The New York Herald Newspaper, August 31, 1853, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD, JAVES GORDON a ale PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR, DPFIOE ). HW. OOANER OF FULTON AND NASSAU SMe DAILY MER ALD. a. eh a es -) USEMENTS THIS BYENING. OASTLE GARDEN—Juctsen’s Ooncents, ROWSKY THEATRE, Mowery - Sraascer -Loous ean. Brosdway—Usore Par's | Topy Tis BseeaDWaY THEATRE, INT BCU. 4 OF THE COUNTHT Fre 816108, Broadway Cav BUSTON’S THKATKS, | rampers strect—Deticare @kourn S Rove Fawiy—Day Avrem Tue Wen usa. | w Oran wns TIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—Uncne Toes ows e 2 #? @HARLES THEATRE, Sowory~ Revent Exucte Meack tyes Sweas. . , axWRICAN MUSEUM Artorooon sad tventng—MSB Ger Siariee aro Cussusn Boor Suit nun. M.vISON AVENU—Afternoon and Svening—Paar- eo CoLomeaL Hirrovrews CHRISTY'S AMEKICAN Ur rKA HOUSE, 472 Broadway Srmorian WeLovius sy Cunisry’s Opens Taourr. ‘WVODS BINSTRELS Woed’s Musionl Hall eid Broad- wey Erworiay Mivernersy SOCKLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 53 Breadway—-Beox- fers SoKOPIAy Ovens THOrrR GAORAMA, 506 Broadway Paronane oF wae Dour } ed utility and honor. BOFG CHAPEL, 218 Brosdway—PRawiovorem’® Wee ate OF NiaGaba FE orcg, Bf HALL 663 Broadway—Ascent or Morr , RBRPISH GALLERY, 663 Brosdway—Day and Evening. = = ~ Hew Xork, Wednestay i Tne News Aciance attheal tral European commercial @ ves, given ander the telegraphic head, will tend te convince the reaver of the interse Xcilement still exi-ting- anong the peosie ov the other side of the AMavtic, eonceruing the Rasso-Turkish qneation. Netwib:tanding the efforts of diplomutists to envelope ‘We affary in the vurb of cheerfulness, the pablic mind Gould not divest itself of the most fearful apprehensions, The co wercix) and moneyed circles were uneasy, fad oantiously watched every national movement with fe most ivtenre anxiety and suspicion. The down- ward tendevey in cotton at Liverpool was partly aecribed te the tightness of the money market, aud the | ter, in urn was mainly caused by the un- favoravle views expressed in debate in Parliament. with regard to Rater affiirs, On the other hand, f& immense speculative busivess had sprung ap in bre. ‘+tuff-, «nd flr asd wi eat of every description wa being bonght at creat'y advanced rites. All @hese overs ne prety plainty indicate that tue @iculty between Russia and Turkey was axt looked ‘Wpon a settled by sny means, despite the accept ame by both powers of the terms of adjustment presented by England, Fraice, Austria, and Provsia. The next steamer will most likely bring- Btelligenee of the fine] and peaceful setilement o fhe dep or the ann uncevent of the determina- tion to proce: d to actual hostilities, The steams'ip Merlin, which arrived in port yes fterd y, ‘rought us files of Bermuda papers to the My of Aucust. They contain no news of speciay imterest. The Bermudian says :— Among the pay Bens ere in the Merlin, from New York, was John C Hewien, E+q , the newly appointed Consul for the Cited Stetes at these islands. This gentleman wil weside at the port of St. Georges, the heal- qvarters of the conwlate.’” The journals were @tli filed with matter of crimination and recrimina tdon, against sod in support of all parties concerned im the Jate election for Puget county. Mr. Gosling’s return, by a majority of one, was c msidered 4s a de- feat of bis party. The “Presbyterian Ministers’ Belary Bill” was to have come up for discussion at the meeting of the House of Assembly on the 26th. The Asemb'y, it was thought, would carry out the wiebes of. the great body of the peopie of the 0 ony, iu provi nz a‘d in support of the Presbyte- Ban wiser, similsr to that granted to the other ministers of retigion One of the Spanish mat! Seam packets that ply between Hevaca and Cadiz put in at Bermuda on the 21st fora supply of coal, Jn entering the harbor ove of her wheels struck a saa!) boat and dashed it to pieces, There were three persons in it at the time, one of whom, Mr. Thomas Swan. ef Hamilton, was instantly killed by a stroke @ the wheel We pubhsh today further interesting details of Bews from the South Pavitic aud New Granada, aud abo a vigorous letter from our, correspoadent at Acapilco relative to the treatment ot Amerisans pon the Wes: Coast of Mexico, and the open viola tion of the treaty of 1831 by tue officers of the Mexi- an government The papers arrived by the Geor- gia, snd umongst others, we have to thank Messrs. Berford & Co. and Wells, Fargo & Oo., for the prompt delivery of our files shortly after the steamer reached her do. k. The latest deepatch frrm New Orleans announces that out of the sixteen bundred and twenty eizht in terments reported isst week, fourteen handred and fhety-two were persons who died of yellow fever. The inbabitants of Natshez tad become perfectly panic-stricken in consequence of the awful ravages @ the disease there, and at least Hulf of them are Tepresented to huve left the place. Full particulars | @f the extent of the epidemic, are given on another pege. The contributions for the benefit of the New Orleans evffere’s now amount to over one handred pad sixty thousand dollars, as will be seen by the following list, made up, as far as had been ascertain- ed, te last night :-— New Yerk. ... $59 26 Providence... .... ($1, 00 WN, Orieane & vicin’ty 6,000 wo Misslsnip pi goa Philsdelpbia, + 168-0 tlemeo., ..,., 1,100 iar Lynchbarg, Va... 1,000 ae yuh, Nes Usveo.., 800 Char orton A‘am. Co, Mix 500, Boator..... 