The New York Herald Newspaper, May 5, 1853, Page 4

NEW YORK AERALD. Pade re JAMES GORD 45 BENNET?, FROPRIET’ sp 4x EDITOR, OFFICE ¥. W. CORT 2 seat er ery 2: Go aa _==——————OO Pes M KVITS,... ..c.serces cree sete ceeee M@e RAE AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ” AOWERY_ THEATRE, Bowery—Love Cuase—Davcn- » Aor rad prcreast okies tn vun bans, BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Micucrn. BURTON'S Chambers sbreet— Braoxs rca « Buswann—Baresce or Proms. — NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—Rox Rov—An- wonzk oy TyEE. WAILACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Rrvrs—Asuo- wavs. . CHARLES THEATRE, Bowery—Maxrac Lovan— wynises Wissen Dacuaveeavs. MERICAN MUSBUM—Afternoon—P. P., on THR Man ) nn ean Misomsa? Maxine. Evening—Wit ow “Sovex. ST"! A HOUSE, 472 Breadway—Ermorran eebnaer Ousutt s Orena Txovre. ‘WOOD*) MINSTRELS. Wood’s Murical Hall, 444 Broad- sway—Erforiay Mixaraeisy. MADISON AVENUE—Afternoon and Evening—Faax- gons’s CoLossaL ErvPoon: CIRCUS, 7 Bewery—Equesraias Exrenraisments, GEORAMA, BS Brosdway—Baxvany’s Panorama oF wee Hoty Laz. BELLEWS SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES, 539 Broadway. ‘OWEN’S &LPINE RAMBLES, 539 Broadway. New’ York, Thursday, May 5, 1853. — Malls for the Pacific. AE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD. The Untied States mail steamship Georgia, Cap'sin Porter, will leave this port, at two o’clock this afternoon, Sor Aspinwall. ‘The mails for California and other parts of the Pacific, will close at one o’cleck. The New Yore Weexry Heaatn, California edition, with the latest inteDigence from a!l parts of the world, will be published at ten o'clock this morning. Single copies sizpence. Agents will please send in their ‘orders as carly as possible. the News, We learn from Washington that the illness of Col. Davis, the Secretary of War, prevented the Cabinet from taking any definite action upon the subject of foreign appointments yesterday. The principal mis- sions will doubtless be filled in accerdance with the programme furnished by our correspondent several days ago; but as to consulships and other foreign re- presentatives, all is as yet ina state of uncertainty. Nearly all the New York post offices were disposed of yesterday, as will be seen by the list of appoint- ments under the telegraphic head. Hon. Philip Allen has been elected by the Legisla- ‘tare of Rhode Island as the successor of Hon. John HH. Clarke in the United States Senate. Hon. John Anthony Winston has been nominated for Governor, by the Alabama Democratic State Con- vention. News from Havana, tothe evening of the 29th nlt. ‘was yesterday received, by the steamship Empire City. The most important feature of the intelligence isthe announcement of the landing of a cargo of six hundred Africans near Matanzas, on the 28th, by the famous slaver Lady Suffolk. The details of the proceedings in the case of the slave brig Cora, to- gether with other matters furnished by our cor respondent; are quite interesting. The Havana papers are still busily engaged in discussing the ap pointment of Mr. Soulé, as United States Minister to Spain. These journals, it will be recollected, are not permitted to publish political information, except under the supervision of the authorities—the articles, therefore may, in some meastre, be considered as | speaking the sentiments of the government—conse- quently we have considered it worth while to trans late and give a synopsis of the remarks of some o ‘the editors. The details of the news from Mexico, which we | ekeewhere publish, will doubtless be read with atten- tion, especially the translations from the principal journals of that country, concerning the return of Santa Anna, the movoments of Goy. Lane, &c. The Connecticut Legislature assembled yesterday, and elected demoerstic officers throughout both branches, after which the annual message of the Governor was delivered. In reviewing the affairs of the State, Governor Sey- mour represents ite finances to be in a most flourishing condition, there being a surplus of fifty thousand dollars in the treasury; consequently be recommends a reductivn of the State tax. He re- marks that the free banking law of the last session bes worked admirably, but advises the passage of a law to prevent the issue of fractional bills, and also to limit the amount of circulation of the old chartered banks. He thinks it would be highly advantageous to check the issue of notes for a Jess sum than five dollars, and to make the property of the stockholders of an institution liable for its debts. He also propeces a partial remedy for railroad accidents, by the appoint- ment of a general commissioner to look after the public interests. He declares that the recent ju- dicial decisions have strengthened his previous opin- ions of the injustice of the Maine liquor law; speak in high terms of the benefit that is likely to to the country from the New York Crystal P. exhibition, and adverts to many other matters | of interest, to which we have no room to particular. | It being understo#d that ly refer. ernor Sey mour is to be appointed Minister to Russia, this mes- sage in all probability will be pretty generally re throughout the country, especially by thos may not be already conversant with his qual tions. Hartford was magnificently illuminated night, and two military balls were ¢ the Governor's inauguration. The delegates to revise and amend the ec tion of Massachusetts assembled in Boston and organized by clecting the democra soil nominee, Hon. N. P. Banks, as President. A committee was appointed to present such amend- ments to the constitution as may be de« sary, and then the body adjourned till to-day. One hundred and sixty thousand do wore yes- terday agreed to be given \y the citizens of Savan- nah for the remoys) of wrecks in the Saya river. Part of the crew of the joet ship Golden Light or en, in honor of rived in Boston. That portion of the crew who lefi the veeral in the third boat have not bevn beard | from. The steamer Yacht arrived at New Orleans last Monday with seventy-three thonsand dollars in spe- mthe Brazos. She reports the loss of the The latest ounts from Texas declare that Ca al was still in prison at Brownsville. The Art Union Committee met yesterday after- noon at the Astor House, when the crose-examina- tion of Joseph Monk w ed by Mr. Fullerton, the counsel for the late association. See our report in another columr. Metropolitan Mall, on the “ Life and 7 1X.,” enabstract of which will be found ia