The New York Herald Newspaper, June 29, 1853, Page 8

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. MEETING OF THE ALUMNI. OITERESTING ADDRESS BY PROF. DRAPER, ke, ke, &o. ‘The alumni of the New York University held their an- nusi meeting in this city Jast evening, when Prof. Draper delivered the following interesting discourse on the city of New York and its University :— Gexrizmms—When 1 received your iavitation, a year ago, to address you on this osbasion, my first intention ‘was to decline the proffered honor, since there are s0 ‘many awong you who, by professiog and practice, are far better fitted for such a public performance. If you want an eloquent speaker, you must look for him in the pulpit orat the bar, certainly net in the gig of a doctor. But considerations, which will preseAtly appear, lead me to change this intention, and then came the inquiry, what shall the address be about? There is the whole range of literature aud the whole ravge of science, but of science you have had enough from me. Indeed, as my thoughts wandered from one topic to another, no matter at what point they began. they gradually shaped them- selves into the saying of something about the University. That this should be the case is not at all surprising. Many of the best years of my life have been spent in it— some of the happiest of yours. And co it furnishes an appropriate subject on the occasion of our present meet- 3 ever there was an institution misunderstood it has ‘been this. The city of New York has not comprehended her University; she has virtually said to it—Thou great mendicast! what bas become of the hundreds of thousands of doliars I have given?—where are thore promised crowds ef youth I expected in thy halls)—how is it that in twenty years, and at all this cost, thou hast completed the education of only 455 persons?—are there not in my streets half a million of people?—what is the meaning of these contemptible classes of sixty or seventy annually by 2 a know it is true thes this bas been the feeling, and the University has remained submissive and without a reply. From time to time, as emergencies arose, generous and religious men here and there have afforded relief, but the city has stood aloof. And by de- grees there have crept in amoog some of us misgivings; psy, wore, by bearing the thing reiterated so often we may have come to believe that our duty has been very imperfectly done. Is it not, then, right and expedient, if there be among us one who, from position and long coonection, has the neceseary knowledge, that he should stand forth and answer. That is what I am going to do to-night. Ihave served the Universi'y for nearly two-thirds of its exis- tence, and sometimes under circumstances of reaponsi- bility. For what may be now said no one bat myself is sceountal it is not the result of the promptings or counsel of any person. I trast that what may be pre- sented to you, and through you to the public, may tend to awaken a better feeling towards this deserving institu- tion. Univer: ities have 4wo distinct duties to perform. I: is their office to incréase the stock ot human knowledge, and to disseminate that knowledge among men. Ia for- mer times they were the centres around which the culti- vators of science and literature clustered. and the reputa” tion of many of the great European institutions is con- nected with the discoveries made in their walla. Their Office of disseminating knowledge may be accomplished in many different ways, as by the printing of books, or by tuition. We should remembe- this in coming to a de~ cision as to the actual merit of these establishments. In the United States the measure too often applied is the number of students—a standard wholly fallacious. All | tho world assigns the glory of the immortal discoveries of Newton to the University at Cambridge, but does avy man trouble himself to inquire how many students were there in those times? Fourteen years ago there stood upon the floor of the chemical laboratory of our Universizy a pair of old-fash. ioned galvanic batteries. Like the cradle of a baby, they worked upon rocke:s, and so the acid might be turned on orcff. Agrsy haired gentleman had been using the: for many years, to see whether he could produce enough magnetism in a piece of iron, at a distance, to move a pencil, and make marks upon paper. He had contrived « brass instrument that bad keys, something like a piano in miniature, culy there was engrayen on each a letter of the alphabet. When these were touched, the influ- ence of the batteries was sent through a copper wire, and a mark, answering to a letter, was made a long | way off. It is related that the University of Oxford, six hundred years go, was the scene of a similar incident. A friar of the mame o! Roger Bacon, invented » brass iastrument in the sbape cf a man’s sead, which he could esuse to spesk, Tle publ'c :et it down for magic, end the church taking note of it and other iaveations, imprisoned him for ten years. In vain he wrote a bock on the non-sxist- ence of magic—the Pope was inexorable. But in the midst cf the dark age- Oxford kuew her interests better than New York does in our time, With the highest ecclesiasticel iofluecces against her, she had furnished her philosopher with $10 600 to carry on bis inquiries— an immense sum for that period, And four centuries alter, a German traveller relates that he was shewn at that town, with pride, a house on which was written, “This is the house of Friar Bacon.’ How does the matter stand between the city of New York and its University, as respects the invention of the magnetic telegraph, the invention of the senior profess>r of this institution? What obligation is Professor Morse umier to the city? Who is the ¢ebtor! Have the mer- cantile interes’ ven to the University one thoasandth part of ‘he bevefit. it has conferréd on them? Have not milions upcu millions been made on the news of the steamships in Halifax aod Poston? Do they not send to New Orleans and back in » sig! ning? Nay more! Let us leave these poor and ver'sbable interests, and look at grander resulte. Has any tbiog been done +o bind to- gether this grest conederacy of republics more effectual than these iron wires? Have they not given that consoli- dation which our greatest statesmen saw the value of, and despaired’ Have they not made it possible for the government at Wa: hington to rule over the entire conti- ueot? But perhaps some one may say: All this is well | ecough, but such inventions belong rather to the age than tospy one man, and what Morse did here would have been done by Steinbeil in Germany, or by Whent- etone io England. be Ag friend, you know nothing about the matter. og after the telegraphic instru- ments were perfected, it was doubtful whether inteili- gence could be reot to avy considerable distance. It is one thing to rend an electric current a few"yards, and a totally different sffeir to ;end ita thousand miles. Ex- periments which bad teen mace under the auspices of the Ruseian government, by Professor Jacobi, ot the Uniyersity of Dorpat, had led to the inference that the law of the conducting power of wires, originally dis- covered in Germany, was correst, avd, in addition, a cor. | roborative memoir had been read before the Impezii Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg by Lenz At this time so little was known in England as regards this im- portant point, that rome of the most eminent natural | philosophers connected with Universities there, embraced | the opposite view. I msy not be able to make the pre- cise point in cispute clear ; it was this ing through a certain length of wire s amount of loss ; if it shoula go through a wire a thou- eand times as lorg, will the loss be a thousand times as erent? The Russians said yee—the English eaid mo. If the former was the case, {t was universally considered that the electric telegraph wonld not be practicable for apy considerable distance. A series of experiments wat made in the University of New York, which establiehed, beyond all question, the trath of the Russian view; but st that time the higher mathematics were cultivated in our Iaboratory as well as mere experimen‘ing; and on submitting