500 Be. Luis. 370 Pret toy Pa 50M) Baton ouge Ta 30 Workington 3600 Mianiwetoot City... 27% Sevann-o, 3.450 Perer burg Views. 232 Lov’ avi tie 4000 Columbia SC, 28K Ne-hvile, 320 Portland Ky ..., ot Mobue tee 2116 Kuokel’s Op Troape 2h Rietmord Va. 2,00 Bateorwn Chiliren. , 106 Wihrington, N C.. 1.754 Dem ster’y Concert 82 Gieve’and.......... 1600 -_— Total, prespsotene aaeevessivveveqes $160 Hr6 Read the testimony yesterday given in the Mather impenchment cise. Some portions of it will be found very curious and entertainiog, particulerly to Shoe who are wuacqoainted with the mysterioas #prings, traps and pulleys connected with tle meove- ‘ments of modern pe sans. Several paseengers were injared hy a coliiaion on he Schenectady and Saruiora Railroad last Monday Bight, A freman on the road was so badly burt that ‘die life is despaired of. No mention ia made in the despatch as to the Gaise of the disaster, but there fe not the least probability that it wonld ever hav: occurred had the mewhers of tho late Legislature dropped party politics » while and attended ty the inter: teof their constitnents, The wan’ of a proper antirailrond accident law ia this State has caused the unnecessary sacrifice of several lives, and the crippling o: a large number of people, within the last few months. The people throwghout the St will, it ig hoped, bear this in mind, among many other important items, when next called upon to vote for legislators ‘The excessive preasnre upon our columns to-day Joaves 04 no room for reference to nuch of + interesting matter with which this uem! Henacn is filled. Im addition ty the Mintfesta ¢ eerning the Koezta affair—eupvored to have Written by Aturcey General Cushing, the insid prxes contain Letters from Yashingtoo and Berna da; Late Advices fiow New Mex oo and the Pisbing Grounds; Case of ( vrontal Cruel y in the vi nity of Bostoa; the Forged Decree of Divoree Cu tn the Court of Commmn Pleas: > vartety of Com mer- Hal end Mieco Anewna Patel! gency, Aa Thee Cnnideboes o8 ~ Rav. we a 8 atewnaan Among as? There is a wide difference between a politi clan and a stateeman. If we consult alone the biography ot our own distinguished citizens, we Wikteme Hae Sree oy enme shall find the character of the one and the other | distinctly defined, Their labors are unlike— their parte are dissimilar—they occupy differ- ent elevation-. and travel by ditferent routes. In an earlier and more patriotic age, statesmen controlled politics ; now politics control tates- men; then, men sbaped the course of events ; now, events shape the course of men, Those stinetion were stimulated to a broader and higher aim—to more noble. disin- terested, and maguanimous deeds—to a life of unquertioned liberality. and to acts of undoubt- It is true that men dit- fered in opinion touching the true system of our government, and of its domestic and for- eign policy. There were those who doubted then, as uow. With such, the past contained all tbat was valuable ; the future. all that is ques- tionable and suspicious. There were others, earnest, enthusiastic and hopeful who saw in our condition the dawn of a new era to man— the mellow light of the morn that precedes the glory of the coming day. Thus the two great parties—the democratic and the whig—were formed. They were equally honest, equally patriotic. The whigs desired a stable fixed, and equitable rule; they doubted only the propriety of infusing into it so large an element of popular control. The demoerata ; ‘aw safety only in legalized elective rights and in universal’ suffrage.’ Personal *interests* and individual aubition swayed neither of them. A great principle divided them. A common pride bound them to. the government. to which all adhered with the faith of the Apostles of old to the religion of the new covenant. Thus we find the men of an earlier and more patriotic age.’ But everything must have an end and a succcssor—ihe day is foreclosed by the night —the sun, even, has some dark spots upon its surface. Twenty-six and a half years ago, Martin Van Buren represented the State ot New York in the Senate of the United States. He had been a politician widely known for suecessful man= agement, and not wholly undistinguished for more solid attainments in political science. His fame, unquestionably, rested upon his past success as the leader sad reputed chief of the democratic party of the Empire State. New York had not then been as thoroughly icenti- fied with sational politics as ata later day Virginia yet claimed the rights, and assumed the obligations of god-mother at that baptisma! altar. She was the mother of States and ofstates- men; and it must now be confessed, thot among the faults of her carly and later life nefther her own. nor the virtue of her sons. has been called in question. But we wander from Mr. Vau Buren. He was the chief of the New York demecracy. He was not a statesman—he claimed no such distinction. He had studied men more than politicai economy. He knew. at least, the ebiefs of his own State, and he right y judged that the pecuniary advantages of political coutrol are sometimes quite as great and powertul as the mere naked honors and distivctions of oficial life. Mr. Van Buren was no wild theorist, to set to work to deter- mine the character of men as you would that of the weather, by the developement of a single principle. He knew they had various purposes and diverse designs, and that a law for ail was distrust, disorder and confusion. He was @rai- ty. subtle, insinuating. He had little respect for the past, and wss convinced that polities was a