The New York Herald Newspaper, May 7, 1853, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. dames ee DPFPICR NK. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. se TeTike mail, for Subscriztions or with } noments. te be ge iS Sans rs Adver- ‘will be deducted from AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowory—Haxn a7 Canve—Lirs 2 Lonves. BROADWAY THEATRE, Brosdwsy—M.conrs. i" :ATRE. Chambers street—Boup Srnoce BURTON'S THEATRE Chem betrain Corea: ca ow WATIGNAL THEATRE. Chatham street--New Yore euax—ARwoneR OF TYRE. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Sosniens Daveu- emm—Asmovsvs. @F. CHARLES THEATRE, Bowery—Mawiac Loven— Punsrmus Gare—Jous Jonzc—Ducaarmmravx. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afterncen—Witiow Corag— Brealng—Miucwizy Maxino—Inivermious Sthaxcun- OHRISTY’S OPERA HOUSE, 473 Brosdway—Ermo: san Gunton ere WOOD'S MINSTRELS. Wood's Musical Hall, 444 Broad- way -Ermorias eT R BLSY. MADISON AVENUE—Afternoon and Evening —Faan- eons's CoLossst HirropRoms. Rian EWTERTainmerts, @ZORAMA, 586 Broadway—Banvann’s Panorama op wee Hoxy Linn. 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Single copies, in wrappers, six penes. ‘Whe Horrible Railroad Calamity at Norwalk. ‘We devote a considerable portion of our available space this morning to the dreadful details of the horrible railroad massacre yesterday, at the draw Bridge on the Norwalk river, at the village of Nor- walk, in Connecticut. As far as our recollection extends, there has not been another such disastrous railroad accident since the first locomotive was put in motion upon the first vailroad that was ever constructed. In the entire history of all the railroads in the world it is without @ parallel. The loss of life from the late concuasion of the two trains upon the Chicago road was bad ‘nough—the terrible descent down a mountain preci pice of part of a train, but a fortnight ago, on the Baltimore and Ohio road, was sufficiently frightful 4m ite results—but here we have a monstrous massa- @ve, approximating in its magnitude to that reckless ‘and wholesale slaughter of the burning of the Henry Chay. And it appears that this Norwalk catastrophe is entirely due to the ignorance of the enginee- im charge of the train, and to the directors of the voad, in trusting the express line to a man who had net became acquainted with the signals. The draw- bridge man did his duty, and gave the accustomed signal; but the engineer, in his over-confident stu- pidity, continued driving on until it was beyond all | buman power to arrest the momentum of the train. Surely this thing demands the most searching and rigorous investigation. Surely the time has at length &rrived for some action for the security of life and Tb upon oar railroads. We refer our readers to the melancholy details @ornished by our reporters. Melancholy and sor- wowfal indeed they are. A very sad and remark” able feature of this bloody affair is the loss of some half a dozen young physicians, who had been attend- img the Natiofial Medical Convention held in this eity, and which had just closed its business the evening before ina gay and joyous festival at the | Metropolitan Hall. They were ‘oubtless returning | bomeward fall of bright anticijstions of a life of | useful and profitable labor in the practice of their noble profession. And alas! how many other homes and hearte than theirs are made desolate from the atrocious ernelty of assigning the control of the ex- press train to an unqualified and reckless engineer. It is to be hoped that this wholesale sacrifice— this hecatomb of men, women, and children—will at least result in some efficient action, all over the land, for the security of human life upon our railroads, and for such pains and penalties against the appointment of incompetent men to the management of the trains ss will for the futare afford eome guaranty of safety to the unsuspecting traveller. A train of cars full of passengers is a trust rather too important, and involves a responsibility too great, to be assigned to the chances of destruction in the hands of igno- rant, thick headed, or reckless engineers. Fellow- citizens, je it not time at length to consider and do what can be done for the public safety 7 The News That the administration entirely disapproves of Governor Lane’s fillibuetero movement in New Mexi- eo there cagnow be no doubt whatever. Our special Washington correspondent writes that Hon. David Meriwether, of Kentucky, ia to succeed Gov. L. im mediately. This prompt action on the part of the President will not only ténd to allay the excitement that has been aroused to the highest pitch among the Americans and Mexicans on both sides of the Vine, but may also in some measure facilitate the settlement of the boundary question between the two nations. We observe that several postmasters and other public officers were appointed yesterday, but nothing was done with regard to the fore ign missions. The board for the selection of a site for a military asylum adjourned yesterday. The result of their labors has not transpired. On the dsy previous s man named John Heck lost his life by being run over while walking on the track near the Schuylkill Falls. Rev. Thos. F. Davis, of Camden, was elected yes and low church parties were so closely tied that twelve ballots were had before the contest was de- cided. A person named Miller yesterday confessed to the Grand Jury at Cincinnati that he drew money from the various banks in that city last winter, upon forged checks which were executed by Nicholson, who is alleged to bave been implicated in defrauding insurance companies by the destruction of the steamer Martha Washington. The European advices brought by the Baltic cansed cotton to decline one-fourth of a cent at New Orleans, but the news subsequently received by the Asia had no observable effect on the market. The article was in good demand there yesterday morn- ing. The increased