The New York Herald Newspaper, April 30, 1853, Page 4

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Agents will please send in their ‘orders an carly as possible. Our Sunday Double Sheet, Je order to meet the wants of advertisers, and the gequirements of the public, we shall issue another double abect to-morrow. . The News. @ur columns to-day contain a variety of very in- ‘feresting information from Washington. The arti- le from the Union—the supposed organ of the ad- @iinistration—rather defends the seizure of the ‘Mesilla Valley by Governor Lane, and denies that he has either usurped power or annexed Mexican ferritory. Should General Pierce take the same view of the matter, the thousands of office seekers who are so exceedingly anxious to serve their coun- ‘try, will probably have an opportanity of so doing. ‘Banta Anna is represented as being uncompromisingly hostile to this country, and this little territorial coup d'état of Governor Lane will afford him a fine opportunity of once more prevailing upon the Mexi- an soldiers to confront, for a brief period, the un- erring rifles of the American sharp shooters. The affair looks ominous, very. According to our despatches, the cabinet yes terday discussed the merits of the¢aost of candidates for foreign missions, but decided on no appointments, rumors to the contrary notwithstanding. Expectants are said to have become remarkably nervous, partic- nlarly those who have had an opportunity of exam- ining their hotel bills. Dr. John C. Calhoun, a son of the lamented South Carolinian, it is understood will be appointed as Secretary of Legation to France ee Spain. The New York Post Office eppviatmeuw are ina transition state. The owners of the Garay grant have presented a strong protest against the Bloo contract. See telegraphic despatches, and the gossip attached thereto, fora variety of curious and entertaining intelligence, to which we have no room to more particularly refer. The European mails brought by the steamship Canada reached this city about midnight from Bos- ton. Upon a general, though hasty, examination of our foreign letters and files of papers we find that the resumé of the news published by telegraph in yesterday's paper, was yeryecomplete. We, however, give a full account of the reception of Mrs. Stowe, at Liverpool, together with such other details as are cession of their little territory to the State of York, Shoald the bill pass, it will be mecessary it should receive the assent of both Congress and the New York Legislature, in order to give validity to the cession, and unless this assent should be given in two years the act will become void. Something should be done for these people. Some pretty strong speeches were made at the meeting of the Anti-slavery Society of the New England Methodist Conference, at Ipswich, Mass., the other evening. See the synopsis of the proceed- ings, elsewhere. The commitiee appointed by the Legislature to examine the alleged frands of the managers of the Art Union met yesterday at the Astor House, but the petitioners’ counsel not being ready to proceed with the case, the investigation was adjourned over until Monday morning at eleven o'clock. The remains of Mr. James Rauveau,a veteran soldier of the war of 1812, were interred with mili- tary honors by his surviving comrades, yesterday. He was buried in Cypress Hills Cemetery. ‘A veteran of seventy-four years, named Samnel G. Woodbridge, was run over, and instantly killed, by a railroad train, near Reading, Mass., on Thursday. We learn from Halifax that the crew of the ship Winchester are now undergoing trial for out- rages committed at sea upon the female passengers, of which mention has already been made. Three of the parties have been discharged, upon the plea that they were not British subjects. A despatch from Cleveland announces the brutal murder of another woman. The victim, it appears, resided alone, and her house having been closed for several days, it was broken open, when the body was discovered in a horribly mangled condition and the throat cut. The frequency of these revolting crimes would almost warrant the supposition that the mania for murdering females is contagious. We elsewhere give an account of a villanous attempt bya man to take the life of a woman by hurling her downa precipice, in Ulster county, last Sunday. Three women and a boy perished by the burning of a hotel in Rochester, early yesterday morning. Nothing but a few charred bones of the victims were discovered among the ruins, after the flames were subdued. Albany is believed to be infested with a gang of the most desperate and heartless incendiaries. Scarcely a night passes that the torch is not applied toone or more buildings, and during the progress of the flames the miscreants generally manage to pillage the neighboring premises or pick the pockets of by-standers. The Mayor offers a reward of hundred dollars for the arrest of the villians. Spontaneous combustion is supposed to have caused the destruction of a cotton factory, together with many other buildings, at Pawtucket, R.I., on Thursday evening. Advices from Newfoundland declare that the seal fishery season has been the most successful ever known. Animals to the number of a quarter of a million have already been obtained. The pavers in the employ of the New York corpo- ration held a meeting last night, and determined to memorialize the Common Council for an advance of wages of from twelve shillings to two dollars a day. In addition to a great number of advertisements, to-day’s inside pages contain City, Police, Court, Theatrical, Railroad and Canal Intelligence; Details of the Horrible Railroad Accident in Michigan; the recent Conflagration in Boston; Interesting Letter from Nicaragua; Proceedings of the Art Union In- vestigating Committee; New Hotels, and the Ar- proaching Season