the results to such a matvematieal disenssion, the paradoxt- cal conclusion was brought out, that it is a necessary conseqrence of that law that after a certain length of wire has been used the losses become imperceptible. You may find o statement of these things in illiman's Journal Encoursged by this, a perty of gentlemen went with the inventor of ibe telegraph to a roge~walk, near Bloom- ingdale, one summer’s morniog, and there tested 1! truths of these ccrelusions on lengths of wire varying from one to some hundred miles. The losses of the cur- rents were measured by the quantity of gas set free in the decomposition of water. The result was completely successful and telegraphing for avy distance became an established certainty. But let me pursue my argument as to the claims of the University on the city, and cite another fact that bas come uncer my notice. When the French government, in 1°39, purchased of Daguerre bis invention of photogenic drawings, its appl cations were very limited. The process was adapted to interiors, statuary, and architectural subjects, buat wholly unsuited fo landscspe scenery or to portraits. ‘The inventor himself had made attempts at applying it to the taking of likenesses, but had given it up in despair. Socn after the publication of Daguerre’s inven- tion in America, a series of experiments was condueted in our laboratory, with » view of determining whether the ¢ifficulties could be removed. Under an impression that the human shin is not white coragh ve first com- merced by dusting persons feces with flour, intend- ing, if # shoul omire success, to obtain from the ladies a know! of the mysteries of some of thore cosmetics wh they are said to use for improv- Sog their coraplesion; but we quickly found that the Gifficulty was not of this, but of an optical kind. rerult was completely gnecossful. Those who are curious in these matters will find an account in the Tandon snd EAinbureh eat | Magazine for September, . in elaborate article on the subject, gives due credit to the Unit , and in like manner so did the French and German scientific journals. The idencical instruments euployed still remain in our cabinet, The taking of portcaits from the life by the daguerreo- ty pe ia by far the most valuable part of that interesting prconss, It bas exerted no influence on miniatur Tt bas been estimated that more than ten thousand obtain, frow this application of science To the arte There ae. en ee 2 a her ere weenie eens are im cont bereh and bo mtn Are there not thousands pature has constrained dependence, or inadeq com pensated labor. Ladier! I aw no advonate fcr the so called rights of women. In ths affairs of life, yours are the passive It is for you to ey for us to govern. You cannot tell what a eg it has been to me, to have been instrumental in introdueing an apprepriate and beautiful avocation, in which man; of your sex may engage, without compromising a delloate or womanly feeling; and in the argument I am pursuing, in thus setting forth the claims of this instivu- tion of learning, I feel that your earcest sympathies are with me, and that among you the University will find advocates, for the sake of what it bas done in this way. The success which had thus been met with in shewing the possibility of taking portraits by the Sagapscenkr as led 7o an extended investigation respecting the chemical action of the sunlight which was continued uniaterrupt- edy for more than twelve — A grest many interest- ing and new facts were discovered, which though they excited but little attention here, were viewed with inter- ert in foreign countries. The papers detailing these, which would form a volume of considerable size were re- printed, condensed, or criticised, in almoat every Euro- peat capita! Inthe apnual reports on the progress of chemistry, made to the Royal Society of Sweden, Baron Berzelivs. the highest authority among modern chemi.ts, spoke of them uniformly with applause, never once with critical concempation. It is an taresting recollection, that this great chemist (a few das before his death, sent his portrait with a kind message conveying hiv apprecia- tien of what hed been done here for scieace. A commixsion of the French Acadewy repeated one of our series of expe- riments, and verified its correctness; ® committee of the British Association for the advancement of Science, ancther. In England oue of the most eminent living astrovomers, Sir J. Herschel, composed a memoir on an avpsrimantal iln-tration whlom bad been sent from this place, and the German chemists repeated a great many of our experiments, and discussed the explauations we bad given. In Switzerland, they habitually reprinted, in full or inabstract, the greater part of these publications indeed, if avy of youre desirous of knowing the partic lars of what our University has done in these respe you will learn with mere ‘correctness at the foot of t! ‘Alye than you willin the city or New York. Ever in Traly, the experiments made here baveexcited attentive consideration, and rome of them have been the sub- jects of a forme! and fiatterivg report to the Royal Acade- my of Neples, by one of its most distinguished members. But why should I go on in this way? What I have said has been for ibe purpore of putticg the acientifie ment in a right position befure you, aud what I b is for that purpose more than enough. Let any, even among the most forward coileges of our country, show that it has done more. Extensive researches, such as are here spoken cf, can oly be carzied onat a heavy cost. It will excite a smile among yon to learn that the amount devoted to the support of the laboratory, and intended also to meet the expenses of the course of lectures delivered to the senior class. was $125 year: and of late even this had ceased. Yet during the last fourteen years the actual expenses incurred have been many thousand dell and it may with perfect truth be said. that the entire sum has come, not from the city, not from the University treasury, but from the private resources of a single individual. Now that our accommodations are 80 much improved, we can afford to talk sbout those times. Our laboratory was then in a little dark. back room, without ventilation. ‘The mornirg sun struggled alost in vain to see what we were coirg. for the window panes were covered with an incongruous arrangement of Venetian blinds and Gothic mullions. A hole in the ceiling led up into the chapel above—to the pulpit of which the material for the daily lecture was carried ina tes tray. I called ita pulpit, be- cause they used to preach out of it; a clergyman who also stateoly occupied st. rezarded it as a puoumatic trough, because I experimented in it; end this I think it rea'ly was, for, recalling the Greek etymelogy of that epi- thet, it plainly indicates the double funetion, spiritual as well as chemical. Our !aboratory work commenced at seven o’clock in the morning, and ecntiaued uniater- ruptedly tillafter mdpiht ; and, as wigut have been readily foreseen, what with the impure air and mental application, the individual chiefly engaged twice con tracted a fever. and narrowly escaped with bis life, In this imperfect and brief manner of summing up the caze, I say that the city has received, directly and indi- rcetly, from one department alone of the University, a full return for whatever it has given. New York is known sil over the world as a great commercial empo- rium, but it aspires to de recognized as the metropolis of America. For that there is weuted something more than streets or palaces, and extravagant expenditures in pri- vate life—something more than the dissipations of fashion. It must have its opera houses, academies of music, its picture galleries, its collections of statu- ery, ‘great libraries, museums, and costly es- tablishments for the culture of science—a better science thsn that of turning tables. With the ‘ast coming wickedness of Paris, it must provide those nob’e ixatitu- ticns which are the glory of Paris. As yet it is merely in its transition state—it is passing from a town to a me- tropolis—that state in which money is the only source of persoral distinction. But ten year: will put am ead to sueb a