The New York Herald Newspaper, July 6, 1853, Page 4

NEW YORK : JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PRUPRIETOR sND EDITOR, laws, and also the violation of the law by public off- | cers, James Sally was convicted of manslaughter in the fourth degree; and a hotel thief, named Thoma: , Morrison, was found guilty of burglary in the 6600’ ag degree by very curious evidence. A full repor'¢ of eee eC ee ‘OFFICE X. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND Naseav S78. | the proceedings of the Court is given in ar jother y comte Teen TEE PARE PAE re cer er ory ot 38 per anmum: i "buropean biomed 7 the Continent. fy to include the postage. YOLUNT ‘“ARY CORRESPONDENCE, containing impor- fant ) solicited quurter of the world used, paid for. h FOREION CORRESHOR- PARTICULARLY KEQUESTED TO SRAL ALL Let- jeeted. ERS il }, oF with Adeer- ais verte by mail for Subscriptions, of is SOR PRINTING executed with neainess, cheapnent, and WERTISEMENTS renewed every day. ec ook Ne. 185 AMUSEMENTS THIS BVENING, BOWERY THEATRE, Bowory~ Rac Pickem oy Parie— Mexcuant or Venice. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Ir's THe Cusrom errs Counrry—Inisu Aseunance—Harry Mam. WIBLO’S, Broadway—Davorren or THe ReGieart. WATTONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—Cuanius II.— BPwarxo—Tue Srirrine. AWERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoos and Evenisg—Ameni- ean Fauuess. MADISON AVENUB—Afternoen and Evening—FRran- wonr’s Corossan HipropRome. CHRISTY’S OPERA HOUSE, 472 Broadway—Ermrorian ‘TLODIEs by Cugisty’s Orena TROvPE. ‘WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Weod’s Musical Hall, 444 Broad- vway—Ermiorran MinsTREnsy. BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUSE—Bucxzsy’s Ermioriar “Orens TRovrE. GEORAWA, 506 Broadway—Banvarn’s PANORAMA OF crue Houy Lawn. New York, Wednesday, July 6, 1953. The News. Much ef our space is to-day necessarily devoted to “the details of the manner in which our national anni- versary was celebrated in this and other parts of the country. The day here was unusually fine, the rain -on the night previous having imparted a coolness to the atmosphere that was exceedingly refreshing to the hundreds of thousands who participated in the numerous military and civic processions, the flotilla “excursions upon our beautiful bay, &c. The display of fireworks in the evening was brilliant in the ex- “treme, and the only matter that tends to cast a gloom upon the contemplation of the glorious occasion is the lamentable fact that a large number of persons were crippled for life by the indiscreet use of fire- arms, and also that a disgraceful riot.oceurred in the Ninth ward, in which many men, including several police officers, were badly beaten. However, after a hasty glance at what took place in various other places, mere villages in comparison with this city, we have cause of gratulation that the -@ay passed off in such comparative harmonious- ness. A despatch from Boston, after enumerating two or three fatal accidents, winds up with the re- mark that a railroad conductor was nearly beaten to death by some people who refused to pay their fare. A fight took place between some of the people of Annapolis, Md., and the passengers of a steamboat, im which it is reported that several shots were fired ‘at those on board the steamer, although the vexel was crowded with women and children. In Phila- delphia bloody fights took place between rival fire companies. But it is uselessto recapitulate—read the incidents of the day, and particularly the oration of Mr. Brady, at the laying of the cornerstone of a monument to the captors of Major Andre at Tarry- town. Oswego was yesterday the scene of oneof the most destructive conflagrations that ever occurred in the interior of this State, as will be seen by the despatch under the telegraphic head. It is estimated that about two hundred buildings were burned, covering a space of forty-five acres. The heat is represented to have been so intense that some of the’fire engines took fire, and were thrown into the river to save them from being consumed. Hundreds of families, rich and poor alike, were driven from their homes and places of business, and were last night pennilessand without a shelter of their own beneath which to re- pose their weary limbs. % An extensive tobacco manufactory, with its con- tents, was totally destroyed by fire at Richmond last Saturday night. The establishment covered half @ square, and the loss is estimated at eighty thousand dollars. Our special despatch from Washington contains some highly interesting information with regard to the fisheries. We have adverted to the subject in another article. Rumors are again rife, observes our correspondent, of a want of unity in the Cabinet— that the barnburner predilections of Secretary Marcy do not work harmoniously with the broad national principles of the President. It is pretty generally ‘believed in well informed circles that the disagree- ‘ment will end in an open rupture, or else the Premier will quietly vacate his present post for the vacant mission to France. Gen. Pierce is reported to have accepted the invitation to be present at the opening of the Orystal Palace. We elsewhere give the lists of clerks in the War, Navy, and Interior Departments, as classified under the act passed at the last session of Congress. The classifications in the Post Office and Treasury Depart- ments ave not yet completed; and if there is any truth in flying rumors, it is very doubtful whether they will be in the former establishment for some time to come. A suspicious vessel is reported to have been de- tained at Laguna, Yucatan, in consequence of irregu- Tarities in her papers. She is supposed to be the ne- torious Cuban slaver Lady Suffolk. It is understood that the Pacific Mail Steamship Company contemplate sending