receipts at all the Southern ports over those ef last year at this time is reported to be two hundred and seventy-seven thousand bales, but the stock on hand at New Orleans now only amounts to two hundred and twenty-two thonsand bales. One of the New Orleans papers learns from a gen- tleman eonversant with the facts, that testimony has been brought to light which goes far to confirm the allegation that Rev. Eleazar Williams is actually the Dauphin cf France. The Committee on the Art Union Investigation met yesterday at four o’clock, P. M., at the Astor House, and the cross-examination and re-examina- tion of Mr. Joseph Monk was concluded. The com- mittee stand adjourned uatil Monday next at ten o'clock, when Monk will be again further cross ex- amined by Mr. Fullerton. See our report in another column. The Supreme Court of general term yesterday af- firmed the sentence passed at the Sessions on the Tammany Hall rioters, and returned the case for judgment. The twentieth anniversary of the New York Medi- cal Asylum was held yesterday, in the new edifice in Eighty-eighth street. The Treasurer's annual re- port represented a balance of $9 97 in the treasury, after an expenditure of $2,353. To-day’s inside pages contain a graphic report of the speeches, &e., at the Hale banquet in Boston, last Thursday; the offieial reports of the proceed- ings in the Common Council yesterday; Commer- cial, Judicial, Theatrical, and Miscellaneous News; Advertisements, &c. The Hale Banquet in Bosten—The Free Sollers still in the Field. We invite our readers to a careful perusal of the speeches and proceedings at the free soil banquet in Boston, on Thuraday evening last, to John P. Hale, which we give in ertenso in this paper. There is matter in this abolition jubilee of some moment and significancy, in re- ference to the reconstruction of the late disman- tled and broken up political parties of this coun- try. In the first place, this jubilee was distin- guished by the unusually large assemblage pre- sent, by the distinguished free soil characters which it brought together, and by the remark- able flow of harmony and enthusiasm which pre- vailed. Hale, like Jenay Lind, could not finda hall in town large enough for his audience, and, like her, was therefore compelled to receive the rejoicings of his friends in the Fitchburg rail- road depot. But what acontrast between the golden music of the nightingale and the harsh croakings of a conventicle of abolition owls and ravens and mimicking jackdaws! How widely different must have been the impression upon the delicate ears of those ladies who heard the songs of the fair Swede and the hackneyed philanthrophy of the orators of Thursday night. Of course we do not include, in this sugges- tion, those strong-minded women whose highest ambition is to wear the pantaloons on all occa- sions, and to amalgamate, upon a footing of perfect equality, with Cato and Pompey, and Topsy and Dinah. The feminine disciples of Wendell Phillips and Abby Kelly Foster, whose mission is to revolutionize society and the laws .of nature, would undoubtedly prefer the rant and cant of a wool-dyed abolition harangue to the silvery moonshine of “Casta Diva,” or the childish nonsense of the ‘Birdling,’”? any day. Of this class of the ladies of Boston and the surrounding suburbs who were present at this festival we presume they were all de- lighted; or if their measure of happiness was not filled it was perhaps because so little was definitely promised of “the good time coming,” when both sexes and all colors shall be equal- ized, and the present despotic obligations of the marriage state shall be all swept away. Another striking feature of this Hale banquet was in the number of notorious free soil illumi- nati who were present. John G. Palfrey pre- sided—a most inveterate hater of Southern slaveholders; and Horace Mann, whose most conspicuous claim for immortality is the abuse which he has heaped upon the name and fame ot Daniel Webster, was also there; and Cassius M. Clay was among the lions—that blazing fire- eater of emancipation—that most erratic indi- Me eBe generous and chivalrous Kentucky fanatic, who, whether in cutting a man to pieces with a bowie-knife, or in a stump speech, or as asoldier of the Mexican war, always goes straight ahead. And there was Charles Francis Adams, son of John Quincy Adams, and the free soil candidate for Vice President under their choice of Martin Van Buren for President of the United States in 1848. And Judge Jay, of New York, was likewise among them. distin- guished for his overflowing benevolence to fugi tive slaves; and there was also Amos Tuck— ruled out, like Hale himself, by the people of New Hampshire, from public life, as unworthy the confidence, honors and emoluments of a public trust. And if such were the magnates of this jubilee it is not difficult to guess at the materials of the rank and file. But the pith of the meeting was in the line o free soil action foreshadowed by the speeches and proceedings. ‘ Though no very definite programme is marked out, from the drift of the toasts and ered in the course of the even- it is evident that the late Presiden- election has not in the slightest degree impaired the fanaticiem or the enthusiasm of the free soil party. Nor does it appear that they have abated a jot or tittle of their slimy abuse of Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, General Pierce, and the United States Senate. They have neither respect for the living nor charity for the dead. The malignant abolitionist pos sesses none of that milk of human kindness which leads men te the exerci at the greve. He is a hyena, who ruth invades the sanctity of the tomb. and ; over his prey of dead men’s bor speeches de ing The proceedings in-the Gardner case were of rather an important character yesterday. Judce | Crawford gave a decision ruling ont the | letters purporting to have been written by | @harles Gardner, a brother of the