condition. The question will then be not what does aan own, but shat has be done? Iv a country where these is no Janced aris:ocracy, where a high state of civilization is reached, professional distinction will eventvally over-ride wealth I wish now to present the University to you unter an other point of view. In 1841 it establiched a Medical De partment, which, through the exertion of its faculty, attained gt once the highest prosperity, At this great school many thousand students have attended, and ubout twelve hurdrcd have completed their professiona)] edaca- tion and graduated. These—your brother alumni—are scattered over every part of the continent. There is scareely a county into which they have not carried the rame ard repu'ation of the Unive: It is not for me to speak of the men who were the founders of this insti- tution, Sowe are in so untimely grave, the victims of undue intellectual exertion, or of anxiety. Of those who remeio, you will 6nd the names of seme connected with the profoundrst works of philo opbical medicine, and the most aplendid achievements of surgery. Doctiives which have been first tsoght in the public halis of that college, are now recognised all over the world, and incorporated in the great body of scientific medicine. But I shrink fiom using this Jangusge of praise towards thore who have beeu my arsociates— the dead cannot hear me, and the living it offends. Let me confiue myself to the in- J ith a whom ae with the acutest rensibilities, who are y the tyranny of society to choose between : i { quiry bow the matter stands with the city on this point. ‘The entire expenditure of the Mediesl Department of the University has been, up to this time, probably about $260,000, of which not a cent has been contriduted by the city, TheS ate at different times hss given about $12,000, aud beyond this everything has been supplied by the exer- ticns of the faculty. Iti- estimated that upwards of a mil- lion of dollars have been brought to the city by students, snd of this a very large proportion hes been expended | among tradesmen of sm=l means, keepers of boarding. houses, &e. At the present time this faculty supplies miedicel advice and medici:¢ to about 2,000 destitute per- sons ayeat. And for some time past the very existence of the academical department has hung upon meaus de- rived from tbe Medical Collece. For diplomas nealy $24,000 have been paid to the University. Can you point out in any part of the world an institu- tion which bas done more for the cvuse of learning and charity? Is not the city devnly indebted ta It for the wealth it hav brought here, for the ebarities so abundant- ly dispensed, and for the scientific reputation given? From the facts thus presonted, you will infer that in two cf its departments, the scientite and the medical the University offers an example of biilliant suce Then, why is it, with this before its eyes, that the pub! persists in the misun¢erstanding I alluded to at the out- ret? Areody anawer may be given, Public opinion forced the University into a wrong course, and gave it, at its inception, @ wrong shape. Deriving its view of what a University should be from the English ecclesiastical institutions, it tr planted here their spirit, and even thejr, mechat ism. No allowance was made for the difference of countries or of times. It would have answered well if an American college had immense church patronage to bestow. The self: supporting quality of such institutions depends on two things—the right kind of instraction must be given, and the pupil must have hia means of liv- ing furnished when his education is complete. It is this combination which crowds our Medical Colleges, they give a thorough education, and that completed the lucra- tive practice of medicine ia the result. It is this which fills West Pcint—an appropriate edueatios, and then the aun. The rewerke I sm now. mahlo apply to nearly all American Colleges, for they have all the ssme construc- tion, and all expibit the rame result—inability to eupport themselves, It is not to be denied that their peculiar arrangement has ariven from the influence of the eccie- siasticalelement. From the Revolution no body of men lias been £0 profoundly impressed with the truth that the continuance of the American system dépenda on the education of the people, as the clergy; none have more zeolonsly worked fcr it. Go where you will, from the oldest to the most recently settled States, you will find a clergyman at the beginning of every ont these institu- tionr. The debt of gratitude we owe them is great indeed— so great that it is with hesitation we may criticise their labors. But I ape o educated men, many of them clergymen, and therefore speak with that frankness n may ute to his friend. It is admissible even for to treat the work of these great and good men just as ins Jaboratory I would treat some costly and complicated machine that would not work—take it to pieces and see where the difficulty is. g In the twenty years now finished, the Academical department bas produced four hundred and fifty-five persone. This reprerenta the work it has done in a com- munity of now more than half a million of people. Then it is clearly an indisputable fact, to use language which this mercantile community can understand that we have been trying to sell goods for which there fs no market. Considering the system of free scholarship among ur, I presume that less than two hundred of tho: raduates have been purchasers of our wares, And thi: in twenty yea Well, what are the wares we have been offering? Chiefly the classics and literature For a length of time the ex- penditure on these two branches was nearly $10,000 por stpum; while for the scientific it was lees than $3,000 With this preponderating advantage there surely mast be some intrinsic difficulty, or the result would have been different We need not go far to find what the difficulty is. Be- ‘Tore a youth can enter the Uoiversity, he must be able to read Casar, Virgil, Cicero, Sallust, Xenophon, and Homer. Now, let each of us, clergymen, physicians, lawyers, merchants, agriculturalists, ask himself has the ocearion ever occurred when that amount of classical learving as rot enough for onr whote?—and all that we attained more, was it net attained to be forgotten? Within the last fifty years the times have wholly changed, Thyricians have dispensed with Latin and Greek, lawyers have cone the same— oven politicigns and popular oratora ve ceasmd to decorate their juence With classical display. Look ot the speeches in the English Parliqment it iH af H 4 H i t i é ' H ke Ey Hie i & feelings which are essential to the continuance of our ex- isting cooial system than instruction given to our yeuth, ip the language and literature of thove illustriour People who were the parents of European civilization? Ld solemn the Vceohs Bint $n tele peers ® the teacher vbe Capitol, or whose Par’ who stately peges of Tacitus with the melsncholy aspect of Austrisn misrule. But these high resulta are one thing, and lit travslating text boobs into broken Eng- lish avother; for, after all, under the system our colleges pursue the time is pot devoted to the philosophy, litera- ture, and history of those ancient people. It is wasted in practicing the mechanical artwf translating: Professors, how few there are who have taken the pains or been at the expense of visiting the countries thi called upon ‘o illustrate. Inother brauches we detect such incongruities at ones. What should we think of a chemist who had never in a laboratory, or of a phytician who had never seea an hospital ! Itbas been tco much the. practice to speak of these tongues as dead languages They may have ceased to be verbacular, but in their influence they +till tive. They are the instruments by which Christiavity has been deli- vered'to us, They have determined the mode of thought of Europe, and 0 they have become immortal. Nay, pew, I do believe that many of you will witness great evente which their yery maines suggest, That dread mili- tary menarchy, which, from the times of Peter the First, haa been gradually evershadowing the East, and which, fince the close ol of the French empire, has been all but able to