the three steamers now being constructed direct to Anstralia, where they will take their place in the Australia and Pana- ma line. This will enable us to procure news much earlier from the avriferous possessions of Great Britain than we now do by the way of Europe. By an arrival at Boston we have some late and interesting intelligence from the Cape of Good Hope and Adelaide, Australia. We learn from the @ape that the condition of the disarmed Kaflirs was most deplorable. They were actually wandering over the country without the means of procuring food, and in many instances were compelled to steal to avoid starving to death. Large f gold continued to be found in Australia, but many of t aminers were becoming dissatisfied with the he vingent laws enacted by the Legislatu 1 were about abandoning the digging. Mach forma tion to those engaged in marilime pursuits, will be found among the news by this arrival. In gonae d th belongir tion with other matters, we are inf United States steamer Powhstan Japan expedition, lef Table bay for Maur the 29th ultimo. Advices from Aux Cayes to the 12th the tings on Mhat it wee very sick'y at that place. Scarcely any coffee was to be had, the crop being nealy ex hansted. Logwood had advanced filty per cent. ‘The increase of the canal tolls of this State over | those of last year at this time, now amount t $26,200. The receipts of the last reached $10 y $1,100 more than t the same week of the prev Scarcely a week passes tha! we are not upon to record the death or serious injury to on railroads, in consequence of the per us yea alied of allowing cattle to run at large. On Monday mornivg a locomotive on the railroad near Kirkvil in this State, was upsct, and the fireman killed, by running over an © A jewelry store robbed of four or fivetbousand | dollors worth of goods, at Portland, last Mc evening. ‘Lhe Grand Jory were empannel!ed in the Court of General Sessions yesterday for the July term. His Horer, Jo hee, charged the jury briefly in sbbrenceto aay viol * | ship with abolitionism. column. The steamship Herman is now due at‘ (his port, with four days,and the America at Hr ,tifax with one week’s later news from Europe. OD e or both of these vessels will probably arrive befor ¢ we issue an- other paper. Important Intelligence relat ‘Zy to the Fisheries. i Our special Washington correspondent tele- graphs, as an important item of news, that the government have determine d to despatch with- out delay three armed vesrvels, to look after the futerests of ur fishermen in the disputed fish- ing grounés. “This determination, it is said, has not been arrived at without some misgiv- ings on fhe part of the President, which yielded, however, to the urgent request of the fishermen, and other parties interested in that branch of industry, that they should have the protection of their flag from a repetition of the insults which were perpetrated last year upon them by the naval officers of England. Military or naval officers are usually the most unfortunate agents that can be employed in adjusting pacifically any diplomatic question. They have a happy knack of blundering, or overdoing their in- structions, which renders their employment a hazardous experiment. Much will depend upon the officer selected to command our vessels. I he be a man of discretion and ability, there can be no question but that benefit will arise from his presence. But if, on the contrary, he lacks either of these qualifications, there will be a devil of a row over the codfish in less than no time. Mr. Crampton, the British Minister, will sail from Boston for Halifax to-day, and it is said he bears the olive branch, and will endeavor to dissuade Admiral Seymour from pressing too hard upon our fishermen. Although he has no contro! over the Admiral. his counsel and advice will doubtless meet with every atten- tion. But we regard the position assumed by Eng- land, in this matter, as calculated to create in this country a hostility of feeling not the most flattering for success in bringing about a friendly spirit. It is all very well for Admiral Sey- mour, with a large force of men-of-war, to brave- ly capture a few fishing smacks, and, after ruin- ing the poor fishermen, imagine he is drubbing the universal Yankee nation, and is only pre- vented by feelings of magnanimity from blot- ting the United States out of existence alto- gether; but he cannot continue such a game, with the approbation of his government, with- out creating here a most unamicable feeling in return. We look to the administration to speedily ad- just the disputed points. It is a question of much moment in itself—of perhaps greater moment in its consequences. It is doubtlessa difficult sub- ject, but yet the difficulty is not so great as can- not be overcome. Mr. Everctt, just before he retired from the State Department. had nearly completed a convention covering the whole ground. We do not, of course, know the nature of that convention;and it is probable. if we did. it would not meet with our approval; but the fact that a convention was almost concluded shows that there is no necessity for delay now in perfecting a treaty, and thus removing all chances of collision or il] feeling. Meantime we warn Admiral Seymour and the British government to be circumspect, and not press matters too far. Peace is, without doubt, the true mission of this country, but even for that blessing we cannot afford to pay a price involving our national honor or our national self respect. Democracy and Free Sollism—The Washing- tan Union Reading Out the Heretics—Who Comes Next? The Washington Union, which, for some time past, has heen beating about the bush with very considerable ingenuity and perseverance, has at length been compelled to stop short and “face the music.’’ The provocation was too direct to admit of any further attempt at compromising with the intractable free soil organs of the party, lest it might be inferred that they. and not the Union and its coadjutors, were the true exponents of the policy of the administration, especially upon the slavery question. S@rtled by the late rumors of a meditated experiment in Cuba of the British West India | | flattered with the favors of the administration, emancipation system, the Washington Union came Sit with the bold avowal that our govern- ment could not regard with indifference any movement on the part of Great Britain con- templating so dangerons a left-handed blow against the institution of slavery in our Southern States. Thereupon the New York Evening Post and the lic indignantly repudiated of the Union, as countenancing an unholy in. tervention by the United States for the per- petnation of slavery in the colony by a foreign power; and not satisfied with this, the Post had the temerity to say. that it was well aware that the Washix piece of the adn rity whatever to assume the d inistration. and had no antho- atorial fane- tions of “the organ.” This was the cut dire and the Union, thus driven to the wall. could no longer evade the important issue whether the free s¢ Nl adhering to the Buffalo platform do or do not constit an integra! portion of “the re tional demo- hus, then. the Union 1 mark speaks, A the honest confessi firet pithy sentence. disguised truth tells in argument. Says the Union emocn party has suffered more associations for a few years past than fro enemies. ¢ f the great objects of th c b was effected in the Baltimore was that for the future the party might from a jon with those quasi ur enemies k Evening lass of vere constantly f with which to 1 Post and Builal democrats npon which kept up their warfare. We deem and, asf them as abolit They have never the party at Ba y do not now | recognise that creed as the test of democracy-—and | for that reason it is an utter perversion of language | They | r duty to our ition with len avowed abolition abo! which they After reciting next the 1 © oF disagreement het n the parties in thie quarre), in reference to Cuba and the e sion of the lottery aud election } question, ib¢ Union thug emphatically ready Buffalo Repub- | the doctrines | ton L’nion was not the mouth- | | stand it. the contumacions heretics in question out of the pale of the church:— ‘We have not assumed to speak by suthority on itis subject, nor do we an) could be necessary in a case was 0 and ‘covered by the n policy of the ad- as avowed in the The Post and ic place their to these views dis on abolition and for this reason we Gives any farteee potiee of their ition unne- cessary. We wash our hands of all associa- tion or with those journals, and we connection them as standing as clearly without the Seana oe few York Tyvii National Era. There. Let the party bear in mind that the Evening Post and the Buffalo Republic are excommunicated; that the Washington organ (if it be the organ) washes its hands of all fur- ther association or party connection with them, and that to this extent the heresies of free soil are to be repudiated by the democratic party. But what will this avail? Nothing—of itself nothing. The New York Tribune and W. H. Seward have been over and over again repu- diated by the national whigs and their organs; but the arch agitator and his faithful squire continue as inflexibly among the leaders of the whig party as they do the champions of free soil and “the higher law.” No, no. These irreclaimable disciples of the Buffalo ticket of 1848 must be made to feel the displeasure of the administration, before they can be brought either to respect its declared policy or to repent of their treasonable here- sies. They will laugh at the impotent mani- festoes by the Washington Union, whether ut- tered upon its own responsibility, or by Execu- tive authority, as long as the lion’s share of the Executive favors falls into their hands, In withholding the spoils, or in giving the obnox- ious heretics, wherever a good example may be made of them, a wholesome touch of proscrip- tion, they can only be reached; or touch them with the point of the Fugitive Slave law, and they are transfrmed like the evil spirit. under the spear of Ithuriel, into their true shape. Witness the late proceedings at Albany. Yet we repeat, as our deliberate opinion, that those twenty-cight democratic deserters on the test question . are among the most enthusiastic admirers of the administration, while they who stood the fire like true men are undis- guised in their dissatisfaction with the policy which has marked the appointments of the Pre- sident and his cabinet. Herein lies the true secret of the effrontery of the free soilers, in thus openly proclaiming, at this early stage of the administration, their unmitigated contempt for the compromise flummery of the Baltimore resolutions. Like the New York Tribune, while they know that their influence is courted by the anointed chief of the party, they feel, perhaps, that with equal impunity they may “execrate and spit upon” the great principles which he has sworn to sustain. In this view of the question, it may be well that the issue between the compromise and free soil wings of the party is thus early brought to the threshold of a settlement. There may yet be scope and verge enough for restoring the ad- ministration to the full confidence of the “ Old Guard.” A few months later and the breach might have become too wide to heal. As it is, the manifesto of the Union will be ineffective, unless seconded by executive action. We have arrived at that point in which a doubt has been raised in the minds ofa large and all-powerful de- tachment of the democratic party ofthe exact in_ tentions of the administration—a doubt whether the “Old Guard” are to be included or ex- cluded in the reorganization of the party tor the campaign of 