game that could be played on a iarge as well-as on asmall scale. His triumphs in New York rendered it certeia that success would follow him even to the White House if the ma cbinery used bere could be enlarged to the ca- pacity ofbia national arrangements. Mr. Van Buren has been charged with wonderfal adroit- ness, abd it has alo been hinted that his plans acc always concealed beneath a covering of mervelleus simplicity. It oceurs to us that in this respect he has been sadly maligned. His success is attributable to mo such mean de vices. He isa man that knows the value of a reward and the force of a punishment. He es- teems an argument as good that produces the effect desired—whether uttered in writing, ia speaking. or in money, it is all the sanie. Mark the record ! More than twenty-six years ago he opened up tothe admiring gaze of the Union that eystem of directaess in politics whioh had inguished his career in New York. Mr. Acams was President, Mr. Calhoun Vice Presi- deni, and be was a Senator. Mr. Van Buren was not a man like Mr. Clay, to dictate what reforms should be made in the administration of the government; so he oniy expressed his firm belief that ‘the condition of the press, as well here (Washington) as throughout the country, might be improved by a judicious revision of the laws relative to the public printing.” This is a curious point. In iteelf it is of lit- tle moment; but takeu in connection with sub- fequent transactious and party manceavres, oa Goth sides of the political field it is a curious initiatery of a game since mo:t elaborately played. It was the incipiency of the “spoils system;” and the keen and watchfu! eye of the National Inteligencer of thut day so regarded it. The Intelligencer had many reasons to look after the subject, but none, it seems, to doubt either the purity or the orthedexy of Mr. Van Buren; for it then says: ‘ We should have been very willing to have seen bim elected Vice Pre ident ot that time, [election of 1824) and would, indeed, have promoted his elevation to the honorable station now occupied by his friend and eucceseful competitor, Mr. Calhoun.” The alarm of the /nte/ligencer was complete; it was shocked at the bold manner in whieh Mr. Van bvren had introduced a system of direct rewards into the Senate of the Uaited States. bere: k was well preconcerted for-the sam paper adele, on the mato question :—" It was lw Mento to see such men ag our oid triend Dickerson the incorruptible Macon and Smith of South Carolina, Benton, of capacious mind acd Chandler, of blunt bonesty stand ready to cever cneient connections, recent asao- ciations, personal attachmente—to see all melt into thin «J «fore the wand of the great ma- gician, to cewy eat a grand politieal seheme ty which the vote pan Bur w York is to be secured ed part 1 is o the newly das the pricr to anything he ng this as foretold a i prophecy it has some new party—a It pramme—a new syst merit new pro mo of tactics—a What had before been doue ser hew rewards by etateemen of large views and policy, was to be done thereafter by a system of pe chief of which was already settled vice ompreheas!yv one) compensations, th Political managements Ma) gue Cid bhe Work of tubolivel—tbe papular v ce was made potent by ita pre-arranged unty of expression, and by its marvellous | concentration upon individuals, tribunals and States. We repeat, Mr. Van Buren was in the Senate. We have no time to run thyough the first few years of the new order—to trace ont its trials and its triumphs. Suffice it to say it was car- ried out. and New York remained the chief operator in the drama. Day by day its plans were developed and the system strengthened. Mr. Van Buren, in the course of human events, was sent abroad ; but he leit iu bis place in the Sena‘e a worthy successor and an able inter- preter of hia echemes. Governor, then Judge Marey, was a graduate in the notable institu- tion termed the Albany Regency. That insti- tution was not famed for eloquence, nor did it “darken ideas by maltiplying words.” Its arguments were a “safety fund ” always ready and ulmost always convincing. Nothing how- ever, was done in a burry. Years—not many years—rolled by; New York politics had gained contro) in Washingtoa—' the compen- sating balances”? had been adjusted to the po- litical time keeper, when Gov. Marcy—now the Secretary of State under General Pierce, then a Senator of the United States—made solemn protest of that political drama which bad been prepared by his friend and colaborer, Mr. Van Buren, then absent in London, and which, with the programme annexed. was to be enacted on sthe nationul, as it had been on the New York boards. It was amasterly coup d'état, worthy of the men and of the policy that controlled them. In July, 1882, Mr. Van Buren’s nomination as Minister to England being ander considera- tion, Gov. Marey addressed the Senate thus :— F may be, sir, that the politicians of the Untted Stutes arent so fastidious as some gentlemen are as tidisclosing the principles on wh ch they act They boldly wreach what they prastice. Whon they are contending for victory, they av ow their intention of enjoying the fruits of it ‘Tf they are defeated, they expect to retire from office. If they are suc sessful. they claim asa mutter of right, the advantaves of ences, They see nothing wrong in the rude that to the victor belongs the spoils of the enemy Those who have been graduated in the Re- gency school will discover. of course, @ bit of irony in this, but certainly no want of frank- ners. Gov. Marey