The New York Herald Newspaper, May 8, 1853, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR, i OFFICE N. Ree OF FULTON AWD MASBAU STS. TRRMB cush DAILY HE sents por per cana. 6 ‘annum ; the ‘ner pon Fi Great Britain, cad $8 0 din oF, | BER nti rer ed rom amy guar of Founien Co Re Ear -ARTIOULARLY REQUESTED TO aut Lar Fane amp PACKAGRS SENT Us. Vokume EVI... ....c0ceeeseee sere ceees -Ho, 187 AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Purnam—Lonp oF rae BROADWAY THEATRE, AR, Beatenp—Mscnnen. BURTOWS THEATRE Chambers street—Sum Wov1D anv Sux Wovin Nor—Carrumsy oy Carrain Currie. NATIONAL THEATRE, Gbatham street—Kxicurs oF us Crose—CuLonoronm—IneLanp as it Is, WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadwsy—His Last Luce— Mvem Ano anout Noruinc. ST. CHARLES THEATRE, Bowery—Pinars Docror— Maepatn—Lorrany T.cx er. AMERICAN MUSBUM—Afterncon—No Sone wo Sur- pmm—Dourstic Econouy. Evening ~WiLLow Cores. HRISTY’S OPERA HOU: pans BY CunuuTr’s Ove! 472 Broadway—Erni0rian Trovrs. mwoep’s HEMSTRRLS. Wes weeks Musical Hall, 444 Broad Fay—Rrmsoriax Murer MADISON AYBNUE—Afternoon and Evening—Fran- comme Conossal HirroeRome. OIROUS, 37 Bowery—Raueerniax Ewrenracweuenrs, canes. Bg Broadway—Bamvann’s Panorama oF ‘wax Boar La: BRLBSR’S SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES, 539 Broadway. OWBN’S ALPINE RAMBLES, 539 Broadway. New York, Sunday, May 8, 1853. eS The News. ‘We have elsewhere expressed our views, at con- siderable length, concerning the horrible disaster on the New Haven Railroad, of which we give the latest particulars, on the first page. We learn by telegraph from Hartford, that a bill was yesterday introduced in ‘the Connecticut Legislature, providing that railroad eempanies shall pay the sum of ten thousand dollars te the relatives of every person killed through negli- gence on the part of the companies or their em. ployes. A joint committee was appointed to visit the scene of the calamity, and report all the facts eonnected therewith. The committee will commence their labors to-morrow, and it is hoped, will thoroughly sift the matter and take measures to effect the passage of a law that will effectually tend to prevent such occurrences in fature. Another frightful but not fatal railroad accident @ecurred on the New Bedford and Taunton road y- The axletree of the tender broke and pre@Gpitated the baggage and passenger car down an @mbankment. The car was literally smashed to pieces, but out of twenty-five passengers not a life ‘was lost, though several were badly injured. ‘We have little of interest from Washington this Morning. The foreign appointments and remaining New York post offices underwent discussion in the eabinet yesterday, but it is understood that no defi- nite conclusion was arrived at. Secretary Davis is pronounced better, and expecta to be able to attend the meeting of his colleagues on Monday, after which the foreign missions will probably be soon disposed ‘ef But the contest for the post offices in the differ ‘ent towns and cities of this State appears to give the President and his advisers more trouble than any- ‘thing else just at present. The conflicting but ur- gent claims of the various applicants render it al- most impoasible to decide between them. A general everhauling is going on in the Third Auditor's effice—four more clerks were osdered to vacate yes- terday. Isaac V. Vanderpool, of Buffalo, it is said, ‘will have the Chargeship to the Hague. Advices from Pernambuco to the 3d ult., announce ‘that the cargo of negroes recently landed and seat Ite the interior ef Brazil had all been recaptared, and would be placed under the protection of the government. The fever had disappeared from Per- zambueo, and business was becoming quite active. Harrodsburg Springs, in Kentucky, have been selected as the site for the Western Military Asylum. ‘Many eminent pbysicians promeunce the water and ‘atmosphere in that vicinity to be far more healthful ‘fhaa at the Blue Lick. Capt. Bibbons, of the bark Edna, who arrived fem Palermo yesterday, reports that the heavy gales which prevailed in that quarter between the Sth and 13th of February, had injured fruit to such ‘am extent that there would not be more than half a ‘rop. On some plantations many of the trees were Blown down, and nearly all the fruit was destroyed. The exceedingly crowded state of our columns eompels us to be as brief as possible. The following are merely the headings of a portion of the large amount of reading contained in this day’s issue:— Several colamn: of additional European intelligence, Imeluding a letter from our London Correspondent; The Officers of the Late Texas Navy—a Defence of Com. Moore; Leetures by Father Gavazsi; Speech of Hon. H. H. Heward in the Assembly, on the sub- ject of the New York Fire Department Fund; The Academy of Design; Law in Relation to Troant Children; Important Decision of an Admiralty Court; Letters from Hartford and Quebec; Religious Isformatien, including the elosing proceedings in the New England Methodist Conference; Michigan Boutkern, Northern Indiana, Miehigan Central and Hilinois Central Railroads; Another Chapter of the Remance of Crime. Commercial, Sporting, and Miscellaneous Matter, dc. ‘Tur New Mexican Bounpary.