56. Many are mortified that the oceasion for such a doubt should exist— many are offended at the repeated apparently invidious discriminations which have been made against them: and not a few are brooding al- ready upon the ways and means for a decisive retaliation at the next Baltimore convention. For the sake of the administration, we think, it is well that the differences upon principle between the democratic compromise men and democratic freesoilérs and outsiders of all fac- tions should thus early be hurried up for adjust- ment. Gen. Pierce may yet so shape the ge- neral] schedule of his measures. appointments, and instructions, as to recover the ground which he has lost. But there can be no national party without a rigid adhesion to a national platform, There can be no safety in compromising, with this or that faction, the vital fundamental prin- ciples ot the constitution. And our northern democratic freesoilers should be made to under- But while such disorganizing freesoil and abolition organs as the Evening Post are gar gee they may be expected to treat with cool derision or silent contempt such unmeaning bulls of ex- | communication as this flaming but harmless pronunciamento of the W&shington Union. Who comes next? Tuayk Gop ror THE Tuunper!—Such. we think, must have been the almost invol- untary exclamation, on Sunday evening. of many a tired denizen of New York who had been kept awake the night previous, and to whom the incessant racket of fire-erack- ers, torpedoes, and other pyrotechnic de- vices promised another sleepless night, when these infernal noises were drowned by the loud. long peals of thunder. Thank God for the thunder! “He giveth His beloved sleep.” Down came the rain, suddenly, in torrents. How sweet was the music of their receding octsteps. as the drenched patriots who were making night hideous retreated to their homes. } And then beautifnl chain-lightning darted trem el cloud, and from the clouds to the earth ecliz in vividness all the rockets and other artificial fireworks as much as the thunder excceded them in sound. Never did heaven's artillery open upon ears more glad to listen to its sublime roar! The very ground trembled beneath it and the tired and vexed mortals who had almost begun to wish themselves deaf, fell inte peaceful sleep, like children rocked in a cradle. This mania for the sound of exploding gun- powder was the distinguishing characteristic of the celebration of the Fourth in New York. It pervaded all 8, without di sex. or condition. Whole bunches of were lighted, and thrown hither and thither. wherever i ited easure of those firing them tot hem. At one hotel a bunch o these agreeable little speakers sudde nly ap- peared in the centre of the bar-room; the land- 1 ized them and was about ting them throngh the door when himself seized by a number of men, who. while they held him back assured Lim that they meant no disrespect, but begged leave to remind him that it was the Fourth of July! Boys “knee-high to a toad” reeled under the weight of guns and huge horse-pistols, and staggered back at the “kick” of the weapons as they discharged ther, Thousands were fired by men and boys as they walked through Browdway and the other principal streets. Boys shot them the tops of omnibuses. Women threw. crackers from the windows of houses, some places men placed them almost by loads at their doors. The noise began on Saturday. There was something of it through the day, Sunday, and Sunday evening it was in full blastagain. On Monday, from one end of the city to the other, it was one continual incessant rip-rip-rip, rap- Yrap-rap, from crackers—bang, bang, bang, from the pistols, guns and miniature cannons, inter- spersed occasionally with the more agreeable sound of a respectable-sized piece. The air was filled with the sulphurous ‘smell of gun- powder. But it was the Fourth of July, the glorious Fourth, and everybody felt bound to be good-natured, under whatever provocations and annoyances. And above all, the few hours of refreshing sleep which were obtained through the instrumentality of the delightful shower of Sunday night, strengthened the nerves for other trials, Thank God for the thunder! Orenine or THE Crystat' PALAcE—TneE Pre- smENT CominG.—We are gratified to state, from our private despatches from Washington, that the President of the United States has consent- ed to be present at the opening of the Crystal Palace, on the 14th instant, and that he will, in all probability, be accompanied by the Secretary of State, and one or two other members of the cabinet. We are also advised that a number of the diplomatic corps are expected from Washington, and that a majority, at least, of the Governors of the various States in this vicinity, and per- haps the Governor-General of Canada, and a very numerous catalogue of other official func- tionaries, State and federal, domestic and for- eign, will also contribute, by their presence, to the dignity and imposing splendor of the inau- guration of our exhibition of the world’s in- dustry. This is right; for, notwithstanding all the delays, all the difficulties, and all the mis- givings and apprehensions connected with this great enterprise, this prominent inaugural as- sembly indicates, to a great extent, the full success of the experiment. But there is more substantial evidence afforded upon this point, in the rapid accumulation and beautiful ar- rangement of the materials of the exhibition, which, we are authorized to say, will hardly fall below the anticipations of the most sanguine friends of this hazardous and responsible under- taking. The presence of our chief magistrate will, however, be the great feature of the exhibition. Personally he is still comparatively a stranger to the mass of our citizens, and there is a general desire among those who have not had the opportunity to see him and talk with