The New York Herald Newspaper, September 27, 1853, Page 4

JaA“E3 GORDON PROPSIETOR AND DITOR. OrP1Cn Xf. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND MASEAU ETS. * TERME cash tn advance. if DAILY HERALD, ° conte per per annum. WEEKLY HERALD. voc/y, af 04 conte fon FG: Britain aad tito aay part of postage ING contol ‘with meatness, cheapness, and BVERTISEMENTS rencied every day. Me ontinent AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. METROPOLITAN HALL—Jurisey’s Concenrs, BOWERY THEATRE, Bow ¥Waevcu Sey—Two or THE BROADWAY THEATRE, Pmar rir oy THE Gour. NEBLO'S, Broadway—Sounien von Love—Mupiwa, BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street—A CuRE FOR wax Heanracne—Tooves. NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—Usecie Tom's ani. —Ennesr Manrnavens— -¥ Brosdway—Maceeru—-My | WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Love Cuase— oven Diamone. 3 © AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afternoon—Boox CuinpRex—~ Revinw. Lvoning—Srasuen any CRrasucr~Srinir oF om AcE. MADISON AVENUE—Afternooa snd Evening—Fran- con's GorossaL, Hirropmome. CURISTY'S AMERICAN OPERA HOUSE, 472 Brosd- way—2rmiorias MuLopies BY CHAIsTY's Opens TROUPE. WCOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood's Musies! Wall, 444 Broad- way—BrMioriAN MiserRcisy BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 539 Broadway—Bucx- axy’s Brworian Opens Troure. JBORAMA, 59% Broadway—Psxonama oy rue Howry HOPE CHAPEL, 718 Broséway—Praxxenstein’s Pa WORAMA OF NIAGARA, A@ADEMY HALL, 663 Brosdwsy—Ascent or Mont 1A. REBNISH GALLERY Broadway—Day and Evening. SI@NOR BLITZ—Sruyvesanr IxsteruTs. CHIP ESE ROOMS, 589 Brondway— Penuam's Grrr Ex- wzsv10y OF THE Seven Mire MigROR. SEDGWICK’S APOLLONICON CONCEARTS—ope Chapel. “New York, Tucaday, September 27, 1853. Mills for Hurope. 8K NEW YORK WEEKLY HFRALD. Me royal mall steamship gira, Capt. Leitch, will leave Boston on Wednesday, at 22 o'clock, for Liverpoel. Sabworiptions and advertisements for any edition of the rw Yors Huns will be received at the following places tm Sarepe = Jsywarcc1—John Hunter, No. 2 Paradise street. Lommok—Hdwards, Sandford & Ce., Cornhill. . Wm. Thoms & Co., No, 19 Catharine ctresi, Pams-—Livingston, Wells & Oo., Rus da la Bourse. * B, Bi. Revoil, Ne. 17 Rue de la Banque. ‘Te Foreyesn mails will clove im this city at three #elock this afternoon. The Wamxtr Hmnaxp will be published at half-past nine Welock this morning. ingle copies, in wrappers, six- pance, The News. The hard ehell section of the New York democracy made an imposing demonstration in an open air mass meeting in the Park, last evening. The meeting was ealled for the purpose of ratifying the nominations for State offices, made by their division of the party at the receut Syracuse Convention. The call was ‘most numerously responded to, and at one portion of fhe evening there could not bave been less than some twenty thousand persons present. The scene was enlivened by occasional discharges of fireworks and artillery. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Augustus C. Schell, and among the speakers were Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson, Hon. George W. Clinton, Mr. James T. Brady, Mr. Martin, of Georgia, &. During the delivery of Mr. Brady’s address, the plat- form erected for the accommodation of the speakers and reporters, but which was improperly allowed to become crowded with people who had no right to be there, gave way with a tremendous crash, preci- Pitating all upou it yell ime among the ruins of the timbers. Several persons were seriously injured, in- ehding Mr. Mike Walsh and Mr. Thomas P. St. John, the Secretary. Our reporters have furnshed a fall and graphic account of the whole affiir. The Ninth ward city reformers held a meeting last evening at the Bleecker Street Building. The im- putation of interested motives, as applied by the an- dience to the leading speakers, detracted very much from the force of the morale of their assertions. The Young Men's Democratic Union Clab last aight inaugurated the opening of their rooms with several speeches, an address from the President, John Cochrane, and a supper. The rooms are very elegantly fitted up, and do credit to the taste dis- played in their execution. See the report of the proceedings elsewhere. Advices from the city of Mexico to the 18th inst., announce that the Indians still continue their ray- ages in Dorango and Chihuahua. The savages, find- ing that the government is either too weak or too imbecile to protect.the people, are becoming more bold, and threaten, with a fair prospect of success, to drive the whites evtirely out from the sparsely settled districts of those States. Santa Anna has lost another member of his cabinet. General Tor- nell, the Minister of War, died of apoplexy, at Tacu- baya, on the 15th inst. Fatal cases of yellow fever have become 80 scarce at New Orleans that it is now deemed unnecessary to continue the issuing of daily reports. From the commencement of the epidemic, in May, up to the 17th inst., it had swept off about seven thousand nine hundred persons. There were only seventeen fatal eases of the disease during the twenty-four bours ending yesterday morning. Nine persons @ied of the fever at Mobile last Sunday. The con- tributions of the different cities of the Union for the suffagers at New Orleans amount to $242,743; for those at Mobile, $25,654, and fer Galveston, $1,955— making a grand total of $270,352. By a letter from Auckland on the 9th of February, we learn that a regular stampede had been produced among the sailors on board of the whale ships in consequence of the circulation of false reports of the discovery of gold mines within forty miles of the port. In some instances yescels were completely de serted, but on finding that they had been humbugged, the men returned to their work. A letter from Fort Union, dated Angust 6, informs us that all the parties connected with the Pacific Railroad Exploring Expedition, under command of Governor Stevens, had safely arrived at that post, and wou!d move on towards Fort Benton in a couple of days. They were all well, and had enjoyed them- relves exceedingly having, with a single exception, met with no serious disaster. An engineer soldier, named White, accidentally shot himeelf in the latter part of July. The writer of the letter declares that they had not, thus far, encountered any serious ob- structions to the laying of a railrond track. Money is in great demand in Wall street, and the supply is very short, as will be ecen by the monetary report ia