at the Watering Places; Trade Meetings; Commercial Reviews, and a great variety of paragraphs relating to matters of every descrip- tion. Peace Among the Nations—The Grand Po- sition and Destiny of these United States. The prophet Isaiah has predicted that the time will come when there will be a universal millenium among the various nations and races of men and animals inhabiting the face of the earth—that happy epoch when men shall beat their “swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks,” and shall cease the dirty work of cutting each others throats at the bidding of their masters. The transcendental philosophers and spirit rappers of these latter days second the motion of the prophet, and tell us there is a “ good time coniing.” The uni- versal peace societies are exultant at the aus- picious signs of the times. As in the days, the golden days of King Solomon and Augustus Cwear, there is a general peace prevailing throughout the world, (with some trifling ex- ceptions which we shail presently recapitulate,) and gold is more plentifully supplied to New York and London than it ever was, in all its glory. to Jerusalem or to Rome. We cay that peace prevails in the four quar- ters of the globe. The revolutiozary elements of Europe appear to have utterly wasted their energies in the disastrous eonvulsions of 1848- *49. The Continent is quiet even to extraordi- nary dulness. The emeute at Milan was sup- pressed in a massacre—the Montenegrine war is ended—the entente cordiale between Eng- land and France has been restored by a deputa- tion of London merchants to Louis Napoleon— Austria and Prussia are as quiet as the strong hand of all-powerfnl Aoepotiom can Make them— Italy is paralyzed, and prostrate at the feet of Radetsky and the Pope—Hungary is cut up into fragments—everything in the politics of the Continent is stale, stupid, dull and heavy, excepting the interesting negotiations pending between the agents of the haughty Czar and the apparently doomed, but courageous Sultan of Turkey. Thus much for Europe. But for the enterprising and indefatigable Nicholas, in puehing forward the Anglo-Saxon idea of ex- pansion and annexation, the affairs of the Con- tinent would be like the sluggish, bitter waters of the Dead Sea, scarcely stirred into a ripple of intcrest to the general reader. The Grand Jury of Philadelphia yesterday made @ presentment fastening the Rink murder upon Spring, and recommending the discharge of Jerome Eckert, whom they believe innocent. Sentence of Geath was passed by the Court upon John Capie and Carson Emmos, convicted of the murder of Soohan. Several amendments to the liquor law were yes- terday adopted by the Massachusetts House of Re- presentatives in committee of the whole. Among ‘them was one making the owner of a building in which liquor shall be unlawfully vended liable toa fine of one hundred dollars fora first offence, and for a second three months imprisonment in the House of Correction, in addition to the fine. Philanthropists will be pleased to learn that some- thing is about to be done for the relief of the be- nighted inhabitants of the southwestern corner of Massachusetts, commonly known as Boston Corner, Untila few years ago these isolated beings were almost unknown, and were entirely unclaimed by any State. The boundary lines of New York and Connecticut clearly established that they did not belong to either of those commonwealths; add to ‘Which, they were absolutely cut off from all inter. Course with Massachusetts by that impassable peak rinetle tc Mountain. Her jurisdiction > Was extended over them in any s “to the collection of taxes. In ri 4 pi Wompletely isolated, and their whereabouts wuld not probably have ever been discovered da, Vit not been for the construction of the Western or A. Wany and Boston Railroad, the explorations ond @xcay ‘tions for which exhumed and brought them tupon th \@ face of the civilized portion of the earth. The unen Viable situation of these people has at length attracted , be attention of some of the members of Zhe Massacl “setts House of Representa'ives, wo ievereported @ bill to that Lod guticsicing th | by the passing winds. In Asia there appears to exist the same gene- ral torpor, notwithstanding the still continu- ing liberating expeditions of the British armies among the heathen nations around them, and notwithstanding the progress of those ludi- crous revolutionary movements in the midst of the Central Flowery Kingdom. rue, the Holy Land is still the bone of contention between Christians and infidels, with some prospect in the future of the revival of the Crusades on a small scale; and there is said to be a rupture hatching between the Schah of Persia and Queen Victoria, at the instigation of Russia; but, upon the whole, the condition of Western Asia and the Far East is that of inglorious, ex- traordinary. and monotonous peace. The affairs of Africa are exceedingly flat. The progress making in the suppres- sion of the slave trade, and the quiet pros- perity of Liberia, are satisfactory evidences of the prevalence of practical benevolence and humanity in that section; but the style in which her Britannic Majesty’s Rifle Rangers are “car- rying the war into Africa,” among the Kaffirs, and the adjacent black barbarians, affords a striking commentary upon the specious but hypocritical negro philanthropy of the Duchess of Sutherland, the Stafford House, and the House of Commons. But Algiers is finally re- duced, Morocco is quieted, Egypt is asleep, and the Cape of Good Hope is but the theatre of another Florida war. There is but little stir- ring in the war line of any special importance cr interest in Africa. The long extended gontinent of America, from the Polar regions now, and promises to be for @ thousand years t”, come, the most interesting quarter of the "sohe, But even here