—The appoint- ment of ex-Senator Meriwether, of Kentucky. as Governor of New Mexico, in the place of the fillibustering Governor Lane, as far as it goes, is a direct revocation of the late flaming procla- mation of the said Lane, and to this extent wil) give very general satisfaction. We are also gratified to be assured that Mr. Meriwether is to proceed straightway to supersede the over- warlike Governor Lane in the occupation of the adobe executive palace at Santa Fé, and that the boundary difficulty will be faithfully recti fied, according to treaty stipulations. We appre bend, however, that our special correspondent is under 9 mistake in placing, as he does, the President of the United States entirely beyond ‘the reach and influence of the newspapers. We cannot believe that General Pierce occupies gach an imperial position as this of absolute exemption from the counsels of public opinion. Good and seasonable advice, even to the Presi- dent, through the columns of a newspaper, we think is worth listening to, notwithstanding our very poor opinion of the uses and functions of a special organ. But upon the main question of the new Mexican boundary, if Santa Anna is agreed, it is to be hoped the admiaistration will settle the frontier Indian disturbances for the fature by the purchase of the territory which they have conquered and now occupy. The little discrepancy concorning the new Mexican boundary affords a fine opening for a compre- hensive and permanent arrangement. Tne New York Democracy.—We ask again, what is the matter with our New York de- mocracy, that they are already beginning to quarrel over the administration? What means this mysterious gibberish of their two little. morning organs, fillibustero and hard shell, of this city? There is a screw or two loose somo- where in the machinery. Where is it? Let us attend to it in time. What is the matter? We sek for information, ‘The Ratiroad Massacre at Nerwalk. It would be utterly impossible for us to rep- regent in any language we could employ, the horrified indignatiou of the whole community, evoked by the dreadful massacre which was consummated two days since on the line of the New Haven Railroad. That deplorable event has not only brought desolation and woe home to the hearts of thousands, but it has extended its saddening influence throughout the entire community. The instantaneous sacrifice of nearly half a hundred of individuals—the large majority of them in the full exercise of their powers of usefulness in the various walks of life—would be enough, under any circam- stances, to send a thrill of dismay into the feelings of the most indurated ; but when that fearful destruction of human life was caused, not by a visitation of Providence — not through an accident which could not have been foreseen or guarded against, but through the ignorance, the stupidity, or the reck- lessness of railroad employes, and the self- satisfied obtusiveness of railroad directors— then dismay and grief are, as they have been in this case, replaced by indignation, which will make itself heard and felt throughout the length and breadth of the land. The details of this melancholy catastrophe the public are already too familiar with. There are no contradictory reports given of its cause. The fact stands out in all its horrid nakedness, that the engine driver, to whom the railroad company had surrendered up the lives of all who had taken passage in ‘the ill-fated train, was an ignorant and incompetent person; that he was so ignorant of the regulations established on the route, that he did not even know the signals employed on it. It has been stated—and hasnot admitted of a contradic- tion—that instead of slackening speed in passing through the village of Norwalk, and instead of approaching the curve, and the drawbridge just beyond that place, at such a moderate rate of speed that he could have instantly checked the progress of the train, the engine driver, as if in- spired by some fiend, disregarded the signal which warned him that the drawbridge was open—disregarded the ordinance as to slacken- ing speed—and drove on at the maximum ve- locity of what the engine was capable. Nor did he recognise the imminency of the peril un- til the train reached the bridge, when the mo- mentum it had attained mocked all human power to stop its progress. The locomotive, as if it were a rational animal, strove in vain to clear the empty space, and striking against the opposite abutment, was precipitated into the gulf beneath, and buried itself, seething and hissing, forever from the sight of man, carrying along with it three cars, freighted with human souls, who, even before they could have uttered one single scream of terror, were swallowed up in eternal night. The picture is too terrible to recall or dwell upon. In an instant passed from the career of life the noble, the good, the beautiful, the in- nocent—in an instant the arrow of bereave- ment pierced the hearts of thousands, fated to mourn forever the terrible event of that inaus- picious day. Men, in all the conscious pride of manhood, whose future appeared fraught with happiness and utility, and many of whom seemed degtined to confer blessings on the race, and women in the bloom of youth and beanty, among whom one wore the bridal flowers which but the previous day she had put on, and innocent, prattling, unthinking childhood, were all alike consigned to undistinguished destruction. Forty-five beings in all had ina moment, in the twinkling of an eye, their lamp of life pitilessly extinguished. They are gone; but the memory of that dreadful day dieth not, and cannot die in the breasts of those who were witnesses to the scene, or to whom its results have brought mourning and desolation. Inthe bitterness of their grief, there may be no room for a thought or desire of vengeance; but public opinion cannot be so appeased, and will live and will act until retribution is exacted from the guilty. And who are they? Not so much the igno- rant man whose recklessness was the im- mediate cause of the calamity, but those who, aware of his character, had the audacious hardihood to consign to his care the train which carried a freight of human beings. The managers or directors of this railroad had, two