The New York Herald Newspaper, June 24, 1853, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. OPFICE ¥. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. aeaeaeeeeeess=so—oooomomoom Vodume XVIIL.,........00:esecersessesers Oe 174 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Iow—Aw Onsuct ov In- ‘veunst- L ye’s Heim amp Hore’s Ancuon. NIBLO’S, (Broadway—Dusr iv tux Danx—SiaMese ‘Twins. NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—OruziL0o— ‘Taunrarsn's Daveure: ST. CHARLES THEATRE, Bowery—Granoi ‘Youx—Dzap Suot—Dip You sven suxv Your or Town! AMERICAN MUSEU wrr- Liwenicx Boy. mor GoLD. MADISON AVENUE.—Afte 'e COLOSSAL HIPPODROME. WASHINGTON CIRCUS—Corner ptreetiand Sixth avenue. CHRISTY’S OPERA HOUSE, 472 Broadway—Eruioriay Mevovixs py Cuagisty’s Opens Taoure. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood's Musical Hall, 444 Broad- way—Eruwioriam MinsTReLsy. GEORAMA, 586 Broadway—Baxvarn’s Panorama oF ne Hory Lann. QWEN’S ALPINE RAMBLES, 539 Broadway. New York, Friday, June 24, 1853, A: ae Malls for Europe. THE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD. The Collins steamship Arctic, Captain Luee, will leave this port at noon to-morrow, for Liverpool. Subseriptions and advertisements for any edition of the New Yorx Hunatp will be reveived at the following places tm Euroye:— Livenroor—John Hunter, No. 2 Paradise street. Loxpon—Edward Sandford & Co., Oorphill. « Wm. Thomas & Co. No. 19 Catherine street. Paxis—Livingston, Wells & Co., Rue de la Bourse, B, B. Revoil, No. 17 Rue de la Banque. The European mails will clove at half-past ten o'clock in the morning. ‘Tas Warxty Hunarp will be published at balf-past nine ©'elock to-morrow morning. Single eopies, in wrappers, |— A fternoon—F asHtow aBiE Soc Bvening—ALL THaT GLITTERS 18 and Evening—Faan- of Twonty-ninth It again becomes our disagreeable duty to record the brief particulars of another shocking railroad accident. Owing to the misplacing of a switch, at East Bloomfeld, Mass., the express train which yesterday morning left this city for Boston, via New Haven, ran off on the side track, and came in colli- sion with a freight train—thus causing the death of Mr. Johnson, and the severe injury of many others. It seems almost miraculous that more lives were not lost, especially when we take into consideration the fact ‘that four of the passenger, and five of the freight and baggage cars were badly shattered. The telegraphic @espatch, to which reference is made for a list of the wounded, attributes the catastrophe to the negli- gence of the switch tender. Here is another warn- ing, illustrating to our State Legislators the im- portance of perfecting and adopting the railroad bill which was under discussion in the Assembly yester- day. A bill of this description has passed the Con- necticut Senate, with but one dissenting voice. Let us hope that both branches of our Legislature will now give us an example of philanthropy by speedily and unanimously yoting for a measure that will terd to check railroad slaughterings in our State at least. The telegraph has supplied us with the latest news received at Liverpool, prior to the sailing of the Niagara, from which we learn that great uneasiness ‘was beginning to be manifested in all quarters with regard to the difficulty between Russia and Turkey. The London Times in a labored article declares that no actual hostilities could take place previous to the ‘20th of June, before which time all the great powers ‘would be able to lay their remonstrances before the Czar. The Parisian monetary circles had been thrown into a great state of nervousness by the last advices, which now really look as though Nicholas had made up his mind to fight, let the consequences be what they may. Another ministerial crisis was on the tapis in Spain. The steamship Niagara reached Boston about five o'clock last evening—too late for the mail train. Hier letter and newspaper bags will be despatched in the early train this morning. The Australian news, which we place before our readers this morning, will be found highly interesting by people of all classes, as it contains information which is important to the merchant, ship-owner, and intending emigrant. It comes down to the 23d of March, and furnishes the latest quotations of the gold market, and the last rates of wages prevailing in that important part of the world. We also give a general miscellany, which forms an epitome of the social, moral, and religious position of the inhabi- tants of the Great Island Continent. The reports of the transactions in both branches of our State Legislature yesterday will be found very interesting. Those who flattered themselves with the belief that the canal dispute had been settled, will find that they were greatly mistaken on perusing the debate on the canal appropriation bills in the Senate. The old subject of controversy was re- vived and carried on with considerable vigor by the two factions of the democratic party. Mr. Pierce re- ported a bill to repeal the act of 1842, relative to the enlargement of the Erie and Oswego canals. The new park question was postponed till the bill can be perfected. The subject of impeachment was again the theme of excitement and discussion in the Assembly yester- day. That body having determined to bring JohnC. Mather to trial before the high court of impeachment, many of its members are now exceedingly anxious to indict other of the State officers on similar grounds. The dispute is waxing warmer and warmer, and our legislators, in some instances, are beginning to deal rather unsparinglyfwith each others’ charac- ters. Whether the dispute*will end in a general flare- up among themselves, or whether Lieutenant Go- vernor Church, Comptroller Wright and Attorney- Genera! Chatfield will be placed on the list with Mr. Mather, is now a matter of doubt. That the Senate is actively preparing for the investigation of the