today’s paper. The report of the condi- tion of the Jeading departments of the city banks, as compared with the statement of the previous week, exhibits an increase of deposits to the amount of $700,033, while there has been a diminution in specie of $519,519, in circulation of $89,182, and in dis- counts of $97,194. This is looked upon as decidedly unfavorable. Nearly ten millions of dollars in specie were locked up in the safe of the Assistant Treasurer last night. Could this large sum be legitimately brought out and put tnto circulation, it would gre atly tend to relieve the pressure, but under existing cir cumstances we may aa well prepare ourselves for a still greater stringency. Flour, wheat, corn, oats, &c., still continue to ponr in from the West in immense quantities, as wil! be seen by our despatches from Buffalo and Albany Nevertheless, the high prices of breadstuffs aro pretty well maintained in this market; however, many merchants yesterday were disposed to await the character of the week's later news by the America, pow ne at Halifax, before operating very Beavuy, The Sy: acuse Explesion—Ope ning of the Cam- paign— What will tne Administration do? The two extremes of the State, New York and Buffalo, hove responded to the two Demo- cratic Syracuse Conventions. Here Tammany Hall led off in a ratification of the John Van Buren, Marey, and Verplank ticket, last Friday evening—an attempt, which was absolutely annihilated in the tremendous meeting in the Park last night of the admantines. This even- ing, the free soil soft shells ratify their ticket at Albany. Thus the battle is joined along the whole line. The campaign opens most brilliantly and auspiciously in behalf of sound national demo- cratic principles. The battle commences at the very point at which it was suspended in 1849. The armistice of that year, and all the subse- quent patched up compromises between princi- ples and expediency for the sake of-the spoils, go for nothing. We have run through all the stratagems and tricks of artful dodging that could be made available, even for a season, and we are thrown back with considerable violence full tilt against the main question, which is this: “Shall the national democracy be re- organized upon a strict adhesion to the com- promises of the constitution, or with a liberal mpargin for “ the higher law?” Upon this issue the two divisions of the de- mocracy of New York have now entered for a final settlement. That the “Old Guard” will finally triumph we believe. If they fail, the national democratic party is gone to the dogs, for it can have no nationality in resting upon the remains of the Buffalo platform. If the hard shells win, then much that has been done must be undone and much that has been omitted will have to be performed. The Van Buren party ratification at Old Tam- many fairly opened the ball—not in the enthusi- asm—not in the distinguished speakers promised present, (for they were all absent)—not in the numerical strength, nor in the speeches of the meeting—but in the bombshells thrown into the wigwam by Mr. Collector Bronson and Mr. Charles O’Conor, United States Attorney for this district. Those letters, though not read in the meeting, have been pretty thoroughly read out of the meeting, and they have hada wonderful effect. Instantaneously, on the morning of their publication in the Heratp, (though among the Rejected Addresses of the ratification,) they produced a panic among the freesoilers, a thrill of delight among the na- tionals, and quite a sensation even among the fancies in Wall street. Those high-toned, inde- pendent, and patriotic letters of Bronson and O’Conor came, in fact, upon the hard shells like the blast of the horn of Rhoderic Dhu summoning his clan to the charge. Hence, to avery great extent, the overwhelming demon- stration of the Clinton ticket party in the Park last night. The proceedings, the letters, and the speeches of this hard shell ratification, are spread full length before our readers in this paper. It will be seen from their perusal that Messrs. Bronson and O’Conor fully maintain their posi- tion—that Daniel S. Dickinson is chief among the field officers for the war, and that in this city at least, notwithstanding the influences of the State and federal administrations, and the prestige of Tammany Hall, the hards hold the unquestionable balance of power, and are in the right temper for exercising it in the elec- tion. All doubts of their making a hard and eurnest Nght are Now At wu end. Thoy are In for the war bona fide; and to the best of their abilities it is manifest that they intend to mea- sure arms with their special adversaries in No- vember. Upon this fixed fact the question recurs, what, in this contest, will the administra- tion do? It has been telegraphed from Washington to the Journal of Commerce and other journals that “the President is incensed at the course of Collector Bronson and Attorney O’Conor”—that “ the Cabinet meets to-morrow, when New York matters will be considered’—that “ those styled bolters and disorganizers will have a hard fate,” and “ that the guillotine will be used.” Our Tittle morn- ing penny trumpet of the soft shells fiercely advises this policy in reference to Judge Bron- son; but we rather suspect that General Pierce has sufficient sagacity to perceive that this line of action would recoil upon him with quick and crushing effect, and that, conseqnently, he will do no such thing as the removal of cither Bronson or O’Conor. The only legitimate plea upon which they can be displaeed is the plea oftheir “interference in the freedom of elec- tions;” and upon that issue Messrs. Fowler, John Cochrane, and others, do really deserve the special notice of a Cabinet council. We shall insist upon it any how, if the axe is used upon Bronson or O’Conor, that Messrs. Fow- ler and Cochrane shall be also decapi- tated. Indeed, we have all along enter- tained the opinion that the best way of re- organizing and harmonizing the democratic party in the contest was to make all the prin- cipal recipients “of executive power a head shorter who cannot stand the test of a volun- tary endorsement of the compromise measures, and to fill their places by men who can. Perhaps we may come to that yet. But what will be the immediate effect of this hard shell ratification ? Can the administration desert the soft shells after those merciless let- ters from Messrs. O’Conor and Bronson? Are not the fortunes of Secretary Marcy especially in- volved in this contest? Will he permit the patronage of the government to be wasted upon such unlucky