defendant. | Two more fatal railroad accidents are recorded by | telegraph from Philadelphia to-day. A little girl, | ven years of age, was run over and killed by a train | 45 corm Jp ove of she streets of that city yostecday. i Can anything from such a confraternity be expected but war to the knife? These inti-slavery desperadoes are only waiting a pretext to rally against the South. They are waiting for it. They are biding their time; and if the opportunity arrives for a combined onslaught against the extension of slavery Tl lag tn lepers aor bewspapes organs, nor rank and file, to command the ba- lance of power in the next general election. Only one thing can prevent it, and that is sueb a strong and steadfast front of the administra- tion upon the Union platform as will rally to its cause and its candidate for the succession all the Union elements of the country in a pitched battle with the free soilers and their allies. The policy of W. H. Seward in relation to the next campaign is still unknown. He may not yet have decided upon the course which he is to pursue. It is more likely that he, too, is awaiting the course of events, and the develope- ments which have yet to be made of the domestic and foreign policy of Gen. Pierce in relation to the extension of slavery. The leading organ of the arch-agitator, however, has pretty clearly indicated that ‘the slavery propaganda” will be required to array themselves’ again in the order of battle for the next general election. The New York Tribune makes no secret of its opinions concerning the late whig party. It regards that party as practically defunct, and is laboring, with a marked consistency of pur- pose, to organize a new party upon the basis of free soil and the Maine Liquor law. And if, du- ring the next two or three years, we should acquire another slice of territory from Mexico, or an island or two from the Antilles—or if, per- chance. there should come up in a practical ehape the question of the division of California, with a view to the admission of slavery into the southern section, or the question of admit- ting another slave State or two from Texas— then we may expect to find Seward, and his allies and his organs, and Hale and his confeder- ates, all rallying upon the same plaiform of open, united and active hostility to the exten- sion of slavery, and to each and all of the afore- said measures, and any other which may involve the widening of our southern boundaries. We doubt not this Hale festival was given in anticipation of some such combined move- ment against the South, and for the pur- pose of reuniting in this interva} the scat- tered fragments of the free soil party, and to show them that the time for their disso- lution, as an independent political association. has not yet arrived. We cannot regard this banquet as a funeral festival to a man re-‘ garded by his free soil supporters as politically and hopelessly dead. No such thing. It isa movement to restore him and his party to active life again. The elements of agitation still exist, and they only want now some tangible ques- tion between the North and the South—some practical issue against the extension of slavery —to bring them fully armed and equipped into the “fore front of the battle,” with Seward, his followers and all his mercenaries in the van. : In this view of the subject, it would be well for the administration at Washington to re- member, of all things, those broad issues of the Union and the constitution upon which it has stepped into power. The time has not yet come for cancelling all lines of distinction be- twoen the friends and the enemies of the Union. The free soilers are still in the field. MaLiGNaNT MIsREPRESENTATIONS.—In the evi- dence taken before the committee now sitting at the Astor House, we find that we have been charged by the editor of the Times with ‘ma- lignantly misrepresenting” the nature of his relations with the Art Union. What we did say was that moneys collected from the sub- ecribers to the Art Union, and entrusted to the managing committee to be employed for its benefit, had been expended in aiding to estab- lish an abolition journal, namely, the Times— the editor of the abolition journal being himself a member of the managing committee. Such conduct we deemed disgraceful to the com- mittee, and we think so still. So far as the facts are concerned the editor of the Times has, in his evidence, kindly sup- plied us with ample proof of the truth of our statement. He says—and we think perfect re- liance may be placed in his veracity—that when the Times was first established the Art Union committee purchased 11,800 copies of the first weekly number, st one cent each, and paid half the postage on 28,000 copies of the “ specimen numbers” of the weekly and daily, which were distributed throughout the country—thus cor- tributing $404 89 towards defraying the ex- penses contingent upon the establishment of the new paper. These expenses the proprietors of the Z'imes would have paid themselves, out of their own pocket. had the Art Union not obligingly consented to defray them. It has been suggested that the Art Union received an equivalent for this donation to the Times in the publicity given by the “specimen numbers” aforesaid to their appeal for encouragement; and the members of the committee seem to have been delighted to find that some excuse for their liberality had been discovered. It will not serve them much. Had they desired no- thing but publicity for their appeal, they could have obtained a far wider and more useful cir- culation for it by inserting it as an advertise- ment in any one of three or four established newspapers, at a cost of afew dollars, than they secured by engrafting it on the prospectus of a new journal. No one knew this better than the members of the committee. 