charges pending against the latter officer will be seen from the bill introduced by Mr. Beekman for the holding of the court. A despatch from Washington City states that Pre- sident Pierce having entirely recovered from his in- disposition, yesterday took an airing in his carriage, in company with his private secretary, and Sir Charles Lyell, the English geologist. Mr. Ewing, the private secretary of Gov. Seymour, of Connecticut, is to go out with the latter as Secre tary of Legation to Russia. The designs of the ultra temperance folks have again been defeated in Connecticut. A bill, based on the Maine law, was yesterday so amended in the House of Representatives of that State, as to give town and city authorities power to license the sale of liquor, and in this shape the measure wasad»pted by @ majority of ten. The Massachusetts State Temperance Convention yesterday finished its labors. We elsewhere give a full report of the closing proceedings. The democrats of Vermont, in State Convention, yesterday nominated Hon. John S. Robinson for Gov ernor. The Convention approved the national prin. ciples of Gen. Pierce—as expressed in his inaugural address. A Congressional Convention was yesterday held by the democrats of Baltimore. Henry May was nominated as the candidate for the Third district, and Joshua Van Sant for the Fourth district. “The Auburn woollen factory, which originally cost one bundred and forty-eight thousand dollars, was yesterday disposed of at public auction, by a special grant of the Legislature, for fifty-four thousand di Mars. Admiral Seymour left St. John, N. B., last San- doy, for the purpose of inspecting the fishing grounds. Prior to his departure, in reply to the ad- dress of the Corporation, he assured the people that he would continue to maintain their interests, so far as it was in his power, and with ali due regard to the rights of other uations, How are the negutiations progreasing between Minister Cramptim and Secre- tary Marcy? By the way, we lem that the United States steamer Princeton has been ordered to the fishing grounds, and Wii soon take her departure from Norfolk. It may be possible that she will have an opportunity of retaliating upon the colonial fish. ermen in the same style as the French cruiser did at the Grand Banks. The late intense heat has been the cause of great mortality in this and other cities, as will be seen on reference to the accounts under the proper head. On Wednesday an unprecedented number of persons, principally laborers, died of sun stroke in this vicini. ty. Fortunately the weather was more cool yester- day, and we did not hear of an event of the kind in the city. In Baltimore, however, it is reported to have been the hottest day of the season. It is gratifying to learn that a partial compromise has been effected between the employers and em- ployes in the Cumberland coal mines, and that most of the latter have resumed work at a small advance on their wages. Fifty imported sheep, valued at ten thousand dol- lars, were recently killed on the Burlington and Rutland railroad. We elsewhere give the official correspondence be tween Mr. Everett, late Secretary of State, and Senor Paredes, the Charge d’ Affaires of New Granada, re- lative to the Flores expedition against Ecuador. The lettersare very interesting. To-day’s inside pages contain @ very interesting letter from our London correspondent; Father Ga- vazzi's Lecture on the Freedom of Speech; Police In- telligence, including an account of the Riot in the Eighteenth Ward; Commercial, Marine, Railroad, Sporting, Judicial, Theatrical and Miscellaneous In- telligence, &c. Hostility to the Annexation of Caba. There is nothing more clearly discernible through the telescope of “manifest destiny” than, sconer or later, the annexation of Cuba to the United States. We feel here, in this country, almost without distinction of party, political or religious, that it is to be so. The only material questions of difference upon the subject among us—that is, the mass of the people—are, as to the time when, and the means by which, this important acquisition is to be effected. The Order of the Lone Star, the Ouzel Owls, the Cuban Junta, and the school of Young America, are decidedly in favor of invading the island with a sufficient military force to revolutionize it; and then, after esta- blishing an independent republic upon the ruins of the Spanish dominion, to knock at the door of Congress for admission into the Union. Ina word, their plan is the Texas plan from begin- ing to end. Others, even of the “fierce de- mocracie,” are opposed to “such filibustering, and prefer the plan which was pursued by Mr. Jefferson, in the acquisition of Louisiana, and by Mr. Monroe. in the annexation of Florida, They go for buying Cuba, and at almost any cost, rather than run the hazards of losing the prize by a timorous procrastination. Others again are believers in Mr. Calhoun’s doctrine of “masterly inactivity.” and are urging the policy of waiting till the fruit is ripe, when, as they say, from the natural laws of gravitation, it will fall at our feet. There are. however, here and there, a few scattering hide-bound conservatives, who are opposed to the incorporation of Cuba into this Union upon any terms, at any time, and by any means, in despite of any advantages. or provo- cations, or considerations of national policy suggesting the ultimatum of annexation. We mean those conservatives who are not identi- fied with the abolition crusaders against the South, all of whom are of course malignantly hostile to the widening of the area of the South- ern States, even were the salvation of the Union to depend upon it. We are speaking of those straight-laced conservatives who, tearful of the dangers of a forward movement, would prefer to stand still. And as it was this class of conservatives—mostly of the same party— which resisted the acquisition of Louisiana, and