dictate to the civilized world, is pre- paring to stand forth the protector of the Holy places, ard to assert its rights as the depository of the religion of she Cwsars. Of what avail is infidel and distracted France, against believing. united, conquering Russia? It it writren in the book of Fate that the Bosphorus shall be darkened by the breath of her cannon. There are some of you who will live to see the quarrel of the Middle Ages resumed, and the Greek Church awakening from its sleep. The walls of the Vatican will resouad to the pacing of the Murcovite sentinel. He who founds his claims on avtiquity must take the consequences of the tundsmental laws of anviguity. Fifteen hundred years ago, when Christianity was firet reeognized by law, did uot the Bishop of Rome own his ailegiance to the Empe- rer? The gray haired bead of the Latin Chureh wili be summoned to acknowledge his revolt ef centuries, and stand in the presence of his sovereign at Constantinople. But while I thus assert the dignity and value of a stndy of there !argusges I consider that in our college system the public expects from them results which they cannot possibly yield. It ia but few American youth who care to faunter to the fountains of knowledge, through the plea sant windings of their flowery paths. The majority pre- fer the less enchanting but move practical way. And for this rea‘on, in our seminaries of learning, the practical branches must,take the lead, and bear the weight, and she ornamental must follow. The University, even in its classical and literary de- partments, has therefoie done its duty, it has done pre- cisely what its construction was calculated for. The public voice gave it this character, and the public must be contented with the resulte. What kind of reason is there in the man who is vot satisfied that his windmill grinds flour, but wants it to fly to? Our records show that considerably more than one- fourth of our graduates have entered the ministry, where- agin twexty yeors the academical departwent has fur- nisbed but twenty-nine physicians. This fact seems to prove tbat in public estimation the course we pursae is not regarded as a euitable preparation for the study of medicine: and the same may be said as respacts the study of law. The preparation of young men for the mioistry is undoubtedly one of the most important duties of a coi- lege, and in this respect there is reason to thiuk that we compere favorably with the most highly valued aud pa- tronized institutions. But then this is only one out of mary duties. Had such au organization been given that hysicians, lawyers, merchants. eagineere, agricuturists, Bal found the same inducements that candidates for the minictzy bave done to joia our clases, how much more prosperous wou!d bave been the state of our aifaira. Awong the evils which weigh down American colleges, thee is none, in rv judgment, more powerful than our system of awarding honors. A bachelor’s degree is the object of the student for fouryerrs. Yet what ix a hacke lor’s, or what a waster’s Cegree? There was a time in Europe, when they meant something, aud conveyed a eclid something; but what do they mean, or what are they worth in the United State: now? You who are perfectly familiar with the workiog of our rules, kuow well that so far as the distribution of college honors on commencement day is concerned, tne practical sciences have scsrcely any weight. The clas- sles ard literature overbear everything. Here again, I think that those good men who, by theic patron age and their wealth, have been the props of our irstitu- tions of learning, have committed a mistske, petitition of the old pclitical blunder of giving a forced pareepemest by means of bounties. If the posizion of the Christian churches was the same pow as forme:ly, there might be some reason fer drawing our yousg men by such ircitements into their lives of study, whic. we haye re ceived from the English ecclesiaslical institutions: bat #iuce the commencement of the present century that sition hss totally changed. Mere literary acutnen is comipg ey powerless against profound scientific at- tainments, 'o what are all the great advances of civilization for the last fift or to seierce? Which of the two is it that is ehsping the thought of the world? None have more tho.oughly realized this great change thav tue eutborities of the Roman church. None resognized its comirg earlier. After the philoophical troubles in Tus- cany, in 1620, was Dot such @ policy pursued by them, that amorg the French and Italian Meslta were to be found the ablest panes of the age—men who could weet Newton snd Leibvitz on terms of equality? The mors] force which that order ed among the thioking classes, was dve to this cause—for, no matter where it way te found. high intellectuality will coramand esteem; knowledge is poser. The well turned periods of some popular preacher may please the fancy of a Sunday mcrring’s audience, but what of that? The profound converration of the scientific priest, though it may be heard in solitude—perhaps under a tree or on a grassy rlope— will arrest ot once the man of thought, moke him an unconscious avd involuntary missionary, and through Lim control a whole cation And. therefore, for sech reasons as these I would be reech thoce who are friend» of American colleges to absn- cn the existing aystem, With an eqnal haud dispense your henors equally in every branch. Make no atiempt bt inciting the stucent to take an old fashioned and pro- fitless course, by holding forth fictitious rewards and working om bis desire for diatination. That course of study is out of keeping with our state of society, and worse than usélers to the church. Tastead of wameaning bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and valedictory and ralu- tory addrerses, establish cirtinctions whieh shall ap- yeal to the common sense of the people; which shall plainly ra;—thi» young man was, in such a year, the bot mathematician, or chemist, or Greek or Latin scholar, the Uriversity produced. But do x0 not mix all these ia ore inextricable and unmeaning confusion. Don’t swamp science, by crowding into the boat with her the tkeletons of thirty centuries. Let each department go on ite own merit and have its own rewaids. Cease from this system of bounties. Free trade wiil answer as well in a college as io commune. Let the native bent. the native talent, the native instinct of our young men, find its means of developement unshackled, and you will have what you have rot now, men in the pulpit who can check the tendency of the age to materialims. Many cf the ablest American scholars look forward to the establishment of # State or even National University with ample encowroents, You are aware that an or- ganization for promoting this object exists. It is un- donbtedly ertitled to the most cordial support, what every ¢Gucated man can give. But whilst we regard it in this light, do not let us chut our eyes to the difficulties in the way. Practical men, who have a thorough know- ledge of the university system, and are conversant with the history of the colleges that have been established years doe—to literature here or in Europe during the last fifty years an foresee that even though a million of dollars should be devoted to this object. and a seore or more of professorsiips en- cowed, the success would be quite problematical. You have only to read the circulars and programmes pub- livhed at the inception of this University. Could there be anything more liberal, more compretensive, than was tkat scheme? In carryfg out such plans in the United States there will always be unavoidable dificaltica— ‘te various opisions of important men, the well- meant but often prejudicial influence ‘of religious sects, legislative interference invoked by the unscru- pul'us and ignorant, the vecessity of concedin place or power to unsuitable persona; these an wapy other such circumstances would shape such an establi:bment into a system of compromiees and expe- diencer, and in spite of its wealth aod patronage it would be found utterly unsuitable to the wants of the public, hese difficulties ere all passed by in that condition which the University now prorents. It hax