appointments as these? Will the soft shells permit it? We suspect they will have to submit to it. We presume that Gen. Pierce will have at length discovered that Mr. Marcy's plan tor reorganizing the party in this State isa horrid failure, and that it has been pushed quite far enough. We think it altogether probable that the administra- tion will stand aside awhile, ‘and keep beyond reach, if possible, of the hard shell ah hy and that before many months shall have passed by a reorganization of the democracy will be commenced by a reorgani- zation of the Cabinet. A combination of events appears to have suddenly come about, very broadly indicating the absolute necessity of this policy. The Washington Union, we very much fear, is done for. There is no mistaking the fact that its prospects for the printing of Congress, as the organ of the administration, have fallen below par. And there is, also, a visible open- ingnow for the introduction ofa national printing office in Washington, and the total separation of the publie printing from the corruptions to which it has heretofore been prostituted as th reward to party organs, To this extent thi party split may be turned to the benofit of the public treasury and to the improvement of the moreis of OW ireding priici¢iaus wt Wasking- ton. We hope the opportunity thus offered for a great reform will not be lost by the advo cates of ‘sound economy. This is but an inci- dent, however, of the probable consequeidés of this party rupture in New York. The gen- eral results will extend throughout the Union; and if they do not eventuate in the purification of the democratic party, in this State and throughout the Union, they will end in its de- struction and in the organization of a new party, too, upon sound, consistent, national principles— a party which will be the ruling party from and after the next Presidential campaign, for the democratic party will have served out its time and will be defunct. From the signs of the times about us—from the vote of 1848, if you please, in this State, for President—the hard shells ought to be able to beat their adversaries of the Verplank ticket by @ very decided majority in November. If they do we may expect some ministerial changes in Washington, and a speedy rise in the political market of the national, original, compromise democrats. If they fail—but let them do their duty and they will not fail. The game is in their hands, and all is to be lost or won. Gov. Cops Anp THE Frexcu Misstoy.—It is a conceded point, we believe, that the French mission was some time since tendered to the distinguished Union democrat of Georgia, Gov. Cobb. This might well have been conjectured from the long and private interview said to have taken place at the Astor House between the President and the Governor of Georgia, on the 15th of July last, and from the subsequent visit of Governor Cobb to Washington, by special in- vitation of the President. We think it quite unfortunate for the President and the adminis- tration that the Governor could not have been persuaded to have danced attendance upon the French Emperor for the next four years. Be- sides being » young man of fine talent, it is ge- nerally conceded that Gov. Cobb has tact and management—necessary qualities for a diplo- matist of the highest order, added to that of being a man of large fortune. Having a repu- tation, too, not only in Washington, but in Georgia, for entertaining handsomely, he would in all respects have been the man for St. Cloud. Then, why don’t he go? It is related by his friends that when ap- proached by the administration on this subject his reply was strictly characteristic of the man. His friends, he observed—the national Union democrats of the South, but more especially of Georgia—had heen entirely overlooked by the administration, but were under the weather at home, and that while such was the case he would never desert them, or accept any office that would remove him from amongst them, until their rights were respected. This is cer- tainly sticking by one’s friends. Where is the other man that would have refused the mission to St. Cloud on such grounds ? Itis whispered about in Georgia now, as we learn, that Gov. Marcy is to be sent to France, that Mr. Guthrie ig to resign, and that Jeff. Davis is to return to Mississippi to enter the field against Foote for the Senate; that Cobb is to be made Premier. and, with new material in place of the decomposed parts, a new na- tional cabinet is to be formed that will save the administration, save the democratic party, and save the country. Who knows? Soft shells, to the rescue! Notice To THe Lapres.—While Kossuth is fomenting continental revolutions in conjunc tion with the socialist and red republican refu- gees in London, his sisters have established themselves in New York, for the practical busi- ness of their sclf-support, as will be seen from the following circular, laid upon our table:— Madame Kossvrn Rverrkat, Madame Kosscrn Mesz.onvt1, sisters, [of Kossuth,] take the liberty to inform the ladies that their establishment is now opened at 751 Broadway, New York, compri- sing point gazé, giupure en point d l’aiguille, giupure en plat, application en plat, Vig sree en point a Vaiguille, Valenciennes, black chantilly laces, &c., either in the piece of different width, or in collars, sleeves, under-bandkerchiefs, mantillas, veils, coif- fures, embroideries in batiste and muslin, Alexan- drine’s bats, artificial flowers, lingeries, French silk manitillas and aprons, ribbons and fancy articles, all of which are offered at the most reasonable pricss. They are also provided for the preparing of ladies,’ dresses, mantil! geaoees Carano sortce de Ball’s, and children’s clothing, and promige the punctual execution of all orders they may receive, and guar- antee the safe delivery in town and country. We thus publish the above freely, because we consider this case an extraordinary excep- tion to our general rule of excluding all adver- tising notices from our editorial columns. These ladies have suffered in the cause of re- publicanism. They are exiles here, where they have set a worthy example to all other exiles in practical industry. We commend them, therefore, to the public patronage. Mr. Dix nowy in Virers1a.