another column. Strikes are stillof frequent ocenrrence among the cperatives in all sections of the country A portion of the employing book and job prin. ters Lave nr to give the advance asked for. and thelr hands have consequently strick. The Boston np ishers have all agreed to the rates ¢ neymen; bat in Baltimore con- sderable sparri ing on between the printers Lu propretors oi Ow os saree establishangmts. Quite | ¥ Pe ____ ‘a 'row was created by « strike ef the crew on board a steamer at Philadelphia, yesterday morning. A new crew was engaged, but the old hands refused to letthem go on board. The police settled the diffi- & OF FULTON AND wASSAT OFS. An exciting debate on the subject of temperance took place in the Board of Aldermen last evening, for a graphic sketch of whieh, tegether with the regular proceedings of the Board, the reader is re- ferred to another column. The Assistant Aldermen concurred in a number of resolutiens passed by the other Board, among which was ene giving permis- sion to the Clinton Monument Association to exbibtt its bronze statue of De Witt Clinton, in front of the City Hall, for publie tuspection, prior to its ‘being removed to the Greenwood Cemetery. The Board, after the adoption of various papers, adjourned until A Boxp | Friday evening, at 6 o’clodk. The delegates of the American Medical Associa- tion were in session yesterday from nine v’clock in | the morning until four in the afternoon, with the ex- ception of a recess foran hour. A large nunfber of gentlemen had arrived from every section of this continent. Most interesting papers ‘were received from the different standing committees. Prizes, of one hundred dollars each, were awarded to Dr. Bur- nett, of Boston, and Dr. Attley, Philadelphia, for their different treatises. The improvement of medi- cal education, the attaching of surgeous to the emi- grant vessels leaving our ports, a contribution to the Washington Monument, and various other matters, were discussed and acted upon. We furnish our read- ers with a very extended report. To-day's inside pages contain important Decisions in the United States District Court ; Account of the Sport on the Union Course last Tuesday ; Proceed- inge of the Farmer's Club, and Board of Education ; Melancholy Suicide in Columbia county ; Financial, Commercial, Theatrieal and Miscellaneous Intelli- gence, &c. ‘Bhree days’ later advices from Europe are now fully due by the steamship Asia. One week's later news from Cailfornia is also expected, by the steamer El Dorado from Aspinwall. The Organ Question —The Administration and the Washington Unton. What is an organ? Ask the tidy housemaid, and she will answer that itis a nnisance—espe- cially that fellow who brings his poor ragged child along to play the tambourine, and a dirty little monkey to climb into the windows. Ask the devotee of the Catholic or Episcopal Church, and he will say that it isa sublime accompani- ment in those holy duties of praise and thanks- giving to the Most High. Ask the grovelling muck-rake politician, and he will tell you that the organ of all the organs is that newspaper which speaks by direct authority as the mouth- piece of the President of the United States. The most particular definition ef Dr. Johnson is that “an organ is the largest and most harmo- nious of wind instruments of music, consisting of pipes which are filled with wind, and stops touched by the fingers. It is hlown by a bel- lows.” Now, according to the political definition, and Dr. Johnson’s,-taken together, there appears to be a prevailing impression outside of Washing- ton that the old Union of that city is the or- gan, and the special organ, of Gen. Pierce. But of late its music has been so discordant as to satisfy us all that either the man who blows the bellows has failed to supply the wind properly, or that he who fingers the stops does it pretty much atrandom. Yet, in a limited sense, we must admit that’ the Union onght, perhaps, to be the organ. To the extent of the official announcement of the doings of the ad- minietratiun it muy be so. It could not be well otherwise. It is the only democratic paper. (if we except the newly baptized Republic.) within the federal city. It has had the endorsement of the two houses of Congress in the vast mass of their printing of the last session. It claims | to be the lineal descendant of the Globe—that | museular and terrible organof Gen. Jackson— and though it has fallen somewhat into the de- crepitude and infirmities of old age, it has done nothing to deserve a formal expulsion from the confidence of Gen. Pierce. But we apprehend that it is not the organ of the President in the Jacksonian and Van Buren sense of the word. It has not the office of the old Globe, nor that unmistakeable authority to approve, to promote, to strike down, or kick out, the rank and file of the party, as occasion may require. It is not the oracle of the kitchen cabinet, for as yet there is no kitchen cabinet-- it is not the power behind the throne greater than the throne itself. It is indeed but a fee- | ble echo of the Union under the control of good old Father Ritchie; it is dull, exces. sively dull~it is “stale, flat and unprofita- | ble.” The intrinsic evidence is in its own columns that it is left pretty much to guess the particular views and intentions of the government in advance of any action, for we look through ite editorials in vain fora ray | of Hgbt or a particle of information. At t me time it betrays all the tin y and trepi- ation of a willing servant: cautious, in the ab- ence of intruders, of doing anything or i thing for fear of some fatal mistak evident. in a word, that the Washingtoa Union, notwithstanding its meek denial of the soft im- pea it, is still an offic ker for the ofice | of the organ, and very anxious | result of its importunities, Meantime, it is manifest that the Repudlic the successors of Father Rit . Sargent, in coming tion, must have some in view- to grind, that it would be well to lor Perk it is a candidate for the office of the spec having serPed pretty well in tl i}l- more. it may be willing the same vocation to Gen. Then there is the printing of both honses of the next Con- s in the foreground, to the securing of ch the nod of the Pr he chooses to will be quite’ enough, because quite transpired to show that the party and the Senate must abide by n, and that Gen. Pierce is re- the chief of the whole estoblish- concerning the onsider- interfer And thi lentical resolution, we appre- hend, has kept him thus far aloof from the dan- ers of a i