had friends to reward and enemies to punish. as he now has. There was an- other feature in his policy and that of hie school —quite inseparable ‘ndeed. from the sys- tem by “way of improving the condition of the press” and his political friends—that of so ar- ranging the scoles of political justice as to ac- curately weigh, and endorse or condemn, the members of his cwn party. It is not easy to complain of this, Ti the responsibility of its management. as is scen in its canons rests upon him and his early and late associates, surely with him andthemshould remain the duty of dispensing rewards and directing punishments. Pesides, it is no more than right that every government should punish its own citizens. The king, of course. can do no wrong. This principle must be admitted to save Mr. Van Puren from the political gallows; and it is safe now to urge it, since his early friend and _pre- sent associate holds the seals of the State De- partment and presides at the fountain of mercy There are many. doubtless, who are querrulous enough to insist that the democratic party. with General Pierce at its head flanked by a long line of iNustricus men. who, rising above the influence of cabals, have sustained the oon- stitution and the Union ia all its perils, reste now upon principles, and not upon politicians and intrigue—that it is not a conglomerate,but a solid primitive structure, having its foundation in the constitution. and sustained by the un- biased judgment of the American people There ace many, very many, of this class of thinkers. Put these are speculations. The bit of record we have given is interesting at the presentday. We have not time to trace out the effect of the policy it discloses, upon por- sons and upea the national character, or even to run up the parallel of its work in the politice ot 1885 and 1853. By a singular coincidence. the men of the former period are churged with exercising urdue cuntrol now; aad pablic opi- nion does not rclieve Gen. Pierce from the re- eponsibility of unwittingly adopting, to some extent, the noted scheme of the great magician —that of conducting the government on a sys- tem of compensation—a bit of white stone here, as Burke says, and a bit of black stoue there Whatever may have been the necessity for adopting such a plan of administration when perties were re-organized in 1827, no call is made now for such tactics. There is an ab- sence of practical statesmanship in it and ite effect upon the public mind is deeply injurious. by the want of moral firmness which it exhibits. The character of Gen. Pierce. and the peculiar condition of public sentiment touching the con- stitution and the conrse of individuals, gave promise that in the exercise of his executive functions he would rise up to the dignity of statesmanship. and put an end forever to that grovelling syetem of spoils. which. if carried out, must degrade the government to the level of Wall street management and morals. ComMEMORATION OF THE DeatH or GeneraL Narciso Lopez ann His Brave Compantons — The Cuban residents of New York are desi- rons. as we stated in yesterday’s Herat, of solemnizing the anniversary of the execu- tion of General Lopez. by the geand reli- gions ceremony of a high maes in one of the Catholic churches of this city; but owing to the circumstances which we yesterday detailed, and which it is unnecessary to repeat they now begin to entertein serious doubts of being able to have their pious intentions verified. In this uncertainty as to the religious solemnity, ar rangemente are being made hy them to oele- tiate the memory of that baud of patriots who fell in the Inst unfortunate invasion of Cuba. in another mapner, viz:—by reciting their glorious deeds, and pledging themselves to imitate their noble example and never to cease the struggle for Cuban independence uatil victory crowu their efforts. For the purpose of this celebration. they bave procured the A pollo rooms for to-morrow, where a rostrum will be erected for the oratore whence speeches will be delivered in Spanist and English—and due accommodation made for the audience. A handsome cenotaph has been prepared for the occasion, inscribed with the names of Narciso Lopez and those who fell battling under him against Spanish despotism Thur— They never die wha fall in a great oanse— The ew th may drink ‘heir core; their limbs May fo den i the en; their heads Pe hnn. on eastia walla and c ty gates, But stil their epirit walke abr The eolemnities with which the Cubans in this country commemorate the death of Lopez, is bighly creditable to their feelings as patriots and men. To-morrow’s celebration will be | enorooriate, ample, and Wnpreenina } ‘Tne SreakeRsu — Fieip.—It has been some time siuce More Evvonts ws New York ror rae Reiter we have | ov Tux Scrrerine ov New On.eans.