—The Richmond Enquirer, in its remarks upon the letter of Mr. Dix to that paper, (which we published yesterday, denying certain charges of abolition- ism.) says :— But Mr. Dix is not content simply to request the publication of his letter in the columns of the Zn- quirer. He makes up an issue of fact with the edi- tors of this paper, and challenges us to produce the roof of our allegations in respect to his course, Thus are we driven to an exposition of the political career of Mr. Dix. The duty may be disagreeable, but we shall not shirk it. We mean to do justice to Mr. Dix. If, from a thorough examination of his re- cord, it shall appear that Mr. Dix has not been such as we represent him, we will make all possible atone- ment for our injustice. But if, on the contrary, the exposure shonld impair even the slight claim which Mr. Dix now has on the confidence of the Southern democracy, he must remember that he himself pro- yokes the investigation which results in his discomfi- ture. We are afraid that in this summing up it will appear that Mr. Dix ran as the freesoil Buffalo candidate for Governor of New York in 1848; but we shall see. “It is a very pretty quarrel as it stands.” Nothing like harmony, after all, Post Orrice Rerorm.—We understand that the Hon. Malcolm Cameron, Postmaster Gene- ral of Canada, has made a special application to the post office authorities here, on the subject ofthe trangmission of the mails between this city and the neighboring British province. Mr Cameron offers to bear half the expense of a scheme by which a separate bag would be made up here for Montreal, and despatched every morning direct, so as to reach its destination in the minimum time occupied by passengers on that route—thirteen to fifteen hours. A simi- lar bag would be made up at Montreal for New York direct, and placed under charge of aspec’al conductor. We trust that this scheme, which would confer much benefit on our mercantile public, will be carried into effect, and rejoice to see such evidence of gcal on the part of the new Canadian Postmaster. ‘Tne Timatnes.-We refer our readers to the ndvare ¢ columna for the particular fostures of the re ‘2 armucemonta cf tue eity, Times nexraton that two Catholic priesta, n fair, were detected and fined for defraud by parsing thelr Dedges from the ineds to through @ krothole ia the fenes of ome tro hundred other persons ap offence, acd for the rale of Talk on Change. ‘The commercial letters recotved from California some- what diseppointed merebants, who did not anticipate continuases of the dulners in merehandise previoaly re- ported. Our advance in byadstuils, however, had not reached there, which, with the near approach of the rainy cearon, (when traders in the interior would be com- /pelled to lay in supplies,) it was expected would give re- newed activity te business. It was eaid that no claim ever pressed upon the atten tion of government was more just than that of our citi- zens for French spoliations, which had been #0 long kept before Congress. Many respectable families were ruined by ttose depredations on American commerce, and many of their legal heirs were said to be living in extreme po- verty. It was suggested that now the public revenue was overflowing, justice should be done to the claimants. Abighly respectable importing and shippiag house complained of having experienced great hardship at the bands of the government appraiser in the Custom House of this city. They did not charge that the worthy officer in that department had done them any intentional wrong. On the contrary, his general course of conduct had proved satisfactory to merchants; but they thought he had grestly erred under a mistaken sense of his official duties. The facts gathered from documents relating to the subject were as follows:—It appeared that # gentloman started a centrefugal sugar- refining establishment in Havana, who soon after failed, whereupon his effecta were seized and soid, under a de cree ef court at Matanzas, to the highest bidder. Among the articles so!d was a considerable lot of molasses pro: duced by this method of refining, and technically called concentrated molasses. The public officer chargad with the sale of the same called the attention of all the lead- ing houses in Matanzas to it, none of whom offered more than 134 to 134 reals per aroba of 25 lbs, The agents cf the New York house thereupon appeared, and paid 134 reals per aroba, which was about three-quarters of cent per lb. On its arrival in thia city they producod their invoice in the regular form, and having added the usual commissicns, costs, and charges, which amounted to about one cent per Ib. adiitional, they claimed to enter it at a cost of 134 cents per Ib, This ‘was resisted by the appraiser, on the ground that the article was invoiced below the market value at the place of its shipment, and advanced its value to two cents per Ib.; and after passing thirty per cent duty on that cost they imposed a penalty of twenty per cent additional duty, because the house, ss they alleged, had made the invcice too low—thus mulcting the house in the round sum of about $950, as the house alleged, of over charges. They obtained # reappraisement without different re- sult. They produced a certificate, signed by five or six of the leading houses in Matanzas, stating that they bad examined tbe article before the sale, and that none of them deemed it to be worth more than 1/; a 134 of a real per Ib, and that it could not have been «old for a cent more in that market than the sum paid by the houze. This document was certified to under seal by the Ameci- can Consul at Matanzas. Not only so, ‘put they pro- duced the certificate of the officer of court, made before the United States Consul at Mitanzas, that in executing the decree of court the 1} reala paid for it by the house was the utmost he coula get for it, though he had pub Micly offered it to all the trade in Matanzas. The Jaw says that the invoice of goods shall correspond with their market value at the place and date of ship- ment. How was it porsible to find the market value of ‘an article in a more effectual manner than was done in the foregoing care? The house sail that the increased duty and penalty made difference to them of $950, which they were compelled to pay forthwith. They had a remedy at law; but during the suit they would have to lay out of the use of their capital; and if they finally cast the government they would have to pay their own costs, which would be equal probably to the whole ameunt in dispute. In cases where government was cast in suits against it, Congress should provide that i: should pay the costs of plaintiff as wellas its own. This case bore no analogy to the merits of ihe St. Louis and other like cases. The honse referred to were not regular importers of the article. Their reputation as fair and honorable importers was above suspicion. There was no doubt that the intention and spirit of the law, by imposing the pe- nalty, was to make it apply to such invoices an were spe- cially made cut with a view of defrauding the revenue. No such design had existed with the house referred to; onthe contrary, they had submitted proof that their invoice was fairly made out and exprecsed the market value of the article in question. 