years before, discharged from their employ this very man, for having, through like inattention, caused another serious accident on the same road; and still, so little regard had they for the safety of the travelling public, that on his return from California they had no hesitation in restoring him to that position in which he was s0 800n to give such a terrible proof of his unfitness for its responsible duties. They, and not he. are the culprits on whom should fall the indignation of the public and the severest pun- ishment of the law. They should be, and we hope will be, taught, that in assuming the ma- nagement of a railroad, their measures and views must not be solely restricted to the one idea ef increasing the dividends of the com- pany, but that they are bound, in the first and chiefest degree, to consult the wants, the con- venience, and above all, the safety of the pub- lic. But we fear that legislation is not wholly exempt from some of the blame which such ter- nible catastrophies cause to fall somewhere. We think that intelligent men, sincerely anxious to promote the public welfare, could devise some means of subduing the ravages of those errible twin destreyers of human life—the rail- road and the steamboat. But legislation has partaken of the same reckless /aissez-faire which so badly distinguishes railroad directors, steamboat proprietors, and their employes, in this country. This wholesale Norwalk man- slaughter may recall all parties to a sense of their duty, and we ardently trust it may. In this connection, we think we may, with good effect, introduce a paragraph from the inaugural message of Governor Seymour, of Connecticut, delivered just two days prior to this melancholy event. It contains suggestions which may be found useful in preparing any general law on the subject. Gov, Seymour says:— under the immediate supervision of Une Sate must be conceded, I “ink, that we ought not w trust altogether to the prudence and skill of the managers of the roads, or their agents. As these means of communication are multiplied, the obli tion to exercise due care and diligence may, under some circumstances, be lessened or impaired. -It therefore becomes a matter of signal importance to create a necessity for the exercise of constant vigi. lance, by the enactment of laws which shall sim; ~ rovide, as far as human foresight and ity can lo, a ‘ainst those frightfal accidents which have so often left dismay and ruin in their path. Many of these accidents are the direct consequence of defec- tive locomotives, bee constructed orngpe inat- tention to the requisite repairs, improper signals, ayd other causes which might be enume: » and which can only be guarded against, to the test extent, by sulpectis the sonpe ais nego cflicers deriving their auth from the Legislatare. ‘he appointment of Railtyed Comsaic- Sr ae es no less than those of huma- nity, cl ay te eel for legislative ac- tion upon As, owing to the love of order and the res- cause of this terrible sacrifice, and which many present thought should have been had recourse to, we trust that they will, nevertheless, not be permitted to eseape “ unwhipt of justice,” but be made to feel that the law is the defender of the public good, and that none, how great soever their influence, can escape its lash. ‘Termination of the Labor Movement—Dutles of the Workmen. We may now congratulate New York on having safely passed through a crisis of no or- dinary difficulty and danger. The labor move- ment is over. With one or two insignificant exceptions, the operatives and mechanics have obtained the increase of wages they sought. So far as we can judge, their triumph has involved no serious sacrifice on the part of their employ- ers. Nearly all those commodities which had not advanced in value simultaneously with rents and provisions, have since struggled to.a rise. Though the money market is easier than it has been for several weeks, capitalists are contriving to participate in the general infla- tion, and prices are ruling at even higher rates than the recent increase in wages required. There are, of course, exceptions to this rule— such as newspapers, for instance, which are still sold for the same sum as was paid when labor was considerably cheaper, and some other commodities, whieh are prevented by competi- tion from rising to their legitimate value. But, as a general thing—though, in reality, no class of the community is likely to reap any permanent benefit from an upward movement in which all shall share alike—¢he apparent ad- vantage of increased emolument has been de- nied tonone. Those articles which fetched an apparently exorbitant price some weeks ago, are now firmly fixed at thet rate, and all others have risen to their level. We are not aware that either trade or the public convenience is likely to be much affected by a general altera- tion of the conventional value of commodities, and, therefore, scruple to attach any very great importance to the net results of the recent rise, But there are classes in the community to whom the labor movement has.been of vital moment. For the operatives it has been a question of life and death—an experiment of the most perilous character. Had they failed, what misery must have ensued !—how much suffering would it now have been our lot te deplore!