—It is one bad a Speaker, or a regular candidate for! of the most creditable, and at the kame time | Speaker of the House, frem the proud, flery, and independent State of South Carolina, Under the regime of Mr. Calhoun the South | Carclinian was tanght to despise all oilives ap-|, pertaining to the federal government. as sink- | ing. to some extent, the more important alle giance of the individual to the State. But since the success of the Compromise measnres, 3 | great change has taken place io the minds of | South Carolina politicians. They have not only consented te accept office, but have eveu conde- scended to ask for office ; the very best proofin the world that South Carolina has finally re- solved to take the Union “for better or for worse,” offices and all. Herce we are not surprised to learn that there muy be two or three candidates for the Speakcrship of the House of Representatives at the next sescion, from the Palmetto State. The frieuda of ion. James L. Orr, in any event, it is said, intend to give him a trial. And bis claims are of no ordinary character. His talents and experience, in the first place qualify him for the post; and secondly, his active services in quieting the secession excitement of 1851 have given him a just hold upon the Union democrats of the whole country. With- out waiting for instructions, he promptly ap- proved the democratic Baltimore ticket and platform of 1852, and in this act he gave the finishing blow to the seces ion question through- out the South, of South Carolina, and when she capitulated, the contert was rightly judged to be at an end. Mr. Orr. therefore, has something like a tangible claim upon the administration. But what is the prospect? Linn Boyd is up for are-election. Will the old fellows abandon Mr. Boyd? Mr. Breckenridge "of Kentucky, is said to be the es- pecial protege of General Pierce. If 80, will Virginia or South Carolina resist him? These questions the “ unterrified” must settle among themeelves. We have only snggested the name ef Mr. Orr. a good Union man o: South Caro- lina, as a proper man for the Speakership it the place is not otherwise engaged. Perhaps it would quiet our Northern free soil Buifslo democracy to give them a Speaker from South Carolina. Perhaps. Tus Koszra Case—Imrortanr Orrrcran Do- cumeNT.—We publisii to-day. a lengthy but highly interesting article on the Koszta case. It is a learned, logical and patriotic review of this extraordinary affair, thoroughly American in its views. aud as we consider it, perfectly consistent and unanswerable in its conclusions. And this paper in our judgment, is the more important from the strong suspicion which we entertain that itis the authoritative produe. tion of no less a personage than the Attorney General of the United States—not General Caleb Cushing, but our Attorney General Cushing—by and with the advice and con sent of the President. And why not? Is it not in fall accordance with the letter and spirit of the inaugural. the constitution. our institu- tions, and the great unwritten law of our de mecracy? To be sure itis. Mr. Cushing, the* Attorney General. need not be ashamed of it, for it is worthy the man, asa scholar anda patriot, and fully up to the foreign high water mark of Genera! Pierce. Sound it, dear reader and hear the clear ring of the metal. No bogus there, SerrueMent or Invernationat Cuams Be” TWEEN ENGLAND anp THE Unitep Srates.—We desire to call the attention of the public specially to the terms of a treaty eclebrated by ¢ plenipotentiaries of Great Britain and the Ayited States, on the 8th of February 1853 and ratified by the President of this republic on the 20th instant. We published the docu- ment in full in our columns on the 25th, bat we think it our duty, besides, to allude to it editorially. The treaty creates a commission of two per- sons, each to be named by its respective govern- ment, with power to choose an umpire or arbi- trator, to hold a court in London at the earliest convenient period after their appointment, and there to examine and decide upon all claims which have been heretofore made by the cili- sens of either country on the government of the other, eince the signing of the treaty of Ghent on December 24, 1814, or which may be made within six months after these commissioners have held their first meeting for the transac- tion of business. There is a clause for extend- ing this period to nine months, in cases where sufficient cause can be shown for the claim not having been sooner preferred. Judge Upham. the commissioner appoint- ed on behalf of the United States, is already in Londoa, and General Thomas, appoint- ed as our Judge Advoeate to support or contest claims, is at present, we believe. in this city. All American citizens, therefore, having claims to prefer against the British government. the settlement of which is intended to be embraced in this treaty. should forward immediately the particulars of their demonds, and the documents supporting them, olihe: to the State Department at Washington to Judge Upham. care of thé” America |.egation, London. or to General Thomas, here. The claims against Great Brita'n amount to some half a million of dollars anc i) is importaat tha! pone should be neglected uow, as the pro- poved settlement is to be fina), and a0 old de- mands between the citizens of either country can afterwards bave any force whetever Our Parer.—It is difficult to make a eopper- plate impression, in the twinkling of an eye, of four peges of the Hgranp, on an indiiferent quetity of the raw material of white paper, But from the immense quantity daily coa- sumed in this establishment, we have no imme- diate alternative than to take such as is sup plied us, and make the most of it that we ean, We are supplied from the Windsor Conn.) Mills of Persse & Brooks; and if the tex- ture of our paper falls occasionally below the mark, we presvmeé it is chargeable to the heavy amount thry are daily required to furnish with their preeent limitation of paper-making ma- chinery. They have. however, # new mill near.” ly finished. which, when put into operation, will render them capable, we bope, of meeting our daily requisition, including the ratie of our daily increating circuletion, for some time tocome. At all events, it is our purpose to persevere until the Herarp shall be, from ita mechanical execu- tion, as it is admitted to be from its daily budget of news, the most allractive paper in the country. Excelsior! TrreouLarrry m Orentne tHe Maiia.