him face to face, and we think we may venture to include the ladies among the number. Whether the President will be assigned the particular duty of christening the Palace or not we can- not say; but we presume that as The Prince of all the realms Led them on at the London exhibition, the same office will be given to Gen. Pierce in this, and his accept- ance will be sufficient to give it “that odor of nationality” which, in all public affairs, was so important a consideration to Mr. Webster. In any event we doubt not that, if called upon, Gen. Pierce will deliver an inaugural address on the occasion. If he does, we may judge from that of the 4th of March that it will be the crowning feature of the day. We trust that nothing may intervene to overrule the pregent intentions ot the President tocome, Independently of the éc/at and na- tionality which his presence will give to the occasion. fe will meet with a cordial welcome. g rE in i Wants or Orrice Seekers In Wasutnctoy— Tue Poor VoivnTeER.—Going to Washington, whether to getan office or to transact business with the depaf#ments, is a slow and tiresome task. The office seeker, in nine cases out of ten, stays till the cash in his purse will barely suf- fice to pay his tavern bill and fare home if he is disappointed; and if he gets aclerkship, his first quarter’s salary goes generally to pay up arrears and get himself * fixed.” Some of the poor sol- diers who go there to get their land warrants have to wait, and wait. and wait, till they have to resort to beggary to get food. A few days since a gentleman calling to see the President, found in the vestibule a discharged Mexican volunteer, waiting to get a chance to give a note, of which a copy is given below:— Dear Sir—In the humblest tone do I implore your charity for three cents, to enable me to procure some- thing to eat. Pray be so kind, and receive the grate- ful thanks of your humble supplicant. —gaeaxs of Shneandoah county. Va, T have come to the city to get a land warrant for my services in Mexico, but can’t get it till the de- partments open. * + The gentleman gave him wherewith to obtain food. of course more than the mite he solicited, and he went on his way rejoicing, and received the letter, which is a specimen of dozens receiv- ed by the exccutive officers at Washington week- ly. The anonymous epistles received by them— rome poetic, some religious, and some political— would make a curious collection. There is a great deal of truth, with a great deal of malice and folly. and fanaticism, mixed up in them; and some of them are manifestly written by persons of disordered minds. The satisfying of such suppliants as the Virginia volunteer is much easier than that of a New York or Pennsylva- nia, or even a Virginia office seeker. It takes more than three cents to satisfy them. Some time since Mr. Henderson offered a bill in the Legislature of this State, granting two years’ pay to infirm and indigent soldiers of the war of 1812. Why has not some definite action been had in the matter? Where can be found a more worthy object for the express'on of the patriotic feel- ings of our representatives there, than in grant- ing reliefto those noble old men who. in the second war for independence, came forward and devoted some of their best days to the se of their country, and that, too. Without any mereenary motives, furnishing their own arms, their own clothing, and devoting their time and perilling their lives in the service of th country? Moxine ssfale Deranrere oF CALIFORNIA STRAMEIS.—The mail stenn bip Georgia for Aspinwall, apd the s eansbip Northera Ligat, for San Juan, le’t port yesterday, with paseeagers for California. Quick PaseaGr —The clipper ship Witch of the Wave, arrived st Boston on the & inst, from aty one days, the sl, he two ports, and en afford: hire, whieh 4 ter verse!’s prmag rival of the Witeb of test passage ever male sv Prestonyt Fin —There tao ves MOWR AND D yoand to Ne left Bordeaux aboot Ae pany Orleans. The Benjamin ne’ clipper «bio, and eavy bets were madi © woull beat x that sh | ral excursions, and the company left at half-past 6 te Talk on ‘Change, Youterday being the day fellowitg the Fourth, and many persons absent from the eity, ‘change was thinly attend- ed, and trade, in @ general way, was dull. Only three hundred bales of cotton sold, not sufficient to establish a market as a guide for prices. Tobacco continued active, with sales of 400 or 600 bhds., closing at an advance on last week’s quotations. Provisions were dull. Good State flour was in some better demand, without change in Prices, Tt was reported on ’change that Mr, Nesbitt had written to the Post Office Department at Washington, requesting permission to remove bis stamp from the new letter en- velopes manufactured by him, This was considered all right, and, when carried into execution, would relieve them from all objection, and cause them to be rapidly sold and extensively circulated. ‘The statement which appeared in western paper, en- deavoring to show that tobacco reached New York in a better condition when forwarded by the lakes and canals, than when shipped by New Orleans, was denied by deal- ers in the article in this city, They said that the tobac co welt through a sweating process, in transitu, which was necessary to fit it for market, and that it went throngh this change better while on its way vis New Orleans, and reached New York in better order than when received by the northern route This was said without prejudice, as those making tho statement would, other things being equal, give the preference to the lakes and canais, with the view of benefiting the grand State canal. Tt was suggested that a good plan to prevent over- crowding in omnibuses and city railroad cars would be to have the seats divided off, with arms or partitions, so that each party would be compelled to confine