—how many starving families, how many desperate fathers, how many heart-broken mothers, would appeal to the charitable! What frightful scenes of confusion, disorder, and, per- haps, bloodshed, would the last few weeks have witnessed! They have succeeded, and succeeded easily, promptly and cheaply. To say that thissuccess was wholly due to their good fortane would be doing them an injustice. The New York dpe- ratives are jestly entitled to claim a very large share of their triumph as the na- tural fruits of their own judicious and tem- perate conduct. For this some honest pride is quite excusable. Credit, however, is duc to the employers for the liberal spirit in whieh the demands of the workmen have been met and granted; and we trust that the mén will not overlook the fact. In most of the in- stances which have fallen under our notice. the employers have evinced generosity as well as justice towards their workmen; the least we can expect from the latter isa hearty zeal in the discharge of their duties. The idle time- server is doubly criminal henceforth. Chance, likewise, has favored the workmen. Correct as their conduct has been, and liberal asthe em- ployers have proved, they are indebted in no small degree to their own good luck for their immunity from the miseries which usually ac- company strikes. Instances could easily be ad- duced where an equal share of moderation on the one side and fairness on the other have not availed to avert appalling disasters. Provi- dence has been more merciful in our case. No untoward accidents occurred to complicate the embarrassments of the strikers. Events labor- ed effectively in their cause. A rapid and in- creasing developement of trade and manufac- tures rendered an immediate settlement of the dispute imperative. A most auspicious re- covery inthe money market removed a very serious obstacle. Even the season and the weather lent them a helping hand. It is right that those who are now reaping the fruits of the triumph, should properly ap- preciate the influence of these various causes. The lesson will be lost on those who presumptu- ously acestbe their success to their own efforts alone; and when next it becomes necessary to strike for higher wages, they will have gained no reliable experience, and may possibly com- mit fatal errors. We wish the workmen—who need no assurance of the sincerity of our sym- pathy with their cause—to bear distinctly in mind that the recent increase of wages which has relieved them from cruel straits, and enabled them to support themselves and their families in comfort, is as much due to the honorable fair- ness of their employers, and the peculiar favor of Providence, as to the justice of their de- mands in point of principle, or the judicious manner in which they have been urged. Mean- ing no disparagement to the latter, we would emphatically tell them that had their employ- ers been the hard, selfish, griping oppressors they are sometimes called, or had Providence been less kind, they would not have obtained bread to live without a ruinous struggle, and might not have obtained it all. The fact imposes a two-fold obligation on the operative. To his employer he owes a debt of gratitude, which can be best discharged by an increased industry and more thorough conscien- tiousness in the fulfilment of duty. His thank- fulness to Providence will be seen in his conduct to his fellow-workmen. Gratitude to God is the father of good-will to men ; where the latter is wanting we may be sure that the former has not been felt. Those workmen. therefore, who own to an honorable sense of thankfulness for the danger they have escaped and the triumph they have gained, will evince it by a manly liberality and good-fellowship towards their as- sociates and rivals in their craft. We noticed the other day, in a report of a meeting of the candlemakers, that the assembly resolved that “all green hands be discouraged,” and now, on behalf of the working classes of New York, apologise for the utterance. of so atrocious a sentiment. We beg to assure our readers that there are but very few men in this city whose narrow-minded meanness prompts them to close the doors of their craft to “ green hands.” The bulk of the workmen remember too well that they were once “green hands” themselves ; they know too well that we are all, such as we are, “ green hands,” and that our country her- self, great as she is, is but a “green hand” in comparison, with older States. No workman who has the spirit of a man would discourage a poor lad from earning an honest living, through fear of competition. This country is large eqggugh for all the “ green” and all the “dry Néimds” that the next half dozen centuries will produce ;.and it argues as much stupidity as narrow-mindedness to fear anything from the employment of the former. Such ebullitions of jealousy do no good to the workmen’s cause. The selfishness which prompts them may soon communicate itself to the employers; and the “ dry hands” may discover that if selfishness is to be the rule, they are not themselves out of harm’s way. For our own part—believing that we may have rendered some service to the workmen in their recent difficultiee—we can only say, that had we believed o prejudice against green hands was universal among them, whatever influence we can wield would have been remorsely exerted against men whose in- justice to their fellows debars them frem any claim to justice from the rest of the community. In Porsurr or THE Bovrsoy.—Our readers will Shave noticed our telegraphic despatch from New Orleans yesterday, announcing the arrival in that city of the Rev. Dr. Hanson, of New York, in hot pursuit of the “Bourbon among us.” Having heard of that trunk full of documents in the possession of a New Orleans lady, formerly associated with the royal family of France in some subordinate household ca- pacity, Dr. Hanson has, no doubt, gone on to get those papers, as the agent of the Rev. Eleazer Williams, the reputed “ Bourbon among us.” The aforesaid lady, it is also reported, was present at the death of Boulanger. the last jailer of the unhappy Dauphin of Louis XVI; and it has been further reported that she can testify to the dying declaration of Boulanger, |. that he brought the Dauphin to this country, and placed him for safe keeping among the Indians. Considering the ‘interest which Dr. Hanson evidently feels in this question, it is not surprising that this astounding intelligence from New Orleans should have attracted him thither. Well, let us have thedocuments and the facts, and if there be a Bourbon among us. let us by all means have that fact established. “Ts there a Bourbon among us ?” ‘Tue TaeaTRes.