—From some cause which we cannot clearly detine Jatterly a majority of the mail papers whieh are intended for this office do not come to hand frequently. in five or six hours after their ar- rival at the Post Office, 1s thie right, Hew tey? It was cousidered a3 the voice | most preminent characteristics of thé Atte- rican people that they are ever quick to sym- pathize with and «xtend prictical relief to snffering and misfortune. No matter from | whence the ery of misery may issue. whether it | | comes from the old nations of Europe, or any | of their colonies, or from one of our own States | or cities, the ery for relief is prompt!y heard, . and ever generously answered. But rarely have | our sympathies been so actively excited asthey | rarely have such memorable instances of noble self-sacrificing devotion been manifested as have been by those men who have nobly volunteered to purse the s'ck, and bury the dead, and pro- vide for the widows and orphans in that city of the plague. Throughout the country too, large rums of money have been contributed to enable there men to persevere in their humane efforts. Every city bas come forward and subscribed generous!y for this purpose ; and the probabi- lity is chat before the setting in of the frost— when the epidemic will cease—not Jess than a quarter million of dollars will have been seut to the aid of the suffering in New Orleans. New York bas, of course, taken the lead iu this good work, nor is there any apparent danger of its abating in its sympathy, as wit- ners the table of contributions which we ptb- liched yesterdny, together with that short, simple note addressed to us, sigued “A Lady, and enclosing twenty-five dollars. And we may here correct an error which we inadver- tently committed in connection with this sub, ject in crediting the sums of $5 and $1, re- ceived by us, to the signature “Subscriber.” The note enclosing the latter was signed “Humanity,” and the following is acopy of that accompanying the former :— New York, Angnat 27, 1853. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. Please hand the enclosed five dollars to the proper versons for the benefit of the snfferem in New Or- leaps. A Crrizen or New York. Both these sums, however, have been handed to Mr. Frost, one of the committee of the How- ard Association. We have now the pleasure of being able to state that Mr. Wm. Niblo and Mr. Max Ma- retzek have combined to give a most attractive representation at Niblo’s Garden on Monday evening next. the proceeds of which are to be appropriated to the same philanthropic pur- pore. Sontag, Steffanone, Badiali, Marini, and all the celebrated operatic artists comprised in the troupe which has just concluded its bril- lisnt season at Castle Garden, are to give their services gratis on this occasion. Mons. Jullien has also indicated to us his purpose to contribute to the s me philan- thropic object. It is not, perhaps, generally known—though such is the fact—that he in- tends giving grand sacred concerts at Castle Garden every Sunday evening during his stay. The proceeds of the concert of Sugday, the tenth of September, he purposes dedicating to the benefit of the su/!vrers at New Orleans, The directors of the Crystal Palace have also notified their intention of devoting to the like purpose the net proceeds of that institution for this day. We sincerely hope and we confidently be- lieve, that the public of New York will co- operate in giving to both those generous under- takjngs that unstinted patronage which will render the offerings really servicvalle to the at flicted citizens of New Ovleaus. Mavaxe SontTaG AND THE Press.—A writer for one of the musical papers published in this city, recently made a statement calculated, if true, to bring discredit on the press of the me- tropolis, and to cast o slight upon the artistic abilities of Madame Sontag. His statement was. in substance, that that lady had asserted that she had paid the sum of fitteen thousand dollars to propitiate the good will of newspapers, since the came to this country, and to procare favorable notices cf her concerts and perfor- mances. When this wholesale ouslaught was ninde against the integrity of our public jour- nels—though we felt confident of its beinga fabricetion—we called on Madame Sontag’s agent tocome torward, and either disprove it or produce his account, and show how this large amount was expended. specifying the items and the persons to whom it was paid. In response to our demand. Mr. UHman. the agent cf Madame Sontag, gave the whole state- ment an unqualified denial, declaring it false from beginning toend. But if any doubt stil! remains on the public mind os to the truth or falsehood of this malicious charge. it will be instantly dissipated by the perusal of the fol- lowing letter, sent to us for publication by Ma- dame Sontag bersell’:— TO THE EDITOR OF THA NSW YORK HERALD. Srx—In epite of my great reluctance to appear bere the public in any other Coesthig than» pro tessional one, I feel myself compelled to address you these few lines. with a view of giving the absard statement of having been presented with bills to the ammount of $15,000. given to the press for comoli- mentary notices, a fulland unqualified denial. After examining the accoun’s of expenses incurred dariag wy stay in this