5 a a ec ee MaRgrzgK’s OPERA.—Last evening witnessed a triumph Doth for the détutanie snd the manager, “Lucia,” 50 well known, so hacknied, and #0 oftea murdered in Ni York, drew a large audience to Niblo’s, The great at- traction was of course the new prima donna, who had been privately introduced to the public as a singor of high merit, and moreover » young lady of no ordinary Personal charms. Besides her, lovers of novelty had something to res in Beneventano’s Earico, which, though familiar to cur neighbors the Mexicans, is almost new to us. Maretzek’s ‘Lucia’ is always worth hearing--two débuls wake it quite irresistibdle. Let us hasten to repeat our assertion that the success of the débulante is an established fact. We are not criticr—porsibly not ju3ges of beauty; and if we eay that We Costanza Manzini is a very nic looking p2rsom, we don’t expect that ovr opinion will carry much weight, People cught to go and judge these matters for themselves, But when we add that sho is on accomplished singer— that she possesees a sweet, pure, and melodions yates, not remarkable for its extent or volume, we candidly axpect to be believed. When she first appeared on the stage last evening, ehe was visibly unnerved, Taeau- dieuce welcomed her very graciously ; bat her presence of mind was not restored until the epirit of her part sur- mounted the feelings of the actress. To tell the truth, Madam Avogadro (we trust we are right in the name,) is not a very encouraging Aliva; and poor Lucia fluttered sadly until Edgardo (Salvi) divided public attention with her. Then she began to realize the expectations that the public bad formed. Her acting was natural, and full of feeling. Her ‘*Verranno a te gull’ aura” was sweetly and sympathetically sung. ’Tis an air welleuited for her. It requires no great exertion of the voieo, and if the zolo part is managed with delicacy and the duo with proper feelicg, is eure to go off well. In the recond act, Mlle, Marzini evinced loss histrionic power than we bave seen in her predecessors in the part. Her ‘ Soffriva uel pianto’’ might have been more sorrow ful—her ‘‘tu che vedi’? more impzssioned—but on the who'e, ber rendition was meritorious,.aud was well re- ceived by the audience. A few mights hence, when she has become accustomed to the awful spectacle of our New York connoisseurs and dilettanti, ahe will sing with more confidence and ruce Meanwhile, we place on record our approval, both of her voice and her method, and predict for her # distinguished place among our in- ter} retere of graceful muric. Signor Penaventano, we ows you a just tribute of praise for your Enrico, There was a time when we honestly believed you were Jectined to choose batween our silence or our censure, Let us rejoice that we caa fairly evard you @ candid eulogium. Your ‘Anda funests mania” was very creditable. It was sung without ef. fort, and without false ornament, It was nstural throughout, ard gave us @ very fair notion both of En- rico’s feelings and Donivetti’s mualg. Your ‘Se tradiomi tn portrai,” ike your “ Pietade del suo favore,” might have been more energetic, Harico was very like- ly to glow with rage when he uttered the fierce sonti- ments expressed in thore aire, acd the music is qaite susceptible of & more vigorous accentuation than you permitted yourrelf. But, on the whole, you sang correctly, and with true artistic meaning. You hive dons much to obliterate the unpleasant impression created by your "Suoni Ja tromba,” and we are delighted to be the first to do justice to your conscientious efforts and visi. bie improvement. Pureue the course you have uuder- token; eschew ali attempts to sing or act better or mors originally than anybody ou the stage; be yourrelf, and give fuil natural play to your votes, you will do. It ia right that we rhould add tha: the * grimtuor’? at the close of the cecond act wasadmirably sung Even Salvi was good; he ba seldom achieved a groster triumph than fa the boautifnl passage beginning ‘Son tus ciff-e?”? Raimondo (Rosi) acquitted himeelf respestably, Bone- ventano and Mile, Manzini sang exquisitely, and the general effect enreptured the audience. We r Mr. Marotzek to give an extra hour's practt chorus; neither the opening sir, “ Percorslamo,” the famous “ Per te d’utonanso ginbilo,”’ were eacg as much ensemble and spirit as might bave been Maxetvek is an adept in the management of let him brush up his highianders, He ia suse eding be yond bis bepes. Niblo’s is crowded nighfly. Fin le performers aro good. Tet him romewber that wo ex pect from bim perfection in ove: shed hornses; Great Race at Riommonn. off the great rass over the Fairdl word. :@ween the Virginia horee South oljpa mare Nina. The owner ¢. ants have wpared ro pains to hava them in the b training end order for the race, ard tae frinads of exch are confident of yt Tae purre iy $6000 9 es Notwithstanding ¢ feat of Mins by Rad Bya h vring the trends of Nine epretr ¢ aad | © tue present ecoasion. * f shtorwarda te sme Gity Sporting Intelligence. NEW YORE CRICKET CLUB VS. WATERVILLE CLUB. The match which was commenced yesterday at Ho. Wekea wad not concluded when time was called, It was a niee, pleasant cricketing day, and there was a goodly ancemblage of lady and gentlemen visiters. It was & well contested game, and very evenly matched, though at precent victory seems im favor of Waterville. Play was commenced by the New Yorkers at fifteen minutes to ten, They got 87 in the first innings, and 75 in the secord—total, 162, Watervilie get 103 in one innings, 50 that they have 59 to get to tie, and 60 to win, Thereare some good, promising players among the Connecticut men, Clark batted remarkably well, and ought to have got @ larger score. Clayton got 35 very nicely. Wood and Gill did their share. The brothers Ryall are good players ; M. R. got 25 in good style, but his brother was nof so fortunate. Clayton, Wells, and Clarke were the bowlers, but they must take some lessons from Cuyp and Marth before they can do much mischief, ‘The New Yorkers hada different eleven to what they had for the Newark match—not quite so strong, but a very good team for all that. Seymour bowled capitally. Brown batted well and got thirty-five, taking his ba out; he wentin third and tied the man that went in third on the Waterville side. Seymour, Richards, D. Barclay, and his brother Addey, showed us some good play. ‘This young man will ome day make s good cricketer, if he is a littie more careful. ‘Mr. Marsh stood umpire for the New York club, and Mr. Sharp for the Waterville. ‘The game will be resumed to day at ten o’clock pre- cisely, The following is the result of yosterday’s play:— YORK CLUB. Both First meine Second Innings. Innings. 