5 So mach in vindication of our statement. On what basis and with what intentions the Times was started, or by whom the funds required for its maintenance were supplied, are matters of no importance whatever. We ehould never have divulged the secret of the Z'imes’ postage bill had its eleemosynary resources been wholly derived from private individuals. It was the mis»ppropriation of the funds of a pub- lic institution that called forth our censure. We have now the testimony oi the editor of the Times to show that that journal received $404 89 from the Art Union and gave no equi- valent therefor. By what process of reasoning, with such evidence before us, our charge can be assailed as a misrepresentation, or charac- terized as malignant, we should be happy to learn. ‘The Crystal Palace. The progress of the construction of the Crystal Palaes, on Reservoir Square, attracts mueh attention, The great ring of the dome, consisting of t renty foar co Jumns and twenty-four huge wrought iron trusses, is all erected and in its plece. This in fact constitutes story of the building. Oo this ring, which iy one feet in diameter, are placed the thirty-two bed-plates of the dome, from which the ribs spring. These bed plates weigh cach about a ton, There consequently romaiay nothing of the main iron construction of the building to be completed, except the raising of the ribs of the dome and the lantern, The lantern is done, aud stand, on the ground in the centre of the building, the workmen boing oceupied in putting in the finishing rivets. The thirty two ¢ ribs are also completed and onthe ground The lantern is to be swung aloft on two great spare to is proper height, about one hundred and filty foot, stayed in ite position, and then the riba are, one alter another, to be wtepped into their places. Thiv operation, which will be of great interest, will take place next week. (great progress in the last‘two weeks. The western and southern maven are roofed in, about one-half of the entire eof and ef the foor is down, about the same proportion of the sasbes are in, the painters and decorator are at work inside, and the whole work is moving rapid- Jy and steadily on. As will be seen elsewhere, the asso- ciation give netice that. they will receive American goods on the 16th of this month, net, however, including ma- chinery, agricultural implements, and pictures, for which a large additional building of two stories is being constructed im the rear of the palace. A large portion of the counters are made, and others sre being made; and as goods are to be received on the 16th, we suppose we may look for the opening of the ex- hibition by the 15th of June, or thereabouts. Every persen who sees the [building is delighted with its beautiful proportions. It bids fair to be a great per manent ornament to our eity. Mr. Hogg’s gardeners are occupied with preparing the two triangles on Sixth avenue for the reception of the hortioultural and fioral contributions. Talk on ’Change. Owing to the inclemency of the weather, trade ina general way was inactive. Cotton was soki to the extent of 1,000 bales, without quotable change in prices. ‘The reported catastrophe, with the melancholy loss of life, on the New Haven Railroad, at Nerwalk, spread a gloom on ’Change. Deep regret was expressed for the sufferers and their friends. It being the morning express train hence for Boston, it was believed to contain quitea number of prominent citizens, including many professional and business men. The names of several were mentioned as having probably taken passage at Canal street; but it was not known whether they were safe or among the slain. Among others mentioned was Mr. Nevins, of Brosd street, who was afterwards said to have escaped A Miss Fisher, of Boston, who had been on a visit to friends in Brooklyn, was said to have been on board. Several persons, whore friends had left in the cars, as soon as they heard of the accident immediately set out, by express for Norwalk, in order, if necessary, to render all the assistance in their power. The hope was untverraliy expressed that some severe example should be made with the parties to whose carelessness the accident ceuld be traced. If human life was sacrificed by an idle or careless signal man, drawbridge tender, or engineer, the act should be stigmatized ay murder, and the offender be made to suffer capital punishment. These drawbridges seem to be the most dangerous places on railroads. Within a year or so the whole pas- senger train bound from New York to Philadelphia came very near being precipitated into the Hackensack river, New Jersey, and was only prevented by the connection with the first passenger car being broken when the loco- motive plunged into the river. It was only the other day that an accident happened at a drawbridge on the Camden and Amboy road. It was suggssted that strong gates should be placed at the ends of bridges, which should be invariably closed when the drawbridge was up, and not opened again until it should be replaced. ‘The railroad companies had to rely upon the best agents and servants they could find, and when their conduct involved a loss of life or property they had no power to. penish ; this was the provinee of the legal authorities ; all they could do would be to dismiss them. If present laws could not reach them others should be enacted that would. The subject was one that should engage the at- Yention of the State Legislature which was to reassemble at Albany. It was believed by some that the only effectual method of establishing a uniform system for guarling life and property on railroads would be for Congress to pass some genera] law in reference to them. As they traversed a large number of separate States no unifor- mity of legislation could prevail. ‘Thus, the express train to Beston in a few hours passed through three States, and there were four States traversed in & trip by railroad from New York to Washington. When an accident happened and lives were lost it was generally found that victims were supplied from various parts of the Union. In one State, the offence of causing