Ming Washington organ. tis the 1 I In delegating his an- thority to such a special agent his own official strength must be diminiched. It will also ine evitably demoralize his administration, as Van Buren’s was demoralized, and as the prestive of his position was destroyed by the dictatorial usurpations of the Globe. We admit that no- thing could have soved him from the conse- ences of his faancial policy; but had he not a margin of authority over the illowed eo large y as waa given to Blair & Rives his over- hrow would have been far less disastrous. It will also be remembered that Captain John Tyler had a special organ—the Madisonian—- edited by John Jones: and a more faithfnl organ- grinder than Jones never blew the bellows or fingered the But Captain Tyler’s ad- ministration, which would otherwise have been regarded as yery respectable, wag rendered ri- stopa. dienlous by the ay,tics and pompous importance of his organ. Jéohn Tyler, to his honor be it spoken, went out of power with clean hands and aclean ree.ord. He had no list of defaulters —no Galphiv , Chickasaw, Florids or Mexican claims, to answer for. He left the White Honse witb. the clear conscience of an honest guardian of the public money, which is a great thing; snd yet his administration was looked upon'ss a farce. And for this to this day we hoki Mr. John Jones. his organ-grinder, respon. sibte. He was the Praise-God-Barebones of his master. and ruined him by his insufferable biarney. And as there appears to be more of the character of Jones in the Washington Union than of the meat-axe disposition of Blair, it would be only the more hazardous to trust it in the same unlimited capacity. The latest example of a special organ is the Republic; but we do not know that it either strengthened the cabinet of General Taylor, or contributed in any degree to the dignity, ener- gy. firmness, or popularity, of Mr. Fillmore’s administration. Yet it was conducted with ability as the executive organ, and with that comparative modesty and self-abnegation so be- coming a dependant upon executive favor. He is the considerate servant who never obtrudes himself into company as the equal of his master, but who, notwithstanding, fights his battles with the chivalrous bearing of a true Knight of the Garter. We suspect, however, that the Re- public, as the organ of Gen. Taylor and Mr. Fillmore. was hardly worth the candle, either to.the one or the other. r And here we rest the case. We think that Gen. Pierce is acting wisely in retaining with- in his own hands many of the powers heretofore delegated to the organ. Let hisdomestic poli- cy be signalized by wholesome retrenchments and measures of substantial reform, and let him conduct our foreign relations with express reference to the spirit of this age, the sentiments of this great people. the position, the duties, and the “manifest destiny” of this great nation, and he will get along without a special organ. Public opinion, and the independent press of this country, and every country, will sustain him. Let him rest his cause upon the broad judgment of public opinion, and avoid those trammels of a special organ which assisted so materially in breaking down Van Buren, and Tyler, and Taylor, and Fillmore. An honest, efficient, straightforward, and fearless adminis- tration has no need of a special organ. What says the Washington Union? Gov. Lane any THE New Mexican Bovn- pary—Wuar Says THE Presment?—-Our neigh- bors of the Courier are very anxious for some official disavowal of the recent seizure, by pro- clamation by Gov. Lane, of a slip of Mexiean ter- ritory called Mesilla, or the Mesilla Valley. We presume there is no cause for any apprehen- sions of war on this subject, for if the adminis- tration had any intentions of sustaining the out- rage of Gov. Lane, it would have been known ere this tothe Mexican Minister at Washington. and from his demand for his passports, to the public at large. « We have no doubt in the world, that this pro- clamation of Gov. Lane was a bit of experi- mental fillibusterism, intended to curry favor with the present administration. But he has clearly overshot the mark. Perhaps he formed his Judgment from Mr. Senator Weller’s amend- ment to the appropriation bill, suspending the particular appropriation to the boundary com- mission, on the ground that they had been ceding away a portion of our territory to Mexico. But Mr. Weller may have had some personal prejudices in this matter, having becn superseded upon this boundary, first by Col. Fremont, and secondly by Mr. Bartlett. Be- sides, Mr. Weller is a very fast man—very fast and if Gov. Lane was guided by,him, or by the approval of the Washington Union of his amendment, it was a sad mistake. Indepen- dently of any official pronunciamento upon the subject, Mr. Bartlett's exposition relat- ing to the Mesilla may be conclusive, though we sbould think that a counter procla- mation to that of the fillibustering Governor, by the President, would not be out of season just now, considering our delicate relations with Mexico, and the suspicion which is afloat that our administration may have some ulte- rior and dishonest designs against that unfortu- nate country, We are informed, upon reliable authority. that the fillitustering Governor of New Mexico will he disinissed—that his act will bo disxvowed; and that the poundary question will be adjusted faithfully, according to our treaty stipulattons, This is satisfactory to us; as it will be to Mexi- co, when officially re-assured of it. But, in the meantime, it would contribute much to strengthen our amicable but delicate relations with Mexico, ifthe President were to issue a proclamation canceling that of the hot-headed Governor Lane; and nothing would be so con: ducive to peace in the disputed territory. TY Dap ?