Florida, and Oregon. and Texas, and Utah, and New Mexico. and California, we propose briefly to examine their objections, and to put them to the test of experience. Our conservative. tremulous, Union-loving opponents of the acquisition of Cuba, present the following as their leading objections to the incorporation of the island into our national confederacy :— First : The serious difficulty of amalgamating the Spanish races of Cuba with our people. There is a difference between the whites of Cu- ba, and the white races of the United States, it is urged which renders their antagonism heredi- tary and implacable. The overshadowing su- perstitions of the Church in Cuba, all-powerful, exclusive and universal, can never be sacrificed to, or blended with. the comparatively simple elements of religion prevailing in this country. In a word, it is pleaded. that from their national traditions, laws and customs. social and politi- cal, from their tenacity to their church, and its overwhelming calendar of charming supersti- tions, and mysterious but fascinating and all- important ceremonies. the mass of the whites of Cuba have been taught to leok upon the peo- ple of the United States as outcast barbarians and heretics, with whom a national ama)gama- tion would be the certain destruction of the faithful, church and state, soul and body. Secondly : The six hundred thousand of the negro race of Cuba, including slavesand free blacks, and mulatoes, the slaves only number- ing as two to one, would be naturally arrayed in a solid phalanx against us. And why? Be- cause, as itis urged, both the free blacks and the slaves in the Island of Cuba enjoy many so- cial and religious privileges of equality with the whites, to a greater or less extent, which would be inevitably abolished with the island in our possession. From these two classes of objections it is argued that while the whites of Cuba could not be assimilated with our people, without infusing into our great community some of the most objectionable features of Spanish society, cus- toma and usages, social and religious. the ne- groes of Cuba, on the other hand, would prefer awar of extermination to the prospect of a transfer to the rigid distinctions of caste be- tween whites and blacks existing all over the United States. To put this last point in its most formidable e.ithas been repeatedly asserted as the avowed policy of S in the Jast resort. to declare the freedom of the slaves of Cuba, and to turn them loose nst us, rather than consent to the occupation of the island by the hated Yankees. The test of experience is the answer we have to give to this drendful array of fact and argu- ment. The French of Louisiana bave amalga- mated with our without diff religious and s¢ peculiarly their own. St. Augustine, in Florida, jeople and onr institations. and without sacrifici al observ: old Spanish town, still retaining many evidences of its origin. But to say no- thing of Texas, or California, the territory of New Mexico affords the most striking illustra- tion of the can system, No lees a pereonage than Danie) floxivility of our beautiful r ‘Webster. in his opposition to the acceptance of | Park, in Union square, and in one or two other Tae Crvm War my Cama.—From Dr. Macgu- any additional territory from Mexico on ac- count of the late war, presented, as his strong- est objection, the apparent impossibility of har- monizing the mixed hybrids of the Mexican family, « such as they are,” with our people and our institutions, Yet mark how easily the thing was done. A proclamation was made by Gen. Kearney, on entering New Mexico, that it was thenceforth a territory of the United States; and literally from the house tops, the hybrid Mexicans were sworn in to support our consti- tution, a whole townful at a time, from one village to another, throughout the country, And the work thus accomplished has held good to this day. And the appointment of Don Mi- guel Antonio Otero, a native Mexican. as United States District Attorney for New Mexico, is proof direct of the readiness with which even the Mexicans may be harmoniously blended with our people, our customs and our laws. Experience then has settled the question in regard to the Spanish race of Cuba. They can be amalgamated with our people, nor do we share in the affected alarm concerning the slaves of “the ever faithful island.” Spain has no- thing to gain by their revolutionary liberation, nor can she afford to make the sacrifice which such a bloody experiment would require. Fur- thermore, the condition of the Cuban slaves would be ameliorated with their transfer to our jurisdiction. It is reported that once in eleven years, or less, upon an average, the stock of slaves of a Cuba sugar plantation has to be re- newed. so rapidly do they die off from hard labor and hard usage. It would be easy, then, to reconcile them to a transfer to the laws and usages of slavery in our Southern States. We do not, therefore, entertain any apprehen- sions of blood and carnage. or social mischief, from either the white or the black race of Cuba, as the probable consequences of the acquisition of the island. Nor is it necessary to acquire it, that we should wait another quarter of a cen- tury, or plunge into a filibustering invasion. The exercise of a broad foresight and sound dis- cretion. or the absence of these qualities in the management of the question by our govern- ment. will probably much sooner determine the issue of peace or war. If we are to have trouble concerning the island of Cuba, it will be anterior and not subsequent to its annexation. Still the question arises-—will there be war? Crry Fountarss—Swaui we we Roastep Autve ’—Pity the sorrows of a poor New York- er, in these days of scorching heat, and dull heavy atmosphere, and parched cracked throats ! Pity us, ye who can lie under beech or elm, with the wavy grass fluttering in the breeze round your head, and the