the universal epidemic of peace to Cape Horn, is jast | is predominant. The fishery qu¢stion, and the guano question, have been temporarily settled— © after a little blowing and a little tip-toeing,” like Sam Houston’s description of the misun- derstanding between the two green turtles—and without bloodshed, and without any material lows of codfish, red herring or guano, on either side. The Cuban fillibusters appear to be com- pletely cooled down; while Caravajal, the va- grant liberator of the Rio Grande, is in limbo. The late warlike proceedings in various parts of Central America have been reduced to the arbitration of peaceful diplomacy pro tem. Over the whole of belligerent South America— where Presidential elections, annually or semi- annually, for a quarter of a century, have been carried at the point of the bayonet—there is a pretty general peace, excepting among the bloody factions of Buenos Ayres, and the rem- nants of the Argentine Confederation. Even in Mexico, where peace since 1824 has been but a paseing interval of a few days between one revolution and another, the work of mutual butchery has been by common consent sus- pended to welcome the return to power of the greatest butcher of them all. A very little speck of war hangs over the boundary dispute of New Mexico, but that, we suppose, will be accommodated without another invasion. Such are the prevailing peaceful relations now subsisting among the various nations of the four quarters of the globe. And it is at this happy conjuncture of events that the present administration enters upon the business of our international affairs. Yet Gen. Pierce has a complicated, delicate and difficult line of operations before him. The curious, suspicious and critical condition of things in Mexico, call at once for the exercise of the closest vigilance, promptitude and sagacity to circumvent the self-evident de- signs of England, France, and Spain; our first duty is to prevent Mexico from becoming a de- pendency of any European power, or a protec- torate of any Holy Alliance. Our next duty is to secure from Mexico such concessions by treaty as will guarantee to her our support and protection against any outside encroachments upon her national independence or her soil. And then there is that inexplicable catalogue of foreign entanglements to be righted. in which the last administration has involved us, be- tween England and the States of Central Ame- rica. That is another delicate piece of work, unless the best way of undoing this Gordian knot should be found by our Cabinet and Major Borland to be to cut it in twain. And there is every reason to predict that the solution for Central America will be to cut loose from an alliance of joint protection and neutrality with England, and to set up in deed and in practice the long-neglected Monroe doctrine. Cuba we cap trust to “manifest destiny;” but still we shall have to overcome, with patience, firmness, and magnanimity, not only the prejudices of Spain and the Spaniards, but the jealousies and immediate interests of England and France. The peaceful condition.ef Europe, too, will only render the quiet and satisfactory settle- ment of our unsettled accounts with Mexico. | Central America, and the West India islands, including Hayti. the more difficult and delicate. With Europe in a blaze of war, on the other hand, the work of ‘manifest destiny” and the Monroe doctrine would be comparatively easy of accomplishment. But, -peace or war, the present attitude of this great republit among the nations demands at once the inauguration of a foreign policy, especially in reference to | our immediate neighbors, more positive, more direct. and more American, than the retrograd- ing neutrality of General Tayior’s cabinet and of Mr. Fillmore. The spirit of the age, the character of the American people, the tendencies of our institu- tions, are not backward, but forward; and any- thing rather than the sacrifice of our national rights, or honor. or of our obligsdions to our- selves or our neighbors, will be sanctioned by the voice of the nation. But a firm, unshrink- ing front. upon the broad platform of national honor and strict justice to republican princi- ples, as against the monarchical principles of Europe, willsecure, in good time. all that we desire, and without war. But, at all tazards, we should cease to exist upon English conces- sions in regard ¢o our independent neighbors. We are strong enough to act independently, at least with them. The prevailing peace may be auspicious of good things—it would be a pity to disturb it, with such splendid transactions as are now resulting from the gold mines of California and Australia. But it was war that gave us California—it was war that gave us our national independence. And, peace or war. there can be no millenium on this continent, short of the practical enforcement of the Mon- roe doctrine. ~ The country expects the administration to do its whole duty, demanding nothing but that which is right and fair, and submitting to no humiliating concessions, peace or war. Ir a word, upon our foreign affairs the country de- mands, and we look for a firm, progressive, and entirely American administration. Tue “ Unterrirtep Democracy "—FamMtty Jans—Fvture Prosrects.