The New York Herald Newspaper, July 16, 1853, Page 4

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We refer our readers to the very interesting ac- count elsewhere published of the Presidents move- ments yesterday, including a full report of the pro- ceedings at the banquet given by the Crystal Palace Committee, at Niblo’s Saloon, in honor of the Chief Magistrate of the nation. The tables were provided im excellent style by the Mesers. Leland, of the Me- tropolitan Hotel. The description of the scene, and ‘the report, will speak for themselves, without com- ment. At a quarter past eleven o'clock last night the Young Men’s Democratic Union Club serenaded the President, at the Astor Houee, after which they were received at his rooms. BThe manver in which the State Senate has cut down the appropriations in the Supply bill will be pt to astonish many persons intereSted. It is a matter of regret, however, that in their zeal for re- trenchment and reform, our Senators have erased the sums cet down for some charitable purposes in this and other cities, which were really worthy, aud should bave met with encouragement. During the afternoon session the Niagara Ship Canal bill was ™ der discussion, and it was believed would pass in bie evening. It is gratifying to learn that the Assembly yes terday tound time to take up the bill reported seve- ral weeks ago, for the prevention of railroad acci @ ts, the passage of which in ita original shape for fear that any attempt at amendment would im pair its provisions, has been so anxiously desired by nearly every inhabitant of the State. Unfor tunately, several gentlemen were desirous of making alterations, and consequeutly tie day was speat in debating the various propositions. When next the measure comes befure the House, it is hoped that its real friends, who are believed to be greatly in the ascendancy, will urge immediate action. Mr. Crampton, the British Minister, who recently proceeded to Nova Scotia for the purpose, as was announeed, of conferring with Admiral Seymour and others Upon the subject of the fisheries, left Halifax last Wednesday on his return to Washington. He t> * passage in the war steamer Media, bound to j A despatch fm Washington announces the de parture of Com. svubrick fur Portsmouth, N. H., where he will assume command of the squadron ordered out for the protection of the down-eat sb ermen. A pretty independent North Cuarolinian who declined a clerkship worth nine hundred dollars im the Land Office, but accepted oue yielding twelve ‘hundred in the Treasury, has been removed. By reference to the interesting letter from our Nicaragua correspondent, it will be seen that the hitherto bustling and independent little city of Sau Juan is likely to fall back into utter insigaificance. Within the last six months, owing to the jealousies existing against foreigners by the natives, much of ‘the capitul, enterprise and intelligence, which built up the place, has been withdrawn. The difficulties with the Transit Company still remain unsettled. Dates from Port au Prince to the Ist inst. state ‘that the country was quiet, and business very dull, with Jarger importations of Ameri:an produce than ever known. Fisb, pork, flour and butter, did not pey expenses. Coffee and logwood were scarce— ‘the former sold at $150, Haytien currency, per one hundred pounds, and the latter at $50 per thousand * pounds. Advices from Rio Janeiro to the 10th ult. inform us that the country was still in a very unsettled con- ition, owing to political excitement. The last ac- counts received from Buenos Ayres represent the continuation of the blockade, Five persons were crushed beneath a falling wal at Charleston, 8. C., last Tuesday. One was taken ut dead and another mortally injured. The others escaped with but slight injury. Themas O'Neil, Secretary of State for Maryland, thas resigned his office. ‘We elsewhere publish a graphic description of the trotting coutest between Tacony and Flora Temple, ever the Union Course, last Thursday. The extra « Wdinary and clocely matched speed of the two ani py Wle-—they made the best time on record—will cause + . vexciting account to be, not only read, bat cure fo| W preserved, by every sportsman throughout the com Wry. } Be Sides much other instructive and entertaining jnforn vation, to-day’s inside pages contain a lengthy comm tication, addressed to Lord Brougham Vaux, 1 vlative to the Emancipado System and Six Trade in Cuba; Late News from Havana and Texas ‘Letters fr om Nicaragua, Boston, Illinois, and Monti” eello, N. \".; Scenes on Lake Champlain, by a Steam ‘out Traveller; Letter from Col. Sloo, concerning the /ehuantepec Route; Detuils of the Riot at Milwau kee; Commencial, Political and Miscellaneous Af. fairs; Advertisements, &c. Wuen ake THE Ministers Gora Asroap! _« Our lately appointed Charge d’Affaires to Stoe ‘kholm, Mr. Bedinger, of Virginia, is in town. By the way, what is the reason our foreign ministers do not go about their business’? Their ap, "ointments were made a long time ago, compa, ratively, aud if there was any neces sity for turn ing out the old incumbents the game reason ura ¢* their accessors to repair to their posts without delay. W:hen is Mr. Auguste Belmont to leave? We believe; tp to the pre- sent time, not a single foreign mister of Pre- sideut Pierce's appoiatiacat has left “he country. “What time do theis salaries date from? Opentng of our Crymal Patace—Proe- pects of a Brillant * xnipition. j The inauguration of the New York Crystal Palace has settled the question of the suocess of this popular enterprise to the satisfaction of all parties, from the most sanguine to the most skeptical. It is a great “ fixed fact.” It will, from al] present appearances, be successful ia the highest degree, and in the most comprehen- sive sense of that all-sufticient word of infinite