the loss of life by a railroad accident might be pun- ished asa misdemeanor, in another as manslaughter, in another for murder, while another State might, on conviction, deem inc snd imprisonment sufficient pun- ishment. A national law was vauted—if consistent with the con- sfitution—which shoul prevail over the whole country, and in all cases of accident prompt investigations should follow, and jarties found guilty promptly punished. Rail commissioners, or inspeetors, shoald be appointed, whose duty it should be to report upon the condition and safety of reads, on the charscter of the machinery, con- dition of the cars, bridges, &c., with the general manage- ment of roads, and when accidents oecurrea it should be their duty to repair to the scene of disaster, investigateall the partisulars, and publish an official report of the same, and to prosecute offenders. The disregard of human life inthe United States was not only a subject for dis- paraging remark in foreign countries, but bad become startling and appalling to our own people, many of whom had valuable friends untimely swept from time to eternity, leaving voids which no earthly power could fill. Serious eowplaints continued to be made respecting the untowerd delays encountered at the Custom House in this city. Some had endured vexatious delays varying from two to three weeba. It was concluded that if the fault arose out of the laws they should be amended and simplified; and if from the officials “ setting at the receipt of custom,” they should be. made {o vacate or reform. If men were unwilling to wosk aa hour or tvo after three P. M., without extra pay, to bring up pressing busintas, or to promote the interest of suffering merchants, at a time of increased but probably mo- mentary pressure, their places ought to be given to others who would condescend occasionally to do #0. Marine Affairs. ARRIVAL OF THE CLIPPER SHIP SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS--EXTRAORDINARY SAILING AND SHORT PAS- RAGE. The clipper ship Sovereign of the Seas, Captain McKay, arrived at this port yesterday, in 82 days from Honolulu, (Gandwich Islands.) It usually requires four or five months from these islands. Besides this speed for the whole pas- sage, portions of the time show a more remarkable per- formance, as the following items will show. The run from Honolulu to Cape Horn, a distance of 8,634 miles was accomplished in 37 days; in 26 of those days conse- cutively, the ship run 6,489 miles, and one of these days was distinguished by an extraordinary run of 430 miles. This is the eee sailing recorded; the nearest approach twit being that of the Fly Dit which run in 26 con- secutive deys, an average of 227 miles per day, while the daily average of the Sovereign of tho Seas, for the same time, was 249 11-13 miles, or 22 miles a day more than the Flyirg Cloud. The best day’s run of the Flying Cloud, was 374 miles. There is no doubt of the above run of the fovereign of the Seas, as it appears from the sights and calculations entered at large on Captain Me- Kay’s journal—s speed of 18 miles an hour for 24 houre, gteater than was ever done under canvass. City Intelligence. Tue Weatumr —Since Wedneseay night it has rained almost without intermission. Yesterday was one con- tinued wet day, and umbrellas were flitting about in every direction. The streets mostly wanted watering, and they bave now had it most boraiifully. Thermometer at noon, out of doors, in an elcvated position, 513, degrees ; inlees elevated places and where sleltered, it was ut 57. The temperature continued at about this’ the whole of the day. : Tue Lark Lorreny Cast.—The first ease of any note that has been brought to light since the new antigam- bling Jaw, and for the ruppression of lotteries, haa been persed by the Legislature, will be tried on Monday, at the olice court over Jefferson Market, before Justic) Stuart. he defendant is a Broadway exchange broker, whi will be recollected, was charged a short time ago with victimizing a clerk belonging to a firm in the lower part of the city, out of $8,000 Town Town Impnovements.—The long-talked of Battery enlargement is now in actual progress. An immense quantity of stone from the Pallisudes has been filled in beyond the outer wall, to serve as a breakwater. Tue in- termediate roace wl ‘be open to public use for damping rubbish, on paymi€nt of ten cents per cart load The revenue accruing, it is expected, will be amply anfiicient to pay all the necessary expenson attendant on the en- largemcnt of the Battery. the side toward the South ferry piles have been driven in to mark the boundary line. Tur New Fenny.— The'new ferry at the foot of Roosevelt street did net commence running yesterday, a3 erro: neously stated by some of our daily cotemporaries, It will begin runping, as we <ouand, today, This delay las been occasioned by an accident to the fender on the Breeklyn side, which was cither broken or gave way in seme manner to need repairing; so that the opeaing of this ferry has been necessarily delayed. If it had not been for this accident, the ferry would have begun run- ning on Monday last, ‘Te Srreer.—A stranger from Newark, of ‘bomas Maboo, was dangerously stabbed in the abdor y an noknown man, who eseapod before an officer hud \ me tocome up. The occurrence took place at the cornes of Broadway and Prince street, and the wornded man wes conveyed to the station house, where medical assistance was procured, Ron Oven ny A Train —On Friday morning, as an up train was proceeding along the Nex Haven Huilvood, ithad the misfortune, when néar to Fifty-cighth strest, to ron over amay who was unaware of its near proxi mily. He waa very severely injured, aod eonvesed to the Bellevue Hospital, where he now lies. Name not brown Free —Yoeterday morning a fire broke oul about ten o'clock, in the manufactory situated at 144 Stanton street, he inguished without any amount "4 done. At ACCIDENT.