—A novel and in- teresting controversy is now going on among the whig journals of the country. upon the startling question, Is the whig party dead? The 7 ers in the aflirmative—that to all practical intents and purposes it is essen- tially defunct. The Washington Republic con- siders it dead—aheolutely dead and gone—or it would hardly volunteer to support the present administration. But the antediluvian Wation- al Intelligencer argnes that there is still re- maining at least a sound, substantial nuclens for the re-organization, one of these days, of the whig "pi The whigs of Tennessee are evi- dently alive yet. and kicking; while in Virginia we obeerve that the so-called “Immortal Botts,” in a powerful letter, urges the whigs to “heat down and suidue that awful monster, locofoco- ism,” for he says. “if it is not restrained I be- lieve, before my God, it will ultimately erush the liberties of the people.” Still we are some- what in doubt upon the main question—*Is the whig party dead?” “Is there 4 Bourbon aimong us?” Tee Free Sores anounp tre B, To 1m Hox. Joun P. Hatk—This ‘o the é for the grand demenstration in honor of the great leader of the free soil party of tho United States, ‘The hali of the Fitchburg Railroad depot, in Boston, will to-nicht resound with landatory sentiments and pratses of the avolivion champion of the North, and with withering anatherras hurled against the domostic institutions of the South. Tho decaying bones of our deceased statermen will be dug from their tombs, and sub mitted to the scorn of there congregated factionists, the batteries of exknberant abolitionism will be turned against the living pitlers of the republic, the Union will be rent in atoms, and the world, if not at onco | regenerated, will receive a shock which will open the eyes of the benighted elavenolder to its manifest destiny Every arrangement haf been completed for a “glory time,’ and large delegations from difforent parts of the country are expected to be prevent. Today will be anova in the history of the United States, an! the Hale dinner | y | nosten yorterday, to atten: will be the Drummond light to point the provress of free soiliem through the dark passages of th» future, Tickets | two dollare—railroad fare half priee, Talk en ‘Change. The sales of cotton yesterday reached about 3,300 Dales, at steady prices. Breadstuffs were unchanged. Pork was lower. A large sale of Java coffee was made by suction, at 1140, a 11}¢e., six months. A estalogue of teas, per ship Wellington, was sold by Messrs. Hoffman & Co., which attracted a good company, and all the desira- bie lots were sold at full prices. The letters received from Havana, per the Empire City, had the effeet of imparting a better feeling to sugars. Transactions were, however, light. The chief stocks be- ing in first hand¥ there was no disposition to press nales. ‘Thg President of the Chamber of Commerce, elected on the 3d instant, was Mr, Pelatish Pertt, wrongly and inad- vertently published yesterday. There was some conversation regarding the present condition and future prospects of the Sandwich Islands. There was no territory of equal extent, beyond our pre- sent boundaries, in which merchants, and particularly those engaged in the Pacific trade, felt » deeper in- terest. Opinions im regard to the extent of our claims under the Monroe doctrine differed. There was o large portion of South America, including the empire of Brazil, over whi* the United States could not claim any protectorate in uence. There were already small British and French colonies at New Guinea and Cayenne, which held out no danger to the United States. The first application of the Monroe doctrine could onl be made to those sections of North and South America, the colonization of which, by European governments, ‘would be likely to endanger the territorial and commer: cial interests of the United States. [his government might deplore the passing of Brazil to the possession of a European power, and use all honorable means to pre- vent it; yet, to thick of defeating it by war would be folly. The Monroe doctrine, viewed in its restricted and common sense light, was nothing more than the doctrine of national or relf preservation, and was to be applied to cases as they came up. Thus, the United States could not, and probably would not, see Cuba pass into the hands of any other European power from Spain. Neither could they be willing to see Sonora or Lower Califoroia pass into foreign hands, nor Yucatan, nor even Mexico, a8. nation, do so. Central America would be a case for our interposition, and above all, the Sandwich Islands, The independence of the government of those islands bas been acknowledged by England. France and the United States, amd such they should remain. For either party to enter npon forcible possession, under the pretext of exorbitant claims,’ would not be respectful to §the other powers, nor just towards a weak and defenceless people. In our hasty and brief sketches of talk on ’Change, it is not pretended that the sentiments expressed represent the opinions of all the merchants who usually meet there, or even of a very considerable number of them, but of those who accidentally engage in conversation at the time, first on one subject and then on another. In many things, if the views of all were taken, great unani- mity would prevail, while, in other cases, there would be great diversity of opinion. Among the merchants found on ‘Change are a considerable number of respectable men from almost every country of Europe; of course, we can- not speak of their views concerning questions of domestic policy, when we give those expressed by American mer chants. . The death of Mr. Robert G. Shaw, an old, widely known and respectable merchant, of Boston, was reported on ‘Change, some merchant having received a telegraph despatch to that effect. Mr. Shaw, as a merchant, was as well known in New York as in Boston. His business connections with this city had been quite extensive, and sincere regret was expressed for his death. The Political Guillotine. In the Custom House several removals have taken place sivee the inauguration of the new Collector and Survey- or; but, as we expected, it will be abouta month before all the offices in the gift of those officials can be distri- buted among their friends and the favored adherents of the party. They are determined to take their time, al- though the outside pressure grows daily stronger with the delay. For every office, there are more than a dozen ap_ plicants, and hardly aday passes that does not add to the number. The various devices adopted by the office seekers display a fertility of resources which would astonish any one but a politician. Petitions numerously signed, and stating that the applicants have large families dependent upon them for support; recommendations of ability to do anything, no matter how difficult, of character above all reproach, and of honesty that Croesus could not tempt from’ the strict line of duty— all these are presented by men who, if their merits were properly tested. would not be entitled to any considera- tion, in comparison with others whose modesty and good judgment forbid them from entering into competition in the race for political favors. Then, again, there are others who rely upon their own