—The whig party is dispersed—it is broken up, killed, wounded, and missing—in a word, as a national party it has ceased to exist for a time. In behalf of the victorious democracy, General Pierce may proudly exclaim, with Robinson Crusoe :— “Tam monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute.” But notwithstanding the democratic party are in the full plenitude of power and the spoils. we doubt whether, in a single solitary State in the Union, there is perfect democratic harmony. Nay, more—we doubt whether there is a single State of all the thirty-one, in which there is not a eplit, or a feud, or a factious or personal quarrel, in the church. It is the “happy family,” to be sure, but full of wranglings and bitterness, from personal jealousies and envy and the rivalry for place and power among va- rious petty squads of dirty and intriguing politicians, For example: The temperance question has occasioned a sort of split in the party, in Maine —some Puritanical principle in that: Edmund Burke is regarded as the corner- stone of a schism in New Hampshire—that's altogether personal. The old hunkers, or na- tional democracy, and the coalitionists of Mas- sachusetts regard each other with icy coldness and jealousy—-that’s pretty much a contest be- tween the old and the young ones. for the plun- der. Barnum and the temperance question are £0 mixed up with the politics of Rhode Island and Connections that they defy solution ; im, | whether on the s'de ef Barnum or against him, .zé democracy of these two little States appear to be irresistible. The state of affairs among the brethren in New York needs no recapitulation here; but the smoke is clearing away, and we ehall soon be able to report whether the hard shells are still alive, or swallowed up, body and breeches, by the soft shells. In New Jersey, Commodore Stockton is, de facto, the Emperor, although his subjects are evidently disposed to symptoms of rebellion. In Pennsylvania, the personal disagreement between Mr. Buchanan and Gen. Cameron still keeps up a little wrang- ling among the rank and file, all over the State, though Cameron is down full length upon his back. In Maryland, they are ghaping out a squabble between the Old Fogies and Young America. In Virginia, there is an uncomfort- able rivalry between Senators Hunter and Ma- son—between Henry A. Wise and ex-Governor Floyd—between Old Virginia and New Vir- ginia—between the East and the West—of a very complex and interesting character. Asto the Old North State, we are not aware whether ex-Minister Saunders and Secretary Dobbin have ‘agreed to hitch horses together, or not. The late terrible civil war between the Union democrats and secessionists in Georgia, Ala- bama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, is not yet ended. Where is Gov. Cobb? where is Colonel Clemens? where is Gen. Foote? and why was Mr. Downs, of Louisiana, not returned to the United States Senate tnstead of Mr. Siidell Between the Benton and anti-Benton parties of Missouri, there is a war of extermina- tion—no quarter—war to the knife, and the nife to the hilt, And there is a ridiculous imitation of this fight between Senators Bright and Pettit, of Indiana, altogether about the spoils. In Ohio, the dissensions between the Mi- amies and Sawbucks promise to give considera ble embarrassment, in a year or two, to the masses of the “ fierce democracie.” In fact, from Maine to California, between the self-constituted chiefs of the party and their fol- lowers, there is anything but harmony. For the present, they are bound together by the “cohe- sive power of the public plunder” and the strong hand of the administration. But, after the spoils shall have been all divided out, and when the numerous disappointed expectants discover that not only the loaves and fishes, but that even the twelve baskets of fragments, are eaten up, there will be some gnashing of teeth. Then. nothing but the stout platform of great popular mea- sures~of foreign policy and domestic reform-can save the present cumbersome democratic party from falling to pieces, from the simple laws of political gravitation. Gen. Pierce seems to be aware of this ; and to his hands are confided not only the destinies of his party, but the policy of the government, for, perhaps, twenty years to come. But we are not yet insight of land. Meanwhile the whigs are keeping quiet. May Morninc.—Monday will be asad day in New York. Old homes are to be abandoned and new ones tried. There will be few places like home for the next week. But the saddest and most melancholy sight in the general change will be seen at the Post Office, and in the Custom House. The new Collector, the new Postmaster, the new Surveyor. the new Naval Officer, and the new Navy Agent, will on that day step into their new houses, and, like close-fisted landlords, turn out the old tenants upon the political world, as if they were so many old and worn-out brooms. Alas! alack-a-day ! The Steam Yacht North Star. Ac Commodore Vanderbilt’s contemplated pleasure ex- cursion to Europe has excited a general feeling of interest in the yeesel, we are induced to republish our description of her:— MThe North Star was built under the immediate super- vision of her owner, whose principal object has been to combine beauty of model with strength and durability; and although connoisseurs in naval architecture bespeak for her a speed equal to any of our sea steamers, yet it has not been so much the design of her owner to produce the fastest vessel afloat, as a noble specimen of American mechanical skill. She is 260 feet on the keel, 270 feet on the spar deck, 58 feet breath of beam, 12 feet from floor timber to lower deck beams, 7 feet 8 inches ‘between decks, 7 feet 6 inches between main and spar decks, making her whole depth 28 feet 6 inches. Her keel, of white oak, is 15 inches sided by 14 inches wide, stem and stern poste of the same material, with double aprons, and inner ports of live oak, bolted through with 134 copper bolts, deadwaods of white oak, and thirteen inches through, fastened with 134 inch copper bolts, in the most substantial manner. The floor timbers are sided twelve inches, and moulded thirteen inches, being placed close together, and bolted through sideways with 13g inch bolts. The main kelsons, of which there are five rows, extending the entire length of the ship, are of white-oak, sided fifteen inshes by thirty-two inches deep, the first tier