gentle rattle of a bub- bling spring at your ear! Pity us, ye who can nestle in some shady cave on the sea shore, while the bracing east wind brushes the hair from your brow, and creeps through each crey- ice of your loosened vest! Pity us, ye whose feet tread on soft cool lawns, and sweep the dew from daizy and trefoil! Pity us. when you think of a pavement on which a raw steak would curl and smoke, of a sky that mortal eye dare not gaze on, of a Broadway whose airy canopy can only be likened to the exhalations of an overcharged steam pipe! Talk of clothes, indeed ; one suffocates in alpaca, and is smoth- ered in gossamer. Silks and flannels are a hor- rid fallacy. Thinest, whitest garments a wretched snare. Neither Heaven nor the tail- ors have any comfort to offer. Courage and resignation are the only resources of those who have recovered from the melancholy delusion of summer clothing, ice creams and sherry cob- blers. Must we then come to the disheartening con- clusion that the heat under which our forefa- thers groaned and prayed for mercy, is an evil inseparable from the soil—a doom from which mortal man cannot escape? Shall our child- ren’s energy and strength be carried off in tor- rents of perspiration? Shall the myriads who. acentury hence, shall tread the Broadway in which we now gasp. abandon their daily toils for the relief of a thermometer at seventy degrees in the country, and tremble at the approach of the fiery noon? Be careful, conservative friend, how you utter a hasty reply in the affirmative. A hundred years ago, the illustrious Smiths and Joneses, from whose loins you sprung, en- dured many an ill which never troubles you. In their blind ignorance they painted poor hu- manity as an embodiment of all sorts of grievous and incurable distembers ; ‘ ills.” as they used to say, “to which flesh is heir.” A due regard for the dictates of Providence forbade their at- tempting to disturb the snecession. You and ourselves, however, who live in a less scrupu- lous age, have seen this doleful inheritance terribly diminished since their time. Sorrows here, disasters there, evils of every shape and order have been struck from the inventory by the ingenuity and research of man. Pain has been robbed of its victims, and even Death has been bidden to hold his hand. To lengthen the span prescribed to life by its Creator is beyond our power; but we can, and we do daily dimin- ish its dangers, remove its inconveniencies, and add to its sources of pleasure. Who shall say that the future is not pregnant with schemes which shall counteract, or at least so far miti- gate our oppressive summer heat, that a walk in Broadway, at 3 P.M., in July, will be a de- lightful recreation. Extravagant as the notion may seem to some, we offer no apology for hazarding it. Twenty years ago, the man who would have proposed to build a railroad through the city would have been deemed a lunatic; and if he had lived ina country where the sorbonne or the inquisition flourished, would most probably have expiated his boldness in a dungeon. Now we have three railroads in actual operation, two more almost ready to receive the cars, and a sixth—an air line, to be constructed somewhere between the level of Chimborazo and the soil—gravely dis- cussed in the papers. Besides, even with our present means, if they were properly turned to account, much could be done to alleviate our torrid condition. Of all cities in the world, New York is the lasi where water ought to be a luxury or a rarity. And yet, see how niggard we are of it. Why have we not tains throwing up jets of pure cool wa- ter into every square, in every plot of ground where six feet square, can be spared ? Paris, where the heat isby no means so op) sive as it is here, boasts fifty or a hands splendid jets d’eau, and, in addition, hydrauts at every corner pour a stream of ¢ water, for an hour at a time, morning ning. through the gutters, to cleanse every ves- tige of impurity and cool the air. Ask the doc- tors what the effect of the plan is on the bills of mortality. We have the hydrants, but beware how you touch them, lest the Croton Water De- partment should come to hear of the sacrilege. We are informed, too, by of undoubted reepectability, that there are fountains in the foun- san and eve placesin the city; but we must be forgiven if .we mention the fact asa mere rumor requiring confirmation, We have ourselves seen in a public place a melancholy little thread of wa- ter trickling upwards out of small hole in the centre of a stone basin; but we have never been able to decide whether the phenomenon pro- ceeded from a defect in the paving over a natural spring, or whether it was a miniature model of a fountain exhibited by some ingenious person. New York wants real fountains that will throw a large jet of water twenty feet high, and impregnate the air with moisture for an acre round about—such foun- tains, in a word, as the Bostonians, whom we are so fond of decrying, have placed in their common. Twenty or twenty-five such fountains could be erected at a very small expense, and there would be plenty of water to feed them if the Croton aqueduct at High Bridge were en- larged. Sites could easily be found. Once erected, their value would soon be recognized. The very sight of a volume of water gushing from the earth and breaking into cool. sparkling spray, at a height of twenty or twenty-five feet, would be a delicious sensation in these dog con ‘e commend the subject to those whom it concerns. Eager as the citizens of New York have hitherto been in the pursuit of wealth, it is only lately that comfort has come to bea matter of consideration. Its importance is now, however, becoming acknowledged. The first fruits of the change are the general outeries for a park. We feel assured that the legislative session at Albany will not close before measures are taken for the purchase of the Central Park. If, in conjunction