himself toa single seat. At present it sometimes occurs that a man by sitting sideways, partly occupies two seats, while in other cases persons were squeezed into a space less than ‘a single seat. London omnibuses all had separate seats. Buch arrangement would also prevent the practice of om- nibus thieving. now very common, ‘The burning of the extensive flouring mill of Fitshugh & Littlejohn, at Oswego, was reported by telegraph. ‘That mill, with others, was wel) known to flour merchants in this city, and it was said if those contiguous were burnt with it the loss wonld considerably exceed $100,000. Nothing was known of the insurance on them, or where policies were effected. ‘The News from Aux Cayes, St. Domingo, was consid- ered, commercially, important. Coffee was scarce, and logwood had advanced. In this market, St. Domingo coffee was wanted for export. Logwood was scarce, and held at an advance. Many of the merchants who had returned from a flying trip to the country, spoke of having encountered im- mense crowds on all the railroads connecting directly with the city. Immense streams of people appeared to be moving both ways. News from Cuba. By the arrival of the Empire City, at a late hour an Sunday night, we received files of journals from Havana to the 29th June. ‘ ‘The Gaceta, of the 28th, eontains an article in reply to the remarkaple recent debate in the British House 0 Lords, in which the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Clarendon, and the Bishop of Oxford, took prominent parts, with respect to the violation by Spain of the slave treaties, The Ga- cela manifeste a deal of indignation af the calumnies to which the Spanish goverament was subjected on that occasion, and it elevates the character of Captain: General Canedo even above that of his noble British aspersers. One is reminded, on reading this article, of the taunt flung back on the Douglass by Lord Marmion:— «And if thou said’st I was not peer To any Scottish noble Lowland or Highland, far or near, Lord Angus thou hast lied.”” Noble by birth—neys the Gacela talking of Caneto—as the English Lord premier, Educated in severe principlos of honor, oceupying an elevated post in theS; army, and elevated to the dignity of Senator of the Kingdom, he was not. and could not be corrupted by the bribe of the island of Cuba to oommit an ungraceful action, which would suddenly defile so many titles of individual pride. The Captain Geigral, Don Valenta Canedo, has vigorously reecited, rind tho day of his taking égmmand of the sland, the cursed slave traffic, He has fone more; he has employed governmertal measures, whica reveal not only loyalty and purity, but self denial and an elevated spirit. even to a point which should have connselled Lord Carlisle 1o more circumspection and less frivolity. It wan from this article that, in the absence of ll our translators, when the Empire City’s mails arrived late at night, ® compositor in our office, a Cuban filibustero, inspired by the sentiments congenial to the 4th of July, manufactured the startiing intelligence which appeared in our yesterday’s issue, that Count Carlisle had been ar- rested on s charge of conspiracy, the design of which was to overthrow the present government of Jamaica by the black populstion, and that a vessel had been seized, loaded with m unitions of war, alledged to have been furnished by the Count and others. We were not aware we had such & genius among our compositors, but now that we have discovered it we must take care of him. The construction of the projected railroad between Trinidad and Sancti Spiritus is about to be commenced. In the former city $280,000 of shares in the enterprise were sold in the course of eight days. ‘The Baltimore Firemen. Yesterday the Baltimore Columbian Company No 9, who are now on a visit to this city, took a trip. accom- panied by # committee of Manhattan Engine Compeny No. 8, of New York, to Flushing, on board the Island City. They left New York about 9A. M., and arrived in the course of an hour, after a pleasant voyage, at St. Ronan’s Well, near Flushing, where an elegant enter- tainment at 2 o’clock P. M. was served up by Mr. Gooder- son. Daring the morning the visiters amused them. selves in various ways, according to their inclinations, Some bathed in the clear stream; others played at quoits or tock rural drives and walks, according as they feit in, clired. No constraint was the order of the day, and every one did es he pleased. The dinner, which took place as already wentioned at2P. M., was enlivened by songs from Mr. R. Thomas, who keeps the ‘:Manhsttan” in Chambers street, aud other members of the two fire companies. Mr. Herbert recited an amusing pieco, éctitled ‘An Irishman’s Trip to America,” and sung sev- eral songs, vith which the company were very much en- tertained | After dinner the visiters marched to Flashing, and paid a visit to the Ladies’ Seminary in that place. ‘They were received in the chapel by the President, who made them an addresa, in which he highly eulogized the Fire Department. Mr. Davis, President of the Baltimore Coiumvian Engine Company, responded to the address, as did alve Mr. Russell a member of Mauhattan Fire Compa- ny of New York. The latter gentieman remarked in re- ply, that the duties of a fireman were not in any manner to be cempared, nor by any means +o arduous as tho-e of the President of the Academy. In the course of the conversation that followed, the President observed that he had children very ofven under his charge from Balti- more. The remainder of the afteruoon was spent in ru- o'clock P. M. by the Island City for New York, where they arrived about § o'clock in the evening. On their return to bead-quarters, at Gunter’s Hotel, in Falton street, they proceeded to the hall of entertainment in Broadway, known as ‘Wood’s Minsirels.”” where they spent the reminder