significaney—success, It will be successful in its beneficent results as the great industrial congress of all the civilized nations of the earth —successful in convincing the people of Earope | and of America that they have much yet ‘to learn of each other—successtul in vindiewting before the disciplined skill and genius of ‘the Old World the indomitable energy, ingenuity, and enterprise of the New—successful as a World’s Fair, a3 a national exhibition, as a local attraction, and as a private speculation. In each and dil of these particulars we antici- | pate the most flattering sucecss in the crown- ing results of our New York Crystal Palace. building from the originally appointed genial and it weve also idle to suggest now any modi- fications in the fulfilment of this bold concep. tion which would have given it more of the prestige of nationality and universality than is attached to its organization. Unquestiona- bly, the co-operation of Congress, and the co-ope- capacity, in getting up this exhibition. would have added incalculably to its grandeur and its success ; but all this would have required time, and in the interval this Augustan era of a gene- ral peace might have been interrupted by the diretul necessities of war. In seizing, there- it is probable that more has been gained than all which may have been lost in dispensing with those more formal preparations we have in¢i- cated. is sufficient for the largest expectations of the managers and the American pub- lic—it is the substantial nucleus of a world’s collection. which will doubtless result in filling the Palace to its utmost capacity with the choicest specimens of art and skill ere yet the wupplies are suspended. At this starting point, therefore. a few pass- ing observations in reference to the manage- ment of this exhibition may not be altogether unprofitable. We noticed on the day of the in- auguration, that though the Palace was opened the mass of the exhibition was still closed. The Italian department, with its beautifal statuary and paintings. and exquisite mosaics in woud. was perhaps the only section of the establish- ment which appeared to be in any degree com- pleted. if we except the arrangement of those fine bronzes, japanned ware,-and pictures, from Holland ; and that sublime group of statuary, from Denmark. of our Saviour and his disciples. Elsewhere, hither and thither, a hasty display for the occasion of porcelain or stationery, or cutlery. or miscellaneous articles, made up the sum total of the visible effects of the institution. But ‘the vast collection. dis- persed all over the building, of huge and heavy boxes, very satisfactorily indicated that already were the materials at hand for a large, diversified and brilliant exhibition. In addition to this. many boxes. bales and packages, are as, for instance. the Gobelin tapestries and the Sevres china contributed by the Emperor Louis Napoleon, which are still under the care o Collector Bronson. These facts, and ihe remark able popularity of this substantial public enter tainment. we have no doubt wiil attract a large accession of desirable foreign and doz ie contributors. who have thus far been awaiting the success of the experiment. Having, then every reasonable ground of belief that there will be no necessity of admit- ing any commonplace trash to fill up the avail- able space of the Palace, it is to be hoped that all such trash will be carefully excluded. As we understand it. the design is that the articles contributed shall be thefnest specimens of kind which the contributor has ever produced; and we presume this design will be rigidly car- ried out. with the encouraging prospect before the company of an abundance of superior articles on hand and yet to come. Asother thing should not be overluoked—the pi lity of exhibitors trading upon borrowed capital. Suppose. for example, that a fashionable aad enterprising Broadway barber should get up a magnificent fancy pavilion full of Parisian per- heir tumery, and festooned with Parisian artiticia! | flowers—composed, in fact. to a great extent, ig | not entirely. of articles of French manutacture, from top to bottom—we should say the United States quarter was not the quarter for him. He should be turned over to the Freuch depart- ment, and there his fanciful temple should stand. Again, if another enterprising dealer in fancy goods, purporting to be American, but which bave been brought over from Paris, should get up a splendid and costly case for the exhibition of his choicest specimens of these Parisian articles, we should say that that case belongs to the guartier Francaise aad not to the department of the United States. To be still more explicit—let us suppose that there is here in New York a house of high standing, extensively engaged in the importa tion of white Freuch chins, which is gilded aad decorated by artists employed in this city. We are satisfied that that house would indignantly scout the idea of eutering their goods as Ameri- can articles, further than their gilding and decorations, though there may be others of va rious countries who would not be quite so pane- ylicy uf & Ina word the true 5 first to draw as distinct line as possible 1 Ameri n the maauiactures of dif Otherw will b sfactory jadgment cen European manufactures a. Aa; and, secc ferent 1 impoerible to arriv with regard to the ¢ independence of Europ bor, and raw materia depen betw countries se it : or f our dependea lu- vith relation to the aad ap. ce of for upon wi on each ether, We may call that American silk whiah is imported from France in the eocoon and spun into thread or woven into silk good in New Jersey, just as we call the cotton good ater! uchester English though the raw 1 al is supplied from the United States. J all doubtful cases it is clearly the trae polic of the managers of this exhibit nate