—The old Bowery, under Stevens’s ma- nagement, is doing well. The Broadway having produced “Macbeth” in the greatest splendor, is every night crowd- ed. Burton’s, Wallack’s and the National theatres are all. doing well, and the St. Charles, Museum, Christy’s Opera House, and Wood’s Minstrels, are equally successful. Banvard’s, Heller’s and Owens’ entertainments are visited nightly by large audiences. The Hippodrome is attract. ing thousands—the boxes, dress eircle and pit being crowded to overflowing. We refer our readers to the ad- vertising columns and small bills for the particulars of the respective amusements for to-morrow evening. Marine Affairs. ‘Tus Sreamemip Sovruerner, Capt. Foster, arrived yester- day morning, in 60 hours from Charleston, with about 70 passengers. Mrs. Louisa Hall, wife of Mr. Esaias Hall, of ‘Wallingford, Vermont, died at sea on board the Southerner, on the 6th inst., of consumption, aged 22 years. Weare indebted to Mr. Traver, the purser, for late Charleston and other Southern papers. ARRIVAL OF THE GLascow.—The English screw steam- ship Glasgow, Capt. Craig, arrived yesterday morning, in thirteen days and fourteen hours from Glasgow. Sheleft en the 23d—the same day as the Asia from Liverpool. DeraRTURE OF SrzaMErs.—The steamships Humboldt, for Havre; Merlin, for Bermuda and St. Thomas; Florida, for Savannah ; James Adger, for Charleston; and the Roaneke, for Richmond, left port yesterday. Tas Currsr Sur GoLpen StaTe.—The following letter from Captain Doty to his owners, Messrs. Chambers & Heiser, gives the particulars of the disaster which ren- dered it necessary for him to put into Rio Janiero:— Rio Janteno, March 18, 1853. I arrived bere at anchor on the 1th, at 6 P.M and have the misfortune to inform you that’on the night of 8th Feb., ten days out from New York, in » sudden whirlwind, carried away all three topmasts with every- ene kip bea proved herself a remarkably fast sailer, at nal baving ais, Nin eay peovicas t0 fee Cleocter’ 257 miles, stim hay tapes good observation. ‘The third day out from New York came up with and _— thip Northern Crown, (from New York for Sen Bin Franciceo) and in eight ees “olf her out of 5 iit next day, wind S.E., fell ip Ariel, from BG le es is we beets beat her out of sight to leer god spe after this nosy a —— fd spoke me, reported a heavy gale a1 on t the same time with us it was W.S. deny Tail reeset at this time only had courses, jit and foretopsail on the sbip, ond with that sail honed en of her for two day sht winds at that; so moderate bas it been the ent re} e, (except the “time of our losing masts, and that only from three to five ina ape em ine reefed topsails once In six days from time of losing eatatty coe te all the sail Topas poo hear ‘racers | po dy Seine Jers mizen and those single-r set on spare stump ant mast for mizen topmas' I consi ten days a small allowance . make in the difference of loss of time, and the sail we came under, which would make us a passage of tweaty.six days, with the same wind we have i, onder all sail: I shall use the utmost exertion to have the ship put in as good order as possible in the shortest time, whieh I hope will not exceed ten days, Saemetre to make the ee to San Francisco under 120 —The poe ston Courier, in CHARLESTON STEAMERS.- ae new steamer now bi gin this city for =e leston line, to be commanded by Capt. Berry, \) BAYS — Petit he bon ded we were pleased dail; ow increasing, and we are confident Ber judgment and shill, that at shes ia peg te Sacre Tr, gia Ser, "Brey exertion, re under the line before jority, believe we may almost say of ali the stockholders ‘hts elt aoe 'm. Foster, of the U. 8. mail steam ship be appointed to it. Captain Foster is eee, a vely 8 young man, but by close assiduity to the practical details feasion, unwearied watchful. ness on duty, and a uniform oourtesy and urbanity of Kin ash tos coiies ad seul Gres roting _ ant cont res] tray Eesitation in say stockholders w: |, and that the wal-won leusele of the Marion, his agency, would receive no tarnish.’ Superior Court—8; “Po ne Mar 1.—Luctus B Dultley we 8 Borwidge ar t=, ° Bai Smith and oat order ‘vacated, Conta to abide event of #1 Thomas F. Smith vs. Arthur Morrill.—Motion to strike out part of answer di without costs to either mat ’ Broint va. Pedro Palan.—Motion denied, without oun with liberty to defendant to renew it. Plaintiff to have leave to amend, or remodel his complaint. Before Hon. Judge Duer. L. Smith vs. Samuel E, Lent.—Motion to amend int Laer howd on ere of $10 to defendant ; propored antendment to be modified Joseph L. Smith vs, Samuel E. Leni.—Motion to dissolve Eee granted. $10 costs te defendant, to abide even Jouph L. Smith vs Samuel BE. Lent.—Motion to dissolve injunction denied. Corts $10, to abide event, fe Hon. Ju Bosworth. Robert He |. Joseph Tuckerman.—Motion for receiver denied. GENERAL TERM. Before Chief Justice Cake and Hon. Judges Daer, Campbell, and Bosworth Harold Doliner, dc., vs. James B. Andrews.