introduction, for want of a better, and who are merely desirous of serving their country, even in the humblest capacity—which, trans- lated, means in any situation worth a thousand dollars a year or more, Patriotism certainly has become a drug inthe market, whenit can be bought at sucha price. The Custom House appears to be the grand centre of at- traction for all office-seekers, dozens of whom may be seen prowling around it, or flitting through th» massive chamber like £0 many uneasy spirits. A fow removals, wo say. have taken place, but they may be regarded only asthe precursors of a swceping revolution which will take place in a month or five weeks. The following are the changes which have thus far been made :-—~ SURVEYOR’S DEPARTMENT. James 1. Benedict, Deputy Surveyor, in place of Mr. Lynch—salary $2,000, ‘Thomas Wallace, porter, in place of Mr. Edmonds, re- rigned—salary $C00. ‘As there are only six clerks in this department, and as Mr. Cochrane intends retaining one or two, who are de- mocrats and competent men, the removals will neces- sarily be few. NAVAL OFFICE. Michael Toffman, deputy, in place of J. M. Pinckney— solar, co. Francis §, Barkelow, clerk, in place of J. N. Coyne— salary $600. Nathan F, Bolles, clerk, in place of J, T. Morse—salary $760. R. $900, ‘There are three deputies in this office, and of these, iwo-C. 8, Franklin and TW. Bokee—have been retained. ARSISTANT TREASURER’S OFFICE. As the office of Assistant Treasurer is still filled by the on, Luther Bradish, no removals have been made; and until the appointment of another in tke place of Gen. Dix, none, of course, will be made, It is vaguely hinted that 1 be no change whatever in this department; but is there can be no certainty at present. ‘The Collector, Mr. Bronson, we understand, has ap- pointed his von, Henry G. Bronson, Deputy Collector, in place of JohnS, Maxwell, the salary being $2,500, , Naval Storekeeper, has made five appoint- a ich are those of James McMurray ag foreman of all the publie stores in the Navy Yard at Brocklyn, and Richard D, Letter, Wiskinskie of the Tam Stewart, clerk, in place of Langley Bruce—salary re of wing are the appointmen Stutes Marshal, Mr. Abram T. Hilly Bs CIRCUIT CoURe. er, Luther Horton, Peter Miller # made by the Uaited Williszn Philitps. UNITED STATES DISTRICT couRT. OMecers—B. FP. Ryer, Gilbert Weeks, George Niven, John Helmy. Mr. Hillyer has appointed Mr. J. Thompson, and his son, Charles A Hillyer, deputy marshals. ‘These are the only changes which have been effected. In the Post Office, everything remains in a quiescent state, ont Mr. Fowler intends putting the guillotine in cperation in the course of a week. Personal Intelligence. Among tho changes in tie departments at Wa-hington, we observe that Col, Thomas P. Trott, the late Chief Clerk of the Post Office department, has been transferred to a less prominent ard less lucrative, thongh very re sponsible position fm the same department, The Chief Clerkship is rather a confidential post, and although Colonel Trott is no party man, still it will, no doubt, be more ugreeable to the Postmaster General to be surround- ed_in such positions by men whore political sentiments entirely coincide with his own. Feeling a great interest in the’ eflicient administration of this department, we are gratified 10 know that the experience and rare busi- noes salonts cf Col, Trott are to be retained ia the public cerviee, for he is admitted on ail hands to be one of the svlest and most valuable offers in the government em- Tley. Cassius M. Cla Accompanied by his on, arrived in the Hale dinner. Bir. Justice Campbell, who has boon appointed to the heneh of she U. 8, Supreme Court, arrived in New Orleans | ov the 26th ult., by the mail boat from Mobile, and at 10 | o'clock same day took his seat in the United States Circuit Court, and opened the term. Tux Crr¥ Liqvor Storr ix New Brororn— Since this establishment commenced operations, there have been thirteen thousand sales of liquor made at it, This prover that two-thirds of the inhabitants of thi | city have had attacks of illnera, more or leas severe, sine) Inct July ond accounts for the incre .ce of the m Profession in New — New Bedford Mercury. | New | ‘Tum Wararn.—Yesterday wae the season, te be ‘a foretaste of summer. ter at 2P.M.. stood at 72 degrees, Ty mines & Bea col % pn Rl up. This continued the whole evening, and up to a late period of the night. Mission any OnpuaTion Mernxc.—Yesterday evening, ® ‘Ordination Meeting was held in street Church, for the yeaponn of ordaining Wm. P. Baker aa missionary to India, who is to be located near Abmednugger, inthat distant part of the globe, un- éer the auspices of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, seventh Pralm, ith verre The Rev. Dr. and put the constitutional question: prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. Campbell, and the charge to the missionary was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Gcdell, returved missionary from Ngo myo ot The ceremony was very impressive, and the benediction at the end was, as is customarily dene, offered up by the newly ordained candidiate. Tae New Law Bunprxa.—This building,which has been pow for some time in course of erection, is nearly com- pleted, and promises, in many respects, to be the model edifice of the city, particularly for the convenience and spaciousness of its rooms e exterior of the building g Be so menreernding ~ much Steen has beer ispley ving an air of grandeur without any mere- tricious ‘onesaene There are two entrances—one on the side of the Park and the other in Chambers street—the access to the former being by ‘a single flight of iron steps, and to that on the other in Chambers street by « doul flight, meeting on a platform of the same material. A similar arrangement. exists inside, there being double flights of iron stairs from the top to the basement of the building, of amyle dimensions, and wide passages between the rooms. The iron work of the stsircase is very ele- gant, and, although apparently light, is strong enough to bear any weight that it is likely to be required to sup- port. The paxsages are of tesselated pavement, in white and black marble—the white marble being from Italy, and the black from our own native quarriec in Vermont. Leavy & Diamond, of Twenty-third street, between First and Second avenues, are the contractors for bagel The building consists of three floors and barement, with an ex. extra floor on the top, which is lighted by skylights from above, and where the water closets of the building