. Feeny, No. 52 1-B Bowery, ofers to the public sepring atzle hat for $2 50, oquak in material and workinauship, to any $3 bat sold at prosont in New York. As there is but ome price the publ Judge for themselves. ‘W. P. David’s New Styles of Gentiemen’s hate are decidedly the most beautiful hats yet offsred to the blic. They arc highly creditable to his tasto and skil. ‘hose who want a really super) artiole should lonk in at hie lic eam & salesroom, 301 Broadway, second door ftom Dunne street. Amidon, Fashionable Hatter, 649 Broad- sti ing hats of ‘AMIDON, No. 649 Broadwoy. Hats —Special Nottfication to Gentlemen.— jon of inviting the attention of their customers, e generality of the public, to thelr arrangoments ring and summer, Warnocks, Hatters, Irving House, Broadway, are anxious to give ex determination to continue their business on the same dis- tinctive principles as have heretofore clevated their ostaby Hishment and given it the pre-eminenge so generally oon- goded, “The high standing reputation of them tenacious of not fal jing into the common error of e- day, PE er in advertisemente mere than. is consistent with fact, alive and yet wish to proclaim that th re full dvantage of availing themselves of 6 to th ry novelty ang new invention which tends cither to improvo or roaily to. eheapen the clase of morchandiso they offer. Theit position, in the trade enables thom to secure an carly transmission of th at faahions, while & just appreciation of our native onduce to every attention being given to the Ameri- jes, An extensive knowledge of the market. with t facilities, combined with s determination always to have the very best hey offer, insures the use only of such material’ as will tond to uphold tho character of the house. Having briefly placed these facts before gentlemen who are desiroun of purchasing where tho truth of representations may be relied on. wo respectfully invite inspection of our manufactures. WARNOCKS, Hatters, 270, iroudway, Ir- ving sn Bfealto, Originator and Conductor of Fash— fon for hats in New York, 416 Broadway, corner of Canal on style uarter. very for spring o 1853 now ready, and fant. MEALLO, Hatter, Gentlemen’s Spring Style Hats.—Jacob- BANT. introduced his beautiful mole- a cap of thie oeel tterns: and caps, of this spring patterns; aad boys hase cf overs) decariniions alee caps and felt hats of every kind. Call at 204 Bowery, be- tween Prince and Houston streets. Freeman, the Hatter, 90 Falton street, has. clearly shown by his superior production of hats that he can produce hate twelve per cont better than those who de- pend,omother manufacturers. Freeman manufactures hie. ats from the raw material; and by employin perienced workmen, he has heen successful in producing a Reatand beautifal spring style of gentlemen's hate, Price an . Hats that are Light, Elegant, Tasty, and that will oer, with any high priced hats in New York, are sold by the New Hat Company for only three dollars. On pha one price, and no abatement, at Nos. 146 and 1. jassau street. A Tasty and Graceful Hat, made of the finest materials, and warranted superior to any #4 hat offered, is sold ‘by ESPENSCHEID, of 107 Nassau street, eorner of Anp, for $3.50. Call and ju for yourselves of* the advantages afforded by this esteblishment. “€he Practical 1cs."—We would once more call the attention of oftizen rangers to the elegant and tasty bat sold by the ators ° ‘the osential quali- our mind it combiner to a greater degree, fications erb hat, than any other issuod this season. HL F.U. roem, No. 11 Park row, opposite the Astor Be Price, $4 and $3. At the Extensive Retail Clothing Estab- lishment of ALFRED MUNROE & CO., No. 441 Broadway, purchasers will find a large and excellent varity of fashion- le clothing, of entirely table for the present and approaching reason, for men, boys, and children. Every article well the bert of trim- mings used. No deviation, tance, from marked prices. ‘The Road to Union Hall ts the Highway to. fashion and economy. Call in passing, and examine th splendid spring clothing at thin immense ks your boys and fit them fashionably for half Brices, and youryeif on the sxme cheap principlo, CO., corner of Fultonand House, 1 mad in an, the credit. ROGERS It Is Alone.—The only Clothing Establish- Ment in Now Vork where you can ce for $7 ii BE. FOLWEBL'S, 94 fpring styles are splensid, “Artizans n street, wh call in and be con- ose NeW Spring Business Coats, Spring Overcoats, spring sacke, spring frocks, spring vests, epring pants, in the - largest and most beautiful variety of goods, selected from our chéicest spring importations. D. & J. DEVLIN, Nos. Gi and 36 John street, corner Nassau. Gentlemen, do hold off (“+ walt a little promt er") giving your orders for a fow days; do not worry a wi ‘ox up to ‘What charm is thers abor your favorite tailor P. FOX, that maxes you 4 into his unfinished at Fox ot extine it m for the leoorators, &c., to finish a gentleman's m store on the socond. floor, (old stand,) the Broadway, corner of Anthony street. mi Too! pride of No. Ss Have we a Lady, Reader, wishin, enrd of Miller, tho celebrat Hatrcet? If any euch lady doo this, we would certainly advice he 4 plating purchasing in thts Hine, to call on MR. ‘MILLER, 134 Canal street. Ladies Paris Mace ported and sold hy & way. Gaiters from Every style ani quality t Will remove om the fist © the Metropolitan Hotel. to fapply oor, who hae adios’ shoomaker in isthe honor to read ould she contem- elezant styles of eoherehe, ab ing No article of in- his chaure moderate ori forior quality sol Jd at this astablis slips, Ae tabliain i 5 boys’ ar nve a genoral avsort mont, nt prices w BRT & ALLEN, 20 Grand treet, betwoun Chrystie and Forsyth steests. Ribbons | Rihbons!— Hitchcock & Lead Broadway, corner of Leonard rtreet, hav from anction # lor », wad selling t holt stock of springan summer 'y, and ladies will slad them desi Nothing Rules the Temper More tian a miefitting shirt snnovance, and inoure porfection, by ay ore 16 GREEN, No. } Astor House, whers mistevor Rever coon, ani tho shirts are sent homo true t time and true te mene did works, Styles of Gentlemen’s Hats ~ Mt ression to &. ir fabric, ronder~ Also, infants’ leg- * neat and ex~, 7