country, [ find only ove item thi bas reference to the different newspapers; this isa sum of $6.701 32 for advertising my concerts and operas in ull parts of the Union that U have vinired Tam at a loss to concetve the motive that in4 have guided the editor of fhe paper in which this article originally appeared, in making me falwly otter words equally repugnant to iny feelings and the amour propre an artist ought to possess; and 1 cannot but come to the conolnsion that if it was no* his object t» bring the gentlemen who bave the di rection of my affairs int» discredit it must have been intended es an It to the press and to me in making me adopt a practice that [ must pronounce unworthy, and ia T hope, unnecessary for both. J remain, your obedient servant, Hennierre Rosst-Sontad, Sraten IsLanp, Aug, 30, 1853. We opine that this disposes satisfactorily of this story of the fifteen thousand dollars. which was nothing but a malignant fiction of the wri ter of it, and a mean, petty uttempt of the jour- nal in which it appeared to procure for itself 9 notice. The above letter not only does justic to the press, but 't alse exonerates Mr. Ullman from any imputation on his character as mana- ger. the Atwmpied Murder of Ge ounry IDENTIFICATION OF WARREN WoOD AS TITS GUILTY PARTY, Warren Word the man arrested in Naw York, evarged with an attemot to murder Hiram Williams, « podier, by shooting bim through the body with a revalvee, and rob bing bie of newly one hundred dollars, was, oo Monday conveyed hy the officers to Greene county, where the offence bad been cammitted On bis arrival af Jaskson & men by the name of John A Hendrickson hay d at Coxsackie, aod eae than nader ax: mion ryirate. be baviog haep tdansife) hy the ceoley a4 the man who shot nim. Bar on thonrrtea! on Word the two privowera were placed befor Lor who then discovered bie mistake, and clearny wn, by pronounetng Wood to be rhe gay aD In ad to the recogeition of the pedier, aevars! Witnecson awore That Wood ia the man «ho hirel « nat Gagheed op the afternoon of the outrage and + driven to Cath) Other eitnessre recognized Wot he man fen on the pank toad in company with the pecler on the day the pedlor waa shot, Wood, fading the evidenos overwhelming againat him bax made » full occ oerlon x bin wnilt, and waa yesterday folly coro o, by Tsrtion Btw: by Oat the Pedler ta Hevdrie taed Im the iat j have been by the terrifying progress of the | pestilence row raging in New Orleans. Aud | CRYSTAL PALACE, THE DOINGS AT THE PALACE—FIREMEN’S VISIT, ETC. “Well, this is the great World's Fair!’ aaid s | Young lady yesterday, as she stepped within the doors of the Crystal Exiibiton. Upon my words- it is far beyond my expectation” Similar indica- tiona of surprise are viven by almost every new visi- ter who enters this grand receptacle of the indnstry” ; and genius of the world. It sould not otherwise than agreably astonish any one who for the firat time I'fta his eyes tothe architectural beauties of this most waguifisent building, and afterwards glances along the sisies resp'endent with all that is creat of wouderfl in art. Within the limita of our Union s more interesting collection never before existed, ‘There are associated the products of every eline—* the furs of the frigid, and the fruits of the torrid’ zone, being displayed side by sid-. The wonders of machinery, the prowress of invention, the perfestion” of manufactares, are bere exhibited ; and last, and - greatest, the best works of great «cutptors, whose! praises have been sung thronghout the world. Every: Man, woman and child, if powitle, oaght to visit this exhibition, regardless of time or expense ; for,' Perhaps an ege may roll away before another dis- play ia made so impo-ing and instractive. The Chicago firemen, who are now on a visit to tid city, yesterday paid a visit tothe Palace, and walked, with mach satisfaction through every avenue of the — seme. This company, a fine aetof men, namber about sixty. They were accompanied hy Shelton’s Brasg Rand, which filled the Palace with their admirable muric. While the Chicago firemen were entering from Forty-second street, another scene, equally ine teresting, was displayed atthe Sixth avenue ene trance. A company of tradesmen, with colors flying, marebed up the steps, and woand themselves throngia the tafa styles into the bnildiag, in. regular’ ‘order. It in indicative of good t) see the hardy songs. of toil thus pouring in to witness the grand colle tion, to which perhaps they have themselves com tributed, ’ Great progress was made yesterday in the prepge ration of the picture gullery, for te admiusion’ of thé. public, The bare wails, which bave so jong beerp saypertive only of Jecay and mismanagement, withs in the lust wo days have been made to bloom witig many master pieces of the artist. Newry all the peckoces thas far recetved in thé Palace have been opened, and their treasures added to the cther contributions, WASHINGTON, NATIONAL MONUMENT. 