have been placed. The floors below are the parts int for the accommodation of the official bodies. It has not, how- ever, yet arrany how they are all to be located; but at all events tb ill not be aecommodation for many, each floor consisting simply of two large rooms, 50 feet in length, and of a proportionate breadth and height, with a suite of smaller rooms on the enstern side, from which they are divided by a wide passage. The fol- lowing arrangement, we understand, will be adopted:— The fiset floor will be appropriated to the Marine Court, with offices for the Recorder and City Judge; the secon oor, it is settled. is to be for the Court of Sessions, with offices for the Clerk of the Sessions and the Distrist At- torney. The arrangements for the third floor have not et been made, but it is supposed that the offices of the urrogate and Public Administrator will be located there. The basement is not yet completed; and although work. men are now busily engaged aprons both that and the interior of the other inert the bui 8, itis doubt- ful whether a removal will be made so early as has been anticipated. The a1 its for heating the building are oe ‘excellent, and tho windows are fitted on the out side with iron blinds, which can be easily raised or low- ered, by means of » simple contrivance let into the ma- sonry of the building. Croton water has been laid in the upper fioor and in the basement, but there is no con- venience for obtaining it, when required on the other floors, which Mme rather injudiciour, when it is recol- lected that such accommodation would be very useful in the intermediate parts the third floor will be decidedly pref of its ceiling being much higher that The tout ensemble of the building is, however, excellent and does great credit to all concerned in its construction Street IMPROVEMENTS.—A row of wooden shanties, con- sisting of oyster rsoms and stores of other descriptions, situated on Fulton street, a little below William, towards the’Fulton ferry, ard which were rather raceful to the Sphearanes, of the strect, were demoll on Taes- ds row of substantial buildings are to their place, which will much conduce to the improve- ment of the street. It is likewise intended to widen Cliff street, from Beekman to Ferry, in # line with the present northwesterly side of Cliff street, from John to Beekman. ‘Among other improvements, a new sewer is being built in Pearl street, at the end of Franklin; so that the tho- roughfare further up Pearl street, towards Chatham, is temporarily obstructed. There are many other improve- ments being carried on about the city, Particularly along Broadway, where magnificent edifices rise, as if by the wand of enchantment. The entire of the streets, from Liberty to Chambers, running to the North river, have been almost all rebuilt, and magnificent stores of brown stone have superseded the original buildings of brick. ‘WivexinG BEEKMAN 8TREET.—Workmen were busily en- gaged yesterday in moving the dead bodies out of the ‘vaults that will be in the way of the proposed widening of Beekman street. They will be re interred in Green- wood, Cypress Hill, and other cemeteries. TestmonlaL.—A meeting of the members of the first troop, Washington Grays, was held. yesterday evening, at the K. P..H. house, No. 29 Second avenue. for the purpore of Presenting Captain Varian, with a testimonial of esteem and regai Dreapret Accipent —Late on Tuesday night, a man named Jobn Daly, a cabinet-maker by trade, was acci- dentally precipitated from the upper story of a house in West street, where he dwelt, on to the pavement below, by which he received such dreadful injuries that it was found necessary to convey him to the New York Hospital, where he now fies in a dangerous state. It appears that the roem in which he slept was likewise a hop, be- longing to the employer, and with a door, for the purpose of raising and lowering articles. Daly rose up, and, being partly asleep, unconsciously walked out, ‘unaware of bis danger. Accpexts.—Wm. H. Franklin, one of the carriers of the National Democra/, while in Nassau street, corner of Fulton street, at 534 o'clock yesterday morning, was taken ina fit, and fell with great violence to the pave- ment, injuring himeelf severely. He was conveyed to his residence, where medical aid was procured. James Logan, a dirt carman. while driving his horse and cart past the house No. 82 Beekman street, yester- day morning, was, with his cart, Precipitated into a cel- Jar there being constructed, and several of his fin- gers broken. besides receiving other injuries. He was conveyed to his residence by the Second ward police. + Snap Frswery.—The shad fishery this season haz not ‘been so good as usual, the shad caught this rin New York Bay being much smaller, which is the care, like. wise, further south. The fishery here will end this month, while that of Connecticut river and thercabouts will begin. Finr.—A fire broke out between twelve and one o'clock last night, in the extensive sawmills in Thirty-seventh street and Eleventh avenue. Notwithstanding the gre: est exertions on the part of the police and the firo depart- ment, the building was totally destroyed. g € Coroner’s Inquest: A Boy THROWN OvERROARD AND DROWNRD—ARREST OF THE Psnretraror, 4x IbioT —Two boys, named John Daly and Henry Fielde—the former somewhat idiotic—while at Play jwith some other boys, at the foot of Roosovelt street, at J o'clock yesterday afternoon. got into « slight difi- culty. when Daly pushed his companicn into the dock, and he was drowned before assistance could reach him. ‘The body was soon after recovered by grappling, and taken to the Fourth ward station house, where Coroner Gamble held an inquest upon it, when the following tosti- mony in regard to the matter was elicited:— Michael Frawley, residing at the corner of Water and Roosevelt streets, being sworn, says—At one o'clock to day I was sitting upou the string piece of the dock, at the foot of Roosevelt treet, when a boy, named John Daly, threw his eap into the water, another boy recovered the'cap ard gave it to Daly. when he again threw it into the water, and it rank. ‘He then snatched another cap from the ‘head of the deceased and threw it into the water. The deceased then struck Daly, and Daly threw him in the dock, As he went over he strack alogand did not come up to the surface after sinking; I could see bis bands move under the water; there wero several men on the pier, and one of them took a plaak ard tried to resene the deceased, but was unable to do so; others then went to