of the evening. To-day the Baltimore Fire Cox pany, escorted by a committeo o the Manhattan Fico Company, vill viet High Bridge, Blackwell’s Isiand and ovber places in their route takivg refresuments at Starr's five mils house. They will leave their quarters lton niyeet at half-psst 8A M. thie morning, and will go by Kipp & Prown’s stages. City Intelligence Tur WraTnern —Since our last report of the weather we have had two agreeable days. Singular as it mys aposar, notwithstanding our sensations of heat and cold, yester day was not so warm & dey us the 4th. The thermometer yerterday at 3) M being 83 deg., while on Monday, at the saine hour, it was 86 deg. Ia the roorniog, however, the ihermometer was two degrees higher yesterday that on tke preceding day, registering at 9 4 M. on Monday 76 deg., and on Tuesday 78 deg Wind on Monda yesterday northwest. The quan the 2d instant wana little over ove-third of an Tinre —On Sunday afternoon, about 434 of houve No. 200 Kw street was di cover by fire crackers, The (re was extiagaiched by the polis of the Fourteenth ward. On the seme dey, @ fire broke out in the carpenter's thop in the rear of No, 480 Pearl stree?. The fire wag oo cas ened by the throwing of fire crackers on the roof by some perron froman adjoining building. Dawage tri fing. A fre broke cut about haif-past five o'clock 9 terday morning, in the fourth story of the hy 261 Front street, cecupied by Mc, James T Smt storege of cotton, The two up) 4 were burned out, and @ large amount wai royed by the fico | or greatly damaged by water Between 4 ard & yexterday morning. a fire broke uti the butlding No. 261 Front street, which it oecaptad by James Smith asa place for storage, sisting of everal stories in height, fhe principal a ontaiied inatde, at tho time of the fire, was cvtton, dsech of which wat burst. and sillmme ¢: ny Wa’ How the fire origivated ia net kw ent, but it is suppovwd to Fave 2 exertion of uction being « t pr aneow th Gatea of. where fire must have done | lef for at 10 o'clock fire was not eatirely | shed, ard the Bremen were busy in thro#ing into the etieet bevow, from the many of which born; wae rlrewn with ab les of cot pner stories, the " the ntreet eround The loss, no ¢ t, will be very great, but, mont probably, tis coverea by insurance, ANOTHER AvcipRNT ON A Ferny Boat.—A most distress. | ingvaccidert occurred on Saturday evening last upon the Hoboken ferry, by which two lives were lost. Canal ptreet fe at Phonix wae leaying the he Amesican has woo the wager, n t the Hoboken » +« Supbla Geiser Jaeod and Mortis Kleine, while attempting ¢ were thrown irto the w aod one o1 mer — wae caved. widhe wt No. 445 Gras Mire Geiamey | 6 par Be d street, New York. iH HL ir F F i 5 | H ¢ i 2388 ile Hel ball Fy tt ‘esterday seaman, and who also work: , while idox, a wi sorks 06 8 Sager, Se severe cesctlte, alinight of forty feel cr mores by whi hie ;, & it of fort feet or more, wi spine was broken andone of his anclos’ dislocated. Ho was taken to the City Hospital where the latter injured: joint was set. He is under the care of Dr. MeCombe. ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON THE FOURTH OF JULY.—A bo aged seventeen, of the name of Thomas Clifton, had right hand severely injured on the Fourth over at Brook- lyn, where he poor Rey It appears that he was ramming lng tnotac tor palletes Steger enatinr toe. to go off, b which he met with ‘Le above accident. was taken fo the New York Hospital, where he iv the care of Dr. Derby. Crry Ramoap Accipgnt.—A youn; sinh, nine age, a native of German: racial Win untz, was over in the neighborhood of Thirty-sixth by the railroad cars yesterday afternoon. She was fully injured, having & compound comminuted of the left thigh. Her foot was likewise severel lacerated. The child was taken to the City Hospit and is under the care of Dr. Derby. A Linea datoring used crite name of John Rear- lon, while employed yea! iiehancien » cargo railroad iron _ ‘the hold as ehip lying at the foot of Pin ‘ide the Ocean Queen, had one of his toes upon tp barofiren. He was taken to the City Hospital, and is under the care of Dr. McCombe, rE af years Hy ‘Williamsburg City Intelligence, Frrt—About pine o’ciock yesterday morni: broke out in the third story of the dy 9 Bouth Fifth street, owned by Mr. Car! Pied by some fourteen poor families. The bla apes with but sligh’ damage to the Mr. C. and the First ward police. in the night, the loss of life must have been fr: there is but ope narrow flight of stairs in the % which were completely barricaded by the flames. Drowxep.—Thomas Burke, # netive of Ireland, twenty one years of age. was drowned while bathing at the foot 0 North Twelfth street, yesterday morning, house No. and oecu- occurred The Stamped Letter Envelopes. 70 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. ‘The Post Office Department has at length favored the public with an issue of stamped envelopes, which will prove, doubtless, a great convenience. It is much to be regretted, however, that Cr rivate individual should: have been permitted to av ‘an oecasion, so public in its character, to circulate bis business eard. Such use of @ public document, besides being altogether hag gpd cannot fail to prove exceedingly distastefal to the great mass, who through this instrumentality are obliged to: have their correspondence disfigured, or to deprive them- selves of the ure of a great public convenience. The ob- vious impropriety of forcing the public into either alter- native, for the furtherance of mere private ends, it is hoped will induce the Postmaster General to suppress present issue, and substitute another in ita place without delay. SOUTH STREET. ‘TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Sir—I take the liberty of informing you that I have written to the Department for permission to leave the seal off the flap of the prepaid envelopes, ‘Yours, very truly, GEORGE F. NESBITT. New York, July 5, 1853. The Opera at Castic Garden, TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Sir—Having seen in to-day’s paper my mame, in con- nection with other artists, aa being engaged by Mr. Max: Maretzek for e. series of operatic representations at Castle Garden, you will much oblige me by contradicting this satement Ly engagement with’ Madame Hearietto Sontag termipates on the 15th inst., and I have thus far made no other. Respectfully yours, GASPER POZZOLINI. Clifton House, Staten Island, July 4, 1853. Crystal Palace, New York, July 5, 1853.