between articles entirely the prodacta of any single country. and other articles, the raw or partly manufactured materials of which are due to another or several other countries. For example—here is a straw bat entirely French; here ia another, made in New York. of French braid; and here is still another, braided it i m to dixerimi What is accomplished and secured | still in transitu, or lying in the custom house, | toils of office are among the lightest of the It would be a work of supererogation to re- | capitulate the various obstacles snd embarrass- | ments which delayed the formal spening of the | month of May to the sultry middle of July; | ration of the several States in their sovereign | fore, upon a time so auspicious as the present | | stranger to the man high in office. } aud tay ‘ | him to decline. being imported from, Europe. while millions of | acres are covered with straw in the United States of which. very little if any is ever braid- ed into bats 9% all. Ncw. it would be very in- teresting to designate tthe spectator these va- rious clasees of straw hat=; and ifthere is still an- other hat made from American straw, and braid- ed and»put together by American labor let it thus he designated from the rest. We shall thereby be ena?led to see in what we are deficient in the falrication of straw hats. And so with regard ‘0 a thousand other articles. Weare quite con- fident that American skill and ingenuity have arrived at that point where they may safely veu- ture to stand alone. At all events, we are in a position fairly to compare the results of Ameri- can art and industry with the skill and labor of | Europe. | The citizers of New York city have just occa- sion to feel interested and gratified at the pros- pect of a highly successful issue to this exhibi- tion. There is no Paris within a few hours travel as there was to the foreign visiters of | the London establishment. It was Paris that really reoped the harvest of the Palace ot Hyde Paik, Visiters saw it, and went ever to Paris to amuse themselves and to do their shopping. But the pilgrims to this crystal temple will make our city the London and the Paris of their pilgrimage. Hence, ina local view, our whole population are doubtless anxious. in a corres- ponding degree. for the fullest success of this enterprise, because all classes will share in the | substantial protits of the venture as a specula- | tion, Aud this practical Yankee view of the subject can only be construed into a fair basi. ness operation, which renders a full equivalent for value received. We recur. however, to a broader view of this World’s Exposition. It is the first occasion of a direct comparison on this side the Atlaatie be- | tween the achievements of foreign and American skill and industry. The advantages of easy aud convenient transportation are with us; the disadvantages are all with our transatlantic ex- | hibitors. Under these disadvantages their con- tributions could not be expected to be so large as at the Loudon exposition under the most fa- vorable circumstances. But still, though the quantity and variety of foreign contributions may be less. we presume the quality of what are brought will be fully equal, and in some in. stances superior. to the illustrations of Hyde Park. It should, therefore, be made a matter of national and State pride, on the part of the American people, to put “their best toot tore- most” at this exhibition from every section of the Union, in behalf of American skill, taste, ingenuity. and labor, in the arts and sciences because, through a private understanding. it has been duly solemnized asa national aifuir The credit of the whole country is thus in- volved in the results of the enterprise; and, contemplating it in this light. we are disposed to merge all secondary objections in the patri- otic desire that the exhibition shall be equal, at least, to the substantial superiority ofthis coun try over all other countries on the face of the earth. Let the managers persevere in seeuriag the largest available stock of foreign articles and let our own people do justice to themselves. The results will then be worthy the common cause, worthy this country, and worthy @ the | age in which we live. Reception of the President—Presiden tial Re, ceptions. The last few days will have taught Mr, Pierce if he did not know it before. that the juties which devolve upon the chief magistrate of arepublic. High station in every country involves heavy penalties, and is dearly pur- chased ; but in vone does the old French pro- verb—noblesse odlige—receive so practical an illustration as in ours. Human nature faiuts beneath the weight of the burden, Rest isa To be wor- | ried from morning's dawn till midnight’s gloom | by hungry o} seekers, to meet on every side | the scowl of those whose thirst for prey can- not be satiated, to turn in despair from a seere- tary in a pique to a counsellor in high dadgeon, k in vain either the : pathy or the quiet of solitude—such is the lot | ofa President at Washington. He ia iavited to a celebration ina distaut city. Duty forbids He departs in hot haste, and has scarcely travelled an hour whea a noisy crowd imperiously demand to see him. He yields to their wish, and a stump speaker levels at his head an oration an hour log, to which he must listen attentively aud on his legs. He must then reply. Fatigue. pre- cecupation. official: care. domestic alfiliction. are no excuses. Speak he must on the spur of the moment, and in harmony with the opinions of his motley audience. Then comes the severest task of all. His hand must be shaken by every one. A relief of a few minutes then follows. Another city is reached, and the whole pertormaace to £e | from the stump speech to the wrist-wreuchiug operation, is repeated. And so on to the end of urney. Who shall say it is out of Are not Presidents