gone through its transition state. After twenty years, it stands before the citizens of New York with its debt paid; its great medical college an accomplished fact; ita literary depart ment working successfully under the partial organization which hss been givea to it; its scientific, which has al- ready furnished an earnest of what it will do, waiting for expansion. I know the feeling of its authorities, what- ever the city will patronire they will attempt. Acd this, I ser js an infinitely better condition than could be reached at ones inany new and visionary scheme. I be- lieve in improving what we have—what it bas cost us twen- ty years and half a million of money to produce. I do not believe in wasting our exertions on novelties, what maj turn out to be phantoms. No mso can, ina moment, devise the plan of a university exactly suited to the wants of New York. To be successful we mast pursue @ tentative scheme; we must feel the way. We have lived through all those trials which are the necessary incidents of the early period of these institutions, and t last reached it position in which existence is no longer problematical, but our stability is assured, ready to be put in relation with the city. “Put in relation with the cisy!’’ some one exclaims. at Co you mean by that?’ I will tell you. There a ty and its vicinity three-quarters of a million of people; and from them we draw sixty students. We are offering what the city doca not want. Our classes now are about the same that they were eighteen years ago, but io thet time the city has more than tripled ita population: and as to wealth and resources, increased athourand fad. We have not grown with its growth. ae ~ is what may be called not being in relation with the city. What is it that constitutes the chief cause of that rapid sdvance which New York is makdeg in power and wealth? Industrial knowledge and industrial activity. Thera must be ax affinity between the want ‘the city and the na- We are ; and ot our It is w re- ~ tare of ite institutions. Of what = bere German. or Franch, ? Their constitution pes ryere po utterly ao gress ar institutions cf knowledge, needs, will find themeelves abandoned or ie therefore, come to fase for th of ech fot ears 8 hey are to Dave and develope as quietly as we is to satisfy the wants of ae that “doctors, lawyers. ber stitute oply a Let us add our exertions to which in some places is the terror of great communities, tnd It'ers, will surely" prove the guard of public order, and letters, will sur ry ul 5 Tet us ina’ good cause ‘act boldly rand holst the fag of free instruction of sn evening for the artizans of Naw York, and trust to the city tosee us safely through Tet ua take coun:él with those influential men who have hun- dreds in their employ, and try whether we cannot set a fashion that will bring them here. What nobler specta- cle cen be offered than this chapel, crowded with those brave men whoconstitute our fire and military force, listening to literary and scientific discourses in their holi- day dresses, after the toils of the Mee T heartily join in the sentiments recently expressed hee ewinent clergy- man. and trust that the time is not distant when we shall see the New York mechanic passing up the steps of the University, and depositing the tools he bas been usin; bebind the lecture room-door. Geatlemen, when that comes to pass, yOu wil! bear no more of the want of money, ‘the Eurerat will then be in fact what it is now in name, University of the City of New York. I consider thst the position of the University is such, that it cap no lorger afford to be stationary. It must be progressive, and it will Inerease in strength just ia portion as it meets the wavts of the people. I believe thata policy of gradual expansion is its true policy —ex- pension in apy direction that may be open. I have 20 faith ina sndden mushroom growth, no expectation of seeing an University rise like an exhalation out of the ground. Atiee or an anicml traosported hither from other regiona, must either accommodate itself to our sea- sons and physical condition, or Isnguish and dle, Even men must be acclimated. Experience is every where sbewing us that the educational system of Europe, transplanted here, will not succeed; and though men have spared xo pains, aod have lavished their wealth upon it, it is an exotic that doe: it the climate, and there yet remains to spring from the American aoil an ia- Cigenous growth, developed under ouc own particular ia- fluences, which shall rive as the Indian corn plant over- top: the grain-grasses of Europe, and, like it, profusely furnish an abundant food for the people. ‘ Suppose, now, that the remarks I have been eet should come to the knowledge of one of those wealthy ant far-seeing merchants who may be fourd in New York, and that be should say to himself, “I never knew until now the position of that institution, nor that it had done so much for the reputation of the city, nor that itis co capsble of ministering to our rising greatness What can more effectually tend to deveiope ths internal re- sources of our nation. to enable our manufacturers to pete with those of Europe, to develope the talent for invention which is aloost cbaracteristic of us, as the dis- semination of practical science. J will take the lead in thia plan of furnishing our people industrial knowledge; and, ag a beginning, I will create ard endow in that Uni- verrity the best chemical Jaboratory in the world, which may be s cestre of information for our manufacturers, engineers, miners, and artisans, and I will give it my pare” Suppose, now, that this should occur; then, tlemen. the object of my address to you this evening Bsoee mplished. - Our instinct yt us remem: preachers, con- small ‘portion of the community. Marine Affairs. ‘Tue Sreamsurp Avcusta, Capt. Lyon, arrived yesterday morning from Savannah, bringing us late papers from that city, TELEGRAPHIC. Savannan, June 28, 1953, The eae d Florida, Captaia Woodhull, arrived at be in this city in fifty-seven hours from New ‘ork, Cuaxceston, June 28, 1853 ‘The United States mail steamship Marion, Captain M. Berry, fiom New York, arrived here at 8 v’clock last higut, Personal Intelligence. The projectors of the Metroyli:an Railroad of Boston, which they propose t2 run from Roxbury, also one from Cembridge, through the streets of that city, have invited a Joint Cowmittee of the City Conncil of Boston to come ou to New York to reo the practical results of city rail- roade, They arrived yasterday morning, and are occupy- ing apartments at the Metropolitan Hotel, The commii- tee consists of the following gentlemen :— Thomas P. Rich, J.T Bannister, B. F. White, D. Cummings, Oliver Hart, M Tnvds, J. Whiting, M Kittridge, B. James, AT. Tarser, J. Carry, J.P. Ober, P. Bopney, H, N. Hooper, C. J. Hendee. Bishop Whitticgham. of Mary] noa on Thursday, the 2d inst., for Turin, accompanied by phew, Mr. C’H. Condit, of New Jexsey. The Bishop 1 take the steamer ai Liverpool on the 16th of Augast for New York. Dre, Bache and Wood, of Philsdelphie, with their fam- flier, ave emceng the American travellers who have passed through Gen: a recently, en route to Mozeow. Gen. Twiggs and lady arrived in Mobile om the 224 inst., on their way to Bladon Springs. ‘The Hon. J. Hilya:d Cameron, Membar of the Legista tive Covceil, Canna, with bis family; Hon. J. Si'dell, U. Senator for Lealsiaua, aud Mr Hulchiuson and family, Sevinah, with about 150 ot'er passengers, leave for Liv: €700) to-Cay in the steamship Asia. 1 passed through Ge- ARRIVALS. From Aspin' yd Kingston, in the steamship Union— From Aspinw i H Remond, Cyros W oO Jones an el Capt O R Mumford, J J Shepherd, NC Paddock, Avthory Vinora, Peter Reynolds, HD Wilayn, J © Pool J L Middleworth, J W_Grannav, J Brandield, dobn Widner, D. Douglass,’ Wm Healy, 7 b Lang, T Look: hart, L Birks, S M Pruner, V Horn, EB Gibbs, Mra J A Mowry, Mrs A Reed. E Van Carp, Jacob Smith, J Santi. aco, Kobt Williams, G Porter, W Whitney. Chester § Healy, David Courie, J W Arnold, N’ Tine, J_P’ Nourso. W_ Whit: rey, C bh Pawson. G W Primby, G A Turner, C W_ Pruner, W Dertyshire, Sirs E Gorham and two thildrea. John Cas- soy, Holliday, A H Barker, H Hervey, Peter Thomas, HP Williams, OP Phelps, T D Colones, Gea Hanaa: Dunean Sillars, Thomas Bell, B T Porter, J Day, T Jones, A B Bennett, 8 L Latimer, R A Spencer, N Barbour, and 200 others. From Kingston—M T Belenfauti, lady, child, aud servant ; R Bitchine, lady, chi'd, and servant ; W Pestell, Captain Orme, E C Lewin, R © Bolenfanti, Mrs D Cordora,'C White, Rolert Hancock, Miss Mary Ravens. James Achy, Mrs I Haneock, O McKinnan, Mr Hortsman and two children, Lieut Cox, Mre Radcliff and three children, Mrs M Parker, W Mendes. From N Auchinel Orleans, in the sbi) , Mr R B Dicky, Silss Holmes—Capt Robt nd 31 in the steerage. City Intelligence. ‘Tur WeaTner.