work grappling, and goon recovered his be dy; the boy who threw deceased into the water ran off; [went to his mother’s louse, No. 69 James street, and told her what her son had done; she said he was an unlucky boy. Mrs. ‘Mary Ann Youngs, of No, 21 Monroe street, testi- fled to being an aunt of the deceased; he generally went to rchool, bat Sesterday she kept him out to assist in moving the furniture of a lady; in the afternoon she was informed of bis death, J. Murray Ditehett, captain of the Fourth ward po- lice, testified to having known the boy Daly for two years ast, and always con-idered him to be foolish and harm- evs; he had often known him to sing in the street for renries, and he was generally the dape aad tool of his su- periors, who sometimes abused him ; Capt, Ditchett was of the opinion that he had no proper gnardian, although his mother is living, and thought him a fit subject for the Governors of the Almshouse, The accused was ar- rested soon after the occurrence by officer Masterson, of the Chief's office, and was present during the inquisition. He cid cot seem to understand what was going on, and asked if the deceased had not concealed himself in the H ¢ jury rendered the following verdict :—“ That Henry caive to his death by being pushed or thrown into ater, at the foot of Roosevelt street, by a foolish med John Daly.” ‘The jury recommend that said committed to the care of the Governors of the Almshorse The deceased was eleven years of age ; the vey Daly about thirteen years, The mother of tho de ceaved Yo dead, and his father has been absent for two ears. J fouxD DRowsED. —The body of an imknown man was yesterday found in the water, at the foot of Delaney street, Kast river. From papers found on the perso of the deceased. bie name is snppoced to be Smith, and far. ther that he waa connected with the Williamsbarg Times and one of the Sunday papers of this city, in the capacity of assistant editor or reporter. He was dressad in ® brown coat und black pantaloons, was of light com- plexion and had red whiskers; a season ticket for passage on the Hoboken ferry, with “Mr. Smith’ upon it, was among the papers found in hia pockets. The name of the person above referred to is Iraae A. Sinith, who was about thirty-five years of age. A verdict of death by drowning was rendered Ly the jury. Farat. ACCIDENT. —Coroner O'Donnell held an inquest esterday, at &4 Malberry strect, upon the body of a Ind, fourteen years of age, ramed Francis Gordon, who was accidentally killed on Tuesday evening, by the falling upen him of a chimney of house No, 88 in that street, which some men were engaged in tearing down, The eceurence was shown to be purely accidental, and the jury returned a verdict to that effect, Tre Late Svppen Deara in tHe Forrra Warn.—The name of the perron who died suddenly in the Fourth ward, on Morday night, was Win. Lowry, instead of Wra. Lown®, a8 was published in our edition of yesterday. The cause of death was venous hemorrhage, of serous hemorrhage, as misprinted, Mr Bowen rurrendered the charge of the Pont Office in Providence, to his successor. Mr. Faylen, at the close of business on the 20th ult. Mr. Sayles performed the xame Mr. Boyer, just three years aad deve mouths Fn ____”F THE NEW YORE BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. The book and job printers, who have ‘been, during” this week, on the strike for an advanced scale of prices, mot yesterday afternoon at 2 P. M.,in room No. 4 of ‘Tammeny Hall, to hear the report of the Executive Come: mittee as to what steps had been taken with their em- Ployers in the present movement. ‘The Secretary stated that Mr. Trow, of Ann street, has- Promised to give the workmen that he employs an ad- Temacan Sen ot oe Ser aerate This aur ouscement wa received with siuah chiering Mr. Jenkins, another em esos pay the scale of the Gaoparthre ce po Eyed ye ti ng nih = = ‘and it Yermined not to permit Any aud ‘oer it was do- mestage was cl conse- Uieet, who returned with MS, Senking’ ‘sentiosemnes te BEE fl aes Fie s 3 the determination of the meeting. In the interim,(the President stated that the firm of Harpers had agreed to pay the full seale of for next three months, ant alter that, if the o! offices: rot coprent to the advance, to come down to the seale. He bade them be of good cheer ; there was of work in the State, at Troy and Albany, so thai was no fear from those quarters, and he saw Hrratp of that day that the printers on the news! bad struck in Boston, and would soon be followed book and job printers. ‘The meeting appeared unanimously determined t in their demands, and denounced the cowa jose printers who had ‘‘ratted.’’ The Post job office Whewise came under censure for refusing to accede ta the terms. ‘A vote of thanks having been passed to the Secretary, who had resigned, and a new one appointed, the meeting adjourned. THE LITHOGRAPHISTS. The lithographic printers met last night at the in Grand street, for the purpose of settling a prices, whieh they intend | to offer to their employers in the ensuing week. TELEGRAPHIC, THE PRINTERS’ STRIKE IN BALTIMORE. : ployers all agreed togive the prices; but Sherwood having refused to accede to she society regulations, half his hands struek on Monday. The society last night ordered the hands im the Argus office to stop work, if the proprie- tors would not take their press work from Sherwood, ‘The proprietors refused to accede to the d and the hands stopped work. Sherwood’s boys, aided by Mr. Eon. one of the proprietors of the ‘, all went to work at the case, to Oe the A out. Clipper hands. hear- ing of Mr. Bull’s as BTRIKE ON ae A The hands on board the steamer Osprey, having struck for higher wages yesterday, a new set was shipped, when the old hand:, with other exilors, threate: violence. ‘This morning a detachment of police attended, and yented disturbance, and the steamer sailed for Charl ton at hor usual hour. May 4, 1853, Police Intelligence: Robbing a of $400.