the property of the people—flesh, blood and muscle? What were they elected for but to be dragged out before crowds, and talked at, and shouted to, and shaken to pieces? A melancholy sight it was, in, truth, to see Mr. Pierce, bowed down by fatigue, dragged through the crowd, on Thursday, and thrust helplessly on the platform prepared for his re- ception! A cad spectacle to behold him on his return, stunding in his carriage, bare-headed. and forced to respond to every shout! Ly: tander, educated as most men are, in the » that they may one day be called to preside r the destinies of this republic, fondled his curity as he watched the torture to Pre nis are heirs. Many an ardent Many a hoy ove own ol which politician fell into a brown study as he weighed the worth of gratified ambition agaiast the visible drawbacks of eminence, And well be might. t few days may h dont, their cecu as the toils of been to the Prest- @ matter of congratu- Tor sever t All the ti te the surpr Jation to the } cidents of Presi- ple. dential receptions which ex foreigners are evidences of the si se of rity of our republicaniem. The man is sacrifieed to the yetem, We never suffer a fellow-eitizen, what ever be his rank, to raive himself so far above ws that we may not crowd around him, and ad- dress him, and shake his hand aa we please: We bold it to be 2 and prudent to keep up a femiliar intercourse between the chief magis trate and the people who elected him. The feelings. bodily and mental, of the former may suffer; but he knew its cost when he as- sumed the office, and has no one to blame bat himeelf. Before his nomination and election General Pierce was far lees known in the coun thaw hundreds of seamto who have uever and put together in New York, the straw alone | reached to the first post of honor; he arrived in New York, stayed here and left it a8 and how he pleased, no one caring to inanire a word about his movements. When has term of office shall have expired he will again travel to and fro with as little ostentation and as little stir as his predecessors. Mr. Tyler, who, a few days after his descent from the Presidential chair. happening to be in Virginia, was a few mirates too late for some steamboat, and was deft behind with as little reluctance as if he had been a pedlar or a hod-carrier. But for the present he is our servant, the first servant of the people. aud we insist on dealing with him as our republican pride may suggest. Visits of European monarchs to provincial cities within their dominions are marked by an unusual display of monarchical tyranny. Crowds are suffered to assemble and allowed to cheer, but their movements, their voices and even their costume, are the object of special and oppressive regulations. The pre- sence of their sovereign is the signal tor a diminution of the comparatively small share of personal freedom which they usually enjoy. Here. on the contrary, such events illustrate the unbounded liberty of the American citizen. He ordains the ceremonial, and obeys no other laws but those he has made. He bows to no etiquette but that which the good taste ot his own community enjoins. He abandons his ordinary vocations for the holiday; but in doing so he does not, as foreigners do, ex- change one servitude for another still more arbitrary and unpleasant. Presidential tours are suggestive of yet an- other reflection. Whatever be their politics, whatever popularity their administration may enjoy, Presidents of the United States are in- variably received with éclat. and cordially wel- comed to the various cities of the republic. Their political course may have roused a host of enemies. Their party may be, in bad odor, and their administration in disgrace. The press may have marked them as targets for in- cessant attack. Notwithstanding all this, the very men who are the most implacable in their political animosity will gladly join in a cere- mony todo them honor when they leave the seat of government. Cuvillers will be silenced, and men of all factions will forget their rancor, to cheer the President. Nor is there any anomaly in the practice. Military and civil displays on the occasion of a Presidential re- ception are not due to the popularity of the man bat to the respect paid tothe office. They are meant to testify to the veneration which citizens are always ready to evince towards the post of chief magistrate of the republic, whatever opinion they may hold of its tem- porary incumbent. It has happened more than once that a President has been cordially wel- comed by the inhabitants of a city where he was personally unpopular; and though no one can suppose this to have been the case with re- gard to our present distinguished guest. there were certainly as many whigs as democrats in crowds which cheered him through the city on Thursday. Some portion of their applause may have been due to the talents and virtues of the man, but by far the greater portion was a mere testimony of the respect felt by all classes for the exalted station which he fills. Ovr Coysut 1o Loxpoy.