being fastened with two copper bolts 134 inches in diameter, through every floor timber, Cotton reld to the extent of 4,100 bales, without change im prices from the previous day’s quotations, The stock in this market was estimated at about 76,000 bales. There was some better feeling in flour, and ne State brands in good order could be had under $4 62, though, im irregu- lar lote, it changed hands at $4 56, Grain was about the same. There was a steady business doing in sugars, and scargo of Cuba sold in bond, for export to Canada. Coffee was also in fair demand, with sales of a cargo of Rio at prices which indicated » steady and firm market. ‘There were reports of several canal breaks having oc- curred at different points on the Erie Canal, which it was supposed might retard canal navigation for nearly a week. It was supposed, however, that the report was exaggerated. There was some eonversation regarding the delivery and reee(pt of goods in this city—a subject which engaged the attention of the Chamber of Commeree, at a special meeting held on the 28th inst. It was generally ad- mitted that the present arrangements were very loose, irregular, and unsatisfactory. The chief differ- ence of opinion seemed to be with regard to the best couree to be pursued for remedying the evils complained of, It was stated that the subject would again be brought up before the Chamber of Commerce at its next regular meeting on Tuesday, the 3d of May, when it was hoped » full attendance of members would be secured. ‘The injunctions taiked about against the Eighth Ave- nue and Harlem railroads were referred to, and decid- edly disapprovedof. Suddenly stepping the cars from running on the city railroads would inflict the greatest inconvenience on the people, and result in great pecu- niary loss to uptown citizens. The Harlem Railroad laid their city track under a charter from the State Legisla- ture, and the eity granted way in conformity with that charter. It would seem rather a streteh of judicial authority to grant an injunction against a road which had been running its city cars for about 16 or 17 years. This railroad had largely contributed to build up the upper part of the city, and had added greatly to the wealth and prosperity of the Eighteenth and contiguous wards. To stop the running of city railroad cars at the present time would prove a real public calamity, and could, at best, benefit only a few persons adversely in- terested. A merchant said that injunctions sometimes did good, ‘but there were other cases wherein they resulted in groat Joss and hardship to individuals, and of serious inconve- nience tothe public. This process ef injunction was one that should be better defined by the Legislature, and its legal exercise not allowed to become oppressive to the people, the authors and source of all laws under the con- stitution. City railroads were thoroughly popular with the people, and the only difference of opinion was whether the new city roads should not be so disposed of as to yielda fair revenue to the city, if consistent with the lowest reason- able eharges for passergers. But no one not pecuniarily interested, wanted railroad cars stopped; on the contrary, they desired to see them layed through all the principal ‘avenues up town, and if possible, run as far as Harlem river, if private capital had a mind to carry them there. It was stated that cargoes of sugars could be imported into New Haven, cleared, and landed in New York, be- fore they could be earried through the Custom House in this city. Franceni’s Hippodrome—Grand Dress Re- hearsal, The first performance in Franconi’s Hippodrome was given last night, before the members of the New York prese, and a select company of gentlemen, making an audience of between four and five hundred persons alto- ir at- it has been regarded with no ordinary interest. In comparison with the magnificent and brilliant exhibition which we wit- equestrian performances ‘of the circus sinks into utter insignificance. The Hippo: drome is capable of containing at least six thousand per- sons, comfortably seated, and there is room for three thousand more in the passages. The interior, which is of an oval shape, is three hundred feet long, by two hun- dred wide, aud the! course is about one-sixth of a mile round. The middle of this vast area is laid out in beautiful parterres, the verdure of which presents an admirable and striking contrast to the dull brown of the course. ‘These parterres are ornamented with illuminated foun- The stadium, which contains these attractions, is separated from the course by'a slight fence, and is entered by four gates. The course itself is about forty feet wide, and is covered over with ‘ooseearth. The whole interior is most imposing in ap- pearance, and when illuminated by its one thousand gas lights the spectacle it presenta is brilliant beyond de- scription. The roof is formed by an immense canvass covering, 90,000 feet square, and supported by five poles masts, each of which is eighty fect in height. The seats are constructed with great strength, so as to prevent the remotest possibility of an accident, and are arranged in such.an admirable manner as to give every spectator an opportunity of seeing the performances. If the lights were somewhat better distributed it would leave nothing fur- ther to be desired; but as are they placed at present itis with difficulty that those on the highest seats can see the gymnastic feats in the stadium. The exterior of gether. As itis the first enterprise of the kin tempted in this country, nessed last night, the tains and handsome flower vases. the building is very plain and unpretending, consisting chivalry at tournaments. steeple chase the upper tiers secured to the lower one with large iron bolts, The bed upon which the engine reste, is composed of four rows of kelsons, two