—Officer Duffy, of the Fourth ward, on Tuesday night arrested three yor ree. named Elizabeth 0’ Ann Browne, Kate Williams, Gite of rg 4 concerned in rob- bing Hamilton Lamont of $400 in bank bills, under the following circumstances :—It appears by the affidavit of Mr, Lamont that he is a resident of Wheaton townshi Potter aay ger bbe at present stopping at ths Me ’ Hotel, Cortlandt street; that on eaday avering he sccompanied Mr. Henry 'H. Johnson to one of the theatres, where jthey raw two of the accused parties, who induced them to leave the theatre, and visit; a room situated at No. 12 Mulberry street. On at the room they stood conversing together in the dari for some little time, when Lamont missed his walle’ and exclaimed that he bad been robhed, his friend Johnson to procure a Ii the light was brought, and on looking on the floor the missing wallet wax found, containing only $15, and the roll of bills, amounting to $400, had been stolen there- from. Mr. Lamont and his friend left the house in search of @ policeman, and on their return, with officer Duffy, two of the girl bad Jeft the room. Subsequently, how. ever, on searching the house, one of the yirls was found secreted under the staircase, and the o n a closet Search wag then made to find the mor t without, success. @ uccused party were con yc before Jus- tica Osborn, who committed them to pr’ o to awalia further examination. It seems that ii Lamont was seu on sa vet sen cia L. Jones, Sheriff of er county, for purpese a note due by the sheriff is certain parties in Pci a An Assault with a Pistol.—On Tuesday evening a dis- pute cecurred between David Coles and Bis father, and’ man named Anthony Robinson, relative to the rent of stable, and during the dispute young Coles deliberat drew a loaded pistol from his ret and discharged it a! Robinson. the ball from which struck one of the fingers of his righthand. Coles was arrested by Cs) Ackerman and taken before Justice Stuart, who held him to bail to Stn the Matter the Sugar Dal In the ‘ers and the Hudson River Railroad.—A partial haere yesterday took place in re- ference to the charge preferred against several of the sugar bakers, chai witha riot, in which one of the party was shot in the leg by Mr. Levi Peck, the master having cl the mail. The evidence rm. Vedder and John 8. Yeurey, engaged on the cars at the time, was taken, which merely went to substantiate the wain facts, as heretofore published. The examination was not concludnd when the Court adjourned. # Junk Stealing.—A man ramed Edward Hamilton wag arrested the other day, by the Seventh district police, for junk stealing, on the complaint of Benjamin Durgess, and committed to prison. on a hearing before Justice Welch of the Essex Market police court. House Breaking —The lower part of house 636 Water street was enter by thieves Monday nigh: last, and which was effected so quietly that the inmates who slept on the premises were not alarmed by their entranes. The ong of the man belonging to the place were taken away rom his bedside, aud a purse extracted. The rogues, however, were eeereatet in their booty, for tl were only two cents inside—bardly rufticient to pay for the trouble and hazard attendant on their enterprise. It should be warning. hovever, to loégers in houses, te keep their rooma well secured at night Coart Calendar—This Day, Surrmm Court—Circuit.—Nos. 289, 219, 24, 542, 463, 41, 361, 1.008, 1,029, 140, 434, 464, 993," 229,’ 1,068. Supreme Covrt—General Term.—Nos. 1, 8, 9, 11 to 14, 16, 17, 6, 18 to 22. MMON PLEAS—Part First.—Nos. 801, 802, 803, Lan 808, 810, 339, 811, 813, 815, 818, 679, 827, S44, B45. | Par Sesond.— Now. 817, 761, 674, 828, 880, #31, 834, 896 to Scrmuor Court—Two Branches.—Nos. 380, 404, 407, 263, 90, 414, 420, 425, 429, 353, 311, 382, 384 174, 245, 151, 307, 282, 442 to 447, 449, 451 to 456, 438 to 470. Association for the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations. Orrice, No. 53 Broapway, New York. In purmance of their announcement, for excel- and seperse Design for ‘They will be opened on the third day ee, UPON Whose award the sum ot of Jane, by = com- mitt two hundred dollare ‘will be paid to the author of tho design selected. WM. WHETTEN, Scoretsry Regle’s Hebeaiona, for beautifying the Com= neon and eradicating tan, pimples and other eruptions, caving the countenance fair and blooming, is dosidedly tho most spproved article for toilet use. Sold by the invontor, Will Hogle, No. 277 Washiugton street, Boston; aleo by A.B. & D. Sands, 10) Fulton stroot; Wm. H. Cary & Co., 245 Pearl street; Rushton, Clark & Co., 273 and Rice & Smith, 729 vaeatinen by the druggists and perfamers throughout the world, Fona Mothers who Desire that thetr Children lock well, should go to W. BANTA, 105 Canal stroot, for their hate and caps He felle cheap the most splendid and nove! pattern straw bionde-lace hate, Leghorn Panama, Dunstable ond French straw hats, infant's tino straw braid hats, Leghorn and other hats, ever seen in the Al Superior $i bat for gontlemen equal to any ard where for $5 09. W. BANTA, Hatter, 106 er of Wooster 5 Hill, Inimitable Cutter of Hatrand Whis= kera, is now at his new, large and beautifully fitted ap dress- Ing room, at 45 Nassau, corucr of Liberty street. ‘The best and politest workmen only employed. A general nseortment of shavi: d washing soaps, colognes, oils, pomades, and other toilet articles, hand. Hili’s Instantaneous Liquid Halr Dye, fora deantiful brown or black, without regard to the weather, a1 lonving the hair very glossy, applied or for salo gt 45 Nassau, gorner of Liberty atreet. ‘Alvo, Mill's Justly celebrated In- falitble Onguent for preserving, aiding the growth and beau- tifyipg the By Letters Patent—Secured 1849.—Palver- machor's Patent Hydro-Fivetrie Voltaic Chains, constructed to be under the garments, aro tho most wondorfal dis- sovery in medieine and electricity of 4 tmportanee of tie invention has be Aucricaby the Academy of Medici New York, and the chains have been applied with rrant suosessin thomedicat gollegcs, the City, Hollevue and Ward's Island Hera Brooklyn City Hoxpital, nd in Europe by th College of Physicians, London: by the Academi de Medicine, Paris; by the Imperial Faculty at V’ She Royal Faculty’ at Berlin, and other sélentitio institu. tions of the highost order, inclnding the principal hospitals in Bu ¢ proprietors aro in poxsoenion of teatimonials titutions in Amarion it nad disti ct from all the above i swell agof the most @mim be profession in both he ers, vite public to examine them. 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Kellinger’s Beantifal Liniment cures ime iedlotely ro the dlecase never, Foberae go daather Sepa what 0 ¢ or fern 6 patient is del nige, with ma ni delighted one! ‘® don Doctor's rest contral depot is at 476 Broadway, Por sale At 290 Pearl street, and by the trade generally throughout. tho city and countr; ‘Trusses.—As the afflicted have becn hum- Iugged wp during tke last hundred yoars, with" rnaical euren in the 8,” and as they con tinne to bo deosived by the tiny ft sttera LUG © arose, WItD tho Towemt ump ycdmeuie, arelay atrect, . trusses with.