—Our reporter yes- terday, in alluding to Mr. George N. Sanders, inadvertently spoke of him as“ U. S. Consul at London.” Although Mr. Sanders’ name has been frequently mentioned in connection with that position, we believe he has not yet reecived his commission. We trust, however, that he will do so ere long, for men of his ener- gy and businces qualifications are needed in our consular ser An impression appears to prevail that Mr. Sand sa wild sort of gen- ius ; but to those who know him it need not be said that this is not a proper estimate of his character. He is a shrewd business man, pos- serting eminently the go-a-headativeness of the American, and is, withal, a gentleman who would meet his countrymen abroad as friends. and without that churlishness which has be- come a reproach to some of our officials in “foreign parts.” We will announce his ap- nt with satisfaction, What says the President? Talk on 'Change. Cotton sold to the extent of about 800 bales, closing heavy, the decline since the Avabia’s wees being, on many Cescripticns, ¢qoal to one eighth of @ eet yer Ib B uff: coctioued firm. Common to fair State branda sold at $5 » $5(6 and favey do at $5 lz a $525; Western white » beat suld at $129, Cavadisa do. sold io lute at from $1254 81 27 There wae rather more doing 1 sugars, pretty much at old figures, Private leteers re ceived from Tarregeua and Valencia, Spaia, couticms thy account of tee patal destruction of the rai grape vines by disesse, cousequeutiy, raisins fold largely yes- ercuy, aud closed at better prices. It was state? that the first cargo of Russiaa hemp yarps, &e, of the season, had arrived from Oroostadt. The yaros were held at 10% evats. Two eargvs of Manila hemp bad ol-o arrived, con<isting of about 6.000 or 6.000 baler; 1,000 of which had been sold to arrive and 1,000 token by the manufacturers, while the remaia’ der was to go into store, Much regret was expresved at the result of the vote in the Legislature on the legsl interestof money. A very Tessovable law bad beem reported on the subdjact. whien propored todeclave all interest agreed upou above the legu) rates to be forfeited, It was deeated in the Senate on a tie vote, aod a motion torecoosider i was laid upon the table. There were few intelligent busine. men who did not view the crevent usury law as injurious to trade, anda | humbug. because, in the daily negovations of this ety, it was evaded, and therefore sioud @ dead letter oa the statue book, @ ménument of antiquated rabvish Bergains about money should be left as free 89 bargains about everything else. The least the Legiela- ture conld bave done woulé have been to have followed toe eaemple of roveral other Stat d paved an act torfeiting the excess of interest above the legal rate All ioen of cutting a street throug’ the Park was ut terly condemned. ‘The Logi Jutive privilege granted to the Mayor to allow portions of the Park to be used for Leiticultursl purposes was thought more reasonable. It would be better to take \ections ef tha public parks for hitchen gardens rather thau to have them cut up with dirty rtreets, Some regret won expressed that the engagements of the President avd sulle "ere ro parce led oat as wo preveut hin visiting the Exch unge yesterday, at 3 M., or during jngh Charge, where many merchaats had hopes to hove had the honor of seeing him, MATIIMONIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ContRaDICTED.— We were wade to wppounce, afew days rinuy the marrigge of the acsemlshed actress, Misy Julian Pelby. We ace informed, bosever, that the insertion of it, by whompoever it was procured, was afaie and malicioas hoax, and we ae autborized to state that Mise Julia has bot yet eoutracted the roveate boudy of Hymen, Rarroan AccipsrT—At half past eight o'clock Tact evening the ball-past four o’clock train from Pnilsdel phia met with av accident, about one hundred yards this si¢e of the Pasraic briege, by which the locomotive, ten der, and one baggege cor, were thrown off from the track, ard the track moved one foot and a naif from its place. Tt wa cared by the switch being wrong. No one was injured, Had not the train been at slow speed the cars would have gone down « twenty foot bank into tne rult wesdows, The passengers in the later traios were transferred at that spot aud proseeded onward with littie delay. ‘The Governor of Rhode Island has ised # proclama tiow. announcing the result of the vote on the question of boléicg @ Convention for ievising the vouste uten, Vhe votes in favor of & convention were 4 570, while the wun ber aguinet was 6,282—mujority, 1,712, Ca te Garden Op ra. “Roberto,” with such a cast as was advertised for last vening, would bav+ been alone » sufficient attraction to fill Castle Garden; but when the charm® of the opere were reinforced by the prospect of secing the Pieridest, everybody determined to go. Some five thourand persone, or Mhereabouts, found their way in- side and not less than a couple of hundred gentlemen were content with a standee in the wings. Ooe hundred and sixty seats in the centre of the gallery had been reserved for the Crystal Palace dinner party. A smsil instalment of our distinguished guests, including Lady Ellesmere, her daughters, and Lady Lyell. were present at the be- gipning of the verformance; the others were expected to arrive about xine. ‘The first act want off well. Thanks to Max Maretzek, the plerdid choruses * Verriamoa tazza pirna’” and ‘Non ve pietade” were surg with spirit and ensemble. Rainbaldo got through bis balled without mishaps; the venerable Robert (Salvi) excited a good ceal of interest, and Alice (Steffavone) exbibited her voice to foe advantage in “Vapne vapne.”’ By the end of the first act, the hour at which the President was to errive, had nearly besn reached, Expectation was on tiptoe, and so were a num: ber (f short gentlewen who cccupied stations in the in terior of the crowd. A ruch was occasionally made, in coprequence of a noise being heard outside; but it was gererally discovered that the disturbance procseded from the swall bey wko sbouts “Only c’rec edition of the libretto” and the audience relapred into tranquillity. The secoud act of “Roberto,” as originally written by Meyerbeer, was omitted in the representstion last eve- ning in order to curtail the performance, OA a precedent authorised, on dit, by the westro himrelf at Berlin, Isa- bella’s great air is tramsposed into the fourth aet, and the curtsin rises on Ruinbaldo’s temptation. Bertram, (Beveventano. ) to our mixd, lacked coolness and Mephis. topbelian guile, He was too enthusiastic fora genius of pérfidy. The vocal portion of his performance