— Exhibitors, or their agents who have not already done fo. aro urgently requested to appear at etal Palace, end prepare their space for exhibition ; and afl ex- hibitors, foreign and domestic, ure informed ‘that all the packages in the buildirg can now be opened, and their con- ents arranged for exhilition. Every possible effort will bo to prepare for the inauguration on the 14th inet. pill bo lichted at night for the convenience cf J.M. BATCHELDER, Seeretary of Superin- neceseal The buildi exhibitors. tendents. The Plumbe National Gallery, on the Upper corner of Brosdway, contains the largest collection of por- traits of celebrated Individuals in this country. A new die- covery has been added to this gallery. Daguerreotypes in oil, by WILLIAM H. BUTLER. Daguerreotypes of de- Ceased persons copied imperishably. “Unless it kissed thee baek again, ’Twas not at all like me.” Said Henry’s wife to her husband, whom sho coughtfalyly Klssing her minint 70, ("Twas in the honey enry has since “dreadfully changed.”) If ie ha wife's dngnerraotype taken by DOBYNS, MOISSENET & V. L. RICH ARL SON, his honeymoon would never have grown old, nor waned. 'To the Patrons of the Fine Arts.—The bean- tifal drab beaver and pearl felt het, manufactured and sold by RAFFERTY & LEASK. at their uaual low price of $83 and $4, would seem quite enongh to insure the fam sm. Cal type inverted 7 we Chatham reet, aud on the corner of Chat- Fine Arts.—A New and Important Discovery har been made by Mr. WILLTAM H. BUTLER, on the upper corner of Broadway and Murray street, by which dagnerroc- types can be finished with all the beauty of the finost minia- ture paintings, thereby producing the most perfect likenos® ever made. Fair and Crystal Palace Depot, 423 ay, for the of boot eis the largert. low the usual Bron wholeraic department, Me NES, 421 Broadway. —Vincent Bringolle, Uphol- sterer and decorator to tho Exhibition of all Nations, re- spectfully informa exhibitors he is prepared to receive ordere for decorations. Exhibitors ean select their own colors and materials from s jarge and complete sssortinent of stuff, by applying at his office, room 16 Crystal Palace, the Prince of P. Shakepcare ts, and. the immortal KNOX he potentate of hatters. Eis pro ductions are greceful, lofty, and brilliant, a1 will, if renewed cecasionally, vst ‘almost for ever. Knox's: $4 Teavers are superb article taste and fashion. He Mountain beavers, drab, description, at very fi Hats.—Summer Hats after the Fourth. No one need he deterred from buying a summer hat because itis after the Fourth. There are yet two fall months of the hottest and most cepressing weather. Our stock is still complete in beavers and straws, with & superabundanse of travelling felt hats. WAKNUCKS, hatters, 275 Broadway, Irving House, and worn by every gentleman of selec! 5m of Rocky ati Diamonds, Watches, and Jewelry —Dia~ monds in packaxe, at, $28 per carat, or. in lots to euits Fines, pins crosses, &e thé most celebrated makers, at importers’ pric y at manufacturers’ prices corner White street, #econd flo In every Protession there ts a Recognised leading man—one whose pre eminenes is go decided, that nobody callsit in question Among thore who teach the ars of writing, OLIVER B. GOLDS” T is just that indisp tally pre tminent person and nised head of the pro fesefon, A few days ago, Mr damith openea his new rooms in the Imrge building. No. 262 Broadway, eorner of Franklin street ; and we cy nnot but join in the general ex- pression of plessnre and tat their elogance and convenience. ‘There it thi city a suite of apartments more tastefully or rdionsly fitted up than those ccoupied ag Me ( fi ool. The rooms aro five in number. con provided with furuitare 1, and adorned by the pon. We advise thove s, to bear in miad that ro the art of penman cably or more expedi ment of Mr, oldvmith. for gontlomen, are now trfumphs of Mr. G who with to im pri there ie not a pla thip ean he acquired, either mor than nt the superb o- New ‘insses, both for ludies forming.— Homo Journal. and Bookkeeping are by BF. FOSTER 37 sitain & masterly knowledge of biy entry in the short epeee of ono wrik. Open day and evening, Goyter’s Pa= manufacte Deflanee Salamanites Sates FRTM PATRICK is th # the above osle 6 Inpenetrable Di locks combincd in the rtraet, one door below Maiden stro Sewing Machines «Immediately after the rth of July hurry and bustle of m: hing, shoes, Lo. 1d. Dopot No. no, formerly No. 90 Johm 3 ry is to boy nay #avic and a great Noo! te effected int euin gecured by tl kind of sewing innterial, at the If all #hapes would be a very ei shapes, GREEN . ect He ree re as ‘a bad form to fit” His plan, es practised at No. 1 Astor House, em- braces all varketire of figure and the first misfit from hiv establishment is yet bo come, We wihrh to Rer continuatic pr © balance of the beautifal ok’ est t the high- ha ury, e¢ Te building lote, and the ony Will be told lock, a & the Merchant’? Fxchsuge, by ALE NICOLAY, suc tioncer, For furtier partienlars 0 the advertise ment of te anotic ther column, Look for the Nattonel Pullee Gazette of tht 8 a copy before Friday m raing,.or you wit? v HL the newsboys and nowe vender. Look out for the Bulletins fom No, 6 Ware ren street,