—Order over. ruling demurrer reversed, and demurrer sustained, with. Out costa, ‘The act for the incorporation of the cl Euirgd the Bours of Representatives of of Newport, ode Island on New Opera House. Yesterday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, 8 meeting of the members of the newly incorporated Academy of Music was held in the leeture room of the Stuyvesant Institute, fer the purpose of receiving the re- port of the gentlemen who had hitherto managed the affairs of the corporation, and for organising their body into a regular form. Mr. Schuyler having been appointed Chairman, and Mr. Finley, Secretary, the meeting pro- ceeded to business, by hearing the report read by Mr, Phalon, from which it appears that the capital stock of the company was to eonsist of $200,000, and not to go into operation before $150,000 of stock was subscribed for, of which 25 per cent, amounting to $37,500, had been paid in, and $199,000 stoek subscribed for, being $49,000 more than required by law. ‘The gemtle- men who had carried the affair through had acted without requiring any compensation, and the only ex- pense they had been under amounted to $432 85, for ob- taining the charter, printing, advertisements, and collect- ing money. It was then moved by Mr. H. A. Corr, and seconded by Mr. Wirnere, that the meeting should proceed tothe elec- tion of directors; and it was determined that the num. ber should amount to thirteen. There was then some hesitation as to how the votes should be counted—whether aceordiog to the number of individuals or shares. Mr. Pane said that it was originally intended that the number of votes should be counted by sharos, but bys mistake in the wording of the charter, it would be neces- rary to take them by indivfduals. On the motion of Mr. Prarson,seconded by Mr. Wrrers, it was afterwards proposed that a list of directors should be named by the chair. To this an addition was proposed by Mr. Pai and seconded by Mr. Loaan, that the share- bolders should vote for the same by pallot. Much time was now over the several names of the shareholders, ve ter part of whom Dut, answered by proxy. the, greater eld ‘by Mr. it and Mr. Phalon— gent n, from the number of proxies that he held, reminding ae of the late Duke of Wellit who,it used to be said, ied half the House of in his breeches pocket. The above was carried by 75 ayes, 4 noes. Mr. Locan then moved that the meoting should adjourn until Monday evening, at the same hour, to give the chairman time to make a perce selection. ‘The Cuarmuan said that he should put the motion, but that he was quite as ip 2a to give the list at present as he would be on The motion having beeo put i Nie was lost, and the begins vet was bees © for by the members, for themselves, and acting by proxy:— James Palen. Pe Green Pearson. Henry A. Coit. Francis B. Cutting. Charles A. Hecksher. Stewart C. Marsh, George L. Schuyler. J. Beekman Finley. Moees H. Grinnell. Watts Sherman. Hon. George Bancroft. Francis Cottenet. N. H. Wolfe. —which list was voted unanimously, 182 shares having voted. Mr. James Phalon was unanimously elected Pre- sident, and Mr. Wm. H. Paine, Secretary. We understand that the society, ad that a ‘regular board of directors thas been appointed, will lose no time in breaking ground for the purpose of building. A design has not yet been chosen; nor indeed, could any such thing have been ond as this was the prima: ‘ization of the society, have only just met under the provisions of the ing There is no doubt that all possible speed will be used in getting a building crected, and that it will be in character with the importance of our city. Its dimensions will be about the same as those of the celebrated Scala of Milan. New Iron Sto! a ema ron in buildings, ew IRON STORES. —! jloyment: particularly forthe fronts PKS is becomin y [im eral. Irrespectively of the n edifice er ae many others been or are being erected in various parts of the city. Among these may be eeanernat a handsome betath = in the courte of construction in Beekman street, lot adjoining bee church at the corner of Cliff street, a the above named street. This building, when finished, will be one of the most it iron structures about the city, and a form part of the lead pipe Respinentd situated in the rear. Another handsome struct the seme material has just been completed im Baelay street, next doer to the Grocers’ Bank, and will be fitt up as @ glass store. Firt.—Last pis between eight and nine o’clock, a fire broke out in Water street, near Maiden lane. in a hat and cap store, which lasted for about half ac hour, and did come damage. Fortunately there were no inmates in the house, which was used asa store. Ratner Mystgrovs.—Much excitement has been caused YB Sisooreey oS some human remains io a lot in East street, where a house has a: srmhich consist of a ulder blade, as, state of preserva- station house of the juest was to have in the ground, as the nails of the foot and hand are quite perfect, as also the teeth, (el thew igen psy are mapanens by Aon to have toa medical student, but why or where. fore we cannot say, as they aves data to such a conclusion. the brig Hureha, now lying at soe of the piers feng the now at one East river, fell on Friday rdarm = urs after roner’s in- esterday, anda verdict of ‘accidental afternoon a onnty clad eed applied to the captain Feoar the Jackstn ferry, nyheter -—It appear- she had but effects, neglected to do the same, and allowed the ert to go off without him. On her from Boston the wife found her faithless husband living in Jefferson street with another woman, and now to know what she was to do under the dersncisi lates ee» ty direeted her to make application to the Justice, the court house in Easex s1 and woman and her chil: dren departed with forge bead eaae New a new hotel, called Williard’s Hotel, will eo morrow, at the corner of Broadway and ‘melfth street. Counrsnrat Bris.