—Tho ferry boat Ovalaski wae rio yesterday morning at an early honr, on her couse from Feek sip to Willlameburg, by » schooner oning down the Fast river. Fortanately no personal inju oroured, the damage being confined to the ferry hoet | jn Le Wanting’, tie cent Of tho duiltins has custo i alone. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. VERY INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON, Ex-Senator Meriwether Appointed Governor of New Mexico, Various Removals and Appointments. NEW EPISCOPAL BISHOP OF SOUTH CAROLINA. POLITICAL ITEMS—FATAL AOCIDENTS, bier, dive, Ses Affairs In Washington. APPOINTMENT OF A GOVERNOR FOR NEW EXICO— NEW POSTMASTERS AND OTHER PUBLIC OF FICERS— CORRECTION RELATIVE TO FOREIGN APPOINT- MENTS, ETC. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD, Wassmaton, May 6—10 P. M. The Hon. David Meriwether, of Kentucky, has been appointed Governor of New Mexico, and it is under- stood bas accepted the office. He will be here in a few days, to receive his instructions, and will leave immediately thereafter for the scene of his duties. Mr. Meriwether, it will be remembered, was sent to the United States Senate upon the death of Mr. Clay, whose seat be occupied till the time fixed by Mr. Clay for his re- signation, expired. The prompt action of the President in removing Governor Lane, and appointing his suceéasor is the best evidence which can be given of the disappro- val of this{government of theantics of the late Gover- nor. It is probable when Gov. Meriwether arrives in New Mexico, he will at once issue a proclamation repudiating the coupd’état of his predecessor, leaving the adjustment of the boundary question where it properly belongs— either to the commissioners or the two goveromenta, ‘There never was the slightest doubt, it is understood, in the mind of the President or the Cabinet as to the utter impropriety of Mr. Lane’s conduct, The true policy of the government of the United States is to conciliate Mex. ico, and to treat her with that magnanimity which a great nation can #0 gracefully extend toa weak power. ‘The dispute or argument as to the boundary line, cannot in any way be mixed up with Mr. Lane’s conduct, and the admmnistration does not intend it shall. Articles have appeared in several papers, defendimg the boundary claimed by Mr. Lane, and toa certain extent approv- Sng of his conduct, but we are strongly inclined to believe that the President considers i: a ques- tion with which Mr. Lane has nothing to do, and that’ his forcing himself into it was a piece of presitmption. All that the United States desire is, that the boundary.shall be adjusted according to the terms of the treaty; and that instrument provides the mode by which any difference of opinion shall be arranged. It is searcely necessary to enter into a newspaper discussion now as to the proper boundary, unless, indeed, the dis- cussion is intended as instruction to the President. For our part, we feel perfectly vatinfiei that Gew. Pierce will see that the interests of the Unitea Staivs are not saeri- ficed, and we have confidence in his intelligence to do so without the aid of newspaper guide boards. As we anticipated yesterday, the forcign appointments were not taken up to-day. The following appointments, however, were made:— William 8, Pomeroy, Collector, Fairfield, Conn., vice Wm. Henry Peel, removed. Edward Dashield, Surveyor, Memphis, Tenn., vice Hume F. Hill, removed. Joveph O. Jones. Tracy M. Win: George B. Graves. W. J. Hamersley. Peter Rambo.. {. Kensington, Penn. In speaking of the sppointments to foreign missions, the telegraph blundered, by saying that in their selection more attention will be paid to the ‘‘ States’’ and qualifica- tiens of those sppointed, than to the length of ther peti- tions. It should read status. We believe the considera- tion of the particular States whence the foreign ministers may be selected, will be the very last thing which will control them. x.Y.Z THE FOREIGN MISSIONS—THE MILITARY ASYLUM BOARD—REMOVALS AND APPOINTMENTS, ETC. FROM THE REGULAR NEWSPAPER AGENT. Wasmixaton, May 6, 1853. Tlearn, from a reliable source, that no diplomatic ap- pointments have yet been made, or even determined upon, though some of those rumored are undoubtedly seriously thought of. The Cabinet had but a short sitting to-day. ‘The Military Asylum Board adjourned to-day, and General Scott returned to New York. I cannot learn that anything of importance was done. The Inspector Generalship is still undecided. Mr. Schultz was removed from the Third Auditor’s office to day. Suceessors to the removals have mostly been appointed; amongst them a son of the late Rev. Dr. Laurie, of this city, has been restored ; aleo Mr. Woodbury, of New Hampshire. * ‘The appointments for the District of Columbia have not yet been made, and will not be for some time to come, THE GARDNER TRIAL. ‘Wasnryaroy, May 6, 1853. In the Gardner case this morning, immediately om the opening of the Court, Judge Crawford gave his decision, mainly ruling out the leiters. His opinion was in substance as follows :—Several let- ters, dated 12th December, 1844, and from 8th May, 1851, to 8th September, 1862, having been submitted to John Charles Gardner, a witness for defendant, by whom they purport to have been written, and he havirg said that he neither admitted nor denied hem to be in his writing— except perhaps No. 6—Colonel Thomas was called by the United States, and testified that each of the said letters and writings, as he believed, was in the handwriting of J. © Gardner. Whereupon the United States offered them in evidence. To this proposition the counsel of the defendant objected. The objection, it was contended, was well founded—first, because the evidenc@offered consist- ed of the mere declarations of a stranger ; second if of- fered to discredit the witness the proper foundation had not been Inid, there being no denial of any one of these papers being in the witness’ hand writ- ing—third, that if they are considered the acts of an accomplice they eannot be received, because not done in furtheranee of the common object, but are all, except the letters of 1844, subsequent to its attainmen!