with this boon, steps be taken for the immediate enlargement of the Croton aqueduct, where it crosses the river. and a sum of money appropriated for the construction of several large fountains, the fainting creatures who are now abandoning their business from sheer exhaustion would not repudiate the debt of gratitude such a blessing would impose on them. Farat Errecrs or THe Late Excessive Heat. —Excessively hot weather ceases to be a mat- ter of amusement when it is attended with the fatal consequences of the terrific heat of last Wednesday. The unprecedented list of deaths from this cause. which we published yesterday morning, is really appalling, and suggestive of serious inquiry and seasonable precautions against the possible recurrence of such fatali- ties yet again during the present summer. It will have been observed that the victims of the heat of Wednesday were almost entirely from that class of our people whose daily routine is hard labor in the full blaze of the sun, ren- dered doubly powerful by the reflection from the brick walls and pavements by Which they were surrounded. And another suggestive fact is, that the sufferers in question, with here and there an exception, were from Ireland. The first precaution, therefore, we have to re- commend, is to the employers of these out-door laborers, in view of still another such terribly hot visitation as this last. Let the out- door laborer have a respite of an addition- al hour or two, or even three hours, in the hottest part of the day ; and if it can be allowed on no other terms, it were better to make up the deficiency in the evening or in the morning, for we presume that labor is pretty generally regulated in this city by the ten hour system. By going to work an hour or two earlier, and by holding on in the afternoon an hour or two later. two or three hours, judiciously, to laborers and employers, might be deducted from the heat of the day. At all events this rule might be applied to a con- siderable saving of life during these ovcasional paroxysms of dreadful heat, which seldom last longer than two or three days without creating the relieving elements of a thunder storm. But the fact that nearly all the recent victims from coup de soleil were foreigners, and mostly from Ireland, should admonish their country- men that the summer sun of America cannot be safely defied. at all times, without acclima- tion. The mid-summer of Great Britain and Ireland is the mildness of spring compared with the last three days in New York. Not even the native of the heart of Germany can work with impunity for five or six hours in the sun, among bricks and mortar, with the mercury above ninety degrees. Our immigrant laborers should remember this; and beware, of all things, when overheated, of drinking too much cold water. Whatever may be the virtues of the Maine Liquor law, we undertake to say that toa man exhausted by his labor and the heat, a pint of iced water is more dangerous than the plain Croton qualified with a little brandy, notwithstanding that hard drinking is certain destruction. When a sense of exhaus- tion to the laborer in the sun is coming on, the the best course is perhaps to knock off and rest till a reaction has taken place. Nor do we believe that a suspension of the incessant smoking, which is practised among our Euro- pean born laborers, would be at all to their dis- advantage. A man with a pipe in his mouth from morning till night. from one year’s end to another, can hardly possess the same vigor and elasticity in his nervous system as the man who smokes not at all. The volumes which have been written by men of science upon this sub- ject confirm on the strongest proofs this view of the pernicious effects of inveterate smoking. We throw out these hints for the benefit of all they may concern. Certain it is, that with proper precautions on the part of laborers and employers there would be few. if any. deaths from coup de soleil, even with the thermometer at ninety-five degrees in the shade, as it stood for some hours on Wednesday last. Can Tis BE so?—We republishthe oted, her day, a paragraph from the /reeman’s Journal, purporting to be from good authority, to the effect that certain parties in the United States were in negotiation with Santa Anna, and had in fact agreed to sell him a considerable lot of old muskets, lately the property of the govern- ment. Can this be so? If so, is this lot of old muskets the same lot that was sold to Kossuth, or the lot that was to be supplied at one time to the Cuban filibusters ? Are there men in Wall street, or elsewhere in this country, that can aid in getting up a foreign war for the pur- pose of creating with the enemy a market for the sale of a lot of second hand or third hand muskets? [t don’t seem possible that such a -peculation could originate in that street. What has been done with Kossuth’s mus- kets, and the filibusters’ muskets? We ask again, are either of these lots the lot that | has been or is to be sold to Santa Anna; or is it another lot. bought at fifty cents and sold at two or three dollars a piece? What haa become of all those old muskets? It is charged that Santa Anna hae got hold of thom. | Can this be so? | vern’s Note Book, quoted in the Overland Friend of China, of April 11, received by last arrival, we take the following respecting the present Emperor and the Tartar dynasty of China. It will be seen that it agrees with our own ideas as published in our articles on China in the HeraLp:— His Imperial Majesty Hien-Fung, who is now in the twenty-second year of his age, and in the third of his reign, is the seventh, and according to present ap- earances, the last of his line to sway the des- inies of China. The Manchus have now ruled this empire fortwo hundred and eight years, which is thirty-five Pegs snare than the average duration, ty rejecting the mythological era of the twenty-seven receding dynasties. With this