—Counterfeit ten dollar bills on the Shoe and Leather Bank, New York city, have been ye in circulation. They are altered from genuine two’: may be distinguished from from the circumstance that ‘the Comptroller’ on the genuine ten is at the lower right hand corner, in the count it it is on the upper left hand corner, as in the genuine two. Tae Ant Umown Invesication.—We beg to correct the following statement relative a the pogprcing of the above association, which appeared in 7 ey of beer ad morning. The following occurs in What were the amounts of the receipts frem sales of that institution duripg the (a at be heat ae ear 1839 the receipts were $4, $5,097 47; in the year 1841, 85, 208 or a ‘ite tae the receipts were $5.883 70; in the year 1843, $7,129; in the year 1840, $10,080 90; in the year 1848, "$16,166; in {he ear 1846, $22,293, The recefpts in 1851 were about ; there was no Scaving in that year, for the pic- go were sold.” The reply shouli iave read thys.— “A —In the year, 1690 receipts, ware $4,200 78 in the year 1840, $9,007 47; inthe year 1841, $6,206 16 in the your 1843 ‘nia, | in rye $icoc0 90; nisi. i 6,165; in 184s, $22 b09; in 1847, He ge ea 2 a Ie tue oetgn? deep! Sa se eee not give the receipts faa ee Q.—What became of those reosipte? A— Br eit a ee by the be yee the entire was 20.” reader will perceive that s much larger amount was tlt than that published by us. Tae Lars Mrpicat ConvenTion—Tae ComMiTrer OF ox RANGEMENTS. —In preted gg ET ont this es ee Doct mee | lined of the grand he grand replica ven thean Sane rece) ven them lew York brethren. the Committee of Ar- Tapgements, iad his ease oe in for their de- served share of merit. A guests of nts and ” of New Dr. We ¥ of Ne sven, ‘waa called to bas chair. Gooch, of Vir; Mit ene the Secretary. on Rernng of Dr. syivaniay the fol- lowing resolution was eed Resol nee Gate got tg Belem to the Commi its for the aio sxvuresin te-4ay;, mic eon ly to Drs. F. C. wart and J. H. Grisoom, the chairman and sub-chair- a offered the following :— That the cordial thanks of yp dor eg § the fea ‘tnd generous Hospital’ which ie kindness, wi we have erpicionoeh ts our tone this ate the public institutions in the city of New York. ee 2d, That our thanks are also tendered to the Commissioners of ition and the officers of the other institutions which were throwm open to kindness in facilitating the examination of rable and Lepage ic establishments, The resolutions were passed by acclamation, ee ordered that certified copies of proceedings be pub- lished im the New York Papers. The —_— then silent, 01 IGTON HOOKER, Ot., Chairman. Cramorns Goocn, Va., Secretary. Personal Intell 5 Sig. Mossi, Serdinian Charge 4’. , left for Europe in the ateamship Humboldt yoaterday, © Hon, H, E. Bartlett, Del. Co.; Lan Mags ok Boat, Buffalo; H. Whyte, 88; ’, Miss. ; a1 a ee aera yentartay ah ths Aste Capt. Nelson, House. Naval Intelligence, ‘The U. 8. sloop-of-war John Adams, Commander Bar- ron, was at Sierra Leone on the 16th of March, and sailed the rame day for Port Praya. Lieut. 1, ch, who was sent out by the United States government to make a re- connoistance in Africa, was to take passage for the United States via England. Political Intell There was no election for mayor Lares, Masa. the 26th ult, The whig eandidate reoeived lens votes ‘than on the first trial, and the democratic candidate about forty more. EnGar Sxowpen, Eeq., of Alexandria, yiel bade d a mal and earnest application from a latge num pad citizens, has consented to be a candidate for Som oa for the seventh district of Virginis. " Religious Intelligence. Rev. Mr. will reach fa the Canal street Presby's Cex asta amaoaed ‘and afternoon. Samuel 8. Snow will oer proach ts the Bree ehureh, Me. M48- RELIGIOUS “ANNIVEREARIES—uayY, 1853. SUNDAY, MAY ot am York Bible Rey. William S. Plumer, D. D.; Baltimore—Reformed’ Dutch Church, "Weahingtos _e. of pice m Glogs Church of petend Union Kennedy, DB. Efe ou Havel’ Preebyiocing wrt for Meliorating the Condition of the- Jows, Rev. Ni of eaters ates MONDAY, MAY 9. re American Seamen’s Friend Society—Tabernacle, half- New York City Temperance Alliance, The thirty Afth snnual meeting of the Society for Pros moting the Gospel am Ne ‘York Yor the eastion of Shsty alvoctors i've Sala ce the office, No, 80 Wall street, at 12 0’ ‘The Third Pres! of New York will meet in Mercer street Church, eet) o'clock A. M. i ‘Y 10, oer son Colonization Society. Metropolitan say = York and American Sunday School Union. naele, half past 7 P.M. The several ral schol (A 2 ‘beeq assigned to meet at the ooo tes: Castle Garden—Nos. 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 48 46700" 64 13, 14, 14, 38, 88, 00 24, 25, 34, 85, 36, 87, 88, 39, 69, 478, 84, 85, 92) 94, 95, 9 er itan Hall—Nos, a 18, 20, aca at 62, 65, "On oe, 70, 72, 76, 88, 102, 115, 188, 140, 143. st Taberneele, Second avenue—Nos. 8, 11, 30, 56, 87, 98, 139. neo and Fife 68, 64, 80, 32. 42, ae Bay nit, Chureh’ of the Puritans, corner of Union teenth street—Nos. 1. 5, 16, 31, 33, 47, 57, 81, 89, 98, 101, 117, 118,’ 131. Rev. Asa D. Smith's Church, corner of Second avenud snd Fourteenth stroet—Nos, 40, 61, 68, 60, 61, 100, 100) Baptist Church, Sixteenth street, near Eighth avenue—« Now. 20,40, 74, 82 $9, 91, 108, 108, 114 110, 120, 121, 187. The exercises w connate designat sock Fy pee si pinto May 11. American Tract Society. detropolitan Hall, 10.4. M. American anti Slavery, Society. Chinese Assembly eaatibution forthe Blind.” Metropolitan Hall stitution for 4P.M. american Home Missionary Society. Metropolitan Hall { rational Temperance Societ; Pg aud Foreign Anti- re Soelety. Tabernge evening. gg shareh of the Puritans, Union square, half past 10 Annual meeting for the election of fiers of the Ame: Pine Society for Ameliorating the Condition of the Jews in the new Bible House, ae eva ‘y 12, ae Pablo Meeting We ae ublic institution for the Béaf and Darab. 