—fourth, that they are collateral; and, fifth, that they are not rebutting evidence. The insisted upon the competency of the evidence—tirst, to contradict the witness; second, as the acts of an acoon- plice; third, as acts of an agont of the defendant. There Wan ‘an. indictment against the witness for tho same offence in rels'ian to eame transaction pending in this court, The question would be considered on tho ground that the defendant and witness acted together in the tion to support the claim of the former befor ‘ecmmission, and in procuring its allowance. Whether the claim wes just or unjust belonged to the jury to decide, Assuming that they acted together, how stood the law? It was admitted by the United States that a statement of an alleged partner in crime, being a narra- tive of past transactions, could not be reoeived against his fellow, but only such’ declarations as accompany the tranractions during the conspiracy ; and this could not be denied, for the unbroken current of decisions jeaye no room for controverting this well-established doctrine. But it was urged that the supposed conspiracy between the defendant and witness had for its object the use of the money obtained for the claim; that that de.ire wasas strong now as it was when the original plan was laid, and keeps the conspiracy alive to this moment; and, se- condly, that the object of witness was to get his brother out of the scrape. pposing this to be so, the Court did not see how it could be connected with the original conspiracy. ‘The purpove of that was answered, an award was mado, and the movey wad paid to the defendant or his attorney. The defendant had gone to Europe and the witness was in Mexico, it was prosumed from the date of one of the letters offered. At this stage of the business, thore was nothing to conspire about. If a subsequen: eonspiracy took pisce in relation to the defence of the accused. it must have been concocted in the summer or fall of 1851, for the defendant «as in Enrope when the indictment now trying was found, aecording to evidence neretofore adduced, This indictment was for false swearing in 1849. It was then complete. The crimo was not committed. How the acts of an sccomplice two years after the offence was charged to have been rpétrated, and months after its success was acoomp- ished, could be lawfully used vs substantiative evidence against the defendant, the Court did not perceive, The Court argued the other ground on which the letters had Teen effered, at some length, and tn conclusion they could not be received in evidence, us the acts or admissions of ‘a confederate, #0 aa to affect the defendant directly, nor on the ground that the witness was an azent or ace of the defendant, but that, such parts of theso | went to contradict the witness could be received, leaving the proof of the band writing as on open question for the jury. The Intter dated Fen Jo e Mirallores atdross- ed to Anthony Quiros, was collateral, and could not be read. All the others were doted on and after the 8th of May, 1£61, most of them to Don Manuel Verastegri Pre- fect’ of Rio Verve, and were excluded, except the | dates of No. 6, as evidence that ‘wilnows was at San Luis and 10th of November 16651 ; i November 13th, 1851, and th the exset position of iy brothe fiom Rio Verée. Laguinillag, eto, ete:’” and the passage in the letter of 8th of May, 1861—I have already told you that my brother basin his own name a great basi- nese, compored of inany others—that we (he and 1) have bonght betwoen us.” ‘Tt was unpeosasary for the Court to soy how far this evidence ought to be exeladed ax not rebuiticg. The parrages adinitted were than read to the jnry. | ee a MaTTOs was recalied Boeron, May 6, 1853. St, John (N. B.) papers of the Sth inat are recei The Legislature was prorogued by the Lieut. Governor the 8d inst. In his speech he ssid the subject of fisheries and trade with the United States had been mitted by him to the Secretary of State for the colonies! and he did not doubt that the sentiments of h Majesty’s subjects there would be appreciated by The Protestant Eplscopal Bishepric of South Carolina, CHARLESTON, May 5, 1853. The Protestant Episcopal Convention had seven ballots | fora Bishop, vice Gadsden, on Thursday, and then adjourn | ed till Friday. The two highest candidates were Peter J.| Shaud, of Columbia, high church, and Edward Reed, olf Fiat Rock, Bunkum county, low charech. The contest very close, and great excitement exists. CuaRieston, May 6, 1853, ‘The Protestant Episcopal Convention to-day, on twelfth ballot, elected the Rev. Thomas F. Davis, of Cam: den, S. C., to the bishopric vacant by the seeession o Bishop Gadsden. | National Typographical Union. Prrrspure, Pa., May 5, 1853. The National Typographical Union, now in session here, will cloce their deliberations to-morrow morning. Th following officers of the Union have been elected for th -Girart Smith, of New Orleans, ndrew McOoul 7. Of Boston. Philadel! ©. Brown, : held at Buffalo, society will be on the first Monday in May next. More Fatal Railroad Accidents, Jobn Heck was killed yesterday, at the Malle of Schuylkill, by being run over by a train, as he was walk-| ing en the Reading railroad track. becca Moore, ten years, was killed at noon 4 corzer of Third and Hamilton Powder Mill Explosion. Boston, May 6, 1858. The powder mills of Mesars. Swett & Davis, in Camden, | Me., expleded onthe 2d in:t., destroying the cylinder! and corning mills, with about 200 kegs of powder. No lives were lost. Damage estimated at $2,600. Disaster on Lake Ontario, dic. Roeuxsrer, May 6, 1853. The schooner Vincennes, from Sandusky to Oswego loaded with wheat, flour and ashes, went ashore mear th piers at the mouth of the Genesee river, yesterday, and| her cargo was much dam: The Directors of the Conhoctom Railroad Company, at their meeting yesterday, in Avon, resolved to Ponting that road to Buffalo. ‘The Rev. Eleazer Williams. Barmore, May 6, 1853. New Orleans papers of Saturday have been received. Rey. Mr. Hanson, of Bourbon notoriety, was in New Or-| leans. The Bulletin says :—‘‘ We learn froma gentleman, himself conversant with the facts, that important testi- mony has been discovered in this city, respecting th mysterious case of Rev. Eleaver Williams, which go far to} confirm the belief that he is indeed the Dauphin of France. It is derived ona pean who was in close intimacy’ with the Bourbon family in the early part of this centary, and entirely sustains the argusento presented in Put-| nam’s Magazine.” Confesssion to Forgeries in Cincinnati. Cincinnati, May 6. 