feet two inches by five fee: deep, secured by iron screw bolts, driven from the bottom before the vessel was planked. The outside planking, of white-oak, 334 inches thick, increasing to five inches, is secured with copper bolts and locust trenails, there being 82 000 of the latter driven through and wedged upon both sides, There are six bilge streaks on the inside of the ship, covering the floor heads and futtocks 12 by 14 inches. fastened to the timbers with iron bolts, and bolted edge- ways between every frame. ‘The ceiling is of six inch yellow pine, and bolted in the same manner ae the bilge streaks, forming one substantial mass of timber fourteen feet in depth. The lower deck clamps, on which the beams rest, are seven inches thick, thoroughly fastened with iron bolts driven from the out- tide, and riveted on the inside. There are forty five deck beams in the lower deck, with carlines between, sided fifteen inches and moulded four- teen inches, with lodging and bosom knees of white oak, and a large hanging knee on each end. The waterways on top of the lower deck are composed of three pieces, extending the whole length of the ship, thoroughly bolt- ed, making this deck @ufficiently strong to stand any rea- sonable strain. The clamps tosupport the main deck are of yellow pine, six inches thick and fourteen inches wide, of two widths. This deck is secxrely kneed in the same manner as the lower one. The stanchions, which extend from the floor timbers to the lower deck beams, have a large bolt passing through them, and are continued on to the upper decks, thus connecting the deck with the bot tom of the ship. ‘The lower end main deck plank are of white pine, three by five inches, the upper or spar deck extending the entire length of the ship. The machinery is from the Allaire Works, She will be propelled by two lever beam engines; cylinder, 60 inchos; length of stroke, 10 feet; diameter of wheels, 34 fect, Her boilers, of which she has four, are 24 feet long, 10 feet diameter, 1134 feet front, 11 fect high, with single return fives. Her cabins will be furnished in a style of clegance equal to some of our first class steamers, and will com: bine, atthe same time, all that is required to insure comfort. The ceiling is ornamented with chaste and beau- tiful designe, in water colors, and the panelling is mate of the finest description of maple and rosewood. On the deck, immediately under the cabin, is a clear space, ex- tending nearly ore-haif the lergth of the vessel. It is admirably calculated for bell room, and should there be any files on board, it will doubtless be used for caneing. As we are satisfied that a personal examination of this »speciinen of American art will amoly repay the | and labor required, we would advise those who feel | terest in naval architecture to visit the North Star | before she leaves on her intended excursion. ‘The North Star will be commanded by Asa Eldridge, Eq, one of ovr ablest and most experienced captains, He was formerly commander of the packet ship Roscius, and subsequently of the steamship Pioneer. ——__——. . Presrpent Pierce in Boston—The Common passed an order States the how Council of Borton, on the 28th April, tendering to the Prestdent of the United St talisies of the city during his stoy on his Northern tour, which, {t is said, wi | large number of monke: terpsichorean feats, anda grand tournament intended to represent that which took place in France, and which is known as the “ Field of the Cloth of Gold.” This part of the performance remind: one strongly of the tournament described in ‘‘Ivanhoe,’’ exe of Sir Walter Scott’s most interesting novels. There are no less thao ninety characters introduced in this piece,' consisting of the kings of France and Fngland—Francis the First and Henry the Eighth, the nobles of the two countries, the knights, men-at-arms, and a numerous array of standard bearers, &c, The English were distinguished by the lions emblazoned on their banners, and the French by the fleur de lis, Both were dreseed in the greatest magnifi- cence, and the whole scene was one of surpassing brilliancy. A procession, embracing the whole force, was formed, and, after marching round the course two or three times, the heralds took their positions at the gates leading into the arena, where the exciting contest was to take place. The challengers then entered, each {flinging down his gauntlet on the ground, daring the other to mortal com- bat. Then followed the preparations for the tilt, which was announced by the ebrill and clear tones of the cla- rion— ‘At thia the challenger, with fierce defy, His trumpet sounds; the challenge makes reply; ted sky. With clangor.rings the field, resounds the vaul Their visors closed, their lances in the rest, Or at the helmet pointed, or the crest, They vanish from the barrier, speed the race, And spurring, see deereace the middle space.” The whole representation was admirable, and had an appearance of reality about it that exeited the deopest interest of the spectators. Some of the knight« were un- horsed by the superior skill of their antago- nists, and carried off in a dying condition from the scene of conflict. A horse, which was killed in a desperate en- counter, was carried off en a hurdle. The manner in which the animal feigned death dieplayed a degree of {raining which we have never seen surpassed in any equestrian performance. ‘The races were as intensely exciting as the most ardent lover of the turf ‘could desire. and so deeply interested were the spectators in the issue tha: they seemed to hare lost all controi_ over themeelves and applauded and cheered their favor- ites with ax much earnestness as if they had heavy bets dependant upon it. Indeed, it was hinted that there was considerable betting done during these races. We cannot close this brief sketeh without a word of praike for the female equestrians, whose performances, we venture to cay, have never been surpassed, if equa'led, in thie country. We may take occasion hereafter to kof them more minutely. whole, Franconi’s has been as succés-fal as the most sanguine . and we have no doubt it will be liberally patronized by the New York public. ‘The company consists of one hundred and forty per- formerr, of whom about thirty are women. Besides the horses, of which there are about eighty, there are ten ostriches, four deer, five catnels, two Cepbants, anda , whose porformances exsite con siderable merrime! Cupaxs Comic 70 THE New York Examrriox.