sarertion, and that of the brief period when they were under the Mongol yoke, between A. D. 1234 and 1313, the Chinese have always been ruled by native princes, and it is not surprising that an attempt should now be made to expel their haughty conquerors Dearest as the exaggerated notions entertained of Mancha power and prowess have been dispelled by the recent Eng- lish war. Since that, even the discontented and law- less spirits, who are to be found in every province, have uently, and on slight provocations, arrayed themselves against the authorities. It is true, at al- most all periods of their hi: , the people have of- fered resistance to the opp) ive measures of their officers, but of late they have been unusually prompt to exercise their power, which recent experience has shown to be more formidable than had ever been ipl by either . Instanees in illustration of this, have been of frequent occurrence in this part of the country, several of which have been recounted in these pages. Similar cases have since occurred, and may be briefly cited to show the utter inabilit of the authorities to thwart the wishes even of smal sections d&the people. The same paper publishes extracts from the proclamations of the Imperialists against the rebels, and calling for supplies and recruits. One of them offers a reward of four thousand taels, or nearly $6,000 for the leader of the re- bels, Prince Choo of the Ming dynasty, and two thousand taels for his head. It says, “In every province, there are those who know the leader, Chu-Kichin. whose age appears to be between eighteen and nineteen years. For his capture four thousand taels of silver are offered, which, when effected. will restore peace,” &c, Navicatine THe Sour American Rivers.— We find in one of the Panama journals a state- ment to the effect that the first steamship which ever sailed up the waters of the Amazon, had lett Para. a seaport of Brazil, on the first of February. She is named the Marago, and her destination was the city of Barra, in the pro- vince of the Amazon. The statement adds that much enthusiasm was shown in consequence of this first application of steam to the navigation of the largest river in the world. Several steamers intended for the same trade have lately been launched, or are in progress of building in England. so that our merchants and ship builders—if they do not want to be left be- hind in this contest for the navigation of the South American rivers—must hurry up, or they will lose their laurels and their profits. Youne America Gone To Canapa.—Some- thing is in the wind. The movements of indi- viduals at this time are of importance.. George Saunders, Mr. Correy, and Beverly Tucker, have gone to Canada, accompanied by the legal counsel of George Law. What does this mean? Is there to be war? Are there any muskets to be sold there, or has Young America gone to Canada to raise the means to batter down The Union. Should not the Cabinet take notice of these things? These movements are fraught with vastly more danger to The Union than consular uniforms. Youre Men on ImpertaL Turoxes.—Some of the most important empires on the globe are now ruled by young men. The Emperor of China. Hien Fung, is now in the twenty-second year of his age, and the third of his reign. It will be recollected that he is of the Tartar or Tu-tsingdynasty. Prince Chu-kisin, of the Ming dynasty, who aspires to the throne of China, is about nineteen years ok The Sultan. or Shah of Persia, Nasser-ad-Din, about twenty years ofage. Abdul-Medjid-khan, the Sultan of Tur- key, was born in April, 1823—of course he is now little over thirty years ofage. The Empe- ror Francis Joseph, of Austria, is nearly twenty- three. having been born in August, 1830. He ascended the imperial throne in Decem- ber, 1848. These empires embrace more than one-third of the population of the world. He Accepts.—We are gratified to be inform- ed that Mr. Walker accepts the mission to China. It is understood that he will probably not depart for his official destination till Octo- ber, which leaves him a fine margin for the preparation of his plan of commercial recipro- cities with the Great Central Flowery Kingdom. We shall anticipate, with confidence, the most important commercial results from this mission of Mr. Walker. Success attend him! Gor Hi.—We are satisfied that the great mass of our readers read with unalloyed satis” faction the brief report which we published yesterday of Mr. Senator Cooley’s speech in favor of the Central Park. We have not. there- fore, been disappointed in Mr. Cooley. We have called upon him, and he has answered. We have relied upon him, and we have got him. Good! ‘Talk on ’Change. ‘The rales of cotton reached about 900 bales, the de- cline for two days being on some descriptions equal to 4c. Flour and wheat continued firm, without change of moment from yerterday’s quotations, It was believed that no war would actually occur be- tween Russiaand Turkey, Russia might bluster for the sake of consistency, but it would be with the view of withdrawing or retracing ber steps with a good graze, in compliance with the intercessions of neutral friends, With France and England united against her, what could shedo? Shut upin the Baltic on one side, and at the Dardanelles on the other, she was powerless, Her only ebance to hold Constantinople woula be to throw from 100,0€0 to 200,000 troops into it. This she could not do. Before her troops could cross the Balkan, and fight their way to the Turkish capital, the English and French fleets would have possession of the Dardanelles, and might re- inforce the Turkish ramparts of the city, while the Rus- sian fleet in the Black sea would be in danger of anaihi- lation, The Czar was too politic a man to risk all this in the present state of Europe. Heace the peace was not likely to be disturbed, for some time yet, by the Rus- sian and Turkish quarrel, A memorial was placed