—The early part of yesterday was wet, but towards nightit cleared up. Tha preceding night, (Monday) was, however, very wet, and there fell ia the courte of it a great deal of rain. During the thirty-six heure beginning on Monday, and ending on Tuesday morn- irg, the fall of rain was immense, somewhere about an inch and a half altogether—an almost unprecedented quantity. Ithad, however the effect of wonderfully cool- ing the atmorphere. Thermometer yester’ay, at noon, 72 degrees, TutkD AvENvE Rattroap. —The first car intended for the above railroad wax brought yesterday from Troy, where it had been made, by the Hudacn River Railroad, aod placed on the Third Avenue railroad, ia Chatham atreet, pear to the spot where the Harlem Railway forms a curve at the end of Centre street. With the exception of the crosing of Broadway at Canal street, it came by railway to the end of ita destination, hay- ing been drawn along the Sixth Avenue Railroad up Canal street when dismounted from the Hudson River Railroad, and after being dragged by the horses attached to it across Broadway p! on the New Haven line, and thus brought up Centre street to its proper position, The car, which ie a. very pretty specimen of work, painted blue, in penels, which are bordered with light brown, was made by Messrs. Eaton & Gilbert, of Troy, who have even others nearly ready for the same com- pany. It differs from the other city railway cars in the brake. which is Stavley’s patent, acting on the axle iu atead of on the wheel, which latter is the general con- struction. The bell at the rear of the car is of a different fashion to the ordinary bell, and when pulled, the ham- mer gives only one stroke. The bell pull inside the car is likewise furvished with leather handles suspended from it, so toat the parsenger can ring withoxt being obliged to rise from hia seat. The car will accommodate twenty- tix passergern, thirteen on each side. ‘This morning it will be drawn up to the terminus ef the railroad, at Sixty: first street, onan experimental trip, and on Satar- day the cars will commence running for fates. The above specimen car is marked No. 1, and along the top is painted in Iarge letters its line of ronte— “Park Row, Bowery, Third Avenus, Sixty first Strest.”’ A Boy Accmpentatty Kittep.—Yesterday afternoon Co- roner O'Donnell was called to hold an inquest on the body of a lad fourteen years of age, named Patrick Murphy, employed in the Printing office of G, A. Alvord, No. Gold street, who was killed suddenly by coming in con tact with the « elevator belovging to that establish. ment, The deceased, it seems, placed himself on the ele- vator as it was ascending up the well hole, and near the fourth story his body came in contact with the wood work cf the well hole, thereby crashing his body, causing al- most instantaneous death. The deceared resided with his motber at No. 6 Depeyster street—his father has been dead several years. Loss or ANoTHER Girt.—We would call attention to an advertisement in our peper to dey, relative to the disa: peararce of Mary Ann Harding, a searstress, on Wed: day, the 22d inst It will be seen that she left her re: dence, in Fast Nineteonth street, intending to be absent only # few hours, and has not since been heard from. In- tense anxiety is felt :egarding her. Williamsburg City Intelligence. LayIne oF A Conner @ronx.—The corner stone of w new German Catholic church will be lsid at four o’clock this afternoon, between Ewen street and Graham aveaue. The sermon in English will be preached by Bichop Hughes, andin German by Fev. Joseph Miller. from New York. ‘The edifice is to be of brick, 64 by 120 feet, and will cost about $24,000, Court Calendar—This Day, Usrrep States District Covrt.—-Nos. 30, 38 to 41. Covrt—Circult.—Part First—Nos, 652, 720, 758, 808, 800, 812, 400, 608, 817 to 820, 822, 824, 825. Part Second—Nos. 1,108, 1,49, 1 672, 1,421, 1,146, 1,173, 1269, 1,858, 1,576. [Judge Morris will continue to call the remainder of the calendar until four causer shall be found ready for trial, and after those have boen tried will continue in the like manner. SurrKion Court—(Two Branches,)—Nos, 1,272, 1,826, THO 788, 1.102, 1,108, 1,262, 963, 711, 726, 1,920 to 1,344, 1,546 to 1,550, 1,862 to 1,959, 1,962 to 1,374, Let us hold fasts thet whiok ve | dera Our letters, which we mubjoin, are very full and com- plete, and will prove interesting, we think, to our com- ‘mercial friends:— Havana, June 22, 1853. During the few days that have elavsed since’ my last few lines, we have been deluged with rain, which cir- cumsta: ill cause my report to ba more barren usual, for wet weather plays the deuce with the news lean er. ‘i The artival of the Irabel, with some United States troops. bas caused some talk, and the alacrity waich the President bas shown in this offair with Mexico has cre- | ated considerable surprise. and it is expected that he will be a segular teni, vidi, vici sort of character. I saw some two hundred men disembarked from a vessel fiom Spain for our garrison, and certainly I never saw & more pitiful set of seeruits.” It may have been in conse- | quence of the hardsbip of the voyage, but a ten years | residence within the tropics could rot give them a more enfeebled appeararce. .In height, they were all about five feet five incbes or less, and very narrow across the chest, with little iron in their coun:enanc ‘Two Prussian frigates appeared off our port a few days since, on board of one of which there was a prince. They did pot enter, av the Prussian Consul rent off a note giving information that the yellow fever and cholera prevailing in the city would make it imprudent to come ip. It is reported that the pay of the anny is to be duced. If this be true, as on all euch occasions, it not be relished. The of both men and officers is lit- tle enough as it is, and cannot conceive how they will beable to manage u @ reduction of pay. The news | brought frem England in relation to the slave trade bas created e great stir, and some slave trader or traders ave been arrested; but the knowing enes wink and smile, ‘What can they mean? We should be happy to sce the “slave trade put down, as only a few speculators axe the real gainers by it. Several steamers and saili morrow on a cruise, with steamer Irabel IL ‘The place is becoming sickly. Crowds are still going to the United States. Among the passengers by the Isa- bel is Brigsdier General Apodsca, & good man, late colonelof the regiment of Naples. His father was Vice- roy of Mexico, and the Gexeral was born in that country. He is # gentleman, and, as such, is everybody's country- mm nd sbould ee ved with courtesy. Marriea. On Tuesday, June 28, at St Patrick’s Cathedral, by the Very Rev. John Laughlin, Mr. Doammic P. Keuty to Miss Bripert A. Dexrsry, both of this city, ‘On Sunday evening, June 20, by the Rev. Jame Millett, at his residence, Broome street, Mr. Joun Easton to Mise Enza Lawnrr. Also, Mr. WaLTeR Hewetson to Miss Mary Jase gpa toa of this city. On Tuesday, June 28, by the Rev J. R Stone, Mr. G. W. Moorz to Mary E., daughter of . B. Wanmaker, all of this city, On Tuesday, Juce 28, in Calvary Church, by the Rev. Fraveis L. Hawke, D. Jams G. Dewey to Murcarur oh ers Duzer, daughter of Selah Van Duzer, Esq., all of this city.