1. Pvmane ¢. M. Reynolds THE DEMOCRATIC UNION CLUB, Meerrrrrrreeeens INAUGURATION OF THE CLUB HOUSE. The Hon, John A. Dix on the Pacifi¢ Railroad. Opposition to the Secretary ef War, &., &., &. Last night the ceremény took place of opening the new reading 100ms, library, &c., intended for the use ef the Young Men’s Democratic Union Club. The which has been leased for the above purpose) is situated at No, 765 Broadway, betwen Eighth and Ninth streets, being twenty-six feet in breadth by one hund:ed and fourteem feet in depth, four stories high, and fs well adapted for the purposes for which it is designed. The hall or clubreom is twenty six feet wide by fifty-twa” feot in depth, with a ceiling twenty three feet high, and Offers every advantage from its position and capacity for public purposes. The hall is situated on the first door, and has attached a reading room, conversation roonty Ubrary, &c , forming an elegant suite of apartments,’ ‘The decorations are very chaste and elegant, two splens did ormolu chandeliers being suspended from the ceiling,’ which diffuse am agreeable light over the whole apart, ment. At the further end of the room is a raised platform fog the chairman, allowing sufficieat space for the speaker,’ Behind the President’s'chair is placed the banner of th Club, s dark blue ground with the representation of % , Clayton, .. "s} 11 b. Clayton,.....2 13 | peehive in the centre, surrounded by » wreath, and having 2.D, Barclay c. Dyson, b Wells 7 c.andbClayton,6 13 | inscribed upon it, in gold letters, the following inccrip, 3. not out............35 run out, 4 391 tion — 4, Richards b. Clay 5 ce b. Wells, 6, Oret b. Clayton . ©00000TDSOOORBOSSS000002000 “Young Men’s Demecratic Union Ciub.”” 7. Ranney c, Wood Soccccccc coc Cc ccecceacccsOS 8, Addy 7b. Wells Joux CocHRaNe, Esq. having been voted to the chair,’ 3 8. Wallace Cone, Esq., cps the business of the meet= ing by reading the circular of invitation that had beer transmitted to the various members, aad said:—' You have been invited to witness the 0b. Clark, 5 b. Clark 9. Legal b. 10, Tryon b. Clayt 11, Treland co. M, ee Clayton, ae it leg always Neen tha! intention of thia kes Club. It was ear! y contemplated by gentlemen wha Mopalass daisevccans saseses Blo cave sctrnts WATERVILLE CLUB, First Innings. 9, Livley c, [Legal b. 1, Powell b. Seymour. 0 2. Wells b. Seymour. 3. Clayt Bor in itandard works itieal his Sie er ay aeereenero ee meetin nat 40 @D) o a Instruction: "We . "; are a Young Men’s Unien Club, and about each of these words throng many 6, J. Ryall b, Seymour. meanings that have cach, in their te, great 7, Dyson b Seymoure... influence in strengthening the actions of men. You are 8, M. Ryall c. Addy b. composed of the young men ef the county and one Richards,....0ece006 25 Total ..seeseeeeeeee103 | New York, and are also democratic young men, ited SAM SAS ct Sak Se u principles which give life to our pe ities) institu City Reform. tions, assembled together for deliborating and discus sing those questions which ite and control us as@ nation. Your 01 ‘ization, therefore, presenta a great spectacle, not only to our own citizens at home, but alac to communities abroad. It isn great attempt that, im the midet of the fiery political ‘Udba‘es of the day, our yourg men will be able to retire to philoso, ical retreats, there to discuss shore questions that are of suclz THE NINTH WARD IN THE FIELD. Yesterday evening a meeting of the Reform Associa- tion of the Ninth ward was held, pursuant to requisi- tion, in the Bleecker Building, at thé corner of Bleecker and Morton streets. The annexed call, published in the ty, in favor of general reform in the city government, are aeauenee to meet at Bleecker Building, corner of Bleecker, and Morton screots, on Monday evening next, Sapt. 26, at 734 o'clock, to elect a committee to nominate war: 6 officers for the coming @ ion. . Henry Woodruff, Dr. JamesO. Pond, Wm. C. Porter, <E. Parsons,’ J, A. Magaghos, ' Robt Mus Jobn Emith, D ‘Thomas Fenton, J.Sacket Alling, Dr. J. J. Cr Wm. Moller, Jobn Makewen, glee, ‘Alapson Scudder, James H. Wright, Hamlet ¥airchilds, Thomas Grenll, © John H. Porter, Dr. T. B. Carman,’ A. Maze, Jucob Varians, Lorenzo Higgins,’ &. A. Miler, In behalf of many others, At an hour after the time mentioned there were about thiee hundred gentleman sround the door of the building. Ths meeting was (nally erganized by the calling of papers, will show the political induence of the requial- } vital seetien tothe hier ef tee Gabe te bee tioniste:— t a page, but itis pregnant with instruction. Commenc- City Revonm—NintH Warp Rerorm Assocration.— | ing with from one hundred to two end three hundred mem< ‘The citizens of the Ninth ward, without distinction of par- | pers, your asseciation has already made itself felt in tha tell tone of aetie: Your influence to re when distraction prevailed in the democratic ranks, ros and ethers, it wad triumphed ever ita te ee eee wer. a, youn; ve ar a frst climacteric at soe lives; you are your step upon the ‘threshold of manne Mr_H. Bisuvelt to thechair. are = aesw the virilis of i The chairwan regretted his inability to address the | walk forth the oseld robed in pipe meeting to the extent that he desired owing to illness, | of demceratic principles. These are the circumstance but said that he was glad that the citizens of the Ninth | that surround you, the principles that are to control and ward bad spontaneously combined to endeavor for a re- | govern you; ite not necessary to point out that they form of the city government, both in contracts, appoint | are like zene lives, emphatic. The principles of politiog ments, corporate offices, and legislative elections, sre knitied ia the statesman, but it is for direct a to your attention to the science itself. To aie sed Tere in that science it is for you tobe inspired by its teaching, to elevate it in this degererate age and ta ehow to these party politicians both in your public and vate life that democracy is synonymous with unity. 