—The Dia- rio de la Halana says that each day increases the list of persons, and entire families who, availing themselves of the facility of reaching New York by steam, are prepar ing to visit hie city inthe menth of May. to be present at the great univerras exbiviion, deme sproducie vo hue country will alro be nent as contribut Eyre ‘The extraordinary extension of this city, bave long required an enlargenent: of the New York Hospital. The Board of Geverors, therefore, not wishing to be behind hand, have determmed to erect an extensive wing en the southern side, froning on Duane street. ing indeed, as it may be classed among the most imor- tant charitable institutions of this country. It waeri- sinally established by privete subseription, in the ear 1769, and incorporated by sharter from Governor Ins- more, on the 13th of July, 1776. This charter wason- firmed by an act of the Legislature, dated Marsh th, 1810, In the year 1775, the building was destroyeby fire, and before another could be completed the war bike out, during which the British converted the unfiniied apartments into barracks. In 1791 it was re-opened) @ simply of a wall of brick about twénty feet bigh, if fwe except two rather fantastic wooden towers, situated at the side facing Broadway. A wooden roof extends from this wall immediately over the seats in the inte- rior, which, with the canvass, forms the only covering of this gigantic concern. We should state that the poste or uprights which are placed in front of the seats are embellished with heraldic bearings and armorial devices, in imitation of those displayed during the ages of The performances, of which we are at present unable to speak in detail, were exceediogly brilliant and imposing. They consisted of horse racing, cha- riot racing, (after the fashion of the Olympic game:,) a series of surprising gymnastic exereises, a grand race of ostriches, exercises of the manege, in which Mons, Franconi’s cetfebrated dancing horse Johnster goes through a variety of oxtraordinary THE NEW YORK HOSPITAL. LPAI * aastve Enlargementmieseription of the Present Building and the Intended Why. inerease of our population, ani the ‘The history of this valuable institution, is very interst- hospital for thefsick and disabled, and afterwards exta- ed to infirm and destitute seamen. The money sring from private subscriptions having been found inadequte to pay the expenses of this rising establishment, thee- gislature was induced at various periods to confer grate upon it out of the public treasury, These were ineread from time to time, until the 14th of Mareh, 1806, win anact was passed authorizing the payment of $120 annually to this institution, out of the duties on pale auctions, until the year 1857. ‘The area upon which the hospital now stands iste bloek of ground bounded in front by Broadway, in te rear by Church street, Anthony street on the merth, a Duane street on the south. The ground is 406 feet log and 450 broad. The whole is enclosed with a brick wi, ten feet high. The site of the building is consideray elevated above the level of the neighboring streets, al is built upon the highest ground in the lower part of t> city. In front of the building is an extensive law, sloping towards Broadway, with a paved walk, shaded 7 a row of venerable elm trees on both sides. The hospit is situated in the centre of the lot, about twe hundrt feet from Broadway, and is constructed ef gray ston with s roof of slate. Itis 124 feet front on Broadwa, ite depth is fifty feot in the centre, and at the wing which project on each side eighty-six feet; it is the stories, besides basement, and fifty-two feet high, with fine cupola, which commands an extensive panoram view of the entire city, and of the harber and county beyond to a great distance. The first story is fourte feet high, and is covered in front, more or less, with t> branches of * the ivy green.’’ This floor contains a roa. for the governors, im which is’ s valuable medic and scientific lUbrary, a parlor, ‘bed rooms f the superintendent and matron, an aspothecal shop, and a room for the clerk. In the cent; there is a hall and a large staircase leading to tl floors above, which apartments or wards, as they a» called, are used for the accommodation of patieni ‘There are sixteen wards in the building, whieh will easr accommodate three hundred and fifty patients. In t- third story, near the northwest corner of the buildiy, isthe theatre fer surgical operations. The basem¢ story contains two kitchens, a laundry, bathing roo, three store rooms, and one ward for those patients who disease requires that they should be kept separate fro. allothers. The whole number of apartments. in tt building is thirty-nine, exclusive of the surgical theatre Outside and within the walls of the main building ther are a wash house, bathing house, ice house; stables, and kitchen garden. . The rest of the ground is laid out i walks, and planted with trees and flowers, for the benef of convalercents, who take exercise in these grounds whe the weather is fine. No spot on the island could be better chosen to build hospital than that on which the present edifice stands It is one of the most healthy places in the city; an although there