* vessels of war go out to- e admiral on board the Died, On Tuesday, June 28, at twenty minutes past one o'clock, P, M., Wit1aM, son of William and Mary Y. Tay- lor, aged two years and six months. ‘The friends of the family are respect*ully invited to at- tend the funeral to-morrow afternoon, at two o’clock, from their resicence, No. 134 Madison street. On Tuesday svening, June 28, Jane M., wife of John F. Randolph, in the 28th year of her aze. : ‘The friends of the family a-e roapactnully invited to at- tend the furersl, from 231 East Thirty-fifth street, to- morrow morning, at nine o'clock, without further invita- tion. In Brooklyn, on Monday morning, June 27, at the resi- dence of her brother-in-law, Wiiliam T. Boardman Fal- toa fevenue, near Classon, ELEANOR W. Hannis, wife of Robert BL. Wilson, The friends of the famil, foneral, this afternocn, at invitation. On Monday, June 27, on board the rteamship Union, Joun M. Bux’ in the ist year of his age His funeral will take place from the residence of his father, No. 166 South First street, Williameburg, L. .. to- morrow afternoon, at three o'clock. His friends aud ac- quaintances, and those of the family, are respectfully in- vited to attend, On Tuesday, June 28, after a lingering illcess, at the house of Joseph Walker, West Farms, Mrs. CaTHaRing Nasu, sged 66 years Se So Sv SES TT MARITIME INTELLIGENCE. ALMANAC FOR NEW YOKK—-THIS DAY, 4 33 | Moon arsm.. are invited to attend hor ee o’olock, without further SUN RISES aUN BETS, CLEARED. Steamships—Asia (Br), Lott, Liverpool, E Cunard; Roanoke, Cavenoy, Norfolk, Ludlam & Pleasants. Shipe—North Bend, Jenkins, Callao, Crosby, Crocker & Co, JW Fannin, Norris, Galveston, JH Brower & Co; Conway (Br), Liston, Quebec, TL & DR de Wol’e; Iaia- bow (Br), Bartlett, Quebec, J B Gager & Co; Arvum, Willems, Matanzas, Brett, Vo-e & Co; TJ Roger, Her- hert, Liverpool, W & JT Tepscott & Co. Barks—Copernicus (Ham), Meyer, Hamburg, Schmidt & Paleben; Patria (Brem), Sippel, Bremen, A Gilde- meister; Nordstiernea (Nor), Jorgensea, St John, NB, Farch & Meincke; Phila, Spoifard, Picton, R W Trundy & Co; Flach, Wilson, Vera Cruz, Hargoas Brothers. tad, Youbg,Sagua la Grande master; Augasta, Stone, Savannah, Sturges, Clearman & Co; Cubs, Sawyer, St Mary’e, Thompeon & Hunter; Velocity (Br), ‘Darwell. Kingston, Ja, Tucker & Lighthourn; Mary (Br) Avder- sop, Cork'and a market, GS Coit; A Blanchard, Bia chard, Matanzas, RP Buck & Co, Siloam (Br), Williaas, St Jobn, NB, Chs © Duvean & Co. Schis— Kaloolah, Giazier, Humagoa, Bailey & Co; Jouns Smith, Freeman, Wilmington, N L McCready & Co; biobile, New Orleans, Lane & Welsh; Ashland,’ Bure’, urges Clearm : ‘axey Jane, @ & Co. er, Newport, RI, master. Steamship Onion, Adama, Aspinwall, June 19, to Davis, Brooks & Co, Left at 5 PM, arrived at Kingston 22d, 3 AM; left Kingston, same date, at 6 PM. Eacvunterad strong traves in the Caribbean June 27, 10 AM, jat 8640, lon 74, pasted brig Al Of Philadelphia, bound N. Steamship Georgia, (direct to New York); sailed from Aspinwall in company with the Union, Steumsbip Augusta, Lyon, Sayaonah, June 25, to Sa ml L Mitchell.” June 26, 660 PM, Hatteras light bearing NNW, exchanged signals’ with bark Flight, hence for Savannah; 7 2U PM, off Hetterss shoal, exchanged signals with steamships Florida, hence for Savannah, and Black Warrior, lence for Havana and Mobile. Ship Sir Thomas Gresham (Br), Hopper, Havana, 11 deys, to master. Ship filas Holmes, Hawkins New Orleans, 20 days to Wm Nebon & Sons, Has experienced very heavy weather. hip Eliza Mailory, Williams, Mystic, 25 hours, to Ashby & Fish Bark Kate Lincoln, Blair, Curacoa, 17 days, to J M Smith & Co, June 17, lat 26 42, lon 70 20, exchanged signals with brig Emeline, steering NNW. (Brig Kmeiiue, Wats, cld at NOrleans June 9, reported for Matanzas ) Brig Hans Ho'mboe (Nor), Svendren, Bergen, Norway, 40 days.t with 109 passengers, to Funch & Metacke. June 12, lat 45, lon 54, spoke fishing sch: Eugenie, of Gran- ville: 17th, lst 4425, lon 63, sax bark Undine, from Bos- tov for Kiver Pave. May 27, in lat 59 32, lon 50, «poke ship Fitz James, from Liverpool for NYork, with loss of feretopmast. May 1, la 49 25, lon 39, spoke Br brig Nyioph, of Poole, from Peterhead, Scotland, for Glow center. Brig Lucy Watts (of Thomaston), Ronsy, Guayama, PR, June 9, to Aguirre & Galway. June 21, Jat 31 20, lon 71 12, spoke whaling bark Margaretta, of Salem, for the Western Islonds. Brig Hiram (Br), MeAlmon, Hillsboro, NB, 10 days, to J Pickard. Brig Excel, Tallman, Savannah, 4 days, with 14 pas- sengers, to Sturges, Clearman & Co, Brig Virgivta (of Baltimore), Cooper, Indianola, Texas, 30 da Brig Olive, Petit. Brig Adelma, Milliken, Elsworth, 6 days, to Mayhew, Talbot & Co. brig Billow (Br), Stevens, Windsor, 14 days, to master. Sebr Messenger, Sparrow, Baracoa, 8 days, to T Gil martin, Jupe 24, lat 81 55, lon 74'50, spoke whaling schra Virginian, of Orleans, with 30 bbls oil; Washiogton Irving, of Provincetown, 80'do; Montezuma, of Wellfleet, 80 do; Stranger, of Sandwich, 25 do. Schr Lucent (of Elizaleth City), Partridge, Turks Is- lands, 12 days, to Burnett & Co, Schr Stephen D Horton (of Rockland), Spaulding, Cherry field, 6 days. Schr Baltimore, Siaight, Boltimore, 62 hours. Schr North State, Horton, Savannah, 4 day Schr Volant, Simonson, Alexandria, 4 days. Sehr J W Freeman, Elliott, Alexaudria, 4 days. Sebr J Truman, --——, Pniladelphia, 3 days. Schr LS Pond, Crowell, Portland, Me, 4 days. Schr Kossuth, Churchill, Newburyport, 4 d Schr Ismbella, Arbrcorne, Boston, 3 ds; Schr Notus, Howard, Wareham, 2 day Sebr Hudson, Post, Hartford, 1 day. febr Senate, Harding, Rockland, 4 days. Sloop bhode Island, Reynolds, Providence, 2 days. Sloop Ssmuel Dayton, Cropper, Norfolk, 3 days. Sloop E Sprague, Fish, Wareham, 2 days. SAILED. Ships Zurich, Havre; Pequot, veston. < ; brig Mary, Gal- for Port Philip, is at anchor on the bar. ise, NP, light, sunset, SSE, do, Ship Euphemia, Card ays. Bark Tegent, (Br), Hull. Bask Intrinsic (Br), Tralee, 1, 40 days. Brig Proguess (Br), Cardiff. Brig Paulina (Brem) Bremen, Brig Wanderer, of aud from Windsor, N3, One bark and three brigs, unkuown. Tel Marine Reports. eee New Ontzans, June 27. Arrived—Ship Uriel aud bark Gogernuor Hiock'ey, Bortom “Ship Norma, Winé—Sunri Boston, Arrived—Ship NYork; Kav Pry Rag Neng pon mg KD ks Darien; M M RJ Mercer, R denen cae Also art, bark Helen Maris) Baltimere;” brig Satmm, June 37. Arrived—Bark Seamew, Ambrisette, Afrisa. Meunlt Mekten Correspondence. 93 London (Br). Disdale, fT i phia. j , Cuba; scbhr Susam hea, Clarke, do; 11th, brig Maude, Jones, Cuba; 12th, bark Mary H Johnson, NOrleans; 19th, brig Eagle, Patten, Caba. In port, schr Walter J’Doyle, Rumley (son of the late captain), for NYork, ready. Arr at Falmouth 8th, bark Mary Dale, Marshall, Phila- dsipbia; schr Rorsmend, Ellis. Baltimore. r at Savana la Mar i2th, brig Seguin. Norfolk, ‘Arr at Salt River 18th, brig Alvaro, Sullivan, Calsis,Me. PmLapstPa, June 23—4 M. Arrived—Steamship City of New York, Matthews. Bos- ton; ship Grotto, Stuart, Liverpool; bark Laconia, Howes, Boston; bet a Martin Van Duren, Anderson, N York; Samuel Small. Treadwell, Calais; ecbrs Ellen Barnes Dil, Providence; Westport deC-b>, Bangor; Cyrus Chamber: lain, Bear+6, Boston; E Bray Bray, do: Ellen, Nicker soa, ao; Arctic, Gibbs, do; J W Gandy, Townsend do: H B Weston, Molloy, do; MMershon, Lower, NYork; Mare Ellen Means, do; Isabella, Williams. Pa vtucket; Mary D Scnll, Seuli, Portsmouth. NH: EO Holt, Dole: NY¥ork; P Lizzie, McFa:land, do J H Deputy, Winsmore. Dighton: ES Thompron, Fisher, New Haven; J Rusling, Headersoa, Bridgeport; Susan Jaxe, Rogers, Calais; Koret, Smith, New Bedford; W W Harkness, Leverton, Baltimore; W D Bell. Steelman, Great Egg Harbor. Cleared—Barks Gov Von Oxholm, Davis, St Thomas; Llewellyn, Sherman, B ston; brigs Martin Van Buren, Anderton, do; Fairy, Willeby, Percambuco; Orion (8e), Goodwin, West Indies; schrs Arctic Gibbs, Boston; J & Randall, Baker, do; Ellen, Nickerson. Weymouth; J Ru licg, Henderson, Bridgeport; Isabel, Williamas, Pawtuck MD Scull, Scull, Sslem, Mass; Koret, Smith, Sico, Me; JW Gundy, Townsend, Providence; E 3 ‘Thom Fisher, Bridgeport; C. Chataberlain, Benrse, Boston; ¥ Barkelen, Kitteridge, Charleston: J H Deputy, Wiasmore, Dighton; Ellen Barnes. Dill, New Haven; Lonsdale, Bakery Providence; steamer Kennebeo, Hand, N York, Disasters. Bric Cusuoc, from Cardenas for New York, rum ashore at Cape Florida, after springicg a leak. was