was, how- ever, the best we have heard from him. His voice was better managed than usval, and though still, at times barsh and unmelodious, rendered with fair succes: most of the striking passages of the part. Steffanone was admirable in the ‘Nel lasciar’’ and in the trio, which was, indeed, splendi¢ly executed asa whole. Nor did public attention flag during the pantomime. Mille. Docy-Barre’s movemente were full of grace, and lent a peculiar charm to the seduction ecene. At the clore of the act, people hud begun to make up their mids thet the President was not coming; and Alice and the fair temptress were the main topics of coa- versation Al) at ouce, however, a cry was heard which did not proceed from the small boy above mentioned, A general stampede took place towards the door, and a fow minutes atterwards the President, who had contrived to enter Castle Garden before his approach was known, wade his way, by the aid of General Wool, his Secretary, anda few friends, to the reserved seats in the front Dencbes of the gallery. A burst of applause announced that he was generally recognized. Beroic attompts were mace on all s‘des at this moment to obtain a fair view of him; the rights of lace and gauze were reck!essly @isregarded, and crinoline collapsed in the agony, Six inches additional in stature couli have been sold at any price, Fortuoately for the small men, however, the crisis was of short duration, After a while everybody bad stared to his heart’s con- tent, and when Sopteg sppeured all eyermexcapt a few particularly bright ones, glancing from beneath rose and pibk bonnets, which still hovered round the Presidente were turned towards thé stage. Well they might. Though we wight, perbaps, have expected to see Me Sontag io the part of Alice, inster d of Isabelle, we are, by no means. taticfied that the selection she made was not, on the whole, the moet judicious. No music could have afford ed her a more bappy opportunity of displaying her natu, ral and acquired re: ources than the ‘Invano il Fato,’’ and the magoificent supplication to Robert. Both are pecu. liarly suited to her voice, and both can bear, and indeed require the rich ornament and finished execution which Sontag gives ro well. Needless to say that Castle Garden re-echced with applause after each. The President hiw. self, who was obviously pre-occupied, and who, excep on that occasion, seemed hardly conscious that he waa reared at an opera, expressed his lively satisfaction at Madame Sontag’s rendering of “ Roberto ta che adoro’’ to his veigbbore, Lady Ellesmere and her daughter. After the close of the fourth act, (third as played last evening.) Prerident Pleree and his companions left Cas‘le Garden The audience rose with him, and vosiferously cheered him. Thore wko left their seats to obtain a parting view of his fece rendered it no easy task for the Preridevt and General Wool to fight their way through the crowd “ Roberto” will be repeated on Monday, and will pro- bably draw a good bous The President Serenaded, SPERCH OF GENERAL PIERCE, ETC. The Young ken’s Democratic Union Club iast evening serenaded the President of the United staves at his quarters. After the band (Shelton’s) had played several airs, an invitation was received by the Club, through Jobn Cochrane, E-q., Surveyor of the Port of New York, one of their Vice Presidents, to attend the President in his parlor. On entering, the Club were introduced to his no- tice by Mr. Cochrare ina brief speech, in which he ex- pressed the rentiments of the Club up: n the political po- sition it bad assumed during the campaign, and, asa por- tion of the great democratic party, contributing to the suceess which bad resulted from a strict adherence to the principles laid down in the Baltimore platforto, The Prevident in reply, said he was extrenely grati- fied st the compliment paid him, and for the many at tentions he had yeceived during his visit to this city He bad hoped he had been one of the most modest and ce- tiring of wen except when not called to aseume responsi- Dilities, which were oftever thrust on bim than sought for, and expecially in that which he now occupied, He felt that perhaps it were well bad it been otherwise; but since he had been called to guide the nation as its chief magis- trate be was determined to go through with it, with a firm resolve to sustain her in ell her interests, ant trusting in that Supreme Ruler who guides and directs us that whatever may be the results of his mission. it vould be cooducive only to the general good He felt the responsibilities of his position, and, while re lying not wholly upon himself, he committed the trusts of bir oflice to the sacred keeping of Him who had watched over us ase 1ation in our infancy, and brought us forth as a beacon light of freedom and universal happiness. 80 long ae the industry of the nation was prosperous, a0 long the people would be by ppy, and he was determined that ince he bad been calied to the position which he now occupied, his only desire was to advance the great and growing interests of every branch of industry, and thus secure there greaiest blessings to posterity which we were enjoy- ing, and which had been purchased at so great a racrifice by our fathers, Haviog introduced Ge- versal Wool to the Club, he raid—Here is a veieran who has rerved his country throggh many years; he vasa troe veteran, and one vhom he desired to bonor, for when, but a few yeacs sives, he was fight- ing the battles of bis country he (the President) was there, trying to do the little he could to sustain the honor of tbat flag which was now the harbinger of freedom one very sea, sud in private life, too. he was fourd ever striving to sustain the true interests of bis country, Grex. Woot raid there were times when the heart Was Wo full for utteranee, acdthis was one He could only express bin