on a desk, in the Merchants’ Exchange, during the meeting of the merchants, yester. day, remonstrating against the bill (known as the Catho- lie bill) introduced into the Legislature by Mr. Taber. It received a large number of signatures. It will be con: tinued there to-day, during ‘change hours, for additional signatures. Some persons who signed it stated that they did not do so from any sectarian feeling or proju- dice, but that they were actuated by principle. They respected Catholics as individuals, many cf whom they believed disapproved of the bill, They would oppos9 just as stresuously « similar measure on bebalf of any one of the Protestant sects. ‘Tt was concentrating too much power in one or two individuals, however pure and up right they were concedes to be, ‘The model of @ rail, wheels and axles, showing their construction on a plan which it was deemed would pre vent Injury to cars or passengers from the breaking of axles, and lessen (heir liability to fracture. The Garrick, reported ashore on the point of the Hook, it was believed would be got off without difisuity, and with little, if any, damage, She would likely be brought up by the steamer Ajax, which had gone down to her assistance. She had been long and wel! known ag a Liverpool, packet, having formerly run in the celebrated dramatic Ilee (of Liverpool packets) of EK Collias & Co. She a favorable oneence of thirty atx days with ® valuabe cargo and a large xumber of passenge: chiciy in the steerage, s sy j THE HOT WEATHER. Its Effects Here and Elsewhere. NEW YORK. ‘The intense heat of Wednesday was somewhat modi- fied yesterday, and in consequence there were net so many sun strokes—indeed we did not hear of any during the day, The first part of the day was much cooler than the afternoon or night. The following were the different heights of the thermometer:—At 9 A. M. 70, and at noon 76. By 4 P.M. it had risen to 88, which» was the warmest heat of the day; and at 103; P. M. the: thermometer, outside the Hxnatp office, was at $1—five. degrees warmer than at 12 M. of the same day. DEATHS BY COUP DE SOLEIL. In addition to the many cases of sun-stroke, most o which were fatal, that occurred in the course of Wednes-- day, the following likewise occurred on the same day:— About half-past 11.4. M., man, name unknown, fel? down, in Grand street, near house No 587, from become ing overheated tbreugh exposure to the weather, and died before medical aid could be procured. A German was found dead, by officer Wacker, lying om the sidewalk, at the corner of Thirty fifth street and Seventh avenve, evidently from the effects of the sun. Another young man, named Joho Hull, was found by officer Cbristman, lying in Tenth avenue, near Thirty- fifth street, from the effects of the weather and liquor. He was taken to the station house, and recovered. ‘Two men were found in a similar ooadition from the combined effesta of the weather avd the liquor they had drunk, lying on the sidewalk in Thirty-sixth street, near the Seventh avenue. They were conveyed home by the ice. wat half-past one o’clock in the afternoon of the same y. aman by the name of Michael Pye, was sun struck in Eldiidge street. He was taken to his home, 192 De- lancy s:reet, by police officer J.D. King, of the Tenth, Amen, named Sleigen, was sun-struck on Wednesday,. and died about 9 o’clock On the same night, at the house: of le Wagner, corner of Third aveaue and Sixtieth street John McClurky, a laborer, wes sun-struck in Broadway, near Bleecker street, on the afternoon of the same day. He was conveyed home by otticers Wileon and Heyer, of the Fifteenth police district to 23 Prince street. On Weduerday night s woman, named Ca‘ other name unknown, who acts as a domestic at 202 Wooster street, wax sun-struck while in the street. She was taken to the City Hospital, but was not expected ta recover. Amsp, pame unknown, a laborer, was sun-struck in the afternoon of the sme day, about 4 o'clock. in the Fourth ‘ken to a drug store, where Drs. Barti- , used every means to resuscitate the but to no eflect. Hedied at 11P. M. the 1d the body was taken to the station house nth ward. Mrs. Bowers is deserving of espe- cial praire for her exertions iv his behalf. A man, name unknown. wus found on the same day at. 11 A. ™., on the pier at the foot of Fulton street, helpless from the effects of over heat, He was taken to the City Hospital by officer Gilbland, of the Third ward. Anotber man. name unknown, sun-struck in the afternoon of the same day, in Ve street, near West street. Teken to the City Homie. Michael Crassou, aged 40 years, a native of Ireland, died at tbe Fifteenth ward station house. by exposure to the sun. he was a laborer, avd his family, consisting of a wife and chi’. re-ide at 96 West Twenty-fourth street. Joseph McAvnaily, aged 29 years, ® native of Ireland, residing at No. 172 West Sixteenth street, died yesterday, by exposure to the sun. ‘Timothy O’Brien, aged 19 years, a native of Ireland, died at the New York City Hospital, by w coup de soleil Jobn Mulligan. aged 30 years, worked in a eval yard, died in the New York City Ho:pital, caused by a coup da soleil Patrick Doran, aged 25 years born in Ireland employed in Kign’s sugar-house in Duxne street, fell down insensi- ble. he was taken to the New York City Hospital, and died in a few hours after, caused by fatigue and exposure toexcesive heat. Verdict accordingly. Bridget Sexton, aged 20 years, borm in Ireland. resided at No. 35 Anthony street. “She was taken suddenly insen- sible by the exposure to the heat of the sua and died in a few bonrs after, Verdict—Death by coup de soliel. John Bracelain, aged 40, born in Treiaod & laborer, re- siding in the Seventh avenue, was taken insensible in Chambers street, and taken to the New York Hospital, where he died ina few hours after. Verdict—Death by: being «un struck. An vpknown woman aged about 20 yeurs, was taken to- the New York