3§ CONTRIBUTIONS. Cash en hand....... Cash received this day Talk on ’Change. ‘The foreign news rece'ved by toe Europs had a favora- ble influence om the warkat ‘or brvacataff., aad it wad reliom they had been so freely so'd orior to the reoniaé of private letters. Flour was quite active, with sales om the spot and to arrive, at an advance oa State brands of Ge. 9 128. per barrel For this de-cription the market clored firm at $6 510 $5 44. Toe «a1 of whoat, in mar- ket and to arrive, reached from 50 010 40 60,000 bushels,’ closing at sn advanes of 2c. to8e per bashel. Catto was Gnll, with sales of 400 bales Sagarn were azain ao tive, and the rales of all kinds footed up about 2,008 bhds., closing at about ic. advasce. The tramectiond also included about 1,000 boxes, in bead, for export. Coffee war active, with sales of wb ut 25 000 bage Rio, a full prices, besides 7,000 pockets Java, by auction. The fine clipper ship Naptune’s Car wan wold youterday, for the California ‘radu, (xugpored to be.) at about $00.00, She was 1,600 to 1,740 tons barthen; and well found. A memorial wae circulated on ’Change and recsived y pomber ef siguature:, prayiog the government to have the Unitea States wails coavaved between New York and San Franciroo by the Nicerogua route. We learn from one «f the New Orleans relief commite tee, that the total acount of funds collected and remite ted up to the present tive, amounted 10 whout 344,000—0 * of which munifioext sun, $33.00 were contributed by New York, and $7.(00 by Bor oo A merchent on ’Change bad received intalligenge stat- ing that the Grand Trunk Reilrosd Company of Canade, haa purchased the Port Huron and Lake Miebigan chare ter, apd had contracted to build and equip the road within one year frow Port Har n through Sagamon county, to Mustig-n River lake, Monigan. This road would traverse the best part of Michigan aad terminate on the Leke shore, opposite Milwaukie It wae said that the Grand Trunk Company looked forward to making their road a link in the rnilroad to tne Pacific. We aunex the folowing ackaowledgemeat of the sum¢ contributed by parseogers, &o.. on board the steamship: Pacific, under the command of Captain Nye, and whieh: bad not bitherto brea published It wan correct, as pre- viously # ated, that the eoneert diring the hast veyaga yielded the groes sum of $75 but tbe amount was re- duced ry nome small incidental exvenses te $52 92. The. augrevate, however, formed » handsome contribution to & mort Coserving odject of obsrity :— Captain Nyw :—~ ¢ pleacure in acknowledging the receipt of Kemounts from the steamer Pacific during #(8 80 January 146 60 March 111 75 Last voyage, Total in six vovager........ savsasarsvseness By some dirarrangement of pxpers for the seventh an- pox! report I regret that several of the ems werd omitted Renvootfully, S. 8. BEM4RT. Secretary. Heme fr Destitute Children of seamen, Staten Leland, Tuly 14, 1663. Willamabu g City Inteilivence, * ARRFET OF BiGHway KesskR,—Two voong villains; named Jomen Culkin ard James Lyter, wore arrested by «ficer: Guirchard aud Donevan, on Monday evening, om ® warrant charging tbem with having haocked dows and robbed Samuel St. John. » colored wan of $60, om the: evering of the Sd of August On the «ame evening; (the 24.) ‘bey ptolo servers] plater from a crockery denlor, on Grand street, for which bey were sent to tho cranty penitertiary for 96 dayxewch Last Fr day, the: reesived a pardon frew Governer sevmouy and were rated, They were committed for exumiaation, ef aii Natio » Ovvice ov THE GENERAL SUPKKINTENDERT, Onveras Parace, New York. August 17. 1868. Axb{bitore of Modele and Machinery are votified that daohine Arcade ie now rondy to sad they ase requested to Ol) the sp poasidle Rpeee ont orcupied oy the rst af 2 oopaivarnd «| od, ands new slot-oent made, order 1 the General Superintendent JOSEPH EB. HOLMES, Dirvotor of Machinery. Crystal Palace —Office of tne 4uperintend? gat, August 29, INS — The undto are respeorfully informed thet th exhibition at the ryetal Palave w ths 2d of Septomber whan the ex ribis he kept anen for visiters anti! 10 o’clook P.M hon wise thy machine arcade and plotare gal- Tory will be thrown open t+ the public Thetime ot giting the second avening oxhibition will b@ dorenfter announced. J.M RATCHELDER Seoretary of the Superintendents. To Country Merchanta.—! Hon of Wolfe's Aromutie So Sonthero, Weotern and North t received n tm co the Sohnapps the conning. attes! plato manner. the extraordinary and anexpsctel oMoaoe ht thia medietral beverage oth In ovrve ting and praveng- He Hi effects of bad ard tinacsostomed @ater, apan Bl Ane i veho have heratoforg nroe of many maladion, Thames, and atber forme of vegotadig re nf vacions mineral aolntinn#, con= ators of Sonthern snd ne qnantity of norive in the waters o° the ‘aet and Northeast, ace tho ade # of the peouliar cone regione. Upon travellorsy dente. the eff ota ara feeqnen tly hand bowels: and the inrasiom in water flowing theongle Po-aporntes wich log vee fetetle mnlarix, ix producing that obrtinate form of fover Gnd ngne wrich 40 “rightfully ander ninos the ooantitntion, fad Taye te foundation eof various ehrunte diwagen, tna eld apd habit ff eopectatly of te ‘on Vaed in am te nd kid aye, ntnding avd oo Plaines provalent in th fasral visitere and 0 pente, hath npon che ate of deoayed vegetable forent ay briete. . the enlen't anil rt Waddor pheerte Infiamniation of those orang with dropry, geno debility aid er nciation tained by exnew anon, ae Hi yivniplon that the Aromatig 1 thot Tacks wd tondonoieg ye and onvewor a'levivtes the ereanie disonana pa derengomenta which they hacen This vaedie odie tink 92 06 & roatorntive. orsduged proverty dil pegifia action, ry organ, witch yor enon ta erting To teavals tinahle ealne anak fe, herefire y, it fa, there senate « provided aaa medicinal pen y to very in qua’ ht in whatever our ty y reside, way adopt It with th ce. Petey A tlnely snd efiivnolons rostoruttye, For ele at the prooristor's prices hya= Macoland Hareal & iistey, 60 Matlen tone, Bali, Recklo £00) M8 Ores HY, Wine, eoonen Form atred and Bir vei tbe -