1858. fore tho grand jury ef this county, a4 being party 10 fore tl jury of coul as ® Dal c the fe acuoated ‘on several banks in ere ee fast winter. He says he drew all the money on th checks, which were exeouted by Nicholson and ofhers, im-| plicated in the burning of the Marths Washington, U. 8. Steamer John Hancock. Te U.S, steamer John Haneoss, from Ney York, a e U. mer from Ne' ‘ork, ar. rived here to day. pean The Black Warrior at Mobile. Mom, May 3, 1853. The steamship Black Warrior, from New Y< ‘ork, via Bavans, arrived here this mo: Her dates from the latter port are to the lat inst, portant. Bows is quite unim- Mr: Meagher’s Lectures in Louisville. Louisvmis. May 6, 1863. Mr. T. F. delivered s lecture here last night. on Gratten and the Irish, before one of the most bi it audiences ever assembled in the city. He lectures again. on Satuiday—subject, ‘Young Ireland.” Gottechali in_ New Orleann New May 6, 1863. Gottschalk’s last concert was a brillant affair. Be will be in New York on the 1st of June, The Baltimore Printers’ Series aap ‘The printers’ demands are still resisted, and the strikers: are getting subscribers for a daily paper. e have no mail to-night south of Richmond. Markets, New Onteans, May 4, 1853. ‘The salen of cotton to-day mmounted to’ 1,060 wales, The market bas declined fully ¢e. since the receipt of the Baltic’s news; 10c, is the outside figure for The increase over the receipts of last year at this New Orleans, now amounts to 247,000 bales, and crease at, all the southern ports’ to 277,000 bales. stock on hand here amounts to 202,000 bale advanced 26c.; meee pork is dullat $16 60 The sales offeotton to-d: ore 2000, aN 1 sales of lay were is, a ular rices, but without any quotable decline; strict middling is ot 10c. ‘There were rales to-day of 2,800 bags Rio coffee at 8% to G3(0. The Asia’s advices were reevived at six o’clock this afternoon, after business hours. New Orizans, May 6—Noon. Cotton is in good demand this morning; the sales ‘al- ready reach 8,000 bales at yerterday’s rates; strict mid- iz 10c. io coffee is in active request; 4,000 bags have changed hands, mostly at 9e. oe May 5, 1858. CiARLEsToN, The alos of cotton for the week were 9,000 bales, at a range of 734 to 103gc., establishing a decline of ic. on the better, and 34c. onthe lower grades. We quote mid- dling fair at 1034 to 10}ic. | The recalpts of the week are 7,000 bales. and the stock is estimated at 44,500 bales. Freights—To Liverpool, 7-16 to 11-32 with only a small business doing; to Havre, two ships have been on- gaged, at Io, for square begs; cotton, to New York, is at 340, and rice at $1 per tierce. CiaRtaston, May 6, 1853. The sales ef cotton to-day were 1,400 bales, at a range of 834 a 10%c, The market rhows no change. The Mexican Commission. . Wasnminaton, May 4, 1853. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK MERALD. Sin— My attention has been called to a telegraphie com- munication in your paper of the Ist instant, from this city wherein the author has been misinformed relative to my course in the demarcation of the southern boundary of, New Mexico, Referring to the late proclamation of Gov- ernor Lane, he remarks that — The refusel of the officer @ctat mecta with the full far av Mr, Bartlott’s initi that the present administration does not roy * and to this extent, therefore, endorses Mr. Gray’s rofusal to aequierce in it, It is not, however, so clear that Mr. 7 subecquent course in runnin’ tho boundary was i with his refusal to agreo with the initial point, the line west of £1 Paso, line would be carried neross. ae in "practice” doos not agroe with his “theory.” Now, from my first arsivol and examination upon the ground I objected to the paraliel of 32 deg. 22 ses., be- Keving it not tobe the correct boundary of New Mexico, a8 established by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo—have never altered my views and opinion upon this subject, and seen nothing but what atrengthens my belief that if, was erroneous. This line was not adopted, or ranand marked by me, nor with my consent, for I to no lino except ir accordance with the’ fifth article of the treaty; and i: surveyed and marked it was subsequent to my removal, and by (he orders of others. mpenying copy of Mr. Stuart's lotter shows my porition; and I will further state that I did persist in. declining toafix’” my siguntare to the necessary papers for tho"fna! establishment of the initial point for the de- ad upon by John R, Bart tosrowtion of this boundary line, a9 a General Condé, Mexican Coninissioner, an lett, Esq. 1 hope, therefore, you will correct the erroneous im pression which your writer has fallen under, by admitting this stutement into your interesting journal nbite records will show my course from the oom nt of this national work. Kergectfully, your obedient servant, A. B, GRAY. COPY OF MR. STUART'S LETTER. Dera rrwest or Tre Ivrraton, Nov. 4, 180. °m—I transmit herewita your commission as aurvoyor, under the fifth article of thé treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, By We prosecution, Wh f Le sus Woo Mand Line Douay hive beLWeon vibe Urabe *