Hospital, from the corner of Orange and Walker streets, about 12 o'clock on Wednesday. She was insensible at the time. She was taken to the hospital, and died in a few hours after. Verdict—Death by expo- fure to the sun. William Bailey, aged 32 years, a native of Ireland re- sided at No. 107 hington street, alaborer; worked on ; fell insensible on the pier and waa pier 19, North riv taken to the New York Hospital and died in about three hours, Verdict—Death by a coup de soleil, BROOKLYN. FATAL EFFECTS OF THE INTENSE HEAT. Coroner Bali held inquests yesterday upen the bodies of seven persons who died in consequence of the extreme heat of the weather, viz, :— Upon the body of Theresa Muller, a native of nS employed ax a tervant in the family of Mr. Joha Smit corter of Culumb'a and Summit streets, who droppe cown dead while engaged at work in the back yard. Also upon the bocy of a iaborer, name unknown, who died from the effects of the heat while engaged at work in ne yard in Columbia street. He was a native of so upon the body of a German named Adam Sycloff, who died while at his usus! ocsupation in the distillery of Messrs. Towers & Kingenburg, at the Wallabou’ Also upon ‘he body of an Irishman in the employ of Pauick O'Donuell, contractor in Gowanus, who fell dowm dead while working in repairing the streets. Alo, upon the body of an aged woman, named Mary Whollahan, who fora long time occupied a fruit stand near the Catharine ferry. She died from exhaustion caused by the heat. Also, up Mary Ryan, a vative of Ireland, who arop- ped down cend at her re-idence. No. 24 Columbia street. It appears she occupied an ill-vent'lated apartment on the upoer floor, aud being fatigued Inid down upon a straw bed torest. The sun shone full upon her through the skylight, and becoming dizzy she arove and proc ta 50 down steirs, but had walked but a few steps when she fell and expired Verdicts in accordance with the facts were rendered in each of the above cares, Some five or six persons were prostrated by the heat on. Wedue-day, independent of the above, all of whom were relieved by timely applications of the proper remedies, WILLIAMSBURG. A young lady, named Russ, at work in Mr. Thurston’s rope welk, in Bushwick, while walking home to her din- ner on Wednesday, waa struck insensible by the heat of the sun, A laboring man, at work round Mr. Cooper’s glue fac- tory, in Bu-hwick, was also prostrated from the same cure, on the rame day. Yerierday afternoon, a isn named Michael Rohan was conveyed to his residence in First street, near North Sec- ond, in a dying condition from the extreme heat of the sum. NEWARK. On Tuesday the the: mometer registered 97 deg. as the jeximnm temperature, being higher than has been re- corded in June for wore than ten years: and, with the exceptions of 1849 and 1845, higber anv tempera- ture experienced during that period. The mercury con- tinued to rege high during the evening. for although, from the appearance of the atmosphere, there was pro- bably rain at the South, it was too distant to relieve the oppressiveners of the heat here. At 11 o'clock the tem- ay still 83 deg. : it fell during the nigat, how- 7734, and at 7 o'clock this moruiog the mercary was at 8034, with a probability, should pot some alight indications of rain prove true, that in the course of the day it will be bigher than yesterday. Patrick Brady, while working in the South Orange ave- Due yesierday was obliged to lexve in the morning about 1034 o’cl ck. being overcome by the heat. He was as- sisted some cistance, but being apparently better, atarted alone for home. About 1 o'clock he was found dead im an orehard which he had attempted to eross, An Irishman employed by the Street Commisstoner fell dead while working aud a cart hore was also killed, Others were obliged to leave work. Another man, employed on the South @range avenue, dropped this afternoon and is supposed to be dead. Many workmen on the streets, and in other exposed situations. bad been obliged to suspend labor during the middle ot the day, TELEGRAPHIC, NUMEROUS DEATUS IN PUILADELPHTA. Purapernta, June 23, 1853, The heat contioues very great here. The Coroner held welvo inquests to day, most cf the deaths resulting from he heat. THE HOTTEST DAY IN BALTIMORE—SEVERAL DEATHS Barrimone, June 23, 1853. This has been the hottest day of the season here, ant six deaths from the heat have been reported, Two alse: died yesterday, J ¥ KATHER AND SICKNESS IN WASHINGTON. Wasiixaron, June 23, 1853, The weather has been waxing hotter and hotter for some days past. Thermometer xanging from 00 to 0% Unusual sickness prevails, COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE BY GOV. SEYMOUR. Yesterday afternoon about one o'clock, Sheriff Orser received from Governor Seymour a commutation of sen- tevee in the cave of Thomas Neary, who stood adjudged to be haoged this day for the murder of his wife. The Executive has commuted the sentence of the wretched criminal to imprisonment at bard labor in the State pri- fon, at Sing Sing, during bis natural life, On the receipt of the official document, the Sheriff proceeded to the cell of the pritoner and informed him of its contents, On receiving the pleasing intelligence his face beamed with de ight, and he exclaimed, to us) his own worda:—* I feel more reconciled and lightene up; certainly feel grateful to the Governor, but I d/ not expect it after the verdict last rendered by v) Sheriff's jury; | considered I had no hope. I was te by the Sheriff yesterday afternoon that I coy not expect any hope, and he asked me wi tine 1 would prefer to be executed, and told hima I would be ready at ten o'clock. My mind to be eure feels much easier, Life is sweet, if itis for a week” —alluding to tho Inst week's respite, w has «dently brought about the Executive clemency Leary wy & man of Very KmMi stabure, aod unprep sing in his appearance; be is over forty-five years ee are