aold as it lay, has been sold by the marshal for $2600, in- cluding the property saved, on which the court has de- creed 55 per cent to pay expenses and salvags. Bric Jonatnan Criizy, (of Mobile,) Fonneson hance for Mobile‘ with a cargo of cement, got ashore on Washer- voman Key the night of the 14th instant, and Key Wert next day by wrecker, A partofthe dameged, which bat been sold by the mar: vessel and cargo having been libelled for salv: the court heard the case 21st instant, but nodecree had beam given. Scar Carouxe E Foorr, (of New Haven,) Book- witb, from New Haven to Mobile, got ashore on the night of the 12th inctant on the Delia Shoals; she was gotten off by the assixtance of the wreckers, with but tlight damage. and taken to Key West. The vessel and curgo Were libelled for salvage, and $2200 has been de- creed by the court to pay the expenses and salvage. She proceeded on withsut undergoing repairs. Br Scur Yourc Hunter, from Sydoey, CB, that was ashore on Robbins Reef, has been got off, without receiy- ing any damage. Scour Mary Snow, Hatch of and from Rockland for Boston, which was ashore on the Graves, has been got ° cff and taken near Hull, where she lies upon the beach, She is pot much iojured. Som Frankun (of Hancock), Dyer, fm Barbadoes for Coracos, waa wrecked on the Island of Bonaire and became a total loas. Captain and crew saved, a1 came home in the Kate Lincoln, arr yesterday from Curacoa. CHR BoxER fer Chatham), with lumber, wat run inte night of 25th inst, off Chatham. and filled with water. She was boarced with boats from Chatham, and wold probably be taken to Monumstet ba:bor MontEviDEO, May 4—The Duke of Manchester, from Oar- diff to California, foondered in lat 408; master aad crew picked up (after being five days ia the long boat) near the Lobos Island, and arrived here. Banta, Muy 19—The 29th of May, Mourant, of Jersey, loaded for New York, and ready for sea, sprung & making up to 82 inches per hour. and is dischargiog. Qusesstown, Juno 12—Fut ia, the Medawaska, Kelly, from Liverpool for California, with cargo shifted, &e, Spoken, Sbip Sufolk (of Po-ton). for New Orleans, June 26, Nantucket Shoals bearing W by N 60 miles, by pilotboat Washington. Ship Westmorelard, Decav, from Liverpool for Phila- delphia, June 5, lat 48 60. lon 16 Ship Iraac Bell, from Havre for NYork, June 4, Int 46, lon 12, Ship Mechanie’s Own, Seabury, hence April 20 for Hoa- olulu, May 18, lat 6 27, ion 24 43. Bark Warren, 13 days hence for Marseilles, May 27, lat 41, ton 3036 ea Park Mangola, Haskell, from Newport for NYork, June aciat a7 22 ten 2040” Er fark A H Kimball, from NOrleans for Boston, 11th net, off Tortug Bak Mary Anvah, Gracie, hence March 20 for Sam Franciteo, April 19, lat 1 N, loa 27 W. Bark WG Lewis, Giles, from Boston April 19 for Rio Janeiro, May 13, lat 11.06 N, lon 29 15 W. Bark Oseanus, from Boston for Butnos Ayres, May 21, let 83, lon 43. Dutch brig Ida Wobbina, Fyn, from Rotterdam for Bos- tou, May 26, lat 48 N, lon 12 W. Brig Effort (Br), Bordeaux 40 days. to Philadelphia, June 22. lat 4040, lon 71, by pllotboat Washington. Brig Vesta (Brera), from New Yark bound E, June 26, lat 40 30, lon 68 50, by pilotboat Washington, Foreign Ports, AxtwsxP—Sld June 11, James Cook, Wotton, Cadiz. Baracoa—In port abt June 20, schrs John G White, Dyer. for NYork; Sarah Maria, Jobns, and John G Whip- ple, Sterling, wtg for fruit. BUENOS AYRm—In port April 30, ship Margaret Elizs, Adams. for NYork, ldg; barks Thorndike, Perkins, for do 40; Alfhilde (Sw), Wahiman, for Boston do; brig North Esk (Br), for NYork, cargo completed; Antoinetta (Sard), for do l¢g; Cronstadt, Hateh, from Boston, unc. Canprxas—Going in June 12, bark Mary R Barney, Luther, Boston. Curacoa—In port abt June 11, brig Sarah, Newman, hence 20 days passage Gvayama—In port June 9, brigs Nancy, of Baltimore, just arr (probably the Naucy, Davis, from Baltimore vis Derearars); Ellen Masia, for N¥ork next day: Tolo (BD, for do 10th; sels Jane, of and for NAlaven, 5th; Julia Frances, of Beanfort, from -—, just. arr. Gmatran—In port Jupe 4, bark Jcho Stroud. Thomas, from Palermo for NYo-k arr 8d, wind bound; brig Frances Jace, Plummer, from Messina for Boston, do do. Sid 24, ark Aveo Tris, Clark (from Marseilles, having repaired), York. Hirnvorr—£ld June 10 Mariausand Geertruida, Bostom. Hosouvr0—Sld April 20, hips Eliza Warmick, Wat: and Huntress, Lawbers, NSedford, with cil; 30th, bet Philomela, Tahitt, Avaxa--Arr June 22, bark Diligence, Hutehinsom, Portland: br'g Alesis, Hatkell, do, Jacuz1—No Am vessels in port May 81, JANAICA—See Correspondence, Praxavnvco—SMd May 14, The Reform, Murray, Phila- de}phia. "ALERMO—In port June 7, bark Parana, Bettes, for Bos ton 1 or 2 daya, only Am versel. Quennc—Arr June 28, brig Lawrenee, Forislal, Power, NYork; 24th, ship Hannah Kerr, Marr, do. Rio Gnaxdr—sry previous to May 2, bark Wyman, Herrington, Salen, (March 15); briga Russell Hughes, Richmond (Feb 12); Ambasrador (Br), Doane, New York (about Jan 22). S17 Gxonar—Arr June 17, Br bark Lebanon, Urquhart, NYork, Cid 2ist, ship Charles Holmes, Pusbury, Liver: pool. San Juan (Cuba)—In port June 16, bark Joha Henry, Moses, for Europe rooa; brigs Thomas Conner, Stover, for Boston, Wg; Caroline Kelley, Grant, for New York, dos only Am vessels. Tonks Istaxp—In port about June 16, brig Breeze, for Philadelphia, ‘Texst-—Sid June 9 John Wesley, Curtis, Shields. Vera Cxvz—Sid Juve 4, brig Random, Marah, From- tere, Tabasco, to load for New York. Home Ports. BOSTON=Arr June 22, ships Chases, Howe, and Ma- rion, Flituer, New Orleans; barks Manchester, Guptil, Man‘avilla June 2; AH Kimball, Sleeper, New Orleans; Ella, Flinn, and JH Davall, Taylor, Baltimore; brigs Hiogh Block (Bs), Abbott, Valparaiso April 11;,'S (Br), Hemeon. Curacoa May 34; Colonist. Crosby, do June 1; Caroline, Cook, Remedios June 16; General Boyd, (of Biddefora,) Gilpatrick, Havana June 17; Rambler (Br), M’Kinuon, Sagna June 2; Manzoni, Ame’, Matan- yas June 12 via Holmes’ Hole: JL Whippley, Geyer, Car- denas June 17; Cosmopolite, Witham. St Marys, Ga, June 8; Palo Alto. Spexcer, of and from Charleston; Virginia, Anderson, Yeowico River; Rescue, Bragdon, Warwick, Va; J Nickerson, Nickerson, Baltimore; forcello, Johu- son, and Crawford, Norton, Philadelphia; Horace Greeley, Myers of and from Philadelphia via Newport; schrs Hannah and Abigail, Fit ,. Tobasco May 17;WW Wyer. Stoddard, Caye Heytien June 11; Elliot, Thomas, Jacmel May 31; Kagie (Br), Cann, Turk: Island’ Juae 16; Eiward, Smith, and Mariel, Brown, Jacksonville; J C 'Cuthoue Case, Wilmington, NC; Mary, Smith, Fredericksburg; Jou Turner, Crowell, ‘Norfolk; Ella, Bourne, nad Bulrush, Coombs, een ene arullens wd reese? Wooster, Baltimore; Marcellus, Partridge; Mary Drisko; Hudson, Havener; Joha Snow, Gordon; Ne Zealand, Poland, Ashland, Hale; Chorlotte K Buc A Tireli, Pell, Laguna, Clark; DS Mershon, Sprags:, Mt ¢eira, Harriman; Maria, Boker, and WH Mailler, Crow- cll, Philsdelphia; Montezuma, Hosth, Rondout; White, Torrey; Homer, Parker; Cornelia, Faulklin, Fashion, Loring, New York. 1d, ship Champion, Drew, St John, NB, toload for London; barks Grampus, Rogera, St Jago! Georginia, Reynolds, Baltimore; Adelia’ Rogers, White, Philadelphia; Carniola, Crabtree, Machias to load for Demarars; brig agin HNeap), Tauro, St Joun, IF B, to load for Hull. Sid hip Champio! Chi mn Josephin®y (not 261); bark Lizale Loud, Matio; brig Elisha Doane, Toning, Baltimore. NEW ORLRANS—Arr Juno 20, steamship Favhion, Bas kor, Brazos Santiago; 21st, ships Mediator, Coster, Ni York; Wellington, Barstow, do; sehr Elizabeth, Jenkins, Penracotn, Cla 20th, ship Manchester, ‘tyler, Haves; brig Jno Williams, Goodspead, Vora Crnz: eours’ Stephen Hotchhiss, Manson, Havane; Minna Puiffer, Wilaom, Bravos Santisgo; Tallabatsee, Harrison, vio; Kila, Sohun- beck, Pensacols; 21st, ship Buenaver.tura ) Miler, Paretlova: barks Perseverance (Br), “saighton, dvexpool; Morning Star, Spear, NYork; scbrs Alice, Butler, Havana; Mary kay, Kady, Baltimore: Fizaboth,. Jenkins, Pensa: cola, Towed to sea Lith, ships Polar Star, Midilesox; barks bone, Almira; echr J B Mathews. NORFOLK—Arr June %5, schrs Judge Baker, Bogart, 6. Youk; 5 E Parker, Davis, Providence,