44 P oe Tickets 123¢ cents. ‘ican Temperance Union. Motropolitan Hall, 73¢ a aC Ane for the Suppression of Gambling. Tabernge 104. M. s Metropolitan elo, 73¢ P. ‘The nsting of delegates preparat to the World's ‘Temperance Convention will be held in the briek chapel in Nassau street, at 9A. M. oe may 13, tan Hall, 10 a. M. — sea American and Foreign Bible Society. Five Points House 7 Industry. Tabernacle, 1% P. Me ANNIVERSARIES IN OTHER PLACES. The Washington Union Association will hold its nin¢e teenth Anniversary at Shushan, Salem, on Tuesday, May Bist. Anniversary cf the American Lara beag tosbon cea —The sixteenth annual meeting of the American and. reign Bible Society will be held in Ay house of wership. ca bah Pearl street Baptist Church, Albany, on Toaaay, 'y The thirty-ninth anonal meeting of the Board of Mana- of the american Baptist Mis Onion will te id in the meeting house of the North 1 street tist Chi Albany, New York, on Tuesday, May 17, 1853 at 10 Gelock A? at J proms ¢ ‘The American Baptist Missionary Union’ will hold its en- guing annual meeting in the meeting houge of the Nortls Pear optic Church. Albany, ‘New York, om Toursday, May 10, 1859, ot 10-A. i The twenty-first annual meet: the American tist ‘ome Minton Society ce held in the ine house of the First Baptist Chi apg ips { New Ye 2. .V., i aa ek Friday, the 13th next, at 10 Hats. AM. will continue through Saturday and neh fourteenth annivers (or nint ing from the origin of the Bape { dened reat st Boeisty,> American Baptist Peblieet pap ny onlay pipes. ie = ehh May 4, in the Spruce lade The next annual meeting of the General Association of Hope pares churches and ae ee Vig en wil? at Ann Arbor, on Tuesds at Took P.M z dias Convention be hela* fet thane pp ee Sc ae , in Boston, on the 25th and aout ot eat im ie Bd Con: Seantcatn hold their eyed meeting at the Congregational Mount Sinai, Wed> nesda; May 18, at 2 o’clcck P. ee The Synod be om i sot the First Presbyte- rian Church in Kalamazoo, Thursday, the 9th day of June, at 7 o’clock P. M. oe tery of Cayuga is to hold its mext stated commencing on Monday, the of dune, at o’clock P. M. tery will hold its semi-annual meet: iii Que Fe , June 7, at 4 o’clock P. M. Rev. Rufus Ellis was INSTALLATIONS. pastor of the First Con-- oa church, in Chauncy place, Boston, on the Rev. William 0. Johnson has been installed pastor i the First Secession church, in Kensington, Philadelphia, fort F. 8. oh lon peg nee ol geek one st ure] |, on Sunda} evening, Sermon by Rey. G. L, Prentiss. ° iid Rey. W. H. Lock cod aga ED. phy were ordained) 5 wi farphy in the First Presbyterian church, Henry street, Brook Ip, on the 4th inst, ane Mr. John M. Marsters was ordained on Thi 28th, as pastor ofthe Fist Untarion chur of pe i a rect. Presbyterian ‘church is De Ohio, of cond st es] " the 28th ult. id mt # Mr. William P. Barker, a eee ean eee the ion rd Presbytery of of New York, was Wednesday evening, May 4th, at Soo tcine tenet Posoko teen goo fs et Be Rev. J. W. Marsh, of Exeter, rea dohssisa ts thiighde Fall, on the 28th ult, as pastor of the Christian churely INVITATION. Rev. James Thurston has received tation to become the gational society in Cam DEATH IN THE M) tor of the Allon street Oongres ql farmed Oongre- INISTRY. elder of the Methodist. Rev. A. E. Phelps, church for th ock Inland district, died at Princeten, IIL, on the- uitinio, of lung fever. e CHURCH DEDICATIONS. ecibs;new ailaing of the Keformed Duteh ehureh, ta venth avenue. Friday last. McClelland presoht retin gine Ag lag ide The new Method rch, just Anlshed at Easton, Ha, fs to poMdediestea cavSuatiy? tee A new chapel, aituated ht Wares ete sealer a URCHES. A new Methodist avert is'to be built om the ground* ar occupied by the old one in Town street, in Columbus, ‘The corner stone of the new German Lutheran in Central avenue, Baliltoore’ weniaid on the bth inote The ceremony of laying the corner stone of a new church edifice on the corner of Third and Smith street, Brooklyn, was performed on the inst. ee ede gaat the be erected immediately qe Lerten sonia Ai pe al arch in Lost ig the corner stone of church in Lockport, New York, waa pratt 24 instem ere ates Sqvae ti WE tb4 ww Uaihdeh chi urch en Cen tral Hill, Somerville, Mass., was laid on the 7th instant. ‘The corner atone of the Methodist at pra Na are making for the erection of « third Bap- ake ¢ Concord, N. H. ight the Baptist faith aud order was a 2th ult., in Chisago, pita MISCELLANEOUS. St. Jude's a aol Free Church, will hold unt ita for their edifice sia'e'camplted, in the room of dees: buildings. herein to the official sourcer—and ae o7 10] churehes, late bated Biko ai i 2 Apos vicariates. total number of Caton in the United States is about 2,196,800. Thirty persons were admitted to the Congregational Chureh bg lings Mass. on the 1st tee ten of whom were baptised. This ingathering is the fruit ‘of « revival recently experienced in the church and congrega- = which is under the pasteral care of Rev, Mr. Ben- nett, Rev. Warren Burton has been chosen chaplain of tha Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, New Englana Methodist [From the Boston Journal, May 4.) This body, which has been in seasion at ipa for the week past, ‘nished ita business and adjourned last night. ‘The meetings have been well attended, and have been of ' deep interest to those present. We are under obliga- tions to the proprietors of the Zion’s Herald for a list of the hg etd made by the Conference, from which we select thore for churches in this vicinity, as follows piercer, Divenior —Jetoreps Haskell, Eresidins miler. “oem Cummings; Oburch street, Naléon, ke Goblsiga;