are a number of lofty: buildings in th neighborhood, the elevation of the hospital secures t: the sick all the advantages of a free circulation of air ‘When this excellent institution was first contemplated, the situation selected for its site was quite distant from the limits of the populous parts of the city, and so con- tinued for more than twenty years; but the increased growth of the city has now caused it to be in the centre of the metropolis, and to be surrounded for miles with the noise and turmoils of an active and busy population. The extraordinary increase of our population, and the extension of the city, have, as we have said before, required an enlargement of this valuable institution. Accordingly, the Board of Governors have determined to erect an extensive wing on the south:side, fronting on Duane street. The building is to be one hundred and twenty feet front on Duane street, eighty-cight feet deep, and four stories and basement high. The walls are to be constructed of gray stone and brick. The ground will be excavated fifteen feet below the carriage way of Duane street. The foundation walls will be three feet thick, and will be built in a solid manner, the stones intended for their construction being on an average frm five to seven feet long and from ten to sixteen inches wide. These walls are to be built of blue building stone, laid in cement, well bonded together, and to be firmly bedded on the natural earth. The basement and first story walls will be constructed of brown stone, laid up in cement, All the outside walls above the second atory, will be built of blue building stone, hammered straight on the face and laid in courses. The stories, which will be of a large size, are to be jointed on the face with cement. The building will be well supplied with cold and het air flues; two sewers will be built, connecting with the one in Duane street, and will be laid up in hydraulic ce- ment. The beams on the basement ftoor will’ be four inches wide and fifteen deep; those on the upper stories will be three inches wide and ten inches deep, all of which will be placed sixteen inches from each other, All the floors thronghout the building will be laid with clear, narrow, well-seasoned 11{ inch yellow pine. plank. The basement, first, second, third and fourth story floors will be deafened in the usual manner with lime, sand and hair mortar, 114 inch thick. Four bells and four speak- ing tubes will run through the building; also a set of dumb waiters. The staircases, from the first to the fourth floor, will be constructed of cast iron, of an orna- mental pattern, and will be firmly fastened by iron anchors to the walls. The ballustrades and rails will be made of the best St. Domingo mahogany. There will be four ventilators builton the roof, with stationary blind slats. The inside of the building will be lighted by an excellent dome, with a skylight twelve feet in diameter. The woodwork will be painted ina handsome maaner, both in light oak and stone color. The windows will be shaded by Venetian blinds on the inside, to protect the patients from the strong effects of a summer sun. The contractors are now making their estimates, so that the work will begin in a few days. he building, according to contract, will be ready for oceupancy on the first of November, 1854, In January last the officers of this institution publish- ed an address, stating their intention to enlarge the building, and for this purpose they would require the sum of $250,000, the greater portion of which would have to be raised by private subscription. ‘The pecuniary means of the hospital are so limited that the governors have appeaed to the liberality of the people, and there fs prob- ably no object in the city more worthy of donation than the New York Hospital, All are interested in the welfare of this institution, for we know not the day nor the hour when it would be requisite for us to enter those dark walls, standing back in gloomy solitude from fashiounble Broadway, as if conscious of its plain appearance com- pared with the magnificence and wealth of that beautiful promenade, which hasno equal in this country. A great many people have no idea of the value of this institution. No less than three thousand eight hundred patients were received within its walls during the yenr 1862. Tho rapid increase of this city, as a matter of course, increases the number of accidents in proportion, Therefure, the want of a larger hospital in the centre of the city is, to all who read the daily pspers, apparen. This want is now about being supplied, and we hope that the chari- table efforts of several persons who have contributed largely towards the completion of this work, will be ex- tensively followed by all those who have wealth at their command, Personal Intelligence. The Courrier des Etats Unis states that it has received ® telegraphic despatch from Baltimore, coneaived in these terms:—The Emperor of the French has addressed to the Bonaparte family in this city an invitation to go vinit the imperial domain, The young Jerome Bonaparte, at who present belongs to the American army, has obtained six months leave of absence, and will soon depart for France, IIe is the grandson of the brother of Napoleon the First. Among those at the St. Nicholas Motel who will leave for Europe in the steamship Arctic to-day we observe the names of the following persons:—Ex-President Van Buren and M. Van Baren, Jr.; Capt. J. L. Folsom and servant, U. 8 A.; Mr. and Mra. Wm. Appleton, C. H. Appleton, Mr. Thoman 1, Curtis and family, Mr. C. P. Cartis and Indy, Misa Stevenson, Miss Curtis, Mr. J. 8. Amory and Mr, Upham. Mr. Henry B, Rogers and family, all "ant! 8 Popram, J. f. andJ. W. aster, James Haltimore: © H. Spang and lady, ©. F. Spang, Hodges, Ww. ‘mes oid Caught istteburg. Folacm, mentioned in the Toregoing lst, Is one