1 degeneracy of modern days ia virible in those schemes that are advocated by the partivans, those epithets that are showered upon individuals by a — press—a prese thet has become the mere in‘trument ef msn de- parting wide from the current of true patriotism. You sve seen this parrion of party when hard and coft are substituted for democrat and federalist, when terri- fied and unterrified, silver grey and woolly head are more frequent in the mouths of men than the | spe that actuate them. It is for you, taught a more elevated career, to start for those frst prin- ciples which constitute the equality and sovel Mr. dust was then nominated, amidst repeated cheers. Mr. Bush said that if honored by the nomination of his fellow-citizens be would endeavor to conduct a0 as to merit a continuance cf their approbation Mr. MaGaGyos then came upon the stand, and said that he deprecated any influence whatever in local elec: tions, whether with writers, cecret societies, education ideas, or combinations, which would oppore a reform in the city government,’ rendered necessary by the open feelers of the reprecentativea now in the Common vuncil. Mr. MacaGyos was interrupted by hieses, and con- cluded in a storm of hisses, cheering, whistling, with ad- jwations to‘ Go ahead.” ‘Mr. Buu ard other speskers then addressed the Chair, and after a large amount of mutual recrimination and contradiction, the following commities was appointed: — ty William R. Demarest, Hobert Moneite, of the p'e, to refer to the t charter of liber- Mr. Brush, Peter Vorhies, ties—the constitution to atudy Its original lew, and Ia Mr. Bush, John C. Baxter, anes it, to respect all the c mpromiees of thet char- George W. Gratty, Samuel Insley, ter. "It is for you to insist for the only safe and true de- Anson Seutter, J. M Laines, Henry V. Lee, J. Holder. After a gocd deal of "gene contridiction, and ap. parently as if from local animostty, the assemblage did not appear to separate in any way which would show that the dizcnssion either improved their amenities or boue- fitted their esse. The above named commiitee is authorized to call other mooratic doctrine, that it should be strictly coastrued end thet no power rhould be conceded to the govern- ment, except that given by the charter, thatal! the rest belongs to the States themselves. Mr. Coehiaue con- tinued further a very elegant addrers, which was re- wine ue much “ny cies 1GET Hawnke said if there ever was a time when a body like this should acquire importance, it was xt pre- meetings, sent, there isa time in the march of parties, when wa must go back to the first starting point, Such wae the Clty Intelligence. sition of the gieat democratic Tom fi it beboved theca Rewer FOR Tis Surrerers BY YeLLow Fever at Vicxs- BURG, Miss.—A meeting of the citizens of Vicksburg will be held st the Astor House this evening. for the purpose of devising some messures for the relief of thoss now suf- fering by yellow fever in that oy We hope the attend- ance will be a numerous one, as the obj-ct of the meetin; ia indeed a most charitable one, and deserves the enpeeial attention of our merchants and all humane persons. We trust that there will be no lack of energy on the part of the citizens of New York toward contributiog thelr mites to their suifeing brethren in Vicksburg. for they at Brerent are in sore distress, being visited by that-feactul roourge that spares no map, and has within the last few months cattied eo many thousand citizens of the city of New Orleans io their graves, Justice WELSH AND THE CORONER'S INVESTIGATION oF Dr, Osnorn —In the evidence taken at the Coroner’s iu- quest on the body cf Dr Osborn, a circumstance was made to appear in the testimony of officer Duflon, in ree ference to the discharge of the two prisoners, Fox and Dinan, All the facts were not given by Mr. Dufion; if they had been, the apparent wrong would bave bore quite a different aspect. It seems that on Saturday oflicor Dufion was rent by Coronor Hilton for the two prisoners, acd took them to the hospital for the purpose of attend- ing the inquest, The witnesses not being in attendance, nor was the Coroner prerent, consequently the offiser conveyed the prisovers back to jail, at the Essex Market prison, where they had been held on # tomporary commitment made by Justice Welsh. When the prisoxers were taken from prison, Justice Welsh sup- pored that should they be returved again to prison they would stand committed by the Coroner, but instead of that the officer returned the accused parties to the Piiton without the kuowledge of the magistrate The latter, believing the prisoners to be in the hands of the Coroner, wade a discharge for them to clear them from hia own boockr, which discharge went to the keeper, among other dicharges, on Saturday evening, and the keeper, finding a discharge mace by the magistrate, liber- therefore, to teke a political cbservaticn of the heavens, to cee what was their posivion. We have just come out offfan exciting contest with » victory, but whether it will be advante gecus, time only will tell. Some no doubt hava deen dicsppointed, a» is always the case, where there ia alarge majority victorious. It was for that Club ta plant ita feet al the mere questions of the dsy, and to discuss first principles. so that the vessel of State do not rail off trem her regular course, What, he would ack, were the first princip'es of the democratic e We have no need at preeent to inquire what in aed tinction between us and our adversaries. There was one rock standing before them that should always avoid. It is not that there will not be suflicient concert of action, but there is danger of an opposite extreme—it ia of sacrificing upon the altar of party the true indepen- dence of individual character. ‘First be sure that you are right, then,” in the words cf Crockett, ‘go ahead.’ Party divisions were becoming of less importance every day. He had always voted with the democratic party, but the fact of reguiar nominations bad much less cbarce with bim at prerent than it hid formerly. The Union Democratic Club was, perbaps called upen exercise a great amount of influence; it wan an institn- tion that might be compared to a vast laboratory, for out of their discussions there would be evolved the jruth. If there was principls that distinguished au Awerican: citizen from any other, it was in bis practical ap slication of principles to the ordinary ‘violations of life, Thia is not to be a mere lecture room for discussion merely of Be gen Me td to iy Pee coenae oe, eaten the princi- ples put forwar the democratic party, will squ with what is right. “i om eipkt oe aaa 8 Secretary was then cal upon to read the Jette that had been Fecetved. : iis LETTER FROM JOHN A. DIX. New York, Sept. 26, 1953. GrxTiEMEN:—TIt was my intention to accept your invi- tation to attend the op:ning of your club house thie ated the prisoners from custody, It now appears that | ¢¥¢Fing, but an unexpecied ecgagement preventa me, melihay tf tbe peistwers ee’ iiioeh 16 be the pullty poe Inst essing to you personally, as I designed, @ ties; nothing appeared in the evvience against Dinwa, aud | £6 Tem n_cexsion Which suggests #0 many In- teresting subjects for consideration, I must ask your in- dulgeros in doing Fo by leiter, ‘On are now establisbing on @ perraanent footing an avecciation, the inguence ot which bop be felt for s long course of years in the political movements of thie city and of the St ‘may I not add. of the Urion? The ac. tion of the demoeratic young men of the largest city iw the United States. tined, sa I believe, to beooae the largest in the world—cannot fail, if regulated by round politic! principles,and by those strict rules of moral condeet which should govern men in thelr private trans- actions, to exert % powe fu! agency fer good in this and in other States. Viewing the subject in thio light, Iahall, In the litile I desire to say, look beyond the passing events of the cae the more extended considerations which be- long to tBe cecstion. In tbe fires place, the foundations of your ass #0 far ay they are doctrinal, will, I teke it for grant laid in the Fox wae held for the aveauit on Dr, Osborn when in the store, Fins.—On Sunday night a fire broke out In the rear of 89 Mercer street, occupied by Mr. Gale and Mr. Silver. amith, The amount of damage has mot been ascertained, but it is supposed to be considerable. A Fatar, ACCIDENT BY FALLING rRoM 4 Betiping —Bo- tween 5 and 6o’clock last evening a a. named Lawis, employed on the building in procees of erection in Broad way, be! ween Fulton and Dey streets, from che filth story into the street, ea on his head, fracturing bis skull, causicg death almost instantly. } ms that the Gerrici, erected on the top of the Batlding used for the hoisting of the stone, became out of piace, and while endeavoring to arrange it, the bottom gave wuy, and, aa itfell, dragged Mr. Lewis from the building, hurling him to the pavement below. A policeman of the Third ward procwed a ee and took the body to the Coro- ner’s office, when oner Hilton ordered the body to be taken to his late residence, in Thirtieth street, noar Sixth avenue. An pquest will be beld on the body to-day. The deceased wan about thirty-five years of age, and a native of Scotland, Crry Raitroap Accrprent.—On Suncey night, about ten o’clock, James Walsh, while ia the not of getting on one of the Third avenue cars, was knocked down by «car wie the other way, and one of his hands reverely in: jured by a wheel parsing over it. Officer Acker, of the Fifteenth ward, aseisted him to Dr. Abraham’s office, 81 Bleecker street, who dressed the wound, after which he wan rent to hie residence in the Third avenue, Raixoap AccipaNt.—On Saturday night a man, named William Reed, was found % on the track of the Had- son River Ra‘iroad, rear New Hamburg. with both legs cut off. ras brought down to New York, and taken from the depot, of the rsllrond to the City Hospital by officer Jefirey, of the Third AcciEnt.—On Sonday avternoon a boy, named Joba Mey. about fourteen youre of ag, whilst engaged ia playicg with another boy, on Gourerneur tli, fell down and distoonted bia arm, He was takea to the residence of hs parents, 662 Water street, by officer Hughes, of b> | pt ced prociaiaved in Jofferson’a inaugural address. Yrominent among these ars economy in expenditure, a strict con+truction cf the constitu- tion, @ sacred regard for the right of iho States, and @ scrupulous fulfilment of all our obligations to forei nations. In these we all concur theorsically. The diffi- culty lies in ro ste Mure as to give rise to no differences in practice. erois always danger of such dirunity cf opinion in the practical Apelion tion of any collection of rules for political or social conduct. I be- lieve, however, it in vory safe to consider thore as coming nearest to the true siandard of damocracy, who are in favor ¢f taking the least posidie amount from the pickets of the people by taxation; of reducing tho asale of expenditure to the lowest limit consistens with the support of economical government, of abstaining moat rigorously from all intrusion into the domestic concerns of our rister States; of respscting most scrupulou-ly the righta of other communities, and of ferbearing to ex erele any powers not clearly given by the coastitution, Tat us all Indor to carry out these principles, assured ibat the objects of good government cnn in no other way be £0 effeotually attained That our form of government ia better adapted to re- eure the welfare and bapyiness of the great body of the people is now adinitted by the mesres in all countries, the Seventh werd, Broltirades of weom aro every year coming hers to Casrnexs Exrrostox,—On Sucday night a girl resid place th clveo vender ts protection and partici. at 12 Wont Broadesy wan reverely burned, laconsequencs | Pate in its bevefits, The objoot nearest to the Of ths explosion of & camphene lx ‘ be arta of oll must be to rerpetuate it. Nothing, Nese. tne 4 u my judgment, will condvce *o effectually to ote B. m — , Nh ong 4 this chjoct as the purity of tha eleative franchise, Ina vider 0 Fo Olan, ell nies | CY Which. from ite magnitude the diversity of tts | the ip fine vi hey wees both taken to tha | (2s ene the mixed eharacter of its population, prevanta tation : , nah Nl 40 many joducaments and facilities for pervertiog the — and attended by Dra, Maraband Lode, By | vont of euifrage to unworthy uven tho influence of an pir advice the woman waa rabon to the Ouy Hovptial, | 9 4 Torsal’ of the mowt asties net colation jike youre tflicient of the yorera, in maintaining ths indapendense, and prererving the purity of the elective frauchive, can not be others/+o than seintary: nud J may 09 per there ia no field in which your devoui ciples im likely to do more ge ‘The use of elections for avy ocher than ‘he purposes ex- and O'Connor to bie own reside ca No 33 Munroe sircet, by officers Ly n, of the Soventh ward A Droxke Man's Farak —On Monday four O'clock, ¢, roam, name unknown, wai intoxieation ‘A from the third sto money cepted in the law, the employment of foran tn cverawa sible by ofileern 6 Lim frat to bs Hes pital ckctes oS the & ied ee wad Ol delat Cov idow bab Giving o direction te pilmary roestings, did not originate