thanks acd. cordially taking the hands of the members of the Club, ¢ eluded. Alter leevirg the Astor He ure, the Crab proceeded to the St. Mebelas. avd serenaded Gov Seymour. The Govervor was ie bed, but, Lhe ® good democrat, always slerpe with ome eye open, porsibly to hemp goud lokout on Mr. Cooley ‘by night as wall as Gay, 100, Ore-sed bimeelf, and reevived them in bie private parior attended by his ads. Mr. Coch » invodveed the Club, ina brief and poiated to which the reptied that he alon Club were —that TALe my eld be a 19 united \d amy, that h he bad to be proud, wok Meu’s Democrat} a n Club of the Cory Club then took thet kt the erned, the Astor and St. Nicholas behaved ve, and, after a parting pwn ceurteny to the geotiemen of the they Baye to thenk them for the excellence of yet wens and atventivn upon the Lccusion. y Inteliigence, stersay «asst Soithin’s day, and the cloudy mupenrance of tue sky tbre'ened rain’ fen merting uot! t. although very butle fell, Acvording 10 the 010 hours ives’ tala, we may erect ® rainy sum wer if rain fell at «llow St, 84i hia’s day; aad as there fell a few Orope—if (bere is eoy trath proverbs—we can easily wake up & weather almanac for the next six wieks Such.sotiquaied superstitions are, however, al- most too trivial io talk abot The following was the state of the thermome: ad \. . Me Thacwtod at din the wt and at 8.)n Bo shieraren, wav 6. E, aud at 6 v clvek in the evening it was South, © Tae Wratien ~ Chairman, On motion, the fol ry of wing preamble and co nti heres a, it becomes th Chitaianei ad xeasiatinl widen n tases Cfite constituents, to the deetrines cod that more Conventions of 1°44, "48 a “54 of the sentiments of the Inte ps forth the views ard principles of y upon matters of Stute aud national importence, ‘Resolved, That we hereby re ‘our Y and approval of the B-Itimore Platform, and heartily « gratulate the demccracy of the Union upon the doo ‘ avoved by President tierce, in bis inaugural address to his Delieving that the doctrines are sound expros- ary ns one of the powers of the civilized world, juties of the reese stele to each othér under~ tution of the Unite e8. at we evincide with the President in him be disguised chat our attitude ag» and our on the globe, renders the tion of certain porrcesiows not within our jurisdictio pently impertant for ovr protection, if no¥ in tabu tia) for the preservation o country me! peac h ail should TOR and repose of this conf deracy oF colonizution on this side of tl present jurisdiction, ws utterly . Resolved, ‘That the democracy of tha State of New Dork reathrm the doctri nAuLUT tary rervitudo, us it evie-# in diff rent States of this oonfed= eravy, ts recognized ly the constitution—that it stands like any other admitced right, and that the Stat-« where it exr fets ure entitieo to eficient remedies tu enforve the constitu- tional pre visions "’ that * the laws of 1850, commonly called the ‘compromise measures,’ are atrietly covstitutional and to he uobesitatinely earricd into effect,” that ‘the oonati- tuted apthozities of this republic to rogard tho Tightr of the south in thu ct, any other lecal and eonstitet! 1h 8 to enforce them # ‘oted ard ohoyed, not with = abe reluctance enevuraged by abstract oplaione as to thelr prox priety in adiffarent stute of society, but cheerfully, and ac~ cording to the decision of the tribunal to whieh their expo- tition belongs; and thet the demooratic party of this State stside pledged, so far as it depends upon the political am perrcpal action of itv members, that any law adopted by the crnstituted authoritiew of the United States including the Fugitive Slave law, shal] be faithfully enforeed within the limits of this State. 4, Resolved, Th»t we conuratultte our fellow demoorata throm hont the State, apon the adoption by the p esent lature of the umen to the vonstitution, doriaqnod nd completion of the oana!s, iven by the demogratio par ty to the people of thi arosult mainiy due to tho unyielding efforre of democratic Senators upon Whose course the proplo will stamp their aporobation; and which gives hope of the spoedy completion of that great system of publio work. of which our State bas just to 4. 5. Resolved, That a De Convention, to be mbly district in the composed of one delegnte fom each Ltute, be, ad ie hereby #pna nted to be held in tho alty of Syracuse, on Tuesday, lth of Septemter, 1353, at 12 o’elook, noon, for the purpore of nominating candidates for suck State offices an are to be wlected next cleotion, and for the transaction of such other b as may come before it. Kerolved, That theee resosusions be published in the dea ccratic pagers in ti is State. MINOR C. STORY, Chairman, Jans I. Jounson, Secretary. Sunday Excursion —The Steamer B. WULSH makes her asnal trip to-morrow to Newbur end intermediate places, leaving pier foot of Jay street 73 o'clock A. M. Views of the Crystal Palace. Also, an immense variety of English and duperior articts naterials of Whelesale and retail by W. 8 3, tuirs, Orders from the country executed with care, A Ca:d.—Tayiur’s \ew Saioun is now open im Broadway, corner of Fras klin stre Tho hotel will bo open to the public on or about th day of Seotemver Sext Be taker this opportunity of returning thanks for the patronage bi hertn extended to him, and hopes tor & ‘oontin- ‘aance of the same in his new enterprise, | Smith’s Superior Meciodeo deous are tuned the eqnerl temperai anos and orgens, and are superior to a1 hy deing equally good i at the pi and retail, WATSRS, 333 Bi Boston Pianos —an extensive assortment of the celebrated pinnis of 1 Gilbert & Co., with and withont the Aeolian. are to be 1 at the music and pianoforte roows of HONACE WaTEéitS, 333 Broadway, corner of An- thory street, whr is exclusive agent. Prives same asat the factory, wholesale or retail, Second Hand @iunos at Great Bai ns At the piarof rte ane music store of HORACE WA- TERS, #3) Broadway; coracr of Anthony street, Prices from $l to $150. The Greatest Improvement in the Daguaer= reotype art of this ave, i- ecalised by th ple who hay their portraits taken at the extensive Ge: victure fac ry of KEES & Ct., who take three hundred beautiful works of the art daily, at No. 289 Broadwa; ‘Writing, Arithmetic, and ere oS are thoroughly and efhcieutly taught by B. F FOoTER, 387 , Where geutlewen conversan’ with businoss mai attain a masterly wledze of double eutry in the sho space of one week. Open dey and evening. Broadway & C owded with Promenaders wearing KNUX’S beautiful Rosky Mourtain beavers, of which our friend of No 124 Fulton strect, has an extensive: sud brilliant assortment. Call aud secure comfort for the “dog dayn’? by the purchase of a hat of the latest and most farhicnable at3 le ‘Those who Hav mer Bet cannot do bet practival me~ ¥ are an clegunt article. or House. Sommer Ha:s-—A Few Left Yet —Oar stock is etil1 complete convistir¢ of drab Poavers, pearl, cassimere, and fe! in crest varivty, and straw hats in abundances Geutlenen need not desysir of being fitted. WARNOCK?’. Bt 375 Broadway, Irving House, Cheap and Elegant summer Clothing — Linen, sik, jeans, and xlpacca couts, for ridii tportiny. in great veriety, ponte, of the most choise matoe viol; vents, of abe latest style and most exquisite finish. JSO Broadway. “sistance tment to the View,” and rome 8! advantage through an in- verted telesco hand the shirts made to order by GREKD #0, might he maguified by lefect. In fit matoh- delivered as per prov a colar mnicrosvope leer, im style faultless, they are al mize. A. Baker, Nou. 15 Ann street, late of No. 3@ Berkman street, still coutimues to manufacture to order french calf Loote for $5 50; best patent leather boots, 8) 50. Congr: Fs gaiters and summer shoes of every style, very low, A gcud assortment constantly on hand. Elegent Pedal Envelopements —Watkins, 14 Fulton street. stands unrivalled for the elegance and durasihty of his shoes aud gaiters. Nearly every welk Aresacd person you mect is finished uff with ions’ chaussures His customers w #till they come” every oue that should goto Watkins’, Fors’s Boots Just received, by the Ham= boidt aenseof Forr’s cetebrate ‘aris boots, such as be ia pow «xhibsting authe Cryvtal Lace EUGENE FER-+ OC on of Frencl boots and shoes, 44 and 62 Nassau strict, Beots and Shoes—A Superior Article of gentlenien’s low quarter patent leather buttoa walking sl oct, just received fron Paris per steamer Arab ® Also. as epler did assortment of ladies’ ang gentlomen’s gaiter boots and slucs of all diseriptions, 8. CAHILL, 377 Broadway. vupen, and #0 1s Miller's the ludive of New York and the to look at the beantiful , And 188.. the slippers ties, and bus- and those of the second quality a6 6s. er pair with bys’, misses’ and children’s boots and tequally low prives MILLER & CO., 134 Canal street. a Building Lots. iy the vicinity of Lake Ron- of farms and »urlding lots at lence that those villages are ations for Senay) resi New: Canal surrounding ov priter hoot at 12s , a ins ats. and 10s. nd eat Sues of Farms wevnle and Lakele <onkonia.—The daily. § this place are conclusive considered the mont elitiy gpiges: and, for forms gp pesos, Jn the vicinity « 4 Ares, being the lust of the Rot Fy dg MD he Rosevale, building shares limited er four bu Iding ‘The book» ill continue open but for re or Afarmn of five acres and upward £20 to $5 per acre aeply immediately to CHAS. WOOD, 2S Lrondway, where muvs and pamphlets can be had gratis. Ala troced Milk.—The only Me~ emilk over discovered that hus fully ans ¢ inte sded. kept good in all climates, and tim. ut up in owas of oF ¢ pound éach, ns for shipping; our quarts of excellent milky SAWES HERON, jeurral Acent, No. 62 Front strect. Piepa cd C eam Coffee ts the Most nomival preparation of ooff.e evar dia- flee sugar aud cream ina paste. which route, by merely adding builig ouful wil make a eupof ish med Putup in one pound euch, for shipping. JAMSS HERON, eral Agent, No 62 1 sont street. xiract of Coffee—This Sapertor td from pure vlo Java cotfeo by an entirely convenient overed com! msy be mave rea tr) cans wad packages of twelve oune or bitter portion, Iti d suyerior to eoffee made int and half pint bott end Worrarted ty keep in wny climate, Ono teaspoonful in 8 cup of boiling Water will make a cup of superior coffee. JAMES HERON, Agent No 62 Front street. Family Grocestes Cheap sor Cash.—A large and chojoe of fresh green and black teas, ¥ ‘iforn, and family geo weeios. oro forsale, wholesale and rotatl, familis are invited to call at 200 and 438 Groen wich, and 76 t cheap for en eb JO POW LEIUS large evore: Verey streots, Ineflance Satamanoer Sxtes.-~Gaylers Pa-- M. P wt. Kole nt No. 192 Peacl streot, below Maidon lune, formerly No, #) John strect, tewing Machines~ Great Redaction in Price; =—LM SINGEK & CO having greatly extended the manus facture of their unrivalled patent straight noodle sewing machines, faving a in materially roducing the ture by em new anc improved mas shh ery in their constract 1 hereafter seli the ma« chines at $106 ea instead of $125 the orivinal price. Thore machines are udupted to every kind of vowing wid do the work with absolute perfection, Office, 323 Broadway. a Large Variety: ny Ww Fancy Cutlery, ¢ of sportawer's pen and pocket knives, of th most rare gad Renrtitel patterns, also au assortmens of toilet cutlery. SAUNDFES. No. 7 Astor Mouse and 387 Broadway, between, - Walker ard White streets Comb Factory —1he Newest Styles of Ladies*” emnbs, in tortoise whell and buffalo hom. The varity ts, deyerd all doubt the largest in the olty. Shell combs made Sar tans repaired. A & J SAUNDERS, No, 387 Broad- n ‘alkerand White atreots. Dee nnd chint Dr Chemt and Oxides. Frere, metailic ie.